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Secret Records of Congressional Trips
Abroad Ordered Bared for Public Look
Washington (U.P.) The De
fense Department today ordered
closely guarded records of con
gressional junketing unlocked in
preparation for making them
public for the first time.
The Pentagon, acting on the
urging of a non-junketing mem
ber of Congress, said it would
disclose how many congessmen
used military transportation for
overseas travel and how many
took their wives, aides and
"guests" along.
The decision became known
at the same time the government-owned
Panama Canal Co.
clamped a lid of secrecy on how
many congressmen are taking
15-day cruises to Panama at tax
payer expense aboard company
liners.
W. M. Whitman, company sec
retary, told a reporter that it
was a "long standing" policy of
the company's board of directors
to keep secret how many con
gressmen are taking the free
cruises.
Records in Storage
The Defense Department said
"several thousand" flight mani
fests must be hauled out of stor
age jn Kansas City, Mo., and
examined along with records of
"hundreds of changes" in con
gressional itineraries before full
details of congressional junkets
are made public. The depart
ment said it would take between
six and eight weeks to compile
the records.
Members of Congress, flock
ing to all parts of the globe,
probably racked up an all-time
record for overseas junkets this
year. About 400 members are
believed to have made trips
abroad, mostly at taxpayer ex
pense. Many went to Russia.
The military services, which
supply most of the transporta
tion and some of the meals and
lodging, never have disclosed
how many congressmen were ac
commodated. And many mem
bers of Congress have been
happy to let that information
stay bottled up in the Pentagon.
Member Critical
Catholic Crusade
On Movies Planned
Washington (U.R) Ameri
can Catholic bishops today an
nounced a crusade against im
moral movies which they said
-have reached a record high in
the United States.
The bishops accused Ameri
can movie producers of laxity in
applying the Hollywood produc
tion code, which is designed to
eliminate objectionable films
They criticized both producers
and theater operators for "re
luctance . . . to accept their full
responsibility for the moral and
social .character of theater enter
taiament." They said their campaign will
include revitalizing the Catholic
Legion of Decency which screens
movies and other art forms.
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But one non-junketing mem
ber, who cannot now be named,
has been critical of his col
leagues' globe-trotting and has
asked the defense department
point blank for the full story.
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Bomb in Iowa College
Endangers
Ames, la. '(U.R) Authorities
began a needle in a haystack
search today for the person or
persons who planted a home
made bomb in an Iowa State
College dormitory, endangering
the lives of 136 co-eds.
The device was found, chained
to the bannisters of a stairway.
An automobile horn blared out
in the early morning hours Mon
day, awakening janitor Arthur
Larson.
Larson found the box contain
ing an automobile battery, five
sticks of dynamite, and an
ingenious" triggering device,
with a note thumbtackd on the
outside.
"Read carefully!!" it said. "No
one need get hurt. The device
will detonate 20 minutes after
horn sounds or on movement of
box."
Police Chief Orville Erickson
said Larson risked his life by
ripping the. device apart, dis
connecting the detonator cap.
The detonator circuit ran
through a mousetrap, held open
by an alarm clock. Twenty min
utes after the warning of the
auto horn first sounded, the trap
would have been sprung, setting
off five sticks of dynamite.
Considered Prank
College officials apparently
considered the affair a prank,
Erickson said, and authorities
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replied that the information
would be supplied.
"I wish to point out, how
ever," Fleischer said, "that due
to the numerous last minute
changes which occur in the mem
bership of congressional groups
traveling abroad plus hundreds
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were not notified until yester
day. They began an exhaustiva
check, theorizing that a rejected
suitor might be responsible, or
an emotionally unstable "me
chanical genious."
"We can't fathom it yet," "Sgt.
Warner, Pleisch
Return from Meet
W. J. Warner, president of
Jackson County Federal Sav
ings and Loan association, and
John H. Pletsch, manager, re
turned this week from Florida
where they attended the 63rd
annual convention of the United
States Savings and Loan league.
The convention, held at Miami
Beach, Fla., was attended by
more than 3,000 delegates.
Primarily the business con
cerned industry's position in the
field of finance, and also stud
ied were problems - of construc
tion of new homes and refinanc
ing homes already built. A con
tinued growth in the home
building field is anticipated be
cause of the increase in birth
rate, Pletsch reported.
