Capital
THE WEATHER HERE
PARTLY CLOUDY with few
snow showers tonight, Sunday.
Continued cold. Lowest tonight,
13; highest Sunday, near 32.
Maximum yeitenUf, 40: minimum today.
13. Total 34-hour precipitation: .40; (or
month: :26i normal, 8.40. Seaion precipi
tation, X1.24; normal, 19.68. RWer helrnt,
0.9 feet. (Report bj U.S. Weither Bureau.)
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62nd Year, No. 12 matter - at Salem, Oi
Salem, Oregon, Saturday, January 14, 1950
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Snowfall (or
Storm Fatal
Salem Heaviest To 7 Persons
Sin
In Seven Years
More Snow and Con"
tinued Cold Forecast
Over Week-end
By MARIAN LOWRY FISCHER
The blizzard sweeping the
northwest Friday resulted in
the heaviest snowfall in seven
years for Salem following the
iecord wind and severe rain
storms during the day. The
snow was very spotted, heavy
some areas, light in others.
More snow and continued cold
temperatures are the outlook
for the week-end, the weather
bureau giving no indication of
any break for the next two
or three days. A low of 13 is
forecast for tonight and the high
temperature for Sunday, near
32, freezing point.
l. "A total of 4.7 inches of snow
was measured here in the per
iod between 7 a. m. Friday and
10:30 a. m. Saturday, the great
est amount to fall here in one
storm since January 25, 1943,
when 4.9 inches were measured.
The wet snow falling in in the
city Friday was pretty well
melted away with the rain that
came with it before the new
storm broke late in the day, and
most of the stay-on snow fell
after mdinight, measuring be
tween two and three inches.
Below Freezing Weather
Way below freezing temper
atures Saturday morning's
minimum here being 13
crusted over the snow, and Sa
lem, like the rest of western
Oregon, was struggling through
the woes of glazed streets and
roads some of them blocked
with piled up snow crippled
power and communication lines,
and many other interruptions
and inconveniences that a heavy
snow storm brings. In several
Salem business firms Saturday
morning it was reported some
staff members could not show
up for work, snow and bad trav
eling conditions preventing
those in outside areas from
getting into the city.
The bie storm of Friday,
hrineinp the worst blizzard for
Washington in several years, hit
Oregon in freakish ways.
Klamath Snow Heaviest
While valley regions had from
two to three inches snowfalls,
Klamath Falls was blanketed
with 32 inches and all roads out
of that city were blocked.
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In Washington
Blizzard Brings Heavy
Snowfall Followed
By Cold Wave
(By the AuocUted Prtstl
Two children froze to death
on a snow-blocked Washington
road and four persons were re
ported missing today in Oregon
as intense cold followed yester
day's Pacific northwest blizzard.
The storm moved on into Idaho
and Montana.
The total of storm-caused
deaths in Washington state was
seven.
There were no roads open be
tween Oregon and storm-bat
tered northern California.
Biting cold prevailed through
out the northwest. A low of
21 degrees below zero was re
ported at Ellensberg in eastern
Washington.
A fraction of a degree above
zero was an all-time low at
Vancouver, B.C.
Widespread Destruction
The official low at Seattle
during the night was 11 above
zero. It was 9 above at the
Seattle-Tacoma airport.
Destruction was widespread.
Many highways were closed.
State patrols of Washington and
Oregon warned motorists
against using those that were
open unless they faced emer
gencies.
The sun was out in Seattle
and some other parts of western
Washington today, but there
was drifted snow everywhere,
A supply convoy bucked its
way into the little town of Su
mas, Wash., near the Canadian
border early today. It took
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Several Main
Roads Closed
Several major Oregon high
ways were closed by snow to
day, and chains were necessary
on all the rest, tne siaie uigu-
wav department reported.
All roads out of Klamath Falls
were blocked. U. S. highway
97 was closed above Chiloquin
and south of Klamath Falls.
State highway 66 was closed
near Klamath Falls and also
above Keno. State highway 39
through Merrill was closed at
Vjji California border.
' The Pacific (99) was closed
between Roseburg and Canyon
ville, and again at Yreka, Calif.
The Columbia river highway
wa- blocked between Cascade
Locks and Hood river.
The road report:
Government Camp 4 de
grees, snowing lightly, packed
snow, chains required, 18 inch
es new snow.
Santiam Pass 10 degrees,
packed snow, 36 inches new
mow.
Willamette Pass 10 degrees,
high wind, packed snow, chains
required, 20 inches new snow
2 Miners Trapped
100 Feet Down
Mahanoy City, Pa., Jan. 14 VP)
Two miners are trapped 100
feet beneath the earth's surface
todav and more than 100 rescue
workers are digging into the side
of Broad Mountain in an effort
to reach them.
