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TjQ 1 mm U LA UmU H At GftwA ef Orroot Pp j ' ":v: ' ;" '" -J J 1 foundbdI 1651 ' 100th YEAR 12 PAGES The Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Tuesday. February 6. 1951 PRICE 5c No. 317 Her Pushes i Draft of Young Ml lank Drive' Stabs to Within 5 Miles -i of Seoul - - 1 ? . TOKYO, Tuesday, Feb. 6 -fy- The biggest allied tank thrust of the Korean war stabbed within five miles of Seoul Monday, then with drew. Today the reds hit back weakly. A U.S. Eighth army briefing officer said 7,365 reds were killed br wounded in ground action all along the Korean front Monday. This brought to nearly 57,000 the total of enemy casualties since the allied nonnwara drive began January OtP QCEfflrDB TO) EDGES 25. Chinese reds retaliated with small counterattacks on the we$t centrar front Monday night ahd early today. Some allied elements were forced to withdraw from hill positions. i f In the west, three swift hunter kHler tank columns slashed through a reported buildup of from 10,000 to 15,000 fresh communist troops who had moved south from the Han river Sunday night, j The reds had appeared to be massing for a Chinese Lunar New xear s counter-offensive todav. I The main allied tank punch hit wiinin nve air miles of dead and Order Awaits Approval I wish to call attention to an article which is reprinted on the editorial page of The Statesman -jlent This Wat tho nerttt f:4V" r"'iA?:,;, fipproacn. w the south ko- and appeared in The Nation for tions forces abandon i January January 20th It is a significant N i -ujr contribution to tninxing on a na- ., A , M t ; i 0. 1;, On the central Korea frontJ a UVUU .. t,nV.M n 11 r 1 , . . , Cleary the present policy, based I ' t VZ V: i"S? ir" i h..ioA. . luut uiues m 1 our outdariV'reprsents" a cmpr f.nf5 nic f nnlitirianc Paver tr ran. 6: H"-Cu u . ture voteT and has little respert J" of Seoul-on fan either for the public treasury or '7 TLuZi Tunn wwara fnr soi.nrt farm nrnmm. Noni of ??e 38th Mrallel. Some 31 miles to th cn-ssf farm nrvsni79t inn n U1 north. dorses it. The central front attacks were Th Rrannan nlan wa nrnnnvd aimed at the North Korean Fifth a substitute but that has been S2rps. which has been reported effectively rejected because of gro.u,p,ing or a"?,ther offensive. fear of its cost and its prospect of . 1 1 u uuery na iignier- more complete government con-1 , uenng support trols of farming. to the tank-infantry stabs behihd n,. rt-t v r tuuuuuiuii lines. jl j w k ei' viici va uj a a. uii but it presents certain fundamen-l W r-g- tals that merit attention: It con-1 templates full production without I a : . a. I m " I suvcmmeiii resuricuoiis inu puis CYirll I011Q emphasis on efficiency farming. V-JaXl.ct J.C1.X ill ed as a sort of "expansion tank" ll fn I I hin for labor. In bad times the ex-1 kJll-HJUA M-JWD cess cf workers drifted back to thefarms. In good times men left Preliminary sketches were dr the farms for the factories. Thus dered Monday nieht bv 5lm farming has had marginal opera- school board for a new elemen tary school in the Candalafia neignis area An eight-to-ten room six-erade school is under consideration for future construction, with definite authorization not yet eiven. But school directors last nicht asked Architect W. I. Williams to make some sketches showing how best to use the 5-acre tract at the end oi Hansen avenue. The school board and citizen budget committeemen conferred witn trie teachers' economic wel mre comnunee resarciintr a pro posed salary increase averaging aooui 4uu per year. Committee members indicatpd ine salary request would receive tors and marginal workers. Schultz proposes consolidating the small farm patches into economic units inis would economize on man power and provide larger produc tion. Farming would no (Continued on Editorial Page, 4.) Minor Floods On Forecast PORTLAND, Feb. 5-tfVMinor floods are forecast for Oregon rains that sent river, rampaging 2322 1 2Z SSf taken until effects of 195lS - -",.r lesislaUon are determined. - ii itiiutivic saves. waa I . pected to crest at Harrisburg at Senate Votes Ttliman 13.5 feet. Rises were forecast bv the weather bureau at Corvallis and Albany tomorrow afternoon. Reorganization! Powers 5 WASHINGTON. Feb. 5-PV-The senate passed a bill todav riving President Truman authority sub- H,I( VY(j IJ UIMfTj I reorganize government agencies " mi '"tJfcU temDorarilv to nrnmnto th de fense program. The measure now goes to the house. t Salrm Portland Max. . 