0rders Show
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North. Iran ifMritish Tmom
Canitmrel.
Landed, at Abadan
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VXHRAN, Iran, Oct Sl--Ir-anian
police have seized commun
ist orders showing that Russia
planned a lightning invasion of
northern Iran it Britain - landed
troops at the oil refinery town of
Abadan in . the south, it was re
ported today. ' . - . .
A high authority, who refused to
be named said detailed plans for
a swift communist coup with so
viet military support were among
documents found in a police raid
on underground Tudeh (commun
ist) party headquarters here last
Saturday. . .
- Elaborate separate: Instructions
were issued each. Tudeh ceil in
101st YEAH
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i MUNSAN,' Korea, Thursday, Nov. l-()-Only ;the armistice status
of red held Kaesong and minor differences in allied and red .versions
of the battle line today blocked agreement on a buffer tone for Korea,
t No agreement , was reached in a morning session today.-"We're
1 stall trying, we're still trytngVMtj. Gen. Henry t Hedges, chairman
of the U. N. command subcommittee, said after the meeting at Pan-
rnt'
Labor's (AFL League for Poli
tical Action is out with its score
board on performance of represen
tatives and senators. It has picked
out .ten items in the scores of those
voted on in the last session and
assessed votes of members "right"
or "wrong," in its own light, v-
Its publication League Reporter
sums up the record of congress by
listing certain problems, then what
congress should, do ana last what
congress did. This summary na
turally reflects the bias of the ones
making it. For example the first
item is Taft-H a r 1 1 e y ; act; the 1
"should- do," ; "repeal this anti-labor
law"; the "did", "Nothing." Yet
congress did pass an amendment to
the law which moderated its terms
considerably in the matter of union
'shop elections. -. .
. Again, on the item Taxes, the
"should do" is "Make everyone pay
his fair share of taxes"; the "did":
"Soaked the poor and let the rich
escape their fair share of taxes."
That is both inaccurate and unfair.
The upper bracket incomes already
are heavily soaked.
Another item was rent control,
with the "should do," "Hold down
rents , uie uiu . iuucucu cuu
20 'per cent over what they were
In 1947.V But what has been the
v percentage of wage increase since
1047? And what about the increase
in taxes, repairs, painting, etc on
buildings In that period? .
. The test for : senators and the
vote which earned the AFL "R"
for Right embraced the following:
Taft amended to .Taft-Hartley
law: Nay'' v " ' ...
,f Restriction on Troops to Europe
; Nay,-; - - :,-J7,- . ' -
v 'More Money lor Schools in de
fense areas: Yea
Amendment forbidding livestock
slaughter quotas: Nay
(Continued on editorial page, 4.)
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Portland
San Francisco
Chicago . -
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- seau, McNary neia. saicm): Mostly
unity today-and clear tonight. Little
change In -temperature with the .high
today near 55 and the low tonight
. near 28. . , ..
I v SALEM' PRECIPITATION
Slaee Start f Weather Tear, Sept. 1
This Year Last Year . Normal
10.51 UJU ' M
Anlmsl Craclicro
y WARREN COODRlCK
"A fU towndl el the 9009 H wil bf
ftactly Noveanbec
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northern " Iran: from the Russian
border to f industrial Isfahan in
central Iran, including the capital,
Tehran, he said. The membership
of each cell was to rise In revolt
against the: Tehran government as
Russian troops rolled into the area.
The soviet soldiers were to oc
cupy northern Iran. '
: The arrival of ' fresh . Brillsh
troops in the middle east during
the British-Iranian quarrel over
nationalization! of Iranian oil pro
voked speculation that Britain
planned to-land troops at Abadan
to protect installations of the Brit
ish-owned Anglo-Iranian Oil com
pany,
42 PAGES; Th Oragon
I munlom. I s . ' v
The. delegates went into - their
afternoon session at 3 p. m. (1:00
a. m.EST).. V V r ' '
i The commtmists yesterday aban
doned demands foc a fine five to
IS miles south of the battle front.
