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65Hi Year, No. 205 2?
Satan, Oregon, Friday, August 28, 1953 18 Pages Price 5e
UN Assembly
Votes US Plan
Peace Meel
Only Countries Who
Fought in Korea to
Represent Group
tlorblad Dalits
TWO PIERS COMPLETED FOR BRIDGE
AI Promotion
Of Generals
7Y f
United Nations, N.Y. VP)
The U.N. General Assembly
Friday gave an overwhelming
endonement to an American
backed plan for the Korean
peace conference despite rit
ereu BnaiUa opposition.
The plan provide! that only
countries who fought under the
U.N. banner should represent
the world organization at the
parley.
The vote was 43-5, with 10
abstaining. The Soviet bloc cast
the negative vote. India did not
participate. '
Indian averted a certain de
feat by withdrawing ai a pos
sible participant just before
the voting began.
Bnssla Can Go
With United States backing,
the assembly recommended
that Russia could take part in
the conference "provided the
other side desires It." This
means that, if Russia goes, she
will have to sit on the Com
munist side with Red China
and North Korea.
South Korea will sit with the
U.N. delegation. '
Friday's election concluded
the work of the special assem
bly meeting which opened two
weeks ago to choose U.N. rep
resentatives at the peace con
ference. Soviet Delegate Andrei Y.
Vishinsky, however, has given
a veiled warning that the Com
munists may reject the assem
bly's decisions and try to re
open the whole debate when
the assembly convenes its fall
session Sept. 15.
(ConUnned Pap s, Celama f)
Demo Dinner
Quit by Kelly
Chicago W A dispute over
plans for the September 14
100-a-plate democratic din
ner ended Friday with John
J. Kelly, the dinner chairman,
handing his resignation to
Stephen A. Mitchell, the par
ty's national chairman.
Neither Kelly nor Mitchell
would comment immediately
on the rift
- Kelly phoned a bare an
nouncement that he had re
signed because his "ideas con
flicted with those of Mitchell.
A source close to both men
said he believed the argument
concerned Mitchell's insist
ence that senatorial candi
dates in next year's elections
be-given the limelight.
Mitchell announced shortly
before Kelly s - resignation
that Sen. Guy Gillette of Iowa
would serve as toajtms.ier of
the dinner.
Weatherman
Cussed for Rain
The drizzle of rain in valley
regions went merrily on, Fri
day despite "threatening" re
marks from the many who are
unhappy about the weather.
The weather bureau observer
said he figured he was about
as "unpopular" as a person
could be. Farmers, baseball
fans, hop growers, orchardists,
those planning outdoor recep
tions and parties and many oth
ers called to express their dis
gust and apprehensions.
But the drizzle goes on, and
there s not much the weather
man, or anyone else can do
about it
An apparently there is to be
little change through the week
end but the five-day outlook
forecasts better weather by
next wio-weex, mayoe.
In the 24-hour period ending
at 10:30 a.m., Friday, .05 of an
men naa been measured here,
bringing the month's total so
far to 1.41 inches. The normal
fall for the month to date is
.39 of an inch. After 10:30 a.
m., however, the precipitation
became pretty general.
FLENTY OF CRANBERRIES
Portland C") There'll be
plenty of Oregon cranberries
for Thanksgiving tables. The
U.S. department of agricul
ture forecast record crop of
about 27,000 barrels, or 27
per cent larger than last
year's production. . ..
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Objects in the Name
Of Economy Addi
tional Cost Involved
Washington VP) Rep. Nor-
blad (R- Ore.) asked the Ma
rlne Corps Friday to explain
why It It promoting 22 generals
at tune when he said econ
omy Is ia order.
Norblad. a member of the
Armed ' Services Committee,
said In a letter to Gen. Lemuel
C Shepard, Marine command
ant, that be had learned the
corps was "placing on its rolls
and the taxpayers' rolls, an ad'
ditional 22 generals."
The congressman added that
"under an administration which
is trying to justify the spend-
ing of every taxpayers' dollar
this procedure seems very ques
tionable to me.
Limit Not Exceeded
A Marine spokesman said the
promotions were to fill vacan
cies and did not exceed the
limit on top ranking officers
voted by the last congress as
part of the military appropri-
tions bill. This spokesman
promised a fuller statement la
ter.
