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It . t Oregon Greets Gen. PCUNDQD 1651 101st YEAH 2 CICTIOITS C3 PAGT3 jv v Tlx OrioaEtal 1SS1 F2ICE 5c I . lw 2da - - I teDDInl(iEu V MacArthu iir.v--vy nwxstyj ft in i 1 1 1 1 i i i- tit lit-jii i ; . r x j i - - mwAv J , - - - - " - - ' off , - , . U - I ..1 i i O & C LANDS Part I f :-.'" J .ji hi n.,rfi 1 1 uwtn imiiiini i. - -- mm- mp ijjji j . Lane county court has authoriz ed taking legal action to secure the ' disbursal of a fund now grown to about $4,750,000 from sales of tim ber on what are known as contro verted O & C revested lands. The fund has been accumulating be cause the department of the in terior and the forest bureau in the department of agriculture disagree u to which r owns" m lanas. . Iff a long" story. Bear with me a little and 111 try to spell It out ' To encourage the building of a railroad -. between Portland and California, congress In 1870 voted a land grant- which was claimed by the Oregon and California rail-; 7 road, the first to cross the state north and south, now part of the Southern Pacific system. 1 . The grant consisted of alternate ' sections on a strip of land 20 miles wiria on each side of and parallel ing the line of railroad. The rail road was to dispose of the lands to settlers at not tcf exeeed $2.50 an acre. : By the time the 'road was built many of the lands in me, grant npa been aDDronriated by settlers, es pecially in the-Willamette valley. The congress authorized the taking of lieu lands in an idemnity grant which extended ten miles on each side of the original place grant The railroad could not patent these . indemnity lands until they were surveyed, and before this was done national forests were created which locked In about 476,000 acres claimed as due the railroad. The forest service has since administ ered them and claims them as na- 1 nnal forest land. ' Owing to failure of the railroad to live up to the conditions (Continued on editorial page 4) Elderly Lyons Man Killed Bv Automobile LYONS. Nov. 13 William Thomas Ransom,' 82, died of in juries suffered when struck by an auto here about 8:40 pjxt today. ' State Patrolman Byron Hazelton aid Ransom apparently was walk ing along the edge of the pave ment on highway. 222 at. the east boundary of Lyons. Driver of the auto, traveling west was listed as Franklin. Clark Coryell, Mill City. Be was not held, Hazelton said. Ransom had been residing at Lyons about 10 years. Survivors include - a son, George Ransom, Coquille; nephew, Wayne Ransom, Mill City; a daughter in Corvallis and two sisters, v . Antrnsl Crac&cro JJy WARREN COODRlCH OopJ reJ feet todnC VIVK v. 7 ' m y V ii " - - r i - , v': X I f ' i i i - I - y. v . ' v , PORTLAND, Nov. 15 Thousands ef persons lined Portland streets today for a glimpse of Geo. Douglas MacArthur and his lady, and a few select hundred attended an Invitational reception (top photo) at the airport. Center photo shows, the general at the Veterans hospital with Dr. Harry E. Bank, acting hospital manager, and in lower photo Mrs. Douclas McKay (left), wife of Oregon's coventor, and Mrs. MacArthur seem to be enjoying themselves hugely. (Photos by Don Dill. Statesman staff photographer. Additional photos en : page V- v. . - . ' , V" ' . - . ; ' v., . 3 . I? v V -:V Egg Prices Climb One Cent in Salem . - :s. I . -' ; . Egg prices went up all along the line on the Salem market Thursday; following a price raise in Portland. - Large AA eggs were up a cent tot 67 cents -a - dozen, medium grades went up 2 cents, other grades one cent on the buying market Wholesale prices .were generally 5 to 7 cents higher. Max. .42 -41 " as 43 . ea MM. iZ 44 S4 S5 Preetp. V. Jf M . xe SJm Portland Saa rr-ocisco . Chicago New York ; WUlmetU River 104 feet FORCAST (ftrora U. 8. weather bu reau. McNary Cele, Salem): Partly cloudy with of. Continued cool today and ton! (rhC High today near 49, low est tooialit near 30.- - SAIJEM KECIPITATXOX ttaee Start ot Weather Tear, Sept 1 This Year i Zut Year normal ,i4JS ; 1 1U7 ., . U a , u 7 e oi G82 Found; AU 36 Dead CHAMBON-SUR-LAC France, Nov. 1MaVA U. S. air force fly ing boxcar, lost two days ago in two flays ago in B-&a a swirling snow, was found crashed today on the snow-mantled Mont Dore range. All the 38 Americans aboard were killed. . 