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Shaping up for next winter ' is
the Battle of the Bulge, the Bulge
in this case being government
expenditures.
The one, clear positive drive
of the Eisenhower administration
has been toward getting spend
ing under control. The goal is
to balance the budget and then
to cut taxes. Progress in reduc
ing the Bulge was made in the
recent session of Congress. The
budget as submitted by Presi
dent Truman was $73.8 billion,
as revised by Eisenhower $64.9
billion. Appropriations voted by
Congress came to $61.1 billion,
over. 12 billion under the Tru
man asking.
Even so a deficit of $4 billion
is anticipated for this final year
and a greater one for fiscal 1955
because of the automatic lapse
in certain taxes. Hence the re
newed drives for economy and
more economy. f
The peak of the Bulge of course
is defense and foreign aid. The
latter will suffer further reduc
tions from the $4.5 billion voted
at the recent session. The battle
will shape up over efforts to
reduce or increase the $343 bil
lion voted for defense.
Right now the new Joint Chiefs
of Staff are reviewing the mili
tary outlook, which must be
weighed in scales graduated in
terms of world politics. A new
factor thrown into the defense
equation is Russia's hydrogen
bomb.
It is a safe assumption that the
Joint Chiefs will come up with
(Continued on Editorial Page 4)
Chinese War
Ship Damages
British Vessel
HONG KONG Iff) The British
Royal Navy said Thursday, a Red
China war vessel fired on a Hong
Kong Defense Corps motor launch
and there were some casualties.
The British Admiralty in London
said sixTmen were killed and five
wounded. The incident occurred
Wednesday at the mouth of the
Pearl River Estuary but had been
mostly covered up by a news black
out in this British crown colony,
After learning that the Admiral
ty bad issued a statement, the JNa
w here said:
"While on patrol in the Pearl
River Estuary yesterday after
noon, a Royal Navy motor launch
was fired on by a Chinese com
munist naval vessel.
"The motor vessel suffered dam
age and there were some casual
ties." Relations are tense between this
British crown colony and neighbor
ing Red China. The news blackout
apparently was aimed at avoiding
an increase in this tension.
Naval and military hospitals re
fused to answer questions.
(Earlier story on page 4, section
2).
Town Being
Torn Down
Near Detroit
Statesman News Scrrict
DETROIT Final dismantling
of the engineer's town of Mon
gold, two miles west of the town
of Detroit is in process now as
high bidding firms conduct sal
vage operations.
Amos Gerig of Lebanon sub-
nuuea lbs winning uiu uu uic
two remaining buildings, and the
Summerline Construction Com
pany of Silverton was high bidder
on electrical equipment.
- The last residents have moved
from the buildings, leaving the
way clear for terminal activities.
They are: Mr. and Mrs. Claude
Beck, who will reside in Oswego;
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Holmes, who
purchased property at Gates; Al
vin Childers, who moved to Mill
City; the Theodore Browns, now
living at Gates; and Mr. and Mrs.
Bill Shuford and daughter Billie,
who will make their home be
tween Gates and Mill City.
Animal Crackers
6y WARREN GOODRICH
W0RRV- ITS PART
OF BEING A LIGHTNING
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4-H competition to (left to right) Pauline Schaplowsky, Marion County home demonstration agent;
Malt Carter, 1120 Hood St, and Anne Bergholz, former 'Marion County 4-H agent now living in Cor
vailis. In dollar dinner competition, entrants prepare a complete dinner for four, serve it and clean
up, keeping costs at a minimum. (Statesman photo.)
Polk County Girl
Judged MealthiesH:
By LIIXIE L. MADSEN
Farm Editor, The Statesman
Mary Jane Wait, a freckled-faced, blue-eyed, perfectly built
redhead from Polk County proved to be the healthiest of Oregon's
2,500 Four-H club members in the final health round-up Wednes
day at the fifth day of the Oregon State Fair.
