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i j ;- '4 7 : x t- s POUNDBD 165! Th. Oregon Statesman. Salam. OreoV Tuesday. September 29, 1953 7" 1D3RD YEAR 12 PAGES PRICE 5c No. 183 Council Votes Modified One-Way Traffic Srfd By ROBERT E. GANGWARE ' City Editor, The Statesman , A downtown one-way street plan was adopted Monday night by Salem City Council after the aldermen hacked off several blocks of the recently publicized grid plan. ; . v City Engineer J. H. Davis said it would be at least three weeks before the plan takes effect And when it does, declared Mayor Al fred W. Louckt, it will be subject "to daily scrutiny and regular SEP SCB3JJQB tPCDCGtXg "Ex-Presidents have referred to the "lonely" life they led in the White House. They are of course living in a goldfish bowl as far as being in the public eye is con cerned. A President can hardly step out-of-doors but what a cameraman will snap him or a reDorter interrogate him, or lobbyist or aspirant for office waylay him. His loneliness is an inner feeling, a sense of his "alo'ne-ness" in making the final decisions, the vast importance of which weighs on him constantly. Though the final "yes" or "no must come from the chief execu tive himself, he does not utter the word without prior confer ence with, trusted advisers. He has his cabinet; but its advice is sought chiefly on broad ques tions of Dolicy (and by some presidents not even then). Cabi net officers are heads ot ousy departments themselves and may be seeking rather than giving counsel. This has led others to substitute as presidential ad visers. President Jackson's inti mate counsellors became known as the "kitchen cabinet" Teddy Roosevelt had his "tennis court cabinet"; Harry Truman his "cronies." ! Whom does Eisenhower have? Well, he has a team, most of whom are on the White House staff. Cabell Phillips has listed them for the New York Times Magazine. Omitting cabinet heads these are the ones closest to the President: Dr. Milton Eisenhower, .his brother, president of Penn State; but regular visitor at the White House for conferences. Sherman Adams, former Gov ernor of New Hampshire, presi dential (Continued on editorial page 4.) KOIN-TVTest Pattern Ready PORTLAND UFi Portland's second television station. KOIN TV. will broadcast its first test patterns Tuesday afternoon at 3 p.m. The Channel 6 station, telecast ing on a very high frequency, will begin a regular program schedule Oct 15. The station, to be affili ated with the Columbia Broadcast ing System, is the city's first VHF outlet Jet Fighters Turn Target Practice Into Buffalo Hunt FAIRBANKS, Alaska ( The keen-eyed boys of the wild blue, etc., etc., came up with a slight case of astigmatism around these parts recently. As a result the Air Force Monday ordered all jet fight er practice bombing runs halted in the Big Delta area. Planes of the 416th Jet Fighter Squadron based at nearby Eielson Air Force Base took off last Friday for practice ground support bomb ing attacks. Barrels had been set up in the Big Delta region to serve as tar gets. Sad to say, that also is the graz ing area for 200 wild buffalo trans planted from the states in 1928. The jet pilots took dead aim on what they were sure were their targets, screamed down in near supersonic dives and released their bombs. Net result: Eight buffaloes turned Into buffaloburgers. Animal Crackers By WAR R FN COOORlCH 9 Answer me. wilsur r I know vou'ee thsrb 1 0 discussion i or montns" to make sure the grid is doing the traffic improvement job intended. Sections Eliminated Tnese one-way sections were eliminated from the plan recom mended, to the Council by city and state engineers. -Liberty Street north of Divi sion to Broadway; High Street north of Union; North Capitol between Court and Center Streets; Chemeketa Street east of Capitol; State and Ferry Streets east of Cottage: Winter Street south of State. Also eliminated were proposed new traffic lights at Liberty and Broadway and at Court and East Summer Streets. Areas Excluded The changes leaves the grid area extending from the present one-way Commercial Street east to the Capitol Mall, except in blocks south of Court Street where the grid stops at Cottage, The grid also extends from one way Marion Street south to (and including) Ferry Street The Council vote on. the grid was unanimous ' although Alder man David O Tiara expressed doubts over the use of residential Cottage and Winter Streets in the one-way plan. Alderman Robert F. White said the only reason for including these streets is the ad vice of engineers that traffic dangers result if one or two-way streets are left between areas of one-way streets. (Additional