THE WEATHER HERE
PARTLY CLOUDY tonight and
Tuesday. Little change in tem
perature. Lowest tonight, 58;
highest Tuesday, 88.
Maximum yesterday, Bt minimum Is
iy, M, 24-hoor prerlplUtlon, trirtt far
month, trace; normal, 0. Sea ion precipi
tation, 41.87; normal, S7.S3. River heljht,
8.8 feet.
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Legionnaires
Arriving for
Convention
1300 Register by Noon
Wednesday to Be
40 et 8 Day
Nearly 1300 Legionnaires had
registered for the 31st annual
Oregon state Legion convention
by noon Monday, with hundreds
more expected to sign in Mon
day afternoon and Tuesday, ac
cording to convention headquarters.
The gay and colorful conven
tion is scheduled foi Wednesday
through Saturday, with events
to be held at numerous meeting
places in Salem.
Legion dignitaries were be
ginning to drift into Salem
Monday morning. The invasion
of Legion delegates will con
tinue through Tuesday and
Wednesday, and from Thursday
to Saturday the city streets will
be flooded with Legion-capped
out-of-towners.
Carnival to Open
The Browning brothers car
nival will open in Marion square
Tuesday, and continue operation
throughout the convention.
Golf and bowling tourna
ments, sponsored by the Legion
for Legion members, also get
rolling Tuesday. Registrations
for the athletic events are be
ing taken at convention head
quarters.
Headquarters, which has been
in the Senator hotel lobby for
over a week, was to move to a
tent on the courthouse lawn
Monday afternoon.
Convention events actually
begin Tuesday, though on a
minor scale. Several meetings
are scheduled by the 8 et 40, the
honor society of the Legion aux
iliary. (Concluded on Page 5. Column 1)
British Cruiser
In Bold
Escape
Aboard H. M. S. Jamaica at
Sea, Aug. 1 (P) This 8,000-ton
cruiser sped today to rendez
vous with the British sloop Ame
thyst, whose bold escape from
Chinese Red captivity in the
Yangtze river Saturday made
naval history. The meeting is
expected tomorrow.
Dramatic details of the Ame
thyst's dash for freedom were
recounted by Vice-Adm. A. C.
G. Madden, second in command
of the British navy's far eastern
station.
The vessel had been pinned
down by the communists in the
Yangtze since April 20 when she
was caught in a disastrous duel
with Red shore batteries.
Madden said the escape was
"all very well planned and con
ducted. The timing also was a
vital factor."
"The Amethyst slipped cable
Saturday night, at 10:12 Hong
kong time, making as little noise
as possible," Madden said. "She
. J followed astern of a steamer."
The ship was challenged and,
ironically, a Red gunboat also
in the same area was set afire
by the Reds' gunfire.
The Amethyst replied to the
shore batteries with one round
of her main armament and a
large amount of fire from her
Bren and Oerlikon guns, Mad
den said.
Salem Continues
To Swelter in Heat
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" Salem area continued to swel
ter, Monday, with indication the
day would be really a "scorcher."
The temperature reading was
above the 85 mark at 11 a.m.
Humidity reading at that time
was 45 percent. Prospects are
for little change in temperature
tonight and Tuesday.
Sunday's maximum went to
89, four below the 93 mark of
Saturday. The humidity was
"off" for the day, however, mak
ing it appear temperatures were
higher than they were. The day's
mean was at 74, six above nor
mal. A few drops of rain registered
a trace Sunday afternoon but
threat of a shower or so passed.
Two Bodies Recovered
Portland, Aug. 1 (P) The
bodies of two unidentified men
were found floating in the Wil
lamette river here jesterday.
The coroner's office said a
body dragged out by a tug crew
was that of a middle aged man
clad in striped trousers, a white
shirt with blue stripes and black
oxfords. The second body was
clad in j blue denim shirt and
blue overalls.
Silverton Road
Scheduled for
New Alignment
Improvement Under
Federal Funds to Fol
low Right-of-Way
The county court was advised
unofficially Monday that the
state highway department con
templates including Improve
ment of the Silverton road under
federal aid funds in its October
letting of road work contracts on
the proposed new alignment
from Steffans corners into the
city of Silverton.
