Mn-'saCVTcmilll- 1SS2 Business 'Bcionif I 1 Said Greatest in Southeastern XJfS. WASHINGTON GD-The number of business concerns Is- grow ing taster In the southeast than in any other section of the country, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday. ' - The department added that for the country as a whole the total number of operating business firms has remained close to a record level of four million for the past four years. Within this total, however, tnere were signwcani suits oj geo graphic regions. The report cov ered a four-year business popula tion survey, including the number of new businesses opened and the number of old ones closed. It's the second such survey ever undertaken. In the first, cov ering 1944 to 1943, the national total of businesses climbed from 3,022,200 to 3,983,400. Inthe past four years, the total increased only to 4,007,400. The Far West, which paced the 1944-48 expansion with a net gain from 286,300 to 445,700, dropped back to 426,500 In 1951. This was the greatest percentage loss of any section in the past four years; The Commerce Department ex plained that new businesses con tinued to open up in the Far West at the highest rate In the nation, but the toll among operating busi nesses also was higher in that section, bringing a net loss. Five Youths Said linked ToAnto Theft An 18-year-old youth and four juveniles, including two girls, were turned over to Portland au thorities Tuesday to face possible auto theft charges. They were apprehended early Tuesday morning by city and state police following an 80-mile-an-hour chase through the streets of Salem. The two. girls were taken to Marion County jail. About 9 ajm. tney set fire to. a towel, sheriffs, deputies said, and nearly asphyx iated themselves before deputies discovered - it when they went downstairs to feed the prisoners. The two. boys and Leland Ar thur Deegan, 18, of Portland were held in city jail until released to Portland authorities. State police reported the five were spotted in a car at 4:20 ajn. north of Salem a little over a hour after the receipt of a Port land stolen auto report. Attempts to flag the car down failing. State Patrolman Robert M. Haynes radioed Salem police for assistance. Several city squad cars and Haynes finally brought the youth's car to a stop in the 800 block of South Liberty Street, Hayes reported. The stolen car was listed as the property of Sergeant Ernest C. Billings of Portland. v 10 Firms Bid On Dam Work At The Dalles PORTLAND (F) Ten big con struction firms bid Tuesday for the first work on the new dam across the Columbia River at The Dalles, Ore., and six of them made offers under the government esti mate. The low bid was $4,888,600 by S. A. Healy and Company of White Plains, N. Y. The work to be covered In the first bid is cofferdam construction and power house excavation. It is to be completed in 500 days. The Corps of Engineers estimat ed the initial work would cost $8, 922,020. Of the 10 bids, the high est was $7,880,560. All were refer red to Brig. Gen. O. E. Walsh, North Pacific division engineer. Carlsen Says Gale to Blame NEW YORK MVCapt HenrOc Kurt Carlsen testified Tuesday it was a wild storm and not im proper cargo loading that sent the freighter Flying Enterprise to the Atlantic's bottom. The skipper who kept a lonely watch on the ship for two weeks - appeared at a Coast Guard hear ing and defended his seamanship against some criticism that pene trated the acclaim for his hero ism. He did not mention the crit ics. Some members of his crew in their testimony before the Board of Inquiry had criticized the way 1.271 tons of pig iron cargo were stowed. H. A. Amarol to Direct Prison Guards9 School A former San Quentin prison correction officer will direct the Oregon State Prison correction of ficers1 school. Warden Virgil J. OTOauey announced Tuesday. Two-hour classes for each shift are slated weekly under the direc tion of H. A. Amarol, 12-years a correctional sergeant. Self defense tactics, practical approach to pris on problems, use of firearms and psychiatry are among the school's curriculum. FILM ACTRESS DIES LOS ANGELES (P- Bonnie Earle, 69, silent fcjm character act