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Weather . " ' " Max. Mln. Precis-. Portland X' 41 144 San Francisco . CbtCMO ' 38 JOO Willamette, river JU feet. -FORECAST (from U. S. weather bu reau. MeNiry field. Salem): Partly cloudy today and tonight, with rusty winds and brief shower today. Hijrh est temperature today1 near 43. the lowest near 35. SALEM PftECOTTATION Since Start ef Weather Tear. Scat. 1 This Year Last Year Normal 20 JO 2240 11.42 O f t f i 4 J 4 :.-....! ...... I - .1 . Till OWtoflU I ).' ) ' r i J " JO Jsrr mi) wsrW to tW Grtwtk ei Orra aBftsj- Sssssss 1651 101st YEAR 16 PAGES Thm Orogon Statesman. Salant, Oregon. Wdnadcry December 5. 1951 PRICE 5c No. H FalMmi Fliree In Ore Fees 2 . ' ' t : - - , .Kill. 1 Sforim i i i son , eaUlhi 1D Fearedl Dim PMoppoiraes 23 Die as British Bus Hits Boy Cadet Corps CHATHAM, Eng., Dec. 4-P)-A suburban bus mowed down and killed -23 marching boys in a dimly lit street here tonight. Nineteen others in the marine cadet formation of about 50 boys were injured. Police described it as the worst road accident in Britain's his tory. Last week the special commis sion appointed to make recommen dations to the city council on the proper use of the. fund left by the late Carroll Moores made its re port. The commission, headed by Chandler Brown as chairman, made as its first recommendation the erection of a suitable work of sculpture in memory of the pi oneers. Its decision was based on a careful reading of the provision of his will authorizing the memo rial, supplemented by conversa tions with friends of the deceased. The commission concluded also that the memorial should be com pleted witWilthe Mmits of the sum available about $30,000; that it should not favor a limited interest and the benefits should be limited to Salem. The commission suggest ed that proposals fop the sculpture or statuary be taken on a national scale. The second and third choices of the commission were: Construction of a memorial addition and muse um at the public library and using the income from the trust as prizes to stimulate interest and study of pioneer life and times. The council presumably will con sider the report and other sugges tions that have been made, and then make its recommendation to the Pioneer Trust company, trustee for the estate, which has the sole power1 of decision. It is of prime importance to respect the wish of the decedent. He conserved his estate and de signated the purpose for which it should be used. Every effort should be made to conform to his desires. A work of art may indeed be a "joy forever." It can (Continued on editorial page, 4.) Wooclburn Puts School Bus Law Into City Code Statesman Newt Seryice WOODBURN, Dec. 4 The Woodburn city council meeting to night adopted into the' city code the new state law requiring mo torists to stop when approaching school buses letting off children. The council also passed a resolu tion of intention to approve Bryan street from Young street north to the new subdivision, at a cost of $3,768.75. A. G. Cowan was hired to direct the work of the park and recrea tion board af a salary of $50 a month. Cowan will resign as chair man of the park board effective January 1. v Animal Crackoro fy WARREN GOODRICH Tie's loaded! end I don't mean -3th snoney. It's cJmcUm feed but plentyr OtP 0OSJ0O0 'UCDCDDB Si ' w Da, fey NAVOfM-CtNNtDV U'tam. mm . A mr . - ' The cadets, from 10 to 14 years old, were on their way to a box ing tournament in the navy bar racks of this royal navy arsenal town. The bus driver was identified as George Sampson, a man of 40 years' experience with the same firm. He was to have received a medal tomorrow for; 25 years of safe driving. The company was parading three abreast from1 the marine barracks to the navy barracks. Only those in the first rows es caped death as the bus plunged into the rear of their formation. The bodies of the dead and in jured were scattered for 50 yards along the road. The; bus, smeared with blood and' j one ; fender crumpled, careened into a lamp post. One witness, a navy petty of ficer, said "I saw many grim things in many places during the war, but this was too much for me. I had to come away." Others described the scene as being as gory as a battlefield. The night was dark but clear when the accident occurred. The bus was on what is known as "The Sailor's Run" from the town hall of Chatham to the naval barracks. Driver Sampson, 82 years old, was taken to his home.; Friends said he was unable to see any one. They said he knew many of the boys involved in the accident. Barracks