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rfon Lg flSgW:ggiMD It siw life - ' - " " ' V ' : ; ' v' ' : ; ; - I 1 - Li - " - End of Saga am Lapt : rvj? 4h?m I RE LAN D J&t-r& yM WALES Safe ott Tug Boat ; FALMOUTH, Eng. UP) - The . POUNboD 1651 1 101st YEAR Take Over ' mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmtn ' " """j , v- jl fC if" I t I f Welcome f s new member mnd emuir f aaslrnment for staff aide were effleiaUy recocnlzed at Thursday! meetlnc of the State Liquor Central Commission In Salem. J. n the commission, and George Woodworth, moved from license SHserrisor t eommUsion attorney, are shown eonc-ratulatinx each . other. (Statesman photo.) Japan Is stretching Its limbs since the treaty was signed with the majority of its late enemies. It is reviving its manufactures, and seeking to renew its export connections. Its shipyards are busy working to restore Japan's merchant marine which was large before it fell victim to allied sub marines and planes. Japan does face a serious economic problem however over its relations with China. Neither Nationalist nor Red Chi na was invited to the San Fran cisco conference where the treaty was signed. Technically Japan is still at war with the former and presumably at war with the latter too. That puts Japan on a tough spot: Should it make a treaty with Chiang, and thus offend General Mao; or should it make a treaty with Mao and offend not only Chiang but the United States? Were it Just a matter of politics the decision would be much eas ier. On the score of trade the market on the continent with 400,000,000 Chinese looks more in viting than that on Formosa. Not only does Red China offer an out let for Japanese manufactured goods but the resources of metals and coal which Japan needs abounds in Manchuria. They for merly fed the factories of Japan; and Japanese manufacturers sure ly would like to see this supply again become available. But for Japan to reopen trade full scale with Red China would (Continued on Editorial Page 4.) Sweet Home Man Files for Delegate Max Landon, Sweet Home, for mer state representative in four sessions, filed Thursday with the secretary of state for office a. del egate to the Republican national convention in Chicago next July 7. No presidential preference was stated. Animal Crackors gy WARREN GOODRICH CUP SQSjOQS UHHlDCB Oat. W NAtWH KODV LJt tm ??. . ..." "W tost. fWo's roflw yen'- 2 SECTIONS 22 PAGES New Posts H. Sronfe (left) of Portland, new Re-examination Given Marion County 4-Fs Lower; standards for Inducting men into military service was in dicated Thursday in -reports from a 4-F group sent from Marion Count v for rpTaminaHnn Although complete reports had not yet arrived, the county Selec tive Service headquarters said several of the 28 men re-examined Tuesday in Portland had been pronounced acceptable for induc tion. This would transfer them to 1-A classification at a time of increas ing orders from the armed forces. The boost has not yet had much effect in Marion County, although 14 men are to leave Jan. 22 for the service, the first call from here in several months. The county headquarters recei ved yesterday its third call for men to re-examine this month. This was for 16 on the 30th. Twelve are to report on the 16th. Announcement of the program from Washington, D. C, last month said approximately 300,000 men over the country, who had previously failed to meet mental or physical standards, would be involved in the checkup. Congress lowered minimum mental stan dards last year. The Salem office said the re examination group includes some men who have reached the age of 25, formerly the limit far induc tion. Congress also extended the age limit to 35 for men presently registered for the draft. Allied Raiders Engage Reds SEOUL, Korea UP) -An Allied raiding party ran into a violent fight with a Communist force of undetermined size before dawn Thursday on the Korean Western front. The Reds threw hand grenades and an intense volume of small arms and automatic weapons fire at the Allied infantry advancing up a hill northwest of Yonchon. The Allied troops directed artil lery on the enemy, but at 6 ajn. withdrew under Red mortar fire. A two-hour