Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, November 28, 1953, Page 1, Image 1

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THE WEATHER
CLOUDY WITH sestttred
showers tonight, rain Snaday.
Mild taonaeratarea. Law to
night, 44; kick twill. (I.
FINAL
EDITION
6Sfh Year, No. 284
SS Salem, Oregon, Saturday, November 28, 195: Price 5c
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MODERN SIR WALTER RALEIGH
Strangle? (ills Woman in
Cabin in South Salem Motel
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Suspension
Of Milk Order
Requested
Patternson Calls on
Agriculture Board to
Delay Milk Increase
J B JAMES D. OLSON
' Governor Paul L. Fattersoa
called an the state board of
agricaltara to suspend ita or
der of November 24 increas
ing the price of J.I butterfat
milk one cent a quart in a lone
Including Marlon, Polk, Mult
nomah and other nearby eoua
tie. The governor dispatch
ed a letter to Fred Cockell of
MUwankie, chairman of the
board by apecial messenger.
The milk order was to have
become effective on Monday.
In addition to calling on the
board to suspend its order on
the increase, he also called on
the board to give him the op
portunity to review the board's
finding! on the subject
Insist on Open Meetings
After calling attention to
the facts that the ordes was
promulgated at a special un
scheduled meeting held last
Tuesday night, the governor
said "it Is my belief, that de
cisions affecting the rights of
the public in all matters
should only be made at open
public meetings. In order that
everyone can be fully advised
concerning such decisions and
reasons therefor.
(Continued en Pare S. Column 4)
Seek Freedom
Of Information
United Nations, N.Y., Uty
The U.N. General Assembly
Saturday called upon the eco
nomic and social council to
give priority at its next ses
sion to the question of free
dom of information.
The vote was 53-0 with the
Soviet bloc abstaining.
The assembly asked the 18
nation council to discuss the
findings of the UJJ.'a special
reporter on freedom of Infor
mation, Salvadore P. Lopez et
tne Philippines, and o make
recommendations to next
year's session of the assem
bly. In another resolution, the
assembly asked Secretary
General Dag Hammarskjold
to address a new communica
tion to Information enterprises
and professional associations
regarding the possibility of an
international conference on a
proposed journalistic code of
ethics.
Such a communication was
sent out last year, but the
new resolution would have
the secretary, general prod
those groups which failed to
reply.
This proposal was approved
49 to 5. Soviet bloc with S
bsentions.
Rainy
Week-End
Say
Weathermen
It is to be a rainy week-end,
reports the weather bureau.
Scattered showers are due to
night, general rain on Sunday,
but mild temperatures are to
continue.
The Willamette river con
tinued to drop following last
week's high water, the Salem
wauge Saturday morning read
ing 11.6 feet.
November will go out with
rainfall slightly above normal,
the total so far being 4 66
inches against a normal of S.43.
Newspapers Announce
JointOperation Plan
The Salem Capital Journal
and the Oregon Statesman plan
to consolidate their mechanical
and business organizations but
will continue their separate
news end editorial depart
ments, Bernard Mainwaring,
publisher of the Capital Jour
nal, and Charles A. Sprague,
publisher of the Statesman, an
nounced jointly today.
Tentative effective dale Is
Dec. 31, 1953. Each newspaper
will continue to be published
as at present, the Capital Jour
nal evenings except Sunday
and the Statesman mornings in.
eluding Sunday.
While the move is a month
way, the two publishers said
they were making the an
nouncement at this time for the
Information of employes and
the public.
In making the move, the
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Hunt Ransom
In New Orleans
New Orleans, La. UK The
New Orleans Item said in a
copyright story today that
serach for the missing (300,
000 in the kldnap-murder case
of six-year-old Bobby Green
lease has moved to New Or
leans. The newspaper said that it
had learned that an FBI agent
"named Kennedy" questioned
two inmates of parish prison
about the missing ransom
money. The two are held for
trial on a series of safe rob
beries and confidence games.
They were identified as
Thomas Mordelon and Victor
Lin Wetter.
Carl Austin Hall, a one-time
playboy, and his girl friend.
Mrs. Bonnie Brown Heady,
are m death row at the Ms!
sourl State Prison awaiting
death in the gas chamber
The two extracted $600,000
in . ransom from Bobby's
wealthy father at Kansas City
after they had killed the
youngsters. About half of the
ransom money was found.
