Capital in . Hon 11 Tn s 1 THE WEATHER PARTLY CLOUDY and slightly cooler tonight. Wednesday, mostly cloudy followed by occasional light snow or rain. Low ionlgbt, 22; high Wednesday, St. FINAL EDITION J0 euc-jny .IB. HIT 66th Year, No. 16 Cnttrtd m McoBd ciu. natter 4jlem Or t IOC Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, January 19, 1954 (16 Pag. ji-yjjjl sk J J mr iv ii ii II II uu . Arsenal Tower To Be Built At Stale Prison Warden Gladden Tells Board New Plan Will Remove 'Powder Keg' By JAMES D. OLSON Members of the stale board of control Tuesday approved a plan of Warden Clarence T. Gladden to build an arsenal tower outside the walls of the state penitentiary and thus remove the explosive situation of having the prison arsenal locat ed within the administration build ing, as at present. The new tower, estimated, to cost $20,000, will be built directly in front of the administration building, in the center of the road way leading from State street through the prison guards to the prison. Guards stationed in the tower will have visual control of the entire prison area. Situation Explosive Warden Gladden told the board that the present situation was "ex plosive" because with the arsenal in the lobby ot the administration building, visitors going to visit prisoners pass by it and trusties going to work on "outside jobs" likewise pass it almost daily. Prison officials have long con sidered this strip in the adminis tration building lobby a "powder keg setup," Gladden said, since if prisoners working outside could suddenly seize control of the build ing, and they, not prison officials, control the aiyenal. (Continued on Page S, Col. 4) Macomber States His Case MF.DFORD I Gerald T. Ma comber, 30, seeking freedom from state prison where he is under life sentence, testified before Cir cuit Judge David R. Vandenberg here Tuesday that he was denied medical attention for a long time while jailed here in 1950. He has filed for a writ of hab eas corpus, alleging his rights were flouted and it was in sup port of this that he testified: He was wounded in an ex change of shots with a slate patrolman here the night of July 13-14, 1950, and was jailed. After the first day or so, the bandage .e nni nh?ntWl Hp nclfpH fnr a doctor but none came.' By the , . .u doio nrienn July 31, his wound was infected, he required a blood transfusion and he had lost 30 pounds. Prison hospital records were flnwn here and were to be intro duced at the afternoon session of i Macomber said, too, he had en-l niriimiiui i . i, i , . ; icreu a kuh1. i"" i" v.....,. ot assault with intent to kill in Ihe hope it would bring him a chance to ask for counsel. Instead, he said, he was promptly sen tenced to life. Divorce Costs Him $100,000 PORTLAND W Harvey F. Dick won a contested divorce Tues day but must pay upward of $100, 000 in behalf of his wife, who had filed a counter-suit for separate maintenance. Circuit Judge Virgil Langtry, who said that if Mrs. Dick had been "moderately pleasant" to her husband the marriage likely would have continued to exist, directed these payments: $16,000 tn meet bills run up by Mrs. Dick while shopping shortly alter Dick filed suit for divorce: $10,000 to ward her attorney fees: and an $80,000 property settlement to her. The judge said Ihe $80,000 prop erty settlement was based on Dick's testimony that his worth was $800,000. He has been active in financial and other fields here. Chains Still Needed On Cascade Roads Trrivol conditions in Oregon's mountains wede much Improved Tuesdav ns the snow siopprn i.m - inc. but chains arc still needed in several areas ' i, Cnmmksinn snid -i,-".,c . rnmiircd in the Siski - vous and on the Green Springs, 1 mivised to carry chains at Government Camp. Tun- 1UUIU1 law -; . " berline. Warm Springs .uinmuu. Cascade Locks, Bend. Santiam Bly Mc.icham and Austin. All other points, except those on the coast and in the Western Ore gon valleys, reported icy spots. SOVII T KNVOY TO uimrnw i.fi Roris Fedoro- vich Podtserob. a former deputy minister of forcicn alfairs. is the pew Soviet ambassador to Tur Itny. it was announced Monday nipht. Coldest Wave Of Winter Hits Valley Areas Freezing Nights and Sunshiny Days Fol low Snow Storm By MARIAN LOWRY FISCHER' Coldest blast yet in the current winter weather came to valley re