fight on the East ern front near the Mundung Val ley was the only other flurry of activity. This skirmish, with about two squads of Reds possibly 20 to 25 men ended at 4:10 am- Snowstorms and thick clouds limited the U. S. Fifth Air Force to only II sorties Thursday. Hubby Censures Censoring Wife ST. JOSEPH, Mich. (JF)r Robert Smith of Benton Harbor filed a suit for divorce Thursday. He specified that whenever he took his; wife to a movie and scenes "featuring bathing suits or abbreviated costumes' appeared on the screen, she made him stand in the lobby. He charged his wife. Dorothy Scates Smith, with cruelty I The Orecron Statesman, Salem, Oregon. Friday. January 11, Stormy Pacific Hides Fate of Crew Of Abandoned Ship Pennsylvania Truoinniaitt Says 3e Wi Oppose Eisenhower WASHINGTON (vP) President Truman made plain Thursday he will take the stump against Gen. Dwight D. Elsenhower if the gen eral wins this year's Republican nomination for President. The President said he did not think any Republican would be Kletzing Sells Newspaper at Independence Statetmaa New Service INDEPENDENCE Ralph H. Kletzing, editor and publisher of the Independence Enterprise since 1938, announced Thursday the sale of the newspaper property to Mr- and Mrs. Alva O. Noble, of Newell, Iowa. The Nobles have taken posses sion and placed their two sons, Jerry, of high school age, and Ron ald, a sixth-grader, in the local schools. The Nobles operated the paper at Newell for 16 years. Selling it the first of October they came West to look for a new location. After touring the Northwest they came to Independence and pur chased the Enterprise. Newell is a practical printer and his wife is familiar with news paper operation. He plans to re tain the same force of employes. Kletzing was advertising mana ger of The Oregon Statesman in Salem from 1923 to 1938. In Oc tober, 1938, be purchased the En terprise from Z- C. Kimball and has operated it since. He improved the plant and purchased the build ing which is included in the pres ent sale. Kletzing stated that he had no immediate plans for the future but would continue his residence in Independence. McGrath Gets Cleanup Job JL WASHINGTON UP) - President Truman announced Thursday he has discarded his plan for a special commission to root out corruption in government and has given the housecleaning job to Att. Gen. J. Howard McGrath. McGrath's selection drew im mediate fire from Republican members of Congress. Rep. Billings (R-Calif.) said the move means "a whitewash is com ing.' He demanded in a statement that the House investigate the Jus tice Department, headed by Mc Grath. Rep. Bakewell (R-Mo.) renewed in the House his demand for Mc Grath's resignation, declaring that if Mr. Truman was sincere in his desire for a cleanup "he would start at the top." There have been numerous re ports in Washington recently that McGrath might leave the Cabinet as a result of tax scandals un earthed by a House Ways and Means Subcommittee and involv ing operations in the Justice De partment. Mr. Truman scotched these at his news conference Thursday. Wave Slams Coast Homes SEASIDE, Ore. (JP Three houses were damaged Thursday as a huge wave slammed across a beach road, scattering rocks and logs in its path. The wave struck just at the crest of an 8.6-foot tide, sweeping across Ocean Vista Drive at a point where it skirts a cove on the road to Tillamook Head. G. W. Fletcher said his house and those of Stephen McDonald and Mrs. Maud Rahle .were dam aged. The Coast Guard said the wave stemmed possibly from some storm far at sea, since the wind velocity was no more than five miles an hour on the coast when it hit. 1 Pulling Power! The finest .'market place In the, valley is the Classified Ad section of The Oregon States man. Telephone 2-2441 from 8:30 a. m. to 8:45 p. m. Tew COUPLETS Newspaper good for the country Mr. Truman wouldn't say whe ther or not he himself will run again. He said he would make that decision some time before the Republicans hold their convention in July. But he told his news con ference no matter whom the Dem ocrats nominate, he would work to get him elected. Praised Eisenhower Repeatedly the President spoke glowingly of Eisenhower, of