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Truman to Make Si rcrv H-Bprnb Decision TO ri ; By Francis J. Kelly WASHINGTON, Jan 27 -(-President Truman said today that he lone will decide whether this country will try to produce a hydrogen bomb, and that he had no idea when the decision will be made. Meanwhile, he said, he is striving constantly to bring about in ternational control of atomic energy. ' ' The president was asked at bis news conference whether there is anything authoritative he could tell the people on the much discussed super-destructive weapon. No. said Mr. Truman, and no one else could either..; -. ; - . . , . . , v.,.., Nevertheless Interest was mounting steadily in Washington, the nation and the world in the prospect that U.S. nuclear physicists would get a go-ahead to try for an explosive weapon hundreds or possibly a thousand times more violent in its action than the protype atomic bomb. There were strong indications that the matter may have come up for discussion earlier today at a closely guarded meeting of atomic authorities on capitol hilL . The meeting was a joint one of the atomic energy commission and the senate-house atomic committee. At its conclusion. Senator Mc Mahon (D-Conn), chairman of the congressional unit, told retorters, we nave been discussing plans lor advances ana tne tecnnoxogicai improvement of atomic weapons and I anticipate your questions by saying this includes all types of atomic weapons' A-Scienlist Urges U.S. ' Develop Super Bomb HEW YORK, Jan. 27 -JPh Dr. Harold C. Urey. one of the nation's top atomic scientists, urged tonight that the United States develop the hydrogen super-bomb before the Russians do it first "We may al ready have lost the armaments race," he said. Urey, who played a leading role in developing the atomic bomb, told a Roosevelt day dinner he was unhappy to advocate a weapon that might be 1,000 times as powerful. The H-bomb, he said, may endanger those who explode it as well as those who are the targets. But he said possession of the super-bomb would make a nation so powerful that the bomb might never have to be used, and he added: t - - "I do not think we should intentionally lose the armaments race. To do this will be to lose our liberties. And, like Patrick Henry, I value my liberties more than I do my life. It is more Important that this spirit (of liberty) should continue to exist than that I or you or any group should continue this mortal existence for a few years more." QtP TKD COTS The Coates apartment house deal has everybody going round in cir cles, and arriving nowhere. All are agreed that something should be done to shift constructing a seven story apartment house away from the proposed capitol zone exten sion, but thus far no one has been able to break out of the circle. Jt Is this way: Coates bought his lot on North Summer street, ar ranged for FHA financing, filed his plans with the city engineer and took out a building permit Zoning of the area permitted apart ment house use of land. Meantime clans were adopted and nublished callinc for, north ward extension of the capitol along the Summer street axis. The state capitol planning commission, asked the council to bddIt capitol Zoning (1C) to the extended area. That however did not xorbid erection of apartment houses. , When the state and city woke up to the fact that a big apartment house would be a financial road Mnrk in the war of caDitoi ex tension efforts were Initiated to head off the Coates project Coates himself has shown a very MAnerative attitude. He says that if another lot win be provided in the area wnere ne couia ut nis plans he would be quite willing to move. Sa there has been racing and chasing all over town to locate a suitable lot; thus far with iuue success. Whenever a doorbell rings mnA come one asks the nrice on the property the price rises like the thermometer on an August day. The askings are $20,000, $30,000 nothing in the 110,000 to jsia.uuu range where the Coates lot fits. ; Coates would be willing to take a larcrer lot and. increase the size of his project But FHA says .the act under which his financing has been approved expires March first and fhr ln't time for nraceasine a revamped proposal. FHA says it jitatiti haln htit that Ita Vianda are tied. The state wants to help, but it lacks funds or authority to m Coates his investment I in lot and plans. Mayor Elfstrom'of the city has been working hard to de vfiai solution. Coatea la aa reason. able as any prudent man should be. There wm have to be some fast work if a solution is reached before FHA deadline. Anyone have lot to offer in the capitol district? V. 8. TO PURCHASE WHEAT PORTLAND, Jan. 27 Grainmen were cheered today by the government's decision to buy 100,000 tons of wheat for export xrom tne racixic northwest in