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THE WEATHER.
PARTIAL CLEARING and
scattered showers tonight; be.
coming partly cloudy Friday,
tow tonight, 14; high Friday,
6.
Governor to
Study Newbry
Hospital Plan
Many Factors to Be
Considered fn
Switch of Priority
' By JAMES D. OLSON
Governor Paul L. Patterson
declared Thursday there were
a number ot important ques
tions that he desired answered
before he would agree to giv
ing first building priority to
the geriatrics hospital In or
near Portland over the rebuild
ing of the old hospital struc
ture at the state hospital in
Salem.
The proposal to change the
number one priority in favor
of the proposed Portland insti
tution was made at a board of
control meeting Tuesday by
Secretary of State Earl T.
Newbry.
"There are a number of fac
tors which must be considered
before this question can be re
solved," the governor said.
"The board of control must de
termine, first of all, if the plans
of the old board to provide
new buildings for the present
case-load are to be carried out
or if the new institution with
in a 20-mile radius of Port
land is to be constructed."
New Costs Forced '
One important question that
arises is that if the new hospi
tal is constructed, the governor
said, there would be new ad
ministration costs that would
have to be allocated to the new
ly admitted patients at that
hospital. ; . . : '.
(Concluded on Page 5, Column 6)
Woman Thrown
From Her Car
A woman was thrown from
her car in one of three wrecks
that happened in Salem Wed
nesday afternoon and evening
' but suffered only minor inju
ries about the head, according
: to city police reports.
Emma C. Kucera, 1940'North
Front street, was thrown from
her car when it collided with
a car driven by Neil P. Witting,
2340 South High street, at the
Laurel and Golumbia streets
intersection about 3:15.
. The front end of her car
suffered considerable damage
and the right side of the Wit
ting car was damaged exten
sively. Earlier in the afternoon, cars
driven by Leoda M. Levens,
1000 North Capitol street, and
James B. W h i t e , 1460 Olive
street, collided at the intersec
tion of Winter and Market
: streets.
The front of the Levens car
and the left side of the White
car were damaged but no in
juries were reported.
In a third accident, the cars
of Tillie S. Sentman, 2055
North 18th, and James E. Driv
er, Turner, collided at the Ca
pitol and Chemeketa intersec
tion about 4:30.
Two of four women passen
gers in the Sentman car com
plained of minor injuries a
i bumped head and a sore back
f- J but. none required treatment.
I The front end of the south-
bound Driver car and the right
' 2 side oi uie wesiuuuiiu ocuuuuu
vehicle were .'imaged.
1 Partial Clearing
1 0f Weather Looms
Alternate cloudiness, light
;: ? showers and partial clearing
1 with patches of blue sky con
i tinue to feature valley weather
,' as spring nears officially.
Z) Temperatures remain fairly
JE cool, however, the low for to
il nieht oredicted to be around 34,
ji Rainfall was light through
'Wednesday, .15 of an inch be
ll ing measured in the 24-hour pe.
ireiod ending at 10:30 a.m.
Thursday.
i On the coast, small craft
-t warnings were ordered hoisted
at 9 a.m. all along me coasi,
(winds due to decrease this eve
ning.
f
;Big Belgian Ferry
In Channel Collision
, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
VP) The big Belgian ferry
Prince Charles collided with
i the 6,140-ton British motorship
Llantrisant In the English
Channel Thursday but was re
ported returning to Ostend,
i Belgium, under her own power.
There was no word of any cas
. tialties.
65th
Violent Quake
Kills 1000 in
West Turkey
Tremor Causes
Devastation Over
10,000 Square Miles
Istanbul. Turkey OT A
violent earthaaake siook
Western Turkey Wednesday
nignt ana unofficial reports
Thursday said from 500 to
1,000 persons perished. Presi
dent Celal Bayar left Ankara
with government officials for
the stricken region.
Zahmi Argon, Red' Crescent
(Red Cross) information offi
cer, said telegraphed reports
from the scene estimated .the
dead at 500. He said these re
ports were unconfirmed. Two
Istanbul newspapers estimated
the death toll at 1,000.
Centers at Ballkeslr
The quake aparently center
ed around Ballkeslr, across the
Sea of Marmara from Istanbul,
ana near the world War I
battlefield ot GaUipoli. Police
ait Balikesir said by nhone
(Concluded on Page t. Column 7)
Haste Urged
By Adenauer
Bonn, Germany - OT The
lower house of narllament
Thursday night gave its final
approval to the European army
treaty calling up 900,000 Ger
man soldiers to help defend
free Europe. The vote was
224 to 165, with two abstain
ing. : .
