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EDITION
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65th Year, No. 303
Salem, Oregon, Monday, December 21, 1953
Capital
Hew Business
Building for
Old Cily Center
C. L Corporation
. To Build for Stores
'And Professions -
A three-dorr business nd
fflee balldint, with partial
basement with prerbtoos tor
root and floor area car park
inc. will be constructed to
es74r mora thaa the eoatk halt
of the block bounded by Ferry,
South Commercial, State and
Soutk Liberty streets. ,
The announcement was made
Monday by the C. L. Corpora
tion of Portland, through Wil
liam H. Hammond, vice presi
dent of Union Security com
pany, 109 South High treet,
who hat been designated by
the C. L. Corporation at prop
erty manager.
The estimated cost of the
project is placed at around
,1800,000.
. Approximately 32,000 square
' feet of floor area will be avail
able on the first floor for re
tail merchandise and related
services.
The second and third floors
will provide a total of more
, than 42,000 square feet of of
: fice space for professional and
other tenants.
, Equipped for Professions
It is planned that the build
ing will be named the "Pro-
. fessional Building," and will
provide the latest modern
building equipment and facil
ities for doctors and dentists
as well as regular office space
of a type found only in the
most modern buildings.
. The building is to be con-
" structed so as to provide park
ing for a total of 47S cars on
the roof and the central areas
of each floor, with parking
spaces adjacent to all stores
.and offices for customers,
clients and patients, as well as
tenants. A series of bridges
'across the alley will afford an
unimpeded flow of foot and
(Centhraed ea Pat a, Csluma ()
Rain Brings
Flood Waters
The deluge of rain over the
weekend brought in a number
of complaints regarding surface
water, overflowing roadside
ditches and plugged up cul
verts. Because of the back water
east of Fisher road and north
of Silverton road. County
Commissioner Roy Rice sug
gested during Monday s ses
sion of the county court that
the county decline to take over
' Fisher road for maintenance
- purposes until proper ditching
'. has been taken care of.
It is said that the construc
tion of the Salem by-pass has
- caused water to back up east
f of that obstruction and many
1" property owners are unhappy
over the situation.
The county has an tgreement
Mo take over Fisher road when
' it is completed. Commission
J. er Rice states that it cannot be
";. considered complete until the
'.proper drainage has been in-
stalled.
? County Commissioner E. L.
i Rice reported that a culvert on
y the Duck Pond" or road No.
j 929 in the vicinity of Turner
r was washed out by a heavy
;, flow of water.
' Water over the weekend cas-
f caded down the surface of Cun-
, ningham Lane Instead of the
ditches because the latter had
i become obstructed by workmen
of the Salem Water Heights
. district who have excavated
' i beneath the pavement, to lay
'.pipe. "
Willamette
At 17.5 Feet Monday
Rivers came up swiftly in the
' valley over the week-end in the
wake of the torrential rain and
', wind storms sweeping the area,
but no major flooding is in
prospect at this time.
The Willamette river was up
' to 17.1 feet at Salem. Monday
,' morning, and was due to crest
here around 17.3 Monday aft
', ernoon. Flood stage here is 20
feet It is the second time in
'. the month the waters have
come up to the 174 foot mark
. here.
At Jefferson the Santiam
' went on a rampage, going to 19
" feet six feet above flood stage.
before subsiding. Considerable
adjacent field land was washed
In that area.
Meanwhile, new snow was
piling up in the mountains
while tha valley regions were
being saturated.
Public Lands
ToBeRelained
McKay Stales
Secretary of Interior
Outlines Program
Of Conservation
By JAME8 D. OLSON
The Eisenhower aanlnlstra-
Uoa is net ia any "give-a-way"
program la relation to public
lands kut rather determined to
Insare a sustained eoaserva
tioa program that will insare
the benefits ot sack lands to
posterity.
This flat statement was made
Monday by Secretary of the
Interior Douglas McKay, who
returned to Salem Sunday
with Mrs. McKay to spend the
Christmas holidays with their
family.
