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49
Smuggling Plot
Connected With
Gift of Freezers
Wisconsin Senator
Makes Charges in De-
fending Mrs. Truman
Washington, Aug. 15 tfft
Senator McCarthy (R-Wis.) said
today an employee of the com
pany reported to have paid for
deep freeiers sent to Mrs. Har
ry S. Truman, and a number of
other notables had engaged in
"attempted smuggling activi
ties." - McCarthy emphasized that he
' does not think there was any
thing "even remotely improper"
on Mrs. Truman's part.
The Wisconsin senator made
'"his statement at the opening of
today's five percenter hearing.
The senate investigating com
mittee is trying to find out
whether improper influence
with government officials fig
ures in the activities of persons
who charge fees for help in
landing government contracts.
Paid Tor by Verley
Albert J. Gross, a Milwaukee
manufacturer, told the commit
tee last week that his company
sent deep freezers to Maj Gen.
Harry H. Vaughan. President
Truman's military aide, and a
number of other prominent
Washingtonians. He said the un
its were paid for by the Albert
Verley company, a Chicago per
fume house.
In a statement to newsmen
Saturday, Vaughan said two
- old friends of his one of whom
is associated with the Verley
company and the other report
ed to have been associated with
it formerly gave him seven
freezers in 1945, and that he in
turn made gifts of them to
friends.
Vaughan said he had one of
the freezers sent to the "little
White House" at Independence,
TWn A nmmHtfA mptnhpr has
said he was told that Mrs. Tru
man sent a thank-you note for
this freezer to Gross, thinking
he was the donor.
Research Contract
Colonel John A. MacLaugh
lin of the chemical corps told
the committee he was informed
last March or April that White
House "pressure" was being ex
erted to determine the status of
negotiations with a Connecticut
firm for a research contract.
(Concluded n Pag 5, Column 6)
Order Building
Site Cleared
Homes now located on the site
of the new state highway depart
ment building, directly north
of the new state office building,
must either be moved or demol
ished by September 1, state high
way department officials said
Monday.
All of the property on the
, block on which the $1,600,000
building will be constructed has
been purchased and the majori
ty of the buildings have been re
sold. Bids for the purchase of
the remaining homes were open
ed Monday afternoon.
Members of the state high-
way commission will meet with
reDresentative.e of Whitehousp
Church, Newberry & Church,
architects next Friday to discuss
specifications and also determine
when bids for the construction
of the building will be called.
It is the hope of the high
way commission that the con
tract can be let in time to per
mit the excavation for the build
ing before the winter rains set
in. This would require letting
of the contract sometime next
month.
The building will be five stor
ies high and similar in architec
ture to the library and new state
office buildings. However, by
means of a deep set back in the
rear of the building, more win
dows will be installed, giving
better light although cutting
the floor space down somewhat.
Margaret Mitchell
'Somewhat Better'
Atlanta, Aug. 15 (IP) Novel
ist Margaret Mitchell appeared
today to be "somewhat better,
though still in critical condi
tion," a member of the family
reported.
X-rays yesterday showed the
43-year-old writer received
fractured skull and fractured
pelvis when struck down by an
automobile Thursday night.
House Group
OKs Full Sum
For Arms Aid
Vandenburg and
Dulles Move Slash in
Senate Measure
Washington, Aug. 15 W) The
house foreign affairs committee
today approved the full amount
asked by President Truman for
western Europe arms aid. The
committee, however, split it up
between cash and contract au
thority.
The committee also refused to
include any authorization for an
arms-aid program for non-communist
China.
It split the western Europe
fund into two allotments, one to
be used up to next March 31 and
the other to finance the pro
gram between March 31 and
June 30, 1950.
Asked $1,160,990,000 Cash
The president had requested
$1,160,990,000 to h e 1 p Atlantic
Fact nations arm against aggres
sion. He wanted it all in cash.
The committee decided to give
it this way:
Cash: $498,130,000 to be used
up to next March 31, and $157,
710,000 to be used between
March 31 and June 30.
