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61st Year, No. 272
Enttrod u
orSS Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, November 15, 1549
f20 Pages)
Price 5c
Allies Agree
To Slow Down
Russia Told
Danube River
Held Invalid
Lewis Given
Ultimatum by
White House
Dismantling
(All
Plan Off-Slreef
Parking for
Capitol Area
Various Relief Plans
Proposed to Be Sub
mitted to State Board
By JAMES D. OLSON
Immediate action on provid
ing off-street parking within the
capitol group area was urged
before the board of control
Tuesday by Governor McKay.
As a result the board instruct
ed William Healy, assistant sec
retary of state, to appear before
the capitol planning commission
Friday and present various plans
proposed for parking relief for
consideration of the group.
Secretary of State Earl T.
Newbry told the board that he
had reserved the greater part of
the space in front of the capitol
on Court street for citizens hav
ing business in the capitol. Park
ing of any state cars or those of
state employes has been barred,
he said.
"Must Do Something"
State Treasurer Walter Pear
son suggested that by widening
the roadways into the capitol
grounds on State street at least
30 additional cars could be
parked.
The governor came through
with a suggestion that there was
in his opinion sufficient space in
the rear of the new office build
ing to car for some parked cars.
"We must do something,"
said the governor, "inasmuch as
off-street parking has not been
provided heretofore. Soon we
will be bringing hundreds of
new state employes from vari
ous parts of the city to the new
office building, thus further
complicating a n already acute
parking situation. Something
must be done.
(Concluded on Pare 5, Column 8)
Ban on Seines
Held Invalid
Circuit Judge George R. Dun
can in a decree handed down
Tuesday reiterated his stand on
an initiative act passed last No
vember which attempted to pro
hibit use of fixed appliances for
fishing in the Columbia river
and its tributaries. In Tuesday's
decree he held that the act was
invalid as to two sections deal
ing with drag seines and whip
seines. Under his ruling the
use of such is still permissible
on the streams involved. The
rest of the act is constitutional
and all other fixed appliances
are barred. Appeal to the su
preme court is expected from
both decrees.
The first case decided a few
weeks ago was that of Pete An
thony and others versus the
state fish commission and oth
err. The case decided Tuesday
was that of Charles B. Miles
and others versus state fish com
mission and others. One was in
stituted by owners of fixed ap
pliances, the other by packers
and the Columbia River Pack
ers' association.
The second case never went
to actual trial. After Judge Dun
'can had decided the first case
on its merits the defendants in
the second case decided to stand
on their demurrers which the
court had overruled. It is evi
dent their appeal will ue taKen
from the decision of the court
overruling the demurrers.
Stiff EstafetefT
Family and Relatives
Herbert L. Stiff estate valued
at in excess of $25,000, Herbert
L. Stiff, Jr., named executor.
Under terms of a will $100 a
month, with a furnished apart
ment available, is to be paid to
his mother. Mrs. Mary Stiff.
Mrs. Georgena Dow. sister, is to
receive $100 a month for life or
greater sums in discretion of the
executor but not to exceed $10,-
000 A brother. Ted Stiff, is to
receive $50 a month, which may
be increased to $100 in discre
tion of the executor but not
creater sum than $10,000.
A nephew, Edward L. Stiff.
Jr., is left $25 a month until he
reaches 26 years and nephew.
Marvin Dow. $25 a month until
he reaches 24 years. A niece.
Clarice Dow. and brother-in-law.
Freeman Dow, arc to receive
$2.10 each.
The residue of the estate goeslfuund. but disappeared last night
equally to the widow. Rose F
Stiff, and son, Herbert L. Stiff.
Jr. The H. L. Stiff Furniture
company is to be continued or
liquidated in the discretion of
the two and for 12 months they
shall consult with T.eo Page for
advice and counsel in affairs of
the estate.
West German Plants
To Remain Other
Promises by Big Three
Frankfurt, Germany, Nov. IS
VP) West German Chancellor
Konrad Adenauer announced to
day that Britain, France and the
United States have agreed to
slow down the dismantling of
German industries.
His announcement came as he
began negotiations with the
western high commissioners in
the hope of relaxing occupation
restrictions on Germany.
In a foreign policy speech to
the west German parliament,
broadcast by the Frankfurt ra
dio, Adenauer made this report
on the results of the Paris for
eign ministers' conference:
Big 3 Agreement
1 The United States, France
and Britain have agreed to in
vite West Germany to "many in
ternational organizations."
2 The allies are considering
how to alleviate the "conse
quences of the present state of
war between Germany and the
western governments.
3 The allies have agreed to
allow Germany to build a bigger
and faster merchant shipping
fleet.