(Continued m rage s, Cohnaa 4)
Fire to Cost
75,000 Autos
Detroit ( The Aug. 12 fire
which destroyed General
Motors' Livonia transmission
plant may cost the production
of more than 75,000 cars,
Ward's Automotive Reports
said Friday.
The fire cut off production
of hydra-matic transmissions.
Because of this Cadillac will
remain closed next week for
the third straight week. Olds-
mobile output was cut 50 per
cent this week and Pontiac,
GMC truck and Lincoln assem
blies have been reduced sharp
ly. - . -v -f
Ward's said the August pro
duction setbacks 'dropped the
1853 total behind the record
1950 pace for the first time.
By the end of August 4,375,000
units will have been turned
out, the trade paper estimated,
compared with 4,394,863 by
Aug. 31, 1950.
10,000 Phone
Workers Out
Washington JP An esti
mated 10,000 telephone work
ers in the Washington area and
in West Virginia went on strike
today to join thousands of
Communications Workers of
America members already
striking In seven other states.
The Washington-West Vir
ginia walkout began at 5 a.m.,
EST after Negotiations with
the Chesapeake and Potomac
Telephone Co. broke down last
nignu
Farrell J. Beaver, special
union representative, said the
strike call affected 7,000 work
ers in Washington and its sub
urbs and 3,000 in West Virgin
ia-
"Picket lines are going up at
every telephone Installation in
the area," he said.
The union is seeking pay
boosts of from $2 to $3 a week.
while the company is reported
to have offered raises of from
$1.50 to $2.50 for the workers
whose wages now range be
twen $44.50 and $74.50.
CALAPOOYA CONTRACT
Portland W) L. P. Stubble-
field, Eugene, was low of six
bidders with an offer of $37,197
for construction of bank pro
tection and channel improve
ments of the Calapooya River
near Brownsville, the Portland
District Army Corps of Engin
eers announced Friday.
Economy of
Hands of Salem Citizens
The economy of the Willam
ette valley will be hard hit un
less the average citizen of Sa
lem and surrounding territory
comes to the aid of the farmer.
This was evidenced auring a
luncheon meeting Friday noon
sponsored by the Willamette
Farm Labor Council with Ted
Hobart as the president
Rain has aggravated a situ
ation that was already serious,
but the picture Is not entirely
Find Loot of
Boys' Robbery
Providence, R. L ff A
policeman climbed a ladder
placed against a tall pole Fri
day and took $300 from a bird
bouse.
Another slit opened a bicycle
tire. He took $600 from it
Two policemen with shovels
dug along the Woonasquatuck
et River. They turned up $300
more.
At a house In the west end of
the city, investigators discover
ed $300 stuffed up among the
floor joists in the cellar.
They found nine $20 bills.
torn into little pieces, buried
in a back yard.
From several other hiding
places police got enough bills
to make up a bundle totaling
$1,800.
Police Capt. Edward H. Kelly
said the .money was part of
$3,000 stolen Thursday by nine
boys from the attic of Mrs.
Alice Barrows.
They were being held for
further questioning.
Ike Just Loafs in
Fishing Camp
Fraser, Colo. VP) President
Eisenhower, enjoying his first
full-time vacation in more than
a year, planned to "just loaf'
today at a secluded ranch here
in the Colorado Rockies.
The President drove from
Denver yesterday to the ranch
ol Aksel Nielsen, an old friend.
He intends to stay through next
Tuesday.
White House Press Secretary
James C. Hagerty told news
men accompanying Eisenhower
that the chief executive had de
cided to wait until tomorrow
to do any trout fishing.
A sore elbow which devel
oped while he was fishing at
Pine, Colo., last week kept the
president from St Louis creek,
which flows through the ranch
area.
LUMBER PURCHASE
Yoncalla W) Purchase of
the Hans Kissling Lumber Co.
by the Yoncalla Lumber Co.,
recently damaged by fire, was
announced Thursday. Price of
the Kissling property was not
announced.
Valley in
on the gloomy side. Given
clearing weather and several
thousand pickers, much of this
year's crop may yet be sal
vaged, i
And while the youngsters,
the clerks and others are assist
ing the farmers save the bal
ance of the unpicked crop, the
worker win be able to add a
nice piece of change to his own
income.
Two of three piers virtually completed on Wilsonvllle
bridge shown in picture at top. Work on construction of
piers is expected to be completed in three months. Steel
erection on bridge to begin about September 15. Lower
picture shows overhead roadway to carry southbound traf
fic over concrete ferry road. Northbound traffic at this
point will use present Pacific highway.