Burn At Hop Ranch; 5 Homeless Statesman News Service CLEAR LAKE, Dec. 4 Fire razed two barracks at the Ray Kerr hop ranch here today. Five people were "burned out," and damage was estimated at more than $4,000. A fireman said the blaze ap parently started in quarters oc cupied by a ranch foreman and his wife. Three single men also lived in the buildings which con tained 10 two-room apartments. The foreman, John Apolino, had stoked the cook stove in his cabin about an hour before the fire was noted, firemen reported. Nobody was in either building when the blaze was discovered. Apolino placed loss of family effects at $500 including a new washing machine and 150 quarts of fruit his wife recently canned. Brooks and Keizer firemen an swered the alarm. The fire had a roaring start before they were called. The buildings reportedly were insured. Kerr was away from home. Also living in the destroyed buildings ; were Felix ; Cordero, Pedro Tolentieno and Domingo Monero. It was believed all would be quartered elsewhere at the ranch. Lawyer Claims Attempted $500,000 'Shakedown' Linked to Tax 'Clique' By Wllmot Hercher WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -(V A rich Chicago lawyer sprang a new sensation in the tax scandals in vestigation today by swearing he was the target of an attempted $500,000 shakedown by two men claiming to be in league ; with a "clique" of high Washington fig ures, i Denials flew thick and last aft er the attorney, Abraham Teitel baum, testified he was" told he would be in bad "income tax trou ble" and on the road to possible imprisonment unless he came through with the half million. He said the proposition was put to him last winter in Miami Beach, Fla., by Bert K. Naster, a Holly wood, Fla., business man who once did time for tax evasion him self; and Frank Nathan, of Pitts burgh. He said he spumed the proposal. ; ; He declared it was represented to him that a Washington clique was looking around the country for "soft itouchesw such ', as he. Named as members of the clique, he said, were Jess Larson, head ox the federal government s iroopftDdDiras Evacuation of Area Speeded; KnownTolll46 MANILA, Wednesday, Dec. 5 (Jf3) Rescue officials on devastated Camguin island expressed fears today that 2,000 persons may have perished when mighty Hibok Hi bok volcano blew its top yester day without warning. The known death toll reported by the Philippine Red Cross mounted to 146. A second mighty blast was re ported last night. Thousands of terror-stricken in habitants today were fleeing re mote Camiguin island in the southern Philippines. They packed themselves into all available craft and headed for Mindanao island, 40 miles south. The Camiguin capital of Man bajao, on the northern side, was reported evacuated except for a handful of rescue workers. The task of searching for the dead and missing was pushed de spite extreme peril. But rescue workers picked away at the smoking layers of ash and lava only along the fringe of a six square mile devastated area. Because of the heat and acrid fumes, they were unable to get closer to 10 villages believed de stroyed at the slope of the 5,620 foot peak. Philippines news services corre spondents who reached the island last night said four of every five inhabitants in the 10 villages were believed to be dead. The villagers were reported trapped when the volcano erupted without warning at 7:15 a. m. (6:15 p. m., EST, Monday). The blast sounded like an atom ic explosion and shot a boiling smoke cloud three miles above the peak. Hot ashes and glowing chunks of lava fell like rain across a wide area. Eye witnesses said a group of children on their way to school at Panasan village perished in the first blast. They said a searing stream of lava obliterated the village. Vegetatipn was charred black. Outlying roads were littered with corpses of humans and ani mals, blackened from the intense heat. Virtually all water was polluted. The weather bureau station at Mambajao reported : "There were minor slides this morning. Situation not yet clear. Water system paralyzed." Wool Growers Open Sessions PORTLAND, Dec. 4-P)-A thousand wool growers opened their annual convention here to day with committee meetings and announcement that a California girl had won the annual "Why I Like to Sew With Wool" contest. Ruby Chandler, Carmichael, Calif., was the national essay win ner with Ruth Schich, Logan, Utah, second. W. H. Steiwer, Fossil, Oregon., president of the National Wool Growers association, will speak tomorrow as will Mrs. John Will Vance. Coleman. Tex.. National