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y iOOa sim faerW ft tW Crtwlli tf Onym POUNDOO 1651 100th YEAH 12 PAGES Thm Oregon Statesmcm. Salem. Orocjon, Tuesday, September 19. 1950 PRICE 5c Vo. 177 O rl esere n n r n m t Sal Alerted Ml Toogm SOUTH, KOREA Sept. 18 Open arrows show two-pronged allied invasion force movinr inland against North Korean positions. Southern prong has driven within three miles of Seoul, red-held South Korean capital. U. S. marines en the northern flank hold Kimpo airfield and have reached Han river. The airfield is In op eration. The army Seventh division troop and equipment rolled out of the Inchon beachhead toward the front. Red opposition in ' north was described as light and "stubborn but unorganized on south flank. (AP Wlrephote Map.) Reds Muster Slim Opposition In North; Yanks Gross Naktong j TOKYO, Tuesday, Sept 19-VBig Pattori tanks led almost unop posed U. StJnarines into the Seoul industrial suburb of Yongdungpo today. ' Thus far, the North Koreans have been unable to bring any strong force against tne 4U,uuu marines ana aougnDoys wno lanaea on tne west coast and now are pushing vigorously inland. LNjjDS trtD The long-awaited handbook on civil defense has been issued by the government. It supplements the one lately issued which dealt with atomic warfare. The new book deals with the organization for defense of civilians and lays out patterns for Its functioning. The prime lesson of the last war was that civilian defense was overdone. Fears were exaggerat ed; elaborate precautions taken; a level pattern was followed for cities on the interior like Denver and Kansas City and those on the periphery like Seattle and New York. Likewise hamlets had black outs and air raid warning practice when no smart enemy would waste bomb on them. So the first thing to do is to cut down this new handbook to scale, measuring each defense setup by the probable risk. For Oregon this risk is comparatively light as seen at this juncture. The state offers little in the way of major targets, except our forests for incendiary bombs. Portland and Bonneville dam are the most likely targets for enemy action and probably should have quite complete organizations , for self -protection, i The handbook offers a new pat tern for the non-critical area and that Is to use that as the support for the target area. Thus if Port land should get pelted with bombs the surrounding country would rush in with nurses, supplies, etc, and be prepared to care for'evac- . uees. Each community should calcu late its risks and cut its civil de fense " pattern to fit that cloth. Certainly there is no need for Salem to buy stirrup pumps, blackout curtains and set buckets - of sand in hallways at the present juncture. But -the state and local -communities are justified in hav in if a defense organization, one that can function with authority, and one that wouldn't be frighten ed out of its wits when some fed eral man comes round and whis Trs alarmingly, "it is later than you think." - . No defense organization can plan fnr cverr contingency. But the American people are resourceful tmA will be auick to meet and lick any unforeseen emergency, The main thing is to have a res ponsible organization and instruct the people on what the are to do in event of disaster either here or in adjacent territory . . . and theri , hope and pray the disaster may not come. - Ralem Portland Saa Francisco Chicago 7C n M 45 SI ea JDO M M 85 72 65 M Hew Yora WiTlamrtt river -3.1 feet ; FORECAST (from U. S. weathr bu reau. McNrr field. Salem) : Cloudy this morning with deaxmc sioea cur ing the afternoon and evening. High today 74-76: law tonight 41-44. Low humidity this afternoon 45 per cent. SALEM MtlCTFlTATIOH This Tear Last Tear Normal ' uace L28 JBO LLBUd crsitrur Down in -southeast Korea Am erican doughboys were across the Naktong river on the red held west side in two places. South Korean troops punched hard on the northern perimeter, hammer ing out big gains in two sectors north of -Taegu. - Warplanes hammered the North Koreans relentlessly. u. 5. carrier-based pilots saw the marines in Yongdungpo. Be hind them stretched an endless column of tanks, trucks and ve hicles moving, up from Inchon, Seoul's port 22 miles to the west Yongdungpo is a southwest sub urb of the 500-year-old Korean capital. , It fls on the southwest bank of the Han river across from SeouL Marines who captured Kimpo airfield staved off five wild sui cide charges Sunday night in close quarter fighting. A few hours U. S. Eighth Army Headquar ters in Korea, Tuesday Sept. 19-(Jpy-V. S. 25th division troops advanced from two to four miles today en the southern front ef the United Nations Southeast ern ' Korea defense line after wholesale North Korean with drawals west ef Masan. A spokesman - said the Seventh North Korean division had "dis appeared' during the night. after Monday's daylight the last reds there were wiped out