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Newspaper Page TextI says SuU IIwuDSD011 103RD YEAR Wintry Harvey Company Given Go - Ahead On Alumina Plant 1 Br A. ROBERT SMITH v Statesman Correspondent WASHINGTON The Harvey Aluminum Company won the go ahead Friday for re-opening of the $5,000,000 alumina-from-clay plant on Cherry Avenue in Salem, Ore. Months-long negotiations came to an end when representatives CUP HSffiJJB lUCDODDCH When President Eisenhower said at his press conference Wed nesday that he hoped to get the Red menace in government cleaned up so that it would not be an issue in the 1954 election campaign I fear he talked with out considering his party organ ization. For GOP Chairman Leo nard Hall has predicted that Com munism will be a big issue in 1954, and he speaks with the voice of the practical politician. Clearly the Republican high com mand believes "there's gold in them thar (Red) hills' yet But the professionals haven't let Eis--enhower in on the plans. For the bomb which Attorney General Brownell touched off at a Chicago businessmen's lun cheon, was not an accident nor an improvisation. Brownell is too calculating a political operator to do things, casually. It was a time bomb whose devastating effect is expected to last until November, 1954 . . . and may. - Perhaps the most interesting piece of reporter's speculation on the motives behind the Brownell disclosures on Harry Dexter White and his promotion by Pres ident Truman is that of Joseph C. Harsch in the Christian Sci ence Monitor. Harsch, writing from Washington, calls the incid ent "the" first major disturbance cast up onto the political surface by a massive struggle now devel oping within the Republican par ty." This is the struggle over the succession. Party men are assum ing that President Eisenhower will not want to be a candidate in 1956, so already they are plot ting for the seat of power. With the passing of Senator Taft a vac uum is created, which ' (Continued on Editorial Page 4.) Tennis Elbow Only Ailment Of President By MARTIN POST NEW YORK liei The physician who has attended President Eisen hower since 1945 said Friday that the chief executive is as healthy as he was 14 months ago and that he is not suffering from heart disease. i The report was made by Maj. 1 Gen. Howard M. Snyder at a con ference of the New York Heart Association. The main thing troubling the President now, Snyder said, is "a very modest form of wnat is known as 'tennis elbow. " The White House doctor de scribed that to a newsman as an inflammation of an elbow muscle. He said it resulted from a bruise last - August and keeps coming back because such presidential ac tivities as handshaking won't give the muscle a chance to rest. But golfing doesn't- bother it, Snyder added. . J ADM. KELLEY DIES LOS ALTOS, Calit (. Rear Adm. Frank Harrison Kelley, U. S. Navy, ret, died Thursday at Oak Knoll Naval Hospital at Oakland. The 64-year-old veteran of both world wars lived in Los Altos. Animal Crackers By WARREN GOOORIH Mama, why art otl thoit pecpl behind bars?- 2 SECTIONS 14 PAGES The of the Harvey Company and the federal government's General Services Administration signed final papers. The Harvey firm, a part of the Harvey Machine Company with headquarters at Torrance, Calif., bid S325,00C for the Salem plant last spring. The bid was accept able to the government, but GSA insisted the purchaser must con tinue with experiments in mak ing alumina from clay as long as the government demanded. The Harvey Company declined to accept the limitation, No Strings Attached The agreement signed Friday has no strings attached. The pur chaser will continue experiments with clay but the "nature, extent and duration" of such work is at the purchaser's discretion. Major restrictions provide that no part of the plant may be sold or re moved for two years, and even after that period a written permit from GSA would be necessary for disposal. It has been known for some time that the Harvey firm, which also has announced plans for an aluminum processing plant at The Dalles, wants to experiment with low-grade bauxite in mak ing alumina. There are unlim ited quantities of bauxite in the immediate Salem area. The clay comes from elsewhere in Oregon. Idled