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61st Year, No. 242
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Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, October 11, 1949
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Brutality Stories
At State Hospital
Denied by Board
Charges Made by
Portland Group Re
futed by Investigator
Charges of brutality and mur
der at the Oregon state hospital,
made last week by the Citizens'
Action committee, were empha
tically denied by the board of
control Tuesday.
The charges made by the com
mittee dealt with incidents
which occurred five years ago,
the board said. The board also
denied charges of insufficient
food and that patients get cold
at night.
The investigation, on which
the board based its answer to
the committee, was conducted
by William C. Ryan, supervisor
of institutions.
Death Due to Heart Attack
Ryan's report pointed out that
Jim Butler's death, in 1942, laid
by the committee to injuries re
sulting from a beating by an at
tendant came from a heart at
tack. However, Ryan said that
an attendant had attacked But
ler but that the patient had re
covered from the injuries sus
tained. The attendant, Ryan said,
had been fired immediately af
ter the attack.
The committee's charge that
three patients died in 1940 from
electric shock treatments was
answered by the statement that
these patients were strangled in
their sleep by another patient.
A coroner's Jury made this find
ing, the report said.
(Concluded on Page 5, Column 8)
License Notes
To Auto Owners
Oregon's 500,000 automobile
owners will get statements from
Secretary of State Earl T. New
bry next week telling them how
much their new license plates
will cost them.
With the new permanent
plates expiring at different
times In order to put the stag
gered expiration system into
effect, the statements are neces
sary to let the owners know how
much money to send in.
The plates will be mailed be
ginning November 15, but they
can't be used until December 15.
Numbers assigned to automo
biles from now on will be the
permanent numbers.
Newbry said applications for
special numbers can no long
er be accepted. His office has
Issued about 16,000 special num
bers. He said Governor Douglas Mc
Kay would be issued No. 1, the
first time a governor ever has
had this number. Newbry will
get no 2, and State Treasurer
Walter Pearson will receive No.
Truman Urges
Price Supports
Washington, Oct. 11 W) Pres
ident Truman called democratic
leaders to the White House to
day and urged them to reach a
quick agreement on the farm
bill.
The congressional delegation
members were silent as they
strode out of the White House
after an hour-long conference in
Mr. Truman's office.
Differences among Mr. Tru
man's leadership in the senate
on farm price supports have im
periled passage of a new farm
measure,
Presidential Secretary Charles
G. Ross told reporters afterwards
that no agreement was reached
at the White House parley,
"The president asked them to
get together on a bill he can
sign," Ross said. "He asked them
to adjust their differences. "
Ross would not say what sort
of bill Mr. Truman would sign
however. When asked if the pres-
ident would veto an unsatisfac- ,looded prcmi,e.. Als0 during
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please.
Rep. Cecil F. White, (D., Cal.)
said yesterday, after a talk at
the White House, that Mr. Tru
man strongly supported legisla
tion providing price supports of
,90 percent of parity on basic
crops.
Senate Democratic Leader Lu
cas (111.) and Senator Anderson
(D N M ), former secretary of
agriculture, have been leading
the fight for a sliding scale sup -
port system ranging from 75 to
90 percent.
Ching Trying to
End Separately
Big Twin Strikes
Conciliator Seeks
Peace Formulas for
Fourth Time
Pittsburgh, Oct. 11 0P) The
government's conciliation serv
ice has taken on the biggest Job
In tin hMAfv trvln. tn ttl
tha twin atael and rnal Ktrikes.
Before the week is out, U. S.
conciliation director Cyrus
Ching will meet separately with
leaders of the striking CIO
United Steelworkers and indus
try leaders.
At the same time, the concil
iation director will watch de
velopments in the coal strike. It
was Ching who got John L. Lew
is, United Mine Workers presi
dent, and coal industry operat
ors to agree to go back to the
bargaining table tomorrow.
No Comment by Leaders
Neither the steel industry nor
Philip Murray, president of the
steel workers, had any comment
after Ching announced yester
day the government was step
ping into the steel walkout for
the fourth time. Before the
strike started 11 days ago the
government made three futile
peace efforts.
