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i70uiioI:Ci!8S!aii,GS- r-n Vlvlk? Mi POUNDDD n n n rn 100th YEAH 12 PAGES Citizens' Committees Sought Army, With as good a food editor as The " Statesman i has in Maxine Buren this department doesn't need to trench on her territory, even if she admits she left the eggs out of an omelet recipe. But Monday is her day off, so, while the chefs away . . . 111 turn my hand at . . .baking pies. "Can you bake a cherry pie, Billy boy, Billy . boy? Well, no. I can tell you ' where to learn how, and that is in the Pie Manual of Good House keeping for February. (You see my cooking is like my gardening, which I do by looking at the seed catalog). In that manual you have it all, one-crust, two-crust pies; and deep dish (I leel cheated with deep-dish pie.it has no bottom). It tells all about meringues and edgings, and how to pretty up the top crust, and how to make lattice and basket-weave and trellis tops. Even grandmother could learn something here. Observe that recipes are quite neutral: "3.4 cup shortening (except butter, mar garine or salad oil)." Though I have to tell you how to bake a pie by proxy, I can of fer personal testimony as & con sumer. Most all kinds of pie are good. Apple pie is reputed to be the national favorite, perhaps be cause there was less risk in or dering it than other varieties. But one can get a poor apple pie too, If the fruit is tasteless and dry. Over at the Marion coffee shop where they adroitly have placed the pie cupboard in sight of the diners at the counters one notes the popularity, of coconut cream pie how the men go for it, in pite of its calories. The pies like mothers used to make are still being made by their daughters. And the bakers do a' much better 30b than form erly. You don't have much risk in ordering a piece of pie at a res taurant any more, not like the time when a guy eating at a rail road lunch counter (remember that Institution?), ordered a piece of berry pie, and the 'waiter said, "Shoo that's custaiu." T chief trouble is that pie adds to the protuberance on the waist line, so one's indulgence is curtailed. From appearances, these Good Housekeeping pies are deadly in that regard, especially that butter scotch and down-south pecan. I have tosettle for berry pie . . . deep dish. Maxine will be back tomorrow. Pravda Claims U.S. to Bolster Afghan Defense MOSCOW, Feb. 4 -iJP)- Pravda, crediting reports from" Tehran newspaper circles, said today the Afghanistan government -has agre ed to turn over to the United States all of its northern border posts along the Russian boundary." - (Denying that and all other por tions of the account, state depart ment press officer Michael McDer mott t61d a reporter in Washing ton: "There is no truth in the rum ors or in the Pravda story.") The - Russian communist party paper said the reported agreement also provides that he United States will reorganize the Afghan army. : r unner reports, described as current among Afghans, said Af ghanistan had granted the U.S. the right to build military airfields in Kabul and at seven other points in Afghanistan,' the paper added. Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH !Yw syr. do tfd fUtMb" - T(V UN tm. k HAveo-tno 1, mum. The Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Monday, February 5, 1951 Guard, Reserves Fight Eisenhower j Seeks Trained Men for Guar!! By Edwin B. Haakinson 1 WASHINGTON, Feb. 4r-UPhln- formed congress members disclos ed today an undercover tug-of-war over 18 year olds between the national guard and reserves on one side and the regular armed serv ices on the other, j J Senators said this is one of many heated controversies they must decide or compromise in consider ing the proposed universal military training program. Others include the defense de partment request to lower induc tion age from 19 to 18 years' and extend required active duty from 21 to 27 months. j General Dwight t). Eisenhower backed the regular army, navjr, air force and marines in the contest oveij 18 year olds at a public' ses sion' of the senate preparedness subcommittee Friday. !)! Can; Join Guard Units Under the present selective!; ser vice act, which expires July 9, young men who are 18 years and 6 months old or younger can be deferred from the draft when they reach draft age if they join a na tional guard unit in a state where a governor has proclaimed such enlistments necessary to fill; the guards. The defense department asked that this automatic; deferment be knocked out in the new UMST program, along wthe the state's right to take 18 year olds. Senators said this brought a threat from some leaders of the national guards and reserves to publicly oppose UMST unless; this right to share in the 18 year; olds was restored, at least in "part, in the new bill. " Makes Suggestion i f Senator ..Chapman ..