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Th Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Saturday, December 18, 1948
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WASHINGTON, Dee. 17 Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson (at rostrum) today on behalf of the Smithsonian
Institution accepts the Wright Brothers' "Kitty Hawk" plane in a ceremony 45 years after its epoch
ruftHwf flight. The plane (top foreground) bancs from cables Just Inside the main entrance of the
Smithsonian's north hall of the arte and industries building. Behind it is Charles A. Lindbergh's "Spirit
Smithsonian'
f St Louis." (APr Wirephoto to
Hubbard Man Wins Stay
Of Sentence in Colorado
3 Hours from Execution
CANON CITY, Colo., Dec. 17-;P)-Executive clemency saved Paul
J. Schneider from death tonight in Colorado's gas chamber.
An hour after he bid farewell to relatives, the 23-year-old Hubbard,
Oreg., farm hand was granted a stay of execution until the week of
January 9.
Th. reprieve came at 5:20 P. M. (MST) from Governor Lee Knous.
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Brig. Gen. Harry Vaughan, Pres
ident Truman's gossipy aide, says
the coming inaugural will have
more fuss and feathers than the
president wants, and from reports
it's going to be a whing-ding af
fair. Record-breaking crowds (750
000) are exported wfr,e
600,000 at Fraekllif fe.Rf3sevelts
first inauguratiU celebration
will last a whole week, January 16
23, the big day, of course, being
January 20 when Mr. Truman will
take the oath of office at the east
front of the capitol.
- It will be a different affair, as to
principals, than was anticipated
-when the 80th congress set up the
committee, with Sen. "Curley"
Brooks of Illinois as chairman.
Then, most everyone thought it
would be a Dewey show. Republi
cans reserved most of the hotel
rooms in town. Democratic office
holders started to put their houses
on the market. While it will be Tru
man and not Dewey who takes the
oath as president the extravagance
of the celebration will not be min
imized on, that account.
Head of the citizens' committee
of Washington is a lawyer, Melvin
D. Hildreth, democratic national
committeeman. He is attorney for
a big circus and is giving his taste
for showmanship full swing for
this inaugural. The big feature is
the inaugural parade, which Presi
dent Truman will head. In it will
be floats from all the states, brass
bands and the military and a
steam calliope to revive memories
of circus parades.
At night during inauguration
week there will be fireworks dis
plays. At the big inaugural ball
the night of the 20th. Jimmie Pet
rillo's union is providing the music
for free. The night preceding a big
concert and entertainment will be
held at the guard armory.
The government pays the bill for
the inaugural grandstand ($80,000)
but Washington businessmen, hot
elkeepers and restaurant owners
pungl up for the other expenses.
All-in-all, it - looks as though
the capital newspapers can. report
when the festivities end that a
pieaxani iimt was naa oy iu
xcept the republicans-
KOREA ASSASSINS FAIL
SEOUL, Dec. 18-;P)-Twelve Ko
reans were killed during an un
successful assassination attempt
against Governor Le Nam Kyu of
South Cholla province yesterday,
the home ministry announced today-
Animal Crackers
By WARREN GOODRICH
Stop worrying! Who could
possibty kidmp him?"
The Statesman.)
ocnneiaer was tcneauieu uie i
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8 p. m. for the kidnap-murder of
Frank J. Ford, Denver filling sta
tion operator.
The Governor said he was grant
ing the reprieve to enable him to
make a thorough study of a U. S.
supreme court ruling last Monday
that may affect Schneider's case.
The ruling held that a confession
,is invalid if it is obtained while a
prisoner is being, held illegally
through failure to carry him
promptly before a committing ma
gistrate. Warden Roy Best and Schnei
der's brother, Raymond, and sis
ter, Mrs. Marie Nash, carried the
good news to the condemned
youth.
When the trio walked into death
row at the state prison, Schneider
was released from his cell to meet
them.
"Christmas Present";
"I've got a Christmas present for
you," the warden said.
"What is it? You going to read
the death warrant to me?" Schnei
der asked. He paled visibly, the
warden reported.
"No, you have a reprieve."
Schneider's face brightened and
broke into a smile but his color
remained "as white as a sheet,"
Best said.
"Well, Roy, I'm ready to go
through with it," Schneider an
swered. Kneeling in Prayer
"Well, you won't have to. We'll
drop back and see you in the
morning and tell you more about
it," the warden said to conclude
the visit. Schneiders' sister told
newsmen "I was kneeling in pray
er when the call came through
from the Governor. I was praying
that God would grant him a re
prieve." The Governor telephoned
Mrs. Nash and Raymond Schneider
after he sent the reprieve to the
warden.
