THE WEATHER
MOSTLY CIOUDT with patch,
as at fog tonlg ht, early Tnes.
day; tacreasiag cloudiness witk
rain, Tuesday. Cooler teals ht.
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FINAL
EDITION
65th Year, No. 285
mmh it ima Pimm
Court Upholds
FPC's Right to
Fix Gas Rales
Refuses to Review De
cision of Lower Court;
Hotly Contested
Washington Vft The 8a-
prcma Coart Monday refused to
review a lower court ruling
that the Federal Power Com
mission matt fix rates for inter
state tales al natural fat by
companiea which produce and
father it.
The issue, potentially involv
ing millions of dollars, hat ar
raigned a sizeable part of the
Hat-buying Middle West on the
one tide and the gat-producing
states of Oklahoma, Texas and
New Mexico on the other.
It also hat been a hot ques
tion in Congress and likely will
be again when the legislators
convene again in January,
The Supreme Court's refusal
to review the lower court rul
wat one of a series of orders
issued on pending appeals.
Other Decisions
In formal decisions, the high
court:
1. Set aside by a 6-3 vote the
conviction of George Lewis
Dickinson of San Francisco on
charges of violating the draft
act. Dickinson, sentenced to
two yean for refusing to sub
mit to induction, argued he was
minister of Jehovah's Wit
nesses, annd exempt from mill
tary service, although he work
ed resularly in a shipyard.
2. Overturned 6-2, a decision
that the Civil Aeronautics
Board hat exclusive authority
over operations of United Air
Lines, Inc., betwen the Cali
fornia mainland and Santa
Catalina Island.
To Bale an Earnings Tax
3. Agreed to rule on validity
of a St Louis "earnings tax"
of one-half of one per cent on
wages and salaries and on net
profits of businesses and asso
ciations. (Continued en rare . Column I)
Egypt Wins in
Sudan Election
Ihartoum, Sudan ) Par
ties urging unification of the
Sudan with Egypt won a de
cisive victory in the election
of a lower house of parliament,
nearly final returns showed on
Monday.
In Cairo, President Mohamed
Naguib told all Sudanese to be
on guard against possible mov
es by a "cunning imperialistic
power." He called no names,
but obviously referred to Brit
ain, which has been the strong
partner in the joint Eritish
Egyptian rule of the vast cotton-rich
territory of the upper
nile.
He expressed the view also
that with Sudanese elections
out of the way, a solution to
British-Egyptian differences, ov
er Suex would be "stepped up."
In London, the British For
eign Office said the election
was "an important step in the
Sudan's progress toward self
government and self-determination."
A Forreign Office
spokesman declared this had
been British policy for many
yean.
Highway Travel
Back to Normal
Highway travel was set
tling back to normal in Ore
gon Monday following high
water troubles lest week.
Tfcn Wilsonville ferry across
the 'Willamette near Aurora
was running again today after
being closed because of the
high water for a few days.
Only two highways were
handicapped in traffic. Mon
day. The Willamette highway
between Oakridge and Odell
lake and In two placet be
tween Lowell and Oakridge
wat closed because of wash
outs. South Santiam highway has
one-way traffic for 20 miles
east of Foster due to a tilde.
Mild temperatures and a
little rain featured the week
end weather picture in Salem
and valley regions. Rainfall in
the 48-hour period ending at
10:30 a.m. Monday amounted
to 30 of an inch in Salem .08
of an inch of it for the last
24 hours.
Forecast is for tome fog to
night and early Tuesday and
cooler temperatures tonight, a
low of 34 being called for to
night. Snow flurries were reported
this morning along the pastel
an ine eign mountains.
Bank Chain
iVins Round in
Highest Court
Review Refused in
Federal Reserve Board
Vs. Transamerica
Washington, W Tat Fed'
oral Betervs Beard Monday
lost another round in Us effort
to .break up .Transamerica
Corps big banking chain In
fire Western states.
The Supreme Court refused
to review a lower court de
cision which had upset a board
order. However, these court
actions are not conclusive. The
board could hold further hear
ings and issue a new order.
The case reached the Su
preme Court with this back'
ground:
The board ordered Trans
america to dispose of its hold'
ingt in stocks of 47 banks In
the five states, finding that
there wat a tendency toward
a monopoly In violation of
the Clayton anti-trust law.
Lacked Evidence
The order wat set atide,
however, by the U.S. Circuit
Court in Philadelphia. The
Circuit Court said the main
finding lacked the support of
necessary tubsidiady findings;
there was no finding that the
five states comprised a tingle
area of elective competition
among commercial bankt.
