2 Capital Journal, Salem, Ore.,
Yamhill Theft
Series Cleared
! McMirinville, Jan. 26 Eight
burglaries in Yamhill county in
the last two montns are oe
llouori hv ctatp nnlice and coun
ty sheriff officials to have been
cleared in the arrest of Ralph
Kennev. 25. rural
newspaper carrier who made
use of his route to locale ime
ly places to visit.
, i He is being held in the Hills
fe,v loll vjhrt he was arrest
ed by a state patrol officer after
being stopped for a tail ngnt vio
latin Sianrrh of his vehicle re
i yealed loot from two stores and
a residence burglary at mils
i
: Kenney orally admitted to the
! authorities that ne naa commu
ted the burglaries. Reported
cleared are the robberies of the
Dayton pharmacy, Trick hard
I ware store and the Red and
! White grocery, all in Dayton;
1 Albert Sprecher home, Newberg
' Route 2; Glen Briggs and G. K.
! McDanicl residences in Carlton;
; Wapato store and service sta
i tion and the Charles Teegarden
farm home, Yamhill Route 1.
Officers searching the Ken-
ney home found nearly $300
worth of merchandise and prop-
: erty but the $265 in cash found
' during the eight burglaries has
; not been recovered.
! One Bus Change on
, South Commercial
Effective Sunday, City Tran
sit Lines will make a change in
the South Commercial street
route, for one run only, that will
meet a complaint made at the
' public hearing at city council
Monday night relative to South
12th street.
; The South Commercial bus
leaving the downtown terminal
at 11:45 p.m. will go its regular
. route to Argyle drive and Can
dalaria boulevard.
, It will return on the regular
route via South Commercial,
McGilchrist and South ' High.
Then it will turn off South High
on Howard, then go to Berry, to
South 12th, to Hoyt, and return
to the city over the South 12th
street route.
Dog Poisoner at
Work in Salem
Salem Poundmaster Joe Irish
warned dog owners and parents
Thursday to be on the watch for
a poisoner already responsible
lor the death of one dog within
the city limits.
His warning came on the heels
of repeated alerts sounded by Ir
vin Ward, county dog license en
forcement officer, who is inves
tigating similar activity in the
Keizer district.
Irish reported that a German
shepherd belonging to Holland
Cleveland, 1385 Plaza street in
West Salem had been poisoned
His warning to parents was
made because children have
been known to pick up poisoned
food left by cranks in an effort
to kill animals. But Irish pointed
out that it is unlawful for dogs
to be permitted to run loose.
To Close Tillamook
Burn for Hunting
Newberg, Jan. 26 (If) A rec
ommendation that the Tillamook
burn be closed to hunting to en
able the deer to recover from
two killing winters came from
two sportsmen today.
Douglas Jones, government
trapper, and Mervin Whitmore,
a forester at Hillsboro, returned
from a trip up the Trask river
to report deer herds dying from
exposure.
They said there was enough
food, but that the cold had ap
parently weakened the animals.
Some deer were found dead be
side piles of hay put out for
- them.
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Dry Spell, Dust
Storm in Alaska
Valdez, Alaska, Jan. 26 VP)
Residents "comp'ained" to
day about the weather.
There's been no snow for
25 days or nights. Warm north
winds are blowing up dust
clouds.
Nightly temperatures have
been as high as 50 degrees
above zero.
(Valdez is a coastal town
about 400 miles south of the
Arctic Circle).
Myers Ducks
SEC Hearing
Washington, Jan. 26 (IP)
The head of a New York bank
ing firm was called on today to
discuss details of negotiations
which led to an offer of $18,500,-
000 for stock in the Pacific Pow
er and Light company.
Hearings on the proposed sale
of 500,000 shares of Pacific com
mon stock by the American
Power and Light company, of
which Pacific is a subsidiary,
are being held by the securities
and exchange commission.
The SEC called on B. J. Van
Ingen of the New York firm of
B. J. Van Ingen and company to
give details today of early ne
gotiations which led a group of
New York bankers with which
he is affiliated to make the $18,
500,000 offer.
