THE WEATHER
PARTLY CLOUDY tonight,
cloudy with r.ln. Wednesday
Little change In temperature.
Low tonight, 15; high WednesI
day, 59.
FINAL
EDITION
65th Year, No. 65 2Xr.,M.
Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, March 17, 1953 76
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For Portland
In Hospitals
Newbry Favors Geriat
rics Building Over Re
built State Hospital
By JAMES D. OLSON
Substitution of first priority
In the building program for the
1953-55 blennlum from recon
struction of the state hospital
in Salem to construction of a
geriatrics hospital near Port
land was proposed Tuesday by
' Secretary of State Earl T. New-
brj at the weekly meeting of
the board of control.
-; ! Governor Paul L. Patterson
; declared that in December,
when Secretary of the Inter-
. lor Douglas McKay was still
governor, be bad sat in a meet
ing of the board as an obser-
ver and bad heard board mem-
; bers -adopt priority list with
;. wis rebuilding of the State hos
- pital as No. 1 project on the
priority, Jlst.
'I have carefully' refrained
: from discussing the Portland
hospital-because it was my
, thought that the former board,
after careful consideration,
had decided on its priority
list. I am now favored with
a new proposal,, which must
. be studied, and all I could
, do now would be to discuss
: the possible change."
Long Range Program
The former board of control
had adopted a long range pro
gram for complete rebuilding
of the state hospital main
building in three sections. The
center section, planned for re
building during the next two
. years, wouia cost $3,ouu,uuu.
The proposed geriatlcs hos
pltal near Portland, approved
by the voters at the last No
vember election, is estimated
: to cost $3,000,000.
Newbry contended that If
the ways and means commit
tee had only a limited sum of
: money for new state build'
. ings, the Portland hospital
should be. given first consid'
eration because, a larae num.
per of, elderly patients now
housed in ' the old , hospital
building could be moved to
the Portland hospital,
(Concluded on Tate 5, Column 5)
$10.5 Million
Vets Bonds Sold
The Department of Veterans
Affairs sold $6,500,000 in bo
nus bonds and $4,000,000 in
veterans loan bonds Tuesday.
Smith, Barney and Co., New
York, made the successful bid
on the loan bonds. It was 2.391
per cent effective interest rate.
The bonus bonds went to
First National of Chicago at
2.094 per cent effective inter
est rate.
There were seven bids on
each issue.
The sale reflects the Increase
in bond interest rates since
last year. Only 11 months ago,
the state sold 46 millions of
bonus bonds at a cost of 1.71
per cent.
Tuesday's sale brings the bo
nus bond total to $52,500,000,
and the loan bonds to $33,000,-
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Rain Mingles
With Snow
Little variation in the wea
ther Is due the remainder of
the week, the five-day fore
cast calling for alternate peri
ods of rain and clearing. Tem
peratures continue cool.
A total of .28 of an inch
of rain was measured in Salem
during the 24-hour period to
10:30 a.m. Tuesday to be add
ed to the 1.28 inches falling
over the week-end.
Rivers in the valley are
due to go slightly higher dur
ing the next 24 hours as result
of the drenching rains of the
week-end. At Salem, the
Willamette was up to 3.2
feet Tuesday morning.
Some new snow was report
ed In some of the foothills
area out from Salem through
Monday, winter serving no
tice it is still on deck
ST. PATRICK'S DAY
All senators, employes of
the senate and the press wore
green carnations this St. Pat
rick's day, thanks to Sen.
Phil Brady, the genial Irish
man from Portland. When
Senate President Eugene E.
Marsh thanked Brady, the lat
ter replied to the senate: "The
top o' the mornln' to you, and
the rest of the day to meself.'
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Bill Setback
In Committee
Effort to Eliminate j
Excise Tax Exemp
tion Loses Again
An effort to eliminate excise
tax exemptions from buildings
where 85 percent of the rental
is derived from rentals gen
erally called the "skyscraper
law" the subject of bitter de
bate in former sessions of the
legislature, took another set
back In the bands of the house
tax committee at a late meet
ing Monday.
The majority of the commit
tee voted to send the bill to
the floor with a "do-not-pass"
recommendation. Adoption of
the report would mean Indefi
nite postponement of the bill.
