2 Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Wednesday, Jan. 25, 1950
USO Closing Up Shop;
Lacks Money to Function
New York, Jan. 25 VP) The United Service Organizations is
closing up shop.
The agency, whose wartime entertainment circuit stretched
from Burma to the beachheads of Europe, said yesterday that
it is unable to raise enough money to keep going.
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Civlo Leader Dies George
W. Hubbs, Silverton civic
leader and Salem and Silver
ton real estate broker for
many years, who died Tues
day. Funeral services will be
held in Silverton Friday at
2 o'clock.
Australian
Wool Prices Up
Boston, Jan. 25 VP) The big
gest boom in the history of the
Australian wool industry is in
full swing. And since Australia
is the world's largest producer
of fine apparel wool, this isn't
going to help America's clothing
budget.
The price of fine apparel wools
at the current Australian auc
tions mounts steadily. Records
are being smashed daily.
Dealers report audible gasps
in the Sydney auction rooms as
purchasers from Britain, Russia,
the continent and the United
States have tried to outbid Aus
tralians in the past few weeks.
Prices at the Australian sales
have jumped some 25 percent
since the opening of the auctions
early this month.
In Boston, heart of the na
tion's wool trading, mills were
reported paying 41 cents a
pound more for apparel wools
than they did last September.
Apparel wools that cost $1.17
a pound cleaned last fall now
are selling to the mills for
around $1.58 a pound.
One denier termed the Increas
es staggering, beyond anything
that has happened before.
Guy Myers' Bill
To Nebraska
North Platte, Neb., Jan. 25 VP)
The cost of the Nebraska pub
lic power system's $42,000,000
refinancing looked pretty high
to power officials today.
The total, according to Gerald
Gentleman, chairman of the
board of managers of the N. P.
P. S. and general manager of
the Platte valley public power
and irrigation district, is "about
$450,000."
This includes a $150,000 bill
from Guy C. Myers for help in
arranging the financing, and
$75,000 asked by B. J. Van In-
gen, head of a New York bond
firm, for similar help.
The rest is in attorney fees,
printing, engineering fees and
auditing fees, Gentleman said
There has been some objection
to Myers and Van Ingcn s bills.
Gentleman said members of the
public power system board feel
all the items are "fairly high."
Gentleman added that Myers
contract called for 1 Vi percent
of the $42,000,000 refinancing
program or $300,000, when it
was planned to refinance with
private capital. However, gov
ernment refinancing of $20,300,
000 in old bonds and on R E. A
loan of $8,412,000 were employ
ed for part of the program.
Myers presented a bill for $150,
000. Social Hygiene Day
Feb. 3 at Portland
Several persons from Salem
and this part of the state will be
among more than 200 in the
state taking part in a two-day
work conference February 3
and 4 In Portland In observance
of Oregon's social hygiene day
The sessions will be at the
Portland hotel under the spon-
corshlp of the division of social
hygiene education oi the ore
gon Tuberculosis and Health as
coclatlon.
From Salem will be Howard
Pyfer of the health education
division of the Marion county
department of health: and Miss
Kathcrlne Rahl, supervisor of
health and physical education
In the state department of edu
cation.
From Lebanon J. W. King,
superintendent of schools, will
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attend.
It expects to terminate opcra-
tions of its 153 branches through
out the country by Tuesday.
During the war, the USO had
some 3,000 service centers
throughout the United States,
and more than 200 entertainment
units touring military posts here
and abroad.
Its peak budget ran to $58,
000,000 a year.
From its founding in 1041, the
agency has provided entertain
ment or welfare service to more
than a billion and a half men and
women service personnel and
war workers.
Since the war, the agency has
gradually curtailed its opera
tions. At the end of 1947, it de
cided to shut down, but Presi
dent Truman called it back into
operation. The USO at present
has 20 operations overseas, four!
of these being in Alaska.
A telegram to Robert R.
Boardman, Oregon director for
the USO and Karl K. Van Meter,
executive secretary, USO, New
York City, early Wednesday
morning confirmed the Associ
ated Press wire story that the
USO would cease to function aft
er January 31.
Van Meter's telegram stated
that the USO would undertake
deactivation January 31 and
place itself in a standby posi
tion to be available if called in
an event of national emergency.
The communique, however, in
dicated that the organization
would continue to raise funds to
place it in a position to be ready
to reactivate when and if it was
needed. It also mentioned con
tinued efforts to secure funds
from the Community Chests.
Ice Floes Still
Jam Columbia
Portland, Jan. 25 VP) A tug
pushed through ice floes on
the Columbia river yesterday
to make the first journey be
tween Portland and The Dalles
in a week. The tug Winquatt
moved two petroleum barges to
The Dalles, after the coast
guard cutter Balsam had cut a
channel through ice above Bon
neville. Despite the cutter's work, the
Columbia still had so much ice
that most boats could not pass.
