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Capital jk Journal THE WEATHER CONSIDERABLE FOG tonight and Saturday. Little change in temperature. Low tonight, 30; high Saturday, SO. FDNIAL EDITION ISaaaiE 63rd Year, No. 280 SZTiJSXi Salem. Oreaon. Friday, November 23, 1951 ; woaao msocia Price 5c Fear Russians Sho! Down Lost US Navy Plane Moscow Reports Plane Crossed Siberian Bor der and Turned Back Washington, Nov. 23 (P) A U.S. navy plane with a crew of 10 is missing. There appear to he strong reasons for presuming it was shot down by the Russians. In succession today: . J. It was learned that Moscow, in a formal protest on Nov. 7, charged that an American plane crossed the Siberian border and was turned back by the gunfire of Soviet fighters. 12. The navy said a twin-engine bomber "on United Nations weather reconnaissance" patrol has been missing since Nov. 6 and is presumed lost. Carried Crew of 10 The navy statement was in answer to press inquiries about the Soviet protest. However, the navy itself did not say the Russians had shot down the plane., The navy said three officers and seven men were aboard the plane, and that search for sur vivors "has been negative," meaning none have been found. "The matter is still under searching investigation," the na vy said. (Concluded on Page 5. Column 7) Seek Wreckage 01 Lost Plane Rome, Nov. 23 VP) Clearing skies sent ground and air searchers out in force today to pin down reports on a U.S. air force plane missing since Mon day with four men aboard. One unconfirmed report said wreckage had been sighted among the jagged peaks of northeast Italy's Dolomite mountains, 40 miles east of Bol zano. Another report, from a travel er arriving in Vianna, said the plarfe was shot down by Roman ian army border guards as it touched the iron curtain on its flight from Germany to Bel grade. Neither report could be con firmed officially. Clouds and fogs which pre viously had hampered the search cleared today. Twenty U.S. planes based on Treviro air field, in northeast Italy, swept the skies above that sec tion and Yugoslavia. Italian police and U.S. ground searchers were working in the Dolomites, trying to check the report of the sighted wreckage. The U.S. embassy in Belgrade said Tuesday that the pilot of the C-47 transport plane report ed being fired on by Hungarian and Romanian border guards. But the embassy report said he apparently realized he was lost and turned back. In two later reports he said he was near the Croatian capital of Zagreb, headed towards Udine, Italy, which lies at the foot of the Al pine Dolomites. Finnegan Enters Innocent Plea St. Louis, Nov. 23 (m James P. Finnegan, fdrmer collector of internal revenue here, pleaded innocent today to charges of bribery and other misconduct in office and his trial was set for March 3. Finnegan waived reading of the four-count indictment in which he is charged at his brief arraignment before Federal Judge Rubev M. Hulen. Judge Hulen announced he may decide to have night sessions to shorten the trial which U. S. Attorney George L. Robertson estimated will last for about a month. In reply to an inquiry from the court, Robertson said wit nesses must be called from scat tered sections of the nation and that lone corporation records will be entered in evidence. "I will expect the witnesses to be ready," Judge Hulen said. Finegan's attorneys suggested the month of March for the trial after the government said it could be ready in 60 days. The portly ex-collector, personal friend of President Truman, is free under S5.000 bail. Weather Details Maitmam vaterdjir, Mt minimum lo ft'.'. Tfltal 24-hour precipitation: 0: lr monlhl S.M: normal, 4. 49. geaaon pre cipitation, 14..W: normal. II. Bler l"lrl. 1. 1 feet. (Report br VI. Weather Bureyav.l Way Opened To West Reich To Join Allies Only, However, If She Furnishes Troops for European Army Paris, Nov. 23 (Pi Chancel lor Konrad Adenauer goes home today to tell West Germany the way is open for her to be come a junior partner with her western conquerors but only if she furnishes troops for an Eur opean army. Adenauer and the Big Three foreign ministers agreed here yesterday on the main plinciples of a contract to end the occu pation of West Germany and give Adenauer's government more freedom. But the agreement falls short of the full independ ence the Germans want. The agreement drafted large ly during negotiations at Bonn was approved by Adenauer, U. S. Secretary of State Dean Ach- eson, Britain s Foreign secreta ry Anthony Eden and French Minister Robert Schuman. Details Kept Secret Details were kept secret, be cause five supplementary agree ments must first be drafted be fore West Germany gets her new status. Among them is one cov ering Germany's contribution to the proposed army which will serve under Gen. Dwight D. Eis enhower's Atlantic command. Nine months of negotiations with the Germans on their army contribution have failed to bring an accord. The Big Three told Adenauer yesterday his govern ment wouldn't get the independ ence contract until it agreed to supply the troops: One part of yesterday s agree ment provided that "the occupa tion statute with its powers of intervention In the domestic af fairs of the German government will