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THE WEATHER
RHOWEET toalght with nM
clearing tonight Occasional
rain, Saaday. Caatlnaed mild.
Law tonight 43; alga Sunday,
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FINAL
EDITION
65th Year, No. 302
Salem, Oregon, Saturday, December 19, 1953
Price 5c
GOP Plans lo
Replace 3300
Postmasters
Names of New Ap
. pointments to Go to
" Senate in January .
Wuhinrton WV-The Repub
licans reportedly plan to Iom bo
more time filling about 1,1st
postmastershlns.
They expect to start sending
appointments for the Job to the
Senate for confirmation as soon
as Congres resumes sessions
Jan. 6.
Sen. Carlson (R-Kas.), chair
man of the Senate Fostoffice
Committee, said Saturday be
understands "several hundred'
names are ready to be sent up
quickly.
run Hasty Action
He said his committee win go
to work promptly to prepare
the lists for action by the Sen
ate. A Poatoffice Department of.
ficial said there are about 3,300
postmasters of all four classes
to be named. He said about 2
Continued an fas a. Column II
Rescue Plane
Crashes, Japan
Tokyo, Sunday ) A B-29
search .and rescue plane
crashed and exploded Saturday
near Nagoya. killing two crew
men and injuring six others,
the Far East Air Force an
nounced. Nagoya is 170 miles south
west of Tokyo.
The big plane, with ita crew
of eight, was trying to land at
Komaki Air Base eight miles
north of Nagoya after one en
gine failed.
"The engine went out and
the plane came back to Ko-
maki for an emergency land
ing." an Air Force spokesman
said.
tThe pilot made one pass that
apparently was not satisfactory
and went around for a second
try.
"As he came down, one wing
dipped and struck the ground.
The plane cart-wheeled and
exploded."
Heavy Rains
SendSfreamsup
(Br Tb taraUM Pr
Gusty winds and heavy
rains hit Oregon Saturday as
a storm moved In from the
ocean. Western Oregon rivers
began rising, and at least one
highway was closed by a slide.
The slide blocked Highway
38, two miles west of Scotts
burg. This blocked traffic be
tween Drain and the coast.
Nearly two inches of rain
fell at Newport in a 12-hour
period, ending at 10:30 a.m.
North Bend and Eugene had
1 Inches, Salem slightly over
an inch and a half, Portland
nearly an inch in the same
period.
The McKeniie River at Lea
burg was rising a half-foot an
hour. Other Willamette tribu
taries also were on the rise.
A 30-mile-an-hour wind
was sweeping the coast with
gusts to 50 miles an hour at
some points.
There were indications that
traffic was being delayed on
Highway 101 south of Co
quille. Two mail trucks from
the south failed to reach Coos
Bay on time.
'Hot Potato 'Queries
Thrown at Norblad
Congressman Walter Nor
blad smilingly responded to all
the "hot notato" questions an
audience of more than 100 men
from a (core of Willamette
valley, cities could throw at
him in a "meet your congress
man" program Friday night at
the Hotel Marion, sponsored by
the U. S. Chamber of Com
merce and local Chambers.
Norblad ducked only once.
He admitted he had no present
solution for the farm price sit
uation. But he said this will be
one of the principal items of
business when congress recon
vene. The congressman was ques
tioned by 11 men from nine
different cities on 11 national
issues and then the meeting
waa thrown open to questions
from anybody.
The 11 issues and the men
who framed questions on them
were: Taxes, Lee Ohmart, Sa
lem; government - spending,
Clyde Williamson, Albany; ag
Kidnap
Funerals Held
Separately
Hall and Mrs. Heady
Buried in Towns '
175 Miles Apart
Marvvllle.' Mo. ( The
Greenlease kldnap-killers were
buried Saturday.
Mrs. Bonnie Brown Heady,
whoa last request waa that
she be buried beside her lover,
r.rl Austin Hall, waa buried
inna near here in a brief
ceremonjr attended by about 15
Persons. ... ,,.
