THE WEATHER HERE
PARTLY CLOUDY and colder
tonight and Wednesday. Lowest
tonight, 17 degrees; highest
Wednesday, 30.
Maximum yeiierdiy, 44: minimum today.
S4. Total 4-bour precipitation: .07; for
month: 9.9'.' i normal, 4.08. Sraion preclpl
tatlon, 24.01: normal, 21.39. Hirer heitht.
20.7 feet, falling. (Report by U.S. Weather
Bureau.)
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Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, January 24, IS oo ' (18 Pages)
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Snow and Ice
Cover Valley as
Floods Recede
Willamette River
Crests at 20.7 Feet
And Slowly Falls
Snow and ice again! Weather
weary Salem and other valley
points saw the same old pattern
renewed again Tuesday morn
ing after a four-day letup from
the frigid winter weather that
Shas featured all January to date
1.13 inches of new snow at Sa
lem, below freezing tempera
tures and treacherous icy pave
ments all returning.
A most striking situation in
the weather picture is the fact
that Tuesday morning the mud
dy Willamette river still was
rolling along above flood stage
in the Salem vicinity, although
starting to fall gradually after
hitting a crest of 20.7 feet at 5
a.m.
And the new winter blast is
here for a few days!
Colder Weather Due
The five-day forecast from the
U.S. weather bureau states that
both west and east Oregon and
Washington will continue to see
below normal tern peratures
through Saturday.
Colder temperatures tonight
and Wednesday are predicted,
tonight's low expected to drop to
17 at Salem. Occasional snow
flurries are in prospect through
Thursday with snow more gen
eral Friday and some indications
the conditions may start easing
by Saturday, says the general
forecast. 1
The run-off of Willamette riv
er flood waters was a gradual
process through Tuesday morn
ing, anyway. In the upper sec
tion, the river still measured 7
feet at Eugene, 20.8 at Corvallis,
22 feet at Albany, although all
those stations stated the river
was dropping. At 20.7 feet at Sa
lem early this morning the river
went to .7 of a foot above flood
stage.
Santiam Above Flood Stage
The Santiam at Jefferson was
still slightly above flood stage
Tuesday mo r n i n g measuring
13.6 feet. Flood stage is 13 feet
there.
The new snow storm varied in
Its intensity through valley re
gions. Five inches of new snow cov
ered the ground at Dallas Tues
day morning. Since the storm
tarted in early January, the of
ficial measurement at Dallas is
49.2 inches to date, including
the new fall today, but not in
cluding the amount descending
in the sleet storm last week.
(Concluded on Page 5, Column 6)
Winter Bites
Into Northwest
(By tht Auoclated Preu)
Winter took another sharp bite
at the Pacific Northwest today.
Snow, cold and bitter winds
prevailed over wide areas. Cold
er nights were in the offing.
The U. S. Weather Bureau is
sued a special cold wave warn
ing for southeastern Washington,
northeastern Oregon and central
Idaho. It said temperatures
would fall from zero to 10 be
low in that region by Wednes
day morning. The forecast for
that area also carried a predic
tion of occasional light snow,
with gradually clearing skies
this afternoon and tonight.
Lower temperatures were
forecast for all northwest areas.
Some of the extreme northern
parts of the state already were
suffering from weather nearly as
bad as the Friday the 13th bliz
zard.
Bellingham's ther m o m e t e r
lank to a miserably cold five de
grees above zero this morning,
while the wind reached a 60
mile velocity in gusts.
The north end of the Olympic
peninsula had its worst blasts
yesterday. A 39-mue wind, with
gusts up to nearly 50, reminded
Port Angeles residents of the
recent blizzard. The blow left
four to five inches of snow in
Port Angeles, eight at Lake
Crescent and lesser depths in
other peninsula areas.
Snow depths varied widely
Six inches and more were report
ed in the Everett and Belling
ham vicinities and up to eight in
parts of Cowlitz county. But in
the county's main cities of Kelso
and Longvicw, there was only
about an inch of the white stuff,
Blizzards and
New Cold Wave
Grip Country
Storm from Canada
Moves South and East
Below Zero Blast
Bj tha Afoclated Press)
Winter hammered a wet, cold
punch across the northern half
of the country today.
