McKaySals
ikjnierstone of
State Bmldnig
PORTLAND. Oct JMaVThe
state's -new $2,600,000 office build
ing wu dedicated here today as
Governor ilcKay sealed a copper
be iato the cornerstone.
The -governor, in an address,
sketched the history of the 19-
itorj building from the time it
was authorized 14 years ago by the
ltJT degUlatore. Hard times and
World War II brought about de
lay in construction, he isid.
The building, financed with state
retirement funds, will be paid Xor
nl IT years on a basis of rentals
that otherwise would so to private
building owners.
time 463 employes of 29 state
departments and divisions, new
la 17 years on a bans or. rentals
Quarters, will occupy the block
square structure bounded by
southwest 4th and 5th avenues and
Columbia -and Clay streets. They
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aecreiary to ow .ban x.. new
bry. custodian of. state buildings,
was master of ceremonies. He aaid
ii. la fimt trs at at IkttXfm
building o be built outside the
'.dtr ac Salem. Many state officials
and" esnpioyes attended.
The copper box contained to
day's tissues of the Oregonian and
the Oregon Journal, a copy of the
Oregon lue Book, a state map,
coins, -and names of the architect
and contractors and dedication
guests.
on
Silverton Road
Saeed limit of 35 miles per hour
on Tsaverton road from Salem s
' boundary to one mile east of
Middle Grove school was request
ed Wednesday in petition to Mar-
ien county court
The request was approved by
tfce court and referred to the state
saeed control commission. Peti
tioners said the speed limit was
twedd rfnr nroletrtion of school
children who walk along the road.
since iLngineers
To Visit La Grande
A Salerh delegation of state en
gineers wui go 10 lauranae xn-
day for the fall meeting of the As
A F mTD Wt
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The local group will Include
several top officers in the associa
. ti-Hi made up largely of state high
way engineers. These include Jay
W. Blair, president; Claude Pftfer,
vice president;- J. F. Hagemarm,
secretary; E. G. Bicketts and C. I.
uaraner, directors.
Robert Shepherd of the Oregon
civil service commission will be a
. guest speaker at the meeting.
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Damage Claim
In T7reck
Damages sought for accident in
juries allegedly incurred a year
ago were denied by a Marion coun
ty circuit court Jury Tuesday fol
lowing a two-day trial.
Judgment of $25,000 general and
$4,872.99 special damages had been
sought by Arlend Toelle from Pa
cific Greyhound lines and Olive Ml
Gingrich. The Toelle woman was a
passenger in the Gingrich auto, in
volved in a collision with a Grey
hound bus Oct. 6, 1950. -
te Plans to
Control Bureau
The state prouerty control divi
sion will be disbanded November
15 in an economy move, it was
disclosed Wednesday by Harry
Dorman, head of the state finance
department. I ' .
Functions of the property office
will be decentralized.
Dorman estimated that seven or
eieht emDlores of the division
would be released and there would
be a financial saving of approxi
mately 145.000 a biennium.
The property; control division
was created approximately 15
years ago and Clifford Mudd has
served as its director most ox tne
time since. Mudd previously was
employed by the state highway
department, r
. "We have had the elimination
of this division under considers
tion for a long time. Dorman
said. The division, along with
some other duties, has kept a com
plete record of jail state: property
and equipment.
: Each state department, board or
institution under the new setup,
will maintain Its own complete
and accurate records of property
and equipment tinder its jurisdic
tion. Department heads will be
held responsible If or the equipment
of the agency and for proper ac
counting thereof.
... Physical inventories will be re
quired annnually and departments
will file report!, when requested
to do so, with the state finance di
vision. , si
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Salem Youths
Admit Thefts at
Victor Point
- SILVERTON j Recent Victor
Point and Silver Crest break-ins
were apparently cleared Wednes
day when two Salem youths ad
mitted entering the homes and tak
ing food, i .
The boys appeared before Judge
Alf O. Nelson, Silverton justice
court, and were sent to juvenile
court yesterdayl The thefts had
been made after gaining entrance
by breaking windows.
In other court action Wednesday,
D. w Kirk was convicted of Qriv
ing while intoxicated, fined $250
With . 30 days jail sentence sus
pended and ; his operators license
suspended one year.