In rieasamon, nan-.
miles away. Hall was put into
a grave in a family plot in the
city cemetery.
The ten-minute ceremony
for his 41-year-old paramour
was held under the folds of a t
chapel type cemetery tent
...hi, aides, in Clear-
mnnt Mo.. 15 miles north oft
here. i
Mrs. Heady's Funeral
The only flowers at the
graveside were one funeral
....th and three sprays ol
roses and chrysanthemums, fc.
from Mrs. Nell Baker of Cnl-i-aao.
Mrs. Heady'a aunt, and
Miu Hester McQuiate, who
has been living wltn mrs.
Baker In the St. Joseph home
cf Mrs. Heady.
It was In the back of the
home that officers dug up
vounc Bobby Greenlease's
body last Oct. 7.
Both Hall and Mrs. Heady
pleaded guilty to kidnaping
under the Lindbergh law and
were executed in the gas cham
ber at the Missouri State pri
son early Friday morning.
(Continued an Pages, column )
Seek Survivors
Iceland Crash
Revklavik. Iceland
American and Icelandic rescue
teams pushed up mile-high
Mvrdalsiokull Glacier today,
rating toward the wreck ol a
U. 8. Navy bomber and its re
ported survivors.
The smashed plane, a two
engined Lockheed Neptune
which disappearead Thursday
on a patrol flight from Kel
lavik airport, near Reykjavik,
was sighted yesterday by a U.
S. Air Force rescue plane. At
least three of its nine-man
crew were said to be alive.
American planes quickly
dropped survival equipment to
the downed fliers and the U. S.
53rd Air Rescue Squadron
flew a ground rescue party,
including Icelandic ski ex
perts, to a small airfield at the
foot of the glacier.
There was no Indication
how long it might take the
party to pu.h its way up the
sprawling mass of ice. The gla
cier, centered near the south
coast about 110 miles south
east of Reykjavik, is 30 miles
long and from 10 to 20 miles
wide.
Cardinal Spellman
Pays Seattle Visit
Seattle- UP) A brief visit
was paid Seattle Friday night
by Francis Cardinal Spellman.
Roman Catholic archbishop of
New York, on his way by
plane to Korea where he will
spend his fourth Christmas
with American forces in the
Far East.
riculture, Lyman Seely, Wood
burn; Taft-Hartley act, Asa
Lewelling, Salem; social secur
ity, Dick Hoyt, Corvallis; post
al rates, Del Moore, Astoria;
government functions, R. R.
Mains, McMinnviUe; treaty
law, Charles A. Sprague, Sa
lem; foreign trade, John Mis
ko, Oregon ity; public hous
ing, John Bfaff, Independence;
highway, George Tate, North
Santiam.
N'orblad's off-the-cuff an
swers, summarized, included:
Taxes should not be cut until
the budget is balanced, but he
expects congress to cut them
whether It is balanced or no;.
Foreign aid can be substan
tially reduced, possibly elim
inated entirely, vthough it has
served a good purpose.
Taft-Hartley act will bt
taken up. bu no drastic
changes will be made. Norblad
said this if a good law which
in some, respects needs
(ConUnard fas i. Column 4)
McCarthy,
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' ' ' -(.:: V
Jurors Rapped
For Acquittal
Chicago VP) Federal Judge
Joseph Sam Perry told mem
bers of a jury yesterday to
hang your heads in shame'
after the jurors had acquitted
an ex-convict of robbery.
Judge Perry, after telling
the jurors "You have struck a
blow at law enforcement," or
dered the federal Jury com
missioner to strike their names
forever from the jury lists.
I tie jury ol three women
and nine men freed Alfonse
Bartkus, 25, of robbery. He
and two other men were
charged with robbing a savings
and loan association of $3.50
last July 27. The two other
men have pleaded guilty to the
robbery and each named Bart
kus as the ringleader.' '
Deputy sheriffs said they ar
rested Bartkus after he left
the courtroom on a detainer in
connection with a conviction
last year in which he received
a year's sentence for carrying
a concealed weapon.
