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u7T State 0 n SM1CM SI irae Teams Battle iii Mud, Rain To 13-1 30'Championship TfcfiDP' POUNDBD 1651 104TH YEAR ' . 2 SECTIONS 14 PAGES The Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Saturday, November 27. 1954 PRICE 5c No. 245 Gric iare McCarthy Ready To Resume Talks On Censure Plan WASHINGTON Sen. McCarthy's lawyer announced Friday that McCarthy will be there when the Senate reconvenes Monday to resume its debate on whether to censure the Wisconsin Republican. Atty. Edward Bennett Williams said McCarthy expects to be re leased from the naval medical center at nearby Bethesda, Md some time Sunday, " . The senator entered the hospital Nov. 17 for treatment of his right elbow,,banged against a glass table top while he was shaking Since the second world war the United States government and various non-government organiza tions have made special efforts to invite to this country persons from foreign countries. The purpose is ' to let them really see how Amer icans live and work and get the feeling of our American democra cy. Included in the number are students on scholarships, sunvey teams from foreign industry, farm groups or-individual farmers, edi tors and writers, and leaders m government and affairs in their home countries. ' Salem has been host to many such persons and groups in recent years and this week has had as its. special guest Mr. Kruon Pa- thoumxad from Laos, Indochina. Local citizens gave generously of their time to show him the special features of this community. City and county and state government i were carefully explained, with trips to public buildings and dis cussions with public officials. (One place be wanted to see was the sewage disposal plant, and Harold' Davis, city engineer, showed him through the plant. He said he wanted to be able v to report to cities in his own country which face problems-of sanitation.)-He i was shown our schools, Willamette University, our youth agencies, major industries', newspaper plant, was guest at organization meeting luncheons and in private homes. But while he was learning about our country his hosts were seek ing to find out all they could about his own country. Thanks to his interpreter, John Fleurot, of the State Department, who conversed with (Continued on editorial page 4.) - Flames Level Army Supply Depot in Korea PUSAN, Korea OB A five-hour fire levelled three fourths of the U. S. Army's biggest Korean sup ply depot Saturday. Three U. S. soldiers were reported injured while- fighting the wind-fanned flames. More than two score Korean houses were burned down. Others were knocked down by bulldozers carving out a fire ring. Thousands . of Koreans fled in panic with their belongings, re membering that a year ago to the day a huge fire in this Southeast Korean port city wiped out 7,000 bouses and left ,000 homeless. The fire which broke out at o'clock Friday night in a carpenter shop spread swiftly to warehouses of the giant 5th Quartermaster Base depot 1 A 200 - man force of U. S. serv icemen and Koreans played water from 50 hoses on the flames and kept them from spreading to the wharf, stacked with petroleum. As yet untotalled thousands of dollars worth of clothing, food and supplies went up in smoke. Nobody seemed to know how it started. SNOW ON PASSES PORTLAND Ufl Wet snow in the Cascade Mountain passes, par ticularlyst Government Camp and at the summit of Willamette Pass, was forecast for Saturday by the Weather Bureau here. ANIMAL CRACKERS V WARREN OODRICH It 1 "Did you ever in your life see eight lovelier legs?" hands witn an enthuisastic admir er in Milwaukee. The Senate called "time out' the next day, not wanting to carry on the censure proceedings with out McCarthy present. It voted to recess until Nov. 29, when it was hoped he would be well enough to attend. A special Senate committee has recommended that . McCarthy be officiallv rebuked for alleged con tempt of a Senate group which in- J vestigated his financial and other; affairs in 1952, and for alleged aimse of Brig., Gen. Ralph W. Zwicker when the officer was a witness before him. While McCarthy was in the hos pital a move was sttrted to repri mand him additionally for calling the special committee