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61st Year, No. 236 .T.ir.."..'.'. Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, October 4, WVW'V (20 Paes)
Price 5c
State Hospital
Under Fire by
Portland Group
Charges of Brutality
By Attendants But No
Evidence Submitted
Charges of brutality and some
murders of patients at the Ore
gon State hospital by attendants
were made Tuesday before the
board of control by a Citizens
fiction committee.
Members of the board admit
ted that there had been some
cases of brutality by attendants
at the hospital but that steps
have been taken to eliminate
such practices. Board members
also told members of the group
that if they had any actual evi
dence of brutality it should be
submitted to the board but "hear
say" statements could not be
considered.
Allege Murders in 1940
Samuel Friedman, a member
of the group, claimed that a hos
pital attendant had murdered
three patients at the state hos
pital in March, 1940. A coroner's
jury at the time, it was pointed
out by board members, had found
that the patients had been stran
gled by another patient.
Members of the group urged
that there be jury trials for per
sons up for commitment to the
hospital. Governor McKay told
the group that this change would
require legislative action as the
board has no power to change
the present procedure of com
mittment. Alleges Railroading
C. W. Pullen, another commit
tee member, said that patients
are being "railroaded" into the
hospital and that many times
relatives were not advised of the
committment for two or three
months.
All members of the board
joined in stating that every ef
fort is being made to improve
conditions at the state hospital
and any concrete evidence of
any abuses would be welcomed.
(Concluded on Page 5, Column 6)
Stadter Asks
For More Aides
District Attorney Ed Stadter
appealed to the county court
Tuesday for more help in his
office, saying he is being snow
ed under, especially by criminal
business.
Stadter told the court he al
ready has handled more than 4"1
criminal matters this year and
they seem to be on the rise, ra
ther than tapering off.
He said his stenographer was
also snowed under, not so much
by her stenographic work but
because she was required to
constantly answer two phones
which left her little time for her
routine duties.
He suggested one of two re
medies, either to hire an extra
girl at around $170 a month, or
to secure a young lawyer at
$190 a month who could answer
the phone and assist in the legal
work of the office. Stadter said
. he thought such help would be
available and be worth more
than the extra cost.
The office cut off one deputy
with the start of Stadter's term,
a real property deputy who had
been paid $150 a month from
the property revolving fund.
The district attorney said his
office had to handle two circuit
court juries now instead of one,
a district court, six justice
courts, two very active at Stay
ton and Silverton, as well as the
county court.
County Judge Murphy asked
that the matter be deferred to
the first of the year which was
agreeable.
Bar Logging Trucks
In Abiqua Basin
The Marion county court Tues
day countered a move of the
Cascade Operating company
blocking hunters out of the Abl
aut hasin and use of the Bridge
creek road because they Inter
fered with logging operations.
County Commissioner Roy
Rice directed that logging trucks
cease moving over the road and
permits for such operations
were temporarily suspended.
Rainy weather may have fig
ured in the action of the court
in shutting off the trucks but it
followed immediately after the
order of the operating company
to keep hunters out of the ba
tin.
At any rate deer in the basin
appear to be safe for the time
being from being hit either by
bullet or trucks.
Gunfire Breaks
Brief Calm in
Steel Coal Area
Violence Flares As
Strikes Stagger
American Economy
Pittsburgh, Oct. 4 OP) Gun-
fire and death broke the brief
calm in the strife-scarred mine
fields as the twin strikes of 900,-
000 steel and coal workers
ground on today at a staggering
cost of more than $30,000,000 a
day.
Violence flared in Tennessee.
A Virginia miner was killed in
rock fall. Pickets wrecked
machinery at a Pennsylvania bi
tuminous pit.
America's economy staggered
and creaked in the wake of the
two-pronged pensions shutdown.
The United Mine Workers and
southern operators gathered for
new contract talks but nobody
was doing anything official as
yet to stop the four-day-old steel
strike.
Over Million Idle
John L. Lewis' 400,000 soft
coal diggers who work in the
bowels of the earth east of the
Mississippi have been strike-idle
since September 19. That's 16
payless days.
And 500,000 of Philip Mur
ray's UlU steejworkers struck
95 percent of the nation's steel
mills and iron ore mines last
Saturday.
Pensions are involved in both
disputes.
(Concluded on Page 5, Column 6)
Atl.ee to Talk
With Churchill
London, Oct. 4 fP) Prime
Minister Attlee decided today to
hold a closed door discussion
with Winston Churchill next
month on atomic bomb develop
ments in Russia.
