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G apital jLJounial THE WEATHER. PARTLY CLOUDY tonight and Tuesday, not quite u raid. Law to night, t; high Tuesday, 50. . 4 SECTIONS (32 Pages) 67th Year, No. 43 Salem, Oregon, Monday, February 21, 1955 Eatrrt4 M mm4 rliM Mallrr ! falav. OrtcM Price 5c ReviewBoards For Classified Stale Service Ways and Meanj Group Prepares for Barrington Plan By JAMES D. OLSON Two review boards to hear com plaints on salary and classifica' 795 Bills Now In Hopper With 500 More Due Record Number Looms Teachers' Morals Bill Passes By PAUL W. HARVEY Jr. ( Atsocialed Press Correspondent) WIDOW MOVES INTO MURDER VICTIM'S HOME Find No Ni Mystery ot (user Murder - if tfi tion recommendations made by the Barrinston Associates, one to cover the classified service and the other unclassified service, was set up Monday by the Ways and Means subcommittee on salaries. The state civil service commis sion will serve as the' review Persons convicted of felonies or morals offenses would be bajined from teaching in Oregon's public schools under a bill passed by the House Monday and sent to tne ben-ate. There were 20 votes against the measure. Opponents argued that prison sentences should be forgiven and placed in the same status as The bill prohibits issuance of teachers certificates to persons boards for all civil service "H those who are free of guilt Harry S. Dorman, director of fin- , u""'"al,"""."'.1""'"convicted of felonies, which are W. Terry director of civil service crjmes unishab,e by penitentiary and Dr John Richards, assistants jj,,,, and to those who nad cnanteuor ui iiigner cuuwanuu .u bear complain Is by unclassified employes. At a meeting between the com mittee and department heads Mon day, the procedure for hearing complaints' was outlined by Rep. Orval Eaton, chairman. Any state employee, he said, could send in a complaint provid ing such complaint is accompan ied by factual data to show that his job has not been properly clas sified under the proposed plan. (Continued on Page 5 Column 2 ; '?- n win it Tnrsi-inrnn nam ' 'i tITi ' " - I IT ..J Senate Quiz For Mafusow WASHINGTON Wi-Harvey Mat usow, self-described ex-Comn.uiiist and liar, was called for question ing today by Senate R -i hunters checking into his repudiation of tworn testimony he gave them. The public hearing b,' the Senate Internal Security subcommittee was aimed at separating fact from fiction in Mntusows statements. Matusow, 28, testified as an ex- communist and former FBI in former in four investigations con ducted by the subcommittee in 1952 including a probe in which he now says he gave false testimony against Owen Lattimore. Lattlmorc is a Far Eastern af fairs specialist who is under in dictment on periury charges grow ing out of the subcommittee probe but not directly related to Matu sow's testimony. Matusow also gave testimony which he now says was false to the House Un-American Activ ities Committee and as a paid gov ernment witness in the trial of 13 second-string Communist leaders convicted on conspiracy charges in 1953. been sent to jail on morals charges. As the lawmakers returned for their seventh week, then learned that more than 500 bills still are being drafted for introduction. The bill introduction deadline, already passed, doesn't apply to these bills. there have been 793 bills Intro duced. The present record for bills 2t3, set two years ago. this appears certain to be surpassed. The Senate passed and sent to the House a bill to require permits to take minerals, including oil and gas, from ocean beaches. The State Land Board now issues permits to take sand and rock from the beaches, but it has no authority over minerals. Sen. Philip Lowry, Medford, said that two men had discovered gold on a beach, and that the bill would make it possible for them to get permits to take it. fie also pointed out that some body might want to get a permit to drill for oil or gas. A bill approved by the House would let the State Board of Health regulate farm labor camps. (lonunjed on rage S Column 4) Mardi Gras Riot At New Orleans NEW ORLEANS (UP) - One of the most dazzling Mardi Gras sea sons in years erupted into a series of riots, in which six were injured and caused 100 arrests and sub jected police to a bombardment of ice cubs at clos range. Suddenly, the gendarmes wers faced with the biggest