.' t v ' ' )
f'4
,1
"5;-
THE WEATHER.
MOSTLY CLODDY with oeej.
sional light rain tonight; be
coming : pertly cloudy, .uttered
light showers Saturday, Little
chaug in temperature. Lew u.
-ugat, ! high SatardayH.
! r
Charges Made House Passes
On (lerbry's
Neuberger Says New-
bry drew $2,258 for
Private Car Mileage
By JAMES D. OLSON
"- Charges that Secretary of
State Earl T. Newbry drew
mileage for his private - can
while making political speech
a in the laat eampalfn were
hurled la the atate senate by
Senator Blehard Nenberger,
Friday.
The chargei were made dur
ing a difcuision of a bill in
creasing the salaries of elected
officials including the govern'
or,- secretary of state, state
treasurer and others.
Produces Firoret
.- Neuberger read figures show
' tag that during 20 months New-
bry had drawn from the state
$2,238.60 for private mileage
- while other state officers in-
eluding the state treasurer,
commisioner of labor and su
perintendent ef public instruc
tion had drawn amounts for
private mileage totaling far
smaller amounts.
Neuberger sought to return
the salary bill to the ways and
means committee in order that
some restrictions might be
placed on the officials drawing
private mileage, but withdrew
this motion after being assured
by. Senator Dean Walker and
Senator Gibson that the ways
and means committee would
give serious consideration to the
subject.
(Concluded em Page 5, Column I)
7 Hew Tree
Farms in Sfofei
Portland VP) Seven new
. tree farms in Western Oregon
and Washington were certified
here Friday at the Industrial
Forestry Association's annual
meeting. The association is the
official certifying agency.
'' The new tree farms, plus ad-
Car Mileage
' dltlons to existing farms, total
82,918 acres. This brings the
total acreage under tree farm
certification In the Douglas fir
region of Western Oregon and
Washington to 4,210,000 acres,
Chairman E. P. Stamm said.
Five of the new tree farms
are in Oregon and two are in
Washington. Biggest are 7,845
acres in. Clatsop County and
2,349 in Columbia County,
Ore. The others are small
farm-lot sizes areas. -
Hearing Set
On Surcharges
, Public Utilities Commission
er Charles H, Heltzel Thursday
ordered a hearing on the sur
. charges being imposed by pow
er companies to recover their
(team generation costs.
At a preliminary hearing,
Heltzel gave Rep. and Mrs.
Monroe Sweetland, who start
ad the action, five days to file
a new complaint.
The original compallnt was
against only Portland General
Electric Company, but the new
complaint will add Mountain
States and Pacific Power and
Light Companies.
. Those are the three Oregon
companies that impose sur
charges. .
The 'companies will have 20
days to answer Sweetland's
new complaint, but Heltzel said
ha hoped the hearing could be
held before those 20 days have
'- elapsed.
No Weather Change
Week-end Forecast
The week-end will bring
little change in weather, states
the five-day forecast out from
the weather bureau. There will
be cloudiness, near normal
temperatures and same light
rain. More of the rain is due
. the forepart of the new week
than at the week-end.
The local forecast calls for
occasional light showers to
night and scattered ones
through Saturday. So far,
March Is ahead of schedule in
the amount of rainfall for the
month, a total of 4.41 inches
being measured against a nor
mal of 8.69 inches for the
period
Weather Details
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65th
Bill for Voling
Governor to Referee
: College and Civil
Service Dispute ?
By PAUL W. BABVEY JB.
(AaucUM Pnw -OotrwpsiiStBU
Legislation to let Mantles la-
stall voting, machines and te
have the governor referee the
dispute between the Board of
Higher Education and the state
Civil Service Commission won
easy approval In the House Fri
day and went to the Senate.
At the same time, the Ore
gon Prison Association's bill
for a full-time parole board
was introduced in the Senate.
The voting machine bill, in
troduced by Sep. . Bar! Hill,
Cushman, Lane County, Is de
signed to reduce the cost of
elections and to speed up the
counting of ballots.