The rescue workers were
spurred on by tappings believed
made by the trapped men, Jos
eph Burda, 30, and his brother,
Edward, 25. The cave-in oc
curred yesterday at the old Bos
ton colliery on Broad Mountain.
Another brother, Frank, 19,
was caught up to his knees by
the falling debris but managed
to save himself by literally
jumping out of his boots. He
reported the first onrush of de
bris almost trapped his legs. But
he was able to squirm out of his
boots and make his way to the
surface.
Glider Crash
Fatal fo 13 GIs
Fort Benning, Ga. Jan. 14 VP)
The unexplained crash of an
airforce glider here brought
death to 13 of Uncle Sam's top
flight rough and ready fighting
men.
Five of the 17 men aboard
the glider survived yesterday's
crash, but one of the survivors
died of injuries early today.
Three of the remaining four
survivors are in critical condi
Hon at the Lawson airforce base
hospital.
Among the victims were 11
student paratroopers ready for
their final exams hitting the
silk in one more jump. Also
killed were a sergeant-instruc
tor and the glider's pilot, Second
Lt Robert D. Henley of Colum
bia, Mo.
The crash the cause of which
was unknown was the first fa
tal accident in the glider train
ing school since the death of one
man in 1946.
The glider, one of two releas
ed by a C-82 tow plane, was
settling on the runway normal
ly when, witnesses reported, one
wing dipped sharply and struck
the ground.
First Lt. Melvin L. Minnix, pi
lot of the companion glider, said
the crack up came at a 30 de
gree angle and scattered wreck
age over the field "like con
fetti after a parade."
i"Ps-5f.t"
No Sign of Life
In Sunken Sub
Chatham. England, Jan. 14 UP)
Frogmen crawled inside the bro
ken submarine Truculent in its
ocean grave today and found no
signs of life.
Their report put the seal of
finality on a British navy state
ment that there could be no hope
for the 55 men who were re
ported missing when the under
seas raider went down Thursday
night in the Thames Estuary.
The toll stood at B5 lost ana
15 saved. Ten bodies have been
picked up at sea. Some of the
survivors estimated that as ma
ny as 40 of the 80 aboard spewed
out through escape hatches in
to the icy waters. Many were
known to have been swept away
on the tide.
Divers and frogmen were
trying to find the best way of
raising the sunken submarine,
holed so badly that it same ou
seconds after its collision with
the Swedish tanker Divina.
An Admiralty spokesman said
the salvage might take days or
months. It depends on whether
the hulk will hold enough air
to make it buoyant, or whether
it must be lifted with pontoons,
Chinese Gold
Sent by Plane
Anchorage, Alaska, Jan. 14
(U.R) Forty-eight tons of gold
being evacuated by air from
non-communist areas of the Far
East have passed through this
Alaskan city within the past two
weeks, it was learned today.
The $50,000,000 treasure was
brought from' Tokyo aboard
Trans Ocean Airlines DC-4's
which carried more than $6,
000,000 worth of the precious
metal on each hazardous mid
winter crossing of the north Pa
cific ocean, the Anchorage Daily
News reported.
Military and civil air offi
cials refused to discuss the valu
able shipments but speculation
was rife that the metal was
Chiang Kai Shek's Nationalist
China gold reserve. It was be
lieved the precious metal was
being evacuated from Formosa
in view of the threatened in
vasion of the island.
As each heavily-laden trans
port plane landed at Elmendorf
field here, troops armed with
submachine guns surrounded it.
Six crewmen were aboard each
plane but they refused to dis
cuss the shipments with news-
Cold With Snow and Sombre Vista of Salem made from
the dome of the capitol this morning while snow was still
falling shows the state library and churches with snow covered
roofs. Streets were almost devoid of traffic.
$26 Million Jobless
Aid Sets New High
By JAMES D. OLSON
Payment to unemployed workers in Oregon in 1949 of $26,
389,788 set a new high despite a sharp decline in readjustment
allowances to veterans after the July 25 deadline, it was an
nounced Saturday by the unemployment compensation corn-
emission.
Due to a rise in the average
March of Dimes Drive
Opens in Snow and Ice
It was a shivering group of people who shuffled their feet in
the snow and rubbed their ears as the Marion county "March of
Dimes" campaign got under way Saturday forenoon, in front
of the courthouse.
Attendance was cut down almost to the vanishing point by
reason of cold weather but this
didn't prevent the speakers from
urging greater efforts in the
campaign against polio.
