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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (June 13, 1954)
Soviet Zone of Reich Tense as First Anniversary of Rioting Approaches Demos to Fill Vacancy With Nomination By TOM REEDY BERLIN uP An air of ominous quiet hangs over the Soviet Zone of Germany. It is as though everyone is listen ing for the tick of a time bomb. In just five days, the calendar will flip over to June 17. On this day one year ago two million East German workers rebelled. They rioted, they burned, they chal lenged Soviet tanks with sticks and stones, they slew. And some died. The spirit that moved the Germ an to defy Kremlin power is quies cent now But is it dead? The Russian isn't sure. The East German Communist boss isn't sure. They know the German has been dedicated for centuries to the prin ciple that one more attempt might work And so, on the other side of the Brandenburg Gate and in the in dustrial centers of the Soviet Zone. June IT is not just another day. It is a specter. Every Red organizer, every Com munist "peoples policeman," every SSD (secret police agent is braced. Leaves have been can celled. Divisions of the 300,000-man Soviet army not yet on maneuvers have orders to stand by on alert next Tuesday. Here Monday- Kirk Douglas Noic Known As Longhair HOLLYWOOD "I feel like Tm carrying a mop around," says Kirk Douglas. The actor hasn't had a haircut for five months, except lor periodic trims to keep his sideburns from wandering down to his chin. He wears his blond locks long for his role as a harpooner in Walt Dis ney's "20,000 Leagues Under The Sea." "It takes 10 or IS minutes for me to get all this hair in place," Douglas says. "It's so long I'll probably have to shop around and get estimates when I'm ready to have tt cut." He says be hopes he can wear a crew cut in his next role. Roy Bradt, San Francisco adver tising leader, who will appear before Salem Chamber of Com merce Monday with a new film on community life. Triple-Screen Documentary Film Planned HOLLYWOOD UrW'As a danc er," says Susan Hayward, "I am a superb actress the first time in "The Conquerors. She does a number she says is a mixture of Persian, Chinese. Hun garian and a few other styles, on which she's been practicing weeks. Was it tough to learn? "It's the first time acting ever fave me a Charlie horse says. Business leaders of Salem will have an opportunity Monday to see how business fits into com munity life, through the medium of a triple-screened documentary movie in color, made in Lexing ton, Ky.. for the American News- rr.r . , i r- t ; paper Publishers Association. The shapely star is hoofing for new production is presented on its preview tour to Salem Chamber of Commerce as a lunch eon program feature "Monday noon at the Marion Hotel. Sponsoring the showing here is the Statesman-Journal Publishing Co. lit chare will bp Rov Bradt. sne i Pacific Coast retail manager for the ANPA's Bureau of Advertis- HOLLYWOOD 41 - Are Klieg Hi. yea coming back? June Allysoo . be projected on tnree cent screens in showing the film "Lex- six thinks so The actress is -making her first cinemascope picture, "A Woman's World." Because much more of the scene is embraced ia 'the- wide angle lens, more lights are needed for the sets. This is hard on the actors' eyes. After the first few days of the picture," says Miss Allyson, "I had to go home at night and sit in a darkened room. I couldn't get my eyes adjusted." The term Klieg eyes goes far back into the history of the movies. In the early days of films, bright lamps called Kliegs were used to light the scenes. Many actors of the silent days had impaired vision because of the brightness. ington, U.S.A. Many phases of community ac tivity are covered, with emphasis on the business community's re lation to the citizens and on the newspaper's role in the community. HOLLYWOOD uPi Here's a new way to sell movie tickets. Dr. James K. Friedrich is mak ing a full-length feature on the life of Jesus. "Day of Triumph." He plans to cut church groups in on the profits of the film. Reds Expected At Hearings, Velde Says SEATTLE Rep. Velde (R 111.) said Saturday he had received information that Communists will attempt to pack House Un-American Activities Committee hearings here next week and try to "badg er" committee members. "We are ready for them, if they do." Velde said. Velde's committee has tubpoe- The Red regime likes to believe the spark of revolt has been doused. Deputy Premier Heinrich Rau told a party rally last month: "Our republic has been strength ened to such- an extent that today no enemy forces are able to launch even the mere attempt of a putsch." Commie Agentt What he means is this: There is no plant of any size, no mine, no mill in the entire Russian zone today that is not liberally sprinkled with agents in overalls. They work at lathes, with band saws, with drills, but their real job is to report to the police any worker who opens his mouth against the regime. The luckless one is snatched immedi ately and from that time on he does his daily chore in i labor camp. This system works. It got its major test during the Berlin con ference of the Big Four foreign 2 U.S. Spies Sentenced by Soviet Court MOSCOW m Two "American spies" have been sentenced to 25 years in prison by the Supreme Court of the Soviet Union, Pravda announced Sunday. The