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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 21, 1950)
THE WEATHER. Partly Cloudy tonight and Sunday with little chance In temperature. Low tonight, 43; hifh Sunday, ft. Air and Mail Clogged vilh Election Pleas Voters Show Little Interest in Contests Ending Nov. 7 By JAMES D. OLSON As the fall election campairn toes into its final two weeks the sir lanes will be conceited with pleas for support of candidates ind mall boxes filled daily with political propaganaa. Even though the campaign is If its final stages, little interest lis been evinced by the voters thus far. Representatives of both parties frankly admit that the people seem to be thinking of possible war and higher taxes rather than of political candi dates and measures. However, that hasn't stopped candidates Irom the highest of fice to the most lowly from continuing to campaign through every means available. In fact, some supporters of democratic candidates have gone beyond the orthodox meth ods of electioneering and have used tricks that would do credit to some of the big political boss es in the east. Democrats Tricky For instance, in McMinnville early this week, a man walked into the headquarters of the Yamhill county republican cen tral committee and asked for permission to place a huge pos ter of Republic U. S. Senator Wayne Morse in the window of the headquarters. He placed the poster there without showing its face. A few minutes later the office was swarmed by angry republi cans. Staring out of the window was a king size picture of Austin Flegel, democratic candidate for governor. And earlier, billboards carry ing the names of Sen. Morse and Flegel, with an admonition to "vote for the man and not the party" appeared in profusion in southern Oregon. Sen. Morse denied all knowledge of the signs and declared he was sup porting the entire republican ticket. Fight for State Senate In the legislative race in Mar ton county interest seems to be centered upon the race for two senate seats to be filled. Supporters of Cornelius Bate ton claim that he has made con siderable progress in gaining support of voters in the rural areas and predicts that he will win one of the two seats. Frank Porter is the second democratic senatorial candidate. (Concluded n fate 5, Column t) Freedom Bell in West Berlin Berlin, Oct. 21 VP) A giant bronze bell, which will ring out a symbol of freedom 100 miles behind the Iron Curtain, arrived in West Berlin today. It traveled through the Rus sian zone by night aboard a spe cial rail car, and under guard.' U. S. train authorities said, I however, that the 10-ton bell passed without incident at the Helmstedt border and Russian officers did not even inquire the reason for the special guard. In recent days East Berlin newspapers have attacked the Freedom Bell" as the "Death Bell" and said it would toll a knell heralding the future arriv al of American "gangster troops." The "Freedom Bell' was spon sored by the committee for the Crusade of Freedom of the na tional committee for a free Eur ope. Gen. Lucius D. Clay, former U. S. military governor of Germa ny, chairman of the Crusade committee will dedicate the bell next Tuesday at ceremonies in West Berlin's city hall. U. S. High Commissioner John J. McCloy, West Berlin's Mayor Ernst Reuter and other German and American dignitaries will participate in the ceremony. Princess Christened London, Oct 21 WV-The 67-day-old daughter of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip was christened Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise of Edinburgh today by the aichbishop of York. She will be known simply as Prin cess Anne, Weather Details MtiiMai rn(r.ir. Mt tl-ha.fa to 4ft U. Ttt -- arMtaluitoat .: for ath: .?t: a-!, I.M. Inm CrtalMllM. .: artatJ, S.M. Hlvtr fki, 14 ffrtt. 4ftr tof Vt Wtota r Ifrai.) 62nd Year, Route Changes Requested by Transit Lines Heavy Loss of Revenue Stressed in Letter To Franzen City Transit Lines ii askln In a letter to City Manarer J. L. Fransen, that It be permitted to make a change in its Llberty-Boone-Browning route. The change is necessary, says the letter from General Man ager Carl J. Wendt, to enable the company to continue operat ing the city service withn.it fur. ther curtailments or an increase in lares. Attached to the letter is a ta ble showing a total loss of $27, 417.33 on the company's Salem operations so far this year. Brok en oown Dy months the revenue, costs and losses are: First five months of 1950 Revenue, $82,830; costs, $96,491; loss, $13,661. June Revenue, $15,655: costs $18,323; loss, $2,667.61. July Revenue, $14,708; costs, l,iOi; loss, S,37Z.1B. August Revenue, $16,272; cosis, aiu.vui; loss, $3,6ZB.69. September Revenue (includ ing State Fair week), $17,122; costs, $18,523; loss, $1,400.78. October (first 15 days) Reve nue. $7,165: costs. $8,650: loss. $1,487.07. Since June 1 the operation has Been under the retouring plan originated by the city and com pany, effective on that date. Effective November 1. The requested new schedule would be effective November 1. In his letter to the city Wendt says: With the completion