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1- ! '-It Smartly Uniformed ScbutsaradTq in Salem liili t .1. - v ? 1C3 TEAR 3 czcno:n-52 PAGXS Th Oregon Strrtswrmrm. Sodexau Oregon. Sunday;, Mar 10, 1853 VWZ 10c Ka.43i M f 1 Medls Insist Ps 1'to Metem. . f- K m i Fiice BM - i. ' . . . s. . .. .. ...'. I . A '' .'... v - . ; . : - ; . . ; ' : v ; ' -. j ; . r , s; -v. 4 . t,.' j 'v. . - ;:vV:'.i.:;;' 'mm m . k. mm mm - - A starting' linle shower failed to dampen enthusiasm of several hundred Scents Saturday afternoon as they paraded through Salem streets to preview their annual Circus held Saturday night. Typical f the marching units was this sharply dressed Explorer troop from Keizer. Missing from this year's parade were tfc many colorful floats, bat bands and drills brought repeated applause from spec tators. (Statesman Photo.) Parade, Circus Mark Busy EDay for Scouts Everybody loves a parade and a circus and the more than 2,000 Scouts from . Marion, Polk and Linn counties who swarmed into Salem Saturday for their annual Scout Circus and parade were no exception. With, bands blaring and flags waving, Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Sea Scouts and Explorer Scouts by the legion marched through SSSOjOB TOODDCg I'm no fisherman. From the porch deck of Thetford Lodge I look out on anglers on the Little Northfork. They stand pa tiently on the bank or wade out in the cold water and whip the stream faithfully but they do not seem to pull in many fish. One day I asked a man fishing off Lunker's Bridge what his luck was. He said he had had poor luck "all fished out' 1 But he was wrong. For proof I can refer him to an article in the current Scientific American, by Paul R. Needham. distinguish ed fish scientist, which says "the fishvtre usually there; ail that is needed to catch them Is a bit more skilL" Which must be true, for the mamt had questioned report ed that?!' chap fishing just be low had fulled out ten nice trout Getting back to this Needham article (Needham is well known in Ore eon where he' served on the staff of the Game Commis sion): It is a report on the mor tality of trout, and is based on studies made on some streams in California he is Professor of Zoology at the University of Cali fornia. During five years of work on Convict Creek near Bishop, CaL, he and his assistants found 85 per cent f , the young trout were lost before they were 18 months old. The reproduction rate varied from 1,714 brown trout per mile of stream in 1939 to 4,905 in 1940. The chief cause of death was severe winter con ditions, with 60 per cent of the trout young and old, dying each winter, the rate increasing when the winter was (Continued on editorial page, 4) Ten Killed In Rioting on -Gold Coast ACCRA. Gold Coast 1 Ten or more persons, including Police Su perintendent Edgar Brookes, were killed in rioting today at Elmina, a historic port of this British crown colony. A new local tax was blamed for the trouble. A large crowd of Africans gath ered Friday night to protest the tax, but was dispersed by the police with tear gas. ; s Another crowd formed Saturday morning and headed toward the . quarters of police reserves at St George's Castle, a structure built by the Portuguese in 1482 in the quest for gold and other riches of this territory on the equatorial side of Africa's hump. : An African .sergeant-major of po Bce vainly ordered 'the crowd to disperse. Then Brookes, a i white man, began to. speak. A gunshot sounded ' pd TBrookes fell dead. - ' This set off shooting in which an African policeman and. at least eight African 'rioters were: killed II any other persons were wounded. The incident is under investigation. Instructor. Shot While Teaching Handling of Guns MIAMI, FlaV Uft An instructor - was " critically" wounded Saturday while teaching students the safe handling of firearms. 1 A pistol slipped from the bolster worn by Paul Singer, 29, instruc tor at Miami Edison Junior High School. It discharged when it atrock, the floor; f The bullet gtrnrV Y in tha ahdnrnwi, . .. , the city streets Saturday aiier- noon undaunted by occasional showers. The all-day event sponsored by the Salem Lions Club was topped off last night with the Scout Circus at Waters Field from 7:30 to 9:30 before packed stands. Climax of the evening came when the Scout insignia; and the American Flag, designed in fire works, burst into brilliant colors atop a 60-foot Scout-constructed tower in centerfield. Cub Scouts provided high en tertainment with their "Mardi Gras" acts which included little lads dressed in red devil cos tumes billed as "little angels' and "men from Mars" who tossed flying saucer pie tins into the air. Highlights of the circus were the traditional chariot race won by Troop 41 of Keizer and flying carpet race, won by Troop 65 of Gervais. Tents were pitched around the field where demonstrations of Scout skills were viewed. (Addi tional details on page 4A.) Crowned. 