uprising in the history of the festival. Things got started at 12:19 a.m deeD in the famous New Orleans French Quarter when the police chased an automobile theft suspect into the crowd. The suspect shouted to the crowd "I'm a federal agent. The police are putting me in jail for nothing." The crowd surged to his aid. Within a short time, a second riot of no connection with the first broke out in front of the Dixie Musix Bar on Bcurbon St. Then a third uprising flared at famed Pat O'Bren s Bar. a popular tourist spot in the same block on St. Peter where the original trouble started. In addition to the normal flood of Mardi Gras visitors, the French Quarter was loaded with additional thousands last night for NBC's na tional network television coverage of the festival. Senate to Pass Salary Raise WASHINGTON W-Leadcrs con fidently called on, senators today to vote themselves a 50 per cent pay increase from $15,000 to $22, 500 a year with a minimum of sound and fury. One influential senator, who de clined to be quoted by name, said at least 60 of the 96 lawmakers already had promised support. Op ponents were certain of only a handful of votes on the politically touchy . issue. The strategy was to approve the Senate version of a pay boost for Hie 531 members of Congress .an.! some 400 federal judges and then let a friendly Senate-House cj fcrence committee adjust differ ences between it and a l.iore lib eral pay boost bill that shot through the House last week 118. 283- To Introduce Milk Price Bill A bill is being drafted this week for the House Food and Dairying Committee which would establish a minimum producer price on milk. Sponsors of the measure said the bill would help prevent any possible price war on milk. The minimum price would be based partly on the average paid farmers m the three neighboring states rather than on the cost of production. Distributors would set up pro ducer pools and negotiations would be made for an annual contract on a base quota for fluid milk. At the end of the year new quotas would be set up based on produc tion during the four lowest ship ping months. $250,000 Fire ? In Milwaukee MILWAUKEE (fl A seven alarm fire one of the worst in Milwaukee's history raged out of control for 3 & hours Monday morning before being conquered by more than 200 firemen labor ing in sub-freezing temperatures and against wind gusts ranging up to 30 miles an hour. The fire, of undetermined origin. broke out In a furniture store in the business section of a north side residential area, and the store own er estimated his loss at $250,000. No one was killed. Two firemen were hurt. One was overcome by smoke. The other suffered a hand wound. Fire Chief Edwin Wischer said it was the worst blaze he had seen in 34 years service. He called in all available off-duty firemen. The fire destroyed the two-story Brick Meyer Co. furniture store and the adjacent W. H. Theis Plumbing Supplies Co. Meyer Lu botsky, owner of the furniture company, said loss to the building and contents would run $250,000. No estimate of damage to the plumbing store was available. Nixon Favors Junking FOA MANAGUA, Nicaragua (UP) Vice President Richard M. Nixon has recommended that the Eisen hower administration junk the for eign operations administration, formed sources said today. The sources said the vice pres ident's tour of Central America has convinced him that Harold E. Stassen's agency and the United States Information Service are duDlicating and sometimes com peting with the work of American embassy personnel. Nixon, half-way tnrougn nis tour of Central America, was re ported convinced that technical aid programs lor unaerucvopea countries must be continued and even expanded under permanent agencies. He is said to want the range policies of the state, com merce and treasury departments. I II fcaimwi ainimn m imilt'i ... A S1LVERTON Mrs. Mary Louisa Kascr, estranged wife of Ervin O. Kascr, 49, who was slain by an unknown rifleman Thursday night at his homo three miles south of Silvcrton, took possession of his home Sunday, as his sole heir. Above, shows moving van which had just been unloaded by Virgil Boyd, her son-in-law. Lower photo shows Mrs. Kaser and her daughter, Phyllis Boyd. Diagram of murder scene and escape route of killer is on Page 2, Section 3. Ike Talks on High ways With Congress Leaders WASHINGTON (ffl