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FINAL
EDITION
65th Year, No. 296
Salem, Oregon, Saturday, December 12, 195-
Price 5c
.Patterson Two
Gov.
Says No Probe
In Lincoln Co.
Governor Finds Insuf
ficient Evidence to
Warrant Inquiry
By JAMES D. OLSON
' Governor Paul L. Patterson
Saturday announced that in-
aulficient evidence had been
produced er subsequently
fonnd by his own invettiratlon
on alleged nnlawfnl eonditioni
' in Lincoln county to warrant
ordering of the attorney fen
, era! to take over criminal pro
secution of any matters In that
county.
Otto W. Cahill, former jus
tice of the peace and George
Utley, discharged state police
officer, and a group of Lincoln
county citizens, first com
plained to Attorney General
Robert Y. Thornton, that gam-
bling and prostitution was ram
pant in Lincoln county.
Charges Refuted
Later two large groups of
Lincoln county citiens ap
peared, the first appeared be
fore Edward Armstrong, ad
ministrative assistant to the
governor and the second before
the governor, declaring that
there had been no unlawful
conditions in the county since
new county officials had been
elected Jan. 1st .
(CenUnaed oPafet, Celoaui 1)
Indian Plane
Falls, 13 Killed
New Delhi, India (fl Thir
teen persons, including one
American and India's leading
anti - communist labor leader,
died today in the flaming
crash of an Indian airliner near
Nagpur.
Reports from the scene Iden
tified the American as Dr. J,
B. von Maltzan. No home ad
Previously, 1 an Indian Air
lines spokesman here had said
the American was E. L. M. G.
Defry but Nagpur reports said
Defry was a Ceylonese.
The labor leader was Hari
har Nath Shastri, vice presi
dent of the International Con
federation of Free Trade Un
ions and general secretary of
the Indian National Trade Un
ion Congress.
The airline spokesman said
the plane, flying a night run
New Delhi to Madras, caught
lire shortly after taking off.
Copco Granted
Rate Increase
The California Oregon Power
Co. was granted a 16.12 per
cent rate increase Friday by
Oregon Public utilities Com
missioner Charles H. Heltzel
and the California Public Utili
ties Commission.
The company's operations are
80 per cent in Southern Ore
gon and 20 per cent in North
ern California.
Heltzel said the Increase
would give the company a 6
per cent rate of return on Its
investment. Its rate of return
in the past year was 4.7 per
cent.
He said that present rates
are less than those charged in
1946.
Rescued
After Tugboat
Lost in Storm
Engineer Clung
To Overturned
Lifeboat for 14 Hour!
Vancouver, B.C. ( A
chief engineer who clung near
ly 14 hours to an overturned
lifeboat was washed ashore to
safety and his captain was
also rescued after their tug
boat was lost in a wild storm
Friday.
Three crewmen drowned
and the two others were missing.
The engineer. Bill ftacuon
ald, and Capt. Roy Johnson,
41. were the omy Known
survivors from the 75-foot tug
C. P. Yorke. It rammed a reef
SO miles northwest of here
and then was smashed and
sunk by the barge it was tow
ing.
(Continued an Fare t. Colnma 7)
Stevenson on
Radio Toniaht
Philadelphia W Adlal E.
Stevenson said Saturday the
democratic party's biggest
problem right now is. the
"healing of intraparty disputes
such as exist between the
North and the South."
The party's 1952 presiden
tial candidate made the state
ment at a breakfast tor mem
bers of the Democratic Ad
visory Council, a fund-raising
group meeting here in con
junction with the two-day con
ference of democratic leaders
from 11 eastern states.
Stevenson's brief talk dwell
ed on his recent tour through
the South and he noted "the
wonderful reception and kind
treatment afforded me by
democrats In that area."
The former Illinois gover
nor, who will make a major
party address Saturday night
11 p.m. EST over a nationwide
radio and television hookup,
noted in referring to the party
dispute.
Re-broadcast of Adlai Steven
son s talk will be carried at
4:30 p.m. Sunday on KEX.
WHAT WOULD CARROL MOORES SAY ABOUT THIS ONE?
Russia Gives Ike s Atomic
Plan Serious A Mention
Tractor Plunge
Kills Fleming
Albany, Ore. W) A tractor
plunged off a road and killed
Duan "Pete" Fleming. 25, Fri
day night. Sheer chance kept
five other persons from fol
lowing. Fleming was driving the
tractor, towing the automobile
of J. W. Cunningham through
mud on the Quartzville road,
where there had been a slide,
about 55 miles east of Albany.