The board appealed to the
Supreme Court from tht Cir
cuit Court's decision.
The 47 banks are in Cali
fornia, Oregon, Washington,
Arizona and Nevada. The
board's order would leave
Transamerica with its part
ownership of the Bank of
America, a 530-branch Cali
fornia chain.
(Continued an Pace I, Cehuaa I)
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M Berlin Looms Brfohter
Agreement in
Paper Strike
New York W An agree
ment at been reached tn,,
photoengraveri strike that hat
closed six major New York
newspaper! and it will be sub
mitted to a union memberhip
meeting Monday afternoon, The
New York Timet said.
The Timet, one of the tlx
struck papers, posted this not
ice on the door of the Times
building:
"It is expected that agree
ment reached Sunday night be
tween publishers' and photoen-
gravers' committees will be
presented to union membership
today. The Times will publish
an edition at the erliest possi
ble moment. You are request
ed to be available immediately
for work.
The notice was over the
came of Julius Ocht Adler, the
general manager of the Timet,
Snow Falls on
Eastern States
(Br Thf AuoeUtcd Prut)
Snow fell in the Great Lakes
region, Ohio, Western New
York and Pennsylvania Mon
day, and freezing rain in In
diana. The tame storm dampened or
blanketed several Midwest
states Sunday, and new snow
measured as much as five inch
es at South Bend, Ind., and 2.4
inches at Chicago.
Coastal sections of the Pa
cific Northwest got several
rains, ranging up to Tatoosh
Island, Wash.'s 1.24 inches.
There was some rain in the
lower Mississippi Valley, in
Texas, and light tonw in Nor
thern New England.
Skier Drops to
Death on Shasta
ML Shasta. Calif. W Fel
low mountain climbers told
today of the desperate but fu
tile efforts of Jon Lindbergh
and others to tave a Swiss
skier who tumbled 800 feet
down treacherous Mt. Shasta.
Edvar Werner Hopf, 31-
year-old electronics engineer,
died early yesterday after he
had been administered arti
ficial respiration for 11 hours.
Young Lindbergh, thy, 20-
year-old ton of the famed
flier,' Charles ' A." Lindbergh,
wat the leader of a group of
Stanford university cumbers.
Hopf, on tkit, lost hit foot
ing at the 1,000-foot level
Saturday.
"No one taw Hopf fall,'
said Gail Gilbert, 18, a mem
ber of the party. "But they
taw him flashing down in a
shower of snow. Jon and an
other student, Vlado Kavalik,
ax-jumped out onto the sheer
ice and tried to atop him, but
they missed."
Canada Wins
Wheat Crown
Chicago Vft Canada wore
the North American wheat
crown Monday, having won the
title back from the United
States.
The new wheat king is Fred
W. Hallworth of Taber, Alberto,
whose "Reward" variety of
hard red spring wheat was ad
judged best at the International
Livestock Exposition Sunday.
Hallworth s victory gave
Canada the wheat king title for
the ZSth time in the 31 years
the competition has been held.
Last year's winner wat Spen
cer Dunham of Caro, Mich., and
the U. S. alto held the title in
1951.
Hallworth't victory and a
sweep of collegiate judging con
test competition by Texas Tech
nical College of Lubbock were
the high spots of the day's events.
Mt. Shasta, Calif., Nov. 30 The broken body of Swiss
tkier Edgar Werner Hopf, 31, It pulled on toboggan by
a Forest Service employe and three fellow climbers as
the first meadow it reached after leaving the heights of
Mt. Shasta (background). Hopf received fatal injuries to
an 800-foot slide down an icy incline below the 14,181
foot summit This photo wat made by Roy Williams of
The Oakland Tribune. L.-R.: Mervln Adamt, Forestry
Service; climbers Fletcher Hoyt, Jon Lindbergh, leader
of the climbing group and ton of the famed flier, Charles
Lindbergh; and Theodore Weicker. AP Wirephoto)
Murder Suspect Found
Dead by Bullet Wound
The finding of the body, of
suicide-victim Waldo V. (Jack)
Hardman Sunday ended a po
lice search for the man they
believe killed his estranged
wife pretty 26-year-old Fran
ces Ruth Hardman a day
earlier in Cabin 13 of a motel
in south Salem.
