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i . . i ti r I - : if Tlie Wii thcr - i I The manufacture j of woolen goods in Oregon! (aside from hme spinning and weaving) be gan at Salem when the Willam ette Woolen Manufacturing Com pany began to operate about 1837 i a plant In North Salem Ion tie aite of the present Larnier Warehouse. It got it power frfrm North Mill Creek which had been given a steady flow of water iby connecting it with the Santiam River near Stayton. This mill flourished until it was burned on May 3 1876. How efforts were aade to resume woolen maau cture here, and how local cjti x4ns backed Thomas Kay to es tablish a new mill in Salem, ire related in an article by Alfred Li Lomax in the June Oregon Historical Quarterly: "Thonsas Kay Woolen Mill Co.: A Family Enterprise." I Lomax, who is ' professor lof business at the state university, his made a very thorough study of Oregon woolen mills and writ ten extensively - on the subject This article on the Kay mill lis the latest in the series hei has dne on various mills, many lot which are no longer function ing 1 (What brought success to local efforts after a series of fail ures was the readiness of Thonv a Kay, who had learned woolen manufacture in England and, had managed the Brownsville mill successfully, to invest his capital and devote his energies to - a mill in Salem. A Board of Trade committee raised $20,000 ti a subsidy and the mill was estab lished at 12th and Ferry on the site of an old tannery and oil mill property. It began operations in 1890. t , (The mill was successful! from the start. A retail outlet ; i (Continued on editorial page, 4) 32 Million i In State Road Bonds Sold tPORTLAND tm The State Highway Commission Friday sold XZ million dollars of road bondi largest single offering in its history to Haisey scuart & Co., Chicago. The firm offered an interest rate off 2.320 per cent, which will yield fdi684,360. I L State Highway Engineer R. H. Baldoek said the commission will issue two million dollars In bonds annually for seven years and three million dollars in bonds, annually for the next six years, with final Issue in 1867. i The West Side Highway Associa tion was one of four delegations which appeared before the com mission Friday to urge improve ments on the Pacific Highway West and the Amity-Dayton I sec ondary road. if Among improvements asked were a new bridge at Dayton. widening between Amity and Man mouth, and resurfacing south jot Corvallis. j Baldoek suggested the commfs- non appropriate az,zuu to mace a film recording of construction fof the Portland - Salem expressway. 127 Precincts j In County for! Next Election! There will be 127 precincts n Marion County at the next elec tion, County Clerk Henry Mat son anounced Friday. The total represents an increase of 17, Ne cessitated because oi too-heavy registration at some of the exist ing precincts. Eight of the new divisions are in Salem, nine else where in the county. i t Additional details Page 14 TI-fc l-ncfc r?iT !o-ji f ivr vjjv juii George Didn't Trv to Deliver :- ; ! DOWNTEVILLE. Calif. Con tractor George Miller of Reno sure did his best to get a bid for paving three miles of Sierra County roads. Flying in from Nevada only min utes before the deadline for sub mitting bids, he circled the court house here in his private plane! &&d dropped his estimate to officials below. It was filed just before clos ing time. i ;j " I But it didn't do Miller much good. The only other bid was lower.! It was accepted. Animal Crackers Sv WARREN GOODRICH SQUARE - I 'DO YOU THINK WL COULD PO IT 7, i ! .. -i ' ' ' ; ' :' '.: i ' . . ' I i I : 1 v . : ' . 