Since December The Salem plant, built as a war-time experimental project, has been idle since last Decem ber. Previous to that time, and since the war, it had been used by various chemical companies and by the Ray-O-Vac (battery) firm. . - Its only employe of recent months has been Arch Metzger, its manager for several years who has been retained by the Harvey Company in that capac ity. The plant formerly em ployed around 150 persons. Head of Salem Bank Hurt in Auto Mishap Rex Gibson, 1740 Wallace Rd., manager of Ladd Bush, Salem Branch, U.S. National Bank, was injured Friday morning when he veered his auto off the highway to avoid hitting another car. His brother, Duane Gibson, 695 Orchards Hts. Rd., explained that Rex was driving to Portland by himself Friday morning, via the Salem-Dayton Highway, when a car pulled off a side road and into his path of travel. To avoid a collision he veered into a ditch. After the accident he complained of a sore back and was taken to Salem General Hospital by a private party. It was determined by hospital offi cials that he sustained a possi ble fracture to a vertebra and he was placed in traction. His condition Friday night at the hospital was considered "good." There was no police investi gation of the accident which oc curred about 15 miles north of Salem. His car was not badly damaged, his brother said. AMMUNITION BURNS TOKYO MPi Explosions and fire ripped through an ammuni tion bunker at a U. S. Army dump day but no one was injured, the Army announced. Wars Credited By Leader of American Farm Bureau By LILLIE L. MADSEN Farm Editor, The Statesman Ifany one politician or party wants to take credit for the high farm prices of the last 13 years he must also assume re sponsibility for the wars, Rodger Fleming, secretary-treasurer of the American Farm Bureau Fed eration said Friday night "The country has been full of people running around yelling 1 did it' in reference to supports and high panties, he said, and pointed out that abnormal times actually brought on the abnor mally high prices of recent years. Fleming snoke before some 200 I persons at the annual Oregon POUNDDD 1651 Oregon Statesman, Salem, "Oregon, Saturday, November 21, Spreads Buses Pulled From Drifts In Colorado DENVER Wl A wintry blast lashed the western portions of Kansas and Nebraska Friday after stirring up blizzards which stalled two cross-country buses, blocked roads and closed schools in eastern Colorado. A Continental Trailways System bus with 14 persons aboard, bound for Denver from Kansas City, was trapped for 13 hours before two snow plows .late Friday morning rammed through six-foot drifts on U. S. Highway 36 about half a mile east of Joes, a small agricul tural community of 100 people lo cated 36 miles from the Kansas line and 126 miles east of Denver. Delayed Seven Hours A second Trailways, bus east- bound from Denver to St. Louis and carrying 17 passengers, includ ing three small , children, skidded into a snowbank alongside U. S. 36 as the driver, H. V. Hodges of Evergreen, Colo., attempted to pass a stalled automobile. The bus was freed after about two hours. Both buses continued toward their destinations Friday after noon. A third Trailways bus, running from St. Louis to Denver, was held up for seven hours at Norton, Kans., until blizzard, conditions cleared. In western Colorado, meantime, two Denver & Rio Grande Western trains, one carrying passengers and mail and the other freight, crashed headon, killing both engi neers. The accident occurred 6 miles north of Grand Valley. Train Rons Switch The 112-car freight train appar ently was unable to stop and ran through a switch, witnesses said. The whirling Nebraska storm left 9 inches of snow at Red Cloud, in the south central part of the state, and created blizzards in oth er sections. Grand Island reported heavy snow and drifting. Parochial schools in the city, as well as rural schools, were closed. Blustery winds swirled snow into road-blocking drifts in northwest Kansas. The H " bus 'passengers rescued near Joes were brought to the community shortly before noon. They filed hungrily into a cafe for lunch, their first food since dinner Thursday night. The bus bogged down in the snow about 10 p. m. Bos Heater Failed