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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 24, 1954)
I THE WEATHER PARTLY CLOUDY tonight with cca.ional rain Thursday marn I n l . Partly cloudy, scattered showers Thursday afternoon. Con. tinurd mild. Low tonight, 42; high Thursday, 55. Boilermakers Lose in Long Court Fight Supreme Court Up holds International Against Local No. 72 The prolonged fight between boilermnkcrs locals in the Portland-Vancouver areas against the AFL International Brotherhood of Boilermakers was ended tyed- nesuay Dy me state supreme court, when it affirmed an opin ion by Circuit Judge James W. Crawford, Multnomah county, up holding the International. Suit was brought in Multno mah county by the Boilermakers Local 401 of Vancouver, Wash., but the supreme court in an opinion written by Justice James T. Brand, charged the Portland Local No. 72 as being "the moving spirit" behind that suit. Judge Crawford had dismissed the suit as beyond the jurisdiction of his court, and in upholding this ruling, the court said: Questions Local Activity "WJe are convinced that Local No. 72 is the moving spirit in this case which represents one more chapter in the long history (Continued on Page 5, Col. 4) Council Will Meet Monday A special meeting of the City Council will be called for next Monday night to discuss several matters included in the 10-year plan being revised by City Man ager J. L. Franzen. It is proposed to put several finance measures on the ballot in May. Just what they will be and how much of a total financial out lay they should call for will be talked about at the Monday night meeting. Included will be City Water De partment jlans over the long range, bearing on supply facili ties from Stayton Island to Turner and from Turner to Salem. Also extensions will be needed in the Salem water grid. , Engineering and fire depart ment plans will be discussed. The city is hoping to get a belter in surance rating of 3 to replace the present 4 classification and is ne gotiating with the Board of Fire Underwriters to find out if re duced insurance rates can be ex pected in the ' Salem residential districts. An advance from 5 to 4 a year or so ago brought some rate reduction in the downtown area. A fire alarm system is among fire department plans. The Monday night meeting is ! expected to mane progress toward determining what special mens - ores lo proauce revenue aoove me j 6 per cent- limitation should be put on the May ballot. Wet and Cloudy In Middle West iBr The Asioclited Pr( Wet and cloudy weather was the outlook for Midwest and Eastern, areas Wednesday but generally:, ' ' clear skies prevailed in most oth mnct nth ' rr parts of the country. Thc rain belt which extended from the Great Lakes southward through the Mississippi Valley Tuesday moved eastward and Wednesday extended along the Western Allcghcnies and Eastern Great Lakes region. Snow fell in the Northern Mid west areas, with falls of more than one inch in Michigan and ia.,.i... ...,,.. uMun in... , were reported in Northern Mmne I while ligh rain continued over Tllcker said the osserlej em Western Washington and North- ho7iomnt invnvipH Biirnertiv eastern Oregon, Fair to partly cloudy weather was reported in olher sections of the country. Winds diminished in the Southwest alter Tuesday's dust storms. Showers Back in Weather Picture The weather powers thai be were crossed up a mite in their forecasting Tuesday, with result some light rain was hack in the picture Wednesday. Cloudy skies and occasional rain are due to continue through Thursday, too, in the valley, although tempera tures will continue mild. February is well ahead on its supply of precipitation, however. 5.80 inches being measured to date against i normal of 4.53 inches. Weather Details Mitlmfn vrtlrrda. All mlnlmm t. fa. IV Tll M-hMr vfrrlpllallnn: lrrfi fur mnli: l.: mrml. I M. rann firrHpltittftn. V;.I: nirmal. HI. Hlfr hflthl. 