13th . - ' ; Plane Downed SEOUL (A Cant Manuel J. Fernandez Jr., of Miami, Fla., Sun day became the world's: foremost jet ace, shooting down his 13th Red MIG plane. Capt Fernandez, who! flew -the first pictures of the returned Unit ed Nations prisoners of war from Korea to Japan, has been an . ace since February 18, when he downed bis fifth and sixth MIGs on the same day to become the 26th jet ace in the Fifth Air Force Korean War service. On; March 21 be scored another double kill, knocking down -two more MIGs to become a "double ace." ' ( One of his notable exploits oc curred on April 17, when the hot test current combat flyer bagged his llth Red plane without even firing a shot He maneuvered the Communist pilot into crashing. The Sabre jet king of the air has said that he will not accept rota tion when the usual 100 missions are complete and that he expects to jiy at least 125. Man Dies After Being Pinned to Tree by Tiller PORTLAND GPV Alvin R. Sned eger, 49, died. Saturday after being pinned against a tree by a small gasoline-driven earth tiller. Deputy Coroner Irving Pash said Snedeger might have suffocated or might have died of a heart attack. An autopsy has been scheduled. Police said (Snedeger had appar ently shifted the machine into re verse gear after.it became stuck between two trees. The handle bar of the tiller was poshed in Sned- eger's stomach . and he was pinnedi against ue trees. . . A neighbor failed to revive him with artificial respiration, .Wesfcrn lateraatieaal i At Vaneotver 7-3. Salem 1-T At YaMmi 0. Cfclfary 3 At Wenatche 19. Edmonton f ' At Victoria t." "Trf-Ctty S At Spokmne-Lcwiston. rain Coast Leagne 'r At Foruand-seatu , At Hollywood S. San rrandaco -U At san utefo a, sacnawmo is At Oakland S, hot AngcMa X . j rational League At Nw York -. Pittstwrfh 3-4 At Brooklyn 7-4, Philadelphia S-S At Milwaukea , Chicago t . At OncinnaU 2. St. Lout 4. .... ' "J ' American League ' -At Boston 4. New York At Chlcao 12. Detroit S 1 At Philadelphia .ft Washington- A I- 1 a mr . illll 7 Baby Born in Automobile on Road to Salem A husky eight-pound, six-ounce baby boy saw the first light of day Saturday afternoon in a car on the Dallas-Salem Highway, much to the surprise of his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Par- rish, who were on their way to Salem General Hospital. Mrs. Hazel Parrish, 22, of In dependence, gave birth to the healthy youngster about a mile west of West Salem in her hus band's car at 4:29 p.m. She got a slight assist from her brother-in-law's wife, Lucille Parrish, and Salem first aidmen and doctors did the rest When the young mother start ed out she thought she had plen ty of tune, but nature had its way. Both mother and son were "doing fine" in Salem General Hospital last night Salem First Aid Capt E. C. Hart and his driver, Robert Blegen, arrived on the scene just alter tne oaoy s arrival. They had been called after Mrs. Parrish's brother-in-law hailed a passing , motorist and gave him the news. ; '- . Hart, who has been on-the first aid car for eight years, said it was bis first baby ease 'where we didnt make the hospital inrst" Parrish, a sawmill worker, and his wife have an 18-months old daughter, Leona. Girl RescuecJ From Vault After 8 Hours EAST ALTON, I1L tUA pret ty blonde, 18-year-old bank book keeper was freed Saturday night from a vault in which she had been locked more than eight hours. , Miss Ann Link ogle appeared to be in good condition as her fa ther, City Councilman William Linkogle met her at the vault entrance in the Illinois State Bank of East Alton. He took her home. Workmen drilled a hole in a 20-inch thick concrete side wall large enough for one of them to squeeze through; and released the time lock mechanism short ly after 10:30 p.m. The lock had been set to open Monday morn ing. Miss Linkogle was working on books at the rear of the