of t h e paving on Summer street, link ing that street to Fairview ave nue. City Transit Lines desires to make a change in routing of its Liberty - Boone - Browning route. The proposed change will bring direct service to residents of the area between Electric ave nue and -Fairview avenue adja- cent to Summer street. The long loop now serving this area would be eliminated and should stimu late riding. (Continued on Pre 5, Column I) Probe Postcard Slander in LA Chicago, Oct. 21 (IP) A Chi cago postoffice inspector said to day he is Investigating the mail ing of 1,500 postcards describing Los Angeles as a city of "thieves and criminals, ruled by the un derworld." Earl Jones said the cards were mailed to Chambers of Com merce and tourist organizations throughout the country. The cards were mailed in Chicago and signed by "The Public Re lations Committee of Los An geles' Citizens Safety Council in cooperation with the National Tourist and Travelers Associa tion of America." Other cards were signed by the "Institute of Business and Industry." Both organizations according to the cards, have their headquarters in Washington. Jones said he has learned there are no organizations in Washing ton like the ones named in the postcard signatures. Jones said the author of the postcards apparently "is sore at everybody in Los Angeles." Com in form Demands Germany Be Unified Prague, Czechoslovakia, Oct. 21 VP) The Soviet Union and seven satellite countries tonight demanded creation of an "all German constitutional council" to unify Germany under a sin gle government. The demand was' made in a communique handed out after a two-day conference of foreign ministers of the Soviet bloc at Czernin palace, headquarters of the Czechoslovakia, Romania, Hungary, Poland, and Eastern Germany J o I n e d in confer ence, called by the USSR. The communique made four proposals in the interest of the maintenance of peace and in ternational security In Europe" and of the rights of the German people. They were: 1. A proclamation by the So viet union, Britain, France and the United States "that they will not allow the remilitarization of Germany and her being dragged into any aggressive plans." 2. "The removal of all hind rance! In the road to the devel Capital jk No. 251 ttSi2 Tropical Storm in Florida Fizzles Tampa, Fla., Oct. 21 UP) A nuisance hurricane which failed to live up to advance billing fiz zled out in a Florida wilderness today. The rich Tampa Bay resort area, once threatened with a pos sible knockout punch, escaped entirely. The Florida highway patrol said the storm hit inland just north of Cedar Key, the fishing village devastated by the Labor day hurricane. Winds were well below the 75 mile an hour minimum for a hurricane. Apparently the once threatening blow was breaking up harmlessly in that sparsely inhabited section of Swamps and woodland some 100 miles north of Tampa. For long hours the storm, rat ed at 75 to 90 miles an hour, was pointed slam bang at Tampa, the largest city on the Florida west coast (population 123,000). Then it lost steam and veered north. Meteorologist W. W. Talbott of the Tampa weather bureau said he believed a mass of dry air over this area caused the storm to disintegrate. L , French Give Up 6th Frontier Post Saigon, Indochina, Oct. 21 VP) French forces abandoned their frontier headquarters fortress at Langson today, leaving hundreds of square miles of Indochina territory on the Chinese border wide open to the the communist- led rebels of Ho Chi Minh. Langson, held by the French for 78 years, guarded the main invasion gateway into Indochina from communist China. Its aban donment swings wide the fron tier door, to permit the supply of Chinese resources to the reb els and the establishment of training bases for them in Red China. It was the sixth northern fron tier post from which the French have withdrawn in five weeks. They pulled out of Dongkhe on Sept. 16, Caobang on Oct. 3, Thatke on Oct. 10, Nacham on Oct. 16 and Dong Dang on Oct. 17. A French army communique said the Langson withdrawal was effected to permit the re grouping of French forces into new strategic mobile reserves It declared the French will go on the offensive as soon as this reorganization is completed. opment of a peaceful German economy and the Inadmissibility of the rehabilitation of the Ger man war potential." 3. "The undelayed conclusion of a peace treaty .with Germany,1 the creation of a unified German state, and the withdrawal of all occupation forces a year after the signing of the treaty. 