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CITY EDITION
LANE COUNTY'S HOME NEWSPAPER.
89th Year, No. 21
TWO SECTIONS 20 PAGES
Eugene, Oregon, Friday, January 21, 1955
PHONE 5-1551
Price, 5 Cents
Portland State
Bill Passed
24-2 in Senate
Lane Senators
Oppose Measure
SALEM Ufl The Oregon
Senate voted 24 to 2 Friday
to make Portland State Col
lege independent, with au
thority to grant degrees. The
Dill goes to the House.
Portland State now is an ex
tension center of the state di
vision of higher education, with
2.300 dav students and 3.100
night students.
The only opposition votes were
cast by Sens. Truman A. Chase
and Donald R. Husband, both of
Eugene, which is the location of
the University of Oregon.
BACKED BY WIMIELM
Sen. Rudie Wilhelm Jr., Port
land, author of the bill, asked
for its passage to supply the
' needs of Portland students who
can't afford to go out of town
: to college.
"We need more trained minds
to meet the problems of the
world," he said.
Answering arguments that the
bill might be unconstitutional be-
fallen nn incf ttnHiin rati hfl In-
cated outside of Marion County
. wunoui a vuie ui ine peupie, wu
helm cited an attorney general's
opinion that it is constitutional.
State is not a separate institu
tion, but is a branch of the Board
of Higher Education.
Husband argued that the state
can't afford another institution,
asserting "there's plenty of room
for more students in existing
; schools. The quality of the educa
tion would be reduced because
the money would be spread too
thinly."
TAX PROPOSAL
The Board of Higher Educa
tion, which supports the bill, esti
mated that Portland State might
, grow larger than cither the Uni
' versity of Oregon or Oregon State
College.
A proposed constitutional
amendment to permit the Legis
lature to put emergency clauses
Ton tax bills was introduced in
the Senate by 33 representatives
and 21 senators. That's more
than enough to pass it.
This measure would make it
possmie tor tne Legislature to
pass new taxes without having
them postponed by a referendum.
If the Legislature approves, this
resolution would be on the No
vember, 1056, election ballot.
New House bills would add a
sixth member to the Oregon De
velopment Commission, and ex
empt city transportation systems
1IUIU pdyillg U1I3 gdSUlllIC U1A.
Oil Seekers
1 Dnnhlp I. and
Under Lease
F Applications for oil leases on
public lands in Western Oregon
totaling approximately 50,000
acres were filed with the Stale
Land Office in Portland this
week.
The lands range from (he Sius
law Valley to as far south as
.' Elkton.
The applications were filed by
'four persons E. P. Hcnson, Pat
" Hi,,,., n cnlh ,! t r c
Selby, of Portland.
Over 100,000 acres of public
land are now either under oil
lease or filed upon in Western
Lane, Lincoln, Coos and Douglas
counties.
. Additional acreages of private
land are also under lease.
A spokesman for the land of
fice said Friday morning that the
latest filings were in large
blocks, which may contain some
private lands which will be ex
cluded before the leases are
granted.
Whether the latest leases were
i filed on behalf of large oil com
panics can not be determined
wirom the applications since it's a
the companies to file under in
dividual names.
Several major oil companies,
including Sinclair and Standard,
have been identified as among
those interested in Oregon oil
leases by Manning Barber, former
Eugene realtor who is now spe
cializing in oil leases.
Commies Blamed
SEOUL UP South Korea said
Friday the Communists were re
sponsible for Thursday's shooting
of a light U. S. Army plane near
the Korean demilitarized zone in
which a soldier was killed and
in officer wounded.
Pieck Suffers Stroke
BERLIN i The West Berlin
jiewspapcr Telegraf said Friday
TKast German President Wilhelm
Pieck, 79, was reported to have
suffered a stroke and a severe
heart attack.
1 TF Hi
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(AP Wlrepholo)
IT'S HAMBURGERS AGAIN Comic Lou Costello and
Anne, his wife of 21 years, hold' the hamburger-shaped
cake which they and their guests ale at the pair's anni
versary party Thursday night in Palm Springs, Calif.
Costello, who can afford filet mignon, also served real
hamburgers to the guests for sentimental reasons. When
the Costellos married in South Attleboro, Mass., in 1934,
Lou was a ?50-a-week burlesque comic, and the couple's
wedding dinner was hamburger sandwiches with onions.
Rebellious
Release 11
BOSTON UV Four long-term
desperadoes surrendered meekly
Friday in ancient Massachusetts
State Prison, turning over their
weapons to a civic committee,
which gave them no "bargain or
deal."
