C aortal a
joiiiraai
THE WEATHER
MOSTLY HUB tonight, Thus.
s day except soma saaralng dead,
iaeaa. Low tonight, it; slightly
wanner, Thuraday, high 14.
FINAL
EDITION
65th Year, No. 209
auww a Oil. Om
Salem, Oregon, Wednesday, September 2, 1953 79 Pages Price 5c
Wreckage of
Airliner dear
Vail in Forest,
19 Soldiers, 2
Crewmen Perish
In Flaming Debris
VaiL Waah. 01.19 Burned
LEGIONNAIRES BY THE THOUSANDS
Baulks
gimtlFreslii)
wreckage of a piano which
vanished lait night with It
Midlers and two "crewmen
aboard was found today near
this logging community.
Fifteen bodies were count
ed Immediately, the air force
laid. There waa no sign of
life at the scene according to'
state Forester Jim Church,
who found the wreckage.
The crash scene was 27
miles south of McChord Air
Force base, destination of the
army chartered twin-engined
craft. The plane, operated by
Begins Airlines, was carrying
soldiers from Fort Ord, Calif.
Left Monterey at 7:21
The craft left Monterey,
Calif., last night and roared
over Portland at 7:28 pjn.
YSTYT A 1 1 ,
mi dial wcu. vu
when the pilot failed to report
at his next check station at
Toledo, Wash., about 80 miles
north of Portland.
The CAA said the plane had
enough fuel to last until 8:48
p.m.
Fire Warden Ward French
and Arnold Englund, con
struction foreman for the Vail
branch of Weyerhaeuser Tim
ber company, said the silver
plane crashed and burned in
a logged off area. They said
the plane was demolished.
Find 15 Bodies
French and Englund count
ed 15 bodies.
(Continued n Page 5 Column S)
' 1 l I
4 uie in uasn
French Airliner
Nice. France. VP) An Ori
ent-bound -French airliner
crashed in flames lsfte last
nisht on the side of a 10,000-
foot Alpine peak, killing
France's most famous violinist,
Jacques Thibaud, and 41 other
The giant four-englned Air
France plane was on a regu-
larlv-u-heduled flight to Sal
gon and Hong Kong when it
smashed near the towering
summit of Mt Cemet, in south
east France 100 miles north
f this Riviera resort.
Rescue workers who reach
ed the scene after toiling mot
thin five hours ud the steep
mountain slopes reported there
were no survivors among tne
93 nasseneers and 9 crew
members. Wreckage was scat
tered over 1,500 feet of the
mountain side.
Air France officials could
give no cause for the crash,
which occurred only an hour
and a half after the bis? plane
ift Parii's Orlr Field They
said messages from the pilot
had reported all was well ana
the weather was good.
Hi;
New Attacks on Korea
Or Indochina Likely to
Provoke War by West
' . -
7 V '
Tempers Cooler
In Trieste Crisis
Rome W) Tempers cooled
uunl mnr WeHnesHav nwr the
hot Trieste issue but both Yu
goslavia and Italy still blamed
each other for touching off the
latest xiareups.
Both sides mentioned possi
ble International adjudication,
though in no specific terms.
Yugoslavia charged new bor
der violations. Italy denied
them.
Rome and RelffraHe. exchang.
ed notes couched in polite dip
lomatic language, mit yieiaea
no ground. The British,
French and United States gov
ernments urged "calm and
moderation."
Most observers on both sides
of the Adriatic seemed to
think, however, that the whole
raw-tempered dispute would
so no further at this time than
the name calling which has
marked tne past seven years oi
argument over control of the
strategic territory at the head
of the Adriatic.
An Army band (foreground) strikes up as the 1953
American Legion convention parade gets under way in
St. Louis. An estimated 100,000 marchers took part in
the spectacle that lasted 10 hours. (UP Telephoto) '
Deer Will be Sold at
State Fair This Year
For the first time In the mod-1 been under a ban since before
ern hlitorv of Oreeon State the era of prohibition.
m-l- 1 till .IJ.,11.. kl. MamKa nt .Int.. I a .
