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Dr. G. II. Duch
License Legal
Supreme Court De
dares State7 Medical
Board Action Legal
By JAMES D. OLSON
. The tete boars' of medical
uaiien wen apheld by the
state npreme eoart Wednes
day Ib revoking the UeeBM ei
Or. George H. Back to prac
tice medicine and surgery la
the state at Oreioa.
The complaint against Dr.
Buck returned by a I Multno
"nab county grand Jury con
tained 14 counts based on
(,he general charge of causing
aooruon aj operation or Treat
ments. Circuit Judge Charles H.
Combs reviewed the evidence
and found that the board had
jurisdiction of the subject
nutter and the accused and
; that there was legal evidence
to support the order of re
vocation, the high court said.
In the opinion handed down
Wednesday Supreme Court
Justice James T. Brand said
"puruuant to the order of this
. court, the circuit court enter
tained the appeal and affirm
ed the order of the medical
board revoking the license of
; Dr. Buck. '
"Case Long in Courts
"Now, nine and one-half
years after the commission of
1 the abortion, and six years
after the institution of these
. proceedings the case Is again
- before us upon appeal."
Justice Brand held that' en
actment of the law of 1991
was not inconsistent with the
provisions of OCLA No. 54-931
and the conduct of a physician
is to be tested by all the pro
; visions of both the old and
' the new law, thus overruling
a contention made by the de-
: fendant,
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On Surcharge
The hearing on an amended
complaint attacking the 20 per
cent surcharge by three Oregon
power companies opened in the
public service building today
with State: Public Utilities
Commissioner Charles H. Belt
zel himself presiding.
Involved in the proceedings
are Mountain States Power Co.
Portland General Electric Co.
and Pacific Power and Light
Co., who were allowed a tem
porary 20 per cent surcharge to
compensate in part for the
extra cost of generating power
by steam during the dry spell
last fall.
Plaintiffs include State Rep.
and Mrs. Monroe Sweetland of
Milwtukie and a Linn county
farmers group. Rep. and Mrs.
Sweetland and several of the
fanner's group were present at
today's hearing which attract
ed a crowd that filled me near
lng room on the second floor.
; Payrolls in
jpregon Upped
: - Payrolls of the 18,084 firms
' i covered by Oregon's unemploy
" ment compensation law reach
ed an all-time record of $1,270,
h M7.444 in 1952.
t . That was an increase of 60
: millions over 1951, although
5 the average number ol work
; ers remained t he same.
J. Multnomah county's payroll
vai $553,872,299, an increase
' Of 24 millions.
' 1 J . 1 UI
$ , curry coumy nau uic
: gest percentage gain, 44.4 per-
' cent.
i Lane county's payroll of
1 1107,318,151 was second lsrg
! est, followed by Douglas, Coos,
i Marion, Linn, Jackson, Uma
: tills, Clackamas, and Klamath.
j Warn Auto Owners
On Insurance Firm
"i ' State Insurance Commisslon
;r Robert B. Taylor warned
' i automobile owners Wednesday
i against buying accident and
, health insurance from Auto
: mobile Owners Association,
' Inc., of Kansas City, Mo.
f ' Taylor, who said the com
pany is deluging the state with
snail solicitations, warned that
: persons who buy Insurance
, from a company that is unli-
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hla own risk.
? Be said the company was 11
leensed in Missouri about two
. weeks sgo. He has no control
i over it because it has no Ore
gon license.
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To Discuss
Spy Charges
Admits Only Not En
gaged in Espionage
Since Dec. 252
Washington ( Sea. Maadt
(K.-S.D.) said Frank Coo, for.
mcr secretary of the Intaraa
tional Monetary Pand, aworo
Wednesday ke has not engaged
in espionage since Dee. S, 1952,
bat refused to say whether ho
had engaged la espionage even
one day earlier.
