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Fog aintains Tight Grip on Fog o thick that visibility was '. narrowed to 50 feet in some places settled over Western Ore gon from Oregon City Roseburg Friday. I Air traffic was halted and 'ground traffic was slowed to snail '-pace Friday night and the weath er burecu expected the fog-out to .continue at least through today and tonight. Motorists were warned to keep off the highways in the Willam ette valley unless travel was ab solutely necessary. Despite the hazardous driving condition in the Salem area, no bad accidents were reported Friday night. - Those football fans who braved the weather to attend the foot ball game between Pacific uni versity and Willamette Friday night had to be satisfied with a blurred view of the play. Hardy . fans pushed to the sidelines to watch the tilt and then were un able to see but a few yards. Idaho Boy, 16, Admits Murdering Child 'Just '. To See Someone Die 9 ' TWIN FALLS, Idaho, Nov. 18 -(P)- Sixteen-year-old Neil Butter field confessed tonight that he slugged a little Burley. Idaho, first grader to death "just to see someone die," Sheriff Saul Clark of Cassia county said. ! The youth orally confessed he killed Glenda Joyce Brisbois with tire Jack before tossing her body into a canal, Clark reported. OTP SMEO0 ITCDOHEI "Bubble, bubble, toll and trouble." That's the proper chant for poli tics. The bubbles are bubbling and the toil and trouble will follow in sequence' Perhaps a round-up Is In order. While Justice J. O. Bailey has made no formal announcement of his intentions the news has gotten round that be plans to retire at the end of his present term, Jan uary, 1951. Already announced as candidate for the position on the supreme court Is Robert F. Ma guire, Portland attorney, who put In a long stretch as Judge In war crimes cases at Nurnberg, Ger many. He is past president of the Oregon State bar. Also reported ai a possible candidate for the supreme court Is Sen- Irving Rand .of Multnomah county, son of the late Justice John R. Rand Other Justices whose terms ex pire in 1951 are Hall S. Lusk 6 resent chief Justice, and Arthur i. Hay, who are expected to be candidates to succeed themselves. For the unexpired portion (four years) of the term of the late Justice Percy R- Kelly an elec tion also will be held. E. M. Page of Salem is holding the position by appointment, and la expected to file for the election. One pos sible opponent Is Sen. Allan Car ton, Salem attorney. a So far Governor Douglas Mc ' Kay has a clear field In the re publican gubernatorial primary; and an Oregonian poll shows that 73 per cent of the people inter viewed approve of the way he is doing his job. He'll have democrat ic opposition, that's certain- Ac cording to B- Mike of the Ogn a recent session of dem. "hot rods" (Continued on editorial page 4) FIRE IN KLAMATH SKY KLAMATH FALLS, Nov. 1MP) A "huge ball of fire" In the sky west of here was reported by sev eral residents tonight The civil aeronautics administration said no plane was In trouble. The display was possibly a me'ecr. 7 Max. MIn. Predo. aalani 43 . M Portland S4 San franciaco 74 47 .00 Chicago , IS 21 trace New York 41 29 ffl Willamette river -J feet. FORECAST ((rom US. weather bu reau, McNary field, Salem): Fogey this morning and . tarly afternoon with probably partial elearinf lata this af ternoon. Tofgr again tonight. Hi f h to day near 44. Low tonight near U. SALEM PBKCirtTATION This Year 1.30 Laat Yaar 10.00 Normal 7.S4 Animal Crachcrs v By WARREN GOODRICH "Art we still on dtjlight str ing time, vaM ass Valley Area Portland hid escaped the ,fog blanket up to midnight Friday. The weather! was clear on the coast and expected to remain sunny today.!; Two accidents in the Salem area were blamed to the fog Fri day. Both occurred just outside the City. A model A Ford operat ed by Amos Amstutz, 309 Welch st., Silverton 'was" practically de molished when it was struck by a truck operated by W. R. Carter, 1385 Clearview St., at Lancaster and Center streets. Amstutz, un injured, was cited by state po lice for failure to stop at a stop sign. , i Minor damage was reported to two trucks in a rear-end accident on 12th street hill Friday even ing, i A Los A n g e 1 e s-Seattle freight truck and trailer rammed the back of another truck when unable to halt in time. The driv er of the freighter blamed limited visibility. I ine nyeDurn nign scnooi junior was arraigned late tonight on a sagebrush field on first degree murder charges. The unusual "courtroom" was in the legal limits of Cassia county but away from the scene of the crime. Clark said that Butterfield, re cently released from ' the Idaho state industrial