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- t : Firopcwer vs. Manpower pcunddd 1651 12 PAGES The Orecjon Statesman, Salem, Oreaon. Monday, April SO, 1951 -PRICE 5c rr n o n 1 I i t. r - -v m r "V- I I ! ASSfV llilX vyovyvyy-vy; 156$ ' .v.y,rr -y-- n cnm-tT'-'f wmtto$ . - v. &fi ? n n : rn SOUTH KOREA fauZ&s2&feg&i', aasssaasaJK! '-fTJv s . m - ' TOKYO," April 29 The map ; shows the present positions of the United Nations forces in Korea in relation to the lowest defense lines in 'the two previous red surges down the peninsula. (AP Wirephoto Map). OTP tod mas Am in the battle rages for Seoul, by now the listless shell, of a once great capitaL It is but a token city now, - but its , shifting fate tells the story of the war in Korea. , It is like a football same, with the '38th parallel the center- of the field. The side carrying the hall ftakine the offensive) -is able to cross the line and drive into enemy territory. Then it loses tne ball "on downs- (its communica- tions get too long;. Tne otner siae takes over ana carries tne oau back over the 38th parallel until it loses the bail "on aowns" ana the side with tteshorter com munications resumes the offens ive. - ' Stalemate" as has been feared it may more aptly be called "Opera tion Accordion. with Seoul at the center of the bellows. The renewed enemy offensive and the U-N- setbacks revive in terest in the : MacArthur plan, which he outlined in his address to congress. The points outlined in his - speech are considerably short of what some have asserted or assumed as his strategy. For example tie did not recommend invasion of China by our armies ("no one in nis ngni mina woua recommend that). He did not mention the bombing of bases in Manchuria, the privileged sanctu ary. The points he urged, which he scid had been (Continued on editorial page, 4) Bus Pins Two Women to Car KLAMATH FALLS, April 29- (P) Two women were pinned against tne side of their ditched car by a skidding Greyhound bus south of here today. - One of the women, Mrs. Grace England, 27,, Springfield. Was tak en to Klamath Falls where her right foot was amputated. Mrs. Helen Johnson, 20, Creswell, suf fered a leg fracture. State police said the accident hanoened this war. A car driven by Vernon England, husband of tne injured woman, nit a frost patch on the north slope of Dorris Hill and skidded into a : ditch. England and the two women got out of the car to survey the dam age. A northbound Greyhound bus hit the same frost patch and skidded broadside into the car, pinning the two women. Neither England nor his 18-month-old son, who remained in the car, were injured. Animal Crackers By WARREN COODRICH fi'cw aren't you c,!ad" you JicVt cut 7 Tie long-lock is coming bacL" : V if J8? " 01 hr HAVtSthMCfNNCOV 1mam. Iwc j vetfxse pttmciut a Open Hearing Promised as Mac Testifies WASHINGTON, April 29 -m Quick and full public reports on everything exeept really vital defense secrets that may be brought out in hearings on tne MacArthur dispute were prom ised today by Senator Kasseu (D Ga) who will manage the inquiry. Russell, chairman of the senate armed- services committee, dis cussed his ideas with ' reporters on the eve of a meeting tomorrow (9:30 a. m. EST) at which the actual plans for, the investiga tion will be laid. He said he has already asked the defense department to 'down grade" that is, take off "top secret' 'and other such labelsas much material as: possible : The aim is to let American learn as much as is "reasonably safe about the issues and .back grourfd of the disagreement over far east policy which brought about the dismissal of Gen. Doug las MacArthur from command in the Orient . ,r Under present plans the hear ings open Thursday with Mac Arthur as the lead-off witness. The senate foreign relations com mittee will share the i2tauiry with Russell's group. 3 Die as Tank, Train Collide BARBERTON, O., April 29-VPI An Erie passenger train struck an Ohio national guard tank today, killing three men and injuring at least eight others. . . The three who were killed were in a General Sherman model-tank. the Summit county sheriffs office said. , x.' The tank was returning from maneuvers in a nearby field. 