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19 Graduate at Willamette ' POUNDDD 1651 .i l l i ! - - - J r f 1 '5! h s 4Vyv H - It TK r - A if - - if 5 f , rv ;J I : I : ti. J (s tfl . O . ... . ii 5 "a t -A tc; w.-vr- .:y- ::... - , v-:-;-:?: .- v.x. '-."c- 4 V.T'v ? ' ' W rr itirT ii rrrti n nr-nrrrtiiMnmiiiu hi niirfif iirmrfir f a?-tf &'$&&&tiM For rolled away momentarily Thursday mornlnr to bathe with sun shine this procession of Willamette seniors as they marched to mid year graduation ceremonies at Willamette University. Nineteen sen iors received their diplomas. (Statesman photo.) (Story on Pace 9.) HKEOOQ0 t,,v sinno the western bor der ot.43enarflr4ust north of Al- sace-Lon-aine4s;.tne eaar wum. Its areaXttjQuui-750 square -m-frfr,Txwulatlon fewer than a million, but its .mineral and industrial riches mase u a great nn rinrp npain it has become a bone of contention between France and Germany. After the first World War it was .OTiinictoT-ori hv the League of Nations while France had the pri vilege of working its coai ana iron mines in compensation for damage done French coal mines by the German armies. When this 15-year permit expired, a plebiscite of Saar residents made it a part of Germany. Historically, it had be longed to Prussia and Bavaria which are adjacent. In the settlement of World War II, France was given a 50-year control over the Saar's economy, but determination of its sovereign ty was left to be settled when the German treaty was drawn. Mean time, France has been represented by a High Commissioner, and an Assembly has controlled local government. Recently France blew up the Saar issue by changing the desig nation of its Saar High Commis sioner to Ambassador. The Ger mans reacted promptly and ad versely. They called this a breach of agreement. They interpreted it as indication that France consider ed the Saar an independent coun try, entitled to receive and to send (Continued on editorial page, 4.) Veterans Bonus Bonds Rejected HELENA (jf)-A credit restraint committee Thursday turned down as "inflationary" the 22 million dollar bond issue to finance the Montana World War II veterans bonus. But the State Examiners Board decided to go ahead despite the adverse ruling by the committee. The turndown came from A. K. Browne of San Francisco, vice president of the Western Invest ment Banking Voluntary Credit Restraint Committee. Animal Crackers gy WARREN GOODRICH jjflff ' tat to HAVMM-KtNtCDV Som. mm if I Rotation Point Snags Talks; Haggling Hot MUNSAN, Korea (JP) - The United Nations command will give its answer Saturday to the sweep ing new Communist proposals for peace in Korea and the Far East. The Reds agreed to a plenary session Of the armistice delega tions at 10 ajn. Saturdav at Pan- jmunjom. Meanwhile, staff officers draft ing truce supervision agreements made little Droeress - Frida v. - An Allied spokesman said the omcers were marking time. Both sides haggled nearly two Tiours over rotation of troops during an armistice and ports of entry open to observatin teams. Met Aain Tday The group discussing prisoner exchange took 50 minutes out for lunch and met again in the after noon. Saturday's plenary session will be the second in the final item of the Korean truce agenda-recommendations to the governments concerned. At the first meeting on this sub ject Wednesday, the Reds pro posed a high level political con ference within 90 days after an armistic to discuss withdrawal of foreign troops and peaceful settle ment of the Korean and other Far Eastern problems. Note Some Progress The United States was reported agreeable to such a conference but fcrould want to confine the meet ing strictly to Korean matters. lhe Reds have said they wanted "simultaneous solution" of other Asiatic problems. Dresumablv in cluding Formosa and Red China's bid for a U. N. seat. Staff officers made some prog ress at Panmuniom Thursdav without solving outstanding issues. Allied start omcers abandoned a former key demand for an ex change of displaced Korean civil ians in Red territory for an eaual number of Allied-held militarv prisoners in South Korea. Trade of POWSs Agreed In effect, this meant that after an initial exchange of 11,500 Al- uea prisoners ior an equal num ber of Reds, the Allies were will ing to make a free trad rf nil prisoners and displaced civilians desiring to go home. The Allies hold about 132,000 Red prisoners. However, the new Allied tenta tive draft for exchanging Dris- oners insisted that prisoners and civilians must have the right of voluntary repatriation and free interview. DOTY NAMED TO FPC WASHINGTON (JP) - Dale E. Doty of California was nominated Thursday by President Truman to be a member of the Federal Power Commission. Max. . S3 .. 