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'' sail DUD ::-.IiirffiMiHf::P8v Ho XI. Easing of Snowman Population Shoves Sharp Increase 89ui YEAR " 14 PAGES Tt Orecon Statesman. Soiexn, Oregon, Tuesday, January 3. 1950 TRICE 5c No. 239 as RP PI $MS$QM Freeze Forecast S atem9s flew A I 1: Fear babies bora In' Salem hospitals New Tear's day show little ln- terest in the new year Monday as they were photographed, betnf Intensely engaged In sleeping as they are. Left te rixht are. Greg- ery Dennis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Manning, GerraJs, first in i fsnt to be born In Salem January 1st; Craig Allen, sen el Mr. and Mrs. Howard Price, 1855 Berry si firstborn Salem citizen; Jane Batespri Nominated SuDe rvisor for Salem District Of 'v mm Across the country good many thousand of people are waking up todayTjo t another ' holiday." They are"' the ones who went on retirement at the year-end. Today they will realize, perhaps grimly, that the routine of years is brok en: No. rushing through breakfast, hurrying to catch bus or commuter train (what will Dagwood Bum stead do when he retires?), no working, all day at desk or bench or ' machine, no hitting out for home at the end of the shirt for dinner 'and a brief session with the family before bedtime. Today, and for days ahead there Is no slavery to the clock, to bus schedule, to shop4 rules and office routines and no weekly or monthly paycheck; instead a mea gre social security monthly allow ance and perhaps a check from the tompany pension fund. Worst of all, time no longer becomes an ob ject. Suddenly time is surplus, not something to be conserved care fully to get done the things urging attention. .The first reaction then may be of disorder and confusion, a sense of emptiness and useless ness father than the enjoyment of rest earned by long years of labor. ' The Introduction of retirement systems has created many prob lems. Shall they be compulsory at given age, or optional for em- Sloyer or employe? In general it i observed that the employe is re luctant to retire when the fixed 'date arrives. He doesn't want to feel, he i is "through" and he doetnt want to give up his salary. And he easily overrates both his capacity and his need to stay on v the .-- V .; f ---v;,. , (Continued on editorial page, 4) .-1. 1' 1 1 ii ii .11- ' ( . A CARDINAL MINDSZENTT ILL : ROME, Jan. 2-(AVThe Italian : Information agency ARI said to- day that Josef Cardinal Minds zen - ty had been removed from prison ' In Budapest because of an aggra- ,vllte throat ailment 1 j ; ; Animal Crocttcrs ; : By WARREN GOODRICH ' 5 1 ( l Ys not txictlf j family reon ; loo came homt to mother, $nd r mother came home to grtndma, and grsndm and grandpa had a Utile argument, and,,," Year's Day Babies 'Pose9 for First Pictures w w Pratiiin Area Bean apd Berry Grower Selected, Democratio Leaders State Cornelius Bateson, Pratum area bean and berry growler, has been nominated, to supervise the 19S0 federal census in the; Salem district, it was reported Monday by 1 democratic national committee man Monroe Sweetland and committeewoman Nancy Honeyman Rob inson, '-.!.-..'.::''::.': it I i . , ..' , Maxlne Kent of Salem, who helped conduct the recent; federal Flames Destroy Upper Part of lUUtatan News Itrrlco HUBBARD, Jan. 2 Another In a series of Willamette valley fires occured here . Sunday when the upper portion of the Paul Fyock home in the north part of town was destroyed by a late afternoon blaze. ' . Cause of the fire was attributed to a faulty flue, by Clarence Friend, fire chief. Friend estimat ed damage at about $2,000. The alarm was i turned in about 0:30 o'clock.' Furniture' and bedding in the two upstairs bedrooms were de stroyed. . Clothing of the two Fyock daughters, Lois and Orvilla, was destroyed, leaving the girls with only what they were wear ing.' Mr. and Mrs. Fyock and a son, Robert, were in the house with the girls at the time of the blaze. No one was injured and the family continues to occupy the dwelling.. The living room ceiling was water-damaged. - Costs $2,000 ToImP ress at rt RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 2 Dewey 1L, Chester, of Richmond. aet out today to show his eon, live-year-old Bruce, how an air plane operates. - And from a technical point of view the 'trip might be called a success. . . - , ; -r. Father and : son went to' the Central airport where Chester had taken flying . lessons before the war but had never gotten a li cense. : , .