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trrfffTT Tif"rTTTTtTT tt tke Crtwtk tl OrtfM rl N i if CD EQQL8 100th YEAR 12 PAGES The) Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon Monday, July 10. 1350 PRICE 5c No. 164 COS A difference of opinion exists between the state capitol planning commission and the state highway department over capitol and street plans for Salem. The capitol com mission Is undertaking" to draw up an ideal plan for capitol grouping and wants to have the, street plan altered In conformity. The high way department prepared the truffle plan for Salem and tried to provide for the expeditious flow of traffic In and through the city. In certain details there is conflict The Baldock street plan called fori northbound traffic on North Capitol and southbound on North Summer. The capitol planning commission recommends that the southbound traffic be switched one block west to Winter street. . The capitol planning commis sion also wishes to close Chemeke ta street at Summer to permit the extension of the malL In the Bal dock ..plan, .Chemeketa street is one way, westbound from North Capitol. ' - . The city, council adopted the Baldock: plan (though not the full grid system) before the capitol planning commission's report was published; and the highway de partment has started its end of the work tf adapting Salem streets to its plan. Clearly there will have to be prompt action to effect an agreement or else the Baldock street plan will prevail. ,. There is a very practical impe? diment to closing Chemeketa street, If Court and Center streets are to remain, as planned, one-. way eastbound. Traffic originat ' Ing east of Capitol and flowing in now on Center, Chemeketa and Court would have to go north one block to Marion which is an "un natural" turn, or else go south to , come in on State street which al ready is heavjly loaded. To obvi ate this, it would be necessary to open Court and probably Center to westbound tsaffie in brief, an abandonment of the one-way sys tem on these east-west arteries. -The obvious suggestion is for the two' state agencies,' both of which are or should be concerned with the practical and the beauti ful in the state's capital, to get to gether and arrive at an agreement - slderation. I Five m Flash Flood - In Nebraska OMAHA, Neb- July 9 -V Torrential - rains ranging up to more than IS inches brought death by flash flood to five Nebraskans -today. j , ' .. . . The dead were passengers In a car! swept off the highway about II miles north of Fullerton in east central Nebraska. They were list ed tentatively as Mr. and Mrs. Ray Bogner and two children of Hastings. Neb and Marlene Schu macher, 8, of Petersburg, Neb. One fourth of York, a south eastern Nebraska town of 8,000, was inundated. Rainfall was 4J59 Inches at Grand Island, and topped four inches elsewhere. National guardsmen, firemen and volunteers evacuated about 200 persons from their York homes. Temperatures were generally pleasant in the northeast part of the nation, but rather warm in the south and west, except in Ore gon and Washington where cool er weather prevailed. Body of Man , Found Near f Lway20 v r LEBANON, July 9 Two fisher men .Sunday stumbled onto an unidentified body which Linn County ' Coroner Glenn Huston J said was that of a man dead for three to five years. ""They found the decomposed corpse in underbrush along high way 20 near Upper Soda Huston estimated the man was 50 to 60. He was clad in bibless overalls j; and a zippered jacket -There was no evidence of vio lence. . , Animcl Crackers fcV WARREN GOODRICH "YVAif r you sUrlng at? Haven't ye ever sees a into dress uhr Killed Higl l f ' New High On Work List Seen WASHINGTON, July MVThe labor department said today that economic signs point to record breaking employment this year, exceeding the 1948 peak of 61,600,- 000. - : The report by Robert. C. Good win, director of the department's bureau of employment security, covered results of a new survey of 99 major production centers and 53 smaller communities where un employment was 7 percent or greater in March." It said employment had increas ed in 89 of the major production centers between March and May. "Much of the . non-agriculture employment gain 'stemmed from seasonal activities, intensified this year, especially in the construc tion industry .which is V enjoying record-breaking activity, his re port to Secretary Robin stated. 