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Com SpeDD Keinies.MeDdOTi aDOey affteir SDoghrfl: Respite White Shrouds Cover FalhAlong Silver Creek r fOUNDDD 1651 24 Paces 2 Sections The- Oregon Statesman. Saloon. Oregon, Sunday. January 16, 1949 Pries 10c No. 264 Revises, -Arcepts Fund Plans Mospital QtP SQQDjOS How much effect does' crowd tsvcholoev have on markets? Undoubtedly a great deal. This reply seems justified after a study of popular demand for meat- The department of agriculture reports that per capita consumption of meat declined in the last half of - 1948, and probably was less than for any period since i4o. The national income kept on rising; so the conclusion is drawn that people were spending a low er proportion of their incomes for meat. It seems logical to conclude that the buyers strike of last summer had much to do with the resulting decrease in meat consumption. For prices did come down, and rather sharply. Supplies in marie ets did go up:-and now are abund ant most - everywhere. The hue and cry about meat prices made TtTariam Housewife sensitive. She . used meat substitutes or served meat less often. The cumulating reduction in demand brought prices down; but so thoroughly indoctrinated had the -housewives become on the idea of econonuz ing on meat that the price reduc tions failed to revive buying. The butchers will just have to wait till housewives change their minds. There may be another reason however for the falling off ofj meat consumption per capita. Families have been -buying homes, - automobiles, refrigerators, wash ing machines on a great scale since the war-caused famine ended. Many of these purchases have been on (Continued on Editorial page) New Blizzard Sweeps Over IVKdcontinent CHICAGO, Jan. lS-Cy-Another January - blizzard swept into the mid-contihent today from Canada. The new storm hit just as of ficals in the Plains States were announcing the end of emergency conditions caused by blizzards early in the week. ' The new storm, spearheading an- parts of Montana, Idaho and Utah It started eastward in the genera path of the earlier storms. Road conditions became hazard ous as the driving snow tegan to drift in southeastern Montana. New snow in parts of southern Idaho ranged up to 15 inches. Drifts closed the Pocatello-Ruper highway and Idaho-Utah route ov er highway 30. In northern Utah, the flakes piled up on the one to two feet of snow already on the ground from previous storms. . U. S. forecasters in Chicago is sued a .cold wave warning for North and South Dakota, Minneso ta, northern Iowa, Wisconsin and upper Michigan. CapitoJ Dome To Be Dimmed Oregon's capitol dome will not be floodlighted at night beginning Monday and continuing through the current power shortage emer gency, William Healy, assistant secretary of state, said Saturday. Healy said attendants and care takers in the capitol group of buildings had been instructed to 'begin at 4:30 p.m. cutting lights down to those essential and to have night lights at a minimum. : Except during war blackout years, the pioneer-topped capitol dome has been floodlighted each evening. 'Animal Crackers i Br WARREN GOODRICH "WeJ, well fancy meeting you here! It certainly is s mull dog." - Slot TJHachiinies Stilled in Salem Files Reveal IKlall Commutations, Pardons Given In Past Year Two Dardons and three com mutations, issued by former Gov ernor John H. Hall during his 14- month administration, were re vealed in a survey of official rec ords of the state department Sat urday. The five do not include the com mutation of sentence granted to Leroy (Roy) Moore last week af ter he had served only - year, 8 months and 24 days of concurrent five and 10-year sentences for burglar, and robbery in Browns ville Dec. 21, 1943. None of these commutations of sentence nor pardons was; released to the press. One of the three commutations of sentence disclosed Saturday in volved John Eugene Shaw, alias Joseph E. Gray, who was received at the -penitentiary Sept. 21, 1939, to serve 15 years for manslaughter in connection with the slaying ot Charles Howard Clark in Portland on March 17 of that year Served five Tears Shaw was released on parole after serving five years. A notation in the commutation order, dated June 7; 1948, pointing out that he had served 8 years, 8 months and 16 days, was reported by officials to have been based on the actual time Shaw served less credit for satisfactory conduct while in the institution. Officials said Shaw was known as "Bad Eye Gray, and added that he had a long criminal record. In addition