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PORTLAND, Oct Sl-MEV-Multr
noxnah county commissioners today
notified Mrs. tua Wilson she
would no longer be manager of the
county fair after November 15.
a Mrs. Wilson for many years was
assistant manager of the state fair
at Salem. -
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Dr. Esbert 17. Ttzix, TTCssett
university vioe president, wh1
was elected preside of galeae
Chamber of Commerce Wednes
day. Salem Qia
Elects Fenix
As President
Salem Chamber of Commerce
directors Wednesday night elected
Dr.- Robert W. Fenix. business
manager of Willamette university,
as chamber president for the com
ing year.
The university leader, who ranks
as financial vice president of Wil
lamette, has been vice president
of the chamber and active in many
of its civic and business affairs.
The chamber estimates that the
university has Salem's fifth, largest
payroll.
Other officers chosen: ward Da
vis, first vice president; Dorathea
Steusloff, second vice president:
Walter McCune, treasurer,' and
Harold Robertson, secretary.
The recently elected board of
21 directors represents a croesjse
tion of Salem business and profe
sions, including those of the busi
ness districts outside the down
town area. New and retiring di
rectors will meet jointly Novem
ber 28 before the new board takes
over December 1.
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Store Introduces
Creilit Plates for ;
Charge Accounts
, The credit-plate system for
handling charge , accounts, used
heretofore principally by large r
tail stores in metropolitan centers,
is making its debut locally for the
first time at Roberts Brothers
store, according to an-announce
ment by Lk Li. Kremen, store man
ager, f
Developed by the Addressograph
and Multigraph corporations,, the
credit-plate method is a customer
service designed to handle charge
transactions in a minimum amout
of time af. well as readily identify
those to ' Whom credit privileges
have been extended. Kremen
stated.
liquor Board
Employes to
Receive Raise
Some 300 employes of the state
liquor control commission are to
receive pay increases as a result
of action this week by the state
civil service commission.
The raises, ranging from $10 to
$26- monthly, were recommended
by the commission, which has
funds in Its budget to meet the
new scale.
The changes in minimum month
ly salaries ' include retail store
clerks from $210 to $229; assistant
store manager I, $229 to $239; as
sistant store manager II, $239 to
$250; inspector I. $261 to $284; In
spector n, $298 to $322; enforce
ment agents, $284 to $298.
McNaiy Field
May Share in
Federal Aid
. Salem's McNary field Is elated
for construction improvements
amounting to $58,459 under feder
al aid airport program for the
fiscal year 1952, it was announced
Wednesday.
However, Salem must provide
one-fourth of the funds. The civil
aeronautics administration pro
vides the other three-fourths from
federal funds, CAA Represents
tive J. V. Fryberger said.
The proposed construction is
high Intensity lighting for a run
way running north-northwest and
south-eoutheast.to be bunt In con-
Jucuon with the Instrument land
ing system now being installed,
Fryberger said.
City Manager . I. Franzen
said mat the city at present dc
not nave Its snare ox tne money
but that means of raising it will
bo explored before July 1, end of
too cecal year. -
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Escape Plot !
Backfires!
For Convicts
' (Story also on page one)
The Halloween -escape attempt
by 20 Oregon convicts wu plan
ned down to the final step of how
to get beyond the prison walls. ?
After overpowering ' and ' lock
ing up seven guards, releasing 380
other prisoners from their cells.
well-armed with knives, wrench
es, and parted weapons and
with no alarm of their activity yet
broadcast they, railed right at the
gates ox xreeaam. .
No one stood in their war ex
cept a turnkey atthe main gate
in the administration . building
who said he didn't even know
what was vappenlng. V; i
v There was no shoutlng,siio mill
ing, no violence. The convicts
quietly and speedily overpower
ed the guards, locked them upV let
loose the remaining prisoners in
cell block D, and proceeded to
leave. . . il'-
, Hero of 4he hour was Guard
Maurice Folquet, : who saw the
prisoners milling in the construc
tion area near the prison's control
room and told them to return.
