2 Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Monday, February 6, 1950
Mrs. Cook Held to Grand
Jury on Burglary Charges
Mrs. Jean Louise Cook, accused of burglary and forgery, was
ordered held for the grand Jury on the first charge Monday
morning following a preliminary examination in district court.
An afternoon session was scheduled for airing of the forgery
charge against the young mother of three children who, along
with her husband and Harold B.
Shanghai Hit
By Nationalists
Taipei, Formosa, Feb. 6 W)
Fourteen nationalist bombers
pounded Shanghai today in the
heaviest air raid of the month.
The B-24 bombers, each car
rying seven 500 pound bombs,
attacked the Chapei power plant
in communist Shanghai. It was
reported damaged heavily.
The communists put up heavy
anti-aircraft fire but all planes
returned to Formosa safely.
(Damage caused by two na
tionalist planes which raided
Shumchun on the China-Hong
Kong border Saturday was es
timated today at 6,000,000 Hong
Kong dollars, about $1,000,000
U. S.
(Communist stockpiles just
over the border in China were
hit. Gasoline drums and diesel
oil ignited in the raid still were
burning today. The dump con
tained industrial chemicals, cot
ton, rubber and general cargo.)
Defense ministry officials here
predicted a communist attack on
Namoa island shortly.
Namoa is one of the bases
from which nationalists carry
on their blockade of China. It
also is important as a supply
point for material smuggled to
the mainland for use by nation
alists guerrillas in the seaboard
provinces of Fukien and Kwang
tung. To Discuss Plans
For Labor Camp
Salem Agricultural Housing,
Inc., which sponsors the labor
camp on Turner road near the
airport during the harvest sea
son, will have its annual mem
bership Tuesday, Feb. 14 at 10
a.m. in the conference room of
the First National bank.
Nine directors will be elected
three to represent the farm
ers and producers, three for the
canners and packers, and three
tor the Chamber of Commerce.
A notice to members says the
camp can be maintained this sea
son with little cost for altera
tions, but that for the follow
ing season an expenditure of
possibly $2000 should be made
for camp repairs.
The camp, which is housed in
barrack buildings that were used
by the government during the
war, was operated last season
without loss. Previous seasons
showed a loss.
Whether the camp should be
continued will be discussed at
the meeting.
Doctors and Dentists
Clearing House
Paying habits of medical and
dental patients will be exchang
ed by doctors and dentists of Sa
lem through the newly-organ
ized Institute of Medical-Dental
Business Relations, Inc.
The project came to light Mon
day when articles of incorpora
tion for the firm was filed with
the Marion county clerk. Sign
ing the articles were F. W.
Smith, F. H. Emmons and L. M.
Blum.
Aim of the institute will be to
provide a clearing-house for
credit information for doctors
and dentists. Records will be
maintained of the paying habits
of all customers and patients,
and a report on any person will
be given to doctors and dentists
who are members of the corpora
tion.
It is expected by the origin
ators of the plan that nearly
100 percent of Salem men in the
medical and dental professions
will use the servics of the new
institute.
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Welcome to Berlin Jackie Coogan and Patricia Medina
(left) are saluted by a Berlin policeman as they arrive for the
premiert of "Francis," a GI comedy about a talking mule.
Cpl. Raymond Laroehell (right) hold a German mule.
Lancelle, cleared some 17 Sa-
lem and Willamette valley bur
glaries or attempts in confessions
obtained by police.
During the morning session,
Detective Wayne E. Parker of
the Salem police force, took the
stand to support the burglary
charge. He was grilled for more
than an hour by Mrs. Cook's at
torney, Reginald S. Williams.
And it was on the basis of
Parker's testimony that Wil
liams asked the court to drop
the charge against the woman.
'The testimony (Parker's) is
unworthy of belief," Williams
charged after he ended his cross
examination. The attorney point
ed out that the detective's mem
ory of details on the case was
poor.
The questions were aimed at
drawing out a potential admis
sion from the detective that im
plied promises of immunity had
been made to the woman in an
effort to secure admissions or a
confession.
