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Moonshiner Shot
In Mountain Cabin
Grants Pass, Ore., Dec. 27 U-R
Bird McGuire Wilson, 46, Mis-
ouri Flat moonshiner was
murdered in his two room cabin,
ejjght miles south of here, Sher
iff, Lloyd Lewis said tonight.
Two of Wilson's neighbors
were picked up for questioning
and held on "moonshining"
charges." They were Gilbert
Baker, 34, and Frank Paul, 44.
Wilson was found on his back
in bed, a bullet wound in his
head Friday night.
Sheriff Lewis said Baker ad
mitted he and the dead man had
been partners in the operation
of a 15-gallon still. Baker also
said that he found the body and
then emptied the still and hid it
in nearby weeds before report
ing the death.
The death bullet, taken from
the cabin wall was .30-.30 cali
ber. A ,25-.35 rifle was found
In the room with the safety on.
Mrs. Welton Injured
Mt. Angel Mrs. R. J. Welt
tom fell from the step ladder at
the local freezing plant while
removing meat to take to her
home, causing multiple frac
tures on her leg. She was taken
by ambulance to Silverton hos
pital, and placed in a cast, and
will be hospitalized there for an
indefinite time.
East Salem Schools Close
)With Fine Holiday Program
? East Salem, Dec. 27 With appropriate programs given for the
parents and friends out of the way schools closed for a ten days'
vacation Thursday night. At Middle Grove school a Christmas
pageant was presented Wednesday night by the pupils. Accom
panist for the evening music was Miss Betty Jo Davenport from
the Salem high school. Directors were Mrs. Mabell Drorbaugh,
Steve Irving, Miss Gladys Tip-
ton and Miss Cordelia Wilken
The program was divided into
two parts, songs by a primary
chorus and the pageant by the
intermediates and special num
bers. The primary children
opened the program with two
numbers followed by a duet by
John Anglin and Kathy Howard
and this followed by dancing
dolls, and a song and dance by
Linda Blankenship, Wilda Blan
kenship, Joyce Chamberlain,
Jean Schafer and Sally Myers.
Members of the chorus were
Mary Alt, Stephanie Anderson,
John Anglin, Julie Blankenship,
Diane Dixon, Randy Hammer,
Cathy Howard, Marilyn Jones,
Anne Kaufma, Leon Kimmer
llng, Richard Lloyd, Wayne Lo
vell, Danny Miller, Dennle Mil
ler, Franc Paris, Janice Rey
nolds, Donna Roberts, Freddie
Schafer, Harry Scharf, Sally,
Schmidt, Billy Joe Slimak, Bob
bie Stanley and Charles Wyatt.
Cast of characters for the pag
eant were Mary, Marie Ham
mer; Joseph, Jeff Stoddard; An
gels, Betty Enslin and Sandra
Dickey; shepherds, JerryiLogue,
Ronnie Dickey, Carry Lee Ham
mer and Verne Wilson; wise
me'n, Donald Barnes, Carsten
Hansen and Sammy Myers;
kings, Pat Wilson, Russell Rey
nolds and Robert Lloyd; read
ers, Babby Schafer and Earl
Wyatt; stage manager, Curtis
Hansing.
Special choir numbers were
taken by Dena Lou Kleen,
Sharon Chamberlain, Doris Rey
nolds, Loreleo Holman, Deanna
Dickey and Sue Anglin: "We
Three Kings of Orient"; four
boys, George Darland, Jerry
Griffin, David Clements and
CLEARANCE SALE
DRESSES SUITS
Values to Values to
$39.50 $69.50
Now $19.95 Now $39.95
COATS
BEAUTIFUL VIRGIN WOOL
Values to
$89.95 Now
Gilmores Upstairs Dress Shop
B-SO Crash Site A guant piece of twisted bomber wreck
age rises hideously from the mud and water grave of 11
airmen and their plane that crashed in. flames near Savannah,
Ga., in a desolate marsh area of abandoned rice fields. (AP
Wirephoto)
East Salem Residents Are
Very Busy Over Holiday
East Salem, Dec. 27 More holiday Christmas company is
noted in East Salem homes and many were away for the week-end.
Arriving home by plane from Greeley, Colorado, on Wednesday,
December 21, for the holiday vacation at the home of his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Richardson on Garden road were Mr.
and Mrs. Allan Dean Richard-'
son. Additional guests for the
week-end were Mrs. Pawelski
from Ocean Lake, Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Sherlock from Newberg, Mr.
and Mrs. Floyd Bullis of Cor
vallis and Dorothy and Barbara
Richardson.
