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By Charles Ireland . 5
. Staff Writer. The Statesmaa
DETROIT. Aug. 5 A huge, gray bucket slid out over a rocky
gorge Saturday and dumped 25,000 pounds of coarse cement, into a
mighty gap In the North Santiam canyon. - . . - ; -
Ym-r una ft shove a cluster of sDectators peered over a steep
cliff and watched the scene where
: Congress is all set to pass a
bill expanding social security.
Benefits will be increased, several
million more persons ' will be
brought under the act.-But even
as it becomes law the feeling of
acontamc insecurity grows. Tor
who knows what the dollar will
be worth five, ten, twenty years
vanoa Mihm he comes to draw his
retirement annuity? Those who
have been getting twenty or thir
ty dollars a month know how
ni hiivinir rjower it has com
pared with the same number of
dollars when the act was passed
over a dozen years ago.
ti insecurity which. Is felt is
nniv economic.- People feel
- -uncertain about the whole frame
f nr modern civilization. The
challenge of communism is diS'
turbing for it attacks the very
fundamentals of our philosophy
of livine. The failure of our polit
ical and military leaders to guess
"rieht on continuance of peace
wakens confidence in govern
merit Reverses in Korea shatter
mmrjlacency and . show, we
are not the supermen we thought
aia were! i
This gets on our nerves. In
the midst of booming prosperity
w are struck with inflation, in
duction orders, possible rationing
and price-wage controls, doubts
about the future. The public gets
jumpy, irritable; and may even
adoot an uely mood. -
i where has our defense money
mru? Whv did e. not know
- what North Korea was going to
do? Why did we not have a strong
military force in Japan? Where
will Russia strike next? All
these questions show our reaction,
one of mingled condemnation ana
rimiht and fear.;
The truth is that we are living
in an era vt icvvuuuuu,
(Continued on editorial page, 4)
Woman Cab
Driver Addedr
By Salem Firm
One aspect reminiscent of war
time Salem returned Saturday as
Yellow Taxi company hired a
woman cabbieCIt happened be
f9iis of the imminence of man
power calls by the military and
industry, omciais saia. . -Oral
A. Bloomfield, 2261 Haze!
ave who took over the wheel, of
a taxi for a busy day, drove for
1 rears during World War II in
Pocatello, Idaho. Since then she
has done other worn, including
aome with the state of Oregon.
Robert Lynn Clark, owner, said
this was the first woman cabdriv
er here since the war, when his
comnanv had two. ,r f
Of his crew of 30 men, mostly
drivers, Clark said only a half
dozen are under SO years of age,
or most liable to military service.
He added that he had been secur
ing older drivers for some time to
lower the acaaent rate.
Shaped-Charge
Anti-Tank Shells
Speed to Korea
WASHINGTON, Aug. S-WV
' ': Shaped-charge anti-tank shells for
use In 105 millimeter artillery are
. ; in use in Korea or will shortly ar
rive there, an army spokesman
said today.
An army spokesman said. that
each of the army's infantry di
visions has three battalions with
105 millimeter guns. The weapons
have an effective range of more
than seven miles.
The shaped charge shells in
corporate a charge designed- to
focus its effect so as to penetrate
; tank armor. It was developed
- mntm. fKa akS4 af tVa aaMmJ wtafM
war. -- - - ,
The spokesman said the she!
has properties similar to the 3
inch bazooka, which . can pene
trate heavy armor. In addition, it
cas a mucn greater range.
CRT
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moras
Gov. Douglas McKay had pulled a
lever to release we cwuwiu
That was the setting as con
struction started on mighty Det
roit dam (after several years of
preUminaries that included relo
cating 15 f miles of highway and
diverting k river through a 1,300
foot tunneL - , ;
Several ' hundred residents of
Oregon trekked up the evergreen
canyon to commemorate the oc
casion. They gathered about a
sneakers stand on the edge of the
North Santiam highway, high
above the stacatto of workers'
ack-hammers.
Resident Engineer C C Davis
introduced two score of dignitaries
from around the valley. The work
that had preceded the cement
laying was outlined by CoL O. E.