Contract authorization: $428,
100,000 up to March 31 and
$77,050,000 from March 31 to
June 30
The house committee acted
shortly after Senators Vanden-
berg (R., Mich.) and Dulles (R.,
N.Y.) had moved to shave $160,
990,000 of the European arms
program.
(Concluded on Pace 8, Column 8)
Typhoon Lashes
Kyushu Island
Tokyo, Aug. 15. (U.B A Ty
phoon lashed southern Kyushu
islrind today with gales as high
as 85 miles an hour and torren
tial rains that caused floods and
destruction to an area already
twice visited by typhoons this
summer.
There were no immediate re
ports on the extent of damage.
The U. S. air force typhoon
warning network alerted Amer
ican military units throughout
Kyushu and southern Honshu.
All Japanese shipping and fish
ing vessels were tied up.
The seasons seventh typhoon,
nicknamed "Judith," spit into
two storms last night. The right
wing drove up the Pacific east
of Kyushu and dissipated, while
the left wing struck directly
against the southernmost Japan
ese island.
The left wing was reported
sweeping due north across the
length of Kyushu at a speed of
eight miles an hour. Its course
would take it directly over the
U. S. airforce base at Itazuke.
However, the storm's inten
sity was expected to decrease to
less than 60 miles an hour in the
next 24 hours. '
American 'Cannibals'
Bucharest. Romania. An. 15
(IP) The current issue of the
Cominform bulletin, out today,
calls Gen. Omar Bradley, U. S.,
army chief of staff, and Rep.
Cannon (D-Mo.) "American
cannibals."
Battle On Power Policy
Opened in Congress
Washington, Aug. 15. (IP) A senate battle over the nation's
power policy opened today.
Lined up on one side were those advocating the use nf public
funds to build transmission lines for distributing power gener
ated at government hydro-electric dams.
On the other side were sen--
ators who argue that govern
ment power should be distrib
uted, when possible, by private
utility companies. v
One of these, Senator Elmer
Thomas (D., Okla.), said the is
sue is "the nationalization of
electricity in the United States."
Thomas, a member of the sen
ate appropriations committee,
upheld the committee's action in
deleting house-approved funds
for a number of government
transmission lines in the south
west, northwest and west.
On the other hand, Senator
Hayden (D., Ariz.) told the sen
ate Friday that the private util-
ites have no cause for alarm
that the "government intends to
drive them out of business."
There is not the slightest
chance, he said, that congress
can be persuaded to appropri
ate enough money to buy out
P'n;''! :
They Helped Open New Highway Youth and age joined
in dedication of the North Santiam highway at Breitenbush
bridge near Detroit Sunday. Top, royalty in attendance just
before ribbon was cut. Princesses Frankie Payne, Lorena
Davine, Daphne Tucker, Mary Gordon, Governor Douglas
McKay, and Queen Jeanne Brpy. Below-, 'Lf 'THennes, pio
neer of Lyons, 95 years old, points out : to' Governor McKay,
Mrs. J. R. Geddcs, 94, of Mill TJIty, to Mrs. McKay and by--standers
some of the things he remembers about the North
, Santiam as a boy. (Photo by Mrs. Wanda Gifford)
Governor Aids Queen in
DedicatingSantiamRoad
In the presence of thousands of people, under cloudless sky,
Queen Jeanne Bray Douglas cut a ribbon held by Governor
Douglas McKay on the new Breitenbush bridge, thus formally
dedicating the newly constructed portion of the North Santiam
Death Reported
Of Mao Tze-
Tung
Canton, China, Aug. 15 VP)
A nationalist army spokesman
told a news conference today
that Mao Tze-Tung, top Chinese
communist leader, had died in
Peiping July 17 of tuberculosis
The spokesman attributed the
report to "very reliable infor
mation." However, there was
no elaboration.
(It was the second time in two
days the Chinese nationalists
had mentioned Mao's death.
