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Tuesday, January 26, 1954
THE CAPITAL JOURNAL. Salaw, Oregon
CLEARED OF MURDER-WED
Emma Jo Johnson, 35, smiles at wedding ring that Jack
Wengert, left, placed on her finger at Las Vegas, Nev., Jan 24.
Emma Jo who was released from the Nevada state prison after
serving nearly three years for a murder she did not commit,
was married to Wengert "the one man who stood by me when
I needed him most." (AP Wirephoto)
Four Injured
In Albany Crash
ALBANY Four persons were
Injured and two dars heavily dam
aged Sunday in a collision on U.S.
highway 99E ftout three miles
north of Albany, according to a
report of investigating state po
lice. Hurt were Clifford H. Faust,
Gresham, driver of one of the
vehicles, and Carl Fountain, Leb
anon, driver of the second car.
Mrs. Fountain and their 10-year-old
son, James Dale", Mr. and Mrs.
Fountain's two daughters aged
seven and 18 months, were not
injured.
Faust was taken to the Albany
General hospital. He suffered
head and chest injuries. It was
reported Monday by his doctor
that his condition was "probably
not serious."
The Fountains were taken to
the Lebanon Community hospital
but were released following a doc
tor's examination.
Faust was driving north on the
highway and Fountain was head
ing south, state police said. Fur
ther details were not available.
Columbia Highway
x Subject to Delays
Travel on the Columbia River
- Highway between The Dalles and
Jelilo is still subjected to minor
'delays because of construction, the
Oregon Highway Commission said
Monday in its weekly maintenance
report.
Construction also Is causing de
lays on the Oregon Coast Highway
three miles north of Gardiner, and
two miles south of Port Orford.
The McKenzie, ML Hood Loop
Close Probe of
Robinson Loan
WASHINGTON Ul - The House
Un-American Activities Committee
has marked "closed" the case of
Edward G. Robinson's $300 loan
to one of its investigators.
The stage and screen tough guy
told his story of the loan in a one
hour voluntary conference with the
group Monday. Afterwards, Chair
man Velde (R-IU) said in a state
ment: "After a careful investigation
into the circumstances surround
ing the loan, the committee is of
the unanimous opinion that it was
made for humanitarian reasons."
He added the committee is con
vinced "it was in no way intended
to influence any staff member for
any improper favors of actions."
"The committee is therfore clos
ing this phase of the matter," said
Velde. All of the nine members
of the committee attended the
closed-door conference.
Velde said Robinson told the
committee that Louis J. Russell.
whom Velde fired about 10 days
ago, sought a $600 loan last July
11. The actor produced a copy of
the letter. Velde said, along with
a copy of his reply in which he
attached a check lor $300. Velde
quoted Robinson as saying Russell
asked for the money for hospital
expenses.
FRUITLAND MEETING
FRUITLAND The Fruitland
Women's Circle will meet at the
church annex Thursday, Jan. 28,
at 2 o'clock.
and West Diamond Lake routes
are closed by snow for the winter.
On the Willamette Highway,
there arc five short sections of
gravel surface between Lowell and
OdeU Lake.
Winter Takes Big Punch
At the Entire Northwest
. nr.
Winter threw a one-two punch
at ine racilic Northwest Monday,
combining snow and sleet with
high winds. More of the same was
expected Tuesday.
Hardest tut by the storm was
Deputies Foil
Escape Eilorl
PENDLETON Two xheriff's
deputies suffered minor wounds
Monday when a prisoner, being
treated at a doctor's clinic, at
tempted to escape.
The prisoner, Jaime Agullar, a
23-year-old Kennewick, Wash.,
boxer, was receiving treatment
for self-inflicted knife wounds
when the escape attempt occur
red, deputy Leo Von Arx report
ed. Aguilar, after breaking away
from two police escorts, grabbed
a nurse as a shield. Von Arx and
the other deputy closed in and
recaptured him, but in the fight
Aguilar cut them both with a
scissor blade he had snatched.
Von Arx said. The nurse was not
hurt.
Aguilar is. one of several per
sons accused of kidnaping State
Patrolman Laurence Kezar last
October. Von Arx said Aguilar
had tried to commit suicide re
cently and was being treated
when he made his unsuccessful
break for freedom.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
the Grays Harbor area of Wash
ington and British Columbia and
the prairie provinces.
But tentacles of the weather
disturbance reached into Eastern
Washington, to the Willamette
Valley and encircled the little Co
lumbia River town of St. Helens.
Ore.
About half of St. Helens was
without water Monday after a
huge slide five miles west of the
town touched off by heavy rain
and snow storms ripped ov' a
100-foot section of the town's wa
ter line.
By Monday nicht workers had
replaced 50 feet of the line, but
Mayor William Mutton said it was
anybody's guess when the line
would be back in use.
Residents of the Grays Harbor
area were digging out from under
blanket of snow which reached
two feet at some points. The wet
snow sent telephone poles crash
ing to the ground and 50 lines
were cut.
The Aberdeen-Hoquiam area
was without telephone connection
to Olympic Peninsula and along
Puget Sound to the Canadian bor
der. Everett and Bellingham both
had 11 inches of snow.
In the Willamette Valley of Ore
gon, winds with gusts to 50 miles
an hour struck Monday afternoon.
Snow fell in Portland early Mon
day afternoon.
East of the Cascades, both East
ern Washington and Eastern Ore
gon shivered in below-freezing
temperatures which dipped at
many points below the zero mark.
Big Increase in
Supports Looms
WASHINGTON UB Chairman
Aiken (R-Vt) said Tuesday the
Senate Agriculture Committee he
heads will meet later this week to
approve a big increase in authority
to make government farm price
support loans.
The committee members "all re
alize they've got to have the
money," he said in an interview.
Aiken added that the only ques
tion was whether the committee
would vote now for the full 1
billion dollar increase in borrowing
power being asked by the Com
modity Credit Corp.
As for himself, the Vermont sen
ator said he favored making it all
available in one chunk, and he
added:
"It looks like it all will be gone,
anyway, by next Christmas."
The CCC is the Agriculture De
partment agency which handles
loans made to farmers to assure
them of prices guaranteed by the
government on a wide variety of
commodities.
Department officials surprised
the senators Monday with a report
that CCC now has used up all but
16 million dollars of its present
lending authority of 6 si billion
dollars.
President Eisenhower asked for
the boost to 8 V4 billions, a record
high, in his farm message. But the
department had indicated the extra
amount would not actually be
needed until summer.
If a pail is hit with a hammer
at SO below zero, the pail and the
hammer are both likely to fly to
pieces.
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ACORNS FROM THE
Yakima's low reading Monday
war in even zero, it was 14 be
low at Bly, Ore., 12 below at
Austin, Ore., and eight below at
Klamath Falls.
The low temperatures in East
ern Washington caused a huge Ice
jam to form on tha Yakima Rlvor
just below the little town of Enter
prise, two miles west of Richland.
Eight families were moved from
their homes after water backed
up by the jam inched over steps
and floors In the homes. Six fam
ilies were evacuated from their
homes there last week by another
Ice jam.
In Canada, the storm dumped
snow throughout British Columbia,
forming snow drifts up to six feet
in depth In sorie areas.
To tha east, the prairie prov
inces were caught in the grip of a
cold wave that sent the temper
aturei skidding to M degrees be
low at Lethbridge. Temperature!
elsewhere on the prairies ranged
from 10 to 20 below.
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