Steel Erection on Bridge
At Wilsonvilkto Start
By JAMES
Erection of steel on the new
Wilsonvllle bridge - is - sched
uled 'to begin September 15
and barring extreme high
water or some unforseen de
lay, will be completed in three
Slash $6 Billion
From Deficit
' Washington U.R Adminis
tration officials were elated to
day by an up to date budget
report showing that the Repub
lican econmy drive has slashed
$6,100,000,000 from the pros
pective federal deficit for fis
cal 1954.
In a new review of Income
and spending, the Budget Bur
eau estimated the government
will go $3,800,000,000 in the
red for the year ending next
June 30. That compares with
deficit of $9,900,000,000 fore
cast by former President Tru
man before he left office last
January.
It also represents a substan-
ial improvement in the budget
outlook since May, when Presi
dent Eisenhower estimated the
deficit at $5,600,000,000.
The budget review estimated
government spending for the
year at $72,100,000,000, or $6,
500,000,000 below former
President Truman's January
estimate, and $2,000,000,000
below Mr. Eisenhower's May
estimate.
Fires Rage in
Vacation Area
San Bernardino, Calif. W)
A forest fire in the Lake Ar
rowhead vacation area of the
San Bernardino mountains
subsided Friday, and suppres
sion crews hoped to confine
the blaze to uninhabited can
yons.
An evacuation appeal was
broadcast from loudspeakers
on sheriff's cars In five moun
tain communities Thursday aft
er the flames leaped scenic
Rim of the World Highway at
two places and streaked up
Strawberry peak through the
crowns of pine trees.
However, green growth and
hastily bulldozed breaks
checked the fire after it
crossed one ridge on Strawber
ry peak, foresters said.
Permanent residents ignored
the evacuation warning, but
tourists left the area in a
steady stream.
R. V. Coonrod, San Bernar
dino national forest staff offi
cer, estimated the burned area
to be 3,500 to 3,800 acres. . . j
V 1
D. OLSON
months time, W. C. Williams,
assistant . state highway en
gineer, announced Friday.
Three of the four piers for
the bridge have been virtu
ally completed by the Guy F.
Atkinson company, and as
work progresses on the fourth
pier, on the south side of the
Willamette river, placing of
steel will begin on the north
side.
Williams estimated that the
$1,800,000 bridge will be open
to traffic by July, 1954, bar
ring any unforseen delays.
The steel will be furnished
and placed by the Bethlehem
Pacific company. When the
steel is completely placed, the
Atkinson company will return
to lay the deck of the bridge.
(Continued on Pace S. Cehusa I)
Hot Weather
Prevails in East
(Br The Associated fraut
More hot and dry weather
was in prospect today in wide
areas in the eastern half of
the nation.
No general cooling or rain
appeared in sight for at least
a couple of days in the hot
belt which extended from the
Plains states to the Atlantic
Seaboard.
Weather records for the
date again were broken In
many cities yesterday. Tem
peratures soared into the 90s
over most of the central part
of the country for the third
straight day.
St Louis and Louisville
sweltered in readings of 98.
It was 97 in Chicago, Cincin
nati and Cleveland. The east
also got 90-plus temperatures
with 96 in Philadelphia. 94
in Washington and 93 in New
York. Boston escaped hot
blasts and reported a cool 69.
Water shortages continued
to plague suburban areas of
Chicago and and Detroit
Oregon State Bar
Wins ABA Award
Boston an. The American
Bar Association yesterday pre
sented to the Oregon State Bar
its highest award for public
service performed In the last
12 months.
Competition was among 22
states In Oregon's population
class. The bar's legislative aid
program at the 1953 session
was basis for the award along
with its initiating and develop
ing revision of Oregon statutes,
its program for elimination of
judicial delay and Its continu
ing legal education program.
AirforcefoStcge
Combat Type in
Far East Games
Tokyo (TVThe U.S. air
farce said Friday Bight that
giaat Bit bombers flows to
Japan this week andcr war
like secrecy are teaming with
other arplane hi a "reaUs
tie combat-type" Far East ex
ercise, within 701 miles of
Vladivostok, a Russian strong
hold base.
