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' "v . a I ." - '-1 rORBCAST (from .U. S. weather bureau. licNary' field, Salem) ; Partly - cloudy today and tonight. . Hig'a today near - 46; . low tonight Scar 30. . . -. ,-.-- Temperature at ' 111 a.m. today - Via 38. . i. -. jjWn-yfflifi tani t fit Cmrtk f OrtSM SALEM PKECIPTTATION IM Start at Weather Tear Sept. 1 ' This Tear ,. Last Tear Neraal 17.9 J 24.15 21 Jl - Willamttte River XT feet PCUMDQD 1651 104TH YEAR 2 SECTIONS-! 6 PAGES ; Th Oregon Statesman, Saltm, Orgen Wcdnasday, January 1 9 1 955 PRICE 5c No. 298 ttfi (I LU f - , .. .......,. .. . . . . ..- V 4 Boston .:!m6nf Hold il-fjsiage , x. - By TOMHENSHAW'J:'.,-- v"-:4,.; BOSTON CP) Four armed and dangerous convicts attempting a ttold break from Massachusetts State Prison Tuesday night threaten ed to kill1 a guard hostage for every shot fired it them. . "For every shot fired at us, a guard dies,? came a terse mes sage from the desperadoes. "One shot, one gas bomb and one of CmCAGO,N Jan. 16 World attention has been riveted on the mission of Dag Hammarskjold, secretary general of United Na tions to Peking to present to Red China . the . resolution of United Nations calling for release of the 11 imprisoned U.S.-U.N. fliers. He did not effect their release and has, been circumspect in his statements since his return. He did say the trip had been "defin itely useful" and added: The door that has been opened can be kept open, given restraint on all sides." The word has seeped out that Red China would like to discuss this matter, and perhaps other matters, directly with rep resentatives of the United States. Some may take the attitude that since Red China is not rec ognized by the United States we ought not to have any talk with! .its representatives. Secretary Dul les, it is said, did not deign to greet the Red Chinese at Geneva, though some of our delegation did meet with them. In the pres ent instance surely if the Reds are willing to discuss release of the American fliers . and other Americans who are held captive we ought to be willing to do so. After all we want to get the boys borne as fast as we can, and past experience in getting men re leased from Communist hands shows the process is slow at best China may want to bargain for , the. United .States, to, grant exit visas to a number of Chinese stu dents hefe who want to return to their homeland.' There should be little difficulty -in striking a. bar gain on that, for 'if they are Red sympathizers we can't let them stay under our immigration laws anyway. ::V; .:, - --I'.-y What this does point up is the need for formalizing our relations with Red China in some way. We just can't continue indefinitely to ignore, a. government apparently firmly established over some 500 million people. There are many points of friction: Korea, For mosa, Indochina, the ambition of the Reds to , , (Continued on editorial page, 4) Church Street Property Sold For $43,000 The north half of the former property of St Mark's Lutheran Church has been sold to Russell F. and Valerie B. Bonesteele for $43,000, according to a deed filed Tuesday with the Marion County Recorder's office. ' The church's property, located .on the west side of Church Street between Chemeketa and Center Streets, was sold last October to Commercial Properties, Inc for $80,000. . ' Commercial Properties is a cor poration owned by the same per sons who own the Commercial Bank, of Salem, now being con structed at the corner of Church and Chemeketa. St , Mark's property was pur chased by the bank for a parking lot - ' Bonesteele owns an auto agency here and a used car lot which I is located next to the property I. he purchased. He" has no immed iate plans for the property's de velopment he Aid. St Mark's has acquired property- at the southwest corner of the intersection of N. Winter and Marion Streets as the site for a new building. Date for construc tion if pending. - A ANIMAL CRACKERS I deat tkimk Papa Christmas present fixes his ;your screws (guards) dies." : The four hardened criminals. all long-termers with little to gain by surrender, have ' held five guards and -six other prisoners hostage since before daybreak. Defiant Threat Authorities