Capital JhcJoMHial.
THE WEATHER
SHOWERS, PARTIAL clearing
tonight, cart 7 Sunday; lacreas
lC cloudiness vita rain lata .
Sunday, early Monday. Law ta
IfBL It-4t; high 8unday, el
. FINAL
EDITION
66th Year, No. 8
Salem, Oregon, Saturay, January 9, 1954
Ohmart and
.Hatfield to Run
For State Senate
Geary of Klamath
Falls Becomes Can
didate for Speaker
By JAMES D. OLSON
Rep. Lea Ohmart ol Salem,
who was a potential candidate
for speaker of the House la the
1955 session, will not run for
re-election ta the House but In
atead will be a candidate for
ne sf the twa Marion County
scats in the State Senate.
With announcement of this
decision, it became known that
Rep. Ed Geary of Klamath
Falls, at the insistent demand
of some of his fellow members,
will become a candidate for
speaker, thus making it a-three
y way race as Reps, Dave Baum
of La Grande and Carl Francis
of Dayton, are already in the
speakership race.
Another house member that
will endeaver to advance to the
senate is Rep. Mark Hatfield,
thus placing two strong house
members in the race for the
two Marion county senate seats.
Ohmart Program Adopted
Rep. Ohmart was chairman
of the powerful house tax com
mittee in the 1953 session, and
it was a tribute to his ability,
that the senate committee
adopted the house taxprogram
with little amendment, some
thing that hasn't happened in
a number of years. Usually the
senate tosses the house pro
gram aside and writes its own
version, but that didn't happen
in the last session.
(Continued on Fare S, Column 7)
Wage Increase
For Rail Unions
CHICAGO " Negotiators
for the nation's, railroads and
00.000 firemen and enginemen
today announced agreement
on a five-cent hourly wage in
crease and other proposals.
It was the second -agreement
reached by a major
railroad brotherhood within
alightly over three weeks.
Spokesmen for the Carriers
Conference Committee, repre
senting railroads of the East,
West and Southeast, said
terms of the settlement are
the same as those agreed upon
Dec. 17 by the railroads and
the Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen.
Negotiations also are under
way with the Brotherhood of
Locomotive engineers and the
Switchmen's Union of North
America. The National Medi
ation Board has taken over a
wage dispute between the
carriers and the Order of
Railway Conductors.
Gable Stung for
$4000 Damages
TUCSON. Aril. Ifi A jury of
eight women and four men has
directed movie hero Clark Gable
to pay a Tucson toman $4,000
damagei for automobile accident
injuries.
The Jury returned its verdict Fri
day night in superior court in fa
vor of Mrs. Mary Lcmme, 45. who
asserted she suffered permanent
injuries in the accident on Dec. 7.
" 1951. She had asked 525.000 damages.
The collision occurred while Gt-
ble was trying to pass a truck
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Jrif Vi. ...a kl .... kii.Hi hi
Thursday, said he as blinded by
heavy ram.
McCarthy Starts Probe
Of Alaska Officialdom
WASHINGTON iff Sen. Mc
Carthy iR-Wis'. who has spent
most of the past year hunting Heds.
moved into a new field Saturday, Rut he said "there is nothing to
investigation of charges that gov- indicate that Communism will 'ie
eminent offfcials have lined their' an important element'' in the Alas-1
own pockets out of federally-fi-1 ka inquiry the first major proj
nanced Alaskan development proj-.ect announced for his subcommit
ects. I tee in this new session of Con-
McCarthy announced Friday that gress.
his Senate investigations sub-corn- McCarthy said there wis "no sig
mittee will start closed hearings ; nificance at all" in this, adding:
next week to consider reports from "This esse just happens to be res
its staff probers who recently re- dy now "
turned after two months in the ter- The senator said hit subcommit
ritory. tee will continue its' investigation
The subcommittee has authority , of Communism in several areas,
to examine any situation where ! The Alaska probe, he explained,
federal funds are involved. I will cover charges "of false claims.
Since McCarthy became chair-! bribery, misapplication of govern
man. it has hen devoting most at- mfni funoi ,nd waste of millions
&VxZr. i- " r?
