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Journal V THE WEATHER MOSTLY CLOUDY with a few f.howers tonight and Thursday. Little change in temperature. Low tonight, 36; high Thursday, SO. FINAL ED0T1 63rd Year, No. 278 Entered ax teood Orec on Salem, Oregon, Wednesday, November 21, 1951 matter it Salem, Thanksgiving Day Observed Two Satellites File Complaint V Reds Proposal ' i ' I Li.... A III.... muyupen way For Cease-lire All Over Globe Against Plane C aipitat f f y : Combat Men to Pause Where Possible For Turkey Dinners (By the Associated Press) A nntion half at war will ob serve Thanksgiving day tomor row while its leaders search for peace throughout an uneasy world. In the United Stales, turkey will be plentiful but expensive The day will sparkle with warm er weather in the east, with foot hall games everywhere. . Halfway across the world, in 8,'i'imy Panmunjom, American officers have promised an aswer to the latest communist counter-proposal for a cease fire in Korea. There was cautious op timism that both sides are com ing closer together on the first of several difficult problems to be solved before guns are stilled Combat men will pause, wher ever possible, to commemorate a day half-way between peace and all-out war. For most, the army says, there will be turkey din ners and the trimmings. Some on the battle front, may have to wait for theirs. Over 100,000 Casualties Casualty lists, always two weeks or more behind develop ments, have passed the total of 100,000 Americans killed, wounded or missing in Korea. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, su preme allied commander in Tokyo, gave thanks on behalf of his fighting men in Korea. (Concluded on Page 5, Column 6) Military Law In Flooded Italy Milan, Italy, Nov. 21 ) The Italian military command at Rovigo was reported today to have declared the flood stricken Po river delta a "mill "J"v zone" in a strong move to check looting of abandoned homes. Press dispatches sait the mili tary order warned anyone found without special permission around houses abandoned dur ing the past 10 days or raging floods was liable to be shot, Four looters were shot last Sat urday by police at the town of Villa Marzana. These stern measures were taken as rescue workers spur red efforts to clear marooned towns and villages in the delta before threatened new flood crests developed. An estimated 160,000 persons have abandoned their homes in the area. The Italian press has carried growing protests against the "jackal" looting that has brok en out in the evacuated areas. Steady rains at the headwaters of the Po and along many of its tributaries in northern Italy increased fears of new dangers in the area, where 100 have lost their lives in the past week and thousands have been made homeless. Working around the clock, rescue teams, including British and American army units from Trieste, fought tricky currents and swirling debris to remove 8,500 persons from the town of Adria and nearby villages. AUied headquarters in Trieste saifl the British and American detachments were being rein forced. Bill of Fare for All U. S. Soldiers Boston, Nov. 21 ) Turkey will be the Thanksgiving day piece de resistence for United States armed forces, ashore or afloat, at home or abroad. The standard menu for the navy everywhere follows: Shrimp or fruit cocktail, rel ish tray. French onion soup, roadst young torn turkey with giblet gravy, oyster or corn bread dressing, cranberry orange relish, snow flaked or glazed sweet potatoes, cauliflower or buttered green peas, Waldorf or perfection salad, hot clover leaf rolls and butter, pumpkin, sweet potato pie or mince meat pie. ice cream, assorted fruits, candies, nuts, coffee, tea or milk. Because the navy now is operating in virtually all time zones, there will be a wide di vergence in the hour for chow. Marines serving on navy ves sels will share navy fare. Else where the marine corps menu, evjn in the lines, will differ liltfe. although turkey will be forl'Iicti will) baked ham wher ever possible. Missing Cargo Ship Fired On Because It Crossed Border Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Nov. 21 iP) Hungary and Romania complained officially today that a United Stats army cargo plane still missing after being fired on by the satellite border guards Monday crossed over their ter ritories illegally. Notes were presented to the American missions in Budapest and Bucharest, even as U.S. planes prepared to search over Yugoslavia for the missing C-47 transport, which disappeared Monday with four crewmen and diplomatic cargo aboard. The two cominform countries maintain a tight control all along their borders with Yugo slavia. . Answer to Inquiries. The notes were presented aft er other American inquiries were made concerning the whereabouts of the plane, whose pilot had radioed his base at Munich Monday afternoon that he had been fired upon by the border patrols of the two coun tries and had turned back west ward. The pilot's reports, as 'isclos- ed by the U.S. embassy in Bel grade, did not