X HIT KCT WU1UCIU1UUICUI v. aww asm
annual state show which starts commission were influenced in
. . i. ..u tk. ..1.
next Saturday
Few people who now attend
the fair can remember when
beer was sold there, and it has
Bishops Merge
Woolen Mills
Portland (fl The Pendle
B-47 Bomber
Tanker Plane
Washington W) The Air
Fnrre announced Wednesday it
has converted a B47 jet bomber
Into a tanner piane capaoie oi
refuelling other B47S wnue in
flight.
The six-jet B47 is the world's
ftit known bomber. Like all
jet planes its fuel consumption
u oreat hence the desirability
for aerial refueling to extend
its range. Heretofore B47s nave
been refueled from plston-en-oin.
KCfl7 aerial tankers. The
jet bombers have been forced
to slow almost to tneir lowest
safe speed in order not to out
race the KC97s during refuel
ing-
Tn refueling irom a IM,Vf
the tanker lowers a telescoping.
ixihU "flvlne boom' which
n nnvrator in the tanner ma
neuvers into an opening in me
nose of the B47.
in refueling from the
new jet tanker, designated the
KB47, the receiving airplane
has a long, streamlined refuel-
Reds Aided in
Boeing Strike
Seattle, W Testimony that
the Communist Party actively
supported tne i sirixe at
Ik Boeing Airnlane Co. high-
lto-htert Tuesday's session, of
the government's'- Communist
consoiracy trial in Federal
Court here.
Paul Bowen, one of six per
sons on trial .on charges of
conspiring to advocate forcible
overthrow of the government,
testified he helped circulate a
paper put out By co-defendant
Terry Pettus during .ne iuim
Hnwfn. who described him
self as a rld Communist Party
lunctionary, saiu m wo. cm
ployed at Boeing at the time
but was blacklisted for his
activity in the strike.
Federal Judge William
t inrihora anstained govern
ment objections and refused to
admit in evidence me news
paper described by the wit
ness. Defense attorney I r v 1 n
Goodman called the newspaper
a "joint activity of the de
fendants" but government at
torneys objected it was no.
material to the case.
a i Wn.kAiiiibl WnnlM I., mnh. tutting irom US
tint. th aame manage- Thi nrobe is maneuvered by
ment for years, are to be merg
ed into one company with a
capitalization of $3,750,000.
The announcement Wednes
day from the headquarters here
said the business would be con
tinued under the name Pendle
ton Woolen Mills. That com
pany was started at Pendleton,
Ore., in 1895 and was bought
by C. P. Bishop and Sons of
Salem, Ore., in 1909. The
whniioal. Wash., mills were
Mtahlished in 1910 and two
years later were bought by C
M nn Tl C. BishOD.
their lertainn in nprmit the aale
of the beverage by the vote of
tne people last novemoer xor
legalization of the sale of liquor
by the drink in Oregon. They
took the position that they
should not allow their personal
nmninm nn in nimuin 10
stand against the will of the
people as expressed at the elec
tion
The members of the board
n.m knwAtMM. 4im the re
sponsibility of seeing that sale
of the drink: IS properly con-
i-.nlleH
Tt w aim Influenced. It was
said, by the demand oi many
lair goers, especially at tne race
track, in recent years.
(Continued on Paga a, Column 7)
Russia Oilers
To Ease Travel
Berlin ilP The Russians say
the rival East and West Ger
man ffnwrnmantx should Set
together on the question of eas
ing travel restrictions Detween
the two zones of divided Germany.
Thi wan the substance of a
note sent by Soviet high com
missioner Vladimir aemyenov
British, r e n c n ana
100 More GIs
Roll Through
Freedom Gate
Panmanjom V-A nether
las hannv Americana rolled
through Freedom Gate today,
Winging 10 ,Z7 ue numoer
of V. 8. soldiers freed by the
communists as the Korean War
prisoner exchange n eared an
end.
