16 Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Saturday, Dec. 10, 1949
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Russians Convicted Accused of espionage, these Soviet
citizens huddle together in the county court at Sarajevo,
Yugoslavia, where they were convicted and sentenced to
prison at hard labor for terms ranging from three to 20
years. The 10 defendants (six shown above) Immediately ap
pealed. It was the first time since the war that Russian
citizens have been tried, convicted and sentenced in any of
the eastern European countries. (Acme Telephoto)
Messiah to Be Given Sunday
At High School Auditorium
. Salem Oratorio society will present its annual performance
of Handel's "The Messiah," Sunday afternoon in the auditorium
of! Salem senior high school. The program will be at 3 o'clock,
Sean Melvin Geist of the Willamette university college of music
directing
The chorus of more than 300
voices is accompanied by the
Willamette symphony orchestra,
directed by Dr. Willis C. Gates of
the university.
There will be six soloists with
the presentation.
Robert C. Johnson Is to be a
basso soloist. He is of Portland
and has sung with various
church groups in Portland and
with many other choirs and chor
uses, including the Eugene Glee
men, the Portland Gleemen and
the Portland Symphony choir.
Virginia Ward Elliott of Mc
Minnville has the soprano solo
parts. She has appeared twice
before as soloist with the Salem
Oratorio society. For 15 years
he was director of the well
known Linfield a cappella choir.
Edith Fairham Gunnar, con
tralto, also is a soloist in the
Sunday program. This is her
second appearance with the Ora
torio group. She is well known
to Salem audiences and was
fraduated in June from Willa
mette. Baritone soloist is Robert
Dwinn, senior student at Willa
mette. He has sung with the uni
versity a cappella choir and has
been, guest soloist on many pro
grams here.
Grace Ashford, also of Willa
mette college of music, is a so
prano soloist for the Sunday per
formance. She has sung before
many groups here and has been
a member of the First Presby
terian church here.
Ormal Tack, director of music
in the Lower Columbia Junior
college at Longview, is the tenor
oloist. He has been soloist at
many churches in the Seattle and
Portland areas and has had
much experience in organizing
and directing men's choruses and
glee clubs.
The Sunday presentation of
"The Messiah" is without charge
and the interested public is invited.
H. L. Pearcy Elected
Head of Nut Growers
Portland. Dec. 10 Walnut
growers are socking ways to im
prove their product and increase
ales.
The Nut Growers' society of
Oregon and Washington was
told here yesterday that the im
provements are needed, for the
market is dwindling.
Among suggestions offered
were proposals to plant cover
crops in the winter and to add
organic humus to the soil.
Harry L. Pearcy, Snlem, was
elected president; Burr Fisher,
Springfield, and Guy L. Ander
son, Longview, vice presidents.
Appeal NLRB Ruling
Portland, Dec. 10 (P A drug
stire firm involved In labor
trouble said today it would ap
peal to the courts for aid.
The Haleston Drug stores said
It would appeal from an NLRB
decision In which the NLRB re
fused to handle the case on the
ground that interstate commerce
was not involved. The firm had
accused the AFL Culinary Work
ers if unfair labor practices.
Americans average 80 , bus
rides a year.
FOR
Insured Savings
Sff First
native brought death today to
the British governor of Sara
wak, 45-year-old Duncan G.
Stewart.
Stewart died in a Singapore
hospital after a seven-day fight
for life. He had been stabbed
December 3 while making his
first visit to Sibu, an inland cen
ter of the North Borneo crown
colony to which he came only
month ago.
He had been flown to Singa
pore for treatment and his con
dition took a turn for the worse
three days ago.
ONE OF THE BOYS
Two-Star General Runs Outfit
In 'Most Unorthodox Manner'
By HARMAN W. NICHOLS
Scott Air Force Base,- Belleville, 111., Dec. 10 (U.B The air
training command clicks from the top down.
The guy who makes .it click is handsome, affable Maj. Gen.
Robert W. Harper. I don't use the word "guy" with any dis
respect for two-star rank, because Bob Harper considers himself
one of the boys and he is.
You could tell that when he
took the rostrum at headquarters
here to open a public informa
tion conference attended by of
ficers from the 17 air bases in
the command.
