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Newspaper Page TextCapital jjJouri THE WEATHER CLOUDY WITH rain tonight and Friday. No change la temperature. Law tonight, 48; higk Friday, it. - 4 SECTIONS (48 PAGES) 9J0 J 66th Year, No. 240 Salem, Oregon, Thursday, October 21, 1954 Z?jr&L rnce 5c No Politics in Ullman Case Johnson Says Real Estate Commis sioner Promises Speedy Decision By JAMES D. OLSOX Ragnor Johnson, state real es tate commissioner said Thursday that he would not disregard a re sponsibility under the law because a political campaign is in progress or because one of the principles in a case happens to be a political candidate. The commissioner made his statement in relation to the pro ceedings initiated bv his office against a real estate firm in Baker In which Albert Ullman, demo cratic candidate for congress is a partner involving purchase of property by a veteran through use of a state veterans' loan. The statement was obviously in reply to criticisms directed against him by some democratic leaders who contended that the case was brought in order to embarrass Ull man and Injure his candidacy. Firm Started Publicity Johnson declared that the pub licity given to the action of the Real Estate commission with re spect to the firm of Curfman and Ullman resulted by the firm's own choice, "This commission made no an nouncement of the complaint filed and would have none in line with its policy on such investigations," Johnson said. He pointed out that the hearing scheduled for October 27 is man datory under the law after a formal complaint had been filed by Ferrin M. Wall on October 11. Decision In t Days "A decision in this case may be expected within two days after the hearing is concluded," he said. In explanation of the commis sion'! action in the case, Johnson said that the property sale in question was the subject of cor respondence by Al Crose, former (Continued on Page 5, Column J) Go-ahead Given Priest R. Dam EPHRATA, Wash. (- The Grant County PubUc Utility Dis trict received an off icial "go ahead" Thursday for preliminary studies for the Priest Rapids Dam on the Columbia River. The PUD received a wire over the signature of Leon Fuqua, sec retary of the Federal Power Com mission. The first word of the commis sion decision came Wednesday aft ernoon from Sen. Magnuson. There still was no official an nouncement Thursday from the FPC in Washington. The preliminary permit gives the PUD a clear field for two years to proceed with studies and tests for the project, estimated to cost more than 350 million dollars. The preliminary permit does not Involve the right to actually build the proposed dam. The FPC must decide later whether the PUD or some other agency should get a license for construction. $105 Million Pakistan Aid ' WASHINGTON W - The United States has promised Prime Min ister Mohammed Ali a 105 million dollar economic aid program for Pakistan in the year ending next June 30, and a speed-up in aeuv. eries of military equipment. A communique issued upon the conclusion of All's week-long visit here said the new program will embrace loans as well as the usual outright grants. The figure was described as be ins "five times last year's aid." The communique said "it in cludes funds for technical assist ance, flood relief as previously agreed upon, consequent to the disaster of last August In East Pakistan, and funds for develop mental purposes . . . also a sub stantial amount in the form of agricultural commodities. Ali had etc 4th graf ta8 Nearly Inch of Rain Fell During Nioht Vaarlv tn inrh nf rain was dumped on Salem durin . the storms through Wednesday, the 24-hour total to 10:30 a.m. Thurs day amounting to .97 of an inch. More of the same is in pros pect for tonight .nd Friday. Tem- peratures continue comparative ly mild. Coastal areas were hit by more evert storms, and in a 24-hour period at Newport. 24 inches of rain were measured. As a result of the rains, rivers ire sli'htly up in the valley re gions, but still below the minus stage at Salem. Russia Asks UN lo Upset Red China Ban Committee Delays ' Debate on Alleged U.S. Aggression UNITED NATIONS, N Y. Wi Russia sought the General Assem bly floor today in a last-ditch at tempt to upset two U.N. rulings involving her ally, Communist China. The Soviets were expected to ask a special Assembly session to over ride: 1, The Steering Committee's rul ing to delay debate on two explo sive Russian charges of U. S. ag gression against Red China until the crucial disarmament debate is over. ' 2. The Credentials Committee's decision to accept Nationalist Chi na's qualificatons as a U, N. mem ber. Little Chance of Success The Russans had faint hope of reversing either decision. But ob servers said today's special As sembly meeting to receive the re port of these committees gave the Soviets a chance to air their views again. In challenging the ruling to accept Nationalist China's creden tials, the Russians were expect ed to demand a roll call vote to find out how many powers now favor bringing Communist China into the U.N. Over the past three years, the Russian representa tives have never been able