C o e declined to discuss
Mundt's statement, but told re
porters that he had "stood on
the fifth amendment on several
points" In his testimony at a
closed door hearing before the
Senate investigations subcom
mittee. Mundt is acting chairman of
that group, In the absence of
Sen. McCarthy, (R.-Wls.). The
fifth amendment protects a wit
ness against being required to
give testimony against himself.
'Outrageous and Falso' '
. Coe, whom the subcommittee
had described as mysteriously
missing for about two months,
came to Washington to give his
testimony.
Be told reporters after the
hearing that accusations ho un
derstands the subcommittee or
its staff have made against him
are "outrageous and false."
(Ooatiaeaa on Pace I, Cehaaa T)
Seek to Quit
Grain Storage
Des Moines ff) Uncle Sam
plans to get out of the grain
storage business, Undersecre
tary of Agriculture True D.
Morse said Wednesday.
: Morse and other high federal
agriculture officials met here
with representatives of mid-
western states to discuss a stor
age problem In connection with
the government's . corn price
support program.
"We are moving forward on
the premise that grain storage
should not be run by the gov
ernment," Morse said.
"It should bo stored by farm.
ers on the farm and when It
leaves the farm it should be
handled by commercial peo
ple." The government Is calling on
farmers to take the lead in
averting an anticipated tight
storage situation in the corn
belt this fall. .
With an estlmsted carry-over
of about 800 million bushels of
old corn expected to be on hand
when the 1953 crop is harvest
ed, the government is seeking
to persuade farmers to keep
their corn on the farm.
Korean Casualties
Now Total 135,362
Washington ) Announced
U.S. battle casualties in Korea
reached 135,362 Wednesday, an
Increase of 141 since last week.
The Increase was held to that
relatively low figure because a
correction in records reduced
total Marine Corps by 56. As a
result of an error, the 66 had
been twice listed as wounded.
Weather Details
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City to Point Way in
Correct Car Driving
Starting at once, the cars
driven by city detectives .will
be the only ones you can't
recognize at a glance as city
owned.
The resson for that Is that
the city Itself Is going to lesd
out In courtesy driving, and
point the wsy to the public In
the proper operation of motor
vehicles on city streets.
All city-owned vehicles, ex
cept those driven by plain
clothesmen of the police de
partment, will be painted a
distinctive color, and all will
bear the Insignia of the depart
ment to which they belong.
Trucks, for example will, as
now, be painted yellow, and
police cars black. And every
one knows fire trucks and the
city first aid car are red.
It Is to be one of the first
steps in the better public rela
tions movement now being
stressed by the city, and the
order goes for trucks, semi
trucks, peasenger cars or what
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90 Day Freeze
Bill Defeated
' Washington () The Bouse
Banking Committee voted una-'
nimously Wednesday to kill a
Senate-approved plan for a 90
day freeze on wages, prices and
rents in a future emergency.
Under the Senate's proposal.
written into a bill extending
some '. economic controls, the
freeze could have been impos
ed by the President after a dec
laration of war or a congres
sional resolution authorizing
such a freeze.
The Bouse committee voted
28-0 to knock this section out
of the legislation. Chairman
Wolcott (R.-Mich.) has de
nounced the proposal as ridicu
lous and said it would hang
like a sword over business,
preventing business expansion.
.-. The- House commute also.
tod 17-L, to strike oat of the
Senate bill the sections giving
the " Federal Reserve Board
power to restore controls over
consumer installment credit
and real estate credit the for
mer regulations "W" and "X."
. The Bouse committee, how
ever, did not complete action
on the measure and win take
It up again in another closed
session Thursday.
Peaslee Envoy
To Australia
Washington ) Amos J.
Peaslee, Clarksboro, N. J.,
lawyer, was nominated by
President Eisenhower Wednes
day to be ambassador to Aus
tralia. :
The White Bouse announced
the President has accepted the
resignation of Pete Jarman, Jhe
present ambassador, a former
Democratic Bouse member
from Alabama. ,
Peaslee was born in Clarks
boro March 24, 1887. Be gradu
ated from Swarthmore College
and Columbia University Law
School. Be served in the First
World War as an Army major
and in the Second World War
as a commander In the Coast
Guard.
