n r ? 1 1 j 'a liULJ L! U Nov Gadget Chocks Radiation Plan Vie With vvv POUNDS D 1651 Norblad 105th Year 2 SECTIONS-24 PACES The Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Thursday, Fab. 23, 1956 PRICE 5c No. 333 ' -1 ki k- ; u lit. A S V y "S '"" J m jm J --m Js. S. 1 V . WASHINGTON, D. C A soldier checks a dosimeter, a pen-like device which records gamma radiation from an atomic or hy drogen bomb or from any other radioactive source. The device, field tested at Fort Monmouth in New Jersey, was developed by Bendix Aviation Corp.The dosimeter will measure up to 600 roentgens of gamma radiation. Over 100 roentgens will produce ' radiation sickness In the average person. (AP Wirephoto). 4-Lane Salem - Tied to Federal Allotment EUGENE Wl Construction of a four-Jane super-highway between Eugene and Salem will get under way within three years if pending Congressional road legislation is approved this year, a top state high way official predicted Tuesday. W.'O. Williams, deputy state highway engineer, told the Eugene Register-Guard that the current legislation calling for a 13-year, JtP msm OOP IIP j HILO, Hawaii This was the day we have been waiting for: Sunshine and warmth. The resi dents welcomed it, too, for they have been complaining of the long wet spell. We were fortunate, too, , in meeting old friends: Mr. and Mrs. Bert Coulson. Bert was machin ist on The Statesman for a num ber of years, and now is superin tendent of the mechanical depart ment of the Hilo Tribune-Herald. They showed us various points of Interest in this vicinity, includ ing the 1S55 laval flow when lava ran like a river down to the sea. Tarts of the flow are still breath ing sulphurous vapors. On the drive we stopped at beach parks, gathered orchids growing wild, cracked open a co conut that had fallen to the ground. Today (Sunday) proved to us we had reached the tropics. Hawaii is the largest island of the archipelago, and the farthest south. Here King Kamehamcha the Great was born, and here Capt. Cook was killed by the na tives (1779). The island like others of the group is the child of volcanism, and the fires of Pcle are by no means cooled. The . mountain masses of Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea rise over 13,000 feet above sea level, and the island base is 18,000 feet down in the Pacific. But Mother Pele stokes. (Continued on Editorial Page 4) British 'Invade' New York Town, Hoist Union Jack WATERTOWN, N.Y. UP British Union Jack flags flew briefly overj four north country communities Wednesday and proclamations on flagpoles said the territory had been "repossessed" by the British. ' Police hauled them down soon after dawn. I The unconfirmed word was that j a group of Canadian students had "invaded" the area during the early morning hours of George Washington's birthday. , . The flags Tlew over schools In Watertown, Clayton, Alexandria Bay and Lagargeville, all in Jef ferson County and part of the original 13 colonies of the United States. "Se then this guy yt "Over any dead body' 4 .! Eugene Road 1 Sl-billton dollar federal aid high way financing will be highly bene ficial to proposed Oregon projects. Williams said he is optimistic that some kind of highway financ ing legislation will be passed in the current Congressional session. He said the survey for relocation of Highway 99 from Judkins Point at Eugene to Albany is "nearly completed." The state, however, doesn't have the money to start construction. The official warned that no federal aid legislation will mean Oregon will drop back to 20 million dollars a year on its highway build ing program. This, he added, won't keep up with the current demands, dropping Oregon behind other states' highway programs. Noted Fashion Designer Dies (Picture on Wirephoto Page) NEW YORK 1 - Famed fashion designer Hattie Carnegie died at her Fifth Avenue home Wednesday after a long illness. She was 70. A native of Vienna, her family name was Kanengeiser. She changed it to Carnegie in admira tion of the late Andrew Carnegie. The rest of her family here fol lowed suit. Her style taste won her numerous awards in the fashion world. In 1950, the Army gave her its highest civilian award for a new Women's Army Corps uniform she designed. Miss Carnegie was a painstaking periecuonist in operating her New York retail store, her resort shops, ner wnoiesale businesses, her fac tories