Recent pubuShed reports thtt the Projects financed directly or todi
idmhnstration had induced Mc- rectly by the federal government"
30 Families
Evacuated by
Sliding Hill
Red Cross Proclaims
Region Disaster
Area Ban on Water
ASTORIA UH The Bed Crasa
preeUlmed (Ms city's sliding MtV
sldc a disaster area Satarday
Burning as faar marc families
naved aaU
This brought the total of families
evacuated since Tuesday night to
30. Twenty .two dwellings have
been affected.
Leonard Kahl, county health of-
ficer, issued a statement urging
users of city water to boil It be
fore drinking it the next two days.
He said there was a possibility that
broken sewer lines in the slide area
had contaminated the water. The
State Board of Health will test the
water Monday.
Aid far Families Offered
In designating the hillside a di
saster area Gerald Wesselius and
Richard Singheiser, Red Cross of
ficials from San Francisco, said
victims would be offered the same
kind of aid given in 1949 and 1950
during a slide on another hill here.
(Continued n Pare a, Column a
Thornton Raps
A scathing denunciation of
commercialized prostitution was
issued today by Attorney General
Robert Y. Thornton, who said the
"myth" that it is a "necessary
evil" can easily be exploded by
diligent police work.
Thornton said prostitution had
become a 'substantial" business
in Oregon, probably grossing
more than 5500,000 a year.
The attorney genetl said he
was 'no professional public mor
alist" but he was convinced com
mercialized prostitution was a vi
cious racket which also encour
ages narcotics traffic and brings
a tie-up with all levels of law
breakers. He said prostitution in
same instances had corrupted po
lice officials.
"There are accumulating indi
cations that a siseable under
ground traffic In prostitutes is
operating on the Pacific coast; in
cluding Oregon, today," Thorn
ton said. "Strong evidence exists
that prostitutes ara being shut
tled about the state at regular in
tervals.
Plan Big Blast
01 Hell Bomb
WASHINGTON The
United States may be about to
rock the peaceful mid-Pacific
with the most thunderous man
made explosion in world his
tory.
An Atomic Energy Commis
sion announcement last night
roused speculation that govern
ment scientists may be plan
ning to detonate a hydrogen
bomb with a blast power might
ier than the combined force of
all the conventional bombs
dropped bv U. S. war planes
in World War II.
The AEC said men and equip
ment will begin moving this
month to its Pacific proving
grounds in the Marshall Islands
for "a further phase of a con
tinuing series of weapons test."
The three - paragraph an
nouncement characteristically
made no mention of specific
types to be tested, but a refer
ence to "all categories" of wea
pons touched off the H-bomb
speculation.
W anther Wnic
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brousht a flat denial from the sen -
ator.
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Airlines Ask
For 3-Cent Mail
WASHINGTON Iff - The sched
uled airlines recommended Satur
day that all first class or 3-cent
letter mail be sent by the fastest
means, "which in most instances
should be air.
They also asked that the Post
Office Department avoid giving
foreign airlines unduly large vol
umes of mail to handle.
The views were expressed by
the Air Transport Assn.,- composed
of the scheduled airlines, in a re
port sent to the Air Coordinating
Committee. The ACC coordinates
the aviation activities of the vari
ous government departments.-
Reuther Case
Witness Skips
Detroit Iff Prosecutor Gerald
K O'Brien said today "the key
witness to the solution" of the
five-year-old attempted assassin
ation of CIO President Walter
Reuther l.ss escaped a protective
police guard and fled to Canada.
O'Brien said the witness saw
the shooting and was one of three
"assigned to the job," although
he didn't fire the shotgun blast
that maimed the labor leader's
right arm and all but killed him.
It was mainly on thet witness'
statement, O'Brien said, that a
warrant was issued earlier this
week charging four rhen with as
sault with intent to murder Reu
ther on April 20, 1948. The pros
ecutor said he had corroborating
evidence, but none from the
shooting scene.
Two of the four named are in
jail, one is under 525.000 bond,
and the fourth is sought The
warrant also lists four unidenti
fied "John "Does."
Industry Strike
Layoffs Mount
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Important segments of the na
tion's heavy industry were hit by
new wave of layoffs this week.