Communists
Rule in Tibet
Tokyo W Red China Sun
day announced formation of a
five-county "Tibetan autono
mous government" in north
west China "under the leader
ship of the Communist party of
China and the Peoples Govern
ment of a higher level."
Peiping Radio, as monitored
here, said the new government
is in the Hainan region, of
Chinghai Province, that most
of the 100,000 inhabitants are
herdsmen and 70 per cent are
Tibetan. The rest include Hans,
Monfolians, Kazakhs and Sa
las. The region is just south of
Chinghai Lake.
Peiping said a Tibetan, Tan-
doer, was elected chairman of
the new government, and that
the delegates sent a pledge of
loyalty to Red China's No. 1
man, chairman Mao Tze-Tung.
Matches Flame
London UP) A box of
matches exploded In Prime
Minister Churchill's left hand
during a luncheon party Fri
day and aides said he suffered
a slight burn.
Lord Moran, the 79-year-old
Prime Minister's personal phy
sician, called on him Saturday
morning. When Churchill de
parted for his country home at
Chartwell a little later, there
was a big bandage on his left
hand and his arm was in a
sling He waved cheerily with
his right hand to a knot of
sightseers.
The acident occurred at a
luncheon at Trinity House,
headquarters of Britain's an
cient Maritime Pilotage Assn.,
in which Churchill is an "elder
brother
The occasion was tfl
welcome Foreign Secretary
Anthony Eden as one of the
Brethren.
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velde meet at white house
Washington, Dec. 19 Sen. Joseph McCarthy (R., Wis.),
left, chairman of the senate' permanent investigations
subcommittee, and Rep. Harold Velde (Rep., 111.), chair
man of the house un-American activities committee, shake
hands as they meet at the White House door today. Both
were invited to attend the day's session of Republican
congressional leaders with President Eisenhower to work
on the legislative program. AP Wirephoto) -.
Cold Wave
And South
(By Tht AMoeutod Prau)
Freezing weather chilled
wide areas of Dixie again to
day as cold air extended over
wide areas east of the Missis
sippi river and as far as the
Gulf Coast and northern Flor
ida. . . . , 1
Temperatures drooped to 28
above early today at Tallahas
see, Fla., and 30 above at Mo
bile, Ala. It 31 In. Jack
sonvlUe, Fla., and a chilly 18
Elizabeth Visits
Queen of Tonga
Nukualofa, Tonga Islands VP)
Queen Elizabeth II, en route
to New Zealand on her world
tour, stopped over on this
South Pacific Island Saturday
for a visit with the only other
woman ruler in the British
commonwealth 6 - foot - 3
queen Salote of the Tongas.
Warm tropical rain splash
ing down on the ceremonies
served as a reminder of Sa
Iote's visit to Elizabeth's Lon
don coronation on a rainy day
last June. The towering South
Sea queen won the heart of all
Britain by driving drenched
but smiling in an open coach
during the coronation pro
cession. Queen Elizabeth and the
Duke of Edinburgh arrived by
flying boat from the Fiji
Islands. The British monarch
alighted at a gaily decorated
wharf and the two smiling
queens, side by side and with
umbrellas hoisted, rode in an
open car through . cheering
crowds.
Queen Elizabeth leaves
Tonga Sunday and Is due in
Auckland, New Zealand, Tues
day.
Chamber of Commerce 'Voice of Salem'
On Many Matters; Has 1250 Members
Tnli lo tho twelfth of a Mries
dt taniii of tho Conitol Journal.
cial and cultural arliritlrs in Salem and Marlon eoontjr will be baord
OB farta to show tho stability of mourees and economical condtlons.
The earrytnff out of this educational series hao been made pouibie
by tho support that has been accorded It by representative Industrial
and commercial firms who are demomtrattnr then eonfldence In the
future of this rerion. Each of theme firms has an lalerestini anesaft
ob paaes 4 and 7 af this tome.
