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SHDS mtrrrr TtTttttttt GefW It lee Cfvwti cf Orajas, lCOta YEAB US Congressman Takes Weapons in By Thomas A. Reedy BERLIN, Oct- 3-P)-A touring American congressman today told how he came back from a dangerous trip into the forbid den Russian army area and got a peek at secret new Soviet weapons. Rep. Thurmond Chatham (D N.C) said a Soviet officer eager to pay off an old debt of friend ship took him on the 50-mile jeep ride which included such points of interest as a newly completed airfield and an arm ored infantry compound. On the ride he said he photo graphed: . I 1. Tanks built so low that they appeared likely to be almost im mune from the fire of present - A visiting columnist, Merryle Stanley Rukeyser, financial writer , for the Hearst papers,, is quoted In an interview with a Statesman reporter as saying that a general gales tax would be one of the best means of stopping the cur rent inflation. A sales tax would be deflationary but it would have to be pretty heavy to drain off the excess purchasing power which currently is pushing up prices. The congress has just passed a law boosting income taxes, and while Its effect is not really felt yet, the prospect, of higher taxes has had no appreciable Influence on buying. Taxes .should be levied for the support of government and not as a means to warp the econ omy, and the sales tax should be considered according to the cri teria applicable to methods of tax- - ation rather than as a device to halt inflation. , The government In direct ways helps the inflationary spiral .to resume. Its military spending is inflationary. Its farm subsidies and price supports prevent food prices from falling. Its encouragement of wage increases through the admin istration's fostering of unions gives impetus to price increases, and vendors of commodities and goods are quick to sense when they can mark up prices. The government's easy credit policy on house con struction, and its insistence on low interest rates are factors that help inflation along. Recent curbs on instalment credit and real estate credit are late efforts to reverse directions. . : The truth is that people "like" inflation. What a howl would arise if prices, started dropping, drop ping, dropping. Memories of the ' 1930's are still vivid. Truman has no ambition to become another Hoover (Continued on Editorial Page 4) Checks Raised WASHINGTON; Oct 3-V The government began pumping an extra $50 million a month into the . swelling national spending stream today aS bigger pension checks went out to a 3 million so cial security beneficiaries. The timing coincided with bud ding government efforts in other directions to cut down consumer buying power. Higher taxes and tighter credit terms are being ap plied' as- a means of checking in flation. ' Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH t'How lone can this lovely weather OtP 913JJL1B Social Security 16 PAGES Pangerous day anti-tank guns. 2. Swept-back-wing jet planes, which appeared to be sleek and fast and in quantity. In an interview, Chatham told of his trip as though it were humdrum. As a naval officer he met a Soviet representative on war time liasion work in the United States and for a year introduced him ' around his clubs, lunched and worked with him. Seven years later, the f con gressman came to Berlin this weekend with four other legisla tors who are touring U. S. de fense areas in Europe. He said he saw the Soviet of ficer in civilian clothing in a West Berlin night club. The Rus State Supreme Court Librarian CillinghamDies Edward N. GOlingham, 71, head librarian at the state supreme court library since 1915, died Tuesday evening at a Salem hos pital after a heart attack. A native of Marion county, Gil lingham was known by lawyers and law students throughout Ore gon. He was a state supreme court bailiff from 1903 to 1906, state li brarian from 1906 to 1909 and had served as supreme court librarian for the past 35 years Born Nov. 4, 1878, in Salem, Gil lingham was one of the first gra duates of the , old Washington school. He also attended the Uni versity of Oregon and the Oregon law school and was admitted to the bar about 1903. GHUngham was married Nov. 9, 1904, to Newtonia H. McCauley who survives in Salem. Other sur vivors include nieces and nephews in Washington, California and Texas. I The deceased was a member of the Elks, the Masons and the Or der of Eastern Star.. He resided at 901 Kingwood dr. in west Salem. Funeral : services will be arran ged by W. T. Rigdon company. Walton-Brown Low Bidder on Airport Work Walton-Brown Electric Co., Sa lem, submitted a low bid of $11,895 for construction of an instrument landing system at McNary field here, the civil aeronautics author ity reported Tuesday. - Approval will be given by the CAA after its engineers have studied the bids. Completion is required 60 flays later. The new signals will enable pi lots to gauge their approximate position above the airstrip while landing during heavv foe. The project calls for erection of three ouueungs. . Other bids included: M. O. Young, Casper, Wyo- $12, 500; Jenhing and Jennings, St George, Utah, $13,277; Brennan Construction Co., $13,482; Koehler & Co, Everett, Wash, $21,380. Young Cyclist in Wreck Daniel Ray Adams, 10, suffered snocic ana Druises when a car struck his bicycle a few blocks from his home at 4090 N. River rd. about 6:30 p. m. Tuesday. The lad was not hospitalized. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. Hugh E. Adams. State police listed the driver as John Sanford, 19, of 2360 Broad way st. He was not cited. Police said Sanford was passing another car when he struck the unlighted bicycle which was approaching from the other direction. Salem Hunter Accidentally Shot by Son Everett L. Powell, 42, of 1075 Shady Lane dr., was accidentally shot Tuesday by his 13-year-old son, Larry, who was carrying a 22 rifle while shooting birds near Prineville. - Powell was wounded in the arm and abdomen. He was taken by a passing hunter to Pioneer Mem orial hospital at Prineville and was transferred Tuesday after noon to Salem Memorial hospital. Attendants termed his condition "good" Tuesday night X-rays are scheduled this morning. Photos of Secret Soviet Trip Behind sian was so pleased he threw his arms around him, and after a chat offered a trip into occupied East Germany. Chatham snap ped up the chance. The Russia nchanged into the uniform of a senior army offi cer, and on the ride told him: Russian war material lost in the Korean war had been ear marked for use in Indochina and Thailand after a quick red vic tory in Korea. Russia hasn't nearly as many submarines as some American intelligence sources believe. "Every one-legged German would carry a gun against us (the Russians) now." At an airfield completed but six weeks ago, Chatham said, he Hurricane Turns North in Atlantic, Picks Up Speed MIAMI, Fla., Oct. small but severe hurricane turned north ward in the Atlantic tonight and picked up speed after bypassing Bermuda. , At 10:30 p.m. the season's sev enth hurricane, with winds up to 100 miles per -hour" near the cen ter, was about 240 miles northwest of the resort islaijds off the South Carolina coast. It was moving toward the north at 12 to 14 miles an hour and was expected to continue in that di rection for the next few hours. Hurricane force winds extend out ward about . 50 miles from the center. Pinball Suit to Test Legality of Tree Games' PORTLAND, Oct 3-)-Legal-ity of "free games" being paid off on pinball and slot machines is being tested in a suit which open ed today in Multnomah district court; District Attorney John B. Mc Court said the proceedings were aimed for a state supreme court ruling. He said the final outcome may pull the legal rug from under the widespread operations of the machines that give players "games" instead of cash. Prosecuting Deputies Phil Roth and John Logan argued before District Judge Frank Day that "free play games" are of value and therefore the machines violate the state anti-lottery law. The defendant is Werner Leo Stadelman, tavern owner, charged with possessing of a gambling de vice. Deputy Logan said the supreme court has never ruled specifically on the "free game" question. He said this -, was necessary because many tavern owners do pay off the "free games" in equivalent cash, then push a button clearing the machine. Logan said it was im possible for police to catch all such offenders. Stump Bureau Not Stumped by Stumps WASHINGTON,' Oct S-W-The national capital parks office roudly announced today it has earned how to make better tree stumps than nature can. Fash ioned of reinforced concrete, they are to be used to support guard rails around dangerous curves on park roads. The stump division claimed its product looks more like a tree than a tree does, and is much more durable. Allies Brace for Violence as Austria Reds Call Total Strike By Richard O'Reran VIENNA, Austria (Wednesday), Oct 4 -)-Thirty