2 Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Friday, January 27, 1950
Truman Refuses
Hiss Comment
Waihington. Jan. 27 WV-Pres
ident Truman dismissed with
crisp words of no comment to
day all questions on the Alger
Hiss case.
He told reporters some ques
tions were not asked with good
Intent.
The first question to Mr. Tru
man at his weekly news con
ference was this:
"Mr. President, regardless of
the outcome In the higher courts,
will you or will you not turn
your back on Alger Hiss."
No comment, Mr. Truman shot
back, adding that that's a nice
question.
Secretary of State Acheson
had said he would not turn his
back on Hiss the former state
department official who was
convicted by a New York Jury
of lying when he said he never
slipped government papers to a
communist spy ring.
Several republican members
of congress have been flinging
criticism at Acheson for his
statement about his attitude.
After this first question and
answer exchange today, anoth
er reporter asked Mr. Truman
whether there was any point in
asking any other Alger Hiss
questions.
The president said there
wasn't, that they weren't asked
with good intent and that he
didn t intend to answer them.
Anthony Guerra
Again in Prison
Anthony Guerra, who lost his
freedom under parole several
months ago when Salem police
nabbed him for Indecent expo
sure, was back at the Oregon
state penitentiary Friday after
duplicating his earlier errant
ways.
The only difference was that
Thursday night when he was
chased down by a squad of uni
formed and plainclothed offi
cers was that he had taken his
own freedom from the peniten
tiary. A tip on Guerra's afternoon
activity led officers to the en
virons of Salem General hospi
tal where he succeeded in out
distancing one officer during a
sprint, but was flushed from
some bushes at gunpoint by an
other patrolman.
Taken to police headquarters
for questioning, Guerra cleared
cases of indecent exposure with
little girls, a case where a young
woman had been chased and an
other instance where he had
lunged at a car driven by a wo
man. He had been able to walk
away from the penitentiary be
cause he had been working out
side the wall as a trusty. War
den George Alexander was re
ported to have promised that his
wandering ways would be curb
ed. Guerra was originally sent
to the penitentiary from Mult
nomah county for three years
for grand larceny in 1947, he
was paroled in 1948, but return
ed several months ago on an in
decent exposure violation.
Superstition? Pathetique Proves
Fatal to Man Who Plays It
Stockholm, Sweden, Jan. 27 (U.R) Some English musicians be
lieve that Tchaikovsky's "Pathetique" is fatal to men who play it.
The director of the Nottingham, England, orchestra had ban
ned the symphony because one of his musicians died each time it
was performed. v
But Johannes Norrby, director
of the Stockholm Concert asso
ciation, is not a superstitious
man. He decided to include
Tchaikovsky's sixth symphony
in a performance Wednesday
night.
Just before the performance
he called a special press con
ference to announce he was
flouting the English superstition.
"Tchaikovsky's sixth sym
phony does not murder musi
cians," he told the reporters.
The orchestra went through
the performance without inci
dent up to and including "Pa
thetique." Then they swung into
Shostakovich's sixth. Halfway
through the scherzo one of the
clarinetists, Ludwig Warschew
ski, who had played in the
Stockholm symphony for SO
years, collapsed.
Six doctors in the audience
rushed to the stand. They could
do nothing. They pronounced
Warschewskl dead.
Tchaikovsky was said to have
foretold his own death in "Pa
thetique." The first death in the Notting
ham orchestra after it played
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Trees in Northwest
Portland, Ore., Jan. 27 U.R
A super race of Douglas fir
trees is being planned for the
west coast region, Chief Forest
er W. D. Hagenstein told the an
nual meeting of the forest con
servation committee of the Pa
cific Northwest Forest Industries
here today. 1
Hagenstein called it a "real
milestone in American forestry"
and said the Douglas fir indus
try in 1949 made forestry his
tory when it adopted a region-
wide seed certification policy
for assuring superior trees from
artificial reforestation.
The forester said the forest
industries tree nursery at Nis-
qually, Wash., which produces
seedlings for use throughout the
Douglas fir region, will use only
certified seed in the future.
House Passes
Insurance Tax
Washington, Jan. 27 MP) Key
house democrats were reported
standing firm today behind
President Truman's insistence
that any cuts in excise taxes
should be balanced by tax boosts
elsewhere.
