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r I, Li TOKYO. July 12 This If one of the official photographs of dead 17 S. soldiers, on hisj side, his hands tied, on the South Korean front This picture made by Lt. Urn In Sik of the South Korean army signal .photo unit and made available to the AP in Tokyo. This was one of the bodies found when counter attacks won back temporarily the ground where the incidents occurred. (AP Wirephoto via radio, to The Statesman.) ' UCDCDOCB One paragraph from the report of the special committee of sUte officials studying Oregon taxa tion deserves reprinting with em phasis: . .' V-.-"'r While Oregon's tax structure Is not free from complexities, it is theoretically and practically a sound and equitable tax structure that compares quite favorably with the tax structures of all oth er states," the committee averred. This is a rebuke to those who throw up their hands at the "Ore gon system" and call it a "mess' . They should take a gander at the tax systems of other states. Those systems are often far more com viAV ant onlanded than OUT own. Really, Oregon's methods ol collecting revenue are simple, di rect and 'quite equitable. The tata'a main deoendence is on revenues from income and cor porate excise taxes. Other sources m inheritance taxes, insurance and corporation licenses, and taxes and profits from the liquor business. Special taxes' include motor vehicle taxes, unemploy ment compensation ' taxes and such, which are devoted to spe cific purposes. From this it is seen 4hb s7far sa the state is con cerned the tax structure Is both simple and staple no unusual erwrinilv burdensome taxes. -The six ner cent limitation In hA constitution does give a hur die, but it has been effectively bvnassed through levy of taxes tnr tatf. Durooses other than on property. While the limitation (Continued on editorial page 4) Anton Berg Of Woodburn Dies in Crash . Statciman News Service iurr AKr.Trr. Jnlv 12-An ton B, Berg, 82, Woodburn, was killed Instantly today and his wife,-Ellen, 65, was injured critically when their car and a log truck collided near Monitor, about two miles tiArthniwt ftf here. ' wt " , ... Mrs. Berg's physician said she suffered a skuii iraciure, irc tured leg and multiple lacerations about the face. She was taken to Silverton hospital where attend ants said, she .was still "critical" 1st last nlffhL The truck drive, George Leslie Ledbury, Colton, was not injured (Additional details on page ) ' : Liner Aground QUEBEC July-12-fJJVThe 20.. 000-ton liner Franconia, with 780 passengers aboard, grounded to night on a shallow St Lawrence , river reef one mile below Quebec. LOYALTY BILL PASSED - WASHINGTON, July 12 Legislation giving the heads of government departments and agencies "absolute discretion" to fire civilian employes they consid er bad security risks won smash ing approval in the house today, 327 to 14. Animal Craclccrs By warren Goodrich ! , "Hoo-ps! . . . Hoo-ps! Dog e;oe Uccvpst" Oak Ridge Leader Foresees Developing of For Selling of CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., July 'oresaw development by the government of a "nuclear TVA" in which power generated by atomic energy consumer. Such a plant, howeversaid director of the Oak Ridge, Term., Weather Aids Prospects for Oregon Crops PORTLAND. July 12 -0P)- Warm weather improved Oregon's crops last week, the department of agriculture and the weather bureau reported today. The weekly crop-weather bul letin said spring-seeded field crops, grew rapidly, while fall seeded crops and early fruits matured. These included processing peas in northeastern counties and win ter wheat and winter barley. The grain harvest got underway in the mid-Columbia basin. Cherry harvesting is about half finished In the Willamette valley and is almost complete around The Dalles. , ..The bulletin reported an im-j proved outlook for tree fruit, nut and canefruit. Weather was Ideal for the hay, ryegrass and fescue harvests. Condition of cattle and sheen has improved-. Extra Hunting Season Urged To Halt Deer SCOTTS MILLS. July 12 An open hunting season on both sex es of deer , was proposed here to night to kill off deer who report edly are causing thousands of dol lars damage to crops In the area. More than 250 farmers met with Robert Mase and James Negley of the state game commission to dis cuss measures of protecting crops from the animals. Farmers claim deer are eating strawberries and bedding down In oat and vetch fields. Mase said it was possible that the commission might allow hunt ers who had not shot any bucks during the regular season to kill deer of either sex lor an extra two-day period, due to a surplus of animals in this area. Farmers will meet Friday with the state game commission in Portland to discuss the proposal. LABOR UNITY REVIVED WASHINGTON, July 12 -ttPV The AFL and CIO announced to day that they will start a new series Of "unity" talks on July 25, tneir iirsi since May, 1947. 