103 YEAH 'Where's Latest Batch Apparently in Good Health i i ; : By MILO FARNETI PANMUNJOM OB More Allied war captives came back Saturday from the miseries and hardships of Red Korean prison camps to the warmth and bounty of their own people as the big post-armistice exchange rolled through the fourth day. They rode out of the Korean northland in rumbling Molotov trucks led in column by Russian- made jeeps. Ninety of the 400 were Americans Some of them joked and ban tered as they waited for the call Prisoners released Page 3 to clamber down from the vehicles of their captors and join their own side. "Where is the mess hall?" sev eral Americans' shouted. "Say, who's leading the National League?" another yelled, and "Are the Yankees still leading the American?" The lightness of their quips con trasted startingly with the depri vations and cruel treatment de scribed by others released from Communist captivity during the past three days. The first 100 captives released Saturday included 25 Americans, all Negroes. Most of these were from the 25th Division's 24th Regi ment which was in the Korean fighting almost from the start. The second group included Turks, South Koreans and Americans, the latter all Negroes, too. All except one of the first Amer icans released appeared to be in good health. That one carried a cane and limped. Meanwhile, the Communists an nounced they would turn over to the Allies Sunday 399 prisoners of Em h Communist Rioters Fail in Try to Hah Food Program; Ringleaders Tossed in Jail By DAN DE LUCE BERLIN OR Communists rioted in West Berlin late Friday, but police commandos and water can non crushed attacks by 900 Red storm troopers against American food relief for hungry East Germ ans. Three bloody riots flared simul taneously at food give-away points in the V. S. and French sectors. More than 400 police commandos, reinforced with water cannon, charged the defiant Communist demonstrators. Thirty -rioters, five with broken heads, were hauled off to jail and hundreds fled back to nearby So viet territory. The West Berlin police who smashed back 6,000 rioting Com munists at the food distribution cen ters last Tuesday, were tipped off in advance that the Reds planned new trouble Friday. The hottest battle was waged on Prinzen AUee in the French sector. Police blasted 500 violent Reds there with water cannon, high pres sure nozzles mounted on revolving turrets of trucks, and then closing in with flailing clubs. Two thousand Berliners home ward bound from work after 5 p. m. watched this riot continue for 20 Today's Statesman General news 1, 2, 3, 5, 12 Editorials, features 4 Society, women's 6 Valley news 6 Church -7 Sports . 8-9 Comics 9 Radio, television 10-11 Classified ads ; 10-13 Radar as Traffic Check Assured Of Court Test; New Arrests Made Is it legal to arrest drivers with radar? ' : ,1 This question; may be answered rn a lower court level at least -ioct.8. :-P 'A "test caseM on the much-discussed legality of radar arrests appeared certain Friday when Mrs. Evelyn J. Franz, 4400 N. River RcL, pleaded innocent in Municipal Court to a speeding charge. j She was one of six motorists arrested Thursday first day of radar arrests in the city after city police clocked her car on the radar traveling: 40 miles an hour in a 25 mile zone. j Attorney for Mrs. Franz, Law rence i usterman, said maay night be would fight the charge in municipal court Oct 9 chiefly oa the grounds that radar arrests 14 PAGES 0 ' Mess Hall?' war: including 112 Americans. A released American war pris oner said Saturday he felt the Com munist Chinese encouraged the use of a weed possibly marijuana to win over some captives to Communism. . PFC. Robert I. Brooks. 23-year-oH. Negro from Reidsville. N. C, wai held -in Camp 5 at Pyoktong, on the Yalu River. The young soldier related his story of more than 2x years in Busy Little Hands Build Miniature Church Jffci v - ' OAK GROVE Children at, the Oak, Grove Chapel held graduation exercises here Friday climaxing two weeks of Bible school daring which a miniature ml their church was constructed by the pri mary group. Shown above with the model church are (left to right, standing) Kathleen Cadle, Eva Jean McRae, Ann Fanner, Elsie McRae, Arlie Jean- Vaughaa and (seated) Linda Batty. (Additional church news on Page 7). (Statesman Photo). minutes before the Communists were completely routed. Fourteen ringleaders were arrested. This second outburst in West Ber lin in four days was staged on orders of East German Communist leaders. They were seeking to de stroy at all costs the 15 million dollar American free food program for the hungry in Soviet-occupied Germany. But Red terror and plunder have failed to halt the huge project. The total of packages distributed zoomed toward the 2 million mark. Africa to Buy U.JS.