There Will Always Be Christmas Trees
WASHINGTON, D. C. (Spe
cial) Fifty yeara ago a Presi
dent of the United States
banned the use of Christmas
trees in the White House be
cause he thought the practice
of cutting young evergreens
was wasteful.
That order, issued by Theodore
Roosevelt, went unchallenged un
til two of his young sons were
caught in the act of smuggling a
Christmas tree into the Executive
Mansion. To escape their father's
presidential wrath they appealed
to America's first professional for
ester and Theodore Roosevelt's
good friend, Gifford Pinchot, to in
tercede for them.
Pinchot did, pointing out that
proper cutting of small evergreens
for Christmas use is not harmful
and frequently actually helps a
forest
That advice, good enough 60
years ago to lift a White House
ban and convince a strong-minded
president, is echoed this year by
no less an authority than the
American Forest Products Indus
tries. "Don't worry about the plight
of the poor Christmas tree," says
this wood-industry sponsored or
ganization, "it's as replaceable as
the Thanksgiving turkey and just
as indispensable to the American
scene."
Nearly half of the 21 million
evergreens that make up Ameri
ca's 1949 Christmas tree harvest
were farm produced. Nearly nine
tenths of the entire crop was cut
on privately owned timberland. To
augment this domestic Christmas
tree harvest, about five million
evergreens are imported annually,
most of them from Canada.
Besides bringing a fragrant
freshness of the forest into two
out of every three American
homes this December, the three
month Christmas tree harvest
pours an estimated 60 million dol
lars into the Nation's economic
bloodstream.
Most American Christmas trees
are thinned from natural growth
forests. An original stand of from
five to ten thousand trees per acre
will actually mature only a few
hundred sawlog-size trees. Most
of the small evergreens, selectively
cut for Christmas sale, would
sooner or later have been elim
inated by Nature in the life and
death struggle for forest space.
When it comes to selecting a
Christmas tree, most Americans
have as many individual likes and
dislikes as they have in motor cars
or hats. Color, limb strength,
shape, compactness, fragrance, an
Youth, 77, Whizzes Through
College Courses in 30 Hours
Chicago, Dec. 14 () -J. Edward Nelson, 17, has just whizzed
through four years of college in 30 hours.
"It's always been theoretically possible," amazed officials of
the college of the University of Chicago said yesterday.
Edward is the first student to demonstrate by 14 placement
3 Lucia Maids
Killed in Crash
Stockholm, Sweden, Dec. 14
(U.B The shadow of death hung
today for the second straight
year over Sweden's great an
nual festival of light featuring
the traditional parade of the
"Lucia brides."
Three Lucia maids were kill
ed in the hamlet of Kimstad In
south central Sweden when a
taxicab carrying them to the lo
cal celebration was hit by a
speeding express train at a cross-
In Stockholm, more than
100,000 persons cheered the par
ade of the Lucia brides of the
United States and Sweden, Nor
ma Freeman of Chicago and
Gerd Larsson of Hesingland.
But in Kimstad the ceremony
was cancelled after the train
smashed into the cab carrying
the Lucia maids 100 yards from
a dairy plant where hundreds
of workers were waiting for
the party.
Three of the maids in the .back
seat Elsie Hallberg, Gunn
Britt Johansson and Violet Sam
uelson were killed. Margareta
Larsson and Anna-Brltt Carl
sson, who were riding in front,
escaped with minor injuries.
The town's Lucia queen, Ker
stin Carlen, escaped death or
injury because she overslept
and decided to bicycle to the fes
tival. All six girls worked at the
dairy products plant.
Last year's Lucia ceremonies
claimed two victims.
Soroptimist Club
Hears Mrs. Hayles
Soroptimist club members
heard a talk by Mrs. Mable
Hayles, recreation director and
librarian at the state hospital
for their luncheon meeting Wed
nesday. She told of her trip to
England and the continent un
der the auspices of a Columbia
university tour this past summer.
Guests were Miss Mae btepn
anson and Dr. Margaret Dowell
Christmas gifts for the Che-
mawa Indian school and for the
state hospital were brought to
the meeting. Plans were made
for the group's Christmas party
next Wednesday noon at the
Senator hotel.
Portland, Dec. W-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
These spruce trees from Northern Minnesota's second growth forests
will bring Christmas cheer into homes all over America, This scene typi
fies the holiday forest harvest just completed, (Halvorson Trees, Photo)
ability to retain needles and, of
course, price are factors.
Best seller on the Christmas
tree market today is the balsam
fir, a product of New England
and Northeastern United States.
