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DALLAS E. V. Dalton, 87, (center,
cheat X-ray mobile unit here
X-ray unit .by Gee-rre Ilajer (left), Portland technician,' and Philip llayter, Dallas, Polh county snr
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Salem had a distinguished vis
itor this week in the person of
Rolfe Edberg, member of the par
liament of Sweden and editorial
director of Ny Tid, a morning
newspaper in Goteborg, second
largest city of Sweden. Edberg is
also president of Sweden's press
club and his country's representa
tive on the Council of Europe
which meets as Strasbourg. It was
my privilege to spend Tuesday
veninff with him. Since he talks
very good English and my Sweden
CRT
talk is nil we got along very weu
"in conversation.
- -. Edberg was shown over the
capital group and state institutions
by state officials. It was my privi
lege to show him over Jhe States
man plant, talk newspaper busi
ness with him and then show him
something of the city. Newspaper
operations in his country are quite
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lunuar uivkw uc wui u
ganization . and in production. The
trend to monopoly is not so strong
there as in this country. His city
tit around 300.000 has six - daily
newsnaDers. Control is divided
with an economic director in
charge of the business and me
chanical side and an editorial di
rector in, charge of the news ana
editorial side of the paper, owner
ship is usually in corporate form
fn tint in rhain rontrol.
I took the guest to see some of
Salem's attractive residential sec
tions: Candelaria Heights for post-
W W II construction and 1 Fair-
mount hill for post-W W I style
of architecture. Since he had not
visited an American type of mar
ket I took him to
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Neuiier Rules Out
Change in Jobless
Pay Measure
Attorney General George Neun
er i ruled Wednesday that a law
for extension of workmen's com
pensation to include all employers
was void because it never had
been passed by the legislature. "
The bill, as signed by the pre
siding officers of both houses and
by the governor, retained a- pas
sage extending the law to all em
Uioyers. The law now includes
only those employers hiring four
r more workers. But both houses
of the legislature had passed, the
bill after striking out the exten
sion. In copying the bill in its final
form for signing, a typist reinsert
ed the passage.
Animal Crackers
! By WARREN COOORICH
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top photo), half -century Dallas resident, wu an early-bird at the
An invalid, Daltoa was assisted from his wheel chair to the
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More than 2,00 persona had their
las Wednesday as Talleywide X-ray survey started; under citi
zens', county and federal health auspices. Downtown Dallas scene
pictured above was duplicated at similar X-ray trucks In Salem and
Idanha. (Story on page 12.) . ;. .
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urer waiter Pearson shows (center above). It was Pearson's turn
at the mobile X-ray; unit where his chest was X-rayed Wednesday
as Secretary of State Earl T. Newbry (right) and health technician
Gene Melf y look on. (An photos by' Don DilL Statesman staff photographer.)
Crowds in Dallas Keep
X-Ray. Shutter Clicking
i By Charles Ireland
ii Valley Editor. The Statesman , i v
DALLAS. July 1ft An estimated 1,000 Dallas area residents to
day gave the Willamette Valley Chest X-ray survey a rousing send
off. : . : -f -sV-C ; '
The shutters of mobile X-ray
as the vanguard of a hoped-for .390,000 valley citizens turned out for
a chest check-up.! j
Housewives, merchants, the hale
and the habit queued up before
one of the units in Dallas' business
district. Additional hundreds were
surveyed at the Willamette Valley
lumbermill, the city: largest in
dustry. : :! '
Somewhere among the thousand
surveyed here today, j well-estab-
thit of the, adults m Idan
ha, 186 reported for chest X
tay$ Wednesday ! at the mobile
X-ray amlt stationed there dar
ing the day, Vernon Qlsen, coun
ty health educator reported last
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lished odds say there Is at least
one who has tuberculosis.
I hope it Isnt me"; said Thom
as L, Parsons, 74, a retired painter.
