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Salem, Oregon, Friday, February 10, W V'
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THE WEATHER HERE
MOSTLY CLOUDY with show
ers tonight; becoming cloudy
with scattered showers Satur
day. Little change in tempera
ture. Low tonight, 37; high' Sat
urday, 50. .
Maximum yeelerder, M: minimum te- L
day, 37. Total 34-hour precipitation, .13; 9
for month, 3.55: normal, 1.50. Seaaon'
precinltatlon. 3&.04. normal 34.55. RlTert
Fuchs Admits
Giving Russia
Atomic Secrets
Self-admitted Jekyll
And Hyde Among
Scientific Minds
London, Feb. 10 (P) Klaus
Fuchs, brilliant German born
British atom scientist confessed
that since 1942 he knowingly
had continuously passed on to
soviet Russia vital British-American
atomic secrets, the prose
cution told a British court to
day. Conceivably this could have
included information not only
on the atom bomb but also the
hydrogen bomb.
The Bow street court ordered
38-year-old Fuchs held for for
mal trial in old Bailey criminal
court at the session beginning
Feb, 28 on two charges of vio
lating the official secrets acts.
He faces a maximum of 14 years
in prison if convicted.
A Jekyll and Hyde
Fuchs, a reportedly self-admitted
"Dr. Jekyll and Mr.
Hyde" among the master minds
of the atom, accepted 100
pounds (then $400) in 1946 "as
a symbolic payment signifying
his subservience to the cause
(of world communism)," a
crown witness told the court.
(Concluded on race 5, Column
7)
Blame Pilot in
'Big Mo' Probe
Norfolk, Va., Feb. 10 () A
naval court of inquiry said to
day it doubts the "competency"
of the battleship Missouri's as
sistant navigator as a witness
and as a naval officer.
The courrt immediately des
ignated the officer, 23-year-old
Ensign E. R. Harris, of Norfolk,
a? "an interested party" in the
tb retain1 counsel;- , i s. , -;. . : ' .
The statement concerning the
court's doubt was made by Rear
Admiral Milton E. Miles senior
member of the court, which is
probing the grounding of the
big Mo in Chesapeake bay
January 17.
Harris Was plotting the Mis
souri's course when she ran
aground.
. Defendants before the court
are the ship's skipper, opera
tions officer and navigator.
They are Captain William D.
Brown, Commander John R.
M i 1 1 e 1 1 and Lieutenant-Commander
Frank G. Morris.
Harris, who testified yester
day his only previous experi
ence in piloting a ship under
way was during the Missouri's
December 22-23 trial run off the
Virginia capes, was the first
witness called to the stand to
day. Under cross examination by
Captain Chester C. Wood coun
sel for Captain Brown, Harris
said that on January 17 he had
not checked- the Missouri's
speed.
,7.
Youths Held in
Kidnaping Case
Dedham, Mass., Feb. 10 VP)
Two baby-faced juveniles were
held today in the kidnaping of
the daughter of a police serge
ant who gave the first tangible
clue in the miUJon dollar Brink's
roDDery.
Boston Police Lt. Benjamin
Beerse said the kidnaping of
Ann McCarty, 22, a college gra
duate, evidently had no connec
tion with the robbery.
The young woman was releas
ed unharmed last night after a
high-speed, four mile police
chase which ended in capture of
the juveniles.
Police reported a third youth,
and possibly a fourth who might
have been in a second car, are
being sought.
Beerse said the young wom
an's screams as she was forced
into a car near her Dedham
home touched off the swift chase
and speedy seizure of her alleg
ed kidnapers.
The juveniles were booked on
charges of delinquency and sus
picion of kidnaping. Their
names were withheld.
The young woman's father,
Sgt. John T. McCarty, turned up
the first definite Brink's rob
bery clue by noting that the se
rial number of a pistol found in
Somerville not far from the
holdup scene matched an FBI
listing of a gun stolen in the sen
tational raid.
Hopmen Told
U.S. Subsidies
Mean Control
Ballard Says Federal
Farm Aid Brings
Federal Regulation
By JAMES D. OLSON
Successful farming in the
northwestern states requires ap
plication of good sense in shap
ing up the direction of use of
lands, according to F. L. Ballard,
associate director of the Oregon
extension service, speaking be
fore the hopmen's convention
here Friday.
Pointing out that most any
thing can be grown in the north
west area, Ballard said it was
not until 1923 when agriculture
leaders began to study available
markets and production of prod
ucts that could be sold with rea
sonable profit.
43 Percent Increase
Since that time up to 1946 the
financial returns from agricul
ture products in Oregon alone
increased by 48 percent, Ballard
said.