A mass flight of B36s, cap
able of carrying atomic bombs
anywhere In the world, land
ed near Tokyo Tuesday after
a trallblazlng flight across the
Pacific. .:
- A second flight landed Fri
day morning for the exercise.
dubbed . "Operation . Big
Stick." ' ' .-.
An official Far East air
forces release said the huge
bombers are "conducting an
operational training exercise
in the Far East . , . Involving
realistic combat type training
missions."
A veil of secrecy hung over
the operation and the air force
would not reveal either the
number of planes In the ex
ercise or Its duration.
(CanUnaed ea Pat i, Celaaui t)
Protest of U.S.
Washington VP) Russia has
rejected the U.S. government's
protest over the shooting down
of an American bomber In the
Far East on July 19 and said it
knows nothing of any surviv
ors. There were 17 crewmen on
the plane. One of them, co-pilot
John E. Roche, was rescued by
an American ship.
In a protest over the Incident
lodged with Moscow Aug. 5, the
United States had asked for
information on persons presum
ed to have been picked up by
Soviet boats. The State Depart
ment announced late Thursdsy
that a note from the Russians
disclaimed knowledge of sur
vivors. "Department press officer Lin
coln White said this country
stands on its contention that
the U.S. plane was attacked
over the open sea, about 40
miles southeast of Soviet Si
berian territory.
Alabama Bans
Union Shop
Montgomery, Ala. Gov.
Gordon Persons Friday signed
a bitterly disputed bill outlaw
ing the union shop and simi
lar labor -management agree
ments In Alabama.
In a message to the house
of representatives Persons said
he approved the bill "because
I believe in free labor and free
enterprise."
The bill makes it unlawful
to require an employe to join
a labor organization in order
to hold his job. It also pro
hibits the mandatory checkoff
of union dues.
Thus It would outlaw the
union shop, maintenance of
membership, or any similar
contract provisions which re
quire union membership as a
condition of employment
Arizona Seeks Rights
To Colorado River
Washington olA "Arizona
asked the U. 8. Supreme Court
again today to confirm its right
to 3,800,000 acre feet of water
each year from the Colorado
river.
In a 81-page brief supported
by an equal amount of exhibits
and similar material Arizona
replied to defense filed last
May by California, several
Southern California water dis
tricts, and the cities of Los
Angeles and San Diego.
In the sat, Arizona seeks to
clinch title to 3,800,000 acre
feet and have California's
snare, under a seven state Col
orado River compact, set at 4,-
400,000 acre feet
In its new brief Arizona de
nied that the compact and sub
Indian Troops
Take Charge
Of Balky POW
Panmunjom, Korea 4U
The first contingent of Indian
troops moved into the Korean
militarization son today to
take charge of war prisoners
refusing to go home.
They were soldiers from the
Indian hospital unit which has
been attached to the First Brit
i s h Commonwealth division
since the early part of the war.
Guards from India proper
have not yet arrived. The In
dians will guarU the reluctant
prisoners while interrogators
on, both sides attempt to per
suade the captives to change
their minds.
The United Nations is hold
ing 14,000 Chinese and some
5000 North Koreans who said
they would prefer death to re
turning to a life under com
munism. :
South Korean President
Syngman Rhee turned loose
27,000 anti-Red North Koreans
last June in an act that almost
torpedoed the truce.. . , .
Demand Met
Seattle VP) A union leader
said Friday the Pacific Tele
phone and Telegraph Co. has
met the union's demand lor a
new wage pattern and the nego
tiation "looks encouraging." A
company spokesman described
it as a new wage offer.
Douglas Chlsholm, leader of
the Communications Workers
of America CIO, said negotia
tions were continuing Friday
under another extension of the
negotiation period, ' . ..
He said there are some other
demands "on the table' 'for die-,
cussion. About 7,000 Washing
ton and North Idaho employes
are involved.
Chlsholm said the company
had agreed to increases up to
$3 a week in the plant depart
ment, $3 In traffic and $2 In
the accounting department He
said such Increases would lift
the top scale to $9$ in the plant
section In the major cities of
the state and to $61.50 In traf
fic. - -
Panama Seeks
Canal Rent Hike
Panama, Panama O A
delegation prepared to sail to
day for the United States to
press Panamas demand for
more U. S. rent for the canal
zone. Backing them, thousands
rallied In downtown Panama
City last night
Negotiations between Pana
ma and the United States on
revision of the 1904 Panama
Canal Zone Treaty will begin
in Washington September 10.
