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:!;; : . "tf.:- S . , - I ;- . . - : . i - .( . ' - I - - - i - - -." - . . : ; ; i , ..; ' -;: 'T " : - - - '" ."' : i " t . i 1 ... -. j .:.... , i i . The Weather TORECAST (from V. S. Weather 1 Bureau. McNary Field. Slem): Vanabl cloudiness with scattered howen this morninif. Increasing ; cloudiness this afternoon, with run tonif ht High oday near 0; low to- ; night near 47. Temperature at 12. M. : a.m. today was S2. - i . WiUamette River 19 feet SAI.EM PRECrPITATIOX Since Start f Weather Year Sept 1 j This Year last Year ! Normal i pcundqd fd51: I ' : K- iv- - . ; -1 The Supreme Court on Monday accepted jurisdiction in the con troversy over construction of i t hydroelectric plant at Pelton site on the Deschutes River. The Fed eral Power Commission had ap proved the 'application of Port land General Electric for a pow er permit therebut the Oregon Hydroelectric Commission refus ed, to give its consent in view of the objections raised primarily by the Oregon Fish Commission. A federal - district court .sustained the position of the state, and this was affirmed by the ninth circuit court of appeals. The government has taken the case to the Su preme Court which" will give the final word on the question of jurisdiction.. , , A great deal is involved in this case, much ; more merely than whether PGE gets to go ahead with its dam. What is at stake is the issue of jurisdiction over wa ters. For many years, particularly since enactment of the federal desert land act of 1877, states have claimed and exercised au thority over the use of waters from streams. The reclamation act of 1902 expressly recognized state authority over waters. In re cent years, however, claims ' of federal jurisdiction Jbave been as serted, with respect to use of wa ter for irrigation or diversion for power. Some federal decisions have leaned toward greater feder al authority, notably (Continued on editorial page, 4.) Russ Asked to . Help Organize Atom Confab UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (ffl The West Tuesday invited Russia and India to help arrange an in ternational scientific . conference slated to meet next summer as part of President Eisenhower atoms for peace program. Arkady A. Sobolev, sitting in the U.N. Assembly's Political Commit tee for chief Russian delegate An drei Y. Vishinsky, and V. K. Krish na Menon, India,, said nothing pub licly in answer to the Western bid but indicated pnvately that they were interested and would study it carefully. They obviously ;were , surprised. , i ' The proffer was made by Paul Martin, Canadian minister for na tional health and welfare, as the committee continued debate on the President's proposals. I i f Martin said he was eneouraged by. the agreement of the Russians to co-sponsor with the West a reso lution for new talks on disarma ment He expressed a wish1 that this "moderate'' attitude would be carried over to trie atoms for peace talks. ; i ;f Martin proposed that the Soviet Union, India, Braiu, United States, Britain.-France and Canada make up an advisory committee to con sult with Secretary General Dag HammarsRjoId on invitations to the conference, preparation of the agenda, and selection, of the site. Geneva has a head start as the location. Britain and Belgium both favor that rityj The United States is ; not expected to propose an American city. :, . 1 Stock Market. Advance Sets ! Record Highs i 1 NEW YORK un - The stock market advanced moderately Tuesday and in, the process "set a lot of records. 1 ; , ' More individual stocks were traded than at any time in 'the history of the New York Stock Ex change 1,261 individual issues out of the 1,529 issues listed for trading. ! - - : i Altogether, there .were 3.240,000 shares of these; issues bought and sold, a total exceeded only three times tills year. , ; It was the lKth time this year that total trading has passed the two million mark. That means 1934 will rack up a: 25-year, record. In all of 1333 there were 116 days when two million or more shares changed hands.; Back in 1929 there were .267 days at two million or over. .". ;.?!'