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ill i 4.57 .4-0 t ' r n THE WEATHER. M08TLT FAIK ul coaler to might, lew IS; Increaautg dead taoss Friday, rain r evening. Ugh, Si. Slorm Rages Over Rockies And Midwest First Big Blizzard Of Season With Heavy Snowfall . Denver tV-Snow continued to pile ap Thursday u I k e Rocky Mountain region's fint major storm of the kuob slow- ly edged eastward. Glassy itreett and highways slowed motor traffic to a crawl over parts of hall a dozen states but no major accidents were reported. The only loss of life was in a plane crash at Albuquerque, where one man died and seven were injured Wednesday. Their C-47 transport cracked up while taking off from Kirkland Air Force Base in blinding snow. Nearly a loot of snow cov ered part of Colorado and Wyoming, and it was still fall ing Thursday morning in all but the northern half of Wy oming. Bitter Cold In Montana . Montana, which received its snow a day earlier, was gripped by bitter cold. The tempera ture dipped to 2 below zero at Butte, Mont - (CnUnnl on Pr S, Column 4) Testifies Red Cells in GE Co. Boston, " A 93-year-old upholsterer, who testified he was an undercover FBI agent while a member of the Com munist Party since 1941, told . a Senate investigating sub committee Thursday he had worked in a General Electric plant in Fitchburg, Mass. He said there were Com munist cells there and in GE plants at Lynn and Everett, Mass., and Schenectady, N.Y. William H. Teto of Ashby, Mass., created a sensation in a televised hearing conducted by Sen. McCarthy (R., Wis.) when he pointed out, a man in the hearing room a's a Com munist member at a Lynn GE plant - - ' - ' - 1 The man pointed out was Kat Mills. McCarthy said Mills refused Wednesday at an ex ecutive session to say whether he was or was not a Commu nist. Mills heatedly refused again Thursday to give a yes or no answer and was removed from the hearing room with his counsel after denying he was guilty of espionage. Want Neutrals As Observers Panmunjom W The com munists said today they want neutral nations seated at the Korean peace conference only a observers. U. S. envoy Ar thur Dean said the proposal "could offer a very fruitful basis for further negotiations." Dean indicated the North Korean and Chinese diplomats have made a "prepared con cession" and now appear to be awaiting further instructions. There were growing indica tions that a compromise may be reached on the thorny issue conference biggest issue to of inviting neutrals to the peace be settled at the preliminary peace talks here. Dean is spokesman for 16 United Nations and South Ko rea, all of which have voiced opposition to neutral participa tion in the peace conference. ' But the U. S. envoy noted that these nations assumed the Reds wanted neutrals to have full participation. Fair and Cooler Weather Forecast Rain and cool temperatures continued for valley regions Thursday, but the weather bu reau forecasts fair weather to night and cooler temperatures. Rain is due again by Friday evening, however. ' In the 24-hour period ending at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, .28 of an inch more of rain came down in Salem. The month's total to date at that time was 2 88 Inches. The river was down again slightly, Thursda: morning, the Salem gauge reading 1.6 feet Weather Details Wrtwllf, Ml KlllllW i. S. tt. Tatol 14-fcMr rrltUtM: .Is, It MMh: li MM, S-U. Starai Ui ml, u im kmti. im. iMmn to C a. 65th Liquor by the Drink for Corvallis Argued Before Liquor Board by Citizens Portland tu A group of about 20 Corvallis citizens, in cluding Mayor Dean Dorsey, appeared before the State Liquor Commission at public bearing today to. air pros and Crippled Jet Lands Safely Portland W) An Air Fore jet interceptor had to make a forced belly landing at the Portland Air Base Wednesday night Unable to get its wheels down, the jet flew until it ran its fuel down, then came in for the landing, sending up a shower of sparks, but not even touching the wings. Two Port land airmen climbed out, un scathed. Meanwhile, three commer cial planes and a Navy trans port had to circle aloft waiting for the jet to come in, and fire equipment, which had been standing by, to clear the field. Also affected was the trans fer of an iron lung patient from a recently landed plane to a hospital bound truck. The fire men, who had been aiding in the transfer, had to rush out to stand by for the jet land: ing. The transfer of the pa tient, Mrs. Joelene Rigutto, of Portland, was made success fully. She was being returned to Portland from Santa Ana, Calif.