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I : I : i i 4 ..'. , : rl O On :o M ers Steel to Replace Covered Span ' 1. E Nog .. - : : H ; ;- ' : . ; . -1 . . i ... - iMussiiaiims ? lCOth YEAB 2 SECTIONS Kiev Colored To Keserve Yellow: for , By John II. White ' ' : Staff Writer. Th Statesman The housewives battle for sale oi colored oleo is not over. " Rep. John P. Hounsell. Hood River, Saturday said he would draft new bill granting butter producers exclusive rights to a certain shade of yellow but opening" U other shades of yellow to oleo manu facturers. " rt ' Hounsell, a strong oleo supporter, claimed enough legislative sup- KKDCDCO Noting a reference In a current magazine article to a book, "Social and Economic History of the Roman Empire" by Rostovtzeff I borrowed it from the library. Rather a ponderous book by a real scholar who was professor of anci- hi.tnr at Yale, when the Vvrvnlr ail! nublished (1926). Just as a scholar does, the au thor developed the background of Roman history oy an "V" tory discussion of Greece, both the city-states of Greece proper and the Hellenistic world of Greek in fluence particularly in the east Mediterranean. What he records is so striking as to merit quota tions: Tfc nrimarv cause of the steady decline of economic life in Rmr nrorjer was the constant, almost uninterrupted, succession of wars in which the cities were involved In the fourth and third centuries B.C. inese wars, ia .nit of many efforts to minimize their ruinous effects and to subject them to some inter-state regula tion, became ever more bitter, more cruel and more disastrous rnr all the DarticiDants, whether viMnn nr vanauished. ... "Concurrently with the external wars there raged within the Greek cities, alike in Greece proper and in most of the islands, an unceas ing class warfare, which origina ted in the growtn oi a wen-io-uu bourgeois class and the corre sponding impoverishment of the masses. This class-war made the rwtnrth nnrf develoDment of a uund caDitalistic system very dif ficult The strife in the Greek cities assumed more and more the character of an almost (Continued on editorial page, 4.) Sawmill Strike Threat Averted By Agreement PORTLAND. Feb. 24-V The Willamette Valley lumber Operators association tonight agreed to a 74 cent an hear pay Increase far some 554 Oreron AFL lumber and saw mill workers, a union spokes mam said tonight. PORTLAND, Feb. 24 H7P- A strike of 14,000 AFL sawmill and lumber workers In western Wash ington Monday appeared certain tonight when a spokesman for employees said the latest union offer would not.be accepted. The union today notified the lumber industrial relations com mittee, representing employers, that It would accept an increase of 74 cents an hour, subject to federal wage stabilization board approval. - But Earl Hartley, president of the union's Puget Sound district council, said a strike would begin Monday morning if the offer was not accepted by that time. A spokesman for the employer committee declared, however, that the proposal was above the wage formula announced by the stabilization board, and for that reason could not be accepted. The walkout would affect 14, 000 western Washington workers. - EXdon Kraal secretary of the Willamette - valley union district council, said some 5500 Oregon workers would walk out at the same time if their employers -failed to approve the boost. The strike would affect some 200 mills and camps In western Washington and about SO in Ore gon. CA ACCESSORY STOLEN Theft of a tail pipe extension from his car parked near Salem high school was reported to city police Saturday night by Chuck Jlaxgrove, 732 N. Cottage it. 38 PAGES leo Sill Shade of utter l port to pass his measure without much of a struggle. "I think even the dairy interests will back this bill," he said. In several quarters it was haz arded that the dairy interests, as well as some of the legislators who voted against colored marga rine a week ago, would be more than glad to exchange such a compromise for the distinct possi bility that irate consumers would toss out the whole milk control law via initiative measure. To Allow Colored Oleo The move to allow colored oleo sales, which were rejected by the house 30 to 28 Monday after re ceiving senate approval, highlight ed an : otherwise quiet Saturday in the legislature. The house passed one minor bill and rejected two others. No new measures were introduced. The senate did not meet. Hounsell's "shade of yellow for butter will be determined on the Munsell color chart, which contains standard color defini tions, recognized by the U. S. bureau of weights and measures. The only such chart on the west coast is owned by the Sherwin Williams paint company in San Francisco and is expected to ar rive in Salem by air express this week end. The proposed bill probably will be drafted Monday afternoon at a meeting to which