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104TH YEAR 2 SECTIONS 44 PAGES "Th Oregon Skrtesxnazu Salem, Orgoxu FPC Staff Opinion Opposes. Federal Hells Canyon Dam By JOHN KAMPS . WASHINGTON (") The legal staff of the Federal Power Com mission (FPC) Wednesday recommended licensing of three private power dams in the Hells Canyon area, saying there's no need for a federal project there. John C. Mason, FPC staff counsel, recommended that Idaho Pow er Co. be authorized to build the dams on the Snake River between dip ; iggpfnil Thanksgiving Day is more than holiday. ', It is a link with Yesterday. It is ' part of the Americ?n Tradition. - For Thanksgiving Day roots back to the days of the Pilgrim fathers, and its purpose was to give thanks to Almighty God for a bountifub harvest. The season itself suggests that the year's produce has been gathered in from field and orchard , and stored against the winter's needs. The symbols of Thanksgiving are the sedate Pilgrims going to the meetinghouse, the turkey as the principal American bird for feasting, the baskets of fruit and of root crops, the stores of corn. Though still we are dependent on yields of our farms for food stuffs our occupations have be come exceedingly diversified, no longer almost entireiy agricul tural and our life chiefly rural The "harvests' in manufactur ing may follow seasonal patterns but their size bears only in direct relationship to soil and weather and the beneficence of Providence. Yet still we think of Thanksgiving in terms of the 'earth's bounty; and rightly so because the earth sustains "us and on its liberality under man's cultivation do we depend. The holiday identifies as with Na ture, all part of the handiwork of the Creator. The tradition of Thanksgiving Is important in our life (Continued on editorial page, 4.) In California I . NEEDLES, Calif. - Seven cars of the eastbound Santa Fe Chief enroute from Los Angeles to Chicago were derailed Wednes day night, 62 miles west of Needles. - . First reports indicated no one was killed and that the injured were placed on the first three coaches, which remained on the track and were being brought to Needles. The derailment occurred near Cadiz on the Mojave Desert. The Chief carried 12 cars. In Los Angeles the Santa Fe general manager, R.D. Snellen, said first reports from the scene were that there were some minor injuries. He said he knew til none beinz hospitalized. .." ' .The train left Los Angeles at 4 pan? Wednesday (PST) and was due at Needles at 10 p.m.. It was scheduled to arrive in Chicago at t:45 a.m. Friday (C5T). Shelton said none of the derailed ears overturned.. The train was derailed at :05 p. m., the San Bernardino dis patcher said. The derailment is in a desolate spot The Santa Fe runs a double track. The cars- left the rails at a blind siding, wire chief H. L. Darrah said. Santa Fe officials in San Ber nardino said their understanding was that there were none critically injured. The accident happened about t:SO pjn. (PST). Cause of the de railment was unknown. A long portion of the trade was torn up as the cars left the rails. i ' DISTRESS SIGNAL 1' " ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (JV An unidentified Costa Rjcan ves sel radioed Wednesday .she is in distress in the North Sea, her rud der damaged by heavy seas.; ANIMAL CRACKERS V WMRIN eOOORICN Santa e Chief JumpsTrack r " "i ii i EC rHt's In the not allowed to smelt house." " , Idaho and Oregon, which would flood the site of the proposed 400 -million - dollar federal Hells Can yon project He concluded in a brief that the three . smaller dams, which Idaho Power proposes to build for 133 million dollars, would provide nearly . as many public benefits as the federal proposal and more rapid production of urgently-needed power. Favor Idaho Power The long - awaited statement of the. position of FPC's legal de partment could tip the scales in favor of Idaho Power 'Co. in the lon and bitter fight over whether Hells Canyon power should be de- veloped ,by private 1 industry or wnetner tne site should te re served for a federal project which never has been authorized by Con gress. .- Mason's brief will be considered by FPC Examiner William J. Cos tello and by the commission itself in ruling on Idaho Power's license applications. Idaho Power also submitted a brief supporting its applications Wednesday as the deadline fell for filing main arguments in the case. The National Hells Canyon Assn. brief in opposition to Idaho Pow er's applications was being com pleted -Wednesday night, Evelyn Cooper, association attorney, said. Fear Power Loss ,. The association, in a statement. quoted from its brief that Idaho Power's plan would "deprive the Pacific. Northwest of a block of power equivalent roughly to the output of the Bonneville Dam." The association and other public power groups asked the FPC to re ject Idaho Power s applications and recommend that Congress au thorize the Reclamation Bureau to build, the