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J The Weather JX) RECAST (from V. S. weather bureau McNary field, Salem) v ' Partly cloudy with scattered show ra today; mostly cloudy with occas ional rain or rain and anow mixed tonight and Tuesday; not much change In temperature with highest today near 46 and lowest tonight near 33. Temperature at 1341 am. today was 40. , Willamette River 8.0 feet - UtD CDDGB .' pcundqd 1651"- CHICAGO Our emergency board is making slow progress on the case of railway conductors and brakemen who seek a graduated basis of pay similar to that used for engineers and firemen. In this solid week of hearings (hey concluded their presentation ef testimony; then the railroads (carriers, they call themselves) began offering their testimony. Both sides have submitted quant ities of statistics which have the board pretty well covered up. The bearings will probably run another two weeks, then a recess will be taken after which the board will prepare Us report to President Eisenhower. This is taking much longer than X had anticipated; but the case is of such importance to the parties that we do not want to crowd them In presenting their testimony and arguments. The proceedings are conducted like the usual administrative hear ing. While they follow the lines of the trial of a lawsuit, we are not embarrassed bv frequent objec tions such as punctuate pudicial proceedings. The disinterested auditor would find the case quite dull Usually witnesses are ex plaining exhibits consisting of pages of statistics on earnings ui various operating crafts over a long term of years, and on train operations. One of the factors is the reputed effect of the advent of more powerful locomotives (diesels in tandem). We have the exhibits and a copy of the day's transcript for study or review as one sees m atier me i. concluded. How- , ever, one needs a diversion to keep his mind (Continued on Editorial Page 4) ature Week Today Oregon's 1955 Legislature will open its second week at the Capi tol today. The Senate will meet at 10 a.m. and the House of Representatives at 11, but much interest also cen ters in two of the day s committee " meetings. Doe before the joint ways and I means committee at 9 a. m. is a remit from Barrington As sociates, a private aurvey firm, on the results of its study of the state salary and job classification plans. The Senate education committee at 1 p. m. yw conduct a bearing on legislation to make Portland State Extension Center an inde pendent state college. . . The House taxation committee will continue its oublic seminar series on tax background, holding its session today at 9:30 a.m. in stead of the usual hour of 8:30, in room 6. De Rothschild Succumbs to Heart Attack MQNTEGO BAY, Jamaica W Baron Louis de Rothschild, 72, died of a heart attack suffered while swimming here Saturday. The baron was a member of the internationally famous banking family and central figure in a rec ord wartime ransom from the Na lis. The body will be flown to South Rayatfon. Vt., where the baron, who arrived here Wednesday for a holiday, had a home. He also maintained a borne in New York. At one time Baron de Rothschild was head of the Vienna .bank and the Austrian branch of the family. He' was arrested when Hitler seized the country in 1938, and was released a year later only after the family paid a ransom of 21 million dollars. BliZZARD HITS JAPAN NHGATA, Japan tf A bliz sard borne on winds up to 80 miles an hour hit Western Japan Sun day, snarling rail transport and communications on Kyushu and Honshu, mam Japanese islands. emm . Max. Sf la. Prcff. m ja 3 .is 10 .12 S3 MX 38 M 33 J . 4 .07 S3 JM .00 41 SI Sileta Portland 44 2S Baker Medford North Bend -4 4S Boaeburg 45 Saa Francisco Chicago , New York Los Angeler .33 J8 - SALEM MtECOTTATIOK Since SUrt of Weather Tear Sept 1 Thii Tear Last Tear Normal MM - 23.43 31.40 ANIMAL CRACKERS . BV WARRIN OOORICH Legisl Starts Second - 3 3 I ," V Z. T- Lacy got herself a hosbaad he's gsvenunest sarplaj, 104TH YEAJt, BaFgaiBRMe FigteeFs to Help.. (Costat Rica o fv mum"'" r,jmmm,m One of the parks thronghout the state which will benefit from a $500,000 improvement add develop- ments and improvements. Seldom used in the winter time, this outdoor fireplace came in handy for ment program for 1955 will be Holman State Park west of Salem. Park department employes are workmen at Holman State Park (right) during their lunch hour recently. The men Noah KesseL shown (left) keeping the park ship-shape. Holman Park is scheduled to receive