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I ft Ledge 2 Met") Ybrft limes Joins i Eisenhower's iackfers KEW YORK (aVTb New York Time announced Sunday night that It would support Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower "entha siastieally' If he becomes the Republican candidate for President. The newspaper, which has supported GOP presidential can didates only twice in the past 20 years, announced its position in an editorial. The Times rave foreign policy as a major reason for ' its decision this year. CHICAGO (JFy-The Chicago Sun-Times, which backed Pres ident Truman in 1948, announced its support Sunday night of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower for President.- ! HOUSTON (JP) Jack Porter, sparkplug of the Elsenhower ' movement in Texas, promised Sunday an old fashioned "door " knocking, bell ringing campaign to nominate the general for President. 3 Porter, a member of the Republican State Executive Com mittee, said "we're going to get the Texas delegation tor; Eisen hower. LONDON (JPy-The London News-Chronicle Monday called Sen. Lodge's announcement that Gen. Eisenhower's name had been entered in the New Hampshire primary "a piece of world news of the first class." A column-long editorial in the News-Chronicle said: "If he becomes President, it would be received with wide acclamation on this side of the Atlantic." v ALBANY. N. Y.(P)-Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York, twice defeated Republican presidential candidate, repeated Sun day fcimprediction that General Eisenhower will be the GOP nominee this year and will be elected. Dewey announced bis support of Eisenhower more than a year ace. OtP 033DDB Today a new day dawns for the barber, master and journeyman. For Salem barbershops will be dosed, most of them, putting into effect the new five-day week. Monday will be the barbers' day off, along with Sunday. Now what will the barber do with his Monday? He can't go fishing this time of year. Monday is no day for travel. His cronies are all working. The "old lady" won't want him cluttering up the house all, dayv Att .the things he thought he wdxM do he'll find ex cuses for putting" 6IT. He'll have a queer feeling: Monday, and noth ing to do. No shop to tend, no cus tomers to greet, no stories to tell and none to learn. After a succes sion of Mondays however he'll be come adjusted to the change, just as plumbers have to their no-work-Saturdays. He will develop fresh routines or new interests. Bartering is an old occupation, once including the art of surgery. But it has been undergoing change. .The Albany Democrat-Herald in "a nostalgic mood the other day noted some of the changes. For . example shaving is no longer the chief business of the barber, which, as the D-H noted, voids the line of the old song "And the barber kept on shaving." He's doing hair trims now and" doesn't want to be bothered with shaves. Not that he has much chance to shave. Mr. Gilette changed all that. The safety razor took that work away from shops and put it in the home, about the only shift in that direction which has occurred as a result of invention. It encouraged (Continued on editorial page 4.) DeathToUofl6 Feared in Fire WESTFIELD, Mass. OPy-Sixteen persons were feared burned to death Sunday night in a fire which swept a four-story business and apartment block. Thirteen others were rescued over ladders and hospitalized, one in serious condition. Fire Chief Jeremiath A. Moriar ity said he believed the missing were "still in the building." One body was seen by firemen but the flames were so widespread that it was impossible to reach it Police said the missing included 14 occupants of upper floor apart ments and two boys employed in top floor bowling alley. Animal Crackers y WARREN GOODRICH Dirt, kv HAVDM-KENNeSV itt. 1 osses 2 Potato Men Claim OPS 'Doublecross' KLAMATH FALLS (P)-Klam-ath Basin potato men denounced Sunday the Office of Price Stabili zation price rollback on potatoes. County Agent Walt Jendrzejew ski said the rollback would cut the price of Klamath County's top quality Russets 31 per cent from $5 to $3.75, less 30 cents for sacks. George C. Burger, potato ship per, said: "The OPS has double crossed everyone." He said ship pers should declare a holiday "un til this mess is straightened out." Randall Pope, president of the Klamath Potato Growers Associa tion, said the OPS acted against tho advice of its own Potato Ad visory Committee and over the protests of the entire potato in dustry. He said "realistic ceilings, well over parity prices," should be established. Canada Beauty Disappearson Fishing Trip MIAMI, Fla. (IP) - Search for Mrs. Hughuette LeMay, 21-year-old Canadian beauty who disap peared Friday night while fishing with her husband In the Florida Keys, shifted to the Florida West Coast area Sunday night.: Deputy Sheriff James Barker said police at Naples and