2 Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Saturday, Jan. 21, 1950
Sackett's Bank
Account Frozen
Oakland, Calif., Jan. 21 U.R
Three bank accounts, his Pied
mont home, and an automobile,
belonging to Radio and Newspa
per Owner Sheldon Sackett
were frozen today By court or
der. The Alameda county superior
court froze the assets to secure
payment of an alleged $25,000
debt, for which Sackett is being
sued by Rfchard C. D. Bell of
Oakland.
' Bell claimed he loaned Sack
ett the money as part of a busi
ness agreement for promoting
a television station.
The attorney for Sackett, John
Hearne, indicated he would file
a cross-complaint against Bell,
saying Bell was actually in debt
to Sackett "extensively, ana
that the $25,000 was a "purely
personal loan."
Sackett has interests in radio
stations here, Vancouver, and
Coos Bay, Ore., and in newspa
pers here and in Coos Bay.
Bomb Blasts
Rice Dormitory
Huston, Jan. 21 VP) A home
made bomb exploded in a Rice
Institute dormitory early today
causing $1,000 damage. Eleven
students nearby escaped injury
although the blast ripped doors
off in four dormitory rooms.
The only tenable clue was a
set of keys found in the rubble
on the second floor stairway
where the bomb exploded. The
building has five stories.
Homicide Captain George Se
ber. Rice Institute officials and
John Eldom, chairman of the
East hall committee on rules and
regulations, all began inquiries,
"This is not a harmless prank,"
Dr. William V. Houston, presi
dent of the school, said. "No am
ateur can estimate the force of
a blast or the ensuing harm to
life and limb.
"It is a student matter on pres
ent evidence and it will be in
vestigated," he continued.
Police said the crude bomb
was made of a rusty three-inch
pipe about 12 inches long, pack
ed with shredded newspapers,
crumbled brick and explosives.
It scattered glass throughout the
area.
Investigator G. L. Bankston
aid the bomb must have con
tained at least a pound of TNT.
Chambers Says
Work Finished
Westminster, Md., Jan. 21 (U.R)
Whittaker Chambers, star
government witness in the Al
ger Hiss perjury trial, said to
day the jury returned "the only
possible verdict" in finding Hiss
guilty.
"I don't see how they could
have returned any other ver
dict," Chambers said at his farm
near here.
"I hope the American people
realize what they owe to this
iury, to Mr. Murphy (govern
ment prosecutor), and to the
splendid work of the FBI," he
said.
The former Time Magazine ed
ltor who has admitted being a
one-time courier for the com
munist party, said his work now
is finished.
"I have told the FBI all 1
know," he said.
Chambers said he did not know
what point might have caused
the jury to remain deadlocked
so long. He said he felt the jur
ors knew they "were pondering
an issue of great gravity.
"It was the only possible ver
diet they could have reached,
however. Chambers said.
Churchill Opens
Party's Campaign
London, Jan. 21 (IP) Winston
Churchill opens his conserva
tive party's campaign to unseat
the labor government in the
Feb. 23 general election with a
radio speech tonight.
Tlie 75 -year -old wartime
prime minister will make a 20
minuto political speech over the
British Broadcasting corporation
(BBC) at 9:15 p.m. (4:15 p.m.
EST.)
(The Columbia Broadcasting
system will relay the speech to
U. S. radio listeners.)
Churchill will broadcast from
his country home at Westerham
In Kent, 25 miles southeast of
London.
Korean Aid Bill
Lost by One Vote
Washington, Jan. 21 VP) It
now appears that the Korean
aid bill was defeated in the
house by only one vote not
two.
The house rejected the admin
istration request for $60,000,000
in additional economic funds for
the little far eastern republic
Thursday. House tellers and the
Congressional Record listed the
vote as 191 or the bill to 193
against.
But a check showed that Rep.
Lemke (R-N.D.) was listed
twice once as voting against
the measure and once as paired
for it.
Lemke cleared It up last
night. Contacted at Devil's Lake
N. D., he said he was not pres
ent when the final vote was tak
en but was paired or it. There
fore, he said, the correct vote
should be 192 against the bill,
191 for.
Lemke was paired with Rep
Smith (R-Ohio)1
Man Killed in
Robbery Try
Elizabethtown, Pa., Jan. 21 (IP)
Police broke up an attempted
robbery here today and shot it
out with three men attempting
to break through police lines.
