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'Freed' Yank Tells of Slaye-Cait By TOM REEDY BERLIN UFi A Michigan man back from slavery in the Soviet Union expressed the belief Tues day that eight American fliers shot down off Europe in 1950 may be alive in Soviet prison camps. -The Detroiter, John H. Noble, 31. spent 9 years ia Soviet xap tivity. As a prisoner at the Vor kuta slave labor camp he wit nessed the 1953 revolt there. He said the slave laborers need "only a spark" to flare into open rebel lion. He declared the forced labor brigades " are restless, have re- belled in the past and are likely flated liferafts were found. The Soviets would, concede only that tention, facing a possible court martial for being absent without letve. "He told me he got picked up in the Soviet sector (of Berlin) while drunk," Noble said. Noble described to newsmen his four years in the notorious camp at Vorkuta in arctic Russia, where the temperatures once hit 72 de grees below zero, and added quiet ly be lived through his ordeal only because of "confidence in God." Noble said 100,000 men were in volved in a strike which set off July, 1953. He said 110 inmates lion. The aim was to stir up open revolt throughout the Soviet Un ion and overthrow the Malenkov regime. - .' -.' In general terms, without giving such detail, the Malenkov govern ment charged Beria with seeking to usurp power when he was brought before a military tribu nal and sentenced to death. The Malenkov machinery went into swift action when the strike '.Noble said be managed to, keep out of the melee. The strike and revolt was concentrated mostly about ground. He was .employed in the coal mines. ' x , The slightly buOt American, now back to his normal weight of 135 pounds, appeared before scores of news; radio and television report ers in the. U. S. officers' club in West! Berlin. He told bow be and his father, Charles Noble, a cam era - manufacturer, -.were . trapped in Dresden by the war and com pelled to work for the Nazi regime under "local government" . . In 1945, the advance guard of Russians arriving in Dresden ar rested the Nobles. In the first camp they were held. John! said. 80 per cent of -inmates died of staryation. However bad Vorkuta was later, it was not that bad. Of his experiences. Noble re lated . "I lived through all this for two reasons. One was my confidence in God. and two my absolute will to return to the United States in order to tell the world what I experienced." . L were shot on the spot, and 50 er 60 executed later. Another 500 in mates were wounded in the first minutes of the blowup. Noble gave these 'added details: The strike in the . coal mines there are at least 50 in the area and on construction projects was organized by followers of L.P. to do so again. Noble added be bad Deen xoia at Vorkuta that the American air men were held in a Soviet prison. He called it common knowledge at Vorkuta that some Americans who came down in the Baltic Sea were in captivity. - A U.S. Navy Privateer, a four engine plane, disappeared over the Baltic in April. 1950, with 10 men. The U.S. government in notes to Moscow contended the crew apparently had managed to they had fired upon an American bomber of the B2S type wnicn, they contended, violated Commu nist territory. Noble was released by the Rus sians here last Saturday along with Pvt. William C. Marchuk of Norristown. Pa. They had met a third American, Pvt. William Ver dine of Starks, La., at Vorkuta. The Soviet Union informed the United States Tuesday that Ver dine also 1 will be released. raeria, deposed police chief who was executed later by a Red Army firing . squad. broke oUt Special teams of MVD Some of the secret police guards N secret police) guards were rushed at the camp were part of the or in and opened fire on the rebelli ditch safely because two partly m- Marchuk now is in Army de the giant rebellion at Vorkuta in canization fomenting the rebel ous prisoners, I mi vh odicij ucvauac iwv wu; . The Weather FORECAST (from U. S. weather bureau. McNary field. Salem): Cloudy with light drizzle or rain today and tonight. High today near 44: low tonight near 34. Temperature at 12 .