Up to the Counties :'
It would let the counties in
stall the machines if they wish,
but provides that there be at
least one machine for each too
voters. - ' ' -
The other bill passed by the
House is designed to find a
solution to the long dispute
(Concluded on Fate 8. Colnmn S)
Seek Probe of
Germ Charges
United Nations, N. Y. VP)
The U.: S. Friday challenged
Red China and North Korea to
send all American military per
sonnel who have allegedly con
fessed to waging germ warfare
to a neutral area for U. N.
Questioning.
Opening a campaign to beat
down Red charges that 'the
United States is guilty of bac
teriological warfare, U. S. Del
egate Ernest A. Gross denounc
ed communist use of "extorted
confessions" and proposed that
those from whom they had been
obtained be sent to countries
which did not support U.N. ac
tion in Korea. . .. ,,;
- After a period of "rest and
recuperation" he said,- those
men-would be questioned by an
impartial U. N. commission to
verify or deny the statements
they allegedly made while Red
prisoners.
The commission would be es
tablished under a resolution
which Gross .submitted to the
60-nation Political Committee.
Not Exnecfed
- Seattle VP) The vast Colum
bia River watershed now holds
more water than usual, but
there's little danger of any
flood damage this year, a water
management committee report
ed Friday. .
The committee figures the
runoff between April land July
1 .will be only 79 per cent of
normal because the soil be
neath the snow pack is unusal
ly dry and is expected to ab
sorb much of the melt ,
And the committee, headed
by Frank A. Banks, said most
irrigation and power reservoirs
are well supplied with water.
Banks said the report was
submitted to the Columbia Ba
sin Inter-Agency Committee
which met here earlier this
week.
House Stands Pat for
Legalizing Pinballs
An effort to recall House
BiU No. 440, designed to
legalize "free play" slot-machines
in Oregon - from the
senate was defeated in the
house Thursday afternoon by
a vote of 34 to 21.
Rep. Robert E. Dunlway of
Portland made the motion, de
claring that he was of the be
lief that when the bill was up
for consideration in the house
the day previous all informa
tion concerning it was not
available. .
"1 did not realize that this
bill would really legalize pin
ball machines and make en
forcement more difficult," he
said, "and therefore I think
that the bill should be brought
back from the senate and re
considered." Three of the four members
of the Marion county house
delegation, Reps. Robert L.
Elfstrom, Mark Hatfield and
Year, No. 74
4 Rescued in
Pacific Crash
San Francisco, Vh A trans
port plane, enroute to Hono
lulu, was forced down on the
Pacific ' Ocean in darkness
early Friday, but the four men
aboard were-rescued by the
Swedish motorshlp Bataan. .
The DC-4's civilian- crew of
three men and a military cour
ier took to rubber life- rafts
after engine trouble crippled
the plane.
Coast Guard planes flew to
the -rescue,- some - 300 miles
west of San Francisco, and cir
cled overhead. ...
Then the Bataan, which only
Thursday had Been' forced to
return to San Francisco with
an ' injured crewman, arrived
at the spot and took the tour
men aboard. ' II transferred
them to the Shanks, a Navy I
craft, for return to San Fran
cisco. : .
The - transport remained
afloat a considerable time, but
finally sank about 9 ajn. PST
BpySlgyef
Awails Mother;
Pendleton ' . ) Juvenile
court Judge James Sturgls said
Friday a hearing for David
Crozler, Jr.,-11, will be held as
soon as his mother arrives here.
either late Friday or early Sat
urday, i
. Until then, the Judge said,
nothing further Is being done
in the case. David, who has ad
mitted to police he stabbed his
father and stepmother to death,
still is In custody of State Po
lice Sgt. N. W. Smith.
' The boy was to go, to Her-
miston Friday afternoon with
Smith to attend funeral ser
vices for his parents, David and
Doris Crozier. They were at
tacked while they slept In their
farm home near Hermiston
early .last Tuesday.
The boy's real mother, Mrs.
Margaret Edwards of San
Francisco, took a train from
Portland Friday morning ta
Kennewick, Wash., where her
father lives on a farm. She
was expected to come here lat
er. -.. , -
GEN. UNHURT IN CRASH
Seoul, Korea (U.B A heli
copter carrying Lt. Gen. Max
well D. Taylor was involved
in a "minor" accident with an
other helicopter today, but the
Eighth Army commander was
not hurt. Two officers in the
other copter were slightly ' in
jured.
