I Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Wednesday, Dec. 28, 1949
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Faces Death Paul Gutierrez, 25, is led from the Fresno,
Calif., court of Superior Judge A. C. Shepard by Deputy
Sheriffs Glen Hunt, (left) and Hubert Nevins, after he was
sentenced to die in the gas chamber for the brutal murder of
17-month-old Josephine Vanez on Nov. 20. (AP Wirephoto)
Cat Travels 1000 Miles
To Find Family That Moved
Chicago, Dec. 28 (IP) Rusty, an orange and white cat, is a most
remarkable animal, according to Joseph J. Toste, his wife and their
three daughters.
Toste, a grocer, moved his family to suburban Forest Park last
September from Belmont, Mass., a Boston suburb, and left Rusty
wit-
his father in Belmont.
Rusty, he said, showed up at
his home last week. Toste said
he was so amazed he telephon
ed his father, John Toste. He
said his father told him Rusty
left his home Sept. 28, soon after
the family had moved to Forest
Park.
"He couldn't believe the cat
found us," Toste said. "He
thought it had just run away."
Lothrop Talks
Investments
Purchase of securities should
be about 05 percent common
sense, about four percent a mat
ter of luck and the balance of
one percent something along the
order a soap manufacturer ad
vertises. .This was the opinion
expressed by Fred A. Lothrop,
manager of the research depart
ment of Conrad Bruce and Com
pany of Portland during a dis
cussion of Investments before
the Salem Rotary club Wednes
day noon.
Whether it is liked or not
the person interested in invest
ments must recognize the trend
toward Inflation said Lothrop.
This means that the value of
the dollar has been constantly
declining since 19 14 until it
reached a low of 43 cents last
summer.
Lothrop said that one should
be more interested in what con
ditions actually are, rather than
how one would like them to be
He saw no change in present
trends.
High corporate taxes make
for corporate bigness, said the
speaker, since they are about
the only ones that can secure
additional funds on an equity
basis. Others are compelled to
borrow.
Lothrop said the course for the
average investor was down the
middle, straying neither to one
extreme or another.
The Salem Rotary club voted
to back Billy Chapelle of Port
land for the position of Interna
tional governor.
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According to the Toste fam
ily, Rusty apparently did run
away and without ever hav
ing been in the Chicago area be
fore traveled about 1,000 miles
from Massachusetts to Forest
Park. Some of Toste's neighbors
have told him it must be just
a similar cat.
But Toste, his wife, Christina
and their daughters, Mildred, 11,
Johanna, 8, and Lucrezia, 10,
insist the cat is the one they had
in Belmont. They back up their
claim by pointing out an old
injury to one of Rusty's legs
and by photographs of the cat
they had in Belmont.
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Further, they say, the cat
knows his name, sleeps on Mil
dred's bed just as it did in Bel
mont and has other habits which
are identical.
Dr. W. A. Young, president
of the American Cat association
and director of the anti-cruelty
society, didn't scoff at their
story.
"It sounds beyond comprehen
sion that the cat could have
found them in all America,
Young said. "But I certainly
wouldn't say it couldn't happen
A cat's senses are incredibly
keen and, although it sounds in
credible, it's possible."
Senator Cordon Off
For Washington
Portland, Ore., Dec. 28 (U.B
Sen. Guy Cordon, Oregon's sen
ior republican senator, today
said the 81st congress will not
enact Columbia valley adminis
tration laws in the second ses
sion
Cordon leaves for Washington
tonight after a Christmas holi
day in Roseburg.
He said he does not look for
any real economy in govern
mental operations until there is
insistence upon economy from
the top. Neither docs he expect
any increase in federal taxes.
Cordon thinks there is a chance
for reductions in excise taxes.
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Little Betty Lou's
Hand Amputated
Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 28 W.FS
Betty Lou Marbury's diseased
right hand was amputated today
within two hours after the 10-
year-old Tennessee farm girl
was wheeled into surgery
strong in her faith that it is
the Lord s will."
