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Th Oregon Statesman, Salem. Oreaon, Wednesday. December 27, 18 SO
Prica ic
ffa. 271
By drawing on its cash reserves
and making certain changes in its
laws covering present methods of
raising state - funds the state of
Oregon probably can get through
the next biennium as far as its
current outlay is concerned1. Bud
get Director Harry Dorm an has
promised to - present , the legisla
ture with a budget in balance.
But this will not provide for the
building program which is called
for by the state system of higher
education and bythe state insti
tutions. The former is estimated
at around $25,000,000 and the lat
ter at $20,000,000 though this does
not mean .that the full program
Is of such urgency as to demand
immediate realization. Where's
the money coming from to pay
for the building? ,
State Treasurer Pearson, fore
seeing failure of current revenues
to finance a building program has
come forward with two propos
als: one to borrow from certain
state trust funds, at an interest
rate of two and one-half per
cent. The other is to sell bonds
' on the open market. This would
require an amendment to the con
stitution and enabling legislation.
The state has used the former
method; The state office building
was financed by borrowing from
the industrial accident fund, after
the method was. declared valid
by the supreme court. This loan
was paid off, also the small bor
rowing for buying the Agricul
ture building on 12th street. The
interest rate was four and one
half per cent, and that proved a
good return for this fund.
The present public service
building was built by proceeds of
a loan of $2,000,000 from the state
Irreducible school fund: and the
state office building in Portland
is being financed by means of a
loan, maximum $2,500,000, from
the retirement fund for state em-
, ployes. The loans are repaid by
collections in lieu of rental from
- departments
(Continued on editorial page, 4.)
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150-Mile
Defense
MlLine Set
By Robert Eunson
'-s TOKYO WMlnftHav. TVv 27-
rP)-Units of the enlarged U. S.
Eighth army, deployed on a 150
mile line all across Korea near
the 38th parallel, today surround
ed a North Korean regiment which
slipped through the defenses.
South Korean troops encircled
the red infiltrators at an unspeci
fied point south of Chorwon, a
city 17 miles north of the parallel.
It is 47 miles northeast of Seoul.
Public information officers at
General MacArthur's headquart-
M
Ray J. Glatt Appointed
arion County Judge
Woodburn Man
Selected by
Gov. McKay
Holiday Deaths
Hit Staggering
Total of 724
By th Anocifttcd Prem
Observance of Christmas this
year cost the nation a frightful
violent death toll of at least 724
ers said a i South Korean regiment p.rsons over the thray holl.
"contained" the reds.
The North Korean reds infil
trated about two miles before
South Korean reserves were mov
ed up. Quickly the South Koreans
surrounded the reds and began
a methodical slaughter.
The long expected Chinese com
munist offensive across the 38th
parallel toward Seoul still had not
developed.
Authoritative sources In Tokyo
day.
Cm city streets and along the
highways, traffic mishaps took
the greatest toll. 545. This was
more than 100 above the number
of persons killed in traffic acci
dents during the 1949 Christmas
holiday.
Another 179 lives were snuf
fed out from miscellaneous caus
es, including fires, drownings and
Reserve Unit
Members in
Salem on Leave
Slightly more than one-half of
the 409th quartermaster head
quarters company Salem army
reserve unit on active duty, are
in Salem and vicinity this week
on seven-day holiday leaves.
The 20 men are stationed at
Ft. MacArthur, Calif., for train
ing. They went on federal ser
vice in mid-October.
Those here on leave include
2nd Lts. Thomas B. Kay and P.
Wayne Rose: M. Set Conrad
Erickson; Sgt. 1c Floyd W. Riley;
Sets. Warren D. Eckles and Dan
lei J. Fry, jr.; Cpls. Grant J.
Mills, Charles A. Chittick, James
R. Hamilton, William E. Freele,
Lyman E. Simons; Recruits Eu
gene. R. Erickson, Clarence'.!.
Haugen, Leonard B. Lutz, Richard
C. Tandy, George D. Fowler, Dar
win J. Kerber and Edgar L. M.
Michalson. Sgt- 1c Delmar R.
Harmon is on leave at Dayton.
Navy Abandons - .
