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. ,. .' ; . . . . t . ' - - i ---- ' Weather rT T Max. 77 73 69 - 71 Mia. Precip. , M 57 40 SI M U .00 56 .00 Salem Portland San Francisco Chicago New York 7 Willamette River -3.4 feet. rORECAST (from U. S. Weather Bu reau, McNary Field. Salem): Increas ing cloudiness with som ahowera poa alble this afternoon and tonifht. High today near 73. low tonifht near 53. Temperature at UK1 ajn. wax 47 de crees, -i Gtvti t At Crtwtfc f Orteoa POUNDDD 1651 102ad YEAR 2 SECTIONS 38 PAGES Thm Oregon Statesman. Satan, Oregon. Sunday, August 24, 1952 PRICE 10c No. 150 i W&W If ". t 1 ..." Say d sis ILsislhj wssnm On the floor of the valley the stubble fields shine golden in the sunlight On the hills that border - inwiands . the pastures are burned brown. Here and there a combine harvester labors early and late, trying to catch up with the calendar. The tired earth, its seasonal fecundity spent, lies prone to welcome the life-renewing rains. For H is late August, the dog days of the year, when time seems to stand still, but when nature sets its signals for a change of season. It is different in the high alti ! tudes. It is summer there, brief at s best. There is no spring in the high mountains. Winter holds its grip tight, with wrappings of snow and ice about the mountain peaks. Then suddenly the blazing sun breaks - its icy fingers, the snow fields recede and summer, carpets the alpine parks with avalanche lillies, and blue lupin and ma genta paintbrush and spreads of heather. Flowers must make haste to bloom in the short season which summer brings to the mountains. The snow melt dries off quickly, the soil soon parches, and frost waits only a favorable moment to recover its dominion. Even now the clouds are forming their regi ments and battalions around the high peaks. Shortening days make briefer the sun's warm benefi cence. Evening winds down the mountain slopes take on a sharper lower altitudes the huckle berries are hurrying to change their color from red to blue purple; the mountain hemlock and alpine firs have made the few inches of annual growth their hab itat permits. Bears must be won dering if the old cave will do for another winter. Well - feathered L young grouse flutter stupidly at a strange intruder: .and young deer pause in open-eyed wonder before fear makes them leap into the underbrush. Dust rises in clouds in the wake of the pack train. , ' But there too the signs point to a seasonal change. Vine maples have dipped their leaves in the red paintpot The diminished streams flow around rather than over the boulders whose sun-bora heat warms the waters sprung from the clefts of the mountains. Nature, not man, wrote the first Calendar and still determines the times and the seasons. The year has passed its zenith and curves now, to close its. circle a good year as men measure years, and fruitful. Just a few days and as Ben Hut Lampman used to write ."then it came on to rain." Mine Workers PITTSBURGH UP) - Approxi mately 479,000 united mine work ers went on a 10-day holiday Sat urday as fears spread that a strike might be called by John L. Lewis late next month. Lewis, bushy -browed chieftain of the UMW, has paved the way for a possibel strike. He has noti fied the Federal Mediation Service a dispute exists in the coal fields a step that must be taken under the Taft-Hartley Act at least 30 days before a strike can start DROUGHT COST TALLIED BELGRADE, Yugoslavia CTV Economic Minister Boris Kidric estimated Saturday the long sum mer drought has cost Yugoslavia approximately $150,000,000. He said crop losses would force the country to import wheat and lard and prevent corn and cereal ex ports, which had been counted on to help pay trade bills. Start Holiday Portland Insuranceman Heads I fie Drive in State Portland insuranceman Gordon Orput was named state chairman of the Oregon for Eisenhower com mittee Saturday succeeding Wil liam L. Phillips of Salem in an apparent bypass of-Jhe original Eisenhower organization in the state. The appointment -of Orput was announced as coming from Walter Williams, one of the national di rectors of the Eisenhower camp, and reportedly had the endorse ment of Jess Gard, Republican na tional committeeman, and other top state Republican officials. The move confirmed week-old rumors that Phillips, and Rep. Mark Hatfield of Salem, secretary of the Eisenhower committee, along -ith other members of the ori