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Costs at AIM ime WASHINGTON (JPy The average American paid more for Ida basic living needs last month than ever before in history. ' That's what the consumer price index for September showed wften it was released Wednesday by the Lahor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics. . . - The index-a composite of average retail prices paid for basic Reports from Panmuniom state that the program for prisoner repatriation is near collapse, due to refusal of North Korean POWs wuu sut; uiaiirfTadjiiu sions and the unwillingness of the U.N. Repatriation Commis sion to use force to compel them to attend. The "umpire" Lt Gen. VK. S. Thimayya of India admits the situation is very serious; and the Indian officers are quoted as saying in private that there is no hope of reviving on a large scale the interviews planned for prisoners who have been refusing repatriation. The Commission itself stalled over demands of the Communists hat thm 'North TCnrpan h hauled before them, whether or no. The Pole and Czech members were ready to do the bidding of the Reds, but the Swiss and Swede members balked. Gen. Thimayya had the courage to declare the Commission must be unanimous before an order to use force on the POWs will be given. He knows, as do the others, that riot and bloodshed will follow any attempt to drive the men to the Red hearing pens. This development of misunder standing - and lialemate was not i unanticipated.' When Krishna Mennon of India introduced the famous Indian resolution propos ing terms for a truce in Korea at the U.N. General Assembly in 1952 the U. S. delegation was quite skeptical of its practicality. The U.S. and the U.N. position had been that no force should be used to compel repatriation. It was their idea that the prison ers should be transported to a neutral zone and then - ; " (Continued on Editorial Page 4) Council Meets Tonight Zone on Salem's new zone code will be tip for possible final adoption at a Salem City Council meeting tonight in City HalL But whether the aldermen actually would bring it to a. vote remained in doubt Wednesday night, said Mayor ' Alfred W. Loucks. ' The Council still has several proposed amendments to consider most of the matters of neighborhood zoning which pro duced complaints after Planning and Zoning Commission hearings on the new code. The Council is meeting at 7:30 tonight for a regular business session, its regularly scheduled Monday meeting having been postponed because many city of ficials attended a League of Ore gon Cities meeting in Portland Monday. Among the other bills up for Council action tonight are those vacating a street and alley to permit a Grant School building program, prohibiting shooting of heavy arrows in the city, chang ing dance hall license fees to base the fee on amount of floor space and several routine street assessments. Light Rains On Forecast Indian Summer days will come to a temporary halt today, fore casts the weatherman, with light rains not much over a measure- able amount this morning. A second storm front is predict ed to hit the mid-valley late Fri day, bringing more showers. The weatherman says it will be a little cooler tbday with the high near' 59 as against Wednesday's top reading of 63. Tonight the mercury is expected to drop to 38. Animal Crackers 6v WARREN GOODRICH Vote Docket Wjlm w m m 1 k , 1 t .mm Etigh -goods and services in 46 cities- crept to 115.2 per cent of the 1947 1349 average. j This was two-tenths of 1 per cent above the previous record level in mid-August It was the seventh straight month in which the cost of living has inched upward. The index now stands 1 per cent higher than it did a year ago and 13.2 per cent above the pre-Ko-rean War level of June, 1930. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that food .prices, which make' up about one third of the in dex, dropped a fraction between August and September. : However, this was more than off set-by increases in the cost of clothing, housing, medical atten tion, beauty shop services and oth er personal care, recreation and transportation. Food pnces last month were 1.4 per cent below September.' 