communists were arrested by Vienna police this morning after trying unsuc cessfully to cut street car service in the American sector, socialist party headquarters announced. It was the first report of viol ence in the communist-called gen eral strike which started at mid night The western allies and the Austrian government- braced themselves for disorders, possible sabotage, and even a Berlin-like blockade of Vienna, 90 miles be hind the iron curtain. : Orders were isued to 50,000 workers in Russian - controlled factories to stay off the Job. Against this treat the government issued rifles and steel-helmets to Vienna police for the first time since 1938 and put all Austrian police and firemen on the alert The communists hoped to bring POUNDED 1651 Th Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Wednesday. October 4, 1950 Iron Curtain saw the jets which appeared as fast as the latest American types. At the armored compound he saw about 20 of the new type tanks lined up. He said they were only about three feet high and looked low enough to scuttle beneath the normal trajectory of an anti-tank gun. But they were heavy enough to pack long muzzled guns, probably of about 90 millimeters. U. S. intelligence sources said they knew about the fast jets in Germany, but not about the new type tanks. Chatham said he would turn all photographs he had taken behind the iron curtain over to the "proper military authorities in Washington." Breakfast Pep Talk Launches Chest Ca mpaign Salem Community Chest volun teers Tuesday were out after $111,000 in a citywide solicitation set off briskly by a campaign leaders' breakfast session of pep talks at the Marion hotel. Despite rain most of the 700 so licitors were calling at homes and business places to request a "fair share" from everyone in support of 21 chest-sponsored agencies for welfare and character building. Keynoter at the kickoff break fast was Frank B. Bennett, super intendent of Salem schools, who described a community chest campaign as "an expression of a free man." He urged the workers to expedite the soliciting: "Put it ahead of all other things and complete it now." Campaigners also heard from co-chairmen A. C. Haag and Carl Hogg, local president Alfred Loucks, county president Joseph A. H. Dodd and other leaders. All stressed the need for raising the entire $111,000 in order to car ry on the work of chest, agencies without curtailments. Budgeted in this total for local agencies are $29,035 for YMCA, $15,500 for YWCA, $12,278 for Boy Scouts, $10,500 for Salvation Army, $5,030 for Camp Fire Girls, $4,171 for Girl Scouts, $3,800 for Catholic Charities, $300 for Legal Aid clinic. . Progress of the drive will be re ported at a luncheon Wednesday in the Marion hotel. Woodburn to Vote Nov. 7 On Annexation WOODBURN, Oct. 3 Wood burn's city council Tuesday night passed an ordinance calling for a vote on annexation of thre tracts of land to the city. The measures will be voted on at the general election, November 7. The three tracts are a 30-acre residential area east of the Pacific highway, the 25-acre site of the new Woodburn high school, and the American Legion basball field and adjacent city-owned park area. The latter tract covers about 15 acres in all. residential of the resi dential area will vote on the meas ure from 1 to 8 p.m. Novmber 7 in the new store building under construction along the highway in that area. The measure to annex the resi dential area requires approval of both city residents and dwellers in the area involved. off a general strike of all public utilities and factories and a conse quent breakdown of the govern ment. Their first step in this direction was to call for a march by strik ers on the governmental center in Vienna for 5 p.m. (11 a.m. EST). The 'communist hope to mass 15,000 workers for the dem onstration, which may erupt in a clash with the police. , It was not possible to Judge the effects of the call in the first few hours. Power stations continued working past midnight Trains left on schedule and telephone communications were normal. An American military train from Vienna to Salzburg passed through the Soviet zone early to day without hindrance. But the real test will come when factories and other establishments open for business this morning. Sullen Skies Bring Out Variety J - f ; vvf .... . s , " l f"S . , - ; --'K - Gone are the warm, sonny days -of September, and with October comes the rain. Despite sua r rain' there are many workers who must toil