I Mary, who is 15, lives on a 750-acre farm near Rickreall, is a
sophomore in Leslie Junior High School in Salem. She twirls a
baton as a drum majorette with
the school band. She measures 5
feet and 7 and weighs 127 pounds.
Her parents are Mr. and Mrs.
Herschel N. Wait
Runner-up in the contest was
Harold Berger, 16, Route 4, Hills
boro, who claimed the "healthiest
boy" title. .
Works on Farm
Harold saysJie got his strength
and health from work on the 300-
acre farm owned by his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Berger. He is
a forward on the Hillsboro High
School basketball team, is 6 feet
tall and weighs 150 pounds.
Mary Jane will represent Ore
gon in the national 4-H health
contest in Chicago. If Mary can't
go, Harold will take over.
Junior health champions, who
received 4-H summer school
scholarships . are David Carlson,
12, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. V.
Carlson, Rickreall, and Linda
Welp, 13, daughter ef Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Welp, Arlington
wheat rancher.
Healthy Vitamins
Both David and Mary Jane are
members of the Healthy Vitamins
4-H club of Rickreall.
The 10 best 4-H health clubs
were also chosen Wednesday by
health authorities and the state
4-H club office. Each of the
clubs will receive a $20 cash
award from the Kellogg Com
pany. The winners, not ranked in
Attendance Comparison
At Oregon State Fair
Wednesday
1952 1953
Gate 17,037 17,402
Races 2,511 2435
Rodeo 3,51 2,094
Revue 3,036 3,421
Total for fair to date
Gate 135,658 132,668
Races 14,033 14,357
Rodeo 22,475 19,736
Revue 17,900 1S22
any order, include Busy Bee Club,
Lacomb, Linn County; Salt Creek
Health Club, Monmouth; Bridge
port Health Club, Dallas; Oak
Point Health Club, Monmouth;
Healthy Vitamins, RickrealL
Governor Visits
Livestock barns at the Oregon
State Fair got ready for company
Wednesday morning, when word
got around that Governor Paul
Patterson was to pay a visit to
that fairgrounds area.
While housekeeping in the
barns has been excellent through
the fair this year, it was super
excellent Wednesday shortly after
11 o'clock when it first became
noised around that the governor
was on his way.
Rose Irey, who "vacations"
each year in the Livestock office
at the state fair, took time out
from her books to introduce
Gov. Patterson to a number of
the livestock breeders.
One of Oregon's oldest living
former governors. Gov. Oswald
West, joined Governor and Mrs.
Patterson, who with the elder
Mrs. Patterson, mother of the
governor, attended the Wednes
day afternoon races. Also with
them were Mrs. West and West's
nephew and his wife, Mr. and
Mrs. Willis West (Additional fair
news Pages 5, , Sec 2.) .
4i.M6,M0TII CAR .
- DETROIT The 40 millionth
vehicle to be produced by the Ford
Motor Co. in the United States
came off the assembly lines
Wednesday. It was a' Mercury convertible.
Statesman. Satan, Oregon,
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Today at the Fair
Thursday, Sept 10
S ajm. Gates Open
9 a.m. Judging FFA and
beef showmanship and
judging
19 a.m. Band Concert
1:15 p.m. Horse Racing
1:30 p.m. Food preservation,
canning and freezing dem
onstration, Foods depart
ment 2:30 p.m. Free Midway Show
6:30 p.m. Free Midway Show
8 p.m. Christenren Bros.
Worth Championship
Rodeo, Stadium
9 pan. Old Time and West
ern Swing Dancing
Studebaker to
Lay Off 5,000
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (J) Stude
baker Corp. announced Wednesday
it will lay off between 5,000 and
6,000 employes this weekend be
cause of a one-third cutback in
passenger car production starting
Sept 14.
Harold S. Vance. Studebaker
president, cited slower deliveries
throughout the auto industry as the
reason for the cutback.
