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f '' ' r .-( ; , i .:.. .'' .'. i; ; ' ,;' ... - -. .!.'.." "".: ? 4 ' '' ' ' " 7 - ? l Si ' i ' ."."? S I ,;" ': - !- , . i . f J I; So iiui Mil r? 165! 1C3BD YEAR, 12 PAGES The Orecjon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Monday, February 22.1954 PRICE 5c No. 329 - f i ' PirwoiiuE I i s I - , - Slides Throw 2 Wa ins CASCADE .LOCKS, Ore. (JPh freight train plowed into a mud and rock slide in the Columbia River Gorge near here early Sunday, derailing ten cars and a twin unit diesel locomotive. There were no injuries. - Another slide at Ridgefield, Wash., caused a minor derailment of a Union Pacific passenger train. I rot ma . This is the anniversary of the birth of George Washington, uni versally acclaimed as the Father of our Country. The lapse of time , it is now 222 years since Wash ington was born: in colonial Vir ginia makes him seen rather a remote figure, which the changes in costumes and modes of living accentuate. He is revered rather than loved, as is the case with Abriham Lincoln who seems much closer to our time and to , our common humanity. Washing ton remains a statuesque figure. clearly the only one who . could have held the revolutionary army toeether and the support of con gress and the country until final victory was achievea. We Americans ihave always had trouble managing a war. Grafters and gougers seek huge war pro fits.' Grave mistakes are made in ordering supplies, locating camps. employment o f j manpower, mat we have usually achieved victory has been due in large measure to the ' super-abundance of our re sources rather than to their expert muster and use. The! waste which we recall from our two world wars was not matched in the war of the Revolution, for supplies never ..were adequate; but even the pat riots were not above turning an extra profit before Celling to the army. Washington was forever com plaining of tjhe unreliability of mil itia. Enlistments were for a short term, so he never had full com plement of trained soldiers. De sertions were common; and often the poorly disciplined troops made a poor showing in battle. . T.iVpwi.ui Washington was in a continuous war with, Congress fOTjP J-f of- f r Ctnft (Continued on Editorial Page, 4.) IjUIHCol IU kjloil Orvl Kin Heads for New Oregon Home urw YORK un A 10-vear-c . . I orphan boy from Drammen. Nor- - 1 VZlJ SF& ofBalkton, Bethel, tuukc i-w V w . r I irk. Wa. mmvma PAtor nroviMlfi. 1 fw Ktf fr and Mr. i-uiicu -H y . . " V ' . 1 loamtwi nr him rnmnrn an i aunt livine in (Norway, - He was met at Idlewild Airport f nv Mrs. Ida W. Otto, of SUten island, a cousin of Mrs. Boquist V 1 Increased Wind,! Rain on Forecast Partly doudy skies this morn- in with increasing cloudiness, mstv winds and rain tomgni is the weather nicture in the Salem area, according to forecasters at 1I.T. -CSl i The ' Willamette River reading was 11.8 leet eariy ims morning, a rise of 2.4 feet during the 24 hour period ending at 12:30 this morning iuc htw kiw m va- pected to start dropping today, . a. A . ami jim - arttif Short Circuit Causes) New York 'Air Raid', KTTW YORK A . short cir cuit An an air raid siren Sunday i caused a 21-minute "all clear blast that shattered the Sabbath in Manhattan. Queens and the Bron. " : The hirh powered howl was traced to a switch relay failure, It brought hundreds of telephone calls to police and civilian de fense offices. - f I Animsl Crc&crt to WARREN GOODRICH "Pardon me but aren t yew I lever boy who used to swoon vef a ffuK moony I.lSTrV .Police Chief lrVrfffl fled him as WMA U man. 1, of ISrlAT . , Mil' The woman. ks r 111 M mm I t - 4. rfci ntUiT'i mid kJt in Off Wrack An eastWnd tlaio'n 'Pacific At uascaae lacks me Dig aiesei smashed to a halt 200 feet beyond the slide; pushing mud ahead of it Engineer; L. S. Tracy and fire man R. 1A. Aulendacber, both of Portland, stayed with the locomo tive as it skidded along the ties, and crawled from the cab unhurt The wreel tore up an estimated 400 feet of the railroad's main line track, which followsthe Columbia River at near water-level through the eorce. The engine and several cars narrowly missed plunging into the nver. i f Tracy; said a spring hanger on the .side of the engine hooked un der the rails, keeping the locomo tive upright as it slid along. Crews were replacing damaged track later in the day and two big steam derricks lifted freight cars back on the track. The rail road dispatcher in Portland said the line probably would be clear by sundown. The slide, about' 40 feet long and five to six feet deep, covered the tracks! 