They proposed; a buffer zone close
to that asked hy thef allies. "
. The allies want Kaesong, the old
truce conference site six: miles
west of Panmunjotgau ,So do the
reds." iK .--.r-;
"But Kaesong wis not a major
question at the morning session," a
spokesman said. Hf explained that
the allied delegates, worked to ob
tain "clarification yf the latest red
proposals." This meant comparing
maps drawn to different scales.
A communist correspondent in
sisted the 1 talks would break up
unless the allies give up their de-rr-.nd
for Kaesongf ,- :,
"We are not goig to compro
mise" he said. "We are firm on
this issue. The; U. . cannot claim
Kaesong and .the' talks will break
up unless it gives up its demands."
U. S. EIGHTH ARMY HEAD
QUARTERS, lorea, Nov. 1-
( Thursday) - (iP)-Cmmunist gun
ners knocked out two allied tanks
and two tank j retrievers Wednes
day as a U. NL conimand armored
column thrust intq red hill posi
tions .est of Kansong on the Kor
ean east coast under cover
of a
snow storm.
M6ther.Girl
Die in Wreck
Near Sheridan
. Statesman Kew Servlee
McMTNNVItLE, Oct. 31 A
Sheridan mother! and her young
daughter were killed and another
daughter seriously injured - in a
head-on collision eight miles west
04 here today.
v Coroner Glen iMacy Identified
those killejd as Mrs. Gordon (Viola
May) Albaugh, 21, Sheridan, and
her 2 -year-old daughter, Donna
Jean. Injured was another daugh
ter, Carolyn Sue, about 5. The hus
baid and 1 father now is away on
a trip to the coast. -
surgery at aj hospital here. -The
extent of injuries could not be
learned at once. i s - - -
Joseph Sobolik, state policeman,
said Mrs. Albaugh's car apparent
ly touched the? shoulder, of high
way 18, four, miles east of. Sheri
dan, then swung out of control
into ant oncotning car driven by
R. H. LowryJ 36,f of 4415 Center
St., Salem. Ldwry was treated at
hospital here for minor injuries.
Still another passenger, in the
Albaugh car,! Mrs. Paul Spratt,
also of Sheridan, was injured. She
was hospitalized here with a brok
en ankle, broken ribs and multiple
bruises. I
tJeafi. pan . ;
.Huffier, JLqbg
anon avies Elopes
nWifcfo Maritime Captain
LAS VEGAS, Nev Oct Sl-W
-Marion iDayies,! happy as a
schoolgirl eloped today -with a sea
captain. .... . . -
The marriage which caught
even the former actress' Immedi
ate household by surprise, came
a few hours after she settled her
affairs with the Hearst corpora
tion, heirs to , the newspaper em
pire of her late close friend. Pub
lisher William Randolph Hearst'
The bridegroom ' is Horace
Gates Brown,! a merchant marine
captain nd father ef three sons.
Brown is 48. Miss Davies gave her
age as 45 in "applying for the li
cense. The World Almanac, lists,
her b -th date as, 1897.
1 Miss Davies flew to Las Vegas
with Brown and one of his sons.
She and Brown were married in
an early morning ceremony at the
El Rancho .-Vegas hotel's chapeL
They flew out again for a Palm
Springs, Calif, honeymoon after
a wedding, breakfast of cham
pagne turkey sandwiches, coffee
-"i Such a move would have given
Russia an excuse ; to send her
troops into the 1 country under
terms of .the Iranian soviet treaty
Of 1942 guaranteeing Iranian ter
ritory against invasion.! However,
no British force .was sent into Iran
and the oil company British staff
was withdrawn.
