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FINAL
EDITION
65th Year, No. 278 M
Salem, Oregon, Saturday, November 21, 1or'
A
Price 5c
Decision in
Redistricting
To Get Appeal
Bourn of La Grande
Will Take Case to
Supreme Court
By JAMES D. OLSON
Aa appeal from Judge Rax
Kimmell's decision upholding
the validity .of the legislative
district apportionment meas-
. ore, approved by the voters in
1(52, will be taken to the state
supreme court by Sep. Dave
Blum of La Grande before
December 10, the data an
which the ((-day limit for ap
peal expires.
Assurance that the case will
go to the state's highest court
has been given by Rep. Baum
who filed the original suit
questioning the constitutional
ity of the bill. .
It is understood that Attor
ney John Steclhanuner, who
served as Baum's attorney, will
participate in the preparation
and presentation of the appeal
and will be assisted by a num
ber of constitutional attorneys
of eastern Oregon. Baum has
not announced who these at
torneys are.
rolttlcal Influence Wide
If the apportionment meas
ure is upheld, it will stand for
the 1954. 19S8 and 1960 elec
tions. The 1961 legislature is
required, under the amend
ment, to make a new appor
tionment based on the 1960 U.
S. census.
Should the legislature fail
to pass a new apportionment
measure, an appeal will author
ize the supreme court to direct
the secretary of state to make
a correct apportionment, and
should he fail to function, it
would be up to the court to
make it.
(Continued an Pago a. Column 4)
Quirino Seeks
Southeast Pact
Manila VP) President Elpi-
dio Quirino proposed today
that the United States bolster
far eastern democracies in
their battle against communism
by taking the lead in forma
tion of a Southeast Asian eco
nomic union.
Quirino, defeated in his bid
for re-election this month, out
lined his plan to U. S. Vice
President Richard Nixon dur
ing a 1-hour, 15-mlnute con
ference the longest Nixon
has had with a chief of state
during his goodwill tour of the
Pacific.
Quirino said a Southeast
Asian union should be eco
nomic rather than military be
cause Pacific nations have in
sufficient military strength. He
expressed confidence that the
cold war against communism
T'iU be won with U. S. aid.
Storm Signals Again
Hoisted on Coast
A showery week-end is in
prospect for valley regions
while renewed snow storms are
listed in the high mountains.
New storm amings were
hoisted along the coast this
afternoon, and cloudy skies and
showers were looked for In
. the valley.
' Central Oregon sections re
ceived their first snowfall of
the season last night An Inch
was listed for the Prineville
area this morning.
Rainfall in Salem amounted
to .12 of an inch in the 24-hour
period ending at 10:30 a.m.
Saturday.
Big-hit Show Nets Over
$5000 for
By MARIAN LOWRV FISCHER
If you heard an unusual
roar around Salem Saturday
morning, it was not a new
storm, it was not a pregame
enthusiasm from the prep
ranks looking forward to to
night's big football battle.
That roar was from the big
chuckle still echoing around
the city following the bang-up
show, "High Fever Follies,"
presented Friday night by Sa
lem Memorial Hospital Aux
iliary, and from the exhuber
ant exclamations of the direc
torate staging the ahow.
The show's general chair
man, Mrs. Charles H. Heltzel,
announced Saturday morning
the auxiliary will more than
realize its net goal of $5000
from the benefit. About 1800
Winter Storm
In Midwest,
Smog in East
Snow in Central
States, Blizzard
In Southwest
(Br fjaius Prtut
A vicious wintry storm pUed
up to nine inches of snow In
the midwest today, caused at
least two deaths and cut off
long distance telephone com
munications to S7 communi
ties. Meanwhile east coast resi
dents coughed and . rubbed
their eyes in the midst of a
thick "smaze" that settled over
most of the north Atlantic sea
board.
The storm raking the na
tion's midsection rolled out of
the Rocky mountains, ending
a week of perfect Indian sum
mer weather. The tempera
ture fell to 15 below at Big
Piney, Wyo., and 13 below at
Laramie, Wyo., and generally
cold weather covered the
northern and central plains.
(Continued an Face i. Column ()
French Chutists
Attack Reds
Hanoi, Indochina O Thou
sands of French and Vietna
mese paratroopers have lump
ed deep into mountain territory
of the Communist-led Vietminh
to grab a major base for new
raids on their guerrilla foes.