Guy C. Myers, New York in
vestment broker, and a member
of the Van Ingen group, was
scheduled to testify last night
but did not show up. W. K. Pet-
tigrew, counsel for the group,
told the SEC that Myers had
gone to Seattle, because of the
illness there of his wife.
George L. Rogers, Jr., SEC
counsel, then demanded the ap
pearance of van Ingen. Rogers
said he wanted to know about
early negotiations for the pro
posed sale, the commissions
paid all agents and what disposi
tion the Van Ingen group pro
posed to make of the Pacific
assets.
Opponents of the proposed
sale have argued that the bank
ers might sell these assets to
public power interests.
Rogers and Pettigrew clashed
sharply last night when Myers
did not appear. The SEC coun
sel said he had tried to speed up
the hearings by holding night
sessions and he was "amazed"
that no witness was there to
take the stand.
Legion Council to
Meet Monday
Installation of officers will be
a feature of the meeting of
Marion county council of the
American Legion at the Ameri
can Legion club Monday night
with Capital Post No. 9 host.
Harold Bourbonnaise, Mt. An
gel, district vice commander,
will be in charge.
Hartley Lefcbre, Woodburn, is
the new president of the coun
cil, succeeding James Turnbull,
Capital Post No. 9. Mildred
Christensen, Pioneer Post No.
140, is serving another term in
office.
Activities of various posts In
the county and reports from
delegates will be presented. En
tertainment and refreshments
will follow the business meeting.
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Jury Selected
Bridgeport, Conn., Jan. 26 VP)
A jury of nine women and
three men all parents finally
was selected today to try 21-year-old
Carol Ann Paight for
the slaying of her father.
Two alternates remain to be
chosen before the state calls its
first witness in the mercy kill
ing of the girl's cancer doomed
policeman-dad.
Fifty-two persons were called
since Monday before both sides
agreed on the 12th juror. She
was Mrs. Margaret H. Horton, 67,
a widow, retired school teacher
and mother of an adopted son.
The defense admits that Carol
Ann shot her 51-year-old father,
Sgt. Carl Paight, in a Stamford,
Conn., hospital last Sept. 23. But
the girl is pleading temporary in
sanity brought on by the shock
of learning Paight was stricken
beyond recovery with cancer.
The charge is second degree
murder. The penalty is life in
prison.
Evidence of how the slaying
has moved residents of Fairfield
county, came yesterday when
two would-be jurors said they
favored mercy killings under the
circumstances.
Police Quiz for
49 Applicants
One of the most severe gril-
lings that ever occurred in the
Salem police department was
in progress Thursday.
The quizees, however, were
not accused prisoners, but inno
cent young men who are taking
the civil service examinations
with hopes of being policemen.
And it isn't the quizees so
much as the quizzers who are
suffering.
Here's why:
Taking the examinations are
49 applicants. Thursday after
noon their oral tests were given.
Each candidate was questioned
for about 20 minutes.
Figure that out. About 18
hours.
So City Recorder Al Mundt,
who is conducting the examina
tions, got some help. He called
on Chief Clyde A. Warren of
the city police and Lt. Farley
Mogan of the state police.
The orals will be finished
some time Friday. The written
examinations were given Thurs
day forenoon.
Applications were completed
by 54 men, but five decided not
to make the effort.
Training Course for
New Police Officers
New officers of the Salem po
lice force as well as members
from other Oregon municipal
law enforcement agencies
Thursday looked back on the
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ed president of the Leslie
junior high school student
body.
Moore Sees U. S.
At Crossroads
The half way mark In the 20th
century finds us half way to
some place, but where? Asked
Rev. Brooks Moore, pastor of
the First Methodist church, as
he delivered a timely talk to
members of the Salem Lions
club Thursday noon.
And while the speaker did
not answer the question he pro
pounded, he gave his audience
considerable food for thought,
Rev. Moore delved mto the ques
tion from the standpoint of the
nation. He quoted General
Omar Bradley as saying that
"we know more about war than
peace and more about killing
than living."
This generation knows how
to destroy and is making an ef
fort to learn how to build, stated
Rev. Moore. From the material
istic standpoint the country is
tops in science but science needs
a conscience for control.
Admitting that he is about
the "soberest optimist" one can
find, Dr. Moore believes there
is a growing sense of responsi
bility on the part of the Amer
ican people as they reach the
"cross roads of history."
