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61st Year, No. 225 S?JS?oZ Salem, Oregon, Wednesday, September 21, 1949
(20 Pages)
Price 5c
$2,385,000 for
Baldock Plan
Bridge Allotted
Salem Signs Contract
With State Highway
Commission
By JAMES D. OLSON
Work on the first unit of the
Baldock traffic relief plan fori
Salem, estimated to cost'$2,385,-
000 was authorized by the state
highway commission at Its
monthly meeting in Portland
Tuesday afternoon.
Included in this unit is con
struction of a two-way bridge
over the Willamette river at
Marion street, to be followed by
re-construction of the present
Center street bridge; together
with a comprehensive plan of
one-way streets to facilitate traf
fic flow through the city.
The entire traffic relief meas
ures outlined in t h e Baldock
plan are estimated to cost $7,
600,000 and will take seven or
more years to complete.
Salem Delegation Present
A delegation of Salem and
Marion county citizens, headed
by Mayor R. L. Elfstrom urged
consideration of five projects,
including the one approved. The
Salem mayor presented an agree
ment signed by members of the
Salem city council covering ini
tial unit of the traffic plan.
Emphatic pleas were made to
the commission for the immedi
ate rebuilding of the North San
tiam highway between Mill City
and Mehama together with re
placement of two bridges, con
necting Marion and Linn coun
ties. County Commissioner Rogers
told the commission that tons of
cement for the Detroit dam
would be hauled over this road
and in addition casings for the
power unit for Big Cliff dam,
each casing measuring 17 feet in
height would also be taken over
the road.
Detroit Road Dangerous
"At present the road is dan
erous," said Rogers.' "The pres
ent bridges are not high enough
nor strong enough to support the
loads that must be taken to the
damsite."
Harry Banfield, chairman of
the commission said that the
commission lacks funds to launch
this project now and held that
the federal government should
contribute a part of the cost of
this road and bridges. He inti
mated that government officials
would be approached on the sub
ject (Concluded on Pare 5, Column 7)
Acheson Sees
Peace Possible
New York, Sept. 21 U.(0 Sec
retary of State Acheson today
re-affirmed his belief that east-
west differences can be ended
peacefully, but warned that a
solution will not be quick or
easy.
In a solemn American policy
speech before the United Na
tions assembly, Acheson prom
ised the 59 national delegations
the United States is ready to do
its part. As expected, his tone
was conciliatory.
His declaration blamed Rus
sia for the "profound sense of
insecurity" which he said has
enveloped large areas of the
world and has led to such steps
as the formation of the North
Atlantic alliance.
It is the main task of the as
sembly, he said, to try to solve
the problems which lay behind
the cold war.
"I pledge for the United
States unreserved support and
devotion to a concerted effort
to this end," he said.
Acheson made no direct ap
peal to Russia for a general set
tlement, but did call for Soviet
cooperation on several specific
problems such as the Balkan
dispute and Korea.
Acheson said this session of
the assembly comes at a time
when the main postwar adjust
ments have been completed and
it Is possible to see with more
clarity what the real problems
are.
Some of them, he said, "are of
terrible seriousness."
He added:
"They are too deeply rooted.
In many instances, to be rapidly
overcome by persuasion or com
promise or by isolated diplomat
ic gestures.
Stuck Freighter Freed
Portland, Sept. 21 ( Thi
freighier Pine Bluff Victory,
stuck on a Columbia river mud
bank near Vancouver more than
24 hours, was freed early today
by the tug Salvage Chief.
Fall Opening
Great Success
In Every Way
Record Crowds Throng
Streets and Store
Displays
An estimated 35,000 to 40,000
'people flooded Salem's business
districts in festivious fashion
Tuesday night as the gigantic
fall opening was held,
The first fall opening since the
war matched the pre-war spec-
tacles in both size and splendor,
and the turnout of townspeople
was probably the greatest in
history.
Streets were jammed solid
with a sea of window-shoppers
who were treated to the finest
in ultra-modern displays, em
phasized more than ever before
by unique lighting innovations.