what a grand man he is and how good a job he's doing. Mr. Truman said he will keep him en as supreme commander of the Allied force in Europe as long as Eisenhower will stay there. Mostly the talk was of politics, a subject the President obviously enjoys. Especially the talk was of Eisenhower. Eisenhower said last Monday that he is a Republican. He said he will not engage in any pre convention activities, but that he would accept a "clear call" from the Republicans to be their presi dential candidate. Eisenhower said he wouldn't ask to be relieved of bis present assignment. Repeatedly the reporters return ed to this Eisenhower statement. Here are some of the questions they asked, and Mr. Truman's an swers: Q. I think you said yon would n't Interfere with any ideas Gen. Elsenhower might have in con nection with the presidency? A. The President said thai is right. He said he doesn t want o stand in Eisenhower's way at all because he thinks very highly of him and if he wants to get out and have all the mud and rotten eggs and rotten tomatoes thrown at him, that's his business. Q. Would yon consider if yon were a Democrat candidate and he were a Republican candidate you would be standing in his way? A. Not in the slightest, the President said. He said and here Mr. Truman seemed almost wish ful he had always hoped Eisen hower would turn out to be a Democrat. Q. How could you run against a fellow you like so well? A. Easy, Mr. Truman said; he's done it before. Q. You said you didn't think the country would do well under a Republican. Do you think the country would do well under Gen. Eisenhower? A. Mr. Truman said he had said, "under a Republican." He said he would stick with that. James Harmon Killed in Action Cpl. James E. Harmon, 35, son of Mrs. C. A. Harmon of Salem route 4, was killed in action in Korea last October 16, his mother was informed this week. He pre viously was reported missing. Corporal Harmon, a logger of the Mill City and Gates area, was a veteran of the Alaskan and Eu ropean theatres of World War II. He re-enlisted in the army Nov. 4, 1950, and was with the 24th Infantry in Korea since last Feb ruary. He was injured on patrol-duty in Korea last summer and spent several months in a hospital prior to re-entering combat shortly be fore he was killed. Survivors include the mother and seven brothers and sisters; Mrs. Phyllis Goodwin and Harry Harmon, Gates; Miss Cora Lee and Thomas Harmon, Salem; Mrs. Ruth Archer and Mrs. Helen Get zinger, Wyoming, and John R. Harmon, Minnesota. Typhus Carrying Lice Thrive on DDT in Korea SAN FRANCISCO iff) Body lice in Korea and perhaps else where have become so resistant to DDT that, the drug cannot be de pended upon any longer to con trol epidemic typhus, say three medical workers with the VS. Eighth Army in Korea. -: They reported some experi ments in which the number of lice actually increased when DDT was used. MTTZX GAYNOR ILL HOLLYWOOD -4 Actress Mltzi Gaynor Is in California Hos pital undergoing tests to determine whether she has appencucius or Influ 1952 PRICE Junior First Jason Lee. named Thursday as Salem Junior First Citizen of 1951. Jaycees Pick Jason Lee as First Citizen Jason Lee, namesake of Salem's leading founder, was announced Thursday as the city's Junior First Citizen for 1951. The award will be presented at a public banquet Jan. 22 accord ing to Melvin Bedsaul, chairman for the Junior Chamber of Com merce project. The numerous activities which brought Lee the honor include Marion County chairmanship of last summer's Chest X-ray sur vey, heading the 1951 citizens committee for School District 24 bond election, presidency of Sons and Daughters of Oregon Pioneers. His vocation is administrative assistant with the State Tax Com mission. Lee was named by a committee of leading citizens for having made the outstanding contribution to this community in 1951 among men from 19 to 35. Although he became 36 last June, the activities on which he was judged were per formed prior to that birthday, said Bedsaul. The Founders Day banquet will be at the Senator Hotel, with Dr. Howard Runkel of Willamette University as principal speaker. Mayor Alfred W. Loucks will pre sent the award, and Ralph