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WASHINGTON A free day
in Washington gave me a chance
to attend hearings at the Federal
Pewer Commission which are of
great interest to the Northwest
In one, the examiner was hear-
ing testimony in the Idaho Power
Company's application for per
mits to build three dams on
; Snake River the other hearing
dealt with applications of rival
companies for the license to pipe
natural gas into the Northwest.
I spent most of my time at the
former.
Considering the high emotional
temperatures evoked over the
: Hells Canyon controversy, the
hearing was really subnormal.
The room is relatively small
about 25 by .35 feet, and com
paratively few were in attend-
ance. The examiner sat at a desk
on a platform across the front
At his right were tables at which
were seated Mrs. Evelyn Cooper,
attorney for the Hells Canyon
Association, and her adviser, Roy
E. Bessey, of Portland, former
planning engineer and consultant
for the Interior Department un
der previous administration. At
the examiner's left were tables
at which Idaho Power Company's
attorneys sat Closing the square,
.opposite the examiner's desk,
were staffmen of the FPC behind
tables piled with documents. Be
hind them were a few chairs for
even fewer auditors.
Mrs. Cooper was cross-examining
Mr.. Larned, engineer for
Ebasso Services who had testi
fied in support of the Idaho
Power application. Her queries
were directed toward the prac
ticability of the dams pro
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Trieste Stand
Agreed by
West's Big-3
LONDON un The Western Big
Three ministers agreed Friday
sight to stand firm on a British
American decision to transfer Tri
este's Zone A to Italy.' but -were
reported to have decided the Al
lied troops must stay there until
Yugoslavia and Italian tempers
cool, v
The original idea was to with
draw the 4,400 American and 3,000
British soldiers now on occupa
tion duty in the free territory about
the end of November. t
'Official sources said the United
States, British, and French mini
sters also discussed whether they
should make an early offer to
Russia for talks on an East-West
non-aggression I treaty.
Faced with an objection by West
German Chancellor Konrad Aden
auer to making the offer now, they
were reported -to have postponed
a decision until Saturday.
U.S. Secretary of State Dulles,
British Foreign Secretary Anthnnv
Eden, and French Foreign Mini
ster Georges Bidault also pondered
the new frontier flareup between
Israel and Jordan.
Winds, Rain
On Forecast
Wear your, raincoat this morn
ing and keep a hatpin handy.
The weather bureau early today
forecast a wet weekend, the result
of a new storm center headed for
the mid valley front the coast
Gusty winds are expected to ac
company off-and-on showers, pre
dicted for today and Sunday, lit
tle change in temperature is anti
cipated. 1
Two State Building Projects
Get Emergency Board Okeh
Two state building projects af
Salem and one at Eugene got the
go-ahead signal at a State Emer
gency Board meeting at the Cap
itol Friday.
The board approved a grant of
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Leyte Scene
Of Disaster?
: BOSTON (") A rumbling ex
plosion tore through the big air
craft carrier Leyte Friday, killing
at least 30 and injuring 40 others.
It was not known immediately
how many of the dead, were offi
cers or enlisted men. It was report
ed some civilian Navy yard em
ployes were among the victims.
The 27,500-ton ship was tied up
at the South Boston Naval Ship
yard annex when the explosion and
flash fire swept below decks for
ward.
Flash Fire Follows .
The flash fire which accompan
ied the blast charred some of the
bodies so badly that naval spokes
men said identification will be dif
ficult .
Capt Thomas A. Ahroon, of Nor
folk, Va., a Navy pilot who took
command of the 856-foot long ship
on Sept 27, said that rescue par
ties and damage control men were
in action "seconds" after the blast
shook the ship.
Capt Ahroon was in his cabin
when clouds of "bright" smoke
swirled in and blocked two exists.
He climbed out an escape hatch
through the side of the ship and
ascended a ladder to the flight
deck to direct rescue and fire
fighting operations. . v
Court Probes Blast
More than 50 Boston fire trucks
and rescue companies raced to the
yard to .lend aid.
Capt Ahroon said a court of
inquiry had convened to investi
gate the blast It was the worst
Navy explosion disaster in peace
time since June 12, 1924, when 48
were killed aboard the battleship
Mississippi off the California coast
Navy and civilian firemen fought
the blaze for three hour; before
controlling it in the myriad com
partments of the multi-decked for
ward part of the ship.
Meanwhile, hospital corpsmen
from other Navy ships and instal
lations, along with civilian doctors.
nurses and fire department rescue
teams worked over the injured.
many of whom' were felled by
smoke.
