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Tniitiians wonaer 11 u-ij - Mrrn issues that have become excess baggage and if their, had I better make a few new speeches, : Journalists start stuaymg and airline timetables. The Chicaeo Tribune sends an- other batch of canned foods to its undergrounds shelter. i One with an old car leeis uie uu- nuiea to switch to a new one. , Holders of wheat start marking up the price tags. ' Venerable pairiois swr oici- Inff their services." ' Newspapers ais out Digger blacker type. . The merchant decides to increase bis inventories. . . The stock traaer arops nH stocks that an excess profits tax hitmotors, television, - Thi narifist wrings his hands vain at the foolishness of men, Radio commentators cry alarms In shrill tones. . The motorist looks at his auto- mohile tires and buys an extra set, just in case. College presiaenis siuay what might happen to enrollments ana budgets. ' . ..,; , . .. Of course the universal reaction is one of regret and revulsion against xne norror oi anomer war. After that, each reacts according to his own situation, his personal interests or responsibilities. Veteran Salem Reportcr,Dies . Donald H: Upjohn, 66, one-time Oregon Statesman city editor and reporter for the Capital Journal for many years, died Monday fol-, lowing an illness of several months. ' Born in Kalamazoo, Mich., March 3, 1884, Upjohn was the son of Dr. Henry and Millie Kirby Upjohn, founder of the Upjohn drug manufacturing firm. He re ceived his early education in the , public schools of Kalamazoo. Upjohn came west in his early 20s and worked for newspapersjin Idaho and Yakima, Wash., before coming to Salem in 1909. For two years he was city editor of the Oregon Statesman before becom ing Salem correspondent for the Oregonlan. In 1919 he became private secretary to Gov. Ben W. . . Olcott and after the defeat of Ol cott accepted a position with the Capital Journal where he contin ued until he became ill in Janu ary of this year During his employment on the ' Capital Journal he edited the daily column, s "Sips for Supper. in adcuuon to his newspaper work, Upjohn was prominent in developing the bulb industry in the Salem area and sold his prod uct in all parts of the United siaies ana in ioreign countries. GEM! Max. ss - 85 71 . SO - ea Mia. M 5 S3 68 6o , Precipe SsJrm ,1 , .. Portland San Francisco Chicago New York .00 .00 . 1.02 , Tract WulametU river -16 feet. FORECAST (from U.S. weather bu reau. Mc.Nary field. Salem) : Fair today and tonight. High today near 90. Low tonlsht near 52. Low relative humidity this afternoon 25. Condition will be excellent for most farm activities to day except for moderate afternoon Winds. SALEM PRECIPITATION This Year Last Year Normal 43.69 ! . 41.70 37.27 Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH "Ro!Jo h so restless fo tided to try twla beds." Don H. Upjohn, r- 100th YEAR Forest Fla es , By The Associated Press Crews managed to check the spread of an Umpqua national for- est fire late ; Monaay aiier me worst of several fires in Oregon had burned some 700 acres. Federal forest fire dispatcher Guy Johnson reported 600 men anCi a battery or Duiidozers trauea hh Tn rountv sector east of cottage Grove. The fire had been out of control since last Friday. Johnson said tne umpqua oiaze would reauire several days of mooDinz ud worK Hazardous conditions 1 prevau in uppr Willamette valley tun berland and are forecast to con tinue Tuesday. DesDite the low humidity of yesterday, two other nres m uoug- las county were believed unaer control. DRY? WELL, FIRE IN SALMON RIVER PORTLAND, July 17-The fnrt sr cn Hrv that a fim start- gA tn tha Salmon ti vr nn Mt Hood yesterday. That's what a national forest crew reported. The crew said it aPDarentlv started from a cigaret dropped by a fisherman into a log m e river, Water flowed underneath and on each side. Nevertheless flames started, jumped ashore and began licking up a canyon wall before the crew arrived with hand pumps to put out the blaze. PORTLAND WATERS UNDER FLOOD STAGE PORTLAND, July 17-;p)-Port land harbor waters finally drop ped under flood rstage of 18 feet hpre tnriav. i Waters, backeCup by the fresh et in the Columbia river, had been above flood level for 50 days, the longest since 1927. Then it was 55 days. The freshet still continues at Vancouver, Wash.,5 where the flood level is 15 feet The Columbia dropped .7 of a foot there, but still read 17.8 feet Probe Set in Rising Price Of Foodstuffs WASHINGTON, July 17-(V-A senate investigation into rising food and other prices was an nounced by Senator Maybank (D-SC) . today amid senatorical out cries . against "outrageous' price jumps and "profiteering." : Maybank' said his senate bank