The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, August 24, 1950, Page 1, Image 1

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Rights to televise the world
ries baseball games for 1950 have
been sold to Gillette Safety Razor
cd. and Mutual Broadcasting CO.
for $800,000. That's a lot of cash.
Some one up at the unemployment
comp. commission might tune up
the IBM computer and figure out
just how many razor blades Gil
lette will have to sell to get its
money back.- But what really is
odd is thatrxadio broadcast rights
went to the same people for only
$175,000.. . ..
Consider that radio is universal
In M rnimtrt and television Still
largely localized one wonders at
the disnaritv in.tne prices, wm
mnrm nponlo look and listen at TV
than will listen to radio? Or will
the advertising message be more
. potent on the former than on ra
dio? The quotations would seem
to imply that, lor tney put a iow
nriM nn radio advertising as com
pared with TV. Of course given
his choice the customer with time
tt cnond would urefer to see the
games as well as to get the story;
but are there enough TV sets to
rirnvid thia entertainment to more
customers than broadcasting will.
furnish?
Aside from this comparison it
certainly is clear that television
mmes hi ph. It isnt a tinker's toy.
It takes big money to set up a TV
transmitting station ana to oper
ate it Thus far more money has
gone into TV than has come out
in the way of profits.
Quite an argument prevails over
the financial conseauences of tel
evising athletic events. In the case
of the world series where the seats
usually are a sell-out the income
fmm TV and radio is iust an
(Continued on Editorial Page 4.)
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Paiilus Bros.
To Pack GI
Food Packets
The Paulas Bros, packing plant
has been selected by the quarter
master corps of the army for the
assembly of army food packets.
One bay of the company's big,
modern- plant in southeast Salem
will, be devoted to this work,
which will not interfere with its
regular food processing operations.
Wehn running, the food packet
assembly will provide employment
' for from 150 to 200 persons. Work
ers with high seniority on the com
pany lists will thus have winter
employment The assembly line
will be started in September and
run Indefinitely. , l
' Two other, concerns liave so far
been selected for this assembly
work: Flo tilT Products, with plants
at Stockton and Modesto, Calif.,
and Van Brodie Milling Co, Clin
ton, Mass.
The various . food items and
containers will be purchased by
the quartermaster corps and ship
ped to the selected plants where
the foods will be packaged for
military use. Containers are of
metal specially treated to with
stand corrosion. "
The quartermaster corps in co
operation with nutrition experts
has worked out a special series of
food kits for use by service per
sonnel on special missions. The
old K ration of World War II is
now a thing of the past The new
packages of food are said to .pro
vide a more nutritious diet and to
be more tasty than the old food
kit .
A QM expert is quoted a say
In? of the new food packages:
They're so far superior to World
War II they wouldn't be recog
nized by the guys that, fought in
France and Italy. . ' -- .
(Additional details, page 2.)
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By WARREN GOOORICH
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-TOKYO, Thursday, Aug. 24 -UPi- Bombed and shelled Koreans
reds appeared today to be pulling
ned fronts to bolster their major force north of Taegu.
In the Waegwaa sector, 12 miles northwest of Taezu, the U. S.
First Cavalry division crossed to the west bank of the Naktong river
without encountering the enemy.
: Red pressure eased today tor the first time in five days in the
area posing the gravest menace to Taegu. For four days the reds had
Mariiies
art
By John H. White
Staff Writer. The Statesman
Thm mid.Willamettc vallev con
tributed 106 marines to the Kore
an war early this morning.
Salem's C battery, 4th 105 mm
howitzer battalion, marine corps
reserve, boaided a troop train
shortly after midnight and shoved
off for Camp ; Pendleton, Calif.
Units from Portland . and Euge
are aboard the same train. - - -One
year ago this week, on Aug.
21, 1949, this same marine outfit
climbed jovially aboard two RD5
marine planes for a flight to the
same California training site. It
was just another summer maneu
ver. '
Different This Time
This morning's departure was
different Hundreds of mothers,
wives, sweethearts, sisters, fathers
and youngsters crowded the Sou
thern Pacific depot
The marines reported at 10 p. m.
at the depot For the next two
hours they split into small groups,
talking quietly, glancing at watch
es every few minutes. Some stood
on the platform. Others went back
to cars for a final few minutes of
quiet
For some marines it was nothing
new. Old timers like Herman Do
ner, a city police radio operator
with a long service record, and
combat veterans like Dick Kelm,
who fought for four years in the
last war, were flanked by many
buddies. Many of the unit are vet
erans. .-.
