United Nations, New York, Dec.
10. 1952-If you look on the map
of Africa you will see on the south
side of the "hump a section bor
dering on. the Atlantic Togoland.
It has this resemblance to Ger
many and Korea: it is divided. Be
fore the first world war it was a
German colony having been seized
by that European country during
the race for the partition of Af
rica. When Germany lost that war
It lost Its overseas colonies. In a
burst of virtue (Wilson's Fourteen
Points), the former colony of To
goland was not restored to Ger
many nor was it handed over "in
fee simple" to any of the victors
Instead it became a land admin
istered under the mandate of the
Leaeue of Nations. But since it
bordered on British and French
colonial possessions each was
eiven a chunk under the League
mandate. After the dissolution of
the Leaeue of Nations United Na
tions set Toeoland up as a Trust
Territory; but the country re
mained divided between the Brit
ish and French for administration,
under treaty agreement . with
United Nations.
Today the" fourth committee
heard three natives of Togoland
make a plea for the unification of
their country with a view to its
Independence. They complained
of the boundary which separates
their people who are chiefly of
the Ewe tribe of Negroes. One
sneaker was particularly critical
of the colonial administration oft
France. Last fall a visiting mis
sion of UN Trusteeship Council
visited Togoland, but its report
stated there was lack of
(Continued on editorial page 4)
Insurance Rate
-
Cut Reverts
To Last July 1
Insurance rates on nearly all
property in Salem other than
residential were lowered retro
active to July 1, 1952, and appli
cable o policies issued on or after
last May 1, the Oregon Insurance
Rating Bureau informed city offi
cials Saturday.
But there was no indication
what the saving would be. Guesses
were that it would be between 10
and 20 per cent. A. J. Snow, man
ager of the bureau, said the re
ductions would vary considerably
from building to building and that
bis office has not estimated a gen
eral percentage figure.
The city was informed of the
rate reductions through a letter
from Snow. He said new insur
ance rates should be in the hands
of insurance men early this week.
Rates will be reduced on all
types of properties other than
dwellings and buildings equipped
with automatic sprinkler systems.
The rates on some buildings
have not been reduced, Snow con
tinued, and some rates have been
Increased. He said increases are
due to changes which have been
made in the construction, occu
pancy or hazards of building since
the last previous inspection.
The insurance bureau, which is
a division of the Pacific Fire
Rating Bureau, commended the
Salem fire department which it
said made the re-rating possible.
The reduction of insurance rates
in Salem was the first of major
proportions since 1939 when the
construction of outlying fire sta
tions brought a re-rating.
Hit-Run Driver
Strikes Woman
Miss Ivy Whitney, 7, of 1100
Chemeketa St., received a possible
fractured back early Saturday
evening when" she was struck by
T hit-and-run driver while cross
ing Center at 12th Street.
She was treated by first aidmen
and taken to Salem Memorial Hos
pital where her condition was con
sidered "good" Saturday night.
Witnesses to the incident told
police the car continued west on
Center Street after hitting the
woman and knocking her. to the
ground. Police are investigating
suspects described by people who
saw the auto.
Bible Reading in
Schools Sought
PORTLAND m John C. F.
Merrif ield, Portland, recently
elected state senator, said Satur
day he would try to get the next
Legislature to pass a bill requiring
daily Bible reading in public
schools.
A .board member of United
Church Men, he returned from a
meeting at Denver, where the
group urged the Bible reading in
'schools. i- ;,
He said 12 states cow ! require
it, nine forbid it, and 27 others
have taken no action.
In :cr. Statesman
There's a lot of interesting
reading in your Statesman to
day, particularly - A. Robert
Smith's story on Got. Douglas
McKay's- new i bailiwick in
Washington, D. C. (page 12,
section I) and Don Whitehead's
AP story on the resurgence of
Gen. Dwight Eisenhower (page
10, section II).
High-Ranking Russ
Employe Fired by
U.N. Due to Spying
unitjoj nations, n. x. uv
highly placed Russian employe
the American State Department.
He is Nikolai Skvortsov, who was personal and confidential aid
to Constantin . Zinchenko, a now-absent U. N. assistant secretary-
general who was the highest ranking Soviet national in the Secretarial
Retiring
David W.Eyre
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linn C. Smith
2 U.S. National
Vice Presidents
To Retire Jaiul
Major changes in the executive
personnel of the Ladd and Bush
branch of the U. S. National bank
were announced Saturday in re
gard to the impending retirement
of two vice presidents of the par
ent organizations David W. Eyre
and Linn C. Smith.