ing committee will start an Inquiry Thursday. He said it will cover all "unreasonable" increases in prices, including steel and com modities. Senator Morse (R-Ore)' angrily denounced the nation's big meat packers and said they should be made to "justify if they can and they can t the prices they are imposing on the American peo ple." j Other senators joined in to at tack price increases in eggs, bread and other commodities, 'and de clared that black market condi tions of World War II and the post-war era are being revived Companies Salem Companies B and G of the 162nd infantry regiment had well-laid plans for training sche dules today but no one appeared certain they'd be around to carry them out. At Company B's meeting last night, everyone from "the company commander, Lt Joe Meier, down Jo the riflemen in the platoons jvas waiting for President Tru &vhf Checked 'Free-play' Pinball Machines Ordered Out of Marion County i ' Pinball machine owners got pr ders,from Marion County District Attorney . O. Stadter to remove aU free-play devices located in the county. ' The order hits at machines In stalled in taverns and shops in most county communities, but not in Salem where a city ordinance already prohibits them. Stadter said spokesmen from four; amusement - device firms promised immediate compliance with the directive Stadter had as sembled the men in his office Monday afternoon. The district attorney said one type of pinball machine was ex ir PAGES i Second Division Embarks ... S: " flyBWMr ' mi a.' '-.4 a:-i r TACOMA, Waslu, July 17-(AVLaden with full combat equipment, units of the famed (Indlanhead) infantry division embarked today for "somewhere" in the far- east. There were no wives or sweet hearts around to say good-bye as the soldiers - - some veterans of World War two and some beardless teen-agers - - trudged up the gangplanks of waiting transports. The men were sober-faced and silent Bodies of Two Boys Found in Coast Stream I TAFT, Ore., July 17 -(JP)-Searchers found the bodies, of two Portland boys in a mountain stream six miles northeast of here today. I The boys, Charles Hugson, 14, and Billy Golden, 11, had been missing since Saturday, when they set out on a hike with fishing gear and B-B guns. They j were headed for Drift Creek, and it was there their bod ies were recovered from an eight foot deep hole. Search parties liad been cqmbing the hills area j for them, i Bill iWoods, deputy Lincoln county coroner, said footprints in dicated the boys were following thte stream after dark, and fellj in to the hole. -y Crop-dusting Pilot Cracks Up at Dallas Statesmaa News Service DALLAS. July 17 A crop dust er plane crashed shortly after tak ing off from a Dallas airfield to. day, but pilot Joe Card, 35, Dal las, walked away from the pan caked aircraft with only minor bruises.! ! The Occident occurred as Card was leaving the field to dust crops at the JSarl Stonebrook property on EUendale road. The wheels caught a power line just off; the field when the plane failed to lift properly. It crashed into a field, damaging the propeller, one wing and the, landing gear. - 1 B, G Await Truman Word man's message when the immedi ate fate of the 41st division might be made known. Company G does not meet until Thursday. Company B's training schedule is all set to start next Monday. At the meeting last night, machine gun, mortar and recoiless rifle squads Worked with their weapons and the rifle platoons went empted because it appeared im possible to make cash pay-offs on it He referred to it as the "five ball" type of machine and said it did not award free plays. Stadter said the "five-ball" ma chines required a $10 federal per mit, compared with a $100 tax on the free-play madhines on which he put a ban. Deputy sheriffs arrested four persons last week and charged them with nuking cash pay-offs on machines. All were owners or employes of shops where the ma chines had been installed on a percentage basis. Three cf them have been convicted. POUNDDD Th Oregon Statesman, Dynamite Blast Causes Injury to Lebanon Youth Thirteen-year-old Donald F. Schultz of Lebanon star route 2 was in Salem Memorial hospital Monday night after an accident at his home earlier in the day. The boy lost a finger and the tin of his thumb an his left hand and suffered serious lacerations to both hands when dynamite with which he was playing exploded. He was Drought to the hospital here by his parents. Officials at the hospital said the boys condition was "good." " i Rilea Expects Guard Call But NotYetfor41st PORTLAND, Ore., July 17-(JP)-Oregon's Adjutant General today declared some national guard unitsbut not the northwest's 41st would soon be called to fed eral duty. Maj. Gen. Thomas E. Rilea added