Fort Myers had been alerted to watch for the missing beauty after two hunters reported seeing a girl answering her description on the Tamiami Trail west of Miami Sunday morning. The hunters said the girl was seen again at 10:30 a. m. at McGill Station about 50 miles west of where they had seen her earlier. Mrs. LeMay's brother said upon arrival from Canada that he be lieved she had been kidnaped. Raymond Daoust, a Montreal at torney, said that seemed the only possible explanation for the disap pearance 6f his lovely,; French speaking sister. I Mrs. LeMay, the former Hugu ette Daoust, was a semi-finalist in a "Miss Cinema" beauty contest conducted by the Montreal le Pe tite Journal. She disappeared while fishing from a bridge on the Overseas Highway between Miami and Key West. Her husband, George, a 26-year-old Montreal real estate dealer, told police that his wife clad only in shorts and a halter, walked to their car parked 150 yards from the bridge to get a pair of dun garees and he never saw her again. Congress Scolded for Wasting Time; Committee Says Leadership Lacking WASHINGTON (JP) - Congress was criticized Sunday by a citi zens' committee on grounds that it wastes its time, is disorganized, lacks "effective leadership" and has "no center of responsibility." The criticism came ;from the National Committee tor Strength ening Congress as the lawmakers returned to the Capital for the start of their 1952 session on Tuesday. The committee is a private-group of men prominent in journalism, business, labor and agriculture and is headed by Rob ert Heller Cleveland business en gineer. Some of its earlier recom mendations formed the basis for the 1948 Congressional iReorganl zation Act. The committee, through Heller, sent to members of Congress I No Direct Word From Ike WASHINGTON (JP) - Senator Lodge (RyMass.) said Sunday that acting on assurances from Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower that he is a Republican, he is entering the General's name in the New Hamp shire presidential primary. He said Eisenhower "is pro hibited by Army regulation from engaging directly or indirectly in a nomination campaign" while in uniform, but that he is certain the general is in the presidential race "to the finish." His announcement, heralded in advance as "good news' for GOP supporters of the 61 -year-old gen eral, included no written statement from Eisenhower approving entry of his name in the New Hampshire primarys or saying anything about party affiliation. Exchange of Letters Lodge, national manager of the I GOP Eisenhower- For -President move, made public an exchange of letters with Gov. Sherman Adams of New Hampshire about the legal requirements for entering the gen eral's name in the state's primary on March 11. It was the first in the nation. Lodge suggested at a crowded Sunday news conference, that newsmen check his statements about Eisenhower's party affilia tion at the general's headquarters in Paris. He said he anticipated his statement the general is a Re publican would be confirmed. Refuses Comment That in itself would be some thing new. Eisenhower has been PARIS (P-Ther was no im mediate comment-Sunday night from either General Eisenhower or his aides on Senator Lodge's Washington announcement that the reneral's name is being en ured In the Republican presi dential primary in New Hamp shire. refusing to talk politics. At Paris, however, there was no immediate comment on Lodge's announcement. Adams had written Lodge sug gesting that if the general's name were to be entered on the New Hampshire ballot, state officials should have some positive assur ance of his party affiliation. Lodge, in reply, said he could not refer the matter directly to the general because Army regula tions prohibit Eisenhower from taking part in any political activity whi in uniform. But he said that while Eisen hower was still at Columbia they had conversations in which the general assured him he was a Re publican. Any efforts to enter the general's name as a Democrat, therefore, are out of order, Lodge wrote. Brushed Aside Previous queries at Eisenhower's Paris headquarters about his po litical affiliation have been brush ed aside, but Lodge invited report ers to try again. The senator was asked whether he beljeved a check at Paris would disclose positively that 1. the gen eral is a Republican and 2. that he is in the race for the GOP presi dential nomination. Lodge replied he would antici pate an affirmative answer on both points. Asked just where inquiries should be made whether Eisen hower himself, or at the general's headquarters, Lodge replied the headquarters would supply replies. Demands Question "You just ask and see what he says," Lodge added. The Massachusetts senator said he had been in touch with Eisen hower's Paris office but that he had not talked to Ike by telephone. He said public relations people there would not fee