Plan to Release
Reserve Members
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 -JPh
The navy has chucked overboard
Its plan to start releasing reserv
ists next summer, a navy spokes
man said today.
-An announcement last Novem
ber 1 said enlisted reservists re
called involuntarily would be re
leased at the rate of 5,000 a month
and reserve officers at the rate of
1,500 a month beginning in July
1951.
The plan has been abandoned,
a spokesman told a reporter. He
said the navy does not yet know
when or how many naval reserv
ists will be released.
He said naval reserve recall
plans have not been changed.
RETURNS TO DUTY
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 -JP-
Army M. Sgt. Glenn W. Wills,
husband of Mrs. Francis Wills,
- Silverton, Ore., has returned to
duty after being wounded, ac
cording to today's department of
defense Korean casualty report.
Animal Crackers
By WARRE GOODRICH
" , for 2S years faithful tervict please
cctpt this reliable timt-pttc.
line near the 38th parallel is so
well defended that any sizeable
force driving south would be hit
hard by the defenders. These
sources said the U. N. troops corn-
New calendars are replacing old ones as 1951 approa ehes. Harry C. Mays, 965 N. 18th st, hang a Peon- mand all approaches through the
sylvania railroad calendar wltn an illustration eon taming the picture or an engine carrying Mays' old mountainous terrain into South
number, 6444, which he piloted daring his years with the "Pennsy." Mays, now retired, was an en- Korea.
glneer for 38 years of the 44 he worked for the eastern railroad. (Statesman photo.)
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M i. FioKtK or'. lUt-mM UCUl WU llnH DOU1
rrr :.T.: .; ;.',,; .r.: traffic and miscellaneous causes
7,500 Guard, Reserve
Officers to Receive Call
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26-tiP)-The army today ordered 7,500 na
tional guard and reserve lieutenants and captains to report for active
service between March 1 and March 22.
The army said it' also will call up 100 women's army corps offi
cers of those grades. The number of lieutenants and captains recalled
to date now totals about 27,000.
The army also announced that it
is ordering to active service 890
dental officers and 415 medical
service corps officers. They will
report for duty in two groups on
February 5 and March 15.
This is the first time the army
has, ordered up individual officers
from the national guard and or
ganized reserve units. The army
said that the number of lieuten
ants and captains called from such
units will be small and that they
will not be ordered into active
service until after officers from
four other sources have been ex
hausted.
The other ources in the priority
set up by the army are: (1) vol
unteers from the national guard
and organized reserve, (2) organ'
ized reserve officers commission
ed from the ROTC whor were pre
viously deferred and who have one
year's prior federal service, (3)
reserve officers commissioned from
the ROTC who did not execute
deferment agreements and who
have had less than one year of
federal service, (4) members of
tne volunteer reserve.
The officers involved in the call
up announced today will be drawn
from the six army areas in the
following numbers;
Sixth army: 317 captains, 808
lieutenants. 19 WACS. 19 chaD-
lains, 64 doctors, 107 dentists and
66 medical service officers.
Kiddies Caught
Trying to Fly
Private Plane
Egg Prices
ontinue to
Drop in Salem
Egg prices confirmed to drop in
Salem Tuesday hit butter was up
l cent a pound.
The up-and-down egg market
continued a downward spiral
which started December 22 after
egg prices hit a record high for
the year on December 10. Salem
wholesalers and housewives were
buying eggs 19 cents a dozen
cheaper than the peak December
prices.
Price slashes on the wholesale
egg market ranged from six cents
a dozen on large AAs to four cents
on smaller grades, wholesalers
were buying large AAs for 46
cents; large As for 42; medium
AAs for 38 and small eggs for 36
cents a dozen. Retail prices are
about 10 cents higher than the
wholesale buying price.
Butter was boosted from 78 to
79 cents in retail stores and was
wholesalingfor 74 cents. Premium
butterfat was selling to whole
salers for 73 cents a pound; num
ber 1 for 71 cents and number 2
for 63 cents a pound.
Other Salem market quotations
were unchanged.
Max. Min. Predp.
