THE WEATHER
PARTLY CLOUDY tonight and
Friday. Law tonifht, 41; little
eooler Friday, high, 7S.
Salem By-pass
Road Allotted
$1,019,000
Highway Commission
Approves Grading
And Paving
By JAMES D. OLSON
An allocation of $1,019,000
for the grading of the Salem by
pass, south of State street and
the paving of the entire length
of the bypass road, was approved
by the state highway commission
at a special meeting Wednesday,
Construction of bridges and
overhead viaducts over Boone,
Pringle and Battle Creek roads
at an estimated cost of $260,000
was previously approved by the
commission.
However, the structures south
of State street cannot be built
until after the grading contract
has been let, highway depart
ment officials said.
Bids for the huge grading and
paving job will not be let until
shortly after the first of the
year, when monies from the new
road bill will be available, as
the Salem by-pass road is a federal-aid
project.
Completion Next July
Construction and grading
work north of State street on the
bypass is progressing on sched
ule and this work is expected
to be completed by July 1, 1953.
The new by-pass road, how
ever, cannot be opened to traffic
until the entire project has been
completed. The completion date
is set for the summer of 1954.
Contract for the steel for the
Wilsonville bridge will be called
by the commission next month,
if plans are 'completed by that
time. Highway department offi
cials are anxious to get the steel
work on the new bridge let in
order to apply for a priority for
the steel .which it is hoped will
(Concluded on Page 5, Column 5)
Stars Chased as
Flying Saucers
McChord Air Force Base VP)
In Its investigation of flying
saucer reports, the air force has
sent airplanes in pursuit of
(tars.
Maj. Neil A. Vosburgh of the
25th air division, the man in
charge of running down such
reports In the Pacific northwest,
revealed this in commenting on
recent "saucer flights."
. "If the air force had any in
formation to relaase on this sub
' ject, it would be released," Ma
jor Vosburgh said, pointing out
the service spends vast sums of
money trying to find what the
sighted objects are.
As soon as a report is re
ceived, the officer said, his men
immediately check with mete
orological service and usually
find that the weather men have
had a balloon aloft In the area.
Most of the "saucers," he
added, are seen at about dusk,
which is when the weather bal
loons are released. The balloons
have a metal-foil fin on them
which glints in the sun and,
Vosburgh explained, when it's
dusk on the earth's surface, the
sun is still shining in the bal
loon - saucer altitudes straight
above.
Breaks Jail to
Flee with Girl
Kellogg, Idaho VP The search
spread to western Washington
Thursday for a youth who broke
out of jail here and then used
a knife to force the release of
his teen-aged girl friend from
a juvenile detention ward.
Deputy Sheriff Vernon Carl
son said a stolen car in which
the two apparently left town was
found abandoned at Ellensburg,
Wash.
The youth, Grant Williams,
20, escaped early Wednesday
from the Kellogg Jail where he
was serving a 60-day sentence
on charges of lewd cohabitation
and carrying a concealed weap
on. He got out by removing a
piece of sheet steel near some
pipes,
Police Chief Harold Gibson,
said Williams then took a car
from in front of a boarding
kouse and drove to Wallace.
There, he pulled a knife on Su-1
penntendent A. J. Malcolm ox
tne county lnnrmary ana iorcea
him to release the 16-year-old
girl from the detention ward,
, Gibson said.
Gibson said the girl lives at
Kelso, Wash., and had her par
ents' permission to marry Wil
liams when they came here. Gib
ton said they did not marry.
64th Year,
Tornado Hits
Fair Grounds
Sedalia, Mo. VP) A tornado,
centering its fury on the Mis
souri State Fair grounds, struck
the Sedalia area early Thurs
day killing one man and injur
ing 17 other persons.
The Sedalia Democrat said
indications were' that the dam
age might reach $5 million.
Of 460 tents housing exhibits
at the fair grounds, only eight
or nine remained standing after
the storm.
Permanent buildings on the
fair grounds lost roof or suf
fered other damage.
A tremendous rain, 3.76
inches, accompanied the storm,
burying most of the roads lead
ing to the grounds under water
varying in depth from 18
inches to three feet.
Ambulances, fire equipment
and doctors dispatched on res
cue work were forced to detour
to get to the scene.
Heavy damage was inflicted
in the city of Sedalia, as well.