100 Merchants Participate
Everything from automobiles
to zinnias was shown by the
nearly 100 local merchants who
participated in the gala evtrava-
ganza of fall merchandise dis
play.
Top honors in the window
decoration contest went to The
Man's Shop at 416 State street,
which featured formal mens
wear displayed behind the
store's huge curved show glass.
Leon's Shoe store at 234 North
Liberty and J. C. Penney at 160
North Liberty ranked second
and third, respectively, in win
dow display competition
Judging by Portlanders
Judging was based on the
amount of energy put Into the
displays, the overall impact on
spectators, theme involved and
the display's ability in getting
across the idea portrayed.
Three Portland store display
managers, Bob Wiseman of
Weiner's, Jack Mock of Bedell's
and Larry Ness of Nuedleman's,
were the judges.
(Concluded on Page 5, Column 5)
GreeksWipeOut
Guerrillas
New York, Sept. 21 VP) The
United Nations special commis
sion on the Balkans (UNSCOB)
said today the Greek army has
eliminated organized guerrilla
resistance along the northern
borders of Greece.
This does not mean that the
civil war is ended. Communist
led guerrilla bands still rov
parts of the interior. The Greek
army's recently concluded
Grammos mountain offensive
drove strong rebel detachments
across the Albanian frontier, as
other offensives have done be
fore. Each time in the past, the
guerrillas have reorganized and
returned.
The Greek general staff an
nounced in Athens last night 13
Albanian soldiers who surren
dered to Greek frontier guards
reported that guerrilla leaders
hoped to re-enter Greece soon
with Russian aid."
Greece holds a temporary
advantage at the frontier.
The commission warned, how
ever, of "increased gravity of
the threat to peace" if Greece'?
communist northern neighbors.
Albania and Bulgaria, continue
aiding guerrillas in defiance of
UN assembly resolutions.
9 Months Needed to
Finish Bridge Surveys
Designing of the Marion street bridge, authorized by the high
way commission Tuesday, together with other engineering work,
will require approximately nine
R. H. Baldock said Wednesday.
The estimated cost of the bridge
of the right of way charges tc
be borne by the bureau of pub
lic roads and the highway com
mission on 60-40 basis.
No work will be undertaken
on the Center street bridge re
construction until completion of
the Marion bridge. The recon
struction work is estimated to
cost $750,000 with street recon
struction absorbing the remain
ing $380,000 of the allotment.
At soon as the two bridges are
built. Center street will be de
signated eastbound from the
bridge to Capitol: and Marion
westbound from Capitol to the
bridge. The commission is to
build a traffic interchange on
the west end of each of the
bridges, to make a connection
with the Wallace road and Edge
water street, with provisions for
a later four-lane roadway be
tween Edgewater and the river.
The plan, at mapped out, calls
for a truck by-pass turning westproject.
,.r,;7 & f''?'
Traffic Closed
For New Sewer
Salem's new interceptor se
wer, now under construction at
both extremities by H. C. Wer
ner, Inc., of Eugene, is now
being laid across Mill creek on
Church street near Union and
the stream has been diverted '.o
allow the 60 inch concrete pipe
to be placed and embedded in
concrete six feet below the nor
mal surface of the stream.
Traffic across Mill creek on
Church street is now closed by
the excavation and one of the
older bridges in city usage has
been closed by the project. Age
of this bridge is estimated at not
less than 30 years and some of
the piling supporting the struc
ture is rotted to the extent that
the caps sustain the piling.
Clyde Barker, foreman in
charge of the project, states that
an unusual sand formation re
sembling quicksand in behavior
has been encountered in exca
vation to the detriment of pro
gress. Besides usual debris found
in creek bottoms Barker discov
ered an all leather boot of a
pattern worn by Salem sports
about 50 years ago. Though
thread used in stitching was
pretty much rotted away the
leather was as sound and pliable
as when the boot was discarded
decades ago.
In more ways than one the
diversion of Mill creek at this
point has been a disillusion for
Barker. At one time Clyde was
a gold miner and when he de
tected the break m strata exca
vated the formation suggested
the possibility that gold might
be found betwixt ana between
So he started panning but no
glitter of the auriferous metal
remained to stimulate further
endeavor.