gions Monday night with even colder temperatures due tonight. At Salem, the mercury slipped down to 25 degrees Tuesday morn ing for the lowest murk to date this season, and the forecast calls for a possible 22-degree mark to night. The immediate forecast for Sa lem and vicinity is for slightly cooler temperatures tonight, clou diness with occasional light snow or rain late Wednesday. Rain by week-end Five-day forecast out Tuesday morning calls for below normal temperatures but precipitation and slightly milder temperatures by the week-end. To the north, the Seattle weather bureau forecaster said persistence of a high pressure area over Brit ish Columbia would continue to funnel cold into Washington and Oregon. The frigid air Monday night ex tended even to the coast regions, both Astoria and Tillamook report ing an unaccustomed reading of 26 degrees this morning. Sunshine Over State Ice and snow slowed up traffic on many Oregon roads. Some sunshine prevailed in all sections of the state this morning following the sub-freezing tempera tures. At Bend, the themometers drop ped to 3 degrees above zero. Red mond listed 12 decrees: Pendleton 15; The Dalles, 22. Some areas es-! caped the intense cold, Medford i reporting a low of only 35, Rose- burg, 33. ' Dies Just Before 106th Birthday ROSKBURG (fl Wiley W. Wil cox., who would have ' been 106 years old in another week, died in the Veterans' Hospital here Tues day. He was born at Alexandria. Va.. on Jan. 26, 1848, and in June, 1893, enlisted in Company D, 3d Rcgi- P""1.'- Missouri Infantry for serv- we in the Spanish American War. flc was mustered out five months Hospital records here showed little else except that he came here from Portland where his widow, Annie, 83, lives. At Portland a neighbor said he WM nl ,hhc "0Sl-'bllr a year and a half ago when it bc- came necessary for him to have constant care. His widow makes her home with a son by a former marriage. So far as known, he has no other survivors. General Motors To Spend Billion NEW LORK, UP Harlow W. 10 incriminate nn-cven nu Curtice, president of General Mo-1 sa'd 'f could talk only about tors Corp., announced today thati'he actions of others, the firm will make capital ox- Bllt he tcs,tlf.: am "fl penditures of one billion dollars now a member of the Communist in 11:6 next two years for ex- "arty. : r "j, .,:. , I When the witness said ' no in- ' :.v j "No depression in my vision," -r or, . !.j,i.i.i III JUU uu.-.nii--3 dim imm.iuiui leaders prior to opening of CM's : would draw its own conclusions 1054 auto model showing. "It is on the basis of his refusal to ans mv belief that the national eco.;wer 45 questions, rhey deal, w th ndmv will be strong and healthy activities in New York and Holly- throughout the year." wood. Curtice said he did not believe j " there would be much damage in , governor AT DALLAS TODAY "the overall level of employ- ment" during the next year al- Gov. Paul L. Patterson will ad though "there won't be as many dress Ihe Chamber of Commerce this time as last year." at Dallas Tuesday evening. Approve Statehood For Alaska and Hawaii WASHINGTON if The Senate 1 , I , inM l'nn.n,illiui mtnrl Tnncrl-i,, o approve statehood for both Ha - hum nu uiiiiiimi" " u . ,, ...ij waii and Alaska. 1 Chairman Butler (R Nchl told reporters tnc vuie to nnu musKa statehood to tne Hawaii siaicnoon I bill was "as close as could be" presumably 8 to 7. Butler de- stronghold, and Alaska as normal clined to make public the roll call ly Democrat!!' However, Demo vote which was taken in a closed crals made gains in Hawaii's last door committee session. j general elections and Republicans After voting to combine the ; look over majority control of Alaska and Hawaii statehood hills j Alaska's Legislature, into a single package, the com-' The House passed a Hawaii ,iiip vnipd m Ip1.iv it rnnnri to the Senate until the Alaska statehood section ran be "per fected , President Kiscnhower twice has asked Congress to pass the Ha waii statehood bill in time for the irt state elections tn he held this fall. Alaska statehood, however, A f Th$ - J i ! .. i -; vNd r" inal 1 1 1 J. Eruption Kills 25, People Flee JAKARTA. Indonesia Wl Thousands of frightened Javanese fled their homes Tuesday in the wake of an eruption of the vol- cano Merapi. The first blowoff in the heart of one of the world s most densely populated areas killed 25 persons and injured 66 others. The 9,950-foot volcano. 