UsS. Agrees to ComMerGra&ualExifof GIs From: Japan
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Two Heads Prove Better Than One in Contest
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22 Freed; 7 Top
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Remain in Prison
WASHINGTON Japanese
Foreign Minister Mamoru Shige
mitsu obtained a promise from
the United States Wednesday to
consider, "the progressive with
drawal" of American ground forc
es .from Japan as that country
builds up its own military power.
The agreement was announced
in a joint statement with which
Shigemitsu and Secretary of State
Dulles wound up three days of
conferences. .
White the agreement -set na far-!
7w Beaded Giants" mixed up their sports a bit when they appeared at Salem Golf Course j Wed nes- get date , for withdrawal, which f
m pij a round oi gun, mum ciurr iiic inuum itvuihu 9 uicwup isaj ivuicgiA - jv aiugeiuit.au icpuiieuijf wuutu uave
water ky is Mrs. Frank NiehoDs and Mrs. John H. Johnson, and the golf player, Mrs. Owen liked, it was learned that Japanese-
MUier and Mrs. James K. Phillips, i Additional pictures and story on page . lamtmin rww
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By all odds the Ford Founda
tion is fhe richest single, indepen
dent, non-profit, agency in the
country, It operates primarily by
making grants to other bodies for
specific projects. It did set up a
new agency however, ;The Fund
for the Republic which had . as
jts special assignment the topicH
ft ; mMrn inatim nf ' roetfipfi'niic
freedom of thought, inquiry and
expression in the United ; State;.
The Ford Foundation gave the
Fund for the' Republic $15,000,000
and cast it loose to hoe its own
American consultations on a time
schedule will open soon in Tokyo.
Dulles and ' Shigemitsu also
agreed, the communique said, that
a formula should be established
for "progressive reduction" over
several years of Japan's financial
contribution to the support of U.S.
forces there.
Sought Release of tM
Dh11p alsn nrnmiuxl in Vpn "oin.
DETROIT (JFh-A strike among Chrysler Corp.'s 139,000 em-lj-- -,;,,. arut amr
ployes began early Thursday after negotiations failed to produce ination" Shigemitsu's plea to re
a new contract agreement by a midnight strike deadline. - , . lease more 200 Jaoanese con-
139,000
En
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Chrysler
ployes Strike I
Midnight shift workers at virtually all of Chrysler's fill plants
in five states walked out! when they goMhe green light from CIO
United Auto Workers officials in Detroit Workers at Chrysler's
West Coast plant at Los j Angeles
walked out at 10 p. m.l 'FDJ. .
Negotiations were jrecessed
shortly after midnight but were
resumed at 1 a. m., ESTL
Company and ,union sources in
dicated that the new session might
go on for hours.' One source said
it might take as much as 24 to
48 hours to iron out all remaining
issues,-even though general agree-
Hcppner Jury .
Labels Woman
-- r - t - -
As Murderess
ment has been reached oh a lay.
HEPPNER, Ore. CP A jury of i off pay plan of the FordGeneral
Morrow County ranchers returned Motors Dattern. " !
road. It did one thing more: it.'a verdict of second-degree murdcri Contract. DiUv
gave th Fund Robert M. Hutchnr?, 'against Mrs. Ann Whitney Aventi Both ides agreed lhat Ithe big
lormer chancellor of the Umver , Wednesday. gest remaining question is the ef
She was convicted of shooting I fective date of a new cohtracL"
Dellmore Lessard.; Portland attor-, Emil Mazy, UAW secretary
ney, in a Heppner cafe where she
was employed. The jury deliber
ated almost three " hours before
Lannoiincing its verdict.
Lessard had gone to the cafe to
discuss custody of Mrs. Avent's
aity " of Chicago, who had been
erving as executive for the Foun
dation, as president and active ex
ecutive Jot the -Fund. (Some were
. unkind enough to to say that this
was the way of getting rid of
Hutchins). President Hutchins has
just- published the report of the
treasurer, said the issues pf retro
activity means . $12,000,000 to un
ion members. j
. Top negotiators for Chrysler and
the CIO United Auto Workers re
cessed their talks at a Detroit of
victed by U.S. tribunals and held
as war criminals.
