Mayor's Committee Asked
To Meet Suburban People
Four Corners, Jan. 20 But transportation problems were
thrown squarely into the lap of the Salem city council at a second
mass meeting Thursday night of residents of the several com
munities immediately east of the city here with approximately
30 persons making their way to the community hall.
Resolutions approved by they
special committee named at the
first meeting were adopted.
These called upon the City
of Salem to assume jurisdiction
over lines operating within a
three-mile limit of Salem and
if the jurisdiction is assumed,
to also have jurisdiction over
tariff (fares) and schedules.
The transportation committee
of the city council is also re
quested to meet with a represen
tative committee from the sub
urban area to determine sched
ules andor tariff before any
proposed changes are made by
the operators of the bus line.
In event the city council can
not assume jurisdiction over a
franchise issued by the city to
( a city bus line in event the re
quested jurisdiction is assumed,
operators of a bus operating un
der city franchise would be con
fined to a designated area with
in the City of Salem
Request was made that the
, city council- hold a public hear
lng in reference to operation of
passenger buses in the suburban
area and within the three-mile
limit. The resolutions will be
presented to the council at its
next meeting.
Additional complaints were
voiced by those attending the
meeting, many of them mothers
of small children, the chief pro
test being the cancellation of a
bus thaf had been taking the
children of the Auburn commu
nity to school, leaving at 20 min
utes to the hour, with the next
available bus an hour later.
The bus has been transporting
approximately 25 children to
and from school and with the
discontinuance of the bus many
are forced to walk upward to
a mile which has proven serious
since the first of the year with
present conditions. Fathers of
many of these children are
forced to use their own automo
biles in getting to and from
work and are unable to provide
transportation for the children
is was asserted.
J. H. Gordon presided . as
chairman with J. M. Sleighter
vice chairman. A. K. LaBranch,
of Four Corners, was named to
the special transportation com
mittee to take the place of Hen
ry Schnaze who was forced to
resign because of lack of time
to devote to the work. Attend
ing were residents of Four Cor
ners, Fruitland, Auburn and
Swegle districts.
Rains Melting Snow
Through Linn County
Albany, Jan. 20 End of the
"big snow" was in sight Thurs
day as above-freezing rains be
gan coming down on Linn coun
ty to melt away heavy snows
that have fallen daily in the
area since January 10.
Threat of a severe silver
thaw appeared when the rain
sprinkles turned into sharp
sleet. Power lines, automobiles
and trees got a '4-inch coating
of ice, but when the sleet start
ed late Wednesday no more ice
formed. No ice damage was re
ported late Thursday.
Before Wednesday ended,
however, 2.25 inches of sleet
had fallen in Albany, bringing
the January snowfall total up to
29.25 inches, of which 25.25
inches has fallen in the last nine
days.
The temperature rose gradu
ally from a low of 15 degrees
Wednesday morning to well
above freezing Thursday late af
ternoon. The U.S. army signal corps,
forerunner of our modern air
force, purchased its first air
plane in 1909.
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Taylor's Office at
Vatican Closed
Rome, Jan. 20 ( The office
maintained here by President
Truman s personal representa
tive to the Vatican a semi-
diplomatic post vacated Wednes
day by the resignation of Myron
u. rayior has been closed
Franklin C. Gowen, state de
partment career diplomat who
naa served as Taylor's assis
tant, said today he had been re
called to Washington for con
sultation. Gowen said the office had
been closed. In Washington Pres
laent 'i?uman told a news con
ference yesterday the state de
partment was studying the ques
tion or continuing representa
tion at the Vatican.
American Protestants have
criticized maintenance of a U
S. representative at the Vatican
ever since the late President
Franklin D. Roosevelt named
Taylor special envoy in Decem
ber, 1939.
Taylor, 76, resigned Wednes
day. President Truman accented
the resignation, he said, with
"deep regret" and high praise
lor the work Taylor had done.
Military Ball
February 18
February 18 has been set as
the date for the annual Military
Ball, held yearly with the Mar
ion county chapter of the Re
serve Olhcers association
hosts.
The annual affair, as in the
past, is to be held at the Salem
armory, and general chairman in
charge of the event is Capt. Dew
ey Rand of the U. S. army re
serves. President of the Marion
county chapter of the ROA is
Comdr. Carl Cover, USNR.
Final plans for the military
ball will be made at a meeting
of all of the committees work
ing on the affair the evening of
January 24.
Heart Attack Hits
After Albany Fire
Albany, Jan. 20 Mrs. Effie
Draper, 80, remained unconsci
ous at the Albany General hos
pital Thursday where she was
taken after she was stricken
with a heart attack at noon
Thursday as flames threatened
to destroy her apartment home
at 127 W. Sixth avenue.
The fire was first spotted by a
neighbor, Guy Hood, who enter
ed the house and found Mrs. Dra
per collapsed in a rocking chair.
The curtains were ablaze and
fire was spreading rapidly. Hood
removed Mrs. Draper and called
for the ambulance and fire de
partment. Meanwhile Assistant Fire
Chief Cecil Burkhart was driv
ing by when he also spotted the
fire. Burkhart took Mrs. Draper
to the hospital.
The fire apparently started in
the kitchen, but exactly how, fire
department officials are still un
sure. The fire was confined
mainly to the roof. Another
apartment in the building was
undamaged.
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fend the colony.
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New Senator William Ben
ton (above), Democrat, is new
U. S. senator from Connecti
cut, succeeding Raymond E.
Baldwin, resigned to become
justice of state supreme court.