and her cosmetics business. She operated a I -milllon-dol-lar-a-year business and employed more than 1,000 persons. H-CONTROL LACKING LONDON UH Moscow radio Wednesday quoted a Soviet leader as saying Russian scientists so far have failed to master the secret of controlling the thermonuclear reaction which occurs explosively in the hydrogen bomb. Spelling Bee Site Changed To S. Salem High School The first semi-finals of The Statesman-KSLM Mid-Valley Spelling Contest will be held in the Little Theatre at South Salem High School at 7:43 p.m. Mon day. The contest, first of nine, origi nally was scheduled for the State School for the Blind, which re cently had two fatalities from diphtheria among its personnel. It has been stressed that neither the state school nor its staff or students are considered contagious , in any way, but a . change in locale seemed advis able because of a possible reluc tance of others to participate in activities there at this time. , Supt. Walter Dry. head ef the blind school, also said Wednesday that his school spelling cham pion, 14 year-old Jerry Frizielle even though cleared completely Uranium Offered to Industry President Frees $1 Billion Worth For U.S., World By MARVIN L. ARROWSMITH THOMASVILLE, Ga. ( - Pres ident Eisenhower announced Wed nesday the United States will make available one billion dollars worth of uranium 23S at home and abroad for promotion of peaceful uses of atomic energy. , The President called the new program an illustration of "our faith that the atom can be made a powerful instrument for promo tion of world peace." The program calls for distribu tion of 88,000 pounds of the pre cious uranium half in this coun try, half abroad. But Eisenhower barred furnishing any of the sup ply to Russia or its satellites. He also said it is not intended that any will go to any other nations which presently are producing uranium. After Bulgaaia Talk Eisenhower's announce ment came just a bit more than 24 hours after Soviet Premier Ni kolai Bulganin called on his Red party colleagues to use atomic en ergy to achieve victory for com munism. The move also follows criticism at home that the United States has not been vigorous enough in pushing far-flung use of the atom! for power and other peaceful pur poses. . Senator Approves Sen. Jackson (D-Wash.) a mem ber of the Senate-House Atomic Energy Committee, said the move will "do much to dispel the vi cious propaganda that has associ ated us exclusively with the mili tary atom.". Eisenhower said "distribution of the special nuclear material will be subject to prudent safeguards "Sainst diversion of the material! to non-peaceful purposes." Extinguishers Prove Worth At Silverton SUtesmaa Newt Service. SILVERTON-Five new fire ex tinguishers at the Valley Farmers Co-op got a sensational test Wed nesday when flames briefly threat ened the half-million dollar eleva tor and grain plant. Co-op Mgr. C. M. Brownell cred ited swift action by employes at the plant and prompt arrival of Silverton firemen with preventing a disastrous blaze. ' Using hand extinguishers which Brownell said the co-op had just purchased, eight employes kept the blaze confined to a small of fice until firemen arrived. Asst. Mgr. James Jensen was given first aid at the scene after fluid from one of the extinguishers struck him in the face. Damage was tentatively estimat ed at $500 by Brownell who said cause was unknown. He speculated that it started in wiring in the office. General Washington GeU Ti-affic Ticket ' CmCkr.Oi (A Pnlirman -In- seph Batt spotted a slow moving truck Wednesday, stoooed it and asked the driver his name. "General Washington," the dri ver, a Negro, replied. "All right, wise guy," Batt coun tered. "Let's see your license." The trucker produced it and con vinced the officer. Washington was ; ticketed for failure to keep a slow moving vehicle to the right. in all health checkups had vol unteered to withdraw for similar reasons. Sponsors of the contest said that if a similar event is held next year Jerry, now in the 7lii grade, will be entitled to oe ia the semi-finals regardless of whether be again wins his school's spelling title. The Little Theatre at South Salem High School is at the northern entrance on South Church Street, near the Howard Street intersection. Competing in the semi-finals, to which the public is invited without charge, will be school