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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 14, 1953)
i -, 7eather f i i 1 t 1: "' & t I'- 1:1 OTP "TTCD LOOS In contrast with the continuing tensions over Israel and over Iran the reported settlement of the dispute between Egypt and Brit ain concerning Sudan serves to shoot a ray of hope in the strategic area of the Middle East. An agree ment on the Sudan question may open theway for a settlement of the dispute over , presence 01 x IsH troons in -the Suez canal zone, and ease greatly the situation in that critical part ox tne worm. The Sudan agreement gives the people of that region the final say tn their xuture. xypi naa claimed the Sudan for its own ter ritory. Britain refused to end the 'condominium" and turn the country over to Egypt, taking final refuge in self-determination by the Sudanese. - C Anglo-Egyptian Sudan covers over a million square miles of des ert and valleys and highlands to the south of Egypt. Its history has been checkered. Conquered by Egypt in 1820, the British were called in. or went in, to retrieve the " situation after the Mahdist uprisings of the early 1180s. Great names cluster arouna ouaan. in the fighting General C G. "China Gordon was killed at Khartoum in 1885. It was General Kitchener I who really established British rule alter defeating the native xorces at Omdurman in 1898. The con dominium with Egypt was signed In 1899 but Britain has been the real ruler of the country. Egypt has a natural concern be cause the Nile River, Egypt's life artery, flows down from the Su dan. Some of the irrigation dams are located in the Sudan and Egypt Wants direct control over them. The Sudan itself is a great cotton-producing area. The far Sudin.ln EthloDia and Ugan - da but nossession of the Sudan would sivlDt far more conSl 7,tw it. nreriou. waters. One can well understand the reluctance of the British in mak ing this concession to Egypt whose capacity for wise self-government surely lias not been proved. Xney recall the stirring Victorian days when the British empire was ex panding, and reflect sadly on the shrinking of that empire in this i mid-century. Times have changed however, and Britain is making concessions to the current of his tory. It may well be that Britain may retain lis woria posiuon Dy its influence even though it pulls aown ine union jacK or imperial - ism. Rosenbergs VATICAN CITY ( Pope Pius XU intervened in Washington last m ueiMm w iuuu uiu Ethel Rosenberg, the convicted atomic spies whom President EV senhower has since refused to save from the electric chair, Rc- man Catholic Church sources said. Tne Vatican newspaper IOsser- vatore Romano announced the pon- Off stepped in as an act of mercy "insofar as it was permitted him by the lack of every official re- lation with the competent (Amert-1 can) government -authorities The newspaper made it plain that the pope's action was being revealed because of insinuations 1 in the Communist press - which I is loud in denunciation of the death I sentences that he was not in-1 terested in the Rosenbergs fate, Mstrr. Giovanni Cicnmani'i an. ostolic delegation in Washington cleared that up a few hours' later with this statement; "At the reauest of the holy see. nim oTVKtrfio rioWattan ia tw cember communicated to the De- Mrtmmt jitctimt tha w the holy father had received num- filf Jfie?l'?5 pVoSer to" ih Taptonc officeTwiS: out being able to enter into the merits of the case, his holiness felt appropriate to bring to the atten- WVi a vv . w - r v a-a iwwivi am0 1 . . PI.ANS KOREA VISIT NEW YORK W Adlai E. Ste- venson. the defeated Democratic candidate for president, announced ! Friday night he hopes to visit Ko rea in March. Animal Crackers Bv WARREN COODRICH Popelought Mercy for c vy::.yy;:yyy- - pounddd 1651 .CH- -i-Mtv"'t-::- C;---v- ' J : : ; . lC2nd TEAB Ready to 1 emulation ef Dan Cupid by lJ , l' ?: J;c:S:?:::- " ----- . -. j a.v.