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62nd Year, No. 63
Salem, Oregon, Wednesday, March 15, 1950
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Aid Promised to
Asia Countries
To Fight Reds
Acheson Outlines
Plan to Aid Non
Commie Nations
San Francisco, March 15 IP)
Secretary of State Acheson to
day promised Asia's non-communist
countries limited assistance
in their struggle to resist "Soviet-communist
imperialism" in
the Far East.
The assistance would cover
military, financial and technical
aid.
The secretary's speech bore
the approval of . President Tru
tjkn. Presidential Secretary Charles
G. Ross, with Mr. Truman
aboard the White House yacht
Williamsburg en route to Flori
da, radiotelephoned reporters
on an escort vessel that the
f president had read the Acheson
text in advance and "thinks it a
fine speech."
Aid Must Fit Cases
The limitations Acheson spe
cified are that "the aid we ex
tend must be of a kind approp
riate to the particular situation;
It must be fitted into the respon
sibilities of others, and it must
be within the prudent capabili
ties of our own resources."
At the same time Acheson said
the Chinese people will be head
ed for "grave trouble" if their
communist rulers lead them into
"aggressive or subversive adven
tures against neighboring coun
tries.
Declaring that the Reds may
use China as a base for new
' thrusts, Acheson said they would
violate the United Nations Char
ter and "would violate the peace
which the Charter was designed
to preserve."
(Concluded on Paee 5. Column 8)
Keamum
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Lrnm I nIH War
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Berlin, March 15 (IP) Russia
makes an annual profit of $500,
000,000 from the cold war in
Germany while the United States
loses at least $700,000,000, west
ern allied economists estimated
today. ,
The economists put it this
way:
Untrammeled by four-power
restrictions, the Soviet govern
ment takes its profit in the form
of current production from east
zone industries.
Labeled "Reparations," east
German heavy machinery, chem
icles, optical goods, electrical ap
paratus and other manufactures
flow steadily to the Soviet fron
tier.
In addition, the Kremlin phy
sically owns.30 per cent of east
German factories as Soviet stock
companies.
By contrast, the United States
has pumped as much as $1,000,
000,000 dollars a year into west
Germany as postwar relief and
recovery aid. Such American
expenditures during the current
year are expected to reach $700,-
000,000.
Storm Warnings Hoisted
Seattle, March 15 (IP) The
weather bureau hoisted small
craft warnings at 8:30 a. m. to
day at all Washington stations
X and on the Orecon coast, smith
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Strapless Gown
Corsage Tricks
For the Gals
Cleveland, March 15 (P)
New help for the poor gals
trying to wear corsages on
strapless evening gowns was
promised today.
Since the dresses don't have
straps, the problem has been
where to pin the flowers.
Two answers were given
yesterday at the Cleveland
lone convention of the Flor
ists Telegraph Delivery asso
ciation. William Guy. a flower de
signer from Tamaqua, Pa.,
suggested a single flower in a
medallion hung around the
neck by silver cord.
A more elaborate proposal
came from Mrs Tommy
Bright, a Chicago Instructor
on floral arrangements. She
outlined a corsage with a built
In wire arrangement that
would allow flowers to be
hung on the dress. '
The padded wire would
keep the corsage's weight
from being concentrated in
one spot and so prevent the
gown from sagging
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Poland Quits
World Bank
Washington, March 15 Ifl
Poland withdrew from the world
bank today with an angry charge
that the 48-nation institution is
under the thumb of the United
States and "its imperialist poli
cy." It also pulled out of the in
ternational monetary fund.
In a communication to the
bank, the communist-dominated
Polish government cited the re
fusal of the bank to grant it a
$200,000,000 loan. It said the
reason was Poland's rejection of
"the so-called Marshall plan
which had as its aim the subor
dination of Europe to the Unit
ed States and the rebuilding of
the war potential of Germany."
Camille G u 1 1 , managing di
rector of the international mone
tary fund, announced' Poland's
withdrawal from membership in
it. He did not make public the
letter of resignation but presum
ably it was along the same tenor
as that given the bank.
The bank announced the Pol
ish letter had been referred to
its board of directors and that a
reply would be made "in due
course." It made no further
comment.