237,600 Eggs Given Away After Truck Accident ALDEN, N.Y.. April 29-UB-A disgusted truck driver gave away 237,600 eggs, both raw and cooked, today after his tractor trailer tip ped on its side and burned. Joseph L. Lardiola of Hartford. Conn., who crawled to safety be- rore the fire started, said his cargo of eggs was worth $11,000 and was a total loss. He estimated damage to the truck at $8,000. Lardiola told onlookers and fire men to help themselves to the eggs. "That will make so much less for me to clean up, he said. . MONGOLS TO FIGHT TAIPEH, Formosa, April 29-Pl The nationalist China Union Press said today four divisions of Mon golian cavalry totalling 30.000 men were being prepared for action in Korea. It ,said they belonged to the Chinese red First field armv. Source of its report" was not given. WESTERN INTERNATIONAL. At Salem 5-3. Taeoma 17-. At Tn-Ctty S. Victoria S. ; , - At Wenatcbe t-4, Spoiutae S-7. ; At Yakima 4-2. Vancouver C-4. COAST LEAGUE At Portland 7-4. Hollywood f-X At Seattle 4-4, San Franciaco 2-X , At Los Angeles S-7. Sacramento 14-S. At Oakland S-S. San Diro 2-3. ' AMERICAN LEAGUE At New York 4. Washington 9. At Detroit 0. Chicago 4. - . At Philadelphia s, Boston IX. - At St. Louis 6-13. Cleveland 3-11. NATIONAL LEAGUE. . At Brooklyn . New York X. At Chicago 3. St. Louis a. ...... At Boston 1-9, PhUadelphia S-10. At Fittaburga S-l. CtnrtnnaU S-L Lady Luck Turns Against Escapees Txirn mctva walirixl nff fmm noon and found hard sledding in the outside world before State police apprehended them about 10:45 jpjn. near Labish Village. - Police said the pair headed! west and, thinking they were crossing the Willamette river, walked across Willamette slough on logs ana found themselves on Minto Island. 1 They finally . hailed a boat and got a ride to west Salem where police said they met an ex-con vict. ! Officers said the trio had planned to continue in a car which developed motor ... trouble and -wouldn't start. After consid erable tinkering, they drove about five miles north on 99-E; when the cars motor stopped- again. - .police said iney -were appre hended at a roadside cafe. The escapees were listed as - rea Charles Clark, 21, sentenced i in Clackamas county: and Frank Morrow, jr., 25. sent up from Coos county. Both were serving three-year terms on bogus-check charges. Morrow had two months left to serve. I Also apprehended, police re ported, -Was Gerald Bowen, 20, 761 Mill Str Officers said he was discharged from the state prison recently and is -now charged with aiding prisoners to escape. ! The escapees had been working in the fields at the prison farm. They were apprehended by State Patrolmen R. W. Dunn and H.I.E. VanKueren. i Freak Weather In East U.S. j Due to Heat ! By The Associated Press j Summertime heat as high las the mid-80's steamed the eastern two-thirds of the nation Sunday. West of the Rockies the temp eratures were cool and some mountain areas had snow. Ely, Nev, had a six-inch snowfall. I The unseasonable heat, which began Saturday, brought some un usual weather along with it. A few samples: ' Local heavy squalls and tiny tornadoes were reported from the eastern Great lakes and the Ap palachians west to Iowa. A violent wind and electrical storm was a factor in the crash of a United Air Lines DC-3 plane which killed 11 persons near Fort Wayne, Ind., Saturday night, j At Chicago, the same storm, dumped more than an inch and a half of rain on the city. High winds and lightning caused some damage, trees were felled, Dase ments flooded, an oil processing plant set afire ana power lines knocked out. . . I At Joliet, 111., about 40 miles southwest of Chicago, winds up to 65 miles an hour caused an esti mated $35,000 to $40,000 damage at Stateville prison Saturday. ! Warden Joseph E. Ragen, who estimated the damage, said the skylight in the main prison dining hall was shattered, a 150-foot garage was blown In and the earaee roof lifted and carried more than 100 feet. No one was injured. j Near Waverly. Iowa, neavy ram caused flash floods which claimed two lives. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Sell of Tripoli, Iowa, were kiliod when their automobile ran Into the high water from , a swollen creek. 