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4 . Max. l M - 5 . Mia. Freehv 44 (race 45 ., M -44 .00 - .14 as s.u ffale-a PortJand n Francisco Chi iso iew York . Wulainette River -U feet ' TORECAST (from U. S. weather bu reau. McNary field. Salem): Partly cloudy this morning, . becoming mostly ekxriy with showers this afternoon and tonight. Little temperature chance. High today near 66, Ipw tonight sear 43. CmtW ft riw GrtwA tf Crtpa x .. . . ' - - , ... ? - I lClst YEAH : 20 PAGE3 - Tit Oregon StatMznazw Saleixw Oregon. Thursday. Ncjrefiiber 8V JS51 ' " ', . . i PRICE Sc ' ! ' ' ' -,-. v - i .- '-" -r " -. - . .... . i r r ! 1 ! j ; i r ! 4 f t 'r Search Continues for 5; Deaths at 7 ', . ; . . ' . . . . . - i - j. .".".. ' SEATTLE, Nov. lJpy-Twentj-tour survivors of the fire-wracked death-freighter George Walton were headed for Vancouver, B. C, to night while a spreading search was continued for five crewmen still unaccounted for. ; I I . Seven other men from the freighter are known to. have died, three in the fire and four who were lost from their lifeboat during rescue - The Robert Shaw Chorale at the high school auditorium Tuesday night ushered in what promises to be the most brtuiani musica. ion in Salem's history. There are three series of concerts with, a to tal of 12 performances scheduled for the city. Included are some of the world's greatest musical art ists. The music loving public real- ly is drooling over iu- j for seldom does a city of this size on this coast have as rich an as sortment of musical wares as that made available here this winter. The Associated Students of Wil lamette university are sponsoring "The Distinguished Artists Series which will be initiated with a con cert by Bidu Sayao, soprano, on Saturday evening next. Miss Sayao is a native of Brazil who has be come famous on the concert and opera stage. She sang here a num ber of years ago, so her return is anticipated wiu pleasure by those who heard her, then or have heard 'her since. ' - - . Others in the series are Yehudi Me nun in, well-known violinist, December 20th, making his first - ..-. Snlnmnn. man istTjanuary 17; and William War field, bass, one of the younger art- Next Tuesday night, November IS the Portland symphony orches tra under the direction of James Sample will give the first of its -- Mncerts scheduled for Sa- lom In addition the great tenor singer Jan Peerce will be a fea tured artist Other dates for Port land Symphony are January 22 and March 4th. ' ' 'f- Portland Symphony has an es tablished reputation in the render in of mnnhonic music and Direc- tor Sample has proven his ability as a conductor, riere men oppor tunity is provided residents ox a ; lem and vicinity to ' (Continued on editorial page, 4.) ; Lodge Issues Call j For Red Probe in I State Department WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 - (ff) - Ron a tor Lode (R-Massi called s again today for a i)i-partisan in vestuzation of charges that the state department has been infil trated by communists. The charges have been leveled repeatedly by Senator McCarthy ; (R-Wis) and by others. Lodge - wants them sifted by a bi-partisan commission "soieiy answeraoie vo . congress. , . ! l 'Such an lnvestigation,w Lodge said in a statement, will result ' in, cleaning out the -unfit and in j- ending any unjustified . suspicion i ox ine une men anu women wiiu ! t work In the state department.'' Lodge , is sponsor of legislation j f to set up the inquiry commission i salem mrcnTTATiov k ibn tun ex w earner xcar. bck. i i This Year - Last Year . Normal t f 10 73 IXJO I SJn Animal Crackers 6y WARREN C000RICH .I'm not sure, but I think yov two " " 0 W HA YOCM. liSti. taa ' '. s- i -! r-i . . . - - ' - - - - - - -V ; ': -K;:Kf- ;- - I operations.- t Tonight, a coast guard cutter and airplane and a submarine were probing the ; rainy, wind-swept area around the still-burning ves sel for a possible, clue to the fate of the missing five. . ' The search task; was complicated by mountainous waves and a cloud ceiling that sat almost on the wa ter. But, ironically, the George Walton's burning Idecks Were cast Ling -some light oh the scene and possibly acting as 'a beacon of hope to any survivors who might be still afloat. 