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Savings 53-54
Labor Savings De
vices Credited With
. Cutting Down Costs
By JAMES D. OLSON
Despite Increased volume of
business, a savings of 1604,
483.71 wai made in the varioui
divisions of the secretary, of
state's office by use of 34
fewer employes than authori
sed by the lefislatare duriof
the biennium ending June 30,
1953.
Secretary of State Earl T.
Newbry Monday issued a
' tabulation disclosing that while
, $5,062,319 was authorized in
' the budget for employment of
807 employes, only $4,457,
833.29 was expended with em-
' ployment oi 773 workers in
the several divisions. '
Auditors Scarce
. ' Substantial savings were
made in the division of audits,
due partially to the fact that
it was found difficult to find
, competent auditors who would
accept state employment at the
salary scale offered. The leg
. islature authorized employ
ment of 55 auditors but only
32 were on the payroll with
the result that $166,134 was
saved in this division alone.
- Another $86,881.76 was
saved in the secretary of
state's office in the Portland
(Continued on Pate t, Column ()
Traffic Cases
Occupy Police
" Reckless drivers, hit-and-run
drivers, and drivers under the
influence of Intoxicating liquor
kept the police department and
the sheriffs office busy over
the week-end.
All in all, there were four
arrests for reckless driving,
two for driving while intoxi
cated, and one for hit-and-run.
Those arrested for reckless
driving were Lloyd B. Walker,
285 McNary avenue, Benjamin
E. Gipson, Oregon City, Walter
H. Jenkins, Dayton, and D. R.
Way, 3170 South Commercial
street.
Apprehended for driving
while intoxicated were Merle
D. Harwood, Albany, and Ike
Koemg, Woodburn.
The hit-and-run incident oc
curred about 8 p.m. Sunday
when Thomas E. Lovell alleged
ly struck a car on Browning
avenue and failed to stop at the
scene of the accident.
No injuries were reported in
any of the accidents, and dam
age was incurred only in the
Way incident, in which a park
ed car was struck in the 3000
block of Portland road, and in
the hit-and-run case.
In the Way accident, police
report that the police car which
had been following Way had
stopped just behind Way's car
after Way struck the parked
car. As Way backed up, he
collided with the police car.
which he apparently did not
know was following him.
Ideal Weather Back,
Bit-Warmer Forecast
Ideal Summer weather was
back for Salem and vicinity,
Monday with prospects it
would continue through to the
mid week.
Immediate forecast is for
fair conditions for tonight
nd Tuesday, with slightly
Warmer temperatures tomor
row. Sunday maximum in Salem
was 79 degrees. A high of
round 86 degrees is booked
for Tuesday.
Along with the rising tem
peratures Tuesday, falling hu
midities are due for much of
the northeast sections of Ore
gon and some east wind will
heighten forest" fire danger.
Grass Seed Burns
In 50-Acre Blaze
Fifty acres of valuable grass
seed was destroyed in a fire
which burned over the Emil
Hintz and Howard Mader
farms, nine miles east of here
Sunday afternoon. Fire depart
ments from Salem, Four Cor
ners, Aumsville and Sublimity
fought the blaze and prevented
its spread to an adjoining farm
where a large flock of turkeys
was feeding.
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U.S. Reaches
760 Millions
Washington 0J The popu
lation of the United States
reached 160,000.000 at 8roz:UT
ajn.. (PDT) today
The number was recorded
on the Commerce Department's
automatic population calcula
tor which lit up like a juke
box and rang a bell as the fig
ure 160.000,000 fell into plaoe
The milestone was marked
by a brief, ceremony in front
of the calculator of "census
clock."
Census Director Robert W.
Burgess told a crowd of 200,
mostly newsmen and photog
raphers, who gathered to watch
the population rise that "It Is
now appropriate for all Fourth
of July orators to use the fig
ure 160,000,000 when refer
ring to our nations popula
tion." -, , . "
Storm Hits
Inland Empire
Spokane W) A ' sudden
storm swept over the Inland
Empire Saturday, leaving
burned homes and barns and
damaged crops in its wake, r
More than a quarter 'of an
inch of rain was dumped on the
Spokane area in the some two
hours the storm hovered over
this city, lighting the area with
brilliant flashes of lightning.
One lightning bolt ripped
into a house northeast of the
city, setting fire to it. Another
home was damaged by fire at
St Maries, Idaho, after it was
hit by lightning and a barn
northeast of here was destroy
ed in a lightning-started fire.