mention any dam age from the shooting. Bad weather hampered the search, Fifteen U.S. air force planes were poised at Treviso in northern Italy, at the juncture of the Italian, Austrian and Yu goslav borders, ready for the word that would send them over an area of 7,000 square miles, much of it craggy mountains and wooded hills. Search Underway The plane, carrying a general cargo for the embassy here, was last reported somewhere north of Belgrade at dusk Monday, with its gasoline running low. It was attempting to retrace its route back to Udme, near Tri este, in the hope of refuelling there. , War Declared On NY Rackets New York, Nov.' 21 VP) The states of New York and New Jersey are teaming up f6r a drive against waterfront crime and racketeering in the port of New York. Conferences have been held between Gov. Thomas E. Dewey and New Jersey Gov. Alfred E. Driscoll on launching the first concerted two-state cleanup along the piers. Dewey ordered the New York state crime commission last night to make a "sweeping in vestigation" on a port-wide basis. Dewey said he wanted to root out "racketeering, organized crime and restrictive practices which have increasingly over the past 50 years hamstrung the port of New York." Dewey said he and Gov. Dris coll are engaged "in the proc ess of working out a bistate co operative effort which will be announced when the time comes." At Trenton, N.J., Driscoll said Dewey's order for a. commission nvestigation was "good news," and he told of recent conferences with the New York governor. Nor bind Thinks Ike A variable Candidate Washington, Nov. 21 () The North Atlantic defense program has progressed to the point where, Rep. Norblad (R-Ore) says, General Dwight D. Eisen hower will be available for a presidential nomination. The congressman has just re turned from an inspection of Eu ropean and North African de fenses by the house armed serv ices committee of which he is a member. . He told a reporter that the committee conferred.with Eisen hower and his aides for some time, but did not discuss politics. 'However, after listening to them brief the North Atlantic treaty organization program and inspecting the various projects nlccarlir .inrlai ...... Vn.kUJ declared, "I am convinced that Eisenhower will have accomp - lished hii purpose in plenty of -. ... - , . - ,, Pennsylvania Guards Join Ike Bremerhaven, Germany, Nov. 21 ypj Advance elements of the 28th infantry division "Penn sylvania's own" National Guard arrived in Germany today to complete the American rein forcement of General Dwight Eisenhower's European army. Gen. Eisenhower himself was on his way to greet the 28th personally as the vanguard of the division steamed into' this big U. S. supply port aboard the transport General Butner. It was a gloomy, rainy morn ing. But the 2,000 soldiers aboard the Butner cheered and waved as the big transport docked. They answered with yells when the welcoming band play ed the division's song, "Roll On, 28th." The 28th, known as the key stone division, is the last to ar rive of four U. S. divisions poured into Germany this year to bolster the frontline of west ern allied defenses along the iron curtain. With the 28th, the United States now has six combat divi sions in west Germany. Alto gether the western allied com bat forces in this vital area number more than 12 divisions and are expected to reach 14 by the year's end. The 28th division's comman der, Major General Daniel B. Strickler, of Lancaster, Pa., had arrived ahead of his troops. But he met them at the dock and went aboard to greet tnein per sonally after a brief dockside ceremony. GIs' Christmas Gifts Home Swamp Docks Seattle, Wash., Nov. 21 (U.R) Seattle port of embarkation and postal officials said today that their facilities were being swamped by thousands of Christmas packages sent to the slates by troops in Korea. A port official said the front line soldiers' shopping spree be gan last September. He said that during the month soldiers sent post exchanges in Japan a list of items to be mailed to folks back home. Red Cross women and service men's wives shopped for the articles, wrapped them and mail ed them. The port official said the re sult was that more than 20,000 packages have been received at the port of embarkation since Nov. 1. time to step out and seek the presidency should he desire to do so. "He should have things in shape within another month or two. He has well qualified subor dinates who can carry the pro gram along from there." During its travels, the com mittee looked over U.S. airfields and other defense projects in Newfoundland, Great Britain, France, Germany, Austria, Italy and North Africa. "The entire program is pro gressing in very fine shape," Norblad asserted. "There are still lots of things to do but the groundwork has been laid." The congressman was to leave iere by plane today for Port- land' re" and plans lo Pen be ;'wecn - session offices in until congress resume. . New Atom Tests Effect on Equipment Special troops, par ticipating in new series of atomic tests