't-Tlv Statwnarb SdliifaL'Otgotu MoOdaY. Aoqiirt'T, 1950
Rearming of
West Germai
Said Needed
Bt Wes Gallagher
FRANKFURT. Germany. Aug. 8
--Nearly all western military
men and most officials here are
agreed, on a dont quote me bas
is." that Europe cannot be de
fended -against Russia without
Western Germany .being rearmed
and Quickly.
Alreadr it may be too late to
rearm the Germans.
To do it might-provoke the Rus
sians.
But the iwift aggression in Kor
ea convinced most of the few re
maining doubters that " Germany
could only be defended with the
aid of German manpower, and
Germany must be defended or the
rest of Europe would go down as
well,
Yet, both the western allies and
German officials are doing their
I
best to avoid facing these con
elusions publicly.
, German political parties are
even more reluctant to bring the
subject into the open than allied
officials. 1 ! -Rejects
Rearmament
The largest party, the Christian
Democrat, which heads the west I
German government coalition at
Bona, unreservedly rejected re
armament in a recent statement
It does not like to. open itself to
a charge from its largest opponent,
the social democratic party, falling
In with any plan for a "cannon
fodder" army.
!
The occupation powers, during
the war and at its close, commit
ted themselves to German ' dis
. armament so that no new. German
aggression ever would be possible.
To propose German rearmament
Invites political problems with
some of the victims of German
aggression who still fear German
.'power. i i
Building Up Army "
Meanwhile, the Russians are
busily building up their army of
East Germans under the guise of
" a police force, equipping it with
tanks, artillery and all instru
merits of war.
This army, reported to number
50,000 in May, is now estimated
at 70,000. Military men believe
that in a year it may total 250.000.
When it reaches that size it
might be too big for the present
western occupation forces to han
dle should the communists start
an attack in the Korean style,
If powerfully supported by Sov
iet aircraft and troops it seeming
ly could sweep over western Eur
ope in almost no time.
35 Divisions Needed
The minimum number of divis
ions needed in Western Europe is
estimated by military men at 35,
. heavily armed.
A French general a few days
ago said this minimum estimate
was nonsense. He said 73 divis
Ions were necessary.
- The Russians, with their satel
lites, could mobilhce 170 divisions
SSS
her are!
for an all-out attack in
- it U estimated. Already they are
. calculated to have 20 combat div
Isions in East Germany, with 40
more ready for action in Poland,
Austria and satellite states.
Counting all occupation troops,
the west has less than a dozen.
V i Under United States prodding.
several members of the Atlantic
pact are busy promising increased
' -defense budgets. But the increases
- proposed are so far below what is
needed that military chiefs here
see no prospect that 35 divisions,
or anything near that figure, will
. be provided, along with support
ing arms.
Loan Agencies
Asked to Help
Curb Inflation
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6-GP)
Five supervisory agencies joined
i today in an appeal to banks and
' other lending institutions to avoid
making loans that would add to
Inflationary pressures.
The agencies supervise lending
by banks and building and loan
associations. They suggested a vol
untary "defense loan policy" to
help keep down prices and con
serve materials for defense pur
poses.
The federal reserve board.
comptroller of the currency, feder
al deposit insurance corporation,
nome loan bans: board, and na
tional association of supervisors Of
state banks signed the statement.
I U. S. Diplomat in
France for Talks
t PARIS, Aug. 6 (JPh Charles
Spofford, UJS. delegate to the At-
lantic Pact council, arrived hero
today for conferences with top
French officials.
Spofford refused to tell report
ers anything about his visit ex
cept to say that he would "talk
about very general subjects." It is
t generally believed there that his
v purpose is to spur France to great
er aeiense efforts,
The nomadie Nuntagmiuk Es
kimos built portable dome-shaped
wuiow nuts. :
New Shewing Ope CU
LCOXO FSAXE22
L TITirfY MASSHALL
Jea nail. Frances Laagferd.
I ISbrrrnrHi) I
" asscar svmM
I x iM aw tm r runt n '
Detroit Dam-Site
WHMsVMMi
DETROIT DAMSITE, An. 6 With
Douglas McKay tells a crowd of ZOO on hand to witness the Initial concrete pouring ol the Detroit dam
that the dam will "shape the future of the Willamette valley. Present for the ceremony Saturday
afternoon were army engineers, contractor representatives and delegates from valley and Santlam
river communities. Host was C. C Davis, resident engineer, seated in foreground. (Photo by Don Dill
Statesman photographer). (Picture also on page 1).