to mus ter more than seven votes in favor of the Chinese Reds. There was consideVable specu lation that India's V. K. Krishna Menon would take an active role in the debate on China's creden tials, and perhaps the aggression charges as well. , Condon Again Off Security WASHINGTON Uh The Navy Thursday suspended the security clearance given to Dr. Edward U. Condon, former chief ot the U.S. Bureau of Standards. Condon is now director ot re search and development at the Corning Glass Works. His firm said Tuesday he had received a clearance by the Defense Depart ment for access to government secrets. Later, the Navy here con firmed the clearance. Secretary of Navy Thomas said a statement he had reviewed the action of the Eastern Regional Industrial Security Board grant ing Condon limited access to in dustrial security information. As a result, he said, he had "de termined there is sufficient evi dence to warrant my requesting a complete reconsideration of this action. Thomas added that he was "or dering a suspension" of the se curity clearance for Condon and that the Navy has no classified contracts at this time with the Corning Glass Works. FHA Windfalls Worst Scandal DALLAS. Pa. MV-Postmas(er General Summerfield says the housing situation that developed from excess FHA loans was "the monumental and vicious scan dal this country has ever known." In a speech (n this eastern .Penn sylvania town yesterday. Summer field said there were an estimated 225 major scandals in the adminis tration of former President Tru man, "22 of them originating among the 'palace guard' Presi dent Truman's own White House staff." He asked that the people "com pare that sorry record with 1'0 months of clean Republican ad. ministration." Cochran Resigns as Manager of Chamber By STEPHEN A. STONE Clay Cochran, who has been manager of the Salem Chamber as president of the Salem cham of Commerce since 1942, a period ber and wanted to see Salem in of 13 years during which the dustrialized. And this happened Salem chamber has made the i during the earlier years that greatest growth in its history and I Cochran was manager, become a more effective com- While at Corvallis he worked munity organization than ever ! valiantly with the government to before, resigned Wednesday nignt. In a brief letter to the execu tive committee, which was read at a meeting of the board of di rectors, he gave no reason for the resignation, but it is under stood he has plans for future ac tivity that will be less arduous. As manager of the Chamber of Commerce at Corvallis for nine years Cochran had attract ed attention, and mainly respon sible for bringing him to Salem was Carl Hogg who was in the --A y : V: ?' 'r W ,,v. if aai ' a a wall i aaaaai aaa i - n i' any i iimamtail i t it '. Photo Alaska For Disney Film FAIRBANKS, Alaska WI A pair of famed wild life photog raphers, Herbert and Lois Crisler, have emerged from the isolation of the arctic wilderness with film for a planned full length Walt Dis ney movie. The couple from Washington State and Colorado spent nearly three years on the Disney assign mentin a strange land of vast spaces and many hardships. From last April until last week, when a chartered plane lifted the Crislers from their - wilerness camp, they had seen only four human beings. Their most con stant companions have been the wolf and the caribous. The Crislers packed their sup plies endlessly on their backs oft er being supplied by air. iney lived in tents or "crackerbox" shelters . made of plywood and plastics. They lived and worked in 40 below ierd cold for the first time in their lives. Beetles Infest 500,000 Acres SEATTLE UP More than 500. 000 acres of forest land in West ern Washington has been infested by the silver fir bark beetle, an official of the Northwest Forest Pest Action Co m m i 1 1 e e said Thursday. R. V. Dickhaus, of Bellingham, chairman ol a subcommittee. called for early construction of additional logging roads to help meet the menaace. Dickhaus said most of the in fested tracts are in the Mt. Baker and Day Lake areas of Skagit and Whatcom counties. Because the beetle furrows in the bark it cannot be sprayed and early harvesting of invested trees is the only effective control meth od, he said. Dickhaus said all forest agen cies are rearranging their plans to harvest as much timber as pos sible. So far this year 140 million board feet have been logged in the- beetle area. TURKEY" SEEKS GRAIN SEED ANKARA. Turkey (JPI Sitki Yircali, minister of economy and commerce, said Thursday the Turkish government is negotiating with the United States for grain seeds supplies to help piece out this year's poor crop. middle of three consecutive years bring Camp Adair to this area, continued his interest in the big encampment after coming to Sa lem, and was largely instru mental in getting bus service established between Salem and the encampment. In war days, when the govern ment proposed to set up a pilot plant to see if alumina could be extracted from clay a committee nf northwest men was named to bring the project to this region. Cochran was on the committee. (Continued on Page i Column t CAMPAIGN GOOD