One was killed, one wounded
and a third captured.
Lebanon city police and state
police from the Lebanon bar
racks identified the dead man
as Frank Stadler, 42. Baltimore;
the wounded man as Ray Web
er, 42, Baltimore, and the cap
tured man as Earl Firestone, 33,
Lebanon.
The police reported the three
were trapped in the Grubb and
Brennan grain mill in this small
eastern Pennsylvania town late
last night.
The trio was ordered to sur
render but refused and took
refuge hiding among sacks of
feed meal. Then they tried to
make a break for it and police
broke up their flight in a hail
of bullets.
Weber was taken to Good
Samaritan hospital in nearby
Lebanon while Firestone was
jailed. No charge was filed im
mediately. Truman Urges
Aid to Korea
Washington, Jan. 21 VP) Pres
ident Truman today urged con
gress to "rectify" immediately
the house's action in turning
down his request for $60,000,
000 in economic aid for Korea.
The president, in urging that
the aid be provided the Korean
republic, released a statement
from Secretary of State Dean
Acheson which said:
"In our judgment it would be
disastrous for the foreign policy
of the United States for us to
consider this action by the house
of representatives as its last
word on the matter."
In a brief statement, the pres
ident said, "I entirely concur
in the secretary's views as to the
seriousness of this action and
(he necessity for its speedy rec
tification." I shall take up this matter."
the president added, "with con
gressional leaders and urge upon
them the need for immediate
action in order that Important
foreiRn policy Interests of this
country may be properly safe
guarded." The house, by a vote of 193 to
91, rejected Thursday the ad
ministration's request for $60,
000,000 in economic aid for the
little republic.
Acheson, in a letter to the
president, said the action was
received by the slate depart
ment with "concern and dis
may." The secretary said that the
action, "if not quickly repaired.
will have the most far-reaching
cuecis upon our foreign policy,
noi oniy in Korea but in many
omer areas in ine world."
George Orwellf Author
Of '1984' Dies of T.B.
London. Jan. 21 UP) Cvnva.
Orwell, author of the best sel
lcr novel "194R" riipH in n hn
pital today after a long illness
irom luucrculosis.
Orwell, whose real name was
EriC Blair. Wrote ihf. hnnlr ha.
tween trips to the hospital. He
was 4U.
He was married at the hospital
October 13 to Miss Sonin
ell, 30, assistant literary editor
or me magazine Horizon.
Vandenberg May Give
Up Committee Post
Washington, Jan. 21 W) 111
health may cause Senator Van
denberg (R-Mlch.) to give up
his membership on the senate
house atomic energy commit
tee. Some of his senate colleagues
told a reporter yesterday that
Vandenberg has discussed the
matter but has not reached a
definite decision. He was not
reached for direct comment
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Finland Rejects
Soviet Charge
Helsinki, Finland, Jan. 21 VP)
Finland categorically rejected
today Soviet charges that Fin
land supplied Soviet war crimi
nals here with faked documents.
At the same time Finland assur
ed her powerful neighbor that
she is making every effort to
abide by the terms of Finnish
Soviet pacts.
Finland replied to a strong
Soviet protest note delivered
three weeks ago to Karl Sund
stroem, Finnish minister in Mos
cow. Today in Moscow Sund-
stroem delivered the Finnish re
ply to the Russians.
The Finnish government told
the Russians that it is "making
every effort to fulfill loyally its
obligations under the peace
treaty.
"Likewise, it Is striving by all
means to act according to the
friendship and mutual assistance
pact with Russia. Nevertheless
it is entitled to reject categoric
ally the assertions that Finnish
authorities should have supplied
war criminals with faked docu
ments."
Former Marine
Sent to Prison
Mineola, N.Y., Jan. 21 VP)
DeWitt F. Combs, the 23-year-old
former marine who killed his
sweetheart's father in a midnight
gun duel, will go to Sing Sing
prison for from 10 to 20 years.
Combs was convicted of first
degree manslaughter January 6,
and Nassau County Judge J. A.
Collins handed down the sen
tence yesterday.
Rita Fay, the tall, slender bru-
nett Combs said he loved, was
not in court to hear the sen
tence, although she attended
much of the trial and testified
she comforted him after the kill
ing. Combs blamed his slaying
victim 58-year-old Francis B.
Fay for blasting his romance.