a group of three Republicans and three Democrats the "unwitting hand maiden of the Communist Party Alternate Suggested Sen. Dirksen (R 111), a friend of McCarthy's, has-announced that he will also try to offer a substi tute Tor the original censure reso lution. The substitute undoubted ly would be couched in milder terms. Evidence of McCarthy's recover wa. seen Thursday, when he was spotted taking a Thanksgiving Day drive through Washington. Hospi tal authorities confirmed Friday that he was "out of the hospital yesterday for a short while with the permission of the attending physicians. Vishinsk1 9 :y.s Ashes Given Hero's Niche MOSCOW W Cannons boomed a farewell salute to Deputy' For eign Minister Andrei Y. Vishin- sky Friday as Premier Georgi Walenkov and other top Soviet leaders placed an urn containing his ashes in a Communist hero s niche in the Kremlin walL The massive state funeral hon oring the fiery orator and chief Soviet delegate in the United Na tions lasted less than a half hour in cold, wind - swept Red Square. Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov delivered the funeral oration from atop the Lenin Stalin tomb where stood with other fur coated gov eminent chiefs. Below them the flower - covered urn rested on a catafalque draped in red and black. The body of Vishinsky, who died Monday in New York at the age of 70, was cremated earlier in the day. TYPHOON HITS GUAM GUAM UR-Typhoon Tilda struck Guam a glancing blow Friday night, raking this big U. S. island military base with 43 miles an hour winds. ebb waawieei Salem Portland i5 41 . ,4 54 ' 47 .03 44 11 .00 l 44 32 .00 58 4 T 63 38 .00 68 41 .00 39 26 .01 48 37 XO 73 51 .00 J feet. i U. S. weather Baker Mecford North Bend Roseburg San Francisco Chicago - , , New York m liOs Angeles Willamette River FORECAST (from bureau. McNarv field. Salem) Partly cloudy with few scattered tnowers toaay; increasing; cloudiness with occasional light rain tonight. Becoming showery tliln sunaay: high today 55-57. low tonight 43-48. Temperature at 121 a.m. today was SALEM PRECIPITATION1 Since Start of Weather Year Sept 1 This Year : Last Year Normal 9.S3 1UI 10.31 Thieves Haul Off Safe, $1500 From Northwest Poultry Plant The "safe-nappers" again struck in Salem Thursday night The Northwest Poultry firm. 1305 N. Front St, was looted of approximately $1,500 when a safe was taken from the office, . city police reported. v The pattern of the crime was similar to the attempted theft of a safe on Nov. 13 from the Mill Supply Corp., 465 S. Church SL Officers said, the thieves appar ently used one of the poultry firm's hand carts to wheel the 543-pound safe to a loading dock. It was then presumably loaded on a wait ing vehicle. - '. , The -burglary "was discovered by an employe at about 7:30 a. m. Friday. Investigation indicated Thief Grabs $125 At Dallas Station In Broad Daylight Statesman Newt Service DALLAS, Ore. A thief with a fast touch plucked 125 from the cash register of a service station in broad daylight here Thursday. The theft was reported by Card's Chevron Station in downtown Dallas. Owner Joe Card said the money was taken between 11:15 and 11:50 am probably while he and two em ployes were in the service de partment of the station. Card said the thief apparent ly made one fast grab at the compartment holding checks and cu cr.cy of $5 denomina tion and up. Coins and $1 bills in the register were not taken. Card estimated that 570 to $90 of the stolen sum was cash. City police and the sheriffs officer were investigating.- Gales, Floods Rip English Channel Area LONDON m Roaring gales spread floods across England Sat urday and brought peril to 10 ships along the storm-swept coasts. Coast guardsmen said it was the severest storm u. years. A ship not yet identified of around 1,003 tons, was believed lost off Lizard Point on the South Coast. The Liberian tanker Casino reported sighting the ship as it was going down. Coast guardsmen said later, "As far as we know she is sunk." Gusts up to 90 miles an hour pounded the English Channel and swept one of the three lightships guarding the dangerous Goodwin Sands from its moorings. The ship sent urgent calls for aid. It was last reported drifting onto the sands, a notorious graveyard