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The March number of the Ore
gon Historical Quarterly comes in
a grey cover in place of the
familiar buff, with freshened
typography in title page and text,
bound with sewed sections instead
of being side-stitched, and with
illustrations to accompany some
of the articles. This reflects Ihe
touch of the new editor. Thomas
Vaughan who is also director of
the Society. It is a welcome indi
cation that the Society which
'' seemed to have grown somewhat
, moribund is experiencing rejuven
ation.
The contents of the March num-
iber which opens the 55th volume
tpf this very valuable publication,
rdbnfirms the impression given by
the printing job. The lead article
' is a tribute to - the late Lewis
Ankeny McArthur by Omar X;
Spencer, former president of the
Society. Other articles are: "Food
of, the Overland "Emigrants" by
Kathryn Troxel, "The Idaho Ad-
mission Movement" by Merle W.
Wells. A letter from Wilfred Jossy
of Bend describes a boat trip down
tthe rarely traveled course of the
. John Day River and one fronTthe
venerable Loyal Graham relates
the story of how Oregon adopted
the first gasoline tax, in the na
tion. A section of excellent book
reviews and one with reports from
affiliated societies and another
with current news notes rounds out
the issue.
However. I have had on my
. desk awaiting editorial treatment
' a copy of the December Quarterly,
buff cover and all. Its two" articles
merit attention. One is a collec-
tion of letters from (Continued on
editorial page, 4.)
Walla Walla
Con Slain in
heater
WALLA WALLA W-WhAe 1,400
prisoners watched the regular Sat
urday afternoon motion picture in
a darkened theater, an inmate o:
the Washington "State Prison was
stabbed to death.
Ralph Stevenson, 22. serving a
: term'for second degree assault
from Seattle, died almost im
mediately from a wound beneath
. the left arm pit.
Warden Lawrence Delmore said
Charles N. Lambert, 22. convicted
of armed robbery in Spokane, -admitted
the stabbing. Prosecutor
Arthur Hawman is investigating
the incident and said charges will
be filed..
The fatal stabbing occurred a
few minutes " after the " picture
started. There was no disturbance
and nc interruption In the program.
"As iarly as we can determine
what transpired" Delmore said,
"Lambert, who was seated behind
Stevenson in the auditorium be
came engaged in an altercation
with the victim. r
"Lambert admits he had a knife
and that in the altercation he
stabbed Stevenson. We hav not
been able to establish whether
Stevenson was armed at th? lime
nor have we come up with any
definite reasons for the fight.
The men were seated near the
back of the auditorium. Other in
mate1: summoned guards stationed
near tht door.
Lambert later told investigating
officers he was arguing wiji Ste
venson ana someone snovea?
knife in my hand and the first
thing I knew I hit him.
Warden Delmore said both men
came here from the state reform
atory at Monroe. He identified
Lambert as one of the ringleaders
in the Monroe riots two years ago,
.The picture being shown was
-Rogue Cop."
Pastor to Face
Rape Attempt
Count Monday
OREGON CITY ( A Presby
terian minister from Newberg will
go into district court Monday to
answer a charge of assault to
commit rape.
The Rev. David William Schul
herr. 37, is held with bond set at
$7,500. The bond was increased by
$5,000 Friday after another charge
was filed against him at Vancou
ver, Wash. - . .
There two women accused him
of being the man who attacked
them. One of the women,'a church
secretary, said she was attacked
in a Vancouver church. -
Sheriff Fred Reaksecker said
Schulberr dictated a statement
telling of a series of assault
attempts. A former Korean War
chaplain and father of two child
ren. Schulberr told of going to
several Clackamas County houses,
the sheriff said. , '
At each he would ask if a Mr
Jackson lived there. If be could
determine that no man was home,
he would ask. the woman at the
door if he could come inside to
use the telephone, the sheriff said,
Reaksecker added that several
women refused to let him in. but
assault attempts were made on at
least pro others.
Multnomah GOP
Chairman to Quit
PORTLAND m Philip Engle-
hart of Portland announced Friday
he plans to resign as chairman
of the Multnomah County Repub
lic al Central Committee. r
He said he would be out of the
state from May to October. -
105th Year
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At" if-
Nearly 5,000 spectators gathered la McCulloch Stadium Saturday
afternooji to- watch 2,000 athletes compete in the Willamette
Relays (story on sports pages). Among the spectators was States-
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ALBANY. N. Yl W) "More than
35 persons were injured Saturday
night when, a crack . New York
Central passenger train slammed
into a rockslide about 1 IS miles
south of here. Ten cars and two
diesel units were derailed.
