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The Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Monday, t October. 10, 1955
PRICE 5c
No. 197
fharp modern lines feature the
Bearing eempletioa this week.
aorta side ef . Ceater street.
OtP
OTDLDOGH
COLBY COLLEGE, Waterville,
- Me. I must have brought rain
-from Oregon to Maine. At any
rate it rained here all night and (
through the day in a fashion
'.quite characteristic of Oregon 7
a mild, steady downpour inter
rupted with pauses for light mist, j
The students at this college in
central Maine seem prepared for J
' rain--slickers and so'westers. .
A trip to Waterville from New
York is like a retread of grade
school geography. The texts I
studied began their description ,
of the United States with the
northeastern states, so many of
the place names remain fixed in
memory. Here, too, was the
location of early industry alon?
the streams which furnished
water power. New England still
is highly industrialized, but it has
lost much of its, textile manu
facturing to southern states.
Waterville, a city on the historic
'Kennebec, recently lost through
' closure its principal mill, a tex
" tile plant Management V and
unions could not agree on terms
ef a contract so the mill was
permanently closed. Other indus
tries remain, one being for the
manufacture of Hathaway shirts
the one, you know, worn by
the man with the black eye-patch!
Colby College is quite similar
to Willamette in size and has
considerable similarity in his
tory. Baptists from Boston push
ed up into Maine in the second
decade of the 19th century to
found the Maine Literary and
Theological Institution.. It de-
, veloped into Waterville College,
its name being changed to Colby
in 1867 in , honor of a Boston
Baptist who gave generous finan-
. cial assistance to th'e college. It
has no sectarian ties, however.
' The student body is around
1100 and. the courses are in lib
eral arts. Just before
(Continued on editorial page 4)
Cutters Battle
High Seas to
Rescue Tug
SEATTLE ID Two Coast Guard
cutters are bucking heavy winds
,. and high seas off the Oregon
Coast in attempts to save a tug
- boat and a 75-foot ' barge in un-
related incidents.
The Coast Guard at Seattle re
ported the cutter Bonham is being
lashed by winds and waves out J
t side Coos Bay, Ore., while await
ing moderating conditions. .
Then the Bonham intends to es
cort the waterlogged tug Saltair
over the bar and into Coos Bay.
Near Tillamook, the cutter Ya--cona
is trying to find the unlighted
: 73-foot barge which is carrying two
large steel tanks. The barge was
cut loose in heavy seas by the
' motor vessel Tanginn. -
The Tanginn cut loose the barge
r at 1:30 p.m. saying it was too
rough to keep it in tow. Then the
Tanginn set sail for San Diego.
The Coast Guard says it to
longer is in radio communication
with the Tanginn. The Tanginn bad
earner reported the hapless situa
f tion of the tug Saltair.
Later the Yacona was diverted
; to check reports of a two-masted
i schooner wallowing helplessly in
' rough seas off Manhattan Beach on
the Northern Oregon Coast.
J The Coast Guard was somewhat
skeptical about the report from a
resident of the area.
ANIMAL CRACKER?
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11. ,UJ i villi
"Somehow I cia't briar m-
sell t call him Rocky.
aew 5-story million -dollar-plus aew
The above view shews the exterior
. . . Features Spacious, Utilitarian Wards
1:7!
-
Sample of light, spacious wards ia
-shown la this view of one of the
de not close eat the light.' ',
State School
Conference to
- Approximately 175 persons are
expected in Salem today for open
ing of. the 27th fall conference
of the Oregon Association of Sec
ondary School Principals.
' The two-day affair will get un-
J der way with 8 an. registrations
at the Hotel Marion.
Both Gov. Paul Patterson and
Rex Putnam, superintendent of
public instruction, will make
speeches of welcome to confer
ence participants at a morning
gathering. .
