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The board approved the plans of Salem Architect Williams and Groom for the two-story reinforced concrete and brick build In; which will rise on the corner of 13th and Ferry Streets this falL The building, to be completed early next year, was planned OtP The candor of this Welbuni Mayock in bis testimony before the House committee investigal- ing tax administration was so narked as to be positively dis arming. Instead of reaching for the Fifth Amendment or squir relling on his answers. Mayock "came clean, though it left him still with considerable discolor! tion as far as his legal rectitucte is concerned. Mayock is the mall who served as legal adviser to the Democratic National Commit tee in 1948 but did his principtl work on a fox hunt for moner for the party, treasury. I On one of his. forays he made a deal to represent a troubled taxpayer who wanted his tax levy reduced. Mayock talked with Sec retary of the Treasury Snyder, and shortly afterwards a ruling favorable to the taxpayer was made; whereupon Mayock col lected from the latter $65,000 in currency. He wasn't an ordinary five per center, however; he cvrt the party treasury in for $30,000; but he had to siphon it in through dummy contributors to avoid thie limitations of then, Corrupt Prac tices Act Mayock described himself as p "furtive little lawyer" and his testimony shows he was wise to the ways of politics and the world. Asked whether in appealing to Secretary Snyder he was sure be did, not mention that the tax payer might be a contributor to the campaign fund, he replied: "I am . . . Many things are bel ter left unsaid in dealing with public officials and J think I had sufficient common sense not to go in and make any such state ment as that . . . people can in fer, I did not imply." f Asked if he didn't know it was illegal to contribute I (Continued-on editorial page, 4) . . , . : I Max. Mia. si M S4 70 5 S5 08 Precip. .7 Salem - Portland. San Fraaciaco . on I .00 Chicaio JS New York ... 87 70 .00 WHlamette River feet. FORECAST (from U. S. weatMr bureau. McNary field. Salem): Contiaued fair and warmer todar, tonight and Friday. Highest temper. ture today near -32. lowest tonight near SO. Temperature at 12:01 ae. was 97 degrees. SALEM PRECIPITATION - I Rtace Start ef Weatber Year Sept.Il This Year . Last Year Normal 434 O.SS 38.43g Animal Crackors Bv WARREN GOODRICH mn vp. henbv: i hea Cv o I 4 SECTIONS-24 PAGES s . ' t - ' - :i - ' ...... , . ,. j Reds Defend Holdback Of POWs, Dulles Says Truce Breach Involved PANMUNJOM 1 Red China's Peiping radio sounded an ominous warning Thursday as the 75 Amer icans and 75 British of the ninth prisoner exchange crossed to free dom. - The Reds claimed the right under the Geneva Convention to hold back U. N. captives awaiting trial or already serving sentences. , . In Thursday's exchange a Red truck carrying American and other Allied repatriates to Pjunmunjom overturned during the Communists'! third 100-man delivery. , Repatriates in another truck re ported that no one had been ser iously injured. Two, Americans in the third group wore head band ages, but otherwise the returning Allied prisoners seemed reasonably healthy and many were chipper. The propaganda broadcast ac cused U. S. Sec. of State Dulles of "blackmail." a n d asserted: . .Prisoners of war against whom criminal 'proceedings for an indictable offense are pending or who have already been convicted, . . .should be dealt with in accord ance with the provisions of the Geneva Convention." (In Washington State Department officials pointed out that while the Geneva Convention has certain complicated provisions regarding the retention of prisoners of war, the armistice agreement signed with the Communists overrides them. The, officials also noted that neither the United States nor the Korean and Chinese Communists are signatories of the Convention, but had agreed to abide by it ("The armistice-agreement pro vides for a clear cut agreement that all prisoners be returned," one official said. The Comrnunists are trying for something to justify their intention to violate the agree ment") (List . of prisoners returned Wednesday on pages 2 and 7, Sec. 1.) Piccioni Fails In Cabinet Try ROMS (JR Italy plunged deep er into political crisis Wednesday night following collapse of AUilio Piccioni's efforts to patch together a new center bloc cabinet. His surprise : announcement of failure at the hour when he had been expected to announce a new cabinet succeeding the fallen Chris tian Democratic government of. ex- Premier Alcide de Gaspen tossed the problem back to President Lu igi EinaudL I - Western International 1 . At Vancouver S-4, Salem 1-1 ' ' . At Spokane O-U. .Trl-City 5- ' At Wena tehee 5-0. Edmonton ,11-2 At Yakima , Victoria S At Lewijtoa 4. Calf ary i I Coast League ' At Portland . Oakland ' At Sacramento S-U Hollywood 0-1 ' (2nd 10 Inn.) i At Los Angeles S-t. Seattle 4-1 At San Francisco S, San Diego 1 i . - . .