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Congress Ignores GOP Critics, Paves mJ 4W . La aak4tL ammi . NVN ft IM Uf tWlsl V? VrfM POUNDHD ; 1651 'k! 1 Way fa ?' WASHINGTON, Sept 15 Congress overrode stormy republi can protests today to approve a special law permitting General George Marshall to take over the civilian post of secretary of defense. Marfan, a life-long soldier, was army chief of staff- during World War II and later became secretary of state. The senate agreed to lift the present legal barrier against appoint ment of a military man to tne to mo Shades of Billy the Kid, of cat tle rustlers, horse thieves, stage coach robbers of the pioneer west! They live again and ride the range; only they do so modern style. They ride no dashing pibtos, fire no six-shooters and wrangle no livestock. The paved highways are their route. Their quarry is not the gold pouch of Wells Fargo or the purses of passengers on the Concord stage. .Lumber, the. new "platinum" for value, is what they lust for; .and they use their own trucks to haul it away. The wild west films now will need to be revised. The villains are pursued but not by a hard-riding posse beatinz the dust of arroyos. Stodgy trucks replace horses and the lo cale is the placid Willamette val ley instead of the desert. Such is the inference from the news, of how a quartet of men engaged to haul lumber from val ley mills to Portland . shipping points merely drove off, sold their cargo and pocketed the proceeds. The distraught lumbermill owners called on officers of the law who quickly traced much of the mate rial and apprehended three of the men involved. In durance vile they are learning the truth that crime doesnt pay. . - The real mystery is how the men thought they could get away with the swindle. Lumber, though they soon may start selling it by the Doara men insxeaa i ue iuu loot, is still bulky. It cant be (Continued on editorial page, 4.) Dost with the explicit under standing that the rule is waived for Marshall alone. The house has previously pass ed the bill, 220 to 105. While the measure now goes to the White House, the senate must still confirm Marshall to succeed Louis A. Johnson, who resigned under pressure on Tues-' day. - The senate approved the mea sure by a vote of 47 to 21. Senators Morse and Cordon oi Oregon and Rep. Norblad of Ore gon all voted in favor of the bill. While most of the scattered cri ticism in 'both chamber was im personal, Ihe debate produced some sharply critical reierences to Marshall's past roles as a diplo mat, notably his policies toward the Chinese communists. n( rMB. K4n Opponents also contended that nutting a soldier In the tradition ally civilian defense jod migm set the stage for a future military dictatorshio. Ren. Meyer (K KansV said it was "the first eoose steD" in that direction. Republican Senators Taf t (Ohio), Knowland (Calif), Mundt fSDl. HickenlooDer (Iowa). But ler (Neb) and Cain (Wash) took a similar stand in senate debate. Senator Jenner (R-Ind) launch ed a bitter attack on Marshall, calling him "a living lie" and a "stooee" for Secretary of State Acheson. But Senator Sal tons tall (R Mass) sharply challenged Jenner's statement, declaring: "If there is any man who is decent and clean and whose act ions have been for the public in teres t, it it George C Marshall." Mors APDlands Marshall Senator Morse (R-Ore) agreed. He called Marshall "one of the greatest living Americans first of all a great civilian. President , Truman's appoint ment of the elderly but still stal wart Marshall he will be 70 years old on Dec 31 required a special act of congress because a law passed in 1947 bars a military officer who has been on active duty within the last 10 years from serving as secretary of defense. War Widow Second Time COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo Sept. 15 -JP) Mrs. Donald B. Atherton is a war widow for the second time. She was notified today that her 100th YEAR 12 