Pletsch made the trip both
ways by United Air lines and
stopped over in Chicago to visit
savings and loan companies
there. He is first vice-president
in the Oregon state league, and
is also secretary and treasurer
of the Medford firm.
At Granville, 111., he visited
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
G. Pletsch, who soon will ob
serve their 52nd wedding anni
versary. Pope Silent on
Vision of Christ
Castel Gandolo, Italy (U.R)
Pope Pius XII made his first pub
lic appearance today since the
announcement of his vision of
Christ, but he did not refer to it
in his cheerful conversation with
pilgrims.
Looking bronzed and in ex
cellent health,, the 79-year-old
Pope said farewell to the resi-
! dents of this Alban Hills vil
j lage outside Rome preparatory to
I returning Saturday to the Vat
I ican for the winter.
I The pontiff acknowledged the
! cheers of thousands in the court
yard of his summer palace.
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while outside the United States,
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Thomas Lyttle said. "We don't
know what he had in mind."
Curfew for the co-eds sounded
at 10:30 p.m. Sunday night, and
police believed the bomb was
planted some time after that
hour.
Biggest Christmas
Buying Spree Seen
Washington (U.P.) Ameri
cans probably are starting on
the biggest Christmas buying
spree in history, government ec
onomists said today.
Last December, they broke all
previous records and depart
ment store sales were 4 per cent
higher than in December, 1953.
Now there are even more people
with jobs and they are making
more and spending more. This is
bound to have an effect on the
Christmas buying.
For one"thing, the Bureau of
Statistics reported yesterday that
the average factory worker's pay
and purchasing powers were at
new record levels in October.
Quarles Enters Into
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Army-Air force Tiff
Washington (U.R) Air
Force Secretary Donald A.
Quarles has stepped into a long
smouldering Army-Air Force
feud over how the Army should
use its own air arm.
Quarles disclosed last night
that he overruled an Air Force
general who tried unsuccessful
ly to block the Army from test
ing its new "sky cavalry" unit
during Operation Sagebrush, the
Louisiana war games.
But Quarles emphasized that
he acted "without prejudice" to
the basic issue of whether the
Army should operate its heli
copters and light planes as it sees
fit. He said he overruled Air
Force Gen. O. P. Weyland only
to permit the Army to test its
air unit. .
Bombay Police Stoned
In Aftermath of Riot
Bombay, India U.R) A party
of police in North Bombay was
stoned today in an aftermath of
Monday's rioting which killed 12
persons.
Property damage in the riot
ing was estimated today at two
million dollars. ,
The rioting, was in protest
against proposed partition of
Bombay State into three separ-
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Deepening of Yaquina
Channel To Get Support
Newport, Ore. (U.R) Four
members of the Port of New
port board will go to Washing
ton, D. C, to protest army en
gineers' opposition to a proposal
to deepen the Yaquina channel
and bar.
The members will appear be
fore the engineers board of re
view next Monday and Tuesday.
Engineers claimed the channel
and bar project would be too ex
pensive, but they approved a
smaller project to lengthen and
deepen a turning basin in the
bay.
Pickin' Pears
BILL HURN
Jim Rea, pianist and leader
of the Camp White orchestra
finds his services as an enter
tainer justified by an investiture
made by Special Services of an
Electronic Solovox addition for
the auditorium piano. This is
the latest type and was pur
chased locally to augment enter
tainment efforts and possibil
ities for the members. Its use
will find special adaptation on
the piano in the several ward
trips of the Christmas season.
Navy Mothers were bested by
the snow on their plans for
Wednesday's parties, so Special
Service filled the gap in the eve
ning with bingo, followed by
"coffee and" to a goodly num
ber, who also stayed in because
of the weather.
A cavalcade of 67 cars (and
that a hurried count made in
the rain long before show time),
caravanned the troupe of the
Darrel Holt Studio of Grants
Pass to Camp White for a Sun
day afternoon presentation. The
large accompanying rooters' sec
tion for their kiddies on the
program brought gramps and
grams, parents and tiny brothers
and sisters in -arms to augment,
an already SRO group of Camp
White members. So the visitors
balcony was as well-packed as
the main floor.
