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102nd YEAR
Paul Wallace's Will Leaves 14 Riverfront Acres
To Salem, Rebukes City Officials for Park Policy
In a stinging rebuke to Salem
city officials, the last will and
testament of Paul B. Wallace pre
sented to the city late Monday a
section of ground once a part of
his long-etanding dream for an
outstanding river-side park.
A probate of Wallace's will at
Dallas 3'esterday showed that he
had bequeathed to the city, for use
"in - the general public interest,"
around 14 acres of property along
the Willamette River at the west
ends of three bridges the Center
Street bridge, the Union Street
bridge and the proposed Marion
Street bridge.
The will, dated May 31, 1951,
said the acreage was being given
to the city despite failure of West
Salem in 1945 (when it was a
separate municipality) to accept
Wallace's offer of 13 lots along
Edgewater Street (West Salem's
main artery and now state owned)
and the 14 acres on condition the
city also acquire adjacent river
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PUD ODDS
Speaker at the closing session of
the Oregon Bankers association in
Salem yesterday was Dr. Lester E.
Reukema, Professor of Electrical
Engineering at the University of
California. His topic was "Indus
trial Applications of Atomic En
ergy." For an hour and a half he
stood before his audience and
poured out facts and figures in
bewildering array, without refer
ence to a note of any kind. He was,
as they often say of speakers but
this time with more truth, "full of
his subject." t
Dr. Reukema discussed the
gcientif ic basis of atomic energy
through the fission of the atom,
and related briefly the history of
the successful development of the
atom bomb during the war years.
How the theory of atomic fission
developed bit by bit, through the
studies of scientists of different
lands, and how the United States
investing huge sums of money did
the practical experimentation
which produced the bomb are a
fabulous story still known only
sketchily by the people. They do
know ,we have A-bombs, know we
bave ' been perfecting them into
smaller units for battlefield uses,
and know that we are attempting
to make the even more powerful
hydrogen bomb.
What still is a mystery is the
possibility of the practical use of
atomic fission for peacetime pur
suits. The first reports were that
such a possibility was quite re
mote. Cost of the plants would be
so great that only in remote places
where fuel was unavailable would
generation of power through atom
io fission be practical.
Dr. Reukema gave a much more
optimistic report, which indicates
that the scientists have been mak
ing progress toward harnessing
atomic energy. At Arco, Idaho, an
engine has been built for powering
a submarine and last week Presi
dent Truman presided at laying
the keel of the
(Continued on editorial page, 4.)
PAY BOOST ACCEPTED
ASTORIA (JP)-A pay increase
offered by fish packers was ac
cepted Monday by CIO cannery
workers here. Women workers
will receive a boost of 4 cents an
hour and men 6 to 10 cents under
the agreement, reached a few
hours before a scheduled strike
vote by the 1500 union members.
Animal Crackers
Bv WARREN GOODRICH
'Commercial's over!"
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front property owned by Earl Burk
and a Mr. Lewis.
Assailing the location of the new
bridge at Marion Street (which
Wallace thought should have been
built at Division Street two blocks
north) as having "ruined one of
Salem's most beautiful parks
(Marion Park)," Wallace said in
his will that the 14 acres he still
retained (after the other lots gave
way to the new bridge approach)
would be "a sorry substitute for
vanished dreams."
In an aside to the will, Wallace
wrote that "the failure of the
State of Oregon to adopt the plan
of locating the Capitol on the Wil
lamette Campus was to me a bitter
disappointment only equalled by
the action of the Long Range Plan
ning Commission in repudiating
their adoption of Division Street
for the location of the new bridge
XXX."
He added that the property he
willed to the city was to be con
sidered the joint gift of (the late)
Mrs. Kader
Protests 'Lies'
With Screams
PORTLAND JP-A woman on
trial here for murder in the death
of her 3 - year - old daughter
screamed in court that a prose
cuting attorney was lying as he
outlined the state's case for the
jury.
Mrs. Jada Kader, 22, the defen
dant, buried her head in her hands
and sobbed after the outburst
when she was pulled back into her
chair by attorneys.
She is accused of killing her
daughter Sherrie, whose body was
found in a drainage pit. Vickie,
another daughter, aged 4, told po
lice that her mother had held her
hand over Sherrie's mouth until
she went to sleep.
Judge Frank J. Lonergan ques
tioned Vickie before court conven
ed to determine whether she
should be a witness. He did not
announce his decision.
