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66th Year, No. 290
Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, December 21, 1954
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Britain Signs
CHILLY HEROINE
Capital A.
Violent Uuane Jars Eureka
Treaty with
And Northern California
West Europe
Democrats
Claim 48 Voles
To Organize
Long Illness of Sen.
Kennedy Not to
Affect Result
WASHINGTON 0B The ex
mmm
Found Guilty
Of Murder in
2nd Degree
Dr. Sheppard Spared
From Electric Chair;
Given Life Sentence
CLEVELAND OB Dr. Samuel
Sheppard Tuesday was convicted
o( second degree murder.
The 30-yoar-old osteopath was
convicted of a charge of second
degree murder in the July 4
bludgeon slaying of his pregnant
wife, Marilyn, 31. The convicton
carries a penalty of life imprison
ment with parole eligbility after
10 years. ,
The jury of seven men and five
Women began deliberations at 10:13
a.m. EST, Friday. They finished
at 4:13 p.m. Tuesday 102 hours
later.
Foreman James. C. Bird an
nounced the verdict at 4:38 p.m.
Judge Edward Blythin looked at
four ballots which Bird gave the
bailiff, then read the fifth one
which said:
"We find the defendant not guilty
of first degree murder, but we do
find him guilty of second degree
murder."
A buzzer signal indicated the
jury was starting its return to the
courtroom.
There was some delay in bring
ing the jury and Dr. Sheppard to
gether in the courtroom while a
search was made for defense at
torney William J. Corrigan.
Corrigan arrived in the court
room at 4:29 p.m., a moment after
the defendant.
Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard, the ac
cused man, was charged with
first degree murder in the bludg
eoning death of his wife, Marilyn,
31, last July 4. He told the jury
during the nine-week trial that he
was asleep when a mysterious
prowler attacked his wife. He said
the killer knocked him unconscious
when he ran to the bedroom where
the murder took place.
Carson, George
State Senators
PORTLAND (fl Joseph K.
Carson and Harry George were
named state senator? from Mult
nomah County Tuesday.
They replace Richard L. Neu
bcrgcr. elected U. S. senator, and
Jack Bam, elected county commis
sioner. Both are Democrats as required
by law since the offices were held
by Democrats, and both are Port
land attorneys. They were named
by the Multnomah County commis
sioners. Carson was the unsuccessful
Democratic candidate for governor
in last month's election. He is a
former Portland mayor and for
mer member of the U. S. Mart
time Commission.
George, 54, has practiced here
since 4930. He received a degree
in agriculture from Washington
State College and coached high
school football here for a time in
the early '20s. For four years be
fore World War II he was on the
staff of the National Labor Rela
tions Board and in recent years
he has represented a number of
CIO organizations in accident and
unemployment compensation cases.
Injury Fatal
To Leo Lepley
Leo Lepley, 1311 Saginaw street,
who was injured Saturday after
noon in a fall from a stool while
cleaning light fixtures in the kitch
en at his home, died late Monday
night at a local hospital.
Lepley, a paper maker at Ore
gon Pulp and Paper company for
about 20 years, suffered a neck
fracture in the fall and his spinal
column was severed. He was al
most completely paralyzed.
Born December 11, 1899, at Gar
rison, Iowa. Lepley had been a
Salem resident since 1921, com
ing here from Wisconsin.
Surviving are his wife, Agnes
Lepley of Salem; three brothers.
Henry Lepley of Coos Bay, Bert
Lepley of San Luis Obispo, Calif.,
and Claude Lepley of Minneapo
lis; and a step-son, Wilmer John
ton of Lebanon.
Funeral services will be held at
the Virgil T. Golden company
chapel Thursday attemoon at
o'clock.
Use Christmas Tree
To Loot .Wear Shop
LOS ANGELES (TV-Two men,
each carrying Christmas tree,
knocked on the door of Jessie
Alsup's children's wear shop be
fore she had opened up yester
day. She unlocked the door and
they asked if they could leave the
trees inde while they shopped.
Mrs. Alsup ushered them in.