-Owned Surplus Wheat WASHINGTON tfl The gov ernment, departing from its help business policy, ventured into the wheat export business Saturday rather than risk the loss of a sale of American gram. The Agriculture Department an nounced it has agreed to sell 2, 062,000 bushels of surplus government-owned wheat to the Union of South Africa. The department said the sale was i contrary to a policy adopted by Secretary of Agriculture Benson to encourage such sales through private trade channels. Tht department explained, how ever, that the South African gov ernment said it had been unable to deal with private exporters and for that reason had not become a consistent customer for U. S. wheat. are j f'contrary' to the r Oregon speed trap law. If Judge Dougla Hay finds radar arrests legal, Mrs. Franz could not appeal 4he decision un less the fine and court costs ex ceeded $20. However, the defendant could request a review by a higher court, which would land the case in circuit court. The next step would be the supreme court. Opinions are divided as to whether or not the radar speed checking device falls under the state's speed trap law. The 1951-52 edition of "Motor Vehicle Laws of Oregon" reads as follows: : ' "A speed trap within the mean ing of this section, is a particular section of, or distance on, any highway the length of which has been or ia measured for distance Th Orojon Statesman, Salem, Oreaon, Saturday. ft Freed POWs Yell ! Communist hands on the fourth day of j "Operation Big Switch." Only steaming hot weather marred: the smooth exchange op eration.; Pvt, Willie J. Rudd, 24, Los An geles, also told of the weed smok ing. ' - Rudd ' said that at one time in Camp I the Chinese put about 50 men in; a special narcotics ward away from the other men. ; Rudd i said the men sometimes it: r Detroit Area Forest Fires Under Control DETROIT A rash of small for est fires was under control Fri day in the Detroit area and an aerial search is slated for Satur day to check on the condition of the burns. ' Nearly all of them were "spot" fires, caused by lightning that peppered the North Santiara Can yon early Thursday. Latest fire was reported Friday afternoon in the Straight Creek area. Four rangers responded and stayed through Friday night. Fifteen men from Ercil Wil son Logging Co. fought a blaze in thick slash in ! the Parkett Creek area for five hours Thurs day. Early detection by a watch man was credited with prevent ing greater spread. ; Six rangers had a snag fire un der control Friday at the head of Box Canyon. 10 miles by trail from the nearest road. Five men remained there Friday night Other fires were under control near Breitenbush, Fay Lake and Kinney Ridge. Three men were still at Bruno Mountain, late Fri day. Korean Veterans Dock at Seattle SEATTLE m The transport Gen. Hugh Gaffey arrived here Fri day with 1,245 passengers from the Far East, most of them Army vet erans from Korea. SUFFOCATES IN FIRE LA 1RANDE in Guy Gordon Hamilton, 49, suffocated in a smoke filled apartment Friday the first fire fatality here in 28 years. and marked off or otherwise des ignated or determined, and the limits of which are within the vision of an officer or officers who calculate the speed of a vehicle-passing through such speed trap by using the elapsed time during which such vehicle trav els between the entrance and exit of such speed trap." Defenders of radar point out that neither distances nor I time are measured in using the device, but an instantaneous "reading" is taken of the car's speed as it passes through the radar "beam." The only other motorist of the six arrested Thursday to appear in Municipal Court vesterdav pleaded guilty and was fined $10 by Judge Hay. He was Jay E. t Duncan, 1018 Kingwood Dr.: - Meanwhile, arrests by . radar! continued Friday. Three drivers 1 were .cited to court. , f IIIIIT : l: : : " ,; v i:. ' ' : . POUNDDD 1651 'j .. u j Lh referred to the weed as marijuana but he was -not sure what it was. He said the plant grew about five or six feet high and had little! seeds on it. ! "It seemed to make them feel good" when they smoked it, Rudd said. Brooks, with the 2nd Division when he was captured on Dec. 1, 1950, said the Chinese "could have stopped" the use of the weed "if they had really wanted to."; V! Fatal Injuries