Betty Lou, her eyes half
closed from a relaxing injection
dose, showed a "calm smile," as
she reached the operating room.
Her father, Henry Clay Mar
bury, his eyes red, held a hand
kerchief to his face as two hos
pital workers took his daughter
into surgery shortly after 7:30
a.m. (CST).
Once she was inside the oper
ating room. Betty Lou's father
appeared more composed, sitting
in an outside waiting room
while doctors -removed his
daughter's hand "somewhere be
tween the wrist and the elbow
Betty Lou, who had asked the
nation for prayers to save her
hand from a bone-destroying tu
mor that threatens her life, was
wheeled into the hospital's "re
covery room at 9:45 a.m.
Marbury had helped give his
daughter courage to face the
amputation.
"I told her just like the doc
tors said," Marbury said. "I ex
plained that he wanted to save
her life and that taking this
hand is the only way to do It."
Marbury explained his daugh
ter's reactions thus:
"She wasn't a child when she
heard that. She was grown up."
Marbury quoted his daughter
as saying, "Daddy, if the Lord
wants my hand, that's all right
with me."
Hammond City
Owns Ft. Stevens
Astoria, Ore., Dec. 28 (U.B
The city of Hammond was the
owner today of the 155-acre hub
of historic Ft. Stevens, only con
tinental U.S. army post to be fir
ed on by a foreign foe since the
war of 1812.
Mayor Marton OIney of Ham
mond said that the city and
school district had received for
mal transfer of papers from the
war assets administration in
Seattle.
The contract, giver the city 10
years to pay the federal govern
ment $51,000 for its property
and the school board gets its
property for $308, Olney said.
The schools get the parade
ground, where soldiers have
marched since the Indian wars
of the west, a ball park, bar
racks, nurses' quarters, old offi
cers' club and one duplex dwell
ing, which will be used to house
teachers.
The town gets the rest of the
buildings on the 155-acre reser
vation. Olney said that the
town has received an offer from
Jacob Bosshart, Warrenton, to
take over their areas. Bosshart
would not reveal publicly what
he intended to do with the proj
ect.
Olney said that the council is
tentatively agreed to give Boss
hart a two-year lease.
Ft. Stevens was fired on by a
Japanese submarine that surfac
ed off the Columbia river early
in 1942 and lobbed shells that
hit harmlessly on the beaches.
Owners of Autos Jam
Corridors of Capitol
Waiting owners of automo
biles are jamming" the corridors
at the State House these days as
they wait in line to get their
new license plates.
Department clerks are work
ing under pressure, but keeping
the work well in order.
This condition has prevailed
also in years past, but after the
current issue of plates corridor
congestions at the end of the
year should be eliminated, for
licenses now have staggered ex
piration dates, ranging from
next June to dates in 1951
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first set of twins, Celeste (left) and Rochelle, born 10 months
ago, as he gazes through a hospital window, at the second
set of new arrivals, Jeffrey (left) and Michael. The mother,
Mrs. Jessie Kohai is reported in good condition. The nurses
(left to right) are, Ethel Burris and Marilyn Moore. (AP
Wirephoto)
New Cabinet
Picked in Syria
Damascus, Syria, Dec. 28 W)
Premier Khaled Bey Azem today
formed a new 10-man Syrian
cabinet, keeping for himself the
job of minister of foreign affairs.
Khaled Bey, whose former
government was overthrown in
a military coup last March, was
reinstated as premier as a se
quel to another coup within the
army Dec. 19, in which the for
mer commander-in-chief was ov
erthrown by Col. Adeeb Sheis-
hakli.
He had attempted five days
ago to form a cabinet but fail
ed to obtain support of the pow
erful populist party which is the
strongest bloc in the nation s par
liament but doesn't hold an ab
solute majority.