The passengers passed the time by "telling jokes and sleeping; according to Mrs. Ivalene McCall, 36, a Norton, Kan., housewife. The bus heater quit working from mid night to 3 a. m.. she said, and the passengers huddled beneath all the coats we could find." The bus driver, W. W. Oldwilder of Denver, braved howling winds and snow drifts about 11 p. m. Thursday to hike into Joes and report his vehicle snowbound. Kenneth Bolen, 30. of Joes donned hip-length fishing boots early Friday and together with Oldwilder and Hodges carried hot coffee to the marooned passengers on foot. Passengers from Hodges east bound bus made themselves com fortable at a Joes restaurant until U. S. 36 was reopened. Reuther Holds Reins of CIO CLEVELAND VPi Walter P. Reuther, who won the CIO presi dency a year ago only after showdown battle, was elected to his second term Friday by accla mation. The achievement demonstrated the 46-year-old firebrand's ability to consolidate his gains in the 5-million-member CIO as he previ ously had done in his own big Auto Workers Union. Before the elections, the con vention adopted one of its key res olutions of the week, calling on employers to get down to busi ness on negotiating a guaranteed annual wage. With High Farm Prices Farm Bureau Federation banquet ' in the Senator HoteL Turning to price support on live cattle, the speaker said that this would "foreclose the cattle men's chance of regaining his losses', and he pointed to the swine men and their low in 1952. " They were offered to be "sav ed by support, but turned down the offer of their own accord, instead voluntarily cutting their production ' quota. In 1951 they were at 76 per cent of parity. Now they are at 118 per cent," be pointed out . The national officer praised the Oregon Farm Bureau members on their ability to be controvers ial as a sign of "growth in think-lag." Woe Elks Bare These Salem Elks Lodge members i fa r xJ u UU? t, I M l. if 11 II II.. N to raise used clothing for their annual collection. The clothes will be given to balem's needy at Christmas-time. Especially needed are children's and work clothes. Elks who nearly gave their all here at a lodge meeting Thursday are Harry Wenderoth, Fred Phillips, Leroy Gard, Perry O. De- Lap, Gilbert Wynkoop, James Byers, Glenn Burright, E. E. Boring, hammer, Curtis Hall and Judge Joseph Felton. (Statesman Photo.) 1800 Crowd Auditorium For 'Follies' Nearly 1800 people packed tne Salem High Sschool Auditorium Friday night for the fast moving "High Fever Follies" sponsored Dy ine &aiem memorial nospiuu Auxiliary, r eopie were lurneu away at the door an hour before the performance began as all tickets had been sold. Mrs. Kenneth Sherman, presi- den of the auxiliary, estimates that over $5,000 will be realized from. the home talent show. All proceeds will be used to equip the new wing of the Salem Memori al Hospital to be completed early in 1954. Over 200 Salem men and wom en participated in the show which proved to be an evening oi rol licking good fun, high stepping, dance routines, say tunes ana clever humor. Chris Carter came from New York to produce to show for the Jerome H. Cargill Co. Mau rice Brennen directed the orches tra and Mrs. William H. Ham mond played for every rehearsal and the entire show. It was not only the ticket sale that made the follies a success. but the 600 patron tickets sold way in advance of the show and the program which containec over $4,000 worth of advertising. Mrs. Charles Heltzel served as chairman for the show and work ed for months organizing the pro duction. She also assisted Mrs. Bruce F. Pickett in obtaining the home talent for the follies. (Additional story on page 2.) OCCUPY RED BASE HANOI. Indochina W The French High Command announced Friday that thousands of French irrSv occupied the big rebel Vietnimh j . i warbase ot Dien Bien Phu, 180 miles west of Hanoi. Today's Statesman SECTION I General News - 2,3,5 Editorials, Features 4 Society News 6 Valley News .. 7 Church News 8 SECTION II Sports News 1,2 Radio, T V. . 