Capital Journal
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MOSTLY CLOUDY with occasional
now tonight and Saturday morn
ing, mow mlifd with rain bjr lata
Saturday. A Utile warmer tonight
and Saturday. Low tonight, 26;
high Saturday, 40.
68th Year, No. 292
Salem, Oregon, Friday, December 7, 1956 'V Price 5c
Arms Cost
Hoist Eyed
By Wilson
InforniationLeaks
Must Stop, Ike
Tells Aide
By MERRIMAN SMITH
I'nited Pre Whit Hniisr Writer
AUGUSTA, Ga. VPi- Defense
Secretary Charles E. Wilson said
after a conference today with
President Eisenhower that the mil-
itary defense budget for fiscal
1958 undoubtedly will be higher
man ine current Dimgei.
Wilson said, howevet. that he!
n t i c i p a t e s no "substantial" j
change in armed forces manpow
er. Hour Conference
Wilson conferred with the Presi
dent for two and a half hours, dis-
cussing the new military budget,
now virtually in final form, with
Budget Director Perqival Brund
age, Assistant Defense Secretary
V. J. McNeil and Sherman Ad
ams, the assistant to the Presi
dent, Wilson returned lo Washington:
In the early afternoon, but Brund
ae remained here for a confer
ence with the President and Chair
man Lewis L. Strauss of the Atom
ic Energy Commission Saturday.
Strauss will go over the new AEC
budget with the chief executive and
Brundagc.
The current defense budget is
$36.3 billion and Wilson estimated
in October that higher prices
might force a budget increase of
between $1 billion and $3 billion
next year.
Middle East Crisis
Wilson declined to make such
an estimate today, saying he knew
more about the budget now than
he did in October. He said recent!
events abroad, particularly the
Middle tast crisis, naturally
Dlaved a Dart in budget Dlanning.
But he said their net effect on
the size of the budget was "not
too important."
After touching briefly on the
Middle East and higher costs here
at home as budgetary factors, the
secretary was ask ?d, "Isn't the
budget bound to go up?"
"Well, it certainly would look
that way -at. the moment," said
the secretary in an impromptu
planesidc meeting with reporters
before he took off for Washington.
He did not want to discuss fig
(Continued on Page 5, Column 81
Dallas Kidnap,
Store Robbery
Suspect Jailed
DALLAS. Ore. William F.
Vandervort. .18 of Dallas, married
and the father of five children,
was arrested at his home here
Thursday night and charged with
robbery and kidnaping.
He is accused of kidnaping the
-TV ' Z rL si r.
Nov. 29. and forcing Dalpez to Cross has been on the chancel
drive him tn the store and turn 1 lor's staff for six and onp-half
over an estimated $1,500 in cash -years anr1 since 1953 has handled
receipts I ,ne double responsibilities as as-
The family was released un-'sis'ant to the chancellor and di
harmed. ! rcc,or of the division of informa-
Cilv Police olficer Bill Wilson tion. .
said that Dalpez' and his wife both announcing the request. Hat
i.a ij,it,H -,jn.n,i field said that Cross admirably
Vandervort was arrested Wed-
nesday night as he returned home j appointments nc p.ans to .c
after a live-day ahsence. He said : his department-ability, inleg
he had been to San Francisco. j nly and experience.
Vandervort is an unemployed I "In addition, he comes from one
logger. He worked at Valsetz and , the largest and most efficen
Roseburg before coming here a I sla'e departments. His loan will
short time ago makc Possible a more effective
Police got fheir first clue when 'he "PW adm,mS-
t... intinrf Tt,. tration," Hatfield said.
in checking his home, a roll ot
quarters was found on the path
leading to his apartment.
Justice of the Peace Kenneth
Sheltarly fixed bail for the sus
pect at $10,000 on each of two
counts, kirit aping and armed rob
bery. Friday morning, but defer
red arraignment until he obtains
counsel. -
Traffic Boxes
Blow-up Laid
To Gas Leaks
SPOKANE Leaking natural
gas was blamed Friday for the
minor explosions in the control
boxes for Spokane traffic signs.
Six of them have blown up when
the lights change.
Fire Chief W. A Dunham said
investigation showed gas has been
seeping around underground coup
lings and then following conduits
nn inln ihe control boxes. When
the lights on the traffic signs
change, relays in the control box .
cause a spark and ignite the gas,
he said
One blast Wednesday night blew
oprn the door of a box at Lincoln
and Main, downtown, damaging
I'-? traffic lights. A blast at the
smie intersection blew a man
h'n cover into three pieces.
None has been hurt and Dunham
c- 'i there is no cause for alarm.