47 miles east of Port land, Two of -the derailed cars were virtually demolished. One freight car tore down a telephone pole, temporarily cutting railroad com munications between Portland and The Dalles. Westbound Union Pa cific trains were late in arriving at Portland, after being rerouted to tracks on the other side of the Columbia. At Ridgefield, about 50 miles northwest if here, the front wheels of a ' passenger train locomotive jumped the track after hitting a mud slide,, No One was injured. Portland to Seattle! bound passengers were iransierrea to anouier train ana the track was cleared three hours later, ft ' Another slide blocked the Co lumbia! River Highway east of The Dalles. Ore., early Sunday. Highway trews reported it may I take two days to clear the' road. Semi-Finals Thirty-six girls and 15 boys have woii spelling championships in thefmid-Willamette Valley and will compete in semi-finals of The t Oregon Statesman-KSLM Contest fstarting next Monday night, March 1. Another 33 schools have yet tn rrtMirf their chammons. kiiaU I Tiaiiac ' f.rann Rnnrt Ppr. ru ,u t""u- Tr;.. tf,Mh cki - 4.- ivcuci, whui wfvuw u 4; Dayton, March 5; Woodburn, March 8: Independence, (Henry Hill) March 9; Mill City, March 10; Greenwood, March 11; Mt Angel (St Mary's), March 12. All- the semi-finals will start at 7:45 p.m. and are open to the public without charge or collec tion of any kind. The two top SpeDers i from each of the 10 semi-finals will compete in the I11 Spelling . ,W. i " 1 T urana sub i ransn junior High, Wednesday night March 24. I T f f . 0 Ltutumuiivc ocis f , Another World i s r JYlark m iTanCe 1 e BEAUKE, France tf) The French electric locomotive which has been scorching the rails in speed tests between Dijon and Beaune I claimed another world record Sunday. The French-owned railways said the 4,350-horsepower flyer, pulling three coaches, streaked over the run at iisi.S miles an hour. This bettered the record of 143.48 miles per hour the locomotive set Satur day4 . I ' Youth Accused Professor's Wife at Gunpoint &RVALLIS A 17-year-old youth, accused of holding the wife of : an Oregon state uiuege pro fessor fit gunpoint in her car for more than an hour, was in custody here Sunday. Cecil Fruiti identi- Raymond Lee Den- nearby Harlan. Mrs. Paula SchudeL wife of Harold L. SchudeL assist ant professor of farm crops - at OSC told police this is what hap pened She returned to her parked car after fa downtown shopping trip Saturday afternoon. As she got Ex -German ,, .,,. . MfcrX s it.. i, ,. , ,.'pj,Xy.A . . .Mi.,.', 1 m nn ii'i'i mi It" - ' .( ' ' ' , ;- . ; I Hans Kiessling and Leo Wahl look That event was the beginning of He was sponsored to this country by Paul Wahl, father 01 Leo, while young Wahl was on occupation duty In Kiessiing's hometown Story on page 12.) i f Plans to Welcome New Church Votes Company Here Halt asjNottJo Sign Advance llVlen i Arrested Plans for a dinner to welcome to Salem were halted Sunday evening swhen city police arrested the company's two advance men on charges of vagrancy and reg istering at a hotel under a fake The two men, who had registered under the names John D. Martin up at a Salem bus depot, police said. I l After a two-hour interrogation the pair admitted to the i true names of Young J. Moore, Birm ingham, Mich-, and James Henry Spencer, Searcy, Ark., j police added. It Register at Hotel if On arriving in Salem, police quotedvMoore as saying, they reg istered at the hotel and contacted Chamber of Commerce officials claiming to represent the; "Fibre lite Company" and started nego tiating for the lease of a build ing in Salem to house the ; com pany. Moore told police he had signed a $100- promissary f note with a Salem realtor as a down payment on the lease, police said. i .11 Moore had told Chamber of Commerce officials that the-; com pany boss, a Mr. Raymond, would arrive in Salem Sunday to make final arrangements for the lease, police reported. Chamber offic ials were planning a dinner hon oring representatives of the new company, i investigating r officers revealed, i f f Charged Everything I ! Moore told police that when he came to Salem he had no money and charged everything at the hotel, reported police who added that his hotel bill including tips was $137 when he was picked up Sunday. I ?