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THE WEATHER CONSIDERABLE C L O V D I . NESS toalf ht and Thursday moralaf ; clearing ia afternoea. Wanner tomperatores. Law to night, 41; bib Tharsdaj, M. Chief Justice Will Check on Circuit Courts 'Administrative Assist ant to Assume New Duties September 1 ; By JAMES D. OLSON t Work of circuit judfei In the various judicial district! of the itate will come under dose scrutiny of Chief Justice Earl C. Latourette after September 1, when Joel C. Hill, who has been named administrative as sistant to the chief justice, as sumes his new duties. Under a law passed by 'the 1953 legislature, authority was granted for the employment. of an administrative assistant to the chief justice, who will check the condition on all cir- " . , . t , II il 1 cuif courts, including the num ber of cases on file but not heard and the number of cases under advisement. Chief Justice Latourette said Wednesday that' in a prelimin ary check made by mail it was found that the majority of the lower courts are in good shape. but there were some exceptions and in most of these cases no report was made by the circuit judges. riConcloded rag f. Celuma 4) Funds Slashed ' Washington VP) A Senate appropriations subcommittee Wednesday voted to knock $48,807,000 for three Veterans Administration hospital proj ects out of a money bill carry ing funds ior four big govern ment agencies. The proposed projects are I new VA hospital at San Fran cisco, the rebuilding of a hos pital at Topeka, Kan, and an addition to the hospital at Houston, Tex. The subcommittee voted to put an extra 2tt million into a sneaaura for planning of VA hospitals, however. " " These were the only money changes voted by the subcom mittee in approving the S.V 238,000,000 bill which provides money for thevA. Atomic En ergy Commission, Tennessee Valley Authority and Selective Service. The House had voted $5,284,- 000,000 which was $1,171,000,. 000 under the fiscal 1054 budg et of former President Truman and 327 million dollars under tha revised Eisenhower budg et. Canada Protest Dairy Quotas : Washington VP) The Cana dian government has sent a strongly-worded note to the United States protesting against new American quotas on for eign shipments of dairy prod ucts, fats and oils. . The new American restric tion, which became effective Wednesday, raised "grave problems for the whole struc ture of international coopera tion," said the Canadian note. Canadian shipments of Ched dar cheese are particularly hard hit under the new quota arrangement, with a limit of half a million pounds annually inroad of the two million pounds previously allowed. The Canadian note criticized the new rules as not only fur ther Impairing trade between the United States and Canada but in effect violating Ameri can pledges to expand rather than restrict world commerce. Texas to Get Hew Heat Wave Amarillo. Tex. South western cattlemen, divided in their opinions -of administra tion maves against the dead ening drought, faced further uad news today from the wea ther bureau. A hotter-than-normal July was forecast in Central and Western states with dry con ditions continuing from the southwest into the Central plains. - Four years of searing heat and subnormal rain have j damaged the great southwest ern livestock ranges the presi dent declared them a disaster are. - Livestock men's comments oh administration plans to U 1 1 v. I r.m 'a step in the right direction" to I Vet Hospital "a drop in the bucket" 65th Soviet Chiefs In Germany Called Home Kremlin Recalls Top Officials; Army Slashed in Half Berlin, Hlf h-ranklng Soviet officers and civilians la rebellious East Germany lave been suddenly recalled to Mos cow, Allied sources said Wed nesday. Virtually all the former ton aides of general of Army'Vas sily Chuikov were reported to have received the Kremlin's summons last Monday. Their exodus came a day before the Soviet ambassadors in Washington. London and Paris, were hurriedly called home for consultations. m - Chuikov ran East Germany as head of the Soviet Control Commission and commander in chief of 300,000 troops. Then his former political adviser, Vladimir Semyenov. was an- pointed high commissioner May 28 and Chuikov assigned to military duties inside Rus sia. Communist East Germany today was reported slashing in half its l23,ooo-man army which so signally failed to put down the recent workers' revolt. The move appeared designed to free men and money tor the Reds' announced new program