They produced revolver-!, robbed
her nf 5163 and then fled, leav
ing thf trees behind.
Joins Schuman Plan
To Pool Coal and
Steel Industries
LONDON (UP) Britain signed a
treaty today linking it with the Eu
ropean coal and steel community
the former "Schuman Plan"
which is the first European fed
eral institution with wide economic
and political powers.
Britain is tradtionally wary
about shackling itself to any form
of European federation but the at
titude has softened with the com
ing of the atomic age. Last sum
mer Foreign Secretary Anthony
Eden committed British troops to
continental defense for the first
time.
The treaty was signed' for Britain
by Duncan Sandys, now minister of
housing. But as the former minister
of supply he was largely responsi'
ble for steering Britain into close
association but not full membership
with the community.
Jean Monnet of France, direc
tor of community "High Author-
tv" signed for the organization,
followed by the ambassadors of
Germany. Italy, Holland, Belgium
and Luxembourg whose govern
ments are full members.
(Continued on Page S Column 7)
Demos to Keep
Hands Off Joe
WASHINGTON Ofl Two Demo
crats said today they expect their
party colleagues to keep hands
off any Republican move to un
seat Sen. McCarthy (R., wis.,) as
a member of the Senate Investiga
tions subcommittee.
Scn.-elect Clifford Case R.- N.
J..) has announced he will at
tempt to keep McCarthy off the
inquiry group McCarthy headed
in the GOP-controlled 83rd Con
gress. Case has said he will de
mand a roll call on the question
when Congress meets next
month.
Senators Monroney (D.-Okla.,)
and Sparkman (D.-Ala.) said in
separate interviews they regard
McCarthy's committee assign
ments as "strictly a Republican
problem." They forecast that
Democrats will support an re
commendations the conference
of all Republican senators makes.
Monroney, one of the severe
Senate critics of McCarthy's con
troversial investigative methods,
said that whether McCarthy re
mains a member of the inquiry
group "is not the business of the
opposition party."
Cold Weather
Greets Winter
Frigid temperatures of the past
few days may have told you al
ready winter is here, but winter
docs not arrive officially until
1:24 a.m. Wednesday, says the
weather bureau. At that time.
officials say, the sun will be as
far south as it Is going to go,
winter will be on and then we
can start looking forward to
spring.
Despite the cold, and the cloudy
SKics, prospects ot a white Christ
mas are dim. The five-day fore
cast says nothing about snow.
Temperatures are due to be
slightly above normal, rainfall a
bit below normal.
Temperatures "warmed up"
considerably over Monday. The
minimum in Salem Tuesday
morning was one above freezing,
33, six degrees higher than for
the Monday minimum.
Friday No State Holiday
Says Gov. Patterson
By JAMES
Friday will not be a legal hol
iday, Governor Paul L. Patterson
announced Tuesday at the week
ly board of control meeting.
The governor said that if a
legal holiday was declared, in
stitutional help required to work
on to keep the institutions in
operation such a day would be
entitled to overtime and the cost
to the state would be approxi
mately $37,000.
He also pointed out that prior
to last January the state civil
service commission selected the
holidays for 1954 and sent the
list to the institutions with the
suggestion if any changes were
desired the board should be so
notified. The list did not include
December 24th. No suggestions
for changes were made.
"There is no provision in the
law to allow stale employes off
on Friday except through the
power of the governor to declare
MIAMI, Dee. 21 Seventeen-year-old Mona Paulsen, wno
dove into the Miami River yesterday to save the life of Char
les Puscy, 52, wraps herself in a blanket at her home after
her experience and tries to get warm again. Detective Ncal
Coston said Pusey, suffering with a nervous condition, evaded
a friend to plunge into the river and Miss Paulsen, an excellent
swimmer, dove after him and brought him to shore. (AP Wire-photo)
Ike Seeks GOP Con trol
By Middle Readers
WASHINGTON On President
Eisenhower is taking steps to se
cure Republican Party control in
the hands of leaders he considers
"progressive moderates."
