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Capital THE WEATHER . FAIR AND CLEAR tonight, Sat urday. Low tonight, 54; high Saturday, 90. H M E EDITION 62nd Year, No. 172 Entered m aecood elui mattti at BaUm, Origoa Salem, Oregon, Friday, July 21, 1950 (18 Pages) Price 5c Non-Divisional Units of Guard Called to Duty Salem Units Come In Classification, No Orders Here Yet Washington, July 21 (P) The army announced today it is call ing "non-divisional" units of bojh the national guard and re serves to active duty. The announcement said that the army does not contemplate at this time calling units the lize of a division. The brief announcement said: "The department of the army is in the process of progressive ly calling non-divisional ele ments of both national guard and. reserves to active duty as the need arises and facilities for their reception and training can be provided. 30-Day Notice "For the immediate present it is not contemplated that units the size of a division will be called. Units will be alerted ap proximately 30 days prior to movement so as to give mem bers thereof time to arrange their personal affairs. , "In the meantime the army is asking for immediate voluntary active service of individual of ficers and men in certain grades and skills. "These individuals will be giv en up to 30 days to retfort." : The army declined to disclose the number of men involved. (Concluded on Page 5, Column 5) Marine Unit Alerted Here ' Salem's organized Marine mrm reserve unit has received a warning that the unit is sub ject to call for active duty as other Marine reserve units, but ;no order to report for active duty has been given. The inspector instructor here for the unit Thursday aitemoon received a copy of the order is sued by the commandant of the U. S. Marine corps in Washing ton wViirh stated: "This is a warning that se lected eround units, organized, Marine corps reserves, will be ordered to active duty on dates to be announced by this head- mmrtprs. "All personnel of the Marine corps reserves, ground, includ ing attached navy and women will be ordered to extended ac tive duty for an Indefinite pe riod in excess of 30 days. Units will be assigned to stations of initial deployment by separate directives to be issued by the Marine corps. "Movement to stations of in Mini rienlnvment will commence within 10 days after receipt of orders to active duty." In Quoting the dispatch the in spector-instructor pointed out that it stated that "selective gjound units" would be ordered to active duty ana tnai until nrriers were received it would not be definite when the Salem men would be called. Previous ly the Marine corps reserve unit here had been notified that sum mer training set for August 19 to September z at camp ren dleton, had been cancelled. Oakridge Once More Sans Police Chief ' Oakridge, Ore., July 21 (U.B Oakridge was without a police chief and a superintendent of streets and water today follow- ing resignations of police chief Fred Mailloux and Street Super intendent Vera Williams yester day. Both men will quit Aug. 1 Mailloux said he wanted to go into private business. He be came the sixth Oakridge Chief to leave the job by resignation, firing, or death in the last 18 months. The changes began In April 1949, when Mayor L. F. Ger spach fired Fred Lucas and ap pointed Williams as temporary chief. A former state police officer, Del Bates, took over as chief from Williams. However, Bates was asked to resign last September after a series of arguments with the city council. Clyde DubeU re placed Bates, but Dubell was shot to death March 19 by James Lloyd Thompson, who got a 10- year sentence for manslaughter. Dubell's assistant, Wallace "tRland, became acting chief un til April 8, when Mailloux was mrea from Junction city, ore, Armed Forces Seek 600,000 Men in a Hurry Limits' on Size of Services Lifted by Joint Committees Washington, July 21 (U.PJ The armed forces indicated to a fast moving congress today that they want at least 600,000 to 700,000 more men in a hurry. Their spokesmen did not give figures, except to say that the present legal limit of 2,005,000 will be well exceeded. It would take 550,000 to reach the limit. The military men testified be fore the senate and house armed services committees. After hear ing their brief explanations of the situation, the committees in rapid-fire order approved bills to remove the present 2,005,000 man limit on the size of the arm ed forces and to extend all ex piring enlistments for one year. Hurry-up Expansion' The military