Turnout of
Bean Pickers
Gets Praise
Turnout of bean pickers from
Salem and other communities of
this area was praised Wednesday
by T. R. Hobart, Salem banker
and chairman of the Willamette
Valley Farm Labor Council.
"The growers greatly appreciat
ed your response this past week
to their plea to help salvage their
crop. You in turn did much for
the city of Salem and the Wil
lamette Valley, said Hobart in a
public statement
Tour efforts are still needed
at this time for many beans re
main to be picked in the Salem,
Silverton, Independence and Stay
ton areas."
Canby Men Hurt
As Car, Train Hit
OREGON CITY UPl Two young
Canby men were hurt, one of them
critically, Wednesday when their
car crashed into a Southern Pacific
train at a crossing south of Wilson-
vine.
Clinton Fox, 20. and Roger Are-
stad, 21, were taken to a hospital
here. Attendants said Fox's in
juries were serious.
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FORECAST (from U. S. Weather
Bureau. McNarr field. Salem) :
i Continued fair and warm today,
tonight and Friday. High today S3
to 84. low tonight 43 to 45. Cooler
Friday. Temperature at 121 ajn.
Was 51 degrees.
SALEM FKZCIFrr ATIOM
llatt start of weather year, Sept. 1.
TffcJa year - Last year Normal
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Thursday, September 10. 1953
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a 4-H dollar dinner in state fair
Missing Wife
OfOSCDean
Found Dead
CORVALLIS UB The missing
wife of the dean of the school of
education at Oregon State College
was found dead in brush southwest
of here Wednesday. Deputy Sheriff
Milo Askay said she apparently
had taken her own life.
The dean. Frank R. Zeran, said
his wife, who was 47, drove off in
the family car early Sunday. As
kay said the dean reported she
had been despondent over recent
ill health. The deputy said she ap
parently had been dead since Sun
day.
Askay said Mrs. Zeran had
parked the car in brush near the
foot of ALsea mountain, about 14
miles from here, and had used a
hose and exhaust fumes from the
car to asphyxiate, herself
Mrs. Zeran leaves a daughter,
Mary, a high school student here.
Scantily-Clad
Italian Beauty
Miss Europe
ISTANBUL, Turkey UU Blonde,
slinky Miss Italy, clad in consider
ably less than the law allows on
most U.S. beaches, Wednesday
night was crowned Miss Europe of
1953.
Eloisa Cianni. 20, won over a
lucious field of 13 continental love
lies in the first international beauty
contest ever held in Moslem Turk
ey. Until recently, the standard of
female pulchritude here was a pair
of dark eyes peering out from an
almost unpenetrable veil.
More than 8,000 spectators
cheered as Eloisa. hands on hips
and wearing a brief bikini, sidled
past the judges.
Slender, black-haired Sylviane
Carpentier of France and doll-like'
Marlene Dee of England tied for
second place.
WARM DAYS EXPECTED
Two more warm summer days
seem apparent for today and to
morrow, predicted U. S. weather
men Wednesday night Highest
temperature anticipated for to
day is 82 degrees and the lowest
tonight about 43. Highest temper
ature Wednesday was 84 degrees.
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Idaho Father Finds 2
Sons Dead in Freezer
DESMET. Idaho (A Two small
children climbed into a small home
freezer on the front porch of their
new home near here Tuesday night
and were suffocated.
The victims were Peter L. Shep
pard, 6, and his brother Robert
Sheppard. 4. They were rushed to
nearby Tekoa. Wash., after the
father found them but Dr. Vera
Cressey pronounced them dead on
arrival.
Freeser oa Perch
The 8-cubic foot freezer was sit
ting on the front porch of a new
rural home the Sheppards had built
near this little North Idaho com
munity. The freezer wasn't con
nected. The Rev. John J. Brown, SJ
of the Desmet Catholic Mission
talked with Sheppard, a sawmill
worker, and said he gave this ac
count: Father Concened
Their mother saw them last
about 3 pjxt, Tuesdav afternoon.