(D-Ky.), without referring to the sub-rosa dispute, told Eisenhower: j "It has been suggested by some that 18 year old boys be permitted to enlist m the national guard and in that way be exempted from in duction under the 1 provisions of this." Eisenhower replied: "I woud oppose it with all the strength I had for S this reason the national guard ; needs trained men. The source; for national guardsmen should be after' the man has had his training and not before he goes into it." ' Other senators suggested that national guard training might be as good as that in he regular serv ices. Eisenhower replied: "You could never equal in the national guard the kind of training yotr get here (in the regular;! for ces). It cannot be done." I Fighting Revives in North Indochina SAIGON, Indochina, Feb. U(JP)- A French army communique to night reported a new flareup of fighting in the northern part of Vietnam territory. 1 It said communist Vietminh for ces launched "a violent attack' on a French reconnaissance patrol near Hauduong, a strong; point protect ing the road between Hanoi and Haiphong. The, attack, it added, was repelled with j liO Vietminh fighters killed and 91 captured. Taf t Demands Truman Submit Trofips Decision to Congress By Jack Bell I WASHINGTON, S Feb. 4-P)-Senator Taft (R-Ohio) demanded today that President Truman sub mit to congress any agreement he might make to dispatch American troops to j North Atlantic pact countries, i f . is Taft, who heads , the republican policy committee, said in an in terview he thinks Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower "made a good impresr sion" on congress but wasn't quite definite enough in his reports last week on the state of western Eur ope's defenses. . !- . ? "The general has said he didn't make any agreements on the num ber of American troops to be furnished,". Taft said. "But such agreements axe' certainly being discussed and obviously the presi dent will be the one to make it. "Any agreement that the presi dent makes should: be submitted to congress and then; we can de termine whether the ratio ' of American to European troops is satisfactory. "We have nothing" to work on now. General Eisenhowtp wasn't very definite in wha he told con gress. .. ; - .T.. : .' : It was Taft's first direct com ment on ESsenhower's four con gressional appear ancea and his Rescued from SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 4 CpL Donald R. DeFoe. (wearing head ban dare) from Hamilton Field Air Force Base. Calif, is lifted ashore at a San Francisco Coast Guard station after his rescue from an overturned Army tur. The Army yessel was on a fishing trip when it capsized In rough waters off the .Golden Gate, plunging crew of three and 17 passengers into the sea. Fourteen were saved. six are unaccounted for. (AP Wire photo to The Statesman ).,, Yanks, Turks Repulse Heavy Counterattacks TOKYO, Monday, Feb. 5-(iT)-U. S. and Turkish troops repulsed today the heaviest counterattacks mounted by the Communists since the allied offensive in Korea began 12 days ago. ! The Reds threw their strongest blows at the extreme western end of the frozen United Nations front. The U. S. Eighth army said Communist resistance had stiffened all along the 40-mile western Four Corners Blaze Quelled SUtesmaa Newi Service FOUR CORNERS, Feb. 4 A severe chimney fire' which threat ened to spread through Krueger's store at Lancaster drive and Cent er street was extinguished early this afternoon by Four Corners Fire .department The blaze caused slight damage to the grocery stock, but no esti mate of damage was made im mediately. 5 PERCENTERS FOUND ; WASHINGTON, Feb. 4-()-Sen-ator Hoey (D-NC said today a senate committee, he heads has discovered indications of "influ ence peddling" in award of de fense contracts, and so will reopen its five percenter inquiry. radio-television speech to the na tion last week in which , the five star general said American se curity demands support with men and guns of western Europe's de fenses against possible communist attack.