The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, October 11, 1955, Page 1, Image 1

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    S2L Rillfi) LsifoDSGil GUflOBi! ITO
The Weather ,
FORECAST (from U. S. wether
bureau, McNary field. Salem):
Increasing cloudiness today with
rain this afternoon, tonight and Wed
nesday morning: cnowera Wednesday
afternoon. High today 56-M. low
tonight 50-52.
Temperature at 12 01 a. m. was 43.
SALEM PRECIPITATION
Since 8Urt f Weather Year Sept. 1
This Tear Last Year Normal ;
6 J9 . 1.47 ' 2 32
lit
105th Year
2 SECTIONS-! 6 PAGES
Tho Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, October 11, 1955
PRICE 5c
No. 198
Martial Law Rules in Indiana
Area; Struck Plant to Reopen
(Pictures on Wirephoto Page) j At a second conference of man- employer may use his economic
INDIANAPOLIS Gov. George 'agement and union officials and force in attempting to operate his
N. Craig proclaimed full" martial Kew Castle authorities-Monday, plant. They both will do it now
kw Monday in riot-swept New the Governor , said, "This order j without further violence." The
Csstle. and Perfect Circle Corp. , "iH continue so long as circum- strike is in its 12th weekr '
tromotlv announced clans to re- stances deem it advisable. Immediately after the confer-
open its foundry, where eight per-H "There is no law against an ence. the company announced its!
sons were shot last Wednesday, employer operating his plant if he j plans to reopen the New Castle j
The CIO United Auto Workers can, and that right wiu De pre-1 foundry, wrucn nas a normal worn
Immediately protested Craig's ac- served by the military. In other, force of 260; The troops had al
tion as "putting property rights words, labor may use its economic ready moved tanks around the
above human rights" and stayed ; fore to strike and picket. The foundry. I - ;
away from ' a negotiation session 1 ' ' '
which had been arranged by fed
eral mediators. .. .
The governor also extended the
protection of guard with full mili
tary control now to the rest of
Henry County around New Castle,
to the nearby town of Hagerstown.
and to the Perfect Circle plant
areas in Richmond. The home plant
of the piston ring firm is at Hag
erstown, a town of 1,800 population
11 miles east of New Castle.
West Salem's Sunday,
Holiday Bus Runs End
By ROBERT E. GANGWARE j
: . ' City Editor, The Statesman
All Sunday arid holiday service by West Salem Bus Co. will be
discontinued immediately. Proprietor Robert Covert announced
c '," !t T"L. ,-. k J T ; '..! Monday night following City Council approval of the plan.
ar7as as a aU ms meeUn"s i At the same CouncU last niht at Ci HalI ublic
S for cbu7cl TservSel and ! & 'l0Sil ,from City Transit Lincs
mtinx 9r.ri mnvip. iu icuuie mgui, ai.u uouu-y cuj uus routes.
United Fund's
Coffers Gain ;
Over $5,00d
Even though no formal re
ports Were asked of Salem
United Fund campaign lead
ers Monday, the fund was en
riched by more than $5,000
which workers turned in at the
UF downtown office. -.f;:
The unofficial estimate of
the new collections would place
the total subscription to date
at near $57,000, against a $205,
000 goal. . '
Solicitation among the mer
chants was reported going on
at a brisk clip Monday. That
diivsion of the campaign
brought income $2,500 in new
money, most of it from Robert
Carey's section. .. i
About $500 came in from
schools where solicitation of
teachers is being supplemented
by varied student activity on
behalf of the United Fund.
Professional and contracting
divisions ech reported about
$1,000 Monday.
Craig said full military control, : -
Inrhwtin? court actions, will be in '
th hands of Col. Howard Wilcox, j
an Indianapolis newspaper promo-f
tion director who is commander of
the 151st Infantry Regiment '
Wilcox promptly ordered Another
battalion, the 139th Field Artillery
of the 38th Division, which had
been on an overnight alert at
Crawfordsville, to move to Rich
mond. .