PAGES. The Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Saturday. September 16, 1950 PRICE 5c No. 17Y 10 mi ens-' O. sr. Filipino 'B'9 Mo' Goes Into Action Against Korean Reds MacArthlir , Directs Volcano Kills 84 By Frank L. White MANILA. Saturday. Sept 16 -(JPy- Unofficial reports today raised the number of dead in a sudden eruption of Hibokhibok volcano in the southern Philip- Dines to 84 persons. Thirty-five others were injured seriously by hot ashes. Inhabitants of three villages near the flaming volcano were eva cuated to other parts of Camiguin island. The villages were being showered by red hot ashes. : It was still feared that hot lava would begin flowing from the volcano as it did two years ago when 30,000 residents dt the is land flad the island. The unofficial report of 84 dead in the eruption came from a Manila bulletin correspondent The Red Cross estimated the number at between 60 and 70 dead but said it bad received no late reports. Red Plan Aims Attack, Supplies for , i l -. ,imm Drive Flow Ashore II. ! 'WW SOUTH KOREA, Sept' IS The USS Missourishewn here flrinr a broadside at ber tarret durinr Car lbbeaa maneuvers went into action today In the Korean war. The world's mightiest battleship biased a BY DON HUTH TOKYO, Saturday, Sept. 16-(AP)-U.S. landing forces overwhelmed the Korean west coast port of Inchon and today were reported battling about 12 miles inland little more than 10 miles from the prize of Seoul. - - ' - . ' L"" - . " As tanks, artillery- and reinforcements streamed ashore, beachhead forces in southeast Korea 165 mile jj away opened a general attack along a front of more - I Thus the enemy's armv iflft nnn man mam'ViryJ .nn v. nutcracker offensive deep inside the South Korea it invaded without warning on June ZS. , , " The obvious coal was to ti. .1, ... -o ucu nu uiBuuue ana plug all possible avenues of retreat. t J wa a three-corps assault, one at Inchon, and two In the south- Solons Agree On Compromise Anti-RedBill nf ICTJTumTnV Cant 1 l!P- SenVaTd ho-nfer-ees agreed husband, Sgtt CDonald today on a compromise communist-control bill to authorize the internment of dangerous reds, in time of grave national "emer gency. The bin would give President Truman authority to crack down on subversives, spies and sabo teurs in the event ' of invasion, tnnrmvtlnn or rebellion. Both the senate and house still IT 11ml.ai, must act on the measure before j UI11 JJcl lrUtH B. Atherton, died of wounds suf fered in Korea. Her first husband, PFC. Joe T. Winter of Oklahoma was killed in the battle of the bulge in World War II. t . SP Train Hits It goes to the White House. Informants said the mise version a product arate senate and house bills would also permit a "freeze on the issuance of writs of habeas corpus in wartime The U. S. attorney general, it was reported, would only have to show "reasonable cause" to order the indefinite detention of persons deemed to be dangerous if allow ed to roam at large in emergencies. - Under the bill, internees report- vlTv wrailri Im hM in their local areas, probably in Jails instead of 20 feet f33 At 12th. State An 83-car freight train struck a stalled lumber truck near the State ' and - 12th street crossing about 6 pjn. Friday. No one was injured. Police said the driver had left the truck a few. moments before to make a phone call after the motor stalled. The Southern Pa cific train hit the truck from be hind and carried it an estimated Engineer A. B. Clancy. Port land, told police the train was traveling 10 miles an hour when he saw the truck and 3 when it was hit Damage to the truck was confined to the rear end. It was driven by C T. Cartwnght, Can by, and was hauling a 15-ton load of lumber. 