THE WEATHER. '
INTERMITTENT BAIN Unlfht
and Wednesday, alewly rising
temperatures. Law tonight, 41;
high Wednesday, 14. .
FINAL
EDITION
65th Year, No. 292
Z ' Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, December 8, 1953 22 Pages
Price 5c
River Level
Watched with
Anxious Eye
: ! Valley Streams Are
' , Holding, but Heavy
'. ' Rains Could Be Bad
Br MARIAN LOWKY FISCHER
. Observers were casting an
apprehensive eye toward a val-
, ley flood situation, Tuesday,
' awaiting developments in t k
rain outlook.
; , Rivera of the lower valley
: were holding fairly ttationary
, Tuesday morning, but at nigh
' levels, and should heavy rains
' come in the- next day or so,
there might be some serious
vbigh water troubles.
, Outlook for the next five
days is for more rain and slow
ly rising temperatures starting
tonight Snow is still piling up
In the mountains and should
any change come there, such as
. rain, there would be a runoff
to add to the water already sat
urating the lowlands.
i Flood Margin Narrow
. The Willamette at Salem was
at 15.7 feet Tuesday morning
and is due to hold there for a
time, barring any big rain, al
though slow rises are due dur
ing the mid-week. Flood stage
. here Is ZO feet.
Elmer Fisher, river forecast
er at Portland, said Tuesday the
immediate outlook does not call
tor unusually high water dur
ing the next two days, but a
heavy warm rain could change
that picture to bring possibility
of "serious flooding.
tCantlnaed an rare . Celnma 4)
Lady Wrestlers
Out in Oregon
a The battle of the Amazons Is
strictly out as far as Oregon law
is concerned, Attorney General
Robert Y. Thornton ruled to
day. ,
Lady wrestling and boxing
are forbidden, Thorton said, as
- law provides that only a male
person is permitted by law to
compete in a boxing or wrestl
ing match In Oregon. "This sec
tion of the law," Thorton said.
"so limits registration and cer
tification of participants in box
ing or wrestling competitions."
Also, Thornton as a member
of the advisory board to the
boxing and wrestling commis
sions in Oregon, said the exam
ining physician for these events
must by a physician licensed to
practice medicine and surgery.
and not one of the other
branches of the healing arts.
Prisoners in
Ing at the Oregon State Peni
tentiary has been placed in op
eration with transfer of 68
troublesome prisoners already
effected and and placement of
another 20 men into the new
maximum security quarters by
the end of the week.
J Operation of the new maxi
mum security 'juilding was an
nounced Tuesday by the State
Board of Control. Members de
clared that with this unit op-
aerating, it is felt that the hard
ened criminals, who in the past
have been responsible for
riots and other troubles at the
v penitentiary, will be isolated
from the main prison popula
tion. ". The building, originally
started with prison labor, was
turned over to a private con
tractor in order to rush its
completion. Delays which hare
occurred were due, the mem
bers said, solely to slow deliv
ery of some of the necessary
equipment lor tne building.
NY Newspaper
Strike at End
New York CSV-New York's
11-day newspaper strike end
ei Tuesday.
(Striking photo-engravers
voted 18 to 77 to accept a
fedaral mediators' formula
providing a $3.75 a week pack
age pay increase with the un
derstanding a fact finding
panel wur, aecide whether the
increase shiould be
Picket lunes were ordered
removed aa d Wednesday
morning newspapers were ex
pected to publish. '
The rote chme after strike
leaders said hey would rec
emmend to the union mem
bers that the
mediators' for-
inula be accepted.
Bids Called
For Building
At Fairviev
Final Plans for
5221,000 Building for
Boys Given Approval
Bids for eoastractlea of a
two-story bnllding at Fainriew
home to noose It beys will
be called by the state board of
control early fas January. Final
plans far the building, esti
mated to east SZZl.Me for con
struction and an additional ap
propriation ef $3594 for fur
nishing, were approved - ky
the state board at control
Tuesday.
The new building will be lo
cated on the brow of a hill
with the result that there will
be direct entrances to both
floors from the ground.
Boys to Leave
Dr. Ivan B. Hill, superin
tendent of the institution, told
the board that this building
had been designed to house
boys who are being prepared
to leave the institution. ,
In addition, to dormitories
for sleeping quarters, the
building will have recreation
rooms, a large living room.
and work rooms.