Ferried to Hospital
More than a score of ambulanc
es ferried the injured to hospitals
when they were carried off the
ship after receiving plasma and
other first aid treatment
Dr. Dominic Pilka. called from
his office nearby, said that he
viewed the bodies of more than a
dozen dead, and that they ap
peared to have died from either
suffocation, . burns ' or submer
sion."
Capt Ahroon -said -that rescue
parties and 'damage control men
plunged through smoke and flame
to reach members of the crew
trapped in the forward part of the
ship.
It was appalling, he said, "to
see them go through the smoke
with, flame only a few feet away
from .them."
Controlmea Maa Hose
Other fire controlmen 'manned
hoses to beat back the flames as
the rescue workers, wearing oxy
gen -masks, searched for the in
jured and the bodies of the dead.
The fire swept through the offi
cers wardroom, the quarters of
the warrant officers on one deck,
and the berthing space and mess
room for enlisted men on the deck
below that
Former City
Aidman Hurt
Merle (Spike) Crossan, 52, of
877 Oak St, ex-prizefighter and
former city first aidman, was se
riously injured early Saturday
morning when he was struck by
a car at the intersection of 12th
and Believue Streets.
He was rushed to Salem Memo
rial Hospital by first aidmen
where he was still unconscious at
1 a.m. He suffered a possible frac
tured skull and other undetermin
ed injuries.
" Police said driver of the ear
was Max Schusterowitz, 1165 N.
25th St. The accident occurred a
few minutes after midnight
$183,000 for building the state
car pool garage at 13th and Ferry
Streets and $280,000 for a crip
pled children's division building
at University of Oregon Medical
SchooL Also approved was an
additional $118,600 to supplement
$132,000 already appronated for
a 100-patient cottage at Fairview
Home.
.. .Funds for the Eugene building
were requested by the State
Board of Higher Education.
Funds for the garage come out
of a $750,000 legislative appro
pnation for car pool and office
building purposes. Balance of the
fund will be available for later
construction of a new state of
fice building at, 12th and Ferry
Streets.- . ." :
Emergency board members al
lowed budget increases of $14,000
for State Library donation fund:
$9,292 for the Board of Medical
Examiners; $29,914 for State
Board of Health: $3,000 for Board
of Dental Examiners; $1,331 for
Board of Nurses Examiners; $200
for Board of Pilot Commissioners.
The board turned down a request
for $1,400 from Old Oregon Trail,
Forty Injured
Inc. i
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103RD YEAR
Family Welcome for Homecoming McKays
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Secretary of Interior Douglas McKay and Mrs. McKay get a warm family greeting Friday afternoon
. when, they arrive at McNary Field in Salem for a short hometown visit. Shown are (from left)
McKay, Mrs. McKay, Allan and ileen Hadley, the McKays grandchildren, and their daughter, Mrs.
Wayne Hadiey,
McKaysFlyr'"
To Salem for
Visit at Home
Secretary of . the Interior
Douglas McKay arrived without
fanfare in Salem early Friday
afternoon for a weekend of
playing with my grandchildren
and not talking politics."
An hour after he arrived in
his hometown the genial - Secre
tary was off around town.
"Oh," said a member of bis
family, "it's hard telling just
where he's at He's making the
rounds. He mentioned , visiting
Gov. Patterson and dropping in
at the plant (McKay Chevrolet
Co.)."
Secretary McKay, Mrs. McKay
and Miss Alene Phillips, his per
sonal secretary, came , here di
rect from Reno, Nev., where Mc
Kay attended a conference of the
National Reclamation Associa
tion.
McKay will leave to return to
Washington D. C, Monday morn
ing and Miss Phillips will leave
Monday night Mrs. McKay will
remain in Salem for a week.
The McKays are visiting with
their ' daughters, Mrs.' Lester
Green and Mrs. Wayne Hadley.
The cabinet member conferred
with Gov. Patterson and other
state officials Friday.
McKay said he is traveling by
commercial planes, which, - he
said, he finds less costly .and
more satisfactory ' than govern
ment planes. A plane, formerly
owned by the Interior Depart
ment was sold - after- McKay
went to Washington.. ,. .
Power Merger
Wins Approval ;
0LYMPIA. :m I The proposed
merger ofvPuget Sound Power .and
Light Company into Washington
Water Power Company of Spokane
was approved Friday by the Wash
ington State Public Service Com
mission. - v.
The consolidation plan of the
two companies still has to -, win
apprpval of the Federal Power
Commission, ' the Securities and
Exchange Commission, and the
stockholders r. of the 7 respective
companies.
The two companies serve .ap
proximately 30.000 customers.