Two members of the nine-man
committee, Reps. Frank Farm
er of Polk county and Edward
Geary of Klamath Falls, , re
fused to concur in the report
although they did not sign a
minority report. ;
See Property Tax Loss
Members of the committee
opposing the removal of the
exemption declared that pas
sage of the bill would result in
heavy losses in property taxes
paid by the buildings in ques
tion to counties, cities and
school districts..
(Concluded on Page 8, Column 4)
Ask State Pay
Accident Bills
The Oregon Senate passed
21 to 7 Tuesday a bill to have
the state pay doctor, hospital
and funeral expenses for per
sons killed or Injured in auto
accidents by persons who have
neither insurance nor money.
The bill, which goes to the
House, was passed over objec
tions that it vas a step toward
a state insurance system.
It would set up a f 203.000
annual fund, .financed by add
ing 25 cents a year on each
driver's license. When a court
issues a judgment for death or
injury In an accident, it would
order payment out of the fund,
provided that the offending
driver is unable to pay.
It also would revoke the of
fending driver's license until
he pays the state back. A ceil
ing of $5,000 Is fixed on the
amount that could be. paid to
any one person.
Sen. Dean Bryson, Portland,
author of the bill, pleaded that
it is needed "to protect respon
sible drivers from irresponsi
ble drivers."
Denmark Gives
Asylum to Pole
Copenhagen (U.R) The gov
ernment has decided to give
political asylum to the Polish
pilot who flew his MIG-15 jet
fighter to freedom across the
iron curtain.
The foreign ministry also
started negotiations with Pol
ish Minister Stanislaw Kelles
Kraus to return the Russian
made plane, first ever to fall
into Western hands intact.
It was believed the MIG will
be put on a Polish ship at
Copenhagen.
Minister of Justice Miss Hel-
ga Pederson has decided Lt.
Franciszek Garecki, who flew
the MIG into Bornholm island,
will be recognized as a politi
cal refugee, the foreign minis
try said.
Budgeteers
For Hard Financing Job
The city budget committee
squared off for serious busl-
s last night, grimly con
scious that it is up against
about the hardest Job it has
ever faced.
Alderman Dan Fry was
elected chairman and Russell
Bonesteele, non-council mem
ber, secretary, both unopposed.
Fry touched up a few of the
toughest problems to be met in
the coming weeks, and ap
pointed seven sub-committees
that will study and report
back with recommendations on
what should be done for vari
ous departments and activities.
Since salary and wage in
creases are one of the baffling
things to be considered, the
program will be to receive the
reports of the sub-committees
on everything but salaries and
DEDICATE $400,000 CATHOLIC CHURCH ON THURSDAY
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On Beef Cattle
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Hope R., Kan., chairman of the
House Agriculture Committee
said Tuesday there is no possi
bility Congress .will consider
livestock industry controls or
mandatory price supports on
beef cattle.
' Hope said he is confident
other proposals to - aid in halt
ing declining cattle prices and
beef consumption can be car
ried out successfully. He add
ed: 7-
"I am sure that if any of
them do require congressional
action, this will be forthcom
ing and promptly."
Hope spoke before the open
ing business session of the 76th
annual convention of the Texas
and Southwestern Cattle Rais
ers Association.
Ask Defeat of Bill
For Liquor Discounts
The Senate Alcohol Commit
tee voted Tuesday to recoil
mend defeat of a bill that
would give liquor by the drink
dispensers a 15 per cent dis
count on liquor they buy from
the State Liquor Commission.
Liquor by the drink will be
come legal when the Legisla
ture passes a law setting it up.
A Senate-House conference
committee will meet Wednes
day to try to reconcile differ'
ences between the two houses
over the liquor by the drink
measure.
Square Off
wages and leave the matter of
pay to the entire committee.
The sub-committees will, how
ever, be expected to discuss
salaries and wages with the de
partment heads and the city
manager with whom they will
confer.
Several special tax measures
will have to go on a special
ballot for vote of the people,
and to get that rolling in time
for an election before time to
approve the budget, Chairman
Fry asked that City Attorney
Chris Kowitz be instructed to
draw up several ordinance bills
for mlllage levies.
These will be 1 mill for first
aid; 2 mills for street lighting;
mill for city library; ft mill
for public health; and 1
mill for drainage, A tax of 1
mill produces about 335,000.
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- Top: View of interior from sanctuary looking througn
the nave of New St. Joseph's Catholic church. Oak pews
carry a platinum finish. Seating capacity on the main floor
' is 700, SO more can .be accommodated in the balcony.