ginal Bee backers had been dropped " from favor by the national organ ization. Hatfield was credited with circulating the tint Republican Soviet Big 4 By THOMAS Reich . MOSCOW (Jt) Russia proposed. Sunday a Big Tour-Power meet ing on a German peace treaty to be held not later than October. The Soviet government called for the meeting with Britain, France and the. United States to consider a peace treaty, formation of an All-German government, All-German elections, and a time limit for withdrawal of occupation forces by the Big Four powers. The Soviets said they would dis cuss a German Elections Commis sion as proposed by : the three Western powers but only following the discussion of the peace treaty and formation of an all-German government. The Soviet proposals were con tained in notes handed the three Western ambassadors in Moscow by Foreign Minister Andrei Vi shinsky late Saturday. Gives Objections - The Soviet note outlined at length serious objections to the Western Power proposals as con tained in their notes of July 10 and concluded by declaring: "Nevertheless the Soviet gov ernment is prepared to discuss at a meeting of the four powers the question proposed by the govern ments of the three powers on a commission for investigation of conditions for carrying out free elections in All Germany. The government newspaper Iz vestia published the note in its Sunday morning edition. Moscow Radio began broadcast ing the note early Sunday. Note Being Decoded ' In Washington, the .State De partment said the note was coded in Moscow and was coming in slowly, but would have to be- de coded before study and comment The proposals at first glance appeared to be similar to the ones delivered last March 10 to the Western Big Three ambassadors and later rejected. There has been a series of exchanges since then. Most Salem Schools Plan to Start Sept. 8 First day of school for most of Salem's several thousand young sters will be September 8. All Salem district public schools Slus Sacred Heart Academy, St oseph's and St. Vincent's schools are to hold first day classes two weeks from Monday. (News of schools throughout the-valley on page 16.) Registration for public school pupils will be held Friday, Sept. 5 at the various schools with teachers to be on hand for consul tation Thursday also. Freshmen at Sacred Heart will register Sept 2 and take entrance examinations the following day. Other classmen register Sept. 4 and 5. About 270 are expected to enroll there. Salem school district facilities are expected to be ready for school opening with two new buildings to receive classes for the first time. Connell C. Ward, clerk-manager of the district said the Hoover and Rosedale elementary schools would probably be ready as would the Middle Grove addition. Other projects have been completed or are nearing completion. Ward said Saturday. Weathermen Undaunted Keep Rain on Forecast - Salem's rain for Saturday must have gone astray, but notwith standing, today's prediction hints "increasing cloudiness with some showers possible this afternoon and tonight" Weathermen of the U. S. Weather Bureau at McNary Field chalked up another dry day mak ing 55 straight with no measurable precipitation. Last year's record was 53. petition in the United States for Eisenhower in the 1952 campaign. Phillips said Saturday his sole in terest was in getting their man Eisenhower) elected. ! "Whatever the national and state committees do as long as that is accomplished is alright with me, Phulhps said. Neither Phillips nor Hatfield will attend a conference ' of state Re publican leaders today at Delake with Sen. William F. Knowland (R-Calif), who placed Sen. Richard M. Nixon's name in nomination for the vice presidency. Orput Gard, Robert A. Elliott Medford, chair man of the Republican state com mittee and Mrs. Marshall E. Cor- nett. Republican national commit- teewoman and William C Robin son, Portland, Chairman ' of the Multnomah county central com mittee are included among those expected to confer with Knowland- Asks Quick Conclave on Peace Pact P. WHITNEY Bakersfield Quake Damage At$20Million BAKERSFIELD. Calif. W The quake-battered Bakersfield commu nity swept up the rubble Saturday and counted damage estimated ten tatively at 20 million dollars from Friday's sharp shock. Two lives were lost and 32 persons injured. Meanwhile, the epicenter of a temblor .which shook Los Angeles early Saturday was placed at only 25 miles