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The Weather FORECAST (from U. S. Weather Bureau. McNary Field. Salera): Cloudy with occasional rain and fresh southerly winds today, becom- inf showery by evenin. Rain afain on rriday. High today 56-54; low to- night, 44-50. Temperature at 11 ill a-m.- today was 52. r. Willamette River . feet - SALEM PRECIPITATION SlBce Start of Weather Year Sent. 1 ?m? Urn Jftrt ' IMn. Beans' to the Crrir& tf Ore(n This Year Last Year Normal . I 1.28 a. 41 104TH YEAR 2 SECTIONS 20 PAGES Thm Oregon Stcrteamaru Salem, Orwgon, Thursday. November 18, 1954 PRICE 5c No. 236 ?:). y r;- ; ... . . i . pcunddd iSI ';- : . j ' T: . f : -:'--v?-- Traffic Moves to Bypass ,,i'wwffflW'wwiwwiw'TlJ'?5 -.- Vs SALEM -& DALLAS i ! 1 m tay Mtwa. a.v vv v ku reporters of the U. S. News and World Report Sen.! Wayne L. Morse bared his political soul. The exposure was not new.' The senator opens his vest to lay bare his heart atHhe slightest oppor tunity, in particular ne explain ed his course in deserting; the Re publican Party under whose ban ner he had sought and won his office twice, and justified his in tention to vote .with .the Demo crats for organizing: the Senate in the 84th Congress!- All this is public knowledge. .What is of special interest in Oregon is Morse's ' statement bf intention with regard to 1956. ij He lis quoted: - j . ; - "It's- my intention to run as an Independent I will I say , this, that it isnt Wayne Morse that counts, it's a sound liberal cause that counts. There is a group of Democrats in our Sttte quite dif ferent from some Democrats in some other places.? They are making a great fight against the reactionary Republican machine 1n Orppnn. and if I could be con vinced that the best hope of a viv.9 MsiieA Tva tA join forces with them, 1 1 . would not hesitate to do it However, that is not my present intention, but I shall always keep myself free to change my opinion." ! . This prompted both an invita tion and a warning from Monroe Sweetland, state senator-elect and Democratic national commit teeman, sweetiana extenaea warm welcome for Morse to join the Democratic party and) run (Continued on editorial page, 4.) Market Sets 25-Year High NEW YORK W The bull mar ket in stocks continued ; Wednes day with still another new 25-year high-established. -v The rise of moderate size (was led by th railroads and steels. Motors were laggard. There .was, however, no acute weakness any place in the market L . J - The Associated Press ; average of 60 stocks gained 70 cents! at $144.50. highest level for the aver age since Oct 15, 1929. Wednesday marked the seventh . time in the past eight sessions that the aver age has attained a new 25-year Peak. . . . , ANIMAL CRACKERS Y WAMRCM OODBMCM - ,Yo mtony. live-here leer' " CFLP S333IJQS V Subject of bitter complaint by many with its effect on 12th Street traffic. Top photo shows sign which businessmen as leaving the impression that the hy-pass is the principal route and that route to the left is merely the way to Dallas via Salem. Bottom left photo shows deserted 12th street while photo at bottom right shows traffic en Columbia River Plastic Water Tube Proposed DENVER UP) Chester L. Thomas, -Denver quilt manufacturer, suggested Wednesday that much of be solved with a plastic tube. The Thomas plan: r Supply the Los Angeles area er, transported by tube laid in the Plywood Firm Files $533,113 Damage Suit A plywood firm that says it was driven out bf business by the fraudulent practices of four other firms filed suit for J533.113 Wed nesday in Marion County Circuit Court Beaver Plywood Cooperative, which for a short time in 1953 op erated in West Salem, alleges in the i suit that misrepresentations concerning plywood patents led to HUC UllUt UUMUVJUg. . i ' - ! fr Names as defendants are Edgar Robert Ernon. Glenn R. Munkers, Dwight illoldorf, James B. Carr, Archie L. Bones, Charles William son, General Timber Cooperative, Photo -Grain Corporation, Foto- Grain Corporation and Coop For estry Products. f The plaintiff firm is represented by Robert Blumenstein, Arthur Pe terson and Earl Rodenhois, named as the trustees m dissolution. Timber Heldmcs ' i The suit states that the defend ants