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to Snatch Chiai tmm Tfoobs: From "Path of 104TH YEAR 4 SESCTIONS-40 PACES Tho Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Friday, January 21, 1955 PRICE 5 No. 300 edbylke Prospective Diaper Changers Take 'Dry Run' Mail . . ; - 4 - , ... Reds Examiii N. OTP TOQOOCg CHICAGO. Jan- 18 The bud getary estimate of a deficit of nearly,$2.5 billion dollars lor the year ending June 30, 1956 is dis appointing to i Republicans ana doubtless to a majority of the Democrats. If we cannot balance outgo with income in times of general prosperity like the pres ent, when will we be able to do to? However,' the tears being shed by Democratic leaders in Congress are - chiefly political. Theyare accusing President Eis enhower of failin to perform on his campaign promise, which is a valid political attack. But no one for a moment believes the Democfats would do even as good a job at balancing the budget If such is their will they have the povcr to ' do so right now. Through control of appropriation committees in both houses they can scale down expenditures, and through control of committees for raising revenues levy more ; taxes. They will do neitner in any substantial degree. At least the administration can prove it is pointing in the right direction. .- The budget presented Mondav calls for a reduction of ne billion in government spend ing next year over this one. - Its total is five and one-half billions less than forthe year before and HVi billions less than the last Truman budget That isn't hay. Had taxes not been reduced in the interval the budget would perhaps be in balance for the coming fiscal year. Where does the money go? -Readers of the New York Times at least can know. For the Times prints the budget message in full (though not the Itemized schedules which make a book like a big city telephone direc tory for size) together with many supplemental , ' (Continued on editorial page, 4) Revo Meets Defeat In GUATEMALA - Anti-Communist President Carlos Castillo Armas announced Thursday night the defeat tf a rebel force that attempted Jto seize Aurora Air Force baso outside the capital and declared a state of aiege through out the country. . Several -men were killed and wounded in a brief battle at the airport, the government said. Press censorship also .was an nounced. The Presidenjsaid the state of siege, a modified form of martial law, was declared in order to snuff out completely the seditious ele ments which staged the attack. The government said it was in control of the situation throughout the republic. President Castillo Armas said 10 persons were killed, an undeter mined number wounded, and 100 jailed in connection with the revolt ' which he attributed to Commu nists. He said Francisco Cosenza was one of the leaders of the attempt. Cosenza, a former ambassador to Italy, recently returned here. He was arrested upon his return but was released. . (Additional details on page 5, sec 4.) v A-Sub Dives For First Time GROTON, Conn. U) The sub marine Nautilus made her first dive in heavy seas at 1:39 p. m. Thursday, the navy announced. She remained submerged one hou. . The announcement said the world's first atomic-powered sub marine was taken down under the direction of Lt. William H. Lay ma, of San Diego, Calif., the ship's diving officer. There was ' no word from . the Atlantic submarine force bead quarters here as to how the sub marine took in her first underwa tet test y - She set out for the submerged operations at S a. m. after 50 hours of surface tests earlier this week. Those; tests were - termed by the Navy as "satisfactory. High winds' and heavy seas pre vailed all . day on Long Island Sound where she was testing. ANIMAL CRACKERS V WARREN COODRICH Mum "Penile always say things are gtiag U the degs- When are they to arrive?" It Attempt Guatemala : -i . - - .sit-. 