30 GIs Drown
In Flash Flood
Seoul, Korea W Thirty U.S.
soldiers on a training exercise
Thursday were feared drowned
by a wall of water which en
gulfed them suddenly as they
crossed a South Korean river.
Bodies of only 12 of the 45th
infantry division men lost in nlinois govern0r and his vice
last Monday's tragedy have been presidential running mate. Sen.
recovered, a division spokesman !John Sparkman 0f Alabama,
sa'd' land that they certainly were not
Dredges and grappling hooks ratifying the party's platform,
swept the unidentified river for,
the other 18 missing men. One Bank Funds Stolen
body was found 68 miles down-, Tokyo P) Japanese police
stream. disclosed Thursday the theft of
The 30 included one officer 1 11,000,000 yen ($304,000) in
and 29 enlisted men. bank funds from a railroad bag-
Names were withheld until 'gage room in Sapporo on Hok
next of kin are notified. Ikaido Island.
Civil Service Board
Hears Kelly's Appeal
The state civil service commis-1 charges until June 3, 1952, when
sion took under advisement an he requested the appraiser's res
appeal made by Ernest H. Kelly, lignation. This request was re
who was discharged from his po-1 fused and on July 21, Garen
sition as appraiser for the state, stroom dismissed Kelly,
department of veterans affairs; Mr. and Mrs. Darwin Caspell,
by William F. Gaarenstroom, di-,
rector.
Gaarenstroom charged Kelly
with undiplomatic relations with jing an investigation of a corn
veterans dealing with the depart-1 plaint made by the Caspells,
ment: being uncooperative with! both testified that it was "only
fellow employes, and refusing to
follow department appraisal pol-1
iciei.
Kelly denied all charges, and
his attorney, Bruce Williams, in
cross-examination of Garren-
stroom developed the fact that
although Kelly had been em -
ployed by the department for
five years, the director had nev-
er informed Kelly of any of the 1
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No. 200
Knuntf u Mcaod 1M
utter t B&lus. Ore
Modern Hop Picking Hop picking in the 1952 manner
started in the Mission Bottoms this week at the Mission
Bottom Harvester plant owned by Kay Kerr, Fred Viesko,
Glen Hiltibrand, and Eldon Hughes. Hop vines are cut in
the field, hung on pronged racks and placed on truck which
then unloads them at plant, upper left photo. Vines then
are placed on endless belt, photo, upper right. Belt drags
vines over spinning drums fitted with picking fingers, point
ed out by Mechanical Foreman Floyd Schaeffer, lower left.
After leaves are separated from hops by blower, women re
move few leaf fragments left by hand, photo, lower right.
Expect Malenkov to
Succeed Premier Stalin
Washington VP) A solid clue
pointing to Russia's next ruler
may emerge from the full dress
meeting of the communist party
congress in Moscow Oct. 5.
And American diplomats will
not be surprised if tough, 50
year old Gorgi Malenkov steps
up as Josef Stalin's personal
Adlai on Ticket
In Louisiana
Baton Rouge, La. VP) Lous
iana democrats have pledged
the state's 10 electors to presi
dential candidate Adlai Steven
son but have withheld endorse
ment of the paily's ticket
The victory for Stevenson
came on a 77 to 9 vote by the
Democratic State Central Com
mittee Wednesday and assured
the Stevenson-Sparkman ticket
full billing under the tradition
al and familiar rooster emblem
on the November ballot.
Even so, members of the 100
man committee said they were
not necessarily endorsing the
who were cited in the formal
charges " haying complained
concerning Kelly's conduct dur
an -argument in which all three
participated.
nooeri c fcigin, reviewing P-
praiser and Ernest L. Smith
chief appraiser, both testified
that Kelly had been difficult to
get along with, and had persist-
ed in turning in 100 per cent de.
preciation reports, in
..i-i-.i
of the dpartment's policy.
(Concladod Fag I, Column I) If
Q8
Salem, Oregon, Thursday, August 21, 1952
choice as next Russian prime
minister.
In fact, some suspect Stalin's
aim in staging the whole affair
may be to give a formal, open
hint as to who the next bossresting and working on drafts
snouia De.
This may be Stalin's way, they
believe, of lessening the possi
bility of a bloody struggle for
power within the communist
high command after he dies.
Until they have more time to
analyze Moscow's announcement
of the calling oMhe first com-
munist con cress since 1939. Am
erican diplomats say their view
is a theory rather than a con -
sidered opinion. But here is
what thev think:
Stalin's heir apparent will be'maerale
the man who is chosen to be
chairman of the new Praesidium,
to be organized at the meeting
to replace the Politburo.
