THE WEATHER HERE
MOSTLY CLOUDY TONIGHT,
Wednesday; intermittent snow
tonight, occasionally mixed with
rain, Wednesday. Not quite so
cold tonight. Lowest tonight, 20;
highest Wednesday, 32.
Maximum yeittrday, 34: minimum to
day, :. Total 24-haur precipitation: tract!
far month: 6.A7; normal, 2.84. Seafon pre
cipitation, 21.06; normal, 20.13. Rirer
height. 8.8 feet. (Report by U.S. Weather
Bureau.)
Capital
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EDITION
62nd Year, No. 14
Entered u second einsi
matter t Salem, Oreeoo
Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, January 17, 1950 . o,esJ
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Little Relief
From Winter's
Clasp Offered
Snow and Slush Glazed
Over As Thermometer
Drops to 13 Above
The newest frigid blast in the
current winter weather sent
thermometers down to 13 de
grees Tuesday morning to glaze
over the pilcd-up snow and slush
in the Salem area.
And the weather bureau re
ports there is little relief ahead,
at least for this week. Intermit
tent snow and continued below-
freezing temperatures are due
tonight, although the forecast is
jfor a minimum of around 20 to
night instead of the 13 recorded
for Tuesday morning.
A five-day forecast lists below
normal temperatures and occa
sional snow mixed with rain,
with little change due before
Saturday or Sunday.
New Storm Forecast
A new storm, threatening to
bring further snow showers for
the northern part of the state
was due to hit the Oregon-California
border Tuesday The wea
ther bureau has ordered small
craft warnings hoisted along the
coast for easterly winds 25 to
35 miles an hour. Washington,
however, is expected to catch
the worst of the new storm.
A new snow storm started
falling again in Salem at noon
today, and the ground was
frozen enough for the stuff to
stay.
The northern part of the val
ley and Portland were worst hit
in the new cold wave sweeping
in during the night, and the Sa
lem vicinity was in on that wave.
Portland reported a minimum of
8 degrees this morning, the sea
son's low there toy date. Salem
had 13, while on south in the
valley Eugene reported 21 de
grees. 'Concluded on Page 5, Column 8)
Wind and Snow
In California
San Francisco, Jan. 17 VP)
Winds up to 65 miles an hour
whipped rain and snow across
northern California last night
in the third successive storm in
a little more than a week.
The downpour,, with snow at
higher levels, was scheduled to
continue today and tomorrow
extending as far south as Paso
Robles and Fresno, in the San
(Toaquin valley of central Cali
fornia. Storm warnings continued up
from Point Sur, near Monterey,
north to Cape Blanco, Ore.
Saw mills and an old tanker
anchored in the harbor supplied
power to Eureka as power lines
remained out in Humboldt coun
tv of northwestern California.
Planes dropped cottonseed
pellets to livestock marooned in
the bald mountain area of Hum
boldt county. Other planes were
scheduled to try to drop food to
six electric company workers
marooned near Hyampon
neiehboring Trinity county
Railroads expected to get their
trains between California and
the Pacific northwest back on
schedule today.
But highway traffic remained
difficult. Bus travel was limit
ed between Oregon and Califor
nia. Oregon state police ordered
the tonnage limit cut in half in
some places to protect weather
weakened roadbeds.
Reports from the snow coun
try showed snow packs from 36
to 81 inches.
Snow and Ice
On Highways
Oregon's highways were cov
ered with ice and snow today,
anrl motorists were warned
again to use chains.
Little snow fell in the past
24 hours, giving snowplow
crews -a chance to open all roads
excent those which are closed
every winter.
The 9:30 a.m. road report:
Government Camp High
wind of marked violence, packed
enow, plowing, carry chains
Santiam Pass High violent
wind, drifting snow and silver
thaw. Packed snow, plowing
chains required. Six inches new
snow.
Sisters Snowing hard,
packed snow, plowing, chains re
quired Two inches new snow.
Lapine, Willamette Pass, Che-mult--Snowing
lightly, packed
snow, plowing, carry chains
Two inches new snow. 1
Midwest Flood
Menace Grows
As Rivers Rise
Engineers Prepare for
Biggest Fight in 13
Years on Mississippi
(By the Associated Pre&s)
Imperiled townsfolk sandbag
ged levees or fled before the ris
ing Wabash and Ohio rivers in
southern Indiana and Illinois to
day. Further downstream the
big Mississippi, fed by all the
swollen tributaries, prepared for
the biggest flood fight in 13
years.