President Eisenhower, in- an unusual move, called a group of Democratic and Republican congressional leaders to the White House Monday for discussion of a domestic matter the administration's . controversial highway construction program. In announcing the conference. Press Secretary James C. Hagerty told newsmen in reply to a question that "so far as I can remember," this is the first time Democrats Public Offices to Observe February 22 Except public offices, including the Post Office, there will be no shut-down of business Tuesday be cause of Washington's Birthday. At the Post Office all windows will be closed and there will be no city or rural delivery of mail. Of fices at City Hall, the Courthouse, and the State buildings will be closed, except, of course police, sheriff's office, and fire depart ments. Parking meters will not be checked by the police. Salem Public Library will be open as usual Nuclear Bomb Test on Tuesday LAS VEGAS. Nev. m The sec ond test of the new nuclear series was rescheduled for Tuesday morning after an Atomic Energy Commission weather briefing Monday. The AEC testers were hopeful thev would be able to unleash a big predawn explosion on Yucca Flat. But in case the weather should turn fickle again, they read ied another smaller shot under their "d'll capability" plan. It was indicated this, too, might be a tower shot. If the big shot goes, a battalion of Camp Desert Rock soldiers is ready to take up trench positions approximately 4.000 yards from ground zero and participate in the first maneuvers of Exercise Desert Rock VI. the military s atomic in doctrination program. Democrats Approve $20 Income Tax Cut Five Sailors SAN FRANCISCO W Two sailors were killed and three were missing and presumed dead in battery explosion and fire aboard the submarine Pomodon at San Francisco naval shipyard Sunday night. Four other sailors were injured seriously and two civilian rescue workers were hospitalized alter in haling poisonous gases. One of the Navy injured underwent surgery at Oak knoll Hospital. Only a few sailors were reported aboard at the time of the blast. Normal complement of this snorkel-submarine is about 85 of ficers and men. The Navy identified one of the injured crewmen as Seaman Bob bie D. Pulliam. He was burned on the face and arm. The civilian workers, taken to Marine Memorial Hospital, were identified as Howard F. Swift. 36. South San Francisco, and Robert E. Williams, 24, Oakland, Calif. All other names were withheld. Pond Dragging Blizzard Piles Deep Snow in By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A blinding blizzard, termed by the Weather Bureau one of the winter's worst storms, whirled northward out of the Great Plains today and into Canada with mod crated intensity. It left behind snowfalls up to Duluths 28 inches; snowdrifts as deep as 12 feet ii. Nebraska: blocked highways in at least four states; at least 17 persons dead and four missing. The storm had not lost all its punch, however. Strong winds were piling snow in deep drills in the Manitoba province of Canada, where police reported "hundreds" of persons were stranded on blocked highways. Winnipeg got 7 inches of snow. Below the border the five deaths each reported in Colorado, Utah and Montana, and two in Wyoming were caused mostly by tratlic accidents in visibility zero condi tions during the driving storm of the past three days. But authorities feared for three Nebraska ministers who left Goth cnburg Saturday afternoon and a Wessington Springs, h.u.. rancher who braved the shrieking blizzard at 2 a.m. yesterday to see if his sheep were all right. None of the men have been seen since. (Continued on Page 5 Column 4) Air Raids Fail ToCheckReds At Taishanlsle TAIPEI. Formosa'' Three straight days of Nationalist air at tacks have failed to stop the Red buildup o the Taishan Islands threatening nearby Nanchishan. reliable reports said today. A second Communist buildup has begun on the Fukicn province coast opposite the strategic Matsu Islands 100 miles west of Formosa, the Defense Ministry's information service said. Meanwhile, Nationalist officials set up 26 civil air defense cen ters here to work out plans to minimize bombing casualties it war comes. These developments followed roe straight days of naval and 'rial pounding of the Taishan group and nearby waters in which the Nationalists