olav E)Po Ctappy In Salem Homo
The Joseph Tremel family, ref usees from Yososlavla and the terror
of Marshal Tito's partisan-communist retime, were In a festive mood
Sunday when they settled In their new home at 950 S. ZOth at.
Shewn (left to right) are Mrs. Adela Mayer, Mrs. Tremel's mother;
' Mr. ami Mrs. Tremel; Frank, 23; Louise, 25, and Joseph, jr, 28.
Frank is an accomplished accordianist and Joseph, Jr, is well
trained on the guitar. On the wall (top right) is an oil painting of
Joseph, Jr, by a noted Yugoslav artist. (Photo by Lea Cour, SUtes-
- man valley editor.)
POUND0D 1651
lCOth YEAR
12 PAGES
The Oregon Statesman. Satan. Oregon. Tuesday. May 16 1950
PRICE 5c
No. a
0,000 Of f er - Cited in Prison EsieaBe
1
SGfKDQS
fKDCDQO
Charles A. Lockwood, director of
.." r". ,mmiin. chose
me
a meeting 01 r. C.7.Z I
tonservauon luu"";t" f " n: I
nounclng a reon:anization of com
mission
ministration. This in-
ivm setting uo five administra-
ViMu-" I
tive divisions over we siawy
w .. . , til.
a supervisor in cnarge..ne
sUff will then cooperate with tne
; divisional neaas m puuuui
and same propagaUdn and pro-
tection. . , '
' This reorganization Is the re
sult of the "new deal" in 'game
Tngnammt first launched by the
report of the interim conuwuw iu
- - . . in..
the 1949 legislative assembly and
followed by changes in the law,
and appointment of a new; com-
,i.cir,
01
-v - - " j:.,t- in about a month. He was detam-
Under the program eacno" m Europe because of chest in
supervision will have under wm ju incurred m a footbaU game.
fish and game Dioiogisxs,
men and other workers. Adminls-
tration thus will be decentrauzeo,
ptovido faster and more effldent
ann 1VKWOOU tlimu iubi
service. , uiuzens ,wm go i
district office for informauon or w
make reports and not nave xo gei i
in touch wun tne state oiuce
JTUIUmiu. . ., .. .I
TV.. ranrasnlTil nn mVOlVCIl
i r i nU.-u rtv
additional opportunities for pro-
motion to meVin wildlife service
of the state. The changeover wm
. .1, .ji . nut. .
.iT- " w if t imnrnviHi
riu.7.;."li;
Iismng ana nunung
wftosaxeeywp.pr
win De sausueu. . I
lna . greatest - uecuua iu wuu- i
life resources for sportsmen is in
game fish. One can fish all day
and never get a strike, and few
are the fishermen
; (Continued on editorial page, 4)
IT A 1 1 i I
ier Abiqiia
I fTTtPr A 111 Ml IH
Hr M "
WiU Get New
Steel Bridge
i
Marion county will span the up
per Abiqua creek with a steel
bridge this summer, Commissioner
K L. Rogers said Monday.
t The bridge will replace an old
covered bridge known as Gallo
way's which is the bridge farth
est up the Abiqua. The new span
is a state highway bridge the
county recently agreed to buy. It
will be moved from the Alsea
river in about two weeks.
Rogers, Commissioner Roy J,
Kice and County Road Foreman
TedlKuenzi inspected thi span
Monday Tat Scott's creek ton the!"? wo.rk' e?cl? .rn?J8 member is
Aliea river. They said the 80-foot
bridge can be hauled in four
truckloads.
It will not be available for load
Ing for about two weeks because
of road construction in the area.
Animd Cracftcrs
By WARREN GDODRlH
Rkhr4 TJteoiore Aexan-
t'tf Ceorjt Vefcsf ef Hesialfc..
' -Wa,f, AU-Sre tomt, SAYi
I
Terror of Red
Rule Ends in
New Life Here
By Lester F. Cour
Valley Editor, The Statesman
Nine years of hardship and
flight to escape terrors of com-
""""sra m Europe enaea ounaay
Ior tte Joseph Tremel family.