Christmas guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Hanson at their Mon
roe ave., home were her sister
and family, Mr. and Mrs. Earl
ing Landsem from Portland and
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Au
gust Ramberg of Canby.
Holiday guests in the Bernard
Kenney home on Monroe ave
nue were Mr. and Mrs, Al Steck
elberg, Mrs. Alvina Poland and
her father, H. T. Steckelberg.
Among those who were away
for the holidays were Mr. and
Mrs. Cage and son, Marvin from
Middle Grove who drove to
Aberdeen, Wash., to be in the
home of her brother and family,
Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Wright.
Their mother, Mrs. Florence
Wright went up several days
Wayne Johnston: "God Rest Ye
Merry Gentlemen," a duet by
Dena Lou Kleen and Sue Anglin
Members of the intermediate
choir were Sue Anglin, Delores
Barnes, Jean Bartlemay, Jay
Blankenship, Adelina Castillo
Sharon Chamberlain, David
Clements, Carolyn Crum,
George Darland, Deanna Dickey,
Patsy Enslin, Jerry Griffin, Lo
releo Holman, Phyllis Howe,
Carol ' Ann Howard, Raymond
Johnston, Cordelia Kimmerling,
Darlene Kimmerling, Dena Lou
Kleen, Yvonne Miller, Steve
Patterson, Doris Reynolds, Dar
lene Schmidt and George Wyatt.
9:30
Hear
KAY KYSER'S
Favorite Story
"The Time Machine"
KSLM
Presented by
PORTLAND GENERAI
ELECTRIC COMPANY
$49.95
be there for a longer
Mr. and Mrs. Orval Prunk
Orval Jr., Gerald and Beverly
Jean Prunk of Auburn accom
panied by Mr. and Mrs. Vernon
McAllister, Mr. and Mrs. Leon
ard McAllister; Mr. and Mrs.
Gordon McAllister, Jennie Lou
ana oordon, Jr., drove to Rose-
burg for Christmas dav. Mr.
and Mrs. Orval Prunk and fam.
ily will also cpend several days
in Eugene at the Lewis McAl
lister home before returning
uume.
Private Richard Dalke camp
home by plane from the service
camp near Nashville, Tenn., for
the Holiday furlough visit with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Menno
uaike on East Garden road.
gt. 1c Eugene Scofield is
spending his holiday leave from
vaiiejo, ualif., at the home of
his parents, Dr. and Mrs. Roy
oconeia on silverton road.
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Moodv and
family were holiday dinner
guests with her sister and fam
ily, Mr. and Mrs. Hal Wagner
ago to
visit.
MIX1EYS
First Aid Car
Up for Repairs
- The city first aid car was sent
to a repair shop seriously dam
aged In an accident early Sun
day at Chemeketa and North
17th streets.
In the same accident a store
and an automobile were dam
aged, and Norton L. Maker, 90
Beech avenue, an employe of the
city, was cited for failure to
give right of way to an emer
gency vehicle.
The first aid car was on the
way to an accident when it
collided with Maker's car and
knocked it against the Claar
grocery store, and left a large
hole In the wall of the building.
The first aid crew said the siren
was sounding.
A private ambulance was call
ed for the original accident and
police furnished a substitute
vehicle for first aid.
Damage to the first aid car
amounted to about $400 and the
Maker car was badly damaged.
and her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Hilke.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Becker and
Gail of Auburn were in Klamath
Falls for the week-end at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Duane
Sigel.
Mr. and Mrs. Arlo McLain and
sons were in Corvallis on Sun
day in the home of his brother,
George McLain and family. '
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Irving of
Auburn spent Christmas in In
dependence with his parents the
Clark Irvings.
Mr. and Mrs. John Meier and
Linda of Auburn with her grand
mother, Mrs. Karen Pederson
were holiday guests of her moth
er, Mrs. J. Hagen.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gilmer and
Lee Ann of Monroe avenue were
Christmas day guests of his
brother and sister-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. I. P. Gilmer in Salem.
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Seguin,
Jacqueline and Judy of Swegle
drove to Gervais to spend
Christmas with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Seguin.
Miss Alice Turowski, second
grade teacher at Swegle is spend
ing her holiday vacation week
at the home of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph Turowski in
Portland, and Miss Carolyn
Going, fourth grade teacher will
be with her parents at Nash
ville for the week.
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Body Recovered Searchers are shown with the body of
5-year-old Donnie Totcn after it was recovered from beneath
two feet of soft earth. Donnie and his playmate, Billy Don
Rogers, also 5, were buried alive by a bulldozer, owned by
Billy's father, a well-to-do contractor of Wichita Falls, Tex.
