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Batrick
Cry Rouses Reich
By Thomas A. Reedy
BERLIN, Jan. 2l-4VAn 18-year-old
'German's defiant cry
that be would rather die than
bow to communist rule stirred his
countrymen today on both sides
of the iron curtain.
"I love my freedom more than
my life," Hermann Joseph Flade
shouted to a communist court in
Russian-controlled Dresden.
Fired by this echo of Ameri
ca's Patrick Henry, west Berlin
youth organizations scheduled a
mass demonstration tomorrow
night against the death sentence
imposed on Flade as an enemy of
the communist state.
Similar rallying reaction to the
youth as an anti-communist sym
Alpine Avalanche
Toll Climbs to 103
GENEVA, Switzerland, Jan. 21-(P)-The death toll from repeat
ed avalanches crashing down Alpine slopes in three countries for the
past two days rose tonight to at least 108.
Switzerland counted 54 dead, Austria 41 and Italy 13; Authorities
were unable to give any accurate count of the missing and injured.
The unprecedented series of monstrous snow slides brought trag
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To) ana
The United States was alone in
proposing to the United Nations j
iH a resolution
branding red China as an aggres
sor nation because of its interven
tion in Korea. The basis for the
resolution is of course well known.
Chinese troops have been poured
Into Korea to rescue the defeated
North Korean regime and to crush
South Korean forces and cast - ther
U.N. forces into the sea. The Unit
ed Nations already has labeled
North Korea as an aggressor for
starting the fight, and certainly
China is likewise guilty, for no
hostile acts were aimed at China.
Nevertheless there is opposition !
to fee U. S- resolution. India wmcn
finally joined in the declaration
against North Korea, has essayed
a "broker" role and has been very
sensitive to giving offense to
China. Yet the cease-fire resolu
tions or orders offered by India
and other Asian nations were re
acted by red China which thus de
fies the body in which it has been
ambitious for membership. Euro
pean nations like Britain and
France are expected to vote for the
U.S. resolution, though they have
been chary about getting tough
with China. Their reasons are two
fold, first they do not want to ex
pose their own interests in the
orient to a China war, and second
they do not want the west to get
mired down in the orient and thus
strip the defenses of Europe
against Russia.
It is hard to see how United
Nations can escape declaring China
an aggressor. But the practicali
ties of the situation set limits
(Continued on editorial page, 4.)
Bitter Cold
Hits Midwest,
Moves East
By the Associated Press
BitteT cold stung the midwest
and moved on into the east Sun
day. Temperatures as low as 41 be
low zero were reported in the
central portion of the country.
As the cold wave moved east, it
blighted springlike weather that
had been enjoyed , there for two
days. In some spots the cold was
preceded, or accompanied, by high
winds. New Yo.rk City reported
gusts up to 60 miles an hour.
The chilling temperatures were
expected to let up Monday, but
they already had caused hardship.
The Ohio Fuel Gas company,
which serves portions of 66 Ohio
counties, announced the cold wave
made it necessary to curtail the
flow of natural "gas to industries
so that home owners would get
enough.
Animal Crackers
By WARREN GOODRICH
tCt 9t flwrfrtts that's st
v
Henry
V
bol has erupted hroiighout west
Germany. RIAS, American - li
censed German language radio,
is spraying Russian-Zone listen
ers with the story df the com
munist prcpaganda mane u v e r
that boomeranged.
It is possible the Uproar may
be a factor in keeping young
Flade alive. i
Although sentenced to be be
headed 10 days ago, pastern zone
authorities report the execution
has been delayed. There has not
been such a long inteijval between
judgment and execution in pre
viously reported cases in east
Germany. Execution ;usually fol
lows sentence in a day or two.
edy to dozens of quiet Alpine val
leys where whole villages were
smashed or buried. A small hotel
at Oberalpsee in central Switzer
land disappeared under an aval
anche and it was not known how
many were inside.
Damage to dwellings, hotels,
communications lines, railroads,
highways and industrial installa
tions remained unestimated, but
the destruction was widespread.
Barns have been crushed or swept
away and hundreds of head of
cattle lost.
Towns Threatened
Many more communities were
threatened today as continued
heavy snowfall piled up perilous
ly on the mountain slopes.
The Swiss toll reached 54 when
Vals, 4,000 feet up in the Alps of
central Switzerland, was struck by
a cascade of snow, ice, rock and
timber, burying or sweeping away
five houses. Five bodies were
found and 14 persons still are
missing.
At Safien-Neukirch in the Chur
area, a family of six was buried
in its home. The father, mother
and two children was found dead
and one child is missing. Only one
eight-year-old son was found. He
was seriously injured but neigh
bors were unable to summon a
doctor because telephone lines are
cut.
