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The spy network has been em
ployed in a reverse direction. It
was the medium lor the transfer
of vital secrets about the' atom
bomb from men on the job to
Russia. But with the arrest of Dr.
Klaus Emil Fuchs the network was
traced in another direction. Fuchs
described a courier whom he used,
and after extensive search Harry
Gold was arrested and confessed
his role. 'He implicated others,
among them Sgt. David Green
glass.The latter implicated his re
latives. Mr. and Mrs. Julius Rosen
berg, and Morton SobelL, a former
classmate of Rosenberg's. No- the
latter three stand convicted of
treason in delivering atomic energy
secre-s to another power.
The mechanics of the network
was interesting. A Russian vice
consul in New York was the
foreign agent in this instance. In
other cases, as with Miss Bentley
. and Whittaker Chambers, another
agent, J. Peters, figured. Careful
techniques were used for identifi
cation, such as matching parts of
- a jello box top. Money seemed to
be ample. Rosenberg warned
Green glass to flee when Fuchs was
arrested and furnished him money
and a typical spy code for use in
moving from place to place until
. arriving finally in Czechoslovakia,
,- The whole story was one of con
spiracy, and sounds like fiction,
but was only too true as fact.
What is the kind of mind which
would permit a person to be a
traitor. These . persons knew the
emphasis placed on security by
those operating the Manhattan
project. Few knew what it was all
. lor, so widely dispersed were the
several operations. Russian agents
knew and adroitly , made contacts
who served them loyally. Did these
, (continued on Editorial page 4.)
Molalla Flax
Plant Sale
Slated Today
CANBY, March 30-(;P)-The Mo
lalla Flax Growers plant equip
ment, eight miles southeast of
Canby, will be sold at an auction
tomorrow.
That will : leave three retting
and scutching installations in the
Willamette valley, the only fiber
flax-growing area in the United
States. They are at Lone Elder,
near Canby; at ML Angel and at
Jefferson.
Members of the Molalla Flax
Growers plant recently voted to
go out of business. At one time
the plant processed 2000 tons of
Sax straw. Equipment to be sold
includes trucks, tractors, electric
motors, farm and plant imple
, ments and office equipment.
Driver Hurt
In Collision
George J. Scott, 27, of 945
Kumler st, suffered multiple face
and head lacerations Friday night
when thrown partially through the
windshield of his car in an acci
dent at Lee and 21st streets,
city police reported.
Police said autos driven by Scott
and Howard J. Anderson, Port
land, collided at the intersection.
The cars, both 1950 Chevrolets,
were damaged extensively. Scott
was reported in ''good" condition
early today at Salem Memorial
hospital.
NOTE 100th ANNIVERSARY
TILLAMOOK, -March 2HJPh
Tillamook county will observe on
Sunday the 100th anniversary of
the discovery of Tillamook -bay.
Three mariners entered the bay
April 2, 1852, for the first known
time.
Red Party Belle
For Insulting
1
CHIETI, Italy, March
Communist Deputy - Lrfura Diaz
was convicted tonight of Insulting
.Pope Pius XII by saying his
Animal Crackers
By WARREN GOODRICH
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ON THE 3STH PARALLEL,
Korea, Saturday, March 31-P)
United States tanks crossed the
38th parallel today.
10:21 ajn. (821 pan., EST, Fri
day). It was the first time American
troops had entered North Ko
rea since the Chinese Reds'
breakthrou h on the Imjin river
last New Year's eve.
The crossing was made by a
U. S. armored column on the
main road north of Uijongbu.
The tanks were thrustinjr north
to the Hantan river, an eastern
tributary of the Imjin. This'was
abont a half mile north of the
political border.
The scene was only eight miles
east of where the Chinese Reds
cracked Allied lines three
months are to the day and sent
the U. N. army reeling back
sonth In retreat.
The crossing of the parallel
came after several days of ar
mored punching: up the Uijongbu
road with coordinated infantry
attack against hill masses on
both sides of the valley.
