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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."
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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)