Stonm to Uromig OvDoire
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If
HALF VAY TO
THE NORTH POLE
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The snow-plastered sim located a boat two miles north of Salem on
l the Portland hit hwajr says "45th Parallel Half Way To The North
i Pole," Snow covered snrronndlnfs Indicate that one doesn't hare to
. ge to the north pole for cold weather and snow. And some Oreron-
- lans are probably fee line that they are toe near the north pole
- rirht now. (Statesman photo), f-
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" . Salem General hospital has offered to construct and rent to Ma
rlon county a county health department building,' County Judge Grant
Murphy revealed Wednesday. .;.
Willxam Ga&lsdorf, told the county court the hospital would in-
amice
The ' specific recommendations
made by President Truman in his
message to the congress Wednes
day were largely repetition of
items previously submitted but
.which failed to receive affirma
tive action. He reserved I his! dis-.
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andal problems for his budget
message. But he did refer to un
specified tax changes that! over
the riet few years will - "reduce
present; inequities stimulate 'busi
ness activity and yield a moderate
amount of additional revenue." :
! 12CW UUbC ; wuiwu . w
struck was 'that of optimism. He
held forth the prospect ofrai tril
lion dollar economy yielding a
family income or siz.uuu a year
on the average.' That prognostica
tion may be alarming rather; than
encouraging. We can reach those
figures rapidly by the device of
inliauon zor wmcn we wouia pay
the penalties other nations j have
'paid in steadily and rapidly de
preciated value of their money.
The only way such income! may
be realized in terms of present
purchasing power is by scientific
and technological developments,
progress in agricultural produc-
uon ana liiiyi y emciii ui uiuuich
11 wiu require cuouw waere
capital is "willing to venture.:
v Instead of measuring progress
in terms of dollars, it would be
much safer to compute it in terms
of production of steel, coal, farm
products, manufacturers. That is
the real wealth, not paper money.
? The president, as usual, has laid
before congress a heavy work
schedule. Considering that this is
election year, with many members
eager to get home early to cam
paign for reelection, it is virtually
certain that many of his requests
will not be acted on. , , ,r
(Continued on editorial page, 4) '
Animal Crachcrs
i By WARREN GOODRICH
1
"Wiaaa do tin Johnson ntf
Titan That
n
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, elude the health center in its plans
to construct a new hospital next
summer. The $810,000 unit, first of
a $3,000,000 project will be located
about 500 feet north of the present
hospital building.
Murphy said the county "is re
ceptive" to the idea, but indicated
that no final consideration will be
given until it is known how much
rent the county will have to pay
for the center.
"If the expense of this proposal
is not too high to. the county," said
Murphy, ' X believe the plan has its
merits. It would benefit the center
to be adjacent to a hospital. Utl-
provided from, a central plant.
The county now has tentative
plans to purchase a lot near the
hospital and to build its own cen
ter at an estimated expense of over
$50,000. The department is now
housed in the Masonic building in
downtown SalenrwC?
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Rail Service
Curbed as Coal
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4P)-The
government today ordered many
railroads to slash their passenger
service one third In a new emer
gency step to conserve the na
tion's coal supplies.
The , throttle-down command
was Issued by the interstate com
merce commission which said the
action was necessary because coal
stocks are dwindling as a result
Of the three-day work week John
L. Lewis decreed for his United
Mine workers last December.
The ICC said the curtailment
order will go into effect at 11:59
pjn. local time Sunday and con
tinue until midnight March 8, un
less changed. It applies to all coal
burning rail lines having less than
25 days supply of coal for pas
senger services.
The traffic cutback is expected
to affect immediately from 36 to
40 railroads, mainly in the east
and south.
Snoic Covered
Sprawled npside down In s snowy
Supply
Drops
fry - w - - v' - 1 i ---H
this giant Silver Eagle track transport la pictured three miles north
ex ctrooks at the scene of the wreekj during Tuesday nignt's bilxxaro.