20 miles northeast of the revolutionary In donesian capital of Jogjakarta, has been acting up since last March. The first serious eruption occurred Monday, sending volcan ic ash as far as Magelang, 40 miles north of Jogjakarta. Officials said 2,000 persons had been moved out of the immediate area and that thousands of others were leaving their homes. The recorded toll from Merapi's last major eruption, in 1930, was 7.000 dead but some authorities put it as high as 30.000. Film Designer Refuses Reply I WASHINGTON W Howard j Bay. a stage designer for motion pictures, television and Broadway, I refused Monday to tell the House I Un-American Activities Commit ! tee whether he was a Communist ! prior to 1952. The 42-year-old native oi i.en tralia. Wash., contended that any answers to questions about Com munist activities before 1952 might fcrence need be drawn as to any t EU T1 ill!. 'di I. tritin iiitni Vcldc (R-Illi and other committee i members told him the public i lacks administration endorsement nnrt tine nnt nmnlinnrri tn thP j i,iiu -u.i ...... i President's Stale of the Union 1 message. The 1952 Republican and Dem otrauc piuuurms suppuncu suiic- , noou tor uoin. nawau iouk iuis been regarded as a Republican ! statehnnH Kilt Inst M.irrh hv I vole of 274 to 1,18. - : Butler said he did not helieve thc process of "perfecting the Alaska hill, now Title II of the - i Hawaii bill, would require more than three or four days. This con sists mainlv of choosing exact le- gal language. HAPPY REUNION SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 19 Leonard Moskovitz, 36 real estate man rescued from his kidnapers today, gets a happy greeting from his father, Maurice Moskovitz, who was asked to pay $300,000 ransom. Moskovitz was rescued by police in a dramatic move and two of his abductors captured. (AP Wirephoto) ; Rescue Kidnaped Man Held for $300,000 SAN FRANCISCO I A wealthy young San Francisco real estate broker kidnaped Saturday and held for $300,000 ransom was rescued unharmed early Tuesday by police who arrested the sus pects. No ransom was paid., . Fail to Trap Extortionist EUGENE l.fi Police attempted to trap an extortionist, but the man got away Monday, despite a chase nnH sp.irph hv ?fi nnlippmpn on Skinner's Butte, north of Eugene. Police Chief Ted Brown said a ' l-;ugenc woman came io ponce anu ii"ai""K oui..- iui ant-i told them a man had telephoned a i ried members of the Moskovitz demand for S2.n for some photo. , family telephoned police Saturday graphs she said he had ot her. I afternoon and reported him miss Thc woman, whose identity was i ing. All kept it secret while the not disclosed, denied there were family negotiated for his release, anv such photographs, and worked ' Leonard's father, Maurice Mos with police in setting up a the trap, j kovitz, talked happily with 35 to An aonointment was made with I -10 newsmen in the Hall of Jus- the man at the top of Skinner's Butte. Detective Ed Bunch con-1 coaled himself in the rear seat of P' m me worm. Mrs. musko the woman's car. After the car j vitz told Police Chief Michael Gaf rcached the top. other police set ; fev- up road blocks below. The younger Moskovitz, father Bunch said a man came out of ; of two children, appeared rumpled the brush, but fled when he saw Bunch in the rear seat. Bunch said he fired two shots, but both ap parently missed. Brown called in all available police, and they searched the area for some time without finding the man. Columbia Dams Peak Output PORTLAND Wl Five federal Columbia River system dams gen - electricity Monday, the Bonneville administration reported. Peak production to meet cold weather demands was reached be tween 11 a. m. and noon when some 3,222,000 kilowatts were used in the area. That was only 112.000 kilowatts from the maximum amount of power available at present from the five dams. Maxium generation i WASHINGTON OP A enmpro has been estimated by engineers m,sp settlement of the govern at 3.334.000 kilowatts ! ment's anti-trust suit against the New generators at McNary Dam ; A & p food chain was announced contributed lofl.oiHi Kilowatts and at nciroit Dam 89.000 kilowatts - . I " II-A f virar.u quince aiui im-ii iiiiim