WISHES NEW YORK, Oct. 21 President Eisenhower greets Republi can gubernatorial candidate Sen. Irving Ives here today as retiring Gov. Thomas E. Dewey looks on. Sen. Ives, apparently facing an uphill fight against his Democratic-Liberal opponent, Avcrcll Harriman, accompanied the president and Gov. Dewey on a motor tour of the city shortly after their meeting. (AP Wircphoto) Ike, De wey and Ives Tour New York City NEW YORK (UP) President Eisenhower turned on his warmest campaign smile for Republican candidates and the party today in a surprise personal motor tour College Riot In Alabama MONTGOMERY, Ali. (.Dis- gruntled students, b o yc o 1 1 e d classes at Alabama State College for Negroes here Thursday and overturned furniture in one class room where students had refused to join 'the demonstration. There were no reports of in juries, however, and two hours aft er the boycott started, there had been no call for police protection. The boycott greiV out of a series of demonstrations and mass meet ings over a list of 17 grievances against authorities at the state supported college, including de mands for better meals at the j school lunchroom. The students also gathered out side school President H. Councill Trenholm's office and cried, "We want justice." Across the street, they demonstrated at the entrance to a classroom building, but facul ty members blocked the door and the students left without trying to force their way in. 9th Juror Picked For Sheppard CLEVELAND Ifl - The ninth member of the Sheppard murder trial jury was selected Thursday as the trial began moving along ai a swuier pdte. The trial then recessed till aft ernoon. Two housewives were named to the panel Thursday. The latest chosen was Mrs. Margaret E. Adams, wile of a vice president of a metal parts firm, .t that point, five women and four men had been selected. Earlier. Mrs. Beatrice Oren stein, wife of a postal clerk, was named. Continuing the pattern of the first three days, defense attorneys hammered at the jurors' views on sex as attempts were pressed to select a panel to try Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard on a charge of beat ing lo death his pretty wife, Mari lyn, 31, last July 4. Today's Index Section One Amusemrnts I Editorials ' Locals $ .Society (.74--1 Section Two Fabulous Friday 1-10 Section Three ' Food 1-14 Comic It Television U Section Four Sport IM Classified Ads 7-11 through crucial New York City election districts. With Gov. Thomas E. Dewey and Republican gubernatorial candi date Irving M. Ives beside him, the President boosted the state ad ministration as he toured housing projects, highways and state hos pitals in Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx all normally Democrat ic boroughs. Mr. Eisenhower set out on the fast three-hour- tour, behind the JfcVatatoMw 1 1"'.! . "... u. ' !"iP? nri nli mmn.,m wVk(, ,. couldn't win if they didn't keep smiling. (Continued on Page f Column 2) UF Division Oyer Top in Drive Another division of the United Fund Drive the residential division, went over the top Thursday dur ing the United Fund drive report luncheon. That division's contributions are $12,032. Leading division are Mrs. Jack Frisbie, Mrs. Lynn Wood, Mrs. E. M. Page and Mrs. A.. A. Schramm, who is a board mem ber. Reports Thursday showed that 91 per cent of the total goal of $194,608 had been received in con tributions or pledges for a total of $177,077. In addition to the residential di vision four other divisions have previously exceeded their goals. Those divisions and contributions to date arc: Automotive and trans portation, $15,926; educational, $8,164; the state section of the gov ernmental division, $21,057; and tnc rural with 527. Divisions not yet making their quota and the amounts of their contributions by the time of the Thursday report meeting are: mer cantile. $30,932; professional, $14-, 308: utilitiies, $7,525; contractors and builders. $7,650: general gifts, $25,289! county, city and federal ! Uon of governmental division, $894; and industrial, $28,773. Another report meeting is slated for Friday noon and it is hoped that by that time reports will show the goal of $194,608 to nave neen reached, with 100 percent or more contributed. Burglars Take $250 I From Paris Slore I Burglars collected about $250 1 in cash in the burglary of the Salem Auto Parts store, 356 North Liberty street, Wednesday night, it was reported by city I police. I Entrance was gained through a i rear window. Several drawers were then pried open and the money taken from the drawers. Nothing else appeared to be missing, store officials said, al though they would make a more thorough check to determine if anything else had been taken. COFFEE PRICES CUT NEW YORK (UPl Three big grocery chains today cut the retail price of coffea four to six cents a pound. 