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" ' 1 " n n : 7 o n o o n - in r o ' c7 U - Boy Injured byr Allied Plane Said Safe On s: FOUNDED 1651 . . n . j --;? ?q ;.;; v I roops bin ... . . 101st YEAR 12 PAGES Mishap rpass OREGON CITY, Oct. lUPh Seven empty cars of a north bound freight train jumped the track here late today. One ot them punched a hole in the con crete railing on the highway 99-E overpass dumping several tons of concrete on the road below. No one was Injured. I R. Smith, assistant super intendent of the Portland divis ion, said the derailment was caused , by a broken brake beam a steel beam underneath a car. When the beam snapped on one car, six cars following it jumped the track before the train was Train Kidnaped Baby's Pleads for Safety of Son - MICHIGAN CITY, IndL, Oct 14-(P-A heartbroken father broad cast an appeal today for good care of his five-day-old son, taken form a hospital nursery late yesterday. r Police of three states said they were virtually without a clue in the disappearance . of Lawrence The general expectation Is that Ben. Robert A. Taf t will announce his candidacy for the republican nomination . for president very soon, probably this week. 'About the only thing which might pre vent it is the health of his wife. Bob and Martha Taf t have been partners in- politics, but she be came seriously ill ar year or two go and is no longer active. Such is her faith in her husband, how ever, that she will encourage him to make a third try for the nomi nation. ( The stage Is well set For months two Ohioans have been traveling bout the country to test sentiment and at the same time to build fences. Taft himself has been on speaking tours, to New England and into the northwest. The cus tomary appeals from4 political groups have been made. In fact the candidacy is so well advanced that Taft just can't back out The maneuver is to corral as many delegates as possible early to offset any sweep to General Eisenhower. The contacts have been with the party organization, with delegates to the latest GOP convention and those who are apt to speak the decisive word on delegations. The regular organiza lion, it is safe to say, supports Taft He is to them Mr. Republi can. The regulars say: We've tried "me-tooism" and "We can do it better"' with Landon and Willkie and Dewey. Now let's take a "real republican, conservative who isn't ashamed of his conservatism, a consistent foe of the new deal nd the fair deaL" They reason, moreover, that this is the time for a republican comeback; "so let's come back with a real party man who will observe the rules of the political game." And the argument ; Is effective. In behalf of Taft this may be said: He Is of presidential dimen lions. He has a very broad grasp of the affairs of our government . He has a quality of rugged ad herence to conviction. He is a man of (continued on editorial page 4) SHELTER SIGNS POSTED PORTLAND, Oct 14-VPub-lic shelter" signs, to designate Salter areas in , the event of a saster, are being posted this week on many Portland buildings. Animal Crackoro gy WARREN GOODRICH "Wow! They're ftnsffy flunking of us ferm'tesr - .CRT T PLANIC 1 STEAK "Potatoes aik ti? - - - - : -. . - ---. V fat, HAVDCM-KfNNtOY The Oregon Statesman, Salem. Oregon, Monday aniaes halted. One of the derailed cars .slammed into another freight car parked on an adjoining siding. The larked car, . loaded with chips for the paper mills here, also was damaged.1 i - The pileup delayed, train ser vice south of Portland for about three hours until the I tracks were cleared near midnight.- Traffic on highway 99-E was rerouted until x the road was cleared. i - ix Engineer E. A. Bell, Portland, said then train was traveling about 12 miles an hour when the derailment occurred.; James Lyons from St. Anthony's nospitai. In a broadcast over the Michi gan City radio station, the lather, James Lyons, a 37-year-old service station operator his voice choked and halting pleaded "I'd like to say please take good care of bur baby. ! - f Lyons continued: 'j "Don't harm him, and ; return him to the hospital, police station or to our home at 616 Wabash. "His formula is six parts of evaported milk, twelve parts boil ed water and 1 one tablespoon Cartose." si "I just brought my wife home from the hospital. She said she felt like she was going holne from a funeral. What was to have been our happiest day, when we took the baby home, has turned out to be our saddest." t i -Pastors appealed to their Sun day congregations to help in the search. -, .. ... . j k -. Police discounted the of kidnaping for i ransom because tne Lorons family Is not wealthy. Authorities quoted Lyons as say ing ne nas -no enemies and no money.". l I ed Rifle. Found on Lawn A " DO n-trim" turned out n K a loaded 30-30 rifle when Patrick Izzo, 1590 N. Capitol st, picked it up off his lawn Sunday evening, kuj pouce saia. i Izzo said his little daughter sianea to picK up the gun when ne stopped her and found it was the real thine with a shell in the chamber and the hammer down off safety. He called police, who took me ruie to tne station where the owner can ciaun it by nrovine ownersnip, pouce said. METALS DRIVE TO END ! SILVERTON The scran metal drive at Silverton will conclude on October 18, George Christen son, chairman, reports. On that date two trucks will make the final pick-up at Silverton, Chris tenson adds. 