(Cantiaeed an Pag B, Column 4)
Homage Paid
To Virgin Mary
Rome l Hundreds of
thousands of Romans cheered
Pope Pius XII Tuesday as he
left Vatican City to join with
Catholics throughout the world
in prayerful homage to the Vir
gin Mary on this first full day
of the Marian Year.
The Pontiff left the Vatican
in a seven-car caravan to bring
his floral offering to the statue
of the Mother of Jesus in
Rome's Spanish Square.
There, throughout the day,
thousands of children and oth
ers had bought piles of flowers
on the feast day of the immacu
late conception.
As the Pontiff joined Cath
olics of Rome at the statue and
immediately after that a St
Mary Major Basilica the
world's most ancient church
dedicated to Mary similar
services were being held in
many other countries.
Thousands gathered at Mar
ian shrines in Spain, Germany,
Portugal, France, Ireland, It
aly, Belgium, Jerusalem and
elsewhere.
Garbage Strike
Hits New York
New York lUJO Garbage col
lectors serving 225,000 com
mercial establishments in New
York City and Long Island
went on strike for higher wag
es today.
The work stoppage by 1S00
members of the AFL Teamsters
Union threatened to leave 40
percent of the garbage through
out the area uncollected.
The union has demanded a
$10 a week wage increase for
drivers who now earn (77 for
a 40-hour week and for help
ers who make $70. The compa
nies offered a $4 "package"
wage increase with the alter
native of submitting the ques
tion to arbitration.
Last night union members
rejected both proposals and
voted to strike.
Property Reappraisal
For County Considered
By FRED ZIMMERMAN
Following a conference Tues
day morning in the county
court chambers between Sam
T. Stewart, attorney for the
state tax commission and as
sociates; Tad Shelton, county
assessor; and members of the
county court, it was agreed by
all concerned that a re-appraisal
program for the county was
highly desirable.
Another conference will fol
low, at which time the mechan
ics of the program wiL be
worked out
Stewart outlined the purpose
of a re-appraisal program, gave
the estimated cost and pointed
out that Marion county is in
favorable position in connec
tion with such a move because
of the availability of key men
in the state tax department, i
BREAKS
Power Policy
Probe Sought
WashingtonW Chairman
Langer (R., N.D.) indicated
Tuesday his Senate Judiciary
subcommittee may undertake a
broad review of the Eisenhow
er administration's whole gov
ernment power policy.
He raised this - possibility
during the subcommittee's
hearing on power marketing
policies in the area of the Rec
lamation Bureau's big Missouri
Basin project.
William Wise, counsel for
ther Missouri Valley Electric
Consumers Assn., asserted at
the hearing that testimony by
Interior Department officials
showed there is a "pattern
within the department to in
crease power costs in other
parts of the country."
He asked Langer to permit
witnesses from the Bonneville
Power Administration and the
Southwestern Power Adminis
tration to testify.
Vicksburg to
Get U.S. Aid
Vicksburg, Miss. W) Torna
do-battered Vicksburg. still
burying its dead, dug into a
new area of town today in
search for victims of the twist
er that killed at least 31 per
sons. Rescue crews moved shovels
into a Negro residential area
near the National Military
park. It was the first search
of the area where the tornado
spent its diminishing fury aft
er striking the city three times.
The 25-million-dollar torna
do caused President Eisenhow
er to declare Vicksburg a dis
aster area, making it eligible
for emergency aid from the fed
eral government.
Mrs. Katherine Howard, Ei
senhower's personal envoy.
toured the stricken city yester
day and told citizens it might
be some time before actual
loans can be made.
It was estimated that the
cost of bringing a re-apprawal
program up to date would be
in the neighborhood of $275,
000. The slate and the county
would share this expense on a
50-50 basis.
Once the re-appraisal Is
brought up to date, it must be
maintained at that level to be
effective, said Stewart How
ever, once he program has
been set up along standardized
lines outlined by the state, the
cost of maintaining it would be
considerably less. ,
Assessor Tad Shelton said he
had capable men In his office
who would be of great value to
him in working out and main
taining a re-appraisal program
if given proper instruction.