Parsons has lived at Dallas since
1917. said he never had his chest
X-rayed before. j -
Right behind Parsons in the sur
vey were, two- youngsters; William
WalL 16, and Dwayne Odden. 17,
both of Dallas. Children under 15
are not eligible for the survey.
Survey oiricials report that few
children have the disease. By "X-
raying all adults and finding those
who- have tuberculosis it is pos
sible to protect children, they de
clared. . !
Citizens from far and near visit-
ted the Dallas unit. Bruce Cpoley
walked only ZQ paces. It was pars
ed near his furniture store.
Mrs. Edith Mueller and her
daughters came from their farm
home five miles west of Mon
mouth. Tor them, top, chest X-
I rays were a new experience.
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Mueller's community, .too, but of
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chests X-rayed in Salem and Dal
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that only the head of State Treas
units clacked 100 times an hour here
Ccials stressed that anyone Is wel
come to visit any unit not restrict
ed to certain employe groups.)
Busy as anybody in Dallas today
was Mrs. Marguerite Smith, home
town volunteer hostess for the
downtown unit. ! -
Mrs. Smith spent half her time
pinning yellow "I've had my chest
X-rayed" tags on persons leaving
the mobile unit. The rest of the
time she approached virtually ev
eryone i who ; walked down the
street and suggested they pause
for an X-ray.
"Does It Hurt?
"It worked about half the time,
too," said Mrs. Smith. Some of
them asked if it cost anything or
if it hurt. And a lot wanted to
know If they had to disrobe.
The X-ray officials stress that
the survey is free, painless and
requires no undressing.
Persons who were X-rayed to
day will receive notice of the re
sult within two weeks, according
to Phillip Hayter, chairman of the
county survey.
About four persons from each
1,000 probably will be requested to
submit to a second chest X-ray,
Hayter said. Hesaid this category
would Include persons who may
have moved slightly while being
X-rayed, as well as those who are
referred to medical authorities for
treatment of tuberculosis, cancer
of the lung or heart ailments that
may be indicated.
Both federal and local survey
officials said they were pleased by
the enthusiasm shown by the pub
lic and volunteer worker in the
Dallas area.
ThePolk county survey con
tinues today at Dallas. RickrealL
Perrydale, Falls City and Lincoln.
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SEOUL, Thursday, July 1 19 -tfV Korean armistice talks ended
abruptly in early afternoon today with every indication that commun
ist and United Nations delegates still are locked over a key issue in
their cease-fire agenda. i ' "
The delegates broke off their meeting at 1:20 pjn. (825 pjn
EST, Wednesday) at Kaesong after they had worked through the noon
Highest Crest
Since 1844 to
Hit St. Louis
ST. LOUIS, July 18-WHFlood-wise.
St. Louis braced tonight i for
the Mississippi's worst flood! in
100 years, as it felt the first blows
of torrents which already have
devastated vast, areas and cities
in Kansas, - Missouri and Okla
homa. -
The crest is expected here Sun
day. The weather bureau pre
dicted the Mississippi would go
to 40.5 , feet, the highest it has
been since 1844. In 1947 the river
caused ian; restimated ' $9,000,000
damage when it reached 40.3 feet.
The crest of flood waters, still
crippling the twin cities of Kan
sas City on the Kansas-Missouri
border, an( churning down j the
Missouri river to its meeting with
the Mississippi above St. Louis.
? They lashed tonight with Ifull
fury at central Missouri. They
poured into 20 blocks of Jeffer
son City, state . capital. . Electric
service to the capitol and other
State buildings was threatened by
water backing into the state power
plant.
Wilson Pair
Sentenced to !
J VANCOUVER, Wash., July 18-CP)-A
superior court judge today
sentenced - Utah and Turmari I Wil
son to death August 20, then re
fused their attempts - to make a
statement in court ) .
. Convicted of the kidnap-slaying
of Jo Ann; Dewey, 18, here 16
months ago, the brothers showed
no emotion as Judge Eugene Cush
ing set the execution date. '
4 Defense Attorney Irving Good
man was up at once, though, and
asker, "Your honor, may I make a
statement?- I
j "I'm not interested in a state
ment," said the judge, rising! and
walking away.
j Turman rose and said, "Your
honor, may I say something
His sentence hung unfinished as
the judge failed to turn around.