that "if the picture doesn't change pretty soon the entire national guard will be called up. Gen. Rilea said infantry divi sions listed by the army as "D day" troops would likely be called first. He reported these had not lately been identified. The Oregon adjutant, who also directs the Oregon selective .ser vice machinery, made the state ments after a telephone talk with what he said were "high sources" in Washington. D. C. He reported the national guard troops would continue training after the close of their June en campments. Meanwhile, Oregon selective boards were directed to start phy sical examinations of 1,200 men in the age 25 draft group. The state's initial quota is 18 1 men for in duction. through close order and combat drills. Company B, the unit which won a big gold cup for being the best at summer maneuvers at Ft Lew is recently, is a composite of com bat veterans and youngsters fresh from high school. But veteran and rookie alike have the same atti tude towards the present worfd situation. They'll just wait to see what tomorrow or next week brines. Nearly all . were convinced that the divisions would be called to active duty br the, end of the year if not before. Many thought that the 41st, veteran of some of the hardest fighting of the Pacific campaign, would be among the rumored six to nine national guard division which would be called to active duty soon. - While the waiting goes on. Com pany B is attempting to bring its strength to full combat status, few members have obtained 3 leases from the unit during the past week to enlist in active arm ed services. Some have gone to the marines, some to the air force and some to the navy. , For next week's drill, each member of the company bis been asked to bring a prospective re cruit. Nearly a hundred are need ed to bring the unit to full strength. About the same number are needed in Company G. Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, July American Units StiU on TOKYO, Tuesday, July lB-)- A North Korean drive swept to the outskirts of Taejon before it halt ed, General MacArthur's commun- que said today. VS. troops still hold positions north and west of the South Kor ean city, however. . Late reports to headquarters said the Americans still held Tae jon, city of 100,000 which until recently was advanced UJS. head quarters. While there were signsrthe Am ericans had begun a broad with drawal toward a foothill line 35 miles to the southeast, ' General MacArthur's communique reported little enemy activity" on the front. Casualties Set at 11.000 VS. patrols lanced out toward communist positions on the south bank of the Kum river. They were looking for, information on enemy troop movements. The communique estimated North Korean battle casualties at more than 11, COO but gave no in dication of the time covered. It appeared clear that the North Koreans had purchased their Kum river crossing dearly. It was this crossing, begun in force Sunday, that forced the American with drawal toward Taejon. The Am erican defenders were outnum bered 10 or more to one. 1 The communique said the 24th infantry division "continued to oc cupy and rectify their lines west and northwest of Taejon." Dig in Along Kum Just east of the American lines, the South Korean army also was digging in along the Kum, reor ganizing its defensive positions. Red reinforcements were pour ing into the bridgehead area of Kongju, which is 20 miles north west of Taejon. . The Reds were on the move again far to the east, where they pose an ultimate threat to U.S. supply lines to the front. A communique said the Fifth North Korean division was driving southeast from Tanyang, which is 60 air miles east northeast of Tae jon. Allied warplanes struck repeat edly at enemy lines of communica tion and troop concentrations yes terday. Fighters and bombers re ported 21 tanks and 143 trucks shot up. Warships stood off the east coast and again shelled the coastal high way. Landslides slowed Red move ments down the coast. The communique also reported three unidentified - submarines were sighted between Japan and the China coast Seek Defensible Area The Americans seemed headed toward more defensible terrain south of Taejon, away from the flat paddy land where Red ar mor and superior numoers nave been so effective. In Washington, an army spokes man said the next American stand might be on a high ridge some 35 miles southeast on the road to Kumchon. He intimated delaying actions would be fought all the way back. ' In Tae j Ne w DP Family Starts icith Np: , - " ZX m u5ri .v IKp N .fe Fast getting settled at their new ily arrived here Sunday from Svasiaas were bransat to Salem gregation obtained, furnished and equipped house for the family projects at their new house Is to get the garden' into shape. Frem TaJsa, 12. and Andryij,;7. (Statesman pheto.) 