Nathan Gellert. president of the
Fnokane Gas Co . said his crews
will begin checks to remedy the
problem Friday. He said the
situation is " novel one. I've
sever run up against it before."
3000.M1LE RECORD
Runa way Miss He
Appears to Have
Zoomed to Brazil
WASHINGTON Ofl The Air
Force said Friday a runaway of the missile probably will never
guided missile is presumed to be found.' There was no indica
tive landed somewhere in the tion it carried a warhead or ex
Brazilian jungle, possibly in the plosives.
a 0 . . Amazon ver.
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I lac missile, understood to nae
c. launched Irom
! , lr ,F r f,'i
-k. '
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lh min. fai,.H . in. ,
jntended turn ' . i
Th mi.ciin .Dc ,mHr raHar1
tUa i .,j.
surveillance as far as the coast
Hi J heen
ceived. it is probable that it came
to earth in some remote, dense, automatically by celestial navi
uninhabited jungle area. Igalion to keep it on course.
Hungary Labor Edict
I!!Demands
Kadar Warned of
'Jew National
Tragedy'
BUDAPEST (UP)- Hungary-si'" ""' ""'-""'ne, i tense capital
labor leaders warned the govern-; remained quiet while he people
ment bluntly today there will be j wl"d(. see what would happen.
eeneral strike, bloodshed and a I tne uncas?' ca m- angry knots
. : I I--,,,,,!,." it IUA rnr. i
new national iraEcay u ute cut-!
. ..., :r .1. -
rCnt wave of arrests continues. ;
The warning came in a procT 'm" ""V?:
lamation handed to puppet Prem-
ier Janos kadar by the Central i
1
Hatfield Seeks
Educator Aide
Loan to Staff
Crolan, nt l nlo.nWt M.trlt
Hatfield Friday requested the state
board of higher education to grant
leave of absence to Travis
Cross, assistant to the chancellor,
for a year's assignment with the
department of state.
Hatfield, who was in Eugene
Friday morning, did not disclose
the exact duties ihal would be as
signed to Cross, explaining that
Ik would do so if the board acted
favorably on his request at its
meeting in Portland Tuesday.
Recommends Leave Granting
Chancrllor .Inhn R. Richards
said he would recommend the
granting of the leave to the board.
He said two recent precedents
exist in granting of leaves to state
I system personnel for administra
! tivc assistant positions with Con
i gressv.oman Edith Green in 1955
and the rovernor's office in 1956.
meets the standards set up for all j
Appointed
i (
Travis Cross, whose appoint
ment to an rtreulive position In
he Secretary of Stale't ntfice
wa announced Friday by Secre
tary nf State-fleet Mark Hat
field. The ntw erretary of ttate
who will take office Jan. 7, re
quested the Board ftf Education
to grant a leare of absence to
Cro. whn li now auistant to
the cbanceUor.
C s . j
to-m n
m
I Tf this is the case, the wreckage
-
One or a combination of factors
coud have caused the trouble, in-
cluding the (aiurc 0f electronic
equipment or of the control sur -
,aces of ,ne wingcd mls5"e'
There have been a number of
previous test flights,
all of which
have been successful and have
ui nuiums ,u
hiuin acrnrrlinn In nlanc tho Air
force spokesman said,
The apparent 3,0O0-n
flight
"'M" -
'Ihp annarent 3.nflO-milP
may nave set a record, previous
The snh.oni, Snark is a "star -
tracker" missile, guiding itself
No Arrests
Workers Council of Budapest. It
was the sharpest denunciation yet
of Kadar's new "get tough" poli
cy. The Budapest council was sched
uled to meet with Kadar in the
late afternoon to get his reply.
Ot
u( ..It'll MUt.U IH1K1I1I? ill
street
. . - -
"nocr ine menacing guns
anytn.ng loiiowing tnree days:
-"".
Workers Arrested
In the severest clash Thursday,
Russian and Hungarian police bul
cts killed two demonstrators and
injured scores. Budapest Radio j
ai.so ciaimca mat two ponce were
killed, but the report was given
little credence here.
The Budapest council issued its
proclamation after SO members of
Budapest factory" workers councils
were arrested during the night
Police had picked up 50 others
the night before
Others arrested in the govern'
ment s promised crackdown
counter-revolutionaries and fas-
cists" included talented voung
writer Joszef Gati. Gati, seized1
in the hospital where he was re
covering from a severe illness,
was released after questioning.
As soon as they heard of the
arrest of their elected leaders,
workers in a dozen Budapest
planls walked out on strike.