Many Wore Ribbon
They wore a liberal sprinkling
of Pacific theatre campaign bars,
presidential unit citations, awards
for heroism at Guadalcanal. Iwo
Jima, Okinawa, Saipan, New
Brunswick and Tarawa.
; But it was : the veterans who
were saying goodbye to wives and
children.
,For others It
peri en ce.
was a new ex-
Two of the unit's young mem
bers proved themselves Tuesday
afternoon right here In Salem.
PFC Luke V. Deane and PTC Bud
Templeton were among the first
persons v who ; appeared to help
fight a fire on Cherry avenue in
which two persons lost their lives.
Activated In 1947
Commanded by Ma. Leonard
Hicks, the departing unit included
seven officers, 95 enlisted men and
four navy corpsmen. The outfit
was activated in Salem on July 17,
1947, more than- three years ago,
A year ago the inspector-in
structor of the same -, unit com
mented on his outfit's future by
saying, "These are the boys who
can furnish immediate mobilization
in event of emergency."
They left this morning.
Kenriewick Power
Knifed hy Dredge
McNARY. Ore- Aug. 23 -V
Four high voltage transmission
lines crossing the Columbia river
here were broken tonight by a
river dredge and the city of Ken
newick, Wash, plunged into dark
ness. The Bonneville Power Adminis
tration reported one of its 115,000-
volt lines was snapped. The others
belong to the Pacific Power and
Light company.
Faces Spy
Dep
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IIOUSTCrf, Tex, Azz. 23 Accused s;y LlitJ-sn SobcH ecjjjrs a e!zr-
et La the Harris county Jail after spending- the nlrht here. Thm elec
trical erriseer is charred wii rassiag defense secrets ta CsiiLia
aierts. (AT r.lrejicU t tla
troops out of hitherto heavily man
thrown punches down a valley
road 12 miles north of Taegu. In
this death-ridden "bowling alley"
where the reds have lost 11 tanks
and hundreds of soldiers, an-American
battalion cleaned out enemy
Infiltrations Wednesday. ' ..
Gen. Collins Confident
Gen. J. Xawton Collins, 17. S.
army chief of staff, after a front
line visit returned to Tokyo to
day from. Korea and said "things
are coming - along very well over
there." He visited the north sec
tor where they red concentrations
have been variously estimated at
from 30,000 to 50,000. -Bulwarking
this picture, Adm.
Forrest Sherman, chief of naval
operations said the navy's Korean
war force now totals 150 ships and
80,000 men.
Sherman also said he understood
American authorities have evi
dence that the Russians have sup
plied the North Koreans with war
equipment since the start of hos
tilities. - i .
Red casualties in men and me
chanized equipment have not been
summarized by General MacArth
urj headquarters. But the fury of
the fighting, north of Taegu may
bring the totals up to those in tne
Changnyong bulge. . .
Hold Vital Positions
Correspondent Huth said . the
durable U: S. 27th ."Wolfhound"
regiment north of Taegu held firm
in all its vital positions. This reg
iment had been - meeting and
throwing back red units vastly su
perior in numbers and backed by
more tanks and mechanized equip
ment 1 .
The U. S. 24th division, which
had teamed with the First marine
PFC Donald D. Douglas, a Sa
lent soldier fighting with the
TJ. S. forces in Korea, was re
ported Wednesday as wounded
in action.
, Do arias was listed oa a ea
nalty list released by the defense
department after notification of
' next of kin. He is the son of
B. W. Dourlas, Salem route - 4,
box 1088.
brigade to wipe out the Changn
yong bulge, reported no enemy
activity Wednesday night' Their
patrols roved through communist
territory without drawing any re
action.
The south coast sector, where
American troops held controlling
positions in the ridges, blazed up
briefly, Associated Press Corres
pondent Stan Swinton said. A
North Korean : patrol was swept
back Wednesday about six miles
from Haman in a short fire fight
Bed Buildup In Sooth
Swinton reported there were
new. Indications of a red buildup
in that area where flat ground
beyond the ridges leads directly
toward Pusan, American lifeline
port slightly more than 30 miles
to the southeast
An air force summary said the
weather in all sectors favored. air
attacks, following up Wednesday's
busy day when nearly S00 sorties
were flown. .