Combs went to the Fay home
the night of last November 16
carrying a shotgun and intent
on a reconciliation talk with
Rita. Instead he and Fay met
in the basement darkness and
shot it out, pistol against shot
gun, with Fay falling.
The young veteran pleaded
innocent by reason of temporary
insanity and self-defense, claim
ing he carried the shotgun be
cause of Fay's threats.
Devaluation
Aids Canadians
Washington, Jan. 21 (IP)
Rep. Mack (R-Wash.) said today
currency devaluation has given
Canadian business men a ten per
cent advantage over the United
States in foreign markets and
Canadian lumber operators are
taking "full advantage of it."
Mack told a reporter a review
of recent bids submitted to the
British lumber controller for
87,350,000 feet of lumber for
his government showed the ef
fect of the devaluation. He said
Canadians got orders for 82,1
350,000 feet of the total, Ameri
cans getting orders for only 5,-
000,000 fect.
Mack said the economic coop
eration administration, with
whose funds the British made
the purchases, gave him a de
tailed analysis of the bids.
This showed, he continued
that on most items bids by Un
ited States were lower than
those of the Canadians until the
amounts were converted into
Canadian dollars, ten per cent
cheaper than United States dol
lars, which made the Canadian
bids slightly lower.
Storm Warning Continued
Seattle, Jan. 21 VP) The wea
ther bureau continued southeast
storm warnings early today from
Tatoosh to Astoria and changed
warning south of Astoria to Cape
Blanco from southeast to south
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remain up through the Strait of
Juan De Fuca until 7 a.m., Sun
day. The forecast was for sou
therly winds 25 to 35 miles per
hour off the Washington and Or
egon coasts this morning, in
creasing to 40-45 mph by after
noon and decreasing tonight.
Easterly winds 10-20 mph were
expected through the strait in
the morning, increasing to 20-30
mph this afternoon and evening.
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Snowslidcs trapped 1,500 pas
sengers in thawing British Co
lumbia Saturday while .flood wa
ters from the swollen Fraser riv
er began pouring into lowland
areas.
In the rest of the weather-
wracked Pacific Northwest, the
flood threat was abating Satur
day.
In the Canadian province, 25
to 30 trains were blocked. One
passenger train was reported
partially buried by an avalanche
near Mt. Robson.
British Columbia was virtual
ly isolated from eastern Canada.
Cross-Dominion rail traffic was
halted for the second consecutive
day. Telegraph communications
were half normal but telephone
lines remained completely out
with the east.
Five hundred acres of land
were flooded in the Sardis-Su-
mas area in the Fraser valley.
Emergency meetings were called
to meet the flood danger threat
ening 20,000 residents.
A 1,500-foot slide blocked the
trans-Canada highway at Flood,
B. C. Between 15 and 20 freight
trains and nine passenger trains
were caught in a sticky moun
tain of snow.
Disaster committees were set
up in several cities bordering
the lower Fraser.
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U. S. and Ireland
Sign Peace Pact
Dublin, Ireland, Jan. 21 (IP)
The United States and Ireland
signed a treaty of friendship,
commerce and navigation today
to provide a framework for gen
eral economic relations between
the two countries.
Sean MacBride,. Irish minis
ter of external affairs, called the
pact "Ireland's most important
treaty" just before he signed for
his country.
U. S. Minister George A. Gar
rett, who signed for the United
States, called the treaty "a mile
stone in the harmonious develop
ment of economic relations be
ween our two countries."
Under the treaty the United
States recognizes Ireland's right
to give imperial preference to
British and British Common
wealth goods, even though Ire
land formally withdrew from
that family of nations two years
ago.
Another claues provides that
Irish citizens employed in the
United States will have the same
social . security benefits and
workmen's compensation bene
fits as Americans.
Irish physicians may practice
medicine in the United States if
they have the qualifications pro
vided under American law.
The treaty also stipulates that
Irishmen in the United States
may not be drafted for military
service unless they become Am
erican citizens.
U.S. Currency Valued
Frankfurt, Germany, Jan. 21
(U.R) Radio Peiping announced
today that an exchange rate of
one U. S. dollar to 25,000 dol
lars in "Peoples Currency" has
been established by the Chinese
communist government.
Fred Stroble
Sane, Must Die
Los Angeles, Jan. 21 UP) Fred
Stroble is sane and must die for
murdering six-year-old Linda
Joyce Glucoft.