Due to the large population in
crease in California, that state
has become a market for many
Oregon products, he pointed out.
At the present time the exten
sion service has two men in Cali
fornia to ascertain what products
are shipped into that state which
can be produced in Oregon.
For a number of years, Bal
lard said, California has been the
principal market for Oregon's
surplus dairy products.
Specialized Farming
He advocated specialized far
ming, of which he said hop
growing was one. Another spe
cialized crop developed is grow
ing of small seed grasses. During
the last two years Ballard said,
the income from the sale of Ore
gon grass seed has grossed $20,
000,000 annually.
(Concluded on Page 5. Column 6)
Revival Ends
After 38 Hours
Wheaton, 111.. Feb. 10 VP) A
marathon prayer meeting at lit
tle Wheaton college ended today
after 38 consecutive hours.
The revival, begun unexpect
edly Wednesday night during
one of the regular semi-annual
week long evangelistic services,
had swept the campus. Some
1500 students and 110 faculty
members at the non-sectarian
fundamentalist Protestant
school joined in the prayer serv
ice. More than 900 were present
in the Pierce Memorial chapel
when Dr. V. Raymond Edman,
president of the college called
the public testimonial to a close.
Classes were to resume at 11
a. m.
Dr. Edman halted the revival
to avoid "sensationalism." He
told the students that "outsiders
might think the revival had be
come too showy." He permitted
some SO to continue their testi
monials in a smaller room near
by. These were expected to end
before noon.
Nearly all of the students had
stepped up to the pulpit at least
once and confessed their sins
and testified that the spirit of
the Lord had cleansed their
souls.
Judge Delays Order to
Lewis to Drop Demands
Washington, Feb. 10 (U.R) A
at least tomorrow firing the government s first punch at John
L. Lewis in its efforts to send
back to work.
At the request of the United
Richmond B. Keech postponed
signing today an order direct-
ing Lewis to drop "illegal" con
tract demands on the soft coal
operators and to call off the
strike in support of the demands.
Signing of the injunction had
been scheduled for about 2 p.m.
EST, but Welly K. Hopkins,
UMW attorney, asked for more
time to enter legal objections
to it.
Keech agreed and called Hop
kins and attorneys for Robert N.
Denham, general counsel for the
national labor relations board,
to his chambers at 9.30 EST to
morrow. Presumably the injunc
tion will be signed shortly after
the conference.
The judge intends, however,
to issue the temporary injunc
tion against Lewis and his Unit-
ed Mine Workers for making
contract demands which are ille
gal under the Taft-Hartley law.
The injunction is designed to
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Formosa-Korea
Aid Bill Passed
Washington, Feb. 10 0J.B The
senate passed unanimously and
sent to the White House today
a bill providing $70 500,000 in
non-military aid to communist
threatened southern Korea and
to Chinese-held Formosa.
The legislation, passed by the
house yesterday, cleared the
senate without debate.
The bill would:
I. Authorize $60,000,000 in
economic aid to the United
States-backed South Korea re
public, faced on its northern
border by soviet-s upported
North Korea.
2. Give the Chinese national
istson Formosa $10,500,000 for
fertilizers, raw materials and
farm projects, but no arms. This
sum comes from an already ap
propriated China aid fund of
which about $103,000,000 re
mains unspent.
The senate action culminated
a long administration struggle
to obtain more funds for Korea.
The house three weeks ago by
one vote refused to advance
more aid to Korea until further
U. S. assistance to Formosa was
approved.
Second Rescue Party
For Stranded Airmen
Whilehorse, Y. T., Feb. 10
(CP) A second ground rescue
party of about 10 men today
joined in the growing effort to
bring aid to 10 other men ma
rooned on a Yukon mountain
top after their Dakota search
plane crashed.
The search party has been on
the bleak, wind-swept peak
since Tuesday. They were spot
ted next day by another search
plane. A ground party started
in to get them in "weasel"
snowmobiles. To speed the ef
fort, five men including a doc
tor, parachuted to the mountain
top yesterday.
Today, there was still no word
whether the first party had
reached its goal.
federal judge today put off until
400,000 striking coal miners
Mine Workers.
Federal Judge
prevent the miners from contin
uing the strike for the -"illegal'
demands. But it would not pre
vent Lewis from dropping the
demands and continuing the
strike for other "legal" demands
such as higher wages.
However, the government
may possibly fire its biggest
blow at Lewis on Monday. Pres
ident Truman's fact - finding
board is scheduled to make its
report on the coal crisis to the
White House over the week-end.
