THE WEATHER
CONSIDERABLE CLODDI.
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tonight. Thursday. Little change
?! iTfeJJ,ure- Low onflt,
; high. Thursday, ft.
McKay Backs
Extension of
Trade Pads
Stresses Importance
Of Prolonging
Tariff Agreements
Washington (U.R) Secretary
of Interior Douglas McKay, as
sured the House Ways and
Means committee today that
rresiaent Elsenhower's admin
istration is deeply concerned
about problems of V. S. pro
ducers struggling against stiff
loreign competition.
But McKay urged the com
mlttee to approve Mr. Ensen
hower's recommendation for a
one year extension of the re
ciprocal trade agreements act
wnue the whole field of for
eign economic policy is given
careful study. The present
trade act expires June 12.
Fledges Cooperation
Joining the parade of cabinet
officers who have appeared be
fore the committee in support
of the president's proposal, Mc
Kay said he wanted to give as
surances that his department
"will cooperate whole hearted
ly in bringing to bear on this
study the necessary domestic
considerations."
"My department is the Inte
rior," McKay said. "We are
primarily a domestic agency,
concerned with the develop
ment and use of the nation's re
sources. Democrats Friendly
"The mining industry, the
coal Industry, the petroleum in
dustry are all concerns of my
department. At the" same time
we also have a responsibility to
see that American industry has
adequate supplies of minerals
and fuels."
'Democrats on the committee
have been friendly toward the
recommendations of the admin
istration for continuing the
trade program that started un
der democratic auspices In
1934. But the republicans gen
erally Insist that domestic in
dustry needs more protection
Immediately, not a year from
now. ;
SlafionsfoClose
Washington UP) W. F. Mc
Donald, assistant chief of the
Weather Bureau, said Wednes
day four weather stations have
been closed and 36 more or
dered closed to conform to bud
' get cuts by the new adminis
tration.. If further cuts made Tues
day by the House are finally
adopted, McDonald said, the
bureau will be forced to close
another 6 to 7 stations by July
1. :
McDonald said the stations
already closed include Tacoma,
Wash.; and Troutdale and Bak
er, Ore.
Stations ordered closed by
July 1, in addition to the four
already shut down, include 1
lensburg, Kelso and North
Head, Wash., Cordova and Ga
leena, Alaska.
McDonald said the closing
means that weather observa
tion "will be hurt" but "we
are trying to protect essential
services that are threatened
and hope to be able to do so."
Cooler Weather
Follows Heat Wave
Cooler temperatures and
considerable cloudiness pre
vailed in the Salem area, Wed
nesdav morning, following the
season's highest maximum to
date, Tuesday, when local
thermometers went UP to 87
decrees.
In fact there was a trace of
precipitation early this mom
ins.
Forecast is for considerable
cloudiness and occasional
showers tonight and Tnurs
dav.
In the third day of the "heat
wave" Tuesday, The Dalles
had the high mark in the state,
a summery 91 degrees. Rose
. burg reported 90 and in down
town Portland it was 89.
JAP-SWEDE PACT
Tokyo VP) A new 10 mil
lion dollar trade arrangement
to balance exports and Imports
between Japan and Sweden
was signed at the Foreign Of
fice Wednesday.
Weather Defalk
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65th
Projects for
AlomicPlanes,
Carriers Off
Economy Move De
lays Developments
For a Couple of Years
Washington UP) The Wash
ington Post said Wednesday
the defense department has
decided to suspend its proj
ects ' for development of
atomic powered airplanes and
aircraft carriers.
Precise reasons for the de
cision were not clear, the
story said, mentioning that
10 to 12 million dollars al
ready has been spent on the
effort.
Meanwhile, J. B. Wood
ward, Jr.. president of the
large Newport News, Va.,
Shipbuilding and Dry dock
company, which is sharing in
the development of an atomic
carrier, said he had known the
government was considering
the action.
No Official Notification
When he was asked for com
ment on the Post story, he
said: -
"We have had no official
notification . ..... although we
did know the matter was un
der consideration." He aded
that the Washington story
"speaks for itself."
(Continued on Pate , Column 6)
To Challenge
Washington ' VP) Attorney
General Tom Gentry of Ar
kansas announced Wednesday
he will challenge in the courts
the validity of any law "under
taking to give away the na
tural resources" of the sub
merged off-shore lands. :
He invited attorneys general
of other states intereted in
such a suit to join him.
Gentry said legislation pass
ed by the senate Tuesday bene
fits California,; Louisiana and
Texas "at the expense of the
people of all the other states,
including Arkansas." The bill
says the states, rather than the
federal government, shall have
title, to the oil-bearing sub
merged lands off their shores.
