Families of American
Fliers Doubt Abil ify
To Make China Jaunt
- Vista, Calif. U.F9 Mrs. Hen
ry Stiter, mother of Capt. Elmer
Llewellyn, one of 11 U. S. air
men held by the Chinese Com
munists, said today the news
that families would be allowed
to visit the fliers was "simply
wonderful' . ' ;:'
"Oh, if I only had the money"
Mrs. Stiter said, "I certainly
would make the trip as soon as
possible.
Mrs. Stiter is a civilian em
ployee at nearby Marine Camp
Pendleton.
Boise, Ida. U.R) Mrs. Una
Schmidt, wife of Airman Daniel
C. Schmidt who is a prisoner of
the Chinese Communists, said
today she is extremely anxious
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Retired Farmer, 101,
Dies at Corvallis
Corvallis (U.R) Arthur
Marks, 101-year-old retired
farmer, died Wednesday night
after an illness of less than one
day. .
Marks was born June. 10, 1853
at Long River, Prince Edwards
Island, in Canada. He came to
Oregon in 1875 and homestead-
ed near Yachtas.. ...
Marks was in charge of the
lighthouse at Nootka, B. C. be
tween 1919 and 1920. He had
been living with his daughter in
Corvallis for the past several
years. .-.;.,.-.
to see her husband In Red China
if transportation could be ar
ranged. .'
She added that she couldn't
afford the trip herself, and she
expressed some doubt as. to her
safety should she make the visit.
Schmidt was formerly sta
tioned at '.Mountain Home Air
Force Base, near here. ;
Mrs. Schmidt, who lives here
alone, came to Boise last Decem
ber and works at a local dime
store. . :-i
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Families of the 17 Americans
imprisoned by Red China gen
erally gave a lukewarm recep
tion today to the invitation to
visit them.
The parents of Capt Harold
Fischer, Jr., Swea City, Iowa,
said one of them would definite
ly accept the bid if he is not
released soon. '
The main objection of the
others was the cost anywhere
from $1000 to $2000 roundtrip
just to Hong Kong.' -
Most of the relatives of the
imprisoned men said they
couldn't afford anything '" like
that. y.lv?y::-K';i--
Others wondered whether the
visit would do any good toward
their 'main objective. getting
their boys released and returned
home. ; '''
Headquarters Unit
New York (U.R Airlines of
fering service :" to Hong Kong,
from which American families
presumably could reach Red
China to visit imprisoned fliers,
said today the rount-trip tourist
fare from West Coast ports is
$990. !
Pah American--World Airways
which offers regular service to
the .China entry port, said they
could not, under civil air regu
lations, .offer free trips to any
passengers except by a special
government arrangement.
Round trip fares from New
York to Hong Kong were quoted
as $1669.50 first class and $1188
tourist. First class fare from the
West Coast is $1377 round trip. :
' Washington (U.R) American
officials said today the United
States could, not guarantee pro
tection to relatives who go to
Red China to visit 17 imprisoned
American airmen. -
The State Department refused
immediate ' comment on Red
China's offer to permit the rela
tives of the imprisoned Ameri
cans to visit them. : .
However, State Department
officials were working on a
statement to be issued on the of
fer. - .
Infantry Training
. First Lt. Sebastiano J. Fagone,
commanding officer of Head
quarters company of the Oregon
National Guard's 1st battalion,
will report to Ft. Benning, Ga.,
Jan. 30, for a four-month course
of advanced infantry , officer's
training, , it was announced to
day. - ''.i: r-,
Second Lt. Levi G. Monroe
has been named to the temporary
command of the company during
Fagone's absence. Lieutenant
Monroe is now serving as com
pany executive officer during
the absence of Second Lt. Don
ald M. Ivie, who is now attend
ing school at Ft Benning.
Training Policy ' . .
Lieutenant Fagone pointed
out that it is the policy of the
National Guard to allow as many
officers and men to attend serv
ice school as p'ossible, in order
to . keep up with current train
ing and equipment developments
in tile Army.
The company recently held a
farewell party for Fagone, and
he was presented with a travel
ing kit. The ladies auxiliary
prepared the food and refresh
ments, with Mrs. . R. Greer in
charge of the cakes and pies,
and Mrs. S. R. Bailey decorat
ing the tables. '
Recent federal inspection of
the company resulted in an "ex
cellent" rating for the unit, it
was reported, the highest rating
for ' any - National Guard com
pany which is not at full au
thorized strength. During 'the
inspection it was remarked that
the unit's gain in' strength, by
21 men, was an impressive dem
onstration. '':;, ;'"'
Vacancies Listed ".
The ' company now has a
strength of 66 men and 10 of
ficers, leaving 15 enlisted and 1
officer vacancies. If these are
filled, the company could re
ceive the highest rating, of su
perior, next ' year. 3 There are
vacancies in the communications
platoon, the motor section, the
pioneer and amunition platoon
and the headquarters section. It
is hoped to have the unit at full
strength before "summer camp
in June.
New enlistees joining the com
pany last Monday were Granvil
F. Brittsan Jr., Ronald L. Negles
and George IV Chrisman.
ITS OK BUT ...