- i--. i !;. Eisenhower told lawmakers that American troop participation ought to be left flexible and not fixed on any mathematical ratio. Senator Wherry of Nebraska, the GOP floor leader, told a re porter he regards Eisenhower's arguments for supplying troops to the defense force as largely "sales talk." A11 we have been getting Is a sales talk without any specific recommendations, he declared. Senator Cain (It-Wash.) , n armed - services committee mem ber, said there must be some ''high level' agreement on the percent age of American ; to European troops. He opposed writing such limitation into legislation, how ever. "Because of our experiences In Korea, we must make , certain that we are not called upon to furnish a disproportionate share ' of the troops,, Cain said. "Everybody knows that 80 per cent of the men in "Korea are ours and that must not happen again.. to Enforce ever 18 - - Fishing Mishap front In battalion strength and great er the reds hurled their attacks against the slowly advancing U. N. positions about eight miles south of Seoul. Air observers indi cated the reds had built up a force of 10,000 to 15,000 troops along the western flank. As the allies ground northward over the tortuous hills toward the Han river communist casualties TOKYO, Feb. 5 -P- Two powerful United Nations tank supported columns today drove northward toward Seoul on the extreme western flank of the allied line in Korea. One allied column pushed into Anyang and a short distance beyond on the main highway nine miles sooth of red-held Seoul. Another column powered its way for ward against fierce resistance on a parallefroad about six miles to the west. mounted toward 23,000 for the first 11 nays of the drive by ground acr tion alone. r The Eighth army estimated 5,790 reds killed, wounded or captured Friday; 6.601 Saturday, and 1.475 Sunday. That was more than 13, 800 for three days and the reports for Sunday were not complete. On the central front. North Ko rean reds early . today attacked American - held Hoengsong but were repulsed, ini hand-to-hand fighting. Allied patrols thrusting out from the town ran into enemy units up to company size. Aic and artillery were called in to blast the reds. : .; ' j. ... Considerable enemy activity also was reported around communist-held Saemal, six miles south east of Hoengsong. Air observers estimated a regiment was in the area. i,- ,-, Despite the stiff er communist resistance, TJ. S. Fifth air force said fewer vehicles: were spotted behind the red lines! Sunday night. More than 700 were reported on the roads but the total had more than 1,000 on Friday and Saturday nights. - 1 ' 1 "tin: "i3 -; "': yj Salem ' ' -' Portland Saa Francisco , - , 4Si -S3 ! M .14 n as JO. .01 20 Mi Clucai SO Nc York -38 FORECAST (from XT. S. weather bu reau, McNary field. Salem): KMUy cloudy witn intermittent rain today and tonight. Slightly warmer today with highest 'near M; and lowest to night near 40. i SALEM PKCCIPITATIOSr Siaee Start of Weatber Tear Sevt. 1 This Year Vmmt Year IXormal aajta, - au axis PRICE 5c No, 916 Year - Olds DiSalle Asks 1253 Mayors Form Groups WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 - (P) Federal authorities called In the public today to help in the fight to control prices. Price Administrator Michael V. DiSalle asked the mayors of 1,253 U. S. cities to set up citizens' com mittees as the latest step in the anti-inflation campaign. DiSalle said in telegrams to the mayors: ; "The purpose of this committee (In each city) would be to pro vide means of assisting the re gional and district office of price stabilization in encouraging gen eral public knowledge and ob servance of regulations adoDted in the interest of a sound national economy. DiSalle announced the step during a television appearance with Cyrus S. Ching, wage sta bilization director, on the NBC program "Battle Report. i Mayors of all cities with a dod- ulation of more than 10,000 were asxea to appoint Volunteer Emer gency Stabilization Cooperation Committees to be made up of community leaders In business, la bor, veterans organizations and Other fields. "It is essential in this national aeiense mooiuzation emergency that every citizen be acquainted with all measures being taken for tne common good, and be in formed of the steps each iadivid uai may take to carry out his part," DiSalle said. Price officials said the volun teer committees would work closely with government stabili zation officials, helping to bring price control information before their fellow citizens. These committees also will be called on for advice and assist ance in planning future programs of community education and co operation. DiSalle said price controls may become necessary