-; : ' i For visual demonstration pur poses Chester picked out a parked cabin plane and began explaining the leveri and dials to Bruce. The child .was not impressed. rl So papa tried another tack. He turned the switch, pulled out the throttle, and hauled Bruce out of the plane to watch him crank the propeller. ' . i . The engine obliged with a roar and the plane began to move. Chester grabbed one wing' mo mentarily and then Joined -the gaping Bruce in watching the plane do a 100-yard dash across the field., ' It scraped over 'the spectators' railing, passed over one parked plane, crushed the wing of an other,, and came to rest against the brick wall of a plane shelter. ; Civil Aeronautics Authority In spector Hamilton B. Go win esti mated damages at about $2,000. ' j But Bruce was impressed. Fire'ltoutea Tenants Of Hotel in Portland ( PORTLAND, J an. 2 A fire routed tenants of the Danmoore hotel in west side Portland today, but was controlled within minutes. No one was injured. Damage was estimated . $12,000 mostly from smoke' and water, i Hubbard Home Boy Airpo . rz J Marie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hopp, 2895 Rorer lai all born at the Salem General hospital.- At right is first girl born in Sa lem held, by her mother Mrs, John Nichols at the Salem Memorial hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Nichols lire at 115 Terrace dr. (Statesman photo). as business census here, was nomi nated for district assistant super visor."': : -- ' r i i Bateson, a Willamette university graduate of 1926, was an investi gator and personnel man ifor the UJS. civil service commission in the Seattle area for. five years prior to his return to this vicinity f in? 1943. . Confirmation Expected Nominations for the Salem and other district top posts are expect ed to be confirmed as recommend ed within a few days in an an nouncement from the census bur eau of the U.S. department of commerce, Sweetland said IThe Salem census district In cludes Marion, Polk, Clackamas, Lincoln and Benton counties.. Other - nominees recommended by Oregon democratic leaden: 4 Portland district: Carl iGilson, supervisor, and Mrs. Fannjf Fried man, assistant. Lyman Reas Nominated Astoria: Lyman Ross. Aloha, supervisor, and Mrs. Ethlyn Lind Strom. Astoria, assistant i ' Eugene: Ray Fevet, Eugene, supervisor, and GuyHjj. Corliss, Medford, assistant. . Bend: Mrs. Gertrude Arnold, Klamath Falls, supervisor.) Name of the assistant has not been dis closed. LaGrande: Harold Gibson, La Grande, supervisor, and M, Frank Webb, LaGrande, assistant jThe supervisors . will j go to Seattle this month for a two weeks training school before In terviewing candidates forj enum erators Jobs and setting up their district offices. Actual I census taking will begin about April 1. i Persons applying for enumerat ing ; work must qualify jthrough census bureau examinations. Dis trict supervisors will make ap pointments from the eligible list thus established, Sweetland said. IThe Salem district office is to have 317 census takers New Year's Babv Barely Makes Deadline FALLS CITY, Jan.' 2-4A New Year's day baby, which; barely made the deadline, was born Sunday to Mr. and Mrs.! Marvin French of Falls City at 11 tp. m. , This brings the total ef mid Willamette babies born on Janu ary 1 to an even 11. The boy was born at Bartell hospital In Pallas. Hoover. . i - . . : . ' Navy to ! 4 By Don Whitehead' WASHINGTON, Jan. 2-03)-Ue of American armed forces if ne cessary to keep Formosa I ut of Chinese communists' hands was advocated today by former Presi dent Herbert Hoover and Senator Tart (R-Ohio). " . M They contended such a policy is needed to safeguard this country's own security. Hoover said the United States not only should use its naval pow er to protect the big island strong hold but also lesser islands which Chiang Kai-shek's forces are seek ing to defend along the : South China" coast. v ' - i ' ' He declared such step would help erect a "wall against com munism in the Pacific" and offer a "continued hope of some time turning China in the paths of free- Census A. Football Scores Rose Bowl Ohio State 17, California 14 Sugar Bowl Oklahoma 35, Louisiana State . Cotton Bowl Rice t7. North Carolina 13 ; Pineapple Bowl Stanford 74, Hawaii t ' ' 'Gator Bowl Maryland 20, Missouri 7 (Additional bowl game results j en sports page.) To Retire as Finn Executive Harry V. Collins will retire as manager of the Salem district of the Pacific Telephone and Tele graph company on February 1. ! He has held the post since 1931, a year after he came to Salem as manager of the local telephone of fice. The Salem district is com prised of Marion, Polk, Linn, Ben ton and Lincoln counties. I: Collins said he would continue to make Salem his home. His suc cessor has not been announced. His 40 years' service with the telephone company started at Ana cortes. Wash.