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CDITIOU
65th Year, No. 191
Salem, Oregon, Wednesday, August 12, 1953 , 20 Pages Price 5c
(y apical jM
$500,000 in
Tax Evasions
Collected '52
Fraud Division of !
State Now Working
On Flagrant Cases
By .JAMES D. OLSON
In excess of a half million
dollars la unpaid income tax
payments were recovered fat
1S52 by the fraud dlviaioa of
the state tax commission ac
cording to a statement Issued
Wednesday by Ray Smith,
commissioner In eharce of this
division.
An even greater recovery is
expected this year, Commis
sioner Smith said, because the
fraud division is working on
"some very flagrant cases that
will bring about recovery to
the state of .many thousands
of dollars."
Since the fraud division was
established, shortly after Com
missioner Smith took office,
no criminal cases have been
Instituted, the taxpayers pay
ing tin evaded taxes plus pen-'
alties.
Prosecutions Loom "
"However, In the cases now
under investigation," the com
missioner said, "there may be
some prosecutions as well as
recovery of a large sum of
money."
' Smith said that in cases
where it was decided that
prosecutions under the crim
inal code are required, the evi
dence will be turned over to
district attorneys in the coun
ties where the tax evader re
sides. (Contlnaed on Page . Column 7)
Joseph Poggi
Back in Jail
Joe Poggi, the man recently
released from the Oregon state
penitentiary after serving near
ly 20 years illegally, was back
in Jail today.
Poggi was allegedly surpris
ed in the act of burglary by the
owner of the Cottage Street
t ere, N. F. March, 610 North
Cottage street, as March enter
ad his store, at 10:20 p.m. Tues
day to pick up some food for
his home.
When asked what he wanted,
the burglar reportedly said he
wanted a "can of milk," and
before March could gather his
wits, he walked past him and
escaped.
A few minutes later, Poggi
was picked up by a Salem
police . patrol car as he was
crossing the street in the 600
block of Commercial street.
After questioning, he was taken
to the store and identified by
the owner.
Mrs. Harry Wiedmer, 990
North Cottage, also identified
Poggi as the man she had seen
loitering around the store earl
ier in the day.
Nothing was reported remov'
ed from the store, but six car'
tons of cigarettes had been
stacked on the floor, allegedly
by the intruder.
If Poggi is convicted of bur
glary, he faces a possible life
sentence as an habitual crlmln
al.
Prisoners in Col.,
Arms Strapped Down
Travis AFB, Calif. OfK
Seventeen sick Americans
freed from Communist prison
camps returned home from Ko
rea today on the first freedom
flight since the armistice.
A C-54 Military Air Trans
port Service hospital plane
bearing 14 seriously ill tuber
culosis cases and three mental
patients touched -Travis Air
Force Base SO miles northeast
of San Francisco at 6:41 a.m.
PDT.
The mental patients, describ
ed by the army as "quite rest
less," hsd restraining belts
around their stretchers and
their arms were strapped to
their sides.
The ex-prisoners had begun
their 6,000-mile flight in Tokyo
Monday night, stopping at Mid
way island to refuel and at
Honolulu for a 19-hour rest
Piccioni Unable to -Form
Italian Cabinet
Rome (UB Premier desig
nate Attllio Piccioni told Italian
President Luigi Einaudl today
he was unable to form a new
government.
Piccioni, 61, a Christian
Democratic lawyer and World
War I aviation pioneer, called
at the president's summer resi
dence at Caprarola. near here,
to Inform him of his decision.
Kids Playing
House Start
Forest Blaze
Prlneville C1 It was hot
Wednesday, and logging crews
were especially careful in the
tinder-dry woods. It was no
time to have things warmer by
starting a fire.
Not so with a group of their
children at the Ochoco Logging
Co. camp 18 miles west of here
Tuesday. The youngsters, play
ing "house" in the woods, de
tided to cook their own dinner.
Their fire sot Into green tim
ber and the blaze burned about
an acre before camp crews and
officials, using bulldozers and
other equipment, had it under
control.
Top '53 Heat
Bakes Valley
Valley areas really baked
Tuesday with temperatures
reaching the season's high to
aaie. Apparently they were
to be thoroughly warmed again
Wednesdsy and Thursday.
Tuesday's maximum zoom
ed up to 85 in Salem to make
it the warmest day here since
last September 21 when the
high was 86 degrees.
Medford was the "hot spot"
jn tne stale Tuesday with a
withering 102 degrees for the
maximum. Eugene had the
same as Salem, 85.' Eastern
Oregon cities also listed tern
peratures in the 90s.
