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! The Oregon Statesman. Salem, Oregon, Saturday, March 24. 1951
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Salem folk will take Dr. Boss
T. Mclntire's word lor it. : When
he says, as he does in an interview
published in U. S. News and
World Report that there is np
truth in the statement that Roose
velt was a "dying man" in 1944,
they will accent his testimony.
For Salem was the boyhood home
of Ross Mclntire. He is a graduate
of Willamette university and has
many friends here who have full
confidence in him. In the inter
view Mclntire tpeaks from inti
mate knowledge because he was
the president's personal physician
for 12 years in the White house. y
Dr. Mclntire recounts the medi
cal history of his famous patient
through 1944: an attack of influ
enza in early 1944 followed by a
persistent bronchitis, but after a
month in South Carolina Roose
velt bounced back and by summer
seemed fully recovered. To sup
plement his own observation Mc
lntire called in a number of ci
vilian doctors as consultants. They
advised Roosevelt to slow down
and to follow strict rules for
guarding his health, which he did.
As to Yalta, Mclntire answered
the reporter's question by saying
FDR s mental zacuiues were as
keen - there as ever. Yalta was
very strenuous. After the Novem
ber election something had hap
pened to the old stamina: "He
could bounce back, but not all the
way back."
The photographs which show an
aging FDR are not reliable as an
indication of failing health, said
Dr. Mclntire. As a precaution
against overloading the heart he
had prescribed a diet to take off
about ten pounds in weight, and
Roosevelt liked it so well he took
off another five pounds but
that made him look wan and thin.
Roosevelt had had no serious
(Continued on Editorial Page 4.)
Six Girls Now
In Finals of
Spell Lontest
Statesman News Servte
PEED EE, March 23 June Lin-
dow, pronouncing the letters sure
ly and clearly, won the semi-finals
of The Statesman-KSLM spelling
contest tonight.
Mr. and Mrs. John Lindow of route
2, Independence, will carry the ,
banner of Buena Vista school into
the finals of the contest in Salem
on April 19. -
June, an 8th-grader, sailed into
the winner's bracket when Mary
Jolene Eamons, 13, in the 8th grade
at Valsetz, tripped on "woman,"
spelling it in the pluraL
Nineteen Stops Both
Both June and Mary Jolene had
and were well into the word list
when the latter missed the singular
form.
Previously, Roger "Brostrom, 12,
7th-grader at Airlie, went down
on "polite," and Willie Birchell,
12-year-old 8th-grader at Pedee,
inadvertently put an 'e" on
inch.
Judges in the contest were Prin
cipals Eugene Brown of Buena
.Vista and Catherine Cummins of
Airlie, Ed Belknap of Valsetz and
Dave Hoss of Radio KSLM. Words
were called by Earle Headrick,
KSLM manager. j I
Given Dictionary
Presentation of a Webster's new
Collegiate dictionary to the win
ners, and the certificates of merit,
was by Wendell Webb, managing
editor of The Oregon Statesman.
The contest left six girls assur
ed of places in the finals June
lindow of Buena Vista, JoAnne
' Parker of Broadacres, JoAnn Mu
eller of Greenwood. Joanne Keck
of Ballston, DeAnn McClaughry of
Labish Center and Frances Klen
ski of St Luke's at Woodburn.
Fight more finalists from the 7th
and 8th grades of Marion and
Polk . counties are to be chosen.
The next semi-finals is at Mt. An
gel at 7:30 pjn. Monday.
JOHN CRANE SUSPENDED
NEW YORK, March 23 -VPh
John P. Crane, who says he hand
ed out thousands in cash to New
York politicians, was suspended
from a national AFL post today
when he wouldn't quit.
Animal Crackers
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53 Persons !