'L Coed Smiles 1 i . 9 ,.--v. Pretty Willamette Coed Ann Glbbens, 1999 Saginaw st, signs a- receipt for Juvenile Officer Kenneth Seipp Saturday after claiming her bicycle, stolen from in front of the TWCA several days ago. Miss Gibbens bike was one of about 49 stored at the city shops after being found abandoned by city police. The thoM ax sdca from 1 to 2 m. m. n Saturdays for owners to claim stolen bicycles. (Statesman I photo). . i Hope Dim For Egypt Support LONDON, Oct. 14 -JP)- Egypt today was reported on the verge of rejecting the western Big Three and Turkish proposal to make the Suez an international defense bas tion for the Middle East Newspapers in Cairo predicted Egypt would say no to yesterday's invitation for taking Egypt into full partnership in the defense plans of the Ik S., Britain, France and Turkey. South Africa, Aus tralia and New Zealand also would be partners. The press also reported Egypt was rallying support of the other Arab countries to consolidate and isolate, themselves against - the western idea of replacing solely British forces with international forces along the Suez canal sides in Egypt Egypt apparently was standing firm on her two foremost de mands: Removal of British troops from, the Suez and union of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan under the crown of King Farouk. The Egyptian parliament was scheduled tomorrow night to junk the .1899 and 1936 treaties cover ing those phases of the soured British-Egyptian alliances. Legion Meet Faces Threat Of Hurricane MIAMI, Fla., Oct 14-;P)-The threat of a tropical hurricane mov ing out of the Caribbean failed to dcy to put a damper on the boist erous thousands pouring into Mia mi for the 33rd National American Legion convention. " The full force of Legion visitors some 30,000 strong hit this re sort ' city at the same time the weather ; bureau issed an alert against the tropical storm. Near midnight, the, storm had moved within 350 miles of MiamU travelling about five miles an hour. The strongest winds were about 80 miles an hour at the center of the storm and gales ex tended outward 40 to 50 miles. The storm is expected to move In a north or north northeasterly direction but there is no certainty it will strike the Miami area. Legionnaires were taking the alert in stride and Miami's streets had become a playground for ag ing "veterans with toy cannon, bells, whistles, firecrackers and their usual pranks. NO A-BLASTS TODAY LAS VEGAS, Nev., Oct li-(JPh This city relaxed somewhat to night as the atomic energy com mission and the army indicated there will be no nuclear exjplosion at the AEC's Nevada test site to morrow. An AEC spokesman said, however, that "we can give no assurances beyond a day to day basis. . Upon Finding A' ... v ; " i October 15, 1951 j PRICE 5c 6Ham9 Radios Buzz with Talk of Salem 'Bombing' By Thomas G. Wright " Staff Writer, The Statesman Chance listeners on shortwave radio bands may have been treated to some Wellsian drama Sunday afternoon as Salem area "ham" oper ators ran a network test of emergency communications for civilian defense.1 " ! i . The test, by local American Radio Relay league members, was pari oi a nauonwiae pro Diem sxagea bpeaxer on a raaio neiworK con trol station broke the Sunday aft ernoon monotony by f reporting "The Capitol has been bombed, also several residential areas. Standby for emergency instruc tions"' j j j Carefully interspersing the real istic messages with reports that it was a 'simulated emergency test (SET), mobile operators repre senting 16 call numbers, carried on the hour-long defense problem. Six mobile amateur radio sta tions were dispatched to key points Red Cross headquarters, court house, airport, Salem General hos pital and statehouse to handle emergency messages in the "dis aster stricken" city. ( i One psychic "Ham" was at the intersection of High and State street when he received instruc tions to report to his station at the courthouse. j The test was set up by Duane Hewitt (W7MTT) of Salem. The net control station was established at the home of Orval Nunn (W7FRT), 1348 Waller st Follow ing the problem, operators gath ered at the Hewitt home for a critique, j j t Hewitt said Sunday's problem was a preliminary prepared test for a future problem for. which operators will have no previous warning