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Journal THE WEATHER MOSTLY FAIR taalght aid Satur day with patches ! morning fog. Little change la temperature. Lew tonight, M; high Saturday, M. 2 SECTIONS : 20 Pages 68th Year, No. 286 Salem, Oregon, Friday, November 30, 1956 ."iVi. Price Se C aortal m II 'H . n.i. Cuba Nips Civilians' Rebellion 4 Slain in Attack By 200 Men on 2 Police Posts ' SANTIAGO DE CUBA UPi About 200 armed civilians at' tacked two police stations here Friday in an attempt to spark a revolt against Cuba's President Batista. The government claimed the rebellion was crushed in less than two hours. ' I An official announcement said four persons were killed: One rebel, one soldier and two police men. Under Control by Army Gen. Francisco Tabernilla, chief of the armed forces, said the sit uation was under control and that the army was rounding up small groups of dispersed rebels. The insurrectionists, many of them wearing, olive-colored uni forms similar to the army's, at tacked the national police and maritime police stations at 5:45' a.m. I The group that attacked the na-i tional police headquarters with-! drew to an abandoned structure1 next door which formerly had been used as a school and city! hall and barricaded themselves I fnsiHp Rpfnrp .mlipp nnri cnlHiam ! could counterattack, the rebels set fire to the building and fled. Wear Armbands Many of ' the attackers wore armbands identifying themselves as adherents of the "July 26 Movement," a slogan adopted by Fidel Castro, who has been charged by the government with plotting against the Batista re gime from his place of exile in Mexico. Bandit Crabs Family, Robs Dallas Store DALLAS (Special) Henry W. Dalpez, manager of the Safeway store here, his wife and, tw chil dren were kidnapped Thursday night and Dalpez forced to open the. store safe and deliver its contents to the bandit. ' Amount of the money taken was not disclosed.. . ' ' Dalpez told police that he was met by the bandit as he returned home from the store after closing about 9:20 p.m. and forced into the house where the bandit or dered his wife, Vernie, and their two children, Lynn, 10, and Vickie, four, to dress and accompany them in Dalptz's car. Driving to the store, Dalpez said, the bandit remained in the car holding his family as hostages, ordering him to open the safe and bring its contents. Dalpez then was ordered to re turn to his home where the bandit entered with the family and at gunpoint ordered him to separate the cash from the checks. Taking the money, the bandit then forced Dalpez to drive to the vicinity of the junior high school on Academy street where he fled. When Dalpez returned home his wife already had called police, who with state police .and the sheriff are investigating the rob bery. 1 Smith Okays Short Staffs December 24 Within limits of the demands for state service on the Monday just prior to Christmas day, Governor Elmo Smith Friday authorized ex ecutive departments to operate on that day with minimum staffs. In a memorandum to all depart' mcnt heads under his supervision, Gov. Smith said: "Since Christmas day falls on Tuesday this year, department heads are likely to experience some difficulty in scheduling work on the preceding Monday. This is to be expected and understand able. To many of our employes, Christmas has a significance that transcends that of any other hoh' day. "They have a strong desire to spend some time with homcfolks during the Christmas season and I believe this shoukl be made pos. sihle for as many as the requirc- men' of the state will permit. "Therefore, I am authorizing those department heads under my supervision to operate with mini mum staffs on December 24. Em ployes who may be required to work all, or part of tha( day in order to maintain necessary serv ice, should be given equal time off at some other time during the holt dar season. It should be under. stood that this arrangement is not meant to set a precedent for any other holiday that may fall on Tuesday. Weather Details Maximum ftfdiy. H: minimum tneiv, Z). TeUI M-hnor prtf Ipluilolt: : for month: l.3; normil. SJS. ' on prerlplution, g.W; normal, 11.11 mrrr tM. -.4 of '" (ort ky C. . wramrr Wni ) Capitol Area 1 UNION 1 MARION I - , V i . J . ; :, h 'jjf -' CENTER pip ST. pp ' j st I 111 'Hi' ' . 