Truman, Mac
ConcreteHut
1 Tho Statesman. Salem, Orxjon. Sunday. October 15, 1950
Petitions to Block
Pnrtl mill's Rpnt ;
Confer ill Small Control Ordinance
PORTLAND. Ort 14-AAFT.
central labor council officials to
day reported filing enough refer
endum nptitinn Kitmaturpn in hrtlrl
nff a Mtv fvuinl int mnfml nr.
dinance until a general election.
This virtually kills the ordinance,
which exnires before th Icsti
could set nn a 1952 renpral plwv.
tion ballot. :
Federal controls are still in el
feet here. Unless city council votes
I limits, they will die automatically
December 31. If citv council votes
Tuesday to continue controls, tne
federal limits remain for another
six months.
Congressman French May
Says U. S. Has Flee Indochina
450 A-Bombs Frontier Posts
fStorr also on mm one)
WAKE ISLAND, Oct. 14 (V
Gen. MacArthur greeted President
Truman warmly and put a hand
over tne president s snouicter in
a - inenaiy gesture as tney met
nere today. .
1 They conferred in a one-story
hut of concrete blocks. Ten small
folding chairs were pushed togeth-
. a a 1 . M
er to maxe a conference WDie iot
the two and their advisers.
. It was hot and humid. The
nMeii4ant romnwH Ttia oat Mar-
Arthur wore no tie. His tan shirt
was open at tne tnroat.
MacArthur sketched the Korean
situation vividly, a pooled dis
patch from correspondents at the
acene said.
HT-ioArthrni miffed at a briar
pipe. He first asked the president
li ne minaea. iw preuueum a
nnn.onnlm caiH nn. he sunnosed
he had more smoke blown at him
than any man alive.
Shortly before he left, Mr: Tru
man decorated MacArthur with
a Fourth Oak leaf cluster to the
Distinguished Service medaL,
rir Shake Hands -
As Mr. -Truman prepared to
leave in bis presidential plane, the
two men shook hands warmly.
"Goodbye sir," MacArthur said.
"Happy landings. It's been a real
While MacArthur declined to
discuss the conference with re
porters, he did say in response to
a reporter's question that things
were loosing up in .Korea.
Trim nn nn tn Pmrmn"
Ex-Prisoner
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Gtes Evidence
Gen. Dean Alive
CLINTWOOD, Va., Oct 14-TV
Ninth District Incumbent Rep.
Thomas B. Fugate told a Dicken
son county political rally today
wai ine united States has 450
atomic bombs and that within 12
hours after any overt action by
ooviei Kussia, live of these bombs
could be delivered to each of Rus
sia's principal cities.
The Lee county democrat, who
is seating re-election added that
the stockpile of war materials in
this country is adeauate for a ma.
jor war at this time. Fugate did
utu reveai nis aaoress where he
naa secured the information about
the atomic bombs.
The statement, given toward the
ena 01 nis aaaress, stunned a capa-
tiiy crowa ai ine uickenson coun
qr courthouse. .
"Come on ud to Pyongyang." he
said, "it wont be long now.
He referred to the capital of
communist Korea.
The president's plane left Waka
at 11:45 a. nt; wake time or 335
p. m, Saturday, Pacific Standard
Bin.
Sen. Saltonstall
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Asks Universal
, Service' Policy
PORTLAND, Ore, Oct 14-V
enaior severe ti saltonstall (R-
iss; saia tomgnt that perhaps
w country snouia try ""universal
service" and not just universal
military training for defense.
vThis would utilize the capacities
f those unqualified for armed
forces assignments,' Saltonstall
explained. -
"If another man's son is able to
meet military qualifications, and
Tar son is not." the senator said.
"is it fair that my son escape with
no service? Is it wiser to ask every
boy to service?" -
- Saltonstall spoke to a republican
dinner group shared by Senator
Wayne I. Morse (R-Ore). They
are ootn memoers ox ine senate
armed services committee and
leave tomorrow to inspect military
establishments in Alaska.
Senator Morse spoke for mili
tary training of our young men.