Blizzard conditions prevailed
over Minnesota and sections of
the Dakotas and Montana. Temp
eratures tumbled and strong
winds whipped snow into huge
drifts. Some highways were
blocked.
Colder weather was forecast
as the storm moved south and
eastward into the central states
and was expected to hit as far
south as the Oklahoma-Texas
Panhandle. The mercury was 22
below zero at Great Falls, Mont.,
and 12 at Minot, N. D., early to
day.
Another cold wave from the
Arctic blew across the Pacific
northwest.
Snow, Rain and Sleet
There was precipitation in the
form of snow, rain or sleet from
the Pacific northwest eastward
into the Great Lakes region. The
heaviest snowfall was in Minne
sota. Snow fell in upper Michi
gan and northern Wisconsin
westward through Minnesota..
the Dakotas, Montana Wyoming
and parts of northern Colorado
and the Pacific northwest states.
A rain belt extended over In
diana and Illinois. Freezing rain
was reported over most of Iowa,
southern Wisconsin and south
ern Michigan. Glazed highways
made driving hazardous.
U. S. Highway 10. the main
east-west artery in North Dako
ta, was blocked by the drifting
and blowing snow. Fifteen per
sons, including members of the
McLlusky high school basketball
team, riding in three cars, were
caught in a blizzard last night
near lurue iake, N D. They
spent the night at a farm house,
'('(included on Page 5, Column 61
Roads Closed by
lce,Snow,Wafer
Ice, snow or high water made
travel hazardous throughout
Oregon today, the state highway
commission reported.
Th Oregon coast highway was
closed by high water between
Coquille and Bandon. and bv a
slide 13 miles south of Port Or-
ford.
The commission said that if
the weather doesn't get too bad,
it plans to reopen the Colum
bia river highway by the end
of the week.
The Siuslaw highway was still
closed today by a road cave-in
near Florence, and the Wilson
ville ferry and Corvallis-Eastside
road remained closed by high
water.
The road report:
Government Camp high
wind, packed snow, plowing,
carry chains, 8 inches new snow.
Columbia river both sides of
river blocked by snowslides.
Santiam Pass high wind,
packed snow, plowing, chains
required, 12 inches new snow.
Willamette pass snowing
hard, packed snow, plowing,
carry chains, 13 inches new
snow.
Agreement Approved
For Airport Building
Signing of a grant agreement with the civil aeronautics ad
ministration for construction of an administiation building at
McNary field was authorized by the city council Monday night.
All that remains now before the project begins is the signing
of the contract between the city and H G. Carl, the contractors,
whose bid of $37,398 for the firsts-
unit construction was accepted
by the council on recommenda
tion of City Manager J. L. Fran
zen. The contractor will put up
a bond.
Jacob V Fryberger, assistant
district airport engineer with the
CAA at the Salem office, said
that from now on the project is
between the city and the con
tractor, but he thought the con
tract might be signed within 10
days. Then, he said the work
could start as soon as the city
gives the go-ahead signal.
By terms of the agreement ap
proved Monday night the gov
ernment's share of the contract
cost is $24,976 and the city's
share $12,422. Covered In the
agreement is a first unit of one
story with utility extensions and
connections, and also with max
imum space requirements for
CAA and weather bureau activ
Early Vote on
Alaska as State
Washington, Jan. 24 UP) An
early house vote on Alaska and
Hawaii statehood was assured
today.
The house late yesterday ap
proved special resolutions mak
ing the statehood legislation in
order for house action.
Majority Leader McCormack
(D.-Mass.) announced that the
bills will be programmed for fu
ture consideration but he said
it will not be this week. He did
not indicate when they will be
called up.
When the house session
opened the majority of the mem
bers expected to vote on the
controversial fair employment
practices bill, a part of the pres
ident's civil rights program.
Speaker Rayburn (D.-Tex.),
however, recognized Chairman
Peterson (D.-Fla.) of the house
public lands committee, who of
fered a resolution calling up the
Alaska statehood bill, and later
one for the Hawaii bill.