The French High Command
announced their forces, sup
ported by U.S.-supplied fighter
bombers, yesterday seized the
big rebel war base of Dien Bien
Phu, 180 miles west ol Hanoi.
Gen. Rene Cogny, French
commander in north Indochina,
said the capture:
1. Provides a center of the
rallying and training of parti'
san fighters from the pro-
French Thai tribes and for
raids by them end the French
forces on the Vietminh.
2. Removes a major threat to
the Thai tribal capital of Lai
Chau, SO miles to the north.
$50,000Fine
For CIO Union
Columbus, Ohio VP) A judge,
who said two union officials
had tried to intimidate him,
Friday night fined local 927 of
the CIO United Auto Workers
$50,000 for strike violence at
the North American Aviation
plant here.
Judge Joseph K. Harter sus
pended half the fine on condi
tion of "good behavior" and
provided the union make re
stitution for damages.
The judge found the union
in contempt of his order limit
ing picketing and banning in
terference with workers enter
ing the plant
Negotiations will resume
Monday In Los Angeles cov
ering the strike at North
America's Columbus, Los An
gles and Fresno, Calif., plants.
The union's national officers
will take part for the first
time.
The union seeks a 26-cent
hourly wage boost The com
pany has offered a four per
cent increase on wages ranging
from 11.42 to $2.32 an hour.
WILSON USES STENO
Detroit VP) Defense Secre
tary Wilson declared at a news
conference here last night that
I ve been misquoted a lot
lately." He d'dn't go into de
tail, but for emphasis a sten
ographer sat at his elbow
throughout the conference,
taking down every word.
Hospital
persons jammed the high
school auditorium to watch
the show, a long row of them
standing at the back because
every seat was sold. The pro
ceeds will be presented by the
Auxiliary to help in furnish
ing the new wing at the hoi
pital.
The Follies was about the
best home talent revue one
could ever aee, and how the
directorate brought about that
certain flare with only 2Vi
weeks rehearsal was some
thing to amaze the very re
sponsive and appreciative
crowd. But then, those some
150 persona In the cast work
ed like slaves these two weeks
to make their act super.
(Continued rage i, Celaau 1)
STEEL SPANS
1
Bishops Grill
Persecution
Washington .01.19 Tha. Cath
olic bishops of the United
States today called Russia's at
tack on religion "the bitterest
the bloodiest persecution in all
history."
The bishops denounced those
who "retreated to a polite neu
tralism" in the world struggle
between the Roman Catholic
Church and communism.
In a special statement, en
titled "Peter's Chains" and is
sued at their annual meeting
here, the bishops declared that
the communist war on religion
is waged "against all who be
lieve in God and Christ, against
all who dare to claim for man
the liberty of the sons of God."
They said that the story of
today's martyrs to communism
will rank with those of the
great heroes of the Catholic
church.
The bishops said that only in
the "Catholic press" is their
story told, although "one would
have thought that the Western
World would rise as one man
to do them reverence." The
historians of the future, they
said, would call their heroism
"the greatest glory of today."
Italian Speeder
Killed in Racing
Leon, Mexico, VP) The Pan
American road race commit
tee announced Saturday that
Felice Bonetto of Italy had
been killed in an accident.
The committee reported
Bonetto struck an electric light
post while his Lancia car was
racing - through Silao.
Bonetto was fighting fur
iously at the time to keep his
lead over Humberto Maglioli's
Ferrari. Maglioll moved into
the lead when Bonetto failed
to arrive at Leon, finish line
of the first of the day's two
laps.
Bonetto, third in the Mille
Miglia race this year, had won
the first leg of the Pan-American
event Thursday. He was
legs but still was in the lead
on the general classification,
second in both of Friday's
The gray-haired veteran had
taken part in all three pre
vious Pan-American races, al
though he never had won.
BIDAULT HAS GOOD NIGHT
Paris VP) French Foreign
Minister Georges Bidault, who
almost collapsed Friday in the
national Assembly, passed
good night and Is restlni- Quiet
ly, a spokesman at the Foreign
Office said Saturday. He said
Bidault expert to be present
for the conclusion of the as
sembly's debate on foreign pol
icy on luesday.