Be referred to the $43,440,000,000
pent for military purposes the
past four years. "That is the big
gest peacetime defense, expendi
ture in the history of the country,"
Morse said, "but we've got to do
snore. We have to make sure in
.the future that enough is done
soon enough to stop aggression
wherever it may show. -
Doctors Elect
Dr.D.RRoss
F AIRFIELD -StlTStTM A TO
BASE, Calif, Oct 14 -;p)-There
was new evidence tndav that Ma.
jor General William F. Dean, miss,
ing in action in Korea, was alive
as laie as September 12. .
- A returned IT S nrt.cnnpr nf war
said today he was told that on that
date the -Berkeley, Calif, general
was questioned by Kim II Sung,
Red Dremier of northern Korea
at Pyongyang, the communist cao-
itaL
The Information ramp from fjtnt
Billy M. M'Carver. 28. of Abilene.
Texas, who was a rifle company
commander in the 24th division.
wnicn beneral Dean commanded.
M'Carver was one of 32 liber
ated U.S- nrisonera who vn
flown here from Tokyo yesterday.
General Dean was last seen on
July 20, fighting a line of Red
tanks with a bazooka team.
In an interview M'Carver said
he was told bv two cantured North
Koreans both interpreters that
tney bad seen General Dean alive.
They said he was cantured in a
refuge column by North Korean
police and was taken to Pyong
yang; that he had a knife wound
and a bullet wound.
One of the cantured North Kor
eans told M'Carver that he had
acted as iniernreter when 'Pre
mier Kim II Sung questioned Gen
eral Dean at the Red capitoL
- The other interpreter, who said
he was educated at Columbia uni
versity, corroborated the story
that Dean had been seen in Sen.
tember. Neither knew what had
happened since.
M'Carver said he himself had
been a crisoner for 14 davc On
tne iirreentn nav M'fjrvw ak-rt a
guard if they would go to Seoul,'
tne next day.
M'Carver said the ruard an.
swered by shaking his- head, point
ing bom forefingers at bis head.
ana saying -Doom Doom.- H'Car
ver decided it was time to get out
of there fast
When a UN air attack began the
euards ran. M'Carver and aeveral
others made a break for it They
nicked the locks on their aharklM
with a calr of broken aefcarra and
joined an American attacking col
umn.
4C 1 1
oturayij
ertie
Bridge Opened
Near Tacoma
TACOMA, Wash, Oct 14-P
"Sturdy Gertie," the new $18,000,
000 Narrows bridge which spans
an arm Of Pueet Sound twttnram
Tacoma and Kitsap county, was
ucuicttira Loaav. -
I The mile-long bridge replaces
the late "Galloninff HerHe rhth
collapsed into the swift waters of
me narrows in a gale nearly 10
j curs ago.
The new bridge is the firt ,,
pension-type span built since the
01a onage reu. it was constructed
on ine piers or the old bridge
which were lengxnenea ior greater
height
The four-lane structure Is said
oy engineers to be approximately
muc3 s strong; as ine old one.
A rush of cars that imkl
state officials caused a traffic Jam
mne ou oou sines ox the
wu piaza.
Darrell Hedges, state nff; ac
countant, who was hert to assist
m swung tne toll collection sys
tem, watched in amazement the
flow of cars and the flow of silver
into tne state tills.
Throughout the fUnuv f
t . .
saucer wuu-ies Andrew counted 11
cars a minute going through the
ilia, oj evening, the long
line of vehicles had been cleared,
but traffic continued to be heavy.
C44 TTI . a -
njgnwiy uirector William
Burre and Toll Rrid
Webb Hoover were "tickled" with
vam wimc. Tney said a total of
fl"t day's receipts would not
um avauaoie unai Monday noon.
SAIGON. Indochina, dot
French officials said nrivatelv to.
oay 11 soon may become neces
sary to abandon all the Chinese
zronuer posts in the fighting
aeainst communist-led Vietmlnh
troops.
A military snolcennan M tt
bulk of the garrison which with
drew irom the northern strong
hold of Thatke had reached the
comparative safety of Nacham, 25
miles to the southeast. '
Thatke is the third northern
frontier cost abandoned h ha
French in a month, under pres
sure irom vietnunn rebels led by
Moscow-tutored Ho Chi Minn. The
French nulled out of Dnnrhv in
mid - September and gave up
oaDang witn heavy losses last
week.