'Durable goods Industries ' also moved up strongly, further stim ulating gains in service and trans portation and expanding trade- in many areas, contrary to the usual post-Easter downtrend. , .."'A The labor department report am not aiscuss ine possiDie iaDor effects of the still-developing Korean situation. , Three persons were injured when two motorcycles crashed about 9:30 pjn. Sunday on high way 99-E six miles south of Sa lem. -City first aidmen said the in jured were Joseph Elliott, 18. Al bur; Wanda i Wilson, about 13. and Robert Dusieult, 19, both of Gardiner. ' Elliott Buffered possible skull fracture. .Attendants at Salem General hospital said he was still unconscious early today. ; Miss Wilson Incurred a possible pelvic fracture and an abdominal rpuncture wound, and Dusseult severe arm lacerations. They were taken to Salem Memorial hospi tal. : The group was headed south when the wreck occurred. Prayers Asked For Christians RuledbyReds .TORONTO. July 9 The World Council of Churches must use "all possible opportunities" to keep in touch with Christians in bovlet-donainated nations, a coun- cu spoaesman said today. Dr. W. A. Visser't Hooft of Gen eya, Switzerland, general secretary of the world council, said there is danger that Christians behind the iron curtain will be forgotten "rire- ciseiy at the moment when they are in me miast ox tneir great spir itual Daiues." j Dr. Visser't Hooft's report was prepared for the BO-member cent ral committee of the world coun cil, which includes 160,000.000 cnurch members in 44 countries o all major Christian confessions ex cept Roman Catholicism. Dr. Visser't Hooft ureed that Christian prayers include church leaders In China and eastern Eur ope "who remain wholly loyal to the Christian cause and fight against atheism in Its various forms." The general secretary said it was "a downright lie" that there were any communists on the centra! committee or tne world council. He did not amplify the remark. TJB GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, July (JP)A church has this sign out in front today: "This is a ch ch? what is missing?" Three Injured In Mishaps on Motorcycles Military RJen Oppose Use of A-bomb In Korea; Washington Mum on Idea; Scientists Disagree WASHINGTON, July -HOn April C, 1949, President Truman made an informal talk at din ner. He said he beUeved that the decision to drop atom bombs on Japan in 1945 saved 200,000 Ame rican lives and from 300,000 to 400,000 Japanese lives. -Now," he said. "I believe that we are in a position where we will never have to make that decision again. But, if it has to be made for the. welfare of the United States, and the democracies of the world axe at stake, I wouldn't hesitate to make it again. I hope and pray that that will never be necessary." Today, American troops are fighting in Korea. The situation is different from that of 1945. Mr. Truman has said we are "not at war." Hugo Convoy Readied Trip: to War Zono ' SAN DIEGO, Califs July f-(AP)-A huge convoy was massing in this bustling navy port tonight, evidently to transport troops to the Korean war sone. i - Arriving today were the 12,000 ton Escort Carrier Badoeng Strait, detached from maneuvers in Hawaii last week and ordered back ho San Dego; the Transport General A. E. Anderson, a cargo ship, and four destroyers. -V;, . The carrier presumably will be used to ferry planes of the first marine air wing to the Far East. The navy .wasn't saying. But it did announce several days ago that four destroyers and heavy cruiser were being removed from the Hawaii maneuvers. The General Anderson and the cargo ship, along with four other vessels, were tied up at the naval station's main pier where loading of the marine corps equipment has been going on for three days. i - Flatcars of tanks, tractors, and other heavy gear arrived here today from the marine base at Camp Pendleton. Beach Cottage To Salem Tot Statesman Newt Service, NESKOWIN, July 9 A 15- months-old Salem