In the car with Cunningham
were his wife and three chil
dren. Cunningham said he
saw the tractor get on the
edge of the road, and he shout
ed a warning. Fleming did
not hear him. The road edge
crumbled and the tractor went
down a steep, 50-foot bank to
the Quartzville river.
But as the tractor went over
the bank, the hook on the
towing cable bounced off the
bumper of the Cunningham
car, keeping the tractor from
dragging the Cunninghams
down.
Herder, Captain of
Prison Guards Resigns
MotherStill
SeekstoSeeSon
Panmunlome W) Mrs. Por
tia Howe waited In Tokyo
Saturday, still hoping to see
her prisoner of war son who
stayed with the Communists.
The Indian command said it
would, deliver a mother's ap
peal to the ton Sunday.
A note fom the Alden, Minn.,
mother to her son Pfc. Richard
R. Tenneson has- been appro
ved for delivery to a com
pound in Korea's neutral zone
where 22 Americans who re
fused to return home are held.
The message released by the
Indian command was short and
strained, but carried a note of
appeal.
"I'm staying in a hotel In
Tokyo," it said. "I'd be very
happy to talk with you. I came
out here in spite of Christmas
preparation to talk with you.
A message would reach me in
my hotel in Tokyo the Man
unouchi hotel, room 905, phone
23-021-9 or 23-4161-9."
Clackamas to
Quit O&C Group
Oregon City ( - The
Clackamas county court Fri
day voted to withdraw its sup
port from the Association of
O&C Counties.
County Judge Wallace Tel
ford said the action was favor
ed by Commissioners Stan
Skoko and Bob Jones. Tel
ford signed the court order
but said he- did not agree with
it
.The order also fired Frank
Sever, Portland attorney, as
the county's counsel in its
long legal battle to gain more
funds from O&C revested
lands.
The -Association -of -O&C
counties is made up of repre
sentatives of the 18 Oregon
counties ii which O&C lands
are located.
T31mIenEq3erT!opani3TornscuUporvorK
Portland, conceived this "Mother and Child", that he
"would be very pleased" to have adopted as the Moo res
memorial for Salem pioneers. Mayor Loucks has said
that a new committee will be appointed to select a fitting
Moores memorial to replace Renoir's Venus Victorieuse
rejected by popular opinion. Waldo Rasmussen, assistant
at Portland Art museum, stands beside "Mother and
Child." (See editorial Page 4). (Photo courtesy of The
Oregonian)
Chrysler Siren For
Raid Alarm Proposed
Wallace Wharton, Marlon
County Civil Defense Director,
will have before the.Clty.Cpiin,
eil Monday night a letter rela-
tive to the feasibility and ad
visability of matching govern
ment money for installation of
an air raid warning siren in the
city and other details of warn
ing systems.
Captain E. (Dutch) Herder,
who played a prominent role
In quelling the prison riot at
the Oregon penitentiary last
July, Saturday, announced his
resignation as captain of the
guards at the prison.
Captain Herder said he had
been contemplating resigning
for some time but felt obligat
ed to remain with the new
warden, Clarence T. Gladden,
until the warden had the pris
on, where discipline had sunk
en to the vanishing point, un
der complete control.
"Warden Gladden has done
a remarkably fine job, Her
der said. "I talked with him
about resigning last July 4,
then we had the trouble July
10 (riots in which the convicts
burned down the laundry and
caused widespread damage)
and then felt I should suy
on.
Captain Herder i a 1 d the
warden had the situation
cleaned up and that morale is
high among the correctional
officers (guards) and also
among the prisoners. j
"Morale is always highest
among the Inmates of any
prison when the discipline is
strict but fair," Herder said.
then the men know where
they stand and know that they
will get along if they obey the
regulations. I want to com
mend Gladden highly for
bringing morale and discipline
at the Oregon prison to the
equal of that in any prison
in the United States."
Before accepting the spot of
captain at the prison four
years ago. Herder was with
the Oregon state police in
Portland for seven years. Her
der said he had no immediate
plans for the future except to
rest after four years on a Job
which has been tens most of
the time.
Warden Gladden tald that
he was sorry to lose Captain
Herder. He added that he
had not made any decision for
a successor to Herder.
9 Die in Plane
Crash in Texas
EI Paso, Tex. W A 10-en-
gine B36 global bomber, lum
bering in for a landing through
swirling snow, rammed into a
mountain yesterday and blew
up.