1 18, 1950 PRICE irom Truman Due f On Wednesday .By Roger D. Greene WASHINGTON,, July 17 -P)-Ptesident Truman today drafted messages to congress and to the American people outlining steps deemed urgent to cope with the Korean crisis. The White House said Mr. Tru man will send a "comprehensive" report to congress at 11 a. m., EST, Wednesday. He will address the nation by radio at 9:30 p. m., EST, (5:30 p. m. Salem PDT time) Wednesday night An administration official said the president is expected to ask congress for upwards- of $5,000, 000 in new defense funds and call for new high limits on authorized manpower - in the armed forces perhaps some 770,000 above pres ent strength. (Additional details page 2) Board Names New Manager Of Red Cross Douglas R. Simms, now of Rose burg, will become new manager for Marion county chapter, Amer ican Red Cross, effective August IS, it was announced following a meeting of the chapter board Mon day night He is the first man to hold the position of Red Cross manager here. Appointment, of Simms is upon recommendation of area office of the Red Cross, in keeping with the policy to name some one who has had varied Red Cross exper ience. Simms for the past year has been manager-for the Red Cross chapter for the Douglas county chapter at Roseburg. Previously he served as American Red Cross field director with the veterans claims service, veterans adminis tration, Portland. He left the army in September of ,1945 with tne rank of first sergeant after almost five years' service. He is married and has a 4 1 -year old daughter. Simms will succeed Blanche M. Currie, who resigned about a month ago to accept a Red Cross position at Fullerton, Calif. Simms? is a native of Oregon. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. Simms, live on Gervais route 1. He attended schools at Dayton and received his degree in business ad ministration at the University of Oregon. Planes Are Said To Have Ruined Over 1000 Homes TOKYO, Tuesday, July 18 -P) The north Korea radio said today more than 1,000 houses were de stroyed and "a large number" of Koreans were killed in Sunday's superfort air raid on Seoul. , The broadcast said nothing about effects of the bombing on the main target, the railway mar shalling yards of the captured cap ital of south Korea. Aerial photo graphs showed tracks torn up and shops in the yards ablaze. heme fa Salem Is the Zaeher Akslaw Message Germany where they were ia a displaced persens. camp. Tha White thraorh tha aasplcee af tha First jooi j im Qmmi to.t! Crawth of OrtgM 5c No. 112 Suspect Held In Red Plot NEW YORK, July 17-P)-A balding engine-products manufac turer was arrested by the FBI to day and charged with plotting to leak atom bomb secrets to the Russians. Handcuffed to two FBI agents, Joe Rosenberg, 32, was taken to the federal building, arraigned on charges of conspiring to commit espionage and was ordered held in $100,000 bail. A hearing was set for July 31. Onee ia Signal Corps .Rosenberg, a mustached and be- j spectacled man of medium height was cnarged with conspiracy to commit espionage. He is a former member of the army signal corps. FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover called Rosenberg "another impor tant link in the Soviet espionage apparatus." During the last two months the FBI took into custody Harry Gold. Philadelphia biochemist, Alfred Dean Slack, Syracuse, N. Y., scien tist and David Greenglass, former U. S. army sergeant on similar charges. Face Possible Death Each is charged with feeding top secrets on American defense to the Russians in wartime--a charge carrying the possible death penalty. i Each of the group is alleged to have collaborated with Dr. Klaus Fuchs, the top British atomic sci entist who has been sent to prison m ureat Britain for giving atom' ic secrets to the Soviet union. The FBI announcement asserted that Rosenberg recruited Green glass, once attached to the Los Ala mos, N. M., atom bomb project and had him make available clas sified, technical information on the A-bomb to both Gold and Rosen berg in 1945. Plan to Abolish Electoral Vote System Beaten WASHINGTON, July 17 -flV The honse today killed a propos al to abolish the electoral college system of electing presidents, in effect f .r nearly 150 years. The members voted 210 to 134 against submitting a proposed constitutional amendment on the subject to the states for ratifica tion. Each party registered a major ity against the change. The senate had approved the proposed change Feb. 1 by a vote of 64 to 27. But it ran into heat ed objection in the house, particu larly among republicans who fig tired that the change would make it more difficult to elect a repub lican president. The plan called for abolition of the electoral college as such, with the electoral vote of each state io be split among the candidates in proportion to their popular vote. Gardening family. Few members ef the fam Fresbyteriaa ehvreh wheee con at 425 8. 