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Newspaper Page Texto oxn oobso o ooo dodd -e Css Cfes s Vss jnr mj i 1 wait I j 3 POUNDDD 1651 "O -;0- 00 Z3 boo Koire " i 1 I" t - ' ; - ; By William R. Moore SEOUL, Korea, Thursday, Oct. 21-(;p)-Prime Minister Lee Bum Suk announced today the Korean army is pursuing army insurgents into the hills of southern Korea and predicted the cornnuuiist-inspired revolt would be ended quickly. Lee gave the death toll, as over 400 Korean soldiers land police. American troops have not been involved and there was no indication (sj MANCHURIA MANCHURIA MUKDCM IOO IIAIUH MKIS Revolt Flares la South Korea Two years ago the voters of Salem approved amendments to the city charter -which reduced the council in size from 14 to seven members and authorized the appointment of a city man ager who . would have general charge of city administration. Now amendments are proposed which would not throw our gov ernment back to the former coun cilmanic form, but would estab lish a commission form of gov ernment. There would be a mayor and two commissioners, each su preme in his field as adminis trator. "? I do . not see how this plan would work either for economy or efficiency. You set up three paid administrators who draw a total of $15,500 against a present ' city manager whose salary is $9,000. Tou would still need your technically qualified men to ad- minister bureaus: water depart ment, police fire.- engineer's of- : flee, airport, health. - And you still would run the risk- of lark of coordination between depart ments. There is also a real danger that If the wrong man got in as com missioner 'of public health and safety our law enforcement would cava in, with no remedy except the difficult one of recall.' For tho commissioner would be the boss of the police department. Ha would set the policies. With just little encouragement from tho top the town could run wide open and it would require a ma jor operation to restore decency through law -enforcement. It seems to me that the pro gress made in less than two years under the city manager plan is so great and the legitimate criti cisms so minor that it should be endorsed by a heavy vote against the amendments presently offer ed. If the experience had been poor and it hasn't it should get a longer period for testing. Here we are a rapidly growing city, with many and. serious problems. We need a represen tative council who can express the public viewpoint and adopt policies that appear best for the city. Then we need capable, hon est, efficient administration to put those policies into effect. This is the "system we are working under now. By all means it should be retained so that Salem can meet and solve the vexing problems now before Its citizens. Skirts Reverse Trend PORTLAND. Oct. 10-WVSkirts re going to get shorter again maybe. Mildred Bedell, stylist of a Port land department store, said today upon her return from eastern fash Ion centers that skirts "may be a little shorter" next-spring. Bathing suits also art going to be scantier, she said. Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH p May Mol Not aiarJ tney would be called to help sup- press the day-old insurrection in the UJ5. occupation zone. TJie prime minister lof the new south Korean republic said the in surgents raided the f arsenal at Yosu, south coast seaport where the uprising began f yesterday; freed communist prisoners in jail and armed them. f Augmented by civilian sympa thizers, he said the rioting troops plundered and tortured the towns men and raped Yosu Women.. He did not say how many Koreans participated in the outbreak. Fig ures have ranged from 600 to 800 soldiers to a police estimate of 4.000 troops and followers. Deaths Estimated The new brigade commander and 20 to 30 more Korean army officers at Yosu were killed, said Lee. The home ministry estimates 100 police died in Yosui 300 others in Sunchon. f Lee, who also is defense min ister, said the outbreak was planned months ago by commun ists. South Korea remained under martial law. Newspapers were not allowed to publish anything about the uprising for fear it would fo ment unrest in the '' politically charged little nation. J Red Flag Hoisted Lee said the insurgents had hoisted the flag o north Korea's Russian - sponsored communist government at both Yosu and Sun chon. He said Sunchon suffered the same fate as Yosu, fcfut gave no further details. The revolt in the new republic, founded only August 15, came as Russia announced it was pulling troops out of north Korea. No large rebel force has arrived at any point where the Korean army has concentrated to halt movements toward Kwahgju, cap ital of south Cholla province at the southwest corner of Korea. Legion Urges Outlawing jof Communism MIAMI, Fla.. Oct. 20 i-GP- The American Legion today called for the outlawing of communism in the United States and vigorously applauded Gov. Earl Warren of California who voiced Support of universal military , training. The 