-01 a.m. today was 37. v' SALEM PRECIPITATION Since Start of Weather Year Sept. 1 This Tear Last Tear - Normal 1 18.77 ; J1.78 20.48 104TH YEAR '.. I POUNDBD 1651 ' 1 -.: - , : : v i- r - . - - - S r - JMMMMMMMaMaMaMaawaaaawsiaaaaawaaiaawwMlM"'ai . PRICE 5c . : :y r. .. :-, 2 SECTIONS-20 PAGES The Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Wednesday, January 12, 1955 No. 291 Linen Thread Co. Planning Closure alem Radford Back From Tour of Orient Crisis Spots OfS Factory MHOS kKDtEDffl The Linen Thread Company at 2150 Fairgrounds Rd., long known as the Miles Mill, is in the process of being closed and its operations moved elsewhere, it. was disclosed Tuesday.! David L. Malcolm Jr.. vice president of the Linen Thread Com pany with headquarters at Paterson, N. J., said flax spinning would run out early in March, when equipment will be transferred to the l Barbour i Mill in Paterson, and that net! weaving operations prob ably would continue in diminishing form for the next four months, afte which they will be moved to the company's Ederer Mill in Chi cago and Knox Mill in Baltimore. The linen Thread Company Jn Salem has been employing about 50 people, plus administration staff, and has a payroll estimated at $200,000 annually. Some of the administrative staff is to be trans ferred to other company locations, Malcolm said, and the firm's sev- aMMB.MV Twiliv Will tw annli- mtf fn m.. m- .f B.J "vu"' i1"' ' " " voiwuu ic wii ut iuu-1 v.lz monv nf th nthr nor. land" cruised over the Illinois sonnei , prairie and into the Northwestern Malcolm also said all brands and station here a few minutes ahead -..j. now manufactured at the of time tms morning, except wr Miles Mill wouid continued patches along the fencerows i the Uritbout : change or interruption. buuw iiiui wkicu wt u and that distibution agencies and route had disapeared, though an 1n.at . wfmA k maintained. overcast sky verified the weather . company's 38.000-square-foot wmu jwsaunc plant, located on four acres, is to flurries. ; I ha rotnori n s west mast ware- The corn belt is all buttoned up i bouse and distribution point for for winter. The field crops nave Linen Thread. Purchase of flax in been gathered, and ; good ones the Willamette Valley also will be they were. Now the outdoor chores continued. Malcolm said. Most on the farms are. feeding bogs and such flax has been shipped , east cattle and dairying. Here stock the past several years, with im- leeding is done in ratner smau en- ported flax used locally, closures with hay for roughness for ( . Malcolm said the closure was cattle and corn and mill feed for necessitated to meet economic hogs and cattle for fattening. Back conditions. He explained that, syn- in- Idaho and Wyoming ranchers thetics i and importations had were: forking hay on the snowy brought changes to the industry ground lo range cattle and sheep, which now - must maintain re--' j . ' : search. ! chemical, mechanical and ".Travel by rail on any of the quality control departments which modern streamline trains is real it would not be feasible to have luxury.xNo other mode of land in the comparatively small Salem travel can compare with it fori operation. . ' comfort. Air conditioning cancels (Additional details Tage 5, Sec the extreme of beat and cold of the 1.) outside air, and filtered ventila tion traps the dust formerly the ' bane of rail travel, though credit .for this is shared by diesel fuel, the substitute for jcinder producing coal. -. i - . ' ; j -. The Northwestern has been . called the "New York Central" of (Continued on editorial page, 4.) , EnemyForce Invades Cities In Costa Rica Wreck Brings $400,000 Suit PORTLAND W The family of a Portland lumoerman wno . was fatally injured in an automobile truck collision last year filed suit for $400,000 damages in federal court Tuesday. Oldene L. Gould, driver of the car and daughter of the lumber man. Judson M. Bentley, 77. asked $250,000 for her injuries. Another daughter, Lolita Jackman, asked $75,000 for her injuries. The widow, Mrs. Lena Bentley, sought $75,000 SAV .TflSP Chcta Pira (91 I Costa Rican troops clashed Tues- Tr)fJflV,C Sfafe$Rlfln dav with an armed force in North ,WMMf 9 ' day with an armed force in North Costa Rica, a government spokes man said, near a town on a direct invasion route to this capital city, CoL Rodolfo Quiros, chief of staff of the civil guacd, said the government - forces suffered two men wounded in the clash with "perhaps 75 to 100" members of an airborne group that took over the town of Villa Quesada Tues day morning. The Costa Rican government charged "active aggression" on the .part of Nicaragua and said it expects "to receive military aid" from the nations of this hem isphere to "repel forces of inva sion. Nicaragua v countered with statement saying the accusations were foolish. Costa Rica's " available manpow er was quickly mobilized and more troops were rushed to the north. Government officials said a break in relations between Costa Rica . and neighboring Nicaragua appeared imminent. ; Sec Pag Classifieds li 8,9 Comes the Dawn ..I 4 " Comics ..... 