These other developments
highlighted the 29th day of
Operation Big Switch:
1. A returning officer said
7S Americans who "confessed"
to germ warfare charges under
relentless Red pressure would
be repatriated soon. He said
the men. mostly officers, were
at Kaesong, the communist
holding point north of Pan
munlora. and all expect to be
repatriated.
Troopship Sails
a Thm aixth troorjahln carry
ing liberated Americans sailed
for the United States from In-
chrm on Korea s west coast.
With 440 men aboard, the
transport Gen. Black Is due in
San Francisco about Sept. 15.
(Continued on Psgo t, Ootunua 1)
St Louis Secretary of land suDoly bases in the event
c.-.. rk..n. . -1 1.. I .u I .
omw MUKi mkiuuij wuu- wc icuen alIW"l Cauui
ea tne communist woria to- souin jvorea.
day that Red Chinese aggres- Risk in Indochina
sion againsi iv-orea or moo-
Legion Demands
An All-Out War
If Peace Fails
in hi
American cuuinnKa4Wi pianei wnicn rrivea in
made puDiic lasi nigni oy uiejiy from Tokyo yesterday
Qnuigat.iiM'f.i.eri news asency r .
16 Sick POW
Reach Ti'avis
TravU AFB, CaUf. UB
SIvlMn mors alck and wound-
oA MnatrUM rtrlannera of war
nn-tvd n-om TnA f ar iMn caxiy
tnrfav anil three other nlanes
I were en rout from Tokyo as
Operation - rreeaom nun
reached its peak.
a Military Air Transnort
hospital plane carrying the 16
men, 12 oi mem amDuwiury
and four on stretchers, set down
at this base north of San Fran
cisco at 1:4 a m. POT.
The ex-POWs spent a brief
in Hnnnlulu before be
ing flown on to the mainland.
Air Force officials here said
most of them would be sent on
tn hoanitala nearest their homes
today, and the remainder prob
ably by tomorrow. '
Meanwhile, three other hos
pital nlanea with 50 ailins re
patriates were en route from
the Orient.
Eight men in one group and
in in annthpr were aboard two
planes which arrived in Hono-
S4 I 4LTha tmarl
- ., - --
w i . a
wm an uiuuuitua vaa ajes111 acraaaun nauaa
Sion agBinsi norea ' or inoo-1 as ior inuocaina, uie sec- uj wn ui-ni war, aawianiuas
china might provoke war by retary noted in a foreign pol- use of a tome and hydrafea
the West against China itself, icy speech prepared for the bombs, to drive Commankt
In doing so, he appeared to American Legion convention from Korea if peace egotta
be laying down a new govern- that communist China lsiwons lau.
where the United States will Indochina. telling it that Red Chines ag
flght to protect its security. Dulles then declared: gression against Korea or In
Thai PknM. pmnmnnlafi .1 rirvhlna mlffht nmeflka M
must now realize, he id, KBed Cinht"nd Wert
that ''they could no longer lu own Indochina. iUe"'11 . .
count- on t n e -pnvuegea Tne Chinese Communist regime -'' '"T
. ii .a 1 i i.l . .. ... I aa ha walkan r.ntn tha ana.
aauvkuarjr w mtuKTiiucian SxlOUld realize UlSl SuCA a Sec-I T. -
r. . . ivmiinn T nnv mmm. aiaiaaiii
ona aggression couia noi occur : - , . rr
without grave consequences U 1f3rtn,1! dow
which might not be confined to uv . wu
t i k.i Dotentlal aaressors where the
..r .T7t,.. 'K.n. . ti,. m. United SUtes intends to fight
tere.roi Iw and la tha hope J""1?:
VI, y B TIIM' if"' I
Kerea T.nght Leo 1"",".?
Dulles told the veterans the ntlU in e neaotiattoM
Korean war has taught tne .4-, . inti. t
terest ol future peace. ine tcz
i. . . . ...
l lesson, ne saio, is inn.