Daddy Long Legs
Year for Men
LONDON Of) Tailor and Cutter,
a magazine reflecting the thoughts
of tailors who fix men's fashions,
predicted Tuesday 1955 will be a
"Daddy Long Legs" year.
The leading tailors will "spot
light the masculine leg" and the
effect will be to make the leg
look long and thin.
To 'expose as much leg as pos
sible jackets will be shorter, and,
to achieve an effect of length,
cuffs, on trouser legs will be dis
couraged. Tailor and Cutter said shoulders
of jackets will become more
square, and that ar. effort will
be made to achieve a "boxy" ef
fect. Straight pockets will add to
the boxy illusion.
RIIEE BLASTS DAG
SEOUL OH President Syngman
Rhec today blasted U. N. Secre
tary General Dag Hammarskjold's
trip to Pciping to talk directly
with the Chinese Communists
about captured American fliers.
Only advocates of "peace at any
cost" would consider it wise, he
told a news conference.
D. OLSON
a legal
said.
holiday," the governor
"I construe that power to en
able the governor to declare
holiday for emergencies, such as
the hank holiday," he continued
Gov. Patterson said that in ad
dition to the institutional work
ers, highway maintenance men
would be required to work Fri
day to keep roads sanded where
ice and snow is prevalent and
declaration of a holiday would
entitle these workers to overtime
pay or time off in lieu of the
hours worked on the holiday.
Many state workers have re
quested time off on Friday, the
day before Christmas, and in
some instances such employes
who have vacation or sick leave
time coming, may arrange with
their superiors for tiran off pr
viding the absenca s tt )ku
per the work tnrnttt
One step in that direction came
Monday night at a White House
stag dinner to which the President
invited many of the men who help
ed him win the nomination in 1952
and played a major role in his
successful campaign.
Talk at the dinner reportedly did
not deal with the big question
whether Eisenhower will seek a
second term. But the guests in
cluded men like Leonard W. Hall,
chairman of the Republican Na
tional Committee, who have voiced
confidence publicly that the Presi
dent will run again.
Others who were present are
known to be convinced that Eisen
hower, who has declined to discuss
his 1956 plans publicly, will bid for
another term.
Emphasis at the dinner, how
ever, was understood to have been
almost entirely on Eisenhower's
determination to build and main
tain a Republican Party led by
"progressive moderates."
The President talked of that type
of leadership at a news conference
Dec. 8. At that time he said that
if any Republicans wanted to split
off and form a third party, "that
will have to be their business.
At his news conference, Eisen
hower said. "I do know that so
far as I can determine, the great
mass ol the people of the united
States want what I could call a
group of progressive moderates
handling their business. And that
is exactly what I am working for."
(continued on Page 5 Column 6)
Ike Plans to
Raise Cattle
WASHINGTON OH - President
Eisenhower motored Tuesday to
an agriculture experimental sta
tion near Front Royal, Va., to
pick up some firsthand tips on cat
tle breeding against the day when
he may be just farmer Eisenhow
er.
Accompanied by Secretary of
Agriculture Benson, the President
left the White House for the 72-
milc drive in brisk sunny weather
to the breeding station run jointly
by the Agriculture Department,
Virginia and Virginia Polytechnic
institute.
The President is starting a beef
herd on the Pennsylvania farm he
has acquired near Gettysburg.
The White House announced
Monday that Eisenhower will not
hold news conference this week
He plans to fly to Augusta. Ga.
on Thursday to spend the holidays
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pected absence of Sen. Kennedy
(U-Mass) apparently wui not af
fect Democratic plans to take over
control of the Senate in January.
Kennedy was discharged from a
New York hospital Tuesday after
a recent spinal operation and
taken by ambulance to LaGuardia
Field for a flight to Palm Beach,
Fla.
The hospital said in a statement
that "it will be several months
before he can return to his duties
in Washington."
Thus the Democrats will have
to organize the Senate without
Kennedy's vote, since no proxy
ballots can be cast, it they nave
all of their other members on
hand, the Democrats will have 47
votes plus that of Sen. Morse
(Ind-Orc) which has been prom
ised to them.
