Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 17, 1954)
Gaoital CLOUDY WITH a few showers to. night, Thursday. Slightly cooler, tow tonight, 36; high Thursday, 46 FINAL EDITION Supreme Court Divided Into 2 Departments Return to Old Plan Made to Break Back Log of Appeal Cases By JAMES U. OLSON Creation of two departments in the 'state supreme court, a nlan that was in vogue prior to 1942, was announced Wednesday by Chief Justice Earl C. Latou'rctte, the plan to become effective im mediately. Departmentalization of the court, the chief justice said, was made in order to expedite the hearing and decision on eases to meet the ever increasing number of appeals filed. Justices Assigned Department No. 1 will consist of Associate Justices Harold J. Warner, George Rossman and William C. Perry. Department No. 2 will consist of Associate Jus tices Hall S. Lusk, James T.. Brand and Walter L. Tooze. Chief Justice Latourette will preside in both departments. In his anouncemcnt he said that he can order any case heard by the entire court sitting in banc, if he deems it necessary. Under the new plan three jus tices must concur to render a valid decision. (Continued on Page 5, CoL 4) -J Riots Renewed Calcutta, India NEW DELHI;' India (API-Violence broke out again Wednesday in the riot-battered city of Calcut ta, heavily patrolled by soldiers and police after Communist-led demonstrations nearly wrecked the downtown area. Reports reaching New Delhi said police opened fire on rioters for the second straight day. There were no details of casualties. The trouble reportedly began when a crowd attempted to hold a meeting in a city square despite a police ban on gatherings, of more titan four people. When police- intervened, they were pelted with home-made fireworks. Previous reports said soldiers with ready arms were patrolling the stone-littered streets of Cal cutta to bar any resumption of Tuesday's rioting, which resulted in three dead and BO wounded. Wind and Rain Strike Valley New rain storms, accompanied by some wind, came in on the valley early Wednesday, but they were mild. The coast areas were buffeted by more severe storms than the interior regions. In Salem, .38 of an inch of rain was measured here in the 24-hour period ending at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. Forecast is for more showers tonight and Thursday. Cooler temperatures arc due and the weather bureau at Port land said in some areas the cool er temperatures may cause some snow mixed with, rain tonight. New snow was listed in the high mountains. Timherlinc lodge listing a foot of new snow. The highway department is ad vising motorists to take chains for many of the mountain pass regions. Court Probes Added Cost At the request of the county court, the county's engineering department will investigate the 10 per cent charge added to the cost of improving county roads under the Bancroft act. The law stales that the 10 per rent shall be added to cover en gineering costs where the county authorizes i m p r o v cmrnts. A breakdown of the engineering charge has not been made in a number of years and the court fceks to determine whether the amount actually covers the cost to the engineering department or whether it is excessive. In case it is determined that the 10 per cent more than covers necessary expenditures, it may be that the county will assume additional maintenance after a given road is completed. However, it was pointed out during the discussion Monday that the county loses its en gineering expenses in these cases where property owners d'-cide not to improve after a survey has been mp.de and after esti mated costs of the improvement have been submitted. There is no way to recover such expenditures. 