11 lilt, (Rfpnrl by I'.R, Wrslhtr nwrtta.l 66th Jos. Roosevelt Must Pay to Wife Alimony $1625 a Month In stead of $3500 Asked Goes to Romelle PASADENA, Calif, itf James Roosevelt, pictured by his es tranged wife, Romelle. as a phil anderer and juggler of finances, was ordered Wednesday to pay her $1,625 a month temporary support. She had asked $3,500. He had said his income is only about $2,200. The sum is to support her and their three young children pend ing trial of their separate main tenance suits. In hers, Mrs. Roose velt accused her husband of multi ple adultery. Roosevelt has charged mental cruelty. Superior Judge Kurtz Kauffman also ordered the eldest son of the late President Franklin D. Roose velt to pay $3,500 on account for attorney's fees and $850 court costs. $850 for His Wife The judge, in a ruling from the bench, said that $850 a month is for the wife's support and there is $150 additional a month for each child. Roosevelt also was ordered to continue paying the children's school tuition which amounts to $135 a month. The court ordered Roosevelt to continue making $190 a month pay ments on the estranged couple's Pasadena home where the wife re sides with the children. These sums total $1,625 a month. (Continued on Page 5, Col. 5) Ike lo Support Tax Cuts Later WASHINGTON W A high Re publican source said Wednesday the Eisenhower administration' probably would go along later in this congressional session with some further individual income tax cuts. But GOP congressional leaders threw no light on this prospect as they came out of a m hour con ference with the. .President at the White House. i House Speaker Marlin said the subject of taxes did not come up in the conference. He told news men he knew of nothing in the j works at this time beyond plans j to consider in the next few weeks : a general tax revision bill, and a bill dealing with corporation and excise tax cuts now due to take i effect April 1. j A well informed Republican, however, said pressure is building up for individual income tax cuts and he expects the administration probably will go along ultimately with some reductions. The cuts could be made retroactive to the first ot the year, he added. Arrest Solves $260,000 Theft REDWOOD CITY. Calif, im - Lt. II. E. Tucker of the Oregon Slate Police Wednesday disclosed the alleged embezzlement of $260,000 I from Oregon hanks with the arrest Oil ICS llldll.lKII 111 MIL' DdllVV L.UIU- : her Co. of Eugene. Tucker said he and Sgt. Holly Holcomb took Bailey into custody in his apartment at nearby Bur-. linggamc on a warrant charging grand theft and forgery. Bail was set as $25,000. j Tucker said five other officers; of the lumber company were fugi tives from justice. "We have men out all over Ihci country making pickups today.'' he (!(( newsmen, directions " I hey w ent in ail I forged invoices and false bills of lading which had "been going on lor several months. He declined further details. 14 City Jail Prisoners Halted in Escape Effort By DAVE CROMWELL Fourteen prisoners being held ' shift blackjack shaped from a in the county section of the city Heather thong bounii around two jail came near escaping Tuesday night through a hoie they were digging in the wall of the 15-man dormitory cell on the second floor of the city hall. Police discovered the hole at about 9 p.m.' and immediately transferred thc prisoners from the dormitory cell to thc drunk tank on the first floor o( the jail. The prisoners were immediate ly tnsked when the diggings were : discovered, hut nothing was dis covered on their persons. Within the cell, however, were found a pair of gloves, two sec tions of heavy wire, and spoon handle. Also found was a makc- Capital jLJou Year, No. 46 ZXffJSS&z Salem, Oregon, Wednesday, February 24, r READY Says Mrs. Moss Former Red WASHINGTON W - Mrs. Annie Lee Moss, Army Signal Corps employe, came before Sen. Mc Carthy iRW'isl Wednesday but did not testify after he told her a witness who ''broke with the party last night" had named her as "a member of the Communist con spiracy." After a whispered consultation outside the hearing room, George E. C. Hayes, attorney for Mrs. Moss, announced he did not think his client was able to testify. McCarthy had suggested that they confer, coupling with that a warning that any indication of "perjury" would be submitted to a grand jury. He noted also that Mrs. Moss had not been well. Moss would not lake the witness chair Wednesday, McCarthy as serted that it had been "clearly" established that Mrs. Moss was a Communist Parly member. Vcwport Flood Damage Cases PORTLAND in The federal government is not responsible for damage cans ,n u.e re i su,a j drainage district when the lolum.. ,,'-V',. t VI TIL' """'. Vi ,Qjw Roseburg. It includes supplying through a dike m May 31. 