northeast of Pasadena. It caused no damage but woke thou sands of persons in the middle of the night City Manager C. Leland Gunn said that the damage from the shock will be greater than that of the July 21 quake. He placed Bakersfield's loss in the earlier shock at 15 million dollars. Conserv ative estimates of earthquake loss in the month following July 21 place total damage at 40 million. Friday's quake would boost that to 60 million or more. All stores and offices, scores of them, in a six-block area of the glass and mortar filled downtown sector were closed and Police Chief Horace V. Grayson said the heart of the downtown section will re main closed until at least Mon day. ' .. . . 'It might even take until Wednes day to get all shaky walls down and bricks and glass out of the street," Grayson said. Gunn said that preliminary in spection shows at least 100 build ings badly damaged. Schools and churches were par ticularly hard hit City School su perintendent John Compson said there is doubt whether all students could be accommodated at the opening of the fall semester, sche duled in two weeks. Mayor Frank E. Sullivan called an emergency city council meet ing to discuss what civil defense and other aid should be asked. The Kern County Supervisors held a curbstone meeting and asked the state of California for emergency aid. Gov. Earl Warren, in Sacramen to, promised that all help desired wtu oe made available. Seven Saved as Vessel Capsizes COOS BAY UPi A 29-foot charter ed boat from Charleston, Ore., capsized and broke up Saturday near Coos Bay. Seven occupants were rescued and taken to a Coos Bay Hospital. Rescued were D. H. Miller, own er of the boat; Thomas Miller, Charles Spear and Emmett C. Schauf, all of Coos Bay; Prentiss Carpenter and Cyril Lamanski, North Bend, and Richard Schillor, Las Angeles. Calif. 4 Lawyers Elected To Bar Board PORTLAND 6P) -The election of four members of the board of governors of the Oregon State Bar was announced Saturday. Secretary Lee W. Karr said the four would take office at the state bar convention in Bend, Sept 4-6, They are: Wendell Wyatt As toria, first district; Orval D. Yo kum, John Day, second district; Thomas H. Tongue III, Portland, re-eiectea in trura district; Sam uel M. Bowe, Grants Pass, fourth district Western International At Salem 0. Yakima 3 At Victoria S-7. Vancouver 1-10 At Tri-Oty 4-5. Wenatchec 3-4 At Spokane 6-0, Lewiston 9-4 Pacific Coast Learue At Los Angeles 7, Portland 4 At Oakland 3, SeatUe 6 At San Diego 4. Bollywood 6 At Sacramento 2. San Francisco 1 American League At New York 1. Cleveland 0 At Boston 4, Chicago 3 -At Washinfton 3, Detroit C At Philadelphia 11, St. Louis 12 - (11 inn.) National Learn At Pittsburgh z. Brooklyn S At St Louis 3. New York 1 At Cincinnati 3. Philadelphia a At Chicaco 1. Boston Yaquina Bar fc.-.mw.miM.ujj .ii.m i.Vi!uMm TttfiwMaWMaa "'"Vjwyaii,.,,,,,,,,., ' " x,.. , V j " - ' i.ij'fiHiMii :::::: ... t " K -' --v - '-- '. . ' ; . The Yaquina Bay bar at Newport morning- when three Salem men were swept from their capsized fishing; boat (at the approximate location of the center arrow shown above.) Lost were Donald A. Young and Edward K. Piasecki. Found injured on the beach (arrow at left) was William II. Paulas, who is expected to recover. Anti-British Feeling Runs High in Japan i TOKYO Wi The British are buf feted by a wave of unpopularity in Japan. ! Hardly a day passes without an anti-British story in the press or an anti-British speech in the Diet. The current diplomatic wrangle over two British sailors, convicted of robbery by a Japanese court is only the latest in the series of Din- pricks between the two nation , Feeling has reached a point where some serious-minded .Jap anese editors and politicians are telling their more excited jfellow citizens to take it easy that a breach between the two island na tions would make none but the Communists happy. f The open display of anti-British feeling dates from the first of the year, its causes stem from trad ing problems, money problems, and national and racial conscious- ness. Babies Placed on 1! Kiota Basis at Air Force Base : SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, HI. WlThey've put a monthly quota on babies at the Base hospital. There are now 1,500 families liv ing on the base, and the hospital will limit the number of newborn babies delivered each month to 60. ; Expectant mothers will be asked to have their babies elsewhere