2 Capital Journal, Salem,
Existence of Narcotics
Ring Suspected by Police
The possible existence of a narcotics ring in the Salem area was
seen Thursday in a police report dealing with an attempt to
smash into the Physicians building at 1280 Center street.
Employes who opened the building in the morning found that
one of the doorknobs had been hammered in such a manner that
the lock was broken and the
knob remained in an open posi
tion. Despite the smashed knob,
nothing was distrubed inside
the building, leading to the be
lief that the criminals had been
frightened off, possibly by a
passing car.
The case took on added sig
nificance in view of a drugstore
burglary in Silverton last week.
Some $500 worth of narcotics
was taken In that raid.
County, state and local au
thorities were continuing an in
vestigation into the Silverton
case when the attempted burg
lary took place In Salem.
At the moment, there was
nothing beyond suspicion which
would tie the two cases togeth
er, but in view of the fact that
addicts or dope peddlers usually
select doctors' offices as a tar
get for securing supplies, it was
believed that both cases would
be under further security.
Nationwide assaults on the
narcotics trade recently may
have cut off normal channels of
supply for the suspected rings
Ex-Teacher al
Chemawa Dies
Cornelius S. Aaron, Sr., for
mer staff member at Chemawa
Indian school near Salem, died
in a Salem hospital. He was
SO years old. Aaron, a Mohican
Indian, was born at Red Springs,
Wis., June 23, 1899. He was
educated in mission schools!
there and at St. John's college at
Winfield, Kas.
Aaron first worked in Wiscon
sin where he established three
Indian missions and taught
school 12 years. In 1933 he en
tered the U.S. Indian field serv
ice and served at Ft. Berthold
agency in North Dakota, and
at Carson agency in Nevada be
fore coming to Chemawa at the
end of World War II. At Che
mawa he was boys' advisor.
Aaron is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Vera Aaron of Salem; a
daughter, Johanna Aaron of Sa
lem; two sons, Cornelius Aaron,
Jr., and Larry Aaron, both of
Salem; and a brother, Grady
Gardner of Sacramento, Calif.
Funeral services will be held
at the Howell-Edwards chapel
Saturday, January 21, at 3 p.m.
with Rev. G. B. Rundstrum of
ficiating. Interment will be in
the City View cemetery.
Reynolds Sues Pegler
For $500,000, Libel
New York, Jan. 19 VP) Quen
tln Reynolds, the foreign corres
pondent and author, filed a
$500,000 libel suit today against
Columnist Westbrook Pegler.
Reynolds based his suit on
Pegler's column of last Nov. 29,
which criticized Reynolds' re
view of a biography of the late
Heywood Broun.
Named as defendants along
with Pegler were King Features
Syndicate, Inc., and Hearst Con
solidated Publications, Inc.
In another libel action, Peg
ler and his co-defendants are be
ing sued by Columnist Drew
Pearson for a total of $1,200,000
Falling Sandbag
Barely Misses Actress
New York, Jan. 19 VP) Actress
Ethel Waters was taking her
curtain calls last night after her
performance in tho Broadway
show, "Tho Member of the Wed
ding."
Suddenly, the audience gasp
ed.
Plummeting down from the
stage figures over Miss Waters'
head was a big sandbag. The
TOMORROW!
Bette Davis
Joseph Cotten In
"BEYOND THE
FOREST"
AND
Paul Douglas
Linda Darnell In
"EVERYBODY
DOES IT"
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SECOND FEATURE
"STATE DEPT. FILE 649"
In Color
1 III 'Red Danube!
Il III "Thieves I
Sri Highway" I
Ore., Thursday, Jan. 19, 1950
in the northwest. In that case,
peddlers and addicts alike may
be forced to turn to burglaries,
A drugstore in Dayton was
the victim of a burglary during
the past week-end, but that case
was atributed to juveniles in
view of the assortment of cheap
loot which was taken. At the
same time, two other Dayton
stores were burglarized.
Gas Seepage
Kills Couple
Seattle, Jan. 19 VP) Gas seep
age from a broken line outside
their home snuffed out the lives
of a sleeping couple here dur
ing the night. They did not have
gas fixtures in their home and
the leakage was from about 40
feet away.
The victims were John J. Cot
ton, 42, and his wife, Julia, 40.
He was an accountant.
They resided in an area along
Lake Washington, north of the
city.
Coroner John Bill s office said
gas company employes reported
the line break was about 40 feet
from the Cotton house. A "snub
line" ran to their basement. Cor
oner's deputies said the gas from
the main line break apparently
followed along this unused line
under the frozen earth.