Council News page 2.) on Tndia Demands Big Powers Settle Issues UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. ID India's V. K. Krhsihna Menon Monday called on the U. N. As sembly to request formally a per sonal meeting of the chiefs of state of the ' big " powers' in an attempt to solve the world's troubles. Menon said the peace of the world is the responsibility of the great powers "primarily of the two giants the United States and the Soviet Union. He said they alone have the means to enforce peace. He also urged the Assembly to issue a declaration calling on toe United States and Russia to prom ise never to use atomic and hy drogen bombs and other weapons of mass destruction. Referring to a meeting of the chiefs of state, he said "this idea is what humanity cries for." The wavy-haired Indian delegate spoke to the Assembly shortly after Prime Minister Churchill broke into his vacation to declare he still thinks a top level Big Four meet ing is a good idea. Some diplomats here said they looked on the Indian proposal coupled with Churchill's statement Monday as twin moves to put pres sure on the United States to agree to a top level conference on world problems. (Churchill story also on page 7.) Rickey Petition Asks Annexation To Fire District FOUR CORNERS Sixty-one residents of the Rickey School District Area filed a petition in Marion County Court Monday asking for annexation to Four Corners Rural Fire Protection District The petitioners represented about 90 percent of the landown ers in the area which is some four miles square and includes besides the Rickey School District, ad jacent land owned by realtors Abrams and Skinner which is scheduled for a.? housing develop ment The area has no fire protection at present Disagreement Over Facilities Delays Processing of PWs By ROBERT B. TUCKMAN . PANMUNJOM The Korean Repatriation Commission told the United Nations Command and the Communists Tuesday the proces sing of reluctant war prisoners "may be delayed further if both sides insist on improvements in fa cilities." An Indian spokesman said both sides had rejected the location and design of compounds' already built for use by "explanation teams who will seek to persuade prison ers to return home. t The spokesman said the Reds object to the present site because Communist representatives "have to go trough all the POW camps in order to reach it ' "They want to avoid them be B-52 Gets Top Priority in Air Force Plans WASHINGTON United States' intention of relying on the Boeing B52 jet bomber for future patrol of global skies was evidenced Monday with the Air Force announcement of the expansion of production of the new plane. (AP Wirephoto to The Statesman.) U. S. to Expand F100 Fighter, B52 Output WASHINGTON 1 The Air Force announced Monday it plans expanded production of the Boeing B52 jet bomber and the North Am erican F100 Supersonic jet fighter. The number of planes to be or dered was not disclosed but Secre tary Talbott said the Boeing plant at Wichita. Kan., will be used as a second source for the B52. "Extensive tests have been so successful it has been decided that this aircraft is ready for expanded production," Talbott said. "To eliminate danger of a single source for this important aircraft it is essential that the Wichita plant be tooled and put into production as soon as possible. "It is estimated that the cost of tooling for this acceleration of de livery and the insurance of a sec ond source of supply will cost in the neighborhood of 250 million dol lars." Talbott said the F100, which ex ceeded the speed of sound in level flight during its initial test, already has completed preliminary tests. He added: . ... "Since all indications are that it will meet its final test successfully, the Air Force has placed the F100 into immediate accelerated produc tion." The secretary said he hoped that Air Force cutbacks have been com pleted. He said the Air Force now has reached the point where it can accelerate production of those types which show the most promise. Although performance data Is secret, the B52 is reported to have the greatest speed and the longest range of any jet bomber. Navy Jet Short Of Record by Technicality THERMAL, Calif. U A Navy combat veteran flashed the bat wing Douglas F4D Skyray 742.7 miles, an hour over a measured course Monday, faster than any previous run, but through a quirk in international rules failed to set a record. The Federation Aeronautique In ternationale requires that to set a new record the old record must be eclipsed by 1 per cent fr more. Three days ago Britain's Com mander Michael Lithgow. flying a Vickers Supermarine Swift sped 737.3 in