The 450-man 139th, headquarter
ed at Crawfordsville, includes bat
teries from Noblesville. Lebanon
" and Darlington in Central Indiana.
Ensi
Supreme
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Revives GM,
DuPont Case
neers to
Study Salem's
Water Needs
WASHINGTON (J) The gov
ernment ! Monday won a Supreme
Court hearing in its long fight to
divorce the Du Pont interests from
General Motors Corp. !
The court granted a government
appeal for review of f a lower
court's dismissal of a civil anti
trust suit against E. I. du Pont de
Nemours It Co and related Du
Pont family interests and General
Motors. V'
The Justice Department, con
tending the decision was "patently
erroneous because it ignored , the
realities of intercorporate rela
tions" appealed directly to the
supreme court. j
Second Suit
This is (he second big antitrust
suit involving Du . Pont the ; Su
preme Court has agreed to con
sider. The other involves whether
the huge chemical firm has il
legally ' monopolized the cello
phane business. In this case, too, I
tne government iosi me iirsi
round. J"? 5
- The court, which opened its 1955
56 term a week ago, Monday be
gan digging into a big backlog of
accumulated business. . . .
Most Admit Negroes
: Preliminary work on heading
off anticipated water shortages
for Salem within a year or two
was ordered Monday night by the
City Council.
; Aldermen decided to employ
private consulting engineers to
check over the city's water esti
mates and, if fear of . shortages
is confirmed, to make prelimi
nary estimates on a new major
water supply line from the San
Uam River at Stayton to Salem.
Recommendation to that effect
was made by City Manager J. L.
Franzen at last night's . Council
meeting... ''. "'''
, Cost of the preliminary work
was estimated at $5,000. "This
could save us a lot tf money in
the long run, said Mayor Rob
ert F. White.
Manager Franzen said Salem's
water supply reached a "near
shortage" during a long stretch
of hot weather last summer.
He saicf Salem used more wat
er at that time than at any pre
vious time in its history. Level
of the huge hilltop reservoir at
Turner fell from 20 feet to 5
feet during August j
: ; Council members ' did not go
into detail last night but pre
vious statements from Franzen
indicated the new water line to
be needed before long would cost
$2 or $3 million.
: ' (Additional Council news
Page 2, Sec. 1.) i ,
Both bus companies have re
ported to the Council they are
in financial trouble due to de
clining patronage, especially on
night and Sunday runs.
. City Transit's proposal, as out
lined in a letter to the city man
ager, is to cut certain streets
from all night bus routes, com
bine the night service in four
bus loops that would be served
hourly by two" buses instead of
the present three night buses. ;
The changes would save an
estimated 46 hours of driver time
a week and corresponding other
operating expenses, Bus Manager
Carl Wendt said in the letter.
The only major outer-boundary
change would be dropping all
North Salem bus service at night
north of Highland Avenue and
west of Portland Road.
. Speaking for West Salem Bus
Co., . Covert told aldertren his
runs all day last Sunday served
only 70 single rides. Mayor Rob
ert F. White said Covert's finan
cial reports .had been checked.
confirming ' that Sunday service
wasn't patronized enough to pay
for the gas alone. West Salem
nisht service will be unchanged.
In the City Transit proposal,
the night bus service would be
hourly after 6:15, except half
hourly on Mondays and Fridays
until 9:45 p.m. because many
stores are then open.
(Additional Council news on
Page 2, See. 1.)
on
Mickey Cohen
'Not Wanted'
At Portland
PORTLAND m Mickey Cohen,
former underworld figure who was
released Sunday from the McNeil
Island federal penitentiary, left
here for California Monday .ve
iling. Police said they were glad
to see him go.