Thus they would be able to field
48 votes against 47 by the Re
publicans. (Continued on Page 5 Column 8)
Conviction For
Cruelty Upheld
AUGUSTA, Ga. W Brie. Gen.
Francis Howard, Camp Gordon
commander, has upheld the court
martial conviction of a second
lieutenant accused of cruelty to
trainees.
The case of 2nd Lt. Charles C.
Anderson, of St. Louis, Mo., goes
now to Washington where it will be
subject to review by higher author
ity. Anderson was convicted Nov. 19
on three of four counts and was
sentenced to dismissal from the
Army and forfeiture of all allow
ances. Since the trial, he has been
on some undisclosed "useful" duty
at -Gordon, t
The 24-year-old veteran of com
bat in Korea was accused of mal-
treating trainees. Among other
things, he was charged with hang
ing one private from a tree limb
by his ankles, of forcing two train
ees to take sand baths and of or
dering the same two to climb a
tree while clad only in undcrshorts
and socks and shout obscene
phrases.
Survivors' Pay
To Be Revised
WASHINGTON OB A House
committee said today there should
be changes in the law which, in
thousands of cases, provides a
serviceman's survivors bigger
benefit payments than the man
earned while alive.
In other cases, the group said
in a formal report, survivors re
ceive benefits "inadequate to
meet their basic minimum needs,"
The committee is a special
House group headed by Rep.
Bates, (R., Mass.) It was created
to study survivor benefits of arm
ed forces personnel.
It urged further study aimed at
simplifying the law, noting that
the government now maintains
five distinct survivor benefit pro
grams, with survivors being re
quired to deal with five agencies.
The Committee said there arc
approximately 465,000 cases on
the various death compensation
rolls, with a normal peacetime ad
dition of 7,000 cases annually and
an annual cost of 365 million
dollars. .
Luciano Loses
Naples Appeal
ROME Of! Charles (Lucky)
Luciano, who says he'd even go to
Russia If people would just let him
alone. Tuesday lost an appeal
against a police crackdown keep
ing him off Naples streets from
dusk to dawn.
National Police Chief Giovanni
Carcatcrra said a decision of a
Naples admonition board a month
ago limiting the deported New
York vice lord's activities had
"been confirmed."
After a 10-minutc session with an
Interior Ministry commission, Lu
ciano declared:
"I don't want to stay In this
country any more. I don't feel like
an Italian. I want to -go some
where where I'd be left In peace
even in Soviet Russia if they want
me. I don't care about politics or
anything else. 1 Just want peace."
Luciano said glumly he didn't
have a chance to say anything to
the board.
Luciano was deported to his na
tivc Italy in IMfi. following his
release frtm prison In New York
btate.
Fronrli Mini
German Army
In Assembly
PARIS France's great de
bate on approval or rejection of
German rearmament continued in
the National Assembly today with
a review of reports from the final
six of the chamber s 11 commit
tees.
After the last of the committee
reports five were submitted last
night the floor was to be thrown
open to general debate. There was
chance, however, that a test
vote might be posed on the De
fense Committee's recommenda
tion to postpone the debate.
Should such a motion be forth
coming, it was expected to go down
to defeat in the face of Premier
Pierre Mendes-France's demand
for Assembly action before Christ
mas on the Paris treaties to en
roll 500,000 West Germans as uni
formed soldiers of the North At
lantic Alliance.
Similarly it was expected that
the Assembly would vote finally,
probably on Thursday, to ratify
the four treaties. Political sources
said some of Mendes-France's
chief enemies want the Premier
to be held responsible in the fu
ture for German rearmament,
which those factions believe will
prove a political liability.
(Continued on Page i (joiumn t
Smuggler Used
Black Girdle 1
NEW YORK Or) An attempt
to smuggle into the United States
$10,000 worth of Swiss watch parts
some of them hidden in a black
girdle has been foiled by U. S.
customs officials.
Arrested on charges of conspir
acy to smuggle were Mrs. Eliza
beth Schmidbaucr, 44, of Munich,
Germany, the purported girdle
wearer, and Abraham Sontag, 34,
of New York City, customs officials
said Monday.
