C teSsssL v otr n fa - rr - ' , ' I : Resting Easy A "flying" coupe landed upside down astride a station wagon and a sedan after failure to make a curve in a road in National City, Calif. Vehicle plunged down a five-foot bank into used car lot, rolled and slid onto hoods of adjoining cars after hitting a delivery truck. Four marines crawled out without a scratch. (AP Wirephoto.) SANTA WITH WHITE GOWN Hospital to Make It Easy For Mom, Pop With Boy in Bed Boston, Dec. 14 VP) Mom and Pop will wait up for Santa Claus along with Sonny in his hospital ward in a new experiment at Boston's great children's medical center. But not all the tots who won't be home for Christmas can hare the eve with their families in the world-famed hospital. Some are too sick for long visits. Many are in heavy casts and braces or recovering after serious heart or brain opera tions. The doctors started a radical project for the not too sick med ical patients. They plan to make it easy for their folks to see them when ever they can. No waiting for visiting hours if your child is in this particular 20-bed ward. Little Dean Ault Gets Pup ! With Lucky Name Attached Seattle, Dec. 14 VP)--A Lucky Lady has come to little Dean Ault. Dean, 2'A year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack L. Ault, is the little boy who already has lost the sight of one eye and may have to surrender his other eye because of cancer in order to live. S Luckv Lady is a little black Cocker Spaniel dog that was sent to him by air express from Montreal, Que. Lady luck ar rived at night with a note, read ing: "Dear Dean, here is a little gift from me to you. Hope it will make you happy, too. God's blessing now I ask for you for a speedy recovery. All my love Maureen Allaston, 2161 Cadil lac St., Montreal, Que." Dean and the puppy made friends immediately, Dean declaring: "I'm going to feed the doggie, Mommie." Drop in any time, feed him, give him his bath or sing him to sleep. And you can play with him for hours in the big playroom at the end of the ward. It's crammed with dolls and dollhouses, me chanical gadgets for boys and all sorts of quiet games. Sometime, maybe, the whole hospital will have playrooms in every ward. But there just isn't room right now. Tot, 2, Gets Head Stuck in Banister Birmingham, Ala., Dec. 14 JP) Bedlam broke loose when two-year-old Mickey Holloway got his head stuck in the banister. The playful Mickey was up to his old trick of making faces at Sister Shirley, 12, last night. All of a sudden he got his head caught between two iron bars of the staircase. Mickey screamed "bloody murder, said his mother, Mrs, J. L. Holloway. Somebody called the fire department. The fire men got Mickey loose with a crowbar. They gave the boy a dime to keep him quiet during the oper ation. Newspaper photographers came to take Mickey s picture "I'm not afraid," he told them. But he was very careful not to put his head very far through the banister when he stuck out his tongue at his sister the next time. Burned-Out Family of Bob Riley Get Christmas Couple of Weeks Early Washington, Dec, VP) The Bob Riley family had a Christmas after ail and a couple weeks early at that. Sunday night, their small home eight miles southeast of here was burned to the ground. With it went all ther per sonal possessions. The holiday season looked pretty bleak for Mr. and Mrs. Riley and their 16-year-old son, Robert, Jr. But that was before their neighbors got on the telephone. One phone call led to another. Almost before they knew it, the rural church in which the neighbors planned to hold a "shower" for the family was too small. So, yesterday, an estimated ZOO persons gathered in the nearby Good Hope town hall. They all came bearing gifts canned foods, kitchenware, linens, a set of silver. There was some much-needed cash, too. The Rileys had nothing to say; they were much too happy. Said Riley's brother, Mailyn, with whom the family has stayed since the fire: "You just can't realize what this means to Bob." Nothing but Bells From 'Radio' Attieboro, Mass., Dec. JP) Investigating two false fire alarms sounded two minutes apart yesterday, police dis covered tracks of a toy wagon leading from the box. They followed the trail to the nearby home of a three and one-half-year-old boy. Patiently they had to explain to him why he couldn't get any music when he climbed on his cart and twisted the handle of the pretty red "radio" on the pole. Small City Expects Tired Fair Visitors Seattle, Dec. 14 P The com mittee for the greater Seattle centennial celebration, to be held in 1951-52 were amazed to find a $10 contribution from Anacortes in their morning mail. With the check, however, was a note of explanation from Paul Luvera, past president of the chamber, which read: "Hundreds of thousands ' of visitors will come to Seattle to enjoy the activities. "After awhile they'll tire of you city slickers and want to breath of some fresh country air. That's where Anacortes and the rest of the state will come in particularly Anacortes." Firemen Busy Portland, Dec. VP) Fire fighters were kept hopping as flames destroyed an office, re pair shop and ammunition ware house at the Portland Gun club east of here yesterday. About 50 cases of shotgun shells were in the flames, the shells popping like firecrackers. Food Flown to Ward's Felines New York, Dec. 14 VP) The American Feline Society, Inc., is flying two shipments of food to the four cats which Angus Ward brought out of Red China. President Robert L. Kendell said the state department had assured him that the shipments, to be made by Pan-American Airways from Wilmington, Cal., would be expedited. "Those cats are undoubtedly underfed after living in that part of the world and they will need proper cat food," Kendell said. Dispatches from the ship Lakeland Victory, which is tak ing Ward and his wife to Japan, said that the recently released consul general was accompanied by his four cats, ranging in age up to 16 years. High Estate Taxes Hits Small Business Washington, Dec. 14 VP) A tax expert declared today that high estate and inheritance taxes are slowly wiping out the na tion's small businesses. Federal and state tax proper ties, he said, are forcing estate liquidation and making it al most impossible for a business to pass from father to son. This was the picture drawn by W. T. Hackett, vice president and trust officer of the Hunting ton National bank of Columbus, Ohio, before a senate-house eco nomic committee studying ways to encourage more investment in small firms. 