on equipment and animals at Frenchmen's Flat, Nev., watch the "huge, grotesque brown" dust cloud shoot high above the AEC proving grounds. Brig. Gen. Burdette M. Fitch, exercise director, said the re sults, when fully tabulated, should have considerable in fluence on military technique and training or personnel of the armed forces. (Acme Telephoto) Five Tons of Turkey To Feed State s Wards By DOUGLAS A domestic turkey is a bird that as a habit, doesn't fly. It has wings, but they're not much use. It has legs for walking, roosting and roasting. It's a bird that takes on a special sig nificance tomorrow. Britain Agrees To U. S. Admiral Rome, Nov. "21 '(P) Britain today was- reported ready to agree to appointment of an American Admiral to command the west's naval forces in the Atlantic. A qualified informant said the British concurrence was made possible by agreement of the NATO military committee, meeting here, on the exact re sponsibilities of the Atlantic naval commander and also on the establishment of a new Eng lish channel commander under a British admiral. The Atlantic naval command er will operate under sharply defined powers, the informant said, indicating that Britain will retain certain powers she con siders vital. Presumably these would in clude control of the western sea approaches to the British Isles. The British previously had blocked appointment of an American to the post. The new English channel com mand will be under Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's headquarters (SHAPE) and will direct west ern defenses in the channel and the southern part of the North Sea. - Through the military group has authority only to recom mend, the NATO council was expected to approve quickly its recommendations on the com mands during its session which opens here Saturday. Green Fire Ball Over 4 States Albuquerque, N.M., Nov. 21 (U.R) A bright green fireball siz zled across southwestern skies last night, displaying "all the haracteristics" of eight other flaming objects that have puz zled meteorologists and residents of four states during the past three weeks. Dr. Lincoln La Paz, head of the New Mexico university Insti tute of Meteoritics. said the lat est fireball was sighted about 5:42 p.m. (PST). Pilots of two air force planes and a Transworld airliner pilot first reported the latest phenom enon. But the meteorologist said a later check revealed the object had been sighted from points as distant as Dodge City, Kan., and Lubbock and Big Springs, Tex. The fireball, La Paz said, gave off an intense light and was de scribed as being "livid green" in color. During the past three weeks, eight others huve whizzed over the states of Texas, Oklahoma, Arizona and Kpw Mexico. Spv- Salcmjerai of them were sighted in two or tnree ilatet at the same time. THOMAS And for the stale institutions surrounding Salem, that signifi cance is overwhelming. The chefs in various schools, hos pitals and the penitentiary will prepare a total of nearly five tons of turkey for the holiday menus. Translating tons to birds at about 25 pounds each that means some 400 birds. The state hospital, Cottage farm included, boasts the great est volume of turkey and trim mings. For those institutions some 196 turkeys, measuring out to 3,500 'pounds, will give pa tients something for which to be thankful. The remainder of the hospital menu includes 225 gallons of dressing, 170 gallons of giblet gravy, 425 pounds of cranber ries for sauce, 225 gallons of mashed potatoes, 200 gallons of buttered peas, 50 boxes of mash ed potatoes, 200 gallons of but- buttered peas, 50 boxes of apples 50 crates of celery, 1000 pounds of mincemeat for pies, 250 gal lons of coffee, and 200 gallons of cider. (Concluded on Page 5, Column 7) UALTriesOuf Fog Dispersal Portland, Nov. 21 OT United Air Lines has moved fog-dispersal tests to the Portland area for two weeks of experimenting with what two former navy fliers say is a real field-clearing chemical. The tests have been made at intervals in the Medford area. There has been reports from there of fog moving out after the dispersal plane went aloft, but UAL officials today declined to comment on the success of the work thus far. They said only that it was inconclusive. H. T. Harrison, UAL meterol- ogist, is here from Denver for the research planned this week and next. In direct chaiEe are the two ex-navy men, Harvey M. Brandau and Eugene K. Kooser of Medford, whose chem ical, a secret "formula X," is diffused from equipment in stalled in one of the UAL planes. Right now they are wailing for fog. The weather bureau's airport station said there hadn't been any here since last week when Gen. Douglas MacArthur's plane couldn't land for more than two hours. There might be some tonight though, the forecasters reported. Brandau and Kooser, experi menting since 1949 with weath er control, engage in what they call hail dispersal as well as fog dispersal work. Fruit men in the Medford area have contract ed with them to break up clouds which carry potential hail dam age. There have been no official studies of their work such as an Oregon State college project aimed at evaluating rainmaking in eastern Oregon. Weather Details Mailmum ?ettrrdir, M; minimum 1a day. U. Total -H-hour precipitation: .0 fnr month: X.Wi; normal, 4.