Eugene register-guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1930-1983, December 21, 1951, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Texti The Weather Forecast: Rain turning to showers Saturday.- Occasional winds as high as 40 mph Friday night. Temperature: High Thursday, 42; low Friday morning, 40. Predicted high Saturday, . 45; predicted low Saturday morning, 40. 2 Shopping Days Until Christmas LANE COUNTY'S HOME NEWSPAPER. TWO SECTIONS-24 PAGES EUGENE, OREGON, FRIDAY; DECEMBER 21, 1951 CITY EDITION Phone 5-1551 , Mud Looking Up Negro Families Face Problems irnlTOR'S NOTE: It has been four years jince several Negro were jv'-- - w mini tu muite way , development of the Ferry St. Bridge. The follotoino story i hotf thew hol,e 1ared' in their new area ) By R. HARLOW SCHILUOS KolitlfGurl SUII Writer fli Negro congregation shucked the mud from their feet I " . i. - ivrt " flitlir lirirVi mm T -1 11 1 U Sat dOWn lO 0"5i nooa uic, anu X SUdU DC rn( than snow. . r-11" . t ..J i AAmmnn onf Wocf 11V. A ...1 Ankle-UCCP IUUU lO wail a wit. fTi-ut. A J. m five. W11CIC t -X hnasts. "It's lucky if you live in the Northwest." f.. .nnraeine were tne woras ot tne Kev. James A, ry. j frnm the nulpit: t- .2 , lrt,.,, ie nnf urVlpro .Vnu mmo frnm Knf iitVi nn ij are destinea . "u mi juu " aecr.mg iu acmeve lite" - i-mild have shut your eyes the way we Americans betimes practice democracy and , imagined the finest Kfidral aDOUl you. pemum wuum jruu ncai ajjiiiiuaia &u rtu (oolindv. sung.:-:. ? P,'nnn vow eyes for a moment to look beyond the skin color IJis congregation and to look at their-r-our misery while waiting F U .F . 1J J U M' raKnln liaJ halnaJ .Ana-..... Ua L .nri install an oil stove in this Methodist church the day before. It., in vears Uncle Sam had used him as a driver-gunner in t"6!st tank battauon dui mat was wartime. AiDeri uanieis jr., ' ow you the vivid scars left by bullets that ripped through his bw on Unemployed Lists r: Mai he is a cement finisher, the father of five children, and Lrtoed about 50 per cent of the time. ' ' .., .1 .. 1 J Tl li in easy smile and likeable personality, worked recently with tdher Negroes in a Lane County mill. The mill ownership chang- EtodJ and when the crews were rehired "There just wasn't room lie colored folk," said Dewey. f He superintendent, oi xnis iirm una a reporter, -xne oniy way mold have hired them was- as a group (that is, green chain gang) fcfay just weren't available as a group at the time. So w hired Lwho came along and they just happened to be white." Wed Mill-Owner's Word Hot so, say the colored men. "We were available as -a group, If fci necessary. We never had a call from them to report to work bbcugh they said they'd call us." , Wai this case considered under tne Fair Employment Practices Upused in Oregon In 1949? The law says it is unlawful to dis- tsaite in employment on the basis of race, religion, color, or na tal origin. v y lio. They said they'd call us and we trusted their word." Dmy, incidentally, has been si cook for 23 years but says. ."I Vt (t I Job washing diehej tn fiiyiie, J; Uere art many skills and mucK. trMnihg hot in use, because, Sf don't hire Negroes for jfccfc 'wcrk, here." riv 1 . .. i at is an emoaimer and funeral director, - five men qualify as ber traders: two art carpenteri. two welders, a chauffuer. fry ik, inichinist, painter. One woman reports she is a registered Ax; mother, that she is a licensed beauty operator. I One competent domestic worker was unsuccessful in Bettine work P8i the Oregon State Employment Service. She made her ap k directly through newspaper classified ads, however, and is pW solid. After doing several other women's work she comes Ft to her own and several children. atwanbendint! over her scrub hoard t an old-fashioned tnh In pbick yard when we first saw her. She sent her barefooted kids P w cold mud into the house.. Hungary lo Try 4 U.S. Airmen As Saboteurs 'Border Violated Commies Contend BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) The four-man crew of an American C-47 forced down in Hungary by Soviet fighters on Nov. 19. will be tried here by a Hungarian court of justice. - - i ne Hungarian foreign ministry handed a note to the TJ.S. legation. It said, in part: . i "The government of "bie Hun garian Peoples' Republic considers it as a fully established fact that it was by premeditated intention that the American aircraft violat ed the Hungarian border. 