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The Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Thursday. February 21. 1952
PRICE 5c
No. 332
:2 Boys Awarded
To Mother They
Don H Re mem ber
Two Swegle School boys were ordered to the custody of the
mother they dont remember, Wednesday in an Oregon Supreme
Court decision.
Their surprised and heartsick father, Robert W. Royer of 5090
Swegle Rd., declared he would appeal immediately for a re-hearing
Parolee's Bride at Work in Pen
SeCo Acheson Urges -NAT
Bring 6Paper Armies9 to
a
JLne
. rwr.a Magazine in its Febru
ary issue turns its journalistic
kueg iigms uu - w: -r
ment of the Interior. In its Rum
ination the secretary, Oscar Chap
man doesn't show up very well.
Fortune describes him as an am
bitious politico who rose through
his success at political manipula
tion. His weakness, according to
Fortune, lies in his lack of de
cisiveness in governing the sprawl
na rfpnartment with a horde of
bureaus and divisions, often con
tentious and always ambitious
Ickes had a faculty ior aecun
but failed to effect the administra
tive reorganization the department
- 17 a..MA irinn
needed, ana in runuueo
still needs.
Vast indeed is the power of In
terior. You see U.S. motorcars all
over the 17 western states with the
distinguishing "I" on their number
plates. They are cruising for the
Indian Bureau, or the National
Park Service, or the Bureau of
Land Management (grazing lands,
public domain, O & C lands),
Reclamation, Bonneville Power, or
FiahT and Wildlife. The depart
ment's Office of Territories runs
railroads in Alaska, supplies the
rum industry of Virgin Islands
and exercises federal jurisdiction
over three million "colonials,
from Puerto Rico to the U J. Trust
islands in the Pacific.
Fortune cites these statistics:
Interior manages over a third of
the area of eleven western states;
administers most of the woodlands
in Alaska; supplies irrigation
water for two and a quarter
million
(Continued on editorial page 4)
Eisenhower
GOP Petitions
Ready Today
Petitions placing the name of
Gen. Dwight Eisenhower on the
Republican presidential ballot at
the primary election will be filed
in the State Elections Bureau at
10 ajn. today. State Rep. Mark
Hatfield announced Wednesday.
Hatfield, a Willamette Univer
sity dean, is executive secretary
of the "Oregon for Eisenhower''
Committee which circulated the
petitions. Hatfield said the peti
tions contain a large number of
signatures in excess of the 1,000
required by law.
Petitions placing Eisenhower's
name on the Democratic presiden
tial ballot at the primary election
recently were withdrawn.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur is the
only candidate filed on the Re
publican presidential ( ballot to
date.
CLOTHES STOLEN
-Twenty white shirts, several
work trousers and red jackets
were taken from the Fairview
Home Laundry Wednesday eve
ning, authorities there, reported
to Salem city police. The shirts
were stencilled with the names of
"HilL- "Petty," "Callicrate." Sev
eral pipes . and tobacco also were
taken. .
Animal Crackoro
gy WARREN GOODRICH
"Ho't ruined! Somebody tupped
chioropliyt tsbWt m hi. food."
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H. tor MAVDCM-MNNCOV WM. In
Dy tne court.
The boys' mother, now Mrs.
Helen A. Lorenz, lives in Indiana
where she obtained a divorce
from Royer in 1945 and where
the six-year legal battle for cus
tody of the two sons began.
When interview by The States
man Wednesday, Royer said it
would be a hard thing to have to
tell his boys, 9-year-old Thomas
Wayne and James Harvey, who
will be 11 this Saturday.
"What a heck of a birthday
present for him," said Royer.
Reversed Opinion
The Supreme Court, in its
opinion written by Justice Wal
ter J. Tooze, reversed a Polk
County Circuit Court decision in
which Judge Arlie G, Walker in
1947 had allowed the father to
keep his sons.
The Supreme Court decision
said Oregon should respect the
order of the Indiana court which
originally had granted custody of
the boys to their mother at the
time of the 1945 divorce in Allen
County, Indiana.
Record of the lawsuit shows
that the father and boys were
then living in Illinois, later in
Wisconsin before moving to Ore
gon where the mother, through
a detective agency, located them
in 1947 at Turner.
The mother in 1950 came to
Falls City where Royer and the
boys then lived, but the boys by
then did not recognize her, ac
cording to testimony. Habeas
corpus proceedings were then
filed in Polk County in her effort
to regain custody of her sons.
