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Russians Said
Fortifying on
Baltic Coasl
Evacuating Germans
And Building U-Boats
And Warships
' Hamburg;, Germany, Dec. 22
VP) The independent weekly
Der Spiegel reported today the
Russians were evacuating thous
ands of Germans from the Baltic
coast and fortifying it the same
way the Nazis fortified the At
lantic coast in the last war.
People who refuse either to go
or work for the Russians are
sent into the uranium mines,
Der Spiegel said.
The Soviet navy is building
U-boats, destroyers and mine
weepers and repairing Soviet
and former German cruisers and
battleships, a two-paqe report
said. It added:
Top Rearmament Base
"The Soviet admiralty direct
ed that the Baltic become Rus
sia's top rearmament base. The
harbors of Wismar, Warne
munde, Rostock and Stralsund
are being rebuilt near the Poel
peninsula."
.The paper said almost all air
bases in the region are being
rebuilt, some of them by Ger
mans now in Russian concen
tration camps.
Der Spiegel said rockets are
being shot from Kilbero with
the Russian island of Osel as
target, It pointed out that the
distance from Kiolberg Vesel
is exactly the same as from Kol
berg to the Ruhr.
GI's Trained in Berlin
All American troops in Ber
lin have been ordered to conduct
maneuvers in street fighting
methods, it was learned today.
The first unit, 400 military
police, engaged in a brisk man
euver this afternoon in a prob
lem based on the theory that
about 2,000 communists had
seized the U. S. army food com
missary. Fully armed and in battle
dress, the military police rush
ed the commissary buildings in
.. little knots under "protective
' fire" and the umpires decided
that the street rioters had been
successfully ejected.
Riot Control Experience
Experience in riot control has
been ordered by Major General
Maxwell D. Taylor, U. S. com
mander, as the primary tactical
mission any troops in .Berlin
could be expected to encounter.
- The constabulary and the in
fantry have similar exercises
planned.
(Concluded on Paire 5, Column S)
Stalin Shows-up
At Celebration
London, Dec. 22 VP) Joseph
Btalin wound up 'communism's
gigantic celebration of his 70th
birthday with one of his rare
public appearances in Moscow
last night.
The Moscow radio said Soviet
Russia's prime minister appear
ed to tremendous applause on
the platform at the Bolshoi the
ater where the day's brithday
events concluded with a cheer
ing demonstration.
Stalin's appearance highlight
ed the celebration, which open
ed with leaders of world com
munism voicing a flood of ora
torical tributes to their general
issimo.
, China's Mao Tze-Tung, mak-
V. ing his first known trip from his
, homeland, was the first speaker.
He described Stalin as the
"teacher and friend of the peo
ple of the entire world." The
Soviet union, he said, is the
"bulwark of democracy and
peace."
After Mao similar tributes
voiced by communist leaders
from eastern Europe and from
Italy, Spain and Austria.
Huge spotlights played on the
theater building during the eel
ebration. Around it all Moscow
was illuminated by thousands of
brilliant lights and slogans con
gratulating Stalin.
Thousands of Russians in
Manezh square near the Krem
lin heard songs of praise for Stal
in, shouted through batteries of
loudspeakers. Artists performed
on a huge platform. In Red
square searchlights played over
a huge portrait of Stalin sus
pended from a balloon overhead
In the other communist coun-
tries of the world similar birth
day celebrations were held
FGE Declares Dividend
Portland, Dec. 22 VP) Port
land General Electric company
' declared a dividend of 45 cents
a common stock share for the
year's fourth quarter today.
Navy Plans to
Strengthen
Pacific Fleet
Carrier and Subs to
Be Ordered Along
With Cruisers
Washington, Dec. 22 VP) The
navy disclosed today that it is
considering a further strength
ening of the Pacific fleet.
This would be in addition to
the recently ordered shift of two
cruisers, the Juneau and the
Rochester, from the Atlantic to
the west coast. It follows pub
lished report: that another car
rier and number of submarines
are due to make similar shifts.