Aboard Giant
U.S. Transport
LONDON, Saturday,- March
24-P)-A U. S. air,force officer at
Shannon airport said early today
the pilot of a search plane report
ed sighting flares and wreckage
along the Atlantic route followed
by a huge U. S. airforce ; C-124,
missing for 24 hours with 53 per
sons aboard. - i
The vast armada ; of ! search
planes which had been sweeping
the 800-mile stretch of ocean was
sped to the area where the flares
were reported, some 450 miles due
west of Ireland. Two - weather
ships the "Jig and the "Charlie"
also headed for the scene. The
luxury liner Queen Mary report
ed it was in the vicinity. '
The .giant transport plane was
last heard from early yesterday
on its routine flight from the
United States to Britain Aboard
were 48 passengers and a crew of
five. Among the passengers was
Brig. Gen. Paul T. Cullen, deputy
commander of the U. S. second air
force, headquartered at ; Barks
dale field, Shreveport, Lu -
The pilot of a B-29 superfort
radioed the hope-giving report of
seeing flares and wreckage. His
message was picked up at several
points. A Royal Air force control
officer at Uxbridge, Eng, said he
also reported
was a liferaft.
what he (believed
April
Call in
Half
By C. Yates McDaniel -
WASHINGTON. March 1 23-OPV-
In a surprise move, the fermy to
day slashed its April draft call
from 80,000 men to 40,000. -
The army explained that it was
getting twice the number: of vol
unteers and .losing far fewer men
in Korea than was expected when
the April call for 80,000 draftees
was issued Feb. 1. H
Defense officials said another
factor in the draft reduction was
the need for a greater proportion
of junior officers to help the army
train and absorb recruits. This
need will be taken care of, in part,
by a decison to order into active
service 10,000 reserve ; officer
training corps students who will
graduate ; from college this sum
mer. All these men will enter the
army as second lieutenants.
Despite the change in draft plans
the army expects to meet its 1,600,-
000-man goal by June 30, It now
has about 1,400,000 men: ;
It hopes that volunteering will
continue at the monthly! rate, of
23,000 established during January
and February. If the May and
June drafts are held to the April
figure of 40,000 and the volunteers
keep coming in at the current rate,
the army will be only 11,000 short
of its mark at the end of June.
The anounced draft call for May
is 60,000. No figure has been given
for June. ; f ' i-1
CONTRACT BILL. SIGNED
WASHINGTON, March 23-tfV
President Truman today signed
legislation authorizing the govern
ment to renegotiate defense con
tracts ; and recapture excessive
profits. i l i -
Possible Witness
Probed in State
PORTLAND, March 23 A
discharged liquor commission em
ploye said here today that the civil
service commission i had refused
to hear his appeal. I I j y-" ' '
The former investigator for the
liquor commission, Bernard Kuen
Jr, said the civil service com
mission had told him he was not
a regular employe, - therefore did
not have a right to. a hearing. -
Kuen,' discharged early this
month, later testified before the
grand Jury here investigating li
quor commission activities. The
commission, explaining ; his dis
charge, said he once made accus
ations . against other i employes,
then refused to repeat them in a
formal hearing. Vi v -
The grand jury in vesication
continued today with two liquor
commission inspectors and a tav
ern owner called into the grand
jury room to testify Another wit
ness was G. C Ackerman, an un
successful candidate for sheriff at
the republican primary last year.
'Another inspector, who testified
Army
Raise Mopes for
Easter Egg Hunt Readied by
i.
These MEaater rabbits' will be hiding candy err
small fry to find. They, represent Salem 20-39 elab which will sponsor its seeea tfannnal Easter err
hunt for children one to elrnt years eld, starting at 3 p. m. Sunday. From left are Ralph Jackson,
Dr. Roy Quick, president; William Rawlins. Den Schmidt and Nerril Crnxen, hairman of the hunt
committee. (Statesman pheU). ! :
Denver Area
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Gets) Atomic
Energy Plant
DENVER, March 23-UP)-A $45,
000,000 atomic plant for a major
but secret; type of production will
be built northwest of Denver.