1 Local thundershowers. from Iowa eastward to Pennsylvania with more of the same forecast for Monday threatened highes water along the flooding Missis sippi river. j The rivers tributaries near -Du buque, Iowa, and Galena, I1L, rose sharply after a 1.9-inch rain fall. I PETATN RECOVERING ! ILE D'YEAU. France, April 29- (Jpy-At death's door only a week ago, 95-year-old Marshal Henri Philippe Petain felt so good today he refused to let doctors examine him. He is recovering from pneu monia and complications. j . 2 Die as Plane Dives into Surf at East Oregon Crash Kills Ex-Salem Woman; Pilot ROCKAWAY. Ore April 27- CrP-Two young pilots were killed today when their plane plummeted into the surf about 100 feet off the Beach here. . r W Hundreds of persons, here for the opening of Tillamook county's Centennial celebration, saw the crash. Witnesses said the plane had been stunt-Eying along the beach. The victims were identified as Murry Page and Or lie Johnson. They both were in their late twen ties, were residents of Tillamook and licensed pilots. Walt Herd, owner of the Coast ways School of Aeronautics, said the men took the plane, a Ryan P-22, from the Airport without his tVi slate nrison farm SimdaT after Church-Bound Bus Crashes: 8 Dead, 50 Hurt WEIRTON", W. Va., April 29-P) A runawav bus loaded with church- bound passengers roared out of control down a long hill today, smashed into a concrete wall and killed eight persons Including the- driver- Fifty of the approximately 65 persons aboard were injured, at least three critically. Police said there were no wit nesses and the speed of , the bus could not be determined. How ever, 14-year-old George Stunda, one of the uninjured passengers, said: "We must have been going 60 right before we hit the wall." " The dead, all residents of Weir- ton or suburban Weirton Heights, were: John George Kraina, 35, the driver; Peter Bait, 60; Mrs. Angel ine Welshans, 26; Alfa Lawson Smith," 13; Mrs. Josephine Kulow, 50; Mrs. Elsie Ulizio, 53; Mrs. Flor ence Herkle, 40, and Diana Jack son, 10. The Pittsburgh and Weirton Bus company bus was en route to Weir ton proper from Weirton Heights. Most of those aboard were going to mass at St. Paul's Catholic church. Patrolman Frank Ticich said: "From what everyone tells me the driver did an awfully good lob in averting an even more serious wreck. We dont know yet why the driver could not stop. "The driver knew it would be virtually impossible to make a sharp left turn at the bottom of the hill. He tried, instead, to swing right onto a residential street at the bottom of the hill. "He nearly made it, too, but the left front end of the bus hit the wall. It was terrible hut it would have been a lot worse if the bus had hit that wall headon." Adenauer Wins German Vote FRANKFURT, Germany, April 29-VWest German Chancellor Konrad Adenouer"s Christian dem ocrat party was victorious tonight in a state election regarded as the first public test of the Schuman plan. Adenouers party, which sup ported the plan, received 564,393 votes in the state parliamentary election in the Rhineland-Palatin- ate, French zone state, according to the official count. The social ists, who oppose the plan, received Adenauer has already siened the French-sponsored plan, which now awaits action in the federal parlia ment at Bonn. 2 Detroit Men Injured in Wreck Statesman News Service DETROIT. April 29---Two De troit men, James Dickey and Earl Seaburn, were injured today in an auto accident near -here. Both were taken to a -Salem hospital for treatment and were dismissed later. . . State police said they had no details of the wreck. knowledge. The crash occurred at 125 pjn.' The Tillamook - county sheriffs posse recovered the bodies two hours later. Page was found in the plane. Johnson's body was washed in by the tide. ;v-t 1 ; ; The crumpled plane was hauled out of the . surf -by the posse's horses and a coast guard truck. HEPPNEH, Ore-, April 29-WV Two persons died today when their small airplane crashed Into a hill 12 miles southeast of Heppner. They were Bob Stephens, 32, Heppner, and Mrs. Betty-Groves, 23, Lexington, Ore. Stephens was the pilot. : - - - - i Lirs., Frank Baker of Heppner said the-plane had . been stunting Vogeler Welcpmisd Hd VIENNA, Austria, April 29 Robert A. Voreler, 39-year-old American businessman who was released from a Hungarian prison. Is embraced by his wife, LueUe (right) and his sister-in-law, Pia Eykens (left) en his arrival In Vienna for a Joyful reunion with his family. One ef bis sons Is at right in background antfhe other can be seen in foreground with back of head to camera. (AP Wirephto via radio from Jhrankfnrt to The Statesman). . - .