i or instruction. !It is ex pected that the problem-will be correlated with a fult-scale civil ian defense problem to include all agencies and elements. Wind Whips j Portland Area! f ! .' j I I f i By the Associated Press Gale-like gusts of wind blfw wires down at half a dozen places and toppled at least one tree in Portland early yesterday. j j In the northeast section of the fcity, a strong gust blew down a 40-foot locust tree. It fell across the hood of a car. f The weather forecast for today in western Oregon is partial clear ing with -cooler temperature to night. Storm warnings are up along the coast. Rains Lessen I Power Shortage j : I I SPOKANE, Oct 14-P)-The northwest power shortage may be a thing of the past if rains keep on as they have, Dr. Paul J. Raver, Bonneville Power Administrator, said today. . -j j "Water levels are at better-than-normal levels right now,'! he said. "If stream conditions continue to improve, we should have a very good water year. 1 i Lost Bicycle lit "T-rar' ! i ' ' 4''" J if f, No. 201 mis wees ena, Enraged Bull Kills Farmer, Wife in Iowa DTJRANGO, Ia Oct 14-P)-A bull, enraged when the farmer who owned him started to drive the cows to the barn for milking killed the farmer and his wife .today. : Dead were Mike Magerus, 66, and his wife, 'Anna, 62. The tra gedy occurred in a pasture on the Magerus farm near here. Duran go is a tiny ; hamlet of about 50 persons nine miles west of Du buque. The bull was shot and killed by three Durango men, Henry But lett Herman Tappe and William Haberkorn. Butlett operates a gro cery store and butcher shop in Durango. Butlett said it took 38 shots from .22 caliber rifles to kill the bull. I Sheriff Leo J. Martin said the bodies were found by Leory Ma gerus, 23, son of the victims. The sheriff quoted the son as saying his father went to bring the cattle in for milking, and Mrs. Magerus followed when her hus band did not return. When Mrs. Magerus did not re turn either, the son also went to the pasture and found the gored and trampled bodies of his par ents with the bull standing a short distance away. Sheriff Martin said. The bull rushed young Magerus with his head, but the young man fell through ; the fence and got away from tHe animal, the sheriff added. ! Two neighbors, Alvin Stanworth and Ralph Backes, used a tractor and Backes' dog to chase the bull away from the bodies so that they could be removed from the field. Chest Worker Solicits on Horseback Mrs. Gus Moore has been soli citing the west Salem area for the Community Chest sitting down, but she does it the hard way on horseback. . j Mrs. Moore and her crew of 25 "girls" are canvassing west Salem and a good portion of the rural area thereabouts. Her particular area is along Wallace, Gehlar and Dallas roads i and adjacent dis tricts. "We are working hard," she said Sunday, "in these closing days of the chest drive to make our $700 quota for the women's divis ion in this section of Salem." Ma's. Moore says she prefers to make her solicitations via horse back because the roads are "pretty boggy" in spots, lots of farm homes are located at the end of long lanes away from the main roads, it eli minates "a lot of parking and walking," and "then there are the dogs." "I know well be over the top in our quota by Tuesday," she said Sunday. . - Sampaign Chairman Ed Majak said Community Chest volunteers were working hard over the week end to collect the last of money needed to make the county's quota. The drive is not over, he empha sized, and stressed the fact that more contributions were needed. Majek also reported that a popu lar feature of the chest this year, the model "runner" taking the chest hurdles i on the courthouse square, was taken down because vandals had broken several limbs off the mannequin. DOCTOR FOUND DEAD PORTLAND, Oct 14 Dr. John Harold Mills, 49, chief of medical service at the Portland Veterans hospital, was found dead this afternoon in his home on the hospital grounds. His widow, Eli sabeth found the body. The coro ner's 'office said findings of an autopsy. will be disclosed tomor row. - Hax. 1 . 62 75 Min. Precip. Salem Portland ,. San Francisco 3 .42 4 Jl 4 , M JOO Chicago 73 CS New York FORECAST (from VS. weather bu reau. McNary field. Salem): Partly ciouay witn occasional mowers today and tonight Highest temperature today near 83. aiigmiy cooler tonight wtta tne jowen near as. i SALEM PRECIPITATION !