The retl-ements are effective
Jan. 1.
Named to succeed Eyre as man
ager of the Ladd and Bush branch
is Rex Gibson, now manager of
the West Salem branch.
Sherman P. Bostrack, assistant
manager - of the Salem branch,
will become manager of the West
Salem branch. !
E. H. (Tommy) Thompson, who
has been manager of the Klamath J
Falls branch, is to join the staff
of the Ladd and Bush organization.
Eyre, now 70, regarded as the
"dean" of bankers in Oregon, is
a native of Illinois but has been
in the banking business in Salem
for 48 years. He is manager of
the Ladd and Bush branch as well
as vice president of the entire
U. S. National organization, and
a lons-time civic leader. .
Smith's a' native of Oregon, has
been in banking in Salem for 41
years. He became vice president
last January, and has taken a lead
ing part in the development of
Salem industries for many years.
He will be 65 on Dec. 30.
Ei C Sammons, president of the
U. S. National Bank, said "the en
tire U. S. National organization
salutes Dave Eyre and Linn Smith.
They have been important aids
in building not only the bank but
of their community. Their busi
ness and civic standing is a credit
to this institution. We feel that
the Salem braneh will go ahead
creditably under the management
of Rex Gibson with the assistance
of Tommy Thompson, Roy Nelson,
Leo Page, Jake Furher and other
officers m the Ladd and Busn
Salem branch, x x x We are sure
of a good record on the part of
Sherman Bostrack at West Salem.
(Additional details page6)
0MS Seeks to
Abandon Runs
Abandonment of Its Salem-Dallas-Falls
City run by Oregon
Motor Stages will be discussed at
a Public Utilities Commission
hearing Dec. 30 at 10 son. in the
Public Service Building here.
'The stage line has also asked
for permission to 'give up its West
Salem to Dayton run, and claims
lack of patronage is responsible
for bout requests. ?v - -
Charles HeltzeL public utilities
commissioner, .said that another
bus line was interested in receiv
ing the Salem to Falls City fran
chise if the request of Oregon
Motor Stages is approved.' There
tre presently no plans to substi
tute another bus line on the West
Salem-Dayton run. . ,
Dayton, however, is now served
by Greyhound Lines on its through
run from Corvallis to Portland.
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rne united Nations has tired a
who was tagged as a Soviet spy by
here.
Skvortsov was boss of the So
viet's state farm system before
he came here in 1950.
Russians have always held the
assistant secretary - general post
for security council affairs since
the council first met in 1945.
This means both Zinchenko and
Skvortsov were in position to see
some of the most restricted U. N.
political documents from the
council's Atomic Energy Commis
sion, the Military Affairs Com mi t
,tee, and the Disarmament Com
mission, which have held many
closed meetings attended by se
lected personnel.
The United States, however, has
made clear that it never furnished
the U. N. confidential military or
atomic information. There was
some talk in the U. N. last sum
mer that Secretary-general Trygve
Lie was restricting Zinchenko' s
activities then.
The U. S. State Department said
that Skvortsov was fired by . e
U. N. after the department told
Lie that Skvortsov had "violated
a U. S. law." Lie was told in
September, a State Department
source said.
' Atomic' Cloud
Hovers Over
Canada Plant
CHALK RIVER, Ont. U) A
pinpoint leak in Canada's . atomic
pile and a quirk of the weather
were blamed Saturday for a dan
gerous radiation cloud that set the
sirens screaming here Friday.
The alarm emptied the govern
ment atomic energy plant of its
workers without mishap.
Dr. C. 'J. Mackenzie, president
of Atomic Energy of Canada, said
the atomic reactor may be out of
operation for some time. Other op
erations at the $40,000,000 plant
140 miles northwest of Ottawa
won't be delayed as long, he said.
About 350 workers were evacu
ated when the 100 sirens sounded
the warning that atomic particles
were present in dangerous propor
tions. Conditions at the plant
seemed -normal Saturday but a
careful instrument check con
tinued. Dr. Mackenzie said a pinpoint
size, hole, in.' tha reactor caused
greater - than - usual " radiation
to escape up the 200 - foot - high
stacks that carry, on radiation;
then heavy overcast and humidity
kept the atomic cloud from dis
persing as it normally does and
a down draft brought it about the
plant site. Instruments detected
the cloud immediately.
Workers and scientists left the
plant's 100 buildings in an orderly
manner. Many were taken by bus
to their homes, about seven miles
away at the community of Deep
River.