of Channel shipping. .... The Welsh port of Fishguard sent out its lifeboat early Saturday o aw the small Dutch motorshin Gramsbergen. Giant waves swept the ship onto crocks, as Jt janfor harbor shelter. Hundreds of people in South western England were forced out of their homes by rising flood- waters. Rivers through the South west and Midlands were far above their normal levels, and small boats were torn from their moor ings. . v LA Paralyzed By Smog; Auto Tolls Heavy LOS ANGELES UTI Only hazy sunshine penetrated the eye-smart ing smog which cast a paralyzing gloom over Southern California Friday. The Weather Bureau said more heavy fog was due Friday night Thursday night the fog came in off the ocean and halted air, sea and much highway travel, causing hundreds of auto accidents and maritime mishaps. As it spread across the Los An geles basin it became polluted with smoke and fumes from auto ex- haunts and industry and turned into smog. Authorities reported there were approximately 1,400 fog caused traffic accidents in a 43 - hour period starting at 4 p. m. Wednes day. Two persons were killed and 205 injured. -, . FILM STAR AILING , - j LOS ANGELES if) Former ac tress Alice Joyce, 60, considered one of the most beautiful stars of the silent screen era, was reported seriously, ill Friday with a liver ailment ADMITS 20 SLAYTNGS : 1 MEXICO CITY 1 Police said a young man they arrested Friday has confessed to more i than 20 killings. He was armed with a pistol, shotgun and a machete. mat entry was maae oy Dreaxing a pane of glass and unlocking a west-side door of the plant. Police said the thieves then broke another; window inside the building and apparently climbed through it into the main office.' - A firm spokesman said the stolen safe contained about $1,000 in cash and $439.69 in checks. The con tents also included valuable com pany records. The safe itself was valued at $268.. Officers reported that a few drawers in the office were opened but that nothing else in the plant was disturbed. ... A hand truck also was utilized in the unsuccessful attempt to take the safe at the Mill Supply Corp. British A id Bid . . - - For Freeing U. S. Fliers From Reds LONDON (P) The United States asked Britain Friday night to forward a demand to Red China for the release of 13 Americans captured during the Korean War and sentenced ofily four days ago as spies. But the vehement tone of broadcasts from Peiping' since an nouncement of the sentences on Tuesday indicated the American demand would be rejected. The latest broadcast Friday claimed all 13 Americans had confessed in court they were espionage agents. ine sentences, nanaea aown Dy a Communist tribunal in Peiping, ranged from four years to life. Two of the . Americans were cap tured as long as two years ago in November 1952. The others were taken prisoner in January 1933. Reject Geneva - Request ' It was believed the United States sought British action because of failure of the Chinese Reds to re ply promptly to a request in Gene va, on Wednesday for a face-to-face meeting of Chinese and American diplomats to take up the matter. The sentences provoked bitter denunciations in both the United States and -Britain. Britain, which for months has tried to reconcile U. S. and Chi nese differences, denounced the Reds as violating the Geneva con vention on war prisoners. . Apparently in reply to these de nunciations, Peiping radio Friday carried what it said were verbatim extracts from the trial record pur porting to show the 13 Americans were intelligence agents helping maintain an anti-Communist un derground movement inside Red China. 