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g-TW SMeenSaXKeU - s Allies Accuse Redfe -' ; Of Stall in oreja, Boeing to Moscow MUNSAN, Korea (JP) The allies Wednesday accused Bed dele rates of stalling on a Korean armistice and said their tactics reflect the will of "only a small clique of power-mad, masters In the Krems xhe accusation was broadcast to Korea over The Voice of the Uni ted Nations Command radio. t mjt oftr th Reds had re jected revised Allied proposal for exchange prisoners of war and displaced civilians who want re patriation. The Korean truce talks have, been deadlocked for days on the Issues of policing an armistice and exchanging prisoners. "The Reds have been warned that they must choose between airfields or restrictions on all mili tary buildup, which is the choice between war and peace," said the Allied statement released in Tok o hv Oen. Matthew B. Ridgway'a (aHniiartrs. "And yet, this past week at Pan-H munjom, the Communists nave given the world another lesson in how to stall a conference . . . mej used every trick in the books to hedge and evade . . . They read magazines, they giggled ..." "The truth of the matter, the statement continued, "is that the Communist delegates at Panmun Jom, like Communist leaders ev erywhere, do not and never will represent the will of the people." The talks resumed at 11 a.m. at Panmunjom. The U. N. command presented Tuesday re-phrased version of its six-point exchange and repat riation plan, but the Reds said it was no more acceptable than the one submitted by the U. S. on Jan. 2. An Allied communique said the "Reds objected particular ly to voluntary repatriation. Taf t Backers Elect Senate .Floor leader (Story also on page one.) WASHINGTON (IP) Senator Bridges of New Hampshire was chosen floor leader of the Senate Republicans today in an election carrying overtones of the hot con test for the GOP presidential nom ination. 1 Bridges, who has not publicly committed himself to any presi dential aspirant, was backed by supporters of Senator Taft of Ohio. He defeated. 25 to 15, Sena tor Saltonstall of Massachusetts, a supporter of Gen. Dwight D. Eis enhower. Bridges, senior Republican mem ber of the Senate, succeeds the late Senator Kenneth Wherry of Nebraska. The choice was made at a brief private meeting. Since he is uncommitted to a presiden tial aspirant, Bridges elections is expected to help keep the peace among the Republican factions in the Senate until after the nomin ating convention in July. Court Outlaws Father's Ban On Newspaper TORONTO (FVNorman Fisher of Alderwood, charged with beat ing his 20-year-old daughter be cause she read the Toronto Daily Star, Tuesday was given a .sus pended sentence In a Toronto court. Fisher testified he banned the newspaper in his home prior to the Nov. 22 provincial election be cause he wasn't in sympathy with its editorials. He was told he couldn't tell daughter Helen what not to read. PIANIST SOLOMON In Concert Jan. 17, - 8 P. JVL Salem High Acdifcrbni Seatss $3.00, $2.40, $1.50 On Sale at Salem Record Shop, t, Stevens A Son, Haider's, Wills Music Wedae Jonaarf 1SS2 ,k '' Arrest Leads to 76 Days Ago SALT LAKE CITY (jPy-Ka. ac cused bank robber Tuesday led officers to a garbage-uttered I house where thev found, chained fc a bed 14-year-old Richard Evan Henricksen. missing since Oct 20. Chief Deputy Sheriff T. A. Cal licott named John D. Billett, 24-year-old used car salesman, as the abductor. Callicott said Blllett ad mitted torturing the boyjand forc ing him to,submit to immoral acts during the 79 days of captivity. Later, however, Blllett told re porters that he did not make any sexual advances toward the boy. The chain-smoking prisoner said he had left Rickey alone in his car while he shopped and the boy "could of gone home it he had wanted to." But Ricky said Billett threatened to kill his family if he tried to escape. Billett admitted chaining the lad to the bed about halfthe time during' those 79 days. Asked why he took the boy, Billett replied: "Just call it adventured Just call it a normal friendship." Ricky observed his llth birth day Nov. 7 whila officers sought him. J Billett has been charged with both bank robbery and kidnaping. Monday night he was charged with the daylight robbery earlier in the day of a Salt Lake City branch bank. Tuesday . afternoon, he was charged with the kidnaping be fore City Judge Marpellus K. Snow. Ricky had been sought in Western states ever since he drop ped from sight. He was! employed at the used car lot where Billett was a