The watch movements, totalling
952 of which 167 were reported to
have been in the girdle, were dis
covered last Tuesday when a cus
toms inspector checked Mrs.
Schmidbauer's luggage as she ar
rived aboard the Cunard liner
Queen Elizabeth.
She was taken into custody and
temporarily released, officials said,
in order to allow h contact man
to approach her. Subsequently,
Sontag was nabbed on Sunday.
Customs officials said it was the
first important seizure of watch
parts since the United States im
posed a double tariff on them three
months ago.
Fear Invasion
Bv 2 Utilities
WASHINGTON Or) A- Chatta
nooga city power official testified
Tuesday that the disputed Dixon
Yates power contract would per
mit two utilities to "invade" the
Tennessee Valley public power
area from two directions.
States Rights Finlcy. general
superintendent of the Chattanooga
Electric Power Board, asked the
Securities Exchange Commission
to deny permission for the Dixon
Yates utility group to build a new
107 million dollar plant at West
Memphis, Ark.
Finlcy said the contract would
violate laws against an excessive
consolidation of utility holding
companies.
Processing Charge on
Colored Films Cut Out
WASHINGTON Ofl Ally. Gen.
Rrownell announced Tuesday that
Eastman Kodak Co. has agreed
to sell its amateur color film with
out including a processing charge.
The agreement settled an anti
trust proceeding that the Justice
Department had brought against
the company. A consent judgment
was filed in U.S. District Court at
Buffalo, N.Y. It becomes effective
in 90 days.
Heretofore, Eastman has includ
ce a processing charge in the sell
ing price of its amateur film. Un
der this arrangement, the buyer,
once he has taken pictures, sends
the exposed film to Eastman and
it is finished without further
charge.
The Justice Department contend
ed this prevented other photo fin
ishers from competing with East
man on the processing and was an
illegal restraint on trade.
The department said that the
judgment entered at Buffalo also
:
Britain Tells
Britain Tells
Reds to Scrap
1952 Treaty
LONDON Of) Britain Tuesday
rejected the Kremlin's, warning
that Soviet Russia will scrap their
1952 treaty of alliance if this coun
try ratifies the Paris agreements
to free and rearm Western Ger
many. "Her majesty's government
would much regret it if the Anglo
Soviet treaty of 1952, to which they
have always attached importance,
were to be canceled or annulcd
by the Soviet government," a For
eign Office statement said.
"At the same time, they deplore
both the manner and the context
in which that government now
threatens such annulment.
'They cannot accept the argu
ment used in the Soviet note."
Tito Calls for
Coexistence
NEW DELHI India Wl -President
Tito called Tuesday for "Ac
tive coexistence based on an
agreed settlement of the world's
outstanding problems.
The Yugoslav President spoke
before a joint meeting of members
of the Indian Parliament-
Calling the formation of blocs
along military and ideological
lines "the gravest peril for peace
in the world, Tito said:
"In contradistinction to the pol
icy of blocs and division of the
world along ideological lines, we
for our part see a real possibility
in the coexistence of nations and
states with differing systems."
"What I have in mind is not
sort of passive coexistence, but
an active cooperation and a peace
ful and agreed settlement of dif
ferent problems, as well as the re
movel ot all elements liable to
impede broad cooperation botween
stales.
"Such coexistence Is moreover
not only a practical possibility,
but an essential if we are to avert
a new world war, with all its
ghastly consequences..."
Big 3 Rejects
Note on Austria
VIENNA, Austria W The
three Western powers Tuesday re
jected Soviet charges that the
United States had violated four-
power agreements by keeping
troops in Austria s French occupa
tion zone. Russia had demanded
their withdrawal.
Representatives of the Big Three
rejected a Soviet resolution pre
sented at a special meeting of the
Allied Control Council which
would have put the body on rec
ord as declaring the U.S. troops
"represented a violation of the
existing control agreement on
Austria."
U.S. High Commissioner Llewel
lyn Thompson Jr. denied the
charge. He said only a small
American communication force
was stationed in the French zone
to "maintain communications
from Italian ports to U.S. forces
in Austria.