Said "Boarded Our
Royer makes claim that the
boys had been boarded out by
their mother who told him "to
go get them" at the time he left
Indiana. "After all, the boys
needed some sort of a good
home," he commented yesterday.
"I don't care what the courts
do to me, so long as they give
those boys a break," declared
Royer.
The father is a Campbell Rock
Wool Insulation Co. salesman
here. He recently moved his
family from West Salem to a new
home in the Swegle district. Both
he and his former wife have re
married. 'Liz Taylor to
WedBritish
Actor Today
LONDON (i-Screendom's Eliz
abeth Taylor and British Actor Mi
chael Wilding said early Thurs
day they had cleared away the
last obstacle - by radiophoto -and
definitely will be married la
ter in the day.
Liz had forgotten to bring
along a copy of the papers that
proved she was divorced from
Nicky Hilton, American hotel heir.
To satisfy British authorities,
photographs of the papers were
sent by radio late Wednesday
night from New York, and the
registrar at Caxton Hall - who will
perform the civil ceremony - said
they will be accepted as authentic.
The ceremony now is scheduled
for 11:30 a. m. London time.
Liz and the British film star
who is 20 years her senior, cele
brated the approaching wedding
with a few friends in the suite at
her fashionable West End hotel
Wednesday night. The party
broke up at midnight after a lob
ster and wine supper.
In the marriage declaration at
Caxton Hall, her age was given as
19, Wilding's as 39.
Man Rescued
After 45-Foot
Fall to Ocean
NEWPORT, Ore. P- A 20-year-old
Portlander fell off a cliff
into the pounding surf near here
Tuesday, but the Coast Guard
rescued him before the incoming
tide could carry 'him away.
Gail A. Nadeau was standing
beside the Devil's Punchbowl, an
open cavern on the rocky coast
north of here, when he slipped
and tumbled 45 feet into the
ocean. s r
He grabbed a rock and clung
for his -life while- a companion,
whose identity was not learned,
ran - to a telephone. The Coast
Guard station here sent five men.
They reached the "scene in eight
minutes, and Seaman Apprentice
Morris .Kent was towered by rope
to Nadeau. He put the rope
around Nadeau, who was hoisted
to safety." , i . f
Nadeau was. cut and bruised,
but did not need hospitalization.
' SALEM PRECIPITATION
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Attractive Mrs. J. C. Close, the former Anne Carty. Is pictured at
work as Prison Warden Virgil O'Malley'a secretary .Wednesday,
after disclosure of her marriace to a parolee last Jan. 29, in viola
tion of Close's parole. Mrs. Close has riven the warden her resig
nation effective March 1. (Statesman photo.)
Parole Board Denied
Permit for Marriage
J. C. Close, 38, the paroled ex-convict who married the State
Penitentiary warden's secretary, was denied permission to get mar
ried, the State Parole Board said Wednesday.
The board said that Close, without telling whom he planned to
marry, asked !
for permission
to marry a few
days after he
was paroled.
He was releas
ed Jan. 11.
The request
was made of a
parole officer,
who replied
that Close
hadn't been
out of prison
long enough,
Close
the board said.
Close was married Jan. 29 to
Miss Anne M. Carty. secretary to
Warden Virgil O Malley.
The board will hold a hearing
in Portland Thursday morning on
whether to revoke Close's parole,
which would send him back to
prison. Close is being ordered to
appear at the hearing.
He was paroled after serving
one year of a three-year sentence
for forging checks.
The parole provides that Close
cannot get married without per
mission of the board.
Violation of such provision or
dinarily is not sufficient grounds
o cause revocation of a parole,
as the board always examines
other aspects of a case.
Pearson Files
For Position
In State Senate
State Treasurer Walter J.
Pearson, Portland Democrat, filed
Wednesday for State Senator.
He is serving his first term as
treasurer, but has decided not
to seek reelection. He is a former
member of both Houses of the
legislature.
Walter A. Swanson, Springfield
Democrat, filed for Representa
tive in Congress in the Fourth
Congressional District.
Swanson was a candidate for
the same office two years ago
but was defeated by David C.
Shaw of Gold Beach at the pri
mary election. Shaw later was
defeated by Harris Ellsworth,
Republican incumbent.
Other filings here Wednesday:
Lena M. Hewitt, " Salem, for
Democratic Presidential elector.
Roy R. Hewitt, Salem, for dele
gate to Democratic National Con
vention from First District.
Graham Killam, Portland, for
delegate to Republican National
Convention from state at large.