Knous issued the stay of execu
tion after a conference with J.
Corder Smith, attorney represent
ing Schneider. Smith directed the
Governor's attention to the su
preme court decision and argued
it applied to Schneider's case.
Israel Kept
From U. N. List
PARIS, Dec. 17-fffy-Israel lost
out in the United Nations in her i
efforts to gain U.N. membership '
ai least uniu spring, "Why," pursued Douglas, "can-I EUGENE, Dec. 17 -(ft- A com-
rive of the 11 nations in the not MacArthur release these Japan- munity of 21 people five miles
security council voted to admit ese when he as their jailer is an ; southeast of here is still semi
Israel. These were the United ; American citizen? Although he acts ! marooned as the result of last
States, Soviet Russia, the Soviet for n nations, he's still an Amer- Sunday's Willamette river flood.
.,iir, nrjeiiuna ana LOIom-
bia.
Syria voted against admission.
Five nations refused to vote
Britain, France, China, Canada
and Belgium.
This lineup defeated Israel's
bid, since seven "yfcs" votes are
needed to approve a question.
Mrs. Chambers Driver
Of Car in Fatal Accident
BALTIMORE, Dec. 17-tP)-An
automobile which police said was
driven by Mrs. Whittaker Cham
bers, wife of the confessed prewar
communist courier, hit and killed
a 70-year-old Baltimore woman
today.
Patrolmen Leroy F. Davis and
Arthur Plummer charged Mrs.
Chambers with reckless driving at
the scene.
Weather
Max.;
. 38
40 :
48 i
-32
Min.
24
31
42
21
38
Precip.
Salem
Portland
.00
.14
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trace
San Frartcisco ..
Chicago
New York , 45
Willamette rivef 10.4 feet.
FORECAST (lrom U.S. weather bu
reau. McNary field, Salem (: Partly
cloudy today with increasing ciouii
nefs tonight. Sligbtlr warmer ton;gr:t.
igh today near 40. Low tonighj near
28. . r
SAI.EM PRECIPITATION
(Sept. 1 to Dec. 18)
Thi Year
18.18
Last Year
17.43
Average
14.16
Mercury Sinks
To 22, New
Winter's Low
The mercury at Salem skidded
to a new winter low early this
morning with a reading of 22 de
grees reported at 1:30 a. m. by
the McNary field weather bureau.
And the weatherman said it
might go lower possibly to 19
during the early morning hours.
Oregon ians throughout the state
were donning warmer clothing
as the three-day cold wave con
tinued. Baker was Oregon's cold-
Hourly temperature readings
taken at the Salem airport Fri
day night showed the contin
ued drop of the meivury to
new winter lows.
8:3 p. m. 26.4
9:30 p. m. 24.2
10:30 p. m. 23.6
11:30 p. m. 23.2
12:30 a. m. 22.6
1:30 a. m. 22.0
est city Friday with 10 below
zero. La Grande recorded 3 be
low. Eugene had 24, Portland 27,
Medford 29 and Roseburg 30.
Slight relief from the cold snap
was predicted for the Willamette
valley today and Sunday morn
ing. But it was still expected to
stay in the sub-freezing levels.
A new storm moving toward the
northwest was expected to bring
rain and snow to the area early
next week.
All highways in the state were
opened for normal traffic Friday,
but several patches of ice and
snow were reported on mountain
routes. The North Santiam high
way, where the highway com
mission is building a new route,
was opened to 24-hour traffic and
the lower Columbia highway,
closed by a slide, had been re
opened. Justices Told
Mac Immune
From U. S. Law
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 - (P) -Solicitor
General Philip B. Perl
man today told the supreme court
that General Douglas MacArthur
would not have to obey a high
court for release of Japanese war
lords convicted of war crimes.
General MacArthur's first duty
is as supreme commander for the
allied nnwm. Perlman naid and i
as such he takes orders from the
far eastern commission compris-
ing 11 nations.
-That," commented Justice Dou- .
glas.
is a rather startling state-
ment.
iran Q far as h art an Amr. !
ican, can't he be controlled by
American courts?"
Perlman replied:
"Your processes can't reach him,
as supreme commander. In that
capacity he is not acting under any
American law or under the U. S.
constitution. His only right to hold
the prisoners comes from the com
mission not from the American
government."
