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Gen. Dodson
Air Guard Chief
G. Robert .Dodson, who since
the organization of Oregon Air
National Guard in July, 1946
has commanded the 142nd fight
er group of the Air Guard, Wed
nesday was named chief of Staff
of the Oregon Air Guard.
With the appointment Dodson
received the promotion from the
rank of colonel to brigadier gen
eral in the Oregon National
Guard.
Dodson, who in civilian life is
the manager of the sweater di-
lsion of the Janzen Knitting
Ills, is a native of Portland,
gon. A pilot for 18 years he
veteran of the last war. The
r first entered the Nation-
uard in the state of Wash-
i'on, June 6, 1938, and was
feigned to the 321st observation
luadron. April 18. 1941, he
Jansferred to the 123rd obser
ation squadron of Oregon's pre
Jfizr National Guard.
With Oregon's National Guard
' Gen. Dodson entered federal
service September 16, 1941. Af
ter serving with the 123rd ob
servation squadron, the 70th ob
servation group and the 80th
reconnaisance training wing in
the States he left for the China-India-Burma
theater in July,
1944. Gen. Dodson remained in
' that theater with the Third Com
bat Cargo group flying the Hump
until October, 1945, when he
was returned to the States and
separated from thei.Air Force.
The new chief of staff of the
Oregon Air Guard has the Dis
tinguished Flying Cross and the
Air Medal with two clusters.
Drager Tells of
Chinese Chaos
Problems encountered in try
ing to carry on a business in
China under extremely chaotic
conditions were described dur
ing Thursday's luncheon of the
Salem Lions club by John Dra
ger, former Salem resident.
Drager, well known for his
athletic prowess at Salem high
and Oregon State college, has
spent some 17 years in the Ori
ent and is in this country on a
Jfac months leave.
Employed by one of the large
oil companies, Drager has had
ample opportunity to learn of
conditions in China, the Philip
pines, Indo-China and elsewhere
In the Far East.
Failure of the Nationalist gov
ernment to maintain a stable rate
of exchange between U.S. and
CN dollars has resulted in great
difficulty in carrying on busi
ness, Drager said. He spoke of
his company carrying the pay
roll to its employes in two large
trucks. It would then take two
days to count it, and because the
ratio was getting out of bounds
so fast by the time the men got
their money it was virtually
worthless.
Later they tried rice and gaso
line as mediums of exchange.
Power companies had the ex
perience of sending out month
ly bills, only to have the rate of
exchange eliminate any possibil
ity of a profit.
As for the future of China,
Drager said the "situation looks
none too good.. It appears we
have ridden a bad horse badly."
However, he added, he did not
see "how we can abandon 400
million people."
Patrol to Check
Doukhobor Bombings
Nelson, B.C., Dec. (CP) A
24-hour track patrol was de
manded today by railwaymen
who fear more Doukhobor
bombings in the west Kooten
ays. Following protests last week,
night guards were posted on the
rail lines and bridges with trains
preceded by patrol speeders.
Trainmen started "cautious
runs" after three bombings in
two weeks on the Kettle Valley
line of the Canadian Pacific
railway. Special bridge guards
were posted.
"You have no chance on a
bridge," said a spokesman for
the railwaymen.
There are 10 bridges between
Trail and Nelson, a distance of
B0 miles.
Sons of Freedom, radical
group of the Doukhobor religi
ous sect, have been blamed for
bombings and incendiarism In
the Kootenays.
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m rioriaa lourisi Praises
Oregon Road Signs
A Florida resident wrote to
the Miami city manager that he
thinks Oregon has tha best sys
tem of highway signs. The Ml
Bml official sent the letter on to
State Highway Engineer R. H.
Baldock.
The tourist said ht got lost in
Washington state became of too
few signs. But he said Oregon
was a paradise as far as signs
art concerned. He never got lost
here once.
He said California had good
signs, too, but not as good as
Oregon.