Democratic members of the
tax-drafting house ways - and
means committee were said to
have agreed on that position, in
order to prevent the government
from losing revenue through
cuts in levies on such things as
transportation and amusement
tickets, luggage and Jewelry.
Republicans still kept up
pressure for a simple excise re
peal bill without the balanc
lng features asked by Mr. Tru
man. One GOP effort to push
through such a measure failed
yesterday.
That effort came as the house
took up a bill which it later
passed levying a $90,000,000
income tax on part of the S4
500,000,000 investment earnings
of life insurance companies
which were untaxed in 1947,
1948 and 1949.
Passage of that measure mark
ed the first congressional action
on a part of Mr. Truman's new
tax program. He told congress
Monday a tax law quirk that lets
insurance companies go untaxed
should be removed.
West Germany
To Send Envoys
Bonn, Germany, Jan. 27 VP)
The West German government
today made plans to send con
suls immediately to Washington,
London and Paris.
A communique last night said
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer
had accepted an allied invitation
to send the representatives
abroad. The invitation was giv
en by Sir Brian Robertson of
Britain, this month s chairman of
the allied high commission.
Allied spokesmen did not de
fine immediately the scope of
duties to be permitted to Ger
many s first postwar consular re
presentatives. "Pathetique" was about 3i
years ago. A horn player was
suddenly taken ill during re
hearsals of the number and died
a few hours later in a hospital.
The 7 0 - man Nottingham
group did not play Tchaikov
sky's sixth again until a year
ago. A cellist died a few days
later in an auto accident.
Last Christmas eve the found
er of the Nottingham orchestra
Gaze Cooper, announced that he
had banned Tchaikovsky's sixth
from the group's repertoire. He
mentioned the two deaths as the
reason for his action.
"It is a very strange coinci
dence because I think they are
the only two who died since
the orchestra was formed seven
years ago," Cooper said.
Cooper, a well-known Egyp
tologist and archaeologist, said
he certainly was not supersti
tious. He said he keeps a piece
of King Tut's shroud around the
house. But, he said, he felt "un
easy" every time he heard "Pa
thetique."
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South Twelfth
Orchestra to
Be Reorganized
Reorganization of the Salem
Community orchestra is under
way and the first rehearsal of
the musicians is slated for 7:30
o'clock next Monday night at
1390 Madison street. All musi
cians interested in the project
will be welcome.
No serious programs are to
be attempted but those in charge
believe the musicians will be
able to provide considerable en
tertainment. Resignation of Frank Fisher
who was largely responsible for
organization of the orchestra
last year and who directed the
musicians necessitated a change
in operations.
Under present plans a num
ber of experienced men will be
asked to direct a series of in
formal concerts. These include
Vernon Wiscarson, Victor Pal
mason, E. O. Bandel, Thomas
Facey and John Wallace Gra
ham. As the result of a conference
held recently, Dalbert Jepsen
was named chairman of a com
mittee to continue the orchestra.
Other members are Mrs. Lorene
Roberts, Dr. Dean Brooks and
William Skewis. Named to a
membership com m i 1 1 e e were
Victor Palmason, Jerry Brown
and Vernon Wiscarson.
T Area Council
Meets March 4
A number of YMCA officials
were in Salem Thursday night
making plans for the annual Pa
cific Northwest Area council
meeting of the Y scheduled for
Salem March 4-5.
Tinkham Gilbert, vice presi
dent of the council and chair
man of the program committee
presided. In attendance were
Gus Moore, general secretary of
the Salem Y; Dick Crakes of the
Eugene board; Dr. DeNorvil
Authank of Portland; Nathan
Lynch of the Portland metropol
itan board; Jack Pugh, general
secretary, of the Portland Y, and
Dwight Welch, associate area
secretary of Portland.
While the program has not
been completed, the principal
speakers have been selected.
They are Eugene McCarthy,
president of the national coun
cil of the YMCA; Ed Sproul, na
tional program executive of
New York City, and Emery Nel
son, member of the world serv
ice staff for the western region.
The council meeting is ex
pected to attract several score
YMCA, officials from the north
west states.