Disclosed in New Autopsy Death of 4-year-old Kenneth Cross was attributed to "multiple bruises about the face and; body and a possible injury to the neck," it was revealed Friday in a path ologist's report to Kenneth Brown, Marion County district attorney. , Just how the little boy, a. ward of the court who'd been living with foster parents near Pratum, sustained these injuries is the object of an intensive investiga tion, -Brown said. The autopsy late Thursday was a result of a request by Brown and Marion County Sheriff Den ver Young for a more extensive check of the body than an earlier post mortem. The boy lapsed into a coma last Friday, reportedly after a fall. Being held in the Marion County juvenile ward is a 17-year-old companion of the boy. Home Razed While Family On Vacation Statesman Newt Service AUMSVILLE Fire destroyed the T. W. Edwards home early Friday while the family vaca tioned at the beach. The Edwards home is two miles southeast of AumsviUe and 13 miles from Salem. Jerry Roberts, assistant chief of Aumsville Fire Department, said origin- of the blaze was known. AH contents of the house were destroyed as were a garage and a tractor. The family includes three school-age children. , 4 , Western International At Salem 4. Wenatch t At Calgary 1, Spokane 9 : At Tn-Cily , Yakima: i 3 At Edmonton 10. Lewtstoa 1 At Victoria 13. Vancouver 13 Coast League ' At Portland 1. Los Angeles 4 At Hollywood s, Saa Diego 2 At Sacramento -7. Oakland 1-3 . At Saa rrancisoB 5, Seattle I American League At New York S. Chicago 1 Kt Boston 4. Cleveland 3 j At Washington 12, St. Louis 0 At Philadelphia 3. Detroit 1 National Leagee At Chicago 4. Philadelphia S At SU Louis J. New York t At Cincinnati 4. Brooklyn I At Milwaukee S. Pittsburgh --. ,;.. -ki.vr . . X.. w F A irv i ' " f - J ' ( wmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmiMlH iff 'im , August 8. 1953 Dry Weekend Oh Schedule In Mid-Valley A cloudy, but rainless, week end is predicted fort the mid vallej by the Weather Bureau. Temperatures are expected to be moderate. Moist air from the ocean is predicted to result in thunder clouds over mountain areas and morning drizzles for the coast However, the sun is expected to break through along the coast in the afternoon. Today's high temperature, says the weatherman, will be 82 to 84 compared with Friday's top read ing of 76. Honors Given For Growing Strawberries By LILLIE L. MADSEN Farm Editor, The Statesman PORTLAND Bernard Smith, Wood burn, route 2, was intro duced as the second high straw berry producer in the Oregon Washington Five Ton Strawberry Club, at its first annual banquet at Multnomah Hotel here Friday night Smith produced 7.69 ton of Northwest variety to the acre, and was topped only by Carl Pierson of Hillsboro, who produced 7.8 ton of Marsha lis to win honors. high The dinner, honoring the 23 charter members of the club, was sponsored by the Oregon-Washington Strawberry Council, orga nized in May to encourage heav ier production of strawberries per acre, following a forecast by processors that "Oregon would be out of the strawberry growing business in two years unless pro duction per acre was increased." Gerard Matson, Wilsosville (Clackamas County) was third high with seven tons per acre. Marion, Clackamas and Wash ington counties each had five members in the club. Marion County's members, ' other than Smith, included Carl Nibler, Ger vais; Onas Olson, 665 Chemawa Road, Salem; G. P. Conner, St Paul, and Ernest Reding, Brooks. Certificates were presented by E. L. Peterson, state director of agriculture. Joe Fisher, president of the strawberry council, reported that Oregon's average production for 1952 was 3,420 ton per acre, Washington's 4,320 and Califor nia's 12,240. More than 250 attended the banquet Logger Killed In Bend Area BEND un Donald J. Johnson, 24. Bend, was fatally injured in a logging accident Friday 65 miles southeast of here in the Silver Lake area. ELECTED SECRETARY PORTLAND (-P The Rev. F. C. Cummings, Bremerton, was elected secretary of the regional conference of the African Metho dist Episcopal church Friday. Norblad in Salem, Lauds Ike For Halting 'Spending Spree' Reversal of the national spend ing spree that had been in pro gress for 20 