The forecast calls for con
tinued fair weather and warm
temperatures through Thurs
day. '
Forecasters said winds
through northern Cascade re
gions will be westerly through
Thursday, a moderate, inflow
of marine air over the north'
west section to lower temper
atures 5 to 10 degrees and
keep minimum humidities be
tween 35 and 40 per cent in
the interior, southwestern and
central. Oregon interiors to
have humidities ranging from
20 to 30 per cent.
The warm spell has made
swimming and picnic gather
ings popular and is keeping
home owners busy watering
gardens and lawns.
Derby Champ
Bell Returns
Salem' Soap Box Derby
Champion David Bell arrived
home Wednesday morning
from a nine-day trip climaxed
by his competing in the Ail
American Soap Box Derby in
Akron, Ohio, Sunday.
David, accompanied by Cap
ital Journal representative Vic
Fryer, was met at the Salem
Greyhound bus depot by fam-J
uy ana mends after their re
turn trip from Akron on the
Union Pacific's City of Port
land and by bus from Portand
to Salem.
The tired but happy cham
pion immediately left for
home with his mother, Mrs.
Frank Bell, and friend, Mrs.
Vince Milligan, to tell of the
exciting times in famed
Derbytown and in competing
for the world's Soap Box Der
by racing championship.
Impressions of their trip
will be told in later issues of
the Capital Journal by the
champion and his escort.
The trip to Akron was one
of David's prizes for winning
the Salem championship and
was awarded by the Capital
Journal and Douglas McKay
Chevrolet company, co spon
sors of the Salem event.
Sick leave Question
Rouses School Board
State legislative action com
pelling school districts' to set
up their salary schedules to in
clude a SO-day cumulative sick
leave program over a period of
five years, drew considerable
fire from the Salem district di
rectors Tuesday night But aft
er considerable steam had been
blcfwn off, it was agreed that
there was nothing that could
be done but accept it.
Directors Harry Scott and
Gardner Knapp pointed out
that private business in many
instances did not set up such
benefits. Supt. Walter Snyder
stated that the district had had
a program of 30 days cumula
tive time for a number of years.
However, "sick leave" has been
interpreted to mean that a
teacher may be' absent on pay
to attend the funeral of a close
relative.
The superintendent said he
did not believe the sick leave
program was being taken ad
vantage of.
I!3v;Qus!(csin
Greece Dcosl
Toll of Dead
Whole Island Report
ed Sinking; Hundreds
Of Lives Lost
Athens OJJs Shattering new
earthquakes demolished an en
tire city and brought death- to
hundreds today and frantic po
lice on the Greek island of
Cephalonia radioed that the
island was "sinking" and "all
is crumbling down."'
Today's tremblors, most
violent of a three-day series,
destroyed Argostollos, capital
of Cephalonia, and spread
devastation across two adjoin
ing islands.
Incomplete reports from
the scene said 400 died and
hundreds were injured in yes
terday's devastating quakes.
There were no official esti
mates of the total killed and
injured in the latest earth con
vulsions.
"Mad with Fear"
The police on Cephalonia
sent this frenzied radio mes
sage after today's most violent
shock: '
"We are all sinking. Send
navy to take off inhabitants.
They are mad with fear. All
is crumbling down."
Heavy seas churned up by
(Continued oa Pact a, Celuaul 1)
Fire Hazard
Stilt Serious
Keep Oregon Green offl
cials this week sent out re
minders that despite the re
cent rains there is high fire
hazard In Oregon's forest
lands.
Reminding that this year Is
a particularly good example
of how quickly wet forests and
range lands can be converted
into tlnderboxes "the state
ment continued: ' " .
"Only a few hours of warm
sunshine, lew humidity and
strong winds are needed to
dry out (he aorous litter on
the forest floor, dry the mois
ture from the surface of brush
and trees and set' the stage for
catastrophe. All that is needed
then is someone careless with
matches, cigarettes, pipe duf
fel or camp fires."
The officials also pointed
out that because it rained a
few weeks ago too many per
sons are apt to conclude the
forests are too damp to burn
then noted:
"Examination will show that
hidden beds of dry ferns and
litter of fallen rotted twigs,
ntedles and branches have be
come powder dry under warm
sunshine and low humidity.
Normally the spring transition
from winter to summer gives
us time to adjust mentally to
the realization of fire danger.
The abrupt change this year
has not yet created acute
awareness of the hazard."
John Lewis Supports
Labor 'Consolidation'
San Francisco, (UJ9 John L.