- ' '-f ' :; Police quoted Moore as say ing that he left Birmingnam, MiclL, last December driving a 1953 Cadillac and headed west to find work. Moore added that he met Spencer in San Diego and they drove to Sacramento where they left the car, police said. At the police station Moore was permitted to wire his broth er-in-law at Pontiac, Miclt, for money to pay the hotel bill, po lice said. Both Spencer and Moore were held Sunday! night, police reported. '1 ARMY READY TO MARCH "MANILA UPi Philippine Army troops waited Monday for the sig nal to launch a major campaign against the Cotnmunist-led Huks unless they surrender before mid night.: , . V- ' of Holding 0SC into the car a youth climbed In the opposite door and brandished an automatic pistoL The youth told her to drive out ! country road and then told her to return to ComHis when he found she had only -$L20 in her purse. He ordered her to cash a $50 check in a grocery store and then to buy him a bus ticket to Portland. She then called police who noti fied McMinville authorities. They stopped the bus and arrested the youth.' :; . , r-- :: Denman was booked ? on an armed robbery charge after sign ing a statement of laomiMion Fruitt said. ' : .a Soldier Finds New Life Here -:r, ..,;!'"r: j i . .v -r , ' : . , X i i t -A- i n '.--?-. i ' 1 - - . back to southern Germany where the two! met two years ago. a new life in the U. S. for Kiessling, onetime German paratrooper. a "new manufacturing company" name, police reported. at a local hotel last Wednesday and John D. Drane, were picked Letter Threat To McCarthy 1 PHILADELPHIA W Police said Sunday they had received a letter! threatening the life of Sen. McCarthy and would take special precautions during McCarthy's Vis it here Monday. Chief Inspector Albert E. du Bois said he thought the letter was written by a "crackpot" but that ja heavy guard had been ordered for the Wisconsin Repub lican ; during his stay here, f The Philadelphia chapter. Sons of the American Revolution,! is scheduled to present McCarthy with a good citizenship medal at its annual award luncheon Mon day. The letter, written anonymously, said; "We think McCarthy ought to be bumped of and this is a good time to do it" Wreck Brings Town Crisis PLENTYWOOD, Mont IB An unidentified motorist took two sharp turns with his car here early Sunday and: i 1.! Knocked off a fire hydrant at its base; I -, 2 "Drained the town's water tank of its 110,000 gallons of water.; 3 J Left this Northeast Montana community of 2,000 residents with out; usable water for nearly five hours. ! 1 Mayor Clifford Peterson said shutoffs on the city's water sys tem were not functioning properly and before Chief of Police Bob Parris and workers could get the water stopped at the hydrant the tank was dry. RAIN CAUSES CAVE-INS i ROME VR Rain poured more misery on Southern Italy Sunday. Authorities counted three dead in Calabria and Sicily because of caved-in houses. The Sicilian vil lage of Montemaggiore Belsito, with 8,000 inhabitants, was virtu ally isolated by landslides. Fog Max. Mia. Fred Salm Portland M 45 .42 -51 4 T M 44 JX 53 4S "'.JO 54 44 ' jn Baker Medford North Bend RoMburt Saa Francisco 9 Chicago 40 M as m New YorX 53 39 MX WOlamctte River UJt feet. FORECAST (from V. S. weather bureau. McNarr field. Salem): Partly tunny this moraine wttn in- creazint cloudiness and wind this aft ernoon, cloudy witn.ram and gusty wind tonight. High today near 50 and low tonlgtu near 43. Temperature at 131 a Jn. 