Oregon, Thursday, Dec. 8, 1949
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Plucky Little "Mike" Rec
tor, 4, who for more than a
year amazed doctors with his
brave fight against bums
which seared 70 per cent of
his body, is back on his feet
with the help of , a hospital
walker in Washington. Doc
tors all but gave up hope for
mike when his cowboy suit
caught fire Nov. 12, 1948, but
skin grafts, careful medical at
tention and the boy's courage
pulled him through. (Acme
Telephoto)
East Germany
Minister III
Berlin, TlecVt 8 W) Otto Gro
tewohl, prime minister of the
communist East German govern
ment, has been stricken with a
serious illness, it was learned
officially today.
The information office of
Lrrotewom a government con
firmed the report that the prime
minister was in a hospital.
A statement may be made
later about the prime minister's
illness," a spokesman said.
The nature of the illness was
not described. West German
sources said Grotewohl has had
a nervous breakdown and is con
fined to a Russian army hospital
on the outskirts of Berlin.
Russian guards surround Gro-
tewohl's quarters, the British-
licensed newspaper Telegraf
reported.
Heuss Decries
German Army
Bonn, Germany, Dec. 8 VP)
President Theodor Heuss de
clared today current speculation
over a west German army is
dangerous to Germany's future.
He said he is against a West
German army even if the allies
should want one.
In this he was at variance
with his own chancellor. Kon-
rad Adenauer, who recently
said that while he does not fa
vor formation of an army by
West Germany, he would be
willing to form one if the allies
insist and if it were to be part of
a larger European army.
Heuss, leader of the conser
vative free democratic party,
said in an interview he did not
believe all the reports about re
armament in the East German
state set up under Soviet aus
pices. "After all, they are Germans,
Just like us," Heuss said.
"Frankly, I cannot sec the (East
Zone) people's police waging
an SED (communist party) cru
sade to conquer and subdue
democratic West Germany, Just
as I cannot see the west fight
ing men from the Soviet zone.
This would not be the German
way of handling internal polit
ical matters."
In any event, Heuss added,
"Germans arc not prone to wag
ing civil wars.
"It is not reasonable for
Germany to have an army to
day," he said.
Supper with Bazaar
Mill City The annual Pres
byterian Missionary society ba
zaar will be held Friday in the
church recreation room begin
ning at Z o'clock. From 5:30
until 7 a tamale supper will be
served to an expected 150 or
more persons.
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Hard to Secure
Polling Places
Deputy Sheriff Bert Smith,
who has charge of handling bal
lot boxes and their distribution
for the sheriff's office, at a con
ference with the county court
Thursday stated there are four
or five of the precincts inside
the city of Salem where the
chances for securing polling
places are exceedingly difficult
and in some of them some very
real problems may be presented
as to where voting will be had
at the primary election next
May.
These new precincts, he said,
were so organized they are left
without public or semi-public
buildings which might be avail
able for polling places and own
ers of residences are as a rule
loath to loan their homes for
that purpose.
The number of precincts in
the county has grown to 110
and in the city to 39, with in
creasing difficulty being found
for polling places. Even some
churches which have been used
for that purpose are being clos
ed against it, or are threatening
to be closed. One complaint
from churches is that cigarette
butts are left strewn over the
floor and smoking indulged in
in the edifice which doesn't
meet .with approval either from
the pastor or many of the par
ishioners.
"It may be that the voting
machine will have to be the an
swer," commented County
Judge Grant Murphy. "With
the voting machine the election
will not only be expedited, but
now we have twice as many pre
cincts as would be necessary if
we had such machines."
Canada Shipped
Reds Uranium
Ottawa, Dec. 8 W Trade
Minister C. D. Howe said today
that a shipment of Canadian
uranium oxide and uranium ni
trate went to Russia in May,
1943.