6 " Editorials. J- 4 Markets ! II. 7 ; Sports . i, a Star Gazer 7 Tax Facts II 4 - TV, Radio . : H Valley I II 3 Women's-Socioty l.6, 7 Crossword II . 6 Woman Visitor at Silverton Hospital Stays as Patient SUtesm&a Newt Serrke SILVERTON Miss Ina Harold, postal money order clerk at Sil verton, went to call on a friend at the Silverton Hospital and end ed up by becoming a patient Miss Harold slipped on the side walk Monday night on her way to the hospital, lost her balance and fell. However, she lit on a quilt she was carrying, breaking the fall, and although very lame man-1 sed to set to the hospital where she disked briefly. ' When she tried to get up from the chair in which she was seated, she discovered she could not do so without help. A doctor's exam ination disclosed a fractured knee cap and she was placed in a cast Miss Harold is now at the bU- vert on Nursing Home where she will remain for a few days. She will be in the cast for at least three weeks, she said. WASHINGTON Secretary ef State John Foster Dulles greets Adm. Arthur W. Radford Tuesday on his arrival at National Airport following a montn-iong tour ei ue far uh. Jiaaiora wiu repon on hi. tilt, with leader in Indochina, the PhilloDmss. Formosa, Korea and Japan. Dulles left immedi ately for New Tore, where he was to make a foreign policy speech on world peace prospectant, a YMCk luncheon. ( AP WirephoU) ;v -- rtrr ' Car Insurance Rates Reduced State Considers New Albany-Eugene Route PORTLAND W-The Oregonian said Tuesday it had learned that the Federal Bureau of Public Roads and the State Highway Commission are considering construction of a new highway, between Albany and Eugene. : . . . " The proposed road is being discussed as a new route Between Salem and Eugene, but much of the present road between Salem and Albany would be utilized, the newspaper said. r Other details reported by i the Oregonian: - - Although the project at present has not advanced much beyond the talking stage; the State Highway Commission has had a tentative survey made of right-of-way along the Cascade foothills . east ' of Tangent, Shedd, Halsey j and Harrisburg. The road would be built unter the federal aid program in which federal government pays about 69 y per cent of the cost and the state government pays' the rest. It has not been determined where the new highway would leave the oreseht route. 99-E. Tentative plans indicate the new road might begin about three miles north of Albany. It would return to the present route; of 39 at Judkins Point just south! of Eugene and north of Springfield. R.S H. Baldock, state highway engineer, could not be reached to comment on the report ... TROLLEY FARES UP PORTLAND W Trolley and bus fares will go up to 20 cents in Portland 1 Sunday. The 1 City Council approved the 5 cent increase Tuesday. PORTLAND W Robert B Taylor, state insurance commis sioner, announced Tuesday he had approved reductions in fire, theft and collision automobile insurance in Oregon. ! The new rates, which apply to insurance written Dy iirms associated with .the National Auto mobile Underwriters Assn., are retro-active on all policies issued on or after Dec 1, Taylof said. They provide a -reduction of about 6 per cent on $100 and $50 deductible collision insurance in ortland and approximately 5 per cent for the rest of the state. Rates on fire, theft and compre hensive insurance have been cut approximately 15 per cent. The reduced rates apply to botn private passenger and commercial automobiles. '. j v ' i- I - , Salem to Need 2 New Junior High Schools 41 Within 2 Years By DAVID L. AVERHX Staff Writer. The Statesman Salem will need two new junior high! schools by 1957, Supenn- Costa Rica said several villages tendent of Schools Walter Snyder in Northern Costa Rica had fallen told the Salem School board Tues- to anti-government forces. ANIMAL CRACKERS , T WARREN OOOORICM r Cheer ip, well ft lata the dried milk buiaessr day night Snyder said both the city's pres ent junior highs will have above capacity enrollments next year. Some Leslie Junior High students are already attending classes in the new South.Salem High school. he told the board, and 10 classes