The next instant the judge was in
his chambers, and closed the door.
Turman gave a small shrug.
Forests Open
To Loggers
i All Oregon forests were opened
to logging at midnignt wnen the
ban was lifted in the Tillamook
burn area and Clackamas-Marion
fire patrol district by acting state
forester Dwight PhJpps.
! The order opens all Oregon for
ests until humidity again drops be
low 30 per cent when logging must
cease by law.
i The Coos Bay fire in the old Ti
oga burn was reported last night
to be completely trailed since mid
afternoon with 400 men on the
fire line. Foresters reported the
situation "looked : good" at mid
night 4
Army to Speed
Korea Rotation
WASHINGTON. July 18 (&
Ninety thousand veterans of Korea
win come marching home in the
next 90 days under the army's
stepped up nrst-in. first-out" ro
tation plan. Recruits from the VJS
win take their places. ; f
I An army announcement today
said the rotation rate should reach
30,000 this month. ItvwUl mark a
big Increase in the rate of home
ward bound servicemen. I Only
32,000 men have been returned to
the US, from -Korea through
July 10.
Western International
At Salon 3. Tri-Clty a
At Vancouver 4, Taeoma 1
At Yakima S-3. Spokane 1-1
At Victoria 3. Wenatch 9 1
. . Coast League i
At Portland 1. Hollvwood
At Seattle 7. San Francisco (IS inn.)
, At Loo Angele I. &an uiego a
Only fames scheduled, , .,
American League !
At Chicago 1. Mew York S V
At Cleveland 3. Boston 4 - I
At Detroit Philadelphia IS
At St. Louis 1. Washington I
National Learn !
At Boston S. St. Louis a i
At Mew York 3. Chicago '
At Brooklyn li. Pittsburgh 13
At Philadelphia ft-1, Cinnnnari 2-
Hang Au
hour without interruption. In all.
they met less than two hours at
this seventh session.
The negotiators will meet again
tomorrow.
The tie-up probably has come
on red demands for withdrawal of
foreign troops from Korea. Red
radio broadcasts have drummed
this demand insistently. -
Newsmen covering the sixth ses
sion at Kaesong Wednesday, in
cluding phis correspondent, noted
growing hostility -3. of communist
soldiers,- policemen and residents
inside the conference city. It was
TOKYO, Thnrsday. Julr 19-(-Gen.
Matthew B. RIdrway
returned to Korea today, gen
eral i headquarters announced;
There was no Indication here
whether the general's sadden
return to Korea meant a new
development in the cease fire
talks.
in marked contrast to the preced
ing days.
Correspondents attributed the
change in attitude of , Kaesong's
population to efforts by their com
munist rulers to discourage any
show of friendliness.
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Insist on Withdrawal
LONDON, July 18-(P)-Moscow
radio said today that negotiators
m Korea would insist on the with
drawal of all foreign troops from
Korea in the truce negotiations
now underway in Kaesong.
The broadcast, heard in London,
quoted a Tass dispatch from the
North Korean capital of Pyong
yang on today's armistice talks.
"It is clear that peaceful settle
ment of the Korean question is
impossible without the withdraw
al of foreign troops from Korea,"
the broadcast declared. "
"The 4ebate on the agenda has
shown thafTthir American side is
categorically opposing the ques
tion concerning the withdrawal of
foreign troops."
Projgress Reported
WASHINGTON, July 18 -flV
Official reports to Washington in
dicated today communist negotia
tors at Kaesong have accepted an
American agenda proposal omit
ting specific reference to the 38th
parallel as a basis for creating a
truce buffer zone in Korea.
Officials said this was progress
in reaching agreement on the
agenda but was not to be consid
ered highly significant in view of
grave issues raised by broadcast
from Moscow regarding the basic
red position. : !