Twenty-five ' persons, including
passengers and crewmen, were
treated at hospitals here and in
Hudson.' Most seriously hurt was
the engineer. WT.. Kelly, 62, of
Tarrytown, who was hauled from
the shallow water of a creek by a
fellow crewman. Kelly was report
ed in critical condition.
Wreckage of the combination
Pacemaker and Advance Commo
dore Vanderbilt, bound from New
York to Chicago, blocked the two
mainline tracks of the Central on
the east side of the Hudson River
about a mile and a half south of
Schodack Landing. I .
Portland Mo vie
Star 'Back Home'
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PORTLAND (J) - Film actress
Jane Powell, who began her sing
ing career in Portland as Suzanne
Burce, arrived here Saturday by
plane. -
Scores of youngsters were at the
airport with autograph books. A
number of her former schoolmates
also were on hand. -
Knowland Predicts Congress
To Reject Quemoy Defense Ban
WASHINGTON UP Sens.
George (D Ga) and Knowland
(R Calif) predicted Saturday the
Senate Foreign Relations Commit
tee will slap down a proposal to
ban American defense of the China
Coast islands of Quemoy and Mat-
SU. '" -
George, who heads the commit
tee, said he is' opposed to 4 a pro
posal made by Sen. Morse D
Ore) to put Congress to record
against use of U. S. forces to de
fend the Nationalist-held islands.
"I am opposed! toSen. Morse's
resolution," George said. ?We will
take it up in committee in due
course but I do not believe the
committee will approve it
Knowland, the Senate Republi
can leader, " said he believes the
proposal wul be voted down "over
whelmingly." He noted that a somewhat sim
ilar proposal by - Sen. ; Humphrey
D Minn) had been rejected 20-8
by the Combined Foreign Relations
and Armed ! Services' Committee
in approving the "defend- For
mosa" resolution subsequently
passed by Congress.
Morse's' proposal was offered
Friday in the midst of a barrage
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Peiping Cuts Tempo of
Formosa Propaganda
LONDON (Jt) A marked stepdown in the Peiping radio's
sabre-rattling raised speculation here Saturday that the Chinese
Reds may be turning avfray . from their boasted plans to capture
Formosa. J . , ' '
Monitors of Red: China's daily propaganda broadcasts said they
had noted these two trends:
Air A-Blast
Slated Today
LAS VEGAS, Nev. CP Atomic
testers said Saturday they plan to
explode t about six miles' altitude
Sunday an anti-aircraft device
the kind that might wreck an en
tire formation of enemy planes.
An official statement said it
would be "the one described, in a
joint Atomic Energy Commission
Department of Defense statement"
last Sunday.
That announcement, officially
disclosing plans to add atomic an
tiaircraft weapons to the nation's
already extensive nuclear arsenal,
said:
'"Because of their great power,
atomic air defense weapons will
greatly increase our ability to repel
an enemy air attack."
MALENKOV 'ALIVE
MOSCOW (UP) Former Pre
mier Georgi Malenkov was report
ed Saturday to have been seen re
cently driving , away from the
Kremlin, stilling for the moment
rumors of his "mysterious dis
appearance.' of criticism by Democratic sen
ators who classify themselves as
liberals against President Eisen
hower s handling of affairs in the
Far East.
Knowland said his great fear
is that the Chinese Communist
might "misinterpret the introduc
tion of the Oregon senator's reso
lution as indicating lack of unity
in this country on Formosan pol
icies. !
"This resolution would be con
tradictory to the law overwhelm
ingly passed by Congress author
ising the ""President to use force
to defend Formosa," he -said.
"Passage of the Morse resolution
would certainly destroy confidence
in us among our friends in Asia.
"The Chinese Communists might
interpret its introduction as indi
cating a major cleavage in our
policies. Whereas they have been
seriously curtailed in their aggres
sive intentions by the show of con
gressional unity on the Formosa
resolution, - this may encourage
them in some new venture.
"It might even precipitate in
advertently just what Sen. Morse
and others who support him are
trying to avoid, the outbreak of
hostilities."
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man Photographer John Ericksen who took pictures of the. event
while riding in an Ace Demers plane. At top left in the photo is
the Bush Museum and at top right is the State Blind SchooL
1. A tapering off in the past 10
days of the once frequent refer
ences to Chinese Communist ar
mies and their mission to "liber
ate Taiwan (Formosa)."
2. Some signs that the Reds also
were watering down their vitriolic
abuse of the Chinese Nationalist
leader, Chiang Kai-Shek.