'today was 37. i i SALKM FRECIPIXATIOK Sine Start of Weathe Tear Set 1 rUiTiu . Last Tsar Koraul SJ.X3 SS ZSJT after the pair became fast friends or iim. ' (Statesman Photo T .nt LOS ANGELES W) The con gregation of the First Unitarian Church voted Sunday against sign ing a loyalty oath, required by state law of all non-profit organi rations seeking property tax ex emptions. I However! the chairman of the church board of trustees, Robert scnmorleitz. said that the tax ex eruption wQl be applied for any way, and that the constitutionality ot tne state law will be tested in court The trustees have said they re gard the loyalty declaration to be contrary ' to freedom of religion and to individual liberty. Taken Secretly Schmorleitz, an attorney, told newsmen the vote, taken secretly, was 206 toi 31. The church pastor is The Rev, Stephen II Fritchman, who has been listed; by the House Un-Amer ican Activities Committee as sponsor of "no less than 22 pro- Soviet organizations:" Fritchman refused to! testify before the com mittee, denouncing it as "seeking to invade ithe intimate confidence of the confessional." Section .Amended One section of the state's rev enue and taxation code was amend ed by the legislature in 1953 to provide that the property tax statement ! for churches and other non-profit groups shall include loyalty declaration which must be signed lit tax exemptions are sought- The loyalty declaration applies to churches of all faiths and de nominations, but the Unitarian is the only church so far to make an issue ef it ' t W. K. HOWARD DIES HOLLYWOOD CB William X. Howard,' $8, who entered the mo tton picture business as a theater manager land became a leading director, hed here Sunday. ; FIRE CHIEF DIES f PASCO. Wash, Of) Fire Chief Larry Mathias, 40, died Sunday evening when he was overcome by smoke while fighting a fire m Pasco home. ' j Big 2, Big 3 Okeh With Malenkov By TOM REEDY i l BERLIN (A Russian and satel lite people here for the Big Four conference have lifted the-curtain a little and given the West a peep at Soviet Premier Georgi Malen- kov. They said: i L The Kremlin master is not adverse to Big Two or maybe even a Big Three meeting.; i 2. He has concentrated on popu- laricng the government rather than any individual and has won in some circles the unexpected di vidend of popularizing himself ! It teemed strange to bear a Rus sian official and a journalist saying so openly that Malenkov wants to meet with British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill and perhaps even with President Dwight D. Eis enhower; Quizzed about it, Polish and Czech newsmen said that 'is true. East German Communist au thorities concurred. J f : If it was a trial balloon planted an the West for reaction, it cer tainiy was a well-planned one, with Salem A rea 4 A wards in Freedom Foundation Selections I Salem area public schools claimed four of six Oregon awards Monday in the 1953 National Freedom Foundation competition and a Salem parochial school figured prominently in one of the other tWO. ' ' j - r jKeizer School and Bush Grade School of Salem! qualified for an nual "pilgrimages' to Valley Forge this year by winning Principal ! 1 9 . New South Wales; 16 Die j SYDNEY. Australia UT At least 16 persons are believed dead in weekend storms which swept New South Wales, levelling hous es, knocking out bridges and kill ing hundreds of cattle. ! I The gale-whipped floods worst in the North Coast's memory deveastates some 3,000 square miles, extending from the New South Wales Queensland border South to the dairy center of Lis more and west to Kyogle. X The Royal Australian Air Force rushed' planes to operate an air lift for the stricken areas. The Army dispatched amphibious craft Isolates Towns The storm, which knocked out railroad lines and disrupted gas and electric services, isolated a number of towns. i The Sydney Herald said at least 16 persons, were drowned and that more than a dozen are missing This report said 10 persons, in cluding five children, were drowned at Kyogle when a house in which they sought shelter was washed away by the swollen Richmond River. At Armingdale, four others were reported drowned and a 21- month-old baby was missing after the car in which they were riding was washed into a flooded creek. Cut by Landslides The Brisbane-Sydney Railway line was cut by huge landslides for miles between Kyogle and the Queensland border. ; , Thousands of panic-stricken pern sons trying to flee by car to high er land jammed inland roads. their vehicles piled with household belongings. Airmen said' that for miles out the Pacific fringing the northern coastline was a froth ing mass of floating debris. Climat e Mostly Calm in Nation By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Mild weather and generally cloudy skies extended