The Moscow broadcast, quoting
a Tass dispatch from Pyongyang.
asserted tonight that General Nam
IL the North Korean representa
tive, Intended to Insist on the 38th
parallel as the base line for dis
position of troops during the ar
mistice. This was taken to mean
that even though he did not, press
the point in so far as the prelim
inary agenda negotiations are con
cerned he would insist On it in
any later stages of the talks.
Korean Reds Attack
UU. EIGHTH ARMY HEAD
QUARTERS, Korea, Thursday,
July- as-Cw'r-Elements of a red
Korean battalion attacked 'allied
lines before dawn yesterday north
west of Kansong on the east coast.
The reds forced two United Na
tionsi companies to fall back. But
they ' did not press their early
rains.
Later, usi. patrols roamed the
battle area and fought against
scattered communit units.
A virtual cease-fire settled over
the rest of the Korean warfront
FLEISCHMANN OKEHED
WASHINGTON. July 18 m
The senate today confirmed the
nomination of Fanhly Fleischmann
of New York as Defense Prod'"-
tion Administrator. He succeeds
William H. Harrison, who has re
signed. '
VJe Can't Understand Why U.S. Mas Communists',
Young German Newsmen
By Wendell Webb
Managing Editor. Tha Statesman -Communists
in the United
States? ' j i ..
"I can't 'understand them. Even
some of your wealthy people are
communists. I i think they must
have something wrong with their
mmds, some disease of the mind."
Such was the comment Wednes
day of 23-year-old Alfons Trabert,
political editor of the Frankfurter
Neue Presse of iTankfort, Ger
many, who, with three other young
German newspaper folk, went
through Salem on a nationwide
tour.
The quartet came to the United
States last September under a
state department educational pro
gram, and attended the University
of Missouri for nine months. They
now are making the most of the
remainder of the time under a
year's visa.
In the party, besides Trabert,
were his pretty wife, Elisabeth, 23,
Walcott
Wallops
Charles
Jersey Joe. Wins
Heavyweight
Title on 5th Try
FORBES FIELD, Pittsburgh,
July 18 -Ay- Jersey Joe Walcott,
37-year-old veteran of the ring
wars, staged one of the amazing
upsets of boxing-history tonight
as he won the world's heavy
weight title on an explosive ' seventh-round
knockout of Ezzard
Charles.
Walcott's longstanding dream of
winning the crown materialized
55 seconds into the seventh stanza
when he smashed a terrific left
hook off Charles jaw and sent
him down for the count-
It was Jersey Joe's fifth crack
at the elusive title and tonight's
astounding victory gave him the
unique , distinction ; of being the
oldest man ever to win it, , ':...
A 5 to 1 underdog in the pre
fight betting, Walcott was in com
mand from the first round. He re
peatedly slammed Charles with
blows to the head and brought
blood from the champion's mouth
in the fourth-round. .
When he went down in the sev
enth, Charles tried to pull himself
up at the count of nine but could
n't quite make it. It was the first
time Ezzard had hit the canvas
since winning the title and was
only his second loss by. a knock'
out in a career of- 79 pro fights.
Walcott's surprise triumph pull
ed a horde of fans into the ring
for the biggest demonstration in a
long w,bile. It was a big and
emotional moment for Jersey Joe
and he wept tears o fjoy as he
prepared to go to his dressing
room.
(Complete details on sports
pages.) .
Riicts Lawyer
Hints About
Reconciliation,
NEW YORK. July ISHWVPos-
sibility of a reconciliation between
Rita Hayworth and Prince Aiy
Khan was reported by her attor
ney today provided the prince
meets one "primary condition." j
Bartley Crum, the mlm stars
lawyer staved off all Attempts to
pin him down on the nature oi
the condition. r I
He told a news conference what
it was not ,
He said the condition was "not
financial." And, he added, it did
not involve the actress place of
residence or the estranged couple's
child, Yasmin.