(Concluded on Pre 5. Column 6)
Europe Told to
1 over Prices
Washington, Nov. 15 VP)
President Truman today sent to
congress a Marshall plan report
declaring that Europe must low
er its prices to compete in the
United States market for the
American consumer's dollar.
'The United States, of course,
must be willing to .accept great
er competition from European
suppliers in order to help Eu
rope pay Its way," said the study
prepared by the economic co
operation administration.
Even if European sales in the
United States were doubled
thus restoring Europe's pre-war
share of this market the vol
ume would represent less than
one percent of this country's to
tal output and would "only be
scratching the surface of the
American market," congress
was told.
"The participating countries
must intensify their export
drive to the dollar areas if they
are to attain independence from
extraordinary outside assist
ance," the report went on.
"This will require on the part
of many European businessmen
a reorganization of the factory
methods, installation of new and
more efficient machinery in or
der to reduce costs, greater at
tention to merchandising and
advertising, redesigning of prod
ucts and packaging to suit Amer
ican preferences, and a deter
mination to serve American cus
tomers with the care and atten
tion they receive from Ameri
can producers." ,
Districts Would Merger
Portland, Nov. 15 High
cost of water and inadequate
fire protection prompted two
areas northwest of the city to
file a merger proposal with the
city council yesterday.
Los Angeles
By Brutal Murder of Girl
Los Angeles, Nov. 15 Wi The gashed and mutilated body of
six-year-old Linda Joyce Glucoft was found today in a rubbish
heap a few doors from her home. Police said a 67-year-old
baker is being sought for questioning.
Wedged in a heap of boxes, a figured Indian blanket tossed
carelessly over her chubby iorm.
the little girl was found by homi
cide detectives as the climax of
an a 1 1 - ni g h t neighborhood
search
Nearby was a sharp, short
handled axe. In an incinerator a
few feet away were her panties
and butcher knife Detectives
said they could not determine
immediately whether she had
been sexually molested.
Det-Sgts. R T. Reid and Lloyd
Baughn, in charge of the inquiry,
said the man they seek lived in
a house near where the body was
taking his clothing. An all
points police bulletin set in mo
tion a search for him throughout
the west.
Th nttitru uiH Linda Jovce
and t granddaughter of the hunt -
ed man are almost constant play-
mates. But they were not to -
gether yesterday. Linda was
I'll -'v;
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West Salem Becomes Salem R. L Elfstrom (left), mayor
of Salem, receives the charter of West Salem from Walter
Musgrave, mayor of the Polk county community now a part
of Salem by recent election. Musgrave becomes a Salem
councilman. Also shown are Leonard Jones, West Salem min
ister and Howard Maple, Salem councilman.
Merger Completed in
Monday Night Sessions
Where two cities were, one
with Salem became officially
two are now the Greater Salem.
Ward 8 is on the city's political
Soviet Blasted
ByYuoosavia
Lake Success, Nov. 15 VP)
Yugoslavia blasted at Russia to
day for appearing before the
United Nations as a champion
of peace while exerting "aggres
sive pressure" in efforts to oust
Premier Marshal Tito.
Yugoslav Delegate Milovan
Djilas gave his country's views
to the general assembly's 59-na-
tion political committee. Me
devoted most of his long speech
to an attack on Russia but he
also assailed the western powers
for what he called war propa
ganda. Djilas told the committee
Yugoslavia could not completely
support either the 12-point peace
formula of the western powers
or the 3-point Soviet plan for a
Big Five peace pact.
Diiias reviewed previous
charges that Russia is using eco
nomic, political and military
m-cssure to bring Yugoslavia
back under the domination of
the cominform. He referred to
recent reported troop demon
strations in Hungary and other
Soviet satellite countries on
Yugoslavia's borders.
"There is something monstrous
in this hypocrisy." Djilas said
"Under the cloak of peace prop
aganda actually aggressive pres
'jure is being exercised against
la small country
Aroused
playing alone because her friend
had gone to a birthday party
"It's horrible .... unbeliev
aole." screamed Mrs. Lillian
Glucoft, the girl's mother and
wife of Jules Glucoft, a com
mercial artist, when she learned
of the gruesome find.
The little neighborhood of
postwar stucco homes, on the
edge of the Crescent Heights sec
tion an established neighbor
hood of big Spanish-type homes
with red tile roofs was thrown
into confusion by the brutal kill
ing
Police records identify the man
sought for questioning ai a
sex pervert, questioned only last
April in a child molestation case.
lb'" released.
Glucoft is 36. his wife. 33.
