2 Capital Journal, Salem,
4-H Club Leaders Sign
To Attend Corvallis Meet
Eleven Marion county 4-H
to attend the annual conference
leaders at Corvallis, January 24
Still others are expected to contact the county 4-H extension
agent, Anthol Riney, and make arrangements for attending the
Martial Law
In Egypt to End
Cairo, Jan. 16 VP) King Fa
rouk opened Egypt's new Waf-dist-controlled
parliament today
with a promise to end martial
law in force since the start of
the Palestine war.
The king's traditional speech
from the throne, read by the new
Wafdist Prime Minister Musta
fa El Nahas Pasha, said the gov
ernment would "immediately"
present legislation to end the
two-year state of siege.
The prepared speech outlining
the new government's program
said the freeing of a number of
internees had already begun and
censorship of local newspapers
had been halted, with a view to
ending the "emergency" regime
and returning to normal consti
tutional government.
Censorship of local papers end
ed Friday but that on outgoing
foreign cables still continues.
The throne speech reiterated
Egyptian demands for unity with
the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan under
the Egyptian crown and for evac
uation of British troops from
Egypt and the Sudan.
3 DecNons by
Supreme Court
Washington. Jan. 16 VP) The
Supreme court today:
1. Upheld in effect a Florida
law which restricts picketing to
the immediate premises of an
employer involved In a labor
dispute. The court refused to
consider an AFL attack on the
act on the grounds that it vi
olates free speech guarantees.
2. Rejected a legal move by
Judith Coplon to win a new es
pionage trial here on claims that
the FBI tapped her telephone
wires to get evidence on which
she was convicted last June. She
and Valentin A. Gubitchev, are
awaiting trial in New York on
espionage conspiracy charges.
3. Ruled 8-0 that the U. S.
circuit court in New Orleans
properly ordered a hew trial for
J. Baker Bryan, Sr., of Jackson
ville, Fla., accused of attempt
ing to evade income taxes. Bryan
was convicted on two counts
charging attempted evasion In
1943 and 1044.' He was sen
tenced to two years in prison and
$10,000 fine. The circuit court
reversed the conviction on the
ground the evidence was insuf
ficient but ordered a- new trial.
McCall Talks
State Problems
The year 1050 will confront
Oregon with a number of knotty
problems but by keeping "our
feet on the ground" as in the
past there is no reason to become
alarmed.
In this manner Thomas Law
aon McCall, administrative as
sistant to Governor Douglas Mc
Kay, summed up a briefing of
the situation as it appears to
him.
Substituting for Marshall
Dana of Portland, who was
snowbound, McCall pointed to
public assistance as one of the
greater problems. This is par
ticularly vital in view of the
fact that some political subdi
visions and businesses are being
threatened by pressure of social
security.
McCall urged greater consid
eration for the man who has
reached the 6ft years of age
mark. At the prime of his pro
duction insofar as experience is
concerned, men of tins age
thould be retained ill business.
Because Oregon's economy Is
tied up witli throe seasonal ac
tivities farming, lumbering and
fishing McCall expressed the
belief that there will be concen
tration of effort to provide more
Jobs on a year round basis. "We
owe it to the thousands of peo
ple who have come to Oregon,"
he added.
More complete processing of
raw materials was suggested by
McCall as a means of providing
Jobs.
3 Gunmen Rob
Hotel of $48,000
Boston, Jan. M VP) Three
gunmen, masked with paper
bags and cheese cloth, surprised
an armed guard and raided the
Hotel Statler's cashier's office to
day, seizing an estimated $48,
000. The bandits stalked through
the lobby and went to the mez
zanine offices where, at pistol
point, they forced employes to
turn over cash and checks
weekend receipts of the big ho
tel near Park Square,
Ore., Monday, January 18, 1950
club leaders have already signed
of Western Oregon 4-H club
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meeting.
Already signing to attend are
Mrs. Verny Scott of Union Hill
vice president of the county
leaders' association; Mrs. Harry
Ottc of Salem, Mrs. John Cage
of Middle Grove; Mrs Anthol
Riney of Fruitland; Mrs. Loren
Ncwkirk and Mrs. Sam Drager
of Cloverdale; Mrs. Harry Olden
burg of Jefferson; Mrs. Galen
Siddall of Hayesville; Mrs. Phil
ip Hockspier of Jefferson; Mrs.