Lewis, president of the power
ful United Mine Workers'
Union, today called for "unifi
cation" and "consolidation" of
organized labor, proposal al
ready supported by AFL and
CIO chieftains.
Lewis said a sweeping reor
ganization of American unions'
was necessary because of the
"outstanding need" to increase
their power.
Resignation of Mrs. Lorna
Gwen Ranette, second grade
instructor at Highland, and
Mrs. Mary Litchfield, first, sec
ond and third grade teacher at
Roberts, were accepted. Mrs.
Marglt Eisenhut was elected to
teach the second grade at High
land. . ,
,Mrs. Fsy Mort, science teach
er at Leslie, was transferred to
a similar position in West Sa
lem junior high at her own re
quest. Maynard Tweet was
moved from West Salem to Les
lie.
Miss Helen Holderlv. who
had requested a year's leave of
absence, has changed her plans
ana will be available for a
teaching position at Parrish
Whether Mornlngside school
will be completed in time for
the September 21 opening is
considered problematical. How
ever, the contractor has given
assurance that the classrooms
win be ready.
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Canadian Jet
Kills Children
Ville Jacques Cartler, Que
UJ Twin investigations were
ordered, today in the fiery
crash of a new Jet fighter
plane that killed nine .persons,
including five children, when
it roared through four houses
In this St- Lawrence river vil
lage.
Jittery citizens appealed
meanwhile for "some sort of
protection" from the scream
ing aircraft skirting nearby St
Hubert base of the Royal Can
adian Air Force.
A twin jet CF-100, Canada's
newest fighter, roared earth
ward at 300 miles an hour last
night and slammed into the
row of houses while 10 feet
above the ground. Explosions
set the plane and the houses
ablaze instantly.
Flames roared through the
tangle of timber and steel, trap
ping the five children and the
mother and grandmother of
two of them. The fighter's
pilot and navigator also died.
German Farmers
Who Hoard Face Jail
Berlin UJ The Soviet zone
government in an effort to al
leviate food shortages ordered
reluctant farmers today to de
liver their crops to the govern
ment or face jail as enemies of
the state.
The deputy agriculture min
ister, Hermann Streit, admitted
farmers were hoarding their
crops in hopes of a rise in
prices or abolition of the forc
ed delivery quota system.
Heardlng would be disastrous
to the East Germans already
suffering from food shortages
that have caused them to flock
to West Berlin to pick up al
most 2,500,000 "Eisenhower
food parcels.')'
Field Fire Summons
Forestry Tank Trucks
Lincoln A fire starting on
the George Hammond farm
above the Spring Valley school
today burned five acres of
vetch and IS acres of pasture.
The fire was out shortly
after noon.
The State Forestry Depart
ment dispatched tank trucks to
the scene, and other fire de-
partments were on a standby
basis.
The blaze was reported to
have started from a combine
in a vetch field.
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A MOTHER WELCOMES HER
Cpl. Richard M. Davis, Battle Mountain, Nevada, la
greeted by his mother, Mrs Frances Hudleson, and two
sisters on his arrival here today. He was among the first
seventeen former prisoners of war to be returned to the
United States. In the immediate background Is the soldiers
two sisters. (AP Wlrephoto)
Hall Gets Maximum of
Ton Years in Prison
' George A. Hall, former
state rehabilitation counselor,
who had pleaded guilty to two
charges of forgery, was sen
tenced to serve a maximum of
French Labor
Lowers Boom
Paris (U-B The powerful So
cialist party demanded today
the virtual surrender of Pre
mier Joseph Laniel on his plans
for economic reforms as a se
ries of general strikes by mil
lions of works in government
and private Industry threat
ened chaos.
With all France In the grip
of the worst strike crisis in 17
years, socialist leader Guy Mol
let headed a delegation of Na
tional Assembly Socialist dep
uties who called on Laniel with
a list of demands.
Two million employes of
state operated enterprises were
on strike, and Socialist sparked
unions called for further walk
outs. Present Demands
The Socialist delegation de
manded that Laniel bow to the
mass protest by labor by:
1. Withdrawing all "menac
ing section" of his reform pro
gram aimed at economy in gov
ernment. 2. Opening a campaign for
new round of pay increases
for all French workmen.
3. Ordering a halt to arrests
of civil servants who refuse to
work.
Meets With Cabinet
Laniel declined comment.
He went at once into a ses
sion with cabinet members to
decide how to cope with the
snowballing strikes that am
ounted to a dare from labor to
his governme'nt to implement
its economy-drive.
He scheduled a fireside chat
to the nation - tonight to ex
plain his stand.
