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FINAL
EDITION
65th Year, No. 283
Salem, Oregon, Friday, November 27, 1953 18 Pages Price 5c
Great Flames
Sweep Over
Pusan, Korea
Army Supplies, 3000
Buildings Destroyed,
300,000 Homeless
Pawn, Korea MS A treat
lira burned through the heart
of teeming Pnsaa Saturday
driving possibly , per
sou from their homes, and de
stroying the headquarter of
the U. 8. army command which
operates this vital port.
Hours after the fire broke
, out in a squatter section of
this city Jammed with war ref
ugees, thousands of U. S. and
South Korean soldiers still had
not brought the raging flames
under control. The flames had
swept more than a mile throu
swept more than a mile
through the business section.
The U. S. army had no re
ports of deaths, but it was be
lieved almost certain that the
flames, driven swiftly by 30
mile winds, had overhauled
- some of the sick and aged ref
ugees in the squatter section.
, Whole Blocks at a Time
The flames ate swiftly
through the tinder-like shacks
and hovels, gulping whole
blocks at a time. Then the fire
spread to the business section.
I ' Thousands of Koreans with
their pitifully meagre posses
sions streamed acros bridges to
. (Continued en Pace . Column 7)
Crash Victims
Said Improving
, McMinnville (IP) Two of
three Willamette university
l students from Newport injured
' in a Wednesday night highway
accident showed slight im
provement Friday. The third
remained in grave condition.
The accident took two lives
- -that ol Irvin Monroe Nicho
las. 18. a student, and an infant
girl. Gay Carol, 7 months, the
i daughter of Mr. and Mrs. AT-
; - chie Aldropp of Langlois.
In grave conditino is Frank.
lin O. Bud Parker, 18. He re-
mains unconscious with skull
fractures and other serious
hurts in a hospital here. Kith
erine Carol Litchfield, also in
the hospital here, showed a lit
tle improvement Friday and
was conscious at intervals..
" The third injured student,
Joan K. Curry, 18, was taken
to a Portland hospital where at
tendants said she was slightly
improved although still uncon
scious and in serious condition,
The car in which the four
students were going home for
the Thanksgiving holiday col
lided with the Aldropp car.
AWruDD suffered a law frac
ture and other facial Injuries,
and is in a Dallas hospital. Mrs.
Aldropp. treated for shock and
cuts, was released from the
hospital Thursday. Her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Good
rich, live at Dallas. The Aid
ropps were en route there for
the holiday when the accident
occurred on Highway 18 some
eight miles west of Willamina.
Coroner Paul Bollman said
he would investigate because
- - there was no clear story of
how the accident happened.
Deafhloiiof
Holidays 163
HIT United Prcti)
The Thanksgiving holiday
was marred by scores of traffic
deaths as snow and freezing
, rain turned many highways
Vlnto glazed traps, accident re
ports showed today.
But for most Americans the
first peacetime Thanksgiving
in four years was nearly per
fect, with typically nippy No
vember weather in northern
states.
Traffic took 122 lives in the
, 30 hours between 8 p.m.
Wednesday and midnight
Thursday, a United Press tab
ulation showed. Miscellaneous
mishaps killed another 41 per
sons, making a holiday total of
163.
California led in traffic
deaths with 12. followed by
New York. 10; Florida. 8; Il
linois, Indiana and Ohia, 7
each.
Although the National Safety
Council issued no prediction of
the .death toll because it was
one-day holiday, it had
warned that wintry weather
would make driving extremely
hazardous.
A one to three-inch blanket
of snow today covered the
eastern Dakotas, northern Illi
nois, most of Indiana and Ohio
and eastern Pennsylvania and
western New York. Even heav
ier snow fell on Iowa and the
northern great Lakes states
like Minnesota. ,
Arresls Loom
For Armored
Car Robbery
Race Track Said
Watched by FBI
For Accomplices
Boston ( A federal offi
cial said Friday the Federal
Bareaa at Investigation ex
pects to make mora arrests la
the 6Sl,7e robbery from a
parked armored ear ia Dan
gers 2t months ago.
Assist. U.S. attorney Ed
ward D. Hassan said the FBI
"seemed to know who they
were looking for and they told,
me they expected to make
more arrests soon."
The FBI refused to com
ment. A family of three is under
arrest in connection with the
second biggest cash robbery
in U.S. history, the bold theft
(Continued ooParoS. Column ()
Willamette Pass
Road Closed
The rains - of last
week
n ef-
continued - to have a
feet Friday on Oregon
high-
ways but the Willamette Pass
route was the only major road
closed.
