. .. .. . .. . - . , . . . - Pen's Arsenal Tower Nearly Completed Jt eamau i POUNDS D 1651 104TH YEAB 2 SECTIONS-pH PAGES ; Th Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Monday, July 26, 1954 PRICE 5c No. 121 liner ownin .Reds Admi D Air Nearing completion at Oregon State Prison is this arsenal tower located outside prison walls near the main administration building. Contracted to E. . Battennan of Salem on a $16,350 bid, the tower, when completed, will contain the prison's gun arsenal, now housed in the administration building halL Visitors also will be passed by the tower guards before being admitted to the prison, which looms in background. (Statesman photo). IR7 SS3JJQB mm -1 went to Alaska not only for a vacation but also to learn some thing about this immense territory which looms large .in. the day's news. But one dare sot do more than record impressions when his observation has been limited to a .flop-skip-jump tour of two week's duration. - . : The first impression one gets is cf the" vast size of Alaska: " The numbers, 536,400 sq. mil. in area, are better comprehended when put on a comparative basis. The area of continental United States exclusive of Alaska is just over J.000,000 sq. mi's so Alaska is nearly one-fifth of the whole USA. Texas has 263,513 sq. mis so Alas ka is twice the size of our largest state. V Not only is its bulk huge but its spread is very wide. Take a map of Alaska and superimpose it on one of the United States'. With the tip of Southeastern Alaska resting on the Atlantic ocean at . about Savannah, r Ga.,. Point - Barrow would touch the northern boundary of the country, and Attu, the tip of the Aleutian chain,, would lie somewhere (Continued on Editorial Page, 4) Automobile Strikes, Kills Yachats lIan . YACHATS' tfl Dennis Delger, about 50.' of Y achats, was fatally injured Sunday when struck by an automobile as he walked along a highway near here. The widow and two daughters survive. CHOU EN-LAI HONORED BERLIN (A Chou En-Lai, Red China's Premier and foreign min ister, was awarded an honorary doctor of law degree Sunday by East Berlin University. Today's Stalcsr.sn SECTION l : ; Valley news L.J.'..3 Star Gazer "; 3 Editorials, features -4 Aloe holism story ... .4 World This Week ..... ..6 Society, Women's news 7, 8 SEcnqN 2 Sport news -A, 2 Crossword . ... 2 Radio, TV, Comics 3 Classified ds ... .......4, 5 Animal Crackers "You'll hove to $ oround the ockwoy." I : . i ----. ; ;; . I . ; " ' 1 ; f , J . . ' 'J '. 1 ' ! 'I I n w I !; ' . : ' " i .1 - i v- , . - - r-Av Mi ' 1 ...;!' ' 'Ii -- ' ' , - . . . ' "' f ' ' -Va . ." ai -.- v : " j l : - - " - : ; :j . ; ; m .. . . - . i - , - . ". -..-. ' " - - - , i Wo Immediate Solution ' - - - Seen in Senate Debate On A to niic Legisl a ii o n WASHINGTON fl. Freshened by their first full night's sleep in four days, senators tried new, off side efforts Sunday to break a deadlock over atomic' legislation. There were signs that both sides were ready to bargain but no im mediate hope was held for a com promise in tiie 10-day fight which DALLAS, Tex. Gov. Allan Shivers and Ralph Yar borough ap parently will carry the bitter battle between conservative and liberal Democrats into a runoff election for the governorship of Texas. Shivers, the champion of con servatives; held a 17,158 Vote lead over liberal Yarborough at 6:30 pjn. (CST) Sunday night out of 1,273,100 votes counted on Satur day's primary. - Between 60 and 80 thousand votes were still to be tabulated by the Texas Election .Bureau, an unof ficial vote-gathering agency sup ported by Texas newspapers and radio stations. . "It looks like a runoff," Robert L. Johnson, manager of the elec tion bureau, said after the final tab ulation of the night. Counting will be resumed Monday morning. A runoff election is required when no candidate gets a majority in the primary election. If neces sary it will be held Aug. 28. Shivers, bidding for an unprece dented third term and control of the state's Democratic Party for the conservative forces, still re tained a mathematical chance of winning without a runoff. At the fin al tabulation, the handsome 46- year-old governor was 17,629 votes shy of a clear majority over the other three candidates. Portland Man, Wife Found Shot to Death PORTLAND W The bodies of Harold Mills. 