Replying to a reporter's ques
tion as to whether the navy plans
any further strengthening of its
Pacific forces in addition to the
announced cruiser transfers, a
spokesman said:
'This problem is under. con
sideration subject, of course, to
internal and external condi
tions." Depends on Money Available
The spokesman did not specify
the conditions that will affect
the navy's decision.
Obviously, one important in
ternal factor will be the amount
of money the service has for
ship operations.
And externally, an important
element is bound to be the con
flict that thus far has put com
munists in command of virtually
all of China's ports, except
British-controlled Hong Kong.
and driven the Chinese nation
alists to the island of Formosa.
(Concluded on Pace 5, Column 6)
MacArthur Flays
'Red Hypocrisy'
By RUSSELL BRINES
Toyko, Dec. 22 OT General
MacArthur today denounced
'callous" Soviet "hypocrisy"
and started a move for indepen
dent investigation of the fate of
378,000 missing Japanese war
prisoners captured by the Rus
sians.
He said he had requested
Washington to begin negotia
tions for an investigation either
by a neutral nation or the In
ternational Red Cross.
The American occupation com
mander issued one of his strong
est attacks against the Soviets
after a Russian walkout of the
allied council for Japan yester
day. This was followed by Te
newed Russian charges the
United States was assisting the
revival of Japanese fascism.
The Soviet mission was un
der determined siege by 200
Japanese representatives of anx
lous relatives of missing war
prisoners. They were told the
Soviet answer to requests for in
formation on further repatriation
"appeared in this morning's
papers." Presumably this refer
red to a letter charging "op
pression" by the Japanese gov
ernment which Lt. Gen. Kuzma
Derevyanko, head of the Soviet
mission, addressed to General
MacArthur.
MacArthur said the letter
showed "a callousness of hypo
crisy I can not fail to denounce.
He termed it a smokescreen to
distract attention from the re
patriation issue.
Road Up Little North
Fork Said Sinking
County Commissioner Roy Rice reported to the county court
Thursday that a part of the roadway up the Little North Fork
of the Santiam immediately above Mehama is sinking and needs
repair. The theory is that where the river has washed away
under its banks about 12 teet or
hole back under the rocks which
carries the water under the
roadway, especially at high wa
ter periods, resulting in soften
ing the base under the road and
causing the pavement to sink.
The matter is of added im
portance due to the prospective
routing of the north Santiam
highway itself between Mehama
and Mill City along the Marion
county side of the river. If it de
velops, as feared, that the river
is seeping back under the pres
ent roadway it will probably
mean a routing further back
from the river whenever the
road is converted to the use of
the North Santiam highway, in
fact county court members con
sider this' would be a logical
move, anyway. To reroute the
highway directly through Me
Ihama would mean disturbance
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Gifts Received
At Chemawa
More than 600 pupils of the
Chemawa Indian school had a
pre-Christmas visit from Santa
Claus Wednesday night as the
Salem Lions club assumed the
role of the jolly gentleman.
The vast majority of the pu
pils will not be able to return
to their homes scattered over
the far western states and Alas
ka because of travel involved.
The Lions club provided in
dividual packages of candy, nuts
and fruit for all of the students
as well as for children of the
employes.
Carl Aschenbrenner, Parrish
junior high principal, and Lions
club official, presided as master
of ceremonies following intro
ductory remarks by Ed Schroe
der. president. r
The program included magic
by Jack Spong; vocal selections
by the Montgomery Ward trio
Louise McMillan, Jean Artz and
Betty Boise, with Bill Day ac
companist; Leslie junior - high
brass ensemble of Robert Ham
ilton, Margaret Seeger, Delores
Eggleston; John Bartlett, Quen
tin Nordyke and Jerry Evendon;
ventriloquism by D. D. Dotson.
The role of Santa Claus was
filled by Tom Pomeroy.
First Candidate
For Big Pensions
A man who's going to pay
big pensions to everyone and
hold prices down filed his can
didacy today for congress from
Multnomah county.
