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Ike Not in Politics But
Interested in Public Affairs
Houston, Dec. 7 (IP) General Dwight Eisenhower said today
he wants no connection with politics but wants to take an active
part in public affairs.
He told a news conference:
"If I identified or affiliated myself with any political party I'd
Ship Sails to
Pick-up Ward
Kobe, Dec. 7 VP) Twelve news
and cameramen sailed aboard
the Lakeland Victory late today
for Taku Bar, off Tientsin
China, to meet Consul General
Angus Ward and his party who
were expelled from Mukden by
the communists.
Just before the ship sailed,
Douglas Jenkins, Jr., of. Charles
ton, S. C, American consul at
Kobe, handed each correspond
ent a statement which empha
sized the primary purpose of the
trip was to get the Ward party
safely out of communist China
He suggested they do nothing
to hinder successful completion
of the mission.
The statement read:
"The department of state
wishes the following points
brought to the attention of press
representatives:
"1. No assurance can be given
that Mr. Ward and party will
board from Tientsin on the Lake
land victory. It should be noted
that three ships are due in Tient
sin about the same time and the
Chinese not Mr. Ward must make
the decision.
"2. The Chinese authorities
are extremely sensitive about
security and therefore the ut
most discretion is urged.
Johnson Calls
Arms Speed-up
New York, Dec. 7 U" Secre
tary of Defense Louis A. John
son called on American industry
today to gain the lead "in every
category of munitions" because
a second Pearl Harbor attack
"could come tomorrow."
In a speech prepared for de
livery at the National Associa
tion of Manufacturers' 54th an
nual congress of American in
dustry at the Waldorf Astoria
hotel, Johnson reported that the
8th anniversary of Japan's bomb
ing of the Pacific outpost found
the United States prepared.
He disclosed that the joint
chiefs of staff had agreed unani
mously on a plan to meet any
such sneak attack with an air
force counterattack.
"Our first attack will be a
counterattack," the defense sec
retary said. "It will be an air
Job and In it the primary role
will belong to the air force. We
must be prepared to hold the
line for a time, and most likely a
long time until we expand our
forces and mobilize our Indus
try." Silverton Reading
More New Magazines
Silverton More readers have
been availing themselves of Sil
verton public library facilities
this fall than in some falls past,
Mrs. Harold A. Larsen, librarian,
reported following the regular
city library report submitted to
the city council. Current maga
zines on the reading tables arc
much more in use this year than
In recent years, she added.
Circulation for November was
830, with 30 new borrowers
registered during the month. The
report also showed that 69 books
had been added by gift and pur
chase during the month and 63
volumes added by binding. In
the latter group were a number
of National Geographic maga
, zines, which have been bound
and are now available to the
public. These magazines nrc
very much in demand here, Mrs.
Larsen stated.
The library board, of which
Mrs. Glenn Briedwell is chair
man, plans to meet Wednesday
night at the library work room
Serving with Mrs. Briedwell arc
Mrs. Reber Allen and Mrs. E. L.
Starr. Mrs. Larsen is secretary
of the board.
Five Wooburn Girls
Enter Speech Tourney
Woodburn Five girls from
Woodburn high school entered
the state forensic tournament at
Pacific university in Forest
Grove Friday.
Two debate teams entered, the
first team being Eileen Rogers
and June Polly and the second
team, Patricia Winters and Lois
Granner. Competing against 15
other schools, the Woodburn de
baters tied with Salem for third
place. Pendleton won first and
Eugene second.
Beatrice Keener of Woodburn
high read the poem, "The High
wayman," by Alfred Noyes, in
competition with 63 other girls.
Grand Ronde Mrs. Walkley,
general chairman of the Red
Cross for this community, an
ounced that the Blood Bank will
be in Grand Sonde on Decem
ber 9.
Ore., Wednesday, Dec. 7, 1949
"lose a lot of friends and I'm
not going to do that."