Judge Joseph B. Felton, in
commenting on the evidence be
fore he ordered Mrs. Cook held
for grand Jury action on the
charge of burglary, said that the
"proof is pretty weak."
No written statements or con
fessions were Introduced by
Gordon Moore, deputy district
attorney who presented the evi
dence. Mrs. Cook's husband, David,
was also scheduled to appear in
court Monday afternoon on si
milar charges. The third mem
ber of the trio, Lancelle, waived
preliminary hearings earlier in
the case and was ordered held
for grand jury action. The Cooks
pleaded innocent to the charges.
Berglund Hits
'Phone Strike
Branding national publicity
of union bosses concerning tel
ephone wages as "about as
wrong as possible," E. A. Berg
lund, manager of the Pacific Tel
ephone & Telegraph company
in Salem, said today that such
talk in "a dis-service to tele
phone people and to the public
whose money is used to pay tel
ephone wages."
"Naturally," he stated, "ev
eryone would like to be paid
higher wages. But it is only fair
to the public that pays the bill
that telephone wages should be
in reasonable relationship with
what is paid in other industries
in the same community. This is
what is now done."
Berglund said the average union-represented
Pacific company
girl who handles switchboard
calls earns $50 a week and
many receive $3,000 or more
per year. The average plant
craftsman, Including many in
experienced men, receives earn
ings of $70 a week, he said, and
many receive over $5,000 a
year.
"Unusual stability of employ
ment, combined with a pension
plan that provides a minimum
at age 65 of $100 monthly, helps
make telephone work desirable
for the steady and conscientious
people now employed," he said,
And the opportunity for ad
vancement to higher positions
of responsibility is excellent. Of
the 1,021 non-management men
and women in Oregon who were
with the company in 1939 and
who were still with it in 1949,
408 or about 40 per cent have
been promoted to management
positions.
"The telephone Job Is a good
job," concluded Berglund, "and
the hostile attitude of national
leaders who are 3,000 miles
away cannot change that fact."
Eriksson Wins Ski Race
Rumford, Me., Feb. 6 Gun
nar Eriksson of Sweden was the
apparent winner of the 50 kilom
eter (31 mile) ski marathon to
day that concluded the world
championships.
Highway Bids
On Improvement
Portland, Feb. 6 (P) The
state highway commission open
ed bids today on a major im
provement job on The Dalles
California highway north of
Klamath Falls.
Low bidder for constructing
6.74 miles of road between
Barclay Springs and Algoma
was Peter Kiewit Sons Co.,
Longview, with a bid of $853,
882. The work includes grading
and paving.
The new road, paralleling
Southern Pacific tracks along
the shore of Klamath lake, will
eliminate curves of the present
route.
The commission agreed to
take over three myrtlewood
tracts in Coos county as way
side parks. They are at Brummit
Creek, Allegany, and 10 miles
from Powers junction.
Other low bids today:
Coos county Construct new
steel bridge over the south fork
of the Coquille river. Valdarc
Construction Co., Portland,
$154,482.
Linn county Surfacing 8.53
miles of Thomas Creek-Lyons
section of Albany-Lyons second
ary highway. E. C. Swaggart,
Eugene, $118,645.
Malheur county Garrison
Corner section of Nyssa-Adrian
secondary highway. N. A. Toole
Construction Co., Ontario, $24,
912. Marion county Salem traf
fic signals, W. R. G r a s 1 e Co.,
Portland, $5652.
Morrow & Gilliam counties
Furnishing crushed rock on
Heppner junction-Lena section
of Heppner highway. Rush Con
struction Co., Enterprise, $46,
540. Sherman & Wasco counties
Furnishing crushed rock on
Biggs section, Columbia river
and Sherman highways. Vernie
Jarl, Gresham, $29,220.
Umatilla county Furnishing
crushed rock on Boardman-Cold
Springs section of Columbia ri
ver, Hermiston and Pendleton
Cold Springs highways. New
port, Kern & Kibbe, Portland,
$30,492.
