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62nd Year, No. 36
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matter at Salem, Oregon
Salem, Oregon, Saturday, February 11, 1950
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JULCUJL
Morse Asserts
U S Budget Can
Be Balanced
Senator Tells Hopmen
Of 3 Ways to Cut
Federal Expenses
By JAMES D. OLSON
. The national budget, now more
than $5 billion in the red,
should be balanced now and can
be balanced now, western hop
men were told Saturday by Sen
ator Wayne L. Morse, of Ore
gon, speaking at the closing ses
sipa of the hop growers conven
HVi here.
The senator than proceeded to
cite three proposals through
which the budget could be
brought back into balance.
First, the adoption of recom
mendations of the Hoover com
mission, estimated to save- up
wards of $3 billions; second,
adoption of the tax reforms re
commended by the committee on
economic development, which
he said would save another bil
lion dollars, and third, elimina
tion of waste in the military es
tablishment, which would trim
another $2 billions from the
budget.
Spending Worries People
"Wherever I go in this coun
try" he said, "the No. 1 domes
tic issue presented by people in
all walks of life is where are
we going economically."
"People ask me how long can
these federal spending trends
go on without wrecking our na
tional economy."
The junior senator declared
that economy in government
could not be attained by plati
tudes nor by speeches, but must
result from votes on specific
legislation."
Attention was called by the
senator in the difference between
administrative expense, which
could be trimmed materially
and capital investments which
bring full return to the treasury.
N. W. Power Projects
i "We in the northwest are al-
) ready victims of eliminations of
certain flood control and pow
er projects from the Columbia
river basin plan" Morse' said,.
; "I will do all within my pow
er to see that these projects are
restored" he said, "because they
are in the category of capital in
vestments designed for the bene
fit of not only the northwest,
but the entire nation, as well,"
Morse declared that tax in
equalities should ' be removed
and flatly declared that excess
ive taxes that are restricting ex
pansion of business should be
eliminated,
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Air Warnings
To Be Activated
Gov. Douglas McKay today
ordered activation of Oregon's
wartime ground observation and
air raid warning services in
compliance with instructions re
ceived from Secretary of De
fense Louis Johnson.
The order followed a two-hour
conference between Gov. Mc
Kay and the members of the
Oregon state civil defense ag
ency who expressed hope that
r-ganization of the two serv
..es could be completed within
60 days.
. Louis E. Starr of Portland,
aeency director and past nation
al commander of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars, estimated that
6,000 men and women would be
needed at the outset to staff the
two operations. He said 300 ob
servation posts will be establish
ed throughout the state. The
first of the units will be set up
along Oregon's northern boun
dary. "We have decided that the
soundest policy would be to
start our organizational efforts
in the north and work toward
the south," Starr said.
Gov. McKay said he wanted
to emphasize that his announce
ment of the activation plans
"should most decidedly not be
grounds for public hysteria.'
.Lie Denies Charges
Hurled by Russia
Lake Success, Feb. 11 UP) A
spokesman for U.N. Secretary
General Trygve Lie has denied
Russian charges that the FBI
is using certain U.N. officials to
obtain information.
The charges were made by
Soviet delegate Jakob A. Malik,
who implied in a letter to Lie
.that assistant U.N. Secretary
. General Byron Price war-time
chief U. S. censor, was one of
the FBI sources. '
Pinson Listed
Badly Wanted
Bank Bandit
False Tip That Escap
ed Con Was in Salem
Alerts Local Police
By DOUGLAS THOMAS
A tipster's information to the
effect that John Omar Pinson
Oregon's escaped convict listed
by the. FBI as one of the nation's
most wanted men was in Salem
kept lawmen on the alert Satur
day.
Officers were alerted Friday
night when a desk sergeant re
ceived the information by tele
phone. Police Chief Clyde A.
Warren was immediately inform
ed and he took over general di
rection of the hunt.
State police were called in on
the case, and guards on duty at
the state penitentiary were alert
ed and some of them were de-
;ailed to join Salem police. The
FBI was also advised of the
case.
The vague tip indicated that
Pinson was either in the city or
due to arrive at a residence in
the northern section of the city.
Trap Set for Fugitive
Immediately, a trap was set
for the fugitive who slipped
away from the state penitentiary
last Memorial day with William
Benson under a hail of bullets
from the revolver of a wall
guard.
