2 Capital Journal, Salem,
3 Students Die
Dormitory Fire
Norman, Okla., Dee. 3
Fire whipped through a wooden
dormitory on the University of
' Oklahoma campus early today
burning to death at least three
students.
More than 300 escaped the
burning former navy barracks
but 19 were injured, two crit
ically. The three bodies were remov
ed from the ruins but were un
identified. An offical in the office of Dr.
George Cross, university presi
dent, estimated the damage from
the loss of the . building and
equipment at approximately
$500,000.
The building was a two-story
wooden structure, built by the
navy in 1941 at a cost of $412,
000 and used as a navy barracks
during the war.
Starting about 2:30 a.m. (CST)
the fire spread quickly through
the sprawling wooden building.
The students, aroused from
sleep, made their way to the ex
its or jumped from first and
second floor windows.
Many former GI's, unable to
take the time to dress or gather
up belongings jumped to the
ground wearing only their GI
shorts but clutching their first-of-the-month
GI subsistence
checks, received only yesterday.
It was the fourth destructive
fire in this state in three days
and the second at the University
Df Oklahoma in two years.
Prostitution
Issue in U. N.
New York, Dec. 3 W United
Nations members had before
them today a general assembly
demand that they stop register
ing prostitutes.
The demand was part of
new world convention unifying
existing international treaties on
traffic in persons and exploita
tion of prostitution. The ban on
registration is a new feature.
The assembly adopted the
convention 32 to 2, with Britain
and France voting "no" and the
United States among 15 nations
abstaining.
U. S. representatives said they
didn't believe the senate could
ratify the treaty because the
federal government, would have
1 to enforce most provisions.
Britain objected to automatic
application of the convention to
her colonies. The British said
the colonies are self-governing
in sucn matters.
. For France, Mme. Paul Bastid
opposed the ban on registration
of prostitutes. France, she said,
has abolished police registration
but keeps up medical registra
tion as a health measure.
Russia voted for the conven
tion. Alexander S. Panyushkin
said prostitution doesn't exist in
Russia because there's a law
against it. But he said his gov
ernment recognized the need
for International action to sup
press traffic in human beings.
Nations ratifying the conven
tion agree to punish anyone lead
ing peprsons into prostitution,
and anyone managing or financ
ing persons into prostitution,
Ing properly for prostitution
purposes. The treaty comes into
force for the signer? 90 days aft
er two countries ratify it,
American Girl
And Shah Dance
Phoenix, Ariz., Dec. 3 (U.R)
His imperial majesty, the shah
Df Iran, shed his imperial ditfnity
when he had his first dale with
an American girl since arriving!
In the United Stales on Novem-!
ber 15.
Showing the good taste attrib
uted to kings, the shnh chose
willowy Joanne Frakcs, 23, as
his partner last night at dinner
and a square dance. The blonde,
blue-oyed Oak Park, 111., girl
wore a red rose, the national
Rower of Iran, In her hair.
$$ MONEY $$
FHA
rIi '
4 V4 Real Estate Loans
Farm or City
Personal and Auto Loans
State Finance Co.
153 8. High St. 1,1c S-216 M 222
1
SUNDAY -MONDAY
Tonight "Painted Desert"
"Mexican Hayride"
i
liiii
Oregon, Saturday, Dec. 3, 1949
The young Northwestern uni
versity graduate admitted she
was thrilled.
"What girl wouldn't be," she
said. ' Alter all, I've never
danced with a king before.
"He's a good dancer dances
just like an American man."
Miss Frakes, public relations
director for the hotel where his
majesty stayed, received the din-
ner invitation through one of the
shah's retinue. The courier car
ried the added suggestion that
his majesty would very much
like to accompany her to the
square dance thrown by the
hotel in his honor.
Envious American males con
ceded he was smooth on his feet
and seemed to have a snappy
line of chatter.
Joanne said the shah "talked
about nothing in particular
about the murals on the wall
about what he liked and didn't
like. Just the usual things you
talk about.
"He's very nice," she said.
Russians Deny
Tito's Charges
Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, Dec. 3
(P) One of 10 white Russians
charged with operating a comin
form anti-Tito spy ring for the
Soviet Union today admitted he
had collaborated with the nazis
during the war. But he denied
he was a Soviet spy after the
war.
A former captain in the Rus
sian Czar's army, Vladimir Og
niev, told the district court, how
ever, he had conversations after
the war with officers of the
NKVD, the Soviet secret police,
and representatives of the Sov
iet consulate in Belgrade.
Tall, bald and with a bushy
brown mustache, Ogniev was
the third defendant to appear
before the three-man court as
Yugoslavia strove to prove the
soviet union has had spies in
side Yugoslav borders in an ef
fort to overthrow Marshal Tito's
independent communist govern
ment.