Next day mallard ducks, fat
and independent in the pool
above construction, presumed to
swim through the 33 inch by
pass conduit now carrying the
waters of Mill creek. Clyde
thought it would be amusing to
catch a duck as he emerged
from the conduit. He did and
the quacKer dii mm savagely iu
boot. And that was that.
Gold Strike Fraud
Capetown, South Africa, Sept.
21 (U.R) The fabulous Orfodel
gold discovery, which touched
off a $10,000,000 stock boom
last June, was a fraud and the
perpetrators are being sought,
the South African government
said today.
months time. Highway Engineer
is $1,250,000, the cost, exclusive
on Pine street south of the un
der pass on Portland road,
thence turning west on Commer
cial and south through the city.
Northbound traffic will, as at
present, follow Twelfth and Cap
ital street routes. Passenger car
traffic on US 99E, southbound,
will follow the Fairground road
from Tile road to North Sum
mer, thence south along North
Summer to Chemeketa, thence
west on Chemeketa to Commer
cial and south on Commercial
through the city.
Northbound passenger car
traffic on the Pacific highway
will turn off Commercial at Ox
ford by a diagonal street to Lib
city, thence north on Liberty to
Court, east on Court to Capital,
and north on Capital through
city.
The state agrees to bear one
half the construction cost of all
traffic signals necessary for the
Sewer, Boot, Gold and Ducks Excavation for interceptor
sewer now being laid across Mill creek on Church street
yields a leather boot worn by some Salem sport 50 years ago.
No gold showed when sand was panned for the metal. But
a duck came through the bypass conduit that bit Foreman
Clyde Barker when he tried to catch him.
Prison Escapee Benson
Quizzed About Pinson
William P. Benson, a recaptured escapee who was returned to
the Oregon state penitentiary early Wednesday morning, was
slated to be questioned by prison authorities Wednesday afternoon.
Officials will talk with Benson in an effort to determine just
how he and John O. Pinson engineered their escape from the
Worth Blames
Glenn Martin
Washington, Sept. 21
Cedric Worth testified today
that he thinks Plane Maker
Glenn L. Martin fed him the ru
mor that Secretary of Air Sy
mington would quit and head a
big aircraft company merger.
The suspended navy official
said also that Martin "in a
sense" asked him for the once-
anonymous memo which sparked
a congressional investigation of
the air force's B-36 bomber. The
paper hinted at fraud and po
litical favoritism in the devel
opment of the atom bomb car
rier.
Worth said Martin wanted the
information for Senator Tydings
(D-Md.), chairman of the sen
ate armed services committee.
Martin has denied that he in
stigated the paper or furnished
material for it.
The house armed services
committee held hearings and
said it could uncover no trace
of corruption.
Worth testified today before
a navy court of inquiry. The
court is trying to find out wheth
er anyone else in the navy
helped prepare the memo.
From Navy Capt. John G.
Crommelin, the court got a pre
diction that Worth eventually
"will be vindicated in the eyes
of tne American people."
6 Indicted for
Robeson Riot
White Plains, N.Y., Sept. 21
lift A police chief's son and five
other young men were under
indictments today In connection
with violence which followed a
Paul Robeson concert Septem
ber 4.
They allegedly were among
roadside hecklers who stoned
the concert crowd leaving the
left-wing Negro singer's per
formance. Three of them are
teen-agers.
One of those named is Joseph
A. Lillis, Jr., 25, son of the po
lice chief at Peekskill, N.Y
near where the outdoor concert
was held.
In the indictments handed
down yesterday by a county
grand jury, Lillis was charged
with hurling a stone through a
car window. The technical count
is malicious mischief, a misde
meanor.
Four others, charged with
overturning a parked car, were
accused of felonious malicious
mischief.
They are William B. WUliams,
20. and David F. Miller, 16.
both of Peekskill, and Vincent
F. Doherty, 18, and Samuel J.
Biordi, 17, of nearby Croton-on-Hudson.
