2 (Sec 1) Stat man. Sclein, On, Monday,: Doc 13. 19S4
U.N. Officials Anxiously
Await Reply
By A. I. GOLDBERG
t UNITED NATIONS. N.Y. (Jl -!
U.N. officials spent Sunday in
anxious waiting for an ' answer
from Red China on Secretory Gen
eral Da HammarskjoM's request
for a meeting in Peiping soon after
Dec. 28 to discuss release of It
American fliers and other, U.N.
military personnel. - I1
At 6 p.m. EST)r 4 hours had
paired since the secretary gen
eral's cablegram to Communist
China's Premier Chou En-Lai was
confirmed received in Shanghai.
But a spokesman for Hammarsk
jold said it was too soon to be
gin thinking about any deadline to
mark failure of the mission given
the secretary general by the U.N.
Generay Assembly Friday..? ?
Over Soviet bloc objections, the
Assembly adopted a resolution con
demning Red China for violation
of the Korean armistice agreement
from Chou
Millions Vote
In Russia on
1-Party Ballot
MOSCOW un Under the cus
tomary Communist slogan of
"most democratic election: in the
world," million of citizens in Mos
cow and 10 of the Soviet Union's
1 republics turned out Sunday to
elect judges of the people's courts.
As usual, it was a one-party bal
lot..
These are the lowest judges in
the Soviet judiciary, equivalent to
American justices of the peace
They are chosen every two. years.
Balloting in the remaining six re
publics will take place next sun
The current elections are dis
tinguished by the fact that the Rus
sian press has been demanding for
'months that judges of better quali
ty and greater honesty be elected
to the people s courts. j
In recent months the newspapers
have exposed several judges as
grafters or drunkards. The press
also complained these courts have
been lax in enforcing their own
verdicts in such cases as alimony
and bigamy, j- s ;'
Writing in London, Eddy Gil
more. Associated Press cor
respondent in Moscow ' for many
years, commented:
Russia's nationwide elections of i
judges may be a prelude to the
promised and long awaited
changes in the country's criminal
code.
Pravda. in an editorial broad
cast by Moscow radio, said the
judges were being elected "at a
time when the Communist Party
of the Soviet Union and the gov
ernment are undertaking a number
of measures to strengthen Soviet
legislation."
A British government ' official,
familiar with Soviet policies, said
he interpreted this to mean the
U. S. S. R. is getting ready to
announce changes in criminal
laws.
Sunday's broadcast from Mos
cow added:
"These measures are aimed at
safeguarding the unassailable ob
servance of the laws of the Soviet
state, the great and firm rights of
the citizens of the U. S. S. R.,
inscribed , in our Constitution which
is the most democratic in the
world.
Students of Soviet affairs here
say the changes in the criminal
code, when and if they are an
nounced, may even go so "far as
to liberalize the system by which
so many Russians have been sent
to concentration camps. j I
in 'declining to return amea mili
tary prisoners. "The! Assembly
asked ! Hammarskjold to go wnat
he could to get them; released.
Hammarskjold sent his cable
gram late Friday; in i effect ask
ing the Peiping regime, whether
he would be allowed to; come there
to plead the U.N. case personally
with Chou. Saturday- night. 24
hours after it was known the cable
had reached Red China, he made
the text public. ( f
Without mentioning the condem
nation, feature of i thtf resolution,
Hammarskjold informed Chou he
felt a special responsibility in the
case and asked him to set the date
far meeting if Chou agreed to let
him take up. the matter personally.
it was also hinted here that what
ever I appeals could. ; could be
made' through Sweden and India to
get a friendly answer? from Peip
ing would not be overlooked. Ham-
rnarskjold's nephew, Peder Ham
raarskjoM, is Swedish Charge d'
Affaires in Peiping. India has an
ambassador, there-. i
But at a late hour Sunday there
was do direct 1 answer from the
Communist regime, . no sign of an
answer through diplomatic chan
nels. ' not i a significant word I on
Peiping radio which often tips
Communist China s actions.
Diplomatic sources! in Washing
ton said they thought Hammarsk
jold's bid would succeed and that
he might even win release of the
fliers, whom the Communists ac
cuse of being spies, j
Mrs. English
Euphrasia M. English, 4, long
kaowa as the Salem City Coma
dTa most faithful follower, who
died Saaday at her home here.
