Or.EGO! STATE LIBRA&T
JAN 4 - 1954
Capital JLJournal
THE WEATHER.
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66th Year, No. 1
Salem, Oregon, Friday, January 1, 1954 76 Pages Price 5c
IcCarren Hits
IcCarlhy for
led Activities
Nevadan Says Wiscon-
sinite Stepped Into
Unauthorized Field
Washington () Sen. McCar-
an (D., Nev.) said Friday the
senate investigations subcom-
ttee beaded by Sen. McCar
v (R.. Wis.), in its far-duns
d hunts, "has stepped over
nto a field where It was not
ntended to function at all."
'I don't say it hasn't done
out'. worK oecause i minx a
as." McCarran said, but he
ddcd in an interview that the
senate Internal Security Sub
committee "can do all the work
Accessary on the Senate side"
n investigating subversive ac-
ivities.
McCarran headed the Inier-
al Security Subcommittee un-
il the Republicans took con-
rol of Congress last January
nd Sen. Jenner (R., Ind.) be
me chairman. The Nevad
i still is the senior democrat
n the group.
At Miami, Sen. McCarthy
aid he had "no argument
Ivhalever" with Sen. McCar-
an's statement.
But he said his subcommit
c has been very careful to
heck with the Senate Internal
Security Subcommittee s o
mere will be no duplication
f effort.
"Our committee, it is true.
k-as not set up to investigate
ommunism, said McCarthy,
acationing with his bride at
he same Miami hotel where
ice Pres. Richard Nixon is
taying.
And digging out commu-
ism is not our primary pur
pose. If in our investigations
fcve find subversive elements in
government which would pre-
ent the government from
operating properly, and no
ther congressional group is
nvestieating then we go
shcad.
No Argument
I have no argument with
Pat McCarran. Pat is. one of
he greatest senators we ever
ad and I have unlimited re-
Ipect for him. The Internal
ecurity Subcommittee under
at and Jenner has done good
Vork."
In the new session of Con
gress starting Wednesday, both
the McCarthvl the Jenner
Investigating ufczs will be fore
st to seek additional funds
om the Senate. Their spend-
ig authority will expire Jan.
McCarran said nothing about
attempting to place any curbs
ri tne activities of McCarthy,
ith whom he often has swap-
fed compliments, and .empha
sized there was nothing person
al in his remarks.
Group to Aid v
ndians Named
finv Paul T. VqUmmm
Thursday annnlnfaut mmmtt.
te to help the Klamath In-
wans prepare lor their free
asm. A bill will ffo to Conffrosa
pi monin 10 remove the Kla-
laths from federal sunervlsion.
Members of the committee
e:
Mrs. Loa Hnurftrff Matnn
blic
. iate Forester Geomn Snmir
'iaie Agriculture n iwlnr F.
Peterson Rtt Vn9h
arles Stricklin; A. Harvey
right. State Dennrtmpnt of
lucation; Asst. Atty. Wolf
m Otterstedt; Forrest Coop-
iviamam rails, of the Asso-
ition Of OreBon fYiiintio.-
Dr. L. P. rrmnnon haaH
ine antnrnnnlnov itana-t.
!nt Of thu TTnlMait m n.
ion.
f it will be the responsibility
I this representative group of
vie agencies to aid and coun-
ll the Klamath. kll. how ba
trmulattng a withdrawal plan
5uucr u minimize tne risks
d obstacles inherent in this
fiicuit situation," Gov. Pet
erson sad
lustery Storm
ses Old Year Out
iNew Year's morning brought
tne sunshine for Salem, al
t there were some clouds.
JWet old 1953 went out in
Ipstcry style, strona wind
IP heavy showers of rain
inng down in the late hours
the evening. The storm
ted SI th flAU, Ma Mm.
5-- ....Mti,Hu,. ine wui rain
y ror tne 24-hour period end
I at 10:30 a.m. Friday
uuniea to an of an inch.
The forecast calls for cloud
ess ana occasional
rain to-
' ht, and
showers
for the
;k-nd.
Ike Summons
Aides to Help
VrileMessage
State of Union
Message to Be Read
To Congress Jan. 7
By MARVIN ARROWSMITH
Augusta, Ga. W Presi
dent Elsenhower, starting the
new year with a heavy work
docket, called a group of top
administration officials to an
early morning conference on
his State of the Union mes
sage today.
Letting the holiday go by
the boards, the president sent
out word for the officials to
report to him at 8 a.m. at his
office above the pro shop at
the Augusta National Golf
Club.
