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Thursday the house passed Joint
memorial. No. I to "repeal" the
1949 -house joint memorial No. 3
which supported the strengthen
ing of United Nations to make it
a "limited world government able
to prevent war." The vote was
o r 9i - Tu;n vnrs abo the No. 3
memorial passed with a vote of 46
to 10. ; . - .
What happened was not so much
a change of poind as a change of
mental climatte. It offers a very
interesting study.
Two years ago the country was
.t) with Russia's nersistent use
of the veto. There was widespread
demand for amending the ; char
tar' n riorurive one of the biz five
of its present right of veto aright
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mat nau ui
United States at the San Jfcran
conference auite as much as
by Russia. Ex-President Hoover
later cauea ior reorganizing
United Nations by ejecting Rus
sia ,and its satellites.
At the same time, various
groups sincerely anxious to avert
war soueht to increase the author
ity of United Nations. .We have
had - organizations under various
names, World Federalists, Atlantic
Union, etc. They have this com
mon feeline that only by mov
ine in the direction of world
crnvrrnmpnt are we going to Dre
vent wars with all their disaster to
victors and vanquished. These
movements attracted a very con
siderable following.
So it was in this mental climate
rf Hiccnict rvvcr th vptn. of vparn-
ine for a stronger United Nations.
that memorial No. 3 was proposed
and passed by a large majority.
Actually, it excited no controversy
at the time and little interest.
In two years the mental .climate
has changed. We have had the
Hiss
(Continued on editorial page 4)
Sale Shows
Hog Prices
Jump in Salem
ByUllie L. Madsen
Farm Editor, The Statesman
: Things must be looking up in
Salem, H. J. "Mac" McMurray of
Council Bluff, Iowa, remarked Sat
urday when .he cried the Sixth an
nual Oregon Swine Growers bred
gilt sale. The sale was held on the
state fairgrounds with George
Kraus, president, neading the event
and John Haase, Cornelius, chair
man cf the general sales commit
tee. A year ago 24 bred gilts brought
but $2,150 for an average of $89.58.
Saturday the exact same number
averaged $166.88 for a' total of
$4,005. Last year only seven
brought over $100. In the 1951
sale,' none wer estarted below $100
and the lowest buy was for $130.
High Saturday was a fine look
ing Yorkshire, Parlor Maid, con
signed by Elmer Stangel of Wilson
ville. Wendell H. Willard of Day
ton who has been a Poland China
raiser for 40 years, was the buyer.
Willard hastened to say that he
was not going out of Poland Chinas
but thought he'd "try Yorkshires
on the side."
The first gilt out on the block
Saturday, was a Berkshire con
signed by Herny H. Kirk & Sons,
Twin Maples Farm, Halsey. Bid
.ding started briskly and the an
imal brought $172.50 from Walter
Hill of Junction City. Hill con
tinued his bidding to buy six gilts,
the largest number-any one buyer
took home.
Also heavy bidders were the 4-H
club members and the Future far
mers. '
Kraus welcomed the large num
ber of bidders and spectators at
the sale and announced that there
would be a similar sale at La
Grande on February 10 and one
at Klamath Falls on March 2.
John Landers, OregorrState col
lege livestock specialist, and chair
man of the sifting committee at the
sale, commented upon the "ex
cellent quality offered today," and
added that the immediate future in
swine "looked exceedingly good."
Assisting Landers on the sifting
committee were Lyle McKinley of
Wood burn and Joe Johnson, also
from Oregon State college.
Ben Newell, Marion county
agent, assisted at the sale. T. R.
Hobart of Ladd Sc Bush Bank,
served as clerk with Hollis Otta
way, Marion county agent, as as
sistant. -
(Additional details on page 5.)
ETKE. TONKON ON BOARD
PORTLAND, Feb. 3 (JPf-Moe
Tonkon, Portland attorney, and
David W. Eyre, assistant manag
ing editor of the Oregon Journal,
have been appointed to the Reed
college board of regents.