Nine men were killed.
Five of those aboard, includ
ing the commander, had para
chuted from a B36 over Eng
land last February.
The bomber was letting
down to land at Biggs air force
base here when it smashed into
the west slope of bleak, 7-100-
foot Franklin mountain, just
north of the El Paso outskirts,
City Patrolman E. A. Wil
liams, among the first to reach
the scene, said nine "bodies
"were scattered up and down
the slope."
"One body was on fire. It
was soaked with gasoline.'
Caswell AFB, Fort Worth,
said the B36 was being ferried
to Biggs, where it was to have i
been permanently stationed.
Installation of a Chrysler air
raid siren, of the type Portland
has acquired, will be suggested,
and tentatively it will be pro
posed that its location be the
top of the Livesley building. A
siren there, it is believed, could
easily be heard all over the
city, including west Salem. -
The three-ton Chrysler siren
is expensive, but government
money is available to cover
part of the cost. The unit cost
of the siren is $5700. To that
would be added remote control
gear costing $500. There are
other unknown factors. A plat
form on top of the building
would have to be built and pos
sibly the building itself rein
forced to carry the weight. Also
there would be the cost of
hoisting the unit to the build
ing top.
The importance of the sys
tem is indicated by the fact that
Salem is classified as a target
area, though not a critical tar
get area. It is, however, further
classified as a primary support
for Portland which is a critical
target area.
(Continued en Pate ft, Column 1)
Nixon's Report
On Orient May
Revise Policy
Tehran, Iran W) Vice Pres
ident Richard Nlxoa returns to
Washington Monday with a
fresh bird's-eye view of Asia
and the Middle East and a re
port for President Elsenhower
that may recommend a review
of some aspects at American
policy toward this explosive
part of the world.
But the vice president, after
an Intensive 10-week trip, is
expected to strongly support
non recognition of Communist
China, a continued military
buildup in the Far East and
other major points of present
U. S. policy.
Traveled 45,H Miles
Nixon, who has traveled over
45,000 miles in swift but re
vealing visits to 21 countries,
between New Zealand and Af
rica, left Iran Saturday for
Libya after a three-day visit
here. His wife has eccompan
ied him throughout the tour.
(Continued rat S, Column, I)
Gunman Held
For Kidnaping
Malvern. Ark. MV- A tall,
slender gunman was arrested
in the kidnaping and robbery
of a young Texas couple as he
attempted to thumb his way
from a posse-filled area last
night.
The couple, Mr. and Mrs.
Don Matthews of Dallas, were
forced at pistol point to drive
292 miles from Dallas Wednes
day nlghtr Matthews said his
wife, who is pregnant, was
raped twice by the gunman
while the husband was impris
oned in the car's trunk.
Prosecutor Joe Cox said 22-
year-old Donald Joseph Sut-
cllffe of Detroit, Mick., has
said he forced his way into
the Matthews car, made them
drive to this-area and robbed
them. Cox said he denies the
rape accusation.
The prosecutor said the cou
ple, who returned to Dallas
last night, after Mrs. Matthews
was released from a Malvern
hospital, will come back here
today and confront Sutcliffe
before picking up their car.
Pro-Red GIs
Interviewed
Next Monday
Panmunjom Vn Six of thi
22 American war prisoners
who stayed with the commun
ists are to appear Monday be
fore fellow Americana who
will try to talk them into com
ing home. -
The 22 balky Americans and
Briton are reported to have
promised to meet with U. S.
persuaders.
"They will come out," said
Lt Gen. K. S. Thimayya, In
dian chairman of the Neutral
Nationals Repatriation com
mission. "I am quite sure they
will come out
The U. N. command abruptly
switched from Interviews with
South Korean prisoners after
Red stalling tactics forced sus
pension of the sessions for the
second straight day.
COMEDIAN ADOPTS CHILD
Hollywood Uf) Comedian
Jerry Lewis and his wife
Patty, have adopted another
child. They said they would
call her Sally May.
"She's wonderful," said
Lewis. "We hope to adopt six
more in time.
The Lewis' elder son, Gary,
8, is their own by birth, Ron-
In it, 4, wss adopted.
5 Killed in Crash
Of Plane in Texas
Sherman, Tex. UP K pri
vate plane with five Dallas
men aboard was found crash
ed on a dirt rosd near here
Saturday. Sheriff Woody Blan
ton said all aboard were dead.