400 Highland School Pupils
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Almost 400 children took part ln Highland school's Christmas program
Friday afternoon. Shown above are the fifth and sixth grades pre
senting the nativity scene with choral accompaniment. Features of
the program were choral readings, the Christmas story ia panto mine
Oaris eqjiuieste
'Ohs9, 'Alis' Greet
Tree-Lighting on
Courthouse Lawn
"Ohs" and "aha" from the
hundreds of spectators greeted
the lighting ceremonies of the
huge Christmas tree en the
courthouse lawn Friday night.
The malti - colored lights
flashed on at 7:45 p. nr. after
the YMCA boys' chorus opened
the program with two Christ
mas numbers. The chorus, con
ducted by Wesley Bollinger,
sang an Old French Carol and
Lullabye on Christmas Eve.
Salem Cherrians gave pop
corn balls to youngsters attend
ing the ceremonies, following
the order by King Bing, which
lighted the tree.
Lebanon Bank
Joins Portland
Banking Firm
LEBANON, Dec. 17 -(Special)
Sale of the First National Bank
of Lebanon to the First National
Bank of Portland was revealed
here Friday morning by Hugh R.
Kirkpatrick, bank executive board
chairman.
Kirkpatrick said transfer of the
controlling stock interest was
completed December 1. He an
nounced there would be no chan
ges in the personnel or policies
of the bank.
Other bank officers are J. C.
Mayer, president; J. C. Irvine,
vice president; J. H. Irvine, cash
ier, and Nina Hassler, assistant
cashier. The bank's capital assets were
listed at $10,237,568; deposits $9,
895,798; capital and surplus $265,
00, and loans at $3,064,419.
Hall Advises
One-Man State
Liquor Board
A one-man liquor control com
mission, instead of the present
three-man commission, would go a
lonf way toward improving the ad
ministrative efficiency involving
liquor problems in this state, John
H. Hall stated Friday.
The commissioner should be
strictly accountable to the execu
tive department and serve full time
with an adequate salary, Gov. Hall
continued.
Governor Hall said the existing
system affords too much opportun
ity for dissension, back-scratching
and trading.
Reports here Friday indicated
that Governor-elect Douglas Mc
Kay would ask Thomas L. Gatch,
most recent appointee, to remain
ay a member of the liquor control
commission after he assumes of
fice on January 10.
Gatch was reported reluctant to
continue on the commission but
might be persuaded to do so. per
sons close to McKay said.
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Wj anieUe FloOfl
The flood washed out Uie Sea-
vey bridge, only direct means of
communication to the four fami
lies living on a point of land be
tween the Coast fork and the
Middle fork of the Willamette.
County Engineer P. M. Morse
said high water would make it
impossible to start replacing the
bridge for about a week.
The families were reported in
no trouble. They can walk out by
a roundabout foot path.
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Seeks Laws
To Legalize
Wire-Tapping
WASHINGTON. Dec. 17 -UP)
Tighter laws for trapping and
punishing spies including leg
alized tapping of suspects' tele
phones will be a prime project
of the Truman administration in
the new congress. Attorney Gen
eral Clark said today.
"We'll Have some recommenda
tions right at the beginning of
the session in January amend
ments to the present statutes on
espionage," Clark told reporters
after a cabinet meeting at the
White House.
He also said:
1. "We feel that the espionage
law could be greatly strength
ened by a revision of the section
which requires proof of intent
and motive for successful prose
cution. These things are very hard
to prove and we feel changes
could be made to aid prosecu
tion." 2. The department probably also
will ask a change in the statute
of limitations, so far as it pre
vents prosecutions for espionage
activities after a given time.
Invasion of the right of priv
acy has been cried most often
against a proposed law there is
none now to permit wire tap
ping. Attorney General Clark and
some of his predecessors have
held that in a matter affecting
life or death (such as kidnaping)
or the nation's security (espion
age or sabotage) wire tapping is
justified for investigative pur
poses, the results not tq be used
as evidence themselves-
WASHINGTON. Dec 17-(F)-A
"strictly confidential" note sent
to Secretary of State Cordell Hull
in 1938 was among seven "Whit
taker Chambers documents" made
public today by the house un
American activities committee.
In "Gray Code
Dated Feb. 16, 1938, and trans
mitted in what is known as the
"gray" code, it came from Her
shel V. Johnson, then U. S.
charge d' affaires at London. It
dealt with British warship plans.
The note was one of about 80
the committee has made public
or will make public in its current
spy probe. Seven more, constitut
ing the final batch, are slated
for release Sunday.
Over 400 Die
In Brazil Flood
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil. Dec.
17-iTy-Torrential floods sweeping
over a wide area of two Brazilian
states were estimated today to have
taken more than 400 lives. Hund
reds of other persons were missing
and thousands were homeless.