(Moscow newsnaners have Wn
giving the fighting in Indochina
almost as much space recently as
uie Korean war. The papers an
nounced today further vietorie of
Vietminh forces over the French
and claimed canture of hiVh.
ranking French prisoners at Cao-bang.)
The feelinff that the remaining
frontier posts will have to be
aoandoned is motivated by the
overwhelming strength of the
communists in the border region
ana ine necessity to reiniorce de
fenses on the BDHmachM tn Hsnnl
and Haiphong, the two largest
cities in north Indochina.
If evacuation of the remaining
xrcuca posiuons is ordered, the
xrenca will case tneir defence nn
tne northern frinm nf the Tim
river delta, where Vietminh fn-.
aescending xrom the mountains
wouin oe zorced to ncrht nn ter
rain Where French mreHnritr 4n
uuiu ana punes couia be made
to count,
Opponents of
Merger Repel
Indiana Police
Dr. D. R, Ross of Salem recent
ly was elected president of the
board of directors of : the Oregon
Physicians service. -
Ross will serve during 1951 with
Ids term to expire Jn January of
1952. He also was re-elected as a
trustee of the organization. The
elections were held at a recent
. trustees meeting In connection
with the Oregon State Medical so
ciety meeting at Gearhart
ISRAEL CHECKS POWER
! TEL AVIV, Israel -)- The
Israeli army is making a nation
wide checkup of motorized power.
The ministry of defense appointed
five brigadiers to take a census
of an vehicles that may be needed
by the army.
Planes Blast
Supply lines
TUliiU. Sunday. Oct.
There was no further word
however, on operations of 37 war
ships, led by the Battleship Mis
souri, wnicn sneued tne same area
Thursday and Friday.
Today's navy summary said
planes flying from , the carriers
Valley Forge, Philippine sea and
boxer "delivered crippling blows
to norm Korean troops concentra
tions, artillery positions and sup
ply lines yesterday."
Theel Arrested on
Drunk Driving Charge
Otto Frank Theel, 39, Marion
route 1, was being held in the city
tall Ci.. 1 T
ju oavuroay nignt xouowing his
arrest by city patrolmen on a
cnarge of driving while Intoxicated.
Theel, held in lieu of 1250 ban
was arrested at Mission and South
juin streets about 8 pan, police
13333
HOLLY
Wf& kidies f0 that came in this week Seems
IJS!, S"" fcy nature or - otherwiseTand
among some of her observations was an outstanding on
made last Christmas. Little Mary wondered if Santa left
STeSff1?11!7 411(1 90 h the grade; she
uggested tp her mother that she (Mary) stay awake and
peek and her mother, knowing Mary just couldn't stay,
awakeafter 830 p. m, told Mary she thought that would
oe good idea. The whole thing was forgotten unta several
wjsrt Christnias when her mother happened to think
tt so asked Mary if she had peeked and what the found
Wfht.w ld Mary. "Santa put the,
rangaunder the tree and then he went and got Into daddy's
dTSy sSept?" li0,w wonderinx, where do you suppose
JACKSON Jewelers
223 H. Liberty St
Salem, Ore.
LOGANSPORT. Tnd rw ' tj
MVZndiana state rmlire todaw MVe
up ueir attempts to convoy school
desks away from the well-Heten1-
eo unward scnooL
A Crowd Of 100 ar nnnl-Tnenr.
er opponents guarding the build-
mg oegan a nuanoua series of
impromptu parades.
While some 40 trooners Twitted
out of the area on orders from
Governor Henry T. Schricker the
juoiiant townspeople snouted and
sang -unwaro, enrunan soldiers."
It armarentlv was their Mcrvect
victory against the plan of town.
snip xrusxee virgxi turner to merge
ui scnoois ox unwaro ana nearoy
Walton. . - - . . T
The withdrawal of the fi-oowera
waa imvumnwl n tnm wwm v
Major Robert O'Neal, state police
executive officer, after an hour's
conference with the town board.