be revoked." Big 3 Go to Rome The three foreign ministers now go to a Rome session of the North Atlantic council to deal with the defense problems that made the German agreement ne cessary. A communique on yesterday s meeting emphasized that this was the first time Adenauer had con ferred jointly with the Big Three. (Concluded on Page 5, Column 8) Po River Breaks Through Levees Rovigo, Italy, Nov. 23 VP) The waters of the swollen Po river continued to rise today, threatening further loss of life and destruction in northern It aly. In two weeks, floods have driven 200,000 persons from their homes and caused damage of hundreds of millions of dol lars. At Fossa Di Polessala near here, the Po broke through its left bank and sent muddy water sweeping towards the Adriatic sea. The breakthrough may have made unnecessary engi neers1 plans to blast gaps in dikes to divert flood waters. Authorities plan to evacuate every one of Adria's 35,000 in habitants. The floods damaged Adria's sewage system. About 100 persons have lost their lives in the two-week-old floods. France Walks Out of UN Meet on Morocco Paris, Nov. 23 UP) France walked out of the United Nations trusteeship committee today in protest against an Egyptian speech blasting French control of Morocco. Egyptian Delegate Fouad el Pharaony atacked France in the committee meeting today for re fusing to give Morocco its inde pendence. At, this, French Delegate Leon Pignon and his staff of advis ers left the room after insisting the committee had no right to discuss political matters. The Moroccan question was not on the agenda of the com mittee, although the Arab coun tries have indicated they will seek to place it before the gen eral assembly later in the cur rent session. The Egyptian remarks were made during a speech on infor mation reports from govern ments responsible for trust ter ritories and other non-self-governing areas. With France protesting, the UN to Watch Balkan Crisis Paris, Nov. 23 (U.R) A United Nations committee voted over Russia's protest today to put a special watch on the explosive Balkans because of the aggres sive enmity of the Soviet bloc toward Yugoslavia. The special UN political com mittee took the action on the motion of the United States, Great Britain, France, Greece and Mexico. The vote was 50 for the resolution, five against and three abstaining. This means that the resolu tion is assured the necessary two- thirds majority when it goes to the full General Assembly for final action. Under the resolution a 14- nation commission would be set up to watch the Balkans. The commission would maintain headquarters in New York City and send teams to any area where trouble threatened. Only the Soviet bloc countries onDosed the resolution. Before the committee voted, It approved another ..resolution to abolish.. .watchjpg,. commission which had been named to ob serve any threats by Yugoslavia to Greece. The vote on this was 50 for, five against and one abstaining. This vote was testimony of the radically altered situation since the Soviet-bloc countries boycot ted Marshal Tito because he re fused to put Russian interests ahead of those of his own coun try, even though he is a commu nist. Tito is now friendly to ward Greece and other western countries. Daughter of Tojo Offers to Give Blood Tokyo, Nov. 23 (P) Hideki Tojo's daughter tried today to give blood for allied soldiers, but stage fright sent her pres sure so high that it was decided not to take her blood. The 19-year-old girl, Kimie fourth daughter of Japan's "Pearl Harbor" premier who was exe cuted as a war criminal, was surrounded by Japanese photo graphers and reporters when she appeared at the United Nations blood bank. Attendants whisked her inside but sent her home after check ing her blood pressure. A college classmate who ac companied her said the donation was Miss Tojo's own idea. committee argued over wnetner it had a right to deal with pol itical questions or whether it ust stick to administrative de tails of dependent territories. A French motion to adjourn the discussion on the ground that the committee had no right to decide such a question was defeated 24 to 17, with four countries abstaining. The major ity was made up mostly of Latin American, communist and Arab countries. Wants Independence In the speech which provoked the incident, the Egyptian del egate stated that in the view of his government Morocco was a sovereign state. Prior to 1912, he said, when she "fell victim of diplomatic representatives of her own in several countries, she had been fully capable of handling her own affairs." France now un justly claims the Egyptian stated that Morocco had not yet reached the stage of being able to take care of herself. Before the Feast One of the largest strictly family Thanks giving banquets in the district was at the K. G. Barker, Sr., home Thursday at Liberty road and Cunningham lane. Seated, from left, they are: Helen Barker, her son, Stephen, Lyle Addison holding son, Ronald, Alice Addison holding son, Wayne, Rose Marie Addison, Eleanor Barker, Clarence Bar ker, Kenneth Barker, Glenn Barker, Stanley Barker, Richard Barker, Helen Barker, Marion Barker, Elwyn Barker, Charles Addison, Esther Isaacson, Wayne Isaacson, Bill