Strike Disrupts
N. Y. Papers
New York iff) A strike Sat
urday disrupted publication of
six major New York City
newspapers, all except the
Herald Tribune.
Five hundred members of
the AFL International Photo
Engravers union, the men who
make metal plates to repro
duce pictures in the papers,
walked out demanding higher
pas and other benefits.
About 20,000 members of
other unions newsmen, print
ers, telephone operators re
fused, to cross picket lines and
did not report for work.
The Herald Tribune was not
affected because it has a con
tract with a commercial firm
for its photo-engraving plants.
Hit by the strike were the
Tump, Daily News, Daily Mir
ror, all morning newspapers,
and the Journal-American,
World-Telegram and Sun, and
the' Post, afternoon newspa
pers. The afternoon newspa
pers were the first affected.
publishers are conforming to
a pattern of newspaper opera
tion adopted In many cities in
the United States a pattern
made necessary by rising costs
of newspaper publishing.
In the combination of me
chanical and business organiza
tions, tne statesman! new
building only a block away
from the Capital Journal build
ing; will eventually be used.
The publishers said they felt
the contemplated step assures
continuance of first-class news
paper service to Salem and the
mid-Willamette valley, even
ing, morning and Sunday.
Under the pirn, the owner
ship would be evenly divided
between the corporations now
publishing the papers. The
commercial printing and en
graving departments of the
Statesman Publishing C 0
would not tx. affected.
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One ot Queen Elizabeth's Jamaica subjects. Warren .
Kidd, spread his coat on muddy ground after the manner .
of Sir Walter Raleigh in the Queen's path at Port Royal,
Jamaica, yesterday. The surprised Queen lumped back,
then walked to one side. Police grabbed Kidd who was
held for Investigation. The Duke of Edinburgh is at right.
In plumed hat Is Sir Hug Foot, governor ot Jamaica. Other
unidentified. (AP Wirephoto)
Franklin Parker Dies,
Accident Toll Now 3
McMlnnville WV-The toll
of death in a Wednesday night
highway collision rose to three
Saturday with the 1 a.m.
death of Franklin O. (Bud)
Parker, IB, Willamette univer
sity student from Newport.
A fellow-student, Irvin
Monroe Nicholas, 19, also from
Newport, died in the crash of
two cars carrying people to
Thanksgiving holiday gather
ings. The other victim was
Gay Carol Aldropp, Tjnontha,
Freedom Looms
For Puerto Rico
United Nations. N. Y.
President Eisenhower has
promised to move for complete
Puerto. Rican Independence
any time the Legislature of
that Caribbean commonwealth
asks for it.
The offer was announced to
the U, N. General Assembly
last night by chief U. S. Dele
gate Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
Speaking during debate on
proposed measures to deter
mine when a dependent terri
tory becomes self-governing,
Lodge said:
"I am authorized to say on
behalf of the President that at
any time the Legislative As
sembly of Puerto Rico adopts
a resolution in favor of more
complete or even absolute inde
pendence, he will immediately
recommend to Congress that
such Independence be granted."
New Site for
Kootenai Dam
Seattle m The Arm
Corps of Engineers has settled
on a new site it favors for the
multi-purpose Libby Dam pro
ject on the Kootenai River.
The new site, it was an
nounced here Friday by Col.
N. A. Mathias, Seattle district
engineer. Is IS miles north of
Libby, Mont., which Is four
miles north of the previously
selected spot for building the
dam.
Col. Matthias said the new
site will have engineer backing
if the matter is resubmitted to
the international Joint Com
mission which has jurisdiction
over water resources involving
both Canada and the United
States.
The Libby project, approv
ed by Congress in 1950, ori
ginally was submitted to the
commission In January 1951
but was withdrawn in April of
this year for restudy.
Col. Mathias said the engln-
eer action now places the Libby
project in position for resub
mission to the commission.
RAILROAD ABANDONED
Washington Oregon Pa
cific and Eastern Railway Fri
day was authorized by the In
terstate Commerce Commis
sion to abandon a four-mile
line between Diiston and Culp
Creek Station In Lane county.
v-regon.
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daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ar
chie Aldropp of Langlois.
The student car, with the
two young men and two co
eds who arranged at the last
minute to ride home with
them, waa en route to New.
port for the holiday. The At
dropp car was en route to
Dallas to spend Thanksgiving
with Mrs. Aldropp's parents.
