The Oregon statesman., January 29, 1953, Page 1, Image 1

Phillips Named
Salem
First Citizen
He wasn't here to accept, but William L. Phillips, automotive
executive, was disclosed Wednesday night as Salem's First Citizen
of 1952. : . t ? - '
- Phillips honored at the third annual First Citizen banquet for
long and extensive community service, was at the time in Flint,
Mich. He .and - Mrs. - Phillips are en route back from Washington,
. D. C- where they attended the
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William L. Phillips, .Salem resi
dent since 1921 and president
and general manager , of Valley
Motor Co., who was announced
Wednesday as Salem First Citi-
sen of 1952. .
The menace of the new Mc-
Carthyism is not Smear but Fear.
Ever since Joe won his whopping
majority in the Wisconsin primary
the opposition to him pretty much
crumpled up, although as -a result
of the gallant fight against him in
Wisconsin his majority In the Nov
ember election was much less
than in the primary. Over the na
tion, however, the primary victory
cowed most of those who had de
nounced McCarthy for character
assassination. General Elsenhower
r received him on his train during
the campaign and his blanket en
dorsement of Republican candi
dates included McCarthy.
The effect was felt in the senate
subcommittee' considering the Ben
ton resolution for the ouster of
McCarthy from the Senate. Gillette
resigned -- s ' chairman; Monroney
of Wyoming left for Europe; Wel
ker of Idaho hibernated for the
summer in Idaho. In spite of these
absences or defections the sub
committee . turned in a report
which 'would make most anyone
but McCarthy blush at the record
exposed. Apparently McCarthy
hasn't quit his indulgence in high
finance for the committee cites
instances of his profitable specu
lations. There is an 'intimation
that some of the funds- donated to
support the senator's anti-commu
nist crusade went Into his private
finance deals. McCarthy though is
brazen -enough not to let that con
cern him, and has not hesitated
to browbeat or threaten any who
might enter the record against
him.
Though the subcommittee report
has been made public no voice was
(Continued on Editorial Page, 4)
Series of Storms
On Way to Valley
A series of rain storms are
scheduled to buffet the Salem area
in the next two days accompanied
by gusty winds and continued mild
temperatures, the weather bureau
said early this morning.
1 Two storms one behind the
other are predicted to bit the val
ley today bringing a half-inch of
rain or more.
Winds this . afternoon will prob
ibll reach gusts of 35 to 40 miles
in hour.
The Wilson vine Ferry was closed
gain by high water. .
oi5
sheds
The location, for $15 million
' worth of highway construction to
speed motor traffic between Salem
and Portland is settled. .
The ' accompanying map, ' pre
pared by the State Highway De
partment, shows the route tor the
new expressway, whose first sec
tions will be usable in 1954.
. The new highway 89, of which
, the final section gained route ap
inaugural of President Eisenhow
er. Phillips had led the first Ore
gon drive for, the general's candi
dacy.
Routed from "his sleep at the
home of friends in Flint by a tele-
pnone call . from Robert I. Elf
strom. First Citizen for 1951, Phil
lips responded to the surprise
news with, "Oh, no. Bob, not me!"
As he became more wakeful, he
added, 'There are dozens more de
serving than - me. What do you
know about that? X appreciate it
very, very much." Phillips said he
would return here in about 10
days.
. The emblematic plaque was ac
cepted by E. Burr Miller, fellow
officer of Phillips' In Valley Mo
tor (Jo. .Lauding the honoree as
not seeking the limelight, he de
clared Phillips probably would say
on nis return, "Gosh, I'm glad I
wasnt here."
Record Outlined -
The service of the 59-year-old
Phillips as outlined fcy Elfstrom
included: v
Born in Nebraska, came to Ore
gon in 1912 and to Salem in 1921
Became associated with Valley
jviotor uo. in izz and nas Become
president and general manager.
He and Mrs. Phillips have three
sons William I, Jr., James and
Donald and seven grandchildren.
scout Leader
Acuve in uoy scouting since
1923, Phillips served Cascade Area
Council in such capacities as camp
chairman, camp director, treasur
er, president for three years and
now president of Region XI. He
also is on the Scouts' national field
operations committee and lay com
mittee on Protestant Service. He
was granted the Silver Beaver and
Silver Antelope awards.
