Cleaning Koops Arc Light 'On the Beam' POUND! D 1651' 105th Year 2 SEaiONS-20 PAGES Tht Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Monday, November 7, 1955 PRICE 5c No. 225 ' - - 1 ' J . - . , . "v- ;Xsf gr" " III l I "-'lt I-"- - t - - t n- . .in. i ' Tlli". ni'i 'i i ' A J I Big F our Parley Cleaning a searchlight reflector is a big job, especially when the reflector is 60 inches high and the light weighs 380 pounds. . Robert Wheeler, machinist at West Salem Machinery Co., is shown above polishing his magnified -image in (he shiny reflector on a large war-surplus arc light The metal mirror shoots a beam of light 36,000 feet into the skies. (Statesman photo by John Ericksen). (Story in see. 1, page 4). DIP ms. n3 : Three years tfgo George Turn bull, former dean of the School of Journalism at the University of, Wf-kkJmirri rg 'c Oregon, wrote and published at W UUUM ciril Blocked No Agreement Made on Major Negotiations By DANIEL DE LUCE GENEVA LB Qashing views between Russia and the Western powers on the removal of cold war barriers put a new damper Sun day night on "the spirit of Gene va." After three days of' secret ne gotiations on development of East West contracts. Big Four experts have failed to reach agreement on any major point, it was learned authoritatively. Soviet negotiators are pushing or measures by which Western scientists, engineers and agrono mists would contribute their know bow to Russia. . Against Exchange But the Russians are dead set against opening up their country to a freer exchange of ideas and information except on technical matters. The Soviet attitude is that this would be "dangerous interfer ence" in Russian internal affairs. The Western experts in turn have rejected a demand for end ing the West's ban on sale of stra tegic goods to the Soviet bloc, al though saying they might consider lifting their embargo on specific items. - They have refused to discuss a Soviet proposal for "freedom of the seas," which would have in volved taking a Attempt Made To Break Into Klaniatli's Jail j KLAMATH FALLS Gf-Sheriff Murray Britton said a man, clad only in a t -shirt aad shorts, tried to break into the Klamath Coun ty jail early Sunday. .The man, who got away, had placed a ladder against one of the jail walls and was trying to jimmy a window, Britton said. An unidentified person tipped the sheriff to the break-in. . Officers chased the scantily clad prowler to a huge pile of sawdust across the street from the jail. There he disappeared. TTh em Detroit Driver Sec. Dulles, Tito Urge ! Liberty for Satellites JPicture on Wirephoto Page) BRIONI. Yugoslavia (JP) U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and President Tito of Yugoslavia spoke out dramatically Sunday night for the restoration of independence to Soviet Russia's European satellites. ! Their call was the highbght of an unprecedented face-to-face meeting of seven hours at this secluded island, retreat in the Adri atic and later on the smaller near- Full Team of Doctors Chefck Die's Heart DENVER OB A full team of specialists checked President 1 Ei senhower's healing , heart Sunday and left it to the chief executive himself to decide Monday whether to fly back to Washington Friday. The top consultant on Eisen hower's case. Dr. Paul Dudley White of Boston, arrived, from Chicago by plane at 2:10 p.m. MST Saturday. White told newsmen at the air port he would .reserve any com ments until . Monday. Presidential Press Secretary James C. Hagerty told newsmen he hasn't changed his ideas that the "best guess" for Eisenhower's checking out of the hospital is next Friday, Nov.. 11. Originally Hagerty had said he would be able to announce Sunday afternoon whether plans for ending the hospitalization period next Fri st and against the day would go through on schedule. Chinese Nationalist blockade of thel But that was changed Sunday Estate Near victory of George Putnam wheni l fY lllinn editor of .the Medford Tribune 1 x V1A a!Aff Editor's Battle for Freedom of the Press. It was the. account of the by island of Vanga It made clear that Tito s views China Coast. Report Expected The Big Four foreign ministers set up the experts committee last Monday and ordered it to report back next Thursday with a pro gram for carrying out the summit conference's July directive for more East-West contacts. It was hoped the experts would have an easy task despite the con tinuing wrangle by their foreign ministers over the issues of Euro pean security and German unification.