ui j Monday's power, 2,206.000 kilo- I watts. Hungry Horse Dam in Mon tana turned out 210.000 while bon- ncvillc supplied 5i7,0O0. . , Wayne Morse Sees Oregon Recession WASHINGTON Ifl Oregon Is suffering an "Eisenhower reces - Uiun" and rptail sales in the statp ; are dropping. Sen. Wayne Morse told the Senate Monday. He said the administration s basic economic philosophy is a j "duplication nf the Hoover admin- - j istration and the Hepunlicans haven t learned a single economic fact nf life since 1928 and 1929." The kidnaped man, Leonard Moskovitz, 3t, told newsmen with a broad smile: , "It's wonderful. I love the Po lice Department." Dist. Ally. Thomas Lynch, in announcing the break at 4 a.m. identified the two -suspects as Har old Jackson, 57, and Joe Lear, 43, both of Sacramento, Calif. Moskovitz was found shackled in a rented house at 167 Arbor St. A few minutes after two police inspectors picked up Lear as he talked with the victim's family from a public telephone a few blocks away, Lynch said. Police Lt. Don Scott said Lear squealed and quickly led officers to the hideout Newspapers, wire services and radio stations had known of the lice. - i ou rc lne m.0?l..wonacr"" PPn-i and in need of a shave. He said the kidnapers threatened to muti late him, but actually did him no harm. "They kept me shackled all the time," he said, "But they didn't harm me. They gave me water when I wanted it, and food." He said the kidnapers never re ferred to each other by name ex cept Jackson was called "Dutch." He said they "talked about a third party as If he were a boss, but I think that was just a cover up. Moskovitz' wife. Lesley, and : their two sons. David, 4. and 1 Michael, 6, went into seclusion elder Moskovitz' home. A&P Food Trust Suit Settled TueS()av ny Atty. Gen. Brnwnell. Ihe big retail chain will not he , hrnkpn nn The attorney general said a con sent judgment, accepted by both the Justice Department and Ihc; recommendations of a survey Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea ! team but there will be some con Co., was entered Tuesday morning' sulfations. The area offices have in the federal district court in New : H.(.n the subject nf much criticism York City before Judge Edward J rrnm time to time since they were A. Conger. established in 1949. Brownell said the decree pro - vides tha' A&P must move at once to dissolve Atlantic Commis- ision Company, its produce buying 1 subsidiary. The subsidiary had been accused of functioning in an inconsistent dual role as a direct buyer or A & I s 6.nou retail stores scattered through 40 states, while at the same time acting as a selling agent mr tne a si r sup- , pliers in sales to the big rnain ! retail competitors. Reds nerusetoA ccept34 9 Pro-Red Prisoners of War Dulles Wants Big 4 to Aid German Unity WASHINGTON Wl Secretary of State Dulles said Tuesday that if Russia tries to use the Berlin Big Four conference to frighten and divide the West "we will all nave wasica our ume. Dulles declared that such "tac-1 tics of division" would fail. He expressed hope that Soviet leaders will take a "constructive' line in which case "they will find us responsive. He called specifically for action to unify Germany "through free elections" and creation of an all- German government, and for com pletion of an Austrian treaty. Leaves on Thursday Dulles announced to a news con ference that he will leave for Ber lin Thursday noon with a group of state Department, Defense De partment and White House ad visors for the first Big Four ses sion in five years. lie said bi-partisan advisors from Congress may be called in if needed. Dulles also: 1. Said that U.S. defense plans are sufficiently flexible to be ad justed if the nation should be sur prised by what' he calls something (Continued on Page 5, Col. 5) Ike to Ask for $4 Billion Cut WASHINGTON, UP Presi dent Eisenhower will recommend a four billion dollar slash in de fense spending in the budget mes sage he sends to Congress Thurs day, informed sources revealed today. They said Mr. Eisenhower will propose - that overall military spending in the fiscal year begin ning next July be held to about $37,500,000,000. These sources also disclosed that the budget will recommend slightly more funds for the Air Force, key to the administration's "row look military strategy. This