falsely represented to the firm mat they had large umber flattings in Lincoln County; that Carr. ass of the defendants, had patents on a ' piywood nwwrfacturipg process and that exclusive rights to use the process in the state would be granted to the Beaver firm. ' The complaint contends that the defendants promised aid in the fi nancing of the construction of a plywood plant Patent Rights Beaver Plywood Cooperative also alleges that it entered into a con tract for the purchase of a fran chise based upon the patent rights for the - plywood process, .and agreed -to pay $30,000 lor the franchise, of which, the f i r m claims, $24,000 has been paid to the defendants. i When a plant was set up ti West Salem, allegedly under Carr's direction, losses suffered forced Beaver Plywood Cooperative out of business, the suit states. The firm had 72 stockholders. end some 72 others bad placed earnest money for the purchase of stock, it is understood. Their money was refunded. (Additional details page 2, sec. L) Mendes-France Arrives in IJ.: S. ; WASHINGTON tfl French Premier Pierre Mendes-France ar rived Wednesday for talks j with President, Eisenhower and said the whole free world "is making steady progress on the road to peace." - "I come to America in a spirit of optimism," he said as be was greeted at Washington National Airport. In advances of his - arrival. : the French leader requested that Ei senhower and Dulles review some 20 world-wide. problems -with him caxxaf tis star, - - f- - From Ola Truck Route PORTLAND xv w-,'-w,'g : XX I mill IHlf llWMIIIMWHHMMMHMMMMMHHMMMMHMMMMNMMIIMMMMMniS tourist catering bnsincsses, the Salem by pass is shown above along by-pass route. (Statesman rhoto) - Los Angeles the West's water problem might r - i - . ( with water from the Columbia Riv ocean. Other proposals to supply South- era the California with water from Northwest's Columbia River, Thomas told newsmen, have two major drawbacks 1a that theyV- 1. Involve expensive tunnels and canals through a series of moun tain rangesv 2. Raise fears in Oregon' and Washington that their rights to Columbia; River water might be Jeopardized. Thomas said in an interview preliminary studies indicated his diversion plan would cost between 75 million and 100 million dollars, compared to billions for an over land scheme. He would overcome the second obstacle by removing water from the Columbia just before it emp ties into the Pacific after all prior needs bad been satisfied. "This water would be carried in a tube or tubes, possible special plastic, deep in the ocean close to shore, and delivered to Los An geles at a fraction of an overland route, Tbomas said. California, he said, may win its fight for more Colorado River wa ter "unless we can offer her practical plan to tap a new sup- Ply. .j Since bis water diversion plan would benefit both the tipper and lower. Colorado River basin, he suggested H interested states and the federal government join is the endeavor. , Elk Hunter Walks Out9 After 4 Days WALLA WALLA ft - A 26- year-old elk hunter who had been lost for four days came out of the rugged, snow-swept Blue. Moun tains near Elgin, Ore., Wednesday after vowing "If I'm going to freeze,, I'll freeze walking.. Orville Simmons of Milton-Free-water,- Ore., became lost in the Tollgate area 41 miles south of here Sunday.- He came out at farmhouse six. miles from Elgin, hungry and tired but in good con dition. He said be bad no idea how far he walked. Elgin is about 60 miles south , of here. ' Search parties had combed the Tollgate area Wednesday without finding any trace of Simmons. The hunter said it had rained " and snowed all the time he was lost and his only food consisted of a snowshoe rabbit be shot and two candy bars. He managed to keep a fire I going most of the time nights. I h . A number of hunters have per ished in the same area in the past few years, some disappearing with out trace. - POPULATION JUMP SEEN CHICAGO (II - Agriculture Sec retary - Benson said Wednesday night the nation's population by 1370 will reach 200 million and this means "We will have to increase our total agricultural production ty fcbout De-fcSrta.