Problems of junior high schools
will be main topic at discussion
sessions today. A highlight will
be a panel discussion, with Dray
ton E. Marsh, prominent educat
or from Culver City; Calif., serv
ing, as moderator. Other panel
members will be Dr. Walter Sny
der, superintendent of the Salem
School District; Erwin Juilfs, Eu
gene educator; and W. H. Dunn,
educator from Vancouver, Wash.
Marsh also is slated as featured
speaker at the conference.
The conference will, conclude
at noon Tuesday. All sessions will
be held at the Hotel Marion.
Today's Statesman
Sec. Pag
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Classified
Comics
Crossword
II..
Editorials '- . I-
Homt Panorama l
Radio, TV ll
Sports ; ll
Star Gaitr !.
Valley : l
Wirephoto Pago 1
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Open Today
Ike May Quit Hospital
Within '4 or 5 Weeks'
DENVER Of The eminent
iheart specialist. Dr. Paul Dudley
White, said Sunday President Ei
senhower ! may get out of the
hospital in four or five weeks but
it i might be the first of the year
before be can go back to work at
the White House.
Speaking for six of the physic
ans who are keeping tab on Eisen
hower's heart conditon. White said
that it is impossible to say at this
time whether it would be physi
cally possible for Eisenhower to
ion for a second term next year.
This is so. White said, because ; replied quietly, "not 100 per cent."
it is loo early to know for sure j The elderly Boston physician
whether the chief executive will , said that there had been no corn
make a complete recovery. , j plications to date and complicat-
White talked to newsmen at the ions rarely occur after the second
temporary White House after a;
,eries of weekend medical exarru-
nations of the chief executive.
The news conference, which out
J lined plans for gradually increas-
Oregon SUte Hospital building.
ef the building, located ea the
the new Oregon State Hospital
floors. Note half .walls which
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New Building Needs
'Finishing Touches'
The new 676-bed building at Oregon State Hospital is being
readied this week for occupancy later this month.
Costing $1,500,000 the modern-type building . is . practically
completed except for last-minute finishing touches, E. J. Ireland,
state board of 'control secretary, has announced. t
- It will house the "general run" of patients, with a large per
centage being elderly, said Dr.
Russell Guiss, assistant superin
tendent at the hospital..
Facilities also are included for
"specialized" cases including
children and segregated patients,
he added.
Modern Care
"This building," he said, "will
provide us with modern, im
proved equipment for up-to-date
care of elderly patients. It also
will relieve some of our over
crowded conditions here."
Official inspection of the new
wing, prior to acceptance by the
state, is planned for Oct 13, Ire
land said. The structure is lo
cated on the north side of Center
street and to the rear of the recently-completed
receiving hos
pital. Infirmary Condemned
To be vacated is the 75-year-old
infirmary, which has been
condemned. Patients from there
plus those from the old, over
crowded, main building will
easily fill the new five-story
building. ; : 1
"We won't have any surplus
beds," said Dr. Guiss.
Wards range in size from large
multi-bed wards to four- and two
bed wards. Each floor will have
nurses' and attendants' stations.
Patients will eat in dining rooms
and served .from serving kitch
ens. 'Food will be sent in from
the central kitchen. -'
"It is a very utilitarian build
ing," said Dr. Guiss, . "with no
unused space."
ing presidential activity, ol abater regained consciousness and
personal and official, nature, also calls for help were heard by near
followed two meetings between by householders. They summoned
Eisenhower and Vice President ' id -
Nixon.
: Nixon said Eisenhower had ask
ed.and the doctors have approved,
a schedule to bring more Cabinet
officers and more officials to
Denver in the next few weeks.
Eisenhower completed Saturday
the first two weeks of recuperation
since his .heart attack, the period
of greatest danger, asked whether
it can be said now the chief execut
ive is out of danger. Dr. White
week of a coronary thrombosis.
And in the President's case, he
said, complications now are "un
likely." (Story also on page 2,
sec. 1.) .......