: The communist ; order gave no
indication that the Russian forces
planned to move-southward to the
Persian gulf, risking a clash with
the B rl 1 1 s h, the authoritative
source 'said. . t
He said a study of -the seized
documents gave this picture of the
communist plans
pounddd 1651
Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Thursday, Novmbr L 1851
Tax Load
::.-Vi. j ; : '' ;
Increases
- By Francis' J. Kelly "
WASHINGTON. Oct 3HV-A
$3,700,000,000 "tax increase, piling
an additional' average load of $38
year, on each of 150.000,000
Americans, goes into effect at mid'
nieht. . - ' :
Here are the Halloween: tricks
the tax collector is playing:--'
An individual income tax boost
averaging between 11 and 12 per
cent for most persons. The with
holding rates- goes Up on every
tay . check bearing a November
date. That Is the biggest piece of
new money- Jn the - law SZBO,
000,000 on a yearly basis but-ap-nlyinc
to only a sixth of this
year's income. (Tax rate schedule
on naze 3. section 3.) - -
Higher excise- taxes on . a lot
of widely sold items-such as cig
arettes, automobiles, gasoline, liq
uor and some household appn
ances.
(The office of price adnumstra
tion issued regulations tonight per
mitting sellers to raise their ceil
ing prices to reflect the new ex
cise taxes.' In some cases the price
increases - will be more than the
tax boost because sellers will be
allowed to apply their usual per
centage markups to their 'entire
costs, including the tax.)
i Heavier corporate and excess
profits taxes calculated to bring
in $2,207,000,000 a year.
A few shafts of sunshine pierced
the tax cloud.
i The levy on telegrams, goes down
from 25 to 15 per cent 01 the mes
sage charge. The 20 per cent re
tail tax is removed from baby oils,
powders and lotions. The tax on
smoking and chewing tobacco
droos from 18 to 10 cents a pound
A 3 per cent levy on electric
current is repealed.
; In general, however, the salaried
taxpayer . is going to. have to try
to stretch a smaller pay check to
cover heavier expenses.
His daily pack of cigarets will
be taxed eight cents instead of
seven. .Ten gallons of gasoline will
cost him a nickel more. The zed'
eral excise on a small sedan, now
about $109. goes up to $150 at
new rate of 10 per cent of the
manufacturer's list price.
The rate on hard liquor rises
from $9 a 100-proof ; ballon to
$10.50 with a dollar-a-barrel boost
in the beer tax, from S8 to $9.
i The new law contains special re
lief for home owners who sell
their houses In today's, inflated
market Any profit they make on
such a sale will not be taxed pro
vided they reinvest the money in
another personal dwelling-place
within a year. This provision ap
plies to all home sales since the
first of this year.
' A brand new tax on professional
gamblers goes into effect Novem
ber 1, but there was little advance
indication it would bring in the
$407,000,000 additional revenue
estimated by the lawmakers. Book
makers and lottery operators were
obviously wary of openly pro
claiming their trade by buying a
$50 a year occupational tax stamp,
Most of them said they would ac
tually .lose money if they cut the
government in for the 10 per cent
levy on the gross take that is, the
whole amount bet with them.
cake and beer, v
She was in a gay mood, her
long blonde hair blowing in the
breeze, as she ! hugged her new
stepson, Horace Gates Brown III,
29, and laughed: "This is my new
baby. Gates." - .
- She said that her new husband
"is Mr. Hearst's cousin,'' but close
associates In Beverly Hills said
this was news to them.
In recent - years, Brown has
been a ' frequent' visitor in the
Beverly Hills mansion which Miss
Davies owns and where Publisher
Hearst died last August 14. "Mr.
Hearst liked him very much,"
friend said. But even servants at
the home said they Were taken
completely by . surprise . at the
ceremony. It was Brown's third
marriage and bis bride' first
Miss Davies was closely associ
ated with Hearst for many years.
and at one time headed his film
producing company, with herself
as the star. She recently told a re
porter she Is worth $10,cC0,CC0.
