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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (June 21, 1952)
Capital A Journal Z1L THE WEATHER MOSTLY CLOUDY tonight, partly cloudy Sunday. Little cooler. Low tonight, 42-44; high Sunday, 65-67. 64th Year. No. 149 tSS?JSSoS Salem. Oregon, Saturday, June 21, nnMO Pce 5c m.w..., a-.., , uquji" ";,B.on Dam fo Make Big Play Area Open to Public Report by Oakes Re veals Facilities for Summer Recreation "By JAMES D. OLSON Completion ot the Detroit dam project on the North Santiam canyon In 1953 will make possi ble development ot an extensive recreational area, easily accessi ble to residents of Salem and the entire Willamette valley. This was revealed in a report made public Saturday by Ivan Oakes, executive secretary of the Willamette Valley Project commission, in which prelimi nary plans for the development were outlined. ) Oakes said that upon comple tion of the dam it was estimated that at least 65,000 persons would utilize the recreation area during the five-month period from May through September. He said that the average week day and Sunday attendances are expected to be about 230 and 750 persons, respectively. The Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Forest Service are mak ing a joint recreational study and a master recreation plan is being developed by the Corps of Engineers. Sightseeing ' Facilities Since the Detroit dam project lies almost wholly within the boundaries of the Willamette Valley National forest, it is ten tatively proposed that, depend ent upon funds, the engineers will provide and manage sight seeing facilities in the vicinity of the Detroit and Big Cliff dams and accomplish initial develop ment at Mongold, Tumble Creek and Sauers Creek areas. (Concluded on Pare 3, Column 4) 44,424 Bonus Checks Mailed Y,A total of 44,424 bonus Checks were mailed to Oregon veterans in two days ending Friday night, H. C. (Hub) Saalfeld, director of the bonus division, said. The bonus checks are mailed in accordance with the time in which applications are filed, the only variation being when processing is held up because of need of further information. Saalfeld said that in the checks mailed this week the highest bonus number for liv ing veterans was 48,253 and the highest number for next of km was 201,899, this group num bering having started at 200, 000. Some complaints have been registered with William F. Gaarentsroom, by veterans who feel that checks received are not big enough. Gaarenstroom explained that under the bonus law, drafted by representatives of veterans organizations, bonus payments are computed only on the basis of full months of service, with the result that where a veter an's time in service includes s fraction of the month, no pay ment can be made for this por tion of a month. The bonus division expects 1 to mail between 75,000 and 80,000 bonus checks by end of July. the Summer Here Almanac Says Summer time came to Salem earlv Saturday morning. Ha! Ha! Anyway, the weather bur eau dutifully recorded official appearance of summer at 3:13 a.m. Cool temperatures, cloudy skies, a shower or two even a bit of hail, all marked the entrance of the new season Rainfall for the month now totals 1.32 inches against a nor mal of .88 of an inch, and cherry and berry growers are not too happy about the con tinued precipitation. The forecast calls for more cloudiness and slightly cooler temperatures for the week-end Saturday, incidentally, is due to be the year longest day. Weather Details Miiimom yeiteriUy, 1: mlnlman 1 dT. M. TUI M-hMf rwiIUtJ: . . fr manlhi 1.33: Barm at. .M. fkaMtl art- rlBlUllM. 41.43: normal. W.7I. Kltr hfliht. -. 9t a foot. (Beftri y CI. Weather Bartiv.) Ike in Texas to Lambasl Theft Of Delegates Campaign Warming Up; Convention Day Nears (By Tbe Associated Press) The Taft-Eisenhower battle for Republican presidential-nominating votes took on bare knuckle aspects Saturday with the general primed for a "rip- snorter" speech and the senator saying his defense is solid. All indications at Denver were that Gen. Dwight Eisenhower's week-end dash to Texas and Ne vada would mark a departure from his carefully polite routine' to date. His chief rival for the GOP presidential nomination, Ohio's Sen. Robert Taft, told a reporter in Washington: "I don't see how the Eisen hower people can break through to win at this point. They have not made the headway they ex pected when he returned home to campaign." 