Superior Judge Charles W.
Fricke, who ruled him sane yes
terday, will pronounce sentence
next Friday. Under California
law it will have to be death in
the gas chamber because the
jury convicted him of first de
gree murder with no recommen
dation of leniency.
Lone uncertainty for the 68-
year-old grandfather now is
when he will meet his end. The
law also provides for automatic
review of all death sentences by
the state supreme court, which
sometimes takes several months.
Stroble's defense counsel
abandoned the attempt to argue
his plea of insanity as a sixth
doctor submitted a report to the
court finding the defendant sane.
Previously, three court-appointed
doctors and two defense psy
chiatrists had ruled Stroble was
sane, when he killed little Linda,
playmate of his granddaughter.
Stroble's trial included a
tense reading and recording
playback of his confession of
the sex slaying. He admitted
enticing the girl into a bedroom,
strangling, beating and stabbing
her to death last November 14.
He took the court's verdict on
his sanity calmly, contrasting
with his breakdown on Thursday
when the jury of 10 women and
two men found him guilty.
Coal Strikers
Appeal for Food
Pittsburgh, Jan. 21 (IP) -Striking
soft coal miners, some so
desperate they're appealing for
food to feed their tannines, win
decide this week-end if they'll
work the three-day week or
dered by John L. Lewis.
Many of the miners have been
openly rebellious of their lead
ers' suggestion they obey Lewis.
Meetings in West Virginia and
Pennsylvania ended in disorder
this week.
Despite all that, some UMW
officials believe a large bloc of
the 90,000 strikers will go along
with their pleas to dig coal.
"Things are looking brighter
in my district right along," said
John Busarello, president of
UMW district No. 4 at Pitts
burgh. The district has 27,500
miners and Busarello says he ex
pects most, if not all, to be In
the pits Monday.
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. William Hynes, president of
the 23,000 man district 4 in the
Uniontown, Pa., area, called a
meeting of top local officials to
day. (10:30 a.m., EST). He
hoped to map strategy which
would be acceptable to the locals
when they vote tomorrow. The
strategy: Simply obey Lewis and
go back to work.
It was at Uniontown yester
day that scores of miners be
seiged state relief officials and
the Salvation Army for aid to
their families. Captain Robert
Shannon of the Salvation Army,
declared:
"Many of the miners have
eight or 10 children. They've
just run out of money. One of
them said to me 'Captain, if you
can just spare a sack of flour,
some sugar and coffee, we'll get
along."
Cattle Rated
For Breed Type
Columbus, O., Jan. 21 Sev
eral purebred Jersey cattle from
herds around Benton and Mar
ion county. Ore., were official
ly classified for breed type. The
ratings were made by Prof. H.
P. Ewalt of the Oregon State col
lege, an official classifier for the
American Jersey Cattle club.
The classification program is
planned to help breeders of reg
istered Jerseys raise animals
closer to the ideal for Jersey ap
pearance. The classifier rates
each animal, comparing them
against the breed's standard of
100 points for a perfect animal.
On first classifitation he rates
all females in the herd that have
had at. least one calf and all bulls
over two years old. The work is
supervised by the American Jer
sey Cattle club, which has its na
tional headquarters in Colum
bus, O.
In the local classification Prof,
Ewalt rated three animals for
Max Van Kresigk of Corvallis,
two animals classified as Very
Good and one Good.
Lewis Judson of Salem, had
five animals classified. One
ranked as Very Good, two Good
Plus and two Good.
The 16 animals in the herd
owned by O. A. Parton of Wood
burn, Ore., received ratings of
two Very Good, nine Good Plus
and five Good.
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International
Low for Trucks
International Harvester com
pany of Portland appeared to be
the low bidder this week to sup
ply the state with 60 trucks, ac
cording to R. W. Remmington,
state purchasing agent.
The offer by International
was $2166.31 per truck, with St.
Paul hoist body.
Thirty firms submitted bids,
and an award is expected next
Tuesday.
The next three low bidders
were:
Barnes Chevrolet, Medford,
$2268.85 for a Chevrolet 6103
with Garwood hoist body: Sun
set Motor company. The Dalles,
$2270.03 for a Chevrolet 6103
with Garwood hoist body; and
AVolfard Motor company, Port
land, $2278.56 for a Ford F-6
with Garwood hoist body.
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