John O. Chatt, Eugene, for
delegate to the Democratic Na
tional Convention from Fourth
District.
State Rep. Roger Loenning,
Haines Republican, for reelec
tion. 't
State Rep. E. H. Mann, Med
ford Republican, for re-election."
. Al : Rhodes, -Portland ' Republi
can, lor- state representative'
Section Expanded
The Friday Food Section of
The, Oreren Statesman, recog
nized widely as one of the fin
est in the west, tomorrow will
be expanded V include the
complete lumen's Section, in
cludics society, clubs, home ec
onomics, drama and music.
Xeux COMPLETE Newspaper
Transit Strike
Brings Traffic
Jam in Frisco
SAN FRANCISCO OTVThe big
gest traffic jam in San Francisco's
history hit the city Wednesday as
streetcar and trolley bus crews
went on strike.
And at the height of the room
ing's confusion, after most of the
250,000 suddenly stalled trolley
riders had somehow managed to
get to work, air raid sirens howled
in a practice alert, which came
off without a major hitch.
In mid-afternoon it was an
nounced the city attorney would
delay until Thursday applying for
an injuction against AFL pickets.
It would be designed to permit
the return to work of CIO carmen
who are not involved in the dis
pute. The municipal transportation
system employes 2,400 persons and
semes the 775,000 residents of the
city and many additional thou
sands of commuters.
The city-wide tieup was trig
gered by a walkout three days ago
of 97 "operators of the "main line"
Poell-Jackson Street cable cars,
because of a dispute over the work
schedules of three men.
Mayor Robinson called the strik
ers "insubordinate employes," and
said "they are not going to run
the transit system."
As office, industrial and water
front workers poured into the
city's downtown area in their au
tomobiles, traffic jammed up for
miles.
Police made all downtown street
parking free, regardless of metered
areas.
Colds, Flu Reduce
School Attendance
Colds and flu have been cutting
heavily into school attendance in
Salem this week.
Percentage of student absences
are report ed-to have ranged up to
30 per cent in some rooms.
Wednesday's absences totalling
296 in the Salem High School
(1,743 enrollment) were more than
twice normal.
School officials also said inci
dences of teacher illnesses were
unusually high for this time of
year.
Dorman Recovering
From Operation
PORTLAND (;p)-Harry Dorman,
state finance director, was recov
ering Wednesday from an opera
tion for an undisclosed ailment.
Attendants at St- Vincent's Hos
pital said his condition was satis
lactory, and he probably would
be released within the jaext four
days.
SNOW AT RECORD LEVEL
MEDFORD tavSnow reached
a record level of 203 inches at
Crater Lake Wednesday, and
more still was coming down. The
previous record measurement Was
187 inches la the 1950-51 winter.
Salem Woman's
Son Among 13
On Ship Section
Mrs. Ethel Cunningham of
Salem anxiously awaited word
late Wednesday of the fate of her
son, ore of the daring seamen re
ported clinging to the hulk of a
battered freighter off the Massa
chusetts coast.
Mis. Cunningham's sailor son is
A. M. Cunningham of Camas,
Wash. He and 12 other seamen
chose to remain aboard the stern
section of the broken tanker Fort
Mertei, which was being towed to
port late Wednesday.
The seaman also is the brother
of Mrs. Wesley Wilson, 4790 Har
court St. His mother resides at
581 N. Church St. The latest word
they received came to them from
the sailor's wife in Seattle, who
said she had reports that Cun
ningham was apparently safe
aboard the stern hulk.
Cunningham has been a seaman
for about 10 years. He worked in
the ship's engine room.
BOSTON (P)-Two tugs started
towing the stern section of the
storm-broken tanker Fort Mercer
toward land late Wednesday. The
hulk has 13 seamen aboard.
The tugs, the Foundation Jo
sephine and the M. Moran, took
the derelict section in tow, bound
in the direction of Nantucket light
ship. The Foundation Josephine got a
line aboard th? stricken stern sec
tion in mid-afternoon. Shortly
after, the Moran transferred med
ical supplies to the stern hulk.
T wo of the 13 sea met) still a oard
the wrecked craft were ill, one
with pneumonia.
The 13 aboard were the iast of
a total of 84 men who were cn the
Mercer and another tanki .-, the
Pendleton, when a northeaster
cracked them both in two Sunday
night and Monday. They stayed
aboard to help in salvage at
tempts; 21 of their companions had
been removed earlier.
Six men were killed in the battle
with the elements, eight were
missing and presumed dead, and
57 were rescued.
