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OEP S3jjQS PCDCDDCg The Weather all Max. Mia. Prcd m; a m a .7s , 5; SO M 30 i IS Trac , 3; 33 33 Salem Portland San Francisco Chicago New York FORECAST (from V. S. weather bureau.' McNary Held, i Salem): Periods of mixed ram and snow to day. Occasionally falling as snow to night. High today 38 to 38 and low tonight 30 to 32. Temperature at 12:01 was 32. j POUNDDD 1651 i, ; - rfsS 1 1 i Ivv I y NsJ . V i - i I ' I i The Senate is about to begin debate on one of the most im portant constitutional questions - in this century. It arises over the so-called Bricker amendment to restate the treaty-making power of our government That power rests with the executive depart ment under our constitution as it has stood all through the years, with the i provision that treaties require ratification by a two thirds vote of the Senate. An other section of the constitution states that the constitution, and laws enacted thereunder and all treaties made under the author ity of the United States shall be the "supreme law of the land" Legalists have raised the issue that there is danger that treaties may supersede or circumvent the constitution. The Bricker amend ment undertakes to keep treaties subordinate to the constitution, but it goes farther with additional provisions which President Eisen hower and Secretary Dulles say would make the conduct of for- - eign relations exceedingly diffi- cult The: three provisions of the j Bricker amendment are: (1) Al provision of a treaty which conflicts with the consti- r tution shall be null and void. ! (2) A j treaty shall become ef fective as internal law in the United States only through legis lation which would be valid in the absence of such a treaty. t (3) Congress shall have power to regulate j all executive and other agreements with any for eign power or international or ganization. f Senator Bricker has mustered many to support his amendment Eminent lawyers led by Frank Holmanjof Seattle, former presi dent of ! S (Continued on editorial page. j4) Three Ejected From Hearing By McCarthy BOSTON tn Sen. McCarthy's second Red-hunting visit to ew England wound up Saturday id an uproarious session marked by the ejection of three persons from; the hearing room. Four of the day's five witnesses invoked the fifth amendment of the U.S. Constitution when they were asked about Communist par ty connections. The fifth said he was a j Communist for a year or two after 1937. ! The most spectacular ejection was that of Nathaniel G. Mills, a Lynn employe of the General Electric Co. under suspension for refusing to answer McCarthy at a previous 1 hearing. Mills suddenly stood Op in the rear of the court room, and shouted:, f "McCarthy, I accuse you of con spiring with the company and get ting the jobs of General Electric people," The senators was sitting as a one-man committee. I To encouraging shouts of "throw him out" from most of the specta tors, the marshals yanked ; Mills out into the aisle, into the corridor and into an elevator. One Satisfies The I only witness who satisfied the senator ,was Simon Pallet of Lynn, ! a short, - dark, soft-spoken man who admitted he had been a Communist in 1937 "and for a year or two after that." - I He said he has been a GE em ploye I for about 13 years, f McCarthy complimented j him, saying: ' "You are a pleasant contrast. We realize it is difficult for you to appear publicly and tell of your experiences. It is a very pleasant experience for this committee to find a man who freely admits he was a dupe. He aids the commit tee greatly." I Both; Expelled Theodore G. Pappas, 29, who said he was a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School was expelled from the hearing room' with his attorney. Oliver S. Allen, just as Pappas had finished his testimony. f Pappas said he wanted to read a statement,. McCarthy called the marshals to remove him. Issues Objection BOSTON W) Atty. Oliver S. Allen, 43, physically ousted Satur day j from a hearing before Sen. McCarthy, said a "repition of to day's events will sound the death knell of the independence! of the American bar." Allen; a lawyer for W years, was! expelled on McCarthy's order after a discussion over the testi mony of his client, Theodore G. Pappas, 29, General Electric Co. worker. : - I "I was forcibly ejected from the! hearing room because I was doing my sworn duty as ah Amer ican lawyer," Allen declared in a statement to the press, fit is a duty to advocate and to defend, without fear or favor, the rich and 1 the poor, the orthodox and the un orthodox, the popular and the un popular. 