66th Squeeze Play On Korea by Reds in Bia 4 Details Secret but Bidault Forced to Consult Paris BERLIN Wl A new Soviet squeeze play on Korea and the Indochina War developed in the Big Four Berlin conference Wednesday. It compelled French Foreign Minister Bidault to ask his Paris government for new instruc tions. The nature of the new Russia move was not disclosed. It occur red in the fifth secret meeting of the foreign ministers at the Soviet Embassy Wednesday morning. Bidault, "very perturbed" when the meeting broke up, asked his government for guidance, an offi cial source disclosed. The Big Four were conferring in secret primarily about Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov s resolution for a big five parley, including Red China. West's Objection The West has refused to admit the Peiping government as a great power in such talks but concedes it should sit around the same ta ble as other powers when specific Asiatic subjects come up. The aim of the West was to get Molotov to use his influence to re view the stalled Korean peace talks first of all. The principal goal of the French, however, is to do something about ending the Indochinese War. sentcd to interceding in Indochina I in exchange for full recognition for Poiping, Bidault may have ! been put in an extremely difficult position. (Continued on Page 5, Col. 3) Reds Holding 1 01 Americans WASHINGTON (UP)-The Uni ted States has formally accused Communist China of holding 101 Americans against their will and has demanded their release, offi cials said yesterday. T This -country has made a ni.n her of diplomatic representations to Red China protesting the deten tion of Americans on the Chinese mainland. Officials declined to say exactly when the latest protest was filed. Most of the Americans are mis sionaries, students or businessmen who were caught in China when the Communists overran the coun try. Three of the Americans were seized last March while sailing a yacht off Hong Kong. They are Richard Applegate, Na tional Broadcasting Co. corre spondent and former United Press reporter: Dox Nixon, International News Srvic corrspondeecent : and Ben Krasncr, merchant marine captain. Reds Nail Lid On Germany BERLIN (UP)-Soviet Foreign Minister Vyachcslav M. Molotov today nailed the lid on the coffin of Germany's hopes for unification in a speech to the Foreign Minis ter's Conference demanding unifi cation only on Moscow's terms. Molotov also reiterated his un acceptable proposal for a Kremlin dominated 32-nation security pact. The only glimmer of hope for the expiring conference was a re port that East and West were inching closer to agreement on a Far Eastern conference, includ ing Red China, to discuss Korean and Indo-Chinese issues. Molotov made clear Russi's un yielding position on Germany and European security in the opening address to today's next to last plenary session. Thieves Crash Window, Take Costly Watches By DAVE A block of cement wrapped in a newspaper was tossed through the front window of the Jackson Jew elers. 225 North Liberty street, sometime Wednesday morning between 4 and 8:15. and over $500 worth of men's watches were taken. Mark Brooton, an employe of the United Repair company, lo cated at 235 North Liberty street, noticed the broken window at 8:15 as he was passing the store. He reported the burglary to the po lice. In the meantime, police are checking local hotels and possible uspeets in an effort to find the thief. According to police authori ties, no clues have yet been un covered. Jackson said the thief broke the window, then reached inside nd Year, No. 40 Vu"r"t Diesel Pulled From Channel MAUPIN, Ore. Ifl Huge trac tors, their strength increased by an arrangement of pulleys, pulled a 125-ton Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railroad diesel engine into a shallow stretch of the Deschutes River Tucsda'- Then a 2-inch steel cable snapped anu" work was halted temporarily. The cab still was not out of water to make it possible to deter mine whether the bodies of the en gineer and firemen were there. The engine plunged into the swift stream the night of Jan. 31 when it hit a slide after rounding a curve. The two crewmen went down with the engine. . The current is so swift it was not possible to send down a diver to attempt recovery of the bodies. Probe Labor's Welfare Funds WASHINGTON UP An investi gation of labor union welfare funds, with an especial eye to any "racketeering, extortion, graft, kickbacks or gross mismanage ment," was ordered Wednesday by the House Labor Committee. Ill a CIUSL'U UUUI imrtHMIK. irn: CUIllIllllll't.' Ul UV..-U ttciuuii ui ail .