- Delinquency Increasing . Washington W Dr. Martha M. Eliot, chief of the Federal Children's Bureau, told investi gating senators Thursday teen age lawlessness is spreading fast and that facilities to stem the rise "are grossly, inade quate." ( The motherly looking wit ness, a veteran of more than 25 years with the bureau, said that at present ratea of Increase, the number of juveniles in serious trouble will have nearly dou bled by 1860. She aaid the to tal might reach 750,000 by thai year, a climb from today's level of an estimated 385,000. Dr. Eliot accused economy minded federal, state and local governments of failing to pro vide enough funds to do a real job in the juvenile delinquen cy field. She spoke as the lead off witness before a special Sen ate subcommittee holding pub lic hearings on causes and pos sible remedies for the rise in youthful crime an increase of 29 per cent in the last four years, she said. Governor Receives Finest of Lobsters If Gov. Paul L. Patterson doesn't want to eat turkey for Thanksgiving, he will be able to eat the finest lobster in the land. He said the governors of the six New England states are havlnff m ennbvrt in Hi.fH which state produces the best loesters. The six governors will judge the contest, and the winner will send two of the finest lobsters from his state to each of the other 42 gov ernors. 3 Missing Claimants P0W Benefits Located By JAMES Three of five missing claim ants of World War II prisoner of war benefits have been lo cated as a result of recent pub licity in Oregon newspapers and radio stations, the state de partment of veterans affairs an nounced Thursday. Two were living veterans Al bert Leo Killis of Bandon who had given Umatilla as his ad dress when he applied and Charles Murray Roberts of Portland, formerly of Coos Bay. The third missing claimant was Wallace Glenn Taylor of Portland. After applying, he, moved to Los Angeles where he later died. His widow now Mrs. Beverly Slaten, as she has since remarried was In Port land on a visit when a friend saw her late husband's name in the paper In connection with the benefit due him. She called in the Portland office of the state veterans' de- G afrit al jblou 'Mai Year. No. 276 ZZfJU cons -of liquor-by-the-drlnk in the college town. The issue nai brought ' a sharp split of opinion in Cor vallis. Six applications for liquor-by-the-drink licenses are before the Commission after being approved by a 5-4 mar gin by the city council. Presenting principal argu ments today were the Rev. Robert Bulkley for the "drys" and Percy Locey for the "wets." Locey, former Oregon State college athletic director, now is sales manager for an oil com pany in Corvallir. Bulkley spoke first He said the group he represented wax not organized, but that it rep resented some 200 Corvallis citizens who had banded to gether after the council revers ed its earlier stand and approv ed the applications be sent to the Commlsion for considera tion. "I want it clearly understood that I am not arguing the mer its of liquor-by-the-drink," he said. "But I'm questioning the desirability of granting licenses before a vote of the people. Locey read a brief prepared statement in which he said he represented a group of citizens and businei men who are think ing of the best Interests of the community. He said business men felt they should have equal opportunities with neighboring cities and thit they felt they were losing them by not having liquor by the drink. French Debate Foreign Policy Paris W French hopes and fears on the proposed European army plan to rearm were aired again Thursday In a National Assembly foreign policy de bate. Guerln de Beaumont, an in dependent, called the project "the only formula which guar antees the security of France." Pierre Andre, another indepen dent said he feared that setting up the six nation military bloc might force France "to make war for the reunification of Germany." - ---. Ratification of the European army treaty, which was signed IS months ago, is not expected to come before the Assembly before February but the cur rent debate should provide an indication of jvhat will happen later. CIO Demands Repeal of T-H Cleveland W) The CIO convention paid little heed to day to Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell's advice to quit talking about scuttling the Taft-Hartley Act. Instead, it pushed ahead with a resolution calling for outright repeal of what it called an "unfair and unjust" law. CIO President Walter P. Reuther said the resolution, prepared well in advance of the new labor secretary's con vention speech yesterday would not be altered. There was no doubt that It would pass. Mitchell told the 700 dele gates that an approach to labor legislation starting "from the point of realism" would "pre clude further talk of repeal of the act . . . " D. OL80N partment for more details, then returned to Los Angeles, where she will file for the claim. Mrs. Slaten- has a daughter by her former husband and it is likely the mother and daughter will share in the payment, the vet erans department said. The war claims act provides Denents to World War II pris oners of war only not Korean veterans. The act provides pay ment of $1 for each day an American serviceman failed to receive adequate food during imprisonment in an enemy prisoner of war camp under terms of the Geneva convention and $1.50 for each day the prisoner was subjected to forc ed labor or Inhuman treatment. Payments have amounted to as much as $2,000 In some cases. The date for applying under the act expired April , 1953. (CeaUaeed oa Page t, Cohuaa 41 3S Solem, Oregon, Thursday, November 19, 1953 42, Pf" 3(Jaon3 5c VishinshySays US Preparing For New War Seeks to Bolster Faltering Economy By War Boom United Nations, N. Y. Russia's Andrei T. Vishinsky charged Thursday the United States la preparing to unleash a new war In order to bolster what he called Its faltering economy. He claimed there is growing unemployment in the United States, a crisis in the automo bile 'riuitry and a slow down of the economic boom in other phases of the American econ omy. Vishinsky told the U.N.'s 60 national Political Committee this economic situation had se rious political consequences since It would lead the united States to try for ways of solv ing it The method in the past, he said, and the one being follow ed now, is to force an increase in international tensions and thereby step up war produc tion. (Continued on rn 3. Column 4) Wicks Steps Out As Lt. Governor Albany, N. V. (JPi Sen. Ar thur H. Wicks formally stepped down as acting lieu tenant governor of New York after a bitter quarrel . with Gov. Thomas E. Dewey end ing In victory claims by both camps. The Republican row seemed certain to scar party unity and delight the Democrats in next year's . election cam paigns. . , Wicks submitted his resig nation Wednesday as GOP majority leader and tempo rary president of the State Senate, through which be held the office of acting lieutenant governor. The action waa an nounced minutes after Senate adjournment of a special ses sion of the Legislature. . . , Dewef and the GOP stale executive committee had in sisted l-:t Wicks, because of visits to labor extortionist Jo seph S. Fay in Sing Sing pris on, resign his leadership or be ousted at the spe cial session. Pope Grieves Over Primate Castel Gandolfo, Italy W) Pope Pius said Thursday a "New wound has been opened In our heart" by communist ac tions against Stefan Cardinal Wyszynskl, Roman Catholic primate of Poland. The Pontiff addressed diplo- mstic representatives to the Vatican from nearly 50 nations. Received in special audience at the Pope's summer residence here, they presented their con dolences to him for the cur rent actions against the Catho lic church and especially against the Polish primate. Cardinal Wyszynskl wss re moved forcibly from his War saw archepiscopal see two months ago. Since Warsaw's announcement at that time the cardinal had been taken to a monastery, no other reports hsve been issued about him. Plan Air Line Via North Pole Oslo, Norway (IP) The Scandinavian Airlines System is preparing to start regular passenger service from Europe to North America via the North Pole next summer, the newspaper Aftenposten said Thursday. The paper' said SAS repre sentatives have been conferring with American authorities to clesr up seversl formalities, in cluding a concession to extend the projected service south to Los Angeles. It waa doubtful the airline would get permission to land at Los Angeles "even though the city is working actively to get the service." It Los Angeles traffic rights are not obtained. It was said, the U. S. terminal would be Seattle. The paped added that the Thule airbase on