The Willamette Highway had
major washouts near Oakridge
wnicn suu nava not been re
paired. The- state highway depart
ment reported Friday that high
water and debris continues to
keep the Wilsonville ferry in
operative and the South San
tiam Highway is open only to
one-way light traffic because
of a washout.
Other major routes were in
normal condition.
Cold and Snow
In Midwest
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Cold and snowy weather.
with temperatures near zero in
some Midwest areas, extended
over wide sections of the east
ern half of the country Friday.
The cold air extended into
the southland except for the
western Gulf states. Tempera
tures dropped below normal as
far south as Miami, Fla. which
reported a low of S3 early Fri-
aay. it was in Tampa.
But the early morning read
ing was 8 above in Cadillac,
Mich., and 15 above in Interna
tional Falls, Minn. Freezing
weather covered most of the
northern half of the country.
Snow fell early Friday in
Southern Michigan, Northern
Illinois, most of Indiana and
Ohio, Western Pennsylvania
and New York. Nearly a foot
of snow was on the ground at
International Falls and Bemld
Ji, Minn.
Occasional Rain
Week-End Forecast
Nearly one-quarter of an
inch more rain came down in
Salem over the holiday, bring
ing the month's total to (.66
inches up to 10:30 a.m. Friday.
The five-day' forecast is for
some more occasional rain
and near-normal temperatures.
The Willamette river con
tinued to drop through Thurs
day, the gauge at Salem meas
uring 14 5 feet Friday morn
ing.
Immediate forecast is for
cooler temperatures tonight
along with cloudy skies, and
some rain for the week-end.
Pair Rob Hotel, Flee,
Soon Nabbed by Police
Two would-be gangsters en'
Joyed a short-lived career
when they robbed the Salem
Hotel, 161 South High Street,
of approximately $7 about
12:30 Friday morning. They
were in custody of Salem po
lice within five minutes after
the holdup.
Under arrest on charges of
robbery by fear are Virgil
Mulford Barker, 24, Snoho
mish, Washington, and Wil
liam Robert Boston, 26, Long
Beach, Calif. They were slated
to appear in Marion County
District Court Friday after
noon for arraignment.
Police reconstructed the ev
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Find Victim of
Rabid Dog Bite
Chicago UJ9 A Cherokee
Indan attacked by a rabid dog
was located early today with
seven days left to save ' him
from a certain and horrible
death.
The 43-year-old restaurant
worker, Harry Snarr, walked
into the offices of the Chicago
Sun-Times and said he had
eeen newspaper accounts warn
ing "Mister X" of his peril.
He xald he wan the man bit'
ten by the rabid dog at dusk
last Friday.
The victim hurried away be
fore the collie's owner could
get his name and thus he did
not know that he was doomed
without quick inoculations.'
Snaar was turned over to
police for the night and pre
pared for the first of a series
of inoculations in the Pasteur
treatment today.
Dodd May Run
Against Cordon
Portland M" 'peculation
in Rome that Norris E. Dodd
might seek tii a democratic
nomination for the 1854 Ore
gon senate race added a new
element to the conjecture over
what Sen. Guy Cordon plans
to do.
Cordon, the republican in
cumbent whose term expires
next year, said some weeks ago
he wanted to retire from the
senate. He added, though, he
would run again If he conclud
ed he had to to keep a dem
ocrat from winning. 'Whethei
Cordon considers Dodd a ma
jor contender, should Dodd ac
tually enter the contest, might
hold the key to his own decis
ion. Monroe Sweetland, Oregon
democratic national commit
teeman,, said he had been in
correspondence with Dodd for
some months about the possi
bility of running for office.
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ents from stories of the par
ticipants as this:
The two pulled in front of
the hotel in a car driven by
Boston. looked in at the empty
lobby for a moment and then
drove off. A moment later
they drove by again and
shortly after that one of the
pair entered the hotel and
walked up to Clerk Milford
Merle (Bud) Stull. 775 Center
Street, and said tersely:
this is a stickup. I mean
business.. Fork over all the
money.
He held his right hand in
his pocket as if holding a gun,
Stull said.