Damage throughout its In
land Empire distributing sys
tem was reported by Washing
ton Water Power Co. and the
heavy downpour sent ripples of
water flowing over several
streets here.
South of here, in the flow
ing hills of the Palouse coun
try, hailstones chopped Into
wheat fields, causing damage
estimated by farmers at 10 per
c.ent of the crop. Pea fields
also were harthit by the hail
storm, which was accompanied
by thunder and lightning.
Radar Brings
14 Arrests
Thus far, since Thursday
when the police department
started making arrests for
speeding with the aid of their
radar equipment, there have
been 14 motorists apprehended,
The majority of these motor
ists have faced Judge Douglas
Hay in the Municipal court, but
Evelyn Franz, 4400 North Riv
er road, has been the only one
of the 14 to plead not guilty."
Mrs. Franz's case will be heard
October 9 by Judge Hay.
Apparently the rest of the
violators consider the radar de
vice legal, or perhaps, if not
that, they do not wish to, or
have the time to, go through
all the red tape of facing trial
after the plea of "not guilty."
Fines have ranged all the
way up to $17 50, 'and thus
none have gone over the $20
mark. If Mrs. Franz is found
euilty. and the fine is over $20,
she can appeal the case to a
higher court.
Three Suits
Ask Damaoes
Three suits, Involving as
many plaintiffs but a single de
fendant, seeking total damages
of $76,256.98, were filed in
Marion ceunty circuit court
Monday.
The complaints are the re
sult of an automobile acident
on Highway 99E near where it
is intersected by State High
way 211, November 30, 1952.
John A. Culberton, driver of
one of the cars involved, states
he had halted his car in the
right hand lane of 99E because
of an interruption of traffic in
volving several other automo
biles. He claims J. R. Gunston,
the defendant in all three ac
tions, drove into the rear of the
Culbertson car with the result
that the latter suffered numer
ous injuries. He asks general
damages of $25,000 and $569.88
special damages for repairs of
his car and an additional $102.
50 paid on for medical services.
Billie L. Gates, a passenger
In the Culbertson car, seeks
$20,000 in general damages and
$177.50 special damages.
Bessie V. Culbertson, wife of
the driver and also a passenger,
sues for general damages of
$30,000 and $407.10 special
damages. I
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Year, No. 189 :Z?jZ Salem, Oregon,
DULLES ARRIVES
Russ Roulette
Kills Cal. Boy,
Stranger Held
Las Vegas UJ9 A contem
plated game of deadly Rus
sian roulette led yesterday to
the fatal shooting of a 10-
year-old San Bernardino boy
and the holding of a young
hitchhiker for investigation of
murder.
Victim of the shooting was
Tommy Uel Livingston, shot
through the eye with a .22
caliber revolver belonging to
Edward Calvin Adams, a hitch
hiker from East St. Louis, 111.
The boy's father, Thomas
Charles Livingston, said he
picked up Adams and Leona
Jesse Bristle, 21, Chicago, in
St. George, Utah.
When he reached Las Vegas,
Livingston said, he parked hii
truck on a downtown street
and went to sleep. He said
he heirS'a noise,' went around
to the back of the truck and
found his son lying in a pool
of blood. The hitchhikers
were gone.
Adams and Miss Bristle sur
rendered to sheriffs deputies
about a half hour later.
Street Issue
Plagues Court
The problem of maintenance
of the 12th street cutoff which
has plagued the Marlon coun
ty court for a period of sev
eral years because of the heavy
truck traffic being diverted
over it, may come- up in an
other quarter.
This was disclosed during a
session of the county court
when Commissioner Roy Rice
asked if the county would be
compelled to maintain Market
street once it becomes a means
of entrance to Salem from the
bypass.
No answer to the question
was immediately forthcoming,
but it is probable the state
highway commission, will be
asked to make a decision.
Market street will be one of
three places where there will
be an interchange of traffic
between Salem and the by
pass. Another will be located
south of Four Corners where
traffic will be routed into the
city via Mission street. The
third will be at the connection
between the bypass and high
way 99E north of Salem.
Truck traffic is expected to
be quite heavy over Market
street once the bypass is in
operation. -
Grants Pass Trucker,
Father of 7, Killed
Grants Pass W The father
of seven small children was
killed Monday in a logging ac
cident near W i m e r, east of
here.