HST Ready to
Write Memoirs
Independence, Mo. (U.R) For
mer President Harry S. Ttru
man was ready today to "go
to work on my memoirs," af
ter completing a Hawaiian va
cation, his first as an ordinary
citizen in eight years.
He said he hoped to get to
his downtown Kansas City of
fice today "after unpacking 21
suitcases, and packages" he
brought back from Hawaii.
The tanned, chipper former
President returned home by
train last night accompanied by
Mrs. Truman.
Yet Priorities for
92 Farm Homesteads
War veterans will get prior-
it in acquiring 92 farm units
being opened to homestead en
try in the Minidoka Irrigation
Project in Southern Idaho, the
State Veterans Department an
nounced Wednesday.
The 92 farms total 7,289
irrigable acres, and are locat
ed 40 miles east of Twin Falls.
Brickbats, Bouquets
Showered on McKay
Washington, U.R Interior
Secretary Douglas McKay was
praised and denounced today
for withdrawing his depart
ment's support from a proposal
to build a big government
power dam in Hels Canyon.
McKay told reporters it was
a "policy level" decision that
was "cleared" at a meeting of
President Eisenhower's cabi
net. Three state governors from
the project area, all Republi
cans, said McKay was right In
refusing to continue Truman
administration support for the
project on the Snake river on
the Oreaon-ldano Doroer,
But the decision was called
a "ihockine betrayal of pub
lic Interest" by sen. wayne
Morse of Oregon. Democratic
members of Congress lso criti
cized it.
Year, No. 1
CntT4 m Mcaed
Famed Oregon
Ranch Is Sold
Portland, UP) The Roaring
Springs Ranch that sprawls
over 420,000 acres of Southeast
ern Oregon, Is being sold by
Gill Cattle Company to the
Crummer interests of Califor
nia and Nevada. ;
Fred Gill of Exeter, Calif.,
made the announcement
through representatives here
Wednesday. He said the deal
had been closed but declined to
specify the amount.
At Burns, ' county seat .of
Harney County in which the
vast cattle ranch is located,
those familiar with the prop
erty said three million dollars
was most often talked as the
sum involved. .
Gill said the Capwell, Sul
livan & . Furth Building ' in
Oakland, Calif., was givenas
part payment.
H. C. Crummer is expected
to represent the new owners
at the ranch with J. B. Fine,
superintendent for 30 years,
continuing. - I
The announcement said that
the transfer was being made
with the ranch fully equipped
and stocked with most of. its
cattle. It normally runs 7,000
to 8,000 Herefords. '
The ranch consists of 118,000
acres of deeded land and 302,-
000 acres held under the Tay
lor grazing act. It covers the
complete south end of the
Steens Mountains as well as
valleys to the east and west
of the mountains.
Ike fo Visit at
Brother's Home
Washington UP) President
Eisenhower will fly to Penn
sylvania Saturday to spend the
week-end at the home of his
brother, Dr. Milton S. Eisen
hower, president of Pennsylva
nia State college.
The president and Mrs. Eisen
hower wiir leave Washington
early Saturday morning for the
trip to State College, Pa. The
presidential plane Columbine
will land at nearby Philips
burg, Pa.
Announcing the president's
plans Wednesday, White House
Press Secretary James C. Ha
gerty said Eisenhower will re
turn to Washington either
Sunday evening or Monday
morning.
RED NAVY GAMES
Berlin (P The U. S. high
commission newspaper Neue
Zeitung said Wednesday the
Soviet Union is planning, big
fleet maneuvers on the Baltic
coast this summer with Ger
mans and Poles taking part.
Under the decision, the in'
terior department no longer
will oppose an application by
the Idaho Power Company to
build a low dam in Hells Can-
the site of the big government
dam.
McKay said the government
"is not going to get out of the
business of generating power."
But he said the GOP adminis
tration believes private enter
prise should "be allowed to
develop water power projects,
provided it does not interfere
with the orderly development
of our natural resources."
Govs. Arthur B. Langlie of
Washington, Len B. Jordan of
Idaho and Paul Patterson of
Oregon said they agree that
the private utility should de
velop the Hells canyon gorge.