TOKYO, Saturday, March 31-6P)
Fresh Red troops hit into the
seized positions a mile from Am
Korean central front and today
erican-occupied Chunchon, offen
sive springboard for either side.
This was not the expected Red
spring offensive but it may be a
forerunner of it. Heavy movement
of enemy traffic toward the front
continued despite unrelenting al
lied aerial assaults. Allied pilots
said they destroyed about 100 of
1,800 vehicles sighted Friday night.
The lunge close to Chunchon
was the Red's strongest push south
of 38 since the Communist Chinese
and North Koreans began their
withdrawal six weeks ago.
Attack With Grenades
Some of the day's sharpest
fighting was in the sector west of
Changgo, 25 miles northeast of
Seoul on a highway running
northeast out of Uijongbu.
A small Red force attacked with
hand grenades against Americans
advancing into hill positions. An
other American force, attacking
northwest of Changgo, was oppos
ed by heavy rifle and machine-
gun fire but pushed ahead.
The communists from the fresh
26th Chinese army corps appeared
to be trying to hold high ground
in the sector between the Uibong-
bu-Yonchon road and and Uijong-bu-Changgo
road, two main high
way routes leading into Seoul.
There was evidence of a com
munist withdrawal across the Im
jin river in the Munsan area 21
miles northwest of Seoul. U.S.
troops pushed north -for substan
tial gains Friday south and east of
the Imjin.
Red casualties in Friday's action
were listed as 585 killed or wound
ed and 36 prisoners.
At least 30,000 rested Chinese
troops were rushed into central
front positions, field reports said
These replaced battle casualties
and troops incapacitated by dis
ease.
Once again a massive Red build
up appeared definitely underway.
Allied commanders anticipated a
spring drive sometime during the
first three weeks of April from as
many as 270,000 fresh or well-
rested Chinese of the Third field
army.
Red Planes Attack
Red aircraft also were more ven
turesome Friday. Up to 48 Rus
sian-built MIG jets crossed south
of the Manchurian border to attack
American jets. One MIG was shot
down in flames. Two more were
damaged but escaped. No Amer
ican planes were lost.
A Red sneak , attack six miles
south of the 38th parallel in the
Uijongbu area was nipped by t
deadly barrage of American ar
tillery.
Patrols spotted the Chinese ad
vance getting underway down the
mountain trails. The patrols pass
ed the word and pulled back to
safety just before the roar of Am
erican big guns split the air. The
Red attack was shattered before it
could get underway.
Sentenced
Pope Pius XII
hands "are dripping with blood.
A three-judge court gave her a
suspended sentence of eight
months in Jail.
.A communist party belle who
was once a -society girl of Leg
horn, Miss Diaz is the first mem
ber of Italy's parliament ever
brought to trial on charges of "of
fenses against the pope. .
She testified she had never said
the pope's hands were bloody,
but had said he did nothing to
prevent bloodshed in Greece,
Spain and Palestine.
The prosecution charged she
insulted the pope in a speech at
Ortona-A-Mare June 13, 1948,
two months after Italy's Catholic
Christian democrats trounced the
communist-led popular front in a
general election.
The charge was lodged tinder
the Lateran Pact of 1929, regula
ting relations between Italy and
the Vatican. Insults against the
pope are punishable by fines and
prison terms up to five years, as
are insults against the Italian
chief of state.
Miss Diaz, 30, is the sister of
Leghorn's communist mayor and
is reputed wealthy. She is the
daughter of a prosperous attor
ney. She joined the communist
party in 1941. i
101st YEAR
Liberty Area Firemen Test
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Fire protection becomes a reality
which made a three-hour test
ox Pringle area Is in fire district. (Statesman photo).