- Slae Start of Weather Tew Sept 1 This Tear J4 Last Tear Koimal Ml it f 1 if; :v f vV' MUNSAN, Korea, Monday, Oct 15 - A '" - -S" 'it- i ' ii -f ;; ' . . ' X ' jvorean ooy wmcn tne reds say was killed by an allied strafing plane Is riven attentive ears by UN and Communist officers investi gating the strafing. The allies today admitted the accidental strafing of the neutrality sone. Beside youth In Chinese uniform is CoL Tsal Cheng Wan, and to his left North Korean CoL Chang Chun San and CoL Dob Darrow (Ught trousers), one of the UN investigators. (AP Wirepboto to The Statesman). . . i )-; Ridgway Expresses 'Heartfelt CrieP Over Death of Korea Boy in Air Raid : MUNSAN, Korea. Monday, Oct. 15 - (JP) - Allied and communist liaison officers met, for three hours today on resumption of Korean armistice talks shortly after Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway told the reds that allied planes had strafed neutral Kaesong. I . There was no immediate announcement whether the liaison of ficers made any progress. -, ; The supreme allied1 commander broadcast his "heartfelt grief over the death of a 12-year-old Korean boy and the wounding of the lad's brother in the strafing. Kaesong is the former site of the armis tice talks just two miles south of Ridway's message was delivered by helicopter to Panmuniom in reply to an oral complaint by the reds. It was felt the frank admis sion of sympathy may help to get the talks going again. It said that "prompt and appropriate" disciplinary action would be taken. The Peipmg radio quoted the manding that the Americans pay . n previous sessions they nave been trying to iron out differences regarding the size of a neutral zone, or security area, for resumption of talks by the fuu five-member tiuce delegations. - 1 Both sides have agreed to a 1,000-yard security area around the conference tent at Panmunjom and a 3,000-yard area around the United Nations advance camp at Munsan. But still unsettled Sunday was the question of reducing the five-mile neutral zone around red held Kaesong, six miles west of Panmunjom. The allied liaison officers evidently are objecting to continuing the Kaesong five-mile zone because it nearly reaches. the Panmunjom security area. They want the free-from-attack zones on each, side at Munsan andKaesong to be of equal size. Tne liaison oiticers seemea to oe neanng agreement wnen tne strafing incident interrupted their negotiations. The planes hit the area near Panmunjom and a hill near Kaesong. It was the third in cident admitted by the U.N. command. Red Resistance Fades On Central Korea Front U.S. EIGHTH ARMY HEADQUARTERS, Korea, Monday, Oct. 15(j)Allied infantry smashed ahead another mile and a half early today against what appeared to bo a possible Chinese Red collapse in central Korea. i ' - - ; It was the third straight day that three allied divisions attacked along a 22 mile front below Kumsong, a communist supply and staging depot some 30 miles north of parallel 38. Kumsong is well protected by mountains. 1 AP Photographer Bob Schutz reported gains of almost a mile and a half were made "against an astonishing lack of Chinese resistance." In the assulting forces were troops of the U.S. 24th divisipn, and the South Korean Second and Sixth divisions., The allied troops captured five hills. This raised their total hill bag for three days to 24. . Schutz said the divisions reported they had killed a total of 4,291 reds and had taken 277s prisoners. If these figures are accurate, it would mean that the communists have lost nearly a full division in three days of fighting. i It was uncertain whether the allied successes were the result of a Chinese collapse or whether the allied forces were hitting poor quality screening troops, i The lack of intense infantry fighting in this sector contrasted sharply with the recent raging battles on the western and eastern fronts. There Chinese and Korean Reds had contested every; yard. REDS BOXED IN KAULA LUMPUR, Malaya, Oct. 14-P)-British and. Malayan au thorities declared confidently to day that the communist terrorists who murdered High Commissioner Sir Henry Gurney eight days ago are "boxed in" in small area in Pahang state, north of here. Cabrielson f Truman SEATTLE, Oct 14-flP)-Guy G. Gabrielson came here today for a republican "win the westf confer ence and declared right ; off he's not going to quit as republican national committee chairman. He was emphatic about it He said it three times. , Gabrielson has' been under fire along with William M. Boyle, jr., national democratic chairman, in connection with loans from the reconstruction finance corporation. Boyle, has offered to step out Gabrielson is president and gen eral counsel of Carthage Hydrocol, Inc., a gasoline refining firm which owes the RFC $18,500,000. He tossed back a firm "Of course not" to the question which opened the press conference: "Are you going to resign?' - j ; , . Then he added, "I'm not re signing. I'm not going to resign. I that plain enough?" ; Seeks Party I U A (AP) - The brother of a 12-year-old (DITD ' parallel 38. father of the Korean boy -as de compensation for his son's slaying. FARLEY DENIES OFFER NEW YORK, Oct 14-ItfVFor-mer postmaster general James A. Farley . tonight denied a report that he had been offered the chairmanship of