10 Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Friday, January 13, 1950
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Bus Burns on Bay Bridge Fourteen persons were injured -
and 19 others escaped unhurt when this Key System Bus, en
route from San Francisco to Oakland, struck a light standard
as it approached the toll plaza and burst into flames. The
near-catastrophe stalled eastbound traffic until fire could be
extinguished and charred wreckage towed to a siding. (AP
Wirephoto)
Woman Fights Bob-cat
With Flashlight Weapon
Lebanon, Jan. 13 Report of a plucky mountain woman who
arose in the night, armed only with a flash light, to fight off an
attacking bob-cat, was revealed here this week.
In their Upper Soda home near the Santiam Pass, Mr. and Mrs.
George Long were snowbound, when late Tuesday night a fierce
caterwauling was heard on their
back porch. Visionlng a prowl
ing tomcat intent on the destruc
tion of their two small kittens,
Mrs. Long arose from bed, seiz
ed a flashlight and went to their
rescue.
The torch beam revealed a
pair of glaring feline eyes, and
Mrs. Long swung the torch In
a swift blow, which landed on
"Tom's" head and felled him to
the porch floor. Assuring her
self that the kittens were still
nug in their box, she retreated
from the blizzard-swept porch.
Shortly after the wailing was
resumed, and George Long got
up, took his .22 rifle and de
cided to end the uproar. Taking
sight from the door, a single shot
dispatched the shadowy prowl
er.
Considering that the only big
tomcat thereabouts was one own
ed and highly prized by a neigh
bor, he worried lest unpleasant
ness result from the shooting,
so he again arose and went out
to identify the victim and de
termine the extent of damage.
The torch beam revealed t
full grown but exceedingly lean
bob-cat.
That the beast had intended
to make a meal of the kittens
was confirmed by the mauling
one had suffered during the sec
ond attack.
The big cat's pelt was display-!
ed in Lebanon this week.
Ex-Ballet Master Lands
In Omaha as Meat Hauler
Omaha, Neb., Jan. 12 (U.R) Twenty years ago the only contact
Eugene Bandzevicious had with sausages and hams was at the
dinner hour in some of the finest cafes in European capitals.
Bandzevicious was a Lithuanian ballet master. For two decades,
he was among the leaders of the art of dancing on the continent.
Today, the former ballet ex-'
pert, the dark-haired man with
the slight build and the cat-like
movements, loads hams and sau
sages on oarta at a sprawling
packing plant here.
The story of how 41-year-old
Bandevlolous came to America
from Europe is much the same
as that of thousands of other
displaced persons.
But the contrast of his present
occupation with the glittering,
olassloal profession he formerly
enjoyed Is striking.
Bandievicious was a solo per
former In Lithuania, one of the
best. His reputation, plus his
press notices, probably could win
him a job now with a ballet com
pany In this country.
But Bandzevlcious is grateful
to the sponsors who made the
trip here with his wife and seven-year-old
son, George, possi
ble. He will stay on the job at
the packing plant, he said, until
he can repay them.
A Russian invasion of his
country interrupted his glitter
ing career and he fled to Ger
many. Again, his career was cut
short by World War II. During
the occupation period, he organ
ized a ballet troupe which per
formed in Augsburg. It was a
success, but a financial failure.
"I paid my dancers in pota
toes, Bandzevicious recalled.
His troupe had been scattered
when the opportunity came to
come to America as a displaced
person. Bandzevicious was as
signed to Omaha, in the heart of
the midwest.
He and his family live in a
small flat on the Omaha south
aide. His neighbors and the men
he works with know little of his
past, because Bandzevicious can't
talk English.
His long hours at the packing
plant have kept him from danc
ing, and also from learning the
new language. He speaks three
foreign languages.
"I took what I could get to
support my family," he said. "I
have no complaints."
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Suitor Who Lost to
King Gets Russia Post
Athens, Greece, Jan. 13 U.R)
Zakl Hachem, Egyptian econo
mist at the United Nations who
was reported to have lost his
fiancee to King Farouk, disclos
ed last night that he will be
come Egypt's minister to Russia
this spring.
Hachem said recent events in
Cairo, which led to the break
ing of his engagement to 16-year-old
Narriman Sadek, had been
a "nerve-shattering experience.'
The young Egyptian left Cairo
by plane on his way to Lake
Success, where he will give up
his United Nations job.
The Egyptian government and
Its embassies abroad have de
nied steadfastly the details of
reports that King farouk caus
ed the engagement to be broken
when he decided to marry Miss
Sadek himself.
Dallas Postal
Rate Advanced
Dallas, Jan. 13 The Dallas
post office demonstrated during
1949 that its new rating as a
first class office, beginning in
July, was justified.
Tlie post office showed a gain
in stamp sales and similar rev
enue of 3.2 per cent, according
to Carl Black, postmaster. Re
ceipts in stamps, box rents, news
paper postage, metered and non-
metered mailings totaled $42.
192.92 during 1949, a gain of
$1488.74 over 1948.
Gross receipts for the Decem
ber quarter alone were $13
617.43 of which $12,298.61 were
stamp sales.
Terrific volume of holiday
mall is shown by the 178,014
cancellations during the month.
On December 21, 19,004 pieces
were handled as compared with
the average day of 3650 pieces.
A decrease in money orders
was noted. They totaled $289,
099.52, a drop of $44,301.58
from 1948.
On the other hand, the use
of Postal notes increased, being
ur almost 50 tier cent over 1948
at $89,626.58. The increase was
$29,208.
