t
Caoiltal ml Jc
THE WEATHER
PARTLY CLOUDY with lew
showers tonlgbl and ' Saturday.
Continued mild. Low tonight, it;
high Saturday, SO.
FINAL
EDITION
. - JUL rt
$10,364,400
In Loans Made
Oregon Vets
Highest Volume
Year Since Program
Launched in 1945
, By JAMES 0. OLSON
A total of $10,364,400 was bor
rowed by Oregon World War II and
Korean war veterans in 1953 under
the state's veteran four per cent
home and farm loan program, es
tablishing the highest year in dol
lar volume since the program was
. started in 1945. .
This was revealed in a report
uiauc uy ii. v. tuuu, oatmciu, ui-
rector of the State Department of
Veterans Affairs, who said that this
volume of loans brings to $49,944,
144, the total amount loaned since
the program's inception.
1,831 Loans Closed
While last year's dollar volume
record exceeded the previous high
est year established in 1950 by
more than $2,378,000, the number
of loans closed in 1953 1,831 was
still 75 short of the peak year of
1949 when loans were closed with
1,906 veterans.
December of 1953, Saalfeld said,
set a new monthly record both in
dollars and in loans closed, with 399
veterans obtaining loans amount
ing to $2,603,800.
Maximums Upped '!'.
Saalfeld said that the reason for
the bigger volume aqd in year
end closings for 1953 was the in
crease in the maximum amounts
which veterans may borrow from
the state, -as approved by the 1953
legislature.
The previous limit of $6,000 on
homes and farms was increased to
$9,000 for homes and $15,000 for
farms. The large limits took effect
in July, 1953,. and applications for
loans have more than doubled
since that time, Saalfeld said.
(Continued on Page 5, CoL 4)
Syria Under
Martial Law
BEIRUT, Lebanon (UP) Syria
went under martial law tonight
and rushed troops to Its Jordan
frontier as Syrian President Adb
Shishakly acted to put down a
revolt which Jias erupted in bit
ter fighting in many cities.
Shishakly, who seized power in
December, 1951, in a coup d'etat,
charged that the mountain chief
tain Sulton El Atrash was at
tempting to overthrow him with
foreign aid, presumably British.
Troop reinforcements were
rushed to the Jordan frontier on
the President's orders to prevent
either arms or money from reach
ing the hostile chief who led a
1925 revolt against the French.
Riotous demonstrations and
bloodshed followed after Shish
akly ordered the arrest of El
Atrash and a number of opposi
tion party leaders and university
students.
Some casualties were reported
in the fighting which resulted in
Jebel Druze, Damascus, Allepo,
Hnms and Hamma. No figures
were given.
Weather Bars
Plane Landing
Salem's United Air Lines station
personnel stood by Thursday and
prepared to take care of Portland
hminH flishts of UAL. because of
marginal weather there, but in the
end Portland got Salem's last flight
Thursday evening.
Souhtbound Flight 168, which
mm into Medford with stops in
Portland, Salem and Eugene, after
Seattle, could not land in
either Salem or Eugene because of
the weather conditions in both cit
ies. The flight, normally landing
here at 7:45 p.m., finally returned
to Portland and terminated there.
Salem, earlier in the day had
taken two flights for Portland.
Northbound flight 159, which
makes a Salem stop a 12:10 a.m.,
terminated in Salem because of
the weather and passengers were
k..cH in Portland. About two
hours later southbound flight 178
came into Salem Irnm Seattle skip
ping its Portland stop. That flight
lands in Salem at 4:23 p m. when
on schedule.
Fridav morning the Salem l.AL
station originated flight 155. which
under normal conditions originates
in Medford and goes north to Seat
tle The plane used Thursday for
northbound fliht 159 was used in
makini up flight 155 in Salem.
BRITISH TRADE GROUP
SEEKS RED TRADE
MOSCOW i.n A 33 member
Rritish trade delegation, report
edly representing some of their
lamest firms scouted
for orders Thursday in Moscow
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66th
Luckey Named
U.S. Attorney
For Oregon
District Attorney of
Lane County Suc
ceeds Henry L. Hess
WASHINGTON (UP) Presj-
ident Eisenhower today nominat
ed Clarence E. (Ed) Luckey, 34-year-old
Eugene attorney, to be
U. S. District Attorney for Ore
gon, "i
Luckey's nomination was sub
mitted to the senate shortly after
noon to replace Henry L. Hess of
Portland, a democratic adminis
tration appointee who resigned.
