The Oregon statesman., June 19, 1952, Page 2, Image 2

L Th'o Statesman Salom,' Oregon; Thuradory. Juno '19: 1952
Salem Breathes
JEasier as Axe
Slaying Solved
(Story also on Page One.)
Salem residents breathed easier
Wednesday after reading word
that Albert William Karnes, 24-year-old
farm laborer and one
time roomer at tne i4J3 waiier
St. home of Mrs. Susan Litchfield,
had admitted the brutal slaying of
the aged widow.
Many residents had feared that
the killer .still lurked in the
city where he killed the woman 11
davs ago with an axe.
New details of the crime and
its investigation were revealed
here Wednesday following news of
the reported confession by Karnes.
Several persons besides the trio
who accompanied officers to The
Dalles had told police they had
seen the one-time Chemawa bus
driver in Salem the day of and
the day before the crime. Other
evidence not released by police
also placed Karnes here on June
S and 7.
Clvde A. Warren, Salem police
'Chief, and Detectives Wayne Par
ker and David M. (Mac) Houser
who conducted The Dallas end of
the investigation Tuesday return
ed to Salem Wednesday night
Marder Charre Filed
A first degree murder charge
was filed against Karnes in Sa
lem Wednesday morning and a
warrant was issued on that charge.
The warrant will probably " be
served against him at the peniten
tiary. District Attorney Edward O.
Stadter Jr. was out of the city
Wednesday night and details of
plans to bring Karnes to court
were not learned.
Chief Warren said he was very
pleased with the rapid develop
ments in the case which had baf
fled police for several -days. He
aid every member of the depart
ment who worked on the case was
responsible for the successful turn
of events which ended Tuesday
night when Karnes blurted out
the tale of the brutal slaying.
Karnes will be delivered to
the state penitentiary here by De
puty Henry Re, acting sheriff of
Wasco County, who was present
mi questioning in The Dalies Tues
day. To Prevent Loopholes
Decision to take Karnes into
Circuit Court at The Dalles on the
burglary charge Wednesday was
reached after officials were unable
t j determine who held custody ov
er the slight, blondish Karnes. He
had earlier been formally charged
with burglary while armed with
a dangerous weapon and bound
over to the grand jury. Officials
could not decide whether the dis
trict court or circuit court held
Jurisdiction so rushed Karnes in
tr court to prevent any loopholes
in the tightening web around
Kjrnes.
Mollie Gibson,
81, Woodburn,
Dies in Salem
WOODBURN Mollie Lydla
Gibson, late resident of Woodburn
Route 2, died at a Salem Hospital
Wednesday morning at the age of
SI years.
Mrs. Gibson, who was born in
Browning. Mo., July 29, 1870,
came to Oregon from Missouri 45
years ago and has been a resident
Woodburn for the past 29
rears. She was a member of the
Woodburn Methodist Church.
On Dec. 21, 1892, she married
James W. Gibson in Missouri. He
died in July, 1951.
Services are to be held Satur
day at 2 p.m. at the Ringo Funeral
Chapel in Woodburn with the Rev.
Ormal B. Trick officiating and
vault entombment at the Belle
Passi Cemetery.
Survivors include one son, Guy
Gibson, Oakland, Calif.: two
daughters, Mrs. Elpha Mills and
Mrs. Mary White, both of Wood
burn: two brothers, Willis E.
Schrock, Spokane, Wash., and Lee
Schrock, Okanogan, Wash.; seven
grandchildren and 10 great grand
children. Policemen, Families
Hold Picnic at Park
Some 24 Salem police from the
"swing shift" and their families
enjoyed a picnic Wednesday after
noon at Bush's Pasture.
Capt. C. M. Charlton of the
Salem first aid crew demonstrated
the use of the department resusci
tator as well as the Nelson method
of artificial respiration. The picnic
committee was Officers Everett
rOdle and Richard Boehringer.
Funds for the picnic were realized
from donations by the group.
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Grasshopper Invasion
In East Oregon Valley
LA GRANDE (P) - A heavy
grasshopper Invasion was reported
Wednesday in the Hot Lake sec
tion of the Grande Ronde Valley.
