Tin vnATn:.i
. PAKTLY CLOUDY tonight,
Tuesday, with Scattered anew,
ess mt tanadar itiwi ta at-
. tWMM and evening, SUghtt?
warasar.Taeaaay. Lew tonight,
M; sUgk TssnwUy. 1ft,
HcUcy Urges
(emotion of
Pov;cr Plants
Asks Senate for Funds
For Orderly N.W. ,
, Development
Washington m Secretary
C lh Interior Deaglaa McKay
and Faclfte Northwest mu
Monday erred s Senate appro
priations saboemmitte to ap
prove sufficient money for the
orderly development ef power
projects la the Colambia Klrer
McKay aaid the area's power
shortage will continue through
1959 or mo and will be worse
lf no new starts are authorized
. 'on hydroelectric projects.
j li is important, be said, to
push' The Dalles dam to com-
. pletion at the earliest possible
moment to relieve the area's
t .rterrific power shortage."
' Urges The Dalles Dam
, Funds for the The Dalles pro-
Ject have been scaled down to
29,350,000 from the $58,400,-
- 000 originally asked by ex-
-f president Truman for the fiscal
. ) year beginning July 1. The El-
senhower budget asked $37,'
- 429,000 and the House Appro
priations Committee last week
cut the project to $29,230,000.
i McKay said that The Dalles
. project is an 'Important link
in the power development sys
V tern in the Northwest"
(Conctoaoa Fate a, Cotema 4)
iField Offices to
: Close Saturdays
V; J AU field offices as well as
. Ihe Portland office of the sec-
ietary of state's motor vehicle
rdesartment will be closed- on
- .'Saturdays hereafter, according
- : to announcement made Monday
by Secretary of State Sari T.
- Newbry. . .- .
. ' t Newbry announced that the
Closure of the offices on Sat
turder Is in line with public
policy and will also enable la-
ter hours during the five days
"-tha offices are -open. Hours,
under the new plan, wili-ie
: from 8:80 ajn. to 0:30 p.m. in
stead of 8 aon. to S pjn.
' The change does not affect
the Salem office which will
continue to oserate with a skel
eton crew on Saturdays, New
bry said.
Rain Continues
To Soak Valley
Iven a thunderstorm was
thrown in for good measure
for the weather in Salem area,
' Sunday, as the cloudy skies,
showers and cool temperatures
continued.
Main force of the thunder
'storm, however, was out from
Salem, concentrating in the
foothills around early Sunday
"evening. Salem folk could see
the lightning and hear the
. thunder, and skies were very
black in the city, but the force
of the storm skipped the city
nroner.
Rainfall for the 48-hour
norlod ending at 10:30 am
Monday in Salem amounted to
43 of an inch, .17 of an inch of
that total falling during we
lut 24 hours.
PoMlblity of more thunder
' showers by Tuesday afternoon
and evening is Included in the
forecast for tonight and Tues
day, otherwise, there will be
rlnudv skies and scattered
showers. -
Grocers Proles!
Discount Coupons
Portland O The Oregon
Independent Retsll Grocers As
sociation protested Sunday
against discount coupons is
sued by msnufscturars of some
nrii aold In crocery stores.
Delegates to the annual con
tention instructed associstlon
directors to prepare
-.i- anlnat the coupons.
secretary H. E. Carlson said
u nmhahlv would become
passive resistance program, in
which grocers promote pro
maketed without cou-
)iu.
ti. .,u the objection was
against coupons tost ca 1 for
the grocer to give the customer
a dicount This incresses the
racer's overhesd and ties up
$U cash, Carlson ssia.
i - Weather Details
65th
Roicn-cios,
To llioh Court
Condemned Atomic
Spies for Third Tim
Denied Hearing ,."