At 6. Sheppard came home from
work and was concerned that the
boys didn't meet him ot the road
-as usuaL - ,
He asked his wife. She thought
the two were op at the horse trough.
But Shppard noticed a toy gun the
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No. 164
Dulles
Aussies
By JOHN A. SCALI
WASHINGTON Ul Secretary
of State Dulles publicly renewed
assurances to Australia and New
Zealand Wednesday that the United
States would go to their aid in the
(vent any aggressor attacked them.
Dulles reiterated this pledge as
he opened a conference of the three
nations on possible new steps to
meet the Communist threat in the
Pacific area.
At the same time, diplomatic of
ficials said, the foreign ministers of
Australia and New Zealand agreed
to oppose either diplomatic recog
nition of Red China or seating the
Chinese Communists in the United
Nations until there is a Korean
peace settlement
British Policy
The United States has steadfast
ly opposed either step, but the po
sition of Australia and New Zea
land on the issue has been some
what vague, despite the fact they
are members of the British Com
monwealth. Britain already recog
nizes Red China and has supported
moves to seat the Chinese Com
munists in the U.N.
At the initial session of foreign
ministers, Dulles emphasized the
meeting "has only one supreme
purpose that of contributing to
the preservation of peace."
Three Governments
But in hailing the Australian
New Z e a 1 a n d-United States
(ANZUS) defense treaty which
linked the three governments,
Dulles said:
"The other day in St. Louis I
stated that if events are likely
which will in fact lead us to fight
we should make clear our inten
tion in advance; then we shall prob
ably not have to fight This is the
feeling which underlay this ANZUS
treaty."
Dulles noted the defense pact
states clearly no potential aggres
sor should be under the illusion
"any of us stand alone in the Pa
cific area."
Eisenhower
Due to Attend
Vinson Rites
WASHINGTON If) The body of
Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson lay
in state Wednesday as President
Eisenhower prepared to fly here
for the funeral Thursday.
Long-time friends and associates
of Vinson, who died suddenly of a
heart attack Tuesday, paid their
respects to the 63-year-old jurist in
a flower-banked funeral chapel a
block from the White House.
In Denver, officials at the sum
mer White House said Eisenhower
planned to leave for Washington
by plane Wednesday night to at
tend memorial funeral services at
Washington Episcopal Cathedral
Thursday.
The Rt. Rev. Angus Dun. bishop
of Washington, will officiate at the
rites, with members of the Supreme
Court serving as honorary pall
bearers.
Former President Truman, who
appointed Vinson as chief justice
on June 24, 1946, left Independ
ence, Mo., by train Wednesday. He
was accompanied by Mrs. Truman.
Today's Statesman
Section 1
Editorials, features 4
Society, women's 8, 9
Valley news 10
Section 2
Sports 1, 2
Farm, state fair 6
Radio, TV 7
Comics 7
Classified ads 8, 9
boys had been playing with and
started to look for them
Finds Boys
He checked the new house, still
under construction about 400 feet
away. As a last resort he opened
the cover on the deep freezer. He
found the boys inside, covered with
blood.
Sheppard attempted artificial res
piration but couldn't revive them.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Nordine, the
Sheppard's neighbors, brought the
youngsters to Tekoa.
Lug Hemorrhages
Dr. Cressey said the blood came
from lung hemorrhages.
The Sheppards live about a mile
from the mission.
The boys were pronounced dead
at 7:25 pan.
To Start School
The 6-year old was supposed to
start school Tuesday but had to
stay home because bis mother had
difficulty finding his birth certifi
cate. The boys were the sons of Mr.
and Mrs. Carl Sheppard.
The tragedy brought to 13 the
number of similar deaths recently
across the country. Within a few
days last month five children died
at Marion, Ark.; four at Richmond,
Va.. and two at HaverhilL Mass.