5Z 63 liin. Pr"o. 30 M 31 i) 45 J00 21 jM Salem Portland San Francisco Chicago 40 New York 42 38 M Willamette River 14.1 feet. FORECAST (from US. weather bu reau. McNary field. Salens): Foggy this moralnf ind partly cloudy this after noon and tonight. Continued warm with high today SX to 54. and low to night 33 to 35. Salem temperature at 12:01 .m. today was 33. IALKM MSXrriTATIOJr time Start t Weatber Tear Sep. 1 This Year tMtYear an 7a Normal 101st YEAR 2 Elizabeth Takes Over Duties as Rites for Late King Scheduled Feb. 15 LONDON (iT-Britons quietly welcomed home their new queen Thursday and heard her first minister, Winston Churchill, wish her long life and a fortunate reign. Elizabeth II returned from equatorial Africa to the London she Arnall Named Chief of Price Stabilization WASHINGTON (7P)-Ellis Gibbs Arnall, 44, former governor of Georgia and strong administration supporter, was nominated by Pres ident Truman Thursday to be price stabilization chief. Sources close to Arnall had said that if he accepted the appoint ment it indicated the President would seek another term. But the President still gave no hint of his intentions as he announced the Arnall selection at a news con ference. If confirmed by the Senate, Ar nall would succeed Michael V. DiSalle, who is quitting Feb. 15 to run for the Democratic senatorial nomination in Ohio. Arnall, now an Atlanta attorney and president of the Society of In dependent Motion Picture Produc ers, had been described by friends earlier as unwilling to accept "an unpopular job" unless assured there was a good chance of Tru man running again. Arnall did not say whether his acceptance meant he had some as surance Truman would run for re-election. He said he had no in tention of discussing politics; that he has a job to do. Round-Up Site Bought by Gty Of Pendleton PENDLETON0P) The City of Pendleton acquired the Pendleton Round-Up grounds Thursday in a deal completed with the Round Up Association. The deal calls for the city to lease the grounds to the associa tion each year for the Round-Up, taking a percentage of the re ceipts. The city will maintain the property and keep any other rev enue earned. The association said it had spent $185,000 in improvements in the past five years, and estimated the property was worth $500,000. Tenants Flee Morning Fire An 85-year-old woman was given first aid treatment for shock from smoke early Thursday morn ing from a fire at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Shaw, 555 Center St. She was Mrs. Ella Barker, who was helped from the house by firemen and was given oxygen treatment by first aidmen. Two other persons, roomers at the house, also were aroused by the smoke. The fire, which started in a basement, was confined to walls, and damage was centralized in a bathroom. Firemen cut through walls to reach the flames. The house and contents were insured. Battle Against Betting on Horse, Dog Races Promised by Oregon's Council of Churches A campaign to end Oregon's state-operated pari-mutuel bet ting on horse and dog races was assured here Thursday by Ore gon Council of Churches. The third of four regional ses sions of the annual meeting en dorsed a proposal to sponsor an initiative measure to amend the state constitution by classing pari mutuel with lotteries - and other lega.My banned gambling. Afternoon and evening sessions in First Christian Church aver aged about 100 in attendance. Two Portland laymen called in the closing meeting for the church, and especially laymen, to "put their brains to work" to tackle community and world problems and to grasp "the great est opportunity the church has ever had." John Merrifield, insurance ex ecutive. Episcopalian and on the national executive committee of United Church Men, declared that Americans have done things big ger than anyone else but nave not used the same talents in the church. The post-war trend is to ward more work by laymen, and SECTIONS 24 PAGES left as a prinecss a week ago and took up the burdens of a crown which Churchill described in a broadcast as "the magic link" un iting the British Commonwealth of nations, states and races. Pale but dry-eyed and with chin up, she arrived with her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, after a 4,000-mile flight from Kenya col ony. Her first act was to arrange for the state funeral of her father, the late King George VI, at Wind sor Castle Friday, Feb. 15. Prime Minister Churchill, who has served every British monarch' since he was an Army officer un der Queen Victoria, eulogized the late king in his broadcast to the nation and overseas. "I, whose youth was passed in the august and tranquil glories of the Victoria era," he said, "may well feel a thrill in invoking once more the prayer and anthem "God Save the Queen." Reirns Were Famous Churchill said that the reigns of British queens have been famous and "some of the greatest periods in our history have unfolded un der their sceptre." Solemnly he said that King George was a "model and guide to sovereigns throughout the world today and also to future genera tions." He indicated that the King, who died early Wednesday in his sleep at his Sandringham estate after months of poor health, had a pre monition that death was near. "During these last