Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, December 12, 1949, Page 2, Image 2

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    2-Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Monday, Dec. 12, 1949
March of Dimes Foster Girl Eight-year-old Wanda Wiley
(above) has been selected as the 1950 March of Dimes poster
girl. One of six children of Mr. and Mrs. Earl N. Wiley of
Austin, Tex., Wanda was stricken a week after her 16-year-old
sister suffered an attack. She is the second poster girl from
Texas. (Acme Telephoto)
Carpenter Talks
Safe Driving
With the prospect that the
40 million motor vehicles now
being operated over the high
ways may be doubled within the
not distant future, there is urg
ent need for individual atten
tion to driving and walking hab
its. This was the assertion of
Johnny Carpenter, special events
director for radio station KOIN
as he stressed safety during an
address before the Salem Cham
ber of Commerce Monday noon
Highway safety is the greatest
challenge to face the American
public today, declared Carpen
ter as he spoke of the 33,000
persons killed and the million
injured each year as the results
of traffic accidents.
Carpenter urged the Inclusion
of a course In automobile driv
ing in the currlculums of the
high schools. He stated that stu
dents taught through such
courses are from two to four
times less prone to be Involved
In accidents.
There is a strong need for
improvement in the techniques
used In driver instruction, said
the speaker. He said that many
persons drive by habit and that
such habits are "none too hot."
In touching upon law enforce
ment, Carpenter said that ticket
"fixing" should not be tolerated.
Coast Guardsman
Killed in Jeep Crash
Portland, Dec. 12 VP) A coast
guard radio operator was killed
and another technician injured
last night when a jeep in which
they were speeding to Eugene
crashed here with a private car,
Two civilians are in a hospital
Killed in the smashup was
John Tetter, 28, from a coast
guard station near Seattle. His
companion, Kenneth M. Walker,
32, has Internal Injuries. Their
home towns have not been re
leased by the military base.
Injured in the civilian car
were driver Francis L. Dubuis-
son, 22, and Don Morey, 23, both
of Portland. Dubulsson suffered
leg Injuries and Morey was do
scribed as in ser:ous condition
from internal injuries.
Gubifchev Denied
Separate Spy Trial
New York, Dec. 12 (At Val
cntln A. Gubitchev, Soviet en
gineer indicted with Judith Cop
Ion, former government girl, on
an espionage charge, today was
denied a separate trial.
Trial of the couple has been
set for December 27. The charge
involves an alleged conspiracy
to transmit government secrets
to Russia.
Before Federal Judge Sylves
ter J. Ryan acted on the motion,
the government produced 32
affidavits from FBI agents and
other department of Justice em
ployes which disclosed that the
FBI had tapped telephone wires
of both Gubitchev and Miss Cop
Ion before their arrest March 4.
The affidavits also showed
that the government had main
tained surveillance of mall ad
dressed to both defendants.
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Golden Cards
Gold membership cards In Al
Kader Shrine temple were pre
sented to Milton L. Meyers of
Salem and Frank W. Settlemei
er, Woodburn, along with four
other members of the order, in
commemoration of one-half cen
tury of membership.
Meyers is the second oldest
member, in point of member
ship in the temple, having cross
ed the hot sands in 1895.
The presentation took place at
a ceremonial held at the Port
land auditorium Saturday.
Elmer J. Church, president of
the Salem Shrine club, present
ed Potentate Earl Riley with a
check from the club for $2500
for the Portland unit of the
Shriners Hospital for Crippled
Children. In addition the club
gave the hospital a year's sup
ply of 21 varieties of canned
fruit and vegetables. Cash gifts
aggregating $27,000 were pre
sented to the hospital by various
northwest Shrine temples and
clubs. .
$100 Month Pensions
For Lumberjacks Ask
Portland, Ore., Dec. 12 U.B
Industry spokesmen today said
AFL lumber and Bawmlll work
ers demand for $100 a month
pensions were "news to us" af
ter union negotiators said they
would strike by Christmas if
employers of 35,000 workers In
western Oregon and Washington
refuse to bargain.
C. S. Hoffman, Coos Bay, Ore.,
representing Oregon coast lum
bermen, said pensions were
"out of the question" for small
mill owners, but that some of
the larger operators "probab
ly can absorb the additional
cost."
Two spokesmen representing
employers of 5,000 workers said
the demand was "impossible."
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To Grand Jury
Three men were ordered held
for the grand Jury Monday fol
lowing a preliminary examina
tion in district court on burglary
charges resulting from the un
covering of an alleged chicken
stealing gang.
The trio involved in the court
action were Don Bosteader, Gary
A. Meredith and Leonard A.
Burns. Bail on the charge was
set at $1,000. Meredith and
Burns were ordered held for
grand jury action last week on
a similar case along with an
other man and two 18-year-old
girls.
In court, testimony showed
that chickens stolen by the gang
had been sold through a Salem
produce house.