after the leathernecks had been sur rounded for 10 hours. Corsair Plane Lands - A marine Corsair plane was the first to land on the captured air field. Behind it came Marine LL Gen. Lemuel C. Shepherd, com mander of fleet marine forces in the Pacific and Ma. Gen. Frank E. Lowe, President Truman's per sonal representative. They landed in a helicopter. First across the Naktong on the old southeastern defense perim eter were the U. S. Second division troops. They crossed yesterday and today established a firm beachhead on the North Korean west bank near Changnyong, 23 miles southwest of Taegu. Twenty-three miles to the north elements of the U. S. First corps crossed the river early today. AP Correspondent Bern Price reported elements of the U. S. 24th division forced their way over the river in 50 assault boats. Bitter Fighting - Bitter fighting was indicated at this spot, both by Price and by a mid-dav 8th armv communiaue. The 24th infantry division ele ments made their surprise cross ing of the river 10 miles west of Taegu. Then they ran into a North Korean ambush about seven miles south of burning Waegwan. Correspondent Price said not shot was fired when the first 24th division boat hit the river at 5:30 a. m. The red shore was deathly still. live minutes later first wave boats were caught in the cross fire from machineguns on two knolls to the north and south of the point of embarkation. Machineguns Flame Price reported afterwards the whole area flamed with machine gun rifle and some light mortar fire from a battalion of reds dug in on high ground to the front and flanks. The U. S. Second division cross Ing near Changnyong .was at Ha- jok, due west of Changnyong. AP Correspondent Stan S win- ton said the North Koreans hurled repeated attacks against the mile deep Second division bridgehead. A Second division spokesman said American lines held firmly and the bridgehead was "secure. The red communique claimed one allied vessel was hit by shore fire Sunday near Ongjin. It said two American fighter planes were shot down by red coastal defense guns. Civilian Defense Plan Laid By Ed Creagh WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 - OP) President Truman laid before con gress today the blueprint for a vast civil defense program to rally the nation from an atomic attack and enable it to strike back swift ly and destroy the aggressor. Drafted by the national securi ties resources board, the program outlines a mutual aid system reaching into every American home and calling for the services of hundreds of thousands of paid and unpaid workers at the federal, state and local level. . Mr. Truman called it a "sound and workable" plan for coping with "the potential damage of dev astating modern weapons. He asked congress to set up in the near future a civil defense ad ministration with a $17,500-a-year head, and to pass other legis lation needed to get the program started. . The president said he will create a temporary civil defense admin istration to serve until congress acts. He also urged state and lo cal officials to "move ahead rap idly" with their own planning in line with the new national pro gram. Funds for the program will be requested later. Officials said it would cost millions, perhaps bil lions. They estimated it would take about two years to get the program into high gear. The NSRB's master plan calls for civil defense eventually to take over from the air force the present air raid warning system. . Then it parcels out to the various govern ment bodies the responsibility for all the things to be done in case of attack from the rescue of the wounded to shelter of the home less.' -' 7:-v - ' - Basically it's a job for local authorities, with the states pro viding leadership and supervision and the federal government (a) making national policy and train- ing key personnel and issuing pub lic information. Sen, Tydings By The Associated Press Maryland's democratic xrntum save Senator Millard E. Tvdinra an overwhelming victory in his Dia ior renominauorr in yester day's primaries which led off the final hiz week Of 'candidate-nick. ing for the November .7 congres sional elections. Candidates also are beinff select. ed this week in Rhode Island. Massachusetts and Wisrrmcin. Rhode Island democrats held a routine primary yesterday. Re publicans will follow suit there September 27. Democrats and rennhlicane vnt today In Massachusetts and Wis consin, with the renomination bid of veteran GOP Senator Alexan der Wiley highlighting the Wis consin race. Woodburn Hi Safe 'Cracked, $204 Stolen Statesman News Service . WOODBURN, Sept 18 Safe crackers DroKe into tne new Woodburn high school last night and escaped with S204 in cash from the main office vault. The intruders, who operated sometime between the close of school yesterday and opening this morning, also did considerable damage to both the exterior and Interior of the recently-construct' ed $265,000 