1 Symington Blames official internment or "concentra tion" camps. SchooIRolls Grow Slowly - I - aiem puDiie scnoois gainea i y- tti only 68 pupils front Wednesday to KeCeilt Jr llCe lllKCS Friday this wee; cut officials , ai a i predicted that opening of the fall's J n t eW ChlSelerS ecoou wtcs. wvuiu uiiug iia w m,. ftal BcfBT.j, .... WASHINGTON, Sept 15-0PV- weu, musk ux wuna uiue iuca-i t.i . . ' , day The bulk of the gain was J!fnmosL rec! Price JumpsJ 4,rr,. hi,K .i. m on a few "unpatriotic chislers" and senior high (), because of 411,1 vhinted. at.va Kvemment youngsters quitting the harvest I crackdown is in the offing. An anti-hoarding order; direct ed at industry, is due next week. Symington said "serious damage" is being done by the activities of "people new in the market organ ized to make an illegal or black market profit or at least a pro fiteering profit" The national securities resources board head said comprehensive plans to deal with the situation will be ready in a week or so. LONDON, Sept 13 The labor government declared today it has uncovered a developing communist plot to sabotage Brit ain's defense build-up with a ser ies of lightning strikes. Labor Minister George Isaacs said British their first transport system meat supplies. He told the house of commons an organization set up to operate the master plan will go into ac tion at a series 'Of worker mass meetings this week end. Anthony Eden, conservative leader, termed Isaacs' statement one of the gravest which has been made to us in the house In recent years in time of peace." In reply to a question from Eden, the labor minister said if neces sary parliament will be asked for new legislation to strengthen the government's hand against the reds. Isaacs said communist adtators already1 are in action in a huge and spreading bus strike which all but foundered the London transport system today. With 15,558 drivers and conductors idle in the wildcat walkout 2,300 of the city's 5,000 buses failed to run. Isaacs declared the leaders of the plan to "disorganize our es sential services" . are known to the government Most of them, he said, have been prominent in previous unofficial strikes. He added: "These Include some expelled from their unions for anti-union activities and others just return ed from a meeting with their cominform. friends in Warsaw." Isaacs said the first move will be made at the week-end mass meetings, called by fields to return to classes. Animal Crackers By WAftREN COODRICH kMr Si"v::Stf-1 ys Training school at Wood Pfcl?$" iburn "who admitted bribing train- l iS.r" "-Sl I ees to get equipment for his own A SOUth Korean naval nvnlrHmsn r.. J tt r , away with her 16-Inch guns at the east coast Bed-held port of Samchok en the Sea of Japan. The bat- who landed Friday at Inchon had sped east toward V townn. tleship made an 11,000-mile speed dash to the battle area from Norfolk. Va. (AP Wlrephoto to the halfway alone the 22-mile hiphwaVt 1, wwn "" ihan Statesman.) ! ' ! ' . 1 I f Associated Press Corrsnnnriont 'R.iman flagship off Inchon that reinforcements, with tanks and artillery arm-1 f- -" wuu expjinaing operation personally directed vj ucu. uvuhlus macAnnur. , - . ; . , (A Was hin Eton navy snokesman estimated th. : Tni-hnn lr.; forces at upwards of 40,000.) . d the leathernecks of the VS. 10th corps -which swep fKghInch0nvandlSutJon ad ceased asking for warship bombardment by mid -day Saturday. This indicated oprxIUon was . They had sureed thrciush Inchon's itmia 1 after landing Friday. - The bigtank-led offensive on the southeast tM.rh,.a -ii Fred- rWhitev Hairm. a Kalem against the Reds from the tnnth nrf V. .T force. V - i : . I tnw-boatman wa in the ritv Vail I West pivot made initial V. .l-")"" na' Acheson's proposition, which he described as revoluUonary fa Friday night charged with man- The VS. 25th, Second and First V Amertcan lorusn poucy, aiso cans slaughter following the death of onusn and South Korean troon. in 1, w..T j-T WIUl for . supreme effort by all the the "man he admits striking in a I thunderous .rtmerr tonW?w v?16 under, To StaU British Acheson Asks Approval Manslaughter DefenseWork Ur2"Se Uiarge Filed In Brawl Death By Francis W. Carpenter NEW YORK, Sept 15-WVSecretaryof State