Salem ; 51 45 " .19
Portland . 51 35 .07
San Francisco 55 43 .00
Chicago 20 11 .34
New York zz 18 Jl
Willamette River 3.5 feet
FORECAST (lrom U. S. weather bu
reau. McNary field. Salem): partly
cloudy today with increasing cloudi
ness in late afternoon and evening.
High today near 52 and low tonight
near 51.
SALEM PRECIPITATION
Since start of weather year, Sept. I
26.55
13.94
16.13
PORTLAND, D e c. 26 -4JP)- The
Oregon military district office said
today there would be 120 lieuten
ants and captains from Oregon call
ed up for active duty from the re
serve corps and national guard.
Col. John H. Rodman reported
volunteers may fill much of the
quota in the program announced
by the defense department today at
Washington, D. C. Of those called
involuntarily, he said, they could
come from Oregon units of the
northwest's 41st infantry division
and 237th anti-aircraft artillery, of
the national guard and the 104 th
army infantry Timeberwolf division.
Aims U Stay'
In Seoul, the Eighth s new corn-
was reported from 6 p. m. (local
time) Friday to midnight Monday
The 1949 Christmas toll was 580.
including traffic and miscellane
ous accidents.
Ned H. Dearborn, president of
the National Safety council, which
had estimated 440 persons wov-H
die in traffic mishaps this Christ
mander, Lt Gen Matthew B. Ridg- "f5-
a QynitVi comm black Christmas indeed for Ame-
Rhee that "I aim to stay" in Ko- rlc"
rea.
CULVER CITY, Calif., Dec. 26
(JF)- Three runaway children
were caught today as they alleg-
The number killed this Christ-
Simultaneously with Ridgways .I,.1" to.ul
arrival, it was disclosed that the "YTr, I ' iZl
! . -v,,.,o I over a similar 8 hour period
Korea la the dramatic two-week "J0"- tlxl.
xi ,.. kin I n Associated Press survey show-
placed under the eighth's com- S ?J ?ftffi,.alnt
f j to 75 a day. The holiday toll av-
eraged about 156 a day.
on a battle which republic of Ko- J.-
txtrv .. escaped without a aingl rexorted
edly tried to fly a private plane I em tej Tuesday between South faUlity tht could attributed
f v",iii """" Koreans and Chinese in the Kor- r7,T.,
OI nere. I ar Vnnnm ! turn miW '" W1UJ jaiAiJUCS irom
Airport attendants said they south of the paraUel at a point lon led the naUon in the
stoDDed the trio as the Diane 28 miles northwest of SeouL P"..0? persons auuea oy vio-
I I I MfS U10 l- a a -"-.II
started to taxi down the field with Chinese and Korean red forces ;r7: vT WV,' .
J WV .waau V J t I 1V VAUlilO VVU W W W Sd4WM I fy . . . - -,
the controLi. With him were Lou- of 300 000 or mor men alonff or ne .oeaH1 wu Dy siaies, tranic
ella Britton, 13, and her brother, immediately to the rear of a 120- miff, n.tY! 7cl"dc?
Lloyd, 12. mile front running from west to -Ui ".
n-u i t t ..j Mtt lnnir the 3Rth narallel. I w-w,w
young Bryson said he wanted to Exfdus from Seoul
fir to Eureka to see hi father. Kank "cw ul citui4
iiy w iiurcu vo see nis lamer, , , ' . -m s-.-w i
a civilian pQot who had taught &?n from Seoyilf7 io1" 7l)-rPir-fll
the boy something about planes, wing a wave of Christmas day " VUI -KJIU,
The officer said the children left m .that the Chinese had be-
their Los Angeles homes Sunday e r.illm Iorce- A KflV I TT1
and apparency had only bread to TXA00? g118
ear Tnr I nncrmac i -
i iiu diiiw uuk uicic was tci u
Summoned tO the police Sta- th vm of men women an1 rhil
tion, relatives of the youngsters dren alike as tiey streamed out
gave mera a sound, oia-iusnionea 0f the City in lon lines
SAtom Torpedo
spanking. A juvenile hearing from
the trio will be held Saturday.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 -(JP)
- i- u v. I ed on the navy ordnance chief
Two Girls Lost
In Snow Storm
Vt f si rArr1 a ff firsts list VA Via4 a
v,J, X I today to explain an idea for at
not hamner militarv oneratinn. if tacking the Communists With an
the situation h9m worce "atomic tOipedO
Exactly Six Months , Tommy, a fifth grade student
It was exactly six months ago A5lmton'I Va wasnt too sure
today that Seoul first fell to the hu PUin. but he brought
North Korean red invarfers It on complete ana aeiauea
was liberated on Sentember 27 br charts showing how a "butten
U. N. forces. m e n0M torpedo would
VANCOUVER, B. C, Dec. 26- A North Korean blow aimed at J,.0" Bn mic explosion.