building. Investigating woodburn city and state police officers reported the burglars jimmied five outside doors to the school without gain ing entrance, then crawled through an open window in the girls locker room. Once inside the school, they smashed through an outside glass door to the main office, then pried an inside door off the hinges. The safe was cracked by using a torch, a drill, sledgehammers and chisels. It was believed the tools were ob tained from the school boiler room. ; The cash represented proceeds from the first football game of the year at Woodburn. BUY FUEL SUPPLY WASHINGTON, Sept- 18 -()-Secretary of the Chapman asked home owners today to begin buy ing their. winter supply of fuel, warning that a severe winter would Increase demand and seri ously slow down transportation re sulting In possible local shortages. Wins Primary City Hall Gets s?: . Three men en a tower as circled above kept passerby! craning their necks to watch the steam - day. The Portland cleaning crew task ea the east face ef city hall and by afternoon had started - working around the tower.' Soma 53 year; of smoke and grime are being removed from the building, revealing the warm red eelor ef the bricks,' and Ua-hteninr the rray atone work. The cleaning will take several days. (Statesman Council May Reverse Water Policy Decision City water service-for Salem assured Monday, despite a city council grant oz water connections to two suburban areas a week ago. j . - There were indications by yesterday that several of the council members now consider their departure from established policy on water service a distinct mistake. Chamber Puts Forth Proposal For Building Possibility of long-range pro grams aimed at a sustained' drive for 'new industry in Salem and at an. eventual building to house the Salem Chamber of Commerce was forwarded Monday night by chamber leaders. A chamber building was pro posed by J. N. Chambers, long range planning chairman and ad viser to the chamber board. He maintained a growing city should have a chamber building as. a "center for the town's business and industrial thinking.' . A specially financed long-term industrial program is now in the committee consideration stage, Chamber Manager Clay Cochran told? the board at its initial, fall meeting last night in the Senator hotel. No immediate action is in pros pect for either proposal. Mean while, the chamber officials are preparing for a dinner next Mon day, entertainment of the visiting Stanford football team October 6 and increasing facilities to aid local businessmen in obtaining de fense contracts. Man Dies Beneath 600-Pound Stone THE DALLES. Sept lMVA 600-pound stone crushed a house repairman to death at his work here today. Linus Bartholdl. 39. was shoring up the foundation of a house. The stone shifted and pinned him down. Fellow workmen tried vain ly to extricate him in 'the few minutes that he lived. A derrick finally removed the stone. ; - BASEBALL Coast League No games scheduled. American aagae At Detroit 2, Boston Only games scheduled. : National Leagae At New York 13. St. Louis 0 At Brooklyn 7. Chicago 0 Only games scheduled. Face Washed h it. V4 cleaning of Salem's city hall Mon started the $5,009 wash and paint photo.) suburban residents was far from Mayor R. L. FJfstrom was ap prised of the situation Monday on his return from a pleasure trip to Wyoming. (See story on page 7.) The mayor was absent at the September' 11 council session at which city water was approved for some 60 residents of Evergreen avenue and for H. W. Thielsen on Candalaria Heights. Both residen tial areas are adjacent to city boundaries. ' One of the aldermen had pro tested the proposal on the grounds that this extension of service would surely lead to additional suburban requests. "Where s the stotDine place? he asked. The mayor intimated that he shared this view. Elfstrom had been instrumental in shaping a city policy two or three years ago to provide no water service be yond city, limits except to estab lished water districts already cus tomers of the Salem city water department. At that time there were city annexation elections pending and the move was interpreted as a bid for populated suburban areas to merge with the city. At present the city's water supply barely ac commodates city users during the peak . use periods of the canning and irrigation season, GREENEVILLE, Term- Sept 18 -(AVAlfred Dean Slack told a fed eral judge today he was guilty, of wartime spying for Soviet Russia and, through his attorney, begged for mercy. , Displaying no emotion as he stood before Judge Robert L. Tay lor, Slack said he had supplied Russian agents with a sample of RDX, a high explosive, and the formula for its manufacture. Judge Taylor deferred sentence after UJ3. Attorney James M. Meek said there were "extenuating circumstances" in Slack's favor and recommended a 10-year pris on sentence. The Judge said he wished to study the case before