The administration advisers
who arrived from Washington
late yesterday were guests of
President and Mrs. Eisenhow
er at a New Year's Eve dinner
in the golf club trophy room
last night.
(Continued on Pice 5. Column 1)
Wind Revives
California Fire
Los Angeles u.R Strength
ening winds today posed a "se
rious new turn" to more than
1,000 firelighters "working
their hearts out" to control the
larger of two six-day fires in
Angeles National Forest.
The winds, increasing to 20
miles per hour after remaining
around 5-iu miles per hour
most of yesterday, caused a new
flareup on a section of fire line
on the slopes of Mt. Wilson.
The new outbreak was low
enough on the 5,800-foot moun
tain not to pose a threat to the
Mt. Wilson Observatory, where
flames earlier swept to within
200 feet.
The flareup was at the head
of Bailey Canyon, where flames
jumped a firebreak about H4
miles above the .community of
Pasadena Glen and six miles
northeast of Pasadena.
The community, comprising
au nomes valued at $9,000 to
$25,000 each, had been threat
ened by a closer flareup yester
day. Storm Catches
Hood Climbers
Portland. Ore. (JPtA vio
lent storm apparently caught
tnree climbers atop a 11,245
foot snow-covered mountain
today.
Wanting to be the first on the
peak of Mt. Hood on New
Year s Day, they left Timber-
line Lodge at the 8,000-foot
level yesterday morning. They
expected to reach the top by
nightfall and spend the night
mere.
But at night the storm came
up, and forecasters warned of
heavy snows on the way plus
winds upwards of 80 miles an
hour at the peak before day
break. Temperatures of 15
degrees above zero were ex
pected. There is no shelter at the
top. The climbers had sleep
ing gear and some food, though.
and no immediate fear was felt
lor their safety.
The three are Layden Walsh,
Olympia, Wash.; Fred Hart,
Corvallis, Ore.; and Art Maki,
Building Good Bui Not
Phenomenal in 1953
Salem building permits for
1653 totaled $5,871,806. It was
an average year, not phenome
nal as totals have gone in re
cent years.
Dwelling construction also
kept an average with a total
of $2,872,879 going Into dwel
ling construction for the year,
all but $103,000 of this going
into one-family units, for which
a total of about 250 permits
were issued.
By months the totals for the
year In aU permits both new
construction and alterations
and repairs of existing con
struction, were:
January, $250,215; February,
$320,020; March, $905,099;
April, $792,904; May, $370,060;
June $399,708; July, $414,295;
August, $348,469; September,
$374,526; October, $543,960;
novemoer, igzu.oio; Decem
ber, $230,433.
Dwelling construction by the
month was: January, $144,000;
February, $269,000; March,
iVi .! jr. . .) :
Heltzel to Hold
Bus Meeting
Portland VP) A meeting will
be held here Monday to try to
work out a plan under which
Tualatin Valley Stages would
resume operation of buses to
residential areas southwest of
here.
The stage company discon
tinued its runs midnight New
Year's Eve, saying it could no
longer afford to operate at a
loss.' Its lkense expired Thurs
day.
Charles H. Heltzel, state pub
lic utilities commissioner, will
conduct the meeting ; snday.
E. G. Larson, secretary-ueasur-
er of the stage company, said
the firm would resume oper
ation of its 20 buses "if some
workable plan could be 'devis
ed" to make "even a slight pro-
lit."
Larson said the company has
been losing money for five
years. He added that fare in
creases, 'for which the firm
originally had planned to ask,
are "only part of the compa
ny s problems. '
1953 Christmas Sales
Exceed 1952 Record
Washington () Shopping
right up to Santa Claus' take
off time pushed department
store sales during Christmas
week 12 per cent ahead of the
corresponding week last year.
The Federal Reserve Board
made the estimate yesterday,
pointing out that the week end
ing Dec. 26 had had one more
pre-Christmas shopping day in
1953 than the year before, be
cause Christmas, 1052, was a
Thursday.
For 1953, through Dec. 28,
department store sales were 2
per cent ahead of 1952, on the
average.
$364,720; April, $342,600; May,
$262,050; June, $284,700; July,
$214,050; August, $168,079;
September, $212,500; October,
$174,700; November, 1295,800;
December, $140,600.