4. "The creation of an all-Ger man constitutional council on the basis of balanced representa tion of western and eastern Ger many, which should prepare for the establishment of an in terim democratic, peace-loving. all-German sovereign govern' menu" Salem, Oregon, Saturday, October 21, 1950 Directs Drop General Douglas MacArthur watches from window of his plane, SCAP, as paratroopers drop into North Korean territory 85 miles south of the Manchurian border to cut off escape routes of Red soldiers fleeing Pyongyang. Behind him is his political adviser, Gen. Courtney Whitney. NEA-Acme Radio-Telephoto by Ernest Hoberecht. (Acme Telephoto) flax Textile Plant Here To Be Enlarged 3. R. Millar, president and chairman of the board of directors of National Automotive Fibres, with a party of other officials pansion plans at the Salem branch, Some revision of the plans is French Crisis on German Arms Paris, Oct. 21 (JP) The con flict within French Premier Rene Pleven's coalition govern ment over rearming Germany comes to a head at a cabinet meeting today. The thorny subject may tear apart Pleven's middle of the road team, but moat observers think a compromise can be found. Invaded and occupied by the Germans three times in the past 70 years, France traditionally mistrusts an armed Germany. Today the communists are tak ing advantage of that tradition to portray the U.S. as an enemy of France, because she favors German rearmament. The wounds of the last Ger man invasion are still fresh enough so that the Red propa ganda hits a responsive spot in the minds of many Frenchmen. The socialists already vieing with the communists for votes in next year's election have the most to lose when communist propaganda succeeds. This is one reason why the so cialists are taking so strong a stand against the "principle" of German rearmament. Yesterday the socialist depu ties voted 30 to 5 against the "principle" more than the fact The socialists are a minority in the cabinet. They are outnum bered by the radicals and the slightly rightist popular republi cans (MRP). Atom Scientist Deserts to Reds Rome, Oct. 21 (IP) Rome news papers broke out in a rash of scare headlines today reporting Italian-born British atom scien tist Bruno Pontecorvo had skip ped behind the iron curtain. Swedish airlines officials said he visited Stockholm last month and then flew to Finland. His father in Milan said he doubt' less would be back in England on schedule in January. No cne yet has been able to contact Pontecorvo, who became a British citizen during the war and worked on atom research projects in Canada and England He came to Italy with his wife and three children recently for a vacation. Under their blackest head lines, Rome's leading morning newspapers said the scientist and his family had departed any where irom two weeks to a montn ago on a Czech airlines plane bound for Poland. These stories said he left with a Pol ish passport. Although none of the news papers named the source of their information, it had an official tone. They played up the fact that Pontecorvo had worked In Britain's Harwell atomic energy research laboratory where Ger man-born Dr. Klaus Fuchs had been a top official. Fuchs was convicted and jailed on charges nf tfivln atnmi wnli tn tha I Russians. here today from Detroit, Mich., of the company, inspected ex Oregon Flax Textiles. contemplated, he said, and engi neers with the party did some further work on plans for the additional building that was started about a week ago. The plans will be taken from here to Oakland, Calif., for final ap proval, The cost of the new construc tion, Millar said, will be sev eral hundred thousand dollars. One reason for the expansion is that the manufacturing oper- ation is no longer confined to flax fibre products. Wool has been added, and rugs and car peting from both flax and wool art now being turned out. Ore gon is the source of some of the wool used and some is shipped in from Argentina. The company started opera tion of its Salem branch in July, 1944, in the Wallace Bonesteele building on Portland .road. It constructed a building of prac tically 25,000 square feet area in West Salem which it moved into in August, 1946. Some smaller construction was added, and then recently plans made and building started for the ad dition of 25,000 additional square feet. This is now under way. The Millar party is traveling by private airplane, but had to land in Portland last night be cause of fog over the Salem air port. They drove to Salem, but the plane was brought to Mc Nary field Saturday and the party left about noon for Cali fornia. Others in the party included: R. J. Stock, executive vice pre sident of the company; B. A. Ol son, vice president; R. Y. Millar, vice president in charge of the west coast area; H. M. Ratley, general engineer; E. P. Wells, eastern sales representative of Oregon Flax Textiles; M. L. Sul livan, of the New York Carpet company; and Roy Kettle, ac countant. The party was met here by Clyde Everett, manager of the aalem branch; Clay Cochran, manager of the Chamber of Commerce, and several others. Millar said he was anxious to see Governor McKay successful In the election of November 7, Ready to Clamp More Controls Gainesville, Fla., Oct. 21 IIP) The federal reserve system Is ready to clamp more controls on the nation's cash if a headlong trend towards inflation conti nues. That word came last night from one of the federal reserve system's top bosses, M. S. Szym czak of Washington, a member of the board of governors. "We are prepared to take fur ther action if inflationary ten dencies continue," he told the third annual southeastern eco nomics conference. "For obvious reasons I can not tell you anything about our plans for the future. However, I