Personal Valet
' Klitler's Bb dy Burn'
(Picture on Wirephoto Page)
BERLIN to Adolf Hitler's per
sonal valet said Sunday he helped
pour gasoline over the body of the
dead Fuehrer and watched it burn
outside a Berlin air raid shelter 10
years ago. The roaring blaze also
consumed the body of Eva Braun,
the dictator's longtime mistress
and bride of one day.
The story of Heinz Linge, wboj
returned Saturday . night from ' i
decade of Soviet captivity, was the
first eyewitness account, of Hitler's
death.
With the previous report by Hit
ler's personal pilot. SS Gen. Hans
Baur, that he knew the two .were
dead, it should remove any lin
gering question of whether Hitler
may still be alive. .
building, soon to be occupied, is
permit semi-private sections, . but
Mickey Cohen
Leaves Prison
(Picture on wirephoto page.)
STEILACOOM to Mickey
Cohen stepped off a launch from
the McNeil Island. Wash., federal
Penitentiary fo freedom Sunday,
and immediately started running.
Cohen, whose name has popped
up frequently in connection with
rackets in Los Angeles, raced for
two blocks before he finally stop
ped to catch his breath and talk.
His first words, addressed to
three unidentified men who lagged
behind a swarm of reporters,
were: "Where in the hell have
you guys been?" .'
The quartet dashed to a , blue
1954 Cadillac with Illinois license
plates before Cohen reluctantly
told reporters: Tm going back to
Los Angeles. I have no further
comment
Cohen has been in McNeil since
1951, serving a five-year term for
evading $156,123 in federal taxes.
La Grande Train'
Switchman Loses
Legs in Accident
LA GRANDE W Virgil R.
Weir, a switchman in the Union
Pacific railroad yards here, lost
both legs when he was run over
by a train Saturday, night.
The right leg was severed in
the mishap and the left foot was
badly injured. Doctors at a La
Grande hospital later removed the
left leg below the knee. '
Details of the accident were not
learned. Weir blacked out after
he was struck bv the train. Hp
The Weather
Salcm
PorUand
Baker
Medford ..
North Bend
Roseburf
San Trancisco
Lot Angeles
Chicago
New York :
Willamette River 3.S feet.
FORECAST (from U. S.
weather
bureau. McNary field. Salem): Most
ly cloudy with occasional showers
today and tonieht; partly cloudy ear
ly Tuesday with rains by Tuesday
night. High today 5S-60; low tonight
40-43.
Temperature at 12:01 a.m. today
wai 51.
SALEM PREC1P1TATIOV
Sine Start f Weather Tear, Sept. 1
Thit Year Last Year Vrtrmxl
.47 - - I M , . , . S.23
2!
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J
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; Max. Min. Preelm.
, M 51 l.? '
6 50 .04 ;
M 31 .13 i
.SO 49 3.99 ,
85 .87 .17
, , 45 .00 1
, , 1 59 m '
75 : 47 ' .CO !
73 53 .00
; Linge told an interviewer that
Hitler and; Eva Braun committed
suicide in their underground oou
doir in the 'massive concrete bunk
er in the chancellory garden.
Took Poison 1
r "They were alone . . ., Linge
said. "Hitler shot himself, Eva
Braun took poison. '
"I carried ; his body out of the
junker, and then helped pour gas
oline over it. We watched it burn
for about five minutes."
Linge aid he carried Hitler's
body into the shell-strafed garden
which lay above the bunker. Hit
ler's chauffeur was tj bring up
Eva Braufls body, but: failed.
Eva Too Heavy
It1 was too. heavy for him.
Linge smiled. He said Hitler's SS
adjutant. Otto Guensche, - finally
managed to get the body out of
the bunker, i
) Linge thus became the first man
to give the; world an eyewitness
account of the Fuehrer's fiery end.
The . ex-valer said he personally
procured about 50 gallons of the
gasoline used to burn the; bodies,
but additional gasoline was re
quired. The Russians captured htm
with some I other members of the
Nazi elite guard May 2, -1945.