3 . pP C0U"T ... j ' ' I ST. ' ;';: ' .' H '"" ' STATE ' '" ' ' ' . ' . . - .' ' : . ST. ... ' . 1 1 . .. i.T rrinr. Troffic Signal R.R Forest Blazes Tamed as NW Winds Subside By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Fire lines held Thursday night as cast winds which have fanned Pacific Northwest forest fires the past few days lessened their wal lop. The Oregon forester's office in Salem had no new trouble reports Friday morning. The forecast was for continued fair weather with decreasing winds. This was only partially good news for foresters who are hop ing for rain to relieve the fire hazard. The last measurable rain fall in Western Oregon and Wash ington was 12 days ago on Nov. 18. The dry, windy weather and un seasonable low humidities created the region's worst forest fire haz ard of the past five years. It re sulted In logging closures Southwestern Washington and ban on burning without permits in 13 Northwestern Oregon coun ties. The fires in the Astoria water shed remained among the most serious blazes. They were heldluav orlrt svstem outlined in a de. within the 4,000 acres of burned over slash lands Thursday night, In the Salmonberry River gion of Clatsop county part of the old Tillamook Burn some 2,500 acres were blacked within fire trail lines. 40 South Salem Residents Form Committee to Fight City Move By GLENN CUSHMAN Capital Journal City Editor Controversy over Incorporation of a new city of Salem Heights flared into tha open Thursday night when some 40 area residents voted to form a "Citizens commit tee" to fight the proposal made bv some officers ana memoers i of the South Salem Chamber of ,Rd., chairman of the petition com Commerce. mitfee for those in favor of the The erouo. most ofwhom said.move. said. "This objection lo nuriwanted to live In the country and they "want to live in the conn- try!" voted lo start circulating petitions aaaint incornnrnlion to oflet petition now oeine earrel bv the incorporation-barkers They said they also seek "more information" on coats involved if a new city were formed T.. . W. Rector, J61S Lillesard Lane, was elected chairman of the group at tha meeting held at Streets Changed to One-Way As a result of construction and new railroad signals In the 12th street area of the Capitol Mall, several streets have been added to the one-way grid system. They are shown in this map prepared by the State Highway commission. Shaded areas indicate streets which will next week be one-way. Traffic signals will be Installed at the Intersections of 12th and State streets, 12th and Center, 12th and Marlon and Capitol and Union streets, Railroad drop arm gates will be Installed on 12th at Stale, Court, Chemekcla, Center aad Marlon streets. (See other pictures Sec. 1, P. 2) New Traffic Controls Go in Effect Tuesday 12th Street Grid, Lights, Gates Installed By JAMES D. OLSON Capital Journal Writer Installation of drop alarm gates on 12th street by the Southern Pa cific railroad is in progress and the first such gates, together with vehicular traffic signals, will be come operative at 12th and State streets Monday. The flashinig light railroad grade crossing signal installed by the company at 12th and Ferry streets became operative Friday. Next Tuesday, railroad drop arm gates and the traffic signals on 12th street at Center and Marion will be put into operation simultaneous ly with the extension of the one- (ailed map in the Capital Journal today. Remaining railroad gates re-'included in the new signal system will be installed Wednesday and Thursday. City-Stale Cooperative The new traffic signal installa 'the fiome of Charles Knapp, who lives next door to Rector. Pros" Will Continue Meanwhile, backers of Ihe pro posed incorporation said Friday they will continue to seek names for their petitions