Z The StWaamaiu'Sc&mChonJ Saturdcry, January 31. l'l
themicals Boost Berry Sizes;
JVow Available in Salem Stores,
By ULLXE L. MADSEN
V . Farm Editor, The Statesman
Plant scientists are getting
round the Biblical quotation .ox
not being able to increase or de
crease suture at least so xar.-as
berries are concerned.
" By the use of two chemicals the
size of thornless blackberries have
been increased at least 20 per cent
to experiments carried on at Ore
gon State College, Dr. Quentin
Zielinski. Corvallis, told the some
tO caneberry growers who met
Friday afternoon at Mayflower
HalL
... The two chemicals are Para
cholorphenoxy acetic acid and
Beta naphthoxy acetic acid. The
latter, known more familiarly in
the trade as NXY, has had no ef
fect alone on the blackberries but
has 'worked with strawberries,
while a combination of the two
or the 4CL has increased the size
, of the blackberries.
The sprays are applied in mid
Julv on the foliage for increased
size of that year's crop.' Little
change has been found in unir
rigated fields, but results are very
promising where irrigation is
Hised, the doctor said.
1 "While the materials are avail
able now in -Salem stores, we at
the college do not recommend
growers going out to spray entire
fields with them. We suggest that
if they are of experimental minds,
they might try out a row or two
in the field at a time," Dr. Ziel
inski said In conclusion.
s: Now is not a good time to plant
additional acreages of tame black
berries, but It is a good time to
tnake a few new plantings of
Boysen berries and to maintain
the present planting of red rasp-
berries, M. D. Thomas, extension
; agricultural economist at tne en
tire college, stated In his berry
'outlook -talk.
Acreage of the blackberries has
been increasing in Oregon since
1950 and is now about 10 per cent
greater than two years ago. Pro
duction is up about 20 per cent
In Oregon, and Northwest can
ners warehouses contain about
one-fourth more in storage this
year than a year ago. There is
also about three per cent more in
cold storage.
Thomas expected a heavy pro
duction in this berry in 1953.
Unlike in the blackberry field,
the Boysen has steadily declined
for several years until Oregon is
now down about 15 per cent since
1949. Plantings in both California
and Washington are down, too.
.-. Thomas said he didn't "under
stand why" but that canner's
stocks in Boysen and Loganberries
were not moving too rapidly, but
that holdovers in the freezer sec
tion was down. He anticipated a
smaller production in 1953 than in
1952 and that the price of Boysen
would be relatively good com-
, pared to other berries."
, .Acreage in red. respberries has
been Increasing until now it is
"about what we should maintain
it", Thomas said. He expected to
Increase in planting, however,
particularly with the new vari
eties which seem more suited to
the freezing process. Carry-over,
he expected to be down in red
raspberries.
In all lines, cost of production
would remain high, Thomas said,
as, he warned growers that in or
der to stay In business they "must
be efficient, progressive and scien
tific." Youth Claims
At Portland
Mercy Slaying
PORTLAND VP) A sobbing 19-rear-eld
boy walked into the po
lice station here Friday, and said
he had just killed his mother to
stop her from suffering from a
nervous breakdown.
'. Police found the body of a slain
woman at the auto court where
the youth, Robert Harold Matlock,
sent them. j
I couldn't stand to see her lay
there and suffer and die. and when
her head was turned I hit her
over the head with a pop bottle.
X thought if I killed her she
wouldn't have to go through that
torture." Matlock said in a state
ment recorded by police.
k "She kind of moaned when I hit
Iter. I also hit her with a ham
mer. I wasn't sure that I killed !
' her and stabbed her several times
with a knife. I don't remember how
' many times maybe twenty," the
statement said. 'X
VThe youth, who was nearly hys
terical by the time he reached the
police station, said his mother had
peen suffering since sne naa
nervous breakdown recently.
l CapL William D. Browne asked
why he hit her so many times.
"I turned blank before I tut her.