After the report is made, the
president can ask attorney gen
eral to seek a federal court or
der to return the miners to the
pits for about 80 days.
In the case of this injunction
Lewis could not drop any de
mands and continue the strike
He would face contempt of court
if he permitted the strike to
continue. '
The Pioneer Missionary, Jason Lee, was remembered
Thursday when a wreath was placed on his grave in Lee
Missionary cemetery by Russell Tripp, student body presi
dent of Willamette university. Others pictured are, from left.
Dr. G. Herbert Smith, president of Willamette, and Jason
Lee, distant relative of the missionary, who spoke in eulogy
of the early Methodist pioneer during a convocation held at
the First Methodist church.
Coates' New
Acceptable to FHA
Folger Johnson, Oregon director for the federal housing ad
ministration, said in Portland
the Robert T. Coates apartment
is acceptable to the FHA.
If the transfer of the project
Viking Rocket
Soars 51 Miles
Washington, Feb. 10 VP) The
navy said today that a Viking
rocket fired yesterday at White
Sands, N.M., reached an altitude
of 51 miles.
A navy officer said it could
have climbed higher, but the as
cent was cut off from ground
controls when the rocket began
veering slightly off the proving:
ground.
The rocket, built by the Glenn
L. Martin company of Baltimore,
was fired in the third of a se
ries of 10 firings under the di
rection of the na val research
laboratory.
The Viking is 48 feet long and
32 inches in diameter. The navy
said it is designed for upper at
mosphere research.
On its flight yesterday the
rocket carried instruments
weighing 528 pounds and fuel
liquid oxygen and alcohol weigh
ing 8000 pounds.
The Viking carried instru
ments to record vibration of its
motor and nose section, perfor
mance of its power plant, tem
peratures and pressure, the spec
trum of the sun in the ultra vio
let region, cosmic radiation and
x-radiation.
The navy department said re
cordings received by radio from
the rocket were excellent
Ingrid Told of
Mexico Divorce
Rome, Feb. 10 U.R) Roberto
Rossellini hastened to the bed
side of Ingrid Bergman before
dawn today to tell her that Mex
ico had granted her a divorce
and they are free to marry.
An attorney in Mexico said
the Swedish actress and her Ital
ian director may wed tomorrow.
But legal technicalities could de
lay the marriage for as long as
a year.
Christian Gunther, Swedish
minister to Italy, said Miss Berg
man could not be married in
Italy for at least three weeks.
He said the actress would need
a declaration from the Swedish
legation that she was free to
marry.
That declaration can only be
Issued when Swedish laws are
satisfied, and it will take at
least three weeks before Miss
Bergman's Mexican divorce can
be registered in Sweden," he
said. "I cannot issue the requir-
ed statement until Stockholm has
advised me it is legally possi
bio."
He said that procedure was
required by Italian as well as
Swedish laws.
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Location
Friday that the new location of
project, 1165 Chemeketa street,
to that location from 555 North
4 Summer does not involve a
change in plans Johnson said the
FHA could issue an approval of
the project on the same day the
application is received from
Coates.
Johnson said he had received
a letter from Coates asking if
the location was acceptable.
Since Coates has now been in
formed that it is the next step
tor him will be to send a plot
plan and formal request for
transfer.
"If there are no complica
tions," said Johnson, "such as
set-back lines requiring change
in plans, the FHA can issue ap
proval the same day the request
is received."
The Salem cily council cleared
away all possible difficulties rel
ative to set-back lines at a spe
cial meeting last week when it
enacted an ordinance giving
Coates plenty of leeway in the
matter of set-back on Chemeke
ta street.
(Concluded on Pace 5, Column
4)
40th Birthday
Of Boy Scouts
A ceremonial in observance of
the 40th anniversary of scout
ing took place in the reception
room of Governor Douglas Mc
Kay's suite at 11 o'clock Friday
forenoon. The purpose of the ce
remony was to report to the
chief executive concerning the
activities of Oregon scouts dur
ing the year.
Similar observances were held
the capitals of the other 47
states of the union.
A group of 10 scouts from Sa
lem, Corvaliis, Redmond and
Bend, accompanied by scout ex
ecutives presented themselves to
Governor McKay where one of
the boys read the declaration of
purpose of the organization. La
ter another scout extended the
governor an invitation to attend
the national scout jamboree
scheduled to be held at Valley
Forge, Pa. early in July.
We believe in a free Ameri
ca, based on American tradition
of free enterprise," read the dec
laration of purpose of scouting.
"Liberty is rooted in the belief
of God," the declaration contin
ued.
