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liTT Cftt i jjr it! M JfTTTTT'TT, TTTTTTTtTf CmtiI ft tie Citwdi tf OrtsM SH13JDS POUNDDD iOOth YEAH 12 PAGES The) Oregon Statesman. Salem, Oregon, Monday, July 17. 1950 . -1 -b - PRICE Sc No. Ill uiii coro f The growing weight of opinion among botn wniies ana uuiu favors dropping the ward status for Indians. As long as Indians are held in a ward or junior sunn they will be a problem. Wnen tney are no longer wards the Indian problem will be solved by the ulti mate end of the Indian race. In termarriaae with whites will in crease, the fullblood will become extinct and then the halfblood. That would take many generations but it will come. Once the enclave of reservations is broken up, tnoai disappearance will be Just a mat ter of time. But terminating the ward status la hv no means as simple as it annnds. The United States! has many treaties with many trioes. u cannot terminate them unilateral ly. And many Indians do not want to relinquish their ward status. The Klamath Indians who ranic with the Osage Indians as the rich est tribe in tne country mua for Klamath, oil for Osage) votea i down a proposal for closing out their 1 reservation and becoming, wholly independent citizens. It isiias counties of Oregon where hot doubtful if the Celilo Indians, for an(j weather intensified haz- lnstance, would agree to ena weir tribal status With its guarantee 01 , fishing rights in the Columbia riy-more er for themselves ana posterity, (though they may lose these rights to the dambuilders). And what WOuld the DOOr NavajOS dO if they were suddenly to be put on their I own? . . Thus, while It is easy to agree Wlin. uw priuuvai governor, iwuun cu " conference on Indian affairs of last Friday, it should be pnntlnnt nn Hitftn'at naff A r " ' Free, Taken 'l1- J I- I II III VI11IC1V I Vessel Pulled QUEBEC, Que., July lS-CiS-Sbcting crews of the federal forest ser- tugs pulled, the grounded line I Francoma from ner rocxy percn on Orleans island today. She went Into drydpck at Lauzon, Que, two J miles away. , '... I The Francoma, a 80,173-ton transatlantft cruise ship of thei cunara - uonaiason line, weni aground at Pointe au Taureau in - the St. Lawrence river last wea nesday night, after clearing Que bee for Liverpool with 850 pas ) sengers and 1,200 tons of freight There has been no official ex planation of the accident. One un official source suggested the lin er's steering system might have failed There were nd known injuries among the passengers or crew of more than 400. Hunt Started For 2 Boys Lost at Coast i Portland boys who failed to return last night to their cabin. State police directed over 200 volunteer searchers between (the Siletz river and Drift creek. They were looking for Charles Hugson, 14. and Billy Golden. 11, who left ,th cabin yesterday with fishing I gear and their B-B guns. Other volunteers were register- ing tonight for renewed patrols starting at dawn tomorrow. They were to leave from Tart Community Chest Asks Approval of Deduction Plan j .m -.v .rant r,a-11 wWtl. .m. WW -W WW A 4S W SA VA tkUIV w the Community Chest in this man ner, the chest executive commit tee announced recently. A committee is being organized to secure at least 100 firms who win cooperate in vnts , venture, oi facials said. Officers also said folders assembling endorsements oi ine Lommumiy tnesi Dy or-i PATCHOGUE. N. Y, July 16 ganized labor ar being prepared PiFive-year-old Jimmv Morce ior local aisinouuon 10 doosi xne M m 1 Af 1950 campaign. Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH "Dvn H, Minnie, stop aia- fling f want to &k you itrlcvM qutstiotr mm Winds Fan Fires, Hazard High Storms Lasli At Middlewest; Rainfall Heavy r By The Associated Press Three forest fires were burning fiercely Sunday in Lane and Doug ards to timberlands Perioral forecast ore directed than 350 men , working to Duild trails around a scored 600 acres east 0f Cottage Grove in the Umpqua national forest The fire raced mi. of hounds Ratiirdav and was fanned by a brisk wind during the nirht. , -. 