'Violate Border "The aircraft which violated the Hungarian border was. a military transport aircraft and equipped with military operational maps, a radio transmitter, parachutes,-etc. The four have been identified in Washington as Capt. Dave Hen derson of Shawnee, Okla., Capt: John J. Swift of Glen Falls, N.Y., Sgt. James A. Elam of Kingsland, Ark., and Tech. Sgt. Jess A. Duff of Spokane, Wash. 'Spies, Saboteurs' Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Y. Vishinsky told a U.N. Assembly committee in Paris Wednesday the four were "spies, and sabateurs. ' He said he hoped they would be tried by "our military and justice authorities." The fliers were forced down by Soviet fighters stationed in Hun gary under the peace treaty. They were on a diplomatic mission to Belgrade from a base in Germany when, American authorities con tended, they lost their way. 'CJ i Invert t , , 5-i i (AP Wlrephoto) IKE IS HOST Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower greets British Prime Minister Winston Churchill on the latter's arrival for luncheon at Ike's Supreme Allied Command headquar ters near Paris. Gen. Eisenhower tried to sell Churchill on the idea of supporting a unified European army. West 11th Settlement (Continued on Page Wine) Dutchman' pins Mum GTON-W-Henry fMchman) Grunewald re a Friday to testify to' a House Jttee investigating tax scan- .wald said he was acting of his attorney. t'l T"." a mysteriods -Washington, was called Zlu e w"ys anl means 3Tk ll"'or1""tioning as to ws anything about $500,000 "tax., fix" f6" attempt. his attorney, William P. rS,fHave bee" sparring with ?' d"ys ove 3bS? wl?at circumstances would testify. -J. a former Justice De- fcjj 'V "'wstea urunewald ,es"mony except 1' hearing. The committee KS ndc!.s doors be- r- .u, PUD11C session IT' m Grunewald nrf hrw!1r!Lthem behind closed kL," mornine. hut th Plane Alert Fizzles Out NEWHALL, Cal. (P) He ports of big plane's crash in the rugged Tehachapi Mountains sent ground and air searchers into the area Friday, but they couldn't find the supposed wreckage. Los Angeles and Kern County sheriff's offices received accounts from residents of Gorman and Frazier mountain districts, n where the two counties join, of a plane trailing fire as it crossed 8000-foot Frazier Mountain. First reports identified it as an Air Force C-48. The Air Force had such a plane enroute from Bakersfield to Albuquerque, N. M., but quickly determined that it was safe. wiCU On a TM inl i n I suist urune- fc Give Blood b ..j'State nrison nnn. 'Wrsdav 7'. . -aoa 8ivmK 8i Cross P ! Cmtol ab0"t "ne out gave OlOQQ "Wfc-ru.ebycr.n?,. titt i ' "oviet em- thetk OSS iUyinr, t s 10 12 13 14-15 19-23 State Approves Bypass Route FORTLANDMPV-SaKen , Tt-gd:t--towns wilt be bypassed by the Pacific Highway 99 relocation project which the State Highway Commission approved Friday. R. H. Baldock. chief engineer, was given authority to award a contract for the first section of the new highway as soon as right of way purchases are completed. The towis to be by-passed are Creswell, Cottage Grove, Drain, Yoncalla, Oakland, Sutherlin and Gold Hill. Hearings on the relo cation plan were held in each of the towns from Oct. 7 to 9. Leonard and Slate, Portland, was low bidder to build the first part of the new road a 5.8-mile section south of Cottage Grove. The firms bid was $1,530,464. Other contract awards: Paving the Judkins Point-Gosh-en section of the relocated High way 99 south of Eugene. E. C, Hall, Portland, and J. C. Comp ton, McMinnville, submitted a joint low bid of $886,361. The paving is to be completed by next October. Cost of Living Climbs Again WASHINGTON (IP) The Government's cost of living index rose another 0.6 per cent to a new peak in November. As a result, approximately million and a quarter railroad workers will get a pay boost of four cents an hour. Their wage scales are tied to the rise and fall of the index. The Assn. of American- Rail roads estimates that each cent an hour increase means for the carriers about an extra 30 million, dollars a -yer. On this basia be ginning January .1,. Ihe railroad workers would begin receiving additional pay at the rate of 120 million dollars a year. The Bureau of Labor Statistics, which keeps the tally, said its in dex reached 188.8 per cent of the 1935-39 base level. It said that in creases for miscellaneous goods and services and in prices of fresh fruits and vegetables was mainly responsible for the rise. The bureau said the Nov. 15 index was, 10.8 per cent higher than in June 1950, before the out break