1948. cuc yards of t,rushl.dVocks That is the ruling of I'. S. Dis-1 Tnc commission also opened bids tritt Judge James Alger Fee on 52 ; on 12 other projects. These, with suits filed by property owners in luw ui(Si include ' the district asking a total of $1,-, Benton and Lincoln counties: 328.923 damages. j furnishing about 15.000 cubic The district lies near the Van- yards of crushed rock for main port area which also was flooded , tenance on the Corvallis-Newpurl that day. Some time ago Judge i Fee ruled thc federal government was not responsible for losses there either. Some 650 Vanport suits asking a total of $5,089,840 were filed in that case. Pinball Fight Looms in K.F. KLAMATH FALLS ifl - A cam paign against pinball machines and card games is expected here. It was learned Tuesday that . Dist. Ally. Frank Alderson had in-, formed the sheriff and nine dep-1 uties that failure to act against violations of gambling laws could result in dismissal and lines ol from S.'iO to $500. Alderson confirmed that the meeting had been held but declin ed to comment. heavy bolts. Thc attempted break was dis covered by police guards on a routine check of thc jail. The last previous check was at 3 p.m., when nothing unusual was note I. The hole, which was about three feet by two leet and eight inches deep when discovered, if completed, would have come out in the hallway adjacent to the police t;itinn, but nut connected to the jail. If thc hole had been completed, the prisoners could have jumped about five feet to the hallway and escaped through a window, (Continued on rage 3, Col. 8) TO RETURN Here are two pictures of a young American who went to Copenhagen, Denmark, as Charlie McLeod and now plans to return home as Charlotte McLeod. The 28-ycar-old Charlotte said that her home is in New Orleans, La and that she served in the U.S. Army for three months in 1948-49. Charlotte shown at right as she looks today said that she had undergone a series of operations and hormone injections at Copenhagen hospitals through the last year. Photo at left shows Charlotte as she appeared as a male two years ago, (AP Wircphoto via radio from London) Ex-CI Ready to Return To US as 'Charlotte' COPENHAGEN lift Danish doctors have again lent nature a helping hand, and a young Amer ican who came here last winter as Charlie McLeod is now almost ready to return to Louisiana as Charlotte McLeod. Bids Opened on Highway Job PORTLAND Ml 'A low bid of $1,359,784 was submitted Wednes day to the Oregon Highway Com mission for a big Douglas County project. Dili Construction Co. and the M. II. Hosier Construction Co., Sacramento, Calif., made the bid. The project involves grading 6.66 miles of roadbed between Shady Creek and Booth Ranch on the Pa- , ext(,mjng soulhery aboul evcn mi sou(h 0'f and Eddyville-Blodgett highways near hddyville. side, $39,600. Jed Wilson, boa- Hopes for Sack Autopsy News PORTLAND W Sheriff Terry Schrunk said he hoped to get a detailed autopsy report Wednesday that might point to some clue In the mystery death last week of Mrs. Goldie Sack. But if laboratory technicians in the slate crime laboratory at the University of Oregon Medical School had found anything at all, it was a closely guarded secret. I Hope that her safely deposit box might hold a clue was dispelled late Tuesday. It was opened before an array of deputies, relatives and newspapermen and in it were bonds and insurance policies worlli a little over $10,000. Her brothers were beneliciaries. Her husband, whose first two wives died violent deaths, remain ed in seclusion, free on $IO,noo bond as a material witness. Ex-Union Official Given 15 Years MOUNT VERNON, Wash. W A former union official was sen tenced Tuesday to serve a maxi mum of 15 years in thc state peni tentiary for embezzlement of funds belonging to the union. The sentence was pronounced by Superior Court Judge Charls F. Staflord on Giles Evans, 40, for mer financial secretary and bus iness ai'.ent of tile International Woodworkers of