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i (Sec. 1 Statesman. Salem, Ortw Unarm Sept. 17. 1953 Gov. Jordan Seeks Group to Promote Die's Power Policy PDRTT.AVn un Gov. Len Jot dan of Idaho Wednesday proposed a Pacific Nortnwest commiuee u try to make the Eisenhower ad ministration's power policy a real ity in this area. 'Progressive' POWs Won't Stand Trial By ROBERT B. TUCKMAN PANMUNJOM JH A U.N. Com mand authority said Thursday that being a "progressive" a pris oner who sided with the Reds while in their custody in North Korea is not considered a crime in the United States. Brig. Gen. A. L. Hamblen, head of U.N. Command teams which will begin explaining their rights to re luctant Allied POWs next week, said the teams will give that assur ance to any Americans who should ask for it. He added in a news conference at his Munsan headquarters that his explainers are "not going to say anything to the POWs that we cannot back up. we are not going to give any wild promises of immunity. We will assume, all men innocent unless proven guil ty." Teams to Explain The U.N. teams will start ex plaining rights about Sept. 25 to about 320 Allied POWs the Reds gay are not insisting upon repa triation. The group includes 300 South Ko reans and about 20 non-Koreans, presumably many of the latter Americans. The Communists have promised to bring them into the demilitarized zone Sunday for the explanations. Given to Guards The U.N. Command meanwhile has moved about half of approxi mately 22,000 anti-Communist Chi nese and North Korea prisoners into the neutral area and handed themVver to Indian guards of the neutral nations repatriation com mission. In Tokyo, Gen. Mark Clark. U.N. Commander, said he has promised the commission full UNC support In the job of assuring that no force or threat of force will be used against reluctant POWs of either side to prevent or effect theirre patriation. ' Freedom Tradition And if there are any Americans who are hesitant about coming back, Clark said in a policy state ment. "I would remind them of the American tradition of freedom the freedom for which they fought before their capture." He said that if he could talk to them now he would assure them of "our sympathy for the hard ships they have suffered, our un derstanding of the pressures to which they have been subjected, and our determination that the le gal rights and protection which are theirs under the laws of our country will not only be respected but will be jealously guarded for them." Man Hospitalized By Fall in Tavern INDEPENDENCE An un identified man, about 44 years old, was taken to Salem General Hospital by Willamette Ambul ance Service Wednesday evening after a fall in a tavern here. The man was placed under "ob servation" by hospital authorities for a possible head injury. Neith er his identification nor the ex act nature of his injury was known. k LEARN 5 Dances for ONLY $9.00 Complete Guaranteed Course Fox Trot Waltz Tango Rumba Samba It's Easy - It's Fun CLASSES FOR ADULTS TEEN AGEXS CHILDREN Special low September rates for Children's instruction in tap, ballet, acrobatics, toe. Stadie Open 10 A. M. to 10 P. M. JON MAR Dance Studios 474 Ferry Phone 4-4962 Jrl Combination Private and Class The governor of Oregon and representatives of governors of Washington and Montana indicated approval of the plan in a meeting here. Jordan said the essence 'of the recently announced Eisenhower power policy is cooperation be tween federal and local govern ments and between public and pri vate power agencies in planning potential projects and in deciding which should be built by public or private agencies. For the Columbia Basin he sug gested a committee composed of the governors of Oregon, Washing ton, Idaho and Montana, represen tatives of the Corps of Engineers, the Interior Department, the Fed eral Power Commission, and local public power bodies. Adds Groups Gov. Paul L. Patterson of Ore gon said he approved in general. but added that other groups, such s labor and farmers, might also be included. The plan was described by Jor dan at a meeting of the Columbia Basin Inter-Agency Committee, a planning group composed of fed eral agencies involved in power and reclamation projects plus the state governors. This body has never taken upon itself the extent of powers that Jordan proposes for the new com mittee. Bigger Voice 1b Plans As proposed by Jordan, the gov ernors and local bodies in the new committee would acquire a bigger voice in planning and would pro pose to Congress any dams they agree the federal government should build. In the past the Corps of Engineers and the Interior De partment have submitted any dam proposals to Congress. Representatives of the four states agreed to discuss the plan soon at a