.: ; i - - 1 ;! ; And. ttie stock market in its jog ahead Tuesday established a new 25-year high with The Associated Press average of 60 stocks up 33 cents at 140.60, best since Octi 17. 1929. : it The stock market has been ad-1 vancing steadily for 14 months. and last week it shot ahead' to another of its long string of 25 year highs in a post-election bull market boom, f is ANIMAL CRACKERS Y WARDEN GOODRICH "Well, J must egret with you 104TH YEAR Football Bet I - ' i i - ) J S -x-v j i . ! -'Mx j -! . . N , " - -: " X. rl s r ; 7s ?. ; Jiwrs.,w, ,w: ... ... . t .. , --Vbw.:. ' -v : 1 ' . : : :' ' i: ' )""'t ": ' : J ' -v i " : V- !: . '. . 1; ; ' ' I- .X -- ;4S. J ! NNk u v. : (h- rj''- ''Sf;v A South. Salem High School principal Carl Aschenbrenner got a "crew" haircut at a special school assembly Tuesday morning, proving to his students that he was not only a man ef his word, but as eae football player put it, "a regular guy." It all started earlier in the year when Aschenbrenner remarked that if the school football team went unbeaten this season, he would get a "crew cut," Friday ' night the team won. Photo at top left shows Aschenbrenner with Demos Dixon-Yates . . . - Pact Delay WASHINGTON Ifl Democrats on the Senate-House Atomic En ergy Committee launched a ma neuver Tuesday night to head off signing of the controversial Dixon Yates power contract until after the 84th Congress meets in January.- ; - I,":. And Senate Democratic leader Lyndon Johnson of Texas voiced a hope the contract will have "quiet burial" in the new Congress which his party will control. How ever, Arkansas' two senators called for a go-ahead on the contract, which they declared "entirely justi4 fiable-:" . . , , A well-placed Republican leader, said the Eisenhower administra tion would not retreat from its en dorsement of the deal. But specu lation has developed, he added,: about whether the Dixon-Yates in terests ' will want to go through with it now that it has developed into such a hot political issue. AEC has been negotiating the contract with the Dixon-Yates pow er group for construction of a 108 nr'llion dollar generating plant at West Memphis. Ark., to feed pow-l er to the Tennessee Valley Authori ty (TVA) to take the place of TVA power used by i atomic plants. 1 s !- ' . More Rain Seen Today, Tonight Salem residents who haven't had: enough clouds and rain to satisfy them recently will get a break today, the McNary Field weatherman promised in his early morning forecast Wednes day. - ' . i - The city will have variable cloudiness this morning, with the clouds thickening in the after noon, the forecast ' indicated Scattered morning showers are expecte to give way to heavier rains tonight MEDAL GIVEN GENERAL ; ROME UK UJS. Ambassador Clare Boo the Luce Tuesday con ferred the Legion of Merit, high est award America can give to a non-American, to Italian Air Force Gen. Aldo UrbanL Max. Mia. Precip. Salem , . M - 41 .n Portland i 58 44 M Baker 5 . 49 trace Medford SS 4.1 trace North Bend M i 4 .02 Rose hurt S3 t 41 M San Francisco 59 5S J2 Chieapo , 55 f .44 .00 New York 52 43 M Los Aztfclea M 1 . Iff' -- J0 2 SECTIONS-20 PAGES Results In 'Clipping Penalty for Principal Salem Teachers! Seek District Salary Survey The president of the Salem Classroom Teachers Association ask ed the Salem School Board Tuesday night to meet witL'representa tives of Barrington Associates, Inc., for an exploratory conference relative to the latter group conducting a survey of salaries paid to Salem School District teachers and employes. . President of the teachers. Dale Merrill, said that such a survey would go far toward alleviating the problem that occurs yearly when various employes of the school district, custodians, main tenance men, etc., as well as tea chers, present their requests for salaries. ... ' Barrington Associates, which is currently conducting the same type of survey with state employ es, evaluates jobs on a quantitative-competitive basis in an ef fort to" set a fair salary ratio. Each job, is .examined and so many : points ' allotted for each factor entailed in that job. The points are theo computed and compared with salaries paid for jobs of a like computation. Object is to systematize pay set-ups and provide a fair basis for salary received and work done. Starting