The Aldropp escaped criti
cal injuries but both girls in
the other oar still were uncon-
scious Saturday morning.
' One of the co-eds, Kather-
ine Carol' Litchfield, was
transferred Friday night to
Providence hospital in Port
land. Saturday morning her
condition was listed as un
changed. Slight improvement
had been reported earlier Fri
day. (Continued on Par i. Celann !)
Nixon Assures
Ceylon People
Colombo, Ceylon U. Vice
President Richard M. Nixon
told a radio audience today the
United States "firmly supports
the orderly progress toward
self-government throughout the
world."
The touring American vice
president added, "the United
States has no Imperialistic am
bitions whatsoever in Asia or
in any other part of the globe."
He made the statement to
assure those who "are appre
hensive that the mounting in
terest oi the united States in
this area may be just another
phase of Imperialism," Nixon
id.
Churches Among Salem's Chief Assets; 54
Structures Represent 37 Denominations
This Is the ninth f a
the Saturday 'astaas of the Capital
commereiaj ano esuwraj aciiviiies ui eaiera ana .n inon cvunir
will be keaed facts to shew the stability ef reaeorees and economical
conditions.
The carrylnr eat of this educational series has been made
poislMe by the support that has been accorded It by -epresentollTt
industrial and commercial firms who an dcnonstratlnt their con
fidence In the More of this ration. Each of these firms has aa
interesting message on page and
By at. asnntin evaios
The economic structure of any political division Is, by
no means limited in Its make-up, or dependents, even in s
minor measure, upon bank deposits, tall commercial buildings,
industrial operations or fine homes. The very
lifeblood of the structure is the great prin
ciple of good living and, with this as the pre
dominating element, the aforementioned
resources are bound to follow. Salem and
the Oregon country were founded by those
early settlers who inherited the traditions of
their forefathers. Chief among these is the
tradition which asserts: "No community can
hope to exist, much less grow strong snd
exert influence outside of its own boundaries,
unless its people believe In and worship
God." From the date of Its beginning the
churches of Salem have exerted a powerful
influence on the social, economic and cultural life of tba city.
Essentially the lifeblood of a community flows through
its spiritual structure. Physical things are born, they grow,
they perish. The spiritual edifice remains. Thus, is found
the churches in the community to furnish the proper back
ground for ita children the right basis for their lives so
thst when they become men and women Ihey have the right
conception of the attitude for public service.
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Jamaican Plays
Role of Raleigh
Aboard RMS Gothic in the
Caribbean uU9 Queen Eliza
beth n and the Duke ot Edin
burgh sailed westward aboard
this luxury-fitted liner today
for the Fiji Islands, speeded on
their departure from Jamaica
by a modern "Sir Walter Ral
eigh."
Security officers guarding
the queen had a bad moment
when Negro broke through
police lines' at Port Royal.
where she and the duke board
ed the Gothic, and dashed up
to ner.
But the enthusiastic Jamai
can. Warren Kidd, wanted only
io inrow nis cream linen Jack
et under, the queen'a feet, the
way Sir Walter Raleigh is sun-
posed to have offered his cloak
to-Britain's- first Queen Eliz
abeth. v
Brig. A.C.F. Jackson, who
was walking with the queen,
grabbed the Negro and threw
him into the arms of a police-
. Then Jackson snatched
up the coat, fearing that it
might conceal a bomb.
When it had been established
tht he meant no harm, Kidd
protesting, "I love the queen!
I just thought she ought to
walk on my coat on this his
toric occasion!" was hustled
off to the police station to be
examined for lunacy.
Store Sales for Week
Drop Two Per Cent
Washington ) Department
store sales during the week
ended Nov. 21 dropped two per
cent compared with the like
week a year ago, the Federal
Reserve Board said yesterday.
No change in department
store sales was listed between
the four weeks ended Nov. 21
and the corresponding period
last year, while sales Jan, 1
Nov. 21 this year were listed
at two per cent above the sim
ilar 1952 period.
series of articles mblinhrd la the
Journal. This aarny of Industrial,
1 of this Issue. ,
1
a. BosoM Sraoo
Big 3 Seek lo
Counter Any
Russian Stall
Waahiniton fa The United
State probably will ask Britain
and France, when representa
tives of the three meet at Ber
muda, to get set to counter any
Russian plan for stalllns the
European Army project through
a lonr-power meeting.