February, Animal Cracftcrs By WARREN GOODRICH "Peoph girt mt foe crpstT Short Drought In Coos Bay as Reservoir Out COOS 'BAY, Jan. 27 -QPh En gineers got water flowing to Coos Bay and North Bend tonight after a storage reservoir collapsed' and left much of the two towns dry throughout the day. A torrential railfall of 2.75 inch es within 24 hours was believed to have weakened the reservoir. When it went out, it broke the main pipeline and a smaller by pass line. The main reservoir on Pony creek was not affected. On higher ground, its lines to the filtering plant were intact and work crews laid a 10-inch pipe from the fil tering plant around the break. They connected with the main 16- inch pipe supplying the two towns. The final connection was made at 7 pjn. Water had not reached household taps at 8 pjn but en gineers explained they still were busy getting air out of the pipes, Full service was expected to be restored soon. Parts of Coos Bay and North Bend had water through the day. Those were the higher areas that had their own storage tanks. Board Okehs Hospital Plans For Lebanon f tatcimaa Kswi Sarrlco LEBANON, Jan. 27 Archl- tect'a rlan for th natxr Kn.hAf Lebanon Community hospital were approved py nospitai trustee board today and arrangements completed for final activities be fore construction starts this spring I D. Barr has been named to di rect final fund drive. The new structure will include two oneratlna' room, two ma ternity delivery rooms, a private wing zor maternity cases, separate wing for laundry, kitchen, and plant operations, a wing for wards and private rooms, administration center and a separate heating piani. The structure will be erected on the ' reoentlv nnnhatai a- east of highway 20 and north of ine paper mm. The new hospital will include modern, fllllv eouinneH lahnnnr and facilities, and a blood bank unit wnere whole blood and plas ma can be stored for emergency uses. ! Treasury Traps Silver; Fox, That Is Washington'. Jan. 27 A silver fox raced about for an nour on downtown streets today until it tried the United States treasury. ' There the knimal leaped into a 15-foot window well where an attendant of the Animal Rescue league " snared it before audience. - j 1 The fox appeared out of no where and cantered iato Franklin nark where it chased awhile. Then it took off for the treasury with police, reporters and news photographers in pursuit Max Mia. Prectp. 3 25 US Salem Portland IS 3 39 Jl a da San Fraru-iai ' Kl Chlcam as Mew York . Ai 3 JX Willamette river 124 feet FORECAST (from V. 5. weather bu reau. McNanr iirlA Salami; Partlw cloudy to cloudy today and tonight with intermittent showers of rain be coming more or leas continuous by nightfall. High today 15 to SS. Low tonight 33 to 39. - SALKM PUCrprTATION' This Year Laat Year Normal 3S.U 22.0S SIM 83th YEAH Road 9 , JJL U.S.. Transport Burglars Let 30 Sleeping Dogs Lie BURLINGAME, Calif, Jan. 27 (iTVBut there wasn't a "watch dog" on the place. Police today reported a bur glar robbed- the Burlingame dog hospital of $120 some time in the night without awakening a one of the ?0 dogs sleeping there. Truman Clears Way for Arms Flow to Europe By John M. nigh tower WASHINGTON, Jan. 27-flV President Truman zormally ap proved today the grand defense strategy of the Atlantic allies and cleared the way for a billion dollar flow of American weapons to help rearm western Europe. Secretary of State Acheson and representatives of the eight Europ ean nations, which will received the arms, signed agreements guar anteeing to use them in strength ening the defenses of the North Atlantic area. In a third move, Mr. Truman issued an executive order placing Acheson in charge of the arms program with instructions to ad minister it in consultation with Secretary of Defense Johnson and Paul C. Hoffman, European recov ery chief. "These developments," Mr. Tru man said in a statement, "are the result Of close cooperation among free nations which intend to re main free. They are, of course, first steps," he added. : - "The successful Implementation of the North Atlantic treaty will require constant and continuing effort and cooperation by all its members. Planning for defense can not be static." ' The intent of the rearmament of western Europe is to make that area strong enough to discourage any Soviet attack or to resist it if it occurs. Officials said that arms will be gin moving from arsenals and warehouses to ports within a week and that the first shiploads will leave for Europe In about a month. 