1952. Rents last month were 6.5 per cent higher than a year ago and 15.9 per cent above June. 1950. This, the bureau said, reflected "continuing effects of rent de control." Other housing costs coal and fuel oil, furnishings, laundry serv ice also rose, but gas and elec tricity rates were generally un changed. PORTLAND m Food prices dropped fractionally in Portland last month, the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Wednes day. The price index was 113.8, com pared witn 114.4 the previous month. That was 1.9 per cent under a year ago, and about the same as in the April-June period this year. 347 Wetbacks in Klamath Area KLAMATH FALLS UP) The big gest roundup of Mexican wetbacks in the history of the rich Klamath Basin was completed this week. it was disclosed here Wednesday. Border patrolmen arrested 347 Mexicans illegally in this country in two weeks of night raids on ranches, labor camps and hobo jungles. They are being returned to Mexico by bus. The raids were conducted by eight. Immigration Service -. patrol men from the Lynden. Wash.. station near the Canadian border. The Mexicans were jailed here. photographed and fingerprinted, and given healings to determine whether they had crossed the bor der illegally. Some of them were as young as 14, others nearly 70. Patrolmen said most of them came here for the fall potato harvest and planned to return to Mexico with their earnings. The 347 are being driven in buses to Dorris, Calif., where they are picked up by a private bus line under contract with the gov ernment to take them to Mexico. All are expected to be gone dy the end of this week. Kinsey Report Demoralized LOS ANGELES OB Lecturer John Morley said Wednesday .that Dr. Kinsey' s report on "sexual behavior in the human female" did more to demoralize U.S. troops in Korea than Red propaganda has been able to do in three years. Morley, recently returned from Korea, told a civil luncheon that 200,000 American troops in Korea are married "and the Kinsey re port told them that one out of ev ery four American wives has been unfaithful." He said the report upset many of the boys but the more analyti cal questioned the validity of the conclusions, based on interviews with six thousand out of six mil lion women. $3,900 IN SAFE STOLEN EUGENE IB A safe containing an estimated ss.ooo was taken early Wednesday from a - tavern here by burglars who got in by jimmying open a steel door. They also took an undisclosed sum from the cash register and pinbau and music machines. Rounded Up Korea Troops Tourniquet Saves Youth Shot In Polk Hunting Accident SUteuua Nw gcrrfe MONMOUTH Eighteen-year-old Charles Hamar, Central High football player, suffered a severe shotgun wound above his right knee Wednesday noon while phea sant hunting with two companions.-; f The wounded boy's doctor said Hamar's life was saved by the quick action of Edgar Hadley, 16, Independence, who placed a tour niquet above the injury. , Hadley said it was his gun which accidentally discharged as the trio were getting out of their car to, go hunting about three miles south of Monmouth on the old Corvallis highway. 103 ED YEAR 2 Morning Fog Diffuses Salem Scenes : r mm-,- Earlv morning foe which blanketed - i . ! mi " fx.'"' mist obscured downtown lanamaras ana siowea mint 10 a crawi. to look at Willson Park which walks past Post Office in center right) was completely hidden. WVIA VC1VIC Ulti; MMAUV VVMM v..-. i....r tnrnn harini Death Gaims Michigan Quad LANSING, Mich. VP) The last born of the tiny Trollman quad ruplets died Wednesday. The infant, a boy, was the heav iest of .the four children born to Mrs. June E. - Trollman, 33-year-old divorcee. The infant, weigh ing two pounds 10 ounces, was born at 12:02 a.m. Tuesday. The ether three, two boys and a girl, were born within the last 10 minutes before midnight Mon day; night. Attendants at Lansing's Edward W. Sparrow Hospital said tht In fant died of "immaturity atelectas is" asphyxiation - caused by - in complete development of the lungs. The other three children "were doing pretty well" according to attendants. Dallas Ambulance was called from a nearby home and Hamar was rushed to Salem Memorial Hospital where his condition was listed as fair Wednesday night. Charles Snyder, 17, Indepen dence, was the third member of the hunting party. AH three youths are football players for Central High. ; Hamar's doctor said the shot gun pellets badly fractured the boy's thigh bone. 1 Hamar, a senior at Central High, lives with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hamar, Monmouth Bolt 34. His parents-live at The Dalles. . SECTIONS 20 PAGES in