(Concluded on Pa (re 5, Column 3)
$30,000 Store
Capitol Center
A permit was issued Friday
for the Shryock Men's Wear
store that is to go up in the
Capitol Shopping center. The
permit was issued to Pacific
Mutual Life Insurance company
at $30,000.
It will be a one-story build
ing with dimensions of 20 by
125 feet.
Permits were issued Saturday
to A. G. Hamilton for four dwell
ing houses on Sedona avenue at
street numbers 2740, 2750, 2785
and 2795. They will cost $7000
each, a total of $28,000.
Other permits:
R. J. Becker & Son, to, build
one-story dwelling and gar
age at 1260 North 25th, $7400.
F. M. -North, to build a Hi
story dwelling at 1245 North
24th, $7500. Wallace H. Bone-
steele, to wreck a two-story can
nery building at 305 South High,
$50. William T. J. Foster, to
build a one-story dwelling and
garage at 1925 North 18th, $7,-
500. E. E. Pettit, to build a one-
story dwelling and garage at
1865 Reservoir, $11,700. Mary
Hamre, to alter a three-story
apartment house at 640 South
Capitol, $300. John O. Saver,
to alter a one-story dwelling and
garage at 1268 North Fourth,
$1500. R. K. McVav, to build a
garage at 1865 Walker, $1000.
Peter Schweigert, to build a one
story dwelling and garage at
940 South 24th, $7,000. South
ern Pacific company, to alter
passenger station at 12th and
Oak, $850. D B. Maxfield and
Fred Booth, to build an office
building at 2225 Fairgrounds,
$700. N. E. Shaw, to alter a
one-story dwelling at 785 Gehl
har road, $250.
10 Airmen Rescued
From Yukon
Whitehorse, Y. T., Feb. 11 UP)
airmen who crashed-landed on a
top four days ago was all but complete today. Nine were brought
here last night. The tenth was
The crash survivors had spent
zero cold after their U. S. air
force C-47 struck the 7,000 foot
mountain 60 miles northwest of
here last Tuesday.
Their plane met disaster while
engaged in the giant aerial
search for a USAF C-54 which
disappeared January 26 with 44
persons aboard.
Five men of a para-rescue
team, who made a pinpoint drop
onto the peak Thursday, aided
the 10 fliers from the C-47 down
the steep, rugged slope yester
day. Three of the survivors were
injured.
At the mountain's base they
were met by a Canadian and
U. S. rescue party which had
forged 60 miles through the
wastes from Whitehorse, lining
three of four "weasel" snow trac
tors en route.
A short time later a USAF
rescue helicopter piloted by Lt
I Frank Alden, Boston, Mass., put
Sucked to Death
From Airliner
New York, Feb. 11 UP) A
crewman was sucked tnrougn
the open door of a giant airliner
early today as the plane winged
its way through darkness 8,000
feet over Long Island.
A search was begun for his
body.
Airline spokesman said a
powerful air draft tugged John
Harris, 28-year-o 1 d steward,
through an accidentally open
door of the pressurized main
passenger compartment.
The plane, a Pan American
World Airways Transocean
stratocruiser, . was flying at
about 200 miles an hour when
the door flew open, and Harris
was swept out into space.
"I felt a sudden gust of
wind," said Mrs. Anna Karjicek,
a passenger. "The steward was
standing near the door. Just like
a flash, the wind blew him out."
"A long gasp or cry," follow
ed, she said.
Other) crewmen hurried into
the passenger compartment to
try to close the door, but were
unable to do so because of the
powerful wind pressure.
Mrs. Krajicek, 57, of St.
James, a Long Island, N.Y,
town, said that a few moments
before the accident, Harris had
been reassuring an aged woman
passenger, and had told her:
"We'll soon be landing, and
I'll take care of everything for
you. You've got nothing to
worry about."
Held to Plane
And Saved Sell
St. Petersburg, Fla., Feb. 11
(P) A crewman was swept from
an Eastern Air liner flying at
2000 feet over Tampa bay to
day. He grabbed the plane as he
went through the door and held
on until the big ship landed.
Marc Fisher-Galati, a flight
attendant, was rushed to a hos
pital and given a sedative for
shock. Back to his plane he went
15 minutes later and resumed
his flight.
