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Board Checks Carefully on
Coming School Population
The Salem school board will seek further information regard
ing the probable pupil load of the district during the next few
v years before final decision on a building program is reached
A' The directors agreed Thursday night to bring in experts from
' the ranks of the state system of higher education to check figures
Shot His Wile
As Gangster
Chicago, Dec. 30 (Pi A one
time gangster whose testimony
sent his pals to prison 16 years
ago awoke in a daze early today
and fatally shot his wife, think
ing "my old gang had come to
get me."
Police Cant. John Enright said
Julius Jones, 52, told him he
fired on his wife, Grace, 45, and
a man Jones had paid to escort
her home from a neighborhood
tavern. The man, John Fitzger
ald, 50, was wounded slightly
on the scalp and one ear. Mrs.
Jones died of a bullet wound in
the abdomen.
Capt. Enright quoted Jones as
saying he had been living in fear
of his life since he turned state's
evidence in a kidnaping case in
1933.
When Mrs. Jones and Fitzger
ald entered the Jones apartment
early today, Jones said, he start
ed up from his sleep and began
firing. ,
"I thought members of my old
gang had come to get me," he
told police.
Jones fired six shots from
.32 caliber revolver he said he
kept under his pillow for protec
tion. Jones was indicted for the
1031 kidnaping of James J. Hack
elt who was ransomed after three
days on payment fo $75,000.
At the trial of the kidnapers,
Jones turned state's evidence and
was not sent to prison. His al
leged accomplices received sen
tences ranging from 35 years to
life.
Viet Nam Gets
Sovereignty
Saigon, Dec. 30 m France
today bestowed a large measure
of domestic sovereignty on the
Indochinese state of Viet Nam.
An agreement giving the Indo
Chinese greater control over
their own affairs was signed by
French High Commissioner Le
on Pignon and ex-Emperor Bao
Dai at the city hall here as 50,
000 watched.
Bao Dai heads a French-backed
Indochinese government
which is opposed by the nation
alist forces of Moscow-trained
Ho Chi Minh.
The agreement implements a
treaty signed last March by Bao
Dai and French President Vin
cent Auriol. That treaty, which
the French parliament still must
ratify, gives the new Indochinese
state of Viet Nam a sort of do
minion status. Viet Nam includes
the Indochinese coastal states of
Tonkin, Annam and Cochin Chi
na. : The agreement signed today
gives the Bao Dai government
control of local courts dealing
with Vietnamese, police services,
primary and secondary educa
tion and local administration.
French prosecutors will serve in
the courts at Saigon and Hai
phong for 10 years.
The French high commission
er will retain reduced security
forces under his command and
mixed courts will settle disputes
between the Vietnamese and
other citizens of the "French un
ion."
No Emergency
In Coal Strike
Washington, Dec. 30 W) The
government has decided that
three-day work week for coal
miners has not yet created i
v transportation emergency,
f The interstate commerce com
mission, which yesterday de
layed plans to curtail rail pas
senger service as a coal saving
measure, indicated it may take
this step next week if coal stocks
drop further.
The ICC said a special ad
visory committee has figured
available above ground at pre
there is a 30-day supply of coal
sent. J. Monroe Johnson, a mem
ber of the commission, said an
other coal survey will be made
Tuesday to determine whether
the passenger restrictions will be
needed.
This decision was made fol
lowing a meeting with represen
tatives of the National Coal as
sociation and the Association of
American Railroads.
The ICC said that eight or
ten railroads might be short of
coal but there is no really cri
tical need.
jonn Lt. i,ewis, president 01 1
Ihfl TInitprf Minn Wnrlrprs. nut '
his 400,000 soft coal and 80,000
hard coal miners on a three day
work week Dec. 5 in an effort
to weaken the operators' un
usually strong opposition to his
v 1949 contract demands.
' Six months after It is hatched
wnich Superintendent Frank B
Bennett has charted in recent
weeks. The expense of such
check will be nominal.
"It is hard for me to believe
what my statistics indicate will
happen to the Salem school sys
tem in the matter of growth dur
ing the next few years," stated
Bennett.
He thought there was a need
to check outside sources, par
ticularly concerning the formu
las employed in arriving at his
conclusions.
Through the medium of charts.
birth rate trends and the num
ber of babies already on hand
who must be educated, plus an
additional 2 percent per annum
lor migration from other states
t.le superintendent arrived at a
figure that indicated the need
for 105 new elementary class
rooms for the school year of
1958-59.
in addition to the advice of
experts from the state system
of higher education, the Salem
ooard will seek the counsel of
local business and professional
men before embarking on a
building program that will en
tail the necessity of additional
bond issues.
The board authorized accept
ance of the Swegle school in con
nection with the additions made
there and directed the clerk to
make final payment to the con
tractor. Use of the Middle Grove
school for Sunday school and
Christian Endeavor purposes
was sanctioned providing the
groups responsible took care of
the expense involved.