now claim these totals; Friday 1 submarine, 21 gun boats, landing craft and armed junks sunk. Saturday 15 armed Junks sunk, damaged. Yesterday One 1.000-ton gun boat "disappeared" after a direct hit, S landing ships hit, 1 prob ably sunk. aei have been invited to the White House to talk over a domestic pro gram since Eisenhower took of fice. Haeerty said Eisenhower's spe cial message to Congress outlining the highway building program quite likely will go to Congress Tuesday. Indications were it will be based mainly on a presidential advisory committee's call for a 10-billion-dollar construction pro gram over the next 10 years. Eisenhower's message original ly was scheduled to go to the cap itol Jan. 27, but was postponed. The Senate public roads subcom mittee decided against waiting and started hearings on the highway situation Monday, The White House announcement came after Republicans and Dem ocrats got in some preliminary skirmishes "over highways, with both sides disavowing any thought of playing politics with the na tions roads. (Continued on Page 5 Column 4) Storm Victims Being Rescued OGALLALA. Neb. On Snow plow crews, weary from long, cold 1IUUIS VII MIC HlgllWUy Willi llu sleep, struggled through man- sized drifts today In search ot pos sible victims of Saturday s buna ing Nebraska blizzard. Of 36 persons reported missing, only three remained to be account ed for today and it was thought they may have found refuge in farm house without a telephone. The 33 rescued yesterday ii eluded five small children, who with five adults, munched on birth day cake, milk and a few crack ers while imprisoned for 19hours in a car nine miles northwest of here on Highwoy 26. Still unaccounted for were three ministers who left Gothenburg in central Nebraska Saturday after noon', apparently headed for Pine River, Wyo. Only two were iden tified by name. They were the Revs. Roy McCollend and Jim Mason, believed to bo from Pine River. Reds Violate Armistice Pact PANMUN.IOM, Korea W-The United Nations Command to day accused the Communists of vio latins the Korean armistice un building up Red MIG strength in North Korea. It demanded that those respon sible be punished. Mnj. Gen. bosiie u. tarter, senior Allied member of the Ko rean Military Armistice Commis sion, made the cnaree. no de clared the MIGg which attacKed an American RB45 let rcconnnls- suiien bomber over the Yellow Sea Feb. S were evidence of Red air activities in North Korea since the armistice which "have mounted from zero in increasing magnitude to a high tempo . At a news conference after the commission meeting, Carter quoted the chief Communist dele gotc. North Korean Lt. Gen. Lee Sang Cho, as saying the U. N. charucs were "allegations hastily manufactured. For Rifle Used Proves Fuile SILVERTON Funeral nerm. ices were to be held for Ervin O. Kaser at 2 p.m. Monday as police continued their search for the person who shot him from ambush as he drove into the driveway of his home near hert Thursday night, t Sheriff's officers and state co- lice who had dragged two ponds near the death scene over tha week end were continuing their hunt for the killer Monday. The dragging of the ponds which- proved futile were in search of a .30 caliber rifle which was believed to have been used by the killer. Kaser, a prominent hop grower in the district, was shot as he ar rived home in his car. Four bul lets went into the car, one pierc ing his body. Neighbors who heard the four. shots also heard a car which had stopped across the road being put into grcar and drive away. The killer' is believed to have taken back roads to get into Silverton. Mrs. Mary Kaser, who had sep arated from the murdered man and had filed suit for divorce, moved back into the family home Sunday. She had been living in Salem for the past few months. (Continued on i'age 5 column 4) FTC Neutral in Price-Cut War WASHINGTON tn - The Federal Trade Commission has adopted a hands-olf policy toward the grow ing rivalry between regular retail stores and price-cutting discount houses. In a major decision announced Sundoy night, FTC rejected a request that it enforce state "fair trade" laws on discount houses that sell to the public at prices approaching wholesale levels. FTC advised retailers to meet discount house competition by slashing their own prices rather than seeking FTC enforcement of