November Write
Decide Justice Belt's Successor
"Write-in" votes at the November general election will likely de
cide a successor to State Supreme
died Sundar. according to David
division of the secretary of states
If a candidate should file by
the procedure would be the same
Near 2,000 at
State Employes
Annual Picnic
An estimated 2,000 state work
ers and their families gathered at
Champoeg park Sunday for the
second annual picnic of employes
in district two, the Marion-Polk
county area. V
A two-hour variety show high'
lighted a day of sports, short
speeches and a basket lunch.
Robey S. Ratckffe was general
chairman of a committee of 67
that planned the huge gathering,
He was introduced by Robert M.
Ashby, district director. Both are
Salem men.
Others introduced Included Har
ry Dorm an, state budget director
who attended for Governor Doug
las McKay, and Harry Confer.
Champoeg park director, who was
thanked publicly for his coopera
tion in assisting- with arrange
ments.
The picnic reportedly d r e w
some 500 more than attended a
similar event last year.
Methods of
Keeping Grain
A . O
Recommended
Six recommendations Involving
protection of grain handling and
grain shipments, have been filed
with the Oregon Farm Bureau at
Silverton by its shipping losses
committee.
Committee members include Art
Undberg, Pendleton; Virgil Lar
son, Mikkalo: and Paul Kaseberff.
The committee met at Pendleton.
The recommendations included:
1. Education of grain receiving
stations on importance of accurate
weighing both In receiving and
unloading rains: 2. education and
practice of good housekeeping at
elevators, involving cleaning scales
of dirt both on platform and below
ana eliminate faulty , weighs; 3,
twice a day cleaning scales and
oaiance cnecx; 4, improved sys
tems of grain sampling; 5, infor
mation to farmers and renort of
irregularities: 8. Oregon Farm
Bureau to Inform all grain hand
lers oi constructive suggestions.
FAVOR LICENSING
SPOKANE. Aug. 6-MVA reso
lution favoring a state licensing
law for plasterers was passed by
the Northwest Plaster Bureau
here today.
I H.TliAB.lto
Than Ever! I
Most End Tonight!
"Colt .45" Technicolor!
"Three Came Heme" -
New Tomorrow!
1-v
CLIFT
"AND!
Visitors Hear Project Praised
V-
I t.
the awe-inspiring Santiam river
- in Votes May
Court Justice Harry H. Belt who
O'Hara. manager of the elections
office
the deadline, one week from today,
as for an independent candidate,
U tiara said laie sunaay rugnu
But by that date a candidate
would have to usbmit petitions
bearing 3 per cent of the state's
524,080 voters, O'Hara stated.
That means 15,722 signatures.
O'Hara said he considered this
'possible with enough workers.
but it seems impractical.
It is too late for a candidate to
be nominated by an assemblage
of at least 250 voters prior to the
filing deadline, because law re
quires that a 10-day notice be giv
en for such an assemblage, the
election bureau chief said.
There is a constitutional provis-
on, according to U tiara, to tne
effect that any vacancy oc curing
more than 20 days before a gen
eral election may be filled at the
election by the voters. The title
of the office would have to bo
placed on the ballot.
If no candidate files, voters
would write in names of their
choice and the candidate receiving
the most would be duly elected,
O'Hara said. ,
Justice Belt's term would i have
expired in January, 1955. J
Sen. McCarthy
Repeats Claim
MILWAUKEE, Aug. MflV Sen
ator McCarthy (R-Wis.) renewed
his communists - in-government
charges today and called Senator
Ty dings (D-Md.) the Truman ad
ministration's "whimpering lap
dog."
McCarthy also said he Intends
to continue a "bare-knuckle" fight
to expose communists "as long as
remain in the senate.
Ty dines headed the senate for
eign relations subcommittee which
investigated McCarthy's conten
tions that the state department
haibors communists and Red sym
pathizers.
e$jeojefl09d
C0TT0IIU00DS
Tlrars., Aug. lOlh
Dancing Til 1A.M.
$1.50 (Incl. Tax)
2nd Tlx EiJ
BeddylXeDowallta
KDLLEB SHAJUK-
mm
I -Technicolor f
" "Srsss""" I
canyon walls as a backdrop Got.
Of f icials Give
Tributes to
Justice Belt
(Story also on page 1)
The death of Justice Harry H.
Belt of the Oregon supreme court
at Belllngham, Wash., Sunday,
brought immediate tributes from
state officials.
"His death was a shock to me,'
said Gov. Douglas McKay Sun
day night. "He had been a very
distinguished jurist and a fine
citizen."