Libya. Therefore to set a new record Monday Lt Cmdr. James B. Ver din aimed at a mark of 744.6 or higher, and failed. Another, try is scheduled Tues day. Four times Verdin sped the white needle nosed Skyray over the 3 kilometer (1.883 miles) distance at the edge of southern California's Salton Sea. His first pass was clocked at 748.9 and a final disappointing pass at 734.6. cause of hostile prisoners, he added. The U. N. Command has pro tested that the compounds are too small and inadequate. The "explanations to 22,600 anti-Communist prisoners and more than 300 Allied POWs were sched uled to start Oct 1. but the Re patriation Commission . said they would have to be postponed "un less the two sides are prepared to start the work with the existing facilities." The five-nation commission Is under fire from the Allies for cir culating a message "slanted to ward unduly influencing" the anti Communist prisoners. .The Allies charged the message violated the commission's neutrality. i y . "' '"" - , . ' ' " ' j " l " 7 - x j l . iL "" s f " x , T v 22 Die as Planeload Of Soldiers Crashes LOUISVILLE, Ky. (JPh-At least 22 men lost their lives Monday when a plane carrying soldier trainees from Camp Kilmer, New Jersey, crashed and burned at Standiford Field, Louisville. All the 20 others aboard the twin-engine plane were injured. The plane, operated by Resort Airlines, Inc., carrying a crew of three and 39 trainees, had taken off from Philadelphia. Most of the U. S. Planes 'Attack' British Battleship ABOARD HMS VANGUARD (JV American naval planes "attacked" the British battleship Vanguard Monday in the first big blunder of NATO's North Atlantic maneuvers off Iceland. The planes, from U. S. carriers, and the Vanguard were all seeking the same "enemy" the British cruiser Swiftsure in "Exercise Mariner." But the planes apparently took the battleship for the cruiser and gave the Vanguard a terrific ima ginary pasting. The Royal Navy- offfcertm the bridge gave orders for the battle wagon's own defense with blank shells. "Never mind the enemy," he ordered. "God save us from our friends." Governor of Florida Dies TALLAHASSEE, Fla. trV-Florl-da's Gov. Dan McCarty died in a hospital Monday night after serving less than nine months of his four year ,term. The 41-year-old governor, weak ened by a coronary thrombosis that struck him down six weeks after he was inaugurated in January, was unable to fight off a case of pneu moma. The duties of governor will" be taken over by Senate President Charley E. Johns, 43 year old Starke insurance man who sup ported McCarty for governor last year but later was at odds with him over patronage and legislative matters. , McCarty, a native of Fort Pierce, was a citrus grower and cattleman. Survivors include the widow, two sons and a daughter; two brothers and a sister. Color Change Seen for Stop Signs in Gty With Oregon's State Highway Commission planning to change stop signs to red and white color, on state highways, the city of Sa lem probably will follow suit No immediate change is expect ed, but the state's action would set the pattern for cities to fol low, city officials said Monday in discussing the state action at last week's highway commission meet ing. The new color combination would be a red background with white lettering for the octagonal shaped stop signs. They are now yellow with black, lettering. The change has already been made in California and has been ordered or discussed seriously by several other states. Max. M 64 74 81 Mia. Praelp. Jl S3 J9 SS .00 49 M Salem Portland San rrancisco Chicago New York 78 1 J0O . Willamette River -3.1 feet. FORECAST (from U. S. weather bureau. McNary field. Salem): Partly cloudy today. Cloudy with rain tonight. Partly cloudy with scat tered showers Wednesday. Continued cool with the highest temperature to day near SS and the lowest tonight near 48. Temperature at 12:61 ua, was 47 decrees. 4 SAXCM PRECIPITATION1 Slnee Start f Weather Tsar Sept 1 This Tear Last Tear , Normal J . M US trainees were of Puerto Rican an- cestry and were being taken to Fort Knox, Ky. Deputy coroner Harry Ellstone said the dead included the plane's captain, Wharton A. Moller. 