UN Post Won
By Philippines
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. W
The Philippines' won a first ballot
victory Friday over Czechoslov
akia for a one-year term on the
U.N. Security Council
The vote in the 79-nation Gen
eral Assembly was 51 for the
Philippines, 20 for Czechoslovakia,
a fi,. i c , i
"i " "t""u 1 -,,u ,UK"
The Philippines had just one vote
more than the two-thirds required
since only 74 affirmative votes
were cast.
Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister
Vassily V. Kuznetsov immediately
protested that the election discrim
inated aeainst F.astrrn Kuronp
The seat which the Phdippines will
occupy previously had been held
by Eastern European countries.
Yugoslavia will vacate the seat
Dec. 31 after serving the first half
of a normal two-year term under
a private agreement reached last
year to break a deadlock between
v...,rl. A ,u r.i. r 1
Yugoslavia and the Philippines.
Eden's Suez Venture
Wins 67-Vote Margin
1 nVnnV tn D.!l;.'. ti.-. I
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.,. r o r ,u
Ihe reins of government today aft-
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whether Sir Anthony Kdcn would
remain in tne driver s seal was think withdrawal now constitutes Srrcomhe said that if Sack actu
still in doubt. a humiliating reverse leaving ally files the appeal with Ihe U.S.
In quirk succession in the Britain and France without any court, then that court would be
House of Commons last night the gains from the invasion. responsible for postponing the ex-
government beat down a Socialist, Bul tnf small numher o( abstcn. ecution.
motion censuring the Suez mill- j tion, in itsclf was a Conservative I In other words, he said. Ihe slate
tary intervention 32, -260. then woniv,ctorVi sjncc more tnan m mem. j supreme court plans no action,
a vote of confidence in its Middle bPrs 0f tne party a week ago had 1 Sack prepared the notice him
East policy 312-260. 'signed a petition denlormo lhe self. His attorney is John P. Han-
have forced Eden and his Cabinet
to resign and make way for new
national elections which might
hi.ve put the opposition Labor par
ty in power.
The first 67-vote majority
proved that the Conservatives, de
spite internal diensin oer the
abortive British Fren h strike into
Egypt, still could close their ranks
against any Socialist bid for na
tional power. Actually the Conser
vatives have only M more mem
bers than all other parties in the
House,
Train Fire
Injures 40
In Chicago
Motorman Killed;
1 Car Destroyed
2nd Damaged
CHICAGO W A flash fire on
moving four-car wooden coach
eevat(.d ,rain Fridav killed the
: molorman and injured an esli.
I mated 40 passengers.
The Chicago Transit Authority
train was bound from suburban ;
Evanston to downtown Chicago.
Tim (ira hi ire forth nc thn frntvri.
ed rush-hour strinc of cars neared
the Howard St. station, just in-
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: .c num. num..
1 second car. said the sudden blaze.
fined to " 1
Lane said the first car. where, 'rday the northwestern part of
the blaze started, "went up like 'he state, but temperatures would
a torch." He said some passcn-: buc moderate and by late Saturday
gcrs in the forward car fought lhe sn"w ,'li'ur,n ,0 "
their way into other cars while Tk j .? l"
man'v riders leaped through closed1 A sk.l1d(l(,d on an icy high
windows to the elevated right of av '' n"1" sth ' E"St-ne
way.
inuiuct.v iti-i iiiiuii, hiiu crasneu
K inl 8 car. killing Carl Vance Col
Broke Out in Cab ! ir. , , . " ,, ... .
The train came tn a halt south
of the station, near Jarvis Ave.,
wncrc passengers m-u . , .,.
Most 01 ine injureu w ...
half dozen hospitals on the Nwth
Side, were reported suffering from
hums, smoke inhalation and cuts.
One rider was reported suffering
from a fractured arm.
Lane said the fire apparently
'it'.v
broke out in the motorman's cab
as the train nearcd the station.,
The dead motorman. whose
Dooy was Daaiyourneu. d UMv
, ., . , ,
, , iE nee
ei cum ,h. .r.n
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o. j..
The first ear was destroyed, the
second badly damaged. Olher
cars in the train were not affected.
Storm Delays
Preliminaries
On 2 Schools
Having mislaid his snowshocs,
Claude Post, contractor, aban
doned for the time being Friday,
the laying ot tnc lines or aaiem s
'o " J"mor n'Sn "-noois.
Post, partner in the contracting
firm of Viesko and Post, low bid
ders for the $2,500,000 project, ex
pects a contract will be signed in
lhe near future. He was author
ized to proceed with the project
Thursday and had expected to be
gin preliminaries Friday morning.
A fresh snowfall changed his plans.