spokesmen said their mobilization plans call for: hurry-up expansion of the armed forces from the present 1,458,000 officers and men to well above 2,005,000. They said the air force may ask authority to draft some World War II combat veterans if It fails to get enough men from its reserves or through enlist ments. Most veterans are exempt from the draft under existing law. The two bills approved today were the manpower measures asked for by President Truman in his Korean crisis message to congress Wednesday. The house will vote on both next Tuesday. The senate sche dule was not disclosed immedi ately, but early action and pas sage seemed certain. (Conoluded on Page 5, Column 6 Firm Rescinds Price Increases Washington, July 21 m The Reynolds Metals company has informed the White House it has decided against putting into ef fect price increases contemplated for some time. R. S. Reynolds, Jr., president of the firm, in a telegram from Phoenix, Ariz., dated last night, assured President Truman that: "Our company pledges you its wholehearted support in your program." Mr. Truman has said that businessmen who let prices set out of hand will be helping the enemy. He said the government is keeping close watch for any profiteering. Presidential Secretary Charles G. Ross said "quite a number of industrial concerns have been pledging support." 'Anye meat packers heard from?" a reporter inquired. Ross said he couldn't recall any. Speaker Suffers Stroke Bonn, Germany, July 21 m Dr. Erich Koehler, speaker of the west German parliament, suffered an apoplectic stroke to day. The stroke reportedly left him speechless. A member of his party expressed doubt that Dr. Koehler would be able to resume his post as presiding officer of the bundestag, parliament's low er house. Attempts Reported To Bribe Officers By DOUGLAS THOMAS Hints of attempts to bribe Marion county deputy sheriffs to la nor e sambling in carnival concessions at the Santiam Bean Festival paved the way for the Wallace Sidener. . Sidener, accused of operating nromotinK a lottery. The arrest was made by deputies and by Stayton Chief of Police Larry Wright. Sheriff Denver Young ex plained that carnival officials had been warned that gambling would not be tolerated in the concessions. While the games were under scrutiny on the open ing day, gambling was carefully avoided. "Then we learned that one of the deputies had been told that it would be well worth his while to be somewhere else. The dep uty was also told that conces sionaries were familiar with paying off peace officers so there would be no trouble," the sheriff said. Immediately after the arrest, several men who had played the "hopper" gam gave their Ground Broken For Armory Here Ground was broken Thursday afternoon for Salem's new Ar my Reserve armory, which is to be located at the Naval Marine Corps reserve training center. Turning the first shovelful of dirt at the site was Col.. George Spaur, who commands the 369th engineers boat and shore regi ment Army Reserve and is state forester for Oregon. The firm of Smith and Nelson which W. M. Smith and Harold G. Nelson, both of whom are Army Reserve officers, are partners, began surveying oper ations Thursday. Friday after noon the heavy equipment was on the ground and had begun levelling operations at the site. A two-story building, the ar mory is to be 90 by 148 feet in size and of permanent masonry and steel. Smith and Nelson's bid was for $169,000. Security Ban Clamped On Washington, July 21 (U.PJ. -De- fense officials have clamped t tight security ban on informa tion involving overall mobiliza tion to keep the news out of ene my hands. So far, the ban has been ex tended to news of troop and ship movements, reserve calls, mate riel procurement and industrial speedups. No information is released on the movement of troops in west- ern Pacific areas, and the navy restricts information on ship movements west of Honolulu. The services also refuse to announce the number of reserv ists called to active duty, the areas they come from, or the dates they enter service, The navy has instructed its yards and bases to release no information about demothball ing of ships. The air force has authorized project officers at each aircraft plant to take all steps necessary to protect plant security. A defense official said infor mation made public on materiel procurement or industrial speed ups will be kept to a bare mini mum. Industrial mobilization infor mation apparently will be with held as much as possible until submitted to congress for neces