O'Neal aat he tnM the emrer
nor he feared biodshed would re
sult if the school desk switch were
made to carry out the consolida
tion. He announced that the gover- ;
nor he feared bloodshed would re-
der sending 40 troopers in to es-
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Winner of the National Heavy Duty Truck ami Trailer Drivfn8
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John Castnort rtpoattd championship porformanco b
backed by a ten year accident-free record on hit regular
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OeXOONY no. i CAutna
cort the desk movers.
In his report to the crowd. Ma
jor O'Neal suggested that the two
scnooiS DC ODeratM as hefnre tm-
Ul the squabble can be settled in
coun.
The Onward HMTen katF. 4.
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sisted they want their own high
scnooi, insieao 01 sending their
youngsters to the taint hi ah cohnnt
in Walton, as planned by the trus
tee, mere nave Deen onward com
plaints of "delinauenrv"
TT 1 .
r mwjii youngsters.
SCHOOL ROLLS SHORTER
CINCINNATI. Oct. 14av.nr
Raymond C. Walters, president of
the University of Cincinnati re
ported today that almost 75 per
cent of the 82 approved Amer
ican colleges and universities re
corded enrollment decreases this
year.
New Police
Car Dented,
Motorist Cited
A brand new Salem natrrvt m.
had a' crinkled fender and c
lem motorist a citation charging
failure to yield right of way to a
motor vehicle following a collision
Saturday night.
Robert Lewis Burker, 1945 N.
23rd st., was cited on the charge
r ou ii nines sedan had
collided with the police car, op
erated by Patrolman Arrh t. uni
son, at South Commercial street
uu juiueriy road. . t
The Datrol car. a toxn vkA
dor, is one of four acquired by
the citv no ire fnroe lie mA.i,
" . Ww . IUVUU1)
Damage was confined to the left
xroni xenaer.
t
Wilson said he was driving
South on rVimmerral
- - suu uuui
Liberty road when Burker cross
ed the highway: from Fairview
avenue onto LJnertv mrf -ra.K
- - .nouu
uiio uw siae oi ine patrol car. .
North Korean
Plane Bombs
INCHON. Sunday. Oct. rL7Pt
A Sinele North Korean
bombedbusy Kimpo airfield,
northwest of Seoul, at 10 pjm, Sat
urday (5 a.m. todav fnr the
second raid of the day. -
in the night attack a light plane
drODDed three small hnmhe P.
liminary reDorts . indtVateH than
was no significant damage.
American night fighters pursued
the raider but it escaped.
At 4 a.m. Saturdav another ro tri
er dropped two bombs on Kimpo
and tWO more on Inrhon harnrrr
mere was no damage.
Morse Wins
$500 Pie at "
PI Exposition
PORTLAND,. Oct 14-r-Sen-ator
Wayne. L. Morse of Oregon
tonight drove bis prize stallion.
Sir Laurel Guy, to a $500 stake
prize in the roadster event of the
dosing show of the Pacific Inter
national Livestock exposition.
Mrs. J. A. Smith, Hollywood,
Calif, won the $1,000 hackney
stake with her Kings Peg. Mapla
Cricket. owneH hv Utrm ' t
Field, Provo, Utah, and ridden by
Mr, Field, won the $1,000 stake
for three gaited horses. The sec
ond in this was taken by Southern
Breeze, owned by Green Valley
Stables, Salem, Ore, and ridden
by Tuck Higgins. , -
The $1,000 stake for jumpers
went to Charcoal, owned by
Highland Riding Academy, Port
land, and ridden by Dave Culp;
second was Tatoo, owned and rid
den by Jack Conner, Pasadena.
Calif. i .
- You Aro Invited to a Discussion of:
THE HOST SIGNIFICANT DELICIOUS
ADDRESS AIIEDICA EVER HEAED !
' ' Ralph Waldo Emerson's
Unrrd Divinity School Address'
Thigre? that marked the birth of a new
; dependence in man's spiritual and lnterlectual de- '
velopment - a hberation of men inwardly as they had
been liberated outwardly. , V y -
Do you long for a reUgion that trusts man . . faces
scientific truths . . . that is free from superstitions and
myths . . that will risk the free and honest workings
of your mind? ! ;
Then attend this discussion group Sunday evening.
October -15th, at he Marion hotel Grill roomatS
-, o'clock. - - r.
, Salem United Fellowship
, Harriet Smithson.
Fublieity Chairman
.
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