The two-engine plane, own
ed by Magnolia Petroleum Co.
and used for business flights,
left Dallas Friday.
The passengers, all oil com
pany employes, were D. D.
Standlee, 42; A. B. Franzen,
45; Folger B. Vallette, 35, and
Clarence A. Easton Jr., 32. The
pilot was William H. Thomp
son, 33.
Dean Breaks Oil
Peace Parleys
Panmunjom WV V. S. en
voy Arthur Dean abruptly
broke off negotiations to set up
a Korean peace conference to
day and angrily walked out In
the midst of a marathon com
munist haranrue.
Dean said the final straw was
a charge that the United States
connived with South Korea inl
the release of 27,000 anti-Red
Korean war prisoners irom Al
lied stockades last June.
Dean aald he. treated the com
munist charge "as a reason to
break off the talks . . .
"I said they had accused my
government of perfidy and that
unless It was withdrawn I
would Interpret It as a motion
on their side to Indefinitely
recess." the U. S. envoy told
newsmen.' '
He emphasized that only a
direct request from the com
munists, coupled with full re
traction of the charge, could
get the seven week old pre
liminary peace negotiations un
der way again.
Capital of Thai j
Seized by Reds
Hanoi, Indochina ) The
communist-led Vletmlnh's divi
sion 316 Saturday seized Lai
Chsu. capital of the pro-French
Thai area of Northwestern In
dochina, after smashing brief
resistance by Thai partisans.
French Union forces abandoned
the town Friday. . .
The rebels promptly tore
down the French flag, which
had flown over Lai Chau for
the seven years the lndochlnese
War has lasted so far, and rais
ed their own Red banner,
A French Union military
spokesman said the rebels had
to fight only light skirmishes
with the Thai partisans and
then moved into the little town,
which is perched in the moun
tains only 30 miles south of
Red China's Yunnan Province.
French Union forces had
evacuated L a 1 Chau's 3,500
civilian residents to Dien Bien
Phu, newly proclaimed Thai
capital 50 miles to the south,
Radio Moscov
Says Molotov
4Made Pledge
Moacew (A The Soviet
government aanotuee Batur
day It weuld give serious at
teation to the atamlo propos
als made by President Eisea-
hewer last Tuesday in a
speech before the United Na
tions. . - ' , ; .-.-.
'An announcement by the
foreign ministry reported on
the Dee. 7 visit U. S. Ambas
sador Charles E. Bohlen paid
to Foreign Minister V. M.
Molotov at which Bohlen in
formed Molotov of Eisenhow
ers' speech to be delivered the -next
day. . ,
"On behalf of his govern
ment the ambassador request
ed that attention should be
given to the proposals which
would be made in the speech
by the U.S.A, President," the
Soviet ministry announcement
id-
Molotov Quoted
"Having thanked the ambas
sador for the information V.
M. Molotov tald that the ques
tion of atomic weapons was
(CennasM ea Fata a, Ceusau f)
White House
Encouraged
Washington W) The White
House Saturday described "as
most encouraging a Moscow
radio report saying Run!
would give "serious attention"
to President Elsenhower's
speech proposing an internat
ional atomic energy pool for
peaceful purposes. .
Presidential Press Secretary
James C Hagerty said the Lon -dan
report of the Mosoow"
broadcast was shown to the
president. He said no official
word had yet been, received on
the meeting between Bohlen
and Molotov.
"This is a most encouraging
report,". Hagerty told news- .
men. !
rie recalled nis own state
ment of last Thursday saying
this government waa still very
hopeful that Soviet leaders
would recognize the president's
jiuniHt a k igiiuiii mm n mm
ible first step toward atomic
peace. , i
Hagerty was commenting at
that time on critical "first re
actions" to the speech given by
the Moscow radio.
Morse Calls for
Interior Probe
Washington " Sen
Wayne Morse of Oregon said
Friday he has asked senate in
vestigation of what he called
the Interior Department's
"giveswsy program in the Pa
cific Northwest."
He said he has asked Sen.
Langer (R., N.D.). who now
is investigating new federal
Civic Pride Fostered by Heavy Percentage
Of Home Owners; Parks, Playgrounds Help
This Is the eleventh of a wriei of articles publlihed la the Satur
day (atuea ml tht Capital Journal. This sorver af industrial, ewnmer
cll and cultural aelirlties In Salem and Marian county will be bated
a facts U show the stability ( reaaurcea and emomical conditions.