Learn to Spell!
These words will rlmre ta The
Statesaan-KSLM Spelling Cos
iest for prizes, now underway
for 7th and tth grade pupils of
Marion and Polk counties:
brief
character
concern
consist - '
delivery
difficult
perimeter
executive
length
endeavor
science
author
niece
review
travel
eye
ground
coming
carriage
tragedy
Icicles Form Cold Backdrop for South foils
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SILVERTON Silver! Falls state park presented an Icy picture during
here are the giant! icicles at South falls. Below, spray from the falls
of ice. (Statesman-Harger photo.)
Fire Destroys j
Equipment at
Walton-Brown
A fire which started on a test
ing bench destroyed; some equip
ment and supplies j and caused
minor smoke damage at the Walton-Brown
Electric company, 236
State St., Saturday night
Owners declined td make an es
timate of damage, centered in a
repair and test room at the rear
of the one-story building. Testing
J equipment and tools were destroy
ed and electric motors damaged
by the blaze. Smoke filled jtfie
work shops ; and office areas but
damage was expected to be light.
Firemen, summoned to the store
at 10:40 p.m., said the fire started
either fromj a short j in wiringj or
from testing equipment being left
on by workers.
The fire was discovered by City
Patrolman Robert Fiedler who no
ticed smoke seeping out through
a broken window at the front of
the building. j
EAGLE SHOT AT WIULAMINA .
WILLAMINA. Feb. 3 J. ; A.
Baker of Willaminaj shot a huge
eagle this week. It measured 83
inches from wing tip to wing tip,
weighed 12 : pounds f and was : 35
inches from the tin; of its beak
to the end of its tail. He shot the
bird with a .22 pistol while it was
sitting on a snag. i
GityvSP Start j Joint Planning to
Remove Railro
- By Robert E. Gang-ware i
City Editor. Tiss statesman f
A good start on joint planning
by the city of Salem and the Sou
thern Pacific railroad was report
ed Saturday i by Mayor Alfred sW.
Loucks. j S
Engineering studies of possible
remedies for railroad bottlenecks
in- Salem will be undertaken) in
the near future by a joint commit
tee ox engineers, ioucks said, j
City Manager J. U Franzen and
City Engineer J. H. Davis will get
together with Harry Williamson,
SPs Portland " division engineer,
for actual surveys and cost esti
mates of ; various projects which
have at one time or another been
proposed to improve Salem traf
fic where rail crossings axe in
volved.:: i; , - - , ft
These include possible elimina
tion of the . present Union street
line by rerouting along Front and
Trade streets; relocation of the
mainline tracks . now along 12th
street or easing congestion there
by tunneling: the tracks or build
ing grade separations, and other
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Salem Spotters Scan
Skies to Detect Plan
The first defense "sky-gazing" in Salem since the end of World
War II occupied a dozen residents Saturday. They found the task
interesting despite the low ceiling which made most of the day fairly
barren of air traffic.
The spotting from a downtown building was part of the Fourth
air force's test of the volunteer air warning system, designed to sup
Boy Drowns
In Fall from
Float House
REEDSPORT, Feb. 3 -(Jf)- Billy
Michael Stiles, 8, drowned today
in Schofield creek here when he
fell from the porch of the float
house where he lived with his
parents, Mr. and" Mrs. George W.
Stiles.
The 5-year-old daughter of Mrs.
Jacob Stolz, residents of an ad
joining float house, saw the boy
fall and called her mother. Mrs.
Stolz dived into the water, but
could not find him.
State and city police dragged
the creek but failed to recover
the body tonight. They expect to
resume dragging operations to
morrow. '
Tbe Stiles family moved here
from Portland two weeks ago.
ad Bottlenecks
projects.