(CwKladed aa Pag k Cotamn 1)
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CARVES THE TURKEY
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t -V . Saul -
Augusta, Ga.-All eyes are on the turkey as Presi
dent Eisenhower does the carving for the family at their
Thanksgiving dinner. L. to R.: Mamie, Susan, Ike, John,
David, Barbara and Little Barbara. (AP Wirephoto) .
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port Location in
City Center
By STEPHEN
And now it's a heliport lo
cation the city of Salem will be
looking for.
It will have to be somewhere
in the city center.
Know what a heliport is?
It's a landing place for heli
copters operated either priv
ately or on a commercial basis.
Some time next month, with
the endorsement of the city
administration, the Chamber
Revolt Quelled
By Churchill
London W Prime Minis
ter Churchill's conservatives
beat down a rebellion in their
own ranks last night, winning
approval in the house of lords
of cabinet plans to introduce
commercial television in Brit
ain. The peers by a 157-87 vote
defeated a motion opposing the
government's scheme. A full
debate is now1 slated for the
house of commons.
The nation's present TV and
radio are a monopoly of the
publicly-owned British Broad
casting Corp. Under the new
plan, some advertising would
be accepted to earn money for
improving and expanding the
service.
Government sources claimed
a moral victory in last night's
vote in the upper house, con
tending that between 80 and
150 members abstained from
voting. Leading conservatives
opposing the plan include Lord
Halifax, former ambassador to
Washington, and the Archbish-
op of Canterbury, Dr. Geoffrey
turner.
30 Escape in
Crash at Sea
Tokyo W Twenty-five pss-
sengers and five crewmen
Thursday night climbed out of
a ditched Army transport plane
five minutes before it sank In
the Japan Sea.
The Air Force said the C46
was coming in for a ground
controlled blind landing at the
U. S. Air Force base at Mlho,
on the southern tip of Honshu,
missed the landing strip, ar.d
was forced to ditch about three
miles off the coast. It sank 10
minutes later.
A crash boat picked un all
25 passengers and five crew
men and brought them back to
the base. One crew member
received a broken wrist. Three
others had minor bruises.
Among the passengers were
10 members of a USO troupe.
The plane was on a scheduled
courier flight from Iwakuni
Air Force base at Miho.
RETIRED DEAN DIES
Moscow, Ida. UK Herber E.
Lattig. retired deaa of men and
director of student affairs at
the University fo Idaho, died in
a Moscow hospital last night at
tn age ox fL
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Sought
A STONE
of Commerce, and the State
Board of Aeronautics, the Bell
Aircraft Corporation will put
on a demonstration of two or
three days to find a suitable
location if a heliport is estab
lished here.
That would mean that Salem
could be a regular stopping
place for helicopters operated
commercially on schedule, or
that the heliport could be used
by 'copters doing a local mail
carrying or delivery service, a
taxi business or even craft as
privciely-used as automobiles.
The top of a building, the
unused space on public grounds
like the post office or the
courthouse, or parking lota
are suggested as possibilities.
But the spot must be in the
business center.
(Continued on Pare s Column 1)
Cardinal Said
In Moscow Jail
Vatican City W The Vati
can Radio reported Friday that
Cardinal Stefan Wyszynskl of
Poland has been transferred in
secret to a Moscow Jail to await
"typical Communist trial."
The radio, quoting informa
tion from Vienna, said the
cardinal is locked in a Lu
bianka prison cell near that
of Lavrenty P. Berla, ousted
ex-chief of Soviet internal se
curity. The Vatican did not further
identify the source of the in
formation, but it is known to
have its own sources behind
the Iron Curtain.
The broadcast said it was
believed the Polish primate is
being put through the long.
gruelling preliminaries to the
same type of Communist trial
to which other Catholic leaders
have been subjected. It said
wcrd of his transfer to Moscow
came iq repudiation of Polish
announcements that the car
dinal is "confined" in a Polish
monastery.
Storm Stops
Duke's Polo
Kingston, Jamaica
Heavy tropical rain caused
the cancellation Friday of a
polo game which would have
put the Duke of Edinburgh on
the field with this island col
ony's best polt) players.
Several thousand spectators
who had waited patiently for
the rain to clear, straggled
from the field in disappoint
ment when the match was
called off. Gov. Sir Hugh Foot
would have headed the team
opporing the duke.
The Duke of Edinburgh and
Queen Elizabeth II sail on the
liner Gothic Friday afternoon
for the Panama Canal and the
next stage of their round-the-
world Commonwealth tour.
They have spent three days in
Jamaica.
