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Bonus for Var!Mysf cry Veils
Vels Extended Dismissal of
To Dec. 31, 53
. Thornton Holds
Extension Bill to
Be Constitutional
By JAMES D. OLSON
More than 200$ Oregon
. World War II veterana or their
surviving next ot kin will be
, entitled to collect the Oregon
service mena' bonus a the re
mit ot extension of the bonui
deadline by the 195J legislature
. to December 11 of this year, H.
C. (Hub) Saalfeld, director of
the Oregon department of Vet
erans' Affairs said Friday.'
The original deadline was
last December 1 and many vet-
erans and next of kin failed to
'"Apply in time, or to apply at all,
according to Saalfeld. The 1953
legislature pased an act, which
is now law, setting the dead
line at December 31, 1953.
Held Constitutional
Friday Attorney General
Robert Y. fhornton released an
opinion holding that the depart
ment may accept, process and
pay applications for compensa
tion received after December
31, 1952 It they are filed on or
before the new deadline date.
The attorney general held
that language of the constitu
tion relating- to payment of
soldiers' bonus, requires that
. applications for certificates
under the act must be made
within two years from the ef
fective date of the bonus act.
At the time the bonus measure
was drawn it was not known
if money would be immediate
ly available with which to
make bonus payments and the
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Triple Collision
Of War Planes
Heppenheim, Germany VP)
r An F-84 Thunderjet lighter
, rammed two C-119 flying box-
. cars over this rural region 40
miles south of Frankfurt Fri
day, the U. S. Air Force an
' nounced, and all three crashed
in flames. '
At least three men aboard
the transport planes were kill'
ed but the pilot of the Jet para'
chuted safely, the announce
ment said.
A German hospital at Weln
hem, not far from here, said
two seriously injured airmen
had been brought there for
treatment. A physician said
one had lost his left foot and
probably would have to lose
the other. His companion suf
fered multiple fractures of the
arms and legs. They were re
moved to a military hospital
at Heidelberg, about 20 miles
away.
The Air Force said it had no
information as to the fate of
the other crew members in
volved. The C-119i normally
carry a crew of four.
"The four C-119S were fly
ing in formation in the area of
Weinhem when, for unknown
'- reasons, an F-84 Thunderjet
. crashed into one plane, caus
ing It to crash, and tore the
wing off another flying box
car, which also eras: ed and
burned," the announcement
said.
"The two remaining C-119s
in the foliation returned to
Rhine main airport at Frank
furt safely."
Cornerstone
S Event May 23
The cornerstone of the first
t wing ot the new Salem Gen
i eral Hospital will be laid Sat
1 urday, May 23. at 2 o'clock, it
- was announced today by the
" hospital board.
An invitation is rtended to
the public. The event will not
; be an open house,, but those
. attending will be welcome to
- go through the new building
. and see what progress has been
1 made.
The stone will be laid by
5 Miton L. Meyers, president of
7 the board.
! ' Deposited in the stone will
be various documents and
' papers that will be of hlstoric-
. al interest in years to come,
The list is now being assembl-
ed by Mr. Meyers and William
Cahlsdorf, business manager
for the hospital.
ed German Youth Train
' Berlin W) Eat Germany'i
ruling Socialist Unity Commu
nist party has ordered all its
Members between 18 and 30 to
Mrticipate In three-month
courses for physical training,
the American-sponsored radio
Hias reported Friday.
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Fraud Case
McGrannery Says He
Was By-Passed .
By Superiors
Washington W Junes P.
MeGranery told Boas investi
gators Friday the Justice De
partment dismissed a big mall
fraud ease in 1141 without his
knowledge although ha was top
assistant to Attorney General
Tom Clark at the time.
He declared the case was
not handled in a "normal'
manner and expressed the
opinion that the department
made a "mistake" in dismiss
ins it.
MeGranery testified before
House judiciary subcommit
tee which Is investigating op
erations ot the Justice Depart
ment.
Then Attorney General
He said that despite his high
position in the department he
never even learned of the case
until last faU when the judi
ciary subcommittee brought it
to his attention.
MeGranery was then him
self the attorney general
The case stemmed from a Se
curities and Exchange Commis
sion investigation by Roy E.
Crummer and associates, a
Kansas bond dealer who han
dled bond issues for Panama
City and Citrus county, Florida,
in the 1930s.
Two Other Case .