1 ' Claims Admissions During their public trial here." the radio said, "the U. S. spies admitted having received special ist training in espionage and guer rilla warfare." I Most of the broadcast was taken up with purported exchanges be tween tne tribunals "chief judge and the three Americans who got thestiffest sentences John Thom a Downey of New Britain, Conn., jailed for life; Richard George Fecteau, Lynn, Mass., 20 years: Col. John Know Arnold Jr., Silver Spring, ild., 10 years. The Reds 'claim Arnold, identi fied as commander of an air wing attached to "the U. S. secret in telligence agency? was shot down with 10 others of the accused over Northeast China in January 1953, All were Air Force personnel. Identified as Civilians Downey, 24, and Fecteau, 27, ac cording to the Reds, were shot down together over Northeast Chi na in November, 1932. They were civilian employes of the U. S. Ar my. The radio said the accused "an sered the chief judge's questions quickly and without hesitations The radio said the chief judge- he was not named asked Arnold to describe his air wing, identified by the Reds as "the 581st air re- supply and communications wing.' It quoted the American as re plying: "It is said in the indict ment. Its task, beside psychologi cal warfare missions,' is the in troduction, supply, resupply, evac uation or recovery of underground personnel. Four Given Death Under further questioning, Ar nold allegedly said his plane a B29 was stripped of all armament except for two guns at the tail so that it could fly faster and farther. Its purpose,, he said, was "to conceal itself, not to j fight" Downey and Fecteau, the radio said, were charged along with nine Chinese also convicted as spies Four of the nine were sentenced to death, four to life imprisonment and one to 15 years.! Under questioning from the chk; judge, it added, both Americans confessed tney were trained as agents by the U. S. Central Intelli gence Agency. Downey allegedly admitted he mission' Reported helped train the nine accused Chi nesc in Japan before they were dropped in China, and later made a trip over Northeast China to drop supplies. The radio gave this exchange The judge: "What jwas the mis sion in coming to China? Fecteau: "My mission? .My mis sion was to take back an agent "Are you -speaking the truth?" "Yes" ' Have you anything to say with regard to the indictment? "No. Mv attornevl has xnoken nor me. : ( (Story also on page ,sec ) Today's Statesman SECTION 1 j Society-Womens News ........ 3 Stargazer !........... 3 Editorials-Featares 4 CSiurcb News ........... 6 -Valley News 7 Comics-Inside TV 8 Saturday Raiio-TY 8 SECTION 2 . Sports News ......... ...1-2 Sunday Radio-TV L. ... 2 X-Word, Market News .... 3 . Classifieds ......4 ... ..-3- Wilson Quits As Deputy DA; Adams Hired Arthur A. Wilson, deputy Mar ion County district attorney, has resigned bis job to go into private law practice in Roseburg, Kenneth E. Brown, district attorney, an nounced Friday. Named to replace Wilson is Har old W. Adams Jr., Salem, resident and graduate of Willamette Uni versity in 1949. Wilson joined the staff Oct. 15. 1953, and his resignation becomes effective Dec. 1. Adams, who lives at 1020 Cross St., spent a year and a half fol lowing his graduation in Washing ton, D. C, with the U. S. State Department and another year"and half there with Sen. Wayne Morse as a legislative assistant. Following these jobs, Adams was in Detroit, Mich., for a year as the chief rulings, attorney with the Federal Wage and Stabilization Board. Adams returned 4o Salem in July of 1953. He has been practi cing law here' and holding the job of special assistant state attorney general, acting as counsel to the Division of Labor Elections. He will resign the latter job by Dec. 1 to take over bis new duties. Cascade Slide Delays Trains On SP's Line EUGENE (J) - The Southern Pacific's main line, blocked by an earth and rock slide, was cleared Friday night and trains started moving again. The tracks had been covered by a slide that struck the head unit of a three-unit diesel locomotive pulling an 83-car freight train late Friday morning, in the mountains 41 miles south east of here. No one was injured, when the locomotive plowed into the mass of rock and debris. Work crews and heavy equip ment cleared the right-of-way about 7 p.m., and the northbound passenger train Klamath passed the slide area about 7:30. The southbound Shasta Daylight got as far as McCredie Springs Friday morninz and had to back no to Eugene. The . train resumed its trip to California late Friday on the main - line, running several hours late. The northbound Shasta was de- toured to the old Siskiyou line through Ashland. A dispatcher said it Is expected to arrive in Portland about 4 a.m. Saturday, 4 hours late. Wet Weather Ahead, Weathermen Warn . - Salem area residents planning weekend ventures had