Kinsey, hold ing Edith, and Sylvia Kinsey holding Henry. Standing are K. G. Barker, Sr., K. G. Barker, Jr., Warren Barker, and Mrs. K. G. Barker, Sr. Fourteen children were present; three ab sent were Mrs. Betty Johnson, Vale, Ore., Mrs. Elsie Eads, North Dallas, and Mrs. Alma Youman, McMinnville. Soviets Warn Mid-East Nations on Allied Pact London, Nov. 23 VP) The Moscow radio said today that the Soviet government has warned the countries of the Mid dle East against joining the American - British backed plan for Middle East defense. Participation in the plan, the broadcast said, "will cause seri ous damage to relations" exist ing between the Middle East India for Arms ise r New Delhi, India, Nov. 23 VP) -India is planning to push a compromise' disarmament for mula in the United Nations in the event neither the American nor Soviet plans appear to have any chance of acceptance, the foreign ministry indicated to day. The Indian three-point peace plan, as already outlined by Sir Benegal N. Rau, India's chief representative at the U.N. calls for: 1. Korean armistice; 2. Ac ceptance of the principle of co ordinated reduction .of both atomic and conventional weap ons; 3. A closed door session of the United States, Russia, Brit ain and China to work out a "no war" declaration and a compro mise disarmament scheme. Foreign ministry sources said the Indian peace plan would not be advanced formally until it is clear what Vie U.N. general assembly will do concerning the Soviet and western proposals. These informants said the In dian plan is not likely to be of fered within 10 days unless a Korean truce comes quicker than expected. Reds Run Union On Dining Cars Washington, Nov. 23 VP) The senate internal security subcom mittee said last night that some railroad dining car workers arc in the grip of a communist-run union, and that "it is impera tive that this communist control be broken." The subcommittee said the union members could be used by Red party leaders as message channel as effective and more secret than the United States mails." The subcommittee made pub lic a report to the senate along with more than 150 pages of testimony taken at private ses sions in July, August and Sep tember during an inquiry into the dining car and railroad food workers union. The subcommittee said the policies and activities of the small, independent union, ever since its organization in 1947. "have been directed from the communist party headquarters in New York city" At present the union is certi fied as bargaining agent for only about 2,200 dining car employes on the Pennsylvania railroad countries and the Soviet Union. The broadcast, monitored in London, said Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko, handed notes to the envoys of Egypt, Syra, Lebanon, Iraq and Israel in Moscow on Wednes day. The following day the Soviet position was, relayed through Cairo to the governments of Saudi Arabia and Yemen. The notes marked a sharp Russian reaction to the plan pro posed by the United States, Britain, France and Turkey for a Mid-East defcnseSWtrprrgai with the Atlantic pact. The plan, among other things, would provide an international military force in the Suez canal zone to replace the present Brit ish garrison which Egypt is seeking to force out of that area. Egypt already has rejected the western plan and stepped up her campaign against the Brit ish. Other Mid-East countries approached on the subject of the joint command have not taken stand for or against it. The Russian notes maintained that the Soviet government has consistently pursued a policy of peace and that the Atlantic pact grouping to which the propos ed Middle East command would be linked "pursues aggressive aims and is directed against the USSR and the peoples' democ racies (communist countries in the Soviet sphere.") Truman Silent On Vincent Talk Key West, Fla., Nov. 23 m The White House brushed aside today questions on the politi cal significance of President Truman's Thanksgiving holiday talks with Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson. Vinson and his wife said good bye to the president before the latter went to the bench for his daily swim. The Vinsons took off for Washington at 9:16 a.m. Presidential Secretary Joseph Shorts assertion that he per sonally had not heard the presi dent and his trusted friend and advisor "discuss a word of poli tics" did little to discourage speculation over the possible im pact of the talks on the 1952 election campaign. Many close to the president say he would like to see Vin son get the democratic nomina tion for president if he follows Mrs. Truman's urging and de cides not to make the race him self. Regardless of whether they are right, the president is cer tain to lean heavily on Vinson's advice as to his personal course. The Chief Justice and Mrs Vinson flew here Wednesday with President and Mrs. Truman and fly back to Washington to day. The two families had Thanksgiving dinner of turkey and all the trimmings at the Little White House on the naval submarine station. How the chief justice feels about the democratic nomina tion apparently is a top secret of the two families. Iranians koui Hero Welcome To Mossadegh Premier's Return from Fruitless Mission to Washington