Washington ( The Sa
premo Co art Monday refused
for the third Usee to grant a
hearing to sewissnaad atesa
spies J alius and Ethel Reeea
berg. This left as their esdy ap
parent ehaaee to escape death
In the electric chair a dedstoa
to toll the government sayl
espionage secrets they saay still
In New York City, Emanuel
H. Bloch, attorney for the
Rosenbergs, said that counsel
will appear before the Supreme
Court in Washington Tuesday
morning to apply for a stay of
its order pending the filing and
determination of a petition for
a rehearing.
President Eisenhower reject
ed their clemency pleas last
February. But Justice Depart
ment sources said Saturday the
Rosenbergs have been told
they might be able ' to save
themselves by ' '.'singing" to
federal prosecutors. ' .
Conveted I Years Age
The husband and wife spy
team was convicted more than
two years ago of wartime con
splracy to . transmit atomic
secrets to Russia.
In addition to rejecting the
appeal, the high court directed
that, the stay of execution
granted by the U. S. Circuit
Court in New York Feb. 17 be
vacated. The stay had tx
granted to permit filing of the
appeal acted on Monday. -
(Centtnaed en Pag a, Cesssaa I)
Mrs. Allton
Held Innocent
San Diego OJJO Mrs. Don'
aid Allton, 36, wife of a music
professor at the. University of
Oregon, today was freed of
charges that she passed more
than $1,000. worth of bad
checks here last year.
Superior Judge John A.
Hewicker dismissed the counts
on motion by the deputy dis
trict attorney, Arthur O'Keefe
O'Keefe told Hewicker that
the defense had produced ex
pert evidence that could not
be disputed in court He re
ferred to statements by na
tionally known handwriting
expert Clark Sellers of Los
Angeles who wrote that Mrs.
Allton could not have signed
the checks she was charged
with passing.
j
New Walkout
At Auto Plant
Detroit, ( Some 8.000
Budd Co. workers returned to
their Jobs Monday after a
strike that affected a large
portion of the auto industry,
but they walked out again a
few hours later in a new dis
pute. The new strike dampened
hopes that 48,000 Chrysler
workers, supplied by the Budd
Co., would be able to return
to work In a day or two.
The new walkout stemmed
from protests by Budd's press
shop crane operators about op
erational procedures, according
to a company spokesman.
He said causes for Monday s
strike were known at least two
weeks ago but ' were not
brought up at the mass meet
ing Sunday when the May 20
union Jurisdictions! dispute
wss settled. There was no com
ment from the CIO United
Auto Workers. -
Crest of Sabine Flood
Held Steadily 24 Hours
Orange, Tex. Weary,
blistered flood workers sand
bagged soggy levees against
the worst Sabine river flood In
history todsy as residents of
nearby Lake Charles, La , re
ported that muddy flood
waters had swept snakes Into
the heart of the city.
Men, women and children
toiled so hard on the dikes here
that all the adhesive tape in
the city was used to bind their
blistered hands and an extra
supply was flown in.
Forty miles to the east on
the Calcaiielu river at Lake
Charles, flood waters were re
ceding. But the city was
threatened by looters,
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Year, No. 124 ESASS Safcm, Orc;:a,
ATOMIC .CANNON TESTED CM'-KSVABA CESEXT
Combat Threat
From Rcgvecd
Portland CO The State
Board of Health b starting
fund-raising campaign to com
bat a serious threat of ragweed.
The board voiced alarm oyer
the Legislature's failure to pro
vide funds to eradicate rag
weed and said that the weed
"may be out of control within
a short time unless Immediate
action is taken." v'r' " '
Annnli for funds are being
iHMetart Ki Govt Patterson
the Portland Cbjamber ef Coa-l
mere. v ',..$-'.,.-4
The weed, which atOirtt hay
fever sufferers, first wts re
ported in Clackamas County a
few veara ago. Since, it has
hem rereading elsewhere, the
board reported.
L. L. Rlggs, Portland, board
president, expressed concern
ahout infectious hepatitis in
Oregon. It is known more com
monly as Infectious Jaundice.