The 12-man Politburo, now
the top governing body, has no
chairman or chief executive. But
a Presidium under the Russian
setup generally does have one.
tS Tob
.,m .i1.imi. h nro-
u,a,14 antnmatlnallv M nrii
claimed publicly as the m 0 , t
important communist in Russia
. ct.ii..
next to Stalin.
Cost of Living
At New High
Washington VP) The cost of employes,
living as measured by the gov- The board voted to withdraw
ernment reached a new record Its action of the previous night,
Wednesday, bringing a three-, which was to rescind the con
cent hourly pay hike to more tract tendered the male teacher
than one million auto workers. Aug. 13.
The newest consumer's price District Supt. Carl F. Jchne
index, reflecting the cost ofi,ajd the vote to reaffirm Wil
food, clothing, shelter and th-fong-, contract was unanimous
er consumer items as of July jUst as the previous night's con
1S, moved to 190.8 per cent of ; tract-rescinding action had been,
the 1935-1939 average. , Jcnne nxli tne reVersal fol-
It was 1.2 poinU higher than lowed , meeting with James
the June index and 5 per cent H H hign lcnool principal,
nigncr wmu 111c icvci ui unu-
uary, 1951, ' when price and
wage controls took effect.
The increase continued a
steady, five months' climb in
tne cost 0, nving for moderate
1 ,ncome clty lamiiiCI.
The bureau of labor statistics
(BLS), an arm of the labor de
partment, publishes the index
each month. BLS said "a sharp
'rijc" in too prices was primar
ny responsible for the higher
over-all living costs.
. Weather Details
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Adlai Says Ike
'Me Top Echo
Minocqua, Wis. VP) Gov.
Adlai Stevenson said Thursday
that GOt presidential nominee
Dwight D. Eisenhower appear
ed to be a "me-too" candidate
who approves most of the dem
ocratic legislation of the past
20 years. 1
Stevenson told reporters he
saw in Eisenhower's Boise, Ida.,
speech of Wednesday night gen
eral approval of most of the
democratic legislative program
since 1932.
The governor made these
comments to reporters at the
I woodland retreat where he is
Df carnDaian sneeches.
Stevenson said his plans for
campaigning in the west next
month call for stops in both
Wyoming and Montana as well
as tbe Pacific northwest. But
he gave no details or the points
where he would speak.
Referring to Eisenhower's
statement that he was a middle-
of-the-road
candidate, Steven-
. n sam.
I "I have always thought that
i I have been something of a
Negro Teacher
For Bremerton
Bremerton VP) The rural
chentrald ,r apd sehoVnoardiAmonq Democrats
'changed its mind again Wednes- ""'""SI "klllwUI,,J
j day night and voted to go ahead
wllh the employment of a ne-
8r0 school teacher,
.. . . :Jr.,u
DUtfl U IllirillUCI a 3U1U Tt II
fong, 22, of .a Grande, Ore.,
will teach the sixth grade in the
Central Kitsap junior high school
at nearby Silverdale.
The school district is about 10
miles outside this U. S. Navy
yard city, and about two-thirds
of its residents are Navy yard
executive secretary of the Wash
ington State Board Against Dis
crimination in Employment.
Expand Real Estate
Credit for Housing
Washington UF The govern-
ment moved Thursday to encour-
: a- I It J. a. a a
loV?ent housing for aTy. ;
ueriujinei ana auicuc wumera
In critical areas. '
The Housing and Home Fi
nance Agency announced sus
pension of real estate credit con
trols for 25 in the Klamath Falls,
Calif., region: and for 20 in the
IColvUle, Wash., area.
ajo ;o A-.,s.,.,.,..lJBJqf7
Bits-
British Boats
Rescue 37 from
Liberty Ship
U. S. Freighter Hit
By Norwegian Tanker
Split in Two, Sank
Dover, England VP) Two
British lifeboats hauled the 37
crewmen of the American Lib
erty ship Western Farmer from
the gale-swept English Chan
nel early today after their
freighter, rammed by a Nor
wegian tanker, split in two and
sank.
Tl2 lifeboats landed Capt.
Bunnar Utvik of Galveston,
Tex. and the rest of his crew
some bruised and battered but
all safe at this famous old port
of southeast England and at
nearby Ramsgate.