Walsh and CoL D. S. Burns of the
army engineers, i r :-
Al Bauer, manager of Consoli
dated Builders, Inc said his firm
expected to finish the Job ahead
of schedule. t '
And Gov. McKay called it
dream of the North Santiam com
ing true.
- Then the 40 dignitaries donned
workers' helmets and descended
by car to the floor of the gorge
for the cement pouring. - :
The first cement went Into the
old river bed of the North San
tiam at a point where the stream
had been diverted. Another 200,'
000 big buckets will drop their
loads before the high dam is com
pleted in 1953.
From now on the canyon will
echo with the exhaust of trains
puffing upgrade with 1M million
barrels of cement and 3,500 tons
of steel for the dam which is part
of a $69-million dollar project.
More than 700 men are employ
ed on it at present, and the figure
is expected to double before it is
finished.
(Additional details on page 12)
1614 Oregon
Reservists to
Get Gall Soon
PORTLAND, Aug. 5-6F)-Some
1614 of Oregon's unassigned en
listed army reservists are schedul
ed to take physical examinations
In the next two weeks in prepara
non lor active duty.
They will be notified by regis
tered letter where to report for
their examinations.
No quota has been assigned to
Oregon. But an army spokesman
said all 1614 apparently would be
called to duty by October 15.
Three hundred will be examin
ed here this month. Another 270
will be examined at Eugene, and
the remainder to Fort Lewis and
Fort Worden. .
Woodburn Man 1
Oril Casualty List
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WASHINGTON, Aug.
casualty ust wo. 55 on the Kor
ean fighting today listed two men
killed in action and two others
who died of wounds.
.The department of defense said
another -71 were wounded. They
included: : - . - -, " .
Oregon Pvt. Max E. Corbett,
son oi riariey js.: corbett, wood
burn. - :
14 AD2 CRAFT DOWNED
TOKYO. Sunday. Aug. 6 -(ff
Allied aircraft destroyed or dam
aged: 14 communist aircraft Sat
urday, blasted Seoul's railway
yards for the second straight day
ana snot up 49 red vehicles in 465
sorties. Far East air force head
quarters reported today.
50 Persons Hurt as Incorrect
Switch Results in Train Crash
HUNTINGTON, N.Yn Aug. 5 -(-
A young brakeman opened a
main line switch in front of a
Long Island passenger train to
day and sent it crashing into a
freight parked on a siding. :
Nearly 50 persons Were report
ed injured, but there were no
deaths.
Police . headquarters estimated
the injured at between 45 and 50,
but said only three of them need
ed hospital treatment
Apparently none of the latter
was critically Injured.
The railroad said in a statement
that "railroad officials at the
scene' reported that none of the
Aided Bombers
WASHINGTON, Aur. 5-(ff)-Ed
win W. Pauley, former special
ambassador for President Tru
man, today was credited with
assisting the air force In Korean
bombing raids by obtaining
photographs and other data on
Korea In 1946.
Pauley Help ed
Korea Targets
WASHINGTON, - Aug. 5 -'(ar
senate sources today credit a big
assist on air force bombing of
North Korean communist targets
to Edwin W. Pauley, former spe
cial ambassador for President
Truman. :
They said that photographs and
descriptive data obtained by Pau
ley in 1948 despite Russian pro
tests have helped guide recent
U. S. B-29 bombing strikes.
Senators still are trying to learn
the background purpose and per
sonalities involved in the public
testimony here Thursday on Kor
ea by Pauley. The wealthy oil
man and politician was billed as
a mystery witness by Chairman
Ty dings (D-Md) of the -senate
armed services committee.
Discussing Pauley's visit to Kor
ea, several senators told a report
er privately today that tne in
formation he brought back has
Droved of value to the U. S. air
force. Pauley himself testified that
air force and other military lead
ers have been using the data.
As TJ. S. Representative
Pauley in 1946 was serving as
TJ. S. representative on war prepa
rations. He and his party insisted
on making a spot check of Japan
ese-built plants and industries in
North Korea, then as now in com
munist hands. The spot check was
desired because Russians had
looted other captured areas.