The six refugees from Yuiro-
slavia and Marshal Tito's partis
regime began a new life Sunday
"uI .'C HZ. ... V Z
WIULB LIU I IV dlUW M L . 1 1 1 f 1
Rai
The city.s Rewest displaced fam
ny mciUdes Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Tremel; their sons, Joseph, jr, 28,
mel; their sons, Joseph, jr, 28, 1 - - 1 F
-Frank, 23; their daughter, tatlirk 3 FlV
lse, 25, and Mrs. Tremersr1'1 1 1V 1 ttA V 1
ana
LoU
mother, Mrs. Adela Mayer, 66.
Arrived si Turner
The family arrived recently at I
Turner where they have been
staying with Tremel's brother and
sister - in - law, Mr. and Mrs. John
Tremel, who arranged to bring
the refugees to America. Another
son, Raymond, 21, will arrive, here
The Tremels first felt the hand
of totaUtarianism in 1941 wherf
Nazis occupied Yugoslavia. At I
,h, t m Tiwrna maa a nrnnur.
0us owner of four factories and
a chain of restaurants ini Vukovar,
, xhe Germans weren't Iso bad,'
Tremel recalled. "The people gra
eraiiy accepted them as an occupa
"""f viiiiiuii-
L,n.inn ,-,:,.. w ,
it 1 jfo rnntinncvl with th nciial
Tells, of Reign of Terror
. Tfemel related how . reign of
terror started in 1844 when the
r.A ,j i u,
Titn' farmi Wri control from
i"7ii.iw- T '
'V" it L L.
.'i" lVLS ""
. . ... uw su.km.j
I wiui uie cvininunisia, or even su:?
pected of not being: was either
snot, nung or Kiuea in a less mer
ciful manner.
. . ... I
"The country
Was lined Wlull
corpses hanging from trees and
rafters. Others were hooked under
their chins on posts of steel fences
around churches. One girl who
returned to Yugoslavia after flee-
in two by horses. The i partisans
cut the ears off others before kill
ing them."
New Face Job Problem '
After being forced to sign over
all their property to the partisans.
the x Tremels Bed to Austria
through the Balkans in .October
of 1944. Mrs. Mayer managed a
ride in a caravan of refugees. The
others walked the mountain route.
The family was united seven
weeks later in Austria. They lived
I in Salzburg for five years before
obtaining permission to : come to
America. - , ' I
With their years of hardship be-
hind, the Tremels are now faced
with only one problem finding
Jobs. Handicapped by not speak'
ing fluent English, they intend to
corrrci uus oj going to scnoou
Although they have been doinf
S,. -.mT7 JSZl
ticuici u wcu uuuni tu wuiw
and business methods; Joseph, Jr.,
an engineering student when the
war came, is an experienced
watchmaker and. repairman;
Frank is a trained machinist, and
Louise has already obtained em-1 the November congressional elec
ployment as a domestic. Raymond tions.
will seek a cabinet makers lob.
"Dent Want Sympathy i.
The Tremels emphasized that!
they wont be fussy about what
they find In the way of employ-
ment Despite their privations, all
are physically fit and are willing
to tackle any reasonable' Job.
And they dont want sympathy.
"Please dont write a story that
If
will taake people feel sorry for us.
they asked the Statesman.
feel that this is the greatest coun
try in the world. We were' able
to make a living in Yugoslavia and
know our chances are even better
here. We're Just thankful for the
opportunity.
John Tremel. their' sponsor, . , . . .
brought out another proUenvAll living haulmg cars which are stuck
that Fm trying to do is teach them in the ocean sands, is being forced
to look people in the face. They ef business,
were terrorized so long if i hard For u years, she and her ewn
for them to realize they are in a a. Cressman, have eked
free country where 4hey dont v- - ti., v-.,.
have to be arraia. ,
WRJB TAPPISa UPUIXD
WASHINGTON, May 15 WV-
The Supreme Court today upheld
a New York law which permits
wire tannine when supervised by
1 judges. -
if
v
Salem Motorists
Caught with Old
Driver's Licenses
Seven Salem drivers caught
with void driver's licenses Monday
were' cited to appear in municipal
court today following a routine
traffic check by city patrolmen.