I kept hitting her and she kept
moaning so I grabbed the Ham
mer. I - never thought of doing
such a thing ' previously." Mat
lock said.
Browne said no charge would be
filed against the youth until-detectives
complete an investigation.
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O'Briens Spark
Chief tains9 Win
SEATTLE U! Loyola of Los
Angeles solved the O'Brien prob
lem for awnue .Friday night, but
faded when Seattle University's
famous twins t caught, fire in the
second half to show the- way to
their team's eighth straight vic
tory, 89-82.
When it all was over Brother Ed
had stolen Brother John's thunder
to lead the scoring with 28 points.
Johnny O'Brien, fighting to main
tain the 27-plus average that made
him third in the nation this week,
had only 20 when he went out on
personal fouls late in the final
quarter. ,
Gordon Dean
Certain Russ
HaveA-Bomb
WASHINGTON (A Chairman
Gordon Dean of the Atomic Energy
Commission said Friday "there is
no doubt" the Russians have "a
supply, of atomic weapons."
Dean issued a brief statement
in response, he said, to inquiries
from reporters.
There have been many of these
inquiries since former President
Truman expressed doubt last Mon
day that the Russians have a work
able atomic bomb.
Dean's statement said:
"The - following facts, among
those available to the U. S. govern
ment, can be released on this
point:
"(A) The USSR has produced fis
sionable materials in quantity.
"(B) With fissionable materials
In hand, it is not a difficult tech
nical job to make workable atomic
weapons.
"(C) The USSR has exploded
three atomic bombs one in the
late summer of 1949, two in the
fail of 195JL
"(D) On the basis of the above
facts, and other scientific and tech
nical evidence, there is no doubt
of the existence of a supply 'of
atomic weapons in the USSR.
Truman said in Kansas City on
Jan. 27 that there was some doubt
in his mind that the Russians had
bomb.
Three members of the Senate
House Atomic Committee had
called Truman's remark "highly-f
uniortunate.
Rep. Durham (D-NC) retirina
chairman of the Atomic Commit
tee, Sen. Hickenlooper (R-Ia).
former chairman, and Rep. Cole
(R-NY) said the Truman state
ments contradicted "indisputable
evidence not only available today
out available in ims."
Hop Growers
Warned Crop
Sales to Dron
PORTLAND UH An Oregon
State College economist warned
hop growers Friday that they may
not be able to market a third to
a half of their crops this year.
Marion Thomas, the OSC ex
pert, said there possibly win be a
35 million-pound surplus by Sep
tmber and, "It is foolish to hold
out hopes for an increased de
mand." He told the U. 3. Rod Growers
Association that brewers are cut
King down on the amount of hops
they use, and growers already are
producing more than the brewers
need.
The problem of surplus hons Is
the major topic before the annual
convention here, since the growers
voted last fan to abandon the fed
eral marketing program, uncer
which a percentage of the crop
was withheld from the market.
A resolution to bring back the
marketing agreement was shouted
down on the floor of the conven
tion. The resolution had been pre
sented by Ed Schott, Yakima
grower.
Members also voted to work for
a reduction in federal and state
taxes on malt beverages.
The approved transfer of the as
sociation's headquarters from San
Francisco to Portland.
No action was taken, but sev
eral proposals were submitted on
the problem of surplus hops. One
would reduce acreage through vol
untary agreement. Another would
set up a corporation to handle the
marketing ofseveral million
pounds of hops which will be re
leased when the marketing agree
ment terminates July L
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Robert A. Voseler (rlrht), an American telephone executive whe was
held prisoner by the Communists In Hungary, j addressed a Joint
session ef the Oregon Legislature Friday. Here h Is thanked for
his appearance by (left) Rep. W. W. Bradeea ef Burns. Yogeler
addressed Salem Knife and Fork Clnb Friday night?