Chairman Keating (R.. N Y.)
asked MeGranery if he knew
of any other cases in which he
was "by-passed" while he was
chief lieutenant to Clark.
MeGranery said there were
two other cases which were
handled without his full know
ledge. "Perhaps the outstanding one
was the Kansas City vote fraud
case," he said.
MeGranery named the other
as the Amerasla case. I He add
ed, however, that in that case
he was asked on one occasion
"whether certain names should
be sent. to the grand Jury." .
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Ike Speaks on
Real Security
Willamsburg, Va. VP) .
President Eisenhower said
Friday "the true way to up
root communism is to under
stand what freedom means."
Speaking to an audience ot
about 5000 persons at the Col
lege of William and Mary, the
president declared that up
rooting communism In that
way would help give this na
tion an Impregnable defense
against it ' .
Eisenhower also told his
audience there is "no security
for a free nation in the sword
alone."
He said security must
spring from free hearts and
free minds.
The president spoke after
receiving an honorary doctor
of laws dgree at ceremonies
inaugrating Alvin Duke
Chandler, a retired rear ad
miral, as the 22nd president
of William and Mary, the na
tion's second oldest college.-
Eisenhower came to historic
Williamsburg after an over
night cruise aboard the presi
dential yacht Williamsburg,
and a short motor trip from
nearby Yorktown.
2009 GI's SaU
Pusan, Korea JPt The first
ship carrying homebound Am
erican soldiers direct from this
South Korean port to the U.
S., sailed Friday. It carried
nearly 2,000 men.
Pain-Killer Plan for
Paying Fines Coining
Paying your fine for park
ing meter violation is going to
be made less painful in Salem.
No one who finds a ticket
under his windshield swipe
likes to walk or drive several
blocks to police headquarters.
Paying the tine Isn't so bad,
maybe, if you're a good sport
snd have plenty ot money. But
if you can't find a place to
park after you drive there, or,
if you're a stranger and can't
locate City Hall, that's trying
on the patience.
So the city proposes to re
lieve you of that Inconvenience
by a device that will take the
pain out of paying jour tine,
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Alaska Scores
For Statehood
Washington WV-Legislation
to live statehood to Alaska
was approved Friday 'by the
house territories subcommit
tee by a 12 to 8 vote.
Chairman Saylor (R-, Pa.)
of the subcommittee' said he
expects approval soon by the
full bouse interior committee,
possibly when it meets next
Tuesday, v '"--v-''' f;fpM
The subcommittee " wrote
into the bill a provision to
give Alaska its choice ot 100
million acres of land not sub
ject to federal withdrawal and
25 years to select the acreage.
It also approvd a grant of
$19 million to Alaska upon ad
mission as a state. The money
would be used to build roads
and harbors and for survey
work. This is a reduction
from the 850 million originally
proposed.
Ample Supplies
Of Jet Engines
New York () The General
Electric Co. said Friday the
nation has an ample supply of
jet engines despite strikes in
several GE plants that produce
the engines.
'There always has been
enough jet engines to take care
of the demand," a GE spokes
man said when asked whether
the walkouts were hampering
the supply seriously.
He declined to give figures
for security reasons.
The major strike involving
Jet engines Is now in its 63rd
day at the GE plant In Even
dale, Ohio.
This has cut into Evendale's
production, but the plant be
gan shipping out engines again
last week.
The management contends
that thousands of the 5,800
production workers who walk
ed out there have returned to
their jobs.
The other strikes are in Ev
erett and Lynn, Mass., GE
plants which are only partly
devoted to jet engine produc
tion.
This is a metal box that
looks a good deal like a mail
box. The city administration
is thinking of installing one in
each downtown block on both
sides of the street It wlU be
on a standard at the curb and
in the center of the block, and
will be painted a distinctive
color, probably green.
The ticket you find on your
windshield will have with it
an envelope on which will be
printed instructions. All y.ou'll
nave to do is put ticket and
money Into the envelope, walk
the few steps to the collection
box and pay your fine right
were,
(Cevttaaed ee Pais t, Cama I)
Solam, Ortgen, Friday, Moy 15, 1M3
, Joliet, 111. Donald Fruett (arrow), 24-year-old convict
clung to ladder yesterday atop the furniture factory at
Stateville. Penitentiary. Warden Joseph E. Ragen said
, Pruett, one of the ringleaders of a riot at Menard State
Prison, scaled a 15-foot concrete wall and two ladders
to reach the roof. Chilled by a raw .wind, Pruett came
down from his perch after eight hours. (AP Wlrephoto) -
Hoase Group Slashes
Labor and Health Funds
Washington OP) The House
Appropriations Committee Fri
day slashed: deeply into tunas
both President Kiaeoaower ana
President Truman i requestod
Storm Deaths
Now Total 122
Waco, Tex. W9 Rescue
operations In this tornado
wrecked town were shut down
last nisht for the first time
since a twister devastated 85
downtown blocks Monday.