Pauley said It required "ex
treme pressure" before the Ame
ricans finally ' were admitted to
North Korea by Russian officers
and then Russians ran trains
ahead and behind them filled with
armed guards.
"Not a picture could be taken
without an argument before, and
dire threat after," he said. "But
we did get some pictures of the
plants we were inspecting and the
type or guards we were unaer.
Checked en Plants
Pauley said his staff checked on
"chemical plans, power Installa
tions, various mines and steel
works, a spinning and weaving
company, etc."
Although Pauley's photographs
and data now are aiding the air
forces on bombing raids that was
not foreseen when the group vis
ited North Korea, - i v -
We were going there for just
one reason, he testified. A sur
vey of Japanese assets in North
Korea by qualified, technicians
and engineers was urgently need
ed", to . guide the .United States
policy toward reparations in the
far east' .......
HARRIMAN tS TOKYO
- TOKYO, Sunday, Aug. 6-(ffJ-W.
Averell Harriman arrived in Jap
an from Washington today for
conferences with General Mac
Arthur on the political situation
in the Orient
passengers had any apparent in
juries.
The brakeman was identified by
police as 22-year-old Robert Col
gan, who had swung down from
the freight after it parked, to ad
just the switches connecting the
main line.-
He broke down and sobbed -at
police headquarters as he signed
a statement saying that he had
taken the conductor's wave as a
signal to reverse the switch.
He told police he could see the
oncoming passenger train, but that
he thought he was following or
ders when he changed the switch
and sent it onto the siding.
Supply Data on
Raver
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Reveals
Proposal
PORTLAND, Aug. 5-)-Bon-neville
Power Administrator Paul
J. Raver confirmed today that a
plan is under consideration to tie
the Bonneville system's lines into
those of California's Central Val
ley project. i
, Raver's statement followed dis
closure of the program yesterday
in Sacramento, Calif., by Recla
mation - Commissioner Michael
Strauss. V.- -.'.' .
He said, however, that the only
power that could be exported from
the northwest is that generated
between midnight and 6 a.m.
daily and on Saturdays and Sun
days. There is no present demand
for this power, called residual, in
the northwest, he said.
: The plan, now under consider
ation by the interior department,
provides that all power that can
be used in the northwest be re
served for the area. Raver added.
It has only reached the stage
of considering possible methods
of operation, justification and
terms under which power could
be exchanged with California, he
said. -
Demand for Power -
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Aug. 5-
Cl-The first effect of the Korean
war on California's Central Valley
project will be a demand for more
power, U. S. Reclamation Com
missioner Michael W. Strauss
said yesterday.
He told newsmen that the best
immediate source of additional
public power for California would
be a tie-in between the CVA lines
and the Columbia basm gener
ators at Grand Coulee and Bon
neville dams.
Richard L. Boke, reclamation
bureau regional director, said
such a. tie-in would make a net
addition to power capacity. He
said this would mean making use
of power generating water which
he said was going to waste in the
northwest He said that as much
as .700,000,000 kilowatt hours
could be added.
May Import Water
Strauss also talked of the pos
sibility of importing Columbia
river water into California.
"We can now see the day,1
Strauss declared, "when the water
supply will be exhausted In the
area south of here. One hundred
and sixty million acre feet of Co
lumbia water wastes into the
ocean each year, and it's normal
to look for water where water is."
Gasoline for
Planes Sent
To Formosa
Br Soencer Moosa
TAIPEI, Formosa, Aug. o-P)-
Tne u. s. navy tanker Cimmarron
unloaded full cargo of gasoline
at the Formosan port of Keelung
today for war planes guarding
this nationalist headquarters is
land against communist attack.
The tanker was escorted by the
U. S. cruiser Juneau and two de
stroyers. , . . ...- .'.-'
There was speculation whether
the gasoline is for the Chinese
nationalist air force or for Ameri
can air units assigned to the de
fense of Formosa. General Mac
Arthur has said he would supply
both. , . : .
The " first of - the American
planes for -this, duty six jet
fighters - arrived Friday.
While the Cimarron unloaded,
work was speeded, on extending
Formosan airfields for American
use. ;-. 'v
The number of fields being en
larged" was" secret . Most of the
work consists of lengthening run
ways to accommodate jet fighters
and heavy bombers.