11 Added toother urelLeht .were flares , from the hovering airplane and the sweeping searchlights of the cutter Wachtisett, which ar rived just at nightfall, Meanwhile, the submarine Sea Devil, dispatched by the 13th naval district from an undisclosed posi ion, arrived ! and began inching along the surface' in a waterlevel search. ; I I The 7,141-ton freighter probably will be saved, officers of the cutter Wachusett reported to 13th district headquarters I here; The ship re mains on a relatively even keel and appears in no danger of sink' ing, the Wachusett reported. The cutter is awaiting further orders from the ship's owners before at tempting any salvage operations. No attempt is being made to put out the flames which broke out at o'clock yesterday afternoon, kill ing three men in a short while and driving the rest of the crew of 36 overside to await the slow-to-come rescue. ? Indian School ins Advancement (Picture on page 5) Russell M. Kelley. superinten dent of the Chemawa Indian school the past ;f our years, will leave Thursday for Minneapolis to become area director of Indian schools in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan and North Dakota. Kelley, who has been active In Salem in the chamber of com merce, Rotary club, Knife and Fork club- and the Presbyterian church, will be succeeded at Che mawa by Martin - S. Holm, now assistant director; of Indian edu cation in Alaska Date of 5 Holm's arrival was not announced. Mrs. Kelley currently is chair man of the Marion county home extension committee. They have a son, Russell M. now with the Oklahoma Natural Gas company at Tulsa, Okla. Since Kellers arrival at Che mawa, enrollment has increased from around 400! to 600; facilities nave been improved; two once unused dormitories have been re opened, and older buildings have been removed - to beautify the campus. 1 Keller, a native of the Salina, Kas, area, went ( into government service with -the! office of educa tion in 1931. He transferred to the Indian service in 1934, was su perintendent of Haskell institute at Lawrence, Kas- from 1934 to 1939, and 'was area superinten dent of Indian education for Okla homa and Kansas from 1939 until coming to Chemawa in Novem ber of 1947. j Russians Said MOSCOW. Nov. 7-WVMarshal Rodion Malinovsky bitterly char ged American leaders today- with conducting a policy of -aggression and preparing for a new war, but said the soviet union is "luiiy arm ed" to meet any attack. Intermittent snow fell in below zero weather as! Malinovsky re viewed a long parade of motorized and mechanized army units across red square on the 34th anniversary of the bolshevist revolution. Jet planes and four-engined bombers flew overhead. ! : Leading members of the pollt buro, headed by Lavrenty P. Ber ia and Georgi M. Malenkov. sur veyed the scene! from the top of Lenin s black tomb. (There was sot mention in Mos cow dispatches of the presence of Prime Minister Stalin or V. M. Molotov at the anniversary obser T 1 TWTJ Director w Fully Armed vance.) ruinan Offered To Step Aside for Ike PaperClainis. r ' NEW TORK, "Thursday, Nov. S-VThe New York Tines said, today i that President .Truman effered to support General Dwight D. Elsenhower as a 1952 presidential candidate but that Eisenhswer rejected the offer. The offer, which "necessarily concerned enly the democratic nomination" was .: reported by Arthur Krock, the Washington correspondent of the New York Times.: In Washington, Joseph Short, presidential press secretary, aid: 1t is net trve." , Krock said that Eisenhower "did not .specifically reject Truman's offer of support -in 1952 "but he strongly implied re jection; by suggesting that great difficulties were presented ' by his fundamental disagreement with the administration poll- Krock's dispatch added. This correspondent was assured today by a person whom he believes to be j thoroughly reliable and Informed that snch was the ex change between the two, pre sumably at their private lan eheon Moaday." II jaue Bennett Recall Plan PORTLAND, Nov. 7-tfP)-T h e recall movement against city com missioner J. E. (Jake) Bennett got at least a temporary set-back today. I The jelty attorney. Alexander Brown, jruled invalid the prelimi nary recall petition filed yester day by George Barnard. He said Barnard filed as an . individual, whereas the law stipulates a re call can ' originate only with a group, i . Barnard Indicated he would start at once to organize a group to file a new recall move. Commissioner Bennett suggest ed that the recall petition filing be timed so that the election could be at the same time as the May