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i t - ' t '-' i t f ' V - '-If 7calher Max. 4 Preetpw Itlni Portland 34 traeo M M 39 .00 21 M 33 M 45 San Frandaco 60 Chicago 3 New York 41 ji)0ru rm -J - fne Willamette River 4 J feet PO RECAST (from V. S. weather bu reau. McNary field, Salem): Cloudy with rain this morning becoming show ery by nightfall. High today 48-50 and low tonight 38-40. FOUNDED 1651 100th YEAH 14 PAGES The Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon. Saturday. January 13, 1951 PRICE 5c No. 233 Sweeping Increase of Taxes ;Asked In President's Economic Message , Education of Barbers .Aim of New Measure Oregon's tonsorial technicians, usually voluble on most any sub ject, will have to back up their fluent conversation with educa tion if a bill introduced in fBe legislature Friday ispprove"d. The measure, introduced by Rep. John Logan of Portland, would require barbers to have a high school education or the equivalent' Barbers who have practiced five years in the state would be exempt. When the same bill was in troduced in the legislature last session lawmakers asked "what's a barber's education got to do with his ability to cut hair?" One member said he believed barbers should have at least a high school degree in order to carry on good, intelligent barber- MB puma In the tense atmosphere of in ternational affairs some strains have come in the relations be tween the United States and the nations of western Europe. Many Americans have been critical of Europe as uncooperative, laggard in rearming, little disposed to fight, eager for the USA to carry the defense burden both financial ly and with manpower. On the other hand European leaders have been greatly disturb ed over the way the United States has been charting its course. The unwise remark of President Tru man that we were considering use of the atom bomb in Korea touch ed off such unrest in France and Britain that Prime Minister Att lee traveled post- haste to Wash ington to confer with President Truman. European statesmen have been worried over General Mac Arthur's "ex cathedra" comments; they were anxious about pushing north to the Manchurian border and remain terribly afraid of gett ing into war with China with a hreach to follow. So they have worked for "cease fire" truce agreenents in Korea and for high level conferences with Russia to resolve the differences or compose them. Doubtless the' veterans of the foreign offices of Paris and London reflect that out of their vast experiences with world af fairs they would have managed things far better than the United States. And that may be true. The role of world leadership has been (Continued on Editoral Page 4) Dtp fXJ Urn? Missing Girl Found in Creek CORTLAND, Jan. 12 -JPy- The body of a 6-year-old girl was found in turbulent Johnson creek here today, ending an all-night search. Police theorized that the girl, Patricia Brown, fell into Jthe stream while en route from a grocery store to her suburban home. Her mother, Mrs. Eileen Brown, called neighbors when Patricia failed to return. They searched for four hours, then called state police. The girl's wagon was found near the creek, about four blocks from her home; and some of the gro ceries were found in the stream. The body was recovered about three-quarters of a mile down stream. It was battered, but police think stones in the swift stream ' were responsible. Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH Wa yo tool r Graae'pe-Jie's beea ectifto, queer lately." , shop discussion of world affairs and other weighty subjects. An other thought a college degree would be better. The barbers' side of the conversation would be even better. One representative Friday said he thought the current $1.2$ charge for a haircut made the high school requirement "absol utely mandatory." "When a man pays a buck and a quarter for a trim, he's entitl ed to some articulation that shows matriculation," the law maker commented. The bill would also clamp down on barbershops in homes, i requiring them to be partitioned I off from the rest of the house and have a separate entrance. Truman Calls Fori r increases In Manpower WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 President Truman today sharply increased the armed forces' man power goal to 3,462,205 by June 30, and called for a 4,000,000 in crease in the number of workers producing weapons and other de fense needs. On Capitol Hill, however, con gress members questioned whe ther a draft of 18-year-olds is necessary to reach the armed for ces manpower objective. They asked whether taking 182 year olds would supply men fast enough. May Extend Service There was talk, though, of ex tending service to draftees to 30 months instead of the present 21. And defense officials said con gress will be asked to take the limit off the number of women in the armed forces now 2 per cent of the total. But they aren't seeking to draft women, Mr. Truman disclosed in his annual economic report to con gress that 1951 will bring a heavy impact on the nation's manpower supply. He said: 1. The armed forces must be given another million persons in the next few months. This ap parently would bring the services close to the new mid-year target. 