7 Nations Agree to Join Western European Union 3 American Doctors Win Nobel Prize STOCKHOLM, Sweden Three American scientists were awarded the 1934 Nobel Prize in medicine and physiology Thursday night for developing new weapons in the fight against polio. Sharing the $35,066 prize are Dr. John F. F.nders of the Har vard Medical School; Dr. Thomas H. Weller of the Harvard School of Public Health: and a former associate, Dr. Frederick C. Rob bins, now at Western Reserve Medical School In Cleveland. They were cited for their test tube dis covery of "the ability of polio myelitis to multiply in tissue from primates" that is apes and man. Sixteen Americans previously had won medical prizes from the nine million dollar fund set up in 1901 under the will of Alfred No bel, the inventor of dynamite, to reward those judged contributing most to the benefit of mankind. The medical prize is voted by the Caroline Institute of Medicine. Others Considered Among others considered for the 1954 award was Dr. Vincent du Vigneaud, 53-year-old New York biochemist who has determined the chemical structure of two pow erful hormones oxycitin and vas opressin that help in childbirth (Continued on Page 6. Column 1) Banker Raps At Power Rates WASHINGTON 11 An Arkan sas banker testified Thursday the Arkansas Power k Light Co, has sought higher rates than he con sidered justified and reasonable. He said he tola. Us officials they were "risking killing the goose that lays the golden egg."- - - . Arthur JS. Mclean, president of the Commercial National Bank of Little Rock, was a witness before the Senate amimonopoly subcom mittee at renewed hearings on the controversial pr o p o e d Dixon Yates contract. McLean said his only motive in appearing before the senators was public service. He related a story of long-time personal differences with the pow er company. In 1935, he said, he had an office building air-condi tioned and was denied a rate he considered proper. McLean told them he'd build his own power plant if necessary, he said, and Arkansas Power finally agreed to a "reasonable rate." Bing Asks Cut In Income Tax WASHINGTON (fl - Crooner Bing Crosby has asked the U. S. Tax Court to referee a dispute with the Internal Revenue Service over claims for 17,710 additional income tax for the year 1950. The claims were filed agaiast Crosby and the estate of his late wife, wilma w. (Dixie Lee) Cros by, who in separate returns for 1950 reported net community in come of $1(12,434. They paid taxts totaling J'JG.WWt. The dispute aro.se over $lo0,000 which the Crosbys received that year from a sale of stock in Dec ros Corp., Bing's record-making company, to Decca Records, Inc. The returns listed this as capital gain, but the Internal Revenue Service contended only a portion could be counted as capital gain. It maintained the bulk of this in come was payment to Crosby for "personal services," taxable as ordinary income, Storm Calls Off Search For 3 Lost Hunters DALLAS Search for three Newport huntTi missing in the rugged terrain and was taken to Fanno mountain district near a Dallas hospital where his con Valsetz since Oct. 9, was called dition was said to be good, off by Polk County Sheriff Tony J Wednesday's search covered a Neufcldt Thursday until weather (wide strip from the Valsetz air conditions improve. 1 port to Fanno mountain road. It Missing arc Norman Zoiszlor, j was handicapped by poor visi 23, Newport mill worker; hit ; hility limited at times to 20 feet wife, Esther, 33, and her on, j by the fog and rain that soaked Harvey, 13. Their disappearance the searchers, was discovered Oct. 15 when ! The searching party was aug their car was found abandoned i mentcd by the Dallas tank corn on Fanno mountain road. I pany of the Oregon National Heavy rain, fog and wind forced the helicopter observation unit from the mountains shortly after noon Wednesday, and one member of the National Guard . finding the three missing hunt ground searching party was hos- crs alive, but will continue the pitslizcd from exhaustion. .operation until the entire area Pfc. Milton Reimcr, IS, col-has been Inspected thoroughly. Iran Ratifies Pact to Reopen Big Oil Field TEHRAN, Iran. (UP) Iran's lower house of Parliament today overwhelmingly ratified an agree ment that will permit eight for eign companies to put the nation's oil on the world market again. Deputies in the Majlis (House) voted 113 to S. with two abstain ing, in favor of the accord which ends a dispute that began in 1951 when Mohammed Mossadegh, then premier, nationalized the vast Anglo-Iranian Oil Company. The agreement will become law after the Senate ratifies it and it is signed by the Shah of Iran. The long dispute over Iranian oil approached the settlement stage last Aug. 5 when the gov ernment and the eight oil compan ies initiated the agreement which will give the country a minimum of 420 mil ion dollars in revenue during the next three years. Pro-Red POW Regret Decision WASHINGTON (UP)-Some ot the 21 American prisoners who chose to stay with the Communists in Korea a year ago now apparent ly regret their decision, Defense Department sources said today. Very little has been learned about them since they turned down a chance to come home after the Ko rean armistice. But some informa tion has seeped through the Bamboo Curtain in intelligence re ports and occasional letters to rel atives. From this defense sources said some of the voluntary exiles "ap pear to ne somewhat