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'fey USm a rv n lEuiAlQaato POUNDUD 1651 103BD YEAR 2 SECTIONS 20 PAGES 111 Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Thursday, September 24, 1S53 PRICE le No. 178 I - wv , j j . Bridges Start Gdrrying I One-Way Traffic Across River i ; .. v 83IDQB WDQDQffl Automation that's a new word. You will not find it in the dic tionary; but a book has been written about it, and articles on the subject appear in two week ly publication as dissimilar as Business Week and The Nation. From its roots one can easily tell that the word implies some thing autamatic; and it does a machine age in which the ma chinery pretty much runs itself. It becomes a third factor in the industrial revolution. , First came the application of steam power to do the work of the world as a substitute for human and animal labor James Watt was the first to put steam to practical use. Second came mass production. Eli Whitney, who invented the cotton gin, was the first to pro duce standardized, interchange able parts in quantity Which then could be assembled into the fin ished product. He proved it could be done with firearms. Henry Ford applied the method on a scale never before attempted in the manufacture of the Model T automobile. Now power, standar dized parts, conveyor belt assem bly are basic in most manufac turing. Now comes automation. This is not merely setting a machine to do work automatically. It pro Tides a control system which is self-regulating. The basic idea is what is called the feedback. John Diebold, author of a book on the subject, in an article in The Na tion, explains the feedback by reference to the familiar thermo stat (Concluded on editorial page, 4) Canada Won't Use Troops to Unify Korea UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. B Canada served notice Wednesday its troops will not fight to unify Korea by force. It favors a negoti ated settlement of the Korean problem, U. N. supervision of elec tions to choose a government for unified Korea, withdrawal of all foreign troops, and an internation al guarantee for Korea's safety. j These views were outlined to the U. N. Assembly by Foreign Secre tary Lester B. Pearson, closely concerned with the Korean prob lem since it first came before the U. N. even before the Korean war. His statement was seen as Can ada's answer to reports that South Korean President Syngman Rhee wants to resume .the war and try to unify Korea by force of arms if the proposed peace conference does not produce results within 90 days after it starts. Final Shipload Of Ex-PWs Lands SAN FRANCISCO W With bit ter memories of Communist mis treatment buried deep within their hearts, 290 more repatriated Amer ican prisoners of war returned from Korea Wednesday on the transport Gen. R. L. Howze. It was the ninth and last of the freedom ships engaged in Opera tion Homecoming. Animal Crackers Bv WARREN GOODRICH WHece do you WAJfT SOUR. HEW HQU? , DEAR ? m, DIP -If m I -v '.. f. 4, L too- Ill" J - r - ICC i-t. r - Traffic melted into Salem's new two-bridge, one-way traffic system ever the Willamette River pretty well, police reported. In the top picture is a view at the west end of the Marion Street bridge showing the necessary detour onto the coastal thronghway until the 400-foot approach to West Salem is surfaced in the next few days. To the far left is the west end of the Center Street bridge Living Costs Across Nation Continue Up By ROWLAND EVANS Jr. WASHINGTON OR living costs across the nation, continuing an advance that started last Febru ary, moved up in August to a rec ord high, 13 per cent above the 1950 pre-Korea level, the govern ment announced Wednesday. The increase of three-tenth per cent, to 115 per cent of the av erage 1947-1949 base period, means an automatic three cents an hour wage increase for 1,300,000 rail workers next month. Their wage rates are tied to the cost of living index with adjustments being made every three months. The three cent hourly increase, coming on top of a 10 cent rise the rail workers already had gained because of higher living costs, will add an estimated 100 million dollars a year to railroad payrolls. The largest increase in beef and veal prices in any single month since June, 1948, was one of the factors contributing to the higher index announced Wednesday, which measured the change in the cost of living between July 15 and Aug. 15. In Chicago, a spokesman for the nation's meat packers said whole sale and beef prices, on a year long basis, are down 18 to 33 per cent depending on grades. Other rising costs which helped push the index up included a J.l per cent increase in rents, slightly less than a 1 per cent increase in transportation costs, and frac tional advances in the price of medical, care, movie theatre ad missions and the "other goods and services" category. Somewhat lower over the month were clothing prices, house furnish ings and fresh fruits and vege tables. Wednesday's figure 115 means that on the average it now costs $1.15 to buy what one dollar would purchase in the 1947-1949 base period. Air Force, Navy to Seek Speed Record LOS ANGELES UFi A hot Navy- Air Force contest for