,
claw
Salem, Oregon,
DEFENDERS ARRIVE AT BATTLE FRONT
' These men are part of a steady stream of troops and sup
plies to arrive by aircraft in the defense center of the
Plaine des Jafres (Plain of Jars), scene of hard fighting
in the attempt to stem a four-pronged drive on Laos, cap
ital of Luang Prabang, by Communist Viet Minn forces. '
The French high command reported that Communist '
forces now are driving toward the Thailand border trying .
to cut Laotian defenses in half. (UP Telephoto) 1
indochina Reds Delay
Laos Capital A ttack
Hanoi, Indochina UP)
French and Laotian patrols
swept in a wide arc around the
royal residence city of Luang
Prabang in Laos Wednesday
but failed to contact any communist-led
Vietminh troops.
The calm on the Laos Inva
sion fronts indicated the Viet
minh is awaiting fresh supplies
Red Satellites
Strasbourg,' France VP)
Western European diplomats
reported Wenesday ; many of
their governmenta l favor
Council 'Of Europe attempt -to
woo - Soviet satellite states,
with unification of the con
tinent as a lure. . Such a move
would be in line with Presl
dent Eisenhower's recent for
eign policy statements. -This
was disclosed as for
eign ministers of the council's
14 . member states gathered
here to draft a political mes
sage to the European consul
tative assembly, which opens
its fifth regular session here
Thursday.
Many member governments
reportedly favored a joint
statement that any general
East-West settlement must in
clude an opportunity for a I
greater number of countries to
join in the attempts to unify
Europe. They also want the
ministerial message to empha
size that the council is open
to all European states that
abide by western standards
of political democracy and hu
man rights. f
Woman Slayer
Says Not Guilty
London UP) John Christie,
55-yar-old owl-eyed trucking
clerk, pleaded innocent Wed
nesday to charges of murder
ing four women i.. his shabby
back-street London apartment.
Christie, for 24 years tenant
of the Notting Hill death house
which has yielded up the re
mains of six dead women, was
committed for trial.
Christie was arrested March
31 after a nationwide manhunt
touched off by discovery of
three bodies in the walled up
alcove of his kitchen. Later the
body of his wife, Ethel, was
found beneath the floorboards.
He is charged with the mur
edr of the four. Remains of two
other women were found in a
garden behind the house.
Christie wil be tried at Lon
don's famous Old Bailey court
house.
West Germans to
Feed East Germans
Bonn, Germany The
West German Bundestag ap
proved Wednesday the send
ing of more than 11 million
dollars in food to the Soviet
occunatlon zone. The lower
house of Parliament took the
action after hearing a govern
ment report that at least 13
million East Germans are
threatened with hunger and
are In need of Immediate re
lief.
Seeking tp Woo
Wednesday, May 6, 1953 ; 28 Pagi
J
and is regrouping its forces be
fore making an onslaught on
Luang Prabang or Vientiane,
the official capital. ;
Meanwhile the buildup of
French Laotian defenses con-
tinued at Vientiane, a town of
20,000 population across the
Mekong river from Thailand.
The Thais have been moving
60,000 Vietnamese, mostly of
fighting age, from alone the
northern border deen into west
and northwestern Thailand as a
precaution against communist
invasion. .
The move was apparently
aimed at preventing Vietnam
ese wno lied into Thailand bor
dar areas at the start of the
Indochina War from being
swept up and Used by the Viet
minh In the event Moscow
trained. Ho Chi .Minh's forcjes
reacn tne Mekong and try to
extend their "liberation" pro'
gram and cross into Thailand.
French intelligence reports
have disclosed that three gen
erals and four colonels who re
ceived their military training in
Southern Communist China
are masterminding the invasion
of Laos.
Seek fo Avert
BoxcarShorfage
Washington OT vThe Pro
duction and Marketing Admin
istration is doing all it can to
forestall a box car shortage in
the . wheat states during the
coming harvest season, agency
officials have told a House ap
propriations subcommittee.
Howard H. Gordon, PMA
administrator, in reply to ques
tions by members of the House
Agriculture A p p r o p riations
Subcommittee in hearing testi
mony made public Tuesday,
said his agency has tried to
speed up its paper work so as
to begin moving government
grain before new grain has to
be put in storage.
Arrangements are being
made, he said, for movement
of about 12 million bushels of
winter wheat.
Severe Earthquake
Jars Most of Chile
Santiago, Chile VP) A se
vere earthquake rocked most
of Chile at 1:23 p.m., 9:23 a.m.
PST Wednesday. The south
ern city of Concepclon report
ed damage to walls. In that
area thousands were killed in
an earthquake in 1939.
Chilian, devastated by the
1939 quake, apparently was
the epicenter again Wednes
day, Judging from fragmentary
radio reports reaching Santi
ago. Vatican Swiss Guard
Stage 426th March
Vatican City W) The Vati
can's colorful Swiss Guard
marched to the squeal of fifes
and beat of drums today to
observe the 426th anniversary
of their famous stand in de
fense of Pope Clement VII.