3,4 Market .News 3 Classifieds 3-6 Senator John Merrifield master of ceremonies, introduced by Ben Robinsofi, president of the state organization. Barbara Young was soloist, ac companied by Joyce Messier. both Willamette University stu dents. Announcement was made bv Waldo Arena, Hood River, chair- man oi ue nominating commit - tee, that Robinson, vice president. actinff nresident. nt rhnun fn the 1954 head; Fred Rueck, Bon- anza, for first Vice president; and wcub ajui; iuuwucu is nolo- ov- er second vice rjresident . ."""uu w Wui piew me convention. - 1953 PRICE 5c Midwest Area Efforts for Clothing Drive literally gave the shirts off their Ice Box Scheme Chills Market on Turkey Giveaway SACRAMENTO (J) A local chain grocery store which had ol fered to exchange turkeys for abandoned ice box doors halted the project Friday after 4,000 tur- keys were given away. The cnam originally offered 1,000 dealns of youngsters trapped in the r tight ice boxes The store spokesman said one junk dealer was seen selling ice box doors for a fraction of the cost of a turkey in .front of one of the stores, adding: He was doing brisk business. What we can't figure out it, where did he get the doors?" Wet Forces Win Corvallis Liquor Round PORTLAND t "Wet" fdf ces Friday won the fight for liquor-by-the-drink in the long dry city of Corvallis. The Oregon Liquor Control Com mission approved three licenses for the city, home of Oregon State College, at a meeting in Portland. Two other applications were turned down. Licenses were granted to the Benton Hotel and the Moose and Elks clubs. - Rejected were the applications of two taverns, which the commission said did not meet requirements of the law. The five applications and one from the Corvallis Hotel had been approved earlier by the City Coun cil. Tha annliration from the Cor- vallis Hotel had not been received Friday by the commission. The action climaxed a drawn- out between 'wet" and "dry" fn thA ritv Tho rammiion held a public hearing on the question Thursday. W. A. Spangler, chairman, said the commission felt there are no legal grounds for refusal, since the local governing body of Cor vallis had given the applications its endorsement He said the commission up to this point had carried out its pol icy of not granting licenses with out a favorable endorsement of local governing bodies. 58 Donate Blood At Woodburn Stop SUUsmaa News Servict WOODBURN Sixty-five don ors turned out here Friday and gave 58 pints of blood at the regular Marion CourUy Red Cross blood drawing held from 3 to p. m. in American Legion "HalL Three persons became eueible for the galloneeri club Fred Hubert and Harold Livesay, both of Woodburn, and Mrs. Frances L. Green of Aurora. Max. - 4S - -50 .51 - M - 11 Mln. 37 42 42 : 5S : 47 Preclp Salem trace lmnd m .00 M J0O 1 Chicago I New York I FORECAST (from VS. weather bu- 7Etil 5ht: t to- day. with heavier rain tonight High i , I SALEM precipitatiox 1 Sine Start af Weather Tear Sept. - iXhte Ycmr La,t Year Normal I ut , v 2M ....... fcos No. 238 backs, and more, in their efforts Charles W. Claggett, Carl Steel Union Rites Slated for Thanksgiving A Thanksgiving Day union service, representing nearly 30 Salem churches, will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday in the First Methodist Church. Sponsored by the Salem Min isterial Association, the service will feature the 40-voice Varsity Choir from Salem Academy un der the direction of Prof. J. M. Eby. The Rev. William F. Clay, pas tor of the First Church of the Nazarene, wiU give' the sermon "Gratitude Unfeigned." A Thanksgiving offering will be turned over to the Church World Service for Korean relief. President Eisenhower's Thanks giving Day proclamation will be read by the Rev. Louis E. White, president of the Ministerial As sociation. Chairman of the program com mittee is the Rev. George L. Kolmquist, pastor of Faith Lu theran Church in Keizer. Other committee members are the Rev. W. Gentry, pastor of the Church of God, and the Rev. Ru dolph Woyke of the Bethel Bap tist Church. Many Salem and Willamette Valley churches are planning in dividual Thanksgiving Day serv ices. For details see The Statesman church page, page 8 section 1.) Wedding Out For Kidnapers JEFFERSON CITY. Mo. W) The Greenlease kidnap killers Fri day night reached the Missouri Penitentiary where they will die together in the gas chamber one week before Christmas. Carl Austin Hall, 34, and Mrs. Bonnie Heady, 41, were