Bonn, Germany W) Chan
cellor Konrad Adenauer, de
clared Thrusday that West
Germany must hurry and re
arm because the death of Jos
eph Stalin has increased the
danger of war. .
"We Germans and the rest
of the world are in great dan
ger, and Stalin's death has in-
i it
ilSta.'Kr
pealing to the Lower House of
'.. . .z 'r ti. '
Parliament for approval of
twin' treaties , which would
make Germany an armed ally
ox tne west.
As he spoke, hundreds of
police surrounded the Parlia
ment building to keep off
crowds of communist-led dem
onstrators . seeking to march
on parliament and block the
vote.
One band of nearly 1.000
screaming, chanting demon
strators was beaten off by po
nce using lire hoses. There
also was an outburst of fist
fighting, and several demon
strators were arrested.
Bowles Urged
Washington OT Two
"Voice of America" officials
told Senate investigators
Thursday they were urged last
year by Chester Bowles, then
ambassador to India, to "tone
down" anti-Communist propa
ganda broadcasts to that
troubled nation.
The testimony came from
Gerald Dooher, acting chief of
the Voice s service in the
Middle East, Africa and Asia,
and Stanley S. Ghosh, chief of
its India desk. -
Dooher said that a memoran
dum dated last June confirmed
that Bowles "urged that we re
frain from anti-Communist
I believe the word was to re
train from undue emphasis on
anti-Communist propaganda."
The two wltnesess went be
fore the Senate investigations
subcommittee, headed by Sen.
McCarthy R., Wis.
Tito and Churchill Plan
Against Red Attacks
London, OT Yugoslav Presi
dent Tito Thursday discussed
with Prime Minister Churchill
and other top British leaders
ways in which his anti-Soviet
state can ward off possible
Russian aggression.
The tightly guarded inter
national conference in Britain's
Whitehall government center
was believed to have taken up
Yugoslav's air defense against
Russia's fast MIG-15 jet fight
ers. Not only the Soviet Union,
but most of her satellites sur
rounding Yugoslavia now are
armed with the swift Red Jtt.
Tito's air forces are equipped
Year, No. 67
Family Slayer
Freed as Insane
Waterville, Wash. OT A su
perior court jury decided Wed
nesday Matthias V. Swearson
was insane when he killed his
wife and four children last sum
mer, and therefore was inno
cent of first degree murder.
The jurys' verdict, brought In
after only 50 minutes of delib
eration, reversed an earlier ver
dict of guilty against him.
... The 27-year-old carpenter
told the court he killed his fam
ily last summer in Bridgeport
because "God told me to.".
I in iu svecuu unDinp accom-
Ipsnying the verdict, tha Jury
found Swearson did commit the
crimes, but was innocent, be
cause of mental irresponsibility
at the time and' at the trial.
Funeral Rites
For Gottwald
' Vienna, Austria VP) Lead
ers from the Soviet Union and
her satellites paid final hom
age in Prague Thursday to Pre
sident Klement Gottwald as
the man who tied once Demo
cratic Czechoslovakia to the
communist world dominated
by Moscow.
The Czech and Soviet na
tional anthems opened the
funeral service in the Spanish
Hall of Prague's ancient Hrad-
cany Castle for Gottwald, who
died last Saturday after an at
tack of pneumonia and pleuri
sy at the age ot 56.
Prague radio broadcast de
tails of the ceremony, which
resembled on a smaller scale
the funeral of Prime Minister
Stalin 10 days ago. Gottwald,
an admirer and obedient ser
vant of Stalin, caught the cold
that developed into . his final
Illness while attending Stalin's
funeral in chilly Moscow.
Nikolai A. Bulganin, the
Soviet minister of war, and
Chou EnLai, Red China's premier-foreign
minister, were
among communist representa
tives from outside Czechoslo
vakia at the rites.
EARTHQUAKE JOLTS
Manila OT An earthquake
of medium intensity jolted the
central Philippines island of
Panay Wednesday but no dam
age was reported, the Manila
Weather Bureau said Thursday,
with slower and outmoded
British piston-engined planes.
That weakness almost cer
tainly was the big worry in
Tito's mind as he whirled up
Westminster In a bullet-proof
car with 14 police outriders to
meet Churchill, Foreign Sec
retary Anthony Eden and De
fense Minister Lord Alexander.
It is an open secret that Tito
would like Britain to send him
some ot her latest type super
sonic fighters which he viewed
In flying demonstration Wed
nesday. But Britain is short
of these modern machines her
self and has only obsolete types
to spare.
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ST. JOSEPH'S CHURCH DEDICATED
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Top: Most Rev. Edward D. Howard, archbishop of Port
land, lays .the cornerstone for new St, Joseph's church.