Lower: Exterior view of new church- to be dedicated on
Thursday morning, St, Joseph's day, with cornerstone cere- -mohie
and, pontifical mass read by Most Rev. Edward D.
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St. Joseph's Church
Dedication Thursday
Dedication of the newly i stone and the building and
completed St. Joseph's Catho-i
lie church will take place
at 10 o'clock Thursday morn-
ing. Blessing of the corner
All of Price
Controls Now
Out Window
Washington ) The gov
ernment Tuesday abolished all
remaining price controls.
The Office of Price Stabili
zation announced the lifting of
price ceilings on steel, alloys,
machine tools, and the few re
maining chemicals which had
been left under ceilings.
Responding to the Eisenhow
er administration's drive to
ward a free economy, OPS act
ed six weeks ahead of the April
30 deadline for expiration of
price-wage control authority
under the Defense Production
Act.
5600 Strike at
Ohio Jet Plant
Cincinnati (U.R) Production
lines at General Electric's
Evendale jet engine plant were
idle for the fourth day today in
a contract dispute between 5,
600 union members and the
company.
Some 4,500 CIO auto work
ers Joined 1,100 AFL machin
ists on picket lines early yes
terday. The machinists walked
out Saturday morning after re
jecting a six to eight-cent hour
ly pay boosts, also repected by.
the CIO union.
About half the plant's salar
ied employes, supervisors, en
gineers, and clerical help re
ported for work yesterday de
spite picket lines, and another
1,100 persons working in the
top-secret aircraft nuclear pro
pulsion project also crossed
picket lines. '
Mediation officials made no
immediate efforts to get dis
puting parties together.
APPLEGATE DIES
Eugene W) Charles Fred
Applegate, 76, Yoncalla, grand
son of the Oregon pioneer,
Charles Applegate, died in a
Eugene hospital Monday.
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solemn pontifical mass will be
by his excellency, the Most
Rev. Edward D. Howard, D.D.,
archbishop of Portland. The
archbishop will also give the
sermon. '
The other officers of the
mass will be Rev. Joseph E.
Vanderbeck, assistant priest,
Very Rev. William Killlan,
deacon and the Rev, Method
Korn, O.S.B., sub-deacon. The
Very Rev. Neugebaur and Very
Rev. Nicholas Deis will serve
as deacons of honor. The Rev,
D. Denman and the Rev. A,
Gelinas, master of ceremonies.
The mass will be sung by the
Sacred Heart academy choir.
: Numerous state and city of
ficials, members of the clergy
and parishoners are expected
to attend the dedication cere
monies and a luncheon at the
Marion hotel at 1 p.m.
St. Joseph s church was de
signed by John Maloney, Seat
tle architect and construction
was started March 7, 1952 by
A. N. Minden, general contrac
(Concluded on Pate 5, Column 6)
Benson Plans
Reorganization
Washington U.R) President
Eisenhower will ask Congress
to give Secretary of Agricul
ture Ezra T. Benson broad
authority to reorganize farm
agencies "as he sees the need,"
informed sources said today.
They said the Agriculture
Department reorgan i z a t i o n
plan which Mr, Eisenhower
will submit to the House and
Senate Wednesday, will not at
tempt to spell out in detail all
the changes to be made in the
administrative set-up of the
billion-dollar department.
Instead, informants said, Mr.
Eisenhower will ask that Ben
son be empowered, within
carefully defined limits, to ad
just the department's opera
tions on a continuing basis,
without having to go to Con
gress for item-by-item appro
val. Weather Details
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Fights off MIG
Off Kamchatka
Anchorage, Alaska W) mm An
Alaska-based Air Force weath
er reconnaissance plane fought
off a Bnsslan-made M1G-15 Jet
fighter over international wa
ters off the east coast of Kam
chatka Peninsula Sunday, while
a second MIG hovered over
head. The Air Force, announcing
the incident here and at Wash
ington Tuesday, said there
"appeared to be no damage to
either craft," In the exchange
of shots. y
It was the first time the Air
Force has reported any Alaska
plane being fired upon since
World Warn.
The site of the incident was
given as 25 miles east of the
Siberian Peninsula in the North
Pacific.