Less than an hour before the
communique was issued, however,
the State Department announced
that 22 of the Japanese were
being paroled from Sugamo Pris
on in Tokyo.. They did not include
any of the seven top Japanese war
criminals sentenced by an inter
allied, court.
Total of 200,000 .
Shigemitsu and his delegation
laid before Dulles and an array
of State and Defense Department
officials a plan for building up
Japan's -ground - tacts ' fo -some
200,000 men v Vi t , 2
The UJ5. estimate u. that .before
Japan could be considered capable
of full self-defense it should have
350,000 foot soldiers in uniform.
U.S. forces in Japan have been
substantially reduced since the
end of the Korean War. There are
now fewer than 100,000 ground
troops there.
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Racks f burning laundry are shown in front of the Salem Laundry Co., 263 S.' High St, after fire
gutted the firm Wednesday night. The fire burned or damaged hundreds of pounds of clothes and
also damaged expensive equipment. Total loss was believed near $50,000. . , j;; : .
Fund covering tJie penod since, it; The attorney represented the fi building but they were ex-
uF iu nj i Woman ex-husband, Fred, who
"VT . . . - ; . . , .. was one of the last witnesses
1 .g 'nt'rom tte before the case was given to the
I HI N II I Hllfr 1 W II Mllll M 114 1 1 VKII X '
- it still has nearly $14 million of it?
grant. (Sometimes it is harder to
get rid of money than to 'accumu
late it, so it seems), it has made
65 grants for specific projects,
ranging from S1000 to $259,000 in
size. The grants have gone to universities,-
to associations like
'American! library Association.
. Southern Regional
(Continued on. editorial page '4.)
jury.
-The husband testified he .had
accompanied Lessard here, -but
was afraid to confront his former
wife.
Washington
Killer Escapes
WALLA WALLA Ul A 30-year-old
murderer from King County
escaped from a tomato picking
crew of state penitentiary inmates
Wednesday night-.
The missing man was James entered the bank at the stroke of
Keener, sent up from King County -n without a word being spoken,
11 years ago for first degree mur- .tw0 of them covered the bank
fler- , staff and four customers with pis-
Warden Lawrence Delmore JrJtols while lhe ,.,1 vauited a
said Keener was working near the; counter and scooped money into
Oregon-Washingto border, - south a shopping bag. One. of the gun
f Walla Walla and north of Uma- mpn timpH the notation nrec'iselv
Bank Bandits
UseStopwatcli
For Precision
VANCOUVER, B.cT -W Bank
robbers introduced a new weapon
here Wednesday the stopwatch.
Three smooth-working bandits
used a stopwatch in: timing their
movement in a $10,000 . holdup of
a branch of the Bank of. Nova
Scotia. ,
The trio, all wearing sunglasses.
peeled to resume shortly; A source
close to the negotiations . indicated
the talks could continue for an
other day or more. j
' Union officials announced firm
ly: "The strike, is on." ,
Rally Song I j
They followed their announce
ment by singing their uhi6n rally
ing song. "Solidarity Forever," in
the bargaining room. j .
Both company and union repre
sentatives said they 'had Received
reports of walkouts at Chrysler
plants in Detroit and elsewhere
shortly after midnight.
pine. Ore.
Commercial Polio
Vaccine Supplv
Du5
for Oregon
with the stopwatch.
NORTHWEST LEAGUE
At Salem 4. Wenatcltee 3
At Tri-City 16. Eugene 1
At Lewiston 2. Yakima f
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
At Portland 0-4. Seattle S-Z
At Loi Angeles 8, Hollywood 1 '
. At Oakland 5, San Francisco 8
At San Diego 5-6. Sacramento 0-2
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AMERICAV LEAGUE f
At Chicago 4 Boston 2
At Kansas Citr 6. New York 11
At Detroit 7. Washington 41
At Cleveland 5. Baltimore 1 -
NATIONAL LEAGUE !
At Brooklyn , Milwaukee 13 '
At New York S, Cincinnati jO
At Philadelphia 13. Chicago! 1
- At Pittsburgh 4. SL Iouiz 3i
Salem Youth
Accidentally
Shot in Leg
- An accidentally- discharged gun
sent a 12-year-old Salem boy to the
hospital Wednesday with a wound
in his right thigh and heel. y
Danny Philpott. who lives with
his mother at 483 Ratcliffe Dr.,
was wounded while a companion,
Robert Martell. 15. 480 Qtatcliffe
Dr.. was checking to see if there
were any shells in a. .22 rifle.