best keep their windshield swipers in work ing order. The prediction from the Weather Bureau at McNary Field is scatter ed showers today and like condi tions on Sunday. Temperatures will remain about the same. Precipitat ion in the area Friday amount to .04 of and men. St Paul Site for New Reformatory Sec Newbry Objects to 'Authority' of Board The State Emergency Board voted Friday to locate the propos ed new state reformatory on the Williams and Hart ranch, near St Paul in northern Marion Coun ty. . ' ' - The board, in approving the board of control's selection of the $70,000 site, made its decision aft er hearing objections on the part of nearby property owners to both sites being considered by the board. Earlier, the board heard Sec retary, of State Earl-T. Newbry object that the emergency board "has taken on too much author ity" In choosing the site, Newbry, a member of the board of control along with Gov. Paul L. Patterson and State Treasurer a m m. i r 'f (TO ift; f Hi PORTLAND Not all the action and Marshfield battled to a thrilling 13-13 tie. Betty Harrison, Saxon rally leader (top left), falls to let rain take any of her enthusiasm, and (top right) an unidentified rooter shows disdain for the downpour and the cameraman from under an Improvised rain bat Jim Anderson (46) breaks away from Roger Johnson (on ground) for a 21-yard gain to the Marshfield 15 in the first quarter, to set up the' first Salem touchdown. No. 25 is Bob Smith of South Salem. (Statesman Photos by John Erkksen.) : f-'. ters Collect $1,025 In Fund Drive A total of $1,025 was collected by members of the Salem Fire Figfhters' Association . and their auxiliary Friday night in a door-to-door campaign for the muscular dystrophy fund drive." The Fire Fighters' Association has been the spearhead in Salem's participation in National Muscular Dystrophy Week. - The drive . ends . tonight with further house-to-house collections by the association and auxiliary and an informal dance from 8:30 to 11:30 p. m. at the Izaak Walton clubhouse. Gene Shirley, sophomore ' at South Salem High School, will be master of ceremonies at the dance and a five-piece orchestra will donate its services. Alll dance proceeds will go ino the drive. Money collected, throughout the land will be used for research to combat the disease now affecting 130,000 children in the United States. . . - : ' Approximately 40 Salem firemen and their wives took, part in Fri day night s door-to-door morch. Charles R. Patterson of the Fire Fighters' . Association, . is general chairman of the Salem drive. . JET' CRASH., KILLS 13 LIEGE, Belgium W) Thirteen persons were killed and three in jured Friday when a Belgian Thunderjet crashed into headquar ters of Bierset'Airforce Base here. The pilot of the jet fighter was in cluded in the official list of dead: Sig Unander, made his criticism as the emergency board met bere for the second time to consider the board of control's choice of the site. . ' The emergency board is a leg islative committee which makes appropriations when the legisla ture is not in session. In making the money available for the site, the emergency board said the board of control should choose the site, but that the emergency board would have the final say. Senate President Eugene E. Marsh. McMinnville, chairman of the emergency board, said be is inclined to agree with Newbry, but Marsh added, the emergency board has the right to say how the money should be spent V was en the Multnomah Stadium By CHARLES IRELAND and ' CONRAD PRANGE Staff Writers, The Statesman PORTLAND (Special) The South Salem Saxons battled Marshfield'i Pirates to a titanic 13-13 tie Friday night and earn ed a co-championship for the Ore gon state title for the big high schools. The result brought a dramatic finish to a tremendously success ful season for, the new South Sa lem High School that opened its doors only this fall. It was the first time in the 12 years Oregon has picked state champion foot ball teams that Salem has gained even a share of the title. So there were no "old grads" but plenty of South Salem rooters among the 11,866 screaming fans in Multnomah Stadium. A Saxon touchdown in the first 2:12 of the game sent them into a frenzy of delight as Salem took the