30th national Legion con vention adopted a stroifgly-word-ed resolution recommending con tinuation of loyalty checks and the establishment of k civilian board for investigating "every employe or applicant to the fed eral government." It called for stamping out "in all schools, colleges and universi ties the operations of i American Youth for Democracy." I The reso lution outlawing communism re solved "that we do urge con gress to enact legislation enabling legislation toward outlawing the communist party in the United States in order to stamp out this Kremlin-controlled menace." Warren, republican vice presi dential nominee, declared "Every American should be trained to do his part in the protection of his home as well as his nation." Harold E. Stassen, republican leader, declared: i . "You can never win peace by coddling communism at home or abroad. Peace can be J won only by force, determination and cour age . . . you can never win a peace by missions to Moscow." Fog Severs Air activity at the Salem air port was halted again Wednesday night by fog which had delayed all flights and cancelled one by United Air lines, officials report ed early Thursday. Salem wasn t the only spot hampered by the heavy blanket of fog. however. With f all points along the Pacific coast reporting limited air, ground and water travel. 1 Commercial airlines! resumed schedules Wednesday g afternoon when the fog cleared ifor a few hours, but all planes were ground ed again as it swept back in dur ing the late evening, f Snow was the order f the day again at Crater lake with the state highway commission pre dicting some fall for Thursday in its daily road report. f ; 3 Salem M$n Hurt in Wreck l - i : Three Salem area men were in the Good Samaritan hospital at Corvallis Wednesday following a head-on crash about mm. .be tween their car and pne stolen from Medford. I ! Listed as in fair condition Wed nesday night were Charles C. Grover and Charles A- Gorrell, both of 1037 E. 6th stf West Sa lem, ana Guy Carnovfer, 595 N. 17th st. Si Th driver of the stolfn car, ap parently unhurt, if led into the fields about two miles north of Corvallis. The crash occurred in Air Activity dense fog on the hxshwajr 88 W. NINETY-EIGHTH TEAR 33 Killed as Plane Crashes in Scotland Airliner BbUnd for Neir York PRESTWiCK. Scotland, Thurs day, Oct. 21 -(JP)- A new York bound Royal Dutch Airlines (KLM) Constellation crashed into a field neaf here early today and 33 Were unofficially reported killed. ! KLM officials issued no state ment on the casualties, but other authorities j fixed the death list at that number. Seven of the 30 passengers jand 10 crewmen were reported to have survived the flaming crash. Among the survivors were five men and two women one an f American. All were seriously in jured. Among those reported dead was the pilot, !a noted Dutch flier named Capt. Parmentier. (KLM inj New York identified the pilot ass Koene D. Parmen tier, one of! Holland's most noted fliers. He jwas the line's chief pilot.) The American woman, reported in grave condition, was identified at Kilmarnock Royai infirmary as Mrs. Matilda Rohrs of New Jer sey. (No home address avail able.) Hospital attendants said she was the most seriously in jured of the survivors. A majority of the 33 were trap ped, in the burning wreckage Others, however, were thrown clear, some as far as 50 yards. Among the other survivors were the Dutch air hostess and one of the I crew. The cause or the crash was termed a inystery, although it was presumed the plane struck high tension cable while cir cling low td land. Later it plowed through telephone wires, disrupt ing communications. Israel Silent On Truce; New Fighting Flares TEL AVtV, Israel. Oct. 20-GP) Fighting flared with new vio lence in southern Palestine to night as the Israeli cabinet met without acting on the United Na tions security council's cease-fire order. I (All Arab countries will join in the presen Palestine warfare as the result i of Israel's continued "aggression? against Egypt and disregard of the cease-fire order, Abdul Rahman Azzam Pasha, secretary -I general of the Arab league, told newsmen Wednesday night in Cairo. A 35-minute air raid I alert was sounded tonight in the Egyptian capital.) Tho cabinet adjourned for a recess tonight without reaching a decision bn a cease-fire order. A Jerusalem dispatch said the fighting had spread to southwest of Jerusalem where Egyptian and Israeli forces wero reported lock ed in bloody fighting for the past five days. Three Jewish battalions attemDted to encircle the Egyp tians at Bethlehem and Beit JalaH south of Jerusalem. ' The Jews occupied Walaja and part! of Sharafat, but were driv en out later in successful Egyp tion counterattacks, the Jerusalem advices said. TO PROBE DEFENSES SEATTLE, Oct. 20-)-Rep. Henry Jackson (D-Wash) said to day he wiB fly to Alaska soon to gather, first-hand details for the house appropriations committee on the state of tho territory's defenses. Police Continue