Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, January 23, 1954, Page 1, Image 1

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    THE WEATHER
CLEARING AND cooler tonight.
Low 2-M. Partly cloudy Sunday,
hlfS,. 44-4.
Barbs Hurled
Al Milk Board
By Legislators
Emergency Session
Delays Approval
Of More Funds
By JAMES D. OLSON
Approval of a request for $12,632
additional funds for the milk mar
keting administration was held up
by the State Emergency Board
Friday pending investigation by
Harry Dorman, director of finance
and administration.
Some sharp barbs were hurled at
the milk board and Rep. Francis
iiegler of Corvallis, who first sug
gested delaying approval of the re-
quest by the board, predicting that
the me of the board would be short.
This board will soon be abolish
ed entirely, either by a vote of the
people or by the 1955 Legislature,"
Ziegler said, "so why spend money
on a board doomed to extinction?"
Rep. Robert Root of Medford said
said that while he didn't like oper
ation of the milk board "one nick
el's worth" he did not feel it the
function of the emergency board to
pass on law.
No Rancor, Gibson Urges
Sen. Angus Gibson of Junction
City defended the board, saying it
was composed of some fine men.
Gibson urged that consideration of
the board's request be dealt with
without any rancor.
Other members of the board,
deeming it wise to have a neutral
investigation, won Ziegler's approv
al to allowing Dorman to make the
investigation and report at the next
meeting of the emergency board,
February 11.
(Continued on Page 5, CoL 4)
Dismissal Plea
Lost by Baney
LITTLETON, Colo, (fl - A mo
tion for acquittal of John H. Baney,
32-year-old merchant seaman from
Salem, Ore., charged with murder
in the death of a Denver woman,
has been dismissed by Dist Judge
Harold H. Davies.
The denial Friday was one of
two blows to Defense Attyi. Robert
Lee and Mark Shivers.
P. Rene Bidez. FBI laboratory
technician, testified that human
hair found in Bancy's car matched
that of Mrs. Dorothy H. Gall, 36,
who died Sept. 20 after telling offic
ers she was raped and beaten by
her escort.
Bidez added that bloodstains
found in the vehicle were of the
same type as Mrs. Gall s.
The defense countered with a
claim the woman died after she
was given a stimulant while under
treatment at an Englewood hos
pital.
Portland Digs
Out of Slides
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
City street crews were busy in
Portland Saturday clearing slides
which resulted from a week of rain
and snow.
A. M. Plebuch, general public
works foreman, said a big section
of scenic Southwest Terwilliger
Boulevard may be closed most of
the winter.
A big section of the route gave
way Saturday near the point where
a huge slide piled up debris 15 feet
deep and 500 feet wide. Plebuch
said the area is so soft (hat it is
too dangerous to bring in heavy
equipment.
A letup in the rain and snow Sat
urday morning and the prospect of
lighter precipitation over the week
end were generally welcomed in
Western Oregon. Forecasts ranged
from showers to snow flurries and
lower temperatures. The colder
weather was expected to improve
slide and flood conditions.
Cold Wave Hits
Valley Areas
Cooler temperatures moved in
on the valley regions early Sat
urday. In Salem, the, morning
minimum was 32 degrees, freez
ing mark, and there was some ice
about following th rain.
Forecast is for cooler temper
atures tonight and some clearing
with Sunday due to be only part
ly cloudy here.
Rivers of the valley continue
to come up slowly following the
mid-week storms. The Willam
ette was up to 10 feet at Salem
Saturday morning. Slight to
moderate rises are due during
the next 24-36 hours along all
main valley streams.
Rainfall in Salem for the
month to date is 5.99 inches,
compared to a normal of 4.28
Inches.
Weather Details
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Power Firms
Offer To Invest
In U.S. Project
9 Companies to Put
$125 Million in
Colorado Storage
WASHINGTON (UP)-Nine west
ern power companies told con
gress today they are willing to in
vest 125 million dollars if thev
are included in a plan for devel
opment of the proposed billion
dollar. Colorado River Storage
project.