on fresh fruits, vegetables, fish and seafood. But he indicated that they will continue to be exempt for the time being. Mine Sweeper Sinks off Korea -4 Dead, 4 Lost WASHINGTON, Teb. 4 - (JPi The American mine sweeper Par tridge hit a mine off Korea Fri day and sank with four dead, four missing and seven wounded, the navy announced today. One of the wounded is from Washington state. The Partridge was a 136-foot wooden hulled vessel. The explosion occurred at 11:54 a.m. Korean time, the navy said, and she went down at 12:06 pjn. The sinking occurred off Kang nung on the east coast" of Korea Four officers and 31 men were aboard the Partridge. ; There was no information here as to the type of mine the vessel struck, nor as to whether It was adrift. This is the fourth mine sweeper sunk in Korean waters. In addition two destroyers have been damaged but not sunk. All six vessels were mine victims. Gbntrols Oregon's Knotty Financial Problem Unsolved As Legislature Enters Second Month To day By tho Associated Press Oregon's 46th legislative session begins its second month of meet ings at 11 ajn. today. Already, 508 bills have been introduced 48 more than during" the first month of the 1949 session and probably about half of the total number ex pectable. State finance and - re organization of the state's ' school system remain the toughest prob lems. " ;r "f'Z-i V ' Here's what's being done about major legislation:- - i . ,: :; : Finances So far, "the house tax committee has only two tax bills a 2 per cent sales tax, and a pro posal to levy the corporation in come tax against utilities. But it will also consider a state property tax, property tax on automobiles, removal of the federal income tax exemption in state income tax re turns and a tax on dgarets. : f Education The education com mittees will meet this week with Dr. T. C Holy, Ohio educator, who recommended sweeping changes in the state school system. Public hearings must be held before these bills are ready for action. ' ; - Government reorganisation The "Little Hoover' commission has introduced a bill to reorganize Daao ft ......... lj ' : - ,-' 'Illness Reduced By The Associated Press ' Several rail centers throughout the country reported definite back-to-work movements by strik ing railroad switchment 'Sunday night but there was no assurance the crippling walkout was ending. Freight and mail movement was reported back to normal in a number of cities as switcnmen t A J .... .. Tt.ti. ft mi Yrtti-irJ ing absences because of reported "sickness." i Negotiators for the nation's railroads and four operating Brotherhoods met Sunday with mediators in Washington in an ef fort to- talk a way out of the Strike. Nothing substantial came out of the meetings but govern ment spokesmen indicated they were satisfied with the way the talks were going. " ?We feel some progress is be ing made on important issues, one said. The session continued late into Sunday night before it was recess ed with an announcement talks would continue Monday morning. The government asked the unions to re-state in writing- their views of how a settlement might be achieved. Discontent by Trainmen At the root of the dispute is dis content by the trainmen over re jection of their demands for a 40 hour work week for 48 hours pay and some rule chances. The "sick call" has tied up ship ments of war material in various cities. In Chicago, army spokesmen say a shortage of small arms am munition for United Nations forces in Korea may result. These spokes men also say that if the strike con tinues, other types of ammunition and ordnance supplies destined for Korea will be held up. The cracks in the strike front were too few to establish a back-to-work trend. Most of those off duty stayed off. In several cities, returning switchmen were only a smaU percentage of those who had walked off. Some Retaining Nonetheless, there Were real in dications that at least some switchmen had heard the pleas of leaders of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen that the "sick workers go back to their Jobs. - Late Sunday afternoon, all but one rail yard in Atlanta was free of embargoes as switchmen there turned up for work. This was followed by an an nouncement in Philadelphia by the Pennsylvania-Reading Sea shore line that "the epidemic of sickness on our line seems to be over." Despite these encouraging re ports, the great mass of yard workers had not committed them selves to a return and gave no in dication of doing so. Tiniest of Boston's Quadruplets Dies BOSTON, Feb. 4-P-The tini est of Boston's three day-old Al len quadruplets, Karen Elizabeth, died late' tonight " A doctor at Children's hospital said the one pound, two ounce infant died as a result of "gross prematurity." REP. ANGELX, LEAVES PORTLAND, Feb. 4 -0F- Rep. Homer D. . Angell (R-Ore.) left Portland by. airplane tonight for his first congressional sessions this year. - Angell, re-elected last No vember, had remained in Portland during a critical jllness of his wife, who died last week. the state financial system.