Lower: Beginning of pontifical mass celebrated in the
new church shows Archbishop Howard seated on the
episcopal throne wearing his vestments and holding a
crosier. ..- ..,
Nev Church
By FRED E.
With all the solemnity and
dignity that the event demand
ed, the new 1400.000 SL
Joseph's Catholic church ' was
dedicated Thursday forenoon.
33 Killed iri-i
2 Plane Crashes
St. John's, Newfoundland VP)
Two U, S. Air Force planes
crashed in Newfoundland Wed
nesday.. All 33 men aboard the
two planes were -believed dead,
including an Air Force general.
A giant 10-engine bomber, an
RB-36hlt a hilltop on the iso
lated east coast of Newfound
land. It carried 23 men, in
cluding Brig. Gen. Richard E.
Ellsworth, 42, of Erie, Pa., com
manding general of the Rapid
City, S. D., Air Base.
Woodsmen found 10 bodies
Thursday near the wreckage of
the plane version of the B-36
able to deliver blows from bases
in the U. S. to almost any point
in the world.
A U. S. Superfortress with a
crew, of iu crasnea in- si.
George's Bay, about 290 miles
across Newfoundland from St.
John's on the west coast. The
plane was from Harmon Field
on the West coast. ,
Searchers found only wreck
age and no survivors in the bay,
first reports said.
Both planes were on training
flights.
Basements Safe
In Atom Blasts
Las Vegas (U.B An Ameri
can family crouched in an in
expensive basement shelter
can survive an atomic blast
even though tne explosion
crushes their home like a
giants hand.
An announcement by the
Civil Defense Administration
today revealed that bomb shel
ters tested in Tuesday's atomic
explosion at nearby Yucca
Flats stood up under the con
cussion and pounding ot the
bomb, even those only about a
quarter of a mile away.
And the report added the
heartening news that the dan
gers of radiation have been
"grossly exagerated in the pub
lic mind."
But civil defense experts al
so learned that a home without
a shelter would be a lethal
death trap In an atomic attack.
PAY FOB NAZI TRIALS
Bonn, ' Germany OT The
lower house ot the West Ger
man Parliament Wednesday
night ratified the government's
agreement to pay 822 million
dollars In reparations for Nazi
persecution of Jews,
By St. Joseph s Parish
Joiiiirnal.
Thursday, March 19, 1953
w'fti
Dedicated
ZIMMERMAN
The dedication took the form
ot a solemn pontifical mass said
by, the Most Rev. Edward D.
Howard, DJJ., archbishop of
Portland. ...-.i:; v.
The mass was preceded by
the blessing of the cornerstone
of the church, followed by the
.procession aroung tha edifieu.
. The edifice remained empty
until the ceremonies : on the
outside were completed. How
ever, the entire sealing capa
city of the building was filled
for the liturgical ceremonies
which, were entirely impres
sive.
The dedication was favored
with good weather conditions,
a situation that prevailed dur
ing much of the construction
(Concluded on Page S, Column I)
Reed Abandons
Tax Cut Fight
Washington (U.B Rep. Dan
iel A. Reed today abandoned
his fight for immediate House
action on his tax reduction
bill. He did so. with a bitter
blast at Republican party lead
ers. The New- York Republican
told reporters that on the basis
of a survey of the House he
had decided to give up his pre
vious plan to call up the bill
for House action next week.
"I am opposed to having the
people betrayed by Individuals
or by either of the major po
litical parties," Reed said.
He referred to what he be
lieves to be the pledge of the
Republican party, and its lead
ers, including President Eisen-
how, to reduce, taxes quickly.
Mr. Elsenhower, however,
has been increasingly insistent
that budget balancing come be
fore any tax reduction.
Prosperity Seen
For Entire Year
New York (IP) Business once
more is pushing back the dead
line for the slump. More ex
ecutives now look for prosper
ity to hold through the year.
The switch to confidence by
many Industrialists and finan
ciers who earlier had been
doubtful about the last half of
1953 is not shared by all. But
it appears to be growing.
Among reasons for the new
optimism:
Belief that world tension will
keep the countrys' defense
spending high might even
send it higher. Defense Indus
tries will continue to flourish.
Belief that consumers are
going to keep on spending
much more Important to the
economy than defense spend
ing.
Signs that profits right now
are running higher than a year
ago they've been picking up
since last summer.
1
3 guara
metoMeetMevjlim
to
United Nations, N.Y. OT
Russia's Valerian A. Zorln
said Thursday, "the preserva
tion of peace and the straggle
against new war has been
and Is the main concern of
the Soviet Union." , -
His declaration was made dur
ing disarmament debate be
fore the U.N.'s 60-natlon poli
tical committee where U.S.