means that the biggest spending whack will fall on the Army which is being gradually reduced in an effort to emphasize air and atomic power. The Navy, , tn a lesser extent, also will be cllt in for Iess monP), Soviefs Asked to Free U.S.GI VIENNA tP, The U.S. Army in Austria has asked Soviet army authorities to release a 23-year- old American lieutenant missing a week and believed to be in Rus-1 sian hands, it was announced Tuesday night. The U.S. Army identified the officer as 2nd Lt. William Donald Adkins, 23, of Indianapolis, Ind., who has been missing since the morning of Jan. 12. The U.S. Ormy released the I text of a letter sent bv U. S. com - mander in Austria, Lt. Gen. Wil- liam H. Arnold, to the Russian commander, Gen. S. S. Periuzov, demanding the officer's release. Arnold's letter said Adkins "has been under investigation by U.S. Armv accncics in connection with i certain Dprsnn.il financial diffi - , rullips " ..Thi. jnvestication Indicates that Adkins may have been suf - tpring trom a mental breakdown, the letter said. McKay Reorganizes Interior Department WASHINGTON i Secretary of the Interior McKay Tuesday an nounced reorganization of the In dian Bureau. The present basic form nf or - Krilil.tfllUII, lllllUtllllK OILO mull.-,, will he retained under the anorov- 1 The Window Hock. Ariz, area i cepted was one that the number i office is to be consolidated with of staff technicians he reduced at the one at Albuquerque, N. M.Jall area offices. Bureau officials, and those al Muskogee and Ana- clarko in Oklahnma arc to be con solidated al some yet undcter- mined central point in inai stale. Area oinccs to ne retained arc: .luncau, Alaska: Minneapolis: Ab erdeen. s. v.: Hillings. Mont.: j r o r 1 1 a n o. urn : oncramrnio, . cam.: rnoenix, Ariz. 1 The survey team did not study Senate Group Approves of S. Korean Pact WASHINGTON Wl The Senate Foreign Relations Committee Tuesday approved the mutual de fense trpuiv with South Korea hut mmle clear this country will not support any aggression by that republic. The ' committee voted to attach to the pact a clause stating that both Dart es are ob heed to aid rach other onlv in the event of "an external armed attack" against one of them. The clause was suggested by Sen. George (D-Ga) and accepted by the committee unanimously to make it definite that the United States is not required to aid any armed move by South Korean President Syngman Rhee to unify Korea. Parliament Reassembles LONDON W Parliament caine back from its Christmas recess Tuesday to face tiie most serious widespread industrial unrest Brit ain has experienced since prewar depression days. When the MP's scattered four weeks ago, a nationwide railroad strike for higher pay barely had been staved off. They reassembled Tuesday with the situation no easier. Some five million workers, in cluding engineers and shipbuilders producing a giant share of Brit ain's vital exports, are demand ing higher wages. The Communist-tinged Electri cal Trades Union has launched a nationwide series of one-day strikes to secure its demands for more money. Employers, whose resistance to wage demands has hardened, maintain pay increases at this time would shoot up. production costs and possibly force some ex ports out of highly competitive WOrld market r 0 marKelS' Mud Swamps Sierra Madre SIERRA MADRE, Calif. IIP) Police Chief G. G. McMillan said ,()(lilv i2 families have left homes a" rain water and escape rain water and mud flowing down the Sierra!"" wa oiscnargc n Madre Mountains, burned bare captured. by recent forest fires. j Under the military code, no "No genrn 1 ctaciialinn of the courts martial are held in absentia. 