at first believed the defiant message sent out by re volt ringleader Theodore (Teddy) Green, 39. also included a threat against the six prisoners believed held against their wilL It later was decided it only referred to the five guards. . j : ' ; The message by ureen, a no torious bank robber who boasts no prison is strong enough to hold him, said in his message to War- Jen John J. O Bnen: "If shots are fired at us then to hell with what happens from then on. . f ":; . i Shortly after the message, state police brought to the prison four bazookas, i . - Na Force Planned J O Brien said no force was planned to subdue the uprising. He said authorities were ready "to wait it out for days If necessary.' Officials Said that the four con victs had enough food for possibly two days. There also is running water. . . - ' ' - ' Earlier, the rebellion by the foui desperate convicts was de scribed by a prison chaplain as apparently - a battle to the fin' i s-k - 4 Jan. i -.. .. The prisoners have made one demand out." the Rev. Edward F. Hartigan told newsmen after his third visit to the isolated cell block of the 105-year-old bastile where the convicts hold the hos tages. The four sent out an ultimatum that they be allowed to walk out of the prison and Gov. Herter fur nish them a car to carry them away "or thereH be fireworks, ! Prison officials. . who had said earlier there would be "no deals,' disregarded the demand and indi cated they were 'ready to wait out the convicts. " S: MoreTrade Y - With Co mm ies i WASHINGTON' W Secretary of Defense. Wilson Tuesday advo cated more trade with the Com munists as a course which would "ultimately strengthen the free worMV f Wilson said he would favor the controversial plan for selling sur plus American butter to Soviet Russia, perhaps in exchange for manganese, a strategic metal in short -supply in this country. There are many other trading possibilities, he said, through which this country could benefit not only by the exchange of com modities but also by helping Com munist peoples to get rid of their "fear and antagonism" for the United States. "We've got to do that ultimately he said. WQson igave his views in re sponse to questions from : House Ways and Means Committee mem bers. He was one of several mem bers of i President Eisenhower's cabinet who appeared before the committee to support the adminis tration's proposal for a three year extension of the Reciprocal Trade Act which expires June 12. TO FIGHT AH) TOKYO Wi Japan's two So cialist parties pledged jointly Tues day "to i draw a definite line" against Communism , but to fight U. S. military aid. , Ask Planning Commission Delays Approving Setback Variances By THOMAS G. WRIGHT JR. , Staff Writer, The Statesman Complications over a request for setback variances, which were not expected, .and smooth sailing over a proposal to name an ex tension of B Street where com plications were expected, caught Salem's Planning Commission un aware but not unprepared Tues day night - When no citizens showed up for a' hearing over the long-stirring B Street issue, the Commission passed on to the City Council a recommendation that a new ex tension of the street from 18th Street also be named B Street and that the nameei Fredrick Street which forms a further extension, also be changed to B. :: The proposal is yet expected to be met with strong protests from citizens of the east Salem, area, particularly those along Fredrick Street which runs from 19th Street to Catterlia Ave. : On the other issue. Commis sioners deferred scheduled ap proval of amendments to the Salem- planning - ordinance - on Water Tank Drained for ' Even water reservoirs get dirty, and a good scrubbing its first in three years one-half of the two-section underground "tank" is shows as it looked Tuesday morning. The section has a five-million gallon capacity or roughly SO million glasses of water. (Statesman Photo by John Ericksen) Weekly Jobless Pay Jump to $35 Asked : By HECTOR L. FOX -;y-: n 't?; Associated lress - Writer : - Oregon's lawmakers were asked to increase the' maximum week ly unemployment benefits from $25 to $35.