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62nd Year, No. 198 mattal at Salem. Oregon
Salem, Oregon, Monday, August 21, 19i jges)
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.)