federal Hells Canyon dam. : " - BOISE. Idaho IB Tbt Idaho- Oregon-Washington Hells Canyon Assn. said Wednesday it regards as omy "a temporary setback" the recommendation of the Federal Power Commission legal depart ment that three low dams be punt n Snake River instead of the high ederal structure, the association favors. - Liberace's Romance With Joanne Ends HOLLYWOOD CD The ro mance of Liberace and Joanne Rio is over, the pretty brunette announced Wednesday. "I don t intend to date aim any more, Miss Rio oeciarea. "i don't think it's right for either of us." The love match blew up over the issue of some articles she wrote about the 34-year-old can delabra king for a newspaper syn dicate. He was quoted as saying he disapproved of the stones, which detailed their romance. 'That made me " angry," ; said the excitable 23-year-old dancer. "He 1 saw the articles and ap proved them ! before they were printed. So did his manager. His manager , certainly ought to be able to advise him on whether such publicity would be favorable. I don't like to be made out a har.H . - - Youth Skips School, Dies . PORTLAND m. Ten boys skipped school Wednesday, and for one of them the day's outing ended in death. He was Robert Hansen, 15, Portland, who was thrown from a careening car oa the ML Hood Highway. - The 10 boys, students at David Douglas High School, borrowed an automobile and went to ML Hood. On the way back, Hansen took the wheeL He lost control of the car on a curve and was thrown out when it rolled over. , The other 1 boys suffered only abrasions and onuses. Tide Brings in Odorless WhaIe WALDPORT ll) - The tide brought in a 30-foot whale to the beach just south of here Wednesday morning. Unlike, others which have been washed onto Oregon shores, this one had not been dead long enough to make its presence objectionable. Nothing was decided immedi ately about what to do with the whale, which was being viewed by quite a few curious passersby. In the' past, most other dead whales have been buried quickly. Assembly Line i . .7 A, 4 x v.. . SUBLIMITY Cooks have to get busy early when everyone in town is expected for Thanksgiving din ner, and that's the case at Sublimity (16 miles southeast of Salem) where members of SL Boniface 'Catholic Parish expect te serve ever 800 dinners Thursday. Most family Thanksgiving dinners have been abolished at Sublimity in Serving will start at 11:31a.m. (left to right), Mrs. Joe Wolf, Frank Wolf, all ef Sublimity. Blood Found In Basement of Doctor's Home CLEVELAND J) Human blood was found on the basement stairs of her home after Marilyn Sheppard s July 4 murder, an ace crime sleuth testified Wednesday at her husband s murder trial. In a slow and painstaking ma neuver which built up the court room suspense, the state thus sought to 1 demolish Dr. Samuel Sheppard's defense of his life by questioning that a prowling murderer would take time to go into, a basement with blood still dripping from -him. The testimony came from De tective Henry E. Dombrowski, a bald chemical expert from the sci entific laboratory of Cleveland po lice headquarters. Dr. Sheppard, 30 - year - old osteopath, claims a bushy haired prowler killed his pregnant 31 -year - old wife and left him un conscious. - However, the state claims be beat Marilyn to death after a love affair with Susan Hayes, a pert 24 - year . old former technician in his osteopathic hospital. Con viction carries, a maximum pen alty of death. , ; The trial was adjourned shortly after noon for a , holiday recess lasting until Friday morning, when Dombrowski will resume his testi mony. , - The state hopes to conclude most of its case then, saving Miss Hayes as a star witness early next weekJ (Additional details on page 13, sec. 1.) S110,000 Given To Portland Men In Damage Suit PORTLAND ! A circuit court jury awarded $110,000 damages Wednesday to a roan, because he once was accused of burglary by Montgomery Ward k Co. He was acquitted of -the ' burglary charge earlier. . . The award of $75,000 general damages. ; and $35,000 punitive damages went to Anton Kraft 48, who was employed by the Mont gomery Ward store here In 1849 when he was arrested en the burglary charge. j . In ' his damage action Kraft accused . the . company of false arrest and malicious prosecution, It was one of the largest damage verdicts on recprd here. RETURNS SAFELY, . BURTONWOOD, England Ui A U. S. Air Force B23 Hew back safely to its base here early Thursday on three engines after its fourth motor quit some' 1200 miles out over the Atlantic. Thursday, November 25 1954 Technique Prepares Turkeys r favor of the parisJi benefit dinner in the parish halL Staffing turkeys -. i. $ i! If .'