Washington Report
Washington, Cn A United
States reconnaisance bomber
fought off a Russian-made
MIG-15 Jet fighter off the east
coast of Kamchatka Sunday.
The Air Force, announcing
the Incident, said Tuesday it
took place about 5 miles east
of the Siberian Peninsula in
the North Pacific Ocean.
The Air Force gave this ac
count:'-
The U. S. plane a B-60, was
on a "routine weather recon
naisance flight from an Alas
kan air base." Two Russian
type MIG-ISs intercepted the
American aircraft b.ut only one
attacked. :
The U. S. plane "returned
fire but there appeared to be
no damage to either craft."
The time of the light was
reported as 6 p.m., iPST,, on
March 14, the United States
date, and 12:80 p.m. March 15
at the location of the fight
mis ; new incident comes
atop a series of earlier incl
dents and the recent shooting
down of two Allied planes in
Western Germany, ;
U. S. weather reconnais
sance planes have been mak
ing regular fights over all
northern areas as far as the
North Pole. This is the first
officially, reported Instance,
however, of the planes ap
proaching so near to Russian
territory.
(Concluded on Page S, CoL 4)
Lattimore Case
Based on Lies
Washington VP) The gov
ernment Tuesday denied that
its perjury charge against
Owen Lattimore involves any
form of "thought control" or
attempt to try him for his
opinions.
A brief filed in U. S. Dis
trict Court by the Justice De
partment asserted that the case
against Lattimore is based en
tirely on his alleged "lying" be
fore a Senate committee.
The brief was filed in oppo
sition to Lattlmore's plea,
pending before the court, that
his indictment of seven counts
of alleged perjury is so vague
that it should be thrown out.
Lattlmore's attorneys con
tended in their motion, filed
last February, that the case
represented an effort to bring
him to trial "for statement of
pure opinion and belief."
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Convicts Caught After
Sawing Out of Cells
Three Oregon State prison
convicts, Including one serv
ing a life sentence for mur
der, used an old prison trick
to escape from the segrega
tion ward at the penitentiary
about 2 a.m. Tuesday, but
were back in custody within
minutes after they dropped
outside the cellblock onto the
prison grounds.
Lawrence Oglevle, S7, serv
ing two concurrent terms of
life and 15 years, was one of
the trio that used an old pris
oners' trick of sawing through
the steel bars with a string
and emery dust, Warden Vir
gil O'Malley said.
The trio sawed through
three window bars in the seg
regation ward in cellblock C
Tax Evader
Admits Being
Taken for Ride
Washington W A New Jer
sey businessman related to
House tax fraud investigators
Tuesday that he paid out $115,
000 to a succession of lawyers
and would-be "fixers" to settle
his tax troubles with the gov
ernmentonly to plead guilty
to tax evasion in the end.
The witness was Garry D.
lozia, of East Paterson, N J.,
president of the Housatonic Dye
Works of Derby, Conn, He said
he is now awaiting sentence on
a charge of evading $150,000
In taxes in the early 1940s,
"Didn't lt ever occur to you
that you were being taken for
a ride?" asked Rep. Boggs (D.
La.), a member of the ways and
means investigating . subcom
mittee. ' ' .:
"Yes, sir, but I was scared
to death," lozia replied, adding
that "I have faith in human be
ings." U.S. Patrol Jets
To Shoot Back
Fuerstenfeldbrueck U. S. Alr
Base, Germany (UJS Super
sonic U. S. Sabre jets piloted
by American Korean veterans
patrolled Germany's iron cur
tain border today under orders
to shoot back if attacked by
Communist aggressors.
The Sabre Jets were flown to
this Bavarian air base Sunday
to put teeth into the U. S.
L warnings -that further attacks
by communist lighters on
American planes would not be
tolerated,- . , i ,
An ; American Thunderjet
was shot down a week ago at
Regensburg, ' near the West
German-Cech ; -border ' by
Czech MIG, Later in the week
Russian MIGs shot down a Bri
tish bomber, killing seven men.
buzzed another bomber and
fired on a British commercial
airliner. - . . ,
As the Sabre jets went out
on patrol duty for the second
day, British bombers prepared
to try to stop the advance of a
mythical enemy toward ' the
Dutch border in the Royal Air
Force's biggest exercises since
World War II.