Rep. Coudert (R.-N.Y.) told
the house thefailure to call up
the FEPC legislation', and the
taking up of the Alaska and Ha
waii bills "was a travesty on
parliamentary procedure."
He protested that the state
hood questions were "flung in
our teeth" without any advance
knowledge that they would be
the subject for debate.
(Jrpe Support
Of Valley Dams
All Willamette Valley or
ganizations are urged to appeal
to the Oregon delegation in con
gress for support of adequate
appropriations for the Willa
mette Basin project.
The appeal was made by
Ronald Jones, chairman of the
Willamette River Basin com
mission at a meeting held at the
state capitol.
"This is critical year in re
gard to appropriations for the
project," Jones said. "Unless we
can get sufficient money ' from
congress Detroit dam construc
tion may be delayed and power
will not be made available as
soon as it should be."
Jones said that any delay in
construction of Detroit dam and
Meridan dam in Lane county
would delay protection against
any disastrous floods that may
be experienced in the valley
during the next few years.
ities, both of which will have
space in the building.
Requirement for CAA activi
ties are: airport traffic control
tower's control room, 238 square
feet; chief controller's office, 150
square feet; equipment room
300 square feet; storage room,
50 square feet; engine genera
tor room, 100 square feet.
Weather bureau requirements
are: office of the official ir
charge, 87 square feet; observa
tory for hourly airway observa
tions and meteorological avia
tion briefing office, 620 square
feet for office and 47 square feet
for storage.
The council approved the long
range planning commission's rec
ommendation that the area sur
rounding the airport be zoned
and will ask the county court to
appoint a county planning and
zoning board as required by law
in airport zoning.
Fi.
rS.ar ffe 1
Just Where Will the Highway
lamette completely inundates the proposed location of a new
river front highway through West Salem. A new road south
of Edgewater street is proposed as a part of the Marion
street bridge development. Construction of a levee along the
river and elevation of the roadbed will be a part of the
project.
Aluminum Products
Plant Contract Let Today
Viesko & Post, Salem contractors, were low bidders Tuesday
for foundation and structural steel work on a new Salem factory
project brought here by Carl V. Amussen of Seattle. Amussen
said the contract would be awarded during the day.
Amussen, president of Norpac,
Ruhr Retreat
By Germany
Bonn, Germany, Jan. 24 W)
West Germany declared today
she considers good relations be
tween her and France too vital
to Europe's unity to be endanger
ed by the explosive Saar ques
tion.
In line with this, the west
"German1; cabinet 1 announced its
decision to continue a policy of
;lose cooperation with the west
ern allies particularly trance.
The announcement, made in a
press release, said;
"The establishment of good
relations between France and
Germany and the promotion 4)t
the European idea are, accord
ing to its (the government's)
conviction, of such decisive im
portance that everybody con
cerned must contribute to avoid
ing any disturbances by the
Saar question of the present
promising development.
"The federal government
agrees that everything must be
done to make it clear to the Ger
man people that their future is
identical with the future of Eu
rope and that, therefore, one
must decidedly oppose any na
tionalistic efforts, no matter of
what origin."
West Germany and France
have been at loggerheads for
some time over the coal-rich
Saarland. The French stand for
permanent detachment of the
valley from Germany. The Ger
mans oppose this and claim
rights in the Saar coal mines as
prewar German property. France
needing Saar coal, has linked the
Saar's economy with her own
and given it semi-autonomy.
Store Blasted
M Portland
Portland, Ore., Jan. 24 u.R)
An explosion desribed by wit
nesses as "terrific" blew apart
a one-story grocery store and
living quarters in southeast
Portland today and sent three
persons to the hospital.
Firemen said Mr. and Mrs
Louis C. Mann and Mrs. Mann's
mother, Clara Emery, were taken
to Providence hospital with un
determined injuries. None was
seriously hurt, the hospital said
Witnesses said the blast
crumpled the frame building as
if it were ouilt of paper.
George Livingston, a plumber,
said the building blew up just
as he was driving by.
The store, which had living
quarters at the rear, was leased
to the Manns.
7 Seek Congressional Seat
Haverhill, Mass., Jan. 24 VP)
The sixth Massachusetts congres
sional district holds a special
primary today to nominate can
didaies for the scat vacated last
fall by the air crash death of
U. S. Rep. George L. Bates (R.,
Mass.)