pay for teachers in the Salem School District is approxi mately $3,400 a year and reaches a pinnacle-of about $5,500 a year for those with 6-year training lev els. Salaries are based on educa tion and experience. j Barrington Associates repre sentatives are expected to finish their survey for the state by Jan uary, and such a survey of -the Salem School District would take about three months, said MerrllL The board agreed to take un der advisement Merrill's request. (Additional details page 2, sec. 1) . I Mother of New State Agriculture Director Dies REDMOND (Jf) James F. Short, Redmond, recently named state director of agriculture, will ; be delayed in taking over bis duties at Salem because of the death of his mother. The mother, Mrs.! R. H. Short, 80, died at Los Angeles Satur day.: Funeral services are sched uled there Wednesday. (E. L. Peterson, director of the state agricultural department for 11 years, will leave Sunday for Washington, D. C to assume his sew duties as assistant sec retary of agriculture. Short was appointed director of the state agricultural department by Gov. Paul L. Patterson. TYPHOON TOLL JUMPS MANILA4 l Slow reports from outlying provinces Wednesday-Carried the toll of Monday night's devastating typhoon to at least eight dead and 34 missing. Tli Oregon nearly a full head of hair. Barber Is H. D. Innis, grandfather ef Herb Triplett, ez-Salem High athlete. Top right photo was taken several minutes later as Innis administers hair oil to now nearly bald prin cipal. Photo at bottom shows students dressed as nurses draping barber's, cape around him as entire student body looks on. . (States man Photos Jy John Jtnckien) , Salem in Line For 3-Cent Air Mail Service ' WASHINGTON The Civil Aeronautics Board late Tuesday proposed toj extend its experiment in the movement r of first class mail by air to the Pacific Coast ' The board offered the five air lines involved American., North west, TWA; United and Western a temporary rate of 18.98 cents a ton mile for carrying S-cent let ter ' mail ; and other j 'refential mail" other than air j mail, on a space-available basis. 1 s i The CAB ialso granted a request by Western that ' Long Beach, Calif., be included in: the experi ment along with j the : following cities initially proposed: ; - Seattle, Wash.; Portland, Salem. Bend, Redmond. Eugene, Medford and Klamath Falls, Ore.; San Francisco, Oakland, Sacramento, Stockton, ; Modesto. Merced,' Sa linas, Fresno, Visalia, Bakersfield, Los Angeles and San Diego, Calif. Since last Oct C, first class mail has . been moved by air, when space is available, between New York-Newark and Chicago, and Washington: and Chicago. Later the service was extended to several cities in Florida. : - - f i j j If no objections are filed, the CAB proposal I wfll ; become effec tive within! 15 i days. ..The Post Of fice Department has asked per mission to. get the - new service going by Christmas. ; Former Iran Minister Shot TEHRAN, Iran UD Former Foreign Minister Hossein Fatemi, firebrand , of Mohammed Mossa degh's government, died before an Army firing squad at dawn Wed nesday for his part in the 1963 plot to unseat the shah. .; - Fatemi was convicted and sen tenced by a military court just a month ago: He appealed the ver dict but Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi confirmed the death sen tence last Saturday, r LOGGER KILLS SELF : j ROSEBURG Wyatt Lewis Irvin. . 47, - ;i a : Roseourg logger accused of Mating his wife with a hammer, kuled himself. with a rifle shot here Tuesday. Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Wednesday, November 10, 1954 - j . To Aid Reds WASHINGTON (ffl - A revised resolution of censure and condem nation aimed at Sen.! McCarthy- was filed in the Senate Tuesday. McCarthy counterattacked immed iately with a charge that the Sen ate committee which drafted it was an "unwitting handmaiden of the Communist Party. j . The resolution was offered by an investigating committee headed by Sen. Watkins (R-Utab). It is based on he- Wisconsin Republi can's alleged defiance of a Sen ate elections subcommittee in 1951 32 "and his denunciation of Brig. Gen. Ralph W. Zwicker during an atni-Red investigation i last Febru ary. . .N j. , ,' .