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THE WEATHER
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Russia Gives
Pledge of Aid
Truce
Molotov Recognizes
'Complete Justice'
Of New Proposals
Moscow (P Foreign Minis
ter V. M. Molotov nledred So
viet assistance Wednensday In
trying to bring about an arm
istice in Korea on the baiii ot
proposals by Chou En-Lai, the
Chinese premier.
Molotov'B statement was the
first official Soviet comment on
the latest Korean . develop
ments. It appeared in the form
. of a foreign ministry announce-
ment issued through the offi
cial Soviet news agency Tass
and broadcast by Moscow ra
dio. Molotov sead the Soviet gov
ernment "recognizes the com
plete justice" ot the new pro
posals "and expresses its read
iness to fully assist" in realiz
ing them.
Two Proposals Made
There have been two pro
posalsone from North Korea
for the exchange of sick' and
wounded prisoners, and anoth
er from Chou En-Lai in Peip
lng for the repatriation of oth
er prisoners of war. Under
the latter proposal prisoners
willing to return home would
be handled by neutrals. '
At the same time, Molotov
strongly suggested the Chin
ese communists and the North
Koreans should be represented
in the United Nations. He de
clared this would greatly assist
In settling all issues ot the Ko
rean war. -,
From this it is obvious the
USSR intends to continue its
fight for Chinese communist
and North Korean representa
tion in the U. N.
(Concluded on Pft 5, Column 1)
Clark Ready to
Resume Truce
; ?' Munsan,- Korea W Gen.
Mark Clark, the United Na
tions commander, made it clear
today that the first concrete
step toward a truce in Korea
must be the exchange of sick
and wounded prisoners of war.
But he told newsmen, "We're
making all preparations and
will be ready to go. We don't
want to anything to hold up
negotiations."
The U.N. commander voiced
the same demand Tuesday in
a letter answering an earlier
Red proposal to trade disabled
prisoners and to resume the
suspended truce talks.
The plan Chou cabled to
UJJ. headquarters was first
broadcast by Peiping Monday,
It called for Immediate ex
change of all prisoners who
"insist" on repatriation. The
.rest would be turned over to
a neutral country until their
future is determined.
March Cold,
Rain Plentiful
March temperatures . were
slightly below normal and the
rainfall a bit above, otherwise,
the month was about a typical
March, the monthly weather
report reveals.
The average temperature for
the month was 44.9 degrees, or
1.9 degrees below normal. The
high mark for the month was
registered on March 8, 75 de
grees; and the low was 24, re
corded on March 1. There were
10 days with a minimum of
32 degrees or below.
Precipitation for the month
totaled 4.99 inches, or .76 of an
Inch above normal. The great
est 24-hour fall was 1.24 Inch
es, measured on March 15 and
16. There was a trace of hail a
time or two during the month.
There were six partly cloudy
days, 24 cloudy ones and one
clear day for the month. There
were 17 days with .01 of an
inch or more precipitation; IS
days with .10 of an inch or
more; three days with a half
inch or more.
Prevailing wind for the
month was south, the average
velocity, 8.1 miles per hour.
Again the morning minim
um was below freezing in
Salem, Wednesday, the mer
cury sliding down to 30 de
grees. Bright sunshine came out
early, however, to make it a
pleasant spring day, but an
other cold night is in prospect,
the forecast calling for 32 de
grees or so tonight.
A heavy frost has been noted
the last two mornings, although
some early morning fog helped
the situation in many sections,
Tuesday.
65th
Shortages of
Ammo Listed
By Von Fleet
8th Army Down to
Zero on Some Types
Frequently
Washington VP) Gen. Junes
A. Van Fleet testified Wednea
day bis Eighth Army, was
down "to sero" on some types
of ammunition. after it beat off
a Chinese communist attack
in May, 1951.
ine former Korean com
mander said, too, that restrict
ed ammunition supplies forced
him to pass up "opportunities
every day" to hurt the com
munists.
And he declared he was stop
ped by orders from making an
amphibious landing behind the
communist lines in June, 1951,
which he was convinced could
destroy the Red- armies in Ko
rea. ,
Never Adequate Supplies
Van Fleet was the first wit
ness at a Senate inquiry into
his complaints that he never
had enough ammunition dur
ing his entire 22 months In Ko
rea. Pentagon officials have
contended that ammunition
was always adequate to meet
the situation.