the democratic national committee to succeed William M. Boyle, jr. Boyle an nounced his resignation yesterday.4 Chairman WASHINGTON, Oct 14 - (JPh President Truman sought a new party chairman today and a re publican senator asserted the res ignation of William M. Boyle, jr. will not stop an inquiry into charges he used political influence on government loans, v. Boyle is expected tomorrow to schedule a meeting of the demo cratic national committee about November 1 to act on his prof erred resignation. t Senator Nixon (R-Calil) issued a statement saying in "my opinion the (Boye) investigation has just begun," and calling also for the resignation of Guy Gabrielson as chairman r of the republican na tional committee. Both Boyle and Gabrielson are on the pan in con nection with loans from the recon struction finance corporation. "The disclosures of the future," Nixon said, "will make those which have come out to date seem insignificant in comparison." Will Not Resign'; ' By Olen Clements TOKYO. Mondav. Ort 1 An allied transport' lashed by typnoon was driven aground on reef 35 miles oft southwest .1 onnn - " owv14' yesterday. hi - Waves battered! the transport Kongo Maru throughout the night and early today. However, rescue ships which reached the stricken vessel shortly after noon reported that nearly 300 allied troops and 100 Japanese crewmen were safe. Navy headquarters in Tokyo said the battered Japanese-owned transport probably could be saved. , It said the passengers and crew were in no immediate danger: - Between 250 ! arid 300 allied troops and a crew U 100 Japanese were aboard. - ' i . Most Americans f Most of the U.- W. troops were believed to be Americans. , They were enroute from Kacohn i- . J apan's southernmost mam island of Kyushu, to Pusan, Korea. ine navy attack transport George D. Grymer and two salvaao tugs reached the stricken vessel shortly after noon.1 Heavy seas were pounding the) 450 foot vessel, aground one-quarter mile off a small island. The navy report: did not malt ' clear immediately j whether tho men had escaped to the "safety of shore or were still aboard - the. ship., j . ,., ; . It reported, however, that a line had been run from the stricken ship to land. : j , Kills 44 Persons ! I Kyodo news agency said the. typhoon in its swirl across south ern Janan had kilfod AA and Injured 33. j Thirty-five per-! sons were reported? missing. The national rural nolW lUfA 90 small fishing vessels destroyod : oj o-miie-an-nour; winds. The Kongo Maru Radioed earlier i that the troons wpre hulrfW in the ship's' cabin while towerinc waves crashed over the mast. Then its radio went out and ft failed to answer calls from rescue r ships as they sped toward tho stricken vessel. . i Under Lease :,: . 1 1 The ' Kongo Maru was undee i lease to the U. S. maritime service. The typhoon caused widespread j destruction across southern Japan. : The police in i ah early report i said it had destroyed-191 houses, i aamaged 505, and flooded 7,487. As the typhoon, swept down on Japan, patrol boats aided small craft in its path, r " - t ; Courier service from Korea wa interrupted. I . The weather bureau at mid-! morning reDorted the tvnhnon vcam ' 40 miles out at seaf its center 200 i mues nortnwest or Tokyo. , 4 Nearly a box-car and, a half of waste paper was collected by Sa lem Boy Scouts Sunday. ! Scout officials said, however. that paper missed Sunday will bo picked up. Tuesday j and Wednes day. Residents who have paper, which was not picked up Sunday, are to call the scout office today after 0 a.m. H 1 i ! Scout leaders emphasized that they would be operating only a small pickup Tuesday and Wed nesday and that the paper roust be securely bundled and placed on porches for easyjpick-up. The- heavy volume of paper and a shortage of boy-power prevented the scouts from covering the en tire city. A fleet of 15 trucks, all donated by local firms, and a crew of 50 boys, led b Howard Hibgy, assistant scout executive, can vassed the city Sunday. Crackdown! Due On Meter Feeding ' Meter feeders may find warning slips or get verbal reminders to day as the city police department begins enforcement! of maximum time limits for metered downtown parking areas.' j Enforcement was; ordered by Mayor Alfred Loucks last week after the Salem Chamber of Com merce and Retail Trade 'bureau leaders requested the action to give more parking space for store customers. There have been many complaints of workers in the busi ness area ! monopolizing parking spots by meter-feeding over the 24 to three hour time limits. COLLINS TALKS WITH TITO BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, Oct 14 (P)-Gen. J, Lawton Collins, U. S. army chier-of-staff,! arrived here today for talks with Premier Mar shal Tito, i I Forrestal i Diaries ' !. . .-!Jrl Today on page 3 li Boxcars of Paper Collected By Boy Scouts - i-