-After managerships in Washington's White River, Val ley area, Chehalis, Centralia and other northern towns in thejstate he became manager of the 'Aber deen and Hoquiam, Wash- offices la 1915. Moved te Seattle i In 1927 he was transferred to Seattle as assistant manager! and went to Portland a year later for a similar position. i Collins recalled that country lines were strung to trees . when he became district manager here and that one of his firjt objectives had been to bring rural telephone service up to urban standards as far as possible. j ! "I am grateful to the people of the Salem area for their coopera tion during the past years," -Collins 'said Monday. "In operating a public utility it has been a wonderful thing to have this spirit snown t"" " Te Continue Clvte Interest t intend to continue my interest in the development of this area." . Collins' civic activities have in cluded presidency of the Salem Breakfast dub. Philharmonic as sociation and Softball association: committee posts with the chamber of commerce and directorship on the community chest. 1 He is chairman of the Marion county .republican central com mittee at present. For eight years he was president of the Oregon onoau association. . Back Use of Formosa dom again." ' - ' In the wake of that appeal Sen ator Taft told a news conference that the . administration should consider Immediately establishing air and naval bases on Formosa. He declared that such a move should be taken through the Uni ted Nations, but that if the U.N. did not approve "then we should net on our own." ; 1 "If we have nationalists' sd-' proval,w he said, "then there would be no difficulty about the legality or the move. : j President Truman Is reported to have decided against use of U.S. armed force to safeguard Formosa, but this matter is expec ted to come up for further review alter the joint chiefs ox staff con fer with Gen. Douglas MacArthur in Japan next month. The mercury tumbled to 12. de grees in Salem Monday night af ter the Willamette valley had shiv ered through a day of sub-freezing temperatures. A gradual easing of the cold snap was forecast here tonight with a low of 22 and more snow indicated. Today's predicted high of 32 would be one degree higher than Monday's maximum reading. 1 Monday night's reading was a seasonal low, the' coldest tempera ture since last January 13. ' State police renewed their sug gestion that driving be held to a minimum. They emphasized that ; Tempera tares at 17. S. weather bureau, McNary field. Salem: 7:30 p. m. Monday IS degrees 8:30 p. m. " 15 30 p. m. " 14 - 10:00 p. m. " 12 " 10:30 p. m. 15 " 11:30 p. m. 14 12:30 a. m. Tuesday 15 degrees M9 i. m. " 15 most roads in. the area are still glazed with ice despite some sand ing operations. One motorist was hurt critically near, Albany Mon day. ' -1 : ' - i , West of the Cascades from the Willamette valley to Seattle mini mums of 10 to 20 degrees were expected early this morning. For northwes Oregon the prospect was zero; a minus-five reading was forecast near Bellingham, Wash. Tonight more snow and gradual moderation are expected to ease the cold snap. (Northwest weath er on page 2.). Schools to Reopen ., With about 7,500 students in the Salem public school district re turning to classes following an all day vacation, this morning, , all school buses were slated to make their routes. Riders were advised that many of them would be be hind schedule. . Throughout the mid-Willamette valley snow flurries were general and road reports were about the same. Main roads were reported open nearly everywhere but school bus drivers were . anticipating trouble this morning in some sec tors. (Valley weather news on page 6.) Accidents Normal City police said light traffic re duced accident danger in Salem Monday and that no more collis ions were reported than on a nor- A 30-ton truckacknifed and snapped a power pole disrupting electric service for much of the northern hald of Salem at 8:43 ajn. Most users were getting cur rent a few minutes later and all were by noon. (Additional details on page 2.) Most Wrecks Miner At the county sheriffs office people were reported standing