Cohen, who had been in the
prison near Tacoma, Wash., since
in th r.rrf fnrmal onininn d'.:. nonaia arren , iaai serving a nve-year term tor
the term, the court directed thedeer and ed nis h"n-i in? income taxf,s' awr'
University of Alabama to admit " J ,T
Bullet Hits
Deer, Hunter
EUGENE Ronald Warren
Dulles Renews
Plea for Ike's1
'Summit' Plan
MIAMI Fla. m Secretary of
State Dalles challenged Soviet
leaders Monday to open the door
to disarmament and peace by .c-
cepting President Eisenhower s
"summit'! proposal.
The President suggested an ex
change of military blueprints and
aerial inspections of one country
by the other.
Dulles framed in an address be
fore the American Legion's nation
al ; convention that the. United
States will not disarm "unless we
can be sure that others are doing
the same. s
The secretary made it plain to
more than 6.000 veterans of World
Wa-s 1 and II and the Korean
War that he regarded , the Presi
dent's proposal asthe key to a
future free from war. ;
'Interrupted by applause, Dulles
said:
"One of the great gains of the
'summit' conference at Geneva
was that it gave President Eisen
hower an opportunity to demon
strate, so that none could doidbt.
our nation's dedication to peace."
"Dulles spoke in the gaily be
decked dinner key auditorium o&y
a few minutes after the Legidn
naires had stood in a minute,,! of
silence in' tribute to Eisenhower,
"May God be with him," said
National Commander Seaborn Col
lins, . of New Mexico, 'expressing
hope the President soon will return
to normal health. ' $ .
The secretary referred to the
Soviet Union's new "friendly" look
but noted that "Soviet Communist
doctrine has persistently taught
retreat and zig-zag as a tactic of
conquest." . ; -
"So we cannot tell," he said,
"whether what is going on marks
a genuine change of purpose, or
whether it is merely a maneuver."
alceshift Fences Help Trap Floating Onions
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two Negro girls as students
In another action, the court re
jected a request by .the govern
ment that it fix the seaward bound
ary of . Louisiana at three geo
graphical miles from its shore
line. Louisiana claims its boundary
extends into the Gulf of Mexico
three leagues, or about 104 miles,
thus entitling it to oil and mineral
deposits in that area. ,
The court also: i
Granted New York; gambler
Frank Costello a review of his con
viction on income tax evasion
charges.
Denied Joe Adonis. New Jersey
racketeer, a review of his convic
tion for perjury before-the Senate
Crime Investigating Committee in
1950.
kt It killed the deer, but the hunt- automobile Sunday night
ing partnersjvas injured only With him were two men, his
slightly. , brother, Harry, a Chicago construc-
i ne ouiiei passed through tne , tion man, and a reporter for a
head of a deer near Oakridge
Then it hit Harvey ; Jeppsen. 39.
Los Angeles newspaper. They reg
istered at a hotel here under the
Willamette City, in the chest It j name of J. J. Gross.
pierced the skin but Jeppsen was
released after treatment
Attempt tQ Phone
Death Threat to:
McCarthy Fails
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at
3rd Year
Of Crop
Failure
Growers to Meet
To Discuss Call
For Federal Aid
By CONRAD FRANCE
SUff Writer, The Statesman ,
LABISH CENTER Onion
farmers. in this area are claim
ing a $l,000,000-plus loss from
rain-caused flood waters which
Monday washed over their bottom
land onion fields.
Gloom was as thick as onion
soup as most of the district's 100
odd growers counted this season's
bumper onion crop a total loss.'
This makes the third consecutive
crop failure in this onion grow
ing colony north of Salem.
Most in Debt
"Most of us are in debt now,"
said one grower as he watched
his field of onions bob away oa
the muddy, rising flood. "This
will just about sink us.
Growers will meet Tuesday
(today) at 2 p.m. at the Labish
Center School to discuss the pos
sibility of getting federal finan
cial help. ' .
Monday moraine's flooding of
the nearby Little Pudding River
followed recent heavy rains and
came at a crucial time. The sell- -ing
price this year is almost twice
that of last year.
Onions Drying
The onions had been pulled
and were drying in long rows in
the fields. Normally the crop is
harvested by this time of year.