pronouncing sentence. Meek said the 10-year term was agreeable to U.S. Attorney Gen eral Howard McGrath and the fed eral bureau of investigation. The government attorney told In detail how Slack, a former $75-a- week chemist at a Syracuse, N.Y I Alfred Dean Slack Pleads Guilty To Wartime'Spying for Russia Cat Rejoins Family After Four-Month, 1,600-Mile Trek , ' DENVER, Sept. 18 -(JPy- The cat Mr. and Mrs. Robert .Lund mark left behind 18 months ago in New York is back in the Lundmark ' household after a 1600 mile cross country trek. The Lundmarks said the big black cat named Clementine was left with relatives in Dunkirk, '. N. Y- when they moved to Den- ; ver. Four months ago Clementine disappeared in Dunkirk. When Clementine appeared at their Denver home, Mrs. Lund mark said "we were Thunder struck. We Just couldn't believe it" . , Mrs. Lundmark added this: ; "She looked pretty rough when :we opened the door for -her.. And she's still awfully wild and jumpy." China Red Aid LAKE SUCCESS,. Sept lt-UPh Gen. Douglas MacArthur charged today that communist China pro vided a major share of the muscle of the North Korean army by swelling its ranks with 40,000 to 00,000 combat-seasoned troops of Korean origin. - Russia supplied the North Kor ean' communists with weapons and munitions sendin in a wide variety of equipment as late as 1850, MacArthur said. In his fourth report ' to ' the United Nations security council, MacArthur made it clear that this outside aid pumped up the strik ing power of the North Koreans to the point where they were able to launch their invasion of South Korea on June 29. The U. N. com mander pointed out, for example, that North Korea's industry "is not capable of providing heavy equipment such as armor, tanxs and artillery. Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Jacob A. Malik tied the council up in a wrangle lasting more than two hours as he waged a losing fight to delay the reading of Mac Arthur's report He finally was voted down 10 to one. At the end of the reading, U. S. Delegate Warren R. Austin in troduced exhibits Including a sub- machinegun. Malik ducked out of the chamber then rather than ex amine the exhibits. Other dele gates showed interest In the gun. Santiam Firer Out of Control Statesman News Service MUX. CITY, Sept. 18 A for est fire that has consumed more than 30 acres was still out of con trol near here Monday night It started Sunday in private holdings and spread to state-own ed timber yesterday. About 100 men were on the fire line today and fresh volunteers were called tonight . The fighters were aided by calm winds. Crews operating five pow er saws were busy felling burn ing snags all day. The fire was started 'by lightning. GAS PRESSURE TO DROP "' LONDON, Sept 18 -JP)- More than half of sprawling London was warned tonight its gas pressure will be reduced because of a strike of 1,300 gas works employes. chemical plant, got caught up In a web of Soviet spies in the late 30's. First Meek related. Slack gave the Russian agents information on the : manufacture of nylon and other products. In 1943, Meek said. Slack went to work at the Holston ordnance works at nearby Kings port, Tenn. ' - Harry Gold, a Philadelphia bio chemist now awaiting , trial on espionage- charges, made - contact with Slack there and asked him to obtain details of the manufac ture of RDX, Meek said. Slack knew the Information was destined for Russia and refused at least three times to give it to Gold, Meek continued. ;t Finally they had violent argu ment in which Gold threatened to expose Slack as a "Soviet spy," the attorney added. ' It was after this threat. Meek related, that Slack got a sample of RDX, made at the Holston plant, and gave lt and details of Its man ufacture to Gold. In Korea Cited By MacArthur Prom in ent Pu blic Business Receive The army Monday alerted two Salem organized reserve) units, including top public officials and prominent businessmen," to be ready for active duty about October 15. Outfits alerted were headquarters and headquarters com pany of the 369th engineer boat and shore regiment and head quarters and headquarters company of the 409th engineers special Drigaae. The units will assemble at Van couver Barracks, Wash., and pro ceed to FL Worden, Wash, for training, according to CoL George Spaur, commander of the 369th en gineer regiment Seventy-eight of ficers and ' enlisted men are in volved. ; " - i The alert cuts deeply Into the ranks of public officials here. Col Spaur is Oregon's state forester. He said seven others in the state for estry department have been alert ed including Lt CoL Homer L. Lyon, jr., who is commander of the 409th quartermaster. . j ; ; Others include Ma). Harlan Judd, Marion 'county clerk, Capt Dale Bever, assistant research for ester for. the state, and Capt'Ing vold Johnson, civil engineer for the bureau of reclamation. : . -.. ,. ': State highway commission- em ployes with the units