ress, died Tuesday after a long illness. She appeared in such films as -Within the Law," -Who Goes There" and "Courage of Silence." Blizzard, Gold Wave Cross! Plains States By The Associated Press A crippling blizzard : whistled across the Northern states! Tuesday from the; Rockies to the Great Lakes. A cold wave followed on its heels. Nine persons were missing In the Mitchell-Pierre-Murdo areas of South Dakota where driving snow piled , up on the highways faster than snow plows could push it aside. All had started out on highway trips. Two ' motorists were killed on icy streets in Chicago, while Sen ator Taft, Republican presidential aspirant, had a narrow escape on his Wisconsin tour. The car in which Taft was riding, skidded and spun around twice on the ice- coated pavement near Madison. Wis., missing only by inches a big semi-trailer truck coming the other way. Winds reached 50 to 60 miles an hour in South Dakota. 50 miles an hour in North Dakota and 30 to 45 miles , an hour in Iowa. Most highways were : blocked tight in North and South Dakota after five to 10 inches of new snow. Hundreds of schools were closed in Minnesota and the Dakotas. Arctic cold came in behind the snow in Montana and the; Western Dakotas and the Chicago Weather Bureau issued special cold wave warnings for Minnesota, Iowa and Missouri. The cold is part of a large mass of frigid air centered over West ern Canada that sent the tempera ture skidding to 73 degrees below zero Sunday at Snag, in the Yu kon Territory. The cold Was ex pected to spread across most of the midwest. Canada Dollar On Par With U.S.Dollar NEW YORK (flVThe Canadian dollar reached a parity with the United States dollar Tuesday for the first time in 13 years.; Canadian currency in terms of the U. S. dollar rose to par at New York a few minutes after the opening of business. Yesterday's closing price was 99.93 cents. The steady movement upward has been underway since foreign exchange control restrictions were lifted last December. Specialists in Canadian securi ties pointed out the Dominion gov ernment had a surplus of 604 milr lion dollars in the first seven months of the current fiscal year. 'Bribe' Results In Conviction DAYTON, O. (flVA federal Jury Tuesday convicted a Cincinnati electronic firm official of giving $900 and a radio to an air force buyer so he could get defense con tracts estimated at between $5, 000,000 and $6,000,000. Lawrence A. Razete of the Cin cinnati Raytronics Co. was char ged with giving them to Luther M. Kratz, former buyer at 5Wright Patferson: Air Force Base near here Kratz pleaded guilty last week to charges of accepting the $900 and .radio from Razete and conspiring with Razete to defraud the U. S. government. U. S. District Judge Robert P. Nevin deferred sentencing both men until Tuesday. Klamath Fetes Ex-Salem Man A former Salem man, Robert R. Smith, was recently named Kla math County's outstanding young man of 1951. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Horace J. Smith of 4533 Portland Rd. Smith is registrar at Oregon Technical. Institute in Klamath Falls. He is a 1935 graduate of Sa lem High School and attended the University of Oregon. ." PLANE CRASH KILLS S MIAMI, Fla. MP) A Lockheed Lodestar on a local test flight lost altitude after taking off from Mi ami's busy International Ah-port Tuesday and spun to earth, kiLUnf all five persons aboard. The plane belonged to Aerodex, Ina, a main tenance firm. First body removed from the wreckage was that of Benjamin Terry, vice-president of the firm, i 3 . v. FLOOR SHOW TONIGHT 1 EAGLES LODGE Members and Guests USeCallsra. Member Plan Blackmail PARIS (V-The United States Tuesday rejected as "blackmail" a Russian proposal that five more Communist countries be given Un ited Nations membership in return for clearance of nine applicants favored by the West. - The American stand was an nounced in the 60-nation Political Committee by U. S. Ambassador Ernest A. Gross despite increas ing pressure on the United States behind the scenes to accept the Russian program for such a one package deal. r "Blackmail is always sought in Installments and new pretexts for demanding It can always be found. Gross