While the county court has
not taken a vote as result of a
recent meeting when protests
were lodged against the new
right of way, its attitude seemed
plain Monday, also, when it
made known that it will contin
ue to acquire right of way on
the proposed new routing "by
negotiation, if possible, and if
not by condemnation."
Money May Be Lost .
County Judge Grant Murphy
stated that if the county is un
able to accept the federal road
funds on the basis of the new
right of way it is very doubtful
where the money will go, if it is
not lost altogether. The state
highway department already has
assigned from federal funds over
$400,000 for improvement of the
hew road.
C. A. Gardner, state highway
department right of way agent
vho has been loaned to the
county for purchase of right of
way on the Silverton road im
provement, made an informal re
port to the court in person Mon
day, also, as to progress made.
Seek Negotiations
He indicated as it now stands
there may be six or seven par
cels on which he will recom
mend condemnation. The court
however, gave him an additional
week for further negotiations
and Gardner said he would make
another progress report before
the end of that time. It is like
ly, at this report, definite de
cision may have been reached as
to what of the remaining prop
erties can be acquired by nego
tiation and what will be left to
condemnation.
Considerable long stretches al
ready are under option, some of
it an outright gift to the county.
High price paid for farm land is
on a basis of $350 an acre. One
of the pieces yet under negotia
tion has a demand on it on a
much higher basis as part of the
land already has been sold off
the farm for commercial pur
poses which would establish a
$1000 an acre price and in addi
tion $2200 is asked in damages.
Further negotiation will be had
on this piece.
9-Year Old Boy
Killed in Play
Tillamook, Aug. 1 UP) A Til
lamook county ward, 9-year-old
Dean Moore, was fatally wound
ed Saturday while playing cops-and-robbers
with a surplus army
rifle.
County Coroner Allen Lund-
berg said the boy and George
Akers, 10, obtained the gun in
the absence of Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Humfleet from their farm home
near Garibaldi.
The gun was dropped and dis
charged, the bullet penetrating
the youngster's arm and side. He
Mass Production On of
Effective A tomic Bombs
Washington, Aug. 1 UP) The
nounced today its new and more
tested at Eniwetok are being produced "on an industrial basis."
It also said uranium and plutonium for bombs and other atomic
energy uses are being produced
before. $
Relating "advances in all
phases of the national atomic
energy program," the AEC in
its sixth semi-annual report to
congress also listed progress on
the medical front, including in
dications that relatively inex
pensive radioactive cobalt may
eventually prove to be a better
cancer treatment than radium.
At the same time the AEC dis
closed it had found ace-in-the-
hole resources of uranium in
this country that could be used
at some future time for military
applications in case the uran
ium we now get at home and
abroad should cease to be avail
able. This country now gets most
of its uranium from the Belgain
Congo and Canada which have
ores of a high uranium content.
Some of the previous stuff also
comes from low-grade carnotite
ore of the Colorado plateau an
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JV tP , ' vyr.
Romania Closes
Catholic Orders
Bucharest, Romania, Aug. 1 UP)
Romania today dissolved all Ro
man Catholic welfare orders.
There are 15 such orders in
Romania, the best known being
the French Order of St. Vincent
De Paul. . The orders are devot
ed to charity, hospital and social
work among Roman Catholics.
Catholic priests, monks and
nuns enrolled in the orders were
told to choose within 15 days
whether they will retire to three
cloisters and two monasteries as
signed to them, enter an old age
asylum, or quit their orders and
join the lay public, applying fori
job at local employment bur
eaus. The decree was published in
the official government bulle
tin.
The Roman Catholic church
has been under attack for some
time in Romania, as in other
eastern European countries. Re
cently the official communist
newspaper Scanteia accused the
papal regent here of having in
structed Roman Catholic bishops
to adopt "anti-democratic politi
cal activity." (Anti-democratic
means anti-communist in eastern
European terminology.)
Two Killed in Plane Crash
Wallace, Ida., Aug. 1 U.
