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;rn - D11 ?V OuD -10 1 emperature , Sets ; Salem! Mark I . . ;i4i''HU m , t f 3th YEAR - 1 ' . ; PBICE 5c . '- No. 323 TPGD'OtmCS '- Sure, well have the hydrogen bomb. President Truman has just given the "go" signal on the pro ject One could see the pinper Jaws of- logic closing: - - First, the li-bomb'U " reputed, to-be thousand times more de- structive. than the uranium bomb. Second, if Werdon't get It the Russians will. II they do and we do not have It the jig is up for . the USA. , j.U-.-' -.v..; , - , -Third we must get the bomb to keep ahead - of the . Russians. j Such - reasoning is compelling The military naturally is always reaching for a more powerful weapon. Even a money-conscious congress is ready to loosen Its purse strings-, to . finance the ex perimentation. Final decision rested with,, the president, .and Washington - was confident he would give the . work his favor. Consider the president's position: With thee safety of a nation and the fate of millions of people in , his hands he Just didn't dare re ' Ject the' . H-bomb program. That C would be construed as inviting ; Peart Harbor on a greatly . magnified scale. , . Ethics doesn't figure much in the equation.: After all war itself Is unethical. Aerial , bombs killed civilian when they hit industrial cities. Atom bombs merely killed more ' civilians i per bomb. . The Jl-bomb will merely kill on more cf a wholesale basis than! the A tomh. If one is coins; to argue against: the H-bomb on the basis . of ethics he should go back to arguing against War.- : David LilienthaL retiring chair tnan of the atomic -energy com mission,, , has be en , reported , as .favoring a hold-back policy on the (Continued on editorial page, 4) boviet jDoycotts Allied Giuncil iicse , TOKYO, Wednesday, Feb. 1-W Russia today boycotted the allied Four-Power council for Japan. The issue was a U.S. barge that Rus ' sia failed to complete repatriation - of Japanese war prisoners. . Lt. Gen. Kuzma Derevyanko, the Soviet delegate, refused to attend. The only matte on the agenda was . a discussion' of the fate of LS76t000 Japanese whom General MacArthur. says still are unac t counted for since their capture by the Russians during World War II. ; The boycott followed three -Russians walkouts from the last four .council meetings. Each time they walked out rather than discuss re patriationone of the major con v flicts of the .allied occupation. , - ' Out of the four previous, ses slons, the Russians remained In only one which did not have re-. : patriation up for discussion. The jRussIans ' maintain repatriation Is jnot withuvthe-Jurisdjction of the council. j . , -. v , ... ' , I The council Is an occupation, ad visory group: Other nations repre sented are the United SUtes,' Brl- , tain and nationalist China. LION TRAINEE MENDING - ! LOS ANGELES; J an. - il-(JPjj-Anlmal Trainer Mabel Stark-has recovered sufficiently from claw Ing by tigress to appear. Satur day at a March of Dimes show, her physician 'said today. v, - i. Animz! Crccftcrs By WARDEN GOODRICH ; y know .it isn't right but : this 'straight and narrow ttuit .cfoesnY get me anpthtrt," : ; Japa A : A 71 ' I - T I European Papers Top Super-Bomb; . Reds Hit Decision LONDON, Wednesday, Feb;. 1-CT-European newspapers gave big headlines to President Truman's order to U. S. scientists to try to make the hydrogen super-bomb. In London six out of nine morn ing papers gave it top play and began to debate how to -stop a super-bomb war. j , - : - , The Liberal News Chronicle and the Conservative Yorkshire Post demanded new efforts toward world atomic control. ' Britain's communists were quick to assail the announcement. They said the news was just another sign that the U. S. wanted war.. ' LHumanite, official organ of the communist party in France, said "the American' government takes one more step In preparation of -a new, monstrous and bloody war. North Salem Supper Club Fire believed caused by an over heated oil stove-gutted the dining room of The Ranch, a supper club at 32)50 Portland rdv carl Tues day. It was the most serious of 11 alarms answered by city firemen during the day.' A caretaker of a nearby estab lishment turned in the alarm. He told firemen the stove sot so hot it "was lit up like a Juke box" be fore it apparently exploded.