Tulelake Camp
Scheduled for
Subversives
KLAMATH FALLS -Federal '
Prisoners will begin in the nextrles w'here another huge dam is i
in momns xo iix up me wartime.
Tulelake Japanese camp as a cen
ter for subversives.
C. F. Hiser, administrative man
ager for the McNeil Island federal
prison, and Tom F. Butterworth,
engineer for the bureau of prisons,
said 40 prisoners would be at work
by April 1, and that as many as
100 may be on the job at the peak
of the work in summer.
The camp is south of here, lo
cated in northernmost California.
In World War II it was used to
hold some 20,000 Japanese, round
ed up from the West Coast. The
government announced a few
weeks ago it might use the camp
to hold 600 to 1,000 subversives if
a roundup of them Is ever started,
Englewood
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Color tnvpaxeney photos ef crayon drawings, a recorded narrative sad photos pt stadeata, aJJ telBag tie
story of democracy, won Englewood School stadents a Freedom Foundation award for the seeead eea
seentiTe time. The work was done last year as part of social studies. Here looking over some of the
slides are, from left, John Ranch; Soger Saafer; Pat Kelley; Mrs. Louise' Wharton. Instructor; Jady
Atwood and Sandra Johnson. AH the children are new sixth graders. The award wffl taclade books,
movies and records a boat democracy for the school library, (SUtesxaaa photO
Of Schedule
Power Generation Due Within Year
If Work Unhampered hy Shortages
By CHARLES IRELAND
Valley Editor. The Statesman
DETROIT Detroit Dam is five months ahead of schedule and
may be generating power a year from now.
But that isn't a prediction, S. R. Overholser, resident erijnneer of
the project, added Wednesday.
"What with shortages, I'm afraid some little gadget msy hold us
back," Overholser said.
Actually, concrete pouring on the
big dam is way ahead of schedule,
but a wait on parts has delayed
construction of the powerhouse.
The delayed parts, for the turbine,
have just arrived, and Overholser
expects the powerhouse to be com
pleted late this year.
The schedule calls for the first
unit to start generating power by
June 1, 1953, and the second unit
on the following Dec. 1.
The last bucketful of concrete
is expected to settle into Detroit
Dam sometime this July. That
would be just under two years
from the day the first batch
splashed to bedrock.
Weather Favorable
An open winter has helped
workers stay ahead of schedule.
Ten inches of snow here failed to
stop production Tuesday, and only
two days have been lost this sea
son. The snowstorm last March
halted work for several days.
Downstream at Big Cliff dam
site the bulk of excavation is fin
ished. Concrete pouring on Big
Cliff, the re - r e g u 1 a t ing dam,
should start about April 1, Over
holser reported.
Big Cliff already is helping em
ployment near its peak for the
project. Nearly 1.000 were w k
ing Tuesday on the entire project.
That is w ithin 50 of the most ever
employed.
Finding a job at Detroit Dam
these days is about like any other'
large operation. One day you i
might, the next you might not.
The turnover is fairly large. Car
penter work is increasing at pres
ent with 15 or more added during
the past week.
Work to Taper Off
The long-range work picture ap
pears to be a very gradual taper
ing off during the next two years, I ,
alter wnicn tug nn is cxpeciea
to be comple'.-d.
Many workers, such as rock
drillers and powder men, prefer
their own specialty. Most of them
will move on to another project
when their phase of work ends.
Mn,w likplv u.-ill trek tn The Dal-;
ppttini? underway. I
The big one here is expected to
start shoring up water this fall. 1
And from then on if security!
regulations permit a trip to Det-
roit Dam and across the highway
atop it will probably become the
most popular "Sunday drive" in
the valley.
WIVES ATTACK STORES
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil
Rioters headed by housewives at
tacked butcher shops and grocery
stores in Curitiba, capital of Par
ana State, Wednesday. The crowds,
protesting high prices, broke into
the stores and tossed goods into
the street.
Pupils Win Freedom Award
Job Ahead
5 Months
Police Officer
Appointed to
Patrol Capitol
Strict enforcement of traffic reg
ulations in the state capitol area
here was announced Wednesday
follow ing selection of Charles
Hamilton, disabled World War II
veteran, as capitol police officer.
The announcement came from
Assistant Secretary of State Wil-
liam Healy. j
The new officer also will patrol j
the capitol interior on Saturdays;
when guides are not available. He;
will escort visitors through the
building. Healy said a number of
valuable articles had been stolen
from the capitol by souvenir hunt
ers on Saturdays.