. Drivers are warned by Salem
police to check their licenses to be
sure they- do not need renewal
Periodic checks for void licenses
are planned by the Salem depart
ment.
Six of the seven drivers nabbed
Monday were arrested in a irief
check at Winter Mi,
on sireeis.i ine omer was cued
after committing
a minor traffic
violation.
J
Loses Control
ISTANBUL, Turkey, May 15-W-The
Turkish democrat party's
margin of victory in yesterday's
general election increased tonight
li ieit tt-esident Ismet Inonu's
once au-powerful people's party
almost completely out in the odd.
Celal Bayar, leader of the vic
torious democf ats, said his 5-year-old
party had already cap
tured 375 of the 487 Grand Na
tional Assembly seats.
Bayar's victory surprised all
nKn,. - .. 4l -11 -
wsci ra ik m sicm
med from one simple issue: Liv
SLfSSJrS t nSinS
IJ? XLJ
f " ris tXZZ ?1
away m his campaign that the
government had done nothmg
aoout tne iituauon.
The sweep was so vast that It
lopped off 12 cabinet ministers.
, The political unset
removes
from power: the party founded by
the late emal Ataturk. Turkey's
strong man who was chosen first
president when the republic was
founded 27 Years bbo.
PrccMant: Innnn W9, nnArfa
defeated in Ankara but held his
parliament i seat by . winning in
Malataya, a second province in
which he ran. Under the law min
isters are allowed to run in two
districts.' i
B-36s TO BE IN SPOKANE
WASHINGTON, May 15' -(jP)-The
air force disclosed today that
a group of B-36 intercontinental
bombers will be stationed at
Spokane. That would be within
reach of targets in Siberia.
111 Turkey Vote
Truman Hits 'Obstructionists',
Rejects 'Delusions' of Far Left
dent Truman lashed out tonight at
the "obstructionists'' he said are
trrinf to thwart the democratic
j dream of greater security for all
PeoP1.-! ., -
i :nTing a D,UW mut WfllSUC
gtop tour, the president told a
cheering throng oi party faithful
that overflowed the 22.000-seat
Chicago stadium he hopes these
obstructionists will be removed in
I One of Chicago's bigger and
I better shows preceded the presi-
dent's appearance at the stadium.
where six years ago he first was
nominated for vice president
A parade that started at his
hotel near the lake front wound
I two torch-lighted miles through
Jeeps Giving Hazel Tough Time
Pullinc Cars
The Jeeps have it!
Wai th mul who makes her
b... rh
jeeps are giving them competi-
non.
Cressman wrote to Secretary of
State Earl T. Newbry asking
whether the Jeeps were violating
I the state license laws. But New-
'bry answered that the jeeps had
Menace
Of Flood
Lessens .
By the Associated Press
Mountain snows, melting at last,
are sending Columbia bsin rivers
rising about a foot a day. ;
, Cool weather in Jthef mountain
regions slowed the runoti some-
what Monday, but warmer weath-
er was expected to return today,
The warm weather was greet-
ed by the flood-wary In expecta- .Bugay, 25-year-old wife of a Niag
tion it would lessen the mid-June ara Falls taxi driver and mother
flood crest in the main uoiuniuia
Getting rid of all this water
now will certainly help us later
rtn " Raid Elmer Fisher, weather
nuroaii river forecaster at Port
land. The weather bureau earlier
warned of a mid-June flood peaK
f 9S-5A- feet in the Portland-Van
couver Wash., harbor area, me;
river now is slightly over 10 feetj
Flood stage is 18 leeu j
5000 MORE FLEE f
WINNIPEG FLOOD
WTMTMTPF.n Man.. May 15-iffV
Five thousand more stunned, help-
flood victims nea stricneu
winnines todav as authorities
warned the rampaging Red river
will reach its crest tomorrow.
