8 Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Tuesday, February 7, 1950
$16,000 Haul in
College Robbery
Baltimore, Feb. 7 W) Four
gunmen staged a swift and ap
parently well-planned robbery
at morgan state college here,
getting away with $16,000 in
cash.
Pistols in hand, they entered
the college library on the run,
held 16 persons at bay and then
made oft with the day's receipts
In registration fees.
It took them just three min
utes. The bandits, all young Ne
groes, appeared at the library
just a few minutes after the
last student had paid his mid
term fees.
The tallest of the four jump
ed up on the counter of the cash
ier's cage and said, ' This is a
holdup. We want the money,
Drop it and step back."
He ran down the counter to
the point where eight cashiers
were counting the receipts and
gave handful after handful of
bills to one of the other gunmen
who stuffed them into a canvas
bag.
As they prepared to leave one
turned and said, "Take a good
look at me, and if you recognize
me . , ." He shook hi gun at
the cashiers and ran through the
door.
The four reportedly fled by
automobile.
Main Issues
In Coal Strike
Washington, Feb. 7 U.R The
principal Issues In the soft coal
dispute:
Wanes The United Mine
Workers wants a 95-cents-a-day
pay increase. It argues that in
crease can be paid out of current
profits. Industry says wage
boost means increased retail coal
prices.
Welfare Benefits UMW wants
a 15-cents-a-ton increase in in
dustry payments to the Union's
welfare and retirement fund.
Argues that the old welfare
fund, financed by 20-cents-a-ton
levy, didn't raise enough money
to operate successfully. Indus
try says it's pay more than any
other "basic" industry and mil
lions of dollars were "wasted."
Wants new standard of welfare
payments. John L. Lewis re
fuses.
Union Shop UMW wants
continuation of union shop. In
dustry contends this provision
would violate the Taft-Hartley
act, because the miners have not
held union shop elections called
for by law.
"Willing and Able" Lewis
wants the clause that miners will
work so long as they are "will
ing and able" as a form of union
security. He contends it Is nec
essary to "stabilize" coal produc
tion at certain times. Industry
says the clause gives Lewis
"complete control" of the coal
Industry, depriving management
of the right to say when their
mines could or could not operate.
Triplets Born to
Madras Mother, 19
Bend, Ore., Feb. 7 J.R Trip
lets, two boys and a girl, were
born Monday to Mr. and Mrs.
Morris Ashcraft of Madras, Ore.,
at Bend hospital here.
The first boy arrived at 10:17
a.m. He weighed four pounds,
11 ounces. The girl was born
at 10:26 a.m. and weighed four
pounds, nine ounces. The sec
ond boy arrived at 10:B0 a.m.
and weighed five pounds.
The mother is 19. The Ash
crafts have another daughter,
Sandra Lee, 17 months.
The attending physician, Dr.
Raymond Jones of Redmond,
said it was the first set of trip
lets he had delivered in 22 years.
Women to Be Drafted
Into Polish Army
Warsaw, Poland, Feb. 7 VP)
Women are to be drafted into
the Polish army for the first time
In history.
The Polish diet (parliament)
yesterday passed a conscription
act calling for military training
if women In ground forces, air
force, navy and anti-aircraft
units.
Brig. Gen J. Mleczyslaw Wat
rowski, former chief of the poli
tical section of the ministry of
national defense, said the bill
corresponds to the defense needs
of the "people's Poland" and the
"close alliance with Soviet Rus
sia's endeavors to establish world
peace."
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"Forgotten Man" J. R. Rob
ertson, above, took the witness
stand as the "forgotten man"
in the San Francisco perjury
conspiracy trial of Longshore
Leader Harry Bridges.
Through nine weeks of the
government's case, Robertson's
name was mentioned only
twice. Robertson is the sec
ond of the three defendants
summoned to testify in the
trial. (Acme Telephoto)
Soil Meeting
Set Thursday
A hearing on organization of
the proposed north Marion soil
conservation district will be held
by the state soil conservation
committee, according to Harry
L. Riches, county extension
agent.
The hearing will be Thursday,
February 9, beginning at I
o'clock in City hall at St. Paul
and continued at 8 o'clock In
the high school at Gervais.
Landowners in the north part
of Marion county have three
petitions requesting the estab
lishment of the north Marlon
soil conservation district. A rep
resentative of the state soil con
servation committee will con
duct the hearing and will discuss
some of the advantages that may
be obtained through a soil con
servation district and will ex
plain the. procedure of organ
izing. Tokyo Rose May Be
Released on Bail
Washington, Feb. 7 (P)
"Tokyo Rose" whose real name
is Iva Toguri D'Aquino may
be released from prison on ball
by order of Supreme Court Jus
tlce William O. Douglas.
The clerk of the supreme court
said yesterday he had received
word that Justice Douglas will
sign an order permitting Mrs,
D Aquino s release on $50,000
bail. The clerk mailed the prop
er documents for Douglas to
sign.
At Tucson, Ariz., where he is
recovering from a riding acci
dent, the justice declined com
ment.
Charged with treason In con
nection with wartime propagan
da broadcasts, Mrs. D'Aquino
was sentenced to 10 years in
prison and fined $10,000 in U.S.
district court in San Francisco
last October 6. She now is in
the federal reformatory for wo
men at Alderson, W. Va.
She has filed an appeal at San
Francisco. Pending appeal ac
tion, any supreme court justice
is authorized to sign an order
granting bail.
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WHAT'S BEHIND EXPLOSIVE ISSUE
Potential Cold-War Powder
Keg Found in Indo-China
(Editor's Note: For the first time, Russia has recognized a
government at war with one of the big three western powers
that of rebel leader Ho Chi-Minh in the new Indo-Chinese
state of Vietnam. French troops supporting Emperor Bao Dai
are fighting Ho's forces.