A joint committee on rail prob
lems, formed by the new mayor,
met for the. first time Friday night
in a three-hour session in which
the entire recent history of city
SP relations was reviewed. "
The committee includes for the
city Aldermen David O'Hara and
Albert H. Gille, the mayor, man
ager and engineer.
Present for the railroad were the
division engineer and Attorney
Frank McColloch. Division super
intendent L. P. Hopkins was un
able to attend.
, Participants in -the conference
said, they realized that - the im
provements desired cannot be
brought about immediately. But
they expressed themselves as will
ing to make a realistic survey of
the railroad situation in-order to
arrive at some t recommendations
which might be satisfactory to
both the city and the railroad. '
The engineers will be conferring
over a period of months before
reporting back to the joint committee.
C'1
this week's cld snap. Pietared
coated everything- with a sheet
plement the radar detection of air
craft for defense. It will continue
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. today in
charge of Robert Geddes, chief
observer.
The civilians reported approxi
mately 20 aircraft, under direc
tions to ignore commercial trans
ports and other planes landing at
or leaving McNary field. Some of
them were presumed to. be part
of the air force planes paritcipat
ing in the test.
PORTLAND, Feb. 3-7P-Some
200 Oregon volunteer aircraft
spotters participated in today's
test of air defense in the western
states by simulated, low-level
plane attacks.
First observer to spot a plane
was Ethel Chatfield, who reported
from her central Oregon post at
8:04 a.m.
Reports came in to the Portland
filter --center, directed by Capt.
Henderson Cagle, western defense
air force officer. Filter' center
workers, in turn, reported plane
movements to radar warning sta
tions and other filter centers in the
northwest cities.
Portland-based aircraft also
were participating in the defense
maneuvers. (Additional details on
page 2.)
Salem Mill Forced
To Reject Further
Defense Contracts
PORTLAND, Feb. 3-P)-The
government wants 4,000,000 wool
blankets, but mills of Portland and
Salem cannot take on any addi
tional contracts because of the cur
rent wool shortage, officials ! said
today.
The Portland Woolen 'mills and
the Thomas Kay Woolen mills of
Salem . have already taken con
tracts which total well over $1,
000,000. . .. '
The Salem firm was awarded a
contract by the government Thurs
day for manufacture of . 30,600
blankets at a cost $450,738. Com
pany officials announced that no
additional employes would be re
quired at the Salem plant to fill
the contract, . i L
PRISONERS TOTAL 13C1S8
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3
The . defense department spokes
man said today a. total of 136,188
prisoners have been taken by U.N.
forces in the Korean war up to
January 10. . t 1
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Back to Work
Moves Start
In Some Places
By The Associated Press
The postoffice department ord
ered a nationwide embargo "on
certain classes of mail Saturday
amid scattered return to work
movements in the crippling
rail switchmen's "sick" strike.
Local back to work movements
were reported in various cities
from Newark. N. to Seattle,
Wash, These included Sioux City,
la-, Jacksonville, Fla Fort Worth
and Houston, Tex., St. Paul and
Minneapolis, Mirjn and several
smaller cities in Wisconsin.
Switchmen in Atlanta, Ga., call
ed a special meeting for Saturday
night, but did not disclose the
purpose.
However, there were no indi
cations a general trend was un
der way that would restore nor
mal service on the 50-strike beset
railroads serving some 100 large
cities. In some places, more
switchmen joined the ranks of
strike idle. The army said no men
were going back in Chicago.
Plea by Kennedy
The scattered back-to-work
moves followed a plea from W.
P. Kennedy, head of the striking
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen,
and new government mediation
efforts in Washington.
Government prosecutors press
ed federal contempt charges in
Chicago against the striking
switchmen in : an effort to break
the log jam.
Told to Show Cause ,
Federal Judge Michael L. Igoe
ordered the striking union to show
cause why it should not be held
in contempt In the current walk
out. The five day strike of . 12,000
Brotherhood bf Railroad Train
men members has crippled freight
and passenger train service in
many parts of the country, hit in
dustrial output a sharp blow and
forced more than 160,000 into
idleness.
