2 Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Saturday, Dec. 10, 1949
Shadow of Famine Hangs
Over Small Mining Town
Shallmar, Md., Dee. 10 VP) The shadow of famine hung over
this small coal mining town today.
Its major Industry, the Wolf Den mine, has been shut down
lnce last March and now the food shelves are all but bare.
The plight of the community, home of some 50 families, was
brought to light yesterday oy hsv
school principal, J. Paul Ana
rick.
"Without a great amount of
help from the outside," he said,
"these people cannot hope to
survive the winter."
Andrlck said he learned about
the situation when he looked
in on the family of a girl su
Outline Tactics
To Defeat CVA
Methods of waging a success
ful battle against the proposed
" Columbia Valley Administration
were outlined before members of
the Salem Credit association Fri
day by Mark Hatfield, a politi
cal science professor at Willam
ette university.
Hatfield urged opponents of
the CVA to discuss the issue of
federal invasions of individual
and state rights with their neigh
bors and friends.
He emphasized, too, that those
opposed to the Truman proposals
for the CVA system should Join
organizations which are waging
a battle against the program.
The youthful political scientist
also urged credit members to
keep their congressmen inform
ed on their opinions.
His suggestions were proceed
ed by a talk dealing with the
weeping powers which would
be given CVA directors by the
administration plan. He ex
plained the bill would remove
conduct of the northwest de
velopment from control of con
gress and that the courts would
be powerless to review its ac-tlvltltes.
Rangers to Send
Greetings to Salem
Members of the "Rangers," a
YMCA organization made up of
10-year-old boys, will send greet
ings to a similar group of young
sters In Salem, Mass., through
the medium of a recording. v
The greetings will be In the
nature of the 80th observance
of the organization in the Sa
lem, Mass., YMCA of a regular
schedule of boys' activities. The
Salem, Mass., Y was the first
to organize such program, the
date being 1869.
From time to time Gus Moore,
general secretary and Carlton
Grelder, program director for
the local Y, give bits of YMCA
history to the boys groups. It
Is in connection with the anni
versary in Salem, Mass., that the
record Is being cut. It will con
tain bits of information con
cerning Salem, the YMCA and
the activities of the Rangers.
Labish Garden Club
Gives Christmas Show
The Labish Garden club met
at the home of Mrs. W. M. Bart
lett Thursday. A Christmas
Greens show was presented with
all the members and guest par
ticipating. A 1 o'clock luncheon
was served.
Mrs. Bartlett received first,
and Mrs. Z. A. Gregg second on
their green displayed. A short
talk on tuberous begonias was
given by Mrs. John Henry, Sr.
Members present were: Mrs.
Hattie Van Cleave, Mrs. Leslie
Tonz, Mrs. Z. A. Gregg, Mrs. Joe
Hcnny, Mrs. Anna Heilman, Mrs.
Waldo Lowery, Mrs. William
McClure, Mrs. Glen Wadley and
daughter Esther, Mrs. A. Wright,
Mrs. Andrew Zahare, Mrs. Dor
othy Zielinskl, Mrs. Ed. Zielin
ski, Mrs. John Henry, Sr., Mrs.
Frank Johnson, guest Mrs. Sam
Ramp.
The next meeting will be a
Christmas party held at Mrs.
Dorothy Ziellnskl's home.
No Laughs for Wynn
Hollywood, Dec. 10 VP) On his
television show, It would at least
have been good for a laugh.
But there was no audience
yesterday when slapstick Come
dian Ed Wynn slipped in his
shower and broke a rib. Taped
up, he'll be able to make his
show next Thursday, his doctor
says.
dent whom he sent home be
cause she was faint from hun
ger. He found that the family
"had literally lived on apples
for two weeks."
At another home a mother of
seven told of feeding her family
on bread, potatoes and beans for
a similar period, then added,
"today for a -change we had cab
bage for supper."
During the hunting season the
miners took up their guns and
brought back four deer, sharing
the game with destitute neigh
bors. One of the neighbors said, "I
never cared much for venison,
but it was the first fresh meat
in this house in three months."
The owner of the mine, H. A.
Marshall, said from a hospital
bed in nearby Cumberland, Md.,
he plans to resume operations
but doesn't know when. He is
recovering from a minor ailment.
He .explained the mine was
closed because orders fell off.