Phillips has served as president
oi aiem notary club, on the
Community Chest budget commit
tee, president of Salem General
Hospital board, trustee of YWCA,
memoer oi salvation Army ad
visory board, trustee of Willamette
University and chairman of its
athletic committee, ' director of
Portland Gas and Coke Co. He Is
a member of the First Presbyter
ian Church where he formerly
served as trustee.
In the address of the evening,
Justice Hall S. Lusk of the Oregon
Supreme Court declared that all
must pay, In one way or another,
for the privilege of living in such
a great land as this. But the First
Citizen, he added, has rendered
service above the call of duty.
(Additional details on page 2.)
SHS Band Gives
Concert in Prison
The Salem High School band
gave its first concertTin a prison
Wednesday night.
The 76 band members entertain
ed Oregon State Penitentiary pris
oners zor an hour and a half in
the packed mess hall with selec
tions ranging from novelty tunes
to classics.
Victor Palmason, band director,
said it was the first time to his
knowledge that the band had ever
performed at the prison.
Daily Speller!
(The following words are among
those from which will be chosen
the words for the 1953 Oregon
Statesman-KSLM Spellin Con
test for 7th and 8th graders of
Marion. Polk and part of Yamhill
County:
honesty
mischief
embroidery
monument
sandwich
treasury
campaign
electricity
horrible
operate '
honorable
forty
advertise
vocabulary
spread
determine
career
wagon
unknown
vinegar
All mpellers pleas note: The
word list of Jan. 22 had a typo
graphical error tn the word 'per
severance." To make certain no
one is misled by it, that word will
not be used in oral contests).
$15 Million
0 JT 1
proval only last week from ; the
State Highway Commission. . will
cut only about four miles from the
51 miles of -the present inter-city
road, but will be free of intersec
tions and roadside business and
will be four lanes wide all the way.
Already built or under construc
tion are sections which will con
nect existing highways next year
and relieve the pressure on heavily-traveled
Pacific Highway. .
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lC2sd TEAB
Wilson Seeks
To Clear Path
For Appointees
WASHINGTON OF) An order
designed to break the f deadlock
over appointment of the Army and
Air Force secretaries was issued
by Secretary of Defense Wilson
Wednesday as his first 'major act
at the Pentagon.
It directs that any official of
the Defense Department must with
draw from consideration of any
contract with a company in which
the official has a financial inter
est. In Wilson's opinion, this should
clear the way for Senate confir
mation of Robert T. B. Stevens.
New Jersey textile industrialist, as
Army secretary and of Harold E.
Talbott, a. Chrysler executive, as
secretary of the Air rorce.
Both men have substantial inter
ests in companies doing business
with the Defense Department.
Wilson outlined his plans for the
order before the Senate Armed
Services Committee last week, but
the record of the hearing indicates
that some senators were not con
vinced it was the solution to the
problem.
Sen. Hunt (D.-wyo.j said Wed
nesday night it might be possible
to get the Stevens and Talbott ap
pointments through in the light of
the new directive and if both men
pledged themselves not to deal
with companies In which they are
financially interested.
But another influential senator,
asking that his name not be used,
said tine nominees "haven't a ghost
of a chance" of being confirmed
unless they divest themselves of
the disputed stock holdings.
On the heels of the Wilson or
der it was disclosed that Presi
dent Eisenhower had decided to
submit formally to the Senate the
nominations of Stevens and Tal
bott. as well as that of Robert B.
Anderson, Navy secretary-desig
nate. '-.- -
' They have been held up In the
White House while the stock is
sue was being studied.. No objec
tions have been raised to Ander
son's financial interests, however.
The Senate Armed Services Com
mittee, which will pass first on the
delayed appointments, announced
that public hearings on them will
begin at 10 a.m. Wednesday.
Roger M. Kyes was approved as
deputy defense secretary by the
Armed Services Committee. Kyes
won unanimous endorsement aft
er agreeing to dispose of about
$200,000 worth of stock in General
Motors, the nation's biggest de
fense contractor. He still, must be
confirmed by the full Senate.
3 Infants Die
Of Pneumonia
Three Salem Infants all about
a year old have died of pneu
monia in the past six days. Dr.
fWillard Stone, city and county
health, officer said Wednesday
night
Stone said, however, the deaths
were not of epidemic proportions.
Each Infant was sick a day or
less before death, Stone reported.
Autopsy reports showed that all
died of pneumonia.
Stone said he alerted the staff
of Salem Memorial Hospital last
night about the deaths so local
doctors could be on guard. '
"We re going to keep watching
the situation and work closely
with the doctors," he said.