- - Equipment, in the dining room was -ruined and the rest of the building was damaged by beat and smoke. The place was closed when the' fire started. ! ' -y A year ago. on January 27, fire destroyed a similar restaurant Chuck's Steakhouse which is lo cated about .a block from The Ranch. v -". v , . : . Loss at The Ranch' was be lieved- in excess of $10,000,-but no official estimate nad been made. Firemen said the property was insured. A fire at the Ounmings Machine works. 598 S. 18th st, caused con siderable damage to one corner of the building and destroyed some merchandise. Cost was estimated considerably above $1,000" by owner Truman A. Cummings. He said it was insured. Cause was undetermined. Firemen said the other runs varied from minor to unnecessary calls. They Involved chimney fires, overheated stoves and motors, and one automobile. (Photo on page Power Demand To Curb Use Willamette valley electrical pow er users - were urged Tuesday , to curtail the use Of electricity when ever possible. especially during the peak, morning and evening nours. 'i',r, . :!!.-; r "The "power Toad "Tuesday was at the maximum capacity of gen erating equipment in the northwest power pool," said Fred G. Starrett, manager of the Portland General Electric company. ! . Cold weather has .brought Into play -electric heaters and other electrical equipment far aKrvThe - normal, he said. He reported that except for a few minor repair Jobs on a burned-out ' transformer, at Chemawa and on downed wires on Garden ' road, damage to power equipment .was slight. Increase in wv . Destroy Bring Request Problem of Rooms in '(Editor's hot: ThU I Ui nrtt la a sri ( arUelcs- a th Salem oubUe rhoola salient pfblesa whff t pmt the war babies as tber . reach school age RrcoBiineBdaUODf tjr school aatB otW Sot meetinr District Z4'S aeedi wOl sooa be sabsaltWA te the nnbUe, up a tht series U eesifaea to preride baca-greaaa taformatioa far the ceat bif time wbtn citizens will kJiTe t decide liew best ur solve ' pressiBf and eosilr. problem.) , , 'r- By Marguerite Wttwer Wright 'y-i-'8UJf Vriter Tho' SUtesmaii " Except." for the proud parents, the one person in Salem most in terested in new babies is the superintendent of public schools, Frank B.,Rennett. - . To him each little newcomer means- another statistic on the Charts and jgraphi; Jie hSa been nursing along in Jbis - office ' for seven -years or so. Salem's high-. Climbing "birthrate has .meant : a lot of changes in more" Ways than one. ".. - . The phenomenal " increase in WES Decision Surprise ( WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -(TV-President Truman today gave the fateful order , for development of the hydrogen super-bomb so that the United States may defend it self "against any possible aggres sor." -'. . ; Mr. Truman indicated that the nation's atomic scientists may al ready have started -tackling the problem of creating a weapon far surpassing the destructive fury bf the A-bomb. ... The president said: . "I have directed the atomic en ergy commission to continue its work on all forms of atomic wea pons, including the so-called hy drogen or super-bomb. "Like al lother work in the field of atomic weapons, it is being and will be carried forward on a basis consistent with the oVeT-all ob jectives of our program for peace and security. ' - Reputedly : eight to 1,000 times more devastating than the atomic bombs dropped on Japan during World war II, the H-bomb has been the subject of behind-the-scenes debate for at least four months. The cost of producing the new super-weapon has been variously estimated at $100,000,000 to 14, 000,000,000. ; I Defense Necessary Mr. Truman said be gave the historic order because "it is part of my responsibility as commander-in-chief of our armed forces to see that our country Is able to de fend itself' against any attack. He said he has directed the AEC to press forward with the develop ment of atomic weapons, including the H-bomb, "until a satisfactory plan for international control of atomic energy is achieved : Within two hours after Mr. Truman's announcement, the sen ate-house atomic committee set to work with the federal atomic en ergy commission (AEC) to chart "ways and means and plans for building the H-bomb., Chairman McMahon (D-Conn) told newsmen "the utmost speed is necessary, but he did not ex plain why. Werd Unexpected Mr. , Truman's announcement dearly took committee members by surprise. The president had said last week that he alone had the power of decision a statement which, ruffled some lawmakers and there were- indications today that .the committee had not ex pected a presidential announce ment before next week. Though Chairman McMahon told reporters the president's deci sion met with the "unanimous ap proval" of the 18-member con gressional committee, Rep.