If Salem Wednesday turned familiar resembled a forest because nearby buildings were bidden. Lone girl phote which shows only parking meters clearly. Pest Office (en girl's - v . . m , . . Street sweeper too worn pnoio j names aown nonage a tree t to iinisn JT Mitftmin iinoioi dt jonn r.nriifn. suit Dnoiomnnrr.i Irish Drunk Not Allowed to Testify . Against Himself BALBRIGGAN, Ireland U) - Police Officer Michael O'Regan testified that the motorist came to the police station and said he felt drunk. So he was charged with drunken driving. The defense counsel in court Wednesday asked O'Regan if he had any other evidence against the defendant O'Regan said only the man's own words. "Surely you're not going to ac cept the evidence of ; a drunken man." counsel pleaded, with the judge. The case was dismissed. Visiting U.S. WASHINGTON U . The king and queen . of Greece, Paul - and Frederika, ' flew - into Washington Wednesday for a three-day state Visit - ' ' :: ' The royal couple arrived In New York Wednesday morning aboard the liner United States and came here in President Eisenhower's sil very plane, the Columbine. Thief Ready for Trick or Treat TACOMA i Somebody Is ready for Halloween trick or treat- ers. - ' - . Police reported here Wednesday the theft of 700 pounds of milk chocolate bars from a Northern Pacific Railroad car. The candy as valued at f273. Greek Royalty PCUNDCD 1651 The Oregon Statesman, Salem 1 J 1 -; ' scenes into bleak fantasies as the xaacriy sua in top pnoio pauses W M O W " ' U.S. Ends Ban On Israel Aid WASHINGTON The United States Wednesday ended a 34-day ban on American aid to Israel and allocated 26 million dollars to the new republic in the troubled Mid- die East rresiaeni tisennower aisciosea the move at his news conference. saying he was "delighted" to learn Israel had decided to abide by a ruling of a special United Nations commission in Israel's dispute with Syria. - 1 Later, Secretary of State Dulles announced the formal lifting of the ban he imposed on Sept' 25 after Israel refused to halt work on a Jordan River hydroelectric nroi- ect as reouested bv the UJJ. com. .' : t. wmm mission. Syria complained that the to drop their opposition to GilL But project diverted water along the anct he apparently had little suc-Israeli-Syrian frontier. cess, there were reports that Gill o.w;n. ... T....11'' ment spTkeTmaa "add workK the controversial project was to be nJH i.t mi,wht wi Th nokMraan said th. nSrn- sion is temporary and without pre- j ldpsr, rihts r claim. . Max. Mia. Predp. Sale S3 41 JOQ 66 41 " JM Portland San rrandsco 59 44 J Chicago SI 43 X0 New York 69 60 2.69 TOBECAST ffmn V. S. wiO n . v. mm-m w . - bureau. McNary field. Salem): ciouay toaay wiin occanonu onz- lie or light rain, becoming partly cloudy . by late afternoon. High to day near 59. Partly cloudy an cooler tonight with the low near 38. Partly cloudy Friday, a few ihowen likely by late afternoon. Temperature at 13:01 a -in wa 54 degreea. , SALEM PHECIPrtATIO! ! Since start mt Weather Tear Seat. 1 Tbia Year Last .Year i Normal 4.M M iM X . ' smX'W aWSM MM II 111 IIIV II W. I M llllll II 11-1111 &$' v' Sf vvvvy Oregon, Thuradcy,. October Ban Act Gets Test The Culinary tAlliance and Bar tenders Union Local 329, Med ford. in the first test of the 1953 law prombiung. organizational nicketing. was ordered to halt picketing The uave anop nes taurant at Grants Pass, in an or der bv State Labor Examiner Fred G. Scherer of Salem Wed nesday. The action was brought by Dwight C Battey; owner of the restaurant who charged that such picketing was in violation of the 1953 law banning picketing wnen for the purpose of influencing or persuading employes to join union. Scherer held the law permits nicketing only by unions which are recognized as bargaining agents for employes. He said the picketing by the AFL union is illegal because the union never was recognized as bargaining agent for the restaurant workers. Not Recognized "It is our finding that neither the labor organization, which is respondent in this case, nor any person .engaged in the acts of picketing complained 01, nas been certified or is recognized as the bargaining representative of any or all of the employes of the Cave Shop restaurant. Grants Pass, Oregon, Scherer said in his order. Section 17 of the 1953 law makes unlawful picketing when done by such labor organization or other person not certified or recognized. Labor lawyers were expected to appeal Scherer's decision to the courts. Hearing Held Hearing on the proceeding at issue was held at Grants Pass in September. This was the first order Scherer has written under the 1953 law. .' (Additional details on Page 5, Sec. 1.) PORTLAND (iP) A union at torney indicated Wednesday night that pickets will remain at the Cave Shop in Grants Pass pend ing court 'action on State Labor Examiner Fred G. Scherer's rul ing-,--, r.