Today
Well-organized acts of sabotage
would .begin before dawn; Factor
ies would , be burned, bridges, and
railways blown up, fuel and-ammunition
depots would be explod
ed and army barracks attacked
. Thousand of leaflets bundles
of which the police found already
printed would-be scattered
through towns and villages ask
ing support of the. people against
"British imperialists.. --.
"Liberation committees' organ
ized In advance would move in to
take over ; police headquarters,
city halls and governors . head
quarters. Communist firing
Halloween Fete Blasts
Dn jure 22 in
. PITTSBURGH, Oct 31-W-A
series of earth - shaking explos
ions broke' up a gay Halloween.'
parade tonight -sending at least '
22 .persons, to hospitals Three,
were reported in critical .condi
tion, -r'
- -. There were ho . known fa tall-
ties. .'. . i . rf 1. :. '''
Police said meybeiieved : the -explosions
resulted when gas
from a broken main leaked into
nearby basements. j u
A score or more persons went
home after emergency treatment
innearby' doctors' offices. ; .4, -:
Four blasts occurred in' rapid
succession. The "firsti reputedly
the heaviest, could be -felt four
city blocks away -' r
A roaring fire broke out after
tKe first explosion.- Firemen con-'
fined it to a large two-story;
Triiman
Gives
Welcom
eto
By Arthur
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3MP)-President Truman welcomed Prin
cess Elizabeth to the U, S. today by
Margaret tens me tnai wnenever anyone becomes acquainted
with you they Immediately fall In
The words weren t m Mr. Truman's prepared remarks. j
But judging by the way ha and the 5&0.0Q0 persons acted who
Dallas Parade
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Statcsmaa Newt Service
DALLAS Almost the whole
town turned out to watch all man
ner of Halloween spirits march
from Morrison school to Polk coun
ty courthouse in annual Halloween
kiddies' parade. j '
Prizes were awarded for the best
costumes. 1 I
- Grand ; champion spook for the
event was Rickey Wilson, 3rd
grade, dressed as a rooster in a
costume made of genuine chicken
feathers.! ': '' i- -,
Grand prize winners were, for
boys, Curtis Hubbard and Cloyce
Grant for girls, Kathleen Salisbury
and Leann Salisbury (tied) and Jo
Allyn Eagle. , ;; ' ' , -
I First prize winners In various
divisions, by grade in school, were:
1 Preschool boy, . Johnnie McAl
lister; girl. Sherry MaxweiL ;
! First grade boysFr,ahkie Wal-
lender, Lynn Ritner, Billie Young
blood, Curtis Hubbard and Bobbie
Sherman; girls, Pamela Davis,
Ruth Wolfer, Lorene Boss, Narily-
ne Miller and Leslie Starbuck.
i Second grade boys, Johnny
Gorman, . Phillip , Wilson, , Richard
Anderson, Stanley Cook and Billie
Hiatf ; girls, Kathleen Salisbury, Jo
Allyn Eagle, Ruth Foster, Sherry
Orsborn and Caroline Thurston..
Third, grade boys, Joe Craven,
Tommy I Vesleyi Jackie Sherman,
Cloyce Grant, Rickey Wilson; girls,
Frances i Dunn. Rita Rogers, Pris
cilia Bullington, Daisy Henry and
Virginia Henrickson.
Fourth grade boys, Mark Gro-
ons. Hank Arends, Robert Young-
blood; girls, Judy Fast Sharon
Nelson and Phyllis Miles.
Fifth grade boys, Eugene
Brown, Danny Parker,' Ronnie
Babb. Tommy Robinson, lrma Jan
zen, Diane Hague, Margaret Miller
ana Lann 2aiisoury.
The parade was sponsored by
Dallas merchants. Jack Eakin was
master of ceremonies, j ? ; x
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In Salem Area
Spooks were out In force in the
Salem area, playing tricks and
playing not so tricky.