604 Needed to Win With 604 delegate votes need ed to nominate at the GOP con vention July 7 in Chicago Taft has 467 to Eisenhower's 392 in the Associated Press tabulation, This tally is based on avowed and conceded first-ballot align ments. (Concluded on Page 5, Column 2) Harmony Plea Made by Taft Washington VP) Sen. Taft predicted Saturday he and Gen Eisenhower will agree at Chi cago on a foreign policy plank and remove what Taft called the 'dangerous element" of a party split. Taft, battling Eisenhower down to the wire for the Repub 1 i c a n presidential nomination: told a news conference he sees no great difference in principle between him and the general on either foreign or domestic issues. The Ohio senator, predicting his own nomination on an early ballot in the GOP convention opening July 7, also charged Ei senhower forces had used state patronage in efforts to "pres sure Taft delegates in New York and New Jersey to vote for the general. Taft told reporters he believes that a party split over foreign policy can be avoided by efforts of John Foster Dulles, former State Department adviser, to draft a plank in that field. Dul les has been named special ad viser to the GOP platform com mittee. Say Stevenson Willing to Run Washington (U.R) Three highly-placed democrats said Saturday they understand that Gov. Adlai Stevenson of Illi nois has decided to make him self available for the democra tic presidential nomination. But an aide said Stevenson is "run ning only for re-election as governor." A high administration offi cial and a senator said they had "heard" from White House sources that Sevenson has solv ed "personal problems", that have kept him from announc ing his availability. The admin istration official said he under stood Stevenson would an nounce his decision Monday. New Autos Sell Faster Than Now Produced Detroit VP) New passenger cars are selling faster than they are coming from the assembly lines. That may sound good to many business experts but it isn't un usual at this season of the year. The auto industry would be in a bad way if sales didn t move up in June. That's usually the best selling month of the year for the industry's merchandis ing division. Actually, sales -cgan their seasonal upturn in April. The industry's statistical agencies report April retail deliveries were the highest in several months. Surveys also show stocks of unsold cars, in dealers hands. in warehouses or in transit from lmmmmmmmmmmmmmmwmml iiiimimi mwmmMmmmmm&&WmKS6m Famous Tree May Be Moved To New Spot The historic Norway Spruce tree on Courthouse square, which long has been used as Salem's outdoor Christmas tree, may be saved with erec tion of the new courthouse, but it will have to be In a dif ferent location. The Chamber of Commerce has had numerous Inquiries about what would happen to the tree. Rose & Holtzmann, contrac tors who will tear down the old courthouse, say it will not be necessary to move it for that job, and Viesko & Post, who are to build the new courthouse, say they won't have to move it immediately. So the tree will stand at least 60 days. Further inquiry brings in formation that It will be pos sible to move the tree to an other location, either on the square or to another part of the city, with chances almost certain for its survival. Donations to a fund for its transfer to another spot have been suggested. Meteor Flashes Over Capital Washington VP) Washington had a foreign visitor Friday night, right out of this world. The new arrival reported by dozens of phone calls to newspa pers, police and the naval obser vatory was variously described as a fireball, a glowing plate and a flying saucer. Astronomers said the object was probably a meteor. "The skies are full of them at this time of the year," it was ex plained. One irate motorist said it zoomed right over the top of his convertible as he drove near the White House. Poisoned Barley Decimates Crickets Reno, Nex. VP) Black acres of dead crickets lay rotting in the desert sun Saturday and weary residents of the little mining community of Austin appeared to have won their battle against the ravenous horde. The crickets advancing on 25-mile front were stopped by 40 tons of poisoned barley spread in their path only a quarter-mile from the town's water reservoir. Had the insects contaminated the reservoir, the 325 residents would have been forced to flee, Austin is about 150 miles east of Reno. the factories, now total only slightly more than 300,000 units. The total is about 37,000 units below the accumulation on May 1. However, dealers generally are somewhat cautious about the upturn. Many profess to see some hard sales effort ahead if retail deliveries are to keep up with factory output. That, too, would be in keeping with normal seasonal trends. The factory executives who have been inisisting there is market ior five million new cars annually cite the current sales upturn as bearing out their predictions. At the same time they explain that sales effort will be needed to sell that many cars. Camp Fire Gins Leave for Camp Twenty-iour girls from Salem and others from Mill City, Woodburn and Dallas left Salem Saturday for a week's vacation at Camp Fire Girls camp two miles west of Falls City. Mrs. Sylvia Forbes will be director at Camp Kilowan. Wreckers Will Start On Courthouse Monday With the removal of the statue of justice atop the tower next Monday the work of razing Mar ion county's old courthouse will have been started by the Cleve-i land Wrecking company. Some 45 