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Tho Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Saturday, January 22, 1 955
PRICE 5c
No. 301
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UiS huge machine a pomp capable f handlinf 14,00 gallons f
water a minnte U being Installed at the Salem aewage treatment
plant. When completed, the pump will work with two others to
take care of tremendous flow of waer prodaced daring prolonged
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CHICAGO, Jan. 19, Our raft,
ways labor bearingtook re
cess yesterday , because railroad
representatives y - had to - go r to
Washington for (he xiay. This gave
me an opportunity to . get out to
the Edgewater Beach hotel where
the Newspaper: Advertising. Execu
tives . are holding their - annual
convention. I missed the luncheon
meeting , Monday when Senator
Knowland was the speaker. ; He
used the occasion to reiterate" his
views on American policy in the
Orient, declaring that the mission
of UN Secretary General Hamroar
skjold to Peipinz was "not a-sue
cess and there was -no use pre
tending it was (though Ambassa
dor; Lodge certainly gave a more
optxmisUc report after his- talk
with the returned. UN official)
Knowland fears - that : the '.United
States will "appease Red China
in - order to .get release 'of the
eleven airmen, and denounces any
"Far : Eastern Munich" which
would admit Red China to the UN.
From the few comments I heard
.Tuesday from men at the conven
tion, Knowland didn't enlist much
sympathetic response, though ray
sampling of . opinion was very
limited. There is little or no en
thusiasm among Americans to em
bark on military action in the
Orient The danger lies, in becom
ing so Involved .by slow (or fast)
stages.- If "no appeasement!
means' no bargaining or honest
negotiating then that would appear
to be the final outcome.
Tuesday ; night's DaDy News re
ported the Reds had captured a
small island near the -China coast
from the. small force of National
ists which held it That is not signi
ficant, for .Secretary Dulles is
quoted, as saying that the Tachen
Islands near the one seized, arc
not essential to the defense- of
Formosa to which, our government
is committed. However' alongside
this story is an article by a French
correspondent recently admitted to
Feiping. It starts: . .
"The Chinese are determined to
liberate Formosa .They never
cease " saying so. Their militant
declarations '. are splashed across
every billboard, every government
(Continued on editorial, page, 4.)
COP SLATES KNIGHT v t
PORTLAND Uli Gov. Goodwin
Knight of California will be prin
cipal speaker : at the Republican
Lincoln . Day banquet in Portland
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Blamed
For Rash of
Gty Crashes
Rain-swept streets cootributed to
a rash of accidents in Salem Fri
day evening that caused severe
injuries to an aged pedestrian and
twko saw motor vehicles, smash
into parked railroad box cars.
John Plank. Is.. of 403 N. 20th
St.. was taken- to Salem .General
Hospital. by Willamette ambulance
after being - struck by - a car at
Court and Waverly streets about
7 p.m. . City police listed the driver
of the ' vehicle as Keith' Dwayne
Myers. $, of Dallas.-Hospital at
tendants -- reported the elderly
nun s condition jto be - fair, and
said lie -had' possible fractures of
the ribs and right hip and numer
ous .abrasions. ;. ' i
Two Mea Bart H - v '
.- Two men suffered lacerations
about, t p.m. when a late ' model
panel truck smashed 4hto the end
of a string of box cars at State
and Front streets. The truck, own
ed by Hi-Lite Drive-In, 698 S. 12th
St., was driven by James Paul
Woodroffe, 683 Riverview Dr., and
also was occupied by Dean Clyde
Lowery, 3S2S Welty Ave. officers
reported. Both were taken , to Sa
lem General .Hospital for treat
ment -and later released. -"
Police said the panel-truck was
goingnorth on Front when it hit
ine ena dox car witn sucn torce
that the coupling was. driven al
most to the , truck's dash . board.
The truck was' extensively dam
aged on the front end.,
Hmt 1 ee Victim- V"
At about 9 p.m., police were
called to another accident involv
ing a. freight car, this at Chemek
eta and Front streets but driver
of the auto could not be located.