-' Cole (R-NY), a committee member, rm issued a statement blast ing the decision. He said it usurp ed congressional authority and that the president had "muffed" a, chance to take the leadership in a movement to halt the "mad race of modern science toward more and greater weapons of destruction.1 Second Decision For Mr. Truman, it was the sec ond time he 'has made a decision of unparalleled gravity that could affect the whole course of. world history. Less than five years ago, he made the decision to drop, A bombs on Japan and ushered in the. atomic era.' . i . . Hopes for air-tight internation al control of atomic weapons as sponsored by this country in the United Nations r nave been re peatedly blocked by Russia's re- 4 - fusal to accept the American plan for international inspection. Mr. Truman's statement, handed to White House newsmen, gave no hint of a. possible attempt to renew negotiations with Russia for in ternational atomic control. i To AEG Number of Children Posing Serious births during the war years, and the swift flow of immigration that has made Oregon . the nation's fastest growing state, mean, to the city's public school system,' more classrooms, more teachers; higher operational and maintenance costs. To the area's taxpayers they re present an increase in taxes to pay . off rbond issues that made possible ' expansion to date, and, likely, - more of the same. - That careful, long-range plan ning is the best way to tackle the problem was evident to Superintendent- Bennett . as . long ago -as 1943. Last December, the school board , authorized - a study of a survey; which indicated' the dis trict may need 100 more element ary, classrooms before the enroll ment peak is reached.' The board also looked ahead to?, a- meeting with civic leaders to discuss form ulation of a definite comprehen ' -X-.:. ':''-- Common Froxea ears and f rosea pipes are sab-freezin; temperatures. Above Is a Salem motorist getting a helping shove from another driver early Tuesday morning -an oft-repeated scene in the Marion add Polk county territory. An unidentified man is standing on the back bumper of the rear ear to rive It more traction. Sab-zero weather' sent motor ists by the score to servlbe stations for, additional aatl-freeie, and many more who were not warned .t the situation found their ears solidly frozen Tuesday morning. (Statesman photo). FHA OIteh Sought for Substitute Site ' ,W:... i' , ! : Aerial Guard Federal housing administration! approval will be sought for a sev- en-story apartment house at' 1165 Chemeketa street, as a substitute site for the Robert T. Coates build ing project planned at 553 N. Sum mer street. . ' v - ' This developed Tuesday In the latest round of maneuvers by builder Coates, .the city and the state; to expedite apartment build ing hear the statehouse : without putting an expensive obstacle into the path of proposed state build ings extending north from Center street. , - . Coates said be haJ optioned a 66 by 157 foot lot on the north Side-of Chemeketa street between Capitol and 12th streets, now oc cupied by a frame dwelling; Sev eral apartments are nearby. The city "council in special .ses sion Tuesday paved the way for possible use of this property by legislating a setback line of five feet .from the front property line which would enable Coates to use existing plans at that site. The nor mal setback line would be several feet mose, figured under city code by averaging the setback of other existing buildings in that block at the time of construction. -Coates said he felt that FHA approval for a transfer of its fi nancing commitment to the Chem eketa site could be obtained, al though some question had been raised by FHA. at the nearness of the Southern Pacific railroad main line on 12th street. .':. ' . In taking their action, city aider men pointed out that the property lines on Chemeketa street already are some distance from the payed width of 4he street and that an apartment across the street (the Royal Court) is built within a foot or two of the property line.1 Chem eketa street, dedicated at 99. feet. is paved to a width of only 59 feet in that blocfc SUB SiNfOXG ACCIDENT GILLINGHAM. Eng.. Jan. 31 Vt)-A