The governor was presented
with a prepared list of achieve
mcnts of Oregon scouts through
out the year.
Adult members of the parly
included Gardner Knapp, presi
dent of Cascades area council
W. L. Phillips, member of the
executive board; Ken Pearson
field executive from Bend; Nor
man Frees, council commission
er; Don Reeves of Corvaliis, Dr.
Schradcr of Philomath; Gordon
Gilmorc, Howard Higbce, Erick
Sodcrbcrg and John Klapp, all
I of the local executive offices,
West Germany
Voles Millions
To Aid Berlin
Provides for Channel
ing Federal Funds
For Reconstruction
Bonn, Germany, Feb. 10 (P)
West Germany's parliament,
against vigorous communist op
position, voted 105,000,000 Dcul
schemarks ($25,000,000) today
to aid western Berlin.
The bill provides for chan-
elling European recovery funds
and German federal funds for
reconstruction of the West Ber
lin power station, which had
been stripped by the Russians
in the early days of the occupa
tion. The measure also underwrites
the trade of the western sectors
of Berlin. It guarantees pay
ment for goods manufactured in
Berlin for export, where "risks
resulting from the political sit
uation" might be involved.
Caught in Squeeze
Western Berlin has been
caught in an economic squeeze
because of its position as an iso
lated island in the heart of Rus
sian-occupied territory, subject
to constant harrassment of its
traffic by the Russians.
(Concluded on Fajre 5, Column 5)
3 Die in Crash
Of C-54 Plane
Great Falls, Mont., Feb. 10 (P)
An air force C-54 transport
plane from Great Falls air base
crashed into a mountain about
40 miles southeast of here last
night, killing its three crewmen.
Lt. Birney Burke, base in
formation officer, said the four-
engine plane hit less than 100
feet below the crest of the 7,640
foot mountain, five miles north
of Raynesford.
'It hit with such -terrific force
that parts of the wreckage were
thrown clear over on the other
side of the mountain," Burke
said.
The names of the victims
whose burned bodies were
found in the fire-blackened
wreckage by a rescue party
about 1 a. m. (MST), will be
released later today. Burke re
ported. An air force parachuting res
cue team left here by auto at
dawn to return the bodies. The
team has been standing by here
since a search began in the Yu
kon territory for a missing U. S.
C-54 with 44 persons aboard
It is led by Lt. Wallace Boyd
a paradoctor.
Burke said Gus Loberg, c
rancher at the foot of the
mountain, was the first to
and hear the crash.
Loberg told air force officers
he heard the plane overhead
about 8:10 p. m. A minute or so
later he heard the crash. It was
so terrific it rattled the windows
in his home.
Man Dies in Collision
McMinnville, Feb. 10 VP)
Death claimed a second man yes
terday from a head-on automo
bile collision near Bcllcvuc
Sunday.
Just hours after George Har
ry Pangrac, 33, Taft, died here,
Atamas Frank Kolaroff, route 1,
Carlton,
succumbed in a hos-
pital.
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Business Properties Change Hands in Major Deals Above,
southeast corner of North High and Chemeketa streets, loca
tion of four businesses, which has been sold by the Valley
Motor company to the Sleeves estate. Below, old Paulus
cannery building at the southwest corner of South High and
Trade, told by Paul B. Wallace to Wallace Bonesteele.
Reprisals Loom
For Russian
Berlin Tie-up
Berlin, Feb. 10 VP) U. S.
High Commissioner John J. Mc
Cloy said today the allies will
impose counter measures against
East Germany if the Russians
continue their "slow-down"
blockade on Berlin highway
trade.
McCloy said he would not de
scribe as a "reprisal" the em
bargo on steel exports to the
eastern zone, announced Feb. 6
by the West German govern
ment, but he added:
The arm-twisting tactics of
the last few weeks would not
make one over-tolerant to Sov
iet sensibilities."
A previous announcement
said steel shipments were being
cut off because the east zone has
failed to fulfill its part of the
trade agreement providing for
the steel deliveries.
Railroads Cut
Train Service
Pittsburgh, Feb. 10 VP) The
nation's coal-burning railroads
rushed to comply with interstate
commerce commission orders to
slash service tonight because of
dwindling coal stockpiles.
Hundreds of trains will be
taken out of service at 11:59 p.m.
(local time).
That will mean unemployment
to an unestimaled number ol
railroaders.
Several thousand railroad cm
oloves already have been fur-
loughcd.
Unemployment in other Indus
tries will skyrocket within the
next three weeks unless John
L. Lewis' striking coal miners
go back to the pits.