in line Monday afternoon to file some of the 25 accident reports listed there Sunday and Monday. Most of them were minor. Manager R. 7. Davidson said City Transit lines buses were, for the most part, meeting schedules. No bus was being operated up Hanson hill in the Candeleria Heights district because young sters had turned the street into a "sled run", Davidson reported, Officials of United Airlines said all flight operations here were normal. The airport control tower reported more private flying than in the past two weeks and said braking surface on, runways was very good all afternoon. Bases en Schedule Both Greyhound and Trail wars reported most buses arriving on schedule although several arrivals from the south were a bit late. Gerald Alderman, 12, fell on Ice and wrenched his knee while playing near his home at 2485 N. 5th st about 8:15 p.m according to city attendants who gave first aid. He was dismissed from Sa lem Memorial hospital after a check. ' ;-: Sleds appeared like magic on most city hills and one bobsled was observed in action. City police cited two drivers in west Salem for towing children on sleds be hind their cars and warned others not to do it. ; Two persons were Injured, one critically, when their, car spun in circles and collided with a truck three miles north of - Albany on S-E about 10:30 a jn.- Monday, v Both la Hospital ' Clyde S. Deatherage, Medford, apparently the driver of the car, and Frederick Wayne Clink, Waterloo, Mich., both were taken to Albany General hospital. Clink's condition was regarded as critical. State police said Robert Cornel ius, Portland, driver of the truck, saw the spinning auto coming to ward him but couldn't avoid the collision. The ' rear end of the car rammed the front of the truck and forced the truck over a low bank where it SJacknifed into a ditch, v Five cars piled up, bumper to bumper, about 1 pjn. on 99-E near : Hayesville but ' state police reported only one minor injury. Jerry Smith, 8, of Oakland, Ore. Incurred 2-inch head cut and was discharged after treatment at Salem General hospital. Larry Fitzwater, 370 Fisher rd, his wife and child all escaped in Jury, when the car he drove skid ded into a switch engine at Union and liberty streets about 9:30 ajn. Monday, city police reported. FAMED FAINTER DIES PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 1 -(AV Maurtce Molarsky, 62, world celebrated portrait painter, died at his home here yesterday. . c i n ; V Willamette valley's population grew by several hundred with the first day ef 1950 as scores of snow men grew Into being at the hands ef youngsters and their parents. Son day's snow provided the material for. the chipper looking gent above standing with two yonng friends David, 3, left, and Stevie, 5, rixht. sens ef Mr. and Mrs. C E, Withers ef 2745 Feck road. The elder Withers admit that they had a major hand in the building ef the king-size snow man. (Statesman photo.) V , . . Session of CohgreQS to OperiIFofiay; Eyes Focused on November Election Second House Fire in 24 Hours Hits Dallas - - .. ' - i. -! ':J i .' -":..."i;r-": :! "... .,.".-4 : SUtesman News Serricov . t DALLAS, Jan. 2 A second house fire within 24 hours left an other family homeless here tonight. - ' t Victims of the Monday fire are Mr. and Mrs. Donald K. McClure and three small children, Donald jr 2; Bertha Nell, 1, and Chester Franklin, one month. No one was injured, v Quick work by the Dallas volunteer fire department halted the blaze at 620 Oregon ave, in freez ing weather, shortly after its dis covery by Mrs. McClure at about 5 pm. Her husband was shopping at the time. McClure. a Dallas barber, said he had relatives here who might aid him in seeking new quarters. Although most of the fire damage was confined to the upper section of the house, water, smoke and heat damage made the structure unuseable. The blaze was thought to have started near a flue in the tipper rooms. The house is owned by H. H. Harder, a local real estate dealer. 