The only woman defendant.
Kscnia Komad, a white Russian
school teacher, yesterday admit
ted that she had helped recruit
fellow countrymen who had fled
from the Russian revolution for
the nazi occupation forces in Yu
goslavia. She was the only one
of the defendants who apparent
ly was not charged with espion
age.
The court had already heard
gray-bearded Rev. Aleksei Kri
shko, a Russian orthodox priest,
testify he felt "partially guilty"
to the long list of charges in the
indictment linking him with the
Germans during the war and the
Soviet union afterwards.
Uranium Fire
Still Burnina
Berlin, Dec. 3 (IP) An east
zone uranium fire which report
edly killed hundreds of miners,
was still burning this week, the
British licensed newspaper Tele
graf said today.
Telegraf said it got its infor
mation from an east zone miner
who had fled Johanngeorgen
stadt last Thursday. It declined
to identify him, but said he was
present when a fire broke out
10 days ago in mine No. 35, near
Johanngeorgenstadt.
According to the miner's ac
count, Russian and German of
ficials are continuing wholesale
arrests in the area in an effort
to prove the fire was caused by
sabotage.
Telegraf reported that a worn
mine cable caused a short cir
cuit which set the workings on
fire. Flames spread to two oilier
mines, and an explosives dump
blew up, according to the ac
count. COMING!
DANCE
Glenn Wooriry Presents
Wed., Dec. 7
"Battle of
Dixieland
Jazz Bands"
Direct from the
Portland Auditorium
LOS ANGELES'
Nappy Lamare
and the (Bob Crosby)
"BOB CATS"
vs.
PORTLAND'S
Monlv Billion's
"CASTLE JAZZ"
Band
25 Great Artists!
GLENWOOD
BALLROOM
Wed., Dec. 7
Tickets Now
on Sole at HEIDER'S
First Come
First Served!
Only 1(100 Tickets
ami with a new all
time low price for
name hands
75c
Only
Plus Tax
DON'T MISS IT!
TT
Library Warns
Against Reds
Washington, Dec. 3 U.R) The
library of congress, in a study
of defense plans, warned that a
"disciplined army" of commun
ists agents is ready to sabotage
America in event of war with
Russia.
A public affairs bulletin, pub
lished by the library s legisla
tive reference service, caution
ed against complacency based on
the fact that attempted sabotage
by nazi agents here at the start
of World War II was success
fully thwarted.
"The numbers of the latter
(the nazis) were small, their
techniques crude, and their
identification easy compared
with the disciplined army of
communists, many of them
American citizens, who may be
expected to work against the
nation in the event of war with
a communist power," the library
said.
S. Arthur Devan, a national
defense analyst of the reference
service, prepared the report, a
105-page analysis of the "funda
mental considerations" on which
this country's defense plans must
be laid.
The report warned that there
can be no complete security in
military sense and that the
atomic bomb is not the "abso
lute weapon."
Peron to Sue
Newspapers
Buenos Aires, Dec. 3 (fl)
President Juan D. Peron
an-
nounced today he intends to pro
secute La Prensa and La Nacion,
two of South America s biggest
newspapers, for reporting a
speech which said he had be
come rich while in office.
The president summoned for
eign correspondents to a news
conference for the first time in
two years to defend himself
against the charge. In a drama
tic statement, he declared he had
been maligned by an unnamed
politician and that La Nacion
and La Prensa, "to a certain de
gree, supported this uncalled for
calumny." I
The official transcript of thei
president's remarks made iti
plain that he intends to prose
cute the big opposition newspa
pers under a law permitting jail
sentences of up to three years
for an insult (desacato) to the
president. The president also j
made it clear he intends to J
bring charges against responsi-j
ble editors of both papers.
Peron told the correspondents
he had been accused of dipping
into the public purse to enrich
himself. He did not specify who
made the speech but said he
would bring the accusers into
court to obtain redress.
Presumably he referred to
Congressman Atilio Cattaneo,
retired army colonel. Cattaneo
last night announced he had been
ordered before a military court
of honor because of a speech he
made saying Peron has more
money today than when he en
tered the presidency, three and
a half years ago.
A "dead spot" is an area in
which reception of a radio signal
is extremely poor or absent.
ENDS TODAY!
(SAT.)
W. C. Fields
"Never Give
PH. 3-3721 CONT. FROM 1 P.M.
STARTS TOMORROW!
eiram;is.,.uoiesii;nis!