Major buildings for which
permits were issued during the
year include: Convent Home at
St. Vincent de Paul's church,
$70,000; new Episcopal church,
$250,000; Salem MemcxUl
Hospital, $283,833; Candalaria
Investment Company construc
tion, $43,000; West Coast Fast
Freight $45,0P0; First Congre
gational church addition, $74,
000; U. S. Bakery truck termi
nal, $43,800; School Adminis
tration Building, $257,545; Lip
man, Wolfe ft Co., ,$579,596.
For comparison here are
shown the total permits yearly
for tne last six yean:
1948, $7,913,063; 1949, $6,-,
974,168; 1950, $7,649,842; 1951,
$5,345,614; 1952, $11,014,937;
1958, $5,871,806.
THUMBS UP
Cpl. Clause Batchelor, American POW who turned his
back on Communist captors, is shown giving a "thumbs
up" greeting from within the helicopter which was to take
him from Panmunjom to a hospital near Seoul. His hand
was almost smothered in the oversized Communist over
coat he is wearing. (AP Wirephoto via radio from Tokyo)
Pro-Red POW Changes
Mind, To Return Home
Seoul W) Cpl. Claude J.
Batchelor,, a young Texan who
elected to stay with the com
munists, changed his mind Fri
day and said it is quite possi
ble that other un repatriated
American war prisoners will
decide to return home.
Batchelor smiled broadly as
be was returned to the U.N.
command near Panmunjom
after 31 months as a prisoner
of war.
POW's Parents
Are Jubilant
Kermit, Tex". W) A Kermit
mother's Christmas prayer for
a miracle to return her POW
son has been answered io
make today the happiest New
Yera's of her life.
"I've just got to cry a little
bit," the mother of Cpl.
Claude J. Batchelor said when
newspapermen told her that
her son was ready for repatri
ation. "It's the best news I have
ever heard," the jubilant
father said.
Both were reached at a bus
station in Odessa, Tex., last
night where the Odessa, Tex.,
oil well driller has gone to
meet his wife, returning home
here after a visit.
Batchlor was one of 22
POWs who had steadfastly
refused repatriation during the
90-day explanation period. He
said he had feared for his life,
that many of the other 21
prisoners carried daggers.
Church Ban on
Jane Russell
St. Louis, UK Archbishop
Joseph E. Ritter today forbade
St. Louis Catholics "under
penalty of mortal sin" to at
tend a motion picture showing
actress Jane Russell dancing
in a scanty and revealing cos
tume. Archbishop Ritter'i letter
was to be read in all churches
of the St. Louis Archdiocese
today.
. "Since no Catholic can. with
f clear conscience, attend such
an immoral movie, we feel it
is our solemn duty to forbid
our Catholic people under
penalty of mortal sin to attend
this presentation," the letter
said.
"At the same time, we now
urge upon you the grave obli
gation to refrain from attend
ing any presentation whatso
ever In the Fox Theater or
any theater in the Archdiocese
of St Louis which would pre
sume to show this particular
picture in the future," the let
ter continued.
j. u
He told waiting newsmen
that prisoner leaders are arm
ed with daggers to prevent de
fections and that mistrust and
fear play a role In the commu-
niit allegiance of "the rsmain
ing 21 Americans, 1 Briton
and 327 Koreans listed as pro-
iteo. .
The 22-year-old corporal
irom Kermit, Tex., approach-
ea an inaian guard at 1 a.m.
and asked to return to the
U.N. command. Fourteen
hours later he was repatri
ated. .
Batchelor's petite Japanese
wife,, waiting in Tokyo to see
him, apparently played an im
portant part in his decision to
abandon communism.
He said her messages, relay
ed to him in the Indian-guarded
compound in Korea's neu
tral zone "had quite a bit to do
about it."
Batchelor talked by tele
phone to his wife in Tokyo.
"I feel fine," she said, burst
ing into tears. "You not sick?
Everybody wait for you ... I
want to see you soon.
Im so happy and I n cry
ing."
She said Batchelor kept re
peating: "I'm happy, I'm
happy . . ."
Batchelor originally was
scheduled to hold a press con
ference later Friday, but it was
postponed until Saturday.
Outlook for
Livestock Good
San Francisco (If) The out
look for 1954 for livestock and
livestock products in the seven
states west of the Rockies wss
described Thursday as offering
"some grounds ol optimism."
In its monthly and year-end
business summary, the Federal
Reserve Bank of San Francisco
said the national supply-demand
picture "has begun to
show signs of "stabilizing" and
added this has a "more import
ant bearing" on the general
health of Twelfth District agri
culture than any single internal
factor.
The summary also s&id:
The Twelfth District Is an
important supplier of both
cotton and wheat, from which
District farmers can expect re
duced cash receipts in 1954.