.McKay's statement was
made in face of an assertion
made a few days ago by Orme
Lewis, assistant secretary of
the interior, speaking in
Seattle, that "it was his per
sonal hope that private Indus
try will be so successful in
handling the Job of growing
and managing our forests that
(Continued en rata (, Celuma 7)
County Seat to
Go to Newport
Newport, Ore. UP) Lincoln
county officials went ahead
Monday with plans to remove
the county seat from Toledo
to Newport in the coming
days, despite a court suit at
tacking legality of the move.
Contractor C. A. Moffitt said
the former Newport high
school gymnasium, now being
remodeled, would be ready for
county offices by Christmas
Eve.
Space has been designated
in that building for the coun
ty clerk, engineer, treasurer,
assessor and tax collector.
Rooms have risen set aside for
the county court and photostat
equipment.
The use of the building will
be temporary. A new court
nous is planned on the site of
the former high school.
The sheriff's office is sched
uled to move into quarters in
the Newport city hall, where
the Newport police also are
located. No decision has been
made yet on whether to des
ignate the building as the
county jail.
Auto Insurance
Rates Changed
IBt United PTMI1
Aulo insurance rates went
down today as much as 16 per
cent for many Oregon drivers,
but others will have to pay up
to 20 percent more.
The new rates depend on
old a driver is, how much he
drives and where he lives. Ac
cidents during the previous
year also affect rates.
Not all companies followed
the same pattern of reductions
and increases, but generally
there wlil be four new classifi
cations of drivers added to the
three old ones. Most new rates
apply only to bodily injury and
property damage clauses.
The former class 1 drivers
over 25 and pleasure driving
only has been divided into
three groups:
1-a cars not normally driv
en to work; 1-b those regular
ly driven less than 10 miles
one way to work and 1-c those
driven more than 10 miles
each way.
to Crest
In Salem, 1.33 Inches of rain
came down in the 48-hour pe
riod ending at 10:30 a.m. Mon
day. Of that abount, 1.14 inches
were measured in the 24-hour
period to 10:30 a.m. Sunday
The rain abated Monday and
cooler temperatures are due to
night, but the weather bureau
says light rain is due again bv
Tuesday night. '
From 4 to 10 inches of new
snow were listed along the
summits of the Cascades, and
the sUte highway commission
is warning motorists to travel
with chains on the mountain
routes.
Because of the high water the
Wilsonville ferry again was
forced to suspend operations
Sunday.
, Otherwise, there was no oth
er handicaps reported for the
state s highways, Monday,
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Monday Year's
Shortest Day
h 4Br OnlUd Pimi)
A giant umbrella of clouds
covered almost the entire
country today as the sun's an
nual journey southward drew
to an end.
The sun will reach its south
ern-most position the winter
solstice at 7:32 p.m. PST to
day and start north again, sig
nalling the official debut of
winter.
As the new season approach
ed, three distinct storm centers
and numerous other weather
disturbances -began, to dispell
the mild, sunny weather many
Americana enjoyed over the
week-end.
The weather bureau report
ed that several fast moving
low pressure systems had
anlted early today to product
a "continuous cloud cover
which covers all of the country
except the Southwest."
The forecast was for falling
temperatures in the Midwest
as the three cold fronts swept
eastward. Temperatures on the
Atlantic Seaboard were expect
ed to rise, then drop tomorrow
as the cold air advanced into
that area.
Search Glacier
For Lost Plane
London UP) A ground res
cue team started a new climb
Monday up an Iceland glacier
in a desperate bid to reach a
U. S. Navy plane which crash
ed Thursday with nine men
aboard.
Biting blizzards and tearing
winds turned back rescue
squads Sunday night after they
had battled to within a mile of
the wreck, U. S. Air Force
officials here said. The rescu
ers had to retreat several miles
and make camp because of the
severe weather.