-.Tv,. . yer un9a Iewe mamage licenses in seven yean, sat it aise may be In recognition of the fact th9.!m.tK recorded iiiarrtage was performed on Feb. 11, Just 104 year. aCo a. shown by the ceruncaie neia oy am. noea otanwn, deputy ciera. Cupid Dart Caught 1st Duo in 1849 Bark 104 Valentine's Dava. and some 30.000 weddings ago. a voung Marion County man and a maid 1 chose the eve of this romantic day for their wedding, the first of ficially recorded In the county's annals. Because the new family's name was Smith, no definite trace of its descendants has been made. But the marriage of Feb. 13, 1849, first in this county after Oregon be came a U. S. territory, was the forerunner of an ever-increasing number of marriages now totaling some 1,000 per year. ine bride and groom were Bar bara Presley and Sidney Smith, mnrHiU w wnam fUmrZ. Lq minister and patriarch of a clan suu prominent in the Wli I lamrtt Vaiiov. I Came from Missoaii Miss Presley was the daughter of David Presley. They came from Missouri and settled either in the Waldo Hills or near the State Fairgrounds (versions differ). Smith was a farmer in the Waldo Hills. Simpson led a wagon train to the state in 1840. Many of his 10 children took claims in the Waldo wins, his most famous son was Sam Ln a well-known Oregon poet 01 tne lvtn century. A Baptist minister, he married ax least seven ox the eight couples whose weddings are recorded in the county lor i4a. i.ney were scattered throughout the year, but none in June. The eighth wedding does not have a certificate, ; but only, a license issued by County Clerk . I. N, Gilbert, which Is the only license on file for that year. Nw KriPpeT No. 1 ceruiicate. on. paper now ragged and britUe, reads "Cham- BS istocertixVTat U Wiluism i&ey 52"KS?.!3,I of the other part, both of the county and territory aforesaid, by ISth day of February. 1849.' The term "by the consent 01 tne parties' is used on the first six certificates, implying that licenses were not issued by a governmental lunit.1 - . Net First Marriage The first six also are placed in Champoeg County and the last two of the year in Marion County. That - change was made by the Territorial Legislature on &epu a, 1849, but doesnt show up on the marriage certificates for six weeks afterward. " Historians stress that this was not the county's - first marriage. Salem Founder Jason Lee himself was wed in the 1830s. But no rec ords have been found of Cham poeg County - government during the period of provisional govern ment, 1843-49. . , ' fewelry; Salesman Held in Lieu of Bail Two men were arrested by the Marion County sheriffs office Fri day on a charge of selling jew elry without a - license and . held in lieu of $1,000 bail each.- i r Arrested were Troy; E. Burk of Vancouver, Wash-, and Lee Rood man, New ; York City. The shcr- 1 ifrs office reported the men were picked up at Glen Hall's, auction barn about - one ' mile south of Woodburn at 10:30 p.m. ? They are expected to be arrsign- ed in Salem District Court today. ! 12 PAGES Boost Marriage Business Marion County Clerk Henry C. Mattsen may be because the ceunty last Weather to Swing Away From Spring Salem can kiss the last six days of fair weather goodbye today, according to the weatherman. Showers over the weekend, be ginning about 8 a.m. today when a coastal storm is expected to hit the area, are predicted to end the good weather stretch. Reds Bombard Front With . Propaganda SEOUL UP) Chinese Reds ush ered In the Tear of the Snake daturaay wun Drier probing as saults on the Korean battle front and Christmas carols played over frontline loudspeakers. The Reds also marked the ad vent of the Oriental New Year with propaganda broadcasts at the front appealing for a cease - fire. They suggested that American troops go home. Communist units attacked three fADied outposts on the Eastern and East - Central Front during the night. All three thrusts were driv en off in short scraps. The largest was by a Red pla toon of 40 men or less. AP Correspondent Stan Carter on the Western Front quoted one Red broadcast: "We beg of you to pause, cease fire and end the war." Another, Carter said, told Amer ican troops they were too far from home and suggested "lay down your arms and go home." Freak Woods Mishap Kills Man at Lyons - lUUtaua Nawa Sanrlea LYONS A Salem man was kill ed in a fluke logging accident near Lyons Friday. - Edwin R. Wilson, 84, of 1640 Tierra Dr- Salem was the victim. Wilson was watching his broth er, George, fell a snag on the latter property, five miles south of Lyons. The falling snag struck anotner snag and broke in two. sending the butt crashing back onto the victim who was killed instantly. - ; The deceased had lived at Sa lem for three years and was em ployed at the Roy Clatz sawmill near Fox Valley. . i Survivors include the . widow. Esther Wilson, V Salem: ' and a daughter,; Margaret Lewis, on the coast. Services are pending at the Weddle Funeral . Home, Stay ton. Convalescing Hoover Leaves for Fishing MIAMI BEACH. Fla. IB Herbert , Hoover -sailed aboard the yacht Sunset Friday for a delayed fishing trip in the Florida Keys. : He spent a .week in St. Francis Hospital with influenza. He said he: felt a lot better