About six and one-half million of
these are sold in an average year.
Douglas firs, products of the
Pacific Coast, are the second most
popular. Black spruce,, red cedar
and white spruce follow in that
order. Together these make up 83
percent of all Christmas trees sold
in the United States. Scotch pine,
Southern pine, red spruce, Vir
ginia pine, white fir, Norway
spruce, hemlock, cypress, juniper
and Engleman spruce also are
marketed in commercial quanti
ties. Historians disagree over how
and when this Christmas tree busi
ness started in America. Home
sick Hessian soldiers, brought
over from Germany by the British
to fight George Washington's
Continental Army, probably in
troduced the custom.
-"tests that he possses the equiva
lent of a general education. So
instead of working on credits
for a bachelor's degree, he will
begin immediately to work on
his master's degree in mathe
matics.
The tests, introduced at the
college in 1942, recognize a stu
dent for what he knows and not
for the number of courses he
has taken. All students are giv
en the tests during a five-day
period to determine their aca
demic standing.
Edward, son of a YMCA sec
retary in Rome, Italy, attended
the Bronx high school of science
in New York City and complet
ed his Junior and senior years
at the Institito Giovanni Verga
when his family moved to Rome.
He brushed aside suggestions
that he is a genius.
It's all what you learn and
where you learn it," he said "I
firmly believe, however, that
teaching methods and courses
are more comprehensive in
European schools."
In Rome he attended school
about four hours a day but al
ways spent at least another
three hours on his homework,
Nelson told newsmen.
No Diplomatic
Immunity
New York, Dec. 14 Iff) The
U. S. circuit court of appeals to
day rejected a move by Valen
tin A. Gubltchev to get a new ar
gument on his contention that he
has diplomatic immunity from
trial for espionage.
Gubltchev, Russian engineer,
is scheduled to go on trial Dec.
27 with Judith Coplon, former
justice department employe.
His attorney asked the court
of appeals to compel Federal
Judge Sylvester J. Ryan, who is
to preside at the trial, to return
the matter to Judge Simon H.
Rifkind for re-argument of the
immunity question.
But Presiding Judge August
N. Hand of the appeals tribunal
said the application was "whol
ly without merit."
Rifkind ruled several months
ago Gubitchev was not entitled
to diplomatic immunity.
ESTATE SALE
;t; Bids are now being received for sale of real
and personal property at 2765 Brooks Avenue.
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Another German, the sixteenth
century religious leader Martin
Luther, generally is credited with
originating the custom of decorat
ing Christmas trees with lights.
Noting how snowflakei on the
boughs of evergreen trees reflect
ed moonlight, Martin Luther de
termined to capture the same
effect in his home by placing
lighted candles on the tree. The
idea spread through the centuries.
This Christmas eve, just as they
have since 1923, people will gather
around an evergreen tree on the
White House lawn to participate
in a tree lighting ceremony dedi
cated by the President and broad
cast nationally.
Forestry-wise the United States
has traveled a full circle since
Theodore Roosevelt's day. Christ
mas trees, like sawlogs and pulp
wood, have become a crop in
America. This country's forests,
if protected and wisely managed,
can produce both wood and
Christmas trees in quantities suf
ficient to meet present as well as
future needs.
Liars Seeking
Championship
Burlington, Wis., Dec. 14 (ff)
The hunters and fishermen, who
have more practice, are making
a fast pitch for the national liar's
championship.
. Otis C. Hulett, president of the
Burlington Liar's club, which
will pick the champion Dec. 31,
said today a couple of the sports
men are right up in the running.
Take, for example, the fish
story told by Homer Floyd Fans
ler of Tacoma, Wash., about his
father's fabulous fox hounds.
"My father had the fastest fox
hounds in the entire state of
West Virginia, perhaps in the
whole eastern seaboard," wrote
Fansler.
"He went fox hunting one day
with these fast hounds and car
ried a mattock along to dig out
any fox that might take refuge
in his lair. So, on these fast
hounds of fathers were barking
at the entrance of a nice fox
den. Father came up and started
digging, and dug for 15 minutes
when suddenly a fox dove be
tween his legs and into the den.
Those hounds were so fast they
had beaten the fox to his den by
a quarter of an hour."
Texas Oil Output
Cut Days Production
Austin, Tex., Dee. 14 (ff) The
railroad commission cut Texas'
average daily allowable oil pro
duction today for January 83
373 barrels, by knocking one
day off this month's producing
schedule.
Permissive flow as of Decern
ber 10 was 2,134,321 barrels
daily.