Diplomatic sources speculated
that Britain and Russia may be
registering some success in back
stage efforts to persuade Red Chi
na's Premier Chou En-Lai to exer
cise restraint in the present etnse
situation. r
The monitors said there had
been no single reference to the
"liberation" of Formosa in Peiping
broadcasts in the last three days.
Diplomats said it may be pos
sible that the propaganda back
tracking reflects diplomatic activ
ity aimed at talks on a Formosa
settlement.
. Britain has sought to enlist the
aid of the Soviet Union since Jan
uary in an attempt to quiet the
explosive situation in Formosa
Strait. Both have expressed fears
that a major clash in the area
might start another world war.
A London radio monitor of Pei-
ping's broadcasts said: "There hal
been a marked fall off in plugging
Taiwan in newscasts. Peiping has
seemed even hard put to find ma
tferial for the news bulletins.
"The total hours of broadcasting
has been more or less maintained.
but considerable idle; time has been
noted time formerly devoted to
Formosa
Test Alert to
Use National,
Air Guards
Members of the state's Nation
al and Air Guard units will par
ticipate - in a forthcoming test
alert called Operation Minute-
man, it was announced Saturday,
Guardsmen from every state
will take part in the test, de
signed to determine how rapidly
units can be mobilized in time
of emergency.
The test is scheduled for the
near future, with Oregon units
being under command of Gen.
Thomas E. Rilea, state adjutant
generaL
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Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Sunday
Relays
New Entrance
To Fairground
To Aid Traffic
A new 17th street entrance to
the State Fairgrounds should
help relieve traffic congestion at
the 1955 State Fair, Manager Leo
F. Spitzbart reported to the State
Fair Commission Saturday.
Spitzbart said fair-bound traf
fic from Salem and western
points will proceed East on Mar
ket street to 17th street, then go
north to the new 17th street en
trance, i
Present plans call for motor
ists reaching Salem on Highway
99-Eto leave the by-pass at Mar
ket street, proceed to 18th street,
then turn north and enter the
18th street gate, Spitzbart said.
The commission also adopted
a resolution complimenting the
farm machinery industry and
Manager Spitzbart for the f "ex
cellency of exhibits" at the 1954
fair.
Henry Ahrens. Turner, and
Russell Brown, Portland, have
been reappointed as members of
the Oregon State Fair Commis
sion. Gov. Paul Patterson has an
nounced. A previous story listed
commission member Kenneth B.
Hall, Oswego, as one of the re
appointees. Hall's term has not
yet expired.-
Mercury Rise
On Forecast
Warmer daytime temperatures
are predicted for today and Mon
day by McNary Field weathermen
who however, see local frost to
night. Cloudiness but no rain is
expected both days.
State police advise chains on
both Santiam and Willamette
Passes. The passes were reported
clear last night and the packed
snow at the summits was well-
sanded.
Today's high should be around
53, and Monday's around 57. The
Salera-area night low should be
around 32-34.
Today's Statesman
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Editorials .
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April 3, 1955
Dairymen Warn of
Price Wars Uiiless
M
Hostile Force
Said Heading
For Saigon
SAIGON. South Viet Nam Ufi
French Gen. Paul Ely worked fe
verishly Saturday to avert a re
newal of hostilities between - the
South Viet Nam government and
the Binh Xuyen private army. As
he negotiated there were reports a
hostile force of the Hoa Hao religi
ous sect was approaching the capi
tal. . ;
French military sources estimat
ed two battalions of-the Hoa Hao
private army were closing in. They
are commanded by one-armed
Gen, Le Quang Vinh. known as
Bacut, who is Premier Ngo Dinh
Diem's most implacable foe in the
siruggie ior power.
Gen. Ely, French commissioner
general in Indochina, is ; sending
his chief of staff, Gen. y Gambiez,
to the headquarters of Gen. Tran
Axnl TnJit nL I m : - - - .J :
Van Soai, commander of "all Hoa
!
Hao troops, in an effort to head off
an attack on Saigon, a city of tw
million. i ;
Short and famed for his sweeping
handlebar- mustache, Soai is a
member of the antigovernment
coalition which has been trying for
two weeks" to topple Diem.
les
Tremor Toll
Soars to 348
MANILA UT The number of
known dead in the worst Philippine
earthquake of the century rose to
348 early Sunday and officials, pre
dicted "it may exceed 400;
In addition, a Manila Times cor
respondent reported from Cagayan
I)e Oro City m Misamis Oriental
Province of Mindanao that 22 bod
ies had been reeevered from four
municipalities. This report, how-
, ever, had not been confirmed.