The sixth man. Robert Lent,
29-ycar-old Peekskill war vet
eran, was charged with carry
ing concealed weapons, also a
felony. He allegedly had two
knives, one strapped under each
pantleg.
prison's bullpen on Memorial
day of this year.
Benson arrived at the State
street penal institution at 5 a.m.
Wednesday under the guard of
George A. Kanz, director of the
bureau of identification and in
vestigation for Oregon, and two
state penitentiary guards.
Benson and several authori
ties had scoured a wide section
of northern Idaho and western
Montana during the last two
days. Benson claims that he
buried Pinson somewhere in
that territory, but he was unable
to remember the 1 exact spot.
Benson said that Pinson died as
result of wounds received
when a guard shot at the pair
as they ran across the prison
lawn during their escape.
Meanwhile, the theory that
Pinson and a man known as Jo
seph A. Dorian are . one and the
same is being investigated by
police in Coeur D'Alene, Ida.,
where police last week found a
car belonging to Dorian. The ve
hicle contained an arsenal of
guns and ammunition and an
extensive set of burglary tools.
Oregon Prison Warden George
Alexander Wednesday sent a
copy of Pinson's fingerprints to
authorities in Idaho. It is hoped
that prints taken off Dorian's
car will be legible enough to al
low their comparison with Pin
son's prints.
Walter Johnson, Spokane de
tective, said certain evidence
found in the auto made it clear
that a further search for Pin
son's grave would be in vain.
He did not elaborate.
A picture of Dorian, sought
for an armed robbery in Idaho,
has been identified "positively"
that of Pinson, detectives
said.
Polk Escapees
Still at Large
Dallas, Ore., Sept. 21 Polk
county authorities are still with
out information as to the disap
pearance of three men who
sawed their way out of the Polk
county jail Tuesday. Missing arc
John Theodore Forrester, Wesley
James Edwards and William H.
Phillips.
One thing perplexing the of
ficers Is that a window leading
to the outside from the "bull
pen" had been carefully replac
ed reffarded as "delicate nn-
eration." Officers are also in -
vestigating the possibility that a
trustee who has access to the
court house may have smuggled
in a saw from the basement.
Three men, in shirt sleeves,
were reported seen in the vicin
ity of Monmouth Tuesday after
noon by Chief of Police Frank
Graber. They were on foot. So
far there have been no reports
of a stolen automobile received
here.
Fireman Injured
Portland, Sept. 21 Pi A
stubborn roof fire at a block
long automotive supply build
ing resulted in extensive smoke
and water damage last night
One fireman was hurt.
George Rotegard, president of
the Tracy and Company Auto
Electric Service, did not esti
mate the damage. He said the
building held about $400,000 in
stock
Truman Asks Me w Six Day
Truce in Steel Dispute
Britain Facing
Political Crisis
In Labor Ranks
London, Sept. 21 (P) Britain's
labor government faced a politi
cal crisis in its own ranks to
day. Trade unions threatened to
revolt against higher prices re
sulting from money devaluation.
Outside Britain echoes of the
slash in the British pound's va
lue continued to jolt the world's
markets. In all, 23 nations now
have devalued. Belgium, with a
cut of 12 percent in the Belgian
franc, and Portugal, with a 15
percent cut in the value of the
escudo in relation to the dollar,
were the latest to join the de
valuation parade.
France proposed to Italy, Hol
land and Belgium that the four
countries act together to ease
trade barriers and make their
currencies freely interchange
able.
Balk at Devaluation
The threat of a British politi
cal crisis was raised by the Gen
eral Council of the Trades Union
Congress, whose eight million
members are the backbone of
the ruling labor party.
The TUC council instead of
endorsing government policy as
it has in the past decided last
night it "could not pass on the
necessity of devaluation." It
called for assurances from Eco
nomic Chief Sir Stafford Cripps
that the government would make
every effort to limit price rises
which will be sure to come from
cheaper money.
Observers regarded the TUC
reluctance to take a positive
stand on devaluation as evidence
of a split in labor's own ranks.
