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Souik Korea, , . ' 'Agreement By FORREST EDWARDS SEOUL UP) The U.S. and announced an agreement that, mutual . understanding on the troubled questions which, have arisen in connection with arrangements But shortly before the joint statement was released, XJJS. presidential envoy Walter S. Robertson's earlier expressed optimism CRT SHEDS TFCDCEDCg 'Last year .Dean Sidney W. Little of the School of Architec- ture at the University of Oregon visited Europe on a special mis sion, to study collaboration among the arts. The Journal of the American Institute of Architects for June gives an excerpt from his report in which he tries to answer the question he uses for a title, "How Does Italy Do It?" For exhibits of postwar work by Italians "showed collaboration of architecture and urban planning with painting, mural decoration, ceramics, furniture and others of the craft-arts, which far ex ceeds anything of its kind in America. As Dean Little report ed: "Somehow Italy appeared to have accomplished in a few short postwar years what many profes sional groups In the United States failed to equal in a decade except at a narrow local level, or for a single art form." Mtaly of course has the tradi tion of the Renaissance, and the tendency toward unity among the arts there is far more pronounced than in many other countries. Whereas in America we tend to draw a sharp line of demarcation between the artist and the archi tect, in Italy "the architect can, and often does, penetrate deeply into the special fields of the painter or the sculptor without feeling of trespass." Collaboration is not wholly lacking in this "country by any means. Dean Little might have pointed to the Oregon state Capi tol where the architect, Francis Keally .included in his original conception ' M Continued on editorial page, -4.) Soviet Tanks Took Part in Beria Arrest By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER WASHINGTON LB U. S. offi cials believe Red Army tanks and soldiers took part in the arrest of Lavrenty P. Beria, Russia's sec ond most powerful man and its Secret Police chief. Piecing bits of evidence together, diplomats think Beria was seized around: 5 p. m., Saturday, June 27. with the guns of tanks and rifles of soldiers arrayed for his destruction if the resisted.' In fact it was the thunder of tanks and truckloads of troops along Moscow's Sadovaya Boule vard, about two miles from the Kremlin in the general neighbor hood of Beria'i home, which first gave the tipoff to Western diplo mats that something big was up. Aside from the drama of the affair, the time of June 27 is im portant If that in fact was the day of the arrest, it gives a date for checking actions of the Rus sian government to determine whether policy changes may flow from Beria s ouster. The Big Three Western foreign ministers, meeting here, have tentatively agreed that Premier Georgi Malenkoy may abandon the sew, friendly look of Soviet policy and go back to a tougher line now that Beria is out of the way. But like almost everything ' else about Russia this is speculation. Diplomatic informants said Satur day that what has happened since June 27 offers as much evidence that the Russians are going on with their 'peace offensive" instead of changing. The incident of the tanks coupled with Beria's failure to appear at an opera performance in the BoLshoi Theater that night led U. S. Ambassador Charles E. Bohlen and other Western diplomats to warn their governments that Beria might be a purge victim. Motorcyclist Breaks Leg i An 18-year-old motorcyclist re ceived a fractured left leg early Saturday e renin g when he "missed" the brake on his cycle and smacked Into the rear of two tars stopped at Liberty and Cen ter Streets, police reported. v Harold I Uken, who gave his address as Star Route, Alsea,was rushed to Salem General Hospital for treatment.. . Police said the cars were opera ted by Glenn IL Meier, 1S45 N. 17th St, and Frederick V. Collins of Eugene. The motorcycle receired a broken headlight and damage to the cars was minor. The accident occurred about 6:15 p.m. '.- the Republic. of Korea Sunday has "gone far toward achieving for an armistice. , changed to concern because of an , American ; correspondent s report that South Korean President Syng- maii Rhee had said he still would not accept an armistice. , Meanwhile, U. N. Command ar mistice negotiators met Communist truce delegates in Panmunjom for the third session in a row on final arrangements for a cease-fire. This time the Allied team was fortified with the agreement be tween Robertson and Rhee. , There was no immediate Red reaction to the U. S.