- ,. Vogeler Breaks Down W h i I e Wa r n i n g N a t i on Against Reds via Video ' . ' By Donald Doane VIENNA, Austria, April 29-iiP)-Robert A. Vogeler, still haunted by nightmare experiences in a communist prison, broke down before a television camera today while warning Americans that what hap pened to me can happen to them. ' The 39-year-old businessman, released yesterday after serving 17 months of a 15-year sentence on spy charges in a Hungarian jail. Solons Refuse Further Cuts in State Budgets Members of the legislative joint ways and means committee Sim- day indicated they wouia not ai- temnt to reduce any more state budgets in an effort to offset all or in part the general fund deficit of $10,000,000 estimated for the 1951-52 biennium. They said it was now up to the tax committees of the senate and house to provide more revenues if the deficit is to be wiped out. Com mittee members pointed out they had reduced the budget of the state public welfare commission approximately $8,000,000 and had ordered proportionate reductions in many other state budgets. Approximately $7,500,000 of the deficit involves the state building program which the ways and means committee reported out Sat urday with a do pass recommenda tion. The bill is now in the house and probably will be on Tuesday's calendar. Hershey Says Draft Call Cut WASHINGTON, April 29 -flPV- Selective Service Director Lewis B. Hershey today predicted a low draft call for June- - Hershey said the nation is enter ing a period, likely to last several months, in which selective service needs should be comparatively light. He said this time will be used for a maximum amount of training of men already in service. "we are in a soft period of man power needs, much more so than two years from now,- when re placements start, he 'added; : FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT UP i WASHINGTON, April 29-WV Federal -employment of civilians rose 53,500 in- the month of March to a total of 2.362,100. the civil service commission reported today. Rockaway; . and flying low throughout the afternoon. ' . ' - - : It crashed at about 5 JO a rocky hill bordering Rhea creek. Dr. A. D. McMurdo, ' Morrow founty wroner, said death-was due to their, skulls beine crushed by the Impact. They died almost in stantly, he said. -t . ' Stephens' is survived by his widow, Fern, and two sons, aged 8 and 7. : Mrs. Groves Is survived by three children, all living with her -parents at Lexington. She was divorc ed (Mrs. Groves formerly lived at Salem for five years, leaving two years ago. She was a niece of Ly man Sundin, sr., 147S B. St.) - spoke with deep emotion, his lips quivering in a pale, contorted face. . : " He still was so nervous from the 'sudden shock of his release that his doctor, forbade three scheduled radio .broadcasts to his homeland. But Vogeler 1 insisted upon talking before a 'National Broadcasting television camera set up on the lawnof his home. (NBC said the statement prob ably . would be televised in the United States Monday, night or Tuesday.) Pleads for Best "I have a message," he pro tested when friends tried to halt him as he temporarily, broke down. "Just stop that camera and give me a few minutes to rest, , he pleaded. j "I am convinced," he said "that my incident is just one of a series of planned attacks on democracy as we understand democracy. With his beautiful blonde wife holding his shaking hand, he finally continued: "As for me, this is very important. J "The American people must be made aware of what can' happen. I feel that every individual Amer ican should realize that what hap pened to me can happen to them. If we don't all band . together to destroy these enemies of indi vidual freedom, independence and liberty-rof the right of a person to go where he wants and say what he wants to say; without hindrance by authorities or police Fears Prison Fate "Or bis right to be able to go to bed at night with an easy feel ing not to think that perhaps in the middle of the night he will be taken -away from his family to prison.