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F Jonjmal THE WEATHER INCREASING CLOUDINESS to night, becoming partly cloudy and slightly cooler Tuesday. Low tonight, 54; high Tuesday, 88. H EDITION .-Oft'i.oiO 62nd Year, No. 198 mattal at Salem. Oregon Salem, Oregon, Monday, August 21, 19i jges) Price 5c Capital A. XL L' , j fairgrounds Road I m rfffffst MMvftm if 21000 Cars Daily By JAMES D. OLSON Fairgrounds road north ol the four-way intersection of Capitol street, Fairgrounds road, Tile road and Myrtle avenue in Salem, is carrying a traffic of approximately 21,000 vehicles during every 24-hour period. This was established by traffic counts made under the direction of F. B. Crandall, traffic engineer for the highway department at the request of the Capital Journal. The average daily traffic on Fairgrounds road north of the same intersection in 1B39 was 9,500 vehicles; in 1940 the traf i fic increased to 9,800; then up to 14,000 in 1946 and an aver age of 21,100 daily in 1950. Warning was made by R. H. Baldock, state highway engine er, when the figures were re leased, that the number of vehicles passing through this intersection is far beyond its safe and efficient working . capacity, i The huge volume of traffic rolling over this intersection is indicative of the heavy traffic now carried on the two-lane Highway 99E. Representatives of Salem and other valley cities will appear before the highway commission Tuesday morning with a plea that the widening of Highway 99K be undertaken without delay. Four Lanes the Answer A four-lane highway into Sa lem plus the , one-way traffic grid, tp be established after completion of the Marion street bridge and reconstruction of the present Center street viaduct, will relieve the congestion. Data from the Highway Cap acity Manual of the bureau of public roads indicates that the hourly volume of traffic on Fairgrounds road north of the intersection is among the high est observed hourly on a two lane road in the nation. It is about equal to the traffic in the Lincoln tunnel in New York and to the Baltimore Washington boulevard in Mary land. It is only slightly exceed ed by the heavy traffic using the Colorado street bridge in Pasadena, the Posey tube in Alameda, Calif., and the record ed volumes in several other places in the midwest. Concluded on Page S, Column 4) Red China Seeks Representation Lake Success, Aug. 21 VP) Red China made a formal de- mand today for representation in United Nations Korean discus sions, i The demand was presented in1 a telegram from Foreign Minis ter Chou En-Lai to U. N. Sec retary-General Trygve Lie and to Russia's Jakob A. Malik, Aug ust president of the Security Council. The telegram was circulated as the council delegates prepar ed to meet in another informal closed-door session to consider the procedural stalemate over Korean representation. The Chi na representation issue has been linked to the Korean question by Malik. Malik's refusal to rule form ally on the council's previous in vitation to the South Korean re presentative has deadlocked the group since soon after he ended the Russian boycott of council sessions to assume the presiden cy on Aug. 1. Chief interest here centered hot on today's private session but on tomorrow's public council meeting. Malik has announced he will speak at length in answer to the demand for unification of Korea under UN auspices, pre sented last Thursday by U. S. Delegate Warren Austin. ' Austin at that time voiced only mild criticism of the Sov iet Union's role in the Korean war. However, a U. S. .spokes man later said Austin would have a "haymaker" for the Rus ions this week. ' "We're not going to let Malik get away with the charges he has made during the last 10 days, the spokesman said. Train Wreck Kills Four Columbus, O., Aug. 21 VP) A train-automobile collision wiped out an entire family of four last night. The sheriff's office identified the dead as Melvin Curtis Mangold, 25, of near Cir- cleville, O.; his wife, Rosa Re becca, 23; a son, Rickey Linn, 2( and a one-year-old daughter, Brenda. 20 from Salem To Urge 4-Lane Salem was organized Monday to throw its full weight into an intercity petition to the state highway commission Tuesday to make a four-lane highway from Salem to New Era. From Salem will go a delega tion' of 20 men or thereabouts, representing the city adminis tration, the Chamber of Com merce, the county court, and pos sibly other agencies. They are adding their efforts to those from southern Oregon, the upper and central Willam ette valley, Oregon City and the city of Portland. Because of the beneficial effect the widening of the highway will Have on the entire length of Highway 99E, the cities and communities along the route, one of the ma jor traffic arteries of the nation. are presenting a solid front be fore the commission when it calls the hearing at 10:30 Tues day morning at the Imperial ho tel in Portland. Those cities and communities that are not represented by their officials will have letters or re solutions" bi'fore,: the commission. (Concluded MPji 5, Column 6) Volunteers Will Be First for Processing Naval Reserve officers will not be called involuntarily for active duty until all of those of ficers who have volunteered for active duty have been processed. That was the word received this week by the inspector-in structor for the naval reserves here, Lt. Cmdr. David N. Morey, Jr. The instructions to Morey stated that requests from volun teers were still arriving and that the bureau of personnel in Washington was still - working on these requests. No information was given as to when the