Salem , police reported ; "more
than usual activity" in street sign
stealing caliber of operations. Ra
dio statibns reported hobgoblins in
transmitters which the unbe
lieving explained by a knocked
out relay in a Bonneville power
substation lights flickered In Sa
lem. And uncounted little hob
goblins gobbled : treats or - played
tricks. . t :..-.... -.; j
-.- City police worked double shifts
to keep the less playful type' of
activity to a minimum.! For all but
some of those tricksters Hallow
een is over to haunt no more until
next year.
On Halloweeh
SP
1 -: Ta ' 1
Ksnusy
squads then- would begin sum
mary execution of hundreds of
"enemies of - the people." .The
source said an actual list of .those
to be to liquidated was, found. :
i Tribal uprisings, especially
among, the Kurds in northwestern
Iran, were set to coincide with the
communist revolt and letters had
been sent to the Kurdish leaders
urging that they Join forces with
Tudeh. . J -. . ; , ' .
. Sabotage would be extended to
the south, with the Abadan and
Elt minihih oil installations
marked for destruction.
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PRICE 5c
No. 218
Pittsburgh
frame building, which housed
four families and a confectionery
store. - "
Police said they , could not say
positively but they believe : all
residents escaped from the flam
ing structure. The owner of the
store,.: Mrs' Rose 'Davidson, . 02,
was 'among the seriously injured.
U The first blast apparently oc
curred under the confectionery
store. It cascaded glass and - de
bris over hundreds of persons ga
thered for the parade.'. .. - - . ,
! Between 200 and 300 children
wearing . grotesque ' masks and
costumes milled through the area
as firemen fought to -bring the
blaze under control
j Escaping gas added to the haz
ards! A sheet of flame, rolling up
alongside the house from the
basement, made it difficult to ex
tinguish the fire. , ;
Elizabeth
Edson
saying: !
love with you."
lurriedTMt to greet Britain's Eliz
abeth and Prince Philip, they
pretty well filled the bill.
The president Mrs. Truman
and daughter Margaret were wait
ing' for the princess when she
came down the ramp from the air
plane i which ' had brought her
from j Montreal. Behind her came
Prince Philip.
1 Elizabeth and Philip shook
hands with this country's first
family. !
Then cabinet members and
their! wives and British common
wealth diplomats and their wives
came, up to meet Elizabeth. - ; j
i'The American women shook
hands with - her; the common
wealth wives neatly curtsied, j
Official Welcome i i
j Elizabeth and the president
went to a rostrum for the official
welcome. ! ;
' In a voice calm anjd firm, Eliz
abeth told the president and the
millions more watching and list
ening by television and radio that
Britain and Canada will "work
with all our strength, for freedom
and for peace." .
( "Free men ,eyerywhere,w she
saidJ "look towards the United
States with affection and with
hope. The message that has gone
out from this great capital city
has brought7 help and courage . to
a troubledworld."
! Mr. Truman had a speech all
prepared, and then didn't use it.
He I said he wished Elizabeth
would7 tour clear across the U. S.,
as she did across Canada.- ;
Dark Red Suit '
LThe petite Elizabeth, in a dark
red suit, black hat and black ac
cessories, seemed to hit it off with
the : president immediately. - i
1 They chatted away cheerfully
as they walked together review
ing the troops. Philip, in his naval
uniform, tagged along behind.
: And when they got into the
open car to come into town, they
continued their animated conver
sation. '
I- Philip rode In another car with
Mrs... Truman and Margaret. .The
cheers rolled 'out as the princess
and the president rode by.
; Tpe crowd estimate of 550,000
was. made by Maj. Robert Barrett
of the Metropolitan police. Many
In the crowd were women, and
even if Elizabeth had the star
ring role, they saved their loud
est cheers for, the blond, hand
some Philip.