There are seven candidates
in the field three on the re
publican ballot and four run
ning u democrats.
M . "
Be? Flood stage on the Wil
Inc., of Seattle, revealed plans
lo build and operate here an
aluminum products factory said
to be an investment of about
$250,000, which will include
$100,000 in new equipment.
Five Salem contractors bid on
the 'initial construction. The
amounts of the bids were not re
vealed. The plant will be located at
the southwest corner of Lewis
and 13th streets, in southeast
Salem, and it will make alum
inum building supplies. Im
mediate construction is planned.
Amussen is president also of
The Western Aluminum corpor
ation, and he said head offices
of both concerns would be moved
to Salem,
Aluminum articles to be man
ufactured will include roofing,
siding, gutters, insulation ma
terials, downspouts and alum
inum foil for household use.
Materials, Amussen said, will
come mainly from the Perma-
nente Chemical & Metals cor
poration's plant at Trentwood,
Wash.
(Concluded on Page 5. Column 5)
Million in Red
Slave Camps
Washington, Jan. 24 () The
Congress of Industrial Organiza
tions (CIO) charged today that
more than 11,000,000 persons
are being worked to death in So
viet slave labor camps.
A statement by James B. Ca
rey, CIO secretary-trea surer,
prepared for the senate foreign
relations committee, said in part:
"Both Hitler and Stalin or
ganized the greatest machinery
for literally squeezing the blood
out of human beings for two
purposes: First to get human en
ergy without pay and secondly,
to kill, through overwork, the
undesirable people.
"The population of slave la
bor camps in Germany reached
almost eleven million. . . . The
number of inmates from the Bal
tic nations in the Siberian slave
labor camps, including the salt
mines, is certainly higher."
Carey urged American ratifi
cation of the United Nations ge
nocide convention and expressed
"the hope that all nations of the
world will follow soon the Ame
rican lead."
The UN action was prompted
by the slaughter of Jews by
Germany in World War II.
Dallas Apartments
Damaged by Fire
Dallas, Ore., Jan. 24 Fire at
8:30 o'clock Tuesday morning
caused several thousands of dol
lars damage to the apartment at
718 Mill and owned by Sam
Burck. He estimated his loss
around $2000 while Mrs. Maude
Crawford had personal proper
ty loss estimated at $1000. Other
occupants were Mr. and Mrs.
Noel Vignery and L E. Gangc.
Tenants were using a common
flue and it is believed that some
burning materia) from one of
the other apartments fell into
the fireplace of the apartment
occupied by Mrs Crawford, an
elderly woman. She had placed
considerable trash In the fire
place and this became Ignited,
Big Steel Chief
Says Price Rise
Caused By Costs
Fairless Sees No
Harmful Effects on
Other Price Levels
Washington, Jan. 24 (IP) Pres
ident Benjamin Fairless of the U.
S. Steel corporation told a con
gressional committee today the
recent steel price rise should
cause no "harmful effect whatso
ever" on price levels in other in
dustries. Any upward changes, added
the head of "Big Steel," "will be
due more to increased labor,
transportation and other costs,
than to any change in the price
of steel."
Fairless said the price boost
his company ordered was "made
necessary by heavy increases in
our costs. This is the simple
truth."
Increased Costs Listed
(A) New insurance and pen
sion programs, $67,500,000; and
(B) increase social security tax.
$3,400,000.
"These costs alone are $3.88
per ton and more than offset the
$3.82 per ton which we hope to
obtain from our price increases,'
Fairless said in a statement pre
pared for delivery before the
senate-house economic commit
tee. The committee started an in
quiry today into the December
steel price increase. Fairless was
the first witness called at pub
lie hearings booked through Fri-
aay.
(Concluded on Page 5. Column 6)
Bandits Seize
Second Payroll
Boston, Jan. 24 (U.R) Two ban
dits seized a $1,910 payroll in
the ultra-exclusive Union Club
today 25 minutes after it was
delivered by an armored truck
of Brink's, Inc., whose offices
were held up last week by ban
dits who escaped with $1,500,
000. With Boston police still work
ing around the clock to solve
last Tuesday night's robbery at
Brink's own headquarters, the
bandit pair boldly staged the
latest stick-up in daylight with
in sight of the statchouse. They
overlooked $90.