salesman. County Sheriff Reserves Win First Aid Cards First aid cards and Bed Cross sleeve emblems were given to 25 men of the Salem unit of the She riffs Reserve Tuesday night by Marion County Sheriff Denver Young. The 25 have completed the bas ic first aid course. During the next four meetings they will take an advanced course, Young said. The Salem unit is the next to last of the Sheriffs Reserve units to complete the basic course. Still to get cards are 16 men of the Stayton unit. Cards have already been presented to 26 at Wood burn, 13 at Silverton and 20 at Jefferson. The Woodburn unit is well-along in the advanced course, Young said. After First Aid training Is com pleted, the Salem unit will start a course in training and review of police procedure in search and seizure, arrest and traffic control. Socialist Given Chance to Form French Cabinet PARIS JP) - Socialist Deputy Christian Pineau was asked Tues day night to try to form a new French Cabinet. President Vincent Auriol asked the former food minister to take up the task just 24 hours after Pineau and other socialist depu ties joined Rightists and Commu nists Jo overthrow Premier Rene Pleven's Coalition Cabinet by re fusing him power to trim the defi cit of the nationalized railways. Pineau, a portly 47-year-old for mer bank clerk, lawyer, labor sec retary and resistance leader, said he would consult his friends and announce Wednesday whether he would accept the task. - TOIJIGHT! LEAP YEAR DAIICS f By Popular Demand LOTS OF LADIES' CHOICE WALTZES AND OTHER DANCES OLD TIME AND MODERN DANCING - ' k Musie By Pop Edward's Orchestra Ada. 74e (Tax fad.) Crystal Gardens Ferry A Liberty Boy Kidnaped School Board oves'12 New Teachers By NORMAN ANDERSON Staff Writer, Tha Statesman The Salem School Board ap proved the hiring of 12 additional teachers for the 1952-53 school year at a meeting Tuesday night during which they were given a picture of what an increasing school population is going to do to existing school facilities. Superintendent Frank B. Ben nett told the board that by figur ing closely the only construction needed may be the 10 classrooms at the newly-named Hoover School, to be constructed in East Salem, and an additional room at Middle Grove School. He said it might be necessary, however, to use the library at Sa lem Heights and basement facil ities at Pringle and McKinley. In the estimated lineup of teacher changes, operation of the several separate 'Schools recently consolidated with Salem district is expected to require one or two fewer teachers. Another two teachers would be taken from Englewood School 'as its student load is eased by the' new school which requires 10 teachers. Be sides those 10, a teacher would be added to each of Liberty, Middle Grove, Pringle, Richmond, Salem Heights and Washington School if the forecasts hold up. Some Overloads The biggest strain on facilities will be felt at Bush and Salem Heights schools, Bennett said. There Is the probability that a school will shortly be needed in the South 12th Street area, he added. Failure to complete con struction at Hoover School and unexpected loads at Bush, Salem Heights, and McKinley Schools will force either double shifting of classes, or transporting students to spare rooms at Highland School, he said. Consideration was given to problems brought up with the consolidation of the new suburban districts. The board approved a resolution to ask the Boundary Board to cut off a portion of the southwest portion of the Prospect District which will become part of the Jefferson School District, Students in the area Involved are already attending school in that district, Bennett said. The Jeffer son district has expressed its will ingness to go along with the plan. In Need f Repairs Bennett proposed a consolida tion of facilities in the Ankeny, Rosedale and Prospect districts, eventually eliminating the latter two school buildings, which he said are now badly in need of re pair. The board and Bennett will in spect the schools Jan. 19. He also suggested that the board consider eventually build ing a new school just south of the present Rosedale School. In other matters, the board ap proved a plan on overtime pay for custodians: authorized the ex penditure of $250 for lighting and partitioning basement rooms at Rickey School; granted a leave of absence to Mrs. Gertrude Shisler of Salem High School and ap proved the appointment of Stew art Leek as her substitute. Recordings Play Part in KTraf f ic Case A tape recording to a traffic hearing-was made