. The nationalists announced they
had turned back an attempt July
28 by several hundred reds to
seize Tien-Ao Shan, tiny island
about 180 miles south of Shang
hai. , . ,
The defense ministry said 17
communist junks were beaten off
in the three-hour attack and re
turned to their base at H aim en on
the red-held mainland.
Government spokesman - Shen-
Huan declared In a statement that
the nationalists definitely will
fight for Quemoy if communists
should attack that 50-square mile
island off the mainland opposite
Formosa.
He denied a report that Mac
Arthur had recommended the is
land be abandoned and that this
would be done shortly.
The reds have repeatedly shell
ed Quemoy from the mainland re
cently.
On orders of President Truman,
the U. S. seventh fleet is patrol
ling the- Strait of Formosa, be-
i tween. Formosa and Quemoy.
MirttfoKinraira-P
Salem Marines
These packing cases hold the gear
n-
duty, which begins Tuesday. Temporarily assigned to the Salem navy-marine reserve armory, they
are to leave at an undisclosed date for Camp Pendleton, Calif. Fifteen officers and men have already
reported for packing and processing work at the armory. Shown here from left are Sgt Donald I
Barnes, 2470 Myrtle ave.; T. Sgt Dick Kelm, 2370 S. 12th it.; Set William T. Baldwin, 1810 Cross
st, and HN William J. Dodd, .4670
unit (Statesman photo.)
Five Young
Persons Die in
2-Car Crash
ROSEBURG, Ore., Aug. 5-(JP)-
Five young persons were killed
and seven injured in the head-on
crash of two automobiles on a
highway straightaway near here
last night - '
Three of those killed were teen-
aged youngsters, returning from a
church service at Sutherlin, 13
miles north of here, to their homes
at Glendale. They were Brenda
Stackhouse, 12; Don Farthingham,
13, and Willie Ernest Morns, 16,
driver of the car in which three
other youngsters, all injured, were
riding.
Two of the six occupants of the
other car, which was north-bound,
were killed. They were Ernest Earl
Arnold, 21, Sutherlin, the driver,
and J. Robert MusgreVe, 22, Oak
land. Ore.
The four taken to a hospital In
cluded Kenneth Rose. Sutherlin,
neck and back injuries; Bobby Mc
Kissen. Oakland, cuts and broken
right leg; David Lakey, Drain,
scalp wound, and Jose Antonio
Martin, Van Nuys, Calif., cuts and
bruises, -s f . . . ,
Youngsters riding the Morris
car who were treated at a hospital
were Margaret Ruth Farthingham,
about 12, Glendale, face cuts; Al
Farthingham, 15, broken arm and
cuts, and Louis Morris, 15, Glen
dale, face cuts and pelvic injuries.
The cars ' crashed about 11:30
pan. on a straigm sireicn oi we
Pacific highway.
Woman Bean
Picker Given
DiamondRing
Statennaa Newt Service
. WEST STAYTON, Aug. 5 A
woman bean-picker received a
diamond ring from her employer
here yesterday in recognition oi
20 seasons of "faithful and un
complaining" work in the bean
fields. : .
Mrs. Eva Cook, 67, of Mehama
accepted the ring from J. J. Keu
deU as 75 bean pickers paused
briefly at the Keudell ranch on
Bean Alley road.
"Mrs. Cook is a fast and faith
ful worker who has never com
plained about how good the beans
are," Keudell said. "She still picks
around 300 pounds a day and held
the championship for four years
when she first staned.
Mrs. Cook has never missed a
season since she started picking
at the Keudell ranch. She makes
the 30-mile round trip from Me
hama daily during the month-
long bean season.' ,
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Last Year
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Portland rL, a navy hospitalman
FBI Wise to
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Russ Officer9
DENVER, Aug. 5 -flPV- Rob
ert Stapp,- Denver-Post reporter,
today bedecked himself in the uni
form of a Russian officer and
strolled the streets of Denver.
Stapp returned to his editor and
said that he hadn't attracted much
attention.