2. Defense production will re quire 4,000,000 more workers this year. Jury Returns Guilty Verdict Against Long OREGON CITY, Jan. 12 (JP) Wayne L. Long was convicted of first degree murder late tonight for the fatal shooting of Walter L. Rucker, 28-year-old Portland carpenter. The jury, deliberating slightly less than four hours, made no recommendation for mercy, mak ing the death penalty mandatory. Long's attorneys announced im mediately after the verdict that they will appeal the conviction. The trial came to an abrupt end today after five days of testimony. Immediately after District At torney Leonard I. Lindas had closed his case, Defense Attorney Ashley Greene rested his case without calling a single witness. Lindas contends Long shot and killed Walter L. Ruckee, 28-year-old Portland carpenter last June 15. The motive for the crime, the state charges, was to get Rucker's car which was later used when Long robbed Portland bank. Lindas called 31 witnesses and introduced more than 50 exhibits during the five-day trial. In reviewing his case, Lindas said Long was released from the Oregon penitentiary at 9 a. m., June 14. He was followed by FBI agents almost continually during the next 25 hours until he attempt, ed to hold up a bank in Portland. It was during the few hours that Long was not under surveillance that he killed Rucker, Lindas said. House Committee Assignments Listed WASHINGTON Jani 12 - VP) -House Republicans today formally approved Republican committee assignments for the 82nd congress. They include: ' Appropriations: Horan of Wash ington, Stockman of Oregon; Arm ed Service: Norblad of Oregon; Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Tollefson of Washington; Public Works: AngeJJ of Oregon, Mack of Washington; Rules: Ellsworth of Oregon. i Brunt of Boost To Hit Lower Income Range By Roger D. Greene WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 -(JP)-President Truman today asked congress to raise taxes by "very much more" than $8,000,000,000 a year and outlined a lending, spending defense program totaling $140,000,000,000. In a sweeping message that drew gasps from Wall Street and some criticism on Capitol Hill, the president laid down a program of tremendous scope and sacrifice foreshadowing an era of austerity for the American people. The chief executive made it clear that the stiff new taxes he wants will hit every pocketbook from top to bottom of the income ladder. Taxes at All Levels But the brunt, of the income tax increases at least, would fall on the middle-to-lower income tax payer. Accompanying his annual eco nomic message to congress, Mr. Truman sent a 63,000-word report by his council of economic advis ers which declared: "Income tax increases should be imposed at all levels, but by far the largest part of the additional revenue must come from the mid die and lower tax brackets. These are the brackets in which the great bulk of the in come is located." No Hint on Budget Mr. Truman gave no hint at the size of the budget he will present to congress on Monday generally expected to be in the neighbor hood of $70,000,000,000 for the fis cal year starting July 1, 1951. He said, however, that by the end of 1951 defense and foreign aid spending alone should hit a rate between $45,000,000,000 and $55,000,000,000 a year. That is roughly double today's outlays. All told he called for $140,000, 000,000 in "obligational authority' in the present fiscal year and the next .ending June 30, 1952. Reactions Mixed The total would go for actual military and foreign aid spending, plus contracting, lending and loan- guarantee authority. Other gov ernment expenses would be over and above that. On Capitol Hill the president's tax proposals drew a mixed reac tion. Senator Taft (R-Ohio) com mented: "We are going to need at least that much and probably more." House republican leader Mar tin of Massachusetts cautioned that too heavy taxes might "strangle or suffocate the peo ple" and urged a go-slow approach by congress. Manville to Seek Divorce For Change NEW YORK, Jan 12-UP)-For the first time in his harried mar ried career Asbestos Heir Tommy Manville is going to'do the divorc ing. The gray-haired 56-year-old playboy announced today that he was going to Las Vegas, Nev., to shed his eighth wife, Blonde Georgina Campbell, 32, a British born former reporter for the Hobo News, a New York publication. Manville said he was going to buy a little ranch at Las Vegas af terward and settle down. He plans to sell his luxurious mansion in nearby Mamaroneck, N. Y. He and Georgina were wed Dec. 12, 1945, and after a year of brawl ing in whkh he had her arrested for disorderly conduct they ap parently had settled down. One of Manville's complaints was that his wife was too interest ed in horses. He doesn't ride. Appropriation For BPA