On May 6, 1527, during the
tack of Rome, 189 guards stood
before the onslaught of Gcr
man mercenaries and gave the
Pope time to reach safety in the
Castel Sant' Angelo fortress on
the Tiber. Of the 189, 147
were killed.
full
Dulles Pleads
For Foreign Aid;
Sees Cutback
Washington W) Secretary
oi Bute uulles told congress
Wednesday that he could fore.
see "considerable reductions'
in future appropriations for
foreign aid. "Substantial"
cutbacks already are planned
in economic assistance, he said.
Dulles testified before the
house foreign affairs commit
tee on the administration's
$5,828,000,000 foreign aid pro
gram lor tne year star tine
July 1. At the same time Har
old E. Stassen, mutual secur
ity director, presented the
case to the senate foreign re
lations committee.
Stassen Presents Case "
Stassen said that on March
. nearly 12 billion dollars
previously appropriated
foreign aid funds were un
spent and more than four
billion unobligated.
(Continued on Pace 5. Column 7)
Mrs. Burrows
Gives Red List
New York W) The House
UnAmerican ' Activities Com
mittee said Wednesday that
Carin Kinzel Burrows, wife of
writer-comedian Atoe Burrows,
testified at an executive ses
sion that she was a member of
the Communist Party on the
West Coast from 1940 to 1946
A committee spokesman said
she gave the name of three
persons she said were party
member;' and' 21 others who
she said attended meetings of
her cell. -" : '
Earlier songwroter Jay Gor
ney and movie actor Lionel
Stander both refused to tell
the committee at an open hear
ing whether they ever had been
Communists. Stander said he
was not now a Communist, but
he refused to say whether he
was a party member between
1835 and 1948.
The testimony of Mrs. Bur.
rows, a former actress, was
taken in private Tuesday be.
cause she is Under a doctor's
care. Her husband has testi
fied he never was a Communist
but had supported some Red
front organizations.
Crown Zellerbach
After Canadian Firm
San Francisco VP) Crown
Zellerbach Corp., paper prod
ducts manufacturer, has made
definite offer to stockhold
ers of Canadian Western Lum
ber Co., Ltd., to exchange one
share of Crown for each three
shares of Canadian Western.
The previous offer was tenta
tive.
The offering Is subject to
acceptance of not less than 75
percent of Canadian Western
shares outstanding. The offer
extends to June 15.
Canadian Western is one of
Canada's largest producers of
lumber, plywood and other
products. It has extensive
Acheson' Aides Bought
30,000 Books by Reds
Washington VP) Sen. Mc
Carthy (R., Wis.) Wednesday
wound up an inquiry into over
seas U. S. libraries with a pub
lic suggestion that former Sec
retary of State Dean Acheson
explain why "30,000 to 40,000
books by Communists and fel
low travellers" were purchased
for them.
He called to a dramatic, tele
vised close the question of au
thors of the books in question,
but said he still hopes "some
one from the old Acheson team
would step forward" to explain
the purchases.
He added that Acheson
would be the losical man to do
fit, and "will be heard if he asks
to be heard."
McCarthy announced he will
stage a semi-public showing
soon of an educational film he
said the "United Nations infor
mation program" has distribut
38MorePOW
From Korea
Land at Travis
Travis. Air Force Base, Calif.
VP) Thirty-eight more Ameri
cans came home Wednesday
from Red prison camps in Ko
rea. . . .,,,! ,
Crowds of relatives and
friends were here to greet
them as the giant Stratocruiser
flew in from Honolulu.
Only one more plane still is
to arrive before 147 of the 149
war prisoners so far released
have come home. It is due this
week. Two men remained in
Tokyo.
The big plane landed here at
11:12 a.m. (PDT).
Reds Reject '
UN POW Plan
Panmunjom, Korea dUD
The Communists angrily re
jected today a United Nations
offer to set free 100,000 cap
tured North Koreans follow
ing an armistice and let them
- r.. ,
ehw M .Jn-
"step 'backward." '
Of the 100.000 Koreans held
by the Allies, 32,600 have said
they would forcibly resin a re
turn to communism. The U.N.
offer additionally would leave
14,800 anti-Communist Chinese
prisoner in care a neutral
custodian; . -"
i
Lt. Gen. William K. Harri-1 American dive bomber Tipped
head U. N. truce deleaate.l apart a atrataiia Communist
old Nam at the first ol
14-minute truce meetings that below Manchuria lossy.
he made the suggestion to pre- Thlrty-six F-84 TJnraderjet
vent placing "an excessive dropped tons of explosives
burden" on the yet-to-be
named neutral.