Nohl gren will be master of ceremonies. Lee also is to receive an award from Douglas Yeater, one of the Junior First Citizens of past years. Junior Chamber President Maur ice Cohn said awards will be made to key men of the Junior Chamber for their contributions to Jaycee activities during the year. Committee for the banquet in cludes Nelson Hickok, Stanley Schofield and Stuart McElhinny. (Additional details on page 10.) Rain, Snow Forecast For Salem Area Today Rain, with possibly some snow, and cooler temperatures are in store for Salem today, the Weather Bureau predicts. Thursday was a day of rain, with .34 of an inch recorded. Riv ers are expected to begin rising on the heels of rain in the moun tains which melted snow. The Wil lamette River measured 3.2 feet Thursday. v ml 'Get Tough' Policy Against Tax Dodgers Planned by Treasury WASHINGTON UP)-The Treas ury Thursday abandoned a long standing policy of letting tax evaders escape criminal prosecu tion if they voluntarily confess their fraud and pay up. Secretary of the Treasury Sny der announced the sudden reversal in policy as part of a new "get tough" drive in the wake "of the nationwide tax scandals- Steps also were announced to speed up tax prosecutions and to eliminate "influence" from such eases. Meanwhile, It was learned, the Treasury and the Justice Depart ment are feuding backstage over one step in the drive. The Treasury is cutting out lengthy reviews of tax fraud cases by . high officials in Washington. It wants the Justice Department, whicfar handles the cases in court, to do the same. But Justice of 5c No. 289 Bad-Weather Raises Fears For Crewmen SEATTLE (.SVNightfall left un answered Thursday the mystery of the fate of 45 men who aban doned the freighter Pennsylvania in the stormy North Pacific Wed nesday afternoon. No further word was heard from ships searching in the area except the dismal information the weath er was still bad, with snow flur ries, turbulent seas and 40 mile an hour winds complicating the search task. A Coast Guard flying boat re turned to Seattle after a day long search near water-level. It had nothing to report. Pilot Repori Negative "We didn't see a thing," Cmdr. R. M. Dudley, chief pilot, said. "Not a trace." Commander Dudley said they flew a pattern designed to cover every inch of the area where the four life boats from the Pennsyl vania most likely would drift un der the driving forces of wind and water. He expressed concern for the safety of the men in the raging sea and said that if he had had to land his plane it would have been "torn to bits." "You can't imagine the size of those waves," one Coast Guards man said. No Word From Cygnet Neither was there any further word from the Liberty ship Cygnet III regarding a mid -day report it had picked up an unidentified ob ject on its radar screen. It esti mated the object was 16 miles away. Hours passed after the ship said it was going to investigate, with out any further report. The area was about 465 miles northwest of Vancouver Island, off Canada's west coast. It was from there that the Pennsylvania's radio sent the final series of tragic mes sages late Wednesday afternoon, ending with a laconic: "Leaving now." The seas had been battering the ship with waves described as more than -40 feet high. Whether the crow was able to 4?et safely into the four 40-man lifeboats under such hazards remained a mystery. One Other Ship In Area A U. S. Coast Guard plane scouted the area for four hours Thursday without finding a clue. Its dwindling fuel supply forced it to start back on the 800-mile flight to Seattle. At least one other ship, a Ca nadian weather vessel, was in the area. It radioed in mid-afternoon that it could find no trace of the Pennsylvania or lifeboats. Other ships were speeding to Join in the search. The Canadian ship, the Stone town, radioed: "There is no sign of the Penn sylvania or her boats and no word from Capt. George Plover since abandoning her. Heavy Seas Reported "Have hopes boats will be able to ride out gale if they managed to clear from vessel." The Coast Guard, which is co ordinating the search effort, re ported three planes will be kept in the air over the area during day light