. 4V. - J,.l (n tn
s "drogue" or receptacle in the Albany
bomb bay of the tanker KB47. I line.
Mike Porter Gets
Bonneville Contract
Portland U.R Bonneville
Power Administration today
announced award of a $13,190
contract to Mike B. Porter,
Salem, for clearing the right-of-way
for the Crabtree-Al-hanv
section of the Detroit-
230-kv transmission
Cooperative Plan for
South River Road Job
ii .i - Mtnfaimir i connection with the center line
between B. H. Baldock. state of the propose I road
. ia,ui inn mrn-1 uaiuw
MlOnWIV fZIIKlliaSa I
Soviet-licensed news agency
ADN. . .
Semyenov's message replied
to proposals from the three
Western Allies suggestng an
w,a in th (ntorTnnal nass sys
tem set up soon after World
War II for persons Desiring iu
cross the border. It followed a
line stressed by the Russians
in recent weeks that all such
nioatlnni Including nreDara-
tions for elections to unify the
two zones, are matters for the
turn Rmu governments to
decide.
Probe Riot at
Monroe Prison
bers of the Marion county court
The corporations have tw Wednesday. the prospect of im
weaving plants and garment , Jnf South River road
through cooperauon oi iw
factories at Portland and Oma
ha. Production exceeds 10 mil
lion dollars annually, tne com
pany statement said.
. C. M. Bishop has been presi
dent of both corporations. R.
- m.hnn Jane Bishop Reville
and C. K. Bishop are the other
officers.
...' irvTfl MS" FT
rhipao. ajB Ten thousand
. j.u veterans opened
their 58th national convention
UndersecreUry of State
Walter Bedell Smith will be
the featured speaker at the
banquet Saturday.
eral government, the state and
the county was considerably
enhanced. ,
When an attempt was maae
- k mintv tn awi i re addi-
tlonal right of way as required
by a state survey oi tne roau.
it was discoverea me k
n..iri h in excess of 1100.000
for the section between the Sa
lem city limits and Roberts, a
distance of less than three
The county court felt that it
could not go ahead with such
exDensive project, uurmg
Weather Details
urinAuiiv'i conference the
county suggested to Baldock
that the Booth alignment oi a
few years ago be dusted on ana
. nw itart be made. It was
determined that the Booth
.lianmant and the more recent
ence on the ground by state
anH Muniv engineers in an ef
fort to reduce the excessive cost
of right of way. The county
court agreed to mis.
It ia nrobable the road will
have a paved surface of 22 feet
with four loot snouioers. urr
ginally the plan was for eight
foot shoulders.
The matter of the South 12th
Street cut off was brought up
during the conference. The
state engineer suggested that
tne court write a letter seiuna
forth its stand on the matter.
Th rmirt haa felt that the state
should help In maintenance of
the roadbed since a sign at tne
aouthern end directs truck traf
fic over it Baldock agreed to
present the matter during the
next meeting of the state Mgn
wav commission.
The state engineer feels that
a hlsh Dercentage of truck traf
flc will use tne new oy pass
Monroe. Wash, (fl A leg
lslative committee Investigat
ing the August 20 riot at
Monroe State Reformatory
t.... .Vtn -a Tuesday of d is
senslon anion the personnel
and a breakdown of disci
pline. The hearing was con-
(Inntnir Wednesday.
Three atafl ollicers. J. A.
RnHv auiatant suDerinten
rfent- CanL Dwiaht Smith and
l.t James Gray, told the leg
islators at the. opening session
of the two-day Inquiry morale
t th nntituuon was "10W.
Gray described morale oi
the staff as being "very low.
due in part to the low wage
scale. He also said lack of
discipline contributed to tne
riot. . .
Prisoners were allowea to
get out of line,' he said.
Captain smlin was aiu
whether he saw any of the
inmates charge the gates at
the time of the shooting in
which one Inmate was killed
and three others wounoeo.