Continuous blizzards that
had reduced visibility to zero
were less severe Monday
morning, Air Force headquar
ters reported.
The rescuers are battling
against time in a race to reach
Air Rescue Squadron reported
severe weather was expected
to close in later in the day.
"But there is a good chance of
reaching the wreck before the
weather sets in again."
Above is a reproduction
downtown merchandising
by the C. L. Corporation
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HOSTAGES RELEASED
Jackson, Mich., Dec. 21 Mrs. Joe Watts (left) and Miss
Helen Gilbert (right) are shown on the porch of Mrs.
Watts' home after their release by five of the thirteen
- inmates that escaped from the Jackson prison here. ( AP
Wirephoto.) ,
Only 2 Convicts Still
At Large After Break
Detroit JP Police Monday
captured in Detroit three ot the
five, fugitives remaining at
large from Saturday night's
mass break-out at Southern
Michigan prison. ,
The three apprehended fugi
tives were identified aa Edward
J. Emrick, Virgil Lane, a a A
Daniel B. Bousha. '
Police said the three were
captured in a private home on
Detroit's southwest side.
An anonymous tip was cred
ited for the arrest of the trio.
Their capture left only two
fugitives at large from the 13
who broke out of prison via an
Farmers Loaned
$86,429,000
Washington U Secretary
Ezra T. Benson reported to
day that the agriculture de
partment loaned farmers $86,
429,000 this year under three
farmers' Home Administration
loan programs.
Most of the money went to
drough areas of the southwest.
Benson said farmers have
received $53,971,000 since last
summer in farmers Home Ad
ministration "operating" loans
which are designed to help
farmers buy corn, hay and
other livestock feed.
He slid farmers have bor
rowed more than $21,719,000
under a special livestock loan
program authorized by con
gress last summer. Another
$8,739,000 has been disbursed
under a-"disaster loan4' pro
gram to farmers in drought-
stricken states, officially des
ignated as disaster areas.
The livestock and "operat
ing" loans were available to
farmers in all states.
BLAST KILLS FOUR
Caltanissetta, Sicily (At
Four sulphur miners were
killed Sunday night and four
others escriously injured by
dynamite explosion. A spark
from a drill hammer set off
the blast
NCWEST DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT
of the architect's drawing of Salem's newest
and office development to be - constructed
of Portland. The three-story building will
i underground sewer Saturday
night.
Police said Rnusha, Emrlck,
and Lane would be taken to
headquarters for questioning
on the whereabouts olRomin
Usiondek, 37, and Robert Dow-I
ling, 33, the still at large fug
itives. .V,y .---Tj-r- "t t
Eight other inmates who par-
tcipated in the break were
recaptured earlier. Two women
hostages were freed unharmed
after being held I ft hours by
one fleeing group of "gentle
manly" convicts.
Police were particularly anx
ious to recapture Usiondek, 37,
described as a psychopath who
may have sought freedom for
revenge. Authorities assigned
guards to witnesses who testi
fied at the trial which sent Us
iondek to prison for life for a
1943 Detroit barroom slaying.
Circuit Court Commissioner A.
Tom Pasieczy, special prosecut
or at the trial was removed
from the city for his safety.-
Bulgarians Vole
For Red Regime
Vienna, Austria UP) Radio
Sofia said Monday 99.8 per
cent of Bulgaria's voters cast
ballots for the communist-run
fatherland front candidates in
Sunday's parliamentary elec
tions. They were the only can
didates in Sundays parlia
mentary elections. They were
the only candidates on the bal
lot.
The radio said 4,964,544 per
sons, or 99.53 per cent of the
eligible voters, went to the
polls to elect a new 465-man
assembly to replace the one In
which there already was no op
position to the Red regime. Of
these 4,954.65 voted for -the
Red candidates.
Eligible voters who failed to
show up at the polls were
liable to fines of 500 leva
(about $7.50) each and other
penalties.
Among those re-elected to
the assembly was Premier
Vulko Chorvcnkov.