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'Most Loyal'
Follower Dies
Faces
Diruiik Cliarge
After Wreck
WEST, LOS ANGELES tf -i- Po
lice arrested actor Broderick Craw
ford; Tor drunkenness Sunday after
the rented car he, another actor
and actress Abigail t Adams were
in smashed into a fence.
Miss Adams, the 1 other actor,
Myron McCormick, 47, New York,
and (Crawford, 44, were booked as
plain drunk and later released on
$20 bail each pending municipal
court appearance Monday.
Police said Crawford, winner of
an Academy Award, was arrested
with' Miss 1 Adams as they sought
to call a taxi from f a Mandeville
Canyon home. They said McCorm
ick was arrested in the auto near
by- j 5 I) !
Miss Adams told officers she was
37 and said her real name was
Terra Hall. She was booked under
that name. : I f
i Officers said the trta told them
they had attended;' ah all-night
party, drove into Mandeville Can
yon by mistake, and, were attempt
ing to find their way out when the
auto hit a fence, i I
When arrested. Miss Adams was
barefooted. Police said they found
a pair of woman's shoes and a fur
coat in the car.
Renaissance
Art Under
Suspicion j
LONDON If) Britain's Nation
? al Gallery was reported : Sunday
J planning to make tests this week
- to determine whether one of -its
, Italian Renaissance paintings is a
fake. Leonard Koetser. a London
art dealer, says the painting is a
copy and claims he has the
original. j
A spokesman for the National
Gallery said no comment would
be made Sunday. The picture,
"Virgin And Child With An An
- gel." . has been in the gallery for
30 years and is listed as the'
original work of the16th Century
master, Francesco Francia. "
"My picture has been examined
and so has the National Gallery
one by several experts," said
Koetser." and they all agree mine
is the original."
He said Sir Philip Hendry, di
rector of the gallery, had ordered
tests to determine the age of its
pictures. Koetser says the gal
lery's painting can be no older
than about 150 years.
Parents, 2
Others Die in
Youth's Fire
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HAVERHILL, Mass. JH Police
Inspector Charles F. Turner said
Sunday night that Richard E. la
Plante. 16, admitted setting an
apartment house fire in which four
persons, including tus parents, per
ished early Sundays
Turner quoted the youth as say
ing he set the blaze in the four-
story wooden house because "1 1
don't like the place' and I told my
folks" so many times. ,
Young La Plante J was booked on
arson and manslaughter charges
and held . for hearing j Monday
morning in Central District Court.
Victims of .the !early morning
blaze were young La Plante's par
ents. Alfred. 45, and Eva, 43;
Fred: Bacigalupo, 63, and Mahloq
Cutler. 44. ,
The younger La Plante was list
ed as the discoverer of the fire.
Turner i said conflicting stories
told by La Plante to a newspaper
reporter and to authorities led to
intensive! questioning of the boy.
1 Haverhill Gazette newsman Russ
Deilaire Said young La Plante told
him Bacigalupo started the fire
by : throwing away a cigarette.
Later, Dellaire said, he asked fire
officials "about it and they told
him the .boy had j given them a
different story. ' j
Most of the '25 occupants of the
building.! many of them old age
assistance recipients, made their
way to safety after the blaze was
discovered.: '
Mrs. Euphrosina M. English,
84, who once was given an offi
cial salute as Salem City Coun
cil's "most loyal fan," 'died Sun
day at the residence. 3150 E.
Center St, following an extend
ed illness.
Mrs. English's faithful attend
ance at council meetings over
period of almost 40 years brought
recognition in 1948 when then
Mayor Robert Li Elfstrom pre
sented her an orchid in a cere
mony in! the council ! chambers.
Ill health forced her to discon
tinue her council visits last June.
Always intensely interested in
civic and religious matters, she
was a precinct committee woman
for many years and active as a
layman in the Catholic Church.
Born in Germany
She was born in Baden-Oens-
bach, Germany on April 13, 1870,
the daughter of Valentine and
Catherine Armbruster. At the
age of IS she came to the United
States to live with an uncle in
Walla Walla, Wash. Later she
moved- to Colfax, Wash., where
she met! and married Frank A.
English ! in 1893. Mr. English
died in Salem in 1930.
The English family came to
Salem in 1909 and for many yean
lived at 2680 Cherry Ave. Mrs.
English was living with a daugh
ter, Mrs.! James A. Garson, at the
time of 'her death. .
Church Member !