meeting to be called by Jordan and again at the Western regional governors conference in Albuquerque, Nov. 1-3. C. H. Raymond represented Gov. Hugo Aronson of Montana, and W. A. Galbraith represented Gov Arthur B. Langlie at this meeting. Both said they felt sure their governors would approve the plan. Hurricane Moves North MIAMI. Fla. m Hurricane Ed na, still packing winds of near 100 miles an hour, continued its curve toward the north northeast Wed nesday night on a path that would take it well away from the Atlan tic Coast. An 11 p.m. advisory said the center was 620 miles east of Vero Beach, Fla. Vandals Rob Dispensers Soft drink machines were once again the object of larceny some time during the night Tuesday and Wednesday city police in vestigated, for the second time in two weeks, damage to two of them. City police reports indicate that machines at Stevenson and Mefford service station, 619 Court St, and one at Bert Worley's station, Union and North Capitol Streets, were broken into and money and drinks taken. Also, an attempt was made Tuesday night to break into the drink machine at Dick Judson's station, 622 State St., but proved unsuccess ful, police said Wednesday. VAUDEVILLE ORDERED BUENOS AIRES () A new law requiring Argentine movie houses to present vaudeville acts with every performance has been signed by President Peron, it was announced Wednesday. GERMAN GIRLS TRAIN ' BERLIN UPt The Northwest German Radio said Wednesday East German Communists have worked out schedules to train 1. 200 girls as parachutists by the end of this year. Letterheads Can Build Business Your letterhead can w I n customers and influence business ... when designed and printed by us to make every impression count in your favor! STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. 280 N. Church Ph. 2-2441 Wins Award r .; - . - Ax -v Nina mm i -ii i rnimiiiin''" I EDINBURGH, Scotland Among those attending the film festi val here recently was Virginia McKenna, star of the film The Cruel Sea" which won the Selz nick Golden Laurel award. (AP Photo.) Conelrad Foil Bombers in Radio Test NEW yortK Uh Swarms of ' enemy bombers" tried to follow radio beams to key American "targets" early Wednesday, but garbled signals foiled the "plot." "Conelrad" set up a hubbub in the air that kept airplane direction finder needles jiggling dizzily. Although official results of the civil defense test won't be known for several days, officials seemed confident that "CONELRAD" had done a good job. The name applies to a nation wide radio operation designed to scuttle any enemy attempt to use broadcasting beams to guild bomb ers or missiles to American cities. Shortly after midnight, in vari ous parts of the country. Air Force planes today tcok off to try to ride radio beams toward metropolitan centers. Confusing Din Eugene Levin, Associated Press staffer riding in one of the planes that began its "bombing mission" from far out over the Atlantic, said the radio signals set up a confused din on receivers. "It was impossible to identify local radio stations," he said. "The radio compass direction finder in the cockpit wavered uselessly." Experts of the Civil Defense, the Federal Communications Commis sion and the Air Force took part in the big-scale test. 1400 Stations FCC officials said 1.300 of the nation's 2.100 AM radio stations took par' in the operation, the first since a secret test of the system by the FCC in 1951. The defensive operation involves switching radio stations in all com munities off their regular, individ ual frequencies, and putting them on either of two specified "CONEL RAD" frequencies. Thus, the point from which a signal is coming can't be identified. Although clear focal broadcasts may continue, the long-distance ef fect is that the same two stations are broadcasting front every di rection. Two Education Boards Review Teacher Pay Starting salaries for teachers entering the field this year aver age about $3,500 a year, Dr. John R. Richards told. a joint meeting Wednesday of the State Board of Education and the State Board of Higher Education. Dr. Richards' report was given as a result of a survey of 1953 graduates in teacher education in the state system of education. Encouraging notes on the state's teacher situation were sounded. Within the meeting, it was brought out that: A greater percentage of emergency certified teachers are meeting the regular requirements; more men are en tering the elementary teaching field; a joint-degree curriculum between the states and independ ent schools attracted 76 new ele mentary teachers last year; more teacher scholarships are being provided, and out-of-state teach ers are being attracted to Oregon in increasing numbers. "The basic difficulty in teach er salaries," State