The Red Cross has sent its rep
resentatives to the stricken areas.
The Swiss radio discontinued all
entertainment features and devot
ed its broadcasts to the sombre
news.
"Like an Earthquake"
An avalanche roared out of the
night down steep Grosslockner in
Austrian Carinthia and struck the
little village of Heilingenblut "like
an earthquake," an eyewitness
said.
Defense Work
Priority Due in
Steel Industry
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 JP)
Defense orders will get a bigger
claim on the output of steel com
panies under a government direc
tive expected to be announced to
morrow. Reliable sources said a national
production authority order will
increase the percentages of defense-rated
business that each
steel company is required to take
if it is offered to them.
Under existing NPA regulations,
no Steel company is required to
accent defense-rated orders for
shipment In any one month in ex
cess of certain percentages of its
average monthly shipments dur
ing the first part of last year.
These percentages vary from 5
to 25 per cent for different steel
products.
Officials said the volume of defense-rated
orders for steel is now
such that the percentages which
each steel company must accept
need to be raised.
NPA has taken some other steps
intended to bring about reduced
use of steel for non-essential pur
poses. Its objective is to make
steel available for ' defense pro
duction as fast as needed, and to
provide steel for expansion of
basic materials production.
Expansion of the capacity of the
steel industry itself, for example,
is expected to require more than
1,500,000 tons of steel in the next
two years.
One of the steel-conserving steps
taken by the control authority is
a ban on most types of new re
creational and ! commercial con
struction, f
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Draft Age
Cut Gains
Support
By dwin B. Haakinson
-; WASHINGTON, Jan. 21-(&)-Senator
Hunt (D-Wyo.) today ex
pressed belief a senate! armed
services subcommittee is Inclined
to approve drafting 18-year-olds
and 27 months' service for draftees
with little change in these pro
posals. Hunt himself agreed with top
military leaden that these meas
ures are necessary to firm up the
nation's defense.
As a member of the seven-man
subcommittee Hunt has been lis
tening to 10 days of hearings
about the new universal military
service and training plan.
Favorable Forecast
"It is my thinking right now that
the committee will report favor
ably the bill as it is now without
any major changes on age and
length of service," Hunt told a re
porter. The USMT plan would lower the
present draft act minimum for in
duction from 19. years and extend
required services from the present
21 months.
Additional testimony on the
controversial measure will con
tinue this week before the senate
group. General Omar Bradley,
chairman of the joint chiefs of
staff, will appear tomorrow.
The house armed services com
mittee will open its hearing Tues
day. Senator Morse (R-Ore.), an
other member of the preparedness
group, sharply opposes the re
quested six months additional
service.
"Mv Dosition on the 21 months
versus 27 is very simple," Morse
said in a separate interview.
Larger Reserve
He contended that if young men
of 18 are taken for only 21 months
training "it is obvious that we will
have a much larger trained re
serve than if we hold them six
months longer."
Last week Morse argued this
point in turn with officials of the
army, navy and air force. Military
men contended longer training
provides a more solid basis for
building armed strength.
Morse has asked General J
Lawton Collins, army chief of
staff, for detailed answers to a
proposal to use selective service
to build up reserves to full
strength.
Burglars Rob
Meander Inn
SUtesman News Service
MILL CITY, Jan. 21 Burglars
broke into the Meander inn early
today and carried away three
rifles, 37 cartons of cigarets, an
electric clock and about $40 in
small change.
State police said the loot was
valued at about $250. Entry was
gained by prying open the front
door, officers reported.
Taft Claims U.S. Control of World's Sea, Air
Would Stifle Russian Idea of World Domination
WASHINGTON, Jan.! 21-JF)-Senator
Taft (R-Ohio) called to
day for complete American con
trol of the sea and air throughout
the world, while three democratic
senators said effective aid to Eur
ope is the best hope of keeping
the peace. j
Taft said U. S. air-sea domi
nance would convince the Rus
sians "they cannot rule beyond the
shores of Europe and Asia' and
would "end for all time their idea
of a complete domination of the
world by military attack
The chairman of thai senate's
GOP policy committee took part
in an American Forum of the Air
(NBC) debate with Senator Ben
ton (D-Conn.), who said more
American troops must be sent to
Europe to give the European
people "faith and hope" to de
fend themselves.' . -
In another renewal of . the
"Great Debate" on foreign policy,
Taft later broadcast, with Senator
Dirksen (R-HL), a recorded dis
cussion with Democratic Senators
TTT..n 0f New York and! Humph
rey of Minnesota on the "Meet
Your Congress" program.
