EIGHT KEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Wednesday, December 29, 1954
Washinf on Pension Union Said
Communist Front Organization
Washington (U.P.) Atty,
Gen. Herbert Brownell Jr. today
asked the Subversive Activities
Control Board to order the
Washington Pension Union, Se
attle to register with the Jus
tice Department as a Communist-front
organization.
Brownell said the union has
chapters throughout the state of
Washington. He said it "is in
turn directed, dominated and
controlled by the Communist
party and has been operated
primarily for the purpose of
giving aid and support to the
Communist party."
The Justice Department said
the Washington Pension Union
was set up in 1937 ostensibly to
promote old age pensions and to
improve the welfare of elderly
persons.
Jet Flight Leader
Killed in Crash
f Pinola, Miss. U.R) Col. Cy
Wilson, who led his jet air wing
on a trophy winning non-stop
flight to England, died in an ap
parent attempt to land an F84F
jet on a highway near here dur
ing a rainstorm, authorities re
ported today.
Sheriff Garret Mullins said
Wilson crashed into a field be
side Highway 20 three miles
west of here last night on a
.flight from Bergstrom Air Force
"Base, Tex., to Turner Air Force
Base, Ga.
' The. plane went down on the
highway with its landing gear
down after circling this Missis
sippi farming community several
times in the rain and bounded
into the field, Mullins said. The
wreckage was scattered a quar
ter of a mile.
Wilson in 1953 was second in
command of a record breaking
flight of his 20 F84 Thunderjets
over the Atlantic ocean from
Georgia to England, with air-to-air
refueling, which won the Air
Force's Mackay trophy for the.
Brownell's petition to the Sub
versive Control Board charged
that soon after . the organiza
tion's formation in 1937 "The
Communist party took control
of it to advance the party's aims
and objectives."
Under the law, a Communist
front organization must register
with the Justice Department the
names of its officers and give
a statement of its receipts and
expenditures.
The board- which was set up
by the so-called McCarran Com
munist control act, reaches its
decisions only after hearings,
which in the past have been extensive.
Decision Upheld
So far, the board has ordered
only the Communist party to
register as a Communist-action
group under the domination and
control of Soviet Russia. Its de
cision was upheld by the U.S.
Court of Appeals here last week.
Brownell's petition said that
since 1937 the Communist party
has maintained control of the
pension union "by placing party
members in key positions in the
union and its chapters."
The department said that the
union has continued to receive
financial and other support from
the Communist party. It said it
has also conducted campaigns
to influence legislation favor
able to the party and has urged
its members to affiliate with the
party.
Truman Library Fund
Over Half-Way Mark
New York U.R) More than
half the money necessary to
build the Harry S. Truman li
brary to house the .former presi
dent's papers has been given and
construction will probably begin
next spring on a knoll in a pub
lic park at Independence, Mo.,
the executive director of the
Library Corporation announced
today.
David D. Lloyd, speaking be
fore a joint lunch meeting of the
Society of American Archivists
and the American Historical As
sociation, said more than $1,
000,000 of the corporators $1,
750,000 goal has been donated.
He said the building, in "simple
modern style, air conditioned
throughout" will contain stack
areas for the presidential
papers, reading and study rooms
for visiting researchers and of
fices for the librarv staff and for
outstanding flight of the year. Mr. Truman.
John Wayne Top
Box Off ice Star
Hollywood (U.R Actor
John Wayne was listed as the
top box-office attraction today
in the annual money-making
stars poll conducted by the Mo
tion Picture Herald.
The Herald, a Hollywood
magazine 'which will officially
announce the money - making
stars in . its Jan.- 1 edition, said
Wayne was the first star in the
history of the poll to recapture
the top spot. He also won in
1950 and 1951.
Behind Wayne in -the top 10
(in order) were Dean Martin
and Jerry Lewis, Gary Cooper,
James ' Stewart, Marilyn Mon
roe, Alan Ladd, William Holden,
Bing Crosby, Jane Wyman and
Marlon Brando.
Others, in order, were June
Allyson, Humphrey ' B o g a r t,
Burt Lancaster, Susan Hayward,
Percy Killbride and Marjorie
Main, Jeff Chandler, Rock Hud
son, Doris Day, Clark Gable,
Ava Gardner, Gregory Peck,
Randolph Scott, Tony Curtis,
Audrey Hepburn and Esther
Williams.
IN Si iOWDOWN France's
powerful Independent depu
ties threw their support to
Premier Pierre Mendes
France in the two all-or-nothing
votes of confidence
that will decide the fate of
his government and of the
Western Grand Alliance.
Mendes-France is reported by
informed sources to be in
creasingly optimistic as the
showdown approaches.