RENO, Nev., July lMHf ac
tress Rita Hayworth decides to
come back here -for a divorce, her
Nevada "residence is liable i to
come in for some close scrutiny,
a leading attorney said today. :
Boss Schindler, secretary of the
Nevada bar association, told re
porters:
"This whole thing" Is beginning
to look like a publicity stunt to
us, what with lawyers dashing
around the world by airplane and
issuing statements on the slightest
provocation. i
"We are not going to allow peo
ple to come to this state and use
Nevada's liberal laws for publicity
purposes.
U. S. Negotiates
For Oatis Release
WASHINGTON, July 18 P
The United States has begun new
diplomatic moves to get AP cor
respondent William Oatis out of
a Czechoslovakian prison.
This was disclosed today by
Secretary of State Acheson who
indicated the government may
have made some sort of an offer
to the communist regime i in
Prague.
to whom he was married since the!
group came to the United States;
Hans Albert, 22, reporter on the
Heilbronner Stimme (Voice) j of
Heilbronn, and Dieter Heiber, 8,
city editor of the Stuttgarter wa-
chrichten (News) of Stuttgart. Eli
sabeth is a reporter on the
Schwabmuenehner Zeitung (Gaz
ette). The combined circulation of
their newspapers is nearly 500,000,
Trabert said "the belief in Eu
rope is that an Americans are cold,
doHar-hunerr. I found that is
wrong. It, is believed, too, that
American morals were bad. Now
I find Americans believe European
morals are bad. I found lata of
conclusions about America wrong.
Our newspapers, and yours, too,
don't do a good jb of explaining
each others country.
Trabert was grave when he dis
cussed the future of Germany.:
"How will there ever be a unit
ed Germany? Only when Russia
loses the next war. X do not believe
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him Mmk
WASHINGTON, July 18 -P- Over adrrunistratidn prcte
the house today voted to ban all price controls which would
precent a "reasonable profit
i Catching administration democrats off guard; farni state lf
islators rammed through a series of amendments that threw frtah
curbs on the administration's price controls program. j
ii I many - enaciea into law, uie i
amendments might cause a review
of every ceiling price fixed by the
office of price stabilization (OPS)
to take into account cost-plus-pro
fit data on all farm and industrial
products.
OPS ceiling prices run into many
thousands.
Many democrats were off the
floors when the votes were taken.
However, Majority Leader Mc-
Cormack (D-Mass.) told reporters
he believes the, prospects are fa
vorable for reversing the actions.
All votes so far have been ten
tative, subject to final approval
when the house votes on the com
pleted bill for a new economic
controls law The present law ex
pires July 31.
Late in the day, the house beat
down an attempt to deprive the
wage stabilization board of its
present power . to handle labor
disputes. t
Earlier, the lawmakers wran
gled bitterly over price- controls
and profits,
In quick succession, the house:
1. Voted 160 to 144 to ban meat
nrice controls which do not al
low a profit to every. part of Ihe
packing and processing industry
on each type of meat processed.
2. Voted 166 to 102 to ban price
ceilings on Jail profits farm as
well as industrial if they do not
allow a "reasonable prof it" based
on manufacturing costs, or farm
parity, whichever is greater.
U. S. to Auction
Virginia Hill's
House, Jewelry
SPOKANE. Wash.. July 18-UPh
Virginia Hill's $35,000 house, her
jewelry and her mink coats will
be sold at auction by the govern
ment next month, the internal re
venue bureau said today.
The government claims she owes
$161,000 in back income taxes and
has seized all her property here.
Miss Hill, former girl friend of
Gangland figures and star of the
Kefauver hearings, said "I want
to give them everything so l can
get out of here."
Lost Woman
Found Safe on
MtMcLoughlin
KJ
KLAMATH FALLS. July 18 -
(fl)-An elderly woman missing
since Sunday was found safe to
day near Mt McLoughlin. in
southern Oregon.
She is Mrs. Camilla Bowles, 71,
a widow, who was feared to have
died in the rugged country after
she had deserted a Golden Rule
Church picnic party on a nike.