4 Navy Fliers Die,
Massachusetts Crash
Westover Air Force Base,
Mass. W Four Navy men
were killed Wednesday when
their plane crashed and burn
ed while taking off on a rou
tine training flight.
The Public Information Of
fice said the four-engine ROD,
veered when about 200 feet In
the air. A wing struck the
Lround and the craft cart
wheeled and burst into flames
The men were members of
the Naval Air Transport
Sqfln. 6.
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five years in the state peniten
tiary on each charge Wednes
day to run consecutively,
which means Hall faces a max
imum of 10 years In the peni
tentiary.
Before ' pronouncing sen
tence, Judge Kimmell stated
there was no question in his
mind that the defendant had
been living a double life.
"If the offense had been
made against me personally,
could have forgiven the de
fendant," said Judge Kimmell.
"However, I am charged with
protecting others. It is tragic
that others must suffer for the
faults of a single individual."
Judge Kimmell suggested
that the regulations of the
department of rehabilitation
should be tightened if oppor
tunity still exists for an em
ploye to commit as many mis
demeanors as have been laid
against Halt Furthermore,
the judge added, if slot ma
chines are operating illegally,
this fact should be brought to
the attention of the governor.
Hall, who had charged that
slot machines were responsi
ble for his forgeries, said he
was sorry that he had slipped.
He asked for a chance to work
and make restitution-to re
gain his self respect and live
an upright lifer
District Attorney Kenneth
Brown reported that investiga
tions concerning Hall had re
vealed that he had forged 96
checks since January, 1950,
(Cantinoed en rase I, Column T)
Ashbaugh Appointed
New Juvenile Officer
Jamea H. Ashbaugh, tor the
past four years probation of
ficer for Bentop county, was
named Wednesday by judge
Joseph B. Helton to become
Marion county juvenile offi-
v He will take office Sep
tember 1, - succeeding Nona
White who retired.
The new juvenile officer Is
about 40 years old, married
and has one child.
Ashbaugh holds Bachelor
of Science and Master of
Science degrees from Univer
sity of Nevsda and a Ph.D.
from Oregon State college,
where he majored in the field
of child counselling. His thesis
for his doctorate was " Fac
tor -Analysis . As Applied to
Juvenile Delinquency In Ben
ton County."
Ashbaugh has done a con
siderable amount of psychol
ogical testing and vocational
SfCTOri!
links Well
Koreans in Bad Shape
By rOBBIST
Panmunjom W) One hun-
dred hale and happy Ameri
cans streamed through 'the
Bamboo Curtain at Panmun
jom today to start the second
drama tie week of Korean War
prisoner exchange.
But their South Korean com
rades again ' earn home in
wretched abase. Pitiful living
Ike Signs Anti
Racket Bill
Denver 15 President Eisen
hower Wednesday signed 20
bills into law. Including one
aimed at wiping out racketeer
ing and subversion on the New
York waterfront. - -
Eisenhower signed the meas
ures at his vacation headquar
ters here at Lowry Air Force
Base. The bills were the first
approved by the President
since he left Washington last
Saturday. 1
The legislation was- flown
from. Washington and Eisen
hower penned his signature to
them shortly after he arrived
at his office at 8 sun. MST.
The bill dealing with the
New York waterfront situation
gives federal blessing to a New
York and New Jersey Water
front Commission compact.
The other 19 bills the Presi
dent signed were mostly meas
ures approving swims of pri
vate individuals. . . .
126,558 Vets
Draw Bonuses
Oregon has paid t49.271.B74
in bonuses to 126,558 World
War II veterans' ar their Best
of kin, the Department of Vet
erans Affairs tepsxtM Tnet-
day.
The report by George
Jones, bonus supervisor, cov
ered payments through Jury.
Bonus payments ; started In
June, 1982,
A total of 110,807 veteraas
or survivors have applied for
the benefit. Of this number
1,161 have filed since the or
iginal deadline of last Decem
ber 1. The last legislature ex
tended the filing deadline to
December 81, 1953.
Jones said that survey of
1,765 bonus claims in the sus
pense file indicated that 88
per cent of the veterans in
this category have failed to
submit certified copies of their
discharge or separation papers.
Spain Reported to Be
Leasing Bases to U. S.
San Sebastian, Spain ()
The Spanish cabinet reportedly
has approved an agreement giv
ing U. S. forces the use of Span
ish naval and air bases In ex
change for military and eco
nomic aid. The pact would tie
Spain indirectly into the West
ern alliance against Commu
nist aggression.