&.w.-il".. --.- Die May Enter '54 Campaign WASHINGTON tfl President Eisenhower indicated Wednesday he may take a band after all in the next year s political campaign. Qf course, the President told his news conference, he is interested in the Republican organization and in keeping Congress under GOP control. A week ago. Eisenhower 1 said he wasnt going to use the presi dency as a campaign instrument in partisan elections and would stay out of strictly local political --" . nun. mc "upnawua ne migm uue uie stlu5P " "54 for a GOP program in fjinprps if tint fnr inrlivinnol 1 , r Gill Quoted as Still Seeking Federal Job PORTLAND W State Sen. Warren GilL Lebanon, will not ask that his name be withdrawn from consideration as U. S. attorney for Oregon, he was Quoted Wednesday as saying. . Douglas McKean. Oregon Journa political editor, wrote that Gfll told him he believes Democrats are behind opposition to his ap- pointment and that he will continue to seek the Job. Jesse Gard, Republican national committeeman for Oregon, has been trying in Washington and New York to persuade the National Association for Advancement of Colored People and other groups i might withdraw. The NAACP i, fighting the GH1 fPPojntment because he voted m the last Legislature against Ore- m new ava "S0" w- Reglauranl Gives Away 1,400 Steak Dinners ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (ft Ed Scully celebrated bis restau rant's seventh birthday Wednes day by giving away 1,400 steaks and with all the trimmings too, "We ve had it the hard way and . - . . . . w w ms u DOTiy lite. SPAIN BACKS DEFENSE MADRID,' Spain (A The Fa lange, Spain's only political party, Wednesday announced a new plat form; which dedicates - itself and Spain to the defense of Europe and Western Christianity from Communism. t Picketin , - - . 29, 1953 PRICE 5c 1 J rv . a n 6,10 29,815 Slaughtered in Communist: 'Program of Murder and Torture'! WASHINGTON The Army made public Wednesday night a grisly story of Communist atrocities in the Korean War, reporting, that probably 6,113 Americans died in the blood bath. . In what Secretary ef'tbe Army program-of murder and torture,' have lost their lives. The report was compiled by the War Crimes Division of the Army in Korea and , backed by photo graphic evidence pictures . of horridly mutilated American sol diers and airmen, windrows of bodies of South Korean soldiers and civilians, heaps of blackened corpses of men roasted alive. There is convincing and con firmed" proof, the Army said, that at least 138 Americans were mas sacred by the Korean Reds in Oc tober, 1930, during the evacuation of the Communist capital of Pyong yang. Another atrocity cited in the re port told the story of 10 U.S. Ma rines who went out on patrol Jan. 29, 1951, and never returned. Their naked bodies, hands bound behind their backs, were found later in circumstances whicb indicated they had been used for bayonet practice. (Additional details on page z, sec L) Plea for S50 Raise for Pen Guards Filed A proposal for a $50 a month raise to Oregon penitentiary guards was passed on by the State Cml Service Commission Wed nesday to the State Board of Control. - - 1 The proposal came from the American Federation of Labor's Oregon Public Employes Council, whose business representative, Leo Butts of Portland, appeared before the civil service commis sioners at a hearing Wednesday. This is more than a salary problem," Butts told the commis sion. "Poor guards mean a poor prison program. Most city and all . state police officers, even common laborers, receive more pay than do the correctional of ficers." . ' Guard pay starts at $250. After 4 years they can make $309. Salem city police start at $306. Civil service commissioners in dicated they would consider any recommendation received from the Board of Control which op-. erates the prison and other state Institutions. The commission made no specific endorsement of the proposal, but