to doing time in the Oregon prison he had served terms in the Utah and California peni tentiaries and in several county jails. . Serving Life Term ; The other killer, Jesse 5H. Phil lips, . convicted of second degree murder in Union county,? received a conditional pardon dated Aug. 15, 1948. He Was received at the prison Jan. 4, 1939, to serve a life term. Phillips was convicted; of slay ing Elsie Carlson at LaGrande. Of ficials said his prior criminal rec ord was confined largely to coun ty jail offenses. A notation on Phillip's pardon read: i "After careful consideration of the circumstances of his: convic tion, reports by various psychia trists, his' record in the penitenti ary, and findings of the state pa role board, I am convinced he has paid his debt to society." Most Stay Out of State 1 Under provisions of Phillips' pardon he must remain outside the state during the remainder of his natural life. '. Another pardon involved J. E. Maycock, convicted of larceny in Multnomah county, and sentenced to a five-year term in the peni tentiary, j Two other commutations involv ed Clarence LeRoy Anderson, con victed of passing a forged bank check in Umatilla county, and Charles Dotson. Washington coun- f ty, convicted on a charge of ob- I taining money and goods by false ! pretenses. Pengpu Falls To Communists NANKING, Sunday, Jan. Pengpu, on the Huai rivet defense line just 100 miles northwest of Nanking, was abandoned over night to the communists,; the de fense ministry announced today. Loss of Pengpu followed by only 24 hours communist capture of Tientsin, commercial 1 hub of north China. Pengpu's capture was no longer considered important, strategical ly, because communist forces al ready had infiltrated closer to this capital on both sides of the rail way. However it no doubt will re flect severely on the national government's sagging morale. Christmas Finally Over in City; Street Decorations Dbwn Salem streets " finally emerged from their Christmas decorations, placed there prior to the holidays, as workmen stripped the last car- lands down Saturday. f The firm of ' Campbell and Wakefield, which installed the trimmings, removed them. Salem Retail Trade bureau, which spon sored the decorations, I ordered them down after a prod from the city council early last week. Convict Threatens Revenge on Town; Guards Posted WAURIKA, Okla.. Jan. 15 -JP) The water reservoir of this south ern Oklahoma town of 2,000 was heavily guarded tonight as a pre caution against threats of poison ing by an ex-convict cnarged with murder. Officers believe the 53-year-old ex-convict, Roy Frank Godby, is on a trail of vengeance. He is charged with the murder of Earl Pruet, Oklahoma City at torney, in his law office Tuesday afternoon. Pruet successfully prosecuted Godby on an armed robbery charge here 17 years ago when he was county attorney. L. J. Hilbert, Oklahoma City chief of police, said he had re ceived information from conn dential sources that Godby had threatened to pay back the city in which he was convicted. SilvertonGas Truck Blast Wrecks Store SILVERTON, Jan. 15 -(Special) A gasoline truck exploded causing an estimated $2,000 damage at the Truex gas station on North Water street today at 5 p.m. Marion Green, owner of a welding shop adjacent to the gas station, nar rowly escaped injury. Smelling gas fumes. Green steeped outside his shop. The truck, which was unloading its fuel in an underground storage vent, exploded. All of the Green's shop windows were blown out and welding ma chinery was damaged Also damaged was the Clarke- Shepherd Motor company build ing which had two display room windows blown out; a nearby warehouse and several houses which had windows broken. A small fire occurred from the explosion but was immediately extinguished by the fire depart ment. Cause of the explosion was unknown. Week of Festivities To Culminate in Truman Inaugural WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -TV- Plain Harry S. Truman's : inaug ural next Thursday may turn out to be history's fanciest. The actual oath taking ; comes Thursday, but there's going to be lot going on all week. The formal inaugural ceremony will begin at noon and will be followed by a parade featuring a display of modern airpower lightning fast jet fighters; giant B-36 bombers, droning cargo car riers; the cadets of the army, navy. coast guard and merchant marine academies; scores of floats spon sored by states and cities; more than 30 bands, and everything IV"" thTt to ke un Tb , .J gWS t0 make Up 8 blg parade. Many notables from the