days later the task of removing the brick, cast iron, steel and other materials will have been completed. Hungry Strikers Clamor for Food Pittsburgh VP) The striking CIO Steelworkers Union is starting to issue food orders for its hungry members and their families. The latest development in the three-week old strike of 650, 000 members of the union head ed by Philip Murray came from Buffalo, N. Y. Joseph P. Molony, a USW director, said hundreds of idle workers have appealed to the union for relief. He said they were referred to New York state welfare agencies but that to tide them over the union issued food orders to members it classed as hardship cases. Molony said a commissary would be opened at union head quarters Monday in an effort to cut household costs for the strikers' families. Strikers are not entitled to unemployment compensation. Steel Strike Just Rolling Along Washington (PI The 20-day nationwide steel strike showed signs Saturday of just rolling along despite administration statements made repeatedly dur ing the past seven months that the nation could not afford even a one-day stop in production. Congress fumed at President Truman's failure to use the 80 day no-strike injunction provi sion of the Taft-Hartley Labor Law. But neither Truman nor his top labor lieutenants showed immediate inclination to move from consideration of the law to its actual use. Top officials of the vast steel industry, which normally turns out nine million tons of the vital defense metal each month, were reportedly in New York along with some key policy makers of the CIO Steelworkers Union. Administration sources said they had absolutely no word of any Imminent peace talks. Russell Sure of Defeating GOP Portland (U.R) Sen. Richard Russell of Georgia, favored can didate for the Democratic pres idential nomination, left Port land Saturday for Boise, Ida., after telling Oregonians that he could defeat any Republican who runs against him. Russell declared "I don't care if he is a general, a senator, or who he is." Russell denied he is a sec tional candidate. He said he has written most of the administra tion's farm legislation, the REA and the major part of the de fense legislation. He branded as "foolishness" any talk of reducing the na tional budget by 15 per cent or $40,000,000,000. J. S. Rose, who will be super intendent on the job here, and Dan Holtzmann, in charge of the sale of salvage arrived here this week from San Francisco and will remain until the last brick has been carted away. The wrecking company, the largest operator of this type in the United States, will employ about 15 men on the job. They have been secured through the local labor temple. Rose states that the court house job is entirely different from the wrecking of the Ore gonian building in Portland which his firm handled. Here there will be little or no public liability since the structure is lo cated in the middle of the block. Extreme care was necessary in destroying the Oregonian build ing to prevent injury to pedestri ans. The statue will probably be removed through the use of a gin pole from the roof. The clock and its mechanism will then be carefully taken down. After that the work of demolition will pro-i ceed with considerably rapidity. By Wednesday, state Rose, the job will be well under way. "The job is by no means the largest we have undertaken, but it is an interesting one, never theless," said Rose, who went over the structure several years ago prior to submitting a bid. "The building is soundly con structed and would stand for many years if need be." There is considerable salvage in the ancient structure in Rose's opinion and it is all for sale at prices "that the people can well afford." Rose says his concern has its own type of wrecking tools, pat ented. These include floor pull ers that prevent damage to tongue and groove and a special type of wrecking bar. Demolition of the brick walls. will be fairly simple, says Rose This is because of the spacing of the windows. With the windows and casings removed, jacks will be placed at the foot of the piers so that they will fall outward. This process will be employed from the top floor down to the ground level. The iron railing around the roof has attracted the most at tention from persons interested in the old building. There is ap proximately 300 feet of this fan cy fencing which will be sold at $3 per foot. Industry Hit By Steel Strike New York (IP) The steel strike put a crimp in many seg ments of the economy this week and chipped away at both mill tary and civilian production. The stockpiles of the many in dustries that use steel dwindled rapidly. Ammunition shortages began to crop up. A few weeks more of idle steel mills and production of a long list of strategic military items will trickle to a halt. The CIO steelworkers agreed to get steel out of- warehouses and into weapons-making plants, The Defense Department urged a shift of steel orders to non- struck mills. But these measures would