sary legislation. Even then, much of it may not be made public. arrest late Wednesday of Harold a "hopper," was charged with names to Chief Wright and told him they had been "taken" and would be willing to testify against Sidener. The "hopper" is a device made of wood with a checkered bot tom built to divided sections, Balls are tossed at the hopper, and the total tally of points, according to how the balls drop in the holes, is good for prizes. In studying the device at the sheriff's office Friday, deputies concluded that odds were 1, 000 to 1 against being credited with a point. It took 40 points to win a .22 caliber rifle offered as one of the top prizes. The deputy who played the machine preparatory to the ar rest, lost $5 before a fellow of ficer could move in to arrest Sidener, Armory Underway The first shovelful of dirt is turned at the site of the new Army Reserve armory by Col. George Spaur, commander of tlfe 369th engineers boat and shore regi ment, army reserves, as work is begun on the new Army Reserve armory. Behind Spaur are W. M. Smith, member of the army reserves and one of the contractors for the ar mory, Master Sgt. Edward N. Snyder, Sgt. Robert A. Fierman, Sgt. First Class Walter C. Friesen, Lt. Col. Homer G. Lyon, Jr., commander of the 409th quartermasters, army reserves, Capt. Richard Reynolds and Harold G. Nelson, member of the army reserves and other member of the firm of Smith and Nelson contractors for the building. Snyder, Pierman, Friesen and Capt. Reynolds are all members of the army reserves Instruc tors staff here. Ex-Convict Breaks Out Of Polk County Jail Dallas, July 21 Police are DetiUion. 26, and his possible aided in his escape from Polk county jail some time prior to 5:30 Friday morning. Detillion, an ex-convict with a heavy bolts from the steel win-- dow casing in the bullpen and climbed down an improvised rope of knotted blankets to the ground. ' Detillion, held on a charge of grand larceny by auto theft from West Salem, had been con fined since June 28. Wednesday of this week he appeared before Judge Airlie Walker and asked for legal counsel before enter ing a plea. County Officer Charlie Mc Carthy discovered the escape when he made his regular rounds of the jail this morning. Detillion had been alone in the bullpen. The escapee's prison record dates from 1940 when he was sentenced from Douglas county to a one-and-one-half year term in Oregon state penitentiary for burning with an attempt to com mit fraud against an insurance company. In 1944 he was sentenced from Marion county for burglary and larceny and committed for three years. He was released on paroie December 17, 1945,-but returned to prison February 8, 1946. He escaped from prison May 20, 1947, but was captured the next day. He was released last on December 22, 1947. (Concluded on Page 5, Column ,1) Bitter Fight Over McCarthy Washington, July 21 (P) Ril ed by a bitter Shouting row which nearly started a fist fight, the senate faced the prospect to day of more wrathful debate on the communist charges of Sen ator McCarthy (R-Wis.). The line-up again: Republic ans versus democrats. That's the way it was for near ly six hours yesterday as the democrats smacked down three Republican attempts to repudi ate a democratic report labelling McCarthy's communists - gov -ernment accusations "A fraud and a hoax." The furious scrap also was highlighted by: 1. A close-to-blows argument between Senator Wherry of Nebraska, the republican lead er, and the chief counsel of a democratic-ruled senate foreign relations subcommittee the aroun which investigated Mc Carthy's charges. 2. An unprecedented and un successful effort to play a phono graph in the senate. 3. Two separate orders com nelling Senator Tydings (D-Md.) to be seated, on the ground that he violated senate rules in re marks about Senator Jenner (R Ind). Both times the senate voted to let Tydings resume his speech. At one point, Tydings shouted that McCarthy's charges were foul and vile" and "ought to tnake the blood of Americans boil." Weather Details C outfit traf vfll t fmraftl far farw aetlfltlea, MuTtmt Hftsiman jwwraay. Mi minimum todar. . Total M-honr rt- Epilation: 0i far month: .07; normal, .M. Acaaan ratifiuura. , normal, Xlfr hditit, -M fMt. (Eayart hr U.t Waathar Birtfti.) looking today for Harry William accomplice or accomplices who previous escape record, removed Tax Increase Wins Support Washington, July 21 (P) The senate-house economic commit tee agreed unanimously today that federal taxes should be in creased Immediately