D. D. Moffatt, assistant vice
president of -the Utah Power and
Light company. Salt Lake City,
speaiung lor the private utilities,
presented a six-point plan at a
hearing of a house interior sub
committee.
The plan calls for:
Six Point Plan
1. Federal construction of hold
over reservoirs and power plants.
2. Federal construction of the
backbone transmission tie line con
necting major power plants such
as Flaming Gorge, Echo Park, and
Glen Canyon.
(Continued on Page 5, Col. 7)
Refuse to Ban
Canadian Bids
WASHINGTON Wl - Four Wash
ington Republican representatives
reported Friday they had been
turned down by the Foreign Oper
ations Office in their request that
Canadian firms not be permitted
to bid on seven million board feet
of lumber to be given Formosa.
The congressmen Mack, Tollef
son, Felly and Westland said in a
joint statement that FOA officials
advised that Canadian firms would
be permitted to bid in the hope of
obtaining lower prices.
Mack, spokesman for the group.
said the FOA Teply "looks to me
like a continuation of the overly
loreign-minaea policies of the Ach-
eson administration which were
repudiated by the voters when the
Truman-Acheson regime was voted
out of office."
He cited government statistics
which he said shewed the United
States imported nearly two billion
board feet of timber more than it
exported last year.
Senate Votes to
Pay Pig Losses
WASHfNGTON W) Half the
loss swine growers suffered two
years ago, when their herds were
killed during an outbreak of vesi
cular exanthema, would be repaid
by the federal government under
a bill passed Friday by the Senate.
The bill, introduced by Sen. Guy
Cordon (R-Ore), now goes to the
House.
It would apply only in states
which have made similar 50 per
cent repayments for the same
period. The Senate Agriculture
Committee reported that Oregon
was probably the only state af
fected. Cost to the government w
estimated at $3,320.
Demand Federal
Support for Milk
MADISON, Wis. I A demand
to Congress that it provide federal
support of milk and milk product
prices at 100 per cent of parity,
with production payments to far
mers, was drafted at the Farmers'
Union National dairy conference
Saturday.
The conference has drawn 775
men and women connected with
dairying from 24 states and was
called for the expressed purpose
of drafting recommendations to
the administration for a new farm
program.
Lincoln Day Speaker
Indiana Congressman
By MARIAN I.OWRY FISCHER
The Lincoln birthday celebra
tion, annually the big activity
for Republican groups, will be
observed for Marion County on
Lincoln day, Friday, February 12.
Sponsors are all the volunteer
Republican groups in the county.
Congressman Ralph Harvey of
Indiana, member of the House
Committee on Agriculture, will
be the guest speaker, it is an
nounced by Ted Tibbutt, general
program chairman.
The meeting will be at 8:15 p..n.
in Bush School Auditorium.
Congressman Harvey is versed
in agricultural matters, one of
the big issues in the country
right now. Elected to Congress
in 1946, he is a former state re
presentative in Indiana and has
been a farmer for many years, as
well as teacher of agriculture and
In the seed business. His home
it at New Castle, Ind.
Capital A
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Year, No. 20
vitttr t sum.
Heavy Snow
In Southeast
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Snow which piled tip to nearly
a half foot in sections of the South
east tapered off Saturday but it
was on the chilly side over wide
areas and into New England.
The snow fall, and freezing rain
in some areas, slicked highways
and driving conditions were haz
ardous in many parts of the storm
belt
Snowfalls at Washington, D.C.,
and Charlotte -and Greensboro, N.
C, measured liior$ than 8 inches.
The snow belt extended from south
western Virginia to southern New
Jersey. i '
It was colder In the Northeast
with readings ranging from 11
above at Boston to 8 to 15 degrees
below zero in northern Maine. '
There was some warming in the
week of cold weather. However.
sub-zero readings were reported
again Saturday in sections of nor
thern Montana and northern North
Dakota.