Made idle by the layoffs were
i . :i.j. j .TJ!,.i' !.
mills, railroads and electrical man-
i uiacturing plants. The textile, fariii
, , Hnd nbbtr jndu5triM
. . . ,,,.,, B,iir.,H.
in recent weeks hsve laid off
about 18.000 employes.
Most company spokesmen, in an
nouncing the layoffs, blamed "ad
justed production schedules" or,"a
lack of immediate business."
In Washington, a report from the
Bureau of Employment Security,
which is rart of the Labor Depart-
ment. indicated the number of job-
;less now msy exceed twa million,
I
One Way Traffic
Over Coast Route
Nehalem 1 One-way traffic
aa aHfiline trwiftar Mia It C kinK
aa moving today over U.S. high
way 101, the coaat route, be
tween Brighton and Rocksway
where a huge earth and rock
slide esrlier this week buried the
read snd adjoining Southern Pa
cific tracks to a depth of 60 feet
The railroad also cleared its
right-of-way and resumed normal
operations.
Flood waters caused by high
tides and torrential rains reci-ded
in Nehalem. permitting residents
to begin the weary job ol mop
ping up tne aeons.
RUSSIAN SANTA
This picture, made available in London by the Communist
newspaper. The Daily Worker, is described as showing person
clad like Santa leading youngsters through the Central Park
of Culture and Rest in Moscow. Caption material supplied with
picture said for the first time ever, some of Moscow's New
Year's parties for young people are being held in the Krem
lin and will continue until Jan. la (AP Wirephoto)
SxSVi
Dismantling Asked
For Veteran Houses
The Salem Housing Authority
will ask the City Council Mon
day night for permission to dis
mantle five houses on the vet
erans housing project on South
16th Street .
. The reason for the request.
members of the authority said
Saturday, la that many nf th.
living units are now vacant Vhe)
project has 172 dwelling units
in all, and on member said
that not far from half of them
are vacant
The five buildings proposed to
be dismantled contain, a total of
about 20 dwelling units, and it
is said that possibly six are oc
cupied. The occupants will be
Radar Used to
Spot Tuna Fish
SAN DIEGO. Calif. Iff Using
a radar-like device for locating
schools of tuna, an American clip
per landed 35 tons of fish In one
day off the coast of Peru, it ra
dioed its firm here.
The Westgate California Tuna
Packing Co., said its clipper Sun-
ray filled its hold to capacity of
more than 200 tons in nine weeks.
Some clippers require several
months to land that much fish.
The Sunray made the first com
mercial use of a device developed
in Minneapolis that beams high
frequency sound waves under a -
ter in any direction from the ves -
sel. A school of fish reflects the,f,orn je- docks.
waves, enabling the boat to track
them down.
he Sunray reported it worked
the same area with a ship not
equipped with the fish finder. The
Sunray caught 11 tons, the other
ship three. At present prices the
value of the Sunray't 55-ton one -
day catch is 120,000.
Capital Journal, Now in 66th Year,
Carries On As Important Institution
TMi It the tt of mtIm ot irfirln pubU.h In th (Utiird?
Itf-nrs of the Capital Joariul. Thi. irjfvr ml Inrluitrtal. rnmmrrcial
and cultural artlvltlM In nalrm in. Marlon county will at ! on
facta to allow the atablllty ol rroorrM no ronomlral rontlHlorM.
Tht carrying out of thlt tJatat tonal trrlrt hat fc-n mad no.. hit''
b tho aupport that bat oven accorded It hy rrprracnutlv Industrial
and commercial firm who arc demon! ratine their confidence in the
tutor of thi. re ton. F.arh ol thet flrma hai an Interesting anetMce
on pagea f and 1 of thi. laaue.
By R. KENNETH EVANS
That Salrm ha attained to it prrsfnt Important pmitinn a an
industrial, auricultural and commrrrial center aupplyins a wide
range of trade territory and, the capital of the utate of Oregon, ta
traceable to many factors. Efforts and influence, both collective and
individual, have gone into its development and expansion, but the
oublie has hen kn iwim nf
, in its development, for the last
' ft L. L . . I . i
remaps, Because, me press is
L.'udi,,emin?,,ed th! 'I"2en? "I ,hf..c,n.munl,i' . nail)- news
paper is frequently overlooked
region ana lis environs.