- g 1 zzzd 799$ BY-PASS has been criticized by affected if Boy Critical' After Beating ML McMINNVILLE tR Horace Crowley, !21, Dayton, ' Ore., was ailed here Wednesday on a charge of assault with intent to kill in the beating of the 4-year-old son ofms- 3ilriend.Ar The child. Richard Michael Lightle. was transferred from hospital here to one in Portland, where he was in critical condition with brain injuries. . Crowley brought the boy here Tuesday and said he had found him, beaten unconscious, in the back yard of his borne. But later. Asst Dist Atty. Barry Devlin said, Crpwley admitted beating the child j after becoming angry at his behavior. Devlin quoted Crowley as saying he had driven his girl friend to work at a nut processing I plant and had returned 'to take care of her son and a 3-year-oW daughter before the beating occurred. Crowley waived preliminary hearing in district court late Wednesday; . ! Battered Ship sto CORNER BROOK, Nfld. (A - The storm-battered freighter Stork limped into this Newfoundland west coast port under her own power Wednesday some 60 hours after being hit by a gale that al most sank her. The 7,111-ton Panama-flagged ship had battled her way into the shelter of the Bay of Islands Tues day night through high seas and a howling wind. She showed no; visible damage but rode low from water taken in through storm-c racked deck plates. The freighter crew members. carried 40-odd a. Winn, Rain Due, ' Weathermen Say More rain, more clouds . and more wind were predicted for the Salem area today in the early- morning forecast at McNary Field weatherstation. J Three-quarters of an inch of rain fell on; the city Wednesday, the weather report showed, Expected high temperature this' afternoon is about 58, with the low tonight near 48. - - . MILL POND VICTIM FLORENCE tfi Frank Wayne Dixon, 20, drowned Wednesday in the mill pond of the Bob - Mills lumber; plant two miles south of here. ., :- v r . : . . Max. Ct - 59 44,j Mia. 4i 45 3S . 43 51 --42;,- 44 S9 Preclp. .7 Jl trace jso i JB9 .... 41 Salem Portland ' Baker : Med ford 59 North Bend 63 j Roseburg CS Saa rrandaco S3 -Cfeicaxa 70 New York 6a Im An frier 71 m -arx n ar BvUavtonMa Limp Brinish Congr essmen uestion Alger Hiss 1 WASHINGTON - Alger Hiss, central figure ini one rf Wash ington' most sensational Red spy cases, may be called before two congressional committees for ad ditional questioning; when he gets out of .prison next week. The man who once worked in the higher cbelons of the State Department is due to be released rom the federal penitentiary at Lewisburg, Pa., Nov. 27, having served almost four years for per jury. j ! ' i Hiss was convicted of lying un der oath to a New York federal grand jury when he denied having slipped government secrets to a pre-war Soviet spy ring. He made the same denial to the House Un- American Activities Committee. Rep. Velde (R-Ill). present chairman of the Committee, dis closed Wednesday Khat .the group has under consideration a propo sal by Rep. Clardjl (R-Mkh) that w a e a tiiss ce recaiiea jor lnierrogauon on a wide range of matters. I The Senate internal security sub committee is also discussing the advisability of a session with Hiss. according to its hiet counsel, Alva Carpenter. I ; r Velde said his committee may decide Thursday whether to sum mon Hiss. Clardy told reporters he thinks Hiss should be questioned about the alleged introduction of Com munists or Communist .sympathiz ers into the State Department as well as the part Hiss played as an' advisor to President Roosevelt at the Yalta Conference and as an organizer of the United Na- Some leading members of Con gress, mostly Republicans, con-tendrrnnreasenabtov-.:- concessions were' made to the Russians at Yalta during World War H. ! Hiss went to Jail s&U protesting his innocence,, and recently bis lawyer Chester Lane of New York, said when Hiss is tree again "hell continue to try to vindicate himself and expose the frameup against him. j 1 ' L:f U.S. to Test Atomic Attack Dispersal Plan a ' ' WASHINGTON J The govern ment's super secret plan to trans fer key federal agencies to vari ous spots 80 to 200 miles from Washington in case of an atomic attack ion the capital gets it first major test Saturday. t Two thousand employes of criti cal agencies have