(Concluded en Pas I. Column X)
Washington's
View of Red Bid
Washington, W Russia's
endorsement of Red China's
Korean truce bid was regard
ed here as making the offer'
more convincing. But U. S.
officials noted that critical
points of a workable armistice
plan must still be nailed down.
This government was report
ed determined to stand firm
on the principle ot no forcible
repatriation of war prisoners
to the communists. Informants
said this is a critical point on
which the plan put forth by
Chinese communist ; Premier
Chou Kn-Lai must be spelled
out in detail.
Chou's plan was generally
assumed here to have the sup
port of the Kremlin, if, in
fact, it had not originated
there. Some officials specu
lated that with Joseph Stalin
dead and a new boss in Mos
cow, the Chinese Reds might
have decided to strike off and
reach a peace on Korea on
their own. .
Finds Army in
Korea Equipped
Seoul, Korea, (U.B Army
secretary Robert T. Stevens
said tonight he will return to
Washington to testify that the
Eighth Army in Korea has an
adequate supply of ammuni
tion. .
- Stevens dded that Gen.
James A. Van Fleet, who made
the charges of shortages before
Congress, would have found
present ammunition stocks
adequate.
"The supply of ammunition
is adequate for any situation
with which the Eighth Army
might be faced," Stevens said
at a press conference.
"I am confident that if Gen.
Van Fleet had been here today,
he would have agreed com
pletely with what I say."
"I thought when I came here
I'd find it in good shape," he
said. "Everything I've seen so
far confirms that."
Weather Details
M airman yesterday. Hi awinlanim la
6mt. BO. Total M-h.ar preelpltatlan;
traec; far month i ti narmtl, .OS.
en prectplUtlan. SMli Mrail, S3.04.
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tveawcr nartM.)
House Passes 283-106
Oil Tidelands Measure
Washington W) The House
Wednesday passed and sent to
the Senate legislation estab
lishing title for the states to
oil-rich submerged coastal
lands.
The measure was passed af
ter a motion to shelve the bill
was defeated, 283 to 108.
The rollcall vote on final
passage was 285 to 108..
This compared with the 265
to 109 margin by which the
House approved a similar bill
in the last session of Congress.
That legislation passed the Sen
ate too, but was eventually
killed by President Truman's
veto.
President Elsenhower has
endorsed the plan to give states
Year, No. 78
sauna u ncobS u
Butur t Stlra. Ontoa
CHARGED WITH
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Sherman R. Smith, Woodburo chiropractor, enters the
office of Denver Young, Marlon county sheriff, to be :
booked on a charge of manslaughter by abortion. Shown
' entering the door with Smith is Sheriff Young. .-,
Chiropractor Faces
Charge of Abortion
A Woodburn chiropractor
was arrested Tuesday evening
at his office on a charge of
manslaughter by abortion after
the Marion county grand jury
Windsor Sails
For America
Southampton. Eng., m The
Duke of Windsor, a sad and
lonely figure,, sailed for Amer.
ica Wednesday just 24 hours af
ter the burial of his -devoted
mother, Queen Mary.
The duke, who gave up the
throne in 1936 to marry Wallis
Warfleld Simpson, cut short a
Florida vacation three weeks
ago to hurry home to the bed
side of ailing Queen Mary. He
left the duchess behind in New
York.
The duchess has never been
received by the royal court but
there have been suggestions in
the British press that the bar
would drop with the death of
Queen Mary, a staunch uphold
er ot court bias agaiifst divorc
ed women.
MikheilQuifs
Civil-Service
Washington t) President
Eisenhower Wednesday accept
ed the resignation of James
Mitchell as a member of the
Civil Service Commission and
immediately nominated him to
be deputy assistant secretary
defense.
Eisenhower sent to the Senate
the nomination of George M.
Moore of Kentucky to succeed
Mitchell as a member of the
Civil Service Commission.
The President also nominat
ed Judge Stanley N. Barnes of
Los Angeles to be assistant at
torney general in charge of the
Justice Department's anti-trust
division.
And he nominated Gen. James
A. Van Fleet, who recently
returned from command of the
Eighth Army in Korea, for re
tirement with the rank of gen
eral. Van Fleet's permanent
rank now is major general.
title to the offshore lands with
in their historic boundaries.
Truman, advocating federal
control, argued that the lands
belonged to the whole country,
not the coastal states. Estimates
on the oil value vary, but it is
generally agreed to amount to
many billions of dollars.
Voting for the bill on final
passage were 188 Republicans
and 97 Democrats. Against it
were 18 Republicans, 89 Demo
crats and 1 Independent.