across the nation Sunday. Remnants of the severe dust storms vhich clouded the South ern plains and Midwest late in the week settled in Kentucky, Tennes- i i m' ;s see. Aiaoarna ana Mississippi. Rain extended from the middle Mississippi Valley to the upper Ohio Valley and the lower ereat Lakes. Light snow fell in areas from Nebraska northward to the upper Great Lakes. Showers in the Pacific Northwest dumped more than an inch of rain in Washington and lesser amounts in Oregon and Northern California, A 65-year-old record for Feb. 21 was broken in San Diego when the mercury climbed to 79 degrees. The previous high for Feb. 21 was 77, set in 1889. i Today's Statesman Valley news .t 3 Editorials, features -. 4 Society, women's 6 Radio, TV, comics 7 Classified ads ; 10. 11 Meet Said just about every pro-Moscow group briefed ahead of time, i Churchill has made no' secret of his desire to talk with Malenkov. President' Eisenhower has been represented as willing to do any thing reasonable in the cause of peace but has been noncommittal aooui mgn level talis, vongress has reflected considerable repug nance to the idea of chiefs of state reaching decisions in secret talks such as the much criticized Yalta and Potsdam parleys. One satellite source said; "You can take this as at least semi-officiali We 1 know Malenkov wants a meeting and we want it too Decease we xrunx : sorneuung could be accomplished. '.-. "Malenkov is a smart man. He is not a genius but he is what you calf, a good housekeeper. We feel safer with him than we did with Stalin; who was: a' genius, but the question of war and peace is'so delicate in .these times that genius can ruin you. Gales Sweep Schools Win School Awards The school nnn- cipal and one student from each school may make the trip. ? Washington Award Englewood School which claimed principal awards for the past two consecutive years, won this year's George Washington Honor Medal Award, and a Free dom Library 'Award went to Richmond School. Winner of second place award for a speech went to the Rev. Robert Howard Sweeney of the University of Portland. Rather Sweeney can j claim $50 and George Washington Honor Medal for his prize-winning speech which was delivered at SacredJ Heart Academy in Salem. - Revealed Today ; ine annual ; awards were re vealed today at Valley Forge by Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower, presi dent of Pennsylvania State Uni versity and a ! Foundation di rector. Sixth Oregon winner was Hen ry L. Slater, Burns principal, for his entry in the Americanism es say contest Slater, who .was first place winner last year, won $50 and a George Washington Honor Medal for his second place effort this year. (Additional details on page 3.) Solon Asks Anti-Trust Law Reviewed WASHINGTON - Contending tne Jsupreme court s decision ex emptinz baseball has created loophole in anti-trust laws. Ren. Celler (D-NY) wants Congress, to review the entire situation. The Supreme Court's finding in the baseball case has been extend ed by lower courts to boxing and the theater, he said, and there is no way of knowing "to what lengths these j decisions may go." To curb them, he has introduced bill which he said would make the anti-trust laws, with their pro- niDition against monopoly, apply to all forms of interstate commerce, including the theater business, box- Ling, television, radio, baseball and other entertainment, unless, speci fically exempted by law. Celler told newsmen the Supreme Court's decision exempting base ball from monopoly charges as the implied intent of Congress was factually incorrect Die to Confer With Dulles PALM SPRINGS, Calif. W President Eisenhower will get a first hand report on the Big Four Berlin conference from Secretary of State Dulles when the chief ex ecutive returns to Washington Wednesday, j Announcing this Sunday, the President's vacation headquarters also disclosed that Eisenhower sent Dulles a personal message of con gratulations Saturday "on the fine job he did in Berlin." The President and Mrs. Eisen hower were praised at church services Sunday for devotion to Christian principles and for inspir ing "many,; many thousands to think of righteousness." The vacationing President .and the Fifst Lady attended 9:30 a.m., services at the Protestant Com munity Church of Palm