The conservative party lead
er told parliament last week the
word that Russia has brought off
an atomic explosion means that
it has "outstripped" Britain in
this field.
The British Press association
lobby correspondent, who often
writes with official guidance
said the talks between Attlee
and Churchill will cover the
whole field of defense.
Minister of Defense A. V.
Alexander and other govern
ment ministers will take part, as
well as some of Churchill's lieu
tenants of the opposition con
servatives.
The meeting Is expected to
take place soon after parliament
convenes for its regular session
October 18.
It will be the third conference
on the subject of defense this
year among Churchill, Attlee
and their closest advisers.
60 Days, $300 Fine
For Shooting Hunter
Delake, Oct. 4 Mistaking
a nunter lor a deer cost Lyman
Gaucher of Grand Ronde $100
cash an additional $200 fine
and a 60-day jail sentence were
suspended.
Gaucher was charged with
wounding W. C. Mair. Portland
hunter, in the leg on the deer
season s opening day. Justice A.
E. Mclntire levied the fine.
Launch $102,000 Drive
For Community Chest
Taking with them the thought that "when you are selling the
Community Chest you are selling the greatest merchandise in
the world the American way of life," 350 volunteer workers
began soliciting $102,000 for 1949-50 Community Chest funds
Tuesday.
Canvasing of the city and sur
rounding area started Tuesday
morning after the kick-off break
fast at the Marion hotel at which
the main speaker Gov. Douglas
McKay, gave them that thought
as his closing statement.
McKay, Salem's Community
Chest's first campaign chairman,
In his brief talk pointed out that
telling people was what actually
sells and success follows if peo
ple are sold. He urged the work
ers to prepare for their selling
job, noting that the actual time
put in selling any commodity
was far less than the prepara
tion time He reminded them
that some of the contributors
would cut the amount of their
donation this year but added.
'There are many new people
jhere."
Truman Fights
To Keep Olds
Washington, Oct. 4 VP) In a
fighting letter to the senate,
President Truman said "power
ful corporations" are trying to
block his nomination of Leland
Olds for a third term on the
federal power commission.
Mr. Truman launched a fight
for senate confirmation of the
appointment shortly after a sen
ate commerce subcommittee vo
ted 7 to 0 to recommend that
the nomination be rejected.
The president wrote Senator
Edwin C. Johnson (D-Colo),
chairman of the full commerce
committee:
"The powerful corporations
subject to regulation by the
commission have not been pleas
ed with Mr. Olds.
"They now seek to prevent his
confirmation for another term.
It would be most unfortunate if
they should succeed. We cannot
allow great corporations to do
minate the commissions which
have been created to regulate
them."
In the letter, dated Oct. 3, Mr.ltration was signed today by Fed-
Truman said he was aware that
efforts had been made before the
senate committee to "discredit"
Olds, apparently referring to
testimony about articles which
Olds wrote 20 odd years ago and
which Olds admitted were radi
cal. But the president said "noth
ing has been presented in testi
mony there which raises any
doubt in my mind as to his in
tegrity, loyalty or ability."
Soviet Accused
By Nationalists '
Canton, Oct. 4 UP) The na
tionalist government today ac
cused the Soviet Union of using
the Chinese communists to make
China a Russian vassal state.
In a statement prompted by
Russia's swift recognition of the
new communist "Peoples De
mocracy of China," Acting Pres
ident Li Tsung-Jen asserted:
. "The Chinese communist ban
dits, under the direction and
leadership of the USSR, have be
come part of the communist in-
ternrit'onal apgressor bloc."
Earlier, Nationalist Foreign
Minister George Ych had de
clared at Lake Success that Rus
sian recognition of the "bogus re
gime" at Peiping was "not only
an act of aggression" against
China but also a throat to the
peace and security
east."
of the far.
The breakfast opened with the
Invocation by Rev. Chester Ham-
blin and group singing led by
Harry Johnson. Presiding was
Joseph A. H, Dodd, campaign
chairman.
Prior to the speech by the
governor seven young people
from foreign lands, who this fall
arrived in Salem to attend Wil
lamette university, told the group
in their own languages of the im
portance of the Community
Chest drive. Each ended hij talk
with the statement, "You should
be proud of the American way."