-' . " - But the experts have been talk ing at oross-purpose. quoting op- drafted for them (niL-arri ctMa. in V.rio ' P"Sing amentias Europe were not changed by the j.,S)V,ct. FA0tn "fZ VL visit of Soviet leaders to Belgrade ' M?,?,?v nd the Western tod Tif-u r mmiiiers. Side by Side Sitting side by side with Tito at the Yugoslav Premier's Dalmatian limestone mansion, Dulles told over local' officials who had him indicted for criminal libel, dragged NEW YORK w The estate off the train at Roseburg and con-! of sportsman William Woodward reporters: fined in jail overnight until he Jt-. shotgunned to death a wekj 1. They "discussed the peoples could procure baiL It took a de-jago by his beautiful wife, was re- of the states of Eastern Europe cision of the state Supreme Court' ported Sunday to be nearly 10 mil-; and were of common accord in' to clear him; but the victory gave j lion dollars. recognizing the importance of in- Oregon editors a secure foundation Reporting - this sum. The New dependence for these states, non for full freedom ."to publish with , New York Daily Mirror said most interference from the outside in impunity truth with good motives : of it is left to the wife and the their internal affairs and the right for justifiable ends though re-j two Woodward sons. j jto develop their own social and fleeting on government, magis- Mrs. Woodward, who said she i economic order in ways of their tracy and individuals" (in the mistook her husband foe a prowler words used by Alexander Hamil- in their dark Oyster Bay home, ton in defending an editor in 1804). still is in a New York hospital Now.Turnbull has expanded that j suffering from shock. V little volume into a fuller but by Nassau County Detective In no means complete) account otthelspector Stuyvesant Pincell said he editorial battles of George Putnam, (studied the will overjlhe weekend, still active in Oregon journalism as , but he refused to discuss it in de editor emeritus of the Capital tail. " Journal. The title of the book is 1 . An Oregon Crusader" and ' the publishers are Binfords and Mort, Portland. , The new book reprints the story told in the 1932 publication ; and adds accounts of Putnam's battle with the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s and his struggle against the labor goons in the 1930s. The latter two were conducted as editor of the Capital Journal which he pur chased in 1919. The report consists largely of selections from" Put nam's editorials in those (Continued on editorial page. 4.) Ninth Convict Surrenders at Farmhouse choice. German Question ' ' 2. That they had agreed "The German question must be settled graduplly, step by step."' 3. The two statesmen discussed the deteoriorating Middle Eastern situation with "particular regard for the fact that President Tito is going to Egypt to visit (Egyptian Premier) CqL (Gamal Abdel) Nas ser in December. 4. The Balkan alliance, linking Yugoslavia. Greece and Turkey, but strained by Greek and Turkish disputes over Cyprus, also was studied. morning. Fire Destroys South Salem Frame Home WALUA WALLA UP He was tired, cold, hungry. . .and he'd for gotten his heart pills. . So William Jesse James, 37, went t- up to a farmhouse, and telephoned police to pick him up. Creek Claims LakeviewTot Death Claims Noted Amity Businessman Statesman Newt Servlr AMITY Stanley Pritchard Allison, 68, long - prominent in Amity civic affairs and one of this town's leading business men, dipd Saturday night at a McMinn ville hospital. He had undergone recent surgery and had been ail ing for about a year. : ' Allison recently ' celebrated i his 44th year in the furniture business. He operated business at Portland and Goldendale, Wash., prior to establishing the Amity Furniture Co. and Allison v Furniture- Ex change. 7 He was active in March of Dimes campaigns, the Red Cross and the Boy Scouts. All Amity business houses will be closed during funeral services, which will be held -Tuesday, 2 p.m.. at Macy k Son Mortuary in McMinnville. A large frame bouse is which Mrs. Esther Haugen lived alone at 510 E. Ewald Ave. was de stroyed by fire Sunday afternoon. The -roof and second floor fell in and only "charred walls re mains standing after a three-hour fight by Liberty-Salem Heights volunteer firemen. t Loss was estimated at $8,000 although firemen were able to remove much of the furniture and some appliances. Mrs. Hau gen said the loss was partly cov ered by insurance. " - Firemen were told the j fire started shortly after 1 p.m. in potholders while Mrs. Haugen visited a neighbor, leaving a fry ing pan on the electric stove. They said the fire was burning in the walls and a false ceiling when they arrived. . - , - A nearby house