secret orders to report to 30 designated emer gency headquarter sites and "run the government from there. The Office of Defense Mobiliza tion, which is coordinating: the plan, won't say where the sites are. It says only that they are, in cities and towns in an area ex tending about 80 miles west and north of the city and about 200 miles south.1- -ODM Director Arthur S. Flem ing, who announced the test- said the plan is based on the premise that in an emergency the govern ment must be ready to carry on without interruption of its essential functions from dispersed locations The plan, Flemming said, would go into effect within, a few; hours alter warning of an attack on the capital city. STARS TO WED .--! .-j SANTA MONICA. Calif. UR Actress ' Pier Asgeli and singer vie Damone obtained a marriage license Wednesday. ! MayQ County Gets $13,000 for Polio- Total to Exceed - Contribution More Is being received than was given! . . . . - , The Marion County Chapter of the. National Polio Foundation re ceived a check approximating $13,000 this week, bringing : to $20,000 the total received from the National Foundation in 1934, Coun ty hairman. Albert Gragg; dis closed. : I , . The $20,000 equals nearly the en tire sum which this county sent to the National Foundation from the March of Dimes last winter and from the August campaign for extra funds to pay for vaccine trials. - ' Gragg also disclosed that the National Foundation was; being asked for another $3000 immediate lv -and that other requests, neces- l &tated to pay outstanding bH-s, Sends I Ship Plate s Dn S tor my PacKic SEATTLE (AV-A freighter with a break in its deck and side pit ted seamanship and steel Wednesday against a gale and rough seas in the North Pacific. - .1 j The P Is T Trader of San Francisco and its 48 men rode through the hazardous day with emergency repairs after steel deck and hull plates cracked early Wednesday about 800 miles off the Washington Coast Two Coast Guard ' cutters . sped to the aid of the freighter from Seattle 'and Alaska, but the skip per, capt. D. E. Wilson of ban Francisco, reported he did not feel there was any immediate danger. The crack in the side of the ope & Talbot owned 7,958 ton freighter was above the water line. The captain reported iron braces were welded across the crack in the hull in an attempt to forestall further breaking. Chains and cable were used to bolster the cracked deck.. I- . ! The captain, minimizing the dan- ger, said he had put the ship around tc the port quarter to ease the strain on the box, and hoped to make it to port without aid. ! Winds up to 50 miles an hour blew throughout the day. The sea was rough.! , i Three Coast Guard 'cutters put out for the scene, but the cutter Yocona was called back to As toria, Ore.; after determination that the Storis could reach the scene much faster from Southeast Alaska, shortly before midnight Thursday. -; s- The other cutter, the Klamath, is due at the scene at about 2 a.m. Saturday. , A Canadian weather ship, the St Catharines, reached the Trader about 10 vsn. Wednesday night and is standing by about a mile and a half from the crippled ves set The Trader's captain report ed the crack has not widened and it is riding out the storm, which is blowing at about a 40 knot rate. Morgan Qiides Sweetland for Morse Stand PORTLAND tn Howard Mor gan, Democratic state chairman. Wednesday described as "unfor tunate ' a statement by Monroe Sweetland. the party's national committeeman, that Sen. Wayne Morse can expect no support from the party in 1966 if he runs as an Independent ' i Morse said Monday that is his intention Tight now although he left the i way open to - a possible switch to the Democrats by saying he would not hesitate under some conditions to join a group of them who are fighting Republican "reactionaries. Sweetland commented Tuesday that the Democrats would welcome him to run on their ticket when he seeks re-election ' two years from now. But he said that if Morse, who twice has been elected as a Republican, mes. as am Independent the Democrats would not help him. Morgan replied Wednesday, "The attitude of the Democratic Party in Oregon toward Senator Morse has been well understood by him for more than a