- Dairy There are strong signs that the legislature, bowing to strong pressure from , the house wives, might change the state milk control law. The bill to allow sale of colored margarine probably will be defeated Tuesday. " i ; Highways Sentiment Is build ing up for a 2-cent gas tax increase to build highways to " modern standards. A bill" to let the high way commission issue. $82,000,000 worth of road-building bonds still is in committee. fv : I .-. Civil defense The $74,000 ap propriation bill to provide money for setting up an expanded state civil defense agency nas been pass ed by the house. Speedy senate ap proval is expected. N. , Pensiona Nothing will be don until after the February IS public hearing on n bill to repeel the three-months-old law-which gives the state the light to file, claims against estates cf deceased pen sioners. . i v: - Veterans A bCl to give edu cational benefits and. farm and home loans to Korean war vet erans was introduced-last week. Nothing has beea don yet about the bill to set up machinery to pay the -soldiers bonus. The tin to Slightly LAGJUU Romance Blooms Amid Korea War 5 YONOCHON, Korea, Feb. 4 -Ufy-A brown-eyed army nurse and an army dentist were mar ried today in a squad tent in the middle of a dry rice paddy. The bride was IX. Anne Don io, 35, of Egg Harbor Rd Ham monton, N J. The groom was Capt Edward J. Pre jean, 32, of Gretna, La. . ? Standing on a straw mat be , fore an improvised altar with a parachute-cloth back ground, they were married by a Catholic chaplain. , . I Army doctors and nurses 'showered the couple with rice ' and oatmeal as they ducked out of the tent. A dance and recep-' tion were held in a larger, plank- floored tent nearby. Rogue River On Rampage After Deluge " Heavy rains threatened closure of the Pacfic highway at Grants Pass early today, the Associated Press reported. ! Grants Pass recorded nearly three inches of rain in the 24 hours .ending Sunday night, four times as much as Salem soaked up during -' a steady downpour Sunday. -. A foot -of water- was expected to be over the Pacific highway at Grants Pass by this morning, but little other damage wai expected from the swollen Rogue river. . The Coast highway between Crescent City and Eureka, Calif, was closed by slides, but the Red wood highway was open. ' ; Temperatures up to 50 degrees and off-and-on showers are pre dicted for the Salem area today. France Allows Quick Peek at New Weapons By Eddy GQmoro ' ' BAUMHOLDER; Germany. Feb. 4 -CSV France let representatives of the western world have a quick peek yesterday at her new .war weapons including mechanical foxhole diggers. What she showed was impres sive, but there was a strong im pression she still has a lot on the super-secret list. - : , "Just be sure,! cautioned ' De fense Minister Joules Moch,. "you take no photographs. ' Those on hand for the show In cluded military observers from the United States, Britahv Bel gium, The Netherlands and Lux embourg and several hundred French officers from all over the nation. j - " w : Most Impressive of the stuff put on view was: " A one man rocket launcher, as easily set up as a .home movie screen and 'operated about as ef fortlessly as a garden hose. A recoilless 75-millimeter gun weighing less than 150 pounds. A bazooka, lighter than a heavy rifle, that hit moving tanks with startling accuracy at relatively long distances. - , A 12-ton, veight-wheel armored reconnaissance tank, which can go backwards as fast, as it. can for wards. A 50-ton. tank with a 100-mflle-meter gun. t 'And two mechanical foxhole diggers ;..,'..