Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, January 31, 1950, Page 13, Image 13

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SCIENTIST CLAIMS:
McMurray fo
'Auction Gilts
Final plans have been com
pleted for the fifth annual bred
gilt sale to be held at the Oregon
state fairgrounds on February 4.
Ben Newell, Salem, secretary
of the Oregon Swine Growers,
said that 35 head of top gilts
from eight breeds have been con
signed. Twenty-three breeders
are represented from all of west
ern Oregon.
The heated sale barn and a
buffet style lunch will give add
ed comfort to prospective buy
ers this year.
Auctioneer H. J. "Mac" Mc
Murray of Council Bluffs, Iowa,
will give added color to this
popular livestock event, says
Newell.
Senator-Actor Sen. Estes
Kefauver (D., Tenn.), sports a
coonskin cap for appearance
in Washington amaleur hour
Feb. 2 opening campaign of
American Heart association.
Tradition Broken at Windsor Castle Sheep graze at Wind
sor Castle, replacing the traditional herd of deer kept there
for 300 years, following a decision by King George VI of
England to continue his wartime farming.
Weather Hinders Aid to Polio
Victims in Tiny Northern Town
(Editor's Note: Nurse Sarah Vanbusklrk Is at the remote village of
St. Augustin, on the Quebeo-Laborador border, fighting an outbreak
of poliomyelitis among children. She arrived there a weel- ago by
dogsled. Following is ber story:)
By NURSE SARAH VANBUSKIRK
(As Told to United Press)
St. AuKusine. Que., Jan. 31 (U.R) I guess we were fighting the
weather almost as much as we were fighting polio in this tiny set
tlement. Weather almost impossible for planes to fly through held up
several tries by the Royal Canadian air force to get here, first
with a doctor, and later, with as
bigger plane, to evacuate some
of the sick children.
Altogether, 20 youngsters
were struck by polio from the
time I . arrived a week ago by
dogsled from Harrington Har
bor, 100 miles away, until today.
Dr. Claire Neville-Smith, an
English woman from the Har
rington Harbor Grenfell station,
and I have set up headquarters
in the village.
Although some of them appar
ently didn't know the full im
plications of infantile paralysis
the people here stayed calm all
the time. They've helped us all
they possibly can and they've
appreciative of the efforts
we've made on their behalf.
They've been particularly
swell when you realize that
most of them are very nearly
broke after five very poor fish
ing seasons. But yesterday they
got together and took up a col
lection for the patients. They
raised $120.
First news of the sickness here
was reported to the Grenfell
Mission hospital at Harrington
Harbor on January 20 by Mrs.
Clench, a mission nurse and wife
of the Indian agent stationed
here.
May Not Move
The 'Mo But
Norfolk, Va., Jan. 31 OP)
A news broadcast from a
small boat near the mud
bound battleship Missouri to
day interrupted its report of
salvage operations for a com
mercial.
The commercial said that
the sponsor, a transfer com
pany, probably couldn't move
the Missouri but it was ready
and able in fact would be
delighted to take care of any
other moving needs that Nor
folk civilians or navy people
might have.
Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Tuesday, January 31, 1950 18
Dr. Neville-Smith and I left
Harrington Harbour on Satur
day morning. We made the trip
by dog team and mail plane.
Doctor Smith diagnosed two
cases, and arranged an emer
gency flight for one she con
sidered more serious. Then she
returned on the plane to Har
rington Harbour where she was
badly needed, leaving me to
carry on with Mrs. Clench.
That day, one of Mrs. Clench's
children became ill.
On Sunday, an RCAF plane
arrived with a doctor on board,
He examined the patients who
were showing symptoms at the
time and took one by out with
him. '(The boy died later in a
Quebec city hospital.)
By Tuesday night, the epi
demic appeared to be increasing.
Nineteen children were ill. So
we wired out to the RCAF at
Goose Bay, Labrador, for help.
But the planes couldn't get in
because of bad weather.
One 11-year-old boy, acutely
ill, did'not respond to any treat
ment and died at noon Wed
nesday of bulbar poliomyelitis
Things seem a little more un
der control now. Doctor Nev
ille-Smith came back Saturday
and is staying here with me.