to Search for Masked Bandit in Silverton Case SILVERTON, Oct. 20-(Special) -City police today continued their search for a masked bandit who slugged a nurse and took $4,500 concealed in the stockings of an elderly woman invalid whila she lay helpless in bed at her home here! Tuesday night, j Victims I of the daring holdup early Tuesday night were Mrs. Dee Worden, 81, an invalid for the past few i months after ; suffering a stroke, and Mrs. Anna Rise, 61, a practical purse who was slugged by the intruder. The bandit, police said, entered the Worden home at 215 Coolidge st. by walking through a side en trance. Mrs. Rise made attempt to halt! the thief, but was battered several times with a blunt instru ment in a I i brief scuffle in the hall way; Mrs. Rise suffered a two- inch forehead laceration. 14 PAGES. Jurors Hear Testimony in DALLAS Hearing testimony In the first degree mnrder trial of Amos Sooter Wednesday Is this Polk county circuit court Jury: Upper row, left to right, Genevieve Lefever, Woodrow Wilson. Ann E. Woerth, E. D. Long. Delia M. Swanstrom. William J. Stockholm; lower row, Jnanita Gohrke, RltUa Kerber. Florence Howard, Esther Mitchell, Grace Savery. Water J. Kerr. Legality of Vote In Lebanon to Get Court Test LEBANON, Oct. 20-(Special)- Legality of an election here Sep tember 31 to make city offices appointive was contested Wednes day by the Lebanon city council. The council decided to give the measure a court test after can didates for the various offices Questioned the legality of the election. City Attorney Frank My er told the council that the city might be forced to duplicate sal aries if a candidate won on the ballot and was not appointed Jan uary 1. The vote is being contested on two clauses of the city's charter which require mailing of pamph lets describing the issue to all eu gible voters five days prior to an election. The city council ad mitted ordering only 1,200 pamph lets for the more than 2,500 voters and half of those were mailed only four days before the elec tion. Ballots for the city in the No vember 2 general election had al ready been printed before the issue went to a vote last month and will carry the names of candidates. In lieu of a court decision, not expected before the election, vot ers will choose city officers by bal lot. If the measure is ruled valid bv the courts, offices will be filled by appointment January L Chest Drive in Final Stages Salem Community Chest's cam paign iorce weni mio me iinu . ( Al Ml 1 auditing itaee Wednesday, but cleanup solicitation will continue for another week in a final at tempt to reach the $110,000 goal. Camoaien Chairman Alfred W. Loucks said the auditing by Wed nesday night indicated upwards of $100,000 collected so far, but a final accounting will not be ready for several days. The last unoffi cial report from campaign chair men showed about $94,000. CamDaisn headquarters will continue to operate at 235 S. Com mercial st. through next week, Loucks said. C. A. Kells has left the campaign force post of campaign committee director to go to Medford where he is heading a Josephine county chest drive. When Mrs. Rise ran for help at a next-door neighbor's home, the man ran to Mrs. Worden's bed room, pulled back the bedcovers and removed the $4,500 in cur rency from a pair of black silk stockings which he pulled from the legs of the ill woman. Police Chief V. S. Groasnlckle said that authorities are convinc ed the bandit was a local man, well acquainted with the fact that Mrs. Worden was keepmg a large sum of money at the house. He said she faad been in possession of the cash for about six months. Mrs. I Rise, who has been em ployed by Mrs. Worden tor about three months, said the thief was about five feet two or three inches tall and wore waist overalls. He did not talk during the holdup. His face, she said, was covered by a whits handkerchief. The Oregon Statesman Salem, ti an niim"ii vtt "it ft n -f ffi -V... it Pictured daring a recess in Polk county circuit court's mnrder trial Wednesday is (at left) Amos Sooter, Dallas route 2, the defendant who is charred with the murder of Fred Baley. At rlht la tho defense attorney, Bruce Spanlding. of Salem. (Photos by Don Dill, Statesman staff photographer.) Psychiatrist Pictures Sooter as Unstable9 By Marrnerito Oloeson Valley Editor, Th Statesman DALLAS. Oct. 20-(Special)-Amos Sooter, facing trial here for the shotgun slaying of Fred Baley unstable person capable of doing desperate things when pushed" in Dr. J. C. Evans' testimony this afternoon. The former Oregon state hospital superintendent, second witness for the defense, followed Sooter on the stand after three-hour exam ination and cross examination of the defendant. Sooter has pleaded innocent to the first degree murder charge. Dr. Evans said ht had devoted two hours to an exam ination of Sooter September 21 af ter first having talked with per sons knowing about the case. He said Sooter had been under an emotional strain and came from a