In a statement to the house
of commons, Howe said the
shipment was valued at $2,445
and made through normal com
mercial channels by Eldorado
Gold Mines, Ltd., a private firm
which sold its uranium-producing
property to the Canadian
government in 1944.
He said it was treated as a
normal" transaction. Few peo
ple knew then that tests lead
ing to the atomic bomb were
under way and it was consid
ered wise not to call attention
lo the project by refusing or
ders for metals, he added.
The policy in 1943 was to give
all possible aid to warring Rus
sia, Howe said.
He said the Russians asked in
the normal way for 500 pounds
of black uranium oxide and 500
pounds of uranium nitrate to be
used in the prosecution of the
the war. The oxide was to be
used in production of arma
ments, the nitrate for medical
purposes.
Maestro Declines
Life Senatorship
Rome, Dec. 8 W) Maestro Ar-
turo Toscanini's refusal to be
come a life senator of the It
alian republic drew sharp words
today from a part of the Italian
press.
President Luigi Einaudl ap
pointed the noted conductor in
recognition of his musical ac
complishments. Toscanlnl ca
bled his refusal from the Unit
ed States, saying the appoint
ment "was in contrast" with his
feelings though he was "always
ready to serve the fatherland."
In the senate, where Toscan
ini's cable was read by Senate
President Ivanhoe Bonomi yes
terday, there was no comment.
But the independent newspa
per Momcnto termed it a re
fusal that had "some discords."
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'Lucky' Motorist Watches Car Burn Chandos A. Rypinski
(left) watches Hollywood, Calif., fire department fight a blaze
that ruined his automobile. Rypinski said the car went out
of control and crashed into a lamp post, bursting into flames.
He emerged unhurt and observed "I guess I'm lucky." (AP
Wirephoto)
Conner Dazed
Over Murders
Alexandria, Va., Dec. 8 u.R
An automatic plea of innocent
was recorded today for John S.
Conner who killed his three
children because he didn't want
them to suffer the mental agonies
which have tortured him.
The $7,000-a-year engineer
stood in dazed silence at his
police court arraignment on tri
pie murder charges until Judge
.Tames R. Duncan asked if he
wanted a lawyer to defend him
No, I don't think so," Con
ner replied.
Because he appeared without
an attorney, an automatic plea
of not guilty was entered for
Conner, and he was held for
action by the Alexandria grand
Jury.
Duncan indicated a lawyer
would be appointed for him de
spite his apparent desire to make
no defense.
Conner had told police he
killed his children for fear they
had inherited mental taints that
periodically plunged him into
fits of depression. At his ar
raignment today after a night
under close watch in the Alex
andria jail he appeared wor
ried and dazed but displayed no
other signs of emotion.
Psychiatrists have said that
expert treatment might have
saved him from the mental
slump that made him slay his
son and two daughters.
Crime Comic Books
Banned by Canada
Ottawa, Dec. 8 Vf) There will
be fewer thrills for the kids in
Canada. Parliament has banned
crime comic books.
The senate last night passed a
bill banning the publication, dis
tribution or sale of comic books
that depict "the commission of
crimes, real or fictional."
The house of commons previ
ously had passed the bill unani
mously.
Supporters of the bill said
lurid crime pictorials stimulat
ed juvenile delinquency. Vio
lators can get up to two years
in prison.
Diamond Lake Snowed In
Bend, Dec. 8 W) The Dia
mond lake cutoff is closed for
the winter.
The route, which crosses the
Cascades between Diamond and
Crater lakes, is blocked by snow,
and will not reopen until spring.
New Standards
For High Schools
Spokane, Dec. 8 (P) Revised
standards for rating high schools
will be released in 1950, D A.
Emerson of Salem, Ore., said
today
Emerson, assistant superin
tendent of the Oregon state de
partment of education, spoke to
day at a meeting of the North
west Association of Secondary
and Higher Schools. He is pres
ident of the association.