34, of San Antonio, Texas, and the co captain, John DeWitt Picket, 32, of an Antonio. Woman Loses Leg Stewardess Dorothy Jean Bush. 32, of Miami, Fla., lost a leg in the disaster, a hospital reported. The accident occurred about 4:19 p. m., as the plane tried to land at Standiford Field, on Louisville's outskirts. The craft almost touched its wheels to the runway, then climbed to about 150 feet and nosedived to the field. The plane broke in half at the middle, and both engines Durst into names. Spilled Over Field The passengers in the rear por tion were spilled about the field "There wasn't much we could do about the flre.v said fire Captain Marion Norris. "People were lying ail over tne place, and we handled those we could. County policeman John Raisor, one of the first persons on the scene, reported that "We just start ed dragging people out of the plane as Dest we could. Some of them were pretty badly- mangled." The stricken plane was one of nve bringing soldiers from Camp Kilmer. The first landed safely. After the second plane crashed, the three others were directed to Bow man Field, also in Louisville. 'Sister Babe9 Arrested for Drunkenness HOLLYWOOD OP Babe Blum, acting up like the sister-in-law Jack Benny makes her out to be on bis radio show, was jailed Monday and accused of trying to break into the apartment of a young TV actor. Mrs. Blum, sister of Mary Living ston, was booked on charges of drunkenness and disturbing the peace. Two postal clerks with her also were arrested. Officers said they flashed post office badges at TV actor "Bob Hannon and his room mate, Ed Costley, 26, former friend of Mrs. Blum The badges failed to impress Han non, who does roost of his television acting as a detective on "Dragnet." He called police. , Sheriffs deputies reported that it took four of them to get Mrs. Blum into the squad car. She was released on $1,000 bond and ordered to appear in municipal court Thursday. Employment Shrinks to Two Men at Alumina Plant, But Negotiations Reported j Progressing Employment at the $3,000,000 alumina-from-clay plant shrank to two .men this week but from unofficial sources came indica tions that negotiations were near ing completion to permit its full resumption of work. The negotiations are between the General Services Administra tion, representing the federal government and the Harvey Aluminum Company. A tentative final contract reportedly is under study at Torrance, Calif., head quarters of the aluminum com pany's parent firm, the Harvey Machine Company. The Harvey Aluminum Com pany's bid of $323,000 for the Salem alumina-from-clay plant was azented by the GSA some months ago. Considerable delay Egypt Claims British Troops To Quit Suez CAIRO, Egypt (1 Egyptian of ficials j said Sunday Britain has agreea to withdraw her big garri son from the vital Suez Canal area in 18 months, but the British envoy here said final settlement of the old and often bloody feud is still a long way off. Even though there may be agree ment on the withdrawal of troops and Britain has indicated she isV willing to do this provided some arrangement is made for defense of the strategic waterway in case of an attack an official Egyptian source made it clear that the nego tiations still could break down on some other issue. Major questions still outstanding, the informant said in a report. were how long British civilian ex perts would remain behind to see that the great shipping canal runs smoothly and whether they should be permitted to wear identifying uniforms. Britain wants them uniformed and wants them to stay on for seven years. Egypt is against the uniform and threatens to break off negotiations even on this point She also demands that they leave after six years, turning the whole works over to the Egyptian technicians they are to train. Ex-Reds Label Army Report 6Pro-Commie' WASHINGTON OR A pair of fugitive Russians and a former top American Red told Senate investi gators Monday an Army report used to train intelligence officers is loaded with Communist propagan da. The Army contends the document called "Psychological and Cultur al traits in Soviet Siberia" isn't Red propaganda at all and was in tended merely to give intelligence officers a picture of the Russian people for use in event of war. But Louis Bu3nz, a high level Communist' party official in this country for 10 years, told a Senate investigations committee, beaded by Sen. McCarthy (R-Wis. ). "In my opinion, this document . is the- work of -a concealed Communist" Igor Bogelepov. who said he Is a former Soviet diplomat and army officer now under a Kremlin death sentence, described the report as "extremely damaging." "I find there is a lot of deliberate misinformation that serves the Communist cause," he testified. Vladimir Petrov, a Yale Univer sity faculty member who was im prisoned in Siberia for six years, described the report as "extreme ly biased in favor of the Soviet regime in Russia." As a training manual for Ameri can intelligence officers, he said. the pamphlet would be "definitely harmful." A slender man of 37, with a stiff pompadour haircut, Petrov said the author of the document "twists and