The motion, to send the bill
back to committee, was offered
by Rep. Celler (D.-N.Y.) and
supported by proponents of
federal control of the oil-rich
offshore lands.
Salem, Oregon,
MANSLAUGHTER
returned a secret indictment
against him Tuesday based on
evidence submitted by District
Attorney Kenneth Brown.
Sherman R. Smith was ar
rested by Sheriff Denver Young
on a circuit court bench war
rant signed by Judge Rex Kim
mell, charging Smith with per
forming an abortion on a 35-year-old
unmarried woman.
The woman told Brown she
was about two months preg
nant when the claimed abor
tion took place. v .. -. y v.
Accompanying Young at the
-time wrthe arretwai wood
burn Police Chief Neil Calkins,
an investigator for the Oregon
Medical association and news
men and photographers. - -
Smith entered a plea ot not
guilty to a charge, of man
slaughter when he appeared be
fore Circuit Judge George R.
Duncan Wednesday morning.
H e had previously waived
reading of the indictment.
Judge Duncan reduced the
amount of bail requested from
$7500 to $4000 after Paul Bur-
ris, Smith's attorney had made
presentation that his client was
not financially able to raise the
larger sum easily.
Smith did not appear too
much concerned over - the
charge against him and ans-
were questions in a calm
voice. '
After his arrest, Smith gave
the officers permission to
search his small five-room es
tablishment. The officers took
a few instruments from his
(Concluded on Page 5, Column 1)
Salary Raises
Sent Governor
Salary increases for Oregon's
elected officials were approved
by the house Wednesday with
out a word of debate, and went
to Gov. Paul L. Patterson for
his approval.
The governor would be
raised from $11,000 a year to
$15,000 and he would keep
his $100 monthly tax-free ex
pense check.
The secretary ot state, treas
urer and attorney general
would be boosted from $8,250
to $10,000. The superinten
dent of public ' instruction
would be Increased to $10,000
and the labor commissioner to
$9,000.
Meanwhile, power company
lobbyists buzzed around the
capitol in an attempt to get
reconsideration of the bill to
permit court appeals-from de
cisions of the hydroelectric
commission.
Stale Pays for Trip
To Atom Bomb Blast
A resolution to pay Reps.
William W. Bradeen, Burns,
and Lloyd E. Haynes, Grants
Pass, $249 was passed by the
house Wednesday. It doesn't
require senate action.
Bradeen and Burns attend
ed the recent atomic 'bomb
test in Nevada, and made a
report to the house.
The money pays the ex
penses ot their trip.
Wednesday, April 1,
Ouster Conies
In Dramatic
In fast moving action Tues
day night, the state board of
control fired Warden Virgil
O'Malley, took Superintendent
George Alexander's request for
retirement under - advisement
and installed Clarence T. Glad
den, veteran federal prison of
ficial as the new warden with
absolute power to operate the
Oregon State penitentiary with
out interference from anyone. ,-
This action, announced at an
unprecedented press conference
in the board of control hearing
room at 0 p.m., followed study
of a report by an investigating
committee, of three wardens
who declared "the degradation,
lack of control and general
confusion in the Oregon State
penitentiary is without parallel
in our experience."
Gladden Well Trained
The new warden, who has
accepted the task of attempting
to straighten out unfavorable
conditions reported at the pris
on, and who has been engaged
on a temporary basis, Is a resi
dent of Tacoma.
Warden Gladden retired
from the federal prison service
just two months ago after serv
ing 23 years In three prisons,
McNeil's Island, Terre Haute,
Indiana, and Leavenworth pris
on in Kansas. In the latter in
stitution he was senior assistant
warden.
Investigation of the prison by
the board of control, following
numerous escapes, reports of
prevalence of homosexuality,
use of intoxicating liquor by
Inmates, lack of discipline, be
gan about a month ago.
: After inquiry with the Fed
eral Bureau of Prisons and the
American Wardens' association;
the latter group was requested
to pick an Investigating com
mittee to survey the institution,
(Concluded on Pfe 5, Column S)
Nuns Rescue 95
Orphans in Fire
Englewood Cliffs, N.J., (Jf)
Nuns shephered 95 orphan
boys to safety Wednesday as
fire swept St. Joseph's school
for boys, atop the Hudson
River palisades.
As flames shot through the
roof of the three-story wooden
building, the 17 sisters of the
order of St. Joseph ot Newark,
led the grammar school age
children from their classrooms.
