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The Weather
The Department of the Inter-;
ior, which has been raked fore
and aft by; public power propon
ents in the Northwest for run-S
ning out on a federal Hells Can-,
yon dam, i$ under fire in the Mid
west for alleged desertion of
REAs. !
The latter attacks stemmed out
of an order for the latter to estU
mate their nnwpr iwodt frnm anvi
ernment projects and contract
fr them by Jan. 1, 1954. An?
surplus after that date would be
sold to private distributors. f
Immediately the REAs and
their political allies screamed to
high heaven that they were being
crucified. I The department made
a partial retreat by extending the
time for decision nd making re
visions of demands possible at
five-year intervals. That didn't
end the clamor, however, and
presumably it will be amplified
in the coming political campaign.
The REAs have a friend in
court in the person of Sen. Ml
Langer of North Dakota who not
only cultivates controversy but
thrives on it, especially if it givfes
him a chance to pose as the farm
er's friend. In ; this instance he
was a ready accomplice because
the spokesman! f6r the Interior
Department was Fred Aandahl,
former governor of North Dako
ta who gave Langer a pretty good
race in the last senatorial elec
tion. While Langer was coaxed
off objecting to Aandahl s ap
pointment as assistant secretary,
he could see in the 1
(Concluded on' Editorial Page4)
Foes of Grid
i i
Lead But Slin
In Percentage
The battle-of-the-votes oni Sa
lem's one-way traffic grid wai al
most a standoff Thursday. Of j the
508 new ballots cast, 256 opposed
the grid and 252 favored it!
The one-day count left oppo
nents still well ahead in the Over
all tally. It was 1499 to 1185.(But
their margin stood at 55.8 j per
cent instead of the 57.6 per jeent
of the j previous day a drop of
2.2 per cent j j
An increasing number of votes'
were- thrown- out Thursday!-because
of duplications or other ir
regularities. I j
Of the 1499 votes urging sthat
the grid be abolished, 308 were
eastt by persons residing more
than 5 miles from Salem. I
Of the 1185 votes favoring re
tention of the grid, 129 were; cast
by persons residing more than 5
miles from Salem. 1
Several votes came to j The
Statesman office in the form of
a petition. V One, representing an
informal luncheon "club," had 28
signatures. One business office
had another with seven, j
The ballot for The Statesman's
informal poll appears for the last
time today -(page 10, section 1).
Deadline for voting is midnight
tonight Ballots postmarked or!
brought to jThe Statesman office J
after that hour win not oe coum
ed. Final results will be given in
The Statesman Sunday. !
i
Johnny Cries
At Divorce
JUAREZ I-W Crying jJohnny
Ray wept i Thursday as his wife
Marilyn Morrison Ray wasj grant
ed a Juarez divorce. j
The singer broke into tears as
Miss! Morrison filed her (petition
charging incompatability. The' di
vorce was ; granted in Juarez First
Federal Court by Judge Fernando
Romero Figuroa. f
"l don't j think any man -likes to
see a marriage go on the j rocks."
Ray said.! "I hope some! day to
marry again and have a home and
kids." - i !
Miss Morrison said the! divorce
was very i unpleasant. J
"This will be my first and last,"
she said. I I
Asked if she planned to marry
again, she said "we'll sek."
Redmond Winds
Cause Damage
REDMOND ( A 4$-mile an
hour wind with gusts to 65 hit this
area just before noon Thursday,
causing minor power linjs breaks.
The blow preceded the first of
a series of cold fronts expected in
Central Oregon. The temperature,
which was 42 Wednesday night,
dropped to 33 and wet snow start
ed falling. - ' V
Animal Crackers
;v Warren Goodrich
?Hwrry, dor, unpack th kids.
103RD YEAR
First Graders Check Their Guns at the Door
h
Checking gns at the door of their
-.h li.' :i ' ,te p i I p , i ;
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ver School took part in during "Cowboy Day" Thursday. Originator of the "Cowboy Day" idea, Mrs.
Wayne Jordan, first grade teacher, is shown above relieving first graders Beverly Loomis and Robert
Foote Jr., of their six shooters before starting the day's studies which emphasized cowboys and ranch
life. (Statesman photo.)