Western Maryland coal is gen
erally regarded as inferior to
that produced in neighboring
West Virginia fields, and often
it is so difficult to mine that
small Maryland operators cannot
compete with prices offered by
large scale companies.
About 90 shallmar miners were
thrown on relief when the mine
closed down, but unemployment
compensation payments ran out
after six months for most of
them.
War veterans and fraternal or
ganizations from nearby com
munities have been collecting re
lief supplies and the county com
missioners have raised funds to
provide lunches for the school
children.
But Andrlck said "conditions
may get worse before they get
better."
Asked what she planned to
do for Christmas, one housewife
replied, "I haven't thought about
Christmas. For the past several
weeks I've been more worried
about the next meal."
Sclo Charlie Krossman and
Don Shindler have enlisted in
the army and are now in train
ing at Fort Ord, Calif.
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Representative Here
Salem visitor Friday was Clif
ford L. Bangsund, assistant gen
eral traffic manager for West
Coast Airlines.
Bangsund, whose offices are In
Seattle, was here contacting rep
resentatives of the Chamber of
Commerce and officials of the
city regarding West Coast Air
lines service to Salem.
The West Coast official was al
so collecting data for presenta
tion at the West Coast and Un
ited Airlines hearing on air car
rier service to Salem, which Is
the result of a Civil Aeronaut
ics Board show cause order on
why United service should not
be replaced here by that of West
Coast Airlines.
Malecki to Work
For March of Dimes
Howard Ragan, of Salem, Mar
ion county 1950 March of Dimes
chairman, has announced the ap
pointment of Gene Malecki, as
executive secretary for the 1950
campaign. The campaign head
quarters are 409 Oregon build
ing.
The Marion county chapter
of the National Foundation for
Infantile Paralysis is badly In
need of funds for the coming
year due to the many cases that
have occurred In the recent polio
out break.
The campaign headquarters
have already received a check
for $5 from Moses P. Adams,
route 1, Salem.
The 1950 March of Dimes cam-
pagln continues January 16 to
ill.
The halls at Salem high school were filled with the smell
of shoe polish and footgear shone as the Hi-Y clubs held their
annual shoe shine. Above, Dick Evans, a member of Arthur
Cotton, applies polish to Richard Scott's shoes. The fee was
10 cents which will go to benefit world fellowship among
members of Hi-Y in other countries.
6th Man Held
For Poultry Theft
A sixth man was taken before
district court Saturday morning
for arraignment on burglary
charges involving chicken thefts
in Marion county.
A preliminary examination
was set for Monday on the case
against Don Bostaedar, the new
est member of an alleged chick
en stealing ring.
Also set for hearing at the
same time are burglary charges
against Gary A. Meredith and
Leonard A. Burns. That pair
was ordered held for grand jury
action earlier in the week along
with two 18-year-old girls and
another man.
A trail of chicken feathers
from moulting hens removed
from a farm near Marion pro
vided state police with the orig
inal clues which broke open
the alleged chicken stealing
rings.
70,000 Auto License
Plates Now Issued
More than 70,000 automobile
license plates for 1950 have been
Issued, the great majority by
mail. All applications sent to
the motor vehicle division have
been filled according to William
Healy, assistant secretary of
state.
Healy said that delivery of
the plates in some postoffices
might be delayed slightly to
avoid loading mail carriers with
two many plates in any one de
livery. The 1950 auto license plates
are issued on a staggered basis,
that is, the expiration date of
each license expires during one
of the coming 14 months. This
plan, authorized by the 1949
legislature, was adopted to avoid
the annual rush for auto plates.
Expiration of plates will take
place each month of the year,
hereafter, instead of at the end
of year, as in the past.
Two Check Cases
In District Court
Two check cases were brought
before district court Saturday
morning with one man ordered
held for grand jury action on
a forgery charge and the other
case continued to Monday for
preliminary examination on
charge of obtaining property by
false pretenses.
Held for the grand jury was
Robert Fries. Two charges of
forgery was held against him,
and his total bail was set at
Earth Hissing
Like Tea Kettle
Chester, Mont., Dec. 10 (Pi
A square mile of earth near
here has been hissing like a tea
kettle and spouting geysers of
mud, water and natural gas this
week.