(The United States Is expected to throw Its moral support
behind France soon by recognizing Bao Dai.
(These factors make Indo-China a potential powder keg in
the East-West cold war. Here is the background).
By HOMER JENKS
(Unittd Priu 8t.lt correspondent)
The struggle for Indo-China has moved onto the international
stage 'and may become a more
France set the stage by making
Chinese states as autonomous,
French union, known as Vietnam, beginning December 30.
Burgler Leaps
To Freedom
New York, Feb. 7 (ff) A burg
lar, trapped in an office build
ing just off Fifth avenue, escap
ed from guards early today by
leaping six stories into a heavy
netting over a skylight.
He then made his way to the
street from a second-story ex
tension.
The unidentified burglar had
been seized by two guards of
the Holmes Electric Protective
company. They had rushed to
an eighth floor textile company
office at 44 West 28th street
when an alarm went off at 12:30
a.m. .(EST).
The burglar grappled with the
guards, broke loose and made
his daring leap from an open
window.
Search of the office showed
that nothing had been disturbed.
Independence Mrs. Henry
Storlie entertained a group of
friends In her home. A smorgas
bord lunch was served following
the play of canasta. Those pres
ent were Mrs. C. L. Carey, Mrs.
William Ramey, Mrs. Odella
Sperling, Mrs. Evelyn Lane and
Mrs. Paul Kohler.
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the three most populous Indo-
independent country within the
Some 100,000 French troops
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rebels, headed by the
veteran Moscow-trained revolu
tionary, Ho Chi-Minh.
Until Dec. 30, the struggle be
tween the French and Ho was a
private war in a French colony.
When Vietnam became indepen
dent, anyone could take sides.
Communist China recognized
Ho's clandestine regime as the
legal government. So did North
ern Korea and the Soviet satel
lites of eastern Europe.
Russia itself took the fate
ful step Jan. 30. It was the first
time that one of the big four
powers had recognized a govern
ment with which another of the
big four was at war.
More nations are expected to
take sides on a straight east
west basis within the next few
days. Reports from Washington
and London indicate the United
States and Britain will recognize
Bao Dai soon.
At stake are 123,079 square
miles of mountains, jungles, rice
paddies, cities and villages on
the south China coast compris
ing the former Indo-Chinese
states of Tonking, Annam and
Cochin-China. There live 21,000,-
000 of Indo-Chlna's 25,000,000
inhabitants.
Bao Dal was crowned Emporer
of Annam-in succession to his
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dent-superior, and Bao Dal was
sent to France to be educated
He acquired not only an educa
tion but a liking for automobiles,
tennis, table tennis, ice cream,
rumba music and detective stor-
s.
The goateed, slender, aesthetic
Ho .became PresidentBof Annam
at the end of the war and, soon
afterward, Premier and foreign
minister of the newly-formed
Vietnam state. He proved a well
educated, clever executive who
spoke five languages.
France reached a temporary
agreement with him and his gov
ernment in 1946. It was to pre
vail until a formal treaty for
Vietnamese independence could
be completed.
But differences arose over
what rights Ho's government
should have. Clashes between
Ho's own armed forces and
French troops finally exploded
Dec. 19, 1946 into revolt.
Ho and his government fled to
the jungles of Tonkin in north
ern Indo-China. From there, he
directed his army of regulars
and partisans against the
French.
Into the breech stepped the
Bao Dai.
He signed an agreement with
the French last March provid
ing for Vietnamese independence
within the French union. The
agreement, which also granted
the French military and naval
bases in the new state, took ef
fect Dec. 30.
His army has joined the
French army in the field against
Ho. So far, the three-year battle
with Ho has cost France 10,000
to 15,000 troops killed and 20,
000 or more wounded.
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Patrons Oppose
Telephone Toll
Aurora Stockholders of
the Canby Telephone associa
tion voted unanimously to op
pose establishment of a 5-cent
toll charge for interchange calls
to Aurora, Needy, Molalla, Col
ton, Monitor, Marquam and Mt.
Angel.
Calls between subscribers of
these companies have long been
free. The suggestion that a toll
be charged was made by offi
cials of the Public Utilities
commission when some of the
companies applied for authority
to increase rates. Meetings of
Mojalla and Needy telephone
stockholders previously had
gone on record as opposing the
toll.
The company reelected How
ard C. Belton to a three-year
term as director, and elected
Neal Thompson for a two-year
term. Mr. Thompson succeeds B.
E. Dean, who declined to serve
again.
The association showed a pro
fit of $5,465.12 for the year,
somewhat less than last year's
margin, the difference being
due to increased county taxes
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Personal and Auto Loans
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and payment of Interest on the
debt incurred Incident to instal
ling dial service.
Pres dent Rufus Kraxbergers
report showed there are now
617 dial and 472 Magneto-type
telephones operating through
the exchange.
Pheasants Made Tame
By Winter Hardship
- Independence Mr. and Mrs.
Earl Proctor were surprised to
see two Chinese pheasants
among the birds that they have
been feeding during the cold
weather.
Mrs. Edward Harnsberger also
reports that she has been feed
ing pheasants and quails in her
back yard. Eight pheasants have
come up to the back porch for
food.
Bridge Club Invited
Dayton The Kroweldeen
Bridge club was entertained in
the home of Mrs. Virgil Frink in
McMinnville. Mrs. Clare Heider
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BEN-HUR makes the flaw
was a guest. At cards Mrs. Ver-'
non Foster held the high honors,
with Mrs. Harry Gray, second
high. Mrs. Floyd Willert held
low score for the evening. Rc
freshments were served by the
hostess at the close of the evening.