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Pictured are eight members of Liberty-Salem Heifhts volunteer fire crew who went on shake-down
cruise with their new fire truck Friday. From left are Roland Serar, Eldon Black. Chief Norval
Hirons, Don Griffith, Charles
Harold Duffleld. (Statesmaa
Boy Speller
Joins Contest
Semi-Finalists
Statesman New Service
BUELL, March 30 A boy fi
nally broke into the win column of
The Oregon Statesman - KSLM
spelling contest tonight.
Thirteen - year - old Richard
Houts, 8th-grader in the Grand
Ronde school, will represent this
division in the finals of the com
petition in Salem on Thursday
night, April 19, at Salem Senior
High school. Eight other quali
fiers thus far are girls.
Richard, son of Mr. and Mrs
George F. Houts, correctly spelled
"court to win the semi-final con
test at Buell school. His teacher is
Mrs. Fairy Neal Anderson.
Second place went to Virginia
Hammond, 12-year-old 7th grader
from Gooseneck school, who
spelled "annual" ' after it was
missed by Ruth Green, 14, who
represented Buell school. Ruth,
in the 8th grade, took third. .
Pioneer, only other school in
this rural school district, did not
ciiicr a contestant.
. . .
Nine contestants now have been
chosen for the finals In Salem
Jo Anne Parker of Broadacres
(Marion county), DeAnn Mc-
Claughry of Labish Center (Ma
rion), Frances Klenski of St.
Luke's in Woodburn (Marion),
Joanne Keck of Ballston (Polk).
Jo Ann Mueller of Greenwood
(Polk), June Lindow of Buena
Vista (Polk), Irene Weinacht of
McKee (Marion). Mary-Verne
Allen of Bridgeport (Polk), and
Richard Houts of Grand Ronde
(FOLK.).
Host principal tonight was Lenna
K. Waddingham of Buell. Word
pronouncer was Wendell Webb.
managing emtor or The. statesman
and checking the words as called
were Miss Nellie Keyt and Mrs.
Fairy Anderson. Presenting cer
tificates to all three, and a Web
ster's New Collegiate dictionary
to the winner, was Dave Hoss,
program director of KSLM. . -
The next semi-final contest is
at Parrish Junior high in Salem
at 7:30 pjn. Monday.
EDUCATED LAMS CHOPS
HUBBARD, March 30-(AVA lit
tle wooly lamb was an all-day
guest of Hubbard school first-
graders this week and the teach
er found no rule against it. The
lamb -came with Goexfrf Carl, e,
whosa father is on the school
board.
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Animal Cracker Theft
Gets Four Boys in Jam
A "free lunch" got four Bush
school boys into trouble Friday,
according to city police.
Officers said the boys, aged 9
to 11, were caught stealing animal
crackers at a neighborhood store
after school.
Senate Clears
Election Case
WASHINGTON, March 30-0F)-The
senate elections sub-committee
said today there is no evidence
to support complaints that postal
regulations were violated in" the
1950 election campaign by Senator
Monroney (D-Okla.)
Monroney, a subcommittee
member, took no part in the study.
Other members acted unanimous
ly. The subcommittee ordered its
chief counsel, Edward A. McDer
mott, to investigate following a
complaint by Jo O. Ferguson of
Pawnee, Okk, the defeated re
publican candidate for governor.
Ferguson said campaign editions
of the Stillwater, Okla, Gazette
were mailed at regular second
class rate but that they should
have gone as "transient" second
class rates. .
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Flood Threat Spreads Over
Deep South,
By The Associated Press
Floods, already covering wide
areas of the deep south, Friday
night threatened sections of New
York and New Jersey, in the east,
and North Dakota and Illinois in
the midwest.
The southern rivers, reaching to
near-record crests after two days
of rain, have already driven 1200
persons from their homes and
taken two lives in Mississippi. A
third man is missing In Alabama.
Indications were damage from
the southern floods would run into
millions of dollars.
Drenching: rains and melting
snows were responsible for. Hood
threats in the north.