Rlggs said it infected 402
persons in Oregon in the first
18 weeks oz we year, ui um
number, 128 were in Douglas
county. Tor the same period
last year there were 132 cases.
4 Injured in
Strikers' Attack
Syracuse. N. Y. W Four
persons were injured Monday
as white collar workers return
ed to work through picket
lines at two strike-bound Gen
eat Electric Co. plants. .
Sheriffs deputies arrested
four members of the CIO In
ternational Union of Electrical
Workers. They were Held with
out charge.
The IUE represent the 7,000
production workers who struck
nearly seven weeks ago, citing
local grievances.
A huge traffic Jam develop
ed around the electronics
plants. GE had Invited the 4,000
salaried employes to return.
Three pickets, including two
women, were hospitalised.
The plants produce tele
vision and other electronics
equipment
and the possibility of a typhoid
epidemic.
The Sabine held steady at
Orange for nearly 34 hours be
tween 7.89 feet and 7.89 feet
more than a foot below the
predicted crest of nine feet
but still the worst flood In the
river's history.
The waters of the Calcasieu
and Sabine, nearly 40 miles
part. Joined before the Cal
casleu began to recede. It was
the first time the rivers have
ever Joined.
' Some residents " at Lake
including poisonous water
moccasins, were flushed Into
the city by flood waters that
had coursed through swamp-
lands to tne north.
The familiar atomic cloud rises above Frenchman Flat
Monday moments after the firing of history's first atomic
cannon. This picture was made from an airplane flying
about 7,000 feet high a proximately 30 air miles from the
spot where the shell landed. (AP Wirephoto) .
Iha Uphold in Cuts
ForAirforco Funds
Washington Sen. Milli
kin (R., Colo.) dared the dem-
(crats t make a political issue
of nronosed Air Fores) money
cuts witn tne assertion soon
dry that be believes the coun
try will back President Eisen-
nowera mmia-w lair "-aa-tv
Minikin, j onainnan 4-eay tm
ence M -an: republican
senators, said critics ox a pun
ned five billion douar cutback
in Air Force appropriations re
quests are giving a false im
pression that this would reduce
U S. air strength.
"The President hss declared
himself in favor of continued
' Washington () A finding
by investigation senators that
"there was a needless loss of
American lives" in Korea be
cause of ammunition shortages
may touch off some new con
troversies.
The findings came In an In
terim report signed by four of
the five senators who spent
weeks on a special Investiga
tion by a Senate armed serv
ices subcommittee.
Joining in criticism of both
civilian and military officials
were Sens. Margaret Chase
Smith R., Me., Byrd D., Vs.,
Hendrlckson R., NJ., and
Cooper R., Ky.
. A vigorous dissent came
from Sen. Kefauver D., Term.
He objected to "many of the
sweeping generalities and some
of the conclusions," particular
ly on the needless loss of lives.
Kefauver said the "statement
is based, as the committee ack
nowledges, on conflicting testi
mony between various Army
generals."
East Germany
loseChiirclies
' By PHIL NECSON
Alniia4 Ii Pmln Anatoli)
Berlin The German church
which survived 12 years of Hit-
lerism today is engaged In a life
and death struggle sgalnst an
other foe Just as ruthless.
The Soviet East German re
glme has declared open war
fare against both the Prot
estant Evangelical and the
Catholic churches.
It has outlawed Protestant
youth groups, sccusing them,
among other things, of spying
for the United States.
So far this yesr, the Reds
re known to hsve arrested 28
Evsngelicsl pastors and two
Cstholic priests, whom they
also accused of being Western
spies and agents.
One Protestant pastor was
seised at the doorwsy of his
church.
Several have received long
prison sentences.
V-.izy, May 25, 1?53
r
strengthening of the Air
Force." Millikln said In an In
terview. - "I believe the coun
try will support the judgment
to tne president as to our pro
per air strength."