! Tonight's busy schedule includ
ed a meeting with the press at a
special reception at the . Hotel
Statler, and a formal dinner with
the Trumans
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John Omar PInson, convicted
killer of a state patrolman,
: wielded a wooden gun In escape
' attempt at state prison YVed
nesdsy. . . - M : V i t ,
Wayne Leltoy Long, who killed an
. Oregon City ..track driver,-.was
among eenricts whs overpower
ed seven prisoi guards. ...
Dnpree Poe; slayer of a Silverton
policeman, was also in the est
cape plan last night All three
convicts pictured ; are lifers.
(Pictures also en page z.) "
Escapee Trio
PORTLAND, Oct Sl-ffV-Three
teen age boys who escaped from
McLaren school for boys at Wood
burn Monday were captured by
state police at Marlene Village on
the Sunset highway tonight in a
hail of gunfire. -' - j
The trio crashed , a truck road
block set by state police and con
tinued in a stolen car until police
bullets pierced the sleeve of one
boy.
Police Identified them as Richard
Jackman, 16; James Malone, 14,
and Richard Wolfram, 15. They
were among eight youths who fled
from the Woodburn institution
Monday. Police here said they sub
sequently stole three cars and con
ducted a minor "wave" of break
ins and auto prowls here, at New-
berg and Cannon Beach. -
State Police Officer Robert Win
ter pursued them on the Sunset
highway tonight after they had
forced two youngsters out 01
parked car and headad toward
Portland. The policeman radioed
ahead to have the roadblock es
tablished.
SALEM FORECAST CHILLY
Chill temperatures are forecast
for Salem today, warming up later
under nunnv skies. Temperatures
Wednesday dropped to lowest level
of the season with 31 degrees at
Salem. A low of 16 degrees was
recorded at Bend, i
In
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4-H Winners of
An Independence youth was
among 18 Oregon 4-H contest
winners named Wednesday to re
ceive expense-paid trips to the1
national 4-H club congress in
Chicago November 25-29.
He Is Roland Rogers, 18, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Rogers, In
dependence .route 1. He wpn in
state-wide competition In V club
achievement,
Rogers, an Oregon State college
freshman in agriculture, has Com
pleted his fifth year in 4-H work.
He has led an eight-member
swine and dairy group for two
years and was chaperone for
Polk County Leaders association
summer school in Corvallis last
June. - ' .t . ' - : '
Other ststa winners were:
Frances 1 Hughson, 16, Albany,
clothing; Floyd Gatchell, 14, Leb
anon, tractor maintenance; Ilene
Janet Farness, 17, Canby, food
preparation: Rose Lucht, 16, Mol
alla, liome improvement; Carolyn
Kollas, 17, Portland, canning;
William Littlefield, 1,' Shady
Cove, farm and home electricity;
Joanne ..Thomson, .15, -Portland,
dress revue; . Cherry Hofer, 15,
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By Norman
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f." - Staff Writer, The Statesman '.'- ;' .' -
Twenty convicts overpowered seven tate penitenti
ary guards Wednesday night on the points of homemade
knives in a frantic grab at freedom -and tjien returned
quietly to their cells rather h&ri try to crash the pris
on's outer defenses. !
' No one was injured, although several of the guards'
lives were momentarily threatened i
by prisoners holding knives against
their throats. -
The Halloween night "trick"
occurred during; the dinner hour,
as inmates of cell block u were
returning to Itbeir cells from the
main dining room. ; r 1
1 As they were milung around the
cells, the escapees diverted the
unarmed guards with . scuffling
and catcalls and then overpowered
the. guards individually, ; shoving
them into cells. , - t V ,
They attempted to get out of the
prison Joy crossing the construction
area at the front of the prison and
intended. to go through the turn
key's gates, and out the front en
trance, .Warden Virgil J. O'Malley
said. But another guard, Maurice
FolqueL . returning from: dinner,
and .unaware of the escape attempt,
caught them by surprised Shouting
from .the catwalk across Ihe con
struction area to -the escapees hud
dled together on the ground below,
he told them to get back inside the
control. room. ; . , .. j
Bleturn Qoletly ! 7 . . . .