the world's jet speed record shaped up Wed nesday. The Navy planned to send its Douglas F4D Skyray interceptor after the 727.6 m.p.h. mark, start ing Thursday at Edwards Air Force Base on the Southern Cali fornia desert. Meanwhile, Lt CoL Pete Ever est of Edwards is making test runs over Salton Sea, farther to the south, in a North American F100 Super Sabre. Both the Navy and the Air Force hope to be the first to return the speed record to the United States. Great Britain claimed it Sept 7 with the flight of RAF Squadron Leader Neville Duke. , v America League At New Tor J, Philadelphia 1 At Chicago 3. Cleveland ; (Only fame scheduled.) : - National League At Cincinnati 4. Chicago 3 At Philadelphia 3. New York i , At St. LouU -J.: Mihrauke 1 (Only games scheduled) H1MM 10 Perish in Buffalo Chemical Plant Blasts TONA WANDA, N. Y. (JP) Ten men were killed and 27 persons were injured Wednesday as a series of four explosions ripped to bits a chemical plant building and rocked the northern suburbs of Buffalo. Authorities feared the toll of The blast destroyed the brick Lucidol division of the Novadela gene Corp. Wreckage was strewn for several hundred yards. Parts of bodies were thrown as far as 50 feet Dozens of homes were damaged by the blast and flying debris. The blast could be heard for four miles. The company said the cause had not been determined. The Erie County district attorney started an investigation. Millions of Dollars A fire chief said damage would run into the millions. All of the dead apparently were in the building at the time of the explosion. Only six had been identi fied positively. Many of the injured were resi dents of a housing project across the street. Police Chief Elmer C. Mang said he understood there were 12 men in the building when the first blast ripped it apart at 10:18 ajn. Authorities said they believed the explosions were in chemical storage tanks. No Hydrogen Dr. Franciscus Visser't Hooft, president, denied earlier reports that liquid hydrogen had exploded. He said "no hydrogen gas or liquid hydrogen was on the premises." He said the firm had not yet de termined what exploded, or how it happened. "Apparently in some un explained manner a batch of ma terial ignited and the explosion fol lowed," he declared. Violent Sneeze To Cost $450 MISHAWAKA, Ind. (A Sam uel J. Strang. 40, lost control of his auto Wednesday, sideswiped a parked car, plowed through a lawn and smacked into a tree. Misha waka police estimated the damage at 1450. Strang explained that he sneezed. Weeks Says Die Won't Hesitate To Use Depression Preventive ' NEW YORK U Secretary ofl Commerce Weeks said Wednesday night the administration would not besftate to use "the vast power of ine leaerai government. . .to pre vent an old fashioned depression." But, Weeks said, "the economic climate is good." and he is a "re alistic optimist" on the business outlook. In remarks made at the fan meeting of the National Industrial Conference Board. Weeks gave this preview of the report on the third quarter business situation soon to be made bj the Commerce Depart ment: -Personal income has-continued to rise and personal spending is expected to mount, meaning a still growing consumer market. Civilian employment has not changed much is recent months. ; , Business activity generally con tinues at a high rate and corporate profits are bigger than a year ago. Inventories are rising but the de partment expects a smaller, ac cumulation in the third quarter than in the second quarter of the year. And durable goods purchases are at a high level. ' Weeks advised businessmen to EST- t A carrying eastbound traffic The bottom picture shows a top view of the underpass carrying eastbound traffic on Wallace road through to the Center Street bridge. (Truck at lower left). To the left is the portion of the road still under construction and at the upper right is the west end of the Center Street bridge. (Statesman photo.) dead might go as high as 12. one-story building owned by the Storm Lashes Jamaica Isle KINGSTON. Jamica UN A heavy rainstorm stemming from a tropical disturbance southeast of Jamaica lashed this British island colony Wednesday night. The island had been warned to batten down against a hurricane reported brewing 140 miles off shore at nightfall. Ten inches of rain fell in 12 hours, blocking roads and leaving villages isolated. Airlines cancelled flights and heavy damage was re ported to sugar plantations. Enrollment at WU Slightly Below 1952 Willamette University had en rolled 1,058 students Wednesday a few less than last fall's total of 1,09a Registrar Harold Jory said he expected more to sign up before the books close Monday, but that the final figure would be shy of the 1952 enrollment However, 25 more freshmen are on campus this year. They total 361 against 33S for last year. A breakdown of the colleges shows the following registration: liberal arts, 871; law. Hip and music, 78. Ratio of roento women is less than two to one with 678 men enrolled and 380 women. Men and women by colleges are: liberal arts, 548 men and 323 women; law, 108 men and 3 women; and music, 22 men and 54 women. take into account, when making plans: r "1. The momentum of current business activities. "2. The expectation of certain adjustments. "3. The sound programs of the administration in the field of money and finance and in the reduction of . the unnecessary costs of govern ment. "4. The assurance that the ad ministration has plans for emer gencies. "5. The further assurance that the administration will not hesitate to use the vast power of the fed eral government in conjunction with private enterprise to prevent an old fashioned depression. , "6. The limitless possibilities for economic stability and growth. Among these positive factors are: Adequate - national defense; l new products of research; new markets created by , both migration and growth of population: wise policies to stimulate world trade -and 4n vestment abroad; and perhaps the most important factor of all the confidence of Americans . ' in themselves." Jury Asks Drunks Remain 'Polluted' Along With Jail PHILADELPHIA, Miss. to . The jail in this small central Mississippi town is so horrible, a grand jury said Wednesday, prisoners locked up lor drunken ness should be allowed to stay plastered until they get out. "It is the opinion of this grand jury that if a prisoner is drunk when he is put in jail be should remain intoxicated until he is re leased that his senses might be dulled to bis surrounding," the report said. The jury called the jail a "filthy, rusty den." ,3 Two-Bridge Plan Opens to Salem Traffic Two bridges began serving the Salem area with one-way chan nels starting at 9 a. m. Wednes day when the refurbished Center Street span was opened. The pair got their real test at the 5 p. m. rush and passed satisfactor- ly. Gone was the yester-year tangle of traffic along Center Street created when a slow mov ing freight train at front Street would bring drivers to (of times) extended standstills. And the overpass approach at the east end of the Center Street span was enjoyed by drivers now able to look down on the tracks. Unfortunately for the timing, 400-feet of the west end of the Marion Street bridge wasn't completed on time and forced traffic bound for Wallace Road to be inconvenienced. These cars were diverted onto what is in tended to be the coastal through way and then west to about Mc Nary Avenue. Traffic Stumble At this juncture, where both eastbound and westbound throughways meet Edgewater Street near McNary Avenue, the Wednesday evening traffic hit something of a stumble. Signs clearly indicated that westbound traffic bound for Wallace Road was to proceed west along Edge water to McNary and then 'round about to their destination. Many drivers decided it would be more expedient to turn right onto Edgewater and drive to Wallace Road. This decision during the 5 p.m. rush caused city police, called to direct traffic, some problems and a certain amount of confusion en sued. In fact, state officials at the scene implied that one stop sign intended for westbound traffic on Edgewater Street will have to set back further east so that it won't bog traffic down at the intersec tion. Officials Pleased All in all, however, state and city officials were very pleased with the new one-way bridge sys tem and completion of the unfin ished 400-feet was believed the answer to some of the problems now existant The warning of "merging traf fic" was painted in, black letters to guide travellers along Wallace roadas they went under the un derpass provided and through to the Center Street bridge. No sig nal lights were used at Wallace Road and Edgewater Streets Wed nesday due to the blocked off west end of the Marion Street span. The east end of both bridges had their synchronized stop lights in operation. . j Portland Students Put on Probation PORTLAND UR Twelve youths who have admitted smearing paint on Portland high school buildings were placed on probation Wednes day. The paint smearing is believed to be an outgrowth of athletic riv alry between schools. b i , Giersbach on Staff of Charity Organization LOS, ANGELES (! Walter C Giersbach, released last spring as president of Pacific University at Forest Grove. Orel 1 Wednesday joined the staff here of the Volun teers of America, a charity organi rtinn. Nixon Tells AFL Ike : ' i ; Favors T-H Changes By NORMAN WALKER ST. LOUIS OP) President Eisenhower said Wednesday in a message to the AFL convention that the Taft-Hartley Act is essentially sound but has "a number of defects" he will ask Congress next January to change. I Eisenhower's message, which was read to delegates by Vice President Richard M. Nixon, made; no reference, to the contro versy stirred up by AFL leader Martin P. Dur kin's recent resigna tion as secretary of labor. Nixon, however, in remarks of his own, told the convention Eisen hower never broke his word with Dur kin on T-H law changes as Durk- in has charged. "I know Martin Dur kin. and I also know the President of the Unit ed States," Nixon said, "and I con sider them both to be honorable men. 