vault about 2 pjn. when fellow em ployes called out a warning that the door was to be closed. She didnt hear them. When they heard no response they believed the vault to be empty and set the lock. She-soon, became aware the door was closed and pressed an alarm button, installed for just such a situation. That also started up a ventilation system. The vault also had a telephone and she, was able to talk with fellow employes. The'half-way marlc in the cam paign to save the ' Marion CouUr ty Red cross blood , Dane- was reached Saturday thanks' to radio station KGAE .and . hundreds of persons who donated more .than S200 towards the goal sA $5,500. The sUUon'f alVday. talkathon from . T sun., to, .730 last, night netted S2.5S4 ,23 ln ' aab-'-and-i pledge contributions, cash total ed $1,67L59 and pledies $SS2.68. Broadcasting from a sound truck on High. Street in front of Courthouse Square, the KGAE team 'Of announcers ' leoT -"by Hal Davis kept the program going for 12 hours. A wide variety of talent show ed up on the platform to do their bit far the Red Cross. There were sicirers. raitar ulay- ay th Sal ar Kitfi ScSool JinA, n L.. r iiT 4 . must- Units Continue To Move North SAIGOX. Indochina (A French and lodochinese officials expressed belief Saturday the withdrawal i of Communist - led invasion forces from Laos may foreshadow a pho ney Vietminh proposal for an arm istice in the seven-year-old war in Indochina. Premier Nguyen Van Tarn of Vie Nam, one of the three French associated Indochinese states, said in an interview he thought it very possible that such a peace offer J 1 J 1A 1 will ue maoe soon ana ue uouuieu it would be sincere. In any event, he added. "Viet Nam will only accept the principle of an armistice if it is preceded by the unconditional surrender of the enemy armies. Smart Move Other Indochinese and French sources said an armistice offer would be a smart move by the Moscow-trained Vietminh leader, Ho Chi Minh, because of the possi bility of slowing the French war effort and disrupting the flow of American military aid. They said they were certain any armistice talks would bog down and that when the war was re sumed the jFrench would be m a worse position than now. French military sources in Han oi, commander center for military operations in Northern Viet Nam and the adjoining state of Laos, said they are convinced that the Vietminh withdrawal in Laos was ordered by Communist leaders in Moscow and Peiping because the rebel invasion had created a storm of world protest at a time parti cularly inopportune for the current Bed peace campaign. Reds Meve North Black uniformed, bareheaded and barefooted Vietminh regulars, who only a week ago massed for an exnected smash assault on Luang Prafcang. home town of Lao tian king dsavang vong, pioaaea northward through dripping Jungles and otrer mountains under heavy attack j by French bombers and fighters. ' French alrpower also plastered enemy units: pulling away from the Plaine Des Jarres. 90 miles to the southeast where the French Com mand had . hoped to bring the Viet minh to decisive battle. French and Loatian garrisons made no attempt to pursue the retreating invaders who in 26 days bad overrun a third of the little mountain kingdom. Scouts roved as much as 30 miles from French bases without sighting the enemy's guards. The- French Command is sitting tight to see where these Vietminh forces regroup and what their next moves might be Wife's Patience Worn Too Thin ERIE, Pa. im The 22nd deser tion was one too many, Mrs. Es ther Tait, 61, told Judge Samuel Roberts today. "We ve been married 28 years. Mrs. Tait testified in her divorce suit against Newton L..Tait, 61, and in that time, be left me on 22 - different occasions. "Divorce granted. said Judge Kooerts. i Max. 3sf In Xzccip 3S 42 - .03 44 M 58 .00 Salem Portland . , San Francisco S4 60 87 Chicago New York 72 57 trace Wiuamette River -feet. FORECAST (from U. S. Weather Bureau.. .McNary Field. Salem): Partly - cloudy with scattered light showers today and -tonight- MoaUy army Monday. Not much change In temaerature with the high today rear eo ana we torn xonigax near 40. Temperature at 12 .-1 ajn. was 39 degrees. BALEH rUCiriTAHUN Sine Start of Weatker Tear Sept. 1 This Year Last Year Normal 3SS1 saas 35.44 a Willamette University student orchestra, baritone Bob Schwartz, who is a Salem policeman, a string trio from Albany, -members of the. Paul ; Armstrone Danee Studio and scores .of oth- '--Tbree telephones on, the trade were jumping all day. with tcalis from' donors. Cars sped to con tributor's homes .