Journal mihlivkMt mjrt -.r.n i n
and Is an influence for lust
needed because It tells of its people snd their doing.
A newspaper like the Capi--
tal Journal enters Intimately , Cific Northwest, has had an
Into the lives of Its readers
and performs necessary and: as it deals with personalities. I principal spokesmen for the
helpful services. For ti years , Since it has no large enter- local people. A local news
this newspaper, like many prises to claim Its time, people ! paper like khe Capital Journal
other newspapers In the Pi-1 tnd local projects must of ne-1 i not Just t machine. It
transferred to other buildings.
The five buildings are among the
least desirable on the property.
The buildings are owned by
the city, but the property is now
owned by Leo N. Childs and
Duane Gibson. The lease of the
1 housing authority still has two
1 JOCTS to Mn.
Numerous measures relating to
the one-way grid system, park
ing meters and other traffic mat-
( Can tinned an Pare a. Calnma 4)
Dock Closure
In NY Looms
NEW YORK W) Threats by
rival unions today confronted the
huge Port of New York with the
possibility ot a complete shut
down until one or the other
union is driven from the water
front. Police details along the docks
were strengthened to be ready
for trouble.
The seething harbor situation
was brought a degree nearer the
boiling point yesterday with the
announcement hy the AFL Inter
national Longshoremen's associa
tion that it would close the port
il its rival, the md 1LA, now in -
dependent, strikes.
vn.i.rf ik. apt .it a
Executive Director Are M Kcc -
j , indicated hit union tras ready
. ih. , ...h . .,
1 untj tne a 'j. forev.r driven
MT- ASAMA ERUPTS
TOKilO iff Mt. Asama. one
of Japan's few active inland vol -
, canoes, erupted four times in three
hours Saturday, spewing ashes, and
, smoke. There were no reports of
'casualties. The volcano Is 75 miles
thi aHvanrrirtawnt ami nrooH in aid
65 years by tie Capital Journal.
at . . . . .
ine mrnium tnrousn wnicn iniorma
when heralding the accimpluhments i
A newspaper, sucn as tne capital
a r.t Kimr1w nv.i..
the tvne of einan.ion nrk iht
succeeui
opportunity to make friends
Red
o3jo J
Resumption Peace Parley
Ike Rules Out
Plea for UMT
This Session
WASHINGTON Iff President
Eitenhewer Saturday ruled sat say
admlalslratica request far nlTer
military training legllslaUaa
pending new study and perhaps
a drastic veraaal f the aatiaa's
military reserve system.
His decision seemed to eliminate
the chance that Congress would
get an administration UMT bill
this session, despite last month s
recommendation of a presidential
commission that the "token train
ing" of 100,000 men be started next
Jan. 1 or earlier. -
Eisenhower disclosed his stand
in a letter to Arthur S, Flemming,
director of the Office of Defense
Mobilization (ODM). He said the
recomendations made by Flem
ming and by a special ODM com
mite calling for postponement
of UMT pending possible reor
ganization of the reserves.
Fear and Emergency
The ODM report was based on
a Defense Department estimate,
previously unannounced, that the
armed forces will need an average
of three million men in uniform
from now through 1960. About J,
300,000 now are in the military
establishment
(Can tinned ea Para ft. Calumn ij
March of Dimes
Opened by Ike
DETROIT OP) Prosecutor Ger
ald K. O'Brien said today "the
key witness to the solution" of
the five-year-old attempted as
sassination of CIO President Wal
ts RuribM I... ... .. . r.iw .
tective Dolice guard and fled to
Canada.
The boy, poster child of this
year's polio campaign, visited the
White House with, his parents and
Basil L. O'Connor, chairman of
the Infantile Paralysis Founda
tion. '..
Dcbby. stricken Thanksgiving
eve 1949 when he was only four
months old, struggled manfully
into the President's office on a
pair of tiny crutches.
Mr. Eisenhower knelt down,
tweaked his ear and observed:
"You really walk fine, don't
you?"
O'Connor presented the Presi
dent with a small vial of the new
trial vaccine which doctors hope
eventually will conquer polio.