4 " f v v The C-82 plane apparently had missed by only about 80 feet a defile leading to a 5,CC0-f oot-hlgh plateau, where an emergency landing might have been made. U. S. air force headquarters in Germany said the names of the dead will be announced Satur day, after the customary notice is given to next of kin. . i The victims were 28 airmen en route from Frankfurt to Bordeaux to establish iU.S. motor pool, a soldier returning to Bordeaux from leave in Germany, and the creaw of six, - -, 5 vrecKag Ge Mac - , ailed at By Charles Ireland Valley editor. The Statesman PORTLAND, Nov. 15 (Special) Gen. Douglas MacArthur whirled through fog-stifled Portland today i and captivated a throng of 75,0001 that waited up to four hours for a I fleeting glimpse of him. ! : MacArthur s street tour high lighted his appearance here. He did not speak publicly. A hand-picked 300 shook hands with the famous American and his stunning wife at a whirlwind reception in an airport hangar. ' MacArthur paused seven minutes at Portland Veterans hospital, but PORTLAND, Nov. 15 -flV Foa kept Tie President Alben Barkley from making a brief stop in Portland today. His plane passed over the . forced in airport here and con tinued on to Seattle on a flight from Denver. The vice president Is on a .lour supporting state ef Israel independence bonds.' ignored . microphones to shake hands with i several wheel-chair patients. He did not make an an nounced speech there; and was quoted as saying he was unaware lit was planned. v The MacArthur plane reached Portland at 9:50 ajn. and droned over the airport nearly three hours due to fog. Finally an instrument landing was made after a trial at tempt. Small clusters of people had waited throughout the nippy morn ing to greet him. But a noon-hour influx swelled the downtown crowd to impressive size. The sun, completely hidden un til early afternoon, blared through ; three minutes before the convert ible bearing - MacArthur: reached the center of downtown. A spontaneous cheer followed the open car as it crept through the packed street and the crowd closed in near, the fenders' of the I open car. - ' Imposing Coaple : "There you are, God bless you. i General MacArthur," one elderly matron called. MacArthur. wear In a weather ed, tan.trenchcdat and his famous military hat saluated , the crowd repeatedly ' with his ' open hand. Gov. Douglas McKay and Mayor Dorothy McCullough Lee of Port land rode beside him. Tiny Mrs. MacArthur flashed huge smiles from the car in which sho and Mrs. McKay rode. At the reception the MacArthurs were an imposing couple, the gen- eral erect, helvlnff hi 71 ears? hia E&SSZSZZSZttSS, tiveness. Both repeated names of all to whom they were introduced. . -He's . certainly protective to - ward her, isn't he," one awed wom an remarked. A polite, respectful atmosphere was reported from all vantage points and the downtown crowd seemed to think it's brief glimpse was worth the wait. There were no decorations along the caravan's route. This prompted some critic ism from onlookers. Mayor Lee waited : over five hours at the airport to greet the MacArthur!. The McKay's accom panied them on the "long flight from Seattle. The Unit ! Airliner bearing Mac- Arthur again was delayed 30 min utes in landing at Denver due to snow, the Associated Press report ed tonight - It then departed for New York City where it was due Friday morning. v ; Few Servicemen Few servicemen were on hand to greet MacArthur at Portland, but one was Frank Snyder of San Francisco, a ftop-ldck with serv ice stripes from hs elbow to his cuff -button. Re served under Mac Arthur's command in Korea. This week he came back wounded. "And ril shoot the first man that says a word against Mac," the ser scant declared. The crusty, old soldier said it like he meant it, too. i ABuddy Saves I 1 - Paratrooper FORT BENNTNG. Ga Nov. 15 -OT-A falling paratrooper was saved from death by a buddy here today : 800 feet i above the earth. , . - . - More than BO mayors from- all corners of the United States wit nessed the ' quick, quiet rescue during a 90-man paratroop drop that brought to a close Fort Ben nine's Dhase of the mayor's ori entation conference. ' v PFC James R. Fernandez. 20, of Providence, R. L, was falling head first after his parachute col lapsed when PFC Frank Elliott, 21. of Coates. N. C reached out and grabbed the suspension lines H v;, - -u v ;-!;-v ; Portland of the deflated chute. j. Second of A-Bomb Teste Due Today LAS VEGAS, Nev, Nov. 15- CTO-Weather permitting, the sec end phase of, the atomic enerry cemmlssien's I fall series of nui clear tests will get under way to morrow, i No troops will be involved in any of the upcoming-; tests, but military observers from various army schools and camps will be n hand. " " - The second phase will be de voted entirely to weapons effects tests on various structures and animals, the: AEC has said. : i nigh winds and storm condi tions forced postponement of the first experiment originally sche duled for today. Fair Deal fori 1952 Platform KEY WEST, Fla Nov. 15-UP)- President Truman guaranteed to day the democrats will have a fair deal platform In 1952 and brushed aside suggesions of a. "Big Four" conference on world peace. And he gave ground for renewed political speculation by returning a flat no comment to a question whether he has any intention of supporting General Dwight D. Ei senhower for the democratic presi dential nomination. v The president also: L Condemned as horrible and the most uncivilized thing that has happened in the last century the reported slayings by Chinese and North Korean reds of American and other war prisoners in Korea. He said he has not had an official report on it as yet, however. acceptance by Russia, of a U. S.