Paget s main operations are in
northwestern , and central Wash
ington. -WWP operates la eastern
Washington and ' northern Idaho.
FLOOD TOLL MOUNTS
SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain (ffH
Flash floods have killed 37 per
sonsand possibly as many as 100
in the past 48 hours in the
Basque countryside of the Pyre
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Mill Gty Youngster
Hospitalized by'Polio
Statesman Nwt Service
MILL CITY Three-year-old
Norman Havercroft, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Havercroft of Mill
City, is in Salem Memorial Hos
pital suffering from polio.
Hospital attendants Friday said
the boy was in "fair", condition
but was not in an iron lung. He
was admitted to the hospital
Thursday.
His father is an electrical engi
neer currently employed at Det
roit Dam. '
The Havercroft's have a daugh
ter, Francine, age 1. .
32 Million Fire
At Oakland Dock
OAKLAND. . Calif. Ml Three
huge block-long buildings making
up a-complete industrial section of
the port' of' Oakland were ' con
sumed Friday night in a raging.
five-alarm fire visible from almost
the entire San Francisco Bay area.
Flames from the four - story
buildings shot hundreds of feet into
the; air,. cutting off traffic on the
nearby Eastshore Freeway and
bringing , thousands of citizens to
the scene. - ;
There were no immediate re
ports of injuries, but authorities
said damage was expected to ex
ceed 2. million dollars.
WEEKS TO SPEAK
PORTLAND 'm Commerce
Secretary . Sinclair - Weeks will
speak' here: Monday. '
Students - Exceed Ghest Quota,
Add Bright Spot for Workers
.' There are many; bright spots
but also lots of 'dark ones in this
campaign,. Community Chest
drive leaders were telling each
other Friday as ; late reports
showed that 59 per. cent of the
campaign's $140,000 quota has
been coUected so far. v
. Salem ' High School , ; student
body went over the top today in
its week-long chest drive. The
goal was $400 and students sub
scribed $427, in the week-long
drive. This was the first time in
five years the school's goal has
been attained, according to Paul
Beck, senior class president and
drive chairman. 4 -
Also exceeding its quota was
the State Department of Educa
tion. Other heavy contributions
in the state group were the Civil
Defense Agency, State Industrial
Accident Commission and office
of- the state engineer. . . '
A total of $80,096 had been re
ported in by Friday night Big
gest gun in the campaign,' the
merchantile division, has collect-
Tha Oregon Statesman,
Freight Train
Strikes Auto,
Killing Pair
Statesman Newt Service
ALBANY Two men were bill
ed early Friday at an Albany rail
road crossing when their car was
struck by a southbound Southern
Pacific freight train.'
Dead are Johnnie C. Smith, 47,
of Lebanon, and Melvin Lavon
Moore, 19, of Albany. .
State police said their car, a
1942 sedan, was carried about four
blocks by the engine. Smith, who
was driving, was apparently killed
instantly. He was found in the car.
Moore was thrown from the ve
hicle and was dead when help
arrived. Both were employed by a
food packing company in Albany.
. Smith is survived by his widow,
Mrs. . Bessie Miller Smith, Leban
on, eight children, two brothers
and five sisters. Moore is surviv
ed by his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Melvin D. Moore, Albany, a bro
ther, Richard, and a sister, Bon
nie v. 'i .
The. bodies were taken to the
Fisher Funeral Home, Albany.
TYPHOON KILLS THREE
TOKYO (IP) Far East Air
Forces said Saturday a typhoon
which passed 20 miles north of
Guam Wednesday caused three
deaths and dumped 31 inches of
rain on the island in a 5S-hour
period. '.
ed just over lalf of its $24,000
quota. The industrial division has
collected 59 per cent of its
$20,650 goaL . '
Highest percentagewise is util
ities with 87 per cent of a $4,450
quota in. Next comes residential
(women house-to-house) with 84
per cent of $10,100 collected.
Other divisions, their assigned
quotas and the actual per .cent
collected at the end of about a
week and a, half of work Friday,
include automotive, $14,050 quota
with 57 per cent collected; , con
tractors, $9,950, 43 per cent; ed
ucational, $5,100, 57 per cent;
general gifts, $13,100, .per
cent; state government, $16,000,
5T per cent; city, county-and fed
eral government, $1,950, 63 per
cent: professional, $17,150, 57
per cent; rural, $3,500, 29 per
cent Vr;;-:-:'-'"1"1
Daily report meetings will be
resumed at chest headquarters
Monday noon. At that time ward
leaders and captains of the resid
ential division are to 'meet
Salem, Oregon Saturday. October 17, 1953
Red
By Screams, Curses;;.:
None! Seeks Return'
RHystery !