Murray went ahead with plans
to deliver pep talks to his 454,
000 strikers. The first talk is
scheduled today at Youngstown,
Ohio. That mighty industrial
town has been hard hit by the
steelworkers' walkout to sup
port demands for free pensions
and insurance.
Ching's brief statement in
Washington that he is setting
up "separate and informal con
ferences" with leading steel
companies and union leaders
left little doubt that the gov
ernment all along has been
gravely concerned with the crip
pling steel strike which threat
ens to spread unemployment to
additional hundreds of thous
ands in allied industries.
(Concluded on Page 5, Column 8)
$58,347 Mark
In Chest Drive
Salem's Community Chest
contributions had reached the
$58,347.96 mark by noon Tues
day leaving $47,652.04 still to
be collected to make the $105,
000 goal for this year's Chest.
Division chairmen reporting
at the luncheon meeting of the
workers reported $6,185.17 col
lected since the meeting yester
day. South Salem section of the
Women's division was only
about $500 short of its goal, with
contributions of $2,013.58
against its goal of $2,530 The
governmental division had $7,-
440.78 of its goal of $9,500 and
the education division, which up
to yesterday, had no report to
make had collected $1,275.19 of
the goal of quota of $3,860.
Other divisions and their total
contributions to date were au
tomotive and transportation.
$7,455.57; contractors and build
ers, $3,864.10; general gifts, $5,
469.40; industrial, $7,453.96;
mercantile, $10,172.75; profes
sional, $5,552.50; rural, $345;
utilities, $888; West Salem $850;
central Salem section of the wo
men's division, $3,727.07; and
south Salem section of the wo
men's division, $2,013.58.
Drainage Project is
Delayed Until Spring
The people of northeast Salem
a drainage system until next year. The city council's approval
of immediate construction, voted two weeks ago, was rescinded
last night because of incomplete
about legality of the financial
To give the people all possible-
protection this winter the city
will spend about $6600 for new
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drainage plan and financing
scheme for all parts of the city
needing drainage, Including West
Salem.
The council's action Monday
night was on recommendation of
City Manager J. L. Franzen.
The council had proposed to
finance the north Salem sys
tem, much of which would have
been open ditch work, by taking
nearly $100,000 from the sewer
fund. City Attorney Chris J
Kowitz held tMs would be legal,
only if drainage were considered1
Every Animal
Is Champion ,
Every animal a champion is
the record made by Harvey El
ser and Jerry Wipper, Turner
Lucky 13 Sheep club members,
at the Pacific International Live
stock Exposition in Portland
yesterday.
Elser, 16 year old junior at
Turner high school, won the
grand championship for 4-H fat
lambs with his 93 pound South
down. The lamb is produce of a
ewe he received in 1946 when he
won the Denver Young award
given annually to the most de
serving Marion county young
ster with a 4-H sheep project.
Wipper repeated his 1947 per
formance to become grand cham
pion 4-H sheep showman. He
competed with 85 other 4-H'ers
from Oregon, Washington and
Idaho to win the award. Michael
Harms, 11 year old sheepman
of Canby, was junior champion
showman.
Showing three Southdown
Hampshire crossbred lambs,
Wipper also took the grand
championship for pens of fat
lambs, to complete the perfect
five for five batting record.
Bull Elephant
Kills Worker
Brunswick, Ga., Oct. 11 u.R
A huge bull elephant attack
ed and killed a circus worker
here late last night, injuring the
man fatally by driving a sharp
tusk completely through his
chest.
The dead man was identified
as George McDonald, about 50, a
teamster with the Bailey Bros,
circus of Gonzales, Tex.
Police said they could find
no witnesses to McDonald's
death
He was round lying behind
the main circus tent, near the
spot where the elephant was
tethered. A clean chest wound
indicated that the elephant's
tusk entered McDonald's back
and came out below the breast
will have to get along without
easement agreements and doubt
plan.
a part of the sewer system. The
council was doubtful if it could
be so considered.