47, and his wife, Nell, 48, punctured with rifle bul lets, were found in their rented house here Sunday. Detective Jack Fraser said Mills apparently shot his wife and then turned the gun on himself. No note was found. DEMOS TO MEET WASHINGTON (0 - A Midwest Democratic farm conference next month to take stock of what he called "the negative Eisenhower Benson program for the future" was announced Sunday by Demo cratic National Chairman Stephen A. Mitchell. PROPAGANDA BATTLE HANOI, Indochina ( Viet namese officials claim and ,the Communist - led Vietminh deny that' Red sympathizers are al ready persecuting Roman Catho lics in the Red River Delta. It is only one aspect of a big propa ganda battle being waged for more than a million Catholics in North Viet Nam. . - ' Run-OffVote Likely in Texas Governorslup was climaxed with an almost con tinuous 86 - hour session lasting from Wednesday morning until 11:48 pjn. (EDT) Saturday night To Posh Effort Conceding he may fail. Republi can Leader Knowland of California indicated he would push bis effort to close' off debate shortly after the Senate reconvenes Monday. He would need the votes of 64 senators to invoke the cloture rule and end what both he and the White House have -termed a filibuster. The Senate recessed by 'agree ment on Saturday night, Knowland having said he would not keep the Senate in session on Sunday. A resumption of round-the-clock sessions are possible for me sen ators unless some agreement is reached. .Knowland pleaded Saturday for some "reasonable formula" for a settlement, declared that "Presi dent Eisenhower does not ask a rubber stamp Congress." He gave no indication, however, how far he might be wimng to compromise. Doobts Victory On the other side, Sen. Gore (D- Tenn) told newsmen "I now doubt that we can win." That comment came after Democratic Leader Lyndon Johnson of Texas, had pro posed a limit on debate. Most op position to the administration bill has come from a small group of Democrats. But Gore, one of the opposition's main sparkplugs, declined to- pre dict whether the debate might wither and die, saying "Well have to wait and see how everyone feels on Monday." Woman Driver Outscores Men In Truck Contest GREEN BAY, Wis. f) A lady trucker who was not an entry drove through the obstacle course and scored more points than any of the men Sunday in the Wiscon sin State. Truck Driving Contest After three men, including one four-time champion were picked as top drivers in a field of 47, someone urged Mrs. Bermce Mac Donald, part-owner of a Ripen, Wis., trucking firm, to try out one of the trucks. She piloted the big vehicle through the course and was award ed 330 out of a possible 400 points. The best effort by . the three champions was 328. Weather Continues to Aid Picnics in Valley The picnic schedule of Salem area folk will continue to get a break from the weather man for the next two days at least The prediction from the Weath er Bureau at McNary Field is for continued fair and warm today and Tuesday with a high today of near 80. Maximum temperature Sunday was 81. ' CONTROL T.ECOMMENDED NEW DELHI, Isdia UB . India's commission of inouiry into the press Sunday recommended exten sive government control of news papers and establishment ' n press council. Peace UnitLed By India NEW DELHI. India UFi Prime Minister Nehru announced Sunday that India has accepted the chair manship of the three-nation Indo china Cease-Fire Supervisory Com mission. , " He made the' announcement to a 473-member part committee a$ SAIGON, Indochina If) The French High Command announc ed Sunday night the Communist-led Vietminh have, launch ed a general assault ' Nna Trang, on the China Sea Coast aly 180 miles northeast of Saigon. ' ' - This is far south of the par tition line set by the cease fire agreements signed at Gen eva. . . . .' y' Ajmer, 270 miles southwest of here. It was broadcast over the government radio in New Delhi. Invited to serve with India on the supervisory commission were Canada and Communist-governed Poland. V. K. Krishna Menon, who played ' an important behind-the- scenes role at the Geneva talks as Nehru's personal representative. has been mentioned as possible chairman