Ike Asks, Social Security Expansion
Solons Vote Tax Cut for Dividends
By CHARLES F. BARRETT
WASHINGTON (JB The House
Ways and Means Committee, bow
ing to a long-time plea from busi
ness circles, approved Thursday
a three-year program of sharp re
ductions in taxes on income from
dividends.
Staff experts said the proposed
changes would mean a saving of
240 million dollars for about 4 mil
lion taxpaying stockholders the
first year.
The ultimate loss in revenue was
estimated at from 500 million to
one billion dollars annually, when
the cuts reach full effect.
A majority of committee Dem
ocrats reportedly resisted the
move, but were voted down in a
closed-door committee session.
First Controversy
This marked the first substan
tial controversy in a committee j
project aimed at rewriting almost
all the nation's tax laws with a
view to simplifying and clarifying
them and removing alleged ine
quities. The committee is acting page-by-page
on recommendations draft
ed by treasury and congressional
staff experts, after. months of la
bor. A Democratic move to require
deduction of taxes at the source of
dividend payments, much as tax
es are withheld from wages, was
beaten. Members said this was a
straight party-line vote, 15 Repub
licans against 10 Democrats.
Weald . Cut Revenue
The new proposal eventually
would relieve about one third of
the 4 million taxpaying stockhold
ers from paying any federal taxes
at all on their dividend income.
It provides that individuals will
pay no income taxes on dividends
up to $50 in the case of a tax
able year ending between next
July 31 and Aug. 1, 1955.
For later years, individuals
would pay no income taxes up. to
$100 of dividends received.
The committee also approved
new sections permitting workers
to deduct transportation expenses.
even those incurred in the work
er's home town, as a business ex
pense. This means workers could
take the standard 10 per cent
deduction allowed for such per
sonal expenses as charitable con
tributions, medical expenses and
so forth, and still get a further
deduction for transportation ex
penses incurred at work. It does
not apply to expenses of commut
ing to and from work.
Illegal Parking
Costly
in Portland
PORTLAND tf Police records
show that in December 499 motor
ists wher parked between 4 p.m.
and 6 p.m. in downtown tow-away
tones paid more than $4,500 to re
gain then cars. .
LL John Pittenger said 72 of the
vehicles were from outside - Ore
gon. The $9 average penalty per
car was divided about equally be
tween parking fines and towihg
charges.
The daily average of towed cars
so far this year has been 17, Pit
tenger said.
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first grade class room was one of
Nash, Hudson
Consolidation
Plan Approved
DETROIT in Consolidation of
Nash Kelvinator Corp. and Hud
son Motor Car; Co. was approved
Thursday by directors of the two
companies subject to stockholder
approval. Stockholder meetings
will be held in March.
The resulting corporation will
be known as American Motors
Corp.
Under the plan Nash, Hudson
and Kelvinator will operate as
separate divisions of American
Motors. The dealer and sales or
ganizations will retain their sepa
rate identities.
Hudson and Nash Kelvinator
together had assets of more than
355 million dollars and working
capital in excess of 100 million as
of last Sept 30. Their combined
sales for the year ended last Sept
30 were in excess of 680 million.
The Nash r Hudson consolida
tion, if completed, will be the sec
ond move of its kind in the auto
industry during the past year. Last
spring Kaiser Motors purchased
Willys - Overland Motors for 62
million.
That leaves only Packard and
Studebaker -as single entities
among the car makers.
McMirinville Gusts
Black Out Town
Statesman Newt Service
McMINNVILLEL The entire
city of McMinnville was blacked
out for 24 minutes shortly before
4 a.m- s, Thursday, when wind
gusts shorted two 2,400-volt pow
er lines, burning outlines in two
spots.
Teletypes were affected and
the West Coast phone company
switched, to batteries until repairs
were completed.
Do You Drive a
Car or Herd It?
(Starting today The Statesmaa is
posing questions, both common -and
uncommon. 'to which drivers should
know the answers and apply them.
Both questions and answers - arc
checked with traffic experts).