Greenland will probably be dropped as a stopover for the trans polar flights in favor of Bluie West t on the west coast of the Dan ish owned Island. I : - x v I i i i ! i piju-- c W I 1 1 (jsa;; ft r 1 f'vi i i i " "" I Suicide Threat By Mossadegh . Tehran, Iran i W- Mohammed Mossadegh Thursday threaten ed a hunger strike to the death as Chief Prosecutor Brig, "os sein Azemodch asked a court martial to send the former Pre mier to the gallows. It was the 73 year old dicta tor's second suicide threat since the army court on Nov. 8 began trying him on charges he tried to overthrow Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlovl, defied the royal decree and dissolved the lower house of parliament illegally. Earlier in the trial Mossa degh asserted he would take his own life if the court released him. He voiced his threat to quit eating Thursday after Asemo deh threatened to put him in solitary confinement if he con tinues to complain about his food, living conditions, and al leged attempts on his life. Azcmodeh asked the death penalty under a section of the army law. Issue on White Held HST's Laxity Oklahoma City, P Sen. wiliam F. Knowland, (R., Calif.), the Senate mapo'rity leader, declared last night the issue In the Harry Dexter White case is the "laxity" of the Truman administration in appointing persons to office whose loyalty was questioned. Knowland addressed a S25 a plate Oklahoma Republican fund-raising dinner. He said the Eisenhower administration has shown a more realistic approach to the infiltration of security risks in government. People of District to Question Norb lad Here An Important meeting will be held in Salem on a date tentatively set for Friday, Dec. 18, when representatives from sll communities in the First Congressional District will be here to meet and discuss na tional legislation with Rep. Walter Norblad. Similar meetings are being held throughout the United States, sponsored by the United States Chamber of Commerce, and are under the general name of "Meet Your Congress msn." Definite arrangements for the Sslem meeting as to time and place will be -node at a con ference here Friday by Harry 1 N"" fiwa.ro SENTENCED TO GAS CHAMBER Kancas City, Mo. Leaving the Jackson County jail . here today on their last trip to ine Unncct States Duinci Court where a jury found them guilty and the court sentenced them to death, are Mrs. Bonnie Brown Heady, right, and Carl Austin Hall, confessed kidnapers and slay ers of fl-year-old Bobby Greenleese. Atttng United State Marshal' William Tatman follows them from the cell block. (AP Wlrephoto) . ... ". ' Cold Blooded Murder Triai Judge Tells Jurors Kansas City W) U. S. Dis trict Judge Albert ' L. Reeves Thursday called the kidnap killers of little Bobby Green- lease cold blooded murderers in Lull in White Spy Inquiry Washington Senators In vestigating the Harry Dexter White case called a temporary lull today but gave no sign of abandoning their efforts be cause of President Eisenhower's suggestion that the need for such inquiries may soon be ended. Sen. Jcnner, R Ind., said he did not know where or how far the inquiry by the internal i curity cubcommitte he heads would lead. The group's next sesion was set for Monday aft ernoon, but there was no an nouncement whether witnesses would be heard then. Jcnner told newsmen that for the first time we have been able to show" that FBI re ports on suspected individuals "reached the hands of top offl cials." and he added It was im possible to say now what de velopment migh follow. Lintz of Portland, northwest representative of the United States chamber: William H. Hammond, president, and Clay cochran, manager of the Sa lem Chamber of Commerce. Whether it will be a dinner or a luncheon meeting Is to be de, cided. Attending will be men or women from all communities In the 10 counties of the First District, namely, Benton Clackamas, Clstsop, Columbia Lincoln, Marion, Polk, Tilla mook, Washington and Yam hill. In addition will be presl dents and managers of the Chambers of Commrece and (Con tinned on Psge K Column t) y- IF II P oT turning their case over to a fed eral jury for a recommendation as to whether they should die. Judge Reeves, a veteran of 30 years on the federal bench spoke extemporaneously as he told the all male Jury of west ern Missouri farmers and busi nessmen that the issue before them was simple. The case was turned over to the jury at 10:43 a.m. CST. The