spelling champions from Leslie nd Parrtsh Junior Highs, Salrm A(ademy, Livingston School and Bethel, Fruitland, Pratum and Willard. (Spelling contest stories also on Pages 10 and 11, Sec. L) Backs- Probe H 1 WASHINGTON Sea. Albert Gore (D-Tenn) poses at the Capitol Wednesday after the senate voted to create a special bipartisan committee to inves tigate any improper or illegal attempts te influence senators. Gore who has advocated the inquiry may be chosen to head the investigation. (AP Wire photo). Britain Favors Truce Zone in Middle East , LONDON m Britain Wednes- disclosed plans for separating the quick-shooting armies of Israel and her Arab neighbors as the starting point of a possible Pales tine peace. Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd told Parliament about the plan a withdrawal of one kilometer (five-eights of a mile) by the rival Israel and Arab armies along the 1949 armistice lines with an inter national patrol moving Into the no- man s-land Lloyd said he made the proposals secretly a month ago to United Nations Secretary General Dag Hatnmarskjold.. The British statesman announced he will visit Israel in mid-March after a round of face-to-face meet ings with leaders of Middle East ern countries. His aim clearly is to urge upon the rival nations the need to begin negotiating a final peace settlement. No British foreign secretary has visited Israel since the state was founded in 1948. Lloyd's visit was announced as signs of fresh tension appeared. King Hussein of Jordan was quot ed in "a dispatch Wednesday as saying intelligence reports indicat ed Israel was preparing to attack Jordan in the near future. , Israeli Premier David Ben Gurion Tuesday issued a call for 160,000 volunteers to give six days work in building air raid shelters and fortifications., . Coos Bay to Add Fluoride COOS BAY UB The Coos Bay North Bend Water Board will add fluorides to the water supplies of the two cities. . - The board voted unanimous ap proval of the plan Tuesday night and authorized expenditures up to 13.000 for equipment. The question of adding fluorides to water to prevent tooth decay in children has not been an inflam- 'tor? lssue ,here t!,l,Je 11 n m ine Pl nen " Plan was proposed. Several months ago the board polled its 3,850 water users on the question and received 2,245 ballots back, favoring the plan by a mar gin of 4 te 1. .,..M.,OT Norblad Names Campaign Chiefs WASHINGTON I - Rep. Nor blad Wednesday named Lowell Stockman of Pendleton and Glen McCarty of Portland to handle his campaign for Republicar nomina tion as governor of Oregon. McCarty Is an attorney. Stock man is a rancher and former con gressman. , The Weather Mas. Mia. rrrl. ! 1 Salra . 44 M . Portland ..... 43 34 .04 Bahrr . 4 K ,2S Medlor . ... .IS M North Bnd 4.1 7 .82 Roachurg 4 24 .41 8an rrannaro S2 S4 1 12 I Lot Angtlei . SI 47 .04 Chlro 21 0 .08 I New York . II ' IS .00 Wlllamtlt River 11 1 frtt. FORECAST Ilium I), ft Wathr Bureau, McNarv Field, Salem I: Partly cloudy with aratlered ihowers today, tonight and Friday; (lightly cooler with Iht hiftte-t today near 41 and the loweat tonight near M. Temperature it Ull a.m. today waa H. aAi.ru pur.rrrrMTio glare Start tt Weather Year let. I Tkla Tea La Vetr Normal 1 uh un Mil Senate to Gieck on Lobbyists Inquiry Includes Campaign Coffer Contributions WASHINGTON l - The Senate voted 79-1 Wednesday to investi gate any Illegal or improper ef forts to influence any senator, or any one in the government. The debate made it clear that the main things to be investigated , are lobbying and campaign con tributions, . though the resolution does not restrict the investigators to such matters. Four Democrats and four Re publicans will undertake the in quiry for the Senate. They are to report by Jan. 1, but are author ized to make interim reports either before or after the November elec tions. Only Sen. Langer (R ND) voted "no." He said his conscience would not let him vote for the resolution. Report by Case All this sprang from a report Sen. Case R SD) made to the Senate Feb. 3, the weekend before it voted 53-38 for a bill to exempt natural gas producers from direct federal price regulation. Case reported he had been of fered 25 hundred dollar Dills as a campaign contribution by a man who later was shown to have been an attorney-lobbyist for oil-gas in terests. 