from Parrish Junior High will have to be transferred to North Salem High school beginning next falL The superintendent said the to tal cost for two new schools would be about $1,500,000. He b a s e d his estimate . of " future needs on the growing number of children In the city's elementary schools. Figures gathered by Assistant Superintendent Charles Schmidt indicate that total junior high school enrollment will increase by 364 during the next two years and bv nearlv 1.000 by 196U. Snyder said the figures are bas ed on present primary-grade en rollment alone and do not include probable increases that would re sult from new families moving into the school district The outlook for the city's grade- school facilities is more promis ing, Snyder said. After work has been completed on candaiana and Auburn schools and the proj ected Faye Wright school, no new elementary schools will be needed for about five years, he estimated. Snyder said his report on the need for new junior high facili ties was made to give the board plenty of time to consider the problem. No action was taken on the subject at the Tuesday meet ing.! but board 'member Harry Scott suggested that the board consider appointing a committee of representative citizens to ex amine possible solutions to the shortage of facilities. : (Additional details on page 2, section L) . Radford Asks I Blockade of WASHINGTON Iff) The na tion's top military man and a prominent Republican senator Tuesday called I for a blockade of Red China if all else fails to win release of imprisoned Americans. But Secretary of State Dulles employing a biblical phrase, said the United States would be "flow to ' anger" in facing issues which could explode the peace. Supporting ah allied blockade as a last-ditch maneuver were Adm, Arthur W. Radford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, andSen H. Alexander Smith (R-NJ). ; "If all other ; measures failj the United States should support blockade," Radford said in- re sponse to questions on returning from a global trip which took- him to the Far East . ? "It would have a great effect on the Red Chinese and would be the best way ! to tackle such problem." 'X f Smith said Jie was aware the step "would be; dangerous but as serted: - " ; "If our men are not released, we should ask our allies to' join us in a blockade oi ine uuna coast" rJ Deny Station Grossing to Get Signals ; Flashing -light signals will be installed at Derry railroad cross ing near RickrealL scene of two fatal accidents last October. . , Public Utilities Commissioner Charles H. Heltiel announced Tuesday that the newignals will be installed on both sides of the tracks, replacing wig-wag signals now installed on one side. The crossing, labeled one of the most dangerous in the Willamette I Valley, 4s located on the South-; era Pacific's westside track wnere it intersects the Dallas - Salem Highway. Two Polk County mo torists were lulled there within 24 hours in separate accidents in October, a third was fatally in jured at the crossing Nov. 3, 1951 Heltzel said installation oc tne new signals would start soon. 'Epidemic' Strikes , Teachers' at Eugene? EUGENE (fj Supt Clarence Hines said Tuesday so many teachers are resigning there because they are about to have babies that it has reached, epi demic proportions. , He said 10 have quit or. given notice. In the previous five .years only 21 had resigned for! that reason, he said. Hines added that he is at a loss, to find replacements Salem Portland , Baker Medford North Bend - Roaeburg San Francisco Lot Anftele . Chicago New York .... . J7 28 Willamette River ieu afaz. Mia. Freda. 4 31 trace . 42 33 J03 Tl 32 - trace M 4S 31 JM 47 7 .09 53 32 jOO 1 45 .e . 34 34 .00 27 2S . .00 In the Interest Of Spellingl Plan20-Day 6Tax Sclio.o 1 Dag's Mission To Red China 'No Failure' UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. I - One of Dag Hammarskjold's top aides declared Tuesday tne ujm. secretary general has made prog' ress toward freeing 11 American airmen imprisoned as spies in Red China. "Give it a little time. he advised. Commenting on reports that HammarskjoWs carefully, planned mission had failed, the U.N. oiii cial, a spokesman for Hammar skiold. said: "The secretary general has not failed. He has made progress to ward the eoal set for him by the General Assembly. He was asked by the General Assembly to 'make, by the means most appro priate in his judgment continuing and unremitting etions lor ine re