Construction.wiXLstartlate,next
month and be completed next
year. The plant, small in size com
pared to giants at Hanford, Wash.,
and Oak j Ridge, Tenn., will be
nestled on barren land against the
foothills of the Rockies.
Announcement of the plan
caught state and city officials by
surprise. They have been boost
ing the state as a haven for atomic
warfare, starting a movement by
industry and military installations
to the area.
There were a few hints on the
purpose of the plant. An atomic
energy spokesman said it will not
produce bombs or atomic weapons
"as such." It will give off no dan
gerous wastes nor will it use large
quantities of water, gas and elec
tricity both marks of basic pro
cessing plants.
The plant will be under the
AEC's Santa Fe operations office.
This is the office in charge of re
search, of research, development,
testing and production of atomic
Weapons at Los Alamos, N. M., 400
miles to the south. The nation's
uranium production center is in
southwestern Colorado 300 miles
away.
: At his home in Ft. Collins, Rep.
William $. Hill (R-Colo.) said he
was informed the plant will be
devoted to radiological research in
connection with the Los Alamos
laboratories.
! The plant will be run by Dow
Chemical Co. of Midland, Mich,
.i The plant site .covers 2,500
acres about four square miles. It
is on aptly-named rocky flats.
That's eight miles south of Bould
er, home; of the University of Col
orado and the new U. S. bureau of
standards radiological laboratory.
It's 24 miles northwest of the state
capitol in Denver, second only to
Washington in the number of fed
eral employes who call it home.
earlier, told District Attorney John
B. McCourt he feared he might!
lose nis jod as a result oz ms testi
mony before the grand jury. He
said William Hammond, liquor ad
ministrator, and Hammond s ai
sistant, Thomas L. Sheridan, ques
tioned him more than an hour
last night at the Milwaukie state
police office. 'Tr
f The 'inspector was Donald A.
Schmidt, who did not disclose the
nature of the Questioning.
Sheridan, a former police lieu
tenant recently named to the li
quor commission staff, said he had
questioned a few employes, but
said it did not concern . testimony
before the grand jury.
i McCourt warned in a statement
that "anything that smacks of in
timidation of witnesses coming be
fore the grand jury could result
In a citation for. contempt of
court." He also repeated a warn
ing that persons who have appear
ed before the grand Jury -or ex
pected to should not comment on
their testimony.
Intimidation
Liquor Inqiiiry
Clears
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Sunrise Service to Open
Easter Worship Events
Joyous commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ will
begin in the Salem area with the
principal events of the Christian year, will be observed in worship
and pageantry throughout the day.' Churches anticipate their sanctu
aries will be crowded for all serv
ices.
Salem's opening program will be
the annual union sunrise service
at the capitol at 6:30 a.m., spon
sored by the Ministerial associa-!
tion. Speaker will be the Rev. Os
car Brown, pastor of South Salem
Friends church.
The service will include a pre
lude by the 65-piece Leslie junior
high school band, directed by Ray
mond Carl; congregational singing
led by Ronald J. Lush; prayer by
the Rev. G. B. Rundstrom of Cen
tral Lutheran church; selections
by Salem academy choir, directed
by Willis Riemer; trumpet solo,
The Holy City," by David Doerk-
sen; scripture by the Kev. Harold
Black of West Salem Methodist
church; benediction by the Rev.
John Goodenberger of First Pres
byterian church.
The Rev. O. W. Clemens, pastor
of First Church of God and asso
ciation president, will preside. Boy
Scouts will act as ushers and di
rect traffic. The program was ar
ranged by a committee headed by
the Rev. Eugene ; Stowe of First
Nazarene church.