to placate the East Germans with more consumer goods. Reporting this, the Socialist- edited West Berlin newspaper Telegraf said over 60,000 of the Soviet -trained soldiers would be sent back to indus trial jobs by July 15. (Concluded en Tf S, Column 4 Rockwell Kent Washington 8J.B Artist-au thor Rockwell Kent told sen ate investigators today he gave $800 to the communist party because he was mad at a tenant, but he refused to say whether he himself was or is a party member. Kent told the senate inves tigating subcommittee he re gretted not being allowed to read a statement because "I had serious charges to bring here against the subcommittee of conspiracy to overthrow the government by force and vio lence." Subcommittee Chairman Joseph R. McCarthy (R., Wis.) summoned Kent as the sub committee resumed its inves tigation of U.S. overseas li braries. Kent was followed by writer Richard O. Boyer, who refus ed to say whether he is a communist. McCarthy said he thought Boyer had "per jured" himself in some of his answers and said his testimony would be sent to the justice department 2 EXECUTED IN RIOTS Bonn, Germany VP) Chan cellor Konrad Adenauer told the West German Parliament Wednesday the Russians and the East German Communists had so far executed 62 persons in reprisal for the anti-Communist revolts in the Russian Zone. He said another 25 per sons had died in the riots and that 25,000 persons had been a rested. Weather Details fr wantl: nctmal. Ml. Saia ra clBitatlM. .t rati, P. lim Promotions To Shedeck Personnel changes In the Sa lem fire department, announc ed by Chief E. L. bmiin ana effective Wednesday, include the promotion of two veteran members of the cuy s lire ngm- ing organization. Glenn Shedeck is promoted to assistant chief and fire mar shal, and Percy L. Clark is ad vanced from the rating of cap tain to battalion chief. Shedeck has been with the department since 1930. After his first year as a iiremin m was laid off because of a city budget cut, but returned to the department in November, 1933. He was promoted to captain in August, 1947, and to battalion chief July 1. 1Mb. As fir marshal Shedeck will! Year, No. 156 2S?J C T I! End Foreign Aid in 1955 Washington WV-The senate Wednesday voted to end the Mutual Security Administra tion July 1, 1955, and stop actual xoreign air spending one year later. The amendment was adopt ed by voice vote with no ob jection. It had the support of acting Republican Leader (R., Calif.). Democratic Senators Mans field (Mont.) and George (Ga.) proposed the cutoff date and George, ranking minority member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said: "From now on I will not support any program for mu tual security." George said the . only way for Europe "to stay on its own feet is to let them find a way themselves to do It." The Mutual . Security Ad ministration has conducted U.S. foreign aid since 1951. It succeeded the Economic Cooperation A d m inistration, known as the Marshall Plan, Flash Flood In Montana Plentywood, Mont. 'VP) A flash flood which hit this Northeastern Montana com munity late Tuesday drowned at least two persons and forc ed 400 to flee their homes. The damaging waters came down tiny Box Elder Creek, which rose 20 feet in 20 min utes after a near cloudburst. It was the worst disaster in the history of Plentywood, a town of 2,000. J. S. Polk, editor of the Plentywood Herald, estimat ed damage at $300,000 in the northeast residential district. where the creek normally is two or three feef wide. The business section was not hit. Dead were Mrs. Don Logan, 45, and her son, Alvin, 18. They were trapped by mud and debris in the basement of their new home as a wall cav ed in while they gathered up clothing. Other members of the family were rescued. A warded and Clark be in charge of all fire preven tion activity of the department, and will have the assistance of Don Reinke and Warren Payn ter. As assistant chief he will be supervisor of training, and in the absence of the chief will serve in his place. Clark joined the department in June, 1928, when the East Salem station was opened. He was promoted to captain March J. 1948, and for the last three years has been drlllmaster and in charge of all training. In his promotion to battalion chief he will be in charge of Shift A. Clark was one of the city's original first aid officers and for some years had regular ser- I Vic With the first aid car. (CeaUnata a rag t, Cehnu l) I Salem, Oregon, BLAST RITES t . , v BelUngham. Wash- July 