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Governor. Stricken at Portland'
Club; John Day Man. Successor
' PORTLAND-Cov.aul Patterson died of a heart
attack Here Tuesday night while visiting friends at the
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105th Year
2 SECTIONS-20 PAGES
The Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Wednesday, February 1, 1956
PRICE S
No. 311
Norway
Freeze Turns
V
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The Atomic Energy Commission
has filed its 19th semi annual
report. It records the acquisition
of over a quarter billion dollars
worth of fissionable materials
during fiscal 1955 bringing the
total stockpile to" $1,100,000,000
wprth. It tells of its continued ex--periments
with use of atomic
energy in aircraft and tells of the
hope of harnessing H-bomb re
actions for , peacetime uses. New
tests of nuclear Weapons are an-!
nounced for this sprinjj in the
Tacific. -f ' ' V
-The feport is silent on such
matters as the size of our stock-;
pile of atomic weapons and the
diversity in types of weapons in
which atomic energy is employed.
These' are all military secrets.
From other sources, however, the
news is percolating that the bomb
touched off at Bikini in November,
1954. usually referred to as an H
bomb wasn't that, but a U-bomb
instead the U for uranium-238.
A writer in the current issue
of The Nation chides the New York
Times and its eminent writer on
science, William L. Lawrence, for
tardiness in - reporting the facts
about this bomb. The H- (for
hydrogen) bomb is a fusion bomb,
. the energy being released by the
fusion of hydrogen atoms. The
1954 Bikini bomb, however, is des
cribed as a fission-fusion-fission
bomb. Atomic fission at high tem
peratures initiated fusion of the
H-bomb whose released neutrons
started fission of uranium-238.
Quoting from the article:
"Now the difference between an
II- and a U-bomb is not merely
a difference in mathematical and
engineering formulae; there is, or
could be, a difference of a million
casualties or more. It isn't only
that the blast effect of the Bikini
(Continued on Editorial page, 4.)
Eugcjic Publisher
Has Heart Attack
EUGENE () Alton F. Baker,
81, . publisher of The Eugene
Register-Guard, is in a Eugene
hospital for treatment of a condi
tion diagnosed Tuesday as a light
heart attack.
Herbert C. Baker, managing edi
tor of the paper, said his father's
attack was described by the at
tending doctor as a mild coronary
thrombosis. He became ill Friday.
-I've got te de especially well
teday. My license has expired
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Seizes
Pools Into Ice Skating Rinks
Winter's tricks of rata and cold were combined Tuesday to give
Salem youngsters a rare try at Ice skating. Here Pamela Hamil
ton, 840 Plymouth Dr., gets a promise of help but little sympathy
from Lois Sample, 1995 O St and Jack Muyskens, 840 Plymouth
Dr., after falling and breaking her dignity while skating an a
rain-created pond on Plymouth Drive. (Statesman Photo).
Mother Marchers
For Dimes Collect
total of $5,707
Mother Marchers reported a '
whopping $3,707 collected Tues
day sight Is Salem and sur
rounding rammunlttet for' the
March of Dimes.
The saccessfal one-night
"porchliKhr drive netted a fig
ure 172.20 higher (has the $4,
115.80 reported last year at the
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uai late nonauons receivea oj
mail had been tallied.
" Breakdown of the quick count
Tuesday sight shows-North Sa
lem leading four districts with,
contributions of $2,272.62. South'
Salem donated tt.174.S3; Kelzer,
1791.3d; ' and Four Corners,
$43I.?jW ' ...
'The only county report received
Tuesday was from Vsloa Hill,
where area contributions totaled
1229.06. .''
University of Portland
Given $480,000 Loan
WASHINGTON OB - Sen. Neu-
berger (D-Orel reported Tuesday
that the Community Facilities
Administration had approved a
loan of $480,000 for the University
of Portland to build a dormitory
for 100 women students.
