2 (Sc. 1) Statesman. Salem, Or., Friday, May 21, 1954
Agency to Work
On Atomic Power
For Peace Urged
LACROSSE. Wis. The Pent
agon's atomic coordinator pro
posed Thursday night immediate
formation of an agency to push a
high speed program for peacetime
nuclear power development.
Robert LeBaron, chairman of
the military liaison committee to
the Atomic Energy Commission,
urged creation of something like
the "Manhattan Engineer Dis
trict," the World War II organiza
tion which produced the first atom
ic bomb within three years.
In an address prepared for the
dedication of a new research lab
oratory by the Trane Co.. LeBaron
said "if we could only re - create
the Manhattan Engineer District
philosophy and its unique devotion
for the military atom in a cam
paign for the peaceful atom, we
Convict Flees
Prison Annex
A fi foot 5 convict with a pro
nounced stoop walked away from
the State Prison Annex Thursday
afternoon.
Penitentiary officials said they
didn't know how Earl Edward
Buckley managed to get away
undetected, but he turned up
missing about 2 p.m. and a search
of the area turned up no clues as
to his whereabouts.
Buckley, working at the annex
since October and with no disci
plinary background, has been a
pri?oner since Sept. 21. 1951. when
he was received from Klamath
Countv following a mayhem con
viction with a 10-year sentence.
The 39-year-old convict is des
cribed as weighing 167, having
brown hair and eyes. He has
been undergoing medical treat
ment at prison for his inability
to walk erect.
19-Year-Old
Arrested on
Two Charges
Cleo Elmer Harris. 19. of Sa
1pm. was arrested Thursday by
secret service agents and Marion
County sheriff's deputies on a
charge of theft of a government
check and forgery.
The young' man" was transfer
red to Portland shortly following
apprehension at his home.
Records indicate the arrest fol
lowed t h e cashing of a U. S.
Treasury check last Dec. 3 for
$37.10 and made out to Henry H.
Block, Salem 'now deceased ! Of
ficers said they believe Harris re
moved the check from an un
locked mailbox in an apartment
house where he and Block resided.
Vietminh
Pounded
HANOI, Indochina W French
planes pounded Vietminh concen
trations and convoys only 50 miles
from the Red River Delta's western-most
defenses Thursday as
France's top generals huddled here
on strategy to keep the key bastion
from falling to the Communist-led
rebels.
Maj. Gen. John V. O'Daniel,
ch:ef of the U. S. Military Aid
Advisory Commission in Indochina,
planned to leave Saigon for Manila
Saturday for conferences with De
fense Secretary Charles E. Wilson.
They will take up new aspects of
the billion-dollar U. S. a.d program
for Indochina in the face of new
Red threats to the delta.
O'Daniel was expected to discuss
with Wilson also a plan the general
favors for American officers to par
ticipate in training a Vietnamese
national army.
Helicopters and small planes con
tinued to fly French wounded from
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CARTOON CARNIVAL
Brine the Whole Family
could move into this great new
era in five years instead of ten."
He said ten years in the time
scheduled "if we go at the rate
now being considered." He added:
"I am not advocating a 'crash'
program which will waste the tax
payers' money. I am emphasizing
the point that there is much more
than can be done. . . I will not
attempt to give you the details of
this 'the current" program.
"It has been five years in the
making and has representee" some
350 million of your tax dollars
plus a large segment of the en
gineering time of our best indus
trial brains."
LeBaron. whose job has been
to coordinate the requirements of
the military for atomic weapons
with the design and production ef
forst of the AEC. said that "until
now we have looked only at the
atom of darkness, the military
atom which carries possible evil
forebodings for the future" but the
time has come to turn attention to
peaceful use.
President Eisenhower and AEC
Chairman Lewis Strauss, said Le
Baron, are convinced that "our
future is bound up with our ability
l exploit this peaceful atom."
LeBaron's recommendation for
haste in developing useful, practi
cal atomic plants lor power gen
eration presumably is based in
part on reports that Russia is
working feverishly tovard the
same goal.