She was first a member of SL
Joseph's; Catholic Church and
later of $t Vincent de Paul Cath
olic Church. .1 .
lj Surviving In addition to the
daughter in Salem, - are three
sons, Dir. Pennbyer English of
State College, Pa., Felix English
of Walla Walla, Wash, and
Bryan J.x English4 of Portland;
two sisters, Mrs. Albert Lewis
of Yakima, Wash., and Mrs.
Christina Weber of Tikoa, Wash.;
a brother, Valentine Armbruster
of Germany; three grandsons. Dr.
James Garson of Portland, Law
rence Garson of Salem, and John
W. English of West Palm Beach,
Fla.; one. great-grandchild and
many cousins.
Recitation of the Rosary will
be held at Virgil T. Golden
chapel (Tuesday at 10 a.m.
Interment will be at St Barbara's
cemetery.! j
Horror-Type
Comic Books
Up in Flames
VANCOUVER. B.C. W - More
than 8.000 horror-type comic books
went up in flames here 'during
the weekend in a rally which sur
prised even the sponsoring Junior
Chamber of Commerce. ;
The Jaycees turned" over a
bound historical, animal j or
nature-lore book? for every 10
crime or horror comic book turned
in during a Saturday ceremony at
a downtown park. i
Then, with the' comics ' heaped
in a pile. Alderman Syd Bowman
touched off the bonfire. , i
"It may have been a slightly
melodramatic gesture." said Len
Wynne, head of the group a youth
leadership committee, "but dras
tic action seemed necessary to
bring young reading habits to
parents' attention"
"It's careless parents who are
responsible in the long run," he
said of juvenile reading habits.
He said the Jaycees hadn't ex
pected more than 5,000 comics but
that the youngsters, mostly in the
8-to-10 age group, surprised them.
The bound exchange books were
purchased by the youth group.
Wynne said the spectacular pub
lic bonfire had i no significance
other than to draw attention to
the wrong kind of comics.
Chemistry Set
Drink Leaves
No After! Effects
A young Salem girl drank
chemical from a toy chemistry
set Sunday night but she appar
ently suffered no serious after
effects, first aidmen reported.
Aidmen were called to treat
Frances Dotson, 9, after a report
that she had drink the chemical
at her home, 1212 Aiken Dr. The
girl vomited the liquid almost
immediately and that may have
saved 1 her from serious harm,
aidmen said.
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John Afar
"CROSSED SWORDS.- -With
Errol riynn
CAPITOL
"BLACK WIDOW " with Via
Haflin
"SHANGHAI STORY." with Ed
mond O'Brien
GRAND '
"WOMAN'S WORLD." with
Clifton Webb
TERROR SHIP." with Wil
liam Lundigan
HOLLYWOOD
"SUSAN SLEPT HERE." with
William Powell and Defebia Reyn
olds ALLEGHENY UPRISING",
with John Warn
Son's Rescue9
Leaves Woman
With Cut Leg
A Salem -mother, noticing that
her small son had swallowed a
fish bone, suffered a severe lac
eration of the leg Sunday night
while going to his aid. !
Mrs. Charles Cochran, 1645 S.
Capitol SL, was treated by first
aidmen after she cut her right
leg on a broken piece of glass.
The woman said she was rush
ing to her two-year-old boy when
injured.
Aidmen said the tot suffered
no ill effects from swallowing
the bone.
The woman was taken to Sa
lem Memorial Hospital, where
stitches were taken in the leg.
John Snyder
Mav Testif v
In Tax Probe
ST.- LOUIS m - The - Globe-
Democrat said Sunday! night for
mer Treasury Secretary John W.
Snyder and former Internal Rev
enue Commissioner George. J.
Schoeneman are expected to be
called as grand jury witnesses in
a renewed investigation of the In
ternal Revenue Service.
The newspaper said present
plans call for the ! two men to be
subpoenaed in the current inquiry.
A federal grand Jury 'at Omaha.
Neb., investigating operations of
the Internal Revenue Service, re
cently indicted C. Elmer Brown,
a Philadelphia official of the agen
cy on charges he lied in testify
ing he never did anything to ob
struct a 1950 inquiry into the St.
Louis internal revenue office.
The newspaper said the time
and place Snyder and Schoene
man are expected to be called
"are matters which either are be
ing kept secret or have not yet
been decided. !,
A : Justice Department official
said in Washington Saturday that
James P. Fmnegan, (former St
Louis collector now serving a two
year sentence for misconduct In
office, probably will be called be
fore the Omaha grand jury next
month. The jury is in recess un
til Jan. 10. 1;
Snyder was head of the Treas
ury Department and Schoeneman
headed the old Internal Revenue
i Bureau. Si f
Truman
Favors Publication
Of All Presidents9 Papers
WASHINGTON - Because
the private papers of so many
presidents have been kept in hap
hazard fashion, former President
Harry Truman hopes the govern
ment will some day publish : the
papers of all presidents so they'll
be easily available o the public.
particularly to ; historians.