'Tremendous Rise' In Welfare Seen PORTLAND, Jan. 27 -VF)- The state public welfare commission reported a "tremendous Increase" in relief needs today.. The commission gave general assistance to 20 per cent more families in December than in No vember. Total December pay ments were $2,200,000, the year's highest A budget of $7,854,000 was ap proved for public assistance dur ing the next quarter.' Asks Eastern Oregon Site for Airf orce School WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -(P)-Rep. Stockman (R-Ore) said to day he has recommended that the airf orce site selection board sur vey all larger towns in Eastern Oregon, including Bend, as possi ble sites for the proposed airf orce academy. Stockman said that at the pre sent time those towns have the same chance as all other sites of being selected. Goates Still Searching for Site As FHA Deadline Approaches Robert Coates, Portland builder, Friday was still searching the Sa lem real estate market for an apartment house site near the statehouse, as an FHA deadline approached. Latest reports that Coates would be allowed only a few more days to transfer his proposed seven- story apartment house project from N. Summer st property which has drawn objections from planners of the state capitol group extension. Chance of site for the already approved project would require approval of the Federal Housing administration which is financing the project: FHA has been re luctant to accept a location far ther from the capitol than the north Summer street lot north of Marion st Since FHA authority will expire March 1, too little time remains for re-submitting an en tirely new plan for FHA consid eration, - 10 PAGES Travel Canada Scene of Search EDMONTON, Jan. 27 (CP) Search for 44 persons aboard a missing U.S. transport plane to night centered along the blizzard swept Alaska highway flight route. It also spread to the Vimy dis trict, only 33 miles north of Ed monton, where school children were reported to have spotted a low-flying plane. Missing for 24 hours, the big plane was homeward bound to its Texas base, carrying a mother and child, 34 military personnel and a crew of eight. The woman and child are dependents of military personnel. The four engine C-54 U.S. air force transport was last reported over Snag, a tiny weather station settlement in the Yukon, 1,300 miles from Edmonton. The re port came through at 5:09 pjn. (CST) lastnight.j Plane Not Sighted From then on its radio was si lent. The big Whitehorse air base, a refueling station for wartime planes bound for Alaska, was put on the alert, but the plane was not sighted there. Whitehorse is about 300 miles southeast of Snag. It is a land of wilderness, where only isolated trading posts, trap pers' cabins and Indian villages offer shelter for stranded travel lers. A search plane has left to scour the Vimy district. Mrs". A. H. Ber nard, a school teacher at Vimy, northwest of here, said some of her pupils saw a plane seven miles east of the town at 9 last night Planes In Search Seventeen Canadian and Amer ican aircraft have entered the search along the winter-shrouded highway route. Others, from far flung U.S. bases, are heading for the north. The planes took off from bases at Whitehorse and Watson lake in the Yukon, and Fort Nelson, B.C. The plane, bound back to its base at Briggs field. El Paso, Tex as after a routine training flight in the north, carried a full passenger load. Observances Slated During Youth Week The Salem and the Oregon Christian Youth Councils are tak ing the lead in planning obser vances of National Youth week beginning Sunday. Among local events in connect ion with the observance will be a Salem high school "religious em phasis" assembly Thursday, spec ial services or events in several Salem churches and an interde nominational youth meeting Feb ruary 5 at First Methodist church. Catherine Person heads the Sa lem Christian Youth group. The high school program will feature a talk by Dr. Harry Dillin, E resident of Linfield college at IcMlnnville. Theme of the seventh annual Youth week is "God Designs Youth Build!" The nationwide ob servance is fostered by the United Christian Youth movement. Boy and Girl Scouts, Christian En deavor, YMCA and YWCA and Camp Fire Girls. (Additional details on church page, 10.) Coates had expressed the hope that FHA might allow him to pro ceed with his present committ ment by building in the Holly wood district where he had plan ned to build an apartment house later on. Local realtors report that sites offered to Coates in the past' week have been priced con siderably higher than the approxi mated $12,000 he gave for the Summer street property. ' Coates had commented several times that he is anxious to coop erate with the city and state by withdrawing his project from the path of capitol group expansion, provided he could find a substi tute site acceptable to FHA. Since Coates has a city building permit for work ; at the North Summer street site, he could start construction at any time. Since that permit was issued, however, city legislation was initiated to freeze the area to building to pre vent expensive obstacles to state acquisition of property. Thsj Ortcjon Statesman. Salem,. Bogs Plane Missing with 44 White 'Coat9 The soew-mantled "Circuit Elder", Sss? .:ri:f:;g 1 f.y n mn i i if r ' v a ' I - - ... 