family with an unstable ; back ground, some members now being n mental hospitals in Texas. Because of the background and the strain, Sooter might have been in a psychotic state at the time of the shooting. Dr. Evans said, "but am not wise enough to know whether he was or was noL" The defendant testified he and his wife had been quarreling over the relationship between the Baley and Sooter families. At one point, he said. "Baley paid entirely too much attention to my wife." Sooter testified that he and his wife had reconciled heir differ ences since he had been put in jail following Baley's death. Mrs. Sooter. testifying this af ternoon, said she had been at the Baley home, Wednesday, August 11, the day before the snooting and testified that Baley had come home drunk and said he had been lookine all afternoon for Sooter and would have killed him If he found him. (Additional details on page 2.) Weather Max. - ts 64 60 Min. 3 43 1 24 43 Prclp. .aa .00 trace M trace Salem Portland San Francisco Chicago IfO York N 53 Willamette river -2-3 feet. FORECAST (from U.S. weather tu- cloudy today, tonight and Friday. Fos this morning, liftins considerably by noon. High today near 9. Low tonight near 44. SALEM PRECIPITATION (Sept. 1 to Oct. 21) ThU Year Last Year S3 Average S-M 4.41 Oregon. Thursday, October 21, Sooter Case f Lj I 1 ' August 12, was described as "an WU Coeds to Distribute Dewey-Warren Buttons Several coeds from the Willam ette university campus will take political action today on behalf of the Young Republican club, re ports Lee Zohler, club secretary. A group headed by Ernestine Vosper, Oakland, Calif., student here, are planning to pass out Dewey-Warren campaign buttons to passersby on downtown Salem streets, it was reported. -: .-.".'.jyai J i ' 'tV'.,, " ' i XT iff I : f '& ' ; I I - ft '' ' 9 'l I '-,'! - f ' ' " 1 f r 7 s o fft'l ''i Northwest Flower, Garden Fair Starts Saturday at Armory By Lillie L. Madsen Farm Editor, The Statesman If you like sales, come to the Northwest Flower and Garden fair at the Salem armory Saturday, says George Malstrom, who is in charge of the sale and public auc tion features of the Salem Men's Garden club event this week end. Members of the club and their friends have donted huge quanti ties of garden material for the sale. Small items will be placed on a sales' table to be available throughout the show. Larger items will be put up for auctions which will be held at 4 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Saturday, with the final auc tion at 7 p.m. Sunday night. First of Its Kind This fair is the first event of this kind ; in the northwest, and many novel Ideas have been planned. Including the airmail competition for the out of state men s clubs wmcn is piannea to encourage the showing of speci men vases of flowers, with no re strictions as to size or type, by out of state clubs. The theme this year will be The Oregon Territorial Centen 1948 Price Building Mark Set In Salem Salem construction edged to $6 9071184 Valuation Wednesday to topi 1947's all-time record Itotal by nearly $9,000, although nearly 214 months remaining on the 1948 cal endar. Running the building permits for the year to a new mark was C. V. Prtgge, 351 N. Cottage sL, whv received a permit Wednesday to repair j and reroof a garage at a cost of ! $200. D. J. Callahan moved the total well over! the . mark when! he was authorized construction ofia house at 2170 Nebraska ave. to test $8, 900; I -' Several; major construction Jobs in Salem have contributed to the 1948 record. The new state office building begun in June i swelled thejtotal by $1,700,00. Pacific Mu tual Life Insurance company's Capitol street shopping center ad ded! 5534,500 and the dormitory school building for the state deaf School $300,000. Frerich Troop Column Rushes To Strike Area PARIS,! Oct 20 -JP) $ixty to 80 itrucklpads of troop reinforce ments were rushed into the coal mine area of south central France to quen violence tonight as France's strike troubles grew. Fifty persons were Injured when 1,200 factory workers and striking miners fought with police and troops st; St. Etienne. Police and troops for a time were cornered under a bridge and pelted with stones. Miners'! wives Joined in the at tack and five of them were among tno sz finally arrested. From 8,000 to 10,000 troops al ready were in the area before ad ditional troops were sent i tonight. Meanwhile, rail traffic along the Riviera was disrupted by a 24 hour regional strike by commun ist 'unions as a demonstration of sympathy with the miners who have been out 17 days. The general confederation of la bor's communist leaders called for an unlimited general strike in the Tarn department, northeast of Toulouse,; which has 297,000 in habitants; i Skunk Repair Shop Opens STAFFORD SPRINGSj Conn., Oct 20 -UV Westbrook state po lice hustled to Essex Monday to free a skunk whose head had become stuck in a salad dressing Jar; j Tfesterday, State Policeman James Dick thought he