TEA COMPLAINT
Storrs, Conn. U.R) Mrs.
Margaret Etzel-Mattson, a Swed
ish exchange teacher at the Uni
versity ot , Connecticut, com
plains that Americans say one
thing and actually mean some
thing else. When you Amen
cans give an informal tea you
serve punch or coffee never
tea," she said.
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1954 Said Average
Earthquake Year -
Pasadena, Calif." U.R) The
year of 1954 has been about an
average earthquake year for the
world, seismologists at the Calif
ornia Institute of Technology re
ported today.
Drs. Beno Gutenberg and
Charles Richter said they record
ed 20 major earthquakes during
1954. There has been no huge
quake since the one that shook
Japan Nov. 25, 1953, they added.
The Caltech Seismology Lab
oratory has kept a record of
earthquakes throughout the
world for several years. ' ...
Tester Expects To
Speed
In Trip on Sled
Los Angeles - (U.R) Lt. Col.
John P. Stapp, who became "the
fastest man on earth" by travel
ing 632 miles an hour on a
rocket - powered sled, prediqted
today man will exceed the speed
of sound on land by going 1,200
miles an hour.
The 44-year-old Air Force of
ficer said he would try to break
the sonic barrier at sea ' level
(760 miles an hour) in a future
sled test to decide man's toler
ance to sudden wind blasts when
a plane's canopy is fired off in
abandoning jet aircraft.
Sensations Described
The daredevil aero - medical
scientist spoke yesterday at. a
press conference, describing his
sensations in traveling at ' the
record land speed and then
stopping in a second and a half.
The record test, conducted
Dec. 10 aj Holloman Air De
velopment Center in , Alamo
gordo, N.M., was to determine
the acceleration and decelera
tion1 effects on a pilot in high
speed aircraft.
"I've taken 29 such rides
since I started these experiments
in 1947," the officer said, "and
the next one (an attempt to ex
ceed land speed of sound) will
be. my' last. I've had itF :
To Experience Forces
. He said that in his last test he
wants to experience wind pres
sure forces of more than 15,000
pounds on his body.
"This will call for a sled speed
of about 1,200 miles an hour,
which will be the equivalent of
bail-out conditions at 2,000 miles
per hour at 35,000 feet," he
added.
. " Stapp said that such a speed
could be attained with the pres
ent sled, but that the track on
which it streaks would have to
be extended beyond the 3,500
foot length.
A Nkhol's Worth of . . .
Comment On This and That
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' By HARMAN
. United Prow
Washington (U.R) The only
way to avoid a hangover is not
to premeditate it! .
If you don:t
drink on New
Year's E v e,.
the worst you
can wake up
with is a stom
ach ache from
too much
straight egg
no g g or too
many s oft
drinks or - too
much popcorn
Harman Nichols and potato
chips. Or too many olives
wrapped in tired strips of bacon.
- I have been going through the
files of the Distilled Spirits In
stitute, which likes the public to
take a short one once in awhile,
but advocates holding of the
horses before the wobbles set in.
. In the files are recipes for
men and women of no sense.
Also in the files of the institute
is a famous quotation from Wil
liam the Conqueror who woke
up, holding his head, the morn
ing after the celebration of the
Battle of Hastings. Said the Conqueror:
. "I care not who makes these
barbarians' wines. Show me the
man who can remove the bee
hive from an overwrought
brain." - -
Plenty of Remedies
' Around our town, some of the
barkeeps have some remedies of
their own, although few of them
ever touch the stuff they peddle.
In one of the finest hotels the
bartender suggests that after a
hard and, long night a body
ought to partake of a full quart
of milk. And, while you are still
in your PJs the next am take
another quart this one of but
termilk. It helps to remove the
tarnish of the night before." . . .
The quotation without identi
fied, author about the "egg in
your beer," is repeated by anoth
er man in a white apron. This
rascal suggests something awful
for . a cure of the quivers. He
says that you ought to make the
beer a stale one. And please beat
up the egg.
The Safest Method
Yet another barkeep says
that the thing to do if the tummy
won't sit still is to take a jigger
of rye and a demitasse cup filled
with hot tomato soup.
There also are those who tell
you to take some tomato juice,
add a good-sized jigger of Vod
ka, the juice of half a lemon and
a squirt of tabasco sauce.
But. if you have time to listen
curl up on the sofa and take a
lesson from an old lark.
The best way to spend New
Year's Eye is to cuddle up with
a good book. Read "The Raven"
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and maybe some Shakespeare.
And if you are still awake at the
stroke of midnight, have a pink
lemonade, pull the handkerchief
out of your lapel pocket, open
the sash and in a whisper wish
one and all a happy one.