G. B. Durham of Keizcr and
Mrs. William Wiederkehr of Sid
ney The conference is to open Jan
uary 24 with a general assembly
Two speakers are slated to ap
pera before the meeting Wednes
day morning are Miss Emmie
Nelson, field representative of
the national committee on boys'
and girls' club work, Chicago;
and Elwain Greenwood, secre
tary of the Oregon Bankers' as
sociation. Miss Nelson will talk
on "What Makes Good 4-H Lead
ership," and Greenwood's topic
is "You Can Bank on This."
Wednesday afternoon Dr. Les
ter A. Kirkendall, professor of
family life education, Oregon
State college, will speak on
"What Makes Them Tick." This
talk is to be followed by a dis
cussion after which there will
be project group meetings.
Thursday morning is to open
with group meetings centered
around specific projects in which
delegates are interested. Final
speaker for the conference will
be the 4-H club consultant for
the Triangle Milling company in
Portland, H. C. Seymour, whose
topic is "How Can We Strengthen
Our 4-H Club Work.' This is to
be followed by a discussion aft
er which the conference will
close with a luncheon Thursday
noon.
Prosecution Resf
In Bridges Trial
San Francisco, Jan. 16 (IP)
The prosecution rested in the
Harry Bridges perjury case to
day. The move by the government
was a distinct surprise. The trial
of the CIO longshore leader was
in its 36th day.
The government had put a mi
nor witness on the stand for a
few minutes this morning.
Then F. Joseph Donohue arose.
"The government rests," he
said.
Vincent Hallinan, chief of at
torneys for Bridges, appeared
incredulous.
"What!" he exclaimed. "The
government rests? You're not
going to produce any more wit
nesses? No Rathborne? Nobody
else?"
"The government rests." Do
nohue said quietly.
The reference was to Mervvn
Rathborne, former state CIO
secretary and one time confi
dante of Bridges. Two women,
Bridges' sympathizers, have been
indicted on a charge they tried
to persuade Rathborne to shape
his testimony as they suggested.
Donohue, chief government
prosecutor, produced numerous
witnesses who testified they had
been communists and had seen
Bridges at communist gather
ings. City's Building Code
Up to Standard
Salem's building code is not
subject to criticism like that ap
pearing in a national magazine
article recently, according to
City Engineer J. H. Davis.
Two building codes in effect
in SO Oregon cities, including
Salem, provide for the use of
alternate materials and fabrica
tion processes. Most larger
cities of the state follow the uni
form building code of the Pa
cific Coast Building Officials
conference. Provisions of this
code are under constant study
and revision.
The proper purpose of a build
ing code, Davis said, is to pro
tect the builder and the com
munity from the use of materi
als and methods that fall below
acceptable standards.
Nude Woman Proves
To Be Snow Maiden
The title ot a police report
dated 1 a.m. Monday was an
eyebrow raiser, but the details
which followed failed to meas
ure up to the words.
Tile title said: "Re, Nude Wo
man, 985 Cross."
The text read: "The writer at
the above time received word
over the radio to proceed to the
above address and investigate a
nude woman reported there."
The result of the officer's
search was summed up in an
additional paragraph:
"Upon arrival, writer found
a statue resembling a woman
made out of snow which turned
out to be a practical joke."
It was cold last night, too.
$126,400 for
County Relief
A budget totaling $126,400
for February has been drawn
up by the Marion county wel
fare office while officials of that
department hoped to stretch
January funds to the end of the
month.
The budget for February is
some $1,200 above January to
tals with increases being regis
tered in the old age assistance
and dependent child sections of
the report. Approval of the
budget still is to be granted.
The amount for general as
sistance is $25,000, which is the
same as for January, but Miss
Marion Bowen, administrator of
the county welfare office indi
cated that it would probably be
impossible to get through Janu
ary without asking for addition
al funds.
Unemployment increases ac
count for the unusually heavy
demand for general assistance
funds.
Artillery Duel
On Namoa Isle
Taipei, Jan. 16 VP) An artil
lery duel between communist
troops in Swatow and national
ist Chinese on Namoa Island
was reported today by the na
tionalist defense ministry.
Swatow is a port city about
100 miles northwest of British
Hongkong and 125 miles west
of the southern tip of Formosa.
The ministry did not mention
ground fighting on Namoa Is
land where the communists have
established a beachhead.
The ministry said nationalists
on Linting Island, neair Namoa,
broke up an attempted landing
by about 3,000 Reds. The com
munists made the assault in
fishing boats.