additional tables, 4350 Dallas ltd and loland LeCompte, 1042 3rd St (right) are employed by the state parks. de toilets and water systems. Parks in the Salem area are scheduled to receive $60,000 for develop- partment which has slated $3,800 for improvements of the part (Story on page 5, sec L) PolEt CouB?y Crash TaEies 2imd Victim ' ' :: - : SUtetmaa New Service DALLAS The toll in a Saturday evening highway accident near New Grand Ronde rose to two when Mrs. Edith P. Bennett, 55, of Oceanlake, died ' Sunday in a Dallas i hospital- of injuries Silvei Girl First In elling Bee Statesman News Service SILVER CREST Personable, 13-year-old - Carolyn Larson, daughter of Mr. and. Mrs. Walter ir-"yiiiiii i-srrti Larson of Star X" Route Box 14, Silverton, is the first school win ner to be certi fied for the 1955 Statesman KSLM Spelling Contest Her teacher and principal is Byron J. Hind man. She will Carolyn Larson compete in a semi-finals of the contest at ML Angel with winners in 10 other schools. Second-place . winner" at Silver Crest is Wanda Fetters, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Ennos L. Fet ters of Star Route Box 30, Sil verton, and third place went to Beatrice Brenneman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Brenne man, Star Route Box 70A, Silver ton. '.:-""'!."-.'. '. ' All the girls are 13 years old. Carolyn and Wanda are in the 8th grade, Beatrice : in the 7th. All will receive certificates of merit . , -'.- Carolyn, who won third place last year, is , active in all school and community activities, likes athletics, helps in the school cafe teria and is a member of the jun ior Grange. She is also interested in reading, playing the piano and sewing. - ELEVEN DROWNED BILBAO. Soain I Eleven fish ermen drowned Sunday when the 74-toa Spanish fishing boat Ger- tnanos Arrwla sank In heavy seas near here. In the Interest Of Spellingl More than 3009 7ta- and th grade stadents of Marion, Polk, Una and . Yamhill Counties are competing ia the 5th aaaaal Statesman-KSLM Spelling Con test Following are among words being stndied: economize genius prorision monument military . funeral column existence career temptation vessel restpiatton vulgar : oversight modest . appreciate, absurd metropolis . accommodate bonus ' usually ; tTactor, i absolutely budget adjournment Sp Lry-sfJ 2 SECTIONS 14 PAGES Wintertime Work Puts Parks V - suffered in the mishap. The woman's son, Elvis Addi son Bennett 24, Portland, was killed outright in . the accident which state police said occurred when the car driven by young Bennet skidded and rolled over on highway 18, west of New Grand Ronde- Time of the acci dent was set at 7:30 p.m. . The two deaths were the first traffic fatalities of the year for Polk .County. Elvis : N. Bennett Oceanlake, father and husband of the dead pair was in a Dallas hospital lor treatment of shock, while a fourth person riding in the ve hicle, John H. Hutzler of We coma, escaped injury. Surviving Mrs. Bennett in addi tion to the widower is a daughter in Minnesota. The son also is survived by his widow in Port land. :U - Funeral arrangements for both will be announced later by Boll man mortuary in Dallas. - E$aipe? Tool Theft Worry For Warden MARQUETTE. Mich. Vfi Pris oners at Marquette State Prison are watching construction .work ers with longing fascination these days . and it's making Warden Emery E, Jacques a bit edgy. A corner of the prison wall has been knocked down so a new cell block can be built. , Watching prisoners noted a wire fence around the open spot and three extra guards, armed with machine guns, keeping a 24-hour vigfl.. ' , . Everything was going fine, and then . . . : One morning the contractor re ported a tool box had been broken into outside the fence, apparently under the noses of the guards. Warden Jacques was merely puzzled at first but he began to fidget when told that the only tools missing i from the box were two pair of wire cutters. Chiang's Guns By SPENCER MOOSA I TAIPEH, Formosa ( A Chin ese Communist warship was re ported damaged by snore guns off the Tachens Sunday and there was another air raid alert in that islan J group 200- miles north of Formosa. Nationalist ir force planes were on patrol as usual off the main land but for the first time in six days, they , did not attack Com munist targets, ' . - The Defense Ministry said the Communist warship its type not disclosed was sighted early Sun day eight miles northwest of the Tachens near Yikiangshan Island. The Nationalist shore batteries on Yikiangshan opened up