Eisenhower arrived from San
Antonio to speak tonight before
an expected crowd of 15,000 at
the Chamber of Commerce an
nual meeting.
He said his speech will be
"rambling observations of a sol
dier." The general touched on poli
tics when asked if a large amount
of his personal mail contained
requests that he seek the pres
idency. Eisenhower replied that his
mail is heavy and that many
people, without mention of po
litical affiliation, write him about
particular problems.
"Many of them," he said,
"want sympathy toward these
problems."
Then he added:
"I have no political connec
tions, no political ambitions and
don't want any connection with
politics."
He emphasized, however, he
will take an active interest in
public affairs in that he thinks
American people "should be
talking principles" and not In
generalities.
Asked to be more specific, he
said the public should be talk
ing about:
1. Where does deficit spend
ing lead us?
2. How should we look at the
ECA, the Atlantic pact, arms
to Europe?
3. What should we do about
taxation, tax rates?
"I don't believe we are in any
crisis," he said.
Eisenhower said he could not
comment on testimony of Lieut.
Gen. Leslie R. Groves, retired,
before a house committee inves
tigating wartime shipments to
Russia.
I can't comment because I
was abroad at that time," he
said.
Minor Operators
Signed by Lewis
Washington, Dec. 7 W) John
L. Lewis' proud announcement
that some mine owners have
met his contract terms apparent
ly left major coal operators un
impressed today.
They said the owners who
signed witli the mine leader pro
duce comparatively little soft
coal less than 2,500,000 tons of
the nation's annual total of 550,-
000,000. And they scoffed at
suggestions that the new move
might mean a major break in
the long coal dispute.
Lewis made the announce
ment late yesterday. He said
United Mine Workers members
at the affected pits would re
turn to work immediately on a
five-day week.
The balance of the anthracite
and bituminous industries went
on a three-day week at Lewis'
direction last Monday, as part of
his over-all strategy to obtain
new contracts. The old ones ex
pired last July.
Silverton Host
Circles of Area
Silverton Grand Guardian
Neighbor Minerva Codding of
Seattle and Portland was special
ly honored at the meeting of
Neighbors of Woodcraft, district
No. 21, pep meeting at Legion
hall.
Mrs. Mabel Talbot, guardian
neighbor of Marion Circle No.
314 was official hostess, with
licr membership assisting. Oth
ers among the large group at
tending were Grand Representa
tive Corda Morrison of Amity
and District GN Russell Winch-
combe and Mrs. Winchcombe of
Salem.
Circle representatives were
present from Amity, Albany,
Dundee, Independence, McMinn-
ville, Monmouth, Oregon City,
Portland, Salem and Silverton.
Following the seating of of
ficers and formal escorting the
grand officials to the camp fire
and presenting gifts, a program
was given. Mrs. Elma Dickey
gave two piano selections, Mrs.
Frank M. Porter appeared in a
comedy monologue, and a skit
was given by Ralph Wood of
Amity and Jay McNeill of Sa
lem.
Two members were initiated
into Marlon circle.
The next district 21 pep meet
ing is to be at Monmouth, Tues
day, January 3.
The district meeting was closed
in ritualistic order by the guar
dian neighbor, Russell Winch
combe. Mrs. Talbot is announcing the
Marion circle Christmas party
to be Sunday, December 18, at
the home of Mr. and Mrs, Ar
thur Nelson, Oak and Church
streets.
When engineers first began to
talk about television they de
scribed it as "visible telephony."
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'Farmer's Daughter' Virginia Jensen, 18, of Blair, Neb.,
poses with "Princess," a Shorthorn, after being named "Ideal
Farmer's Daughter" at the National Farm show, Chicago.
Conner Thinks
Son Berserk
Portland, Ore., Dec. 7 U.R
Guy W. Conner, Portland brok
er, said his son "must have gone
berserk" when lnlprmed tnat
John S. Conner, 38, had shot and
killed his three children in Al
exandria, Va., today.