-i Mrs. Joe Heuberger, Mrs. Ted Peters, Mrs. Ned Uffelman and -Mrs. (Statesman photo by Joan Ericksen. Holiday Today Offers Paube to Give Thanks . It's a holiday of Thanksgiving today and many persons will at tend Salem churches for special services to give, thanks to God for the land of plenty In which they V, Dinners, including turkey and at virtually all state Institutions and hospitals this afternoon. Sever al institutions will have special programs. Audett Loses Legal Plea For Freedom James H. "Blackie" Audett, vet eran of at least eight of the west's better prisons, failed Wednesday in his attempt to get out of the Ore gon state prison. The State Supreme Court upheld the dismissal of his writ of habeas corpus. Audett, who is a bank robber, car thief and burglar with a crim inal record of more than 40 years, was last sentenced from Umatilla county in 1950 to serve 7 years. Because he bad been a good boy during a prison sit-down strike. the governor commuted his sen tence to five years, making him eligible to parole in August,. 1952. ' Audett was arrested in Novem ber. 1953, as a parole violator,, and was sent back to the Oregon pen itentiary. He claimed " that the original conviction, in Umatilla county was void on grounds that the indictment was faulty..; Circuit Judge James R. Bain of Portland threw out his petition, and the supreme court ' agreed. The opinion was written by Justice Walter U Tooze. . - Audett recently ' wrote a 1 book about his prison experiences. (Additional, story on Supreme Court decisions, on page 12,. sec tion 1.) .. - Fog Departs, Clouds Due A current of warm air moved in to the Salem area Wednesday eve ning, driving out the fog that had hung over the city since Sunday afternoon. Weathermen at McNary Field said early Thursday the city will have clouds today but no more The air -current jumbled up the city's temperature records consid erably. Lowest . temperature Wed nesday.' 41 degrees, was recorded about I p.m. before the fog had dissipated. - High temperature for the day, 51, was recorded about midnight i , ; The forecast calls for occasional showers today, with an afternoon high temperature of about 56 and a low tonight near 40. PRICE 5c No. 243 ' m ' )Kf ; . J f 1 to which the public is welcome. Wednesday in preparation were Photo also on page S, sec 1.) live. ; r all the trimmings, will be served And homeless, transient or un attached men will have a turkey dinner at 1:30 p.m. today at the Union Gospel Mission, 3156 N. Commercial SL Various Salem churches, by donating food, have made tne dinner possible. The annual all-city union serv ice, sponsored by the Salem Min isterial Association, will be held at First Baptist Church this morn ing at 10, with the Key. Wayne Greene of the First Christian Church delivering the sermon, "He Took the Bread." To Preside at Service The Rev. William Clay, oresi dent of "the ministerial associa- tipn, will preside at the service and will be assisted by the Rev. Rudolph Woyke, Bethel Baptist Church: Captain William Ricken. Salvation Army; the Rev. Robert Mcllvenna, Leslie Methodist Church, and the Rev. J. J. Hol land, : First Presbyterian Church. Special music will be given in two groups of numbers by the Salem Singers, under the direc tion of Ernest Fnesen.. - All offerings received will go for benevolent purposes and world missions under the "Share Our Surplus' program. The pro gram is sponsored by the World Church Service. , . , Special Offerings ; t Purpose of the program is to raise-money through special of ferings to be used for the distri bution of 300,000,000 pounds of goods overseas. Upward of $L- 000,000 is expected to result from offerings made throughout - the United States on this Thanksgiv ing Day. Services in Salem will also be held this morning at St Mark Lutheran Church, 9 a.m.: Grace Lutheran, 10 a.m.; St John Luth eran, 10 son.; Christ- Lutheran, 10 a.m.; St Paul's Episcopal, 10 a.m. and Church of Christ 1 a.m. - v . . ' - Max. SI .:,: 55 43 ss 55 ,: - M l -39 1-47 Min. Preen. Salem Portland . 41 trace 38 trace Baker 22 .00 35 .M v-SO t .JO ",44 ' . M 41 - M. 35 .1 43 , At SI JOO Medford North Bend Rweourg ,. San Francisco Chicago New York Los Angeles 71 Willamette River O S feet. r FORECAST (from U. S. weather bureau. McNary field. Salem): Mostly cloudy today, tonight and Friday, with occasional showers. Little change In temperature. with the high today near 56. low tonight near 40. Temperature at 12 ill a- m.; today Si. . ? SALEX FRECI1TTATIOS Since Start f Weather Year Sent. 1 This Tear Last Year Vrmal SJS . ISM S-SS Red : China Says 106" ; U. S., Formosa Spies Killed, 124 (Captured Soviet Rejects Ike's Idea for Delayed Meet LONDON (A - The Soviet Un ion Wednesday rejected President Eisenhower s suggestion that a four-power conference on Euro pean security might be held under certain conditions after the London-Paris agreements . to rearm West Germany were rati fied. The rejection statement was broadcast on the Moscow home service for Soviet listeners and was heard in London.v - "Negotiations on the problem of German unification if that is what the President meant would have no point after ratification of the London and Paris agree ments," the broadcast said, "be cause the remilitarization of West ern - Germany and dragging