Deadeye Gal Gives Boys
Something to Shoot at
By JIM BECKER
(AP Newafetturu Sports Writer)
New York Ethel Merman
may have started something
when she revived the story of
sureshot Annie Oakley in "An
nie Get Your Gun" on Broad
way. Anyway, now New York Uni
versity counts a curvaceous
brunette among its rifle team
members along with nine stal
wart men. She is Helen Loth
ringer and she answers to the
name of "Hips." Helen ranks
fifth on the strong ten -man
team although it took a special
,'vote of the boys to get her on
the squad two years ago.
A junior, Helen majors in
art. She's a demure Im
pounder. No torn boy, she
says she is "very unathletic,
mostly. Rifle shooting doesn't'
take any strength.
Helen started shooting a rifle
three years ago when she was
17 and a junior at Jamaica hign
school in Queens. "I was jealous
of the way my brother Fred
kept bringing home medals for
shooting. So I got my dad to
take me to the Woodhaven
team for instruction. Pretty
soon the Legion team asked me
to join."
For graduation from high
school, Helen got, in addition to
the usual feminine knicknacks, a
new Winchester .52 rifle. She
became so proficient with it that
she applied for membership on
the NYU team in her sophomore
year, the earliest season she was
eligible.
The boys voted her in, al
though they were fearful of
having to tame down pungent
conversation. Helen solved that
difficulty "by employing some
fiavorsome expressions, myself."
Being a girl on an otherwise
all-man rifle team has occasion
al drawbacks, however, as Helen
found when NYU faced. Army in
a match at West Point. "I had
a miserable time," she says.
"They wouldn't let me into
Washington Hall for lunch with
the team. I had to wait out
side in the hall while they ate.
I had no lunch at all." The
High Schools
Send Members
University of Oregon, Eu
gene, Jan. 31 The third annu
al International Relations
league conference will bring
high school representatives
from all parts of t'2 state to
the University of Oregon cam
pus February 24 and 25. Theme
of the conference will center on
Will Present United States
Foreign Policy Promote Peace
and Prosperity?"
The annual meetings are
sponsored by the Oregon Edu
cation association in coopera
tion with the University of Ore
gon and the general extension
division of the Oregon state sys
tem of higher education.
Wayne Carothers of Klamath
Falls will preside over the Feb
ruary meetings as president of
the league. Other officers are
Marilyn Bush of Forest Grove,
vice-president; Janet Lane, Eu
gene, secretary - treasurer; and
Jack Holstead, Medford, historian.
The purpose of the league is
to further interest in and de
velop intelligent understanding
of international relations by
educational means.
John F. Gange, director of the
Woodrow Wilson School of For
eign Affairs, and Mrs. Grace
Bok Holmes, liaison officer for
the United Nations Internation
al Children's Emergency Fund
are the main speakers for the
conference.
Pretty Helen Lothringer, NYU's girl marksman, draws a
bead on the target from prone position.
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Helen and her fellow team members check targets with
MSgt. Mike Murry, rifle coach.
Academy wouldn't break its no
woman tradition.
The NYU team competes in
the Metropolitan Intercollegiate
Rifle Association and averages
275 hits out of 300. Helen per
snaliy holds 50 medals for shoot
ting, has two national women's
records and is rated a master
marksman by the National Rifle
Association.
Much as Helen enjoys shoot
ing, she says she is beginning
to "realize there are other things
in the world. Once. I wouldn't
date a boy unless he was a
shooter, too. I've changed my
mind about that."
And despite her deadeye
marksmanship, Helen says "I'd
never have the heart to shoot
a sweet little deer."
Person Afraid of Responsibility
Probably Is Mentally III
By PAUL F. ELLIS
(United Preu Selene Editor)
New Haven. Conn.. Jan. 31 (UR A Yale university scientist
said today that a person who is afraid of failure and refuses to
accept important responsibility probably is mentally ill.
Dr. Leo W. Simmons, associate protessor oi sociology, saia a
person so "loaded down" witn amDiuons inai cannoi De iuuiuea
"is also in line to Decoming a
mental case. A third type, he
said, is the man with a fixed
idea that interferes with his
capacity to do the jobs at hand
"Mental illness takes many
forms," he said, "but wastage of
life and effort is a common
characteristic.
'One of the very important
lessons that came out of the war
experience, is that most so-call
ed normal persons will tend to
break down under sufficiently
severe and prolonged stress and
strain."
Simmons said there are some
70,000 patients in the hospitals
who "are suffering from mental
disease, mental defects or epi
lepsy."