All Texas fields except east
Texas will be on 17 producing
days, and east Texas will be on
15.
The order was issued by the
commission following its state
wide oil proration hearing.
Today's hearing produced
declaration that Texas must turn
from petroleum to a sales tax or
some other source for addition
al revenue.
Ryan, who is conducting pre
trial proceedings, is hearing ar
guments on a defense motion
that the case be thrown out, on
the ground it is based on infor
mation obtained by wiretapping,
which is illegal in federal court
procedure.
United Church
For Protestants
Greenwich, Conn., Dec. 14 W)
Establishment of a united Pro
testant church partly to s a v e
small independent congregations
with inadequate finances and fa
cilities was sought at a confer
ence opening here today (2 p.m.,
EST).
Representatives of more than
19,000,000 church goers were to
attend the three-day conference.
The main business will be to
establish a permanent commit
tee "to explore several proposals
which will be submitted to in
terested denominations for a Un
ited Church of Christ in Amer
ica."
This goal was explained by
Dr. Mark A. Dawber, co-executive
secretary of the Home Mis
sions council. This agency, which
represents 25 religious bodies,
arranged the conference.
Dr. Truman B. Douglass, ex
ecutive vice president of the
board of home missions, Congre-
tional Christian church, said de
mand for the meeting had been
spurred by deficiences in church
facilities for many of the nation's
47,000,000 Protestants.
The conference is sponsored by
seven denominations represent
ing 15,140,000 members. Seven
other denominations, with 4,
257,000 members, are sending
observers. Also attending are
consultants from four interde
nominational councils.
Presiding over the session is
Dr. Douglas Horton, secretary of
the General Council of the Con
gregational Christian churches.
Co-ed's Slayer
Visited Alienist
Iowa City, Iowa, Dec. 14 W)
Robert E. Bednasek, charged
with the murder of his Univer
sity of Iowa sweetheart, had
sought psychiatric advice, sev
eral weeks ago, says County At
torney Jack White.
White yesterday confirmed a
report that Bednasek, a 24 year
old psychology senior at the
university, had visited a psy
chiatrist.
We heard a rumor to that
effect," White said. "We checked
and found out that he had seen
a psychiatrist some weeks ago
A statement by the psychiatrist
said Bednasek had come to him
and said he had 'homicidal and
suicidal impulses,' White added.
Later a university official,
who asked not to be named,
said Bednasek had gone to Ed
ward J. Shoben, Jr., assistant
professor of psychology, for ad
vice. Shoben also is a clinical
psychologist on the campus and
counsels students as part of his
regular duties.
The official said he believed
Shoben might be the "psychiat
rist"! to whom White referred.
Bednasek had told newsmen
that Shoben "probably knows
more about me than anyone
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LATE SPORTS
Detroit Defeats
Gates, 65 to 33
Detroit Detroit high turned
back a determined third period
bid on the part of the opposi
tion to win over Gates high
Tuesday night, 65 to 33 in a
Marion County B league en
counter. Going into the final period,
Gates trailed by five points.
A Detroit town team defeat
ed a similar squad from Idanha,
43 to 24 in a preliminary.
Detroit 65
White 5 ...
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Lady 2
(33) Gates
, 5 Zlebert
, 6 Mitchell
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Probe Crash
Of Airliner
Washington. Dec. 14 VP) Offi
cials investigating the crash of
a Capital airliner studied a
crew member's report today that
an engine failed just before the
plane plunged into the Potomac
river Monday night.
The probe was started by the
civil aeronautics board within
a few hours of the crash, which
killed four persons including the
pilot and co-puot. There were
19 survivors.
The crackup occurred while
the twin-engine DC-3 was try
ing with the help of radar to
feel its way into Natoinal air
port through a heavy fog. Tech
nicians said the plane veered off
the radar screen as it approach
ed the field. It was found in
the river shortly afterward.
The only surviving crew mem
ber, Flight Attendant Joseph W.
Buell, Jr., related:
"We started a climb to the
left at about 300 feet high. The
starboard engine sputtered I
think it quit completely then
we spun off tr the left."
Buell's story supported an.
other indication that Pilot Wil
liam J. Davis was attempting to
regain altitude for another land'
ing attempt when the crash oc
curred near Boiling air force
base across the Pctomac from
the Commercial airport.
The other sign that Davis had
changed his mind about an im
mediate landing was a report
that the shattered aircraft's
wheels were drawn up in flying
position which would not have
been the case if the pilot had
planned to land.
else. After' Shoben visited the
student in jail Shoben said he
would be willing to tell of his
relationship with Bednasek if
subpoenaed. He said he did not
"feel at liberty" to discuss the
relationship with newsmen.