The "snub line" was one laid
from the main in case the house
occupants ever wanted to have
gas service.
The tragedy was discovered
because of the strong smell of
gas along the street. A neighbor
called the gas company after
smelling the gas odor while
walking a dog past the house
next door to the Cottons.
Iruman Sticks
By Vaughan
Washington, Jan. 19 (U.R)
President Truman today brush
ed off a new senate republican
demand that he fire Ma, Gen.
Harry H. Vaughan as his mili
tary aide.
The president served notice at
his news conference that his loy
alty to Vaughan has not been
shaken by yesterday's senate sub
committee report which censur-
the general for being chum
my with John Maragon.
The report described Mara
gon as an "outright fixer. It
criticized Vaughan for taking a
ft from a former employer of
Maragon, who is under Indict
ment for perjury.
Republican Sens. Joseph R
McCarthy, Wis., and Karl E
Mundt, S. D., both members of
the subcommittee, said that the
president should fire Vaughan if
continues his "political act
ivities." Mundt said the general
should stop being a "political
hatchetman ' or get out of uni
form.
'Will there be any change in
the status of Gen. Vaughan?'
the president was asked.
With Vaughan standing be
hind him, the president said
that there would be none.
30-pound bag counterweight
used for scenery that had be
come unfastened missed the
nctress by inches.
Miss Waters, 50, turned the
incident aside with a line from
the hymn she sings In the play
as a negro servant:
'His eye is on the sparrow and
I know he watches me."
Where the Big Pictures Playl
NOW!
Shelley Winters in
"SOUTH SEA
SINNER"
And "Hlfhway U"
STARTS SOON
It's th& answer to
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Gorge Traffic
Blocked by Drifts
Portland, Jan. 19 WV-Snow-drifts
in the Columbia gorge
blocked both the Union Pacific
railroad mainline and the high
way today.
A heavy drift of snow froze
across the rail line at Oneonta
tunnel near Troutdale, and fore
ed the railroad to reroute its
trains over Spokane, Portland
& Seattle tracks on the Washing
ton side. -
The westbound Portland Rose,
which had reached Bonneville
before the line became block
ed, had to back up all the way
to The Dalles to cross the riv
er, and was expected to arrive
here nine hours late.
Airline traffic was disrupt-
ed too. No planes coi'14 land
at the icy Portland aiiPort. A
General Airways plane arrived
over the airport at 7:15 a.m.
after a flight from Anr.ftte isl
and, Alaska, and was divert
ed to Pendleton.'
A freight train di tatlment
near Oaklan.l, Ore., delayed
Southern Pai fic trails on the
Ashland-Eugi ne -un, out did
not affect the mai i r-n-ia to Cal
ifornia. '
Truman Ssfenf
On Super Bomb
Washington, Jan. 19 U.R
President Truman today left
wide open the possibility that
he will order production of a
hydrogen superbomb.
With the United States re
ported to be going ahead full
blast on preliminary work lead
ing up to production, Mr. Tru
man was asked at his news con
ference:
Do you have under consider
ation production of a hydrogen
bomb?"
The president replied that he
could not comment on that.
Mr. Truman also told Inquir
ers that he is not considering
direct negotiations with the Rus
sians on the hydrogen bomb.
The phrase "direct negotoa-
tions" was the one used by the
questioner.
In giving a negative reply
Mr. Truman did not rule out
the possibility of some less im
mediate approach to the Rus
sians.
For example, negotiations
within the United Nations were
not flatly ruled out.
The chief executive was ask
ed "has David Lilienthal of
fered to go to Russia?"
Mr. Truman said flatly that
he has not.
Lilienthal is the retiring
chairman of the atomic energy
commission. There have been
reports, so far without substan
tiation from Lilienthal or the
president, that the AEC chair
man is opposed to development
of a hydrogen bomb unless the
United Sttaes first makes a new
effort to work out an interna
tional atomic energy agreement
with the Russians.
Storm Warnings on Coast
Seattle, Jan. 19 (U,R)The wea
ther bureau today ordered small
craft warnings continued for 24
hours at 7 a.m. (PST) today.
Forecaster pre dieted easterly
winds 25 to 35 miles per hour
through the Strait of Juan De
Fuca and south to southeast
winds of 20 to 30 miles an hour
velocity from Cape Blanco, Ore.,
to Tatoosh Island, Wash.
Mat. Daily From 1 P.M.