The editor, however, informed
Stapp that 10 minutes after he'd
left the Post building in his "odd
feathers, J. Russell Kramer, agent
in charge of the FBI office here,
had phoned to ask: "Do you have
a reporter out on the street7"
Stapp had been spotted by fed
eral agents within a block of the
Post, building.
Bridges Sent
Federal Judge
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 5-ffV-
A; federal judge' ordered Harry
Bridges to jail today as "danger
ous to the security, of this coun
try." . ;
The judge, George B. Harris,
then denied motions of Bridges'
attorneys for a stay, to permit him
his freedom over the weekend.
A U. S. marshal's deputy took
the president of the big CIO long
shore union to jail.
Judge Harris revoked the $25,
000 bond under which Bridges
has been free since last April
when he was sentenced to , five
years in prison for perjury; A fed
eral jury decided he "swore false
ly in his 1945 citizenship hearing
by denying he was a communist
Since then an order has been
signed stripping the Australian-
born Bridges of U. S. citizenship.
"It .was- not unexpected, the
dock union boss said after Judge
Harris had ruled, and as the dep
uty marshal was waiting to take
him to the county jaiL "I believe
right now anyone, who speaks his
personal opinion on the subject
(Korea) is in danger." . .
He had opposed intervention by
the United States and United Na
tions in the Korean war.
Western International
At Salem 0-0. Victoria "s-S
At Yakima S, Vancouver S
At Trl-Oty 11-S. Spokane lt-S '
At Wena tehee 20. Taeorna IT
Coast League
At Porfand 7. Oakland t
At Saa rraneiaco S. San Diego 7
At Loa Aug ales S. Sacramento 1
At Seattle S, Hollywood S
National Leagae
At New York S, Pittsburgh
At Philadelphia a. St. LouU 1
At Brooklyn S, Cincinnati 4
At Boston S, Chicago (U Inn.)
American League
At Detroit 9. Washington S
At Chicago 7, Boston 13
At Ctereiaad 4. New York S -At
St Louis. 4. Philadelphia 0
To Prison by
Slop Acirs
for Departure
t :- SL
attached to the marine reserve
Molotov Said
Cohering with
Chinese Reds
TOKYO. Sunday. Auff. 8 -P)
Soviet Vice Premier V. M. Molo
tov today was reported without
confirmation - conferring with
Chinese red leaders on an inva
sion of Formosa, which was de
scribed as "imminent"
A' JTananese antl-cnmmunfst r
ganization reported that Molotov
had been in the Chinese commun
ist capital several weeks.
Renorts sent to the United
States and Britain said the Aus
tralian mission here had trans
mitted documents to Canberra on
Molotovs talks. W. R Hndtrsnn.
chief of the mission, denied these
reports, ne.saia tne mission nas
not seen or communicated any-
Uating the Japanese
information.
The Jananese organization said
its information came from its
agents in China.
Molotov was reportedly in con
ference with Mao Tze-tunff. Chfn.
ese communist leader, and KVu"-
chi Tokuda, secretary general of
the Jarjanese communist nartv
who disappeared from Tokyo two
montns ago.
The. three were said be roV-
ferring on .three main Issues:
2 tfiE".
Japanese conununists would, at;
.v... -'ui"vi ui
American military installations
in Janan.'
These unverified renorts also
said a "Far Eastern eominform
headed by Mao, had been desig
nated to direct ' and coordinate
the. entire plan.
TVTxl T7
liortli Ivoreans
1 " VA -
Report U.S.
Destroyer Hit
LONDON. Aug. 5 -C"Pi- A North
Korean communique., broadcast
by the Moscow radio, claimed to-
mm j uuii icu cvbsuu oaiienes naa
scored hits on an American de-
stroyer last Wednesday.
The communique carried this
report:
"On Aug. 2 an American de -
stroyer opened artillery fire on
the town of Chunmunchin (Thu
gunri). However, a coastal bat- wasngnung its way out and
tery of the people's army put iW0? ..t up
down the fire of the destroyer. tolpJextricatiniJ
Receiving four direct hits, the en- V1 E?1? cavalry division swap
emy destroyer burst .Into flames Patro1 Punches with the north
and departed southwards." . Koreans beyond the Naktong, wvst
I - a."'!!"""!!! II
Conductor Would
Rather Fight Koreans
GLASGOW, Scotland, Aug. 8
(TV-Streetcar conductor John Sy
minrton loined tha armv vester- i
the Koreans can be any mora of-
fensive than some or the Glasgow
puouc. ' .