More snow was forecast for
most of the Pacific northwest to
day. But Salem weatherman said
warmer temperatures might turn
the flurries to rain when they
reach this area late thisaftes
noon and tonight,
Thermometers edged above
freezing for several hours here
Wednesday but never got higher
than 34 degrees. Today's -predicted
high is 38; tonight's low, 32.
It was 29 at the local weather
station early this morning and at
tendants doubted that it would
drop below 25 degrees before day
break. '
Record Power Demand
Around the northwest the four
day cold wave had already en
dangered bridges, delayed trains,
closed some schools, and made
driving dangerous on virtually all
highways.
The snow and cold causeSr a
record demand for power. The
western half of the northwest
power pool used an all-time peak
of 3,637,000 kilowatts late Tues
day; All snow plows in Portland
were in operation Wednesday for
the first time this winter. The
city's higher elevations got near
ly six inches! of snow.
Bridge Threatened
Ice floes began threatening a
partially built railroad bridge on
the Yakima ; river near Richland,
Wash., just a day. after ice chunks
bad ripped a 9J0-ioot army pon
ton span from its moorings a few
miles away. !
Tug crews worked to free the
ponton bridge from a Union Pac
ific railroad span across the Col
umbia river. Ice is jammed behind
it. The bridge had broken loose
from its Snake river : mooring
Tuesday, drifted into the Colum
bia and lodged against the rail
span." i ;
1$ Below at Baker
Trains pulled into Portland
Wednesday : as much as seven
hours late. In Salem they were
reported mostly on schedule."
A new cold wave was gripping
eastern Oregon this morning. Ba
ker reported 15 below zero at
midnight. It was 6 below at On
tario and 2 beiow in the Pendle
ton area which was still digging
out from 13 inches of snow Tues
day night I
The state .highway commis
sion listed nearly all roads as
treacherous, j Chains were recom
mended on most of them.
Britain Seen
Next to Give
Nod to Reds
LONDON, Jan. 4 -(P)- Britain
plans to recognize Communist
China Friday or, Saturday and1
has so notified the United States,
an informed sourcesaid today.
Outside the communist sphere.
India, Burma and Pakistan have
given the diplomatic nod to Mao
Tze Tung's Peiping regime. Bur
ma and India acted in December.
Pakistan announced recognition
today.
Britain's decision, the inform-
ant sate, actually was made weeks
ago. The timing of recognition'
was reported to have been set
tled -before British Foreign Sec
retary Ernest Bevin left London
Dec. 27 for the conference of;
commonwealth foreign ministers
opening Jan.9 at Colombo, Cey
lon. ' A major aim of Britain's labor
government is to protect invest-j
ments of! about $1,000,000,000 id
business, schools and churches hi
China and maintain trade rela
tions with the Chinese. j
The decision marks one of fh
few majpr breaks in the coope-j
ration of; London and Washing-
ton since the end of World Warf
H.: Whil Americans consideredi
possible! aid for Chiang .Kai-I
Shek's nationalist forces on For-j
mosa, British officials said they
believed (sustained American sup-j
port would prove meaningless af-j
ler Britain recognizes Mao.
WAFD1ST NEAR MAJORITY
CAIRO, Thursday. Jan 5 -JPi
The Wafdist , party came within
one vote today of an absolute ma-j
jority in parliament in returns;
.from Egypt's first general elec4
tion since the Palestine war. Elj
ection officials gave the party of.
peasant-born Mustafa El Nahas
Pasha 159 seats in the 319-mem-'
l ber parliament. . i
Highway Blamed for Upset of
ditch alongside the Pacific highway
'99th; YEAR 14 PAGES Th Orecjon Statesncm. Salem. Oregon. Thundery. January 5. 1SS0 PRICE Sc ' ' Maw 801
riimajaL Asks
Message
Winter's Worst
Cold Wave Hits
4
Midcontinent
By The Associated Press
Winter's worst cold wave bore
down on millions of more mid
continent dwellers Wednesday on
Ithe heels of drenching, rains that
isent rivers out of their banks and
raised the threat of serious floods.
California and the southwest
also were hard hit in the weather's
latest cold rampage, but heat re
cords melted away in the east.
Flood swollen streams and
divers left their banks in southern
and central Illinois, Indiana, 'Ar
kansas and western Kentucky.