(Ceatiaaed en Pago a, Canaan J)
ROUND - THE - WORLD
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Chicago, Dec. 8 Mils Pam Martin, 23-year-old Chica
goari, kisses Capt William White, pilot of the United Air
lines plane which brought Pam from Denver this morning
, to complete record breaking round-the-world trip. She
rounded the world as a commercial airlines passenger in
00 hours and 58 minutes to break the previous record
by 8 hours. (AP Wirephoto.)
Girl Flies Around Globe
ln90Hours59Minutes
Chicago ) A young bru
nette flew into Chicago early
Tuesday to break , bV . eight
hours - the . record -time , tor,
rounding the world as a com
mercial air lines passenger.
"It was the best week-end
trip I ever had," said pretty
Pamela Martin as she stepped
from a United Air Liner at
Chicago's Midway airport. She
Queen Gives up
Duke's Home
London JP Queen Elizabeth
II Tuesday decided to give up
Fort Belvedere, the 18th cen
tury mansion where the Duke
of Windsor wooed his duchess
and made his fateful decision to
abdicate 17 years ago.
The fort the duke's coun
try home until his abdication
in 1936 has belonged to the
crown for over a century.
Tuesday's announcement
from Buckingham Palace said
the rambling, 40-room house
now a derelict shell with crum
bling brickwork, leaking room
and gardens overgrown with
tangled undergrowth is being
turned over to the commission
ers for crown lands.
The Duke of Windsor de
scribed the fort so called be
cause of its battlements and
tower as the "perfect bache
lor's residence" when he took
it over in 1929. He redecorated
it and also built an open air
swimming pool.
Prison and Fine
For Hallinan
San Francisco W Vincent
Hallinan, wealthy San Fran
cisco attorney, was sentenced
Tuesday to 18 months In
prison and was fined $50,000
for federal income tax eva
sion. Hallinan was convicted No
vember 14 of five counts of
a seven-count indictment lie
was found guilty of evading
$36,739 In federal taxes for
the years 1947 through 1950.
Federal Judge Edward P.
Murphy gave him the maxi
mum fine of $10,000 on each
count He could have sen
tenced Hallinan to a total of
25 years in prison.
The lawyer was sentenced
to 18 months In prison on
esch of the five counts, but
the terms will run concurrent
ly. The judge ordered Hallinan
to pay the cost of the trial.
which ran through II weeks.
This would Include Jurors'
fees, cost of services and all
other court expenses.
RECORD
m.
3
started her trip there at noon
Friday, i .
he had covered the route
in, 60 hours and 59 minutesj
She had only 10 hours sleep
along the way but told wait
ing newsmen she felt "fresh as
a daisy."
The 23-year-old advertising
copy writer-artist said she was
"too excited to sleep much'
and she looks forward to mak
ing the trip again but with
this difference: Next time she
will take time out "to see those
cities."
(Con tinned an Pate s. Celoma I)
Seed Growers
Raise Surplus
Portland ( The federal
government has invested
about $5 billion in surplus
commodities, the Oregon Seed
Growers League was told
Monday.
Preston Richards, deputy
administrator of the commu
nity stabilization service, said
that the government has pur
chased $2,600,000,000 worth
of surplus to support farm
prices, and has an additional
$2Vi million worth under
loan.
The figures will increase
when surplus corn and cotton
crops are purchased, he said.
Richards, discussing the de
partment of agriculture's seed
program, said the current seed
supply exceeds normal annual
usage by about 100 million
pounds. The Industry may be
helped, however, by diversion
of crop allocations, and by re
planting because of drouth.
In his annual president's
report, Tom Ruckman of Ira
Dier proposed formation of a
state seed commission for mar
ket promotion, research and
other programs.
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Mamie Suffers
Cold on Chest
Washington 1 The White
House announced Tuesday that
Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower has
cancelled all appointments be
cause of a chest cold.
The first lady returned from
Augusta, Ga., where the Eisen
bowers spent Thanksgiving,
with a cold. This got no better
and she has been in bed since
Sunday. She is having no cat
lers.
Her personal secretary. Mrs.
Mary Jane McCaffcry, describ
ed tne illness as a bronchial
condition.
Mrs. McCaffery said the first
lady's condition is not consid
ered alarming but doctors de
cided the should remain in bed.
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Big 4 Meet
Called in Berlin
For January 4
Ticker! Town, Bermuda
(At The Big Three challenged
the Kremlin today to negoti
ate peaee settlements in Eu
rope and Asia and to "salve
the stubborn problems" of a
warld toe long in conflict.