The bandits, one masked with
handkerchief and armed, held
up two women employes in an
office of the club on the fourth
floor of the building on busy
Park street.
The bandits vanished so
quickly after the robbery that
employes said they must have
been familiar with the premises.
Meanwhile, Boston police
turned over to the FBI for in
vestigation a message received
plain white envelope in
this morning's mail from Buf
falo, N. Y. Dated January 22, it
was written either in red ink
paint on while paper and
read: "Have fun, boys. We arc
the baseball team," apparently
referring to the nine-man ban
dit gang sought in the Brink's
holdup.
Bendetson Nominated
Washington, Jan. 24 M') Pre
sident Truman today nominated
Karl R. Bendetson of California
to be assistant secretary of the
army. Bendetson, a San Fran
cisco lawyer, has been serving
as a special consultant to secre
tary of the army Gray.
Council Asks Report
From Bus Committee
The city council Monday night
Elfstrom's special transportation committee which is investigating
bus routes and schedules.
When a public hearing was in progress Alderman Gille wanted
to know when the committee was going to report. He said he
knew it had been doing a lot
of hard work.
Mai B. Rudd, chai-man of the
committec.'said recently he ex
pected to report in March. Al
derman David O'Hara, who was
acting mayor Monday night, said
h was in favor of calling for a
report, and that was moved by
Alderman Walter Musgrave.
The council rescinded a reso
lution of two weeks ago directing
City Transit Lines to restore
street bus schedules as they ex
isted December 31.
This was done after a public
hearing in which numerous
speakers appeared in protest to
route changes and curtailments
that have been made by the com
pany, and in which Carl Wcndt,
general manager for the lines,
Runaway Girl
Home From
Dishwashing
Montreal, Jan. 24 (CP) Bev
erly Ann Van Home, 17-year-old
daughter of a wealthy Montreal
family, is back home today after
her headline-making trip across
a continent.
Police located her last week in
Vancouver where it was said she
had taken a dish-washing job in
a cafe. I
It was learned that the attrac
tive girl, who may be in line to
inherit the $2,000,000 estate
built by her great-grandfather,
Sir William Van Home, was
spirited into Montreal last night
after being taken off the Toron
to train at Cornwall, Ont.
She was first reported missing
a week ago after it was revealed
that police, at the behest of her
relatives, had been searching for
her in Hamilton, Oont., and Van
couver since Dec. 15.
Power Shortage
For Five Years
Washington, Jan. 24 (IP) Sec
retary of the Interior Chapman
says there are no indications the
power shortage in the Pacific
Northwest can be relieved in un
dcr four or five years.
He so told a house approprl
ations subcommittee in testimo
ny made public today.
"There is a definite shortage
of power on the West Coast,
Chapman testified.
"To what extent or rate I am
not prepared to state. The in
dications are there is a definite
shortage now. There is no in
dication that it can be relieved
under four or five years in the
Pacific Northwest, even if we
proceed at the present pace on
authorized projects in that area."
Dr. Paul J. Raver, head of the
Bonneville Power Administra
tion, testified that the total gen
erating capacity of the installs
tions planned in the Pacific
Northwest will add approximate
ly 1,200,000 kilowatts ' of ad
ditional power to the present 2,-
000,000 kilowatts by the winter
of 1953. He said BPA lines this
year have carried an overload.
Supreme Court
Reverses Itself
The stale supreme court
Tuesday reversed itself in a case
involving a special school tax
levy voted by patrons of Union
School District No. 5 in Union
county.
E. O. Zaek, a resident of the
district, filed suit to enjoin the
district from levying the tax on
the ground that proper notice
of the school meeting had not
been given.
In an opinion last November
the high court upheld Zack's
contention and declared the
$10,980 tax levy to be void. In
its second opinion written by
Justice J. O. Bailey, the supreme
court reversed its-elf and upheld
the validity of the levy.