Alderman Tom Armstrong,
who has been pressing hard for
relief in northeast Salem, asked
Manager Franzen if he could
still proceed if he had the money
"I'm a little bit leary," Fran
zen answered, "especially if we
have to use pipe as some of the
property owners insist we do.
It's too late to get pipe now."
It was disclosed that in one
district of about four properties
where owners insist on pipe in
stead of open ditches covers a
length of about 1900 feet.
Mayor E 1 f s t r o m said he
thought the council would be
criticized if it diverted $100,000
nr the sewer mnnev to drainage
(Concluded on Fags I, Column 1)
Wipper, Grand Champion Holding lamb, Jerry Wipper,
15-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Karl Wipper of Turner,
grand champion 4-H club sheep showman, 1949, Pacific In
ternational Livestock Exposition, Portland. Examining lamb
is Oran M. Nelson, Oregon State college sheep specialist, who
judged the contest.
Central States Storms
Bring Death
in, th Ax.nriatMl PrJUt
A storm which brought destructive gales over the central
states, killing 16 persons and causing heavy property and crop
damage, moved into the Hudson Bay area today.
The violent winds, which reached a velocity of more than 100
miles an hour in some areas of the
fell over wide sections of t h ef
midwest,
Temperatures moderated over
the central states but tne unseas
onably warm weather continued
over the southern states and the
Atlantic coastal areas. The mer
cury hit into the high 80's and
low 90's in some of the eastern
cities yesterday to break rec
ords for the date. Temperatures
continued a little below in the
western states.
Rain fell today over much of
the mid-west. Showers also
were reported over Washington
and Oregon.
The high winds which swept
across most of the midwest broke
a spell of hot weather. The
winds were strongest in Minne
sota, near the low pressure cen
ter. Minneapolis had 70 mile
an hour sustained winds with
gusts as high as 95 mph. A 60
foot chimney toppled from a ho
tel, seriously injuring four air
line hostess school students.
A gale at 91 mph was reported
in parts of Iowa and Boulder.
Col., had a 120 mile an hour
wind for a seven minute period.
Damage to crops was reported
heavy in Minnesota and Iowa
where stands of corn awaiting
harvest were flattened. A 45,-000-bushel
grain bin was de
stroyed at Maquoketa, la.
Two persons were killed In
the storm in Wisconsin. The
coast guard estimated that 65
miles an hour winds caused a
$500,000 damage in the Che-
quamegon bay area of Lake Su
perior.
Texas Bigamist
Kills Himself
Fort Worth, Texas, Oct. 11 UP)
Police said today a man with
two wives Introduced the attrac
tive women last night and then
killed himself with poison.
He was Norman R. Lewellen,
a cafe manager.
The first wife, whom he mar
ried eight months ago, is an ex
pectant mother. The second.
Mrs. Beatrice Thurman, produc
ed a marriage license saying she
and Lewellen were married last
week In Terre Haute, Ind. Both
are 27.
Police say this happened:
Arriving In Fort Worth with
the second wife last night, Lew
ellen took her to the home of the
first Mrs. Lewellen, who lives
with her mother, Mrs. L. N
Brothers. He introduced the
wives.
While words flew between
them, Lewellen asked for a glass
of water. He swallowed two
pills and said:
"It will take only five min
utes now."
He was dead on arrival at a
hospital.
and Damage
storm belt, diminished but rain
Mass Raids on
Czechs in Prague
Prague, Czechoslovakia, Oct.
U (U.R) Police were reported to
day to have arrested hundreds
of persons in a series of dawn
raids, carrying a mass roundup
of Czechs into its second week.
One source said that "today
was the worst of all" in the seiz
ure of persons reported to num
ber in the thousands.
The prsioners were reported
to be in the same categories as
those arrested throughout
week of raids doctors, lawyers,
small business men, former lac
tory owners, and holders of big
blocks of real estate.
Many of the arrests were said
to have been made in the swank
Prague suburb of Barrandov,
Reports circulated that most
of the victims were being hur
ried off to labor camps for "mor
al, scientific and cultural edu
cation" under the law.