Eisenhower has asked til
M0O8,0Q0 fer the fiscal year
feeginairtg' July 1 in a program
to build Air Force strength' to
120 wings by mld-1095. The
budget of former "President
Truman called for $18,788,
000,000 next year and . 143
wings by mid-1839. , . '
The conference . cnairman
noted the proposed reduction
does not affect money to be
spent immediately in building
ut what Secretary of Defense
Wilson has said will be a so
percent increase in air strength.
Millikln said the cutback in
Air Force funds for the year
starting July 1 will be in mon
ey to be spent two or three
years from now, with subse
quent revisions of plans pos
sible. . . '
Wasco PUD Tax
Claim Unpaid :
The Dalles W) The North
err. Wasco People's Utility Dis
trict which is in competition
with Pacific Power tc Light Co.
here, faces possible foreclosure
action.
Sheriff Ernest M osier said
he was placing the PUD on the
tax delinquent list for failure
to pay a total of $17,819 pro
perty taxes in the past three
years. With Interest the deficit
is $19,887.
The PUD has reported oper
ating deficits annually since
going into business in 1949. Its
competitor, Pacific Power 4c
Light cut its rates to meet the
PUD shortly after the PUD
went into operation, The PUD
reported its deficit at $41,714
at the end of 1991, but said
last April the most recent fi
nancial report that lt had cut
that to $38.028.
Says Reds to
Me in 1955
Washington W A former
Cxech Army officer says he
learned at a Russian military
school thst the Soviets have
picked 1S99 as the target year
for wsr in Europe.
The Cxech testified under
the name "Col. Jan Bukar" at
House Un-American Activities
Committee closed sessions
Msy 13-14. The testimony was
released Saturday.
Bukar said he fought the
Nabls as a Czech partisan in
World War II and attended a
military school at Moscow aft
erward. He said he was told
there Russia would "take over
Western Europe" to forestall
an expected stuck on the
Soviet by Britain in 1099,
, 22 Pggcr Prlc. 5c
177 n n TV,. fnrif -
Lc:.i Pakistan
Million Tons
Of U.S. Wheat
Washington V President
Eisenhower and GOP eonrres-
sloaal leaders aimed Meaday
to hack legislative-, for a loan
ef one million teas of wheat to
Pakistan. '
House Speaker Martin (R..
Mass.) told newsmen after he
and other leaders hid their re
gular Monday conference with
Eisenhower that . legislation
calling for the loan will be In
troduced later this week.
The need is very dtsperate,
Martln declared. '
t Pakistan has suffered from a
drought.
Other Agreements
' The speaker said Elsenhow
er and the leaders also:
1. Agreed that the Senate
would -taket up on Wednesday
the President's plan foe reor
ganization of the. Agrh-ulture
Department Sen. Knew land
(Calif.), acting senate republi
can leader, predicted th Sen
ate will approve the plan.
3. Had some 'incidental dis
cussion'' of the forthcoming
Bermuda conference of V. &.,
British and French leaders.
Knowland reported "a unanim
ity of opinion" that the confer
ence Is a "constructive move."
(Coat laws mm Page , Cotes 7)
Little Hope of
Washington W) The State
.Department almost on the eve
of new Austrian treaty talks
with Russia, said Monday Mos
cow's attitude "leaves little
hope for. a. sa t Isfart nryJconcln-
sion of a treaty in the lmme-
date future." . i -
A lengthy review of Austri
an treaty negotiations, made
public Monday, placed the
blame for failure to agree to an
Austrian ' peace . . settlement
sauarely on Russia. 1
- "The single tumbling block
has.bee.i, and is, the Soviet Un
ion." it said. "The Soviet de
termination to stymie an Aus
trian treaty has become In
creasingly apparent"
It accused Russian of "Brok
en, pledges," stalling and refus
ing to accept an Austrian pact
because of its desire to "ex
ploit" Austria's economy.
me state Department docu
ment made It clear the United
States, Britain and France
would stand firm by their pro
mise to restore complete inde
pendence to the Austrian peo
ple. DeGaulleists Out
Of Cabinet Contest
Paris, W Andre Dlethelm,
87, leader of the parliamentary
following of Gen. Charles De
Gsule, Monday decided against
trying to put together a new
French cabinet.