The Philippine Red Cross said
100 persons were missing, more
than 300 injured and about 12,000
made homeless. Philippine News
Service reported 538 injured.
Communications disrupted by the
series ofi violent temblors Friday
still make a complete check of the
death toll and damage impossible?
Storm Strikes
Mid Rockies,
Stalls Traffic
SALT LAKE CITY UP)- A sudden
storm plunged balmy April into
winter Saturday and dumped heavy
snow from Central Idaho across
Utah into. Nevada, tangling traffic
and causing four deaths in a high
way crash.
The biggest Aprfl snow since 1929
packed Salt Lake City's streets
with ankle-deep slush. !
Cars' stalled by the hundreds j
throughout the snow country.
Sixty-eight cars, three buses and
several trucks were reported tied
up by deep snow at the village of
Malta in Southern Idaho! Every
spare bed and place to rest in the
town was taken by the stranded
motorists.
The fatal crash occurred some
10 miles-north of here about 8:30
p. m. when a 10-wheel grain truck
and an automobile collided.
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U.S. Clears Way for Students
To Return to Communist China
By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
WASHINGTON WV-In the hope
of prodding the Chinese Commu
nists into releasing 56 Americans,
the United States Saturday cleared
the way for 76 Chinese students to
go to lied China or wherever else
wish. Authorities assume all
wui warn io go to nea cnina.
Allied governments, including
the British, had, advised the State
Department that continued denial
of permission for them to leave
made negotiations for' the release
of Americans in China more diffi
cult. Friendly countries and the
United Nations have been trying
to win freedom for the 56.
The American group includes 41
civilians, many in prison on vari
ous. Communist charges, ; and 15
U.S. airmen captured during the
Korean War 'and sentenced as
spies a charge which the U.S.
government has denounced as
false. j
The students are a fraction of
the more than 5.000 ; who were
studying in the United States when
the Reds overran the Chinese
mainland in 1949. Most ! of them
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ilk Minimuim Set
Response to Ad
Arrives Before
Ad Set in Type
FORT DODGE, Iowa IB A
classified ad got results even be
fore it was set in type to be in
serted in the lost and found sec
tion of Saturday . afternoon's edi
tion of the Fort Dodge Messenger.
Printer Joe Casey, who daily
makes up the classified pages of
The Messenger, was surprised Sat
urday morning by a blue parakeet
which flew in the open window
of the newspaper composing room
and landed on his shoulder.
Only minutes after Casey had
locked the bird in his lunch box
! for safekeeping, he received the
uPy fu l11 and fTd ad in'trl law fed minimum prices at
which the birds owner, Pete Shaw.all ievels have had enough regu.
offered a reward for the parakeet s j lation.
return- The hearing was on a bill -to
Instead of having the copy set,
j m type, vasey iciepnonea snaw.
t Shaw came to the newspaper of-!
j flr nnr VnrM ill
ouu faic vosey a j rewara
in return for the parakeet.
Blossom D
ay
Scheduled
For April 17
Salem's annual, colorful Blos
som Day program will be held
Sunday, April 17. ..
"n 'that day a scenic ritejand to guarantee a plentiful sup
through the countryside sur- ply safe milk at aU times
ruuuuing aaiem win De mapped
out for local motorists and the
many visitors expected. The route
is designed to show the most
beautiful orchards in bloom in
this area.
Plans for the event will be
completed at a Monday' night
meeting cf the Salem Cherrians,
sponsors, at the Golden Phea
sant restaurant -
Assistant secretary of Oregon
State William Healy will rule
this year as "King . Bing," and
cnemans will be stationed at!
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guides and on strategic routes in j
the county to direct motorists,
Maps "will be given as aids.
At the Monday night meeting,
wives of Cherrians will be guests
for the first time in the 42-year
history of the group. :
Other April tourist attractions
in Oregon include the second an
nual blossom festival at Medford
on April 23. It will include a
parade, featuring children's en
tries and floats.
A regional music festival is
set for La Grande Saturday and
the McKenzie White Water Par
ade April 24. This year's 19th
annual parade will start at Red
sides, two miles above Blue
River, at 1Q a. m., and end at
Leaburg Dam around 4 p m.
A spring festival and! hobby
show is due at Grants Pass Sat
urday and Sunday and an Indian
Spring Salmon Feast at Celilo
Falls -April 24.
Dynamite Found
At Oregon City
OREGON - CITY (UP) ' Four
sticks of dynamite were found in
a student locker at Oregon City
High school. Principal Guy D.