Herman Deese, 36, Grants
Pass, a logging truck driver,
was crushed by a large log
which was being rolled down
an incline preparatory to load
ing.
AP PHOTOG FREED
Tokyo W Associated Press
photographer Frank Noel and
his wife Evelyn were reunited
here Monday after a 3-year
and 1-month separation. Noel
spent 32 of those weary
months in red prison stock
ades ... 42 straight days in
solitary confinement facing
blank walls.
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FOR CONFERENCE
Secretary of State Dulles flew into Denver today for
a conference on Korea with President Elsenhower, who
came here Saturday for a Colorado vacation. Left to right:
Col. K. A.. Cavenah, acting commander of Lowry Air
Force Base; Secretary Dulles; Henry Cabot Lodge head
of the U.S. mission to the United Nations, and Walter S.
Robertson, assistant secretary of state. (AP Wirephoto)
Hundreds Gather to
Inspect Na val Blimp
The Navy Reserve blimp that
paid Salem an overnight visit
July 29 was back Monday.
The 265-foot long non-rigged
type airship which is one
of two on the Pacific coast,
both of them being at Santa
Ana, Calif., arrived over Sa
Small Jailer
Blocks Escape
Medford UJ9 A slightly-
built jailer was credited today
with preventing the escape of
a man wanted for questioning
in connection with a California
slaying after the prisoner had
knocked one jail attendant un
conscious.
Police said Jailer Reuben
Janzen, who weighs about 130
pounds, subdued 37-year-old
Raymond Hodges, San Francis
co, by repeatedly striking him
on the head with a large ring
of keys. Officers said Hodges
had tricked relief jailer George
Mead into his cell and knocked
him out But Janzen met
Hodges as he ran down the cor
ridor and finally forced him
back into his cell.
Police said Hodges outweigh
ed Janzen by some 40 pounds.
Tourniquet Saves
Woman at Pendleton
Pendleton W) George Lind-
holm, Kennewick, Wash., ap
plied a tourniquet to an injur
ed woman's arm after an auto
mobile accident Sunday and
saved her life.
Doctors said the complete
artery system of Betty Goyns'
arm was severed when a car
in which she' and Lindholm
were riding ran off the road
and overturned.
Mrs. Goyns, 26, Pasco, would
have died had not the flow of
blood been stopped, doctors
said. Lindholm, who was not
injured, used his shirt for the
tourniquet.
6 Local Soldiers in
S.F. En Route Home
Six soldiers from the mid
Willamette area were among
3505 Army personnel who
docked at San Francisco Sun
day aboard the transport Gen.
M. C. Meigs, en route home
from Korea.
The local group included
Capt. William W. Bllyeu, Al
bany; Cpl. Donald E. Boatman,
Scio; Sgt. Dennis G. Duchatcau,
Sublimity; Sgt. Vaughn R.
Hunt, Stayton; Sgt. Jerrold T.
Hunter, Mill City, and Pfc.
Robert A. Tegland, Silverton.
Visitor Killed Today
By Portland Truck
Portland U. A Ridgcfield,
Wash., man became Portland's
34th traffic fatality of 1953 to
day when he was struck by a
truck.
The victim, Lloyd Groat, 53,
walked in front of truck go
ing about 10 miles an hour, the
driver, Ray Valdez, 26, Salem,
said.
Groat was dead on arrival at
Portland General hospital.
Physicians said he apparently
died of shock.
Monday, August 10, 1?53 16 Pages Price 5c
WITH PRESIDENT
lem about 10:30 a.m. and circl
ed around over the city for al
most, an hour.
It was attached to its moor
ing at the Naval Air Facility
about 11:30 a.m. and by noon
between 500 and 1,000 persons
had gathered. During the after
noon and up to about 8 o clock
Monday night visitors will be
permitted to go through the
gondola of the blimp, with
crews from the blimp and the
Naval Air Facility on duty.
. The airship this time experi
enced no difficulty in landing.
In fact it came down and land.
ed on the runway and then was
taken by the ground crew.
On Its previous visit, winds
at the airport, plus the fact that
the gasoline load had been con
siderably lightened by the long
trip from Oakland, Calif., made
landing difficult and three at
tempts were made before they
were able to bring the blimp
into the portable mooring here.
Pilots bringing the airship in
Monday morning were Lt Rob
ert Shannon, Lt. Comdr. Rob
ert Arthur Hennessey, and Lt.