Judge's instructions were short but clear as he carefully reveiwed the case point by point Judge Reeves made it clear that the Jury was not assessing the penalty; that that was his function. But under provisions of the Lindbergh kidnaping act. he aaid, It was necessary that he be cloaked with this author ity if the maximum punishment is to be leveled against the couple. (Continaed on rie a. Comma ) Nixon Bids for Rearmed Japan Tokyo I) U. S. Vice Pres ident Richsnl Nixon, in a bold bid for a rearmed Japan, said today "the United States made a mistake in 1948" when lt ordered destruction of the remnant of Japanese military might. a Nixon's drsmatic review of American policy first startled, then obviously pleased some 700 top Jspanese leaders. There was quick praise from Jspsnese who long hsve In sisted demilitarization was a costly mistake. "We misjudged the inten tions ot Soviet leaden" at the end of World War II, Nixon told the Influential Japan Amercia Society. Since then, he ssid, "the threst from the Communist nstlons with the threat cen tered In Moscow" has pre vented the free world from living in peace. "It is bersuse we want peace and believe In peace Nixon added, "that we (the United States) hsve rearmed since 1S48 and we believe that Japan and other nations should share the ssme respon sibillty." FINAL EDITION Hall and Hecdy ResignedtoFate Refuse to Talk Kansas City ( Th kidnaa killers of, litUo Bebay Groom- ease wen sentenced Thsmday to die Dee. lt far thetr criaa. U.S. District Judge Albert L. Reevea passed the death sentence on Carl Austin "!. 34, and Mrs. Bonnie Brows Heady, 41, within IS minutes after a Jury of 13 men recom mended that they pay the su preme penalty lor the cold blooded slaying. Mrs. Heady, the judgy faced alcoholic, stood at the right of Hall, wastrel playboy, when the judge pronounced the Sen tence. Judge Reevea asked if they had anything to say. Hall said dearly: "No air.' Mrs. Heady shook her haad in the negative . . .. Judge IreMaees geattaoa - Then Judge Reeved said solemnly; ' "I accept the recommends- tlons of the jury. It is my duty to accept and adopt the rec ommendations of the jury." Since neither had anything to say. Judge Reeves aaid it would hm tha iudffment anH sentence ot the court that they do executed in the gas cham ber at JsfXorsoa City em Dec. 18 Just one week . before Christmas.. . ,i j -r He read the sentence twice once tor Hall, then in the same words for Mrs. Heady. . i The kidnapers' face did not change expression. Both apparently were resigned to their fate. (Consumed mm ran & Oleosa. ) Ml v.. I Topeka. Kan. tu Again and again Carl Austin Hall aid, "Why did I do Jt? I just can't figure it out," in a Jail Interview with a Presbyterian minister and boyhood friend. The Rev. Don Evans, pastor of Potwln Presbyterian church here, revealed today that he spent almost an hour Nov, 11 with the convicted kidnap slayer who is sentenced to die for his crime one week before Christmas. Evans was a grade school chum of Hall when the two lived in the little town ot Pleasanton, Kan. Ha was ask ed to talk to Hall by the attor ney for the confessed murderer of Bobby Greenlease. 'We sat together in an of fice room in the Jackson coun ty jail In Kansas City a week ago today," said Evans, "I can't truthfully say he was remorseful, for he didnt at any time ssy he was sorry. But he appeared to me to be mixed up, utterly confused, "He calm and he dis cussed the case at length. He was most grateful for my being there. "Over and over again he kept coming back and saying, 'Don, I Just can't figure out why I did It" H McKay Talks Power Policies Pittsburgh OfVj-Secretary of the Interior said Thursday tha government's new power pol icy "conforms religiously" with President Elsenhower's ex pressed view that local Inter ests should share in develop ment of natural resource. McKay said the new policy stresses the "partnership con cept" of doing business with the government In a speech prepared for the National Industries Conference Board, McKay expressed be lief that this partnership pro gram can be carried out "with out the rancor and blind con troversy" he said has marked the "public private power feud." "The partnership will re duce the competition of the federal government with priv ate industry," McKay said. "It will remove also the invasion of the federal government into the rights of the states and the local communities," - 1 V I , i : f: 1 : i " t