1 of Francis H. Covell, 71, to have his ashes shot from a shotgun over Sehome Hill, relatives yesterday blasted away at a flight of baloons with ashes attached. Daughter, Mrs. Florence Covell Custer, stands ready with gun; grandson Lee (with zither at left) and son Cecil and other friends and relatives watch. (AP Wirephoto) $150,000 Tied-up in Idie Control Tover By MABGARET MAGEE When the CAA control tow at Salem's airport blacked out its windows at midnight Tues day it did more than eliminate traffic control at the airport. With closing of the tower the instrument landing system In- PowerContracIs Being Revised Portland VP) Bonnevil'.e Power Administration offi cials said Wednesday that the proposed 20-y ear contract with private utilities in the Pacific Northwest now is un dergoing revision In Washing ton, D.C. The original draft aroused protests from public utility groups and industrial power users. Industry objected that the contract would give pri vate utilities a veto over in dustrial plant expansion. Public utility groups said it would , gvie private utilities veto over the public utilities' new customers. Bonneville A d m inistrator Paul J. Raver did not say what changes are being made in the contract. - He said, however, that Washington, D.C, offi cials had been made familiar with the viewpoints of public utilities and industrial power customers. Raver also said he did not know whether the public util ities and industrial power cus tomers. Raver also said he did not know whether the public util ities and industrial customers would be given a chance to study the revised contract be fore it is signed. 30 in UN Fired For Security Washington ) The Senate internal security subcommittee said Wednesday 30 U.S. citizen employes of the United Nations and its affiliates have refused to swear they never were Commu nists. Chairman Jcnner (R.-Ind.) reported "most or all" of them have been fired or resigned af ter refusing to give such testi mony to the subcommittee on grounds their answers might tend to incriminate them. Jenner called their departure a prime result of the subcom mittee's now-suspended Inves tigation of alleged Communist infiltration of the U.S. staff at the U.N. Another result, he said in a prepared statement, were tight er security procedures cover ing Americans working for the international organization, in cluding Preridtnt Eisenhow- r' recent nrrirr rreatin special loyalty board. .kJomriaa Wednesday, July 1, 1953 .t-fc. ComDlvins with the wish stalled here by the federal gov ernment at an estimated cost of $150,000 became ineffective, Air carriers operating into Salem a of midnight Tuesday were forced to use minlmums of a 1000 foot ceiling ano two mils Visibility with a broken or better ceiling in the day time and 1000 feet ceiling and three mile visibility at night. Even before the entire ILS had been installed here the Lminimums were a 500 foot ceiling and one mile visibility both day and night. The CAA has informed the city that they did not intend removal of the ILS, but the closure of the tower and the leaving of the ILS unmonitored prevents pilots from using it in making an instrument ap proach and Salem can no long er be filed as an alternate field for Portland, if an instrument flight is being made. United Air Lines estimates that over 50 percent of its flights into Sa lem are on instruments. Salem's airport is the only one within a radius of 100 miles of Portland area that can be used by the airlines as an al ternate airport (Continued on Page 5, Column 3) Book Burning Talked by Ike Washington VP) President Eisenhower said Wednesday some of the book removals from overseas libraries must have been ordered because someone got frightened. He said he would not have banished the detective stories of Dashiell Hammett. Eisenhower's comments came at a news conference discussion of the furore set off by Sen.! McCarthy (R., Wis.) over the presence of books by Commu nists or Communist sympathiz ers In the libraries the State Department maintains as part of its world propaganda and information efforts. A reporter recalled that Eisenhower two weeks ago had said the State Department could do as it pleased about getting rid of Communist - tainted books. The President said he didn't know whether he had said such a thing. He said he didn't think he did. Capitol Kept Open For Visitor's July 4 Oregon's capitol will be opened July 4 and S and guide service will be avallabe, Sec retary of State Earl T. New bry said Wednesday