navy would begin calling the other men. Recall of officers to active duty is handled by the bureau of personnel in the nation's capi tal, whereas the enlisted reserv ists in this area are recalled to active duty by the' 13th naval district with headquarters in Seattle. jemces jpeea Mobilization Orders Washington. Aue. 21 (U,R) orders to district reserve directors today for 50,000 officers and meh in its voluntary reserves. The reserve directors, in turn, will relay the orders to in dividuals needed to meet the demands of each marine corps branch. The move is part of a gen eral mobilization drive an nounced last week to bring the corps' manpower up to 174,000, enough for two full strength di visions and two full strength air wings plus extra support . and administrative units. The initial orders would af fect some 2,600 ground and non pilot . aviation officers and an undisclosed number of enlistees with the rank of sergeant and below. The majority are ex pected to get their orders within two months. The marine corps' action marked a general speed-up in the entire mobilization program. Defense officials explained that they have taken care of all the preliminary decisions just how many and what servicemen are needed and the recall machin ery can now be thrown into high gear. Here is a summary of the general mobilization picture: Army Calling up 8,432 cap tains and lieutenants; in 16 arms and services; 1,583 up to major m Pfiffnn Tnnrhpc Cause of Inertia : Lack of wartime thinking seems responsible for a general inertia on the part of this na tion's planners who fail to real ize the seriousness of the pres ent international situation, ac cording to James G. Patton, Denver, Colo., president of the National Farmers Union. Patton was in Salem Sunday and Monday for a conference with Oregon Farmers Union leaders. Warning that "there is every indication that the United States and allied countries are facing a long and difficult struggle and the time has arrived for greater unity of action," Patton urged that nothing less than complete mobilization of industry, man power, capital and agriculture would prepare us for the inevi table conflict. Patton explained that while present U.S. needs in the agri cultural field are being met, un der a wartime emergency such as World War II production was increased 30 percent, at a time when the U.S. population was 5,000,000 lass than at present. Stockpiling, Patton maintained, was the only answer. Concerning reports that agri cultural prices might be "froz en," Patton claimed that such a move would be completely un fair unless the freeze were bal anced with similar controls on wages and industrial profits. Patton did not see any reason to fear any abrupt rises in agri cultural products "The farmer, as a whole, ap pears moderately well off, de spite that prices of some agri cultural products have decreas ed as much as 30 percent," he said. Fatton's own views on inter national action included imme diate military strengthening un der the United Nations agree ments. He expressed confidence in the outcome of the Korean crisis if preparedness again be came the U.S. watchword. He wvleave Tuesday for fur ther commences in California and Utah. v"While here, Patton and Mrs. Patton and their son and Mrs. Patton's mother are guests at the Ronald Jones home. -up The marine corps began sending in the medical and medical serv ice corps and veterinary corps and up to lieutenant colonels in the dental corps; and BZ.UUU en listed men from its reserves who are not assigned to organized uits. National guard Four divl-! sion will be called this year un der present plans. Air national guard Three or four air groups will get orders in the next few weeks. They will train as close air support for the guard divisions. Navv Calling some officers and enlisted personnel on an in voluntary basis. It declines to sav how many. Air Force Calling 8,uou oi- ficers and 42,000 airmen from its reserve pool. The bulk are scheduled to be on duty by early fall. Selective service Calling 50, 000 diaftees in September and a like number in October for the army. New calls for 50,000 in November and 35,000 in Decem ber are expected to be made shortly. AraSMff ft W) First Draftees Leave Pictured just before they boarded the bus Monday morning to leave for Portland for their physical examinations are the first draftees from Marion county to be called since reactivation of the draft law. There were 32 in the group going from Salem Monday. More leave Tuesday. Trainmen Walk Out On 3 Key Terminals Washington, Aug. 21 VP) Trainmen walked out in three key terminals today, and President adviser to make another effort to strike. He ordered John R. Steelman, presidential assistant, to get representatives of the railsroads 6th Day in Row Over 90 Degrees The sixth consecutive swelter ing day of 90-above tempera tures for Salem area was in progress Monday with prospect of cooler weather Tuesday. Increasing cloudiness and slightly cooler temperatures are the forecast from the weather bureau for Tuesday i-, ', Sunday's maximum was 97 de grees, following a 96-degree maximum on Saturday. The present heat wave began last Wednesday when the mercury shot up to 95 degrees, with the season's record to date on Thurs day when 98 was recorded. Fire dangers prompted the state forestry department to or der logging and mill permits in a nine-county sector of western Oregon to be suspended before dawn Monday. The order halts use 'of power driven equipment on or within Vs mile of forest lands. The counties affected by the order include Lane, Clacka mas, Marion, Linn, Benton, Polk