- 1 $ponsprei proposal for reduction pt armies - and - arms, - including atomic .weapons under a system of constant inspection. I. Said he Intends to get to the bottom of any malfeasance or mis conduct by government employes, but defended the vast majority of federal workers as honorable, v. ,. The president's reply to a recent proposal by President Auriol of France f or j a meeting of U. S. French - British - Russian heads of state was a reminder that his stand that the United Nations is the proper forum for such meet ings is unchanged. . 1 -i. The president said that while he thought more than 85 per cent of the government's employes work harder for their pay than those in private employment, those who are guilty of wrong-doing will have to suffer the consequence.' ' Franz wa New . ; A ooiol-ciw -- ijtjlobxo VCtJU.iV JIL State Board William Franzwa held a tem porary appointment today as as sistant state Industrial accident commissioner, succeeding the late Loren White, and there were in dications he would be appointed formally as acting assistant com missioner next Monday. j The designation "acting would be removed at the expiration of the routine, six-months period re quired by law in such cases. White, as assistant commission er, was supervisor or the com mission's firm coverage insurance department, duties with which Franzwa now is charged. Franzwa nrst Became associated with the state industrial accident commis sion 14 years ago and had been White's assistant the last five years, y j -: j - i Dallas Logger Killed at Work Staienaaa News Itrrlea DALLAS. Nov. 15 James Baker, 19, died in a Dallas hos pital late tonight from injuries received in a logging accident Thursday morning at the Pope eV Talbot company operations.' The son of Mr. and Mrs. Rich ard i Baker. Dallas route 1. i the youth was a choker Better. J He was struck In the face by a heavy steel line used to slide logs. , He sustained a broken -Jaw. broken chin, a broken arm and other in juries in the accident. He had been working in a rigging en for tiie company' for. about six weeks. v .. .v" . : Funeral arrangements are ' be ing handled by the Bollman Fun eral home."' v. PROHIBITIONIST NAMED INDIANAPOLIS. Nov. 15-UPV- The prohibition party today nam ed as its 1852 presidential candi date . Stuart Hamblen, cowboy I singer, evangelist and composer. Truman Backs JJlffMJ nion ATLANTIC CITY. Ni J.. Nov. 15-P) -The wage-policy commit tee of the CIO's steelworkers union decided today to press the steel industry for a substantial pay. raise, a guaranteed annual wage, and 20 other concessions. . And it appeared that the mil lion-man union was ready to buck the wage stabilization board in an effort to east wage controls and get more money. PhihP Murray, chief of both the CIO. 'and the steelworkers, said he hoped negotiations could start within " a few weeks. Sixe Not Mentioned While the committee agreed on a request for a substantial wage increase Murray declined to put a figure on it. He said this was a "negotiable factor." 1 However, he did say i that five cents an hour would not be enough to meet the demand. Under the wage stabilization formula, this amount is all union members are entitled to, because they got a raise last fall. " .; Meanwhile, in Cincinnati, Pres ident Benjamin F. Fairless of the U. S. Steel corporation said in a prepared address tonight that the size of a pay raise "will appar ently have to be decided finally in Washington. Ask Other Benefits He said he thought any further steel wage increase now fwill only result In an increase in the cost of livings 5 Besdes asking for a substantial wage increase Uurray's 170-man policy committee for the big steel union voted to insist on a union shop and productivity benefits. . In addition , it wants ; improved vacations .severance pay provi sions, premium pay for Saturday and Sunday work, seniority and quicker handling of grievances. Murray said the demands were framed -from a collection of about 8,000 resolutions from his union's locals, asking contract ' improve ments. J .. : . State Orders Purchase of Cutoff Route Purchase of right-of-way along DroDosed 