'Misunderstanding" "There may have been and ap parently there was a misun derstanding between them. . . There may have been a mis understanding, but in 40 years of service to bis country . . .Dwight Eisenhower has never been guilty of breaking his solemnly given word on anything. And I don't be lieve that anyone can claim that he broke his word in this instance." Two Shake Hands 1 Dur kin, seated among delegates close to the platform from which Nixon spoke, afterward went up and shook hands with the vice presi dent. But the resigned Cabinet member said he still stood on what he said before. Durkin told the convention Tues day he had a face-to-face promise from Eisenhower to support 19 specific T-H amendments and to recommend them to Congress. He said three weeks later Eisenhower told him he "could no longer so along" with the claimed agreement. (Additional details on page 2, sec. 1.) Dog Enables Rescuers to Block Suicide CHICAGO in A dog named Lucky enabled rescuers Wednesday to lure and then rescue a woman who was poised -to leap from the 20th floor ledge of a Michigan Ave. skyscraper. Thousands of Chicagoans wit nessed the dramatic rescue from streets, windows and rooftops while other thousands in various parts of the country viewed it on their television screens. The woman, Millicent Armin, 36, climbed onto the 18-inch wide ledge from a window in an advertising agency after babbling that she didn't want to live because "they gassed me night after night" and "cut my doe s foot. Her pet dog is Lucky, a boxer. For nearly two hours, police, fire men, a priest and office workers called appeals from a fire escape for her to reconsider and go in side. Meanwhile, her father, Sigmund, 73, who had been waiting in a taxi. went to their home and got Lucky, ire Marshal James R. Hughes brought Lucky to the window for the woman to see. She reached out to stroke the dog and Hughes grabbed her wrist and hauled her inside. She was given a sedative, and then was taken to the psychopath ic hospital. Strike Halts Eugene Area Construction EUGENE to Virtually all con struction work in the Eugene area was closed down Wednesday in the newest development of a dispute involving cement finishers. Joe Willis, secretary of the Eu gene Building Trades Council, called the shutdown a lockout and said it was precipitated by em ployers rejection of the finishers' demands for a 15-cent-hourly wage boost The increase would raise journeymen finishers to 12.75 an hour. Willis' said the Eugene General Contractors Association gave him just 40 minutes to reply to a letter notifying the union that all work would be closed down unless demands are modified. The finish ers have been without a contract since July 31. There was no immediate esti mate of the number of men and projects affected by the shutdown, but 16' other building crafts are involved. Pat Blair, employers spokesman, refused to comment on the devel opment He said employers' might explain their position in newspaper advertisements. Mia. Prccip. Salem 79 S4 M .70 M .00 Portland Saa Francisco 73 S3 trace Chicago -, ,- 75 47 JOO New Ofork M 50 ' J0Q . Willamette Kiver -S.I feet. " rOMCAST (from IT. S. weather bureau. McNary field. Salem): Mostly lair today, tonight and Fri day except tor some .morning fog. Slightly warmer today with the highest temperature near SO. lowest tonight near 42. Temperature at 13:01 -pi- was 47 decrees. : SALXM PKKCirrrATIOH Sine SUrt f Weather Tear Sept. 1 This Year last Year - Normal 3 JO 1XS North Marion Fair Ready for Debut Tonight SUtetmjtn Newt Scrvica WOODBURN Activity at the North Marion County Fairgrounds increased Wednesday night as merchants, exhibitors, hot dog stand owners and kiddie ride op erators made ready for the offi cial opening at 7 o'clock tonight A prevue of exhibits indicates an interesting selection. One ex hibit consists of over 150 sea shells gathered from all over the Pacific by Paul Mitchell, Wood burn. A hand made bed spread 108 years old is also on hand. Seven garden clubs are com peting with their displays and five farmers union and grange exhibits are on hand. A talent show at 8:30 tonight will be the opening entertain ment A stage has been erected at the Settlemier park softball diamond and admission to all en tertainment is free. The fair con tinues through Saturday evening. Reporter in Spain Seeking Trace of Beria SAN DIEGO. Calif, to The San Diego Union in a copyrighted story Wednesday night said one of its re porters. Gene Fuson, is in a small seaport town in Southern Spain where an intermediary reported contact with a man claiming to be Lavrenty P. Beria, former Russian secret police boss. - The Union said the intermediary. whose name and full Identity Are being withheld at this time, told Fuson he had contacted four Com mumsts in tne seaport town as a result of information he received in Mexico, City. The copyrighted story said that Fuson is making progress in his own investigation, of the in termed iary's story. The Union said that it hoped soon to be able to establish whether the story of the escape of Beria and the three other Communist leaders is a hoax or had elements of truth. (Story also on page 2, sec. 1) Vinson Wills Ruled Invalid WASHINGTON to The late Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson left two wills but both were declared in valid Wednesday because they lacked the signatures of witnesses. District Judge F. Dickinson Letts appointed Fred M. Vinson Jr., an attorney here, as administrator for his father's estate. The elder Vinson died Sept. 8 at the age of 63. In petitioning for the appoint ment, young Vinson said his father left less than $1,163 in personal property here since his assets to talled $7,163 and his debts $6,000. One of the wills was written March 22, 1928, and the second, to supersede it, was dated March, 1930. 