-South Korean agreement. The 300-word joint statement by Robertson and Rhee did not say specifically the South Korean presi dent would join in or even cooper ate in a truce. ! Collaboration "Assured" Robertson went -beyond the for mal paper, however, when he told newsmen before it was released that, "we could not make the state ment if we had not had assurance that President Syngman Rhee would collaborate in the armistice." But Rbee's foreign minister, Py- un Yung Tai. said flatly. "We can not accept in principle an- armi stice that is so dangerous to us, "We won the battle,". Pyun said, referring to the earlier part of the Korean War. "We could have won the armistice too, but we lost it by making too many concessions." The foreign minister said South Korea's ."attitude has been a pas sive one in the truce negotiation in which we were not allowed to take a direct part." "President Rhee has dropped his demands that a defense pact be signed with the United States prior to signing of an armistice," Pyun said. "He is trusting .President Eis enhower's word to support the pact and win Senate approval for it" Pyun said Rhee also Tiad aban doned his position that all Commu nist troops leave Korea before the armistice signing. Abandons Position Pyun said Eisenhower had of fered South Korea the defense pact. more military and economic aid and a buildup of the Army from IS to 20 divisions. Just before he left Seoul, news men told Robertson that an inter view with Rhee by correspondent Jim Lucas of the Scrions Howard j newspapers quoted the South Ko rean preuueni saying: For Three Month "We will not accept the armistice but we have agreed not to obstruct It for a period of three months. President Eisenhower wanted us to accept an armistice in toto, but this is as far as we can -go. "They (The Americans ) . seem absolutely certain that they can unify Korea and get all the Chi nese out of this country in three months. We don't believe it but we have agreed to wait three months." . Robertson appeared disturbed. He declined to comment on. the interview but newsmen overheard him say to a South Korean aider "This puts us in an impossible position we had an agreement.! Harland Brock Stricken by Heart Attack Harland G. Brock, 55, of 2680 Bluff Dr., president of Master Service Stations Corp. here, 'suf fered a heart attack Saturday noon on a fishing trip at Marion Lake. He was reported in "fair" condition last night at Salem Gen eral Hospital. Brock suffered the; attack short ly after he and three companions all Salem men arrived at the fourlake. They had 'traveled a rugged four-mile trail to reach the lake where Brock's cabin is located. Brock was carried out by litter over the trail to a waiting ambu lance, from Willamette Ambu lance Service. ' f With Brock on the planned overnight 'fishing trip were f his son-in-law, Ernest H. Miller, Brock's brother-in-law, Dale Lof tin, and Daniel Fry Jr. Fry said Brock was conscious but in pain during the trek out from the lake. The men phoned ahead for the ambulance from the ranger station at the lake. 'v.. It's Soap Box Derby Day Today; To Start Tod" is Soap Box Derby Day In Salem. . the fast-moving wind up for more than 200 boy-racers from mid-valley communities who have been working on their bugs for months in preparation ; for the final competition which will see a 1053 champion made. This the second annual Salem Derby will start at 1 pjn. at Derby Downs in Bush Pasture, with- the march- rf-boy to tha track led by a Marine color guard and last year's champion. Doug las Adams. . v - -, f!f..r . The Derby week end was kick ed off Saturday morning with a colorful pari.de through city streets of the youthful speedsters and their tiny racers. Racers of all colors and sizes holding their drivers were parad-f Inmates Herded Onto Baseball Field AiFter Firing Buildings f " ' mi m-m -I 1 1 -ii imn.i m mm 4 sMjteTpefgm 1 v.. 1 " smmiwmm'm!T-m'k''v:'n'v'- - z C : " " - - A.-:"' Mf : - . $ i ... t?.; 'S. mT ; 4 4. . ..... i i ,5 . C Ji ' ' '" X N Mere than 1000 Oregon convicts ball park Saturday morning, with the aid of tear gas and rifle fire, after some of them bad set fire to buildings adjacent, to the recreation area (9). This photo was taken while the fire still was being fought. Buildings shown include (1) flax mill; r (2) Moscow Calls For Speedy , Big 4 Parley LONDON W . The. Kremlin began beating its propaganda drums Saturday for a speedy Big Four conference, but Western lead ers apparently were turning a deaf ear and waiUnz to see now uw downfall of L. P. Beria would af- tfect Soviet strategy." As if by concert with the Moscow Radio. London's Communist organ. The Daily Worker, declared in a front page editorial that "the Brit ish people must not allow reaction ary American and British forces to use the unanimous dismissal of Beria as a new excuse for op-, posing a meeting of the four great powers which is necessary to pre serve peace and bring about a sweeping reduction in armaments." The