(11, Sraion pre cipitation, H.iM: normal. H.flft. Hiwer hrlrhl 1.7 feet (Report by U.S. Weather Bare an.) West's Plan for Disarming Hit By Soviet Bloc Czechs Reject Proposal Because It Does Not Ban A-Bomb Paris, Nov. 21 ( Czecho slovakia gave the United Na tions today the first Soviet bloc reply to the western disarma ment proposals a mild, gen eralized statement that the plan was not acceptable because it does not call for immediate pro hibition of atomic weapons. There was no hint when Rus sia's foreign minister, Andrei Vishinsky, would take the floor in the U. N. assembly's political committee to reply to U. S. Secretary of State Dean Ache son's outline of the plan. Vi shinsky sat attentively as Mrs. Gertrude Sekaninova, head of the Czechoslovak delegation, called the west's proposal vague and complicated. Canadian Replies She was followed by Lester B. Pearson, Canada's minister of external affairs and chairman of the North Atlantic organiza tions (NATO), who announced Canada's full support for the plan and defended NATO as a regional setup within the Unit ed Nations necessary until fears of Russia diminish. Pearson argued that the west had to negotiate through strength for peace until Rus sia's threats to peace were with drawn. Mrs. Sekaninova's statement reflected none of the laughter Vishinsky said he had for the western plan after it was first announced. (Concluded on Page 5. Column 4) Arab-Israeli Issues Stymied Paris, Nov. 21 OT The Unit ed Nations Palestine conciliation commission announced today its failure to settle Arab-Israeli dif ferences. , The commission said it had called off the fruitless talks be gun here August 10 because nei ther party showed willingness to make concessions. The group made up of repre sentatives of the United Stales, France and Turkey now is drafting a report of its failure to the general assembly. It then will be up lo the assembly to de cide whether the commission should be liquidated or contin ued in existence. The three-man commission no tified both Israel and the Arab governments, which have been consulting with it, that wide dif ferences between the two sides made it useless to continue ne gotiation efforts at this lime. The commission, originally created by the general assembly in 1948, has been making a new peace attempt in Paris since last summer. It has been unable, however, to get the two parties to sit down together because of Arab refusal to deal directly with the Israeli representatives. U, S. Gets Russian Note Washington, Nov. 21 W) The United Slates today received a new note from Russia but the subject was not immediately dis closed. The state department press office would say only that the note was under study. US War Casualties in Korea Over 100,000 Washington, Nov. 21 (Hi The 100,000th American has been killed or wounded or is missing in Korea. This mark is recorded and passed in the defense depart ment's weekly summary of com bat casualties due to be issued today. Since this official report now runs about two weeks be hind the battle action, It covers 16 months of fighting. American families have been told of some 22,000 casualties among their men since Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway first offer ed to talk about an armistice on June 30. About seven out of every ten American battle losses have been suffered since the Chinese Reds poured across the Manchurian border into the then virtually won Korean battlefield a little more than one year ago. The 70,000 U.S, casualties re Considered President Tru man has said that George F. Kennan (above) is being con sidered for the post of ambas sador to Russia. If appointed, Kennan would succeed Am bassador Alan G. Kirk, who reportedly wishes to give up the post. (AP Wircphoto) South Korea Lists Atrocities Pusan, Korea, Nov. 21 South Korea today accused the communists of "a campaign of murder never before exampled in the history of the civilized world." The republic's public relations officer repeated a government charge that warring Reds had slaughtered more than 250,000 Korean civilians and 7,000 cap tured Republic of Korea (Rok) soldiers. Robert T. Oliver, a spokesman for the South Korean govern ment, said the republic blamed North Korean and Chinese Reds for the slayings. The statement was the latest in a barrage of atrocity charges and counter-charges. The allied high command says there is "considerable evi dence" that about 6,000 U. S. soldiers captured by the Reds were victims of "death by atroc ity." . . The South Korean govern ment statement said "Millions of Koreans in North Korea are being systematically starved and frozen to death." ini Out For MacArthur New York, Nov. 20 (U.R The president of the world's largest commercial bank today called Gen. Douglas MacArthur best qualified to be the next president of