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The conference educators from
COO universities and colleges which
was held in Washington about ten
days ago was almost a lodge of
sorrow before any death was re
ported. When "Dr., Hersey re
ported on the case It looked pret
ty hopeless, because the summons
of selective service may drain the
reservoir of manpower in the 19
26 age bracket, and that is the
period young men spend in pursu
ing higher education. The demand
of the military ' services comes
when the 'crop' of young men
reaching maturity is relatively the
lowest in many years because of
the low birthrate prevailing at the
time of their birth in the early
1930's. This leaves smaller num
bers to attend higher institutions
cf learning.
The pinch on the colleges prom
ises to be hard because of the
great increase in operating costs.
Inflation has hit college budgets
too, even if salaries of professors
have by no means gotten into the
upper altitudes comparable with
those in private business. In the
postwar period thte influx of stu
dents with government "CI" as
sistance, while it added greatly
to the student load, contributed
much in the way of tuition income.
Now the GI students are complet
ing their courses and institutions
are getting back to normal. Nearly
all colleges and universities in
Oregon report lower enrollments
this year. But the institutions
can't shrink their expenses to cor
respond. Willamette university for
example, always a carefully man
aged institution, faces an operat
ing deficit this year. State schools
have to lean more heavily on the
public treasury as a result of loss
f fees of student veterans. .
Dr. Earl J. McGrath, U. S. Com
missioner of education, speaking
at the conference in Washington,
said it was likely that the inter
national (Continued on Editorial Page, 4)
Boy limed by
Falling Pole
ItattBU Kiwi Serrtc
" IDANHA, " Oct 15-WVQuenton
Lee Flnley. 13, was killed Sunday
when a boom pole toppled on him
near his home a mile east of
Idanha.
i Quenton and his stepbrothers,
Gerald and Jon Tucker, were
swinging on guy wires supporting
the pole when it fell, according
to authorities. They ; had been
helping Quenton's stepfather, Sol
Tucker, make poles, i
The accident was Investigated
by Jim. Futin, Linn county deputy
coroner. '
Quenton attended Detroit school
and was a member of boy scout
troop 13. He was born In Lancas
ter, Ore., and moved to this area
six years ago.
-Also surviving are his mother,
Mrs. Sol Tucker, and his father,
Byrd Finley.
Services win be held Thursday
at 2 pan. at Idanha. Community
church under direction of the
Weddle mortuary, Stayton. ,The
Kev. Jacob Wiensz will officiate.
Children Held
In Graveyard
For Ransom
MONTGOMERY, Ala, Oct 15
(ffVTwo young men were charged
today- with holding two children
in a graveyard while a . $2,000
ransom payment was arranged.
Police Lt J. JL Eiland announc
ed John Mclntyre, 18,. and Eugene
Smith, jr., 20, were jailed ' on
charges of kidnaping, punishable
by death in Alabama. -
They were aleged to have ab
ducted Jean Carrol Tisdale. sev
en, and Raphael, five, from school
Friday by Impersonating their fa
ther, Dr. R. Tisdale, a negro
physician.
Eiland said they took the chil
dren to a cemetery, notified their
parents and collected the ransom
-. within a few hours. The children
' were returned unharmed. -
Animal Crackers
i By WARREN GOODRICH
"He's scared to oWfc el dUti
Near Idanha
ft
By Russell Brines
TOKYO, Oct 16-(P)-One of
four United Nations spearheads
advancing on the bomb-battered
red Korean capital at Pyongyang
punched to within 40 miles of the
city today in what may be the
concluding drive of the Korean
war.
Two others approaching on dif
ferent roads were 50 miles away
and the fourth, coming in from
the east was 60 miles from the
North Korean city.
Belief grew in Tokyo military
circles that the major military
campaign would end in a matter
of weeks.
Speculation was rife that Gen
eral MacArthur, who returned
from his historic Wake island con
ference with President Truman,
would order an all-out knockout
blow at the communists.
Poor communications delayed
field reports. But Correspondent
Leif Erickson at U. S. 8th army
headquarters got through a tele
phone call to the San Francisco
office of the Associated Press to
report the South Korean first di
vision was only 40 miles from
Pyongyang.