Lee Ohmart voted to bring
the bill back for reconsidera
tion. Rep. W. W. Chadwick
voted against the motion.
When the bill was voted
upon in the house only eight
votes were cast against it. The
bill would nullify an . opinion
by ex-Attorney General Geo.
Neuner that free plays are a
"thing of value" and that pin
ball machines thus are of
questionable legality under
the anti-lottery section of the
state constitution.
The bill was introduced by
Rep. Earl Hill of Cushman and
was approved by the house Ju
diciary committee. Rep.
Carl Francis, chairman of
the judiciary committee, de
fended the bill on the floor of
the bouse saying that it would
be of . financial benefit to
cities by permitting them to
Impose taxes or licenses on the
machines.
(Concluded ea Face f, Column
4) 1
Solem,Oregon,
EISENHOWER JOKES WITH FRENCHMEN
' President Elsenhower holds his side and laughs heartily
as he Jokes with-French officials while standing at the
rail of the presidential yacht Williamsburg. Left to right:
Eisenhower, French ambassador Henri Bonnet, French
Premier Rene Mayer, Secretary of State John Foster Dulles
and French Foreign Minister Georges Bidault. Eisenhower
met with the French leaders for cold war strategy talks. '
(AP Wirephoto)
Dulles and Bidault
Both Distrust Russia
Washington VP) Secretary of
State Dulles and French For
eign Minister Bidault reported
ly agreed Friday that the cur
rent Soviet peace feelers mean
no departure from Russia's
drive for world domination.
ate
- Macau VP) Unconfirmed re
ports reaching Macau - Friday
said three . Americans captured
aboard a yacht last week by a
Chinese Communist ' gunboat
have been taken to Canton, en
route jin- ptagV: 5R.Vt.v
A.Xilnese trader who com
mutes between this Portuguese
colony and the mainland said
the three men - were moved to
Canton Thursday night from
Tongkawan Island, 10 miles
north of Macau. iThe trader
said he had. seen the trio on
the island Thursday. He added
that they had not been mis
treated but . declared they
"looked worried."
The three are Richard Ap
plegate of Medford, Ore., a for
mer United Press correspon
dent working for the National
Broadcasting ' Company In
Hong Kong; Don Dixon, an In
ternational News Service cor
respondent, and Benjamin
Krasner, a Brooklyn ship cap
tain. '
Benson'Warns
' Washington, VP) Secretary
of Agriculture 'Benson Friday
cautioned farmers that they
are running the risk of produc
ing another potato surplus. -
Only this tiihe, the govern
ment would not be involved
because there is no price sup
port program.
The secretary ' said in a
statement - that a survey of
farm planting plans indicates
that too many acres may be
planted to potatoes.
The federal crop reporting
board's . March 19 report, in
dicated prospective plantings
of 1,509,000 acres, or an in
crease of 92,000 over last year,
with most of the increase in
the high-yielding commercial
areas. . ... ... , , -
Benson said that this acre
age would produce, at average
yields a crop of 889 million
bushels. This would be 37 mil
lion more than last year and,
Benson said 25 to 30 million
more than will be needed to
meet fully all national, -re
quirements.
Congress eliminated price
supports for potatoes two years
ago.
Began Holdup Career
On Cop; 'Twas Brief
Gary, Ind. VP) A young
man trying to finance a trip
to Reno for a divorce made
the mistake of holding up an
off-duty policeman and didn't
get to keep his loot long
enough to count It.
It was only f 11( "
Gary police identified him
as Roy White, 20, of Hobart,
and ': placed a preliminary
charge of robbery against him.
Friday, March 27, 1953
The two foreign policy chiefs
reviewed Russia's intentions In
an hour-long talk as French-
American conferences went
into their second day, .
Dulles and Bidault agreed to
treat- Soviet offers with the
proper amount of skepticism,
one informed official reported,
Both agreed, however, that as
a maneuver Russia might relax
her anti-Western foreign pol
icy, bringing - about a ' more
peaceful phase of the cold war,
ltwas said, ,.'.':-. .i ;
But. Dulles emphasized Rus
sia's basic goal under premier
Malenkov would remain- the
same as that promoted' by Jo
seph Stalin when he was alive.