primary next year. He said this would save the city's taxpayers i about $50,000. Bennett said he would not want to remain on the city council "if the majority of the people are opposed to what I stand for or the methods used. . . . i Thief Gets . i Only Advice PORTSMOUTH, N.H- Nov. 7- A young, would-be holdup man tonight entered Mrs. Anthony Krisuk's grocery store and de manded: "Hand me over all the money !in the cash register. Said !the 40-year-old Mrs. Kri- suk: "You get out and earn your money Ithe hard way. The way I do." He left without the tilTs con tents which Mrs. Krisuk told po lice was a. small amount. - Black Leopard Escapes, Then Returns to Cage DALLAS, Texas, Nov. 1-UPi- Mxke, a black leopard in a zoo here; escaped from his cage this week, i . - An attendant saw him loose and fainted; from fright Mike calmly returned to bis cake; Strikes Snag Frankie, Ava Trade Vows Amid Bickering with Photographers PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 7-(ff)-Frank! Sinatra interrupted his bickering with persistent photog raphers long enough tonight to ex change! wedding vows with Ava Gardner but only after threaten ing to knock one of them "flat on your back. The double ring ceremony took place in a colonial style stone house on a quiet street in the fashionable West Germantown section! of Philadelphia. It lasted 10 rninutes. ' No . newsmen or photographers were permitted inside the house, the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Sacks, h - A score of them tramped about the damp lawn, however, for as long as . four . hours, waiting a chance to talk to the Sinatras or snap m picture of them. A photographer induced a ser vant to take a note to Sinatra. It suggested that if Sinatra would cooperate with the press, the press would be inclined to reciprocate. Sinatra himself burst out through the door. New Plan PresMted T61J.N. PARIS, Nov. 7 -iJf)- A world peace plan for regulation and re duction of all armed forces and arms, including atomic weapons, was presented to the United Na tions by the United States, Brit ain and France tonight. President Truman, broadcasting from Washington, hailed the plan as "foolproof" in its ironclad pro visions for insp-cuons and ver ifications and called on Russia -to join in reducing the world's stag gering armaments burden. jU. N. observers were almost certain, . however, , .that , Russia would reject the three-power dis armament scheme because it in corporates a number of proposals for arms control already turned down by the Soviets in the U. N New Element . . 1 jThey pointed out that only the inclusion of. atomic weapons in the general reduction of arms and the . proposed . preliminary ' world census of arms were new in the I three-power proposal. me western . peace move ap pears designed mainly for propa ganda purposes - to throw the Russians on the defensive and nul lify any benefits they might ex pect from their own peace of fensive. The Russians have con tended the idea of unlimited in spection is just part of an Ameri can scneme to build uo a. hugs spy system. . Restricts Production A key paragraph of the an nouncement said: 'The three governments believe that a workable program should include, criteria according to which the size of all armed forces would be limited, the portion of national production which could be used ' for military production would be restricted, and mutually agreed national military pro grams would be arrived at within the prescribed limits and restrictions." The three powers said tney be lieved discussion of such a pro gram should begin now, but it could not be put into effect "while United Nations forces are resist ing aggression in Korea.' f Furthermore, they ' added, the major political issues which have divided the world can and must be settled concurrently with the taking effect of any such pro gram. Rock Gushes i - : Dallas Man ! Statesman Newt Service (DALLAS, Nov. 7 Ray L. Boggs, 24, Dallas, was crushed fatally today in a logging acci dent in the Black Rock area west of Falls City. - The coroner's office here said a rock rolled on Boggs while he worked as a choke setter at the Willamette Valley Lumber Co. logging operation. : Witnesses said the rock seemed to disintegrate as it struck Boggs, burying him in debris. His father, Leonard Boggs of Dallas, was working near him when the ac cident occurred about 11 a.m. Boggs died instantly. - , ! s Also surviving