AH suffocated in unused iceboxes. I
Assures
Twelve Oregon Men .
Missing
WASHINGTON WV-The names of 944 Americans believed
at one time to have been Korean war prisoners, but who have
not been accounted for, will be made public beginning Friday.
The defense department said the communists have been ask- .
d to account for 610 Army personnel,! 312 Air Force. 19 Marines
and 3 Navy men.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Twelve Oregon men believed to be prisioners in North Korea
were not on the list of American
awiicn wmcn enaea last aaiuraay. i
Their families are putting their hopes on U.N. protests that the
Communists held back some prisoners. ;
There may be others, too. The list of still missing was compiled
oy The Associated Press on the
basis of an unofficial list it pre
pared before the prisoner ex
change. The original list was made
up from names obtained from the
adjutant general's office 'and from
one source and other, including
families of missing men.
A dozen men -whose names were
not on the unofficial list or in
any previous news story were
among the 31 from Oregon freed
in the month-long exchange.
Six other Oregon men were list
ed by the Communists as having
died while prisoners. Two others
were reported dead, one by the
Red Cross and one by a returning
POW.
There was no positive evidence
that some of the 12 believed pris
oners actually were captured. Re
latives hoped and believed they
were.
One of the dozen was Ens. Ran
dolph Ts Scoggan. Dayton; next
of km, Leslie W. Scoggan, Rt 1,
Dayton.
CpL Louis D. Fox, Dallas, and
Sgt Wilfred E. Woods. Lebanon,
were on the list of POWi who,
the Communists said, died.
The Oregon men listed as freed
in the prisoner exchange included
CpL Edward E. Clevenger, Day
ton: Pfc. Carl L. Doran, Dallas,
and CpL Julius H. Koster, Albany.
Pole Deserts
Truce Team
ForU.S.Side
SEOUL (A Jan Hajdukiewkz,
a Pole who Wednesday broke from
his neutral nations team supervis
ing the Korean truce and got U.S.
sanctuary, told a news conference
Thursday he does not want to re
turn to his Communist -dominated
country.
Hajdukiewicz, who asked for and
received American political asylum
even as a plane warmed up to take
him back to North Korea, told Al
lied correspondents In the press bil
let at Seoul that there is no free
dom of speech in Poland.
We cannot say anything we
cannot discuss anything,' he de
clared. Asked if an underground organi
zation was operating against the
Reds in Poland, he replied: "Of
course."
"Most Afraid"
Hajdukiewicz said he was "most
afraid" for the safety of his mother
and sister in Poland as a result
of his action.
At Panmunjom, the Polish dele
gate to the Neutral Nations Super
visory Commission asserted that
Hajdukiewicz had been "kidnaped"
by the American Army and said a
strong protest would be lodged.
Hajdukiewicz had asked sanctu
ary of CoL Harold T. Babb, com
mander of the air base at Kang
nung oa the east coast.
"Last Chance"
"It's my last chance," he told
the startled Babb.
Hajdukiewicz, a civilian interpret
er with the Polish delegation on
the neutral inspection team, had
been stationed at Kangnung since
Aug. 24. Kangnung is one of five
South Korean ports of entry through
which troop and equipment replace
ments are allowed to enter under
the armistice terms.
Governor Slates
Trip; Wilhelm to
Take Over Duties
When Gov. Paul Patterson
crosses the state line into Cali
fornia early Thursday, Rudie Wil
helm Portland, speaker of the
house of representatives, will be
come acting governor.
Normally Senate President Eu
gene Marsh would serve during
the governor's absence but be is
on vacation out of state.
Gov. Patterson will return here
Friday and then leave for Pen
dleton to attend the roundup. The
governor has a speaking engage
ment in Los Angeles.
COAST LEAGUE
At Saa Dleeo 1. Portland X.