Poland's withdrawal from the
two institutions marked the end
of one more of the formal tics
between western nations and the
countries behind' the Soviet
Iron Curtain."
A spokesman for the Czech
embassy indicated his govern
ment might follow Poland's ex
ample and resign too
Must Be Ready for
War Says Matthews
Brookline, Mass., March 15 Wi
Secretary of the Navy Francis
P. Matthews says "we must be
ready for war" because "our
peacetime attitude will no long
er serve our nation's needs."
Speaking at the annual veter
ans night of the Brotherhood of
Temple Ohabei Shalom last
night, Matthews said:
'Successful world conquest
under the banner of atheistic
communism must never be per
mitted to happen. Yet, it cannot
be prevented by mere wishful
thinking.
Communism recognizes but
one restraining influence to halt
its progress. That is the might of
military power."
18-Year Olds Must Still
Register, HersheySays
"I doubt that the draft will be continued, but registration of the
18-year-olds will go on."
These were the words of the man who has charge of selective
service for the United States, Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, as he
took a brief look at Salem when his train stopped here Wednes
day morning.
The general, returning from
a selective service conference at
the Presidio of San Francisco be
lieves that the Vincent bill will
provide for registration and
classification, but there will be
no induction of men without the
authority of congress.
A warning, however, was
given to the 18-year-olds by
Gen. Hershey, who said that
some of them were neglecting to
register. He reminded that these
young men still must register
and probably would continue to
have to register under any new
law. - i
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Viking Sendoff Ardent student fans led by the Salem high
yell squad turned out Tuesday togive the Viking basketball
team a sendoff as they left for Eugene and the annual class
A high school tournament. The outdoor pep rally was staged
at the school bus lot, and the SHS band added to the pro
gram. Above, Kent Meyers, yell leader, is using a megaphone
from an improvised platform.
Salem Vikings Defeat
Scappoose 48 to 42
By DAVE SANDERSON
University of Oregon, Eugene, March 15 (Special) Salem high
school's Viking quint decisioned Scappoose high, 48 to 42 before
2314 cash customers Wednesday forenoon, thereby gaining a quar
ter final spot against Jefferson at 4:15 Thursday afternoon, in
the Class A basketball tournament.
Red Reminder
Of Red Ink Ruin
Washington, March 15 W)
Two New York house republi
cans dipped into the red (ink)
today to dramatize their oppo
sition to deficit spending by the
government.
Reps. Cole and Kilburn said
they will sign all their letters in
red until the government starts
living within its income.
A stamped explanation accom
panies each signature. It reads:
This letter is signed in red to
remind you and me that our gov
ernment spends more than it
gets. It must end, else we face
national ruin."
Two Bombers
Crash; 11 Killed
Belhesda, Wales, March 15 U.B
Two Royal Air Force four-en-gined
bombers crashed on train
ing flights over Britain today,
killing 11 crewmen.
One man escaped alive from
the two disasters.
One of the bombers crashed
2,000 feet up on the slopes of
Carnedd Llewellyn, one of the
highest peaks in Wales.
The air ministry said all six
men aboard perished. Their
bodies were recovered by an
RAF mountain rescue unit.
The other crash occurred dur
ing a landing at Hemswell, near
Lincoln, shortly before dawn.
Five air force men were killed
and one man escaped with in
juries. The Wales crash occurred 150
miles north of Llandow, where
80 persons were killed in the
crash of a chartered Tudor air
liner Sunday.
Asked what the importance of
state capitals would be if the
draft were revived Gen. Her-
shey's comment was that it
would be the same as before.
The general, accompanied by
Oregon's selective service direc
tor, Maj. Gen. Thomas E. Rilea,
was Portland bound aboard the
"Cascade." In Portland he is to
inspect the Oregon selective serv
ice office and today is having a
conference with the military
staff of the Oregon selective
service office. A dinner at the
Multnomah hotel tonight is to
honor the visitor.
Earlier in the forenoon Jef
farson had eliminated Dallas
from the championship bracket,
51 to 34. Dallas will play Scap
poose at 9:45 Thursday morning
in the consolation portion of the
annual classic.