Governor Douglas McKay
pointed out that four consecu
tive years have depleted funds
for the infantile paralysis fight
and save his unqualified en
dorsement to the March oi Dimes
program,
Four consecutive epidemic
years have decreased funds for
the infantile fight to a critical
law." said the governor. "Patient
care in 1949 alone cost $3i,uuu,
000, of which tens ot thousands
of dollars were expended on
Oregon's 325 new cases and a
considerable number of carry
over patients from 1942 and ev
en earlier. And the hard facts
tell us that 17,000 of last year's
victims will require continuing
treatment in 1950.
ed that the campaign this year
should be one of a "March of
Dollars" in view of the increased
patient load the foundation was
facing.
Mrs. David Wright of the Ma
rion county chapter stated that
all reserves had gone into the
fight and that the organization
was behind $4500 in meeting its
December bills,
Others introduced were Joe
Kievit, Oregon state representa
tive for the national foundation;
Howard Ragan, Marion county
campaign chairman and Mayor
Robert L. Elfstrom who read his
proclamation setting aside the
period January 16-31 for the
campaign.
Willamette university's band
provided instrumental music and
Mrs. Edith Fairham Gunnar
Will Miners Go
Back to Jobs?
Pittsburgh, Jan. 14 m Will
the 69,000 striking soft coal
miners resume their three day
work week?
The coal hungry nation should
get its answer Monday. Coal
people are almost unanimous
that the nation is short of the
precious fuel despite President
Truman's assertion to the con-trarv.
:TnhirTi:-l!riwi!. United Mine
Workers' president! suggested a
few days ago the striking min
ers resume their three day work
week on Monday.
A Lewis suggestion always
has been tantamount to an or
der in the past. Will it work
again?
For the first time in many
years there seems to be a doubt
in some minds that all the min
ers will heed their leader s sug
eestion.
Lewis, suffering a personal
loss in the death of his mother,
made no comment on the situa
tion. He assumed the usual I
have snoken attitude.
The rumblings of discontent
came from some sections of
West Virginia and Pennsylvan
ia. Many mine locals will hold
meetings today and tomorrow
to decide whether to follow
Lewis' sueeestion. Some UMW
leaders say they can't predict
what will happen.
Lee Radio Heir
Leaps to Death
Los Angeles, Jan. 14 VP) A
nine-story plunge from a Wil-
shire boulevard building tooK
the life of Thomas Stewart Lee,
multimillionaire head of a Cali
fornia radio, automobile and
television empire.
The 43-year-old Lee, mentally
harassed, dropped from a 12th-
floor fire escape yesterday. His
body was found minutes later on
the third floor roof of. tne w li
tem theater building.
He had been flown here from
Palm Springs in his private
plane for a dental appointment.
Lee was nominal head ot tne
Thomas S. Lee enterprises, in
cluding the Don Lee Broadcast
ing system, founded Dy nis la
ther, the late Don Lee, the au
tomobile distributing agency
bearing his father's name, and
television station KTSL, which
the younger Lee himself pioneer
ed and built.
An only son and a bachelor,
Lee was the heir of a $9,430,213
estate. But he was declared men
tally incompetent in 1948 and
guardians were appointed for
the estate. He had been under
frequent treatment in sanitariums.
Lee was left at the building
by his nurse, Jeanne Shiftier,
and Pilot Bob Hanley. less man
15 minutes before his body was
found by detectives.
Two Perish In Fire
Chaumont, N. Y., Jan. 14 VP)
Mrs. Helen Hart, 43, wife of a
prominent boat dealer and
yachtsman, and her four-year-old
daughter perished today in
a fire that destroyed their home
near this northern New York
Judge Grant Murphy eulteeMiang the Star Spangled Banner. I community.
weekly benefits from $17.45 to
$20.55, established by the 1949
legislature and effective on July
1, 1949, compensation paid to
unemployed workers increased
to $19,367,806, almost half of
which was distributed during the
last six months of the year.
The amount was 16 percent
higher than in the previous re
cord year of 1946, while allow
ances to veterans after setting
a new half-year record of $6,-
129.505 at the end of June, fail
ed to equal the 1946 top of
$8,599,514.
New marks were recorded for
state payments for every month
after July, reaching the peak in
December when the $2,742,374
paid under state law was more
than the combined totals for the
Decembers of 1946, 1947 and
1948.
With the seasonal decline in
employment continuing, togeth
er with the high benefit sched
ules in effect, and with many
veterans shifted from G. I. al
lowances, commission officials
expected that January, Febru
ary and possibly March of 1950
would reach new heights in un
employment payments.