to put the country on a pay-as-you-go bas is in the Korean crisis. The committee discussed no figures, but Chairman O'Maho ney (D-Wyo) told reporters he feels each individual's tax bill should be jacked up 10 percent at once. "At least that," O'Mahoney added. The committee holds 1 what amounts to an advisory position on all economic matters. Actual tax legislation Is han dled by separate house and sen ate groups. Chairman Doughton (D-NC) of the tax writing house ways and means also has taken a stand that war costs should be on a pay-as-you-go basis Escape Ronte County Judge Jack Hayes points out the window and blanket rope which Harry W. Detillion utilized in his escape Thursday night or Friday morning. Detillion re moved the entire window, bars and all, by extracting the bolts from the casing. (Art Abel photo) US Forces Win First Ground Victory in Reds GO South 0fTaejon;25th Under First Fire No Word Received on Missing General Dean; 21st in Hard Fight By EARNEST HOBERECHT . (United Press staff Correspnodent) Tokyo, Saturday, July 22 (U.PJ Communist armored forces drilled into U. S. defense posi tions southeast of Taejon to day while to the east, troops of the American 25th division were getting their baptism of fire on the central front. North Korean mobile units struck swiftly down the high way from captured Taejon and rolled up some of the forward positions of the Americans be fore they had time to grab i foothold after being forced out of the burning city. U. S. Enghth army headquar ters permitted the first word that men of the 25th division were fighting alongside South Koreans on the central front, They helped fend off Commun ist threats to allied communica tions on both the central and eastern front. Gen. Douglas MacArthur's customary midnight communi que was omitted. No Word of Dean A headquarters spokesman said there was no word of Maj Gen. William F. Dean, command er of the 24th division. He last was reported with one of the units cut off In Taejon by an encirclement drive at the same time as the frontal attack which ousted the American defenders. The North Korean radio re ported that the units which cap tured Taejon continued to ad vance. It said anti-aircraft bat teries shot down three planes for U. S. fleets "which have been checking the advance of the people's army." A front dispatch received at 8:30 p.m. (6:30 a.m. EDT) said the U. S. 21st regiment was fighting a stubborn withdrawal action against Red tanks and in fantry near Okchon, seven miles from burning Taejon on the main highway running southeast to the U. S. base port of Pusan. (Concluded on Pare 8. Column 1) Central War Front Pynamite Car Stolen; Upsets, Righted by Cop Albany Thieves made off with a dynamite laden automo bile in downtown Albany Wed nesday night and the car was found, state police announced Thursday, on Seven Mile lane. The car had been rolled over several times, they said, The car, loaded with explos ives and caps, was turned over in a ditch at 3170 Marion street following the theft. The thieves helped by an Albany police re serve officer who didn't know the car was stolen righted the car. The thieves continued their escape. Byron M. Emery, Corvallis, Atlas Powder company em ploye, whose car was stolen, said that despite Its highly ex plosive contents the car is not dangerous. "There is practical ly no chance that the car will ex plode," he said. The policeman who helDed to right the stolen car was Reserve Officer George Falkner. who im mediately reported the accident to headquarters but found that the car was stolen too late to stop trie Danaiis. Emery said he apparently left the key in the car door handle after locking it up, reported the car also contained a .25 caliber pistol. Reds Use U.S. Marked Tanks By LEIF ERICKSON U. S. 8th Army Headquarters 111 jvorea, juiy zi Dough boys and air observers said to day the Korean Reds used fm,r American marked tanks to sur prise two U. S. companies in the battle for Taejon yesterday. The doughboys knocked out two of: the American-starred tanks. Mustang fighters and F-fln jet fighters stopped the other with rockets on a road northeast of Taejon. Cpl. Richard A. Johnson. 20. Sioux Falls, S. D said men of his company thought the tanks were American. (Johnson told Associated Press Correspondent William R. Moore at a command post in Korea: ("Later, we thought they were some American tanks we had given the Russians during World War II because they had stars on them." The first two passed right be tween two U. S. infantry col umns without firing a shot. Then the commander of an other U. S.