Firemen had the blaze under
control In about an hour.
One of the sisters said that
about 10 a.m., a loud crash was
heard. All of the lights in the
building, went out. . ,
The sisters, who act as fac
ulty of the school, lined up the
children in semi - darkness.
They marched in orderly fash
ion out of the building.
Fire departments from six
surrounding m u nl c 1 palities
fought the fire, which a nun
said started in the attic sleep
ing quarters of the faculty.
Doukhobors
Bomb Railroad
Grand Forks, B. C. W
Railway tracks -winding
through Sons of Freedom
Doukhobor settlements in Brit
ish Columbia were reported
Bombed" at points 40 miles
apart Tuesday night.
During the same period a
lumber mill was swept by a
mysterious fire which destroy
ed an estimated one million
board feet of lumber.
Royal Canadian Mounted
police said the track bombings,
at least, appeared to be the
work of Sons of Freedom ter
rorists. The first track dynamiting to
be reported damaged the Cana
dian Pacific Railway's Kettle
Valley line two miles west of
here. ,
Later, the Nelson Daily
News said 150 feet ot track
was damaged in an explosion
on the CPR line at Tarrys, 18
miles west of Nelson.
The lumber mill fire was at
Passmore, 24 miles northwest
of Nelson. No details were
known and police listed the
blaze as being of "unknown
origin."
Night Parley
1953 20 rogs Prict 5c
CLARENCE T, GLADDEN, NEW WARDEN
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; New state penitentiary warden assumed his official
duties late Tuesday evening following the discharge of
Warden Virgil O'Malley by the board of control. Glad
den, 58, recently retired after 23 years of experience with
the Federal Bureau, of Prisons. -. k-. a s :,-. ( i-
Prison Budget Held Up
For Word From Gladden
Representative Henry Semon
of Klamath Falls, co-chairman
of the Joint ways and means
committee, said Wednesday
that the budget of the state
penitentiary would be held up
at
The Oregon prison was quiet
Wednesday morning and the
new warden had inmates re
leased from their cells as us
ual. The investigating wardens
whose report caused Warden
Virgil O'Malley to be fired
had recommended that all in
mates be locked in- their cells
until the new administration
had established its control.
But Clarence T. Gladden, the
new warden, did not follow
that recommendation.
At 6 a.m. he and three men
a guard said they were from
the federal prison system
went inside the walls on what
was reported to be a fine-tooth-comb
inspection. .
Swede Chosen
Lie's Successor
United Nations, N. Y. (U.B
The surprise East-West agree
ment on the nomination of Dag
Hammarskjoeld of Sweden as
the second secretary-general of
the United Nations was hailed
today as a move toward new
harmony and effectiveness In
the world organization.
Western nations and commu
nist countries apparently were
in full accord on the selection
of Hammarskjoeld to replace
Trygve Lie for the $55,000 a
year position.
The attitude of the Security
Council toward Hammarsk
joeld ended a long deadlock on
the important Secretary Gener
al issue and indicated an end
to the general tension which
arose when Lie was boycotted
by the Russians in 1950. Lie
gave the boycott as a major
reason for his resignation.
Buiding for Quarter
Maintains High level
Salem building permits for
the first quarter of 1953 totaled
$1,475,343, City hail official
records show.
The total shows a stronger
building trend than any other
first quarter of the last five
years except 1950 which was
stronger.
First quarter totals for five
years were: 1949, $752,441;
1950, $1,633,533; 1951, $1,148,
248; 1952, $1,231,952; 1953, $1,
475,343. By months the 1953 first
quarter figures were; January,
$250,215; February, $320,029;
March, $905,099.
to the very last in order to
give Warden Clarence T. Glad
den an opportunity to submit a
revised budget it he so desires.
We want to give the new
warden every chance to get off
to a good start," Semon said.
Semon's attitude .was sup
ported by Reps. Orval Eaton of
Astoria and Alva Goodrich ot
Bend, feaembers of the ways and
means committee' who have
been making a close' check on
conditions at the prison.
Rep, Eaton said that he be
lieves the move of the state
board ot control In removing
O'Malley as warden is a "stei
In the right direction." ''.
"The report of the investi
gating wardens," Eaton said,
'confirms what we had found
at the penitentiary.".
Representative Goodrich said
that as far as he was concerned
as a member of the ways and
means committee, a request for
a full budget from the new
warden will now get a sympa
thetic ear." , ' '
(Concluded en Pate 5. Column I)
Christie Jailed
On 6 Murders
London CP) An owl-eyed
clerk charged with murdering
his wife and under questioning
about the sex-thrill strangling
of at least five other women
appeared briefly In a crowded
court Wednesday. He was or
dered jailed for another week.