can give you my assurance that we shall carefully consider the use of any anti-inflationary weapon in our arsenal. "Price controls and rationing tend, at least In first moment of their application, to give the impression that they hurt people Ipaa than atrip rrHit fnnirnim and high taxes," Szymczak said, .JS O"'' ,-cO, Russia Voles For Big Power Peace Parley UN Political Commit tee Approves Resolu tion Unanimously Lake Success, Oct. 21 (IP) The U. N. political committee today unanimously approved a reso lution calling for big power peace consultations after rebuff ing two attempts by Andrei Y. vishinsky to gain recognition for the Chinese communist re gime. It was a rare show of the unanimity in the U. N. The Soviet foreign minister fought hard to have the commit tee list specifically the name of the Chinese People's Republic among the great powers but the committee twice voted his mo tion was not acceptable at this time. This leaves the nationalist Chinese still in their U. N. seat. Big 5 to Consult The resolution recommends that the permanent members of the security council France, Britain, China, United States and the Soviet Union meet and discuss all problems likely to threaten international peace. Vishinsky urged the commit tee against an "ostrich" policy but on the final count he voted yes. The committee, however, re fused to accept his demand for the recognition of the Chinese communists. The first vote was 26 against, 13 in favor and 16 ab staining. The second vote was 35 against, 12 in favor and 11 ab staining. The committee actually did not express itself on the ques tion of recognizing the Chinese communists. It only decided that Vishinsky could not wedge the issue into a resolution by Iraq and Syria calling for the big five to consult on their disagree ments. (Concluded on Fate 5, Column 4) Ready to Talk Japan's Peace Lake Success, Oct. 21 VP) Russia stood ready today to start informal talks with the United States on a Japanese peace treaty, held up for five years because the Soviet Un ion refused to help write it. John Foster Dulles, U.S. delegate to the United Nations, disclosed yesterday Soviet Dep uty Foreign Minister Jacob A. Malik had advised him of Rus sia's willingness to enter the talks. Two months ago the United States decided to go ahead with the treaty, with or without the cooperation of Russia. Dulles has been holding in formal conversations on the treaty with members of the far eastern commission. The idea was to get some preliminary agreements in advance of for mal negotiations. However, the talks with Brit ain, Australia, India, NewZeal- and, the Philippines and other states with interest In the Pa cific have shown little progress. Some delegations especially Australia have indicated con cern lest the United States in sist on a "soft treaty" for Japan. Over 400 Allied Ships Cruise Korean Waters Tokyo, Oct. 21 VP) An armada of more than 400 United Na tions ships is in Korean waters. This was disclosed today by Vice Adm. C. Turner Joy, com mander of Far East naval forces. The admiral added that, in violating security. The numbert- was small comfort for Korean communists, cut up, trapped and beaten. Included in the 400-odd ves sels are the flags of Britain, France, Australia, New Zealand, the U.N.-sponsored Republic of Korea, Canada, The Netherlands and the United States. In size, the ships range down ward from the 45,000-ton U.S. battleship Missouri, whose 16 inch guns have wrought havoc on Korean coastal targets. The mighty Mo recently led a big task force strike on the coastal strip leading to the borders of Soviet Siberia. "It's truly a United Nations fleet," Admiral Joy said. The British Royal navy is rep resented by the aircraft carrier Theseus, the light cruisers Ken lya and Ceylon, and the destroy E Price 5c Commander Maj. Gen. Ed ward M. Almond, liberator of Seoul and commander of the American Tenth corps, has taken command of all United Nations forces in northeast Korea (AP Wirephoto) Huge Airlift Over Pacific Honolulu. Oct. 21 VP) The huge airlift ferrying troops and materiel over the Pacific ocean at the rate of a plane every 75 minutes, "will continue indefi nitely after the end of the shoot ing war in Korea." Maj. Gen. Laurence S. Kuter, military air transport service (MATS) commander, made that clear yesterday on a stopover here en route home from a global tour of MATS bases. "At the end of the shooting In Korea, there will be extensive and further deployment of troops and materiel," he said. The general did not elaborate on this deployment in a talk with reporters in which he dealt entirely with operations in the Pacific. In Washington, a defense de partment source mentioned Ja pan and Alaska among possible Pacific areas for deployment. The source said he was con vinced General Kuter was not talking about moving U. S. forces to Indochina, where com munist activities have forced French withdrawals from a re gion bordering on Red China. General Kuter said, "it is im possible to forecast when the (Pacific) airlift will end." By-passed Reds Raise Rumpus Republic of Korea Army Headquarters, Oct. 21 (IP) About 15,000 by-passed Korean Red