1 They have an eight-year-old son,
Richard.
is now. Merger of West Salem
complete Monday night, and the
map. And it's Alderman Walter
fMusgrave of Salem, not Mayor
Musgrave of West Salem.
'ThV 'ceremonial and official
procedure 'whereby the merger
was made final started with
dinner meeting in West Salem
City hall. It was a quiet din
ner, and seated at the tables
were the executive and adminis
trative officials and department
heads of both cities, and mem
bers of the press.
When dessert was finished
Mayor Walter Musgrave called
upor. Rev. Leonard Jones, pas
tor of the West Salem Methodist
church, for an invocation
"Create in us," the minister
prayed, "a bond of sacred union
as the cities that were twain be
come one. Grant us the art of
cooperation, and the spirit of
unity. Bring happiness to our
homes, our children and our
children's children.
Formal surrender of the West
Salem charter by Mayor Mus
grave to Mayor Robert L. Elf
strom was done briefly.
"Some may well shed a tear
at the surrender of our charter,
said Musgrave . . . "But we have
made footprints in the sands of
time, and those who doubted the
wisdom of merger need have
no fear that they are losing one
thing. Rather they are gain
ing something greater unity."
As time goes on. said Mayor
Elfstrom
a short
response,
"the people will feel grateful
to you for making this merger
possible."
'Concluded on Pe S. Column 7)
rity Funrfs for
Airport Unit
The city council Monday
night voted to transfer $5000
from the emergency fund to the
airport fund to complete the
$20,000 that is the city's share
of the administration building
outlay.
A first unit of the building is
estimated to cost $45,000, of
which the government will fur
nish $25,000. A requirement is
that the city have the project
under way by the middle of
January.
City Manager Franzcn Mon
day night showed the council
blueprints of floor plans and
elevations of the building.
The remainder of the pro
gram at the airport for 1950 calls
for an expenditure of $46,000 by
the city and $86,000 by the fed
eral government. This will cover
runway extension, removal of
landing obstacles. Improvement
of the north-south taxiway, 500
feet of new taxiway, an apron
at the administration building,
and installation of high-intensity
running lights.
American Note Says
New Control Violates
Peace Treaties
Washington, Nov. 15 UP) The
United States served notice on
Russia and five Soviet bloc states
today that it considers invalid
their new commission to control
shipping on the Danube river.
The commission was set up
November 11 at Galatz, Roma
nia. It replaced a control com
mission dating back to 1921 on
which five western nations were
represented.
An American note today said
the new arrangement, coupled
with the device of Soviet-controlled
joint shipping companies
on the river, is "clearly designed
to enable the Soviet Union to
maintain a monopoly of Dan
ubian commerce."
Violates Peace Pact
The Soviet bloc commission, it
was charged, violates the peace
treaties signed with Bulgaria,
Hungary and Romania and "vio
lates the concept of international
waterways which has been rec
ognized in Europe for more than
130 years."
The note was delivered to the
representatives in Washington of
Russia, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia,
Hungary, Romania, and Yugo
slavia. The Soviet Ukraine Re
public also signed the November
11 agreement, but is not repre
sented here.
(Concluded on Page S, Column 81
Russian Rules
Polish Hierarchy
Warsaw, Poland, Nov. 15 VP)
Former Soviet Marshal Konatan-
tin Rokossovsky stretched his
influence today into the hierar
chy of Poland's ruling commun
ist party. He got his third high
Polish position since quitting
the Red army only a week ago.
Polish-born Rokossovsky was
elected to membership in the
central committee of the Polish
United Workers' (communist)
party, the body which not only
rules the party but also helps to
shape government policy.
Last week he became a Polish
citizen, giving up his rank of
marshal in the Soviet army to
take a similar rank in the Polish
army.
Instantly he was made minis
ter of national defense. A day
later the government amended
the constitution to give him ac
tive membership in the all-powerful
state council, thus giving
him a direct voice in govern
ment administration.
Yesterday's official communi
que by the central committee of
the party revealed that Rokos
sovsky was elected in the midst
of a party purge which ousted
three once-important leaders,
including former Vice-Premier
Wladyslaw Gomulka from the
central committee.
The purge gave rise to specu
lation that trials may be ordered
soon against Titoist sympathiz
ers. They were expected to fol
low the p a 1 1 e r n of the recent
trial in Hungary in which for
mer Foreign Minister Laszlo
Rajk was executed on charges of
plotting with Marshal Tito of
Yugoslavia to overthrow the
government.
Valuable Painting
Found in Rubbish
Los Angeles VP) Polking
through a rubbish heap paid off
for Joseph Padore. a boilermak
er with artistic leanings.