Jim Ledden.
The blimp is slated to depart
from Salem between 7:45 and
8 o'clock Tuesday morning,
with its next stop at Oakland.
Big Wave Sinks Boat,
2 Astorians Rescued
Astoria U.R) . A big wave
struck and sank a small fish
ing boat yesterday evening but
the two men aboard escaped.
Edwin Johanson, operator of
the craft, and George Tolvon-
en, clung to life preservers
until a gillnet boat operated by
Leo Haiks arrived and they
were plucked from the water.
National Derby Won by
lad from flluncie, Ind,
Akron (Special) David
Bell,. Salem's Soap Box cham
pion, is on his way home to
day, not a winner in the
national derby, but with the
remembrance of a lot of
thrills.
David was edged out by
inches in the first heat of his
race, losing to Tommy Strunk
of Bedford, Ind., who lost in
the second round to John Neu
bauer of San Antonio, Texas.
The boys were guests at the
Banquet of Champions after
the derby and then taken to
Dcrbytown for entertainment.
Akron, Ohio W Freddy
Mohler, of Huncie, Ind., bar
red by his health from most
boyhood sports, headed home
Monday as king of the nation's
soap boxers.
The 14-year-old, 93-pound
youngster, pounding out the
five fastest times of the day,
defeated 150 other teen-agers
from 40 states, Alaska and
Germany in the . 16th All-
American Soap Box Derby
here Sunday.
For his victory Freddy re
ceived a $5,000 college schol
arship. Although he'll just be
entering grade 9-B in Wilson
Junior High school next
month, he's made up his mind
about college.
He said he'd attend Ball
oHfflal
Bulks Says US Mhely
ickenMedsMu-.
To Return Ml Prisons
Reds Hope to Use PWs
To Spark U.
By WILLIAM MILLER
Panmunjom, Korea u
Returned U.S. war prisoners
said today the Reds hope to
use a group of Americans
turned communists while In
Red prison camps to spark a
communist revolution in the
United States in about four
years.
17 More Yank
PWS Fly Home
Panmunjom () Seventeen
disabled but happy Americans
left Tokyo tonight by plane
for the United States, leaving
behind grim months in North
Korean prison camps.
Another 328 Americans
boarded a Navy transport In
Inchon harbor and will sail
for home tomorrow,' About
1,800 U.S. Marines returning
home on regular rotation also
are aboard the ship, the Gen.
Nelson M. Walker.
' The Big Air Force plane
carrying the vanguard of more
than 3,000 Americans sched
uled to be liberated in the
massive prisoner exchange
took oft from Tokyo's Haneda
airport at 7:07 p.m., 5:07 a.m.,
EST, Monday.
Although destination and
landing time were not given,
tne transport probably will
set down at Travis Air Force
base near San Francisco- about
nT7hpobbiy wm take
doui two weens to cross tne
Pacific to Seattle or San Fran
cisco.
Monday saw 389 more al
lied soldiers return from
North Korean stockades,
laughing, happy Americans,
British and Turks, and 189
South Koreans, many of them
human wrecks,
South Koreans to Get
Ready to Resume War
Seoul, Korea U Presi
dent Syngman Rhee aald today
the South Korean army will
use the armistice to train its
men for an offensive' "when
necessary."
Rhee, in a statement issued
by the ROK government, lndi
cated that he expects United
Nations military help if the
forthcoming political confer
ence fails to unify Korea.
817 VETERANS RETURN
Seattle ) The Navy trans
port Gen. M. M. Patrick arriv
ed here Monday morning with
817 passengers from the Far
East. The largest group includ
ed 917 Air Force members.
State Teachers College in his
home town, and become an
industrial arts teacher. His
dad, Ernest R. Mohler, is a
school building custodian in
Muncle.
Freddie was under 28 sec
onds for all five of his heats
down the 975.4-foot runway,
and he was the only one in the
far-flung field able to crack
that time. The races were
run straight into a 20-mile
wind, and through intermit
tent showers.
Two Pacific Northwest en
trants survived the first round
but both were eliminated in
the second round.
Phil Arnold of Vancouver,
Wash., was clocked at 28.64
seconds in his winning heat
in the first round. He was
second in the second round
heat with a time of 27.92 sec
onds. Under Derby rules,
from one round to the next
only heat winners advanced
Duane Hopper of Tacoma
won his first round heat in
29.22 seconds but was third
in his second round heat
Harry Bates of Juneau, Alas
ka, and David E. Bell, Salem,
Ore., finished second in their
first round heats, and Charles
Mansfield, Medford, Ore., and
Charles D. Mathre, Astoria,
Ore, were third.