41 47 f0 38 Mln. 39 35 54 IS Preclp. Trace .00 San Francisco Chicago ... -. wiuamette Ktver 7.9 feet FORECAST (from U. S. weather bu reau. McNiry field. Salem): Togwy with drizxl this morning becoming cjuuuj uui aiiemoon ana lonignt. nam oesiiuunir late tonignt or early Wed nesday. High today near 48: low to- nigm near 40. IALEM PRECIPITATION Bine Start of Weather Tear Sept. 1 Normal By Charles Barrett WASHINGTON, Feb. 5-JP)-Se-lective Service Director Lewis B. Hershey said today an order now awaiting approval would remove the draft exemption of 220,000 childless married men who are not veterans. And, he added he sees no rea son "whatever" why physical and mental standards also should not be lowered to tap 150,000 to 250, 000 more men, now deferred. Both these groups would be in the 13 to 26 age group covered by ine present draft law. But Hershey, testifying before the house armed services commit tee, said these steps still would not meet the nation's defense manpower needs. He stuck to his guns in. favor of an administration bill lowering the draft age to 18, ana providing universal military service and training. Some congressmen are reluctant to take 18-year-olds until the draft of the 19-to-26 group is tightened. Additional Steps Committeemen suggested to Hershey today two additional steps in this tightening process: drafting of national guardsmen, and a stricter policy in deferring "essential" Industrial and agricul tural workers. Hershey told the committee an order to draft childless married men aged 19 to 26 has been pre pared and turned over to defense manpower agencies, where he is virtually certain it will be approv ed. The step also requires an execu tive order by President Truman. Chances for the order would be strong if his manpower chiefs en dorse it. No date was indicated. Veterans Exempt The order would not apply to married men with more than one dependent. The law itself exempts ail war veterans. The armed services committee has been holding hearings for two weeks on the bill to draft 18-year- oms. Chairman Vinson (D-Ga) de clared to Hershey, "there are 137, 186 in the national guard and ac tive reserve units eligible for duty. They should be subject to call bythe draft board." He noted that many guard units had not been ordered to active duty. Vinson said some men are en listing in the guard to dodge the draft He suggested that veterans not draft-eligible men should comprise the guard. J (1 "QJ Iffy j 'let's Go to a Dance - - You Buy the tickets1 1,1 ! JW - . -4." i "" -F-ewv , - v tit .ill HI ;.' i.l.nu I UU II II IIKIW '1W III 1 1 H--JB&S$10?IS!. ...A5f; - N; ; lTnr f - yf ri "v ' 5 ,0 00f Employes Return to Jobs in Philadelphia Area WASHINGTON, Fb. 5 (AP) Charles E. "Wilson- director of defense mobilization, appealed to striking raidroad workers; tonight to go back to work. .' Declaring that a "creeping paralysis" was spreading oyer the country, and that the defense effort was beinjr badly, handicapped, Wilson said in a White-House sane tioned broadcast: . ' ', ;;T ' ' "The communists could not hope to be this effective If they start ed a full scale campaign of sabotage." . More than 5,000 railroad men in the Philadelphia area had go Wilson began, his. na ti on - wide; broadcast. It was the first hi mih I in a back-to-work movement, i Wilson told the strikers whn have been , reporting they were "sick" that the six-day old strike was not a legitimate one. y ; -No matter how serious ': tout grievances may seem to you, they cannot justify . the harm vou : are now doing to your country." - 1 j -x asK you to report for duty? now, tonight, for those who should S oe working now and, to stay on the od -as patriotic Americans." f V- tl r ; ' . . 