hours; Two Navy planes and one other Coast Guard plane also Were in Thursday's search. The Pennsylvania was aban doned after her side cracked open and the bow began to go low in the water, lifting the rudder out. ficials insist their numerous high level reviews are needed to per fect the cases and protect tav payers from unjustified prosecu tion. : A Treasury survey of 869 tax froud cases: in 1951 showed today that the average case languished In various Internal Revenue Bu reau offices 292 days almost 10 months. ; This was the period from the time a case first was pronounced ready for the courts by special Treasury field Investigators, to the date it was sent to the Justice Department for action, f New policies will reduce this lag to about 100 days. Treasury of ficials estimated. i Fraud cases will be sent straight from revenue field offices to the Justice Department, eliminating four stages! of higher level review in regional offices and in Wash ington, ;. Falmouth, Eng. Within sight of lana and only a few short miles from safety, the Flying - Enter prise heeled over and sank Thursday ending one of the seas greatest hero stories. Capt. Kurt Carlsen leaped to safety Just before the damaged ship sank. (AP Wirephoto Map to The Statesman.) Waltz, Wife, Boss, Beer Hail Stayput AARHUS, Denmark (JPl Capt. Kurt Carlsen's native land came up Thursday with a new brand of "Carlsen Beer" for export and a waltz in his honor entitled "The Lonely Sailor." The Ceres Breweries has a ship ment of Carlsen beer en route to Britain to be presented to Carlsen. In Copenhagen, band leader Winstrup Olesen announced "The Lonely Sailor" would be played for the first time Thursday night at the big Wivex restaurant WOODBRIDGE, NJ. (JP) Mrs. Agnes Carlsen, wife of the rescued skipper, said Thursday her prayers had been answered, then added, But I can t take any more. Mrs. Carlsen, a matronly-look ing woman in her 30's, was over come by emotion when she heard the first bulletin of her husband's rescue from the doomed Flying Enterprise. All she could sob was "I m very happy my husband has been rescued." A few hours before abandoning ship Carlsen had sent a message to his wife saying "Longing to hear from you, I am okay. Love to the children. Kurt." NEW YORK (JP) "Well done, Carlsen." The tribute to the gallant skip per of the Flying Enterprise came Thursday from Hans J. Isbrandt sen. The words carried above the funeral toll of a ship's bell in his office. The crusty old Isbrandtsen had tears in his eyes. The bell tolls whenever a mem ber of his family dies or whenever an Isbrandtsen ship goes down. Besides paying his emotional tribute to Capt. Kurt Carlsen, the president of the Isbrandtsen Lines promised him a new" command "when he is ready for it." Weather Cuts Churchill Stay NEW YORK (P)-Prime Minister Winston Churchill cut short his New York visit Thursday because of bad flying weather. He left for Ottawa by train Thursday night. Churchill had intended to fly to the Canadian capital Friday. Churchill came to New York Wednesday,, supposedly to get a rest but he still kept four sec retaries hopping as he dictated sheaves of memos, letters and in structions. And in addition to all this, he found time to chat with old friends who came for lunch and dinner. Among the callers was the Duke of Windsor, one-time King of England. Churchill will spend three and a half days in the Canadian capital. He is to return to Washington Tuesday to prepare for a major foreign policy address the next day before a joint session of Con gress. JETS CLAIM ONE MIG SEOUL, Korea (yT)-American Sabre jets clashed with about 100 Russian-type MIG-15 jets Friday in a 30-minute battle over North west Korea. The Fifth Air Force said the U. S. jet fighters shot down one MIG. Max. Mia. Precip. 42 34 JC 42 IS .13 M 40 .11 31 31 trace . 