-j.-i v- Without waiting for Wednesday, however, McCarthy released the text of a speech ! he intends to make on the Senate floor. Describing himself as ."the sym bol of resistance to Communist sub version, McCarthy asserted that "the nation's fate is jn some re spects tied", to his own fate, i During the course of the debate, he said in his prepared speech, he will demonstrate that the com mittee "not only cooperated in the achievement of Communist goals, but that in writing its report it im iated Communist methods." Strike Looms If Sen. McCarthy Says Censure j ii j For Queen Mother's Sea Trip ! SOUTHAMPTON, England (UP) Crew members of the liner Queen Mary threatened Tuesday to strike if their regular captain is not al lowed to command the ship when it brings; Queen Mother Elizabeth home from the United States this month. T: .; ? : - I-- - .','. The crew members regarded as an "insult" the Cunard Lines plans to replace the regular ' skipper, Capt Donald Sorrell, 60, with Com. Ivan Thompson, also 60, who usual ly commands the bigger sister ship Queen Elizabeth. ; ; ; i , More than 1,000 of the 1,263-man crew signed a petition asking the company to leave the stubby (five feet two) soft-spoken Sorrell at the helm. About half of them, from machinists to mess boys, threat ened to strike if Sorrell is re moved. . ' - - ,! ' 'The fact ..that ! Commodore Thompson is replacing Captain Sor rell is no slur on the captain," a spokesman for the Cunard lines said. "On royal occasions the com pany's senior -captain always takes over a ship." ! , Thompson was at the helm whea U. So Consider in Far Fighters May Escort U.S-! in Asia WASHINGTON (UP) U Secre tary of State John Foster Dulles revealed Tuesday that the United States is considering providing fighter escorts for American planes in the Far East to prevent a repetition of Sunday s incident in which Soviet MIGs shot down a U. S. B29 over Northern Japan. At his first capital news con ference in. two months. Dulles also declared that it is wholly out of the question for the United States to consider any idea of a preventive war with Russia. He said such an idea is not any part or parcel of American for eign policy.' ' ! No Fear of War 1 While tie secretary itook a grave view of the plane incident and accused Russia of lying about it he said be did not believe Rus sia has any intention of starting a war now against the free world. He said the United States is considering taking the latest plane incident to the United Nations. He also left open the possibility that it would be taken to the Inter national Court of Justice, The United States already has sent a sharp protest note to Rus sia,; demanding "moral and mater ial reparations." Ten crew mem bers of the B29 parachuted to safe ty but an eleventh was killed.. Dulles spoke out after Senate Republican Leader William F. Knowland and Sens. Styles IL Bridges (R-NH1, Everett M. Dirk sen IR-H1) and John J. Spark man (D-Ala) denounced the at tack in vigorous terms, and de manded that the United States take stern measures to prevent a repetition. "Shoot to Kill" ' f : Bridges aid ' the Air Force should order u. s. planes to "shoot to kiU" if fired upon. Dulles said that U. S. pilots al ready have standing orders to fire on attackers. He said these orders have been in effect for some time, The plane shot down Sunday did not return the fire and its pilot was rebuked by his commander in Japan. " . I ' TOKYO W i Japan Wednesday called the shooting down of a VS. B29 photo plane Sunday by Rus sian MIGs i a "provocative act" which it said "constitutes viola tion of Japanese air.; "We urge the Soviet government to take necessary measures to pre vent recurrence of such-provocative actions,? a Foreign .Office an nouncement said. I ' Klamath Falls TV Station Approved By FCC; Official ' ; i 1 ' ! ' M- ' ' V WASHINGTON (UP)-A Federal Communications Commission ex aminer recommended Tuesday that KFJI Brodcasters, Inc.,' be awarded a permit for a new tele vision station at Klamath Falls, Ore., on channel two.! The recommendation will take effect automatically in 40 days un less objections are filed. A contest! for the channel was ended when: Klamath Falls Tele vision, Inc.; withdrew a competing channel two application last month. The examiner, Isadora A. Honig, said KFJI has paid Klamath Falls Television S7.