Diethelm's decision which hsd
been expected, came after a
meeting with the 72 deputies
who were elected under the
banner of De Gaulle's Rally
of the French People. De Gaul
le since hss renounced the RPF
as a political force, but the
deputies continue to use the
name.
Red Japanese Women
Mob Mrs. Roosevelt
Tokyo O Twenty Japanese
women waving Communist
banners Monday manhandled
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt In
downtown Tokyo when she re
fused them an interview, the
newspaper Yomiuri reported.
The newspaper ssid the
widow of the late President was
rescued by Japanese guards
and was uninjured. Mrs. Roose
velt wss not Immediately avail
able for comment
Mrs. Roosevelt now on a
tour of Japan, was dragged
from an automobile outside the
Labor Ministry building.
Mrs. Roosevelt had attended
a round table conference at the
Labor Ministry on Japanese
Isbor problems. She hsd lunch
there.
When she emerged from the
building, the waiting women,
led by an American-born wife
Allied Secret
Plan tor Truce
Given to Reds
Panmunjom, Korea ttlt The
United Nations handed the
Communists a secret plan to
end the Korean war prisoner
deadlock today and then gave
them a week to think It over.
Two brief secret sessions
were held today following an
eight-day recess, and American
military police kept newsmen
from approaching the confer
ence hut or the UN staffs tent
nearby.
Lt Gen. William K. Harri
son, chief Allied negotiator, de
clined to talk about the brief
conferences," explain why sec
recy was imposed or tell why
the new seven-day recess had
been granted, v y-
Communist correspondents
Mid they were told by their
delegation that Harrison had
suggested' the secret sessions
which cut off the outside world
from what was said inside the
truce hut
The Communist reporters did
not know whether the next
meeting at. 11 a. m. June 1
would also be a secret session.
Red Port It'll
By Dalllesh:?
Aboard the Battleship Mew
Jersey off Chlnnampo, Korea
un The u. s. Batuestua new
Jersey dealt communist coastal
defenses a surprise blow Mon
day after lolning the British
naval forces oft Korea's West
Coast. - ' ' - .
Tha "Bis J" ventured tar 00
the Yellow to within strik-
ln ran of Manchurlan-basad
communist Mies and pounded
Red shore batteries at tha rim
approaches to the key port of
Chlnnampo, 78 miles com tne
battle front.
A clear sky and a smooth sea
favored tne new jersey ana
escorting British shins for the
bombardment that helped Al
lied forces usher In the 38th
month of the Korean War.
The New Jersey fired 84,000
pounds st gun positions In
three large areas. Aerial spot
ters reported results "good
to excellent"
Plane Spotted
Over Hokkaido
Tokyo ( An "unidentified
plane" wss spotted over Hok
kaldo, Japan's northernmost
island, Monday morning, an
Air Force spokesmen said Mon
day night
The craft was sighted on
U. S. Air Force screen at 8
a.m. but moved out of range
before It could be identified
and before Allied interceptor
planes could reach the spot
The sighting was over the
Nemuro Peninsula, only a few
miles from the Russia-held
Kuriles Island, where the So
viet Air Force maintains fight
er bases.
It wss the first reported
sighting In Jspan's skies of
planes from Russian territory
since last January, when Gen.
Mark Clark, Far East com
mander, warned that intrud
ing planes would be shot down
if necessary.
of a Japanese, clamored for an
interview.
After the incident guards
dispersed the crowd and Mrs.