The elder Conner, who came
here a number of years ago from
Medford, Ore., was shocked by
word that his son, a civilian en
gineer at Ft. Belvoir, Va., had
killed his children, Cecelia, o;
Michael, 8, and Stephanie, 11,
with shotgun blasts.
"He must have gone berserk
or something, I guess," the fath
er said.
"I had no inkling anything
was wrong. Nothing at all. Last
week I had a beautiful letter
from John. A really beautiful
letter. I sent it to my daughter
in Eugene."
The elder Conner said he was
leaving immediately for Vir
ginia. He said his son had been a
civilian engineer for the army
for a number of years. He was
with the army engineers in Port
land from 1937 to 1939. His for
mer associates here described
Conner as "a brilliant fellow,
very much above average. All
of us here thought his work rec
ord was very OK."
One employe in the engineer s
Portland office here said he had
known Conner socially as well
as professionally and "never no
ticed anything odd about him.
He was an extremely pleasant
chap."
Conner's father said his son
graduated from West Point in
1933. After completing his mili
tary academy work, he returned
to Medford, Ore., and was In
the pear business before becom
ing a civilian engineer. The
father did not say why his son
left the military service.
Victor Point Social
Helps Hot Lunches
Victor Point The pie social
sponsored by the school com.
munity club for benefit of the
school hot lunch program drew
a large crowd.
Program numbers included
entertainment by the Armstrong
School of Dance; vocal solo
Miss Delene Harrington; piano
solo, Miss Joyce Martin; vocal
duct. Misses Janice and Joyce
Hcrrigstad; readings, Otto Dahl;
tap dancing and singing by Gary
and Jerry Ncal; acceptance of
paintings, donated by a local ar
tist, Henry Jaquet, by chairman
of Victor Point school board,
Mrs. Floyd Fox, followed by the
benefit pie auction.
Mrs. Maurice Heater, president
of the school community club,
had as her committee on this
project, Mrs. Robert Riches, Mrs.
L. W. Cooper, Mrs. Noah Hunt
and Mrs. Roy Brady.
Gervais Gets Ready
For Holiday Treat
Gervais The community
Chamber of Commerce held a
special meeting with represen
tatives of various civic groups
and organizations to make plans
for the annual Christmas tree
and treats for the children of
the community. This event will
be held December 22 at 8 o'clock
at the high school auditorium,
when the high school will pre
sent its musical pageant, "And
So He Came," including a cast
of members of all classes. Band
numbers will also be featured on
the program.
Toy Response Poor
Willamina Firemen this
week expressed disappointment
in the slowness of the response
to their appeal for old toys to
be repaired for Christmas pros
ents to needy children.
Britons Cheer
Airlift Pilots
London, Dec. 7 UH Tens of
thousands of Britons lined the
streets of London today to
cheer pilots and ground crews
who participated in the Berlin
airlift.
King George and Queen
Elizabeth inspected the 250 men
and women, including 15 Amer
ican pilots, as they stood at at
tention in the graveled inner
quadrange of Buckingham Pa
lace. (
The king chatted with the
Americans, dressed in their
new sky blue uniforms. Then,
led by a Royal Air Force band,
the little parade wound along
the Mall, through Trafalgar
Square, down the Strand and to
the City of London's Guildhall,
where they were luncheon
guests of the Lord Mayor.
Maj. Gen. William H. Turner
of the U. S. air force, who head
ed the combined British-American
airlift that overcame the
Soviet blockade of Berlin, stood
near the palace wall with a
group of RAF officers, watching
the inspection and the review
that followed. '
Seminary Forms
Mothers' Club
Mt. Angel Fifty-one mothers
of students of Mount Angel sem
inary met in the seminary re
fectory to organize a Mothers
club. They came from all points
in Oregon from as far south as
Grants Pass and from Washing
ton north to Seattle. Rev. Fath
er Justin Reilly, OSB, as rector
of the seminary, opened the
meeting.
Officers elected were Mrs.