Floes many feet thick have pil
ed up between The Dalles and
Cclilo canal.
Rescue work continued in
the Northwest's snow-covered
areas. A weasel went from Van
couver, Wash., to bring an 80-year-old
woman out from Home
Valley, east of Stevenson, to a
train to return to her daughter's
home.
The Floyd Hatfield family,
snowbound in Elk Valley near
Roscburg, Ore., was brought out
safely after 20 volunteers clear
ed a trail. A crippled youth had
struggled for two days through
the snow to bring news that
the family was in need of food
Panama Canal
Barely Paying
Washington, Jan. 25 VP) The
Panama canal is earning a prof
it, but a slim one.
Not operating revenues of
$534,375 in the 12 months end
ed last June 30 represented a
profit of one-then of one per
cent, and brought total earnings
since 1914 to 1.88 per cent,
Brig. Gen. F. K. Newcomer, ca
nal governor, said.
He added that the government
has its sights on an annual re
turn of three per cent. The ca
nal charges for carrying ships
across the Isthmus of Panama.
The general's report to a
house appropriations subcom
mittee was made public today.
The government which
takes any profit or loss has a
total Investment of $731,007,811
in the canal, Newcomer said
The general asked the com
mittee to authorize appropria
tions totaling $22,721,500 for
the canal and canal zone opera
tions in the year starting next
July 1, an Increase, of $1,012,-
500 over this year. Healso seeks
$4,000,000 additional tor a hous
ing program.
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Fraud Claims
For Aid Probed
The Marion county district at
torney and the administrator for
the county welfare joined forces
today to warn recipients of aid
that a detailed check would be
made of any complaint dealing
with fraudulent claims for wel
fare assistance.
District Attorney E. O. Stad-
ler pointed out that criminal pro
secutions were possible under
Oregon law. Statutes under
which persons wrongfully re
ceiving aid could be charged set
prison terms at one year and
fines at $1,000.
Stadter and Miss Marion Bow-
en, administrator for the Welfare
commission, both explained that
no effort would be made to cur
tail legitimate claims. But in
creasing demands for welfare as
sistance have increased the load
of the county office.
'In order to protect the rights
of needy persons," Stadter con
tinued, "a thorough investiga
tion will be made in any case
where it appears a person is not
entitled to it.
"Those persons who misrep
resent facts to the welfare of
fice in an effort to secure aid
can be charged with violations
of the law," the district attorney
said.
The warning by the two coun
ty officials was made as a re
sult of anonymous complaints to
the effect that undeserving or
unqualified persons received
welfare assistance.
Subzero Cold,
Snow and Sleet
(By thfl Associated Press)
Subzero cold 30 to 40 below
froze blizzard-swept northern
plains Wednesday.
Rain, snow and sleet pelted
central states, delaying traffic.
New England was sheeted
with ice after an overnight storm
that killed at least two persons.
But it was as warm as Florida
in parts of the east and lower
midwest for a second straight
day, and almost like summer in
the south.
A stinging cold wave struck
North Dakota in the wake of
one of its worst blizzards in his
tory. Only 149 miles of the
state's 7,000 miles of roads were
open early Wednesday.
A snowstorm whipped Ne
braska. Drifting snow piled from
three inches high in Omaha to
seven in the western parts, but
all roads were open.
Two to three inches of sleet
iced southeastern Iowa roads.
Western Iowa had four inches of
snow.
Freezing rain or snow also
fell in lower Michigan, Wiscon
sin, northern Illinois and eastern
New York.
Warm, spring-like weather,
which sprouted dandelions in
some northern states, wasn't ex
pected to last long.
3 Children Die in Fire
Petersburg, Alaska, Jan. 25 VP)
Three children died in their
flaming two-room house at Kake
late Monday despite the valiant
effort of villagers to quell the
blaze with snow balls and a salt
water bucket brigade. The
town's water supply has been
frozen for weeks. Victims were
identified by U. S. Commission
er Dale Hirt as Ellen June, 5;
Peter Jr., 4, and Raymond Ern
est, 3. The mother, Mrs. Peter
Quick and two other children
were at a Salvation Army food
sale when the fire broke out.
Freak lightning has been
known to tear stone pieces from
buildings and hurl them many
city blocks away.
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Stocks Decline
In Bear Attack
New York, Jan. 25 (P) The
stock market tried with limited
success to repair the damage to
prices by a whirlwind morning
attack of selling today.
Losses of fractions to an ex
treme of about 4 points were cut
down in numerous cases al
though declines continued to
maintain a wide edge over
gains.
Business reached a rate of
l,700,opo shares for the full
session, largest In around 10
days.
Auto and rail stocks were
weakest.