WILLAMETTE AT WILSONVILLE
On Wednesday of this week
lehem Steel Co. completed placement of 750 feet of steel
between four piers on the new state express highway bridge
at Wilsonville. Top: Viewing northward across the Wil
lamette showing steel girders in place on this new bridge
that has a total length of 1118 feet. Wilsonville bridge
will be ready for traffic on or before June 1, 1954. Center:
Erectors about to complete web placement between steel
girders. This steel girder type bridge will have concrete
deck 58 feet in width. Lower: Looking southward to show
forms being placed for concrete girders that support the
south approach to Wilsonville bridge. Concrete has
already been poured to a distance of 150 feet on the north
end of the bridge.
Skull ofPitdown Man
Declared a Phony
London W) Three sleuth
ing British scientists declared
Saturday the skull of the fab
ulous "Piltdown Man," accept
ed for 40 years by mr.ny of
the world's top anthropolo
gists as a relir of man's earli
est history, Is a phony.
They branded the relic the
product of a "most elaborate
and carefully prepared hoax,"
partly faked from ape bones.
Charles Dawson, an attor
ney and amateur antiquarian.
discovered part of the skull in
a southern England gravel pit
in 1911. In the next two
years he produced from the
same pit a jawbone and a
tooth which some anthropol
ogists said established the
skull's age as at least 100,000
and perhaps 800,000 year old.
Salem an Ideal Place to Build a Home and
Thousands Have Here in the Past Decade
This Is the eighth of a series of articles eublUhrd In the
Saturday fauuet of the Capital Journal. This survey of Industrial
commercial and cultural activities In Balem nd Marlon county
will be baaed oa facta to show the stability of resource! and economical
conditions.
Tbe carrying out of thb) educational rriei has been made
possible by the support that haa been accorded It bv representative
industrial and commercial firms who are demonstrating their con
fidence In the future of this region. Earh of Jieae firms haa an
Interesting message on page ( and 1 of this Issue.
By R. KENNETH EVANS
Among Salem's greatest assets and permanent factors are
the substantial homes, well-kept yards, wide streets and foliage
adornments. It Is, however, easy for people to live among
these conveniences and not fully realize what a wonderful
asset such Improvements constitute in the
general 'economy of a city or a region. The
city's conveniences and stability, it must be
remembered, is dependent upon the wisdom
and industrious attitude of the citizenship.
It has been the wisdom and energy of Sulem's
proud home-owners and residents in general,
that has made possible this city of fine
homes, clean, well-planned and trim enough
to attract the attention of aryone.
Significant to the outstanding growth and
development of this capital city in the last
decade. Is the fact that Salem present un
equalled opportunities for the building of
just the type of home that Is characteristic of
the American abiding place.
Northwest are striving to upbuild and improve their civic
and home feature, not one can offer superior advantage
over Salem. It 1 also indicative of the stability of the citizens
of Salem to state that this is a residential city where 83 per
cent oi the people are home
-ni irossneia flies jet wane
I)
steel erectors for the Beth.
Dawson died in 1918 and a
monument to his discovery
now stands in the Sussex
fields near the gravel pit
where he found fame.
The challenge came from
Dr. K. P. Oakley of the Brit
ish Museum and two Oxford
university professors, Dr. J.
E. Weiner and Dr. W. E. Le
Gros Clark. They reported in
the "Bulletin of the British
Museum" that up-to-the-minute
chemical tests have prov
ed the jawbone and tooth to
be deliberate fakes.
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owners.
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-ronlC unfit 1
At Twice
Transferred to
Stale Prison
Jefferson City. Me. VP) .
Carl Austin Ball and Mrs. Bon
nie Heady today were held la
death raw behind the gray,
forbiddinr walls ef the Mis
souri penitentiary.
The condemned kldnan-kll-
lers of little Bobby Greenlease
were brought here late yester
day from Kansas City where
they were sentenced to death
Thurday. The 150-mile trip
was made by automobile. The
prisoners, in separate cars.
were chained and under heavy
guara.
They will die together in the
gas chamber Dec. 18.
iConUn aa Page $ Column f)
Canada Ponders
Spy Interview
Ottawa VP) Foreign Secre
tary Lester B. Pearson told a
new conference Saturday he
and. his colleague will discuss
the second U. S. request for a
congressional committee inter
view with Igor Gouzenko and
make a reply early next week.