County agent Burns T. Bailey
said farmers were organizing to
poison the ground ahead of the
grasshoppers, which apparently
are moving out of nearby bills.
Bailey estimated they cover 400
acres. Damage has been slight so
far because the grasshoppers are
young, Bailey said.
National GOP
Committee Gets
Texas Dispute
WASHINGTON (IP) The Re
publican National Committee Wed
nesday was handed the problem
of deciding which 38-member dele
gation from Texas should be seat
ed at the national convention: The
one favoring Sen. Robert A. Taft
or the one for Gen. Dwight Eisen
hower. But the squabble may not be
settled until it's threshed out on
the convention floor.
Mrs. Charles P. Howard, secre
tary of the national committee,
ruled that the arguments should
be presented at special hearings
starting around July 1 in Chicago,
six days before the convention it
self begins.
Both the Eisenhower and the
Taft people have said they repre
sent the true sentiment in Texas.
And with -3 votes meaning so
much at this late stage of the
campaign, the argument undoubt
edly will generate plenty of heat.
Eisenhower's backers have ob
jected that to turn the argument
back to the Texas Republican
committe would be to turn the
delegation over to Taft. They con
tend Taft controls the Texas com
mittee. But in an earlier statement Wed
nesday Taft said he believes the
rules call for a decision by the
National Committee.
"I would welcome this treat
ment,' he said, "because the is
sues In that case have been so
completely misrepresented by the
Elsenhower press that I hope they
will be thoroughly examined in
Chicago."
Wednesday's verdict was based
on the 1948 national convention
rules. They say that any contest
"arising in" any state electing- dis
trict delegates by district conven
tions" should be settled by the
states themselves.
No Loot Taken
In 3 Out of 4
Burglaries
Pour recent store burglaries in
Salem have harassed the Salem
city police, but three of the four
did not result In losses to the
stores involved:
Two successive burglaries at
McDowell's Meat Market, 1190 S.
12th St., one late Monday and one
late Tuesday, apparently netted
nothing for the burglars. Entrance
to the market was made by slip
ping the lock to the front door and
exit made the same way, accord
ing to Salem city police reports.
Another burglary at Carlyn's
Jewelry Store. 460 North Capitol
St., early Wednesday morning re
sulted in the loss of $150 worth of
rings and an $8 barometer. Forced
entry was made by throwing an
object through the front window
of the store.
Nothing seemed to be missing
from a burglary at the hardware
store of C. E. Farmer, 2065 Silver
ton Rd., following an entry late
Tuesday night. The cash register
even retained 20 cents left there
by Farmer.
Florists Hold
Annual Meet
About 85 members of the Flor
ists Telegraphic Delivery Associa
tion met here for its annual meet
ing Wednesday at the Senator
Hotel.
A demonstration on roses was
given. Clarence Walker of Port
land was elected a chairman of
the local unit and Stan Bennett
district representative. Members
were from two units involving an
area stretching from Portland to
Corvallis. A dinner meeting fol
lowed a social hour.
STATE OFFICE IN ASTORIA
A new secretary of state field
office was opened in Astoria Wed
nesday. It is the 30th branch office
of the department, 21 of which
are located in their own buildings.
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Japan to Open
Relations With
Chiang Regime
TOKYO (JPy- Japan announced
Wednesday she recognizes Chiang
Kai-Shek's Nationalists as the
government for all China, thus
slamming the door on speculation
she might sign a separate pact
with Red China.
The major policy decision, an
nounced by the Japanese foreign
office, followed months of waver
ing. The treaty signed with the
Chinese Nationalists April 28 had
left an opening for relations with
Peiping.
Eija Wajima, chief of the for
eign office's Asia bureau, ex
plained the change in policy be
fore the Lower House Foreign Af
fairs cornmittee. The new position
is this:
1. Japan has "no relations
whatsoever with the Peiping re
gime" and it "is inconceivable"
that Japan will sign any treaty
with that government.
2. The treaty with the Nation
alist government applies to all
China. There no longer is a state
of war that calls for any further
treaty with any Chinese govern
ment. Supreme Court
Voids Gambling
Case Conviction
The State Supreme Court Wed
nesday reversed the conviction of
Joe Hennessey, convicted in the
Clackamas County gambling clean
up last year. The reversal was bas
ed on the grounds that Hennessey
was forced to testify against him
self. The Supreme Court said that his
testimony to the grand jury, in
which he admitted he operated a
gambling game, was improperly
used against him at his trial.