Two brothers-in-law were kill
ed instantly Sunday when their
small private plane crashed and
burst into flames on a ridge 2
miles northwest of Mullan, Ida.
Shoshone county sheriff depu
ties identified the pair as Pilot
Harold Dipley, 26, and Kenneth
Sellers, 28, both of Wallace.
atomic energy commission an
effective atomic bombs proof-
"in greater quantities than ever
ore relatively low in uranium
content.
The commission told today of
extensive exploration and pros
pecting by the AEC and the U.
S. Geological Survey all over
the country.
This involved "comprehensive
examination of virtually every
rock formation in this country,
and of mine and smelter pro
ducts, T?as and oil wells, and
other places where uranium
might occur," the AEC said
adding:
"By mid-year this work had
revealed enormous tonnages of
very low grade materials (that
is, materials low in uranium
content.)
"They cost more to process
but they could be utilized in the
future to sustain an atomic
energy program for military
purposes, should lower-cost ur
anium cease to be available."
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Week-end Bad One for Accidents A total of 11 persons
were reported injured in six traffic accidents investigated by
police over the week-end including Monday. In the two shown
in the pictures five were hurt, including four hospitalized.
At top, car driven by Ralph Propeck, was wrecked when it
hit a power pole, and power was cut off in the Keizer area.
Severed pole is shown below at left. At right below car
driven by Art Scovell and City Transit bus driven by Roy
Donald Anderson collide at State and 12th, causing hospital
treatment for four.
11 Hurt in 6 Crushes
Over the Week-end
A total of 11 persons were injured, including four who were
hospitalized for treatment, in six separate accidents investigated
by police over the week-end.
One of the smashups involved two cars and a City Transit
Lines bus. That accident occurred at the intersection of State
and 12th streets, and resulted in
hospital treatment for four per
sons Saturday night.
The driver of one of the cars
in the auto-bus crash suffered a
cut forehead, a broken left arm
and other cuts and bruises. He
was identified as Art Scovell of
Portland. His wife and another
passenger, Mrs. Howard Miller
of Albany were cut and bruised
and treated for shock.
The bus driver, Roy Donald
Anderson, 690 North 14th, sus
tained an injured back in the
smashup. He was the only other
person listed by police as in
jured in the accident.
The driver of the third car,
Philip Dale Brogan, 2600 State,
was headed east on "State street
while the bus was coming from
the west. Brogan and Anderson
told police they had observed
stop signs at the crossing. Sco
vell was accused of driving
through a stop sign from the
north as the bus and Brogan's
car were passing through the
intersection.
Power was snuffed out for the
entire Keizer district Sunday
night when a car driven by
Ralph Propeck, 3810 Cherry ave
nue, cut a power pole. Although
the car was heavily damaged.
Propeck suffered minor cuts and
bruises and was treated by first
aid.
The break in power service
lasted from approximately 9:15
p.m. to 10:45 p.m.
Ronald C. Burton, 1890 North
Capitol, was cut on the arm in
a crash Saturday afternoon at
Marion and Caiptol streets in
an accident involving a machine
driven by Woodbury J. Davis,
1975 Laurel avenue.
Mrs. Lyle Coffman. 875 North
Liberty, was treated by the first
aid crew and returned to her
home after she accidentally
walked into the rear of a car
driven by Walter R. Ball, route
4, on Liberty street.
(Concluded on pan i. Column I)
Fire Menace
Eased in Forests
(By the Axjioclatfd Frww)
Slightly cooler weather eased
forest fire dangers in western
Oregon today as foresters and
loggers brought widely scatter
ed timber fires under control.
State Forester Nels Rogers
said a brush and small timber
fire that scorched 800 acres 15
miles east of Grants Pass over
the week-end was being cor
raled. District Forester Frank
Hamilton put 100 men on the
blaze yesterday and headed it
away from a more valuable tim
ber tract.