boy strangled to death here today when he caught his head in the slats of a folding device placed at the open end of its bed to keep it from falling. Steven Johnson, son of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Johnson, 310 S. 23rd st., Salem, was the victim. Tillamook County Coroner A. E. Lundberg said the tragedy oc curred at the Johnson's beach house. He said Mrs. Johnson had gone to arouse the child about 2 p. m. and discovered him trapped. The baby was rushed to a doc tor who pronounced it dead. Cor oner liundberg attributed the death to strangulation. With the Johnsons on the trip to the coast were Mr. and Mrs. Roger Schnell of Salem. The fa ther is proprietor of- Johnsons Store for Ladies in Salem,' Services will be announced lat er by the Virgil T. Golden mor tuary In Salem. A Police Action. NotWar,He!d. Proper View NEW YORK. July MiTV-Arne Sunde. Norwegian president of the security council, said today the United States has been asked to lead an "international police ac tion," not a war, in Korea. His statement, prepared for a United Nations broadcast, was one of eight written by U.N. leaders for delivery over the NBC net workVThe others speakers includ ed Ambassador Warren Austin, chief of the U. S. delegation; Sir Gladwyn Jebb. chief of the Brit ish delegation; Keith Shann of Australia; Sir Carl Beretsen, chief of the New Zealand delegation and, Prince wan of Thailand. Austin said a unified command in the Korean field under Gen. Douglas MacArthur was of import' ance because "the Quicker it is ov er the -sooner we will take that great advance toward peace in general." He described the North Korean attack as "the first step without doubt in the form of aggression that would advance around the world 4f it were not stopped in its tracks." ' Officers, Airmen Offered Posts On Active Duty PORTLAND, July 9-VOffi cers and airmen of the 403d Re serve Troop Carrier wing of the air force were offered active duty today at a special assembly of the unit at the air base here. Brig. Gen. Chester E. McCarty, wing commander, said similar an nouncements. of the need for vol unteers from the reserve were being made to other air force re serve units in the nation today. "The commander said troop car rier crewmen and specialists were needed for assignments on two or three year periods. Nevertheless, people spread around the globe are wondering whether atomic weapons will be used ihr, that fighting. ' : The preponderant thinking of military men now seems to be that it is unlikely profitable targets for atom bombs will be found in Korea. But the agencies and officials of the government, including the White House defense department, and most members of congress, have nothing but "no comment" on tibia subject. That is under stal&able. Few persons with any Covernmental responsibility would wish to utter a word that might be misunderstood or that might inflame a situation already filled with risk and anxiety. The public silence surrounding this question has been broken by MishaFatal Squadron of 15 Navy Corsairs Enrouie South A U. S. navy squadron . of 13 Corsair fighter planes paused in Salem Sunday night. They are en route to maneuvers in Califor nia from their base, Sand Point naval air station, Seattle. The trim, blue fighters set down at McNary field about 5:30 pjn. after a 55-minute flight from Se attle. They were scheduled to leave t 9 an. today. All of the pilots are members of the naval reserve on active duty for the manuevers. Commanding the squadron is Lt R.H. May of seatue. Tremors Kill At Least 123 In Colombia BOGOTA. Colombia. July A series' of four earth tremors in North Santander department last mgnt and today killed at least 123 persons, according to the official report to President Mariano Oi- pina Perez. -- . Unofficial advices from the stricken axeain noztttcentrat Col omnia, said the death toll reached 200. There was no estimate of the number injured In the quakes, but the figure is expected to run high. A dispatch to the Bogota news paper El Tiempo said several trem ors were reported at Cucuta, the provincial capital, which was des troyed by an earthquake 63 years ago. Considerable panic was re ported but no serious