Late rains last spring delayed
the planting time by several
weeks.
Only about 10 to 15 per cent
of the crop has been harvested,
it was estimated by grower Wil-
lard Aker. He added that even
those onions not actually flooded
would be seriously damaged by
the near-constant rains of the
past week or so.
The water continued to rise
late last night
(Additional details on Page 5,'
Sec 2.)
LABISH CENTER--As flood waters broughtn estimated $1,000,000 loss to onion farmers here Mon
' day, some growers tried te prevent their. crop from floating away. One method used was make
shift fences, such as 'the one: shown above, being set up by Ed and Pete Sproed on their 11-acre
tract I The dark floating mass to the right of the fence is onions. Little Pudding River is in the
background. (Statesman Pheto.) " ..." ":.; ' " r I
Santiam Jumps Flood
Stage; New Storm Due
Rain x and wind we're moving in ': undated Monday but no roads were
again! early today on western Ore- reported blocked and no flood dam
gon fallowing a record-breaking i age was found. The river had re
weekend idrenching that raised the J ceded to 12 "feet by midnight.
Santiam River at Jefferson to 14.6 ' Rain totaling 5.05 inches fell in
feet more than IVt feet over flood : the Detroit area Saturday after-
BOSTON m
stageJ
Store Closing
Drive Becins for
Wavcrly Street
Dance Planned;
Salem aldermen acted Monday
night to both sanction and protect
a traffic problem . on Waverly
Street, between Court and State
streets east of4he Capitol.
They voted to block off Ihe short
street Wednesday night so Baxter
Hall men of Willamette University
can stage a street dance there.
e regins
Veterans Day
societies
Salem patriotic
acquainted." Browne said Cohen
had been advised not to settle in
Portland as he would not be happy
here and that there was no oppor
tunity for the type" of business ven
tures Cohen (was experienced in.
Cohen's' name has been men-
: j : a : r
making a campaign to revive store ' f,? , ,nv"uuons 01
rinsing at half . rfav nn ! rackets in the Los Angeles area.
Veterans Day Nov.. 11. -
someone tried to telephone a death j
threat to Sen. : McCarthy (R-Wis)
Det. Capt. William Browne of i sent police hurrying to the sena-
the Portland . police called at the tor's hotel Monday. They found
hotel Monday afternoon to "get I nothing. ...
'' Police said McCarthy was "not
unduly upset", by the incident.
However, three police officers
were assigned to stay with Mc
Carthy for the duration of his Bos
ton 'visit He's here to testify , in
i
Reports that j - The? possibility definitely exists
for another heavy rain today,- the
weather .bureau at McNary Field
reported this morning, although lit
is noli expected to exceed the 2.76
inch, 24-hour downpour of Saturday
and Sunday."
Lovjr places at Jefferson were in-'
are:
Roy Carter, of the Federation of
Patriotic Orders, also told Salem
City' Council Monday, night that
a bigger than usual parade is being
planned. He obtained permission to
route the parade past a downtown
Liberty Street reviewing stand and
then around to the Courthouse.
GOLF ACCIDENT FATAL
SAN JOSE, Calif UwMrs.Evadne
Miller, 55, died Sunday of injuries
suffered when her electric eolf
the contempt of Congress trial cf
Leon J. Kamin. a reluctant Wit
ness before the Senate Investiga
tion Committee then headed :, by
McCarthy as chairman. . .
Authorities said a man tried to
call the McCarthy suite at his ho
tel and threatened to kill the sena
tor. The switchboard operator re-
cart went out of control at San
Jose Country Club last week and j fused to put the call through and
yiuiiKeu ov icvi uuwo a ravine, one 1 called police,
suffered a broken back. .
ANIMAL CRACKERS
V WARREN GOODRICH
'Sttcn stare:
Principals Oppose High School Z
Commencements, Initiations
Blows against junior high
school "commencement" exer
cises and against student "initia- .
tions" were struck here Monday
at a school principals' statewide
conference. , .