By R. KENNETH EVANS
Forces assembled and unified to mould Into one central
power the Individual energies of a community like Salem, Is
an essential factor in the growth and development of the re
sources of that community. One man, one firm or one power.
nm.lim.i An .r..l ilaal n I
individual force advancement
complished with the speed and
lowed by the unification of ail forces. A on
horsepower engine csn lift a maximum of
weight but It can only lift one-thirtieth of
the weight that can be lifted
Pwer engine. . Hence, when
oiners 01 line intent, one man, one firm or
one power, even though the associates be of
lesser strength, the power for good Is in
finitely greater. It has been said in effect:
"When order In variety we see and where,
though all things differ, all agree."
The civic organizations of a city form these
powers which in turn are banded together for
the general good and upholding of a community,- working for
one common cause. In a well regulated commercial, Industrisl
and cultural community, like Salem, these focers are assembled
with as much care and consideration as the various
Grips East
to Gulf
in Chattanooga and Knoxville,
Tenn. It was colder in parts of
Kentucky, with a low of 4
above at Corbin.
Near or below zero readings
were reported in sections of
the New England atates, with
a low of minus 1 at Lebanon,
Vt It was 7 in Portland, and
14 in Boston.
. There was warming trend
over the mid-continent. Tem
peratures during the night,
however, were below freezing
after several days of sub-zero
weather in many north central
areas. Readings continuea
above seasonal levels over the
Plains and the Rocky Moun
tain region.
Beria's Death
Said Demanded
Moscow UP) Soviet news
papers devoted considerable
space Saturday to reports of
mass meetings denouncing ex
police boss Lavrenty P. Beria
and demanding death for him
and six other former officials
charged with plotting against
the state.
The government paper Ivz-
vesti said the "boundless anger
of the people" has been dem
on atrated in anti-Beria meet
ings throughout the countvy.
Russians everywhere, it said,
are demanding "severest pun
ishment of the agents of for
eign capital."
Pravda, the communist party
organ, carried nearly a full
page of denunciations of Beria
One report from his native
state of Georgia said, "the en
tire Georgian people curse the
traitor Beria and his stooges.
of articles nbllthed In tho fittur-
This surar of industrial, commer
K. . . n
cannot be ac
7
success fol
by a 30-horse-
banded wllh
B. Boootttl l.M
Elrnvn
KOOiUO '3N30?
a Ifaf
jo tuaAun
Discuss Spy Hunt
French Fail lor
Sixth Time to V
Elect President
Versatile, Franca (JP) The
French parliament failed Sat-
nrday for the fifth tuna in
three days to elect a president
of the republic.
The deputies and senators.
meeting in Joint sesion, split
their votes among three candi
dates, and none got enough
votes tor election to the post
held the past seven years by
Socialist Vincent Auriol.
Premier Joseph Laniel,
wealthy industrialist and inde
pendent, got 374 votes, a drop
of 34 from the fourth ballot.
For election 481 votes were
needed. i
Marcel-Edmond Naegelen, a
Socialist, got 312 votes a drop
of 32 from his last total. Jean
(OnUnaed on rro Column ()
Senate Decides
Chavez's Seat
Washington VP) The Sen
ate where Democrats bare
ly ' outnumber Republicans
may ultimately be asked to de
cide whether veteran Democra
tic Sen. Dennis Chavez of New
Mexico should retain his seat
Over the opposition of its
lone Democratic member, Sen.
Hennings of Missouri, the Sen
ate Elections Subcommittee
urged Friday that about 30,000
votes cast last year when Cha
vez defeated Republican Pat
rick J. Hurley be invalidated.
The subcommittee majority,
Republican Sens. Barrett of
Wvomlna and Potter ot Micni-
gan, held there was a "lack of
secrecy". In, the. .voting.
This was just a preliminary
steo. Several mora actions
would be required to bring the
issue before the Senate itself.