surprised at the inquiries. "I have been in touch with peo ple in his headquarters," Lodge said. Pressed as to whether he was authorized to speak for the gen eral he said: "I am speaking for him and I will not be repudiated." Nap Costs $700 WASHINGTON, Pa. (-William C. Smith of Wind Gap, Pa., told police it cost him $700 to take a nap Sunday. Smith said he picked up a hitch hiker near here, then parked his auto and went to sleep. When he awoke, he said the hitchhiker was gone and so was Smith's wallet containing the $700. gress has failed to do "to operate more effectively." It also cited several "hopeful signs." But, it said, Congress has not yet attacked four basic problems: "Lack of organization. Lack of re sponsibility. Failure to control money. Misuse of time." And, in 1951, the committee continued. Congress didn't do these things which should have been done: 1. Install electric voting equip ment to save time. 2. Adopt a Senate rule to limit debate there to pending and rele vant business. 3. Divest itself of the heavy workload of private claims legislation-While passing 255 public laws during the last session, the committee' said. Congress took All nci'vate bill. s Mat Into Primary 1011 YEAR 10 PAGES Young Hobby Enthusiasts Work at YMCA WWlWllililJJmWJMMJUWiJi.W)JJJ.-l.WpV I Resumption of the Salem YMCA hobby and crafts elass found this croup of boys deeldinr m whether to make models, work in leather or some other craft. The classes wiH be held In the basement of the YM every Friday at 4 p.m. Pictured (left to rifht) are David Chambers, 1S37 Court St; John Rose braurh. Salem Route 9; Ted Mclivenna. Willamette University sophomore who will organize class; Clay Newell, 1740 N. 23rd St.; and Asa Daily, 1056 N. 18th St. (Statesman photo). Churchill Confers With Top Military Leaders WASHINGTON (-Britain's Prime Minister Churchill and top military leaders of the United States held a two-hour Pentagon meet ing Sunday which Secretary of Defense Lovett called just a social gathering. A luncheon given by Lovett for the visiting chief of government and diplomatic and military officials was bracketed by two long Marie Wilson To Play Real Secretary Role HOLLYWOOD (JP)- Marie Wil son, who plays a dumb blonde secretary on a radio show, says she's willing to serve as some body's real life secretary for a day. But she adds it will cost that somebody "plenty." Miss Wilson Is auctioning her servces, the winner to be the per son who makes the highest bid. Shell turn over the money to the March of Dimes. When all the bids are in, the actress says, she'll fly to the win ner's home town and put in an eight hour day at telephone and typewriter. As this is an auction Miss Wil son wants bids only, no cash. Only the winning bid need be paid. Her radio network, CBS, is accepting bids for her at its Hollywood stu dio. Blood Collection In Salem Today Salem's second January "Blood Day" is scheduled for today at the Salem Labor Temple, Red Cross officials announced. Location for the collection was moved to the Labor Temple from Central fire station at the city hall to prevent interference with pos sible fire duty by personnel. A turnout of 231 persons donat ed 204 pints of blood at a call last week. 4. Consider "ways to evaluate Congressional compensation so that the legislative salary can be upgraded to fit the Congressional job." 5. Curb what the committee termed extensive absenteeism of members. 8. Grant home rule for the Dis trict of Columbia to save Con gress the time now consumed in legislating for the nation's capi tal 7. Keep all appropriations in one bilL Congress tried the one package money bill plan in 1950 and dropped it last year. 8. Retain a House rule which permitted legislative committees to obtain floor action on their bills when the rules committee failed to clear them. The Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Monday, sessions of the U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff and top British military officers. They conferred for two and a half hours before the luncheon, then later returned to the office of Gen. Omar Bradley, U.S. Joint Chiefs chairman, for renewed talks. Although the Sunday Pentagon luncheon provided opportunity for Mr. Churchill to counsel with the American Armed Forces officials, Lovett told reporters that: "The luncheon was entirely a social affair; no business was con ducted at all." Lovett said he would. see Mr. Churchill again Monday when formal meeting are started at the White House. When Mr. Churchill left the Pentagon, he went to the British Embassy for his customary after noon nap. Sunday evening a small dinner was arranged at the Embassy where the Prime Minister will be host to Lovett, Secretary of State Acheson, and General Bradley. Barber Shops Close Today A shave or a haircut will be hard to find in Salem today as 42 of the city's 45 barbershops re main closed under the