-and picked tirp ue guis.- . , Some 150 prizes donated by Sa lem merchants were given away to donors t. . r 4 " ohn Radeinaker, president" of the Salem Community Council, the organization which first start ed the drive to save the blood program, called it a "history making day for-.Salem and the SM Cross. State's Chief Executives Greet Actress '" 'Vv::; i t - 5, .: - if -i J i Vt t VI A governor, on either arm was the honor Saturday for Mary Pickford, cinema sweetheart of the silent era, who was in Salem in connection with the current drive to sell government defense bonds. Pictured with Miss Pickford during a brief visit of Oregon's Capitol are Kent Hotaling, Eugene, Youth Legislature's Boy Governor (left) and Gov. Paul L. Patterson. The former movie idol addressed a luncheon meeting of bond drive workers later at the Marion Hotel before contin uing her whirlwind tour of 11 Bills Passed By YM Youth Legislature By NORMAN LUTHER Statesman School Correspondent Eleven out. of fifty-five bills were passed by the YMCA Youth Legislature i and signed Boy Governor Kent Hotaling U the two-day session of the mock legis lature at the capitol! building came to an end Saturday., j : Yesterday's sessions! was used primarily for debating and voting on the bills with the only: inter ruptions being joint , sessions at noon and at the close of the ses sion. Mary Pickford, famous actress of the silent films, was presented to the joint session at noon. In the joint session at the close of the afternoon, Boy Governor Ho taling of Eugene announced which bills- had passed and Dr. U. G. Dubach, chairman of the Oregon YMCA Youth and Gov ernment Committee, gave the closing address. The Roseburg Junior Tri-Hi-Y club presented a bill which- pass ed, licensing all ambulance driv ers and attendants and requiring them to take examinations in the use of first aid. An amendment changing meth od of contribution to Industrial Accident Fund was passed. The amendment was proposed by Wade Williams Hi-Y of Portland. A bill to establish an intermedi ate correctional institute passed. The sponsor of the bill was Gresh- amHi-Y. Establishes Colors Also passing was a bill to es tablish blue and gold as the of ficial colors of the state of Ore gon. The bill was prepared by the Oregon City Hi-Y. Parkrose Tri-ffi-Ya bill for jurisdiction of courts over persons under 18 years of age was approved. :A bill for compulsory sex ed ucation, in Oregon high schools passed.' The bill was sponsored by hthe Alpha Tri-HCT club of Her- miston. Salem's Abel Gregg Hi-Y presented a bill for specification of blood type - on drivers' and chauffeur's licenses that passed. Drivel's Licenses ' . A bill providing for,, periodical issuance- of drivers and Chauf feur's, licenses got. the- approval of the 'Legislature. The Grant Tri-Hi-Y Club of Portland sub mitted thebilL Also receiving approval was a biU requiring mo torists .who .strike pedestrians to stop and lend aid.- The Oswego Hi-Y Club ' proposed the buL Salem's J. R. Ifott HI-Y push ed through a bill for personal tax exemptions for college students. A bill setting aside certain state land adjacent to state highways for f orestation , completed the list' of 'nasslri? bills.. The Reeda- port Hi-Y Club proposed the bill Two, bills passed .the House and" Senate but ; were "vetoed by Boy Governor Hotaling. They were bills creating a game con servation division of the i State Game; Commission, sponsored by Arthur Cotton Hi-Y of Salem, and providing far identification pho- tographs on au motor venicies operators licenses, submitted by the Corvallis Hi-Y Club. (Add tiosal details and . tucturo on I Oregon, (Statesman Photo.) Mary Piclcford Cutting Sale of By CONRAD PRANGE Staff Writer, The Statesman Mary Pickford, America's sweetheart star of the early movies, came to Salem Saturday as a government bond saleswoman and was almost supercolossal again. ' n ' At a nert 59 she still has that tightly-trim figure, those golden curls and expressive eyes, which mental 30s. ::' She ectplainea that, even though most everyone thinks she is 60, actually, "they've got me one year; older than I really am. But why. quibble about a year. Time is only noise the clock makes anyway." ; KenavinC