are the widow, Lylia Jean Boggs, and two chil dren, Gerry Ray and Linda Lee, all of 612 Church st, Dallas, his mother, Mrs. Helen Roberts, Drain; and a sister, Betty Jean Connell, Tillamook, i Services for Boggs, a veterans of Worli war li, will be an nounced later by the Bolllman mortuary. "OK," he demanded, "Who did it? Which one? You? You? You? "Now," he barked, "you're not going, to get any pictures. You'll get shots from the commercial photographer when he gets around to it." t "I'm going to shoot, ' cried the photographer who had sent in the note. . . . . ": -ni betcha $500 you don't Sinatra replied, "and if you do 111 knock you flat on your back.' . Then Frankie went inside, slam ming the door. ' . Frankie and Ava sneaked in the back door of the Sacks home at 5:30 pm an hour and a quarter before- the ceremony.' . Plain- clothed detectives . guarded - the doors and when the Sinatras were whisked away from the home tnree nours alter the ceremony, three patrol cars kept them from newsmen, who were unable to speak to them.-1 , . : t -,- One private photographer snapped pictures of the ceremony and distributed them to newspa pers and wire services. j . , i . . . ; s i ... Handshake Sign .x. PARIS, Not. 7 U. S. Secretory of State Dean Aehes en (left) shakes Secretary Anthony Eden (right) as they meet with French Foreign at the French foreign office in Paris as the sixth General Assembly ; Wirephoto by radio from Paris to The Statesman.) to Cut rtsi TightenLoans LONDON. Nov." 7-WVWinston Churchill's government announced today it is going to cut its buying abroad by nearly a. billion dollars a year ana make money dearer to borrower at home in order to get Britain out of the red. , I - Austerity, which the British have been taking for the 12 years since , they got into the war j with Germany1, is coming in bigger and more bitter doses. . I ! Imports to be cut will include food and stockpiling materials. R. A. Butler, new conservative chancellor of the exchequer; an nounced in the house of commons the bad news forecast by Churchill yesterday. - : . j Butler said ithe nationalized Bank of England is raising its bank rate immediately from the pres ent two per cent to 2ft per; cent to check i inflation. This means a borrower will have to pay more interest for a loan from any bank in England. This was the I first change in the rate since 1939. The stiff new program also calls for: . ! ! 1 Reductions T In the nation's food supplies and the' end jof a number of non-rationed extras, such as canned meats and fruits brought in from abroad. j 2 A new tax on excess profits. 2 A ban on all new building for the next three months except dwellings and rearmament factor ies.' r . : ' ; . i ' .. 4 A new drive to increase pro duction by British industry in an effort to! provide more goods for export.',! ! : J. ' 5 A 60 per, cent cut in the amount of money a Briton ' may take out i of the country, a reduc tion from 100 ($280) to 50 ($140). k : ' i 8 -A meeting in January of fin ance ministers from, throughout the commonwealth to discuss the problem jof restoring the world's confidence in the pound sterling. Stores to Stay Open Armistice Most Salem stores will remain (men Monday but will halt: busi ness during the Armistice day parade Scheduled for 10:30! ajn, it was announced Wednesday by Richard jL. Cooley, president of Salem Retail Trade bureau; HolidaV observance on! the Mnndav i frVPowine actual Armis tice date will include the closing of public offices at city hall, the courthouse , and- state buildings. except for emergency services. The post office will close and mail will not-be delivered, i I General display of the V. S. nag has; ben urged ror Monaay by public officials. 8TTJDENTS ELECT COLONEL STORRS, Conn-, Nov. l-UPh Edward i F. Stevenson, i 57J was elected president of the freshman class at i the University of Con necticut ( today.1 A retired army colonel, Stevenson enrolled at the college this fall to prepare for law SChOOL I v ; ! " Britain WHO Day Monday ..... . I : Causes Of Schools at Detroit StaAesmajt News Service ' DETROIT, Nov. 7 Fourth case of poliomyelitis In Detroit grade school within a week brought closure j today of the grade and high schools for the remainder of this week, at least. None of the cases was considered severe. I - ' . Latest-victim, taken to Salem Michael Howland, 12, a 7th grader wno was stricken last week. Sons of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Howland of Detroit, they are both in the hos pital; but both in good condition and not experiencing 'paralysis as yet. .