acA 'oiriQ ur.r. Chunchon. 45 miles northeast of "I think that when you find
lot in n blinHincr enmir tnrm to- Seoul, was turned back Tuesday way of setting off a bomb by in
nieht on Mount Sevmour. and the situation there was better dusing electricity into it, that you
T j M., iurii ior ine ume Deing, nun neaa- wuuiu mn ma iwnuc wrjuo,
Frieda Neufeld, 13, and Marilyn ,- thA vnllnr ,iim.i. rt
There are other indications that "You could use it in attacking
communist forces may be as close enemy shore batteries. I hope you
of.rc 85 21 rniles from Seoul on the can use this plan."
iiuruiwcM iiui;e 01 uie u. rt. line. near Aoourik . v,. jooir, cruci
General MacArthur's headquar- of the navy's ordnance bureau,
ters previously mentioned an talked over Tommy's plan with
"enemy force" of undisclosed size him at the navy department and
operating around Sinsan. The assured him it was "very inter-
reds used mortars there on Sat- esting."
Admiral Noble said he has sent
Given Office
f
Ray J. Glatt. 57. Woodbur
fanner and civic leader, Tuesday
night was appointed Marion coun
ty Judre by Got. Douglas Mr Kay.
Glaus succeeds Jodr Grant
Murphy who died last Wedaeadsy.
His appointment Is effective unUl
the ISS2 general election.
McKay said his decision was In.
fiuenred by CUtTs aerrice on th
Marion county budget commit t
and the bulldmi committee for ih
new Marion county courthouse.
McKay also said be felt tSe an.
poiatment was la fairness to tht
people outside Salem la Marion
county -who arc not' very wrU
represented directly because an
Kay J. Glatt. Wartime Keodtatra legislators are from Salrat
area resident, who waa aaat-l l"0 county conunismionrrs
ed Martoa twstf radxe Tsx- Uv In or near Salem."
day algal ay Gt. Deai Ua Me-1 Sai Jidraraf
I TM.tt V .. w t..j . ...
Is recognized throughout the coun
ty." the governor said. 7l was cif-
ucuit to find a man that me cured
up to the ability of the lale Judg
McKay stressed that lt
tremely difficult for him to decide
Between Cilstt and Harry CoIUns,
Salem, ixt name also was pro
posed for the Judgeship, The gov
eraor said he felt that ruH.
background had been
Yard appealed to the nation to-l t!i,f aln'n f. -practical
night for help in tracking down r J7r22..Vlz .prooiema. t
prowlers who stole th ston of zf."0, rrUred as district
scone, a priceless historical relic, f0" 01 Pclflc Telenhoo
from Westrnlnster Abbey Qxnst-
mas day. A republican. Glatt was aa ua
Baffled officials of the National I successful candidate for rial m.
Police Agency asked the public to rasentativc from Marion county la
on we wwoui tor uic ujc-rcs u tm primary election,
and issued to newspapers some fmr X$ Years
photographs of the S3S -pound , M . .
stone - - on which 27 rulers have . Lu" tumti near Wood
taken their coronation oaths. Us- Z?f!Ll0.JaorVln rears. He
ually the Yard keeps sllrat about f?" ther from iMttna wllh
a case until lt is ready to be ,,prent ? He is prtoci-
cracked. P11 producer of bops, grass
The scone Is regarded as rrro- preM oa cherries.
bol of the union of the crowns of His civic duties at Woodburn
England and Scotland. The origin have Included service on city and
is lost in legend, but for centuries school budget committees, prrsl-
before the stone was brought to dency of the Chamber of Com-
w a t tsfcaM m u a a. . . w
ixxxion in iyo, n was usea in vam merce, ana cnairrtumshln of the
coronation of Scottish kings. Scots draft board. At present be is on
refer to lt as their -stone of dee- the executive board of the Cascade
tiny" area council. Bov
Operating on the theory the! m.,. ... .
theft was the work of extreme of the Wo T.?i!