open ing kickof, and went all the way to the goal in seven plays. Rainy Reminder The large, restless crowd . of predominately Salem rooters roar ed its approval on nearly every play.' 1 ' . When the rain began to pelt down midway of the first half, one Salem woman, a veteran of last year's soggy Salem - Central Catholic game, shrieked, "Here we go again!' Marshfield came back to tie the score 6-all with about a minute left in the first quarter, just as a hard rain sent hundreds of bleacherites scooting for the high, covered reaches of the stadium. The rain bogged down the sec ond quarter, and there was no more. scoring until less than nine minutes remained ; in the ball game. LaMoyne Mapes scored the touchdown on a short gain after Larry Newsome bad recovered, a Marshfield fumble on the Pirates' four-yard line. ' ' ' For a moment it looked like South Salem had the baU game in its pocket, but Marshfield imme- The emergency board appropri ated $125,000 for the site.. The board of control recom mended purchase for $70,000 of the Williams and Hart ranch near St Paul but the emergency board said the board of control should also consider the so-called Kip- pinger cite near Gervais, which would cost $174,000. The board of control again rec ommended the Williams and Hart property, and the emergency board was in session here Friday to act again. About 60 property owners, who live near the two sites,' appeared Friday to protest The emergency board heard their complaints, and it appeared the meeting would last all day. Approved :' . V'". , it'" ' . ..--'J - ' - ; . ' l ' -s. - ' - A i 0.nt A "- -4 r .. t -, r V field Friday night as Sooth Salem diately shook loose its star half back, Johnny Johnson, for a 53- yard run to the South Salem seven-yard line, where Bill McDon ald bounced him. out of bounds. Then came the key play that fans, players and coaches will be tauung about an winter. - With third down and six to go. Sandy Frazer tossed a pass in tended for Marshfield end Frank Yeiter, but field judge Pete Tay lor of Eugene ruled that McDon ald interfered with the catch on the -five. This penalized Salem and gave Marshfield a first down on the one-yard line. The stub- ' born Saxons gave ground a foot at a i tune, with Denny Baker plunging for the touchdown on third down. Fumble Ends Threat There were five minutes left and the Saxons got back to the Marshfiled ' 35-yard line before a fumble ended their final threat With 39 seconds remaining, the stadium announcer reminded the crowd that a tie would result in co-championship. .- The half- groan, half-cheer that went up seemed to say that nobody likes to settle for a tiewhen a cham-y pionship is at stake. But there was no grousing in the dressing rooms as the players showered after the muddy battle. "They're a great team", said Salem's Neil ScheideL "but I think Corvallis had more spirit'' (South Salem tied Corvallis in its only other non-win of the sea son). .. . . Praise From Coaches Pete Susick, Marshfield coach, walked into the Saxon- dressing room and said: "You've got a ' great team, fellows". "What did you think of that pass interference?" somebody asked. "The ret called it and he was a lot closer than I was" said Susick. Saxon coach Lee Gustafsoa had high praise for- Marshfield and said the tie indicated how evenly the teams were matched. But he thought the pass play had been celled wrong. So did Bill .McDonald, who was called for- interfering. And Frank Yeiter, the end who caught the pass, said: 'I didn't think he interfered with me, but he may have nudged me. I don't know whether I'd have caught the pass anyway or not." -Tackle Leads Prayer ' But Sandy Frazer, who threw the pass, thought the official had caJed it right Referee Al Lightner noted that it probably would not have been called in a college game due to different interpretation of the rules. . As soon as the Saxons returned to their dressing room, they bo-ved their heads in a prayer, led by tackle Bobby Griffin, who began, "Lord, we thank you for gettinz us through this ball game without any injuries and for giving us a tie with a team like that" Then the whole squad sang "On- -ward Christian Soldiers' as they peeled off mud-stained jerseys and beaded for the showers. m : r J 4 1