Appointment of the capitol po
lice officer, Healy said, js another
step in the capitol area mainten
ance program launched by the
secretary of state's office several
years ago.
Healy said the secretary of state
recently completed repainting, re
pair and rewiring of the state cap
itol building for the first time in
their history. A staff of four paint-
! ers, two electricians ana two car-
i pent ers were under contract for
several months.
A total of 164 men and women
are now employed in the capitol
buildings and grounds maintenance
division with the cost of repairs,
supplies and salaries for this work
exceeding $1,500,000 a biennium.
Orange Globes'
Over Korea Still
Puzzle Airmen
TOKYO OPVLt. Gen. O. P. Wey
tonrt taiH ThiircHav rhp Air Fnrr
still was in the dark about glow-
int? elobe-shaoed obiects siehted
late last month over Wonsan and
Sunchon.
B-29 crewmen reported spotting
"strange looking orange globes
the nights of Jan. 29 and 30 over
the North Korean cities.
"No conclusive evaluation has
been made at the present time,"
said Weyland, Far East Air For
ces commander.
He said Air Force intelligence
officers were investigating. Crew
men who reported the sightings
desire tj remain anonymous,
Weyland added.
One veteran pilot speculated
that the "orange globes" could be
flashes of exhaust from Commun
ist jets.
Atlantic Pact
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Council Opens
Meet in Lisbon
By CARTEX L. DAVIDSON
LISBON. Portugal UPy-MUmm
Pact ministers met in sunny Li
bon Wednesday to try to trans Iff
armies on paper Into armies in
the field.' .
The words were those of Sec
retary of State Achesotii ho
warned the Allied powers rSrhat
we have done so far will be of
little value unless we finish; the
Job." .:
Acheson's speech keynoterf? the'
formal opening of the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization
Council's ninth meeting, held in
the heavily-guarded white
marble Parliament of Portugal. -
Two new members, Greece and
Turkey, joined the 12 Western
Allies at the meeting, attended by
foreign, defense and finance min-'
isters. j
West Germany Unmentien
None of the six speakers men
tioned at the opening council
session mentioned by name ?an
other nation trying to get her foot
in the NATO door West Ger-
many.
But the fact West Ger-
many's name did not crop up in
the oratory did not dim the fact
that the future of Germany is
likely to be one of the thorniest
problems debated" behind closed
doors here all week.
The main problem facine "the"
United States, Britain and France
is to convince their NATO part
ners that their compromise solu
tion on West Germany is jthe
right one. ; 2
The ministers, their deputies
and military advisers moved from
the Parliament building Wedne?-"
day evening to Lisbon- Uni
versity's Superior Technical s In
stitute for the plenary work Ses
sions. All meetings and committee
work will be closed to the public.
Decisions into Action 1
The meetings, Acheson srid,.
will be devoted to "the hard, un
spectacular" job of- translating"
previous decisions into actions
NATO sources agreed; that
such action must include; these
matters: J c
1. Approval of the six -nation
plan for a European Defense'
Community and an international
army with West Germans in it- . -
2. Reorganization of the NATO
administration and the naming of.
a secretary general to head ft,
3. Adoption of a new prorram
of economic support of NATO's
mutual defense program, ; with,
each member nation increasing; . .
its share. ;
Girl Adjudged
Spell Champ; i
At Jefferson; f
Jefferson School will be rep
resented in The Oregon State--man-KSLM
Spelling Contest f by
13-year - old Ar-f-
leneFarmen,
daughter of Chris
Farmen. route L
bo x 36, Jeffer
son. Arlene, an 8th-
grader, was cer
tified as the
spelling winner
of the 7th and!
8th grades of her ;
trhrwil - PYin-
cipal D. V. Olds. Arlene T-mn ;
Her teacher is Joseph Rowe. Ar -lene
favorite hobbies are bicycle -riding
and harseback-riding. .- '-
Sandra Dawson, 12, daughter
Wallace Dawson, route 1, Jeffer
son, was adjudged winner ef see- -ond
. place, and Josephine- Park,
daughter of Robert Fowler route?
1, box 88, Jefferson,- took, third;
place. Both Sandra and Josephine.;
are in the 7th grade. , . t
Arlene will compete in 'semi--finals
at Turner on March 24. ; ,
Spell-Down!
The following words are .
among those which may fee ased
ta the 1552 Oregon Statesman- .
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, standard textbooks sad are
: published as - a raids ta iatra- ;
-school contests new aaderway. "
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