aft er the monthly quota has been reached. J "The limitation Is regrettable," says Col. C. I. Ferris, base com mander, but it is necessary be cause of lack of facilities and short age of medics." De Valera Undergoes Surgery on Eyes THE HAGUE, The Netherlands UP) Irish Premier Eamon De Valera underwent surgery here Fri day in an effort to save his. failing eyesight u - i-Tiends in Embun said he was suffering from glaucoma a hard ening of the eyeballs and might have to give up the premiership if it did not respond to treatment De Valera is 69. Scoutmaster Tells o Meeting Giant 'Ball of Fire9 in Woods WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -A deputy sheriff and two Boy Scouts added details Saturday to a Scoutmaster's story of his en counter with a strange object in a rural wooded area Tuesday night - ' They told of scorched; grass, strange lights and showers of sparks in - the area where D. S. Desvergers said he was "blasted by a ball of fire" from the object when he Investigated flashes of light near a country road. I Desvergers, 30, hardware sales man and former Marine, said he was questioned Friday night by officers from Washington, whom he refused to identify. The Scoutmaster has described the object he encountered - as shaped "like half a rubber ball," about three feet thick at the edges and high enough at the center for men to stand erect inside. He told a Palm Beach reporter Scene of Fishing 106 miles southwest of ' Salem, was Railmen Back Adlai, Ike Snubbed by McCormick By The Associated Press The Democrats' presidential ticket won the support of another labor group Saturday. And the Republicans lost the support of a long prominent champion of their cause Col. Robert R. McCormick, editor and publisher of the Chicago Tribune.' These developments came as plans were disclosed for an early meeting between Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and the man he beat for . the GOP presidential nomination, Ronald Hogg Feted as 'Polk Livestockriian' Statesman Newt Service MONMOUTH Selection of Ronald Hogg of Salem, represent ing R. W. Hogg and Sons, as Polk County Livestockman of the Year Saturday night highlighted the closing session of the 1952 Polk County Fair. George Gentemann, Independ ence-area Iarmer, also was oiri cially named Polk County Grass man of the Year. His identity had been revealed earlier. Hogg was selected by the Polk County Livestock Association and received a trophy donated by the Polk County Farmers Co-op at Rickreall. Gentemann was selected by rep resentatives of Chamber of Com merce at Dallas, Independence and Monmouth. Boy and Girls Scout Troops from Dallas Saturday were reported as winners of the best projects in their divisions. Awards were pre sented to the leaders, Andy Irwin and Mrs. Dale Overholser. Mon mouth Camp Fire Girls, led by Rosie Mae Alsip, placed first in their division. (Additional winners on page 15.) Corder Given LifeS entence ROSEBURG toCircuit Judge Carl Wimberly Saturday sen tenced Carl J. Corder, 32, Tenmile, Ore., to life in the Oregon State Prison. Corder pleaded guilty to a charge of second degree murder in the fatal shooting of Mrs. Alice Craven, Reston. July 27. The two had quarreled after leaving a Tenmile tavern. Saturday that he knows what the object was, but added "it's better for me not to go any further for the public good because it might cause xxx panic." Desvergers reported he was tak ing three Scouts home Tuesday night when he stopped to investi gate the lights in nearby woods. He said when he flashed his light on the object he was blasted by the bau of fire and overcome. Deputy Sheriff Mott N. Partin, summoned by the Scouts, said the hair was singed off . Desvergers' arms and three tiny holes were burned in his cap. i One of the Scouts, Charles Ste vens,-said the group. saw a "big glowing white light come down out of the. sky" and "there were about six reddish lights around it when it neared the ground. In Washington, an Air Force spokesman said an officer was sen to check on the incident Trip Tragedy the scene of tragedy Saturday I Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio. Taft 1 has promised to campaign for the general. In Washington, President W. P. Kennedy of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen announced that the independent umon will sup port the Democratic ticket of Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson and Sen. John Sparkman. Vote