4 Tn TV.iirla rmmtv there were twa firea in a area where hot. drv was forecast through MqnOay. Steep bluffs had hampered at tempts to corral a 300 acre flame zone 12 miles east of Koseburg. The fire was in cut-over lands of the Mitchell Logging company. By nightfall, It was believed control led. Farmers and loggers Joined men of the Douglas Forest Protective Glendale, where 160 acres had burned. Friction of a fouled tail oiocK sparicea tnis lire. Three special 14 -man fire fiKht- vice were working in the Umpqua forest with volunteers and loggers, Green timber was burning. storms In Midwest , Meanwhile tornadoes and rain .miniis iah the ?Het At least one man died as tor- rent of rain loosed sudden floods, high winds damaged building and high lines, and hailstones pounded ripening crops. Walter Wunderlin, 31, of Platte- ville, Wis, was trapped when a bridge collapsed into - the Little Platte river as he drove across the span. Hardest hit was the southwest Wisconsin area where high winds were followed by more than three inches of rain. The Little Pecat onica river rose 11 feet at Darling ton, Wis, spreading water into the streets. Eastern Nebraska had tornados and rainfall ranging up to four and one-half inches. A tornado leveled five farms near Craig, Neb, Saturday night, Injuring four persons. Another twister damaged buildings on six farms near Cordova, Neb. Escaping Girls Wf- f-f-f A Inrm KJVl S I I SUM III Tivo Captured Four girls threw Hillcrest school into a state of mild panic Sunday when they tripped the school fire alarm as they were escaping from a detention ward. Mrs. Leona Smithson, school superintendent said two of the es capees were picked up shortly af ter the break. They were still on school grounds. One of the girls forced a lock on the i detention ward and freed three companions about 4:30 pan. Mrs. Smithson said. State police ar "ill searching for the remain "? lww " ouuuajr After All, It Isn't Every Cat That I TfT rri yr . I n US 1 WO JVlliens took his father' box of clears ves I terday and paraded through town. passing out the stogies right and left When Pop, Patrolman Adolph Morge, caught up with him, Jim my explained that his pet cat, Starlight had just given birth to two kittens. At Least There's Hope, Wain w right Says; He'd SAN ANTONIO. Tex., July 16- UPf-"l feel a kindred spirit for our men in Korea today," said Jona than M. Wainwright. The 6Q year old retired general. hero of Bataan and Corregidor, i relaxed on the screened porch of his big San Antonio home.- "They are lighting against heavy odds and I know what that is," Wainwright went on, grimly. "But they have hope. At Corregi dor there was no hope. "The North Koreans have con siderable power and resources be hind them. The South Koreans are fast building up resources from the power of the United States. At Bataan. we were outnumbered 1 I JUL Plane Bangles from Wires; Pilot SV3issiiig PORTLAND, July 16 -IP)- A light plane dangled from a power line over the Willamette river for eight hours today before it was lowered under flood lights. The pilot Isj still missing. , Police believe the pilot-owner, R. E. Cook, 61. Umatilla, Ore, fell or leaped the 200 feet to the river where harbor crews drag ged all day for the body. The airplane crashed into the 110,000-volt line about 2:30 p.m. shortly after leaving the sub urban Troh airport. It was low ered to. a barge at 10:30 pan, when it was determined for cer tain the pilot was not in the aer ial wreckage. Displaced Family of 4 White Russians Arrives for Warm Welcome by Salem Friends A displaced family of White Russians arrived in Salem Sunday straight from Europe and found a home and friends awaiting them. Mr. and Mrs. Zachar Akulaw, and their two children, Taisa, 13-year-old girl, and Andryij, 12, a boy, stepped off the train here Sun day morning dead tired. They were welcomed by members of the Five Workers Trappedin Depths of Mine LARKj Utah, July 16-tfrV-'ive workers i were trapped today by fire in the depths of a lead mine at the Lark operations of the U. S. Smelting Refining and Mining company, W. C. Page, vice president and general manager of the company's western operations, said