Daily Worker said the purg ing of Beria, the police czar and No. 2 leader in the Kremlin hier archy, was a sign of Russian de termination to "remove all ob stacles to the conclusion of agree ments relieving international ten sion. Moscow Radio sounded the call for a top level Big Four parley by broadcasting an article by Izvestia's foreign analyst, Mikhail Mikhailov. while stepping up its home front propaganda to win popH ular backing for the, Beria purge. Mikhailov said the- projected Bermuda conference of President Eisenhower, French Premier Jo seph Laniel and British Prime Minister Churchill was a Washing ton politicians plot to "intensify international tension: and delay a Big Four meeting. WINS BET. LOSES LIFE OREGON CITY I Harvey Isaac Wright, 18, of Boring, drowned in a creek , 2 miles south of Kelso, Ore:, after boast ing to companions that he could stay under water longer thn they. at 1 p.m. in ed atop cars, trucks and trailers. One hung from a truck boom and another swung around on a ro tating platform. ' Navy, Air Force . and Marine reserve units stationed here, dis played their special racers which will - compete , in the Screw driver race before. the official Derby gets underway. The May or's Trophy goes to the winner of the military special. Music provided by the. Cootie Pup Tent, 1, VFW, of Portland, the National Guard band of Port land and the. Salem Shrine Club band livened the parade, , On display was a giant i cake in the form of a -racer which will be served at the Derby ban quet tonight in Salem Armory following the Derby. 'The parade wound up at Derby THREE SECTIONS 32 PAGES were herded into the prison base Photograph taken early Saturday damage caused by morning fires ' ft 1- m 5fl,.;; . Iff- f l. . v - , 1 1 fices of prison chaplains and classification officer. Freight car shown the fire. : (Photo by Staff Photographer John Ericksen.)' First Twins Born At New Hospital Sutetmaa News Service STAYTON The first twins to be born at the newly opened Santiara Memorial Hospital here arrived at 1:15 Saturday morn ing' to proud parents Mr. and Mrs. Don Lea of Jefferson. " The twins a boy weighing 4 pounds, 8 ounees, and a girl weighing 4 pounds, 6 ounces were doing fine along: with their mother,, the hospital reported. Ma 17 Min. 59 SS 50 ' SI Precip. Salem Porltand .00 .09 .00 .00 San Francises Chicago 84 New York ' ..' S3 64 Willamette River l.S feet. FORECAST (from' V. S. Weather Bureau. McNary Field. Salem): Fair today, tonight and Monday. High to day near 90- to 92 and low tonight near 92 to 54. Temperature at 12.-01 a.m. was CI degrees. SALEM PRECIPITATION Sine Start of WeatBer Tear Sent. 1 This Year Last Year Normal 43.29 42.6S 3S.14 Bush Park Downs where final trial runs were held before the. bugs -were stored under guard until today's race. x At -.1:30 this afternoon the starting gate will be dropped to set off the speeding racers down the' concrete-coated track in 60 second intervals. About 5 p.m, Class A and Class B champion! will compete for the grand championship for the chance to race at AkroivO., next month in the All-American Soap Box Derby. To the winner goes the T. H. Keating award which will be pre sented at the races and again at the banquet. - More than 100 major prizes, will be awarded at the banquet to the champions - and runners- l Thm Or90n Stztsmcm. Salraeu Or9oau Sundor, July 12, 1953 : PRICE 10c ' j Th Oregon Statesman. Salem, dining room, hospital; (3) C block; (4) E block; (5) new chapel and record department; (S) administration building; (7) new Industrial building, also new housing laundry; (S) new isolation cells. (Aerial pheto by Staff Photographer Thomas G. Wright). afternoon when newsmen were allowed in Oregon Prison yard to view shows complete destruction of You Move and I Shoot.' Red Soldier Tells Adlai i . ' BERLIN UP) Adlai E. Stevenson looked down the muzzle of a Russian tommygim in the hands of a trigger-happy East Berlin People's Army soldier Saturday. The soldier meant business. "You move and I shoot," he said in English. - The incident occurred as Stevenson, 1952 Democratic presi dential candidate, and his party were touring East Berlin, restless and tense since last month s riots. He and his party, were held .up for 20 minutes and the films they had taken behind the Iron Curtain were confiscated. Telling about the gun episode afterward, Stevenson, said with a smile: "You know, curiously, I didn't move. Taking Pictures He and his party of seven persons were clambering around the ruins of the bunker en WUhebnstrasse where Hitler is believed to have committed suicide. Several of the group started snapping pictures of Stevenson. , Suddenly about 10 police and sol diers appeared. One car pulled in behind Stevenson's-car, another in front of it, blocking escape. They ordered the Americans to