1 1 . j Reconciliation Hopes Fade After 18 Years STEVENS POINT, Wis. U1 Gerald E. Larson finally gave up hope of a ' reconciliation with his wife, Bernice. . f He was granted a divorce when he told the court Mrs. Larson left him on their wedding night 18 103RD YEAR Sdlem City Abounds in Showmen and Snowmaidens, Both Curvaceous and Conventional I ii ii i i ii ' minnai a :j. ..;-' T -rr- :..,,.,r.,.. . ,-Ir,.7. 4 , , . - t . - t... , . ' ' I : U ",M..m ti . ! i-.'l -T7 I 1 ? - 1 Vi- ' viiil!V': f ' I i Xr . i it.- j t..:.,,- , 1. I . ;!.. . .): 1 ,- - , "",11 r ' I - i- ' 1 ii'-""- - t : i .A . j; V"' "- i 1 ;' . ! I f! NSf:- r ' i ' "'S i V ' V i- '! -V i L. i- 1. - ..: sL: Ni iiL -J A .. ". : L f The Willamette Valley's first snowstorm of the season found snow sculptors busy at work Saturday in Salem. Snowmen, and snow women, of all shapes and sizes dotted the city scene. Jesse J. Williams, 4040 State St fashioned this devout, but none-the-less nude runner-up to Venus Victorieuse (left). And like Venus she bowed out of the picture only seconds after the picture was taken Allies, Russiaj Agree On Berlin Parley Site BERLIN (JP)-The Western Allies! announced early Sunday a "basic decision" has been reached with the Soviet Union on where in Berlin the sessions of the four-power foreign ministers will be held starting Jan. 25. Then the Berlin commandants of the four powers went back into session to work on details. They finally retired after deciding to Slide Damages Coaxial Cable; Interrupts TV ROSEBURG. Ore. Ufi A slid ing hillside damaged a coaxial cable about 50 miles south of here Saturday, knocking out network television programs in the Pacific Northwest.' A spokesman for the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co. said crews were working in the Wolf Creek area to restore service. The underground cable in that area is along a steep hillside, which start ed slipping after soaking rams weakened it. This put a strain on . the cable and water seeped inside. Chances were slim that TV service could be restored before Sunday, as the continuing rain hampered efforts of repairmen. The cable carried television pro grams as well as regular tele phone calls and wires leased by the Associated Press and other news services. Long distance telephone calls were being rerouted through Cen tral Oregon, the spokesman said, but delays were likely. Television stations in Portland, Seattle, Tacoma and Yakima all were without network programs. Gets One Scent Bounty for Skunk JEFFERSON, Iowa W - Little Junior McCain got a new rifle and set out to hunt a certain ani mal on which "friends" told him bounty was being paid. He proudly walked into the county auditor's office, plunked his kill on the counter and asked for his money. However, the office air turned blue and the seventh grade young ster fled. There's no bounty on skunks. Today's Statesman SECTION 1 Story of A-Sub Editorials, features Grid comments Garden news . : Sports . SECTION 2 Society, women's Crossword puzzle - Phone answerer Radio; TV Classified ads , Valley news 1 SECTION 3 I i Full - color comics. 8, 10 1.5 10 3 SECTIONS 28 PAGES Digs Out resume their deliberations Sunday afternoon at a time to be fixed later. They gave no hint of what the basic decision was. i An American spokesman said all four powers agreed that none of the details of a compromise ap parently being worked out would be made public until the final de cision is reached. ' The Saturday-Sunday overnight session lasted almost 12 hours. The conferees broke up last week after being stymied on the Soviet demand for equal division of the sessions between East and West Berlin. I David Crockett i j s Dies Following Fall at Dance David O. Crockett. 1393 Franklin St., was pronounced dead on ar riving at Salem; Memorial Hospital Saturday night after he fell while at a dance at the West Salem American Legion Hall. Assistant County Coroner Charles C. i Edwards said an autopsy win be made Monday to determine whether he died from striking his head on the floor when he fell or from other causes. Crockett, 52, had pushed his car from a snow bank a short time be fore, city police reported witnesses as saying and Just returned to the hall when he fell. City first aid men were called and Willamette Ambulance carried him to the hos pital. Crockett is survived by bis wi dow, Mrs. Virginia Crockett of Sa lem. Funeral services will be an nounced later by the Virgil T. Gold en Co. Oregon GOP ElectsBoehnke PORTLAND CP The Oregon Republican Central Committee unanimously i elected Ed Boehnke ot Eugene as chairman Saturday. He was the only candidate to succeed Robert Elliott, Medford, who resigned because of the press of business. ' ; Boehnke