- The proposal was part of a preview of what they will be asked to do about broadening the state's unemployment compensation laws. - . Gov. Paul Patterson's advisory committee on unemployment com pensation handed in a report that includes recommendations in line Salem Woman 100 Years OldToday ' Mrs. Catherine Combs of Salem Route 3, Box 963, who .was born back in Shelby County, Ind., al most a decade before the Civil War, marks her ' lOOUr birthday here today. " ; V" Born Jan. 19, 1834, Mrs. Combs resided in Indiana most of her life until 1942- when she came to the Salem area to make her home with her children r at their home just off South River Road. Her husband, James M. Combs whom she married when she was 23 died in 1916. , 1 Spry and alert for her hundred years, Mrs. Combs is able to be up and around the home and yard, and also enjoys an occasional vis it into town. Though she has given up most of her household duties she still' usually puts in a daily stint of reading and knitting. On hand to help her mark her birthday today will be her two daughters. Misses Icyl and Geor gie Combs, and her son and daughter-in-law, Mr.: and Mrs. Frank Combs with whom she now resides. setbacks after hearing several! citizens testify earlier on- both sides of a request for setback variances in a North River Road neighborhood. - . - Commissioners asked for more time delaying until the Feb. 15 meeting to study an amend ment, which would establish 35 feet as the ' maximum required front yard for new residences in an established block, .and a 20 feet as a minimum for those in a new- area. The amendment would also restrict construction fo no less than the average dis tance from the street ; line j of houses on either side. Approval was granted for a 25- foot setback -variance request by Gersld T. Hall for a house he has already under construction at 3125 Willamette Drive La Hen ningsen Tracts off N. River Road. But the commission held in abey ance requests of property owners Jack Henningsen and Elmer R. Monner for similar variances in the same tract (Additional Details on Page 2, Sect) i 7 ''. the huge one on Fairmount Hill with the governor s program lor increased benefits, higher payroll taxes Ion employers, and extend ing coverage to additional thou sands of employes. : These were specific recommen dations: Increase the' maximum weekly benefits -.to $35, but retain the present $15 minimum. Benefits can be paid in 26 weeks of any year.: Extend coverage to employes of state, municipal and other po litical subdivisions, excepting of ficials, teachers and casual labor ers, j s .- - ' v Extend coverage to employers of one or more persons, instead lof the present four or more; Extend coverage to workers for cooperatives. Make employers pay the payroll tax on the first $4,200 of an em ploye's earnings. It now is $3,000. Increase the schedule of employ er payroll taxes. The committee estimated that an additional 69,400 employes would be brought under the act compared with the 330,000 who now are covered. - There now are 18,300 employ ers. These' extensions would add another 20,000. Safe Driving Official Pays Traffic Fine Marshall Dana of Portland, sec retary of the Oregon Highway Lif esavers,- stood in need of a lifeline this week. c .. The secretary to the committee of citizens interested in promot ing traffic safety throughout the state jwas fined $5 and assessed $4.50 costs after he was found guilty to a charge of passing truck with insufficient clearance on the Salem bypass. ' The fine took place Tuesday in Judge T. C Gorman's court at Woodburn. Dana was cited to the court Jan. 4. .J DAG TO REPORT WASHINGTON (XI Secretary of State Dulles disclosed Tuesday Dag Hammarskjold will fly to Washington Wednesday "to- give him a face-to-face report on Uni ted Nations efforts to free Ameri can airmen held in Red China. Max. Mia. Pre-!. 1 M - .to .. 51 . 3S trace 2S 11 4 ' M trca 44 as M - 4 i 41 JSi 53 47 SI - 33 r J trace M " 14 " M SaVia Portland Baker fcfedford North Bend San Fraaciseo Loa Angela Chicago - New York Scrubbing' - t 4 ,i here Is no exception. Drained for , ; , Church, State btiate on DifficuTties ' in determining prlee for the First Presbyterian Church hampered negotiations Tuesday between the State Board of Control and a church building committee. : i . 