Igor Gouzenko
Refuses lo Talk
Toronto W) Igor Gouzenko,
in an interview copyrighted by
The Toronto Telegram, said
Monday he hat decided not to
be interviewed by the Jenner
subcommittee of the U, S. Sen
ate. Gouzenko It the former Rus
sian code clerk whose disclos
ures sparked the Canadian spy
triala in 1948.
Tht Senate subcommittee on
internal security, headed by
Sen. Jenner (R, Ind.), twice
forwarded requests to inter
view him, after he wat quote
at saying he had valuable in
formation.
Last week the Canadian gov
ernment agreed that tuch ques
tioning would be permitted,
but with restrictions including
one that Gouzenko't testimony
be subject to censorship by
Canada. ; t r n
Gouzenko now it a Canadian
citizen and lives in an Ontario
village under - an assumed
name. .'.
GI's Borrow $982,300
From State in October
World War II and Korean
veterans borrowed $982,300 in
October from the state of Ore
gon for acquisition of homes
and farms under the state vet
erans' four-per cent home and
farm loan program, H. C. (Hub)
Saalfeld, director of the Ore
gon department of veterans' af
fairs, announced Monday.
This wat the highest dollar
volume for one month since the
loan limits were increased in
July and brings to 345,963.000
the total amount loaned since
the program started in 1945,
Saalfeld said.
Of this total amount loaned,
veterans already have repaid
$13,500,587 and are making re
payments at the rate of more
than $500,000 a month.
Since July 31 eligbla veter
ant have been able to borrow
up to $9,000 through the de
partment of veterans' affairs to
purchase, refinance or construct
a home and up to $15,000 to
acquire farms. The maximum
limit prior to July 21 was $8,
000 for both hornet and farms.
To be eligible for state vet
erans' loan, a veteran must be
honorably discharged from ser
vice of more than 90 dayt dur
ing either World War II or the
current emergency. He must
either have been an Oregon
resident when he entered the
service or have resided in the
ttato for at least two year fol
lowintg his discharge. The
two-year post-war residence
of a World War II veteran mutt
For Churchill
London Sir Winston
Churchill reached hit 79th
birthday today, bearing on his
bowed old shoulders the rising
hopes of the British people for
a lasting peace with Russia.
The grand old statesman
arranged a day of business as
usual.
He called a morning session
of hit Cabinet and planned -to
spend many hours at hit desk
tying up the loose ends of gov
ernment affairs before depart
ing tomorrow night by plane
for the Big Three meeting in
Bermuda.
A family dinner party wat
arranged for tonight at No. 10
Downing St, the Prime Minis
ter s official residence, follow
ed by small reception for
friends and government minis
ters. - f
That wat hit sole concession
to the passing of another mile'
Hardmait's body wat found
in hit car oa a lonely road five
miles south of Salem about 8:30
Sunday morning by- Henry
ranry, Route 4, saiem, who
was returning from duck hunt
ing when he became curious
about the parked car. He no
ticed the body In the car, he
said, and also noted that the
front end of Hardman't Plym
outh car had been damaged.
Believing there had been an
accideni, he called state police.
State and city police found
Hardman't body slumped in
the front teat of hit car, a .38
caliber revolver in hit hand
and the hand lying acrost his
lap. A bullet hole was in hit
right temple. He apparently
did not die instantly, police
said, as the heart continued to
pump blood from the wound
over the face and body and
onto the floor. A suicide note,
apparently written some time
ago, wat found in the glove
compartment of the car. It wat
addressed to Mrs. Hardman and
read:
Dear Frances,
I am writing this letter
with a pain in my heart, and
(Continued en fate i. Column I)
Queen Oft tor
Suva, Fiji Islands
Balboa, C.Z. T World-
touring Queen Elizabeth II and
her entourage headed west
ward Into the Pacific Monday
aboard the 15,902-ton cargo-
passenger ship Gothic after a
one-day stop in Panama and
the Canal Zone.
The young monarch and her
husband, the Duke of Edin
burgh, bustled Sunday through
a crowded schedule of recep
tions, tourt tnd ceremonies ar
ranged by Panama and U. S
officials while the Gothic
patted through the canal from
the Atlantic tide.
The occasion marked the
queen's only visit under the
American flag on her six
month tour of Commonwealth
nations and British territories
and protectorates.
The cargo-laden Gothic will
tteam about 3,500 miles with
the royal party before a two
day stopover Dec. 17 at Suva
in the Fiji Islands. It will touch
again at Tonga on Dec. 20 and
arrive Dec 23 in time for
Christmas at Auckland, New
Zealand. The queen next will
spend nearly two month in
Australia.