The mishap occurred shortly aft
er noort. according to Sheriff Den
ver Young. The boys, he said, had
been target practicing a short time
earlier.
Young Philpott was treated by
city first-aidmen and taken to Sa
lem General Hospital by Willam
ette Ambulance Service.
The hospital said his condition
was "fair" Wednesday night.
Israel Blasts Egyptian
Base, Refuses Truce
' JERUSALEM (P)-- Israeli armor and troops smashed across
Egyptian lines Wednesday night and blew up an Egyptian military
headquarters at Khan' Yiinis, in the Gaza strip.
The Israeli Army announced the thrust and the Israeli Foreign
Office followed with a statement that the attack was a defense
move against Egyptian "active warfare." ' f
.dsrael. charged this fighting- naa
Medal j Pension
Goal of HeiVs
Supporters
fPicture on page 3, sec. 1.)
Gov. Paul Patterson Wednesday
gave his backing to an Oregon City
citizens movement- to obtain a
Carnegie Foundation award for the
late Robert Short, truck; driver
hero. '
Short stayed with his log truck
until death rather than let it run
wild through street crowds at Ore
gon City last week.
Grateful citizens of that city are
now applying to' the national foun
dation, on behalf of Short, for a
heroism medal and awidow's pen
sion in recognition of the deed.
Gov. Patterson wrote a letter to
the foundation recommending that
proper consideration be. given
Short's deed. He commended the
sincerity of the Oregon City citi
zens' effort and wrote" that all re
ports he had. received indicated
Short's action had saved lives in
that city.
The Oregon City delegation
brought the' widow and three young
children of Robert Short to visit
the governor at the Capitol yesterday.
LEAVES ROLE
NEW YORK m Paul Muni
has been forced out of the starring
role of the Broadway hit show
"Inherit The Wind" because of a
detached retina of the left eye. -
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Spotlight on State Library Open House Tonight
made the 1949 Palestine armistice
between Egypt and Israel "virtu
ally inoperative."
Khan Yunis is the first major
Palestine railway station of the
Gaza-Cairo railway.
The Egyptian army camp at
tacked is near the city, six miles
north of the" border separating the
Sinai peninsula from the . Gaza
strip. It is - a little over a mile
in the sand" dunes .'west' of the
Israel-Gaza strip armistice demar
cation boundary.
' The IsraeljForeign Office aid
the Khan Ynnis raid had wiped
out a base Egyptian terrorists
were using -to operate against Is
rael.
Egypt announced Tuesday night
it was ordering a cease-fire in the
Gaza area in comDhance with U.
Si. requests. Israel held fast to its
stand that it would not join in the
cease-fire unless Egypt accepted
blame for' border incidents of the
last 10 days. - , .
State Forests
In Two Years
PORTLAND im The State
Health ; Department- announced
' Wednesday that-' Oregon will
recejve 41,283 cubic centimeters of
' Salk polio vaccine which will be
distributed through commercial
channels. ,
The allocation is more than
- double the amount the state had
. received in previous distributions,
and is part of . the 3,348,000 cc.
. being released nationally ny r.u
Lilly & Co., after approval by the
U.S. Public Health Service.
VAN) MAL CRACKERS
V WAMRKN OOOKICH
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Taresl firta fcreak kJa heart"
Floodlighted Oregom Sra Ubrary shone the Capital Mall; Wednesday Bight, reminding citizens
that today marks thei ry'i 50th aaBiversary. la special celebration, the library official have in
vited the public to an ftn aonse inspection of the building tonight from 7:30 to 9:30. Among dis
tinguished guest will b John S. Richards, Seattle, preside of America Library Association,
Work to Start
OnAna rtments
Construction of an $82,000 two-
story apartment building at 1961
Center St, was authorized Wednes
day, by the city engineers office.
Owner and builder will be J. Aj
Kitzke, Salem. , '.'' S
Kitzke said the apartment will
have eight units, four on each
floor. The structure wiU be of
block and stone masonry and will
be mainly Spanish in design. Exca
vation work on the. project will be
gin today, according to Kitzke.