Increased acreages of hay
and forage which are expected
in 1954 may be marketed at
relatively low prices.
Production of fruit and ve
getables is expected to increase
next year, but this increase is
expected to be offset by lower
prices tor these products.
Weather Details
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Big 3 Agree to Kremlins
Big 4 Berlin Meet Jan. 25
Malenkov Sees
Time Favorable
To Ease Tension
Moscow W) The govern
in e n t newspaper bvestia
spread on page 1 today Pre
mier Malenkov's New Year's
statement that he believes
there are favorable opportuni
ties for reducing international
tension in 1954.
In reply to questions sub
mitted by Kingsbury Smith of
the International News Serv
ice, Malenkov said also he
could see no real obstacles to
better understanding be
tween the United' States and
the Soviet Union.
Malenkov declared that a
ban on use of atomic weapons
would be the biggest step to
ward peace that could be tak
en in 1954, but that Russia con
siders it necessary to reach
agreement also on a "consid
erable reduction" of all types
of armaments and armed
forces.
Carried on Moscow Radio
Moscow radio carried the
Malenkov statement, and also
one by President Klementi
Voroshilov expressing hope for
a relaxation of world tension
in the new year.
(Continued on Pace S, Column 8)
Underground
Army in Russia
Washington JP) An under
ground spokesman says about
100,000 guerrillas are fighting
a coordinated battle against
communism inside Russia and
her subject nations.
A vouna Slovak, who claims
- Tht i'Ebs made" 2t trips back and
forth across the Iron Curtain,
told this to reporters yesterday
The spokesman, who uses
the pseudonym "M i c h a e
Baar," said the campaign is di
rected from secret headquar
ters in eastern Czechoslovakia.
Baar said he hurdles fron
tier barriers with the help of
a vaulter's pole. He said he
expects to return "at the first
opportunity."
New Violence
In Guatemala
Guatemala, Guatemala W)
New violence in which a band
of 60 farm workers attacked
two detectives and two farm
owners with clubs and mach
etes and hung them from a
tree was brought to light by
police today.
One of the detectives died.
The other three were in a
serious condition.
The violence heightened
anxiety in the state of Escu
intla, where mobs have attack
ed a number of farms not af
fected by new land distribu
tion laws passed by the leftist
Guatemalan government. Un
der the law the government
expropriate private and
government -owned lands
which are not being tilled and
divide the holdings among
landless peasants.
52.99 Inches Rain Fell
During Wet Year of '53
The year 1953 was a wet one
for the valley region. For Sa
lem, the weather bureau re
cords 52.99 inches of rain, or
13-14 inches above normal
The total compares to dry 1052
when but 29.88 inches fell for
the year. The years of 1951 and
1950 were wet, too. 1950 hav
ing 56.53 Inches. The 53-year
record shows 1937 as he real
wet year, however, 63.50
inches coming down that year.
There were 237 cloudy days.
66 partly cloudy ones and 62
clear ones in 1953, showing
Oregon was a "cloudy" state
for the year.
There were 12 days with one
Inch or more of precipitation
during the year, 151 days with
.01 of an inch or more.
The annual report shows the
greatest 24-hour precipitation
was recorded on January 19
and 20, 2.48 inches pouring
down In the period.
The mean temperature for
the year was 82.7 degrees, or
2 New Year
Babies Arrive
In This Area
Old Papa Stork was hav
ing a rough time New Year's
day keeping up with the
young and rambunctious
New Year.
Only two New Year's ba
bies were reported at hospi
tals in the Mid-Willamette
valley are, the first being
born at Albany to Mr. and
Mrs. William Eason at two
minutes past midnight.
The second child was a
boy born to Mr. and Mrs.
Cleon Crutchfield of North
Bend in Salem Memorial
Hospital at 6:57 a.m. The
Crutchfields have a daugh
ter, Luana, 2.
Maternal grandparents are
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Woods,
3393 Brown Road, Salem.
Paternal grandparents are
Mr, and Mrs. Ernest Crutch
field of North Bend.
Violent Fighting
In Indochina
Hanoi, Indochina U.R The
Viet Mlnh communist rebels
pouring thousands of
troops into Northwest Indo
china for an attack on the iso
lated French outpost of Dien
Bien Phu and violent fighting
has broken out, the French
high command said today.
French patrols reported that
a force of rebels totaling sev
eral thousand is deloying in
the hills surrounding the, out
post which paratroopers cap
tured far inside enemy terri
tory November 20.