T AiA nnt " he refilled.
ta .nn know of any such
attemnt?" asked Sen. Albert
n.ilinl m Kim ).
"Only by hearsay," he re
plied He said there never
Medal of Honor
Given to POW .
Freedom Village, Korea W
an American lieutenant re
turned from a Communist pris
on amn tnHav to learn he had
won the Medal of Honor in his
last battle.
I rfnn't know what to say
tommerert Lt. James L. Stone
nf Pine Bluff and Hot Springs,
Ark., as tears weiiea in nis
eyes. "I don't think I deserve
that. I don't think I should
have had lt."
Stone learned that- he had
won America's highest milita
ry decoration from Brig. Gen.
Ralph Osborne, wno is direct
ing the prisoner exchange pro
gram. There had been no pre
vious snnouncement of the
sward for fear of communist
reprisals.
stnne waa caDtured Nov. 23,
1951, while a platoon leader
with the 8th Regiment of the
1st Cavalry Division, ne ana
so men were atoo an unnamed
Korean hill engulfed by at
tacking Reds. Stone said he
knows of only five others who
survived the battle.
Two Oregon Men in
Freed Prisoner List
Tm Oregon men were in
the ffrnim nf American prison-
era war arriving at Freedom
villas In Korea Wednesday
after being freed by the com
munists.
The Oregon men were:
First LL Frederick Forsythe,
Jr., husband of Mrs. F. W. For
sythe, M0 North Lewi Lane.
Eusene.
First Lt. Alan L. Lloyd, hus
band of Mrs. A. L. Lloyd, 79th
and Cowing, roruana.
, Can. Jonathan Watnwright
Corregidor
Hero Passes
fian Antnnlo. Tey. AJ.R) Gen.
Jonathan M. Walnwright." hero
of Bataan and Corregidor, died
in Brooke Army Medical Cen
ter today at 11:27 a.m. (PST).
He was 70 years old.
The general died in a coma,
Into which he fell early to
day. He suffered a cerebral
thrombosis blood clot in his
hrain Julv fl. He suffered an
other stroke yesterday and had
been steadily sinking since
then. '
Hit ann. Jonathan M. Waln-
wright V, and his daughter-in-
law were at his bedside.
He will be buried In Arling
ton National Cemetery after
the body lies in state 48 hours
in San Antonio.
Wainwrieht became a hero
throuKh defeat. The defeat
was inevitable, but he had to
take it because of his country's
unpreparedness.
He was letl nenino in tne
Philippines to fight the Jap
anese to the last ditch with
underfed, half armed Ameri
can troops without air cover.
He led his troops so valiantly
anainst the Japanese that he
'If thai near negotiations
are not successfully concluded
then the full military strength
ana migns ox our- fowrxunu
witn every useaow weapon
its disposal, ps employee so
drive the Communist foxes
out of Korea and to establish a
unified democratic govern
ment in that unfortunate coun
try " .. v. '- .
v - ..... 4En TVan. 1 Tti.Hee n1A the. laiaHtfnVa SHUfc
cellar Konrad Adenauer and! national convention that Chi
4,039 other West German can-In ee Communists must realize
dictates roared full steam Into I they could no longer count on
.... . - . a. ilU '4t-.lmll4 HnnltlM.11 -J
tne political nonw mwa w-1 -
o;ay as tne govsronaeni-reaa" a h-
led top secret plans against! if they renewed sggressioo ia
Red terror atUcks on next Korea. -Sunday's
crucial elections. The Legion Itself also ap-
j j (laljsf I prvvcu m lauiuuuu mui
Germans Open
Election Fpt
opponent, Socialist Erich Ol-
lenhauer, ' Beaded tneir esm
oaiKns for the key Ruhr indus
trial section. lis vote could
decide whether the. west-al-
lierf chancellor's three-party
government coalition beats
back the strong threat of the
isolationist socialists to con
trol parlisment's new lower
house.