And, led by Omar Pinson. a liter
who attempted a prison break, two
years, ago, they returned quietly to
tneu ceus.. ; f;. ....... .
.But for a period of more than
half an hour, 400 prisoners were
unguarded. All were inmates of
cell block D who had been let loose
by the escapees. Except .for the es
timated 20 making the escape ; at
tempt, none of the prisoners caused
any trouble, O'Malley said. L i
Warden Virgil J. O'Malley hom
ed the seven guards who were im
prisoned as: Guard Captain - Roy
RiggsAlfred Feltman, Hal Master
son, Lee Harley, Dennis Knight,
Edward J. Muster and Chief Engi
neer Wendel Rambo. - ' j j j;
Tunic Slashed . : H 1:
I Henderson's tunic was slashed by
the knife of one of the prisoners.
The lives of several of the guards
were saved by caution oh the part
of a few of the escaping men who
prevented other less-hesitant con
victs ' from slashing - the .throats of
the guards whom they held. !
.1 Pinson, bluffing his way with a
"mock-up" gun,' almost a perfect
imitation of a short-barreled i re
volver, was singled out by O'Mal
ley as the leader of the escape at
tempt. William P. Benson, who at
tempted the prison break with Pin
son two years ago, was also listed
as a leader. Bensoif'is serving a
five-year sentence for assault and
robbery. ' - -?': r . 1 -I
Finds Only S Others 1 1 jl
I O'Malley was able to I discover
only eight others of the estimated
20 involved In the break. They
were i John Ralph, serving seven
years' for armed . robbery; A P.
Brumf ield, serving ) life and two
years for murder and arson; Rich
ard M. Moore, serving a life sen
tence for assault and robbery; Bud
Downing, serving three years for
forgery; Dupree Poe, serving life
for murder; Wayne Long, -who is
awaiting execution for the murder
of an Oregon City track driver;
Walter J. Sampson, serving a! 10
year sentence for assault and rob
bery ; with a dangerous 'weapons,
and Louis E. Purnell, serving eight
years for assault and robberyi - !
All the men were held in' the
isolation ward, awaiting action by
the disciplinary committee of the
prison which will meet Thursaay
afternoon, O'Mauey saw. -
(Additional details on page 2.)
s - .' " -
Veterinarians Added
To Gvilian Defense ;
I' Marion county's civil' defense
forces have added a veterinarians
section to cope with livestock dif
ficulties in the event; of biological
t3ifirc --I -. ' j
f Dr. Fred N. Lange was appoint
'ed chief of the new section Wed
nesday, in action of the county
Civil defense coordinating committee.-'
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g
Chicago Trips
TttTlKhoro. safetv; Joseor ,EllIng-
son, 17, Mapleton, field crops; Vi
olet Klobas, 15, Bena,i garden;
Nadine Davies, 18, Eagle Point,
girl s record; Donna ttlaske, 10,
Hillsboro, health; Wilbur Zuver,
17 Tualatin: ivmltrv: Joan Wal-
born,M7, Portland,, accomplish
ment, and William a Dei, i, As
toria, aU. round record, ,N :
I Eipht others were named to
participate In regional contests In
which they also may win trips 10
Chicago. . ' ' " " V
! ' TTinc nf-rln(r Tppional con-
jtests are Joan Lehman, 15, Day
ton, frozen foods; Alice Knox, 10,
Gaston, dairy achievementr Syd
ney Weigel, IS, Tillamook, dairy
fnndi - demonstration r . Patricia
Horning, 20, Sherwood, leader
ship; Stanley Marugg, 19, Port
land, leadership: Marilyn Bohn-
ert, 17, Eagle Fomt, meat ammai
work; Roger Smelser, 18, Port
land,- forestry, ana -- aiargarei
Schafer, 17, Milwaukee, achieve
ment.. Th comnetitlona arc lointly
sponsored by 4-H ' leaders - and
commercial organizations. -,7
Youth Amon
DK3:
vJ7 J W L J
Anderson
United Salem
Days Bring
ManyB
argams .