Wednesday in the critical area
north of Taegu, new and as ye
unidentified American units went
into the line to halt red infiltra
tors who had penetrated to within
eight miles of the supply center.
Rail Strike Would
Tie Portland Area
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PORTLAND, Aug. 23-VRail
union officials said today that a
strike of trainmen and conductors
Monday would bring a walkout of
about 1,000 persons in the Portland
area.
- D. B. Pidcock, spokesman for the
trainmen brotherhood, said strike
instructions had not been received.
but that a walkout would tie up
all rail facilities in this area,
Charges
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By Roger D. Greene
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23-VA
nationwide railroad strike, set to
begin at 6 ajn. local standard time
next Monday, was called by the
two big rail unions today immedi
ately after White. House peace
uuxs couapsea. . .
A similar nationwide strike in
Canada, now in its second day, has
caused the most serious transport
crisis in Canada's history.
Barring intervention' by Presi
dent Truman which seemed al
most inevitable the UJS. walk
out . combined with the Canadian
strike would virtually paralyze rail
transportation in the North Amer
ican hemisphere.. ; ;
Seizure Aatberixed
Under a World War I act of
1916, Mr. Truman could seize the
railroads and operate them under
government supervision. Or he
could get a court injunction to
stave off the strike.-
At the White House, Assistant
Press Secretary Eben Ayers said
there was no official comment and
that no action would be taken to
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Ayers said Mr. Truman was in
formed of the strike call immedi
ately after the White House re
ceived word of it shortly before
6 p.m., Washington time.
The 17-months-old dispute over
wages and hours reached the
breaking point less than 60 min
utes after the White House had
temporarily called off talks with
both sides which have been in
progress since Aug. 7.
"Case Is Deadlocked' ?
Leaving the White House, union
and management negotiators join
ed in a statement saying:
"The case isTieadiockeoV
Union leaders went directly to a
downtown hotel and at 5:30 p.m.
issued the text of the following
telegram to Presidential Assistant
John R. Steelman:
"Please be advised and advise
the president that we have author
ized train and yardmen withdrawn
from service on all railroads in the
United States 6 am. standard time.
Monday. Aug. 28. as a result of
failure to reach settlement on the
national rules movement"
Ask 40-Hour Week .
The unions call their wage-hour
dispute a "national rules move
ment' because it involves changes
in the operating rules for railroad
employes. '
The unions are demanding a 40-
hour week with no loss in take-
home pay from their present 48-
hour wages, plus other adjustments
in working conditions. ;
The two unions tho Brother
hood of Railroad Trainmen and the
Order of Railway Conductors
have a membership of some 300,-
000 workers. A total of 131 rail
roads would be involved in the
strike.
Twice during the current White
House negotiations and once ear
lier in the year the unions urged
President Truman to take over the
railroads to avert a stoppage in the
nation's rail transport system.
Margarets
Engaged Is i
Nevo Rumor
LONDON. Aug. 23 -JP- Lon
don buzzed tonight with reports
that Princess Margaret is engag
ed, and a number of her friends
said "they have an authentic ring
this timer r ; i
The reports printed by the
London Evening Star linked
the merry 20-year-old princess
with her childhood friend, the 27-year-old
Earl of Dalkeith, heir to
an ancient title and one of the
biggest fortunes in Britain. His
family motto is "Amo I love."
He has been mentioned fre
quently as a .favored suitor of the
king's younger daughter, but. three
months ago he was denying rum
ors that there was anything spec
ial between him and Margaret
Just some theters and parties to
gether, he Insisted. '
But there have been no de
nials of the fresh reports tha
everything has been arranged and
that King George is thinking of
typing a formal announcement
Buckingham Palace spokesmen
had no comment - , ;
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Willamette riwr -3 C feet.
rO&ECAST (from U. S. weather bn
reau. McNary field. Salem): Cloudy
thia morning, becoming partly cloudy
this afternoon Willi occasional showers.
Soma clearing tonight. Kiga today
rear TO-7J and low ton'trht near 4d
44. Expected low relative humidity
today near CO per cent.- Occasional
showers and moderate winds wia hin
der some ana work today.