- - i The school board -announced the closure Tuesday night but did not reach all pupils, and many showed up Wednesday morning. Enroll ment is about 200 elementary and 50 high echooL , This afternoon about 60 parents. teachers and board members met in the grade school to hear Dr. W. J. Stone, Marion county health of ficer,: and to ask questions. He pointed out that cancelling classes would not harm the situation but should not be considered a meas ure that would stop spread of the disease. He reported that those at the meeting did not appear highly alarmed but were extremely in terested in what they could do. The health officer urged that children especially avoid new con tacts and over-fatigue. . The other Detroit polio cases are those of Wanda Jennings, 6, a first grader, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Jennings, a neighbor of the Howlands, and Donna Watts, 10, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Myron Watts. Both have returned home after treatment at Salem Memorial hospitaL j Plan Explored MUNSAN, Korea, Thursday, Nov 8-P)-U. N. command negotiators conferred for two hours and 20 minutes with Communist delegates this morning in an attempt to ob tain a clearer picture of the Reds' latest buffer zone proposal. After a brief recess the subcom mittees went back to work, with out taking time out for lunch. "We have just begun exploring, We are trying to find out what this thing means,", Maj. Gen.. Henry I. Hodes, U. N. command subcommit tee delegate, told newsmen at Pan- munjom. Plane Wreckage, Bodies Found Near Paulina Lodge - ! KLAMATH FALLS, Nov. 7-P) -Ground searchers today . came unori the wreckage of a private mane and the bodies of three California physicians, missing since Saturday. .The. nlane crashed a half mile ftiith of Paulina Lake- lodge. about a hundred miles north of here in rough, timbered country. The : search ; centered near the lodge after a report of a crash in that area and it was there that SSgt. Richard H. Bailey and two nth- in his McChord air force base communications unit found the wreckage toaay, a nunarea yards from the lodge road iThe victims were Dr. A." D. Mverc Baldwin Park. Calif- the niiAt Dr. Hush Brown; Monte- bello, Calif- and Dr. Byron Bald win. San uaDneiy cam. iney naa taken off from the Redmond. Ore. aimort. 70 miles north of the crash scene. Red Armistice hands with Britain's new Foreign Minister Robert Schnman (center) of the United Nations starts. (AP - ; Closure Memorial hospital Tuesdav. is and brother of Dennis Howland, 9, Disease Hits Korea Forces TOKYO. Thursday. Nov. 8-OP) A mysterious disease has brok en out among allied forces in Ko rea ( (hiring he past few months, Brig. Gen. William E. Shambora, surgeon for the Far East com mand, disclosed today. .Tbe disease strikes suddenly and is characterized by fever and a headache common symptoms of the " early .stages of several acute infectious diseases. An official, release from Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway's headquar ters! said it- is strikingly similar to a. disease first reported by the Japanese among their Manchur- ian troops in 1929. i - "It is still too early to assert that the two diseases are, without doubt, identical the announce ment added. The' Japanese believe the dis ease is caused by a tiny virus carried by field mice and trans mitted to man by mites. They called it "epidemic : hemorrhagic fever." - 1 The outbreak among U. N. com mand troops has not been checked by .the use of either sulfa drugs or anti-biotics, Shambora said. Blood transfusions from men who have recovered seem to ease the severity of new cases, he added. Shambora said some patients recover quickly. Others develop further symptoms, including hem horrages under, the skin, around the eyes and internal organs.. In other eases, the disease affects thej kidneys. ..':.' - i; . Chinese Attack Captures Hill VS. S. EIGHTH ARMY HEAD QUARTERS, Korea, Thursday, Nov. 8 - () - Allied j infantrymen withdrew from a ctrateffie hill in western Korea early today in the face of an overwhelming commun ist attack. It was the seventh time the: hill has changed hands in two weeks. .) Allied trrwvn Huff in on another hill near the Imjin river west of Yonchon. beat off an assault by screaming, whistle-blowing