Communist Party newspaper said the two men had been spirited into Murmansk with the aid of Norwegian officials. Pravda identified the alleged spies as Vladimir Constanovich Galai and Juri Alexandrovich Khramtzev. The story said Galai deserted from the Soviet Army in. Austria, contacted American intelligence in Vienna and was sent to a "spy school" under the name of Law rence O. Johnson. The account said Khramtzev left the Soviet sector of East Berlin, was picked up by Americans in the Western sector and sent to a "spy school" under the name of Gregory Vasilov. Following completion of their training, Pravda said, the two were taken by American intelligence au thorities to Norway where, with the aid of Norwegian border officials, they were smuggled into Mur mansk, Soviet Arctic pert. The story gave no details as to how the two were caught in that i area but was fairly specific other wise. It sard both men got en tangled with the Americans be cause of black market activities in Austria and Germany. The newspaper said both men admitted their guilt when they they were caught and gave details ot their training in an American intelligence school. Pravda said they were not sen tenced to death, but were given relatively mild sentences in a cor reqtive labor camp, because they had thus cooperated with Commu nist officials when they were apprehended. .ryT!' tinned several persons to appear be- , , """" fore the-hearings, which start Mon cards that gave people a discount rfav mnrnins, Amonir them will be fin tiPfra c rha hAv fFif . CT . " . remarked. "We'll use a slight variation of that. "Cards will be given out by the Protestant churches, the Roman Cahoiic Church and the National Conference of Christians and Jews. Patrons will hand iff the cards at the box office and pay the full amount. Then the cards will be counted and the various church groups will be given 'a share of the profit in accordance to how many of their people attended the film." HOLLYWOOD U Clifton Webb tells why he is content to limit his activities to two pictures a year and nohing else: "I have always been against spreading myself too thin. I think the public can get fed up when it sees too much of a personality. Whenever I did a stage play I al ways told the management that I would submit to no testimonials for cigarettes, chewing gum or any product I didn't believe in. "For the same reason I think !t is impossible to sustain one's ca reer by appearing on television every week. No one has that many facets of his talent to keep the public s fancy." The butter tower of Notre Dame Cathedral in Rouen, France, was built between 1484 and 1507 and pair for by people who received indulgences to eat butter during Lent. Mrs. Barbara Hartle, the first Com munist convicted under the Smith Act to volunteer to testify publicly. Velde has said that all witnesses will have information which could assist the committee in exposing communism. Velde declared that only four oth er cities in the United States have seen a greater infiltration of Com munists than Seattle. He listed the cities as New York. Los Angeles, Chicago and Detroit, but did not elaborate. He said his committee hopes to bring out the general Communist Party picture in the Northwest. Car Window Strangles Boy SPOKANE Ufi A 2- year - old boy, who apparently tried to crawl through the partially opened win down of an automobile, slipped and was strangled in a freak accident Saturday. The child. Timothy Froese, lost his footing after sticking his head through the opening. A doctor and firemen worked in vain in an ef fort to revive him. "Mrs. Froese said the boy. got into the car in front of the houset rolled the window down a bit,, then tried to crawl out. His body was found by his little 7 - year - old aunt, iLnda Carrell of Gresham, Ore. who is visiting here. The child's father. A. H. Froese, was in Yakima, Wash, on business. There are three other small boys in the family. Other survivors in clude his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Carrell of Gresham, and Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Froese of WaHa Walla. ministers. Britain's Anthony Eden I proposed free elections for all j Germany and a wave of unrest spread through the east zone. SSD agents grabbed an estimated 500 malcontents and jailed them, mak ing sure the word got around. The unrest died, stillborn. But the basic ingredient, the hard-headed stubborness of the German worker, has not been eradicated, nor can it be. The Reds know it. They have been smart enough to rely on something more than mere police whips. Living Standards Up With Russian aid and increased trade inside the satellite ring, East Germany has provided the worker in the past year with tha best standard of living he has had since the war. Food supplies are ade quate, public housing in the major industrial centers has been poshed, clinics and rest homes for workers are rising. There is an occasional shortage of meat, sometimes of potatoes, but never the two togeth er, as in the past. The regime recognized the June 17 rebellion grew directly from too much ork, too little food, and too low a living standard. But the rioters didn't let it rest there. Their shouts for a better life soon min gled with demands for the Rus sians to go home and the Commu nists to go with them. This meant that the government, once it rode