Fisher-Galati, who's 28, grabb
ed for a door which flew open
and was sucked out. As he went
by the door opening his right
leg latched about a post used in
operation of the plane s steps;
The lone passenger on the DC-
3 tried to help but couldn't and
sounded an alarm. Co-Pilot J. S,
W. Davis held on to a leg of the
clinging Fisher-Galati, who was
a wartime paratrooper.
Wreckage
A daring, dogged rescue of 10
barren, snowly Yukon mountain-
to be flown in after daybreak.
three days and nights in sub
down In a small, nearby clear
ing.
Making shuttle flights to Pon
lake, 15 miles away, Alden was
able to remove five Americans
and four Canadians of the C-47
operational and Spotter Crew be
fore darkness fell.
The remaining man, of the
Princess Patricia's Canadian
light infantry, was left at the
mountain base camp and will
be picked up by the helicopter
today.
From Pon lake, the nine men
were loaded Into a C-47 transport
and ferried the 45 miles here
ine one stretcher case was
MSgt. C. R. Dunne, 30, Los An
geles, Calif., whose left leg was
fractured in several places
when a propellor slashed through
the fuselage during the crash
landing.
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Cider and Scrolls Feature Lincoln Rally Hundred assem
bled at the cider bar following the Lincoln Anniversary rally
held in the armory Friday evening. Refreshments were drawn
from a huge cider barrel by -women dressed in fashions of the
1860s. Lower: Others like little Anna Barney received a
scroll bearing a portrait of Lincoln from Mrs. Don Madison.
Riley Pleads Return
To Lincoln Principles
By MARIAN LCWRY FISCHER "".
"Government can perish here,
here if we continue to sink into the depths of the abyss of spend
in 2. debt, waste and tax burdens," declared Frank Branch Riley
noted Portland lecturer, in addressing the Marion county Lincoln
birthday anniversary rally Friday night in the armory.
Red Embargo
On Berlin Scrap
Berlin, Feb. 11 VP) The west
ern powers accused Russia to
day of imposing an embargo on
shipments of scrap metal from
Berlin to Western Germany..
A letter from the three west
ern allied commandants of Ber
lin told Maj. Gen. Alexander
Kotikov, chief Soviet officer
here, that the Soviet-directed
reichsbahn (railway on Jan. 21
had forbidden all scrap ship
ments" by rail except those to
eastern European countries.
"We are not prepared to ac
cept this situation," the letter
said, adding that the comman
dants expect "that shipments" of
scrap metal, duly authorized by
the proper authorities, will con
tinue as before to - have free
passage to western Germany."
It was the second allied pro
test within a month against con
fiscation of Berlin scrap bound
for West Germany.
An earlier complaint against
impounding of 11 truckloads of
scrap brought a flat rejection
from Kotikov. He said the ma
terial had been "stolen" from
enterprises in East Germany,
The allied letter sent yester
day termed the latest Soviet ac
tion a "clear violation" of the
Paris agreement of June, 1949,
ending the Russians' major
blockade of Berlin.
Khaki and Blue
Worn by Pilgrims
Rome, Feb. 11 VP) The great
est number of Rome's Holy Year
pilgrims so far have come wear
ing khaki and blue.
Between 1500 and 2000 Ame
rican soldiers and sailors on
furlough from European occu
pation areas and ports have vis
ited the eternal city since the
Vatican opened its year of pil
grimages on Christmas eve. Al
most all of them have had audi
ences with the pope whether
they were Catholic or not.
The main flow of organized
American church pilgrimages,
however, is expected to begin
March 1. New York's Cardinal
Spellman then will lead one of
the first large groups, an esti
mated 800 Catholics.
may perish here and will perish
Referring to the "spending
program" as "devised by dream
ers and theorists," the speaker
made a plea that we return to
the principles and ideals of Abra
ham Lincoln, to the basis where
thrift, self-help and hard work
mean something to us.
This government came about
because we were getting away
from tryanny, he said, adding
Let us be careful not to go back
to a tyranny. Freedom is some
thing that has to be fought for
and won over again and again."
The earlier part of his talk,
was given over to a recital of the
events in the life of Lincoln, the
speaker's presentation being like
the reading of a poem as he re
viewed events in the Great
Emancipator's life from the
time of his birth to his tragic
death at the hands of an assas
sin. Many of the speaker's com
ments came from much research
and study of the life of Lincoln
and from pilgrimages made to
Lincoln shrines.
