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THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, Salem, Oregon
Wednesday,- Februafy 24. 1954
Bloodbath
Confirmed
HONG KONG UH - U.S. esti
mates that the Chinese Commu
nist bloodbath has claimed IS mil
lion victims since the Red triumph
in 1049 tallies closely with figures
gathered here.
The IS million estimate was re
ported to Congress Tuesday by
Asst. Secretary of State Walter
Robertson. Observers In this Brit
ish coloy at China's doorstep said
It was only sliiihtly higher than
their own reckonings.
Red China's first big slaughter
was the "purge o( counter-revolutionaries,"
starting late in 1950.
It bloodied the land (or 18 months.
Often up to 1,000 dead in a sin
gle day's announced executions,
to say nothing of killings not an
nounced. In one day in the spring
of 1951, 200 were killed In Nan
king, 300 in Shanghai and 180 in
Hangchow.
Nanking had many "200" days,.
so did Mvatow, Tientsin and
Chungking, but the real mass kill
bigs were In the countryside.
Missionaries and Chinese refu
gees have said as high as three
per cent of whole villages died in
the slaughter.
ENTER TALENT CONTEST
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The American Heart Associa
tion estimates that the United
States has about 750,000 deaths
annually from heart trouble.
East Salem
EAST SALEM The 34th birth
day of Charles Malison was ob
served Saturday night with a
no-host dinner for members of
his family at the borne of his
daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Fromm, on Silver
ton Rd. Present were Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Mattson ,Mr. Margar
et Rehfuss, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew
Mattson, Mr. and Mrs. Fete Matt
son, Mr. and Mrs. James C. Pet
terson, Mr. and Mrs, James C.
Mattson, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Reh-
feld, Chen-ill and Judy; Miss
Syliva Mattson, Miss Frances
Mattson, Mr. and Mrs. Fromm
and Gordon Fromm, all of Sa
lem; from Monmouth, Mr. and
Mrs. Mat C. Mattson and Mr.
Melvin Elkins and sons, Jimmie
and Calvin; from Lebanon, Mr.
and Mrs. Phillip Judson and sons,
Lee and Cary, and the Judsons'
house guests, Mrs. Earl Waters
and Joanne from Myrtle Creek,
and the honored guest.
Mrs. William Mootry observed
the 10th birthday of her daugh
ter, Margaret, Saturday with a
special party for school friends.
Her guests were Linda Hagan,
Barbara Carter, Sandra Alt,
Mary Lou Surgeon, Marie Scott,
Sandra Everhart, Cynthia Kauf
man, Richael Thompson and
Sharon Miller.
. Mrs. Harold Holler was hostess
for last weeks meeting of, the
Mcrry-Gd-Round club at her Sun
ny-view Ave. home. Attending
were Mrs. Keith La Due, Mrs. J.
P Roblnette, Mrs. Edward Cur
tis, Miss Beverly Rankin, Mrs.
Melvin La Due, Mrs. Clayton
Gihb, Mrs. Paul Barham, a guest
Mrs. Wilbur Friesen and son
Gregory, and the hostess. A short
business meeting was held with
a social evening of games follow
ing. The prize was given to Mrs.
Curtis. Mrs. Keith La Due was co
hostess for the refreshments.
Member of the Garden Road
Neighborhood club were .enter
tained with a luncheon and social
afternoon Friday in the new
home of Mrs. Earl Wood on N.
23th St. Attending were Mrs. A.
R. Tartar, Mrs. Ralph Werner,
Mrs. Jess Hatch, Mm. A. C.
Schaffer, Mrs. Richard T. Wlck
lander, Mrs. Harry Jennings.
Mrs. Mary Swingle, Mrs. Paul
Lynch, Mrs. William Harllry and
(he hostess. Mrs. Swingle was
given the prize. Mrs. Wlrklanrirr
was crvhrwtrss. The May birth
day party was planned.
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Joan Wickstrom, Salem (left) and Mary Jane Wait, Rick
reail, two of the young people entered in the Talent Contest
being sponsored here by the Marine Corps League the night
of March 3. Miss Wickstrom, a soprano, has been studying voice
for about five years. Miss Wait, now 15 years of age, has been
twirling a baton since eight years of age and studied twirling
in Long Beach, Calif., under Ted Otis. To date the League has
accepted about 12 young people for entry in the contest after
first auditioning them. Applications to enter the contest may
be made through March 1. .
Freak Weather
In Europe
LONDON W Europe's freak
ish winter brought new extremes
Wednesday. While England basked
in sunshine, a blizzard hit Turkey
and great ice floes clogged north
ern European harbors.
Temperatures in southern Eng
land rose to the mid-50s.
Compact ice masses Isolated
Oslo, Norway's busiest harbor,
The ice layer in the Oslo fjord
was almost seven feet thick. About
20 ships lay icebound ' between
Oslo and Faerder lighthouse in the
mouth of the fjord.