The students speaking and the
language in which they spoke
were: Leopold Pospisil from
Prague, Czechoslavakia, in Cze
choslavakian: Zdenka Pospisil
from Czechoslovakia in Slavak;
(Concluded an Tut l Column 1)
Kangaroo Court Grinds at Willamette Kangaroo court went
into annual session at Willamette university Tuesday morning,
and the Capital Journal cameraman snapped this scene from
the proceedings. Front row: With paddle, Chuck Massey;
judge, standing, Ray Loter; men down, Bob Sanders and,
John Skeemus; also with paddle, Albert Minn. Second row,
from left, Cece Conner, Jack Patterson, Ted Loder, Les Aldrich.
Back row, from left, Roy Harrington, Charley Nee, Jimmy
Noa.
Annual Kangaroo Court
Penalize WU Freshmen
It was simply a case of the freshmen not being able to win in
any event when upper rlassmen of Willamette university con
ducted their annual kangaroo court in the gymnasium Tuesday
forenoon.
The court was "packed" against the yearlings who paid the
Tucker Loses
Big War Plant
Chicago, Oct. 4 UP) Trustees
of Tucker corporation today gave
up the firm's lease on the huge
$171,000,000 war surplus former
Dodge-Chrysler plant here.
An order returning the vast
plant to the war assets adminis-
eral District Judge Michael L.
Igoe.
The action was one of three
major developments affecting the
ill-starred firm which was organ
ized in 1946 to produce rear-en
gine automobiles, but never got
going.
In another courtroom in the
same building where the order
giving the plant back to the gov
ernment was signed, eight pres
ent and former Tucker officials,
including President Preston
Tucker, went on trial charged
with mail fraud and security act
violations.
The third development was
submission to Trustees John
Chatz and Aaron Conlon of the
first comprehensive reorganiza
tion plan advanced since the
firm bogged down last spring.
Early Power
Shortage Looms
Seattle, Oct. 4 m Threat of
an early power shortage for the
Pacific northwest loomed today
with announcement by the Bon
neville power administration of
a possible 75,000 kilowatt cut of
interruptable power now pro
vided to aluminum reduction
plants here.
The administration notified its
Seattle office that power would
be reduced next week unless the
Columbia river flow improves
substantially.
Bonneville made a similar cut
a month later last year, herald
ing a power shortage which ex
isted throughout the winter
The private companies have
been notified that their firm
power supplies,
,v,ii, 4,n i
370,000 'kilowatts a year ago, I
will be reduced to a total of
295.000 kilowatts this year
However, the cut will be
somewhat offset by new con
tract with the British Columbia
Electric company for 30,000 kil
owatts, The peak capacity of the
Grand Coulee dam plant should
be about 360,000 kilowatts
greater than last winter. But
company officials have said that
unless present rains increase the
present river flow substantially
there will not be enough water
in Lake Roosevelt, behind the
dam, to operate the entire bat
tery of generators throughout
the winter.
Pilgrimage to Mecca
Cairo, Egype, Oct. 4 (IP) Sau
di Arabia'! King Ibn Saud per
sonally led 300,000 Moslems on
the traditional annual pilgrim
age to Mecca yesterday, the Arab
new agency reported. Of the
pilgrims, 100,000 had come lroml
abroad.
"spenalty for real and fancied
crimes against tne dignity oi
the seniors. The freshman who
made himself obscure proved the
lucky one for he did not come
under the eye of the roving
scout.
With Ray Loter, Portland sen
ior, holding down the role of
prosecutor, and Roy Harrington,
Charlie Nee and Jimmy Noa,
presiding as judges (attired in
robes borrowed from the choir),
the freshmen suffered the cus
tomary indignities, plus a few
more originated during the year.
One hapless miss, charged with
squeezing the knee of a foot'
baJl player, was sentenced to
make love to a young man. The
latter enjoyed the process so
thoroughly the judges all came
off their bench and sampled the
young woman's amorous activi
ties.
Another young woman was
compelled to make love to the
campus dog while a third, rumor
has it, was confined to the in
firmary with nervous indiges
tion due to anticipation of what
might befall her. An upper class
man said it reflected a guilty
conscience.
The customary whacks with
the official paddles were handed
out in an indiscriminate manner
although the blows ' apparently
raised no blisters.
Sewing patches on the scats
of the pants of two males stretch
ed across their laps was the
penally dished out to two fe
male members of the freshman
class. In view of the fact that
the young women were blind
folded, it was a bit hard to de
termine who was being punish
ed.
An automobile of ancient vin
tage was found on the front
porch of Eaton hall early Tucs
day morning. In all probability
the freshmen are accused of the
prank.
Seek to Double
A-Bornb Guiput
Nashville, Tcnn., Oct. 4 VP)
President Truman will ask con
gress to double the nation's at
om bomb production program as
an answer to Russia's possession
of that weapon, the Nashville
Tenncsscan reported today.