Other communities also plan
sunrise services. 1
To accommodate the expected
crowds, several churches have
scheduled double morning services
this Sunday. In Salem these in
clude Court Street Christian, First
Christian, St. Paul's Episcopal, En-
giewood Evangelical United Breth
ren, Christ Lutheran, St. John's
Lutheran, First Methodist, Jason
Lee Methodist and First Presby
terian. - ; -
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pages 8 and 12.) j
Brightwood Man
Killed by; Auto
OREGON CITY, March 23 -P)-
joseph Lee Kossen, . 70, antique
shop owner, was killed at Bright
wood tonight when struck by a
car as he pulled a wagonload of
groceries along the highway.
State police said the driver, Ken
neth . Hellinger, 30, Portland,
said he did not! see the man in
time to avoid hitting him. He was
not held. i .
Typhoon Aims 110-Mile
Winds Toward Eniwetok
PEARL HARBOR, March 23-JP)
-A typhoon with winds up to 110
miles as hour held steady on
course today that - would skirt the
U. S. atomic proving grounds at
Eniwetok. , -
The weather bureau estimated
the storm as 390 miles east of the
atoll in the Marshall islands.
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FORECAST from V. S. weather bu
reau. UcNirr scmx. sajmi: coosta
rabl ekjudiacas todiy. tooiffht and
Sunday. Mild temperatures with hii
today near M and low- tonight near 36.
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Salem 20-30
sunrise Sunday. Easter, one of the
Salem Flyer
Rescued After
Korean Jump
TOKYO,! Saturday, March 24-
(A-Far East air 'force headquar
ters today said five men who par
achuted from a burning flying box
car in Korea s big para troop land
ing yesterday had been rescued.
Two others, presumably the pilot
and co-pilot, were believed to have
lost their lives when the plane
blew up after the five bailed out.
Their names were withheld.
The five! included Sgt. Gerrit
Cooper, Salem, Ore.
Apparently the pilot and co
pilot were trying to land at Suwon
air field when the plane blew up.
The plane: j had been struck by
enemy ground fire while dropping
paratroops;! in the Munsan area
northwest of Seoul. -
SETS PAN-AMERICAN DAT
WASHINGTON. March 23-WP-
President J Truman today pro
claimed Saturday, April 14, as
Pan-American day. It will mark
the 61st anniversary of the found
ing of the Pan-American Union.
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If Tears Young March 28, 1951
The Oregon Statesman
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Salem's eld East school (Washington) tarned ent many a grsdoste
while it st&l went a fnrther thaa the tth grade. The above 1SS3
' phot Is owned by Mrs. J. Kay Fawk ef -EickreaH (nee Ermine
CushneU la the pietare). Shews in the ZTsdosUon photo (left t
right) are: Front row (first person anidentlfied) Eva, Adair, Ada
Davis, Marrnerite Aldersoa, Laura Hammer, Annie Talbett, Helen
, Matthews, IXaad Kress; second row Corlis EUrr, Lis Ilarris, 1Z
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Mac Extends
Peace Talk
Offer to Reds
. TOKYO, Saturday March 24-
-Allied paratroopers and ground
forces forged a solid front today 20
miles north of Seoul, seizing most
of the Reds last-stand territory
below the 38th parelleL .
General MacArthur,! flying to
the front today, said . the daring
operation virtually ended all or
ganized Red resistance anywhere
in South Korea. His troops were
as close as two miles to the arti
ficial boundary for North and
South Korea. . .
More than 3,000 men, with ar
tillery and supplies, parachuted
Friday at Munsan, eight miles
from the 38th parallel. They sought
to cut behind and kill Reds. But
they killed only between 150 and
200. Eiehty-seven Reds were cao
tured. Enemy opposition generally
melted in favor of flight.
Find Few Enemy . j
I An armored task force .which
speared up the main Seoul-Pyongyang
highway and linked up last
night with the paratroooers at
Munsan also found few Reds.
I Allied! planes j flew a record
smashing 1,254 sorties Friday
three-fourths of them In support
of the biggest paratrooD drop of
the Korean war. An air force sum
mary today said this display of air
power exceeded by 132 the prev
ious sortie record of March 16.