stage and screen, a half dozen; bands and other entertainers will be there. . Dr. HaCstad to Head A-Power Project WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -UP-The United States today stepped up its drive to put atomic power to more conventional use by nam ing top-flight scientist. Dr. Law rence R. Hafstad, to head an ex panded multi-million dollar pro gram. The Atomic Energy commission announced selection of Dr. Haf stad to carry out a program of de signing and developing nuclear reactors for the practical applica tion of atomic energy for power, for propulsion of ships and air crafts ,for the production of iso topes (radio-active elements) and for research on reactors them selves. Dr. Hafstad is now executive secretary of the National Military establishment's research and de velopment board. Ailing Greek Premier Sophoulis Resigns ATHENS, Greece, Jan. 15 -JP) The ailing Premier Themistokles Sophoulis resigned today. ! "Alexander Diomedes, who like Sophoulis is a liberal, expressed willingness to form a new gov ernment but only if he can be a real head of government having broad powers. Freed 5 Cons Semi-Private, Private Clubs Conform to Ban The whirrling of slot machine tumblers in private and semi-pri vate clubs in the city of Salem was stilled Saturday, a check of the clubs revealed. Most of the clubs closed down their machines late last week. One operator said the cease-fire sug gestion came from Salem Chief of Police Frank Minto. Oregon's Attorney General George Neuner ruled Friday the slots were illegal everywhere but in a private home, In clamping down on the one armed bandits here Salem police beat, by a cherry, similar action by Portland authorities. Both Port land municipal and Multnomah county law agencies have served notice the machines "would be repressed. Saturday morning, when asked by the Statesman about the city's contemplated action against the devices. City Manager J. L. Fran zen reported: "I don't think there are any illegal devices operating in town. Chief Minto suggested the. paper "take a look around the clubs. If there are any (machines), well take care of them." No comment was forthcoming baturaay from Marion County Dis trict Attorney E. O. Stadter. In his campaign statements prior to his recent election, however, Stadter and nis supporters came out strong ly against illegal gambling devices. Marble boards, plainly marked "for amusement only." continued in operation in the city. Bunche Offers Proposals to Egypt, Israel RHODES. Jan. 15 The Israeli - Egyptian armistice con ference today moved into the rough ground where it may come lo wrecx or success. Dr. Ralph Bunche. acting UJST. mediator, was said by a reliable source to have attempted a bold strike by submitting a draft pro posal to eacn delegation covering all military and boundary phases of the Negev dispute. If he succeeded in having it ad opted the conference, for all prac tical purposes, would be over. All that would remain would be the actual drafting and initialing of a permanent armistice agreement which probably would end the eight - months war over the Holy Land. But the points on which Bunche sought agreement were those on which all cease - fires and tem porary truces since October have been wrecked. Included were the questions of Israel's lifting the- seige of the Egyptian garrison of about 3,000 men at Faluja, the delineation of armistice lines to which the op posing sides would withdraw and ;posing Sldes would withdraw and f the reduction of forces by both sides At stake were the probable fu ture frontiers of Israel in the cov eted Negev desert, which she seeks to make fertile and populous with settlers. Until now, at least, the Jews and Egyptians have held widely differing ideas on this subject. Woman Attacked on SP Train; Resembles Case of 'Lower 13' KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Jan. 15 -iA- The Southern Pacific's West Coast Limited was held here 4Vi hours today while officials investigated a rape case that bore resemblance to the "murder in lower 13" of six years ago. The difference was that in this case there was no knife, no slain woman. It happened, however, on the same train as in the lower 13 case the West Coast Limited and within 70 miles of where the low er 13 assault was committed. It even was at the same time of year. The lower 13 murder was on January 23. The woman today said some one crept into her berth lower 5 while the train was running near Oak ridge, 150 miles north of here, early this morning. Asleep, she did not awaken at once. Then, forcibly