'HI THE WEATHER FAB TONIGHT. Wedaeeday. LM. U cag tropmum. Lew to. . Bight, Its high Wednesday. . i FINAL EDITION 66th Year, No. 9 TrjrjZTiSZ Sa,em Oregon, Tuesdayjanuery 12, 1954 (16 Faae) ' ' ' J f I To Discuss Peace Talks Resumption UN Command to Meet Red Liaison Officers Thursday SEOUL OP) The U. .N Com mand today agreed to meet with Communiit liaison officers Thurs day to diacuss resumption of De foliations to arrange a Korean peace conference. U. S. State Departmment rep resentative Kenneth Young sti pulated in a note to the Com munist high command that ha was sending his liaison secretary to Panmunjom "for the purpose of discussing conditions for re suming conversatloins is well as the date for their resumption.' The Communists proposed late yesterday that liaison officers meet at Panmunjom tomorrow to discuss resumpton of prelimin ary political talks to set up an over-all Korean peace confer ence. Decision Made by Dulles Young sent the Red request to Washington and the decision was made by the State Department there. The prelimiinary conference, which was to work out the time, place and composition of a peace conference, waa broken off Dec. 12 when U. S. special envoy Arthur Dean walked out after Red negotiation had accused the United States of "perfidy.'; Earlier, India offered the Ko rean repatriation commission a secret plan for solving the tense war prisoner problem after the group turned down a Swedish proposal to free all POWs as civilt liana Jan. 23. (ConUnacd en rn i, Cehnus f ) Cancer Death Held Privilege PARSONS. Kan. I "I consider It a privilege to die of cancer.". The Rev. Julius Busse uttered these words from his bed at Mercy Hospital here, and explained: "Yea ie. With cancer you have time to prepare for death. With something like Bean aitacjr, you go too quickly to make your final preparations. Smiling, but soeakinf matter-of factly. the 4S-year-old Catholic Driest said yesterday in an inter view: I welconvi death." Death is no stranger to the itrixL an Army chaplain five years. He served with the 7th div in World War II. "It isn't the certainty of death that men fear," he said. "It is the uncertainty of death. The nifiUn I saw die weren't fright ened any longer after they knew for aura they were going to die." U.S. Pilot Killed Bailing Out DARMSTADT. Germany W Three U. S. Air Force pilots from the Pacifie Northwest baled out of their Jets Monday night after running low on fuel, and one of them plunged to his neith. The other two landed safely with their narachutes. The Air Force did not identify the victim immediately, but the fsmily of Cspt Fred Bsrrett at Ellensburg, Wash., said they had been notified that he was missing on the flight An Air Force spokesman ssid the dead pilot's parachute failed to open. The two who parachuted safe ly were idetnified as 1st Lt Rob ert E. Bsrnes of Merina, Wash, across Lske Washington from Se attle, and Cspt Daford N. Meyers Dillon. Wash. The dead pilot, with the plane's lection sest still strapped to him. waa found Tuesdsy by a searching party that combed the woods and hills near this west centrsl Germany town. New Blue Book Out Shortly rmson's new Blue Book will be Issued in a few days. Secretary of Stata Earl T. Newbry said Tues- 9- ... The book, onginauy scnenuiea for publication early last fall, has been delayed by many change la the format, he said Newbry added be had hoped to Issue tt on Jan. IJ. but that it will take several days longer. He said the book will be much different with complete reorganis ation and change of layout. n nil tke six tons of paper In nrint the Blue Book, which will MMtaiH son oicturea. The 15.00" copies will be dis tributed about Feb. i. he MM. 60 Death Toll In Northeast Big Blizzard Region Digs Out of Worst Snow Storm in 5 Years; Cold Increases NEW YORK III - The northeast Tvesday dug out of ita worst snow storm in five yean, as dealing skies brought a forecast of in creasingly cold weather. The storm, which started Sunday afternoon, caused at least 60 deaths and deposited up to a foot of snow in some sections. The Weather Bureau here said the storm was moving in a north easterly direction along the New England coast and out to sea. However, the bureaa warned that a wave of freezing air waa waiting to move