Officers said and old-model. Buick
stdeswiped a standing box -car,
with extensive damage resulting
to' the auto. , : - " ." y-
'Driver of Ihe Buick apparently
left the scene after the . accident
and officers said members of a
nearby Twitching crew reported
they had aeen a man running east
on Chemeketa with blood stream
ing down his face. Fears were ex
pressed that the driver may have
suffered a severe head injury and
a . search was launched in the
area. , . . - . -.j .
Skids Onto Lawn -'. 1
; Fourth , accident of the evening
occurred at 14th and D streets as
one vehicle plommeted onto a
lawn at. North Salem High School
after a collision with another car.
Officers said a 1950 Ford pickup
driven by Helen Elizabeth Marr,
2620 Englewood Ave., ended tn
on the lawn after an accident in
volving a vehicle driven by Walt
er David socoiofsky. 1310 Market
SL Police reported no injuries and
moderate damage to. the vehicles.
Governor to Get
Cadillac, But Not
From Old Friend
- The State of Oregon is buying
Gov, Paul Patterson a new 8-pas-senger
Cadillac limousine, but it
cant buy it from Patterson's good
friend, .Interior Secy.' Douglas
McKay. -J
McKay, "who owns a Chevrolet
and ' Cadillac agency in Salem,
didnt bid low enough. " ,
The low bid of $4,991 was sub
mitted by Barnard Motors, Port
land. The McKay bid was 13,533.
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raiBstorras here. The treatment plant completed in 1952 was de
signed to accommodate three such "storm pumpers," bat until now,
it was felt the third one was not necessary. (Statesman Photo) .
Portland Pair Dead
In Gas-Filled Motel
.Two Portland men were found dead Friday morning in a gas
filled north Salem motel cabin and the coroner's office indicated
accidental death by asphyxiation. , . 1 -
, Authorities listed the victims as Denize! Weston, 28, and Buford
GostaOR v
Take Last of
Rebel Bases i
i SAN JOSE. Costa Rica (A The
Costa Rkan command announced
Friday the capture of the last two
rebel bases in the northwest tip
of the country and said the su
preme chief of the 10-day rebel
lion, former President Rafael Cal
deron Guardia. may be trapped.
The government also announced
the capture of a"very important
person" leading to rumors that
the VIP was CapL Teodoro Picado
Jr., son of another, exiled ex-President
and second in the rebel high
command. - f
The general staff said a flanking
column under Col. Frank Marshau,
a Costa Rican fighter of German
descent, had closed a trap on re
maining rebels by capturing their
stronghold of .La Cruz, hard by
the Nicaraguan frontier, and the
nearby Pacific - harbor town of
Puerto Soley. ' . ? - .
-The feeling at headquarters was
that the rebellion .was. over.
Colored Vote
Curbs Sought
In So. Africa I
CAPETOWN, South Africa I
Prime Minister Johannes Strij-
dom's government embarked Fn
day on a new campaign to curb
the authority of the nation's courts
over Parliament and trim the vot
ing rights of 50.000 colored (mixed
blood) voters in Cape Province.
- The : government's program in
cluding proposals for even tighter
racial segregation: ; controls was
disclosed, in a speech from the
throne read by Gov. Gen. E. 1 G.
Jansen when he opened the third
session of the union's 11th Parlia
ment Such speeches are written
br the government "
. The Nationalist Party, which
Strijdom leads, has been trying
for more than two years to cut the
voting rights of the coloreds, who
had been backing opposition can
didates ' and influencing the out
come of races for about eight par
liamentary seats, r - ,
TKoirintoui,
r By HECTOR L. FOX .
Associated Press Writer
An accusation and "an explana
tion centering on the attorney gen
eral's of Gee left a fuse glowing
Friday as the Oregon Legislature
closed out its second week.