1 The state plans to purchase the church building, located in the Capitol MalL State officials and church representatives Tuesday considered two appraisals of the property,, one of .which set the building's' value at $276,757 and the other at $350,000. : . 'f The conferring groups agreed on the selection of another ap praiser with the cost to be shared by the church and the "board of control. ' S ' 1 Gov. Paul Patterson suggested that after completion of the ap praisal by the third appraiser an attempt could be made to arrive at some figure on which negotia tions could be continued. ,.The Rev. Paul Poling, church pastor, said a segment of the congregation- felt that construction of a Sunday school room on the site of the manse would solve the church m current problems. Other members of the congregation, Dr. Poling said, favored moving diag nally across the street from the present property at the southwest corner of Chemeketa and Wiqter streets. ;; . 'j j Difference in the amount of the appraisals, was attributed to one appraiser fixing the life of the church at 32 years and the other 50 years.' Neg Building Price Pearson. Dammasch Launch Bill to Abolish State IFinance Hy ROBERT E. GANGWARE City Editor, The Statesmas Two Oregon legislators squared away Tuesday at the State De partment of Finance and Admin istration by introducing a House bill to abolish the agency. ' ' Sponsors of the legislation are two Portland representatives. Dr. F. H. Dam'masch, a Republican, and Walter J. Pearson, a Demo crat and a former state treasurer. "In a short time this agency has 'jumped up to the million WEDNESDAY HEARINGS 1 " v On John Day Dam memorials House state and federal af fairs committee, Room 423, fol lowing morning adjournment ft House. ! ' ' ! On Portland State Senate edacatioa- committee. . Room 418, at 1 pjk ' , ; .. :f dollar budgetV class, declared Pearson "and 1 has yet to prove that it has saved the state, of Oregon a nickeL . , - v. ) . Way to Start ' ; "I'm old fashioned enough to believe one way of balancing the state budget is by cutting i ex- U.S. Won't Interfere In Fight for T Islands, Dmlles Says Nationalist Isle Seized By SPENCER MOOSA TAIPEH, Formosa WPV Chinese Red troops seized Yikiangshan Is land on the northern approach to Formosa Tuesday and Nationalist warplanes struck back throughout the night against Communist craft swarming around the tiny outpost. The seaborne invasion could be the prelude to more ' ambitious maneuvers against the stronger Nationalist garrisons on the Tach- en Islands, eight miles to the south and 200 miles north of Formosa Air Pounding The Reds signaled their invasion with an intense 22-minute air pounding of 'Yikiangshan and - the Tachens Tuesday morning. Then a flotilla of 100 motorized junks guarded by 30 small warships bore down on smoking Yikiangshan.4 Guerrilla-manned guns on the small island shelled the armada but Communist 1 troops forced a landing. They quickly set up anti aircraft guns and these were pep pering away at Nationalist planes within a few hours of the invasion. Official reports said Nationalist warplanes attacked j Communist craft around the Tachens through out the night with excellent re sults.: But details were lacking. Central News listed as probably sunk one of the two Communist warships . reported hit Tuesday near Yikiangshan. -. F ' .- Two-Hour Battle ' i . Peiping radio said Yikiangshan was "liberated" In less than two hours of fighting. i The Nationalist ' Defense Minis try said the island was defended by guerrillas. i ' '. - The ministry said the thin line of guerrilla defenders of Yikiang shan. a rocky island of little more than three square miles, sank six motorized junks and one gunboat of the invasion fleet and damaged another: gunboat .: . ,: Anxious watchers in, the Tach ens. which screen the northern in vasion approaches to Formosa, saw great fires blaze on the tiny island to the north. The-chief value of Yikiangshan is as a stepping stone to the Tach ens, which, are within easy reach of long-range guns. There were re ports that the Reds already were lobbing shells into the Tachens. i ' ' STORM HITS CALIFORNIA f " LOS ANGELES UH A storm whipped by tornadic gusts dumped ram and snow on boumern Cali fornia Tuesday, ' blocking - high ways, disrupting power and tele phones, closing some schools and causing substantial properly aam- age. : . Today's Statesman Sec. - Page Classifieds l..ll;. 