Superintendent of Public Instruction Rex Put nam said, "is not the beginning salary, but the ceiling." Discussed also during this an nual meeting of the two groups were expanded mutual services to the public schools, introduction of new teacher education curricu lum and financial support for education. The two boards heard reports of public service under the mu tual sponsorship of the two bodies in speech and hearing clinics re cently established at LaGrande, Ashland and Portland. Some 1,200 cases have been evaluated by these clinics, one report stressed. Lloyd Thomas of the State De partment of Education said that five per cent of the total school population is in need of speech or hearing assistance or, 18,000 in the state. Z CHILDREN HURT SALERNO. Italy tfl Twenty children and teachers were injured Wednesday when the floor of a ru ral school collapsed. Eugene Phone Workers Quit, Attend Meet Salem telephone employes Wed nesday gave no indication of fol lowing Eugene workers in a union protest work stoppage. One hundred telephone work ers of the Communication Work ers of America. CIO, left their jobs at Eugene, Springfield and Cottage Grove early Wednesday morning to bold an all-day pro test meeting over unsettled con tract negotiations between the un ion's bargaining committee and the Pacific Telephone and Tele graph Co. Service was not inter rupted. Peter Sweigert, president of the Salem local CWA-CIO, declar ed Wednesday afternoon that demonstrations would occur in other locations throughout the state if no contract agreement is reached. The Eugene area work stoppage was the first in the state during the present dispute, according to Melvin Andrews, president of the Eugene local. He said the men would return to their jobs Thurs day. Eugene employes who attended the meeting are outside workers, Andrews said, and include instal lation men, maintenance and ca ble crews and linemen of the Eugene-Springfield area. Siamese Twin 2 Years Old CHICAGO UP) Rodney Dee Bro die, separated by an operation from his Siamese twin brother, was two years old Wednesday and slightly "overwhelmed" by the fuss and attention of well-wishers. There was a birthday cake with candles, milk for Rodney's little guests in a room at the University of Illinois Medical Center, and many gifts for the boy. The cake was baked by Rodney's mother. Mrs. Royt Brodie, who came here with her husband and four of their children from their home at Ferris, 111. There were three candles on the cake one extra "to grow on." It was also a good luck wish that Rodney will reach his next birth day safe and sound. Grunewald in Jail Despite Wife's Pleas WASHINGTON Ut) Henry W. (the Dutchman) Grunewald, who won a name as a Washington wire puller, was sent to jail Wednesday as his wife begged hysterically but in vain for "just one more chance." U. S. District Judge Alexander Holtzoff revoked Grunewald's pro bation, holding he had been, guilty of serious violations of its terms. After the ever impassive "mys tery man" had been led away to begin serving a three-month sen tence for contempt of Congress his wife, Mrs. Erna Grunewald. screaming and weeping, pleaded with the judge to spare him from jail. Told Truth" Grunewald, 63, said he told the truth to probation officer Edward G. Garrett about an episode in a Jersey City, N. J., apartment Aug. 21, when he and a woman com panion. Mrs. Ann Anderson. 46, were found semi-conscious in a gas-filled apartment. Garrett testified Grunewald had violated the terms of his probation on at least two occasions, but did not specifically mention the Jersey City incident. He said one of the probation violations by Grunewald was being picked up in Washington "drunk." Mrs. Grunewald sobbed Wednes day "the Dutchman" is broke, their rent unpaid. "No Money" She said newspaper stories have pictured Grunewald as having box es of money, but, she said: "We have no money. I have high blood pressure and can't work, I have to pay for doctors and law yers." Mrs. Grunewald said she knew her husband traveled with a wo? man companion. They explained that he had suffered numerous heart attacks and he wanted some one to be on hand in case he suf fered another. Grunewald told the probation of ficer he had a heart attack in Jer sey City and that a lawyer sug gested he go to an apartment to rest. He said Mrs. Anderson put a coffee pot on the stove and that it boiled over, causing gas to es cape. Eddy Gilmore Says Russian Regime Weak HOUSTON, Tex. UO The new Russian government of Georgi M. Malenkov is a weak one, Eddy Gil more, former Associated Press chief of bureau in Moscow, said here Wednesday. Gilmore warned, however, the United States must be alert to Com munist tricks and must not be tricked into any -newfangled" in-i ternational agreements. "Malenkov is playing for time. the Pulitzer Prize winner told the 56th national convention of the Out door Advertising Industry. "He needs time badly and is bluffing. Little BoyLittle Pony ' ' , ' . . V ' . ... f V . ' ., . v 4r ft . ' ' " , -. ..l -i Sv.. . . .. M: .V.