bis been chairman of the Lane County Central Commit tee. - li ., 12 PEOPLE PIE IN WRECK URUAPAN. Mexico 1 Twelve persons were killed and 17 seri ously injured near here Saturday when a bus and a truck collided on a dangerous mountain curve near the extinct volcano Pancuun. Th Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon. Sunday, 1 mm m rom when gravity proved : too much for her backbone. ! Young Alan Kuhnly, 17 months (center), surveyed the white expanse from the top of this king-sized snowball rolled into shape by his daddy, Paul F. Kuhnly of 4460 N. Lancaster Dr. A buxom snow woman (right) gets a bit' of touching up from two comely passers-by at 1348 S. 12th St. At left! is Judy Dieker, 1340 State SL, and (right) Jan Nausea Fatal to Daughter of WASHINGTON1 OD Mrs. Lu- cian Blaine Clarke, beautiful 26-; year-old j; daughter of Iceland's minister, sswallowed about 30 sleep ing pills ; early Saturday and then choked to death, authorities re ported, j; j The death, which occurred after Mrs. Clarke and her husband had returned! to their home in fash ionable (Chevy Chase, Md., after an evening of dancing and dining, ; was officially ruled an accident. Dr. Frank J, Broschart, Mont gomery County,' Md., coroner, who issued the ruling after an autopsy, said the; sleeping pills could not have been the !j cause! of death. He said Mrs; Clarke "has been drinking' a good bit" and became nauseated. I i "She aspirated (drew in by suc tion) allot of stomach contents into bronchial tubes," he said. "How ( many capsules she took makes no difference.! They do not act in that short a time." But Broschart added that the pills "may have had something to do with the nausea." The cor oner said specimens of Mrs. Clarke's; blood had been forward ed to Baltimore for; tests but he did not expect a report before next week, i No'explanation was offered why Mrs. Clarke swallowed the pills. The dead woman was the daugh ter of Icelandic Minister and Mrs. Thor thors. The family has lived here since 1941. The Clarkes were married last February and have an infant son. GOOD SAMARITAN TERRE HAUTE. Ind. UFi Robert Skaggs said he pushed a stalled; i car Friday and refused any pay for his favor, then had to fork up $100 when the driver pulled j a pistol on him. Iceland Envoy Hull Informs India U.N. Plans to Release PWs By WILLIAM C BARNARD PANMUNJOM. Sunday (fl - Gen. John E. Hull Saturday night told India that his U. N. Far East Command definitely will free 22,- 500 Chinese and North Korean prisoners as civilians in anti-Red territory Jan. 23. He disputed In dia s charge this would violate the armistice, J 1 Instead, Gen. Hull said the sup ervisory commission which India heads will be deliberately avoiding "an Important element" of the ar mistice by prematurely turning back ' these inen as war prisoners Wednesday. ! - Hull insisted the neutral nations repatriation1 commission has the "solemn .obligation" to hold on to them until j Saturday and then let them go as civilians. Hull's letter clashed with views expressed to him by LL Gen. K. Under r 5 ' Final Tally Gives Edge To Opponehts of Grid Participants in The Statesman's poll on Salem's one-way grid voted 2,029 to 1,612 against the system, a final tally of: ballots showed Saturday. Some of the system's opponents said the vote proved that one way streets were generally disliked. Some of the j proponents said the vote proved that one-way Robber Takes ! Youth, Police Stage Rescue j EUGENE to A robber carried off a 15-year-old service station at tendant Saturday, put the boy was rescued unharmed an hour later by state police at Corvallis. ; Arrested in the car with him was Robert Lee Morris, 32, Flor ence, who was booked on a charge of armed robbery j and kidnapping, and Charles Roland Kibbe. 27, Eu gene, who was booked on a charge of being drunk on a public high way, j The boy is Bobby Calvin Rob erts, Eugene, who accused Morris of taking $52.50 from the service station till after i threatening him with a pistoL The boy said Morris then tried to tie him up, but changed his mind and took him along to keep him from telephon ing police. j I Sgt. Vern Hill of the state police said Kibbe sat in the car through out, taking no part in the robbery or abduction. j Hill said an unidentified witness telephoned them! the car license nomber, saying the car had driven north and something suspicjous Patrolman was - going on. State Eugene Richardson sighted the car at Corvallis and made the arrest without resistance. Young Roberts! said his abductor told him he would shoot if he tried to escape, but did not otherwise threaten him. j I S. Thimayya. India's chairman of the NNRC. His firmly expressed determination to free the prison ers also stood out against a Pet ping broadcast that such an action "will wreck the Korean truce.! Thursday Thimayya sent letters to the U. N. and Red commands which said: 1 f 1. He had decided on his own to turn back unrepatriated prisoners Wednesday because the NNRC was unable to carry out provisions for processing the men. I 2. It was obvious "beyond doubt that the U. N. 