. One of four forest service
ground crews which took part in
the search discovered the woman
late today. Although details were
meager. Bob Cooper, a forest ser
vice man who directed the search
operation described her condition
as "fair."
Mrs. Bowles was taken to the
Lake O the Woods forest ranger
station.
Report on Visit to Salem
diplomacy can prevent a war..
The visitors generally expressed
opposition to -the views of Gen.
Douglas MacArthur, in regard to
expansion of the Korean war, and
indicated a hope that Sen. Robert
Taft (R-Obio) would not be pres
ident
All agreed that the longer they
were in the united state uie
more they would distrust any book
or writings prepared by anyone
who had visited any country but
a short tune.
Trabert said that soon after he
arrived he started to write a story
for his newspaper in -regard to
"America's negro problem. He
said "the more I inquired the more
complex the thing became and now
I not only, haven't finished that
story I'm still not prepared to."
! The visitors were anxious to
answer to : all sorts of Questions
about America. They said tneya
been having a wonderful time. But
fie
East-West I Air
line Link fori
Salem Ureed
Salem should be on an east-
airline, not just north-south.
a move is contemplated to i bring
that about G win Hicks, vice pre-.
dent of the unpire line, said Tue
day.' - . i j . '
Hicks, who was in Salem with
a chamber of commerce delegations "
from Joseph, Ore., said his Bcwe,
Idaho, firm planned ito ask tit
civil aeronautics board for Salem
landings rights regardless of Mm
outcome of the current United Air
line - West Coast argument. .
(The CAB In Washington
Tuesday took under j Bdvisement
the petition of ; West Coast far
Salem rights. The Salem Chamber
of Commerce opposed West Coast's
application on the grounds - its
granting might i result in . with
drawal of United Air; fines.: We4
Coast is a "feeder," not a mda
line, service.) ; - i .
Hicks said Empire would no -
apply for a Salem franchise until
the CAB had acted on Empire's
recent application for extension f
its routes asked recently at
Walla Walla CAB hearing; pos
sibly by next January. - ,r
"Empire has it in mind to wvm
Salem east-west (from Ontario,
Baker, Pendleton LaGrand.
Burns, Bend, etc.), regardless vt
whether UAL or West Coast am
both serve north-south, Hicks de
clared. ; ,.-..-... . ,
Empire now operates in Oregrat
at Baker, Ontario, LaGrande arid
Pendleton, as well as in Idaho ard
Washington. i - -,; .
Acheson Placates
Britain. France as
' - If -
Spain Deal Nears
WASHINGTON, July 18 -(A
Secretary of State Acheson c-tf fe
ed Britain and France reassurance
today that they will lose neither
arms aid nor their standing as
areas to be defended if this coun
try makes a military arrangement
with Spain. I
.The secretary stated the Amer
ican position at a news conference
shortly before ' dispatches, h from
Spain reported that an agreem4
in principle had; been reached on
United States use of i Spanish' ale
and naval basest Acheson did nc4
indicate the dealings had gone a
far. v -i - - ; . -ii :
The report from Spain quoted
authoritative sources as saying thm
agreement in principle had been
worked out at a long conference!
yesterday between U S. Admiral
Forrest P. Sherman and Spain's
Generalisfimo Franco.: ;
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there was one thing Ttrabert didn't .
ask about he merely wondro
out loud:, .
-I can't understand any com
munists here. Even some cf ycur
wealthy people are communists. I
think they must have form thing
wrong with their minus, some dis
ease of the mind." u
All four spoke good English, al
beit with a pronounced accent, nd
understood most of theVkJiome
which arose in conversations with
members of The Statesman' atatt.
Reiber, with verbal as5lnc
from Albert, typed out brief
story of the group's experfci
since leaving Missouri several
weeks ago. The quartet xt
"mail stop" is in Seattle. ,
Their home as present com
prises a car and sleeping Urs.
They will return to their jets la
Germany in September.
(Photo and story Also on
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