The historic fortress city of
Vincennes, Ind., expects a Wab
ash river crest of 28 or 29
feet Friday. But army engineers
say they may save the city from
floodwaters. They say they have
the manpower and equipmnt to
hold out the river if it doesn't
go above 30 feet. Volunteers
even schoolboys helped bolster
the concrete floodwall with
sandbags.
Thousands Evacuated
But on the Illinois shore of
the Ohio, and along the Wabash
and Little Wabash rivers, more
families were forced from their
homes.
Evacuation of all persons liv
ing in the extreme north end of
the Birds Point - New Madrid
floodway In southeastern Mis
souri was ordered by United
States engineers and the Ameri
ian Red Cross today. Nearly 12,
000 persons are affected.
(Concluded on rage 5, Column 7)
Northwest Still
Frozen Hard
Seattle, Jan. 17 (P) Weather-
weary Pacific Northwest resi
dents shrugged off as "just one
of those things" today a weather
bureau forecast that intermittent
snows would plague the region
for at least another 48 hours.
The mantle of white, starting
with the 20-inch cover blown in
by last Friday's whistling Arc
tic-bred blizzard, has made i
stock joke of Washington's mot
to: "The Evergreen State."
As the subnormal weather con
tinued, buses and trains neared
regular schedules. Schools be
gan to open. Housewives re
sumed normal shopping tours.
Six Southern Pacific trains,
held up for hours in Oregon's
Cascade mountains by derail
ment of a snowplow and work
train, resumed their runs yester
day. The carried 1,450 passen
gers.
For many, however, the tedi
ous task of readjustment was
just beginning. Property dam
age ran into the millions of dol
lars and at least 11 persons were
known dead as a direct result of
the cold, wind and snow.
Tacoma, alone, estimated the
toll of pounding waves to small
craft and waterfront homes and
bulkheads in the vicinity at $1
000,000. Snow collapsed the
roof of the Kelso, Wash., Floral
company's greenhouse, causing
another $10,000 loss.
Hugh Earle Injured
Portland, Jan. 17 VP) Hugh
Earle, U.S. collector of internal
revenue, is in Good Samaritan
hospital, the result of a fall on
the ice. He suffered a leg frac
ture Sunday night.
Millions of
Said Facing
Hong Kong, Jan. 17 (IP) Millions of peasants face starvation
Red China this year.
Upwards of 40,000,000 persons,
mate, are in famine areas.
Some 8,000,000 right now
In east China alone 16,000,
000 may starve to death.
Floods, crop pests and plagues
are blamed for the great food
shortage.
The communist state adminis
trative council in Peiping is mo
bilizing relief agencies. Its direc
tive is available here in British
Hong Kong.
The directive says a fifth of
the cultivated land in east China
alone was flooded. That wiped
out crops on 9,000,000 acres
The Manchurian barter agree
ment with Russia is draining off
much food from north China
Under the agreement food is to
be exchanged for Russian manu
factured goods. Manchuria was
unable to meet its quota. So
'arming areas below the Great
Wall are making up the Man
churian deficit.
USS Missouri
Runs Aground
Norfolk, Va., Jan. 17 (U.B The
mighty Missouri, the navy's only
active battleship, ran aground
today in Hampton Roads.
She was undamaged, the
navy said, but probably will re
main a prisoner until nightfall.
The "Big Mo" grated only a
sandbar at 8:45 a.m., at ebb tide.
The navy sent a dozen tugs to
aid her, but they were unable to
get her off immediately. The
navy said she probably would
not float free until high tide to
night.
The 12 navy tugs failed in
their first efforts to free the bat
tleship. The navy said the tide
will continue to fall until 2:48
p.m., EST and the tugs probably
will not be able to free the Mis
souri until high tide at 8:37 p.m.,
EST.
There was no serious damage
to the 45,000-ton battleship and
no reports of casualties or in
juries, the navy said.
The battleship went aground
1.7 miles east northeast of the
Old Point Comfort light in
Hampton Roads. She struck a
sandbar on the left side of the
channel.
Weather Affects
Parking Meters
Clouds in the skies over Sa
lem this week had no silver lin
ing so far as the city coffers
were concerned at least.
The clouds, snow, rain and
sub-freezing temperatures com
bined to make most of the park
ing meters of the downtown
area inoperative on Monday.
Only a handful of tickets were
issued.
Tuesday, patrolmen were or
dered to check the meters and
issue tickets when the red flags
were showing. The order to is
sue tickets came after a check
of four sides of one city block
shoved only five meters out of
action
Chinese
Starvation
by communist government esti
are desperately hungry.