and in 10 minutes ol heavy fire damaged the warship, which fled, the min istry claimed. China Warship Off Tachens Transfusion Count Now 216 Pints; Bleeder Improved DURHAM, N. C. if) Willie Cooke,, the 31-year-old hemophiliac who has been bleeding for 12 days, was reported Sunday to be "slight ly improved" by doctors at Duke University Hospital here. The constant bleeding began when Cooke, a radio repairman from Four Oaks, N. C, had a tooth pulled. A hemophiliac is a person whose blood won't clot normally. -Late-Sunday doctors said- they have given Cooke 216 pints of blood since the bleeding started. This in cludes 100 pints of whole blood and 116 pints of plasma. Mama Busy With Quintet Of 1-Year-Olds RAHWAY, N. J. ( An har assed and harried mother, with vi sions of bottles and diapers danc ing in her head, celebrates a noted occasion Monday. E . Five of her seven youngsters will be in the 1-year-old bracket at the same time. Her triplets Peter, Jean, and Joan reach their first birthday Monday. Her twins Nancy and Diane don't celebrate their second birth day until Feb. 10. Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas C. Buroff also have two other children: San dra, 7, and Arthur, 12. Says the 36-year-old mother with understandable lament: "It seems I do nothing but care; for children all day long." Hint of Snow On Forecast Slightly lower temperatures, rain and a possible I mixture of snow are included in the Salem area's weather outlook for today and Tuesday. - . Weathermen said i there : was little chance of a real snowfall. Tonight's minimum I reading is expected to be around 32 degrees a drop from Sunday's low of 36. Meanwhile chains were report ed still needed by motorists travelling Santiam Highway above, Detroit Dam.!. A few hours later, four Russian made fighter-bombers and eight MIG jet fighters were sighted over the mainland coast 20 miles west of the Tachens, and an. air-raid alarm was sounded briefly. In Taipeh, the independent Chin ese News said the "visit of Gen. Charles L Bolte, assistant U.S. Army chief of staff, may have been connected with plans to put more teeth , into ,,the mutual, de fense pact . ' It quoted , informed, sources as saying it was possible the UJS. Military Assistance ' , Advisory Group under Maj. , Gen. William C. Chase would be strengthened. The group has about 800 officers and men. . . . v . Bolte left Formosa Sunday after two days of conferences with top U.S. and Nationalist officials. . - De Red Tha Oregon, Statesman, Salem, Oregon, in Shape for Summertime Play t; ... ' " Noonday Blackout Panics Londoners LONDON (JP) A thick belt of darkness wrapped itself around London early Sunday afternoon mystifying and frightening thous ands of people and driving the birds to roost Freakish in every: way, it lasted Dnly 10 minutes and disappear ed with the swiftness and sudden ness with which it! came. But while it lasted one of the world's biggest cities experienced a near mass panic j J Women screamed in the streets . . . Others fell to their knees on the sidewalks and prayed. . . A man at Croydon groped through the inky blackness outside iCroydon Town Hall shouting, ."'The end of the world has come!"! A spokesman for the Air 'Min istry's meteorological office said "there has been nothing in my experience to equal it" He said it was caused by an accumulation ' of London smoke under an extremely thick layer of cloud. i A newspaper seller in Piccadilly Circus, the heart of London, said, "It was pitch dark and then the place went silent. It was lonely, frightening and awfuL Then some one began to scream he'd gone blind. I was getting-my wind up when it all of a sudden come clear." , " . y Thieves Cart Ballast Along With Sanders - '.'..,: -1-- Thieves must have groaned under the burden as they carted away . loot taken in a Saturday night theft at Truax Oil Co., 205 Columbia St - . - -A firm official told city po lice that two sanders were re moved from an oil truck parked on the premises and caps taken off two sanders attached to an other truck. Each of the stolen sanders reportedly was loaded with 100 -pounds of sand at the time of the theft The sanders themselves weighed about 75 pounds each and each was valued at $60. 1 . Police said the sand aparently was carried off along with the sanders, since none was found dumped in the area. i U.S. Standard of Living Doubled in 50 Years - !.!. " CHICAGO (A America'sr stand ard of living has doubled in the' last SO years, despite the dwindling purchasing power of the dollar, p University of Chicago sociologist reported Sunday, i : William F. Ogburn said produc tion has doubled per capita since 1900 although, working hours aver age 23.3 per cent ess than at the turn af the century.