More than 500 attended the
rally. The program zipped and
snapped right along, starling
promptly at 8 o'clocn and being
completed by 9:15 o'clock. Edith
Fairham Gunnar led the singing
of the Star Spangled Banner
Elliott Motschenbacher of Wil
lamette university recited the
Gettysburg address. The audi
torium lights were turned off.
only a spotlight illuminating the
nuge picture ot Lincoln over
the platform as Motschenbacher
gave the reading. Before the
lights were turned on again, a
recording of "The Battle Hymn
of the Republic" was played.
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Hopmen Enjoy Banquet Feed Left to right: State Senator Dean Walker, Independence,
Mrs. Walker; Mrs.. Robert Maguire, Robert F. Maguire, principal speaker; Walter Leth, Mon
mouth, toastmaster, Mrs. Leth; B. F. Kennedy, Polk county rancher and Mrs. Kennedy.
Truman Gets 10-Day Court
Order to Stop Coal Strike
Gunmen Fire on
British Chief of
Secret Service
London, Feb. 11 UP) Gunmen
fired two shots from a moving
car today at the director of Brit
ish naval intelligence.
Their target, Rear Admiral
Eric Longley-Cook, was unhurt
and chased his attackers nine!
miles in his own automobile be
fore losing them on the outskirts
of London.
The attack came as Britain,
shocked by the atomic spying
case of Klaus Fuchs, touched off
one of the greatest counter-espionage
and security checkups
since the start of World War I.
Fuchs, a German-born scient
ist, confessed to giving valuable
atomic secrets to Russia for a
seven-year period, a court pros
ecutor said. He is being held
for trial on charges of violating
the official secrets act.
Follows Fuchs' Arrest
Various branches of the mili
tary intelligence took part in
the investigations which led to
the arrest of Fuchs. A spokes
man for Prime Minister Attlee
said he could not speculate whe
ther Longley-Cook had played
any role in such investigations.
(Concluded on Page 5, Column 6)
Fuchs' Trial Set
February 28
London, Feb. 11 UP) The ar
rest of atomic scientist Klaus
Fuchs was reported today to
have intensified one of the great
est counter-espionage and secur
ity checkups in Great Britain's
history.
Fuchs, Britain's top ranking
atomic expert, was committed
yesterday by a London magis
trate to trial in the Feb. 28 high
court session after a crown pros
ecutor said the scientist confess
ed he gave American and Brit
ish atomic secrets to Russia.
The nation's famed security
services, Scotland Yard and
military intelligence's MI-5
branch, were silent as always
about the checkup under way
but informed sources said agents
were investigating the past of
everyone connected with atomic
research in Britain.
The inquiries covered not only
the highest ranking scientists,
but even menial workers such
as scrubwomen at Harwell, the
nation's atomic research center
50 miles west of London.
The re-check appears to have
been started well before Fuchs,
the top theoretical physicist at
Harwell, was arrested last Fri
day.
No one beneath the highest le
vels of the government knows
even the approximate number
of persons engaged in atomic re
search work in Britain, but the
figure must range into the thou
sands, including secretarial and
maintenance workers.
22 Killed in Bus Crash
Tokyo, Feb. 11 UP) Kyodo
News agency reported today 22
persons died today in an over
crowded bus that skidded and
plunged into a pond.
The accident occurred near
Kumamoto on the southern Jap
anese island of Kypshu.
All survivors among the 62
aboard were injured. The bus
had a normal capacity of 35
persons.
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Bessie Kayser, Salem busi
ness woman who Is being en
couraged to run for mayor.
Woman May
Run for Mayor
Here's the newest Salem po
litical sensation. And friends of
the subject say it promises to
be a good deal more than a sen
sation. Mrs. Bessie Kaysor may be
come a candidate for mayor. If
she does she will be the first
woman ever to go out for that
office.
Mrs. Kayser is manager of the
store of Heider Radio Service
428 Court street, and has been
for 14 years. She is active in
the Salem Credit association and
its affiliate, the Credit Women's
Breakfast club, in which she
has held high district offices
and has been active in the na
tional organization.
In the district breakfast club
Mrs. Kayser has served as pres
ident, vice president, treasurer,
historian, and finance secretary.