Barnett said Friday.
Barnett said the explosive was
found alongside the Clackamas
River by a student, who told him
he brought the dynamite to school
to give it to friends.
have received, U.S. federal' assist
ance in completing their education.
They may now get U.S. funds to
help them travel home even to
Communist China, the State De
partment said.
State Department Press Officer
Henry Suydam said no deal had
been made between the United
States and Red China either direct
ly or through an intermediary.
However, he left no doubt about
U.S. hopes as to the result of re
leasing the students, by saying:
Our position is that we would
like Americans of all categories in
China to be released for whatever
reasons might appeal to the Red
Chinese authorities." VI
Not all of the 5,000 students were
denied opportunity to Jeave the
United States. The restraint oper
ated only against those who had
received technical training here
as engineers or the like.
Officials said some of them may
have been trained in some aspects
of atomic information, but since
all were aliens none could have re-
ceived any secret information
No. 7
Opponents S
ay
Voters Soudit
End of Control
By PALX W. HARVEY JR.
Associated Press Writer v
Dairymen pleaded with the Ore
gon House Food and Dairy Com
mittee Saturday to guarantee
minimum prices to milk produc
ers. They said mihimums were
needed to keep them out of bank
ruptcy and avert a price war next
month.
But opponents argued that the
people, by Voting last November
have the governor appoint an ad-
ministrator who would decide min-
imum producer prices, license and
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Dona aisiriouiors, ana mane (us
tributors keep records showing
how. their milk was used.
It contains an." emergency clause,
which would make it impossible
to attack it by filing referendum
petitions.
Production to Rise
Paul Reeder, Hillsboro lawyer
and dairyman who drafted the
bill, said the emergency clause is
needed so the bill could go into
effect before May or June. At that
time, he said, milk production will
increase and a price war probably
would result. -
"This bill is needed." Reeder ,
said, "to avoid ruinous price wars.
William P. Ellis. Portland law
yer for milk distributors, charged
that the bill is unconstitutional be
cause it isn't necessary for the
public health and general welfare.
"The bilL" Ellis s,aid, "is am
biguous and impractical. The law
yers' and politicians looking . for
jobs are the only ones who would
benefit.
Court Test
'The administrator would have
so much power thaf'he cduld even
limit all milk to that produced by
Jersey cows. If it is passed, the
i aisixiouiors wouia laise u 10 court
immediately. ; .
"The public has spoken ' against
milk regulation, and the industry
should see if it can regulate it
self." .
Ellis scored the provision that
if the producers in any milk mar
keting area -didn't like a price or
der, they could throw it out. This,
Ellis declared, removes all pro-,
tection for the public. .
Several dairymen argued that
the' bill would give quicker and
better relief, than would a federal
order. Reeder said there are 50
federal orders now in effect over
the country, all of them guaran
teeing producer prices. They also
said that voluntary controls won't
work.
Of Rickreall, Woodburn '
Among the dairymen supporting
the bill were Rex Ross, Mt. Angel;
M. T. Findley, Rickreall; and Neil
Miller. Woodburn.
Speaking for the Oregon Pro
ducer Distributor Assn., John
Gale. Canby dairyman, condemned
the bill on grounds it would de
stroy producer-distributors, who
are dairymen who market their
own milk.
"Cale also said -the bill would
increase prices that consumers
pay. '
Gordon Hofstetter, Salem dis
tributor, said that SO per cent of
the producers which sell to him
oppose the bill because they donJt
want a "political administrator.'
He also objected that the bill
wouldn't affect cooperatives and
milk that is shipped into Oregon.
Successful Fight
Two sponsors of the bill' were ,
active in the successful fight
against the milk control law. They
are Reps. Elmer Deetz, Canby
dairyman, and Maurine Neuber
ger, Portland.
Outside of the hearing, there
was little legislative activity Sat
urday. -
The House took the day off, and
the Senate met for only 27 min
utes. The Senate Completed legislative '
action on a proposed constitutional
amendment to let the state, own
stock in corporations. It purpose
is to permit, the state's university
and colleges accept gifts of stock.
(Additional legislative news on
page 6, sec. 1.)
Molalla Boater
Feared Drowned
, OREGON CITY UB A small
plywood boat overturned in the
Willamette River Saturday, and a
fisherman,' tentatively identified
as William Blaser, 34. Molalla. .
was believed drowned.
Persons on the shore said they
saw the boat overturn , and one
man attempt to swim away. Rela
tives of Blaser said they thought
he was oa a fishing trip and was
accompanied by Bert Gibbins,
(also of Molalla. - .