An already suffering peasant
ry is being bled white. Peasant
living standards are near or be
low mere subsistence levels
The communist budget for
1950 calls for the government to
receive 41.4 per cent of its reve
nue from food levies. The tax
scale asks peasants to surrender
average of 20 per cent of
their harvest.
Even with this stiff rate
budget deficit of 18.7 per cent
is anticipated by the Reds.
All of this explains the com
munists' troubles with the peas
ants.
The Chinese communist gov
ernment will support 9,000,000
civil servants and soldiers this
year. The Reds say it takes 30
Chinese farmers to support one
soldier and his family.
Sled and Toboggan Race Snow vehicles show as much
variety and rivalry at Salem coasting places during the spell
of winter as hot rods do in the springtime. On the sled at the
left are Tony Bren and Kent Goechner, and on the toboggan
are Judie Burdette, Justine Lewis, Bob Wulf and Ted Foxley.
Behind pushing are Mr. and Mrs. Robert Tiernan and Kent
Tier-nan. Miss Lewis later suffered a leg fracture in a coast
ing accident.
Repeal ofOleo Tax
By Senate Vote Near
Washington, Jan. 17 VP) Backers of straight-out repeal of oleo
margarine taxes today beat a dairy state substitute, 48 to 37,
in a senate test.
Tne margin indicated the oleomargarine repealers had control
of the senate and eventually would put through their measure,
Democrats OK k
Formosa Policy
Washington, Jan. 17 VP) Sen
ate democrats united today be
hind President Truman's "hands
off" policy on Formosa.
Senator Lucas of Illinois, the
democratic leader, said a party
caucus showed that all of the
democrats support the stand of
the president and Secretary of
State Acheson in refusing to give
military aid to the Chinese Na
tionalists on the island.
"The democrats think the
state department and the presi
dent are definitely right in the
actions they have taken," Lucas
told reporters. "The democrats
are fearful that any intervention
there ultimately will mean war."
Republicans have taken the
lead in sharp criticism of the
president for refusing to move to
Formosa, an island 100 miles off
the China coast, secure against
attack by Chinese communists.
The reported agreement fol
lowed a suggestion from Senator
George (D., Ga.) that Moscow
may be calling all the signals
for the Chinese communists'
treatment of American diplo
mats.
Plan to Detach
Rich Saar Basin
London, Jan. 17 VP) Diplo
matic sources reported today
the three big western powers
agreed secretly last November
to detach the rich Saar basin
from Germany and give it semi-
independence.
A foreign office spokesman
confirmed that the United States,
Britain and France have a sec
ret understanding on the Saar
but he refused to discuss its ex
act nature.
The spokesman told a news
conference that when the three
western foreign ministers met in
Paris last November they reach
ed agreement on the relationship
between the Saar and the coun
cil (parliament) of Europe.
France had been pressing for
the Saar's membership on the
council, presumably to formalize
the fact of its separation from
Germany.
This agreement, the spokes
man added, was "not mentioned
in the official communique" is
suedaat the end of the talks.
The informants said this
agreement was that the Saar
would be given membership on
the council as France desired.
American and British endorse
ment of the French request, they
went on, came only after France
made a number of concessions.
saw
already passed by the house
But Senator Langer (R.-N.D.)
whose state is a big dairy pro
ducer, planned an effort to tack
"civil rights" amendments to
the repealer.
Debate on these could run at
length and perhaps lead to de
feat of the measure.
The repeal backers accepted
without argument an amend
ment by Senator Frear (D., Del.)
which would require colored
oleomargarine sold at retail to
be packaged in a triangular
form.
Langer then called up the
first of his civil rights amend
ments one to tie an anti-lynch
provision to the measure.
Langer said he was doing that
"to find out whether the senate
at long last is going to give the
poor people, Negroes as well as
whites, a square deal."
The so-called "dairy state"
substitute would have repealed
oleomargarine taxes, but would
have banned shipment of yellow-
colored oleomargarine across
state lines.
Before rejecting the substitute,
the senate:
1. Turned down 56 to 33 an
amendment by Senator Cordon
(R-Ore) to repeal the 3 percent
tax placed on transportation of
property in 1942.
2. Refused by voice vote to
strike out a section which would
have cut back to 1942 levels ex
cise taxes on such items as furs.
jewelry, luggage, telephone bills,
admissions, and transportation
tickets.