troops are "creating one hell of a rumpus" in South Korea, a republican army spokesman ac knowledged today. He said, however, that expert re publican hillfightors were combing the ridges for these holdout forces. An American adviser to the South Korean army said these republican cleanup forces were special battalions, highly-trained in guerrilla warfare and had already made contact with the enemy in the southeast coastal area. After a period of disorgani zation, they now have skilled leadership and arc operating systematically against the Reds. A few days ago, North Korean bands raided the enstcrn towns of Samchok and Kosong and were dislodged only after in flicting considc r a b 1 e damage, killing many civilians and seiz ing much food and other loot, the spokesman said. giving out the figure, he wasn't or Constance, Cockade, Ccarity and Concord. The United States has at least four In the fleet the Philip pines Sea, Valley Forge, Boxer and Leytc. Although not men tioned by the admiral the cruis ers Helena, Toledo and Worces ter have figured prominently in operations In support of the drive up Korean east coast. Combined displacement of the ships under his command he said would be "more than a million tons." To carry the weight dis placed by these 400 ships would take a train of boxcars stretching in a solid line from New York to within 50 miles of Chicago. "The landing at Inchon was a sample of what can be done with these ships," which can trans port more than 100,000 men sup ported by planes and gunfire, he said. J E IN Paratroops Seal Fate of Trapped Reds 65,000 Communists Left in North Korea Unable to Attack Seoul, Oct. 21 OP) Quick moving U.S. parachute troops today sealed off 28,000 Red Ko reans. This was nearly half of the estimated organized enemy force left north of parallel 38. General MacArthur's head quarters said all main roads in the S u n c h o n -Sukchon area, where the 4,100 Americans dropped out of the sky Friday, were blocked against the Reds. An estimated 63,000 commun ist fighting men left in North Korea thus will not be able to mass for any big future stand against allied troops racing to bring the savage four month old war to an end, an intelligence officer said. Heavy Equipment Lost Headquarters said the Reds may be able to move some of the trapped 28,000 men over hill roads but that their heavy equipment was lost. What little opposition the North Koreans tried to put up against the paratroops was spee dily overcome. A MacArthur spokesman said there is still no evidence of an organized defense line north of the present battle zones nor ol an "auxiliary capital. LiiKewise, reports of pre-arranged assem bly points for shattered North Korean units are becoming rare. Resistance in Pyongyang, the captured Red capital, is flicker ing out, the intelligence officer said. American tanks have cross ed the Taedong and are in the city. Small pockets of Reds and snipers pecked away at United Nations troops. The intelligence officer said the two North Korean army corps headquarters organizations have been written off. He said the commanding generals are believed to have escaped. Local guerrilla bands apparently were operating on their own. IContlnued on Para 5. Column ) ROKs 85 Miles From Red Border Wonsan, Korea, 'Oct. 21 VP) The South Korean Capital div ision raced unopposed today to within 85 air miles of Red Chi na's Manchurian border. A U. N. First corps spokesman said the republican troops were 30 miles north east of captured Hamhung, chemical center on Korea's east coast. The spokesman said the Capi tal division troops were still plunging northeast. Hamhung is In northeast Kor ea near the Japan sea. Tenth corps investigators con firmed the discovery of between 300 and 400 dead civilians slain by the Reds a few miles outside of Wonsan before the city fell to the Republic of Korea Third division Oct. 9. Sixty other civilians anti- communists, businessmen, stu dents and educators were mur dered in the city itself. With their hands tied behind their backs they had been herded in groups of four and shot in the back. Their corpses were hurled into Wonsan bay. A severe food shortage and the absence of any civil govern ment are the twin problems in Wonsan. American authorities in coop eration with the South Koreans are making an urgent effort to solve both problems. Wonsan refinery which the Russians had utilized since the last war was demolished by Am erican bombings. Red Korean Refugee Capital on Border Tokyo, Oct. 21 (IP) A Korean communist broadcast from Sinu- lju on the Manchurian border said today the Reds had estab lished a refugee capital there. The former Red capital, Pyongyang, some 100 miles to the southeast, has fallen to Unit ed Nations forces. The broadcast was heard here at 7 p.m. (5 a.m. EST). A "standing committee" of the Soviet-sponsored regime has de. cided to make Slnuiju the Red capital, the broadcast said. It added that from now on It would be the "official" voice of com munist Korea. The Yalu river, which forms the border between North Korea and Red China's Manchuria, flows into the Yellow sea on th Korean peninsula's west coasl at Slnuiju. V