5-7 Comes the Dawn I 4 Comics .. LL.II.. 4 Crossword .....ll. 4 Editorials L. I . 4 legislative ...II. 5 Markets . ;..H 5 Sports !.IT1,2 Star Gaxer lL.V't TV, Radio . 4 Valley JI 3 Women's Society I 6, 7 . penses," said Rep. Damxnasch, "and cutting out this department is one way to start.. - 1 Pearson, who was state treas urer when the finance depart ment was created in 1951, said Tuesday: "I am certain this mea sure wiU receive much support, although it may not be passed by this. Legislature. At least some improvements in that de partment might result from this legislation. The finance agency has been headed by Harry Dorman since its start and it has often been the center of controversy. Dorman's department is charged with such duties as pre paring the state budget for the governor, running the new state motor ; pool, controlling certain state property, approving travel and travel expenses -and super-j vising all state purchasing. Pari-Mntael Bin I v Another new bill of wide inter est appearing in the House would give the state a bigger share, of pari-mutuel . betting receipts at racing meets. ' , ' The state's take would range from 5 to 7 per cent of the bet ting,' instead of the present? to 6 per cent scale. This would bring By Red Troop Salem Climate Nearly as Mild As Los Angeles Salem was almost as warm js Los Angeles Tuesday, but clouds and gusty afternoon winds kept local residents from blossoming out in sunglasses and tropical shirts. - ; , The McNary Field weather station recorded an afternoon high temperature of 51 degrees, only two ' degrees . under the Los Angeles high for Tuesday. ' Another" mild afternoon was forecast for today,- with the temperature expected to rise to about '- 46. Predicted- low to night is 30 degrees i - Italian Ship Strikes Reef, 167 Rescued CIVITAVECCHIA. Italy UFi The Greek passenger ship Corin- thia slammed into a reef in a howl ing Mediterranean storm Tuesday but brilliant seamanship by an Italian vessel rescued all 167 pas sengers. .- ., . Later the 3,879-ton Corinthia was able to limp toward port with water pouring through a 6x9-foot gash in her starboard bow. The hero of the rescue was Capt Antonio' del Pino of the 5.000-ton Italian ship Sicilia, whose delicate maneuvering created a patch of calm water that enabled even the women and children .among ' the Corinthia's passengers to clamber down to the tug Praedo and then up ladders to the . rescue vessel. A 60-mile wind was kicking up 21-foot waves before dawn when the Corinthia crashed into a sub merged reef off the little island oi uianuiri, tne southernmost in the Tuscan - Archipelago midway between Rome and Leghorn. The vessel, registered at Alexandria Egypt, was en route from Piraeus, Greece, with 167 passengers and a crew of 10S under the command of a captain, named Pilalis. None was American, but some were on their way to new homes in North and South America, Korean Points Gun at Taylor SEOUL UP) A gun-wielding young Korean officer- veteran of frontline fighting against the Conv rninists broke into South Korean Army headquarters Tuesday and threatened U. S. Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor before - guards disarmed him. ', -. : A South Korean government spokesman said . no shots were fired. He said the officer, who is undergoing sanity tests, sought to arouse TJ. S. public opinion for more aid to South Korea. ; The Korean, a major, was ar rested and has been under con - tinuous questioning. - ... y The incident occurred at Taegu. where Taylor was ' conferring with Gen. Chung n Kwoni, the South Korean Army chief of staff. . Oregon's state share more in line with the percentage received by California and Washington, said Rep. Richard - XL, Groener (D), Milwaukie, who sponsors the bill along with Rep. Robert R. Klem sen (D), SL Helens. . j Before legislators adjourned until 10 a.m. Wednesday, they had taken up numerous bills in committees and ' had heard 14 new bills introduced t in the House, three in the Senate. Al together the legislators have put in 151 proposed new laws since the session opened at the State house a week ago Monday. , Constitutional Convention - , Sen. S. Eugene Allen (R), Port land, introduced a Senate bill V call ' for an 88-delegate constitu tional convention in July, 1959. This represents the majority re port from an interim committee which studied the matter of re vising Oregon's, constitution. The minority, including com mittee chairman Sen. John .J. Jfounsell (R), Hood River,-favored revising the constitution' by separate amendments submitted to the voters. .