All Out War
On Log Pirates
LONGVIEW. W An all-out war
against log pirates in the. Colum
bia, Cowlitz, and Willamette Riv
ers has cut thefts by 90 per cent,
spokesmen for the Columbia Basin
Log Salvage Co. estimated Satur
day. Some 37 timber operators from
Oregon and Washington formed the
company last May. The chief job
of the patrol has been to call on
sawmills and warn operators
against purchasing stolen logs.
Longvicw lumbermen estimated
the pirating gobbled up as much
as a million board feet of timber
yearly before the campaign began.
There was even evidence that logs
had been pulled from rafts and
the brands removed.
RAP ANTI-ENZYME
CHICAGO The American
Dental Assn. said Saturday that
new evidence on the so called
"anti-enzyme" toothpastes docs
not support claims made for its
effectiveness in preventing tooth
decay.
Cooperating in arranging the
program are the following co
chairmer and their groups: Ted
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'chacY of the Oregon Re-j
nnk ah fink.. 1amB 1-IbtfiAlH
County group of the Ore con
t- j t: i r t ,ui:..
r truerauuii ui iuuiik ni'iiuumrdii
Clubs; Mrs. Sigtrid B. Unander,
representing Salem unit of the;
Oregon Federation of Rcpubli
can Women; Winton Hunt, chair
man of the Marion County Re
publican Central committee.
Other committee appointments
for the big meeting include:
State Representative Mark Hat
field and Miss Hattie Bratzel, co
chairmen for special entertain
ment: Mrs. B. W. Staccy, Mrs.
Joseph R. Fclton, Mrs. Claude
Miller, decorations committee:
Warren Cooley and Mrs. Felton,
co chairmen for arrangements
(Continued on Page S, CoL S)
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Foreign Ministers of the western Big Three, in Berlin for
' Monday's Big Four meeting with Russia's V. M. Molotov, join
in a handshake after a preliminary confab in the city's French
sector today. In group are U.S. Secretary of State John Foster
Dulles; French Foreign Minister Georges Bidault; and British
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden. Soviet Minister V. M. Molo.
tov arrived in East Berlin today to complete the roster for
Monday's meeting, (AP Wirephoto via radio from Berlin)
Shopping Center Has
Program of Expansion
Announcement was made Sat
urday of an expansion project for
Capitol Shopping Center, Includ
ing constcuction of one sew build-
Say Churchill
Quits in May
IMMINGHAM, England UV-A
Conservative member of Parlia
ment says the current talk in the
House of Commons is that Prime
Minister Churchill will retire next
May after Queen Elizabeth II re
turns from her royal tour.
Cyril Osborne told a political
meeting here last night that
Churchill's retirement date "has
been much discussed In Westmin
ster (parliamentary circles) this
week. Nobody knows, but many
think it will be when the Queen
comes home."
There has been no indication
from Churchill, 79, that he is
ready to announce when he will
retire. He participated in the Big
Three conference last month in
Bermuda, where ground was laid
for the Big Four foreign ministers'
meeting in Berlin to open on
Monday.
Osborne added that it was feared
that two of Churchill's top lieu
tenants will retire at the same
time. They are Lord Woolton, 70,
chairman of the Conservative
party, and Sir Waller Monckton,
64. minister of labor.
But a Ministry of Labor spokes
man said Monckton has no thought
of retiring while the government
requires his services. Woolton re
fused to comment
Troops Guard
Texas Border
CALEX1CO, Calif. W-Mexlcan
solrliers and immigration officials
were on guard today along 42 miles
of the California border in an at
tempt to bar Mexican nationals
from entering the United States to
do farm work.
The guards were ordered after
an estimated 700 Mexicans, in
defiance of Mexican oitici ils, yes
terday climbed over or wriggled
under the high wire fence, run
ning 21 miles east and west ot
Jr town, of Ca.exico. Mexi-
" "vn ism m
! The nationals were the first to
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out a formal contract with Mexico
in order to take farm jobs. They
are seeking about 3,000 jobs now
available in the harvest of lettuce
and carrots in the lush Imperial
Valley.
IKE lU'SY WORKING
WASHINGTON - For the
second successive day. President
Kisenhowcr i receiving no call
ers. White House aides said the
President wants to work uninter
ruptedly on a housing message he
will send Congress Monday.