coroner, gave a. verdict of accidental death today after an inquest into the death of 10 of the victims of the sinking qf the Brit ish submarine .Truculent, ; Salem School District sive proposal which would be submitted to the public for. study and, eventually, action, j r : The data from surveys and sutn- sequent Istudies is being compiled into a pamphlet .now by Bennett and this will presently be made available to. the public through the press in the hope, says the super intendent, of providing "the most accurate information available on probable trends in school enroll ments and the incident; bailding requirements necessary for ade quate school housing in- Salem.' What the facts today,' show i is this: Bpildin pompleted to date is already required for growth to date. The 38 classrooms made available by the $1,500,000 build, ing program authorized in 1947 are already in use. t 5 ; (The additional classrooms were located as follows: Bush, fi; West Salem, 8; Middle Grove, l; Swegle, 2; Pringle, 1; Englewood,; new ' ; y . ' v -yyiA,;- ?r-Sf I :.y' Result of Uncommon Cold ' f B the two foremost worries of western v .r - . --f - Planned for A-Plants Bus Service Hearing Set Today Noon i i m A public hearing, to discuss Sa lem's city bus service, is scheduled for noon today in the Marion ho tel. The luncheon meeting Is' being conducted by the transportation committee appointed recently by Mayor R. L. Elfstrom. Chairman M. B. Rudd said that representa tives of organized groups who are interested in the City Transit Lines bus service are invited. Main point at issue, sakhRudd, is the City Transit Lines recent announcement to reduce suburban1 routes. A second item of discus sion, he stated, is the company, changing of some routes inside the city. .. The transportation committee is investigating the service and the probable effects of the changes in order to determine if the curtailed routes should be reinstated. Rudd said the committee expects to have a report in about four weeks. A number of petitions, protesting various-: phases of the bus ; serv ice, has been received recently by Rudd and the city council, he saidU borne ox tnese are zrom uaraen road and Four Corners districts and Leslie school and Hollywood areas. ; Before making a final decision, said- Rudd, the committee will study bus service in other cities of comparable size to Salem. Salem Residents Note: Alaska Has 21 Above SEATTLE. ' Jan. 3 l-(jfP)-Paciflc north westerners noticed with no satisfaction today that Barrow, Alaska, just .1,100 miles from the north pole, was warmer than most places in Washington and Oregon. . It was 21 above at Barrow. Sub zero to sub-freezing was the wea- tner iare lor uie noruiwesx. ,. Washington school, 8; new IJn- colri school, 8. That makes a total of 40 new classrooms: - with the eight classrooms of old Washing ton school subtracted, the net in crease is 32. 'After the beginning of the school year.: four more classrooms were added, making a total of 38.) . . . There Is -no ' backlog ,for, the tremendous demands aheadde-. mands created by the heavy birth rate increases from 11941 to 1947. The children born between 1933 and 1943. responsible for an en roUment increase of 931, are the ones now occupying" the 38 new classrooms in. grades one to nine. (That's not. counting the increases via immigration.) ;r r . f This increase as yet is only slight on the junior 'high and in termediate grade level and has, not begun to affect the senior high school enrollments.:'. - f- 24 IF- 1 i Oregon residents following record WASHINGTON. Jan. 31 -WV- The air force moved today to set up an aerial guard lute around all the nation's major atomic plants. Similar protections were an nounced for a long stretch of the, Atlantic coast taking in .major pons. ,. ,...( . j .i ' The obvious aim is to guard against surprise one-way air at tack. 11 planes coming, within 100 miles, of the atomic installations in Tennessee, New Mexico and Wash ington state must file flight plans with defense authorities. The same rules apply within 200 miles of the coast from Norfolk to Maine. Planes violating the rules will be intercepted, and action against the pilots will be taken under civil aeronautics regulations, the ' air force said. spokesman added that inter ception and identification will be carried out by fighter pjanes. The orders will go out soorC the defense department said, for the filing of flight plans and position reports by the affected