Hounsell has called representatives of the state agriculture department, Oregon State college and oleo and dairy leaders. Hounsell said his proposal would not limit butter producers to a certain shade of yellow but would grant them exclusive rights to it, thus protecting producers who sell butter in its natural color. Claims Support "Many republicans, alarmed by widespread public reaction to their voting against the first bill, now are willing to go for the new measure," Hounsell said. Some republicans feel that al lowing sale of colored oleo might pacify housewives' organizations enough so that they won't have to repeal or change the state milk control law. The senate is scheduled to bal lot Tuesday on a measure to let the people decide at the next elec tion whether they want milk con trol laws repealed. Both sides have said they would not give an inch. The house highway committee Saturday morning placed a "do pass" stamp on a bill authorizing the state highway commission to establish and operate an arboret um and botanical garden as a part of the state park system. To Select Site The site will be selected by the Oregon Arboretum and Botanical foundation and the highway com mission. Two measures to increase cer tain fees in small claims courts were rejected by the house after Rep. CJ L. (Buck) Lieuallen, Pen dleton, i charged ; the bills- would "squeeze the last drop of blood out of the poor man's court." Rep. Robert Yi Thornton, Tilla mook, sponsor of the bills, claimed that the courts should "pay their own way." . He said they were un able to' do so under present law, established in 1917.. When both houses convene at 10 jn.i Monday, it will mark the 50th day of the session. Use Jack Mayes Appointed Sttate Civil defense Biredor In Appointment of Jack A. Hayes of Salem, deputy state fire mar shal, as state director of Oregon's civil defense program was made Saturday by Gov, Douglas McKay. Hayet succeeds Louis A. Starr, Portland attorney, who has headed the agency as volunteer since 1949. Tbe state legislature recently made the job a full-time position, paying $7,200 per year. Hayes has been acting as i Starrs assistant since 1949. This Is the second time he has headed ! the defense agency. He was loaned to the state civil de fense council in 1941 as training director, became acting adminis trator for the council in 1944, and returned to the fire marshal's of fice after World War LL Governor McKay referred to Hayes as "one; or ine dcsi mxormea men on civil defense; matters In the ; entire west." ! ' . f f ' . Announcement; of Hayes ap pointment followed closely his re-, turn from Washington, D. CI where he conferred with civil de-l POUNDID 1651 Tli Oregon Statesman. Salens Orecjon, Sunday. February 25. 1951 Commies Stiffen Stand TOKYO, Sunday, Feb. 25-SV Allied forces slithered forward to day into sectors of increasing com munist resistance along 60 miles of flooded and muddy Korean bat tlefront. All along the line from Seoul in the west to Hoengsong in the central mountains the reds re sistance stiffened. Air reports told I of enemy activrty east of Seoul and a buildup of 10,000 to 15,000 reds northwest of Hoengsong. These were indications of tough er going ahead for United Nations troops: Hand-to-hand combat with stubborn communists Sat u r d a y and tank - to - tank gun duelling across the Han river. Allied field commanders said their offensive, slowed by an early thaw and rain, was edging toward tRe main communist defense line. The reds' defense-in-depth posi tions line the north bank of the Han and its flooded rice paddies from Seoul east to Yangpyong, thence over the Mountains into the interior of the peninsula. Red units up to battalion size were committed to action as the allies closed in on the main enemy defenses. Behind the lines air ob servers reported: "Much enemy activity" about 15 miles east of Seoul north of the Han in a triangle formed by the Han and the tributary Pukhan. Red movements were noted for eight miles north of the confluen ce of the wo rivers. On the central front 10,000 to 15,000 reds were spotted north west of Hoengsong, dug in all the way to the Hongchon river 10 miles to the north. Associated Press Correspondent William J. Waugh at U. S. Eighth army headquarters reported there were indications the reds would put up a strong Tight for the road hub of Hongchon. It is 15 miles north of Hoengsong. Hoengsong itself, 35 miles south of the 38th parallel, still was in red hands. Pangnim, 25 miles east of Hoengsong on a lateral road running to the east coast, was cap tured by U. S. troops Saturday. Robert Gerig Top Speller at Pratum School Robert Gerig, 13-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Gerig of route 6, Salem, has been chosen by the pupils of Pratum school east of Salem to represent them in The States man - KSLM di- vinlnn Knllinff I contest. V The selection was maHc known Thursday by . f Principal Mabel ' T. Olson, who also certified as Robert Gerig second- and third-place winners, respectively, William Bateson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Bateson of route 5, and JoAnn Slater, 12, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Slater, also of route 5. Robert is in the 8th grade, Wil liam and JoAnn in the 7th. The former will compete with the winners of 16 other schools in the division (semi-final) contest at Keizer at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 16. Certificates of merit already have been sent by the sponsors to the three top Pratum spellers. Jack A. ZXayes I -T 1 1 i ' '. ' 'I M - i- - -inn : . . .. i --m - , : -.