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Joniai THE WEATHER MOSTLY CLEAR tonight, Wednesday. Low tonight, 55; slightly cooler, Wednesday, high, It. 63rd Year, No. 199 Entered u incond tl&u Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, August 21, 1951 U . ages) Price 5c triRtter Salom, Oreton Capital HOME EDITION -ft-m J I Control Board Gives Warden Full Support ' Orders Convicts to Return to Work 96. More Back on Jobs By JAMES D. OLSON The state board of control Tuesday announced that it would continue to operate the state penitentiary and in a for mal statement sent and broad cist to all convicts Insisted that tney "return to work immediate ly," Members of the board also gave . unqualified support to Warden George Alexander. "These fellows should know they are off-base," said Governor Douglas McKay, "and that this board is unanimous in the opin ion that a prison is no place for a sit-down strike." The other two members of the board, Secretary of State Earl T. Newbry and Slate Treasurer Walter J. Pearson, endorsed the governor's statement, which was made after the reading resolu tion of the Oregon Prison asso ciation, also insisting that there be an immediate return to work by the prisoners. Studying Applicants Newbry said that the board was studing applications for a new warden, and would make the selection in an orderly man ner. He said that the board had been contemplating for months the change in the prison, where by a new warden would take over administration of the con victs and the present warden, George Alexander, would serve as business administrator. ;. Pearson said he was not in favor of any sit-down strike now or in the future and said that the board of control has been trying "its best to solve the dif ficulties at the penitentiary and the present sit-down strike by the prisoners isn't helping the situation any. Order Broadcast (HoTwork by the convicts was read over ine pnsuii iuuu spetmer uy Tom McCall, the governor's sec retary, shortly before noon, There were unexplained cheers, After McCall read the order he met with the recently abolish 'ied inmate's committee. McCall said that he talked with them so there would be some group .of communication. This commit tee countered the board's com imunication with three demand which McCall said would be in vestigated. He said he could give the convicts no assurance the I requests would be complied with. (Concluded on Page 6, Column 6) Slightly Cooler On Wednesday " Slightly cooler temperatures are in prospect for Wednesday, if that is any 'comfort to those who believed Monday and Tues day were a bit too warm. The weather bureau states some low clouds probably will be over head for a time tomorrow morn ing, although further clear skies are in prospect after that. ' .Tuesday started out to be as I A I Warm as iviunuay, mc juuiiiius minimum being 59 degrees. The maximum for Monday soared to 98 degrees. Actually, ' the mercury read 98.4, but any fraction under the halfway mark left it for the record at 98 degrees. There have been two warm er, days this summer. On June 29. and, July 11 the weather bureau record shows a maxi mum of 99 for both days. Low humidity has made the weather more uncomfortable for some. The Monday low hu midity was 14 per cent. At the 10:30 a.m. reading Tuesday the humidity was at 42 per cent as against 37 per cent at the same time on Monday. Except for the prospective slightly lower temperatures to morrow, there is no immediate change due in the prolonged dry spell. So far no rain has been recorded for August, mean- g additional gallons oi waier ing used for lawns and gar- in the city, and pastures d fields in the countryside ttine drier by the day, not to ention the dangerous situation the forests with the tlnder- Hry conditions and low humidi ties. No rain has fallen in the Salem area since July 5. feather Details J- lifjralarc fti aim j.m. jbri ywUrdty, ; minims Uy, iotal -hr relplUtln: t: It : : aormal. .!. snion rwllu. T .(: normtl. H.M. litlrtt. t Imi. Rnorl nr B. wlher Br- Fires Continue To Burn Forests Of Northwest Old Fires Uncontrol led and New Ones Break Out in Oregon More and more of Oregon's forests were being blackened to day as fires continued to roar through them. Weather men gave little hope that the long hot and dry spell would break in the near future, predicting that it would continue at least through Sunday. As old fires kept moving on uncontrolled and now ones broke out the state forestry depart ment said that it appeared that this would be the state s worst fire season in many a year. The fire that has been burning in the Old Smith River burn since last week is still spreading, though parts of it have been tem porarily controlled. It has cov ered around 12,000 acres now but at present is confined to the old burn and has not gotten into new timber. Pistol River Blaze Two camps have been set up on that fire but the state for estry department said Tuesday morning that it had no idea as to the number of men and the amount of equipment now fight ing the blaze. One look-out was moved out as a safety measure precaution and has been set up at another point, where it is be ing used more for. communica tions than anything else. (Concluded on Page 5, Column S) Series of Quakes Rock Hawaii Honolulu, Aug. 21 (U.R) A series of sharp earthquakes rocked the Hawaiian islands to day causing damage estimated at $45,000 and injuring at least two persons. The temblors were recorded at 12:57 a.m., Hawaiian time (6:57 a.m. EDT), and another sharp series were recorded at 1:31 a.m. Hawaiian time (7:31 a.m. EDT), Roland P. White, chief ob server at the coast and geodetic magnetic observation station, said the quakes were "at least as large" as the ones that pre ceded the spectacular eruptions of Mauna Loa June 1, 1950. Hilo Police Chief Anthony Paul, who estimated the dam age and reported the injured, said damage from the earth quake centered in the Hoonau- nau-Nookena area on the east ernmost island of Hawaii. This section bore the brunt of dam age during last year's eruption of Mauna Loa volcano on the island of Hawaii. Paul said Hawaii county su pervisor William Thompson and his wife were "slightly injured" when their home at Kaimanalo paftially collapsed as they slept. There were no other reports of injuries, he said. The craters of Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea, two 13,000 foot volcano peaks rising above the island, were still dormant. High Red Official Dies London, Aug. 21 VP) The Moscow radio today reported the death of G. A. Zemukhamedov, president of the presidium of the supreme Soviet of Tatar, auto nomous Soviet socialist republic. The broadcast said he died Mon day. McKay and Newbry to Oppose Sta te Pay Hike A proposed pay increase to accountant clerks was strongly opposed by Secretary of State Earl T. Newbry and Governor Douglas McKay, during the meeting of the board Tuesday. The increase which will be considered by the state civil service board at its next meeting, effects only three state employes, but the two officials said grant- ing of these Increases would be immediately followed by de mands for pay increases by per sons doing similar work in vari ous departments. I don't think it is fair to grant salary increases so short ly after the adjournment of the legislature," said Newbry. "A year from now things might be different, but these employes should have taken the salary increase request up with the ways and means committee of the legislature. Newbry said that he would appear before the civil service board and oppose the request. Governor McKay agreed that the pay increases were not in order now but State Treasurer Walter J. Pearson did not eon- a (fMw U W Truman Seeks More Controls Washington, Aug. 21 (JP) President Truman indicated to day he is about to open a new fight to get from, congress the price and other control powers he says are needed to combat inflation. At a White House meeting, the President asked his national advisory board on mobilization policy, for advice on a message to congress asking stronger con trol authority. When Mr. Truman signed the present law on July 31, he de nounced it as inadequate and served notice he would ask con gress later for changes. He said in a statement at that time: "We will not be able to hold down rising prices under this act, and I am going to ask the congress to amend it to give us adequate controls." The advisory board on mobi lization policy is ,.' headed by Charles E. Wilson," the defense mobilization director. There are IB other members. Presidential Secretary Joseph Short disclosed that Mr. Truman talked for 30 minutes with the board. "In the discussions," Short said, "the President took up the dificulties of administering the price control features of the de fense production act as amended. ."He asked the board to give him advice in connection with a probable mesage to congress ask ing for further amendments. Jap Peace to Mean Red War Tokyo, Aug. 21 tfP) The Peip ing radio today quoted a Shang hai newspaper as saying that if Japan signs a peace treaty with out Red China and Russia it will mean "a declaration of war against these two countries." The broadcast monitored here carried at length an editorial from Ta Kung Pao, one of the Chinese .newspapers which the Reds took over when they seized Shanghai. "Legally, the newspaper said, 'after the conclusion of a sep arate peace, a state of war would still exist between these two countries and Japan." Red China has not been in vited to the Japanese peace treaty conference at San Fran cisco next month. Russia will at tend but is not expected to sign. cur. He contended that the board should make no protest against the proposed raises and held that the employes were entitled to any pay increase that could be given them. It was decided that individual members of the board would ap pear before the civil service board and express their views. A residency program of train ing of doctors in psychiatry and neurology has been given of ficial approval of the council of medical education of the Amer ican Medical Society with con currence by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, This approval will insure credits be given to doctors who take the course in an effort to obtain a fellowship in Psychiatry. (Concluded to Page i, Column I) .. . .... : Eza Holohan Body Exhumed Italian soldiers carry the flag draped coffin of of OSS Major William V. Holohan from a small rural cemetery near Milan, Italy, for medical examina tion into causes of his wartime death behind enemy lines in Italy. Local authorities