Peaslee' was a campaign
manager for Harold E. Stassen
in Sta Men's 1948 campaign for
the Republican presidential
nomination.
not. Their drivers will be ex
pected to observe traffic regu
lation! and driving courtesy to
the letter as an example to
the public . , .
Another phase in the public
relations policy will start with
the panel discussions scheduled
for June 10, one in the after
noon and one in the evening,
which must be attended by
every employe of the city.
This will be foUowed by a
public relations study by all
department heads, using an ap
proved tctL -
Every city department head
has been asked to furnish the
city council and the city man
ager' a chart, showing all em
loyes without exception, and
describing the Job of each and
salary paid. This is preliminary
to a later investigation to be
made by a special committee
to be appointed by the mayor
by authority of the city coun
cil. .7
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- Wearing the Imperial Crown, Qpeeu Elisabeth II carries
the symbols of state as she loaves Westminster Abbey fol
lowing, coronation. Flanking her are the Bishop of Bath
and Wells (left) and the Bishop of Durham. In the young
monarch's right hand is the scepter with cross: in her left
hand the Orb. (AP Wire photo via radio from London.) '
Queen Elizabeth Calk
On Pcpph of London
London ( Queen Eliza-
both B, gay and smiling, went
calling Wednesday on her poo
pie, and chose first a cockney
working class district that
bore the brunt of the Nazi
blitz.
She act out oa the first of
four officials tours of her
Hot Campaign
VcaedMBf,
rll
Rome. Italy OtV-Candldatea
ftuarplng for next week's Ital
ian preliminary elections cross
ed the peninsula with unflag
ging zeal today as the campaign
reached ,ts third from, the last
day. ' .
After a brief pause Saturday
to cool off and think it over
the law says campaigning must
end 24 hours before voting
an estimated 30 million Italians
will troop to the polls Sunday
and Monday to choose among
Premier Alclde de Gasperi's
middle-of-the-road coalition, a
rising right or a powerful left
The voters will elect 590
members of the Chamber of
Deputies and 237 senators from
a list of 7,416 candidates.
Palmlr Togliattl. chief of the
biggest Communist party this
side of the Iron Curtain, told
a crowd in Naples estimated at
75,000 "The United States pro
mised that with her help South
Italy will become a new Cali
fornia. It is a lie. De Gasperi's
policy alms only at war. We
want no more orders from
America to make cannons.1'
Indictments for
Miami Kluxers
Washington V-The Justice
Department announced Wed
nesday a M 1 a m 1 , Fla., grand
Jury has Indicted six persons,
five of them identiuea as
Kiansmen, on charges of lying
under oath during an investi
gation of racial terrorism.
The department ssid a sev
enth man was indicted on
charges of making false state
ments in an application lor a
Job at the Orlando, Fla., Air
Base.
All seven were residents of
Orange County, Florida, where
a series of violences occurred in
1949 and 1950.
The grand Jury began hesr-
ins testimony in October, 1952,
and Indicted four persons last
December, charging one with
perjury and the other three
three with making false state
ments. The Justice Department said
the Investigation Is continuing.
AWARD CONTRACT
Albany A contract for
construction of additions and
spur track at the Albany sub
station for' the Bonneville
Power Administration, ap
proved by Secretary of Inte
rior Douglas McKay, was
awarded June X to Lee Hoff
man, Beaverton, Ore., on a
low bid of $115,576. Project
Engineer Ollle J. Tofts, will
be in charge of this work,
with headquarters at Albany,
Oregon.
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sprawling capital after award-
lng coronation medals to 2,600
commonwealth and colonial
troops . who participated - in
Tuesday's procession. Four-
year-old Prince Charles led
the cheers for bis mother at
the colorful mingling of sol
diers from many lands.
The young queen showed no
sign of the strain of the cere
mony that saw her crowned
queen of England and her
realms across the seas.