Last night planes tore into 17
Red supply trains, : knocking out
seven, j - . ;
General MacArthur said In a
statement,' Issued before he left
by plane for Korea; that Red
China's hopes of winning Korea
with sheer masses of manpower
have been bloodily-crushed.
He expressed readiness to meet
In the field with the enemy's com
mander-in-chief and discuss means
of ending the bloodshed. :
Troops Roll Forward ,
But the U.N. commander made
It clear that the U.N. objective of
a unified. Independent Korea is
the only acceptable formula.
Allied troops rolled forward Fri
day for gains up to six miles. They
killed or wounded 3,420 Reds
boosting to about 185,000 the en
emy's casualties since the allied
offensive began last January 23.
The main concern appeared to
be eliminating an enemy salient
that dips south between Chunchon.
45 miles northeast of Seoul, and
the new UJi. position at Munsan,
21 miles northwest of the capital
Turk Troops Attack ' i
, Turkish troops attacked and
captured two hills in stiff fights
15 miles northeast of Seoul. They
drove a Red company off each hi.
Farther to the northeast, Amer
ican troops repelled a Red attack
last night near Hangye, a town
now In allied hands. It is 15 miles
southeast of Chunchon. .
Old East
. t ; By Charles Ireland
: .r : I StaXt' Writer, The Statesman
mCKREALL, March 23 Fire of blast-furnace intensity tonight
destroyed the Burlingham-Meeker grain plant with loss an owner'
estimated at $500,000. Cause was not immediately determined.
About 125,000 bushels of grain went up in the blaze which
quickly enveloped the plant, located at Deny a mile east of Rickre&II '
on the Salem-Dallas highway. ,
Firemen crouched behind huge metal shields , as they battled fte
confine the blistering blaze to the seed plant. ' i
: -A battery, of fuel tanks 150 feet from the fire was threatened.
They belong to the Farmers Union Oil Cooperative association. Fire
men poured water on them for more than, an hour. The tanks have
a capacity of ; 95,000. gallons. ; i '
! believe they might have' ex
ploded in: another 10 minutes,"
said Walter Steele, oil co-op man
ager, and one of the first at the
scene. - .v . , . - ;.'
Dallas firemen wer summoned
to the blaze about 7:20 p. m. after
a passing motorist turned in the
alarm. - - - - ' 1
Fjre trucks from Salem, Inde
pendence, Monmouth and Falls
City, also responded. .Highway
traffic was rerouted for i several
hours. . : . .
Started In Grain Bins
Witnesses . said they .believed
the fire broke out in one of the
plants 55 grain bins. Fire Chief
Walter Young, Dallas, said the
plant was a mass of flames when
equipment arrived.
Firemen pumped water from
RickreaU creek, south f of " the
plant, and a ' mill pond located
north of the fire scene. The fire
scorched power poles in the area
and broke out on a railroad water
tank 'near the plant. The tank
was not destroyed. ! ! .
A locomotive ' removed ' three
freight cars threatened by the fire.
Destroyed facilities of the grain
plant included front offices, a 40
foot elevator, seed-cleaning de
partment, a new 90-foot elevator,
fumigating rooms J and t storage
space. j :: i
Partially Insured I !
PhU Meeker, Amity, ah owner,
estimated damage to the buildings
alone at $125,000. The, 90-foot
elevator was : built last summer.
It was of heavy frame construc
tion, with aluminum siding. ' !
"jThere were 1,000,000; feet I of
lumber in that building alone,"
Meeker said. i I
"Our loss is partially insured, a
fire; like this is never completely
insured," Meeker said, j j
No customer will lose a cent,"
he added. The plant served at least
400 farmers in a wide belt around
RickreaU who brought their grain
here for processing and shipment.