months." said Churchill, "the King walked with death as if death were a compan ion, an acquaintance he recog nized and did not fear. Death Was a Friend "In the end, death came as a friend and, after a happy day of sunshine and sport, after a 'good night' to those who loved him best, he fell asleep as every man or woman who strives to fear God and nothing else may hope to do." The Prime Minister said: "We all saw bim approach his jour ney's end." The Queen, following her arriv al at London Airport, where Churchill and black-dressed wel comers greeted tve royal party, was whisked to the heart of Lon don along police-lined roads. Council, Queen to Meet Queen Elizabeth, who became Britain's ruler the moment her fa ther died, will meet at historic St. James' Palace Friday morning with her Privy Council, a group of advisers, to take an oath to up hold the laws of the kingdom and be a good queen. Some time after the Queen takes her oath she and her husband will travel to Sandringham to be with her mother, Queen Mother Eliza beth, and her younger sister, Princess Margaret. By tradition, a year or more us ually elapses between the procla mation of a new sovereign and the coronation ceremony in West minster Abbey. (Additional de tails and photos on page 12.) Mishap Fatal to 3-Year-Old Girl OREGON CITY (IP) A 3-year-old girl died in a hospital here Thursday from injuries suffered when struck by an automobile on the Pacific Highway near Canby Wednesday. The youngster was Patricia Bloom, Oregon City, who wandered onto the highway while visiting at her grandmother's home. men are interested in talking re ligion, but few are equipped, he said. As top projects for men to work on, he urged making individuals' services available to the courts and other agencies in meeting problems of juveniles and in over coming the breakdown of family life in America. He accused men of "using the church as a con venience" while the women have carried it. Ernest Peterson, church editor of the Oregon Journal and Meth odist leader, said the "best an swer to communism is a virile Christian church," and "we need to bolster our faith that this is still God's world and will remain so." Recently returned from a trip through Europe, Peterson said the current uprisings. of downtrodden nations are not caused by com munism but by the seeds of Chris tianity, urging people to look to ward a better way of life. These people need food, as the world's population increases one per cent per year. Although Europeans know about Tho Orocon Statesman, Nominated : A 1 V GEORGE F. KENNAN Mr. X Is Moscow Bound George Kennan Nominated for Moscow Post WASHINGTON (JP) - Scholarly George F. Kennan, a diplomat who can talk to Stalin in his own language, was nominated by Presi dent Truman Thursday to be am bassador to Moscow. The noted "Mr. X" of United States-Russian relations will, if confirmed by the Senate, succeed retired Adm. Alan G. Kirk in the top American diplomatic post be hind the Iron Curtain. Mr. Tru man accepted Kirk's resignation, effective Wednesday. Kennan, who is at 47 a veteran of 25 years in the Foreign Service, is perhaps best known outside the State Department as the author of the policy of the containment un der which the United States, about five years ago, began to bulwark threatened countries to protect them against Communist conquest. Inside the department, he is rec ognized as a brilliant diplomat and scholarly thinker who believes in the possibility of eventual adjust ments between the Communists and free world once the Allied nations have made themselves strong enough to negotiate with Russia on a basis of military strength. A quiet, slender, youthful look ing man, Kennan has been a stu dent of Russian affairs and the Russian language since the earli est years of his foreign service career. Assuming that the Senate, as ex pected, clears his nomination, he will be the first fluent speaker of the language to serve as envoy since the United States recognized the Soviet Union in 1933. Portland Beef Prices Decline PORTLAND (JP)Beet sold at prices well below ceilings at Port land stores Thursday, reflecting declines on the North Portland livestock market. The lower prices are the result of increased cattle offerings over the country, Theodore T. Swenson, federal market reporter, said. Ground beef sold at 55 to 59 cents a pound and rib and Swiss steaks were listed as low as 85 cents. Rib roast sold for 79 cents. communism because of having lived under and next to it, he declared that "if we pull out of Europe and let those people get hungry, they'll walk toward a bowl of soup, even it it's held by a Red." Peterson said he found that Europeans feel the U. S. is tread ing the same path which led Eng land from glory to the verge of bankruptcy, in its world policies. In other resolutions, the Salem session of the conference approved the National Council of Churches stand opposing a permanent pro gram of universal military train ing, commended improvements st the State