Dean Acheson laid before- the North Atlantic council late today a one-package American proposal for the defense of western Europe. It would include use of both American and German military contingents in a single unified ish reds are- aiming "0wT CviwnVrArl blows at the docks, the jdov opraveu , system and the nation's A . z - With Buckshot In Melon Patch An 18-year-old Salem boy was sprayed with buckshot in a melon patch along the Salem-Independence highway late Friday night, state police reported. The youth's condition was con sidered good at Salem Memorial hospital early today. He suffered numerous buckshot wounds on one side, according to Salem first aid men They estimated the shotgun was fired at a 50-yard range. State police said the 'incident occurred at the Ralph Bliven place, Salem route 8, box 735, about 10:30 pjn. U. S. to Request 'Soft Peace' With Nippon 1 WASHINGTON, Sept 15 - (P) The United States is ready to press its war-time Pacific allies to ac cept a soft peace with Japan, without restrictions on rearma ment or trade, and without repar- committees I ations or indemnity, other 11 Atlantic treaty nations to I downtown all-night cafe early raise and equip their own military Friday mornini. contingents for the prospective! Koy Peterson, 40. of 112 Union new international army. st, Niiad- at Salem General hos- According to Information from pital at 2:30 p. m. Friday, about fully informed diplomatic sources, 13 hours after a one-swing fight Acheson went down the line for at the Blue Line cafe, 276 Che- creation of a command staff to di- meketo at An autopsy performed .,trso"fn J219 developments at Inchon and the southeast rect the training and organization by Dr. WUliam L. Lidbeck showed d. Rear Adm. Arleigh A. Burke, deputy d3el ot ?o2 .u. it. wa 1 f eierson aiea 01 a cereDrai nem-1 m we xar Jrr tniri nam. from its initial stages of organiza- 8e ?,d a actur ,TZ to hellava bad way and It Is about time the tion it should have a single over- ? toe . rt&Uzed it Their best bet is to surrender.- . . ' " I ST' m mmrm l'lll I MAPIA'C Mma4 . . At . all commander. P'TTf . 4, Z . uu W9 mcnon operations said the marines aeizt Thef U. S, secretary made his LSf&SS I SDPr A,d- proposal at tne end or wis aner- rivin Potter nH n kwhp I t. " 1"""".. " w ueaa orjcneduie. noon's i four-hour council session. I k v . iUere H0uMuttU oyuuuui minutes after the brief altercation, island, overwhelming th. rTS. TZl wloJmarmes bad secured the parent among American diplomats Peterson, who was bleeding from tWeSf who lfWed ht d ering with id.e the nose where Hagen struck him, Marine JJT'-.. . - , 4 inougn, nugni not d wuwunwu was treated at the scene by first I inn North Knrr, . vLf VT , 1 ujnatea tney killed more than at once. aidmen before beina- taken to the I n par 01 resistance on th i.Iot, , , . t i 1 . - 1 wiua luiiiDea nur. .-. i Acneson siressea uuii wnai vneicity lau. I B.j .'J . : . . tj.-j x f . a j i 1 1 . . . . 1 ncu orisanvm or ure im.i . .4 m ... uniieu oiaies is mieresieu lauaa uari uaynes. proprietor oi tne i fro.. r . "uwea or tne miht of the onrfifion adequate buildup of total forces cafe, said Friday night that Hagen " t, "rl" 7 iU aay before Red reinforcements had been rushed ivi nvuu uiuvmui umwwvi ,iuau wuic iuw iuc vub awvuk a i ti. , . .wyiacu i icu u were mounted. . . The, aim of the United States, I a. m. and had Just received Us I JtJJ pulverized by warship gun, and bomb. ne saia, is to create a powenui i oruer wnen x-eierson came on uic i , -v - v :H : : I. k. euma Uivna, aM Via mt alVvrl I ! A half hOUT after th S -Sft T Tn 1n.4l.'