Odellia Park, president; Mrs.
John N. Jarvis, vice president;
Mrs. L. E. Turck, secretary; Mrs.
George Cacace; treasurer, all of
Portland.
The club will meet here every
three months, and all out-of-state
members will be kept in
formed by correspondence. Mem
bers decided to have a volunteer
contact mother in the larger
cities who will meet periodically
with the club members socially
in their city. Volunteers for
the cities where the larger
groups live were named at the
meeting.
There are 140 registered sem
inary students at Mt. Angel sem
inary. The seminarians served
lunch to the newly organized
club members. All the mothers
of the seminarians are consid
ered members, even those who
because of distance would not be
able to attend meetings.
Turner Will Erect
Tree for Christmas .
Turner The Turner firemen,
together with local businessmen,
are sponsoring a large outdoor
Christmas tree on the corner of
C and 3rd streets.
Christmas eve a program will
be given, followed by treats for
each and every child in the community.
BIG DANCE
THE
CRYSTAL GARDENS
Wednesday Night, December 7
2 Floors
Dance either mod
ern or old time
or mix It np If yon
wish.
2 Bands
BILL DeSOUZA
Modern Music
POP EDWARDS
Old Timers
Russ Prepare
For Arctic War
Chicago, Dec. 7 (P) The Chi
cago Tribune, in a dispatch
from its Paris correspondent,
today said Soviet Russia is mak
ing "intensive efforts" to pre
pare its Arctic regions for a pos
sible U.S. war.
The correspondent, Henry
Wales, wrote he had obtained
his information from two esca
pees from forced labor projects
in the area.
The principal points of Wales'
account were:
The two main military bases
are newly-created cities, Vor-
koutsk and Tiksi, at the mouths
of the Potshura and Lena riv
ers. Other ports have been de
veloped at the mouths of the
Dvina, Ob, Yenessei, Ingirka,
and Amur rivers.
A strategic railway is being
constructed from Lake Baikal to
the Bering sea opposite Alaska,
but the Red army is utilizing
frozen rivers as its chief high
ways.
Some 300 meteorological sta
tions, have been established in
the Arctic regions.
Wales wrote: "This informa
tion and a detailed description
of the operations were obtained
from an eye witness who was
sentenced to forced labor on No
va Zembla, but became ill and
was evacuated to Vorkoutsk
whence he escaped through the
iron curtain to France.
v "Other information was given
by a political prisoner employ
ed on the project who fled from
the concentration camp."
He added, "from bases in
Franz Josef land, Dicksen island,
and Spitzbergen, the Red .army
plans operations via northern
Greenland to northern Canada
within easy range of the United
States."
Ex-Premier of
Bulgaria on Trial
Sofia, Bulgaria, Dec. 7 (IP)
Former Vice Premier Traicho
Kostov, once Bulgaria's number
2 communist, went on trial be
fore a special court today charg
ed with plotting to overthrow
the present regime and turn his
country over to Premier Marshal
Tito of Yugoslavia.
Standing trial with Kostov
are 10 others former top gov
ernment officials and leading
figures in the nation's commu
nist-run economic setup. All
appeared in good health as they
walked into the improvised
courtroom.
The trial opened in the army's
central home while nation-wide
demonstrations organized in the
cities and villages condemned
the "traitorous actions" of the
accused. Thousands of resolu
tions have been published de
manding the "heaviest punish
ment for the traitors."
Public prosecutor Vladimir
Dimchev opened the proceed
ings with a reading of the
lengthy indictment which
charges the 11 with espionage
spying, treason and economic
sabotage. He accused them of
spying for Tito and Anglo-Amer
ican intelligence agencies.
Kostov is accused also of car
rying on an "insincere and un
friendly policy" against the Sov
iet Union.
Koreans to Release
Two Americans
Seoul, Dec. 7 (IP) American
diplomatic sources here said to
day the United States embassy
is going ahead with plans to
meet two Americans held in
North Korea since Oct. 22.