America, Local 2-75. Evans pleaded guilly to the charge in a surprise move just before he was to go on trial on Feb. . The amount involved in the embezzlement was not disclosed. HOME AS A WOMAN 1 After a series of hormone in jections and operations at Copen hagen hospitals through the last year Miss McLeod has reched her goal after overcoming troubles that she called "just one year of hell." The reason of all this trouble, 28-year-old Charlotte said, was "the bad publicity of a recent sim ilar case. . I ' Le'r.ning heaviiy on a 'walkinr' slick because her feet still are I somewhat numb after the last I operation, Charlotte said she want ed to go back to the United Slates but she lacked the money. Charlolle said her home is in New Orleans. She told this cor respondent she had planned for a long time to come to Copenhagen, making that decision long before the Christine Jorgensen case de veloped. But when she came here she discovered that Danish doctors were tied by a 1953 law that per mitted them to make "the initial operation" only on Scndinavians. (Continued on Page 5, Col. 6) RedYouthsSenf To Kazakhstan LONDON launching (UP) Moscow I mass migration youths and others to the virgin lands of Kazakhstan and Southern Siberia in a drive to step up farm production. Reports from Moscow have told of Kremlin receptions for thc!shnrt.v before midnight in this first of this new farm labor corps, I tremor-conscious city of 86.000. destined for collective and stale P01' reported no one was in farms. j jured. It has become clear that the; Several residents reported hear Kremlin has embarked on one of ' inK underground explosions at the the most important undertakings ! ime of the disturbance. Thc Wood- in Soviet history, comnarah c-to thc launching of the first five year j plan for industrial expansion. i In yesterday's Kremlin exer- j cises, Party Secretary Nikila, Khrushchev promised that "lens of thousands of Soviet people w ill follow the thousands of young workers who already have volun teered tc go to Kazakhstan. Stevens Hero About Pentagon WASHINGTON W - Robert Ten Broeck Slevens, whom Sen. Mc Carthy 'R-Wisi has called 'the fines! dupe I've ever mcl." is pretty much of a hero around Ihe Pentagon these days. Stevens, sccrclary of Ihe Army, stepped between McCarthy and a pair of generals in Ihe row over the senator's investigation of what he terms a pattern of "coddling Communists" by the Army. slevens, whose service to his country dales back lo World War I, got his back up at that. Accus ing McCarthy of unfair tactics and of abusing uniformei. olficers, he ordered his two generals to ignore any further summons from the senator and said if McCarthy wanled any questions answered" he would appear himself. Their meeting, with network tel evision cameras covering the pro ceedings, is scheduled for Thursday, 195: Delay Final Warren Vote To Quiz Accusing Witness Airmen Told To Tell Reds WASH1NGTON Wl A Marine flier testified Wednesday the great majority of American airmen he met in Korea War prisoner camps had been told by their superiors before their capture to tell the Communists anything the Reds wanted to know. Maj. Walter R. Harris, recently decorated for courageously resist ing pressure while a prisoner, told Marine Court of Inquiry the Americans' instructions did not mean, however, they should give false information such as Germ warfare "confessions." The four-member court is inves tigating the conduct of another Marine officer, Col. Frank Schwa ble, who did make a false confes sion to taking part in germ war fare. Instructed in California Harris, a former Birmingham, Ala., policeman, testified he him self was instructed at El Toro, (Continued on Page 5, Col. 5) Mitchell Raps Talk of Slump FLINT, Mich. Wl-Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell opposes an immediate public works pro gram as a solution to unemploy ment. He regards present trends as part of a necessary and un avoidable readjustment in Amer- ica's economy, Ciline emolnvmcnt imtrnnil .. was. he snva "it inisi iiru.sn'1 mniia sense" to say the nation is heading (or a depression In a major speech to a Lincoln Day rally last night, he said fed- cral public works projects, if in- stituted immeriinti.lv unnlit mil. i the adiisiment sharmr mm-n nainful. and more nrotrai-tpri." "e .Bi jioi-vm .