1 ...... ...,ju vc ' vr - l ed all types of weather on tours er pioneer settlements, completes a wintertlde picture. The statue stands framed by trees and shrubs laden with Salem's heaviest snow ef the season Friday and back grounded by Oregon's white-marbled capitol building. (Statesman photo.) Wedemeyer Sees Victory over Reds Via Philosophy, Not Force of Arms (Picture on page 5.) The war against communism is not going to be won militarily it is going to be won by Ameri cans becoming more 'fervent Americans and espousing at home and to the world the philosophy of the free man. That in effect was the state ment in Salem Friday of genial, graying Lt Gen. Albert C. Wede meyer, commander of the 6th army, and author of the contro versial Wedemeyer report on China. The general is not commenting on China, however, no matter that his report was in conflict with many high officials "our presi dent has pronounced our policy Federal Approval Due Soon on New Bridge at Salem WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -JPh Approval can be expected next week on Oregon's application to build a highway bridge across the Willamette river at Salem. That was the prediction today from an aide to Senator Cordon (R-Ore). He said the application was approved by the district army engineer and now is being pro cessed by army engineers here. "Ne difficulties have been found and the document should reach the chief engineer and the assistant secretary of defense by the middle ef next week," the aide said. Portland Budget Back in Balance PORTLAND, Jan. 27 The city council said "today its cuts in various department expenses are balancing the budget for the pres ent fiscal year. But the council Indicated lt might ask the voters to decide on some long-term method to bring in more revenue. Possible this would be a variant of the income tax, ' - - ' . : Orejoit Saturday. January 28, Under Adorns Oregon's I l l-l , monument fe the preacher-doctor on the far east and it is up to the military only to implement not argue with, governmental pol icy." ' He was in Salem on an inspec tion tour, accompanied by several high military officials, and con ferred with Gov. Douglas McKay Friday afternoon. The general was the honored guest at noon at a Senator hotel luncheon sponsored by the Salem Booster club. He. commended highly the Salem area's "enthus iastic cooperation" in military matters; said he was gratified the city was obtaining a new army reserve armory (Olympia is to get the only other one in the northwest), and indicated a be lief that the northwest and Alaska were not being overlooked in the defense program. Never Any Friction At a brief press conference, the general said regarding unification that "so far as I am concerned, there never has been friction, and as to whether unification as such is working, I'd say the answer definitely is yes." His naval aid, Capt R. W. Berry, said he con curred. The general evinced a deep ad miration for the Chinese people and said his associations with Chiang Kai-shek (while he served in the far east as deputy chief of staff in southeast Asia and com mander of the U. S. military forces in China) had convinced him the Chinese leader was "sincere, hon est and concerned for the welfare of his- people." Of Alaska, the general declared the U. S. defenses there "are be ing progressively and definitely improved," despite limitations of high, labor costs and short con struction season. Nevertheless, he said he held confidence in the present defenses 'there. At Fort Lewis General Wedemeyer, who spent a brief tour of duty at Fort Lewis several years ago, is a long-time friend of Oregon's adjutant gen eral Maj. Gen. Thomas E. Rilea, who was with him at the Friday luncheon. Mayor R- L. Elfstrom presided and Lawson McCaU, executive as sistant to Gov. Douglas McKay, welcomed the visitors Including 1350 PRICE New Sn Circuit Rider mm. s rz J j r- - Jit. gallants of early Oregon wbe brav Brig. Gen. Robert A. McClure, commander of the northern mili tary sub-area; Capt R. W. Berry, naval aid to General Wedemeyer; and Cols. W. R. Woodward, L. H. Slocum, R- C Snyder, John R. Rodman and James Notestein. Special guests included CoL Carl Abrams, head of the Salem military advisor board; Robert Boardman, head of the Salem mil itary manpower committee; mem bers of both committees; General Rilea; Brig; Gen. H. G. Maison, deputy commander ot the 41st division, and Salem army reserve officials. The visitors returned to Port land last night Their headquar ters is San Francisco. Gubitchcv Almost Barred from Trial NEW YORK, Jan. 27 -(AV A short, stocky