The convicts at the same time
released five guards and six fel
low inmates they had held hos
tage in the solitary cell block
since early last Tuesday,
U. S. Living
Costs Drop
WASHINGTON W-The
gov.
ernment reported Friday
that
lower food prices in December
brought the nation's living costs
to the lowest level since May,
1953.
The report showed prices of
living cost items at the end of
the year 1954 were one-half of
one per cent below the level at
the year's start. It was the first
time since 1948 that the govern
men living cost index had show
ed an over-thc-ycar decline.
Substantially lower prices for
eggs, pork chops and poultry led
the December decline.
The index, kept by the Labor
Department's Bureau of Labor
Statistics, dropped three-tenths
of one per cent to 114.3 per cent
of the 1947-49 base period aver
age.
While prices declined gen
erally during 1954, especially
since July, the drop was gradual
and moderate. December's 114.3
index was about one per cent be
low the record high level of
115.4 in October, 1953.
Mrs. Aryncss Joy Wickens,
acting1 labor statistics commis
sioner, reported that rents have
recently been displaying a tend
ency to go down. She said mod
est declines have been reported
in a fairly large number of in
stances.
Mrs. Wickens declined to pie
dict the January price trend butjtional assembly Thursday night
said she would guess there would relaxed the state of siege imposed
not be "much change." latter the slaying of President Jose
Food prices have dropped .3.7 Antonio Remon 19 days ago. But
per cent since July. The Decern- it authorized police to continue
ber decline was six-tenths of one: making arrests without warrants
per cent. luntil Jan. 31. .
Girl, 8, Writes Eisenhower,
Gets 'Ham' Erased From TV
CHICAGO in Eight-year-old
Rence Denicola, distressed be
cause her favorite television
programs were being interrupt
ed by a "ham" radio operator,
complained directly to Presi
dent Eisenhower and got
prompt action.
In a childish scrawl, Rcnce
penciled:
"Dear Mr. President:
"I am 8 years old and I wish
you would help me. I am hav
ing so much trouble with a
ham station interfering with
my TV programs. 1 can't get
any picture and all I hear is
lCQ, CQ.' He's always on.
"You're the best President we
ever hai- 1 love you very
much. Rence Denicola." q
Of course.
said Fnee'i
Convicts
Hostages
Edwin D. Canham, editor of
the Christian Science Monitor,
and a member of the seven-man
committee, said the only thing
promised the rebellious convicts
was to do "everything in our pow
er to work with state officials to
get something so that these con
victs would have some hope for
the future."
The civilian committee, formed
only Thursday night, met with the
convicts early Friday morning and
again during the day. The second
meeting ended with the commit
tee announcing it's "all over."
Six fellow inmates, who did not
take part in the disturbance but
were held captive with the guards.
also were let out of the solitary
confinement cell block.
NO ONE HARMED
None of the guards or prison
ers was harmed.
The four rebels sawed their
way out of their cells early Tues
day. They seized the guards after
failing in an attempt to scale the
prison walls by a hastily-fashioned
makeshift ladder.
In their early demands they
asked for an automobile to take
them to freedom. Later they re
iterated many complaints about
the ancient prison which has been
condemned many times and soon
will be replaced by a modern
structure nearly ready for occu
pancy in Norfolk, 15 miles from
Boston.
SERVING LONG TERMS
The convicts, all serving long
terms are:
Theodore "Teddy" Green, 39,
bank robber and jail breaker;
Walter Balden, 38, robber-gunman;
Joseph Flaherty, 32, rapist;
and Fritz Swenson, 31, slayer of
a Boston policeman.
They kept up their stubborn re
sistance for nearly 82 hours. This
fell short of the 100-hour record
for such an uprising, set in 1952
at Jackson, Mich.
' Restrictions Eased
PANAMA m Panama's na-
mother, Mrs. Girard Denicola,
Friday, "we thought nothing
would come of it.
"But imagine our surprise
when a few days later a letter
arrived addressed to Renee. It
was signed by a secretary of
President Eisenhower. It
thanked her for reporting the
matter and said her letter had
been referred to the Federal
Communications Commission."
The FCC investigated and
found that the "ham" was An
thony Shragal, an inspection
foreman for a radio and tele
vision manttfa'tilrintf mmnanu
Shragal, informed of Rcnec's
trouble, sent his son Robert to
adjust the Denicola sctO to
eliminate the interference.
Rence oenjoyiflj her pro-
g.'ums.ain.