In addition to the 370,000 soft
coal diggers who are striking at
least 35,000 other workers in
allied industries have been laid
off because of coal shortages.
The nation's soft coal supply
is variously estimated at from
one week to three weeks.
U.S. Protests
Shanghai Bombs
Washington, Feb. 10 VP) The
United States has protested to
the Chinese nationalists against
deliberate" bombing attacks
on American-owned pioperty in
Shanghai.
The state department said to
day the protest was delivered to
the Chinese government at For
mosa by Robert C. Strong, Am
erican charge d'affaires there.
It demanded "prompt and cat
egorical assurances" against any
further attacks.
The American-owned Shang
hai Power company Standard
Vacuum Oil company installa
tions at Shanghai were damaged
by recent nationalist air raids,
launched from Formosa.
The protest was based on offi
cial reports of an attack on Feb
ruary 6.
Dispatches have reported oth
er later attacks which the Chi
nese communists charged were
made by American and Japan
ese pilots flying for the Chinese
nationalists.
A stale department spokes
man said "positively no Ameri
can pilots" are serving with the
nationalist military forces.
Press officer Lincoln White
added that as "far as we have
heard there are no Japanese
fliers in the employe of the na
tinoalist government."
Wallace Sells
Valuable High
Street Properly
Corner of High and
Chemeketa Sold, Also
Old Paulus Cannery
By STEPHEN A. STONE
A major real estate transac
tion was revealed today with an
nouncement that the southeast
corner of North High and Che
meketa streets is being sold by
valley Motor company to the B.
L. Steeves estate.
Four businesses occupy the
property. They are the service
station of the Associated Oil
company, on both streets, Otto's
Grill, and the Esther Foster ap
parel store on High street, and
the Valley Tractor company on
Chemeketa.
Revealed also today was the
sale of the old Paulus cannery
building at South High and
Trade streets by Paul B. Wal
lace to Wallace Bonesteele.
Court Order Signed
The property being bought bv
the Steeves estate extends 133
feet on North High, or from the
corner to the Senator hotel, and
166 feet on Chemeketa, from
the corner to the alley.
In probate court Judge Rex
Kimmell signed an order that
the trustee for the estate pay
the Valley Motor company $127,
500 for the property. The deal
was made through Grabenhorst
Bros.
(Concluded on Page 5, Column 5)
Bevins Says Reds
Block A Control
London, Feb. 10 VP) British
Foreign Secretary Ernest Bev-
m said last night that "com
munist imperialism" is blocking
international control of atomic
energy. .
Bevin told a political meet
ing in southeast London that dis
agreement between Russia and
the five other powers on the
United Nations atomic energy
commission stemmed from So
viet refusal to permit effective
international inspection of her
atomic facilities.
The inspections would assure
that facilities were not used for
war purposes. Bevin reiterated
that Britain approves the Amer
ican plan for international at
omic control and inspections.
Bevin termed the Russian re
fusal a manifestation of "com
munist imperialism." which he
said is expansionist and seeks to
dominate the world and to con
trol it."
British policy, Bevin said, was
'to try to get international ag
reement." Britain, he contin
ued, is "ready to give open in
spection as to what we are do-
ng if every other country will
do the same."
The foreign secretary said this
was a "difficult" policy but that
he was "convinced that it will
win through in the end."
Berlin Trucks Again
Blocked by Russians
Berlin, Feb. 10 (P) Berlin's
truck traffic with western Ger
many suffered more delaying
tactics today by guards on the
Soviet zone frontier 100 miles
west of here.
This morning 95 Berlin-bound
trucks waited on one side of the
Russian highway barrier at
Hclmstedt, while 100 queued up
on the other side for permission
to leave eastern Germany.
Since midnight the frontier
guards had cleared seven to
eight trucks an hour going cast
and eight or nine an hour go
ing west.
It was a typical situation for
Berlin truckers not bad
enough to call a blockade
but
expensive and irritating.
Polio Victim Gives
Birth to Triplets
Long Branch, N. J., Feb. 10
(IP) Triplets were born today
to a woman undergoing daily
treatments for infantile paraly
sis effects.
The mother is Mis. Elizabeth
Warnke, wife of Dr. Fred W.
Warnke. The babies, all girls
and each weighing about three
pounds, were reported doing
fairly well. Mrs. Warnke's con
dition was described as good.
Dr. Robert Mackenzie deliv
ered the babies, by Caesearian
section about five minutes apart
in Monmouth Memorial hospital
Mrs. Warnke, who is in her
thirties, entered the hospital as
a polio patient last December 22.