TSkV B"""' The Fabulous Technicolor Story of America's
St'r rSb'v- Mt Fomovs Troubadour!
vffm? mnmiSTEUEHS 4
msfuo -
COLOR
COLOR CARTOON
Fireboat Endangered A fireboat (right) was endangered
fighting a fire aboard the freighter Hawaiian Rancher (left)
at Alameda, Calif., when it suddenly listed from one side to the
other and threatened to capsize. Shortly after this picture was
taken lines holding the ship to its pier snapped and the fire
boat cast away. Two crewmen jumped into the water and
others were taken off the ship on a fire .department aerial
ladder. (AP Wirephoto)
Dr. Butler of Independence,
Leading Valley Citizen, Dies
Independence, Dec. 3 Dr. Maurice J. Butler, one of the
leading citizens and professional
died Saturday morning at Salem
He was a native of this community, the son of Dr. and Mrs.
O. D. Butler, who were pioneer residents of the valley. His
mother is still living.
Dr. Butler was born December
21, 1891. He graduated from In
dependence high school and was
a student at the then Columbia
university in Portland and at
Portland academy. He was grad
uated from North Pacific Dental
college in 1915.
For 11 years he practiced at
Monmouth and then came to
Independence in 1926 where he
practiced for 23 years.
He was a member of Lyons
lodge No. 29, AF & AM for 37
years and of Al Kader Shrine
for 21 years. He was a member
of the Tri-County Dental asso
elation.
Dr. Butler was mayor of In
dependence from 1940 to 1946,
and life long member of Calvary
Presbyterian church, of which
he was an elder at the time of
his death. He was first presi
dent of the Independence Lions
club and had served as presi
dent of the Chamber of Com
merce. He was married October 1,
1914, to Laura Craven of Inde
pendence. He is survived by his
widow; his mother, Mrs. O. D.
Butler; a son, Marlowe D. But
ler of Independence; and a
granddaughter, Leslie Ann.
Services will be Tuesday at
2 p.m. at Calvary Presbyterian
church with Interment in Mt.
Crest Abbey mausoleum fn Sa
lem. "THE BANK DICK" AND
a Sucker an Even Break"
f WONDER M0$
WBt Motr
wirl MARTHA STEWART
REGINALD GARDINER IEN0RE AUBERT
WRUAM FRAWUY
CO-HIT!
Paulette Goddard
C0108 BY TECHNICOLOR .
LATE NEWSI
men of the Willamette valley,
General hospital.
Rescue Crew Leaves
For C-54 Wreckage
McChord Air Force Base, Dec.
3 A mountain rescue crew
left a timberline base camp on
Mount St. Helens today en route
to the wreckage of a C-54 air
force transport plane which
crashed 10 days ago, killing six
men.
The men, under the command
of 1st Lt. Edmund G. Gulzynski
of Mattapan, Mass., are attached
to the 14th regimental combat
team of Camp Carson, Colo.
The rescue crew was guided
up the ' treacherous mountain
side by a B-17 dropping smcke
bombs. The shattered C-54 was
located Wednesday.
Best passer on the 1949 Michi
gan State freshman football
team really was a thrower Wil
lie Thrower, halfback from New
Kensington, Pa.
ENDS TONIGHT 2 GEMS FROM MGM "THE RED DANUBE"
HOLlYWonrv.
CLICKING'
HERE'S ANOTHER
GRAND HIT'
Errol
V
Women Dies in
Alaska Crash
Petersburg. Alaska, Dec. 3 VP)
Five survivors and the body of
a tentatively identified woman
victim of yesterday's crash-landing
by an Alaska Coastal Air
lines flying boat were to be re
moved to Wrangell today.
The plane, piloted by Mike
Fenster, was forced down in a
snowstorm shortly after leaving
Petersburg for Wrangell yester
day. A wing and an engine were
torn off the plane, which wound
up on the beach of Farm island
near the moutn oi tne oiiKine
river.
Survivors were taken to the
Barland Breeze cabin on nearby
Dry island, where they were
treated by Dr. Harold Banger
man, who was flown in from
Petersburg.
Most seriously injured of the
survivors was A. "Zeke" Dale,
who suffered two broken legs,
according to sketchy reports
from the isolated crash area late
last night. Others received
scratches and bruises.
The fatally injured passenger
was listed both as Margaret Bell
and Margaret Annis. She was a
nurse en route to a job at Wran
gell. A report from Juneau,
where she boarded the plane.
said her name was Bell. A Wran
gell report said it was either Bell
or Annis.
President Li
To Fly fo U. S.
Hong Kong, Dec. 3 U. Na
tionalist China's acting Presi
dent Li Tsung-Jen will fly to
the United States Monday,
tensibly to enter a New York
sanitarium for medical treat
ment, it was announced today.
Communist troops meanwhile
pressed a two-way offensive
against the new nationalist "war
capital" ot Chengtu, where
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek
is directing the defense.
A communist column driving
along the highway from cap
tured Chungking was reported
to be threatening Lungchang,
115 miles southeast of Chengtu.
You Are Cordially Invited ! . . .
