Timber Tech
Sale Reported
LEBANON Timber Tech cor
poration will cease operations
within the next 90 days, and the
pig laminated arch manufactur
ing firm is up for sale, it was
learned Monday. At peak payroll
period last year the firm em
ployed 175 persons, now it is
about 145.
It was learned from a reliable
source that the firm is in the pro
cess of being sold and that Law
rence Warehouse, which owns
more than 90 of the stock, may
have an announcement to make
within the next 10 days.
Louis E. Tippett. vice presi
dent of Lawrence Warehouse at
Portland was quoted as saying
that a reduction of the Lebanon
plant staff is underway, mostly
lie!. He said the firm will com
plete present contracts and cit
ed a 60 to 90 day estimate for
this work.
Tippet said "every effort is
being made to asure continued
operation, and we have reason
to believe it will be successful."
The firm was established here
two years ago and has been furn
ishing laminated roof arches and
supports for many major con
struction jobs throughout the na
tion. Contracts have been fulfill
ed for churches, schools, large
stores and auditoriums.
VIES FOR CROWN! Q pL:inr0lnU In Dprlc
1 Given 2 to 3 Years Jail
Berry Picking
" Nearing Peak ,
LEBANON More than 800
strawberry pickers were in local
fields Monday and the need for
300 more will be felt if weather
causes a quick peak in the ripen
ing of this year's crop.
Employment office reports
that growers are furnishing
transportation to most fields, but
there is no housing for pickers
at the fields.
Raspberry picking is now stat
ed for July 11, with blackcaps to
follow soon after.
Experienced help is wanted in
the woods, and there Is demand
at the Lebanon employment of
fice for head riggers, cat skinners
from 18 to 24 years old, and
loading engineers. All applicants;
must be experienced in their
line, it was emphasized.
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PHILADELPHIA W-U, S. Dis
trict Judge J. Cullen Ganey yes
terday sentenced nine Philadel
phia area Communists to two to
three years in jail for violation of
the Smith Act. This law makes it
a crime to 'teach or advocate the
overthrow of the government.
Block Action
On Reserve Bill
WASHINGTON Wl Rebellious
members of the House Armed
Services Committee Tuesday
blocked quick action on a new mili
tary reserve bill and sent it back
to a subcommittee for further
study.
By a 16-14 vote the committee
decided to give the subcommittee
five days to work on the new ver
sion of President Eisenhower's
"vital" reserve program. The
vote came' after subcommittee
chairman Brooks (D-La) com
plained his group was being by
passed. Chairman Vinson (D-Ga) had
urged the full committee to act
Tuesday on a compromise measure
he is sponsoring. He said House
leaders wanted to get it to the
floor by Thursday.
Eisenhower has called for public
support for a strengthened reserve
which he said is necessary for the
country's defense.
Vandals Smash
Clinic Window
LEBANON Vandalism at Dr.
Robert Dougherty's clinic now
under construction on north Main
street continued over the week
end. Another highly expensive
glass window was broken by a
section of heavy pipe being tossed
through it. The discovery was
made Monday morning and re
ported to city police.
It marked the third time glass
has been broken, and a fourth
time it was marred beyond use.
The special glass is coated on
both sides to reflect both heat
and light, and is of special con
struction. Replacements have to
be ordered from the factory, po
lice were told.
Other vandalism was reported
by Nathan Mitsch. He told police
that a tool house had been broken
into at a home he is building at
the east end of Elmore street.
Sacks of cement were broken
open and tools scattered.
Jerri Mahoney of Salem, a
Patricia Lee Model, will be
among the 14 Oregon beau
ties scheduled to compete for
Miss Universe of Oregon in
the state finals to be held un
der the sponsorship of Radio
Station KGAE at the Elsinore
Theater Friday night at 9 p.m.
Winner of the Friday night
event, will be sent to Long
Beach, California, on July 14
where she will appear in judg
ing against nearly 80 of the
world's most beautiful girls in
the international finals spon
sored by the city of Long
Beach, Catalina Inc. and Uni
versal - International Pictures,
and offering thousands of dol
lars in prizes and motion pic
ture contracts.
75-Year Count
Weds Gir!r14
PONTRESINA, Switzerland Ifl -
Count Aubry William Tealdi,
wealthy 75-year-old Italian, has ar-
rived in this mountain resort with
hir 14-year-old bride Princess Lidia
Maria Antoma uaraccioio oi lor
ello.
The couple were married in a
secret night ceremony at Lucca,
Italy, last week. The aged groom
declined to discuss his marriage
when reached by telephone at his
hotel here.
It could not be learned how long
the couple planned to remain at
this quiet resort, only a few miles
from the glittering international re
sort of St. Moritz.
Death Comes
To Edgar Loop
. HOPEWELL Charles Edgar
Loop, 70, a resident of Hope-
Judge Ganey, after listening to
impassioned pleas by three of the
defendants ordered them jailed j well 'for '26 " died Sund
mmeoiaiey. rejecting oeiense ai-june l9i 1955 ,t the General
torneys pleas thai they be freed Hospital in McMinnville, follow-
in bail pending an appeal to a
higher conrt.
Sentenced to three years were
Joseph Kuzma. 31; David Duben
sky, 46 (also known as Dave Da
vis); Thomas Nabried, SI, all of
Philadelphia, and Sam Gobeloff,
44, (also known as Joseph Rob
erts) Camden, N.J,
Sherman H. Labovitz, 29; Walter
Lowenfels, , 56; Irving Katz, 35;
Robert Klonsky; 35. and Benjamin
Weiss, 39, all of Philadelphia,
were given two year, sentences. -
Davis, Nabried and Lowenfels
made separate statements to the
court before sentencing. But Judge
Ganey, who had refused the de
fendants a new trial last week,
dismissed the pleas as a "torrent
of words," adding:
"That these defendants, being
convicted of an extremely serious
offense such as this, have the op
portunity to be heard as they are
here, to deny it forthrightly and
earnestly and enthusiastically as
they do, is a tribute to the demo
cratic system and the concept of
liberty which emerged from it."