'V- First graduates of a Red Cross coarse in "Mother and Baby Care" are shown completing their "final exams" this week at the Salem Red Cross chapter house. The exams in the form of a diaper der by were won by William Fletcher (center) who applied the three- 2 0SC Skiers Safe Following Night on Peak CORVALLIS un Two Oregon State .College skiers reach safety unhurt Thursday after getting lost and spending the night on Mary's Peak some 20 miles west of here. Tyrrell G.; Lowry, 23. Portland, senior, and Richard D. Gilbert, 30, Portland junior, said they missed a turn without realizing it while coming down the peak Wednesday afternoon.,. . .:, : Aware that they were lost they told rescuers, they went down past the snow line to open umber, built a fire and spent the night When dawn came they retraced their steps to the top of the peak. There, at midmorning, they met 'a search party which included a dozen of their fraternity brothers from Sig ma Elpha Epsuon. ' Lowry was in good enough shape to ski down to where sheriffs dep uties waited near the place he and Gilbert had parked their car. But Gilbert, who was pretty tired, was helped down. After drinking coffee supplied by the deputies, they drove back to the campus. Lowry and Gilbert admitted they were worried when they became aware, at about 4:30 p.m. Wednes day, that they were lost. However, Gilbert is captain of the OSC ski team and . Lowry also is a good skier so they worked out the plan to spend the night Mow the snow line. ! Reich Delays on BONN. Germany tfl Chan cellor Konrad Adenauer's hopes for quick West German ratifica tion of rearmament were dashed Thursday by postponement of parli ament's final vote at least, until March. In a surprising decision, the steering committee of the Bunde stag lower house) scheduled the second reading of the Paris accord treaties for Feb. 24. The original target date was Feb. 9. : A date for the third and decisive reading was not fixed, but leaders said it will now be impossible for parliament to complete action on the treaties before mid-March. The. lower house of the Belgian Parliament approved the Paris pacts Thursday, 181 to 9. They now go to the upper chamber.. . Treaty Flagpole Need Baby Sitter TACOMA tf) . Mrs. Robert) Kathleen Donham figured she was M t ru i 7 -" . " ; August, cui now sne s wondering if it's worth it ke, cream and pickles,- or not n Last August Kitty, 18, and Bob, 20, were married. They were in love. They had nothing else.- Just love. They - watched - newspaper ads," Bob got n job in a filling sta tion ou. of town. Kitty saw an ad asking for a flag pole sitter. ; Bob went out of tewn to his job and Kitty settled int an 8-by-f-foot home" atoo a 60-fcot Dole near an oil distributing firm. She . settled down to a lonely po'e-top existence with a folding cot, sleeping ' bag, I small chair, small table, telephone, radio and some odds and ends. Food was afir m tn hmr. -? Bill Suggests Governor Pick Attorney General j By HECTOR L. FOX . Associated Press Writer Sen. Warren Gill, Lebanon Republican and chairman of the Ore gon Senate judiciary committee, announced Thursday he would spon sor a bill to have the attorney general appointed by the governor. . The- office now is filled by the people, who elected Democratic Atty. Gen. Robert Y. Thornton two years ago. ' The bill would become effective in two years, when Thornton's Sen. Washington Asks Washington -Be Washingtonia OLYMPIA if). A state senator named Washington started legal machinery rolling Thursday to gtt the state's name changed to "Washingtonia." Sen. Nat Washington, Ephrata Democrat, drafted a Senate joint resolution that would ask voters at the next general election if they want to change the name of their state. He also submitted a me morial which would be sent to Congress if approved. Subcommittee Jobs Given to Neuberger WASHINGTON MB Washing toi. state's Democratic Sen. Jack son was named Thursday as chair man of two Senate subcommittees and a member of two others. He was chosen by Chairman Murray (D Mont) of the Senate Interior and Insular Affairs Com mittee to head up its subcommit tee on territories and insular af fairs and also as a member of its irrigation and reclamation sub committee, i Chairman Anderson (D NM) of the Senate House Atomic Energy Committee named him as chair man of its subcommittee on mili tary applications and a member of its committee on security. Sen. Neuberger (D Ore) was named a member of the subcom mittees on Indian affairs and pub lic lands of the; Senate, Interior and Insular Affairs committee. LAD ELECTROCUTED PRINCE, GEORGE, B. C. Ml Phillip Wilbert Wishlow. 