San Francisco (U.R) The In'
habitants of San Francisco's
Chinatown today pondered a po
lice announcement that it would
be all right to shoot offt fire;
crackers "to celebrate" the' Chi
nese New Year Jan. 24. ..Police
warned, however, that any one
caught selling or buying any
fireworks would be arrested.
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WHAT? NO SNOW? Just a
week ago snow fell in Las
Vegas, Nev.; for first time in
six years. But we're glad the
desert sun - got rid of - it in
time for us to watch Singer
Abbe Lane frolic in the pool
at the Last Frontier.
Rep. Geary Studies
Electronic doling
Salem U.R) Possibility of
electronic voting in the Oregon
Legislature was studied today by
Edward A. Geary of Klamath
Falls, speaker of the House.
. Geary said he had asked Rep.
Robert L. Elfstrom of Salem , to
observe the operation of v the
time-saving device while he
visited the Washington Legisla
tue at Olympia. The electric
vote recording mechanism is be
ing tried on an experiment ba
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MEDFORO (OREGON) MAIL
Around Hollywood
By ALINE MOSBY
limit fnm CornspMdkiit
Hollywood (U.R) Tele
vision is becoming mora super
col ossaL
Tonight's ' t
"Shower of
Stars" will pre
sent not one
Broadway
show, but
scenes f r o m
six, plus Ethel
Merman with-
out her famous
topknot and
Gene Nelson as
her dance director;-
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AUnaMotby
Instead of seeing one condens
ed stage musical, you can get
compressed versions of six - on
the hour-long color extravagan
za. ' ; ,
Show-stopping musical num
bers from "Eadie was a Lady,"
to There's No. Business ? Like
Show Business" will be served
up by Miss Merman who' has
clipped her topheavy bangs for
the stint. ' '. .
Tuna Backlog - '
"Next season I . hope to use
this show-stopper idea as a.reg
gul show," said composer and
co-composer Jule Styne. "I have
150 tunes from my own Broad
way shows I could use." : .
Another supercollosal is dan
cer Nelson, usually in front of
the cameras, but now .working
alone behind scenes as a choreo
grapher for the first time. ; s
I watched a rehearsal of this
$140,000 show, and it's a minor
miracle how it gets on the air.
The TV wizards accomplish in
nine day's reheasal time what
movie-makers take six months
to do. n
The stage looked like a scene
from a backstage movie.-Nelson,
wearing his usual brown pork
pie hat, rehearsed his 16 dances
while director Seymour, Burns
and - producers Styne ; and Nat
Perrin paced . back and forth.
Grips .were practicing shifting
the 10 colorful sets.
Tonight 65 persons will work
on camera and 34 technicians
behind the camera. But Perrin
said production of color shows
isn't as, frantic as when they
were inaugurated last fall.
0 "We may be; a few minutes
over and have to cut; the pro
gram right before show time,"
he said. 'IBut , we . had to cut
three minutes from "Lend an Ear
while it was on the air one of
the. most phenomenal things on
TV. L . r- -
" "We use pre-recorded numbers
now so the sets can be moved
and the noise not heard. We've
also learned to test the costumes
in motion. Once we had to dye
Betty Grable's , white gown
hours befqre the show because
it photographed like a blur.
"Above all," Perrin ; added,
"we have, learned to be calm.
That is the most important
thing." :
Bing Crosby Active
After Operation
1 : Hollywood U.PJ Bing . Cros
by, as nonchalant as .when he
sings in the movies, 'read his
mail, dictated letters and con
ducted his business from his hos
pital bed today.
j-k T h e crooner,' recuperating
quickly from his twoiour kid
ney stone operation Wednesday;
is taking the . experience cas
ually.. . . . - ""v':-v1
"He called the office and ask
ed for the mail," reported broth
er Larry Crosby! "Then he dic
tated some orders to me, about
handing : out trophies for the
Pebble Beach golf tournament.
. "He has a tape recorder next
to his bed so I imagine he'll send
down a load of letters to us to
day. He seems to be in a very
good frame of mind."
The crooner; is scheduled to
leave the hospital in 10 days
and head for his Palm Springs
home to recuperate.
Skeletons Removed FromSconD of Crash
Seattle (U.PJ Skeletons of
four persons who died in a light
plane crash near, here four years
ago were recovered by a search
party yesterday afternoon.
:lThe victims were Archie Hop
per, 52, formerly 'of Portland
who piloted the ' plane; his son,
Lyle, 32; a friend, Olive Howard,
Warrenton, and a niece, Mrs. Jo
sephine Hayes, San Rafael, CaL
. Wreckage of the plane .was
found late Wednesday by two
timber cruisers for the Crown
Zellerbach Corporation. A ' se
rial number found on the wreck
age identified it as the Hopper
plane. The bodies - were identi
fied by personal effects.
Thejplane, a fourplace Fair
child monoplane,' took off from
Astoria Feb. 11, , 1951 en route
to California. It apparently
crashed into the heavily wooded
hillside a few minutes .later in
heavy fog.; ,
FOURTH TRY -"Madison,
Wis. UJD Uarion
and Gerald A. Endres are going
to tryt it; again. Granted their
third divorce recently, the
couple told Cicuit Judge Her
man W. Sachtjen Wednesday it
was "all a mistake" and they
would like to start all over
again.' Sachtjen agreed to set
aside divorce decree No. S.
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