'Incident' Grtws Since then, the "incident" has resulted in one senatorial and one grand jury investigation, that are still proceeding, and President Eis enhower's veto of the gas bill on the grounds that some of its pro moters hat) acted arrogantly and with impropriety. Before the final vote Wednesday on the new and sweeping Investiga tion, the Senate accepted an amendment by Sen. Fulbright to make the inquiry cover anyone in government. Fulbright was one of the authors of the vetoed gas bill. Fulbright said he thought that If an investigation was going to be made, it ought not to be confined to the Senate. State May Ask U.S. Aid for Flooded Area Gov. Elmo Smith said Wednes day he might ask for federal dis aster aid for damage caused this week by floods in Jackson and Josephine counties. "We expect," he said, "to have estimates from official sources of damages to roads, highways, bridges and other public works by Thursday afternoon or Friday. We can determine from these esti mates whether it will be necessary to ask again for federal flood aid. All state assistance possible will be extended to relieve the suffer ing and losses of the flood vic tims." The federal aid is given for dam age to public property. The gov ernment gave $650,000 to public agencies because of the December and January flood. Heavy Snowfall Causes Record Power Failures GRANTS PASS W - Heavy mountain -snows were responsible for a record number of power failures in this area. Broken poles and lines cut by falling trees have forced around-the-clock operations by California Oregon Power Co. repair crews, aided by emergency crews called in from Roseburg. Hardest hit was the area from Merlin north to Wolf Creek and from Fort Vannoy, west of herer4 to Galice. A foot of heavy, wet snow fell Tuesday from Merlin northward, and then more came down on Wednesday. (Story also page 2, sec, 1.) Only 5 Students, Attend Class in Strife-Torn Town HILLSBORO m Only S of the , White House denied Wednesday 14 students at Scofield grade that President Elsenhower's chief school were present Wednesday aide. Sherman Adams, has told Re when the school was re-opened in ; publican leaders that the President the strife-torn community. will announce next week he has Mrs. Essa Robertson, SS. the decided to seek reelection, regular teacher, was absent, re- "I asked Sherman about that and covering from injuries she said she received in a beating by Louis R. Forrest, 24, a member of the school board, Feb. 14. The school was closed the following day. rorresi is to oe iriea warcn on a charge of assault and battery. Mrs. Cora Heaton, the substitute teacher, said she expected full attendance Wednesday. Bus Boycott Jails Alabama Negroes 20 Pastors in Wholesale Roundup : By RES THOMAS MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AV-Negro including 20 ministers, were arrested on boycotting charges Wed nesday in a wholesale roundup of defendants indicted by a grand jury for their mass protest against bus segregation. But boycott leaders scheduled a mass meeting for Thursday night at the First Baptist Church and predicted 10,000 Negroes would attend to pray that justice will prevail. The grand jury returned indict ments late Tuesday against 115 defendants accused of taking an active part in the 11-week-old ra cial boycott against Montgomery City Lines buses. By nightfall, 67 Negroes had been booked at the county jail Dates for their trials will be tak en up Friday at their arraignment. Refuse to Ride Thousands of Negroes have re fused to ride the buses since Dec. 5, the day a member of their race, Mrs. Rosa Parks, was fined $14 for refusing to move to the colored section of a bus. City and state laws require segregation. ' j Mrs. Parks was sentenced to 14 days in jail in lieu of the fine Wednesday after Circuit Judge Eu gene Carter, the jurist who or dered the grand jury investiga tion, turned down her appeal from the previous conviction in city court. Law Questioned Judge Carter upheld city and state segregation laws when the issue was raised in Mrs. Parks' defense. He imposed the jail sen tence after she refused to pay the fine and announced she planned to appeal the -conviction. All of the defendants brought to the county jail and fingerprinted were re leased as soon as they put up bonds of, $300 each. They were charged' with violating a state law against organized, illegal boycot ting. Maximum sentence for