lease, of the 11 fliers and other United Nations Command person nel still detained. The talks in Peiping were useful toward this end. They es tablished a basis upon which fur ther progress" can be made. $1,000 Tool Theft Occurs Near Dallas By ROBERT E. GANG WARE j City Editor, The Statesman i The nine Oregon legislators who have the biggest responsibility in developing any tax increase "decided Tuesday to "go to school for 20 days more or less, to become well grounded on the Oregon tax picture. ' r i The House of Representatives committee on taxation agreed to call in several Oregon tax experts for a seminar series on various phrases - of taxation, to be con-1 Governor's Plans Put Into Form of Bills statesmam Newt Service DALLAS Nearly $1,000 worth of logging tools -were reported stolen Tuesday from the Simon son Bros. Logging Co. operation in the Gooseneck district 15 miles northwest of Dallas. The tools were taken from padlocked tool shed located just off the uoosenecjt Kooa rout County Deputy Sheriff Robert Le Fors said the theft probably oc curred during the past weekend but went unnoticed until Tuesday morning when workmen went to the shed for equipment The missing tools were valued at $800 to $1,000 and included two power saws, several lengths of saw chain. ducted daily at 8:30 a m. for sev eral weeks. Meanwhile, incoming tax bills- which bylaw must originate Tin the House will be reviewed oy one of three subcommittees which the taxation chairman, Rep. Lor an Stewart (R) of ! Cottage Grove will designate this week. i Promise Program , Notwithstanding their seminar plans, the tax committeemen pledged . themselves to come up with a "detinue tax program without undue delay. :; They are faced with the un nobular chore of finding Ways to . ..... enlarge state revenues to tne oua get-balancing point x - Gov. Paul Patterson has sub mitted a budget that if entirely anoroved. would mean a deficit over the next two years ot million in general operations and $18 million in new buildings ne considers jvitaL ... ; , To Study Sources r - The House tax committee in adopting its policy statement Tuesday promised, also to study existing revenue sources for pos sible change, to analyze possiDiej new revenue sources, to scruti nize property now exempt and to make full public report on advan tages and disadvantages of each method of taxation studied, its probable effect on the state's fi nancial structure and the class of taxpayer affected. r - No mention was-made in the policy statement or in the com- day of the governor's recommen dations that the needed revenue be raised under existing tax laws bv a property tax of 'up to 6 mills, removal ot tne ieaerai in come tax offset from the state in come tax and other measures. -j (Additional details on page 5, sec. 2.) Cloiids. Possible Rain Predicted Salem may have some light drizzles today or it may even get downright rainy, the weatherman predicted early Wednesday from his McNary Field headquarters. In snv event he added, skies over the city will be cloudy most of the day. - A high temperature of 1 44 is expected for this afternoon, with a low of 34 predicted for tonight. Only a trace of rain was record ed in the city Tuesday, and the temperature ranged from a high of 46 to a low at 31. Eisenhower Asks Consress for ,1 v P Federal Employe Pay Increase More than 13009 Jtn- and 8th- grade students of Marion Polk, Linn aad Yamhill Conn ties are competing ia the 5th annual SUtesman-KSLH. Spelling Con test. Following are among words being studied: difficulty j : executive j f conscientiova i i. grizzly talary pottery 'glorious : harvest definite exhaustion' syrup warehouse ' . baTiqttetr alfalfa elevation universal "' mirror bacon j advantageous duscretkm scholar' j " relieve f tneastei. persuade gallery WASHINGTON I President Eisenhower asked Congress Tues day to give 1 million government workers an average pay increase of about five per cent The cost wsa estimated at more than 339 million dollars a year. In two special messages sent to Capitol HOI. he also recom mended a hike in postal rates to foot part of the bill and that the mvernment ' contribute 55 million dollars a Year to a new health in surance program for federal em ployes. 