Blames Soviets
For Atrocities
In POW Camps
United Nations, N. Y. (ft
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., chief
U. 8. delegate to the United
Nations, charged Monday that
8ovlet officers headed North
Korean prison camp commands
responsible for thousands et
atrocity torture eases and
deaths.
He told the U. N. General As
sembly world Communism con
sciously used atrocities at a
policy weapon against its foes
Lodge made the accusations
In an hour-long speech pre
pared for delivery to the as
sembly as it launched a debate
on the American demand that
Red China and Communist
North Korea be condemned for
the atrocities. -3Mtt
Now Bead
But the U.S. delegation head
swept all of the Kremlin's
communist following into his
indictment, during which he
revealed that the toll In Korea
from Red mast murders, death
marches and tortures now it
estimated at nearly 38,000-
almost 9,000 more than shown
in documents distributed on
Saturday night to delegates
(Continues on Pan s. Column I)
Russia's Peace
Package Loses
United Nations. N. Y. WV-
The U. N. Assembly rejected
Monday's Russia's "peace pack
age" demand for a ban on atom
and hydrogen weapons and big
power arms reductions.
U. S. Chief Delegate Henry
Cabot Lodge, 1 Jr., vied Ham
let's words to call the omnibus
proposal parts of which have
been rejected in various formt
during the past several years
"a weary, stale, flat and unpro
fitable business."
The 80-natlon world body
voted down paragraph by para
graph the resolution introduced
by Russia's Andrei Y. Vishin-
sky. None of the operative
paragraphs received more than
10 affirmative votes out of the
Assembly's 80.
New Effort to
Compromise
Peace Parley
Panmunjom ) The Com
munists today offered a broad
proposal for a Korean peace
conferencesome of it new and
tome of it old but most of it
got a cold shoulder from U. S,
delegate Arthur H. Dean. ,
Dean in turn offered the
Reds a compromise plan to let
Russia ait in on the conference
as a "neighbor of Korea," tak
ing part as a "third party" with
full voting privileges.
Deans suggestion was a re
vision of earlier U, N. demands
that a conference include only
the two belligerent sides with
Russia on the Communist tide
if she attends. However, an
Allied spokesman said:
"We expect the law of grav
ity will operate to take care of
that situation and we would
not be surprised . if Russia
would show up at the chief
spokesman for the Commun
ists."
Both tides agreed to tax a
day off to study the new pro
posals,
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Weather Details
Rhee-Chiang
Pact Expanded
Seoul W) Details of the se
cret talks between Syngman
Rhee and Chiang Kai-Shek be
gan to unfold today with a
aoutn Korean invitation to the
free nations of Asia to form
united anti-Communist front
South Korean Foreign Min
ister Pyun Yung Tal said plant
for tuch a union were started
last weekend in the Formosa
meeting of the President!
South Korea and Nationalist
China.
"The otter It open to the free
nations In Aus to sponsor a
conference to materialize the
Rhee-Chiang plan," Pyun said
in an interview, "we are wait
ing for response. . . ."
There hat been speculation
that Rhee and Chiang were
forming a two-party alliance to
oppose communism, but Pyun't
invitation indicated a much
broader program.
Pyun taid the conference
should be held at toon at possible.
fir-
Ike and Dulles-;
Discussing Plan
Britain Favors
' Washington () The a pari
blllty et a Big Few foreign
minister' meeting teonud large
Monday as President Fiaenho w
er arranged to meet with See
retery at State Dulles to talk
aver Batata's latest Cold Was
camblt
Officially there was no word
on the United States present
attitude toward Ruala't newest
bid for a meeting with this
country, - Great Britain and
France, but in London British
Foreign Secretary Anthony
Eden expressed confidence the
United States would join in. -
This country had taken
skeptical view of the Russian
proposal.
Eden Says Britain For It
Zden told the House of Com
mom that Britain is looking
forward to an early meeting
of the four foreign mini tarn,
at suggested by Russia ill
Nov. 28 note which Zden de
scribed as "eithout twndittons
and said "I have every reason
to believe that the answer I
have Just given will be endors
ed by the United States government."
The State Department, asked
for comment, confirmed that
the tubject was being discussed
with Britain and France and
referred newsmen to portion
of Duller testimony before) a
House committee early in the
day.
tCoatlamd oa Page i. Celesta 8)
Nixon in India,
Consults Nehru
New Delhi. India. W) Vice
Pretident Nixon arrived in
New Delhi Monday for In
formal talks with Prime Min
ister Nehru.