Seen WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 Rep. Jackson (D-Wash.) said to day President Truman will ask congress to appropriate $75,000,000 for expanding the Bonneville Power Administration service in the fiscal year starting July 1. Jackson, a member of the house appropriations committee, said the money would be used to "build power facilities to equip the Pa cifTc Northwest to play its part in the! mobilization effort." It Is $10,500,000 more than congress al lotted the BPA last year. About 80 per cent of the amount, would be devoted to completing some transmission lines and start- ing others, he said. ' NURSES PAY RAISED . PORTLAND, Jan. 12-AB&ae pay for nurses In Oregon will be raised from $210 to $220 a month. The Senate Makes Her Tired i i ' I x ' , '" '" Oh. these does! Carla Purcell, Gresham, a senate page, massages her tired feet as the first week of father, Tom Purcell, publishes the Gresham Outlook, is a senior in Portland's Catlin high school. She stays at Lausanne hall on the Willamette campus during the week, returns to Portland on weekends to catch up on school lab work. (Photo by Don Dill, Statesman staff photographer). Legislative Bill Would Cut Power to Pardon By Lester F. Cour Staff Writer. The Statesman The governor would lose his power to pardon convicts serving life sentences for murder, under terms of a measure introduced in the Oregon legislature Friday by Sen. Thomas R. Mahoney of Portland. Nine Millions Asked of State For Shelters The governor's office said to day the national defense adminis tration has proposed that Oregon raise $9,450,000 for construction of air raid shelters in the state. The federal government would provide matching funds under the proposal made in a letter to Gov. Douglas McKay from Millard Caldwell, federal civil defense ad ministrator. Caldwell wrote that the sum of $18,900,000 still would not be enough to provide air raid shelters for all. He added it would be necessary for "states and cities as well as private individuals to utilize existing resources and de velop 'other resources." The governor's office said Mc Kay is awaiting word on the needs of target cities of Oregon before making recommendations. Portland Area Pap ers Under One Owner BEAVERTON, Jan. 12-(JP)-Sev-en weekly publications serving the heavily-populated area just to the southwest of metropolitan Port land were under one ownership today. 4 The Valley Advertiser, publisher of three free suburban papers for the Beaverton, Tigard, Hillsboro and Multnomah areas, purchased the Pioneer Publishing Co., which printed the Beaverton Enterprise, Tigard Sentinel, Multnomah Press and Aloha News. -Staffs of both organizations are being retained by -the new own ers, Ivan Smith and H. G. PowelL "The Pioneer company was in corporated last June after being owned first by H. K. Heff eries, then the Starfley Nethertons. .The Advertiser was established July 1, 1947, by its owners. HUDSON HOUSE EXPANDS FOREST GROVE, Jan. 12-VTh Work has begun here on a $100, 000 expansion project for the Hudson House food processing plant. The 80 x 100 foot "zero room will be completed for the strawberry harvest. the legislature closes. Carla, whose Introduced in the senate, tne proposed constitutional amend ment would place such powers in the hands of a board of commu tations, made up of the governor, chief justice of the Oregon su preme court and chairman of the already-established state board of parole and probations. A prisoner serving life for mur der could not be pardoned ex cept by unanimous vote of the proposed board. For lesser crim es, the power to pardon wouia re main with the governor. Friday Meeting Brief Both the house and senate met for less than 15 minutes Friday morning and recessed for the weekend. Senate President Paul Patterson and House Speaker John Steelhammer predicted this will be the last "long weekend" for legis lators this session because of the tremendous amount of work to be done. Observers agreed generally the first week had laid a good groundwork. Another of Gov. Douglas Mc Kay's inaugural address requests reached the legislature Friday when a bill embracing the new in sect and disease control for Ore gons forests was introduced in the house. It would authorize the state forester to set up infestation areas in which owners would be directed to control insects or dis ease. If the owners fail to take action within 30 days, the forest er would and then charge the owners. Would Reduce Terms A senate bill introduced Friday would reduce terms of board of higher education members from nine to four years. The change was requested by the governor in his inaugural address. A bill introduced in the house by Rep. John Logan of Portland would allow civil service employ es to be represented by counsel at hearings over dismissals. The measure would also make it man datory for the state to restore to rank comparable before their dis missal employes reinstated after civil service hearings. To Reconvene. Monday Other houSe bills