He turned up a painting iden
tified as a 250-yenr-olri work
by an Italian artist, Vincenzo
Oleotti Phil Bcrnay, Los An
gelcs art dealer engaged to re
store the picture said it is a
copy of a masterpiece done in
1600 by Andrea Del Sarto, which
now hangs In the Palazzo Pitti
museum in Florence. It depicts
the Holy Family.
Bcrnay estimated the paint
ing to be worth at least $2,000
and theorized that it was dis
carded by a family unaware of
its worth. The colors, he said
have retained their original
richness and warmth. The find
er, Padore, is painter himself
Alaska Housing Bids Called
Anchorage, Alaska, Nov. 15
VP) The Alaskan air command
called for bids yesterday on 3.
531 multiple type family dwell
Incs at a cost not to exceed $38.
134.000 an average of $10,800
for each unit
Li a iLJ.. -i
Espionage Trial Judith Coplon (right) and her one-time
sweetheart, Valentin Gubitchev (left), are on trial in New
York after more than four months of postponement. The
former government girl and the Russian engineer are charged
with conspiring to transmit vital American documents to a
foreign power. (Acme Telephoto)
Judith Coplon Pictured
As Spy Against Reds
New York, Nov. 15 VP) Judith Coplon, convicted of spying
for Russia, was pictured in federal
government worker who "dug
tions" for the U. S. attorney
Her lawyer, Archibald Palmer,
Britain Delays
Steel Seizure
London, Nov. 15 VP) The la
bor government yielded to the
conservative house of lords to
day and deferred the date for
nationalizing the British steel in
dustry.
This clears the legislative
decks for an early general elec
tion, probably in February or
March, in which government
ownership of the steel mills will
be a major issue.
The government offered an
amendment in the house of
commons changing the date the
industry would be taken over
from May 1, 1950, to January 1,
1951, "or a date not more than
12 months later.
The lords had insisted the bill
should not be effective until
July 1, 1951, so that the voters
could first express their opinion
of it at a general election.
Conservative party leaders
have promised that if the conser
vatives win the impending elec
tion the nationalization bill will
be repealed.
Legislative leaders agreed that
the lords would accept the new
dates proposed by the agreement
and that the steel bill will be
come law within two or three
weeks.
Enactment of the bill before
the election was demanded by
labor party leaders who want to
appeal to the country on a plat
form that their entire legislative
program has been completed.
If the government had refused
to compromise on the effective
dates of the steel nationalization
bill, the lords could have delay
ed final enactment until after the
house recesses for Christmas
Dec. 16, even though a govern
ment bill curbing the lords' veto
power passed the house last
night, 340 to 187.
Princess Margaret
Gets New Bike
London VP Princess Mar
garet has a new irridesccnt
green and gold bicycle. It is the
first bicycle to come out of the
first Coventry factory to be re
built after the World War II
blitz. The factory gave it to her.
Its hand-engraved head badge
of enamel took several months
to make. Princess Margaret in
thanking the makers said she
was taking the bike to Windsor
Castle where she hoped to get
many hours use out of it.
Taxicab Vice Ring
Unco vered in Salem
A shockingly sordid story of a taxicab vice ring was related
to the Salem Juvenile officer Tuesday by a 14-year-old girl who
bared details of circumstances which led her to prostitution.
The young girl, described only as an eighth grade student in
information released by police,
linquency charge early Tuesday
morning after returning from a
roadside rendezvous with Glen
Whitcsides, 562 Tryon avenue,
who was booked on a charge re
lated to contributing to delin
quency of a minor.
After the arrest, the girl's
story came out.
The vice ring apparently was
operated from the Greyhound
bus depot cab station. The ju
venile officer began to trait the
girl after receiving reports that
she frequently loitered about the
depot and taxis.
court today as a conscientious
out various subversive organiza
general i office.
gave this picture at a hearing
preliminary to the spy conspir
acy trial of the former govern-
ment girl and her ex-friend Val
entin Gubitchev, suspended Rus
sian employe of the United Na
tions.
FBI Agent Robert R. Gran
ville, on the witness stand agreed
with Palmer that Miss Coplon
had received promotions in the
department of justice and that
her work had been praised by
the superiors.
"Did you know," the lawyer
asked, "that she dug out various
subversive organizations put on
Tom Clark's list'"
"I did not," Granville replied.
The reference was to former
attorney general Tom C. Clark,
now a supreme court justice.
"Did you ever find that this
girl had ever been a commu
nist Palmer rfaked.
"Not that I can recall," the
FBI man said.
Granville commanded the 20
G-men who arrested Msis Cop
Ion, a tiny, 28-year-old brunette,
and Gubitchev after a cloak-and
dagger pursuit in New York last
March 4.