- . i.i 1 1' r 'f Id I tt. f J" "JJ 1 Vj '-' 1 A f f'Z"t' MUNICH, Germany A three-year-old visitor to the Munich, Ger many zoo, which is noted for breeding small ponies, looks over a Six -day -old Shetland about half his size. (AP photo.) Police Give Protection' To Gamblers GREEN BAY. Wis. Oft The naive caller made no bones about the dice game. He told the officer byi telephone Wednesday he was a "heavy winner" and wanted police protection back to the city from a suburban Preble tavern. Sheriffs deputies couldn't pass that natural. They rolled out to the spot, loaded up five men and cast them into jail. Four were charged with gamb ling and the fifth tavernkeeper Robert Harrill with permitting the dice game. All pleaded inno cent and were released after put ting up $200 bond each. 'The deputies said they didn't learn who made the call. Fire Fighters See Test of Ladder Truck Demonstration by city firemen of the department's 85-foot hook and ladder equipment Wednesday evening climaxed a meeting at the central fire station of 188 mem bers of the Marion County Fire Fighters Association. The association's monthly meet ing attracted discussion of the mutual aid and community re sponse agreements, but no drastic revisions resulted. Wallace Whar ton, Marion County Civil Defense director, reported on the state and federal aid available under emergency conditions. The meet ing was concluded by a meal serv ed in the station. Fire Chief Ellsworth Smith told the group that Wednesday mark ed the seventh day that Salem had neither a fire alarm nor a fire. During the demonstration, Che meketa Street between High and Liberty was blocked' off. The north face of City Hall was light ed by searchlights and the huge ladder extended to the balcony near the top of the building. Two firemen. Tommy Stettler and Clyde Buckholtz, mounted the ladder and took life-line equip ment to the balcony) They then demonstrated this means of res cue by lowering themselves to the ground on the lifeline. Other equipment belonging to the department was inspected by the group, including the new Four Wheel Drive unit recently pur chased. The next meeting of the asso ciation will be held Oct. 14 at Liberty. Ike to Address Churchwomen ATLANTIC CITY. N.J. (l The National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States an nounced Wednesday that President Eisenhower will address a meet ing of the National Assembly of Churchwomen here Oct. 6. The sponsoring group said the White House has confirmed the speaking engagement during the group's four day meeting Oct 5-8. Appointment of Morris Confirmed PORTLAND m 'The State Board of Higher Education Wednesday confirmed its appoint ments of Victor P. Morris as act ing president of the University of Oregon and Prof. A. B. Stillman as j acting dean of the School of Business Administration. Stillman , thus takes over Mor ris former position. Morris named Lester E. Anderson, alumni secre tary, and Dr. D. Glenn Starlin, ot the radio-speech department, as part-time administrative assistants. 1 Sen. McCarthy Confers With Sec. Stevens NEW YORK tfi Sen. McCar thy (R-Wis.) met for three hours Wednesday with Army Secretary Robert Stevens whom he later de scribed as "just as eager to clear out any subversive influences in the Army as we are." The two conferred while McCar thy was here to conduct closed hearings of the Senate permanent investigations subcommittee. The New York sessions are de voted to alleged Communist influ ences in the armed services and among Americans employed by the United Nations. In the m eeting with Stevens, McCarthy said, he gave the secre tary a full report on "what we are working on in his department." During hearings last week the senator was unable to get Army officials to give him names of per sons who cleared alleged Commu nists for civilian jobs with the Ar my. After his talk with Stevens, Mc Carthy told newsmen he was sure Stevens "will be fully cooperative and wants to clean out of the de partment any improper individu als." Italy Rejects Stateless Man MARSEILLE, France ( Mi chael Patrick O'Brien, the sea borne man without a country, was kept locked in a cabin aboard the liner Bretagne Wednesday while French police puzzled over what to do with him. Italy refused to let him land when the French vessel touched at Genoa Tuesday. That made a total of eight countries that have barred him. He spent nearly a year on the Hong Kong-Macau ferry, re jected at both China Sea terminals until