Lonnle Logsdon, convicted un
der similar circumstances, on
charges of gambling, has his case
now on appeal to the Supreme
Court.
In a third decision Wednesday
the court upheld a Marion County
Circuit Court decision in the case
of Lex C. Rea vs Gertrude L. Rea,
in which the court affirmed cus
tody of the minor child to the de
fendant and payment of $40 per
month support money by the plain
tiff. Plaintiffs plea for modifica
tion of the decree was denied.
The court also denied petition
for rehearing of the case involving
Mrs. Margarethe Sophia Hansen,
Corvallis, convicted in Benton
County Circuit Court of slaying
her husband.
The court, in effect, let stand a
previous opinion which had re
versed the Benton court and or
dered a retrial.
Agriculture
Building Plan
Survey Voted
The State Board of Agriculture
Wednesday, authorized E. L. Pet
erson, director of the agriculture
department, to confer with archi
tects to determine the cost of a
new agricultural building.
Chairman Fred Cockell, Mil
waukie, also was authorized to ap
point a building or housing com
mittee. Peterson, after conferring
with agricultural department
heads In other states, reported it
would require at least 33,000
square feet of space to meet the
Oregon department's current
needs.
Previous estimates of cost
ranged from $400,000 to $500,000.
Location for the building was
not discussed at Wednesday's
meeting.
Members of the agricultural
board said they would confer with
the State Board of Control in hope
of having a new agricultural build
ing included in the state construc
tion program for the next bi
ennium. Peterson said the current struc
ture on North 12th Street is in
adequate. Construction of a new building
for the State Printing Department
also is .under consideration. The
printing plant is now located in the
State Agricultural building.
FORD TO CUT OUTPUT
DETROIT" (P)-Ford. Motor Co.
announced Wednesday that a
shortage of steel will force It to
put most of its manufacturing
operations and assembly plants on
a four-day work week starting
this week.
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State
5 on Dean's List
At WU Law School
Five men were named to the
dean's list of the Willamette Uni
versity College of Law, it was dis
closed Wednesday by Dean Sew
ard P. Reese. Selection of the
scholars was based on grade point
averages.
Academically rated in the top 10
per cent of their first year class
were Carl Parker Gies, Indepen-J
dence, and Marques C. McClanna
han, Salem.
Second year student receiving
the honor were: Thomas A. Huff
man, Dayton; James C. Maletis,
Portland, and -, Charles Reeves,
Westport.
Senators Keep
Control Over
Postmasters
WASHINGTON (;P-The Senate
kept Congress in control of the
distribution of 21,582 jobs back
home Wednesday by voting down
Presidential plans to eliminate
Senate confirmation of big town
postmasters, U. S. marshals and
customs collectors.
There were three separate re
organization plans and the op
ponents' margin of victory shrank
progressively as the votes affected
smaller numbers of appointments.
Backers of the plans plugged
them as necessary steps to kill out
the last big segment of the politi
cal spoils system and promote ef
ficiency in government through
the merit system of employe se
lection and promotion.
State Employes
Rebuke McKay
For Pay Delay
An unfavorable reaction to Gov.
Douglas McKay's recent rejection
of the proposed state employes'
pay boost was expressed Wednes
day night at a special meeting of
the Oregon State Employes Asso
ciation, Shop and Field Chapter 58.
Gov. McKay recently rejected
the pay plan proposed by the Civil
Service Commission and returned
it to the commission for further
study. At Wednesday night's meet
ing the OSEA chapter appointed a
committee to study the governor's
action and prepare a resolution
expressing the chapter's feelings.
The meeting, the largest special
meeting ever held by the chapter,
appointed F. W. Farrar chairman
of the special committee. Other
members include A. W. RockafeV
low. Raymond Hecklnger and Earl
J. Henricks, chapter president.
Unification of
Motor Vehicle
Offices Urged.
A nroDosal under which admin
istration of Oregon's motor vehicle
laws would be under one head, in- j
stead of four or five departments j
under the existing setup, is being
studied by the State Highway Leg
islative Interim Committee.