Breaks at inquiry
Of ladar Spy IfSing
By ARTHUR EVERETT
NEW YORK (JP) A mystery witness broke down dramatically
before Senate probers Friday, reportedly confessed lying and prom
ised to "tell all" about a Ft Monmouth, N. J., radar spy ring.
The witness talked about members of the Rosenberg spy ring
and said he ' knew Rosenberg very
well," said Sen. McCarthy (R
Wis) later." :
The senator has described atom
spy Julius Rosenberg as master
mind of a spy ring at Ft Mon
mouth, the Army Signal Corps
headquarters of America's top sec
ret radar defense against atomic
attack. !
Guards Indentity v '
Rosenberg died 1 In the electric
chair last June 19 for atomic es
pionage, but McCarthy said the
ring may still be active.
McCarthy did not identify the
witness but called him "most im
portant." He works at Ft Mon
mouth. "We have placed the witness
in the protective custody of this
committee." the senator told news
men, "and I wish you would not,
if you know his name, publish it,
because he is afraid of his own
personal safety, in fact his life
and the safety of his family."
Stressing' the importance he
places on the testimony,' McCarthy
said he is sending a transcript to
the FBI, which originally brought
Rosenberg to justice. ;
May Be Major Break
This air of mystery and tension.
the pale and shaken attitude of
the witness built up an impression
that a major break in the spy
probe may be near.
The witness was a man of med
ium height, probably in his 40's.
He wore glasses.
He was escorted from the closed
hearing room after he suffered a
physical breakdown of some un
disclosed nature. A doctor and la
nurse were brought to him. Later
he was able to return to the hear
ing. However, while other prin
cipals went out to lunch, it was
brought into rum.
Washer Ride
Leaves Tot
Set for Dryer
TORRANCE, Calif. (JFt Rickey
Peterson, 18 months, got a bath
Friday in the family's automatic
washer. 3
While Mrs. D. L. Peterson was
out of the room the boy climbed
into her washing machine, turned
the starting knob and got the ride
of his life. !
Mrs. Peterson rushed to the
kitchen 'to see her son whirling
around in the suds.. 1
After snapping off the motor and
finding Rickey uninjured, his
mother said: "Now all we need is
an automatic dryer." ' 1
There was no comment from
Rickey. An he could do was blow
bubbles.
Heavy Fine
Assessed to
Drunk Driver
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Anton Joseph Rentz, 4055
Brooks Ave., was fined $1,000 and
sentenced to six months in Mar
ion County jail Friday after i he
was found guiltyjof driving while
intoxicated by District Court
Judge Val Sloper. I
The maximum sentence for the
offense is a $1,000 fine and a year
in jaiL . j
Court records show that Rents
has , had Jhree previous convic
tions for driving while intoxicated
and two convictions for operating
a car without a driver's license. -
Today's Statesman
General News 2A8
Society, Valley News 1-3
Editorials, Features ...4
Sports News -.-l- 6,7
Market News . L.8
Radio, Television --4,10
Classifieds - -t-ll
Church News -12
Explainer s Met f
Witness
Re-0penin
Of Alumina
Plant Nears
Re-opening of the Salem alum-ina-from-clay
plant on an experi
mental basis appeared a long
step closer today. I
The General Services Adminis
tration, government agency in
charge of the war-built plant on
Cherry Avenue, and Leo Harvey,
president of the Harvey Machine
Company of Torrance, Calif.,
which was high bidder on the
property several months ago, re
portedly had reached an agree
ment It was anticipated signing of
the final papers would take an
other 10 days.
There was no official confir
mation of the action, but neither
were their denials from sources
checked by The Statesman last
night
Arch Meter, 'manager of the
plant under successive leases for
several years, said, "the deal is
not closed and I don't feel at
liberty to comment"
It was known that Mayor Al
fred Loucks spent some time on
the telephone in connection with
negotiations Friday.
The Harvey company bid $325,
000 for the $5,000,000 plant The
GSA accepted the bid but in
sisted on contractual provisions
which the Harvey firm would not
accept
The agreement reportedly con
cluded provides the purchaser
shall keep the plant in opera
tional condition (implying that
experimental work in producing
alumina-from-clay must be car
ried on) for two years or until
the property is paid for, which
ever is longer. But the Harvey
Company also is empowered to
carry on other experiments if it
chooses. '
Max.
Min.
44
47
Precip.