-- ' . - r:i. - I think that Is our; mission now that is the mission God has given us to perform so that we can live In peace, freedom and happiness." .- y.. , ' ' j - ; t "You never-, realize what free dom means until you " lose it." Vogeler, who has - said there were times when he did not know whether he ; would ! ever be free again, was released by a United States agreement to- reopen two Hungarian consulates In. the U.S., lift the ban on American travel to Hungary, change the frequency of , Voice of America broadcasts from Munich . so as not to Inter fere with the Hungarian radio, and restore Hungarian property in western Germany but not the ancient crown of St Stefan. ' Hands Shake 1 His handsome face was still drawn after his dramatic restora tion to the arms off his wife and two sons. Tears welled often in his eyes as he .spoke. His hands shook and he repeatedly ' asked his wife to hold his arm. - "Oh. what they must have done to him," moaned Mrs. -I Vogeler. "He was such a strong man, and now' he is weak as a baby and so nervous. He can't bear to have anyone behind him. i '. "Tired as he was. we : had to give him a sedative last night so he r could sleep. - He can't bring himself to talk about his trial yet. He will say a little about his life in prison after the trial but nothing about the trlaL; X8S FDXED'AS DISLOYAL - " WASHINGTON. April' -UPh The government has fired 303 employes- - on disloyalty j charges since 1847. ' r..- V - ' , v - Some Confusion Accompa mes Time Change Salem and the valley went on daylight saving time Sunday and as usual there were some Wrong Way Corrigans on hand. . i One city fireman took a ribbing from his buddies all day because he turned his clock back, instead of ahead, an hour and was late for work. 1 City police who were ready to go off duty at 8 a.m. reported they had to rout-out most of the day shift. 'Some church-goers, - as ex pected, arrived just in time for the benediction. -v 1 A Salem hospital reported many visitors arrived late blamed the time change. 7 Salem travelers, as a group, came through with flying colors. United Air lines and Southern Pa flcic reported no passengers mis sed planes nor trains. Both United and SJP. remained on standard time. ' : lze British Firm HONG KONG, April 29 -(JPh Chou En-lal, Red China's premier and foreign minister, said today bis government is taking over the properties of the British-owned Asiatic Petroleum Co. inside China. This was the first seizure of British property by the Chinese communists and appears to have been made in retaliation for the recent seizure by the British in Hong Kong of the tanker Yung Hao. Chinese Nationalists formerly owned the Yung Hao, but the Reds claimed it las theirs. Earlier the Peiping regime branded the Brit ish move as an act of open provo cation. Boy Scouts Collect Enough Paper to FiU2Box.Cars . i . Salem . Boy Scouts collected enough papers Sunday to fill two box cars. . ; "And we know we missed a lot of residents who cooperated in the waste-paper drive," said Howard Higby, Boy Scout field executive. Higby asked families that were missed , to call the ; scout office, 2-4117,- this - morning. - He said trucks would be busy again today. Magazines as well as newspapers are desired. niROiTrro so years old TOKYO, April 29-GTV-An all- day rain dampened Emporer Hiro hito's 50th birthday festivities to day, but still 37,700 Japanese went to the palace and signed the guest book. Last year, in fine weather, there were 100,000 signers. Max. M ST M - Mia. PretHp. 44 . i J6 41 At c 4S i. trace 4 - XO SI trace Portland Sairnt -an Francisco Chicago New York Willamette Blver X feet. FORECAST (from U. S. weather bu reau, - AicNary caia. Eaiem ) : raruy doudy today and tonight with Scatter ed light. at0wrs. this aftoroooa evening. A 1 ttU warmer today ui highest temper mm near 9X and Jewess tOAight near S.