Shah Dissolves
Iran Parliament
Tehran. Iran VPi k Shah
Mohammed Reza Pahlevi for
mally dissolved the Majlis par
liament today and ordered an
immediate start on prepara
tions for new elections.
A spokesman for Premier
Fazollah's Zahedi's govern
ment said the move, which
marks an end to the 23-man
rump Majlis held over from the
days of ex-Premier Moham
med Mossadegh's rule, was de
signed to clear the legislative
decks for "major develop
ments." The spokesman said the out
lawed Tudeh communist party
would be barred from the vot
ing, but any other group, In
cluding Mossedegh's national
front movement, will be per
mitted to participate provided
It refrains from a provoca
tive" approach to the voters.
The rump parliament was
composed entirely of members
opposed to Mossadegh, who
was ousted from the premier
ship last August by a royalist
coupe.
parts of a motor car, which, as
a whole, functions perfectly.
Remove some of the important
parts of the motor car and Its
usefulness is impaired. The
same is true with the assemb
ling and building ot a city.
Not Political Organisations
Civic organizations sue!- as
the Salem Chamber of Com
merce are not political organi
zations. They seldom take sides
on a purely political question.
They are not lodges, social
clubs and not secret fraterni
ties. In fact, the Salem Cham
ber of Commerce, as an ex
ample, is the embodiment of
the public spirit ot the city
wherein it functions. The Sa
lem Chamber of Commerce
works day and night for the up
building ot the community,
helping to plan the future
growth of the city. Inviting new
enterprises to come, and help
ing those already established to
get more business. This organi
zation Is the "Voice of Salem"
and Is constantly promoting
those social, civic, educational
Pro-Red PVs
Plan Festive
Christmas
Panmunjom VP) The 22
American war prisoners who
chose communism planned
festive Christmas today with a
truckload of athletic equip
ment and a ton of food contrib
uted by the communists and
delivered by Indian guard
troops.
The Americans will share
their hoUday windfall with one
Briton and 327 South Koreans,
the Indian command said.
The athletic equipment in
cluded such standard items as
ice skates (24 pair), footballs
and boxing gloves and the
somewhat rarer discus. These
were turned over to the POWs
today. They plan a big athletic
meet Christmas afternoon and
a party Christmas night '
Skating events, if any, will
have to be run off on a frozen
rice paddy. There is no pond
inside the compound.
For the party, there are such
delicacies as chicken, beef.
fish, butter, coffee, four types
of wine, beer, fruit nuts, candy
and eggs. The POWs also will
get their regular rations that
day. . t
Ull Come-Home
LettersSent22
Panmunjom, Korea 0JJ The
United Nations sent "come
home" letters today to 22 un
repatriated American war pri
soners snd made plans to re
mind them of better days by
broadcasting 1S50 "hit" tunes.
Indian custoauu zorces re
ceived the mimeographed ap
peals but a spokesman said the
Neutral Repatriation Commis
sion must examine the 12-page
letters before passing them
along to the prisoners.
It was announced by the In
dian authorities that the pri
soners would not see the state
ments until Monday at the
earliest, two days before the ex
planation program ends.
The U. N. letters ststed a
'free choice principle" that
guarantees every prisoner of
war the right to choose bis al
legiance. The statements, how
ever, contained no promises of
immunity for crimes committed
while the men were prisoners
of the communists.
Prices of Houses
Said to be Declining
Washington (IP) The Nat
ional Assn. of Real Estate
Boards said today prices of ex
isting houses have declined In
most communities It surveyed
recently and there are fewer
sales of new houses.
Charles B. Shattuck, associa
tion president suggested in a
statement there should be good
buys, especially in existing
houses, now and in the next
few months, both because of
price trends and "recent signs
of a loosening up ot the mort
gage with some lowering -of
interest rates."
and cultural enterprises which
make a city a safer and hap
pier place in which to live.