't1 fcW to the fcurtfc ( Ortooe Physician Raises Question Whether Hopelessly IIS Should Be Kept Alive By Alton L. Blakesle LIEGE, Belgium, July 12-jpy-Should. doctors have the right to let old, hopelessly sick persons die, by not trying any longer to keep them alive? , - The question is raised by Dr. Jacques Roskam, professor if in ternal medicine at the University of Liege medical schooL . , Killing a patient to end the pain of hopeless illness Is called Euth anasia. Dr. Roskam opposes that He says it might open the door to murder for money and barbarism. But he says, maybe omission of treatment Is an -answer to a grow ing problem, of aged persons para lyzed by brain diseases and living only like plants or vegetables. Dr. Roskam posed tha question 1 s 4 Nuclear. TVA Atomic Energy 12-()-An atomic scientist tonight would be sola to tne privaie ' Dr. Alvin MSWemberg, research national laboratory, would be tied to military use in mucn trie same way tnat waterpower is uea to flood control and navigation. The scientist told a session of the University of Virginia Insti tute of Public Affairs that such 'nuclear TVA would probably come about as a-, dual weapons and power producer - unless the need for nuclear weapons disap pears. Cost All But Prohibitive , There seemed a strong degree of doubt to Dr. Weinberg that atomic power for peaceful uses alone would ever be developed through private capital - because of the difficulty and cost of do ing the job. "Even now, more than 10 years since the discovery of nuclear fis sion, not one single kilowatt of useful mechanical energy has been extracted from uranium at least not in this country. And so far as I know, in no other country, he sam. But with the motivation of the cold war just as development of the bomb was accomplished under tne urgency of World War II the Oak Ridge research director thought power for private use might be drawn from the atom but only as a by-product of rro- ducing plutonium for atomic wea pons. This would be a rather long term development, though. ; Atomic Enerry for Sabs 1 On the score of atomic engines for submarines and aircraft, Br. Weinberg disclosed that the sub marine engine didn't seem too tough a problem. He predicted mat an atomic powered undersea craft might be operating in a couple of years. Aircraft, however, bresent a far greater problem because of the weight of material that would be heeded to shield the occupants from the deadly radiation of an atomic engine. But the military ad van tap. which accrues to the possession of a nuclear aircraft is so great that we can in afford not to trr to overcome the technical problems he said. Scientists at Oak Ridtre and at the NACA at Cleveland have been WorKing for some time on the problems of nuclear flight. Mill City-Mehama Road Contract To Be Let Soon A contract for construction of a new Mill City to Mehama road will be let soon, it was reported Wednesday by State Highway En gineer k. ti. Baldock. The highway commission has allocated $350,000 for the road project already. Plans will be prepared Immediately. Baldock said. Routing of the road will be changed to remove some 34 miles to higher ground, with less sliding danger, Baldock stated. This new routing would begin about three miles out of Mill City. LADY ELSIE DDIS VERSAILLES. France. July 12 -(F)-Lady Elsie de Wolfe Mendl, 84, renowned for successive ca reers as a Broadway stage star, in terior decorator, and internation al hostess, died today. to the first international' confer ence on gerontology the science of aging. It should be considered from medical, legal, economic, re ligious and sentimental aspects, he said. r.;....,:. Would it be right or wrong? Dr. Roskam, tall, white-haired; alert, puzzled, spread his hands in in quiry. ' :. . . -' ' " , For 1? months, he said, st woman has lain unconscious In a hospital. unable to do the slightest thing for herself. She is fed by a tube throueh the nose. She receives in jections to sustain life, including 115,000,000 units of penicillin In a year.-. - It costs $1,800 a year In public funds to pay for her hospital bed and car. Sha baa a room needed Race Car Hits Man On Track Lawrence C. Deuber, Oregon City, veteran auto race driver and pit boss for the stock car l. ces at Hollywood Bowl, was struck and seriously injured by one of the machines last night during the 50 lap main event. According to City Ambulance service drivers, who rushed Deu ber to a local hospital, he suffered a broken left arm and a possible skull fracture. His condition was described as serious. i Keith Olson, driving a 1946 Hudson, hit Deuber while the latter was talking with officials in front of the grandstand. Deuber did not see Olson approaching. The impact of the collision sent Deuber 15 feet into the air and some 25 feet down the track. Around 4500 persons saw the crash. (Race results in sports section). War Situation Brings Halt To Tax