Led by Doug Rogers, who tal
lied 15 points during the contest,
Salem gained a 6-0 early lead
only to have Scappoose cut the
margin to a 12-9 basis at the
quarter. The Indians narrowed
the gap to 12-11 as the second
heat opened but that was the
closest they got.
The Vikings held a 24-18 half
time bulge and then pulled away
to a 33-20 advantage midway
of the third quarter. At the
start of the fourth period it
was Salem 40, Scappoose 28.
When the three minute rule
became effective Coach Harold
Hauk's boys were out in front
33 to 37. Scappoose then tallied
three points while holding the
Vikings scoreless. With the
score board reading 44 to 40 in
favor of Salem, David Girod
connected with 2 foul shots and
a tip-in of one of his own shots.
Don Heller hit a field goal for
the losers at the gun.
Layton Gilson was a power
house in the rebound department
during the first half and Wayne
Walling controlled the back
board after the intermission.
Rogers and Alva Brown, tied for
individual scoring honors, each
with 15 points. Most of Brown's
points were the result of re
bounds or swing shots from the
foul circle.
(Concluded on Page 5, Column 1)
Selective Service
Held Insurance
Portland, March 15 "Selec
tive service is actually insurance
for this nation," Maj Gen. Lewis
B. Hershey, U.S. director of se
lective service, told a press con
ference here today.
Hershey commented that he
expected selective service to be
extended for another three years,
but with congress having tr.e au
thority to induct men It was in
the house that he expected dif
ficulty in getting any other type
of a bill approved.
The general pointed to the
need for continuance of some
kind of selective service, noting
that now they could produce
men in quantities within 60 days,
while the last war it was 25
months after the bill was pass
ed .that they were getting men
in any numbers. If discontinued
entirely, he noted that it would
require from four to eight
months to set up the organiza
tion and cost taxpayers millions,
as well as cost tens of thous
ands of lives.
Hershey expressed the opin
ion that in the case of another
war everybody would be utiliz
ed and placed in the job that
they were fitted to do, noting
that he preferred that the issue
of age not come into it.
Brannan Urges
His Farm Plan
Washington, March 15 (IP)
Secretary of Agriculture Bran
nan urged congress again tod.ay
to apply the Brannan farm plan
with its "production payments"
provision to the 1951 Irish potato
crop.
The secretary indicated to a
senate agriculture subcommittee
that he figures it will be cheaper
As an example, he estimated
the current huge potato surplus
would have cost the government
"between 25 or 35 million dol
lars" under the Brannan plan.
Under present price supports the
cost will run "between 80 and
100 million dollars," he said.
The secretary was called to
give his views on measures to
clamp rigid controls on potato
crops in 1951 and . following
years. He has complained he
now lacks authority to set up
effective controls by the bushel
and bag.
Details of a marketing quota
system for potatoes are being
worked out in legislation separ
ate from a compromise farm bill
worked out by a senate-house
conference committee. This
measure is expected to get
prompt senate and house ap
proval and may be on President
Truman's desk by the week-end.
Miner Buried
In Earth Slide
Grants Pass, March 15 (IP) A
placer miner was buried alive
yesterday by earth loosened in a
dynamite blast near Galicc.
Relatives flying here on word
of his death were shaken but
unhurt when their Diane crash-
landed on an auto-lighted field
Coroner Virgil Hull reported
John Henry Brunswick, 50,
Hillsboro, was buried under
four feet of earth. His body was
discovered when Wesley and
Earl Pieren, who had set off the
blast, began working the loosen
ed soil.
En route here in the airplane
from Hillsboro were Pilot Ruth
Wikender, Mrs. Brunswick, the
widow, Mr. and Mrs. Neal
Brunswick and Paul Brunswick
The airport here is not equipp
ed for night landing and auto
mobiles had been lined along the
strip, the headlights flashed on
the runway. The plane pancaked
down in a hard landing and the
undercarriage collapsed.