Khaled Bey's second attempt,
however, appears destined to
have the support of both parlia
ment and the army. Four popu
list party members are included
in the new cabinet. The pre
mier himself is an independent.
Also included in the cabinet
are three independents and two
republicans headed by Akram
Haurani, personal friend of
Col. Sheishakli's. Haurani, who
holds the confidence of the army,
has been given the national de
fense ministry.
Grain Futures
Dip Sharply
Chicago, Dec. 28 (IP) Grain
futures started firm today but
then dipped rather sharply on
liquidation that met little de
mand. Corn held up better than oth
er grains and soybeans.
There was little in the news to
bolster wheat. Export business
apparently was dull, and the
government was showing no in
terest in the cash wheat market.
Wheat closed lower to Vt
higher than the previous finish
March $2.17-2.167s, corn was
up to down, March $1.31
oats were Vt to lower, March
71, rye was Vi to higher,
May $1.41-, soybeans were
unchanged to down, March
$2.28y4-2.29, and lard was 5 to
20 cents a hundred pounds high
er, January, $10.57.
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Prison Yields
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A total of 151 pints of blood
was donated by inmates of the
state penitentiary during the
visitation of the bloodmobile
there Wednesday morning, it is
reported by Milton L. Meyers,
chairman of the blood program
in the local Red Cross.
So great was the response that
the Portland regional blood cen
ter is planning other visits to
the prison later this year, it was
said.
During the war the bloodmo
bile came regularly to the peni
tentiary, but the Wednesday
stop was the first under the
peace-time blood program.
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Turner Defeats
Sfayfon Quint
Turner The Turner varsity
defeated the Stayton "B" team
here Tuesday night 33 to 23
while the Stayton freshmen de
feated the Turner "B" team 15
to 8.
Both the Stayton varsity and
"B" teams play at Browns
ville Wednesday night.
Lineups:
Stayton ,B,, Tomer
Showers 5 ........P S Koakstead
xorK F 4 J. Mete all
Sehlen 8 0 9 Whlpper
Peters 0 6 DeRosla
Hamilton 10 ......0 4 Gray
Cox. Small S 1 L. Mete all
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B. Small 4 F Collier
Hlmbrlcru 1 F 1 Thomas
O. Smith 2 C 1 ScheLskle
G. Peters 6 0 3 Wlnkel
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Household Soap
Prices Reduced
Cincinnati, O., Dec. 28 (U.R)
Procter & Gamble today an
nounced wholesale price reduc
tions on its principal household
soap products and Crisco, i
household shortening.
Soap prices were cut approxi
mately four per cent, and Crisco
five per cent. Reductions are ef
fective immediately.
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No Change in
Cost of Living
Washington, Dec. 28 VP)
There was virtually no change
in living costs during November,
the labor department reported
today.
The index of the department s
bureau of labor statistics rose
but one-tenth of one percent
over October figures.
For mid-November it was
168.8 percent of the 1935-39
average. This was two percent
lower than a year ago but 71
percent higher than the August,
1939 pre-war level.
All major retail price groups
except apparel and miscellane
ous goods and services rose frac
tionally in November.
The largest price group in
crease was for fuel, electricity
and refrigeration. This .group
rose one-half of one percent,
primarily because of higher
prices for coal and coke.
Food averaged one-tenth of
one percent higher in price in
November, with coffee prices
soaring 24 percent. Retail prices
for fresh fruits and vegetables
were five percent higher.
Rents increased four-tenths of
one percent.
Tifo Wants to
Avoid Cold War
Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Dec. 28
(IP) Marshal Tito's government
says Yugoslavs want to stay out
of the East-West cold war de
spite growing friendship for
America, Britain and France.
Foreign Minister Edvard Kar-
delj acknowledged western help
last night in a speech to parlia
ment. At the same time he de
nounced Russia once commu
nist Yugoslavia's strongest ally
as trying to "destroy our inde
pendence and to subordinate us."