man was barred from the Coplon-Gubitchev trial courtroom today because he had no pass. "All right then, I go home," said the man cheerfully. , He was admitted, however, when his lawyer identified him as one of the defendants, Valen tine A. Gubitchev. Pliers Help Keep Carrot in Ground It almost required pliers to pull up a stubborn carrot in his gar den, and K. L Jennings, Glen Creek road, found the pliers on the carrot itself when it came up this week. The vegetable was four inches long and its 2 -Inch dia meter filled the hole between the handles of the well-rusted tooL World's Fair Suggested For Portland in 1955 PORTLAND, Jan. 27-WVThe chamber of commerce today sug gested a world's fair in Portland possibly In 1953. A committee will be named to consider the plan. The 1935 date was suggested as the half-century anniversary of the Lewis & Clark exposition. ' No, 324 Aboard Records Set; SP Line Cut Old man winter unleashed a few more haymakers at the Pacifie northwest Friday and communica tions again took the heaviest blows. Southern Pacific rail lines were blocked by a derailment near Cas cade summit The Pacific highway Was blocked fc mntvm all Am tween Dunsmuir and Redding. Nine auaes uosea me Willamette pass; Both the north and south Santiam highways were bottled up In a slide at Hogg Pass. Snow closed the Columbia highway. -Southbound traffic was hln . ped at Weed, Calif. - . in aaaiuon to 1M major routes, anothr haw toll in hrnkn i many secondary roads were closed January, stm four days away , from the end, has already ac counted far two all-time wea ther record and threatens at least two more. At midnight Friday a 'total f 25.8 Inches of snow had fall en at Salem te tap the ene month mark of 25.2 Inches set ta February 1937. Abe tumbled from top rank In the 57-year history ef the weather bureau here was the January record or , 22.1 Inches recorded la: Z2.1 inches er snow recorded In 1943. t ' Threatened for eclipse b the yearly record or S3.t Inches es tablished la the winter of 193S- AH the fra!nlia!M f.tif this month hasn't been enow either. The total ef 1L42 Inches reported up to midnight was approaching January record " .Tears standing 1895 s 13.72 laches. by the heaviest snows or an al ready brutal winter. And the storm added another heavy toll In broken telephone and power lines through out the northwest Schedules Delayed I All schedules along Southern Pacific's mainline were thrown be- h hind Friday after an engine pulling 5c owfal t . fn was aeraned about S pjn. on the Cascade sum mit Reports Indicated that no one was Injured in the accident , Two northbound trains were held backi the Klamath at Crescent. k.ei !rd Sh"ta at Klamath Falls. The southbound Cascade left ' Portland' Friday night, but was to be held back at Eugene. Both north and south runs for the Shasta were canceled for today. Nine Slides On the Willamette pass, where incites oi snow zeu in tne last 24 hours, there were nine slides. Crews cleared away all but the latest which plugged the Willam ette highway near the summit of the Cascades about 8 pjn. i aaiem dug itself out from under dla.. V....l a. . at . . Lai ex npaviwi Tail air sa anAm ter Friday, packed lt into treach erous layers on streets, sidewalks and roads and waited for new on slaughts from a harried weather man. . . .j. More snow for the area was forecast from the McNary field weather station Friday night In termittent snow showers along with skidding temperatures were expected In Salem early today. V drop to about 20 degrees was pre dicted for this morning with the high today expected to reach 38 followed by rains tonight i Over 4 Inches I A forecasted rain storm which turned out to be a snow- storm shoveled the city under a 4 2 inch blanket Friday morning. Low tem-, peratures throughout the day pre vented melting and an even four Inches still remained late Friday nlrht , And the city for all its snow had apparently fared better that the rest of the Willamette valley. Al bany took the worst of the new storm among river-bank towns in .1 11 m 1 t i . uic tuc;. iwuvc uiuica vk biiow fell there Friday morning contri buting blocked roads, and broken telephone and power lines. Crews from Mountain States Power com- ' pany were prepared to work throughout the night to repair the wire damages. (Additional details on page 5.) 24 Inches in Fats An almost unbelievable 24 in ches of new snow was reported at Santiam Junction in 24 hours. ' Sweet Home and Brownsville la Linn county were both virtually T isolated by heavy snow Friday which thwarted highway traffic and left the town without tele phone or electrical service for sev eral hours. The Santiam canyon area, embracing the towns of; Detroit, . uaica,: w , iuuuu autu hama presented about the same picture. The main highway wa wuail nstigKIa tint itinMrmia i Tiaaiugau