He declined to disclose the
terms of the second request
or to indicate whether it con
tained further information
which might change the gov
ernment's decision in turning
down the first request for an
opportunity to talk to the form
er Russian embassy cipher
clerk.
Pearson stressed that every
particle of information the
former communist embassy
clerk gave tha Canadian au
thorities when he bared tha
espionage ring la Canada in
1945 and 1948 was given V, S
authorities at the time.
Pella Approves
Trieste Parley
Rome, (IMS Allied authori
ties said today that Premier
Giuseppe Pella has given
"constructive and encouraging
reply to proposals for an ln-
ternational conference on
Trieste.
These source said Pella s
position, outlined today in
conferences with the United
States, British and French
ambassadors. Increased hopes
for a satisfactory solution to
Italy's dispute with Yugoslavia
over control of the disputed
territory.
Pella called in the three am
bassadors separately to out
line Italy's views on their in
formal proposal for a five
power meeting of the Western
Big Three, Italy and Yugo
slavia.
Allied quarters said Fella's
reply has set the stage for
further steps to bring about .a
diplomatic conference on the
Trieste issue.
According to those who are
familiar with the city's eco
nomy the prices of real estate
are leveling off somewhst but
that new construction is main
taining its price level. Sub
stantial and modern homes.
In Salem, can be purchased
in a price range from $8,500
to $20,000. Older property
values have been declining
somewhat, according to thi
source of reliable Information,
but an investment in a Salem
home is still sound and well
placed.
There is a national trend for
smsllcr industries to lesve the
congested Industrial sections
of the metropolitan center in
In the nation. There seems to
be wonderful opportunity
for Sslem to acquire some of
these industries as there 1 a
great abundance of logical
site available along the main
line of the Southern Pacific
railroad and the Oregon Elec
tric rail line. Prices tor these
Industrial and commercial site
range from $000 per acre to
$1.23 per aquare foot, in the
downtown location.
i It if recognized that this
f f Ni m ni '
Speed of Sound
Assert Reds
Holding Back
ManyPOWs
Panmunjom (A1) The Allies
today accused the communists
of holding back some prisoner
of war and told the Red to
turn over to Indian custody im
mediately "all those POWs you
till retain." .
Maj. Gen. J. K. Lacey toldl
communist members of the
Military Armistice Commission
that three Korean soldiers who
sought refuge at an American
sentry box Thursday were
South Korean war captives
who had been forced Into the
Red army.
The communists asked for a
recess to study Lacey' state
ment, then 30 minutes later
asked for and were granted
more time.
The chief Allied member of
the Armistice Commission told
newsmen the ROK soldiers pro
vided evidence that the com
munists "have forcibly retain
ed prisoners after they had cer
tified that all prisoners had
been turned over to the NNRC
(Neutral Nations Repatriation
Commission)."
Hunger March
Staged in Triest
Trieste, VP) Jobless Trles
tinl shouting "hunger, hunger"
marched on City Hall Satur
day in the third straight day
of demonstrations for an In
crease in relief roll in the
disputed city.
An estimated 500 demon
strators besieged the building
demanding to see Mayor Gian
ni Bartoll, an Italian. A guard
of 100 civil police barred their
entrance but a delegation was
slowed to Interview BartoU,
The marchers claimed to
represent 17,000 unemployed
persons in the city, where
more than 1,000 civilian em
ploye of the allied military
government have lost their
jobs since Britain and the
United States decided Oct. 8
to pull their troop out of the
territory Zone A and turn it
over to Italy.
Girl Not Lost
BabySiifer
Minneapolis VP) A semi-
hysterical girl who first claim
ed she was Evelyn Hartley,
missing 15-year-old baby-sitter
from LaCrosse, Wis., was
identified Saturday a Min
neapolis juvenile.
Detective G. H. Cronstrom
said definitely the girl was not
Evelyn Hartley. No reason was
given for her assuming the
name of the Wisconsin glrL
who disappeared on Oct 24.
Three youths found the girl
in a drizzling rain on a resi
dential street She hailed them
saying, "I need help."