An 8th army spokesman said the
South Korean first division was
within three miles of Suan and
only 40 miles from Pyongyang.
Reds Resisting
: He said red resistance stiffened
outside of Suan where the reds
had about a regiment of troops
and six tanks, 10 anti-tank guns
and mortars.
The,U. S. first cavalry division
beat down stubborn resistance
two miles northwest of Namchong
jom, 50 air miles southwest of
Pyongyang. '
An estimated two red battalions
confronted the Americans with
artillery, tank guns, mortars and
machineguns.
Other elements of the first cav
alry division cleaned up red pock
ets on both sides of the Kaesong
Kumchon road.
30 Miles North of Wensan
On the Korean east coast the
South Korean capital division
drove six miles north of Yong
hung, which is 30 air miles north
of Wonsan, captured port city.
While United Nations troops
drew a tighter noose around reds
trying to delay the approach to
Pyongyang, only a portion of
available allied power has been
committed to support the four
bodies of troops heading toward
the red capital.
Many more American, British,
Philippine and other United Na
tions troops could be used against
the disorganized reds in a final
blow to end the war.
Advance lt Miles
In the center of the peninsula,
elements of the South ' Korean
eighth division- were in Koksan,
50 air miles southeast of Pyong
yang. The South Koreans advanc
ed 18 miles in 12 hours.
.. The South Korean third division
approached Pyongyang from the
east after taking Wonsan. It was
60 miles from Pyongyang.
Blown bridges across the Imjin
and Yesong rivers north of Seoul
slowed the advance of the first
cavalry division on the western
most of the highway routes to
Pyongyang. -
The . bridges over these main
rivers near the west coast were
heavily damaged or knocked out
by American planes when the al
lied objective was to cut the
North Korean supply line.
North Koreans again damaged
the bridges in their withdrawal
northward from Seoul.
Man Killed
ree
SUtnun News tenrlca
LEBANON, Oct 15 - Jacov
Ruzick, about 59, was killed by
a sliding tree yesterday in a road
building accident about 15 miles
southeast of Foster.
Ruzick, powder man for the J.
M. Arents contracting firm of
Portland,' was blasting at the head
of a draw and had started back
to get more powder when the tree
started to slide.
The firm is building a road for
the Cascade Plywood Co. on Wiley
creek."
Ruzick was born in Yugoslavia
and has relatives in Portland.
Shipmen is being made to Mata-
won, Mich., by the Huston Mort
uary, Lebanon.
Indoctrination
To Start Today
Indoctrination 2 32 2 (Page 1)
About 80 army reservists from
two organized units reported for
active duty at Vancouver Bar
racks, Wash, Sunday, but many
of them were back in Salem,
briefly, Sunday night '
. CoL George Spaur, commander
of the 369th boat and shore regi
ment said the 14 officers and 34
enlisted men in headquarters and
headquarters ' company reported
for duty at 1 p. m. and were
turned loose" about 4 p. m.
About, half ! of them returned to
Salem for the night he added.
This morning at 8 a. m. they
report back to Vancouver Bar.
racks for a week of indoctrina
tion that will include hearing the
articles of war, making wills.
d v Sliding 1
100th YEAR
United Nations
Mrs. Caroline Best 1215 S. 12th st, giyes a United Nations flag to the state of Oregon, represented by
Treasurer Walter Pearson, center, and Gov. Douglas McKay. The week of October 22-28 is United
Nations week and October 24 Is United Nations day by presidential proclamation. Mrs. Best made the
flar In her county home extension unit, the Lansing- Neighbors, from directions and pattern supplied
by the Marion county home extension agent The flag has a light
of a polar projection of the
(Statesman photo.)
IDeivey to Support
DEte for Presidency
By Al Moscow
NEW YORK, Oct 15-CflVGov. Thomas E. Dewey said flatly today
he would not run for president in 1952 and would back Gen. Dwight
D. Eisenhower for the republican nomination.
"Under no circumstance that I can conceive," he said, "will I
accept the nomination for president in 1952, and I doubt if there
is any- possibility the situation would arise thereafter."