H. H. Stallard, Portland
democrat, thus became the first
candidate to file for any office
in next spring's May primary
election campaign.
Stallard wants wartime price
control reenacted, and he would
pay each dependent adult $100
a month. Each dependent child
would get $25 a month.
Stallard, who calls his pr"o
gram. "Stallard's community
center plan," would start it off
by appropriating $100,000,000,
000 from the federal treasury.
He said his plan would "sqlve
the question of living from the
cradle to the grave."
so from the roadway there is a
of a number of valuable pieces
of property while a rerouting
further back would not only ob
viate this but take the road
away from any danger from un
derground seepage.
County Commissioner Rogers
also reported to the court that
a new bridge has just been com
pleted on the same highway
about two or three miles above
Mehama, this being a replace
ment of the second bridge above
that town. The new structure is
45 feet long, consisU of three
bents of 15 feet each. The need
for the new bridge was caused
by heavy logging traffic over
the old one which was not built
for such heavy hauling, said Ro
gers and loggers were afraid the
old structure would give way.
' Lions Club Brings Christmas to Chemawa Tom Pomeroy,
playing the part of Santa Claus for the Lions, distributes
more than 600 bags of fruits and nuts to Chemawa Indian
school pupils. Additional entertainment was provided by Leo
the Lion and a magician.
Tighten Ban
Of Secret Data to Russia
Washington, Dec. 22 (P) The
its machinery for keeping scientific and technical data from going
to Russia. '
The commerce department announced t hat "in exceptional
cases" it will impose an outright ban on export of technical
Use Device to
Find Lost Hunter
Walla Walla, Dec. 22 VP) Us
ing a device dubbed an Velec
tronie bird dog," two Yakima
men and a Prosser farmer mov
ed toward what they believed
was a hot trail this morning as
the' search for Donald McDon
ald continued.
McDonald, 18, Walla Walla
elk hunter, has been missing in
the. snowbound Blue mountains
since last Thursday when he dis
appeared while hunting with a
companion, Jack Farquharson.
P. E. Griswold, Yakima, in
ventor, said last night his equip
ment had picked up a trail. Ra
dio reports at 11 a.m. toHay in
dicated that the trail is believed
to be footprints made by Mc
donald. Officials said the device
also indicated that Farquhar
son s footprints were nearDy.
Accompanying Griswold were
Deputy Sheriffs Andy Shoun
and Al Tofte and Deputy Pros
ecutor Bill Roach who is mak
ing an investigation, of the case
for the prosecutor.
Other members of the party
included Henry Desmerais, Yak
ima, and Frank Greens, Prosser.
The inventor said in several
cases he had encouraging re
suits.
Burk Libel Suit
Out of Court
Involuntary nonsuit and dis
missal of the jury were granted
by Circuit Judge David R. Van
denberg Wednesday afternoon in
the $150,000 liber suit instituted
by former Sheriff A. C. Burk
against George Putnam, publish
er of the Capital Journal.
Burk charged that an editor
ial published in the paper in
October, 1948, was defamatory
and aided in his defeat for re
election as sheriff, particularly
assertions as to his alleged fail
ure to clean up slot machines.
The court ruled there was no
doubt in his mind that slot ma
chines were in operation in the
county during Burk's tenure in
office, that it was the sheriff's
business to know about them
and to confiscate them whether
or not. they were operating
the city limits. He held that the
editorial in question was neither
libelous nor malicious and con
tained fair comment on public
questions during a political cam
paign.
During course of the trial a
big stack of indictments return
ed during Burk's term in office
dealing with gambling based on
evidence secured by the state
police were placed in evidence
to indicate operation of slot ma
chines without intervention of
the sheriff's office.
on Exports
government today tightened up
information which is "signifi
cant to the national security."
The obvious object though
not stated in the official state
ment is to keep such informa
tion from reaching the Soviets.