Hospital and left other institutional proposals to execu tive board study. Dr. Ernest Jaqua, acting presi dent of Multnomah College in Portland, was re-elected presi dent. : New chairman of the de partment of United Church Men will be Dr. Dean K. Brooks of Oregon State Hospital, succeed ing Dr. George Martin of Willam ette University. (Additional details on page S). I I-' vv Salom, Oraaon. Friday. February scape Welp'-Froinni Lucky Colonel Thinks Russ Killed Off Poles By ARTHUR EDSON WASHINGTON (JP)- A Polish colonel testified Thursday he is convinced the Russians killed 10, 000 Polish officers in an attempt to wipe out Poland's resistance to Communism. The 60-year-old colonel, George Grobicki, said he himself was threatened with death five times. And he actually was on a train headed for the Katyn Forest, he said, when orders from Moscow switched him and other Polish prisoners of war to another camp. The testimony was given to a special House subcommittee set up to study who is responsible lor the massacre of the Poles in the Katyn Forest near Smolensk, Russia. The Germans blamed the Rus sians; the Russians said the Oer mans did it. The colonel, who now runs a wine shop in Toronto, Canada, al so told the subcommittee that the man who now is the Soviet am bassador to London and the man who commanded his old prison Snyder Draws Blame For Department (VJess WASHINGTON (JP) Sen. Williams (R-Del) said in an attack on Secretary of the Treasury Snyder Thursday that the Cabinet member must shoulder responsibility for "disgraceful conditions" in the Inter nal Revenue Bureau. i President Truman promptly came to Snyder's defense. What Willi amj would like, the President said, would be to have all the Internal Revenue collectors fired so he could get Republicans into their jobs. The 84 collectors are now poli tically appointed. The President has proposed a reorganization un der which the number would be reduced to a maximum of 25 and they would be placed under Civil Service. Williams, in a Senate speech, made the strongest attack thus far on Snyder as a result of the tax scandals uncovered in congression al investigations. The Internal Revenue Bureau, which handles government tax col lections, is a part of the Treasury Department and thus under Sny der's overall supervision. Williams declared there la no evidence that Snyder has brought any charges against Bureau offi cials or former officials who might have been guilty of condoning cor ruption. At the Truman news conference, the President said Snyder was no more to blame for what happend in the Internal Revenue Bureau than the reporter was. Jones Eyes Council Seat Clayton Jones, South Salem merchant, is considering whether to run for city alderman from Ward 3, he indicated Thursday. Jones has been a leader in the ! South Salem Progress CluD, a businessmen's organization formed at a time when merchants along South Commercial Street were voicing their opposition to fea tures of the new Salem traffic plan. Ward 3, which includes down town Salem, is now represented by Alderman Claud Jorgensen who hasn't announced whether he will seek reelection. Terms expire for aldermen of three other wards this year, but so far there has been no filing of candidacy at City HalL Spell-Down! The fellewtnc words are among those which may be nsed in the 1952 Oregon Statesman KSLM Spelling Contest semi finals and finals. They are from standard textbooks and are published as a gnide In lntra- school contests now uderway. perfect funnel opposite widen necessary adjourn oxygen civil quality biggest project district shock explanation review gravel syndicate fully vain individual 8, 1952 camp have the same name and look alike. It was from this camp, he said, that the Poles were shipped to their deaths. He identified the man as Brig. Gen. Zarubin, of the Soviet Secret Police. He later saw a picture of the man who now is Soviet am bassador to England. "The name is the same and the likeness is a very great one," be told the subcommittee. "But I do not know for sure." Grobicki said, however, that he always was well treated while he was at the camp. He said the prisoners of war in cluded a number of reserves who in private life were doctors, law yers and business men. First, he said, the Russians tried to convert them to Communism. When that failed, he said, they were slaughtered. "They wanted to put away the brain of the Polish people. he j said. Then, he added, it was easy I for Russia to take over Poland. Morse Calls Huge Budget 'Impractical' NEW YORK (jPV-Sen. Wayne Morse, Oregon Republican, Thurs day night described President Truman's proposed 85 billion dol lar budget as "impractical and said it should be cut by 15 billion. Morse, a member of the Senate Armed Forces Committee, told a Bronx Chamber of Commerce gathering: "The attempt to spend that much money will only result in contract ing for a lot of goods and services that will not serve any vitally needed purpose. "We simply cannot produce next year vitally needed