Ftfday and appeared spry as he walked and talked at -the ' Flamingo Hotel Yacht Basin. - ESCAPES HOSPITAL A one-legged State Hospital in mate on crutches was reported missing from the institution Friday night. He was identified as Harold Wilson, about 43, and Is net dan gerous. Tn Orecon Statesman Iran Temblor Toll Feared -Topping 900 TEHRAN, Iran GP The earth quake which wiped out the village of Torroud, a mountain town 200 miles east of Tehran, was reported Friday night to have killed at least 900 persons. An earlier estimate by the cro- vincial governor had placed the dead ai 1,500, with only about 50 survivors in .the entire village. The Quake struck about noon Thursday. Premier Mohammed Mossadegh ordered national mourning for the village and dispatched troops to the earthquake-stricken area. Fifteen trucks and 15 jeeps, loaded with soldiers, blankets, medicines and food were the first to leave from Tehran. Other con voys converged on the scene from Tehran and coastal towns along the Caspian. Fireworks Factory Explosion Kills 23 TOKYO m Japanese police said a fireworks factory exploded Saturday in a Tokyo suburb, kill ing at least 23 persons and seri ously injuring 45. The death toll was expected to rise, police said. Several persons were missing. The blast flattened 150 homes. Spectacular explosions rocked the area, only a few miles from a U. S. air base, for a half hour. 1 Sheets of white flame burst sky wards. - Tree Planting at Depot Marks Arbor Day r. Salem had her first Arbor Day tree pUniinr ceremony In several years Friday, aa a merchant-fponsored ' beantifleatlon mt Southern Paclfle Depot rrounds got nnderway with -the -planting of seven trees. Ple ' tared at a newly planted 14-foot Donrla fir are Vernon Gllmore of the Sllem parka advisory beard, ' I Irs. Eunice C. Brandt, landscape architect. Slay or Alfred W." Loucks and-Terry Bandall, repreaentlnr University District merchants. Three oaks and three sweet gums, also were planted. One hundred fifth , graders from Bush School leek on. - - . . - - . - Salem, Oregon Saturday, February 14, 1953 .IMilt ration of By Reds, Constitution Bill Divides Legislature By HECTOR; L. FOX Associated Press Writer Redrafting of Oregon's 'constitu tion appeared to have produced a sharp division in the .Legislature Friday as the lawmakers ended their fifth week of the session. The House State and Federal Affairs Committee started working on the proposal, recommended by Gov. Paul L. Patterson. A constitutional convention would be held in the .summer of 1956 to rewrite the entire constitution, which hasn't had a rewriting job since Oregon became a state in Debate Oyer Method i The committee, at its first meet ing on the subject, appeared di vided over how to choose dele gates to the convention, and on what- authority the convention should have. The bill to prevent Sen. Wayne L. Morse from running for reelec tion as an independent was intro duced in the Senate Friday. 1 Senate President Eugene E. Marsh said he would 'refer the bill to the Senate Elections Com mittee. headed by Sen. Richard L. Neuberger, Portland Democrat who is a friend of Morse. Opposition Firm Morse bolted the Republican Party to become .an independent. There appeared to be consider able doubt whether the "Senate would pass it. Some of the Sen ate's top members, who are anti Morse men. said they would op pose the bill. Sen. Paul Geddes, Roseburg, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said the bill is a subterfuge ' - that makes- a mar tyr out of Morse. . He said he and U."S. Sen. Guy Cordon emphatically oppose the bill. Geddes said that he should be beaten on his own terms. River Plan Offered The billl would force 'Morse to run in the Republican primary. where GOP leaders think they would have a better chance of beating Morse. The Senate passed and sent to the House a memorial asking Con gress to widen and deepen the Columbia River channel from Port land to the mouth. Sen. John C. F. Merrifleld, Portland, said many ship owners won't send their ships into the river any more because it is too dangerous. The Senate Agriculture Commit tee introduced a ; bill to require cooking of garbage fed to swine. The bill is designed to check the spread of the fatal hog disease. vesicular exanthema, that is prev alent in many parts of the nation. Sen. Eugene Allen. Portland. In troduced a bill to pay liquor com missioners $25 a day expenses. Now they' get 110 a day. . (Additional Legislative News on page 4.) CMang's Q-oggDimg CoinnipainiBes CDtairgedl int S'yii for S air dime Creek Fire Blame