The Soviets, these reports sug
gest, are concentrating nuclear
weapon development and manufac
ture on thermonuclear materials,
and diverting more and more of
the fissionable uranium material
to power production efforts.
Used this way, nuclear power
production could become an in
strument of national policy, some
thing for the Soviet Union to offer
a nation like India as inducement
to come within the Communist orbit.
Two Charges
Of Kidnaping
Face Valentine
PORTLAND UP Dist. Atty.
John B. McCourt said Thursday a
man found innocent Wednesday of
the attempted kidnaping of the
son of a wealthy Portlander must
face trjal on two charges of kid
naping. A , jury by a,. 10-2 vote cleared
JTmrny. Valentine, 42, self-admitted
narcotics addict and gambler, of
trying to abduct 9-year-old George
Brice III from a fashionable pri
vate school last March. But two
' other charges remained against
him. These are the kidnaping of
j the boy's mother. Mrs, Virginia
j Brice. and her maid, Mrs. Lizzy
: May Brown.
Bond on Valentine was reduced
i from $50 000 to $5,000.
Warriors
by French
Dien Bien Phu's pockmarked air
strip. A total of 111 had been air
lifted to date, with an additional
1(X) expected in Thursday's shuttle
flights.
However, only 40 were landed at
Luang Prabang on the hop from
Dien Bien Phu because heavy mon
soon storms lashed the mountains
and valleys and forced the airlift
to taper off its operations, the
French said.
The French announced Vietminh
may release a total of 753 of the
1.300 to 2.000 French Union wound
ed at Dien Bien Phu. The 450 cas
ualties the rebels originally agreed
to release would ie the first re
moved The French still hope Vietminh
will permit repair and enlargement
of the airstrip to make speedier
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Boys Give Up
Meekly After
Trail of Crime
VANCOUVER. Wash. Two
boys who set out in bravado from
Seattle and left a trail of theft,
gunfire and destruction behind
them, surrendered in trembling
meekness to police Thursday near
Camas.
Patrolman Paul Schmoe of the
state patrol identified them as
James Corey, 13, and Jerry Nel
son, 16. both of Seattle. He said
they were shaking with fright in
the brush when he arrested them.
Earlier they had stolen two au
tomobiles, 13 guns and had fired
five shots at a pursuing police car.
They also burned down, apparent
ly by accident, a two-story aban
doned school house.
Drive to Tacoma
Schmoe said they told him this
story:
They took a car at Kirkland and
drove to Tacoma. where they left
it and stole another. At Chehalis
they broke into a sporting goods
store and took 13 guns and some
ammunition. Then they drove on
south, intending to go to Florida.
Vancouver police saw them
speeding through town at 5 a.m.,
and gave chase. Corey said he
took a .22 caliber rifle and fired
five shots at the police car. The
policeman, Cecil White, said one
bullet hit the radiator of his car,
but he did not return the fire.
The boys escaped by speeding
out the Evergreen Highway to the
east.
Police reinforcements were
called in. and soon 50 officers were
hunting the pair. No one yet had
a good look at the pair, and
shoot-to-kill orders were given the
police.
White had followed the boys to
Camas, but lost them there. Later
he came across their car, which
had been wrecked as they turned
into a driveway. They had fled on
foot.
Try to Find Boat
The boys said at first they tried
to find a boat to get across the
Columbia River, but finding none,
turned north into fields and brush
land. They found the abandoned
school house, and built a bonfire
inside to keep warm. After they
left, the structure burned, despite
efforts of a half-dozen state pa
trolmen to control the flames.
Nelson said he once was sen
tenced on a car theft charge to
two years in the state school for
boys, but the sentence was sus
pended. Corey said he was facing
a burglary charge in Seattle with
in a week, and so the two decided
to" run away.
Police said they would be taken
to Chehalis to face charges of
burglarizing the sporting gooda
store.
Tractor Firm
Incorporation
Articles Filed
Articles of incorporation were
filed Thursday with the State of
Oregon for Scotty Tractor Corpo
ration of Salem with capital as
sets listed at $30,000.
Negotiations are still underway
for a location of the business with
tentative offices slated in the
North Portland Road district.