Boy Killed in
Gun Accident
PORTLAND (;P)-William Pence,
9, was accidentally killed Tuesday
by a 12-year-old friend who was
showing off a new rifle, polite re
ported. Police said John Richardson
fired one shot that killed Pence
while they and four other young
sters were in the bedroom of fhe
Richardson home.
Police said the Richardson boy
told them he thought he had taken
all the bullets out of the gun when
he playfully pointed at the Pence
boy's head and pulled the trigger.
The gun was a gift of the boy's
father, W. G. Richardson. He said
he had warned the boy never to
use the gun unless he was present.
Contract to Revise
Fairview Home
Kitchen Awarded
The State Board of Control
awarded a $174,576 contract for
remodeling the kitchen and din
ing room at the State Fairview
Home for feeble-minded persons
here.
The contract went to H. G.
Carl, Salem.
The bid was $50,000 more than
estimated.
Thief Won't Bite
Hand He E xpects
May Feed Him
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (JP) A
burglar was rummaging through
an office when he discovered it
was headquarters of the Vigo
County Community Chest.
He departed empty handed and
left this note:
"Sorry Sir or Sirs I have made
a terrible mistake. Everything is
in good shape. Maybe we meet
some time."
State GOP Delegates to
Fly to Denver Today
Seven Oregon delegates to the
Republican National convention,
headed by Gov. Douglas McKay,
will fly to Denver, Colo., Wednes
day, to confer with General
Dwight D. Eisenhower.
McKay is chairman of the 18
member Oregon delegation to the
convention.
The group will leave the Port
land airport at 7:20 a. m., and re
turn late in the day.
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Th Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Wednesday, June 18. 1952
Joseph H. Albert and Paul B.
Wallace. Albert -fie described as
"one of Salem's mbst generous and
public-spirited citizens." During
Albert's lifetime, he and Wallace
owned the property jointly. .,
The will estimated that the de
ceased would leave an estate that
"will amount to $100,000 or more."
The Salem YMCA, of which Wal
Veterans Bonus Checks Ready for Mail
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Before Oregon veterans bonus checks can to Into the mails today they must be processed for final
moves. This picture shows workers In the bonus division of the Department of Veterans Affairs pre-
Earing the checks for certification by the secretary of state's office. Women working in foreground
iclude Frances Cole, Lois Hill, Marjorie Davey, Helen Hill, Eleanor Wilbur. Maxine McCulIough,
Leona Scharbach. Ann Clemens, and Clara Webb. Lone man in foreground is John Martin.
Army Approves Rlac's
Role of Keynote Speaker
WASHINGTON (JP) The Army decided Tuesday that Gen. Doug
las MacArthur can .go ahead and keynote the Republican national
convention without violating the ban against political activity by mili
tary personnel.
The Army explained that the no-politics order was meant to ap
ply only to persons "engaged either
Seal Born
AtAq
uanum
SEASIDE (-Flipper, a 125
pound seal at the Seaside aquari
um, Tuesday gave birth to a 19
pound female offspring.
A. W. Ensor, aquarium owner,
said never before has a baby seal
been conceived and born in cap
tivity. ,
Artificial respiration was neces
sary to start the little seal breath
ing, he said.
Western International
At Vancouver 6-4. Salem 0-11.
At Victoria 10. Tri-City 9.
At Wena tehee 4. Lewis ton 3.
At Yakima 8, Spokane 7.
Coast League
At Los Angeles 1. Portland 2.
At Oakland 3. Seattle 1.
At Sacramento 2. San Francisco
At San Diego 2. Hollywood 5.
National League
At Brooklyn 9, Chicago 1.
At Philadelphia 2-9, St. Louis 1-4.
At Boston 5. Cincinnati 1.
At New York . Pittsburgh .
American League
At Detroit 7. New York 6.
At Cleveland 3. Washington 4.
At St. Louis 3. Boston 1.
At Chicago 13-2. Philadelphia 1-1.
lace was long-time head, was be-,
queathed $5,000; a cousin, Robert!
Trimble Jr., $1,000; Willamette J
University the unpaid balance ofi
a $10,000 pledge; personal effects
to his two daughter?;, Nancy Lou '
Gormsen and Pauline Black Guild,
and the residue to the First Na
tional Bank.