for the 16,000-acre Sardine Creek fire of 1951 was laid on three logging firms Friday in a suit by the state seeking to recover $282,562 allegedly spent in bringing the blaze under control. Named as defendants are the Vancouver Plywood Co.. the Lee Logging Co. and the Russel L. Heacox Logging Co. It was on land being logged by these companies that the disas trous North Santiam fire occurred, said the complaint. The state al leges that the companies were negligent Jin preventing and in combating the fire. The' fire, one of the worst In this area, burned more than 16,000 acres of f timber lands in Marion and Linn Counties during August and September of 1951. Halted Dam Work It came during a tinder-dry, prolonged fire -hazard season. At its height the raging flames sent a smoke pall over the entire area, closed the Santiam highway, caus ed frantic evacuation of Detroit and other communities, called out more than 1,000 fighters and halt ed work on the Detroit Dam. The state is seeking reimburse ment for funds it claims the Clackamas-Marion County Fire Patrol Association spent in fighting the fire. In the court action the state con tends that the defendants failed to take adequate protection against the start and spread of fire during the closed fire season, that the de fendants did little to halt the blaze and that they permitted unauthor ized personnel Into their logging operation. Blame Lack or to is Snecificallv the complaint al leges the companies failed to fell snags and. permitted slashing to accumulate, did not nave sunxcienx fire-fighting tools on. hand and did not have an adequate nre watcn man service. Persons named in the defendant list include Jess Lee of the Lee Logging Co., Ford and Edith Con verse and Russel i neacox. The complaint was signed by State Forester George spaur ana broueht bv Marion County District Attorney Kenneth Brown, Assist ant Attorney General Tom Stacer and M. B. Strayer, Portland attor ney. ' 'Explosions' Scare Westside Residents Several "explosions' in the Cascade Drive area startled West Salem residents about midnight C tlUBJ i " showed ' someone had been firing shotgun. Within a few minutes, 24 calls by anxious residents poured into the police station. SALEM PRECIPITATION' Sine Start mt Waather Tear Sapt. 1 This Yaar Last Year ' Normal 18.72 33J4 - X8.4B ' 't "Si PRICE 5c .Formosa oii 3 More Girls Certified for Spelling Bees Mt. Angel Ruth Wilde, 13, second-place winner in spelling at St, Mary's School last year, won top t honors for 1953 ; and will repre sent her school in The Oregon Statesman - KS LM. Spelling Contest, Princi pal Francis Fin neran announc ed. Ruth, an 8 th- f grader and the aaugnier oi ivix. and Mrs. Wilde of Mt. AngeL is Rath Wilde editor of "St. Mary's Chimes and a talented musician piano, accor dion; cello. She will compete in a spelling contest semi-finals at Sil verton, Wednesday night, March 11. Second place at St. Mary's was won by Donna Volz, 13, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Voltz, Route 2, Silverton. Two students were tied for third and 'both will receive certificates of merit Kar en : Simon, . 14, daughter of Mrs. Matilda Simon, and Arlene Ebner, 12, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. C. J. Ebner, all of Mt. AngeL Donna and Karen are in the 8th grade, Arlene the 7th. o, ' Hubbard Thirteen - year - old Eileene Cousatte, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Cousatte, will represent Hub- r-"yjt Daru s in ana Bin graaes in a semi-finals of The -Oregon Statesman - KS LM Spelling Con test at Woodburn (Washington)! Thursday night, March 12. . Eileene. now an 8th -grader, , ,i w ,f, hJ. r d ,?5 EUeene Cousatte peuing oere last year. She was certmed as tne win ner for 1953 by Principal Charles Byers. Her hobby is swimming. Sheila Cannell and Charon Can- nell, both 12 and daughters of Mr, and Mrs. Tom Cannell, were sec ond and third, respectively. : Monitor Carole Homann. 