-iciit-Lni ui -hor sairi the nation ie oraititnllv readjusting its economy from a wartime- neak anH is nni onino from "boom to bust." "We are coming down from the arlicially high peak made by war and inflation to a plateau and we are almost there," he said. "There may be a slight, but not signifi cant, increase in unemployment for the next two months. Then for another few months we will rest at Ihat level." Quake Damages Wilkes-Barre WII.KES-BARRE, Pa. Itfv-Thc second series of earth tremors in three days damaged hundreds of homes and broke up streets last night in a five-block area where anthracite mines honeycomb the earth. The shock sent hundreds of per sons, many of them in night clolhes, fleeing to thc streets wn c"ery oi ine iiien Aktcn l 011' Co. has hard coal workings 400 feet under the surface of thc area. The mines were closed after similar tremors Sunday. Thc upheaval cracked founda tions, walls and windows of homes and raised some sections of pave ments as high as a foot or more. There was no estimate of the lot.il damage. Deetz Denied License To Sell Grade A Milk Elmer Deelz. Ihe Canhy dairy man who sells milk lo his neigh bors in gallon jugs, was denied a tirade A milk license Wednesday 1 by thc State Dept. ol Agriculture. Deetz has said he would appeal lo Ihe courts in an effort In prove Ihat the stale milk sanitation laws, are unconstitutional. O. K. Deals, chief of the depart-1 mini's Division of Foods nndj Dairies, held that Deelz failed lo, meet Ihe slate's milk sanitation requirements on four counts. These are that Deelz lacks: a tlnee-compartment wash and rinse vat; two rooms separating cooling. Iioilling and capping from other operalions; an approved bottling machine: and an approved rapper. Dirts also is circulating an in itiative measure In repeal Ihe milk control law. which provides for regulation of milk prices and fix ing production quotas. 1 i 5c INVOLVED X" ii Yin. Roderick J. Wilson, above, of Los Angeles has been iden tified as the source ot one of the unevaluated charges against Chief Justice Earl War ren which were disclosed at a Washington hearing by a subcommittee of the Senate judiciary committee. Wilson has been described by an asso ciate as an attorney and a can didate for the Democratic nom ination for governor of Cali fornia. (AP Wirephoto) French Blast Indochina Reds HANOI. Indochina Iff Tank backed French infantrymen have blasted Communist-led Vietminh troops from entrenchments in the vill"Ke of Buctor, killing 30 rebels anu capturing 20. the French Com- m?,nd suai(! Ane- French losses in the bitter - hour fl8ht that cnded lale Tucs- day were described as "apprcci- ! able.". The rebel-defenders of the fvillafle. n miles east of Hanoi ere estimated at 200 to 300 " strong. Thc villaRc borders " highway leading from Hanoi to the sea- port of Haiphony. In another clash in the vital Red River delta area, a French Union battalion routed Vietminh units 25 miles northwest of Hanoi, killing 13 rebels and capturing two. The French Union forces suf fered only "light losses. Russia Rejects German Plan BERLIN W Soviet Zone Prime Minister Otto Grotewohl rejected Wednesday the Western powers' proposal of a "little solution" for divided Germany. The Communist lender told the East German Parliament: 1. The plan of the American, British and French high commis sioners lo get together with Soviet Commissioner Vladimir Semycnnv on trade, transport, travel and other complexities of the split na tion is unacceptable. 2. Thc only "proper solution" is for all-German talks to be or ganized. The Allies proposed the "little solution in a note to thc Soviets alter the Big rour torcign min isters ended the Berlin conference as far apart on Germany and Aus tria as ever. Soviet Minister V. M. Molotov assured the West that the Russian chief here had ciioukIi instructions to act on easing life lor the Germans and if he needs mure, he'll get more. Deelz appeared al a hearing here Jan. 25. al which he had lo I show cause why he shouldn'l be ; denied a license. Answering Deelz' claim that he! could produce good milk without ' meeting denartment reoulalinns. ! lienls said: "The department readily admits that a