C of C Remains
In Old Offices
The Chamber of Commerce
has reached a definite decision
to retain as headquarters only
the Cherry room and the admin
istrative offices in the Eckerlen
building on Liberty street.
The chamber is relinquishing
the large dining room and the
intervening room that is now oc
cupied by the Oregon Farm
Bureau Federation. Both those
will be taken over by Joe Ran
dall of the Golden Pheasant res
taurant who will use them for
the serving of dinners to organ
izations and parties, including
the Monday luncheons of the
chamber.
The change has been made for
economic reasons. The board of
directors has considered various
locations, but considering all
phases of the question decided
the most practical plan was to
remain in the present building
with reduced space.
The Farm Bureau federation
will be moving in a short time
to its own quarters.
.tew Offer for
Pacific Power
System Made
Fight Between
Public and Private
Ownership Looms
New York, Jan. 17 W) A
group of investment bankers to
day made a cash offer of $15
000,000 for all the common
stock of Pacific Power & Light
Co., of Portland.Ore.
The offer would be effective
only if the securities and ex
change commission does not ap
prove a previous offer for the
stock of the northwest utility.
which was submitted by a dif
ferent banking group. The first
offer named a base price of
$10,000,000 plus an added sum
"contingent upon the sale of
certain properties of the Pacific
Co." The total price would not
exceed $19,500,000.
Today's offer was made to
American Power & Light Co., a
holding company which controls
Pacific power St Light.
Posts $1,000,000
Herbert Allen, a member of
the firm of Allen & Co., New
York investment bankers, said
the new syndicate had "posted
$1,000,000 with American Power
& Light Co., as evidence of their
willingness to pay $15,000,U00
in cash for all the common stock
of Pacific Power & Light Co.,
only in the event the securities
and exchange commission should
not approve the sale of such
stock by American Power &
Light Co., in the proceedings
now pending before that body."
(Concluded on Page 5, Column 5)
Asks Expansion
Of Security
Washington, Jan. 17 VP) The
Truman administration today
asked congress to expand the so
cial security program to cover
practically all employed per
sons a broader extension than
the house voted last year.
It also asked that benefits be
increased more than the house
bill provides.
These desires were outlined to
the senate finance committee by
Arthur J. Altmeyer, the social
security administrator. He was
the first witness at hearings ex
pected to last 60 days.
Altmeyer also urged a bigger
tax take for social security. He
recommended that the tax be lev
ied on the first $4,800 of a work
er's annual income.
Under present law, the tax
now is 1V4 percent (but will rise
in later years) and applies to the
first $3,000 of income. The house
bill would apply it to the first
$3,600.
On coverage, the pertinent fig
ures are these: The present law
covers about 35,000,000 work
ers. The house bill would add
11,000,000, bringing the total to
46,000,000.
Presbytery Meet Dated
Portland, Jan. 17 VP) The An
nual Oregon presbytery meet
ing will hear the church s na
tional moderator, Dr. Clifford E.
Barbour, at Mt. Tabor church
Thursday night.
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They Went Coasting in a Dishpan Some hero of nursery
stories once went to sea In a sieve, and fared no better than
these two Willamette co-cds who went coasting on the cam
pus in a dishpan. Margy Powell is in the pan and Pat Howard
is pushing.
McKay Stalled
In Ice Rescued
By Competitor
Governor Douglas McKay, a
Chevrolet dealer, got stuck in
the ice today, and was saved by
his principal competitor.
The governor was supposed to
be at the state house for a 9
a. m. board of control meeting.
But he telephoned his office to
send help. The state car was
frozen to the icy pavement in
front of his home.
A newspaper reporter, hav
ing the only handy car with
chains, went after him. The
rescue car is owned by Valley
Motor company, Salem Ford
distributor, and was loaned to
the reporter.
After the governor got into
the car, the reporter told him
who owned it.
"Let's wreck it, then," the
governor quipped.
Governor McKay was only
half hour late for the meeting.
Arnold's Body
Sent Arlington
Sonoma, Calif., Jan. 17 VP)
Friends and neighbors paid their
respects today to Gen. H. H.
(Hap) Arnold.
The 63-year-old wartime head
of the army air forces, died Sun
day.
While his body lay in state, an
air force honor guard standing
watch, public memorial services
were to be held from 11:30 a.
to 12:30 p. m., in the chapel
of the Bates and Evans mortu
ary.
From President Truman on
down, the nation's leaders ex
pressed sorrow at the passing of
the retired five star general,
After the noon services, the
body was to be taken to nearby
Hamilton field and flown to
Washington.