and Lincoln counties, parts of Douglas county and other sec tions in that area. "The very serious fire hazard now existing because of weather conditions and the existence of an extensive amount of inflam mable debris, making forest op erations in the area susceptible to fire danger, made it necessary to issue such an order," State Forester George Spaur said. 25 Per Cenl of Blood Overseas Effective at once, 25 percent of all blood being collected through regional centers under the American Red Cross blood program is being shipped over seas for use in the armed serv ices, it was announced Monday noon by Robert F. Jackson, area officer of the Red Cross, San Francisco. This means a greater re sponse than ever to the blood program is necessary in order to supply the needed blood for the armed forces as well as to maintain the program at home," said Jackson. A field represen tative of the national blood pro gram, Mr. Jackson came in late Monday morning to consult with George Wilcox, co-chairman of the Marion county blood pro gram, and with Douglas Simms, manager of the local Red Cross chapter, and Mrs. Earl Snell, chairman for volunteer services in the chapter. Next visitation of the Port land regional blood center mo bile unit to Salem will be Mon- day, August 28, the unit to be in operation between 2 and ( p.m. All persons wishing to do nate blood are asked to contact the Red Cross office, or, they may drop in at the First Meth odist church during the visit of the unit there Monday. Truman called on his top labor head off a nationwide railroad , and unions together in another attempt to reach an agreement, Charles G. Ross, presidential secretary, said Mr. Truman then will review the situation again before deciding what to do next. "If this fails," a reporter said, "isn't seizure the last resort?" You will have to draw your own conclusions," Ross said. The president, Ross said, di rected Steelman to make "fur ther efforts this afternoon to bring the contending parties to gether to seek an agreement." .The1 country-wide' dispute ii oyer wages and hours. Today's strikes were called for five days. Trainmen said the idea is to call attention to the fact that the dispute has dragged on for almost a year and a half with out a decision, Here is where the men went out: In Louisville 250 switchmen on the Kentucky and Indiana Terminal railroad left their jobs. All of the road's 1,200 employes were idled. A union official said the walkout was 100 per cent effective. In St. Paul 175 employes of the Minnesota Transfer Railway company failed to report for the 6:30 (CST) shift. The road han dles most of the switching of freight cars in and throughout Minneapolis and St. Paul. The line's 450 workers are affected by the strike. In Cleveland the River Ter minal railway, owned by Repub lic Steel, was shut down by 200 strikers. Employing some 400 workers, the line serves Repub lic's big steel plants. The steel company has laid off 1,500 of its 7,000 workers. What action Mr. Truman would take, if any, isn't known IConcluded on Page 5, Column 4) Salem Man Has Coffee After Flight Capt. Donald R. Allenby, airplane commander, for merly of Salem, (center) with the pilot, Lt. Col. Roland A. Campbell, (left), Spokane, and bom bardier, Capt. Henry G. Goodson, (right), Montgomery, Ala., has a cup of coffee after the trio flew in last Wednesday's mass precision bombing in support of ground forces in Korea. The men are at a Superforce base in Japan. Allenby, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Allenby of 1450 Oxford street, left for the Orient only a little over two weeks ago. An air force man since December, 1941, he served in the Pacific in World War II and was in the last group to bomb Japan. Born near Salem he took his higher education In Tacoma, Wash., and entered the air force from college. The wife, two sons and daughter of the captain reside in Spokane. (U. S. Air Force photo) 32 Draftees Leave Today Marion county's first draftees to report for their physicals since reactivation of the draft law left by bus for Portland Mon day at 6:15 a.m. Answering the roll call at the bus were 32 men from this coun ty, all of whom are to be given their physical examination Portland. Two other men, who were to have been in the group, have been transferred to other draft boards. Tuesday morning another group is slated to leave for Port land by bus at the same time and between September 1 and 8 Mar ion -county will be asked to fur nish 160 more young men. Those men will be sent to Eugene for their physical examinations. Britain Offers New Aid Plan London, Aug. 21 VP) Britr ain's labor party has outlined a new world frtan of mutual aid designed to succeed'the Marshall plan when it expires in 1952. The proposal was contained in a pamphlet by the party's pow erful executive committee. The pamphlet, made public over the week-end, sets forth some of the committee's ideas for a new elec tion platform. Britain, America and other free western nations would con tribute to the mutual aid plan. The pamphlet called for armed defenses to resist the onrush of communism, but added: Reliance on armed strength is not enough. The democracies must be positive, constructive and progressive, not merely de fensive. They should launch a program of mutual aid for world economic development." Morgan Phillips, party secre tary, told reporters Britain would take the lead in planning such a program. He said it would develop the idea expressed in President Truman's inaugural address of helping develop "backward areas of the world Auto Rush Subsides Detroit, Aug. 21 ffl The war rush for