JUDGE AGREES
WITH DEFENDANT
DETROIT I "What do
you do for a living?" Fed
eral Judge Frank A. Picard
asked Miller D. Summerour,
42, of Detroit after Summer
our pleaded guilty Thursday
to a charge of bootlegging.
"I'm a plasterer your
honor," replied Summerour.
"You certainly are," snap
ped Judge Picard.
Guatemalan
Revolt Fails;
Reds Hunted
GUATEMALA W The govern
ment pushed a roundup of Com.
munists and supporters of ex-
President Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Friday after beating down an up
rising aimed at unseating anti-
Red President Carlos Castillo Ar
mas. At least 100 persons already
were under arrest.
Government troops held Guate
mala City and other strategic cen
ters in an armed grip. Castillo Ar
mas announced that 10 persons
were killed and an undetermined
number wounded in a brief clash
Thursday between loyat forces
and rebels seeking to capture
Aurora Air Force Base, outside
the capital. He blamed the Com
munists and Arbenz s supporters.
STATE OF SIEGE
The anti-Red government in
office less than seven months
promptly declared a state of siege
modified martial law. But au
thorities announced they were in
control throughout the country.
Machine gun carrying soldiers
mounted tight guard on military
posts and strategic points. A 10
p.m. curfew went into effect in
the capital.
A presidential decree said the
state of siege was necessary to
snuff out the "subversive groups"
which "in connection with Com
munist elements disturbed public
tranquility and by an armed ac
tion tried to overthrow the legally
constituted government."
MOST SERIOUS
Press censorship was ordered
but so far no checks were placed
on foreign correspondents' dis
patches. The outbreak was the most ser
ious attempt thus far to unseat
the anti-Communist President,
who gained power last June when
he led a revolt that drove out Ar-
benz's Red-supported government.
The ousted President recently
went from his exile residence in
Mexico to Switzerland, where he
was granted Swiss citizenship be
cause his father had been born in
that country.
Police Arrest
Firebug's Kin
PORTLAND Wl A fire was set
in the Capitol Theater here
Thursday night, and early Friday
police jailed Gerald Raymond
Kidd, 24, older brother of a con
fessed firebug.
Last fall three costly blazes
were set here and Richard Ray
Kidd, 20, admitted setting them:
He was found innocent by reason
of insanity and was committed to
the state hospital.
The theater blaze Thursday
night was in a pile of clothing
ir. a rest room. It was put out by
a theater employe and a fire mar
shal started an investigation.
Kidd was questioned and told he
could watch the movie while the
investigation was continued. In
stead, he left and was picked up
later.
Bail was set at $10,000 and he
was held, ton, for the federal pa
role board. His police station file
lists many bookings, ranging
from traffic offenses to robbery.
Britisher Quoted
By Peiping Radio
TOKYO W Peiping Radio Sat
urday quoted the captain nf the
sunken Britisher freighter Eden
dale as saying Nationalist planes
swept down to 200 fect of his
ship in Swatow Harbor and "de
liberately bombed" it although
it carried conspicuous British
markings.
Britain Friday protested the
sinking of the 1,717-ton freighter
in Wednesday's raid in Swatow.
The Nationalist Defense Minis-
try on Formosa said it was in-
vestigaling the sinking.
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Markets 6A
Women's News . 5A
Editorials 8A
Local News . IB
Sports ..... i 2B
Comics .. . . 3B
Radio 4B
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Reds
Visit Jailed
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OLD MARINERS' CHURCH
pied for 108 years, the six-million-pound stone Old Mariners' Church is inched on
steel rails and rollers out into Woodward Ave., a Detroit thoroughfare, on its way to
a now east side location. The job will take about three weeks and was undertaken to
make room for highway and building improvements along the Detroit River.
Eisenhower's Evacuation Plan
Blow to Hopes of Nationalists
TAIPEH, Formosa W Nation
alist China, shaken by the loss of
Yikiangshan, got another jolt Fri
day. Press reports that President
Eisenhower was considering ask
ing congressional approval for the
use of U.S. air and sea power in
a possible evacuation of some
Nationalist offshore islands came
as a real shock.
Top Nationalist authorities
might have been told in advance
the President was turning the
matter over in his mind. In any
event, they refused comment.
But junior officials familiar
with the top thinking indicated
these views:
1. The Nationalist government
might disagree with Eisenhower
on the wisdom of a withdrawal,
but President Chiang Kai-shek
and othec leaders realize the
White House is activated by the
best of motives.