'v The Senate's majority leader. Sen. Lvndon B. Johnson (D Tex) announced immediately he favored a raise for government workers but that he questioned the advis ability of increasing postal rates. This appeared to be the view of many members of congress. A maior aim of the administra tion's plan, the President said, is to brine average government pay and benefits more into line wiu standards prevailing in private in dustry. - :, . J-: : - Eisenhower vetoed a similar pay raise last August because the bill passed by Congress failed to pro- . . r l 1 vide revenue, lnuuaing mgner postal rates, to meet the increases . . . j j:j . . ana oecause ne saia u uiu. uw wi rect existing 'inequities in pay rates. ; " . - ! Some of the first reaction to the .President's proposals i came Tuesday- from the National Fed eration of Post Office : Clerks, which said the" recommendations for postal employes was "a seri ous disappointment and so small as to be of little real help The President recommended: ' 1 An increase of about five per cent in the payroll for classified Civil service workers, distributing an additional 202 million dollars a year among about one million workers. ! . 2. Pav raises totaling 129 mil lion dollars annually for nearly half a mfllior mailmen and otner Dostal workers. ' s . Postal oav legislation, however. would 5 be tied in with increases in the postal rates for first, second and third class mafl. ; i . M 3. Creation ot a health insurance program which would cover about halt a million federal employes. The employes themselves would oav about two-thirds of the cost with the government contributing about 55 million dollars a year, Some of Gov. Paul L. Patter son's recommendations to the Ore- gon . Legislature took definite shape Tuesday, second day of the 48th biennial session. Several committees met to set up policies for consideration of , the coming shower of bills. ' '."' The first-day rash; of bills more than a score tapered off Tuesday with only three new bills in the senate and ..six in the House. i House Speaker Edward A. Geary, Klamath Falls, made an appeal to. representatives to in troduce their bills' so committees could begin to work on them. The Senate will meet again to day at 9 a.m. and the House at 10 a.m. Power Bills Entered" Bills to carry out the Cover- . nor s power recommendations were introduced by Rep. Charles A. Tom, Rufus. He put in two memorials asking the govern ment to build John Day at once or to arrange a partnership plan to build it; and to continue the ! present construction schedule for Chief Joseph, . McNary and The Dalles Dams. ! Another recommendation of the Governor was in a bill introduced in the House to permit a $19,000, 000 bond issue to build state in stitutions. This would be a con stitutional amendment so would have to be considered by the voters in 1956. ! - While this amount would be proposed for construction in the 1957 biennium, other state build-. ings would have to be erected, meanwhile, according to the gov- , ernor's recommendation in his budget for $18 million worth of buildings this biennium. Mental Hospital "One with high priority is the mental hospital at Portland. Rep. F. H. Dammasch (R), Portland, introduced a bill Tuesday for a $3 million appropriation for this project which was approved by Oregon's voters. . , Representatives of both parties put in bills Tuesday on tax pro posals linked with the governor's message. "' t Reps. Charles A. Tom Leon S. Davis and George Layman, Re publicans, introduced a bill ' to eliminate the tax exemption now granted to corporations whose in- come is from rental of real prop erty. - . Vj ; Excise Tax Cut , A similar measure was put in by Rep. Katnerine uusa, me Dalles, a Democrat who also - sponsored legislation to reduce the rate of corporate excise tax from 8 to 6 per cent Rep. Loran Stewart Cottage ; Grove, dropped in a bill to allow ' state departments i to hire their own attorneys instead of having attorneys assigned from the state attorney general's office. Stewart -said this was intended to do away with the dual status of attorneys who on the one hand advise in the administration of a certain department and on the other may advise the attorney general in interpretation of laws which might affect the depart; ment for which he works. Attorney Pay j Recently the subject' of inde pendent attorneys came up when Attorney General Robert Y. Thornton refused to pay the bills for private attorneys hired in con nection with an Oregon Liquor Control Commission investigation of two employes in Portland. The Senate resolutions commit tee urged passage of two memor ials calling for immediate state hood for Alaska and Hawaii. : (Additional legislative news on page 5, sec. 2.)