Delegate .Ernest A.. . Gross
challenged him Wednesday to
demonstrate by deeds the sin
cerity of Prime , Minister
Georgi M. Malenkov'a peace
bids. -
Zorln answered twn Ques
tions which Gross put directly
to him, but the replies failed
to disclose any change in the
Soviet attitude that might lead
to a break in the seven-year
deadlock on atomic control
and disarmament. . .... ..
Calls Questions Artificial
He .called Gross Questions
artificial" and other state
ments by Gross questioning
the sincerity of Russia's peace
ful intentions were described
by Zorln as "slander."
To Gross' question as to
whether Russia is willing to
discuss "constructively" i . the
question of disarmament at
this time, Zorln said Russia
naa repeatedly submitted pro
posals and they were all "de
signed to bring about a solu
tion ot . that important orob.
lem." -
(Concluded an 5, Column I)
by
Reds Repulsed
Seoul,' Korea (U.B Amprfcim
marines hurled back twin Chi
nese attacks north and south
of Bunker hill today, killing or
wuunuuig nearly nan the at
tacking Reds.
One Chinese company rum.
med through to the MarltW
main western front defense line
norm of Seoul before the
Leathernecks chopped it to bits
with concentrated artillery and
mortar fire.
This company, about 200
men, struck southwest of Bun
ker bill behind a barrage of
1,900 rounds of artillery and
mortar fire. The Chinese over
ran the flank of a Marine unit
and pushed on to the main line.
Marine big guns forced the
Reds to withdraw three hours
later, leaving 25 Chinese count
ed killed on the battlefield.
Marine officers estimated that
another 50 Reds were killed
and 65 were wounded.
At the same time, a second
Chinese company attacked a
forward position northeast of
Bunker hill. They closed to
within hand grenade range of
Marine outpost bunkers and
fought a close range duel of
machlneguns, rifles and gren
ades for one hour and 30 min
utes. The Chinese withdrew, leav
ing nine dead.
SEVENTH FLEET ON JOB .'
Taipeh, Formosa (U.R) The
United States Seventh Fleet is
still on the Job protecting For
mosa from possible attack by
the Chinese Communists, a re
name Navy source said today.
US Planes
In Soviet Policy
30 Miles From Borders
Wiesbaden. Germany OT I
The U. S. Air Force announced
it has banned its planes from
flying within 30 miles ot Com
munist East Germany and
Czechoslovakia, except on bor
der defense missions or author
ized flights in Soviet recogniz
ed air corridors.
An Air Force statement as
serted "these regulations have
been In effect well over a
year" but were "reaffimed to
day." The statement was issued
nine days after two Czech
MIG-15's attacked two Ameri
can Thunderjects and shot one
down 15 miles inside U. S.-oc-
cupled Bavaria. The pilot es
caped with only slight injuries.
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Report Russia
OffersReward
For Air Attack
. Berlin UJ Russia was re
ported to have offered a re
ward of 15,000 ruble to So
viet or - satellite pilots who
force down western allied
fighters, or bombers over com- J
munist territory, .v--. r:
Sources .close to the Soviet
control commission ' said - or
ders had been received, from
Moscow for Soviet and satel
lite pilots to force down all
western . allied military air
craft which stray over com
munist territory.: .
. The Soviet: control commis
sion . Is the Russian agency
which runs the military and
civilian occupation of the So
viet east ' zone . of Germany
from the Kremlin, It is
roughly the equivalent of the
U.S. high commlsison for Ger
many, except that the Rus
sians place much greater em
phasis on the military occupa
tion of their zone; 1 : '. :
The stern . Soviet ..orders
were-said to have been issued
in retaliation for the; detention
by the west of a Russian-built
Mig-15 which, was flown to
Denmark by a Polish pilot
seeking political asylum.,' .
i:
London, OT The Soviet Un
ion .dusted its seven-year-old
proposal for unconditional
prohibition of the atom hpmb
w a ruoio appeal xnursoay aa-
aressea to the ''American peo-
The proposal first put forth
by ..Russia In.lS4V.hM been.!
jected by the Western bloc
I
the United Nations on grounds
that it would not provide fori
international inspection of So
viet bisection of Soviet atomic
installations necessary to en
force, such a ban.: -. ' '
' The new talk of the ban was
considered interesting because
of the recent assurances by
Stalin's successor, Primef Min
ister Georgi Mi Malenkov; of
nis government a peaceful in
tentions, v-.'-v-; v,
Atomic Shell to
Be Fired Soon
Las Vegas, Nev., OT A
series of sub-size atomic ex
plosions during the next few
weeks will pave the way for
the first tiring of an .atomic
artillery shell. , , ; ,..