- -v (Additional legislative news on Page 5 Sec 2.) ' oepartment ache Gease-Fire In Formosa Straits Urged WASHINGTON m Secretary of State Dulles indicated Tuesday the United States would not inter vene with military force if the Communists should attack the Tachen Islands north of Formosa. He likewise attached no particu- lar importance to the apparent fall of Yikiangshan Island to the Chinese Reds, which was reported Tuesday. " i At the same time he said the U would be willing for the Uni ted Nations to arrange a cease fin. to halt the spreading war in the Formosa Strait. . Ne SIgnificaace The secretary said the Tachen group appeared to be of no great strategic significance to defense of the Nationalists' Formosa strong . hold, a defense to which the U.S. 7th Fleet " is committed. Or at least, he said,.' the group was of only marginal significance. He spoke out at a news confer ence after ' President Eisenhower briefed Republican congressional leaders on the latest battle off the China coast the Chinese Red assault on Yikiangshan Island some '200 miles north of Formosa. Formosa Pact J Eisenhower . arranged to meet later with Adm. Arthur W. Rad ford, chairman of his Joint Chiefs of Staff, perhaps to discuss what effect . the development has on American pledges to defend For . mosa and the nearby ; Pescadores Islands. . In talking with reporters, Dulles said , for the first time 'that' a cease fire in the Formosa area generally would be in line with American and United Nations pol icy. The United States does not intend to negotiate for such a cease-fire, he said,-but would of fer no objections if the United Na-. tions moved into the picture. -At the U. N., officials said it would be necessary for a member government to propose that the U. N. do something about a cease fire.." -Cease Fire Suggested . .' A memorandum circulated re-, cently among Democrats oh the Senate Foreign Relations Commit tee suggested United NatjpntL cease-fire, saying there probably, would be wide support for such a' move in the United Nations and throughout the free world. Dulles stressed that, working out such an end to the fighting is ex tremely difficult and that in any case, the United States would not get involved in the problem with out closest consultations with Gen eralissimo Chiang Kai-Shek's Na tionalist government on Formosa. Father Dies CLEVELAND Ufi Dr. Richard Sheppard, 64, whose wife commit ted suicide after their son was convicted of murder, died Tuesday night at Bay View Hospital of a respiratory ailment. His son, Dr. Samuel Sheppard, ' broke down in tears when his two' brothers told him at the Cuyahoga County jail of the family's third recent death. Accompanied by their wives. Dr. Richard N. and Dr. Stephen Shep pard. gave the news in the same visiting room at the -jail where the 31-yearHDld osteopath learned 11 days ago of his mother s death. The convicted man's mother, Mrs. Ethel Sheppard, 64. shot her self in the head with a snub-nosed .32-caliber pistol. . Dr. Samuel Sheppard. 31, was convicted Dec. 21 of the July 4 murder of his 31-year-old wife, pretty, pregnant Marilyn Shep pard. whose body was found on a blood-soaked bed at their home. In the Interest Of Spelling! Mora than 3091 ?ta and 8th grade students of Marion, Polk. Linn and Yamhill Counties. are competing ia the 5th annual SUtesman-KSLM Spelling Con test Following are among words being studied: booklet armistice corporation .allowance education dentist experience destination federal germ fraternity , acceptance wholesome venture schedule ; register i stabilizer pamphlet " surrender notify physical -prosperity .notion honestly inferior' Sheppard s