New Fast Jet
In Production
WASHINGTON Iff Newest car-
1 Tier-based Navy night lighter, the
I F3I1-1N Demon, now is officially
I rollina off the oroduction lines.
' Tne swi(t )et cra,t rale "'aster
than 600 muea an hour" exact
! sDeed a secret and has been
' "'entitled by former Navy sec re-
tary Dan Kimball as "superior to
the Russian MIG 15."
In announcing acceptance of the
first production model from Mc -
Donnell Aircraft Corp.. St. Ijiuis.
, the Navy Friday night said the
all wrathcr plane has -he speed of
an interceptor, the mancuverabil -
ity f I fighter and carries the
1 payload of an attack bomber.
ceasity be the factory, in ad
dition to bringing a summary
of the world newn. over leas
ed wire, every evening It is
published.
Large metropolitan news
papers cater to political or In
dustrial factions at times, but
a community ncwipaprr like!
the Capital Journal plays to
the gallery of people living In
the white and yellow cottages
on "Main" street and the in
I duFtrialists and farmers in the
- 1 rpnion.
- ' Spokman ,or the P,op,e
While the growth of Salem
. , - . - .mc..n, workln. conditions
u. Capital Journal In the cate-
. , . . , ...
wy ' semi-metropolitan
newspaper. It has never forgot -
t n. editorially and in the way
ol news that It Is one of the
fsforSpe
XTJMni.
Little Water
Stored inSnow
In Mountains
PORTLAND Iff - tew water
than usual is stored in snow that
lies over the Columbia River basin.
As a result, the eutlook right now
is for a 1954 runoff in the main
river only M per cent of the 10
year average.
The year's first water forecast
for the basin, released Saturday
by the U. S. Weather Bureau and
the Soil Conservation Service
pointed out however that while this
is the situation now, there is plenty
of time for winter to change it
Indeed, only about a third of the
winter's accumulation of snow is
normally at hand by Jan. 1. The
expected two-thirds hold the an
swer to what can be expected in
the way of irrigation water sup
plies next summer. If precipitation
is heavier than average, an aver
age year may be had; and if snows
continue light, the water outlook
will continue ot fall.
Van Winkle in
Top Game Spot
PORTLAND l J. H. Van
Winkle of Oregon City is the new 1
chairman of the Oregon Stat
Game commission. -
Van Winkle moved up to the
commission's top spot today as
members Issued tentative 1954
fishing regulations. He was ap
pointed in 1MB inder then Gov.
Douglas McKay and reappointed
in lmi to a live-year term.
He is a tree-lance writer and
was born and raised in Albany,
Ore. He was editor of the Oregon
City Enterprise-Courier at one
time and Is still a member of
the Oregon City Itaak Walton
league chapter and the Milwau-
I kta Ro ,n1 GuB luh-
"Wt expect to establish bet-
tT prestige and dignity for the
' nd " reaourca which
has too long been given second-
rate treatment" J said. "Ore
gon s wildlife it a major re
source;" ' ' . .... i
. a 1 ' r
Indo-China in
Pincer Attack
Hanoi; Indrchina (UP) The
Viet Minh communist ri bels have
opened a pincer attack against a
key French base in Laos and a
savage battle is raging, the
French high command announced
tonight.
Losses on both sides in the
battle now In progress for 48
hours, are heavy, the hiih com
mand said.
The rebels struck at the Seno
air base which protects ti e cen
tral Lsos ciiy -J SavsnnakhPt,
blocking the pathway to rich
southern Indochina.
One Red force struck aouth-
i ward against Scno. A second one
attacked from the ens, striking
I first at Tchepone, 60 miles enst
of Scno. The heaviest fighting
at present is taking place in the
vicinity of Donghene, 25 miles
northeast of Seno.
I The high command admitted
French losses have been irr.por
lanf and said the rebel losses
were "heavy."
1 All available planes In the sres
were thrown into an attack
I against the rebels.
serves as the heart of the com
munity and, many lives count
time by it. It laughs, weeps
and suffers with its people. It
aids community thought and
is considered by many as a
guide end enjoyed as a chron
Icier.