damage. French Plane Crash Kills 21 Of 30 Aboard CASABLANCA, French Moroc co, July MVA French passen ger plane crashed in flames shortly after talcing off Irom Casablanca airport today, killing 21 of the 30 persons aboard. Eight of the sur vivors suffered critical injuries. The plane, a DC-3 operated by Algle-Azur (Blue Eagle) line, was hound, from Fans to Dakar. Martial Law In South Korea ADVANCED AMERICAN HEADQUARTERS IN KOREA, July SHV-Marial law was pro claimed in South Korea, effective today. The order forbids disturbing the country's economic life by hoard ing goods, or by abandoning Jobs without adequate reasons. It also forbids spreading rumors or caus ing agitation. Body of Lafayette Boy Found in River McMinnviHe, July 9 -WV The body of Henry Cole, age 9, La fayette, was recovered today from the Yamhill river where he drown ed while playing on logs at riverdump yesterday. . , a few voices. - ' On June 28, Peter Geoffrey Roberts, a conservative party member in the House of Com mons, suggested that England ask the i United Nations for the use of an atom bomb on North Korea. His - own party disavowed the statement, a ' : . . On July 3, Rep. Mendel Rivers (D-SC) telegraphed . President Truman urging the ujj of an atom bomb if North Korea refused to obey 24-hour ultimatum. . Scientists who helped develop the atom bomb art not of ona mind on the question. Harold C TJrey of the Universi ty of Chicago told a' reporter that the U. S. should not use the bomb in Korea. - - "One should not use the bomb unless one has to," Urey said. "Our Lost U: Med Planes Lash At Attackers' Tanlis, Infantry By Tom Lambert. WITH U.S. FORCES IN SOUTH KOREA; July MVThe line of stout Americans halted North Kor ean .communist "advances on the ground today while . the Allies L pounded the Reds from the air. The , communist tnrust wnicn forced Americans Saturday to abandon some positions was blunt ed by artillery and aircraft which struck impartially at Red infantry and tanks. . American positions Sunday were stretched across the top of a long ridge some miles south of Chonan, which is 60 road miles soutn ox Seoul and is the -deepest major penetratidnthe Reds have made i since they , invaded Soutn Korea j two weeks ago. , :, Mortar Shells Bant A In foxholes and rifle pits on the brow of the hilL the Americans ooked north over a small village to a line of low ridges among which the Reds were reported massing. I Mortar shells passed overneaa, bursting in one of the shallow "val leys. :- - L Suddenly the throatier whistle of artillery volleys took over, pour ing in on the same targets as the mortars were firing on. Boy, listen to that!! My morale is suo percent mgner man wis morning! exclaimed; a grimy, bearded sergeant as he leaned back luxuriously in his foxhole. Down the slope, a thin-faced captain-asked an artillery liaison man, "Did that do it, Joe?" Tup," Joe replied. Trie obser ver says he can seel them now. They're confused and running." -Another volley roared, in. JfrALJJai axlilierxijo slammed into the enemy positions, three GIs were discussing a story in the army newspaper. Stars and Stripes." V A "Listen to this," read sergeant Edward Stellans of Chicago. "The Association of Veterans of the 82nd Airborne approves Truman's de cision on Korea." ' f Maybe they'd like to come over, olferea corporal joe xaar cinko of Windber, Perm. "Maybe it'd be another Bastogne again if they did. commented Sergeant Pete Ramirez of Los Angeles. The others nodded Just as the first F-31 roared into view. - l There was a minute of indecis ion over identity of: the planes, sniffing around the 'village and ridges like terriers.! Then the planes dived in strafing and rock et run and their identity was set tied, v The GIs came out of their holes like spectators at a football game when a halfback breaks away. The Mustangs dived again, rockets whooshing from beneath their wines which bore Australian markings. j s "Unification Wonderful" "Look at that," exulted a dough boy. "One valley in a' million with enemy in it and those guys find it Ain't unification wonderful?" Smoke boiled out of the valley. ; Then one of the jets, sweeping widely, poured a short burst of machinegun fire into our