I Auxiliary president. eral services administration; Charles Oliphant, a "Mr. Nunan"; and a "Mr. Schoeneman." "And Mr. Naster mentioned the name' of Theron Lamar Caudle, too," Teitelbaum said. Jess Larson hurried to Capitol Hill tonight to declare he never belonged to any such clique, and to call on the house tax investi gating committee "in the name of Almighty God" to stop such "hear say" from ruining the reputations of public men. Other reaction: . Charles Oliphant, chief counsel of the internal revenue bureau: "It's ridiculous." Theron Lamar Caudle, ousted assistant attorney general: "No person has ever talked to me about a case involving Mr. Teitel baum.' Bert Naster, one of the two men alleged to have tried to shake down Teitelbaum, said at Holly wood, Fla., he never approached Teitelbaum at all about tax trou bles. It was just the other way round, he said "Teitelbaum asked me if I could help' him out." He noted that be himself had Raiders Harass Co les SEOUL, Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 5-P)-British commands and U. S. marines with blackened faces Mon day made a second daring night raid in as many days deep behind communist lines in northeast Ko rea. Far East naval headquarters in Tokyo said the hit-run commandos struck south of Songjin along the closely guarded rail line that fun nels supplies into Korea from So viet Siberia. Only two allied cas ualties were reported. Songjin is about 185 miles north of the 38th parallel. In the air war, allied planes clashed Tuesday for the ninth straight day with communist jets. A lull continued for the sixth day along the 145-mile long battle front. The navy said the commandos and marines scaled a cliff to reach the red rail lines while the de stroyer Tingey poured five - inch salvos on the tracks farther north. When the commandos reached the crest, the communists struck back. Red hand grenades flung into the midst of the British and Amer ican raiders caused two casulaties. the navy said. The marines and commandos fought back in almost hand-to-hand clashes and left an undeter mined number of communist war dead behind them. The navy report did not indicate whether the raiders inflicted any damage to the communist rail line. Senator Chides MacArthur for 4I?norihg'U.N. SEATTLE, Dec. 4 -UP)- Sen. Estes Kefauver of Tennessee de clared tonight that General Mac Arthur's failure to mention the United Nations in his recent ad dress here "indicates either lack of understanding of the role of the U. N. or a pathetic display of vanitv." "This is not MacArthur's war," said the democratic senator in a speech billed by party leaders as a "reply" to the former Far East ern commander. "This is not the United States war. This is free men everywhere saying to Joseph Stalin: 'Thou shall not trespass again'." He declared "The only way to win World War II is to prevent it." Referred to the United Na tions as "our only real chance of preserving peace in this world. "It is interesting to note that your centennial speaker (Gen eral MacArthur) three weeks ago did not mention the United Na tions once in his speech and yet he was the first commander of that great army of the United Nations." Kefauver's address was deliv ered at the western Washington Jefferson-Jackson day banquet. State democratic leaders billed it as a "reply" to General Mac Arthur after the latter's contro versial speech to open Seattle's centennial observance November 13. BARKLEYS TS HAWAII HONOLULU, Dec. 4 (JPy- Vice President Alben W. Barkley and Mrs. Barkley arrived tonight in the summery Hawaiian Islands. had "the book" thrown at him for income tax evasion. Records show he served one-third of a five-year sentence meted out in 1945 for evading payment of $221, 575. The other member of the al leged "shakedown" team Frank Nathan took the witness chair in the house investigation late to night and was peppered with ques tions. The house ways and means sub committee recessed until tomor row, however, before getting around to ask him whether Teitel baum's testimony was true. He will appear again tomorrow. Nathan, formerly of Pittsburgh and Miami Beach, told laconically how he came to Washington in 1947 or 1948 and "laid around try in to make deals." In the last three or four years, Nathan said, he made sizable sums on war assets administration deals. Teitelbaum's story about an at tempted tax shakedown shook the house investigation, and led Chair man King (D-Calif) to order the night session, to delve further into the matter. Salem Store Window 'Relaxes7 If M i i There was no relaxation