are seeking the extradition of two former U. S. soldier companions of Maj. Holohan after U. S. defense department authorities charged them with the cold blooded murder of their superior officer. (AP Wirephoto) All Records Crashed In Use of Water Here More water flowed through the pipes, faucets and sprinklers of the- Salem water system Monday than any other one day in the history of the city. In total gallons used during the day and in rate of usage at the peak hour all records were crashed, and for the first time since : the 10,000,000-gallon reservoir Washington's Financing Void Olympia, Wash., Aug. 21 CP) This.state operated on faith alone today, its finances paralyzed by a sweeping - court decision that obliterated a revenue, measure and the $680,000,000 biennial budget. ' The door on Washington's cash register was slammed shut by the state supreme court with a rul ing that a combination tax-ap propriations bill enacted during a special session of the legisla ture was unconstitutional. Only a special session, which will be called quickly, can open the drawer again. "Logrolling," was the court's 5-3 description of the method legislators used in combining a 4 per cent corporation franchise tax with the appropriations measure to insure its passage. A regular session of the 1951 legis lature went 11 days over its 60 day legal limit by the clock-stop ing process. But it couldn't agree on taxes and was recalled the next week to spend another 10 days in special session before the combination bill was produced. The court disapproved of the 4 per cent corporation tax on two counts. It violated the uniform ity provision of the state char ter and was discriminatory, the judges held. The budget died be cause it was passed under the same title as the revenue raiser. The corporation tax was in. tended to partially stop the steady drain on the state's gen eral fund, which was slipping some $2,000,000 into the red each month. Governor Arthur B. Langlie, a republican, insisted on a tax measure to balance the budget. Birthday Party For Margaret Ballater, Scotland, Aug. 21 lP) Princess Margaret, vivacious sweetheart of the British Empire, came of age today. Her 21st birthday was greeted by Britons everywhere but the celebration at nearby Balmoral Castle was a quiet family affair. Tourists and local folk in this neighboring, Scottish town made it a festive occasion as friends of the royal family including some who may be eligible for Margaret's hand came to take part in the birthday party. There will be no booming of guns throughout the empire, since Margaret is only fourth in line to the British throne. But local postal officials are bracing themselves - for the expected flood of congratulatory letters, telegrams and presents. Court circles have not disclos ed what most of the presents are. It Is known that she is get ting a convertible coupe, and the traditional pearl to add to the matched string started when tht was born. was built on Rural avenue it failed to fill completely duringl the night because of the heavy usage up to the time people went to bed. The total used during the day, said Manager Carl Guenther, was approximately 20,500,000 gallons. And at the peak of the day's usage at 8 o'clock Monday night Salem residents were us ing water at the rate of 36,ip0. 000 gallons a day, or 25,000 gal lons a minute. That continued until about 9 o'clock when resi- denters began to shut off the sprinklers for the night. Never before, said Guenther, has the reservoir failed to fill to capacity during the night, but Tuesday morning the surface in the reservoir was two feet be low the top, which was a short age of 1,100,000 gallons. (Concluded -on Page 5, Column 4) Ask $400 Million For Flood Relief Washington, Aug. 21 (P) President Truman has asked congress for $400,000,000 to help the flood-battered middle west and to finance a new national flood disaster insurance pro gram. He told congress in a message last night the situation was a "grave emergency" and asked that the money be provided as quickly as possible. Vice President Barkley promptly referred the request jointly to the senate public works and appropriations committees to speed action. Ordinarily each would study the matter sepa rately. . The relief money would be used to pay flood victims of Kansas, Missouri and nearby states for part of what they lost tn the July floods; to guar antee liberal loans for rebuild ing homes, farms and factories and to help states and cities par ticipate in the rehabilitation HDiOTurt In Jet Crash Fort Dix, N. J., Aug 21 0P) - A flame-enveloped jet plane raining fiery death as it fought a losing battle for altitude- plowed into a group of soldiers yesterday, killing twelve men and injuring 21. Twenty-one other soldiers were burned or injured as the T-33 air force trainer plane crashed moments after taking off from nearby McGuire air base. The plane's two-mancrew perished in the wreckage. Among the dead soldiers were Pvts. George W. and Robort W. Poole, 22-ycar-old twins from Camden, N. J., who were In ducted into the army about four months ago. George was killed instantly. Their widowed mother, Mrs. Hazel Poole, was preparing to leave for the post hospital late yesterday when word was re ceived that the critically injur ed Robert also had