Another 15.000 women and
children stood patiently waiting
on high ground for transport to
take them out to saieiy. Jany
rnmVH naner sacks packed with
the few personal belongings they
were able to salvage, r
A bitter north wma nowiea
down on them. -
Thi worst mass disaster in Can-
acuan nisxory, is I
more than 100,000 . reiugees to
other areas for shelter, uver ter wai have open house Satur
80,000 have already gone. day and the navy air facility at
If rain should fall, or the Reds toe galam airport also has invited
tributaries act up, D, M. Stephens, public inspection this week end.
Manitoba's aunisxer oi ur
Resources said, the city would ne
Hnnmed.
Six square miles or Winnipeg
already are under water.
PHILADELPHIA. May 15 - UP)
With the historic Liberty Bell as a
vmhol and historic Philadelphia
the site " the U.S. today opened
the 1950 Independence Drive to
sell savings bonds to America's
millions.
Secretary of the Treasury John
W. Snyder tapped the huge.
cracked bell, now. enshrined in
Inderjendence Hall, to 3 start the
campaign to sell at least $653,950,-
000 in "E" bonds.
It was this bell that rang out
when America's original 13 colo
nies became states and declared
independence in 1776.
At Chicago, President Truman
said that citizens who buy U.S.
savings bonds help a drive "to
save our independence."
the "loop" district to the west side
SJLr
TV,VW jydDVUfl AdUasu a4? Mw0
There were cries of "Hi Harry"
and some signs bearing the legend
"we're for you in 1952." '
Speaking at " the climax of a
democratic party's Jefferson jubi
lee celebration, the president took
to task the "sour critics" he said
contend that he has only "idle
dreams' for the future of the
country, v
He summed up the party's ob
jectives this way:
7e ao not snare ujc uuuitnu
of the extreme left We reject the
godless theories or communism,
We believe in the free will of men
and in the democratic exercise of
i his rights as a human being."
Off Ocean Sand
just as much right to pull oat the
can as Hazel does.
' Cressman wrote that he gets
from $1 to $10 for pulling- each
car out: picks up driftwood and
sells it tor $6 a cord, and performs
a public service by picking up
broken bottles and nails.- -He
also complained that he has
to pay $55 a ton. for. Hazel's hay,
and $39 a ton for her grain; that
the jeep competition is making It
tough, and that "the jeeps damage
a car badly, bend up the pretty
bumpers and spoil the car's looks.'
But the jeeps apparently still
have it.
Campaign for
Independence
Bonds Opens
Woman, Two
Pulled from Brink of Niagara Falls
NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y, May
15 UP) Two-pilots and a woman
they were rescuing by helicopter
narrowly escaped death near the
brink of Niagara falls today.
All three were rescued with the
aid of a second helicopter after a
rock had caught the drifting ship
and kept it from being swept over
ieo-foot Horseshoe falls, on the
Canadian side,
The dramatic rescue was made
jn the swift,, cold , waters of the
rlvcr just off the Three Sister
islands, about 300 feet from the
edge of .the cataract
The woman waNs Jeannette
Admiral Calls
For 'Armed
National Defense week opened
Monday, with Salem keynoting
the observance with a Chamber
of Commerce address by , Rear
Adm. H. H. Good, commandant
of the 13th naval district
The admiral from Seattle urg
ed an 'armed democracy," strong
enough to protect its own institu
tions, as he called attention to the
significance of Defense week and
this nation's first combined "Arm
ed Forces day", (next Saturday).
During the week, other Salem
groups will sponsor national de
fense programs, including the Sa
lem Rotary chib before which Ad
noon at the navy air faciuty,
xThe naVy-marine training cen
National guard and navy planes
wm fly m formation over Salem
Saturday.
At the chamber program yes
terday," Admiral Good was intro
duced by Mayor R. L. Elfstrom
and other military dignitaries
were introduced by? Lt Comdr.
Carl H. Cover, local1 navy reserv
ist who has coordinated defense
week plans.
State Workers
Set Parley for
Salem in Fall
Oregon State Employees asso
ciation will hold its 1950 annual
convention in Salem next Novem
ber, officials announced Monday.