'My experience leads me to believe," he said, "that our pres ent high estate and inheritance tax levies are slowly but surely destroying the small business." Inheritance taxes pick off small businesses one by one, Hackett said, as those who in herit usually are forced to sell to get enough cash to pay up. Dean's father has not yet giv en up hope that his son's sight may be saved. Despite an opin ion from a San Francisco doc tor that the left eye must be re moved to save Dean from death, he is seeking further medical opinion from Portland. "An operation is the farthest thing from our minds right now," said the father. "We arc hoping to obtain another exam ination of the eye within i week." No NW Power Shortage Seen Tacoma, Wash., Dec. 14 U-R The Pacific Northwest Utilities conference committee announ ced today that electric power supplies in the region will be adequate through the balance of the winter, so far as can be anticipated. Unusually favorable precipita tion, stream flow and tempera ture conditions during the last 30 days have filled all power reservoirs and now make it ap pear probable utilities can carry present loads through the win ter. However, the present situa tion does not permit northwest utilities to take on any addi tional house heating or large in dustrial loads, the committee said. The committee met here yes terday and will meet again here Jan. 10. Capital Journal. Salem,' Ore., Wednesday, Dec' 1949 18 Postmaster as Santa's Helper Buffalo, N. Y Dm. I.' "P A nine-year-old boy in County Down, Ireland, addressed this plea to "Postmaster General, Buffalo, N. Y.": "Could you please send me a cowboy outfit. I am 9. I hop you have my fit. . . . I'm sure you won't mind sending this to Santa where the cowboys live 'cause we have none here. Our Santa had no cowboy outfit last time." Christmas Glamor SV Gen. Devers Heads AAA Safety Division Washington, Dec. 14 U.R) Gen Jacob L. Devers, who re tired ' as chief of army field forces in September, today was named to head the. American Automobile association's safety foundation. Devers' appointment to the newly created post was an nounced by Lou Holland of Kansas City, recently-elected AAA president, at a luncheon at tended by more than 100 repre sentatives of government and the transportation Industries. Leland Execution Delayed to Jan. 20 Portland, Dec. 14 (JP) The execution of Morris Leland, 22, for the slaying of a Portland high school girl has been set back from Jan. 6 to Jan. 20. Circuit Judge James W. Craw ford granted the stay at the re quest of Leland's attorneys. They want to study a trial transcript before filing a motion for a new trial. Leland was convicted of mur dering 15-year-old Thelma Tay lor. Program Presented By PTA at Brooks Brooks The Brooks PTA sponsored the following program at the school gymnasium; a one act play, "Those Husbands of Ours", all women cast. Mr Doris Ramp, Mrs. Mary Tontz, Mrs. Lois Palmer, Mrs. Mary Bartholeme, Mrs. Marguerite Lowery, Mrs. Velma Archer and Mrs. Lorene Isham. Piano solo, Samara Ramn: tan dance by Tracy Ramp and Bar bara Henny; song, Iva English and Sharon Nolan; piano solo, Ann Lowery; accordion selec tions by Walt Brutka: readines Gus Harris; skit, "My Hero" by &any tontz, Kathy Archer and Ann Lowery; tap dancing, Mar lene Henny; one act play, "When Men Reduce as Women Do," by the following cast, Leslie Tontz, Sam Ramp, Orville Wymore, John Archer, and Waldo Lowerv. rceiresnments were served at the close of the program. Mrs. Jesse Varbel the special prize. Silverton Visitors Honored in Oswego Silverton Mrs. Cora Graden and her mother, Mrs. Oscar Bro- ten have returned to their Fifth street home from an extended visit at the Oswego home of an other daughter of Mrs. Broten, the T. P. Risteigens. Both Mrs. Broten and Mrs. Graden were signally honored during their visit in Oswego. On me occasion of the birthday an niversary of Mrs. Graden, 20 relatives and close friends of Portland and Oswego arranged a dinner at the Dahl house. Mrs Broten was pronounced "the la dy of the day," as she was the oldest, in years, among the guests present, being in her 90th year. 22 Contract Bridge Teams in Tournament Twenty-two contract bridge teams took part in the grab-bag duplicate tournament at the Christmas party of the Salem Elks Bridge club, and several others, including Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Wynkoop, were guests at the preceding dinner. Winning combinations when the scores were posted were Mrs William F. Leary and John Oakes, and Oliver B. Huston and William Wood. In second places were Mrs. Arthur L. Lewis and Elmer Berg, and Mrs. George B. Henderson and W. L. Frasier of Albany. In the regular weekly dupli cate play at the Elks club Mrs. Harry J. Wiedmer and William Wood, and William F. Leary and Mrs. E. W. Kay were high, while Mrs. W. E. 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