A total of 112 dead had been
counted here when operations
closed for the night. Ten more
dead were counted at San An
gelo, 190 miles to the west
from a tornado which struck
the same afternoon.
Waco businessmen were al
lowed back in the wrecked
area for the first time yester
day. Other persons in Waco
wept as they buried the dead.
Some relatives, injured In the
storm, have not yet been told
ot relatives' deaths. Some chil
dren do not know their par
ents were killed.
Mourners kept up a steady
procession to and from funeral
homes as the task of digging
out and burying the dead con
tinued: Schools were to reopen
Monday, except for one that
was demolished.
Says Pentagon
Padded Funds
Washington WV-Rep. Vorys
(R.. Ohio) Friday predicted a
report that the Pentagon pad
ded military assistance commit
ments will have a lot to do
with how congress acts on the
$5,800,000,000 foreign aid bill.
Chairman Taber (R.. N.Y.) of
the House Appropriations Com
mittee Thursday accused the
Defense Department of over
stating by more than two bil
lion dollars the amount ear
marked last year to pay for
military help abroad.
In a statement Taber said
the General Accounting Office
GAO had found in a survey
requested by hit committee
that some of the reported ob
ligations were illegal, incom
plete or duplicated others.
The GAO survey. Taber said,
showed the Defense Depart
ment gave congress- last June
30 an "overstated, distorted
and misleading" report on the
status ot uncommitted funds.
Weather Details
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kalakt, IS laM. IBaaart ar C.S. Waalkar
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for the Labor Department and
the new Department of Health,
Education and welfare."
' ' It sent to the House floor lor
debate next week a bill to ap
propriate $1,965,581,750 for
the two departments and re
lated agencies for the 1954
fiscal year, which starts July
1.
Without counting such fixed
expenditures as $1,340,000,000
for public assistance grants to
states, the cut amounted to 17
percent from Truman's Janu
ary budget requests and 9 per
cent from revised estimates of
the Elsenhower administration.
The new funds recommend
ed by the committee compare
with $2,098,062,861 requested
by Truman and $2,027,913,470
sought by his successor. -
By agencies, here's how the
money would be distributed:
Labor Department $254,-
424,000 compared with $296,-
818,600 requested by Truman
and $284,915,600 by Eisen
hower. . . . ,
Department of Health, Edu
cation and Welfare $1,697,-
883,570 compared with $1,786,.
528,761 requested by Truman
and $1,712,544,870 by Eisen
hower. ,
Dulles Moves
On to Damascus
Aman, Jordan UP) John
Foster Dulles had a busy morn
ing of sightseeing and confer
ences in the Jordan capital
Friday, then left by plane for
Damascus for another stop on
his Middle East tour.
The U. S. Secretary of State
met with a group representing
Palestine Arab refugees. In a
statement just before his de
parture Dulles said the exist
ence of the refugee camps was
the most saddening aspect of
his Jordan visit.
The Palestine Arabs are re
fugees from the 1947-48 Jewish-Arab
war. Of the approx
imately 800,000 refugees about
one-third live in Jordan. Dul
les wss asked to support Arab
demands that they be permit
ted to return to their homes,
one of the hot Issues between
Israel and the Arabs.
1 Egypt Quad Dies;
Others in Danger
Cairo, Egypt ( Doctors
st Fusd I hospital reported that
quadruplets were born Wednes
day night to a Mrs. Mustafa
Benham but one Infant a boy
died early Friday.
The three surviving babies,
one boy and two girls, are un
derweight and "in danger," the
doctors added.
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lousing disastrous msd
Wilson Plans to
Watch Firing of
Washington (X) Secretary
ef Defense Wilson may ge to
next week to watch the first
firing ef an atomic shell from
the Army's king slit cannon.
The defense chief already
has said he favors increased
production of atomic artillery.