viola tion is six months in jail and $1,000 fine. Showers, Cool Temperature On Forecast Scattered showers and cool tenv peratures were expected to con thinue today and Friday, McNary Field weathermen said. They pre dicted a low temperature tonight near 26. Rain continued light Wednesday, with less than .3 inch recorded. Southern Oregon reported heavy snow, however, in mountainous areas where rain-soaked slides up set railroad, motor and television schedules Tuesday. Trains were back on schedule Wednesday night, Southern Pacific representatives in Salem said Buses also were reported back on schedule Wednesday. Television cable service which brings network programs to area stations was restored Wednesday. Snow flurries throughout Wed nesday were reported at Detroit, reaching Stayton by late afternoon. Heavy snow was reported in San tiam Pass and chains were neces sary, State Highway Department officials said, but North Santiam Highway was reported in good con dition west of Detroit. A trace of snow fell Wednesday at Valsetz, where 17 Inches was reported on the ground. Five feet of roadside snow was reported be tween Valsetz and Falls City. Highway 101, which had been closed near Seaside by a rock slide at Neahkahnie Mountain, was re ported open to one-way traffic Wednesday night. Faulty Incubator Overheats, Burns Infant to Death ATLANTA (JrwA 14-day-old boy died in an overheated incubator Wednesday. Patrolmen W. I. Walker and B. L. Bentley said Wsley F Fergu son suffered first and sero-.d de gree burns over his entire body. They quoted a physician as say ing the heat control mechanism failed causing the temperature to rise. Adams Denies Telling GOP Chiefs lite to Run THOMASVILLE, Ga. m - The he said he never made any such', said it is news to me when statement.' James C. Hagerty, Ei- i asked for comment on the Detroit aenhower'i press secretary, told newsmen The Detroit Newa, in a dispatch a,rAm u, w,.hinirtnn Rureau said Wednesday. Adams and Leonard W. Hall, chairman of the GOP na tional committee, bad told Repub- religious and political leaders. Polk County Selects Top Young Farmer Utfuua Stmt Brrvlr DALLAS. Ore An Independence area farmer who started farming under the G.I. apprentice plan 10 years ago is Polk County's "Out standing Young Farmer" in the opinion of the sponsoring Dallas Junior Chamber of Commerce. He is William C. Frazer, who was employed by a Polk County farmer in 1946 following service in the Navy. Within two years,' he had rented 286 acres and was on his own. Today, Frazer farms over 600 acres. Chosen In competition with nine other young farmers, Frazer was nominated Wednesday by the Dal las Jaycees for the Oregon young farmer award. , " (Additional details in section 2, page 8.) 2 High State Appointments Still Pending Two important appointments, both inherited by Gov. Elmo Smith when he became governor follow ing the death of the late Paul L. Patterson, still are pending. One involves a director for the state motor vehicle department which, under a 1955 legislative act. will be transferred from the secre tary of state to Jurisdiction of the governor on July 1. Reports continue here that Sec retary of State Earl T. Newbry is among several persons being con sidered. The state motor vehicle depart ment has been administered by the secretary of state for many years. Newbry's term expires Dec. 31. The other pending appointment is a member of the state liquor control commission. The term of Lester Ireland expired Jan. 1. Ire land was chairman of the commis sion at the time of the investiga tion of commission employes or dcred by the late Gov. Patterson nearly two years ago. Gov. Smith has not Indicated whether Ireland will be replaced or retained. 2 Indian Girls Walk 40 Miles Throuuli Snow C7 EUREKA, Calif, un Two Kla math Indian girls who walked 40 miles through snow, some of it up to their knees, are in a Eureka hospital Wednesday suffering from frostbite. Neither would talk except to say they went to Etna to watch tele vision. Then they started walking to their homes at forks of Salmon 48 miles away. They got an auto mobile ride the (ast eight miles The girls, Shirley Bennett, lit and Doris Peters, 16, are students at Yreka High School. m PRISONERS DIE CAIRO. Egypt The semi 'clal Middle East New Agency Mid ,i a dispatch from Khartoum ... . , . Thurslay that an estimated , 190 prisoners died from