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Commercial,
architect It
Russia to
In Atomic Control Parley
FrenchDeadlock
On President
In Ninth Ballot
Versailles, France (1 The
French parliament failed
again Monday to elect a pres
ident at the republic. It was
the ninth btllot taken since
last Thursday.
premier Joseph LanleL a
wealthy industrialist and the
top contender, got 413 votes,
a drop .of IT votes from the
eighth ballot.
His socialist opponent. Mar-
cel-Edmond Naegelen, who
has communist support, got
383, a drop ot 103 votes. Montel,
37, emerged as a last minute
candidate, received 103 votes.
Montel is a member of Lan-
iel's independent party from
Lyon. "
Lanlel Shy 43 Votes
Laniel was only 22 votes
short of victory on the eighth
ballot in the People s Assem
bly hall of the old palace of
French kings, where the Na
tional Assembly deputies and
senators have been trying to
name a new president
The number needed to elect
on the ninth ballot, a major
ity of the votes cast, was 438.
Thus Laniel, who has led al
most all the way, was 42 votes
short Monday.
(Centura ea Fate 5, Celamn 4)
Albany Youth
Held for Holdup
Ft. Jackson, S. CO Two
AWOL soldiers from here, one
an Oregon aoutb. wera jailed
here Saturday after they tried
a noidup.
The men, identified by Sher
iff S. S. Slight as Pvts. Rudolpf
Stauffer. 18, of 1197 N. Pacific
Highway, Albany, Ore., and
Keith Schwartz of Des Moines,
Iowa, had been hiding in a sum
mer home near here since last
Thursday.
Slight said they drew a gun
on Roy Drawdy when he en
tered the family garage about
10 miles from Columbia, S. C.
According to the sheriff they
fled when Drawdy's sister ran
inside the house and called po
lice. They were arrested a short
time later.
Slight said both wore civil
ian clothes which they had stol
en along with guns from the
summer residence. He said they
will be charged with house
breaking and attempted armed
robbery.
Shah Asks Mercy
For Mossadegh
London W Tehran radio
said Monday night former
Prime . Minister Mohammed
Mossadegh ot Iran has been
sentenced to three years of
solitary confinement on
charges that he sought to over
throw the Shah.
Tehrsn. Iran OP) The bill!
tary court trying ex-Premier
Mohammed Mossadegh on trea
son charges deliberated Mon
day following a final mercy
plea from the Sha. A verdict is
expected Monday or Tuesday.
Sha Mohammed Roza Pahle
vi said in a letter to the five
man army tribunal Sunday It
should consider Mossadegh s
early services to the country in
judging him.
PLANNED FOR 1954
than the' south halt of the block bounded by Ferry, South
State and South Liberty Streets. James I Payne is tha
will be a 1954 project
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Join with
Last Minute
Broadcast to
22 Pro-Reds
Panmunjord fPl The U.N.
command today prepared a
last minute broadcast appeal
to 22 American war prison
ers who stayed with the com
munists, even as the allied Far
East commander Indicated
hope has been abandoned that
any ot the 22 will return
home. ,. . '.
The Neutral Nations Repat
riation commission announced
it had approved an allied re
quest to broadcast to the pris
oners Wednesday, hours be
fore the deadline for explana
tions to balky war prisoners.
The allies staked their hopes
ot winning back prisoners on
the broadcasts and a 12-page
letter addressed 'to each man
as chances for face-to-tace in
terviews all but vanishd in a
welter of last-minute delays.
Chief of Slafl
Lands in Tokyo
Tokyo UP) Adm. Arthur
Radford, chairman of the U. S.
Joint Chiefs of Staff and
Walter S. Robertson, U. S. as
sistant secretary ot state, ar
rived Monday on a tour that
will take them through Japan,
Korea, Formosa and the Phil
ippines.
Robertson, who last summer
won irom souin norean nesi-iu,,
newsmen he expects Rhea
coooerata with hli alllei" in
Korea.