The court reversed Circuit
Judge Charles W. Redding of
Multnomah county in a suit
brought by Sherman C. and Vio
let Hull to foreclose a mortgage
on properly in the city of Port-
and to Alfred and Jessie Risley.
The court held that the Halls
were entitled to a strict fore
closure and held that charges of
"gross fraud by the Rislcys were
"without merit."
called for a report from Mayor
told of a heavy loss under which
the company was operating in
Salem, but expressed a willing
ness to make any later changes
that can be made economically
to better the service.
The council enacted an ordi
nance that gives the council
instead of the city manager auth
ority over time schedules of the
transit company. This was done
as a matter of consistoncy, since
the council has authority over
route schedules.
Many letters as well as speak
crs appeared in protest against
changes whereby the suburban
service was curtailed at the first
of the year, and later partially
restored.
(Concluded on I'age S,- Column 1)
Acheson for
Economic Aid
To Nationalists
Secretary Willing to
Help Chiang's
Defenders of Formosa
Washington, Jan. 24 (IP) Sen
ator Connally (D., Tex.), said
today that Secretary of State
Acheson "is agreeable" to giv
ing economic aid to (he Chinese
nationalist defenders of For
mosa. Connally made this statement
to reporters after Acheson dis
cussed Far East problems for
two hours with the senate for
eign relations committee. Con
nally is chairman of the com
mittee. Connally indicated that about
$28,000,000 might be available
for aid to the Chinese national
ists on Formosa.
President Truman has an
nounced the United States will
give no miltiary aid to them
a policy which has brought vi
olent opposition from some, sen
ate republicans.
May Leave It to U.N.
There were reports that Sen
ator Vandenberg (R Mich.),
has raised the possibility of U.N.
action to give Formosans a
choice in the kind of government
they will have.
Although Vandenberg would
not comment on the UN phase,
he told reporters;
"I can't get it out of mv mind
that the Formosan people ought
to have something to say about
their future form of govern
ment." i Concluded on Page 6. Column 8)
FEPC Bottled
In Committee
Washington, Jan. 24 (IP) A tie
vote kept the anti-job discrim
ination (FEPC) bill bottled up
in the house rules committee to
day. A motion to send the bill to
the house for a vote lost by a
count of 5 to 5. Four southern
democrats, Smith of Virginia,
Cox of Georgia, Colmer of Mis
sissippi and Lyle of Texas voted
against the motion and were
joined by Brown of Ohio, a re
publican. Voting to clear the bill were
Sabbath of Illinois, Madden of
Indiana, McSweeney of Ohio and
Delaney of New York, demo
crats, and Hcrter of Massachu
setts, republican.
Two republicans were absent.
They were Allen of Illinois and
Wadsworth of New York. Both
reportedly would have voted
against approval of the bill had
they been present.
Brown told newsmen he voted
against approval in order to pre
vent final action in the absence
of Wadsworth and Allen. He
then moved to reconsider, which
means the matter can be con
sidered again when the full
membership is present.
Brown has been listed by
FEPC proponents as favorable
to the bill.
With a full membership pres
ent, the vote on FEPC, according
to private polls, would be 6
to 6. It takes seven voles to
send a bill to the house for con
sideration. Senate Confirms
Admiral Sherman
Washington, Jan. 24 (IP)
Admiral Forrest P. Sherman to
day was confirmed by the sen
ate as chief of naval operations.
It was a voice vote.
Sherman succeeds Admiral
Louis F. Dcnfcld, fired by Pres
ident Truman last November 2
at the request of Navy Secretary
Matthews.
Denfcld, who announced his
retirement from the navy last
week, had criticized unification
policies before a congressional
committee.
Just before the vote, Senator
Kcm (R., Mo.) delivered a fresh
blast at the treatment of Den
fcld. He accused the adminis
tration of trying to intimidate
military officers who oppose its
policies.
Lilv Pons Improves
New York, Jan. 24 (U.Ri Met
ropolitan opera star Lily Pons,
45, was described "in good con
dition" today after undergoing
an operation for removal of a
kidney stone. A spokesman lor
Miss Pons, wife of orchestra
conductor Andre Kostclanetz,
said the tiny opera star will take
a brief vacation in Florida be
fore reluming to the Met.
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