The 49-year-old general runs
the biggest business in the air
force in a most unorthodox man
ner. He figures he can get more
out of his men with a friendly
smile and a warm handshake
than with a scowl and a slap
ping down not that the general!
can't get rough when the oc-l
casion demands. He certainly
can, and does.
Bob is a constant source of
amazement and often bewilder
ment to those under and above
him.
Hardly a day goes by that he
does not shock some rank in
Washington.
He doesn't like the word
"channels."
"I'm not even sure I know
what the word means," he says.
He's probably the greatest cut
ter of red tape in the world He
can see no sense in writing a
letter, with multiple copies,
when there is a telephone handy
"If I have to go through a
dozen different sources to get
a simple job done I'd just
soon forget about the job," he
says.
On the surface, the entire op
eration seems technically pre
cise and simple. Actually, the
air force training is the most
nerve-shattering end of air force
operations. But with Bob at the
controls the operation is simple.
You may get the idea that
the general sold me a bill of
goods.
He did.
G.l.s Idyll of
Love Uprooted
Frankfurt, Germany, Dec. 10
W) The American army has
pulled up stakes on a GI's Idyll
of love in a tent with his beau
tiful German sweetheart and
their baby.
Army officials announced yes
terday the soldier, recruit Mel
born C. Moffitt of Hominy,
Okla., had been arrested after
being absent without leave since
last March 31.
Moffitt, the army said, had
had a "fine record," but when
his unit got ready to head for
the United States he apparently
decided to pull out in order to
be with his girl and baby.
The announcement said the
family had been living in a
house in the Grafenwoehr area
until about two months ago.
Then, an official said, the sol
dier got scared and moved his
family Into a homemade but
well-camouflaged tent in the
woods in the area.
Moffitt was arrested after a
German forester reported a
"strange man who looks like an
American is living in the woods
at Grafenwoehr."
Army police took the girl and
her baby to Nuernberg for ques
tioning, but they said the girl
was not put under arrest.
It is estimated that U. S. tour- s..
ists in Canada spent a quarter
of a billion dollars last year.
Building Hits Ebb
Lebanon New building total
in Lebanon for November was
only $30,250, according to fig
ures released by Elda Ungar,
city recorder. The amount was
divided into three residences,
two garages, two business build
ings, three remodeled cottages,
two remodeled garages and a re
modeled business building.
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information contact representa
tive at Marion Hotel December
12th and 13th Only.
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Army Sergeant
Killed In Blast
Tun-ell, Ark., Dee. 10 (IF) A
26-year-old army sergeant,
trapped in a small service sta
tion, was killed yesterday when
stacks of Christmas fireworks
ignited and blasted the room
with flaming explosions.
Maurice E. Mims of Clanton,
Ala., died as he crouched in a
corner in an effort to shield him
self from the fury of exploding
rockets, firecrackers and roman
candles.
His cousin, 'William E. Clack-
ler, 23, of Clanton. escaped by
plunging through a glass door.
The operator of the service sta
tion, Ed Haskett. followed
Clackler to safety.
Clackler said the fireworks
were set off when a penny pack
age of lighted firecrackers was
tossed on the floor.
"They started exploding all
over the floor and one hit a big
stack of other fireworks," he
said. "They were all stacked in
the front of the room and we
were trapped in the back."
He said he and Mims were on
their way to Seattle, Wash.,
where Mims was to report for
duty.
They stopped at the service
station, he said, to repair a flat
tire.
Stalin Now Heap
Big Indian Chief
London, Dec. 10 (ff) Now It's
heap big chief Stalin, or so Mos
cow radio says.
A Moscow broadcast heard
here said Stalin had received
the headddress of an honorary
Indian chief. It was a birthday
gift.. Stalin will be 70 on Dec.
21.
Accompanying the headdress,
said the radio, was a greeting
hailing "the greatest of war
riors, Josef Stalin, elected hon
orary chief of the Indian tribes."
The broadcast did not say
what Indians sent the gift, where
they sent it from, or just when
Stalin had been elected an hon
orary chief.
British Governor
Dies of Stab Wound
Singapore, Dec. 10 W A stab
wound inflicted by a rebellous
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