5,000 Climbers
Hit by Storm on
Peak; 3 Perish
MEXICO CITY, Oct 15-;P)-A
mass attempt to climb lofty Popo
catepetl volcano this week end re
sulted in three deaths, 10 serious
and 400 minor injuries, the Red
Cross alpine squad reported to
day. : .
Some 5,000 mountain climbers
planned the mass ascent of the
17,887-foot peak to attend a re
ligious ceremony blessing the ban
ners of mountaineering clubs in
North and . South American and
Europe. A blinding snowstorm hit
the peak while the climbers were
on it. The priest failed to arrive
at the summit although some
300 climbers made it .The mass
was cancelled. -
Two of the deaths occured in
the same accident A girl climber
slipped and was sliding down a
snow slop when a youth advanced
across the slope and tried to halt
her. Her body struck him, he lost
his balance and both went over
a 600-foot precipice at the foot
of the slope.1
Returning climbers found the
body of an unidentified man- who
apparently had fallen unnoticed
by his comrades. "
Earthquake Shocks
Reported in California
BRAWLEY, Calif, Oct 15-UP-Three
slight earthquake shocks
were reDorted here todav.
The sherlf fs office said the
tremors were "barely perceptible"
at noon, an hour later and at 4.-02
p.m. There was no damage.
There were no reports that the
quake was felt elsewhere in the
Imperial valley. ..
CANTON'S BUSES IDLE
CANTON, O, Oct 15-SVCan-ton's
64 public buses were left
parked in the garage today be
cause of the third transportation
strike here in four years.
of 80 Reservists
at Vancouver
checking service records and sup
plies and taking the atomic energy
indoctrination course.
The reservists will finish at
Vancouver Barracks Friday and
most of them expect to return to
Salem again for the week end be
fore they report to Ft Word en the
following Monday to start train
ing, Spaur said. ,
The 409th engineer special bri
gade from Salem also reported
at Vancouver Barracks Sunday,
out there was no report on their
activities.
bpaur said they reported at a
different time and that he did not
see any of the seven officers or 32
enlisted men. Most members of
both outfits made the trip by pri
vate autos.
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Flag Presented to
world showing all continents and
The statements were made dur-
ng an interview on the National
Broadcasting company's Meet the
Press" television show.
He added that "I don't believe a
man should be nominated -more
than twice for the presidency."
There has been speculation that
Dewey, defeated in 1944 and 1948,
might have decided to run for re
election as governor with an eye
on the 1952 presidential election.
Asked whether he had "any
candidates In mind" for the re
publican nomination in 1952, Dew
ey replied:
"Well, it's a little early but we
have in New York a very great
world figure, the president of Co
lumbia university, one of the
greatest soldiers of our history, a
fine educator, a man who really
understands the problems of the
world."
He added that "if I should be
reelected governor and have In
fluence with the New York delega
tion, I would recommend to tbem
that they support General Eisen
Jiower for president if he would
accept the draft"
Asked if he had talked with Eis
enhower about whether he would
be willing to accept the nomina
tion. Dewey said he had not At
Eisenhower's home, a houseboy re
layed a message to the general on
Dewey s statement
The houseboy returned and said
Eisenhower could not see the re
porters because he had guests.
Yesterday was Eisenhower's
60th birthday, and it was under
stood there was a family gather
ing at his home.
(Additional details on page 12)
Texas Fair
Sets Record
DALLAS, Oct 15-jP)-Dazed
Dallas awoke today to find itself
according to boastful,1 if dizzy.
officials the new fair attendance
champion, of the world.
Exactly 289,307 people shoved
through the state fair's turnstiles
yesterday, pulled by two football
games. South Pacific and the
normal midway and exhibit at
tractions and pushed along by
495 desparately patient policemen.
Fair officials said this broke aU
records for a single day at any an
nual exhibition. .
GEN. GAY GIVEN MEDAL
U. S. CAVALRY DIVISION
HEADQUARTERS, Korea. Oct 15
-CflVMaJ. Gen. Hobart R. Gay,
commanding the first cavalry, has
been awarded a second disting
uished service cross.