on. as the men pictured here, each soortinr different Z gear At above left Is Officer R. R. Main. 1S70 ChemekeU . "worJSJ'on parUnTmeS? dSfi rerular patrol of downtown Salem streets; and R. W. Weddle, 1885 Berry st. tors at a mod barred witch on the Southern Paeifio tracks on Front street " ma . . Ad (left) Postman Jostns Eiselstein, sifl Cedar Way, uses a big. black umbrella to keep himself and the mail he delivers dry. To Don. Perkins, 11 75 Colonial ave., the rain means trouble for the tele phone lines he services in the employe of the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co. (Photos by Don Dill, Statesman staff photographer.) ,1 Man Admits Killing Hunter KLAMATH FALLS, Oct. 3-JP)-State Policeman Jim Ayres said today that Byron Ray Hess, 49, had turned himself over to police with a statement that he fatally shot a deer hunter by accident yesterday. Ayres said Hess reported he fired the shot that killed- Glenn F. Foster, Portland, in brush north of here yesterday. No charge was field against Hess. District Attorney D. E. Van Vac tor later said there would be no autopsy and no inquest although the case might be submitted to a grand jury. Van Vactotr said Hess willingly signed a statement about the shooting. , ' Third Division In Far East -TOKYO, Oct. 4-(;P)-General MacArthur'a headquarters said to day the U. S. third division has "arrived in the Far East com mand.' A spokesman would not say when the division arrived from the U. S. west coast where it was or what its future duties would be. Max. Min. Precip. Salem , , M 56 , 77 SS 4 J7 60 J4 45 dOO 42 , tracs 60 JOO Portland San Francisco Chicago New York 81 Willamette River -3. feet FORECAST (from U. S. weather bureau, McNary field, Salem): Cloudy with rain today and tonight. High to day near 66; low tonight near 48. SALEM PBECIP1TATION ' Since start of weather year Sept, 1 This Year Last Year Normal 2.28 1.37 1.S1 PRICE 5c I! i - a Salem! Area Host To Inch of Rain, More on Forecast More than an inch of rain pat tered down; on Salem Tuesday. And the 1 weatherman predicted still more for today and tonight after measuring a 24-hour reading of 1.05 inches at midnight. It was the most In one day here since the riun, thunder and light ning storm of June 6. "A third of yesterday's; rain splashed down between 10:30 p.m. and midnight. Total rainfall for the weather year, which starts September 1, jumped to! 2.28 inches, nearly an Inch aheadj of last year and .37 above normal. Hope Troupe To Visit Korea NEW YORK, Oct. M-Co-median Bob Hope and a troupe of other entertainers will leave this week to entertain service men in Korea and Japan, the National Broadcasting company said today. NBC said the troupe would in clude Jane; Russell, Marilyn Max well, Gloria deHaven, Jimmy Wakely, Jack Kirkwood, Les Brown and his orchestra and Judy Kelly. . f Independence Bridge 1 To Be Open in December -The new bridge spanning the Wilamette river near Independen ce will be completed and open for traffic about December 1, State Highway Engineer R. H. Baldock announced Tuesday. 4 Working . crews on the bridge have been doubled in an effort to complete the structure before Jan uary L ' - r No. 192 of Rainclothes rop Meat Prices The price of meat provided a bright spot in housewifely news today. . - . j Declines in pork were posted In several cuts by many stores. Loin chops led the parade with reduc tions ranging up to 20 cents a pound as compared with a week ago. Steaks were off up to 10 cents; shoulder roasts, hams, smoked pic nic shoulders and loin roasts rib end cuts, all up to 8 cents. Several lamb cuts also showed reductions, and there were indica tions beef might follow the down trend shortly. One major chain store said the changes were due partially to sea sonal variations, with more mid western, pork now reaching the market, Scio Plans Czech Broadcast for Freedom Crusade SCIO, Ore., Oct S-P)-This pre dominantly Czechoslovakian com munity is preparing a broadcast for the Crusade of Freedom. It will be beamed to Czecho slovakia, carrying the story of how families of Czech-descent have fared in this country. Dr. Frank Munk, Reed college professor of political science and a Czech native, is here to help prepare the program. FLANS SALE OF BONDS WASHINGTON, Oct -AV Mountain States Power Co., Al bany, Ore., asked the power com mission today for authority to" is sue $990,000 in three per cent first mortgage bonds. stores ii Marines Capture i Uijojggbu ByReIman Morin i , TOKYO, 'Wednesday, Oct 