1 i i, ; Using massed forces In a down-the-streteh drive to seU tickets for the annul Sa.lem policemen's ball this Thursday, four officers nearly overwhelm pretty Betty Todd, a waitress at the Grill cafe, from left are Patrolmen Eugene Grunewald, James S to vail and Mike Elklns, and CapL L. D. Weaver, pub licity chairman. The annual ball will be at the Crystal Gardens and proceeds will be used for projects such as the Christmas baskets given to needy families. (Statesman . photo.) DEFENSE CZAS WILSON' "Back to Work New" Panther Scare. Pennsylvania CLAIRTON, Pa., Feb. 5 -(ff) This bustling steel mill ' town is enjoying the thrills and chills of a black panther scare. Police began by scoffing at re ports of excited residents who telephoned with news of seeing a black panther. Now police aren't so sure. Chief Peter Orsini and others have seen the animal. The chief said the beast is about four feet long with a long tail. How the animal reached this in dustrial center near Pittsburgh remains a mystey. Crown-Zellerbach Plant to Expand Statesman News Service LEBANON, Feb. 5 The Crown Zellerbach company- announced today that pulp capacity of its plant here would be increased 650 tons a month as a result of in creased defense demands for ni trating and paper pulps. The expansion project, to In clude a new building, chip bin. di gester circulation system, acid tank and other facilities, is expect ed to be completed within nine months. Car Crashes Lyons Child Statesman Newt Service MILL CITY, Feb. 5 Gertrude Ramona Losch, 24 - year - old daughter tof Mr. and Mrs. Royal Edwin Losch, Lyons route 1, died here today about an hour after she had been crushed under the wheel of a car in front of her home. State police reported that the little girl had apparently been playing unnoticed in front of Mailman Karl Allen's car as he chatted with her father about 11 a. m. When Allen started up again the wheel of the car passed over the child's chest. Losch had been summoned to he roadside by Al len for delivery of a registered letter. The litle girl was taken to Mill City to a physician where she died at 11:50 a. m. The body was taken to the Weddle funeral home in Stayton where services will be an nounced later. Snyder Calls Tax Hike Plan Rather Rugged WASHINGTON. Feb. 5 Secretary of the Treasury Snyder outlined the proposed $10,155, 000,000 defense tax increase to congress today, disclosing that in I housewives march to Salem to "What you are doine now" Wil son told the railroad workers. . "ran hurt the. United States more than ail tne communist armies in Ko rea." -. . ... ' .... Wilson SDOke with the annroval of President Truman, the hrnaAraet had been set un .bv the Whit . House. -.; ;-' , -!- l-.- ! Shortly before Wilson the air. President W.-P. Kennedy of the Brotherhood of Railroad Train men - said a survey showed . "hun dreds of .our men throughout th country are responding to. m v an. peal" to so back to work- . Despite the Philadelphia back-te-wprk movement and Kennedy's statement, the strike Monday night spread to another railroad the -Erie, ; . .-...... . .., More than 250.600 Industrial unrWn n ai1ii;:m' . . .. - wivumvu ui muni, have been made idle by the. walkout - . The Erie railroad amnouhced that tr ,i-v tr-ir' through its system like "ink on blotter" and canceled two main linav passenger trains. i ' Li ..... , P- fA. ,wv o1" Washington were reported hopelessly dead riff I Irall Pflfl V I loelrerf. Jk ra1ivsl :un win i . . . . 'wv , v m. .m-MULw I - - - v. " iiui uui was uiiroaucea in congress. .J Ij. Rep; Andrews (D-Ala) introduced legislation for immediate in- PORTLAND, Feb. 5-6P)- SUte uctioI 6f railroad enaployes who hold occupational draft de- Milk Marketing Administrator """ir13 . . . "' ! " : ' .