A panel of educators agreed
that initiation of younger stu
dents by older students was .."de
plorable." The younger student
is frightened and should be wel
comed -by. older students, the
"panel said. '
. The discussion occurred at the
conference, ending .today, of the
.Oregon Association 'of Secondary
School Principals. 1
W." H. Dunn, Vancouver, Wash.,
junior high school principal, said
he was opposed to "commence
ment promotion or any other
form of termination exercises
for junior high students.' He
said such programs were not
necessary because students were
going on to high school anyway.
Dunn also took issue with, the
practice of schools issuing grades
to students.
"I'm sick of seeing .boys and
girls cheating and lying to get
good grades," he said. "Grades
are the greatest detriment to
modern education. He recom
mended, instead, progress and
"growth" ; reports t o parents
"whenever necessary."
(Additional details on Page 5,
Sec. S.)
PORTLAND 11 Harry Holt
Stock Market
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Dives Again
noon.' Sunday and Monday morn
ing; and high winds toppled a tree
that cut off power to Detroit and
Idanha four hours late Sunday.
The tree fell on power lines 1H
miles west of the Detroit Ranger
Station. .
New snow, fell on the Santiam
Summit over the week end and it
NATO Warned
Of Russian
Sub Strength
PARIS ll Military command
ers of the Western alliance warped
Monday that the Soviet Union is
constructing a powerful "iron
wedge" to split the Free World in
case of conflict
Reporting to . their civilian su
periors in secret session, the top-
ranking officers of the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization
(NATO) painted a grim contrast'
of. mounting Russian armed
strength amid the- new ' "smiling
diplomacy", in East-West relations.
NATO defense ministers were
told the Soviet Union has already
built, ready for instant operation,
the greatest submarine fleet the
world has ever known.' '
Its swift modern submarines out
number those of all other nations
of the world combined, said one
NATO official in recounting the
secret session to reporters later.
This official indicated Soviet sub
marine strength is more than 300,
as compared with the less than 65
WASHINGTON (JV-The govern- Hitler had available at the out
ment reported Monday that earn- break of World War II.
ings by workers reached a new; The defense ministers opened a
record high in September : while , three-day meeting in NATO head
employment topped all previous: quarters here to receive report
marks for the month.' jfrom their military chiefs.
A joint report of the commerce j ,
and labor departments said ayer- MAN SAm AGED ,147
age weekly earnings m manufac .tm . t. j-
luring rose by $1.57 from August m c0
to a new record of $77.90 in Sep.j?ai? Monday a farmer in the Arer-
vidjau ncyuum;, duiucihik nan.
recently celebrated his 147th birth-
Jobs, Earnings
At New High
tember. ; ;
The report said weekly pay was
up about $6 from a year ago.
Employment was estimated at
64,733,000. the largest number of
reDorted from Marion Forks
The Wheatland ferry was closed
Monday as the Willamette River
continued its steady rise, reaching
7.4 feet at midnight, an increase of
8.6 feet in 48 hours. Mill and
Pringle creeks also were filled to
the hrini. .' 1
NEW Y0RK(A The stock, - c . " .' .'. Kvt in sun-
market had its third blueMonday t deal of Monday but
in a I ro since President Eisen- sma1 showcrs fefl rrequenUy and
howefs. heart attack , haiI storm peppered the central
Prices ;were cut.$l to $6 a share : .. reMim in h- M,itf after-
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on.pivouu wime winc 1 ui
the bigger blue chips were. down
was still snowing Monday, it was jobs recorded for September in
day. The broadcast said the farm
er, Mahmud Fivozov, has 23 child
ren, including a daughter 120 years
old.
history. Employment a year ago
was 62,145,000. Unemployment con
tinued to decline in September,
dropping 88,000 to 2,149,000, lowest
since November, 1953. , ; j
around S10 a shareA
Five billion dollars was the es
timated drop in th quoted value
of securities listed on the New
York! Stock Exchange as a result
of Monday's setback.
t r 11 l- t- : tn 19; hiinnn iniLani sinrf tne marJ
01 vresweu, ure., wuu was iu i -" -r - , r
rivm Vior W1ncHav with 15 Kn- ! ket staggered in shock on Monday,
rean orphans, has been delayed.by i Sept4 26, in its first reaction! to
noon. -
The Pacific Telephone 4 Tele
graph Co. had a small crew work
ine Saturday night and Sunday.