Vogeler Tells Salem Audience
Of Humiliation at Hands of Reds
By ROBERT E. GANGWA1S
City Editor, The Statesman
Seventeen months of humiliation at the hands of the Communist
regime in Hungary was the personal story Robert A. Vogler laid
before before a capactiy audience at Salem High School auditorium
Friday nighty
Vogeler's release from Imprisonment in Hungary was negotiated
by the U. S. government in 1951 after he had started serving a
sentence of 19 years in sou tar
confinement on a trumped-up es
pionage charge. He had been on
business in Hungary as vice presi
dent of International Telephone
and Telegraph Co.
Speaking slowly, qquietry but
forcefully. Vogeler ticked off the
record of bis arrest, endless ques
tioning by secret police, torture,
his eventual breakdown and "con
fession," trial and imprisonment.
Sneaking before Salem jume
and Fork Club in a guest night
lecture. Vogeler said. "It was you,
the American people, who put the
pressure on our government and
secured my release."
- Despite his gratitude, continued
the speaker, l am asnamea to De
the first American cmzen to dc
ransomed, and from a four rate
power at that. When 1 learned of
it, I knew that was my final hu
miliation.'' -They didn't care about Robert
Vogeler," he said of the Commun
ist regime, "they were only fur
ther humiliating the .United States
and demonstrating to their people
that the U.S. couldn't even look
after its own property and citizens
there."
"This was part of a plan, and It
could have been stopped any
where along the line by direct ac
tion," declared Vogeler.
In the same Indignant vein the
speaker said "we all are party to
the infamy that led to enslave
ment of 600 million people by the
Communists."
"After SO years it didn't take
any. mastermind to recognize the
alma of Communism . . . after
this nation emerged from World
War II as the strongest In the
world, we didn't make full use of
the opportunities .given us by a
Supreme Being; we allowed our
selves to be misiea oy roe com
munists.' ;
The Communist treatment
which Vogeler described as his
fare through the 1? months in
eluded much "I would never have
associated with the civilization of
this century.
He described being quqesuonea
under strong lights for 70 hours
when he was first arrested, then
for periods of S to 20 hours at a
time for many weexs wun never
more than a couple hours', sleep
allowed him.
His food was a cup of water
and a piece of bread, a day for
long periods. He was placed In a
bitter-cold subterranean ceu -wun
moans, groans ana screams ail
around."
Horribly beaten "witnesses"
against him were paraded before
him in the course of questioning
designed ; to gradually break: nim
down. He finally wrote a sou-page
confession admitting "crimes
couldn't possibly have committed.
The Communists rejected it and
wrote their own confession ver
sion. His trial was rehearsed and
was a mockery.
Vogeler spoke earlier in the day
before a joint session of the Ore
gon Legislature.
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Morse Attacks
Oncoming Rush
Of 'Reaction'
WASHINGTON (A Sen. Wayne
Morse (Ind-Ore) attacked Friday
night what he called the "oncom
ing rush of reaction as represented
by the Eisenhower administra tion"
and called again for formation of
a new party alignment in this coun-s
try-
Addressing the fifth annual
Roosevelt birthday dinner spon
sored by the Americans for Demo
cratic Action, Morse hit at what
he termed "gutless liberals" In
the Senate and declared:
"I have Ions since siven up hope
of finding liberalism in the Republi
can .rany ancri trunk It is on its
death bed in the Democratic Par
ty." "I think it Is time for formation
of a new alignment in this country
to carry out the principles of rep
resentative government."
"Why the honeymoon?" said
Morse, who left the Republican
Party in the last campaign and
declared his political independence.
"Why wait until the forces of
reaction are firmly implanted
because the battle of liberalism
versus reaction is already on,
whether we know it or not."
Walter P. Reuther, CIO president
and an ADA vice-chairman, sent a
message to the dinner urging liber
als to be on guard to see how
President Eisenhower deals with
what the labor leader called a
"bevy of reactionary beauties."
Former President Truman also
sent a message saying he was sure
the ADA -jrill continue to work for
those policies that "are essential
to freedom, and that it will support
thee fforts of the new administra
tion to achieve world peace."