of the commission. "We are confident of shouldering this heavy responsibility successful ly with the united help and good will of- the nation as a whole. Nehru said in his announcement. LONDON Of) Poland has agreed to serve on the Indochina Ceasefire Commission, Peiping ra dio, said Sunday night The broadcast) said the Polish government announced acceptance in Warsaw Saturday. Dayton 2-Day Rodeo Event ' Draws 4,000 -1 Statesman News Service ' ' ' DAYTON Louis Torecellas, en try from Eugene, was crowned all-round cowboy champion Sun day as the annual Dayton Buck eroc drew to a close before a jam packed crowd of 2500 persons. Torecellas placed second in calf roping and finished fifth in the bull riding division of the two-day rodeo show. He accumulated ap proximately $170 and a like num ber of points. . ' -''V Cowhands from throughout the state competed for honors in the most successful Buckeroo in Day ton history. The attendance at the rodeo for the two days ran well over 4,000 persons for a' new attendance mark. (Results on Page 2, Sec. 1) French Ready To Evacuate In Indochina HANOI. Indochina (A The evacuation of up to one million civilians and fighting men from North Viet Nam will begin Wednes dav one dav after the fighting is scheduled to stop, French officials said Sunday. ,' Jacques Compain, French ci vilian director eeneral in North Viet Nam, said he has been as sured of 800 plane seats foe civilian evacuees the first day. He said they would include . 300 French and 500 Vietnamese. Bv the second week in August, Compain added, he expects the pro cram to be increased to 5.000 daDy. Approximately 4,000 of these would be evacuated ny snip irom Haiphong to Saigon, 700 miles to the south. ' ' MANILA GETS SESSION MANILA ITi The' world health organizations annual western Pa cific regional committee 'confer ence will be held in Manila Sep tember 6-13, Hans Johnsen. ad ministrative officer of the WHO regional office here, announced WESTERN INTERNATIONA!. At Salem 4-X, Wen tehee S-l At Lewiston S-5. Tri-City S-4 , At Edmonton t. Vancouver 4" Only games scheduled COAST VZAGVX ' At Portland J-. San Diego 5- . At Sacramento B-8, Seattle 13-1 At San Francisco S-3, Lot Angeles 3-4 At HoBywood 5-1. Oakland 1-0 NATIONAL LEAGUE At Cincinnati S-3. Pittsburgh 4-1 At Milwaukee 7. New York 5 At Chicago 6-2, Philadelphia 4-1 A St Louia 1. Brooklyn AMERICAN LEAGUE At Washington IL Detroit 3 At Philadelphia 94. Baltimore 4-4 . A New YoTk 4. Cleveland a TWton 2-3, Chicago -4 U.S. Mot Tells Stork Saga of life, Death of China Sea Plane Survivors - By DON HUTH CLARK FIELD, Philippines LP Nine dazed people, their clothes in shreds, huddled under canvas on a raft tossed by 10-foot waves. , .. A frightened little girl whimper ing for her injured mother. . . A doll swept away by the angry South China -Sea. . . - - A Chinese . woman begging for water, then leaning back and dying in the arms of an American air man. . . This graphic account was given today by a U.S. Air Force pilot of Boy Feared ' ppears GRAY, Maine Searchers combed "every highway and by way" Sunday, without finding a trace of 12-year-old Daniel K. Wood Jr., whose parents believe he was kidnaped by a door-to-door sales man. ' v t The boy vanished last Thursday after his mother refnsed hknper mission to accompany . the sales man on his rounds. v Cumberland County Sheriff Allen IL Jones said a "40 man posse covered every route leading from the section of town where the lad was last seen without turning up a clue. f Joining in the bunt was the boy's father, a paper mill worker who has stoutly mainlined his son would not run away. Jones said every woods road and abandoned camp was scruti nized as well as all secluded spots where an automobile might be concealed. ' "We're still at a standstill, the ground might just as well have opened up and swallowed him," Jones said in recounting the fruit less efforts of the searchers. The boy left home o a fishing trip Thursday bat' later telephoned us mother from a store and told her he, was going to Lewiston with a salesman but would be back that night. - Mrs. Wood said she told her son not to go. Jones said the lad might have been enticed into the automobile by someone who noticed his fishing gear and promised