Luckey was supported for the fed
eral post by Sen. Guy Cordon
(ft., Ore.). He has been district
attorney for Lane county since
1946.
Sen. Cordon earlier had recom
mended State Sen. Warren Gill of
Lebanon for ' the Oregon district
job but Gill's name was rejected
by the justice department because
of opposition by some Negro lead
ers. Cordon said he had no objec
tion" to the Luckey nomination,
making it likely that the senate
would confirm the appointment
without difficulty.
(Continued on Page 8, CoL 1)
Compact Spurns
ility Finance
SPOKANE W The Columbia
River Insterstate Compact Com
mission Friday turned down an in
formal request for financial aid
for. the Pacific Northwest Gover
nors' Power Policy Committee.
Mark R. Kulp Idaho state en
gineer, said the governors com
mittee wanted help in raising $80,
000 for a budget to employ an
engineering staff.
' If something isn t done to help
them raise a budget," he said,
"the check will be picked up by
the utilities and that would not be
good."
Frank A. Banks of Coulee Dam,
Wash., chairman of' the compact
commission, said the power com
mittee should have its own funds.
agency has got to have its own
funds if it is going to displace the
$500,000 which the United States
has been spending on planning,"
he said.
Snow Weasel
On Rescue Trip
INDEX, Wash. UR An Army
snow weasel was readied today to
fight through snow drifts 12 feet
deep to rescue a snowbound min
ister, his wife and two children,
and possibly eight or nine other
persons.
The minister was identified as
the Rev. Cameron Sharpe who
with his wife, operates a "Chris
tian" resort for children at Gar
land Springs in the Cascade
Mountains.
The group has been Isolated for
10 days by deep snow and friends
of the Sharpcs were concerned
that they might be very low on
food.
The public information officer
at McChord Air Force Base near
Tacnma, tentatively identified the
other snowbound persons as Boy
Scouts and their scout master.
However, no poitive identifica
tion was made nor the exact num
ber of the other person in the
group known.
SYNGMAN RHEE
SIGNS TREATY
SEOUL m President Syngman
Rhee Friday signed the mutual
defense treaty between the Re
public of Korea and the United
States.
James Roosevelt Sued
For Divorce by Wife
PASADENA, Calif, (UP)
Handsome James Roosevelt, 46,
son of the late President and a
candidate for Congress, was
charged with adultery today in a
separate maintenance suit filed
by his wife.
The suit named three co-re
spondents but affidavits accom
panying it cited nine other in
stances of infidelity allegedly
committed by Roosevelt.
Mrs. Romelle Schneider Roose
velt, 38, asked for separate main
tenance with $2000 a month for
herself and $1500 a month for
their three children.
Roosevelt, who earlier this
week announced he would be a
candidate for Congress from Cali
fornia's 26th District, filed suit
for legal separation in nearby
Santa Monica Superior Court
Jan. 18. He charged his wife had
caused him "mental and physical
1 amruish and distress
In the tctinn he had asked she
return several articles which had
helnnced tn his father, includ
ing a watch and cigarette holder.
Year, No. 25
EBtorttf m ttcoao
Outlook Good
For '54 Power
TACOMA MV-Top power figures
in the Pacific Northwest, from
both public and private agencies,
agreed here Thursday the region
faces power shortages unless ad
ditional generating facilities are
undertaken soon.
However, the group cast pleased
glances at the current power pic
ture. Full reservoirs and con
tinued snaDDV w e a t n e r have
pushed electricity consumption to
all-time highs.
The Northwest Utilities Confer
ence Committee, which meets pa-
riodically to discuss power prob
lems, also was introduced to the
new head of the Bonneville Power
Administration, Dr. William Pearl,
g Dr. Pearl eased the minds of
Tacoma City Light head C. A.
Erdahl and the Public Utilities
Board with announcement the
announcement the pending rate
raise in Bonneville power will be
held up for study at least until i
next December.