qualified and conscientious I dairyman can, more or less Ire- quenlly, produce milk meeting Grade A raw fluid milk bacteria i and sediment standards with even less equipment and facilities than i the applicant Mr. Deelz. We do not believe these standards can be achieved consistently. " "We oelievc it is obvious il can-; i nut be left In thc individual dairy- ; man In decide for thc public what ' is IliA knrn minimum Hiu-ni,.n tut ,,. , ,i i.i; . furnish the safe milk which I he public is entitled to receive' matin i F 1 HAL EDITION Longer Insists On Testimony Of R. J. Wilson WASHINGTON 11 A wifnnco before the Senate Judiciary Com mittee on Earl Warren's nomina tion to be chief justice was ar-' rested by police Wednesday hut was released to his attorneys un der an agreement that he would relurn to testify further during the afternoon. ,- Chairman Lancer (R-ND) an. nounced that the committee, after meeting behind closed doors for about two hours, had recessed un til later in the day when it will resume its consideration of War ren's nomination for the nation's highest judicial office. Accused Questioned Shortly after noon, the commit tee had called Roderick J. Wilson of Hollywood, Calif., into the hear ing room and swore him as a wit ness even though he previously had been described by the Justice Department as a fugitive from jus tice. Wilson opposes thc nomina. tion. While Wilson was in thc com. mittee room. Cant. Michael J. Dowd of the metropolitan district police said he had been advised by police in San Francisco that a felony warrant had been issued for Wilson. When the committee recessed its hearing. Dowd Dlaccd Wilson under arrest, but Langer told the police officer that the Judiciary Committee had voted unanimously to hear Wilson and was planning to resume the taking of his testimony Wednesday afternoon. Brush With Police Before that development Wilson got into a brush with capitol po lice, but all hands denied there was any arrest. , (Continued on Page 5, Col. 6) Mig-15.Cheap 5100,000. DAYTON. Ohio I The Air Force said Wednesday it got a bar gain Sept. 21 when it Daid a North Korean pilot $100,000 for a Rus- sian-built MIGI5 jet airplane he ' new to an airbase near Seoul. The Air Force wheeled the plane out of its hangar here Wednesday while some 30 newsmen, photo graphers and newsrccl camera men watched. The newsmen also got a releaso from Wright-Patterson Air Force officials setting the original cost of the MIG15 at about $100,000 "allowing for simple de sign and much manufacturing cost." The release put the cost of an American F84 at about $230,000. The Air Force, which went over the M1G15 with a fine tooth comb belore reassembling it here, cited some "deficiencies" in -comparing thc MIG with the F8 it battled ' for many months in Korea. , The MIG has a lower maximum speed, they said, insufficient stall warning and poor cockpit comfort. , Thc heating and ventilation is . poor. Thc cockpit is all right for a small man, but a large man would have difficulty flying. Thc plane saw combat service in Korea. It was made some time in 1951, thc Air Force said. ' Pro-Reds POW In Red China TOKYO Lfu-The 2t V. S. soldiers and 1 Briton who stayed with the Communists, crossed the Yalu Riv er inlo Red China Wednesday. Peiping radio, reporting their ar rival, asserted the former prison ers expressed joy over reaching China. The radio reirt, heard here, said Ihe group was accompanied by two former Belgian soldirs who hart went over to the Commu nist side, five days alter the armi slice was signed. Chinese Red Cross and China Peace committee- renresentalives greeted the former soldiers at An. lung. Manchurian border city, ana save a formal welcome party for Hicm. Peiping said. Richard u. Lorden, ot t.asl Province, R. I. speaking on behalf ' of his companions, was quoted as saying: "It is really wonderful to arrive ; in China ami to be welcomed so warmly. It is difficult to express our thanks for such kindness in ' words." ASHLAND DEFEATS BONDS ASHLAND UP For the second time in Iwo years an eflort to vote bonds to build a :l bed hospital jusi north ot here failed, a count -lli- -I I 11, I I ni o.iiiitiji suuwcu neiiiit-suuy. of Thc count against Issuing $399," 8fin in bonds was 1550 to 1236,