Scores of communities 4 were
threattned. Hundreds of residents
left thar flooded homes and live
stock was evacuated from low
lands. Paul A. Miller, weather bureau
chief at Indianapolis, predicted
major floods over the full length
of the Wabash and White rivers.
Forecasters said a cold wave mov
ing in on Indiana would ease the
flood peril somewhat but not re
move it
Freezing sleet turned much of
the midwest into a sea of ice.
This was the weather picture
across the nation:;
Far West The California citrus
crop suffered probably its greatest
damage of the season when freez
ing weather blanketed virtually
the entire state. Hardest hit were
lemons and oranges in spots of Los
Angeles and San Bernardino coun
ties. Considerable loss of truck
crops in the Coachella and Im
perial valleys was feared.
Southwest A severe freeze,
with temperatures of 14 to 23 de
grees, damaged the citrus crop In
the Salt River valley of Arizona.
Northern plains Temperatures
ot 30 to 35 below zero were gen
eral in North Dakota and Montana
and the cold wave was spreading
southward and eastward.
Rocky Mountainf Snowplows
bit through drifts in Colorado's
high mountain passes where the
mercury ranged to 21 degrees be
low zero. The frigid air mass
clung like an icy pall.
Midwest A cold wave began
moving in from the northwest,
routing springlike ;. temperatures.
Cold wave warnings were issued
for parts of Indiana and Illinois.
East The mercury soared to
65.6 degrees in New York City at
4 p.m. setting the fifth "heat" re
cord in 13 days. The previous high
for Jan. 4 was 59 set in 1906.
Philadelphia had a record 67,
topping the old 1874 record by one
degree. The temperature hit a
record Jan. 4 high of 70 in Balti
more at 2 p.m. Norfolk, Va., and
Atlanta, Ga., recorded 75s, highest
for the date on record.
Manhunt Ends
With Capture
Of 3 Fugitives
LITTLE BOCK, Ark., Jan. 4-P)
-The manhunt for three fugitives
ended tonight with their capture
in a sleet storm. Two were wound
ed in a gun battle. The third sur
rendered without resistance.
Wounded were James . Perry
Williams, 29, Sheridan, Ark., and
Jack Rheuark, 22, Sapula, Okla.
Williams was riddled and his
screams could be heard from the
operating room in University hos
pital. The third, David Dyer, 28, Okla
homa City, had been caught a few
minutes before.
- All three were taken in North
Little Rock.
1 They and Odus Eaton, StilwelL
Okla., who surrendered Monday,
fled Tucker prison farm early Sat
urday, killing a trusty-guard in
their flight 1 '
f Many ether vehicles landed In
storm. Driver of the rig shown
photo ). ' -
Greeted by Cheers, Cat
President Delivers 'State of Union9 Message
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WASHINGTON. Jan. 4 President
before a Joint sessioa of eonrresa
taxes and callinc again for the
dent Alben Barkley and 8peaker of the House Sam Rayborn (D-Tex) (1 to r ton, left). Clerks are in
front. (AP H'lrephoto to The Statesman). - -. .-. ,;-,-.
No Opposition Voiced to
Coos Judge
Plans for Span
Meet Approval
No objection to the proposed
Marion-Polk county bridge over
the Willamette river at Salem was
voiced at a public hearing con
ducted here Wednesday by army
engineers.
G. S. Paxson, state highway de
partment bridge engineer, pre
sented plans for the bridge to LL
Col. D. A. Elliget, executive of
ficer of the Portland district of
fice of the corps.
The highway commission had
already submitted its application
to the engineer corps for the two
lane Marion street bridge for ap
proval. Following the law, the
army scheduled the public hear
ing Wednesday.
G. H. Merwin and Willard Tay
Millard Tay-
!ffSl
lor, both of Salem,
tueboat operators on
ette river, expressed satisfaction
with the bridge plans at the hear
ing. Paxson explained the three
span, steel girder type bridge
would have concrete approaches.
Space between the two central
piers in the main river channel
will be 240 feet.