- - - -- - - - - . iauh - ntxcirixATio. ftneo Stark ef Wsaoer Year, ff-vt. X This Year LtYtar 1. -rU Linnesede an:- Fleet Defense j - By Don Hnth ; TOKYO, Monday, April 3b-VFh Allied forces battled to hold back the pounding surf of red man-' power today on a broad perimeter less than 10 miles from Seoul. Red pressure on the city mounted hourly. - j - A : bold decision to defend the 1 battered old Korean capital wu announced Sunday by Lt. Gen.' James A. Van Fleet, United Na tions ground commander. " - -It --had: been expected that al- ; lied forces would withdraw to the south banks of the Han" river, which -curves . around Seoul's southern, outskirts. But Van Fleet said Seoul's historic significam justified its defense. The rubbled, nearly deserted city has no mili tary value. ; Allied artillery ringing the aa cient capital poured thousands of heavy shells into the Chines shock troops of an estimated Kd army of 600,000. Within Range ! At U. S. Eighth army head quarters, AP Correspondent Rob ert Eunson reported .that van guards of the red force were witte in range of allied guns. 1 Air observers said some 20,620 reds were moving on the city f rem the north and northwest. The Eighth army estimated 4,100 rests were killed or wounded Sunday. Only 80 were taken prisoner. ; This was the opening stage f an expected massive Chinese as sault aimed at seizing Seoul by tomorrow the communist May day holiday. Cbnnchon Abandoned - - On the central front, allied forces abandoned Chunchon, 42 miles northeast of Seoul, and took up new defense positions to the south along the Pukhan river. On the eastern front, the U. S. Eighth army communique report ed only scattered contact with the Chinese and Korean reds. In the Seoul area, two allied companies were reported sur rounded Saturday., night but St tank-infantry task force rescued them Sunday morning.' ". The red radio at Pyongyang, the North - Korean red capital, said that Chinese forces Sunday night, were within Ihk miles of Seoul on the north. Four Miles North Allied forces have previously been located on a defense peri meter four miles north of the city. But censores refused Sunday to permit correspondents to pinpoint the defense line in greater detail. United Nations forces punched back at Chinese forces northeast of Seoul Sunday. One tank force plunged north of Uijongbu, 11 miles above Seoul, and shot up sa force of some 1,000 reds before be ing forced back to U. N. lines. . With red pressure increasing today, the full weight of the Chi nese assault on Seoul was expect ed to be felt Monday night and early - Tuesday. U. S. Fifth aar force planes spotted 3,360 red vehicles streaming - toward tssa battlefront most of them in the build-up area immediately norCt of Seoul. . 200 Knocked Out In the . heaviest night aerial strikes of .the Korean war the al lied fighters and bombers at tacked 1,000 vehicles. They re ported knocking -out at least 200. Fighters from carriers in Fart task force 77 joined in the cloea support missions. Rear A dm. R A. Ofstie estimated carrier planes had accounted for 6,500 red casu alties since the red offensive be gan last Sunday. The communists have lost an officially estimated 70,000 of the 300,000 shock troops that began the offensive. They have been pouring in -reinforcements from a nearby 300,000-man teserve pool Woman Recovers From Dog Bites Statesman News Servlco INDEPENDENCE, April 29 -Mrs. Lester Garrett, Independence route 1, seriously injured when at tacked by a dog, was reported f) "fair"' condition today at BarteU hospital, Dallas. - ' . Mrs. Garrett was rounding up sheep In a field near her farm home last Monday when the dog dashed from bushes on the edge the field and pounced on her. She was bitten on both arms, suf fened chest lacerations, severe shock , shock reaction. . STJFFE2S EXACT ATTACH DENVER, April 2-LTV-Donll J. Sterling, 64, managing editcr of the Oregon Journal at l'ortlix , OreV since 1919, Is in fair con dition . tonight after sullerina 4 heart attack. NO BATTON 'NECZ53A2Y PTTTSBUIIGH, April n - tfl- Price Stabilizer Michael V. DICs i predicted tonight it will net ,? necessary - to ration " cor ram goods to bridge the nation.'! ccc:J cray over the present ilzxzjT. tcra' esierssacy. . . . - ' . w Orders