4.4-mlle Rickreall to Dolph corner cutoff on the coast highway has been ordered by the state highway commission. : The new road would save X.C7 miles, eliminate north Dallas, and a section of hilly curves from the route. The survey as approved by the commission has been subject of considerable protest ; by land owners whose property! is needed for the right-of-way. i Headed by J. H. Harland, the objectors stated their case before the highway commission in Port land last week. They asked that alternate routes be studied. : W. C. Williams, assistant state highway engineer, said; Thursday that negotiations are expected tp start soon for the property. . AID IN FLOOD ZONE I MILAN, Italy, Nov. f 13 - (ff) - Technical units of -British and American army forces in Trieste were enroute tonight to storm stricken northern Italy, where floods have taken more than 80 lives nad Isolated dozens of vil lages. -1 Tofiuck Controls Pay Raises Expected to Top At Opening of Discussions aimed 'at raising pay of state employes are expect ed to head the order of business for the annual general council of Oregon State Employes associa tion convening today for a three day meet in Salem. . - . ? More than 100 officers I and delegates from the group's 59 chapters will open the convention at 9:30 am. today at the Senator hotel with registration followed by committee meetings and re ports. -1 " Forrest Stewart, ! executive secretary, said Thursday that res olutions asking pay for state em ployes on a parity with private industry will be introduced. A committee headed by F. Gordon Shattuck will prepare ; proposals and report to the delegates this afternoon. Other proposals to be discussed are replacement of state retire ment act with social security and reduction oi state work week to 40 hours in all departments. Approx- imateiy cne-tnura ox state Warren to Enter Hospital for Check SACRAMENTO, Calif., Nov. W-CPV-Gevernor Earl. Warren's doctor ordered him to a hospital today for a checkup en an In testinal disturbance that has troubled him for three weeks. He will go to the University of California hospital in San- Fran cisco in the morning. Dr. Junius B. Harris, the gov ernor's physician, said Warren is being hospitalised for a number of ; days for examination and treatment. v. U. S. Standing Fi Against A-Bombs' Use WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -tfp)- The United States government. according to all information avail able here, is standing firm against using atomic weapons in Korea. This Is true at the moment de spite the successful development of smaller A-bombs for use against troops in we iieid and despite a. new flurry of proposals that atom ic weapons be employed. Indications are that it may not necessarily remain the American policy indefinitely. If the present truce talks end in failure, res pons ible authorities here agree that President Truman and his diplo matic and military advisors will have to reconsider the strategy followed in Korea so far. Prompted by Atrocities The question of using; atomic weapons in Korea flared , up over night following a report from Eighth Army headquarters in Ko rea that 5,500 American prisoners of war had been slaughtered by North Korean and Chinese com munists. v v Members- of congress and others declared there clearly was a need for using atomic weapons and right to use them against a foe guilty of such 'barbarism. No Comment- Troman - At his news conference in Key West today. President Truman was asked if he thought atrocity figures would bring closer the day of atomic attack in Korea, "No comment, was his reply. In . Stratford, Conn. Bernard B a r u c h, elder .statesman and sometime advisor of presidents, was asked whether he thought such weapons should be employed. He said he believed weapons have been perfected for use against armies rather than cities and added, "I say that the longer we delay action of a definite and de cisive nature, the worse off we are going to be. Hits Freight; 2 Dier 30 Hurt NAHUNTA, Ga Nov. 15-pU The Atlantic Coast Line railroad's Boston-Miami "Havana Special" sides wiped a freight train at the nearby Hortense crossing tonight, killing two persons and injuring 25 or 30 Others, some seriously. Sheriff J. Walter Crews of Brantley county said the engineer of the passenger train, A. H. By ington, was dead on arrival at. a Waycross, Ga, hospital. He said the station agent, James Strick land, 24, was dead In the wreck age. - Three cars held navy personnel beaded for training in Florida to- Eether with some - French - and Norwegian air cadets. State Employes ployes now work from 44 to 48 hours per week, Stewart said. Also scheduled are resolutions to eliminate unauthorized and in discriminate use of state-owned automobiles, development of an OSEA-sponsored cooperative pur chasing association for members and recommendation that civil service j regulations be amended to make it mandatory for a copy of merit rating to be presented each employe., v : At 10 pjn. the general coun cil will convene. The invocation will be given by the Rev. Louis White and Salem Mayor Alfred Loucks will welcome delegates. Reports of credentials, rules and audit committees will be given followed by presentation of new resolutions, election of nominat ing committee and appointment of special general council com mittees. .. v V. .