The will also directed that "out
in the formulation of military pol
icy or in tne execution ot any oi
the tasks of the Army.'
MacArthur has remained on the
active list but has not been as
signed any "tasks" since President
Truman fired him as Supreme Far
East Commander 14 months ago.
Without mentioning MacArthur
by name, the Army said that when
officers holding five-star rank are
not assigned any duties, "they are
considered to be in a status simi
lar to retired officers" and there
fore not subject to the prohibition
against political activities.
This interpretation of the rules
was designed to get the Army off
a. spot which has caused much
wrinkling of foreheads at the Pen
tagon. On the one hand was the
rule barring Army personnel on
active duty from taking part in
political conventions, or other po
litical activities. On the other hand,
was the prospect that if the Army
took any steps to curb MacArthur
there would be an indignant out
cry from his admirers.
GOVERNOR FAVORS IKE
SEATTLE (JP) - Gov. Theodore
R. McKeldin of Maryland said
Tuesday his home state's votes at
the Republican national conven
tion will be for him on the first
ballot. He added in a radio inter
view that after the first ballot it
will be a free delegation, with the
majority "leaning strongly to Gen.
Eisenhower.'
PRICE
standing contracts" with "certain
of my business associates" be hon
ored. Named were Fred S. Anun-!
sen, E. Burr Miller, William L.
Phillips, Robert W. Gormsen and
Harris Leitz.
Wallace died In Chicago, 111.,
June 9, enroute to his 50th annual
class reunion at Princeton, N. J.
(Story alos on Page 2)
Bonus Checks
On Way to
Vets Today
The first Oregon veterans bonus
checks will be mailed out this af
ternoon to veterans, most of whom
have already spent their money.
Approximately 40,000 checks will
be mailed by Saturday.
Checks are being mailed to vet
erans in the order in which appli
cations were filed, according to
William F. Garrenstroom, directory
of the State Department of Veter
ans Affairs.
First Salem veteran to receive
his check will be Arnold Melvin
Kuper, 1225 Park Ave. Kuper, an
employe of Truax Oil Company
will not be home to open his $285
bonanza. He is vacationing in Sac
ramento, Calif.
The 34-year-old veteran will
find plenty of places to spend his
check, as he recently built a new
home. He is married and is the
father of two small daughters. He
served in the Navy in the Pacific
theatre from April 3, 1944, to
Dec. 15, 1945.
Another Oregon citizen eligible
for a bonus Gov. Douglas Mc
Kay said Tuesday he has been
"too busy" recently to file for his
bonus. The governor is eligible for
about 42 months of bonus money.
"When I get my check," he said,
"I'll probably spend it for taxes,"
he said.
First dependent of a Salem vet
eran to receive a check will be
Barbara Lorraine Smith, 140 Clo
verleaf Ln., widow of Floyd Earl
Smith, who died of service-connected
causes. Mrs. Smith has a
son and daughter and will re
ceive the maximum bonus pay
ment of $600.
(Story also on page 12.)
No. 83
Russ Say
Swedes
Shot First
STnnfwnr at s. a , d.
Russia claimed Tuesday night
that a Swedish plane shot down
by Soviet jet fighters in the Baltic
Sea Monday opened fire on the
Russians first.
The tempo of Swedish anger
and anti-Soviet demonstrations
here already had quickened when
the Russian claim was made on
the Moscow radio. The Swedish
government gave its air-sea forces
orders to shoot back at any fur
ther Soviet attacks.
TrPe government has stated the
Swedish plane was unarmed and
on a mercy mission searching for
another Swedish plane missing in
wie jiiii cilia utncvcu iu uc an
other victim of the Russian jets.
Moscow said Soviet foreign
minister Andrei Y. Vishinsky
handed the Swedish ambassador
in Moscow a note alleging the
Swedish plane flew over Russian
territory, opened fire on Soviet
fighters when ordered to land, and
flew out to sea after the Soviet
fighters returned the fire. Shoot
ing down of the Swedish plane
has angered Swedes like nothing
else in years. As news of the
Russian version was broadcast
from Moscow, a revenge-minded
mob was demonstrating in front
of the Russian Embassy.
Mounted police drove off the
crowd after some threw firecrack
ers at the grey stone building.
Volunteers
Needed for
Sky-Watch
WASHINGTON (ff)- Oregon
will have to recruit many volun
teers to put the watch for air
planes on a 24-hour basis in the
sate, Civil Defense Director Jack
Hayes of Salem said Monday.