Sammons Denies
Bank Monopoly
San Francisco, Feb. 6 (ff) An
Oregon banker testified at to
day's Federal Reserve board
hearing into Transamerica corp.,
that he knew of no way whereby
anyone could obtain a banking
monopoly in that state.
The witness, E. C. Sammons, is
president of the U. S. National
Bank of Portland, largest bank
in Oregon and strongest com
petitor of the First National
Bank of Portland, of which
Transamerica owns the majority
stock.
The federal board has charg'
ed that Transamerica's commer
cial banking operations have
reached a monopolistic tenden
cy.
Sammons was called to the
stand as a defense witness by
Samuel B. Stewart, Jr., Trans
america attorney.
Asked the direct monopoly
question, Sammons replied
know of no way by which any
one could get a monopoly. Our
bank is not for sale to anyone."
Sammons added that he didn't
know how a monopoly could be
obtained without his bank, as it
has 40 percent of the deposits in
Oregon.
Most of Stewart's questions
seeking to develop the banking
competition situation in Oregon
resulted in objections by J.
Leonard Townsend, Federal Re
serve board attorney. Rudolph
M. Evans, hearing officer, sus
tained most of the objections.
Ohio Valley's
Floods Recede
Chicago, Feb. 6 U.R Flood
waters retreated further in the
Ohio river valley today but 25,-
000 persons still were homeless
in mud-caked Arkansas.
The St. Francis and White
rl-ers were subsiding in Arkan
sas and rescue workers said the
overall flood situation had im
proved, but the Ouachita still
was rising.
The Red Cross said a few more
residents of the Ouachita low
lands probably would have to
be evacuated.
The Ohio crested at Cincin
nati yesterday seven feet above
the 52-foot flood stage. It was
dropping today despite light rain
over the Ohio valley.
Upstream from Cincinnati,
most of the 12,000 persons driven
to seek temporary shelter last
week had begun returning to
their homes.
Downstream, the crest was ex
pected to hit Louisville today
but forecasters believed there
would be no danger
The river was falling from
Parkersburg, W. Va , to Mays-
vllle, Ky. Tributaries of the
Ohio were falling throughout
Kentucky. At Ashland, Ky., Red
Cross workers who had been
feeding 200 refugees planned to
end the emergency program to
day.
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Giving All for the School Grand Island, Neb., high school
cheer leaders appear to have lost their legs during a precision
movement urging basketball team to victory.
Atlantic Union
Discussed at YW
Under the sponsorship of the
Salem Unitary Fellowship aims
and purposes of the UNESCO,
the Atlantic Union ana tne
World Federalists were discuss
ed during an open meeting held
at the YWCA.
D. Russell Gouchnor spoke for
UNESCO, Carlisle Roberts rep
resented the Atlantic Union and
the World Federalists' by John
Hakanson.
The World Federalists' would
include all nations of the world
under the banner "no peace
without law no law without
government," said Hakanson. He
joined with Roberts in agree
ing that a world federation was
the ultimate goal of the Federal
ists and the Atlantic Union.
The Atlantic Union, said Rob
erts would unite some 16 demo
cratic nations in the Atlantic
area, including the Low coun
tries of Europe, Scandinavian
and English speaking country as
an initian nucleus.
In speaking of the UNESCO
program, Gouchnor said it op
erates on the foundation that
peace will not be secured with
out considerable preliminary
work.
Immediate action is necessary
to work peace, agreed all three
speakers.
Strange Blast
Stumps Officers
Houston, Feb. 6 (ff) A
strange, unexplained explosion
shook the whole northwest cor
ner of Harris county (Houston)
last night. Officers said today
they were stumped.
There was no question of an
explosion, but the cops could not
find where it took place. The
blast was heard for 30 miles. No
death or injury was reported.
Whoever was at the scene,
Cheriff C. V. Kern said, either
was beyond needing attention
or was too injured to go for help
Or didn't want anyone to
know they were present.
"We certainly will keep on
working to track it down," the
sheriff said.