Atomic Blast No. 8
Set for Thursday
Las Vegas, Nev. (ff) Atomic
explosion jvo. 8 oi tne los
sprlng series appeared set xoriderjets dropped bomb , after
Thursday morning as the
Atomic energy commission
called a pre-shot press corner -
ence Wednesday.
Two tnousana Army troops
and 200 military observers
were ready for their roles in
the continuing desert rock ma -
neuvers at Yucca iat. me
abi; nas not indicated wnetn-
er tne nuclear explosion will
be set off from a tower or by
plane drop.
31 Indictments by
ederal Grand Jurv
pnr4i.n iip. oiv nr..
Portland VP) x Oregon
men were unucr jiiiutmicui,
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R5ffi.iJHSS
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charges brought
by
a federal
.were burucu in tit ccueiu
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day.
ed and which he termed "the
most anti-American propagan
da I have seen."
Three authors and an artist
were put in the witness chair
in the final hearing. They de
clined' to say whether they
waro Communists.
The authors all writers of
books purchased for the li
braries were Millen Brand,
Dr. Herbert Aptheker, and
Philip Foner, all of New York.
Aptheker and Foner are on
the faculty of the Jefferson
School for Social Science
which Attorney General Brow
nell has declared must register
as a Communist-front organira
tlon.
The artist was Herbert Crop
per, who said he " illustrated
maps circulated by the li
braries depicting U. S, folk
lore, but refused to tell wheth
er he was Communist when
he did so, .
FINAL
EDITION
Ferry Rammed
By US Freighter
Harwich, Enc land WV. Near,
Iy 500 persons. Including u oz
ena of Americana, were rescued
at sea Wednesday after ther
abandoned a Holland-England
ferry severely damaged in a
pre-dawn collision. : .v. .
The ferry, the 4.190-ton Duke
of York, lost her bow in the
collision with a UJS. govern
ment freighter, the 10,fl87-ton
Haiti , Victory. The freighter,
with slight damage, picked up
scores of the Duke of York pas.
sengers, and made port here. .
A total of 436 passengers and
37-crewmen were , saved from
the Duke of York. Her oper
ators, the British railways, said
the skipper and a skeleton crew
of 15 remained aboard as aha
moved toward port Wednesday
night behind two tugs.
Trapped B Hours ' 1
One American woman and
her 13-year-old son were trap-
pea neiow tne deck of the fer
ry for five hours before res
cuers cut their, way through to
mem. Another woman was si
milarly caught in a shattered
P" of the hull before she was
! She "Parted
(Cmtlmwd on rmc I, Cotamn I)
liter
I Seoul. Korea Wave ol
two 1 supply center only live mile.
I around Kangye dam near tha
Yalu river, destroying 17 build
ings and four boxcars,
The Air Force said the Beds
had 'stored huge quantities of
supplies in buildings at the
foot of the dam which has not
been used since the Korean war
started.
Led by CoL Victor Warford
of Chickasha. Okla.. the Thun-
bomb on the center, severing
rail lines as well as wrecking
j buildings. It was one of the Air
(Force's deepest penetrations
over enemy territory,
The Thunderjet attack fol,
lowed a devastating B-29 raid
l on a troop and supply area at
Sasn-Nln near Sinaniu Just be-
fore midnight,
Greeks Protest
D f
DUigar Jdiurc
Athens, Greece VP) The
owrnment .nnounced
aj ili j
& UnlterNauon. drt
Bulgarian occupation of th.
border island of Gamma.
Greece claims the small Evroa
p. l.lanH a ita territory.
-""-. "':.T. . n "
ueieilBC miiiisixii irwiajuui
. ,
cupled the island despite fira
from Greek forces. He added
that the Bulgarians did not re
turn the fire. '
Bulgarian troops also occu
pied the islands last August
but finally withdrew after
heavy firing by the Greeks and
a Greek protest to tne united
Nations.
Battle Casualties
How Total 134,805
Washington CU.B American
battle casualties in Korea now
total 134,809, an Increase of
395 over last week s report, tne
Defense Department said to
day. The increase Includes
dead, 279 wounded, and 27
missing. Last week's report
showed an Increase of 623 cas
ualties. The report Includes all cas
ualties reported through last
Friday.
The over all total included
104,476 Army, 1,984 Navy, 26,
897 Marine Corps, and 1,448
Air Force casualties.
Overall totals are: 23,958
dead, 97,937 wounded, 9,034
missing, 2,323 captured, and
1,542 returned to military control.