disenchangca with ' their lot" in Communist China. It is suspected the men feel disillusioned and homesick now that the ideological and emotional pressures that prompted their de cision have worn off. Thcro also are indications, th sources said, that the Chinese Com munists are losing interest in the POW s now that their great prop aganda value has slumped. Red Frogmen Land on Island By UNITED PRESS Communist Chinese frogmen to- I day carried out their first opera- (ions against Chiang Kay-shck's Nationalists in the Taction Island group 200 miles north of Formosa. First reports from Taipei said one unit went ashore at Hsiaopi Island a second team tried to land on Pishnn Island. No further information was available on the Hsiaopi landing but the Nationalists said their sentries turned back the team that tried to go ashore at Pishnn, kill ing one of the frogmen. Formosa Unafraid There was little apprehension on Formosa itself. American-trained Gen. Sun Yi-jen, Chiang's mill tary' adviser, said the Nationalist armv was fitrontf enoucn to dcfcnd Formosa wthout U. S. assistance. Twin Submarine Cable to Ketchican WASHINGTON WI The Fed eral Communications Commission Wednesday authorized American Telephone & Telegraph Co., to lay a new $13,600,000 twin submarine cable between Port Angeles, Wash., and Ketchikan, Alaska. The company recently reported that present radio and land line circuits for telephone service be tween Alaska and the Unilcd States are inadequate to handle the demand. I lapsed during the search over Guard commanded by Capt. Stan ley Singler. Members of the searching group have abandoned hope of US and Canada To Stand By to Aid in Defense PARIS m Seven European nations, including a West Ger many on the verge of all but full sovereignty, Thursday agreed to join a "Western European Union" for common defense. The United States and Canada will stand by as partners and guarantors. Foreign ministers of these nine countries virtually completed the task of rewriting the 1948 treaty of Brussels to add West Germany " nd Italy to the original five na tionsBritain, France, Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg. They reached their decisions in the Palais de Chaillot annex a few hours after the American, -British, French and West German ministers agreed on terms to end the Allied occupation of West Ger- -many and restore, with a few ex ceptions, complete sovereignty to West Germany. The foreign ministers of the United States, Britain and France took the action Thursday afternoon in a brief session with West Ger man Chancellor-Foreign Minister Konrad Adenauer. The four statesmen put the fin ishing touches on a scries of lengthy, detailed documents which an to replace the two-year-old treaty of Bonn, never completely ratified. ' (Continued on Page 5 Column 4 A-Weapons for Combat Planes MIAMt. Fla. tfl Gen. O. P. Wcyland, commanding general of the Tactical Air Command, told the National Guard Assn. Thurs day that "every combat tactical aircrait is or will ba equipped to deliver atomic weanons." rru- frnti.1 ll K J ... ' .... nvy ports troops in the field and is equipped with fighters, bombers, fighter-bombers and troop car riers. He told of the widespread adapt- aoimy ot atomic weapons while discussing "trends in tactics and equipment." He said thera is an urgent requirement for shorter takeoff and landing characteristics of tactical aircraft. Crew Escape Airliner Fire CHICAGO (UP) An airline- caught fire on the ground today but nine passengers and a crew of four walked off the ship without injury. An airport employe who was fuel ing the plane was seriously burned. The four-engine DC6 United air liner was parked at a loading ramp at Midway Airport. The plane, flight 506 left Seattle last night and was due to take off for Cleveland and New York. Harry Bnllingcr, 23, a fucler, was rushed to Holy Cross Hospital after co - workers tore burning clothes from his body. He was not expected to live. When the fire broke out Capt. Lloyd Treeccp, Brookficld, ill., the pilot, took charge and ordered the passengers to file out of the cabin. The passengers were transferred lo other east bound flights. Bank Official Stole $250,000 PHILADELPHIA tsV-A man de scribed by the Girard Trust and Corn Exchange Bank as "a trusted employe for 26 years" has been charged with approving fake loans totaling a quarter-million dollars and spending $15,000 of it on "wine, women and song." Officials of the bank yesterday preferred fraudulent conversion charges against Edward B. Mc- Call, about 45. They said the money was taken through a scries of faked loans approved by McCall over a period of 18 months. The bank said the loss was cov ered by insurance. At his arraignment before Judc Curtis Bok, McCall was held :n Slo.ooo bail for action by the grand jury. It was testified at the arraign ment yesterday that a routine aud it of McCall's accounts in the hank's loan department brought the shortages to light last May. Weather Details MatlmntH ?ttWrt1r III nlnlmM i Jar, t. Talil tl-bjr rclllatlni ,7i tar month. S.M-li Rtimil, t.M. cir-lBllallti. 4.lli ncTififtt, S.C1. Ktttr hHrhi, r (Ni. kmh mr v. a.