The postoffice embargo Is an
extension throughout the nation
of its Thursday embargo which
applied only to mail moving to
and from 14 eastern states.
Containing some exceptions, It
applies to second class mail, ex
cept newspapers, and all third and
fourth class matter; matter of the
first class exceeding eight ounces,
and air parcel post exceeding two
pound's. Medicines, drugs and some
other vital items were excepted.
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Timberline
Trolley9 Takes
First 'Payload9
GOVERNMENT CAMP, Feb. 3
(P)- A new aerial tramway, al
ready known as Timberline
Trolley" carried its first paying
passengers up the slope of Mt
Hood today.
Round trin rides from Govern
ment Camp to Timberline lodge
cost si.ou. une way trips are 73
cents
passengers, made its first "pay-
ioaa run up tno mountain - at
11 ajn.
The three-mile tram from here
to Timberline lodge was recently
completed at a cost of S7 50,000.
netted man
Noted Speaker Scheduled for Luncheon; Public
i The Oregon Statesman, . which
rounds out a century of publica
tion on March 28 next, is planning
a number of special features in
celebration of the centennial event.
Traditional, of course, is the
"Centennial Edition" which is now
In preparation and will appear on
the morning of March 28. It will
compress a century of history of
the newspaper, of Salem, of the
Willamette valley, the state and
the industrial, development of the
region. i .. ' -
r . Five special sections will be de
voted to this "Cavalcade of a Cen
tury, besides the regular news
section.';''-; .,.. - -
: Besides this, . The Statesman
plans a number of public events
as part of its centennial celebra
tion. ' ! - , - .. '.
: First will be a luncheon for mer
chants and advertisers to be held
at the Capitol room of the Senator
hotel Thursday noon, February 15.
, Featured speaker for this occa
sion will be Arthur H. "Red Mot
Legislature Bills Aim to
Cut School
Up Findfice Department
-y John IX. White f
Staif Writer. The Statesman -1
Bills to cut state school support payments by about $18,000,000
and to reorganize completely the
duced Saturday as the 46th state legislature ended its first month.
The measures were dropped in the house which convened more
than two. hours late because two-thjrds quorum failed to show. up.
(Additional details on page o.
Rep. Sprague Carter, Pendleton,
introduced the bill which would
eliminate the $30 per, pupil in
crease in basic school support
funds approved by the voters last
November. The increase, from $50
to $80, would cost the taxpayers
$11,000,000 during the next fiscal1
year.
Carters measure also would al
low basic school funds to go for
children only between the ages of
6 and 17, instead of the present
limits of 4 to 20 years old. This
cut would lop $7,000,000 off the
amount the state pays ' to schools
each year. Carter said.
School interests have indicated
they would fight any measure to
reduce school support money.
Revamps Finances
The "Little Hoover Commission"
launched the bill seeking reor
ganization of the Oregon financial
system. The measure would set up
a state department of finance and
administration to be headed by a
director appointed by the gover
nor.
The state budget division, ac
counting division of the secretary
of state, purchasing function of
the board of control and the state
printing board all would be under
the department's jurisdiction.
Commission members estimated
the change would save the state
hundreds of thousands of dollars.
The department would be created
August 1.
Under Direct Control
All self - supporting agencies
which are supported by their own
taxes and fees, would be brought
directly under legislative control.
These agencies will spend $323,-
000,000 of the $505,000,000 total
state budget during the next fiscal
biennium.
Another feature of the proposed
department would be its control
over all state-owned autos except
those of the police and the high
way commission. This move would
help stop use of these vehicles for
private business, the legislative
commission claimed,
The commission also recom
mended creation of a state depart
ment of revenue to take over the
tax commission and the motor ve
hicle division of the secretary of
state. It has decided, however, not
to seek this department at this
session.