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4-Lane Portland-Salem
' The curenf picture on the high
way, following the map's lettering
from Portland south to Salem, is
as follows, according to R. H. Bal
dock, state highway engineer: e
A-B: Last week the commission
adopted this route from Harbor
Drive, near .Ross Island Bridge, to
the earliest portion of the super
highway, which now Joins 89W
near Tigard. The road will rough
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W. H. Steiwer Visits Son
r
Officially recognised visitor at the
W. H. Steiwer (left). Fossil, a
father of J. P. Steiwer (right).
the House this session.
Pendleton Pair Give $10 Million
Lumber Business to Church
PENDLETON UP) A Pendleton
millionaire Wednesday gave his
multi-million dollar lumber busi
ness to the Seventh Day Adventist
Church.
"We 'have tried to be faithful
in our dealings with the Lord and
He has given us far more than
we deserve. Now we are giving
our entire business to Him," . said
Clyde H. Harris. 62, speaking for
himself and his wife. I
The business has : an estimated
value of 10 million dollars. It In
cludes the ,000-employe Harris Pine
Mills here, one of the largest
producers of unfinished furniture
In the nation. Also going to the
church are furniture assembly
plants at Chicago Heights, 111..
Alexandria, Va., and Cleburne,
Texas. i
President W. H. Branson of the
Seventh Day Adventist Church said
profits from the business would be
used to help support the denomin
ation's churches, hospitals and
schools here and abroad.
Harris, who started the business
as a small box factory in lsia,
retains some orchards and other
properties in this area.
He will stay on to manage the
mills, however, until a church
official Is ready to take over the
management. Charles J. Nagele,
secretary of the North Pacific
Union Conference of the church at
Portland, was designated as that
official.
The denomination regards Satur
day as the sabbath, and performs
no work on thar day. That fact
was a sore point with orchardists
in the region when Harris opened
his fruit box factory at nearby
Milton in 1913. ; - "
"Some of those orchard owners
got mighty upset when I told them
we just would not work on Satur
day. They threatened to stop buy
ing from us. but they never did.
Our business went right on boom
ing. You see, we did right by the
Lord and He did right by us,"
Harris said.
By 1918 the firm had grown to
ly , parallel ' congested" Barbur
Boulevard in Southwest Portland,
crossing it twice at separations.
Construction' of this section,
which is farthest In the future
with 00 -. funds programmed, is
estimated to cost $4,400,000, with
another $400,000 'in jight-of-way.
This was the least costly of three
routes ; studied. No right-of-way
has been secured except to avoid
expensive, developments. .
POUNDDD
Th Oregon Stcrteszncm.
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Oregon LerislaTure Wednesday was
former State Senate president and
Fossil, one of the younger men In
the point that it could buy a saw
mill. In 1939 Harris bought out the
interest of his brother, the late
C. B. Harris, and moved the oper
ations to Pendleton, where further
expansion followed. !
The firm now cuts 50 million
board feet of lumber yearly.' mar
kets five million fruit boxes an
nuaOyj and ships 2,000 pieces of
unfinished furniture daily. Included
in the gift to the church are 50,000
acres , of lumber and the firm's
contract to cut timber from 100,000
acres of federal land.
More than half of the ; 600 em
ployes' in Pendleton are members
of the Seventh Day Adventist
Church. .
Harris told his employes of the
transfer in a special meeting,
which was concluded with a prayer
for divine guidance and continued
success in the operation of the
firm. ! ,
Astorians Seek to
Stop Sliding Hill
ASTORIA (JP)-In an attempt to
stop Astoria's sliding hilL two
pumps have been installed to carry
off rain water. ,
The ; hill has slipped more than
a foot in recent days, twisting the
foundation of one house, and en
dangering several others. A num
ber of homes were destroyed in
previous years.; j
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Portland
San Francisco :
Chicago ,
new if one
WUUmett JRlTcr 12.0 feet.
FORECAST (from U. 8. weather bu
reau. McNary Held. Salem) i
Cloudy- with Intermittent rata today,
tonight and Friday. Continued mild
temperature Hisn today near SS, low
near 40. Temperature at 12:01, aan. was
48 degree.- --- -!-.-.
- SALEM PRECIPITATION
SUee Start of Weather Tear. Sept. 1
This Year LaitYear Normal
36.47 t ;.-8S -'JM 33.43 .