Charles, heir to the throne.
looked oa from a balcony at
- - !a Palace while bit
iuuMH..auum ireguiamini
to the contingent of troops
from Canada,' Australia, New
Zealand, South Africa, Pax
lstan, Ceylon, Southern Rho
desia and the colonies.
As the troops lined up to pass
the queen and her husband,
the Duke of Edinburgh, the
little prince shouted "ready,
steady, got" And every time
the duke saluted, Charles
raised his arm in Imitation.
Tuesday's coronation mark'
ed the start of six weeks of
Journeys by the queen and her
husband among Britons hope
ful that the gracious young
sovereign will lead them to a
new Elizabethan age of golden
splendor. On Thursday's
schedule is a visit to north
west London, with tours of
other sections of the city Sun
day and Monday.
Mendes-France
States Policies
Paris UP) Pierre Mendes -
France went before the Nation
al Assembly today to ask con
firmation as France's 19th post
war Premier and told the law
makers if they approved him,
he would present a plan for
ending the Indo-Chinese war
at the forthcoming Big Three
conference in Bermuda.
The 46-year-old economic ex
pert said he could not go into
details of the plan at present,
but in the past he has repeated
ly demanded that France nego
tiate to get out of its Far East
ern possession and concentrate
on building up its strength In
Europe.
As Mendes-France made his
bid for the premiership, he
appeared to have no better then
sn even chance. Opinion among
deputies was divided and the
big Socialist bloc apparently
held the key to the situation.
If approved by the Assembly,
he then would try to form a
coalition cabinet
Favors Wheat Grant
To Aid Pakistan
Washington W) The Elsen
hower administration was re
ported Wednesdsy to favor an
outright grant of about 700,000
tons of wheat to Pakistan.
It was announced 10 days
ago that a loan of one million
tons was contemplated. Infor
mants said, however, the
thought now Is that 700,000
tons should be turned over as
a grant with 300,000 tons pos
sibly to be made available later
either as a grant or loan.. -
. A million tons of wheat Is the
equivalent of 17,300,000 btuh-
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To Sn:ro Lives
Convicted Atom
Spies to Rest Cast
With History
Ossiaiag, N. Y. W) Atosa
Bates J alias aaa Etool Kosea
berg said Wednesday they wore
enerea a deal by the savera
mt to spare their Uvea tm ro-
tara tor a eoaieasioa of spy
ing. The couple declared they
spurned, the deal and are pre
pared to rest their case with
history, even if it costs their
lives In Sing Sing prison's elec
tric chair.
They are scheduled to die the
night of June 18 for conspiracy
to betray America's atom bomb
secrets to Russia. '
Their statement was issued
by their attorney, . Emanuel
Bloch, who talked to them at
the prison.
Tuesday the Rosenbergs said
they were visited by Federal
Prison Director James V. Ben
nett. They labeled him an em
issary of Attorney General
Herbert BrowneU. . .
Reseaeerg Statement
Wednesday's statement read:
"Yesterday we were offered
deal by the attorney general
of the U.S. We were told that
if we cooperatc-d with the gov
ernment, our lives would , be
spared. .
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Reject Cut in
WashlngtOB M A House
Appropriations ' subcommittee
has rejected President - Eisen
howers cat in veterans hospl'
tal funds and approved even
mora than President Truman
requested, it waa reported to
day.- Vi-.-.v-,' t .
The action, still not officially
onouTvd. eltmaxes m weak
long ovrucgia emng, el a a a
doors during which inemoeri
said they were bombarded by
veterans organizations and the
Veterans Administration to
stave off the cuts. .
One subcommittee ' member
said that the subcommittee re
stored not only $28,000,000 cut
by Mr. Elsenhower, but added
$7,000,000 over and above what
Mr. Truman requested before
he left office. Mr. Truman
asked for, about $549,000,000
for hospital and medical i
Ices for fiscal 1954, beginning
July 1, committee sources said.
Big 3 Meeting
Up to France
Paris (A The Foreign Office
said Wednesdsy the date of the
big three meeting In Bermuda
hinges on the outcome of the
ministerial crisis in France.