through the emergen cy, had to apply measures to reach not only the German worker's stomach, but also his political sense. Leaders have worked like beavers the past year to do just that. More Leadership Their hourly concern now is whether new leadership has arisen to spark another revolt. The old one 'is smashed. Twenty were shot by Russian firing squads. Fifty thousand were arrested, and none of them are likely to forget the cold fear that pervades a daflk cell. East German Communist courts convicted 529 leaders of the rebel lion sentencing seven to death, four to life imprisonment and the re mainder to a total of 2,000 years imprisonment. Suspects were relegated to meni al jobs. Their future is dark. They may be the cadre for a new out break some day; they have nothing to lose. The terrible penalties impressed the West German perhaps more than his captive eastern brother. So much so, that the West is quiet ly getting word into the. Soviet Zone urging the worker to avoid any open clash with the Red mas ters this June 17. The West German republic has declared June 17 a holiday. There will be observances in various com munities. West Berlin itself, which held a ringside seat as the rioters poured across the frontier, plana a giant rally in front of city hall. j Holiday Declared i The Soviet sector where brawny men and high - spirited women t marched on the government a year ago is quiet now. The Red flag, ripped offthe Brandenburg Gate, is back again, of course. But the old Charlottenburg Chaussee, where the Kaiser's troops, the Na zi legions and, later, the Soviet armed forces marched, now bears signs: "The street of June 17." East German leaders avoid talk of the riot. When they feel called I on to mention it, they always blame ! "Western provocateurs." Inside : their own hierarchy, they accused j two of their top men, Justice Min- ister Max Fechner, for saying j workers had a right to strike, and: T 1 : iV : t nr:ll 1 rr ' ruuee vine! wuneim .aisser ior being too soft in handling the riot ers. His men deserted wholesale rather than fire on fellow, Germans and the Russian army had to do the dirty work. Fechner is in jail, branded "an enemy of the state" although he never has been tried. Zaisser is a broken man, living in a tiny villa in the Soviet sector, under the guard of two secret po lice agents. For them, June 17 was the end. For the Germans, the hopeful re gard it as the beginning of a story not yet told. BEND UP Democratic Party leaders from five counties will meet here June 20 to try to pick a candidate to seek the State Sen ate seat recently vacated by Philip S. Hitchcock, Klamath Falls Re publican. Republicans have not yet nom inated a candidate either. Mentioned as Democratic possi bilities are Harry . Boivin, for mer state representative from Sterlesmcm. Salem. Ore.. Sun.. June 13. 1954" (Sec. 1) 3 8,000 Ash Philanthropist-Druggist for Cash ' DETROIT Mich. UH A slight, "A friend had given me $1,000. er who had started him toward friendly business man here spends My mother had scraped up every success went broke. Shapero re 90 per cent of each working day spare cent to give me another j paid his faith by giving him a good figuring out how to five money $1,000. My last chance to get the job away. t : store depended on the banker." Today Shapero's Cunningham He's pretty good at it. So far ; ShaPro recalls. Drugstores Inc.. is a 50 million he's given away at least 10 'million Tne banker sized him up and dollar a .year business operating decided he was a good risk. The in Detroit. Ohio, Pennsylvania and deal was closed. California. He began selling everything But most of the business proo- the 175-store Cunningham drug-1 from drugs to ice cream cones, i lems are handled by assistants, store chain devotes his time to with razzle dazzle promotion pre- j Shapero devotes himself to a hun charity because "the break a man viously unknown. A few months dred or so organized and unorgan- gave me is stw iresn in my mind. , later he opened a second store. ; ized chanties, first among them That was 35 years ago. dollars Nathan S. Shapero, now presi dent and chairman of the board of Shapero. ! then another. He installed eiant Klamath Falls, and Vernoa Buda, just out of the Navy, wanted a mechanical elephants in front of Prineville attorney. $1,000 bank loan to clinch the pur- the stores. Later there was a live Hitchcock resigned to join the I chase of a bankrupt basement elephant for the kids to ride, staff of Lewis and Clark College, i drugstore. In the depression '30s, the bank- the Cunningham Foundation. At present Shapero is wading through 8.000 personal appeals for help received from all parts of the world. The simultaneous translation j system used in the United Nations ) has been adapted for . use in one Paris theater. Proctol ogist Stomach and Colon Disorders L L IcTMids, HD. The Reynolds Clinic 1144 Center St. Salem, Ore. Ph. 3-9460 t ;jV., ify..-- rvf, fe?-yr?4 m 1111 11 1 ' Ci X f.- T -x -T r vj;-. K sUi y H - r if 4z&S-klh y. . 1 ... . t . if . 1 Serving Salem-end Vicinity s Funeral Directors for $4 Years onverUnt location, S. Commercial street, bus line; direct rout' to ce meteries no cross traffic. New modern building seating up to 300 Service within four means. I VIRGIL T. Virsil T. Golden GOLDEN CO. j Grsce 8. Golden 60S S. 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