Now he is trying to arrange his
schedule to allow a visit to the
nuclear site on May 23, the date
ot a "live ammunition" test of
the 280 millimeter gun over the
Frenchman Flats area.
. Wilson's recent news confer
ence comment that he favored
making more of the guns was
based on a recommendation by
Secretary of the Army Robert
T. Stevens, it was learned Fri
day. New Giant Guns
While the exact number it
not publishable, it is known
that at least a dozen ox tne nuge
guns, mounted on tractors
which can move across country,
have been manufactured so far
tor the Army.
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Churchill Hot
To Press Parley
London OLID Prime Minister
Winston Churchill has intimat
ed that ha will not press tor
any immediate top-sevu uik
with Soviet leaders and has
promised he will make no at
tempt to "appease- wem, au
thoritative' sources said today,
Churchill gave his assurance,
Informants said, tn a confer
ence with Wast German Chan-
ecUaxr Konrad Adenauer, to-
dav. . . . . :
The prime minister said In
a major speech Monday that
he favored an early Informal,
too secret meeting of a few
world leaders.
He is reported authoritative
ly to have told Adenauer that
he still considers such a meet
ing should not be delayed un
duly, but that much will de
pend on whether the Kremlin
comes forward with some move
that will convince the Western
powers that It means , business
In its talks about peace.
Brazilian Press
Grills Peron
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil "
A Brazilian newspaper declar
ed Friday President Peron's
action curtailing activities of
U.S. news agencies in Argen
tina demonstrates a desire to
put his country "behind a cur
tain of fear and stupidity."
Other newspapers here and
in several additional Latin
American countries carried
criticism ot Peron's action de
priving the AP, UP and INS
of radio reception facilities
and thus barring them from
distributing their news reports
to Argentine papers. Peron
has accused the agencies ot
launching a campaign to de
fame his regime and has a
committee from the Peronlsta-
dominated congress investi
gating them.
There has been no move to
bar the agencies from sending
dispatches out of Argentina.
High Intensity Lights
Ready for Operation
The new high Intensity light-
Iny system at Salem airport
will be given final inspection
Friday night, and from then on
will be in regular operation.
Final Inspection by Civil Ae
ronautics Administration offi
cials was made Thursday night
Making that check-up were:
Lloyd Harrison, Seattle, chief
electrical engineer for the
VAA in the northwest: and
Jacob Fryberger, Salem, dis
trict airport engineer. With
them wss Ray Preston ot Port
land, the city's consulting en
gineer on the project. .
They will not be present to
night and only the city ad
ministration and other local
agencies interested will be
represented. The Inspection
ww dc st 1:30 odock.
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KoreanTruce
Negotiations
Deadlocked
Panmunjom () Korean
truce negotiations got nowhere
today as both aides refused to
budge from their separate pro
posals for exchanging war pri
soners. Apparently, only hope kept
the talks alive. The Allies have
threatended to break off nego
tiations again if the Reds won't
bargain on the last major bar
rier to a truce. ,
V. S. officials want to probe
every corner of the commun
ist position for any possible
basis for agreement
Today's hour and 20-mlnute
session brcht only restate
ments that neither side accepts
the other's views on what -to
do w.'th 48,500 Red prisoners
who refuse to go back to com
munism. , . . -
Another meeting is schedul
ed for 11 a.m. tomorrow, 9
p.m. Friday, EST.
ROK Activate 2
lore Divisions
Ysngyang, Korea UB The
South Korean Army activated
two more infantry d visions on
a wind-swept airfield today to
swell its forces to almost two-
third of all Allied combat
troops in this country.
President Synghman - Rhee
handed divisional colors to the
new 22nd and 28th ROK Di
visions. The activation brought
South Korea's divisions
strencth to 16. -
A vicious cross wtnd wnip-
nlne across the east coast air
stria where stood Rhee, his
wife. Eighth Army Commander
Lt Gen. Maxwell G. Taylor
and members of their party. -Piclced
troops from the 22nd
ROK Division lined In battle
formation for the ceremony.
Russia Offers
Oil To Japan
.Tokyo Id Russia has of
fered to sell 800,000 to 600,-
000 tons of crude oil to Japan
at a price well below that of
American and British on, ine
economic dsily, Nlhon Kelzai,
reported Friday. ,
The offer came as the Jap
anese and British are disput
ing over a recent Japanese
purchase ot Iranian oil at a
price just under that reported
by Russia.