An Informal exchange of
views has been made between
the United States, Britain and
France on the subject and it
has been agreed that no posi
tive date can be set until
Franco has a government
It originally had been plan
ned for President Elsenhower,
Prime Minister Churchill and
the French premier to meet
June 17, Foreign Office sources
said.
But since this is only two
weeks away, and Franc has
not yet selected a cabinet to
replace that of Premier Rene
Mayer, a postponement has
been agreed upon.
The three governments are
thinking now in terms of the
last half of this month, with
out specifying the exact dates.
Ike and Cabinet Stage
Television Show Tonite
Washington UM President
Eisenhower mskes history to
night when he puts on his own
television show to report to
the nation on his administra
tion's first 22 weeks in office.
Presidents hsve gone before
video cameras before but usual
ly their appearances hsve ben
solos during speeches. Tonight's
performance, on all four TV
networks at 8:30 p.m. PST, will
be different.
For the first tin, Mr. Elsen
hower will hv a supporting
cast of cabinet oflcers. Be will
preside at a desk, walk around
a TV atge set created within
the White Bouse, examine
charts and chat Informally with
hie. guest stars. It will be a
polished, rehearsed production
under the direction of TV -ex
perts.
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WHhllcdscn
Gooks' Castle
Seoul O Stubborn North
Korean Reds, bayoneted from
Buiea mainline trenches in
Eastern Korea early today,
stormed back this afternoon
and tangled with tough South
Korean infantrymen in sav
age close quarter combat
The bettla on - Luke the
Cook's Castle still raged.
There was no information on
the size of the Red attack
force
Fog, rain and has slowed
but did not halt the aerial
war. ..
'Sabre Jet fighters prowled
he skies over Northwest Ko
rea without sighting a commu
nist Mig Jet. Sabres flying
as fighter-bomber hit com
munist battlefront positions.
Wanhlngton, Wo Secretary
of Treasury Humphrey ac
knowledged Wednesday be has
sought support from business
groups for President Elsen
hower's .tax, program and
drew a prompt warning from
Rep. Road (R, N.Y.) against
lobbying." r ,. ..-.ti
The issue flared as Humph
rey testified before the Bouse
Ways and Means - Committee,
which Reed beads, urging a
fix-months extension of the
excess profits tax on business,
now duo to expire June 20.
After Humphrey related
conversations with business
groups on the issue, Reed com
mented: ,. .... .
We Just want to see that
there is no lobbying going on
in one way or ths other on this
proposition.' '.'..
Then the committee chair
man fished out a copy of the
antt-ioboying law and Inserted
n la the record. '
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Bangkok m The Chinese
Bangkok ) The Chines
Nationalists have proposed a
cease-fire In- Northeast Burma
where their guerrillas now are
fighting the Burmese Army, it
was learned Wednesday.
The proposal was made at the
current four-power talks her
which are designed to get the
guerrillas removed from Burma
and ease tension on the Burma-
Thailand border with Com
munist China.
The Chinese command ap
parently believed it would
have a greater chance of per
suading the strong guerrilla
forces to agree to be taken to
Formosa If fighting atop In
the wild mountainous border
region.
The talks among representa
tive of the U. 8, Burma, Na
tionalist China and .Thailand
were delayed again Wednesday.
The talks have been in pro
gress for nearly two weeks.
Asks $8 Million
To Pay Ousted Japs
Washington, (ff) President
Eisenhower Wednesday asked
Congress for approximately
eighth million dollars to pay
claims of persona of Japanese
descent who were evacuated
from the West Coast during
World War B.
The fund was Included In
i overall request for $15,-
359,330 additional appropria
tions to finance various gov
ernment programs in the fiscal
year beginning July 1 and
make up deficiencies, of pre
vious years.
The President will appear
with Attorney General Herbert
BrowneU Jr., Treasury Secre
tary George M. Humphrey, Sec
retary of Agriculture Ezra Taft
Benson, and for added glamour
and the GOP viewpoint on so
cial security, photogenic Mrs.