of the Korean War, and 6.9 per cent above November, 1950. Cowboy Boots Throw Actor ' For Big Loss LOS ANGELES (P) A casualty of an effort to pull on a pair of cowboy boots, actor Joseph Cotten returned home Thursday night on a stretcher from an Arizona movie location. He arrived by train on a stretcher, accompanied by a nurse, and was met at the sta tion by a doctor. Cotten fractured a disc in his spine, it was stated, when he tumbled backward in a Douglas Hotel room while trying on a pair of cowboy boots. His doc tor .said the injury is painful but not serious. New Marine Chief Takes Oath of Office WASHINGTON (U.R) Gen. Lemuel C. Shepherd was sworn in Friday as the 20th commandant of the Marine Corps and pledged his best efforts to keep . the leathernecks at top combat effi ciency. Shepherd took his oath at a brief ceremony in the office of Navy Secretary Dan A. Kimball. He said he' fully realizes the "great responsibilities that rest on my shoulders." Allies Open Gates For Italy to Rearm By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER Afli.eLte Preu Staff Writer WASHINGTON (P) The United States and other Atlantic Allies Friday opened the way for Italy to rearm on a large scale. In defiance of expected bitter Soviet opposition, they waived World War II peace treaty limitations on Italian armed forces. A note handed by Secretary of State Acheson to Italian Ambassa dor Alberto Tarchiani at the State Department stated that so far as the United States is concerned: 1. The peace treaty preamble treating Italy as a defeated enemy "no longer exists.' 2. Political requirements of the treaty are "superfluous,' and 3. Italy "Is released' from the treaty's limitations on armed forces. In Rome, the foreign office an -come the humiliating conditions which had been imposed upon her by the treaty of 1947." Immediate and violent objec tions from Moscow are expected since Russia has opposed every step to strengthen the Atlantic al liance, or to revise any agreement in which it had a voice, without its consent. But U.S. officials are confident the Russians will do nothing more than object and cannot alter the practical effect of the waivers. Military Limitations The military section of the peace treaty now waived by the western powers limited Italy to 185,000 soldiers, 65,000 carabin- ieri, one battleship, three cruisers and four destroyers, 200 fighter GM Asks OPS To Up Prices WASHINGTON (P) Gen eral Motors Friday asked a boost in wholesale ceiling prices on its five makes of passenger auto mobiles. The requested raises ranged $60 on the best selling Chevrolet to $103 on the best selling Cadil lac. GM applied to the Office' of Price Stabilization for the price adjustments under the Capehart amendment to the Economic Con trols Law. This allows manufac turers to add cost increases to pre Korean selling prices to determine new ceilings. . GM, giant of the motor indus try, was the second of the big three to ask such ceiling in creases. Ford applied earlier in the week. Studebaker, Hudson, and Kaiscrrrazer also have higher ceilings. Ching Gives Up On Steel Talks WASHINGTON (iP) Steel labor negotiations collapsed Friday and the dispute was referred to President Truman as being in a complete deadlock. Cyrus S. Ching, federal media tion service director, ended his efforts to negotiate a settlement. Labeled "Hopeless" He told reporters he was send ing the case to the White House as hopeless leaving It up to the President to decide on the next step to try to avert a threatened New Year's Day strike in the vital steel industry. Mr. Truman apparently has two courses to take. One is to invoke the Taft-Hart ley Act, with its provisions for an 80-day court injunction prohibit ing a Walkout. Coal Strike Threat This, however, would probably shelve the unsettled steel dispute until March, with the possibility that John L. Lewis may be threat ening a nation-wide coal strike then. ' His second course would be to refer the steel crisis to the Wage Stabilization Board for a recom mended settlement. However, it was considered highly unlikely Ihe board could . . complete this process before CIO "SKeQ i T3: Tiujn- li,,...,,,. t i strike deadline. Heat Prevents Crew Boarding Burned Vessel 11 Bodies Missing In Ship Disaster ASTORIA (UP) The fire-swept Danish motorship fcrna held the secret Friday of what happened to 11 miss ing passengers and crewmen while the Coast Guard an nounced the orice palatial ves sel was "still too hot" to board for an investigation. The