Question: If 1 am driving in
the left-most lane of a . one-way
street or am just' right of the
center lane of a two-way street,
can I turn left into a one-way
street against a ted light?.
Answer; Yes, you should, after
stopping and giving right-of-way
to cars or pedestrians already on
the one-way street into which
you are turning. The same is
true of Tight turns on a red
light, ' whether you are on one
way or two-way streets.
1V
FOUNDED
the first activities pupils at Hoo
WASHINGTON UB JL President
Eisenhower urged Congress
Thursday to boost social security
benefits quickly for America's
older citizens and give 10 million
more people protection from "the
fear i . . of destitution.
Eisenhower also asked that the
amount of income taxed for pen- j
sion purposes be raised from $3,-1
600 to $4,200. and ithat retired I
persons be allowed to earn more
at part time jobs without losing
social security benefits.
The President proposed that a
beneficiary be allowed to earn up
to $1,000 a year and still get his
pension. Above that, he would i
lose a month's benefits for each
extra $80 of earnings.
Changing the tax base would
mean that workers making more
than $3,600 would find up to $12
mure a year in Kuciat security
deductions coming lout of their
pay -checks. Their employers
would have to match the amounts.
(Additional details on page 2,
section 1.) I
Nudist (groups
Divide, Claim
Raiv Deal
CORVALLIS Wi f- The Willam
ette Valley now is! going to have
two nudist colonies
A disagreement j over purchase
of property on which the Ever
green Lodge nudi$t camp is lo
cated in the hills south of Philom
ath caused more than half of the
Evergreen members j to resign,
Wayne Weathersby, a lodge direc
tor, reported Thursday.
He said IS quit land will set up
their own colony f in the Eugene
area. They filed; supplementary
article of incorporation in the
county clerk's office here under
the name "the Willamettans."
The articles specified location of
a new camp and main office at
h.ugene.
About 10 will remain with the
Evergreen Lodge! group Weathers
by. said. j
The nudists have had headquar
ters at the Philomath camp about
three years without incident In
the summer of 1942 a Northwest
nudists' meeting wai held at the
camp.
Daily Speller
Following are! 29 Words from a
list of 1000 which will form the
basis for semi-final and final oral
competition in i The Statesman
KSLM Mid-Valley - Spelling Con
test for 1954, in which 83 schools
are participating, j
stationery
lieutenant
puncture
accordance
twentieth
youth
excellent
responsible
speedometer discussion
disagreeable gradually
enormous pleasing
ornament I instrument
quotation s miacle
librarian I opponent
Tin Oregon, Statesman, Salom, Oregon,
One Vehicle! Tows
Another Away j
After Two Collide
i !
Two vehicles collided at Lib
erty and Center streets late
Thursday afternoon) and one
obligingly towed the other
away. It happened to te a
wrecker. f --
The wrecker, owned by ,pa
vidson's garage, was, driven! by
Donald M. McCue, 4805 Bailey
Rd. I !
Police said a car operated by
John Roop, 1365 N. 18th SU hit
the side of the wrecker and re
ceived a smashed front end.! No
one was hurt. j I
The wrecker, which received
minor damage, then towedithe
car off to a garage, j
Wilson New
President of
Salem Chest
Otto J. Wilson was elected pre
sident of Salem Community: Chest
Thursday as the chest board of
directors plunged into its 1954
program. (Pictures; on pige 2,
section 1). ! j
The board whittled down agen
cy funds in final approval; of the
current funds distribution; de
cided to expand the annual tours
to state chest-supported agencies
for child care and other func
tions; ' agreed to j ask national
chest leaders to confer with lo
cal officials; initiated organiza
tion of the 1954 fund campaign.
Other officers elected are Har
old D. Robertson, ;first vice pre
sident; Herbert E. (Barker,) second
vice president; Arthur Bi Bates,
treasurer. C. A. iKells was re
elected executive Secretary.