25th si. One ef their first left, Zaeher Akolaw, Mrs. Akvlaw, Nehru In Role of Mediator By Thomas P. Whitney i MOSCOW. July l8-UP-Prfa Minister Stalin has called for ad mission of Communist China fte the United Nations security council as a necessaryprelude to peaceable sewiemeni oy tne council f the Korean war. In a message to India's Prima Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, pub lished today-by the official Soviet news agency Tass, Stalin recom mended also that the security council bear "representatives the Korean people." . a Stalin's note was In reply te a previous message from Nehru ink ing that the Russian premier usa his influence toward finding a ? "final solution" of the Korean. problem. Nehru said he hot to ; see the Chinese communist repiws-' entative "take his place" in "the security council. To Contact Governments Tass also published a redy from Nehru to Stalin's message in which the Indian leader said he was con tacting "the other governments concerned" and hope to commun icate soon again with Moscow. (India's reDresentatives alreadv have delivered copies of the tha notes to the U.S. and British gov ernments. The United States and most of the non-Soviet members of the UnitedNations. however. were expected to insist on, their previous condition that negotia tion for a Korean settlement bm preceded by a return of North Kea- ean forces to their own territory north of the 38th parallel.) Would Localize Conflict The text of the three messaaae in the Stalin-Nehru exchange: wehru s first letter : "In talks which our ambassador has had with the ministry of for eign affairs in Moscow, he ex plained India's attitude toward tha Korean conflict. The aim of India is to localize the conflict ar.d assise the speedy, peaceful Settlement , through the elimination of tha present impasse in the security council, so that the representative of the people's government t China could take his place in Hm council, the USSR could return to it, and within the framework at the council or outside the council through unofficial contact, tha USSR, the United States of Amer ica and China, with the assists na and with the cooperation of other peaceable states, could find a baste for the cessation of the conflict and for a final solution of the Korea problem. For Welfare af Humanity "Being fully confident of your excellency's determination to up hold peace and to maintain there by the solidarity of the United Nations, I dare to address you with uus personal appeal to use your high authority and influence for achieving this common goal, upon which the welfare of humanity de pends. ! Stalin's reply : f "I welcome your peaceable In itiative. I fully share your point of view as regards -to the expediency of the peaceful regulation of the Korean question through the sec urity council with the obligatory participation of the representatives of the five great powers, including the people's government of China. I believe that for a speedy settle ment of the Korean question it would ba expedient to hear in tha security council representatives of the Korean people." ' Nehru s reply : "I am most grateful for your excellency's prompt and encour aging reply. I am forthwith con tacting the other governments con cerned and hope I shall be able again to address your excellency. Gambling Plea Nets Fine for Club Operator DALLAS, Ore.. July 17-(P)-Tbe manager of a West Salem night spot pleaded guijty today to op erating dice and card games, and was fined $250 by Justice of tha Peace Charles Gregory. The manager, Joe West, said he had leased a room in his Salem Supper :lub, a mile west of Sa lem, to another man, who was not identified. The gambling started in that room without his permis sion, West said.' ; West was arrested on a com plaint issued by R. S. Kreason, jfoik county district attorney. , COFFEE, EGG PRICES UP PORTLAND, July 17-WV Wholesale coffee prices jumped t cents a pound here today for lead ing vacuum-packed" brands. Egg prices also advanced on the Port land market with large AA grades going up 2 cents a dozen. ' rK Western International (Ko games scheduled) i'V::"y;- Coast IiCarae (No games scheduled) American League At New York 4. Chicago S At Boston -7, Cleveland 11-S At Philadelphia S-L Detroit S-S At Washington S. St, Louis 1 Xattonsl League At Cincinnati S, firm York At Pittsburgh . Boston i At St. Loola S-i. Brooklyn C-T At Oilcaaa-FhUadalBhU Oslo)