to take him to some special pond or brook. Harriman in Running for N.Y. Governor NEW YORK (fl AvereU Har riman, former mutual security ad ministrator, jumped into the gub ernatorial race Sunday with the declaration he would be "proud to accept the democratic party nom- in&Lion. r; Harriman added that he does not intend to organize a campaign for the nomination, but would be con tent to await the choice of dele gates at the party's 6tate conven tion in September. The only other man who has formally made himself available for the nomination is Rep. Frank lin D. Roosevelt Jr.. (D-Lib, NY), who has opened a campaign head quarters. . . Foundation Protests WASHINGTON (yp) The Ford Foundation protested Sun day that it had been "maligned in public" at a house probe of tax-exempt foundations and not given a chance to make reply in the same kind of forum. Kidnaped Disa Hit Tells Christian Meet That rk.B ;r uniy ijovernmenisire oiupiu WASHINGTON ( President Eisenhower declared Sunday "It is only governments that are stupid" and that the masses in all nations long for peace. In an address to the 12th World Christian Endeavor convention, the President made an impassioned de fense of the spiritual values under lying the Free World and contrast ed these with the way of life of the Communist world. Eisenhower said ' free " peoples must unite "if they are to meet successfully the opposition which is united by force, by the threat of the MVC, by the threat of the po lice, the threat that comes about when a child is asked to inform upon its parents, when there is no sanctity left in family-life, or in community life in anything, in deed, except- slavish devotion to the head of the state. The President spoke to the dele the rescue right under, the nose of Red China of those who sur vived the shooting down of a Brit ish airliner by fighter planes, pre sumably Communist. . Tells Rescue Account While Capt. Jack T. Woody ard told his story on return of his res cue plane here, two U.S. aircraft carriers with jet fighters operated off the scene near Hainan Island under orders to 'stay there while search was pressed for nine miss- t ing persons. . j Woodyard's account gave this t ,EscaEe a? Airplane Crashes In Columbia River ASTORIA IB A light airplane crashed into the Columbia River near here early Sunday morning and its two occupants escaped with only minor injuries. They are Babe Nothwang, 35, owner of the plane, and William Everhart, both of Astoria. ' The plane sank almost immedi ately after hitting the water tind Everhart swam to shore puling Miss Nothwang who is unable to swim. " Miss Nothwang told the Coast Guard they were en route to Eu gene .when, the plane's engine failed. ' 4 Pathologists Say Heir Died Natural Death CHICAGO i un Four patholo gists probing the death of Mont gomery Ward Thome have found that the 20-year-old heir to a mail order fortune died of natural causes, one of the patholc gists said Sunday. ; Thome's body was found June 19 in his 75-a-month near North Side apartment. Cause of death could not be determined immedi ately, and a physician in the coro ner's office hinted the youth may have died of foul play. Dr. Otto Saphir, University of Illinois pathologist and head of the department of pathology at Michael Reese Hospital, said the findings will be reported to. Coro ner Walter E. McCarron this week. Legal experts said this will leave McCarron no alternative but to adjourn the inquest which has been going on intermittently for six weeks. I Dr. Saphir and three other Chi cago ; pathologists Dr. Jerry Kearns, coroner's pathologist, Dr, Edwin F. Hirsch, head of the pathology department at St. Luke's Hospital and Dr. John Sheehan, pathology department head at Loy oly University's Stritch School of Medicine were summoned by McCarron to determine the cause of death. Dr. Saphir said the death was natural and the findings will be given as soon as Dr. Kearns is released from, a Chicago hospital where he is undergoing treatment COWBOY WRITER DIES DENVER UP William Mac Leod Raine, who left his native London for the American West and became dean of cowboy authors, died Sunday in St. Luke's Hospital. He' was S3. HEROIC NURSE ON WAY PARIS tfl i Lt Genevieve de Gal ard Terraube, the nurse-heroine