-..kr.I,mmlttr,r, n A A w rhnirmnn Mrfonnell IR-Pal to ! make the study. The vote was re- 19j-- ported to be 23-3. I The plan was approved as part In a special la')or message to j of a general revision of tax laws. Congress earlier this year. Presi- Presumably it would boost the to dent Eisenhower asked lor such tal annual tax reductions under legislation as might he necessary i the program from about two bil to "protect and conserve" union i lion dollars, as estimated by the trust funds. j Treasury, to about $2,300,000,000. The committee aJopted a reso-! lution by Hep. Lucas ip-Tox' to create a special investigating sub committee of lour Republicans and four Democrats. Heavy Run of Smelt In Cowlitz River vn cn v,es MTPVnirtiim. I ers hoped todav' that Kelso had regained its title of 'Smelt Capi- j tal of the W-rld " The sheriff office reported ! hcaw traffic cor.gcstior. along i the Cowlitz river on county roads where both commercial and sports fishcrme:- gathered to dip-' net the latest i,:n of the silvery fish heading f i 'pawning beds off the Columbia river. Authorities said hundreds of pounds of the melt were being I taken n a heivy rim described as being bette- than any in re cent years. Main fishing grounds was at Rocky Point, two miles north of here. CROMWELL . selected the jewelry that he want ed. Although there was a variety of -watches and other types of jew elry oi display in the window, the burglar only took men s wrist ! watches. The jewelry store owner estimated that about six or eight watches were taken. The watches, all believed to be Omegas, have round faces and have either stainless steel or gold cases. Those having gold cases will have light tan straps, and those wilh stainless steel cases have grey strap. One of the watch es has a gold rase with a dark bron alligator band. Police authorities request that local citizens k?cp their eyes open for watches of these descriptions, and report to police if Ihry should notice any such watches being sold or pawned. Salem, Oregon, Wednesday, February 17, DESERT WHITE HOUSE Smoke Tree Ranch, above. Palm Springs, Calif., residence of Paul Helms of Los Angeles, will become the desert White House following the arrival of President and Mrs. Eisenhower Feb. 17. Snowcapped San Jacinto Mountains in background. (AP Wircphoto) Roosevelt Alimony Testimony Completed PASADENA, Calif. Wi Mrs. James Roosevelt's demand for $3,500 a month temporary support was taken under submission by a Superior Court judge Wednesday after her lawyer told the court : " 'Basically we have shown that OK Tax Cuts For the Retired WASHINGTON Wi The House Ways and Means Committee Wednesday approved tax cuts for m i 1 1 i o ns of retired workers, amounting to about 3O0 million dollars a year. The committee adopted a pro vision by Hep. Mason IR-Ill) ex empting Hie first $1,200 of annual retirement income from personal income taxes. The exemption would apply to oil Ivnnc nf infnnio whrtllipr frniTI Mnc nnc riil-iHnrtc rpnls nnnill. ! ties, or other investments. And it would apply regardless of age to all retired workers, even tnose oc- g- It would take effect with the 1954 'a "hith (alls duc in carl' Refuse to Delay I-H Labor Bill WASHINGTON W The House Labor Committee overwhelmingly dclcatcd an attempt Wednesday to sneivc amenoments 10 me lon Hartley labor law at this session of Congress. ,,.. B5' a volc reported as 18-10. it rejeti the motion by Rep Bailey .B-W VaLtn, sidetrack further ac t'on on Taft-Hartley changes this 'ear .. ,, ,, At ,hp sa limc- th' commiltec : closed door drafting of amend i ments. 1 Wednesday's committee action. taken in closed session, was sup ported by all Republican members and three Democrats. Wright Heads NATO Navy WASHINGTON 'IPl The White House today announced the appointment of Adm Jerauld Wright to replace Adm. Lynde D. McCnrmick as the top naval offi cer for the North Atlantic Treaty Organizalion. The appointment of the Ameri can admiral to be supreme allied commander, Atlantic, actually was ma(je bv the North Atlantic Coun cil meeting in Paris on the nom ination of the President. Mr. Eisenhower also announced that he would nominate Wright to be commander-in-chief of the U.S Atlantic Fleet and of the U.S. At lantic Command. Wright will relieve McCormiek April 12. McCnrmick, 58, was appoined NATO n;ivnl rommandr Jan. 30. t!t",2. after conferences here be- twet-n lorniet rrcsident I ruman and ISnlish Prime Minister Wins-! Son Churchill Churchill had been insisling on selection of a British nlficer for the naval command but agreed to accept an American. -aw .. in any of his testimony. And that his nature is so devious that he would stoop to making false state ments for the purpose of conceal ing his assets." He declared in reference to a $100,000 loan Jimmy got from his