said. "Let us not, through frustration brought about by Soviet abuse of the veto, start down the. muddy road which has no end." The Political Committee is de bating a Peruvian proposal which would ask the Security Council to reconsider applications for mem bership, and have the applicants present evidence showing their qualifications. " The Soviet Union favors the ad mission of Outer Mongolia, de scribed by Gross as a "shadowy, synthetic state, Bulgaria, Hun gary, Romania and Albania. None of these five has received the ma jority required to pass the Secur ity Council. The Soviet Union previously has vetoed eight applicants named in the proposed deal Italy, Austria, Finland, Ireland, Portugal, Jordan, Ceylon, Nepal. The 14th applicant is Libya. Her case has not been acted upon. Gross said the United States al ways has favored the admission of qualified countries. 'Hot Sweaters' Bring Federal Crackdown WASHINGTON (P) The gov ernment cracked down on a Phila delphia firm Tuesday in its cam paign against "torch sweaters, ac cusing Fisher, & De Ritis of sell ing garments "dangerous and un safe to wear." A complaint was issued by the Federal Trade Commission against Albert H. Fisher and Vincent De Ritis, doing business as Fisher and De Ritis. It was the first result of an in vestigation launched by the com mission after newspapers all over the country began reporting cases of sweaters igniting and burning almost explosively when touched by lighted match or cigaret. The commission charged Fisher & De Ritis with leading the pub lic to believe that its sweaters were made of camel's hair instead of brushed rayon, and with selling the sweaters without warning that they are dangerously inflammable. Vote Due on Tidelands Bill WASHINGTON (Legislation for control of oil-rich submerged coastal lands, long bottled up in the Senate Interior Committee, finally was sent out to the Senate floor Tuesday for later considera tion. The resolution which got the committee's go-ahead signal would give the Secretary of Interior tem porary and restricted authority over the disputed lands. The 9 to 2 vote by which it was sent to the Senate was coneededly a compromise action, with sena tors on opposing sides joining in support of the interim measure only to get the. question before the Senate. They reserve the right to amend or oppose it later. South Salem Club Elects New officers were elected Tues day night by the South Salem Progress. Club. President is Roy Adsitt. Other officers are Robert Emmons, vice president; Warren Hocker, treas urer, and Mrs. Charles Sweistris, secretary. Named to the board of directors were Clayton Jones, Mrs. -Vernon Decatur, Mrs. George Beane, Thomas Clark, Frank Weir, and Louis Newman Jr. Mrs. Alda Greer was chosen permanent host ess. Salem Women's Brother Dies Walter Bielser, former Portland er, two of those three sisters live in Salem, died Sunday in Las Vegas, Nev., where he had been living for some time. Included among the survivors are Mrs. Mary Venardl and Mrs. Rose Heine, both of Salem. An other sister lives In Portland. He is also survived by his widow and a daughter, both of Las Vegas. Services will be announced later by the Howell-Edwards ChapeL Jin Kercer Will be at:& ij f imnion notEEf Friday Ilcsa ) January 25lh . .- Everyone welcome. Call and make year reservations. Tea, the ladies are welcome, tee. Sponsored by the Christian' , Baudmesa Mens Committee ship Happy After Rescue MOUNTAIN HOME. Idaho Capt. Jeha A. Peacock, ef Riverside, Calif.. heUeepter pilot, beams at, iwe-year-eld Dooglaa Jack and his mother, Mrs. Gene Jack after bringing safely from a snowbound geld mine deep la Idaho's Sawteeth mountain wilderness to Boise, Rescae ended two weeks ef man - against - elements efforts which started when Mrs. Jack and her sea were reported ill. They were taken to a hospital although apparently partially recovered. (AP Wire photo to the Statesman.) Portland Symphony Concert Program Wins High Praise By MA2HNE BUKEN Statesman Music Editor Though the Portland Symphony concert feature of Tuesday night was the Sinfonia Concertante in E Flat by Mozart, each number could have been a special one. James ' Sample, the