Truman said ' many important
documents of other presidents are
missing and my never be recov
ered. This is so, he said, because
a president's papers traditionally
are considered his private proper
ty and are taken with him when
he leaves office. j
In some cases, he said, papers
were lost when heirs, hard up fi
nancially, sold them for "their
own private gain."
"I have always felt . that the
papers of the presidents should be
historical documents available to
all the country," Truman said in
a filmed television interview with
columnist Drew Pearson.
That is why, Truman said, he
is housing his own voluminous col
lection in the Truman Library at
Independence, Mo.
This follows the . precedents of
former President Herbert Hoover,
whose papers are at Stanford Uni
versity,, and the , late Franklin D.
Roosevelt, whose papers are at
Hyde Park, N.Y,
Truman said i the papers of
George Washington were the only
ones published by the government
and those of Thomas Jefferapn are
being published by Princeton Uni
versity. A great many presidential pa
pers, about 16 sets, he said, are in
the Tabrary of Congress, but these
have never been indexed and are
piled on the floor.
scholars unlesshey want to go
there and spend all their time try
ing to find what ought to be acces
sible immediately." Truman said.
Accident Victim
'it
Listed as Improved
! i
STAYTON A Salem man, se
verely injured in a recent high
way accident near Mehama, was
reported improving Sunday at
Santiam Memorial Hospital.
The injured mini Gerald Nett
ling, suffered I multiple fractures
and lacerations when be appar
ently lost control! of his oar. The
vehicle reportedly left the high
way and crashed into a tree.
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BIRD BOOK PLANNED
PETERSBURG, Va. (aV-Dr. W.
B. Mcniwaine. i a Presbyterian
minister, has everything planned
for his retirement two years
hence. He'll write a book about
birds. Since 1916 he . has been
watching birds and keeping notes.
He tries to stroll through the
woods for an hour and a half
dafly. ,
Strike Threatens
New York Paper
NEW YORK UB A CIO News
paper Guild spokesman said Sun
day night that negotiations with
The New York Post are stale
mated and plans will go ahead
for a rt-ike at midnight Monday
nrbt. i " . . , :t r
Tie strike was authorized ear
lier by guild members at the Post
when management and union were
unable to agree on matters of job
security, severance pay and ex
empt jobs.
Til
iiiness liiiaims
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John J. LesHer
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John J. Lesner.f S5, a longtime
resident bl the Brooks area, died
at a Salem hospital Sunday follow
ing a lengthy illness. His home
was at Brooks Route 1, Box 248-C
Suvivori include the widow, Mrs.
Martha Lesher of Brooks; and a
son, George Lesher of Brooks.
Funeral arrangements will be
announced later by Howell-Edwards
mortuary. -
Darkness Cuts
Search I for
i
Fishing Buat
HONOLULU j if) Darkness
Sunday j night overtook a search
for the "Brothers," a well-known
Alaska and Puget Sound fishing
boat wh:ch radioed Sunday morn
ing she !was sinking 70 miles north
west of! Honolulu.
No trace of the boat or the two
men aboard had been found but
the search continued with surface
ships and radar planes; The miss
ing boat was; carrying a large life
raft. i :
The two men were the owner-
skipper Arthur Otness. 37, whose
mother Mrs. Ragna Otness lives
at Seattle: ' and his cousin, John
Otness, 39, of Tacoma. .
Erlmg Oswald, skipper ot an
other fishing boat, the Oceanic,
which came to Hawaii from the
mainland with the "Brothers.'
said Arthur was a fair swimmer
but that John could not swim.
One' 'search ship found an oil
slick Sunday but could not deter
mine whether it was from oil dis
charged by some passing steam
er.- .
Two destroyers, two planes, and
three Coast Guard cutters hurried
toward; the designated spot this
morning when the Brothers report
ed in a radio message heard by
the Coast; Guard that she was
sinkings
Beth men aboard are veteran
Pacific fishermen.
RHEE OUSTS SEVEN
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SEOUL Ji Seven men who
balked :at a legislative move keep
ing President Syngman Rhee in
power Were kicked out of the pro-
Rbee Liberal Party Sunday.
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