PKICTPTTATIOH
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Tha Oregon Cloiasaca, Cclera, Orecjon. Thuraday, August 21 1S53
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Where Flames Trapped Two Persons
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KEIZER Fire roared through a
Morrow, 88, and her 9-months-old great granddaughter, Deborah Bach. Top photo shows Keizer vol
unteer firemen trying to penetrate flames which had nearly demolished the house by the time they
were notified. Below, flremenr coroner's helpers and state policeman carry oat tho deceased after fire
subsided. (Photos by Don Dill, Statesman staff photographer). .(Additional photo on page t).
Churchill's Son
Hit by Mortar
TOKYO, Thursday, Aug. 23HP)
Randolph Churchill, son of the
former prime minister, and Frank
Emery, an ' American newsman,
were wounded by mortar fire, in
Korea, a public information of
ficer announced today.
Churchill, a correspondent, was
hit once in the right leg. :
Emery, correspondent for inter
national News Service, was hit
three places the left thigh, side
and leg. 4 ,
The army said neither Churchill
nor Emery was wounded seriously.
both were able to walk. r.
. Churchill and Emery .were ac
companying an American patrol
across the Naktong when they were
hit The patrol had started back
when the enemy mortar . shells
dropped among them. ' -
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BattermanLow,
Ghemaiva Bid
i WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 -Wh
Erwin E. Battennan, Salem, Ore,
submitted the. low bid to the bu
reau of Indian affairs today for
construction of a building at the
Chemawa (Ore.) Indian school to
house school employes.
Batterman's bid of $S3,97S was
$10,332 lower than the only other
bid received, offered by Ncuman
Co.. also of Salem.
- Indian bureau officials said ac
tion on the bids would be taken
by the end of next week. .
Construction must be completed
within 240 days after work starts,
they said. .
BATTLS EEPOST DUE
LAKE SUCCESS, Aug. 23-(ff-
A new report on the Korean fight
ing will be submitted by Gen.
Douglas Mac Arthur either late this
week or early next week, it was
learned today.
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house at 3995 Cherry ave. Wednesday, leaving two dead, Mrs. Lettie
Husband Catches Wife
Doing Her House Work
Wives who complain about pick
ing up after their husbands should
bend an ear to Mrs. Ruby Fredin
burg, 1621 Cross st -
Mrs. Fredinburg reached Into
her sewing basket Wednesday af
ternoon and came up with one of
her husband's fishing hooks .
buried in her hand.
Salem first aid men took her to
doctor who removed the hook.
B-26s Collide
Over Desert
VICTORVILLE AIR FORCE
BASE, Calit, ' Aug. 23-WVTwo
B-28 army planes collided and
crashed - tonight on the desert
about 28 miles northwest of here,
the air force reported. -
A land rescue team was dispat
ched from March Air. Force base
and sheriffs deputies were as
signed from the Lancaster sub
station.
There was no immediate resort
of the number of persons aboard.
The March base operations offi
cer said the crash occurred in the
general vicinity of El Mirage Dry
lake.
' - Western International '
At galem-VancanTer, rain. ;
At Ta coma-Victoria, rata. ' '
At Wematebe -2, Yikiaa S-T
At Spokane -, Irt-City a-1
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Coast Leage
At Portlaad-SeatUe, sala. '
At Sacraaaeat T, Saa Diege'S
At Oaklaaa S. IM ABgcies
At Holij a S, saa rraadace S
National Learn
At CiaeinmaU 4, Philadelphia (
At St. LmIi 1, BNtM a - -At
Chicago 4, New York S
At FiUabargh S, Broeklym 1
' ' Americaa League .
At Kew York T .Detroit S
At Philadelphia , Chicago 1-9
At Wasbiagtoa-Clevalaad, gala.
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Pliillips Oil
Founder Dies
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J, Aug.
23-(fl3)-Frank Phillips, who rose
from barber to the presidency of
$350,000,000 oil company, died
today at Atlantic City hospital. . .
Phillips, 78, had a personal for
tune estimated as far back as 1928
to be close to $40,000,000.
He was about to conclude a two-
month holiday at the Traymore
hotel here when he was stricken
by a gall bladder condition. Fol
lowing an operation Sunday night
by a surgeon flown in from St
Louis, a heart complication set in.
Phillips .and two-brothers, L E.
and Waite, formed the . Phillips
Petroleum company, one of the
largest independent oil concerns
in the world.
STJGAK STjrPXT TJPFED
WASHINGTON. Aug. 23 -V
The agriculture department today
announced an increase of 850,000
short tons, raw value, in tho sup
ply of sugar that will be available
in the continental United States
under 1950 quotas."