Questioners in Parliament
tried in vain to pin down
Nehru on whether he would
take up with Nixon the hot
issue of possible American
military aid to Pakistan.
The official attitude of the
Indian government toward
Nixon appeared to be cool but
correct Cabinet ministers
made no secret of their lack
of enthusiasm for the visit of
the globe-girdling American
vice president. India's 'prens
mirrored the ministers', atti
tude.
Nixon, hit wife and their
party came by plane from
Bangalore in toutiiern India.
Nixon's srrlval in Madras
Sunday wai the tint promin
ence given him by Indian
newipapert on hit tour.
Indochina Reds
Ask Armistice
Paris, W A reported offer
by Communist rebel leader Ho
Chi Minh to negotiate for an
Indochlnese armistice set new
fires burning todty under the
French Premier Joseph La-niel.
Ho't purported statement.
published yesterday in the
Stockholm newspaper Exoret-
ten, touched off panicky and
furious resistance among antl-
Comunist nationalist leaden
in the Indochlnese capital of
Saigon. Many demanded a
break In relations . with
France.
But it alto was expected to
rally new support to strong
segments of French political
and public opinion which have
demanded a quick end to the
costly, seven-year Far Eastern
conflict. - "
Officially, Laniels govern
ment was cautiously noncom
mittal. A spokesman said until
the Cabinet ttudied Ho t mes
sage, the government could
take no position.
Plywood Co-op Stock
Soles Enjoined by Court
Portland (At Federal Judge
Claude McCulloch announced
an injunction Monday forbid
ding seven men from telling se
curities In three plywood co
operative!. .
The federal Securities and
Exchange Commission brought
the action, charging that the
men had misrepresented the
facts in order to mike their
isles. u
Five of the men are from
the Salem area. They are Ed
gar R. Errion, Independence;
Glenn R. Munkert, Charles
Williamson, Dwlght Holdorf
and Archie L. Bones, all of Sa
lem. Also covered by the in
junction are James B. Carr,
.Mllwaukle, and Thomas A.
O'Connell, of Seattle, -
The SEC sought to have the
men barred from telling any
types of securities, indicating
belief tome of them might be
gin telling stocks In other
fields beside plywood. An at
torney said Errion wat indict
ed in 1948 on a charge of
fraudulent use of the mailt In
telling oyster interests in Coot
Bay. Errion wat acquitted.
The judge, however, barred
them only from telling securi
ties in the plywood co-ops.
The men had organized and
told securities in the Beaver
Plywood, National Plywood
and Genera Timber co-opera
lives.
(Continued oa Fags Comma t)
Eden Favorable
To Conference:
London " CPl Torelim Seiere
tary Anthony Eden said Mon
day Britain looked forward to
an early meeting of the Big
Four foreign ministers and
was confident the United
States shared this hope.
Eden told the house of com
mons the Russian note of No
vember 26 means the Soviet
government it prepared to
meet with the United States,
Britain and France "without
conditions." ... . . . ,, r ....
Laborltes quickly pressed
the - foreign - secretary - on .
whether the U.S. ttate depart
ment had taken a "discourag
ing attitude." Eden replied:
'I have naturally had com
munications from the United
Statet and ... I have every
naton to believe that the an
swer I have just given will be
endoned by the United State
government" - , .
Eden expressed hope the
meeting will be arranged at
in early date.
Strike Ended
By Mossadegh
Tehran, Iran UPl Ex-Prem
ier Mohamed Mossadegh ended
hit second hunger strike Sun
day. Each wat of the l a ma
duration overnight,
Hit latest threat came Satur
day when the military court
trying him on treason charges
trie d to make the aged former
dictator confine hit defense dis
sertation at that point to the ,
charge that he ordered ttatutea
of the Shah pulled down two
dayt before the August 19 rev
olution which twept the Na
tionalist Premier out of power.
Announcing he'd eat no
more, Mossadegh shouted, "I'll
be dead In three days! But on
Sunday he tilled up on a big
chicken dinner and returned to
court for the 18th day of his
trial.
Greek King Raps
Modern Music '
New York W) "Between
you and me and the lamppost,
1m not very fond of modem
music."
So confided King Paul of
Greece yesterday to reporters
after he and his queen, Fred
eriks, attended a concert of the
New York Philhsrmonle Or
chestra at Carnegie Hall.
The concert program, the)
first attended by the eouple an
their current American torn,
included two Ravelt and
opened with the Americas and
Creek national aatbems,
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