12- year-old 7th-grader who likes mu sic, reading and stamp coiiecung, is cub m uioii ' speller . of Moni- 4 tor School and & r41f AAiYinnfa 4r m j. -if- VV aaA vvuiliviw a semi - rmau ox The Oregon Statesman - KS LM Spelling Con test at Silverton, Wednesdav night. i March 11. Carole, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert Ho- Carole Homann mann. Route 1. ML Angel, was certified for the contest by her teacher and prin cipal, Ethel Campbell. , Second place at Monitor went to Janet Larsen, 13, daughter of Mri and Mrs. Perry Larsen, Route 2, Woodburn, and third place to Dick Palmqulst, 12, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Palmqulst, Both Janet and Dick are in the 7th grade. ' s:'; . Blood Donors Give94Pints "odObur t , SUUaaaaa Nawa arrleer 4 WOODBURN Residents here donated 94 pints of blood Friday et the regular. Marion County Red Cross blood, drawing held from 2 to 8 pjn. in- the Legion: Hall. .A total of 113 persons .volunteered. Two Aurora women joined the "galloner's lnbfat.the drawing: Mrs. -Emilia ' Wilmes and Mrs. F. Green. -.w .7; ; ' -'; i The .Woodburn Junior Chamber of Commerce recruited donors for the drawing and . the American Legion Auxiliary served food sup plied by the - Woodburn Rotary Club.' Women of Woodburn vol- lunteered it nurses and aids. l i i -V? I ,v . r Tf rs.-. .'jahav . - Max. Mia. Fwipt 55 , M J . . SI 3 .00 8 44 AO . U 2 trace 44 33 fracas Salem . Portland , San Francisco Chicago , ,. Naw York , WUlamatte River J J fat. FORECAST (from XT. S. w lather btM rcau. McNary field. Salm) : Mostly cloudy with occasional showers today. . tonight and Sunday. High, today near U; low near 34. Temperature at 13:01 ' a.m. was 44 , decrees. No. 345 riecL Claims Nationalists Control Plan Follows Reds By FRED IIAMPSON TAIPEH L1 r.t Ching-Kuo, Chiang Kai-Shek's elder son. said Fridav that rhimw rnm munists are trying constantly to in filtrate and bring about the disin tegration of the nationalists on Formosa. A securitv vstm -mnAtAaA (r. part on the Communist plan is uiocuns utm, ne said. At least, added the ouirk cmfiinf: young Chiang in an interview, "wm mi vnveuunj mem irom unaer mininff th Arm. -.,,. Heads Select PoUee He heads the nolitieal riomri. ment of the Ministrv of TWn As such, he is No. 1 in the so called Commissar system and in me Army's secret police. There have been a hundred cutiona in the past two months here and some people look upon young Chiang as something secret ana sinister. He doesn't look it. Y? h ... open face, a roly-poly, Jolly sort of presence. Relates Differences At the School Vhr ha tr.ln. his political officers, I put the question to him without anv miu -- "Some say that you are institut. mg me commissar system and a Red style secret police. What about It?" w Chiang- laughed easilv mrf ra plied. "There are three big differ ences oerween my system and the Communist system. "One, the red political officers or commissars represent the nartv. Chir mn trained in health, inspection, count, er - espionage, security, entertain ment and morale. They don't rep resent any party or faction. Work Is Not Secret . "Two, they do not have the pow er to countermand an order arftlo the Red commissars. Three, their work is not secret. From the time they start training to the time they go afield they are an open book." Young Chiana- studied in t?hc.; and has a -Russian wife. He says7 n learned to nate Communism, but thinks the Reds hav things worth hnrrnwinv U fident the Chinese Nationalists will on aay reconquer China. Controls Cut WASHINGTON (fl The govern ment relaxed controls substantial ly Friday on steel, copper and aluminum in another step toward a free economy. An order by the Office of D fense Mobilization (ODM) did not abandon the system of allocating these scarce metals to industry, nor did it scrap price controls on them. - What it did do. though. Is make all steel, copper and aluminum not claimed by priority users available to manufacturers on a free market basis. Government spokesmen said this means that such productions ceil ings as the 1 million limit on passenger cars each quarter are ended as of Friday. Automobile makers will be able to turn out as many extra cars as they can pro duce with unallocated metal. Similar restrictions will be re moved from the construction In dustry, it was said. . PLATERS FINED - VANCOUVER. B. C. (A- Six' members of the Everyman Reper tory Theater Company were con victed in police court here Friday of staging an indecent play in con nection with a production of Ers- kine Caldwell's "Tobacco Road." COMMUNISTS KILLED HANOI, Indochina If) French- Vietnamese infantrymen cleaning up an area 10 miles east and south east of this Tonkin capital Friday killed 95 Communist-led Vietminh soldiers and captured another 37. Daily Spoiler! (The following words are among those front which will be chosen the words for the 1S5S Oregon Statesman-KSLM. Spelling Con test for 7th and tin traders ef" Marion, Polk and part of Yamhill' County occupant v , hopeful " bamboo familiar virtue . upholstery wreckage , 'moist calendar '. muzzle technical fashion telegram daughter absolutely foreign ; decision voluntary delivery sentiment rni 1 For Metals