The bodies were recovered after searchers began digging
where a puppy, a playmate of the tots, kept whining. The
operator of the bulldozer said he had warned the boys to
stay away. (AP Wirephoto)
Coal Priorities
Given Railroads
Washington, Dec. 24 (P) An
emergency government order
gave the nation's fuel-hungry
railroads first crack today at
coal produced in mines from
which they normally get their
supplies.
The interstate commerce com
mission announced the action
yesterday to keep the nation's
rail transportation from break
ing down in the busy holiday
travel season and in the wintry
weeks which follow.
The order became effective at
the mines at a minute after mid
night and will continue in ef
fect until midnight February 25.
Dwindling coal stocks, the re
sult of a production curb clamp
ed down by Mine Leader John
L. Lewis, had cut into railroad
supplies so sharply that one line
the - Chesapeake and Ohio
had already taken for its own
use some of the coal it was car
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rying as freight.
The ICC said railroads with
less than a nine-day supply on
hand could get additional coal
by applying to the commission's
service bureau.
A number of roads had report
ed shortages. The Pennsylvania
said it had a two-week stock on
hand, the New York Central
enough for 10 days, the Louis
ville and Nashville enough for
11 or 12 days.
Due to the "extreme" short
age, the ICC said, the ability of
the railroads "to adequately per
form car service and their com
mon carrier duties in the inter
est of the public and commerce
of the people is seriously threat
ened.
Seal Sale Finished
Woodburn A total of $565.15
has been received in the tuber
culosis seal sale at Woodburn.
according to Mrs. Carl Magnu
son, local drive chairman. Th
campaign was closed on Christ
mas and all those who received
seals through the mail are asked
to send in their money or re
turn the seals.
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I Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, Dec. 27, 1949 15
New Studies Made to Perfect
Pellet Method for Reseeding
By WILLIAM E. LOWELL
Washington, Dec. 27 Wi New studies are being made to per
fect the pellet method for reseeding forests and range lands,
the forestry service says.
In his annual report, Chief Forester Lyle F. Watts revealed
that the pellets thus far used have not produced satisfactory re
sults either for reseeding trees
or grass.
The grass seeds, encased in an
earthen coating containing fer
tilizer and rodent repellant,
were scattered from an airplane
over some forest land in south
eastern Utah and hundreds of
acres of wasteland on Arizona
Indian reservations.
An Indian bureau spokesman
told a reporter the experiment
on the range lands also was un
satisfactory. Revegation of the Indian lands
would have been a boon to the
livestock raising tribes of the
southwest. Drought and heavy
grazing had destroyed the once
luxurious grass. Conventional
methods of reseeding seemed
slow and laborious.
Watls said of attempts at the
planting:
The conventional pelleting
process was found to destroy or
inhibit the germinative capacity
of conifer seeds, probably by
limiting the exygen supply.
New type pellets are being
developed which, it is believed
will not retard germination, but
will have the usual advantages
of pellets: Easier handling and
a supply of nutrients for the
young seedlings."
Watts also said the forest
service station in the Pacific
northwest is developing a light
nand seeder that will quickly
plant, aat a selected depth, a
single pelleted tree seed.
Spokesmen for both the In
dian bureau and the bureau of
public lands said they will be
interested in any further de
velopments but that studies by
the Utah State College and Idaho
Universit had found damage to
seed runs as high as 82 per cent
from the pcllctizing process.
"Actually," the land agancy
representative said, "the pallet
ized seed had a far lower germ
ination than naked seed."
While these three agencies are
not satisfied with Tir(fpnf toi
leting processes or sold on the
laea oi broadcasting from air
planes, thov acknnwleriff that
there are situations where either
would be valuable.
The seed is easier to control
if drODDGd in nnltnla. fni" nno
thing. For another, there is a
lot of rough country on the pub
lic lands of the west where the
usual reseeding methods cannot
be used but which coulH h
covered easily from an airplane.
or land where it can be used,
the drill is much hntter a -.rs.
er commented. Ho said experi
ments have shown, however, that
seed can be broadcast success
fully in the asher of a bumpH
over area or in groves of such
trees as aspens, where fallen
leaves will provide cover.
For reforestation, he said,
nothing has yet appeared that
will restore the forest hettpr
than hand-planted nursery trees.
Three Oregon Men
On AFL Blacklist
Washington, Dec. 27 (IP) A
list of 107 congress members,
published yesterday by the Ame
rican Federation of Labor and
described as having "opposed
the best interests of workers,
farmers and small businessmen,"
contained the n a m p nf throa
northwest office holders.
Those mentioned in c 1 u d e d
Senators Guy Cordon of Oregon
and Harrv Cain of WnshinDtnn
and Rep. Harris Ellsworth of
uregon. All are republicans.
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