4000 Autos in
Cold Storage
PITTSBURGH UJ! A former
Defense Department official
charges that 15 million dollars In i
militarv funds were used in 1951
to purchase 7000 automobiles
which "have been stockpiled in
dead storage ever since."
The charge was made last night
by Col. Willard F. Rockwell, a
former special assistant to the
secretary of defense, in a speech
to the Pittsburgh Traffic Club.
"Top Pentagon officials have
learned they must deliberately
waste money In slow years in or
der not to lose' part of their an
nual appropriations and thus
jeopardize national d e f e n s e,"
Rockwell said, in explaining the
purchase.
"This silly transaction ' wasted
15 million dnllers with no benefit
to anyone but our country's ene
mies." Mrs. Roosevelt's suit was filed
by three attorneys, Arthur and
Robert P. Schifferman and
Laurence Phillips. It named the
three eorrespnndents as Gladys
Irene Owens, also known as Irene
Owens: June Nelson, also known
as June Jordan, and Elaine Hit
ton. The suit said the former Ma
rine Corps colonel committed
acts of adultery during the years
1952 and 1953 with the women
in Cleveland, Boston, New York,
Los Angeles and Mexico.
In a partial breakdown of the
settlement asked, Mrs. Roose
velt said her need included $565
monthly for household help: $350
for clothing: $100 auto expenses;
and house payments of $190. Re
quests 'for the children showed
figures of $175 monthly for tui
tion; $275 a month for special
instruction; $130 for musical in
struments and medical expenses
of $325.
According to Mrs. Roosevelt's
suit, her hnhnd wrote a letter
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Salem, Oregon,
TOMMY'S HISTORY LESSON
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Jan. 29 Grinning Tommy Chao
holds a picture of his grandfather that ought to explain why
he was confused when he saw a photo of Abraham Lincoln in
a school newspaper. "Grandpa" is Judge Edward Bull a Los
Angeles real estate agent and professional Lincoln impersona
tor on television and in films. (AP Wirephoto.)
Willamette
To Crest at
By MARIAN LOWRY FISCHER
The Willamette river was still
running high Friday morning in
the lower valley, at levels high-
ers than first predicted,. but the
river forecaster said no major
flooding is in sight barring new
heavy rains.
At Salem, the Willamette
reached 18.7 feet Friday morn
ing and the new crest forecast is
for 19 feet sometime late today.
Flood stage here is 20 feet. The
river is the highest it has been
Bridges' Union
Barred by NLRB
WASHINGTON Wl The Na
tional Labor Relations Board
Thursday iff used to let Harry
Bridges' International Longshore
men's Union participate in a forth
coming NLRB election among
West Coast ship cooks and slew-
ards.
The NLRB ruled that Bridges
had applied too late to give the
ILWU a place on the ballot.
The election is to be held soon
among ship cooks and stewards
employed by member shipping
firms of the Pacific Maritime As
sn. between two rival unions.
These are the AFL cooks and
stewards, which is part of the
AFL Seafarers International Un
ion, and the National Union of Ma
rine Cooks and Stewards, which
is one of the unions ousted from
the CIO several years ago on
grounds it was Communist dom
inated. Coffee Office
Said Madhouse
NEW YORK (U.B The nation'
coffee is bought and sold in a
miniature madhouse about 69
feet long by 40 feet wide.
The institution is the New York
Coffee and Sugar Exchange, a 71-year-old
trading post housed In a
nine-story building hard by Man
hattan's Wall Street. What goes
on here will he the subject of a
federal investigation of coffee
prices ordered by President Eis
enhower.
Buyers and sellers all art as if
they had missed their morning
cup of java. They shout incompre
hensibilities, wave wildly and
glare menacingly at ticker tapes,
three wallfuls of blackboards, and
most of all, each other.
However, there's a method in
their madness. The object is to
buy cheap if you want coffee, and
to sell dear if you're trying to get
rid of it.
LANDSLIDE CRUSHES I HOUSES
MODKNA, Italy W A huge
ln... ninn linrlcllrln fn.-hnrt In.
ward more doomed rural homes
near here Friday after crushing
its eighth house in two davs. No-
bodv has been h-t '- h"w -
evcf
Friday, January 29
Waters
19 Feet
here this season, the crest in the
late fall rains reaching 18.5 feet.