Saturday, January 23, 1S
y 0
ing, and a shifting of some of the
snops In the center. .
the financial outlay will be
about SIW.OOO. .
Th change will gtve Sears, Roe-
duck co. ail of the soace In the
main ouuaine lor its own expan
sion program, and several shops
now in mat building will move to
a smau new buildine which will
be located north of Bern's market
on space mat is now used for car
parking. It will house Kennedy's
Cleaners and the I & L Shoe Re
pair bhop which are now on the
Union street end of the main build
ing. .
Jary's Florists, now located at
North Capitol and Union, will
move to the former location of
Carolyn's Jewelry Store, which is
now vacant.
Haley's Beauty Center at 1114
Union and Ace's Barber Shop will
relocate in a previously unused
building between Center and Mar
ion.
The Sears management was not
yet prepared to give details of
changes that will be made in the
store, but said sorie of the pres
ent departments would be expand
ed, and more space given for
mercantile operation on the main
tloor.
Hoover Accepts
NEW YORK (UP -Former
President Herbert Hoover accept
ed the Gold Medal of the Interna
tional Benjamin Franklin Society,
inc., ioaay witn a gently satirical
account of his "frustra'ions" in
seeking the influence of Frank
lin's precepts of thrift and moral
ity in modern American li'-
In a speech prepared for deliv
ery, Mr. Hoover's touch was light,
but he concluded with a serious
warning, that if Franklin's spirit
individual liberty, self-reliance
and morality fades in the Ameri
can people, the sun of America
will have begun to set."
Mr. Hoover spoke over a nation
wide radio network at the society's
annual luncheon commemorating
this year the 248th anniversary of
Franklin's birth and honoring Mr.
Hoover for "distinguished service
to our country."
The 79-year-old former presi
dent devoted most of his address
to explaining to the audience, with
some humor, why he discarded a
dozen possible Franklin maxims as
too controversial or just too "sour"
for "this occasion" celebrating
Franklin's birthday.
Postmasters Picked
By Rep. Norblad
WASHINGTON Wl These post
master appointments have been
recommended by Rep. Walter Nor
blad (R-Orcl:
John R. Mclsgcr, Sandy. Clack
amas County,
Richard V. Carlesnn, Rickreall,
folk County.
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MOIOWV
Admit Red China to Parley
Pro-Red POW
Face Uncertain
Fate in Korea
PANMUNJOM un-Twenty - one
Americans and 326 other pro-Red
prisoners in Korea's neutral zone
were caught today between a new
Communist refusal to accept them
and a tougher Allied attitude.
Two Communist generals reject
ed .for the second time an Indian
proposal that the Reds accept
"under protest" the 21 Americans,
1 Briton and 325 South Koreans
who renounced their homelands
for communism.
Indian guards abandoned the
captives last midnight after the
Beds wouldn't take them.
The U. N. Command virluallv
told the Communist Command to
take them back.
No Reply Made
"We welcome any statement that
you will make as to your plans for
removing them as rapidly as pos
sible from their present camp to
any area north of the present de
militarized zone," Maj. Gen. J.K.
Lacey told the Reds at a session
of the Military Armistice Commis
sion.
Growing Allied impatience with
the pro-Reds was re-elected also
in Washington, where U.S. De
fense Secretary Wilson said the 21
Americans "must make up their
minds quickly" if they want to
(Continued on Page 5, CoL 6)
Court Martial
For Dickenson
WASHINGTON Ifl Top De-
tense Department omcials were
described Saturday as surprised
and deeply concerned over the
Army's filing of court martial
charges against Cpl. Edward S.
Dickenson, former prisoner of war
in Korea, t -
One official said the military ser-
n Vw. io.i T .ti- 7- oTiw
to taJte no legal action in the POW
. . , i ... I .,
defense heads.
This official said that the first
notice Secretary of Defense wl.
son and his aides had of the Dick
enson development was when an
oificer of the military district of
Washington delivered copies of an
announcement to newspaper offic
es in Washington.