Scottish rationalists, police top-1 pL.H1! ?TT
ped ail cars traveling through the ,rT. a WM
north of England and In Scotland, f0 ft, f !L2 VrT- H U
Th. AnJZZtimA t tit nr. graduate of the UniversitT of
Scotland Yard
Asks Nation to
Help Find Stone
The dragnet failed to turn up
any sign of a small British Ford
car which police said had been
Oregon.
let, not far from Vancouver.
Albany Man Finds
Police Chief Not
Receptive to Joke
Papal Bull Extends
Catholic Holy Year
VATICAN CITY, Dec. 26-(iP)-Roman
Catholics will be required
to say more prayers, especially for
peace, than did the pilgrims to
Rome in the 1950 holy year to gain
the benefits of its extension
through 1951 to the whole world.
Bishops will promote extraor
dinary missions to prepare Cath
olics for the jubilee.
The Papal Bull extending the
holy year, now concluded in Rome,
through 1951 to the world outside
Rome was published today in
L'Osservatore Romano, the Vati
can City newspaper.
The 4,000,000 pilgrims to Rome
in 1950 could acrjuire the spiritual
benefits of the jubilee by reciting
three times the prayers ' Our Fa
ther," "Hail Mary" and "Glory
Be to the Father." besides saying
each one of them for the inten
tions of the Pope and reciting the
"Credo." The Intentions of the
Pope are. the particular benefits
to the world which he outlined as
the purposes of the holy year, in
cluding peace.
Jubilee prayers during 1951 will
consist of repeating the "Our Fa
ther." the "Hail Mary" and the
"Glory Be to the Father" five
times, saying each of them for
the Pope's intentions, reciting the
"Credo," saying three additional
"Hail Marys" along with the in
vocation, "Queen of Peace, for
Us," and the "Salve Regina."
Finally, though it Is not obliga
tory. Catholics are exhorted to
recite the special prayer composed
Dy tne rope lor the 917 year.
Long, 15, disappeared about noon
today on a hiking trip with a Bap
tist church young people's group
Tonight, 14 R.C.MP.
and a group of volunteers, includ
ing the parents of the missing
girls, were fighting up the moun
tainside with torches and flashlights.
The tree-COVered mountain is urriav anH ent nut nrnhina hmt.
H enorth shore of Burrad in- Sunday. There has been no subse- Tommy's sketches to navy en-
quern, reierence to tnem or any gineers working on torpedoes and
cianiicauon as to wnetner they bombs, and declared:
were regulars or guerrillas. "It is quite possible that some
Associated Press Correspondent 0f your ideas may already be In
Stan Swinton, returning to Tokyo use or may be included in new
from the smoking Humrnam
WammWWaJ A J . I . fllj IMMtfJ
would take over the Tenth corps
as well as the U. S. First and Ninth
ALBANY. Dec. 26-WIVTTsintf a I corps. This placed aU American
police chiefs name in dedicating forces in Korea under a unified
love music requests to many worn- command.
en - - picked from the phone book The Tenth corps had been un
- - put a young man behind jail der the command of MaJ. Gen. Ed
bars, ward M. Almond, formerly chief
TT ! m A 11 7 A 11 I. of staff of General MacArthur.
held under $1,000 bail on a charge C""0"11 ' operauons m nonneasi WASHlNUlus, uec zo-orr-
of assault with intent to commit a Korea were separate and distinct White House aide said tonight that
morals crime. He is accused of mo- from the Eighth army in the west it is doubtful President Truman
lesting six local women In recent Swinton said that under the will send congress a request for
weeks unification of command. Almond new taxes in January.