Livestock Sales
$5,960,000
Denver, Jan. 20 W) Livestock
sales at the National Western
Stock Show have reached $5,
960,000, second highest in the
event's 44 year history.
The record was nearly $7,
000,000 in 1948 when stockmen
were replenishing depleted herds
and meat prices soared at the
removal of OPA ceilings.
L. M. Pexton, general man
ager of the Denver Union Stock
Yard company, figured the sales
this way: 28,746 head of cattle
sold for $5,180,000, 15,000 hogs
went for $450,000 and 16,300
sheep sold for $330,000.
There were 180 carloads of
calves and yearlings sold yester
day in the feeder cattle sale,
Calves returned about $30
hundredweight and yearlings
about $25. Both figures were
slightly below 1st year. The
feeder sale receipts totaled $1,
100,000, nearly $200,000 below
last year when 240 carloads were
sold.
The grand champion carload
of feeder calves, Herefords from
the Deberard Cattle company,
Kremmling, Colo., sold for $70
a hundredweight, a drop of $7
from last year's record.
The sale of unior show
champions today winds up the
exposition except for a rodeo
which continues through tomor
row night.
Liquor Commission
Plans Meeting in KF
Portland, Jan. 20 W The
state liquor control commission
will hold next Tuesday's meet
ing at Klamath Falls, an unpre
cedented action.
The commission regularly
meets in Portland, on rare oc
casions in Salem. It will shift its
meeting to Klamath Falls next
week so that Commissioner W.
A. Spangler, Klamath Falls, may
attend. He has been ill.
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Hoover Takes Over Hunt
For Million Dollar Bandits
Boston. Jan. 20 WP) Topflight investigators commanded by the
nation's crime chief streamlined
million dollar desperadoes.
Under orders from FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, who took
control yesterday, experts involved in the investigation co
ordinated activities. They con-
sidered the possibility of setting
up a central office to sift clues.
Two more money bags the
fifth picked up since the rob
bery were found .in Milton
early today. Police said one
bore the wording "property of
and should be returned to the
Federal Reserve Bank of New
York." The other bore no let
tering.
Boston police said they would
pick them up as possible clues
the Boston holdup, xney
were found in a driveway by
two Milton policemen.
Directives from Hoover's of
fice criss-crossed the nation to
FBI branches in key cities in
the hunt for nine bandits who
seized a million dollars in cash
and a half million in checks at
the Brink's Armored Transpor
tation company garage Tuesday
night.
Local FBI agents were assign
ed today to a co-ordination ses
sion at the office of Attorney
General Francis E. Kelly. Crack
state, local and private detec
tives also attended the meeting.
As the manhunt entered its
third day, investigators clung
to only a few thin leads.
The seizure of a New Jersey
ex-convict with $1,762 dollars
on his person in Miami, Fla., yes
terday as a possible suspect was
knocked down by local police.
Boston Deputy Supt. John F.
Daly said, after talking with Mi
ami police, that the man ap
parently had no connection with
the local holdup.
The man, identified as Ar
thur Longano, 51, of Englewood,
N. J., was picked up by detec
tives who flagged down the
streamliner Miamian as it en
tered the Northeast 29th street
yards.
The FBI automatically enlist
ed the aid of millions of civil
ians, banks and business estab
lishments last night by publish
ing serial numbers of 24,050 bills
totaling $98,900 of the $1,000
000 taken in the robbery.
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Woodstock, 111., Jan. 20 U-R
A family of five perished early
today when an explosion blew
the roof off their makeshift
trailer home and touched off a
fire that trapped them in their
beds.
Coroner Harry L. Ehorn iden
tified the victims as Ralph
Schmitz, 49, his wife, Inez, 36,
and their three small children
Jimmy, 7, Laverne, 5, and John
ny, 2.
The coroner said all five died
their double-bunk bed as
flames swept the wood and tin
shack so swiftly that they had
no chance to dash for the only
door.
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Men on Snowshoes
Grants Pass, Jan. 20 (P) Men
on snowshoes early today suc
ceeded in bringing out, on a
handsled, the body of Loyel
Johnston, 19, who died from ex
haustion Tuesday while trying
to make his way out of the mar
ooned Oregon Caves on foot.
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Man Loses Life
Lebanon, Jan. 20 LuVern
Scott, 41, proprietor of Scotts
Electric service, was instantly
killed early Thursday afternoon
when a scaffolding at the new j
Baptist church where he was
working, slipped, and he fell
head first 15 feet to the floor be
side the altar.
He was starting to get off the
scaffolding when it slipped, wit
nesses told Coroner Glenn Hus
ton. He sustained a broken neck.
The accident occurred in the
west end of the new building.
Scott, who is survived by his
wife, Goldie. lives at 535 Main
street. There are also two chil
dren. Funeral services will be an
nounced by the Howe-Huston
chapel.
Lineman Shocked
Silvorton, Jan. 20 J. S. Ste-
rett, 801 Bartlett street, lineman
for the PGE company, had a se
vere shock but escaped death
when he came in contact with a
2400 volt line near Mt. Angel
Thursday afternoon. He was
treated by a physician and sent
home and is expected to be able
to work Saturday.
Sterett and Robert Moore, 410
East Main, were disconnecting a
private line when he brushed
against the high voltage wire. It
is believed that a direct contact
would have proven fatal. Moore
was on the ground at the time
and brought Sterrett into Silver
ton. Louis Ringuette of Grants Pass,
used snowshoes for three miles
after snowplows had broken a
road for them a distance of 12
miles.
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