The articles were signed by
Glenn w . Ebert and Clarence G
Greenlee, presently in business at
205 Center St., and Jason Lee.
The business is scheduled to be
gin operation sometime around
June 1, primarily for distribution
of the Marshall - Wells gasoline-
powered garden tractor.
CHIANG STARTS TERM
TAIPEH, Formdsa (tf Presi
dent Chiang Kai-Shek, starting a
new term as sparks fly in a dorm
ant civil war. Thursday called for
a strong Asian anti-communist al
liance.
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Bis Yoongquist of Salem bends a stake on his prize horse Buddy Silvers as a warm up to Saturday
and Sunday's annual Salem Saddle Club horse a how. Youngquist will be arena steward for the af
fair at the Fairgrounds arena. Entries have been received from the Ellendale Acres of Eugene, High
land Riding Club, Nicols Riding Academy, Columbia Hunt Club, Oswego Club and Joe Diles Train
ing Stable. Western events are also scheduled for the varied program. (Statesman photo.)
City Teachers.
Honor Retiring
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"Few men have had more effect on public education in the past
four decades than has Harry B.
intendent of public instruction as
tors gathered to pay tribute to the retiring assistant superintendent
of Salem public schools.
"We have been strengthened by Johnson's complete intellectual
honesty, his sterling character,
and unimpeachable integrity,"
Putnam continued.
After a facetious account of
Johnson's early life and school
ing, Putnam lauded Johnsons
contributions to education, citing
especially Johnson's unanimous
choice as president of the Oregon
High School Principal's Associa
tion. "During his years as president.
Johnson helped spark the move
ment which has attained for high
school principals their place in
the educational program.
"We arways know where John
son stands, ana why ne stanas
there," Putnam concluded, "but
he never loses his humanity nor
his delightful sense of humor."
Came to Salem in 1944
Johnson first came to Salem in
1944 from Eugene to be high
sehool principal. When school su
perintendent Walter Snyder, then
assistant superintendent, joined
the State Department of Educa
tion in 1946, Johnson became the
new assistant superintendent.
Johnson also worked at Roseburg,
Astoria and Montana.
Mayor Al Loucks voiced the
appreciation of Salem's 45,000 ci
tizens for Johnson's years of serv
ice. LeRoy J. Stewart, chairman of
the school board, joined Loucks
in wishing Johnson well.
: As a small token of apprecia
tion for his past efforts. Walter
Snyder presented Johnson with a
slide projector and case from the
Salem Teacher's Association and
tjie Administrator's association.
'Like Graduation'
: "Retirement is like graduation,"
s'aid Johnson upon accepting the
gift. "It is like stepping into an
other phase of life. My ten years
jn Silem have been fruitful, both
n the contact I have had with
Salem's youth and with Salem's
teachers."
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Johnson," said Rex Putnam, super
over 250 teachers and administra
ed as master of ceremonies and
presented Johnson with the re
tirement pin from the STA. Fred
Rugh, William Seeley and Art
Meyers, Salem educators, made
arrangements and the purchase
of the gift. Fourteen visiting edu
cators and friends from Eugene
were present at the meeting.
' Although Harry' B. Johnson is
retiring from public service the
name will continue in Salem
schools, as Harry B. Johnson Jr.,
will be a teacher next year at
Leslie Junior High school.
The elder Johnson was born in
Clayton, Wis. He received his BA
from Gustavus Adolphus College
in 1913 and his MA degree from
the University of Oregon in 1929.
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North Americans enjoy eating
more than any one else, but the
people in his country have fewer
ulcers. Dino Pratti, owner of a
Lima, Peru club, says this is be
cause the people in South Ameri
ca eat slower and less nervouslv.
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In Salem Area
The return of sprinkles to Sa
lem seems eminent according
to a prediction for the next two
days by the U.S. weatherman at
McNary Field. A "trace" of rain
fell in Salem Thursday.
Temyeratures ranged from a
high of 63 to a low of 47 degrees
Thursday and predictions are lor
about the same Friday. Weather
man predicted clearing conditions
by Saturday afternoon.
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