Mr. Truman, at the request of
the atomic energy commission
will ask for emergency funds
before congress adjourns, the
paper said in a copyrighted
Washington dispatch.
The AEC, the article said,
wants the president to ask con
gress to double its 1950 appro
priation of $378,000,000 and to
okay $30,000,000 to $60,000,000
for construction during the pres
ent fiscal year.
(Senator Hickcnlooprr (R-Io-wa)
said last week in Washing
ton that appropriations for the
nation's atomic weapon pro
gram allowed in advance for
Russian developments.
(The program from the start,
he added, has been ba."cd on
the assumption that Russia soon
er or later would produce atony
ic bombs.
(Hickcnloopcr declared in the
same statement that it was too
early to sav whether additional
money will be needed for the
'atomic program here.
Little Damage by Hurricane
At Houston and Galveston
Navy Morale to
Be Investigated
By Congress
Washington, Oct. 4 MP) Mem
bers of the house armed services
committee said today they will
begin an investigation next
week of charges that navy mor
ale has hit a new low and the
navy has been weakened to a
dangerous degree.
They said witnesses" to be call
ed will include three admirals
whose names appeared
sheaf of papers slipped with
great secrecy to newsmen yes
terday by a navy source.
"We are going to hear every
body who knows anything about
this and nobody will be requir
ed to clear his statements in ad
vance through official chan
nels," a committee member aid
This is too serious a matter to
treat lightly."
To Get to Bottom
This member asked not to be
named because there has been
no formal announcement of the
committee's decision on an in
vestlbation. He said Chairman
Vinson (D., Ga.) probably would
announce it tomorrow.
Vinson himself had told re
porters earlier that the com
mittee "will get to the bottom
of this" as soon as possible.
The navy complaints were
contained in typed copies of
papers signed with the names
of Admiral Louis Denfeld, chief
of naval operations; Vice Ad
miral Gerald F. Bogan, com
mander of the First Pacific task
fleet, and Admiral A. W. Rad
ford, commander-in-chief of the
Pacific fleet.
Slipped to Newsmen
They were slipped to news
men last night in a downtown
office building by a naval source
who stipulated that his name not
be used. There were indications
that the navy might start
probe to find out who turned
(hem loose.
Vinson told newsmen the
complaints, in view of "the re
sponsibility and high standing"
of the men whose names were
signed to them, merit full con
sideration.
He noted, though, that they
were not official documents ot
ficially released and said, too,
that there was a possibility that
propaganda on behalt ol the
navy might have been the mo
tive behind their publication. In
speaking of such a possible pur
pose he was referring to navy
complaints, some public and
some otherwise, that the navy is
getting a bad deal out of the
"unification" of he army, navy
and air force.
Moon Eclipse Visible Here
Portland, Oct. 4 M"i- -Thurs
day's eclipse of the moon will be
visible here at 5.25 to 7:30 p.m.,
the weather bureau reported to
day in its forecast of clear skies
$t& mm mi mvm jnmsiv'U
Bus-Train Collision Kills 17 Rescue workers attempt to re
move the body of a soldier who was trapped when an Air
Force bus collided with a Union Pacific diesel train at Ontario,
Calif. Seventeen soldiers and their dates were killed and
five others known to be seriously Injured. The bus was re
turning to March Field air force base from the Los An
geles county lair. (Eyewitness story ot wreckage scene on
page 20). (Acme Telcphoto)
Tito Declares
Yugoslavia to
Defend Itself
41
Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Oct.
(Al Premier Marshal Tito, ac
cusing Russia of trying to "en
danger a small people, has
bluntly warned that Yugoslavia
is ready to defend itself to the
last breath.
In one of his toughest speech
es since Yugoslavia's feud with
the Soviet bloc began, Tito told
his army officers that Russia
"has been forging its irons"
against its one-time communist
partner.
Unmistakably aiming at Rus
sia, Tito said in a speech made
public last night:
"No one has the right, regard
less of who he may be, to en
danger a small people."
"We are prepared," the Yugo
slav chief added, "to defend
this country to the last breath.
regardless whence the attack
comes."
"It pays lo live," be added,
"but it pays to die as one should."
Czechs Break
With Yugoslavs
Prague, Czechoslovakia, Oct.
(JPl Czechoslovakia'", com
munist government scrapped its
friendship pact with Yugoslavia
today and demanded that the
Yugoslav ambassador to Prague
be recalled immediately.