Uncle Sam "I owe a debt of gratitude to Uncle Sam. and I'm repaying him now." she told a local Bond-a- Month plan women's committee at the Marion Hotel Saturday. This by way of explaining her current tour of the nation help ing to spur interest in the bond selling campaign. In a brief talk Miss Pickford, in private life Mrs. Charles (Buddy) i Rogers, lashed out at the "feeling of apathy" .toward the bonds, which she said she had encountered. "It wasn't like this in World War I days when I helped' sell Liberty Bonds. ' Then you didn't have to do much selling. This apathy could wreck our nation.' said Miss. Pickford, who Is quite a business woman herself in the movie industry. At Youth Legislature She made an unscheduled ap pearance before the Youth Legis lature, now in session at the CanitoL She said it was one "of the most 'thrilling experiences have had in a long time. We didn't hare things like this when I was a-lgrrL" The petite . heroine of the silents and early talkies mixed genuine patriotic sentiment with housewifely advice . and hard hitting facts about the movie business sin her talk to the women. t Her formula for staying youth ful: "Keep Busy, especially by helping others, and stay happy. Don't mind a. few lines. Follow the golden rule." United Artists Owner - - No apologist for the movie In dustry she professed great ad miration 5 and affection for the motion incture business. She is irt owner of United Artists and has other 2 business 'interests in Hollywood.- ' . "A powerful spotlight has been thrown on -Hollywood, recently," she naid . "We have some black sheep in Hollywood but unfor tunately they get au tne pur licitv. peonie don't seem inter ested In the many movie persons who go to church and lead decent Attending tne loncneon, ln ao- dition to the committee women. were Mayor Alfred Loucks. Mrs. Paul Patterson, .wife -of .the gov- ernor; i uruce wuiiams, Marion County savings bond chairman Edwin Armstrong, govemofs ad- nnlstraCve assistant, and. others. Mrs.' Donald- Reinke-was -mis- tress of ceremonies. k ; t Scattered Showers On WeatherDttcket 1 r! Scattered light showers are on Salem's weather docket for. Moth ers' Day today, according to -the weatherman, who predicts clear ing and sunshine for Monday, - ' Temperatures Saturday reacnea a low S3 oegrees eariy in ue morning and got no higher than SSL The mercury was down again Ml inidsisnt to a tool 3 n !! Says Apathy Defense Bonds 4 endeared her to a nation of movie' I -"5 'H Arched oh ERIE; Pa. m A 22-year-old war veteran from Korea who,' cut his way through a wire L covered window on tae seventh i floor-of ,a Veterans; Adminis tration hospital Saturday night was rescued early Sunday from his perch en a ledge. j ERIE. v Pa. Ufi L- a1 22-year-old Korean War veteran cut his way through a wire covered window in the psychiatric ward oar the seventh floor of a Veterans Administration hospital ' Saturday night, then climbed outside onto a four-foot ledge and threatened; attendants who entreated him to! get off his precarious perch. fj At 2:30 a. m. Sunday, nine hours after he had clambered onto the ledge. Joseph Spiegel! of McKees port, was defying al rescue at tempts. f f Shortly after be warned would- be rescuers to "stay! away from me" Spiegel somehow- climbed onto the eighth floor roof and stood inside a penthouse. I Ernest Pugh. ' acting hospital manager, said hospital officials got to within a few feet of Spiegel but were afraid to go any closer in fear he would plunge 125 feet to his death. However, Spiegel earlier had said he would not jump. ' . "We are consideriss a plan to cut throueh a portion of the roof backv of Spiegel and then rush, in to close the door of the penthouse," Pugh said. fj ' , HospitalLedge MotherlslDatflM ReumonlitkEx-PWHusband By CALVIN MANON ap sun Writer 'It's wonderful i to have him . to ' ' These simcle. auiel words by Mrs. Clarence Shaw Of Syracuse, N. Y., summed up the feelings of scores of the nappiess motners in fh nation Saturday better than all of the eloauent Phrases and oratory that greeted the annual observance ot Mother s uay. m Mrs- Sbaw, ill and nnaoie i to. go tn vmipv p oree uospiuu m rwu- syivanii with the -rests! the family U. greet ber. free4 prgoaer of .war tum md her wonderful Mothers Day reuiJon after MastserSgt Roc ert WV Shaw of Vancouver, Waslu made an all-night bus Jfcrip . from the fidspitaL - -11 i Her happy reunion ?was sunuar tn spores of others which made the day one in a lifetime for fami lies of released prisners of war. Officials at Travis i Air orce Base. Califs where the reieasea prisoners were processed on their rctamtiJthUrSUrTport. U.N. Sees 'No ion In Red Offers By GEORGE MCARTHUR PANMUNJOM (A Communist truce negotiators Sunday insisted that all the 48,500 balky Red pris oners held by the Allies would be rwilling to return to their home land, after ' explanations " .' were made to them by their own neoDle following a Korean armistice. The Allies said, that was ."more than doubtfuL" ,-. .