Si
e
THE WEATHER.
MOSTLY CLOUDY with a few
wen tonight Tharsday.
CealiBaed mil temperatures.
Lw tonight, 47; high Than
aay, to.
Flood Threat
Eases in Stale
Streams Drop
Secondary Crest in
Willamette of 19
Feet Tonight
Br MARIAN LOWEY FISCHER
. Flood conditions .la .the
Willamette valley continued
to else, Wednesday, with no
ew (arte expected Immedi
ately, barring heavy rains.
A secondary crest was in
progress along the Wllamette
river at Salem today, the
waters predicted still to reach
a peak of 19 feet here. This
was the same mark forecast
for earlier and is one foot
below flood stage. The new
crest is due around 5 p.m.
Wednesday after which the
river is expected to recede.
At the regular early morn
ing reading at Salem, Wednes
day, the river was at the 18.2
foot stage. By 11 a.m. it had
advanced to 18.4 feet.
Conditions Improve
River conditions were great
ly Improved all along the main
stem of the Willamette, Wed
nesday. At Harrisburg the
waters were down to 12.3 feet
this morning, barely over
flood stage, and were falling.
Corvallis listed 20.8 feet this
morning, Albany, 22.4 feet,
with both stations reporting
the water falling.
, The Santiam at Jefferson
was down again to below
flood stage Wednesday. In the
early morning the mark was
12.1 feet, just'over flood stage,
but the river was falling
steadily.
(Ontlnned on PMT Column 1)
230,000 Cut
In Army Looms
Washington m Asst. Sec
retary of Defense John A. Han
nah said Wednesday the armed
forces have been asked to see
it they can make a net cut of
about 230,000 in manpower
during the year beginning next
. July 1.
Hannah, the department's
manpower director, told a news
conference this would involve
a suggested cut-back as follows
Army 142,000 to a new fig
ure of 1,281,000.
Navy 75,000 to 870,000.
Marine Corps 23,000 to
207,000.
The Air Force would increase
by about 10,000 to a new
strength of 970,000 to provide
for an increase in the number
of combat wings. .
Hannah said there currently
is no flat order to cut man
power. He said he had only
suggested to the three services
that you see what you can
do within" the figures he pro
posed, and if that cannot be
done the services can make new
proposals.
Churches Join
In Thanksgiving
Communicants of many
churches of the Salem area
will assemble Thursday fore
noon to observe Thanksgiving
in the traditional religious mari
ner. The largest group is expect
ed to gather at the First Metho
dist church at 10 o'clock where
the annual Thanksving services
sponsored by the Salem Minis
terial Association will be held.
Rev. William F. Clay, pastor
of the First Church of the Na
zarene, will deliver the sermon,
while the 40 voice choir of Sa
lem Academy will provide ap
propriate music.
The invocation will be given
by Rev. B. J. Holland, associ
ate pastor of First Presbyterian
church. The Thanksgiving pro
clamation will be read by Rev.
Louis E. White of Knight Me
morial Congregational church.
Churches holding their own
Individual services include:
First Church of Christ, Scien
tist, 10 a.m.; Christ Lutheran,
10 a.m.; Grace Lutheran, 10
a m.; St Paul's Episcopal, Holy
Communion, 7:30 a.m. and wor
ship at 10 a m.; St. Mark's Lu
theran, 8 a.m., with the congre
gation Joining in the union ser
vice at 10.
Faith Lutheran will hold its
annual thank offering service
at 8 p.m. Wednesday.
Special Thanksgiving Day
services will be held at St Vin
cent de Paul Catholic church
with masses scheduled for 7
and 9 o'clock a.m.
Masses for Thanksgiving day
at St Joseph's art scheduled at
7, and 9 a.m.
Sfassen Says
Foreign Aid
Can Be Cut
Military Aid Can. Be
Reduced as Economic
Aid Almost Ended
Washington W) Foreign Aid
Director Harold Stassen has
Informed Congress It will be
possible to make "a consider
able reduction" in American
military aid to Western Europe
next year. He aald that eco
nomic aid, with a few excep
tions, can be ended.
Stassen set out these conclu-
sions in a special report he sent
to four congressional commit
tees on Nov. 18. A summary
of his letter was made public
Wednesday by the Foreign Op
erations Administration.
By "next year," Stassen had
reference to the next govern
ment fiscal year the 12
months beginning next July 1.
His report to Congress sum
med up his views after attend
ing a meeting of the 17-nation
organization for European eco
nomic cooperation.