for the first time Tuesday in Municipal Judge Peery T. Buren's courtroom. It was the concluding part of a tape recording of the traffic Appr violationswKorean of two men who pleaded guilty to charges of reckless driving. The first recording was made at the time of the arrest by the State Traffic Safety Division. Neither Judge Buren nor the defendants heard the recording of what oc curred at the scene of the arrest prior to the court appearance. The recordings will be aired on a future radio broadcast. The defendants, Beniamin Earl Gipson of 2745 River Rd. and Wil liam B. Brown, 2030 N. 5th St., each were fined $100. Brown's li cense was suspended for nine months and Gipson's for one year. The loeal recording was the third to be made in the state. Recordings were previously made in municipal courts of West Salem and The Dalles. Mrs. M. O. Edwards Dies in Washington Mrs. M. O. Edwards, former Sa lem resident and aunt of two. Salem men, died in Stanwood, Wash,. Monday, it was reported Kara TiimHov Salem nephews of the deceased are B. E. Edwards and M. H. Ed wards. Mrs. Edwards lived at Stanwood for the past two years, going there from Eugene. A daughter, Mrs. Nadine Wheeler of Stanwood, also survives. Graveside services will be held in Salem Friday at the lOOF Cemetery at 3 pan. Princess Rebuked For Hunting Foxes LONDON (JP) - The League Against Cruel Sports went gunning for Princess Margaret again Tues day because she likes to take in the occasional fox hunt. Monday the princess, now holi daying in Scotland, went to a meet of the Bucdegh hounds. Tuesday the league's executive committee passed a resolution regretting that she should "grace with her pres ence a form of amusement which a large and ever-increasing num ber of British people hold in detestation.' r.M I 3 CELEB R A T I N C- Loretta North. 19, gambols In Aastrsllan surf after selection as "Miss Kangaroo." Shell tear fj. S. and Canada with first V. 8. film made in Antipodes. Illegal Spark Caused 119 Mine Deaths WASHINGTON (JP) - The Bu reau of Mines said Tuesday in vestigators have concluded that "an electric arc or spark from non-permissible electrical equip ment" touched off the explosion which took 119 lives in a coal mine at West Frankfort, 111., on Dec. 21. A Bureau announcement said: "The disaster was caused by the emergence of a large body of ex plosive gas from an abandoned and caving area resulting from the combined effect of caving in the abandoned area and simultan eous short circuits of the ventilat ing current." The explosion was in the Orient No. 2 mine of the Chicago, Wil mington and Franklin Coal Co., one of the largest shaft coal mines in the United States. The report of the Bureau's six investigators was made to Secre tary of the Interior Chapman. The bureau is under his department. The announcement said the in vestigators listed the following conditions as responsible for the disaster: "1. An inadequate ventilating system in which air that ventilates the working sections of the mine first passes open approaches to abandoned and caving areas which contain explosive gas. No I provi sion had been made at the time of tha disaster to keep abandoned areas free from accumulations of explosive gas. "2. The operation of non-permissible electrical equipment which is capable of igniting gas." "3. The presence of large ac cumulations of fine coal dust of an explosive nature created by mining operations. This coal dust, principally along roadways, was not removed from the mine or rendered inert by the application of sufficient rock dust." Korea Ground Action Grows SEOUL, Korea (JP)-The heaviest ground action in nearly six weeks flared along the western Korean front Tuesday when the Chinese Reds hurled an estimated 4,000 troops into battle. A U. S. Eighth Army briefing officer said at least four Chinese battalions were fighting the South first division in the bitter battle of Sasi bulge, west of Ko rangpo. It was the fjrst time the Allied unit engaged in the 13-day-old battle had been identified. The briefing officer said ele ments of two Chinese regiments knocked the South Korean forces off two knobs in the heaviest ac tion since the provisional cease fire line was set at Panmunjom Nov. 27w Detroit Dam Contracts Let PORTLAND fP)-Army engi neers awarded $77,544 in contracts for the Detroit Dam on the North Santiam River Tuesday. One for $40,000 went to North eastern Engineering, Inc., Man chester, N. H, for a main control switchboard and panels at the Big Cliff re-regulating reservoir. Another for $37,544 went to