STOI.F, HIS SANTA
LOS ANGELES (UP) Police
searched for a Santa Claus here
today.
George Fisher reported thieves
stole a nearly life-size figure of
the jolly old saint from his lawn
when he wasn't looking.
requires Eastman to cancel its
fair trade contracts relating to the
resale price maintenance of its col
or film, and enjoins Eastman from
entering into similar contracts to
control the prices of its color film
or print material sold to third
parties.
Kastman said in a statement is
sued here that It denied it had vio
lated the law in any respect but
was willing to accept, the decree
"because it expects that as time
goes on the conditions contemplat
ed by the decree relating to the
processing of Kodak s still color
films and color prints by outside
processors in increasing amounts
will become a reality."
For the amateur photographers,
the practical clfcct of the new
arrangement will bt that Koda-
chrome and Kodacolor films will
sell without the simultaneous ad
vance payment of a processing
charnc.
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San Francisco.
Also Shaken
EUREKA, Calif, OH A smash
ing earthquake the worst in 25
years jolted Northern California
and Southern Oregon at 11:55 a.m.
PST Tuesday.
It appeared to have struck heavi-
iest in the vicinity of Eureka, a
seacoast city of 25,000 about 225
airline miles north of San Fran
cisco. There was much damage
here but apparently no loss of life.
Chimneys toppled, windows were
smashed, telephone service was
impaired and bricks and concrete
blocks from jolted buildings fell
into the streets.
There was no report, 20 minutes
after the shocking jolt, of fatalites.
Eureka fire sirens howled but
apparently no serious blaze devel
oped.
Most of the buildings in Eureka.
a town ol 25,000 on the coast, are of
wood construction, and these ap
peared generally to have escaped
serious structural damage.
The heavy shock was felt in
Klamath Falls, Ore., and as far
south as San Francisco. It was
strong at Red Bluff, where it had
an east-west swaying motion.
There was no damage there.
The quake was so violent it
threw the Indicator off the visible
seismograph at University of Cal
ifornia, in Berkeley, 275 miles
south of Eureka. That meant a
Richtcr magnitude of 4 or better.
By comparison the great San Fran
cisco quake of 1908, registered
8.25.
(Continued on Page 5 Column 5
Medford Feels
Minute Quake
MEDFORD (UP)-Resldents of
this southern, Oregon town report
ed a light "rumbling" quake short
ly before noon today that lasted
for a full minute.
The quake was reported at 11:56
m. The Medford Mail Tribune
reported it was flooded with phone
calls from residents who had felt
the tremor. .Light fixtures' in the
newspaper building swung to and
fro, and people standing on the
top floor of the courthouse felt a
sudden loss of balance.
State police said the quake was
also reported in Coos Bay. Its
center was believed to be in the
Eureka area in northern Califor
nia. In Portland, amateur seismolo
gist Bill Geitz said he had re
ceived telephone reports of dam
age at Eureka. He said his seis
mograph was still registering the
tremor at 12:20 p.m.
No Damage in
South Oregon
KLAMATH FALLS VP) An
earth shock was felt over a hundred-mile
radius of the Klamath
Basin of Southern Oregon and
Northern California Just before
noon Tuesday.
There were no early reports ot
damage in this area but people
reported lights swinging, dishes
rattling and window shades shak
en. The reports of strongly notice
able shock came from as far as
70 miles north of here Med
ford reported a rumble but no
damage.
Morrison-Knudson
Gels Mt. Hood Work
PORTLAND OH The Morrison
Knudson Co., Inc., Seattle, has
been awnrded a $326,043 contract
for road projects in the Mt. Hood
National Forest, the Bureau of
Public Roads said Tuesday.
The work includes grading 2.9
miles of road, surfacing 9.2 miles,
and constructing a 150-foot rein
forced concrete bridge.
Today's Index
Section One .
Amusement t
Editorials 4
Locals 5
Section Two
Society 1-2
Section Three
Food
1-8
Section Four
Sports 1-t
Television 1
Comic 4
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