8000 residents has been i Gen. John E. Hull, Far East planned," McMillan said. "Fur- commander who arrived in Tokyo ther evacuation depends on the Tuesday to be on hand for Ihe re rain storm." lease of the prisoners held by his He said cum lined rain mav ; command, will not make the de force other families to move nut cision as to the fate of the pro "hut there are plenty of areas Communist Americans, on higher ground that will not This decision will be made either be affected by the rain." by the Department of the Army Four areas on Ih- outskirts of 0r perhaps even the National Sc- hierra .Madre were ni' ny mua nd water movinf down the mountains early today. The mud streamed over slopes of the mountains where a recent forest fire burned off protective brush and timber. Mud has surrounded some 1 hopies in the canyon area and i df bris and boulders have been i washed into the streets, McMil- ' lan said. The rain was expected to end . by tonight, ' 1 ; FKKNT1I COAL 1 PRODUCTION DROPS djdi m r.,.h ,t nr,jn. turn rininnori iMMd tons in wsa. 1 due to strikes and high prices which made sales abroad very difficult. Ihe situation in Alaska hut visited 1 all other area offices. The survey team was one of sev oral similar groups named to make ; recommendations .nn.ed al econo- my and greater efficiency in the Interior Department. Reorganiza tions based on such studies have already been announced (or the Reclamation Bureau, National Park Service and Olfice of Terri tories. Among its recommendations ac- however, could not estimate now - ! many employes would be attected' by this move or by any of the - consolidations. inoinn commissioner i.icnn - t-.mmnns was directed to hegin tne reorganization ny rob. 15 and sut mu wiunn :m nays ornnuc pro iposais tor annexing .ne niner ma- jnr problems Ihe team outlined Allies to Free 20,000 POW Next Friday PANMUNJOM U1 - The Com- ' munisls demanded Tuesday that the Indians "withdraw" a decision to turn back unrepatriated war prisoners starting Wednesday and indicated they will not accept 349 pro-Red POWs. The Reds insisted on more time for interviews with 20,039 anti Communist Koreans and Chinese and that all prisoners be kept in neutral custody until a peace con ference decides their fate. The Indians said they would go ahead with the transfer of anti Communist prisoners back to V. N. custody starting at 9 a. M. Wednesday (4 p.m. PST Tuesday). The Allies said flatly they would be freed at midnight Friday. Pro- I Red rOWs, including 21 Amcn ; cans, presumably will remain in j Indian custody at least tcmporari ;iy. I The Communist nine-page letter to the Indian command angrily i opposed the decision to return ail ; unrepatriated war prisoners to their captors. Reds Refuse Pro-Reds An Indian spokesman quoted the Reds as saying they will not take back pro-Communist prisoners. And another neutral official said "tho implication of the whole mes sage is plainly that they will not take them back. (Continued on Page 5, Col. 3) Last Chance to Return Home SEOUL I The 21 pro-Corn-munist Americans held in Korea's neutral zone have until midnight Friday to change their minds be fore the U. S. Army gives them undesirable discharges or drops them as deserters. This is Ihe opinion of military sources in Japan and Korea, According to law, a dishonorable discharge can only be given after a auiuiui la iuuiiu (uuiy UJ tvui i martial. Undesirable discharge does not carry with it loss of citizenship, as dishonorable discharge docs, but it is the strongest the Army can go without a trial. Deserters arc dropped from Ihe op nn.l oon l,H lin1 ' 1 . " " , . , '" " " curity Council. The United Slates will have to take action regarding the Ameri cans as of midnight Friday if it sticks to its statement that the "time for talking" ends at that point. It couldn't very well say the talking period ended for the anti Communist POWs, but not for the Americans. As of midnight Friday the United States will consider the Americans who have refused to come home, as civilians. The decision on their military status will be announced within 72 hours after the deadline. U.N.to Debate Korea Feb. 9 UNITED NATIONS. N.Y. ifl - Eight nations, including the So viet bloc, so far have approved India's proposal to recall Ihe U. N. Grnernl Assembly reh. 9 for ! flphnle on Korea. A maioritv of .1! nf 1c en U.N. members must con- cur before the session can he held. - 1 Thncn ,rin .,.h mniino ;arc raq Guatcma,Bt ,.ibcriai lhe j i;l)Vj,. i;nj,,n white' Russia.' the " Ukraiue, Czechoslovakia and Po land. India proposed the recall of the assembly on Jan. 10 and Mrs. Vijaya lakshmi Pandit ol India, the Assembly president, ordered the poll. The United States has said it will await the outcome of the prisoner return in Korea, sched uled this week, before reaching a decision. : Wanihpr IJpf11C i,. , . --"-' ' "'"""""V'" - ,tl, , W(M1H, ,, M,m, ,, - n,rriiniiiiii. m.ih nnrnni. tiii. 1 RUrt h.l.M. II I '- i Uithr I.: t i (