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January Building Permits in
Salem Set Record for Month
January building permits, with
a big boost from the YMCA, set a
record high for the first month of
the year in Salem. . '
Total estimated value was KM.-
886, City Engineer J. Harold Davis
; reported, including $376,232 for the years. It is lower than January ber to about 100.
i"Y" addition now under construe- of last year but higher than the D. W. Burrouqhi. business rep
tion. Previous high for January three previous years. resentative of Plumbers Steam
was $459,571 in 1946. I Labor leaders in the building fitters Local Union 347. said un-
Thirteen new houses were start-
ed last month. This was the lowest
January figure since 1947 but bet
ter than, the previous month's to
tal of nine. Davis said-the figure
probably was held down by weath
er which was unusually severe,
ven for January. , i ,
But the normal raa ol building,
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Continuation
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Of Freeze
On Forecast
Another cold morning was in
store, McNary Field weathermen
said Tuesday night. They predict
ed a low of 14-16 today. Low Tues
day was 14.
The month of January, however
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Hurned out -to be warm. Weather
men said the average temperature,
41.1, was 2.7 degrees above nor
mal for January. . -
., Precipitation, however, was an
other thing. The month s total
12.68 was- more than -double the
-Tantiarv nnrmal nt A 79 inphoa
High temperature today will be.
auvui sv, vvvuiiivi ii iv ii oaiu, iun iv
night, 20; and high Thursday, 44.
High Tuesday was 33. (
The cold wave was felt through
out Oregon Tuesday. Baker regis
tered 22 below; Burns,- IS below;
Pendleton, 10 below; Klamath
Falls, S below. Brookings, how
ever, came tip with a low reading
for the day of 37 above.
Clear weather was expected to
continue at least through Thurs
day. .
Way Cleared
For Portland's
4th TV Station
PORTLAND (J) The way was
cleared for Portland's fourth
television station Tuesday when
Multnomah County commissioners
approved a permit for North Pa
cific Television, Inc., to build a
600-foot tower on Skyline Boule
vard in the West Hills. . -
North Pacific, which is' headed
by Gordon Orput of Portland, holds
a Federal Communications Com
mission license to operate on
channel 8. " '
Majority of the stock of North
Pacific is owned by KING-Broad-casting
Co., Seattle.
deducting $438,000 for large proj
ects at the "Y", Willamette Gro
cery Co. and Terminal Ice It Cold
Storage, is not unusually low. The
remaining figure of about $226,000
fits midway between similarly ad
justed figures for the past 10
trades say employment has not
increased materially because Jan -
uary starts are in the early stages
of construction, but some are look
ing forward to a busy year.
Charles A. Westergard, Salem
Building Trades Council secretary,
said unemployment was reported
high among carpenters and labor-
Others Still
Try to Invade
Coastal Belt
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way' announced Tuesday night
its navy has seized 13 niissian
trawlers in Norwegian fishing
waters but others still are at
tempting to invade the 4-mile
coastal belt.
The Norwegian Embassy in Mos
cow has been instructed to deliver
a sharp protest to tfie Soviet For
eign Ministry, Norway's Foreign
Minister Halvard Lange has sum
monad Soviet Ambassador G P.
Arkadievto
a meeting.
Observers here said the invasion
of the rich herriig banks off Nor
way's western shore is taking, on
the aspect of a carefully planned
campaign. The Soviet trawlers
keep returning every time they are
chased away, by naval vessels.
Warning Shots
Lt. Cmdr. Bjarrie Eia, com
mander of one navy patrol, said
Soviet radio operators on the trawl
ers are trying to Jam communica
tion between the Norwegian craft.
Two of the "trawlers taken Tues
day had to be halted by warning
shots.
More Norwegian torpedo boats
and the frigate Tromose are en
route to. the scene ol action off
Alesund." Norwegian fishermen re
ported between 30 and 80 Russian
vessels are in the area.
Three of the trawlers seized
Tuesday were taken by the sub
marine tender Sarpen, '
Touchy Situation
The situation was made more
touchy because of a scheduled vis
it to Alesund of the Russian fish
eries minister, A.A. Ischkov. He
is to arrive in Oslo as the official
guest of the Norwegian govern
ment on Friday and go on to the
Alesund fishing grounds on Feb. 7.