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Wins 275-244
ConlidenceVote
Paris () Premier Joseph
Laaiel woa a vote of confi
dence la the National Assem
bly Friday. The vole was
275 - 244. . He announced Im
mediately that be would go
to the Bermada conference as
planned. .
Lanlel and Foreign Minis
ter Georges Bidault will fly
on December 2 to Bermuda
for the meeting with President
Eisenhower and Prime Minis
ter Churchill. -
One hundred deputies ab
stained in the voting on a
weakly worded resolution on
European policy which gave
qualified support tor the Eur
opean army.
The action came after a
tense day in the Assembly,
where the lawmakers had not
only the Bermuda conference
to consider but also a Soviet
offer to meet with the West
ern powers to discuss easing
of world tensions. -(Concluded
on Pan S. Column I)
West Skeptical
Of Atomic Brag
United Nations, N.Y. WV
Western diplomats were skep
tical today of a hint by Andrei
Y. Vishinsky that Russia may
have types of atomic and other
weapons that the West hasn t
The chief Soviet delegate to
the U.N. dropped his intimation
yesterday in the General As
semby's 60 - nation Political
Committee just before that
group rejected every proposal
in his package plan for easing
world tension.
Some delegates suggested
privately that Vishinsky bad
timed his remark to distract.
attention from his defeat, which
he could foresee.
The Vishinsky peace pack
age called for a ban on all
atomic and hydrogen weapons.
a one-third reduction in the
armed forces of the big powers.
the abandonment of all foreign
bases and the elimination of
propaganda of a hostile nature.
Probe Shortage
Washington W) Investigat
ing senators today called Sec
retary of the Air Force Harold
E. Talbott for questioning on a
report that U. S. military air
superiority is threatened by a
shortage of a tough lightweight
metal.
The metal is titanium, de
rived from ilmenite and other
abundant ores and used in al
loys to replace stainless steel in
jet engines and airframes. Its
heat resistance and light weight
are coveted by designers of
faster-than-sound aircraft.
Sen. Malone (R.. Nev.).
cnairman oi a subcommittee in
vestigating availability of criti
cal materials, said he wants to
question Talbott on earlier tes
timony by Air Force Brig. Gen.
Kern D. Metzger.
U.S. Sergeant Admits
Killing Colonels Child
Tokyo, ( A married U.S.
sergeant has confessed he kill
ed Susan Rothschild, pretty
9-year-old daughter of a col
onel, the Army announced
Saturday.
An Army , announcement
identified him as M. Sgt.
Msurice L. Schick, 29, who
lived with his wife and two
adopted Japanese daughters in
the same sprawling U.S.
Army housing area as his vic
tim. Schick broke down Friday
night after prolonged ques
tioning and admitted it was
he who strangled the girl and
left her body in a drainage
ditch in the Sagamlhara Army
housing area 30 miles south
of Tokyo, the Army said.
While the child had not
been raped. Army investiga
tors have ssld this appeared
to be the motive behind the
brutal attack and her attack
Parley to Reply
m. f- r arm . as
mg 4 Proposal
Dean Hopeful
Of Setting Up
Peace Parley
Panm union-, Kara a A
American envoy Arthur H.
Dean said today he saw a "dis
tinct possibility" his prelimin
ary talks with the Communists
would succeed in setting up a
Korean peace conference.
Dean emergeu from his 28th
negotiating session with (the
Reds in . the most optimistic
mood since the talks began
more than a month ago.
He asked the Communists to
give a "world weary of war a
tangible ray of hope" by try
ing earnestly to set a data for
the long delayed meeting and
seat Russia by her side as a full
participant
Dean said the Reds suggested
Dec. 26 kS a tentative starting
date but dung to demands on
inviting the Soviet Union as a
non-bellgerent "neutral" In the
Korean war.
Limit Time of
Red PW Quiz
Panmunjom, Korea U. The
Neutral Nations Repatriation
commission damaged the Allies'
chances of winning . reluctant
prisoners back to democracy
today by telling the United
Nations today that five
plainers" must do the job.
U. N. repatriation officials
had sought 15 interviewers for
the task of reasoning with 351
prisoners, including 22 Ameri
cans and one Briton, who re
fused to go home last summer.
The commission ruled, how
ever, that the United Nations
was entitled to only five ex
plainers e. under -the Korean
armistice agreement, which es
tablished a ratio in accordance
zjlb'tb number of prisoner.