But the embassy said it would
take no final action until in
structions have been received
from Washington.
"International complications"
was given as the reason for wait
ing for the Washington direc
tive. Make Jerusalem
International City
Lake Success, Dec. 7 (IP) The
United Nations special political
committee voted today to make
Jerusalem an international city.
The vote on the operative part
of the resolution was 35 to 13
with 11 abstentions.
The United States and Britain
voted with Israel against the
proposal.
The 50-nation committee also
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voted, 32 to 16 with 11 absten
tions, to designate the trustee
ship council as the administer
ing authority.
Russia, which has a seat on
that council, supported the reso
lution. The vote in committee was
more than the two-thirds major
ity required for final approval
in the assembly.
Tail Plank for
Revised T-H Law
Washington, Dec. 7 (IP) Sena
tor Taft (R-Ohio) called today
for a "perfected and improved"
Taft-Hartley labor law as one
of the planks in a republican
platform for the 1950 elections.
He offered the idea in a re
port to Ohio voters, released
here. Taft also said his party is
"opposed to excessive taxation
and to government interference
with business through price-fixing,
wage-fixing, rationing or
government competition."
"The republican party insists
on a sound basis of fiscal se
curity by a balanced budget and
a level of taxation which does
not deter business expansion as
it has done in Great Britain,"
he said, adding: '
"It is completely opposed to
socialism as destructive of lib
erty nd progress."
Taft said the federal govern
ment' should concern itself with
preventing the destruction of
business freedom through mo
nopoly and unfair competition.
"Furthermore," he said, "it
must concern itself with the abo
lition of all special privilege for
employers or employes and the
maintenance of equality be
tween business and labor in labor-management
relations as it
has done through the Taft-Hart
ley law. That law should be per
fected and improved."
Bishop Officiating
At Class Ceremony
Woodburn The Right Rev.
Benjamin D. Dagwell, bishop of
Oregon, will officiate at the
service of confirmation in St.
Mary's Episcopal church at
Woodburn, Friday night at 8
o'clock, according to Rev. Clar
ence C. Slocum, vicar. The con
firmation class includes eight
candidates, who will be guests
at the reception following the
service. The bishop will be the
honor guest and will greet the
congregation and friends of the
church. All are invited.
COMING
Wed., Dec. 7
"Battle of
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Jazz Bands"
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Portland Auditorium
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Brannan Plan
Pottage Mess
Denver, Dec. 7 UP) The pre
sident of the National Wool
growers association today called
the Brannan farm plan a "mess
of pottage. He said it contain
ed a disguised attempt to take
control of their industry.
Howard Vaughn, Dixon, Cal,
sheepman, made the statements
in a blistering attack during his
presidential report at the asso-
tion's national convention.
Vaughan said the association
endorsed a production payment
plan designed to offset lower
federal tariffs on wool and a
shrinking of the national wool
industry. But he said the Bran
nan plan, often confused with
this according to Vaughn, was
far different and unwanted by
wool growers.
Vaughn pointed out that in
1942 there were 50,000,000
breeding sheep in this country,
supplying 80 percent of the na
tion's wool needs. Today, he
said, that figure has shrunk to
27,000,000, filling only one
third of the requirements.
He cited federal cuts in graz
ing permits as a fundamental
factor in this decline.
Opening the 85th annual as
sociation meeting, Colorado
Governor Lee Knous urged the
growers to support a basic land
inventory as a means of settling
the dispute over grazing on
federal lands.
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fashion contest. Participainj
will be state winners inn
Washington and Oregon.
Circle Holding Sale
Woodburn The Mothers' Cir-
cle of DeMolay will hold a food
sale Saturday at the Marshall
Wells hardware store on Firsl
street. Mrs. Lester Henn is
chairman of the committee in
charge and will be assisted by
Mrs. Charles Pantle, Mrs. A. M,
Burt, Mrs. J. B. Gay and Mrs.
Ray Stamplcy.
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