2. If there is a withdrawal,
much as the Nationalists oppose
it, it will be the result of a
friendly understanding and not
through American pressure.
The idea of pulling out from
the threatened Tachcns, 200 miles
north of Formosa and now with
in artillery range of the Reds on
Yikiangshan is extremely dis
tasteful to the Nationalists.
A Defense Ministry spokesman
declared, "So far we have no plan
A-Sub Makes
Second Dive
GROTON, Conn. (U1 The nu
clear-powered submarine Nauti
lus, which made its first dive
Thursday, repeated the history
making performance Friday, this
time for Navy photographers who
were prevented bv rouch weather
from filming the first event.
The Nautilus went under,
Thursday at 1:30 p.m., and re -
mained submerged for one hour,
according to a Navy announce
ment. Lt. William H. Layman,
San Diego, the diving officer,
took it down.
The submarine rescue vessel,
Skylark, which has attended the
Nautilus at all nf its trial opera
tions, circled nearby. A Navy
helicopter hovered overhead.
The sea trials began Monday.
C'L r 1 nLt
rrench Delay Debate
Qn African Problems
PARIS MWThe National Assem
bly voted by S19 to 100 Commu
nists Friday to postpone immed
iate debate on France's North
African problems and get back
to work, as urged by Premier
Pierre Mendes France, on the
national budget.
Mendes France promised there
would be a full debate on North
African questions Feb. 2 and 3. chow.
That would put it out of the way I Damaged three 250-ton gun
before discussion of the contro--boats, (gie ofvhich possibly sank,
versial Paris accords to rearm: near Nanjih Island in Formosa
West Germany opens is the upper
nouse oi paruament.
to Let
MOVES Leaving the site on
to evacuate any of our island
outposts. AH of them will be de
fended at all costs."
But even if the Nationalists
agree to give up the Tachcns,
they might insist on holding at
least some of the more important
of their other offshore outposts
as a prestige factor.
Unofficial quarters here are
afraid a pullout from the Tachens
without a fight might touch off a
chain reaction in the United
States. It might lead, they fear,
to U.S. efforts to put Formosa
under a United Nations trustee
ship, possible admission of Red
China to the United Nations and
Cease Fire
Plan Mulled
LONDON WV-Britain and the
United Stfctcs kept in close touch
Friday on possible moves to bring
about a cease firo in the China
war.
A Foreign Office spokesman
said Britain has the explosive
Formosa situation "under very
active review and with the Ameri
can government in particular."
The spokesman said Britain,
the United States and New Zea
land still are discussing their
plan to ask the United Nations
Security Council to try to bring
about a halt to the fighting be
tween Red China and Chiang
Kai-shek's Chinese Nationalists.
Nationalists Attack
Communist Shipping
TAIPEH, Formosa Wl The
Chinese Nationalists, fearful of
new Red invasion moves after the
fall of Yikiangshan, attacked ship-
ping along the China coast with
waves of planes Fridt.y, claiming
at least 21 small craft sunk, an
other possibly sunk and more
than 12 damaged.
Report by Nat' nalist air force
headquarters of the new blows
came after the defense ministry
conceded that all resistance by
720 Nationalist guerrillas on
Yikiangshan had been wiped out.
TACHENS NEARBY
This opened the way for the
Reds to possibly strike at the
nearby Tachens 200 miles north
of Formosa.
Air force headquarters said
fighters and bombers Friday:
Destroyed more than 20 of 80
motorized junks near Wcnchow
Bay southw t of the Tachcns,
and set fire to three others.
Sank a 250-ton supply ship off
Pingtan island southeast of Foo-
Strait, and heavily damaged eight
i motorize a junKS..
' 7.
Relatives
Americans
(AP Wlrepholo)
the waterfront it has occu
eventual U.S. recognition of the
Peiping regine.
In Washington, intelligence re
ports that at least two Commu
nist submarines may be operating
in the B'ormosa Straits was re
ported Friday to be involved in
high level discussions of possible
U. S. moves in the Chinese fight
ing.
This was reported by a Con
gress member who attended
Thursday's briefing by Secretary
of State Dulles and Adm. Arthur
Radford, chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff. The legislator de
clined to be quoted by name.
His information was that the
submarines had been turned over
to the Chinese Communists by
Russia.
The report as to Communist
subs was said to he a factor
weighing heavily . on congres
sional leaders sounded out as to
how they would view a possible
special request by tho President
for authority if such a step be
came necessary to use U.S. air
and sea power to aid evacuation
of Chinese Nationalist troops
from some nf the islands off the
Red China coast.