received at the grim, grey walled prison in gathering darkness at 5:35 p m. There will be no death house wedding bells for the pair. Both have been quoted as say ing they wished to be married be fore their date with death. But the government spiked that possibility Friday. He Said 'Don't Leave Me', But Then He Left; Opera Star Apologizes After Walking Out By WILLIAM J. CONWAY CHICAGO Ifl A tenor , who stalked off the stage during an operatic performance voiced an apologetic aria Friday. David Polen. who took the wax Thursday night during a New York City Opera Co. presentation of "Carmen," told newsmen he want ed to make an apology to all con cerned. ' Then the management an nounced It will consider Poleri's future, if any, with the troupe aft er he takes a "good rest" The walkout occurred near the end of the final act at the Civic Opera House. Poleri was singing the part of Don Jose. Gloria Lane was doing the title role. She's-a shapely brunette and, probably, as fetching as the girl she was por traying. Carmen was being importuned b Crosse MINNEAPOLIS (JP) A dungaree and jacket-clad girl found wandering in a drizzle here early Saturday told police the was Evelyn Hartley, 15-year-old La Crosse, Wis, baby-sitter missing from there since Oct. 24. "I need help," the girl told three i ' youths who found her wandering on a' residential street. Sgt. L. C. Knudtson, in charge! of the precinct station where she was taken, said her description an swered that of the missing La Crosse girl. "She is in a semi-hysterical state," Knudtson said. "She whim pers continually and now and then screams. She told us she was Eve lyn Hartley and that she was afraid of her father. When asked where she was from she answered ''Wisconsin," but did not mention LaCrosse, Knudtson said. "If She is not Evelyn Hartley, she's putting on the best act I have ever seen, nutson said. Police said she was in urgent need of a doctor's care and sent her to a hospital. Roger Griep, 19, driver of the car the girl hailed shortly after 1 a.m. said she was "shaking like a leaf during the ride to the police station. Knutson said the girl appeared clean. Her nails were well kept and ther was no indication she had been drinking. It was four weeks ago tonight that the Hartley girl disappeared from the home of Viggo Rasmus sen where she had been tending the Rasmussen baby. Her disap pearance was discovered by her father, Dr. Richard Hartley, a member of LaCrosse State Col lege. Goat (Billy) Gets Goat (Policemen s) A goat got three city police men's goat Friday night But the goat got the worst of the deal in the end and landed i up in r bull pen. i It all started about 7 p. m. j when a woman at 2575 Mission St called city police and said a i billy goat was m her yard. Offi- j cer Harold Edwards responded on his motorcycle. It went in the house to tele phone the goat's owner," said Edwards," and that smelly old goat climbed up on my motor cycle seat and started eating the leather." This was too. much - for Ed wards. He radioed for assistance from Officer Richard Wallace. Wallace arrived in time to see the goat moving in for some more nourishment from Edwards' leather jacket A tap on the head with a flashlight didn't faze the animal and he headed for a clothesline and a tasty blanket The officers secured a cow chain and lassoed the frisky critter. "He had nice big horns too," remarked Wallace with re spect The goat was led to his pen at O. W. Green Meat Co., 1325 S. 25th St and tied up but not for long. A second call later in the eve ning informed police the goat was free again. Wallace returned to the scene and with the aid of Officer Ross Cruzen made short work of capturing the animal "We put him in the bull pen. said Wallace. "Now let's see him get out." More Rainfall On Forecast A wet week end Is coming up says tne weatnerman. Rain was spotty in Salem Fri day and not until 10:30 p.m. did a measurable amount? hit the city. Then .02 fell in an hour and a half. Meanwhile, the Oregon High way Commission Friday started issuing its daily road reports as snow covered highway passes in the Cascade Mountains. Santiam Pass Snow flurries, icy spots on road. One inch new snow, five inches roadside snow. Government Camp Overcast, slush, pack