Study WASHINGTON, July 12 -(JPh The administration signalled a halt today on tax revision, in eluding excise cuts, in view of the Korean war. The congressional leadership quickly complied. There were reports, meanwhile, that 8 recommendation for tax in creases soon will be sent to the capitob These went without con firmation at the treasury which was the source of the call for de lay, if. ----- ;- There was one pomf-'ef 'rather general agreement: The pending house-passed tax measure, with its $1,010,000,000 cut in excess offset by higher lev ies on big corporations, plugging of loopholes and other changes, is dead unless there is a quick change for the better in Korea. The bill would cut excises sometimes called nuisance taxes on fur coats, jewelry, handbags, movie tickets and scores of other things. 37 Burned In Gasoline Fire FAIRVIEW, Okla July 12-flV A fire rushed through seven gas oline and kerosene storage tanks in the heart of Fairview today and 37 persons were' burned, three seriously. The fire started as a wholesale gasoline dealer, 30-year-old Wayne Patrick, filled bis tank truck from a 15,000-gallon storage tank. - Grasshoppers Inroads in Northern Marion By Llllie L. Madsen rarm Xdltor. Th Statesman Grasshoppers are making heavy inroads on crops in north Marion county, Ben A. Newell, county aent said Wednesdays In chewings fescue grass fields where growers had expected two weeks ago to take off 200 pounds to the acre, they will do well to get 100 pounds of seed now, Newell estimated. ; - Just how far south in the coun ty the hoppers are at work is be ing investigated. They had not been found in heavy droves in the Salem area on Wednesday, but Newell urged all seed growers to be on the lookout for them. In some cases In the Hubbard area the hoppers were found in by persons with curable diseases, She has softening or we Drain. Blood dots in the arteries block nourishing blood from part of the brain. .. . - Multiply this one case by Hun dreds of thousands the world over, said Dr. Roskam, and in coming vears. as medicine prolongs life further, multiply it some more, : If all countries had enough hos pital beds and facilities, this kind of Droblem of aging would not be so serious, Dr. Roskam said. He suggested also the problem might b solved through more knowledge of how to prevent or : to correct such illnesses. f But. he said, the problem of persons stricken by : Invaliding brain and other diseases Is likely to get verse before it gets better. Slap-happy City May Get Relief From Mosquitos . Then, was good news ' Wed nesday for Salem residents, who don't like ("ip) mosquitos.- . The city Is going to dump 800 gallons of spray in -places . where the pests seem V? orig inate. The spray was declared to be non-injurious to any person, thing or animal ex cept (slap) mosquitos. Airport authorities said the" Job would be done on the first calm day after today. They asked residents not to become alarmed over low-flying air craft assigned, to the task. Draft's First Quota 11 Men For Marion A Marion county quota of 11 men for Oregon's first draft allot ment was announced: Wednesday by Maj. Gen. Thomas E. Rilea, adjutant general. Hans Hofstetter, chairman of the Marion county draft board, said last night the local board had no official word of the quota but expected to ready 20 to 25 men for physical examinations in case they are needed. Hofstetter noted that sufficient -"voluntary enlistments might fill the first quota without drafting -anyone. He said his only word from higher echelons Wednesday was a request for the number of 25- and 24-year-olds registered. Quotas announced Wednesday I showed Lthat Multnomah county Will provide 50 of Oregon's allot ment of 181 men. Other county allotments included: Polk, 4; Linn, 6; Yamhill, 5; Lincoln, 3; Benton, 6; Clackamas, 9, and Lane, 15, Stock Market Slips to New Low for 1950 NEW YORK, July 12 -P) A shaky stock market dropped to a new 1950 low today. ! Key stocks, many In the blue chip class, lost $1 to I around $4 a share. Nearly 300 issues set net lows for the year during the day. Selling was based on a mixture of confusion, nervousness and fear over the possible effects ' of the Korean fighting. j Sales volume totaled 3,200,000 shares, second day running that tee 3-million mark has been tOpOJalem was one General Motors and Chrysler were among the hardiest hit issues but 'Virtually every group had a large-sized minus sign in it Rails did comparatively well and losses in the steel section were relatively small. i spring barley and spring oat fields on Wednesday. . Where they have not Invaded In heavy numbers a poison bait Is ad vised. Newell suggested 100 pounds of wheat bran, 300 pounds of saw dust, six pounds of sodium flouride with enough water to make the mixture crumble welt This should be scattered at the rate of 20 pounds to the acre. This, Newell said, is a poison and livestock should not be permitted on the field