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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 13, 1950)
s Communist Leader Finding Reds Tough to Deal With? By SEYMOUR TOPPING Hone Kontf. Jan. 13 Wl The unpredecenled stay of Chinese communist leader Mao Tze-Tung in Moscow indicated today he is finding the Russians tough bargainers. Exactly four weeks ago he left China for his historic conferences with Stalin. Leaving his country at a critical time, Mao arrived in the Russian capital Dec. 16. He is still there. Customary procedure for a high level international confer ence in Moscow is for senior members of a mission to remain only a few days. Then they leave subordinates behind to Iron out the details. Oregon's Own Author, Ernest Haycox, who has contributed "Canyon Passage" and a number of other great storier to the screen, is responsible for another even greater adventure drama in Warner Bros. Technicolor production, "Montana." Starring Errol Flynn and Alexis Smith, with S. Z. "Cuddles" Sakall, "Montana" opens its "Bonanza Premiere" showing to day at Warner's Elsinore theater. The Elsinore was selected by the producers of "Montana" as one of the nation's first 200 theaters to premiere this feature, the dramatic story of the epic conflict between cattle and sheep men in the pioneer days of the great western state. Vandenberg, 7 ait Join Forces To Ask Opinion on Formosa Washington, Jan. 13 U.R) Sens. Arthur H. Vandenberg, (R., Mich.), and Robert A. Taft, (R., O.), long at odds on foreign policy, joined Wednesday in a demand that congress question the joint chiefs of stall on me strategic iiuym unite ui wuimmiuruuur ened Formosa. ' In separate speeches, iboth attacked the administration's hands-off policy toward the Chi nese Nationalists' Island strong hold. Taft also said the U.S. navy and the state department could save Formosa from the commun ists without risking a shooting war with Russia. Vandenberg and Taft senate GOP leaders on foreign policy and domestic issues voiced their views as Secretary of State Dean Acheson tried for the sec ond successive day to check a groundswell of congressional demands for a stronger stand in the Far East. Acheson met with the house foreign affairs com mittee to repeat testimony he gave the senate foreign relations tx-committee yesterday. jiiowChairman Tom Connally (D., .) of the senate foreign re lations committee quoted Ache son as having said Tuesday that the United States would have an "impregnable" defense line in the Pacific even if Formosa were not in friendly hands. But other senators present disagreed with Connally's interpretation. Connally had vetoed republi can suggestions that military leaders be called to give their views on Formosa's strategic ' Importance. Taft told the senate that the Chinese communists could not cross the mainland of China to invade Formosa if the U.S. navy "makes it clear that ships carry ing troops will not be allowed to cross." Monmouth Vote For Proposals Monmouth A special elec tion gave strong support to all three proposals by the voters of Monmouth. The proposal for a sewage dis posal system carried by a vote of approximately nine to one, the vote being 177 yes and 20 no. The proposal for an increased capacity for water reservoir stor age did not fare as well, the vote of 140 for and 56 opposed being favorable by less than three to one. The proposal for a millage tax for fire department equip ment replacement made a still weaker showing. The vote was 135 yes and 49 no, which Only a little better than two to one. Lesher Leaves Post in Salem Captain R. B. Lesher of the Salem citadel, Salvation Army, is being transferred to a post in northern California and will leave for his new assignment in the near future. His successor has not been named. Captain Lesher, wife and three children came to Salem from Alaska in 1945. The advisory board meeting is scheduled to be held next Mon day evening at the Senator ho tel. Major Roderick Durham of Portland, divisional commander, will be the principal speaker, Walter Hagen came straight from a month-long hunting ex pedition, without practice, to win his last Professional Golfers' Association title, in 1927. Jap Trawler Captured at Sea Tokyo, Jan. 13 W) Japanese maritime officials said tonight a fishing trawler had been ma chinegunned and captured about 60 miles southwest of Chcju is land off Korea. Two companions, they said, had radioed that the craft, Taiyo Maru III, had disappeared