On the heels of an announcement
by Sen. Warren GUL Lebanon
Republican, that he would sponsor
legislation to make the attorney
general's job appointive by the
governor instead of elective. Sen.
Warren McMinimee, . Tillamook,
also a Republican, accused Demo
crat Atty. Gen. Robert Y. Thorn
ton of a breach in his constitutional
duties. " ' ' '
' McMinimee, in a letter to Tborn-
V
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4
E. Conway, 49, and said they ap
parently had been dead more
than 24 hours when found by E.
B. Gabriel, operator of the Cherry
City cottages at 2500 Fairgrounds
road. ' ,-...
Gabriel told officers the two
men registered at the motel Wed
nesday and said they planned to
go to the Silverton area Thursday
morning to cut wood. Gabriel said
the pair's 1948 - Crosiey pickup
stood outside their cottage all day
Thursday but there was no sign
of life. The motel operator decid
ed to investigate Friday morning
and found the cottage filled with
gas from two open burners and
the bodies of the men lying on a
bed. Police said the discovery was
made about 10 a.m. .
The two open burners were on
a gas range in the kitchen of the
cottage. The victims were in their
underclothing when found sprawl
ed across the bed, according to
officers, and were believed to
have .died sometime Wednesday
night
Known survivors of Weston are
bis father, Claude Weston of Port
land, and a sister, a Mrs. Currier,
of Salem. Conway is survived by
his mother, Mrs. Katherine Clif
ford of San Jose, Calif. -
The bodies were removed to
Howell-Edwards , mortuary, where
funeral arrangements will be an
nounced later.
Chains Needed
On Pass Routes
Motorists travelling the Pacific
Highway in Southern Oregon are
warned by the State Highway
Commission that chains are need
ed., j.- - -
The commission said Friday
that chains are required through
the Siskiyous, as well as on the
Green Springs and Crater Lake
Highways. Chains also are advised
at Government Camp, Timberline,
Willamette Pass and Santiam Pass
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Salem
Portland
Baker
Medford
North Bead
Roaeburf
San rrancisco
CMcaxo
New York -
Lot Angeles
ton. said the attorney general had
represented - a ' client in a case
against the State Industrial Acci
dent Commission at Tillamook
after be took public office.
Two weeks i ago, Thornton 'ruled
such private practice is unconsti
tutional by telling Sen. Harry
George Jr Portland, that he
couldnt handle similar cases.
Thornton struck back both at
McMinimee and G0L -"
The Attorney General said he
had believed thai it was legal to
handle the case - cited by Mc
Minimee, but bad found later that
he was mistaken. ' - . .
Thornton answered Gill by say
ing the attorney, general "is not
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Bid, fiut Won't Stand
Chiang Planes
Slam Island
Lost to Reds
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By. SPENCER MOOSA
TAIPEH, Formosa MH Nation
alist bombers flying out in six
waves from Formosa bases at
tacked Red Chinese troops and in
stallations on the island of Yikiang
sban Friday night and early Sat
urday, the Defense Ministry said.
The Reds seized the 1 island this
week. jj
The warplanes also directed
bombs at Communist shipping
around Yikiangshan, near the Ta
chen Islands 200 miles north. of
Formosa, and small craft in near
by Toumen Island Bay.
Sink Red Ship j
The ministry claimed the Na
tionalist bombers hit an 8,500-ton
ship and sank two smaller- craft
after daylight- i '
Nationalist sources indicated the
Chiang Kai - ShekJ government
would defend their outpost garri
son on the Tachens despite Wash
ington reports that an evacuation
might be attempted with U. S. air
and fleet aid.; '
No Evacuation Plan
"So far we have no plan to
evacuate any of our island out
posts," said a Defense Ministry
spokesman after the Nationalists
admitted the invading Reds had
wiped out. the last resistance on
Yikiangshan. !