calling for a SDecial election on the issue. Howard Gardner, VBS Dakota plan is Just natural. II wouldn't be good If there were no nhiec- t'irt-. All we went lo find out ' If people want a lily out h"re," he said. Hate SOO Names Now Gardner said his group is go- ing ahead circulating their peli lions for an election. "We have about 500 names now and people out here ar calling In (or peti- OREGON STATE HIGHWAY Traffic Engineering ONE-WAY TRAFFIC SALEM Scale v -. lion was installed by the Oregon highway department and the city of Salem. - Although the signals present the some appearance as others in the Salem area, F. B. Crandall. traffic engineer for the highway department, declares their operation is entirely differ ent. The principal change is that all ot the traffic signals on the 12th street, project, including the one at Capitol and Union streets, arc interconnected into the Southern Pacific's railroad warning circuits. Under normal operation, the new traffic signals will go from green to amber to red as they do at any other signalized location. But the operation changes upon the ap proach of a train, 1 Train Creates Impulse A train creates an impulse which changes the traffic signal imme diately from green to red, or if the lights were already red, they w 1 "i ?' 1- .- roA inrlifiotinn in nl' fliiwtmnv red indication in al1 directions, Crandall explains, which requires that all automobiles come to a complete slop. This "all red" appears prior to (Continued on Page 5, Column II tions so they can circulale them," ;he said. Rector and his group appointed special area leaders to coordinate their campaign against incorpora tion. Named to assist Rector were Ralph Stangeby and Bill Page. Mrs.' Edwin Armstrong, 3620 Mimosa St., one of those against incorporation, said "We moved outside the city limits because we we're certoinly not favorable lo any incorpnr.it ion now." Sl-rnrrs Itenr Cosli . She told Ihe group. "II .i2ners i of the petition for an election knew they are required by law to pay for that eleclinn, lot of thorn would certainly Ihink before they j signed thier name. Cost of elec tion is cstimaKd at about tl,000. (CocliEuei on Pigt I, CoL I) ! I ii Grid System DEPARTMENT Division STREETS November , 1956 $25,000 Fire Ruins Lounge In Elks Lodge Fire early Friday morning de stroyed all furnishings and ap pointments in the newly-decorated ladies' lounge at the Salem Elks Club, 680 State St. Firemen probably saved the life of Cecil Doty, head steward of the lodge, who lives In the build ing and was on the second floor. He suflcrcd severely from inhala tion of smoke. Earl Croghan, lodge secretary, who arrived 15 minutes after the 2:20 a.m. alarm, was' almost overcome by the fumes, and both he and Doty have an appointment with a doc tor today. $25,000 Lois Estimated First estimates of the loss place it at around $25,000. But Ihe lodge trustees and insurance ad justers were to meet early Friday afternoon and probably will fix a more accurate estimate at that time. The fire was discovered by Harve Carter, night bartender in the lounge. Carter, Karl Caswell, tender of the main bar, and Doty were the only persons in the build ing at the time. Farlinr In tha nioht IhO hliilHini? been well-filled, for it was ' . . .. .... . . - old-timers' night and a large din ner had been served In the sec ond lloor auditorium Just before Ihe Thursday nieht lodge meeting, Noticed Smoke Carter had left- the ladies lounge, which is known as Ihe "Circus Room." to take some money to Caswell for deposit in the safe. Suddenly he noticed smoke coming from the lounge He called lo Caswell to call the fire dennrtmrnt. and Carter find ing Ihe room ahlaze. attempted to cxtineui'h Ihe (lames Doty was asleep on the second floor where he lives. When awak ened he opened doors, and the smoke billowing io had almost overcome him when he was res cued by the firemen. Furniture In the "Circus Room" was of plastic upholstery and in varied colon. The room had been redone only about two months ago and was one of the most at- tractive