V. S. Military Chiefs In Europe Top military chiefs of the United States arrive li. Frank
furt, Germany, for a 10-day inspection tour of allied armaments in face of communist threats
to "take action" before western Europe can rearm. Left to right: Admiral Louis E. Drnficld;
John .1. McCloy, U. S. high commissioner; Lt. Gen. Clarence R. Huebner, European theater;
Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg, air force; Lt. Gen. John K. Cannon, air force commander in Ger
many, and Gen. Omar N. Bradley, army chief of staff. (Acme Radio-Telephoto)
Mfiy
To Aeronautics
Marshall Urges
Approval of
Arms Aid Bill
Washington, Aug. 1 M" Gen
George C. Marshall told con
gress todav that it would be "a
very dangerous thing" to delay
President Truman's program of
foreign arms aid.
He advised the lawmakers
also against cutting the $1,450,
000,000 program until the U. S.
has ironclad guarantees that
west Europe will cooperate fully
'You're trying to start the
engine up. Marshal told tne
house foreign affairs committee.
The president's program does not
go "whole hog he declared.
Talks on Arms Plan
The former secretary of state.
who was army chief of staff
during World War II, appeared
at the committee's hearing on
the history-making plan of arms
aid to European members of the
North Atlantic alliance and to
Greece, Turkey, Iran, Korea
and the Philippines.
Some republican members of
congress have proposed that for
eign arms aid be limited to a
smaller stop-gap program until
the North Atlantic allies organ
ize a defense council and adopt
an over-all plan. Senators Van
denberg (Mich.) and Dulles (N.
Y.), who have been leading sup
porters of the bi-partisan foreign
policy, have been among those
making this suggestion.
Delay Dangerous
Under questioning by Rep
Merrow (R., N. H.), Marshall
said he believed it would be "a
very dangerous thing" to hold
up the program until congress
can assure itself that western
Europe has evolved a detailed
plan for military coordination,
cooperation and unit.
Marshall said he doees not be
lieve there will be any diffi
culty getting the benefitting na
tions to co-operate. He said he
thinks "the formal conclusions"
for cooperation have been reach
ed already.
Endorsing President Truman's
$1,450,000,000 program, Mar
shall agreed with previous state
ments by Secretary of State
Acheson and the army chief of
staff, General Omar N. Brad
ley. Urgently Necessary
Marshall told the committee
that he had not sat in on consul
taions while the plan was being
worked out, but that he was
briefed on it at the state depart
ment last Friday.
'I had been strongly of the
opinion . . . that action of this
nature was urgently necessary,"
he added. "As to the fundamen
tal policy involved there is no
doubt in my mind as to the de
sirability of action of this nature
immediately."
It is necessary, he said, for the
nations of Europe who are
friendly to the United Stales and
are resisting Russia to have "mu
tually cooperative action against
aggression."
Strengthens America
In the long run, Marshall tes
tified, the program will stren
gthen rather than weaken the
military position of the United
States and will give momentum
to our foreign policy.
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Sends Charges
To Ask Bids on
Million Dollar
Apartments
A call for bids on Salem's mil
lion dollar apartment house pro
ject is to be made in about 90
days, according to Victor N.
Jones, Seattle architect, who is
active in promotion of the enter
prise. Jones announced further that
a commitment for the project has
been made by the federal hous
ing authority and that "it is in
the working drawing stage."
The building, to be located at
the southwest corner of Union
and North Winter streets, will be
a seven story building with 101
apartment units.
Jones said he was not yet rea
dy to talk about the financing or
other details of the project.
Joint Chiefs of
Staff Confer
Frankfurt, Germany, Aug. 1
(IP) The V. S. joint chiefs of
staff conferred today with army
officers of Italy and Luxem
bourg in the first of a series of
talks with European military
representatives.
Lieut. Gen. Efisio Marias
Italy's army chief of staff said
at the conclusion of the talks
the American chiefs "displayed
a friendship on which we can
rely without question."
Gen. Marras added "we dis
cussed problems of mutual in
terest . . . there is no doubt
these discussions will be of great
mutual benefit."
Adm. Louis Dcnfeld, U. S.
naval chief of operations said
the Italians did not raise (he
question of U. S. arms aid for
Western Europe.
Earlier, a spokesman for the
joint staff said the Luxembourg
group did not bring up the arms
id question at their session
either.
The American chiefs Gen.