pro duce only a small percentage of the vast tonnages needed. Freight carloadings reflected the impact of the walkout. They dropped to 631,043, the smallest In six months. The figure com pared with 684,243 the previous week as the movement of goods slackened. .unyiie Denies Clemency to Both Wilsons Governor Calls Crime Revolting; Pair to Hang Monday Olympia VP) Gov. Langlie re fused Saturday to Interfere with the hanging of Utah and Turman Wilson Monday. A scant 36 hours before they were to go to the gallows in the state penitentiary at Walla Wal la, Gov. Langlie issued a state ment in which he termed their abduction-slaying of 18-year-old Jo Ann Dewey in Vancouver, Wash., two years ago a "dastard ly and revolting crime." The chief executive said any one who had thoroughly studied the case could come to no other conclusion than that the Wilson brothers "alone or with others' committed the crime. Slayers' Last Chance Gone He declared a thorough study of the evidence disclosed noth ing that would justify his inter vention. His decision apparently elimi nated the Wilson brothers' last chance of escaping the gallows. They are scheduled to hang early Monday morning. (Concluded on Page S. Column 6) Youth (or Christ Plead for Mercy Walla Walla, Mash, (IP) Thcl Youth For Christ organization! jumped into the Wilson brothers' fight for life Saturday, asserting the condemned pair "could not be brought back from a grave" if ever proven innocent. Utah and Turman Wilson, scheduled to hang in the first minutes of Monday for the 1950 slaying of a 17-year-old Vancou ver, Wash., girl, apparently ex hausted their last legal hope Fri day. As the Wilson attorneys bom barded Gov. Arthur B. Langlie and other state officials with telegrams seeking a stay of exe cution. Youth For Christ sent its! national secretary here to direct its protest. The organization sent a sound truck on a tour of Walla Walla streets, broadcasting what iti called "the true story of the Wilsons." A public rally was scheduled for Saturday night. "We feel these boys are en titled to the benefit of a strong doubt existing in the case and the sentence should be commut ed, 'said the secretary, Gordon R. McClean of Chicago. He sent the same statement to Governor Langlie. Ticket Picked By President Washington VP) President Truman is reported to have told friends he would be delighted to have a democratic ticket head ed by Gov. Stevenson of Illinois, with W. Avercll Harriman in second place. Although Truman has re frained from making any pub lic commitment, men long as sociated with him in politics now are privately working for the Stevenson - Harriman com blnatlon. Their chief difficulty in this connection, these men say, lies in the continued personal de termination of Stevenson to avoid becoming a presidential candidate if he can help it. National Guard Troops In Annual Review Today Northeast Fort Lewis High - light ofthe two-week summer encampment of the 41st infa.i- try division (Oregon and Wash- Ington National Guard) was the annual Governor's day review Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock on Gray field, Fort Lewis. The approximately 5,500 men ot the division with their tanks, trucks and other vehicles pa raded before Governors Douglas McKay of Oregon and Arthur B. Langlie of Washington. In command of the troops was a Salem man, Maj. Gen. Harold G. Maison, commanding general of the 41st division. Brig. Gen. George S. Cook, Seattle, is assistant division commander and commanding the artillery is Brig. Gen. John P. Pence of Tacoma. Stalled Truce Talks Reopen Fruitlessly Panmunjom, Korea (U.R) The United Nations startled Commu nist truce negotiators Saturday by telling them that Russia had endorsed the same principle of voluntary repatriation of war prisoners which the Reds now reject. Maj. Gen. William K. Harri son, chiet U.N. negotiator, re opened the stalled truce talks af ter a three-day recess with the statement that the Soviets had promised Germans and Hungar ians during World War II that they would not have to return home if they did not wish to do Harrison, who forced the just- concluded recess in the negotia tions, proposed another "indefi nite" suspension, but North Ko rean Gen. Nam II insisted on an other meeting Sunday. Harrison consented. Russia on Spot In Germ Charges United Nations, N. Y. (IP) The United States has put Rus sia on the spot by demanding a U.N.