NOW! MEET THE GIRL
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OPENS 6:45 P.M.
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Red Skelton
"FULLER BRU8H MAN"
Phil Harris
"I LOVE
A BANDLEADER"
Stranded Autos Retrieved Autos in a long curving line
are driven cautiously off Lake Winnebago ice and onto
solid land near Calumet Harbor, Wis., after being abandoned
by fishermen when the Ice cracked and the floe moved out
from shore along a 30-mile front at Oshkosh, Wis. Some 250
autos had been trapped on the ice. The fishermen were res
cued by small boats when the ice cracked. (Acme Tele-photo)
Senate Probers Castigate
Maragon as 'Brazen Fixer'
Washington, Jan. 19 W Senate investigators today described
John Maragon as a "brazen outright fixer" whose friendship with
Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan made possible his "neianous activi
ties in dealing with government officials."
In a 36-page report to the senate on its five percenter investi
gation, the senate investigating1-
subcommittee said that it is
credible" that the Greek-born
Maragon, now under indictment
for perjury, could have operated
as long as he did.
But the fact that Vaughan,
President Truman's military
aide, "personally interceded with
government agencies on behalf
of Maragon" it said, were among
factors that "made it possible for
Maragon to use the great pres
tige of the White House for his
own personal advantage."
The report sharply criticized
Vaughan for calling government
agencies and giving them the
impression he was acting on be
half of the president.
'The subcommittee recom
mends that the practice be dis
continued," it said.
The group said it could not
discuss Vaughan's relations with
Maragon in detail because of the
impending perjury trial against
the one-time bootblack and
White House intimate.
The report was signed by all
seven members of th subcommit
tee four democrats and three
republicans. It was the sub
committee's first official conclu
sion on last summer's hectic in
quiry into Washington's influ
ence industry,
Maragon and Vaughan were
key figures at the hearings
which included revelations that
a Chicago prfume manufacturer
who employed Maragon sent
valuable deep freeze units as
gifts to Mrs. Truman, Vaughan
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and other Washington notables.
The subcommittee report men
tioned no names specifically,
but it said that, excluding Mrs.
Truman, the persons who re
ceived the gifts made a "serious
mistake" in accepting them.
It exempted Mrs. Truman
from its criticism because it is
"long standing tradition" for the
first family to accept gifts from
fellow citizens.
Besides Vaughan, officials
who received the units were
Fred M. Vinson, now chief jus
tice; Secretary of the Treasury
John W. Snyder, Presidential
Secretary Matt Connelly, and
James K. Vardaman, President
Truman's former naval aide.
Army General
Here January 27
Oregon January 26 and 27 is
to have its first visit from Lt.
Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer since
the general took command of
Sixth army last fall.
Word of the general's visit
was telephoned Thursday by
Oregon's adjutant general, Maj.
Gen. Thomas E. Riiea. Rilea,
who stopped in San Francisco
for a Sixth army conference en
route back from Washington,
contacted his office here.
Wedemeyer plans to visit the
Portland air base and inspect
X.
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While River Ice
Jam Holds Firm
Tygh Valley, Jan. 19 VP The
White River ice jam still held
back part of the swift stream to
day, but little damage was in
prospect unless there should be
a sudden thaw.
Army engineers blasted the
jam yesetrday and in late aft
ernoon enough of the water was
flowing through to lessen im
mediate fears. This morning
the backed-up level was slight
ly higher than yesterday but
not enough to arouse concern.
One house was evacuated early
yesterday when ice cakes pushed
near it and the water reached
the floor level. Only three other
houses in the same low area
were threatened and today their
situation was no worse.
Bevin Urges No
Swap in Horses
London, Jan. 19 VP) Labor
chancellor of the exchequer Sir
Stafford Cripps urged British
voters last night not to change
horses in "the middle of what
is still a pretty tough stream of
world events."
In a major labor party cam
paign speech, the director of
Britain's economy said a return
to Winston Churchill's conserva
tives would constitute "the death
warrant of democracy."
He also attacked the extreme
left, accusing the communists of
being "merely a sabotage party,"
and appealed to Britons to take
the middle road of his labor
party's "socialist democracy"
when they vote in the national
elections February 23.
Cripps continued the labor
strategy of wooing middle class
shopkeepers, businessmen and
professionals.