state-sanctioned minimum price agreements. The action marked the first official stand taken by FTC on "fair trade" laws now on the books in 42 states. Under these laws, manufacturers and retailers can set the minimum retail price at which specified merchandise will ! sold throughout a state. FTC told retailers they could port. "with Impunity" ignore the state Total fires of all typos, except j laws where they were not being ih.. in hniMin.. . nu .mu. regularly enforced. Or, it coun- cst number in 20 'years except for !?ellcd they could seek enforcement 1944 and 1948. Man caused 212 "" . Forest Fires Due to Campers WASHINGTON (UP) Camp era caused more fires in national park areas last year than in any 375 Dead in Japan's Storm TOKYO im A violent blizzard blasted the Western Pacific from Formosa to the Kuriles Monday for the third day and left more thon 385 persons dead or missing, most of them fishermen. At least four Japanese arc known dead and scant hope is held for the others. In Manila, American President Lines reported that the luxury liner President Cleveland went to the aid of the stricken Japanese steam ship Midori Maru in the bast Chi na Sea. The liner, which stood by until relieved by the Orion Star, ra dioed she would be 24 hours late on the trip from Japan to The Philippines. The Mindori Maru sent out an SOS Sunday, reporting it had waler in the fuel tank and was unable to proceed. Aboard were 141 passengers and 25 crew members. Another inter-Island steamer the Nanshu Maru with 171 aboard, was awnitinz heln from the U. S seaplane tender Salisbury Sound which was sent out from Okinawa. A Japanese freighter stood by. China Ready to Invade Thailand BANGKOK W Prime Min ister Pibulsonggram said Monday 20,000 so-called Free Thai troops are assembled in bordering Yunan province of Red China posted for a jump-off against inauana. The Thai field marshal ad dressed a news conference as heads of three delegations arrived for Wednesday s opening oi mc three-day conference of the South east Asia Defense Treaty Organ ization. Pibul told the 220 correspond ents the Free Thais are headed by former Thai Prime Minister Prldi Phanomyong. Ho added that Thailand could handle aggressive move by them unless Red Chinese troops joined them in an aiiacx The Southeast Asia Dcfenso Or ganization was formed in Manila with the aim ot halting commu nist aggression. Russia Plans For Long War CINCINNATI W Adm. Rob ert B. Carney, chief ot naval oper ations, bbiu ki o n a a y nussta s launching ot a vast naval building program "Is one of the nMl con clusive bits ot evidence (hat they are not contemplating a short war." In an address prepared for the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce, the local chapter of the Navy League and the Naval Reserve Ad visory Council, Carney gave his views of how another world war might shape up. "Presumably massive blows would continue as long as either side retained the capability," he said. "With the passing of that initial phase, and if the Issue is still unresolved, tough people would carry on across the radioactive ashes and water, with what weap ons are left, , , Sea control will be an elemental consideration in accomplishing either the follow-through phase of atomic war or the better appre ciated chores of a prolonged non- atomic war." WASHINGTON on The House I Secretary of the Treasury Wnv unit Means Committee Mon- Humphrey had denounced the pro- day approved a Democratic plan posal as "playing fast and loose for a S20-a-vcar income tax cut with the welfare of 16 million next Jan. 1. Members said the vole in the closed door session was 15-10. The committee also approved, by topheavy margins. President Eisenhower's request to postpone for one year about three billion dollars in annual corporation and excise tax cuts, now scheduled for April 1. The administration vigorously protested the income tax cut reduc tion. The committee approved each action in separate votes. Then it decided to wait until Tuesday to take final action on a bill incor- the income tax cut to an admin- of grassland Dorating all the revisions. istration bill which would postpone' Three fires alone crackled Approval of the combined bill! for one year scheduled cuts in through about SS per cent of the appeared certain. I corporation and excise taxes, now 'total acreage burned. The plan would provide