13. son of a hotel owner, was electrocuted in his bath here Thursday. Apparent ly he tried to plug in a heat lamp while standing in the water. to One day she called her spon- 801 ' . ! , I rve got news for you. she said. -I'm pregnant! But things were worked out via telephone talks with doctors. And so she has kept her perch, with the radio, ; the telephone and pickles and Ice cream. . Bob has come to see her a cou ple of times, but he can't get close. Personal contact with any one would ruin her chances for a "world's flagpole sitting record. That record, as far as she can find out, she tied Thursday at 132 davs ; Am) h av :sh n1an In stav in her little pole-top cottage until Feb. S. fThen what?. V'!-.' "I don't know," she said. 'Bob wasn't available' for comment Sitter 4 a. w&V' cornered pants lit one and one-quarter minutes. Mrs. Fletcher is seat ed at right, while Mrs. Leon Sheppard (standing) is shown cheering her husband at right Slmiliar classes are also conducted by the Mar ion County Health Department (Statesmanr Photo) j term ends. The State Constitution prohibits abolishing an office dur ing the term. Thornton and the ' Republican state officials have had many dis- j agreements, but Sen. Gill said there is no politics in his move. ' His bill does not change the De- jartment of Justic setup. But a pending House bill proposes to al low state departments to hire their own attorneys, instead of having them assigned by the attorney gen eral ; x' .The first 11 days of the 1955 legislative session have seen a para'de of suggestions to shake up the state's administrative mach inery. Fanr Introduced Four of them were actually in troduced Thursday in the Senate. Sen. Paul Geddes (R), Roseburg, put in the governor's bills to make a separate motor vehicle depart ment have a single tax commis sioner and give him the inheri tance and gift tax functions of the treasurer's office. Also appearing Thursday was Democratic Sen. Monroe Sweet land's bill for making the public utilities commissioner an elective post v Bills Lagging Speaker Edward A. Geary told his. house committee chairmen Thursday he was concerned over the lag in the number of bills in troduced so far. He urged them to speed up reporting bills back to the floor. Through Thursday 11th day since' the Legislature convened the house received 90 bills, com pared with 120 at the same time of the 1933 session. The Senate had 93 bills introduced, compared with 62 two years ago. He urged the committee heads to report non-controversial bills as soon as possible. Open Session The speaker also asked for as few closed sessions as possible for committees. Geary also asked for time limits for speakers at committee hear ings. The House and Senate planned to adjourn for the weekend after their sessions at 10 a.m. today. Legislative action was relatively light Thursday. Rep. Loran Stewart (R), Cottage Grove, head of the House tax com mittee, made . the announcement Thursday that he has asked the State 'Tax Commission to recheck its estimates on revenues for the next two years. Noting that the commission sometimes has underestimated ! revenues in the past Stewart said I that another look 'might increase the revenue' estimates. "Maybe our deficit isn't as big as we think it is." Stewart said. The Senate, without debate, unanimously adopted a House-approved memorial - asking Congress to : continue construction of Mc Nary. Chief Joseph and the Dalles Dams on schedule. ; (Additional legislative new page 19, Sec. 1.) on OET DIES WESTBRO'JK, Me. tf Pulitzer nw 4: low 3.-i?bt near &j a j - iPrize winning poet Robert P. Tris-?wT'n,tu tsday tram voiwk 62, collapsed at a speaking engagement Thursday night and "died at "a Portland, Maint hosnital. Is I . "i- f Polk, Yamhill Students Win Spelling Titles Perrydale Lonnie Kilmer, who went all the-j way to the grand finals of The Statesman-KSLM Spelling Contest last year, is spell ing champion of Perrydale School for 1955 and will compete in a semi-finals late next month.; Lonnie, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ez- h 7. '. ' it ' i f ! ra E. Kilmer of ki.-jjt ..j, R0Ute , it sheri Lonnle Kilmer dan was a 7th grader in BaQston School a year ago. His class was transferred to Perrydale last fall when i Ball ston became overcrowded. He is 13 years old; in the 8th grade and his hobby is building models. His teacher is Mrs. Frank Wat son. Perrydale principal is Lewis L. Dexter. 