At Seattle 3-a. Sacramento S-0
At Saa rraaciaea 8. Lea Aacalea S
At Hollywood 3, Oakland S ; '
NATIONAL LEAGUE
At Cincinnati 0. Brooklyn
At Milwaukee t. Philadelphia 1
At St. Louis J. New York
At Chicago S. Pittaburgh T
AMERICAN LEAGUE
At New York t. Chicago S
At Boston 1, Cleveland S
At Philadelphia S-T, Detroit S-t
At Waahingtoa 0-2. St. Louis S-t
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POWi released in operation Big
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Ex-Queen Sues
King Farouk
For Divorce
CAIRO. Egypt 1 -- Young ex
Queen Narriman filed suit for di
vorce Wednesday from exiled for
mer King Farouk on grounds of
adultery, maltreatment, mental
cruelty and estrangement.
She; asked for alimony amount
ing to $14,350 a month. For the
present she did not seek custody
of her son, 19-months-old ex-King
Fuadill, who is in Italy with 33-year-old
Farouk.
The 19-year-old Narriman left Fa
rouk and the child in Italy last
March and disregarded her hus
band's pleas for her return.
Her; attorney. Sheikh Muharran
Fahim, in announcing the twin
suits for divorce and alimony, hint
ed that she might later try to re
gain her son. The suits involve inter-governmental
dealings between
Egypt and Italy.
Of the infant who was nominal
ly king of Egypt from July 26, 1952,
when Farouk was forced to abdi
cate, until last June 18, when Egypt
was proclaimed a republic under
President - Premier Mohammed
Naguib, the attorney said:
"Narriman has no plans so far
to claim the custody of her son
Ahmed Fuad."
Haymes' Wife
Plans to Fight
Quick Divorce
HOLLYWOOD Iff) Crooner Dick
Haymes' estranged wife said Wed
nesday she'll fight his reported
plans ; to get a quick Nevada di
vorce and marry actress Rita Hay
worth late this month.
"My own divorce bearing in Los
Angeles won't come up until the
first part of October." Nora Ed
dington Haymes said. "And I want
it aired in the courts before Dick
marries again.
"There's a waiver in a Nevada
divorce requiring my full consent
to it before it is legal in California.
I don't care if Dick and Rita want
to get; married. I hope they'll be
happy i But I'm going to insist on
having my hearing first.
"If Dick marries without my
consent to the divorce, he'll be a
bigamist."
Western Army
To Practice
Atomic War
FRANKFURT, Germany OB A
Western army of 175,000 Ameri
can, Belgian, French and British
troonsiwill practice atomic war
fare Thursday in the biggest inter
Allied 'training maneuver since
World War IL
A U S. Army spokesman said
Wednesday use of "the latest atom
ic weapons" will be simulated in
the three-day exercise, "Monte
Carlo." which begins at dawn
Thursday north of Frankfurt.
With i the troops maneuvering
only a few miles from Soviet
occupied East Germany, no atomic
weapons will actually be fired. But
the pretense will at least acquaint
the four-nation army with their
tactical use and potentiality.
Parking Meter
Collection Box
'Unveiling9 Friday
Friday morning will see the
unveiling of Salem's brand new
parking meter collection boxes
conveniently located along the
downtown streets.
Police Chief Clyde A. Warren
said that beginning Friday those
cars tagged in the vicinity of
these boxes will be provided with
a red envelope with the ticket
The ' general idea is that , 50
cents and the ticket are placed
inside the envelope and the en
velope into the box, he said. This
saves a trip to the police station.
Tor those erring drivers who
are tagged outside the present
locale of the boxes the old fash
ioned trip to the station will have
to be made. There are now SO
such collection boxes downtown
and more are on the way, Chief
Warren explained.