: Some homes were evacuated' in
northern New Jersey. The mayor
of East Paterson declared a stata
of emergency after a .three-Inch
rain. ------ .
-Melting snow caused the Knife
river to overflow - its banks in
North Dakota, fairing 22 families
to Cm.
The Oregon Statesman. Salem, Oregon, Saturday, March 31.
New Truck
district with arrival of this new track
is kneeling by hose nozzle. Tart
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Police Raid
Clackamas
Night Spots
PORTLAND, March SMA")-
100 state policemen and 23 li
quor commission men raided 100
Clackamas county night spots
tonight in the bluest crack
down against gambling the state
has ever seen.
State police from Albany, Sa
lem, and other Willamette valley
points were assigned to the Mil
waokie office for the raid which
bit at spots at West Linn, Mol
lala and Government Camp in
addition to those in the metro
nnlitan area.
Clackamas County District
Attorney Leonard Lindas said
"the raid was designed to end
the spread of the disease of
famblin; in this county."
Uffflaf said an undetermined
number of slot 'machines were
confiscated and about 75 per
sons, mostly bartenders 'were
cited by raiding fleers.
nraKADROLD SUCCUMBS
NEWPORT. March 30-tPr-lJtoya
Threadgold, 51, proprietor of the I
Breakers cafe here and active in I
civic affairs, died last night f ol- I
lowing a heart attack. 1
Midwest, East
The Mississippi river was ns-
ing rapidly at Quincy, HL, spread- 1
ing over xowianas ouisiae we 1
city's levees.
In upstate New York,' landslides
and floods blocked some highways.
Another hard-hit town was
Chndersburg, across the state from
NorthporL Between 800 and 1000
persons were c evacuated mere
after the usually mild Coosa
surged out of itsbanks and sent I
flood waters as much as
deen into the dtr. -
- The river was up 29.8 feet and
still rising. Simple flood stage is
zo feet.
: A battery of national guardsmen
from nearby . Sylaeauga , was - on
duty at Childersburg. Mayor Earl
Rainwater said about 200 homes
were partly under water.
Childersburg's main water tup-
ply failed, but Mayor Rainwater I
said an auxiliary supply was hold-1
eration of residents. He had asked I
them to -use water only 15 minutes
every two hours, . ..
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Salem
Dnitiaitive, Keffefendum
CEianes Hose in Mouse
By Lester F. Cour
Staff Writer. Th SUtesmaa
The house of representatives
a proposal to maae u more cuixicuit for the people to get Initiative
and referendum measures on the ballot.
"But sponsors of the proposed constitutional amendment save
nouce mat wry will move u)
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reconsider the house action on
Kfonday, hoping they' can swing
a few votes to their side.
Backed by eastern Oregon Jeg-
islators, the measure would let. the
people decide the issue at the
November, 1959. general election.
November, 1952, general election.
Would Require 5
It would require initiative and
referendum proposals to have the
signatures of 5per cent of the
registered voters in each cf the
state's four congressional districts
before they could b placed on
the ballot.
Under existing law, initiative
petitions must carry the signatures
of 8 per cent 01 registered voters
of the state at large. Petitions
to refer 'to people bills passed in
the legislature must be backed by
the signatures of 5 per cent of
the voters of the state at large.
The percentage is based on the
number of voters who cast bal
lots for the supreme court Justice
with the. largest vote in the last
previous general election.
26,286 Required
On the basis eof the last general
election, 26,286 signatures are
needed to initiate a measure. A
total of 16,426 . signatures - are
needed to refer a bill passed by
the legislature.
Rep. John Hounseu, Hood Riv
er, a sponsor of the proposal, said
the present law allows abuses be
cause almost all past initiatives
and ref erendums have been start
ed by obtaining signatures in
Multnomah county alone.
He said many of the measures
now costing the state large sums
of money were started and carried
by Multnomah county, while the
rest, of the state hasn't had any
power to stop them.