search for the men f might take hours or even days." Dense smoke prevented rescue crews from locating the men or origin of the fire. The mine, which produces lead and zinc has been idle since July 1 because of a strike of United steelworkers. It has 400 miles of tunnel, shafts and drifts. There are fresh air zones in the mine and Page said the men knew the loca tion of such sections. He expressed the belief that the men may be waiting lit out in one of these zones. Britishers in Valley to Study Hop Methods A four-man British team, here to study American hop growing and marketing methods, are ex pected to be in Salem today. They will be led by the chair man of the British hop marketing scheme! They are to confer, while here, with Paul Rowell of the hop control! boEtTd and - with G. R. Hoerner, hop specialist of Oregon State college. Frorri here the Englishmen are expected to go to Yakima, .Wash. Max. 82 79 Mia. 54 32 Precip, Salem I Portland San Francisco .08 .00 .00 sis 72 88 50 87 66 Chicago New York 70 J31 FORECAST (from U.S. weather bu reau, McNary field. Salem): Generally fair today and tonight. Slightly warmer today with a high near 88 and a low tonight i near 53. Expected : low Tela tive humidity this afternoon near 30 per cent. Conditions favorable for farm activities today except for fresh afternoon winds. SALEM PRECIPITATION This Year 43.69 ! Last Year 41.70 . Normal 37.26 Answer Brutality in Kind perhaps 10 or 20 to one and we had no resources behind us whatever and no hope of any. ' V "I am confident we will win in Korea.! General MacArthur will handle! the situation. X put my trust in him. Leave it to Doug, I say. But I think the American public should! be prepared f or a fairly long war." ' In this Interview- with the As sociated Press Geo. Wainwright, who as si prisoner of the Japanese endured beatings, hardships and semi-starvation, brought up the subject of atrocities In Korea, "I read tat the North Koreans took soma of our men captive. TO The motor and propeUor were torn off by the impact. The fus elage and wings swung In the breeze, hooked onto one of eight wires by the rudder section. Pol Ice said both doors of the air plane were hanging open. Three seat cushions were found floating on the river. A woman cook on a river tug, Lucille Bristor, told police the plane owner probably was pilot ing. She reported Cook had flown from Umatilla this morning to visit her on the tug. Later today, he left for the airport and plan ned to circle over the river moor age. Salem Presbyterian church. The church had sponsored their release from a Germany DP camp. A church committee, head ed by Tinkham Gilbert, found a home at 42S S. 25th st, for the family. The church congregation furnished it completely and even stocked the larder with food. And the women of the church put the finishing touches to the house and transformed it into a home. The Akulaws. who said they could not go back to their former home in the Ukraine, cannot speak English. They conveyed through an interpreter the mes sage that they "had no words with which to thank" their benefac tors. When they arrived at their new home, a meal prepared by the Presbyterian women, was waiting for them. Akulaw formerly owned a saw mill in the Ukraine and later worked in a. furniture factory. The entire family was taken at gun point Dy Nazi soldiers in 1943 and shipped to Germany where they worked through the war. After the war they were placed in a DP camp. One of the first concerns of the ai -year-oia iatner in tneir new home will be to find a job. He is a skilled mechanic especially in the woodworking trade. His sec ond task will be to learn English ine family is of the orthodox Russian religion. It left New York Tuesday and came straight west. The Presbyterian church here re ceived word of their coming July 8. Assisting in the committee pre parations was Harold Phillippe, eiaer oi tne local cnurch. 