Cheered Tehran, Iran, Nov. 23 iff1) Thousands of Iranians roared a hero's welcome today to Premier Mohammed Mossadegh upon his return from a lengthy hut fruit less mission to Washington and a brief but triumphal stay Cairo. Police estimated thai 250,000 thronged the airport to greet the frail nationalistic leader whose government is facing a financial crisis threatening the nation with bankruptcy. Trucks with loud speakers had moved through the streets of Tehran for hours ex horting the people to march to the airport. Under Martial Rule The city was under strict mili tary guard. Rifle bearing troops were stationed at strategic points to foil any attempt to stage a revolt against Mossadegh's gime. which has been under growing criticism at home for failure to solve the financial cri sis stemming from Iran's nation alization of her oil resources. Foreign diplomats, including U.S. Ambassador Loy Hender son, were among the officials who greeted Mossadegh as he stepped from the Egyptian plane which brought him home. The British ambassador did not at tend. (Concluded on Page 5, Column 8) France to Get Dollar Aid Soon Paris, Nov. 23 UP) The U.S. will rush emergency dollar aid to France to forestall a lowering economic crisis, but the exact amount of it won't be known for at least two weeks. This, became known here to day as reports circulated that help was on the way. The fig ure of $200,000 was mentioned frequently but American offi cials on the scene said it was only a guess. The money likely will come in an emergency transfer from a $5,788,000,000 congressional appropriation to send military help to European partners in the western defense program. The congressional act provides that 10 per cent of this fund can be transferred from military to fi nancial aid if necessary. W. Averell Harriman, direc tor of the mutual security agency which is to parcel out the fund, has been conducting a country-by-country survey of the needs and capabilities of the Atlantic community nations, aided by British and French delegates to the North Atlantic treaty organization (NATO) committee. Harriman is to appear before the NATO council of ministers in Rome Monday with a report on his findings, including his estimate of what France and other countries need in cash. Father and Son Die in Fire Pearl Harbor, Nov. 23 VPh Chief Aviation Machinist Larry Lockwood, 34, and his 14-year-old slepson, Otis Foltz, died early yesterday when fire swept their quonset hut. Moscow Charges U.S. With Sub versive A cts Paris, Nov. 23 The Sov iet Union filed a formal com plaint wilh the United Nations today, charging that the United States is financing armed groups on her territory aimed at the overthrow of Prime Minister Stalin's government. The Soviet Union last night asked the general assembly to look into charges that the U. S. mutual security act was intend ed to foster subversive acts in communist countries, In an explanalory note today, Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky said U. S. financing through the mutual security act "of subversive organizations and diversions groups . . . consti tutes an act of aggression to wards the Soviet Union and the stales of the peoples democ racies." The note to 1he U. N. follnw- ed a similar Russian communi-l Eden's conciliatory words, Lloyd cation to the U. S. government expressed the hope that the Rtis on Tuesday. The U. 5. state de- i sians would further relax tnc partment dismissed the protest a "fcroundless propaganda" and! Tax Probers Await Files on Tax Collectors Washington, Nov. 23 VP) A house group investigating the nation's tax collection system today neared the date sched uled for hearings into tax fraud prosecitions still lacking justice department files it has asked President Truman to order turn ed over to it. Wilh hearings set for Monday, a spokesman for the subcommit tee said failure to get depart ment records would "hamper" the ways and means subcommit tee's efforts to learn why, as Chairman King (D-Calif.) put it, cases were dropped at "higher levels" without prosecution. After weeks of negotiation wilh Attorney General McGrath during which it did not get the type of access to justice depart ment files it wanted, the sub committee appealed to Mr. Tru man. At Key West, Fla., pres idential Press Secretary Jo seph Short said its request is still "under consideration." Air War Policy May Be Changed Washington, Nov. 23 lP) Gen. Hoyt S. Vanrienberg, Air Force chief of staff, threw out last night this hint that prolonga tion of the fighting in Korea may bring a change in U. S. air war policy: 'The outcome of the present truce negotiations holds the key to whether we will continue fighting a war of half-way meas ures in Korea a war which, at present, halts our air power at the Yalu river and gives the enemy sanctuary in Manchuria. United Nations and communist negotiators in Korea today reached a'n agreement in prin ciple on where to establish i cease-fire line. The maintenance of the Man churia sanctuary was one of the disagreements between Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur and Presi dent Truman which led to the generals' ouster as U. N. com mander in Korea. He wanted to bomb Red Chinese bases in Man churia and take other