- v Within a few weeks the new bridge at left will be In use for crossing Butte creek at Scotts Mills, and another of the seldom-seen cov ered bridges will be gone. This one was built about 1900. The new steel bridge, 90 feet long, was bought from the state and hauled from . its original site at Baker. A county bridge crew erected it, put in 40-foot approaches and a concrete deck. Only remaining work is an approach fill to be placed by Clackamas county. Tbe Sen. Gibson Hospitalized After Collapse Senator Angus Gibson, 63, Junc tion City, was hospitalized in Sa lem Saturday after he collapsed in. the Marion hotel coffee shop Sat urday morning. ' Gibson's physician. Dr. Ralph E. Purvine of Salem, said he would rest in the Salem Memorial hos pital for several days to recuper ate from severe exhaustion. The senator collapsed about 10:30 a.m. and was given treatment at the scene by Salem first aidmen. Gibson, chairman of the senate elections committee and a member of the senate ways and means and the roads and highways committee, returned Friday from a legislative trip to Olympia. H-Bomb Plant for Alabama Claimed BIRMINGHAM, Feb. 24 -(JF-The Birmingham News tonight said it was "authoritatively in formed" that "an undisclosed site in Alabama is being considered for location of huge H-bomb plant." The plant proposed for Ala bama "would . be a link in the chain of plants to complete manu facture of the devasting H-bomb," the News said in its Sunday edi tion. Linnton Plywood Co-op Planned PORTLAND, Feb. 24-(TVPlans for a $2,000,000 plywood cooper ative plant and a lease on the old Clark and Wilson Lumber com pany property at Linnton were announced today by John J. Ox ley, manager. The Columbia Plywood associ ation is seeking membership of 400 persons experienced in ply wood making or adaptable to that kind of work, he said. He described the organization as the first full cooperative under Oregon law for plywood manu facture. fense officials from many sections of the nation. The new director immediately announced appointment of three staff coordinators. They are Mau rice Shepard, operations; Robert Sandstrom, administration, and Thomas Brubeck, public informa tion. All are Salem residents. : Shepard, a 1933 Oregon State college graduate, completed a five-year tour , of army service in 1948. Sandstrom. a 1942 OSC grad uate, is a former employment se curity deputy- here with the state unemployment compensation com mission. Brubeck, University of Oregon Journalism graduate, has worked as a reporter-photographer during- the past two years for newspapers at Oregon City and Hills boro. ; - O " : Hayes attended Mt Angel col lege and University of Oregon. He was a member of the Eugene city fire department, from 1927 until 193S when he took a job with the istate fire marshal's office. He and Mrs.; Hayes reside at PRICE 10c No. 336 - it. Quadruplets Born to Pennsylvania Couple BALTIMORE, Feb. 24-;p)-Mrs. Edward Pappas, looking forward to twins next month, gave birth to quadruplets today. And all she could say was, "oooh, three rooms and a bath." Pappa Pappas, a slight but rugged-looking pipe fitter, was ob viously a bit unsettled, but he was trying to take it in stride. "So what? We wanted some kids, so now we got 'em." uney were tneir nrst. The hospital said both the mother and the babies two boys and two girls were "fine." They were placed in incubators im mediately after delivery, more as precaution than necessity. The new parents, both 28, are from Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 'Romance in Service' "We lived just two doors away," Pappas explained, "and went"1o school together. Then I went in to the navy for six years in 1942, and we started going together while I was in the service." They were married in August 1949, after he had gotten the job at Bethlehem Steel and was set tled here- They live in an upstairs apart ment three rooms and a bath. Pappas said he had planned to move to a new home, "but it's no bigger." 