There was no Immediate indi
cation that the demand for the
recall of Yugoslav Ambassador
Marijan Stilinovic meant a fi
nal break in steadily worsen
ing diplomatic relationi between
the two countries.
The announcement read over
Prague radio said the Czech gov
ernment considered the ambas
sador's presence in Prague as
undesirable, accusing his embas
sy staff of including spies linked
with an unnamed western pow
er.
Previously Russia, Poland,
Hungary, Bulgaria and Romania
had denounced their friendship
and mutual aid treaties with
Tito but they had stopped short
of breaking diplomatic ties.
The Czech statement an
nouncing the move said it had
been definitely established that
the Yugoslav ambassador's staff
in Prague had included "agents
and provocateurs" sent by Yugo
slavia into Czechoslovakia for
espionage and to create unrest.
Similar charges had been
sounded by Russia and other
cominform (communist inter
national information bureau)
countries.
U. S. Can't Sell Water
Sacramento, Oct. 4 UP) At
torney General Fred N. Howser
ruled today the federal gov
ernment cannot sell water from
California's streams to the peo
ple of California.
Cotton and Rice
Crops Suffer
Heaviest Losses
Houston, Oct. 4 Mi A hurri
cane which came screechinr out
of the gulf smashed into this
Texas metropolis early today
and surprised everyone by do
ing little damage.
A few plate-glass store win
dows were broken as the wind
swept in behind torrential rains
which flooded streets and un
derpasses.
Debris was whipped down
streets and trees bent horizon
tal as 90-mile-an-hour winds
whipped the city, whose 500,000
and more residents make it
Texas' largest.
The hurricane churned in
from the gulf late last night,
striking first at the industry
rich coast between Matagorda
and Freeport, Tex., about 60
miles south of here.
On Person Missing
One person was missing,
much of a rich rice crop de
stroyed, and cotton heavily
damaged as the hurricane twist
ed inland. Rains up to 7.21 inch
es at Port Arthur fell through
out the coastal area.
Unofficial estimates were that
the damage to the rice crop
would run into the millions. In
Jefferson, county alone only li
per cent of 75,000 rice acres
had been harvested. Almost nine
inches of rain fell at Die coastal
city of Beaumont,
Galveston, island resort city
about 50 miles southwest of
here, caught the edge of the
storm. But it's high seawalls
saved tt from great damage.
Heads Toward Oil Area
mcc uinuuisuin tnjtt
hurricane headed toward the
Palestine-Lufkin area of east
Texas where it Is expected to
hit early this afternoon. A vast
oil field is in that area but lit
tle damage was expected.
The New Orleans weather bu
reau indicated the hurricane al
ready had fost much of f(s punch
when it hit Houston about 1:30
a.m. today.
The bureau said it had lost
its clearly defined "eye" the
center of the storm near which
destruction is greatest when it
reached Houston.
This morning many of the
city's residents scoffed at the
idea that a hurricane had passed
in the night. "Lots ot wind and
lots of rain, but no hurricane,"
was the verdict of hurricane
wise Houston residents.
Winds Diminishing
The New Orleans weather bu
reau in an advisory said that
winds should diminish as the
hurricane moved iniand. But
within 25 miles of the center of
the hurricane they raged at a
speed ol 100 miles an hour.
Hurricane warnings may have
cheated the big winds of human
casualties.
Most towns in its path were
buttoned up, many residents had
fled to inland cities. Five thou
sand persons soutfht shelter in
Houston's city awUtonum ana
Sam Houston coliseum.
They were calm, even chcer
tul. Many mothers carried babes
in arms.
Buck Hi-Jacked by
Trio of Hunters
Brnd, Oct. 4 W John Tho
mas of Bind shot a four-point
buck and ran into hijackers, los
ing his deer, his proof and his
temper.
He headed hack for the woods
yesterday, in a bitter frame of
mind, after reporting:
Just after he bagged his four
pointer, three men came up
with their rifles leveled on him.
One iired a bullet into the dead
deer's hind quarters, announced
that the deer had his bullet in
ft and was hrs.
At gunpoint Thomas was or
dered to get gone.
Edna Mae Jackson
Gets 2 Year Term
Dallas Edna Mae Jackson,
found guilly of issuing a forged
check in the sum of $50.49 to a
local grocery last December,
was sentenced Monday by Cir
cuit Judge Arlic G. Walker to a
two year minimum sentence in
the state penitentiary. The con
victed woman was arrested in
Twin Falls, Idaho last July and
has been conlincd In the Polk
county Jail since then.