Wreck Injures Two Hospitalized at Dallas after the collision of their two automobiles near
Dallas Tuesday are Mrs. George McPhcrson, Lebanon route 2, whose car is shown at the left,
and Thomas J. Wilson, Redwood City, Calif., driver of the convertible. Wilson, an ex-service
man returning from leave to Tacoma, was accompanied by two other soldiers, neither of
whom was injured. ( Photo Nby Abel)
Petition Asks
Crossings Over
Front Street
Grade Separations
For Marion, Center
Streets Proposed
By JAMES D. OLSON
Application for authority to
construct grade crossings over
Water street at Marion and Cen
tcr streets was formally reques
ted by the state highway com
mission in a petition filed Wed
nesday with George Flagg, pub
lie utilities commissioner.
The grade crossings are pro
posed in connection with the
new Marion street bridge and
reconstruction of the Center
street bridge.
Copies of the petition must
must be submitted to the South
ern Pacific and Oregon Electric
railroads, with 20 days allowed
for the railroads to file any ob
jections to the proposal.
Public Hearing Required
A public hearing, required by
law, will be held, but this hear
ing cannot be dated until 10 days
after the railroad's answers have
been filed, David Don, public
utilities engineer said.
In its petition, the highway
commission sets out that under
the so-called Baldock plan for
traffic relief in Salem, it is pro
posed to construct a new bridge
at Marion street and reconstruct
the present Center street bridge.
The new bridge will carry west
bound traffic and the Center
street bridge east bound traf
fie.
(Continued on fage 3. Column 3)
Milder Weather
Comes to East '
IBr the Associated Pre&s)
Temperatures headed toward
normal levels over most of the
chilly sections in the eastern half
of the country today.
Cold weather lingered in parts
of the north central region. The
mercury dipped to eight below
zero nt International Falls,
Minn. The chilly line extended
eastward to the South Atlantic
coast but some warming appear
ed in prospect.
Warmer weather was report
ed from Texas northward to
southern Montana and readings
from the Rockies to the Pacific
coast were around normal.
Light rain fcl lin parts of
Texas and Oklahoma and snow
flurries were reported near the
lower Great Lakes region and
in northern Idaho and western
Montana. Skies were clear over
most of the rest of the country.
Coal Strike Over But
Prices Going Upward
Pittsburgh, March 15 (IP)
The soft coal strike may be ov
er, but its effects keep cropping
up. Soft coal prices today are
an average of 25 cents a ton
higher. ,
Hard coal prices also went -up
in some instances as much as
75 cents a ton. The coal oper
ators say increased costs are re
sponsible. The pattern was set for the
soft coal industry yesterday by
its biggest producer the Pitts
burgh Consolidation Coal com
pany. It hiked its wholesale
prices 10 to 25 cents a ton.
George H. Love, president of
the firm, said the increases re
flect "part of the increased la
bor costs in the mining of coal."
Salem Bus Report
Given City Council
After Long Study
By STEPHEN A. STONE
Abandonment of the downtown terminal of City Transit Lines
at North Commercial and Court is one of the recommendations to
the city council by the special citizens' transportation committee,
headed by Mai B. Rudd.
Others include continuous service instead of the terminal.
schedules better adapted to pub--
lic convenience, some rate re-
visions, route revisions, and
adequate service for outlying
districts or no invasion at all of
of suburban areas. The report
strikes at absentee management.
Members of the city council
have received the report. Mayor
Robert L. Elfstrom, who ap
pointed the committee, com
mended it today for its serious
work on the bus transportation
problem. Members of the com
mittee are Mai B. Rudd, chair
man, Fred Gahlsdorf, Mrs.
Ralph Moody, David Cameron,
and Mrs. Mona Yoder.
Study Runs Four Months
The committee has been work
ing four months, and says its
principal aim "is to present find
ings and recommendations for
improvements of the bus trans
portation of Salem and its con
tiguous area to adequately meet
the public need without impos
ing undue burdens on a carrier,
so that a transportation system
will function for the benefit of
the public with reasonable profit
to the carrier.
Findings and recommenda
lions in the report are summar
ized below:
1. The present terminal at
North Commercial and Court
downtown should be abandoned,
and a continuous service system
developed and operated. To re
ciprocate this change, each bus
route should have a terminal
point at the end of the route for
improving timing of schedules.