Said. Associate Justice George
Rossman, "He had a remarkably
quick mind and could see the con
trolling point In a case. He also
had a remarkably keen sense of
justice.
Decisions Quoted
'In composition, he could make
two or three words do the work
of a .dozen. His decisions fre
quently were quoted by other
courts."
Chief Justice Hall S. Lusk and
Acting Chief Justice James T.
Brand were not available for com
ment. Lusk is recuperating from
surgery at a Portland hospital.
Belt was victim of a hunting ac
cident that necessitated amputa
tion of an arm when he was
youth; nonetheless he was an ac
tive outdoors- and sportsman.
Ardent Fisherman
He annually trekked to the Fra-
zier river in Canada to fish. Hia
friends considered him an adept
angler, an expert hunter and a
skilled golfer.
Belt was a 32nd degree mason.
holding membership in Salem
Lodge of Perfection and the Ore
gon Consistory at Portland. He
was a past Grand Chancellor of
the Knights of Pythias and was a
member of the Salem Elks lodge.
Beit was an active member of
St Paul's Episcopal church. He
resided at 380 Leslie street
J f 2-7S2
Last Times Tonitc!
Opcs t-SUrts At Dusk
Free Pony Rides
John Payne
Rhonda Fleming
Dennis OHeefe
In Color
"EAGLE & HAWK"
Montgomery Clift
Paul Douglas
"BIO LIFT" .
od oh es
Mat Dally from 1 P. M,
NOWI ONE OF THE
YEAR'S BIGGEST!
Tropical Romance!
Open :5 F. M.
NOWI EXCmNGl
via
U.S. Offensive
In Korea Given
Air Support)
(Story also on page one)
TOKYO. Monday, Aug. 1-JPh
The American offensive on the
southwestern front today the
first infantry combat of the war
for the marines was getting wnai
MacArthur headquarters spokes
man described as powerful air
support.
This followed Sunday's big day
when the air force threw 530
sorties at the Reds and carrier-
based navy and marine aircraft
flew a record 212 sorties of their
own.
Fighters and light . bombers
worked over Red troop concentra
tions and supply lines along the
battlefront while Superfortress
bombers continued their assaults
on bridges and key installations in
the North Korean transportation
system.
A far east air force operational
summary said UJS. 5th air force
and Royal Australian air force
planes attacked, among other tar
gets, 52 communist vehicles, 18
locomotives and 18 railway cars.
Nine North Korean aircraft were
destroyed on the ground and 15
others were damaged.
Correspondent Whitehead r e
ported the marine-army fore
jumped off on the drive toward
Chiniu at 6:30 ajn. (1:30 p.m,
PDT Sunday) after the artillery of
both branches had blasted the
Reds with a 20-minute barrage.
Then Mustang and jet fighters
swooped down and the offensive
was under way.
Marines Shove Ahead
Marine elements on the left
flank, he said, . shoved ahead
against little, opposition but the
army ran into strong enemy posi
tions.
The Reds countered on the right
flank of the American force.
Apparently this was the threat
raised in the 8th army commun
laue which said:
"An enemy move on the left
Hank of the UJS. 24th division is
considered the primary threat at
present, especially if the enemy is
backing that section with a envis
ion or mose."
The right flank of the westward
pushing American force would be
on the left flank of the 24th divis
ion just to the north on the front.
At 8th army headquarters, AP
Correspondent Leif Erlckson said
most American communications
lines were cut Sunday night. In
Tokyo, this was described as prov
ing the North Koreans knew the
attack was set to go.
.ffippks"fr Q
10
J JMi OMi
VALLEY MOTOR COMPANY
75 Center Street
War. Yet Unwinds '
Fifty Years of, ,
Army Red Tape
LA CROSSE, Wis, Aug. 6-WV
The government finally has set
tled accounts with patient Richard
Klaber. r .,
The army veteran yesterday re
ceived a check for $374.30 to re
imburse him for travel and sub
sistence expenses incurred in get
ting home to Chicago after he was
discharged from the army in Ma
nila. Klaber. who now lives here. Tut
in 10 claims before congress acted
in 1945 to appropriate the money
to take care of him and others with
similar claims.
The check came more than 50
years after Klaber filed his first
claim. Klaber, you see, is 73 years
old a veteran of the Spanish
American war.
State Highway
Board to Open
BidsAus.21,22
Bids for 31 projects, involving
an estimated cost of sz,7UU,ouu,
will be opened by the state high
way commission at a meeting in
Portland August 21 and 22.