told Director James Clinton to present the union proposal to the board. Butts maintained that . the prison had to lower its' education standards to eighth grade level for guards because it hasn't been able to attract enough guards. He said 150 guards have left employ ment at the prison since last Jan. 1. Mossadegh Ready To Stand Trial TEIRNA, Iran m Ex -Premier Mohammed Mossadegh's lawyers said Wednesday he is rea dy to face trial on treason charg es. Amidi Noori. a government spokesman, said ' the prosecution is ready for the Judges to set a date for the preliminary hearing, which Mossadegh himself will not attend. The Judges themselves will fix the date. Burglar Stops for Refreshments The thief who burglarized Ray's Food Market, 1890 State St, some time Tuesday night or early Wed nesday morning got $18.75 from the cash register in quarters and hair dollars and; - , e . Drank one bottle of soda pop. : Ate one candy bar and some cookies. . Smoked a cigar.- . Today's Sfafcsn.2!. ' Section 1 General news 1.2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 Editorials, features ... 4 Society, women's ...8, 9 Sectiew 2 - Sports I 1J 2 Comics 4 Valley news ...- 6 Farm news - - 6 Radio. TV 7 . Classified ads .7-9 No. 213 DDD Stevens called a "cold-blooded, 29,815 persons are estimated tt Ruling to Ease Truman's Tax ..: On Life Series i;? WASHINGTON (J) The Reve- nue Service has made a ruling which, it is understood, will save former President Truman a lot of tax money when he sells his mem oirs to Life Magazine at a reports ed $600,000. -.- The ruling is that the sale maV be made on an installment basis, allowing payment to be spread out over five years. That means keeping payments down to yearly amounts wmch would call for tax payments at lower rates. The Revenue Service would not say who was the subject of a rul ing published in its weekly bulletin on the "sale of a literary compo sition, together with suitable ma terial from which illustrations can be made" by a taxpayer who "is not an author by profession." However, it was understood that the ruling had been requested by former President Truman, on the sale of his life story to Life maga zine. The ruling did not state the amount whicb is to be paid for the -manuscript, nor did it say whef it would be published. life maga. zine has . said it would publish the . Truman story and the price, never officially disclosed, has been sen erally reported as $600,000. How much taxes would be saved by the installment payments was indefinite, 'because- that would in- volve many other factors such as how much additional income the taxpayer has. whether he files . joint returns with his wife, or sep arate returns, the number of his dependents and his deductions, v Ike Rejects Big-Power Conference . V WASHINGTON UN President Eisenhower said Wednesday that he has no plans about sitting in ona big-power conference with Russia until there are indications of Soviet good faith and honesty of purpose. . ! The President added,- in his weekly press conference, that he at present does not plan to confer with British Prime Minister Chur chill, who is reportedly in favor of a top-level East-West meeting. J ail Prisoner's Short Escape PORTLAND m Clinton Taft Shuler, 33, accused of knifing - a man who was invited to his home for dinner, bluffed his way out of jail early Wednesday, shortly aftief being arrested. He told the jailer he was William G. Derby and would like to use the telephone. The jailer, finding such a man was in the jail for jaywalking, let him go to the booking desk as Derby. Shuler said there he would pay the S10 jay walking fine instead of phoning, and got out ! Then the jailer found anothef prisoner who proved he was Uie real Derby. This prisoner alse asked what happened to the S2S Slice had taken from him when was jailed. Police discovered that whea Shuler , was released, he took Der by's money - and property, using $10 of it to pay the fine. Shuler wasn't . out very long, though. Vancouver, Wash., police arrested him Wednesday morning and he was returned to jail la Portland. : George F. Deitz. the man he Is accused of stabbing, was reported in fair condition at a hospital. RILEY QUITS BUSINESS 111. . T i H n , f former Portland mayor, announced Wednesday he was going out of business as a car" dealer here. He resigned as president of the Port land Automobile Dealers Associa- tion. Bluff Brings t 4