The distance is considered suf
ficient safeguard against danger
ous radiation affecting residents.
Decontamination squads, with
goggles, rubber gloves, lead-sole
shoes and rubberized1 clothing,
cleaned up the plant area by Sat
urday noon.
Buildings least in danger were
put back into use, including one
where construction is under way
on a new atomic pile.
The atomic reactor where the
leak occurred is considered to be
the most efficient heavy - water
reactor in the world. It is a boiler
like structure 34 feet high and 34
feet in diameter coated with lead.
Its concrete walls are seven feet
thick.
TROUBLE DELAYS FLIGHT
TOKYO til A commercial air
liner carrying evangelist Billy Gra
ham : and 14 other passengers to
Korea was forced to return to Tok
yo Sunday after developing trouble
with its landing gear.
Henry Alirens President of
County Livestock Association
By LJL.LIE L MAD SEN
Farm Editor, The Statesman
WALDO HILLS Henry
Ahrens' of Turner was named
president of the Marlon County
Livestock Association Saturday
night at that group's annual meet
ing held at Waldo Hills Commu
nity Club' house. The business
meeting and program were pre
ceded by a dinner served to ap
proximately 100 people. .
Ahrens replaces J. 'J. Thompson,
Salem, who served, as head of the
organization this past year. Other
officers named were Elton Watts,
Silverton, vice "president; "Ben
Newell, Salem, secretary-treasurer,
and Karl Wipper, Turner,
director for two years. Louis Hen
nies reported for the nominating
committee.
Objection to the raising of as
sessed valuation of livestock was
voiced by the club membership
through resolution following a
report made by Alvin Hartley, Sil
verton, as representative of the
Oregon Wool Growers Association.
Plans call for assessing lambs,
calves and pigs at birth instead
of at the six-month age as for
merly, and assessed valuation on
sheep are being placed at $18 a
head, with talk of raising this to
$24 to $29, Hartley said, pointing
out that breeding ewes were now
selling at around $15 and less in
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Old Span Gets Help with Cross-River Traffic After 34 Years
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The Marlon Street bridge officially becomes part of the Salem scene
when it begins carrying traffic both ways across the Willamette
River this morning. Top photo shows the West Salem approach, on
the left, with the present Center Street Bridge approach, in the cen
ter. At the right is the approach which is now under construction.
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Elaborate ceremonies marked the epenlnr ef the Center Street bridge 34 years age, July 30, 1918, as
shown in this old postcard photo from the collection ef Mrs. Winifred Rigdon Berrick. The view Is to
wards SalemTfrom about the middle of the bridge. To the left of the picture is the old steel bridge,
which was moved to that location and served as a detour bridge. It was later torn down. The Center
Street bridre win be closed this morning as work continues on new bridge approaches.
GEESE FOG-BOUND
CALDWELL, Idaho (A Fog in
Caldwell was thick Saturday morn
ing. Just ask the city police.
About 4 a. m. police heard geese.
They investigated. Four fog-bound
wild geese were strolling down
Main Street.
their prime.
Hartley asked that a committee
be appointed , to- carry the resolu
tion to proper authoritj and try
to effect a change in assessed
valuations. Thompson appointed
Hartley to represent the beef
cattle industry; H. A. Barnes, Sil
verton, the dairy cattle; Paul
Jacquet, Silverton, the sheep in
dustry, and Lyle McKinley, Wood
burn, the swine industry.
Floyd Edwards, Albany, presi
dent, announced the meeting of
the Purebred Sheep Breeders As
sociation , at Corvallis f Tuesday
afternoon and evening.. The busi
ness meeting will start at 1:30 and
the annual banquet at 6:30, both
to be held at Benton HoteL Be
sides election of officers the award
of the Sheep Breeders Trophy
will be announced and made. This
award is presented each year to
the breeder who has the most
typical breed display at the sheep
breeders ram sale held In August
at Albany. :
During the Saturday evening
program' hour, violin duets were
given by Mrs. Theodore Riches
and John SmaH. accompanied by
Miss Nadine SmalL Loren Hicks,
Salem attorney and breeder of
purebred Aberdeen Angus cattle,
talked -and showed pictures of his
recent tour of Britain, Scotland
and other European countries.
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Older Bridge
Constructed in
World War I
There were also two bridges for
traffic across the Willamette River
when the Center Street bridge was
under construction during World
War I.
A postcard photo from the col
lection of Mrs. Winifred Rigdon
Herrick shows the two structures.