Modernised Plant . !- ; 1
"Most of the grain on hand was
white oats,"barley nd wheat,
Meeker said! He estimated the
grain on hand at 3,000 tons, valu
ed (roughly At $65 a ton.! !
The plant was considered one of
the most modern in this area. It
contained much new, automatic
equipment. Ten men are employed
there. - Jj-' ' vy " I . . v
Flames from the fire were vis
ible for many miles and attracted
scores of onlookers. It was still
burning at midnight and firemen
estimated it .would smoulder !for
several days.! - i j .J '
Gordon Burlingham, Forest
Grove, is the other owner of the
plant. It was formerly owned by
State Rep. Frank Farmer, Rick
reaU. ' : -j , A ' !
Sen. Engdahl Stricken
With Heart Ailment 1 j
PENDLETON, March 23-M-A
heart attack struck State Sen. Carl
Engdahl, 65, here last night. He
was hospitalized, and no visitors
were allowed today. j t
'Attendants ; said his j condition
was favorable. " L: ! '
Engdahl was stricken shortly
after arriving home by train from
the Easter recess of the state legis
lature. ': ;.;"; . -7 ' J
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Denton. - - - - Fleming, Mary Alikea, - - - Salmon, Lenere Ereais.
T.Ilanlo Evans, Ermine Bashaell, Craee Cleaver. Jay IeCormick,
Eraas, Archie IXeCnUoch: back row Chen Eir'tleton, Cheter 7'i
rhy, Charles OTlynr, Ernest TTUon, Hex Davis, Ed Thorax
LUlon Flanondon, - - - Savage, TheophU Il::ac;t.
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NPA Orders
25 Cut for
Tires, Tubes
WASHINGTON, March 23-(TV- .
The national production authority
tonight announced a 25 per cent
cut in deliveries of tires and tubes f
for new passenger cars, effective"?
April 1. .. ! I
; The control agency also disclos
ed inventories of distributors. In- -eluding
wholesalers and retailers,
will be limited after that date to :
30-day supply. I
1(.The -NPA." said manufactures ;
wiU be allowed to deliver only :
75 per . cent as many tires and
tubes to passenger car makers
during the second quarter of tbis
year, for use as original equip- .
ment on new cars, as they did dur- .;
ing the first quarter.
1 Officials indicated the cut was
ordered because of mounting de- i
fense use of rubber and a loss !
about 4,000 long tons in the prod- ",
liction of synthetic rubber expec-t-
ed in April. Fires and other oper
ational difficulties at synthetic
plants were blamed for the loss in
expected production.. S
t The NPA advised the rubber in- v;
dustry that the amount of rubber
available for civilian use in April
wiU be about 7,500 long tons lea
than the monthly average during "
the first three months of this year.
I Figures made public by the gov-1
rnment, agency indicated military !
use of rubber in April will jump )
to 14,000 long tons from a month
Iy average of 8,500 long tons im
the first quarter. . t
: The tire and tube deliveries lor ?
hew passenger cars may be cut!
deeper than the redtictionalready
Ordered in steel for passenger car 1
production during the second quar-J
,ter. . -- - -I
The NPA recently ordered pas-';-tenger
car makers to use 20 per
cent less steel in the second quar
ter of this year than they did in s
the average quarter in the first ;
half of 1950. , I
Police Catch
K wo Escapees j
wo Woodburn training school
escapees were apprehended In Ei-
Irene Friday, less than 24 hours
after they attacked a guard at the
Institution and fled.
i State police said the pair ws,
pabbed at the Eugene railroad
yards where they had broken into
a : boxcar containing a military
khipnent and taken clothing and '
$hoes. - '
l The boys wer clad only Sa
T-shirts and overalls when they
escaped. Authorities presumed
they had reached Eugene by "hop
ping"' a train.. - i?
Police said the boys were Law
rence Porter, 16, Coos Bay; and
Orville Hanson, 15, Portland.
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