year. As state chairman I have talked with him several times on the subject and so has National Chairman Stephen A. Mitchell. Nothing has been added to our conversations by the unfortunate and widely publicized statement described by the press as a quasi-ultimatum, which was made yesterday. - Morse was quoted by The Oregonian Wednesday as saying by telephone mat he might file as an independent Democrat. "But if I do, the word independ ent will be more important than I the word Democrat" . probably would bring still another $7,000 before Jan. 1. .Total expenditure for the aid of polio victims in Marion County for 1954 is estimated at $4Z,coo. u lections in the two campaigns in this county totalled $32,000. Of the $32,000 ($26,000 in Marco of Dimes and $C,000 in August), $21,500 was sent to the National Foundation and ,$10,500 was re tained in this area). The additional $10,000 expected yet this year -from the National Foundation would bring this coun ty just about that sum ($10,000) more than it , poured into the national fund.' ! Current cost of caring lor polls patients in Marion County approx imates $3,500 month. , v , tfcGarthy to , me 0th19 Looma 12;;-' ,; .. . ir- .i . Split s Russia Agrees To Help Plan Science Meet UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. in - Russia accepted Wednesday a place onan advisory committee to arrange an international sci entific conference on atomic en ergy. The Soviet Union- also ap parently edged closer to full par ticipation u President Eisenhow er's atoms for peace program. In-a speech closing general de bate in the UiY. Assembly's Po litical Committee, Soviet Delegate Andrei Y. VisMnsky pointed out wnaL.be; called some flaws in a seven-power western plan to cre ate an international atomic agen cy along the lines of a U.N. spe cialized agency. He said, however. negotiations are continuing. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.. chief American delegate, joined Vish insky in a plea for a slight delay so the seven powers could study eH suggestions and especially the amendments proposed by the So viet Union and try to agree on solution. Section 5 of Part B to which Vishinsky referred extends an in vitation: to the Soviet Union. In dia, Brazil, United States. Brit- am. franco and Canada to assist Secretary General Dag Hammar- skjoki in arranging the scientific comerence to meet some time next sizmmer. Brazil has accepted 1 1' i i a . na inaa is expeciea v go so, The only other sneaker Wednes day was V-K. Krishna Menon, In dia's chief delegate. He expressed enthusiasm for the - President's project but suggested the scien tific conference should be on a governmental level instead I of merely a meeting of scientist. He also said the West should drop the reference to specialized agen cies. He indicated India wants to take part in the program and ex pects to have an atomic reactor in operation in 1355. Farm Worker Cliarged With Abducting Girl POCATELLO. Idaho UR Poca- tello police Wednesday night ar rested Leroy. Harris, a 58-year-old larm laborer, who is charged with abducting and attempting to rape 16-year-old farm girl sear Ru pert Idaho, Tuesday night Police Sgt OP. Bennett said Harris admitted orally an attack on Janice Laney, who was found near Rupert Wednesday morning as police combed a wide South ern Idaho area for her assailant Harris was apprehended by De tective Marion Rountree outside a Pocatello rooming house as Roun tree was on his way to work. Rountree said he recognized the man from" a description furnished by state police soon after the al leged abduction Tuesday night on a lonely country road near Rupert Harris was taken to the Poca tello jaiL' where he was being held pending arrival of authorities from Rupert and the Minidoka County snentrs office. ." Complaints charging Harris with second degree kidnaping and as sault with intent to commit rape were filed at Rupert late Wednes day. . ' j. - : - ; -,: Light Earthquake Strikes Calif ornia VENTURA, Calif, tfl A light rolling earthquake was felt from Santa Barbara to Santa Monica at approximately S:C6 p.m. Wednes day. There were no reports of damage. The shock was felt most strong ly here. In Santa ' Barbara it swayed buildings