he was given transit through Hong Kong by the British authori ties on the promise to keep going. Paper Claims McCarthy to Wed Ex-Aide Soon NEW YORK vn The New York Daily Mirror said Wednesday the engagement of Sen. McCarthy (R Wis.) to Miss Jean Kerr, his for mer research assistant, will be an nounced this weekend. In a special dispatch from Wash ington, the Mirror said the 43-year-old bachelor senator has already given Miss Kerr a ring and the announcement will come from her mother. Miss Kerr worked for the sena tor for several years, starting in 1948 after her graduation from Northwestern University. McCarthy could not be reached for comment. ; Kansas City Blast Shakes Building KANSAS CITY VFi An explo sion damaged a medical office on the 11th floor of the downtown Bry ant building late Wednesday. Two women were injured, neith er seriously, as a result of the blast. The origin of the explosion was not known. Police said they detect ed the odor of black powder. In recent weeks six Kansas City busi ness establishments have been damaged by explosions in which black powder was used. No expla nation for the blasts has been found. For Fine Food Chines & American Dimhes Chinese Tea Garden 1C2 N. Ommereia St Between State and Court Reds to Protest Transfer of A-Artillery WASHINGTON OB Europea Communists are expected to un leash a violent propaganda attack against the United States for de ciding to send atomic artillery to West Germany. American officials predicted Wednesday that Communist radios and publications from Moscow to the Atlantic would denounce this move as alleged proof that "Amer ican warmongers" plan an even tual aggressive attack against Rus sia. This expected Communist outcry was carefully weighed before the Defense - Department announced Tuesday it plans to move a battal ion of six of the huge 280 mm. cannon to American combat forces in West Germany. The cannon can fire either con ventional or atomic shells. The an nouncement made no mention' of any shipment of atomic ammuni tion along with the guns. That would require special presidential approv al. Conventional shells will be used in any maneuvers in Europe, in formants said. Military officers emphasized Wed nesday the 280 mm. cannon the first ever sent outside the contin ental United States would be as signed only to American artillery forces and not attached or lent to armed forces of any friendly government. Impellitteri May Run as Independent NEW YORK Ufi Mayor Vin cent R. Impellitteri became a po tential independent mayoral can didate Wednesday, after his pri mary defeat by Robert F. Wagner Jr., and his New Deal Democrats. Legal decks were cleared for the incumbent mayor to desert the Democratic banner and run for re election in November on the Ex perience Party. The same maneuv er won him office three years ago. Impellitteri, however, was keep ing his future plan to himself. Wagner showed surprising party strength to defeat Impellitteri al most 2-to-l Tuesday, piling up a plurality of 169,179 in unofficial re turns. The vote was 350.474 for Wagner and 181,295 for Impellit teri. Two other candidates trailed far behind. Oregon City Team Moves To Playoffs WATERTOWN, S. D. UPl Ore gon City, Ore., advanced to the American Baseball Congress na tional playoffs by unloading for five runs in the 15th inning to de feat Allison, Iowa, 6-1, after mid night Wednesday in the Northwest Division finals. Oregon City, unbeaten in five games in , the tournament, pooled three hits with three Allison errors for its decisive runs. The big blow was Warren Goodrich's three-run double. Southpaw Ray Hyde went the full 15 innings for his second vic tory of the tournament. He struck out 16 and walked seven. Allison's Chuck Anderson lasted until the big 15th inning flurry. Oregon City now enters the na tional tournament beginning Sept. 20 at Battle Creek, Mich. Oregon City 001 000 000 000 005-6 9 2 Allison 000 000 010 000 000-1 6 2 Hyde and Stephenson; Anderson, Heyenga (15) and Oppermann. DEMO CHAIRMAN QUITS EUGENE CP) The Lane County Democratic Central Committee was without a chairman Wednes day following . the resignation of Dr. Jack Hicks. Dr. Hicks said that press of business would not permit him to serve. He had served about seven years. Now Showing Open 6:45 "DANGEROUS WHEN WET" Technicolor Esther Williams, Fernando Lamas Top Co-Feature June AUyson, Van Johnson . "REMAINS TO BE SEEN" DALLAS DRIVE-IN THEATRE GATES OPEN 7:00 SHOW AT DUSK Fbone 1S41 John Wayne, Maureen OUara In THE QUIET MAN Joan Fontaine, Ray alilland la "SOMETHING TO UVE FOR SILVERTON DRIVE-IN THEATER Phone Gates Open C:45 Show at 7:15 Starts Today Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr In "DREAM WIFE" r.. 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