Springs. Crash Damages -Two Automobiles Two cars received minor dam age in a collision at the 12th Street junction south of Salem Sunday night, state police report ed, v : i -y The vehicles were operated by Oral Benjamin Campbell, Eu gene, and ! Arthur Breed, Port Orchard, Wash-, police said. No injuries resulted. News: Man Tries To Bite DoBack ONUKO. Japan (A His troubles started when a dog bit Jiim. Shin Nakamura explained te police who arrested- him for arson. The 39-year-old office -worker said be tried to bite the dog back. But the dog got away and thai made him so mad he set fire to the dogi kenneL ; U. Troops Disperse300 MfllinsROK SEOUL The' U. S. 8th Army reported Monday that American-troops with bayonets drove off without bloodshed about 300 South Koreans who attempted to block Indian troops from leav- . ing Korea. ? " The Army saidi the Koreans 1 tried to stop a train, i The last Indian troops who had custody of war prisoners in the neutral zone -4 were leaving Korea Monday. Their work ended officially last midnight A Korean police official said the American troops brought up tanks to tne tempestuous scene three miles north of SeouL Mm uiang Heung, vice chief of the Korean National, Police, de nounced what he i called "heavy counter-measures" of the Ameri cans; He said the! South Koreans were former prisoners 'of war who had been in Indian custody. Kim termed their action "a righteous move by indignant men." The incident erupted in darkness at 1:30 a. m. The American troops, aided by military police, dispersed the crowd in 30 minutes. Heung said none of the Koreans was injured.. I f An 8th Army spokesman said a crowd of Koreans! gathered early Monoay on tne railroad tracks three miles south of this Republic of Korea capital Infantrymen and military police dispersed them after about 30 minutes. The spokesman ; added that in sofar as could be determined no one was injured,! although "our men probably jabbed the Koreans lightly with their bayonets." The train which American troops were guarding was moving 217 troops from Panmuhjom through Seoul to the Port of Inchon. The train reached the port and the In dian troops boarded the Indian ship Jalbarza. .11 - South ' Korean officials had threatened to prevent the Indians from leaving Korea until "given assurances" that) 7S Korean war prisoners who chose to go to India would- not eventually wind up in (fcrnmunist hands. The 76 and 12 Chinese rejected invitations to re turn to communism,' but neither did they want to go to South Korea or Formosa. s i Most Public Offices-to Stay Closed Today Most public offices will be closed today in observance of Washington's Birthday but banks and schools will remain open. post office windows will close and no mail delivery is schedul ed. The Marion County Courthouse win he open for: the issue of dog licenses but other county offices will remain closed as will City Hall and state ! and federal of fices.'- ; . " " ; i No special programs are plan ned in public schools during the' day, according to Harry B. John son, assistant superintendent of schools, but elementary schools have been studying about the first president for several days. Albany Boy, 4 Dies As Result Of Gun Accident 1 : jr. ALBANY. Ore. tfl Four-vear- . old Michael Neuschwander was fatally wounded f Sunday night by a bullet from a gun in the hands of his 8-year-old brother, state police reported. Officer William Ewing said the boys' mother,- Mrs. Kate Neusch wander, told him the children, . playing before bedtime, apparently found the gun i which . had been stored away in their bedroom. - The bullet struck Michael in the chin and then became lodged in his neck. He. was taken to an Al bany hospital where he died late' Sunday night v VETS RETURN HOME . SEATTLE (A; The transport Marine Serpens docked here Sun day, bringing 3406 Army veterans home from Korea. . Daily! Speller Following' are 29 words from a list of 100t which will fona the basis for semi-final aad final era! competition la The Statesman KSLM Mid-Valley Spelling Con test for 1954, In which S3 schools are participating. 1 . - pound ; vast 1 desperate' aware 'i directly I confess ' I . state I rebel ' ! : chauffeur occupant I analyse '- coin I determine', 'concern -'i surround , I muzzle i suspect ' .. jealousy lamp perilous J i i t