in Salem stores with hare display windows fadnx rait-Torre winds Tuesday, especially at the M-K-N Furniture Co where one larse window was shattered. Broken (Lass and fnr niture litter floor at the store. located at 1425 Edgewater sU ransinx damase estimated to be near $, Standing near sign ironically suggesting "How to Relax" is Lloyd Treat, store employe. (Statesman photo.) GOP Wins in Congress Race OMAHA, Dec. 4-()-The re publican party appeared tonight to have retained its hold on the third Nebraska district congress ional seat made vacant October 2 by the death of Rep. Karl Stef an, republican veteran of 17 years in the office. Returns from 206 of the dis trict's 496 precincts in today's special election gave 16.524 votes to Republican Robert D. Harri son, Norfolk oil dealer, and 7,459 to Democrat Carl F. Olson, Fre mont mayor and business man. Both candidates are political newcomers. Harrison's majority of about two to one approximated . the margin chalked up by Rep. Stefan last year. ALARM CLOCK THIEVED NEW YORK, Dec. 4-(P)-Two young men slugged Mrs. Jennie Taub, 60, over the head today in her Brooklyn jewelry store. They neither asked for her money or valuables, nor took same. Instead they picked up three alarm clocks and fled with them. INTEREST RATE RAISED WASHINGTON. Dec. 4 -JP)-Farmers will have to pay inter est at the rate of 3 per cent a year on government price support loans next year. The current rate is 3 per cent. DOCTOR OF YEAR CHOSEN LOS ANGELES, Dec. 4-(-An 84-year old physician. Dr. Albert C. Yoder of Goshen, Ind., today was chosen by the American Med ical association as the family doc tor of the year. mry SHOPPING DAYS a Till CHRISTMAS -7 i Roseburg's Northwest Turkey Show Opens ROSEBURG. Dec. 4, -JPy- More than 300 turkeys were exhibited as the Northwestern Turkey show opened today at the Douglas coun ty fairgrounds. Prizes totaling about $2,000 will be awarded during the show which closes Thursday, Manager Paul Abel said. A banquet is scheduled Thursday. Motor Freight Rate Rise Recommended WASHINGTON, Dec. 4-Pl-An interstate commerce commission examiner today recommended ap proval for a four per cent increase in motor freight rates in the Pa cific northwest. About 250 trucking concerns op erating in the area had proposed a six per cent hike in rates in Ore gon, Washington, Utah, Montana, Idaho and a part of northern Cali fornia. OLD AUTOS SOUGHT WASHINGTON. Dec. Government officials said today they will start scouring the na- tion s automobile -graveyards'' to collect scrap metal for starved steel mills. Stassen Sails for Conference with By Jack Bell WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 - UP) -Harold E. Stassen sailed from New York today for a conference with Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower in Paris that might determine wheth er Stassen bids for the 1952 re publican presidential nomination. The former Minnesota governor obviously hopes to get some in formation of Eisenhower's political plans, if any. Whether he will, however, seems doubtful. Eisenhower is being boomed by some republicans for their party's nomination. But the general has declined to say publicly whether he is a republican and whether he would be available even if a nomi nation were forthcoming. Dan Gainey, manager of Stas sen's Washington headquarters, During Gale "1 4 1 Train Link to California Cut SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 4-0S- The California public utilities commission authorized the South ern Pacific to abandon passenger train service on the California portion of its Siskiyou line or iginally the main rail link be tween Oregon and California. The order specifically covered about 60 miles of railroad between Black Butte. Calif., and the Ore gon border. But Southern Pacific said it plans to discontinue the ! single passenger train a day in each direction between Grants Pass, Ore., and Dunmuir, Calif. The railroad testified the Siski you line train was losing $1,076 a day and that advertising and im i proved schedules and equipment had failed to attract more passen 1 gers. ACHESON SAILS FOR UA NAPLES, Dec. 4-vP-U. S. Sec- l-retary of State Dean Acheson sail- for home tonight itx i , Europe "we have not yet passed the critical period" in building up i western defenses. European Eisenhower told a news conference he fully expects Stassen to enter the presi dential race, even if Eisenhower should become a candidate. He wouldn't comment on specu lation that Stassen may seek dele gates in his home state of Minne sota and elsewhere to assure him