Nationalists reported their
warplanes and ships attacked
and sank many troop laden com
munist junks along the Luichow
peninsula where the commu
nists are massing forces for an
attack on Hainan Island, off the
south China coast.
Meanwhile, U.S. Roving Am
bassador Philip Jessup con
ferred for 90 minutes with Gen
eralissimo Chiang Kai-Shek on
Grass mountain outside of Tai
pei, nationalist capital.
Madame Chiang entertained
Mrs. Jessup at tea during the
conference.
Chiang is believed to have
told Dr. Jessup he could hold
Formosa with limited aid and
appealed for economic coopera
tion administration funds to
stabilize the island's economy.
D A Reports on
Weed Control
The matter of finances will
present the biggest problem if
a proposed weed control project
is established in Marion coun
ty, District Attorney E. A.
Stadter said Monday morning.
If the county court decides to
go ahead with the project, Stad
ter said, money to pay for weed
control will have to come out
of the county's general fund or
a special lax will be levied to
create a weed control district.
Stadter was asked by the
county court Saturday to pre
pare a legal opinion on the pro
posed project. A petition signed
by over 500 farmers who com
plained of the weed nuisance
caused the court to take action
on the matter.
The petition asked particularly
for control of Tansy Ragwort
and Ulex Europeus (gorce).
Stadter said that the county
could not set up any sort of con
trol against the latter, since
gorce is not classified as a weed.
However, if a weed control
project is set up in the county,
the state department of agricul
ture will be asked to cooperate.
The county would then control
Tansy Ragwort and the state
lake care of the gorce nuisance.
Stadter and the county court
will ask some of the pet ft ion
signers to meet with them soon
to further discuss the problem.
Members of the court agreed
that the weed situation was
acute, and plan to take some
sort of action.
Los Angeles Gets
Surprise Sunshine
Los Angeles. Jan. 16 VP)
Southern Cnlifornians, looking
tor a Sunday freeze, got sun
shine and rising temperatures
instead.
And the weatherman says
there will be more of same to
day. Maximum temperature yes
terday in Los Angeles was only
57 but brilliant sunshine made
it seem much warmer. The low
was 40.
The federal fruit frost warn
ing service said some citrus fir
ing will be necessary in early
morning hours today. Warmer
weather over the week-end
forestalled the carrying-out of
"vigilante" threats to sabotage
the orchard heaters. Unnamed
townsmen in the citrus belt com
plained that the smudge pots'
sky-blackening smoke was ruin
ing their homes.
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Five-year-old Nesbitt (Nebbie) Ann Burdsall of Midwest
City, Okla., is back in school today after 13 months of hos
pitalization, Nebbie was stricken with infantile paralysis in
June, 1948, her spine, right shoulder, arm and hip, her left
shoulder and leg severely affected by the crippling disease.
Oklahoma county chapter of National Foundation for In
fantile Paralysis and Nebbie's parents report expenses for
first 15 months as detailed above. For years to come, expenses
will continue in diminishing degree. Happiest item: special
shoes, $5.70, proof that Nebbie can walk again. Large part of
cost and care and treatment for thousands of polio victims is
carried by National Foundation through contributions to
March of Dimes drive, January 16-31.
Person's Funeral
Set for Tuesday
Funeral services will be held
at the Clough-Barrick chapel
Tuesday morning at 10:30
o'clock for Waller M. Persons,
postal employe in Salem for
many years, who died at his
home at 960 Gaines street last
Friday following an illness of
five months.
Persons, who came to Salem
in 1913 and entered the postal
service the same year, retired 12
years ago. During most of that
time he delivered parcel post.
He was known to many as "Dad"
Persons.
Born December 9.-1872 at Pi
lot Mound, Minn., Persons came
to Oregon from near Park Rap
ids, Minn., where he had taken
up a homestead about 1899. On
coming to Oregon in 1910 the
Persons family went to , Silver
ton and resided there three years
before moving to Salem.
Persons was a member of
Chemeketa lodge No. 1, IOOF,
Willamette encampment No. 1,
Salem Rebekahs, Modern Wood
men of America and the Nation
al Letter Carriers association.
Surviving are his wife, the
former Melissa Allen, to whom
he was married March 24, 1897
at St. Charles, Minn.; three
daughters, Mrs. Rhoda Baker of
Spokane, Mrs. Odillc Messing of
Glide, Oregon, and Mrs. Melis
sa Maves of Eugene; two sons,
Howard W. Persons of Mt. Ver
non, Wash., and Irven A Per
sons of Albany; a sister, Mrs.