Alien th. ictoV. ,., will be under Ridgway. Presidential Press Secretary Jo-
JJ&2 ource said the unification seph Short mad. the statement
rini i mXrT r-ViiT. oraer cunt direct from Washing- after a conference Mr. Truman
IfS0!00? e0.00!.? ton. held with his four top advisers on
There had been some criticism the Korean crisis and the presi-
over the divided command in dent's state of the union message,
northwest and northeast Korea, Short told newsmen:
particularly when the Chinese I doubt very much If there
Red army sent first one force, then will be a request for new taxes
the other into retreat. in January."
Re would not elaborate.
LYNCHBURG, Va., Dec. 26-WV BOYCOTT PLAN STUDIED There have been reports the
v mi iuu uu.v aiu iu wmj l
parked near the abbey about the illnvor T Sf icAA
time of the theft. I 1UiU
o i 7 r Reise Plan
saiem nams
Place 5th in
National Meet
The Salem Amateur radio club
For Civil Defense
PORTLAND. Dec l&-UP-J.w.
1 or Dorothy MrCullough Lee was
Kia toaay to change Portland's
civil defense plans.
A letter from Governor Dour.
I.. r -, r . . . . .
won fifth place out of 500 con-orrnea ner that the
tesUnts in national "sUtion , ea w use a oe
conUcting contesf conducted last PUa organlred on a county
June, club officers were advised Pr"Tu,nt7 bu- Previous Port
Tuesday. Un1 P1,n "ere bated on a re-
Object of the contest was to s"1 w-uj wim ui cuy sjgn
contact as many other amateur ta mutual aid agreemeats with
stations as possible during a 24-oth" cities la a 25-mile radius.
hour period. The local club set McKay's letter said that r""tl
up portable equipment on a moun- aid agreements in the future
tain peak 15 miles southeast of would be limited to cities within
Gates and placed calls in rapid county boundaries. If a county
succession. cannot Ml the needs of its cities
Log books were sent to national in an emerrenrr. then aid ran b
headquarters to determine final soucht from the state government
rankings.
under the new plan.
New Tax Request by Truman
During January Held Doubtful
600 Sign Up for
Ashland Defense
radio station programs, according
to tne police chief.
Admiral Dewey Enlists
As Apprentice Seaman
Admiral Dewey Norvell applied
for enlistment in thenavy here to
day. Admiral, named for the Spanish-American
war "hero of Manila
WASHINGTON. Dec. 26-W-A I administration would send a new
proposal for a free world economic tax bill to the 82nd congress
boycott of communist China was shortly after lt convenes January
reported under study by the Unit- 3. Mr. Truman himself bad indi-
ed States today as a possible next cated be would suggest the new
Bav " will, if accented, become an stcn in dealing with the Korean I consTess enact hlcher taxes.
annrentice seaman. I crisis. I Mr. Truman cut short bis Cbrist-
ASHLAND. Dee. U-WVA drll
defense campaign here resulted La
more than 600 vohxntMrs strntna
mas vacation In Missouri and flew P. Wchard Scott reported today,
back to Washington late today. A Scott, chairman cf the stgnvp
short while afterward be bad din- program for the Junior Chamber
ner at the Blair House with De- of Commerce, said nearly t0f
fense Secretary Marshall. Secre-lcards already have been turned
tarv of State Achesoo, Secretary I over to the Ashland drll defence
of the Treasury Snyder and Gen. I director. The rest of the cards are
Omar Bradley, chairman or tne expected to be turned la soon.
Joint chiefs of staff.
Short also attended the dinner, nn fivr) (l(tm Arrir
He told reporters Bradley brought OU,WU Oil U AXTlTe
tbe president cornplrtcly up to te fa Portland
date on everything that has tak
en place la e way since PORTLAND, Dec. 16-WVlIcid
Mr. Truman left V Tf St Christmas lxnt crrefyVt.
day to go to his borne at Inde- 50,3,000 gifts arrived la
vl ..rTlr.. . rh. Portland from the east today
iiVjiA carloads apparently ceUye4 by the
subject cf discussion. He said the gt&tf tralsmen at CU-
situation there was explored iwv -
fiout etcty sngla,"" cago.
Marshall also made a report on Pnstznaster Z. T. Hadlund tall
progress made la building up the It would take two days to deXrtf
nation's defenses. the peckagas.