for Neither1 Then in Chicago McCormick, calling for the formation of a new political party b 1958, advised voters to cast t : ballots for neither Eisenhower nor Stevenson this year. "Concentrate on voting for patriotic candidates for Congress in both parties," he said in an ad dress over the Mutual Broadcast ing System. Eisenhower, preparing to ny East for a major address in New York Monday, spent a quiet Sat urday in Denver. Talks to Shivers Stevenson spent most of the day conferring at Springfield, 111., with Texas Gov. Allan Shivers on the politically hot issue of federal versus state rights to oil deposits off the coasts of Texas and several other states. The Democratic nominee de clared himself against any "blan ket cession" of these submerged lands to the states. But he said he favored an "equitable" rotation to break the present deadlock be tween the states and the federal government over the lands. McCormick. a lifelong Kepubli can and a delegate to the GOP convention that nominated Eisen hower, described the general as an I. too candidate surrounded by "men who know exactly what they want which is not the good of this country.'' He called Stevenson "the nonH nee or the do. lor which tne Democratic party Is merely a false face, and which intends to destroy utterly private initiative and private property." Taft Ike to Confer Eisenhower s plans to meet Taft were disclosed in Denver by the general's campaign chief of staff. Gov. Sherman Adams of New Hampshire. Adams told newsmen the two may get together in New York next week or else early next month either in New York or Ohio. . - The backing of the" Stevenson Sparkman ticket by the Brother hood of Railroad Trainmen fol lowed previous endorsements by the CIO and several other union groups. President Kennedy said the Democratic slate is a strong one led by men of "outstanding char acter, integrity and ability. In telegrams to th$ two Demo cratic candidates, Kennedy said he represents more than 250,000 trainmen and members 'of the brotherhood's ladies auxiliary. 'Patriotic' Candidates McCormick listed 10 Republican senators and two congressmen as men "every patriot should vote for." They included Sens. Harry Cain (Wash.), Zales N. Ecton (Mont) and William F. Rowland (Calif.) He said "every patriot should vote against" the following Re publicans: Sens. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr (Mass.), Edward J. Thye (Minn.) Irving M. Ives (N. Y.), and Ralph E.. r landers (Vt). At Eisenhower headquarters in Denver, the only comment was supplied by Gov. Sherman Adams of New Hampshire, the general : chief of staff. He said: "We never have anything to say i on cot McCormicK." Edward Piasecki, D A. Young Killed Near Newport Bar W. H. Paulus Fights Way to Beach NEWPORT Two prominent Salem attorneys. Donald A. Young, 58, and Edward K. Piasecki, 72, were swept to their deaths in the log-shrouded Pacific Saturdav when their Vwat capsized in heavy waves at the entrance to Yaquina Bay. The third occupant of the craft, William H. Paulus, vice president of Paulus Bros. Cannery at Salem, foueht his wav to me Deacn ana was laxen lo i. oieao nospitai , suuering from severe shock and injured shoulder. He was not seriously hurt Young's body was found tossine in the surf more than a mile to the south. There were few marks oh the body and Coastguardsmen administered artificial respiration for nearly three hours until Cor oner Frank Parker pronounced him dead. He appeared to have I died of shock or a blow on the ' head rather than drowning. He1 was in the water about 45 minutes. Young was president of the Salem Senators Baseball Club. Piasecki's body was not found. The three men were aboard Young's 26-foot cabin Cruiser, "The Dons." The tragedy came as they were out-bound on a salmon fishing trip about 9:30 ajn. They had waited for two hours inside the bay for the fog to clear, but finally decided to strike a compass course lor the sea. Tried to Turn Around Paulus told Bosn's Mate Giles Vapderhoof, Coastguardsman, that the bar got progressively rougher as they proceeded and they elect ed to turn around. As they turned, however a huge swell threatened to toss their craft onto the south jetty so they swung back seaward. The next swell ripped off the en tire pilot house. Ed (Piasecki) was iust eoing below to get life jackets when still another one hit us." Paulus was quoted as saying. The next he knew, Paulus was in the ocean clinging to