&00 reimbursement for expenses in connection with its application. ! . . Captain Ousted 1 the Queen Mother journeyed to the United States aboard the 83,673-ton Queen Elizabeth. i 1 The Queen Mary crew learned of the plan to replace their skipper as the ship steamed across the Atlan tic last week. Several crewmen drew up a petition which said: "We consider that in view of the way Captain Sorrell has handled things in the past he should by right stay oa board and command the liner oa the return of the Queen Mother." ! - ; x-y-;;- Captain Sorrell himself said he was "embarrassed" by. the crew's action. . -j .-. " ; . t'. t ; T have got my orders and this (change) is just in hoe of duty, he said. "I follow my instructions without the slightest complaint. I do not approve of this action. It embarrasses me greatly. I am sor ry to hear about it." ; A spokesman for the crew said if "we have heard nothing by the time we muster at 1 p.m. Wednes day, for our next sailing we shall call a meeting to consider future action, ' i PRICE 5c East AidPrb ' . H, I .7- , --..-.I; : - Election 'Fraud' Locked in Ballot Box Since 1910 SOMERVILLE, N. ! J. (JP) The so-called "good old days" : produced some election, con fusion too. A cobwebbed ballot box turned up in the borough hall of nearby Millstone when New 'Jersey's voting machinery was impounded in the recent close U. S Senate election. The box was opened Tues day.1 It had been used in the Millstone primary election of 1910. The contents revealedr 1 The box contained 16 bal lots.! A counter atop the box indicated 18 votes had been cast A tally sheet listed 17 voters in the district -And one candidate received 19 votes. - . T . j ! ' - Heart Attack Kills Stricklin. State Engineer Oregon State Engineer Charles Ernest Stricklin, 70, died unex pectedly Monday in Merced, Calif H while returning to Salem after ; a visit with his daughter in San Bernardino. Stricklin's office was informed of his death Tuesday. A state employe since 1912, he had been state engineer for 24 years. State officials said Tuesday that he had been in public service longer than any other officer of the state. A native of Oregon, Stricklin was born near Condon Oct 21, 1884.! He held an engineering degree from Oregon State Col lege and a doctor of laws de gree ! from Willamette Univer sity, j ; - . In recent months he had been active in plans for the Columbia Basin Compact, under - which Northwest states have proposed to take part in developing the basin. Mrs. Stricklin was with her husband when he suffered the heart attack which caused his death. The body will be returned to Salem. here Clough-Barrick Chapel will be in charge of fu neral; arrangements. (Story and photo! on page 4, section 2.) Adenauer to Fight for Saar Pact Passage - RONN. Germanv A senior West German official said Tues day Chancellor Konrad Adenauer will fight tor the finish for parlia montarv armrnval of the: controver sial French-German Saar agree ment. ' " 1 . Th official, who is close to Ad enauer and asked not to be identi fied by name, said the chancellor and his top advisers had decided in "strategy conferences they could ram through Parliament the plan to Eurooeamze the industrially rich Saar, despite a revolt by two of the four government coalition parties. ; " - i" ' The decision was viewed as one of the most crucial the 78-year old Adenauer has had to maxe in his political career. It is a calculat ed camhle that he can win despite demands by the two coalition part- nprs tM Free Democrats and tne Refugee Party that the Saar ques tion he renegotiated witn r ranee in an effort to win a more lavor nhlA Rpttlemcnt for Geranv. : , Under the pact which was one of France's basic conditions for joining in the Paris agree ments to free and rearm wesi Germany the Saar will have a neutral commissioner respons ible to the Western European Un ion. Hie territory, German Deiore World War n, will remain tied eco nomically to France. Graham to Hold Glasgow Revival r.T-ASGOW. Scotland (UP) Billy Graham, who wound up a revival in New Orleans Sunday, wfll stage his next