Gaunt, 55-year-old John R.
H. Christie seemed nonchalant
even bored with the eight
minute proceedings in the Lon
don magistrates court. His only
outward sign of emotion was a
single furrow in his pale brow.
He made no statement.
The prisoner was guarded
heavily by police and detec
tives. Outside the court, a
crowd strained against police
lines or queued f o r the few
available public seats in the
courtroom.
Housewives carrying shop
ping bags and holding onto
children Jostled for better
views. Extra police were on
duty both inside and outside
the court.
The quarter's record is main
ly a total of small projects, only
two ot major proportions being
listed, both in March, These
were the convent home for St.
Vincent de Pa ul . Catholic
church, $70,000, and the new
Episcopal church, $246,000.
In dwelling construction,
which continues to move at a
phenomenally fast pace, Janu
ary showed 15 dwellings cost
ing an estimated $144,000; Feb
ruary 27 dwellings costing
$269,000; and March 31 dwell
ings and two duplexes costing
$364,720,
(Concluded en Page I, Column 4)
F I M A L
EDITION
Inmates Sqid
...(.,. ... -
In Control of
State Prison
By JAMES D. OLSON '
Condition at the Orexon
state penitentiary were found
to be deplorable by a commit
tee of three veteran warden
who in a report to the state
board ot control declared they
had never v fyeied a a e
lack of dfaKipUK or a situa
tion where the Inmates net
the administration eeemed te
be the boa. ;
The three wardens makinl
the report Joseph E. Ragen
of Illinois, L. Z. Clapp of Idaho -'
and G. Norton Jameson of
South Dakota, declared that
the trouble- first stemmed from
interference with the author
ity of the wurden by a senate
committee in 1951 who inter
viewed inmates and granted
numerous concessions to them.
This committee was comnos-
ed of Vernon Bull, La Grande,
cnairman; uougias Yeater of
Salem,' Frank Hilton of Port
land, Phil Brady, also of
Portland and Stewart Hardla
of Condon.- ' - i . .
Committee Scored " ' 1
"This action was a direct
slap at the warden's author
ity" the report said, "and it
enough to render him useless
as the head of an institution.
The present .warden was
new after this incident, and in
our opinion, should have bad
things under control in much
less than the year and a half
tnat ne has functioned."
The- wardens declared that
ra going inrougn me institu
tion they were all impressed
wun the lack ta any apparent
organization, control or super
vision over the operations ot
the institution and. Inmates,.
(Concluded an rags ft,
New Cabinet
Welfare Post
Washington VP) President
Elsenhower Wednesday signed
legislation creating' a new eah.
inet rank department of health,
education and welfare,1 effec
tive April ll. r .,,
The new department will be
headed by Mrs. Oveta Culp
Hobby, new chief of the Feder
al Security Agency.
This is in accordance with
Elsenhower'i plan to reorgan
ize the FSA and give it cabinet
status. The House and Senate
each pased specific resolutions
approving the reorganization
plan.
Under ordinary procedure, a
presidential reorganization
plan goes into effect 60 days
after it is proposed by the
President unless either house
of Congress speciflcaly disap
proves It
The House and Senate acted
to speed up the reorganization '
by giving the plan their en
dorsement. -
Contract Let
On Dexter Dam
Portland, W) The contract
for Dexter Dam and power
house, a re-regulating - unit
downstream from Lookout
Point Dam on the Willamette's
Middle Fork, was let Tuesday
at nearly five million dollars.
The winning bid was by Mc-
Nutt Brothers and C. J. Mon-
tag and Sons of Portland, at
$4,945,530.
The Lookout Point ttrolect
part of the Willamette Val
ley flood control power pro
gramis to cost 96 million dol
lars, Including 12 million for
Dexter.
-The project is now about
75 per cent complete, the
Army Engineers reported Wed
nesday. Dexter Dam, three miles
down the river from Lookout
Point Dam, it to be completed
Dec. 1, 1954. Its generators
are to go on the line in April,
""I " " MIU1IMIS MKT UH
final generator! of the Look- '
out Point Dam powerhouse go
inio service.
ANDERSON TO LEAD
FIFTH AIR FORCE
uei a, Anaerson loaay was
pointed to take over i
of the Fifth Air Force in
effective June 1.