"The new revisions will be an
attempt to further the use of uni
form standards." Emerson told
200 delegates attending the con
ference. "The first edition of
Criteria was published in 1940
The new edition will be the re
sult of research and experimen
tation during the past three
years.
The organization serves schools
in Alaska, Hawaii, the Philip
pine islands and seven western
states.
Delegates discussed the pos
sibility today of changing the
organization's name. Although
it bears the name "Northwest,"
it actually serves an area be
yond the northwestern limits.
Catholic Education
Unit Elect Officers
Spokane, Dec. 8 IP) Dele
gates to the new northwestern
unit of the National Catholic
Education association elected
the Rt. Rev. Raphael Heider,
president of St. Martin's college
at Lacey, to head the unit dur-'
ing the coming year.
Other officers include Sister
Idamae, dean of studies at Mar-
ylhurst, Ore., college, secretary-
treasurer
Polk County Judge.
Chairmans Drive
Dallas County Judge C. F.
(Jack) Hayes has accepted the
chairmanship of the annual Red
Cross fund drive, slated for
March, 1950, according to Dr.
Earl W. Benbow, chairman of
the Polk county chapter.
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Cold Wave in
Central States
(Br the Auocllted Prea.il
Storm clouds bearing sleet
and snow mushroomed north
eastward out of the southwest
today. They headed toward
north central states already in
the icy grip of a cold wave from
Canada.
Sleet and freezing rain were
forecast for Thursday afternoon
and night in Oklahoma, and
light snow was expected in Ne
braska, Kansas and Missouri.
The center of the frigid air
mass was in North Dakota this
morning. Velva reported 24 be
low zero.
South central states felt the
chill. The outer edges of the
cold air front dipped into Texas
and Mississippi.
Snow flurries and general
cloudiness extended eastward
from the Great Lakes to Pennsyl
vania and New York.
Low temperatures early today
included 15 above at Chicago, 32
at Louisville, 8 at Des Moines.
22 at Kansas City, 29 at Oklaho-!
ma City, 12 at Omaha. 25 at Am-1
arillo, 40 at Vicksburg, 61 at
New Orleans, and 60 at Tampa.
Denfield Undecided
On Quitting Navy Job
Westboro, Mass., Dec. 8 (U.R)
Admiral Louis E. Denfield, oust
ed chief of naval operations, said
todav he will Tint retire iinlpcQ
he decides it is best "for the navy
and national defense as a
whole."
The tall, bespectacled admiral
confessed he is having a hard
lime trying to make up his mind
whether to quit the navy or stay
on and accept a new command
m European waters.
It's a tough problem," he said
in an interview. "I'm torn be
tween two things. But I'm go
ing to do whichever is right for
the navy and national defense
as a whole."
Prince Aly Khan Flies Crib
London, Dec. 8 UP) Prince
Aly Khan, husband of Movie
Actress Rita Hayworth, flew
back to Pans today with a ba
by s crib.
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Negro Flogging
'Part of His Job'
Rome, Ga., Dec. 8 OT The
man whose name has run
thread-like through the case of
seven flogged Negroes said to
day it all resulted from doing
his job.
It was his job, said Deputy
William Hartline, to build a
cross.
Likewise,' he added, it was his
duty to go patrolling through
Hooker, Ga., the night of April
2 the night the Negroes were
flogged.
The 55-year-old sheriff's dep
uty took the stand this morning
in the mass civil rights trial here
of ten Dade county men before
Federal Judge Frank A. Hooper.
Hartline said he had been giv
en the job of cross building by
Ku Klux Klan Kleagle Walter
Arp the night before.
Though he denied member
ship in the Klan, Hartline ad
mitted attending a meeting of
the provisional Klavern in Dade
county and accepting instruc
tions from Arp for the cross
building.
He said he not only built the
cross but delivered it to Hooker
hill.
It was at Hooker, the govern
ment charges, that the seven Ne
groes were placed under false
arrest by the Dade officers and
surrendered to a KKK mob for
beating.
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