slightly. In Santa Monica i it was noted by only few persons. QUEEN MOTHER ENDS VISIT NEW: YORK tfl Queen Mother Elizabeth of England ended her 22 - day visit to the United States and Canada Wednesday sight, boarding the Queen Mary for the return trip Thursday. , . - inmusiasiic Backer Hurts Solon's ElBow I By ED CREAGH . i WASHINGTON tf) An elbow I bruise reported inflicted by a vig- j orous admirer sent Sen. McCarthy' ; (R Wis) to the hospital Wednes- ! day and there was talk of calling I "time out' in the Senate's' censure i fight ( j Sen. Case (R SD), a member of I the Watkins Committee .which rec- j om mended censure of McCarthy, i said "some consider a tioa" un- j doubtedly will be given Thursday J to recessing the debate unless Mc- Carthy is able to attend by that I time. - S . . i Case told a reporter McCarthy's 1 absence "raises rather serious s questions both, of the ' Senate's ( courtesy and its attitude toward fellow 'senator." . . ! Solon Represented ' , i He noted McCarthy was renre- sented on the floor Wednesday how- ever, by the presence of his lawyer, Edward Bennett Williams, and by i Sen, Welker (R Idaho) whose of- ten interrupted pro McCarthy i speech filled most of the day.- 1 j f Welker, floor manager for the McCarthy side, challenged the key I findings of the Watkins Committee as "absurd" and as "contrary to j our whole theory of government McCarthy failed to appear at t Wednesday's session-and it was : not learned until late afternoon I that he had been admitted to the nearby Betfaesda (Md.) Naval Hos- I pitaL where a hospital spokesman ! said he may remain for several days. ' . . t Violent Support Mrs.. Mary DnscoIL McCarthy's : secretary, said he hurt his elbow I in Milwaukee last Saturday when an enthusiastic supporter shook' j bands so hard it rammed the el- i bow against a .glass table top. The j hospital officer said a contusion ! resulted and' the elbow has now 1 grown swoDen and cainfuL - ""We think he will be ia th hoi- ; pital probably several days., he S said.'. -.. j Sen. Jenner (R-Iodl. si backer 1 of McCarthy in fee censure de- I bate, said he would look favorably on a proposal to can everything I off until McCarthy became "phy- i sicaHy able to return to his own I defense." . ; ! Sees Ne Delay Senate Republican Leader Know- I land of California indicated, how- I ever, he doesn't think McCarthy's hospitalization need delay action, i &nowiaod was reported to be- Iieve preliminary voting might be- -gin Friday. . j McCarthy's hospitalization came i as the move to censure him bead- ed for a possible early showdown. With the main body of debate apparently nearing an end, Sen. Dirksen (R411), long friendly to 1 McCarthy, disclosed he would I attempt to offer a substitute Thurs- ) day for the pending censure res- ; olution. ; This compromise move could I lead to the first vote on the ceo- I sure question. It would raise the 1 possibility of final action, and an end to the preseDt extraordinary session of the Senate, by Thanks- giving Day. Of course, if time out I is taken, the schedule would be i indefinite. e.-. rr--.-;.:.-:, - I 'GoldMaker' ! Given 3 Years I WINNIPEG, Man. tfl A for- I mer carnival worker, who hitched ! the atom to an ancient fraud, drew a three- year prison term Wed- i nesday for posing as a maker of I gOld. ' - V - j Fred Hossell, 65, pleaded guilty i last week to 15 charges of false pretenses involving $11,900. ' Crown Prosecutor D. M. Peden s said Hossell took elaborate steps i to impress upon potential custom- ers that he was using radioactive materials to make gold. He wore rubber gloves, goggles and some- 1 times worked behind a lead shield. ; The crown contended the ma- terials already - contained some j gold before the hocus -pocus be- i gan. At first the customers got back small payments from ' the "output" Later, they got only re- 1 ceipts for what were described as 1 their shares. .- .. ' j Today's Sfstcsr.rn section i ' General news -2, 3, 5, 6 f EditorUls, features 4 i Comes the Dawn I 4 Society, women's, news 7-9 j Star Gazer 8 j SECTION 2 - Sports ...l-2 j Valley news '-.. 3 1 Radio. TV 8 Comics -... ..... fl ! Markets - ,.,' , , . 7 Classified ads - 7-fl j ' Crossword puzzle ., , , .... ,"19 i