Testimony ; Seen
: There is a good chance that both
Linge and : Baur. who returned to
the West Saturday night, will be
called to testify before a Berchtes-!
gaden court which is still busying
itself with I the problem: Is Hitler
legally, dead? The court has al
most finished its research, and is
expected to issue a death certi
ficate this ' month.
- The fact ' that Hitler's ' passing
was surrounded by mystery is
blamed on: Russia.
U.S. Planning
New A-Tests
At Nevada Site
WASHINGTON W ' The gov
ernment was reported Sanday
night to be! planning a new, small
series of atomic tests at the Ne
vada proving ground next month.
At the conclusion of a series last
May observers were given to un
derstand that no iurther experi
ments were planned- for the ron-
tmentai proving ground for this
year.'- . ' 4' V:
; Reports on the plan for the No
vember series gave rise to specu
lation that they might involve
either further studies of radioac
tive fall-out or changes in some
existing devices. ".
The November experiments' In
Nevada could be in preparation
for a new Series or thermonuclear
explosions at the mid-Pacific prov
ing -grounds in the Marshall Is
lands next j spring or fall.
I In this connection, either one or
both of two reasons might lie be
hind ; the Nevada preliminary
work:
. L To, make further analyses of
radioactive fallout. ;
2. Word last spring that no fur
ther tests were planned during the
calendar year at Nevada indicated
that field tests of trigger mecha
nisms for fusion (hydrogen) bombs
had been completed.
However. computations and lab
oratory work since then may have
resulted in! a decision to include
in the reported November ests
some changes in designs of trigger
devices. SI
PLOT NIPPED
BUENOS AIRES Ml Police an
nounced Sunday night they, have
nipped a plot by Peronista ele
ments in the City of La Plata to
create disorders Oct 17 previ
ously celebrated as a "day cf
loyalty" to Juan D. Peron.
Pipe-Smoking Songstress Serenades Ike
NORTIIRIDGE, CalifMrs. Dens
lulls President Eisenhower la
o .";-
with her husband, Danny, U show their son Jaa, J, a letter she received from Mrs. Eisenhower
thanking them for the tape recordings they sent the President Danny,! once an arranger for the
late Ciena Miller writes the music and his wife writes the lyrics and sings all the vocals. (AP
wirepbota.) , .
Ike Touches Off
Laughter Gales
With Pa j ama .Tie
j DENVER WV-President Eisen-;
nower. in a rougish mood, touch
ed off gales of side-splitting
laughter in his hospital room
Sunday by snapping a bright
bow tie into place on his gold
colored pajamas,
i Vice ; President Nixon told
.newsmen about the hilarious in
cident, and added: ' '
i "Mrs. Eisenhower . said that
when she went into the room this
morning and saw the bow ' tie,
she practically rolled on the
poor." '
J.Nixon quoted Eisenhower as
saying that he the chief execu
tiveand his morning nurse had
been planning the prank for the
last; three, days to surprise the
first lady and they sure did.
ns Blast
WASHINGTON OH Senate In
vestigators sharply ' criticized the
Defense Department Sunday ' tor
'Misleading' '
Arms Figures
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!
what they tM-ymil.
1 formation" and multimillion dollar
' errors in its reports on the nation's
100 largest, defense contractors. 1
I Calling for an overhaul of Peniai
gon reports in this field, the Sen
ate document said Congress and
the. public are entitled to "a com
plete and accurate picture of these
awards.' . . -, J
The blistering report was prer
pared by the staff of the Senate
preparedness investigating sut
committee and signed by Chair
man Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas,
the Senate Democratic leader, j
I From 1 1951 to early in 194 the
Defense: Department issued re
ports every six months on the 100
largest defense contractors on a
cumulative basis since 1950. The
department stopped them more
than a year ago .in an economy
move, i; ' I
Early this year the Senate Bank
ng Committee and a House Small
Business Committee asked that the
reports be brought up to date. The
department then issued a new type
Report covering- an" It-month " pe
riod from July 1953 to December
1954. ..; : ., ,,.