"All of them will be defended
at all costs." -
(Additional details on page 2,
sec. 1) j
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Airman9 sKiti
Doubts Ability
To Make
t PORTLAND M) Mrs. Nellie
V. Peters, mother of an American
airman held by Red China, said
Friday she would like to visit him
but that she sees no possibility she
will be able to do so. . ,
She said she could not afford the
cost of a trip to see her son. Air
man 2-c. Daniel C. Schmidt His
wife in Boise had the same com
ment on the announcement ' that
the Chinese were willing to allow
relatives to visit 17 jailed Ameri
cans. 1
Mrs. Donald V. Dehle, his sis
ter, received the latest word from
him this week. He -wrote in a let
ter that his bed was made up of
one-inch boards nailed together to
make a cot 6 feet long and 30
inches wide. He inquired about
current boxing champions, about
plans he had in mind for a house
some day but mostly he talked
about how he would like to get
home to his wife, Mrs. Dehle
said.
She forwarded the letter' to the
Air Force for study.
Union March9i
On Legislature
Called by ClO
PORTLAND l r Chet Dustea,
assistant regional, director of the
CIO Friday called upon CIO un
ions throughout ' the state to
"march" on the legislature next
Wednesday. f .
Purpose of the inarch win be
to arouse "grass root" support for
labor-supported , measures, Dusten
said. !
He said union- members would
attend legislative sessions in the
forenoon, would lunch at the Mar
ion Hotel at noon, where legislative
observers and sponsors of labor
bills would speak, and on Wednes
day night would; attend the meet
ing at which the interim commit
tee on unemployment compensa
tion would report i
merely the governor's lawyer
he's the people's lawyer."
Supporters of full degree-granting
status for Portland State Col
lege had an easy time in the Sen
ate, which sent it to the House
by a 24 to vote. This college now
is an extension center, and can't
grant degrees, j
, Portland State legislative spon
sors said there are many Portland
youths who cant afford to. go out
of town for college education. 1-
Sen. Donald Husband (R), Eu
gene, said Oregon colleges now
can , handle enough students and
maintained that the state cannot
afford another major state college.
It would mean spreading money
Trip
Downed A
j Saved in Pacific
. HONOLULU CSV-The Navy
said Friday night the transport
Fred C Ainsworth rescued all
seven survivors of a twin en
gined Navy amphibian forced
down Wednesday night in the
Central Pacific . (
j- The transport radioed that it
had picked np the men at 6:50
p. m. 11:50 p. nw PST the"
Hawaiian Sea Frontier said, i ,
Only a few hours before the
rescue, the seven airmen had
transferred from their life raft
to a 33-foot lifeboat dropped by
an Air Force plane. No further
Bosfton Cons Free
I 03 ostages, Give (LI p
J BOSTON (A3) Four long term convicts who held five guards
hostage more than three days in Massachusetts State Prison Friday
Changed their snarling death threats into meek appeals for "some
glimmer of hope", and surrendered to a seven-man civilian commit
tee- i
f They gave up after 80 hours of
being barricaded in an isolated
cellblock during which the power
of the state was practically stale
mated by the threats to kill the
guards. ,
At the time of their surrender.
the quartet turned over two guns.
several knives and a supply : of
ammunition. j
Capitulation Complete
Their capitulation was complete.
They released the guards and six
inmates who had been held in the
stronghold against their will. AD
were unharmed. ; -
The civic committee spokesman,
Erwin D. Canham, editor of The
Christian Science Monitor, i de
clared unequivocally that "No bar
gain or deal" was made to effect
the surrender. (Additional ; de
tails on page 3, sec. 2.)
'The tenseness of the situation
was graphically summed up by
Canham as he described the exact
moment of the disarming. j
Remained in Doubt
"Until the precise moment when
(they) pulled their guns' from their
dungarees pockets, supped out the
clips or bullets, and tossed them
on the table before us, we did not
know whether the men would
choose tragedy or hope.
"We had talked, back and forth,
for some six hours to try I and
bring them to choose hope." ;
The guard hostages were reluct
ant to discuss their experience.