breakin' up. Six inch es of roadside snow. by Don Jose to return to him and to forget about a toreador wno nad stolen her affections. Miss Lane took it from there in a chat with a newsman Friday: He sang (in French) 'Don't leave me,' and then he left So I sang 'Let me go,' and nobody was holding me." Miss Lane sang and acted on the end of the act, aided by the off stage tenor of Walter Fredericks, who rushed from the audience to the wings to fill in. "I kept hoping he (Jose) would come back in time to kill me," Miss Lane related. "Jose was sup posed to stab me, but he wasn't there and there was no dagger, so I just dropped dead." Poleri. in making his unsched uled exit, shouted at Joseph Rosen stock, the conductor: "Finish it yourself." SHS Ram Tilt Tonight The Salem High School Vikings and Central Catholic Rams of Portland, the only two Class A-l football teams is Oregon with an undefeated-untied status. clash tonight at Willamette Uni versity s McCulloch Stadium in a state semifinals playoff game. Kickoff is at eight o clock. The defending state champion Rams will be after their 22nd straight victory, over a two sea son span. The Vikings have won all 10 of their games this sea son. The winner of the game will play for the state championship at Portland next week. If the weather is favorable, a crowd of around 7,000 is likely for the clash. The advance sale of tickets has been far above nor mal throughout the week, indi cating the keen interest in- the prep battle. Local high school officials have erected thousands of bleacher seats around the field in the hope that all attending will have seats. There are no reserved seats and patrons will be seated on a first-come-first served basis. Salem has never before been involved in official playoffs for the Oregon state grid champion- ship. (See complete details and pictures in today's sports sec tion.) Stadter Joins Candidates for Attorney Post j Edward O. Stadter Jr., Salem attorney and former Marion County District Attorney, Friday announced bis candidacy for the position of United States Attor ney for Oregon. Stadter's announcement came at the same time that top Repub licans in this county asked that all candidates for U. S. Attorney vacancy meet next Tuesday, Nov. 24. The executive committee of the Marion County Republican Cen tral Committee has arranged the luncheon meeting for 11:45 a. m. at the Senator HoteL To Present Qualifications At that time all those aspiring to the federal appointment or interested in it are asked to be present and to present their qualifications to the central com mittee, according to Winton Hunt, committee chairman. Candidates who have an nounced their intentions so far for the $12,000 post in addition to Stadter, are Seward Reese, dean of the Willamette University law college and Kenneth G. Thompson, Salem attorney. Sixteen members of the county GOP executive group met Friday afternoon to discuss the matter of candidates. But members men tioned other possible candidates, so it was decided to hold the meeting Tuesday. Active for Position Stadter told the Statesman Fri day night he would be "highly pleased" to receive the U. S. At torney appointment He said he believed the position required a "working attorney" with exper ience in that line. Stadter was district attorney here for one four-year term but did not seek the office a second time. He said he would actively seek the appointment The central committee said it on a candidate for the appoint ment so that the committee could make its recommendations to national committee posts. Dr. Rosenstock also is the com pany's general director. Poleri, who stood convicted of failing to kin Carmen, told report ers Friday that he wanted to make an apology that would cover the director, cast and public Poleri, 28, said he had had an attack of bursitis and a heavy schedule and the combination built up to the point wbese he "exploded at the wrong time." Dr. Rosenstock issued this state ment: - "I have no personal antagonism toward Mr. Poleri I feel badly because he thought so little of hi obligations to me, his colleagues and the public , . ; "Should Mr. Poleri find, after taking a good rest, that he feels better, we win then discuss the possibility of his future with the company.