the Otis Elevator Co., Portland, for an electric elevator at Detroit Dam. Schreder's Condition GoocF After Surgery PORTLAND yp-Edwin Schred er, former president of the Salem Chamber of Commerce, underwent surgery in St. Vincent's Hospital here Tuesday. His condition after a throat op eration was reported "good." WOODROFFFS SAN SHOP SPECIAL For Wednesday, Jan. 9 Fresh Chicken Pia A recipe from the Stat of Illinois Forage (Crass Grows 2 Inches In 24 Hours PORTLAND (flVForage grasses growing two inches in 24 hours are possible, delegates to the an nual meeting of the Oregon Seed Growers' League were told Tues day. Cows of the future may even have trouble munching fast enough to keep up with it, C. S. Garrison, Department of Agricul ture Agronomist from Beltrville, Mdn said. Garrison was speaking in a light vein from the consumer point of view on the fast-growing grass reported earlier by Ritchie Cowan, Oregon State College Ex periment Station plant breeder. Discussing consumer trends in seeds, Garrison said public accep tance of certified seeds is marked by the tremendous increase in production of legume and grass seeds throughout the nation. In the eight years ending with 1950, production of certified grass seeds multiplied four times tb reach 30,000,000 pounds; legume seed production, discounting certified vetches, leaped from three million to 20,000,000 pounds during the same period. Kenland Red Clover Particularly attractive in the seed picture is Kenland Red Clo ver, a certified strain recommend ed for planting in 29 Southeastern States. "There Is an Immediate need for 15,000,000 pounds of seed," Garrison " said, "and by 1954 we hardly expect to surpass 10,000, 00 pounds." Also on Garrison's "Bright Fu ture" list were Ranger, Buffalo and Atlantic Alfalfa. He said total certified seed for all three varie ties is now about 17,000,000 pounds and 81 per cent of it is produced outside its area of adaptation. Plans for Future In a four-point program on which Oregon seed producers can base their future, he said Akaroa Orchard Grass is an example of a crop which can be grown which Eastern farmers do not want. In addition to producing what the market wants, Garrison listed re search, being in a position to shift to new varieties rapidly, and keeping certified seed prices in line with non-certified stock as a means of assuring Oregon's future in the seed business. Oregon's place in the Ladino Clover production scene appears definitely good so long as Southern farmers are unable to produce seed in commercial quantities. The legume does not bloom and set seed well in the Southern states where it is popular as one crop in a grass-legume mix. Jack Sather, Clatskanle, chair man of the league's weed com mittee, said his organization had voted to go its separate path In the future and organize a state weed conference which will be held early in the fall. Canberra Jet Squad Formed BINBROOK, England OP) - The Royal Air Force disclosed Tuesday it has formed the first operational squadron of Britain's new high speed Canberra jet bombers. An RAF spokesman described it as the first bomb squadron west of the Iron Curtain to be equipped with all-jet aircraft. He said a second squadron is now changing over to the sleek Canberras, which will go Into ac tion unarmed, depending on speed and climbing power to escape in terception. Performance details are still se cret, but the Canberra is known to be in the 600-mile-an-hour class. 'Conspirators' Held in Portugal LISBON, Portugal (JP)-An offi cial communique reported early Wednesday that "leaders of a con spiracy against the security of the state were arrested while holding a secret meeting yesterday." Among those taken in the raid was Henrique Galavo, a retired captain and former colonial in spector, it was reported unofficial ly. The list of those arrested has not yet been made public, but it is believed most also were involved in an unsuccessful military upris ing in 1947 for which they were sentenced to short terms. ,. v--. T, Y1--- ',"''-"v; I''.;' C 8 P. J71. Thursday at SHS Auditorium ... A sendoff for the popular Salem soprano who sang with the San Francisco opera and soon will leave for New York to further her career ... Ti-lav- CM A s,m Record Shop, Capital Drug, I ICKGTS 4l Commercial Bookstore, WkkJun(fs, Valley Motor, Ha skins 4 Denton, and at the auditorium. Bride Declines Honorary Title, Wins Annulment SAN FRANCISCO WV-Mrs. Al cina Marie Lessa Scott was grant ed an uncontested annulment Tuesday after telling the court her husband kept