She has been president of the
Salem club. She is a past presi
dent of the Business and Profes
sional Women's club.
(Concluded on Page 5, Column 4)
Russia Aiding
Vietnam Rebels
Taipei, Formosa, Feb. 11 UP)
Nationalist China today charged
the Chinese communists have
agreed to send heavy troop sup
port to Moscow-trained Ho Chi-
Minh's Vietnam rebels in Indo
china.
The Nationalist defense minis
try said the decision was made at
a secret conference in Canton
Date of the alleged meeting was
not mentioned.
The ministry asserted Liu
Shao-Chi, acting Chinese Red
leader while Mao Tze-Tung is in
Moscow negotiating a treaty
with Russia, presided at the Can
ton meeting. Liu is considered
one of the most pro-Russian Chi
nese communists.
There is no way of telling
whether the ministry's charges
are based on fact or are being
circulated for propaganda pur
poses. The ministry said its in
formation came from trustwor-l
thy intelligence sources.
The ministry also asserted:
Chinese communist troops al
ready are fighting in Indochina
with Ho's forces against the
French and troops of French
supported Bao Dai's rival Viet
nam state. Chinese Red troops
are participating in a current Ho
assault on Langson about 10
miles from the Chinese frontier.
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Hearing Set
For Injunction
On February 20
Washington, Feb. 11 UP) .
President Truman got a 10-day
court order to stop the coal
strike today and a hearing on
turning it into an 80-day Taft
Hartley Injunction was set for
Feb. 20.
Federal Judge Richmond B.
Keech signed the order in a lit
tle less than an hour after a
presidential fact-finding board
reported to Mr. Truman that a
resumption of coal mining is
imperative.
The justice department acted
on an order from President Tru
man which declared that contin
uation of the work stoDDaee
"will imperil the national health
and safety."
Henry Hull, clerk of the court,
told reporters that a hearine on
a preliminary injunction more
lasting than the temporary re
straining order that was issued
immediately will be held by
Judge Keech Feb. 20.
Refusal Means Contempt
Should the miners refuse to
abide by the order, Lewis and
the union may again get into
contempt of court.
In 1946 and 1948, Lewis defied
back-to-work orders and paid
fines totaling $2,130,000
Lewis a week ago rejected a
last-ditch peace plan offered by
president Truman, and In so
doing hinted that the miners
might not work even during an
injunction or might work very
slowly.
(Concluded on Page g. Column 1)
Miners Refuse
Any Comment
Pittsburgh, Feb. 11 VP) Unit
ed Mine worker district leaders
tersely refused to comment to
day on the president's court or
der to end the coal strike but
rank and file members indicat
ed there will be no worK Mon
day.
'They can take all the money
in our treasury but that won't
mine coal," declared one digger
who declined use of his name.
He added:
"Regardless of whether John
L. Lewis says to work, the men
are not going back. They feel
they'll never get a contract if
they go back.
"The men figure they'll break
the UMW by going back to
work for 10 days or 80 days be
cause once they go back there
will be no chance to contract.
If they put John L. in jail.
we'll have a martyr and the men
will never go back to work."
John Busarello, president of
the UMW's Pittsburgh district
five, declared:
I have no comment to make
now and I will have no com
ment."
ToHellwith'Em'
Union Reaction
Pittsburgh, Feb. 11 UP) "to
hell with them. Let them (the
fact-finders) dig the coal."
A United Mine workers lead
er in West Virginia said today
that is the reaction of his men
to a federal court order to end
the nation-wide soft coal strike
Cecil Urbaniak, president of
UMW district 31 at Fairmount,
also told newsmen:
"I seriously doubt If our men
will work with any degree ot
success under these (injunctive)
conditions."
At Morgantown, W.Va., Ernest
Richards, president of UMW lo
cal 5650 at the Kelley Creek
mine, declared:
"I don't think the miners will
be forced back to work by the
Taft-Hartley law. I don't ima
gine they are going to push it
down the men's throats this
time."
His words were echoed by
diggers in the rich Pennsylva
nia fields upon receiving news
of President Truman's court ac
tion based on a report from his
coal fact finding board.
Berkey Drops Dead
Woodburn, Feb. 11 Floyd
Berkey, prominent Woodburn
business man, dropped dead of a
heart attack Saturday morning
at his home on Stark street. Fu
neral arrangements are la
charge ot Ringo.