'Red Feather Kids' On Store Windows Those "Red Feather Kids," the Community Chest decals appear ing on stose windows all over town this morning, weren't put there by gremlins. The Salem Hi Y Club did it Wednesday night One hundred decals were placed in the downtown area, the- Cap itol Shopping Center, West Sa lem and the Hollywood and Can dalaria shopping districts. . Approximately 23 members of the club worked on the project designed to call attention to the Chest's opening drive. 6 Million Italian ' Workers Strike ROME to Six million Italian workers were called off their jobs Thursday in the biggest nationwide industrial strike here since the Communists tried In vain to, smash the Italian government In 1948. The Communists hailed the crip pling 14-hour walkout as the start of their long threatened "winter of fensive." Communist and non-Communist unions joined the tie-up in support of their demands for higher pay and increased job security. Reds Give Up Men Refusing Repatriation By SAM SUMMERLTN PANMUNJOM. Korea to Thi Reds Thursday vMAmd rnntrnl i 23 American prisoners of war thej saia oaa reiusea repatriation. The Americana unnir th rVimmti. nist Internationale as they wert handed over to Indian custodial troops in the Korean neutral zone. irv T i . a lie ficus aiso Kave un one Hninn and 335 Korean prisoners of wai uiey saia did not insist on repa triation in last month's hir nri of war exchange. me Koreans were handed ovet first The Americana and thu Rritnn came last There were five women among the Koreans. The Americana wpr slncrfnr ih Communis! anthem a lh,u rniw into the demilitarized zone in Ru sian-built trucks. They laughed and smiled as they climbed out of the lumbering ve hicles. " . - Healthy Sua-Taaned All appeared healthy and wera sun-tanned. They smoked Chinese cigarettes. borne shook hands with North Korean Communists who helped them down from the trucks, and thanked them. One American told a Chinese: "Good luck. Comrade Lee. We will see yeu in Petping, old man." Another told a Red officer: "Thank you. See you later." The Communist replied, "don't forget us." The American said, "never." Names Released A Communist correspondent re leased the names of the 23 Ameri cans and the Briton. Wilfred Bur chette of the Paris l'Humanite, also gave -Allied newsmen copies of a statement he said the Allied pris oners wrote, telling why they re fused to return, and a statement be said was from the lone British prisoner on why he declined repa triation. The Rad newsmen said this was all the prisoners wanted to say at this time. (Additional details on page 2, c L? Red Pilot Now Millionaire (Before Taxes ) WASHINGTON to . For real nice take-home pay, you can't beat flying a Russian plane into a Unit ed Nations airport ' The 22 year old senior North Ko rean lieutenant who did it. bringing a MIG1S to an airstrip near Seoul, picks up the $100,000 reward this government had offered" anyone who first delivered a Russian plane. ; ' Let's take a look at what that $100,000 means: The Internal Revenue people have said it is tax free, even if the pilot should come here, since it was income earned outside the United States. Furthermore, in answer to a question, they figured out that any one in this country who is single, with no dependents, would have to earn $940,550 in a year to have $100,000 left after federal taxes. Of course," said tne income tax man. he probably would be nicked (by state taxes, and maybe by city taxes. He undoubtedly would have to make well over a million dol lars." The Income tax people don't an nounce figures on personal income, but it's a safe bet that not many 22-year-olds make a million a year. Wreck Spreads Teach Salad' MEDFORD un Peaches hund reds of 'em rolled salad-deep at an intersection here Tuesday night when a truck loaded with three tons of the freshly-picked fruit up set after crashing into a combina tion store and service station. 1 The driver. Leon Miller. 49. and a hitchhiker, Longview, Wash., wert hospitalized. Neither was in set ious condition. The truck was enroute to Port land. Loss was estimated at $1,400. First Fall Day Relatively Warm Fall of 19S3 passed through its first day relatively warm inSa-; lem with the temperature ranging -from 75 degrees to a low of 54 degrees and no rainfall recorded. : Rainfall in Salem so far this weather year (beginning Sept 1) was recorded 1.02 inches below normal and .17 of an inch below last year. Prediction for today was for a slightly warmer day ranging from a high of 80 to a low or 42 de grees. Morning fog is expected. Today's Sfafcsr.sn 4 Section 1 Editorials, features ..... 4 Society, women's ...... 6 8 - ' Section t . Sports ....... It 2 . Comics 2 Valley news .... 3 Farm news . 8 Radio, TV -7 Classified ads ... 7, 9