distorts" and tries to prove that Communists are loved by the Russian people. He said it was only wishful thinking by the author to say that the Communist in Russia is "more priest than ruler." Storm Brings Doivnpour A half Inch of rain' fell in Salem Monday' most of it in the early morning hours and prediction by U.S. weathermen for today and tonight is for more clouds and more rain. Temperature range for Mon day was a high of 66 degrees and a low of 48 and weathermen ex pected continued cool weather today with the highest near 63 and the lowest near 48 degrees. Salem's rainfall for this wea ther year (begins Sept 1) now totals .59 of an inch and the nor mal rainfall for this year is 1 25 inches. resulted because the contract as then drawn would require the purchaser to continue alumina-from-clay experiments for five years. The Harvey firm asked that the restriction be changed to two years. A contract was re-drawn sev eral weeks ago with the two-year provision, but a contingent clause was added if government engi neers thought experiments should continue after two years, the pur chaser would have to continue them. The Harvey firm has re fused to accept this clause. The, 'plant would get its clay from Iollala, Ore., and Castle Rock, Calif. Several chemists have suggested that low-grade bauxite as 'found, in the Salem area held a better potential for producing alumina than the clay, and it has been reporteu unoffi cially, that this comprises one of Morse to Vote for Demos if Senate Balanced in 1954 NEW YORK m Sen. Wayne Morse of Oregon said Monday night that if the Senate remains evenly divided after the 1954 con gressional election he will switch his vote on procedural matters from tbe-Republicans to the Demo crats. ! f Morse made the statement to a reporter before a dinner at which the Four Freedoms Foundation was to make its 1953 award to former president Harry S. Tru man. I Morse was to be a speaker at the dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Although Morse has resigned from the Republican Party, he voted ! with the Republicans after the death of Sen. Robert A. Taft (R-Onio) in order to keep commit tee chairmanships in Republican hands; He said that if the two parties find themselves in the same close balance after the next election that they are presently he will then switch his vote and give committee chairmanships to the Democrats. Pen Trusty Escapes With New Truck Raymond H. Smith, 44, Oregon State Penitentiary trusty, was the object of a search Monday after he was missed at the 5 p.m. count ' The inmate, an outside, trusty and truck driver for the past two years, apparently escaped in one of the prison's newest 1953 green International flatbed trucks. Warden Clarence T. Gladden expressed great surprise that Smith would have escaped. "We couldn't believe be had run off; he's been a trusted prisoner for some time," the warden explain ed. Smith, serving time for forg ery, was returned to the peni tentiary Aug. 19, 1948, from Multnomah County after his par ole was revoked. He was slated to be released in March, 1956. He is described as 5 feet 10, 154 lbs., brown hair and blue eyes. State police were still press ingsearch for -the man at -mid night No sign or report of th truck 'Was established Monday. Poland Strips Cardinal of Church Power WARSAW, Poland W Poland's Communist government has de cided to divest Stefan Cardinal Wy szynsld, head of the Roman Catho lic Church in Poland, from his churchly offices, the Polish radio announced Monday night. The broadcast charged the card! nal had been guilty of "constantly breaking" provisions of the 1950 agreement between state and church. (The broadcast, as reported from Vienna, said he also was accused of anti-state activities and misusing his authority.) Allan La dd Breaks Foot Playing With Children OTTAWA UPi Hollywood actor Allan Ladd went to the hospital Monday with a fractured bone in his foot. He received the injury while playing with his youngsters. Ladd had just finished recording dialogue for a recent picture filmed in western Canada. Today's Statesman Valley news 3 Editorials, features 4 Society, women's 6 Sports 8, 9 Comics 9 Radio, TV . 