for about two weeks after it has been used. In the case of heavy Infestation either . Toxaphine or Chlordane dust or spray should be used, New ell said. In the former, use 1 to Z pounds for spray and l'A to 2H pounds for dusting. In the Chlor dane, use to 1 pound of spray or x4 to 1ft pounds dust per acre. Newell added that ifthe grower had a choice that Chlordane was a bit the better to use. Both are poisonous, he reminded, and should be used with great care. At the Ivan DeArmand seed ranch - west of Hubbard heavy dusting Is being done in an effort to save the remainder of the crop. (Additional farm news, page 12. Max. Mini '- S3 n , Precip. Sales i J M JDO ' a V Ml Portland SO ST - S3 Sao Francisco , Chicaeo -New York 73 Willamette River IS feet TOBZCAST (from V. S. weather bu reau. McNary field. Salem): GeoeraUy (air today and tonight except for some turh cloudiness. Cooler todaT with a hagli near SS-SS aad a low tetilcht near M-4S. xxpeetea low reiauve numunty today near 35. Excellent weather tor bok zarm worn today ana Tnursaay. ZATXM PSXCIPrTATIOV m Year .Last Year Normal : 43JU , 41.70 17JS Making Heavy Aroused CaU for Ulti Communist? Americans By The Associated Press r TOKYO, Thursday, July 1 3-itfVOutn umbered and outgunned American troops, hammered back south of the Kum river, braced to day for the next North Korean tank-led assault. Frontline reports said the Americans were "well placed" in new defense positions of their own choosing. , - . ; - A gallant reargard action slowed the communist offensive until the Americans made their way across the last river barrier before Taejon in a daylight retreat, described as "efficiently'' carried out. The Kum is only 13 miles north of Taejon, South Korea's temporary capital. - General MacArthur's headquarters announced that 38 Red tanks were destroyed in 229 sorties flown in close support of the ground troops. This communique apparently covered Wednesday action only for it also announced the American withdrawal to positions south of the Kum which field dispatches reported occurred Wednesday. On the central front, the communique said, the North Korean fifth and 15th divisions had started a wide enveloping movement to ward Hamchong, 40 miles northeast of Taejon. South Korean defen ders were shoved back about 10 miles south of fallen Chungju. Reds Held Vulnerable io Punch Reports from U. S. headquarters in Korea said the North Korean advance had left the Reds vulnerable to a punch in, the side from South Korean forces holding the eastern sector of the main front But a short time later, a spokesman at field headquarters told AP Correspondent Tom Lambert the North Koreans were moving eastward in "considerable numbers." Lambert said thii might indicate the Reds were trying to beat the South Koreans to the punch. General MacArthur's headquarters announced Lt. Gen. Walton H. Walker, commander of the U. S. Eighth army, took over command of ground forces in Korea Wednesday at midnight and has established an advanced command post in South Korea. A communique said the eighth army had assumed responsibilities previously assigned to U. S. army forces in Korea (USAFIK). USAFIK, headed by Maj. Gen. William F. Dean, has been discontinued, it added. Claim 700 Americans Are Killed -.,- -- There was no mention of casualties In the retreat but the red radio at Pyongyang said 700 Americans were killed and 200 captured, during the North Korean breakthrough south of Chochiwon. In Tokyo both U. S. army and airforce chiefs of staff arrived from Washington for conferences with MacArthur. General J. Lawton Collins itthe,anny4Vju.Gen Hoyt ,S. Vandenberk jt the airforce were met ar Jtianeoa airport by ine United Nations commander. Collins1 told newsmen "we want to see the general (MacArthur) primarily. Our plans are not firmed up yet" - From Honolulu came word that Admiral Arthur W. Radford, com mander in chief for the navy in the Pacific, left Pearl Harbor Tuesday by plane for Tokyo. The communists moved through a fog earlier Wednesday to cap ture Chochiwon, only 22 miles by air northwest of Taejon. Near exhaustion; one grimy, bloodshot eyed American officer bit terly complained "you don't fight two tank equipped divisions with AO caliber carbines."' - I ; Governor Says He'll Ask Every City, County to Form Defense Unit Gov. Douglas McKay Wednes day moved to broaden Oregon's civil defense by announcing he would ask every county and city to establish a local civil defense organization. of 92 Oregon citiescqntacted by McKay in April for establishment of air-raid J . i a ; ueieuse auu vuwrvauua posts. Charles Barclay, airport man ager named to head the local de fense organization, said Wednes day he had pust received plans for setting up a defense area and lookout stations. Barclay said appointment of chairman for sec tions of the city would follow shortly. 