Sliding Hill Area
Menaces 10 Houses
Astoria, Jan. 27 VP) A hill
which threatens 10 houses here
is sliding downward at the rate
of more than half a foot every
24 hours, the city engineer said
today.
G. T. McClean reported the
slide area has moved about 5 or
6 feet since last Friday. Three
houses have been evacauted.
The people who lived there
blamed the city, contending the
slide was due to improper drain
age. McClean denied that, say
ing the drainage system had been
kept up, with breaks repaired as
fast as possible.
Other Astoria hills have start
ed similar slow slides in the past.
17 Hi-Y Chapters in
Salem District
The Salem district now has 17
Hi Y chapters, reported Roth
Holtz. boys work secretary for
the YMCA. All but one chapter
has secured an adviser.
Thursday night the recently
formed George Williams chap
ter was voted into Parrish Jun
ior high school, making four in
all. The Clinton Ostrandet chap
ter has been added to Leslie jun
ior high, making three for that
school.
Next Wednesday night two of
the senior high school chapters
will be up for inspection. Two
additional advisers have recent
ly been secured: Henry Myer for
the A. A. Stagg chapter and
Dave Hoss for the Arthur Cot
ton club.
Nine Killed in Collision
Besancon, France, Jan. 27 u.R)
At least nine persons were
killed and 11 injured last night
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when two passenger trains col
lided head on 15 miles north of
here.
Rescue workers probed
through the wreckage at an
early hour this morning in a
search for possible additional
victims.
Coos Bay Cities
Without Water
Coos Bay, Ore., Jan. 27 VP)
The towns of Coos Bay and
North Bend were left without a
water supply today when part
of the earth dam at the storage
reservoir collapsed.
The dam went out at 11 a.m
breaking the main pipeline, and
also a by-pass pipe line which
goes around the reservoir.
Crews went to work immedi
ately to restore the by-pass line,
and hoped to get water flowing
again by tonight. The main line
will take longer to restore, since
the tumbled earth must be clear
ed away by bulldozers.
The dam broke after a tor
rential downpour, which dump
ed 2.75 inches of rain on the
area in 24 hours.
Just what caused the break
was uncertain. Walter Chiene,
manager of the Coos Bay-North
Bend water board, theorized that
a fill built last year might have
been weakened by rain and
broken the 16-inch pipe leading
to the mains.
3-Car Collision
Leaves Police Puzzled
A three-car collision Thurs
day night still left Salem po
lice with a puzzle Friday morn
ing.
An express wagon registered
to Ralph Nelson, route 4, ram
med a parked car belonging to
Dewey Rand, 631 South Com
mercial street, which was parked
near his residence.
Rand's car rammed a third
machine belonging to Ruth Hal
bert, also of 631 South Com
mercial.
The driver of the Nelson ve
hicle failed to remain at the
accident scene, but he left the
wagon there. It had been in
volved in an accident earlier in
the evening, a police report in
dicated.
Cherry Growers of
Valley in Session
The annual general mpAtlnt, nf
cherry growers in Marion-Polk
county area was being hplH in
the Mayflower hall Friday aft
ernoon.
Oregon State college's exten
sion department was to be in
charge of the meeting, and the
main speaker was listed as Don
Rasmusscn. assistant rniintv
agent in charge of horticulture.
Rasmussen led a discussion of
growers' problems such as in
sect control, disease control,
soil management, etc.
Much of the meeting was con
ducted as a round-table discus
sion, with cherry growers an-
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Chiefs of Stall
Talk on Formosa
Washington, Jan. 27 VP)
Senator Connally (D., Tex.)
said today the Joint chiefs of
staff believe Formosa would be
strategically important to the
United States if in enemy hands
but it not worth occupying by
American troops.
Connally gave out this report
after Secretary of Defense John
son and General Omar N. Brad
ley met with the senate foreign
relations committee for more
than two hours. Connally heads
the committee.
Johnson and Bradley were
called before the group to tes
tify on the island's military
value after republicans assailed
the administration's policy to
ward Formosa.
The republicans have been
protesting ever since President
Truman announced Jan. 5 that
this country will give no mili
tary aid to the Chinese nation
alists defenders of Formosa.