To Benefit Koreasi Yets
Another house bill introduced
Saturday would give state educa
tional aid to veterans of the Kor
ean war or any U. N. police action.
Such aid now Is limited to World
War II veterans.
In senate action, the state grange
sponsored a bill which would in
crease from two to seven years the
time limits In which persons call
ed into, the service may start legal
actions . or i suits. The . proposal
states that persons must start ac
tions within a year after being
discharged.
Sen. Vernon D. BulL La Grande,
said he would introduce a bill to
reduce the maximum interest rates
charged byl loan companies from
3 to 2 per cent.
The senate and house will con-
veno at 11 a. m. Monday.
(Legislative news page 6)
trills eniennia
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ley , one of the dynamic leaders in
the field of publishing and sales
promotion.: .
Motley is president of Parade
Publications, Inc., of New York
City. Prior i to becoming publisher
of Parade magazine he was with
Crowell-CoUier Publishing com
pany for 19 years, holding various
executive positions. In 1950 he was
chairman of the board of directors
of the National Sales Executives,
and in this capacity traveled over
80,000 j miles and addressed 117
audiences. I He is an inspiring
speaker on the subject of produc
tion, selling and advertising.
Motley is making a trip along
the coast and will be at Portland
on February .14.. His Salem ap-
pearance was arranged by Wallace
A. sprague, managing eciior ox
Parade. . .
Invitations to this luncheon have
been mailed to local business
houses. r .- .- - -
The second featured event will
be a panel discussion at Waller
Funds,
state financial system were intro
U.N. Forces
Fight Growing
Red Resistance
TOKYO, Sunday, Feb. 4 -VP-
United Nations forces today fought
a dodged hill-to-hill battle against
increasing communist resistance as
the allied offensive inched forward
in western Korea.
Chinese communists .counter
attacked all along the 40-mile
front Saturday night. They launch-
TOKYO. Sanday. Feb.
Allied cruisers and naval air
craft bombarded the area aroond
Inchon, the port of SeoaL yes
terday, the navy announced to
day. The bombardment was led
by the British cruiser Ceylon and
the U.S. heavy cruiser SC FauL
ed a new assault in biting cold
weather early today 12 miles north
of Irhon on the western f ront's
eastern flank. Ichon Is 30 miles
south-east of Seoul. -
Vanguards of the UJi. forces
were within seven miles perhaps
less o SeouL Earl D. Johnson,
assistant secretary of the army, ac
companied a tank-led infantry col
umn Saturday to a point seven
miles south of the fallen South
Korean capital.
The UJS. Eighth army commun
ique this morning said communist
resistance in the west was stead
ily increasing." It said , the Reds
suffered more than 2,600 casualties
Saturday. This would bring the
nine-day total to nearly 18,000.
Turkish troops were driven off
the crest of hill 431 eight miles
north of Suwon in dogged fighting
Saturday night. . The hill changed
hands four times during the day.
Another important hilL flanking
the main allied advance route, was
taken by South Korean troops
early this morning after a valiant
all-night stand against communist
fire. .
Allied troops on the west flank
of the front held their ground after
advances of as much as one mile
Saturday, AP War Correspondent
Jim Becker reported.;
(Additional details on page 2)
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Forum Slated March 28
hall Wednesday night, March 28,
on the general theme of the rele
of the newspaper in today's world.
The program is now being arrang
ed. This meeting will be open -to
the public
Another public event arranged
by The Statesman for this year Is
the Marion-Polk county spelling
contest, the finals for which will
be held on. April 20 "to Salem.
Thousands of 7th and. Sth grade
students are partiapaung. -
"What we have in mind In con
nection ' with these special events
is to do something special for the
community which has supported
this newspaper through the years,'
said Charles A. Sprague, publisher
of The Statesman.
. The Cavalcade, of a Century
edition will review the past. The
other events will point to the pres
ent and the future. They will,
hope, help The Statesman do an
area better Job as It enters its sec
ond century.'