1, Winning second place in 'spell ing at Perrydale is Donald De Jong, also 13 and in the 8th grade, son of; Mr. and Mrs, Dick DeJong, Route 1, Sheridan. Both Lonnie and Donald will receive certificates of merit ! Lonnie, who is the first school champion toi be certified from Polk County this year, is a States man carrier boy. ' V , 1 Hopewell First Yamhill Coun ty student to 'be certified for the 1955 Statesman-KSLM SnelUnwisec. 2.) Contest is I 12-year-old Barbara Sahnnw. mninr ""' fawny. "WW champion oil C1-.' Hopewell SchooL j W -r Barbara, a. 4-H rbara, a.T4-H I ( J - J leader, top I J club student inter estedl inU reading and cook ok-s r- augh-Ky f'J ' i and Li ing, is the daugh ter of Mr, Mrs. V. C. Sah- Barbara Satanow now, Route I, Salem. She is hi the 7th, grade and .her principal and teacher is Nellie E. Hammer. ' Barbara will compete in a semi-finals -contest late in Feb ruary. j . I Gary Poivi, 12, son of Mr.' and Mrs. George W. Polvi, Route 1, Dayton, won second place 'in spelling at Hopewell, and third place went to Robert Pearse, 13, son of Mr. and Mrs. N. O. Pearse, Route 1, Salem. George is in the 7th grade, Robert the 8th. Short Illness Kills Corrallis Man, 101 CORVALLIS (A Arthur Marks, 101, died in a hospital here Wednesday night after an illness of only one way. ' Marks was, bore in Canada' and came to Oregon about 1875,1 home steading near Yachats. f Max. Mia. . Freely. 4i M 1 M StJCXM Portland ,47: 33 43 . 47 . 4S , SO -. . 35 39 1, .14 v I f .06 29 tlc Baker Medford North Bend Roseburg Sai) Franciac Los Angeles 1 41 .03 .00 40 JOO Chicago lt J .00 New York J 33 23 i M Willamette River 2.0 feet, f FORECAST j (from U. S. weather bureau. McNary field. Salem.) : Most It cloudy with scattered ahow- fers today and tonisht. Hieh today , SALEM PRECIPITATION SIM suit H Weather Year CepC 1 Tkit Tear 1 Last Tear . Varasal ISO i S4.lt 23.13 President Says Hopes High for 1956 Tax Cut WASHINGTON 1 President Eisenhower said Thursday "a gen eral, though modest, reduction in taxes" may be enacted next year. The President held out this oros- pect in, an optimistic review of progress toward a greatly expand ed American economy, in his an- mini frnluimie messnm tn Con- He said America is now in the process of vigorous recovery from last year s mild and brier' re cession and: i "With wise management of its national household, our country can within a decade increase its production from the current an nual level of about 360 billion dol lars to 500 billion, or more, ex pressed in dollars of the same buying power." . j Positive Language . The President's talk of . a pos sible tax cut in 1936 an election year was more positive than the language: he used in his State of The Union and budget messages earlier this month. In those mes sages, he merely expressed hope that reductions could come about. Thursday Eisenhower said taxes are still a heavy burden and added: ' I "Lower taxes would tend to en courage ( work promote more ef ficient business practices and cre ate more jobs through new invest ments, i i Larger Revenues Fortunately ,s with our economy continuing to expand, we can look forward to larger federal revenues from existing tax rates. ; "This,: together , with further economies in expenditures, should make possible next year another step in i the reduction of taxesJ ., "Congress might then consider enacting a general, though modest, reduction in taxes and, at the same time, continue the program which was begun last year of re ducing barriers to the free flow, of funds into rsk-taking and job-cre ating investments. TAIPEH, Formosa HI Nation alist guerrilla resistance on Yiki angshan Island crumbled Thursday night under a crushing weight of Chinese Red invaders and air and sea blows, official Nationalist ire ports said Friday. The reports said the last shots, from remnants of the band of 720 men who fought on for 53 hours after Red China claimed capture of the island, were fired at 9 p. m. The fall of Yikiangshan, 20 miles off ' the China mainland, brought the Chinese Reds within gun range of the strategic Tachen Islands 200 miles north of Formosa. What became of the guerrillas, if any were left alive, was