) The Senate-preparedness group,
a branch of the Armed Services
CommiUee. complained that this
f'ineonsistenUy" eliminated the
cumulative totals and presented a
distorted picture. .
Voters Spurn
Adenauer's
lArms Plea
BREMEN, Germany.-) The
West German Socialists, foes of
rearmament, trounced Chancellor
Konrad Adenauer's three coalition
parties Sunday in a Bremen State
election testing the popularity of
lis pro-Western foreign policy. .
Bonn's membership in the North
Atlantic alliance, and plans to build
a new West Germany army were
big issues of the election, called to
fill 100 seats in the state Parli
ament. . J
j Balloting on a grey, misty day,
the voters largely spurned a plea
by the Chancellor's Christian
tiemocratic Party CDU) to "show
the world Bremen also supports
Adenauer." j
Instead they gave the Socialists,
bitter opponents of his policies,
the biggest majority the Socialists
ever received in this state. At the
same time, the voters repudiated
communism and the Nazi-tainted
Refugee Party. t
Gaglielmt, pipe smoking singer
his Denver hospital room, takes
Kecord
Br
encli
. Downpour Dumps 2.76 Inches oh
Salem Sector in 24-Hour Period
; i . By RUSSELL BIERAUGEL
,,l . Staff Writer, The Statesman
The heaviest October rainfall on record at the McNary Field
Weather Bureau and the biggest 24-hour downpour since the flood
of February 1949 raised the Willamette River four feet in 24 hours
Sunday but no serious damage was reported in the area.
- SUte police reported cars stalled in mud and water Sunday
evening in the Hayesville underpass at the site of new construction
on the Portland-Salem Express-1
way. Travel was resumea wnen
a clogged catch basin was clear
ed 'by the contractor.
Several minor collisions, clog
ged catch basins and one up
rooted tree were reported in
Salem. ; '
; The rain let up Sunday eve
ning and forecasts from McNary
Field and other stations near the
f coast indicate only showers today,
The storm hit a wide area of
the Oregon Coast and .Willamette
Valley. , One of Portland's major
traffic arteries was blocked more
than an hour Sunday when a
huge fir i tree, loosened by rain,
crashed onto Canyon Road, ac
cording to the Associated Press.
A clump of mud bounced free
from the tree's roots and pushed
an automobile off the road, but
with only minor injuries to the
driver and slight damage to the
car.- . -; - - . - . : . ,
2.7 Inches
The steady downpour deluged
2.78 inches of water on Salem
in the 24-hour period ending 4
p.m. Sunday, according to weath
ermen at McNary Field. The
total was 3.47 inches in the 40
hour storm between 6 a.m. Sat
urday and 10 p.m. Sunday.
The top 24-hour figure was .4
inch better than the previous Oc
tober .record of 2.36. inches in a
24-hour period la 1947, the weather
bureau reported. ' "
River Surges .; - ---.-
. And . it was the . Suggest ram
since 1.16 inches fell on Salem in
a 24-hour period Feb 16-17, 1943,
flooding ! city - streets and1 base
ments, marooning several homes,
damaging first floors and threaten
ing Valsetz Dam.
The .; level -of , the, Willamette
River rose 4 feet in 24 hours Sun-
day at the Salem Boathouse. It
had come up .3 foot between mid
night and 6 a.m. and surged to 1.1
foot over normal by 8 p.m.
Salem i weather records at Mc
Nary Field are complete back to
1900 and really start with 1892 with
only a few omissions in the first
8 years.: v'- .
Sewers Clogged
Street department employes
freed several catch basins clogged
with fallen leaves during the day
and evening. City police also pok
ed several free in the .business,
area wherever they saw lakes
forming.; .