E. A. Bamford, Salem tax com
mission worker, will be converi-
tion chairman.
Among his .aides will be five
other galem members of the 18-
! member association board of di
rectors Lois "Manning, Gordon
Shattuck, Robert Ashby, James
Banks and J. D. Wilson. ,
Wilson, Ted Jones of Eugene
and Willard Lawless of Portland
were added to the board when it
decided
rided to increase membership
16 at a week-end meeting here.
e board also authorized a part-
to
The
tune stenographer for the asso
ciation offices, j
Bell Rings to
iuiii uncii x uiiu
Drive for 1950
PENDLETON, May 15 -V
Governor McKay touched off the
1950 savings bond drive in Ore
gon today, ringing a Liberty belL
a replica of the historic original in
Philadelphia.
The governors party flew here
for the bond ceremony and the
dedication of the belt ,
I w rll Til
J Lumber Mill Olaze
p ern (ff TnS.
auses V)WW 1XS8
BINGEN. Wash., May 15 -UPh
Tire destroyed the resaw and
planing mill of the , McCormick
Lumber company here today. Sev
eral thousand feet of lumber also
went up in flames. The loss was
estimated tentatively at $50,000.
Km.
Via.
- M
Preelp.
Portlaad
Sa
4
JO
trace
JB1 .
Oocafo
Mew York
as
S
49
Wfuamett river 14 feeC ,
rORECAST (Cram VS. weaker lw-
McNary field. saJemir raruy
toaay aaa totusau tum imut
ir 79. Law toaignt aar 44. weautar
win m exeeUent for au Sam actrr
tUea today except SLustisK and spray-
ma wm m luaaeraa oy
IJUZX rUCITRATIOX
i This Year
Last Tear
4AM .
Korma.1
ea.w
Democracy
Would-be
of three. Her husband, Sigmund,
said she had been suffering from
a nervous breakdown and had dis
appeared from home yesterday. -,
Two park employes beard her
screaming for help this morning
and found her clinging to the
rock, about 75 feet off shore.
When a helicopter landed be
side the woman, one of the pilots,
Joseph A. Cannon, 30, climbed out
on a pontoon, looped a rope around
her and started to move her to
the craft but he lost his balance.
The ship tipped over and the spin
ning rotor blades hit the water,
hurling Cannon and his compan
ion, Owen Q. Neihaus, 28, into the
water.
Confession Good
For Soul - But Not
The Pocketbook
PORTLAND, May 15 -UPh A
mmber of motorists were fined
for speeding on the highway 89-E
entrace to Portland today, and
most complained they had not
seen any speed zone signs.
So Municipal Judge John Sea
brook asked the last motorist, Al
bert A. Walker, 21, Beaverton, if
he knew the signs were there.
Sadly, walker admitted he did.
Not only that, he said he was a
highway commission employe and
had put up the signs. Walker was
fined $15.
Foreign Aid
IBili Ready for
Final Action
WASHINGTON, May. 15
Senate and house conferees today
agreed to a $3,121,450,000 program
of American economic aid to
Europe and other non-communist
areas in the fiscal year starting
Jury 1.. ,
ine agreement marked a par
tial victory both for administra
tion leaders and for members of
an economy bloc who have fought
to- trim the outpouring of U. S.
dollars overseas.
Besides providing for the third
year of the four-year Marshall
plan aid for Europe's economic re
covery, the compromise bill calls
for aid to Korea and for the laun
ching of President Truman's
"point-four" program of aid for
the world s underdeveloped areas.
Chairman Kee (D-W.Va) of the
house foreign affairs committee
said lie would bring the measure
reiore tne nouse zor a vote on
Wednesday. Kee predicted pas
sage without difficulty.
The bin is known as an author!'
ration. Cash must be provided in
The bUl nrovides $2,850,000,000
for European recovery or $250,
000,000 less than the administra
tion had requested compared
with $1,778,000,000 voted last year.
Hillcrest Choice
n m 1 .
1 rODaDie lOQaV
..