northward in company with the unidentified assailant. The Taiyo Maru III carries a crew of 29 and is a 500-ton craft. Her companion vessels were Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Friday, January 13, 1950 3 the Taiyo Maru II and Taiyo Maru 15. (Globe wireless in San Fran cisco intercepted a message from the Taiyo Maru earlier saying she had been fired upon but was safe for the time being. The Globe interception preceded this dispatch.) Student Nurse Home Lafayette Miss Kolene Wil liams, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Williams is at home on a three weks vacation from her work of nurses training at the Multnomah county hospital. Miss Williams will finish her training next June. Does his prolonged stay mean he is finding the price asked by the tight-fisted Russians too high? That is the opinion of experts. Veteran China observers think Mao went to Moscow primarily to seek badly needed economic aid for China. That he left his country at this time underlined the urgency of his mission. He likely is requesting relief from the Manchurian barter agreement. Concluded last summer, it calls for Manchuria to provide agricultural products to the Soviet Union in return for manufactured goods. It has caused resentment in food - short . China. Reliable sources say even normally food rich Manchuria cannot now meet the export quota for Russia North China, although plagued with famine, has been asked to make up the heavy deficit. The result: New anger has been stirred up against the Rus sians. Some observers say the Chi nese Reds must have large scale economic help if internal condi tions are to be improved fast enough to consolidate them in power. Reports from inside China picture it as an economic quag mire. There seems to be little prospect the Reds can pull them selves out unaided. What Stalin is asking in re turn for such aid will affect the whole course of events in Asia. But Stalin does not hold all the trump cards. New ones have been given Mao by British recognition of his regime, by President Truman's "hands off" declaration on For mosa, by the possible emergence of an oriental Tito in Japanese communist leader Sanzo Noz-aka. Defense Line in Western Pacific Not Impregnable' Tokyo, Jan. 13 VP) The American defense line in the western Pacific could be the springboard for powerful air blows at the outset of war, but it is not "impregnable." This is the concensus of views of top-ranking military officials in Tokyo as gathered by this correspondent during four years of conversation on defense prob- lems. (In Washington, Tuesday, Senator Tom Connolly (D., Texas) quoted Secretary of State Dean Acheson as saying that the United States had an impregnable ring of defenses in the Western Pacific without Formosa. This was disputed by some Republican senators at tending the senate foreign af fairs committee session address ed by Acheson. They said that the Secretary merely nodded when Connolly made the state ment.) No responsible officer would comment publicly today on re ports of Secretary Acheson's testimony before the senate for eign relations committee. But key officials on the spot have made clear this picture of Western Pacific defenses: American bombers from Ja pan. Okinawa and The Philip pines could cover thousands of miles of potential enemy terri tory from southeast Asia to Si beria. "We can give a good account of ourselves," say air force of ficers on the spot. But, to remain useful, these bases must be defended against a triple attack enemy air as saults, possible combat landings and blockade. This would in volve the combined facilities of all three services. Japan and Okinawa are ring ed now with Soviet or Chinese communist airbases capable of launching short range aerial as saults. If Formosa falls, the noose will be tighter around Okinawa, where the American garrison now considers its mis sion is to get in as many blows as possible before being knocked out. Stalin needs Mao's help for Soviet aspirations in Asia. The Russians will try for maximum control over the fu-; ture development of Red Chirfi. ! The use of China and large over- j seas Chinese communities will be sought to spread communism in southeast Asia. Moscow prob ably will want a firm com mitment to rule out Chinese communist flirtations with the Western Powers. (Western observers in Mos cow are watching for results of Mao's talks with Soviet officials with intense interest. A dis patch from the Russian capital