The huge field of candidates
Is campaigning for 84 legisla
tive seats. The others must
decide whether the majority
will be filled by persons
pledged to Adenauers pro
gram to" rearm Germany in
alliance with the west Or tO
the socialist platform of going
it alone Between x.asi ana
West. ' '
60,000 S. Koreans
Losing Their Jobs
Seoul ( Some 60,000
South Korean government em
ployes will lose their Jobs this
month in the interest oi -emc-ient
administration."
The 140,000 workers remain
ing on the payroll will be given
a pay boost to improve living
conditions. Largest groups fac-
was credited with upsetting ing dismissal aro ine siumm
the Japanese timetable of con- police and railroad workers.
quest in World war 11 motn are pru:mi.
Big 4 Meet Proposed
In Switzerland Oct. 15
"the time has come to serve
notice - on this . treacherous
(OeaUmted en Page a, Catania f)
Heal Wave in
East Continues
The eastern half of the na
tion broiled Wednesday un
der a relentless sun with no
sign of genersl relief.
The heat wave, nearly two
weeks old in some sections
east of the continental divide,
has taken a heavy toll:
At least 68 deaths attribut
ed directly to the heat
Thnnaanda of other narsons
suffered from temporsry heat
prostration.
A serious water snortaga in
many sections because of the
lsck of rain.
Millions of doUars lost in
wasted crops and livestock
sold earlier than normal to
beat drought conditions.
A serious blow to already
crippled farm Income.
In New York City the heat
produced a sharp, alarming
rise over normal summertime
deaths, the department oi
health reported. The dally
average when temperatures
were normal was ins. ine
above average total' was def
initely attributed to ue neat.
18 Soldiers
Die in Training
Paris Of) The United
States, France, and Britain
have proposed to Russia a big
four foreign minister's meeting
at Lugando, Switzerland, Oct.
15, the French Foreign Office
said Wednesday.
The proposal was in identi
cal notes delivered by the
..im Rig Three to Moscow
Tueariav. a foreign 0 ff I e e
nrtVannin Said.
Stating France's view. In
. .niinn with the note, the
Wti'iv.-ivi- ......
spokesman said "the French
government was careiui w
anit all useless discussion
and argument" with Russia,
feeling that the problems to be
settled "shouia oni w uia
cussed when the ministers get
together." a a
Thai annkeiman addCQ tnai.
"The French government con
tim.ea tn helieve the nroblem
of free elections" in Germany
"ia the kev tn a German settle-
Iment and that these elections
..n't ha nroanlzed without an
entente agreement ox tne sour
nnn,.ra '
Informants in ionoon naa
said earlier that the identical
allied notes had suggested hign
1 tolka to work out.
1 -Arrangements for holding
free German wide elections as
an ea.entlal first StCD toward
restoring German unity and
agreeing on a final uerman
peace settlement.
2. Flnsl sgreement on the
long promised Austrian treaty
of Independence wnicn nussia
has been stalling.
Informant laid the Allied
notes rejected Soviet Russia's
MAtini, tn aet un a oroviaion-
al all German . government
which would nartlcipate In a
a
German peace conierence w
be held within six months.
The Soviets suggested also
that free German-wide elec
tions should follow the peace
conference.
Ft Rragff. M.C. UV-The Ft.
Bragg Public Information Of-
'l.e rennrterf that 18 aoldierS
drowned Wednesday In an ac
cident during a training pro
gram. The PIO said two other sol
diers were "not accounted for"
and four others were hospital-
l.e
netaiia of the accident were
lacking, but authorities said it
occurred during a "routine
training problem" by members
of the 406th Engineers Brigade
at Smith's Lake on tnts Dig
Army reservation.
The men were building a
pontoon bridge across a lake
at the time OI tne accident, urn
PIO said.
The aerMent occurred about
10:15 a.m. and all the bodies
had been recovered tare
hours later. Medical omcers
were rushed to the scent and
gave artificial respiration in a
vain eifort w revive m
was any damage to the gates.
survey were not far apart in
route when it Is completed.
K. a.