was threatened but kept , damp with one of the four lines run from the depart ment's i tanker and a nearby hy drint . . i Ford Heirs to Yield Control of Company , ;NEW YORK VPy The Ford family Sunday decided to let tht public in on ownership and management of the richest, most tightly held -'closed corporation" in the history of finance, the Ford Motor Co. Plans were announced for the sale of common, voting shares in the company, envisioning; an eventual situation in which the public could own nearly all voting stock. - - Ford has been a family-owned New Charges Hurled Over Gaza Fighting the his late Henry partners in (Picture on wirephoto page) JERUSALEM ( Jordan by H. Rown Gaithef Jr. charged Israel Sunday with five f. the Ford Foundation firm ever since Ford bought out 1919. With the sale of voting stock to the' public. Ford will have to dis close publicly its net income, one . of its most closely guarded secrets. As a family affair, it doesn't havt to do this under federal regula tions. r r F?mily Control ! -The stcck sale was announced , president Wreck Hurls Passenger, 89, From Vehicle aJtee liilis Tragedy Uncovered When Salem Woman Discovers Victim Floating Near Oil Slick .''' ttm Newt Service . - DETROIT, Ore. The body of a 42-year-old Idanha man was found Sunday in Detroit Dam reservoir State police said he apparently died when his car plunged into the water from the North. Santiam Highway late Saturday , night. Officers said papers on the body identified the victim as James Brace Adams, Box 231 Idanha, an employe ot the Termite Lumber Co. at Idanha. . , The tragedy raised Marion County's 1955 traffic fatality toll to 22 and the total for th MarionPo'k area to 32. First knowledge of the acci dent, reportedly came about 1:30 . p.m. Sunday when" the victim's body was seen float ing near an oil slick close to shore by Mrs. Gordon Bowden. Salem. The body was brought to shore by state highway workers. Police said Adams apparently was alone in the car when it a plunged over a 75-foot C drc-p. about one-fourth mile above Detroit Dam. Water at the spot is believed more than' 200 feet deep and of- I ficers said the victim presumably drifted free of the vehicle .after the plunge, Death was attributed to drowning, according to the Marion County coroner's office.' Seen Saturday Night ' Adams reportedly was last seen alive about 8:30 p.m. Saturday in the vicinity of Gates. The fatal plunge apparently took place as he was enroute to his Idanha area home. .The accident occurred near the spot where a car plunged into the reservoir last June, costing the lives ot four Detroit persons. Deep Water Police indicated there was small possibility of recovering thef Adams car because of water depth. The car and two bodies in he previous accident were not recovered. Born Sept. 30, 1913, at May field, Minn., the victim is be lieved to have relatives living in Wisconsin. The body was taken to Weddle Mortuary at Stayton. ; Traffic, Water Fatal to Two Near Eugene . EUGENE Two persons died in separate accidents in the Eugene area Sunday. Ralph L. Baker, 23, West fir, was killed outright in an automobile crash near Qakridge 40 miles east of here. Three others were criti cally injured in the crash. Jack Quinn, 17, of Creswell, was missing and presumed drowned when he was thrown into the Wil lamette River after a horse he was riding stumbled. Baker was a passenger in a car driven by Eugene F. Vale, 19, Westfir. Ralph W. Nelson, 24. also Westfir. , State police said Quinn had been riding in a rural area five miles southeast of Creswell when he was thrown, into the river by the stum bling horse. TL.t. I- k : V. 41. , ft I T ivrriirrriiiT . t . v v try WW 1 1 :-mi uuw ure inuui ui me iu lAlvt, v it, , ure. vn jonn A. lVlrli QtrC ti AQri convicts who tunneled their way O'Conner, 3, drowned Sunday in lllVlaYo XlCCttl out of the Washington State Peni-a creek that runs past the family J , tentiary last Thursday night was 'ranch near here. ; "Tt 1 recaptured Sunday. ' The child, son of Mr. and Mrs. ft OF 1 j?)tllTr) I The 37-year-old James, doing 20; Sidney E. O'Conner.' had been ; IJCu w luuuitj umii onuna ( utldSlllg amiui ail I1UUI WIICll IMS 1 ruinf v ' wont intn tho f Armhnttu ' fwwlv inc IVtttnrf nnir tnv Via tv r . w v t?r. i Adolph Fehmer near Lowden.ihave sought in the creek. McKay left for Washington. D.Cj10 mfles west of here and sad The parens and a doctor from Sunday after visiting in Oregon lhe-d ie to turn himself in. HelLakeview failed in their attempts ...u .uj.u. ..t '"" was still weanne nnson earb. .to revive the chid. Today's Statesman Classified ... Comics ...