Plotting the explosion on the
map, Sheriff s Dispatcher Jim
my Scarborough placed the
scene as somewhere on the San
Jacinto river bottoms between
Sheldon and Crosby.
Calls came to the sheriff s dis
patcher from as far as Bellalre
Liberty, Baytown and Humble,
Morse Urges End
Of Worn Platitudes
Cumberland, Md., Feb. 6 W) '
Republicans were urged by Sen.
Wayne L. Morse (R Ore.), Sat
urday night to abandon the worn
platitudes of "the late cam
paign."
He urged the party to place
human values and human rights
above materialism and urged the
policies of the 1948 party plat
form be carried out in these
terms.
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Jobless Jump
To 4,480,000
Washington, Feb. 6 W) Un
employment jumped 991,000 in
January, sending the number of
jobless to 4,480,000 highest
since the war.
Secretary of Commerce Saw
yer, announcing the develop
ment, issued a statement which
said:
"A sizeable increase in unem
ployment is to be expected be
tween December and January
because of seasonal develop
ments. "It is noteworthy that indus
trial employment did not appear
to be materially affected. A
year ago, industrial layoffs were
an important factor in the rise
of unemployment."
The number with jobs 56,
947,000 in January dropped 1,
609,000. The full force of this decline
did not show up in unemploy
ment, however, because many
of those losing jobs dropped out
of the labor market, at least
temporarily.
Admitted tc Practice
U.S. Supreme Court
Steve Anderson, Salem at
torney and national young re
publican vice chairman, was ad
mitted to practice before the
U. S. supreme court in Washing
ton, D. C. today, his office here
has learned.
Anderson's admittance was
sponsored by David W. Louisell,
a Washington lawyer and a fel
low naval officer of Anderson
the Mediterannean theater
during the war.
Anderson last Saturday at
tended a meeting of the nation
al young republican executive
board, and met with members of
the Oregon congressional dele
gation. He will return to Salem
after several days in New York
city.
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Dana Opposes
Creation of CVA
In the formation and inaugu
ration of the Columbia Valley
Administration, Marshall Dana,
editor of the editorial page of
the Oregon Journal sees a devi
ation from the ideals of democ
racy which this country is trying
to spread throughout the world.
Dana said as much as he con
cluded an address before the Sa
lem Chamber of Commerce Mon
day noon in which he reviewed
his experiences of at journey into
Kurope and another into the Pa
cific. In modern day transporta
tion and communication any
thing that happens over the
world is of importance to the
United States, declared Dana. At
the same time what this country
does as an outstanding example
of democracy, has its influence
over the globe.
In touching upon what he saw
and experienced in Germany.
Dana said it would take the sec
ond generation to reach respect
for the rights of the individual
The younger German who fol
lowed Hitler holds nothing but
sullen hatred for the citizens of
this country, he stated.
Over the world as a whole
Dana finds millions of "little
people'" moving toward the goal
of democracy which this country
professes. They are making the
struggle to attain those things
which the United States have at
tained.
Springfield Talks
Of Purchase of MSP
Springfield, Feb. 6 VP) Mem
bers of the City Power commit
tee are meeting in Albany today
with officials of the Mountain
States Power Co., to negotiate
further for possible purchase of
the company's Springfield pow
er facilities.
Time is running out for the
city to reach an agreement with
the power firm. Under pro
visions of a recent council resi-
lution, March 15 was set as the
deadline for both parties to come
to some kind of agreement.
The resolution stipulated "in
the event the city is unable
to obtain a contract for pur
chase of a utility system by
March 15, it will then proceed
to acquire a system by construc
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StOreHello yrends "Merry Christmas."
X see on American card when now
all over everything curd say "Mer
ry Chriatmaa" on writing, I ea
now all over everything X aay
Merry Christmas too.
Ool Last week I make very bad
mUtake I say you call me X bring
out Chlnew lood to your place of
living ool That bad mistake.