mother, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt: "Vve know there is some secret agreement between Mr. Roosevelt and his mother, but we do not know the terms thereof." Roosevelt's lawyer told the judge: "If there is any more income. we want it to be a matter of record right now that the plaintiff (Mrs. I Romelle Roosevelt) and the child ren can have it." James' wife asks $3,500 a month support for herself and their three children pending trial of the cou ple's 'Separate maintenance suits, in which she accuses him of com mitting adultery with 12 women. Superior Judge Kurtz Knuffman told a reporter he will announce his decision in a few days. He said it will be based on Roosevelt's lu iu aa siiumii uy ilia 111- I come and disbursements over the j Pa "vc or six years. Roosevelt contends he is $72,- 185.15 in the red and cannot meet his wife's support demands. Red Riots Flare In Turin, Italy ROME 1.4 Communist-led strike 1.4 Communist-led strike violence, part of concerted Red ; campaign against Premier Mario 1 hcolba s shaky new government, ; when thousands of Japanese at flared Wednesday in Turin. Riot j templed to enter the grounds of police squelched the outburst in a the imperial palace to wish the series of clashes. emperor good health for the corn Members of the Communist led . ing year. General Confederation of Labor (CGni touched off a mclcc in the northern industrial city when Ihcy attempted to stop streetcars opcr- j ating despite a 24-hour general strike call. I They smashed windows in about j 15 street cars and injured three motormen slightly. Police arrested i 20 of the rioters during a club-1 swinging fight. j Officials estimated that about a third of Turin's 450 street cars con-; tinned to operate. : The ("GIL. Italy's biggest union.) is conducting an area - by area strike campaign with the twin j aims of increasing workers pay and ousting Scelba. an old foe of Communism who presents his pro gram for national stability Thurs day for Parliament's approval. Fringe Benefits Bring Strikes PORTLAND I Wages, health and weilare benefits and vacation pay were in dispute at Ihrcc struck Portland plants Wednesday The Schmilt Sled Co. had two disputes which closed it Tuesday, nnilnrmnkpr. tlnirk over wnccs and iron workers over a health and i wn.arepwn. The Poo c, McGoniglc and DicK'wiur unu 11.. ic.:i u, , , ,.. ....... steel plant was closed, also be- of the Pacific Ocean. ......' ,iic...,mm n h:,nh! Rci. Cole ' It-NY', chairman oi and welfare benefits. i Uic Senatc llousc Atomic Energy The Portland Casket Co. was Committee, gave details never be closed by a grievance strike, work- j fore discussed publicly of a l!b2 ers demanding that a discharged thermonuclear test in the Marsh employe be given accrued vaca-lall Islands. President Eisenhower li(m p;iv jhas termed that test a, first step ' in the nation's hydrogen program l.l'CKY IHSCOVKIIY I.ONCiVIKW, Tex. -Two hoys i nlnvini' under the Henry Vann I ! residence here um .irineil In sticks nf dynamite and almut 2(K) feci nf fuse yesterday Vann said he was surprised. Police said they were too because Uhc house hadn't been blown up. 1954 Ike Asks Power to Share Atomic Use with Allies Ike to Ad if Necessary to Check a Slump WASHINGTON - President Eisenhower said Wednesday March ought to be the key month in showing what is ahead for the country economically. Unemployment normally drops in March, the President told a news conference, and if It doesn't next month he will take it as a very definite warning of real eco nomic trouble. Eisenhower said that if a real recession should develop, he will not hesitate to take every step at the government's command to check it. The President met with report ers just before driving to the air port to take off for a five-day vacation in Palm Springs, Calif. Butter Price Cut On other matters Eisenhower said : 1. Secretary of Agriculture Ben son's cut in the support price of butter had his approval and is a long considered step aimed at get- ling butter back on the American dinner table. s 2. This enuntrv is in nn wnv supporting colonialism through its aj(j t0 lhc forces f jgiuing commu- nism in Indochina. 3. He sees no possibility the ad' ministration's investigation of cof fee price rises will affect relations with South America. Brazilians, Eisenhower said, arc as much up set as anybody over the situation. 