-.. Crossword Editorials , Sec. Pag 6-9 5 . 1!.- 4 weeks. Called to Oregon by the death of his mother in Portland, Sec. McKay also visited in Salem with hit sons-in-law and daughters. Mr, and Mrs. Lester Green and Mr. and Mrs. Wa,ne. Hadley. Mrs. McKay, who had preceded her husband to Salem, returned with him to Washington. They said they would return to Salem lor Christmas. . Horn Panorama I.. Obituaries I. Radio, TV Sport Star Gazer Vallty ............. Wirephoto Pago 6 . 7 ll 1-3 II 4 II 6 II 5 DO fT YOURSELF V'-n Trip An 89-year-old Corvallis woma was thrown from the car in an otherwise minor collision Sunday evening at Lancaster .and Market streets. . She was reported in, "fair" condition early today , at Salm General Hospital. Miss Kate Preston required surgery for a severe laceration on her face, and others on both! 1 1 - a 1 . f 1 1 . V nanus ana leu Knee, dui aonar-L- ently had received no fractures, hospital attendants said. She is scheduled for X-ray today. Drivers were listed by state, po lic as Miss Preston's nephew, W. F. Pyle, Corvallis, and Marguer ite Gilles. 1740 Center SL Pyle was cited by state police for go ing through a stop sign. California Man Dies GAZELLE. Calif. UH Ira Thompson. 51. of Mt. Shasta, Calif., was killed and Robert Glen Cnsler 22 of Medford. Ore . was rsaritically injured in an automobile Ttruck collision near here early Sat urday. armistice violations in the last 24 hours. The Israelis, in turn, ac- cused Jordan of a dynamite inci dent and the Egyptians of a new raid near the Gaza Strip. The charges and countercharges came as u. In. truce supervisor Maj. Gen. Edson L. M. Burns re turned from conferences in London and New York and a few days rest at his home in Canada. Burns held a hurried talk with truce organization officials and planned meetings with Israeli and Arab representatives td discuss the latest U. N. plan to stop the border battles before they set off a Middle East war. Before leaving London Saturday, Burns said he did not think a full- scale war would erupt between Is rael and her Arab neighbors. Among the complaints piling up on his -desk were Israeli charges that Egyptian forces Saturday at tacked an Israeli patrol and made three invasion attempts. U. N. ob servers'! were sent to investigate all . the Incidents. WASHINGTON I The United States will "do everything we pos sibly can" to aid any Middle East nation Arab or Israel that might be invaded. Asst. Secretary of State George V. Allen said Sun day. Allen, ' the State Department's ranking Middle East specialist, said .in ' a television interview (ABC-College Press Conference) said he -thought Israel and Egypt "very well might" accept United iNations peace proposals to relieve tension in the turbulent area. The foundation owns more than . 88 per cent of all Ford stock 'at present, but it is non-voting stock. The 172,645 shares of voting stock and absolute control of the com pany are in the hands of the Ford family and its interests. ' The 52-year-old Ford Motor Co. is a gigantic industrial empire that ranks somewhere between General Motors, Che biggest, and Chrysler, in the automotive field. , v Gaitber said it is hoped the offer can be made . shortly after the - first of the year. Portland YMCA Buys Site for New Branch PORTLAND (fl The Portland Young Men's Christian Assn. Sat urday announced acquisition of a site for a new $300,000 branch in the southeast section of the city. Construction on the new site; at S. E. Foster Road near 61st Ave., is to begin next spring. . " Official Hints Of Sabotage In Air Crash LONGMONT. Colo. A Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) official said Sunday investigation has un covered "some things that appear unusual" in the crash of a United Air Lines DC6B near Longmont last Tuesday. James N. Peyton, chief of tho CAB's Investigation Division, did not specify what "things" to which he referred other than to say: "There's nothing outstanding, but they do appear out. of the ordin ary." , Peyton, saying We are investi- . gating the possibility of sabotage, -told newsmen authorities are satis fied the plane was at approximate ly. 11,000 feet and climbing when the explosion occurred. Wreckage - from the crash, in which 44 persons died, was scat tered over a five-mile area. Peyton and other federal officials concluded their investigation of the crash site Sunday and returned to Denver. They plan to continue their probe there, studying pieces of wreckage taken from the scene. Racer Starts Fatal Flight Yankee Trumpeter Eyes Russ to 'Preach Jazz Gosnel' "Well. I don't know just