Connally told reporters at a
news conference:
"Johnson and Bradley both
said that at no time have the
joint chiefs of staff or the de
partment of defense recommen
ded any occupation of Formosa
by the United States."
Hydrogen Bomb
Investigated
Washington, Jan. 27 VP) The
congressional atomic committee
held a session with the Atomic
Energy Commission today and
there were hints later that the
talks concerned the proposed super-powered
hydrogen bomb.
Chairman McMahon (D.,
Conn.) of the senate-house com
mittee told reporters "We have
examined current matters of in
terest." He added:
"We have been discussing
plans for advances and the tech
nological improvement of atom
ic weapons and I anticipate your
questions by saying this includes
all types of atomic weapons."
The atomic matter of chief in
terest in Washington is the ques
tion whether the United States
shall undertake to make a hydro
gen bomb that some scientists
figure might be 1,000 times more
powerful than the original A
bombs dropped on Japan.
A reporter asked McMahon if
it would be safe to say that the
committee was Informed on the
hydrogen bomb.
McMahon said he could not go
beyond his statement.
The committee session was the
first since Senator Vandenberg
(R., Mich.) gave up his work
with it.
Citrus Growers
Smudging Orchards
Los Angeles, Jan. 27 VP)
Citrus growers had the smudge
pots going out in the cold gray
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dawn again today hoping to.
avert further damage to oranges
and lemons.
The firing started late last
night in the Redlands and Co
vina districts where minimums
were expocted to dip to 26. Oth
er indicated cold spots included
San Fernando and San Gabriel
valley communities ranging all
the way from Canoga Park and
Pacoima to Azusa and Cucamon
ga. Elsewhere southern Californi
ans donned overcoats, worried
about their automobile radiators
and prepared for another
smudge blackout.
Baum Testifies
On OPS Defense
Portland, Jan. 27 VP) A phys
ician testified today that the
Oregon Physicians Service,
which the government con
tends is monopolistic, was form
ed to achieve a closer relation
ship between patient and phys
ician.
Dr. William W. Baum, Salem,
who was president of the Oregon
State Medical society when the
OPS was formed in 1941, said
he and other doctors first set
up a prepaid medical plan in Sa
lem in 1929.
Baum said that, after its for
mation, he stopped accepting
tickets from commercial hospit
al associations, but treated their
patients on an individual basis.
He said he saw no reason to build
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Nelson Talks
On Appraisals
"Taxes to meet the costs of lo
cal eovernment are imposed by
the public through tneir eieciea
officials and directly by bal
lot. The assessor's only function
is to furnish the distribution pat
tern for spreading those costs.
How equitably the load is divid
ed depends on good technical
administration."
In this manner Robert B. Nel
sor, employed by the state tax
commission and a member of
the American Institute of Ap
praisers summed up a discus
sion of property appraisal for
the benefit of the membership of
the Salem Board of Realtors Fri
day noon.
Nelson said his office had not
appraised a single piece of prop
erty in Salem, adding that the
recent blanket increase in prop
erty values which resulted in
about a 25 percent additional
tax load with the work of the
assessor's office. The speaker
did not know when the job of
reappraising Salem property
up an organization which was
competing with his own.
Later on the state-wide OPS
was formed. He said it brought
a closer connection with patients
than a commercial organization
could.
Other doctors insisted that
there had been no concerted plan
to boycott commercial groups.
Hope at His Very
Women at his feet . . . men at his
laughs, laughs, laughs all
would be accomplished. "lt's a
big Job," he said.
In discussing the mnihnj.
used in determining the cor
rect value of real property Nel- s
enn caiH that "th'p ..nnwtn, .a
- - .,vcji or
use as the basis of valuation
is pretty well documented in law
and appraisal practice. Nor is it
Just any use which is the val
ue determinant but the 'high,
est and best use." Nelson de
clared "the blind application
of mathematical formula in the
valuation process produces un
tenable conclusions."
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Wenatchee, Jan. 27 VP) The
after effects of a mild heart at
tack hospitalized Rufus Woods,
pioneer Wenatchee publisher,
today. Woods, father of the Col
umbia basin development, suf
fered the attack at his home
Tuesday. He was sent to bed for
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