Expressivay
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- Li G E NO -
Rnonced ;ih i40.00a000 Bond FurKls crvj Federal Aid-
To be Finonced mW Proposed $ 52.000.000 Bond Funds and Federal Aid. :
To be Financed with Future Highway Revenues end Federal Aid (Not new ProgtarAed)
Existing Primary
: B-C: A two-lane stretch,: to be
widened to four lanes this year,
was built several years ago from
B nearly. to Tualatin. From! Tuala
tin to C is under construction now,
with a paving contract awarded
last week; Including a Willamette
River bridge at Wilsonville, whose
piers have been erected!, this sec
tion will cost : $5,1 50,000 to : build.
T Jaft . south of the bridge it will
join a two-lane strip built more
Salonx, Oregon Thursdcrr, January 29. 1S53
Airliner Pilot
SEATTLE If) The pilot of a
Central British Columbia Airways
plane, one pf three aircraft report
ed missing in the Pacific North
west in the past 24 hours, was
found alive Wednesday night . on
a beach 400 miles north of Van
couver, B.C.
The body of one of the plane's
six passengers was. also found.
Twenty-two other ' persons, in
cluding 10 on a U5. Navy patrol
plane and seven on an RCAF Da
kota, were still missing. The two
military planes vanished Wednes
day. Pilot James J. Siddle told res'
cuers the CBCA plane stayed afloat
for ZVi hours after it plunged into
the water 200 yards offshore. . He
said the six passengers donned life
jackets and struck out for shore.
There was no trace of the other
five passengers, although the com
pany said it had not given up hope
they would be found alive.
Commercial Plane
The small commercial plane, a
Grumman G o o s , apparently
crashed shortly .after takeoff from
the fishing village of Butedale for
a 100 mile overwater hop to Ke
mano, B.C.
Siddle and the body of one of
the passengers were found by an
other CBA pilot near Butedale.
Snow squalls were reported in the
area Tuesday.
The U.S., Navy plane, a P4Y re
cently returned from Korean serv
ice disappeared on a flight from
Alameda Naval Air Station, Calif.,
to Whidbey Island Naval Air Sta
tion, 50 miles north of here.
Over McChord Base
The patrol craft was last heard
from at. 12:48 p.m., Wednesday
when it passed over McChord Air
Force base, 35 miles south of here,
and received clearance for an in
strument landing at Whidbey. The
plane belonged to Patrol Squadron
The RCAF Dakota was on a
training flight in central British
Columbia when It last reported.
The, RCAF said the plane bad
enough gas to keep airborne until
7:30 p.m.
The names of the persons still
missing have not been disclosed.
The two military planes report
ed missing Wednesday brought to
12 the number of American and
Canadian naval and air force craft
missing or known to have crashed
in a series of aerial disasters along
the North Pacific rim.
A total of 298 persons were
killed, or are missing in the 10
previous military plane mishaps.
The series started last Nov. 7
when a U.S. Air Force C-119
crashed nto a mountain top north
of Anchorage, Alaska, killing the
five crewmen and 14 soldiers
aboard.
The latest crash, until Wednes
day, came last Dec. 20, when a
C-124 "Christmas Special" carrry
lng servicemen home for the holi
days crashed ' and burned near
Moses Lake, Wash.; killing S7 in
the worst disaster In aviation his
tory. :
LUNAR ECLIPSE DUE
WASHINGTON (Pi A com
plete eclipse pf the mooa will be
visible throughout the United
States Thursday weather permit
ting, the Naval Observatory an
nounced . Wednesday. - The total
eclipse will begin in the Pacific
Northwest at 3:03 pan. and con
tinue for one hour and 25 min
utes. '.V'. '!-..'-;- -K- .
Established
Stole Highways
than a decade ago to connect with
the present highway north of
Hubbard. Traffic interchanges are
slated both at C and at -the 9 E
Junction, to speed traffic until the
rest of the expressway is built. ,
From ' Hubbard to Tigard, the
road win be usable next year.
C-D: In November the commis
sion approved a , 27-mile route
fxom Wilsonville to Hayesvllle,
Plane D
itched
PBXCZ So
in
Cora FppMfier pete
Alvis 6. Davis, 36, convict at the State Penitentiary, lost his
14-day title of "escapee and was reclassified, a "hideout" Wed
nesday night when a three-guard searching party found him
biding within the walls. . i ,
Davis was first discovered missing from his cell on the eve
ning of Jan. 14 and at that time Warden Virgil J. O'Malley had
said ne "naa a nuncn Davis was i
till within the walls."