No Detailed Estimates
Stassen gave no estimates as
to the size of reductions he be
lieved might be possible. West
ern Europe was allotted $2,-'
250,000,000 of the $4,531,500,-
000 in new funds which Con
gress appropriated for mili
tary and economic help during
the present fiscal year.
(Centura Pat S. Caiman I)
Living Costs at
All Time High
Washington UJ9 The cost
of living ndex, pushed along
by higher prices for such things
as beer and admission to 3D
movies, hit a new all time peak
in mid-October, the govern
ment said today.
The increase was enough to
assure two cent hourly wages
increases for some one million
auto workers whose pay scales
were tied to' the mid-October
Index.
Commissioner Ewan Clague
of the Bureau of Labor Statis
tics said the long aeries of in
dex gains this was. the eighth
straight monthly increase
probably is ending
'The pe'riod of Inflation ap
pears to be ended, Clague said,
adding the index should remain
fairly stable for, at least, sev
eral months.
No Holiday
In Air Defense
McChord Air Force Base (IT)
The air defense of the Pacific
Northwest will see no let up
during the Thanksgiving holi
day season, it was stressed
Jointly Wednesday by Brig.
Gen. T. Alan Bennett, com
cander of the 25th Air Defense
Division and Brig. Gen. Eugene
F. Cardwell, commender of the
31st Antiaircraft Artillery Bri
gade. In keeping with the national
air defense policy, the jet inter
ceptors and antiaircraft guns
guarding the area will be main
tained in readiness throughout
the holidays the commanders
said.
Air Force and Army air de
fense units will grant the maxi
mum number of leaves and
passes consistent with main
taining an affective defense.
Sufficient personnel will be
on duty at their stations at all
times to maintain a constant
vigil against a possible attack.
Committee Appro ves
Stadter for A ttorney
y MARIAN LOWKV FISCHER
Edward O. Stadter, Jr.. for
mer district attorney of Mar
lon county now in private law
practice here, received the en
dorsemrnt from Marion Coun
ty Republican Central Com
mittee's executive group,
Tuesdsy, as a candidate from
this area to be considered for
the post of United States dis
trict attorney for Oregon.
Balloting came at the end
of nearly two hours and 43
minutes consideration, inter
views with five men who had
expressed Interest in the posi
tion, and detailed outline of
procedure by the central com
mittee chairman, Wlnton Hunt
of Woodburn.
The Cvt men inviied to ap.
Caoital m Journal
.IL
65th Year, No. 281 SEVr.
Undercover
Spy Accused
New York vT) Sen. Mc
Carthy, R., Wis., declared Wed
nesday a defiant witness "ap
pears to be the most active
Communist espionage agent
this subcommittee has uncov
ered to date."
McCarthy termed the wit
ness, Harry A. Hyman of Man
hattan, a "sleazy character
and "an undercover spy for the
Communists." '
Hyman, a former employe of
the federal telecommunications
laboratories in Nutley, N. J., re
fused to answer questions be
fore the Senate permanent in
vestigations subcommittee.
"Hyman was given the op
portunity to tell us whether or
not he is a spy, but takes ad
vantage of the constitution
whiclvhe would destroy," Mc
Carthy said.
The senator declared he also
would seek contempt indict
ments against a Columbia Uni
versity professor and an em
ploye of Ft Monmouth, N. J.
The professor refused to answer
certain questions. The Ft. Mon
mouth worker, McCarthy said,
"defied the committee" and
failed to appear in answer to a
subpoena.
Ike Works on
Big 3 Meeting
Augusta, Ga. VP) President
Eisenhower divided his time
Wednesday between a vacation
round of golf and preparations
for the forthcoming Big Three
conference in Bermuda.
comfortably settled in a
cozy new "Little WhiU House"
for a Thanksgiving holiday,
Eisenhower was up about 7
a.m. and turned after breakfast
to study of arrangements for
the conference with Prime
Minister Churchill of Great
Britain and French Premier
Laniel, to be held In Bermuda
Dec. 8.
Then he stepped out into the
warm sunshine for 18 holes of
golf at the Augusta National
Club. He played Tuesday, too,
shortly after arriving by plane
from Washington. He will have
Thanksgiving dinner Thursday
wun nis lamily.
pera before the group were, In
the alphabetical order of
names, Jason Lee, local at
torney; Dean Seward P. Reese
of Willamette university law
school; Mr. Stadter, John
Steelhammer and Kenneth
Thompson, all local attorneys.
The endorsement as approv
ed by the executive commit
tee will be forwarded at once
to Jess Card, republican na
tional committeeman for Ore-
gin; Mrs. Marshall Comett re
publican committeewoman for
Oregon; Robert A. Elliott
chairman of the State Repub
lican Central Committee; and
United States Senator Guy
Cordon, senior senator from
Oregon.