In the past, the capitol has been closed on holidays. Despite the bsd weather, a record 11.200 persons visited the capitol during June.kThi was 2,200 more then the total In June, 1952. , " - IVeaanifi ll I lisiww IV allUIW rv-"-X....r a .in New Demands On Thursday Allies to Go Ahead With Truce After Showdown Seoul VP) President Svnc- mam Rhea Is expected to name Thursday his new price for a Korean armistice, which al lied official here Intend to sign with or without South Korea's blessings. Rhee had been expected to hand over bis new proposals Wednesday night, but a con ference with Walter S. Rob ertson, Preisdent Eisenhow er's special truce envoy, failed to come off. ' Washington quarters pre dicted a showdown with Rhee within 24 hours. Top U.S. commanders in Korea were summoned to Tokyo for secret and urgent conferences, pre sumably to determine what military steps may be neces sary should Rhee carry out threats to fight on alone. Concessions Made Robertson, assistant secre tary of state, has made conces sions to Rhee in five closed conferences, an authoritative source declared, adding that "the door is not closed" to an agreement on a truce. The concessions were in tended to overcome Rhee's ob jections to any armistice agreement that leaves Korea divided. tCoachidedeaFas s. Column 4) Bowron Ends 14-Year Regime Los Angeles VP) Fletcher Bowron ended his 14-year re gime' at the Los Angeles city aau y eanesaay ana, with a handshake and brief ceremonv. lurneo. over mt symbolic key to the city to the new mayor, Norris Poulson. While the change ot leader ship was taking place in the mayor's office the strong politi cal xeua in the city council ap pearea to be approaching showdown. For the past two days city council business was stalled by the absence of six councilmen. Police hunted the councilmen on orders of council president Harold Henry to bring them in. The truant councilmen be gan showing up again, Wednes day and one of them, Don A. Alien, said the exodus was protest against "the hurry-up plan of the lame duck council to pick a successor to the late councilman Edward J. Daven port." Before taking olfice Poulson had criticized the action of the six councilmen in playing hookey. Typhoon Headed For Japanese Island Tokyo (U.B A typhoon with winds up to 172 miles per hour roared up from the Philippines today posing a new threat to the flood-stricken Japanese Is land of Kyushu, where recent floods and storms already had left more than 2,000 casualties. Weather forecasters also warned that a "monsoon front" which dumped a record rainfall on the island earlier was still in the vicinity and might return 'in a few days" with more rain. YOUNG HEROES tig.?: Ilns ;ipl ( U . President Eisenhower congratulates three boys to whom he presented Young American awards during a rose garden ceremony at the White House. Boys ere (1 to r) Charles W. (Joe) Knighton, Montgomery, Ala., who saved a man' life from drowning; Howard Fitzgerald, Dallas, Ore., who saved two brothers from a fire which took lives ot other member of the family; Rollln Shoemaker, Denver, Colo., who has done outstanding conservation work. (AP Wire-photo) Price 5c Reds Capture Lookout Hill In Fifth Day Seoul W A sudden on slaught by up to 2,000 Chinese Reds Wednesday overran 1,600- foot Lookout Mountain, throw ing into reverse a South Korean drive on the blazing East-Cen tral Front At the point of a bayonet the South Korean had driven the Chinese from Lookout in vicious night time fighting and were mopping up pockets of Reds when the counterattack came at daybreak. Earlier, U. S. advisers at the front had said the South Kore ans were well entrenched on Lookout, whose summit over looks roads leading southward to the Kumsong River valley. cp.y reports Sum the front said the Chinese surged back witli from 1,000 to 2.000 men and drove the Koreans off me neight by 6:15 a.m. Ihe South Koreans had fought well up until that time, rolling back some 4,000 Chinese around Lookout and the ridge unes 10 me east and west where the Reds had driven southward as far as six miles in about two weeks toward the Kumsong River valley with its vitnl n of roads. It was the fifth day of hattlo for Lookout and both sides had committed thousands of rein forcements.' Ike Signs Two Emergency Bills Washington VP) President Eisenhower signed Into law Wednesday two bills rushed to the White House on an emerg ency uasis xuesaay night to iccu uivi nouiinff and ecn. nomlc control pioarama which expired at midnight in the