The announcement said Dicken
son, 23 - year old Virginia
boy who changed his mind about
staying with Communists, was be
ing charged with dealing illegally
with his captors in Korea to get
better treatment. Officials explain
ed that the filing of these charges
was only a preliminary action. He
was placed under arrest at Walter
Reed Hospital here where he has
been undergoing physical exami
nations. 2 Divisions to
Be Sent Home
SEOUL, Korea (U.BGen. Max
well Taylor, U.S. Eighth Army
commander, announced officially
tonight that the 40th and 45th
Infantry Divisions will be pulled
out of Korea and returned to the
United States.
Taylor said the 45th Division,
formerly of the Oklahomoa Na
tional Guard, will leave come time
between Feb. 15 and March IS.
The 40th Division, called to ac
tive duty from the California Na
tional Guard, will follow but no
reparture date has been set, Tay
lor said.
40th To Go 1-ater
The Army commander said the
40th Division would leave Korea
"considerably after" the Okla
homa Division sails for home.
' Taylor's announcement was
the first official confirmation of
the recall of the two Army units.
Highway Contracts Let
$750,000 Road Jobs
PORTLAND The State
Highway Commission Friday
awarded contracts for more than
three-quarters of a million dollars
worth of road construction and
repnir projects.
The largest contract, for $1(10,218,
went to Calkins Crushing Co. of
Ocean Lake for grading and paving
191 miles of the Bear Crcck
Scotts Point section of the Siletz
secondary highway, s I x miles
southeast of Kernvillo.
The commission also:
Refused to pay the cost of paving
in the Stayton area a community
huiit road which connects wilh,bcrg. Dayton. Monmouth and Mc-
Highway 22 east and west of (he
Stayton Hospital. Stayton City Atty. I
frfce 5C
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mas
ANNOUNCES
to
Al Loucks, mayor of Salem
who announces he will be a
candidate for the State Legis
lature. Loucks to Run
For House Seat
Mayor Al Loucks is the first
candidate to announce intention
to seek the republican nomina
tion for a seat in the house of
representatives in the Oregon leg
islature from Marion county.
In a statement issued Satur
day, Mayor Loucks declared that
his two terms as mayor "have
been a rich experience in which
have been particularly for
tunate in the cooperation of so
many good people. Their help
has made possible progress of
lasting importance to. the city.".'
The mayor said that he feels
he has contributed what be can
in his present position and said
it was time for new leadership
and a fresh viewpoint, it is for
this reason that he said he would
not be a candidate for re-election
mayor,
In connection with his eandl
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dacy for the house, Mayor Loucks
?"Au.iTi1' ET
said his background in city gov-
1nce President of the League
I n. rm.. i... .
jw wic(uu v.. .-o una give, iiiui m
deep interest in state problems.
. Me nope -l can M aeipiui
in tnese. especiaiv as inejr reiaie
in these, especially as tney reuu
to Marion county, I will be a can
didate for a republican nomina
tion for representative in the
state legislature from Marion
county, ' he said.
Spanish Snub
Angers French
PARIS (U.R An apparent Span
ish snub heightened French an
ger today in the mounting crisis
between the two countries over
control of the strategic Spanish
protectorate of Morocco.
Dispatches from Madrid indi
cated that the Spanish cabinet,
meeting last night, completely
ignored a French note protesting
Spain's efforts to benefit at
France's expense from Moroccan
nationalist agitation.
An official announcement on
the cabinet meeting made no
mention of the crisis, or any other
foreign matter, beyond the vague
statement that Foreign Minister
Alberto Martin Artajo "reported
on recent developments."
The "firm, precise" French
protest, whose contents have not
been made public, was inspired
by a meeting of tribal leaders
in Spanish Morocco this week
which was devoted largely to
anti-French political speeches.
DANES BAN 1, THE JVHY
COPENHAGEN. Denmark Wl
The Danish board of film censors
Friday banned "I, The Jury.'' a
U.S. movie thriller taken from
Mickey Spillane's best-selling nov
el. The board never announces the
reasons for its decisions.