'Command is unable to agree to the establishment of conditions or procedure which is "basic" for such processing. ; J. Any move by either side to set these men free "will not be in conformity with the' (armistice) terms of reference." f January 17, 1954 5- Fromme, 1165 Lewis St, The oversize snow creation was the work of Susan and Pamela Morrison of 1348 S. 12th St and Gale Abrams, 1358 S. 12th St. The "old girl" added considerable color to the white scenery with her carrot nose and apple mouth, and acces sories to match. The Statesman received many calls describing photogenic snowmen. (Statesman Photos.) i streets were generally favored because otherwise the vote against them would have been heavier. 55.5 Per Cent Opposed There was a total of 3,641 votes cast. The over-all margin was 55.5 per cent opposed. Of the 2,029 against the grid, 1,591 were from persons resid ing within 5 miles of downtown Salem and 438 from persons re siding more than 5 miles from downtown Salem. ; Of the 1,612 in favor of the grid, 1,424 were from ; persons residing within 5 miles of down town Salem and 188 from persons residing more than 5 miles from downtown Salem. ' Suburban Vote Thus, the within-5-mile vote was 1,591 to 1,424, and the sub urban vote was 438 to 188, both in opposition. Percentagewise, the Ivote of persons residing within! 5 miles of downtown Salem was ; 53 to 47 against the grid; persons residing more than 5 miles from down town Salem 60 to 40 against The final day Saturday brought in 546 new votes, 326 : of them opposed to the grid (including 78 from other towns) land 22ft favoring the grid (including 29; from other towns). (Comments of voters j are on Page 5, Sec. 1, today). j Lyons Woman Overcome j j By Fumes j SUteim aa News Servlet LYONS A Lyons woman was overcome by carbon monoxide fumes in her sleep here early Saturday. The victim was Mrj. Russell Phiel, who operates a t grocery store and locker plant: with her husband. She was taken to San tiam Memorial Hospital where she was reported "much improv ed" Saturday night if Phiel awakened about 7 a.m. and thought his wife : had been stricken by a heart attack when he could sot arouse her. He was groggy from the fumes but summoned help from a neigh bor, Ernest Garsjo. l The carbon monoxide was be lieved caused by an unvented circulating heater. Air Raid Test Gets Serious Participant ST. LOUIS UR .At least one motorist went .all out Saturday during St.. Louis' air-raid warning test the first public participa tion test in the Midwest. When the test started, the mo torist pulled to the curb, got out and crawled under the car. ' PRICE 10c Inch Snto All Sizes of Snowmen Dot Scene in City j Snowmen of all sizes, up to and including 12-foot giants, dotted Sa lem's landscape Saturday in the wake of the city's heaviest snow; in two years, f Forts, igloos, animals of known and unknown varieties were among the sculptormg efforts of Salem residents taking advantage of the infrequent snow-covering. One giant; production was the combined efforts of Laurel Wil liams, Davtf True and ."Curly" Barker all of whom reside at Web er Apartment Courts on South 13th street. The 9 -foot snowlady was the neighborhood pride of five-year-old Blaine Amundson, son of Chester Amundson of 1652 S. 13th St., too. I The Statesman received several score calls ffom area residents re porting unusual snow compositions. An Igloo at; Winter and D streets was big enough for several neigh borhood youngsters at five-foot tall and a four-foot-long entranceway. Junior High youths built a ten foot snowman on the lawn of far rish Junior High School Eugene Milk I Price Cut Seti EUGENE tfl Eugene milk distributors; and producers agreed Saturday tq cut the price of milk 1 cent a quart, beginning Feb. 1. They were urged to take this action by ; William Weidel, state milk marketing administrator i who said the present price of 24 cents in stores and 24 Vt cents per quart when delivered to the home I "re flects unfavorably against the mar keting administration and the in dustry. ' ; The state-established minimum for this area is 22 cents a quart in stores and 23 cents delivered to the home. Weidel said that if the new price works any hardship the pro ducers and distributors