In the upper Willamette, re
gions, the -river was starting to
recede, except at Albany .where
the crest is due by 10 p.m. tn
day, 21 feet, one foot above flood
stage there.
At Jefferson, the Santiam was
down to 15.5 Friday morning af
ter cresting at 17.4. Flood stage
there is 13 feet.
For the time being at lcast'the
"big storm" period has abated in
the valley regions. The five-day
forecast from the 'veathcr bureau
calls for recurring rains, avcrag.
ing from 1 to 2 inches, and for
above normal temperatures.
(Continued on Page 5, Col. 1)
Local Jobless
Show Increases
Last week's snow and ice caused
a sudden rise in Oregon's already
severe unemployment, the State
Unemployment Compensation Com
mission reported Friday.
The commission said it received
7,755 new claims for jobless pay
ments last week, in addition to
43,824 payments on claims that
had been filed previously.
The winter unemployment peak
usually is reached in late January
or early February.
However, last week's totals were
n't as bad as in the corresponding
week of 1950. when there were
10,938 new claims plus53,592pay
mcnts on prior claims. ,
Unemployment insurance pay
ments now are averaging about
$22.50 a week. Half of Oregon's i
675.000 workers are covered byial worn, ucscripuons oi tne ai
unemnlnvmpnt insurance. ! lacker also varied widely.
The commission said it is sending
staff members from Salem to the!
28 employment offices over the
state to help line up jobless persons
in temporary jobs.
New Method of
Blood Count
PORTLAND - A method of
calculating the number of white
corpuscles in the blood stream was
reported here Thursday as the
Western Society fpr Clinical Re
search opened a two-day meeting.
A paper by Dr. Edwin E. Os
good, head of the division of ex
perimental medicine at the Univer
sity of Oregon Medical School, said
that research showed that only
l-400th of the white corpuscles in
the body actually are in the blood
stream.
The white corpuscles, he said,
are not primarily blood cells but
in the blood stream only when en
route to other parts Ot the body.
He described them as a mobile
nrmv mnvinff tn riofend n:trt nf :
the body as needed.
The method of calnilaling the
'white corpuscles was developed by
' determining their life span hy
---win outside the body.
Price 5c
Eden Submits Big 4 Plans
for Germany's Unification
Transamerica
Sells 15 Banks
To 1st National
SAN FRANCISCO Wl - Sale by
Transamerica Corporation to the
First National Bank of Portland,
of 15 Oregon banks with 18 offices
substantially owned by Transamer
ica was announced Friday by F.
N. Belgrano, Jr., chairman of the
board and president of Transamer
ica. The 18 offices of these banks
will become branches of tte First
National in these Oregon towns
and cities: Carlton, Corvallis, Cot
tage Grove, Eugene, West Eugene,
Forest Grove, lcbanon, Monroe,
Ontario, Philomath, Portland,
Princville, Scio. Seaside, Silverton,
Springfield, Sweet Home and Yam
hill. Subject to Approval '
. The sale is subject to approval j
by the comptroller of the currency
Washington, D. C. and the
superintendent of banks of Oregon.
PORTLAND - C. B. Stephen
son, president of the First National
Bank of Portland, said Friday that
acquisition of 15 affiliated banks
was the biggest banking transac
tion in Oregon's history, involving
resources of over 140 million dol
lars. (Continued on Page S, CoL 4)
Sniper Dies in
Gas Chamber
SAN QUENTON. Calif. UI The
phantom sniper who terrorized
South Los Angeles for more than
a year, died in San Quentm pris
on's gas chamber Friday
Evan Charles Thomas, 30-year-old
railway switchman was exe
cuted for killing Mrv Nina Bice,
35. mother of three -children, rr
The sniper, who wrote a federal
judge "I'm in bad trouble and
I'm scared" in a last minute ap
peal for life, went into the death
cell calmly.
The pellets were dropped at
10:04 a.m., filling the chamber!
wiui leuiai gas. aim i numas was
pronounced dead at 10:12.
uiuuias lesiiiiuu ai ins inai inai
he obtained sexual satisfaction
from shooting at women with a
small caliber rifle.