' Since the Soviets Thursday
night sprang their surprise ac
ceptance of a four-power meet
ing without the hampering con
ditions that they had insisted
on earlier, the State Depart
ment, has been considering
what reply the Western Big
Three might make.
Certain to Be Held
Although the United States
publicly has taken a much dim
mer view of the outlook for
success ot a Big Four meeting
than have its allies, it seemed
almost certain that the, session
of foreign ministers will be
held, If the Soviets mean what
they now say,
(Continued en Pare 5, Column I)
969 Jap POW
Given RedChina
Moscow Wl The Soviet
Red Cross told a Japanese Red
Cross delegation Saturday that
HllMIn flOlitfOMH OftQ TiMu..
war prisoners to communist Tokvo W) A North Ko
rhin in loiin h.f k. rean airman who turned a
last the Russians heard 0
them.
The Iinni -- um ik.l
Soviets could not sudoIv the
names of these prisoners and
that we Japanese would have
to ask the Peiping government
or Red Cross about them.
iass, official Soviet news
agency, announced- April 22,
1950, that Russia was planning
to nana over 971 Japanese to
China, but this was not con
firmed officially until Satur
day. The Ruuians said two of
the prisoners had died before
the transfer.
Limit Control
Of TV Stations
Washington W) The Com
munications Commission adopt
ed a rule Friday that no com
pany or person may hold a
financial Interest in more than
five commercial television sta
tions or more than seven com
mercial radio stations.
In line with the rule, it im
mediately directed that the
Columbia Brodcasting System
and J, Elroy McCaw, Centralla,
Wash., get rid of some of then
radio station holdings.
Aides to the commission said
they could not say whether
the new rule might affect oth
ers. The commission said that
CBS owns six radio stations
and has a minority interest in
three others. It said McCaw has
interests in eight radio statonis.
Salem's churches, represent
ing 37 denominations housed
in 54 church buildings, several
of these being new structures,
esch with several affiliated
religious organizations, are
the foundation for the city's
community life. They are the
reservoir, with a store of in
fluence, to ever fashion and
guide the city'a destinies, The
churches create a field In
which there is adequate room
for every man, woman and
child of religious faith, In
Salem,
Business without the strong
underlying moral and religious
principles as a guiding force
is, no more nor less, than an
empty husk. A society which
accumulates a vast wealth
without regard for the wel
fare of the soul, and sits down
and takes its ease, will meet
the same condemnation as Is
met In the pronouncement
that: "This day thy soul shall
be required of thee."
Commercial and industrial
activity -demands good moral
principles as the foundation.
This factor has been realized,
mora and more, until In recent
No Hostilities
During Korean
Peace Parley
Panmunjom, Korea u
Envoy Arthur H. Dean guar
anteed the communists today
the South Korean army would
not resume hostilities while
the Korean peace 'conference
Is in session.
Dean promised the Reds the
South Koreans would cooper
ate after he had submitted a
12-point plan on getting the
long-delayed conference on
the peninsula's future started.
South Korean President
Syngman Rhee had threatened
to wreck the armistice If the
political conference tailed to
achieve peaceful unification of
the country 90 days after the
meeting was to have begun on
October 27.
In a major compromise
move. Dean told the commu
nists the Untied Nations would
agree to seat nonvoting neu
trals as "observers" at the
conference.
The Allies today handed the
comunists detailed plans for si
Korean peace conference, but
the Reds said they could see
no merit in the proposal and
would unveil one of their own
Monday.
Korean Pilot
Gets $100,000
Communist MIQ Jet over to the
Aiue has been paid a $100,-
reward.
L V1 ,nony WA reented to
Senior Lt. No Kum Sok. who
landed his Russian-built fighter
at a South Korean air base last
summer and was granted asy
lum. -The Air-Force said the pilot
asxea mat a trust runa do set
up to cover his educational ex
penses in the United States snd
to support his mother in South
Korea.
Shortly before the armistice
was signed, Gen. Mark W,
Clark, then U, N. commander.
offered $100,000 to the first
Communist pilot to bring u
MIG1S to an AUled airfield
and $50,000 for ' subsequent
MIGs. . The offer was with
drawn after No Kum Sok's
flight. .