Mrs. Gladys G. Williams of
the Toledo, Ore., system has
Deen added to the faculty of the
bnglewood grade school.
Bolivian Pilot
Sued for Crash
Washington, Dec. 30 U.R
Eastern Airline today sued Bo
livian Pilot Erick Rios Bridoux
for SoOO.000 for "recklessly
ramming its passenger Diane
nere rvov. l in an accident which
killed 55 persons.
In a suit filed in U. S. district
court, the air line asked dam
ages for the loss of the plane !
a DU-i.
It made no claim for other
damages.
Disclaiming any responsibility
lor tne tragedy worst in com
mercial aviation history East
ern charged that Rios "while op
erating an airplane in flight
carelessly, recklessly and negli
gently caused and permitted said
airplane to collide with an air
plane" owned by Eastern.
The Bolivian pilot, testing a
P-38 for his government crashed
into the Eastern transport when
both were coming in for a land
ing at Washington National air
port. The fighter plane rammed
mid-way into the passenger plane
DreaKing it in two.
All persons aboard the East
ern plane 51 passengers and
four crew members were
killed.
Lie Pleads for
U. N. Harmony
Lake Success, Dec. 30 (P)
Trygve Lie, worried by the con
tinual east-west squabbles in the
United Nations says the time has
come for the two camps in the
UN to resume real step by step
negotiation for a settlement.
The UN secretary-general
made known his ideas on the
conflict in a year-end statement
published last night in the Unit
ed Nations Bulletin, a publica
tion put out twice each month
by the UN department of pub
lic information.
Lie was elected to his $40,000
a-year position in the early days
of the UN and in a moment of
rare agreement between the
Russians and the west. Since
that time he has seen tense sit
uations arise, but he said In his
statement that he believes the
UN has turned In a constructive
record in 1949 despite the dead
lock. With the turn of the year. Lie
brought up once more the Mex
ican resolution approved unani
mously at the Paris meeting of
the general assembly in 1948.
This calls for the great powers
to renew their efforts to find a
settlement.
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Hit by Train Firemen pour water on a blazing gasoline
truck which was struck by the Santa Fe's Chief at a crossing
at Azusa, Calif. The truck driver was killed and a member of
the train crew was burned, but there were no casualties
among the train's passengers. (AP Wirephoto.)
Higher Cost of Production
Hits at Creamery Business
Mt. Angel, Ore., Dec. 30 Around 1500 persons gathered for
the annual dinner of the Mt. Angel Cooperative Creamery asso
ciation Thursday were presented
Hettwer, secretary-manager, who
association for the last 25 years.
While volume of production
has gone up the receipts nave
gone down, he declared. The
spread between these two was
coupled with the increases cost
of production. While milk pro
duction was up 2,000,000 pounds
at the creamery last year the
income to the producer was
down $340,000, he said.
Quotations given by Hettwer
showed that butter in 1948
ranged from 74 to 96 a pound
compared with 67 to 72 cents
during this year; factory milk
from $3.70 to $4.25 per 100
pounds down to $2.07 to $3.60
and Grade A milk from $1.29 to
$1.42 as compared with $1.19
to $1.38 during 1949.
Underconsumption rather than
overproduction is the problem
of the dairy industry today
State Senator Frederick S. Lam
port of Salem told the group. He
urged the "butter people" to
get busy and exert pressure
upon the legislature."
Closer watch upon production
costs was urged by George
Kruse, association field man. He
suggested the use of better feed
ing methods, including the in
crease of grass silage, better
herd sires and barn improve
ment for efficiency, as means of
increasing receipts.
Other speakers were Darold,
Trapped Pinned beneath his car In an icy, water-filled
irrigation ditch, Frank Gestelum, 21, talks to Monte Kelley,
a passing motorist, while awaiting rescue crews at Phoenix,
Ariz. Gestelum suffered possible fractured pelvis and two
other passengers in the car were treated for minor injuries
and shock. Rescuers worked over 30 minutes to free him
from beneath the auto. (Acme Tclephoto.)
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a rather glum picture by Frank
has been connected with the
Johnson, association quality
man, urging greater care in the
production of milk to insure i
quality product; Dr. G. H. Wil
ster OSC, who told of his re
cent trip to Sweden to attend
the International Dairy congress,
and Prof. P. M. Brandt, head of
the dairy division of OSC, who
predicted that within five years
Oregon would have a program
of paying for the relative food
value in milk rather than the
quality.
C. E. Eastman, chairman of
the board of directors, presided
with the dinner served by mem
bers of the Mt. Angel Business
Men's club. The program includ
ed musical numbers by Sandra
Prosser and Frances Neisius, tap
dancing and songs, accordion
solos by Ruth Wilde and song
and dance numbers by Diana
and Donna Wilde and Judy
Vachter.