26 Navy Fliers Keep Airport Busy Sunday - About 26 navy fliers, most of them from Portland, logged 65 air hours Sunday during operations from the Naval Air facility at the Salem airport. Four Portland aviators were checked out for flying at the base, bringing the total from Salem, I Eugene and Portland units to 122. umcers said operations were slowed somewhat Sunday because two baiem-based planes were flown to Seattle as replacements for Seattle aircraft now on train ing maneuvers in California. Only five SNJs were available for fly ing here. PRETTY GOOD LIFE! GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., July 16-iJTVA dog's life? The Kent county humane society has an nounced that air conditioning equipment will be Installed in the society s shelter for stray dogs and cats. Tied their hinds behind their backs and .shot them in the face. I will cay unequivocally that were I commanding In Korea, I would meet that situation by giving cap tives the same . treatment. The Japs did that to some of my men. I think the only answer is retail ation." - - ' v General Wainwright took com mand of the American forces in the Philippines after General Mac Arthur's secret departure for Aus tralia March II. 1942. He was forced to surrender to the Japan ese when Corregidor fell May 1942. The Japanese held him pris oner until August 194i. Two Killed on Rail Crossing At Harrisburg ALBANY, Ore, July 16 -P)- Two teen age friends en route to church were killed today when their automobile was struck by a bouznern pacific tram at a Har risburg crossing. A companion was injured. - - j. Qrville Ray Howe, 17, and Bet ty Beene, 15, .were .killed in the car. June Clark.,,- 16, was in the Sacred Heart hospital, Eugene. The parents of thr Howe boy, Mr. and Mrs. Al Howe-of near Harrisburg, and another son, Lee, witnessed the collisiorvThey were following the youths in a second automobile. The girl was a daugh ter of Mr. am' Mrs. M. E. Benne, . I, Harrisburg. Police said an older sisters of Orville, Mrs. Elsie Howe Pierce, was killed at a nearby crossing here Sept 5, 1946, when she at tempted to push her stalled car from the railroad tracks. CLOSET DEATH TRAP FOR OREGON CITY MAN OREGON CITY, Ore., July 16 (Jfy- A - closet was a death trap early today for Virgil Blanton, 29, whose body was found in the em bers of a small garage apartment. Clackamas County Fire Warden Austin Locke said Blanton appar ently had entered the closet while attempting to escape the burning dwelling and was trapped by the flame. His body was discovered after the building had burned to the ground. A brother reported he had en tered the burning dwelling, but couldn't find Blanton before be- d riven... out by the smoke and flame. ; ' -:; - Message for Home Front Being Readied WASHINGTON, July lM- President Truman Is expected to tell the home front next week what will be asked of It because of ' the Korean fighting and the general international outlook. Authoritative informants said the chief executive likely will seek limited domestic controls to back up expanded military operations. Those close to the situation re ported that the president may also announce plans to call up six to nine national, guard divisions as. well as some reservists. There al so was speculation tnat two or more regular army divisions would be reactivated. Mr. Truman spent most of Sim- day at his White House desk pre sumably going over the home- front control picture as well as the nation's possible military needs. None- of his top advisers was present. Some officials close to the plan ning picked Wednesday as the first day when there is any real likeli hood that Mr. Truman will be in position to tell congress his. con clusions. 5 (Additional details page 2) War Reporter Flies Back to Korean Front 1 TOKYO. July 16-WVAssoclated press correspondent Tom Lambert flew back to the Korean 'war front tonight after General MacArthur personally rescinded a ban the army had placed on field report ing by him and another corres pondent, Peter Kalischer of the United Press. ; Lambert's field dispatches, quot ing nutnumbered UJS. officers and men as they fell back step by step from Suwon to the Kum river line, raised the ire of some high officers for reflecting disillusionment among some frontline troops. The army , contended such quotations gave the enemy "aid and comfort." 