school at St An thony, denied 'that he had raped the blonde girj. In an autopsy performed last night it was found that Glenda had been sexaully assaulted. Clark, in a statement issued to night, said Butterfield "hit the little; girl on the head with a bumper car jack three times. "She toppled over into the water. He then took the jack and pushed her into the water further and got into his car and left" icipant in Gets 16 Months One man was sentenced to a prison term and two others were given one-year suspended sen tence! as the courts began to mete out penalties Friday in a rape case involving a 14-year-old Salem girt Of 13 arrested to date, nine were tax! drivers, one a dis patcher and one a proprietor of a taxi company ' Sentenced to 10 months in the state ! penitentiary was John Hof fert, i Salem. Maurice Murdock, Turner, and Carl Alvin Coulson, Salem, each received suspended sentences of one year, were placed on probation for three years and forbidden to drive taxis for a like period. The men, three of at least 14 involved in the case, were sen tenced by Judge George R. Dun can lh Marion county circuit court Friday. In each case the charge was reduced from statutory rape to contributing to the delinquen cy of a minor. The charge of contributing against Don Clark, Salem, was continued after he pleaded inno cent in circuit court Friday. Rich ard Roy Carter, Salem, was giv en until November 23 to plea af ter he had waived grand Jury hearing on a charge reduced to contributing, f SIX others waived preliminary examination and were bound over to th grand Jury in district court Friday on charges of statutory rape.! They are Glen Whiteside, Meyers Rogow. Lcs Hamrick. Ed die Baltermah and Monte Burk hart,f all of Salem, and Richard Stanley Taylor, Dallas. Completing the list of those im plicated in statements by the eighth-grade girl Terrle Conway and Troy Crabtree, both of Sa lem, pleaded Innocent in district court Police said a warrant had been Issued for at least one other man and possibly another. Neither had beeni apprehended late Friday night . . ! Crommelin Part Morals Case Or Trial: Navy Reduces Air Power By Roger D. Greene WASHINGTON, Nov. 18-(V Navy Capt lohn G. Crommelin fired a new blast at the military high i command today even' as the navy announced a sharp cutback in the naval air power that he has fought to preserve. r In! and out of official hot water for months, Crommelin has charg ed that the navy's attack strength Was I being wrecked by pentagon military planners. Today the navy ordered a 20 per (rent reduction in naval com bat planes. In addition, the navy said six naval air bases will be reduced to a "skeleton" status. Cuts; have been anticipated under the general military economy pro gram. Today's order follows a re cent lay-up order for 77 naval ves sels.! The army and air force are experiencing reductions also. Lashing back against a severe reprimand given him 10 days ago. m 99th YEAR -29 IDeMs -Said i AAF Grounds AllOld-Style Superforts HAMILTON, Bermuda, Nov. 18 -(JP)-A U. S. air force polit today spotted what he said might be the wreckage of a B-29 simposed to have crash landed Wednesday with 20 men aboard. ; No sign of life was seen. First Lt. Richard Mullin, of the 32nd bombardment squadron of the 301st bombardment group, said on his return tonight from a search mission he had sighted what might "be debris 290 miles northeast of Bermuda this morn ing. Mullin, participating in an ex tensive search by air and sea for the missing plane, said he had picked up on his radio a group of call letters for the 22nd bombard ment group, to which the B-29 belonged. About two hours later, Mullin added, he saw floating de bris and heard an SOS. Later, at intervals, he saw a red object several yellow boxes, and what he believed was a piece of aluminum. Near Where Flares Seen The area where Mullin spotted the objects, was about 40 miles southwest of the place where flares were reported last night. Late today another search plane Silot reported he had spotted what e believed to be a yellow life raft In the area where the B-29 Is supposed to have crash landed. TAMPA. Fla., Nov.: lg -UP). A B-29 off to hunt for another B-29 missing in the. Atlantic crashed into the mud offTampa bay today and killed five of the nine-man crew. , It was the sixth B-29 Involved in five disasters in the past 15 days crashes which have taken 39 lives and left 20 missing. Within a few hours the air force grounded all B-29s which have not undergone engine "modernization" and all that have been under heavy strain. The big plane was five minutes off the ground and barely 1,000 feet up when one of the motors developed trouble. Smoke poured out then