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BENSON'S BIRTHDAY CAKE
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BilLie Dotson. Elaine Stan dish,
Vance Eilert, Uarrell Allison,
Judith Franz, . Alvin Gookin,
Dick Whitman, Dennis Berry,
Shirley Swegle, Kathleen Wal
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Stenhjen, Penny Hutto, Bonnie
iiutto, snerrie Hutto, Comma
BurknarV John Reno, Hank
Gale, Claybourne Dyer. Judy
Wyatt, Maurine Cocple. Bruce
Fochtman, Janet Sayre. : ;
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Lead to Auto
The first. tangible tip police re
ceived after the hold-up of the
DeLuxe Ice Cream Co., 1857 State
St Friday, afternoon by two gun
men came from . an alert woman
who spotted the get-away car.
She told police she saw tne two
men ride away : in a large , black
car (later identified as a 1948
Chrysler) which had been parked
in the 1800-block of Court Street.
The bandits escaped with 8315
Inn cash after holding Mrs. Helen
Yagle and Paul Ernst, employes
of the ice cream, company, at gun
point. i ' ... 1 ":;:.
They provided police with a de
scription of theg unmen as follows:
Both between 25 and 30, . one
about 5-8, 140 pounds, slended with
dark curly hair; the other about
5-11. 160 pounds," slender with dark
brown hair. I '
- CapU- Stanley Friese j led - the
Salem police squad which left here
about 10:30 last night for Otis.
With him were detectives Robert
Mason, David Bouser, Wayne, Par
ker and Allan McRae. j
State ! police were led by Sgt.
Roy Hunt of the Salem district and
included - Pvt. Robert Everest of
Salem, one ' officer , from j McMinn
ville and five from, the Newport
office.' i -
Parent Support
Probe Started
For Welfare
PORTLAND W The Oregon
Welfare Commission, continuing its
effort to make children support
parents in need, interviewed five
persons subpenaed to learn
whether they are able to support
their parents.
AH told 13 persons were sub
penaed, but three sent word that
they could not appear, three others
sent In financial statements and
two more did not answer at aJL
The five who appeared were told
to submit financial statements or
face legal action by the welfare
commission. u
Dr. Clinton S. McGiH. medical
director, told the commission that
costs were certain to increase for
medical treatment of those on pub
lie welfare. i -
"We might as well face ft and
start planning now for hospital and
nursing home facilities or we wul
be caught very ?hort, he said.
North Japan
Defenses on
Priority List ?
TOKYO UPi The U. S. Army
chief of staff turned his attention
Friday to Japan's northernmost
defenses closest to Soviet territory
after talks on Korean War strategy
with top U. N. commanders..
Gen.: J. Lawton Collins sched
uled a flying tour of Honshu and
Hokkaido Islands. Hokkaido, whose
air and radar bases are defended
by the U. S. First Cavalry Division,
extends to within four miles of the
Russian-held Habomais.
Collins, arriving from a first
hand survey in Korea, conferred
on war strategy Thursday, with
Gen. Mark Clark, the U. 8. Far
East Commander, and Lt. Gen.
Maxwell D. Taylor, soon to take
over the field command of the
Eighth Army in 'orea.
The talks fanned speculation of
possible new moves in the stale
mated war.
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SAIGON. Indochina (ff The
biggest : amphibious landing of a
six-year war placed a powerful
French Union force in position Fri
day . to shatter i Vietminh bases
across a wide strip of the An
namese coast and pull the. heat
off menaced Ankhe.
1 The French announced that sev
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naval guns and fighter - bombers
from ' the carrier Arromanche
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Mothers March in West
Salem Adds $80 to Fund
West Salem's' "Mothers' March"
for Polk County March of Dimes
raised 880 Thursday night, accord
ing to Robert Covert, county trea
surer for the National Foundation
for Infantile Paralysis. : :
Covert said the West Salem
Lions Auxiliary, made, the canvass.
Any persons who were missed and
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