Russian policy is dictated by
communist ' doctrine rather
tnan ny- inoiviauau, ne said,
: This account of French-American
solidarity came-to light
Friday in the wake of a report
ed disagreement betwsen
French Premier Rene Mayer
ana president Elsenhower over
plans for settling the future of
tne industrial Saar basin.
Rail Rale Hike
Washington W The railroad
industry Friday formally asked
the Interstate Commerce Com
mission to make permanent
the billion-dollar-a-year freight
rate increase the railroads got
last year on a-temporary basis.
The rate-hike, averaging 15
per cent, was authorized by the
ICC In April, 1952. In contrast
to a half-dozen other post-war
freight rate increases which
were granted as a permanent
part of the freight rate struc
ture, the ICC classified the 15
per cent advance as a tempo
rary surcharge, which would
expire Feb. 28, 1954.
The petition asked that this
expiration .date be eliminated
from the authority.
The plea was based on the
railroad's contention that an
nual payroll costs have in
creased more than 200 million
dollars since last April, and
that the higher rates are essen
tial if the carriers are to com
plete their current program for
improving equipment, and ser
vices. . .
McCarthy Loan
Madison, Wis. UR Wiscon
sin Republicans today shrug
ged off a Democratic resolution
asking for an-investigation of
a 1149,178 loan by the State
Bank at Appleton, Wis., to Sen.
Joseph R. McCarthy.
GOP 'leaders here gave the
impression they weren't wor
ried by the resolution, - and
there was a good chance it
would never come to vote. The
Republican majority has been
smotliering Democratic propos
als with esse since the current
Legislature opened.
Democratic Reps. Edward
Mertz and Charles Schmidt,
both of Milwaukee, Introduced
a resolution calling for a Joint
committee to determine
whether the bank violated state
law.
Both McCarthy and an
Appleton bank executive called
the resolution a political stab
at the controversial senator.
imraaJl
Ioa-i
tcnfirsTajlion
OfCLOohlcn
Ballot Was 74 to 13
And a Vote of Confi
dence in the President
' Washington CUJO The Senate,
after days of torrid debate, to
day eenfinned Charles K.
(Chip) Bohlen as U.B. ambas
sador to Baasla. Tht vote was
74 to IS la favor of Bohlea
and amoanted to a vote of con
fidence for the president.
The vote climaxed a b i 1 1 e r
struggle which split republican
ranks. The top senate GOP
leaders, Sens. Robert A. Taft
and William F. Knowland,
staunchly - defended Bohlen
against -a small group led by
republican Sens. Joseph Mc
Carthy and Styles Bridges.
Backed by Resident
Bohlen, a 48-year-old career
diplomat who has specialized in
Soviet affairs,' was nominated
by President Sias&Wwcf .Feb.
27, exactly a month ago. -Mr,
Elsenhower, despite bit
ter opposition to the nomina
tion by some members of his
party, stood firmly behind his
choice. " . :" :.
. The . role of a ., three-man
board, which included Hugh
Gibson, a former ambassador,
was a final Issue in debate.
(Ceaelaaed ea Fag 8. Colnmn 1)
Burma Rebels
Hot nationalists
Taipeh, Formosa l The
Chinese 1 Nationalist govern
ment officially' disclaimed re
sponsibility today for Chinese
guerrillas operating in Burma.
Dr. Shen Chang-huan, gov
ernment spokesman, comment
ed on the guerrillas after Bur
ma demanded that the United
Nations act immediately to ex-
pell 12,000 refugee Nationalist
troops from ner sou
"A number of men origin
ally -under Gen. 14 Mi's com
mand in Yunnan province, who
had refused td surrender w the
communists, " were forced to
take refuge in the border re
gions v between Burma and
Yunnan in March, 1950," Shen
said.-- -.
"Whatever - Chinese forces
that have remained in Burma
to this day form- no ptfrt of the
armed forces of the Chinese
government.. The Chinese gov
ernment exercises no control
whatsoever over them."