Omar N. Bradley, army; Adm
Louis Denfeld, navy; and Gen.
Hoys S. Vandenberg, air force.
flew in from Washington Satur
day for a 10-day study of Euro
pean defenses and potentialities
under the Atlantic pact.
Heal Wave Lifts
Over Country
Chicago, Aug 1 (P) The en
tire nation is rid of the week
long heat wave.
Temperatures were around
normal or cooler today over the
country with skies mostly clear.
There still were some hot spots
in parts of the south but noth
ing worse than could be expect
ed there for this time of year,
the weather bureau reported.
In the great lakes region and
the northern plains tempera
tures ranged lower than average
and were pleasantly cool.
Rain was reported in the Car-
olinas and at scattered points
from the Lake Superior area
southwestward to eastern Nebra
ska and northern Kansas. Charle
ston, S. C, had three inches of
rain in six hours.
Board
Flying Groups
Protest Alleged
Waste of Funds
By JAMES D. OLSON
Charges of "flagrant waste of
money" by the state board of
aeronautics filed by Oregon avi
ation interests with Governor
Douglas McKay have been turn
over by the governor to the
board members.
This action, the governor said,
was taken after he had a frank
discussion of the matter with
members of the board.
"It was my recommendation
at that time that the board ex
ert special dilligency in guar
anteeing efficient spending of
funds allocated for the state's
aeronautics program," the gov
ernor said. "I am confident that
the board is capable of caring
for the complaints that have
been offered."
Challenge Bartlett
Criticism of the board and
challenging of the appointment
of W. M. (Jack) Bartlett as
state director of aeronautics was
contained in letters signed by
officers of the Oregon Flying
Farmers; the Sportsmen-Pilots
and the Aerial Spray and Dust
Operators.
Claude Williams, Prineville,
president of the Flying Farm
ers and other critics made it
clear that they were not ques
tioning the "sincerity or integ
rity" of any member of the
board.
"What we want to know,"
Williams wrote, "is what the
board has accomplished with the
$200,000 and more they have
spent in the past two and a
half years."
Admits Some Waste
Activities of the board are
supported from fees collected
from the aviation industry and
no tax funds are involved.
Ben Ruffner, Oregon State
college, who is chairman of the
board, admitted In an interview
that some state funds jiad been
"wasted" on engineering work
but said 'only because the CAA
federal aid program for air
ports had failed."
Ruffner said that inasmuch as
at the time Bartlett was ap
pointed director the main aim
of Die commission was to en
courage and aid airport devel
opment it was thought that the
director should have engineer
ing qualifications. He said that
he felt Bartlett's experience in
engineering work amply quali
fied him for the directorship.
The Flying Farmers will meet
n Portland August 6 when It
s planned to further air the
harges already made.
Buzzing Caused
Plane Collision
Fort Dix, N. J., Aug. 1 W) A
public hearing by the civil aero
nautics board appeared possible
today as an aftermath of the
crash of a navy fighter plane and
a commercial airliner in wheh 16
persons died Saturday.
The possibility of a public
hearing was suggested last night
by William K. Andrews, direc
tor of the board's bureau of safe
ty investigation. CAB rcprescn.
tatives and navy officials are in
vestigating reports that the naval
pilot was "buzzing" the Eastern
Airlines plane when they col
lided in the air near Fort Dix,
N. J.
An account of the buzzing from
a Piper Cub pilot who witnessed
the accident, George W. Hum
phries of Fairhaven, was backed
up by pilots for Eastern Airline
and National Airlines. They said
their planes had been buzzed by
navy fighters in the same area
shortly before the collision.
Identification of the Airlines'
15 victims 12 passengers and
three crewmen meanwhile was
proceeding slowly. All were
charred beyond recognition by a
fire which broke out when the
plane hit the ground. Teeth pro
vided the only means of identifi
cation. The body of the navy pi
lot, Lt. (J.G.) Robert V. Poc, 26,
of Hampton, Va., was found two
miles away.
Admiral Lucian Mocbus. as
sistant chief of naval operations
for air, said in Washington that
'if there was any buzzing it was
In direct violation of our exist
ing rules."
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