Kate Stedman of Bismark, N.D.;
eight grandchildren and six
great grandchildren.
Rentals Raised
Declares Woods
Washington, Jan. 16 U.R
Rents in six large cities which
ended government controls un
der local option provisions of
the 1949 rent act jumped from
16.2 percent to 41.3 percent,
Housing Expediter Tighe E.
Woods said today.
Woods based his figures on a
survey made by the bureau of
labor statistics Id find out what
happened to rents in Dallas and
Houston, Tex.; Topeka, Kans.;
Knoxville, Tenn.; Salt Lake Ci
ty, and Jacksonville Fla.
Woods said that "it appears
significant that the longer a city
lias been decontrolled, the more
general the rent rise."
The survey appeared to be
more ammunition for President
Truman's request for an exten
sion of federal rent controls
which expire June 30. Congress
thus far has shown neither too
much warmth nor too much cool
ness to the request.
Woods said the survey also in
cluded a breakdown of the in
creases by rental ranges. In each
of the tile six cities, the percen
tage increase was highest in the
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Answers Filed
In Realtors Suit
Members of the 1949 board
of directors of the Salem Board
of Realtors, defendants in a
$250,000 damage suit filed by
Ralph Bent, have each motioned
that certain allegations in Bent's
complaint be revised or omitted.
Bent filed his complaint on
January 7. Listed as defendants
are William Bliven, J. W. Hut
chison, Walter Musgrave, F. H.
Weir, Burt Picha, Joe L. Bourne
and John E. Black.
In the complaint, Bent alleged
that he had been expelled from
membership in the Salem Board
of Realtors, contrary to his
rights and privileges as a mem
ber of the group and in defiance
of the board's constitution and
by-laws.
The defendants' motions, filed
with the county , clerk Monday,
claim that Bent was not definite
and certain in stating his allega
tions.
The motion asks that Bent be
ordered to submit an amended
complaint, clarifying certain
statements and omitting parts of
the complaint which are based
on conclusion instead of fact.
In Bent's complaint, he did not
mention the reason for his ex
pulsion from the Board of Real
tors. The defendants also move
that Bent include in his amended
complaint some reference to the
reason he was expelled.
Unofficially, the defendants in
the case have said that Bent was
expelled for failing to comply
with a decision handed him by
the arbitration board of the Sa
lem Board of Realtors.
The conflict resulted original
ly in Bent's refusal to pay one
of his salesmen the commission
on a real estate sale, according
to one of the defendants.
Eugene E. Burdick, Bruce
Spaulding and Rhoten and Rho
ten have been secured as attor
neys for the defendants. ;
Minor Accidents
Caused by Storm
Only records of minor acci
dents were on file in police
headquarters Monday despite
snow and slush which made for
hazardous driving throughout
the city and surrounding area.
In an accident early Monday
morning at Center and North
Capitol streets, the rear end of
a police car was considerably
damaged when it was involved
in a smashup with a machine
driven by Minerva B. Spencer of
1555 Saginaw steret.
The woman was cited to ap
pear in municipal court by Pa
trolman Wilmcr H. Page, driver
of the patrol car. She was
charged with failing to stop for
a red light, and was fined $5.
tinder $30 group and lowest in
the $50 and over group.
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Big Line Truck
The Portland General Electric
company Monday sent a bulldoz
er into the Silverton Hills to dig
out a big line truck that be
came snowbound at the start of
the week-end. It probably will
be freed during the day.
Damage to the service had
nearly all been put to rights Mon
day, but two districts are still
out of service. These are out of
Scotts Mills and in the Silverton
hills, Repairs can't be made at
once because of a snow block
ade that- prevents repair crews
from getting in.
Crews were started on mak
ing permanent repairs which
had bee'j done temporarily just
after the wind storm of Friday
and the gale was strong enoug'h
Saturday night to threaten fur
ther trouble.
Officially Salem is taking the
snow in its stride. Graders from
the city engineering depart
ment's shops were at work Sun
day and Monday clearing the
snow from streets. Little trouble
with drain lines was reported.
Crews of the Werner Con
struction company, laying the
interceptor sewer line, are still
idle. The shutdown was origin
ally for repairs, but the weather
would also be cause for closing
down. The contractors are ahead
of schedule with the project.
Snow has been kept clear
from most of the sidewalks in
the downtown district with
each business house clearing its
own frontage. Most residents
have kept the snow cleared in
walks in front of their premises.