The nuclear debut ot the na
tion's 280-mm. cannon is ex
pected sometime In mid-May.
The second in the series lead
ing to the big gun shot is set
tentatively for next week.
While official secrecy sur
rounds the scientists' moves,
the next shot Is likely to be
another tower detonation, sim
ilar to Tuesday s opening test
and probably a step down in
size.
Dr. Albert C, Graves, scien
tific test director for the Atom
ic Energy Commission, told
newsmen that he and his aides
prefer towers for testing the
more experimental type of
atomic device. Towers enable
the scientists to set up more
accurate instruments to guage
the potential weapon's power.
Must Stay
Until now, U. S. Air Force
spokesmen in Wiesbaden had
Insisted to newsmen that there
was no formal order prohibit
ing American planes from ap
proaching the Communist air
frontiers. They said non-patrol
aircraft, Instead, were "told"
not to get closer than 10 miles.
The British Royal Air Force
last week ordered its planes to
keep 10 miles from the Soviet
Zone frontier. This action fol
lowed the shooting down of a
British four-engine bomber last
Thursday by two Russian MIG-
15s. Seven British airmen died
In the attack, which took place
over the East-West German
frontier.
Appe
FINAL
EDITION
1(1",
Reveal Real
Soviet Policy
Washington UV. hidani
Eisenhower said Thursday the
new Russian regime will never
be net leas than half way by
his administration In f.
fort toward world peace.
s uut ne said the Soviet Union
so far has -made no formal
peace overture. V - . h. . .s .
The President also told his
news conference' that h
in the recent series ci
munist aircraft attacks m
American plane no change in
tm .mienuons or the Soviet
Union, ' ' ,'':-- '::. . .. ;
Tax Cuta Deferred'-.''.':
Elsenhower '.also:
1. Reiterated that tn
tlon must be deferred until a
balanced budget 1 in eight Ho
said he is against letting the
excess profits tax expire Juna
30 without a substitute to com
pensate for revenue loss;1 And '
he said .he. -want the revenue
rather than an incor-e tax re
auction , in, June. Rep. Reed
(R-NY) has cronosed 'a nn.
aonal income tax cut June SO
msieaa oi Dec. 81.. , ..
2. Declared he sees no point
in questioning the loyalty of
the nation's churches. This was
in reply to question as to
whether he favored an Investi
gation, ot possible communist
influences in the churches.
via vnurcn loyalty Probe
xnera oas oeen a :row in
Congress over a suggestion by
vmunaiu veiQO K-Ul.) that
mo nuuio unamencan Acttvl-
uc yumnunee mignl look ln
to communist influence, in tha
suu.vyt,, v C4U0 . a i n c q
backed away from this idea, -
(Concluded en Page , Cahnaus 4
NaneAHCCKS
Toff fights for :
Washington' VP) Snat d.
publican Leader Taft say he
wm neip ieaa a ugnt to keen
alive the Council of Economic
Advisers in the Elsenhonwr ad
ministration. ' .
Further; the Ohio ' xnatn
said, he 1 confident the presi.
dent want to retain the council.-
.,; ( .-. ;. ,
mTaft told the senate t h i
Wednesday as it voted unanlm.
ously to confirm an Eisenhower
choice as a council member
Arthur F. Burns, Columbia un
iversity economics professor.
The White .House said Burns
will study the three-member
council setup and make recom
mendatfcns as to what is needed
to keep the president Informed
on economic matters.
Tie council is practically out
of rnoaey and all of it staff
members hawel&ewi- give--ms- J '
charge slips.
A - senate-house conference ' -committee
recently refused to
give tne three-member council
another cent for the remainder
of this fiscal year ending June
30. ... .' ! ..- ' - .
Cabinet Post
Washington OT President
Elsenhower's first government
reorganization plan breezed
through the House Wednesday
and apparently faces even
smoother sailing In the Senate.
The proposal would create a
new, cabinet level Department
of Health, Education and Wei.
fare to assume the functions of
the present Federal ' Security
Agency ,(FSA). The White
House has said Mrs. Oveta Culp
Hobby, F S A - administrator,
will be named secretary.
The chief effects of the plan
are to elevate the titles and
salaries of top officials, hand
them more authority to stream
line the agency, give the Presi
dent more appointive power
over the department, and add
new medical advisory post.
Administration officials esti
mate the change will add $32,
000 a year to operations of the
department but promise this
will be more than offset by fu
ture economies and increased
efficiency, , ,'.'.-; , v
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