United Salem days, opening to- ..
day; offer Salem1 area shoppers a ? .
Wide ' choice of specially priced j
merchandise in stores of all des- . '
cription throughout the city. ti j J
The three-day carnival of fear- .
gains Is under auspices- of tha H
Salem Retail Trade bureau, with; 1
scores of retail businesses parttd-; f !
pating. Placard shields In shew,
windows identify the official par-
ticipants. -" . . - . - .. -.-1
Designed to appeal to aU aorta
of shoppers throughout the Salem"
trading area, the sales promotion 1
evept will continue through Satur
day. Many of the stores have ar
ranged special purchases in recent v
weeks in order, to have outstand-
ing bargains on hand in sufficient -
quantity to go around. Department
stores, shops, food stores, automo
tive dealers, furniture and ,: other
businesses are among the partiei
pants. j li.r-v i ; -
; A new . feature for , the- sales
event this week will be free bus - -transportation
throughout the ieity
from 9:30: to 11:30 ajn. each of
the three days.; The bus arrange-1 :.
ment was made by the participat-1 ?
ing merchants f through the trad , . !
bureau, j " !? P .' :
The special offers of the Salem
Days merchants are - advertised
widely; today in j distinctive shop-, :
ping sections or The Statesman. . , -
Ex-SalemMan
Would Rather
Stay in
Korea
1 :J:,mm-.:
! Tit a nw mnmm in ivmAwm- : r t
. LA01 iiuninvL xrwi, ro-
rea, Oct 3 H)-Sgt, Ralph "Ripley,
30, doesn't want to go home to
Oregon; he likes .it 'too well her
in Korea. But the army has or
dered him to go anyhow,
P Ripley, who attended high school
in Salem and whose parents now .
live in Portland, has , 112 points,
almost three times the number ;
needed to qualify for return on; -rotation,
' and . army - authorities
have told him he can't , delay tha
trip : any . longer. : ' .
If I gotta go, I gotta go, Ripley
said sadly. "But there's nothing to , .
keep me from applying for Ko-
rean duty again after my fur- I
lough ends. ;
1IU 9CV A AVI .UK .
Ul VV111UWV1U A ..VI MM '
For one thing "you're safe frem
a lot of buddies who went back '
and they got hooked. I'm against
marriage as long as ' I'm in tha .
army' ;..; , -
Ripley runs the regimental post
collector like-- he is. It's a - rids
source of r new stamps and Ripley,
estimates, the collection of 15,000 ,
stamps he has built up over an
18-year period is worth S39oo. -. -
t)ne difficulty, though, is ,tha
temptation to snip stamps off let-
ters before he delivers them.
'"We have a big variety, but I
can't touch them," he said. "There's
a $300 fine if we get caught taking,
stamps off letters."!
Another thing; 1 Ripley likes v
"wide ! open spaces places- whera
the winter is cold and the summer
hot" j ;
That's why he is planning to
settle downin eastern Oregon af t-
he said. ''".;;''
Ripley, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. -
W. Ripley, Portland, joined tha
army in May, 1941, and went to
Japan In Septemberl945. He has
been overseas ever since. -
NO INJURIES IN CRASH
. BURBANK, Calit, Oct. 31-JF-
A Pacific Southwest Airline
plane with 24 passengers aboard'
crashlanded in a field today rrom
an altitude of about 500 feet but
apparently there were no serieua
injuries to the passengers or
It'sTime
Tb Practice
Plans for" the 1951 .. Staies-man-KSOf
Spelling contest
are well underway. They ars
detailed on Page C ef Section 2
today. ; ' -y :.
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