Top Oregon News Story of '49
AP Says It Was Severe Winter
(By the Associated Press)
One Oregon news story of 1949 had an impact on each of
the state's residents.
Children liked it. Adults got too much of it. The cost was high.
It was the winter: six weeks of cold and snow and winds,
compared by many to the severe winter of 1888.
There was no single story of
nigh interest, affecting every
one closely, in 1949; no tragedy
that stunned the state such as
occurred in 1947 with Gov. Earl
Snell's plane crash or in 1948
with Vanport flooded from the
the map.
The big news stories of 1949
were stories that built their cli
max over a period of time. Like
the winter. Or the summer's
drouth. Or the still-continuing
Columbia Valley Authority de
bate. Closest, perhaps, to a major
impact single story was the wa
terfront rioting at The Dalles on
Sept. 28. But it, too, was reached
in stages starting with a hunt
for a pineapple-laden barge, the
dawn unloading of another
barge at Tillamook, and finally
the climax when longshoremen
stormed the riverfront terminal
to halt "hot cargo" unloading.
There were jail breaks at Sa
lem and plane crashes and
highway deaths, each important
for its day or its locality.
There was the strike that shut
down Portland's newspapers in
February; the federal govern
ment's a n 1 1 - monopoly suit
against the Oregon State Medi
cal society; last spring's earth
quake that shook northwest
Oregon, but left little damage
In its wake.
Daylight saving time was a
major story and source of end
less confusion.
Multnomah county's Sheriff
Mike Elliott was on the front
pages for weeks until the vot
ers recalled him in October,
And Portland's anti-gambling
drive was echoed widely through
the state.
The legislature the longest
ever made important news
in the laws it passed and those
it rejected.
Oregon State college was
twice the center of controversial
stories in February when two
professors were released on
charges that their views were
too far left and again in Octo
ber when Dr. Frank Magruder's
civics text was banned in Houston.
Rent decontrol started, with
Ashland's ceilings lifted in July
and other following.
In sports there was Coach
Jim Aiken's decision to reject a
Nebraska offer and stay at Ore
gon, and Coach Lon Stiner s re
placement at OSC by Kip Tay
lor.
238 IAC Checks
Are 'Unclaimed'
The State Industrial Accident
Commission, after a year-end
check-up in Salem, reports that
it is holding 238 checks amount
ing to $6110.67 which have been
returned as "unclaimed." The
amounts range from $1.28 to
$421.17 for the individual
checks, according to Chairman
Paul E. Gurske.
Because these checks are
awards made to persons injured
or partially disabled as the re
sult of industrial accidents, the
commission wants to get the
payments into the hands of the
awardees.
After 7 years, if the money
remains unclaimed, it will revert
to the general accident fund.
Then it may still be reclaimed,
but only on proof of the origin
al claim and other complicated
procedures.
Anyone, knowing the where
abouts of persons who gave
mailing addresses in this area
should communicate with the
persons named, or should send
new addresses to the State In
dustrial Accident Commission,
Salem.
The following are Marlon oounty awar
dees: Raymond R. Barnes. C. D. Mc
Cauley, Route 8, Box 492. Salem, $12.50
Anne J. Bentley. Route 1. Box 177. Jeffer
son, $7.69; Helen E. Collins, 1820 cross
St., Salem, 82.88; Bruce W. Galloway, r
W. D. Galloway, Jr., Salem, 82.00; Joseph
A. Gray, Ores. State Agrl. Exp. Sta
tion, Salem, 85.68; Don Hlbbs, Mill City
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Mlon, 392 8. High St., Salem. 84.23: Wil
liam A. Morrow, Detroit, $10.77; Clinton
W. Peterson, Jefferson, $10.00; Albert Lee
Richardson, Jefferson. 821.54: Stanley K,
stesney. 325 E. Madrona, Salem, 864.62;
Orble R. Salyer, Mill City Hotel, Mill city,
$12.02; Francis J. sasek. Route 2, Salem,
$4.32; Mrs. Alfrleda Shevthe. 498 8. 24th
St.. Salem. 833.76: Orvllle M. Strode, Box
hui i.jty, etf.ei.
Mercy Killing
Brings Charge
Manchester, N.H., Dec. 31 W.R)
A prominent physician who in
mercy killed a dying cancer pa
tient was released on $25,000
bail Friday pending grand jury
action on a charge of first de
gree murder.