- - -! I American League At Washington 1. New York 23 At Cleveland 7. Chicago 4 At Philadelphia X. Boston J (10 inn.1 ' At St. Louis X Detroit T . National League :At New York S, Brooklyn -At Chirajro 4-a, Cincinnati 10-1 -At Pittsburgh 4. Philadelphia 9 At Milwaukee thK St. LouM 14 Th Oregon Statesman, Satan, Umiou after sale of the old Salem High School building which had bous ed the school offices to make way for commercial construction. Bids for construction of the new building will be called soon. The structure will face on Ferry Street from property now being cleared lor the new project. . ! WASHINGTON l Secretary of State Dulles warned the Com munists Wednesday that any re tention of Allied prisoners will be regarded as a violation of the Ko rean armistice terms and the Unit ed Nations command is prepared to take counter measures. Dulles said the U. N. command will hold a large batch of Red prisoners, who committed crimes during their imprisonment, until 'the last phase of the current ex change of POWs - to make sure the Communists return Allied pris oner! whom they nave sentenced to prison. i The secretary told his new con ference that an open violation of the truce terms would be grounds for raising the whole question of whether the armistice was broken down. However, he cautioned against speculation that it iroight lead to a renewal of hostilities. Dulles emphasized there is noth ing to suggest a new outbreak of fighting is likely or possible. Dulles Says No Trace of Soviet H-Blast Found WASHINGTON m Secretary of State Dulles said Wednesday American detection instruments have yet to pick up any trace of a hydrogen explosion in Soviet Rus sia either before or after Mos cow's boast of having' solved the secret of the H-bomb. "We can only accept with some skepticism the statement of the Soviet prime "minister in that re spect" Dulles told a news con ference. t . The United States, he said, has "no independent evidence to sup port the correctness of Premier Georgi Malenkov's announcement last Saturday implyig that Russia has broken the U. S. monopoly on H-bomb production. , Dulles did not elaborate on his mention of American detection ap paratus, but it has been .widely reported that such a U. S. devices have picked up evidence of pre vious atomic explosions in Russia. Dulles was the first, top-rank of ficial in the Eisenhower adminis tration to express somewhat cau tious skepticism about the veracity of I Malenkov's announcement last weekend. "" . Dulles devoted most of his anal ysis to calling attention to Malen kov's announced decision to step op production of critically short consumers goods with the . Soviet Union. . ' Dulles called this quite novel" and an admission that Russia in the past has failed to give ade quate return to Soviet workers. His Choppers Won't Cluck DENVER (Jfi Robert A. Baker told a district court Jury Wednes day that his false, teeth were no good he can't "cluck" with them. . He needs to "'cluck" fn 'his busi ness. Baker explained he's a horse trainer. ; .' -; 1 But the jury was unsympathetic. It ruled Baker must pay S2S0 that Dr. Max Raabe ? claims he . owes for the dentures, plus interest. Oregon, Thundery Autjuit 13 Withdraws From AFL ! . $500,000 in Unpaid Taxes' Recovered - j The so-called fraud division of the state tax commission recov ered more than $500,000 in un paid income taxes during the year 1952, Commissioner Ray Smith, in charge of the personal income tax collections, reported here Wednesday, j Smith predicted that recoveries under his fraud division would be larger , this year due to an ex pansion of operations. Up to this time. Smith said no criminal actions have been filed by the fraud division. In all fraud cases unearthed' by the division the persons involved have paid their delinquent taxes along with penalties. The fraud division was established soon aft er Smith became a member of the State Tax Commission. Most fraud cases, according to Smith, are referred to the dis trict attorneys of the counties in which the persons involved re side, j Smith l said his , department probably would ask the tax in terim committee of the 1953 leg islature to put mare "teeth" in the violation sections of the in come tax law. Current evasion of the income tat lawjis only a mis demeanor and punishable by a maximum fine of $1000 or not more than one year imprisonment The tax commissioner said an effort is being made to catch up with so-called racket-type tax cases. There