,The project is located on a lot
' formerly occupied by the Chris
Kowitz residence. ..''.,-
Blood Drawings
Planned in Salem
Todays Tonight
Two blood drawings in Salem
today will give Salem area citizens
a chance to-catch up with their
community's vital w h,o 1 e blood
needs. -1
American Red Cross will have its
mobile equipment for blood donors
at the downtown Armory from
imon to 4 p.m. and at the 'Naval
Marine . Armory on Airport Road
from 7 to 9 p.m.
Goal is 230 pints of blood thii
month.. In the past two months.
Marion County hospital patients
required 437 pints of blood, but
blood donations in tht period total
ed only 241 pints.
Kidnap Killing
Of Negro Boy
Said Lynching
. GREENWOOD, Miss. Ufi The
weighted body of a 14-year-old
Negro boy, kidnaped three days
ago because he made "ugly re
marks" to a white woman, was
pulled from the Tallahatchie River
Wednesday. ;
Emmitt Louis Till, Chicago boy
visiting his uncle at nearby Money,
'died of a bullet wound above the
right ear.
Sheriff George Smith of Le Flore
County said f two -white men, al
ready charged with kidnaping,
would be charged with murder.
They are Roy Bryant, money store
keeper, and his half-brother, J.W.
Milam of Glendora.
Sheriff Smith said Bryant admit
ted taking the boy from his uncle's
home but . said Till was released
unharmed. ; .
Till's mother, Mrs. Mamie Brad
ley of Chicago, sobbed: : '
"Someone is going to pay for
this.. The entire state of Missis-,
sippi is going; to pay- for this.
"I can't think; I Just can't think.
I'm frozen. He didn't do anything
to deserve that." -
.Till was visiting his uncle; ten
ant farmer Mpse Wright, when he
was kidnaped; Sunday morning. .
Driest conditions in' two years
exist in major Oregon forests after
a total , of 32 days without rainfall.
State' Forester' George Spaur said
Wednesday. I ,
As of midnight Tuesday,, a total
of 439 forest; fires were reported
on state and private '.lands protect
ed by the Board of Forestry. Orig
in of 140 of the fires was believed
to be lightning while the other 299
were man-caused, said Vance Mor
rison, assistant in the protective
division. 1: . -
August bowed out Wednesday
with but three damp days during,
its 31-day run in the Salem area.
And on those three days only traces
of "rain were j measured, according
to weatherman at McNary Field.
Mean average temperature for
the month was 64.5 2.05 below nor
mal. The. metcury's top climb was
to 95 on the 1 6th but it was 90 or
above on twoiother days also. Cold
est nights came on the 13th, 14th,
26th and 27th when 42 was register
ed. The month, had 21 clear days.
while eight were partly cloudy and
two cloudv.. t . i
Other thini , for morning cloudi
ness, fair weather "will accompany
the debut of September today. The
mercury is expected to hit around
BZ. i - . .
Forecast for beaches is fair
weather thrdugh Thursday, except
'Estimated at !
Near $50,000
By JERRY STONE
SUff Writer, The Statesmaa
Flames feeding on hundreds
of pounds of clothing caused an
estimated $50,000 damages Wed
nesday night at the Salem Laun
dry Co., 263 S. High SL .
Firemen reported the fire ap : '
parently started about 9 p.m. m
the laundering section of the con
Crete structure and spread swift-
i lly through equipment and-stacks
1 1 of clothing. . Spared were the dry
1 cleaning . department and the
mam office housing safe, records
and- packaged laundry ready for
delivery. Some damage was done
to the bookkeeping office. - . '
Loss Covered ;
Van Weider, owner of tho '
firm, indicated the loss was cov
ered by insurance. Damage was
confined mainly te the . interior
of the building and its stacks of
clothing.
When firemen' from central
station reached the scene flames
from the fasf-traveling blaze al
ready were licking through win
dows of the firm and chewing at
a front marquee. ' The fire was
reported under control about 9:43
p.m. -
Dense Smoke :
Dense, smoke on the interior
added to firemen's problems and
forced use of. oxygen inhalators.
No injuries were reported though
an element of danger was added
when a transformer pole in the
rear alley erupted in flame and
sent two power lines dropping
into the alley.