French f-r Measure
Rep. Maurine Neubereer. Port
land, attacked the proposal, say
ing it would give any congress
ional district the veto power over
tne rest or the state.
Rep. Giles French. Moro. said
tne Dill would "give eastern Ore
gon a chance to pass on this leg
islation for a change."
Rep. Melvin Goode. Albany.
said tne rural population ox Ore
gon were opposed to the change.
Ho pointed out the bill was op
posed by both the Oregon Grange
ana farmers union.
In other action Friday, the
house approved and sent to the
senate legislation to set up the
machinery to pay the iaximum
$600 veterans bonus approved by
ine voters last November.
Bonus Fund Toted
The bill would approDrlate 50.-
000 to allow the state department
ox veteran axzairs start working
on the bonus setup. A proposed
X33,ouo,uoo bond issue to finance
the bonus has been approved by
the Joint ways and means com
mittee, but hasn't reached the
house floor yet.
Bills passed to the governor by
the house would bar self-service
gasoline stations from operating
in uregon, ana would let tne gov
ernor su&pena tne civu service
system of hiring state employes
in case 01 a labor shortage.
ine senate natural resources
committee introduced a measure
to create a seven-member Co
lumbia basin commission to con
duct research on flood 1 control.
drainage, irrigation anar naviga
tion.
The legislature will wind it
12th week in short morning ses-
aions toaay.
The housee will meet at 9 a. m.
and the senate at 10 a. m.
(Other legislative news on nare
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BAKER, t MarcH 30-AVWinter
f?1? another lick here today.
Residents awoke to find 4.4 inches
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Clay Resigns
As Top Aide to
Defense Chief
WASHINGTON. March S0-(ff-
uen. iucius 1J. Clay, target of la
bor union criticism, resigned to
aay as a top adviser to Defense
Mobihzer Charles E. Wilson.
His departure may help end the
union leaders "revolt against the
administration's home-front poli
cies, aitnougn Clay denied empha
tically ne naa tnat in mind.
Clay, who is returning ; to his
post as chairman of the Continen
tal Can company, New York, had
been assailed by union represen
tatives who expressed fear that he
might favor compulsory labor ser
vice. Wilson denied that Clay or
any otner ; ox his assistants had
that in mind.
There was no suzzestion that
Clay was forced out or that he had
broken with Wilson, a close friend.
In denying that he stepped out to
pave the way for an agreement
with the unions, Clay told news
men:
"Any such thought is a real In
justice to Mr. Wilson and myself.
That did not enter into it.
Labor leaders pulled their rep
resentatives out of the federal
emergency agencies several weeks
ago with a blast at Wilson and the
charge that big business was run
ning the mobilization show.
U n ion spokesmen commenting
on ciays acuon said It alone was
not enough to bring them troop
ing back to Wilson's setuD.
The day brought these other
events on the economic mobiliza
tion front.
L Price .Controller Michael V.
DiSalle said price cuts are cominff
"in certain fields where thev
are warranted. Rationing isnt in
the picture, he added. t
Z. Average farm prices alioned
bacK one per cent between mid
February and mid-March. They
have advanced 28 per cent during
the Korean war. The cost of thincs
the farmer buys went up 1.8 per
cent in the: month to reach a new
high, the agriculture department
reported. ;
S. A senate small business sub
committee asked the national pro
duction authority to abandon a
proposed five per cent cut in rub
ber allocations for April.
4. The United States chamber af
commerce said that "black mar
wets in meat have returned, es
pecially in the east"
AWARDED BRONZE STAR
WASHINGTON, March 80-(ff)-The
defense department today an
nounced award of a bronze star to
CpL Wilfred W. Woods, i709 E.