died. Hurricane to Strike Central Mexican Coast 130 Mile per Hour I Wind Whirls Toward Tampico, Vera Cruz Mexico City, Aug. 21 W) A refortified tropical hurricane with a 130-miIe-an-hour wind wallop stormed through the southwest Gulf of Mexico today toward the central Mexican coast and its oil fields. Overnight it had regained most of the force with which it raked Jamaica last Friday and took 135 lives. Along Mexico's tropical east ern shore on the gulf, Tampico and Veracruz, the country's two biggest ports, took precautions. But the hurricane if it kept its present course during the day was due to hit the mainland about halfway between the ports between 6 p.m., and 9 p.m. (E ST). Both expected to be on the outer fringes of the storm. The weather bureau said the full force was headed for the Tuxpannautla area. Tuxpan a Target Tuxpan is an oil port of about 13,000 population about 135 miles up the coast from Vera cruz. Nautla is a small town on the coast between Tuxpan and Veracruz. The big blow crossed Jamaica Friday, then hit the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico yesterday. It lost force over the sparsely settled land and headed across Campeche bay in the southwest gulf. In an advisory Issued at 6 a.m.. (EST) the weather bureau at New Orleans said the center would be swirling in the Gulf of Mexico about 170 miles east of! Nautla, a small town of less than 2000 population. (Concluded on Page 5, Column 8) More Pickers Badly Needed High temperatures have re sulted in the rapid ripening of all sorts of farm crops with a consequent demand for addi tional harvest nands. It was reported at the Salem employment office, Ferry and South Cottage streets, Tuesday morning that the supply of labor did not equal the demand by some 300 persons, Between 25 and 30 growers had convey ances at the employment office and although but one went home empty handed, the others did not begin to secure their require ments. It is believed a number of male adults have gone into the forest fire fighting business, thus curtailing their services in the bean and cucumber patches, hop yards and other seasonal crops departments. It may be that the hot weath er has prevented some would-be pickers from reporting, al though it is pointed out that in many instances the open fields are little warmer than the back yards. In any event an addition al 300 persons are badly needed to handle the crops at this writ ing. Defense Housing Bill Sent to White House Washington, Aug. 21 (P) The house today passed and sent to President Truman a $1,635,000,000 defense housing bill promising lower down payments on low and moderately priced dwellings. The general purpose of the bill is to encourage private builders to erect housing for the thousands who have swarmed into defense centers and areas around mill- tary installations The bill was originally sought by the administration, but the amounts for various housing programs were' trimmed. Also it carries a provision which would require that the present tough credit restrictions on low and medium priced hous es be relaxed. This is separate from a provision permitting the president to relax the curbs in defense areas. The bill would authorize a $1,500,000,000 expansion of the government's authority to in sure home mortgages. This and other features are designed to encourage private industry to build what housing is neces sary. However, the bill also pro vides $50,000,000 for public housing to be built by the gov ernment if necessary, and $60,- 000,000 for such community services as waterworks and sewers in communities unable to finance them locally. New Proposal In Oil Dispute Given to Iran Tehran. Iran. Aug. 21 W) Britain's delegate today offered Iran a new proposal to settle the grave British-Iranian oil dis pute and gave the Iranians until noon tomorrow to take it or leave It. The new British move follow ed the abrupt withdrawal by British Delegate Richard R. Stokes of the previous British proposal revolving about a 50-50 split of Iranian oil profits. (In London, the foreign of fice, confirming the new offer, announced that Prime Minister Atlee has summoned his cabinet to discuss the oil negotiations.) Stokes announced he had of fered compromise possibilities which concern the retention of British management at the Abandan refinery and the oil fields. These had been rejected by Iranian Premier Mohammed Mossadegh. Stokes then with drew Britain's proposals and substituted a new overall one. It Included the problem of em ployment of British personnel. If the Tehran government re jects this, Stokes probably will return at once to London. Promise Probe Of Spy Group Washington, Aug. 21 ffl Senate investigators promised today to explore fully a story that a communist spy ring with some Americans in its ranks as sured Moscow before Pearl Har bor that Japan would attack the United States. Mitsusada Yoshikawa, director of special investigations for the Japanese attorney general, told the story in sworn testimony be fore the senate subcommittee on internal security yesterday. Senator Ferguson (R., Mich.), a member, and Robert Morris, counsel to the group, said tne entire matter will be gone into deeply at further hearings. Yoshikawa said Richard Sorge whom he sent to the gallows as head of the spy ring, named the