yesterday said they are expect ing some sort of official an nouncement soon. (Mao was received yesterday by N. N. Shvernick, chairman of the presidium of the supreme Soviet. The brief announcement by the Moscow radio and Tass news agency did not indicate what was discussed. (More than a week ago Mao told a Tass correspondent he was in Moscow to work out agree ments with the Russians, in cluding a treaty of friendship, alliance and trade. There has been no progress report since.) Mao probably has requests of Russia covering more than eco nomic issues. One may be renegotiation of the Chinese-Soviet treaty of 1945 which is so unpopular with Chi nese. This treaty gives the Rus sians joint control of Manchur ia's truck railway, the old Man churian capital of Changchun, and Dairen, Manchuria's main port, as well as the nearby naval base of Port Arthur. An interesting angle of Mao's trip to Russia is that it put the spotlight on Liu Shao-chi. Long rumored to be China s No. Z communist, this quiet, strongly pro-Russian intellectual has pre sided over Red China's govern ment during Mao's absence. Polk Taxpayers Will Get Refund Dallas Polk county taxpay ers who pungled up too much money in November in payment of their property taxes due to an $108,000 error on the roll will soon be getting a refund. Sheriff T. B. Hooker states that about- 1,000 such refunds will be in the mails Thursday. This includes all who are en titled to them. After the error was discovered, about a week after the roll turnover was made to the sheriff, corrections were made on individual statements as presented for payment. About 1,000 had made pay ments by mail or in the office prior to that time, and the re funds are being made to them. Libby Infant Borne Lincoln Walter Thomas, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Libby of Lincoln who was born Decem ber 19 was brought to his par ents home for the first time Sat urday, after being kept in the hospital nursery until he gain ed in health and strength. ENROLL NOW! n t a , Enroll your five, six and seven year olds in this special New Year's DANCING CLASS Four O'Clock Saturday. Twins and triplets for the price of one. This week only. 9 cliooi oj? Before or After SEEING WARNER'S BONANZA PREMIERE "MONTANA" At the ELSINORE THEATER, Stop In and . . Open Taste him at our new Downtown counter and take some home. "Anytime is Spudnut Time" "Montana" Opens Today at Warner's. Eliinore Spudnut Coffee Bar See 'em made . . . buy 'am hat! Buy 'em by the tackl 445 Court Street First "Canyon Passage" and Now Oregon't Own Ernest Haycox Gives the Screen Another and Greater TECHNICOLOR ' When my ballets run out, sheep-man, m"XSZSV " ' a f- ""roil to oust Adventure! f TECHNICOLOR J Warner Bros. Tell the S"ys whole earth"shattering Stor kiss J"& S m." JP OF THE RANGE-WAR pt ( afr-J fm thatspl,tthe manna " "s-d ss " iERROLFtM ALEXIS SIM w VIA RAY ENMGHT scAEEH lv by JAMES R. WEBB and BORDEN CHASE wo CHARLES O'NEAL iwDoMnonni-iosriwcev Leon ERROL I STARTS TODAY! NO ADVANCE IN PRICES! 1 M1U:1 For Your Added Enjoyment! BUGS BUNNY Color Cartoon Riot "KNIGHTS MUST FALL" Latest Warner News II II RECKON I'M IN LOVE It the Song Featured in Warner's Premiere, "Montana" and, of course, SALEM RECORD SHOP Has the Record BYTHE PIED PIPERS along with K Host of Other Records Just to Mention a Few: "Rag Mop" Ames Bros. "Bamboo" Vaughn Monroe "Sentirrental Me" Martha Lou Harp "Your Just a Flower from an Old Bouquet" Owen Bradley Downstairs Oregon Building Warner's Bonanza Premiere ELSINORE THEATRE. "Wild Bill Hiccup" Spike Jonei "Fargo Fanny" Dorothy Shay State and High Sti. Ph. 3-8632 'Montana" Opens today at the The Bonanza Premiere 'MONTANA" depicts the great outdoors of nearly a century ago. In those days, "Outdoor Activities" were a matter of existence. TODAY most outdoor activities are a matter of recre tion . . . BARB'S SPORTING GOODS 175 S. High St. Can Supply You with Any or All Modern Sporting Equipment Guns - Skis - Hunting and Fishing Equipment and Many Others Warner'i Bonanza Premiere "MONTANA' Today at the Eliinore Theater Opens To be certain of the biggest evening's entertainment . , big premiere plan to have a luscious meal, in fact, All tcu Cm Cat fa 99c NEW BUFFET DINNER 5 to 8:30 Every Nite but Sunday (Children under 10 . . . just 44c) Just Around The Corner From the Elsinore before the Warner's Bonanza Premiere "Montana" Opens Today at the Elsinore Theatre ancina a Phone 2-7523 1990 Minion Street