1 McKay said details of the new local defense organizations would be announced Friday. Louis E. Starr, Portland, state Tiro Firemen 7 1 i Listening intently te proceedings ! hearing Wednesday afternoon J. F. Barrett, Salem firemen i Chief W. r. Boble last Jane. ' for the twe men, Charres ef , ceartesy were detailed by the fire chief in testimony given before recess waa ordered until Ul p. m. Friday. (Story page Z.) (Fbote by Don DIU, Statesman staff Congressmen matum Claim 700 A re Killed civil defense director, tojd tke governor that county judges and mayors would be asked to appoint local defense heads immediately. Starr and his deputies will go to Seattle next week for an analysis of results of the atomic bomb de fense exercise held there last Monday. OTTAWA, July 12-jip)-ExternaI Affairs Minister L. B. Pearson said today three Canadian destroyers probably will leave Pearl Harbor for Korea within the next 48 hours. He stressed that they will be used only for the defense of South Ko rea. LAKE SUCCESS, July 12 -VP) U. N. Secretary-General Trygve Lie has appealed to North and South Korea to avoid atrocities Get Hearing ef their civil - service commission are Ben O. Fanxht (far left) ai demoted from the rank ef captain by In center Is Allan Carson, attorney insubordination. Inefficiency and dis- photographer.) Cheer on A-bo mb Critics Asking Accounting of Defense Funds By Borer D. Greene WASHINGTON. July. 12 iFi . Aroused members of congress to day applauded a demand by Rep. Bentsen (D-Tex) that President Truman deliver a one-week "atomic ultimatum" to the com munist invaders of South Korea. In the senate, critics attacked the Truman, administration for the plight of hard-pressed Amer ican soldiers fighting in Korea, and demanded to know what hap pened to the billions congress has put up for defense. - Senator Lyndon Johnson (D Tex) urged that all national guardsmen and paid military re servists be called up Immediately to provide 832,000 more men. Billion to Be Asked Other rapid-fire developmental . 1. Senator Elmer Thomas (D- - Okla) said tonight the defense de- j partment will ask congress "for a i billion or more next week to meet costs involved? in the Ko rean war.- z. Secretary of State Acheson threw out what appeared to bo a cautious hint that if American leaders ever decide to use the atom bomb to save the free world from communism, no Soviet pro- . paganda can change the decision. 3. The U. S. maritime commis sion announced that ' it is taking 18 ships out of its west coast reserve fleet to provide shipping for the war in Korea. Fifteen ol the Vessels are troop-cargo car riers. ;! The navy and the air force are also drawing some ships and pianes rrom meir. mowDau . re- iserves--,-'-: v.---- f , , Demand Applauded Republicans and ' democrats alike applauded as Rep. Bentsen, in a house speech, called on Presi dent Truman to issue an atomia ultimatum to the red invasion forces from North Korea. Bentsen' said if the communists refused to ' withdraw within a week, Mr. Truman should advise the North Korean military com mander that a "named list of principal North Korean citieo would be subjected to atomic at tacks by our air forces." Former army Undersecretary Tracy S, Voorhees told a house committee, meanwhile, that an atomic attack on U. S. Industrial cities and the Atlantic coast is "now more than a possibility." He predicted that if lt comes it will be "a big one planned to knock out our nation's indus trial retaliatory potential.' Accounting Asked On the senate, floor. Democratic Senator Humphrey of Minnesota posed this question: What hap pened to the billions 1 of dollars congress has appropriated lor mil itary preparedness? Texas Senator Johnson also lit into the administration, declaring it has cut the personnel of all three armed- services well below the figures authorized by con gress. - He said the marine corps has been so reduced lt could not fur nish a single war-strength divi sion to Gen. MacArthur. Declaring these are among "minimum" Steps vital to U. S. defense. Johnson told the senate 1 grimly: ; i) ... . "Never berore nas vne umtea States been in such grave peril as it Is at this moment." Senator McCarran (D-Tiev) de manded that the United States im mediately break off diplomatic re lations with Russia and her satel lites. This would not be a step toward world war, be said, but would be a move "to quarantine those who, are courting war." JL Ul lgO Goes Up Again PORTLAND. July lJrVTb price of eggs went up here again today. 5 j- . . , Medium ana large sizes advanc ed two cents and smalls one cent. This brought the price to retalles to 52 cents for grade A large, 11 for grade A medium and 32 cento for smalL ; WZSTEXN INTONATION AX, At Salem S. Wcnatch 4 At Tacotna T. Spokan a At Vancouver lL Trt-Clry 1 At Victoria ..Yakima M , COAST IXAGT7K At Portland a, Sacramento 4 At Oakland i. Hollywood At Saa Diaffo 0. Seattle S At Loo AagalM t, San ftaadsce t AMCUCAX LXAGCTX f . (No gamea scheduled) , NATIONAL UAGV9 (No games scheduled) ;