-. I Today's Statesman Classified Comics Crossword Editorials Sports Star Gazer TV, Radio Vallav .;:-...!....;. L- 7 Women, Society IJ- 6 World This Week Jl 6 i;. vSae. Pag . , , . n4, s 6 . . ; ; I 4 - V 11 6 Monday, January 17, 1955 j" - , -r-t ' CI.- Air Base Site Not Likely In Turner Area WASHINGTON The U. S. Air Force will retain its base at the Portland International Airport and Tthere is currently little likeli hood of a move," in the opinion of Rep. Walter Norbald (R-Ore.) i Norblad said Sunday he had been "getting so many letters, tele grams and : calls from Marion County, Oregon, with regard to the possibility of an air base at Turner" that he wished to "quell the rumors which seem to be floating around." . He added: - I "The best information I can gather here is that the Air Force has not made any surveys what soever even of a very prelimin ary nature with the view in mind of a base in the Turner area. "I am authorized to say, bow ever, that surveys are being made in Northwest Oregon and possibly some in the Turner area to try to determine the best location for reception for certain types of electronic devices. Certain of these are to be placed in the Northwest but the locations will not be made public. The amount of land they will occupy will be negligible." Only Two Injured In Airliner Crash LQNDON LB A British Euro pean Airways (BEA) Viscount air liner crashed while taking off for Rome Sunday. All but two of the 30 persons aboard escaped injury. "What really saved our lives," said the author Joyce Cary, one of the passengers, "were the en gines falling off and so avoiding fire." But an airline spokesman said the fact that kerosene was used for fuel instead of gasoline prevented fire. " . v Pretty Sweetheart of Plotter Breaking Panama's Assassination PANAMA m The pretty 18- year-old sweetheart of a former military school cadet was credited fin widespread reports Sunday with helping police crack tne mystery of President Jose Antonio Kemon s assassination Jan. 2. i . Probe of the strong-man Presi dent's machinegun slaying at Juan Franco racetrack took a spectacu lar turn Friday when the National Guard surrounded the , home of President Jose .Ramon. Guizado and put Remon's successor under bouse arrest. ' The National Assembly Saturday impeached Guizado and ordered him arrested and tried on a charge of plotting Remon's assassination after ' a prominent lawyer, Ruben Miro, confessed he slew Remon with Guizado's full knowledge. The attractive girl now assigned PRICE 5c it U.S. Bomber Hit on Costa Rican Flight QUARRY HEIGHTS, C. Z. A U. S. Navy patrol bomber pi loted by Cmdr. W. T. Luce of Metuchen, N. J., on an observation flight over Costa Rica, returned with a small bullet hole in its tail, U. S. Caribbean Command, head quarters in the Panama Canal Zone reported Sunday night; : The hit was discovered when the aircraft was inspected upon its re turn Friday to Coco Solo . Naval Air Station. Luce said he believed his plane was fired upon from the ground while flying over the area of La Cruz. Dispatches from Costa Rica Sat urday reported a U. S. plane had been fired upon in that area. U. S. planes, making observation flights on the request of the Organ ization of American States (OAS) in an effort to preserve peace bet tween I Nicaragua and Costa Rica; are armed but have been instruct ed to j defend themselves -only in case of attack from the air. Fire Engine Lavender On the Way MERIDEN. Conn. Ul : Heyj fellas! It looks like women have influenced the fire engine busi ness, you can buy a lavender fire engine now. I J.J.I Sanzone, sales representa tive for the American. LaFrance Co. . which just delivered - a new fire engine to this .'city, says he already has sold a lavender fire engine to a small town outside St. Claire Shores, Mich. ' He said e also has sold fire engines that are gold, blue, green and black.' - i ; Meriden, however, ' wasn't im pressed with the new color de signs.! It purchased a. lire engine in olq fashioneo red. QUAKE SHAKES TOYKO , TOKYO m A stern earth quake! shook up downtown Tokyo at 11123 a.m. (6:23 p.m.. Pacific Standard Time, Sunday) but no damage was reported immediate ly- ! ' i by popular report to a key role in breaking the case is . Gladys Vives, daughter of a veteran Pan ama secret policeman and sweet heart of Jose Edgardo Tejada, for mer Panamanian cadet at a Gua temalan polytechnic school . i Tejada confessed ne smuggled the death weapon . into Panama and sold itto Miro between mid- September and early October for $150. ! 