In a final Bermuda com
munique that occasionally
rang with Churchlllian prose,
but omitted any concrete solu
tions for the key problems of
western unity, U.S. President
Elsenhower, British Prime
Minister Churchill and French
Premier Lanlel announced:
1. They are sending notes to
Russia for an early Big Four
foreign ministers meeting in
Berlin which they hope will
make progress towards the
unification of Germany and
Independence for Austria.
Korean Peace Efforts
2. They will contlne to
strive for a Korean political
conference which they hope
will lead to both a Korean set
tlement with the Asian com
munists and "progress in re
storing more normal condi
tions in the Far East and
Southeast Asia."
3. They will continue to
struggle for "peace and stabil
ity" in Indochina, where the
"valiant forces" of France juid
the native states are making
an important contribution to
the "defense of the free
world."
(Centinaad en Pais a, Celoma I)
ill Service
Washington W) Conserva
tionists who will head Soil
Conservation Service work in
29 states and Alaska under a
reorganization plan put into
effect last month was announc
ed by the Agriculture Depart
ment Monday. .
The list included Paul C. Mc-
Grew, of Spokane, conserva
tionist for Washington State;
Robert N. Irving, of Boise, con
servationist for Idaho, and
Charles W. Wilson, of Palmer,
conservationist for the territo
ry of Alaska.
Under the organization plan.
seven regional Soil Conserva
tion Service offices, including
one at Portland, Ore., were
abolished, and the responsibil
ity for conservation work was
turned over to state offices.
The Agriculture Department
said state office staffs wiU be
enlarged with the addition of
the new duties.
Conservationists In other
states and territories will be
announced later.
Earthquake Shatters
Homes in Chile Town
Antofagasta, Chile A
strong earthquake Monday
shattered almost a third of the
homes In Calama, a mountain
rail town about 125 miles
northeast o t Antofagssta.
Only nine persons were Injur
ed, three sriously, but the
population of 5,000 was re
ported panicstricken.
Reds Reject
On Korean
Panmunjora Of) The Allies
today laid on the line a "final
offer" for a Korean peace con
ference but the Communists re
jected It outright in a scornful
propaganda blast the chief U.
S. delegate termed "garbage."
The Red action effectively
by-passed a potential Allied
problem South Korea's refus
al to accept part of the U. S.
proposal.
South Koreas delegate re
fused to attend the meeting as
U. S. Ambasador Arthur H.
Dean delivered the new plan.
The Red action made aca
demic a potential Allied prob
lem South Korea's refusal to
accept part of the U. S. propos
al. Dean's offer nailed down
loose ends of previous Allied
IheCai
Jo sna Atomic Arms Hgsq
proposals and suggestions, ,
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AinuAuu aotti,
Ike Bids Fond
Farewell to
Sir Winston
Tucker's Town, Bermuda Wt
President Elsenhower said
farewell Tuesday to Prime
Minister Churchill,, standing
with tear-filled eyes at Bern
muda airport The President
then took off for New York
and an appearance before the
United Nations.
I thank you very much,
sir," Eisenhower told Church
ill, host for the Bermuda con
ference. "Take care of your
health."
The 79-year-old Briton
weary after the long hours of
what may be his last big Inter
national conference, found it
difficult to keep up with Eisen
hower as the President review
ed an honor guard at American-
leased Klndiey Field. Church
ill carried a cane. Neither
French Premier Joseph Lanlel
nor Georges Bldault, French
foreign minister, turned up for
Eisenhower's departure. Lanlel
was reported ill, but arrange
ments officials said Bldault had
been expected to attend. :
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Pro-Red PWs
Ask Xmas Trees
Panmunjora ( American
prisoners of war who did not
return home plan to celebrate
Christmas with decorated trees
and holiday delicacies.
An Indian officer said Tues
day night the Americans have
asked the Indian Red Cross to
get them trees, decorations and
Christmas delicacies such, as
candy, nuts and cake.
The officer said some Chris
tian Chinese and Korean pris
oners also have asked permis
sion to observe Christmas.
. He said the Americans asked
for trees two days ago. It is
up to the communists to supply
the prisoners with Christmas
wants.
The commulsts presumably
will arrive to provide the 22
American prisoners with
Christmas trees and other ma
terials. The U. N. command
will do the same for Christian
Chinese and North Koreans
who have refused to return to
the Reds.