years was cited as one of the outstanding accomp lishments of President Eisen hower and the last Congress by U. S. Rep. Walter Norblad, 1st Oregon District, who arrived in Salem Friday. Norblad made the trip to Ore gon by automobile "accompanied by Mrs. Norblad and their: son. They will occupy a new log home in the Stayton area pending their return to Washington, D. C. late in the year. -First of all." Norblad jsaid. "Congress faced obligations of more than $80,000,000,000 j and these obligations had to be met" He emphasized that former Pres ident Truman's proposed budget was reduced approximately $13, 000.000,000. "The Eisenhower administra tion stepped into an awful mess last January," Norblad said. Norblad said cabinet members and White House aides hardly knew their telephone numben before they were called before congressional committees. ' and questioned regarding future" pol icies of the new administration. Norblad also disclosed 1 that three members of a subcommittee of the civil functioning committee of the House of Representatives will be in Salem in September. It It this committee, Norblad said, PRICE 5c i Signing R U.S. Also To Sepk By MAX BARRELSON UNITED NATIONS. N. Y. (JB The 16 Allied countries with forces in truce-bound Korea have signed a declaration pledging to fight promptly together against any new Red attack there. But Britain and Canada, both signers, hedged their commitments Friday night in statements from their Foreign Office spokesmen. Both these British Commonwealth countries, in the first reaction to the announcement of the declara tion here Friday, said the circum stances of any new aggression would dictate their course of action when the time comes. Both ap peared to be concerned about the consequences of engaging Red Chi na on the China mainland. Wider Scope Foresee One section of the declaration, referring to the possibility of re newed attacks, said: "The conse quences of such a breach of the armistice would be so grave that, in all probability, it would not be possible to confine hostilities within the frontiers of Korea." This appeared to be a warning of possible air attacks on Red China or perhaps a naval blockade. The Canadian Foreign Office spokesman in Ottawa said that Can ada would not be committed in ad vance to strike at Red "China in retaliation for any new aggression in Korea. Deelaratioa Gives UN A spokesman at the British For eign Office in London, reacting quickly to the announcement here, said that Britain, a signer. Was not committed in advance to "any pre cise course of action" in Korea. He said future circumstances would determine what the British would do. The declaration was turned over to U. N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold as part of a special report by the United States govern znent, acting as head of the unified command in Korea. It was signed in Washington July 27 but not published at tht time. Reds Decree Death of 10 North Koreans LONDON W Moscow Radio announced Saturday death sen tences have been imposed on 10 top North Korean officials accused of plotting - armed rebellion and plotting for the United States. Two other North Korean officials were jailed. The sentences were handed down by the Military Collegium of the North Korean Supreme Court fol lowing a purge trial in the Red tradition with all 12 accused "con fessing" guilt. Former Justice Minister Lee Sung Yop, accused as the ring leader in the purported plot, head ed the list of those sentenced to die. SALEM PBECIPITAtlON Since Start of Weather Tear Sept. 1 This Year Last Year Normal 43.S4 42.SS 34.31 which recommends appropriations for all federal projects. The committee includes Reps. Glenn Davis of Wisconsin, chair man; Al Cederberg of Michigan and John Riley of South Dakota. They will inspect the Willamette Valley project and work on the Dalles and McNary Dams. Committee Chairman Davis will be a guest of Norblad. Secretary of the Inferior Doug las McKay is doing; an excellent job, Norblad said. "The people like his frank, down-to-earth dis cussion of important govern mental problems." While in Oregon Norblad will maintain an office in the Salem post office building. Man Killed in Arresting Of fic at loseburg nAmnfmK a t IUl m... .