in on the area from the Northwest and Canada as soon as the snowstorm is gone. Sleet Extends South ' Sleet extended as far south as North Carolina yesterday. There was snow in Georgia. North of Washington, D. C. the sleet coated heavy snowdrifts with a treacherous icy surface, crippled traffic and brought accidents on roads, streets and sidewalks. Add ing to the death toll were sledding mishaps and heart attacks as many persons bucked the snow and sleet afoot or tried to shovel if. Today, this was the state-by-state death toll: Washington, D. C, area, 4: Msryland, 26; Pennslyvsnia, 16 New Jersey, 15 New York, S; Connecticut, 7; Rhode Island, 2; Massachusetts, 6. (Continued en fare i. Column 1) Ad Campaign Aqainsf Gloom WASHINGTON, UP An ad vertising executive proposed to day that the National Advertising Council launch a high powered campaign to combat "whispering I campaigns" and "gloom and doom" predictions of depression. William -C. McKeehan,. Jr., chairman of the joint committee of the Association of National Ad. vartisers and the American As sociation of Advertising Agencies, said, - "negative factors" in the nation's economic and Industrial picture are receiving more pub licity than "positive factors." He said the Advertising Coun cil, a public service organisation. should present the grounds for believing that the United States still has great opportunities for economic growth and prosperity. McKeehan, vice president of J. Walter Thompson Compsny, of fered the propossl at the 10th annual Washington conference of the Advertising Council President Eisenhower spoke in formally at a dosed morning ses sion of the council, his remaras were not made public. TAKES ON ITALIAN POLITICAL JOB i 5d Senators Balk On me s arm Program Raps Chislers In Insurance WASHINGTON W Dr. Paul Magnuson said Tuesday there are "many cluselers among compa nies that offer health Insurance pol icies to the public. Magnuson. former medical di rector of the Veterans Administra tion, mentioned r- firms by name in testimony prepared for a House Commerce Committee hearing. The committee is making a s" jdy of research being conducted on various major diseases. It also is seeking to find the best ways of enabling people to meet the costs of illness. ' Magnuson. who headed former President Truman's commission on the nation's health, said the insur ance firms he criticized put fine print into their policies, excluding from coverage the big medical ex penses that "break the back of the average wage-earner." t . He praised President Eisenhow er's proposal for system of lim ited government reinsurance to "permit the private and non-profit Insurance companies to offer broader protection. CIO Financed Ritchie's Fliaht DETROIT (UP) Canadian authorities balked today at help ing Michigan police catch a key witness in the Walter Reuther ambush shooting who used a $5000 reward from Reuthers own union to finance his get away across the border. The witness, Donald Ritchie, S3, fled into Canada last week after eivinc Detroit authorities two Amintore Fsnfsni, 46-year-old Italian Premier Designate, talks to reporters today in Rome after agreeing to form a 'new government. Fanfani "conditionally" accepted President Luigi Einaudi s offer of the premiership after former premier Guis ' eppe Pella, who resigned Jan. &, turned it down. Fanfsnt Is the left wing leader of the Christian Democratic perty, (AP Wire photo via radio from Rome) Sta te and Liberty St. ft ! ! Buiiamgs in Dig Deal Business buildings on State and Liberty streets are involved ia an other major real estate transaction that was completed Tuesday. In the deal an the building long occupied by The Spa at 382 state street, and the buildings occupied by the insurance agency of Scellers Foley It Rising, the Raymond G. Warren jewelry store, and Lue's Barber Shop at 141 and 141 South Liberty street Astoria Stops Sliding ASTORIA (UP) Astoria slid ing hillside stopped slipping today thanks to cool, aunny weather and an Oregon congressman said the city was being declared a disaster area. Rep. Walter Norblad R , Ore.) said in Washington, D. C, that the Small Business Administration is declaring Astoria a disaster area. thus making emergency loans available to stricken home owners. Norblad ssid