On Saturday Evening, December 3
The Willamette University Players
Will Present
"OUR TOWN"
by Thornton Wilder at the
SALEM HI AUDITORIUM
Curtain Time
Is 8:30
TOMORROWI
Continuous from 1 P.M.
Sunday!
Greer Garson in
ft
Flynn's embrace-
in the exciting story of a
woman many men loved! I
GREER
L J mFm3 I Ml rT.l
tm mm m v mm
m m ""m. m bIbV u - m. - m
- "
JANET LEIGH
with HARRY DAVENPORT
Fun-Loaded Companion Hit!
"Jiggs and Maggie in Court"
with
Joe Yule Renle Riano
EXTRA!
WARNER COLOR CARTOON FUN
Latest Warner News
Chinese Crowd
Refuge Haven
Chengtu, China, Dec. 3 ()-
Chinese nationalist leaders
watched the inevitable Red
shadow spread into their last
major mainland haven of west
ern China today.
The nationalists tried to get
their government going again in
this hopelessly overcrowded new
refugee capital. But the com
munists may not let them stay
here very long.
The Reds, plunging deep into
East-bound mail buses from
Chengtu were forced to halt at
Lungchang. Regular buses went
only to Naikiang, 95 miles from
Chengtu.
Other reports said a second
communist column driving down
from Shensi province in the
north was nearing the Shensi-
Szechwan border some 285
miles north of Chengtu.
Reports from Chengtu said
Chiang was engaged in a deci
sive conference with two emis
saries who have returned from
Hong Kong after an interview
with Li Tsung-Jen.
It was understood the emis
saries carried a request from
Chiang asking Li to return to
Chengtu and resign his post as
acting president.
ENDS TODAY!
'YOU'RE MY EVERYTHING"
with
Dan Dailey, Anne Baxter
Also "PITTFALL" with
Dick Powell, Lteabeth Scott
arts Tomorrow
Cont. 1:45
BOB
H0E
BAIL
..V. ..Ja
moo ww
MM
m
mu a paramount rtciute
SECOND FEATURE
"I SURRENDER, DEAR" .
Gloria Jean, Don McGuire
Tickets will be on sale at the
door and at Miller's at 60c per
person.
AND "BORDER INCIDENT"
C2
II
.1
SD
- m 1 i ,
BOoK
On
-
OAf
or
western China, cut the highway
between Chengtu and Kunming,
390 miles to the south. This of
ficial report followed informa
tion that the communists also
had cut the route between here
and Chunking, 170 miles south
east. Chunking fell to the Reds;
vv euue&uay .
The government acknowl
edged the Reds had pushed into
Suyung, 180 miles south of
Chengtu and on one of the three
highways linking Chengtu with
Kunming.
Posthumous Awards Made
Paris, Dec. 3 VP) France's of
ficial journal today announced
the posthumous award of Chev
alier in the Legion of Honor to
two famous victims of the
French airliner crash in the
Azores Oct. 28. The decoration
was conferred on Boxer Marcel
Cerdan and Violinist Ginette Ne
veu. Both were en route to the
United States when their plane
crashed.
The late John L. Baird in Eng
land is credited with being the
first to demonstrate color tele
vision, the year being 1928.
JAMES CAGNEY
VIRGINIA MAYO
AND!
"YES SIR, THAT'S
MY BABY"
Color by Technicolor
with Donald O'Connor
Gloria DelTaven
c
I
CLOSING TONIGHT
For Winter Season,
Watch for Our
Re-opening Date!
(1
Mat. Daily From 1 P.M.
NOW! WHOOPIE!
Ends Today! Cont. Shows!
Bing Crosby
"CONNECTICUT
YANKEE"
In Technicolor
o
William Gargan
"DYNAMITE"
TOMORROW!
Ray Milland
"ALIAS NICK BEAL"
o
William Holden
Glenn Ford "TEXAS"
Pol, Q
It Silverto
heat re 0reroB
ENDS TONITE
"The Doctor and the Girl"
STARTS SUNDAY
SONGS! RN.'KlOES!
'M-G-zi Big new
fECfiNICOLOR.
m
mrarauosEiTM.
ETHEL 8ARRYM0RE keenan wtnm
mario mu
AND INTRODUCING
HANDSOME
LAST TIMES TONITE! I'
f-B STARTS AT 6:15 P.M. B-
1 1 Burt Lancaster I I
1 1 Claude Rains I J
1 1 Corinne Calvert I I
II "ROPE OF SAND" If
ill Peggy Cummins Iff
III Charles Coburn III
111 "GREEN GRASS I
111 OF WYOMING" III
jj(J3lTitoJl
ZD.CAiiio (JECHNfcoYoRfl
Owriw COIUHH TTSSTSS--1
THRILL CO-HIT!