Encouraging signs pointed out
by the speaker are the United
Nations organization and the
tendency on the part of the peo
ple to books that "deal with
power greater than man's pow
er." first course of a new trading pro
gram. The lawmen met Wednesday
afternoon at the Salem city hall
to study about laboratory aids
in criminal investigation. The
complete course will cover sev
eral other phases of police work.
One of the instructors who
appeared before the group was
Jack H. Barnes, assistant di
rector of the state police crime
detection laboratory at the
University of Oregon medical
school in Portland.
Other courses will be held in
cities throughout the state. The
program is sponsored by the
Oregon Association of City Po
lice officers, the Oregon State
Sheriff's association.
GIFTS Will Be Presented
Children NEED NOT BE
. . . More Than 50 Grand Prizes . . .
As well as Medals, Blue Ribbons and Diplomas to be awarded
Saturday Night, February 25
SALEM HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM
Truman Attends
SnyderWedding
Washington, Jan. 26 (IP) A
cabinet officer's daughter and
a White House aide will be mar
ried today (5 p.m. EST) with
President Truman looking on
and his daughter, Margaret,
serving as a bridesmaid for the
fifth time.
Miss Edith Cook ("Drucie")
Snyder, 24-year-old only child
of the secretary of the treasury,
is to be the bride; Maj. John
Ernest Horton, 30, the groom.
Horton's father, Leroy F. Hor
ton, lives at Wichita, Kan.
Some 2,000 invited guests, in
cluding top ranking government
and diplomatic officials, were
invited to attend the Episcopa
lian ceremony in the Washing
ton cathedral's great choir, and
a reception at the Chevy Chase
club in suburban Maryland.
Miss Snyder, a graduate of
Bradford Junior college, Haver
hill, Mass., and of George Wash
ington university here, has an
nounced she was giving up jobs
she holds as a radio and tele
vision performer and is "going
to learn to cook."
Major Horton, a former Uni
versity of Missouri student.
served in Italy with the Fifth
army during the war. He was
in the army's information serv
ice before his assignment to the
White House.
Beatrice Appia Work
Showing at Elfstrom's
An exhibition of oils and tern
pera paintings by Beatrice Ap
pia of Paris commences today
at Elfstrom's galleries.
The only European work slat
ed for showing at the local art
center this year, Miss Appia's
work is highly colorful with ac
cent on design. Beatrice Appia
is considered one of France's
leading woman artists having
participated in . many national
shows in Paris. Among her
works are scenes of southern
France, along the Mediterrane
an sea and near the Swiss bor
der. Other activities at the local
galleries is a series of watercolor
demonstrations by Larry Boul
ier, director of the galleries ev
ery Saturday afternoon at 2:30
Various methods of transparent
painting as developed by the art-
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by west coast artists will be il
lustrated.
Since November, artists from
as far south as Eugene have at
tended these meetings.
Doliiver of
Iowa Coming
Congressman James I. Dolii
ver of Iowa is slated to be the
speaker for the Lincoln day
program in Salem, sponsored
by the Marion County Lincoln
Birthday Anniversary commit
tee, it is annoucned following
word Thursday from the state
republican central committee.
Congressman Doliiver is to be
in Oregon several days during
the fore part of February. A
resident of Fort Dodge, he is
serving in his third session in
congress, and is a past depart
ment commander of the Ameri
can Legion in Iowa.
Roy Harland is general chair
man for the anniversary com
mittee working on plans for the
community-wide observance of
Lincoln's birthday.
Date for the event, as well as
the place were to be decided at
a meeting scheduled for 4 p.m.
today in Mr. Harland's office.
Kiddies Mourn for
Lost Cocker Spaniel
Ronny and Janie Baker of 760
Kingwood drive are two very
unhappy children today.
Last week their pet Cocker
Spaniel "Coalie" disappeared.
Ads in the paper, a six-day
search and trips to the local
pound have failed to produce
any trace of Coalie.
If anyone knowing the where
abouts of this little black Cock
er, complete with collar, will
get in touch with Ronny two
little hearts will be happy and
four little eyes will be dry again,
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