In Ihe building ! While the building was filled ( w ith smoke lhcr we nn serious dnmn"e onl'ido of lh lounar. rtnee and own heme 'rhed- nled for Saturday nieht will go ahead a planned, i Evidence s lo Ihe point where the lire started (hrnwc some doubt on Ihe Ihenry tha'. a cics ette dropped on the floor was the caul. Indecent' Bookjury Deadloc1 2nd St. Clair 1 Not Likely Until Next Term By'FRED ZIMMERMAN Capital Journal Writer A second trial involving the al leged indecency of a 25-cent poc ket book in which Jack St. Clair will be the defendant is not likely to take place during the present term of court. This was indicated late Thursday bv Circuit Judec George R. Dun can when he dismissed a jury of five women and seven men who had deliberated seven hours with out avail. . Battle Will Continue Mrs. John Pfcifcr, Silvcrton housewife, who was largely instrU' mental in procuring evidence up on which an indictment was re turned against St. Clair, an agent of a news agency, said she would continue to battle against the dis tribution of "indecent" literature The jurors, after returning from lunch Thursday afternoon, twice asked Judgo Duncnn for further instructions. They Indicated a bit of indecision concerning the judge's statement that the book in question, A Dame Called Mur der", should be considered in its entirety and not piecemeal. The judge further told the jurors that a book can be held unfit for public distribution and salo if it tends to deprave the minds of its readers or induces immoral con duct. Had the jurors returned a ver dict of guilty against St. Clair he would have been sentenced under a misdemeanor charge which calls for a fine or a possible jail sen tence. ' (Continued on Page 5 Column 8) Hatfield Turns In Resignation As -State Solon Mark Hatfield, secretary of state-elect, today submitted his re signation as a state senator from Marion County. Hatfield s successor will be ap pointed by the Marion county court under provisions of a statute which requires the appointment to be made from a member of the same political party as the resigncc. It is the usual procedure for the court to get a recommendation from the Marion county Republi can central committee. The com mittee will not have a chance to meet until next week because Chairman John Carkin is in the midwest. Among the possibilities for ap pointment to Hatfield's senate scat arc Otto J. Wilson, Salem Mayor Robert While, State Rrpresenta llvc Robert Elfslrom and Sidney Schlesingcr. Former Representa tive John Steclhammcr, all of Sa lem and R. F. Cook and Harry Carson, both of Silvcrton. Hatfield was elected to the sen ate in l'JM after nomination by both parties in the May primary. He had earlier served two terms in the House of Representatives. He was elected secretary ot state November 6th. FPC Licenses Swift 2 Dam WASHINGTON Ifl The Power Commission Thursday issued a 50 year license to Public Utility Dis trict No. 1 of Cowliti. County, Longview, Wash., for the proposed 12 million dollar Swift No. 2 hy droelectric project on the Lewis Kivcr In Washington. Early Morning Blaze Destroys Lounge mfm h v A tire thai ilnrlrd about 2:20 a.m. Friday Irll a Damage was estimated at IM.OOO, Elks secretary ihnmhlrt ot the Klka club ladles kur-ze, ihe "Clr- K,.i Crohn .vlrws tha damage Friday morning, ens Mum." Thj ronin, which had teen reeenll ak.i i rrfeewitaJ. waa Mall nU ky Ua. -' i.uraat fhU) ,j Iraqi War on O M0 UDJa f Russ Aim Propaganda Blast At U.S. and Allies Soviet Returning Cold-Blood ledly To Cold War LONDON (UP) The Soviet Union unleashed a massive prop aganda attack today against the United States and its allies. It was a cold-blooded return to the cold war. In the space of a few hours Moscow Radio, - the Soviet ' press and Red diplomats loosed an ava lanche of charges against the United States, Britain, France. Iraq and Turkey, Observers here said Moscow, stung by world condemnation of us action in Hungary and the pos sible loss of a foothold in Egypt, was returning to the tough Stalin Molotov foreign policy line. Wide