introduced Friday would increase the state industrial accident commission's operating fund from 16 to 17 per cent of total receipts; boost the in dustrial accident commission's emergency fund from $40,000 to $100,000; give an employe a pre ferred lien tof,$600 instead of $100 against an employer for wages due and provide an additional circuit judge for the domestic relations court in Multnomah county. , Both house and senate will meet at 11 a, m, Monday IAUM PRECIPITATION " Since Start of Weather Tear Sept. I This Year Last Year Normal 28-SO 20.53 ISJ Savagei -Red Attacks " . Held by U.N. Troops Illness Forces Glatt To Kesign Judgeship Ray Glatt is resigning as Marion county judge as a result of a heart attack he suffered Thursday in Los Angeles, Gov. Douglas McKay said Friday night Glatt's condition was reported not critical. McKay said Mrs. Glatt Informed him by phone Friday that the judge had been stricken and was forwarding a letter requesting that his resignation be accepted. The governor said the resigna tion would be accepted. He said he expected to receive the letter Monday and would have no com ment concerning a successor prior to that time. McKay appointed Glatt to the judgeship December 26 to succeed Judge Grant Murphy who suc cumbed the week before follow ing a heart attack. Mrs. Glatt informed friends here Friday that physicians had ordered her husband to rest and "lighten his load" for six months. He is at St. Vincent's hospital, Los Angeles. The couple last week went to California where Glatt was con cluding private business matters. His heart attack interrupted their plans to fly back to Salem Thurs day. Brady Elected To 25th Term By Teamsters State Sen. Phil Brady of Port land was re-elected president of the Oregon joint council of Team sters Friday night at the Salem Labor Temple. This will be his 25th year as president. The statewide meeting drew to Salem some 100 representatives from 25 Teamster locals. The joint council also approved for a third year its sponsorship of a $500 college scholarship, one of five awarded through the state federa tion of labor. Competitive exam inations through the high schools will be held. Other officers elected: R. R. Mikesell, Vancouver, Wash., vice president; E. S. Benjamin, Salem, recording secretary; A. O. Gar rison, Portland, secretary-treasurer; C. C. Evanson, Portland, Don Stansell, Medford, and Ward Gra ham, Salem, trustees. All were re-elected except Ev anson, a new officer who defeat ed Russ Carlisle, Portland. Only other contested office was secretary-treasurer, for which J. W. Estebrook, Portland, was defeat ed Commonwealth Ministers Ask Peace Effort LONDON, Jan. 12 -W-British prime ministers urged in the name of humanity tonight that the heads of the big Five powers hold frank talks in a supreme effort to avert a new war. In a historic declaration, the nine leaders of one-quarter of the world's people pledged themselves "to retain mastery of our own affairs" and to strengthen defenses while the fear of aggression lasts. But, they said In winding up a nine-day parley: 1 German and Japanese set tlements should be speeded. 2 "Any feasible arrangement for a frank exchange of views with Stalin pr with Mao Tze-Tung" would be welcomed. A conference spokesman ex plained the prime ministers have in mind a meeting of President Truman, Prime Minister Attlee and French Premier Rene .Pleven with Prime Minister Stalin to dis cuss cold war quarrels in the west; and a similar discussion on far eastern problems in which red China's Mao would replace Plev en. Ashland Butchers 'Dress the Par? ASHLAND; Jan. 12-(AVThree Ashland butchers turned up for work ; this morning masked and dressed as bandits. Roy, Bud and Roy Watson Jr. explained to customers they had been accused so many times of "holdups' in meat prices they d cided to dress the part. TJAL ASKS EXTENSION CHICAGO. Jan. 12-UP)-Uniied Air lines announced tanight it has filed with the civil aeronau tics board plan for extending air service to Walla Walla, Wash Pendleton, Ore, and Seattle, wash, ", " Resigns - - ' v i ; ;, - - , Y - - t j : i - - f '' 'm. " m Marion County. Judge Ray J. Glatt, 57, Woodburn, who is re signing his county post follow ing a heart attack. (Story en pace 1. Mrs. Hansen Convicted of Killing Spouse CORVALLIS, Jan. t2-(JP)-A Jury tonight convicted Mrs. Sigurd Hansen, 50, of first degree murder In the death of her husband. ine jury recommended a sen tence of life in prison. Mrs. Hansen, grey-haired mo ther of three grown daughters, was accused of killing her husband by crushing him with the family au tomobile in the garage of their apartment home. She was to appear before Judge Fred McHenry tomorrow morn ing with her attorneys. A date will be set then for sentencing. Defense Attorneys Lester Oehler and Karl Huston, in final argu ments to the jury, contended the crime could have been committed by a third person or that Hansen's death could have been an accident They implied that the state had bungled its investigation of the