orchestra's conductor, chose a program which included four exceptionally fine numbers. The opening Rosamunde Overture, like most of Schubert's com positions was one of melodious beauty, yet strong and appealing. Tne second, the xeaturecr num ber, included the unusual use of four woodwinds in solo and group playing. All instrumentalists, John Baldwin, oboe, Esther .Ferguson, bassoon, Virginia Wright, clarinet and John Waitt, horn, hold first chairs in the orchestra. Next came the forceful Don Juan tone poem by Strauss con trasting with the graciousness of the former numbers as well as the dignity of the Sibleius num ber which followed. As is usual with the music of the great Fin nish composer the Symphony No. 2 in D Major leaves its listeners with a feeling of mystery and reverence. James Sample's direction and the work of the Portland orchestra this year have increased in matur ity, and deserye greater support than has thus far been given. Though listeners were attentive and definitely pleased, the house was only half fulL Salem concert goers could show their apprecia tion with a sold out house for the March 4 concert. Vaccination Dispute Keeps Twins Home ST. LOUIS (PV-Because their parents refuse to have them vac cinated against smallpox, the 7 y ear-old Morey twins have never been to school. The girls, Marilyn and Carolyn, live with their parents. Mr. and Mrs. Henry M. Morey in suburban University City. The school sys tem there requires all students be vaccinated. Tuesday the parents were ar rested on charges of refusing to enter their children in school. They were released under $500 bonds. Mrs. Morey explained that a chiropractor advised against the vaccination because of the twin's delicate health. She said the girls received vaccinations against oth er diseases, but their health was affected. School Supt. Julius E Warren says the chiropractor's word is kv sufficient He asks a letter from a doctor of medicine before waiv ing the rule Tow Friendly Theatre" STARTS TODAY - OPEN 6:15 CO-FEATURE . THE TALL TARGET Dick Powell. Paula Raymond Movie Stars In Portland For Premiere PORTLAND (yp) A number of film personalities, associated with the picture "Bend of the Riv er," arrived in Portland Wednes day. The group was led by Actor James Stewart, star of the film which was made in Oregon last summer. Also arriving in Portland Wed nesday was Singer Johnny Ray. Ray, 25, formerly lived in Rose burg, Ore. He got his start on a Portland radio station. OREGON'S OWN STORY! 'ri ' N V"r ' ? 'V ' : k. . $'AlWfUZiA' V ' 1 TS UUtLtV TJU1 ITVCS8CSI 'W'VV - " ' IseeoeseitolkranHs!... r-::l-X' r J. I 1 ifeS-jV- ' X ' I.'-"-- IS S28SRQ UB8SU w...-- ... - --- T3m sight ef terra tat tsf ' , ' . sbiaa sraf craprt! tiii?'- t " ' ' ' JAMES STEWART ARTHUR KENNEDY JULIA ADAMS ROCK HUDSON woody vyoodpeocex color cartoon -dzstination meatball" rreytty warnernevys Doors Open at 6:45 - News at 7:00 and 9:22 Foatvro at 7M and 1 0:1 0 STARTS TOMORROW! I ENDS TONIGHT! - DOSS oo Atom Powered 5 TV Sets Seen As Possibility CHICAGO (AV-An electronics executive peered 10 to 15 years into the. future Tuesday and came up with this television picture: Compact portable TV sets pos sibly, powered with their own source of atomic energy.. Three-dimensional pictures. Radically lowered prices re sulting from developments such as the germanium transistor and printed circuits. Robert W. Glavin, executive ice president of Motorola, Inc, declared today's successful tele vision manufacturer must be something of a dreamer if he ex pects to keep in the forefront of the industry. He said that within the next five years the germanium tran sistor, an electronic device the size of a peanut, will start to revolutionize the TV industry. It will replace many conventional tubes. This, , he said, will mean great advantages including lower costs and more economical op Carol King, Lawyer for Commies, Dies NEW YORK WVMrs. Carol W. King, 58, lawyer for many Com munists in civil liberties fights that went all the way to the Su preme Court died Monday at Beth Israel Hospital after a lengthy illness. Mrs. King won front page at tention battling for such clients as Gerhard Eisler, Earl Browder, William Scneiderman, Harry Bridges and the defendants in the Scottsboro case. She had a wide acquaintance among left-wing figures but in sisted she herself was not a Communist. 