Ranging Assault The Soviet assoults ranged from the Mediterranean through Syria and Turkey into Austria. They included these charges: l. western "imperialist" powers and Iraq are planning armed in tervention in Syria. The presence ot the Turkish foreign minister' in London "goes hand in hand with diplomatic and.: political maneuv ers against Syria. -'.IMS came from Sovetskaya Ilosla, organ of the Russian Si. It. Bureau of the Gentral - Committee of the Com munist party ot the. Soviet Union. Provocative Activities 2. The activities of the U.S. 6th Fleet - in the Mediterranean are "provocative." , This came from Sovietski Flot, organ of the Red fleet, which, said the U.S. Fleet was being reinforced, was almost constantly on the move and was soon beginning massive maneuv ers which "pursue obviously pro vocative aims." State Welfare Chief Resigns Mrs. Loa Howard Mason, admin istrator of the state public welfare commission, who filed her resig nation with members of the com mission in Portland Friday, was highly commended by Governor Elmo Smith for her "most gener ous and effective contributions to thousands of citizens in Ihe state, as well as to the state govern ment as a whole- 'It is with genuine regret that wo lose Ihe services of Mrs. Mn- ," the governor said, "but I certainly can understand and ap preciate the personal reasons that impel her to take this action. Miss Jeanne Jewett, who has served as Mrs. Mason's assistant lor the past eight years, was named by the commission to the post, effective Dec. la, the date of Mrs. Mason's departure, Mrs. Mnsnn was not available for comment but in her office it was said that her resignation was made in order that she could travel with her husband. Mrs. Mason has been with the welfare department for the past 20 years, and served as administra tor during the last 12 years of this period. to Flare Up Tell Britain Massive 3. The United States is planning to violate Austrian ncutralitj!. and re-establish American air bases there on the "pretext" of flying out Hungarian refugees. That came from Radio Moscow. Today's barrage was preceded by several days of isolated attacks on Israel, of attempts to split the United States further from its Anglo-French allies, and of at tempts to discredit the Western allies throughout the Middle East. Diplomatic observers here said the Soviet action was another sig nificant development ' in its de termined policy to win a foothold in the Middle East and to increase its influence In the Mediterranean. U.S. Activates Emergency Oil Shipment Plan Action Implies Capital . r Confident Troops to Be Withdrawn 'I ' ' 1 WASHINGTON 11 -r The United States Friday ordered Into effect its emergency plan to move West ern Hemisphcro petroleum to oil hungry Europe.- The plan, drafted weeks ago, 'visualizes possible ultimate sffip- rneni oi l.iiw.muoarreis ot on daily. But official sources said actual shipments probably would not go higher than about 500,000 barrels a day. -.. . Mobilization -director Arthur S Flcmming asked Secretary of In terior Scolon .to activate the in dustry's Middle East emergency committee. This committee representing 19 oil companies has standby plans to pool production, distribution. and tanker facilities for an effort to ease the European petroleum crisis resulting from blockoge of the Suez Canal. Flemming's action Implied, but did not state, that the United States has obtained what it consid ers sufficient assurances from the French and British governments that their forces will bo with drawn, leaving the United Nations a tree hand to stabilize conditions in Egypt. Stove Blowup Burns Woman DALLAS (Special) Mrs. Law rence Short, 56, Grand Rondc, Is In Bartcll hospital being treated for third degree burns on her hands and minor burns on the face and body suffered Thursday night when an explosion and fire de stroyed the fnmily home. The woman s husband escaped with minor burns for which he was treated and released. Mrs. Short was lighting a fire with dicscl oil when the stove ex ploded spraying her with flaming