The current fund report show- j
ed $119,615 has been raised for'
this year's support of the variou
youth and character building or
ganizations, i j
On the basis of this fund report
and the expectation that some
additional donations will be re
ceived, the board approved alloca
tion to local agencies which are
the same as each group; has re
ceived from the chest in each of
the past two years, plus (a distri
bution of $4,442 which was over
paid last year and must come out
of the current fund. i
Two special I appropriations
n.iI:i
u.;ii nLA mnn. intn o'Four foreign ministers conference
nue wnen it opens its new build-
ing and $700 Salvation Army
rMt tnA i
Leaders also reported! the new
Christmas Bureau established
with chest offices as headouar-
ters last' month: provided clear
ing house for a list of 374 needy
familife iv inrli iiluotc and 1
organizations usiH thp list in Hi.
! recting their Christmas! charities
Tne Dulk 0f fUnds raised by the
cnest gocs to th(se salchr groups -
. YMCA, YWCA, Boy Scouts, Girl
J Scouts' Catholic! Charities, Salva-
inn Armw r-.mn EN..- -;.!,
Gamma Globulin
Fights Pplio in
Aleutian Isles
NEW YORK (if) - The National
Foundation for Infantile Paralysis
said a lone doctor in the tiny Aleu
tian -island of; St. Paul began
Thuisday injecting the entire popu
lation with gamma globulin j to
combat a rising polio .epidemic.
There have been two polio deaths
among the 360 i Aleut $eal hunters
and U. S. agents on the island. 800
miles west of Anchorage.
Dr. C. Earl Albrecht, territorial
health officer at Juneau, Alaska,
told the foundation by telephone
that a portable iron lung and 3.000
cc's of the scarce blood fraction
were flown directly to St. Paul
from Anchorage Thursday. j
Later 3 000 cc's and other sup
plies were rushed from New York
to Anchorage to be landed or para
chuted onto the island.
Missing prison CuaM Worked
On Illinois Sanitarium Farm
Missing State Prison guard Vic
tor Harry WUliams, 40, worked as
a farm hand at Mercyville Sanit
arium, Aurora, III.,! for a short
time after his mysterious dis
apearance from Salem last April
3, state police said; Thursday.
State police Capt.l Ray Howard
said he received a telegram yes
terday from! the institution stat
ing that Williams worked there
from July 14 to Aug. 2. 1953.
Where Williams' is now the in-'
stitutron and police dont know.
It is believed he jhas relatives
in the Aurora areaj
The ex-guard's social security
number which ie gave the sanit
arium checked out! with the soc
ial security! card found in his
wallet on Highway 99 W ! near
Rickreall the morning after he
vanished, Howard 'said.
Police have airmailed a photo
graph of Williams to the sanitar
ium to get positive; identification.
If the photo checks out, How
ard said police would drop the
Friday January 15. 1S54
nowstormj Warning
Issued for NortHwest
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India Plans to Return
: fi
PWs ! Before Deadline
i By WILLIAM C. BARNARD
PANMUNJOM VP) India decided Thursday on its own to start;
turning back nearly 23,000 disputed prisoners to their captors Jan.:
20 three days ahead of the deadline and said if either side freed!
them it would violate the armistice.
In Washington, the U.S. Army chief of staff. Gen., Matthew B.
Ridgway told a Senate committee "I would think that serious conse-i
quences could flow from such an
action on the part of custodial
forces of India a premature re
lease." ' Ridgway said ''I'd be concerned
by the Communist reaction to such
a release."
' In Korea, the U. N. Command
prepared to take back 22.500 Chi
nese and North Koreans from the
anti-Red camp ; but went ahead
with plans to set them free as
civilians at 12:01 a. m. Jan. 23.
India's announcement drew quick
criticism from the Swedish and
Swiss members of the Neutral Na
tions Repatriation Commission al
though both were agreeable to
tlirnincr t7tr f Vi o nncnnapf fi Ton
20. i
The other members. Communist
Poland and Czechoslovakia, did not
make any public comment.
India acted after the Red and
U. N. Commands held firmly to
conflicting positions which left op
en the possibility the prisoners in
the anti-Red camp might break
out on Jan. 23 if not released.
U.S. Willing to
Compromise
On Pairley Site
WASHINGTON CP) The United
States was reported willing Thurs
day night to end the wrangle with
Russia over the site of the Big
in order to get jt started on time
j Ja" . f . .. . . .