Officials said this was one of
the largest contract-lettings in re
cent years.
Five Multnomah county- pro
jects are included, with others
scattered widely throughout the
state. Other projects include:
Union creek bridge widening at
milepost 57.29 on the Crater lake
highway in Jackson county, con
struct latrine at Cascadia state
park on South Santiam highway
in Lin county;
Furnish and Install traffic sig
nals in Corvallis, mile of service
road paving and highway connec
tion grading and paving on Och
oco avenue-Milwaukie section of
Pacific highway in Clackamas
county, and;
Grading and paving .73 mile
of Sweet Home section of the
Santiam highway in Sweet Home,
Linn county.
Marion county projects include
Grading and paving .37 mile of
Aumsville (Main street) section
on the North Santiam secondary
highway in Aumsville. Grading
and paving 3.23 miles of the Pud
ding river-Silverton section of
Silverton county road 12 miles
northeast of Salem.
Comstock Lode, the great Ne
vada silver mine, was discovered
in 1859.
For
racetvd
Drakes!
Destroy Tank
Assembly Plant
TOKYO. Aug. 6-(a-Maj. Gen.
Kenneth L. Reusser of Santa Ana,
Calif , led two flying marine mates
Saturday in low-level assaults that
destroyed a Korean communist
tank assembly plant and exploded
an oil tanker.
The attacks were made on Inch
on, the port for Seoul, fallen cap
ital of South Korea. Marine Cor
sair fighters raked the area after
a two-hour bombardment by two
British cruisers and two British
destroyers.'
Oreron Parents
Reusser, i son of the Rev. and
Mrs. Fred C Reusser of Portland,
Ore., led the marines who had the
biggest day. With him were Capt.
Charles D. Graber, Tacoma Park,
Md., and Orange, Calif., and First
Lt Robert Minnick, Baltimore,
Md.
After flying cover for the Brit
ish bombardment, Reusser drop
ped down to take a look at a large
double-winged factory which had
escaped the naval guns.
The former University of Geor
gia football and wrestling star
who won the navy cross and dis
tinguished flying cross for action
at Guadalcanal . nd Okinawa saw
the factory was a tank and truck
TrOCSDdKrO'
Sk
11 I
mil E?E OPE! -
Wo Will Be Open Every Monday
From Now On
casm to? core
Will Buy GREEN Fir Cones Now
From Vicinity of Salem
Bring to Woodsood Drier, South of Salem
$2.00 to $2.50 per sack, according to Quality
WOODSEEO I P.O. Box 7 SALEM
the tecoad straight yeer, rot
taw Gold ICedal award i
of the Tear." And its good looks
owners will teU you, by Hi fine-car quality. Taka
a Test Drive" in this 'SO Ford and yovll find kt
has the " of America's finest cars, too. We
caH it "big-car roadaWHty-yo1i call the
smooth; quietest ride oa wheels. YoaTt acre
Ford's
UMI CAt IMJMl lOW-HKt Mil
Compare the '50 Ford, feature for feature, with
cars costing hundreds more! Only Ford, 1st the
low-price field, offers an engine choke of either
the 100 hp. V-8 or its compani on-in-quasty, the
95 hp. Six! Only Ford offers alifeguard" Body!
. Only Ford offers 35 eaaier-ectinc King-Size
And no car offers a bigger combination
of aaringseaTings in original cost, savings m
tunning costs and the long run aarincs that resort
from Ford's high resale Talua.
tut Ptrr it at ion ton haiits jqpayi
assembly plant. A naval head
quarters release continued:
"Leading his flight back to the
carrier to report and rearm, ho
was given permission to return
to Inchon. The enemy, not antic
lpaung a revisit, had failed to
empty the plant of its moveable
rolling stock and six large tanks.
signuicanuy bearing the United
States army identification mark
ing, and a score of trucks were
in the courtyard.
Total Destruction
"Three naDalm homh and .
burst of rockets affected the total
destruction of the tanks, trucks,
factory and contents.
"Leaving the area at an altitude
of 50 feet, Reusser saw that what
had appeared from the greater
height to be a pier extension was
in reality a tanker cleverly cam
ouflaged. His rockets and bombs expend
ed, Reusser raked the hull of the
vessel with his 20-millimeter guns
and the tanker disintegrated with
a blast that tossed the navy Cor
sair almost out of control, denting
the wings and fuselage with de
bris. Grand Reopening
( Of the Remodeled
Glenwood Ballroom
Sat., Aug. 12
Glenn Woodry's Orchestra
I I L
Salem