He testified yesterday that the
arrests were made because miss
Coplon and Gubitchev tried to
throw off their pursuers, caus
ing him to believe that secret
governrment papers were about
to pass between them.
Chinese Fire on
American Shin
New York, Nov. 15 (U.B The
American cargo ship Flying
Cloud was fired upon and dam
aged by a Chinese nationalist
warship when the freighter at
tempted to run the nationalist
blockade of Shanghai, the Is
brandtscn Shipping company re
ported today.
The company in a telegram to
the state department said the
Flying Cloud's master reported
"hundreds of shellF" were fired
at the ship, blasting holes up to
13 inches in diameter in the
ship's side.
The attack took place at 4 p.m.
Shanghai time (3 a.m. EST to
day), the line said, correcting
an earlier announcement that
the Incident took place yester
day.
The crew escaped injury.
The company said it has asked
the navy to Investigate and give
any needed assistance to the r ly
ing Cloud, which anchored out
side the Shanghai harbor to
make repairs.
was arrested on a juvenile de
Another cabby named in her
tale was Carl A. Coulson, 2415
North Liberty, who was arrested
Tuesday afternoon.
Whitcsides, who was accom
panying her at the time of their
arrest, was Identified by police
ai a soldier from Hamilton field
whose residence Is in Salem.
Other arrests were expected
The two men now held are
charged with statutory rape
with bail fixed at $3500.
Told to Win Quick
Coal Peace or Face
Presidential Action
Washington, Nov. 15 HP) John
L. Lewis was confronted today
with a virtual ultimatum to win
a quick coal peace or face fast
White House action.
The mediation service said
Lewis is being given 24 to 48
hours to get something stirring
toward a coal contract. It implied
that there would be action by
President Truman this week if
Lewis does not.
Officials seemed to believe
Mr. Truman would invoke the
Taft-Hartley act although the
president dislikes that law.
To Stop New Strike
Use of a special fact-finding
board outside Taft-Hartley, as
was done in the steel dispute, has
been considered but that idea ap
peared to have little support.
The White House evidently
was determined to stop a new
strike on December 1, the ex
piration date of a truce ordered
by Lewis last week to end a 52-
day strike.
Under Taft-Hartley. Mr. Tru
man could order the justice de
partment to seek a court injunc
tion barring a new strike for 80
days.
Lewis slashed the staff of his
once-rich welfare and pension
fund as operators remained cool
to his offer to talk about build
ing up the fund again.
John L. Lewis and the United
Mine Workers today paid $1,
420,000 in contempt fines their
penalty for failing to obey a
court order to end a 1948 coal
strike.
(Concluded on Pige 5. Column 1)
Acheson Back
Faces Problems
Washington, Nov. 15 VP) Sec
retary of State Acheson return
ed today from the Big Three con
ference in France and his visit
to western Germany.
President Truman was at the
airport to greet him. He also was
met by Undersecretary James
Webb, and the French, Belgium,
Dutch and Luxembourg ambas
sadors. The secretary now faces a
problem that has some of his
top men boiling and at their
wit's end.
The problem: How to free
American consul Angus Ward
and four of his staff from a
Chinese communist jail, presum
ably at Mukden in Manchuria.
Privately, aides of Acheson
say the imprisonment of Ward
is "barbaric" and they are irked
beyond question at the Chinese
communists. They are not, how
ever, at the point of acting on
informal suggestions that the
U. S. take a big stick to the
communists in the form of mili
tary force or threat of force.
Ward's captivity has stretched
out to three weeks, and the
Chinese communist authorities
have made it plain they are in
no hurry to do anything about
it. They have withheld all in
formation about the health.
treatment or trial date of the
group, who are charged with
beating a Chinese employe of
the U. S. consulate at Mukden.
Ask $196,000 for
War on Budworms
The state forestry department
has asked the state emergency
board to dig up $196,000 for a
1950 spray war on budworm in
Oregon timberlands.
The board will consider the
request Friday. The total cost of
the campaign was estimated at
$447,000 with the federal gov
ernment and private timber own
ers contributing funds.
State funds must come from
the emergency account.
Legislator Can't
Serve As Judge
A member of the legislature
can't serve as a temporay circuit
judge. Attorney General George
Neuncr ruled today.
The constitution prohibits any
person from holding office In
more than one of the three gov
ernment branches exeutive, le
gislative and judicial. And for a
legislator to serve ai a judge
would be violating the constitu
tion. Neuncr said.
The opinion was asked by
State Sen. Thomas R. Mahoney,
Portland.