In Rochester, N. ' Yj Senator
Ives (R-N. Y.) said he j believed
the "Great Debate" would result
in a foreign poller agreement ac
ceptable to all Americans.
Shoe Shine Boys Make Idea
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Pnttinr a rood idea into action, two Salem youths are eleaninr up around legislature halls. Cleanini
Up and shininr shoes are Jeffery Elliott, 420 Leslie st., front, and Lawrence Green. 450 Rosemont st.
The boys have the shininr concession through the efforts of Sen. Thomas R. Mahoney, Portland,
second from left, who cleared the way in the house and senate. Senate President Paul L. Patterson,
Hillsboro, left, thinks the service is rood since many of the legislators have little chance to ret to
downtown shininr parlors. The boys are both students at St. Joseph's school. (Statesman photo).
Search for Child Starts
In Four Corners Area
A six-year-old boy was missing in Four Corners early this morn
ing, more than eight hours after he left a neighbor's residence for his
home less than 100 yards away.
State police, the Four Corners fire department, Salem police and
dozens of citizens were searching for Darrell Smith, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Everett S. Smith. 4160 Durbin ave.
Maaske Heads
College Civil
Defense Board
PORTLAND, Jan. 21-(JP-A
committee to advise the state
board of higher education and co
ordinate civil defense and military
programs at Oregon colleges and
universities was announced today.
Dr. Roben J. Maaske, president
of Oregon College of Education,
was named head of the committee
by Chancellor Charles D. Byrne.
Other members include Presi
dent H. K. Newburn of the Uni
versity of Oregon, President A. L.
Strand of Oregon State college,
Dean David W. E- Baird of the
University Medical school, Dean
J. F. Cramer of the general ex
tension division and Comptroller
H. A. Bork.
The committee will consider
civil defense participation by in
stitutions, draft and universal mil
itary service problems, policies on
the education of returning war
veterans, R.O.T.C. programs and
specialized training operations.
"There is growing evidence in
the congress that we are getting
together," Ives said in a speech,
adding that "we do not seem to
have had" a foreign policy since
world war two ended.
Taft said the Russians must
think there are "aggressive pur
poses" behind the formation of "a
great international army right on
the border of Russia and under
an American commander." He re
ferred to the now-forming west
European army headed by Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Humphrey replied that "the
Russians need no incitement in or
der to move ahead in aggressive
warfare,' asserting that nobody
incited them when they moved in
Korea,' Finland, Czechoslovakia,
Rumania and Hungary.
Europe today, the Minnesota
senator said, needs "an extra shot
In the arm x x x of American
initiative, of American firmness of
position, and-of American direc
tion and leadership." Taft's policy
Humphrey said, would leave
western Europe to be "gobbled up
by the Soviet Juggernaut"
Lehman said that "with western
Europe under Soviet rule, we, in
our continent, would be the next
victim."
"Our best chance for security
and peace," L&hman said, "is to
make the free world sufficiently
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The Oregon Statesman. Salem, Oregon,
t ;.'.
The lad left the Robert Chap
man residence, 618 S. Elma ave.,
at 5 p.m., apparently heading for j
home. At 1 a. m. today he still I
hadn't arrived. He had to cross !
only Elma avenue along the way, i
but it was feared he may have j
tumbled into one of many water- j
filled ditches in the area. !
A fire truck began spotlighting j
every foot of the area after Walter
Miller, assistant fire chief, was '
notified of the youth's disappear- i
ance. The search was continuing i
early this morning.
The Smiths described their son
as small for his age, appearing to
be about 4 years old. He has
blonde hair and blue eyes. When
last seen he was wearing a green
and brown cap with earflaps,
khaki pants and a brown leather
jacket. He was in the first grade
at Lincoln school in Four Corners.
60 DIE AS BOAT TIPS j
j YOKOHAMA, Japan, Monday,!
, Jan. 22 -OP)- About 60 day labor-'
I ers were reported drowned early :
today. The boat on which they '
J lied caught fire and capsized on !
: the waterfront. Most of the 300 !
I men quartered in the floating j
j hotel escaped by jumping from i
i me naming crait beiore it over
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strong and united on a moral,
physical and material basis to dis
courage aggression by being strong
enough to repel it if attacked."
Dirksen declared it is time for
President Truman to consult con
gress on foreign policy to keep this
country from "moving by bumb
ling passion into an undeclared
war."
The Illinois senator said empha
sis should be placed first on "land
power, air power, sea power to
make our hemisphere strong."