the agency is acting at his request. -Norblad said the emergency aid would be mad available to Jg families who homes were wrecked in the slide. The city was movini houses from pick up Ritchie and turn him the slide area. I over to Michigan authorities. signed statements about 194 shotgun attack which left the CIO president's right arm' permanently crippled. The CIO United Auto Workers Union disclosed late yesterday it had paid Ritchie a $5000 reward for providing the Information which cracked the attempted mur der case. Shortly afterwsrd, Rit chie snesked away from the "protective custody" of Detroit police and crossed the border. Canadian officials indicated to day they were not anxious to American Can Strike Settled NEW YORK I A 42-day strike against 36 of the American Can Co's plants ended Tuesday and ne gotiators signed a new contract providing a 15-cents-anJiour pack age for the CIO worker. A company statement issued aft er the contract signing at J a. m. said: "Preparation is being made at the struck nlants to resume opera tions as quickly as possible, and it is exDected that ail locations wiu be in full production during the course of the current wees. The contract, covering 20.000 workers, was signed by negotiators for the company and the CIO Unit ed Stedworkers. The agreement provided the same total package and general wage increase which last Tuesday Taking over the properties under a 60-year lease agreement is the C. L. Corporation o( Portland, which has recently made other large transactions in the downtown district. Lessors of the property are Mr. and Mrs. Harley O. White and Mrs. Earl Viesko. The White estate has owned pact or all of the properties for the last 2 years. The building thall was replaced by the Livesley Building at State and Liberty sev eral years ago was at one time part of the properties, and the ear ner -property, was known as the Tioga building. William H. Hammond, vice-president of Union Security company,' who will manage the properties, said the building on State street occupied by The Spa wilt not be al tered. The property on South Lib erty, However, u the present ten ant cooperate, will be replaced by (Ceatlnaed en ro Col 4) 85 Escaped in Iowa Collapse OTTUMWA. Iowa Wl An esti mated SS men escaped death when the second floor of the Masonic Hall at the nearby hamlet of Abingdon collapsed Monday night The men and furnishings, includ ing a heavy piano and a red hot coal stove, slid more than 20 feet to the ground floor in a scene of fantastic disorder. Sixteen persons were taken to McCarthy Put On Rules Group Of the Senate WASHINGTON I Senate Re publican voted Tuesday to put Sen. McCarthy (ft-Wis.) on the Rule Committee a new assign ment which will increase 'his pow er ia the Senate. . The Rule Committee, among other things, passe on allotments of funds for Senate investigations. Some Senate Democrats have said they would try to cut funds for McCarthy' investigating subcom mittee in the 1954 session. As a Rules Committee member, McCarthy will be in on any de bate and votes there as to what funds should be allowed for his investigations. Added Assignment The Rule Committee post is an additional assignment (or McCar thy. He continues on the Appropria tions and Government Operations Committees. McCarthy is chair man of the Operations Committee as well as of it investigations sub committee. , The McCarthy assignment was the only surprise in the list of new committee posts announced after a conference of ail uop senators. . (Centln d en ran a, Ceuuta ) UaSaWithdrawal FearedinFrance Truman Says He Will Never Attack Ike New York ( Harry S. Tru man, who knows about the U. S. presidency first band, says no one will ever "hear me attack the man who holds that office." "He hat trouble enough with out a former president criticizing him, Truman says. "It's a man killing lob." He made his comment In speech yesterdsy at a meeting of the Radio and Television Ex ecutives Society. Death for One Dean Betrayer SEOUL. Korea (UP)-One South Korean was sentenced to death and another to indefinite imprisonment today for betraying Maj. Gen. Wil liam 8. Dean to the communist in the early days of the Korean war. Choi Chong Bong was given the death penalty.. Han Do Kyu was sentenced to " indefinite penal servitude." lt was not announced when the death sentence would be carried out. , .. The heavy sentences were Im posed despite a written appeal for clemency for the nair from Dean. Alter evading the Keds for many days in July, 1930, Dean was turn ed over to the communists by the two Koreans. They had offered to guide him to safety, but Instead led him Into a North Korean an Ibush. PARIS 111 Robert Schuman.l former French ' foreign minister, said Tuesday the French public! (ears America's withdrawal from the continent more than any pos sible German-American alliance, i Speaking to a luncheon meeting of the Anglo-American free Assn. the man who fathered the steel and coal community which bear hi nam predicted thai France even tually will ratify the ntx-rmtion Eu ropean Defense Community treaty as weu. 'There I no other solution to the problem of German rearmament There is no alternative," be (aid. Swedes .Plan More Airforce STOCKHOLM, Sweden tn King Gustet Adolf VI asked Sweden Tuesday to spend more on It air force, already estimated as the fourth largest In the world. The monarch's request ci.o In his speech from the throne at the state opening of the Swedish Rik dag (parliament). The King said total defense ex penses during the coming budget year should remain largely un altered the equivalent of about 400 million dollars and the in creasing costs for certain war ma- Unhappy Over Flexible Price Support Plan WASHINGTON Iff - Sharp dis- . satisfaction with some aspect of President Eisenhower's farm pro grayn was voiced Tuesday at the first 1954 conference of all Repub lican senators. , , The conference was behind closed ' door. Chairman Millikin IR-Colo) declined to discuss the farm de bate in detail except to say that some GOP senators "did not feel happy about the general farm sit uation." , However, it was learned that Sens. Young (R-NDi, McCarthy iR Wiii, Thye I R.Minn) and Jen- . ner (R-Ind) told their colleagues of serious doubts about the flexible price support plan offered by Ei senhower ia hi farm message Monday. .;', Must Face Farts Young reportedly told the con ference that the party must face what he called the (acts of political ' me that the farmers generally, the big farm organization and a majority in Congress wanted con tinuation of high level mandatory ' support. ... ..... . ..... (Centime rag a, Oetaasa t) - Says Monopoly Sought by PUDs MIAMI (UP) Assistant Secre- . tary of Interior Fred G. Aandard today accused rural electric co operative officials of fostering a federal monopoly ia the electric power business.. This, he said, "U not la the beat v Interest of the American people. . Aandatu spoke before ute annual convention of the National Burst Khtetrie Cooperative Association. He complimented the rural electri fication prograu as "one et lbe . . very best Venture of our federal government'' But h quickly linked Clyde T, Ellis, executive manager of the NRECA, with "cruftiers (or a federal power mo nopoly." .....( I am deeply disturbed," Aaan-, the ended a strike of 14,500 members i hospitals at Fairfield and Ottumwa terial would have to be countered but only three were hurt seriously. The others were treated and re leased. . Dee Leedom, an Ottumwa fire man present at the meeting, said: "There was no warning. Just as lodge closed and most of the peo ple in the room got up, the floor collapsed in the center." Leedom said the floor split length wise. Both sections fell to the bot tom, leaning in such a manner as to dump the people and contents of the upstairs room into a trench through strict economy.. Haile Selassie to Visit Washington Public Hearing Called On Salem Grid System The City Council Monday night voted to hold a public hearing on the one-way grid system and set it for the next meeting night, Janu ary IS, when opponents and pro ponents of the grid may both have their say. A R. Mefford, chairman of the organization that la attempting to get the grid abolished, was asked by Mayor A! Loucks if this would be satisfactory to hi group, and answered that a far as he was informed at the moment It would, but that he would know the atti tude of the grid opponents more definitely after a noon meeting at the Senator today. Mefford organization submitted a letter to