The carrying eat Of thU edacaUnnal aeries haa been made pnaalble
br the luppart that has been accorded It by represenutln Industrial
and coinirreiclal firms wha are demonttratinff their confidence in the
future of thht reslon'. Each of these firms haa an Inlereitni mean re
a patea 14 and IS of this tasee.
By R. KENNETH EVANS
Among Salem's substantial assets and permanent factors
are the beautiful homes, well kept yards, wide streets, folisge
power policies in the Missouri ' adornment, Its parks, playgrounds and amusement features.
Basin, to extend his probe to I u is easy, "however, for Salem people to live here among these
the northwest regon.
i Morse criticized the Interior
Department for signing 20-
year Bonneville Power con
tracts with four private utili
ties Pscific Power At Light
company, Portland General
Electric company. Mountain
States Pocr company and the
Washington Water Power
company
beauties and conveniences and fail to fully
realize what a wonderful asset such im
provements constitute. These resources are
manifold. The city's beauty, it must be re
membered, Is dependent upun the wisdom
snd energy of the city's proud home-owners
end citizens In general. This is a city where
85 per cent of Its families are home-owners
and, have been the foundation for a clean,
well-planned, trim commonwealth which at-
j tracts the attention of every visitor or pas-
m
B. lailb Siaaa
Morse said in a statement ; ser-by
that the contracts were "one But by no means has Sslem s civic
more step in the department's pride been limited to the building of homes.
dismsntlement of the federal lousiness buildings. Schools, churches and Impressive state
power program which has structures. A realization that well planned parka and estab-
een ouu. carciuuy lor sv i usnea amuse menu are among the strong factors In the bu lid
(years." 1 lng of a well organized city, has been reiporuibls for the de
velopment of recreational and
amusement facilities which
are In keeping with the de
mand. Playgrounds Are Supplied
The city planners have kept
faith with the thousands of
children who live in Salem,
by providing adequate facili
ties for play that their excess
energies may be expended in
clean wholesome outdoor re
creation, to build strong
bodies and clear minds. These
are provided by the play
grounds at he schools and the
parks In the city. '
It can also be pointed out
that with shorter working
hours and the attendant lei
sure time, outdoor recreation
al features and facilities such
as golf courses, swimming
pools, gun clubs, skstlng
rinks, etc., take on greater im
portance to the city dweller.
Salem has many of these
recreational featurea I n c 1 u d
Ing a senior high school audi
torium which will seat 1,850.
There art tlx modern theatres
In Salem that bring in the lat
est releases In the moving pic
ture field and, have a seating
capacity of 5,200 theater go
ers. A drive-in theatre with
accommodations for 600 auto
mobiles adds to the summer
season attractions and amuse
ments.
Salem has a professional
baseball franchise with the
Western International League
and a baseball park capable of
sestlng 5,500 baseball fans.
There are two golf courses,
one being a nine-hole course
with plenty of hazards and
one an 18-hole course which
attracts many golfers. There
are three swimming pools in
the city Including one Indoor
pool and two out-door pools.
Roller sksting rink, tennis
courts, boating on the Wil
lamette river, gun club and a
midget auto race course,
round out a well-planned
system of recreational fea
tures.
(Continued an rage t, Cahuna 1)
I
Dulles in Paris
On NATO Meel
Paris () V. 8. Secretary
of State Dulles arrived in Paris
Saturday for a meeting of the
NATO council of ministers and
expressed the hope that the
Soviet Union would abandon
its "dilatory, delaying tactics."
"We hope that they (the
Russians) will participate In
the Big Four foreign ministers'
meeting st Berlin on Jan. 4, a
meeting of the foreign minis
ters that we have been trying
and trying to get," Dulles said.
.Dulles also told newsmen
the U. S. government is sin
cerely hopeful the Soviets will
accept President Eisenhower's
proposals for peaceful internat
ional use of atomic energy. -
Before leaving Washington
Friday rlight, however, the sec
retary of state said that, mean
while, it was essentia' for the
free world to "maintain the
power to defend against and
strike back at any aggressor.
"It Is largely through NA
TO," he added, "that we gain
that power. In the common interest."
Stores to Stay Open
Till 9 Starting Monday
Nearly its stores in the
Salem Downtown area and
the stores of the Capital
Shopping Center will re
main open evenings until
t p.m. beginning Monday,
December 14 and continu
ing through Wednesday,
December 23, It was an
nounced today.
This extension of hours
was made to serve the eon
vealenes of Christmas shoppers.
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