Meanwhile, Lord Balfour said
in his annual report as chair
man of Lloyd's Bank, Ltd., that
the British worker "sheltered
by mounting subsidies, by an
inflationary wages spiral and by
secure employment even in the
least essential occupations" was
laying down on the job. Indi
vidual production, he said, has
dropped under prewar levels.
army facilities there January 26
ana win confer with National
Guard and reserve officers in
that city that day. That evening
he is to be honored at a dinner
being arranged by Gen. Rilea at
the Multnomah hotel.
January 27 Gen. Wedemeyer
will come to Salem and will con
fer with Gov. Douglas McKay.
He also will confer with Nation
al Guard and reserve officers
here during his stay in Salem.
Fraternity Case
Set February 20
Salem's high school fraternity
case will be heard here February
20 before Circuit Judge Dal M.
King of Coquille.
The case involves the expul
sion of 19 high school boys who
were accused of belonging to a
secret society. The boys appeal
ed to the court. They now are at
tending school under a tempo
rary court order.
CVA Opposed
By Don Walker
Enactment of the Columbia
valley administration as propos
ed by President Truman would
not be government by law but
government by men, charged
Donald C. Walker, Portland at
torney as he attacked the meas
ure during Thursday's Lions
club luncheon.
The proposed legislation has
no recognized boundaries, stated
Walker, therefore those who are
charged with the responsibility
of administration could do just
about as they pleased. The three
men who would head the admin
istration could compete with vir
tually all types of business in
the district without hindrance,
stated Walker. He declared the
bill was "full of loopholes," add
ing that if members of congress
were to give it diligent study
they would not hesitate to re
ject it.
Measures such as CVA, Wil
liams stated, tend to centralize
government under the executive
branch, an unhealthy situation.
He asked a thorough study of
the proposal by all citizens.
Showdown Fight
On Rules Friday
Washington. Jan. 19 U.R)
Speaker Sam Rayburn predicted
today that administration lead
ers will win their fight to keep
control of the house rules away
from the southern democratic
republican coalition.
The coalition expressed equal
confidence it will win.
Rayburn also predicted at a
news conference that the show
down battle will be fought out
tomorrow. It will come when
the house votes on a resolution
to give its rules committee pow
er to bury legislation.
The rules committee had this
power for years, but in the last
session the house took it away.
The house set up by-passing ma
chinery which limited to 21 days
the time the committee could
hold up bills without action
Southern democrats and repub
licans on the committee adopt
ed a resolution to abolish that
machinery.
Vets Seek Bonus
By Initiative
- A nrolimlnnrv oetition for an
Initiative, bill for an Oregon bo
nus for World War II veterans
umi fllpH with state elections
Chief Dave O'Hara by the Ore
gon departments ot the Ameri
can Legion and the Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
The proposal will be put to
the people in the November elec
tion nrovided 25.482 valid sig
natures are placed on petitions
by July o.
The proposed bonus would be
!t h ratn nf $10 a month for
domestic service and $15 a
month for overseas duty witn a
maximum of $600. The bonus
would be financed by a state
bond issue.
Clyde Dickey, Legion depart
ment vice commander, said the
rpfprpnHnm oetition would pro
vide Oregon citizens "the oppor
tunity to reward those veterans
who entered the armed forces
frrm rirpunn and served honor
ably during the emergency."
V. A. Mcuarty, stale vi vr
commander, said the proposed
constitutional ame n d m e n t "is
not in reality a bonus in the
sense of a hand-out; it is in ef
fect an adjustment in pay for
the veterans of Oregon who serv
ed in World War II."
Bonuses for World War II vet
erans have been provided so far
by 18 states.
Military Cop on
Shooting Spree
Fort Lewis, Wash., Jan. 19 VP)
A heavily armed soldier's 100
mile ride over icy highways in
a commandeered taxi, after a
shooting escapade at Fort Lewis,
ended early today at Castle Rock.
Fort Lewis authorities said
the soldier, a military police
man, fired four shots Into an
arms room floor before setting
out on the wild ride. No one
was hurt,
Military authorities and ar
resting officers in Cowlitz coun
ty identified the M.P. as Pvt.
Howard R. McKeever.
State Patrolman Meredith
Jevne of Kelso and Town Mar
shal George Eaton of Castle
Rock, who arrested the soldier,
said he was from Seattle and
gave his age as 21. Jevne and
Eaton said he was carrying five
loaded .45 caliber automatics
when he was arrested outside
Castle Rock after falling asleep
in the Tacoma taxicab.
The soldier, in his regular
duties, was entrusted with keys
to the arms room. He was off
duty when the incident occur
red. Military authorities said
his previous record was entire
ly one of good conduct. They
said he apparently had been af
fected abnormally by drinking.