goods to the amount called for by that budget because we will not be industrially mobilized to do it." Morse said civilian programs should be reduced severely and that only the most "vitally needed goods such as planes and new atomic weapons" should be pro duced now. "I am convinced that a lot of wild spending is going on which is not in fact strengthening our de fenses," Morse said. "If we are to have the national unity and public confidence we need in order to take this country through a presi dential election and at the same time protect our economy, the Congress should not approve a budget beyond 70 billion. Bomb-Laden Superfort Crashes Near Tokvo TOKYO (JP) - Thirteen Ameri can crewmen and possibly five Japanese were killed Thursday night in the explosive crash of a B-29 Superfort that leveled 15 houses about 40 miles west of Tokyo. Red Korean Premier Requests Preparation for Decisive Fight SEOUL (Fy-Red Korean Pre mier Kim II Sung Thursday called on Communist armies to "prepare for decisive fighting with the en emy." The North Korean leader's cryptic order came in one of the twilight war's quietest days. Only light patrol clashes broke the sil ence of the 155-mile battle front. It came also at a time when the truce teams at Panmunjom ap peared to be making some pro gress for the first time in weeks toward an armistice. General Kim, in an order of the day commemorating the fourth anniversary Friday of North Ko rean armed forces, called for 20 gun salutes by 240 artillery pieces at Pyongyang; Wonsan and Ham hung. He ordered close cooperation. PRICE 5c No 319 Queen OiiflfisSdle: Slayer of Two Back in Cell ! Voluntarily PHOENIX, Ariz.-WVTrunk ' murderess Winnie Ruth. Judd, a. fugitive for five days, !: returned " late Thursday night to the Ari zona State Hospital for the Insane ' where she made her fifth escape, five days ago. t ? The sheriffs office retArtr) " that Mrs. Judd, slayer of - two women friends 21 years "ago, walked into the mental institution " alone at 11 p. m. and gave her- self up. - She had been the object of a widespread search throughout the Southwest since she got away from the hospital last Saturday night. i ' Return 'Prearranced A conference was unofficially reported to have been held early Thursday night among two bos pital officials and two Unidenti fied men with the idea of setting an hour for her return. j It was not immediately known if she had left Phoenix since Sat urday although people J in five Z states have claimed to have seen ; her since her escape. i Hospital attaches said they were not-allowed to issue any details cf Mrs. Judd's return. i- -Back Badlj Bruised Earlier in the day it was pre dicted in some quarters Mrs. Judd ' " would return to the institution by . nightfall, if she was granted a hearing by the grand Jury as . rumored Wednesday. - .i..-. One of the attendants said Mrs. , Judd's back" was badly 4 bruised. She was reported ' have: said she made her getaway on an impro vised rope lowered from a third floor window of the hospital.; The .ope assertedly snapped and she dropped some IS to 20 feet te the ground. i Had Face Lifted It had been theorized that she escaped by picking door locks and the rope was merely a ruse. I Mrs. Judd told Dr. M. W. Coo- . way, hospital superintendent, she had outside help in effecting faer -escape. j She also admitted undergoing a face-lifting operation. Name of the- -surgeon could not be learned. ' Mrs. Judd gave no reason fee returning to the hospital. She did not mention the grand Jury hear ing she had been reportedly prom ised if she gave herself up. ) Taft Backers j File in Oregon PORTLAND (JP Two' Repub lican backers of Sen. Taft of Ohio filed Thursday for delegates to the party's national convention under " a method that would leave them ' free to vote as they pleased. I This filing by Lowell Paget. Or egon campaign manager for Taft, . and Phil Metschan, was by peti tion, giving them. If elected, free dom from any pledged vote at the convention. i. ! ' Delegates who do not -file I by petition are bound to support at the party convention the candi date chosen by the people. - Metschan said he would fge ' down the line" for Taft. But Pag et declined to say he would vote for Taft at the convention. He said e only that he thought a delegate was more effective when not tied down by pledges. ft with "brave Chinese volunteers, and urged guerrillas to step ! up their raids behind Allied ; lines. - Communist night fighters ms out Thursday night but did' not attack 10 Super'orts that bombed a rail bridge at SinarjU in North west Korea. - i In the jet air war, 1? U.t S. Sabres skirmished with 30 Russian-built MICs over Northwest Korea and damaged two Commu nist planes. There was no report of Allied casualties. - Poor weather held back U.;1T. fighter-bombers Thursday morn ing, but they swept-over Red communication targets In mass during the afternoon. Rails were cut in 71 places and .12 supply buildings were destroyed or dam aged, pilots reported. . . z.