attacked, she screamed. The man escaped, tearing berth curtains in his flight. Sheriff Jack Franey identified the woman as Mrs. C. W. Holmes, 35, North Richland, Wash. $1 Million Campaign In Offing With qualifications, directors of Salem Memorial hospital have ac cepted a citizens' committee rec ommendation concerning financing of hospital additions and improve ments for Salem, they notified the committee Saturday. Salem Gener al board had previously accepted the plan. The Memorial board said it was necessary that the institution ob tain the first $179,000 beyond ex penses in order to proceed with minimum needed improvements and to retire present indebtness for current projects. It added that the amount is approximately equi valent to the committee's proposal of $100,000 plus 5 per cent of the residue. The committee proposed a total financial goal of $1,100,000 out of which would come campaign ex penses and $100,000 for Salem Memorial and the rest would be divided 95 peV cent for a new plant adjacent to Salem General and 5 per cent for continuance of Memo rial hospital improvent. Favors 50-5 Basis In a letter signed by Leo N. Childs. the Memorial board re minded that it is on record as favoring a joint funds campaign on a oo-oo basis witn any new con struction to be on an entirely new location. Acceptance of the com mittee's plan was adopted, it said, because, "regardless of reasonable differences as to what plan may be best, the Salem Memorial board is primarily desirous of maintain ing harmony in the local hospital situation." The letter, adding that the board would yield for two years its pre vious plans for a separate fund- raising campaign, stated "We be lieve your committee agrees that the present facilities of the Salem Memorial hospital are and will continue to be vitally necessary to community welfare, and that any action which might, directly or indirectly, result in injury or clos ing of this hospital would consti tute irreparable harm to the health and safety of every member of this community." Consolidation Rejected The committee's alternate plan of complete consolidation of the two hospitals was rejected with the statement that "this board is unequivocally commited to the view that the public welfare de mands two or more general hos pitals in active operation in this area." The citizens committee was headed by Charles A. Sprague. Missing Boy Found Burned WOODBURN, Jan. 15 Mark Bacon, jr.. age 7, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Bacon, Woodburn, was found semi-conscious on the front porch of a relative here after being missing from his home for several hours Saturday night. Sheriffs deputies, who aided in the search for the boy, said he was burned about the head and his face badly skinned when found. He was unable to explain what had happened since he was last seen at 4:45 p.m. Saturday. He was found by his father five blocks from his parents' home. LUMBERMEN ASK RAISE PORTLAND,' Jan. 15 - (F) - The AFL announced today it would aemana anomer posi-war rouna oi wage increases in the Pacific Northwest lumber industry. This one will be for 17' j cents hourly across the board. Screams in early morning alsc started the lower 13 case. Pas sengers peered from their berths to see pretty Mrs. Martha Brin son James, 21, wife of a navy of ficer sprawling from her berth with her throat cut. A negro, Robert E. Lee Folkes, 23, assistant cook on the train, was convicted of the crime and died in Oregon's lethal gas cham ber Jan. 5, 1945. He protested his innocence to the last. The train was released here at 12:15 p. m. today with District Attorney Dayton E. Van Vector of Klamath county aboard to contin ue the investigation as the train rolled south. There were 300 pas sengers. Van Vactor, while here, ques tioned four men three sailors and a Pullman porter. The woman also continued on the train, bound as most of the passengers for Los Angeles. Officials also said the lower 13 case was discussed last night in the lounge car, while Mrs. Holmes was present. i I . ', I ( t Iff ' f4 f I "... L-',Vkv ' fc'&J; J A X,? ft Silver Creek Falls park presented several startling views durtnr Oreron's recent record eold'SKap. A left Is South falls, near the main picnic area, show in IU torrent slowed to a trickle by the freesln weather and its great basin below a veritable bowl of lee. Lower Sooth falls i center) also finds lUelf hampered by huge build-ups of me pictures were uuien uj ieo Thursday noon. The Cleslak farm adjoins the park on the south. Bill Drafted to Comply with Pension Vote