Their spokesman, Warren L. Har
rington, said "We're tired and that
is all"
Bent on Freedom
The convicts are Theodore 'Ted
dy" Green, bank robber and jail
breaker; . Walter Balben, robber
gunman; rapist 'Joseph Flaherty
and cop slayer Fritz Swenson. All
are serving long terms and were
immediately returned to their
cells.
That the original intent was to
smash their way to freedom was
apparent Their weapons, myster
iously smuggled into the 150-year-old
prison, along with a makeshift
ladder, were evidence that free
dom was their goal.
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Pronged Mftacti
for education loo thin, he added
Husband and Sen. Truman Chase
(R), also of Eugene, cast the two
negative votes. Sens. Gene Brown,
Grants Pass, Paul Geddes, Rose
burg, Walter Leth. Monmouth,
and . Robert ; Holmes, . Gearhart,
were absent '
On the question of locating Port
land State outside Marion County,
bill sponsor Sen. Rudie Wilhelm
Jr., Portland, called attention to
an attorney general's opinion indi
cating that it would be considered
a branch of the higher education
System and not a separate insti
tution. The ' constitution requires
all state institutions to be located
in Marion County.
irmen
details were available immed
iately.
The lifeboat was abont 65
miles northwest of Kwajalein,
destination of the plane which
developed engine trouble while
flying from Johnston Island.
i The survivors reported by a
walkie-talkie dropped to them
that there were no casualties
but some fever had developed.
The Ainsworth will bring the
men on to Pearl Harbor, the
Navy said, and should arrive
late Tuesday or early Wednes
day.: .
Idanha Girl in
Semi-finals of
Spell Contest
Detroit A 14-year-old girl who
likes to collect stamps is spelling
champion of Detroit School She
C5j is vioiei v. noo
inson, daughter
01 jar. ana Mrs.
Davis Robinson
of Idanha and is
in the 8th grade.
Her teacher is T,
M. DowelL
Violet was
certified as her
school's entrant
into a semi-finals
of the States-
man-iuL.jyi ism
Sririlin? Contest
Violet KoaiiiMB by P r i n c i
pal Harold E. Regele.
Winning second place in spelling
was Sally A. New, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank New of Idanha,
and in third place , was Sandra G.
Youngblood, daughter, of Mr: and
Mrs. Henry Youngblood of Idanha.
Both Sally and Sandra are 13 years
old and also in the 8th grade.
Track Runs Short
Of Wheels, Flips
North of Salem
A truck rolled over Friday after
losing a set of dual wheels near
Gervais junction on " the Pacific
Highway, but state police reported
no injuries.
Officers said the truck was
owned by Brownsville Feed and
Seed Co., and was being driven
by Jack Stembom, of Brownsville,
at the time of the 12:30 p.m. mis
hap. After losing the wheels, the
vehicle reportedly flipped over
into a ditch and services of a low
car were needed to pull it upright
Police said one of the dual
wheels apparently was lost a con
siderable distance from the scene,
since no trace of it was found.
Damage to the truck was said
to be moderate. -
Food Prices Dip
In Portland Area
PORTLAND () Retail food
prices in Portland declined one-
tenth of one per cent in December
-to the lowest level in four years.
the Bureau of Labor Statistics re
ported Friday.
At 109.7 per cent of the 1947-49
average, the. price index was down
2.1 per cent from a year earlier
and the lowest since December,
1950. - - ' - :
.Fifty -four- legislators signed a
proposed constitutional .amend
ment introduced in the Senate to
prevent voters from delaying tax
bills. It would allow future legis
latures . to put the . emergency
clause on such legislation, thus
making it impossible to invoke
the referendum against new taxes.
-If passed, it would be referred
to the people in November, 1956.