big preaching session here in the spring a was reporxea iues- dav. i,--' ' . ' . Jerry Beavan, secretary to the American evangelist, saia ne pians tn hmld a lo-ooo-seat auditorium inside Glasgow's Kelvin .Hall for the six-week meeting, scheduled to begin March Zx. ; ; DRUMMING UP BUSINESS? CUCKFEGLD, England W Mrs. Eliza Luckett celebrated her 106th birthday Tuesday. Her presents included a bottle of whisky rom her doctor. No. 223 ' g Newj grain ' -. l : Plan Aims to Bolster Area Against Reds ii By JOHN SCALI i WASHINGTON UB SecreUry! of State Dulles said Tuesday thej .Eisenhower administration is con-! sidering a sweeping new Far -East! aid program to bolster the area' against communism., j , He told of the plans at a news conference in which he also ex pressed confidence that Russia, despite its vast military j power, does not intend to start I a war against the free world at this .time. r . ' ' ' 1 "' "As long as we continue i strong. united, and ready to fight if neces-! sary, I think that we have a very substantial deterrent against gen eral war." he said. j Dulles said the Western allies must continue developing their military might in order to Con vince Russia's rulers "their best, interests will not be served by a general war." i Dulles revealed the possible new American-sponsored aid program for : the Far East in discussing a speech Monday by Japan's visit ing Premier Shigeru Yoshida, in a National Press Club ad dress; Yoshida proposed an Asian "Marshall Plan" involving four billion dollars annually: to help i U..MJ i; n !.i ! . 1 uuuu - up a-uiKiminunisi nations. "Thete is not much time." he said. "Let us act now." : ' : Not So Large to Start . Dulles said it would not be prac tical to attempt to spend any Buch big sum annually for such a pro-' gram, ai least noi ac me start.; Far Eastern needs, he said, are' considerably different than the situation ttroung the United States in Europe, which led to fly nancing the multi-billion, dollar Marshall Plan there. ! ! - He said Marshall Plan funds for West Europe were used to repair and modernize highly developed industrial countries to recover ' from war damage. In the Far East, no such comparable prob-t lera exists. i Discussions Held 1 The United States, however, isi urgently discussing the problem ! with Yoshida and other Far East-. era leaders in order to determine : how much to contribute within practical and workable limits, t f Other officials reported the Ei-1 senbower administration was con- f sidering whether to scrap the pres-, ent administration aid programs ' Which involves spending about 500 mijlion, dollars annually in the re- j gion. , -. The idea would be to substitute a regional approach which would call, for about twice as much money to begin with, provided t memberaiauons would lower trade i barriers and contribute what they could, as European members did. 1 These informants stressed, how- s ever, all planning was highly ; tentative thus -far. , Youth Missins : At Coos Bay COOS BAY. IB- A search fori a jman missing since Mondays morning was under way on the! coast south of here Tuesday. Coastguardsmen and volunteers i joined in the search for Bob r Crothers, 18, Coos Bay, who dis-; appeared on his day off from work ; at a print shop here. - ; : His wife said , she believed he had gone target shooting at the -beach. She said his .22 caliber rifle and the car were gone when she; returned to the house Monday i afternoon. ! The car was found parked be-1 tween Shore Acres and Sunset : Bay state parks Monday evening." Searchers also said they found ; some empty cartridge shells that miht have come from his gun. -: ! '.- - ; JUDGE SWORN W ! FAIRBkSTKS, Alaska (B Ver non; D. Forbes of Wahpetort, N.D.l; was sworn in here Tuesday as the i federal judge for Alaska's big 4th; Division. His district embraces a vast interior area from the Cana-; dian border and the Arctic Ocean to the Bering Sea. Today's' Statesman SECTION 1 General news . 2, 5, 10 Editorials, features . 4 Comes the Dawn 4 Society, women's news6-7 Star Gazer - 7; Valley news .... . 8; SECTION 2 V Sports Crossword puzzle Markets .. i Comics '---. . . Radio, TV Classified a 4s : scnooi lire drul ...1-2 . . 5 .....5. 7 6 6 7-9 in i i