1 Preliminary talks have bogged
down ,n Berlin on the site question
but lt was ,"nderstood the United
states woul compromise at the
next meeting, probably Friday aft
ernoon. ;
The Russians have been insist
in? that half the Big Four talks be
'held in the Soviet controlled East
' 20116 of Berlin and half in the
! controlled Western Zone,
- T1,c United States. Britain and
France had been holding out for a
straight rotation among each of
the four powers, thus making it
three meetings in the West to one
in the East.;
inrormed quarters said Thurs
day night the United States, in line
with a policy to head off any Com
munist stall which would delay
the foreign ministers meeting, was
i prepared to: give in on the site de
tail. 1 ne teenng was mat it is
much too minor a detail on which
to make a stand which would de
lay the mOeting.
Today's Statesman
SECTION 1
Editorials, features ' 4
Society, i women's -6, 7, 10
Valley and Farm 13
' SECTION 2
Food news 1-4
Business news 8
Comics L .... 9
Radio, TV 9
Crossword, Star Gazer 9
Sports 10-12
Markets ; .13
Classified Ads 13-15
case as 'there is no charge
against Williams.
Clue to Williams whereabouts
came Wednesday when his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Wil
liams of Turner, received a tax
withholding statement from the
sanitarium mailed Jan. 6.
. The statement was addressed
to the ex-guard in care of his
mother, f '
The previous day- police in
vestigated what turned out to be
a phony tip from a Portland
woman that two men had killed
Williams and put his body in a
well near RickreaH.;
: Williams dropped frora sight
the night of April 3 when he
left his wife and fqur children
at their' home on Route 4, Box
192, presumably to go to work
at the. prison.
The next, day his wallirt, coat,
hat and tie were found to High
way 99 W and the following day
bis carl was discovered ' in Port
land. J
PRICE Sc
Bride
SAN FRANCISCO Actress Mari
lyn Monroe became the bride
of ex-baseball star Joe DfMag
Xio Thursday in a civil cere
mony performed by a municipal
Judge. i
Marilyn, Joe
Married in j
San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO ,Ut Gor
geous Marilyn Monroe and Joe Di
Maggio were married Thursday in
what wasj supposed to have been
a quiet ceremony, but wasn't?
Judge Charles S. Peery,, presid
ing jurist ; of the municipal court,
performed; the civil ceremony be
hind closed doors in his chambers
while an estimated crowd of 500
jammed the corridor outside on
the third floor of San Francisco's
City Hall.:
In an effort to keep their much-
talked about but unannounced wed
ding plans secret, the film star
and the former Yankee baseball
slugger didn't even let the judge
know he was to perform the; cere
mony until early Thursday .after
noon. ; j
Yet by jthe time they were mar
ried the xrowd was so thick that
Di Maggio, aided by his best man.
restaurant manager Reno Barsoc
chini anj Lefty O'Doul, had to el
bow a pathway for Marilyn to
the elevator. :
Joe and Marilyn left on a brief
honeymoon for an unannounced
destination. "Just driving?' Joe
said. J; ' j
No Plan! for Movies
He indicated the plan to make
their home in San Francisco, going
to Hollywood whenever Marilyn
has a picture to make. Bu, Mari
lyn said, she has no plans for
movies now.
It wai the second marriage for
each. Miss Monroe was married
at 15 to James Dougherty, now a
policeman in Van Nuys, Calif. Her
studio . says it "was a short-lived
marriage which she pcrfers to
forget.'! I
Joe was divorced from Dorothy
Arnold.l a film actress. They had
one son; l
Miss I Monroe and Dil Maggio
have been virtually hiding put here
for more than a week, primarily
to keep: their marriage plans sec
ret i I
Orchid: Corsage ;
- She was bare headed, I wearing
a dark brown broadcloth suit with
a wide white ermine collar. She
carried a corsage of three white
orchids. ; ; i
Di Maggio wore a dark blue
business suit, and long before
the ceremony began consider
able of Marilyn's lipstick.
Joe ' kissed Marilyn, somewhat
bashfully but very weDi for the
photographers. He did it repeated
ly without too much urging.