planes. xnese are in addition to flight ports required by civil authorii "This is the beginning of sf real1 air defense scheme." a dfefensd spokesman said. "It wjlijbe per manent and will be "extended to the whole country as soon as our capabilities make it possible." The atomic plant defense rings center at Oak Ridge Term:, Leg lamos, im. ai., and Hanford, Wash. The announcement emphasized that the border defense perimeter there are in addition to the pro hibited areas immediately over the atomic plants, already "out of bounds." Arbitration May "..' solve Telephone Union's Demands WASHINGTON. Jan. 31 Wan- Arbitration of the dispute which is threatening to erupt in a na tionwide telephone strike Feb. 8 was discussed as a possible solu tion today by the union and gov ernment mediators. Associate Director William N. Margolis of the conciliation ser vice said that he had an hour long conference on arbitration and the issues in the dispute with Presi dent Joseph A. Beirne of the CIO- Communications Workers union. .- it is this union which has sched uled a strike in an effort to gain higher pay and other concessions from $he Bell Telephone system. Another conference is scheduled for 'tomorrow with Cyrus S. Ching, conciliation chief who is return ing from meetings with his. staff in California. Broken Pipes Damage : Woddburn Residence - -: '- Statesmaa News Serrieo 'r WOODBURN, Jan. 31 Mr. and Mrs. - Willard - Branigar returned here Tuesday from the beach where they- were working on a summer home. Now they're going to have to work on' their .home in Woodburn. Whiles they . were gone water pipes Iroze" and burst causing, damage estimated, at. $2,000. v three Tuners killed , . WILLIAMSON. W. Va- Jan. 31 fAVThrea miners were .'trapped and believed killed late today by a tall at the Puritan Coal Corp. mine at Puritan, about seven miles east or here.- . Weather records, car radiators and water, pipes, were broken' Tuesday as the Salem temperature tumbled to an all-time minimum of 10 below, then reached only 16 above an .all-time base maximum. And the weatherman said no major' relief is in. sight. The fore cast 'through Saturday is lor recurring snowstorms with slowly moderating temperatures'-- , " : - v ' - - It was 13.8 above in Salem at I a. m. today and apparently headed toward a minimum of 5 above be fore "it started to warm up. To day's prediction is for a high ot 25 degrees and a .low of about IS tonight; V -r i .A"-'' 40-Tear Mark Broken Salem's-, high reading of 16 de grees Monday set a record because it was so low. it snapped :a mark set Jan. 12 1909, when the day's high reading wis 17. . ''' - And the 10 below easily shat tered the old record of -6 Fire-hydrants, water pipes and car radiators suffered most from the ; deep freeze.,' The radiators were easiest to-handle. There was plenty of anti-freeze; - ' - Plumbers and pipe - tnawers were in much shorter supply and waiting lists were longer than the icicles on the, back porch. . . Hydrants Frozen, About 50 otthe city's oldest fire hydrants Were -, frozen t. Monday. enpung fire protection in the areas involved.. There are about ' 450 hydrants in Salem. :; " s. ; ; Fire Chief W. P. Roble warned residents not to thaw, out pipes With a blowtorch. He said it was responsible for at least three fires here Monday. - - - Schools m .the Salem public dis trict,- including . three .that shut down Tuesday, will be open: to day. . Heating and power failures caused Liberty, Swegle and Au burn elementary schools - to close yesterday. : .. . ' -',;., -. Dallas Colder Woodburn's Washington school will be closed today- because of frozen .water, pipes. Other public schools there will be open. - Dallas - went Salem one degree better with a -11 reading at the state forestry building Tuesday morning. Salem's city bus schedules. were uncertain Tuesday. "We are try ing to maintain - all routes, said R. J. Davidson, - manager. "When a bus freezes we bring it into the shops, chip off the ice and take it back on the run.' No routes have been abandoned and regular schedules will be maintained whenever possible." v (More weather news on page 2.) Batterman Low Op City Hall ect E. E. Batterman, Salem con tractor, was low bidder Tuesday for a city ball annex project. He bid $6,473. Bids of three other local contractors range upward to $95p. . ' It was the second, bidding on a proposed addition' to the police department at the southeast 'cor ner of city halL . for