-- V -: ". (r -:,V Reports by officers wm close the day's business. Included will be reports by Robert M. Ashby, president; Lois R." Manning sec Havana Special 40Ch(3p Of Steel By Sterling F. Greesv -WASHINGTON. Nov. 10 HJPW The government cut still -deepef . tonight in the available supply of metal for non-defense - products. including the steel plate auto mak- era naa piannea to use in numing out 930,000 cars, in the first quar ter Of 1852. I The auto steel move could mean an ultimate rise in price-ceilings on cars and trucks. The national production author ity (NPA) served notice that the auto-truck Industry will.be al-. lotted; only 601 per cent ef the steel plate needed to meet sched uled, production of 830.CCO cars and 24,000 trucks during January. February and March. Use Conversion Steel NPA Administrator Ma nlv Fleischmann - asked the industry to make up the j shortage by using more expensive but more- avail able form of steel, called "con version steeU ! Fleischmann told a meetmgol manufacturers that if they do so, he wiU ask price control officials to recognize the boost in costs by granting a celling price increase for cars and trucks. - "Conversion 1 steel is metal which is purchased in unfinished condition and turned over to an other!; steel mill for fabricating into finished form. Cut Copper, Aluminum . In 'another important develop ment the NPA restricted makers' of "less essential consumer goods to 10 per cent f of the amount cf copper and 20 per cent ef the. amount of aluminum they used before Korea. This restriction is to become effective : January 1 and hits makers of a. variety ex things ranging from-table lamps to toys. I .,- v v--' The order admittedly may put some, companies out of business. NPA! announced a program de signed to "rninimize the casual ties. - f . .. . ; .. In t other home front develop mentS: ' i v 1. Price control officials saii ceilings may have to be -placed on white potatoes if prices con tinue; to rise. The national. aver, age price has gone up from S1.23. a bushel on Sept. 15 te 1129 ea Oct. 15. . -. i - i t. The Office ef Price .Ktakd zatloh (OPS) decreed a ieductiora of 0 per cent in celling prices fot . most used cars; effective Dee. 23. Also, beginning with the nejs year.;ceiling prices wiU be ered two per .cent every three months to allow for depredation. . OPS officials said they expected few actual price cuts, since mar ket prices in general have been below the old ceilings. -S. Tin plate predocers, faee4 with la possible cut of 23 te SJ per cent in their supply of tin, told the NPA this reduction could disrupt the industry and cause trouble in providing tin cam for the spring and summer food packa, . I-.,..; - '. Titd Oaimi 25 Russ Divisions on Border ) - PARIS, Nov. 1 15-ff-Yugoslavia asked the United Nations today to order! off Soviet satellite troops stationed along her borders ana restore calm to the balkans. ; 1 Edvard KardelJ, Yugoslav for eign minister, told the U. N. as sembly that Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria are keeping .23 di vision almost half their total el 53 divisions in frontier positions menacing his independent commu nist nation. f Meet Here Today retary-treasurer; P. M. Brandt, law and legislation; Shattuck, civil service; Stewart, public re lations; J. D. I Wilson, member- ship;; Stewart, insurance; V. G. Oeil, retirement;; Shattuck, grievance committee and salary and wages; Don Parker, building" committee and Stewart, executive secretary. I" .:('--.. 1 At 9:30 a-m. Saturday the re eral Council will convene for to- -troduction of committee resolu tions and report of the nomizzt ing ccmmitteeIThey will be fol lowed by addresses by Thonure A. Stead, president of Caliiarnia State employes association, sad -Sam G. Hanson, general manses of the California association. . Also scheduled are reports ty "general council special commit tees on resolutions v . : A social hour and banquet be held Saturday night - Closing Sunday the council wZI meet' for resolution reports- frea special committees.- general busi ness session and election of en- lcers.i Ordered! Order Busin