-white starred tank fired a shot. He in turn was kill ed with a single shot by a Ser geant Martinson (full name or address not available.) The last tank in line opened up with an .80 mm gun on the infantrymen, who spread out on both sides of the road Cpl. Alfonso Mejia (no ad dress given) was credited with knocking out one North Korean tank with a 3.5-inch rocket. Sgt. W. E. Eberhardt got another with a .77 mm rccoillcss shell, But the two other tanks con tinued shelling the mortar com pany which had been following the infantry in patrol force northeast of Taejon. Murphy on Record for New Health Building "Marion county needs a new health department building." That statement was made Friday by County Judgo Grant Mur phy, who has been working with members of the Marion county department of health board of directors on a study of health department facilities, and the possibility of constructing a new huildine. "The quarters we now have in the Masonic temple are much too small," Murphy emphasized. "The health department staff is handicapped by lack of space and equipment. "The staff we now have could render much better service If they just had more room." Murphy pointed out that the health department could offer additional service, such as con ferences for mothers, If lt had headquarters where a small aud itorium or conference room was available. "The parking situation near our present location is a prob lem in Itself, Murphy con tinued. "It has becomo diffi cult for staff members to find Victory for U.S. After 16 Hours Intensive Fight Negro Troops Drive Enemy Out of Yechon, Key Rail, Highway City By TOM LAMBERT With a U.S. Infantry task Force in South Korea, July 21 (ff) United States Negro troops today drove North Korean com munists out of Yechon and oc cupied that rail and highway city. It was the first sizable American ground victory in the Korea war. The Negro doughboys cap tured Yechon after a 16-hour battle which begin yesterday af ternoon and ended shortly after dawn today. Our casualties were light. The extent of enemy losses was unknown. Yechon Is 60 miles northeast of Taejon and 55 miles north of Taegu. (General MacArthur's Friday afternoon communique had said one regiment of the South Ko rean capital division counterat tacked and retook Yechon from the communists. It is not clear from this story whether the South Koreans again lost the city and it was retaken again by the U.S. Negro soldiers.) Different Story Today at Yechon was a far different story from the past few dark days when gallant but outnumbered 24th division sol diers battled the surging Reds farther west as United Nations forces traded space for time. In the Yechon action, the pow er and strength of the U.S. as sault made it look as if the per iod of trading time for space is over. (Concluded on Png-o 5, Column 7) Reds Use Radar Controlled Fire Aboard Seventh Fleet Carrier Off Korea, July 19 (Delayed) CP) Pilots of carrier launched warplanes today reported indi cations of radar controlled antl aircraft fire in Wonsan. They just had bombed the big indus trial port city in North Korea, about 80 air miles north of the 38th parallel. - For two days U. S. and Bri tish navy jots, Corsairs and at tack fighters bormbors flew 227 sorties against North Korea tar gets. They knocked out 51 enemy planes, caused explosions and huge fires at a large oil refin ery, and inflicted damage to in dustrial plants and communica tions. The widespread raids came after the navy provided air cover for Tuesday's unopposed amphibious landing at Pohang, 66 air miles north of Pusan, main U. S. supply port on the east coast. Pilots of Vice Adm. Arthur D. Strublc's task force reported several first in the Korean war. North Koreans knocked down their first navy plane, but the Corsaid pilot, Lt. (j.g.) Wen dell B. Muncie of San Diego, Calif., was rescued by a British amphibious plane. parking spots, to say nothing of the parking problem for visitors, many of whom come with ill children." The ideal location for a de partment of health building would be near a hospital, be lieves Murphy, There, the judge explained, an interchange of equipment and personnel would . be of great benefit to all con cerned. Tho state of Oregon now owns property adjoining the site of the proposed new Salem Gen eral hospital. The state has in dicated, unofficially, that this property would be made avail able to the county should the county decide to erect its health department headquarters there, frarurinitMl AO Vmmm K. Column 4)