in council requesting that the dty refrain from further expenditures oa the grid until pub lic opinion is more' fully determin-' rd. and the letter w i placed ia the council file for later reference. Legislation and argument on traffic (siestion. mainly ea the grid, but also including meter feeding and through streets, took up most of the council's time Mon day night Mentioned by Mayor Al Loucks, but not entering into the discus sion, ws the possibility that Ferry street may go back to two-way movement, but the widening of the street is first to be considered. As recommended by F. T. Fow ler, Portland traffic engineer, (he council passed aa ordinance, which waa introduced and put through all three readings, which makes one way traffic oa Church and Cottage street Mart at rerry street in stead of Trade. The bill was amended so that it extend the one-way trtJfic oa Ferry an addi tional block from Cottage to Win ter. This Chang in the grid is expected to solve difficulties of the Clough-Barrick Mortuary and con fusion caused by additional traffic thrown ea Trade which I a rail mad spur district. (Ceatlneed oa rag $, Cehnaa 1) of the steel workers union against M Continental Can Co. plant. Jenner Raps U.N.Tribunal WASHINGTON I Sen. Jenner (R-lnd) iharply criticised a United Nations tribunal Tuesday for it award of damages to American 4bout three feet wide at the bot employes dismissed by the U. N. torn. alter refusing to answer questions i aoud, duit lr0!le. There were K..h ii kAiit I'nmmiinlit -1 . ' - wv" ' i screams miw auiiw uaiMK"K The four-member tnbunal an agency created by the U N. to re view appeals from staff members, ruled last fall in favor Of it u. a. citiiens who appealed dismissals by the V. N. secretary general. The tribunal ordered them reinstated or paid indemnities. They were among more than a score of Americans who, when questioned by the Senate Internal Security suDcommniee in a aearcn for any disloyalty among U. S. eilirena emnloved by the U. N.. re fused to answer questions on me ground of possible self-incrimina. tion. French Victors In Seno Battle HANOI. Indochina u Bearcat fighters from the French aircraft carrier' Arrofnanches Joined land- based French fighters and bomb ers Tuesday in the !tb straight day of bombing and strafing viet minh force dustered around the fortified plain of Dien Bien Phu, in northwest Indochina. Hum a, i I mimm nn ltwlltiMi tJ when the estimated 20.009 Comma- "u wn" ' " who nist-led rebels would launch their ,r crusader tor a federal anticipated assault on the big Per inmopoly try to use the s-nuv-h fartreu rroifimi a the rural electric cooperative and their- northern border of the kingdom of l,,t,ion to 'tr federal mo- Laos. In central Indochina, meanwhile. the battered remnants of seven Vietminh battalions fled into the jungle apparently ending the battle for the French-held Laotian fortress of Seno. The French command, claiming that losses of 1,500 men had been inflicted on the Vietminh, sent parachutists and North Afri can infantrymen with strong air support in hot pursuit. Coffee Prices Jump 4 Cents in Portland PORTLAND (UP)-Retail cof fee prices here jumped as much as four cents a pound today as merchants psssed on latest wholessle boosts. The rise came earlier than ex pected because of a run by con sumers alter they learned of scheduled advances, one chain store spokesman said. New prices ranged from M to M cents a pound for name brands of coffee. Trade sources said that be- WASHINGTON - Emperor Hail Selassie of Ethiopia will vis it Washington In May and then tour the United States. A Whit IImiu annminrement of ,u. ..i. ..m ike E-.mn.rnr dollar-a-pound coffee might will be the President s guest here come a reality here this yesr he i H.v nrohablv from cause production in Brazil has neen cm Dy iron. persons. But the ceiling lights of the upstairs room remained on. Ship'sOlers Plead Innocent SAN FRANCISCO I Watch officers of two ships which collided Jan. 1, 14S miles north of San Francisco have pleaded innocent to tnjlnher committees they would Members of Chamber To Sign Questionnaire nopoly." He said the government "does' ' not assume that It has the exclu sive right or responsibility for sup plying power needs of aa area," Ike Pleads for Reserve