New England's
Rivers Flooding
(Br TIM AweUUd Prill)
Rain-swollen, rivers over
flowing their banks in the na
tion's Northeast - area Friday
caused mass evacuation of
more than 1,000 persons from
the town of Mexico, Maine,
and created fear of fresh floods
in Northern New York State.
Many New England 1 high
ways were under water, ham
pering evacuation of lowland
residents. The Connecticut
River was reported - either
above or approaching flood
level all the way from the
White Mountains in New
Hampshire to Hartford, Conn.
T-V BE ALLY LULLS 'EM
. Sacramento, Calif. (U.R) Mr.
and Mrs. A. C, Saylors said to
day they became so engrossed
in watching a television pro
gram they never noticed it
when someone fired seven
shots into their living room,
shattering a mirror on the
wall.
Clean I00F
Grazing Sheen
By FRED ZIMMERMAN
The county court and the Sa-!
lem city administration will co
operate In a novel plan to clean
up the I OOF cemetery.
The scheme, which is expect
ed to be put into operation in
the near future, is none otner
than the use of a flock of sheep.
According to plans adopted
on a tentative basis, the ceme
tery will be enclosed on four
sides with a more or less per
manent type of wire fencing. '
Inside this enclosure will be
temporary fencing dividing the
tract into four plots. This tem
porary fencing will be so con
structed to permit Its shifting
without difficulty, thereby
moving the sheep from one sec
tion to another. ' i
- It Is believed the animals will
Price 5c
Red Attacks
LaidtoReports
Of Shortages
. Tokyo .() The creeping
Chinese Bed offensive in
western Korea this week nos-
aibly was designed to deter
mine whether there Is an am
munition shortage in Korea,
and to test allied troop and
commanders who recently re
placed rotated fighting men,
Gen. James A. Van Fleet
former U.S. Eighth army com
mander, testified In Washing
ton that an ammunition short
age existed most of the time
bo was in Korea.'-'".-::,".': , - .
Soma officers here attrib
ute the communist attacks di
rectly to the disclosure of that
testimony. They speculate
the Chinese are trying to find
out. whether the allies have
enough ammunition .to carry
them through' heavy fighting.
For that reason, some freely
express resentment over Van
Fleet's testimony. . ",-:.',
The roar of allied artillery
fire and bombs may be giving
the Beds their answer.
Vienna, Austria VP)
Czechoslovakia has demanded
the United States hand back
the "freedom ' airliner" in
which four Czechs fled their
communist-r u 1 e d homeland.
The Prague government . also
called for the return of the
plane's 39 . passengers and
.crew, ; , ,
The official . Prague - radio
said the demands were in a
note handed by the Czech for
eign office to the U.S. legation
there .Thursday. ; r v
The airliner landed Monday
at the big U.S. Rhine-Main air
base at Frankfurt, Germany,
after a successful . escape en
gineered by the chief pilot and
three of the passengers. The
four immediately requested
political asylum and later two
mora passengers Joined in the
plea. ,,, Taa other passen
gers and crew members have
asked to be returned to
Czechoslovakia, . ;
3-6 Year Prison
New York WV-Mlnot , F.
Mickey ' Jelke, ' oleb heir con
victed in a cafe society vice
case was sentenced to three to
six years in prison.
He was convicted on two
counts of compulsory prostitu
tion legal terminology for liv
ing off the earnings ; of call
girls.-., j U,lx,-.i-
Jelke was sentenced to from
three to six years on each
count, with the sentences to
run concurrently. -:-,.
General Sessions Judge Fran
cis L. Valente said lt was "un
pleasant to deprive anyone of
liberty" but that it was neces
sary in this case to "orient"
Jelke's thinking.
Jelke was sentenced last Fri
day to eight months In the
workhouse on his plea of guil
ty to illegally possessing two
guns. One found in his apart
ment and one in his automo
bile when he was arrested in
the vice case last August, ;
The chunky heir accused of
living off Pat Ward and other
call girls while waiting for an
inheritance to come due was
convicted on the vice charges
Feb. 27. He had pleaded inno
cent
Will
Cemetery
do little or no damage to the
graves while they are eating
the grass and weeds that have
grown profusely In : recent
years.