Europe should show its intentions,
he said, "by something tangible in
the way of combat divisions" be
fore getting more U. S. troops.
Taft asserted that "the whole
basis of pur defense, the whole
basis, of peace, depends upon the
complete control of sea and air
throughout the world." And he
said "we haven't got it today."
"We dont know," Taft said,
"that we can resist Soviet submar
ines. - ; f " '
"Wr don't know that we can
maintain the control of the sea,
and in a harrow channel, say 100
miles wide, asbetween Japan and
Asia,' or still narrower between
the British islands and Europe."
In his debate with Benton, Taft
said that to build up large land
forces in Europe is to Invite Eur
ope's destruction at tha hands of
Russia., i
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Monday, January 22, 1951
Pay Dividends
Allied Planes
jpress Attack
On Red Troops
TOKYO, Monday, Jan. 22-P-
Allied planes took off in force to
day to attack red troops and add
to an air toll estimated to have
exceeded 90,000 enemy casualties
since the start of the war.
Aground, strong armored allied
patrols repeatedly thrust in and
out of towns beyond the United
Nations defense lines to test the
enemy's intentions. A ground gen
eral exuded confidence that the
U. S. eighth army can take and
hurl back anything the Chinese
reds can throw even retake
Seoul if so ordered.
With few ground successes to
their credit' recently, the enemy
Sunday committed the largest
number of jet aircraft yet seen in
Korean skies from 41 to 54. One
definitely was shot down, another
probably.
Tank and artillery-supported U.
N. forces drove into Wonju Sunday
for the fourth time in five days
and held its air strip for three
hours. Then red fire from the hill
tops caused a withdrawal at dusk.
An eighth army spokesman said
were aggressive on both the central
were agresslve on both the central
and western fronts the past 24
hours.
Both civilians and United Na
tions patrols reported the Chinese
continued building up strength in
western Korea.
Two soldiers returning to UJi.
lines said 3,000 Chinese were dug
in on a hill near Suwon, 17 miles
south of Seoul
Civilians estimated another 3,000
reds were near Kumyangjang, 11
miles east and slightly south of
Suwon.
Air observers reported seeing
between 2,000 and 3,000 reds four
to 11 miles northeast of Kumyang
jang. Thes could be part of the
civilian-estimated force.
There was seesaw action 13
miles northwest of Kumyangjang
at Inchon, with an allied element
pulling out at 1:30 a.m. today
under enemy mortar fire.
Lion Hunt Held on
Stairway in Rome
ROME, Jan. 21-)-Rome,s riot
police had a lion hunting party
tonight in ; the stairway of an
apartment house.
An occupant of an . apartment
in Rome's popular San Giovanni
section found a lion at the door
when he was leaving. Police shot
the lion, which had escaped earlier
in the evening from a eircus.
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Uj.S. to Oppose
A
ny moves to
Placate China
LiKE SUCCESS, Jan. 21-(AP)-The United State,
in a new statement of far eastern policy, said today its
attitude toward Forrhosa would be dictated by American
national security needs.
The U. S. also called for participation by the Na
tionalist Chinese government of Chiang Kai-shek in any
future conference on Formosa.
These views were made public in a statement by
Ambassador Ernest A. Gross,!
deputy U. S. delegate to the Unit
ed Nations.
They i apparently mark a com
plete shift in policy since the U.
S. voted on January 13 in favor
of a U. N. plan promising to con
fer with communist China and
other nations on the question. Na
tionalist China was not mentioned
then.
The declaration, issued while 12
Arab-Asian countries met to frame
a new j United Nations offer to
dicker with the Chinese commu
nists for control of Formosa, was
the most outspoken the U. S. has
made on the question.
American sources said it ap
parently indicated acceptance on
the highest governmental level of
Gen. MacArthur's view that con
trol of Formosa is vital to Ameri
can security.
It slammed the door on the pos
sibility of a seven-power confer
ence of the U. S., Russia, Britain,
France, red China, India and
Egypt to discuss the problem of
Formosa and the seating on the
Peiping regime in the U. N.
Oppose; U. N. Meve
Gross also said this country "un
dertook no commitment with re
gard to seating the Chinese com
munists in the United Nations. We
continue to oppose that."
The statement, it is understood,
is intended to warn non-communist
countries in advance that the
U. S. will have no more part in any
efforts to compromise with red
Chirfe on the Formosa and repre
sentation questions in return for
a cease fire in Korea.
"The last U. N. attempt at
achieving a peaoeful settlement
with Peiping seems to me to have
been conclusive," Gross said.