positions. This endeavor elicited profane indignation. The pilot's ancestry was questioned cursingly and his ability and eyesight condemned as the GIs spilled back into their holes. I A The muttering continued until a laconic officer reported to head quarters by telephon, 60ne of our aircraft strafed our, position, no damage or injuries, f i The jets whistled back to the valley, passed a fluttering obser vation plane which looked like i moth among eagles. The Mustangs took protective cover over our ridgetop. r . - After several more strafing runs, the jets and Mustangs departed. The observation plane passed over a relaxed group of GIs. r use of the atom bomb In Korea would alienate public opinion, es pecially in western Europe. West ern Europe is afraid the atom bomb might be used ion its dties. World public opinion! would never sanction the . use of the atomic bomb in my opinion." Arthur IL Compton, chancellor of Washington university, SL Lou is, said in an interview July 2 that the bomb should be used in Korea if the military situation warrants. Later he explained to reporters: "Our position must be dear throughout the world. The world must realize that the atom bomb differs from the ordinary- bomb solely In being about 200 times as effective as the ordinary bomb load. ' Where destruction of that magnitude is militarily desirable, the atom bomb should be used. - initFig Advance i - - -,4. 11 JtiL SOMEWHERE IN KOREA Bombs force register direct hits on the railroad bridges across the Han river southwest of Seoul, South Korea capital captured by the com munist. According; to the air force, later observation showed the bridges were knocked out of service by the strike. The brtgdes were hit to retard movement of North Korean troops and equipment to the south. This is one of the first original photos to be received In the IT. S. en Korean bombing raids. (AP Wlrephote from Depart ment ef Defense to The Statesman). . . - Solid line shows rente ef North ef their two-weeks-old drive at Seoul. Sawon and into Chonan. in their expected objective proximately 109 miles by road 45 miles southeast of Chonan In i - - " A ". - . X . - ' A . cr fr iH'AV1 SOUTHED battalion fought its way free Sunday. (AP Wirephoto to The States man). -A November Seen As Possible Date -Io Finish Span If work on the Willamette river bridge at Independence continues at its present pace it probably will be completed by November, ac cording to Luther Jensen, highway resident engineer at the bridge. Concrete pouring-for. the 850 foot pile trestle forming the east approach to the bridge has nearly been completed. The concrete base for the hand rail will be pour ed immediately. , lias. - Tl - Tl - Tl . as , Mia. Predp, SS trace S7 - J03 M trace 3 JPO tl JM galea ... Portland Saa madNO Chicajro Kcw York . as Willamette river of a foot. - FORECAST (from VS. weather bu reau. McNary field. Salem): lair to day and tonialxt. High today near T; low tonight ntir SL. Expected low rel ative humidity this afternoon - S3 per cent. Agriculture outlook: Condition favorabl for most farm acttvtUes lor toe next 4S hours. Auras rsutcxnTATioir TblsTei 4XM HextT tits Way South Stopped. . . ... V I. f - r i - -j from planes of the TJ. S. Fifth alr- Korean communist forces from start 38th parallel southward through Dotted line shows two main rentes Tae Jon. Reds have penetrated ap Into Sooth Korea. Tae Jon is about the vicinity ef which a "lost" U. S. , ? Coquille Man Dies in Action Over Korea COQUILLE. Ore.. July Parents of Staff Sgt, WUliam J. Goodwin have been advised by the department of defense that their son was killed in air action over Korea. - . . An airman during World War XL wnen ne was snot down over Yug oslavia, taken prisoner and later escaped, Sgt. Goodwin had re enlisted in 1918. He was a turret gunner in a bomber which was at tacked in Korean action. ' His parents. Mr. and Mrs. Nell Goodwin, live here. - - . ; . i i WASHINGTON, July P-(VThe army added three names to its Korea death list today Cot Rob ert R. Martin, husband of Mrs. Mary Bella Martin, who lives the far cast command area: Pfc Dale L. Magers, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frances W. Magcrs, Box 