An old steel bridge, the second
one crossing the river, was lifted
off its piers and moved 10 feet
or so north and served as a de
tour bridge while the Center
Street structure was being built
It had crossed the river at about
the same location.
' While it was being moved, traf
fic used the ferry, which had
served the two sides of the river
for many years.
After the Center Street bridge
was completed, the older steel
structure was torn down. Its
predecessor, built in 1887 at near
ly the same location, was washed
out in the flood of 1890.
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FORECAST (from V. S. Weather Bu
reau, McNary 1114, Salem): Totfj
thla momiof, becoming partly cloudy
'o fair this afternoon. Tatty again to
nlght. High today 4 to 5ft. low tonight
M to . Temperature at 12:01 ajn. waa
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Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Sunday. December 14, 1952
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Lower Photo gives a view of both the new and old bridge, looking to.
ward Polk County. The Center Street bridge will be closed to traffic
this morning and rebuilding work will continue. Piers are presently
being built on the Salem side which will carry the east approach to
Commercial Street
Fog Descends
Upon Salem Area
Dense fog descended upon Sa
lem and vicinity Saturday eve
ning slowing shopper traffic and
weathermen predicted continued
fog this morning and more fog
tonight. . i
The afternoon prediction by the
U. S. Weather Bureau at McNary
Field indicated it may be fair this
afternoon; No precipitation was
recorded for Saturday.
McKay to Have Part in Defense
Policies as Secretary of Interior
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Statesman Correspondent
WASHINGTON Gov. Douglas
McKay's participation in top level
talks aboard the cruiser Helena
with President-elect Eisenhower
and other cabinet appointees - il
lustrates 'dramatically that' the
Secretary of Interior these days
is more than a manager of forests
and waters.
Though no information has been
released pertaining to the exact
Iiature of the Pacific talks, a high
y placed Interior Department. of
ficial 'speculated that the uregon
governor was called because when
he becomes a member of Ike's cab
inet: 1. McKay will have jurisdiction
over America's vast territorial
holdings that stretch far across the
Pacific Alaska, ' Hawaii, Samoa,
Guam ' and the myriad of .. other
lesser known islands. These out
posts figure In foreign policy in
sofar as they are. links in any mili
tary operation that encompasses
the Pacific ;
Moreover, there has been a
backstage power struggle-going on
of late months between the In
terior Department and the Navy
ODD
Marion Street
Bridge Open to
Traffic Today
Salem's new, $1,300,000 Marion
Street bridge across the Willam
ette River will open to traffic this
morning, at the same ticno the
34-year-old Center Street bridge
closes down for major alteration.
No formalities are planned for
the Marion Street bridge opening.
State Highway Department offi
cials said. they hoped to postpone
any formal opening of the bridge
until after the re-building of the
older bridge is completed.
The new bridge will . handle
two-way traffic until the Center
Street bridge work is completed.
Then the new bridge will carry
westbound traffic,! with eastbound
using the older bridge. -
During the interim period, all
traffic from West Salem will turn
right off the bridge at Commer
cial Street. Approach to the bridge
on the Salem side will be from
Marion Street or south along
North Commercial St.
Length of the structure is 2,561
feet. Its roadway is 26 feet wide.
ThereHis also a sidewalk along
both sides.
The Center Street bridge ap
proaches will be rebuilt, with that
on -the 'Salem side extended from
Front to Commercial Street Piers
for that portion are now going up.
The, West Salem approach is al
ready well-along.
It's been i over 34 years since
Salem has seen a new bridge
across the Willamette. Th Center
Street bridge Was officially opened
on July 30, 1918, replacing an
older steel structure. That bridge
cost a fraction of the new one
opening today just $240,000.
for jurisdiction over some of these
islands. The Navy recently won a
round in this contest when Presi
dent Truman transferred authority
over Saipan and Tinian (chief is
lands of the Marianas group north
of Guam) from Interior to N;vy.
Adm. Arthur Radford, Dee's host
aboard the Helena, is said to be
the power who successfully argued
the Navy's case in White House
councils.
2. McKay will become a member
of several top policy planning
agencies as Secretary of -Interior,
notably the National Security Re
sources Board and the Defense
Mobilization ' Board, which "are
both directly responsible to the
President in formation of policies
relating to national security and
the defense effort. Another task
is, membership on a board which
supervises stockpiling of strategic
materials, f - i; ''
Consequently, any discussions of
"Eisenhower's military end . diplo
matic attiudes toward Korea and
other worldwide troublespots will
be valuable -background for Mc
Kay when he assumes his. new
office in January . - ;
(Additional story on page 12)
PRICE 10c
No. 234
off
McKay
Returns;
With Ike
By DON WHIT
WITH nENERAT. rTFMTtnvu.