The property of those sent to
forced labor camps is subject to
confiscation. Already squads of
blue-clad workers' militia had
seized the furniture of many
home owners.
Relatives left in the homes
were being told that they would
have to get out, informants re
ported.
Responsible sources discount
ed reports that the drive was
aimed at underground plotters.
Firemen Hosts to Chamber of Commerce The Salem fire department was host to the
Chamber of Commerce for the Monday noon luncheon, which was held on the main floor
of the central fire headquarters instead of the chamber dining room. The event kicked-off
fire prevention week, and the speaker was Robert Taylor, state Insurance commissioner and
fire marshal. He was introduced by Fire Chief W. P. Roble. The picture shows Taylor ad
dressing tha Chamber of Commerce diners.
Says German Rocket Secrets
Mow being Utilized by Russia
Pieck to Head
East Germany's
Red Republic
Berlin, Oct. 11 W Wilhelm
Pieck, aging No, 1 communist in
Germany was selected today to
be the first president ol tne
new Soviet zone republic erect
ed by the communists with Rus
sian blessing.
Pieck's selection was pre-or
dained by the communists, who
had made it known in advance
the 73-year-old Moscow-trained
wheel horse would get the job.
The Russians announced last
night they were replacing mill
tary rule in eastern Germany
with a civilian control commis
sian and a Russian high commis
sioner. The United States,
Britain and France took that
step in western Germany last
month.
Red Civilian Control
Russia's supreme representa
tive in Germany, Marshal Vas-
ili I. Chuikov, in a statement
last night announcing the end
of military rule said also "all
administrative functions" exer
cised by the Russians would be
transferred to the new east Ger
man government.
The war of words over the
rival east and west German re
publics continued. In Frankfurt
last night the western high com
missioners in a statement call
ed the new Soviet zone repub
lic an "artificial creation devoid
of any legal basis."
'This so-called government,
their statement said, has no
title to represent eastern Ger
many.
Rap Bonn Regime
Chuikov in his statement rap
ped back at the Bonn govern
ment in the west. Western Ger
many, he declared, "is govern
ed by the inspirators of the Hit
ler regime who do not even con
ceal their hatred against neigh
boring countries and their lust
for revenge. Their aspirations
are supported by foreign pow
ers who have degraded western
Germany to willing tools of
their aggressive plans."
AFL Reieds
CIO Alliance
St. Paul, Minn., Oct. 11 W)
Possibility of a political alliance
between the AFL and CIO ap
parently was wiped out today
at least for the time being by
the former's decision to go its
own way.
Delegates to the American
Federation of Labor convention
voted at the closing session last
night against making any form
al alliance with the CIO or any
labor and farm groups.
William Green, 76 -year -old
president, was reelected to his
26th straight term.
By unanimous vote the con
vention adopted a substitute
proposal backed by the organ
ization's top officials specific
ally calling for separate AFL
political action.
Last year the AFL voted to
Invite John L. Lewis and his
United Mine Workers to return
to the AFL fold. At present, how
ever, there seems no disposition
on the part of AFL leaders to
woo Lewis.
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Pandit Nehru
India's Nehru
Truman's Guest
Washington, Oct. 11 m In
dia's Prime Minister Nehru
flew to Washington today for
a goodwill visit.
President Truman, who sent
his plane "The Independence"
to London to bring Nehru here,
prepared a short formal wel
come for his arrival (expected
at 1:30 p.m. PST).
Secretary of Defense Louis
Johnson was another dignitary
on the welcoming list. He got
to know Nehru while serving
as a personal observer for Pres
ident Roosevelt in India in 1942
Nehru will be a guest at Blair
house with Mr. and Mrs. Tru
man during his stay in Washing
ton. He will fly to New York
Saturday and later will visit oth
er points in the U. S. and Can
ada. His entire visit will last
almost a month.
Norwegians
Vote Reds Out
Oslo, Oct. 11 tfP) Norway's
labor government emerged to
day with an apparent 10-seat
majority in parliament gained
at the expense of the commun
ists in yesterday's election.