832, Moses Lake, Wash. (He had been listed previously as missing); Pvt. Kenneth Shadricle, son of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Shadricle, Wyoming; w.va, Free; raises at Against Odds J TOKYO, Monday, July 10 -The "lost" American battalion hee -fought Itself free of a North Ko rean division. General MacArthu announced today. The red drive south was reported halted with the aid of a day-night allied aerial -hammering the first of the war. ; MacArthur. said the "lost" bat talion outnumbered and out armed Jiad $ut its way back' to' American lines and since then ,there has been a distinct lull" in' the ground fighting. A i His communique at 2:30 prm." (7:30 p.m. PDT, Sunday) said the reds "have been having communl-' cation troubles since Sunday's re-" lentless air blows. . Air BagT Given A A - A.-far': east air torcea rommn nique gave this as the bag for 153 combat sorties In the first -round-the-clock I air assault by U. St and Australian planes; which had no red air opposition: Destroyed 33 tanks, 69 trucks,1 one locomotive, nine boxcars, two ; half-trucks, five jeeps and twe large guns. Damaged 13 tanks, 49 trucks and one locomotive. Four bridges were knocked out. . A general headquarters commu-A nique announced- the "lost" bat-" talion rejoined its redment in 'good condition" after beinsr re-: ported trapped and encircled by the North Korean first division. This Red outfit had an ver-' whelming 10 to one advantage in ' manpower and armament, it said. "Most Successful" A. t "In this bold operation the bat--talion fought a most - successful -holding,' delaying and rearguard . action, MacArthur said. The Bat- ' talion was not identified and there was no mention of its size or pro- ; : Trie batuuon was Isolated fa an all-night battle July 8- near' Chonan, 50 miles south of SeouL ' was south of Chonan that Anso- ' dated Press CorresDondent Tom lambert reported that the deepest ' Red trust south had been halted Sunday by American ground forces. Lambert's battlefront dispatch ; did not pinpoint the scene of ac- ' tion but aerial reconnaissance had placed the North Koreans at Cho- " nui, 12 miles south of Chonan and " IS miles north of the Kum river. 24-Hour Air Attack All day Sunday and all night the Reds in the Chonan area were pounded by bombers and fighters, ; spokesman for U.S. Far East air force headquarters said it was the first time in the Korean war that air punches had been thrown throughout a 24-hour period. Lambert's (dispatch described American infantry dug in along a ridge and getting mortar, artillery and air support against the Reds massing among some lower ridges to the north. Reinforcements Obvious There was no indication that American armor, tanks or armored cars, had been committed. Neither field dispatches nor the head- Suarters communique made men on of these reinforcements al though an. army spokesman in Korea Sunday said they were mov- v ing up to forward areas. Fresh American men and gun. however, obviously were getting into action. They were filling the gap left When the Northern drive pinched of an American battalion somewhere north of-Chonan. MacArthurs communique said enemy forces "astride the Pyong-taek-Chonan highway, together with other fresh North Korean divisions converging from the northeast posed a constant threat of flanking the Southerners maw defense line. Six Divisions Used SixfNorth Korean divisions were carrying the brunt of the drive. They were the first, second, third, fourth fifth and fifteenth. - U. S. and British warships coiaiy cruised deep into North Korean waters. The veteran British cruis er Jamaica took a hit from shore batteries With five killed and five wounded. -i Western Internatlenal At Tri-aty Salem S .. , At Spokane S. Victoria M - !i i . At Wenatatea e-4. Tacoma S-f . ' At YaUma -S..VncouTr 1-i t 1 , Coast League J At Seattle T-l, PorUand S- m At San rrancUco t-2. Hollywood f-t At Lh AntelSrs-S. OakUnd M. At Sacramento;!-11. 8aa Slego M - American LeaaiM At New York S. Boaloe 1 1 At St Louis 4, Chicago 1 At msdelchU t-a. .Ufhingtoa l-t - At Detroit i-a, Oevelaad S-l . - National Leagve At Boetow S. New York ij at Pitthirr a. St. Leuia I At At Macf Battalion Fe BASEBALL