'I don't know what we'll do now. We've got a little time yet to make those sort of plans," he said. "Knock It Off" Mrs. Anderson, in whose house they live, just couldn't get over it-. "When I saw them (the babies) keep coming out the delivery rom," she said, 'I wanted to run in and tell her, I don't mind baby-sitting for one or two, bt let's knock this off." Pappas didn't seem too con cerned about the future. "We'll make it all right," he said. He likes his job, he added, and plans to stay. It was apparent, however, he would get plenty of outside help. As soon as Mayor Thomas D'Ale sandro heard about it, he immedi ately started a "Mayor's Quad Fund' by laying down $100 and accepting all contributions. The names the Pappas decided on were Patricia Ann, Judith Ann, Richard Charles and Edward Jo seph. , 2045 Virginia st. The family in cludes a son, Jerry, Who is a second-year midshipman at the U. S. naval academy, Annapolis, Md.; and daughters, Meredith, 15, and Jacqueline, 14, both students at Sacred Heart academy. Hayes said he plans no changes in defense policy or direction. Alan Loses Thumb For 30 Minutes FORT LAUDERDALE, F 1 a-, Feb. 24-(ff)-Velman M. Yeager, 41, a farmer and bis lost thumb are together again today.' - An alert motorist saw the thumb on the street after Yeager's motor cycle had collided with an auto mobile. The ' motorist took the thumb to the hospital where Yea ger had arrived 30 minutes earlier. The attending physician sewed the thumb back on "with apparent food results," he reported. : J A I . . ,4 . ii V A $5luv bridge was bought and hauled for about $5,000. Construction brought the cost up to about $25,000 or $5,009 under the original estimate, according to the county court. Pictures of historic spots such as this will play a major part in The Statesman's Centennial edition which will be published on this newspaper's 100th birthday March 28. Extra copies may be reserved now, mailed anywhere in the United States at 15e each. (Statesman Farm Photo.) U I .1 i. n i i Jim.. " . i ..mm q "- . :.. ' . f i ' tm ' "it - -' -1 " ) - ' s ' " ' ' ' 53 MAJ. GEN. BRYANT MOORE Heart Attack Follows Crash . Commander of Ninth Corps; j Dies in Korea WEST CENTRAL FRONT, Ko rea Feb. 24-GT)-Maj Gen. Bryant E. Moore, 56, commander of the U.S. Ninth corps, died I today shortly after his helicopter crashed in the Han river near the front, j Gen. Moore died. of a heart at tack, presumably as a result of crash injuries and shock from be ing plunged into the Icy river, i The . helicopter suddenly lost power and crashed. Men; of a U. S. engineer unit camped, along the river helped Moore and his pilot ashore. The pilot was not seriously hurt. . i . J . Moore was taken to the ' van (trailer) of Brig; Gen. H.J. D. Myers, commander of the 24th division artillery,, where he died. Named to replace Moore as commander "of the Ninth corps was MaJ. Gen. Oliver P. Smith. Berke ley, Califs commander of the First Marine division in Korea.! Brig. Gen. Lewis B. (Chesty) ;Puller took over the First marines. (Additional details on page 2.) Ml. Predpu g-I S3 S .1 Portland M S4 X7 S a Frandaee i JM .OO JM Chlcara as Will-matt- Hl-er SJt feet i FORECAST (from U. S. weather bu reau. McNary -field. Salem): Partly cloudy thli morn ( wltn oacreaai eloud-aa tcmlht and Monday. Hi today 4ASO-, lam ton! gbt U-aoJ j - SALKM WUtCTPTTAXIOX Ctaea Start ef Weather Year iept. S This Year Last Year orrnal UU aus Vax. . 4S nrV 42 ::-r. . Covered Span May Not Stay Thing of Past Another covered bridge Is soon to disappear from Marion coun ty's roads, but that type of span isn't just a relio of the horse-and-buggy era. ' Because a roof provides a good protection from the rain for wood en-floored and framed bridges, Marion county Is considering a cover for at least one more, said County Engineer Hedda Swart. That is the Dunnigan bridge on Abiqua creek. But the much-battered span at Scotts Mills, across Butte creek, has been replaced by a steel and concrete structure which is to be in use within a few weeks. It has been erected during the past sev eral months by a county bridge crew, of which Theodore Kuenzi of Salem is foreman. Also due for replacement this summer is the covered section on the north end of the ' Stayton bridge over the. Santiam ! river. The new portion will be from the steel span which formerly crossed Mill creek on State street near the state penitentiary. Other covered bridges extant in the county are on market road 28 between Turner and Aumsville, over Mill creek; on county road 632 west of Mt. Angel, Essens bridge over Pudding river; two on county road 779 over Abiqua creek; on county road 428 east of Butteville, over Pudding river. By the time such bridges are razed, said Swart, they have had so many replacement parts usual ly that little of the original struc ture remains. t Rep. Hill Asks Commissions Consolidated Rep. Earl Hill, Cushman, Satur day said he would propose con solidation of the state unemploy ment compensation and industrial accident . commissions . under the Oregon labor commissioner. : Hill