stop tak ing pictures, Carrying Tammy Gna ' When the Americans started . to get back into their; cars an East German soldier wearing a, khaki uniform of Russian style and car rying a Russian' tommy gun, stepped forward , menacingly. When - the police ' refused to let them leave, one official demanded to see the Russian ambassador. After about 20 minutes some offi cialsnot the ambassador-showed up. The : officials : confiscated the party's films and ordered them to proceed on their tour. The Russians only opened up East Berlin to Westerners two day! ago . for the first time since the June 17' workers revolt. To lift Martial Law Martial law is to be lifted at midnight but was still in effect at the time of Stevenson's visit. Under the rules of martial, law, "agents and provocateurs", could be court martialed by the Soviet Army and shot by a Russian firing squad. -- - : - -- - Oregon, Sunday, July 12, 1953 lo) $ frll A . V , building housing tailor shop and of at right was also destroyed by Salem Aviator Hurt in Crash Near Albany ALBANY UP! Willard Dean Eggers. of Salem, suffered back injuries and a fractured arm Sat urday when his light monoplane crashed on a farm six miles north of here. He was taken to a Sa lem hospital. - Don MOreland, a farmer, saw the plane circle and fall in a hay field on his farm. He took Eggers to' his home and called an ambu lance. The plane was badly dam aged. Eggers Is an employe of the Pa cific Telephone It Telegraph Co. in Eugene. - 7 . i Eggers, 23. who lives at 1120 Lee St.. was reported In "fair" condi tion at Salem k Memorial Hospital Saturday nightl, i Western International At Salem 10. Trt-Clty t: At Wenatcheel 2, Spokane 9 At Victoria 2-3. Edmonton 4-3 At JjuwiMUm r, Yakima S At Vancouver 1. Clxary S . . ., - - ..-.. ,f , f :I Coast League , At Oakland 7, Portland It. ' At Hollywood S, Seattle S At San Diego 7. Saa Francisco 1 . At Sacramento f, Lot Ansel 8 '. : ' National League v '..-M Ar Erooklya 0, New York S At St. Louis S, Milwaukee At Cincinnati J, Chicago S A PluladeJpbIa S, Pittsburgh 4 - American League . At New York 3. Wash. 2 (10 lna.t - At Chicago 5. Cleveland 4 At Detroit! S. St- LoMXia T At Boston 4. PbUadclphia a ..iN.,- PRICE 10c. ML Pen Rioters Spend ! Night Cornered in ; i i I pun-Ringed i,ard- . , More than 1000 rioting convicts set a $100,000 fire Saturday morning at the Oregon State Prison.! .; V 1 . Tear gas and rifle fire drove them away from other buildings. ' after; they had looted the commissary, and within' a matter of minutes the entire mob was driven diainond area. There they, blistered in the hot sun Saturday afternoon and were huddled in shivering groups. lasi night and early today. . The prison itself was quiet Several hundred other convicts were fed and in their cells. There appeared little chance that i the 1000 trapped recalci trants could cause further trou ble, j Several times during the night guards on the catwalks atop prison walls could hear cries of "let's go in." I . Warden Clarence T. Gladden said at dusk last night, when no new overtures had arrived from the prisoners' "committee, that "theji can just stay there 'til morning." Test; of Strength j The outbreak which started , with! a sit-down strike Friday, spreid to prisoner-control of the commissary Friday night, and re sulted in the fire which destroyed four buildings Saturday morning, was regarded as the prison ring-leaders' "test of strength" for Warden Gladden, who took over only; a few weeks ago. It apparently had fizzled so far as the convicts were concerned. The fires were started after Warden Gladden had refused to accede to prisoners' specific de mands, although he reiterated his previously-stated plans for better ing food and laundry conditions. Building Barns Going up in flames were the old ' )aundry and bathhouse; the tailor shop, stfoe shop, chaplains' offices and classification office; a quonset hut housing -athletic equipment,- a pipe storage shed, and a boxcar. A blaze in the ma chine shbp 1 caused ' only minor damage. Burned buildings appar- Additional pictures and story on page o, section l. ently were gasoline-soaked. Con vict -efforts to ram the boxcar through prison gates failed. Prison officials took over con trol completely when the fires started. Bursts of rifle fire drove con victs; from areas where larger buildings were endangered; one convict, Robert C. Ward, 36, Clackamas County, was shot in the leg; tear gas subdued those still in the commissary and they marched out meekly after tying two soiled white shirts to a pole as flags of truce. Left! Loot Behind Some of the convicts, led by Lile-termer Dupree Poe, had spent the previous night tearing ud the dining room and com mandeering all the blankets and food; they could fin-particular- iy canuy, cnecse, cigucu, us-" ' and gum. But they left most