He "attended a conference here
at which it was decided to estab
lish the watch in the United
States and territories July 14.
Hayes objected to starting the ,
watch so soon, but said "we in j
Oregon will do our best to carry
it out."
"Nobody can quarrel with the
decision of those who have the
responsibility for our air secur
ity." he said. Hayes added that
the Air Force was "emphatic in
declaring that the security of the
country depends on its operation
during the summer months.'
Plans to begin the operation
last month were protested by
Gov. Douglas McKay and officials
of 23 other states and it was post
poned. Mobley Named to
Constable Post
E. L. Mobley, Silverton city po
lice officer, was appointed Tues
day by Marion County Court as
constable for Silverton justice of
the peace district.
Mobley replaces Emery Jackson,
who also served as both constable
and city policeman until he was
killed on duty June 8. Mobley was
with him and disarmed and sub
dued Jackson's assailant, Bruce
Ashcroft.
Record Ballot in
Albany Election
Statesman Newt Service
ALBANY Piatt Davis will suc
ceed George Nissen as director of
school district 25 (Albany). Davis
won over Dr. T. W. Sahlstrom
1617 to 602 Monday. More votes
were cast than in any previous
Albany school election.
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City Annexation Appeals
To Get Cooler deception
A "very conservative attitude
toward annexations" was adopted
tentatively Tuesday night by Sa
lem's Planning and Zoning Com
mission. Zoners indicated they were seek
ing a policy of caution toward fu
ture annexation requests to the
city of Salem, including a move to
encourage annexation areas to
provide their own water mains,
sanitary and storm sewers.
Exact wording of the proposed
new policy is to be decided at a
July 15 commission meeting be
fore any recommendations are
made to the City Council, it was
agreed last night at the zoners'
regular session in City Hall.
The annexation policy talk was
prompted by Mayor Alfred Loucks
who said he hoped a new state of
mind would develop among city
officials in favor of requiring an
Ex-Gom
In Gonfessioim i
By THOMAS G. WRIGHT
Staff Writer, The Statesman
THE DALLES - Frail, remorseful Albert William
Karneg, a 24-yearoll ex-convict, Tuesday night admit
ted the axe slaying of elderly Mrs. Susan Litchfield in
the woodshed of her Salem home, it was announcd hj
Salem Police Chief Clyde A. Warren after he questioned
ine suspect Here at Wasco County Courthouse.
i t . ,
Karneg, a former roomer in the 8 1-y ear-old widow)
home at 1333 Waller St., Salem, signed a 14-page state
ment after a brief interrogation by Chief Warren and other Sa
lem officers. Karnes' statement said he went to the Litchfield
home June 7 expecting to rob the woman.
Chief Warren did not disclose the details of Karnes' altera
tion with the widow, but he did quote Karnes as confirming thai
the woodshed axe had been the weapon used. Mrs. Litchfield's
mutilated body was found later ;
that Sunday by Harold Shell, a
roomer in her house.
In Salem Tuesday night District
, Attorney E. O. Stadter Jr., said he
was beginning immediately to pre
pare a first-degree murder charge
against Karnes.
To Return Karnes
Chief Warren said he expected
to return Karnes to Salem Wed
nesday. Chief Warren sad he had a
complete, signed confession from
Karnes detailing his movements in
Salem on June 6, the day before
the slaying, and June 7, when the
elderly vidow was murdered.
Karnes told of going to Salem
from near Newport where he
wrecked his car June 5. He said
he travelled by way of the Salmon
River Highway to McMinrwille,
then hitchhiked to Rickreall where
he caught another ride into Salem,
arriving about 4 p.m. Friday, June
6.
He said he went to the Litchfield
home first that evening to seek
some trace of his ex-wife who had
divorced him while he was in the
Washington State reformatory at
Monroe for burglary.
Details Undisclosed
Details of Karnes' activities Frl
day night were not revealed by
Warren, but he said Karnes stayed
in Salem, returning to. the Litch
field home in the afternoon Satur
day with the idea of robbing the
old woman of money she kept in
the house.
Warren personally conducted 20-
minute interrogation. He said ap
narentiv the woman had resisted
Karnes' attack betore being chop-
ped down."