More than six millions or
nearly a third of all state bene
fit checks went to workers from
logging and lumbering opera
tions last year, while about $3,
850,000 was for those laid off
from construction and food proc
essing jobs. Other manufactur
ing, including ship repair, ac
counted for $2,600,000, while the
remainder was distributed
among trade, service, finance
and utility employes.
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Portland Club
Continues to
Run Senators
Ad Liska to Replace
Bill Beard As Man
ager of Salem Team
By FRED ZIMMERMAN
The Portland Beavers will
continue to operate the Salem
Senator franchise in the Western
International baseball league,
and Ad Liska, veteran Portland
submarine pitcher will be the
manager. Liska replaces Bill
Beard, who directed the Sena
tors during the 1949 campaign.
"We felt that we could not
wait any longer on the Salem
group that has been dickering
for the Senators," said George
Emigh, business manager, in
making the announcement Sat
urday of the decision to continue
operations under the Portland
ownership.
Couldn't Wait Longer
Emigh added that should How
ard Maple and his associates
come through with a concrete
offer acceptable to the Portland
management at a later date ne
gotiations would be resumed.
This means a transfer of man
agement before the season opens
or after play begins in April is
a possibility.
"George Norgan, president of
the Portland club, as well as Wm.
G. Mulligan, business manager
for the Beavers, have given as
surances that every effort will be
made to give Salem a first class
ball club," Emigh stated. "How-
(Concluded on Pane 5, Column 5)
Ad Liska, New Manager of the
Salem Senators
U. S. Property
Seized by Reds
Washington. Jan. 14 VP) The
state department announced to
day that the Chinese commun
ists are seizing U. S. government
consular property at Peiping.
It said the United States is re
calling "all American official
personnel from communist cm-
Churchill to
Take It Easier
British Finish
Ceylon Parley
Colombo, Ceylon Jan. 14 (P)
The British commonwealth's
foreign ministers ended their
conference today and announced
their nations still agree on their
approach to most foreign prob
lems.
A communique issued after
the final conference session
said the discussions demonstrat
ed that "among- all members of
the commonwealth there is a
continuing and substantial com
munity of outlook in their ap
proach to current problems of
foreign affairs."
The conference agreed also,
the communique said, that
there need be no Inconsistency"
between Britain's policy toward
western Europe and the "main
tenance of traditional links be
tween the United Kingdom and
the rest of the commonwealth."
The communique said the for
eign ministers had agreed on:
1. Recommendations for eco
nomic development in south and
southeast Asia. These are to be
submitted to the ministers'
home governments.
2. Recommendations regard
ing conditions for a peace set
tlement with Japan, Inese, too.
now go back to the individual
governments.
The recommendations for ec
onomic development have been
described as a program of self-
help and mutual aid among
Asian countries, utilizing credits
and technical assistance from
the commonwealth nations
London, Jan. 14 VP) Old war
rior Winston Churchill is taking
it easier in this year's political
campaign than he did back in
1945 when his conservative par
ty lost to the laboritcs.
The former prime minister's
plans were published today as
both parties decided to take off
their wraps and start election
eering at once.
Britain's national parliamen
tary election is set for Feb. 23.
The parties have been marking
time since it was announced
Wednesday for fear of over
spending the limit the law al
lows them to lay out in any el
ectoral campaign.
Before the present parliament
was elected July 5, 1945, Chur
chill made a 1000-mile coun
trywide tour by train and auto
mobile in his bid to return to
power.
This time he 11 make no sucn
tour. On his program so far are
only four big public speeches.
One radio broadcast is sched
uled for Jan. 21.
He is expected to speak in Ed
inburgh. Scotland: Cardiff,
Wales, and in central sections of
Yorkshire and Lancashire. Any
other speaking plans are still ob
scure.
The 75-year-old tory leader
saw his first deputy, Anthony
Eden, yesterday. He will con
fer with Lord Woolton, the con
servative party chairman, to
day.
Chinese communist police and
civilian officials, the announce
ment said, "invaded that Ameri
can consular compound" against
angry American protests at 9:50
a.m. Jan. 14 China time (8:50 p.
, Jan. 13 EST).
There are 36 American offi
cial Dersonnel in Peiping, in
cluding Consul General u. M
mund Clubb.
Communications with this
group have not been interrupted
so far.
The 36 had not been arrested
at the time the announcement1
was made.
There are 135 American offi
cials and dependents throughout
communist China at Peiping
Tientsin, Shanghai, Tsingtao and
Nanking.
-In addition there are an es
timated 3000 non-official Am
erican citizens in communis:
China, and the state department
announced:
"Any facilities for evacuation
from China which are arranged
for our official personnel will
be made available for all Amer
ican citizens who desire to depart."