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Dr. Hermann N. Sander, 40,
nationally-known physician and
skier, spent less than 20 hours
in jail following his arrest for
shortening the life of his pa
tient, Mrs. Abbie C. Borroto, 39,
by hours on Dec. 14.
Sander admitted he injected
a fatal charge of air into the
veins of Mrs. Borroto at Hills
boro County hospital in Goffs-town.
He said it was an act of mercy
for a pain-wracked human who
had but a few hours to live at
best.
Dr. Robert E. Biron, medical
referee, said Mrs. Borroto died
from the effects of 40 cubic
centimeters of air injected into
her veins 10 cubic centimeters
at a time. He said he "and ev
eryone else" was mystified as
to why Dr. Sander carefully
noted on his medical report that
he had injected air.
Housing Area Annexed
Vancouver, Wash., Dec. 31 VP)
McLoughlin H e i g h ts formally
joins the city of Vancouver at
midnight tonight adding some
14.1UU persons to the population
Ex-Convict Held
On Rape Charge
Boston, Dec. 31 (IP) An ex-
convict was held for question
ing today in the raping of (
five-year-old girl who also had
been beaten and burned with a
cigarette.
The ex-convict, identified by
police as Adam Trottier, 38, was
captured at gunpoint after he
leaped 30 feet from the rear win
dow of an East Boston tenement.
The little girl, Carol Gallag
her, was found on the steps of
the tenement earlier by a passer
by attracted by her tears. The
house is a mile and a half from
the child's west end home.
Trottier was held on suspicion
of rape. A woman, found in his
apartment, also was held as
suspicious person. The woman
denied any knowledge of the at
tack.
'Divorcees Anonymous' Seek
To Forestall Home Break-Ups
Chicago, Dec. 31 (U.PJ A new organization of divorcees, un
happy about the breakup of their own homes, hope to save hun
dreds of marriages in the coming year, a spokesman said today.
The repentant divorcees call themselves "Divorcees Anony
mous." The group, which now has more than 100 members in
Chicago, has forestalled at leas:
50 divorces since it organized a
few months ago, Samuel A Starr
said.
Starr, ,a prominent attorney
who helped organize the women
and acts as the group's unoffic
ial godfather, said letters have
been received from women in
dozens of cities who expressed
interest in organizing chapters.
"It seems that mostly every
one who gets a divorce is sorry
afterward," he said.
The organization had Its be
ginning in Starr's office.
He was talking to a couple
trying to reconcile them when
he got a call from a woman
client, a divorcee. He arranged
for her to come meet the estran
ged man and wife.
After the divorcee talked to
them, detailing her problems and
divorce, the husband and wife
left Starr's office hand-in-hand,
he said.
"I thought the plan might
work for others," Starr said.
"People will listen to other
people who have their same
problems. I can help sometimes,
too, but it's not the same as a
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woman listening to another wo
man whos been divorced and
knows what It's like."
"It's no fun, getting a divorce.
Often it's a mental shock that
lasts a lifetime. But no one
knows how rough it is until he's
been through it."
The Chicago groun meets once
a week. The membership is secret.
The women discuss their own
problems and assign special wo
men to help couples whose mar-
raiges seem to be going on the
rocKs.
Portland Fireman
Indicted for Forgery
Portland, Dee. 31 (IP) Char
ges that the City of Portland
employes' credit union had been
bilked of $25,000 resulted yes
terday in a forgery indictment
against a 24-year-old fireman,
Wesley J. Myers was accused
of forging a bill of sale for an
automobile, one of junked ve
hides involved in the scheme
Detectives said the cars were
represented as being valuable,
and loans on them were obtain
ed from the credit union.
Portland Business Booms
Portland, Dec. 31 VP) Busi
ness hit a high level in Portland
this month, bank clearings and
business permit totals disclosed
today.
Building permits were nearly
up to $3,500,000 compared with
$1,883,365 last December. BanK
clearings were around $645,
000,000, the largest month of
the year, although below last
December.
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Doctor Released Dr. Hermann N. Sander, 40, was released
in $25,000 bail on a first degree murder charge resulting from
the death of Mrs. Abbie C. Borroto, 59, a cancer patient of his.
(AP Wirephoto)
Portland Man Spent $2000 to
Find Bride Who Wasn't There
Portland, Dec. 31 (IP) Fred Stoecker, Jr., spent $2000 to find
his bride. The trouble is, he didn't find her.