S. Revolt
They said at least 124 of
the U.S. turncoats are being
kept behind, at their own will,
for special training. .
Others of these spies and
would be revolutionary lead
ers, they said, have infiltrated
among war prisoners now be
ing readied for return home
to the United States.
Hunt for Spies
American authorities took
these reports seriously enough
to plant trained counterspies
among the released prisoners
in an attempt to weed out the
Yanks who have gone Red.
The disclosure came as the
communists stepped up the
number of U.S. prisoners be
ing released. . -..
The Reds unexpectedly
freed 125 Americans, largest
number for any single day,
after announcing that only
100 would be returned in to
night's phase of "Operation
Big Switch."
Predict Revolution -
Among the returnees were
several men who reported at
least 188 American and Brit
ish soldiers had chosen to re
main behind the Iron Curtain.
The latest group of prison
ers, including 25 Britons, 25
Turks and 239 South Koreans,
said their communist captors
had predicted their American
converts will start a revolu
tion in the United States with-
(ConUaaed ea race a. ColaM C)
Premier of Pakistan
i ,
Removed in Coup
Bombay UJ Premier
Shiekh Mohammed Abdullah
of Kashmir has been ousted in
a coup d'etat, and the Times of
India reported today that
Labor Minister Mirzaafzal Baig
and 30 others of Abdullah a
followers were toppled with
him.
Police were reported to have
fired into crowds of demonstra
tors in the streets of Srinagar,
capital of Kashmir, when they
shouted their support of Ab
dullah and urged union of
Kashmir with Pakistan.
N. W. P.O.W. FREED
Freedom Village, Korea (JP)
One Pacific Northwest man
was among prisoners of war re
leased by the Reds here Mon
day morning. He is Cpl. Jerry
L. Oakley, son of Mrs. Juanlta
M. Oakley, Star Rt, Box 20,
Shelton, Wash.
SOAP BOX DERBY
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Freddy Mohler, 14, of Munice, Ind., flashing a big '
smile after winning the Soap Box Derby championship
and a $5,000 four-year college scholarship. Freddy is tha ,
' son of a school custodian, .(AP. Wirephoto) . ',
F I N A I
COITION
Secretary of;
State Talks
To President
By MARVIN ARROWSMRH
Denver W) Secretary at
State Dulles said after a aw
ferenee with President Tfti a
hewer Monday that the United
State probably weald adept
"reciprocal measures" It the
Communists refuse to retara
some American prisoners sat
war. - ... .,
He left no doubt at a news
conference that he meant this
country would take retaliatory
steps if prisoners art withheld
in violation of the armistice)
terms.
The secretary arrived a Ei
senhower's vacation headquar
ters Monday morning after an
overnight non-stop flight frcm
Honolulu on the way back
from South Korea, where ha
conferred with the President c4
that republic, Synghman Shea,
Dulles waa with Eisenhower
for about 70 minutes. Ambaa
aador Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr,
chief of the U. S. mission to
the United Natlona, and Aast,
Secretary of State Walter S,
Robertson both of whom ac
companied Dulles to Korea
sat in at the conference.
Dulles told newsmen ha lava
Elsenhower "a very full re
port on his talks with Rhea.
The secretary then noted that
a communique released before
he left Korea had said that the
MOrteal .M.MnM V.t th
won't upset the newly-worn ar
mistice. ; . .
Dulles volunteered the in
formation that ha had bean
most impressed -byrfcaf ' tK '
saw of the exchange of pris
oners of war at Freedara. Vil
lage while he was in Korea,
The secretary then said that
this government is concerned
that some prisoners mlsui be
withheld and not exchanged by
the Chinese Communists and
the North Koreans.
That matter, Dulles aald, la
'very much on our minds." He
said those in charge of admin
istering the armistice, includ
ing Gen. Maxwell Taylor, com
mander of the 8th Army in Ko
rea, are going to do "all that
is humanly possible to get back
all American boys." ...
A bit later in the news con
ference, DuUes was asked to
elaborate on what the - pre
cautionary steps are being tak
en in an effort to prevent the
Reds from withholding prison-
era. .
(Continued ea Pate 8, Cetaata Q
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