which the city council appropriated $5,000 from, the emergency fund. In pre vious bidding last month Henry G. Carl was low among 10 bid ders, at $9,231. AH bids were re jected as too high and the pro-' ject was redrafted to eliminate a partial second floor. . City Manages J. L. Franzen, who opened the bids yesterday, indicated he- would report them to the city council for disposition. Other bids received: C. A. Lentz, $6,900; T. J. Patzer, $8,6f8, and Smith and Nelson, $950. Carl did not enter the second bidding. Truman Requests IMiners to Resume Soft Coal Diffjniftr WASHINGTON, Jan. Ill -OP) President Truman stepped around the Tart-Hartley act. today with an appeal, to j miners" to resume soft coal digging" next Monday for 70 days, and submit their case to a presidential ooara. He made, the fact-finding pro posal also to spokesmen for the nation's coal operators. Asking both Jides. to let him know their answer by 5 pan. Sat urday, Feb. 4, the president made him telegram pound much like an ultimatum. v. He did not mention the Taft- Hartley law and its provision for injunctions in cases of national emergency. But he did urge John L. Lewis, United Mine Workers chief, and the operator spokesmen to accept hM proposal in . the national interest." David O'Hara Named Acting City Mayor Alderman David O'Hara, "dean of , the city council," was named acting mayor; Tuesday. , OTiari, who has served a quar ter century on the council, will preside while Mayor R. L. Elf strom is out , of the city, it was decided at -a." special council ses sion. Elfstrom is in Arizona for several weeks. f : - r slax. Kla. rreela. Sales : i 'Portland .14 '-8 .r XI - Eaa FranclWM 4S SS -DO Mew Sfork - J ' WUlamstte river J ! 4 TORECAST (from US. weather hnf eau7 McN.ry field. Salem): Cloudy with occasional light-anow-today aad tonight. High .today near 28; low to- SAlJai: FMCTPITATION , This year . Ist Year AniiexProj Tuesday Readings - (By v: S. Weather Bureau) 1, 12 :M 9jm. -. 14 is is " 14. IS M - 13 11 : 13 14 13. -5 1:3 pj. . I 2:3 jb. j:jo p.m. 4:3 pjsw 5:34 ajn. . 14.J 7:34 pj. -t 8.34 p.m. . -9 :34 aja. t UJ4 p.BL S , Wedaesaar U 1 aja.- 1S Record Cold ,,. Bjr.Ths- Associated Press . The Pacific Northwest welcom- - edvFebruary today as the weather man lorecast warmer - tempera-? tures. Warmer, that is, at below zero in most of the region. . ' : Thar s somewhat better than the official 31 below at Madras, Ore.; 28 .below at ' Ellensburg and 26' below at Coeur d'Alene and Mos cow' yesterday. ; W " . What s more,' western Oregon and 4 Washington, where ' freeze records tumbled by the score yesterday, were told they ,would? escape sub-zero marks today. Five - degrees above zero is expected to" be the coldest The weather, .man even . saw a possibility of rain over southwest Oregon by jnaay, night or Saturday. Meanwhile residents remained agog at what a cold wave , from Canada was 'doing to their ther-; mometers. ? Unofficial readings ranged'-1 down t4.39 below at Gilchrist in central Oregon.; There was ' an' official 33 below at Meacham in northeastern Oregon and Bovijle,; - near Moscow, Idaho. . There were these official lows:. Oregon Madras -3lv Prineville -30, Bend -26,, Pendleton -25, . Burns -20, .The Dalles and La Grande -19, Klamath Falls -14,' Eugene -3, Corvallis -1. Forest Groves 18 below was a. record there; Portland recorded 2 below- at the airport but; did not recognize it as equaling it sim ilar -mark in, ISS-wblcfcuws, re-. corded downtown. t . One freezing death was report ed. The body of a man identified as John HammiH, 75, a farm lab orer, was found near Whistran, six . miles northeast of Prosser, Wash. The coroner said Hammill. froze ' to death after trhjping on railroad tracks. ;- 1 " ' The few cities that remained above zero yesterday ' included: , Olympia at 1 above, Medford 3 above; Grants Pass S above, Aberdeen 9 above, Tacoma 9 above, .Newport, Ore, 14, above, Roseburg 16 above, Brookings, Ore, -23 above. NATIONALISTS RAID DOCKS; , TAIPEI, Formosa, Jan. 31-(P)-Chinese nationalist bombers hit Foochow today for the second. day in a row, leaving 80 per cent cf the shipyards destroyed, the air' force announced. . On The Record 100 90 60 70 80 50. -r-40 30 20 10 rJZere 10 -10.3 20 30 y-,ts, ,: 6;00 A. M. Yes Salem, Oro. : , Jan. 31, 1950 12:3 a.m. 1:M a.m. m. :34 a.m. J: a jn. , f 4;3v a.m. . SM a.m. S:M a.m. . 9:M a.m. -T:J. a.m. i. , :. - t:3 IA ll:N xn, UM a.m. . Grips Entire Pacific NW ii- n