introducing her as a countess on their ' Honolulu honeymoon. She testified that her husband, George Winfield Scott Jr., San Francisco, an engineer, "told all his friends there in Honolulu I was a countess, and tried to make me call myself countess." "Also, he wanted me - to write for money to my grandfather in France and to sell my coffee plantation in Brazil so he could live the way a countess husband should. I didn't like it." The attractive blonde 28-year-old Frenchwoman and Scott were married last Sept. 13. Snow Turns To Slush in Portland Area PORTLAND (P-Above freezing temperatures continued to melt slush in Portland Tuesday. Streets in the downtown area were bare. Residential areas were slushy but passable without chains. The Weather Bureau reported there might be more snow, but said it probably wouldn't stick be cause there also would be rain showers. Truman's New Budget to Boost U.S. Spending WASHINGTON (IP) - President Truman's new budget will send a skyscraping spending program of about 85 billion dollars to a skeptical Congress, high officials said Tuesday. They conceded the spending fig ure for the fiscal year beginning July 1 may be a little more than Congress had expected, and may stii strenuous protests from law makers in this election season. The administration, however, was said to be planning to take some steam out of the criticism by reduced requests for new appro priations. Thus much of the spend ing program would be financed from a huge unspent backlog of funds already authorized by Con gress. For the first time in years, jiew appropriation requests are expect ed to be less than actuae spending. Officials said military cash out lays in the new budget are expect ed to total roughly $59 billion, or about 69 per cent of the total. Other national security programs such as atomic energy and for eign economic aid are expected to push the portion of the budget ear marked for defense to 76 per cent The administration is counting on this as another factor in curbing criticism. Mr. Truman officially had planned to send up the the budget next Monday, but there has been a delay while he labored further on the bulky document. The 85 billion dollar figure would compare with expected out lays of about 70 billion this fiscal year, ending June 30, and $44,633, 000,000 for the past fiscal year. SO : "Tow Friendly Theatre" : Starts Today Open 6:45 j 1 DHJUnLER KEYES McllALLY 1 pi AIARKofth e cat ir tcrsvffr UioA? !l:!i!lii::M;HH7iM ! SHARON CURRIER Concert Don't Miss It! damns JEFT FVF1YM STEPtUlt Z4 VfV RENEGADE L3 $30,000 Suit File3 as Result Of Ship Fire PORTLAND, Ore. (P)-A Cana dian Tuesday asked $30,000 for the loss of his wife and daughter in the fire which swept the Danish motorshlp Erria near the Colum bia River's mouth on Dec. 20. Angus M. Brunlees of Edmon ton, Alta., asked $15,000 death damages for his wife Kathleen, 46; the same sum for his daughter Elizabeth Mary, 6 two of the fire's 11 victims as well as $5,000 damages for his own injuries and $3,500 for loss of peronal posses sions. His suit an admiralty libel ac tion said the vessel was operated carelessly and was not seaworthy. A Coast Guard hearing into the fire occupied a week. No findings have been reported. This is the first damage suit. Brunlees complaint filed with the Federal Court Clerk by John D. Williams who identified himself as administrator of the victims' es states said ship's officers failed to sound a general alarm, failed to hold fire drill earlier, failed to send up rockets for help, and di rected passengers to the ship's lounge where eight of them died. It said too that orders were given in Danish and not repeated in English for the benefit of passen gers. Some of these points were dis cussed at the Coast Guard hearing and ship's officers said they did call out in English. The fire spread with great speed. OPS Permits Soft Drink Price Rise WASHINGTON (JP) An in crease of a penny a bottle on some retail sales of soft drinks was au thorized by the government Tues day. Lower ceiling prices were ordered on soaps, cleansers, tal low, raw wool and wool fixtures, but these will have no effect on selling prices. The Office of Price Stabiliza tion said soft-drink dealers whose costs have gone up will be per mitted to raise their prices a penny a bottle on single bottle sales. Manufacturers will be al lowed to reduce bottle sizes in stead of hiking prices, if they choose. ENDS TONJGHTl e GARY COOPER In "DISTANT DRUMS" Color by Technicolor! 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