Oveta Culp Bobby, secretary
of health, education, and wel
fare.
The television and radio
broadcast, simultaneous in
sotn areas but delayed in
others, will come from the old
cabinet room In ths executive
offices. This room, known In
the of FDR as the "Fish Room,"
la now used for large confer-
; ences between visitors and
I Whit Ho us staff members.
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Raps Humprey
For Lobbying
0c!c!;3 Id'
Hope for Fins). !
Decision and UN
Propcwt AcceptJi
Seeed. Korea aim . TTattal
naoeao aaa c
gates meet at
morrow ta a
Which well laf ormed
setter may ke eecaatve.
There was guarded opUmSam
that the Communists may show
a exposition to accept U. N.
proposals for the future of Chi
nese and North Korean pri'aa
era who refuse to go bacat to
their Red ruled VrHr Wg
The Sonus Koreas govera.
ment still bitterly oppose U
U. N. plan, calling it a surras
der to the Communists. ) !
But it is believed the South
Koreans will go along, how
ever reluctantly, with any that
which the U. N. may agree tat
Bad 19-Day Recess ;;, i
The truce delegate meet at
11 ajn.. (7 pjh PDTV tads
after a 10-day recess during
which the Chines Communist s,
and North Korean governmenti r
have had ample time to study '
the U. N. plan, and perhaps to
consult Mcaicow. ... . ,, i ;
There la hone amonar eha-
AUled observers that the Com
munists may accept the U. N.
plan, with modifications or al
ternative proposals Which
would be acceptable. South
Koreans wet adamant la their
objections. i
South Kereane One - !
Dr. Boh Km Karl Issued a
statement approved by South
Korean' President ' Syncmaa
Rhee which said the govern
ment's stand against the U, N.
plan "has undergone no' Chang
at alL . ; T
His statement was mada nub
ile only a few hour batfor
Communist ' liaison -o -
handed a secret note to V I.
ouctaia aa peiumin'a r
vott- .-.
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rotfefpRO,?:
Washington SUB The United
States would be twilling to
grant South Koretvnew mill-
tarr aid to strengthen the war
I wrecked country : against
Communist Invasion one Ko
ran true is reached, reliable
sources revealed today. ,
This 'government also would
be ready to provide large
amounts of economic aid to re
build Korea' shattered econo
my, these source said, but is
reluctant to sign any mutual
defense treaty between the two
countries. -
The broad outline of U.S.
post-war policy toward the Ko
rean republic wag disclosed on
the eve of the new armistice)
talks at Panmunjom. While
primary attention was focused
here oa the Communist reply
to the Allied offer, South Ko
rea's opposition to the new
true plan continued to furrow
official brows. .;
Informed source hoped that
the South Korean objections
could be overcome. But they
left no doubt that if the United
State had to face th cholc
of an armistice or bowing to
the Korean complaints, it would
take an end to th war.
Senate to Fight
Airforce Cuts
Washington (A Several
senators threatened a fight
Wednesday to give th Air
Fore some of the five billion '
cut from its funds by th Elsen
hower administration.
Secretary of the Air Fore
Talbott defended the cutback
in funds and goals in a Senate
appropriations subcommittee
hearing, but agreed to supply
figures on what could be spent
for a faster build-up to th
143-wing goal set by th Tru
man administration.
Later, however, under ques
tions from Chairman Ferguson
tK., Mich.) Talbott stuck to his
original recommendations for
U0 or 114 wings by July 1
next year, and an Interim foal
of 120 wings by December,
1955.
Th threat to fight for more'
Air Force funds came In se
ries of questions by Sens. Me-
aellan (D., Ark.), Hill (a,
Ala.) and Chavez (D., N. M.)
under prompting from Sn. Sy
mington (D., Mo.), former sec
retary of the Air Fore, and
Rep. Yorty (D., Cam.), form
lAlt Fare officer.
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