-. ' The Red statement was made at Sunday's 59-mlnute truce session by the top Red negotiator North Korean Gen. Nam H, as be an swered some of the many questions asked of the Communists Saturday by the senior U. N. Command truce delegate. Lt. Gen. William K. Harrison. ' ' Harrison sought amplification: of the Communists latest nronoial for settling the balky. POW. ex change issue. The meeting ad journed until 11 a. m. Monday (6 p. m. EST Sunday) i Beds Insistent Nam insisted that all the 43.500 North Korean and Chinese prison ers, who have said they don't want to return to Red territory, would go home after they had matters explained to them in a neutral camp. - .. . - Nam insisted, too, that the dispo- sition of any prisoners still balking alter tne explanations should be decided at a political conference to be held after a truce is effected. v Nam said that differences in the five - nation' neutral commission which would be set up under , the Red plan for handling the leftover .rows, could be settled by majority voie.. i Aloes May Reiect The Red proposal" to the neutral commission the fate of the pris oners who can't be "persuaded" over a four-month period of custody is a key point in the Red eight-point plan-apprthat may draw a flat thumbs rjowi from the Allies., - Nvs-.tivT5-'-.-s-.l . Saturday's questions by Harrison strongly indicated thatJhis com mand would not accent such a pro posal. : 4i ' j He said then the Red proposal contained "no final solution." j i Red insistence on majority rule in the five-nation neutral commis sion would eliminate possibility! of a veto by a dissenting member. One of the questions, asked by Harrison Saturday was whether the veto would prevail in commis sion votes. . . j : x Detailed Questions' Harrison told Red ' nctJottetprs Sundav: ; - -i. rinai somt It Is true that some of the qucs- t uuus oucu uy vw - siue are ui- ' rected at what appeared to be (de tails. The purpose of such ques tions is to determine the f easiblityx of your eight-point, proposal, j "There would be no purpose? in our two delegations concluding; an agreement on principle unless that agreement would be implemented and carried into effect, . j 'In other words, we are at tempting to determine whether an agreement based upon your eight point proposal would result i a workable agreement or whether the basic design is faulty.. : , In reply to our first question you assumed first that after the period of explanation there would be no prisoners who still reject repatriation or. second, that if there were such prisoners the political conference could settle the matter of their disposition. Not final Sohdira Your first assumption is - one which is more than doubtful as to its validity and this fact is indicat ed by your own second assumption. This being so, your proposal can not be called a final resolution ofj the problem. 1 ed that most of the repatriated veterans would be with their fami- lies Sunday. . t . - Few jof the veterans had any spe cial plans except to get home. Any, celebrations were up to the fanuV lies.;"- "'1 , Against'this joyous backdrop for several scores - of mothers there I was the contrast of a day of only anguished ' hope for hundred 1 of ethers who did 'not know whether : their boys were dead or alive. I . -These were the mothers of 36ys reported cussing in acuon and of whom no further word had been received: For them there was only the agonising' hope that there may be some word of their boys oeiore another mother's day rolls around. L .For a few other mohers the day, was one of tempered happiness. These mothers had heard Jirough - the repatriated prisoners that their boys were alive and in Communist . prion camps the first word -that , manv of them had had since the boys were reported missing id ac tion. 1 '4 ..1 v..