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FORECAST (from V. S. weather
bureau. McNary field Salem): Cloudy
today, tonight, occasional rain tartinf
this afternoon. Highest today 55, low
est 45.
SALEM PRECIPITATION '
Since start of weather year, Sept. I)
This Year v Last Year Normal
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The Oregon Statesman, Salem.
State Officials
bine field with a white U.N. insirnia
islands, among olive branches.
Salem Plans
United Nations
Week Program
Plans for a Salem observance of
United Nations week, October 22
ho 28, and of United Nations day.
October . 24, are slowly taking
..Tentative plans for observances
were reported from civic clubs,
schools and other groups. Many
groups are securing U.N. flag'
making kits from the Marion coun
ty extension service. The exten
sion service is engaged in a nation
wide program of making citizens
more familiar with the U.N. flag.
A United Nations flag will fly
at the state capitol here on Usi.
day. It will take the place of the
Oregon state flag that day. Many
rural schools are preparing to fly
the U.N. flag.
A Salem public meeting will be
sponsored on October 24 by the
local chapter of American Associ
ation of University Women. Prob
lems and organization of the VsJ,
will be discussed by Eloise Ebert,
assistant state librarian and inter
national relations chairman for
AAUW.
At Lea ae Clubhouse
ine meeting will be at 8 p.m.
in the Izaak Walton league club
house. .
The Willamette university chap
ter of the United Nations Educa
tional, Scientific and Cultural or
ganization will assist several Sa
lem service clubs in a UJt. week
program. One of these will be the
Salem Lions club.
Girl Scouts and Brownies in the
Salem area are planning to take
up the U.N. flag-making project
They intend to make flags for
neighborhood schools and for their
units.
Schools Form Plans
In the Salem school system the
plan is to permit each -school to
handle the observance in Its own
way. Some tentatively plan as
semblies where the U.N. flag will
be displayed and discussed. Others,
such as McKinley, will hold a play,
A fourth grade teacher at McKin
ley, Mrs. Carolyn Berglund, has
written a play called "Meeting the
U.N."
Other schools have not complet
ed their observance programs yet
Some will study the U.N. in econ
omics, civics and history classes,
Others will hold individual room
programs.
As United . Nations week ap
proaches more and more clubs and
civic and church groups are re
vealing plans for observances.
Dallas Hunter
EUGENE, Oct 15-flrVA deaf
mute hunter- was in a hospital
here today with two bullet wounds
in the right leg. .
State police said Gale Rinehart,
Rt 1, Dallas, was a member of a
party of deaf mutes on a hunting
trip near Lorane. Hospital aides
said Rinehart was not in critical
condition.
v The Investigating state officer
said it was not known who had
fired the shots. Police also were
checking the gun mishap in which
Leroy S. McCay. 14. of Rt 5. Eu
gene, suffered hand injuries. The
boy had bis hand over ..the gun
muzzle, police said. . . . . .
Hit by Bullets
Oregon, Monday October 16, 1950
Shifty
Strengt
To EiiroBe
Truman Takes
Tourist's View
OfOahulsle
By Ernest R Vaccaro
HONOLULU, Oct 15-;P-Pres-dent
Truman moved around Oahu
island today a tourist with trap
pings while . the world buzzed
with speculation over the import
of his quickie Wake island talk
with General Douglas MacAr
thur. White House aides said there
was more to decisions than met
the eye in a president! ally-issued
and MacArthur-initialed . state
ment that Mr. Truman flew 7,200
miles to make.
Back home and abroad, how
ever, observers were in many cas
es almost as puzzled as they were
When the president suddenly an
nounced he was flying to the Pa
cific to discuss the final phases
of the Korean campaign with the
United Nations commander.
One of Mr. Truman's top policy
advisers said today the primary
reason the president flew to Wake
was "just a desire to see General
MacArthur and talk to him face-to-face"
about Far Eastern prob
lems. "After alL" he said, "they had
never met and ; the president
wanted to see what he is like.
They got along famously."
To Build Case for Korea
Mr. Truman was said to desire
to build ia strong case with the
American public for support of
Korean rehabilitation.