On any day a little over half
of si! the hospital beds, public
and private, in this country are
filled with mental patients," he
said. "It is estimated that at
least 1,000,000 others are sick
enough to need hospital care.
Experts also claim that probably
8,000,000 more should be re
ceiving some psychiatric guid
ance and treatment." '
He said that 10,000 additional
trained psychiatrists are needed
in the country. Generally, he
said, psychiatrists are out of
reach of many persons who need
them. That is, they are located
in or near a few hospitals or
medical centers in large cities.
"During the war," he said,
there was a necessary neglect
of routine care of mental cases,
and these have piled up. There
are large numbers of ex-service
men and women with 'unseen
war wounds who are now men
tally or emotionally disabled
There are more than a million
chronic alcoholics, some develop
ing within a setting of wars
stress."
The "miracle drugs" are con
tributing indirectly to the in
creasing number of mental cases,
he said. The drugs are keeping
alive more disabled persons who
because of their longer life
"will develop mental and emo
tional problems and need expert
care."
87 Year Old Man
Gets Life Term
Columbus, Miss., Jan. 31 W
An 87-year-old man was sen
tenced to life in the penitentiary
yesterday for killing a neighbor.
Circuit Judge John Greene
said under the law he could do
"no more nor less."
Capt. T. Hunter Sharp, aris
tocratic former mayor and post
master, had pleaded guilty to
shooting down Henry Moore in
a line fence dispute.
The straight-backed, white-
haired, mustached patriarch sat
with hands folded over the head
of his cane. He nodded affirma
tively when sentenced but did
not speak.
He will be the oldest prisoner
at the state penitentiary at
Parchman.
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Salem Woman Greeted at Honolulu Mrs. Hattie Black,
1140 Columbia street, Salem, is shown here as she was
greeted at Pearl Harbor by her son, Lt. Col. Kenneth H.
Black and family.
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Officer, Bandit
Injured in Chase
Oakland, Calif., Jpn. 31 VP)
A dramatic cops and robbers
chase that ended m a Dearoom
gun duel was set off by a $75
robbery here yesterday.
Police Lieut. William E.
Brock, 37, and a suspected ban
dit, Moncrief B. Silas. 28, were
seriously wounded.
The chase began as four men
fled from a market robbery with
S75 and a wrist watch. Wit
nesses phoned police the license
number of the get-a-way car.
Policeman Edward A. Hunter
sDotted it six blocks away. He
forced the car to the curb in
front of Prescott junior high
school.
Three men fled into the school
raced through the auditorium
where 75 students were prac
ticing for graduation. Hunter
grabbed the fourth and turned
him over to a teacher.
With drawn Eun. Hunter be
gan prowling the high school
for the three fugitives ne Dump
ed into them in the school yard.
Their guns were drawn, too.
"There were too many kids
around," Hunter said, and rath
er than risk hitting them he
surrendered his gun.
The trio fled again. But dur
ing the school house episode one
child cried out, "That's my Uncle
Moncrief."
That cry led police to a hous
ing project apartment. Police
found Robert Bailey and Elmer
Harlan hiding under a bed. They
were taken away.
Brock, head of the police hom
icide and robbery bureau, was
alone in the bedroom when he
found another man hiding in the
closet under a pile of laundry.
The gunfight followed.
Mother Visits
Colonel Black
Pearl Harbor, T.H., Jan. 31
Marine Lieutenant Colonel Ken
neth H. Black was on hand re
cently at Pearl Harbor with his
wife and son to welcome his
mother, Mrs. Hattie Black of
Salem, Ore.
His mother arrived aboard the
U.S.S. Jackson which sailed
from San Francisco. The west
coast visitor is wearing a half
dozen leis around her neck. The
flowered wreaths are synony
mous with "Aloha" throughout
the Hawaiian Islands.
Colonel Black serves at near
by Camp Catlin with headquar
ters of the Fleet Marine torce,
Pacific, as assistant logistics officer.
Son Barry, 3, is held by his
father. The Blacks also have a
baby daughter, Beverly, 3
months.
East Salem Weather Fails
To Keep Women From Meet
East Salem. Jan. 31 Although it was snowing again, and
weather conditions were still bad, women of several East Salem
communities held their regular meetings.
The Januarv meeting of Edina Lane was held in the YWCA
club room in Salem. It was an all-day meeting beginning at 10:15
with a covered dish dinner
served at noon. Ann Bergholz,
one of Marion county's 4-H
agents, presented the project
lesson on "Making Draperies."