They asserted Saturday he was
either dead "or critically ill,
quoting intelligence reports.
That account was regarded as
dubious.)
the $22,000,000,000 investment
of the private utilities.
Hayden, chairman of the
appropriations subcommit tee
which handled the interior bill,
said a "live and let live" policy
is possible if the utilities and the
government will cooperate.
He cited examples of such co
operation in the Tennessee val
ley, in the Dakotas and in his
own state of Arizona.
Senator Gurney (R., S.D.)
said the committee's allotments
for the reclamation bureau em
phasize the original and primary
purpose of the reclamation pro
gram to give farmers water.
He cited the California val
ley project as an example. By
withholding funds for the so
called "west side" transmission
lines, he said it was possible for
the committee to speed up the
irrigation program.
highway Sunday.
Powerful loud speakers car
ried the voices of the speakers
to listeners as far away as half
a mile, unable to reach the scene
of the ceremonies. A picnic lunch
followed the ceremony.
. Featured on the program were
many of the old time residents
of the area, including J. T. Hen-
nis, 95, who came to Lyons with
his people in 1865 and lived
there ever since. Also introduc
ed were Mrs. J. R. Geddes, 94,
who settled in Mill City in 1883
and Mrs. Hattie Reed, 93, who
in 1872 crossed over the pass by
wagon train on almost the same
location as the new road.
Immediately after the ceremo
ny, road, officials stripped gun
ny sacks over signs designating
the highway as No. 222. Inci
dentally, business was at a stand
still at Detroit and Idanha dur
ing the progress of the ceremony.
the merchants simply closing up
shop.
Delegations from central Ore
gon joined with residents of the
Willamette valley were welcom
ed by Mayor Ed Vickers, who
called on Dave Hoss of Salem
to serve as master of ceremo
nies.
Beverly Krueger of The
Dalles, Miss Oregon of 19411, and
Joyce Davis, Redmond, M 1 s
Oregon of 1948, took part in the
ceremony, the latter singing an
Irish ballad accompanied by a
piano set in the middle of the
bridge.
It was announced that the road
above Breitenbush Hot Springs
will be closed to traffic for the
remainder of the season due to
heavy construction. Up to the
springs the road will be open
only from 1 to 2 p.m. and 5:30
to 7 a.m. daily and all day Sun
day. "We are just starting on a
great project," Gov. McKay said
in his brief talk, "which we hope
will continue to bring our gov
ernment closer 10 an me people."
War on Hoppers
Washington, Aug. 15 (IP) Ag
riculture field men have been
assigned to grasshopper infest
ed areas in Oregon, Rep. Stock
man (R-Ore) said today.
Public Enemy
No. 1 Captured
Louisville, Ky., Aug. 15 (IP)-
A man tabbed by the FBI as
"public enemy No. 1" was held
here today in connection with
the fatal shooting of one police
man and the wounding of an
other last night.
Police Chief Carl Heustis
identified the man as Earl D.
Bircham, 45, and said he was
charged with murder and mali
cious shooting. A woman iden
tified by Heustis as Bircham's
wife Mrs. June Bircham, 26
was held without charge.
An FBI circular said Bircham
was wanted for fleeing Kansas
to avoid confinement for rob
bery and had been charged with
bank robberies in Tennessee.
Fred Hallford, special agent
in charge of the Louisville of
fice of the FBI, said Bircham is
"recognized by the FBI as pub
lic enemy No. 1."
Halliford said Bircham was
sentenced in 1941 toKansasstate
penitentiary at Lansing for first
degree robbery. He escaped
twice. Born in Tennessee
Bircham was wanted in connec
tion wth several holdups total
ing more than $55,000 in Nash
ville, police there said recently.
Weather Delays
Channel Swimmer
Dover, England, Aug. 15 (IP)
Shirley May France's advisers
decided not to send her to
France tonight for her attempt
to swim the English channel be
cause weather conditions were
not right. There was a westerly
breeze.