. .1 T..1 . . whole .area of western Europe by briefly in low tones before Hagen fes were two miles Into the city; less than two hours aflto the land. providing the means of resistance, swung, striking reterson in tne v were tnrougn u ana on the road to Seoul. . inererore. n conunuea. a nan i uiwmoa suu uuh mi way effort is not enough. He im- Haynes said Hagen did not leave plied an "all or nothing" attitude stool, nearest the door, when on the part of the United States made the swh Peterson fell insofar as the assignment or Amer ican reenforcements to Europe is concerned, but diplomats said that wa uwuiijr i tt sidewalk where Hagen assist- ness with which the American S uw5 4wTTn. "purporting to represent dockers, roaa transport workers and work ers concerned with our meat supplies. , Power Crisis Starts in Area PORTLAND, Sept1 15-(-The' Pacific northwest already is con fronted with a critically short power situation as a result of de fense . demands, a Bonneville power administration official said today. - . Loads will have to be curtailed this winter unless the Sentember to March stream flow in the Co-1 A banner, designating the loca lumbia river system is well above tion of Salem's Community chest Administration plans also call for retaining Okinawa as an American military base under a United Nations trusteeship, and. with Tokyo's consent to keep American troops in Japan after the formal occupation is ended. The American program was out lined today by responsible offi cials,, following President Tru man's statement that he has di- rected the state department to re new treaty preliminaries immedi ately with 12 other wartime foes of Japan. Soviet Russia is included. Community Cheat Banner Flying minimum, D. L. Marlett assistant Bonneville administrator, told a Northwest Public" Power associa tion meeting here today. - aining School Official Admits headquarters at 339 Court st was strung up Friday by a volunteer group from the Salem fire depart ment - - .i - A crew of four directed by Bat talion Chief Bill Hunt raised the banner across Court street In the crew were Jack Johnson, Al Acneiman and Keai Kisbet Bribing Boys to Commit Thefts ro cottage supervisor at the use was in Marion county 1 ail Fri day night charged with larceny by embezzlement - i Held in lieu of $750 on the charge was George Higgins, Wood burn route 1. Higgins was arrest- 1 dU,Lt! Wnfl ,0f- BoB been filed against hinuby Charles schooL Salem Max. 7I .69 -74 .IS Min. 42 -48 M Precip jo r: m trc ' jOO - trao Marion mnnhr cKrlf,a AenrtHm I Portland said Friday that Higgins had ad-1 1? mitted in a siened statement that I nw York ha tiaii HriHaw? that knn n tnVa I Willamette river -3.9 feet. eight sprinkle!- heads from the in- LrSV."!;? Stitution and throw them over the! cloudy today and tonight. clarinf fence vhm ha nii1 ninV thm I Sunday. Hif h today. 74-76: " low to- im H hm nv th Tnov nlht -2- hih Sunday 7S-7S. Low U.P- "esaia ne gave me . boys j expected reUUr. . humidity today ukuu iui Bfcraiiug uie prepui. i near ao par cenu Higgins had been a cottage sup- Z.' vuwa yThiM Year Last Year Nor Admiral Asks Reds Surrender headlong, striking the back of his bead on the floor, Haynes said. Carried Outside Peterson was carried outside to Reds' Disintegration Forecast ; government regards the situation. ed in wiping blood from the in- Tax Disputes, StaU Congress TITVi mm 4U . . . . . . uu wis vruemT u cauirnr namun tmi m . . forces will sooner or later integrate? f" He told correspondents a nrlma nhivtiv, - t' v lured man's face while waiting for thr?u?h. which the great bulk of enemy men and tunnlie. first aidmen-to arrive, police re- IHnnefa J tjtmt. 1 : ported. Peterson Was examined by J Tne Inchon landings were mad by tho U.S. 10th corps under Aidmen Clinton Hart ana men v JCI1 iwara Aimona. the pair were taken to the city it was disclosed that two other corps have been establish- hall where they were booked on fa In the southeast beachhead, where United Nations forces hav the drunk charge at 10 a. m. kicked off in an offensive. . 