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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
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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
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3 Salem M$n
Hurt in Wreck
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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.
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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
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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
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Oregon. Thursday, October 21,
Sooter Case
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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.
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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)
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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
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cow on a rural roau wuaj,
ing it. OXeary says it was, an
accident.