j not known. , i- A Nationalist defense ministry spokesman said the Reds used 5,500 troops in the assault Tuesday on the island. I (Additional stories on page 3, Stayton Man r m U. S. Senate i Statesman Newt Service SiAiiuix uregon wm soon have; another man in the United States Senate. Appointment of Nolan Rasnick, Stayton, as a Senate doorkeeper was reported Thursday. Rasnick gained his. appoint ment through influence of : Sen. RichaA L. Neuberger. The for mer! was one of the most active members of the Santiam Citizens Committee for Neuberger j dur ing jthe recent political cam paign. i , Rasnick will leave Monday for Washington. He said his wife will finish the present term as a teacher at Mehama Grade School. I i Chiang Force Crushed by Red Invaders Doorkeepe Boston Cons Still Hold Hostages, (Pictures on Page 5, Sec 4.) Jment from himself and Fr. Harti nAcmM iTniir mhittprfl. gan which said: "We have not lost wwawn usr - j yf long-term, convicts flatly rejected;110: Thursday a two-hour "joint piea oi n chaplain and the physician of Massachusetts' ancient state pris on that they release five hostage guards and surrender. The refusal led the Rev. Edward F. Hartigan and Dr. Samuel A. Merlin to term the situation "still critical. The guards were seized before daybreak Tuesday. f The convicts also are ' holding six ! fellow inmates in a besieged two-tier cell block used for solitary confinement of incorrigibles. The desperadoes are: Theodore Teddy. Green, 39, bank robber and prison escape . artist; j rapist Joseph Flaherty, 32; cop-slayer Fritz Swenson, 31, and robber gunman Walter' Balben; 38. Dr. Merlin read a joint state- Chosen 1 1 : V -: A State Sen. Mark Hatfield who was named Salem's First Jun ior Citizen. ' i Mark Hatfield Named Junior First By THOMAS G. WRIGHT, JR. Staff Writer, The Statesman , Salem honored one of its brightest young political lights Thursday night, choosing Mark Hatfield, already at 32 a college dean and a state senator, as its Junior First Citizen for 1954. Some 150 persons, members of the sponsoring Salem Junior ChamBer of Commerce and their guests, attended the banquet to fete Hatfield, 16tb in a series oi Salem's young leaders to be so named. And Hatfield, who himself was the principal speaker only the night before for Woodburn's first citizen banquet, met the selec tion with apparent humility. As a "politician that is at a loss for wordsT at the surprise selection, First Citken Hatfield chose to shift the tribute to "the privilege to be born in the United States, the privilege of educa tion, the privilege of devoted parents, and to the inspiration of Christ" Dallas Native A young native of Dallas, Hat field is a product of Salem public schools where he' played clarinet in the high school band, and a veteran of Pacific: wars where he led . landing craft ' into the beaches of Iwo Jima -arid Oki nawa and once served as tem porary chaplain, of his ship. . He is now at once a classroom professor (at Willamette Univer sity) and a practical student of political science (in the Oregon Legislature) who still finds time for a long list, of civic activities, the basis for his selection by an anonymous committee for the first citizen honor. He accepted the plaque, emblematic of the honor, from Sid Boise, 1953 win ner. , Others Honored The Junior Chamber took the occasion to honor two of its own members, too, citing Coy (Dee) Whitlock and Loren Bosten , as "Key Men for 1954. They re ceived the keys from last year's honor men, George Huggins and Blaine Cline. Hatfield also heard the plat form congratulations for his se lection from Charles Barclay, who conveyed the salute of the City of Salem, and from Dr. A. L. Strand, president of Oregon State College, who was the night's prin cipal speaker. nt" .1' f I ItIOSIIV LilOUCly Skies Forecast , The .weather in Salem will change from - partly - cloudy to mostly cloudy today, the McNary Field weatherman predicted early Friday, and yesterday's scattered showers will be repeated through out the day. - The forecast calls for an after noon high temperature of 43 de grees, with a low of 32 expected tonight. The temperature Thurs day ranged from a low of 36 to a high of 45. ; Scorn Chief gripe of the. rebellious quartet, the statement ,- said, - is "their lack