normal course of bus- mesa several days e la Die be tween final congressional ac tion and the presidential sign One ot the bills extends sev er housing loan guarantee ana insurance program for year. Among other things It gives Eisenhower the power to order easier terms on moderate- priced homes bought with gov ernment guaranteed mo gages. The controls law extends fori ""ease hi pruned down Air two years iimuea authority to I auocaie ana nx priorities on scarce materials needed in de fense production, and on some metals used for civilian items. Heir to Throne In Tunis Slain Tunis, Tunisia VP) Prince Azzedlne Bey, heir presump tive to the throne of Tunisia. died Wednesday of a bullet wound inflicted by a Tunisian assailant. The prince was said to be a sympathizer with the French rulers of this North African protectorate. The assassin pumped two bullets at the 72-year-old cou sin of the aging Bey of Tunis, Mohammed Al-Amln, the nomi nal ruler. The attack occurred while the Bey du Cap his official title as heir to the throne was relaxing on a chaise lounge in the garden ot his La Marsa palace, reading the morning papers. lie died following an oper ation for removal of the bullet His assailant was arrested by police soon after the shooting, GET AWARDS F I N A L EDITION Unrest Flcc.:s In Satellites Declares Ihc Believes Satisfactory Conclusion Near In Korea Washington VP) President Eisenhower said Wednesday unrest seem to b spnadlng like wildfire behind tha Iran Curtain. This demonstrates that nm. pie who have known freedom are willing to sacrifice life it self to regain it, the President told a news conference. He ruled out however, any active support by the United States for revolts in the satel lite countries. Eisenhower also said he be- ' Heves with very deep convic tion that a satisfactory con clusion of the Korean War will be worked out. He described the present ne gotiations with South Korean President Syngraan Rhee as a confused situation, but said Americans should not be too discouraged. Rhee Differences Real Eisenhower added ouicklv that these differences with' Rhee are very real. On other matters the Presi dent: , . 1. Said he believe Secreta ry of State Dulles can get out a clear directive making It plain what books should be-- stocked in the oversea Infor mation libraries maintained by the State Department. Dull, he said, ha called hi attention to the law allow- 1 t- 1 1, 1 . ... Ulg, UOT1 1UKU1IS MV Iff W- My and this law make it plain . the doom m tnese Uoranea should be about American lite and the American system of government. . . iCratbaao Foe S, Oetaasa 1) Airiorce Fight Rapped by Ike Washington VP) "President Eisenhower . told congress Wednesday the fight to in- I We xorce ouaget represent an attempt by "service partisan to pile dollars upon un expended dollars." ... ; Eisenhower said the admin istration's defense budget pro posal represents "my own views and bear my own per sonal endorsement In all ma jor particulars." The president expressed hi view in a letter, dated Tues day, to Rep. Scrlvner (R.. Kans.), Scrivner read the let ter to the house Wednesday amid sharp, party-line debate on a $34,434,140,500 defense budget for the year beginning Wednesday. That figure, recommended by the house appropriation committee, wa $1,337,422,500 below the administration's re quest and six billion below the recommendations of for mer President Truman. Eisenhower did not specifi cally endorse the commltte cuts in hi requeit but said in the letter he would not rule out the possibility that con gress could find room for cuts 'without impairing national ' security." War Casualties Total 137,512 Washington. 0JJ5 American battle casualties in Korea now total 137,512, an increase of 630 over the number reported last week, the Defense Depart ment announced today. The new figure Includes 24,- 84 S dead. 100,023 wounded. 2,748 captured, 8,870 missing, and 1.S28 previously reported captured or missing but since returned to military control. The report included all cas alties from 'the beginning of the war whose next ot kin had been notified through last Friday. The week's figure showed an increase of 189 dead, 473 wounded, and 44 captured. There wa a decrease ot 12 missing and 14 previously re ported captured or missing and since returned. KODIAC VOLCANO ' Kowiiik, Alaska (XV-A fish ing vessel ha reported re newed volcanic activity in the Mt. Trident area where violent eruptions occurred last winter. The navy sent a patrol plan to Investigate,