Crowds along the streets shout
ed "Hello, Harry" and "Hi, Uncle
Harry" as his convertible moved
around the island to their hand'
clapping and occasional cheers.
President Truman between
automobile sightseeing trips in the
company of secret service men,
reporters, photographers and mili
tary dignitaries, a dip in the Fa
cific and luncheon worked on his
major foreign policy speech.
To Talke in San Francisco
The president will make his
speech at the San Francisco opera
house, birthplace of the United
Nations, at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday (Pa
cific Standard Time) before fly
ing back to Washington wednes
day morning. He is scheduled to
stay here 32-hours on his way
back, in contrast with the five
hours he spent on Wake and the
bare three-hours he talked with
MacArthur there.
Truman's Idea
While MacArthur was cordial
enough, he took pains to show the
Wake meeting was strictly Mr.
Truman's undertaking.
He would not discuss the con
ference with reporters afterward
or voice any opinion on the presi
dent .
Every time he was asked about
details he referred his questmen
to Mr.. Truman's press secretary,
Charles G. Ross.
Mr. Truman : smiled repeatedly
and seemed highly pleased with
what took place. MacArthur, some
reporters thought appeared Im
patient to get back; to his post
STORM FLAGS FLYING
SEATTLE, Oct 15 -Wj- The
weather bureau ordered .-small
craft warnings hoisted at 2 p.m.
today from Newport, Ore-to Cape
Blanco for west to northwest winds
increasing from 25 to 35 miles per
hour during the afternoon and
night
Rural Fire Districts Seek End of
6 Limitation,
Oregon's association of rural
fire-protection districts will lobby
at the next state legislature for
elimination of the 8 per cent li-
mitation statute and for a state
wide ban on private shooting of
fireworks.
That was reported by directors
of the group Sunday following a
pre-legislation tonference in Sa
lem of the recently-formed asso
ciation. '
The group also favored the right
of eminent domain for rural fire
districts (which would permit
them to condemn property) and
moved to assist the Oregon fire
chiefs association in their drive
to get compensation for districts
that protect tax-free property.
Clarification of the law regard
ing fire permits and legislation
enabling fire districts to enforce
PRICE 5c
lb. from
Resigns
JERUSALEM, Oct 15-AVIsrael's
Prime- Minister - David . Ben
Cnrion who resigned today cli
maxing a cabinet crisis. .
Israel Cabinet
es
ISIS
JERUSALEM, Oct 15-flVPrIme
Minister David - Ben-Gurion re
signed tonight causing Israel's
first cabinet crisis since the new
state was founded In May, 1948. ;
President Chaim Weizmann re
ceived Ben-Gurion at Weizmann's
home in Rehovot After consult
ing with all. party leaders, Weiz
mann asked Ben-Gurion to form
a new cabinet for presentation to
the knesset, the Israeli parliament
The knesset reconvenes here to
morrow after a two-month recess.
Religious bloc members of the
12-member outgoing - cabinet not
ified Ben-Gurion after a heated
party caucus today that they were
unwilling to accept a recent cab
inet change proposed in the face of
Israel's economic . and financial
troubles. .For that reason, three
bloc-member ministers said, they
were withdrawing from the gov
ernment Ben-Gurion immediate
ly tendered his own resignation.
The request for him to make an
other attempt as forming a gov
ernment had been anticipated here.
The religious bloc members of the
cabinet who quit today make up a
coalition within . the government
coalition.
Ben-Gurion recently proposed
appointing Jack Gering, a non
party member and a former South
African- business wizard, as min
ister of commerce and industry to
help but with the economic crisis.
It was to this appointment, among
other things, that the religious bloc
objected, contending that the man
in the post should be a conserva
tive, one of their number. - -r
The economic crisis is not a new
thing. Circulation of currency has
been climbing steadily and Israelis
are buying everything they can
get their hands on scare buying.
The value of the Israeli pound, of
ficially $2.08, has gone as low as
80 cents on the black market , .
MORE TROOPS ON WAY
TOKYO, Oct lS-C-Lt Gen.