Warden Virgil J. O'Malley said
Folquet didn't have the slightest
Idea that he was In the midst of
a prison break, and was shouting
to 20- men who had already over
powered seven guards.
Back free Dinner -
The inmates of the cell block
had been returning from dinner
about 6:15 pjn. Some were al
ready Inside the , block, others
were in the hallway The guards
were scattered around the tour
tiers: First hint of trouble came
when convicts Dupree Poe and
Walter Sampson created a diver
sion on the second tier.
Guard Hal llasterson went
down to see what was going on.
He told Lee Harley to lock up the
tier, but both.were suddenly con-
M . !iL 1ni.. lta
fake gun. and Bud Downing,
armed with a long-bladed knife.
Masterson and Harley. both
unarmed, attempted to fight their
way out of trouble. Benson stuck
a knife against Masterson s throat,
and his life probably was saved,
O'Malley said, by William Ben
son, who suggested the guards be
locked up.
Tried to Aid
The. other guards, seeing the
scuffle, attempted to aid Master
son and Harley r but were trapped
by more escapees and shoved into
cells, -i
John Henderson, guarding ; the
mess hall.1 said he looked across
into cellblock D and realized what
was happening. , He shouted a
warning down into the control
room and hurried over to the
scene of the trouble. There Pin-
son met him with his gun. John
Ralph : and Dupree - Poe shoved
Henderson nto-a cell. f
Pinson then went from the cell
block down into the control room.
where he ran into Edward Muster,
who was carrying the keys to the
isolation and segregation cells. He,
too, was shoved into the cell block.
O'Malley said the escapees ne
glected to take his keys.' Captain
Roy Riggs, coming into the con
trol room, also was captured by
the prisoners.
Opened Cells j . r
The 20 men then opened all the
cells, some , of which had been
locked by ' guards before the
break, and attempted to unlock
cells in other , blocks. I
They went- out into the con
struction area, where their es
cape attempt bogged down. While
they were trying to decide wheth
er or not to bluff the I turnkey,
with Pmson's 'fake gun,' Folquet
arrived on the scene. - I
O'Malley said the prisoners had
apparently decided the escape
would i fizzle. Pinson confirmed
this when he returned to' the cell
block, let out the guards, saying,
"Well captain, (to Riggs), I tried
and I failed." i
. O'Malley said once the men had
given up, they had no : more
trouble. But. just in case, a. com
plete cordon of state police guard
ed the highway outside the prison,
and moro guards and police man
ned the alls. A detachment of
city police, under Capt. Glenn
Bowman, also gave assistance.
EscapeinTOd,
ea
MT. IDA, Ark, Oct. 31-(ff-A
leopard, one of several circus
beasts which escaped in this wild
mountain are of western Arkan
sas, was shot and killed this after
noon. j"!;--'--
Still at, large said owner Ben
Davenport of the Campa Bros, cir
cus, were another 'leopard, two
black bears, one polar bear and
six renus monkeys.
A heavy rain was hampering ef
forts ac a posse to track down the
animals which scampered into the
woods earlier this dreary Hallow
een when s circus truck over
turned on a slippery highway.
The scene of tho escape Is in
tho ragged Ouachita national for
est, about IS miles northwest of
here. The ares Is Inhabited by na
tive panthers, bears and other wild
animals. - :r j , ;
Circus Beasts
Arkansas Air
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Tried Escape
EJchard U. Ileore, lXer at the state
penitentiary, Joiaed four lifers
and ether convicts m leading
escape attempt.
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William! P. Bensoav servmg time
for aasaalt and robbery , also
figured lft
usoeeasfal
oreaa.
I (Story also on page 1) '
Several of the state prison con
victs figuring in Wednesday night's
escape attempt have been labeled
troublemakers at the penitentiary
in the past. . ; :
Three of them are serving life
sentences for murder. Of these,
John Omar Pinson, 33, killer of
a state policeman at Hood River
in 1947. was object of a nation
wide manhunt for more than a
year after an over-the-waU escape
on Memorial day weekend. 1949
He had previously been a leader
in the flax plant fire started by
convicts at the prison.
William P. Benson, who escaped
that time with Pinson but was re
captured sooner; also was one of
the convicts involved last night.