Stoecker told a reporter here that he read in a magazine "about
how easy it is for an American to marry beautiful blonde German
girls. All he has to do, the magazine said, was to go to Germany
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So Stoecker left the Alaskan
construction camp where he had
been working, and went to Ger
many.
Wet New Year's
Eve Predicted
(Br the Associated Press!
It looks like a wet New Year's
eve for many parts of the coun
try but no severe cold weather
was expected to put a chill on
holiday celebrations.
Areas east of the Mississippi
river appeared in line of pre
cipitation. Rain fell today in a
belt extending from Wisconsin
southwestward to eastern Iowa
and northwestern Illinois,
through Missouri and eastern
Kansas into parts of Oklahoma
and Texas. Rain was in prospect
by tonight over most of the north
central states. Rain or snow was
forecast over the week-end from
New England west to the Dako
tas.
There also were showers in
parts of Washington and Oregon
but skies were clear over most
of California.
Temperatures were mild over
the southerh states, the middle
Mississippi valley and Great
Lakes region and a few degrees
below normal in the north At
lantic states. But the northern
plains had the coldest weather,
The mercury registered 16 de
grees below zero at Havre, Mont.,
today and it was -7 at Minot, N,
D. The coldest weather in the
eastern section was in northern
New England but no sub-zero
marks were reported.
Florida had summery weather
with Miami reporting an early
morning reading of 73. Contin
ued warm and sunny weather
was forecast.
course I don't want any ugly
duckling. And I want someone
who will stay home and take care
of the kids.
I announce to everybody 1
can to find to talk to, that I
want a wife. I even run an ad in
the paper. The magazine was
right practically every woman
I talked to wanted to marry me
and come back to the United
States.
'That is, all but the one I
wanted. She sure is a pretty
thing. Twenty-one years old and
just the right height and just
the right weight. Everything
was right, except she wouldn't
come back with me.
'She asked me if I would
want her to stay home and keep
house and have kids. I told her
all those things were on the
agenda. She thanked me kindly
and told me I was a nice fellow
but she would rather stay in
Germany and work for the tele
phone company," Stoecker said,
He esimated the trip cost
$2000. What's more, he didn't
find the right girl despite a cross
country search once he got back
to this country.
"I'm not too picky," he added.
"I want somebody between 5
feet 4 inches and 5 feet 11 inches
tall, and not fat. She wouldn't
have to be too pretty, but of
Below the Mason and Dixon
line there are approximately
iau,uuu,uuu acres of uncultivated
forage-producing land available
tor grazing purposes.
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NEW YEAR'S EVE and
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Albany, Oregon
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Buenos Aires Train
Wreck Kills Eighf
Buenos Aires, Dec. 31 (P) A
holiday passenger train plunged
through a bridge into a dry riv
er bed yesterday, killing at least
eight persons and injuring more
than 70 others.
The bridge, an old wooden
structure apparently weakened
by recent rains, collapsed under
the weight of the train, bound
from Buenos Aires to the inter
ior province of Entre Rios. Four
coaches and the diner plunged
12 feet into the dry river bed
at Pilar, 35 miles from here. Sev
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The cars piled up in the
er bed. making rescue w o
difficult. Three bodies were
moved and identified. Fl"v
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Notre Dame Gets Million
South Bend, Ind., Dec. 31 UP) I
The University of Notre Darnel
today announced a million-dol-1
lar gift from Mrs. Fred J. Fish-1
er, Detroit, widow of the found-1
er of Fisher Body company.
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From 2:00 to 9:30 P.M.
AMERICAN LEGION
Club
Legionnaires, Auxiliary Members
and Their Guests
LET'S HAVE DINNER
on NEW YEARS DAY
at
CHUCK'S STEAK HOUSE
Baked Virginia Ham
Roast Prime Ribs of Beef
Panfried Chicken
Delicious Sizzling Steaks
3190 Portland Rd.
Ph. 33992
OLD TIME DANCE
Every Saturday Night
Over Western Auto
259 Court St.
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Music By
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Independence
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New Year's Eve
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Turkey or Swiss Steak
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Bring the Kids, Too, for Their Treat
IF THEY'RE UNDER 10 . . .
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BUFFET DINNER
Downtown on State Street
Open from 5 to 8:30 p.m.