P.nnnrnl arnnll. UnAir ,i,lll
be placed in the chapel at Fort
Myer, "Va. Funeral services will
be held at 3 p. m. (EST) Thurs
day at Arlington national cem
etery. President Truman, who ex
pects to attend the services for
the pioneer military airman,
sent his own plane here to take
members of the Arnold family
to Washington. The plane, the
Independence, will carry Mrs.
Arnold and their sons, Lt. David
L. Arnold, March Field, Calif.;
Col. Henry H. Arnold, Jr., Fort
Leavensworth, Kans.; and Capt.
William B. Arnold, Banana Riv
er, Fla. A daughter, Lois, the
wife of Navy Cmdr. Ernest
Snowden, lives at Corpus Chris
ti, Texas.
65 Mile Gales in
North California
San Francisco, Jan. 17 VP)
Winds up to 65 miles an hour
whipped rain and snow across
northern California last night
in the third successive storm in
more than a week.
The downpour, with snow at
higher levels, was scheduled to
continue today and tomorrow
extending as far south as Paso
Robles and Fresno, in the San
Joaquin valley of central Call
fornia.
Storm warnings continued up
from Point Sur, near Monterey
north to Cape Blanco, Ore.
Board Raises
Institutions
Doctors' Pay
$50 Advance Voted by
State Group to End
Shortage of Physicians
By JAMES D. OLSON
Shortage of doctors at state in
stitutions and in the state health
department led the board of con
trol Tuesday to recommend sal
ary increases of $50 a month to
institutional doctors and $100 a
month for state health board
physicians.
The civil service board must
approve the increases.
William C. Ryan; director of
institutions and Harry Dorman,
state budget director, reported to
the board that the increases rec
ommended had been agreed
upon at a recent conference be
tween superintendents of insti
tutions and representatives of
the health bureau.
All Shy of Doctors
Ryan said that the state hos
pital was short three doctors,
Fairview home, one; Eastern Or
egon hospital at Pendleton, three
and the Tuberculosis hospital at
Salem, one.
State Treasurer Walter Pear
son, although voting for the rec
ommendation, expressed his dis
approval of the higher pay for
the health bureau doctors.
In the first place their work
is not so difficult," said Pear
son. "And further the state
health bureau keeps adding and
adding to its staff and I wonder
just what they are doing."
Present Rate of Pay
Efforts of the civil service
board to obtain doctors for state
institutions at the present salary
scales had failed, according to
Dorman. He said that hundreds
of letters had been sent to doc
tors all over the country but no
acceptances of offers of
acceptances of offers of posi
tions were accepted.
(Concluded on Page 5, Column 1)
Truman Sees
No Emergency
Washington, Jan. 17 VP)
President Truman today reject
ed an appeal by Senator Brew-
ter (R-Me.) to invoke the Taft
Hartley act against John L. Lew
is in an attempt to settle the
coal dispute.
Emerging from Mr. Truman's
office, Brewster told newsmen
the president said he feels "the
time has not yet arrived" to use
the national emergency provis
ions of the law.
Under the emergency provis
ions of the act, the president
could seek a court injunction to
restore full production in the
coal mines.
Approximately 79,000 Unit
ed Mine Workers are now on
strike and the others are work
ing only three days a week.
The coal shortage already has
cut in steel production, Crucible
Steel company of America an
nounced in Pittsburgh today
that it is reducing operations
about 25 per cent at its Midland,
Pa., plant.
There also was a threat of a
power shortage in Pittsburgh.
Senator Brewster said he in
formed Mr. Truman that, as
far as New England is concern
ed, the situation "already is an
emergency."
The president made it plain,
Brewster said, that he is "not
allergic" to the Taft-Hartley
act, since he has used it seven
times in the past.
The president said he would
not hesitate if a situation arose
which he could satisfy a
court that a national emergency
exists," Brewster said.
"But he said he still feels
that the time has not yet ar
rived." Gas Pipe Line Blows
Out; Shoots Flames
Dumas, Tex., Jan. 17 U.R
Workmen today repaired a 26-
inch gas pipe line that blew out
last night and cause a spectacu
lar fire.
The blowout occurred five
miles south of Dumas on an El
Paso Natural Gas company line
used to connect gas fields in the
Texas Panhandle with Los An
geles, Calif. There were no ca
sualties. Service to California was not
stopped. Gas was gathered at
points operated in New Mexico
by the El Paso company and
piped to California.
The blowout shot flames about
500 feet into the air for 15 minutes.