her into military groups would bar the way to German unification." President Eisenhower in his news conference Tuesday said he would not favor a meeting with Russia until the London Paris pacts were ratified, until' there was ' promise that such negotia tions would be fruitful and that adequate preparations were made or such a meeting. The Western powers turned down an invitation by Russia to an all - European security con ference Nov. 29 on the grounds it admittedly sought to wreck -the Western defense plans and that such an early date would not pro vide enough time for preparation of such a conference anyhow. Russia since has gone ahead with plans for a conference among her own satellites aimed at set ting up some kind of closer mili tary alliance to counteract the new Western European alliances. TaxDavers i j - Fail to Take Oft Discount . . t r i Some 1300 Marlon ' County taxpayers, who paid their taxes in full prior to Nov. 3, failed to deduct the three per cent dis count allowed on taxes paid be fore that date, said Howard T. Evans,- chief county tax deputy, Wednesday. ; ' Evans pointed out that, as a result, it is taking additional time to process the statements. However, he believes that a greater number of persons than usual are making partial pay ments this year, rather than pay ing the full amount in one lump, SUm. Evans said that approximately 49,000 tax statements have been sent to some 40,000 individuals and firms. Host large firms paid their taxes in full and before Nov. 15, he said, thus taking ad vantage of the discount Evans added that persons who have paid- their - reaL property taxes by mail and who have not yet had statements returned need not be alarmed. ' The amount of mail received has been quite large, the tax deputy said, and the tax depart ment staff was kept busy until Nov. 15 handling statements re ceived over, the counter- . Now the staff is able to turn its full attention to mail re ceipts, added Evans. LORDS APPROVE PACTS ' y v LONDON tfl The British House of Lords Wednesday night announced approval of the allied pacts to rearm Germany. There was so recorded vote. Campaign Strategy Laid for Renewal of YM Building Drive Campaign strategy - to secure $110,000 for a new youth divi sion at the Salem YMCA and to renovate the present building was discussed at a breakfast meeting of key campaign work ers at the Marion Hotel Wednes day morning. - The drive is railed "Finish-the-Job," and is aimed at com pleting the fund goal of which $380,000 was raised in public so licitation last. spring. ' - -Heading the drive is Walter H. Winslow, Salem attorney, and the campaign will be from Nov. 29 to Dec. 1L Thirty-five men, key workers 'in the -drive, will recruit at least one more worker each by Sunday and report to another breakfast meeting to be held then at the Marion Hotel. This breakfast will sound the start of the drive, and thereafter breakfast meetings will be held each - Monday, Wednesday and Friday during the course of the campaign. - : Included In the proposed new youth division" will be a swim ming pool, which would also be used for physio-therapy treat Elected .. Vrv. i ' V rv. -s. '!. J Elton II. Thompson, Salem bank er who was elected Wednesday 'as president ef Salem Cham ber of Commerce. E.H.Thompgoii President of Salem C of C Salem Chamber of Commerce Wednesday night elected Elton H. Thompson, Salem banker, as chamber president for the com ing year. His election highlighted the or ganization meeting of the new board of directors which takes over Pec L f ' . . Thompson is vice president of U. S. Rational Bank of Portland and manager of its Ladd it Bush- Salem branch. . - Other chamber officers elected are Joseph A. H. Dodd, first vice president; Miss Hattie ' Bratzel, second vice president; Junior Eckley, secretary; George Paulus, treasurer. ''O ; The meeting last night at the chamber office was conducted jointly with the outgoing board of directors by William H. Ham-' mond, who will continue on the board as immediate past presi dent . ..- .- (Additional details on page t, section L) Marion Street Bridge Lights In Operation Marion Street bridge emerged from semi-darkness Wednesday night as 42 new mercury vapor street lights went into operation. ' The year-old bridge has had no . lights up to last night The modern, brighter-type lights went up on the Center Street bridge several months ago. The lights , are on standards spaced on both sides of the bridge and both approaches. They are single lights,' 29 feet above the pavement which is standard on the downtown street which now have mercury vapor-type il lumination. Each light is about four times brighter than the standard street light for residential areas. Of the 42 new lights, 22 will stay on all night, the others to be turned off at midnight This arrangement will go into efect on the Center Street bridge, too, with 15 of the 30 lights to 1 be shut off at midnight ment; chapel, gym, dressing rooms and seven clubrooms. The YM is currently loaning the use of its pool to polio vic tims and other handicapped per sons. But the pool is said to be too' deep 'for their use in most places. . - The new pool would be three to 2Vt feet deep, 20 feet wide and 30 feet long. . ' . . Pools, used for physio-therapy must be heated to a high- tem perature and this is a costly procedure at, the bigger pool, said Gus Moore, YM general sec retary. The new pool would also be used - for swimming instruc tion. . 