new automobiles is sub siding, although the market con tinues generally strong, Automo- tive News reported today. Red Casualties In Three Days Total More Than 11,000 ' By RUSSELL BRINES Tokyo, Tuesday, Aug. 22 (P) Communist casualties otaling a minimum of 11,000 and possibly as high as 15,000 in three days, soared Monday as the North Korean Reds strove in desperation to crack the United Nations defense lines in South Korea. Despite their punishing losses, Senate Begins Vote on Home Front Controls Washingtonu, Aug. 21 VP) The senate wrote into its home front mobilization bill today blanket power for President Truman to make any needed im provements in government-own ed war plants. Key provisions of the far- reaching measure to gird the counutry's economy for emer gency would let the president restrict credit, allot scarce mate rials, and if he decided they were needed put on wage and price ceilings and ration con sumer goods. After days of debate, the sen ate met under an agreement to remain in session until it com pleted action on the measure. Indications were that it would run far into the night, Voting Begins Voting began with a series of non-controversial proposals. A voice vote approved an amendment by Senator Edwin C. Johnson (D., Colo.) giving the president blanket authority to install additional equipment and ..make. imnrnvementR in plants and other facilities now owned by the government. , (Concluded on Page 5; Column British Ground Troops to Korea Hong Kong, Aug. 21 VP) Two crack British battalions of the Argyle and Sutherland High landers and the Middlesex regi ments today were reported packing up to join United Na tions forces in Korea. They will be the first ground troops from another country to go to the aid of the American and South Korean forces. An official source named the units, 1,500 strong, after Gen. Sir John Harding announced in Singapore that a British infantry force would be sent to Korea immediately. Harding, commander of the British Far East land forces, said General MacArthur had asked him for reinforcements without delay. Britain already has sea and air forces fighting but these will be her first ground troops in Korea. She has promised 5,000. mostly in dead, the Red invad- 'ers were continuing to were continuing to mass men and to probe the lines on the central and southern fronts for the big push which Ameri cans predict may be their last. They are under orders from their high command to wipe out the defense by Aug. 31. At one point north of Taegu on the north central front the Reds made a tough two-mile gain before being halted by a brilliant night air-artillery co operation. Today, however, Gen eral MacArthur's Tokyo head quarters omitted its usual early morning communique, saying the situation had not changed since. Enemy Admits Attacks Significantly, the North Kor ean communique, broadcast by the Pyongyang radio, dropped its usual "total success" theme and complained that the Amer ican and South Korean forces "are heavily counterattacking on all sectors." Tokyo headquarters put the total Red casualties on the en tire front Friday and Saturday at 10,092. This included only an unspeci fied part of the 3,500 casualties it listed as being inflicted on the enemy in the region north of Taegu alone. In addition, frontline dis patches reported at least 1,350 enemy dead counted in a single action on the extreme southern front, and a South Korean spokesman reported 2,450 Red casualties, inflicted by the South Koreans in recapturing a hill on the northeast flank of the front above Taegu. . '' Red Ship Sunk South Korean naval forces re ported they sank one Red troop and ammunition ship and dam age another off the south coast, causing heavy but undeter mined casualties. Even allowing for many dup lications, , the North Korean losses were terrific. The allies yielded to a tank- led column in only one sector miles north of Taegu on the cen tral front. But there the Reds were stopped by a flare-lit American artillery and plane attack by night. Five Red tanks were destroyed in the action. The back of this most imme diately threatening lunge at Taegu was believed broken by the unusual teaming up of planes with big guns at close quarters. The night-flying , fighter- bombers were guided to their targets by the bright glow of phosphorous shells poured a- mong enemy troops by field artillery. (Concluded on Page 5, Column 7) Packard Strike Near Settlement Detroit, Aug. 21 VP) Hopes for ending the Packard Motor Car Co. strike, now in Its seventh day, were high today as rep resentatives of management and the CIO United Auto Workers returned to the bargaining ta ble. Michigan labor mediator Rob ert E. Lomasney expressed con fidence that the strike involv ing 8,000 Parkard employes could be settled before the day's end. He said "Only minor issues remained to be cleared up." Yesterday lt was reported that Packard had agreed to pay pen sions of up to $117.50 a month, including social security, and up to $125 a month If social se curity is increased, and had given a four-cent hourly wage boost. These were two of the biggest issues in the walkout that start ed at midnight last Monday. The reported settlement on the two points followed lines of the Gen oral Motors-UAW contract. The UAW was believed hold ing out for a short-term contract and a union shop. Weather Details Condi Ham will h favorable for farm work Tueaday. Matlmum joiterday, 01 1 minimum today. SA, Total 24-hour pre cipitation. 0 for month, trace t normal. .15. 8fanon prfHpltatlon, 43. Mt normal, 37. 1M. River helfht, -8.5 feet. (Report by L' 8, weather bureau.)