Secretary of State Dulles re
portedly advanced tho possibility
of such a request at the State De
partment briefing Thursday.
There are reported to be 20,000
Nationalist Chinese regulars in
the Tachen Islands. There arc
also Nationalist regulars on other
islands close to the mainland.
The defense ministry said Na
tionalist defenders of Yikiang
shan fought until the last man
died.
Resistance ceased on the
land, the ministry said, at 0:12
p.m. Thursday night, 61 hours 12
minutes after Chinese Red invad
ers landed behind pulverizing
naval and air bombardment.
Peiping radio, however, insist
ed that all fighting had ended
Tuesday, the same day its amphi
bious invaders struck in over
whelming force.
'LIBERATION' IIAiI.EI)
The broadcast, heard in Tokyo.
said the Communists had killed
about 500 Nationalist troops, cap
tured more than 550 and seized
stores of guns and ammunition.
Another Peiping broadcast
hailed the "liberation" of Yiki
angshan as a victory which has
inspired the nation in Its Strug
gles ttP liberate Taiwan (For
mosa.
The bristling broadcast, heard
in Tokyo, stressed the importance
of the Yikiangshan action in Red
China s "campaign to liberate the
coastal islands and ultimately
Taiwan Itself."
Most Families
Undecided
On Invitation
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y.
Wl Red China, in a surprise
move wun overtones of prop
aganda, announced Friday
the relatives of 17 Americans
jailed there are welcome to
visit the prisoners.
The Americans were associated
with U.S. armed forces in the
United Nations command that
spearheaded the Korean fighting
against Red China. . - -
The u.N. also announced the .
offer, saying it grew out of the
recent Dag Hammarskjold mis
sion to Peiping. The U.N. secre
tary general sought to free Amer
ican prisoners held in China.
TO VISIT JET ACE '
Most of the relatives interviewed
immediately after the announce
ment said they were undecided
or did not intend to accept the
invitation. However, the Iowa
parents of a jet ace said they
will leave as soon as arrange
ments can be made.
The announcement made by
Peiping and at the United Na
tions here said:
"Premier Chou En-lai, ' during
his talks with Secretary General
Dag Hammarskjold, indicated
that tho government of the Peo
ple's Republic of China would
provide facilities for relatives to
visit those United States person
nel who have been convicted and
those whose . cases . were under
investigation, if they should wish
to do so, and that the Red Cross
Society of China would make all
the arrangements necessary."
NO SAFETY GUARANTEE '
Later, a U.N. spokesman said
Hammarskjold "has no doubt that
those members of the families
wishing to visit China to see their
en . . . will be safe.
This statement evidently was
made because the United States
cannot guarantee the safety of its
citizens traveling in countries
with which it has no diplomatic
relations.
American passports ban any
travel to Communist countries
(except. Yugoslavia). This ban is
VISITING OFFER
( Continued on Page 4 A)
Solon Thinks
800 GIs Held
CHICAGO UV-Sen. Knowland
( It-Calif) says-he believes Red
China holds "something over 800
other GIs" in prison besides the
IS American airmen they ac
knowledge holding.
In a speech to the Cicero Man
ufacturers' Assn., Thursday night.
me senate minority leader said:
"We have strong reason to be
lieve they hold more than the 15
they acknowledge of holding."
The men showed up neither in
the Little or Big Switch prisoner
exchanges following the Korean
truce in 1953, Knowland said.
Names of the imprisoned Ameri
cans, he said, were learned from
Red propaganda broadcasts, other
released POWs and Pentagon re
ports. Knowland said a compilation of
the various reports led him to the
strong belief the Red Chinese held
"several hundred other GIs in
prison enclosures." He later set
(he figure at "something over 800
other GIs."
''iRebel Force
Said Trapped
(Earlier Story, Page 2A)
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica W The
Costa Rican general staff an
nounced Friday the capture of the
rebel stronghold of La Cruz and
the nearby town of Puerto Soley
on the Pacific Coast. It added that
the rebels were now caught in a
Irap, with loyalist troops closing
a pincers from the north and
south.
The announcement came on the
heels of unofficial reports that the
rebels were withdrawing toward
the Nicaraguan frontier.
The acUon was at the edge of
the newly proclaimed buffer zone
between Costa Rica and Nicara
gua. Neutral ground and air ob
servers of the Inter -American
Peace Commission were patrol
ling a belt 18 miles long in the
area to keep the rebellion from
touching off a war between the
two neighboring countries.
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