1 Moore pointed out that there are now three times as many youths attending YM activities than there were when the build ing was first constructed- ; ' Present facilities are hard put to handle the increasing num bers, said Moore. A unique feature of the new wing, which will face on Cottage Street, will be a chapeL The building has not previously had one. Statistics by Peiping Radio Cover 3 Years LONDON W) Red China said Wednesday it has killed lOAmer- -icanand Nationalist Chinese agents and captured 124 more air dropped into the country in the years of war and truce since 1951. The claim was made in a Peiping radio broadcast loaded with anti American propaganda. A broadcast communique said the "American : aggressors and their puppets, the traitorous Chi- ' ang Kai-Shek clique," had dropped : armed spies into different parts of China many times between 1951 and 1954. The, dates included the Korean war, in which the Red Chinese fought against U.S. and other United Nations forces. . Killed u CrMkee The broadcast mentioned only 18 Americans, five of whom it said were killed when their planes . were shot down. The remaining v 13 appeared to be the "Americans sentenced Tuesday by a Red Chi nese military court to prison terms ranging from four, years to life. ' The communique lumped the other captives in a sweeping de nunciation as "former officers of the traitor Chiang Kai-Shek's t army, professional agents, provoc ateurs, bandits and local despots who were inveterate counter-revolutionaries. "Hostile to People" "They are traitors to their own country and are bitterly hostile to the people, it said. - All were declared dropped Into China by the VS. Central Intelli gence Agency (OA), the Free China movement in Hong Kong, and the Nationalist Chinese. The communique was issued by the Peiping regime's Public Se curity Ministry. It claimed there were "14 American spies of the U.S. CIA headed . by John Knox Arnold Jr., commanding officer of the U.S. 581st ' Air , Supply and Communications Wing . . . and . four other spies, . including Jhn Thomas Downey, sent by an es- pionage body of the CIA." c "Special Training" The "Peiping broadcast claimed all the "special agents" seized or killed had "received special es-' pionagt training before, they were air-dropped U the Chinese mainland."-' - , ; - "Training Included communica tions, -secret codes, invisible writ ing, . secret messages, telephone tapping, forging documents, and parachute jumping," it said. "They also received training in so-called , 'psychological warfare." 'guerrilla' tactics,' and 'demoli tion' as 4eU. as other sabotage technique." Peiping said "in some cases the agents were seized or shot down . by militiamen and the people's se- 1 curity peasantry." Others, it add ed, were chased "day and night , until they were completely round-' ed up . . . some have been handed over and others will be handed over to the local people's a gen- ties for prosecution. They will be punished by the local , people's court according to law! . Propaganda Claimed. PORTLAND (J) Announcement of the sentencing -of 113 Americans to prison on spy charges was made by the Chinese Communists "nurelv for oronaganda purposes.' the Air Force told the mother of one of the men Tuesday night. - She is Mrs. Nellie F. Peters, whose son. Airman 2C Daniel C. Schmidt, was one of those named Tuesday as sentenced. She re ceived -a telegram from eng. oen. R. J. Reeves, director of the Air Force's military personnel, which said: "It is believed that the announce ment was made purely i for propaganda t purposes , and Hits authenticity has not been con firmed. We trust you realize this is merely another of the series of false accusations made by the Communists - against - Americans which are entirely without founda tion. Officials of the U S. government are gravely concerned and are giving this matter prompt and serious attention . . (Story also on page 2, sec L) Today's Statcsr.sn Twe pages of the special Christmas Shopping Section (II) la today's Statesman are included la this Section (1) as pages It and 1L SECTION I General news j 13. 14, 19, 20. J2. 5, 9, 12 Editorials, features U . 4 Comes the 'Dawn '. 4 I Penitentiary food - 5 Society, women's , 7 '.Valley news 1 1 Our Valley 8 Christmas section pages 10, 11 Star Gazer . , 13 Farm Calendar . ..-..-14 : Comics , ..IS Radio, TV IS Sports . .... 16, 17 Thanksgiving page - 18 ' Markets . . .20 - Crossword puzzle .20 Classified ads . .20-21 SECTION n Christmas Shopping Section 1- 22 -i r i