This, it is held, would "relieve
downtown congestion of both ve
hides and passengers. Further!
improvement . . . would nat
urally result from continuous
service stops at each corner in
the downtown area. , . ,"
(Concluded on Page 5, Column 6)
Russian Spy to
Sail Monday
New York, March 15 (IP)
Convicted spy Valentin A. Gub
itchev today notified Federal
Judge Sylvester J. Ryan that
he will sail for Russia on Mon
day. Gubitchev's attorney, Abra
ham L. Pomerantz, informed
Judge Ryan of the jailed Rus
sian engineer's decision.
Pomerantz' statement was a
reversal of his action yesterday
when he refused to drop the op
peal of Gubitchev's conviction.
U. S. Attorney Irving H. Say
pol had insisted that Gubitchev
waive all right of appeal of a
15-year prison sentence which
was to be suspended on the con
dition Gubitchev go back to
Russia "never to return."
Pomerantz, accompanied to
court by the third secretary of
the Russian embassy, Yuri Novi
kov, told Judge Ryan that Gub
itchev would not appeal the
"judgment of rc-scntence."
Pomerantz said he had re
ceived authorization from Gub
itchev to accept the condition of
no appeal, adding, "He proposes
to accept this new condition and
to sail for the Soviet Union on
March 20, 1950.
Baby Sitter
Shot by Youth
St. Joseph, Mo., March 15 iP)
A 15-year-old girl, taking
care of six small children, was
shot to death last night in front
of one of the children.
Chief of Detectives Verner
Starmer said 23-year-old Clar
ence C. Speer, Jr., readily admit
ted shooting baby sitter Caryle
Roberta Johnson.
The shooting followed an argu
ment over whether the girl
should accompany Speer to a
movie or serve as a baby sitter.
Starmer quoted Speer as say
ing:
"I thought I might scare her.
But I blew my top and pulled
the trigger. I kept pulling the
trigger until I heard it click on
an empty shell. She was sitting
on the lounge when I fired and
I was standing up.
The shooting occurred in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Speer. Mr. and Mrs. Speer were
in Kansas City where one of
their triplets is critically ill.
Clarence Speer is a nchew of Ed
ward Speer, Starmer reported.
U. S. Ships to
Visit Indochina
Saigon, Indochina, March 15
(IP) Warships and carrier planes
of the U. S. Seventh fleet will
visit Indochina tomorrow. This
is considered a declaration of
American interest in southeast
Asia and a gesture of support for
the new French sponsored state
of Vietnam.
American official quarters
said this naval demonstration
will serve a warning to Russia
and communist China of the Un
ited States concern over the fut
ure of southeast Asia, and will
case somewhat Vietnamese con
cern over the presense of Chinese
communist armies on Vietnam's
northern frontier.
The naval visit is intended to
bolster the "face" of Bao Dai's
Vietnamese government in its
struggle to attract nationalist
supporters away from the com
munist led Vietnam forces.
An American mission to sur
vey the economic needs of south
east Asia which arrived here on
March sixth also worked in this
direction. The mission, headed
by R. A. Griffin, California pub-
nsner, plans to telegraph i t s
recommendations on Indochina
to Washington tomorrow.
Salmon Trolling Begins
Astoria, Ore., March 15 (IV)
The ocean trolling season for
Chinook salmon opened at noon
today, and will run until Oct.
31.
The season is identical alone
the Pacific coast, with trolling
permitted outside the three mile
limit. This is the second year
that seasons have been set for
offshore Chinook fishing.
Midnight Deadline
To Mail Returns
On Income Taxes
Federal income tax reports
mailed prior to midnight at
the Salem post office will bear
cancellation dates of March 15
and hence will come under
the deadline prescribed by
law, Postmaster Albert C.
Gragg announces.
The post office lobby will be
open as usual until midnight
when the doors will be locked.
Alall will be picked up from
the receptacles at the stroke
of 12.
After midnight no attention
will be paid to late comers
who rattle the doorknobs to
the rear entrance in an effort
to beat the penalty for late re
turns, states the postmaster.
The income tax office at the
Chamber of Commerce will be
open until midnight.