Chin ese reds during tne nignu A U. N. command briefing offl rr ulri a email allied unit a ban doned the newly-won hill north west of Yonchon, some 35 miles north nt SmuI. when it snotted a force of 600 to 800 Chinese mgving up ine siope. - ' MOSSADEGH GETS SOS - TEHRAN, Iran, Nov. 7-sr-Shah Mohammed t Reza Pahlevi, distressed over Iran's worsening economic and political crisis, has cabled Premier Mohammed Mos sadegh in Washington a request to return home immediately, an authoritative source said tonight. NewMystery 3 Trumaii roval i By Ernest B. Yaecare j WASHINGTnw M n' : - 1 -wt. --jr-- President Truman rhali---- Russia toniehl tn arrant a ' Proof" disarmamn -.!--. i which United Nations , inspectors-' would police each country's ttat es and weapons, mcluxlmg-etee-bombs.- ' ; . . . Tri That is the nath fh would prefer to take toward real ' MeKfnd iT Present" said, but added: - t ... i We will do It th tM we must by going forward as we are uoin? nnur tn n.k. .i. . ; w2f o strong that no would-be aggressor would dare to breal, the' f Mr. Tnntia.l. LIJ - !"- lin to Join in "this great enter prise for Peace" was made kTZ ISSS ddfess totheV -- wiuta was h A s m - a - wroughout the world by tiaV voice of America. t rTu . . . '"-HUixu wmcn i me ffi&lMtain and FraS: "u maae a fw in..-, earuer, for submission, to the U. general assemblv n Pari-T S Giant Inventory 1 t , w iouowci by cuts in armament, -nrt . t. , llUMia nas calked at the continuing outside inspection which Mr. Truman In w.'Si and the three nations In their V . proposal made the basis of their ? T In. f the Russians refusal k the -past. to go along wiOi im inspection system, officials ! here were asked whether the big three plan was primarily V propaganda 1 They replied that It was d ser lous proposal worked out Inv many months. They; said! the ' United State ( nn.-.-- - - r iw biij it behin It and carry it out if Ru- z ki grees. . i- ; Notes Past Attitode f ' ! ' The r resident tiinV nn(a n tj.w sia's past attitude toward Inspee tion and asserted: f l i "Any nation whfoh f ing . to agree to this step, and carry out, is not reauy interest ; ed In disarmament' , h . s ' He took note, too, of j the doomv historv nf mi, -ti tions with the Soviet Union,"! and m said it is true that "we have ex- " nerienced much had faith imU . and broken promises." i j nevertheless the efforstmust be made because it Is ! "the- right thinr ti TUri T .,-- . ..IJ v we cannot permit tne nlsrory g our times to record that we failed by default" f . ' . The president coupled his tr . posal with an implied promise that a share of this country's sav ines from reduction of the arm burden would be devoted to peaceful improvement j of the lot of peoples. I v.: '- .1 ' : i -"If that cost could be iuced---if the burden of armaments could ' be lessened, new energies and re sources would he liberated fnr ; greatly enlarged programs of re- - Mnrff'ir'iflAn - anrl 4B-e-r-k1r-rn-Lem4 9 : VVllOMUVUVU CUAVS V VlVnKUI he said. -A .. I ! t Speeifle Steps :- ' . f ' . j . , Mr. Truman gave thls-iwtline of the specific disarmament steps: ' "First, we ? propose a continu ing inventory of all armed fortes and armaments be undertaken. This inventory would i take place in every country having substan tial military power, and it would be checked and verified in feaeh of those countries by inspectors who are nationals of other cow- , tries, working under the United Nations. . These , inspectors l Would have authority to find out whet the real facts are. f : f I "Second, we propose that, Who this process of inventcry and in spection, is taking place, the na tions work out specific arrange ments for the actual reduction ot armed strength. : 1 Third, we propose ,otl the basis of these two steps, that the reductions which are the goal of the program be made as soon as that can be done, with full knowledge-and fairness to alL" : .. -.;.,,' i ; 4 Meat Price Bise j Order Due Today , WASHINGTON, No v. 7 J Price controllers said 1 today; that housewives may have to pay con siderably more for veal and slight ly more for lamb and mutton un der new. pricing orders , to; be - is sued tomorrow. f '. - One of the two orders will eet dollars and cents ceilings at whole sale on Iamb and mutton. The sec ond will provide retailers ! wiia methods for computing new! ceil ings on Iamb, mutton, and1 veal based on their prices from -wholesalers. -. r : '.!-.''