He was accused of assault with
a deadly weapon on seven people,
including a 10-ycar-old girl, during
the year of night time terror. Mrs.
Bice was shot and killed as she
sat drinking coffee at an outdoor
hot dog stand Aug. 29, 1952. .
Thomas confessed to being the
phantom sniper after he was ar
rested lor snooting Airs, joan
Frances Hilcs, 22.
Montreal Fears
Razor Slasher
MONTREAL Two more wom
en were attacked last night in a
series of razor-slashing incidents
that have given Canada's biggest
city the jitters.
In the past week, 13 women have
been injured. One required 21
stitches. Most of the wounds were
minor, however chiefly cuts on the
leg.
Last night's attacks were at op
posite ends of the city, at close
to the same time. Police speculated
there might be two razor wieldcrs
Fear spread through the city of
a million persons. Several schools
closed early so children could be
; home before dusk rush hour,
Po-
lish got 2,000 phone calls during
a three-hour period Inst night from
persons who thought they had seen
the slasher.
Says Alaska Can Make
Success of Statehood
WASHINGTON W Alaska's when It had developed an economic
Gov. B. Frank Hcintzlcman be- base sufficient to support itself as
licves the territory could make a a state.
financial success of statehood now. More recently, he announced he
The governor's views, expressed fjvored sending an Alaska bill to
at a closed door session of the'" JSc"atc.1floor. 'or dlsc,US5,on
Senate Territories Subcorv HtccAsked directly whether he favored
Wednesday, were obtaine-l from j statehood now however ; be replied
sources who asked that Iheir : 'J depended upon the bill re
names not be disclosed. lnc Senate committee.
Hcintzlcman himself has de- j
clined in interviews with pewsinen
" "l,Y,M .nnnr1 slnlehoml1
i, ,..' ,. " i
I Appearing before the Semite
I committee last year in connetuon
with hl" nomination lob governor
of Alaska, he said In essrnc that
lhc favored statehood for Alaska
21GlsStop
At Kaeson on
Way North
PANMUNJOM, Korea (IP)
Twenty-one American friends of
the Communists found a new
home in Ka.;song today, and res
idents stared at them with cur
iosity as they strolled through
the dusty streets of the little
North Korean town. .
Some of them probably had
hangovers, as they were guests
of honor at a big welcoming
party last night around a botfrd
graced with Chinese foods and
several kinds of wines and liq
uors, ,
One of the Americans, who
was not identified by a Commun
ist source, rose at the height of
the eclehration to thank the Reds
for winning them away from Am
erica so they could "fight for
peace."
There was no indication when
the Americans who renounced
their home and country would
leave tor the North Korean cap.
ital of Pyongyang.
Substitute for
Brkker's Bill
WASHINGTON OPI Senate
Republican Leader William F.
Knowland said today "substan
tial progress" has been made on
a Republican-Democratic substi
tute for the proposed Bricker
treaty curbing constitutional
amendment.
Knowland said it would be
finished during the day. He
hoped the bipartisan proposal
would muster the two-thirds
senate vote needed for a pro
posed constitutional amendment
The Calif ornlan said the sub
stitute will have "substantial bi
partisan support." Bat he would
t not say whether it would be ac
ceptable to Sen. John W. Bricker
(R o.) or nis packers.
Knowland would not predict
whether the substitute will
adopted by the Senate. But he
said he is "more convinced than
, ,h, th ;nni will nasi
tome form of constitutional
amendmcnt.
Tito Declares
Independence
BELGRADE. Yugoslavia m-
Presidcnt Tiln declared today
Yugoslavia will pursue an inde
pendent path in foreign policy re
gardless of friendly moves on the
part of the Soviet Union and its'
satellites in the past year.
. He referred to what he termed
"some malicious guessing" in the
West lhat Yugoslavia might return
to the Soviet camp despite the
break with the Cominform in 1948.
He called such allegations "false."
Tito, who will be re-elected pres
ident of the nation today or tomor
row, voiced his views in an (W.ono
word state of the nation address
to Parliament in which he dis
cussed the country's domestic and
foreign problems.
"I think our future foreign pol
icy should be conducted on the
same basis as It has been in re
cent years, because it produced
useful results in preserving our in
dependence. Integrity and in defy
ing an economic DiocKaoe, ne
said.