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 -(ff-Senator
Morse (R-Ore) today
sharply criticized the senate for
the economics control legislation
Just passed.
The bill is so "honeycombed with
appeasement" that he is "sick to
the stomach," Morse told tha In
ternational Typographical Union's
convention here. - - ' '
Morse did not mention specific
provisions of the bill that he does
not like. The bill was passed Mon
day night A different bill pre
viously was passed by tha house.
A senate-house committee now is
trying to work out a compromise.
Wo are never going to survive
In the contest against totalitarian
ism unless as free citizens we caa
subordinate selfish interests to tha
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Flames Drive
By Lester F. Conr
. VaSey Editor. The Statannan
KEIZER Mrs. Lettie Morww '
85, and her great granddaughter; .
9-months-old Deborah Bach burn- '
ed to death Wednesday when m '
oil stove explosion set. afire m '
house at 3995 Cherry ave.
The infant is the daughter aC .
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis L. Bach, 164 "
Wilson st, Salem. Mrs. Mor-
row, a semi-invalid with one lesj
amputated, lived at the Cherry .
avenue home of her son-in-law
and daughter: Mr. and Mrs. Er
nest C. Smith. .
Stove Burst in Flames .
A stove in the hallway of tho
one-story house burst into flamo
about 4 p. m., spreading within a
few minutes to. the door of a bed
room in which the eider woman
and baby were resting, according
to Mrs. Smith who was driven
back by the flames between her
and the bedroom.
At the time of the fire Mr,
Smith was observing a vacuum
cleaner demonstration by W. .
O'Connor. Salem salesman, in thai
living room. By the time he mam
aware that someone was trapped
in the other part of the house, ho v
was barred by j the flames, tbw
salesman said.
Firemen Handicapped
Two men nearby as the fire
broke out, Paul Brown, 88 Ab
rams ave, and his son, Floyd
Brown, 4095 Gary st, said a draft
sent the fire roaring through tfca
bedroom just as they were chop
ping away the bedroom window
to attempt a rescue. After that
they heard only moans from tha
room as flames quickly enveloped
the house, i
Keizer volunteer firemen, wera
handicapped by a late notice of tha
fire. They said . several persons
telephoned but in the excitement
forgot to give address of the fire
Salem . first aid men treated
some of the firemen for burns and
helped members of the family
suffering shock.
The Smith house, virtually de
molished, was partly insured.
The Bachs were at work whea
tha tragedy occurred.
Poor Little
Rich GirV
Bears Son
NEW YORK. Aug. 23-UPV-T,lnr-
la Vanderbilt the "poor little rich
girl," who is the wife of 68-year-old
Conductor Leopold Stokowski,
gave birth to a son last night
Tha boy, reportedly weighing
six pounds and 14 ounces, was
born at the lying-in hospital Her
doctor said "mother and son are
doing welL"
It was tha 28-year-old heiress
first child.
She married the white-haired
conductor in 1945 in Mexico. Sho
previously had been divorced from
Pat Di Cicco, Hollywood agent
Stokowskl has three growa
children by two previous mar
riages, both of which ended ta
divorce.
DUTCH TO JOIN FIGHT
' SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 23-flV
Two thousand Dutch infantrymen
will Join United Nations forces
fighting in Korea within tha next
few weeks, J. P. Bourdrez, head
of the Netherlands information bu
reau, said today.
DEAN DEATH UNCONFIRMED
TOKYO, Thursday, Aug. 24-VT)
A report that MaJ. Gen. William
F. Dean, former commander of tha
UJ5. 24th division, had been cap
tured and murdered by North Ko
reans could not be confirmed cf
fidally hera today.
common good," tiorse said.
"Don't forget that Stalin obvi
ously thinks the way to destroy us
is to first destroy our economy.
Soviet Russia clearly Intends U
lick us the first time she thinks
we are weak enough. But wa wont
save our economy by tha way th
senate conducted itself." ,
Morse criticized senators who
"voted tho isolationist line
which happened also to to tha
communist line six months ao,
yet today say they art so anxious
to protect our boys in Korea,"
"They weren't protecting them
with their votes six months o
the North Atlantla pact and tha
implementation ct that pact"
Morsa shouted. Th.es J men shculj
ba answered la Xovcntr."
Rescuers from
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