The committee, at a meeting
here Tuesday, agreed to undertake
a study of the proposal and re-
i quested the State Code Revision
j Council to prepare a brief indicat
ing the amendments required to
implement such a plan.
State Senator Elmo Smith,
chairman of the committee, said
one proposal Involves creation of
a new department of vehicles, pat
terned after similar agencies oper
ating in other states. Under this
proposal administration of all
! motor vehicle laws now "under the 1
! secretary of state, public utilities
commissioner, state highway de
partment and some other activi
ties would be under one depart
ment. Board Hears
Plan to Expand
Portland State
PORTLAND (&) - The move to
make Portland State College a
four-year school reached the State
Board of Higher Education Wed
nesday. The board took no action. Presi
dent Edgar Smith commenting,
"Everything hinges around the
matter of budget."
Homer Allen, a former student
at the school, said such a school
would give Portlanders who live
at home a chance to get an edu
cation at the lowest possible cost.
Chancellor Charles D. Byrne
said the function of a school out
weighs the location in considering
cost estimates.
Any change of Portland State
from a two-year school would re
quire legislative action. A consti
tutional amendment also would be
required to make it a degree
granting school.
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First of the Oregon bonus checks were delivered at the Salem postoffice Wednesday afternoon for mail
ing. Shown here handling the first batch of envelopes are (from left) Postmaster Albert C. Graf r.
Superintendent of Malls C. P. Dickson and Bonus Director H. C. (Hub) Saalfeld.
Vets Finding Places to Spend
Bonuses Right Around Home
Whereas the Oregon World War I veteran spent his bonus check
as soon as he got it, most World War II veterans seem to have spent
their checks even before they have received them.
"Nowadays," Rigley Miller, Marion County service officer, told
an inquiring reporter Wednesday," the boys are spending this bonus
on a few things they've always wanted."
Legion Protests
Plan to Sell
Bonus Names
PORTLAND fiPV-The American
Legion protested Wednesday
against a Legionnaire's offer to
sell merchants a list of Oregon
veterans about to receive the
state bonus.
Letters offering the list at 24
cents per name in units of 1,000
were sent to merchants over the
signature of D. L. Swafford, wife
of L. C. Swafford, who wai active
In promoting the bonus.
Swafford is a postal clerk, an
Army reserve captain and a mem
ber of the Legion.
The Portland Better Business
Bureau also said it was receiving
protests from merchants.
The Swafford could not be
reached for comment. There was
no explanation on where they ob
tained the list.
Senate Kills
St. Lawrence
Seaway Bill
i WASHINGTON (P) The Sen
are, paying no heed to a plea by
President Truman, Wednesday
killed legislation authorizing this
country to join with Canada in
construction of the St. Lawrence
Seaway and power project.
It ordered, by a vote of 43 to
40, that the bill be returned to
committee for further study. The
action doomed any possibility of
the measure again being consid
ered at this session of Congress.
Besides spurning the President,
the Senate turned its back on its
two leading presidential aspirants
Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-Tenn)
and Sen. Robert A. Taft (R-Ohio).
Both backed the bill in Senate
speeches.
Canada, which months ago an
nounced it would construct the
seaway by itself if Congress again
refused to let the United States
join in the development, reacted
swiftly.
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One veteran told Miller he (the
veteran) is going to use his bonus
to get his new baby "out of hock."
But, "the homes have it," ac
cording to seven out of 12 veterans
queried. "Haven't really figured
much until I get it but it's prob
ably go for a payment "on a new
home," said Vicar Wagers, 3440
Brown Road. He is a mail carrier
and a former Marine sergeant.
Redecorate Home
I m going to redecorate my
house with half of it and save the
other half," said Jack Maulding
1520 Jefferson St.. former navy
signalman, now a clothing sales
man. Mrs. Henry Thielson, 2755 22nd
St., who was a private in an army
ordnance office, decided that she
and her husband "sure could use
some new house furniture and
we're planning on building or
buying a house in the fall."
A housewife who was a WAC,
Mrs. J. Lester Perry, 5050 Silver
ton Rd., said she is "real set" on
a deep freeze for her new home.