1 - - , ! ; UA-educated Miro said in his confession- to' District Attorney Francisco Alvarado he bad con ferred with Guizado several times priori to Remon's assassination and that Miro had : been offered the Cabinet post of minister Of government and justice as his reward-'. . - ' . - ! Telada acknowledged in his con fession he had told his sweetheart No. 296 Patrol Clashes! Renew After ; . . ... Day of Quiet 1 By CARLOS ESCUDERO SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (J) Four V. S. armed fighter planes winged toward Costa Rica Sunday night to beef up this nation's armed forces in a five-day-old up rising that has seen air action dominated by rebel forces. The government imposed censor ship on news correspondents Sun day night for the first time, shortly after the planes left Kelly Air Force Base at San Antonio, Tex. Fernando Fournier, Costa Rican undersecretary of foreign affairs said in Washington he understood the United States sold the planes , to his country for one dollar ' apiece. . , Doe This Morning They were due here Monday morning where they will be manned by Costa Rican pilots to meet a rebel airforce of one Cent er and two trainers. Soon after the nurrhasa of the aircraft was authorized by the Or ganization of American States (OAS) the government annealed to the OAS for "further and more effective help." i Renewed patrol clashes were re ported Sunday between govern ment and rebel -forces in North eastern Costa Rica, less than 24 hours after the government claimed victory in a major skirm- isn. . Showdown Forseen I The patrol fighting possibly pre saged a - decisive action: in the northwest corner of the country where the government was report ed to have about 1.000 men ready to. move against a rebel force of undetermined size. Earlier reports Sunday from re liable sources said fighting broke out north of Santa Rosa when gov ernment forces began moving out from positions captured in the skirmish there Saturday night. Later, however, a general staff colonel described this as patrol action. :. i - A general staff communique said fighting broke out again Sunday afternoon at Santa Rosa with loy alist troops holding fast . against , rebel forces aided by one plane. Santa - Rosa consists of a big plantation mansion with adjoining stable and pastures north of Liber ia. ' ' . ; Appeal for More Help The appeal for additional r help was made in Washington by Four nier. He told an emergency meet ing of the OAS council late Sun day that Costa Rica was grateful for the measures taken by the OAS but said in some cases these measures "have been on a mini mum basis." I He called for steps to "end the aggression of which my poor and defenseless country is a victim." Costa Rica has charged Nica ragua, her neighbor to the north, with stirring a revolt south of the Costa Rican border. : j Commission Move An investigating commission sent here by the OAS was scheduled to leave for Managua, Nicaragua, early Monday .norning to continue its efforts to pin down the respon- -sibility for the outbreak. Develop ments here twice prompted the commission to postpone an earlier departure for Nicaragua. The commission said Sunday that "rebel aviation, due to planes of foreign origin, continues with undisputed control of the air over the combat zones." - (Story Also on Page 2) Rebel Plane Crashes, Burns Near La Cruz SAlPjOSE. Costa Rica l The investigating commission " of the Organization of American States (OAS) said Sunday a DC3 airplane used' by rebel forces in the Costa Rican fighting crashed and burned Saturday near. La Cruz.-, ' " ' ::-" . The commission said an obser vation plane reported from Pan ama that' it observed the crash and saw 15 men in green uniforms leave the wreckage. tery about the plot on Remon's life her Miro had without telling bought the machinegun. He said he stabbed his right nana ana stayed away from the Panama capital in order to keep out of the actual assassination. , . - The city-wide reports f Gladys connection wit) the case gave this account: ' '.!-.-' She told her story to her police man father. He went to a lawyer relative, repeated the story, and was advised to have Gladys teU the high police authorities herself what she knew. Whether the eM will claim a Credited With Mys share in the approximately- $100,- , 000 reward offered for dues to . Remon's slayer was sot ' knows Sunday.