new plan for a five-day week for barbers. Salem barbers decided recently to remain closed on Monday, a policy already in effect in Albany, Longview, Tacoma, Olympia and all of Yamhill county. Stassen to Enter Illinois Primary WASHINGTON (JP) Harold Stassen announced Sunday he will enter his name in the Illinois pri mary election on April 8. Stassen, former governor of Minnesota and now president of the University of Pennsylvania, Is seeking the Republican nomination for President. He failed to win it in the 1948 campaign. I 5(DG CPGQOfflGQ I Max. 34 32 51 T7 7 Min. 31 24 42 IS 31 Precip. M .03 1.4 traca jOO tales Portland San Francisco Chicago Nw York FORECAST (from VS. weather bu reau. McNary field. Salem): Moatly cloudy today and tonight with intermit tent rain this afternoon and showers tonight. Slightly warmer today with the highest temperature near 40 and the lowest tonight near 32. Salem tem perature at U.-01 ajn. today was 34. SALEM PRECIPITATIOK Since Start ( Weather Tear 1 This Year 1&.47 Last Year Normal KUNDBD 1651 Wind Rising as Carlsen's Ship NearsEngland LONDON fipy-Thick fog blank eted the Flying Enterprise early Monday as the towing tug Tur moil reported visibility almost zero and the wind rising. But dauntless Capt. Kurt Carl sen, skipper of the crippled Ameri can freighter, was reported "more confident than ever" his battered ship would reach a safe harbor. "The sea-swell is increasing, and the Enterprise is listing more probably 70 degrees," the radio op erator on the Turmoil said In a radio telephone call to the Associ ated Press. "But she is still being towed well." At that time, the ship's position was reported as about 170 miles from the Cornish port of Fal mouth, toward which the Flying Enterprise is heading. "If the weather worsens, we probably won't try to make Fal mouth," the radio operator said. "We'll head for the nearest port." The Turmoil was still steaming steadily at three knots. Because the Flying Enterprise was tend ing to veer away at the end of the 750-yard 20-inch tow rope, there was no plan to increase the Tur moil's speed. The U. S. destroyer Willard Keith was shepherding the confi dent procession toward Falmouth. When the call was received from the Turmoil, Carlsen was asleep in the Flying Enterprises's wheel house. His sole companion aboard the damaged freighter. Mate Ken neth Dancy of the Turmoil, stood watch. They were standing watch es of two hours each. Friday night Carlsen got a hot steak dinner under his belt and his first good night's sleep since Christmas Day. Adm. Joy Doubts Reds Want Korea Armistice TOKYO (JP)-Vice Adm. C. Tur ner Joy, chief Allied truce nego tiator, said Monday "with each passing day there is less and less reason to think the Communists really want a stable armistice." Joy berated the Communist truce envoys for their insistence in demanding the right to build air fields during a Korean armi stice. The chief Allied truce envoy said in a statement released on his arrival here tor a conference with Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway: "If the Communists are acting in good faith and sincerely want peace, there can r Z.O reason for them to construct military air fields during the period of an armistice. Joy told newsmen, "I am mak ing a merely routine visit to talk with General Ridgway and there is nothing unusual about it. "There is no change In truce negotations at Panmunjom to prompt this visit." January 7, 1952 BONN, Germany (AP) cretly completed plans for American lines to join the proposed European defentw force, Western Allied officials disclosed Sunday. The top-secret plans hammered out hehind cloei doors bv former officers from Hitler's Wehrmicht call for drafting young Germans between the ages of 18 and 21, the officials said. German military planners estimate that youths in these age groups number at least 1,250,000 men. The 18-year-olds alone are ex pected to. total about 400,000 or more than" enough to form the pro bable German contingent of 250 000 men in the six-nation Euro pean Army. Reject Volunteers German leaders have firmly re jected a volunteer Army in plan ning Germany's military come back, the Allied officials said. The powerful labor unions and key po litical figures feel that a volunteer force would be made up of ad venturers, the jobless and aristo cratic former officers. Since France and other nations in the proposed European Army already draft their military man power, the Germans intend to adopt a consription system mod eled after the U. S. Selective Ser vice system. The key men in drafting the plans were stony-faced Theodor Blank, 45, and two Hitler-era gen erals Adolf Heusinger and Hans SpeideL Blank, who fought against the Allies from start to finish of World War II, heads what is officially called the "Service Office of the Federal Chancellor." Deepest Secrecy Gen. Heusinger, former opera tions chief of the