10 Classified Ads 10-11 the reasons the Harvey firm de clines to have its hands tied. Only; persons at the plant Mon day were A. W. Metzger, retained by the Harvey firm as general manager, and a caretaker on the payroll of the General Services Administration. Six workers em ployed j by the Harvey Company to paint and otherwise rehabili tate the plant were released' last week. A new truck and several thousands of dollars worth of other equipment already have been added to the plant by the Harvey: firm. The plant reportedly would employ from 150 to 300 persons under I Harvey's contemplated operations more If experiments are successful and production facilities are expanded. The plant previously has been used by pri vate chemical companies. A lease to theRay-o-Vac (battery) firm expired last January. Boy. 6, Taken From Private Church School KANSAS CITY tf) The 6-year-old son of a 71-year-old millionaire Kansas City automobile dealer was kidnaped from an exclusive private school Monday by a quiet young woman who prayed in the school chapel while the boy was being called from his classes. Police Chief Bernard C. Brannon waited three hours after being noti fied of the abduction before an nouncing it to the press and radio, explaining authorities feared earlier disclosure might result in the child's death or injury. The Federal Bureau of Investiga tion, which at first said it was tak ing no hand in the case but was keeping in liaison with police, later Monday night replied "No com ment" when asked if it had since started an investigation. i The mysterious woman posed as the boy's aunt in gaining admission to the school and told a nun that Mrs. Greenlease had. suffered a heart attack while shopping and that she had come to take the boy to bis mother at a hospital, j Confined to Bed . Greenlease said he knew of no reason why anyone would kidnap his child. He said he had received no word from the abductor. Mrs. Greenlease was confined to her bed by shock. The woman took young Green lease away from the school, Notre Dame de Sion, in a taxicab. They left the cab at a parking lot' and were seen by the driver to get into a late model blue sedan. The school, located in a quiet resi dential section of the city, is op erated by;a French order of the Catholic Church. Among its pupils are two daughters of Princess lie ana of Romania. ! j Cadillac Distributor 1 Greenlease is the distributor here for the Cadillac Motor Co. He and Mrs. Greenlease also have a daugh ter, Virginia Sue, 11. The nun said she suggested to the young woman that she step into the school chapel and pray for Mrs. Greenlease while waiting for Bobby to be called from his classroom. She said the woman, 'whom she -described as having dark hair and wearing a white blouse and dark brown skirt, entered the chapel and kneeled. -Did Me Geod" "I'm not a Catholic," the young woman remarked to the nun on leaving, "but lt did roe good to pray.,-, : ,4 J -v. . ....., .. It was after the pair had left that the nun phoned the Greenlease borne in a fashionable suburb in neighboring Kansas. The nun said Mrs. Greenlease answered the phone, said she was not 111, and suggested that there must have been some mistake. ) "Doesn't Make Sense" - "I don't know why anybody would do anything like this," Green lease said. "There are so many reasons why anybody would be foolish to take such a risk. It just . doesn't make sense." i Mrs. Greenlease. who married the auto dealer in 1939. collapsed from strain early Monday afternoon and was confined to bed at her home under sedatives, the family reported. Relatives la Ashland ASHLAND. Ore. 11 Robert C. Greenlease, the ! six-year-old boy reported kidnaped at Kansas City Monday, is the- nephew of an Ash land resident. She is Mrs. Sam McNair. 355 Phoenix Drive. Mrs. McNair is the former Louise Greenlease, sis ter of the missing child's father. Mrs. McNair said the Green lease family, including. the young ster, has recently returned from three-month tour of Europe. Fourth Major Blaze Flares . At Moses Lake - i . i MOSES LAKE, Wash, un The fourth major fire in the past 48 hours leveled a barn and a small: packing shed on the outskirts of this Central Washington city of 5,500 Monday night. City officials declared a state of civil emergency existed and volun teer police and Air Police from nearby Larson Air Force Base stood guard at all commercial and public buildings. The fires, all believed started by an arsonist, caused damages esti mated at more than $300,000. The fire Monday night struck the . A. Abbs ranch just west of the city limits. Abbs son, Dajevsaid he saw a man throw a piece ot burning material into a haystack before the fire broke out, Bloodmobile in Salem Thursday; The Red Cross bloodmobile will be at the Salem Armory Thursday from! 1 to S p.m. for the regular blood drawing program, Del Dow ney, chairman of the Blood Bank recruiting committee, announced Monday. Prospective blood donors may sign up tonight at three Salem -theaters. Members of the Alpha Epsilon chapter of the Beta Sig ma Phi, a Salem women's group. will be in the theater lobbies to, take the names of those willing to donate, Downey said.