The main aim is to help a pri
vate firm withhold matter- af
fecting national security when
the firm has a contract that
would be breached by refusing
to make shipments.
This is the background:
Recently,- the department set
up a "voluntary control plan"
over export of information It
asked Americans to get an opin
ion from it before exporting
data which might have a securi
ty value.
Some firms requested advice
and were given opinions against
sending the data abroad. Later,
they reported they would like
to withhold it, but feared law
suits for breach of contract.
The imposition of bans on ex
port is intended to relieve these
persons from danger of suit,
since they can show the ship
ment was forbidden by U.S. gov
ernment action.
No ban is likely to be imposed
except where the prospective
shipper of information takes his
problem to the commerce de
partment.
Officials pointed out no com
plete ban could be imposed un
less there was a censorship on
all mail leaving the United
States. They stressed there is no
intention whatsoever of setting
up such a censorship
Neither the voluntary control
plan nor the prospective bans in
"exception cases" will supplant
current provisions against ex
Dort of technical data classified
by the government as security
or secret matter. Other govern
ment regulations will continue
to take care of those cases.
NLRB Hearing on
Concrete Firm Held
A hearing on the Valley Con
crete Products company bid for
at National Labor Relations
Board election at its Independ
ence plant was completed yes
terday in Portland.
The company wants the elec
tion to determine whether AFL
Teamsters are to be the bargain
ing agent for workers. A deci
sion will be made after January
4, when briefs are to be filed by
parties to the hearing. Sessions
were held in Portland and in
Salem.
The NLRB sought to determine
whether the firm was in inter
state commerce and if the board
had Jurisdiction. Agents for the
AFL Teamsters asked dismissal
of the company petition, arguing
the firm is bound by a master
contract of the Cement Indus
tries' association.
W. B. Von Klcinsmid, Long
Beach, Calif., testified his com
pany, Macco Corp., used the In
dependence firm's product.
Yugoslavia to
Hold General
Election Soon
Tito Takes New Steps
To Force Hungary to
Pay War Bill
Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Dec. 22
(JP) Official sources said today
Yugoslavia will hold Its first
general parliamentary election
since 1945 in the near future.
Under the constitution, the
election must be held within two
or three months after the ex
piration of the present govern
ment Jan. 31.
In the last elections on Nov.
11, 1945, opponents of Premier
Marshal Tito cast only about 10
per cent of the vote.
The present parliament con
venes Dec. 26 for a brief bud
get session.
Tito after Hungary
Meanwhile, Information Min
ister Vladimir Dedijcr disclos
ed that Yugoslavia has taken
new steps to force Hungary to
pay its war bill.
Hungary, one of Russia's
satellites, stopped payments to
Yugoslavia last year, after the
cominform countries adopted
resolution denouncing Tito and
his aides.
Under the peace treaty Hun
gary was supposed to pay Yugo
slavia $70,000,000 as war repar
ations.
He said his government has
given Hungary until Jan. 15 to
name a representative to meet
with one from Yugoslavia and
attempt a settlement.
Army Day Celebration
Yugoslavia marked its army
day celebration by accusing
Russia of selling Tito second
hand arms and useless gunpow
der at exorbitant prices.
(Concluded on Pace 5, Column 5)
Strikers Stall
Cleveland Buses
Cleveland. Dec. 22 VP) Strik
ers stalled Cleveland's city-own
ed buses and streetcars today,
forcing thousands of commuters
and last minute Christmas shop
pers to resort to hitch hiking,
taxis or foot-work.
Less than one-fifth of the
AFL transit union's 4,200 mem
bers in local 268 voted a strike
just before last midnight. They
want the Cleveland transit sys
tem to continue its policy of 96-
hour 12 day paid vacations.
The vote was 496 to 287
against deferring the walkout
until Jan. 16. This meant com
plying with a midnight strike
deadline.
In making this decision, the
unionists ignored: (1) a plea by
their local president, Thomas P.