You can't get very bad hurt
that a-way. '
Invade Portland Home
Portland U.R) The Virgil'
H. Evans family - of Portland
wonders if the story of "Goldi
locks and the Three Bears" isn't
more than just a fable. .
; Evans reported to police that
while the family was away for
a day someone broke into his
house, ate a wicker, basket of
popcorn, picked over the re
mains : of ' a Christmas ; turkey,
opened a can of olives, made a
pot of coffee, slept in three
downstairs beds and then neatly
rearranged the bedding.
The intruders left a tube, of
toothpaste which didn't belong
to the Evans, in the bathroom, a
partly empty; carton of soft
drinks in the Jtitchen and a
cracked phonograph record in
the living room.
" Evans said no. valuables were
missing and all his relatives had
been accounted for during the
time the family was gone. -
Recover Record Sum
For Federal Treasury
Washington U.R) The Jus
tice Department recovered a rec
ord $30,000,000 for the federal
treasury this year.
The money was recovered, in
suits against individuals and cor
porations where the government
felt it had been cheated in trans
actions such as the housing
scandals and World War II sur
plus ship deals.
The department also reported
that in fighting suits against the
government, awards , were held
to $23,000,000. This was less
than 10 per cent of the $259,
000,000 originally sought.
Girl Can Return Home;
Pet Cat Has Been Round
Milwaukee, Wis. (U.R)
Three-year-old Cheryl , Louise
Mee can return to her Connec
ticut home now. Her pedigreed
cat has been found.
Cheryl Louise, the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Austin Mee, Old
Mystic, Conn., refused to return
home after her cat disappeared
while she was spending the
Christmas holiday here with her
grandparents. ' .'
A neighbor found the pet
Tuesday two blocks from the
home of Cheryl Louise's grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roland
Westfahl, and returned it to the
child,
Red buoys mark the . right
hand sides of channels of water
ways, entering from seaward.
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JOINS 49er$ Norman (Red)
Strader (above) is all smiles in
San Francisco after signing to
coach the 49ers pro football
team. He signed for "more
than a year" and more than
$20,000.
Arab-Israel War
Claimed Possibility
Seattle U.R) World war of
the atomic variety might be
touched off at any time over the
dispute "between the Arab states
and Israel, Eric Johnston said
here last night. . '
Johnston,' a Spokane native
currently serving as President
Eisenhower's personal represent
ative to advance a development
program in the Near East, said
there still was no peace in Pal
estine between the Arabs and
Jews, v ' , ' " ; :: '
"This is one certainty in the
whole complex and perilous sit
uation the certainty of danger
to the world," Johnston said.
"Any, flame of conflict, occur
ring in this area," he added, "the
Kremlin would be quick to fan.
The Kremlin's principal ally is
chaos." ;
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. Washington (U R) The
American -uduc .power Association-
and Citizens for TVA,
Inc., : today denounced the-proposed
Dixon-Yates power con
tracts as a threat to public pow
er systems. They asked the Se
curities and Exchange Commis
sion not to approve it.
APPA said the project has
many similiartities to untility
company practices which lead
20 years ago to passage of a law
regulationg private utility hold
ing companies.
Citizens for TV A said the pub
lic interest "requires, mainten-
nance of the Tennessee Valley
uncorrupted by the introduction
of energy., from; sources, not
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Portland Chief Calls
For Safer Driving '
Portland U.R) Police Chief
Jim Purcell, describing the
Christmas week end traffic rec
ord here as "discouraging" and
"alarming,"" today called for a
concerted effort for safe driving
over the New Year's holiday. A
near-record total of '126 traffic
accidents were reported here
during the Christmas holiday. ,
Oregon City Editor
Wins Story Award
Oregon" City U.R) D a y
Churchman, news editcr of the
Oregon City Enterprise-Courier,
has been awarded $50Q for his
story of Joseph Poggi, who went
to prison for life-after being
convicted of stealing junk metal
worth $2.50.
The story , will be dramatized
on " the radio-television "B i g
Story" feature. ; - : ...
: Churchman helped in getting .
Poggi released from the state
penitentiary. . . t, 1 ,
The radio version of the Big
Story will be broadcast Jan. 12
with televising scheduled later.
The United States exoorted
about 37 per cent of its cotton
crop in 1952.
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Two Gunmen Hold Up
Bank in Mississippi
Flowood, MISS. tU.PJ TWO
slender gunmen today - robbed
branch bank in this tiny com
munity of between $30,000 and
$35,000 and sprinted into a
wooded area nearby.
Highway patrolmen and peaee
officers converged on the com
munity about four miles east of
Jackson within minute after
the daring daylight holdup abput
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