Judge Peery missed out Later,
he explained, "it was my first
meeting with her. I didn't want
to bejtoo forward." I
Max. Mia. Free!,
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49 SI J3
S7i 35 .00
33 23 . X2
Salem -
Portland j ,
San Francisco .
Chicago j-
Kew York j...
.33 17 tract
Willamette River 1.4 feet.
iFORECAST itor V. S. weather bu
reau. McNarjr field. Salem):
I Rain with rusty winds today, turn
ing to snow flurries tonight. High to
day near 45. ; low tonight near 2a.
Temperature at 12:01 ajn. was 42.
No. 291
3 to 6 Inches
Predicted for
Seattle Area
SEATTLE ft i Moisture laden
clouds moving toward the Pacific
Northwest are expected to bump
into a cold front near Seattle Fri
day and dump from three to six
inches of snow on the Puget Sound
region, the Weather Bureau ad
vised in a special storm warning
Thursday night, j.
Blizzard weather comparable to
that which hit this region four
years ago Jan. 13 are apossibility.
the weather man said, and it would
Only Snow Flurries
Forecast for Salem
Weathermen I at M c N a r y
Field, Salem, are forecasting
rain and gusty winds today
with snow flurries late tonight.
They predict the Salem, area
won't be hit by the main force
of the storm moving in from
the north.
However, another storm off
the coast may: move in Satur
day, bringing freezing rain for
a short period.
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take "a near miracle'' to head off
very heavy snowfall. Accompany
ing temperatures are expected to
range from 24 to 32 above in West
ern Washington.
To Move Into Oregon
Winters icy blasts, headed to
ward the Puget Sound area in a
three-pronged advance, will cover
the entire state and move into Ore
gon by late Friday night, the
Weather Bureau believes.
Rainfall was seen for Northwest
Oregon until late Friday or early
Saturday when the slowly moving
cold front takes over with its load
of snow. ;
Special FarecasU
In special forecasts, the Weather
Bureau said: !
1. Zero to 10 above cold should
hit Northeastern Washington and
the extreme northern part of Idaho
Thursday night, and extend possi
bly all over Eastern Washington
and Northern j Idaho Friday.
2. A storm which has centered
over Vancouver Island has started
moving slowly southward and rain
in the Seattle-Tacoma area Friday
should turn to snow, with a fall of
3 to 6 inches ' expected by Friday
evening.
South to Newport
3. Storm warnings were ordered
continued at all Washington coast
al stations and south to Newport,
Ore. New southwest storm warn
ings were raised along the Oregon
coast from Newport to Cape Blan
co. ;
Northeastern Washington and
Northern Idaho also are expected
to receive snow and strong winds
that will bring drifts on highways.
The storm moving south from
Vancouver Island bore occasional
rain and strong west to southwest
winds Thursday night, but they
will change! to snow and strong
northerly winds over Washington
state Fridayi
On the coast, west to southwest
winds 30 to 40 miles an hour will
shift to northerly winds during the
day ; Friday, with gusts to 50, the
forecast said.
Listing Ship
Drops Cargo
SEATTLE m The steam
schooner Lumberlady was .forced
to jettison its deck cargo of 20,000
feet of lumber Thursday when it
developed a dangerous list off the
Oregon Coast, the Coast Guard re
ported Thursday night
The 253-foot schooner is owned
by the Owen-Parks Lumber Co.,
Los Angeles. The Coast Guard has
dispatched the cutter Bonham
from Coos Bay, Ore., to the point
47 miles to the northwest which
the Lumberlady gave as its posi
tion. !
Heavy seas blown up by a wind
which reached gusts of - 50 miles
an hour further complicated the
2,333 ton vessel's difficulties.
The latest report from the Lum
berlady said it was in no immedi
ate danger. Cause of the list was
not given.
GRAND SLAM MADE
MONTE CARLO Ml Capt Ben
O. Homsson of Spartanburg. S. C,
bid and Imade a grand slam in
diamonds Thursday at the final
session of the International Bridge
Tournament at which an American
team of experts won its fourth
straight world title.
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