The end of the disaster still was
not in sight. Rain still was falling. at 6:30 p.m. to distribute free candy
The flood crest had passed some to children attending a kiddies
communities on the upper Pira-' skating party.
petinga river, however. j ln Saiem Heights the jovial old
Communications and transport ; gentleman made house - to - house
were disrupted over an area of calls on neighborhood kiddies Wed
about 1.200 square miles of rich nesday, taking orders for Decem
farming and cattle country in the ter 25 deliveries. He wrote a cop
southeastern part of Minas Gerais i0us volume of orders down on a
J state and the northern part of Rio
jje Janeiro slate.
Oregon to Start
Numbering Babies
PORTLAND, Dec. 17 -(JP)- Ore
gon is going to start numbering
all babies born in the state after
January 1.
The state board of health plans
to adopt the uniform numbering
system suggested by Jie U. S.
public health service for birth
certificates.
The first baby registered next
year will be 1-36-49-000001! That
means: he was bom in the Unit
ed States (1); he was born in
Oregon (36); be was born in
1949 (49): he was the first baby
registered in 1949 (000001).
Present Nativity Pageant
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7 JMte&j
and carols. All classes participated under the direction of their
teachers with coordination by Mrs. Dra Mittendorf. lower grades,
and Iris Baade, upper grades. (Photo by Doa Dill. SUtesmau staff
photographer.)
Strain.
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Son of English Church
Prelate to Wed Catholic
By Tom Williams
LONDON. Dec. ll-(JP)-The eld
est son of the head of the Church
of England will marry a Roman
Catholic tomorrow. A Catholic
priest will officiate.
The bridegroom is Henry Pears
Fisher, 30, brilliant lawer son of
Dr. Geoffrey Fisher, the Arch
bishop of Canterbury. The bride
is Felicity Sutton, 26, pretty Chel
sea artist, who herself describes
the marriage as "a controversial
matter."
The 10-year romance blossom
ed despite longstanding controver
sy between the two churches.
Henry Fisher does not plan to be
come a Catholic-
The Rev. Alphonso de Zulueta,
who will perform the service in
the Catholic church of Our Most
Holy Redeemer and St. Thomas
More, said "they will be married
subject to the usual conditions of
the Catholic church."
These conditions include a re
quirement that any children of
the marriage will be brought up
in the Roman Catholic faith.
Dr. Fisher wilt not attend the
ceremony, but Mrs. Fisher and
Twins Weigh
Over 15 lbs
Twin sons with a . combined
weight of 15 pounds 1 ounce were
born Friday at Salem Memorial
hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Moritz, 462 State st.
Hospital officials, and Dr. H.
E. Gilbert, attending physician,
said it was the heaviest multiple
birth known here. The boys
weighing 7 pounds 6 ounces and
7 pounds 11 ounces were de
livered by Caesar ean section at
11:30 a. m. Friday.
Mrs. Moritz is manager of the
Central apartments in Salem and
Harry Moritz is employed by the
R. L. Elfstrom Co.
Grandparents of the twins are
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Howard,
740 South st.
Saint Nick's
Schedule Full
Old Saint Nick is a very busy
gentleman this Christmas season.
In fact he's taking to modern con
traptions to spread his Yule cheer
in the valley.
Today at 1 p.m. Santa will drop
down on the Silverton airport run
way in a helicopter for a visit with
the town's small fry.
Monday the jolly fellow will don
ice skates at the Salem Ice arena
shorthand pad
Christmas Gifts
To Berlin Blocked
BERLIN, Dec. l-ffy-A new So
viet - American disagreement to
night blocked delivery of more
than 50,000 Christmas gift parcels
to Germans in the Soviet zone and
Berlin.
American officials won't send any
more rail cars to Soviet Germany
because, they say, the Russians
don't return the cars.
Officials described gift parcel
traffic as more or less one way
from west to east. He said Ameri
can citizens had sent to Germans
parcels worth more than $250,000,-000.
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spionuage Laws
ARCHBISHOP FISHER
Religoius Strains to Mix
her five other sons will. The
archbishop refused to make any
comment.
Garage Man
Enters Suit to
Block Annex
McMINNVILLE, Ore., Dec. 17-(Special)-Wallace
Park, operator
of the Wallace Park garage at 220
Wallace road near West Salem, is
a new plaintiff in court action to
prevent the city of Salem from an
nexing territory on which his
garage is located.
Park was allowed to enter the
case as a plaintiff -intervenor by
Circuit Judge Arlie Walker who
granted his petition so requesting
here today. The petition was pre
sented by Attorney Paul Burris of
Salem.