An old gas well casing broke
about 700 feet below the sur
face and tremendous pressure
blew several tons of earth sky
ward. The earth cracked over
a square-mile area. Workmen
report some of the cracks were
as wide as four feet, geysers
spurted skyward, the ground
trembled violently and gas be
low the surface hissed and boil-
$2000. His arrest and that of
James Campbell in Klamath
Falls smashed a check ring
which had used the name of
Dillon Jones, a route 5 farmer,
on th bogus checks.
George Frost, accused of ob
taining property by false pre
tenses in another case, was or
dered to appear Monday for pre
liminary examination. His bail
was $1000.
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GerhartEisler'sWife
Links Hiss With Commies
New York, Dec. 10 VP) The ex-wife of communist Gerhart
Eislcr has offered new testimony linking Alger Hiss with a Red
underground in pre-war Washington. ,
Appearing as a government witness yesterday in Hiss' seeond
perjury trial, Mrs. Hede Massing, one-time Viennese actress, pic
tured herself and Hiss as friend
ly rivals In the underground.
The 49-year-old Mrs. Massing
had been barred from testifying
last summer at Hiss' first trial
which ended in a hung jury. But
this time, the defense offered no
objections.
Her former husband, Eisler,
fled this country as a stowaway
last spring while facing charges
of passport fraud and contempt
of congress.
Mrs. Massing said she met Hiss
in 1935 when she was "working
for the communist party." The
meeting, she said was at the
home of Noel Field, who, like
Hiss, was then an official in the
U. S. state department.
Mrs.. Massing said she and
Hiss argued over which of them
would get the services of Field
in their separate underground
cells. She gave this account of
the conversation:
'I said to Mr. Hiss. 'I under
stand that you are trying to get
Noel Field away from my or
ganization into yours.'
And he said, 'So you are this
famous girl that is trying to get
Noel Field away from me,' and
said, 'Yes.'
"He said, 'Well, we will see
who is going to win.'
At this point. I said. 'You
realize that you are competing
witn a woman,' at which either
he or I said I forget which of
us said it, but it was either he
I 'whoever is going to win,
we are working for the same
boss.'
This sentence I remember
very distinctly because it was
very important."
Hiss, 45, one-time trusted ad
viser of the late President
Roosevelt, has denied he ever
met Mrs. Massing.
Streets Slippery
But No Snow
Christmas-time weather lurk
ed near Saturday morning, al
though the city was more an
noyed with some glazed streets
and fog than it was with pros
pect of snow.
The snow, the stuff that is
supposed to make an ideal set
ting for Christmas, was confined
to the higher elevations and
foothills around Salem, none be
ing reported in the city.
With the mercury down to 30
degrees here this morning, early
drivers did not appreciate the
slippery streets and the heavy
fog.
Automobiles coming into Dal
las Saturday from the higher
districts near there were cover
ed with snow. Residents farther
west reported that the Dallas
Valsetz highway was , covered
Friday by three inches of snow
and that numerous cars had
skidded off the road.
Frost was general throughout
the valley. Eastern Oregon is
getting the real winter chill,
weather bureau dispatches re
ported Saturday morning. At
Bend the thermometers skidded
to 8 degrees. Lakeview had 15
and Klamath Falls. 18. '
ed.
The pressure break occurred
when Fenger No. 2 gasser on the
Utopia structure was being con
nected to a pipeline leading to
Great Falls, Mont. When the
casing broke, terrific pressure
from the well and pipeline was
directed against the soil under
ground. Several large cracks
appeared immediately. Smaller
holes showed up throughout this
week.
By today the commotion had
subsided.
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Dies in Hospital
Sidney H. Francisco, a resi
dent of the Willamette valley for
many years, died Friday in the
Southern Pacific hospital in
San Francisco at the age of 62
years.
He served the Southern Pa
cific company as telegrapher
and station agent and prior to
his last illness had been sta
tioned at Marion and Brooks.
Francisco is survived by his
widow, Nan Francisco who was
with 'him at the time of his
death; a daughter, Eleanor Neu
feldt and a son, Hudson Francis
co, both of San Francisco; a son,
Don Francisco of Glendale, Cal.,
and a sister, Mrs. P. H. Harris of
Los Angeles.
He was a member of St. Paul's
Episcopal' church of Salem, the
Masonic order, Order of Rail
road Telegraphers and served in
World War I.
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