Erria, grounded near the Oregon side of the Columbia River to clear the stream for navigation, smouldered from flames that ate into a hold containing wheat and into the engine room. Some smoke still was visible over the super structure. Cmdr. Quentine Greeley, port captain for the Coast Guard at Astoria, said no one would go aboard Friday because of the heat. He said it was possible that the bodies of eight passengers and three crewmen missing from original list of 114 persons were all on board. Investigation Slated Greeley said the Coast Guard might pump water into the wheat after cutting holes in the ship's side. Emil Mogens Dagh, American manager for the East Asiatic Co., operators t? the Erria, was sched uled to arrive here to aid the investigation. The fire broke out early Thurs day morning, possibly from a de fective cable in the No. 3 hold. The flames quickly ate their way into the upper deck. Captain M. Agge ordered the passengers and crew to abandon ship five minutes after the first alarm was sounded. Within 20 minutes, 23 passengers and 80 crew members had clambered down rope ladders to lifeboats and coast guard cutters. Fishermen helped pull some ot the passengers and crew member', through portholes. Most ot them hastily donned overcoats and their nightclothes, leaving their bag gage behind. No Boats Mlsainr At first it was believed that the missing, who Included eight pas sengers and three crew members, were in a lifeboat. However, a check showed all four of the Er ria's lifeboats accounted for. One of them had capsized while being lowered. No one was In it. The coast guard doubted that any of the missing swam to shore and no bodies were found in the water. Tiie ship was on its way from Portland to Liverpool with a cargo of wheat, apples and lumber. So What? Winter's Here Now Winter, which for practical purposes like fuel bills has been here for some time, will arrive officially at 11:01 a.m. Saturday. At that moment the North Pole will be tilted 23 degrees and 27 minutes away from the sun. But nobody can tell by looking Saturday, the theoretical "short est day" of the year, will be ex actly the same length as Thurs day and Friday. On those three days there were eight hours and 53 minutes between the 7:43 a.m. sunrise and the 4:36 p.m. sunset. Sunday will be a minute longer than Thursday, Friday and Saturday. That day the sun will rise one minute later, at 7:44, but will set two minutes later, at 4:38. Sunday, with eight hours and 54 minutes, will be the same length as Wednes day when the sun came up at 7:42 a.m and went down at 4:36. And, as winter comes at 11:01 a.m. Saturday, there will be only one and a half shopping days until Christmas. Guard Denies Dope Dealing SALEM (P) Howard B Hansen, 27, state prison guard ac cused of smuggling drugs into the penitentiary, pleaded innocent in district court Friday. District Judge Val Sloper order ed a jury trial for December 27, Maximum punishment on this charge is $600 fine and six months in jail. Warden Virgil O'Malley accused Hansen Thursday of smuggling a drug similar to benzedrine to prisoners. O'Malley said the prison drug problem has been serious for a long time, and that he catches about four prisoners a week using the drug. The convicts use benzedrine and similar drugs to get "high," as the drugs' effects are similar to those of narcotics. Pioneer Principal, Ellis Parker, Dies Ellis R. Parker, teacher of thou sands of Lane County folks dur- nounced that eight nations the I and reconnaissance planes, and United States, Britain, France, Holland, Belgium, Greece, New Zealand and China had agreed to an Italian appeal of Dec. 8 for the treaty changes. "Humiliating Conditions" The foreign office said that with 150 transport planes. It is up to the Italians them selves now to decide what size forces they want to have. Russia has repeatedly blocked italv from membership in the United Nations and prevented re- these acceptances "Italy has over-vision in that way. Allies Demand POW Recheck PANMUNJOM, Korea (Satur day) (U.R) The Communists have failed to account for more than 1000 Allied prisoners, ncarlv all Americans, they had claimed as ling his 51 years of service, 30 in being in their hands, the United ! Eugene, died Friday at his home. Nations command charged yester- Parker, whose address was 1465 day. w. 11th Ave., was for 26 consccu- In a stern note to the Reds, the i tjve years principal of the Old UN truce delegation demanded i Geary school, now the Eugene Vo that they give a "complete, proper !cational School. His last cduca and satisfactory" explanation optional post in Eugene was that of the reason why these names were .principal of Whitcaker School. He not included in the list of prison- retired in 1937. ers, among them 3198 Americans,' , they submitted as part of armis-, Bran ,n 1888 tice negotiations. He began teaching In 1886, serv- In addition, the UN command: ing for 20 years in country and remined the Reds, tens of thous-, community schools throughout ands of South Korean prisoners Lane County. His first job was in have not been accounted for. I Zion District. Later he taught in Upper Lost Creek Valley, Dexter, School HolifJaV Pleasant Hill, Clovcrleaf, Crcs- JCriOOl noiiarjy well, and Kail Creek. He started in Eugene, Springfield and Bethel . Eugcne in September, 1907. school kids start a brief respite from the books Friday afternoon Tne 82-year-old educator did as their annual Christmas vaca- "uch to foster the organization tion begins. Most other schools In ""d growth of the old Geary PTA, the county are following a similar !hc first In the county, and helped holiday pattern. t0 promote the "large family" as- The schools will ooen again Pct of teacher-pupil relationships. January 2. I Parker served under at least seven Eugene superintendents of schools. At the time of his first Eugene teaching position there were only three elementary schools in the city. He received his early education at Pleasant Hill, where he was born, Nov. 18, 1869, and Dexter. Later, Parker took special teach ers work at the university. As a young man, Parker built a house at Dexter In 1890. and was married to Ennls Holbrook a year Inter. They lived there 17 years before moving to Eugene to build their second home. He was a member of both slate and national teachers' associations. Parent. Here In 1853 His parents were Lane County pioneers. They came from Illinois in 1853. Principal Parker, with his soft voice and ready smile, had the reputation among his students and their parents as a person "who could do more with a few words than others with a spanking." Announcement of services will be made later. Quick Capture Follows Tavern Robbery, Fight Twelve hours after he robbed and beat a Eugene tavern own er, a 20-year-old Coos County youth was arrested by state and Roseburg city police and con fessed his guilt to them. James McAlpine Clark, of Del wood, Ore., admitted that he held up John D. Motheral at the Friendly Tavern, 1667 W. 6th Ave., about 1:30 a. m. Thursday. Recorded Statement In a wire recorded statement taken after his 1:30 p. m. arrest in an apartment north of Rose burg,-Clark also confessed that he had beaten Motheral with t'Uni In a fight that preceded his osimpe- irom me iavern. xnirty stltche,i were needed to close Motheral's wounds after th. fight. Friday morning, Eugene offi cers were dispatched to return Clark for trial here. He was held overnight in the Douglas County jail, charged with assault and armed robbery. His ball was set at $3000. To Make Payments The Associated Press reported from Roseburg that Clark said he held up Motheral to get money to maintain payments on a new Ford convertible and a house trailer. The Ford was found stalled on Pierce St., between 6th and 7th Aves., shortly after the holdup. Two $5 bills and two $20's were found In and around the car, and a bloodstained coat was in the seat. Later, officers found a money bag containing $51.20 stuffed under the seat and iden tified it as the one Motheral had surrendered to Clark at gunpoint. Clark's pistol also was in the car. Another $77 of the estimated $200 holdup loot was found on Clark when he was taken into custody. Admits Car Theft The Associated Press also re ported Friday that Clark admitted stealing a Chevrolet sedan to com plete his getaway after his con vertible bogged down on Fierce St. The Chevrolet was recovered Thursday near the Eugene Hotel, and a friend of Clark's told po lice that Clark had abandoned it there an hour after the robbery. Ignored Advice Information from Clark's friend provided the real "break" in the case and led to his arrest at Rose burg. Clark went to the friend's home about 3 a.m, Thursday and said he had been in a fight. Later when Clark told his host about f he tavern holdup, he was urged to turn himself in to the police. When he instead called another friend at Roseburg ask ing him to come to Eugene and give him transportation back to Roseburg, Clark's Eugene ac quaintance reported all that he knew to city