The 11,732-ton tanker Bjorg
holm, out of Oslo, came through
without serious damage. She
stood by until the rescue boats
picked up the crew of the ill
fated 71,239-ton Western Farm
er, a 9-year-old veteran of
World War II.
Collide in Rainstorm
The collision occurred short
ly after 10 pjri. last night in a
wind-driven rain near the
Goodwin Sands the "channel
graveyard" eight miles off the
southeast coast of England.
The tanker's bow, one survi
vor related, smashed into the
freighter amidship "right Into
the radio room." The crash put
the American ship's engines and
radio out of action, but emer
gency signals from the - tanker
brought rescue craft rushing to
the stormy scene.
As searchlights from the res
cue ships played over the wal
lowing wreck, the forward part
of the stricken ship broke away
and the crew abandoned her.
(Concluded on Pan S, Column 4)
Schumacher
Dies in Bonn
Bonn, Germany (JP) The
strongest foe of West German
rearmament and alignment with
the West, Socialist chief Dr.
Kurt Schumacher, died here last
night. He was 56.
The fervent leader second
only to Chancellor Konrad Ade
nauer as a political force in
postwar Germany succumbed
to a blood circulation ailment A
cripple with only one arm and
one leg, he had been failing ever
since his health was ruined in
Nazi concentration camps.
Quiet, soft-s p o k e n Socialist
Party Vice Chairman Erick Ol
lenhauer is slated to inherit
Schumacher's party leadersrip,
Ollenhauer is expected, howev
er, to keep pushing the Socialists
on the same nationalistic course
opposed to communism on the
one hand and European federal
ism and common defense on the
other.
Normal Confusion
i Kansas City, Kan. VP) Asked
for comment on President Tru,
man's statement at his Washing
ton news conference Thursday
that he knows nothing of any
mess in Washington, Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower, the re
publican presidential nominee,
told reporters:
"The Dresidenl savs he knows
of no mess in Washington. His
hand-picked candidate, Gov. Ad
lai Stevenson, has said there was
a mess in Washington.
"The situation is normal
confusion everywhere in Washington."
'Much ado over Nothing'
Says Margaret Truman
Helsinki, Finland VP) "I be
lieve it must all have been a
simple misunderstanding."
That was Margaret Truman's
statement at a news conference
Thursday over the ruckus kick
ed up by Swedish newspapers
over alleged "tough guy" tactics
ud In Stockholm
by her
bodyguaroj.
Th rtPAal rlftrt I fiminnlan liat
..in.., -WM ,wiiuB,
and
"It was really silly" about ac
counts in Stockholm newspapers
such as the one published by
Expressen, which said the body
guards, members of the U.S.
I secret service, flung aside a
photographer who tried to take
Price 5c
Stalin Confers
with Red China
Premier Chou
Moscow UP) Red China's
Premier Chou En-lai conferred
at the Kremlin last night with
Prime Minister Stalin, making
it evident the generalissimo is
keeping in closest touch with
the current Chinese-Soviet talks
here.
Diplomats regarded the visit.
at which top aides of both lead
ers were present, as more than
courtesy call and predicted
it would be the first of a series
of such talks while Chou is
here as the chief of a delegation
seeking stronger ties between
Russia and China.
It was recalled that Stalin
personally steered negotiations
leading to the 1950 Soviet-Chinese
Treaty, which is the basis
today for co-operation between
the two big communist nations.
An official communique after
last night's meeting did not re
veal how long it lasted or what
subjects were covered.
Key Red Bases
Bombed by B-29
Seoul, Korea VP) U.N. B-29
Super forts, B-26s and fighter
bombers left communist factor
ies, stockpiles and troop Instal
lations in flames in two massive
raids over northwest Korea
Thursday.
Thirty-eight Okinawa- based
8-29s hurled 350 tons of bombs
on Pyongyang, the North Kor
ean capital, after civilians were
warned to get out. '
The air force said the big
combers rubbled 400 acres of
troop, supply and industrial
areas and left huge fires burn
ing at opposite ends of the city
in the four-hour strike.
All 38 planes returned safely,
despite Red antiaircraft fire and
fighter opposition.
More than 100 B-26s and
fighter bombers followed . with
a daylight bombing of a giant
cement plant at Osu, about 50
miles south of Pyongyang. Re
turning pilots estimated they
destroyed 63 buildings and
damaged 29 others.