Remodeling Job
"It's going to take it all to pamt
my house and remodel my
kitchen," said Jack Robertson who
served in the infantry as a staff
sergeant and is now a service
salesman.
Neil Selander, automotive elec
trician, has already received his
bonus from his home state. North
Dakota. It has gone into a home at
2690 Halsey St. for his wife and
five children. "It's a good thing,"
he thinks.
Burs New Home
The bonus also bought a Hnum-
payment on a new home for
Reginald Rees, 895 Ratcliff Dr.
Rees, now an administrative clerk,
was in the army air force.
Dissenter in the bonus homes
movement is Norman Sholseth,
1910 N. 23rd St., former navy air
corpsman. who said, "I voted
against the bonus but since it's
here I'll use it for war bonds."
Mrs. Gale Ryan, who works as
a waitress and was a sergeant in
the army air corps, wants to use
her bonus "to take care of eery
thing before I go to the hospital
for an operation."
Several veterans admitted they
had plans for their money but
didn't care to have their creditors
hear what they were.
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CTHara Lists
Final Result in
Elector Races
Final results on voting for presi
dential electors in the recent Ore
gon primary were announced Wed
nesday by David O'Hata, chief of
the state elections division. They
are:
REPUBLICAN
Six elected Niel R. Allen,
Grants Pass, 148,136; William C.
Robison, Portland, 133,093; Wen
dell W. Wyatt, Astoria, 128,009;
Freeda F. Peterson, Dallas, 122,
167; Margaret Bondurant, Port
land, 113,448; Henry A. Buehner,
Portland, 107,618; J. O. Johnson,
Tigard, 85,034; James A. Rodman,
Eugene, 83,950; J. O. Bailey, Port
land, 81,563; Wilma B. Bishop.
Portland, 59,776; Orval D. Yokom,
John Day, 55,127.
DEMOCRAT
Presidential electors (six elect
ed) Jan E. Bauer, Portland, 131,
107; C. Girard Davidson, Portland,
127,106; Max H. Friedman, Glad
stone, 124,940; John M. Winkler,
Portland, 124,792; Lonie N. Brooke,
Portland, 119,771; Lena M. Hew
itt, Salem, 118,541; Henry L. Hess
Jr., Pendleton 108,616.
Plane Lands on
Heceta Beach
FLORENCE, Ore. (JP) - Ralph
Von Voetberg, 24, Seattle, made
an emergency landing on Heceta
Beach near here Wednesday when
his fuel supply ran low in a heavy
fog.
Only damage was a broken tall
wheel. While he was gone to
Florence for help, the incoming
tide - carried the plane Into deep
water.
Mrs. Loyd Peterson and Mrs.
Hans Peterson Jr. spotted the
plane in the water, waded in
waist-deep, and tugged It to safety.
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden (P)
Denmark joined Sweden Wednes
day in alerting her alrforce to da
battle if fired upon by Soviet
planes.
Both nations, alarmed at a show
of rapidly increasing force In
Northern Europe and the shooting
down of a Swedish plane this
week, thus served notice that they
do not Intend to bow to any long
range Soviet plan to make the Bal
tic a "Stalin lake."
Sweden Wednesday night flatly
rejected a Moscow protest that's
Swedish Catalina flying boat, shot
down Monday with seven men
aboard, had invaded Soviet terri
tory and started the shooting. The
airmen were rescued.
Adm. E. J. C. Quistgaard, chief
of the Danish Joint Chiefs of Staff,
gave the alert orders to the Danish
Air Force which matched similar
Instructions to Swedish airmen.
Fire Destroys
Two Garages
A fire Wednesday night de
stroyed a garage behind the V. I.
Wells residence at 1833 N. Com
mercial St. and an adjacent garage
belonging to a neighbor.
The blaze was believed by Salem
fire officials to have started from
spontaneous combustion created
by oily rags between the two
garages. During the blaze oil bar
rel"! between the buildings ex
ploded, causing flames to rise and
spread the fire to other parts of
the structures.
Loss by Wells, who rents frozen
food lockers in the basement ox
his home, was not totalled. He
stated that numerous items of car
pentry and power tools and camp
ing equipment were stored in the
garage. The garage next to Welle
was empty.
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