BRIDGE JOB TO START
PENDLETON (JB Construction
of a bridge across the Columbia
River between Umatilla and Pat
erson. Wash., is expected to begin
next week. ' "f
Fire Destroys
Metals Plant,
Car Licenses
- WALLA WALLA m Hundred
of Washington State Penitentiary
inmates smashed furniture and fix
tures in their cells Wednesday night
in an outbreak that followed a half
million dollar fire i earlier in the
afternoon which destroyed a metals
plant and most of the state's supply
of 1354 car license plates. i
They were quelled at least
temporarily at 10 p.m. only by
firing of tear gas three times into
the two most disorderly wings. An
estimated 800 of the institution's 1,
600 inmates participated in the dis
orders which resulted in damage
guards said might amount to $150,
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Deputy Warden Al Remboldt laid
the rioting started In the mainline '
dining room when the first group of
prisoners were fed after the firs
which destroyed the prison metals
plant f
Removed to Cells !
Inmates broke i dishes and
smashed chairs before the officers
managed to quiet them down. They
immediately were removed to their
cells where the disorder continued.:
Windows were smashed on both
sides of Six Wing, the largest cell
block and one that houses the tough
est men, officials said. Lavatories
were pulled from the walls and
smashed on the floor. Beds were
smashed and mattresses ripped.
In Two Wing, where the inmate'
kitchen help is kept, similar dis
turbances were beard and inside of-,
fleers signaled for help from tower! .
and wall men. One inmate was hos- )
pitalized for cuts about the face
and hands, apparently received
when he smashed a window with"
his fist.
"Anything Can nappeu
The disturbance reached its peak
about 8 p.m.. PST but officers said
anything could happen during the
night and probably; would.
The officers doused the inmates
in Six and Two Wings with tear
gas after the inmates refused to
end their disorder. The response
was a volley of curses and abuse.
Burning mattresses were hurled 1
out of Eight Wing and inmates in
Six attempted to smash the bars
out of one window in the trusty
block.
"We have the men all locked un
and the most they can do is wreck
the interior of the cell block," Rem
boldt said.
The fire which broke out unex
plainedly in the metals plant de-j
stroyed most of , the State's 1954 '
automobile license plates. It started
shortly after 4 p.m., spreading rap
idly through the plant as flames
reached paint and enamel supplies.
15 of British !
PWs Said Red j
Sympathizers
LONDON 1 1a War Office
spokesman said Wednesday night
about 15 per cent of British prison
ers of war in Korea absorbed
enough Communist indoctrination
to be classified as sympathizers. ;
Almost 1,000 British POWs have
been released by the Communists.
More than half are returning on
a ship due around Sept. 16.
The War Office spokesman said i
there were "absolutely no plans for j
disindoctrination" of those POWs
who have been Influenced by the i
Communists. ,
"They'll all be returned to their 1
homes," he said, "where we expect
that most of them will be cured." '
Portland Sewer
Project Approved
Over Opposition
PORTLAND Wf The City Coun
cil Wednesday tentatively ap- j
proved construction of an $838,000
sewer system for Portland's fast
growing Southwest ' Hills area.
It scheduled final action Sept. 21
on an ordinance authorizing a call
for bids.
At recent hearings some proper
ty owners of the district indicated
they might take legal action to
block the project on the ground
that It is "confiscatory., The
health department argued that tb
sewer was necessary for sanitation
purposes. v .
William Oatis
Tells His Story,;
Starts Sunday
Associated Press ! Correspond
ent William N. Oatis, held in jail
by the Communists in Czechoslo
vakia for - over two years and,
finally released in ! May, writes
his own graphic story beginning
in the Statesman Sunday and
continuing for six days.
Oatis headed the AP news
bureau in Prague until his
arrest July 4, 195L lie wss :
accused or spying against
the People's Democratic Re- (
, public of Czechoslovakia for :
American imperialists.
Ills arrest, conviction and inv J
prisonment provided him with !
the material for a word picture
of the terror of a Communist
prison which reserves a "must
rating on your reading list Watch
for the first dramatic article
Sunday in The Oregon States