(CenUnacd an rag I, Ceuuun I)
Salem, Oregon, Wednesday, November 25,
McCarthy talks with newsmen
m A - alflPII kinlfriJFal 1
New York, Nov. 25 Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy talk
with newsmen here last night after his televised address
in which be declared the Truman administration was
"crawling with Communists." He spoke to a nationwide
radio and TV audience in answer to former President
Truman who had assailed "McCarthy ism" in TV-radio
talk a week ago Monday. (AP Wirephoto)
McCarthy Answers HST
By Radio and Television
New York (JP) Sen. McCar
thy (R., Wis.) flung a charge
of "trumanlsm" Tuesday night
against the former president,
defining it as "placing your po
litical party above the interest
Douglas Raps ;.
Probes of Spies
Philadelphia Justice WU
Ham O. Douglas of the U. S. Su
preme Court says current Red
Spy probes are "a campaign of
hate and suspicion" for "a mis
erable political advantage."
We are condemning men
and women on the basis of
hearsay," Douglas declared in
an address to the Friends
Quaker Committee on National
Legislation.
"A Communist," he went on,
'one with Communist affilia
tions, one .with leftist tenden
cies, a socialist a liberal, or
just a plain Yankee who does'
not like this business of the
witch hunt and who shouts his
protest these are all put in the
same classification.
Douglas said America's pres
tige in foreign countries has de
clined and that this can be trac
ed "to the disrespect we have
shown the rights of man here
at home."
Italy Balks on
Tito's Demands
Rome W Source close to
the Italian government said
Wednesday it was discouraged
by Yugoslavia s latest condi
tions on a five power confer
ence to settle the Trieste dis
pute.
Italy has announced outright
that she will attend such a con
ference with the United States,
Britain, France and Yugosla
via. The Belgrade radio quoted
Yugslav Foreign Minister Koca
Popovic Tuesday night as say
ing his nation would not attend
if Italy first gets even partial
control of the present Allied
zone of Trieste.
"Italy has made a great con
cession in an effort to find a
settlement" said one source
close to the Foreign office.
"Now it seems Yugoslavia is
refusing. This is discouraging.
It shows Yugoslavia does not
want a conference, but wants
to dictate its own terms."
EX-RED OFFICER HELD
Frankfurt, Germany A
former Soviet army staff offi
cer was ordered held without
bail here Wednesday pending
filing of charges that he spied
against the Allied forces in
West Germany for the Krem
lin. He is Ceorgt Vladmlnirov-
lch Khotumzhi, known in Welti
Germany as Georg Mueller.
of the country." He said the
Truman administration was
'crawling with communists,
In the latest round of the
Harry Dexter White controver
sy, McCarthy spoke over na
tionwide television and radio
networks in reply to Truman
attack last week on "McCar
thylsm." Truman had made
the attack in the course of Ills
explanation of his part in the
White case.
McCarthy, also:
1. Charged that Truman, as
a senator in 1944, used his in
fluence to retain in government
service George S. Wheeler, an
American military government
officer who later sought and
obtained asylum behind the
Iron Curtain.
(Concluded en Pate S. Column 5)
Welcome Queen
To Jamaica
Montego Bay, Jamaica
Queen Elizabeth. II and the
Duke of Edinburgh, landed on
this British West Indies island
Wednesday and received a tre
mendous welcome. -.
It was the first visit by a
reigning monarch to this popu
lous rum', banana and sugar
colony.
The sleek blue double-decker
Stratocruiser taking the royal
party on the first lap of a
globe-girdling British Common
wealth tour arrived from Ber
muda at 6:52 a.m. PST. The
Queen and her husband attend
ed a round of ceremonies in
Bermuda Tuesday and spent
the night there, taking off for
Jamaica early Wednesday.
Sir Hugh Foot, the colonial
governor, was on hand to greet
the queen. After the brief wel
coming ceremony at the air
port, the Queen and her hus
band were to visit Montego
Bay, then drive along a nar
row 125-mile mountain high
way to Kingston, the colonial
capital.
Churchill lo
Quell Revolts
London CP Prime Minister
Churchill called an emergency
cabinet meeting Wednesday to
consider revolts spreading
within the ranks of his own
Conservative Party.
Ministers hurried to No. 10
Downing St., the prime minis
ters official residence.