of Dien Bien Pfau, left by air Sunday night for the -' United States." She will visit America at the formal invitation of Congress. a. n gates to the International Christian Youth Association from, a cross- surmounted platform in the May flower Hotel. A Hawaiian choir sang "God Bless America" in English and in Hawaiian before the president of the world organization, Dr.t Daniel A. Poling of , Philadelphia, intro duced the President Eisenhower said he wanted to stress on conviction "that all men, all masses, do truly long for peace." And he told the youthful dele gates, more than 600 of whom at tended the session: . "They want you to win the Strug gle you are waging. It is only gov ernments that are stupid, not the masses of people. Governments may seek for power, for the right to dominate, to extend their auth ority over others.' Free people do not seek that." picture of the actual rescue: The seas were running high with 10 to 12 foot sweets. Woodyard set the potbellied SA16 down in the protection of a small island about two and a half miles from the. raft at 1:03 p.m. l ricay. Then it taxied . through churning seas. . When we got away from the protection of the island, there were 10-foot swells. The wing tips were dipping into the water. Final Approach "We made the final approach with the engineer in the bow with a line and two men in the ' rear with another. People in the raft caught both lines. The seas were heavy and it was difficult to brins the raft up to the 'plane. Six-year -old Valerie , Parish, of Iowa Park, Tex., was hoisted in first. She was whimpering for her mother, Mrs. Leonard L. Parish, also saved but suffering from a broken collar bone. "It was worth mv whole career to pull that little girt out." said radio operator Lawrence Rodri guez, 20, of Carpmteria, Calif. After the little girl, a seriously in jured Chinese woman was taken aboard. Mrs. Parish and others followed, the pilot, Capt. Blown last of aiL Survivors Dazed Woodyard continued: "Survivors were dazed. They1 iust didn't say anything as they were being helped aboard. The little girl cried a little but that was all They were in a state of shock. They ap peared unable to comprehend what was happening." uresses naa oeen rippea ott ine women. The men were in shorts, The airliner had hit the water at 160 miles an hour after a 9,000-foot death - plunge during which the strafing fighters followed it down. AH survivors had deep cuts, Some had been shot As the raft drifted away after the rescue, a doll bobbed on the surface amid the angry waves. The Albatross hit three large wells before it was airborne. Navigator Albert F; Smith, 32, of Hudson Falls. N.Y., attended the injured, giving closest attention to the Chinese woman. ' '"She was cold and in deep shock, he said. Rolls About "We laid her on the floor. She kept rolling from side to side. Her leg was badly fractured. "She kept asking for water but I couldn't give her any because she had internal injuries. She didn t want me to leave her. Everytime she was quiet I would got to the other ones. Then she'd call me back. "She asked me to bend down. She asked me to lift her up. I put my arm around her back and lifted her up a little bit. "While she was sitting that way. ae said . 'If you promise not to leave me 1 11 go to sleep "I told her I would. She leaned back and died- : Wreck Hurts Brooks Man Statesman News Service BROOKS A Brooks man es caped serious injury Sunday night when he missed a curve three miles east of here on the Mt Angel highway and ploughed into a field. Taken to Salem Memorial Hos pital with head abrasions and lac erations was Amos Wade Lytle, general delivery. Brooks. State - police said Lytle's car bounced almost 150 yards into the open field after missing the curve. Hospital attendants reported the man's condition to be good later Sunday night Crash Kills Two Boys KLAMATH FALLS W Roger Lee McFarland. 