are six persons em ployed in the fraud: division, aug mented by several employes of the auditing unit j "We feel it is our duty to run down these tax evaders as the large percentage of taxpayers are honest and pay their taxes with in the statutory period," Smith said, y i ALLERGIC TO MONEY " KILGORE, Tex. ) Mrs. C. D. Shores, cashier at a local drug store, has discovered she is the victim of an occupational hazard that's hard to take. She's allergic to silver coins. Kectrea'iioiniaQ Lake Being BuM Construction crews are busy this week building a lake for Sa lem, j The scenic and recreational lake will be a by-product of the truck by-pass and proposed highway in terchange projects southeast of Salem, and is expected to provide an inviting swimming hole and picnic area in years to come. Scoop shovels, bulldozers and trucks are covering the 4 to 6 acre lake out of gravelly land along Mill Creek about a half mile south of-the by-pass overpass' of State Street Dirt from the huge excavation is going; for fill mate rial for the Center Street over pass and for the cloverleaf inter change of the bypass and the pro posed new North Santiam High way route." -;-r I -. The lake, about twice as large as Albany's popular W v e r 1 y Lake, scene of annual Timber Carnivals, would be accessible from the North Santiam Highway. It will be fed by MilllCreek when that stream is diverted to its, new channel constructed last year to prevent annual flooding of adja cent farm areas. The creek will run along the west side of the bypass, through the lake and into the eld eh a a ae on its way through Salem. S53 PFJCE Sc. i f - Brotherhood Protests CIO 'No Raid' Pact CHICAGO J1 The 600,000-mem-ber Brotherhood of Carpenters Wednesday withdrew ' from the American Federation of Labor.! The carpenters," one of the AFL s founding unions, quit the AFL ranks in an angry protest against the AFL Executive Council approv ing a no-raiding" agreement with the CIO. j The council earlier had approved the. "no raid" agreement designed to prohibit one union from seeking to take over membership of another union in a rival federation. : Notice of the carpenters'-summary withdrawal from the AFL was served by Carpenters' Union President Maurice A. Hutcheson, in a letter to AFL President George Meany. Meany, in making the letter pub lic, said the Executive Council on receiving the carpenters withdraw al notice, had advanced other AFL vice presidents up a notch. This means that the council con siders that William A. Hutcheson, father of the president of the car penters' president, and former head himself of the Carpenters' Union, is no longer the first vice president of the AFL. Carpenters' Union President Mau rice Hutcheson said in his letter to Meany that the union was im mediately discontinuing its pay ment, of per capita dues to the AFL. In announcing its approval of the "no raiding" pact negotiated with the CIO. the council said it also was working on a plan to control fights between rival AFL unions. It was hoped the formula for end ing intra-AFL rivalries would be ready for the AFL convention meeting next month in St. Louis. The council approved the "no raiding agreement" earlier Wed nesday and the Carpenters .Union action quickly followed. The AFL-CO agreement requires approval of the AFL and CIO con tentions before becoming effective Jan. 1. " Mill Burns At Yoncalla YONCALLA. Ore. Of) The main portion of the Yoncalla Lumber Company mill burned to the ground Wednesday afternoon. The resaw and planer units were saved, but some lumber was destroyed. The mill was scheduled tot re open last week. It had been closed for remodeling to provide tjpetric power instead .of steam. The mill was the community's largest and was owned by R. B. White of Kansas City. It handled about 50,000 board feet of lumber daily. George Edes. office manager, estimated the loss at more than $150,000. Today's Statesman Section 1 Editorials, features 4 General news 1-8 Section 2 .Sports 1-2 Section 3 Society, women's 1-2 Valley news . ..4 News in pictures . 6 Farm news 7 Section 4 Radio,- television . '. 