The government now Is
squabbling with rank and file
conservatives on three issues
commercial television, war pen
sions and the Suez Canal prob
lem. The, cabinet meeting was
concerned particularly with the
war pensions dispute an issue
generating so much heat that
some conervatives shouted cri-
tic i urn at Churchill in the House
of Commons Tuesday,
1953 16 PaJVtu
Lipman Contract A
Ross Hammond Company
Chief US Judge
For Germany
Balks on Firing
Frankfart Germany (
Chief Justice William Clark
of the C.S. court ef appeals In
Germany aald Wednesday he
had been fired by the state
depsrtment for "failing to iake
orders.' However, tha lariat
declared ha would Ignore the
dismissal notice and continue
to hold court
Clark, a native of Prince
ton, N.J., was recently named
bead of a three man group as
signed by the American Asso
ciation of Lawyers in Ger
many to investigate reports
that telephones in the head
quarters of U.S. High Commis
sioner James B. Conant were
equipped with recording de
vices. Reasons for Firing
The U.S. high commission
at Bonn issued a statement
saying the state department
decided against reappointing
Clark due to decline in court
business and for economy rea
sons. The commission refus
ed to comment now on Clark's
statement that ha was fired
for falling to take orders, and
tnat he would continue to
hold court
(Continued a rata . Catalan I)
U.S. Bans UN
Korea Debate
United Nations, N. Y. lV
The United States will oppose
U. N. debate on the Korean
problem aa long as Special Am
bassador Arthur Dean is carry
ing on .discussions at Panmun
jom, it was announced Wednes
day.
Chief U. S. Delegate Henry
Cabot Lodge Jr. told reporters
the United States does not
think it wise to undertake a
general Korean debate unless
the Dean talks break down.
British sources said their
delegation agrees with the U. S.
view.
Lodge also declared there Is
no need tor debate here on the
fate of the prisoners of war
now in the hands of the U. N.
Neutral Repatriation Commis
sion in Korea.
'All prisoners must be re
leased by Jan. 22," Lodge said.
"The armistice is absolutely;
clear on that."
Prods Russia
For Austria Pact
London (JP) The United
States, Britain and France call
ed on Russia once again Wed
nesday to join them in an ef
fort to conclude an Austria in
dependence treaty. The Soviets
have turned a deaf ear to all
such Western proposals in re
cent months.
The British Foreign Office
said tha Western Allies deliver
ed new notes to the Kremlin
Wednesday morning on the
Austrian question. A spokes
man declined to reveal precise
ly what the notes contained.
Informed Western officials.
however, reported the Allies
have proposed the Big Four
powers consider the Austrian
treaty question through diplo
matic channels.
Love and Whiskey
Blamed by Kidnaper
Kansas City, Mo. MB Mrs.
Bonnia Brown Hesdy has
blamed love and whiskey 'ot
her part in the Bobby Green
lease kidnapping.
Robert C. Greenlease, mil
lionaire father of the six-year-old
boy whom Mrs. Hesdy and
Carl Austin Hall kidnaped
and murdered, disclosed yes
terday that Mrs. Heady had
written a letter expressing
her sorrow for what aha had
done.
"I doubt if this letter will
do much good but there isn't
anything that we could do or
say that would atone for our
mistake." h mid. "I do hsca
lit helps a little."
J Hall, woo is awaiting death
Turkey Feast
For Alllies and
South Koreans
Seoul vD American troops
In Korea and their United Na
tions and Korean friends will
eat turkey and fixings together
Thursday on the first Thanks
giving Day in four years un
manned by Communist shell-
fire.
South Koreans and soldiers
of United Nations in this war
torn nation have eagerly adopt
ed the traditional American
Thanksgiving holiday and will
join in the celebration.
Prayers, turkey dinners and
entertainment are planned.
Army of f 1 c 1 a 1 emphasize
there will be no relaxation of
the alert for possible Commu
nist renewal of the war.
Many Army and Marine un
its will enjoy their first real
day off In months under the
policy of Gen. Maxwell Tay
lor, 8th Army commander, to
celebrate Thanksgiving, Christ
mas and New Year's as normal-
ly as possible "within the tac
tical situation.
Want Russia at
Peace Parley
Panmunjom ( V. S. envoy
Arthur Dean said today "some
method must be worked out
to assure the attendance of
Soviet Russia as a full partici
pant at Korean peace con
ference. .
The Reds want Russia to at
tend aa a neutral. Dean
charged this would mean the
Soviet union would not be
bound by conference decisions.
He said Chinese and North
Korean negotiators working on
plans for tha peace conference
are holding Russia "at a threat
over our beads." .
Allied and Communist diplo
mats met for S hours and 45
minutes, the longest continous
session since the preliminary
talks opened Oct 26. They will
meet again Friday.