Sherman st, Lebanon. Ore for
heroism in Korea, '
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Downtowioi
Five Top Attractions Selected
For 1951-52 Concert Series
Five attractions were selected
for the 1951-62 Comunity Concert
series, by members of the board
Friday.,
Man and Han. humorous dance
ensemble, and William Primrose,
world renowned violist, will give
return engagements by popular
request. -
. The Robert Shaw Chorale, Con
tralto Elena Nikolaidl, Whittemore
and Lowe, duo pianists, are new
to Salem audiences. :
The . Robert Shaw chorale, a
group of SO singers, will be com
plemented by a 23-piece orchestra.
Robert . Shaw the. director, began
his career as a director of the Po
mona college glee, and he later be
came choral director with ' Fred
Wiring's radio program.
Mata and Han. one of the most
popular of all the -danoe groups
which have appeared here, offer
a rare gift of pantomime, which
No. 4
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Airea
State Street
Dressmakers
Shop Damaged
Fire ravaged 84. upstairs dress
maker's shop U. downtown Sa
lem Friday night, causing an es
timated $7,000 damage.
Fir damage was confined to
the seamstress shop of Mary B.
Leslie at 360 State st. Gaming
rooms of the Pioneer club, direct
ly below, were damaged by water.
Battalion Chief Glenn Shedeck
said the blaze may have started
from an overheated hotplate or
portable heater, although oaiise
was not definitely determined.
109 Dresses Burn
The fire destroyed an estimated
100;dresses in various stages of
completion, a sewing machine and
mc&t other equipment 111 the
dressmaker's shop.
Miss Leslie estimated hrr Iofs
at $2,000. She said it was lot cov
ered by insurance.
Da.nage to the building wis 11
tiniated at $5 000 by Frel Paul'.,
owner. He &m his loss vas In
sured. Dense smoke gave firrhttrs
ticuble in the early stages Fire-.
men could not enter the dicss
shop without smoke maihj They
estimated the fire brokfe out nftor
smouldering about two hours.
Miss Leslie said she left her
hhop at 7 p. m. The alan ws
turned in at f:ll p. m.
Power Line Falls
A falling power wire cave a
large crowd an extra thrill and
Battalion Chief Shedeck a close
call. The wire shorted out and
dropped into an alley after the
insulation burned from -it. She-
deck said he knew the hot wire
was going to falL but he was atop
a ladder and could not move: It
missed him by two inches.
Fireman 'Tom Stettler suffered
hand burns when burning insula
lation from the wires fell on him.
The crowd scurried for cover
when the wire dropped.
The fire was the second two
alarm blaze in downtown Salem
in 20 days. .
' Quarters across an open hall
way from the Paulus . building
were smoKe-iuiea. xnese included
offices of Toni Van Ornum, the
Northwest Script Co., and the
living quarters of Adolph Green-
Da um.
A small amount of smoke en
tered the recently decorated club
room of the Chemeketans, but
caused no apparent damage.
Iindberg Given
Senate Office
PENDLETON. March 3(MflV
Art Lindberg, Pendleton wheat
rancher and former state repre
sentative, was named today to suc
ceed the late Carl Enzdahl of Pen
dleton in the state senate.
It was the second time the Uma
tilla county court named Lindberg;
who is 88, to succeed EngdahL The
first was in 1944 when EnsdahL
then a representative, was ap '
pointed to the senate, succeeding:
Dr. J. A. Best, who resigned.
Engdahl died after a heart at
tack here last week.
combined with technical excel
lence and a pungent sence of hum
or, makes them fine entertainment.
William Primrose is the best
known contemporary violist and
ranks high among all the players
of string instruments. lis is to be
returned here at the request X
many subscribers to the series.
Elena Nikolaidl, beautiful Grk
contralto, though a comparative
newcomer to the United States, bag
received highly, flattering rej
views from critics who have heard
her. This will be her first tour,
though her voice has become fa
miliar to many radio listeners.
Whittemore and Lowe are
among the younger piano team?
who have made themselves known,
through recordings and the radio.
They have appeared with many cj
the large symphony orchestras In
cluding the Cincinnati. lw Yciil.
Boston and Denver. - j
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