Artillery and mortar rein-
focements are arriving also,
reports said.
Fighting in the area has
been intensifying for 48 hours,
To the south, where the
rebels cut Indochina in two,
15,000 munitions laden cool
ies are reported taking sup
plies into rebel captured
Thakhek, on the Mekong river
facing Thailand.
Jurors Make
Errorf New Trial
Greenfield, Ind. VP) Twelve
jurors who said they meant to
convict a defendant of man
slaughter rather than second
degree murder righted their
mistake yesterday.
It made the diffeernce be
tween life imprisonment and a
sentence of 2 to 21 years for
Raymond Tipton, 61, Indian
apolis. Tipton's attorney asked for
a new trial and presented affi
davits in which the jurors said
they ment to send Tipton to
prison for 2-to-21 and were
surprised to read in news
papers that the second degree
murder conviction carried life.
Judge Samuel J. Offutt
granted the new trial and Tip-
I ton quickly pleaded guilty to
the lesser charge and was sen-
Itenced.
.4 of a degree below normal.
The highest temperature for
the year was 95, recorded on
August 11; the lowest, 24, re
corded on re'oraary 24 and
March 1.
There were 10 days of
maximum of 32 or below.
The year was practically
free of snow in this area, eight
days being registered with only
a trace of snow or hail. In some
years, valley regions have real
ly had a pile-up of snow.
Prevailing wind for the year
was south.
The December report shows
the month to have been slight
ly warmer and a rainy one.
ine mean temperature was
42.5 decrees, or 1.5 degrees
above no. mal. The highest
mark for the month was 58 on
December 19, the lowest,. 28,
on December 22. Average max
imum was 48.8, average min
imum, 36.2.
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Serve Notice
To Avoid Delay
Of Conference
Washington OF) The United
States, Britain and France
agreed Friday to Russia's pro.
posal of Jan. 25 for a meeting
of the Bir Four foreirn minis
ters at Berlin and moved to
avoid any further delay of the
conference.
Aside from accepting the
date a three weeks postpone
ment from the previous west
ern proposal of Jan. 4 the
western powers also:
1. Agreed that representa
tives of the four high commis
sioners in Germany should dis
cuss the precise place and any
other technical arrangements
for the meeting.
2. Said that since the foreign
ministers themselves will be
meeting soon there is no point
now in discussing the questions
which will be raised at their
conference. This is designed to
avoid a preliminary, time-consuming
argument over an agen
da.
Delivered by Bohlen
The United States note on
the conference, the State De
partment announced, was de
livered to the Soviet Foreign
Office of Ambassador Charles
Bohlen at 1 p.m., Moscow time
3 a.m., MST. British and
French diplomats were report
ed to have delivered similar
notes.
The Soviet may make some
acknowledgement, finally con
finning the Jan. 25 date, but
the next serious business is
agreement on a meeting site in
Berlin.
(Continued en Para 5, Column 1)
Center Street
Bridge Glows
The new lights on the Center
street bridge were turned on
for first use at dusk Thursday
evening.
According to Lawrence
Flagg of the Portland General
Electric company, the lights
go off and on automatically,
being controlled by a sun
switch on -Union street The
same switch also controls
lights in Marion street near the
Marion street bridge.
The lights on the Center
street bridge, 30 in number,
are of mercury vapor type
with arms over the bridge, and
the 400-watt tube in each gives
off 21,000 lumens, and a lumen
is about the same as one can-
dlepower.
The lights on the Center
street bridge were financed by
the state highway department
for the reason that the bridge
had lights before it was re
built.
Since the lights on the Mar
ion street bridge will be paid
for by the city, they probably
will not be installed before
July, since an appropriation
will have to be made by the
1954-1955 budget.
Sen. Cordcn Expects
To Announce Soon '
Washington VP) Sen. Guy
Cordon of Oregon expects to
announce next week whether
or not he will run for the sen
ate again. Apparently a physi
cal examination will determine
his answer.
He underwent the examina
tion last week. He indicated ha
would file again If the medical
report is favorable.
Cordon said earlier he did
not want to run, but would if
he felt it was the only way to
Keep ine seat xrom falling to
the democrats.
Many Anxious for
Job on Liquor Board
Salt Lake City UP) Gov. 3.
Bracken Lee said Thuradav V
has at least 50 application for
a vacant position on one of
the state's commissions.
'I have received more ap
plications for the position . . .
than for any other commission
post in state government," Let
said.
The Job? Member ot the
State Liquor Control Commla
tioa, .