Plants Affected
By Curtailing
Of Ship
ments
600 Salem 'cannery workers were I "
idled Saturday and jobs for many
hundred more mill workers in the- 1
area were threatened as a three
day-old rail tieup continued. - j
. The cannery workers, women . J f
employed at Paul us Brothers f I
Packing company on government
contracts, were laid off when ship-
ments to and from Salem wera i
sharply curtailed. The company - I i
has been assembling C-rations tor f
the army. - ' - i " j
While freight shortages threat
ened other industries, passenger
service, already crippled by tie
up of Greyhound bus schedules,
was narrowed. .The Southern. Pa
cific's Rogue River, nirining ."be
tween Portland and Ashland, was
cancelled when' crewmen failed to
show up Saturday night. The line's
crack passenger train, the Shasta
Daylight, completed its .runs Sat
urday -with part union and part
railroad officials in - her crews.
Other passenger trains were still
running also.
Closed Dae to Cold
Five major mills in the Silver
ton area, closed down during the
past week by cold weather, plan
ned to reopen .Monday as sched
uled. Mill officials said they would
fill empty cars already on sidings
or stockpile until the strike ended.
At Dallas, the big Willamette
Valley, Lumber company, was al- .
ready on half shifts for its oay
and night crews as the tieup halt
ed in corning shipments of logs by
rail. . ? .
Officials at Oregon Pulp and
Paper company's Salem 'plant said
the strike would have no affect on
employment , there unless it ccn"
tinued for another week. The Na
tional Battery - company reporUd
supplies sufficient to -weather an
other two.weeks without incoming
shipments..:
No Baek-to-rTork
An SP spokesman reported no f
indication of . any back-to-wcrk
movement among railroad woik-
ers. The . office reported one f
through freight train from Eugeno I i
to Portland was the only freight j
traffic on the SP line Saturday. f i
Oregon Electric officials report- ?
ed that all switchmen on that lino, t
were "still feeling well? Saturday I
but that traffic was being ham-
pered by the embargo on freight. f
- An engine and caboose, . based
in Hillsboro, produced -the only j t
movement out of the I4U and
Hines yards here. A crew took the
train' to Hillsboro Saturday
morning. " j
Reu Admits
Stealing 7th
Mau Pouch
Theft of a. seventh bag ef mall
In the Salem area was admitted
Saturday by David Herman Beil,
arrested Thursday, the saiem pos
tal Inspector was informed from
Portland, where - Rail is held
awaiting federal grand Jury ac
tion. . .
Th theft occurred la3t Satur
day, January 27, he told authori
ties, andOhe maUhag was oeins;
sought in Shelton ditch. Another
was thrown into the Willametls)
"river. - The other five have boost
recovered,-but only a small posi
tion: of the contents were .iouxkl
according to "Inspector Harcld
Young. -The search is continuing.
.When arrested after being trail
ed for several days, Reil signed
an admission to theft of six sack
while employed as a Southern Pa
cific baggage employe and a poes
office -holiday rush worker. One
in December was bound for Wood
burn. .The others were all taken
last .-month, four bound from
Aurora to points north andUesst
and In California, followed by cue
each last Saturday and Sunday,
leaving- Salem.
Two of the pouches were thrown
from Salem bridges Into Shelton
ditch and . one was found. Bell
led officers, to four other bag,
one in his car and others in resi
dential areas and on an induo
trial ash heap. Young said Bell
told of burning contents of three
mail bags in the Incinerator at the
senior high school. i "
Reil Is being held In Hultnoman
county Jail in lieu of $2-000 tail.
D RITES ASBXSTED "s
Benjamin-H. Shattuck, 1IC5H?
Fairgrounds rtL, was held in th;
city Jail following; his arrest fcy ,
city police early today on a eharjrs ;
cf driving while Intoxicated. Fo
lice said Lhattuck waj arrested M ;
the 800 block cf Xforti Comrct-'
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