Her coach, Harry Boudakian.
believes Shirley May is in top
condition to try to conquer the
treacherous 21 miles of water
separating England from the
continent.
Church Consecrates
2 Czech Bishops
Trnava. Czechoslovakia, Aug
15 (IP) The Roman Catholic
church defied an order by
Czechoslovakia's commu n I s t
government and consecrated
two bishops yesterday.
The government order pro
hibits such ceremonies unless
prior government approval is
obtained. It also prohibits pil
grimages to the ceremonies. A
large crowd attended, however
despite a government transport
blockade.
Airliner Crashes in A tlantic
Off Ireland; 9 Die, 49 Saved
West German
Voters Defeat
Communists
Frankfurt, Germany, Aug. 15
(IP) Western Germany's conser
vative parties moved today to
ward a coalition which would
commit the new republic to the
free enterprise system during
the next four years.
Those parties emerged in the
strongest position in yesterday's
parliamentary election the
first free balloting of its type
since Hitler took over in 1933.
The voter: rebuffed both the
communists and the extreme
right pro-nazi groups. The social
democrats (socialists) ranked
second in the popular vote. Con
trol of the government, howev
er, is expected to rest with the
anti-socialist parties.
The election was regarded as
communism's fourth major de
feat in western Europe since the
war. The earlier ones ocurred in
France, Italy and Western Ber
lin. Western Germany's rebuff
marks the retreat of commun
ism to the river Elbe where the
Red army stands guard.
Social Democrats Second
West German voters also re
jected socialism and extreme
right pro-nazi groups, giving
control of the 402-member par
liament to the free enterprise
parties whose policies have the
confidence of American officials.
Topping the popular vote with
7,356,025 were the conservaitve
Christian Democrats.
' Close behind with 6,923,303
were the Social Democrats who
want to nationalize big indus
tries. They closely resemble Bri
tain's ruling labor party.
The Free Democrats, who fa
vor the free enterprise system
with no reservation, surged into
third place with 2,827,948 votes.
Controlling Bloc
By joining with the Christian
Democrats they can assure a
controlling bloc in parliament
and will be able to form a con
servative cabinet.
(Concluded on Paie 5. Column D
62 Out of 9,987
Fired on Suspicion
Washington, Aug. 15 (P)
Out of 9,987 cases handled by
government loyalty boards, 62
federal employes have been dis
missed on grounds of doubtful
loyalty.
Jobs have been denied to 29
persons seeking them.
This was reported today by
the loyalty review board of the
civil service commission. The
report covered work on the gov
ernment loyalty boards since
they were established in March
1947.
Most of the loyalty investiga
tions were conducted by the
FBI. However 101 were carried
out by the office of Naval In
telligence and the commission
itself.
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Queen Chats with Pioneer While thry were spectators
Sunday of the opening ceremonies of the Norlh Santiam
highway, young Queen Jeanne Bray chatted with Mrs. Hallie
Reed, 93. Each was interested In the reactions of the other
to the history-making event.
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Marshal Husm Zayim
President of Syria
Zayim Slain in
Military Coup
Damascus, Syria, Aug. 15 (P)
Syria's president and premier
were shot yesterday in a light
ning military coup whose reper
cussions thundered through the
explosive middle east.
Col. Sami Hennawi, 51, Syrian
hero of the Palestine war, led
the group of senior army officers
who overthrew the government
of Marshal Husni Zayim.
A sharp burst from a firing
squad at the great Mazza mili
tary barracks ended the rule of
the stocky little Zayim who had
seized power four and half
months ago.
Zayim's bespectablcd premier.
Muhsen Bey Zerabi, generally
considered the brains ot the re
gime, died with him.
Col. Hennawi Issued communi
ques telling of the shootings,
They called . the dead rulers
"traitors" and "tyrants," and or
dered the army and police to
join forces to maintain calm.
(Dispaicnos irom Syria are
subject to censorship).