4 His stories were not challenged on grounds of accuracy or security. Price of Tires Goes Up Today ' AKRON. O, July lft-tfVEEfec- tlve tomorrow, Firestone tire and Rubber Co. will Increase prices to dealers and consumers on all re placement tires, it announced to night On passenger tires the in- wiu b live per cent. .. ... . .... i .-. -; mmm Hands Full SOUTH KOREA, July 16 .A South Korean woman steadies the bundle on her head and uses ether hand to carry belonginas as she flees the Korean battle front with a youngster, on her back. (AP Wlrephoto to The Statesman). Stalin's Peace Plan-Put Red China in U. N. NEW YORK, Monday, July 17 -P)-The New York Times said today that Soviet Prime Minister Stalin has asked for the seating of communist China in the united Nations security counsij as a step Nations security counsii as a step toward ending the Korean conflict. The newspaper, quoting confi- dential sources, gave this account: Stalin, in a note received by In- dian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru yesterday in New Delhi, said he "welcomed Nehru's initia tive in trying to restore peace in Korea.' The Soviet prime minister said that "reactivation of the security council should be the first step in ending the Korean dispute and all other problems His reference to the council od- viously meant that the Chinese communists should be seated on that body in place of the Chinese nationalists, the Times said, Lumber Blaze On Flatcar Gives Trouble A lna. nt lumlwr in a railroad load or lumper m a raiuoau flatrar was nartiallv destroyed hzPthat kS Salem Sunday by a blaze that kept Salem firemen busy for more than two hours unloading smouldering two by six timbers, The fire broke out about 10:13 ajn. in an SP & S flatcar parked near the Capitol Lumber company, 2860 Cherry ave- on Oregon Elec trie tracks. Firemen from central and north stations quickly brought the smoky blaze under control. First aid men jomed firefighters in unloading the heavy timbers so that firemen could extinguish flames at the foot of the pile. Cause of the blaze was undetermined. ADMIRAL DIES NORFOLK, Va, July 18 - UPj Adm. Frank Hardeman Brumby, 76, who at the time of his last promotion was one of three four- star officers in tne u. s. navy, died today at Norfolk Naval hos pital. At Salem 1-4. SDokaiM i-i At Taeoma ft-10. Wenatche. i-S (Oniy games scheduled) ' COAST XKAGUI i ': At Portland 4-10. Sacramento At Saa Dlcro S-t Saattl X-l I At Loa Angelas S-4, Saa rraadtoo S-10 -. .- At Oakland S-X. Hollywood 4-S AM1-UCAK LKAGCI At New York S-Z. Chlcafo I-f At Boetoa U-4. caeveland 10- At Washtngtoo -. St Loolt 1-ld . - At miadelphis M. Detroi .M KATION Al. IJKAOUS At SicagoVw. Phili-Sipfcia M At Ondnnatt lS-ll,Ntw York 4-lft At Pittsburgh -. Sosto S- $ f J - rn Invarifirft On Other Fronts, MacArthur Says NEW YORK, July 16-(AP)-The American Broad. casting Company said tonight its correspondent with American forces in Korea had reported that "the air strip at Taejon is all but deserted except for a handful of American troops." The A.B.C. reporter, who was not identified by name, also said "Communist spearheads are rapidly approaching Taejon" but that the city "is still in American hands." The correspondent's report, received here at 10 p.m. (EST), said "A communist force has raced down the west coast far south of our left flank after crossing the Kum river near its mouth." By The Associated Press ' w TOKYO, Monday, July 17-0P)-Waves of North Korean troops burst from the Kum river bridgehead Sunday night behind a fierce. artillery barrage and drove U. S. imperiled Taejon. A field dispatch said the heavily pressed back by "hordes" of red troops, who came on in unstoppable; numbers despite the heavy cost 1 . But on the other side of the munique said the South Korean army had administered "two of the most conclusive setbacks" to communist forces on the eastern front - Since the outbreak of the war. He said the southerners on the east, supported by U. S. artillery, drove the communists back "in dis organized retreat" in the Yongdok 'resulted in catastrophe" for