The attorney general here Sat urday was drafting a series of six bills he said he hoped to have com pleted and ready for introduction in the current legislature within a week. One provides for a minimum $50 a month pension for women who have attained the age of 60 years and for men who have reached the age of 65 years. This bill, the at torney general said, would com ply with the mandate of the voters at the last general election. The bill approved by the voters later was held unworkable by the at torney general. No provision for providing the required funds to finance the pen sion is included in the bill now being drafted. The pensions would be based on need. Another Bill would increase the gasoline tax of one cent a gallon and double the automobile regis tration fee from $5 to $10 a year in line with the recommendations of the 1947 interim committee on state highway development. Provision is made for financing the Oregon vocational school at Klamath Falls in another bill. Still another bill classifies coun ties on the basis of population for fixing salaries of county officials A jury trial lor all persons charged with being insane, before commitment to a state institution, is provided in another measure. Italian Workers Fail to Obey Red Call for Walkouts ROME, Jan. 14 -P- Christian democrat workers rebelled today against communist-dictated strike orders. Their action threatened to sap the strength of a well - planned communist - led labor war against government and industry. This struggle invaded 60 of Italy's big gest industrial factories in the Mi- land area today in the form of "non - collaboration" or s 1 o w - downs. Non - communist labor leaders quickly called on their followers to stick to their jobs. They brand ed the slow - down "sabotage" with political motives. In Palermo, Sicily, two thirds of the city's transit workers ig nored a communist strike for high er pay. . . T in a f Illl-IeCI A UCl lUf Far East Proposed LONDON, Jan. 15 A re gional pact to ward off commun ist expension in the Far East may be the next western move in the cold war with Russia, it was re liably reported today. Although there is . no official confirmation, the plan apparently has progressed to the point of consultations between possible members. These, at the outset, might in clude the United States, Britain, Canada, Australia, France, Hol land, New Zealand, China and India. Membership might be held open for Indochina, Indonesia and Malaya if and when they estab lish stable governments. Silverton Police 'Initiate9 Mayor SILVERTON, Jan. 15 Silver ton police feel that Mayor C. H. Weiby is now a fullfledged city official. He has paid his overtime parkins fine. Business men may go along for quite a time without having an overtime parking ticket. Then without fail a few days after they become mayors in this town, they get so busy they forget about their car, and policemen, going about their business of tagging overtime parkers, make no exceptions. I 1 it.. 5 v V M i Ice, and Lower North falls (right) 1 1 ' ' iiesiaa, izj n. cnuren sl, salens, witn a Zt-year-old box camera Frigid Winds Continue To Blow from Canada 1 'J More low temperatures well beow the freezing level were forecast for Salem Sunday and Monday, and freezing fog added to the woes of area motorists. . . Weathermen said, however, that the fog would keep the mercury from skidding much lower. Despite the fog forecasts were for $ mini mum of 27 degrees early Sunday and 20 Monday, Freezing! wind driving down from Canada werei responsible for the cold which has gripped the entire northwest area for over a month. Salem enjoyed tropical weath er Saturday, comparatively, when the thermometer barely nicked the freezing level at;30 degrees and rose to a "warm" 48 in the after noon. High Pressure Area A high pressure area, which sent the barometer to an unusual high of 30-44 Saturday night, fol lowed quickly on the heels of a brief low to signal a return of icy weather. Continued warm daytime tem peratures were in store for the area with highs near 45 degrees expected today. It was not ex pected to make any appreciable gain on the northwests frozen streams which have reduced pow er production to the critical stage. Letters Scot from Offices Governor Douglas McKay sent letters to all state officials and employes Saturday emphasizing the need for conserving electrical energy. "Whenever possible lights should be turned off and only minimum requirements for proper vision should be met, the gov ernor said. Fear that county roads may be damaged if warm daytime tern