42 3S M Portland San Francisco Chicago i New York WUlamctU River 1.1 feet. - FORECAST (from V. 8. weather bu reau. McNary field. Salem): Mostly cloudy with occasional rain showers or rain nd snow bowers today and tonight. Little change In temperature. High today near 40. low tonight near 32. Salem temperature at 11:01 am. to day was M. ' SALXM FIlBClFrTATIOir Slaee Start of Weatner Tear Sept. 1 This Tear SJ.41 : Last Year as .49 Normal 10.01 s -e y wv auuiwoiji With her fate sealed in a gale that hammered her beyond etv durance, Capt, Kurt Carlsen and Mate Kenneth Dancy leaped from the CriDDled 7.vnr-ATi1 rlrha into the sea, scrambled aboard the British tug Turmoil and watcbeoT the Enterorlso male hoi si.h m rtli in ha ii -- . Debris from a million dollar' cargo littered the water. Foehorns at esmrt -raf , . - in salute at this end to an epie iwu-wtck struggle against the sea. Sinks at 4:10 P. M. f ' I n A K 'Ml . T.I - , . k shiD. listing hoavilv fn: nor - ' . . y jwtt aum a hurricane rmrlrn) h ,ri.i.- Dec. 26, started sinking about 3:1 1 v. muun a lew minutes Carl sen and Dancv wer nff it nel dipping into the whitecaps. the her side in thm hniiiM n Stern first, she finally slid out of sight at 4:10 p. m. I! ; A small Amo(. n from the aft Aotinn a "Um structure as she plunged to the bottom about 35 miles southeast of Lizard Point, where En gush . w Dusri inannei iiaes challenges the i en is oi me Auamic.f Carlsen's Luck Ran Oat Stay-Put Carlsen's luck had OUl. v i; . watched wearllv from th rla.k 4 the Turmoil this end to his dream' of- riding the Flying Enterprise back to a saf lurhnr -wliK tk t 2,650 ton cargo of maiL pig iroai,V cuuee, ana zurniiure mat wae- siowea below when ht hudni Imt out of Hamburg for ' New York The U. S. Navy invited Carlsen and Dancy to spend, the , night' f t FALMOUTH, Eng. Caat Kurt Carlsen slept off the tired ness of a long struggle agateal. stormy seas Friday morning aft er admitting for the first time he Is scared of the here's wel come he'll get when-he wake "What sort of place Is Fal mouth?" he Inquired. ; "1 , hope It's not too big because I'm at little terrified about all the foee there's going to be when I get ahore." 5f 5 aboard the U. S. destroyer Wlllard Keith, one of the escort vessels, but both men finally derided t -remain on the TurmoiL ; ' Preview to Welcome jtljr The tug anchored in; the choppy, water of Falmouth's outer harbor ' about two miles front the main quays, as flashing motor car lights and the tooting of pmall boat whistles gave a preview of the " heroes' welcome due Carlsen and ' Dancy. Among those on hand for the welcome were Carlsen's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Martin ; Carlsen ex Hilleroed, Denmark, the captain's birthplace. They flew r to Britain ' Sunday. Terse messages from men con t cerned with his safety; sped Carl- " sen's decision that he 'and Dancy ' would have to get off the freighter. They left her at 3:26 p. m., aban- i doning ship with lifejackets and then climbing a rope ladder te , the Turmoil's rail. In- the water ' only three or four minutes, they changed into dry clothe on the -tug. f Carlsen had remained on the freighter when he turned his 40 crewmen and 10 passengers over to four rescue ships Dec 29 about . 320 miles off England's Lands End. One passenger died.1 The vessel was insured for Vi - ' million dollars, the company said. It estimated the value of vessel and cargo at three to four million, -Built in 1944 for the Maritime Commission and bought by the Is brandtsen line, the Enterprise was)- 396 feet long and had a 60-foot-beam. Carlsen had commanded -her lnce 1947. f' ,.: The Spelling Contest Is On Starting next Monday, The Statesman will publish 20 words daily from the lists to be used in the semi-finals of the 1952 Oregon Statesman-KSLM 8pelling Contest for 7th and 8th graders of Marion find Polk: counties. Intra-schoo j contests will extend to March U. . ? .1 - ' It is not mandatory'; that con testants study th publish ed words, because they will be taken from standard textbooks. But they are offered a a guide for the future contests and are scattered over several weeks in order to sustain interest in the vital subject. ighty-two schools already a have signified they will have entrants in the nine semi finals, to be held the latter part of March. From the' S2 semi-finalists, 27 three from each semi-finals) will compete In the grand finals in Salem, Thare day, April t, for the" fits e fense bond prize. The contest, to be conducted within school as each school sees fit, is spon sored as a public service. '