Acting on unofficial reports, the
Norwegian navy Monday dis
patched two motor torpedo boats
from Bergen to intercept the Rus
sian fleet, which was operating
near the Norwegian coast.
.' Norwegian naval headquarters
in Oslo said the torpedo boats Cap
tured and boarded four trawlers.
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.JiiBilly Daniels
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Shooting Man
NEW YORK ( Nightclub
singer Billy Daniels Tuesday night
was charged with wounding a
prizefight trainer in a shooting
scrap at a Harlem after -hours bot
tle club.
The Negro crooner was arrested
at tjw apartment hours after 33
yearld James Jackson, also a
Negro, was found staggering in
front of the Harlem club with a
bulletin wound in his left shoulder.
Apparently an anonymous tip
led to Daniels' arrest. He denied
shooting Jackson and denied know
ing him. Jackson also refused to
tell police who shot him.
The charges against Daniels
were felonious assault and illegal
possession of a pistol.
AVALANCHE KILLS PAIR
INNSBRUCK, Austria ITV-Two
young Germans a boy and a
girl were killed by an avalanche
in the Tyrolean Alps Tuesday. A
sister of the boy was able to dig-J
her way out.
SMITH CASE WEIGHED - -.
SAN JOSE 0 - Judge M, G.
Del Mutolo took under submission
Tuesday the custody case of Susan
Smith, saying it might be two
I weeks before he makes a ruling.
eri but low in most other building
trades at the last meeting two
weeks ago.
Alfred F. Olivers, business rep
resentative of Laborers Local 441,
said unemployment in his union
had dronocd from 150 in Novem
employment was about the same
'as a yeaf ago In his unidh.
Sherman Smith, finance secre
tary for Carpenters Local Union
1065, said employment is about
normal for winter ia his union but
is expected to pick up within about
a month. ,
Chief Executive Succumbs
PORTLAND Gov. Paul Patters.
f what a physlciaa tentatively identified ss a heart attack. He was
visiting a trlewdySt the ArUngtoa Club st the time f the attack.
Distraught Father Missing
After Fire Kills 3 Children
PENDLETON UT Relatives here were hoping to hear from Chester
O'Neal, who disappeared Monday after jwtifying his hospitalized wife
that three 'of their 10 children had been burned to death in fire
that destroyed their home. .
The wife, who Saturday gave birth to her tenth child, said the
distraught father had talked of
there was nothing left for him
here. , .
Police sent out a radio alert to
other states for the missing man,
but no clue to his where-abouts had
turned up; late Tuesday. -
Funeraf arrangements for the
three young fire victims were
delayed, pending word from the
missing father. '
Meanwhile, the surviving- child
ren were being cared for at the
home of an aunt at nearby Adams.
The Red Cross said a housing
project a'partment would be made
-favailable-taihe family when Mrs.
O'Neal leaves the hospital. There
also have been a number of dona
tions of furnitures.
Several independent fund-raising
drives have been started and more
than $200 donated.
At Little Rock.,wJhere O'Neal
formerly lived, police said they
were watching for the missing
father.
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Parking Spots
Open Today
Near Capitol -j
New state parking regulations
which open SO spaces near the
Capitol for all-day parking offi
cially take effect today.
That was the word to all state
departments Tuesday in a letter
from the secretary of state's of
fice. City officials have indicated
they would go along with the
new plan and the City Council
passed legislation last week to
approve the state plan in one of
the several blocks affected,
'The unlimited parking now Is
around the Capitol Mall. Many of
the parking spaces immediately
in front of the state buildings at
the mall have been changed from
two-hour to one-hour time limit.
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going, back to Arkansas because
Ireland Quits;
Control Board
Selects Ryan
The State Board of Control
Tuesday accepted the resigna-.
tion of E, 1.- Ireland, loard sec
retary, and selected William C.
Ryan, current supervisor of
state institutions, as his suc
cessor.! The retiring secretary said he
did not desire to make state work
his career. He owns and operates
a store at Molalla.