One may Judge of the Influ
ence of the Capital Journal
when it is pointed out that it
goes Into more than 18.000
homes in Salem and Marlon
country. More than 100 people
are regularly employed in all
departments throughout the 12
months in the year, under ex-
The publisher ol the Capital
t-i t.1 ; -i .l-
Journal and Its news depart-
! ment fully realize that the In-
! dividual mind is assisted in its
conception of tne value ol pro
posed measure! in govern
ment, business, industry or lo
cal enterprises by the attitude
iCantlnard an fan t, Telnmn I)
edy
Taylor Issues
Plan to Free
22,000 POW
Tokyo tM Red China call
ed for resumption of Korean '
peace talks tonight as the Unit
ed Nations Command arsaaad
plant to release M,M anti
Comannnist war prisoners and
waned that any Communist
interference "might start the
shooting war all aver again."
Communist Chinese Premier
Chou En-Lai, demanding that '
the negotiations for formal
peace conference be resumed
immediately, accused the allies
of plotting to hold war prison
ers forcibly.
But Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor,
commanding the United States
Army, Issued a three point pro- .
gram for releasing the anti
Red prisoners at 12:01 a.m.
Jan. 23 and gave hit warning '
to the Reds of th possible con
sequences if they interfered.
Eeady for Breakout
Taylor, who had conferred in
Tokyo with U. N. Commander '
Gen. John E. Hull, also re
vealed an alternate plan of ac- -tion
If Indian guards refuse to
release th prisoners Jan. 23
and a mast breakout occurs.
He tald South Korean Mili
tary Police would assist Aater-i
lean MPs In coordinating the
movement of the prisoners it
they ttorm out , of th com
pound, v
ICeatlnned wt Pate a. census )
2 Stage Lines
Ask Fare Hike
Portland "J-B Examiners ot
the State Public Utilities Com
mission today atodied testimony
presented by two stag com
Denies requesting hJghef fares
because of dropping tavanuea
and patronage. . j ,. ,. -r r-f
.Evidence presented by ma-
eaaa - luoiaiia amccs. ownra
and operated oy . li. lyarson
and George G. Fourier, and Mt.
Hood Stages, which serves ,
small communities in Oregon,
Idaho and Utah, will be turned
over to State Utilities Com
missioner' Charles H. Heltzel
at Salem and he will make hit
findings later.
Larson and Fourier, who
also own and operate the Tual
atin Valley busses which re
cently suspended operations
and then returned to their
routes on a temporary basis
this week with a fare Increase,
complained oi losing more man
$5000 net during the first 10
months of last year. The com- ,
Increases in most one-way
fares.
Woman Held
For Stabbing
Six stab wounds in the back,
neck, shoulder and chest' were
suffered by a Salem man Friday
light tt his home In in alterca
tion with a 28-year-old woman
who had left her two young sons ,
there in tare of his stepdaughter.
The woman wat arretted by
sheriff's deputies en t charge of
assault with a dangerous weapon.
- According to Investigation of
Sheriff Denver Young and depu
ties, Joe N. Kiln, 2430 Lansing
svenue, arrived home where his
stepdaughter was baby-sitting
with the two boys, ages ? and 8
years. A short while later, bis
wife and three other women en
tered the home, one of them Mrs.
Louise Miller, 373 Taylor street,
mother of the two boys and the
woman arrested on the assault
charge.
An argument ensued, the of f 1-
f nr. liiarnerl anft Mrft Miller and
i least one of the other women
Jumped on Flink, Mrs. Miller us
ing a small open poritet unite.
In the melee. Fllnk suffered two
wounds on tht back, two on the
left shoulder, one on the neck
and one on the chest.
First aidmen and the sheriff's
office were called. Firrt aidmen
treated the wounds and reported
thai none were serious but advis
ed him to see t doctor for fur
ther treatment. They also treat
ed Mrs. Miller for several cuts
ol the right hand suffered when
the put ber fist through the door
window at the went ouistae.
Deputies took the vonun to
Jail where the spent the night
and appeared in Marion county
district ccuil Saturday morning.
Arraignment on the charge was
continued it her request until
Monday. She it bring held in
lieu of $2300 bail.