Robertson made the state
ment at Tokyo : international
airport In answer to questions
about Knee a probable future
moves.
Both Radford and Robertson
described their trip as routine.
Radford said he and Robert
son planned to attend the pres
idential inauguration ot Ramon
Maysaysay in Manila, Dec 30,
and decided the occasion was a
good chance to gather knowl
edge in the Far East . ,
Twining Talks
On Air Power
Washington UP) Gen. Nath
an F. Twining, Air Force chief
of staff, said Monday Ameri
ca's air offense still packs c
harder punch than Russia's
but he warned that the Sovtat
Union is making "a tremendous
effort to overcome that lead."
The Air Force chief also said
in a copyrighted interview in
the magazine "U. S. News and
World Report" that the United
States is in better position to
strike through the air, should
war come, than to defend her
self against air assault
He suggested the Soviets may
be trailing in development of
a potent air offense because
the Russians have had" practic
ally no wartime experience
with strategic, long-range op
erations.
Twining said American air
superiority would cut down
any advantage the Russians
might enjoy from big land
armies.
BEND TRUCK FIRE
Burns W9 Four cars and
truck beds were destroyed and
the Bend-Portland truck line
headquarters here damaged be
yond repair in a fire Sunday.
Loss was estimated at $30,000.
Powers
Soviet Accepts ;
Proposal Made
By Eisenhower
Moscow The Soviet
Union announced Monday
night It to ready for the con
ferences atomic energy
rged by President Eisenhow
er, bat suggested a pledge for
a complete ban on A-weapona
at the only way to settla the
problem.
The views were made
known In a 3,000-word note to
the United States commenting
on the president's suggestion
for talks looking toward an
international pool of atomic
material for peaceful pur
poses. 'It la necessary that not
some part but the whole mass
of atomic material be directed
completely to peaceful aims,'
tne statement said.
Ready to Take Part
As to President Elsenhow
er s statement on the confi
dential or diplomatic talks
concerning his proposal, the
Soviet government ... ex
presses its readiness to take
part" .
The United States has insist
ed in United Nations debate
for years that any ban ot
atomic weapons must be pre
ceded by an ironclad system
ot control and Inspection tor
enforcement The Soviet Un
ion, on the other hand, has In
sisted on the ban first and
then controls and inspection.
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Washington OP) Th. Whiu
House announced Monday that
Soviet Russia has anreed In
join the United States in se
cret negotiations on President
Eisenhower's proposal for an
international atomic pool, , .
Murray Snyder, assistant
presidential press secretary.
told newsmen the Russian gov
ernment also has asked the U.
3. for additional information
on Ensenhower't Dec, 8 plan.
Snyder declined to provide
more information on the Soviet
note, which Moscow radio said
had been handed to American
Ambassador Charles E. Chip
Bohlen in Moscow Monday.
In outlining his plan to tha ,
United Nations General Assem
bly, Eisenhower proposed that
Russia join with the United
States and other nations pos
sessing atomic materials in cre
ating an International atomic
energy agency for peaceful de
velopment
The President suggested that
each such nation contibute a
reasonable share ot atomic ma
terials to a pool tor such pur
poses. . i
Cabinet Crisis
Looms in Italy
Rome U. Premier Giu
seppe Pella has threatened to
plunge Italy into another cab
inet crisis by resigning unless
the left wing of his Christian
Democratic party wholeheart
edly supports his government,
official sources said today.
Government sources said
the threat of a Christmas crisis
was removed during a "cor
dial" two hour conversation
yesterday between Pella and
former Premier Alcide Da
Gasperl, also a Christian Dem
ocrat.
The sources said, however,
Pella planned to reshuffle his
cabinet after the holidays and
had demanded that the left
wing of the party stop trying
to "embarrass" him.
Pella bluntly told Da Gas
perl, the sources said, he could
not carry on with only tha
"halt hearted" support of bis
own party.
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