Idaho Approves Gas
Companies Merger
Boise, Idaho ) A propos
ed merger of Northwest Cities
Gas company and Cascade
Natural Gas corporation of
Delaware received the ap
proval of the Idaho Public
Utilities commission Friday.
Csscade would be the surviv
ing firm,
Before becoming effective
January 1, the merger will
also have to receive the bless
ing of the Oregon Public Utili
ties CommUUon, the Federal
Power Commission and the
Washington Public Service
Commission.
years these principles function
throughout the davy. lives of
the throng of employees as an
unwritten law, the violation of
which means dismissal for the
good ot business
Not only is business con
ducted slong these lines and
quite generally adherred to,
but these principles are called
upon in times of stress or un
certainties, such as exists to
day, that our entire civilize
tion may be saved.
Statesmen Know Conditions
Statesmen and leaders in
the nation, today, know full
well what would be the condi
tion In America were the peo
ple to forget the teachings of
tneir childhood, in the Sun-
oay schools and churches of
the land. Not a man of them
is there today but, who would
confess that it Is only the
religious principles instilled
into the lives of the people. In
their youth, that enables them
to endure uncertainties of dis
turbed times with such few
murmurs of complaint.
' Human life demands for its
fullest development an exer-
(CoaUaaod ea Pan I. Celaaui 1)
Police Seek
MBs4aisAsS f
riuiucici ui
Mrs. Hardman
By VIC FRYER
Death strack In Cabin It
Saturday morning wheat 11-year-old
woman was murder
ed by strangulation la the
cabin she occupied with aa-
other Woman at south Salem
motel. .
Dead Is Mrs. Frances Hard
in, attractive brunette, at
the hands oi an unknown per
son. City do lice said thev
have a suspect but would
name no names.
Mrs. Hardman's body was
discovered about 10:20 by her
roommate, Mrs. Edna Baker,
an employe of the nearby
Vista Cleaners, when she ar
rived borne. First aidmen and
police were called Immediate
ly and oxygen was applied for
about 20 minutes to the still
warm body but to no avail.
A doctor was called and
gave a heart stimulant but she
failed to revive. She was pro
nounced dead soon afterwards. :
Time ot the strangulation waa
estimated at I to 2 hours ear
lier. The body was lying
f.l., 4ha tuuS 1ajl In .....i -
clothes when they arrived,
first aidmen said:
Police said the strangula
tion was apparently by hand
as were was nothing around
the neck or nearby that ap
peared to havt been used in
the killing. ....
Witnesses said that two or
three hours earlier in the
morning a man made consid-
(Gsntlnaed en Para s, Ctaama a)
Seek Unity oi
The Hague, The Netherlands
( West Europe's foreign
ministers Saturday instructed
a six-nation group or govern
mental experts to draft the ba
sis for political economic and
military union of France, West
Germany, Italy and the Bene
lux countries within the next
four months.
Winding up their three-day
conference here, the ministers
agreed that their deputies -should
meet in Paris as quick
ly as possible to write the con
stitution of a future continent
al "political community" to
control the proposed European
Defense Community. .
These deputies, the ministers
said, should finish their work
by March IS and report to an
other ministerial session in
Brussels March 30. They are
to base their work on agree
ments reached recently at
Rome which won official back
ing in the sessions here.
$20 Million Loss
In Pusan Fire
Pusan, Korea (AN One-sixth
of this teeming port city of one
million population smouldered
tonight after an all-night fire
that scorched a ltt-mlle swath,
left at least three Koreans
dead and leveled (,000 homes
and buildings.
Twenty Koreans were hurt
and two Korean firemen were
overcome by smoke.
Police said two children and
a 26-year-old man were dead.
The U.S. Army estimated
damage to this refugee-choked
city at 20 million dollars. The
blaze raged for nearly 12 hours.
It was one of the most devas
tating fires in Korean history.
Relief agencies rushed sid to
45,000 left homeless. Many
were given temporary shelter
In U.S. Army warehouses, the
aters snd schools.
Others poked about In the
seared ruins looking for per
sonal belongings.
JOB LAW CANCELLED
Vienna, Austria UP) Com
munist Bulgaria has cancelled
a law which threatened im
prisonment to workers and of
ficials leaving their Job with
out prior permission by the
management, and the same sen.
tences to managers who failed
to report violators.
Weather Details
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