Meaney, to hold off until the
Jan. 16 dale; and (2) the Fergu
son act, an Ohio law that pro
vides heavy penalties for public
employes who strike.
rne strike of the main means
of public transportation in the
nation s sixth largest city with
more than 1,000,000 residents
came as such a surprise that
Mayor Thomas A. Burke had to
be roused from bed.
Ward Sails for United States
Yokohama, Dec. 22 VP) Con
sul General Angus Ward and
most of his Mukden staff, which
was deported by Chinese com
munists, sailed for the United
States tonight aboard the liner
President Wilson.
20 Santas,
To Roam Streets Friday
Santas, 20 or more of them,
roam the Salem streets again
Mrs. Santa will be greatly outnumbered by the Santa Clauses,
but she's more valuable, too. The first person tapping Mrs
Santa on the shoulder and saying, "Tag, you're Mrs. Santa Claus,"
will receive $100 as a reward. '
Presentation of the prize will
be made in front of the Chamber
of Commerce at 9 o'clock, with
city or county official making
the presentation.
Last Friday night, the first
night there was a Mrs. Santa
Claus, thf first person to tag Mrs.
Santa (Mrs. Charles Sprague at
all other times) was Mrs. Jessie
L. LeBoeuf of 147 North Com
mercial. The $100 was a more
than welcome gift for Mrs. Le
Boeuf, who is a pensioner and
had been forced to stop work be
cause of ill health.
The Santa Clauses, like Mrs.
Santa, will be dressed in civil
ian clothes and will be just one
of the crowd. The same rules
apply to tagging them as to Mrs.
Santa with the magic phrase be
ing, "Tag, you're Santa Claus.'
Old Collar of
OsWest'sDog
Found in Sewer
He was the best hunting dog
that ever showed up in Marion
county."
The dog mentioned was Sun
day, a Gordon Setter once own
ed by former Gov. Oswald West;
the commentator was the dog's
former owner.
Sunday lived way back about
the turn of this century but
memories of the dog were
brought back to West when Sun
day's collar was found recently
by a crew cleaning sewer lines
Salem.
The leather collar now in
(he possession of A. J. (Tony)
George, who is sending it to
West, shows signs of the passing
of years, The tag on which is
inscribed Sunday, No. 131, Os
wald West, is still bright and
shiney, however.
West, in Portland, could not
recall when the collar was lost
nor where, but had many recol
lections of the dog. The collar
was found by the city crew in
the sewer line on Hickory street
near the Valley Packing com
pany. Pope Presented
Silver Trowel
Vatican City, Dec. 22 VP) -Workers
representing the 4,000,
000 members of Italian Catholic
Action presented Pope Pius XII
today with a gold-gilded silver
hammer and trowel with which
to open and close the holy door
in St. Peter's for the 1950 Holy
Year.
It was 'the first time in the
centuries-long history of Holy
Years that the hammer and
trowel was presented by a work
ers' organization.
At his Vatican apartment the
pope received a delegation head
ed by their president, Ferdinan-
do Slorchi, and including a steel
worker, a farmer, a streetcar
employe, a printer and a stone
mason.
The first holy door ceremony
will be held Saturday morning,
when the pope will tap three
times with the hammer on the
brick wall sealing the main en
trance to St. Peter's. He will in
tone the words "Aperite nihi por-
tas justatiae" "Open unto me
the gates of justice."
As he taps the third time the
brickwork, previously cut, will
be lowered by pulleys and rolled
away, and the cathedral's golden
central doorway will emerge
into view.
British Study
Arms Aid Plan
London, Dec. 22 (JP) The
British foreign office .has under
study a revised draft of an ag
reement for accepting arms aid
from the United Slates, its
spokesman said today.
"The American state depart
ment made important changes
in the original draft," the spokes
man said. "These changes are
under consideration here. They
were designed to meet our ob
jections to the wording of the or
iginal," Britain balked at the original
draft submitted by the U. S.
state department to Atlantic
treaty nations wishing to share
in the billion dollar arms aid
, program.