Under the 1904 pact, the
United States paid $250,000 in
gold annually for the 10-mlle-wide
strip of land bordering
the canal. A later treaty made
the annual payment of $430,-
000.
Thousands of persons
jammed the Cinco de Mayo
Plaza for the mass rally last
night
The tone was friendly to the
United States but speakers In
sisted that Panama was not
getting enough rent
sequent' acta of Congress give
California the right to 8,362,
000 acre feet annually. Arizona
also denied that California and
the municipalities and water
districts In the state have any
"appropriatlve" rights to that
volume of water outside the
framework of the compact
Arizona's brief stated that
Southern California from Its
proper share of the waters of
the Colorado and from other
sources has water supply that
Is "ample to sustain a popula
tion and an agricultural and in
dustrial production substanti
ally greater than now exists."
"Arizona does net seek to
take water from constructed
and operating California pro
jects," the brief said.
144 Americans
Freed Tell eff
Faamaajom, tatarday CV
retaraad DA riseswr said
Mda the. a... Lai. tmlM
Vm samp they weald rotas
all captives, InelBdlng tkeao
eoavlcted of "gem -warfare"
or other "crimes" which aar
ried seateneea of "ae repatri
ation." :
The renort earns n thai
communist tnnia4 hank lata
more Americana. nnw avf
whom told of continuing bra
tauty ana torture behind clos
ed doors right up to the ar-
uuaui.,
Lt Roy T. Boyd. Whmetka,
nL. said ha Chlnaoa, mm. ,
mander at hla ana tald ri
oners a few days ago the Reds
wouia return all Drisonera.
addine that this ' "InrlniWai
criminals and' men. eonvletatt
of germ warfare.'' ..
Criminals Coming Back '
There have baen nroaHnna
reports that men sentenced to
au terms extending beyond
the armistice for "erim"
were comma back, hut that
fate of officers and men con
victed of "germ warfare" wag
in doubt .-..-
PeiDini has maintalnatl that
under terms' of. the Geneva
convention for treatment of
war. prisoners. ' the eommu.
nista had right to withhold
uicu vuuviciva oz crimes. -The
United Nations command
pointed out the armistice
agreement calls for the return
of all willing prisoners.
I(mUih4 nFtrt I, Cataaaa I)
Torture Trial
Told by POW :
' Freedom Village toa-A
young . Maryland soldier said
Friday that the Chines Reds
tortured him with a device like
that used by medieval lords
many centuries ago.
It was a crude arrangement
of boards which fit around a
man's chest, hla back and hi
sides.
When screws art turned the
boards tighten on his body. -
cpi. rraniuin Eugene Hard
ing, 20, RockvlUe, Maryland
a captive of the Reds for 34
month aald the Chinese Reds
used the device on him last
February to extract a confes
sion that ho had "sabotaged"
them. .
Harding said the Reds ac
cused him and 17 other Ameri
can prisoners of holding a
"kangaroo court" to punish,
fellow Americans who had col
laborated with their captors.
Harding said ha had not par
ticipated in the court but the
Reds wanted to pin something
on him.
Oregon Marine
Well Treated.
Tokyo JJI An Oregon
marine, captured eight days be
fore the war ended, told today
how the Reds gave him "the
best possible medical atten
tion," including candy, nuts,
chicken and all the fruit bo
wanted.
Pfc. Leonard E. Steegt. 10.
Medford, Ore., wounded short
ly before be was captured by
a Communist raiding party:
July 19, said his captors, none)
of whom could speak English,
dressed his- wounds and gave)
him morphine. He said Chinese
female nurses at a forward hos
pital "ran around and got me
anything I wanted."
"I think they treated ma nlc
because they knew the war was
about to end," ha said. "Other
guys who had been there longer
said this nice treatment had
been going on for a couple of
months."
The young Marine, who lt
waHlns ihlnmanl hnnu
" -" "..... Mvauv,
said he knew the war waa over
because the Chinese "sang all
night and staged wild party.
He said they "seemed overt ov-
ed."
M. E. COUNCIL BEAD
Kansas City V George A.
Goodman, Corvallla, Ore., waa
elected chairman of the Na
tional Methodist Student Coun
cil here Thursday. He was at
tending the 13th annual meet
ing of the National Conferenot
of Methodist Youth.
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