In a program of 39 -numbers
of solo, novelty and team danc
ing of tads from three to 17
years of age, there comes a list
ing of 114 participants, many
however doubling in acts. The
group representation comprised
some 40 homes, some coming
irom as tar away as Glendale.
F. J. Glonning, chief of special
services, presented Katte Clas
sic as the first of the three junior
girl emcees announcing the pro
gram. Tvo of them featured in
solo presentations later, Bobbe
Lou Davis with two appearances.
.The third, Lavone Pool, has been
temporarily side-lined with an
injured shoulder. Mention is
due little Katte Classic, for her
ability 'out front' but her Baton
Twirl was a real Classic.
VFW Auxiliary gets credit
for sponsorship and that group
can well feel on this show just
as you do when you score from
second on a bunt, with a 50-yard
touchdown pass, caging a basket
from behind the center-jump
circle, making that eagle for hol
ing out of the rough and into
the cup, which picks up the 7-10
split for a spare.
An especially gratifying turn
out greeted F. J. Glonning,
chairman of VAVs advisory com
mittee, . at Elks Temple Friday
night for the November meet
ing of this group.
VA staff representation head
ed by E. K. Ricker, manager,
and his assistant, J. H. Denning,
the two chaplains, special ser
vices, recreation, nursing and
library executives were present.
Fourteen organizations compris
ing the Legion and Auxiliary.
Red Cross, Blue Star Mothers,
BPOE, DAV auxiliary, Military
Order of Cooties, and their Lady
Bugs, National Woman's Relief
Corps, National Catholic Com
munity service, Navy Mothers
club, Spanish War Veterans aux
iliary, and VFW with its auxil
iary were in attendance.
The minutes detailing the
agenda, reports and progresses
comprize two and one-half typed
sheets single Spaced in
listing accomplishments of the
past month and outlining pro
jects and aims ahead. '
Special guests were intro
duced and brought brief mes-
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rmy Revises Security Rules
Protect
Washington (U.R) The
Army today revised its person
nel security regulations to pro
tect the individual soldier against
unsubstantiated or 4 anonymou6
charges.
The revised regulations pro
vide that information which
might prejudice an individual's
reputation shall not be included
in his official personnel file ll
News and Notes
From Camp White
sages, the American Legion Na
tional Field Representative,
Dennis A. Sullivan, and Glen
Howe, department service offic
er. A new addition to the com
mittee of the National Catholic
Community service, introduced
W. E. Driscoll, representative,
and William Driscoll, alternate,
to the welcoming group.
A goodly turnout was harl at
the bi-monthly VFW auxiliary
Monday night dance. A surpris
ing number of new faces was
noted, both of ladies in attend
ance and of new member addi-
;aons into the Domiciliarv. all
of the newcomers being expres
sive oi surprize and pleasure
from the evening.
Chaps Roadside Rascals also
made an initial appearance for
dances here and save an eniov-
able musical evening to dancers
and the large group of specta
tors.
Veldon J. Diment, contact of
ficer, is in reception of congrat
ulations for escaping of injuries
from the accidental skidding into
the ditch on his trip to Portland
last week. He and Shirley Bran-
nock of the Medford VA office
were driving in the Brannock
car and near Cottage Grove
struck ice and snow and piled
up. Neither were injured but
some $300 damage was done to
the car. They proceeded on to
Portland for the contact officer
refresher course by bus and
train and returning, picked up
the car at Eugene to complete
their tou of duty.
Ashland Elks 944 under state
district chairman for . National
Veterans Service commission,
Emil B. Kroeger, brought a va
riety show to Camp White Frl
day evening, the 18th.
The talent was wholly local
to the Rogue River area, with
an exceptional program. Some
bf the songs were even local,
being from the pens of members
of the So-Ore Song Writers club,
featured by the four vocalists
from Ashland, Nancy Kaylor,
Betty Caldwell, Ernestine Hart
ley and Ken Zimmerman. David
Ashton of Medford, a guitarist
with songs was of the vocal
group numbers.