He is serving a seven-year armed
robbery sentence from Multnomah
county, n ..: - :
Killed Truck Driver i
Wayne Long, 27, was convicted
of murdering an Oregon City truck
driver in 1950 on the day before
he was caught in a gun, battle
with the FBI after a Portland bank
holdup. He is now awaiting execu
tion. Long scaled a prison wall last
month but was recaptured outside
the prison. With him was Walter
J. Sampson, also caught after gun
fire hyi prison guards. Sampson,
one of the ringleaders last night.
is serving an assault sentence from
Marion county.
Like Pinson. Long had it part
in the flax plant fire at the prison,
along with John E. Ralph anq Al
lan X. Brumfield, prisoners lm
plicated in the escape try . last
night. Twice before Brumfield has
tried to escape. j . -
Ralph also was a key figure in
the August hunger strike by 1,200
uregon j convicts.
Another Slayer
Of last night's convict leaders,
another, murderer was Dupree Poe,
54. who killed a Silverton police
chief 21 years ago. His name crop
ped up in prison news twice ear
lier this year, once for a- short
lived "walk-out" escape and again
as a figure in a larceny charge in
volving a prison employe subse
quently acquitted. The wife of a
fellow convict allegedly, had sent
$3,500 to Poe through the prison
employe, for influence in gaining
the release of her husband.
Scotland Yard
Inspector to
Address Lions
A retired English police Inspec
tor will relate experiences from
his 17 years with Scotland Yard
when he appears as speaker before
the . Salem Lions club luncheon
meeting at the Marion hotel today.
He is Robert Harris, Salem resi
dent who came to this county
three years ago. Program chair
man for the Lions today is George
IMlts. i
Gala Frcnicrc!
j Tuesday, ITovssnbor 8
Crystal Gardens
$L48 (phw tax)
DaaeiBg t to U ,
EscapeTry ,1
Troublemakers
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Exchange Club
Dramatizes'
Toy Project
Salem Exchange club "drama
tized" its project of Christmas toy
collection and repair and issued
an appeal to tne public zor more
toys Wednesday.
.The campaign: officially Opens
today for three weeks, and the
first crew of workers Is to begin
tonight at 349 Ferry st. Tom Rob-
erts, project chairman, said most
of the club's 60-some members had
signed up to do repairs and paint
ing;-' ;
; Toys which are In good shape
or can be revived may be left at
Standard service stations at Com
mercial and Waldo streets, High
land avenue and Fairgrounds road,
12th and State streets or at Mar
ion or Shoppers carparks. Toys
will be picked up if the carpark is
called. - - .
Roberts said about 200 toys have
been brought In so far this year,
but that many more will be need
ed for the club and the Salvation
Army to play Santa Claut to nee
dy youngsters. ;
An increased number of dolls Is
sought, because a majority of toys
in past years have been for boys.
Girls' at Hillcrest school already
have started their share in dress
ing dolls.
The club's share In the-annual
task was thevsubject of a highly
Informal -play presented at yester
days meeting, directed by Frank
ward. Participants were Sidney
Hoffman, Ott- Skopil, William L.
Phillips, jr., Dr. John R. Wood, Dr.
Dean K. Brooks, Sidney Boise,
James Henery, Del win Finley. '
Mac to Spend
li Hours in
Oregon Nov. 15
I Gen Douglas MacArthur will
spend approximately 1 hours In
Portland on November 15, Gov.
Douglas McKay was advised Wed
nesday. He will arrive in Portland
from Seattle at 8:10 a.m., enroute
to New York City by airplane.
The governors announcement
followed receipt of information
from United Airlines that it would
hold the general's plane over In
foruana zrom o:iu to v:a ajn. on
that day.
General MacArthur will lead
parade in Portland as previously
announced by Governor McKay
and may visit the veterans hospl
taL
The general will spend Novem
ber 13 and 14 in Seattle and Tac-
oma where he will participate In
retentions and parades.
' Governor McKay invited Gener
al MacArthur to visit Oregon when
the governor went east several
weeks ago. -
12 Miners Die
In Explosion
KAYFORD, W. Va- Oct 31-(ff)
An exDlosion flared through a
ne coal mine early today, killing
12 men. Two of them were a fa-ther-and-son
tearn.