The burning power pole caused
firemen to request the Portland
General Electric Co, to turn off
power temporarily..
Chief . Ellsworth Smith ordered
out some dozen . off-duty, men to
aid in clean up operations. Spot fires .
which broke out on" the roof of tht
laundry, complicated the task of
firemen.
for morning
fog and clouds.
British ;Medics
'Buy Warts' to
Cure dliildreii
i X
LONDON tn - Two British
medjeos said Wednesday they
cured children's warts, by "buy
ing" them for a few pennies each
and telling the children the blem
ishes would; soon disappear.
And. believe it or not. Dr. D.G.
Ait ken reported in the medical
magazine," The Practitioner, they
really do disappear. Now he wants
to know why.
"The result has been . quite as
tounding," wrote Aitken, a gen
eral practitioner in Cumberland.
"Althoughi I have not kept com
plete records;- successful response
has been found in over 60 per cent
of the case." . . ,
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West Diplomats
To Chart Course
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WASHINGTON im. The West
ern Big Three foreign ministers
will meet for two days in New
York Sept. 27 to chart the joint
strategy that wul guide them," dur
ing later talks with Russia's Vya-
cheslav Moltov. - ,
. Secretary of State Dulles is re
ported ready to insist that British
Foreign Secretary Harold Mac
Millan and iFrench Foreign Min
ister Antoincj Pinay agree to' press
the Soviets hard for specific con
cessions in iCurope. j
West Gertnany s ioreign - minis
ter, Hejnricji Von Brentano would
join the discussion Sept. 28 .
Equipment Damaged -
Damaged equipment in the laun
dry section included such costly
items as mangles, but it was in
dicated these were not total losses
Given as a possible cause of the
fire was a short circuit, originating
near the rear of the building.
Since 90 per -cent of laundry is
picked up early- in the week at the
homes of customers, the plant was
heavily stocked at the time of the
fire, an employe said. - .
Service te Continne
The firm, which reportedly em
ployes some 60 persons, was pre
paring for State Fair week one
of its busiest weeks of the year
when the blaze hit. - '
Weider announced Wednesday
night that his firm will continue iU
regular customer service, arrange
ments having been made for laun
dering to be done at other firms.
The fire was one of the costliest
in downtown saiem ' in several
years; , ; . . ' - , -
Peron Quick to -j-Cancel
Offer :
Of Resignation
BUENOS AIRES. Argentina (Jf
President Juan D Peron said .
Wednesday night he has with
drawn an offer to resign and has
decided to remain president of Ar-
gentina. . v . .
The President earlier - in the
day had said he wonld quit if that
would bring peace to his country.4. "
The General Confederation of La
bor' (CGT) called a "general strike
and summoned workers to mass ,
demonstrations to insist that Peron
stay -on. . ' ' . . ' - ... .
The House of Deputies, ruled by
Peron's party, had to cancel its ,
afternoon, sessions because the ma
jority refused to. attend, until the
president- withdrew his offer. Th
entire membership of the senate
all Peronistas declared they would -resign
if Peron does.
His followers had been clearly
primed in advance to receive and
reject his offer to resign and de
mand he stay on the job he has
held nine years.
FONG TRIAL SET ,
PORTLAND - Re-trial of
Wayne and Sherry Fong, convicted
last spring of the. first degree
slaying of Diane Hank, 16-year-old
high school; student, was tentatively
set Wednesday lor Sept. 2s.
The Weather
Salem "
Portland
Baker
Max. Mln. Precis,
it si .m y
Medford
North Bend
Roseburg .
San rrancisco.
La Angelea J.
Chicago
75
B9
S3
68
82
7
101
7S
1
59
41
47
53
56
48
65
55
71
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; .oo
.00 "
trace
.00
.on
.00
.on
.02
New York
Willamette River -3.0 feet
FORECAST (from U. S. weather
bureau. McNary field. Salem):
A little early morning eloudinem.
otherwise (air today, tonight and
Friday: high today and Friday 8-4,
low tonight 46-48.
Temperature at 11.01 a.m. today
was 57.
ALEM M ECIPITATIOK ' '
Sine Start t Weather Year Sept 1
Normal
Tkta Teax
82.81
Last Year
45.N
S3. SI