a seat cushion being tossed end over end. finally touch ing sand only to be thrown sea ward again, and eventually being tossed high enough so he could crawl ashore. First Word of the tragedy came when Paulus, calling weakly, at tracted the attention of two men few hundred feet away. Coast- guardsmen, answering an emerg ency call, arrived just as "The Dons" was tossing right-side-up through the fog toward the beach near the point where Paulus had crawled A line was put aboard the craft and it was beached, about a half mile south of the south jetty. In the meantime, other coastguards- men had found Young and were making i unsuccessful attempts to revive him. Piasecki s body was not on "The Dons." The hull of the craft was not badly damaged. The tragedy came two hours after low tide. Only one other craft had put out Saturday from Yaquina Bay before "the Dons" tried it It was a larger ship. Several i fishing boats were wait ing outside to come in. No storm warnings were up small craft warnings had been taken down Friday after the sea calmed from its rampage earlier in the week. Only Three Aboard Initial reports of the mishap here linked other names with the tragedy but only three men were aboard. Other Salem men, includ ing John HiiPTiM. Hpn PartP T j4i Bown and Robert deArmond, did not make the trio as once sched uled. Pade, at Salem, said "The Dons' was a sturdy, sea-worthy craft and that "even in very rough weather when waves came over it we were not in the least worried." He : had been aboard the craft several times. Chief Bosn's Mate H. W. Law rence, commanding officer oi the Newport Coastguard Station, de scribed the bar as "sloppy and "occasionally breaking" when "The Dons" put out. Several persons were found who said they caught glimpses of the craft while it was in trouble. One said he saw a man washed over board. But Coastguardsmen said the shifting fog bank was too heavy for anyone to haVe wit nessed the w h o 1 e tragedy. They had no eye-witness account to re port. Paulus was brought to Dr. Case here by coastguardsmen. He was treated and transferred to nearby Toledo Hospital, and was to have taken to Salem Saturday night (Additional details on page 5.) Fisherman Killed As Boats Collide ASTORIA (JP) - John Haglund, 67, of Knappa, was killed Satur day when his gillnet fishing boat collided with one operated by Gregory Vlastelica of Astoria. Haglund's skull was fractured and his neck broken in the crash. f SALEM PRECIPITATION llnee Start of Weather Tear Sept Thia Year Last Year 4SJM Normal 37.7k - DONALD A. YOUNG EDWARD Sen. McCarthy Sends Reviews Via Free Mail BALTIMORE (fl5) The Sun said Saturday night a large brown ma dia envelope, bearing the frank of Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy (R Wis.) and marked "Public Docu ment Free" has been delivered in Baltimore.- Inside, the newspaper said, was a four-page reprint of a review of the senator's book, "McCarthy- Ism," which appeared in the mag azine, "The Freeman." "The tenor of the review: Very, very favorable, the newspaper said. The Sun article added: "Most of the back page of the reprint was taken up with an ad vertisement of the 'Freeman. It offered additional reprints for 10 cents a copy, also reprints of other articles for the same price. "And it also invited subscrip tions at S3 a year for the maga zine. "All this was mailed free under the frank of Sen. Joseph McCar thy. "Franks, under both postal and congressional rules, are supposed to be used for official business only. "Commercialism Is forbidden." Sen. McCarthy was not avail able for comment in Wisconsin. Ground-Breaking Set Monday for TV Tower in Portland PORTLAND UP) Ground will be broken Monday 1 on Council Crest for Portland's first television station. Empire Coil Co. of New York, which will build the station, will put up a 210-foot tower at the site, which has been provided by the city for all TV transmitters which may be installed in the fu ture. Vice President R. p. Freeman said the station, to be called KPTV, should be on the air by Thanksgiving. The station, which will transmit on the ultra high frequency range, will be affiliated with the National Broadcasting Company. RAIL YARD BOMBED SEOUL UP) - Eleven big B-29 Superforts roared through flak and Red fighter planes Saturday night and dumped their bombs on a sprawling rail yard only one mile from the Yalu River border of Manchuria, the Far East Air Forces announced Satw" K. PIASECKI