The anti-Red leadership of
Prime Minister Einar Gerhard-
sen quickly interpreted the re
sults, which are subject to a
final count, as endorsement of
Norway's signing of the Atlantic
pact. The communists had bit
terly assailed this step.
Labor appears from prelim
inary surveys to have taken 80
seats in the 150-member stort
ing (parliament). This com
pares with its 76 seats in the old
parliament.
The communists dropped
seven seats, moving down from
their previous 11 to four.
The results, by other parties:
(previous seats in brackets) Con
servatives, 23, (25); Liberals, 22
(23); Agrarians, 13 (10); Chris
tian Democrats, 13 (10).
Gerhardscn, in a post-election
statement today, said that "sincr
the communist party was the
only one that made Norway's
adherence to the Atlantic Pact
an election issue, we may safe
ly say that the voters have giv
en their approval to the gov
ernment's foreign policy."
Guided Missiles
Can Knock Out
Bombers in Sky
Washington, Oct. 11 P) A
navy weapons expert told con
gress today that Russia likely
has guided missiles able to find
and knock down bombers above
40,000 feet.
Capt. J. H. Sides said German
rocket secrets fell into Russian
hands after the war, and that
it would now be "folly" to gam
ble U.S. security on the atom
bomb and big bombers alone.
Had the war lasted a year
longer, Sides said U S. bombers
would no longer have been able
to fly over Germany without
prohibitive losses from German
anti-aircraft rockets.
To Destroy Raiders
These nazi anti-aircraft de
velopments designed to search
out and destroy raiders travel
ing 485 miles an hour at 65.000
feet, fell into Russian hands
'lock, stock and barrel," Sides
said.
The Russians have had plenty
of time to get them into produc
tion, he said, adding:
"Over four years have elapsed
since them. It is foolhardy for
us to think of an aggressor's anti
aircraft defenses now in terms
of 1945 equipment."
Sides is deputy assistant chief
of naval operations. He testi
fied before the house armed
servics committee hearing na
val charges that defense chiefs
are over-concentrating on an
"obsolete" B-36 bomber.
Change in Antl-Alrcraft
Whether or not the Russians
now have these guided missiles
in production, Sides said, a revo
lutionary change In anti-aircraft
defenses Is certainly not far dis
tant. Even before some big bombers
now on order can he delivered.
Sides declared, this country will
have guided missiles able to find
and knock down bombers above
40,000 feet.
(Concluded on Parr 5, Column 5)
Germans Had
Rockets Ready
Fort Bliss, Tex., Oct. 11 VP)
German scientists have said they
had interceptor type rockets
ready for use against enemy air
craft at the end of World War
II.
This was recalled as a con
gressional committee was told
that Russia probably has guided
missiles capable of downing
bombers flying above 40,000
feet.
A German engineer, Waltef
Riedcl, told reporters about the
anti-aircraft rocket here late in
November, 1946. He and 117
of his countrymen then were
engaged in missiles development
at Fort Bliss and the nearby
White Sands, N. M proving
ground. They had been brought
here a year earlier as civilians
working under contract with the
army ordnance department.
Riedel was a design engineer
for the dread V-2 rocket He
also was principal designei of
the German's "wasserfall" (wa
terfall). A much smaller mis
sile.
This 26-foot. 8'i-ton rocket
had just ben pronounced ready
for use about the time Germany
was forced to surrender, Riedcl
related. He said it was operated
by remote control and proved
satisfactory In tests.
Initiative Bill fop
'Tax Freedom' Filed
A preliminary initiative pe
tition, the first filed for the 1950
general election, was filed in the
state department today.
But nobody knows what it
means around here.
The sponsor, Raymond J.
Beach, Portland, said it would
amend the constitution to "per
petuate the tax freedom" of Ore
gon citizens.
It says:
"The financial policy of this
state shall implement the de
velopment and perpetuation of
tax freedom by utilizing the
service contributions of its citi
zens as basis for credit issue."
If Beach gets the required
16,000 signatures, It would go
on thi ballot.
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