self a trading position at next July's nominating convention so that he might become a vice presi dential candidate. Gainey said be is sure Stassen isn't interested in a cabinet post. The Washington headquarters manager said Stasssen had prom ised his supporters a stop-or-go signal by January 1. This would be shortly after his return from the two and a half week European trip, on which he will spend 12 days on ships. Man Dies AS Will! nn n' lips (bar - 76 mph Gusts at aalem; .rower. Telephones Cut Four persons were ded and Property damage was mounting as a gale battered the Pacific roast with winds as high as : 7$ miles per hour Tuesday. Three of tbe dead were crushed by falling trees, and another died when the wiid tipped his car. Winds in Salem hit 67 miles a hour along the ground the weather oureau said, although the radio tower at McKary field report gUStS CD to 76 mile an How There was 1J1 Inches of rain m the 24 hour period Tuesday. Although the high winds .buf feted Salem all day long, damago mas reiauvexy ugnt. Power and telephone outages were experi enced throughout the local ex changes. Phone service in the Saa - tiam canyon, including Mill dry. Detroit, and Detroit dam was ex pected to be non-existant ustO sometime today. The weather bureau Tue&dav night forecast milder 1 weather throughout the valley, with-raia and winds of less than 20 miles an hour. Storm warnings 'wero suu up aiocg tne coast. The Associated Press listed ti persons dead as -Charles Grrvis and Salvador Nunez, , Soutberm -acinc employes, who were kilted when a tree crashed oa their car near Reedsport. J. M. Uarber Junction City was killed when huge oak toppled onto a shed which he was working. A Bonne ville Power adnunistration em ploye, listed as John A. Bojle try police, died as a heavy wind jus overturned his pickup truck. Crews at Week Portland General peetric crew in Salem worked double and tri ple. shifts all day and evenmg Tuesday repairing lines. A 11.000 volt line in the Keixer area shut off lights for about 44 minutes. Similar difficulty was experienced south of Turner when trees fell into power lines. Fred Starrett. manager, said outages of a tem porary nature were general mU 1 over the system, but ail had bee repaired by midnight, Falling trees brought the tele phone outage in Santiam Canjev, timer tiergiund. Pacific TelepboBO w and Telegraph local manager said. The company had a mobile unit! stationed at Detroit to hand) emergency calls. Some 250 Salem suburban subscribers, along Lib erty road. Cherry avenue, and Lancaster road, were without ser vice for part of the day. rnmp cmt zvasemeaU -. City workmen were busy mow of the evening pumping cut flood ed basements, and cleaning debris out of storm sewers. The city en gineer s office said the storm wxs general throughout Salem. Highways also were closed in portions of the state. Both th North and South Santiam high ways, and the Siuslaw highway were closed by fallen trees. Stats highway engineer R. H. Bakiock warned motorists off the moun tain roads during the heavy winds. Tuesday's storm was general throughout the northwest, with the southern Oregon coast, cen tering around Coos Bay; suffering the heaviest- damage. . The storm also covered most of; northern, California (California storm de tails on page 12). , Comsaoaitatfs-BS Cat The only contact with Coos Eay was by emergency radio, as wiods as high as 70 to 75 miles an hour snapped phone and . light wires, tore off radio station towers, whiDDed roofs off stores, sawmills and other buildings. The heavy wind along th -highway south of Reedsport and , north of Gardiner, which brougM high waters, stranded traffic, in cluding Geryhound buses. Heavy rain which, turned snow in some areas accompanied the storm. A blizzard struck Kla math Falls where the wind whis tled at about 65 miles. Central Oregon had winds of 64 miles an hour and snow squalls. . Gnndttind Lsms Koof Damage was varied throughout the state. Part of the roof cf th Medford high' school grandstand ripped away, with three persons suffering minor - Injuries fwm Hying glass. Schools were closed -at Rogue River as the winds hit 65 miles an hour. Corvallis also reported roofs blown off," power service interrupted, and bouses damages by filling trees. Parts of the Puget Sound area of WastangtaD, and areas near Vancouver, B. C. were inundated -by high tides, pushed by th heavy winds. Some 3.000 aeses were flooded In the" Vancouver sections. Tides also forced watev fmnt businesses in Tacoma t move out or go to second floors. (Additional details on page 12).