9 Police Captain Stanley Friese said Assodated-Press Correspondent Jack MacBeth said UJl forres in that both men walked from the the Taegu defense arc hit 24,000 Reds of three divisions." police cars to the Jail where they - Although expecting heavy fighting, the attackers sought to break were put in separate cells. through and link up at Seoul with the 10th cotdi oneraidnn Friese said that he noted Peter- The only avenue of retreat for the RMt T tuou HW I H ,1111 aVtlll m thai iiae4.1 V . ...a l . WASHINGTON", Sept ' 15 JP) The S4.508.000.000 wfr tax bill ran into such stiff disagreement son continued to bleed from the I to SeouL was the coastal road on the east shara. tnHsv that MnirrMa had tn shanlnOSe an hOUT after being bOOked I But South Korean fnrra Inniavl THto . v. !- a . don its plan to quit tomorrow p first aidmen were called to the hind Red - held Pohang. The big battleship MissourL after I tare night' la.V-n ".f,:! ot 11,000 miles from the United StatesTaccasfbomSrZ m nilut IITVam D4amAn o i1arv4 4a house and senate conference ..k rm committee, after okaying sharp f'ound nothing apparently ia mirettses iur uiu kiuuom I wroniZ with him. The physician corporauons, feu out over pro- wa, caUed about 11 a, m. and visions supposed to tighten up the Peterson was taken to the hos- tax laws. . ' . nital when he died 3 hours lat-frv ri But! Chairman Doughton (D-Ur. Friese said there was nothing I lanhnm Voir! NC) of the house delegation on L any 0f the examinations to in-1 MJ SllllClill ikJCtXU the committee expressed certain-1 dicate that Peterson was, anything iy mat tne mil win pe passed other than drunk. in time' to make higher - income I t Additional details on page 2) bvi ujc xxiau lauruier norm. . The "Mighty Mo" aboard which General Ma the surrender of Japan to end World War II turned her big" guns c& uiw (uuuu vow ii oi oamcnoK, nearly xw miles north of taxes on , 50,000,000 effective on October ned. 1 -. individuals 1 as plan- T Reported On Way Out Losing Ground 4 u WASHINGTON, Sept 15 -ff)- Robert N. Denham, general coun sel of the. national labor relations board, has been asked to submit his resignation, the Chicago Tri- T trPn-KT V.n : Rnt 15 -VP-1 """" "" - Cor Bernard Shaw's recovery Ita Washington bureau.. from a rractured tmgn Done sux-i , xne story, Dy waiter . xronan, fered a setback today. - Isaid John R. Steel man, assistant The 94-year-old playwright lost to President Truman, telephoned ground when complications de-1 Denham and suggested a routine vlnnv1 In fnrm of i kidney ail-1 resignation. ment that frequently causes Denham said he would resign trouble after operations on older If be was wanted out Trohan said, ceonle. , .! ' but would make it clear that he ThMa vnaMiusii wnn naimncaiia ucina iiicu. xnw xxiounv story wa iuat ivu Watchman Saved From Burning - , Portland Building PORTLAND, Sept 15-m-Fire- men rescued an elderly watchman by aerial ladder tonight as flames of undetermined origin caused heavy! damage to the six-story Manchester building in downtown Portland. -:v " The! basement and first floor of the building, a wholesale wearing! tin, at the Luton and Dunstable nOSpiUU expresses aiuuvr' uki rcmawu, w, .. the& visit - Morse (R-Orey is being considered - a mid-afternoon medical bul- for Denham"! s post but Peterson letin said Shaw was "less well to- said no one had approached him aDparel center, were burned out hAtnitii avmresaed anxietv after I Peterson, secretary .to Senator T . a aw. j - I . . r ... IvrMAA T immediately available. Nine firemen were overcome In Ducks Foil Judges ALLEGAN. Mich. Sent lsWJPt. Tou couldnt tell a prize winninf uuck irom an aiso-ran at the Alle gan county fair today. 'Before prize ribbons could be tacked on the pens all SO duck had chewed up their entry tagsv ine judges bad designated th winners on the tags. i BASEBALL COAST LEAG17S At Los Aafcles 1. Portland S At San Diego 4. Oakland T At Saa.rranclaco 7. EeattM i f At Sacrauaato 4. Hollywood 1 . "axiwcan lcagub t At Detroit . Kw York t t , At StLoula Boston IS m . ; At Chicago J, Philadelphia 4 v At Washiogtda 14. Clavtland 4. 1 At IiIlaUSSnnaU 1-t rTHM - . Limb, sunerintendent Af th iww jfwn...,......,,..,, . . , jn , . aM jn Hghting the flames. day " , .... lacous w tuojen.