The highway department hopes
to let bids on the, piers this sum
mer and then go ahead with con
struction of the span. Cost of the
bridge is set at about $1,200,000.
It is hoped to have it completed
by the end of 1951.
. The new bridge is part of the
department's long range plan for
Salem traffic relief. It will carry
west-bound trafiic only while
east-bound traffic will use the
Center street span.
Truck, Trailer
highway ditches as a remit of the
above was uninjured. (Statesman
Trwnaa (rixht alandlnc) delivers
in the house chamber today, asking a "moderate amour of
domestic program he dabs the "Fair
to Try High
Tardy Motorists
To Face Fines
For License Lack
Motorists who do not have their
1950 auto license plates on their
cars, or evidence that they have
applied for the plates prior to
January 1, will be cited into mun
icipal court beginning Friday.
Salem police said Wednesday
they will begin enforcing the li
cense law Friday morning. The
plates, they said must be attach
ed to the vehicle in proper place.
Some drivers they said, have re
ceived their new plates but have
not attached them.
Ward Escape
q rri 1 J j
wry Told by
Robert Burr
,Two men who were object of a
statewide search after escaping the
criminal insane ward of the state
hospital a month ago spent ' the
first two days of their freedom
right at the state hospital.
This was disclosed Wednesday
by Robert Melvin Burr, escapee
captured without resistance by the
FBI in San Diego, Calif., last week
and returned here yesterday by
Denver Young. Marion county she
riff, and Capt R. G. Howard of
the state police. Marion Watson,
the other escaped inmate, is still
at large.
Burr said he and Watson con
cealed themselves in the second
story of a storage building at the
hospital grounds on Center street
within minutes of their daring
break . for freedom.
There they remained, without
food, for two days while two fel
low escapees were being captured
and law enforcement officers
scoured Salem and vicinity for
them.
. "After a couple of days we got
hungry," Burr told his captors. "It
was dark when we left this build
ing and broke open a garage to
get a car and head south." ,
He indicated ihe car used in
their getaway was the one stolen
from a hospital garage Sunday
night, December 4. A hospital em
ploye, W. J. Wellard. reported the
theft the following day. The four
inmates had escaped the preceding
Friday night
Burr was lodged In the Marion
county Jail Wednesday night, pend
ing an appearance today in dis
trict court here to answer charges
of stealing an automobile.
(Additional details on page 2) ;
ETOTJSTKY BETS RECORDS
DETROIT, Jan. 4 HS5)- General
Motors Corp., the auto industry s
largest producer, turned out an
all-time record of 2,771.194 pas
senger cars and trucks in 1949.
his "State of the TJnUn
DeaL." Presidinr are Vice Frest
Bridge Site
School Case
rV-Mtrti-o)
Secret Society
Suit on Docket
Salem's secret high school fra
ternity case is scheduled to be tried
in circuit court here late this
month, after Circuit Judge Dal M.
King of Coquille agreed Wednes-J
day to hear the . case. .
Several other Judges had refus
ed.' The case was to have been
heard December 28, but it bad to
be postponed because of the diffi
culty in finding a judge.
Some judges said they couldnt
hear it because they were prejudic
ed. Other judges said they were
too busy. .
Nineteen high school students
were expelled last fall because
school officials charged they be-
1 long to a secret fraternity. Secret
societies in public schools are ban
ned by state law.
Eighteen of the boys appealed
to the circuit court, and they were
allowed to remain in school pend
ing the court hearing.
The case, is attracting statewide
interest because of similar Inci
dents in other cities, including
Portland.
I Judge King was assigned to hear
the case by Chief Justice Hall S.
Lusk of the state supreme court.
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Portland
San Francisco
Chicago
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New York
Willamette river 23 feet.
FORECAST (from U.S. weather
bureau, McNary field. Salem): Mostly
cloud? today and tonight with rain or
snow late this afternoon and continued
throuRh tonight. Kifh today near 38.
SlifhUy wanner tonight with low near
32.