4. His proposal to join with Rus sia and other countries in a peace time atom pool is still alive and he expects further talks with the Russians Commend 61s For Panic Aid TOKYO m Ten U. S. service men Wednesday were toasted with champagne by Takeru Inukai. Ja panese minister of justice, for their heroic assistance to police when thousands of Japanese stampeded toward a narrow palace gate Jan. 2. Seventeen persons were killed and 65 were injured. The 10 Marines, airmen and sol diers were given certificates of commendation and miniature gold statues commemorating the affair. Two additional American service men were honored in absentia, they having returned to the United Stales. The 10 present included: Pfc. Julian R. Hood, Klamath Fulls, Ore. Fulls, Ore. The American servicemen were j at the scene of a human stampede j Chinese Shoot 2 US Planes Dovn LONDON i.fi Peiping Radio said Wednesday Chinese Commu nist troops shot down "two Amcri-can-buill aircraft" earlier this month in the coastal province of Chekiang south of Shanghai. The broadcast, heard here, said the incidents occurred on Feb. 1 and Feb. . One plane crashed in the sea off the city of Yuhwan. The other, with the marking 267, crashed on land "its pilot being killed," the broadcast said. Details Given of Power Of Hydrogen Weapons CHICAGO W A congressional atomic specialist nimcil wennes- .day tne unuen Mates may nave hvnro"cn weapons even more pn- tent than a device that nearly 18 ninnih ni-o tore a hole a mi o - " - - - ; . ,, Cole said in a speech prepared (or a joint luncheon of the 38th j annual National Sand and Gravel; Assn. convention and tire 2Uh an-1 nnal National Heady Mixed Con crete Assn. convention: "That thermonuclear test nf 10.'i2 completely obliterated the test is land in the Eniwclok Atoll. U. S. Army to Guard Indians From Attack SEOUL M Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor Wednesday warned South Korea that his 8th Army will pro tect Indian troops from any attack. The warning came even as ROK Foreign Minister Pyun Yung Tai renewed a pledge of safe passage for Indians heading home from the neutral zone. Lt. Gen. Won Yung Duk, provost marshal, warned Tuesday that In dian troops "will not leave here" unless the ROK government re ceived positive guarantees of en route to India. lie indicated Wednesday that he has not withdrawn the warning. Tavlor told ROK Defense Minis ter Sohn Won 11 that the 8th Army intends to carry out as sched uled" the movement of Indian troops from the Panmunjom neu tral area where they board trans ports for home. Butter Price Cut Attacked WASHINGTON UI Sen. Aiken (R-Vti said Wednesday some Dem ocratic senators are playing poli ties with the decision of Secretary of Agriculture Benson to lower government butter price supports on April 1. "Apparently some of my Demo cratic colleagues arc running scared the way they get up and froth at the mouth," Aiken said in an interview. He is chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee. Half a dozen Democratic sen ators, headed by Sen. Humphrey (Minn), used the butter price re duction as a basis for slashing at tacks in the . Senate Tuesday on Benson and farm proposals of President Eiscnhowor. Benson announced Monday that the government price support would drop from about 66 to 58 cen of par ty to 75 per cent. . a j-.i a . i in.t- u.uUiu ulSifc,r '"fc;"- sponsored conference on highway farmers a fair return in relation safe(y Wcdnesday that the pron to he prices they must pay. lcm of 50aring traffjc fata55liCfJ Humphrey told the Senate this can he mlvot, hv ..mhi,:,ino would be a "death blow" to the dairy industry Price Supports Denied Potatoes WASHINGTON W - The Agri culture Department announced Wednesday that it will provide nojscc( 0 prevent war." Eisenhower j price support aiu lo potatoes ai 11118 alllioiign new icgiM.mon " "iimiu uuiri. Sonic grower groups had asked for aid. contending a large supply has greatly depressed prices. Recently enacted legislation au thorized the use of funds from tariff receipts to help divert price depressing surpluses from mar kets. Usually, surplus commodities bought with such funds arc donated to the school lunch program or pub lic institutions. However, any marketing aid that might come from use of Section 32 (Inrilfi funds at this time would be a case of "too little and too I late." ' The department said growers 1 should adjust their plantings to