peratures result in thawing has prompted the Marion county court to extend an order barring all heavy traffic Snow fell over a large part of eastern and central Oregon Sat urday and the state highway com' mission road bulletin warned mo torists to be prepared for icy and snow-packed highways. Bly in south-central Oregon- recorded the state's coldest temperature Satur day witn 1Z below zero. Chipmunk Says 'Short Winter' MADRAS, Jan. 15 -(A)- How long will this cold winter last? Around here they answer that Charlie the Chipmunk is awake. They go on to say that this has a bearing on the weather. Charlie is a pet in the house hold of Mayor Adrian Smith. A three-year-old chipmunk, he has been in the Smith home since 1946. He delayed his hibernation un til after Thanksgiving in 1947, and slept until near Easter. Win ter came late that year and lasted far into spring. Last fall he started hiberation in September. And its been mighty cold. But Charlie got out of his box this week. And it was warming up today. Work to Resume At Fertilizer Plant Approximately 70 employes of the Columbia Metals plant in North Salem will go back to work Monday as the plant resumes production of fertilizer after be ing idled several weeks. Output ' of fertilizer at the big operation was halted when the shipping tieup left no warehouse space available. Work will re sume in three, daily shifts seven days per week, according to A. W. Metzger, vice president and gen eral manager. The first shift will start work Monday morning at 7 o'clock. POLICE GET NEW CAR WEST SALEM, Jan. 15 West Salem has acquired a "new five passenger Plymouth coupe for a police car, Mayor Walter Mus- grave reported aaiuraay. ine 1949 model vcar win te u.eo to replace the present car which will be sold. i ?. rr -"" 117- 'X" --" " o 17- 'X" i a k v -? " f ' ., , 1 -.Ai- Is a majestic study In fresenj rapids. , Casualties High In South Africa Race Rioting By Campbell jWalta! DURBAN, South Africa, jan. 15 -(-Bloody race rioting appeared" tonight to be dying downj but it was believed casualties will far exceed police estimates ot 1,00 kill ed and 1,000 injured. Damage runs, more than a $1,000.000. F Cyprian, king of the Zulus, pleaded with his native subjects to stop the fighting with the In dians which has wiped out whole families. . Fighting covered such wide areas that the estimates St best were guessed. The bodies of riot victims littered, the ground at Cato Manor on the fringe of the city, j Long trails of bloodstains marked every street leading to the non- ' European hospital where 15 doc tors worked to exhaustion I caring for the wounded. i J The fate of hundreds who fled from Durban was not yet known. Police, charging with fixed bay onets, sought to break up the riot ing but the trouble still j spread and heavy military reinforcements -' were ordered. 1 I A group of Indians, attacked by a Zulu mob Chanting savage battle -cries, leaped from a 500 foot cliff. . Entire families, both Indian and Zulu, were burned alive in their houses. Others were dragged Into the streets and slain, or run down as they fled from mobs or resisted. Aid for Fowl I To Continue ' Feeding of waterfowl. staitVing because of the freezing weather. will continue until conditions im prove, Don Harger, president of the Salem Izaak Walton j league said Saturday night. Harger reported that ove" a ton and a half of grain had been dis tributed locally to feeding spots. Another quarter ton will be scat tered for the ducks and geese Sun day. J Harger denied reports that ef forts totfeed the birds had Started too late and that many were al ready dead. Members of tpe Fir, Fin and Feather club, who have been aiding' in the distribution of feed, found only one dead bird along the river and sloughs! Satur day. Pro-Retl Papers Oppose Allies' Control of Ruhr BERLIN, Jan. 'lJHVRussian- controlled newspapers sought to day to whip up mass protests by the Germans against the western allies on the issue of the Western Powers' control of the Ruhr. The communist-directed German People's congress i of the j Soviet, zone called meetings to condemn what it described as the I "Ruhr dictate and the allied occupation statute." Weather Max. Min. M n M SO Salvia .M jn Portland San franciaco Chicago s M New York ts j00 Willamette rhrer J of a foof. FORECAST (from 3S. weather bu reau, McNary field,! Salem): Consid erable momins fog. clearing by mid afternooti. Warmer this afternoon. High today near 4. Low tonight near SO. SALEM PRECIPITATION tsesc I to Jan. 1) j Thla Year Last Year a.23 , Aver ago XI M V r i. j