Three days three nights I run all
over town with bucket of noodle,
first way up hill then way over
by train then sonawhere lse again
then somewhere some more; take
so much time not having time to
cook fine Chinese dish for cash
customer who coming to my Place
to eat. No more deliver Chinese
food you coming to my Plsce I
give you good food you take your
plac of llivng. You come get you
have to go only one plsce I de
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Community Property Laws
Don't Hit GI Insurance
Washington. Feb. 8 (P) The supreme court decided today that
state community property laws
benefits.
Under community property laws, husband and wife are equal
owners of all property they acquire. The justice department said
12 states and Hawaii have sucnp-
laws.
The high court overturned a
decision by California courts
that community property laws
there entitle the widow of an
army major to half the proceeds
of his national service life in
surance. The major had named
his mother as the beneficiary of
a $10,000 policy.
Justice Clark delivered the
5-3 decision. Justice Minton
wrote a dissent, joined by Jus
tices Frankfurter and Jackson.
Justice Douglas did not take
part.
Clark's majority opinion said
the decision of the California
courts "nullifies the soldier's
choice (of beneficiary) and frus
trates the deliberate purpose of
congress" in specifying that in
surance benefits may not be af
fected by any legal process.
No matter what the rights of
the widow to the oroceeds of
non-governmental insurance may
be under California law, "that
rule, (or right) cannot apply
to this insurance," Clark said
In another decision, the court
decided that shipment of "dirty'
phonograph records across state
lines is against the law.
The tribunal split 5-3 in rul
ing that the U. S. circuit court
of San Francisco was wrong
in throwing out the conviction
of Alexander Lawrence Alpers.
Alpers had been fined $200 for
shipping obscene records by ex
press. Justice Minton wrote today's
majority opinion, Justice Black
wrote a dissent in which Jus
tices Frankfurter and Jackson
concurred. Justice Douglas took
no part.
The GI insurance case decided
specifically applied to insurance
taken by Dr. Leonard O. Wiss
ner, who died in India in 1945
while in army service. His moth
er, Mrs. Louise N. Wissner, has
been receiving monthly insur
ance benefits of $76 70.
Dr. Wissner's widow, Mrs.
Margaret Wissner, sued in Cali
fornia courts and won a ruling
that she is entitled to half the
monthly payments. She and Dr
Wissner were married in Glen
dale, Calif., in 1930.
The mother appealed to the
supreme court to set aside the
luling. The justice department
supported the mother's position,
Madame Chiang at
Formosa War Front
Taipei, Formosa, Feb. 6 (U.R)
Madame Chiang Kai-Shek went
back to the front lines today,
within sight and sound of com
munist guns, and told the troops
"You can and must endure."
True to her promise to return
to the troops who are keeping
rationalist hopes alive, she flew
to Kingmen island in the Strait
of Formosa.
Dressed in black slacks, a
black wool sweater, a black jack
et and low-heeled shoes, she
braved barbed wire to inspect
the scene of a recent nationalist
victory.
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GOP Adopting
New Platform
Washington, Feb. (U.R)Re-
publicans held three closed meet
ings today to approve a new 2,-
000-word party platform which
they hope will be "constructive
and critical" enough to win the
1950 congressional elections.
They expect to unvejl this "re
statement of policy" late today
just in time to whip up enthusi
asm among some 10,000 party
stalwarts who will jam Uline ar
ena for a $l-a-box Lincoln Day
fried chicken supper which will
kick off the GOP campaign.
The platform a phrase the
republicans avoid using will
be a two-part statement of pol
icy on domestic and foreign af
fairs. On the former, some sources
said, the party will vigorously
oppose what republicans call th
"Truman Welfare State." J
On foreign affairs, the party is
expected to strike off boldly
against any continuance of the
present bi-partisan policy on
grounds it does not represent the
GOP's real thinking on world af
fairs. 9 Valley Dams Are
Step Nearer Reality
Portland, Ore., Feb. 6 (U.R)
Col. O. E. Walsh, north Pacific
division army engineer, today
said President Truman's approv
al of the engineer-reclamation
plan for development of the Co
lumbia river basin brought 14
planned dams a step nearer real
ity. The projects include: Priest
Rapids, John Day and The Dalles
dams on the Columbia; Libby
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