--i; . Thomas L, Ohlsen said today the I fiiuc aeait new blows to Industry. With 123,000 automobile new milk price order for the W.vcer" fn industry source predicted car making will be halted Portland area is ready for an- " wluoul wnunues. nouncement tomorrow. At a hearing last month, pro ducers asked a 3-cent price boost. Their request touched off a call I for a consumer boycott and Portland Area Milk its--sweep across the nation's econ omy it calls for 20 per cent more income taxes from the little fellow. Heavy increases in corporate income taxes also were proposed. They would be accompanied by greatly increased levies on new automobiles, liquor, beer, ; cigar ettes, radios, refrigerators and many other consumer items. Snyder called the program rather rugged." He told the house ways and means committee it was only the first step in the admin istration's plan to get at least $16,500,000,000 more revenue to put the government on a pay-as-we-go basis during the vast rearmament program demand repeal of the state milk control law. I jSaiificl!:ra A 1 m Lances Destroyed by Monmouth Fire i Statesman News Service MONMOUTH, Feb. 5 Fire, apparently starting from wiring in me utility room, destroyed sev-r eral appliances and damaged the ! . - v Ailing switchmen closed down , Salem operations of the' Oregon Electric railroad Monday, cutting another freight artery for th mid-' Willamette vaUey. . . , . . Salem Agent for the line, John B. Henshaw, reported two switch men reported "sick" Monday forcing the layoff of two switching crewa of five men each and two clerks. Henshaw reported that one through freight from Portland to Eugene and return would continue to run on the line, however. j " " Cutting of Salem service on the line was not; expected to have much effect on either incoming or outgoing freight because of em bargoes already placed on shipments at other rail centers. c But in total the five-day old nation-wide strike was strangling eCOnOmV and idling mnr inriiicfrial wnrkmrm imtiKnii e Mr- .andMrs- George The "Big WiUamette VaUey plant at Dallas was scheduled to close up Mr c1 LaHtewn 1 t0day for Uck of Ios d lumb "PPi cars. One hundred fry Mrs. Cooper had been in the men are emnlnml nn h r .v.:. .u. m m i i j o I 4la , . I w rm uv ww w ecu u tM IfXaVE liUUa AUICV iiUXlUiCU ff I la" And. the secretarv addM If thp Utility room washing "Clothes. She I nloves of tha TndenenHnr T.nmh .A Xff,. r i . jit - mtwsA wiuiuaiuuuii wv.. r c w treasury has its way, individual le" fr a few moments to hang idled Monday. - , and corporate tax increases will some clothes and returned to find M TZIf Tl- T ' - rrrri ' " 'tj ' ' be retroactive to Jan. 1, 1951. the room ablaze. She was able to UVU J ODS 111 ILiinil UOUlltV -1 lireatdiecl Wall Street exoressed astrvnish- remove the family car from the -. - . . . J . - ment at the program. New York ageadjoining the room but withflw Xv businessmen said they had been ueeP .ezer, eiecinc iron, wasner I ihtk rta -.rrlV: resigned to tax increases. v,t th na drier were all destroyed. The .v-y"'"" rt" x-cuauuu, jwouuajr. vuuui iwu miis, size of the proposed boosts flab- I north end of the house was also oergasted them. uamagea. r A bine nf mmrreccinnoi unM. ! Damage was estimated at S3 000 ment favors a cautious approach u ""a oy insurance. to the new tax bilL .some con- EMPLOYMENT AT NEW HIGH WASHINGTON, Feb. 5-P)-The census bureau reported tonight that 59,010,000 persons were em ployed in civilian jobs last month. the greatest number ever for the month of January. Thi Year 3I.S3 Last Year 27 ao 22.63 Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH . .- - t y ;- . " - . On. W HAYOtH-Kthiw !,. , j ,1t' only fcole im tWwal but r l ighway Coiiiinission Requests Control Over Parking. SignBoards on State Roads in Cities By Lester F. Cenr Staff Writer. The SUtesman Bills which would give the state highway commission the authority to prohibit or regulate parking and erection of signboards on state roads in cities were introduced in the senate Monday as the Oregon legislature began its fifth week.! Another bill sponsored by the commission would allow the com mission to prohibit hunting or an gling in state parks. The commis sion would set the seasons when hunting or fishing would be allow ed. ?i . i The highway measures, intro duced by the senate highway com mittee i at ; the highway commis sion's request, . would also allow the commission to stop counties irony constructing roads which en ter express highways.!! ' ' - S State Highway Engineer R. ft. Baldock said Monday he knew the bills had been drafted, but was not fully acquainted with, their con tents. He said they had been in troduced before highway depart ment heads had - a chance to ro over them with the commit. T The proposed measures would affect Salem - streets U which are state built and maintained, such as i Portland road. Commercial street and 12th street. New house measures introduced Monday include two which would require the secretary of state to send; notices to drivers whose driv er's -licenses are about to expire and would allow county employes not under the state retirement act to become eligible for social se curity benefits. Marion county em ployes are covered by the state retirement act. Other house bills introduced would appropriate S250.000 as the state share for Corvallis new sew age disposal plant: increase the salaries of the Salem area Marion county constable and the county surveyor; and increase homestead tax exemptions from $3,000 to S5.- 000. . Sen. Frank Hilton. Portland, is author of. a senate memorial in troduced Monday which would ask President Truman .and congress to put an immediate end to the rail strike because it Is impairing ship ment - of war material to Korea. Jhe memorial was referred to com mittee after the senate refused to vote on it immediately. : . The senate voted 17 to 13 to make Columbus day a permissive legal holiday after wrangling al most an hour over the issue. The measure now goes to the house. ' The house education committee began consideration of a bill by Rep. Sprague Carter, Pendleton, which would lop $8,000,000 off the $29,000,000 state basic school sup port aid to schools each year. It would change school census ages in the act from 4 to 20 years to 6 to 17. Voters last November voted an additional $11,000,000 for the basic school fund by increas ing the state's per pupil contribu tion from $50 to $80. Carter's bill, to be referred to the voters, would eliminate all but $3,000,000 of this amount. ' , : Today's big scrap will start in the senate at 10:30 ajn. when the so Ions lock horns over a proposal to allow sales of colored olemoar- gariae. The aerate agriculture vot ed 5 to 2 Friday to recommend a do not passT on the bilL and the senate is expected to kill the meas ure after a bitter argumuent, i Both .the house and senate wfH meet at 10 am. today. : (Legislative news also on page 12- tending the legislators should wait and size un the bud pet. then levy a one-package .bill. Leaders in tootii houses indicated they did not expect great speed in getting a bill out despite the administra tion's request for speed. Details on page 2) ' Baby Arrives I In Bitter Cold MERIDIAN, Miss.. Feb. 5-(iiP- will be affected, he said. i Meanwhile the oostoffice denartment ra barsoes on mail shipments in affected areas. Postmaster Albert Gr&j- sua jnonaay mat additional restrictions on - mail service includes all second dass, gneciaLdevery, newspapers, all third nd fourth clasa matter, matter of first class exceeding eight ounces in weight and air parcel post exceeding- two sounds in weight. J Layoffs Spread Quickly. Across State 1 Nearly every other major town In the state reported men idled because of the- tieup. Most layoffs came when lumber industry mills closed because of shortage of logs or freight cars for finished lumber products; . " i : ..:.;v.