Shore Guns Hit
Mine Sweeper
Washington VP) The Navy
reported Thursday the destroy
er-minesweeper Thompson was
hit by communist shore guns off
the east coast of Korea Wednes
day. Four men were killed and
ten seriously wounded.
One shell, believed to have
been of 105mm. caliber, struck
the vessel's flying bridge, dam
aging the pilothouse and navl
gating equipment.
The Thompson was hit ear
lier in the Korea war, on June
14, 1951, when three of her
crew were killed and four
wounded by communist guns,
The Navy said the Thompson
carried on the duel with the
shore batteries for an unreport
ed time before transferring her
dead and wounded to the battle
ship Iowa.
The action took place off the
Korean port of Sonjin.
Ruling on ONG Funds
Oregon national guard funds
appropriated by the legislature
need not be spent during the
current biennium, but may be
held beyond the two-year per
iod without reverting to the
state's general fund. Attorney
General George Neuner ruled
Thursday.
Miss Truman's picture at Stock
holm's central station.
Miss Truman stressed that
she had been supplied with a
bodyguard not on her own wish
but because a U.S. law stipu
lates that members of the pres
ident's family must always be
protected by such guard,
She said that no member of
Xr.
Back home, Margaret's fath
er defended the secret service
men in reply to a news confer
ence question of whether he
would send new instructions
telling them how to conduct,
themselves.
FINAL
EDITION
Truman Knows
Of No Mess in
Washington
Only Admits New
Blood Needed in
Democratic Party
Washington VP) President
Truman said Thursday there
ought to be some new blood in
Democratic party but he knows
of no mess in Washington.
At a news conference with the
accent on politics, Truman said
he had no comment on the way
the democratic candidates. Gov.
Adlai Stevenson and Sen. John
Sparkman, have started their
campaign. He said too that:
He doesn t have to read what
the opposition says he knows
ahead of time what it is going to
say and it's all wrong.
He thinks he knows more
about the government than any
one in the United States.
Research Available
Certainly Stevenson can have
the advantage of the good re
search which fortified his own
campaign speeches in 1948.
Stevenson can have all the in
formation he wants and so can
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, the
republican presidential nominee.
Truman said he will give them
the truth and if they want to use
it, it's up to them.
While the democratic party
can stand some new blood, that
doesn't mean we are going back
on what the democratic party
has done in the past 20 years.
(Concluded on Pace 5. Column 4)
US Stands Pat
On Korean Issue
Washington (U.R) President
Truman has assured diplomatic
officials the United States will
not weaken its Korean truce
terms in order to gain a peace
settlement before the November
election, it was. learned, Thurs
day. . . . ..
Authoritative sources said Mr.
Truman privately communicated
the promise to key officials some
time ago, in order to lay at rest
any fears that political pressures
might induce the Democratic ad
ministration to "buy" an armis
tice. Mr. Truman seized an oppor
tunity Wednesday to give public
notice to the world and par
ticularly to Communist leaders
that this country is standing
firm on the prisoner of war issue
that has deadlocked the Korean
truce talks.
In an open letter to an Army
captain in Korea, Mr. Truman
declared anew the United States
will not force any prisoners to
return to Communist rule
against their will.
Ike Talks on
Korean Warfare
Kansas City, Kans. VP) Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower said
Thursday this country might
face much more serious trouble
now if it had not "reacted" to
the 1950 communist attack on
South Korea.
The republican presidential
nominee made the statement in
reply to a question at in open
meeting with GOP leaders from
seven midwestcrn states.
Eisenhower said he believes
"we could point out terrible
blunders" which brought on the
Korean war.
But he added, "I believe we
would have been in great dan
ger if we had not reacted" by
meeting the communist aggres
sion. And then he said that if this
country had not reacted it
might be involved in much
more serious trouble now.
Eisenhower's stand lined him
up with President Truman on
the matter of going into Korea,
but the general stressed he
feels "terrible blunders" were
made which brought on the
Korean war.
Portland Area Phones
To Be Extended
Portland area phone service
will be extended to include the
Gresham - Troutdalc exchange
area by Jan. 1, 1955, Charles
Hcltzcl, public utilities commis
sioner, ruled Thursday.
Pacific Telephone and Tele
graph Co. and West Coast Tele
phone Co. were directed to put
the plan into operation. Rate
hearings win be new in tne
affected areas.