The ring was uncovered by
state police. Thus far, eight ar
rests have been made. Two Juve
niles as well as the six who have
been in court on the charges
were nabbed and a warrant has
been issued for the arrest of an
other youth.
Probers Recall
Groves, Jordan
Washington, Dec. 12 (IP) The
house un-American activities
committee decided definitely, to
day to recall Lt. Gen. Leslie R,
Groves and former Major George
Racy Jordan for more question
ing on wartime atomic leaks to
the Russians.
Rep. Harrison (D., Va.), a
committee member, said that
Chairman Wood (D., Ga.) advis
ed the committee counsel, Frank
Tavenner, by telephone that he
wants Groves and Jordan to
come back to the witness chair.
Tavenner said he Willi ask them
to be here next Monday.
It was Jordan who testified
last week that the late Harry L.
Hopkins put on pressure to
speed an atomic shipment to
Russia during the winter of 1943-
44. Jordan said that at least a
man who said he was Hopkins
telephoned him at the- Great
Falls, Montana, air base where
Jordan was stationed.
Friends of Hopkins have com
mented that Hopkins was ill and
inactive In government in the
first half of 1944.
Groves testified that neither
Hopkins nor former Vice Pres
ident Henry Wallace tried to
pressure him Into supplying at
omic materials or secrets to the
Soviets.
There were indications that
some committee members want
to ask Groves more about some
of the things he has said in press
interviews since his testimony.
Another reason for recalling
Groves is the protests from re
publican committee members
that they were not present when
he was heard last week.
$500,000 Fire
Florence, Colo.
Florence, Colo., Dec. 12 u.B
Roaring flames gutted a business
building block In the downtown
district of this south-central
Colorado town of 4,800 popula
tion before it was brought un
der control today.
"The damage will run to a
half-million dollars maybe
more." Assistant Fire Chief Har
old Graham said.
The fire, worst in Florence
history, was fought by more
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Frigid, 11 -degree weather
hampered efforts to extinguish
the spreading flames.
Graham said the fire, believed
to have started in the basement
of the building, wrecked a block
of business offices, living quar
ters and other establishments
running about 250 feet in the city
block.
No injuries were reported. Liv
ing units occupied parts of the
upper floor of the two-story
brick building, but residents ap
parently escaped.
Cop Jailed for
7 Burqlaries
Jersey City, N.J., Dec. 12 VP)
Police today solved the long
series of thefts , on Patrolman
Francis McManus' beat. They
arrested the patrolman himself.
McManus, a 29-year-old pa
trolman who joined the force
two years ago, was booked on
seven charges- including break
ing, entering and larceny.
Police Capt. Olin W. Miller
said McManus admitted the
thefts.
Capt. Miller said McManus
would park his own car along
his beat and load it with loot
picked up during his series of
side ventures.
The last time he tried it he
had expanded his operations to
the point where his car was no
longer large enough, Capt.
Miller said. This time he
brought along a truck.
Detectives, who had become
suspicious about the constant
series of thefts when McManus
went out on his beat, trailed the
patrolman for several months.
Capt. Miller said McManus
was building his own home and
that most of the materials taken
along his beat appeared to be
intended for the construction
project,
Pope Hopes for
Return of Many
Vatican City, Dec. 12 (PI -
Pope Pius expressed the hope
today that the 1950 holy year
would bring back to the Catho
lic church those who have been
separated from it.
The pope spoke to cardinals
of the church in a secret con
sistory called to name three pa
pal delegates who, with the pon
tiff, will open the holy doors
of Rome's four major churches
on Christmas eve to begin the
holy year.
In his speech, released for
publication after the consistory,
the Pope said:
'May the Lord wish that also
those who have been completely
separated from the Catholic
church, or who because of negli
gence and prejudice have with
drawn themselves, feel in this
holy year a salutary movement
towards her and experience in
their souls an ardent desire for
that concorded unity and that
very upright truth to which the
Divine Redeemer not only called
us bv His teaching, but also
consecrated profoundly with His
precious blood."
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liamentary contest held at the
high school gymnasium in which
six schools participated, Dayton
placed first, McMinnville sec
ond, Newberg third, Amity
fourth.
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Ex-PremierChun
In Hong Kong
Hong Kong, Dec. 12 (IP) For
mer Premier Chang Chun ar
rived here by plane today after
his release by nationalist desert
ers in Kunming.
Chang Chun was caught, along
with four top army commanders,
when turncoat troops took over
the city for the communists. He
had gone there Friday to hold
the governor of Yunnan prov
ince, Lu Han, in the nationalist
camp.
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-
Shek narrowly missed going to
Kunming at the same time, na
tionalist sources revealed, and
apparently would have been
caught in the same trap.
In a brief interview with re
porters at the airport, Chang
Chun said he became suspicious
Friday night and asked Lu Han
to approve his departure, which
the governor did.
He left Kunming Sunday for
Haiphong by plane, accompanied
by his four aides. Chang Chun
added that he knew nothing of
the coup.