Each member attending made a
sample drapery. There were 16
members and one guest present,
Mrs. Hank Juran.
Hostesses were Mrs. Phil Hu-
ber, Mrs. Max Madison and Mrs.
Ronald Hopper. Mrs. Drew Mi
chaels gave the report of the
meeting she attended at which
Mrs. Floyd Fox reviewed the
meeting she had attended of the
national home demonstration
counqil in Colorado Springs.
As no members of this exten
sion unit had made dresses at
the cotton dress work shop last
year five women, Mrs. Vernon
Gilmore, Mrs. Robert Clark,
Mrs. Paul Riffcy, Mrs. Ronald
Hopper and Mrs. Hank Juran,
will make dresses at a special
project meet so they may take
part in the "Better Dress Work
shop" to be held in February.
Mrs. Vernon Gilmore and Mrs.
Robert Clark will be project
leaders for this project, and at
tend the training meeting to be
held at the home of Eleanor
Man Perishes in
urning Vat
Trindle Friday at 1:30 o'clock
Charles Jaync of Swegle com
munity, Lancaster drive, entered
the Salem General hospital
Thursday for surgery Friday. He
will be at the hospital for sev
eral days.
Mrs. William Hartley of Lan
caster drive arrived home Sat
urday morning on the Shasta
Daylight from Sacramento,
Calif., where she had been a
guest in the homes of her brother-in-law
and sister, Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur Tuller, and niece,
Mrs. Anthony Lewis, for the past
three weeks.
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Penitentiary to
Get Greenhouse
Bids for construction of
greenhouse at Oregon State pen
itentiary, and for repairs of the
state forestry building recently
damaged by fire have been in
vited by the state board of con
trol, R. W. Remington, state pur
chasing agent, announces.
Bids will be received until 2
p.m., February 8, for the green
house, which will be 29x206 feet
and is estimated to cost around
$8000. The building will include
four-foot glass side walls above
concrete foundation walls, clear
span heavy steel pipe trusses,
galvanized angle iron sills, and
air-dried red cedar.
The whole length of the build
ing will have double ridge ven
tilation and conventional hand-
operated mechanical controls
from the floor.
Bids will be received until 2
p.m. February 16, for repairs to
the forestry building at 2750
State street. The contractor will
remove all damaged parts of the
building and furnish all mate
rials and labor to restore the
building to its original state.
Some alterations will also be
made.
Jury Being Picked in
Reuther Shooting Case
Detroit, Jan. 31 (IP) The trial
of convict Carl Bolton in the
Walter Reuther shooting was
confined today to the tedious
task of jury-picking. Reuther
himself will take the stand soon
after the jury is completed.
Seven men and seven women
tentatively sat in the Jury box
as prosecution and defense at
torneys checked veniremen for
possible pro or antl-unlon bias
Bolton, 39, onetime minor of
ficial of Reuther's CIO United
Auto Workers union, is charged
Cucamonga, Calif., Jan. 31 (IP)
One man, screaming in agony,
perished in a vat as 1,500,000
gallons of wine was lost in
$1,000,000 blaze at the Pionec..'
Vineyard association winery.
Thomas B. Wyllie, 49, an em
ploye, apparently climbed atop
a 40,000 gallon vat yesterday
to escape the names, then fell
in when the heated liquid ex
ploded and blew the top off the
tank. Firemen heard his screams
but were unable to reach him.
Some 75 huge vats exploded,
one blast shaking windows more
than a mile away.
Paul Hofer, president of the
cooperative of 15 grape grow
ers who operated the winery,
said insurance covers part of the
$1,000,000 loss.
At times, firemen stood knee
deep in red port, sherry and
other wines.
with assault with Intent to kill
the UAW president.
The tall, slim defendant, now
serving a prison term for rob
bery, has an alibi that he was Jn
a poolroom at the time Reuther
was shot April 20, 1948.
Homer called sinister laughter
sardonic because an herb grown
on Cardonia was reputed to
cause death by laughter.
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Newspaper Publisher Dies
PhUadclphia, Jan. 31 (U.B
Michael F. Hanson, 82, retired
newspaper publisher, died at his
home yesterday after a long ill
ness. Hanson published the Phila
delphia Record and later was
administrator of an estate own
ing the Record and three other
Philadelphia newspapers.
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