bring supplies into balance with demand and avoid depressed prices. POPF. IMPROVING VATICAN CITY (UP) The condition of Pope Pius XII has improved so much that he can work in the study adjoining his bedroom, Vatican informants said today. "It lore a cavity in the floor oi ine ocean a craicr inci-sui ihk - a ,u, umvm .n-. . ... icci m mpm .ui j "Within. . could nlacc . V lift a! nir-l i trite Inn i ,' , ,:. itn ... . , ; If Urn blast had been touched i off in a modern city. Cole said. the resultant heat and blast would have completely devastated an area three miles In all directions from the point of explosion. In all, he said, the 1U.12 blast would have blanketed nn area of 300 square miles. Hut this test was held almost a year anl a half ni;o, Cole said, and he added: 'Security keeps me from com- mrnlme on where our nynrngen weapons program no stands, and from outlining the directions In which It is. now moving. But I can assure you that it Is moving." Says Industry Should Share Development WASHINGTON ui President Eisenhower asked Congress Wednesday for authoritv to share limited Information on battlefield use of atomic weaDons with friend. ly nations. In a special message, the Pres ident also asked for the right to snare peacetime atomic power production information with this country's allies and to gjve Amer- iiu pitvciiu muuMiy u greater share in the development of nu clear power. Eisenhower said these steps would have the effect of "strengh tcning the defense and the econ omy of the United States and of the free world." ' The President said the onward rush of atomic developments has outmoded the 1946 atomic energy act which mistakenly assumed the United States could maintain a monopoly in atomic weapons for an appreciable time. Power of Nuclear Weapon Counterbalancing the loss of monopoly, he said is the dcveloti- ment of a wide variety of atomic weapons which have "achieved conventional status" in the armed forces. ' . He added: "T h e thermonuclear weanons eight years ago today dwarfs in destructive power all atomic weap ons. The practicability of con structing a submarine with atomic propulsion was questionable in 1946; three weeks ago the launch ing of the U.S.S. Nautilus made it certain that the use of atomic energy for ship propulsion will un- timatciy become widespread. (Continued on Page 6, Col. 3) Ike Deplores Traffic Deaths p.A5HWCS l,hMent I k'senhower told a White House- sufficient n.ihlie nnininn ' In an informal address to the 3,000 delegates attending the con ference, the President said last year's toll of 38,000 traffic deaths has made traffic safety "a nation al problem of first importance." He called it "shocking" that in 50 years the automobile has killed more Americin Ih.'in nil th mi,n. try's wars since the founding of i the nation. j "e i,ave organizations that continued, "but we live every dav with this problem that costs us so many lives and so much grief and suffering. . . . "It is one of those problems for which there is no easy solution. It is not just a question of more policemen, more traffic lights or . more roads. "It is a many-sided problem, but it is one to whose solution every citizen can contribute." Grange Master Raps New Deal SPOKANE P The master of the National Grange said Wed nesday much of today's farm problem stems from "the short sightedness and isolationism of the American government in the last 25 years." "lt is going to b- a long hard row, gentlemen, to relieve our selves of our own darn foolish ness," Ilers-hel D. Newsom told the Northwest Farm Advisory Council. Newsom said repeal of Ameri ca's antidumping and anti-barter uiws is needed before the United States can find free world mark.t for its farm prod ucts. He said the Department of State shruld be "whittled down to size" as a step in developing foreign trade for agriculture, and that foreign representatives nf Amr.rir.ar arfrtrillllirA should not ;bc state department employees. ' MAOSAYSAY CONFERS WITH MILITARY MANILA tffi President Ramon Magsaysny conferred with top mili tary leaders in the field Wednes day near the silo of negotiations aimed at settling the 7-year-old civil war with Communist-led Huk oullnws. Weather Details Mimtttn TfUrUT, Ml tnlntmim t 4r, II. TrtUI -M-hAiir prrrlplUtlnn; for mnnlh: 4.Ut nrm1, .'!(. Hrnnn firtrlpitxllnn. M.lAi nurtnat. T1..T!. m?r hHihi. ft.9 tcrt. (Rfport by V.. Weather nartfta.)