Ha asserted that the U. S. had
made a survey of opinion an&Avai
confident it had enough votes to
push condemnation of Red China
through the 60-nation political
committee by the middle of this
week.
"I believe the majority is united
in its readiness to support the
United Nations charter and sup
port the basic principle of our
common collective security," he
added.
Dooms Compromise
The U. S. statement apparently
doomed any compromise attempt.
Observers thought it also form
alized the diplomatic split between
the U. S. and India which has in
sisted the Peiping regime should
be recognized as the legal govern
ment of China and Formosa turn
ed over to it.
Diplomats here awaited the re
action i to Gross! statement from
Britain and other countries which
have recognized Peiping and have
dodged giving full support to the
American views on Formosa.
By terms of the Cairo agreement
of 1943 the U. S. pledged that
Formosa, then held by Japan,
should be turned over to China
after World War II. The difficul
ty arises now as to what govern
ment nationalist or communist
represents China. Only 17 of the
U. N,- s 60 members recognize
Peiping.
Effect Unknown
Last fall the U. S. asked the U.
N. general assembly to take over
the problem of Formosa. What ef
fect today's statement win have
on that situation is not yet clear.
India's Sir Benegal N. Rau, who
lead earlier U. N. mediation at
tempts, and has been ordered by
Prime i Minister Jawaharlal Nehru
to continue them, said he would
rush the text of the Gross state
ment to New Delhi for study.
The; assertion that American se
curity needs would determine this
country's views towards the prob
lem of Formosa was viewed as
bringing state department policy
in alignment with military and
congressional opinion. It may go
a long way toward ending the
acrimony in Washington over Far
East policy.
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Patricia Fish.. 23, Cava birth to
her-third son in three years to
dayevery one born on January
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tha saving: In birthday cakes." '
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Another Inch
Of Rain Falls
In Salem Area
More than an inch of raia
drenched Salem Sunday, contri
buting to at least one accident and
boosting January's rainfall total la
near-record proportions.
It was the 15th consecutive
rainy day. A total of 8.23 inches
has fallen since January 1, ksa
than two inches below the all
time January record of 10.22 in
ches in 1936.
A Southern Pacific switch en
gine and an auto collided about
9:45 p.m. during a heavy down
pour at 14th and Mission streets.
There were no injuries. ,
Salem police listed the auto
driver as Frank H. Jory, 1280 W.
4th St., while Edward L. Kane, HI
S. High st? was the SP engineer.
The left side of Jory's auto was
smashed badly. A wrecker hauled
the vehicle off the tracks.
City street crews reported only
one call to pump water from a
street corner Sunday, despite the
heavy precipitation. A corner a
Myrtle avenue and Columbia street
was flooded for a short time.
Lower temper a utres and heavy
rainfall were predominant over
most of western Oregon Sunday.
Portland had 1.40 inches of ram in
24 hours ending at 4:30 p.m. Sa
lem reported 1.13 inches for tha
same period.
About 2,000 skiers were strand
ed at Mt. Hood when 22 inches af
snow fell in 24 hours.
Locally, the weather man pre
dicts scattered showers and little
temperature change today.
Salem Council
To Consider
Traffic Issues
Several traffic problems are be
fore the Salem city council fcr
consideration at its 7:30 p.m.
meeting Monday in city halL
Topping the list will be a pro
posed alteration of the city-state-contract
calling for a one-way
street plan. Aldermen will have
a zoning commission recommen
dation that Summer street bo
used for southbound traffic, as
originally planned but with a pro
viso that other streets be used in
stead of Summer as the state
buildings group is extended north
ward. This compromise plan from the
zoners received an enthusiastic re
ception from Mayor Alfred W.
Loucks, who said he was optimit "
tic that the council would ba
agreeable to the idea. Earlier in
the ; month the council was con
sidering a resolution asking tha
state highway commission to sub
stitute Winter for Summer street.
Other council business under
the i traffic heading will Include
consideration of a stop sign for
the i 14th and Ferry streets inter
section; a parking revision fee
Center street between 13th and
14th which calls for head-in park
ing on the north side and parallel
parking on the south side; a. pro
posal from a Monmouth bus firm
for picking up passengers at soma
points inside Salem on its Mon
mouth to Salem run serving pri
marily state employes.'
An ordinance bill up for final
consideration would allow Sun
day dancing on a non-commercial
basis. This has been requested by
groups interested in square danc
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CLAIM CHINA KETOLT
TAIPEI, Formosa, Jan. 21-AV
Tha Pro-Nationalist China Union
Press said today that 40,000 fann
ers in south-central China revolt- -ed
a month ago and fought a aer
ies ! of engagements with Bed
troops. '
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