1 Markets 1 ' Classified ads 2-3 ..VJWWl)('1! Salem is going te have a nearby 1 : I -.it '-rj. ; four Ot533 -"." . C0RNERSysi:- -I . ' BB. I : jTB jfi: " )t&B 5- bZ . BA: B -f- , "r ' - ' ' y . l-r' W- HILLCREST ' r jf ZB '-iP-y SCH00J- projects southeast of the city. Excavation ise are iaxe tsnaaea area) was wwrwiy ais wm a Mill Creek where It parcels the new track bypass, UH vader coastraetioa aloag Salem's east era outskirts. Contractors are scoeping the lake to provide fill material for verpaas and interchange projects ia that area. Plans are underway to turn the man-made pond into a scenic sad recreational No. 138 Thieves Like wi se Prefer Blondes . BOLLYWOOD W) Thieves carted off an 18-foot cutout of blonde actress Marilyn Monroe from In front of Graoman's Chi nese Theater early Wednesday. But the theater manager told police a similar cutout of bru nette Jane Rnsseli wasn't' both ered. The 150-ponnd figures were part of the advertisements for the current film at the theater "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes." $35 Million Fire Destroys C.M. Factory DETROIT IT) A 135 million fire swept General Motors Corp.'s transmission plant in suburban Li vonia late Wednesday, killing two men and injuring at least five oth er employes. Set off by a explosion, the fire forced 3,500 workers to run for their lives. Some got out by smashing through windows. Brought under control after a three hour battle, the fire left the huge plant a mass of smolder ing debris. A spokesman for General Mo tors described the four-year old plant as almost a complete loss. James L. Hagen, Livonia's direc tor of public safety, estimated the loss would run to' $33 million. The explosion occurred in the fly wheel department shortly after 4 p.m.. EST, about an hour after the plant's late day shift had gone to work. Hurricane in Buildup Stage - MIAMIr Fla. im A' growing hurricane. with .winds .up to 100 miles per hour, moved slowly up the Atlantic Wednesday night and threatened to lash the North Caro lina coast with gales Thursday. . An advisory from the Miami weather bureau at 11 p. m. (EST) said the season's first hurricane was centered about 270 miles south east of Charleston, S. C. "The hurricane is slowly increas ing in size and intensity and ship ping should exercise caution," the advisory said. Small craft along the Carolina coasts were told to remain in port. Highest winds were estimated at 95 to 100 miles an hour over a small area and gales extend out ward 100 miles from the storm center. Smoking Ban Brings Suicide TWIN FALLS, Idaho OB-Henry Chartier. 76, complained all the way from Salt Lake City to Twin Falls because be ouldn't smoke on the bus. I As the bus stopped here Wednes day, passengers told police, Char tier said "it I can't smoke I just as well end it all." and shot himself fin Um KooH ' us 1.4 a va Dr. Jay Woodson Creed, coroner, called it a suicide, and said no in quest would be held.. Chartier was en route from Em poria. Kan., to Salem. Ore. ;A daughter was located at Burns, Ore. lake for recreation parposes, thanks to state highway department j By DAN BERLIN (AP) The ated four important air bases in East Germany, It Was confirmed Wednesday nigjht Allied officers ' are temporarily baffled at howjjta analyte the wove. ! Carried out with startling peed the withdrawal stripped Soviet airmen and j-warplanes from fields at Werneuchen. Neueetershain. Fin - sterwalde and Brand. The Werneuchen base,' 10 miles east of Berlin, has been largely dismantled. Installations, including reserve fuel tanks, have , been shipped off by freight train in the direction of the Soviet Union, German underground informants disclosed. '' The other fields are still reported intact as far as ground facilities are concerned. But Soviet planes and personnel have,, been trans ferred elsewhere ; "destination unknown." . ; i The evacuation began secretly In July. It is now regarded as com pleted, j Pointing out that a score of So viet bases and 800 single-jet fight ers and twin-jet bombers had been regularly maintained in East Ger many since the outbreak of the Korean war, an Allied source com mented: j "It's a cutdown, but the' Rus sians still have lots of planes and fields on German territory between the Elbe and the Oder." "Educated guesses" on the rea sons behind the Soviet evacuation were ruled out by Allied officers until more information might be gathered. Probation Officer Named James II. Ashbaugh, 40, widely known Benton County Probation Officer, has been appointed "Ma rion County Probation Officer, Circuit Judge Joseph Felton re vealed Wednesday. f Ashbaugh will take office in Marion County on Sept 1. He succeeds Mrs. Nona White, who retired recently, but who is cur rently filling in until a new of ficer arrives. ! i in descriDieg Ashbaugh : as "an outstanding man in his field,' Judfie Felton revealed the Ben ton County juvenile officer has done a considerable amount of psychological testing and I voca tional and educational counsell ing in the Benton area. : Ashbaugh has written several articles on juvenile delinquency. The latest appears In a book. just off the press, by Dr.'S. R. Hathaway of the University of Minnesota. He holds directorates in the Oregon Juvenile Council and State Conference of Social Workers. ! He originated the first annual art contest for children in June of this year in Benton