Difficulties were centered in Salem
and a great deal of the trouble
was caused by water getting into
This brought the estimated fall cable" where squirrels had gnaw-
cut ib was i crui iw.
Salem street department crews
had to clear rocks from the jiewly
TYPHOON NEARS JAPAN 1
. TOKYO UV Typhoon Nora,
packing top winds of 100 miles an
hour, roared up the East Coast
of Japan on a 350-mile front Tues
day. . 1 ;
The Weather
Salem
Portland
Baker ..
Medford
North Bend
Roceburg
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Chicago
New York-
Max. Mitt. Precis
M 48 .12
53 49 . M
81 ' 48 2 '
56 SO .81
58 48 .11
: 59 47 1.28
84 ; 49 trace
, 86 i 58 trace
78 i 49 .00
53 .00
78 !
Willamette River 7.4 feet.
President Basics in Sun;
j Copter Tries for Picture
typhoon Nora.
Today's Statesman
Classified
Comics ...
Crossword
Editorials
Horn Panorama
Marietta ...
Radio, TV J.
Sports
Star Gazer
Valley
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Eisenhower's illness. (Additional
detafls in page 5, sec 2.). .
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Newberg College
President Weds
Milo C. Ross, president of. George
Fox icollege in Newberg, and Alice
widened city section of S. River
Road several times Sunday but
this is expected on any such new
construction near a cliff, according
to City Engineer J. Harold Davis.
Traffic was impeded Sunday on
Ej McGflchrist Street when an al
der tree snapped and fell across
the pavement
Th u n n e r Willamette Valley
Wheeler, Newberg, were married caught the brunt of the weekend!
Monday night after bein issued a'storm. Eugene received 4.03 inches
marriage license earner in uie pay 0f rain in a 30-hour penoa ending
at Marion County Courthouse here.
Ross, son ef Mr. and Mrs. Clif
ton Ross, 1335 N. 4th St., Salem,
has jbeen head of the college i for
several years. His bride is a'reg
istered nurse.
Monday morning. North Bend re
ported 3.18 inches in 24 hours.
Salem precipitation since Sept 1
totaled 6.59 inches compared to
1.47 in the comparative period last
jear and A normal oi 3J32.
DENVER (J) White House
Press Secretary James Hagerty
Monday angrily denounced a news
motion picture crew for flying in
a helicopter over Fitzsimons Army
Hospital while President Eisenhow
er was sunning himself on an open
terrace.
"The health of the President of
the United States is far more lrn
portant than any sneak photo
graph, and I believe the people' of
this nation feel the same way
about it" Hagerty told a news
conference.
He added heatedly that if the
President, recovering from a heart
attack, "ever . gets it , into . bis
mind" that his being out on the
hospital sundeck might result in
disturbance of other patients, "he
won't go out on that porch again
and he'll be deprived of the air
prf im jjg needs.'
late Monday morning Eisenhow
er was wheeled in his hospital bed
for the first time to a terrace near
his eighth floor room. Hagerty said
the helicopter appeared over the
hospital, flying at from 500 to 1,00 .
! feet, shortly after he had an
nounced that the President was n
the terrace. ' '
r Sig Mickelson, CBS vice presi
dent in charge of news and public
affairs, issued in , New York a
statement declaring:
"The President's health comes
first and we regret that some of
our people were overzealous.
Hagerty said the CBS crew was
held at the municpal airport after
the helicopter landed, but their
film was not confiscated. He added
that they did not get a picture of '
the President on the terrace.
(Additional details on page 2,-
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