- -i i'' : -: ' -' ". . . ;; ; - The last SP & S train between Lebanon and Albany ran Monday noon, and the Southern Pacific freight traffic in the area ceased com pletely Monday night. : ' - ' c ' , . . bids on a. dam -and nliw lino nn I ' Charles WFox, president of Cascade Plywood. Lebanon, which Abiqua creek. The bids are to be "Poy 1200 men, said his operations would close within two days If opened at a special meeting aV the rail traffic was not resumed. ': , I ' city council at the city hall at7;30 ' Walter Leisy, general manager of the Santiam Lumber company pjn. February 15. muu at Lebanon and in Sweet Home, employing 410, said those per- (Abiqua Dam Bids Sought Statesataa News Service SILVERTON, Feb.. 5 Mayor irroa koss nas issued a call for Tk. : I a.; vj. a ' . . . An 80-year-old MisaMi ; vt weeaj.u shipments were nel SSlillf WP di-k,..Sld;,Iwf,: general manager of Wmamett. 7 National at Foster, while the parents home burned vctZ Ud'"u" uiqua east ot in- empioymg 3iOr said his plant Is to resume work partially Tuesday, af dow before da Vesrdayf I V;"' Jf .Wail PPlr,PlPe ter a week', shutdown for. annual repairs, but would be closed agai Fle Marion. 1 I wma two " tne u tieup continues, IVI I VV riJSIIT7a9101 f h A hihw Wmw 1 . . ' ' I k!' ; ' YfL" Principal items of construction are -JESS?2 -ame and SftouSSiSt VwTcrpTpef the prospective mother being car- ' The ' dam as voted k ih V?$t SLbfdsprf?gs n5 people of SiTverton some months a perfect assist. The fire nrovided light for the delivery and, its heat, plus clothing, kept the mother and DaDy-warm. ;. , i-j . t: PI aa fw ; ra oil m: iuuu i jiiiciaiica Learn to Spell! Gold Dredge. ; City Planners JgisJators to ft ; e '1 -?- fi ' m "m -ft fT ". Tr-l L m t iLousidertaDitol Mali Intension ... : .-. .a . .. These words will figure In The S ta teaman- KSLM Spellinc Cea test fer prises. now oadcrwar for 7th and Sth grade pnpils ef Marion and Polk counties: - ' j: Both : city planners t and state legislators will take a closer look this week at the state eapitol plan ning . commission's plan : for ex tending 1 the eapitol. mall toward D street. . .t-j.w...'-.;.,.-: ;.... T A proposed legislative resolution ijp- Alm' subject is scheduled , to committee. Wednesday The city planning and zoning commission .ill . .1. . f , . efr.,m e1an 1 flrvmii-MKrAlTui I tlOtt TbuTSday ttighL GRANTS PASS, Feb 5 gold dredge valued at $50,000-and carrying 60 ounces of gold worth $1800, broke loose from its moor torap . adrantae - appeal . attach benefit circular ' concert constant demand spy -strain - . swamp temple , tourist tnisV ivsing " were .;- yield affair : stream island In the flood-swollen Rogue river yesterday;3 - 'The 1 dredge was operating- "mile west of Galice. It was owned Zoning chairman W.-W.'Rose- baugh said the local commission's special meeting is called for 730 pjn. Thursday in ' the city mana- by : H.- W. Vandeventer. GaUce. CTS. V,T 1 i 7.? and k George Naron, Bakersfield, prior to Uie city council's The -vessel broke up on anl island near the' Rand ranger sta- for aa expresstonrtf'itrtpinIon tion. The cabin was ripped, loose of the mall extension. there. Two hours ? later it was Another matter expected to be spotted 'as it passed Black bar, discussed by the aonera la the pos- 22 miles downstream. 'aibliity el - off-street parking . to relieve North Capitol street and the eapitol group. Rosebraus h said other items pertaining- to. state construction and the forthcoming- new traffic plan in Salem may be discussed. - - t ; Meanwhile, the eapitol mall plan Is before the legislators in the form of a resolution to deelsre thestata's- intention to purchae property between Capitol , end Winter streets as far north tt'D street This plan is to bo endoritd before the joint ways and means committee by- Robert Sawyer f Bend, chairman of the capilcl planning group, and fiil-a rntm bers M. L. tleyers, Elizabeth Lcrd and Paul Wallace; , . The. commission has indicated that approval of tha resolutic4 would make It posslbla fjrthe L lea city ccuncil to zans that si. a for - protection against expen h a construction, prior to acq.uiiUf.a by the state. . . .- - u