bow I international affairs. When some tight we fit in under culture, but j one told him the four foreign min I figure out little ol' two-beat mu-;isters were in session in Geneva, sic might make them Russian caU ' said: Weathermen See Sky, Fog r 1 By EDDY GILMORB "- GENEVA I Louis Armstrong, the hot trumpet player, said Sun day be is thinking of going to Rus sia to preach the gospel of Ameri can jazz. ""'"- : ' ' ' ' "Yes sir," said Satchmd. "I be lieve I could warm up them cats. ! They ain't so cold but what we couldn't bruise them with the hap py music." : Satchmo said playing Dixieland music for the Russians was more than a late autumn dream that the Russians have expressed an in terest in it thaw out a little .Asked if he thought the Russians knew what jazz is, Armstrong re plied: , , "Why, man, I ain't sure my self." An American society woman once asked Armstrong for a defm itition of jazz. "Lady," he replied, "if you got to ask you II never know. "Well, I ain't heard a four-piece band in a longtime. I'd like to dig em. A friend explained the four for eign ministers were' not a jazz band, but John Foster Dulles, V. M. Molotov, Antoine Pinay and Harold Macmillan. "What they trying" to do here?" asked Satchmo. "Unify Germany, build up Eu- 'We got the idea on the fire." he night with a Satchmo hit Geneva Saturday . ropean security. Your birthday is coming up, and I want to maka something ospodally nica for you confided, "and before we finish up here on the continent we may have this Russian sleigh ride fixed up." Told that the Big Four foreign 'ministers were discussing broad ening cultural contacts between East and the West, the 55-year-old horn player par excellence said: improve six-piece band which West contacts and reach an agree- Partly cloudy skies are fore cast for today and tomorrow in the Salem area by McNary Field weathermen. Night ' and early morning fog is also expected.- Little change in temperature is anticipated with today's high ex pected to be near 60 while the low tonight will be near 42. The Weather East-i Salem Portland Baker Medford North Bend Roseburg San rrancireo Los Angeles Chicago Max. Min. Freely. ..3 ..43 . S .60 .73 Jli .85 .50 .5S is . touring Europe. He drew more ment on disarmament, if possible." 4S 40 15 43 54 49 SO 51 38 39 feet. .11 .02 trre .04 .00 . .00 .00 . .00 ' ,00 j Jan. ,-. B - .. I -- ' St--2 X ' I ' "V people to the city's staid Victoria Hall than the foreign ministers have attracted in 10 days of delib eration. Strong on such subjects as jazz, reducing diets and happiness, Armstrong admitted he's weak on "Unify Germany?" exclaimed Louis. "Why. man, we've already unified it. We came through Ger many playing this ol' happy music, and if them Germans wasn't uni fied, then this ain't ol' Satchmo talking to you. New York : Willamette River 5 9 FORECAST (from U. S. weather bureau, McNary field. Salem): .- Partly cloudy today, trnlght and Tuesday with considerable night and morning fog. MUd with high today near 60 and low tonight near 42. Temperature at ,12:01 ajn. today waa 52. -l SALEM PRECIPITATION State Start f Weather Tear, Sept. 1 This Ytat Last Tear Normal 1A.71 IU $J Confederate Vet Near 113 (Picture on wirephoto page) HOUSTON, Tex. Walter W. Williams began a week-long cele bration of bis 113th birthday Sun day by breaking in a- new rocking chair. "He's really been rocking up a storm," said Mrs. Jeanette Cleve land, a close friend. "He loves that new rocking chair" , - Williams, oldest of three living yfterans of the Confederate Army, held open house at the home of e of 12 living children, Mrs. Willie Mae Bowles. - A hundred or more relatives. friends and strangers called to wish the spry, frail veteran a hap py birthday. - Williams will be 113 Nov. 14. The annual family celebration will be next -Sunday at Williams' farm nome near r ranmin, miiea nortnwest oi Houston. III II ... in m "j PHOENIX, Arlx- Jack McGrath of Los Angeles throws both hands in the air as his race car spins out of control at the 100-mile Bobby . Ball Memorial Race here Sunday. Seconds later he crashed Into a heavy shoulder and was tilled. (AP Wirephoto )v (Story and -Picture oa Snorts Pas). T , v Youth Practices Fast Gun Draw; Brother Killed CANYONVnXE'. Ore. UP A 16-year-old boy accidentally shot nd killed his 14-year-old brother Sunday while "practicing hit draw." Marland Pheiss suffered a fatal chest wound when his older brother's Xk caliber gun acciden tally discharged . as he 'practiced pulling from a new holster. - Marland died in a CanyonviUa hospital. The boys are the sons ef -Mr, and Mrs. John Pheiss. t