The position of supervisor of
state institutions wss abolished
and the board elected Arthur
Handley assistant secretary. Hand
ley has been employed in the
state finance department. Ireland
succeeded Roy Mills, resigned,
early in the Patterson adminis
tration. Ryan has been in state
service since 1948 when he re
tired as an Army solonel.
The Weather
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Max. Mln. Prrrlp.
SalfM 3.1 14- M ,
PortUnd .. 31 1.1 .00 -
Baker 5 -IS .00
Med ford 4 21 .00
Sorlh Bend 4H 7S (10
Rowburs 38 22 . 00
San FranrUro 54 34 on
l.ni Anfcln 1 48 .41
Chlcaso 31 10 .00
New York 36 31 .00
Willamette Klvnr J feet
roHKCAST (from V. 8. waaUier
bureau. McNary Held, Salem I:
Continued moitly clrnr today, to
nlKht and Thuntday Hih tempera
turf today, 40; low tnnisht, 40; hlh
Thursday. 44. Temperature at 12.01
a n. today wai 22.
SAir.M PHrCIPITATIOM
Slart Start of Weather Year Sept. 1
Thii Vear Lat Year Normal
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Ike Gives in to Demos
On Highway Financing
L By HERB ALTSCHULL
WASHINGTON UJI President
Eisenhower Tuesday gave up his
fiiiht to pay for a big highway
proKram through bond issues. He
agreed to a Democratic plan to
finance the roads .with tax in
creases. '
Chairman Fallon D-Md) of a
House roads subcommittee, chief of about 14 billion dollars, all to "authoritative sources as saying
supporter of increased taxes, be paid by highway users in the that a Lockheed Vl04 jet fjchler
hailed the President's decision os form t)f Increased federal taxes on has been dcvelnpecTcnnable rf -to-"a
big help to sponsors of pay- fuel, trucks, tires and tubes. imt 1.400 m p h. in level flight,
ai-you-go roadbuilding.' . No time limit was specified, and , The paper gave no other details.
Eisenhower s decision not un
expected was reported by House
Republican Leader Martin of Mas
sachusetts. He told reporters after
a White- House meeting of GOP
legislative leaders the- President
had decided it was either "give
up the roads" or accept tht Demo-
j Arlington Club. . -
He was stricken at 9:50 p.m. and was dead when
! a physician arrived five minutes later. , .
i "He experienced no pain and never knew what
happened; the attack appeared f
to be a coronary occlusion,"
Dr. Ernest Boylan said.
(The Pattersons haVe resided
at 426 N. Vinter St., in Salem
the past several years. The
widow, Mrs Georgia Patterson,
was at home there when notified
late Tuesday of her husband's
death).
Smith Takes Over
Taking over automatically as
governor of Oregon will be Sen
ate President Elmo- Smith of
John Day.
The governor two days ago had
announced he would seek the Re
publican nomination as senator in
his party's attempt to unseat Dem
ocratic Sen.. Wayne Morse.
He became governor in 1952,
i I when Douglas McKay resigned to
I become Secretary of the Interior,
, in the cabinet President Eisenhow
er then was forming. As president
of the State Senate, he automa
tically succeeded to the governor's
chair.
Elected' la) 1954 -i ,
He then 'was elected governor in
1954.
Previous to stepping into the
governorship, he had been an at
torney and state legislator in
Washington County.
His death left Elmer Deetz. a
dairy farmer and another state
legislator, as .the only Republican
who has filed for the senatorial
nomination. Deetz is known for the
successful campaign he led at the
last election to do away with Ore
eon's milk control act.
Smith, a newspaper publisher,
also is a Republican. He will serve
until a successor can be named
in this year's general election. The
person. elected will serve until ex
piration of the term in 1959.
Patterson had addressed a meet
ing of ministers here earlier in the
day and was at the Arlington Club
talking with John Higgins, E. J.
-Ireland and Ted Gamble, friends
and politics advisors, when he
collapsed. (Additional details page
2.)
Dr. Ralph Purvine, Salem, said
early today Gov. Patterson had
been in excellent health. "He had
just been examined twice in the
past two months. The last routine
examination, was made in Decem
ber, 1955. There was no sign ol
any heart trouble, at that time
or any other physical ailment. He
led a clean life and was in good
health," the doctor said.