Joe Dcvera was told the road did
not meet requirements for expend
iture of emergency funds.
Heard a protest from Astoria
businessmen concerning a proposed
increase in Astoria-Mcgler ferry
fees.
Reported that the Highway De
partment was surveying a new
route between Eugene and Spring
field.
Told a delegation from Clacka
mas County of plans for improving
the B2nd Ave. highway between
Portland and OreRon City.
Heard representatives from New-
Minnville urge Improvement o f
Highway WW.
FINAL
EDITION
our to
Admission to
Speed Up End
Of Cold War
BERLIN Wl Soviet Foreiirn
Minister Vyacheslav M. Molotov
arrived here Saturday for a Big
Four meeting and immediately
prodded the Western powers to ad
mit Red China to the conference
table if they want to speed up the
end of the cold war.
Under security protection of
thousands of troops and secret po
lice, the Kremlin's No. 1 diplomat
came to East Berlin by plane
from Moscow and declared:
"The sooner the Chinese Peo
ple's Republic takes part in nego
tiations over current international
questions of the great states, the
better it will be for the strength
ening of peace between peoples."
r ew Kens present
Only a handful of Communist
officials of East Germany and oth
er Soviet Bloc countries heard
Molotov's statement, read at
Schoenfeld Air Field but it was
broadcast 2 Vt hours later. He ar
rived as his opposite numbers
from the Western Big Three con
ferred on strategy for the four
power conference opening Mon
day. The West has been cold to
the idea of having Red China sit
in on the present meetings.
(Continued on Page 5, CoL 8)
Strong Guard
rui muiuiuv
BERLIN Wl Guarded jw thou-
sands of troops and secret police,
Soviet Foreign Minister "yaches-
lav M. Molotov reached East Ber
mi in i snowstorm Saturday fm
a new round of cold war Miotic,
lions with tha WL
The strongest security measure)
m MtapatiorMstary etre applies
by the Soviet command to pro
tect the Kremlin's No.1 iiplo
mat
After his Diane from Maxea
landed in blioanf weather about
1 cm., he wm bundled Into ji
cavalcade of seven black Zis lim
.
ousines. They raced 12 miles frorr.
Schoenfeld Airfield to the Soviet
embassy on Unter Den Linden.
Virtually all traffic was haltec
in mid-city until Molotov whizzed
by at a mile-a-minute. His routt
had been cordoned off by Rus
sian and German guards nearly
feur hours before his arrival. In
Molotov's sedan, which was eauio-
ped with bullet-proof glass and an
armored body, were seven olain-
clothes men.
Russians Veto
Syrian Proposal
UNITED NATIONS. N.Y. (UP-
Russia's veto, used for the first
time in a Palestine issue last
night, wrecked three months of
western conciliation efforts and
left the United Nations still seek
ing to solve the Israeli-Syrian
River Jordan dispute today.
Soviet Delegate Andrei Y. Vi
shinsky cast Russia's 58th veto in
the Security Council last night,
killing a formula sponsored by
Britain, the United States and
France for settling the dispute.
The argument, latest in a five
year scries of disputes in the ten
sion ridden Holy Land, centered
about a hydro-electric project
started several months ago by
Israel. Syria brought the issue
to the Security Council, charging
that diversion of the River Jor
dan into a canal for the generat
ing plant would deprive Arab
farmers of water for irrigation.
The western formula would spe
cifically have empowered Major
General Vagn Bennike, chief of
the U.N. Palestine Truce Observa
tion Commission, to permit Israel
to go ahead with the project with
out direct assent from Syria.
Senate Votes Million
For Investigations
WASHINGTON CP - The Senate
Rules Committee has approved
use of about a million dollars for
investigations by Senate commit
tees during the coming year.
The funds were approved Friday
for investigations of Communism,
juvenile delinquency, communica
tions, transportation and wildlife
conservation problems, defense,
revision of the United Nations
charter and other governmental
and international functions.
A formal request for $200,000 for
Sen. McCarthy's R-Wisi investi
gating subcommittee, did not reach
the committee in lime for action
with th others.
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