County. The appointee holds Bachelor of Science and Master of Sci ence degrees from University of Nevada and a doctor of philoso phy degree from Oregon f State College where he majored in the field of child counseling. I He attended high school in Los Angeles and Junior college there. Following his work at Ne vada University he taught school in Reno in 1947-48. He is married and has one child. A combat veteran of .World War II and presently a major in the 385th field artillery, ; 104th infantry division, Ashbaugh re cently returned from maneuvers. Judge Felton said he inter viewed a number of candidates for the Marion County juvenile officer job, which, he said, has grown to be a vital function in the ' community. Ashbaugh will direct three counselors and a secretary in the local office. ffoir Sallejnni Marion County 1 DEjLUCE Sqvii Air Force haa evacu r - t - : i 92 Degrees In Salem, No Letur in Sight I. U : f Salem ha high temperature of 92 degre and a low of 51 Wednesday, hich compared fav orably with ot spots around the state, and rediction for today Was ifor similar warmth Hottest spRin the state Wed nesday was Medford with a high of 100 degrees. Other warm readT ings: included The Dalles, 96; Pendleton, qnfario and Baker, 95; Rose burg arid IBurns, 93 and Eu gene 92. , ' j I !:j ( I There wal little letup in. the forest fire dn jer. Crews control ed i blaze slashing sear Ten- mile, about 15 miles southwest after it had covered of Rosebur 125 acres. gging shut down in much of th state as the humi to dangerous levelsj per cent pin Salem' dityj droppe It fell to 1 ahdlPortlan 18 per cent be it which; humidity, at a dangerously low j the poittt id considered low level fSiheduledJ warm August even ings won't J effect Salem City Councilman too' badly if an ex pecfed air cooling unit: is install-t ed s planned,! prior to the Aug. 24 tneeting An electric suction fnj three feet ;in diameter, is to be put in the north wall of the. chamber ner the ceiling to take thefwarm aft- out and freshen the lower part of the room.' i i Held for Oiild'sDccitli ....... 1 .,,r. ;.....,.. .. 117-vMr-hMl wsrf fit ihm Ufar. ohl County juvenile court js be held fdr grand jury investi gation in jconnection ; with the Auk. 4 death 'of 4-year-old Ken neth Crossj Pratum, it ; was an nounced Wednesday by Kenneth Brdwn, Marjon County district at torney. 1 a j t i ! ' Hho 4-yea;r-oIdl also ward of fhe court, vas ifirst taken to a Salim hospiul uly,31 after he la pied into a' eoma, reportedly from a fall i'hile playing at home. He 4 was placed tin an iron lung butl died three dlays later without regaining consciousness. 1 "The 17-year-old, who was the dhly one atihome during the day, at ifirst told (first aidmen and investigating Marion County sher iff's deputies Ithat Kenneth fell on I sand bpx,f Brown explained. "Shortly after the, little boy died tbej teen-ager changed his story andj signed a statement indicat ing had iniitreated the young sW be sakiT . I : f " Doctors declined to elaborate . on the cause of death but it was finally attributed to: multiple bruises abo$t the head, neck and face after two autopsies. , ! "Ehe 17-yearicjld is in custody, lodged in t&e Juvenile cell await ing! next Wednesday's grand jory, Brown said. I "According to the boy's slate- meat," Brown explained, "he ad mitl forcing the youngster to get in a swing which Kenneth was afrfid oL, The Jteen-ager 'said he swung the little boy higher and higher and he fell out ; Later the 4-year-old complained ef a head achy, but the teen-ager said he forced him Ito pox with him. He said sometime during the day he became irritated with ! the little fellow's cries, and while washing his I face, he but the washrag around his neck and twisted it-" Xbth boys were living at the hOrite of Mr! and Mrs. George A. WiBiams o i Pratum. The elder - . L M . L. . . . naa oeen xnereiior iho past acveu years and the younger; for about one month. : Saprcnie Court ggc1 Damage 1 Pnymcnt of 20 tTihe Stale Supreme Court Wednesday sett s ease back to , the Circuit Court with the su gstlon that 'plaintiff was entitled . to St least $20.r If the suggestion is carried out it will be the small est judgment handed down by the high court In many years. iThe case was hat of Tena Sleep vs. J.SI Morrill on appeal from Coos County, Mrs. Sleep had sued Morrill for ? 1,000, damages because the; latter had deposited some trees land other debris on heri property. The lower court,' JSdge Dal H. King presiding, had denied the plaintiff any damages. Justice Walter L. Tooze who wrf-- today s opinion said that "Snider defendant's own admi.v lion piainini was enuuea to a verdict in her favor," and added that "plaintiff was entitled to at lent 20.M Qrandjury ; f