estimated the merger would save between $100,000 and $300,000 annually. He Is chairman of a ways and means subcommitte which has been studying the problem. ; The consolidation would take the two commissions out from under control of the governor and put them under the labor commission er, who also Is elected by the people." - ; r '; j I These words will figure In The SUtexman-KSLM Spelling Con test for prizes, now underway for 7th and 8th grade pupil ef alarum and Polk counties: . accordance adrising approximate : attorney cancel ' communicate conference advertisement should climb . ", enough i listen J Question : ; truly r America -t curtain j ' absolute 1 ; advisable ' application fftneral. ' Learn to Spell! Proposal LONDON, SundayJ Feb. 25-Vty. Russia told Britain last night that she is ready to negotiate ? with Britain over their outstanding. dif-ferencesi-' - . ' J 1 ' The British had indicated read iness to talk with Russia to im prove mutual relations in a note February 17 answering Soviet charges that Britain had violated the 1842 Anglo-Soviet treaty of friendship and alliance. i ! Russia replied to this last night, attacking Britain's motives in ac cusing the UJ5.S.R. J of extern i ve 1 military mobilization and aggres sive aims. . ,, . j j j . ; Then hear the endVvthe Rusins said: - , :. j; .. r j, ; "In view of what has been said above, the Soviet government cannot regard the statement of the British government with full: con fidence. .. :, J .-j i J' f j "Nevertheless, the Soviet ! gov ernment is ready to enter j irto such negotiations, endeavoring tot Use alt DOSsibilitlet ftir Imnrnv. ment of relations (with Great; Britain. The government of the U.S.S.R.- Will hitfhlv estimate inn. step of the government of Great Britain genuinely aimed at the improvement of relations between , our countries.' -j " Ei I i Durinff the course hf th rrnt series of sharp notes! between the! two countries, the British said the Soviet Union's armed force nu merically exceed those of alt the western countries put together. Moscow said last ni?ht that tha facts were that the Soviet armed forces, including land, air and naval, were Just equal to those she had prior to the beginning of World War Two ia 1939. f i i "However,"' Russia! Mid M her; note, broadcast by the Moscow ra-f dio, "three members alone of the North Atlantic aggressive pact! the United States, J Britain I and France have at present in thcirj armed forces, including ground,! air, and naval forces; over 5,000, 000 persons; moreover, the num- ! rjers oz ine armed forces of there three nnweri rnntlhua tn irm rapidly, while the j industry of these countries already is mobil-' ized for the future; increase of armaments production." 2 Threat of U.S. Air Raids Held Over China 1 -1 I i! "WASHINGTON. Feb. 24 '-ijnJ U. S. military leaders are deter-i mined to blast red - held China and Manchuria with massive air raids if the communists dare to hurl air and sea attacks against the United Nations forces fighting in Korea. j j Army Chief of Staf General J. Lawton Collins said i in an inter view 'that massed air 'or sea at tacks by the enemy would, trip the trigger of swift retaliation. 1 -We'll strike back," he laaidJ ' "Well hit their land and sea bases if they bring out air!! or sea forces ' to attack us.". I ' ' " ' i ! Such attacks could be launched by fleets of B-36's striking from bases in Okinawa and the islands of Japan and from carrier based navy bombers. ' Since the Chinese entered the war In October, China and Man churia have been "off limits" to American airmen. I I ! If the reds bring out air and sea power in a desperation bid for victory the lid will be blown off in the Far East and bound aries will disappear J , "In such a case,"ii Collins said, "there would no longer be a 'pri vileged sanctuary for the enemy. The war would enter an entirely new phase calling for nev mea sures on cur part. We would be forced to hit at enemy bases." Since the great majority el troops in Korea are American. Collins believes the United State would be Justified la acting uni- ! laterally in striking at red bases. But he said he is confident thenar allies would approve the srlioij i as a defensive measure to proteot : their own troops fighting in Ko rea. t . f . -! g es Oats, Vetch ! GERYAIS, Feb. 24-OVNJgbt. time frost in the Willamette val? ley has damaged fall-planted oatl and vetch, tarmers said today. ,-. The crop is breaking off ground surface, they said, check revealed that a number farmers plan to wait a few dart and if they find damage exeeet f f 50 per cent, they will disc, the fields and reseed. 4 ., Wet weather has delayed see ing of red clover, jj .; t -;- I CATTIOUCSPLAN DSXTE' : - TORTIJLNIV b. H -V?h A' campaign to raise $33,000 t ) area's contribution to the I3.CC0 - 000 Bishops fund for victUss war will ba launched Sunday i r Catholia churches of western Qr.l