a S20 due to drop April 1. Those cuts A fire -caused by lightning in an tax cut for each taxpayer and eachiin the corporation and exicse taxes ; inaccessiDie mountainous region,,. nrnrtti. I 04: nnrmii. in. dependent. House democratic lead- would con the government about of Saguaro National Monument, I n prrripiuiion, . i'J; "'.m.1- ers plan to bring the bill to the 1 three billion dollars a year in rev- i Arizona, burned 4220 acres of for- I House floor Thursday. enue. 1 est and brushland. Americans. numpnrey mei Deninu cioseu . - , . : . , , (hr1,oh,( doors with the House Ways and " Y ,JC 7n VL m i3, Means Committee, which aoDear- B. cd to be set to approve the tax cutting plan late Monday. A member who came out ot tne meeting, while the argument was still going on inside, said Hum phrey "violently" opposed the plan. The member asked not to be quoted by name. Eisenhower has argued the gov ernment's fiscal picture will not permit a tax cut this year but may permit one next year. fires and lightning started 92. Total lightning caused fires was the lowest in 20 years except 1946. Some 9800 acres, about half the average for the preceding 10-year period, were burned last year. This included 4000 acres of forest The Democratic plan is to add land, 2X00 of brushland and 3000 TRAVELERS RESCTED WINNIPEG I Snow vehicles crunched through huge snowdrifts in howling winds through the night to rescue hundreds of travellers trapped on Southern Manitoba highways by the winter's worst storm. Willamette Sells Portland Property Willimelte University, according to Courthouse records in Portland, has sold a one-story brick, con crete and tile building on the south west corner of SW Alder and 16th Avenue in Portland for $$55,000. The buyer of the property was Covey's U-Drive Service. Former ly the building was leased to Joe Fisher. 5 Badly Burned Bodies A t Airliner Wreckage AFL Criticizes Ike's School Bill WASHINGTON Ufl The AFL Monday criticized President Eisen hower's school aid program as "half hearted and pinch-penny." In teslimony prepared for the Senate Labor Committee Andrews W. Biemillcr, the AFL's legislative representative, said the big labor federation could not "visualize this proposa! as the answer to Ameri ca's criticial school emergency." "The proposal suomiitco Dy tne administration is, to say the least, extremely involved and complex." Biemillcr told the committee head ed by Sen. Hill (D-Ala.). He added: "lis provisions throw all types of roadblocks in the path of any one seeking direct federal assistance." Americans for Democratic Ac ton, an organization largely de voted to the principles of the New and Fair Deals, tagged the Pres ident's program ns "a collection of bookkeeping divices designed to stagnate direct federal aid for school construction. Weather Details Minimum yrilerilir. 4: minimum today, 21. TnUl 24-hollf prtr IplUllxtl. ' lllvrr hflrht,: -.4 ot a foot. (Kfport by V. S. Writhar Uurran.) Albuquerque, N.M. tf! New Mexico Stale Police reported Mon day five badly burned bodies have been recovered at the wreckage strewn spot on a mountainside where a Trans World Airliner crashed Saturday with 16 aboard. The search team said there was no sign ol life "and no possibility of survivors." The reports, trickling down by walkie-talkie from the huge rock pinnacle in the Sandia Mountains east of here, said identification was impossible at this time and! Airline officials have surmised he became lost in clouds which shrouded this area at the time, and saw the mountain too late to avoid it. Ho was about two miles off the regular course which leads along the east side of the mountain. Two search teams, weary and stiff after a night in sub zero cold on the mountainside, started at dawn probing the crannies around the needle-shaped rock where the Diane (lit. rack animals were sianea up indicated recovering other bodies, from the base camp at the foot of would be slow going. The airliner rammed the pillar in the rugged sno-covered moun tains just minutes after it took off. the 10.000-foot mountain to bring out the bodies and an air drop was scheduled to deliver equipment for removal ol the bodies. Today's Index Section One Amusement ... 2 Editorials 4 Locals ... .' ........ 5 Comic . . .... A Television 9 Section Two Society 1 -2-3-4 Section Three Dollar Days 110 Section Four SporU I Classified 4 5