Usually well Informed
sources said the agreement was
okayed by Generalissimo Fran
co's ministers at a 16 hour
meeting yesterday and would
be signed shortly.
CEMENT CO. EXPANDS
Portland I) The Oregon
Portland Cement Company an
nounced Wednesday a million
dollar expansion program for
its plsnt at Lime in Eastern
Oregon.
and educational counselling In
the Benton area. He has writ
ten several articles regarding
juvenile delinquency, the
latest appearing in a book just
off the press by Dr. S. R Hath
away of the University of Min
nesota. A combst veteran of World
War II and presently a major
with the 385th field artillery,
104th Infantry division, Ash
baugh recently returned from
field maneuvers.
Ashbsugh holds directorates
in the Oregon Juvenile coun
cil and State Conference of
Social Workers.
Judge Felton states he in
terviewed number of can
didates and feels that Ash
baugh is an outstanding man
in the field. "He has done ex
cellent work in Benton coun
ty," added the Judge.
and Happy;
EDWAKDS
skeletons were passed tenderly
from Communist - ambulances
to utters carried by Allied sol
diers. Four hundred in all got
their freedom during the day:
100 Americans, 23 British. 28
Turks, 250 South Koreans. -
The Comunlsts nromised to
hand over 75 Americans. 75
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all able-bodied at Thurs
day's swap, the ninth since the
exchange started. This will
boost the number of Americans
liberated to 823 of 3,318 the
Reds said they held.
A big transport can-Tin the
first of the freed prisoners
lands at Travis Air Force Base -near
San - Francisco - today.
Fourteen seriously ill former
prisoners and three snn-m.
chiatric cases were reported to -
aooara. , ;
After, transfer to Letterman -
Army Hospital in San Francis-
the men will be moved to
hospitals nearest then homes
or best suited to handle their
ailments. And 328 healty ex-
ruwi were en rout home
aboard the transport General .
walker, which left Korea on
ney.
Another SUl 1thi-tal imarl.
cans, classed as sick and -
pltal ship Haven in Inchon har.
ww vu Aum wesi coast, lao
Haven's departure date has not
been announced.
The Reds were 2 hours and
23 minutes late in Wng the
last delivery Wednesday of 29
Americans and 23 British. It'
was the first flaw in an other
wise smooth operation.
The communists said the
reason for the delay was that
they had been unable to get
aong to the Kaesong collecting
center Just north of Panmun-
jom in ume o meet the deliv
ery Schedule. -
Americans In the last batch
daliverad Wednesday were
Pl-mi Hu fit ......
All Previous Allied renatri-
etes have come from Camp 8
at Pyoktonf near the Manchur
lan border, the largest of the
North Korean stockades.
2 Oregon Men
Die in Korea
' Washington 0M9 The De
partment of Defense today an-i
nounced the following Oregon
casualties in the Korean area:
Killed hi Action
Army: Pfc Thomas McVick
, Estacadai Pfc. William H.
Tabert, Portland, son of Henry
Tabert, Canal Zone.
Wounded j
Army: Pfc Paul D. Dooley.
son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter C.
Dooley, Corbett; 2nd Lt. Al
fred C. Heston, son of Mrs.
Mayme R. Hestan, Powell
Butte; Cpl. William V. Sundt,
husband of Mrs. Corinee R.
Sundt, Portland; Sgt Sidney J.
Swearinger, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Rawlelght T. Swearingen,
Coos Bsy.
Missing In Action
Marin Corps: Pfc. Leonard
F.. Steege, son of Mrs. Lulu V.
Webster, Medford.
Navy Planes Collide,
Portland Pilot Killed
Pensacola, Fla. UJ9 Two
navy miner pianes coiiiaea
over this naval air station late
last night and plunged to earth
less than 100 yards from the
nurses' quarters, killing the
two student pilots.
The navy identified the
pilots, whose bodies were re
covered, as Ens. Robert L. Cof-
fyn, 23, and Lt (j.g.) Billie
L. Flostram, 25.
Coffyn was survived by his
widow, Jsnet, who was living
at Navy Point here, and his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. L
Coffyn of Portland.
Reds Free Former
Yamhill Polk Boy
fSr Tha AaualaUS Fran)
Two more Oregon men have
oeen reieasea oy tne commu
nists in the Korea War pris
oner exchange.
They are Cpl. Harry F. Wil
liams, 24, Medford, released
Tuesday, and Pfc. Carl L. Dor
an, 20, Dallas, freed in Mon
day's exchange.
Doran, born in Grand Ronde
and raised in Willamlna and
Dallas, enlisted in the Army at
North Fork, Calif., while vis
iting his father.