of it behind when prison officers sud denly moved on them when the fire started Saturday and forced them into the baseball -enclosure about 100 by 150 yards in size. There they ftayed. Hie convicts were ordered to "stay apart; no congregating or youTl be fired on and stay away from the fences. Several bursts of rifle shot were necessi tated to enforce the order but no one was hit Some of the bullets ricocheted among news men "covering" the riot Attempt to Hit Water Main Late Saturday afternoon con victs began digging near the middle of the baseball diamond but again were forced away. It was believed they were trying to strike a water main. Only one pail of water was visible among the group last night But the glow of cigaretts and cigars dotted the areaj Searchlights 'were kept along til walls and fences. The center area where the men were stretched out was largely in dark ness ; except for periodic light checks of their activities. The light breeze was stench-laden. Warden Gladden, commenting on prospects today, said "The next; move, is up to them. When they; get tired and thirsty and hungry and want to cooperate, then well let them in; but not be fore.; . - , - (Additional details page 8, Sec.! 1) i eddy's Statesman1 ; 'H - Section 1 ' Editorials, features 4 Sports , 7 Prison fire i..- L- 8 Crossword puzzle 8 Classified adsi... -ll Radio, TV.--L: J-12 i'4 - .-:':Sectitfu ' ; r- f ' Society, womens, ..i.. - 1-6 Rura Letter Carrieri 7 Valley news J 8 Garden news 10 No. 104 : i - -.!. - into the gun-ringed baseball Unemployed Man Admits Setting . . Fire That Killed 15 iji ' ; - WILLOWS, Calif. (-Glehn County sheriffs officers early. Sunday arrested an unemploy ed service station attendant they said admitted setting a forest fire which claimed 15 lives in the nearby Mendocino National Forest. Stanford P. Patton, 26, of WI1: lows was booked on a holding : charge. Larrimer reported Patton ad mitted he started the disss, troas blase near Alder Springs road Thursday by throwing matches from his car in hopes he ; could get work fighting,, fires.. (Among those killed was Allen Buddy, formerly ef Sa lem, Ore.) ts m lice's Offer of Food for Reich WASHINGTON" m The East German Communists and the Sov iet! Union angrily rejected Pres ident Eisenhower's offer of food to hungry East Germany Saturday. But the White House said the offer stiU.stands.r, ; ,-: ; Ttt 13 mimon dollars worth oi food (would have gone to East Ger- - - . I l A I M ! . - . many inrouga uie poviet occupa tion jauthorities.. '4 ' t - I Developments came quickly Sat-! urday night about 24 hours after, Eisenhower made the offer. ; The turn-down came first in a! bitter statement from Red German 1 Premier Otto Grotewohl, who said1 it was "a provocation which serves only the aims of agitation." i Then the Moscow radio confirmed that Grotewohl was acting on Krem I un orders. The Russian radio heard , in London said the offer was "not: in the true interests of the Ger- man people" and blamed the West for the June 17 uprisings that bared the! heeds of East Germany. Finally ' from behind the Iron. Curtain came a Moscow dispatch' reporting the Soviet rejection was" delivered to the U.S. Embassy. in Washington, Presidential Pres Secretary James C. Hagerty said . in -statement: "The President's offer;! of food for the people of East Germany still stands regardless of any Soviet rejection of that offer or any Soviet allegation that the' people do not need food." , . Battered Body Of Man Found Near Ranch . HOOD RIVER W The badly. beaten body of Bruce Houck, 30, was found Saturday by-a search, party about 200 yards from hi i ranch home in the community of Mtj Hood, IS miles south of here. The victim's head bad been' crushed, and Sheriff R. L. Gil-, mouthe of Hood River County said' it could not be determined whether . the! victim had also been sbot Two rifles the rancher was known to possess were missing. So iwas his 1948 pickup truck. ' The ranch yard was a shambles. Gillmouthe said someone had shot -and killed five goats and a num-. ber of chickens. Gillmouthe immediately sent out a pickup order for Donald Imlah.; 18.-a parolee from the state train ing! school for; boys at Woodburn," who had been living at the ranch the' past two months.. The sheriff said the youth was reported seen in Salem Friday night Neighbors of Houck called the sheriff's office when they found J hisTJiouse : empty. Houck's body was found by a party of Crag. Rats? a mountain search-and-res" cue organization. -. Gillmouthe said the victim's widow, Dorothy, was . visiting friends at LaMesa, .Calif. BURMA .INVADED RANGOON, Burma W Intelli gence sources said Saturday Red Chinese troops have invaded Bur ma at five border. points to "pro-" tectl Burmese villagers from mar auding Chinese Nationalist irregu lars. - V- ' 5 RussiaReiec -I 1 1 ' I- L