Mrs. Santa
and Mrs. Santa Claus, too, will
(his Friday night.
One by one, as they are dis
covered the Santas will lead the
person guessing their identity to
the store that Santa represents.
there to receive the prize for the
right guess. Prizes, all in mer
chandise, will range from $12 to
$50 in value.
Hours for the Santas and Mrs.
Santa Claus to be on the street
are from 7 to 9 o'clock in the eve
ning and Salem merchants prom
isc an evening of fun for all who
visit the downtown.
This will be the third Friday
night that shoppers have been
playing tag with Santa and the
second of Mrs. Santa. Friday
should be no exception for fun
with an air of informality and
laughter prevailing as almost ev
ery person on the streets gets
tagged, Santa or not.
Chinese Reds
Hear Chengtu
Western China
400,000 Nationalist
Troops in Mass
Retreat to Sikang
Hong Kong, Dec. 22 P)
Heavy fighting today raged only
10 miles from Chengtu, last Na
tionalist mainland capital in
Western China.
News of the battle was con
tained in a message direct to
the Associated Press bureau here
from the Chengtu foreign office.
The message said Nationalist
troops under Gen. Hu Tsung
Nan were in mass retreat toward
Sikang province which borders
Tibet. Hu commands about
400,000 troops the largest sin
gle Nationalist force on the As
ian mainland.
Sikang province has been cho
sen as the base for Nationalist
guerrilla warfare. Nationalist
army headquarters are located
in Sichang over a mountain trail
from Chengtu.
90 Foreigners in Chengtu
About 90 foreigners, 60 of
them American missionaries, are
in Chengtu. Their life there for
the past two weeks has been one
of uncertainty and suspense.
To Consult Stalin
The China Mail in Hong Kong
today said Communist Leader
Mao Tze-Tung went to Moscow
to discuss with Premier Stalin
three subjects.
The Mail listed them as:
1. The unification of commu
nist China under one leadership.
2. Whether to carry the com
munist campaign into French
Indochina and Burma.
3. Whether to demobilize the
greater part of 5,000,000 Red
China troops.
The Mail s unnamed sources
said Mao was concerned over the
control of Manchuria, which vir
tually is in the hands of an in
ternational clique of Chinese
communists who take orders di
rect from1-Moscow.
N Y Reservoirs
Continue Drop
New York, Dec 22 () New
York's drought-ridden reservoirs
continued to drop today as state
and city officials prepared for a
debate on who's to blame for the
water shortage.
Water in the reservoirs went
down 242,000,000 gallons in the
last 24 hours to a level of 87,
245,000,000 gallons, 34.5 per
cent of capacity.
On this dale last year, which
itself was below normal, there
were 125,201,000,000 gallons in
the reservoirs, 49.5 per eent o
capacity.
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey and
city officials were to argue at an
afternoon session about where
the responsibility for the situa
tion lies and also what can be
done about it.
Meanwhile, a conservation
authority reported that New
York's troubles were only a
counterpart of those facing many
other sections of the nation.
Leslie A. Miller, former Wy
oming governor h. n d recent
chairman of the national resourc
es task force for the Hoover
commission, wrote in the 1950
book of knowledge annual that
the country should take a com
plete stock of i'is water supply.
Several areas are using more
water than their natural water
sheds can ever replenish, he
said.
Holiday Death Toll
Estimated at 435
Chicago. Dec. 22 VP) The na
tion's death toll in traffic acci
dents over the three-day Christ
mas holiday may reach 435, the
national safety council says.
The pre-holiday estimate is
the largest ever made by the
council. It said the estimate
covers only immediate traffic
deaths persons killed between
6 p.m. Friday and midnight
Monday
Ned H. Dearborn, council
president, said: "We are forced
to make this estimate by mathe
matics. It certainly is a terrible
thought for the Christmas sea
son. But our hearts tell us the
toll will be lower that the
American people will not per
mit such a tragedy. I hope our
mathematics is wrong, and our
inearii are ngni.
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