intense heat a badly ventilated jail at Kostl, in the Sudan. lican leaders Eisenhower would announce fof a second term next week. Hagerty again refused to shed any light on whether Eisenhower, vacationing here, has reached a decision regarding a second term. In Washington, chairman Hall News dispatch. However, when Hall was asked by a Dew i man whether he still clings to the belief the President will offer for renomination when his decision la announced, he Asserts 4Duty to Complete Work Of Patterson' By THOMAS G. WRIGHT JR. Staff Writer, The SUtesmaa Gov. Elmo Smith, 46-vear old Eastern Oregon publisher who moved up to the governor ship on the death of Gov. Paul L. Patterson Jan. 31, an- . nounced Wednesday he would like to keep the job. "My duty and responsibilities are clear," Gov. Smith stated ia announcing that he will be a can didate for the Republican nomina tion for governor in the May prim ary. The governor, who succeeded t Oregon's top political office front his Senate presidency said in hit announcement, "The people of Ore Klin navii I vpn nprisivM mimnn in the leadership and program of Governor Patterson. I believe they want this program continued and completed." I Other Candidates Decision by Smith, predicted ever since Gov. Patterson's unex pected death boosted him into pol itical prominence in Oregon, add ed a. second major candidate to the Republican race. Congressman Walter Norblad is already actively seeking the party nomination. A third GOP candidate is Earl L. Dickson, Albany grocer, who an nounced and filed shortly after Patterson's death. "Oregon has great need for far- - sighted and aggressive leadership," Gov. Smith stated in h's announce ment. "For more than 10 years I I L l-.I .-I- . ! . . nave wen miimaieiy associa ea with th nrnhlamt nf lh ctat anrf state administration as a senator and as president of the Scnaie. '. The governorship is a challenging nnnnrtiinitv fnr m In rnntinu anil expand my service to the people of Oregon." Plans Tour of State "During the course of the year I will visit every section of the state. I want to talk with people in all walks of life about how state government may best con tribute to the well-being and pros perity ol Us citizens. The untimely death of mv c oe triena ram rancrson nas pi act a in my hands the greatest oppor tunity I have ever had for service a. -1 I- . . i. . L.i. a iu jnjf iiuif. i as lur uie neip oi ail the people of Oregon In faith fully discharging the trust he left to us." Gov. Smith, a John Day publish er, served in the state benate in the 1949.19S1.19S3 and 1953 sessions, representing Grant, Harney and Malheur counties. (Additional pol itical news in sec. 1, page I.) Ike Plays 18 Holes of Colt THOMASVILLE, Ga. l - Pre, ident Eiienhowtr Wednesday played 18 holes of golf his first full round in five months. And the White House physician, said he "looked fine" in doing it. impper ana jovial, ine rretuaeni -was relaxed as of old in contrast to the nervous tension he dis played last Friday when he got out on a golf course for the first time since his Sept. 24 heart at tack. He played only nine holes then and had an U-over-par 47. James C. Hagerty. White House press secretary, refused to make public Eisenhower's individual score Wednesday. Eisenhower rode between most of his shots in an electric cart, but he walked the entire 440 yards from the first tee to the first green. After last Friday's round the President reported he had been " little frightened" to lay into his shots with full poer. Wednesday r hair art uj4 ma inrfiraHnn fit AI1V rft ; . J !l ,L r IJ straint while newsmen watched. Corvallis Crash Clai ins Li f e o f Second Victim CORVALLIS UP Ernest Grien ier. 19, died Tuesday from injuries suffered in a crash that claimed 'the life of his teenage bride. I fir'iSn!i ' Steeprow of Alsea, 18, was killed ; mXmM wncn gnc w thrown from ! the car in the collision at 9th and Van Buren streets. The Grieniers had been married only a few weeks. A passenger, Larry Engam. 15, Corvallis, was not seriously hurt. The driver of the other car was nut Iniurnt . Today's Statesman Sec. .... II.. Fag .0-1! Classified Comet the Dawn I 4 Comics ............... II .. I Crossword -ll 7 Editorials ............ I... 4 Farm ...II.. .4 Home Panorama Obituaries II . 9 Radio, TV II 6 Spelling Stories Sports re - 1 Star Gaxtr Valley .U0.11 .... II 1 J I . 3 , S jl a