Roosevelt went on to an after
noon meeting with prominent
Japanese women at a down
town Tokyo restaurant where
she msde a speech.
When newsmen tried to
reach Mrs. Roosevelt for com
ment late Monday night. Maur
een Cobb, , a member of her
party, said she had retired for
the night
Miss Cobb said Mrs. Roose
velt wrote briefly of the incl
dent in her syndicated news
paper column.
"She treated it as a "very
unimportant and unfortunate
incident," Miss Cobb said, ad
ding that the attack was ted by
"a misguided touL" , .
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For Artillery
Lss Versa. Nev. (n ni
first ftrtag of sa atosnie aa
from the Catted Itator U
saillimeter eanaexj same 3
brilliantly Monday, signsT
the beginning ef a new era sa
artillery warfare.
The nuclear shell bunt SN
feet above ' target of tail
trees, railroad ers and military "
equipment on Srenohmaa Flat,
83 mites northwest of Lag Ve
nt.. ', -
The long awaited shot from
"Atomic Annie" apparently
proved artillery excerts con
tention that the hugo gun east -handle
nuclear as well as eon- .
venUonal ammunition. .
Secretary of Defense Wilson.
observing the blast from a dis
tance of teas than eight miles,
commented: "It was extr ,1 .
interesting and I am a.o4
with Its success."
Milestone In History ' :.f
Another observer, ' Aifca.
Arthur W. Radford, nominee
for chairman of the . Joint
Chiefs of Staff, said: 1 con
sidered the test a milestoa to
the history of atomic we rum
and I am highly sawTed
tne success of tne test" -
Tne sbeu burst produced a
bright tow fireball that lit uw
tne gray peaks of the Knotted
Range, ringing; the flat, aacaatr
at b:jo ant. was clesciy
seen in Las Vegas but vras no
xeit or heard..
It dazzied oboervers hi a
plane flying over ta" v
Springe nbout Z3 mi'-a s
but no shoe): or soar! waste
eatvea By tu pases t-v m.
cluatag this reporter, Ar po-
tograeoar Harold ruan and po
int woodrow Mdntosn, a for
Mr air transport coasmanJtW
(r-rfTfiiT'riiissi 4)
8 YeanSsznt
linen
Las Vegas w& The monster
cannon used today to fire the
first atomic artillery shell re
quired eight years of research
and development to perfect -
The Army first began, to
1844 to. develop a heavy artil
lery piece superior . to guns
used in World War XL
In 1949, scientists Informed
the Army it would be possible
to produce an atomic projectile
for such a cannon. By 1981,
the first cannon was completed
and was tested extensively late
that year and earlier this year
with conventional high ex
plosive shells. - :
Today's test on the southern
Nevada desert was the first
time - the cannon, nicknamed
"Amazon Annie" by Its GI gtm
crew, fired an atomic projec
tile. . ... - - ... :.!,: ;
The gun Is America's biggest
field - artillery piece.' It
weighs 89 tons, more than
twice the weight of the big
gest highway truck and trail
er outfit It is 84 feet long.
10 feet wide and has a 40-foot
barrel. ' ' -. '
Russia Replisr
To Austrian D:i
London The BtitJaSi
Foreign Office said Monday
eight Russia has replied o as
invitation by the Western pow
ers to send representatives to a
meeting of deputies on the Aus
trian Independent treaty Wed
nesday In London.
Details of the reply were not
disclosed. -
Britain called for the Big
Four seulon on May 11 la a
move viewed as a test of Rus
sia's sincerity in Its "peace of
fensive." :
. Invited to attend the session
were representatives of the Un
ited States, France and tha
Soviet Union as well as Britain.
II held, the meeting would be
the 280th four-power
on Austria.
:
PIP KLINE OFFEB OFF
Wsahlngton Northwest
Natural Gas Co, todsy with
drew its application before the
Federal Power Commission far
authority to build pipeline in
to the Pacific Northwest am
from Canada. ' '
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