ER (Sunday) W) President-elect
uwigni u. .cisennower landed in
California last night, nearing the
end of his long and momentous
trip to Korea.
He is due in New York ahnut
a. m. (PST) today.
He " was non-committal s hm
Constellation set down at Edwards
Air iforce Base- on the Mejave
Desert north of Los Angeles
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fog which closed in Travis AFB
near ban r rancisco.
Butl aides described him a rnrv.
fidentj that his 15-day sur-ey of
rvorean ana ar tast war prob
lems has paid dividends, despite
me criticism of President Truman.
He told a crowd of 100 or so
which gathered in the clear, cloud-'
less desert night, with the temper--ature
in the low 30s:
"I have no formal statement to
make at this time. I'll b- -
thing to say later about the trip.. ,
I expect to be oac at ..... .a 1
New York on Monday,"
Conference CanceUed
Elaborate preparations had been :
made for a press conference, but
the general's press secretary, Jim
Hagerty, canceled t after -the press
plane landed. -"
Instead, the general stopped
briefly as he stepped off the 'plane
to wave and smile at the crowd
and tell them also:
"The trip was full of interesting
anecdotes, and I i et lots of inter
esting people. All of us were obliged
by the hospitality we found along
the way."'
Smooth Crossing
The plane made a smooth cross
ing of the Eastern Pacific from
Honolulu, traveling at 17,000 feet
and at about 315 miles an hour, '
aided by a 30-mile tail wind;
Enroute, the general played
bridge with John Foster Dulles, his
secretary of state-desijrnate; C. D.
Jackson, editor of fortune maga
zine and one of his advisors; and
Lt John Da vies, an army steno
grapher who accompanied him.
He was wearing a beige camel
hair coat, brown suit and hat as ha
walked to the headquaners of Brig.
Gen. J. S. Holtoner ior a brief
conference before starting on a
tour of tha base whiLi his plane
was being gassed up.
It is scheduled to fly non-stop
to New York, landing at the Marine
Terminal at La Guardia Field.
The plane; landed at Edwards
at 11:24 p. m., nine hours and 31
minutes after leaving Kaneohe Air-y..
Base in the Hawaiian Islands. The
general looked fit after three days
of golf in the islands, which follow
ed his dramatic batuefront survey
and a series of Intensive confer
ences aboard the cruiser Helena
between Guam and Hawaii.
TV Cameras " X -
The general blinked in the glare
of newsreel and TV camera lights
and .popping flash bulbs as he
stepped from the big Constellation,
He pulled bis hands from his beige
overcoat, waved at the crowd of
100 or so, and flashed his famous
smile.
Many of his listeners stood
aboard flatbed trucks for a better
look. They included newsmen, sec
ret service agents and Some base
personnel.
Eisenhower added that he ex
pects to be back at work in New
York on Monday.
Then he said "goodnight," to the
crowd, wished them good luck and
walked through a rope barrier to
an office readied for him by tha
base commander. Brig. Gen. J. S.
Holtoner.
With Eisenhower wera his secre- ,
tary of state-designates. John Fost
er Dulles; uov. Douglas McKay of
Oregon, who has been named sec
retary of interior in the new cabi
net: Ma j. -Gen. Roger Harney, Ait j.;.
Force operations chief; C. D. Jack
son, an Eisenhower adviser who
also is editor of Fortune magazine.
and James Rowley, chief of the
White House secret service details.
The. party arrived in C a 1 -
if oral a amid reports that Pres
ident Truman's charges of "dema
goguery" bad cooled personal re
lation between the two to the
freezing point.
Ne Meeting Expected
A reliable source said Truman s
remark apparently meant "the fin
ish of any informal across-the-desk
meetings between the two. He
said "it probably would be a cold
affair" if there were another meet
ing prior to Eisenhower's inaugura
tion Jan. 20.
However, one source said h an
ticipated no trouble in an orderly
changeover of administrations be-
low the Cabinet level, adding there
had been no friction.
He reDorted that "some strain
at the high level" already has O
veloDed between the Truman Cabi
net and Eisenhower's liaison men.
Senator Henry Cabot uocg aca
Joseph M. Dodge.
The source said Elsenhower
Truman relitlons, which ha r'
tured as badly strained Crtrt x )
presidential campaign, miL.t la-
come coidiy zormai.
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