Pim.l.IPPIN'ES SEEK
MOKE DAMAGES
MA1.NLA The Philippine
Senate Thursday unanimously ap-
proved a resolution asking the
U.S. Congress for "at least 100
million dollars for additional war
damage payments."
lieuanie sources, nowever, niui
cated the governor was much more
direct in his testimony to the sub-
committee.
One source described his state
ments as "quite contradictory' to
lhosc mMe asl ywr Bt the time
0f his noir.nciinn.
"You can s,iy the governor made
a ,Vi;n'.s fnr statehood. " Ihe
Conclusion of
Peace Treaty
Also Sought
BERLIN m British Foreign
Secretary Anthony Eden sub- '
mitted to the Big Four conference
Friday a five-stage plan for the
unification of Germany "and the
conclusion of a freely negotiated
peace treaty." '
His plan understood to have
the full support of France and
the United States specified that
"free and secret elections should
be held throughout Germany, in
cluding Berlin, at the earliest pos
sible date." '
Safeguards "to assure political V
freedom before, alter and during
the elections" would be provided.
5 Stages Outlined
The five stages as outlined by
Eden are: '
"1. Free elections throughout -Germany.
; -,-
"2. The convocation of na
tional assembly resulting . from
those elections. . -..
"3. The drafting of a constitu
tion and the preparation of peace
treaty negotiations...
"4. The adoption of the consti
tution and the formation of an all
German government responsible
for the negotiations of the peace
treaty. i
"5. The signature and entry in
to force of Uie peace treaty."
Disarming Up to UN
The proposal by Eden brought
the foreign ministers back to the
German question as the Western
powers planned, alter a series of
diversionary moves by Russia s
V, M. Molotov on Asiatic, prob
lems, world disarmament and a
place lor Red China in global
councils. ,
(Continued on Page 5, Col. 4)
Bayar Cautious
01 Mew Fires
f WASHINGTON (t President
Bayar of Turkey cautioned . Con-
gress Friday that "ntw fires may
be DruaK out" in - tne world end
named the United Nations and the
North Atlantic Treaty Organiza
tion as the best defenses against
them.
in his brief address before a
special joint meeting of the two
houses. Bayar pointed out that
Turkey has also sought "to fill in .'
the gaps. . . in the peace front"
by signing the tripartite Balkan
pact with Greece and Yugoslavia.
When an unjust aggression,
kindled by the false belief that I he
United Nations would neither act
nor intervene, occurred in Korea,
Turkey did not hesitate for a sin
gle moment to join those countries
hich showed the fortitude to send
their sons to faraway battlefields."
He expressed the hope that
peace would come to the Far
East, but even "should peace be
signed," he said, the Unjted Na
tions resolution on Korea should
remain in force.
UN to Reject
India's Proposal
UNITED NATIONSN. Y, W
India faced almost certain failure
Friday in 'her request that the
U. N. General Assembly meet
again soon to debate Korean prob
lems. A widespread view was that
such a session would only dupli
cate the talks now on in Berlin
and Pcnmunjom.
This was the last day for the 80
member nations to say whether
they were for or against reconven
ing the Assembly Feb. . Only 19
ol the needed majority of 31 had
approved the idea including India
and Ihe Soviet bloc. Sixteen had
turned it down including Ihe Unit
ed States and nine of her IS Ko
rean War allies.
Further replies before the dead
linemidnight Friday were not
expected to produce Ihe favorable
majority needed to start the As
sembly on the date proposed by
Mrs. Vijnya Lakshmi Pandit, the
Indian Assembly president. But al
ready there was talk of an Asscm
bly meeting in April if a Kore
peace conference is no neare'
io, Marib
On Trip to Japar
SAN FRANCISCO (Pt .j
DiMaggio and his bride, actress
Marilyn Monroe, were to leave
with baseball manager Lefty O'
Doul today on a trip to Hawaii
and Japan.
The airline said it did not
know the party's Hirers but
O'Dnnl had announced cv-.rc he
would fly to Tokn n help ccen
I the 1954 Japanese bistbi.:! Se
! son.
O'Ooul Is former manager cf ,
j the San Francisci SeM end nn'
, head of the S?n Dirjr. ?r.dre