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With Panama
Washington, Dec. 14 ffl The
United States is renewing diplo
matic relations with Panama,
withheld since Arnulfo Arias
took power in a scries of gov
ernment overturns last month.
Secretary of State Acheson an
nounced the decision to a news
conference today. He said as
surances have been received
from Arias that his government
will fulfill Panama's internation
al obligations. That is a partic
ularly important point for the
United States since the Panama
canal cuts through the heart of
the little Latin American coun
try.
Acheson noted in a statement
that there was no foreign inter
vention involved in "the govern
ment changes in Panama.
This reference might have i
bearing on future American con
sigeration of recognition of the
Chinese communist government.
In the case of China, the com
munists have had outside support
from Russia.
In his statement, Acheson re
called that the United States has
"publicly deplored" the means
of the political changes in Pan
lama
Hiss Described
As Communist
New York, Dec. 14 VP) A sec
ond defense witness testified to
day, through a statement read in
his absence, that he heard Alger
H.'ss described as a communist
when Hiss held high state de
partment office.
"I heard that rumor just be
fore he severed his connection
with the department," said Jo
seph C. Green, executive direc
tor of the state department's
board of examiners.
Green's statement was read in
Hiss' second perjury trial only
24 hours after another defense
witness said Former Ambassa
dor William C. Bullitt referred
to Hiss as a communist in 1947.
The earlier witness, who test!
fied in person, was Dr. Stanley
K.. Hornbeck, former ambassa
dor to The Netherlands.
Green said in his statement
that he regarded a rumor of
Hiss' associating with ex-communist
Courier Whittaker Cham
bers as "utterly preposterous."
He said he expressed this view
to Hiss himself.
Hiss, the witness said, "didn't
make any answer, except to say
that he had heard something of
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Capital Journal, Salem, Ore.,
that sort himself, and thanked
me for telling him."
Former Assistant Secretary of
State Francis B. Sayre testified
that he picked Hiss personally as
his assistant.
"He was my righthand man,
coming in and going out of my
office constantly," Sayre said,
adding that Hiss' record in the
state department was "outstand
ing."
Chambers has testified that
Hiss gave him secret state de
partment papers for transmittal
to a pre-war Soviet spy ring in
Washington. Hiss denies it.
ChianaAqreesto
Defend Formosa
Taipeh, Formosa, Dec. 14 Of)
Diplomatic sources disclosed
today the United States ap
proached Generalissimo Chiang-
Kai-Shek on the defense of For
mosa before Chiang went to
Chungking last month.
Chiang is understood to have
promised fullest cooperation if
outstanding Americans were
sent here from the States to help
plan the defense. Official
sources contacted today, how
ever, would not confirm this.
(Formosa was given to China
by allied leaders befort the end
of World War II. It was a part
of the Japanese empire for 50
years and its final disposition
will be made when the Japanese
peace treaty Is signed.)
There are growing indications
that both nationalist leaders and
Formosa provincial authorities
are making sweeping reforms to
try to earn United States aid.
Gen. Chen Cheng, governor of
Formosa and military leader of
southeastern China, last summer
offered to give up the governor
ship in favo r of a civilian ad
ministration.
Reliable sources also said fur
ther political reforms will be an
nounced soon.
Savings Bond Sales
For November Shown
Sales of savings bonds In
Marion county during November
totaled $139,440, County Chair
man Sid Stevens announced
Wednesday. The total for Octo
ber was $114,088. .
Of the November total, $121,
002 was In E bonds and $18,438
in F and G bonds.
The total for the year at the
end of November was $2,400,
817. Polk county's total In savings
bonds for the month was $25,
262, and for the year $284,328.
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100 Cars of
Potatoes Frozen
Klamath Falls, Dec. 14 (IP)
October frost damage to potatoes i
in the Klamath basin will reach :
about 100 carloads, Ben David
son, administrator of the Ore- -gon
spud commission, estimated
to growers meeting here today,'
and the damage in Deschutes,
Crook and Jefferson counties
mounts up to 400 cars. $
The damage here was little,'
compared to tonnage grown, but
there have been a few reports of
potatoes damaged in recent days
while stored in inadequate eel-h
lars.
Below zero temperatures have "
been felt several nights in the--Tulelake
area. i
Davidson said many frost-dam- r
aged spuds in central Oregon
will have to be dumped. Some
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wets. ."'
Frost damage this year was"
the worst since 1936 in potato m
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