Col. Hennawi summoned a
meeting of about 50 prominent
Syrian politicians last night. He
told them Zayim was guilty ot
"conceit and despotism." He
said the revolution was forced by
the president s reckless spending
of government funds and his fail
ure to follow through on promis
es of reform.
The assembled politicians, in
cluding Faris El Khouri, Syria's
delegate to the United Nations,
called on former President Has
em Bey Attassi to form a new
government. He accepted.
Attassi named 1 1 men to serve
in his cabinet, Including former
Syrian minister to Washington
Nazcm Duki as minister of for
eign affairs.
Boy's Body Recovered
Seattle, Aug. 15 (U.B The
body of nine-year-old Kit Scl-
man, missing since last Wed
nesday, was recovered from
Lake Union Sunday morning.
Robert Kessler, 24, a news
paper carrier, discovered the
body in 10 teet of water as he
delivered his Sunday papers.
Dramatic Air
And Sea Rescue
Of Survivors
Galway, Ireland, Aug. 15 (IP)
Its fuel exhausted, an American
four-engined air liner bellied
into the Atlantic off western Ire
land in darkness early today.
Nine of its 58 occupants were
killed and the rest were saved
a dramtic sea-air rescue.
Among those saved was Ruth
Nichols, 48, noted American
aviatrix.
The big skymaster. bound
from Rome to New York with
47 Italian emigrants to Vene
zuela and 11 Americans aboard,
overshot Shannon airport. An
other American airliner tried to
escort it back to Shannon, but
ine skymaster s gasoline gave
out and it plopped into the calm
sea 15 miles off the Irish coast.
British and American trans
port planes guided surface ves
sels in the rescue operations.
11 Americans Aboard
Nine of the Americans aboard
were crew members and two
were employes of transocean
airlines, owners of the plane.
Ten hours after the plane
dropped through cloudbank into
the sea, the British trawler Stal-
berg pulled into Galway harbor
with 49 survivors. The Irish
steamer Lanahrone had helped
her in the rescue work.
One American crewman was
killed. The other eight dead were
passengers, according to Otis
Nelson, president of Transocean
airlines.
Nelson identified the dead
crewman as radio officer H J
bert Asbel of Brooklyn, N. I
(ConitnilCfl nn Pra R Pnliimn I
ifeel Profits
Held Unusual
New York, Aug. IS (IP) A
steel industry expert told a pre
sidential fact-finding board to
day that recent high profits in
the industry were unusual and
would not continue.
The statement was made by
Dr. Jules Backman, an associa
ted professor of economics at
New York university.
Backman continued for a sec
ond day his testimony before the
three-man board named by Pre
sident Truman In an effort to
avert a nation-wide steel strike.
He answered the testimony of
Robert R. Nathan, one-time gov
ernment economist who appear
ed for the CIO steelworkers un
ion when its side of the case
was presented to the board.
"Certainly there is no evi
dence in the past which sug
gests the possibility or prob
ability of continuous operations
at or near the level that pre
vailed early this year," Backman
said.
"With the disappearance of
this unusually high rate of op
erations, the profits reported by
the steel companies also have
melted rapidly. Thus, in the
second quarters of 1949, report
ed profits of steel companies fell
about 25 percent below the first
quarter total."
Nathan had argued that the
"phenomenal" steel profits of
recent months were proof the
companies could pay the 30 cents
an hour "package" asked by the
union without increased prices.
To Bring Cornelia
Back for Forgery
Deputy Sheriff William De
Vall and City Detective Wayne
Parker left Monday morning for
Bend where DeVall will pick up
Bartley Cornelia to return him
to Salem to answer to a check
charge.
On the way they expect to
stop at the Linn county jail at
Albany for an interview with
Ted Norman Drake under arrest
there on a charge of burglar
izing the Santiam Lumber com
pany and also suspected of hav
ing had some connection with
a rain of bad checks said to
have been spread over 23 Ore
gon cities including some in
Marion county.
They wish to see if they can
get any light from him as to
checks said to have been passed
in the Slayton and Mehamg area
and possibly around here.