'There can be no doubt that
our relations with America,
Britain and France have im
proved," Kardelj said. "This,
however, does not change the
independent policy of Yugo
slavia." Within the last few days Yugo
slavia has signed an aviation
agreement with the United
States and concluded a half-billion
dollar trade pact with
Britain. Russia and her comin
form satellites have clamped an
economic boycott on Yugoslavia
since Tito split with the Krem
lin in 1948.
Kardelj said Yugoslavia did
not belong to any military al
liance and "has no intention of
joining in any secret agreement
aimed at any country."
Other government ministers
reported that Yugoslavia had
achieved 96.8 per cent of her
1949 program for developing
heavy industry despite the com
inform economic boycott. Fur
ther gains with western economic
help are expected in 1950.
All Roads Good
All Oregon highways were In
good condition today, the state
highway commission reported,
The commission said chains
aren't needed anyplace. In areas
where there is packed snow or
ice, the roads have been well
sanded, the commission said.
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Russia Silent
On Prisoners
Tokyo, Dec. 29 (IP) For the
third time in three weeks Rus
sian embassy officials have re
fused to answer Japanese ques
tions about war prisoners still
missing in Soviet territory.
A nine man delegation, repre
senting relatives of Japanese still
unaccounted for, entered the So
viet embassy today. Two hours
later they emerged, saying Rus
sian spokesmen had given them
the familiar reply: "We can't an
swer your questions at this time.
We must communicate with our
home government."
Two weeks ago a delegation
was told to return to the em
bassy on December 22. On that
date another delegation, accom
panied by some 200 relatives
of missing Japanese, was told to
return today.
The Russians walked out of an
allied council for Japan meeting
when the subject was brought
up last Tuesday. General Mc-
Arthur's headquarters said some
376,000 Japanese prisoners of
war are still unaccounted for by
the Russians.
Early this year the Russians
said the would repatriate the
last 95,000 Japanese prisoners of
war they held. They repatriat
ed that many Japanese this year
and said they held only 10,000
more who were charged as war
criminals and would be tried.
Shortly after U.S. demands
for accounts of 376,000 missing
Japanese, the Russians began the
trial of 12 Japanese on charges
of using germ warfare in World
Poland Refuses
French Request
Warsaw, Poland, Dec. 28 W)
Poland has refused French de
mands that four French citizens
convicted last week of spying
be released Immediately and
sent back to France.
The four French citizens were
sentenced to from 11 to 14 years
last Friday in Wroclaw. They
were said to have admitted
either total or partial guilt In
plots with officials of the French
embassy and consulate to spy
and commit sabotage.
In the same trial a Pole re
ceived a 22-year sentence and a
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German mining engineer was
jailed for six years for allegedly
having helped the irench intel
ligence service.
France s Ambassador Jean Ba-
len made the demand for release
of the French citizens one of
them a woman yesterday to
Secretary General of the Forf.
eign Ministry Stefan Wierblow
ski. The Polish radio said Wier-
blowski replied that "these un
heard of demands were an at
tempt to interfere with Polish
affairs."
Claim 3 Day
Week Unfair
Washing'ton, Dec. 28 (IP) .
Southern coal operators today
complained to the national la
bor relations board that the
three-day mining week is an un
fair labor practice.
Suggesting that the board
seek a court order to end the
short work week, the operators
said it is coercion. They also
told the board that John L. Lew
is, leader of the United Mine
Workers, has refused to bargain
in good faith under the Taft-
Hartley law.
The Southern Coal Producers
association filed the charges
with the office of NLRB general
counsel, Robert M. Denham
The action came after a long
strategy huddle by the organiza
tion s policy group.
President Joseph E. Moody
said that the decision on wheth-
an injunction would be
sought by the NLRB rested with
the regional director in Balti
more. But, he said, John C. Gall,
general counsel for the SCPA,
urged the NLRB "to ask imme
diately for an injunction re
straining the use of the unfair
labor practices" pending the dis
position of the charges.
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