of hope because of the extreme long sentences, and their inability to look forward to ever being free men. even in their old age." v ; . .. , 1 The convicts first demanded a car and a clear road to freedom. The reply " of' Warden John J. O'Brien was and still is there wil' be "no deals. i Dr. Merlin said of the plea to the prisoners "We talked long, sanely and deliberately, but in vain." . .vr . " ' "V The convicts seized their hostage guards who are unarmed after sawing their way out of their soli tary cells ii ? the old cell block known as "Cherry Hill" about 1 a. m. Tuesday. Citizen MavReq uest WASHINGTON Ml President Eisenhower was reported Thurs day night to be considering asking Congress for special authority to use U. S. naval and air power to help evacuate Chinese Nationalist troops from some islands along the Red China coast if necessary. These troops would then be de ployed elsewhere for the -defense of Formosa and the Pescadores, which the United States is com mitted to help Chiang Kai-Shek hold against the Chinese Reds. Two congressional leaders, who stipulated that they not be named, said that if the President decides to ask the evacuation authority. , he- might make the request by Monday. There was some talk he, might make it personally to a joint session of Congress, but this I was uncertain. , The Chinese Reds have assault ed. and claimed the capture of the little island of Yikiangshan, and are menacing the . Tachen Islands, 200 miles north of Formosa, the island bastion of Gen., Chiang Kai- Shk But just what islands would be evacuated presumably would be determined by military develop ments. . Secretary of State Dulles was reported to have told congression- Thursday that the administration -would like to have the evacuation authority. Closed Dm Sessi.n Dulles and Adm. Arthur W. Rad ford, chairman ef the joint chiefs of : staff, met with congressional leaders in a closed door session at the State Department for about 90 minutes Thursday morning. The National ' Security Council, composed of Eisenhower and top officials, then had a session. With regard to the use of the re sources of the U. S. 7th Fleet op erating in the Formosa Strait, and transport craft for withdrawal of Chinese '- Nationalist forces from some islands, two problems were said to have been put up to con gressional leaders at the meeting with; Dulles: 1. Generalissimo Chiang has clrml far TT S h1n hi tVi Twdm Islands, which have been under Red bombardment and artillery fire. ; : Asks Mere Cans The presumption here is that the' kind of help Chiang wants is that which' would strengthen the de fenses of the island more planes for air cover, -more ammunition and supplies for ' his American -equipped forces. But-Chiang, may have to with draw from the Tachens. even if American supplies are increased, should Communist pressure j be come too great. However, he has no facilities for evacuation of the ' 20.000 or so troops defending these . islands and would need American help to get them out 2. Some of the . many islands which Chiang holds along the Chi na coast are regarded by Ameri can military men as having no real value.. American authorities fee' that the Nationalist defenses, overall could be ' strengthened if there was a regrouping of Chiang's forces. Here again there is a ques tion of the resources in naval pro tection and transport facilities to make such a regrouping possible.' (Additional details on page. 5, sec. 4.) BOILER MAKERS? TOPEKA m Police didn't have far to go to arrest 43-year-old Stan ley Conrad on a charge of being . drunk Wednesday night. They found him in the boiler room of the police station. Today's Statesman Business Classifieds Comics .. Crossword Editorials Fab. Friday Food ..L. Jet Feature Legislative Markets Sports . Star Gazer TV, Radio Valley .: ; Women's Society 111 10, 1 1 In the Interest Of Spelling! More than 3009 Ttn and Sta grade students ef Marion, Polk, Linn .and Yamhill Counties are competing In the 5th annual SUtesman-KSLM Spelling Con test Following are among wordi being stndied: . . ; original - collection . Tiumerous memory - carriage , cordial ' secretary ':. strident conference petroleum I ambulance nonsense . occasion character negative . 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