From Istanbul, Turkey, came re
ports of the heaviest snowstorms
of the winter. All incoming and
outgoing planes were grounded.
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Poling Seeks Job as
Linn Commissioner
ALBANY Harold Poling, for
mer Albany cily engineer, an
nounced Monday that he would
file on Tuesday his candidacy
for nomination to the office of
Linn county commissioner, thus
assuring that that office will be
contested in the general elec
tion. Poling thus becomes the first
Linn county Democrat to an
nounce publicly his aspiration
to a county oltlce.
' " Wayne Downing. Lebanon. In
cumbent commissioner, had pre
viously inert nis candidacy in
the May primary for commission
er.
Poling is an Albanv native.
a veteran of World War I and
was graduated from Oregon
State college In the school of
engineering.
Pope Has Fairly
Restful Night
VATICAN CITY m Pope
Pius XII spent "a fairly restful
night," Vatican sources said
Wednesday. Rounding out a month
of illness, he remained under con
stant care.
The 77-year-old spiritual leader
of the Roman Catholic church has
been confined to his Vatican apart
ment since Jan. 25, when he was
stricken by severe gastritis that
steadily weakened him. A round-the-clock
watch established when
he fell ill has never been lifted.
Britain Buys 32,000
Cases Red Salmon
SEATTLF. un Th nrlti.Vi
ernment is buvtntr mmn .19 nnn mm
of Alaska red salmon from six
I'aeilic Northwest canneries.
A Seattle broker's firm, report
ing the DtirrhflBP TllAGrinu eait
the Ministry of Foods will pay
$800,000 for the top grade salmon.
The purchases were made by Sir
Andrew Jones of lh minict
earlier bought more than five mil
lion dollars worth of British Co
lumbia salmon at Vancouver, Mau
rice Rattray of the broker' firm
said.
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SHERIDAN The Sheridan
March of Dimes campaign has
reached a total of $976.29.
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Man Held for
Slaying Woman
ROSKBURG, Ore. Un - Rose
burg police Wednesday were hold-
ing Artell Farley, 25. charged with
the slaying in Tacoma Sunday of
Flora K. McFarland.
Her nude body, which had been
run over several times by a car,
was found in a lonely gravel pit
near tacoma Monaay.
Farley waa arrested by city po
lice here Tuesday night after the
dead woman's car was sighted
pameu in iront of a bowling alley.
Police found Farley inside watch
ing a bowling match.
He readily admitted his Identity.
Police Chief Stan Olson nairl Far.
ley told kirn this story:
He had driven the 30-year-old
woman to the gravel pit where he
became angry with her and struck
her. After that his mind went
blank until he arrived home in her
car. He discovered he had blood
on his clothing. He said he became
frightened, hid the clothing and
men lied south.
Police said they found a number
of blood stains in the car and a
knife was found on the outside of
the car, jabbed in an opening be
tween the trunk and rear bumper.
The knife also was stained with
blood, Olson said.
Tacoma authorities were to ar
rive here Wednesday to return
Farley to Tacoma.
nists included "seems likely" in
Indochina and would "result in
Communist domination" within
two years.
The Republican floor leader said
the coalition government "which
in my judgment seems likely" will
also result "in the opening of all
souuieast Asia to Communist in
filtration. Knowland told the annual din
ner of the Pennsylvania Manu
facturers Assn. Tuesday night
"We had better make sure that
none of our supplies come under
the control of a coalition Viet Nam
government Including Ho Chin
Minn."
Coalition With Reds
In Indochina Feared
PHILADELPHIA W '-' Sen.
Knowland (R-Calif) says a coali
tion government with Commu-
Man Killed at
Queen's Arrival
MELBOURNE. Australia W -
A man was crushed to death when
10,000 excited Australians bust
through a barrier of police and
troops to see Queen Elizabeth II
arrive in Melbourne Wednesday.
The Queen and the Duke of
Edinburgh had lust passed the spot
when the crowd surged forward.
Otherwise the Melbourne crowd
gave the Queen an orderly but
tumultuous reception on her arrival
from Tasmania.
As she drove through the city
streets a shower of confetti.
streamers, and torn-up newspapers
Pincer Attack on
Red-Led Huks
MANILA W Philippines sol
diers Wednesday slowly closed
pincers attack around an estimated
650 Communist-led Huk outlaws
northeast of Mt. Banahaw in an
all-out offensive to wipe out the
rebel bands.
It was still a question whether
the military would be able to keep
the rebels inside the ring.
The government drive in this
sector is aimed at the Huk force
under Castro Aleiandrino, which is
entrenched in rugged mils along
the Laguna-Quezon provincial
boundary.
The Huks failed to meet a Mon
day deadline set by President Ra
mon Magsaysay for acceptance of
government surrender terms.
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