Reds Believed
Feeling Out
U.S. Positions
WITH THE TJ. S. 24TH DI- ,
VISION IN KOREA, Aug. i-UPl . .
An estimated 800 eommantet .
troops crossed the Naktonr riv- '
er today. Fighting still was rag
ing this afternoon, eight bonis
'later. .
The reds crossed near Chirh- i;'
yen, on the front southwest af
the big supply base of Taego. -
The battle involved at least 1
an equal number of Amerlcaaa. I
TOKYO.: Sunday Aue. 6-UfU
Small North Korean patrols knif
ed across the Naktong river today i
along a 40-mile front after a bat
talion attempting a crossing in
strength was wiped out yester
day on the north.
Aside from the aggressive pa
trolling on both sides of the ner
vous, 140-mile front there was
no activity. The Reds were be
lieved to be feeling out allied po
sitions for a big blow, expected
hourly. ' . . i
An Eighth army communique
said the Reds were building up
strength on the northweit part
of the front opposite the hinge pe
smon. between the South Korean
army defending the northern line
and the U. S. troops holding tha
longer western line along the Nak
tong. ' -V ;
So far as Is known, the Nnrth
Koreans have been unable to get
tanks or infantry in any strength
across the wide river barrier.
Beachhead Shrinking
But the two maior blows are
expected to fall farther south of
reinforced U. S. positions in , the
shrinking beachhead of southeast
Korea. The beachhead now is SO
miles wide bv about 100 miw
long. '' :k" ,1
Nevertheless, the Eighth armv
said the enemy was throw intr ele
ments across the Naktong at the
ninge position, which is about 35
or 40 miles northwest of Taegu.
The latter is the frontline supply
city 55 miles northwest of the
beachhead port of Pusan.
It was in the hills, to the north
of Taegu that the enemy battal
ion, possibly 500 to 1100 men.
walked into a South Korean iron
the communique said.
ine boutn Koreans, well dug
into hill positions, let the battal
ion through, then closed in and
-annuuiatea ir in the words tot
the communique.
l.uoe Dead In 24 Honrs
LSS- uaj-
General MacArthur's headquar-
ers had killed 1,000 of the enemy
in the past 24 hours. This pre
sumably was on all parts of the
South Korean front
Major patrol activity marked
the front where the Americans
hold the river line from a point
north of Taegu southward nearly
100 miles to tha south nuiif k
Korea.
a U.B m .M
A field dispatch said enemy and
affi rivuthw? JZT.
frto kTreaTfoTceVSrS
i rivers wesi Danic the eighth arm
I reoorted. "
Platoons Crocs :
Associated Press f!nrrenAn1en
O. H. P. King with the 24th said
two enemy platoons ox from 50 to
60 men crossed tha rivv in Kota
and rafts near Chirhyon, 33 miles
souuiwesx ox xaegu. They vanished '
into the hills before they could be
I11110 hm before they cou
brssgnt under ttack.
Three other enemv natml.
Three other enemy nafmla wm '
seen crossing the river on this part
oi ine xront. xne eigntn army com
munique said one company 't
communists had "penetrated" the
area but was being repulsed. Tbie
presumaDiy reierred to an cnesoj
river crossing. c
i xne other big enemy attack is
expected along the south coast,
j where the 25th infantry division
uviui wuuuw bdoui m miiei wen
of Pusan. Four enemy divisions
are massing there.
Fighting Way Out
The army communique said erne
1 American company -attacked a
I town, found it unoccupied, and la
- 1 returning iound it was cut oft It
and northwest of Ta.ffu. Thatm
was no evidence of sizeable en
emy buildup on this sector.
MacArthur's release said the
whole front had remained rela
tively stabilized during the past
24 hours.
Like the enemy, the Americans
were taking advantaga cf this
J longest lull in the Korean war lo
I increase their strength for, the tij
..- Davue vj coma.