The newspaper said several
leading importers received the
offer from the Soviet diplo
matic mission In Tokyo. The
Jspanese government does not
recognize the mission, out
never has tried to oust lis
staff.
The Idenltsu Kosan com
pany of Tokyo recently bought
about 20,000 tons ot gasoline
refined at the Abadan refin
ery at about one-half of the
international price.
The Angelo-Iranlan Oil
company sought an injunction
to block delivery ot what lt
called "stolen property." Be
fore the Tokyo district court
reached a decision, Idemltsu
Kosan's 18,774-ton tanker Nis-
sho Maru departed for Iran
Thursday to take a second
losd.
The high Intensity lights are
part ot the Instrument landing
system, and are set up for op
eration from the control tower.
Should the control tower be
discontinued as its now threat
ened by the CAA the control
would have to be moved to the
Administration building at
cost ot about $3000, which
would have to be borne by the
city.
The lights have been in
stalled at a cost of about $45.
000, 88 percent ot which was
borne by the government and
44 percent by the city.
Sen. Guy Cordon's otfieo
Thursday informed the city ot
Salem that he realized the se
riousness ot the problem In
volved in. removing the CAA
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1400 Lose Lives,
5,000 Acres of
arms Ruined ;
Tokyo vn The North Ko
rea radio said Friday algal
an allied bemeiag raid em a
big reservoir near the Red
capital ef Pyongyang loosed
huge devastating flood."
The Pyongyang radio In a
broadcast heard in Tokyo said
800 farm houses were swept
away, 400 persona were
drowned or missing and 15,
000 acres ot farm land were
ruined. ... '
The radio said the bombers
attacked Sunan reservoir, 18
miles north of Pyongyang,
Tuesday and Wednesday. . .
Earthen Dam Blasted . ,
This presumably was the
earthen dai& in that area
which the Fifth air force said
was bombed TCedsesday "with
unobserved results."
The broadcast said IS U.S."
bombers took part In the raid.
destroying dikes and sluice
gate at the reservoir.
The same broadcast assert
ed that Sunday's U.S. bomb
ing raid on the Suiho plant oa
the Yalu river end the Yong-
chon area near the Manchur-
ian border Inflicted 277 cas
ualties and destroyed 800
houses. i
8RedMi3-15si
Seoul tWC. g. Sabre tots
bagged three Communist MIGs
and damaged five more Friday
while Turkish Infantrymen
and a thunderous tank and ar
tillery barrage cut down 400
of 2,000 attacking Chinese $a
Western Korea, , . ;
More than 200 Sabres, Thun
derjets and Meteor jets flat
tened almost 100 buildings in
a big military training center
at Chlnnampo, the Air Force
said. The fighter-bombers un
loaded more than a half mil
lion pounds of bombs in a day
long series of strikes against
the center.
Capt Joseph McConnell, Jr.
of Apple Valley, Calif., the
second ranking jet ace in Ko
rea, downed one MIG to boost
his total kill to 12, only one
below the record of Capt Man
uel Fernandez of Miami, Fla.
Turks Chop up
2000 Chinese
Seoul, VP) Turkish Infantry
men backed up by thunderous
tank and artillery fire early
today chopped -up a 2,O00-man
Chinese force which hit three
Allied outposts in the biggest
assault since the Korean truce
talks resumed April 26.
The Turkish commander es
timated that 400 Reds were
killed or wounded. An officer
said the attackers "left quite
a wet casualties In no-man's
land," still uncounted.
U. S. Sabrejeta bagged two
MIGs and damaged - three
others In the third straight day
of aerial battles over North
Korea. The deadly Sabres have
shot down seven MIGs, prob
ably destroyed one and dam
aged five in three days ox
hunting.
Grand JuryCalls
11 ILA Officials
Baltimore Eleven top
leaders of the AFL Internation
al Longshoremen's Association
Friday were summoned to ap
pear before a New York grand
jury Investigating the handl
ing of union funds.
The orders to appear were
served on the officers by New
York prosecutors working with
the local state's attorney s of
fice The union's executive coun
cil was in session at a Baltimore
hotel at the time, considering
an ultimatum to purge the or
ganization ot. racketeers by .
Msy 20 or be thrown out of the
AFL.
The court orders directed the
union leaders to appear before
the grand Jury on May 20 and
ensuing days. Tne papers said
the grand jury la investigating
charges ot conspiracy and
grand larceny of union funds.
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