-sponsored inquiry into Soviet germ warfare charges. The proposal, laid before the U.N. Security Council late Fri day, is certain to gain over whelming support among the council's 11 members. This will leave the commun ists two possible course other than the unlikely one of agree ing to an investigation: Either Russia can veto the proposal or communist China and North Korea can refuse to let inves tigators enter their territories, In either case, the whole germ warfare issue as a pro paganda move may backfire on Russia. The question will come up for debate Monday afternoon Russia's Jacob A. Malik made a long speech after the U. S proposal was circulated Friday, but he Ignored the matter since it doesn't get on the agenda officially until Monday. Long Tie-up in Sailors Strike San Francisco VP) Harry Lundeberg, leader of the strik ing AFL Sailors Union of the Pacific, called his port agents and strike chairmen from up and down the coast into a special meeting here Saturday "to make preparations for a long licup." The strike, which has been on for four weeks, has tied up most of the commercial shipping on the west coast. Military cargo ships, oil tankers and lumber schooners haven't been affected. U.S. Conciliator Omar Hos kins, assigned to mediate the dis pute between the sailors and the Pacific Maritime association, spokesman for shipowners, has n't been able to arrange another meeting. The sailors have demanded overtime pay at sea and a 5 per cent pay increase. The ship own ers have insisted on a long term contract. Ike on Radio Monday Denver (IP) Gen. Dwight D Eisenhower will make a 15 minute political address Monday night on a coast to coast tele vision and radio network. It will be a paid broadcast. I Commanding the two Oregon regiments were Col. James D. Allgood, Dallas, the 162nd, and Col. Robert L. Irving, Roseburg 'the 186th Awarded the Eisenhower tro phy during the parade was the 4lst reconnaissance company from Bremerton, Wash. The 41sl Infantry Division As soclation trophy for outstanding service during the year went to Capt. Jesse T. Wilklns, Jr., Woodburn, Ore., commander of the 186th infantry regiment's tank company. Since the arrival here last Saturday of the Guardsmen from Oregon and Washington, the tent city in Northeast Fort Lewis has been buzzing with activity. (Concluded on Page 5, Column 5) Allies Repulse Biggest Red Attack of Year T-Bone Hill Scene of All Night Battle Led by Tanks Seoul, Korea VP) Tough Fil ipino Infantrymen using bayon ets and grenades Saturday blunt ed the initial thrust or a beefed up Chinese regiment attacking on a three-mile sector in West ern Korea. The Filipinos and U.S. 45th Division infantrymen beat back charge after charge in five hours of savage night fighting to force the Chinese to withdraw. Objective of the Reds was "T- Bone Hill" defended by the Philippines' 19th Battalion Com bat Team and nearby key peaks west of Chorwon. Tanks and Artillery The Reds threw tanks and ar tillery into the battle. An esti mated 3,000 to 4,000 Chinese foot soldiers smashed against Al lied positions. More than 5,000 rounds of Communist artillery and mortar fire pounded into U.N. positions. it was one of the heaviest barrages of the war on a single sector. In the early stages of the fight some Allied units were cut off. They battled the Reds hand-to-hand and threw them back. (Concluded on Pace 5, Column 4) Stanton Heads State's Editors Gearhart Iff) Charles V. Stanton, editor of the Roseburg News-Review, was elected presi dent of the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association Satur day. W. Arthur Steele of th Clatskanie Chief was put in posi tion for the same post a year from now. Stanton, elevated from the vice-presidency, succeeds JV' Wi Forrester Jr., of the Pendleton East-Orcgonian. Lucian Arant, publisher of the Baker Democrat-Herald, was named treasur- Aiton Baker Sr., Eugene Re gister-Guard, was elected repre-sentative-at-large for the Eric W. Allen Memorial Fund board of trustees. These directors were elected: First District, Robert Chessman, Astorian Budget, Astoria; Sec ond District, Mike Frey, Ore gonian, Portland; Third District, C. L. McKinley, Independence; Fourth District, Glen Charles, Lakcview Examiner; Fifth Dis trict, Theresa H. Cox, Central Oregonian, Prineville; Sixth District, Fred Weybret Jr., La Grande Evening Observer. A dinner Saturday night closes the meeting. Brazil Convicts In Bloody Revolt Sao Paulo, Brazil (IP) Police in the coastal town of Ubatuba Saturday caught 16 of 400 con victs who escaped Friday from Anchlota Island prison after setting fires and killing 15 guards and civilian employes. The heavily armed convicts had landed near Ubatuba and struck terror in two other near by coastal towns. Ubatuba's Po lice Chief Dangler Guimaracs said his men ran into a group of the convicts and killed one and injured another in a run ning gun battle before they ar rested the 16. Guimaracs said police and troops rushed to Anchicta to re store order and found the bodies of the guards and employes in the prison compound and some buildings partly burned. Troops, air force planes and boats rushed to this area after the bloody break-away by some of Brazil's most desperate cri minals. Crippled Schooner Being Towed to Port Bandon, Ore. VP) The Cyn thia Olson, lumber schooner which ran aground here two weeks ago, was being towed to Portlnnd Saturday for repairs. Holes, punched In the ship's hull as it was bounced by rough waves on a sandbar, are patched with concrete and the ship is equipped with a battery of diesel pumps.