! Forty ' rescue workers reached
them after struggling through gas,
fallen rock and debris blocking
the passageway of United Mine
No. 1 of the Truax-Traer Coal Co.
i They found seven bodies by late
afternoon. Just before nightfall
they located the other five three
quarters of a mile back in the
mountain.
; The 16-man maintenance crew
had been cleaning up the mine for
today's shift of about 70 men.
Senator Hotel Coffee Shop
Shoppers Luncheon Specials
i -
, Governor McKay's
Favorite Chicken Loaf ?
Mashed Potatoes Drink
Senator Special Fruit j
Salad with Cottage Cheese
Hot Rolls Drink
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Tenderloin Steak
, Sandwich
. French Fried Potatoes Drink
Salem's Popular Coffee. Shop
SENATOR HOTEL
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Vo Stoekinnt ... Sport
v - Dresses , . Lingerie . . Bags
Special Masses
Planned at Salem
Catholic Qiurclies
Special masses wIH mark the
observance of the Feast of All
Saints today and All Souls day
Friday for Salem's Catholic
churches: :
Since All Saints day is a holy
day of Obligation for Catholics, the
city's three parochial schools will
not be In session today. They will
resume Friday.
Masses: will be at SL Joseph's
church at 8, 7, .1 9 and 10 un.
both days. Friday's 9 o'clock serv
ice will be a high mass.
. St Vincent de Paul church will
have masses both days at 6, 7, 8
and 9 ajn.
Resignation of
Rep. Ellsworth
WASHTNGTON. Oct 31-tfVA
report circulated in wasnington to-
rinv that Ron. Eiiswortn fK-orei
wouio resign socn to oecome exe
cutive Vice -president of the Na
tional Lumber Manufacturers as
sociation. "- . -
rin!worth. xdritinr in Santa Fe.
N. M, commented that he would
mnairfpr filch a 1ob. but said nO
me had yet offered the job to
him.) :r " .. .. ' -r
The. Job, reportedly paying $30,
AOO -voarlv. has been vacant since
June. It is expected to be filled at
the annual meeting ox tne associa
tion board In San Francisco Nov
,mur in1S
The association Is composed of
IS rorional organizations, sucn as
the Western Pine association, head
quarters in Portland, Ore. The cur
rent president Is Corydon Wagner,
Tacoma. '
Ex-Tillamook
Tax Gllector
Faces Charge
pnn-TLAND. Oct. a WJPV-A for
mer denutv internal revenue col
lector at Tillamook, Ore was
charged yesterday -witn emoez
illnr ffovernment money.
The man, Clyde L. Metcalf, "43,
was released after posting $1,000
lvnd ' i
Edward B. Twining, deputy U. S.
district attorney, said records
showed Metcalf repeatedly was
late in-turning over his tax col
lections to the government Spe
cifically, he was charged with
using $393 of the June, 1949, col
lections. Twining said. .
Hugh Earle, collector at Port
land, said he discharged Metcalf
in! September, 1950. Civil service
records show Metcalf resigned two
months after that date. Earle said
the government has recovered the
money. ':;-'v3 : - - -f.
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Accident Fatal
To Albany rv2an
StatesnuLO Kews Serrtee
LEBANON -Harvev fL lhv. M
was instantly killed in logging op
erations 40 miles east of here when
a swinging log struck him Wednes
day morninr. Linn Count rnmnw
iGlenn Huston reported.
xy wu warsong as a cnoker-.
setter on National Lumber mm.
pany ODerations when the accident
occurred. A fellow workman, Ike
nenoua, oweti none, was grazed,
by the log but only slightly Injured
when he tried to push Ely out of
the way, Huston said.
:- Survivor inelf&te thm wMnw
Mrs. Hazel Gerig Eby. and a one.
year-old son, Paul, In Albany at
me zamuy residence,-105 N. Col
umbus st His parents, brothers,
sisters and grandrarents all am in
Michigan and Indiana.
. by came to the Albany area
about three years ago.
Funeral services will bo undo
direction of Huston Funeral home
at rairview Mennonite church at a
time to be announced later.
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