The number of sheep to be
used or their source have not
been determined. However, lt
Is expected the work of build
ing the fence will be started
next week. The county has on
hand a considerable amount of
wire fencing and material for
the posts.
The fence along the South
Commercial street side of the
cemetery will be placed back
of the hedge that grows there.
The posts will be of steel to
give it a more sightly appear
ance than If wood was used.
(Concluded ea Page It Catania I)
F I fj A L
EDITION
r9 V.
Ftp (liln::3
Westem Outpost ;
Won Back in 13-
Hour Bitter Battle
' ' Seoel U. M. Marlstea : :
Friday night retained eatpost
Vegas from fired-ap Chip see
Beds who 14 hoars earlier Bad
wiped eat all leathernecks
there In a sarprbe smash.
The Marines recantured the
Western Front outpost after 10
hours of bitter, costly band-to
hand trench fighting.
' A Marine regimental com
mander said the Chinese killed
or captured every Leatherneck
in small - holding forces on
Vegas, and nearby Reno out
posts when 8,500 Reds seised '-
the positions in a surprise night
attack. " - - ---.
Still Mopping Up. ' '
The commander cf the Fifth
Marine RatHm i J thst at
0:45 pm, 4:45 ajn. PST, his
Leathernecks were In firm con
trol of Vegas. They had mat tar
supplies to dig in and rebuild
the shattered outpost ' '" '
The First Marina Division
troops secured the hill at 740
p.m., but mopping: up opera
tions continued two hours .
more on the upper slopes, r
; The Marines reported they ;
destroyed the effectiveness of
from IS to 15 Chinese eompan- ;
les more than 2,000 troops,
in the bloody hand to nana
fighting.
(Oendadci ea Page a, OstassfrTK
Fear Tito lo
Grab Albania
Vienna. Austria ' (M .' !1te
Soviet world shows signs of i
worry that Yugoslavia's, Marsh
al tko, with western approval,
plans an attack this summar osk
Communist Albania the '
Kremlin's tiny, Isolated satel
lite. ' :'-':,.:,.-' i:". "I."-'
, . The Be press, from lasce-
througn each. European Jlron
'curtain country to Vienna has
voiced such fears ' during toe
oast few days, . :r;.,
Or the Reds' expressed con
cern may mean something"
else perhaps that, the eight-year-old
regime of Albania's
Premier Enver Hoxha is slip
ping fast, anthMoi cow plans to
blame Its downfall If lt comes
on the Yugoslav . president
who , broke with, the Comin
form. ' v.' ' r ' -' -'"; .'.4;;. .
. ' Western sources report Alba.
ifla surrounded by Yugosla
via, Greece and the Adriatic
and linked with the Comln-
form nations only by an occa
sional ship and a once-weekly
airplane flight -is squirming
with .unrest unequalled else
where behind the iron curtain. .
r
s
in
London, UJ& Oueen Mary's
body was borne today through '
the gardens in which she play
ed as a child to the Queen's
chapel where lt will rest until
Sunday. .-. p :.'t.- '- '
Eight members of the gs-
year-old dowager Queen's,
household staff carried the
coffin from Marlborough V
House, where she died Tues- t
day, to the nearby chapel to : -await
1 the ' simplest funeral
ceremonies ever held for a
British Queen, i r i'
The coffin was draped with
Queen Mary's royal standard,
which used to fly over Marl
borough House, when she was
in residence. '
The chapel, in which the
body will remain until lt Is
taken to Westminister Hall
Sunday to lie in state, was
built by King Charles I In
1028 for his Queen, Henrietta
of France.'-' .- e-'sff'- '
Members of the household
staff will keep vigil in the
chapel. -v.- . .
100 Natives Slain by
African Terrorists ' ;
Nairobi, Kenya VP) Fanatic
Mau Mau terrorists swept Into
a native village almost on the ,
outskirts of Kenya's capital
last night and massacred at
least 100 pro-British Kiyuyu
tribesmen) women, and chtl-.V
dren. : ' .1
All the victims were mem- '
bers of the home guard or
government servants and their
families. -
It was by far the biggest
attack of the fanatic secret
Mau Mau society in its cam
paign of terror to drive the
whtle man from Britain's Ken
ya. Colony. ,. .,,,, . . ,
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