18, was killed out right and another 18-year-old boy was badly injured early Sunday when their car swerved out of con trol while passing another car and overturned in a ditch near here. " Police said the other driver, Lynn Edward Shaffer of Klamath Fails, said the ' boys' car spun crazily to the -side while passing him. Both boys lived in Klamath Falls. The injured youth, Larry John son, still was unconscious Sunday afternoon at Klamath Valley Hos pital here. Accident Takes Life Of Portland Woman ' BURNS m Mrs. Alice M. McMahon, 43, of Portland, was fa tallv in hired when she was thrown from, a truck in which she was riding 32 miles west of here Sat urday. . Police said another truck crowd ed the driver, Norman Andrews of Clackamas County, off the road. Mishap Amends Offered TOKYO un - Re China admit ted Monday two of her fighter planes shot down a British airliner off Hainan Island, but said it was entirely accidental" and apolo gized. Peiping radio, in a broad cast heard here, said Red China ex tends condolences to those involved ana said it would consider paying compensation for the incident Eighteen were aboard the big four-engined Skymaster when if was shot down Friday. Six Ameri cans were aboard and three " of them are among the nine per sons missing and presumed dead. Eight were rescued and one surv ivor died. The Red radio, heard here, ad mitted that Chinese Communist planes shot down the airliner but said they had mistaken it for a Chinese Nationalist plane. The radio broadcast a note from. vnang nan r un, vice minister ior foreign affairs, replied to a strong note of protest from Humphrey Trevelan, British charge de af faires in Peiping. In Washington, the Slate Depart ment had no immediate comment on the Peiping broadcast A spokes man said a statement might be made Monday. The note said the airliner was mistaken for "a bomber" and that the lighter pilots thought it was en route to bomb Port Yulin on the South China Coast Red China "expresses its regret at this accidental and unfortunate incident of the British transport aircraft and has taken appropriate measures in dealing with it" the broadcast quoted toe note. "It extends its sympathy and con cern and condolences to the dead and injured in this incident and to their relatives. It is willing to' give consideration to payment of ap propriate benefits and compensa tion for the loss of life and prop erty damage involved." - . - - Bread Sales Brisker Than Usual in Area Business at bread counters in Salem area markets1 was generally brisker than usual Sunday on the eve of today's lift in prices but demand did not reach the point where customers were stand ing in line. Reports from .various concerns varied all the -way from complete sell-out of stocks to "business as usual." Prices on most commonly used bread loaves will jump two cents. today. Large loaves will go from 26 to 28 cents and on variety types from 21 to 23 cents. Small-size loaves will climb from 19 to 20 cents. ' - , - - . Stocks Nearly Gone ' Ericsson $ Market on North Portland Road reported stocks al most completely gone after heavy Sunday business. Berg s Center, St firm likewise said bread traf fice was exceptionally heavy, with stock being replenished - toward evening. Dickson's Market on the south frinees of Salem also reported bread stocks virtually sold out by Sunday night A like report, came from State Street Market. On the other hand, . business was about as usual in other stores. The Safeway concern on South Commercial St reported ordinary sales of bread as did Ladd's Mar ket on S. 12th St "Normal Trade" "Just a normal trade," was the ' word from the Berg Market in the. Keizer " area. Erickson's Market on East State St reported no unusual sales. Vista Market or South Commer cial St said bread stocks were pretty well cleaned out but . add ed that this is a usual fething on Sunday. ' The two major Salem bakeries. Master Bread and Benson Baking Co., are raising prices en bread ' anc other products in line with a general price ' raise initiated by large Portland firms. Max. Mia. Preeip. 1 ,44 M . 7 53 M Salem Portland Baker -87 87 43 M S3 M 50 M , 4 00 Medford North Bend Rose burg San Francisco Chicago New York .H SI J91 83 65 -.00 .83 M tract .78- fit M Los Angeles Willamette River a.S feet,' ; FORECAST (from U. S. weather bureau, McNary field. Salem): Continued fatr and warm today, tonight and Tuesday; highest tem perature today near SO, lowest to night near 45. Temperature at 13:01 ajn. today was 5t SALEM PRECIPITATION Since Start of Weather Tear Sept. t ' This Year Last Year Normal 4544 43J : v JJ9 30 0