Food Lines Back
In Red China
Hong Kong Iff) The fourth
winter of Communism in China
sees the return ot food lines
and watery gruel, a cording to
evidence of national belt-tight
ening received here from refu
gees, broadcasts and letters.
There era no ration cards,
but only 10 pounds of cereal
can be bought a week in Shan
ghai if you can get it "You
have to line up early to get any
thing," wrote one Shanghai
family to their son here.
No white rice is available and
not much red unpolished rice,
but mostly it Is millet corn
meal and beans, which Western
Chinese consider pig food.
"Small families who have no
body to stand In line all day
can get enough only for two
meals," wrote the Shanghai
family.
Only a few ounces of oil can
be bought, and It is described
as rancid.
Final Offer
Peace Meet
"I told them, the Reds, this
wss it and we would stand on
it," Dean told newsmen, "this
is our final offer."
The Communists, reeding
from a IS-psge prepared state
ment termed Dean's offering
"absurd and ridiculous.
An Allied spokesman said the
Red tirade "was the roughest
we nave heard here.
Dean said:
"It Is very obvious that they
have stopped negotiating." He
told the newsmen there is an
Implied time limit to his pro
posal out said: "we still stay
here for what we consider a
reasonable time." He gave no
Indication how long that might
be. .
The diplomats meet again
Wednesday t pjn. EST .
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Asks Ull Agency
To Develop A
Uses for Peace
' United Natlens, K.Y.
President Elsenhower Taee
day called aa the weeldM
atomic pa wars te reverse "the
fearful trend" af Ike ateenie
anna race and to sat ap an
der the United Nattesa ea ta
taraatlenal atasats energy
agency to develop the psass
fal potential ef the atom.
In a drama tie speech mad
against the background of tiki
Bermuda conference, the pres
ident declared the Soviet
Union must, of course, be one"
of the nations participating in
any sucn project -
The chief executive then.
declared he would be prepar
ed to submit to con grass with
every expectation of approval '
any such program aa would
achive these four purposes:
Four Objectives
"First Encourage world
wide Investigation into the
most effective peacetime use)
of fissionable material.
Second Begin to ilr"lnlfh
the potential destructive pow
er of the world's atomic stock
piles.
Third Allow all people
ot all nations to sea that,, la
this enlightened age. the greet
powers of the earth, those f
the East and the West, at lav
te rested in human aspirations,
first and foremost, rather than
in building up the armaments
of war.. '
"Fourth Open up a new
channel for peaceful discus
sion and initiate at least a new
Cea4toae4 ee Page a. Catenae t),
Jobs
Berlin The 'United
States, Britain and France have)
agreed to meet Soviet Russia
Jan. 4 on a foreign ministers'
level to discuss the problem!
of Germany and the Independ
ence treaty for Austria. '
A note from the Western
powers drawn np at the Bero
muda conference was deliver
ed to Soviet Foreign Minister
V. M. Molotlv's office Tuesday.
It likely will be made public
late Tuesday night
The western note U re
sponse to a Russian proposal
for the meeting, and follows a
long Interchange over whether
such a meeting would be held
and if so under what cireum
stances. The meeting will be. held
here In the old Allied control
building, virtually idle since
1948 when the Russians walked
out of the four-power rule that
this city bad in the years Im
mediately following the war.
The building is in the U. S. sec
tor of Berlin, about five min
utes' ride by automobile from
the Soviet sector.
4 Years Prison ;
For Mala Hari
Nuernberg, Germany IM
Margarethe Pfeifter, voluptu
ous blonde "Mala Hart" who
offered sex and cash to Amer
ican GI's in an attempt to get
U. S. military secret for Bed
Czechoslovakia today was sen
tenced to four years in prison
on espionage charges.
The 24-year-old former mod
el pleaded guilty to the charges
oeiore a u. s. District Court
Then she raised Tier blue
eye to the GI who turned her
in and startled the courtroom
by sighing: "I loved him."
Earlier the shapely, modern
"Mate Hari" had pleaded inno
cent. She changed her plea after
two American soldiers testified
to secret hotel room meeting
wi' her and told how she of
fered them "plenty of money"
for American military secrets.
William Eicher, tank corps
msn from McKeesport, Pa.,
flushed with embarrassment
when the six-foot charmer de
clared her love for him in the
courtroom. ,
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