measures to extend the war. The admin istration contended MacArthur's program might touch off a third world war. Appearing on a Mutual Net work program, Vandenberg call ed the air war in Korea "a pe culiar type of operation" which he said has not really utilized U. S. air power. "We can't knock out the en emy's potential at its source." he said. "We are operating mainly in a tactical roie the role of air power to assist ground fore- U. 5. Steel to Get Venezuela Iron Ore Now York, Nov. 23 (Pi An agreement between the United States Steel corporation and the Venezuelan government pro vides for a river-dredging oper ation which eventually will mean more iron ore for U.S. de fense effort. The pact, announced yestcr day, allows the company to dredge ship channels in the Ma careo and Orinoco rivers to en able ocean-going vessels lo bring out the ore from U. S. Steel's Venezuelan concession. The first shipment of iron ore via the ship channels will not be po.ssbile until early in 1954. said it came wilh "singular ill grace" from a regime which has consistently supported "sub versive activity against the U. S. and other nations of the free world." The latest Russian blast against the west came as the as sembly marked lime on its peace programs, with some hope slim, but existing that Vishin sky in a scheduled appearance before (he U. N. political com mittee tomorrow would answer the west's disarmament propos als with a speech spelling real peace. British Minister of State Scl- wyn Lloyd told the committee yesterday that the assembly al ready has showed signs of a les sening in the East-West tension. Although some believe he was only echoing his own and Brit ish Foreign Secrelary Anthony trnsinn hy accepting (he west's disarmament proposals. Agreement on Buffer Zone Clause Found Way Open for Possible Armistice in Korea By Christmas Munsan, Korea, Nov. 23 lP) Truce negotiators reached agree ment on a buffer zone clause to day, opening the way for a pos sible armistice in Korea by Christmas. "We have reached agreement in so far as the wording is con cerned," Rear Adm. Arlcigh A. Burke, U. N. command subcoin mitteeman told correspondents. "The only thing left now is for the liaison officers who are working on the map to finish." Agreement on the buffer zona issue came at the 29th subcom mittee meeting in Panmuniom. Other Problems Remain If the agreement is approved by the full truce delegations, as expected, negotiators would have 30 days in which to solve three other tough problems supervision of the armistice, ex change of war prisoners and recommendations lo the belliger ent governments. Fighting will continue in the war. now 17 months old, until all of these poinis are settled. Ma.j. Gen. Henry I. Hodes, chief U. N. command subcommit leeman indicated the full five man delegations could meet Sun day to approve the buffer zona agreement worked out by sub commitlces. (Concluded on Pnje 5, Column 6) Two Red Jels Hit in Battle Seoul, Korea. Nov. 2:1 lP) Jets clashed over Korea today for the first time in five days. The fight came just 12 hours after Superforts bombed a new Red jet base two miles from Red China's Manchurian frontier. Two MIG-lSs were damaged in a battle in bright sunlight be tween about 30 Red Jets and 30 American F-84 Thunderjets, tha U. S. Fifth air force reported. It said all Thunderjets returned safely. During the night 12 B-29 Su perforls ignored an angry cor don of Red jets and roared through intense flax in the first bombing raid on the commu nists' Uiju jet base. The strike was effective. Far East air forces said. It reported all B-29s returned from the raid two miles south of the Yalu river boundary. Apround, a Chinese Red regi ment attacked in rain and mud as darkness fell late today and drove allied soldiers off an im portant peak in the western sec tor. Allied troops used bayonets in the close fighting. In hand-to-hand fighting after a tremendous Red artillery bar rage, the communists seized ona of the highest hills west of Yon chon, 35 miles north of Seoul. An allied staff officer said tha attackers made a slight penetra tion of the allied lines. Uiju, target for the B-29s, it 10 miles northeast of Antung. Leaky Balloon Scares Officers Panmunjom, Korea, Nov. 23 IP) A leaky 18-loot balloon al most broke up today's cease fire negotiations here. The huge balloon, filled with highly-explosive hydrogen gas, bounced off a hot stove pip in the roof of the main con ference tent, caromed into a telephone pole, then rolled around the area whipping its steel anchor cable. Truce negotiators had re cessed only a few minutes be fore. But allied and communist staff officers mapping the bat tle line in a nearby tent ran for safety. The balloon was one of sev eral anchored over the neutral conference site to warn planes away from the area. A Chinese communist soldier who grabbed the swinging cable was flipped about like a fly on the end of a bull whip. Two fellow communists rescued him and helped hold the balloon un til the official crew arrived. The balloon became docile under their professional touch. Tope Receives Gen. Bradley Valican City, Nov. 23 nP) . Pope Pius today received Gen. Omar N. Bradley, chairman of the joint U.S. chiefs of staff, lit jspccial audiencs. 1