Three women, 1 all reportedly
from out of state, will be consid
; ered by the Oregon state board' of
control today as a possible sue
cessor to Mrs. Katharyn Loaiza
superintendent. of Hillcrest School
for Girls.
The three were chosen from
considerable list of applicants.
Mrs. Loaiza resigned effective
Junel. .
Politics on
Who's Running for What in the May Primaries I
fSaiter! aata: CeamaieaU la thH aer
ies ara aaaa ky ar far the caaaiaates
wtthaat restrlctleav, aa4 aay ar aiay
aat reflect te aaiaiem at tola aewa-
paaer.) , ;-. .
Today's Subject; y
Aastla F. Flegel (D)'
Candidate for,.
- Gereraef ef Oregen
Sen. Austin T. TlegeL democratic
candidate for governor, is a na
tive-born Oregonian, the oldest ef
nine children. He
was educated in
the Portland
public schools, is
a graduate ox
Willamette uni
versity: and the
University of
Oregon Law
SChOOI. .
T h e senators
brothers and sis
ters include CoL
Earl a Flegel, U.
Aaatta rkejet
S. irmT. retired:
Miss Dorothy F. Flegel, vice prin
cipal of Jefferson high school.
Portland: - and. Mayor Albert S.
Flegel of Roseourg.
Hegel is a lifelonj democrat
r 1 ""I
. - i
i
t
He
Rescuers,
Still banging on to Mrs. Bugay,
the pair climbed back aboard.
Minutes later another helicopter
"
arrived manned by William
Gallagher-and George White. .
" ' They lowered a rope to Niehaus,
who tied one end to his helicopter.
Then the other end was dropped
to firemen on one of the Three
Sister islands.' The rope was used
to guide a rowboat to the stranded
trio, who used it to get ashore. '
Mrs. Bugay was taken to St
uvoyiwu buuuuj : wiu i
she had spent most of last night
pinned to a rock in the swirling
river, screaming for help. .
Has Meeting
Willi Stalin
tary-Oeneral Trygye Lae climax-
n."' orr rX"!.
Prmte Minister Joseph Stalin at
the Kremlin.
The United Nations chief exe
cutive officer, touring Europe
capitals in hopes of ending the
cold war, met the Soviet leader
in his office at 10 p. m. Moscow
time. .
Among those present besides
Lie and Stalin were Vice-Premier
V. M. Molotov and Foreign Min
ister Andrei Y. Vishinsky.
On Save-the-UN Toor
Lie is on a Save-the-UN tour
of European capitals. Before sail
ing from New York April 22, Lie
talked at the White house with
President Truman."
The avowed purpose of Lie's
mission is to ease east-west ten
sions.
Few details of the Lie-Stalin
meeting were announced tonight.
There was immediate specula
tion as to just what Lie and Stalin
talked about.
One may assume that Lie had
a willing listener. (This reference
was not amplified in the dispatch,
which had to pass Kussian cen
sorship). .
Budget Wins
Voters' Nod
Early returns . Monday night
favored approval of the Marion
county rural school budget by a
wide margin. '
Voters at Keizer, the largest
district approved the budget 641
21. Totals from - eight districts
showed 840 for and 131 against
, Residents of 77 school districts
voted on a $1,004,797 slice of the
budget which exceeds the 6 per
cent limitation. The total budget is
$1,197,233. -
. Eelection officials will start re
porting returns to the county
school superintendent today,
Returns from districts reporting
Monday night:
YES
NO
Stayton, dist 77
Mt Angel, dist 91 -Jefferson,
dist 14C -Marion,
dist 20
Macleay, dist 9
Keizer , ', ,, . : v
- 83
. 28
.19
.20
. 1
.641
. 43
7
8
7
33
35
21
Hubbard, dist 33
2
Sunnyside
5
18
M0 m
TOTAL
Parade . .
served one term as assistant U. S
attorney and one term in the state
senate.
Fleeel was admitted to the Ore
gon State Dar in iu ana ior
manv years was law partner with
his father and John W. Reynolds,
the latter being a member of an
old-time Salem family.:
During the war years, Flegel
was executive head of. the Wil
lamette Iron and Steel corpora
tion. This firm made a splendid
record, earning the navy T for
efficiency and speed oi proaaeuon.