the United States. He rated Sen. Robert A. Taft next best. In an informal talk lo news papermen at a luncheon here, L. M. Giannini, president of the Bank of America National Trust & Savings association, far-flung California institution, dismissed Governor Earl Warren of his own state as "a socialist at heart," and also characterized Gen. Dwight Eisenhower as "a one worlder too." The California banker said that President Truman is honest and sincere, and te doing the best job he is capable of, "consider ing his background." After revealing that General MacArthur is h i s "personal choice" lo be the next president, Giannini added t hat he "did a wonderful job in Japan . . . has unusual executive capacity . . and is faithftil to the constitu lion." ported since the Chinese enter ed the war include nearly 8,000 of the 12,500 Americans listed at one time or another as miss ing in action. This missing fig ure has been reduced to a cur rent total of around 10,800 Among these are the some 5,500 Americans reported by Col James M. Hanley, chief of the war crimes section of the U.S 8th army in Korea, to have been killed by their captors. General Ridgway has without using figures authenticated Hanley's report. But the general said the deaths have been reported to the families concerned. Approximately half of all U.S casualties in Korea have oc curred since the bitter retreats and rear guard withdrawals of last winter and during the series of Red spring offensives and UN counter blows which have mov ed the battle line back to the center of Korea. (Concluded on Fag. 5, Column I) Buffer Zone Plan Submitted for U.N. Consideration Munsan, Korea, Nov. 21 (PI. Truce hopes brightened today when communist negotiator i submitted a cease-fire plan of i their own that eould open the way for a Korean armistice by unrisunas. It was similar !o a United Na tions plan for creating a buffer zone along the present fighting line to take effect if an armis tice is signed within 30 days. A u. N. command communique referred to the resemblance as superficial. But the command's official spokesman, Brig. Gen. William iJ. JNuckols, said if the Red plan "means what we think it means . . , then I think we are verv close to solution" of the buffer zone question. Points in Doubt The point in doubt was wheth er the communist proposal meaiu that troops will be withdrawn from the buffer zone after an armistice is signed" as the U. N. proposed. After the communists submit ted their counterproposal at Pan munjom at Wednesdays two hour truce session, allied nego tiators tried to determine wheth er the Reds contemplated an im mediate or delayed withdrawal from a buffer zone to be created along the present front. (Concluded on Page 5, Column 8) Allies Repulse Reds' Assault Seoul, Korea, Nov. 21 (ff) United Nations forces today threw back the Red's strongest attempt to halt an allied line strengthening drive on the cen tral Korean front. The U. N. push has gained nearly five miles since Saturday. The Republic of Korea (ROK) sixth division stopped counter attacks by elements of two Red battalions. The South Koreans had the support of a tremend ous artillery barrage. An allied officer said, "we clobbered the hell out of them all night. Without the artillery the Reds could have made it hard on the ROKs." The South Koreans also threw back several other jabs at their Pukhan river line southeast of Kumsong. On the eastern front United Nations soldiers repulsed a Red attack northwest of the punch bowl after a five and one-half hour fight that ended shortly after dawn Wednesday. No oth er major action was reported from that mountainous front. The only action on the west ern Ironl was northwest ol Chorwon. An allied raiding party occupied one hill posi tion in communist territory. Reds' Challenge Grows in Air Washington, Nov. 21 (fPl Gen. Hoyt Vandenberg said to day the allies' "complete air superiority over Korea is now being seriously challenged by the Migs but so far the situation is in hand." The air force chief of staff told a long and grim news con ference that possible "serious potentials" exist. Among these he listed the fact that "over night China has become one of the major air powers of the world." Vandenberg added that the Peiping regime obviously has attained that status "as the di rect beneficiary of another power possessing the essential industrial and technical re sources that communist China itself lacks." Vandenberg, just back from the Korean war front, also said: "Under the ground rules es tablished at the outset of the Korean war, it is impossible for us to gain air supremacy" be cause "for reasons that we all understand, we have followed a policy of not attacking the strongholds of enemy air power directly arross the Yalu river in Manchuria." A reporter asked whether any consideration has been given to a new request for permission to bomb the Manchurian bases. Vandenberg replied that "the crossing of the Yalu river Is a political decision that must bo taken by the United States with I its United Nations allies."