(Concluded on Pare 5, Column 6)
Death Penalty
Asked for Rajk
Budapest, Hungary, Sept. 21
(U.PJ The Hungarian state pros
ecutor demanded the death pen
alty today for former Hungar
ian foreign minister Laszlo Rajk
and seven others on trial for
treason.
The prosecutor, Gyula Alapai
demanded a "merciless" verdict
in a 40-minute address to the
court which closed the week-old
trial.
lhe eight defendants, seven
high Hungarians and one Yugo
slav, were accused of treason
espionage and plotting to over
throw the government. All
pleaded guilty and incriminated
themselves in detailed confes
sions in the pattern of the Mos
cow purge trials of the 1930's.
The prosecutor said Rajk and
his fellow defendants were
"common agents of American
imperialism."
During the trial Rajk and the
second leading defendant, Lt.
Gen. Gyorgy Palffy, confessed
that they plotted to assassinate
top communist leaders in Hun
gary, and seize the government.
Campaign forSantiam
Highway to Continue
The Marion county court isn't going to give up its campaign
fnr immpriiale construction of the Mchama-Mill City highway
regardless of a setback given
meeting Tuesday.
The statement of Chairman
commission that the court should
seek federal funds for this im-l
' ice water on it as far as the coun-
ty court is concerned.
County Judge Grant Murphy,
Just back from a weeks travel
in eastern Oregon, acciareu mat
the delegation asKing lor tnc
Mchama-Mill City Improvement
doesn't have to make any apol
ogy, even 11 11 docs run 1 n c
state highway costs around here
up to $15,000,000, as cited by
Chairman Banfield.
"Since 1939 the only federal
aid spent in Marion county was;
$237,000 on the Silverton road and a vast backlog of them has
last year and we have an au-j built up. The city of Salem cvi
thorization for $450,000 more on dently is going to reap the har
that road. The highway depart-1 vest from this backlog but cer
ment also matched about $500,-jtainly such projects as the North
000 on the North Santiam high-isantinm highway. Silverton road
way as a relocation project. The and South River road should not
new Pacific highway improve-be long delayed,
ment was built out of war funds "The North Santiam highway
and not from state or federal aid is wholly a state project and we
funds, and it was built as a mill-! believe it is entitled to early con
tary road, 'sidcration."
State Building
For Highways
Bids Too High
The bid of $1,934,264 submit
ted by Ralph and Howitz, Port
land, for construction of the new
slate hiffhwav hnildinff in Sa-
ilcm was ref erred Wednesday to
the highway engineer and attor
ney for checking.
The bid was 12 per cent high
cr than the engineer's estimate
and members of the commission
indicated that it was quite pos
sible that new bids would be
asked for. However, any action
on the bids will await the report
from the highway department of
ficials.
The building is to be construc
ted on the block bounded by
Chemeketa, Capital. Summer
and Marion streets. The majori
ty of homes on this block have
already been wrecked to make
room for the building.
West Germany
Army Rule Ends
Bonn, Germany, Sept. 21 VP)
Military government rule in
western Germany ended today
and was replaced by a high
commission of the United States,
Britain and France.
The ceremony opened with
west German Chancellor Kon
rad Adenaur informing the three
allied high commissioners that
he had formed a German fed
eral government.
Andre Francois-Poncet, speak
ing for the commissioners, said
in reply that an occupation sta
tute a form of peace treaty
went into effect at this very
moment."
The occupation statute gives
the Germans far greater rights
of self-government than they
have possessed since the war.
Under the statute, the allies re
tain controls only over such key
affairs as foreign trade and rela
tions, demilitarization, decartel-
ization and displaced persons.
Adenaur described the occa
sion as the "first contact between
the Germans of the federal re
public and the allied high com
mission.
The chancellor, however, ask
cd the commissioners to consid
cr, as soon as was possible, mak
ing revisions that would allow
the Germans still greater free
dom than they will receive un
der the statute.