The Senate approved a bUL to
provide prison sentences for con
victs who take part in group insub
ordination or rioting. The maxi
mum sentence for rioting would
be 10 years. ; - . " i
(Additional legislative news on
page 4, sec U . i
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Financial Aid
Of RedCrossI
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WASHINGTON W The Chi
nese Communists Friday invited'
the ! relatives of 17 . imprisoned
Americans to visit their kinsmen in
Rnl nrtomt
The Red invitation, announced
in, Peiping and the United Nations
in New York was extended .to
relatives of 17 Americans captured
durmg the Korean War, including
11 U. S. airmen recently sentenced
to long prison terms as spies.
The State Department indicated
Friday without definitely saying
so that; the U. S. government will
not stand in the Way of any Amer
icans who want to visit their rela
tives.
No Encouragement
A : department spokesman said.
however, the government could not
encourage the visits. He denounced
the Reds for thrusting a "harrow
ing dilemma" upon American fam
ilies, who apparently must decide
for themselves whether to risk the
long trip behind the Iron Curtain.
In Congress there were cries ot
outrage at the Reds for not releas
ing the Americans forthwith.
The Red invitation, which also
was anrmtmrori hv the United Na
tions in New York, was extended
to relatives of 17 Americans cap
tured during the Korean War, in
cluding It U-S. airmen recently
sentenced to long prison terms as
spies. m
To Accept Offer i
The parents of at least one Am
erican airman and the wife of an
other announced they, would accept
the offer, but most or the other
relatives interviewed held back for
one reason or another.-
Some said they could not afford
such a trip. Legislation to defray
"all reasonable" expenses -were
proposed by Rep. Keating (R-NY).
who said "it would be tragic for
the men themselves, as well ; as
their families, if anyone held back
because of the expense."
VI am sure," Keating - added,
"that there is not a taxpayer in
our country who would object to
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cost if the Communists really
make good on their offer to permit
such visits."
Congressional Criticism '
The American Red Cross said it
stood ready to provide financial
assistance as needed to relatives
making the trip..
The State Department spokes
man, Press Officer Henry Suydam,
said the government cannot "en
courage" them to enter an area
"where the normal protections of
an American passport cannot be
offered." But he declined to answer-
Specific questions as to
whether passports would be issued
if requested.
"An appallingly callous propa
ganda gesture" was the way Sen.
Pnttpr iR-Mich) described it He
said the Reds have given no indi
cation . that it is very sate :or
Americans to fall into their dutch
es" .-:
Stemmed from Visit
The United Nations looked less
askance at the offer, which it said
stemmed from the recent trip to
Peiping of Secretary general
Dag Hammarskjoia. nammar
skjold went there seeking release
r . tha Amoriran misoners who
have become a symbol in this
country's strained relations wua
Red China. - . ,
! A U. N. spokesman said Ham
marskjold "has no doubt about the
safety of those members of the
families wishing to visit China to
see their men." ' . ....
Sen. H. Alexander Smith (K-hjj,
mornHor nf th Foreien Relations
Committee, said he also thought
any relatives visiting tnina wouiu
Ho 9f hut he said "we oucht to
rhave more information before we
go into it." . - .
. The Detense - ueparunent
n.T nnttr in the relatives Thurs-
in .
day night, in time to reach them
before .the . announcement w
made at 9:30 a. m. .EST).
'Thau talavrama. which went OUt
over ttie name of Brig Gen. R. J.
Reeves of the U. S. Air rorce
casualty- branch, told of the offer
and said this government cannot
"assume any responsibility for
your travel in Communist China,
which must necessarily be under
it,n ,f vmir own risk. .
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Piggy-Back Freight
Program Due by SP
PORTLAND U) The Southern
Pacific Friday announced it will
inaugurate Jan. 31 a new fast
freight with piggy-backv trailer
floater service between Portland
and the San Franciscc Bay area.
; According to the announcement
railroad - owned highway trailer
units wul be carried on railroad
flatcars. At terminals or other
points along the line the freight
loaded trailers win be removed
from the flatcars and complete
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For Trio Plan