Force WASHINGTON un FreaiuVnt Eisenhower Tuesday asked the Na tional Security Training Commis sion to work closely with the Office of Defense Mobilization in develop ing plans for maintaining an ade quate military reserve establish ment. in a letter to Ma). Gen, Julius Ochs Adler, the commission chair man, Eisenhower noted that the commission recently completed a lengthy study of Universal Military Training proposals. The commis sion recommended A start pa L'MT. The President' letter said: ' "Becsuse of the wealth of Infor mation and experience with this problem which your commission has gained x x x, I suggest that you arrange to work closely with the director of defense mobilisa tion. Arthur S. Flemming." Flemming's manpower commis sion recommended over the week end that plana for Universal Mili tary Training be held in abeyance pending a study of plans for crea tion of reserve forces. ' Rilea and Olson to Return From Ca Oregon' adjutant general, Maj. Gen.. Thomas E. Rilea. and the assistant adjutant general for the state. Brig. Gen. Raymond uisoo, will return Friday from Washing ton. D.C. Rilea and Olson have been ia V ashington on National Guard bus iness and conlerring with officials of the National Guard bureau and the National Guard association. They left for the east January i and boarded the westbound trsm this Tuesday. Coast Guard negligence charges. Five counts were lodged Mon day against Charles F. Corrigan. 1 junior third mate of the cement ship Permanent Silverhow and four against Charles Faori, wel ches. Ore., Junior third mat of the freighter Colorado. The charges involve their ma neuvering and orders prior to the crash which damaged both 7.600 ton vessels. A trial on the charges which could affect the licenses of the two third mates waa interrupted Mon day when attorneys for owners of the Silverbow moved to introduce new evidence. The lawyers said officers on a A questionnsire Is going out today to all members of the Sa lem Chamber of Commerce ask ing them to indicate nn wnst prefer to serve during this -yesr. A letter signed by Willism H. Hammond, president .explsins that the chamber Is this yesr "initiating a new expanded pro gram which call not only lor. more committees, hut slso for grester psrtlcipation on tnese committees by the membership at large. Heretofore committee work has been confined largely to the board at directors, a cus tom thst the new chamber sd-mini-trstion is getting sway from. "We sr sending a question nsire to every member to find out who would like to actively participate in commttee work. More Cold Nights Forecast for Valley More of the cold nights are due through the remainder of the week. ' states the five-day forecast from Hie weather huresu. Little or no i precipitation is due through Sun- , dev. ' The mercury slid down to IT de grees for the Tuesday morning . minimum In Salem, and is due lo , afetv. military affairs, member- go even lower tonight, a mark of ship relstlons, health affairs, re- around H being caUed for. tail trade transportation, lunch eon end attendance. The two special eommiteea are revenue, and business standards. The revenue commute will evalu ate the fair share of contribut ing members and suggest rev isions The business standards specisl committees sre liMed many of them new ones. The standing committees sre: Agriculture, sims snd objects, aviation, budget and finance, civic development, convention, education, flood and soil erosion control, stste snd lncsl sffsirs, nstionsl effalri, Sslem boosters (membership), program, public relations and publicity, recrea tion social. State Fair, taxation. tourist and travel, traffic and limn on r- ' ... .. ... n . ,i .k. a-. third ship ia the area, the Standard what committees mey wouio pre- "Z?'"mZti Oil tanker J. H. MacGaregiU. ob- fer .orking on and what sug- sir.tul Ity of . ype com, mttee served the movements of the Colo- gestions they msy hsve for d- smilar t" Belt er B usl neu Bur ( redo and Silverbow before the col- dll.on.l activities. e au or a screen Ing i sf business BieB I A total of 25 standing and two and trade activities in the srea. The daytime sunshine is appro- . elated, although the breeze are ' crisp and chilly. 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