include Ma. John Cattrall, county-city, rela tions . officer; MaJ. . Keith Flory, bridge engineer; Capt r. William Haskins, right-of-way, engineer; and Capt Richard N. Chase, civil engineer. Business men with the alerted outfits include Lt CoL Phil Brow neH, electrical contractor; Lt Thomas B. Kay, jr., manager of Kay Woolen mills; 1st Lt Dempsy Sullivan, proprietor of Sullivan Realty Co., Salem, and Maj. Win ton Hunt Woodburn realtor. ; All but seven of the reservists Involved are from Salem. Other towns represented besides Wood- burn are Turner, Mill City,- Sil verton, Dayton and Stayton. Both units were organized in 1948 and are part of the 409th Engineer Special brigade. - (Additional details on page 2). Inaccurate Ruler Basis For Court Suit CHICAGO, Sept 18-0P)-A mas onry contractor complained today that some of his customers got a baker's dozen after he bought a tape measure at a five and ten cent store. Michael 0Malley declared he gave some customers more for their money, but they didn't Jike lt any more than he did. 1 In a federal court suit he seeks $20,000 from the F. W. Woolworth company and the Waterbury Lock And Specialty company, MUlford, Conn He said Woolworth's sold him and the Waterbury firm made a rule which he thought was 23 feet long but which turned out to be 26 feet The extra foot was caused by having two figure 12's on the tape, 0Malley declared, but he dldnt notice it until he built some build ings a foot too big. Six garages and a house dldnt measure up to expectations be cause of the faulty tape, be said. He has lost -some customers and the confidence of others, he went on, and he is being sued for dam ages by a garage owner whose 21x21 foot building exceeds the 20x20 city ordinance limit Passenger Jumps From SP Train In Tangent Area mnvrjv. Rn 18 -PU Police and railroad officials were at MnHn tnniffht tn learn whv a " . - passenger' leaped from a speeding Southern iacinc tram new ffent early today. - i ' ' The passenger, identified as r CnHnriel Mrked out a window of the car and leaped while the tram was traveling os vjm no and 70 miles an hour. railroad emDloyes said. . He was found many hours later sitting in front of a building at Tangent. Apparently ne wa se riously Injured by the ' falL He could give no reason for the leap. He was taken to an Albany hos pital. . .y-w -v - RECORD CLOVER YIELD UADRAS, Sept 1H-A pos sible record for yield of Ladino clover 702.8 pounds an acre has been reported by Allen Clowers. a farmer. Officials Duty Call Ex-Professor Passp ort Rights THE HAGUE, The Netherlands, Set 18 -- Dr. Ralph Spitaer, former , associate - chemsitry pre- ' fessor at Oregon State college; has left Holland for the United State after his American passport war invalidated by order of the U. S. state department. v - i - American consular officials " br Rotterdanv declined today, to dis close the reason why the passport was cancelled. Police officials eft . The Hague said the Dutch author ities had detained Spitzer after they had been advised of the state department's action. Spitzer and his wife. Mrs. Helen Spitzer, arrived here ' after at tending, a- communist-organised student congress in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Mrs. Spitzer wsa detained by Scotland Yard on- her arrival in London late last week but later was permitted to go to Pans. It was understood her passport also was invalidated and could be used only for her return to the UJ5. - . Spitzer was dropped from tbe Oregon State college faculty -last year. Dr. A. I. Strand, president of the institution, said Spitzer contract was sot being renewed because he supported the genetics teachings of the Russian Trofim D. Lysenko. Lysenko supports the Minchurin theory, which claims that acquired characteristics can be passed along by plants and animals to their offspring. This is rejected by the world's leading geneticists outside Russia. At the time of his dismissal. Spitzer charged he had been dis missed because of his member ship in the progressive party. Dr. Strand denied this. WU Freshmen Elect Meyers Kent Meyers of Salem was elec ted temporary : president of tat freshman class at Willamette uni versity Monday and Joyce Frost of Portland, secretary. , Registration of returning eta dents an& some - freshmen took place Monday and will continue today. First classes take up at t o'clock this morning. Students were going through orientation and taking their physical exami nations Monday. A busy day for students wan topped Monday night by the presi dent's reception at university house. There WU President and Mrs. Q. Herbert Smith met tne students. . asks sovurr ban end - NEW YORK, Sept 18-JP)-Se-retary of Labor Tobin has urged AFL longshoremen to drop their . boycott of Russian and Soviet- satellite cargoes, it was reported today. i '. ' : Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH "Pardon mt, but we foraot eur cair At 0SC Loses (Hi?-- 09trrr 1mm,m. f