Man Leaves 118 Descendants
Kodak, Tenn., Dec. 30 Henry
Snyder, retired farmer, died
yesterday, leaving 118 direct
descendants. He was 95.
Surviving are four daughters,
six sons, 42 grandchildren, 63
great grandchildren and three
great great grandchildren.
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Jordan Annexes
Part of Palestine
Cairo, Egypt, Dec. 30 Wi
lling Abdullah has formally in
corporated Jordan-occupied Pal
estine into his kingdom of Hash-
emite Jordan, the Arab news
agency reported today.
An Amman dispatch said the
Jordanian official Gazette on
Jan. 1 will publish a royal de
cree announcing this.
Simultaneously, the agency
said, the present Jordanian par
liament will be dissolved and
new elections will be held with
seats allocated for the former
Palestinian areas.
Jordan occupies almost all of
Arab-held Palestine except a
strip of Gaza held by Egypt and
a sliver in Syrian hands.
Abdullah's troops occupy the
"Old City" section of Jerusalem
The other half is occupied by
Israeli troops. Both Israel and
Jordan have expressed strong
opopsition to the United Na
tions assembly resolution call
ing for an international regime
to rule all Jerusalem.
Year to Perfect
Capitol Plan
It will be nearly a year be
fore the development plan of
the state capitol commission can
be submitted to the state legis
lature or to the Salem city coun
cil. This satement is made in a
letter received by Mayor Robert
L. Elfstrom from Robert W.
Sawyer of Bend, chairman of
the commission.
The leter was received by the
mayor Friday in reply to the
mayor's statement setting out
his opposition to vital parts of
the commission's plan.
The commission is required to
prepare the plan in final form
for consideration of the legisla
ture and the city council.
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Changes Made in
St. Helens Officials
St. Helens. Dec. 30 G. A. Nel
son, chief of the bt. Helens fire
department, and Walter Hutton,
superintendent of the water de
partment were not reappointed
because past the retirement age
and further request as to con
tinuance of service was not
made by St Helens council.
The office of street superin
tendent and water superintend
ent was combined' and Swep
Morton, Jr., street superintend
ent was appointed public works
superintendent for both of the
city's major works.
Warren Forsythe, chief of po
lice and former state patrolman
and later sergeant in charge of
the Columbia county district for
the state police until he resigned
to become chief of police, was
appointed public works safety
officer and will have direction
of the fire department as well as
director of the police depart
ment. Forsythe was connected
with the state police for more
than a decade.
Boy Scouts Belong
To 40-Below Club
Big Delta, Alaska, Dec. 30 W)
Ten Boy Scouts and their
leader are members of a new
40-below club.
They slept out with the tem
perature 44 degrees below zero
in the army's arctic training
center here.
They u?ed newly developed
army equipment including fool-
gear, sleeping bags and heated
tents. After a good night's sleep,
they cooked breakfast before
skiing back to the main camp
to join 25 other scouts and four
leaders, who also planned a simi
lar "night out.
The scouts are from 11 to 16
years of age.
Rebekahs at Hubbard
Given Unwritten Work
Hubbard Mrs. Ella Becker
presided at the evening meet
ing of Thalia Rebekah lodge
with three members reported
on. A withdrawal card was
granted to Mrs. Helen Bracket!
and gifts for the elderly mem
bers reported.
The unwritten work was giv
en by Mrs. Amos Brusven, no
ble grand-elect, and Mrs. Peter
Hunt, vice grand-elect. Both
were passed by the district dep
uty president, Mrs. John Mor
rison. Fairview Residents
Entertain at Dinner
Fairview Mr. and Mrs.
Charles H. McKee of Fairview
district entertained a group of
friends and relatives at their
home here for Christmas din
ner. Attending were two elderly
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To Separate Film Aciress Ida Lupino, snown with her
husband, Collier Young, said that she plans a divorce but
that she and her husband will remain business partners.
The British-born actress said their separation is on the friend
liest terms and that the divorce action will be on the same
basis. They were married last year and have been associated
as film producers. (AP Wirephoto.)
neighbors when McKecs resid
ed in the Gates district, Mrs.
Martha Bowes, 82 and her son,
Joe Bowes; Mrs. Blanche Dean,
88; Mr. and Mrs. Harold Wilson
and their daughter, Miss Helen
Wilson and Donald Carey, all
of Gates; Mr. and Mrs. Vern
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260 S. 12th St.
Friday, December 30, 1949-7
McKee, Salem; Mr. and Mrs.
Marion Duvall, Newberg; Mr,
and Mrs. H. O. Green, Pleas-
antdale district.
New York skyscrapers have
so many windows that most of
them hire a regular crew of
washers.
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