flames. Failed by 500 Feet The pilot turned to make it back to the long runway but he failed by only 500 feet y The ship was in its tuni when it felL It plunged into the muck of the bay 200 feet from shore, hit ting on its nose and flipping over on one side. Four of the crew were thrown clear of the fortress and suffered only minor hurts. Four were kil led outright. The fifth died on the way to a hospital. Stroble Faces LOS ANGELES, Nov. 18-()-The state moved swiftly today to send Fred Stroble confessed sex slayer who says "I don't deserve to live" to California's gas cham ber. . '4 "We will ask for the death pan alty," said Deputy District Attorn ey Adolph Alexander, as Stroble was arraigned on a charge of murdering six-year-old Linda Joyce Glucoft. The 66-year-old grandfather of Linda's favorite playmate was handcuffed as he pushed through an orderly corridor crowd into municipal xcourt. Sleeplessness gave him dark bags under the eyes; Frequently his tongue lick ed his thick lips. He looked at the floor. The preliminary hearing was set Monday Death Penalty Demands Clean Record Crommelin demanded that the re-' buke be cleared from his record "completely and forever" or that he be court-martialled. The navy's 48-year-old Stormy Petrel told a news conference he thinks the chances of getting a court martial now, on the strength of his latest broadside, are prob ably pretty good." Admiral Forrest . P. Sherman, new chief of naval operations, who administered a stinging reprimand to Crommelin on November 10. de clined to comment immediately on the captain's demand. Sherman said Crommelin's reply to his reprimand has been received in his office, but said he bad not yet read it and did not expect to get to it until late tonight Bitterly, Crommelin said a clique of top-level brass in the pentagon was exploiting an "insatiable lust for power," and declared that it was seeking to carry on the old 12 PAGES Capitol Zone WaM EXTENDED CAPITOL AREA CAPITOL PLANNING COMMISSION An enlarced and protected state eapltol sena extending; from the state bouse (showing; In right background) north to D street Is the basis for preliminary planning by the new Oregon capitol planning commis- Chinese Reds Ask U. N. Oust Nationalists NEW YORK, Nov. 18-m-Red rVina damanfiaH InHav that the .viiuia ww-j Vnited Nations unseat the Chin ese nationalist delegation dui made no immediate claim to U. N. membership. The communists told the U. N. the nationalists are in exile and their remnant forces in China soon will be eliminated. Secretary-general Trygve Lie ruled against circulating the com munist demand to the 59 mem ber nations. He put it into the file of messages from non-member governments and told re porters: "They (the communists) cannot get recognition by the secretariat or the secretary-general through the back door." Counties Back, Reapportionment PORTLAND. Nov. 18 -(P)-rhe Association of Oregon Counties today endorsed State Rep. Giles French's program to reapportion the state legislature the way that congress is: The house by popu lation, and the senate by counties. Delegates voted to back French's plan, which would give each coun ty one senator, and a number of representatives based on the number of residents. German high command strategy for military domination. In his letter replying, to Admiral Sherman's reprimand, Crommelin said: "It is the Prussian method of controlling the reitchstag." The veteran navy flier and war hero, whose earlier charges blew the lid off a long-smouldering row among the armed services and set off events that led to a congres sional Investigation, hit out strong er than ever today in his double barreled blast to newsmen and to Admiral Sherman. He released the lelter to Sher man at the news conference. Specifically, Crommelin said key army and air force military lead ers have a "carefully prepared plan" to take over control of the national defense establishment from its civilian chiefs. Each of the, armed services has a civilian head, under the overall direction of Secretary of Defense Johnson. -urn The Oregon. Statesmcm, Sdenv at TB .'Sighted; Plan Calls Enlarged Capitol Zone Recommendation Near By Robert E. Gang-ware City Editor, Tb Statesman The capitol planning commission is just about ready to submit its recommendations for an enlarged capitol zone district to the Sa lem city council, the state commissioners said Friday. Conferring with city and state planning body reiterated its preliminary stand in favor of holding to residential and apartment developments a special capitol zone extend ing north from the statehouse to D street, a distance of five blocks. Members of the Salem zoning commission, nowever, pointed out that practical problems face them during the planning period, as several business developments are contemplated in 'the area provided zone changes can be legislated by the city council. 