As a result of the commis
sion's decision. Allied inter
viewers will have to talk fast,
as each prisoner will have only
four minutes tn which to hear
an explanation and make up
ma inula. .
Rhee, Chiang
Meet af Taipeh
Taipeh, Formosa Syng
man Rhea and Chiang Kai-
shek, two Asian leaders bond
ed in hatred of communism, to
day began a series of talks ap
parently aimed at tightening
their unofficial alliance against
the Reds.
The South Korean president
flew secretly to this National
ist Chinese fortress only two
days after conferences with
top U, S. officials In Korea.
Chiang and Rhee clasped
hands warmly at the door of
Rhee's borrowed transport,
wheih belong to Gen. Hull, U.
w. rar ast commander.
Knee said nut trip was a
friendly visit but added that
"something may be brought up
tor discussion ...
The surprise visit started
immediate speculation that the
two nations both ravaged by
Red forces may Join in a new
anti-Red bloc.
er may have been frightened
away.
Schick is the chief ward
master of the U. S. Army hos
pital at Camp Zama. It was re
ported he was being held by
military authorities there.
The Hospital is near the
housing area where Susan's
body, a gag stuffed In her
mouth, wss found by her fath
er.
Army authorities said
Schick told them he had no at
tention of raping the girl and
did not plan the murder be
fore meeting her In a lightly
populated area only two blocks
from the home of her parents.
Col. and Mrs. Jacquard Roth
schild.
Army officials and Japanese
police have been working
around the clock on the case
since the pretty little red-
haired girl was found dead
Saturday evening.
Viewed Move
To Block Allied
Unity in Europe
Washington V-The TJatt.
ed States Friday branded Raa.
sla's latest aota aa a Big Few
meeting aa aa abvloaa effort
to slaw progress aa the de
velopment af "greater Eore
peaa natty and strength.''
A statement released at the
state department also describ
ed the note aa "a tactical re
treat" by Russia in the sense
that it is in effect "to gloss
over the uncompromising na
ture of Soviet policy" toward
the west -
The real substance of the
Soviet note shows that Russia
has not in any sense changed
Its basic positions on world
Issues and from this stand
point, therefore, "the not if
disappointing," the depart
ment said.
Call for Berlla Heet
The statement forecast that
the Russian message, which
was delivered Thursday night
and called for a four-power
foreign ministers meeting at
Berlin, would be discussed at
the Bermuda conference of
the government chiefs and for
eign ministers of the United
States, the United Kingdom
and France beginning ia a
week.
(Continued on Pm s, Columa )
Russia Leaves
eh
Moscow, W) The Soviet
Union has proposed a meet.,
ing of the Big Four foreign
ministers, in Berlin to discuss
both ' European and Asian
problems. ' " ..
The proposal was contained
hi a note delivered to . the
unicra Biases, striusn. ana
French diplomatic representa
tives here Thursday night. Its
contents were disclosed Fri
day. .:' r- . -,
The note said a conference
In Berlin was suggested be
cause the Russians had con
cluded that the West pri
marily the United States as
well as the Soviet Union ia in
terested "in striving for peace
and international security and
thus must be interested m the
urgent examination of the
question of relaxing interna
tional tension." -
The Soviets insisted, ' how
ever, that if China is not ad
mitted to the Berlin meeting
"at least the rights and in
terests" of China should be
discussed. The note said that
participation of China in in
ternational parlays "is com
pletely necessary and natural."
See No Change
In Red Attitude
London, The British
Foreign Office cautioned Fri
day that Russia's willingness
to talk things over with the
West does not necessarily
mean a basic change in the
Soviet attitude to world prob
lems. A foreign office spokesman
said a Soviet note expressing
such willingness emphasized
also the Russians would press
at Big Four talks for a wider
conference to Include Commu
nist China.
The Russians, the spokes
man added, gave no indication
what level they sought for
any five-power meeting.
The British spokesman said
he wasn't ready to comment
directly on the Soviet note it
self until London consulted
with Washington and Paris.
Anti-Red Booklets
Sent N.Y. Schools
New York, W Forty-eight
thousand copies of a booklet
citing reasons why Commu
nists should be barred from
teaching will be distributed to
New York City public and
parochial schools and college
faculties.
Dr. WiUlam Jansen, super
intendent of schools, said the
40,000 copies needed for' the
public schools would cost
about $2,000, and would be
paid from public funds.