German High Command, and Gen. Speidel, Rom mel's chief of staff, are Blank's chief military advisers. They tiave been working in the deepest se crecy to keep the Bonn govern ment's military plans from becom ing a political football before the six west European nations agree to form a unified defense force. Chancellor Konrad Adenauer has predicted that a decision will be reached when the six Pleven Plan foreign ministers meet in Paris late this month. Compared with the 200-odd divi sions that Hitler flung at his neigh bors, the German contribution to the European Army will be small a maximum of 12 divisions in the official view here. Fire Damages Dallas Methodist Church Basement Statesman News Service DALLAS An early morning blaze brought an estimated $3,000 damage to the basement of the Methodist Church here Sunday. Dallas city firemen, who extin guished the 7:45 ajrk fire, indi cated it had been started when clothing, hung next to the base ment furnace, caught fire. The basement room, which was used as Sunday School classroom, was heavily damaged. An adjacent kitchen also was slightly damaged. Regular church schedules were not disturbed. MUNSAN, Korea (JP)-The Com munists rejected outright again Monday the Allied proposal for exchanging prisoners of war and civilians but the U. N. Command immediately threw its plan back on the conference table. Rear Adm. R. E. Libby, Allied negotiator, said, "they objected to our proposal again. It was the same old record being played over again. I think they are Just kill ing time." " The sub-committee on prisoners recessed and set an afternoon ses sion. The sub - committee discussing truce supervision broke up abrupt ly after Chinese MaJ. Gen. Hsieh Fang accused the Allies of indi cating that they no longer intend ed to carry out negotiations seri ously. ! A dispatch from Panmunjom said Hsieh showed a lack f in terest in the talks. His interpreter giggled and snickered frequently, an Allied spokesman said. The meeting was mostly a repi tition of past argument E ace mm PRICE 5c No. 23 Western Germany lias a draft Army modeled Fire Damages Residence at Four Corners Sutetme-t News Service FOUR CORNERS Fire here Sunday evening extensively dam aged the four-room home of Mrs. Pearl Hall, 530 Lancaster! Dr. Firemen estimated damage te the extent of $1,500. Volunteer Fire Chief Waldo Miller said the fire apparently started about 7 p.m. from a wood-burnhlg' heat ing stove in the living room when coals fell out a partially open stove door with dfectivej catch. The living room and Ejfurnish ings were almost completely charred while the kitchen and one bedroom were badly scorche!, firemen said. The property wa . reported partially covered,;by in-" surance. "S9 - Mrs. Hall and a daughter wem attending church when tsrblaw broke out. The blaze was re ported to firemen by a neighbor: boy. 7 Commie Jets Downed in Big Aerial Battles SEOUL, Korea, (JP)-U. 3. Sabre jets outnumbered two to one shot down two more red-noeed v MIGs Monday and damaged twd others in the second day! of furi ous air battles high over North west Korea. r:. The swept-wing American fight ers blasted five of the Russian built jets from the skies , earlie Sunday and damaged 10 in fou spectacular dogfights, for a total Sunday of seven kills. ;i . There was no announcement el any American losses. Under a new policy, the U. S. Fifth Air Fore reports losses only in a weekly summary. The North Korean com m unique claimed three -i Allied planes were shot down during tbe day, but didn't say where; r how. Altogether 79 U. S. jets were opposed by 196 MIGs. In one of s the tattles. Sabres of the U. 8. 51st Interceptor Wing were out numbered 21 to 100, but : caught the Reds before the enemy plane could drop their cumbersome wing tanks. f The Fifth Air Force- communi que described the Red pilots Sun day as "very aggressive4i ' Col. Harrison R. Thyng, com mander of the U. S. Fourth Right er Interceptor Wing told AP Cor respondent Milo Farneti'it wa definitely the roughest battle) we've ever been in. J : "The Reds were really out for -mr blood. They are getting better ev ery day. They fire more shells -from their cannon at our F-ete than ever before. 4 ,. City Councilmen to Meet with Moores Estate Committee Salem's City Council, in two In formal meetings tonight, will he a report from City Manager J. L. Franzen and will meet with th Carroll Moores Estate Committee. Mayor Al Loucks said Sunday. Franzen will report onr govern -ment in Souther cities. Hf has jest returned from a vacation in that area. The meeting with the Moore estate committee will precede . final decision Jan. 14 on the dis position of the estate-left' by the late Carroll Moores fori a eivie memorial. I- FOUR DIE IN BLAZE , DETROIT VPhFaux persons ed late Sunday night and a fifth was burned seriously in a fire which gutted a one-room dwelling in which they were sleeping on pal lets, j-