Revenue stamps sold reflected
approximately $2,264,000 in
property transactions during the
year, a decrease of one-third be
low 1948.
Sales of savings stamps dwin
dled to a mere $135, but bird
stamps showed a gain of 38 sales
despite the fact that the cost
to hunters was doubled.
Other notable develoDments
during the year at the postoffice
saw the establishment of the
mounted route to relieve rural
carriers around the fringes of
town, and the re-arrangement of
city routes. There full-time city
carriers are employed.
Norblad Suggests
Clatsop for Maneuvers
Washington, Jan. 13 (U.R)
ep. waiter worblad, R., Ore.,
today had asked the defense de
partment to use Camp Clatsop,
Ore., for annual National Guard
maneuvers.
He said maneuvers were held
at the camp before the war "with
complete success."
"I am not informed why such
use has been virtually discon
tinued since th en." he Wrnla can.
retary of Defense Louis Johnson.
He said he understood an
other northwest site used last
year was "not satisfactnrv " Th.
camp, he said, is "ideal."
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Morse Asks Investigation
Of Inadequate' West Defenses
Washington, Jan. 13 (U.R) Sen. Wayne Morse, R., Ore., today
asked the senate armed services committee to investigate
'rumors" that west coast defenses are inadequate to withstand
"any sudden attack by Russia."
Morse said Committee Chairman Millard E. Tydings, D., Md..
told him the committee wouldp-
ask the defense department to
explain the reports.
The Oregonian said that north
west citizens have been alarmed
"over a rumored report" that
an air force officer has suggest
ed curtailing orders to Pacific
Northwest firms for military
equipment because of inade
quate defenses."
"If such a rumor is being
spread by anyone in the military
establishment," Morse said, "it
is a shocking thing and con
stitutes a great disservice to
the nation."
Morse said Tydings agreed the
committee should see to it that
adequate defenses exist in all
parts of the country. Morse in
cluded the West Coast, the
Northwest and Alaska.
Earlier, Rep. Thor Tollefson,
(D., Wash.,) told the house that
northwest citizens are aroused
over reports of inadequate local
defenses.
"They don't intend to be re
legated to the position of de
pendents," Tollefson said.
March Sponsors
Talent Show
The talent discovery show
scheduled to be held at the Sa
lem high school auditorium at
8 o'clock Monday and Tuesday
night, promises to be an out
standing event.
The "March of Dimes" office,
sponsor of the program, reports
a large list of entries.
Contestants have been re
quested to report at the auditor
ium at 7 o clock for a brief re
hearsal period. They will vie
for prizes of $20 for third place,
$30 for second and $50 for first.
Placards advertising the show,
which will be free to the public,
were placed on lamp standards
throughout the business section
Thursday by volunteer workers.
U.S. Faces Big
Loss on Butter
San Francisco, Jan. 13 (P)
The government has 2,500,000
pounds of butter stored in far
west warehouses and is trying
to unload it on the trade but,
so far, there have been no tak
ers. The office of production and
marketing administration
(PMA), department of agricul
ture, said the butter was part of
more than 100.000,000 pounds
bought in the midwest under the
price support program.
It was shipped to the Pacific
coast last fall because the far
west was considered a deficit
area, meaning that it consumed
more butter than it produces.
The anticipated shortage never
developed. So, having guessed
wrong, PMA would like to write
off its liability.
The consignments included
1,000,000 pounds each to the
San Francisco and Los Angeles
areas and 500,000 pounds to the
Pacific northwest, the PMA of
fice said.
The butter was bought under
congressional authority to sup
port farm prices, a PMA spokes
man said, and must be disposed
of at a price that includes the
transportation differential.
Right now in the far west
buyers can purchase butter on
the open market cheaper than
they can obtain the government
butter. The wholesale free mar
ket price is around 64 cents a
pound for Grade A and 63 for
Grade B.
"The butter is in storage for
use in the future, depending on
the marketing and supply situa
tion," the PMA spokesman said.
"It is not going to be dumped.
Hospital Board
Has Election
. C. Ronald Hudkins and Ar
thur Erickson were elected
members of the board of direc
tors of Salem Memorial hospital
Thursday night. Re-elected to
the board were A. C. Haag and
William Beaver.
Mai B. Rudd was re-elected
president of the board, Loyal A.
Warner vice president, and
Charles Heltzel secretary-treasurer.
Ford Watkins, general chair
man of the Salem Hospital De
velopment program, presented
the board with a check for
$15,900, which completed the
initial $100,000 share of the hos
pital in the program's drive for
funds. Of money pledged above
that amount Salem Memorial
gets 9 per cent and Salem Gen
eral hospital 91 per cent.
No action was taken Thurs
day night relative to improve
ments of the hospital. Possibili
ty of a psychiatric ward was dis
cussed, also installation of an
elevator and some other im
provements not included in the
1949 betterment program.
"Cheesecake Clause" Cutie Peggy Castle, the Mills college
graduate who was signed by Universal-International Studio
with a "must" clause in her contract requiring "cheesecake"
publicity photos for the first five years of her career, will
make her first appearance on the screen in "Woman in
Hiding."
Love Swindler Goes
To Prison for Term
Chicago, Jan. 13 (U.R) Sig-
mund Engel, convicted 74-year-
old love swindler, was hand
cuffed to another prisoner Thurs
day and taken to Joliet penitentiary.
"I'll be back" said Engel as
he was taken from county jail
for the trip to Joliet. But he
wasn't smiling as he said it,
and scowled at news that a fed
eral court here had turned down
his attorney's plea for his re-
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