0 DSMOBEE Rockets to New Highs in 1952 with: That New L-O-N-G Look! New 160 hp. ROCKET Engine! Oldsmobile's Own New Hydramatie Super-Drive! New Hydraulic Steering Latest GM Contribution to drlvine ease! r New Comfort New Ride New Luxury Inside! This Really Neto OLBSMOBILE on Display TOMORROW . . . JANUARY 24TH ...at LODER BEOS. SfS . . . FILMED IN OREGON'S OWN WONDERLAND! -FOX YOUR ADDED PLEASURD- DAY DANNY THOMAS to "TU. Honoring Junior first Citizen Dr. Howard Runkel of Willamette University told a Junior Cham ber of .Commerce Founder's Day banquet crowd Tuesday, 'night that community service is one of man's most noble actions. i : - More than 100 townspeople gathered at the Senator Hotel to wit ness the awarding of the 1951 Salem Junior First Citiien plaque to Western Union Control Bought ByBostonian NEW YORK (VA former Bos ton bond salesman, John Fox, -has become the largest stockholder of Western Union Telegraph Co. and financial circles here said Tuesday that, with associates, he probably had acquired control of the firm. Fox, 45-year-old financier, could not be reached through his New York office for comment. A West ern Union spokesman said the company "is in no position to challenge the accuracy" of the re port. The publicity-shy former Bos tonian has been one of the larger stockholders for some time and has been increasing his holdings. Leslie Gould. nT-ul editor of the New York Journal-American said Fox now holds 165,000 shares, or 13Vi per cent, has calls or op tions for several thousand more, and that friends and associates hold the balance of the voting con trol which he can exercise. Churchill Leaves For Great Britain NEW YORK WV Winston Churchill left the United States early Wednesday after an 18-day visit perhaps his last. The 77-year-old British Prime Minister left aboard the liner Queen Mary. As he and his party arrived at the ship, he waved breezily to several hundred persons who came to see him off. ts nmuo rxi trail Wiai tha 1st Ironosr vest mti h a uld ttaspeda of ptmtl ST2 YOU IN MY DREAMS wason Juee. i The award is "annually spon sored by the Salem Junior Cham ber of Commerce. Lee had been named recently by a committee of leading citizens for having made the outstanding contribution to this community in 1951 rnmg men from 19 to 35. v Dr. Runkel, in the main address, urged above-average service to the community. He said .that through unselfish aid to fellow members of the community the state and na tion is made' strong. t Awards Given . p Key men awards were made to two members of the Junior Cham ber for their outstanding per formance during the past year. They were Jackson R. Hazeleti-' Jaycee first vice president and chairman of the project 'commit tee, and Donald Reitzen second vice-president and treasurer. Mayor Alfred W. Louckj award ed the First Citizen plaque to Lee. Lee was awarded a second plaque by Sen. Douglas Yeater, a past Junior First Qtizen.-Junior Crrn ber President Maurice Cohn made the key men awards, i ' Ralph Nohlgren was! master of ceremonies. Nelson Hickok gave the invocation. 5 Many Activities " Lee, a State Tax Cosnmissiaa attorney, was awarded the Junior First Citizen award on the basis of numerous activities! They in clude Marion. County chairman ship of last summer's Chest X-ray survey, heading the 1351 citizens committee for School District 24 bond election, presidency of Sons and Daughters of Oregon Pioneers, state chairman of Voice of Demo cracy high school speech contest, member of Oregon State Bar As sociation committee on continuing legal education, solicitation for Crusade for Freedom and other activities. f ' AutLocrQlTvX JodjLAWRANOE D n II NOVYI-CoTrtinvoosI D D Q D tNX HXTI f- FoBtalse - Join ta "Darting How Could You a - CONTLNTJOUS DALL.T1 - D LAST DAYt "An Ameriean In Paris" THE TALL TARGET" D D TOMORROW! . 2 major Hrry 2ND Hm D D D 0 D D 'V iv In D y- JITTdctraT-" . Color Cartooa Haws U I JOHN DEREK ( u SL of the f ' 1 D "jiiiowClTOi V A LL3 Q 1 I aai fflji" 1 J -inn