could - ap peal for a . hearing on the question of raising! prices. : salbm precipitation: Since Start 'of Weather Tear Sept. 1 This Tear i ' Last Year Normal 23.42 17.4 2M Do You Drive a Gar or Herd It? Question: If one side of a two way street is wide enough to ac commodate two lanes of cars go ing in the; same direction, should drivers keep to one side or the other of their half of the street or go down! the middle? f i i ! ' l - ' Answer: They: should keep to one half or the other. . There are "lanes ieven if there are no vis ible stripes and a driver who takes up both of them is a road hog, j ii j. i No, 233 tvjpll Phones, Power Cut; Seattle Hardest Hit Salem Saturday; dug its way out of the season's first snowfall which dumped over five inches on the area Friday night and Saturday. Snow was still falling early this morning but the I weather bureau at McNary Field predicted only snow showers today mixed with rain. Near freezing temperatures along with snow land slush made nearly all roads !in the northern part of the state extremely hazar dous, state police ! reported. Emer gency crews from both power and telephone companies were out in force Saturday repairing damage caused by the heavy snow. Major Roads Open State police reported all major roads open including both Santi am and Willamette Passes but chains should be carried where snow has fallen, they warned. De troit reported seven inches of snow Saturday and Warm Springs junction 12 inches. The storm extended over a wide area of the Pacific Northwest with Northwest Washington reporting it the worst in four years. A blanket of snow fell on j northern Oregon and extended as! far south as Eu gene. Up to eight inches ot'snow lay in Seattle and other western Wash ington points and a light fall was forecast for that; area today. Making Repairs j Crews from the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co. were on the go throughout the day in the Salem i district Saturday making repairs 1 wrought by the sudden snowfalL Elmer A. Berglund. manager f ! the Salem telephone office, said i some 900 subscribers in this i area had service interrupted as a ' result of the storm. ! He said that about 300 lines I were out in Dallas, 150 in Inde pendence and about 50 at Wood-! burn. Late Saturday night Berg- lund estimated; that about 15 pef j cent of the outages were re-i paired and said crews would be: out at 6 a.m. today to complete the job if no new interruptions were noted during the night T?l-j ephone i linemen don't work at night, he explained, because of the danger of power lines. Snow Around Wires j Some trouble was reported in the Detroit area and a toll cir cuit between Salem and Detroit and Mill City! was still out late Saturday night Individual outi ages were reported elsewhere, he said. Some trouble with long dis tance lines was reported because of packed snow around wires, he added. ; j Most trouble resulted from heavy snow breaking lines and some limbs falling from trees caused line breakages. i Electrical repair crews in the Salem district; were faced aU day by regular, j emergency and standby crews of the Portland General Electric Co., reported Fred G. Starrett, local manager. Most electrical troubles were caused by wire breakage of lines leading into homes, he said, j Fuses Blown j Lines flying up when snow suddenly dropped from them caused some electrical shorts and consequent blown fuses, he said. Crews from Davidson's Auto Service and 1 Bales and Brady towing were ! kept busy on con stant call during the day and in. .to the night with demands ranging from just being "stuck" to serious accidents. A 50-fot maple tree, weighted with the snow, crashed into the home of William Bliven about 10 miles south of Salem on the Independence-Sidney road, and damaged the kitchen and utility room. The three-foot trunk nar rowly missed the main part ;of the house, he said. No damage es timate was given. j Dallas reported eight inches of snow by late Saturday night with a general power outage lasting about 15 minutes during the aft ernon. Outages were also report, ed at Independence and Falls City, j j j (Additional details on page: 7, sec 2.) j Daily Spoilers Following: are 20 words from a list of 1000 which will form the basis for semi-final and final oral competition i In The Statesman KSLM Mid-Valley Spelling Con test for 1954, la which S3 schools are participating. j i I I experiment blouse seriously; perfectly service j , adjust . communicate seize c-mculiim enamel desirous plory J sincere decrease1 brilliant! ate highly . selection', lecture ; ; janitor years ago. i ! I-- . 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