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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. '
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By WARREN GOODRICH
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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
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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
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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 ' -
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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 ; -