'Can't Remain Static' Robert Stanley of the zoning commission asked, "Do you think any district can remain static in a growing community for 50 to 75 years?" Chairman Robert Sawyer of the capitol commission had em phasized his group was developing a plan for expansion of state build ings area during the next 50 to 75 years. Salem zoners said the recent business developments north of the statehouse have, tended to make that section valuable for further business development Some of the men questioned whether residential property might not deteriorate over the years and eventually make worse surround ings than businesses for the capi tol zone . " Created by Capitol Sawyer, however, said his com mission felt that the value of prop erty there for business use had been created by the presence of the state capitol "end therefore the state had a right to expect some sort of action whichwould prevent undue business encroachment. These items are tentatively pro posed for action by Salem city council: , 1 Extending . the capitol zone district 2 Closing Summer streetV be tween Chemeketa and Center streets, and extending the split block of East and West Summer, street (with, park between) north to Center. 3 Closing Chemeketa street be tween Capitol and Winter streets 4 As property ; purchased by state north to Marion street, then close the additional block of Sum mer street and again split it with a mall between. 5 Change new Salem traffic plan with state to use Winter in stead Of Summer street for through traffic. ; 6 At some future time close Waverly and Union streets. (Additional details on page 4) v.. XV Oregon, Saturday Navombor 19, Hospital A tesciioeirs Crash for Split Summer Street ! Its proposals call for Splitting mall as setting for future state officials at city hall, the new state ency uoaru To Rule on Funds For School Survey 1 The state board of education took stejps Friday for a survey of the state's public school system. The bpard asked the state emer gency board for money to hire Dr. Thomas' A. Holy of Ohio State university to head the survey. The state emergency board said it would consider the matter at a special (meeting December 9. About $50,000 is needed. The (state emergency board's ability to obtain the money from the basic school fund ended an ap parent impasse. A technicality in the lawi had left the state board of education's advisory committee with noi funds for the survey. Step Aside Mom, Pop--It's National Kids Day Something special to remind sons and daughters that they're part of the family, and that the old folks think a lot of there and like to be with them, is asked for this week end by local Ki wanis clubs. Today is National Kids day. In a letter to parents of Salem school pupils, the clubs urged that parents plan a special activity for all the family today and attend ance at church Sunday. It Was signed 1 by T. M. Medford and Richard fBatdorf, presidents of lem and North Salem Ki warns and Gus Moore and James I chairmen of the clubs Kids E(ay programs. The letter reads as follows: "Beinjg parents we know you are interested in kids. Your Salem Kiwanis clubs, along with i 3,030 other Kiwanis clubs in the U. S. and Canada, are promoting Na tional Kids day November : 19. Governor McKay has already designated this special Saturday as Kids day andwe hope lt will take its place along with Moth er's day and Father's day to honor clubs, Minty 1949 PRICE -'At Summer street to make a building. Shaw Sends 'Regrets9 to Coach at WV Julian (Buck) Smith, Willamette university's assistant football coach, learned Friday the Shaw of Iran will not be able to take him up on a five year old invitation to visit Oregon. The year was 1944 and Smith was rubbing elbows with his ma jesty while a special attache to the military academy of Persia on. loan from the United States army. The Shah promised that if he ever got to the United States he would look the American up. Thursday, Smith sent the Shah a telegram inviting him to Oregon and Willamette. Came the Shah's "personal re grets Friday, saying his crowded itinerary would not include a visit to Oregon. But Smith went back to his pure silver vase and special commenda tion from the Shah and reminisced the wartime assignment of setting up an athletic program for the Persian military academy. 