. Since the war, one of Hegel's
primary interests has been a farm
in Clackamas county, where he is
a larce commercial ' grower of
dahlias and Duroc hogs. Hegel's
hogs have won many grand cham
pionships.. - ; .
' Flegel believes in party respon
sibility, and is pledged to support
and carry out the democratic state
platform.- His experience and re
cord equip him to serve the state
as its chief executive.
(Teaaerraw Walter Fears)
(PoliUeal Parade stories ef Al -
bert GiHe and Don Madison, ean -
didates for city eotmcilmen from
UN Secretary
ward 2, appear today oa past 12).
Two Held
rn Cnnnt
Of Aiding
s
Two men, both; with past rec
ords, were in custody Mondays
night .charged with participating
in the daring daytime escape of
jtucnard Johnson from on Oregon
state penitentiaryrwork crew last
Saturday morning, - s
L'PoUce listed the pair
Robert Roy Hooker, Albany, and
Louis Biziko, Toledo. Both ara
charged with aiding and abetting
prison escape. Hooker is beina
held in the Marion county jail and
Biziko is being held in the Lin4
coin county jail at Toledo.
$20,000 Offer Told
Hooker said he had been offered
$20,000 for his share in aiding tha
escape, State Police Lieutenant
Farley Mogan declared. Hooker al
so was ouoted las savin that
Johnson and Peter Paul Biziko
brother of Louis, had made ar
rangements for the escape while
both were confined to the state
penitentiary. Peter Biziko was re
leased from the prison March 13
after serving a term for larceny.
LSLTk W 'W5!!ieLc?
subJect by Peter Bizikd about
three weeks agoi and early last
week they set Saturday as the
date of the try, investigators were
told, on Saturday morning they .
went to a cafe 1 near the Drisoa
grounds and had coffee until they
saw the truck carrying prisoners
to tne iieids leave the peniten
tiary. , v "... I, , i -Gun
Declared Provided i
After picking up Johnson Hook
er was quoted ias saying a .23
automatic was handed to the es
capee and they drove to Silverton.
Then they drove to Elk City in
uncoin county by way of Stay
ton, Jefferson, Albany and Cor-
vauis, it was declared. Hooker
said Johnson's prison garb was
hidden under a log on the road to
isuverton. i - ;
Hooker said that he and Biziko
took Johnson toi the cabin owned
by Louis Biziko where he was
hidden by Louis while' thev re
turned to Toledo to make some ar
rangements, investigators declar
ed. It was at Toledo that Hooker
was arrested Saturday night on
charge of vagrancy and later al
legedly confessed his part in tha
escape. i
Car to Be Identified 4
The car in which Johnson was
whisked away from the prison
gang Saturday was believed by
police and reported by Hooker to
be the one which he was driving
at the time of .his arrest! at To
ledo. It was returned to Salem
Monday night by state police for
attempted identification by Prison
Guard Lee Hughes, who was
guarding the work crew at the
time of Johnson's escape. .
State police were concentrat
ing their search for Johnson and
Peter Biziko in the coast area
around Gardiner Monday night
after a. Waldport cab driver re
ported that he had been robbed f
$12 by two men who discussed the
escape, and left the newspaper
story of lt In his cab. 1
Talk ef Hidden Car
The cab driver said they spoke
of a hidden car near Gardiner. Ha
said he was forced to drive to tha
Smith river near Gardiner on the
coast highway, i J
jonnson escapea aDoux jo a.m.
Saturday from a crew working hi
a strawberry patch at the statet
prison annex;' southeast of Salem,
When a car pulled to a stop near
the crew, he ran and jumped into
it, Hughes had reported.
Bids Called on
The U. S. army has called for
Armory
bids June 7 for the construction
of a Salem army reserve armory -
on Airport road.
Several Salem contractors are
among those who : received the
government specifications for the
job estimated to cost about $214,-
000. it will be 148 by 90 feet, el
masonry and steel construction.
Work is to start early this sum
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