4-VPi -South Korean troops today vped On UO the east enact vnnrm 50 miles inside North Koreabut signs increased they were heading " AP Corresnondnt William -i deen. , accomnaanvinv th rmnh- - lie's soldiers in North Korea, said they OCCUDied the tnwn tt v Tuesday night and continued their r auvance looay. , , ii Jorden said. Korean army sources received in formation that red troops are -digging into strong' defensive tions southeast of Tongchon. That - wwn is za roues ahead of the ad- -vancihg republic forces. Tongchon it about 30 miles south nf Vmon industrial center which the reds are reported prepared to defend. -Jorden said 2 nnn im) tni - were reported withdrawing ahead u- u repuouc soicuers toward Tongchon. - LltUe Opposition To .date the South Korean ad vance has been virtually posed. U. S. ' marines north nf .mi1 sealed the last main escape route : for reds in that area. Th Mmmn- nist high command admitted to-' aay lis troops are wlthdrawin ! 'on all fronts." . : ; -; The marines caDtured TTirvnrvhu 12 miles north of Seoul, after - ' cracking some of the most deter mined red resistance since - thai fight for Seoul itself. AP Corre spondent Tom Lambert said the stiff defense aDnarentlv wa tn - cover reds pulling back into North , - -.area irora ue area nortnwest ol eoui. Leads to Wonsan Uijongbu is on a railroad and -highway leading to Wonsan, 10 air miles away on the Korean. , : east coast. Red forces were re- ported concentrated there and ready to make a stand against South Korean third division troops driving along the east coast into North Korea. - U. S. fifth air force scouts sought " in vain for positive signs of just where the reds intended to make a stand behind prepared defenses in North Korea. AP Correspond ent - L e i f Erickson said - planes maintained a 4-hour watch n highways and areas near the North Korea-Manchuria border, for any signs of large scale movements. Tracks Destreyed Reports increased of truck con voy , movements r and pilots" said they destroyed or damaged 83 trucks and other vehicles Tues day between the Manchuria n bor der and the red capital of Pyongyang.-' .;. . : : - .. But so far no convoy has been seen entering either Pyongyang or wonsan. , . . The red radio remained silent on General MacArthur's ultimat um for the communists to surren ' der or face inevitable destruction. . AP Correspondent Hal : Boyle said the Korean republic's third" division troops were speeding into North Korea along the east coast about as fast as rickety trucks could carry them. The division's -r : officers told Boyle their men in tended to drive all the way up to the Manchurian border. A Today's U. S. 10th corps com munique said that the South Ko rean second corps has established contact with United States forces in the Seoul area exteending a military arm across Korea at that point . Minos Instructions ; The republic's president Sync man Rhee, told , Correspondent Lambert he believed the South Koreaan forces crossed the par!-, lei without Instructions from the U. S. eighth army. General Mac Arthur's spokesman declined com mentbut his Tuesday release did ' pinpoint South Korean forces at a town in North Korea; . i In wide areas . south of SeouL where giant mopping-up opera tions were in progress, red pris oners said they had been ordered to go into the hills and make their -way back to North, Korea in any way possible. " i Concentrated aerial assaults on a truck convoy north of Pyong-" yang began Tuesday morning. The pilots said they did not know the origin" of the convoy ' but that 1ft was on a road leading down from the Manchurian border, city . of Antung, . ' : i , -v.- i A new report in the mounting list of Korean red atrocities cam from the Seoul area. U. , S. CoL Frances Gillette, a military adviser to the South Koreana second corps, said the bodies of 700 executed -civilians, including children, were found 38 miles east of the capital. . Manay were burned to death, , Others were bayonetted or shot Colonel Gillette planned to send photographic evidence to the Unit- ' ed Nations along with testimony of an asserted Korean witness. , CALDJORNA MYSTERY BLAST MODESTO, Calif, Oct S-yTVA' mysterious blast shook the entire area around Modesto at 7:33 pan. tonight Bric-a-brac was thrown from shelves, store and hen windows were broken and plaste knocked from walls. ; BASEBALL : COAST LEAGUE t At San ftsncUco.1). Portland g-l At Sacramanto 6, Oakland a ' At Los ADgeles 14, Seattle 1:1 i At Saa Dlege 4, Hollywood S j ; -