Background of the upset was
widespread concern over the
coal supply outlook, plus the
Chrysler strike which started
today.
Among the losers were U. S.
Steel, General Motors, Chrysler,
Studebaker, Goodyear, Sears
Roebuck, American Telephone,
American Smelting, Allied
Chemcial, General Electric,
Santa Fe, Gulf Oil, Superior Oil
of California, United Air Lines
and Johns Manville.
Zenith was a strong spot, ris
ing around 2 points to 37 'A at
one time. Douglas Aircraft al
so showed independent strength.
Filibuster Looms
On FEPC Bills
Washington, Jan. 25 VP) A
group of southern senators met
today and pledged to "resist to
the end" President Truman's
fair employment practices
(FEPC) legislation.
This amounted to a threat of
filibuster when the senate
takes up the proposal for a com
mission to see that employers
do not discriminate against Ne
groes or other minorities when
hiring and firing workers. Dem
ocratic Leader Lucas (111.) has
said the senate may get to the
legislation about March 1.
Lamar Tooze Not to Run
Portland; Jan. 25 VP) La
mar Tooze said today he has
made up his mind. He will not
run for the republican nomi
nation for senator. Some two
months ago he said the same
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Urge Draft Extention Gen. Omar Bradley, chairman of
the joint chiefs of staff; Gen. J. Lawton Collins, army chief
of staff, and Secretary of the Army Gordon Gray (1 to r)
appear before the House Armed Services committee in
Washington to urge extention of the draft for three years
beyond next June. (AP Wirephoto)
thing. Yesterday he said friends
had urged him to reconsider and
he might. Today he said the
issue was closed.
Czech Reds Ban
Fortune Tellers
Prague, Czechoslovakia, Jan.
25 VP) The Czech government
today ordered all palm readers,
fortune tellers and other spe
cialists in the occult to hit the
road.
Rude Pravo, official newspa
per of the czecn communist
government said: "These medie
val remains of the capitalist
era were told to close up shop
after many citizens had com
plained of their activities."
The government action came
at a time when Prague and many
other parts of the country were
engulfed in a new craze of for
tune telling.
Czech observers reported the
homes of fortune tellers have
been jammed from morning till
night with hundreds of Prague
citizens, anxious to find out their
future under the Red regime.
Rude Pravo says all this has
got to stop.
"During the capitalist era
"when misery forced people to
obtain their living by any
means, a whole army of people
arose who made their money by
this business. We inherited
these practices in our people's
democracy."
Luther League Picks Seattle
Seattle, Jan. 25 VP) Between
8,000 and 10,000 delegates and
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the 1951 annual meeting of the
International Young People's
Luther League of the Evangeli
cal Lutheran church. Word that
Seattle had been awarded the
convention was received yester
day by the Rev. Olaf Anderson
from the Rev. Oscar Anderson
executive secretary of the inter
national board in Minneapolis.
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Shoe Belonged
To Queen Bess
One of the shoes that Queen
Elizabeth may have worn while
dancing with such gallant gen
tlemen as Sir Walter Raleigh
and Sir Francis Drake is now
at Leon's shoe store at 234 North
Liberty.
At least the shoe belonged to
Queen Elizabeth about 1560. It
was brought into Leon's by
Irene Stupfel of Route 7, Box
208. one of whose ancestors was
a maid to the queen The shoe
was brought to this country
about 150 years ago.
The shoe is undoubtedly one
of the very first ever made with
high heels. Queen Elizabeth,
who was small in stature, in
vented the high heel herself as
a medium of increasing her
stateliness.
Even today, the 400-year-old
shoe is remarkable in shape and
quality. The leather soles still
have much resiliency and the
Irish lining looks and feels al
most like new.
The shoe is very elaborate in
structure. It contains a high
grade of China silk and Africap
red morocco, and the workman
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ship is of the finest. The shoe
is of course hand made, since
machines were still a thing of
the future in 1580.
The shoe, a pointed-toe type,
is size 2-B, as shoes are meas
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Next Tuesday night the shoe
will go on display In Leon's
window alongside numerous
other old shoes contributed by
Willamette valley residents.
Dr. Floyd D. Lewis
Dies in California
Dr. Floyd D. Lewis, who for
several years prior to World War
I was a practicing physician at
Silverton, died at his home in
Oakland, Calif., Tuesday, ac
cording to word received here
by his brother, Clifford A. Lew
is, chief deputy Marion county
assessor.
Lewis, who was 64, graduated
from the Willamette university
school of medicine, and after
taking graduate work at the
Mayo clinic and Johns Hopkins
hospital, returned to Oregon to
open his office in Silverton.
He spent several years In Sil
verton, then entered the army,
where he served as a major in
the medical corps. He has been
at Oakland since leaving the
army.
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