death. District Attorney Robert Mix argued that Mrs. Hansen alone was responsible for the death of her 59-year-old husband whose battered body was found in the garage of their apartment home here. The state contended Hansen was killed by his grey-haired wife by being crushed by the bumper of the family car. Vatican Extends Membership Ban VATICAN CITY, Jan. 12-PV- A Vatican source made it clear to day the Roman Catholic church decree forbidding priests to belong to Rotary or attend its meetings applies by implication to 'all simi lar luncheon club groups through the world, including the United States. He mentioned Kiwaniz, Lions and Optimist clubs and said the ban might even extend to cham bers of commerce. Expressions of astonishment came from American civic club leaders. Ethyl Doerfler, Active Salem Qubwoman, Dies Unexpectedly Statesman Kews Service FOUR CORNERS, Jan. 12 Ethyl Doerfler, 59. wife 6f former state representative Frank A, Doerfler, died unexpectedly Fri day of a heart attack. " Mrs. Doerfler was stricken while her son, Wallace, was driving her to meeting of the Salem Wom an's club. She succumbed, a. few minutes later at a Salem hospital. Mrs. Doerfler had lived in Four Corners since 1938 when her hus band started the Doerfler nursery here. The family lived and oper ated a nursery eight miles east of Salem for five prior years. Deceased was born at Valley City, N. D, Feb. 13, and moved to the Willamette valley when a young woman. She married Doer Enemy Bids For Pass in Sub-Zero Cold By Robert Ennson TOKYO, Saturday, Jan. Screaming Korean reds, 8,000 to 10,000 strong, today smashed five attacks at U? S. Second division lines in a bloody bid to force the Sobaek mountain passes into southwest Korea. American, French and Dutch troops stood firm in the deep snow and biung cold of the central front. Temperatures sagged to pos sibly 30 below. The communists in wave at tacks were pounding the center and both flanks of the division's front along a 15-mile stretch of the rugged range which cuts across the peninsula around rubbled Wonju. Reds Mount Attacks The U. S. Eighth army in a com munique said the battle for the. passes was increasing in scopev Enemy troops were on the move eastward from the Seoul sector in the west, possibly to reinforce the Wonju assault. The onslaught began with two small Banzai charges against the middle of the envolepment-inen-aced second division front befor dawn. By mid-morning the enemy w as- hitting the center and both flanks with an estimated 1,800 troops. A strong force was in reserve. By noon 8,000 to 10,000 reds were in the battle south of burned-out Wodju, which controls the Korean road network in central Korea. The second division had given no ground by mid-day, AP Cos- respondent William Barnard re ported. He is with tb division. Aircraft Hits Enemy Only once after the first tw Banzai attacks were repulsed did the intensity of the red assault slacken. That was when allied air craft roared into the battle about mid-morning. U.S. Eighth army headquarters called the action the battle of the Sobaek. Its noon communique ad ded: "The issue Is whether the enemy can force the passes of the moun tain range." Two communist divisions werw pushing south and east of Wonju to try to envelope the second di vision. Already they had two road blocks set up behind the second one to the south, another to the southeast. Front reports to Eighth army headquarters said, however, a pa trol later cleared the southerly roadblock. This was near Ochi orr an east-west route 31 miles south east of Wonju and 10 miles wes of the road and rail Junction f Tanyang. U.N. Favors Final Appeal LAKE SUCCESS, Jan. 12 (V Non-communist United Nations delegations overwhelmingly fav ored today making a last appeal to red China to cease fire in Ko rea in exchange for a four-power eonference on Far Eastern prob lems. The plan, put forward yesterday by the U. N.'s three-man cease fire committee, thus was assured: of receiving the endorsement o the assembly's political commit tee when it comes to a vote, per haps tomorrow. The five-point proposal caU for the United States to sit down with red China, but the problems, of Formosa and red Chinese par- ticjpation in the United Nation GROUND BROKEN FOR PLAST VANCOUVER, WaslL,an. 12 (jP) -Ground was broken here to day for construction of a $2,000,000 Hydrogen Peroxide plant on a 44 acre waterfront site. fler at Sublimity, Sept. 19, 181L The, family lived in Waldo HSte community for many .-years. Mrs. Doerfler was-e memberrof. the . Catholic church, the Tour Corners Woman's club and thev Oregon State College Motherfe club, as well as the Salem Wom an's club. . - f 4 -' Also surviving are two other children, Don Doerfler, Four Com ers, and Anne Doerfler Rose, Sao. Pedro, Calif., and three grand children. T ' . The rosary wm be red ted at t' p. m. Sunday at the W. T. Mgx don chapeL Services will be. heLt. at 9 a. m. Monday at St. Joseph?. Catholic church In Salem. Inter -ment will be at Belcrest Memorial park, :