Two casualties were reported
from rural districts. Nedd L.
Gamble, 65, died suddenly Mon
day morning while shoveling
snow at his farm on route 5. The
other was Ben H. Sawyer, 3625
Liberty road, who died while
shoveling snow Friday.
Child Clasping Cat
Found in Burned Home
Yelm, Wash., Jan. 16 VP) A
pet cat clutched tightly in her
arms, the body of seven-year-old
Barbara Marie Wright was found
early yesterday beneath a bed
in her partially burned home.
Coroner Ralph Swanson said
the child died of burns and suf
focation after crawling under
the bed to escape the flames.
An overheated stove was
blamed for the blaze.
Swanson said the mother, Mrs.
John Wright, had left the home
briefly to ask neighbors if she
should let her water faucets run
to prevent freezing. On her way
home she saw the flames in the
tiny three-room structure, three
miles east of here.
Mrs. Wright and a neighbor,
Robert Smith, were hospitaliz
ed at nearby Olympia for treat
ment of burns received in a
vain attempt to rescue her
daughter.
The father, a soldier, is sta
tioned in Anchorage. Alaska.
5 Die in Auto Crash
Port Arthur, Tex., Jan. 16 (U.R)
-Five persons died in their sub
merged car last night after it
plunged through a bridge rail
ing and sank in a bayou stream
20 miles south of here.
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rk,ll,im Fnoland Jan. 16 VP)
Royal navy salvage experts
laid plans today to lift the
sunken death sub Truculent from
the bottom of the Thames esiu
arv and beach her on Britain's
east coast.
They said it may take them a
to size up the job before
lifting operations can begin.
Meanwhile an inquest into ine
loss of 64 men who died in the
c-SnL-incf W3Q PfllleH for late tO-
day (at 11 a.m. EST) at the
royal naval hospital in ijiiiing
ham. It was expected the inquest
would adjourn after relatives
identified the nine bodies so far
N.nAiBi- of thp 55 men miss
ing, perhaps 30 are believed to
be entombed inside tne irucu-
lent, which went down last
Thursday after a collision with
the Swedish tanker Divina.
Only 15 of the 79 men aboard
survived.
R. T. Brammall, an admiralty
salvage officer, told reporters
three naval divers would make
tha corirnv tn find Ollt the best
method of lifting the Truculent.
"We shall try to get her
beached on the Kent coast,"
Brammall continued, "and then
possibly repair the damage tem
porarily, pump her out and tow
her to some suitable dock."
Truman Won't
Act on Coal
Washington, Jan. 16 UP) Con
gressional leaders quoted Pres
ident Truman today as saying
he still lacks sufficient evidence
to declare a national emergency
in the coal situation.
Mr. Truman discussed the sit
uation at his weekly conference
with democratic congressional
leaders. Nearly 65,000 soft coal
miners in six states had remain
ed on strike this morning, de
spite John L. Lewis' published
"suggestion" that they return to
a three-day work week after
striking last week.
Following the White House
conference, Senator Lucas of
Illinois, the democratic senate
leader, told reporters:
"The president told us he
wouldn't hesitate to act when
'he thinks the situation justifies
it. There is no question that
he would use every legal means
at his command but he doesn't
want to fail in court."
Lucas said the president
agreed that the coal shortage
brought about by the three-day
worK weeK has created grave
shortages m some areas.
But he quoted the president
as saying this situation was not
general enough yet to be called
a national emergency.
In an interview earlier today
Senator Hill (D., Ala)., urged
the president to name a fact
finding board immediately to
make clear whether the three
day mine week has caused a na
tional coal shortage.
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science department who opens
a series of discussions on im
portant political issues Satur
day night, Jan. 21, at 5:30,
over KOCO, Salem.
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Willamette university has
scheduled a public service fea
ture Saturday evenings Intended 1
to air objective commentaries f
on all levels of governmental
activity.
Mark O. Hatfield, instructor
in political science at Willamette
and chairman of the bipartisan
Marion county citizens' com
mittee for the Hoover Report,
will direct the program which
will begin Saturday, January
21, at 5:30 p.m. over KOCO,
Salem.
The program schedule will In
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sketches of political candidates,
aner-doles from the lives of the
nation's great and near-great,
long-range plans for the com
munity, interviews with public
officials, and topics suggested
by the radio audience.
Hatfield was appointed an in
structor at Willamette last fall
after having completed resi
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his doctrine. He has been a
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