Since that time the search
through debris, created by con
struction within the walls, has con
tinued from time to time and Wed
nesday night three guards decided
to "poke around" what looked like
a false roofing over rafters in the
prison machine shop. Close exam
ination revealed a loose board and
Davis.- '--.. ... ; '-s.:m-,;-t.
Warden CMaUey supposed Da
vis had devised his scheme to hide
away until the time looked right
for an escape, "possibly on a foggy
night, which we haven't had: since
he left his cell he said. O'Malley
presumed that other convicts, were
aiding Davis in his scheme by leav
ing food in the machine shop and
the recluse would then pick it up
at night, Davis had nothing to say.
Commendation was given the
three correctional officers who
found Davis.' The three were Lt.
Hoyt Cupp, Mervin O'Brien and
Marion Myers.
The convict, who was received
from Lane County in October, 1951
to serve four years for burglary,
was placed in segregation pending
a trial for. being a "hideout."
Girl Winner
At Parrish in
Parrish Junior High of .Salem
will be. represented in the 1953
Oregon Statesman-KSLM Spelling
mmtmConteat by 13-
f ry: VJyear - old
Pat
if"- - -a? ; . x
Swanson, daugh
ter of Mr. and
w Mrs. L. J. Swan
I son of . Route 0.
I Pat. an- 8th-
grader, was cer
tified as the
champion speller
of Parrish by
Principal Carl E.
'A a r hrnbrmner.
Pat Swansea Her teacher ia
Florence JCron whose former stu
dent. Mack Harris, won the first
Statesman - KSLM contest and a
$100 defense bond two years ago.
Second place at Parrish was-i
won by Diana Boyd, 12, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Glen R. Boyd of
1437 4th St., and third place by
Joan Crossland, 12, daughter , of
Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Crossland of
1985 N. 23rd St. Both are in the
7th grade. v
Pat, 'whose hobby is music, will
compete In a semi-finals with the
champions of Leslies Junior High,
West Salem Junior High and Sa
lem Academy. Two of the four
entrants In the semi-finals will
vie tn the grand finals, for-which
Parrish will be host school March
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FLU STRIKES N MEXICO
M EXI CO UPi Thous
ands of persons . were down with
the flu in Mexico City Wednesday.
by Mishvvay
just north ' of Salem, paralleling
the Oregon Electric Railway and
roughly one mile to the east of it
Estimated to cost , $3,500,000 plus
right-of-way, none - ef which has
been secured, the road will miss
all communities and as' yet no
traffic interchanges for crossroads
have been put in the plans. ' ;
Completion is ' authorized " in
about five or six years, if the cur
rent legislature authorizes - the
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X?o. 323
State Weather
Board Sought
By Legislator
By HECTOR L. FOX
Associated Press Writer
The 47th Oregon Legislature ex
pects to see Introduction of its
300th bill Thursday, but the bulk
of major legislation Is still to come'
or awaiting action by. committees.
Through Wednesday, 184 bills
had been Introduced in the House
and 101 in .the Senate.
Bills to create boards or com
missions still are making appear
ance. Two such measures were
presented Wednesday and two
more are scheduled Thursday.
Civil rights legislation also will
be introduced soon. .
Sen. Ben Day, Medford, offer
ed a bill to create a state weather
modification board to license rain
makers and issue permits, and
Sen. Robert D. Holmes, Gearhart,
turned in a proposal for a de
parment of occupational licensing
which would take over 20 exist
ing regulatory boards.
Attorney General Robert
Thornton urged the house Judici
ary committee ; to Introduce bis
bill creating a state .crime com
mission, and - James Dezendorf,
chairman of the Oregon state bar's
commission on uniform laws also
has prepared a crime commission
bill adapted from a model act de
signed for all states.
Day's weather board would bo
composed of the state engineer,
agriculture director, a member of
the agriculture faculty at Oregon
State College, and two appointed!
by the governor.
(Additional legislative news oa
pages 3 and 6.
Animal Crackers
Bv WARREN COODRICH
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CommicGSoc:
commission to issue another CIS
million in bonds.
D-E; This is the bypass uni :"
cons traction along . talera's c..
edge. The 10-mile stretch, fo re
lieve congestion la the city t
route through trucks cutsida,
cost $2,150,003. Only two Ur:;
are being installed, tut r.-. : . '..
facilities for four lanes are r -vided.
Completion Is tlue in KZ'.iT'
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