The man who has an interest
in his community and does not
belong to the Chamber of Com
merce Is not only shirking his
duties as a citizen, but he Is
neglecting the compsnionshlp,
friendship and lessons In ex
perience to be had by mingling
with his fellows as an equal
and helping them to build I
city.
The Salem Chamber ot Com
merce Is a well organized ma
chine. Ita origin dates bsck to
the organization of the Illihee
club, which was incorporated
in 1895 "to promote the devel
opment of the social, physical
and mental capacities of its
members." The articles of In
corporation of the Illihee club
were amended in 1013 In two
reipecta. First, the name was
changed to the Salem Commer
cial club, and second, the ob
jectives were enlarged to in
clude the advancement "ot the
iCenUnood an rags I, Colusa 1)
with he
Seek Effective
Vay of Dealing
With the Reds
WasMaitoa VP) PmWUnt
Eisenhower swnnf into the
"Ml day of eeafercaees ea his -154
legislative regram Satur
day with a dlaeaaaiea af "more
affective" ways ef dealing with
both sabveratves and big-time
criminals. .
The President tiutllnlna tho
agenda for the third dav ai tha '
closed meetings with Republi
can leaders and others, called
on Any. uen, Brownell to dis
cuss 'severs! proposals design-
eo to provide more effective
investigation and prosecution
not only of subversive elements .
in our society but slso of cri
minals who presently take ad- '
vantage of certain lopholes in
the law."
McCarthy and Velde Talk
Among those taking part In '
the discussions were Sen. Mc-
tartny, R, Wis., chairman of
the Senate Government Opera
tions Commute and lnvestigat- "
lng subcomittee; Rep. Velde,
R., 111., chairman of the House
un-American Activities Com
mittee. Sen. Wiley R., Wis.,
ranking Republican on the "
Senate Judiciary Committee,
and Rep. Chauncey W. Reed,
R, 111, chairman of the House
Judiciary Committee.
Legalise Wire Tapping
u was teamed that the. talks
went beyond the two proposals
recently advanced by Brownell
to A Grant immunity from
prosecution to selected persona
Msuiymg before congressional
committees and B legalize the
use in court of evidence obtain
ed by wire tapping in espion
age investigations.
trssrthmai fata a, Oatasw 1)
Plan to Abolish
Defense Group'
Washington VP) Secretarv
of the Interior Douglas McKar
says he expects to follow rec
ommendations that the petrol
eum administration for defense -be
abolished and its functions
shifted elsewhere in the inter
ior department
McKay, PAD administrator.
said in an interview before
leaving for a Christmas holi
day in Oregon, that he is in
clined -to follow recommenda
tions ot the national petroleum
council insofar as they can be
worked out within the frame
work of government and le
galities Involved.
These recommendations are -that
remaining functions of
PAD be transferred to the in
terior department's oil snd gas
division and a revived military
petroleum advisory board In
event the need for PAD ends.
A final order will not be put
on McKay's desk for his sig- '
nature until PAD officials have
worked out detailed recom
mendations for a transition ot
tne functions.
Farm Surpluses
To Be Carried
Wsshlngton ( A key ad
ministration policy-maker said
Saturday that this country
probably must carry its multi
billion dollar stock ot f s r m
surpluses for seversl years to
protect both world and domes
tic farm prices.
Just back from the Interna
tional sessions of the food and
agricultural organization in
Rome, John H. Davis, assistant
secretary of agriculture, said
that most other free nations are
afraid of what the United
States is going to do with Its
surpluses they fear we might
ruin world markets."
Davis, who directs marketing
snd foreign agricultural rela
tions for the department made
it clear that the Eisenhower ad
ministration wants to avoid
this.
"It's our program to help
stabllire world msrkets and
move our surpluses Into con
sumption over and sbove nor
mal trade channels," Davis
said. "It may mean sort ot
sweating through a new years
of surpluses."
ARSONIST CONFESSES
Minneapolis UJB James E.
Tunnell, 20, admitted today he
set fire to 11 private garages
because It made him "feel bet
ter" after arguments at home.