-. s4 W-JmA t Ra Ki1tt sttit V' ROSEBURGT( A city police man and a part-time cab driver duelled with pistols here Friday when the officer attempted to make an arrest for .disorderly conduct. r The driver, Loran Kenneth Ar thur. 52, Roseburg. was killed and Patrolman Carl Smith, 27. was wounded twice. Arthur, carrying a . gun in a holster, was escorted from hotel by Smith. Outside, Arthur pulled Max. MSn. PrwclaL lJM -.... g . i. 1 , Vm,nA g is a? no Safe rrartctscd M M trare Chicago . in 4 .u Kw York I i IS JOQ Willamette fMver - ii fevt. fOKECA8Tilrom U.i S. weather bureau. McNfry field, Salem): fyUy cloudy today, tonight and Sunday. Highs! today near 3 to M. low tonlcM near 4t to M. Tempera- taM tt ia .-011 a.m. wui:17 degree. ii NO. 131 By WILLIAM C. BARNARD SEOUL JFi i-i Secretary of State Dulles and F reign Minister Pyun Yung Tai Satirday initialed a mu tual security pact which pledges the) United st te to come to South Korea's aid i Communist forces again invade the little Asiatic na tion, i j. in President S y n g m a n Rhe watched solennly as the two of ficials initialed the pact, part of Rhe's price i or supporting at least temporarily m armistice in the three-year Ki rean War,! f he pact provides fof! basing U. roops in outh Korea, worked in four pays of conferences', as signed at 10:05 m. m. (S:05 PST. Friday). II! i , joint statement said jthe U re states and South Korea would be prepared to walk out; of a post war political conference j after SO dafs if they decide the: Conference "ii being exploited" by i the Reds. . Dulles at aliews conference after the signing .said "this;; : particular clause would operate enty if: our twf governments, agree .that the political conference is not making progress." -jjl j Dulles said) that after 90 days, thf two governments would talk ovlr the situation whether to stay or walk out, ill ; : i trj 1 np HI II 1 r- renqh Irek ! . 1 v . Ill Back to Work l .- ! . Hit .!" PARIS 4-The crippling wavt ofstrikes that hit France at th peak of the lucrative tourist season appeared to be waning Saturday. Rail, but And subway! workers agreed to return to their Jobs. The first trains chugged out of Paris' big ra)l terminals early Sat urday, ending the 24-hour walkout protesting economies Premier Jo seph Laniel'sj government; was ru mored contemplating at the expense of Workers oh the puhlic? payroll. In other cities the rail strike con tinued, howevjrr. j Strikes in (the big government owned gas an electric power indus tries were scheduled to j continue until midnight Saturday An estimated two million French men from a wide variety of occupa tioas ranging from street Sweepers to jpower and gas emoloyes. , left their jobs in the spontaneous pro test against Lamel's proposals. It waj the worst strike France hat seen In 17 yejars. Student I! 1 I aiem i i Gets I rlasters Graiide LA GRANDE? P Dale Hargell of Salem was one of the first four ktudents evert to receive a! masters degree Friday at the (Eastern Oregon College of Education., The hers are Naomi Detrick And Villtam Howard Harris, j both of Grande, ibid Helen Irene Dahl, nlon. t I President Crank B. Bennett con- erred honor! on 41 students at e summerf session commence eut. The speaker was Mrs. Joy Hills Gubset. Salem, i assistant superintended of pubic lnstruc- wont i - u ; Ire Plan Blegiils Friliay Piimnin if West Salem sew- gejjinto thflclty sewage treat- ent system negau ii:muj.t The 48.Ot)0 city sewaee lift tation nearlthe west end of the illamette iliver Bridges went nto oterati as top city officials looked on. I With the II I new operation, yir ialem sewage goes lually all through an interceptor! system to thefNorth River Road! treatment plait, instead of being dumped tnti ,tne rtYe. - n ' Gun Duel With ki ., S 4, ' ill the gun and red, the bullet strik- Log line officer;, in tne teg; Artmir flreq again N the officer took refuge behlnl a parked! car and the jsecond billet hit Smith in the baci g' ' JN When Arthur started jtreund the car 8 after Sjhlth. the I policeman opened fire, fbe bullet struck Ar thuti in the chest, killing ; him. Sr$ith sakf Arthur apparently had been - drinking. Aa inquest wasn ordered 3 I I .i,J LJ I- ii ri7 If ' 'Ii 1 mm eyealeli;.:' I I If ' II : Assents ratpPjact E 1 I ' ikes K A-