Antarctic Explorer
Dies at Age 64 Years
SOUTHPORT, England W
Frederick John Hooper, antarctic
explorer who found the body of
Capt. Robert Scott near the South
Pole, died yesterday at his home
here. He was 64.
Hooper sailed around the world
three times before joining Scott's
last expedition in 1912, at the age
of 18. When Scott failed to return
from an advance exploratory trip.
Hooper went out with a search
party. Spotting a small bamboo
pole sticking out of the snow, he
unearthed Scott's last camp.
Contract Awarded on
Ross Island Ramp
The Oregon Highway Commis
sion awarded a contract Monday to
Manson Construction and Engineer
ing Co., Seattle, for $419,580 for a
new ramp between the east end of
Ross Island bridge and McLough
ling Boulevard on Pacific High
way East in Portland.
Damage Suit
Lost by Oil Co.s
SEATTLE (sV-A federal court
jury last night awarded a former
service station operator $240,000 in
damages against seven of the na-
tion s largest on companies.
George F. Moore had charged
in the civil action that the com
panies ruined his business in 1952
by agreeing to refuse to sell him
gasoline because he cut his prices.
The suit, filed under federal anti
trust laws which provide for treble
damages, had asked 1 damages
totaling $275,000. The jury found
Moore had suffered actual dam
ages of $80,000 and gave him three
times that amount.
Named in the suit were Standard
Oil of California, Tidewater-Associated,
Union, General Petroleum,
Richfield, Texaco and Shell.
The companies contended
throughout the three-month trial
that there had never been an il
legal agreement among them as
Moore charged. An oil company
attorney said there will be an
appeal.
Joint Installation
For Optimist Clubs
New officers of the Salem Opti
mist club and its auxiliary, the
Opti-Mrs., will be installed at a
joint meeting of the two groups
Thursday night at the Marion ho
tel. Al Pfeifer will be installed as
the new president of the Optimists.
Fellow officers will be Earl Jae
ger, first vice president: Charles
Terry, second vice president: Dar
win Caspell, third vice president;
Harry Cronn, sergcant-at-arms:
Fred Russom. secretary; and Paul
Everett and Russ Barker, board
members.
Officers to be installed in the
Opti-Mrs. club are Maxine Rus
som, president, and Marge Cas
pell, secretary. The meeting will
be at 7:30 in the Coral room of
the Marion hotel.
Youth Killed in Auto
Crash, Three Injured
KLAMATH FALLS Ifl - Joe
Parazoo, 15, of Chiloquin died
Monday night when an automobile
plunged off a highway and over
turned. Three other youths in the car,
Lawrence Mose, 16, Chiloquin;
Dale Moe. 17, Silverton: and Gor
don Copeland, 16. Silverton, suf
fered minor injuries.
The mishap occurred on the
highway between Chiloquin and
Sprague River north of here.
ing several month's illness.
Mr. Loop was bom April 22,
1885 at Lone Mountain, Tenn.,
son of Adam and Amanda Loop.'
He came to Polk county. Ore., in
1901, and was married March 22,
1908 to Miss Josa M. Bones, at
Crowley Station, Polk county.
Ore., and they had made their
home in Polk and Yamhill
counties since. V
He had been a member of the
Baptist church since 1910, and at
present of the First Baptist
church of Dayton.
He is survived by his wife,
Josa, three daughters, Mrs. Hor
ace Edwards, Toledo, Ore.; Mrs.
Guy Freshour, Pleasantdale; Mrs.
Harry Capron, Toledo, Ore,.; two
sons, Delner of New Orleans, La.;
Charles William Loop of Toledo,
Ore.; and 14 grandchildren. Also
surviving are four brothers,
Samuel of Lone Mountain, Tenn.;
Claude of Willamina, Ore.; Rob
ert of Netarts, Ore.; Thomas of
Toledo, Ore.; and one sister, Mrs.
Cornelia Damewood of Carlton.
Funeral services will be held
at Macy and Son, McMinnville,
on Wednesday, June 22, at 1:30
p.m. Rev. James Soden of Day
ton will officiate. Interment will
be in the Evergreen Cemetery
in McMinnville.
Mr. Loop was a member of
the American Milking Shorthorn
Association and an outstanding
breeder and exhibitor of Milk
ing Shorthorns,
There are 237 eclipses of the
sun or moon in the average century.
Capital Journal, Salem, Or., Tiiesv, June JJ1," 1955-Sec 2)-3
Fire Fighters to
Meet Here, '56
BEND UK Donald H. Stormer
of Roseburg is the new president
of the Oregon State Fire Fighters
Assn.
Others elected at the organiza
tion's annual meeting here last
week end are: E. H. Whelan. Port
land, first vice president; Charles
Patterson, Salem, second vice pres-
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ident; Fred R. O'Sullivan, Eugene,
secretary; and Orval Johnson Sr.,
Bend, and George T. Wilson, Al
bany, trustees.
Delegates voted to hold next
year's convention at Salem.
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PLANE DROPS LEAFLETS
TAIPEI. Formosa i A Na
tionalist plane dropped 100.000
leaflets Tuesday in a flight over
coastal areas of Communist Chi
na's Fukien Province. Air force
headquarters said the leaflets re
ported on progress in Free China.
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