-.. provide Jail sentences , for public officials who dont give veterans preference ' for jobs was passed last week by the senate and sent to the house. Labor Labor and employers are squaring oil lor cing-uong battles on several fronts. Labor asked last week for repeal of 1947 laws which ban hot cargo actions. secondary boycotts and secret elec tions in labor disputes. But em ployers demanded that those same laws be made tougher by allowing; courts to issue injunctions to en force them. Unemployment compensation Nothing has .been done but labor wants maximu'm benefits Increas ed from $25 a week to $30. elim ination of the one-week waiting period for benefits and that all employers ' be brought under the Law. Employers want lower pay roll taxes and want to max work ers ineligible if they ret mora than $000 a year. Employers eppesa labor proposals, and labor opposes employer ideas. - Track The truckers are cn tha defensive against bills to rsisa their taxes S3 per cent, enferet severe penalties against overload ing; and reduce maximum load limits in soo Instances. UUI Layoffs To Rise . Rapidly By Charles Ireland Staff Writer. Tbm SUtesmaa Independence's biggest sawmill will not operate , today due to the rail tie-up that has now idied more than 1,000 workers in the r mid-Willamette valley. Shutdown of the Independence Lmbr. and Mfg. Co. plant threw more than 300 men out of sort And Dallas Wiliametio ValW Lumber mill announced it will dose by Wednesday if the switch- -men's walkout doesnt end. That would fold up 408 more jobs. Passenger trains stm operated through Salem and the Pacific northwest early today, but freight movement remained choked. The Southern '- Pacific's Rcna River is the-only Dassenzer train ? not operating here. It has wl . made its night nia between Pert land and Ashland since Friday. j SP Sunday cancelled jobs here for train crews and switchmen Icr the duration of the work stoppage, the yardmasters office reported. I Cancels 15t Jobs The order temporarily wiped cut 150 jobs, but many of the men in volved already were milV -. ".Two sawmills at Kings VaCe-v, -employing 125 men, reportedly are down due to the rail strike. Kings VaUey is southwest of Indepen-. dence. - ;f . j j - Henry Dungan, who announced closure of the Independence mill, said the Kings Valley mills were closed by the recent cold snap auod be understood they, were staying closed until the strike ends. Small Mill Closes . Dunigan said his firm also h&d closed a small mill near Hokir., idling about 55 men in the mill ar.d woods. ''"-. i Closing of the big Independetce mill also blocks employment for 150 loaders near Coquille. souiro of the mill's log supply, be added. Plans to close the Dallas mill sometime Wednesday ..were an nounced. by Paul Morgan, plant manager. Some 153 men there al ready are working half shifts. f Elsewhere the Valsetz Xumter j Co, the Cascades Plywood Corp. at Lebanon 'and Oregon Pulp and re per at salem, each employing upwards of 400. said oners ticna would continue temporarily. Paulus Brothers Packiria ccro- panys shutdown of ration packing remained this area's biggest clos ure due to the strike. It affected 600 Jobs. I I Down Dae to Frees i .The rail tie-up has not yet af- f fected work on Detroit dam where - operations were down last wet k due to the deep freeze. Some SCO ' men, including Salem residents, will start back to work there today.-- . ' All told the strike has laid eft . more than 2,000 industrial weth ers In Oregon. . Members of the Portland train- men's union met Sunday and heard . a back-to-work message from W. P. Kennedy, union president. They ' took no action, on it. they said. About 800 railroadmen are par ticipating, in th walkout in tbo Portland area. - . "I They did Issue a statement that accused management and govern- ! ment of stalling for nearly two years. "Railroad workers can barely exist on the present wag scale, the statement said. . Scales now vary between SI 37 and $1.45 hourly for freight rune out of Portland. - ,. i Godfrey's Jet PENSACOLA. Fla- Feb. 4-CSV An Oxygen leak in his Jet plan changed Arthur Godfrey s plan fly toNw York today. The radio and television star. who just finished two weeks active navy duty here, headed directly for New York but the oxygen ran m short in his jet and.be had to re turn in about 45 minutes. He then filed a new flight plan. flew the jet to Jacksonville end made connections with a comrner dal airliner .for New York. Godfrey, a ' commander in tie TJ. S. naval reserve, was to have particiapted for resiew ceremon ies in New York .today honoring Comdr. Samuel Levy, USNR, who . is retiring. Officials went ahead with the ceremony. . , These words wf3 Crr In Tnn : Staterwian-SST.?.f EptZlMg Cas tes for prixes, now vserws7 'far Ja and S& grxCa rsjils el ; Marion "and Faik eemntiesi eppearoncf attempt cabinet comtnent complain consideration devtlop steel , student sicift tide - tree tirper visitor . trilling efford . apply ft LearnT to Spoil!