heard someone j knocking on the back door of the barracks. It was an other skunk in a similar plight. Dick Shattered the jar and freed the animal without dam age to the skunk or to himself. nial." The bronze medal of the Men's Garden Clubs of America wiH go to a member winjninp the most points in all competitive classes. I No Admission Charged j Team j competition within the Salem club will be limited to six teams headed by Dr. Rav Brown. Rev. Earl Benbow. Will am Mr Kinney, Ollie SchendelJ K. O. Hastay and Harold de Vries. Each team will try to convey the theme of the show and will be judged on j how well that idea Ik carried out- j. ' I No admission will be charred and the 'show will be open to the public from 2:30 to 10 p.m. Oc tober 23 and 10 a.m. to 8 p ro. October j 24. Secretary pf State Earl Newbry will cut the tape opening; the show. A short parade to i the armory wiU pretede the ceremony. j Judging of entries at the show will start sharply at 11 aim. Serv ing on the general committee are Mark Taylor, chairman,! George Malstrom and David Cameron. (Farm News on pages 7 and 8) j i 5c J No. 189 PDaoa I . i i Vislnusky Sends Bid '. ! :t . t To Stalin By Francis; W. Caroenfer PARIS, Ocj. 20P)-.A ntw formula for settling the Ber lin crisis was submitted tolha big four powers tonight by the six "neutral") members ' ln United Nations security coun cil, i r i Authoritative: quarters said ; the new resolution; appeared "erpin- ently satisfactory" to the western powers. Russia's Andrei A. Vfsh- j insky promised! to send the drift to Moscow for Study. i 1 1 One neutral source said Vishin sky had. approved the resolution conditionally, but there was no confirmation of this from the So viet delegation lor from any other source. i ? .' ! The resolution was reported; to recommend that Russia lift the Berlin blockade within 48 hours after the security council approved the proposal. The western powers, on their side. Were asked to agree to a meeting of! the council of for eign ministers pn Berlin and the whole German problem immedi- ately after the blockade is lifted. Series of Actions This development followed a series of ILN. actions in which .the western powers' plan for world atomic controls extending behind the iron curtain won overwhelm ing approval in the general assembly- political committee. J Then Latin American and Arab nations Joined in forcing postpone-' ment of U.N. debate on Palestine. The Russian bloc charged it was a move to delay consideration until after the November 2 presidential lections in the United States. The day's developments includ ed: j g ' 1. The general assembly's po litical committee voted 41 to 6 in favor of the Western power llan for atomic controls. The negative votes wero from the six-nation Soviet bloc. Soviet Bloc Loses 2. By a vote of 39 to 6 the Sov iet bloc lost a bitter battle I for Russian proposals calling for si multaneous treaties banning the atom bomb and establishing inter national control. Seven abstained. The Russians said they would force a fight to the finish on their atom ic proposals on the floor of the general assembly. jl 3. In another UJy. action ! on Palestine the social committee de cided to hear a report on the plight of 472,000 Arab refugees from the Holy Land warfare. Dr. 'Ralph Buche, the acting mediator, sub mitted a $30,000,000 plan for giv ing succor to the refugees. He said thousands would die from ex posure unless they get immedi ate relief. ' i l Mrs. Dperflerj Top Winner in Grange Contest SILVERTON Oct 20 Mrs. John Doerfler of Union Hill won first place for both tree and berry fruits in the state grange White Satin sugar canning contest held at Marion county Pomona grange meeting in Silverton Hills grange hall today. I Mrs. John Maulding of Silver- ton Hills and Mrs. John Zehner of Ankeny were second and third for tree fruits;! Mrs. Arthur Mul key of Union Hill and Mrs. Wil liam Wiederkehr of Ankeny were second and third for berry fruits. Hattie McCartney of Ankeny took first place for Jelly, Louise Johnston, second; Mrs. Roy Rice, Roberts, third; Silverton Hills grange was given a Bible for, its work in the grange visitation pro-. ect. ' i i . . Union Hill was first and Silvers ton Hills, second in the juvenile grange vegetable contest. Individ ual winners were Keith Scott, first and Morris Fischer, second, both Union Hill; DaVid Hartley, Fran ces Benson, third and fourth, both Silverton HillsJ Mrs. Leonard Hudson was the udee and she and Mrs. .A & K. Kline were initiated into the fifth degree. Mrs. E. A. Beugli Was chairman of the Junior division. W. E. Savage of Keizer will be in charge of a special meeting at Waldo Hills grange, tentatively, set for Wednesday, November 17. Next Pomana meeting will be in Stayton. J O'Leary Clan Pay Back' Cow for Qiicago Fire SANTA MARIA Calif., Oct, 20 nt nffooR- i f i T arvs are square now for the Chicago fire. Alfred O'Leary's truck hit a . . i i. :ii cow on a rural roau wuaj, ing it. OXeary says it was, an accident.