SALEM PRECIPITATION
This Year j. Last Year Nermal
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Stan McGuire Succumb
To Injuries
CQRVALLIS, Jan. 4 P)- Stan
McGuire, Oregon State college's
y .- . :
Staa lZcGolre
Boost;
Calls
Speech Termed
Curtain Raiser
For 1950 Vote;
By Doarlaa B. Cornell
WASHINGTON. Jan. 4
President Truman asked a cheer
ing-booing congress for a "mod-
crate" tax boost today in a mes
sage sparkling with confidence in '
the future of a prosperous Ameri
ca and a peaceful world.
Republicans Jeered and booed
the chief executive to his face,
particularly at one point in his '
State of the Union message in -which
he promised to hold federal
expenditures to a minimum.
Except for southerners who
blasted at Mr. Truman's renewed
call for civil rights legislation,
democratic lawmakers generally
praised the message, a new appeal
for what Mr. Truman calls his
"Fair Deal" program
Asks More Security
The president asked for more
social security, civil rights legisla
tion, medical insurance, the- Bran
nan Farm plan, repeal of the Tart
Hartley labor law, more pay for
the unemployed. -.
And beyond this' program, he
predicted that by-the year 2000.
a. u. tne nation s production win
total a trillion dollars a year
nearly four times what it is now. -,
The republicans, many of wnonv&
called the whole messase "so
cialism.'' made their noisiest dem
onstration at Mr. Truman's refer
ences to taxes and government
economy. " .;
They jeered his mention of "the
ill-considered tax reduction" pass
ed by the republican-controlled
80th congress. . . . , .
Tnunan Undisturbed -
Good-natured boos and catcalls
drowned out the president alto
gether on his next sentence about ,
federal spending. Seemingly un-'
disturbed, Mr. Truman laughed
and started over: "
-"I am proposing that federal ex
penditures be held to the lowest
levels consistent witlr our inter
national requirements and the es
sential needs of economic growth
and the well-being of our people."
' Politicians generally regarded
Mr. Truman's speech as the cur
tain raiser for the 1950 political
campaign.
Officially, the president was
making an annual report to con
gress on the state of the union.
He delivered it in person at a
Joint senate-house session in the
newly modernized house chamber.
"Kedaee Inee.altlea' '
To improve the financial out
look, he said, some changes are
needed in the .tax system to bring
In "a moderate amount of addi
tional revenue." ,-
He said the changes should "re
duce present inequities" and stim
ulate business. He promised mora
definite recommendations soon. , ,
He sends congress an economic
report Friday and his budget for
next fiscal yearn Monday.
. Missing from the message was
some of the doubt about the econ
omic future that crept in a year
ago, when he considered it recces
sary to ask for standby Inflation
controls and authority to build
steel mills if private business didnt
expand them. (Congress did not
grant either request) -
Now; Mr. Truman said, things
are going well both at home and
overseas..- ' ' ;
Mr. Truman asked today for an
other year ot rent control. And he
came out strongly once more for
curbs on monopoly.
While he was at It, Mr. Truman
once more asked congress to ap
prove: V.i ' :::;-.: ''V-
More public power projects. In
cluding some for New. England. .
4 The St. Lawrence seaway.
A Columbia valley development
for . the northwest 'patterned after
the TVA. -. -f ,
A national science foundation.
Federal , aid to let the states'4
"maintain adequate schools." -
A broader law for entry of Eu
rope's displaced persons into the
United States.
S
of Accident
brilliant football flankman and
captain-elect of the 1950 team, died
in a hospital early today ot injuries
suffered in . a Tuesday night toboggan-automobile
collision.
McGuire's death brought to two
the fatalities in the tragic crash.
Bill Corvaliisv also an OSC stu
dent and pitcher in the Brooklyn.
Dodger farm system, died shortly
after the accident. ' .
Both. McGuire and Corvallls re
ceived skull fractures in the crash.
Two other OSC students aboard
the toboggan. Bud Coons of Salem
and Lloyd Anderson of Oakland,
Calif-, escaped with slight bruises.
The toboggan was being towed
by a car driven by Bill Austin of
Woodburn, former Oregon State
grid ace and now in pro football,
when fit broke loose and veered
into an oncoming automobile.
(Full details on sports page).