Ku Klux Trial
Jury Deadlocks
Birmingham, Ala., Dec. 12 (IP)
A mis-trial was declared to
day in the case of a Ku Klux
Klan leader accused of masked
flogging.
The jury reported after de
liberating over the week-end
that it could not reach a verdict.
It received the case at 12:42 p.m.
Saturday.
A. B. Carradinc, 40-year-old
West Jefferson mechanic, was
tried on a charge he flogged
Jack Alexander and two others
the night of May 19.
He admitted being an officer
of the Stonewall Jackson Klav
ern at nearby Adamsville. But
he denied that he ever went on
Klan raids or wielded the lash
over any flogging victims.
Carradine claimed he was at
a ball game that May night. Two
state witnesses identified him as
the man with the lash.
Asistant Solicitor Cecil Dea-
son announced that Carradine
would be re-tried on the charge,
which carries a maximum pen
alty of 10 years.
Carradine is one of a group of
18 indicted after a wave of flog
gings and cross burning by
masked hoodlums here last
spring.
The state's leading witness,
Irvln Leon Key, a former Klans
man. testified that Carradine
wielded the lash over, three vic
tims In April and three in May.
Solicitor Emmett Perry asked
the jury in his closing argument
"not- to turn the Justice of this
state over to 'Judge Lash' and
trials by the Klan."
The U.S. bureau of reclama
tion estimates 16,840,000 more
acres could be Irrigated in west
em states.
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College Lothario Dates Actress Bob Precht, 19, voted
"most romantic he-man on the UCLA campus,'' helps screen
actress Elizabeth Taylor remove her coat as he escorts her
to a movie in Hollywood. The date was a "break the ice"
prelude for "Great Lover" Precht's junior prom date with the
17-year-old actress. (Acme Telephoto)
State Fair
Opens
September 4
Dates for the 1950 Oregon
State Fair were announced to
day as Monday, Sept. 4, to Sat
urday, Sept. 10, inclusive.
The announcement was made
at the meeting of the Western
Fairs association in Los Angel
es, which is being attended by
Leo Spitzbart, manager of the
Oregon State Fair, and E. L. Pet
erson, director of the state de
partment of agriculture.
William S. Randall of Colusa,
Calif., was elected president of
the association.
Other officers named from
eight western states were J. H.
McMurray, Puyallup, Wash.,
vice president; Rose E. Links,
Sacramento, Calif., secretary;
and Dr. R. Jaqua, Lancaster,
Calif., Dr. J. N. D. Hidley, Fern
dale, Calif., and A. H. Lea,
Gresham, Ore., directors
The following fair dates were
set for the Pacific northwest:
Aug. 23-Sept. 4 Pacific Na
tional exhibition, Canada.
Aug. 28-Sept. 3 Multnomah
county fair, Gresham, Ore.
Aug. 31-Scpt. 2 Washington
County fair, Hillsboro, Ore.
Sept. 4-10 Oregon State Fair,
Salem, Oregon.
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Unique Gifts Sent
Stalin by Romanians
Bucharest, Romania, Dec. 12
(IP) A radio set which lights
up a picture of Soviet Prime
Minister Stalin when it is tuned
to radio Moscow; a bust of the
prime minister carved in sugar;
picture of Stalin on tobacco
leaves.
Those were among the count
less Romanian gifts for Stalin's
70th birthday December 21
which were displayed to foreign
correspondents Saturday. They
were crated and sent to Mos
cow on a special train of at
least five 10-ton railway cars.
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Mrs. Robertson
Dies at Hosoital
Funeral services will be held
at the Virgil T. Golden chapel
Wednesday aitcrnoon at 3
o'clock lor Mrs. Rose Magdalene
Robertson, late resident of 365
Columbia street, who died at a
local hospital Sunday following
an illness of two years.
Rev. Louis E. White will offi
ciate at the rites, which will be
followed by interment in the
City View cemetery.
Born in Duluth, Minn., De
cember 18, 1886, Mrs. Robertson,
with her husband, A. E. Robert
son, to whom she was married
in Duluth in 1906, came to Sa
lem to live in 1911. She was a
member of the Knight memorial
church.
Surviving are the husband;
three daughters, Mrs. Grace V.
Barnes and Mrs. Helen V. Will
wert of Salem and Mary E.
Woods of Everett, Wash.; three
sons, Clifford L. E. Robertson,
Fred O. Robertson and Ralph K.
Robertson of Salem; a sister,
Mrs. Charles Rush of Gates,
Ore.; a brother, Charles Lap
schies of Salem; 11 grandchil
dren and one great grandchild.
Light Snow Mantles
Puget Sound Area
Seattle, Dec. 12 (IP) The year's
first white mantle of snow lay
lightly over the Puget Sound
area this morning, although
there was not enough to stick to
streets or sidewalks.
The weather bureau forecast
mixed snow and rain for tonight
and rain tomorrow blasting the
unanimous hopes of youngsters
for good sliding but causing mo
torists to sigh with relief.
A minimum of 32 was forecast
for tonight
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