Washed, Changed
Karnes said he returned Inside
the house after the slaying, wash
ed himself in the bathroom and
changed his clothes. It was after
he had changed his clothes that he
opened the doer to the bedroom
where Harold Shell, roomer at the
house, was sleeping. Shell had told
of being awakened at the time he
estimated to be about 2:30 p.m.
and seeing the man which he later
Identified as Karnes.
She, with two other witnesses,
was brtpught here in an attempt to
identify Karnes as being in Salem
the day of the murder. The other
two, Mrs. K. S. Thurston, 1285
Waller St., a half-block from the
death scene, and Ben Kerlee, 2425
State St., also said they had seen
Karnes in Salem June 7 after
viewing him in the cell of the
county jail here.
It was other evidence, not dis
closed by police, which clinched
the case against Karnes, Warren
said. The evidence was uncovered
as Warren and other police officers
were checking through Karnes'
suitcase which was found at a
hotel in The Dalles where he had
registered under the name of Bill
Davidson the night of the slaying.
(Additional details on page 2.)
REDS FAIL TO ATTACK
SEOUL ()-Chinese Reds for
the first time in seven days Tues
day night failed to attack Ameri
can troops holding three peaks on
a bitterly-contested hill mass on
the Western Korean front.
nexation areas to have sewers and
water lines which meet city spe
cifications before annexation is
completed. But, he added, each an
nexation bid should be considered
on its own merits. t
Loucks estimated ah average of
30 years is required to obtain en
ough tax benefit from a newly an
nexed area to compensate for or
iginal city services installed. Vo
ters last month defeated a city
charter change to permit assess
ment of sewer costs against a ben
efitted area.
The tentative statement of pol
icy he put before the commission
called for "measuring benefits ob
tained from annexation against
the city's present and long range
costs."
(Additional zoning news on
Page 2.)f
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Anti-Aircraft
Units Moved to
U.S. Targets
WASHINGTON (JP)- AmerkV
raised its guard higher Tuesday .
against any air attack from Russia.
The Army disclosed that it ham
moved anti-aircraft batteries int
defense position around lorn
strategic targets.
That came right on top of or
ders for civilian sky watchers t
go on 24-hour alert July 14 at
thousands of observation posts
along possible air attack routes.
The announcement on the anti
aircraft deployment said it had
"no special significance" but th
Air Force related its plane spot
ter program directly to the fact
that "the Soviets have had fhm
capability for some time to attack
us."
The gun movement already haa
taken place, the Army said, to
provide "an increased state 1
operational readiness" for Ameri
ca's defense.
East Germany
To Adopt Draft
BERLIN (yPV-Communist lead- -
ers, pushing hard to wreck West
ern Germany's entrance into th
West's defense system, drafted
law conscripting East German
into a powerful army Tuesday.
Swift legislative approval seemed
certain.
The intent was plain: Convince .
West Germans that their military
alliance with the Western powers,
must be rejected or the divided
German people will be plunged
into a "murderous war between
brothers."
The proposed conscription law"
provides for punishment of eosW
scientious objectors as "enemies)
of peace." It was unanimously ap
proved last week by all five Em
German parties, dominated by tb4
Socialist Unity Communist party.
Berry Patches
'Spoiling Away'
Som. strawberry patches
"just spoiling away" for laesi rj
pickers, the Farm Labor Council
reported Tuesday, and in ctthey
areas farmers are sharing tbclf
crews with their neighbors tsd
vage as much or the crop as
sible.
In Silverton, the Council
pickers also were badly neededL
and comraended Chief of Pelie
Grossnickle of that city for work
ing in the fields in his off-tii
Long Island Rail
Walkout Ends
NEW YORK (JP)- A two-stay
strike of Long Island Railroad
engineers ended Tuesday sight
after stranding 150,000 commuters
in one of the worst transportation
tieups in New York history.
The first train rolled out t
Jamaica, Queens, at 6:30 pja. ,
(EST) bound for Brooklyn. Tkf
350 striking engineers and motor
men on the nation's busiest pn
senger line settled their strike
two and a half hours earlier. Full
service was expected by midnight, ,
Max.
77
Mia.
47
S3
49
7
Salem
7
San rrancisco 69
Chicago
New York 80
6S
Willamette River 1 foot
msrPlCT Ifrnm it. St. V
Bureau. McNary field, Salem): Clee
and warm today and tonight. Highest
temperature toaay near u moa jww
night near 50. Temperature it nw
mjrx. waa SS degrees.
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