1 . " Meanwhile the James Born fam ily, whose house and furniture was burned Sunday night, are making arrangements today to move into a house directly across the street from their former home.' Tremor. Jars i-9 .4 . SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 2 A sharp earth tremor jarred north ern Utah today. The quake was felt In Salt Lake, Weber, Cache and Boxelder coun ties. No damage was reported im mediately. " ; ' ; Reports, from Logan, 85 miles north of here indicated the earth movement was felt at 12:53 p.m Mountain Standard tune. It reach ed Salt Lake City approximately one minute later. Bakers 'Strike'. In Buenos Aires BUENOS AIRES, Jan. 2 Bakers closed their doors for 48 hours today in protest against government delay in. granting an increase in the price of bread.: The bakers hope for 10 cen tavo, (one cent) increase. .The present price for bread similar to the hardroll U 55 centavos (8 cents) a kilogram - (about two pounds). The bakers said they could not pay wagt Increases or dered by the government unless the price is raised. - - NoftKernUtah R - -v . ''s " , "'A : : ": . ' i ' -V , J 4 V Toll 7; 3 Due ToAnti-Freeze By The Associated Press The third and fourth Oregon traffic victims and the violent alcoholic" deaths of three Warm Springs Indians were added yes terday to the New Year's holiday toll bringing the state's total to seven. ' . ..- -. The fourth highway death was that of Mrs. Magdalene Junket, 68, Portland, a passenger in a car that overturned near McMinnville. Four ' other , persons in the car escaped with only minor hurts. ' Earlier Monday,. Perry , Owen Hester, 43, Richland, ; Wask, died when a car driven by his wife overturned between Stanfield and Hermiston in northeastern Oregon. His wife escaped serious ; injury, i The three deaths at the Warm Springs Indian reservation were attributed to drinking of an alco holic type of motor antl-freeze at a stag party Sunday. Two other tribesmen were recovering in a hospital. 'v'-vf.:- :"--. TINIEST BABY DIES " j G LEND ALE, Calif- Jan. 2-(JP Southern California's tiniest New Year's day baby, the one and "a j half pound daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. C Speigrter, died today. Hospital attendants said the six month infant was unable to assim ilate food. Max. St 39 -47 - se Mia. Precis, is. . M trace t -C 4 f,- JS as ' jos Saln - Portia rvl San Francisco , Chicago Nnr York 43 FORECAST from VM, rcau. M:Nary field. Salem): Slowly in creasing cLMidioess today becoming; cloudy wtUt snow tonlshi. Continued old today wlUi blcttert . temperature near S2; warmer toalsbt wltn lowest near 22. , . I ALKJI rxXCIMTATlO! This Tear ISIS Last Tear Mormal MM State's Holiday By William F. Arbegast WASHINGTON. Jani f -AP) Democratie and republican leaders sparred eaatieosly today aa they looked for ail opening te land a political haymaker daring the next eonsTcss session starting tensor row.' - 'r I-:-'- ' , ... ' , . f. - . ' With 4C7 ef the lawmakers p for re-election this year, they aim (e make every word and vote eonnt toward a winning tally next November. .. . ; x SUto Democratie Leader Lncas . ef Illinois led off the preliminary ' word bouts with, a recommenda tion that congress go slow in act ing on proposals to repeal excise taxes. He indicated that al-v though there is swelling bipartisan backing for such a tax cut con- . gress members would do well te wait and see what general reve nue program will be laid down shortly by President Truman. The president is expected te favor repeal of many wartime ex cise taxes, provided congress in creases levies on corporation prof its, gifts and. estates, . and prob ably those on middle and upper income groups, to offset the loss. : Lucas . served notice that the administration was ready for a scrap on the controversial civil rights program Mr. Truman has demanded repeatedly After a meeting of the senate democratie . policy committee Lucas told re porters - "you can rest assured" that the disputed plan to set up a fair employment practices com- -. mission will be brought up anew. " Senator Taft (R-Ohio) predicted tha there will be more opposition ; to many parts of the Truman pro-. gram in this session than there , was in the last. - Mr. Truman," meanwhile took! advantage of the extra New Year's . holiday to put some final touches on the State of the Union message he will deliver in person to a joint session of the senate and house at 1p.m. Wednesday. He will follow up this general statement of hie legislative ' proposals with : the economic report on Friday and: his new budget proposals next Monday. " - Corp oration WASHINGTON, Jan. 2-yT)-The profits after taxes of U. S. manu facturing corporations Increased IS per cent in the third quarter of 1949, as compared with the second quarter, a government report mid today. . ' ' ' -r: . . The report. Issued jointly by the Federal Trade commission and the Securities and Exchange commis sion, said the Increase occurred although the volume of sales Went ud only sligail.