Coales Balks
Over Decision
Of State Board
Insists on Reimburse
ments for Costs and
Willing to Negotiate
By ROBERT LETTS JONES
News that the state emer
gency board was set against an
apartment house here in the pro
posed capitol zone extension has
Robert Coates, Portland builder,
puzzled.
He was doubtful that the board
wanted to make a compromise
with him over costs already in
curred. It looked to him like
the board members wanted a le
gal battle.
Coates is the man whose per
mit tn build a seven-story apart
ment at 555 North Summer
street beat the "freezing" order
covering the four blocks north
of Center street. The area con
cerned is suggested as sites for
future state buildings.
Entitled to Costs
Coates told the Capital Jour
nal Saturday morning that all he
knew about the emergency
board's firm stand against his
project was what he read in
the newspapers.
It looks like the board wants
to deprive a man of his legiti
mate costs," Coates remarked,
referring to the emergency
board's offer to buy only the lot
involved and not to meet the
preliminary costs and architect's
fees.
'I don't see why a man should
be deprived of costs," he added.
I'd like to see one of the board
members have the highway de
partment try to build a highway
through his place without want
ing his costs.
Willing to Negotiate
"I am certainly willing to ne
gotiate. When a man foregoes
the profit he could make on the
FHA commitment, he is making
a sacrifice. I don't see how the
board can reasonably ask me to
tell the architect that he should
not get any money for the time
he has spent since last Septem
ber. That would be the same
as asking a man to forego his
salary.
(Concluded on Page 5. Column 8)
Union Leaders to Meet
Portland, Jan. 14 Wi Union
leaders will gather here Monday
for a west coast metal trades
conference. Thomas Rotell, San
Francisco, convention secretary,
said wage increases, a seven-
hour day and hopes of getting
more ship repair work on the
west coast would be discussed.
To Give Away
Farm Surplus
Washington, Jan. 14 VP)
With more than $3,500,000,000
invested in surplus farm prod
ucts, the government is planning
to start giving away perishable
items which might otherwise go
to waste.
The agriculture department
said last night it is setting up a
system for handing out the per
ishables. Under terms ot tne
1949 farm act they can be given
to federal agencies, public and
privat relief agencies in this
country and foreign relief or
ganizations. The department's far-flung
production and marketing ad
ministration will handle the
givc-ayay job, which is expected
to involve such commodities as
potatoes, dried eggs, dried milk
and butter.
The bulk of the government's
surplus stocks are storable com
modities such as cotton, wneai,
corn, tobacco, soy beans, dried
beans and other grains. Since
these can be held for long
periods, it is unlikely they will
be given away.
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Train nd Auto Collide This automobile, driven by Elma
Edsall, 295 North 24th, was hit by a Southern Pacific pas
senger train at the 12th and Center street grade crossing
Friday forenoon, hurled into the post shown In the picture
and badly damaged. The driver was shocked, but said she
didn't need first aid. Confusion of the storm evidently caused
the collision. The train was pulled by three dieseli.
UN fo Ignore
Soviet Absence
Lake Suocess, Jan. 14 (IP)
The United Nations Security
council plans to go ahead with
normal work despite the latest
Soviet walkout.
The ten remaining nations on
the council intend to Ignore Rus
sia's challenge that council ac
tions are not legal as long as
Nationalist China holds its big
power scat in the 11-nation se
curity organ.
The Russians yesterday lost
their fight to unseat Chinese Na
tionalist Delegate T. F. Tsiang.
Soviet Representative Jakob
Malik quit the council chamber
his second walkout of the
week.
Russia, India and Yugoslavia
who have recognized the Chi
nese communist government
voted to oust the Nationalists
here.
Britain and Norway, who also
have recognized the Chinese
Reds abstained. They contend
ed expulsion would be prema
ture until a majority of the 59
United Nations switched recog
nition from the Nationalists to
the Communists.
Voting against the Soviet de
mand were the United States,
France, China, Cuba, Ecuador
and Egypt. Seven affirmative
votes were needed to kick out
the Nationalists.
Malik's action and statements
were attacked by remaining
members. Then, over Yugoslav
ia's objection, the council re
stored Tsiang to the chairman
ship he holds for January.
Greek Emergency
Measures Cancelled
Athens, Jan. 14 VP) Emer
gency measures invoked to meet
the communist-led rebellion in
1948 were on the way out to
day.
King Paul has signed a royal
decree suspending the emer
gency act throughout Greece. It
suspended such constitutional
clauses as the right of frea
speech and assembly.
The act also provided increas
ed penalties, including the death
sentence, for high treason and
other offenses against the se
curity of the state.