City employes also were re
quired to move a dragline shovel
at Wallace Park where the rising
river threatened to maroon it." -
Tree Topples
A small tree toppled in the
soaked earth in the 500 block
Patterson avenue in West Salem,
police reported, but did no dam
age. . .
' Rainfall in the 40-hour period
6 a.m. Saturday to 10 p.m. Sun
day totaled 4.64 at Newport, 4.2
at North Bend, 2.53 at Portland
and 3.65 at Brookings, Salem
weathermen said. The storm was
was moving into the Brooking
area eariy uniay, mey auueu.
whose voice it was disclosed Sunday
time off from a recording session
Rains
Area
Strike-Bound
Piston Firm to
Delay Opening
INDIANAPOLIS (A - Officials
of Perfect Circle Corp. Sunday
promised Gov. George N. Craig
not to attempt Monday morning to
re-open the New Castle foundry '
where eight union sympathizers
and non-strikers were shot and
wounded last Wednesday. .
The governor, made an -implied
threat to impose martial law on the
Eastern Indiana industrial city if
necessary to avoid further violence
at the piston ring company. .
Both company officials and the
striking CIO United Auto Workers
agreed to maintain the status quo
pending another session with the
governor at noon. Eastern Stand
ard time, Monday. , t
A company spokesman said Per--fect
Circle first felt that "status
quo meant it could go ahead with
its plans to reopen Monday morn
ing. The management decided.
however, not to try re-opening un
til after the Monday meeting.
Rmfe Wounds
KillFormer
BigLeeguer
.SAN ANTONIO, Tex. m i- For.
mer major league pitcher i Howie
Fox, trying to clear his tavern of
three young men, was stabbed to
death early Sunday and his bar
tender was .critically slashed.
The three youths later went to
city jail and surrendered.
John J. Strickland, 20. a college
student, was booked for investiga
tion of murder and assault to mur.
der. His two companions. Jack G.
Allen, 21. and Martin Belto, 27,
wfcre boaked as material wit
nesses.! !
-No charges were filed and police
said none would be filed until Mon
day. " ' -
Police said all three youths made
statements about the stabbings,
but officers would not release full
details immediately. -
The blg,! 195-pound hurler pitched
i for San Antonio of the Texas
League in the season just ended.
He was with the Cincinnati Reds
in 1944 through 1946 and again
from 1948 - through 1951. He .was
with the Philadelphia Phillies in
1952 . and te Baltimore Orioles in
1954. He was 34.
Here is what happened as police
put the story together:
Fox ordered the three out of the
tavern becausa. they were creating
a disturbanc. putside the tavern,
a fioht MuntivT
PoHce reported that in the state-
ment, Strickland said he went to
a car and got a knife during the
fight (Story also on sports page.)
Science Notes
it
Of Butterfly
CRISFIELD. Md. Just how
far win a b ttterfly fly?
, The. Royal Ontario Museum at
Toronto has been trying to find .
that out - this summer. j -
Mrs. Emma Coulbourne of Cris
field has been helping -with the
answers. - " r
i Thanks to her. the museum is
able to report that, at least one ;
butterfly flew exactly 569 miles
from Meaford, Ont. to one of Mrs. 4
flniilhniirne 7innia I
j That's only if the butterfly's .
1 1 flight was in a straight line, which '
Long
Flial
is highly doubtful, since butter
flies in flight are notoriously er
ratic. ' .
The butterfly Mrs. Coulbourne
noticed last Sept 9 on her zinnia -
a monarch bore a band on
its leg, She threw a net over the
butterfly and learned where it had -come
from.: : . ,
; She Sent the butterfly and perti
hent data back to the' museum, r
The museum director, F.A. I'r-1'
. t 4 1.IJ 1
qun-rii "n rr: . " .
"It adds very significant infor-. "
mation to our studies."
CANDIDACY ANNOUNCED
PORTLAND to Rep. Edith
Green, congresswoman from Mult
nomah' County, announced Sunday
she would be a candidate for re
election in 1956.