Sir John Harding Said today more
British troops are on their way
to Join United Nations forces in
Korea. '. ".
the requirement of permits also
will be asked. -
- The group passed a resolution
urging the armed forces to form
a fire-protection branch of the
service and to utilize inducted fire
men in staffing it when possible,
A ropy of the resolution will go to
the international fire chiefs asso
ciation. . - -'y '
Reeardinff the proposed ban on
fireworks, the group would favor
authorizing cities and civic groups
to conduct public displays, accord
ing to Harold Rosebraugh, secre
tary of the state group and of the
Liberty-saiem iieignts lire ais
trict. ' ;
Glenn Leiniger, Park Rose, Is
president of the association which
comprises more than 100 Oregon
rural nre districts.
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No. 234
Korea
Foreca
President Said
onU.N.
In Pacific Area
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By John M. tHrhtower '
WASHINGTON. (VMS 2ta
President Truman and General
Douglas MacArthur apparently
have agreed on plans for shifting
us puik oi American military
power from the far east to west
ern Europe immediately after the' '
United Nations victory in Korea -is
completed.
That is one of the future lines
of action clearly indicated by the
president's statement on the Wake
island conference this week end.
MacArthur initialed the dora- "
ment thereby lending his backing
toit .--:- - ,
Along with the emnhasis on et
ting United States forefs out cf
Korea there appeared hc vy stress
on United Nations action, as di--
unguisnea irom moves by this
country on its own, on problems
of the western Pacific .
This may provide the clue to
the main point of the Truman.
MacArthur discussion . over the
highly controversial question of
the future of Formosa. For if Pre
sident Truman followed the line
which has been laid down by bis '
advisers here he undoubtedly told
MacArthur that the United States
intends to seek a peaceful settle
ment of the Formosan issue
through the United Nations, does
not intend to involve United Na
tions forces any more deeolr in
defense of the island, and will
rely on - United ' Nations croter-
tion to dissuade the Chinese TIpAm
from trying to take Formosa by
force.
Unanimity ef View -
There was no immediate claa
to just how . close together the
conferees were on ' this point;
though their statement referred t
"the very complete unanimity of
view" which speeded up their "
talks.. - . .
MacArthur has taken the stand
that Formosa in friendly hands la
vital to U. S. security.
The key sentence on Americaa
troop deployment as between Eu
rope and Asia, in the presiden
tial statement was this:
"We .. J discussed the steps
necessary to bring peace and se
curity to the area (Korea) as rap
idly as possible in accordance with
the intent of the resolution of the
United Nations general assembly
and in order to get our armed
forces out of Korea as soon as
their United Nations mission is
complete." '
Centered en Timetable
The wording suggested that th
president and his far casters
commander had agreed that it
was necessary to get "our armed ;
forces out of Korea" and that th
talk had really centered on the?
timetable by which this might be
accomplished. Mr. Truman. left
Washington particularly anxiou '
to get information on that point
from General MacArthur.
That the withdrawal from Kor
ea will result in a buildup in Eu
rope is unquestioned nere. Tn
president and Secretary of Stats
Acheson have already committed
the United States to help fornv
equip and finance a force suffi
cient to defend Europe against
communist aggression. One effect
of Korea has been to speed the
process. " '
The Wake island statement
made no mention of any differ
ences of view which might have
arisen between the two men. It
also avoided any specific state.
ments of importance on matters
about which they may have reach
ed some new agreement
linked to U.N.
Throughout the document bow-
ever, ran a suggestion that Mr.
Truman repeatedly emphasized to
MacArthur that United States
policy in the far Pacific would be
closely linked to the United Na
tions. 7-".' . ' .- v - !
This apparently means that la
a practical sense Mr. Truman is
anxious to accomplish two things
(1) The approval of other friendly
nations, expressed through the IL
N.. for measures which United
States has taken or may take is
the Pacific area and (2) the us
of the prestige of the United Na
tions as a shield for areas whkk
are or may be under communist
pressure.
Point No. 2 would apply par
ticularly to Formosa. The whoio
question has been thrown into the
United Nations and the United
States takes the position that s
long as it is there which could
be for years in one form or an
other the Chinese communist
cannot - attack without in effect .
assaulting the U. N.
Leaning