No Barter for
Malaya Girl
London Prime Minister
Churchill rejected Tuesday a
communist proposal to barter a
British businessman in a Hun
garian prison for a communist
girl guerrilla held by the Brit
ish in Malaya,
Churchill told the House of
Commons that members of his
government, after earnest con
sideration, had decided they
could not entertain the propos
al advanced by Hungary's Red
regime.
The decision blasted the
hope of Mrs. Winifred Sanders,
whose husband, Edgar, is serv
ing a 13 year prison term op es
pionage charges.
Sanders, 48, is the cousin of
George Sanders, movie star,
and was formerly associated In
Budapest with Robert Vogeler,
an American, in the Interna
tional Telephone and Telegraph
Co.
and dropped to the ground be
tween C and B blocks.
There they were spotted by
Guard Edward Thornton who
Immediately collared Oglevle
and returned htm to the cell
block, summoning aid to find
the others.
After a few minutes search,
the other two were spotted
by Guard Captain Emll Sund
borg In the basement of B
block where they were taken
into custody and returned to
their cells.
The men apparently picked
their cell door locks to get
Into the corridor and tq the
window, O'Malley said. He
explained that the lock on
the doors were old and cu
lly picked.
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300 Miles Away
Atom Bcenb Site, Nov. CV
America's aaect daring atomic
troops took a battering Tasst
day bat oamt aaseath ed
through a Uw level mawlea
blast that Jolted eoamiaaitiM as
far distant aa tsc miles.
Shortly after the rumblinc
explosion, the two battalion
combat teams moved through
a heavy pall of dust' in their
scheduled maneuver.
, ' Gen. John R. Hodge and
other observers in foxholes only
two miles from blast center re
ported no injury to troops or
the 20 newsmen up front for
tne nrst time.
Test House Demolished '
' The civil defense test home
only 3,500 feet from ground
zero apparently was demolish-1
cd, Harold L. Goodwin, FCDA.
test director, said after a hell-;
copter inspection. Only one'
wall was standing, he said. i
' In open-mouthed awe, clvH,.
defense observers from all parts .
of the country watched the ex-:
plosion blow skyward. '
The 1,000 troops and 20 :
newsmen closer to atom fire,
than any human has been since;
xiiroanima ana nagasan es
caped injury and the soldiers "
moved in within an hour to'
capture their atomized objec
tive as planned, t
'Challenge to Humanity '
Communities
Badly Jolted
Gov. John Fine of Pennayi-l
vania keynoted the feelings of
observers aa he called it "as
challenge to all humanity." !
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New York VP) Television?
viewers across the nation were
given' a close-up view of an
atomic blast Tuesday as a grim-
reminder of the need for civil'
defense, ',' : r:,' ?:.p ,'. ;
The pooled telecast of thee
blast itself, over the ABC, CBS '
and NBC networks, was oneJ
phase of a three-part educa
tional demonstration by the
Atomic Energy Commission;
and civil defense authorities.
The first was a view Sunday '
of the blast site on Yucca Flat, '
Nev., where there were two.
typical dwellings, several types
of homebomb shelters, and
a number of automobiles. The .
final phases were at 1:30 p.m.
Tuesday (PST), with TV cam.;
eras back to the site to show
the damage. Telecasts of the -
explosion were from seven
miles away, ,
Reception was wobbly at the
moment of the blast but im
mediately afterward the now-:
familiar cloud rose high into .
the air like a giant mushroom, ;
then leaned sharply as the wind '
apparently pushed lt to one
side.
Los Vegas Takes
Bomb in Stride
Las Vegas, Nev. VP) ;
A-blasU are old stuff here.
now, more than 20 In tnree .
years, and this resort town
takes them in stride. '
Even if casinos shake, reg-;
ulars around the dice table
and roulette wheel don't miss
dropping a single bet.
But a couple of other buil- -
ness houses got into the spirit
of things, spurred by the fact
that It's St. Patrick's day.
The Hotel Shamrock in
vited the whole town to its
party. And a furniture store
promised to "blow its top" on
prices in a sale opening at
the moment of the bomb flash,
no matter what time of day, :
STORM WARNING HOI8TED
Portland (U.R) The weather
bureau ordered storm warn
ings hoisted at 8 ajn. from
Tatoosh Island, Wash., to Capo
Blanco, Ore,, for increasing
southerly winds reaching 30
40 miles an hour tonight and
becoming southwest to wen,
20-30 miles an hour Wednesday.
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