The show was opened with a
piano-organ duo comprising Miss
Edna Dougherty, at the console
of the VA chapel organ, and Foss
Kramer at the piano and they
closed the bill as well. They re
sponded to the enthusiastic
'hand' of the audience to the ex
tent of playing all during the re
freshment serving. The refresh
ment and a cigarette distribution
was handled by volunteer assist
ants of the lodge. i
Chairman Kroeger announced
that the Elks , would bring a
Bingo evening to the Domicil
iary Friday the 25th. The mem
bers are beginning to realize
that BPOE may really stand for
Best People On Earth.
Office Burglars Do
Job the Hard Way
Atlanta, Ga. (U.R) Police'
said burglars who broke into
the office of a manufacturing
firm apparently believed in do- j
ing everything the hard way. j
The burglars smashed a win-;
dow although the front door was
unlocked. They wrecked a bus
iness machine to get at a cash
drawer below although they
could have opened the drawer by
pushing a button. Then they got
their only loot, a few nickels,
by smashing a soft drink mach-
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individual Soldier
such information ig "unsup
ported." Rebuttal Opportunity
The regulations also provide
that in general, no adverse in
formation can be made a part of
an individual's record without
his knowledge or without an op
portunity to make a rebuttal to
the charges.
The new regulations resulted
from an overhauling of the se
curity program ordered by Army
Secretary Wilber M. Brucker
last summer. "They follow by
only a few days a new Defense
Department directive specifying
that draftees suspected of being
security risks will be investi
gated before, rather than after,
being inducted.
The Senate subcommittee on
constitutional rights called Je-
St. Peter's Lutheran
Sets Special Service
Thanksgiving day services
will be held at St. Peter's Luth
eran church, 1020 East Main st,
at 10 a.m. Thursday, according
to the pastor, the Rev. Kenneth
Korby.
The service will be different
in that there will be no organ
ized sermon as such, but instead
a continuous meditation on the
Communion liturgy, a sort of
liturgy in slow motion, the pas
tor said.
He added that the central act
of the Christian congregation at
worship is the act of Thanks
giving, both for the Word of
God and for God's grace. The
meditations on the Liturgy are
designed to emphasize thanks
giving, and to . concentrate on
the Christian foundation for
thanksgiving.
All people of the vicinity are
invited to attend, especially
those who have no other church
connections.
Special Thanksgiving
Services Announced
A special Thanksgiving. service
is announced by First Church of
Christ, Scientist, for 11 a.m.
Thanksgiving day. The service
will be held in the Odd Fellows
lodge hall, 221 West Sixth st.
Open to the public, the service
will include voluntary testi
monies of gratitude by Christian
Scientists and a special lesson
sermon for the day, "Thanks
giving," will be read. Included
will be selections from the Bible
and from the Christian Science
textbook, "Science and Health
With Key to the Scriptures," by
Mary Baker Eddy. The lesson
will emphasize the importance
of expressing gratitude.
LOWEST TAX BILL
Coos Bay, Ore. (U.R) This
should end arguments about who
has the lowest tax bill: A re
forestation tax statement made
out to C. and E. E. Isaacson of
Coos county amounts to SO. 02
two cents according to Deputy
Collector Albert E. Armstrong.
Dead line Sunday Classified is at
noon Saturday; 10 a.m Monday for
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rome D. Fenton, the Pentagon's
specialist on personnel security,
for questioning today. Fenton
handles the security program
for civilian employees in the de
fense establishment and the in
dustrial security program at de
fense plants.
The new Army regulations
state they are designed to pre
clude two types of information
from being filed in an Individ
ual's record: '
1. "Unsupported or unacted
upon adverse matter, other than
counter intelligence information,
which will prejudice the indi
vidual's reputation or future in
the military service."
z. Allegations which have
been satisfactorily rebutted and
or have not resulted in elimina
tion or disciplinary action."
Opportunity To Reply
The regulations state flatly
that "no anonymous communica
tion will be made a parf 6f the
individual's record."
To give an individual an op
portunity to rebut allegations,
the regulations provide that "no
adverse matter . . . will be made
a part of an individual's record
without his knowledge and an.
opportunity being afforded him
either to make a written state
ment in reply to the adverse in
formation ... or to decline, in.
writing, to make such a state
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