oil. Trapped in the kitchen, Mrs. Short was forced to brcok a win dow to escape. Syria Mideast Fight Might Bring In NATO By DANIEL F.' GILMORE v" United Press Staff Correspondent '- LONDON (UP)-Baghdad Radio announced today that Iraq had . . proclaimed martial law in four:, provinces "io fight subversives act tivitlcs. Turkey was reported to ' have warned Britain that Iraq may resort to force to prevent.. The threat of a new Middle East flarcup over Communist tafiltrat-'; ed Syria brought crisis talks In -London by France, Britain and ' Turkey and a barrage of veiled threats against the West by the.;, . Soviet Union. ' . -'' Moscow Radio accused Western - "Imperialists" of plotting armed "intervention" .in Syria in hopci of strengthening the anti-Commu-' '.' . nist Baghdad pact. Western sourc es feared a Syrian attack oif " neighboring Iraq or Israel. Baghdad Radio, heard in Beirut;.., Lebanon, said martial law was de clared in the (our northern prov inces oi mosui, wnicn Dorders Syr' ia and Turkey; Erbil, which bor' ders Turkey and Iran, and Kurkukf! and Sulemanya, which border'' Iran. Riots Reported An Iraqi communique issued by-- the mllitnrv rnmmnnrfaf cnlH "ad- vocates of subversive doctrines""- won, tmt.N I. Jl J ': in upper iraqi where communist-' . Inspired riots have been reposed ' for the last several days. Authoritative sources said Act- ing Turkish Foreign Minister Eth- em Mcndercs personally warned . British i orcign Secretary Sclwyn Lloyd at lunch that Iraq might-; be forced to act against Syria.-' Turkey, linked to Iraq, by .treaty,', ".' would have to" support Iraq! f Turkey is a, member of NATO." Thus the web of peril-spread west-,' ward. Perhaps tho most ominous de velopment was the sudden Soviet barrage against the West. It flatly accused the West of preparing to", intervene In Syria and it said the ' U.S. Sixth Fleet in the Mediter ranean had "provocative aims." The British Foreign Office meanwhile formally welcomed an .' American statement that it will. ; 'view with the utmost gravity" ' any attack against the Baghdad ' pact partners of Iraq, Iran, Pakis- , tan and Turkey. Dangerous Symptoms - - British sources expressed fear. Soviet propagandists were inciting ' Kurdish tribesmen against the '. Iraqi government. Britain ' has ' been alive to the possibility Rus- ; sia would foster Kurdish claims ' lo a vast area which overlaps sec tions of Iraq, Syria and Iran. But Western diplomats viewed" Moscow's sudden outburst ot charges In the defense of Syria ? as the most dangerous symptom ' of threatening crisis. The charges 1 were the most serious since the height of the cold war, and car-' rlcd Willi them a chilling prospect'? of a new and bigger Middle East war. ".. Other Mideast developments in- ' eluded: ' 1. Sovietski Flot, the official or- gan of the Russian Red fleet, said " U. S. Sixth Fleet maneuvers in the . Mediterranean had "obviously pro-; vocative aims." . Pearl Harbor Situation 2. Vice Adm. Charles H. Browne Sixth Fleet commander, said ten-: sion was so high in the Middle East that "tomorrow could be my. (Continued on Page S, Column 4) News in Brief Friday, November 30, 19.16 .'-v.,' NATIONAL U.S. Puis Emergency Oil Plan l In Klfcct ... Sec. 1, P. 1 i LOCAL New 12th Signals, Grid to Go - . in Operation Sec. 1, P. 1 Book Jury Deadlocked Sec. 1, P. 1 1 STATE '1 Arrests Holt Teen-age Crime Wave ' nf Albany Trio Sec. 2, P. 10 a Store Ilnndit Kidnaps Family ; at Albany Sec. 1, P. r FOREIGN Iraq War on Syria Near, Turkey warns Britain . . Sec. 1, p. 1 Cuba Stamps Out Rebellion Attempt .. Sec. I, P. I . SPORTS Silverton Lineup , Photo Sec. 2, P. r Olympic Results - Today i .Sec. 1. P. I Latest Fishing Report ... in Oregon Afield..... Sec. 2. P. 1 REGULAR FEATURES Amusements Sec. 2, P. 2 Editorials Sec. I, P. 4 ' Locals . . Sec. 1, P. S . Society Sec. I. P. . I Comics Sec. 2, P. 4 ' Television Sec. 2, P. 5 Want Ads .... Sec. 2, P. 8, 7, . 9 : Markets Sec. 2, P. If Personal Problems -Sec. 1, P. Crossword Pttztlo Sec. 2, T. 4 .' Farm . - See. 2, P. I School . ' ,., Sm, KT.t