Park set forth that he opposed
the annexation on the grounds that
the city of Salem had an ordinance
which would prohibit the opera
tion of his business at its present
location because it it near gaso
line storage tanks. He asked that
Salem be given no jurisdiction
over the area, and that only the
city's fire department and first
aid car be allowed to enter it.
Japan Ordered to
I
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in
pose
cononuc
Control Program
WASHINGTON. Dec. 17 -JP)-
The United Mates ordered the Ja
pan ese government today to im
pose a tough nine - point economic
control program aimed at curb
ing inflation and increasing ex
ports.
Similar measures were proposed
months ago by General Douglas
MacArthur but the Tokyo gov
eminent, officials said, balked at
risking unpopularity by carrying
tnem out.
The announcement said the per
formance of the Japanese will
be weighed in connection with fu
ture requests for appropriated
funds."
The new measures call for a
"true" budget balance, increased
taxes and collections, and tighter
controls over credit, wages, pri
ces, foreign trade, rationing and
food collection.
7 DIE AS B-25 CRASHES
SHREVEPORT. La., Dec. 17-iA9)
Seven persons were killed today
when a B-25 bomber from Biggs
air force base. El Paso, Tex., ex
ploded near Robeline, about 75
miles southeast of Shreveport.
Meet the
Legislature!
There will be many new
faces in Oregon's new legisla
ture. In Sunday's Statesman will
be pictures of the entire house
60 representatives and
data on their business, resi
dence and previous tenure.
The Statesman already is
well lined up to assure the
most complete legislative cov
erage available anywhere, and
will m?ke known its special
staff within a few days.
You can really follow the
legislature in
Emergency 1
Board Advises
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 17, -(AT-A
White House emergency; boa id
today recommended cutting tho
present 48 - hour work week for
a million rail workers to 'a 40-
hour week effective next Septera-
Der. i
Th btard called
diate seven - cent
boost, dating back
for an imme
hourly wage
to. October 1.
1948, with another 20 per cent pay
rate increase next September to
give workers the samo money for
the shorter work week, f
The recommendations abply to
the railroads' non - operating em
ployes, those who do not run tho
trains but service and maintain
them. The board calculated 1949
costs of both the pay raise and
Uie shorter work week at s $340,
000,000 but forecast the cost will
dwindle with passage of years.
Th nation's rail workers now
earn, on the average, about $60
for their 48-hour week. If the 40
hour week and the 7 -cent raise r
adopted they would get approx
imately $63 for the shorter) week.
The emergency board's recom
mendations are binding on neither
the carriers nor th unions. But
such recommendations made by
presidentially - appointed boards,
functioning under terms bf th
railway labor act, usually hav
been the basis of dispute settle
ments in the past, j ;'. , 1
Under the law th unions must
consider the recommendation
without going on strike for 30
day period. j J
The first carrier! to comment
was the Santa Fe railroad, lis pre
sident, Fred Gurley; said in Chi
cago that the 40 - hour week re
commendation "is one of the most
expensive with which the railroad
has ever been confronted.' Santa
Fe non - operating! employes to
tal 53,810." t I
The unions said:' "The recom
mendations are a good basis for
negotiations for settlement of th
dispute." !
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Unemployment
Checks Rising
Unemployment c o m p e nsation
claims in .the Marion-Polk i coun
ty area for. this month are run
ning far ahead of ! last year at
this ' time, the state unemploy
ment compensation commission
reported Friday. !
A tfrtal of 952 jobless have ap
plied tfor benefits at the i Salem
office of the state! employment
service during the first half of
December. Only 604 such Claims
were filed during all of Decem
ber of 1947. I I
Claims filed In November
amounted to 1.230 as compared
with 646 in November of last
year, the commission reported.
Other offices who hav reported
claims filed during the first half
of December include Albany, 140;
Corvallis, 164. and Lebanon, 516.
Layoffs in lumber, logging and
food processing account for
large portion of the mounting
claims figure, th. commission
said. -
Reds 30 Miles
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NANKING. Dec. 17 -Ai- De
fense headquarters on the fagged
front before Nanking pulled bark
to a point only 30 miles northwest
of this communist-threatened Chi
nese capital. j jj;
The 76-mile withdrawal; from
Pcngu to Chuhsien indicated
worsening of the government po
sition, although there were few
freh developments on the battle
fields. ' ! r
In the north there was desul
tory fighting around communist
surrounded Peiping, but a waiting
calm continued inside the ancient
city walls. f
On the political scene, rumors
of peace negotiations subsided
somewhat in the absence of con
firmation of any of hem.
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