.02
trace
.00
.00
Salem'
61
62
Portland
San Francisco 68
Chicago 80
New York 7S
48
45
54
J00
Willamette River -24 feet,
v FORECAST (from V. S. weather
bureau. McNary field. Salem):
Cloudy with rain and occasional
gusty winds this morning, improv
ing to .partial clearing and scattered
showers this afternoon. Sunday
cloudy with more rain likely w
begin during the afternoon. High
today near 62: low tonight near 43.
Temperature at midnight S3.
SALEM PK3pITATIOM
Since Start mt Weather Year Sept. 1
This Year Last Year Normal
3.7 M isri
Israel Accused of Threatening
Peace by Attacks on Jordan s
By " TOM OCHILTREE
LONDON Iffl Britain accused
Israel Friday of endangering Mid
dle Eastern peace by an "appar
ently calculated attack" on three
Jordan villages that cost 56 lives
She demanded that Israel punish
those responsible and compensate
the Jordanians.-.
The Big Three W tern foreign
ministers now "conferring in. Lon
don took a grave view of the inci
dent, a Foreign Office spokesman
said. They weighed a British Sug
gestion that the matter be placed
before the U. N. Security, Council,
but delayed a decision.
In Washington, the U. S. State
Department was reported consid
ering a public denunciation of Is
rael. State Department officials
said they were "very much con
cerned'' about .the incident and
were following ' all developments
closely.-.
Lincoln White, State Department
PRICE 5c
No, 201
PANMUNJOM U Anti-Red-Chinese
prisoners of war angrily ,
screamed and yelled obscene oaths,
at Communist explainers Saturday .
when the Reds, after a six-hour',
delay, began attempts to coax the
PCWs back to Communist domina
tion. The Communist "explanations"
began at 2 p. m.,' delayed since 8
a. m. when the Communists ar
rived in the Korean neutral zone,
with Korean explanation teams in
stead of Chinese. . I ".
Scheduled Interviews . '
The Neutral Nations Repatria
tion Commission had scheduled
Chinese POWs for interviews Sat
urday after North Korean prison
ers stoutly refused to be inter-'
viewed Friday; The Reds wanted
to talk to North Koreans Saturday
but consented to interview the Chi
nese. ' !
After the first 50 minutes of
Saturday's interviews no Chinese
had asked to be repatriated. :
The Chinese moved peaceably'
from their , stockades to holding"
stations near the explanation
booths Saturday but the first to'
enter the explanation area were
violent :
Kicked in Stomach
They followed the tactics of
their fellow Chinese who met the
Reds on Thursday, first day. of
the ' explanations."
One of the Chinese kicked wa
Chinese Communist observer m
the stomach. Another took a round-'
house swing at an explainer, but
missed. '-'
The explantion center resound
ed with shouts of anti-Red POWs:
"Down with the Soviet Union!
"I want to so to Formosa!" "Down
with the Communist bandits!"
"Communist running dogs!"
"Both my parents have been
killed by you." shouted one POW
to an explainer. ,
Another prisoner held his hands
over his. ears during the interview.
Another called the explainer a
"son of a turtle."
Driver, Blamed
For Leaving j
Wreck Scene
Statesman News Service
ALBANY A Walla Walla,
Wash-, man was arrested on. a
hit 'and. run charge in Portland
Friday night a few hours after
his car sideswiped a truck and
then collided with a Greyhound
bus about two miles north of
Albany' on S9E.
Arrested bv Portia"! police
was Herbert K. West He posted
$200 bail and was releases
State police broadcast an alarm
for West's car after the 3:13
p.m. accident
Police said the northbound
West car, a 1953 Ford, sideswiped
a truck which was headed south
and then slid backwards into a
Greyhound bus. The truck plung
ed into a ditch and turned over
on its side, but the driver was
not injured.
A woman passenger on the
bus noted the license number
on West's car as it left the
scene and a motorist followed the
car several miles before losing
it - . - ' , -
Only person reported injured
was a woman on the bus who was
shaken up. Damage to the bus
was minor, said police. '
press officer,1 said Eric Johnston,
President Eisenhower's special en.
voy to the Middle East now ea
route there, "will do what be can
to ease tension. :
The British protest on .behalf, o
Jordan,' Britain's closest ally -is
the Middle East, was the strongest
London has delivered to any for
eign government in years. ,
It followed charges made Thurs.
day night by the United Nations
sponsored Mixed Armistice Com
mission in Jerusalem that Israel
was guilty of "aggression against
Jordan and its citizens" in attack
ing the .three Jordan villages, is
a border "area 15 miles northwest
of Jerusalem, Wednesday nighty
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. IfC
Syria Friday denounced Israel'!
diversion of the Jordan River; as
a flagrant violation of the Syrian
Israeli armistice and called on Ihs
Security Council to do something
about it ' '