the area 55 miles northeast of Taejon halted a North Korean force "dead : , Anti-tank Rifle Drills IiicnTThick Steel TJ. S. tanks suDDorted the infantry in the bloody fighting on th. vital Kum river front before Taejon. Some were hit by a new high velocity antitank rifle that drilled a hole through armor more than an inch thick. At least one tank was abandoned- Associated Press Correspondent some American units had to run through a hail of red mortar and small arms fire to reach new positions. Red snipers infiltrated behind the supply lines all the way to Taejon, of the front (nine miles irom tne new iront xoaay;. B-29 Superforts in their second big strike of the war dealt a heavy blow to Seoul's railroad yards 90 miles behind the front. An air force corhmumque said 400 tons oi Domos were dropped py more than 50 Superforts, shops were left in flames and tracks were shattered. ,? The reds in their new drive site of a blasted highway bridge last night. U. S. troops had with drawn their main lines in that sector in the face of a flanking threat from the original communist bridgehead 12 miles to the southwest; --, m a .1 f l J J? ate of laeioii Apparently m-JLIoiint v -flfj tvat -r far m wm known, the communists still had tar.v. . pr... lh 200-vard-wide Vf-- ,!.. cmifinfl. The city of 100,000 has served both as an advanced U. S. military ase and as a i refugee capital for the South Korean government. There have been no reports that the city has been lost The dispatch seemed to reflect however, the uncertainty on the front i Tne North Koreans nao reacneo in the Samgyo sector, a dozen air Taejon highway bridge. , Associated Press Correspondent field that the American Nineteenth after a brilliant two-day stand at flank and infiltration attacks by numerous. MacArtnurs commumqu. wenuuea w a.utcj-cr uw North Korean Fourth division. j Communists Blasted from Bridge At nn Mma Kundav afternoon. brought tanks up to the north bank level while their infantry des perately tried to plug two gaps In the concrete bridge with logs and planks. A Quick call for air support brought Mustangs which rocketed out two more spans on tne norm sioe, tnus euecuyeiy Biuuug tanks. . ... . : By Sunday night, however, the Americans had to withdraw, after inflicting heavy casualties on the enemy. ' ' xlic vuuuiiuu-fc xauiw 1 , , - .;i bh oiw AvuKjriS, u-ua - " "r north of Kumchon. Kumchon is an important railhead whose capture v g j between Puson and Taejon. Mac- w?,,JrZ, tnw.vn mmmnnimu issued about nine hours UiUi vismivvt v www 1 before the red broadcast that the Mungyong. . MacArthur speculated tne reus may oe trymg to mv w.ui between the American and South Korean sectors. i, Meanwhile U. S. supply stock piles are building up in South Korea. General MacArthur said Sunday night supplies were moving into Korea so-fast that stockpiles front lines. Broken arrows Indicate threats en both flanks Kum river dsf ens line (Joly II) as Communists en the west (A) enlarged theSf brtdgehead ta Samrye vicinity. Tanks were brought dewa f arthey 7 west te wrnfcrcTtne expected flanking drive oa TMioa, whiett broke la fall force today. In ongju-Koetaa sector (B) 8e Karasji defenders were farced back. On extreme cast flank C) North Koreans were driving ea IfanKhanr (anderllned V yestei thrttt to ra supply line la Kumchea area. (AF lrcphU nap). - ... .- ;. i " Set Kflnk infantry back six miles toward - outnumbered U. S. soldiers wer. . picture General MacArthur's com-, area oi the east coast,- wnicn invaders and that in the Yecnon the South Korean 21st regiment in its tracks." j William R. Moore reported that American positions and harassed wnich is about 15 miles southeast i ! across the Kum attacked at the Kum this mornine. thof "Toomn Viae nnt vet fallen.' tne souxn panx oa.uruay monuni miles west of the Choichiwon- ! Leif Erickson reported from the regiment withdrew in good order 1 the bridge against bitter irontai. a red force at least live times as ,. Erickson related, the communists " . . -' " ., -,,v, , H.mrhan. onH a milM a " " - m communists were still north of . . . are beginning to appear near tne