55 CZECHS JAILED PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia. Nov. 18-i5)-Czechoslovakia sent 55 per sons to prison today on charges of spying and indicated more arrests, trials and sentences would follow. the kids of our nation. . "Kids are important and we of Kiwanis are convinced that be building better kids we will build a better Salem, a better Oregon and a better nation. Our slogan for Kids day is 'Child by child we build our nation "We are asking for your co operation in this Kids day pro gram by doing' only two simple, meaningful things in your fam ilv. namelvr 1. Plan some special Sbtivity on Saturday, November 19 that will center around the kids. This may be in the nature of a family party, picnic, football game, weenie roast around the fireplace or what ever your kids especially want and enjoy. - 2. On the day after Kids day, which is the Sunday preceding Thanksgiving, attend the church of your choice as a family group. "This suggested program won't take much of your time and ef fort, but if every family in Salem honors their kids in this way they will be made to feel that they too are important Let's put Kids day on the calendar!" 5c !No. 245 Battle j Approved Construction of a $600,001) ' tu- 1 berculosis ward at the Oregon state hospital was approved! Fri day in a Joint meeting of the emergency board and state board of control. ! The tuberculosis' ward "would be financed out of states building funds appropriated by the 1949 legislature. . . ; Dr. Charles Z: Bates,! supcrin-1 tendent, said there are -now, 104. tubercular patients under active treatment at the hospital and seg- ' regation from other patietits if Im possible. I ! ' Completes Plans ' ' Salem architest Frank; Struble,; already retained by the; state, is completing preliminary hl?n for' the new ward building. Officials said an effort would be; made to obtain one-third of the construct- ' ion cost from the federal govern ment i The next legislature i will be asked for additional funds to! take -care of the tubercular patients at the hospital, William Ryan, super visor of state institutions, said. I Other action by the emergency board in a separate meeting: j ' 1. Approved appropriation Of $197,000 as state's share in f 1950 spruce budworm control program. 2. Deferred six. months a pro posal to increase expenditures of the Oregon forest products labor atory by $21,522. I i Favor Statues t ! 3. Went in record in - favor pf expenditures of approximately $15,000 for placing statue of Jaion Lee and John McLaughlin in the national and Oregon leap itdls. f I r 4. Cancelled an order of the previous meeting authorizing! pur chases of 1953 Oregon icodes by the secretary of state, if j 5. Postponed action on a rquest of the state agricultural depart ment for an appropriation of (6, 668 to Issue a monthly, statistical report dealing with the'dairy In dustry. . : ' 0.1 Approved increased approp riations of $3,760 for the i state board of medical -examiners and $1,700 for the state board of dental examiners. i (Additional details on page S "17" Tilt ' veeDifiarnes Mrs.Hadley In Simple Rite By Nelle Caaaal I s ST. LOUIS, Nov. 18-vP)-yie President Alben W- Berkley and Mrs. Carleton S. Hadley rware married today in a simple Icere mony that made history 'hi the annals of American high; office,' It ; was the first time a j vice president had! taken a bride while in office. j . ; The ceremony was simple, but Just outside the door of the Meth odist, chapel where lt took place, some 5,000 persons added com plexities. The couple had a i hard time getting away, the crowd was to eager to get a dosser look at them. ' J j j . " It was 24 years ago that Presi dent Wood row Wilson, a: widower, married a beautiful Washington widow and touched off such head lines as "Cupid's Happy Captives Hold World Stage." I Not since then hajs a romance in high government circles captur ed the attention of the country; aa did the case of the Veep and the winsome widow in St Louis; ! Jane Hadley Berkley, 38, smiled through tears j of happiness when she was led from the altar by the 71-year-old vice president. j She nodded to her mother Mrs, r Estle Rucker. and her two daugh ters, Anne, 17, and Jane, 14, who were standing at a front pew. ! When the newlywedl reached the chapel vestibule, the vice pres ident did something he failed ! to do immediately after the weddt ceremony. He kissed the bride- "Wasn't he gorgeous?" i Mrs. Barkley exclaimed later. ' i Turkey-roasting Days Are liere The Woman's Department Of The Oregon Statesman for the past three years has advocated a simple but somewhat revolu tionary: method of roasting the Thanksgiving turkey, f j J Families using the ;new method are enthusiastic to a man about it. It's Salem's own recipe. Watch for this arid Other Thanksgiving recipes by Max ine Buren, Statesman Woman's Editor, In j ; I i f I . uthomzed J ! I ! ! Budworm I ! I i V 1 '