Dr. Purvine said the heart at-.
tack was one of those unpredict
ables. He added, in answer to
questions, that the cause of death
was similar to the attack that
struck President Eisenhower, ex
cept that it was more severe.
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Portland Mail
Carrier Firing
Stirs Protest
PORTLAND l - The Portland
Central Labor Council wants Sen.
Ncubergcr D-Ore to investigate
the matter of a security-discharged
Portland mail carrier and, to see
that he gets a "fair hearing."
The mail carrier, Lowrey E.
Huey, was suspended Jan. 3 after
28 years service and with only 16
months to go before retirement.
Huey said the charges against
him were "in general that 1 fol
lowed the Communist line and
preached the Communist line." He
donied to reporters, however, that
Con,.;
he is or ever hat been a
munist.
He said that the U.S. Civil Serv
ice Commission had cleared him
on similiar charges six years ago.
cratic financing plan.
.. Martin said Eisenhower took no
position on the nature of the .tax
icrease. It's up to the House
Ways snd Means Committee to de
termine that, Martin said.
House Speaker Rayburn (D-Tex)
said last week the tax program! CINCINNATI W - The Cincin
probobly would Involve new levies' nati Times Stat Tuesday quoted
ways and means officials said
Tuevlay the duration of the pro
gram bad not yet been decided.
One spokesman said it likely
would extend about IS years, which
would mean an sverage, tax In
crease of sometaiag Lie a billion
dollars a jar.
New Governor
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Elme E. Smith, Joha Day, presi
dent ef the suit seaste, whe
automatically became governor
;of Oregoa Taesdsy aight apea
the death ef Gov. Paul Pat
tersoa, . . ; . j ,
Smith on Way
To Take Over
Governorship
JOHN DAY, Ore. UrV-Elmo E.
Smith,, president of the Oregoa
senate, prepared to leave his Joha
Day home early Wednesday for
the trip to Salem where he will bt
sworn in as governor
Informed Just before midnight'
of . Gov. Paul Patterson's death.
Smith said he had been too shocked
to even think about the ceremon
ies which would make bim gover-'
nor. .
The 46-year-old weekly newspa- .
per publisher has served as a .
Republican senator from Grant,
Harney and Malheur counties sjnee
he- was elected first in 1948. He
was chairman of the senate roads
and highways committee.
Smith was born near Grand -
Junction, Colo., Nov; 19, 1909, but
attended school in Southern Idaho.
He is. a graduate of College of '
Idaho at Caldwell (1932) and fin- '
ished high school at nearby Wilder.
He is married and has two chil-'
dren. :,
Smith started the Observer
weekly newspaper in Ontario, Ore.,
and served three terms as mayor
of the city. He resigned that posi
tion to join the U.S. Navy and
served with the Navy in the South
Pacific and Far Last for II
months.
After the war, Smith returned .
to Oregon where he published the
Blue Mountain Eagle at John Day.
He also is a member of a partner
ship which publishes the Madras, '
Ore., Pioneer.. .
Farm Income
Creeps Higher
WASHINGTOM Of) - Farm pric
es, which declined 7 per cent last
year to become a major politi
cal issue, started the new year off
with a 1 per cent increase.
The Agriculture Department said
Tuesday the advance was made
largely because of better prices
fw Swigs and cattle, big sources of
incline in the politically important -
Miuwesiern areas.
Farm prices normally increase
or level off at this season of the
year when harvest time market-,
ings' have passed.
Nevertheless the , gain in farm
price was offset by similar in-
creases in prices of goods and serv
ices farmers buy. The new year
brought substantia increases ia
farm tax and interest rates.
1,400 mph Jet
Speed Claimed
It said It omaineo me iniorma-
tion after being told by Don ,
O'Brien, information service offic
er at Wright-Patterson Air Force
Base in Dayton, that jet planes'
which "can go 1,100 miles an hour
ia level flight with no sweat' are ia .
operaUoa ia ibis area.