Pope Calls on Films
To Stress Home Life
Castcl Gandolfo, Sept. 21 (Pi
Pope Pius XII has called upon
the cinema to devote itself to the
services of family unit "rather
than debase itself in intrigues of
divorce and separation.
The pontiff, addressing mem
bers of the International Family
union received in special audi
once yesterday, urged press and
radio, as well as films, to co
operate in defending the family
it at a state highway commission
Banfield of the stale highway
Marion county has been con
tributing to state highway funds
through gasoline and other chan
nels an average of $2,000,000 a
year and additional 1-ccnt tax
will run that up probably to $2,-
500,000. We received back an
avcragc ot about $300,000
average
year.
"Undoubtedly In the 10-year
period from 1939 we have con
tributed around $15,000,000 to
$20 noo.OOO into the state high
way fund. We are not blaming
lr.e highway commission for it
hasn't been expedient or conven
lent to do these things until now
Resumption of
Peace Parleys
Strongly Urged
Washington, Sept. 21 (AP)
United States Steel Corp. to
day accepted President Tru
man's request far a new six
day strike true and agreed
to bargain with the CIO Steel
workers union.
Washington, Sept. 21 U.R
President Truman today asked a
new six-day strike truce in the
steel dispute.
The president also asked that
the steel concerns and the CIO
steel workers union resume col
lective bargaining on their own.
He said federal mediators
would be available to assist
them.
Cyrus Ching, mediation chief
who announced Mr. Truman's
new truce request, said no re
ply had yet been received from
either union or companies.
The present truce runs out
Saturday midnight and the un
ion is poised for a walkout by its
1,000,000 members at that time.
In National Interest
The president asked that the
truce be maintained until 12:01
a.m. Saturday October 1 in the
"national interest."
President Philip Murray of the
steelworkers advised Ching that
the union will decide on its re
ply to Mr. Truman's request at a
union wage-policy committee
meeting at Pittsburgh tomorrow
Ching said the steel compa
nies promised to reply soon.
(Concluded on Pajre 5, Column 8)
Lewis Resumes
Contract Talks
White Sulphur Springs, W.
Va., Sept. 21 VP) John L. Lewis
turned to vital contract talks
with northern and western coal
operators today after serving a
blunt "pay up" ultimatum to
southern mine owners.
As coal pits across the nation
remained idle for the third
straight day, Lewis' United
Mine Workers union gave notice
that it would not bargain fur
ther with the southerners until
the operators have paid up their
royalty contributions to the min
ers' health and welfare fund.
UMW Secretary Treasurer
John Owen announced that stand
yesterday at Blucficld, W. Va.,
where the union has been hold
ing contract talks with the
southern operators.
Lewis attended only the open
ing southern negotiations at
Bluefield last May. But he was
on hand for the bargaining with
northern and western owners
and for separate talks with rep
resentatives of mines owned by
the United States Steel Corp.
Strike Voted
On Burlington
Chicago, Sept. 21 (Pi Possi
bility of a strike against a sec
ond major railroad lhe 11,-
000-milc Burlington system
developed today.
A strike against the Burling
ton has been authorized by four
operating brotherhoods I n a
drive to speed up handling of
grievance claims.
C. H. Atkins, general chair
man of Brotherhood of Locomo
tive Engineers lodges on the
railroad, disclosed the strike
vote result, said "it looks like
anothrr Missouri Pacific case."
Atkins said that 05 per cent of
the 7,000 Burlington employes
affected had approved strike act
ion There has been no strike
date set, but Atkins said a date
may be set within the next two
or three weeks.
The other three unions involv
ed are the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Firemen and Englnemen,
the Order of Railway Conduct
ors, and the Brotherhood of
Railroad Trainmen.
The same unions have shut
down the 7,-000-mile Missouri
Pacific since Sept. 9 in a sim
ilar dispute.
The unions are protesting de
lay in arbitration of 412 pay
claims and grievances, some of
them dating back to 1943.
Motorcyclist Killed
Portland, Sept. 21 M) Motor
cyclist Gage Billings. 25, died
last night. His machine struck
a car and plunged into a pole
1 Saturday.