police. A radio alert to state and local police at Roseburg then resulted in Clark's quick apprehension. UN Negotiators Agree to Quit : Korean Islands 'Major Concession' ; ; Made to Commies PANMUNJOM, Korea (UP) The United Nations agreed Friday -to give up all islands it holds off the east and west coasts of Communist North Korea in a major con cession to speed up an armis tice. wM UN staff officers attached no strings to the offer, but a spokesman said it was made in anticipation that the Reds would yield later to other Allied demands perhaps 6n the key issue of rotation of troops during a truce. r The U.N. gave in to the Com munists on the island question at a two-hour morning meeting f ot three Allied and two Communist staff officers. Talks Resumed -r; Altogether the staff officer agreed during the morning on three "ground rules" for carrying out on armistice. However, they resumed their negotiations at 3 p.m. with the most controversial Issues stil before them notably the U.N. demands for unlimited troop rotation and a ban on new airfield construction. The U.N. and Communist tmr delegates threw the whole prob lem of carrying out aud poliolng an armistice to the staff officers Thursday for solution after they round tnemseives apparently hopelessly deadlocked. 3 Ground Rules . U.N. spokesman Brtff. Gen. Wil liam P. Nuckols said the agree ment on the first three "ground rules" put the staff officers on "the road to solution" despite th obstacles which lie ahead. The three "ground rules" were: 1. All armed forces of both .Idea shall cease-fire within 24' hours alter an armistice agreement 1 signed and becomes effective,,., 't. Armed forces of bath ifdea shall withdraw .. approximately IVi miles from the cease-fir. ijn within 72 hours of an armistice to form a demilitarized buffer lone 2tt miles wide. 3. All ground, naval and air forces of either side shall be withdrawn within five days from the rear and the coastal islands and waters of the other side "and any others specifically and mu tually agreed" upon. Nuckols called the Allied agree ment to withdraw from island! off the Communist coasts "defi nitely a major concession." 3 Main Groups The concession means that the Allies will give up three main groups of islands off the mouta of the Yalu River, which forms the boundary between Korea and Manchuria; off Chinnampo, the west coast port for Pyongyang, the North Korean capital; and off the east coast port of Wonsan. - ; Actually, the Communists claimed to have recaptured six of the islands off the west coast this month, but this has not been con firmed by the U. N. command. Rains Plague ' Tent Dwellers BEIRUT. Lebanon (IP) Two i weeks of torrential rains have left i a trial of death and destruction among tens of thousands of tent dwelling Arab refugees in the Middle East, it was reported her Friday. (Jcfish Immigrant families In tent camps in Israel also were suf fering, reports from Jerusalem and Tel Aviv said). - The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) head quarters in Beirut said all relief organizations were taxed to the limit to meet the emergency. Gaza, ancient biblical coastal city in Palestine was the hardest hit. UNRWA reported that 36,000 persons have been evacuated from the Gaza area. Some 20,000 have found emergency accommodations? in mosques and churches. The agency reported that the unprece dented rains tore down nearly 5000 refugee tents in tho Gaza," area. UN Defeats Red Charge PARIS (IP) The United Na tions Political Committee gave the United States a vote of confidence Friday by rejecting Russian charges that the U. S. was sup porting anti-Kremlin plotters on Soviet soil. The vote was 39 against the Russian resolution, S for it and 11 abstentions. An American spokesman laid the vote backing up U. S. denials of the charges would have been even larger except that several pro-American delegations had al ready left Paris for the Christmas holidays. Annual Christmas Party;: Show Slated Saturday One of the county's biggest Christmas parties will begin at 9:15 a.m. Saturday when the Elks Lodge opens the doors of the Mc Donald Theater for a free show. Elks members said after the special show the guests will be escorted by Santa to the lodge to receive presents. Elks emphasized all children are Invited. -' .- ORF.GON WAGES HIGHER SALEM (IP) The average ' hourly wage of Oregon's lndustri- : al workers during November went over the $2 mark for the first" time, the State Unemployment Compensation Commission said Friday.