She was taken to downtown
police headquarters and placed
in custody of a matron.
section of the Willamette val
ley has the raw materials, the
fertile farm lands, and ample
hydro-electric economical
power to encourage Industries
to locate in this area. It is a
matter of record that Salem
has the second largest cannery
pack of vegetables and fruit
in the United State. There is
an abundant acerage of farm
lands in the Willamette val
ley for development of produc
tion of all type of farm pro
duct in commercial quanti
ties. With the stable market
maintained by the Industries
already located here, no ques
tion as to the disposition of
tne production should ever
arise. These farm lands, gov
erned of course, by their lo
cation, fertility and other fac
tors, range in price from $100
per acre to $500.
Salem being the Capital city
of the state of Oregon, na
turally, the state employment
and activities constitute the
largest Industry In the (tat.
Thi make for backlog for
industrial stability regardless
of any changes In the nation,
(Continued oa rag f. Column $)
Top Speed of :
1327 mph Held
World Record
Los Aagelea tV-Teet MM
Scott Croaaf leld flew the noodle
neaed Douglas Skyrocket twice
the speed ef sound Friday la
the fastest flight man ha ever
mad.
The National Advisory Com
mittee for Aeronautics said
Crossfield reached a top apeed
of 1,327 mph in the rocket pro
pelled aircraft or 2.01 time the
speed of sound.
Flying the Skyrocket under
power for only three minutes,
Crossfield said that after climb
ing at 45 degree angle, 1
did a nose over to reach level
attitude or a alight dive'' in
making the reeurd run.
During the three minutes the
skyrocket used three ton ef
fuel.
If plane flying at 1,327
mph could carry enough fuel
for a New York to Loa Angeles
flight H would make It in two
hours, so the pilot would leave
tne east coast at 8 a.m. (EST)
and reach the west coast at 7
a.m. (PST). .
Tell ef Hensitlen '
"The physical sensation was
no different than flying thi
airplane 100 or 200 mph less
than this record speed," the pi
lot said. He' flown the sky
rocket about so time lor the
NACA.
Asked how he felt during the
high speed run, Crossfield re
plied, "1 had the flu and a
stomach ache.
(Continued aa rat a. Column 8)
Los Angeles
II.Y.6H40M
-lo Angeles taVAmariean''
Air Lines flew - the world'
fastest piston engine air liner,
the Douglas DC7, both way
cross the continent Friday.
One of the new turbo-com
pound engine-powered air lin
ers flew nonstop 2,500 mile
from Los Angeles to New York
In 8 hour 40 minutes. '
The other, scheduled to
make the New York-Los An
geles hop nonstop - in seven '
hours and 55 minute, devel
oped preasurizatlon trouble
and lauded at Denver for re
pair. After a three-hour de
lay, It flew the 950 mile to
Los Angeles in slightly more
thsn 2V4 hours.
American carried about 50
news writers on each flight in
what was designed as a pre
view of the nation' first reg
ular dally nonstop service
coast-to-coast in each direc-
Uons, starting November 29.
American said the DC7 i
the only aircraft in service
that can operate nonstop
cosst-to-coast scheduled under
eight hours in either direction.
Several air regulation limit
domestic schedule to do more
than eight hour. .
Pat ton Tanks
Found Faulty
Schenectady, N.Y. (JP) The
American Locomotive Co. said
Saturday reports of mechanical
failures in its M-47 Patton
tanks in Europe had resulted
in a voluntary shutdown of
two of the firm' upstate New
York plants.
An ALCO spokesman said
failures had been reported in
final drive mechanism turned
out by five manufacturer on
subcontract for ALCO and the
Chrysler Corp.
The Albany Knickerbocker
News said a spokesman for the
House Armed Services Com
mittee in Washington had quot
ed sn Army ordnance official as
saying "an important part" of
the M-47 tank had been found
defective by Army standards.
The ALCO spokesman said
"the reported failures appar
ently were not confined to the
final drive produced by any
one msnufacturer." ,
GUERRILLA8 EVACUATED
Talpeh, Formosa ) The
number of Chinese Nationalist
guerrillas flown here from
North Burma reached 880 Sat
urday with the arrival of 99
more. About 2,500 to 3,000
guerrilla and dependent are
being evacuated from Burma,
where they fled in 1949 as
communist armies overran
South China.