Meanwhile, explanations to
war prisoners who have re
fused to go home remained
stalled and there was no indi
cation that the interviews
would be renewed.
Red GIs Ask
For Turkey
Panmunjom, Korea Ol-B
The 22 Communist held Ameri
can war prisoners who have
refused to go home told their
Indian guards today they wish
to observe Thanksgiving Day
just like all other Americans.
An Indian spokesman said
the prisoners' request had been
relayed to the Communists, who
agreed to provide "special
food" and beer for the holiday.
The Communists did not say
what the special food would be.
The prisoners' usual diet has
been rice, vegetables and pork.
The last minute request rais
ed the hopes of U.S. explainers,
who had been informed that
Uhe American prisoners spent
their time singing the Inter
nationale and parading with
Chinese and North Korean
flags.
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f V. m. RiiUir
In the gas chamber with Mrs.
Heady, also wrote a letter to
Greenlease seeking forgive
ness. In her letter, Mrs. Hesdy
said she went along with the
kidnap scheme because she
wanted Hall to have the
money he wanted.
She said she would have
been "very, very happy" liv
ing with Hall in her home at
St Joseph, Mo., "but he had
been used to more money.
wanted so much for him to be
happy."
She said her mind was
clouded by whiskey when sha
agreed to join Hall in
the
$600,000 ransom plot
(Cenunaee Fags Ctltana
FINAL
EDITION
warded
Building Set
To Begin on
November 30
By JAMES D. OLSON
Lrsman, Wolfe ft Company,
Portland department store, an
nounced Wednesday award ef
contract for Ha 1 -story Salem
store to Rosa B. Haaaaaead
company.
Construction la scheduled
to begin November 30 with the
store open for business not lat
er than July 1, 1854. The store.
when completed, company of
ficials declared, will be the
largest department store la
Oregon, outside of Portland.
Plana call for a three-story
building 12S by 163 feet With
80,000 square feet of floor
space. The plans were drawn by
Dougan and Helms, Portland
architects, with Albert C. Mar- ,
tin St Associates of Los Angeles
as consulting architects.
The downstairs section.
street floor and second floor
will be devoted to the selling
department The third floor
will be arranged to house spe
cial service features Including
tea room, beauty salon, au
ditorium and landscaped tar- .
race that will afford tea room
patrons a wide view of the ad.
jacent area.
S3,0ot,0te Cost
Estimated cost of the pro-
ect, Including store, fixtures
and stock will represent a
sum, approximating $3,000,- '
000, store officials said. ,
(CeBtlnaai aa Pace f. Cabana
Hike Price of
Milk One Cent
Portland W The state Milk
Marketing Administration
Wednesday ordered an increase
in the minimum price of milk
that Is expected to make a 1-
cent boost in nine counties.
The order makes 23 cents a
quart the minimum which can
be charged for standard milk
In Multnomah, Washington.
Clackamas, Columbia, Yamhill,
Polk, Marion, Wasco and Hood,
River counties.
William WeMeL milk mar
keting admlnistraotr, said , that
at the producer level the order
adds 3 cents a pound butter
fat, but makes no change for
non-fat solids. This, he said.
was a point sought by Jersey
and Guernsey breeders who
had complained that earlier or
der had favored those with low
butterfat producing breeds. ,
Million Rail
Men Vole Strike
Washington (ffV More than
a million non operating rail
workers are giving "over
whelming" approval to a strike
vote on the nation's railroads,
a union official said Wednes
day. George Lelghty, president of
the Railroad Telegrapheri
Union and chairman of tha 13
union group, said that with "at
least two thirds of the ballots
in more than 98 per cent of
the votes favor strike action."
The unions have served de
mands on the carriers for long
er vacations, more holidays.
Sunday work premiums, health
and welfare benefits and un
limited free transportation for
all rail workers and their
families.
The final count of the strike
ballots will be made on Dec. 1.
Japan Hit by
Strong Quake
Tokyo 0J.B A strong earth
quake struck Tokyo early to
day and the long, rolling tremor
swayed downtown office build
ings and homes in the suburbs.
The quake was first felt at
9:50 a.m. PST and lasted ap
proximately one minute.
It was believed to be tha most
severe earth tremor to his To
kyo in the past decade.
There were no immediate
signs of fire or damage.
The quake was recorded as
far away as Pasadena, Calif.
The California Institute of
Technology said its selsrao
arsnh recorded "larra ils.
tani" earthquake but was un-
laoie to determine immediately
l)itl location or magnitude,