late writer Agnes Smedley as a U. S. member of the ring. But Sorge never gave the names of a "young officer connected with the American consulate at Shang hai" and an American newspa per correspondent who also were members, Yoshikawa said. The witness said Sorge con fessed that his mission was (1) to spy on Japanese and German war plans, and (2) to induce Ja pan to strike at the U. S., Brit ain, France and The Netherlands but not at Russia, if she struck at all. Polish Partisans Harrying Commies Berlin, Aug, 21 (A") A young Polish refugee said here yester day that the Russian forces try ing to keep Poland in line are being harried by a growing band of armed anti-Red partisans. Josef Kowalskl, 19-year-old refugee from Polish secret po lice, told a news conference that the partisans have been making open attacks against Russian ar my installations and Soviet sup ply trains crossing Poland to East Germany. Also included is a $10,000, 000 fund for buying housing sites in isolated areas, and one of $15,000,000 for loans to as sist producers and distributors of prefabricated housing. The relaxation of housing credit restrictions would force a modification of the current regulation "" which operates on a sliding scale. Down payments would range as low as 4 per cent on the pur chase price of a house costing $7,000 or less on a GI loan. The GI down payment on a house in the $7,000-$10,000 range would he 6 per cent, and on one In the $10,000-$12,000 class it would be 8 per cent. A 10 per cent down payment would be required on a $7,000 house on which the federal hous ing administration insured the mortgage, or which was conven tlonally financed. This would step up to 15 per cent down on a $7,000-$10,000 house and to 20 per cent on one costing from $10,000 to $12,000. Nam II Rejects Allied Reply Upon Ambush Angrily insists Red Chinese Killed and Deadlock Tightened UN Advance Base Below Kae- song, Korea, Wednesday, Aug. It (U.R North Korean Gen. Nam II rejected In angry terms last night a UN reply to his complaint that allied troops violated the Kae song neutral zone. It appeared that cease-fire negotiations had come to another crisis. Nam had alleged that UN troops fired on a communist mil- ' itary police detachment inside the zone Sunday. Vice Adm. C. Turner Joy, chief UN truce ne gotiator, replied that he was in vestigating the complaint but that a preliminary report "does not substantiate the charges you have made." Pyongyang radio said last night that Nam had told Joy that his message was unsatisfactory. Demands Punishment 'I demand the heaviest punish ment for those responsible for the neutrality zone violation and again demand assurance that such incidents will not be re peated," Nam said. There was speculation at this base whether Nam, the chief Red truce negotiator, might call off armistice negotiations unless he received what he considered a "satisfactory" reply that Is, an admission that UN troops were guilty of the neutrality breach. (Concluded on Page 5, Column ) South Koreans Swept Off Hill U. S. 8th Army Headquarters, Korea, Aug. 21 (IP) South Ko rean troops attacked- strongly j held ridges north of Yanggu be hind a curtain of artillery fire to day, but made little headway. Front line dispatches and of ficial announcements reported the South Koreans seized the ridge of one hill but were swept off two others by Red counter attacks. Associated Press Correspon dent George A. McArthur re ported from the east-central front that battle raged through out the day northeast and north west of Yanggu. On the far eastern flank, Mc Arthur said, attacking South Korean troops secured north south ridgelines near Kansong exctpe for one hill recaptured my a communist counter-attack Tuesday. Large numbers of communist troops were reported massing a few miles south of the battlcline above Yanggu. McArthur said there were reports the Reds have committed some of their reserve strength to defend the craggy ridges. Replacements poured steadily into Red lines during the four- day battle. Allied artillery ham mered them incessantly, Fog hampered air support. Small Red patrols attempted to infiltrate the allied battle line. Only light contacts were re ported along the rest of the Ko rean front. Chiang Fires 2 Delegates in U.S. Taipch, Formosa, Aug. 21 VP) The Chinese nationalist gov ernment fired two of its repre sentatives in the United States today and ordered them home immediately. First, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek suspended Lt. Gen. Mao Pang-Chu as deputy com mander of the Chinese national ist air force and delegate to the United Nations military staff committee. Chiang in a mandate accused Mao of "derelection of duties and disobedience of orders." A gov ernment spokesman said Mao had failed to account for $19, 440,000 of funds to buy equip ment for the air force and to train its personnel. Next, air force headquarters announced dismissal of Col. Hsiang Weih-Slan, executive as sistant to Mao, and ordered him back home to face charges of derelection of duty and suspicion of being a communist agent. It was doubted here that either would return voluntarily to For mosa. Obeservers said lt is more likely they would leek to stay in the United States, in which case the government might try to obtain their extradition.