When bids were opened for the
Waldo and .fudson schools, it was
discovered that construction costs
were considerable more than avail
able funds. Since then the- con
tractors. Architect William I. W il
liams and the school administra
tion have been eliminating wher
ever possible without impairing the
over-all plan.
A five-class mom unit at each
school was left in the plans. How
ever, the units will be left unfin
ished.
The contractors
construction on f
uun.Miuii
basis. It is probable neither Jud
son nor Waldo will be occupied ho-1
for the opening of the 1958 fall
term,
Supt. Charles Schmidt expects
tlnc d(',av in opening the schools
will result in operating
"staggered system" during the
1957-58 term unless enrollment
changes radically.
Weather Details
. ,
,Z" T!W:'u'XZ
.i?; fr monib. .77; normal. 1.41. sea-
"T nrfripiution t n- nnrnui. i2 t.
Blv.r hrlBht. -.S or ft font. (It.pirrt
i. s. ur.ih.r n,,..i
rri. ,, .
V "'"cr"mi 5 majority was ;
reuucea on me secono vnie ny 15
Conservatives who abstained. This i
r - . I H , ,"!""r supreme conn. wnoe cierx.
L.,,,,,.,, uflinii.i ui a tougner
line in the Middle East, who
L-N. and U.S. demands for with
draual to which the government
bowed.
The votes came after a two-day
foreign policy debate during which
the Conservative party's determi
nation to ride out the storm and
h:mg on to go1. ernment control
was set forth by Acting Prime
Minister It. A. Butler, heading the
government while Eden is rest
ing in Jamaica and regarded by
many as Eden's heir apparent.
"This government," said Butler
"hu a long life before K."
4 -Inch Sn
alem and Valley Traffic
At Least 3 Die
In Skids Off
lev Roads
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Heavy snow fell on northwestern
aim iramc was
a" l 1 up irom Portland
i Smith tn hf nw Kalnm anr4 unci In
Tillamook.
snow would fall Fridav and Sat-
r 1 , . .s l . ' "
man D. Fitzner. Salem, highway
department employe.
Earlitr Thursd , car skid(icd
from , soulhwrat Porland strwt
d ., . . -mhanknnt
killing Mrs. Wayne Pidgcon, a
former court reporter who was on
her way to the courthouse to
i..t;f
Portland vice indict-
' . . ,
Thursday night a truck skidded
e l.nn, Uil oe . t'
",,, iiiKimflJ' in Crtai ,ll jit urn-
ment c.m. km.e ni.hrH ,.
vrt.M. muihk ixicnara l,.
"'''W of Portland, who was rid-
in in It.
n Barked Vp 3
Miles
The heavy snowfall started in
Portland and Salem at dawn Fri
day. When people started driving
to work, skids started to tie up
traffic and at one time highway
90E between Milwaukie and Oak
Grove was a solid line of stalled
cars, state police reported.
At mid morning. Portland police
said cars were backed
up for
Hamilton
W. Bar -
three miles south of the Hamilti
Street .traffic light on S.
bur Boulevard, the west side
route of Highway 99.
Eugene reported flurries of
snow falling on icy streets.
Chains Needed
Nearly everywhere in the stafe
highways were treacherous, the
state Highway Commission warn
ed, and chains should be carried.
It said its morning report show-,
ed the following amounts of new '
snow: Government Camp 7 inch
es. Warm Springs Junction
Portland 2. Wilson River Summit
4. Sunset Summit 3. Astoria 2.
Tillamook 4. Salem 5. Detroit 3.
Green Springs Summit 2, Pros-
poet 1, Santiam Pass
Blaze Fatal
AtHcrmiston
HKRMISTON Hi -Mrs. William
A, Mikesell, ahout 65, died in a
fire that partly destroyed her
home here early Friday
Fire Chief Bob Russell said he
will carry on i believed ihe woman's clothing ig
c ha nee order i n',f,d from a kitchen stove and
she ran into the living room ap-
parently to telephone for help,
She was found dead on the floor
when the fire, confined to the It v
ing room, was extinguished.
The lire was discovered by a
fue oil truck driver who was'
masing a oe very across ine
an !-- 1. in- caiicu iirerncn
after
vainly trying to enter the house.
Survivors include the husband,
a fin, s, 11 in a 11,-1 iiiisiuii iiuijiii,
and a stepdaughter,
also of Her-
miston.
Slayer Files
If and written
Appeal Notice
Grorge F. Sack, 63-year-old M.Vcrnl lumber mills in Oregon to
Portland man who is scheduled to rs,. antj affected other industry,
die next Friday for Ihe murder of particularly bad hit was the As
ms Wttn ftl.-H a hnnHurrilrnn nn.
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tice f nday that he is appealing to ,
tne l niten states Supreme court. 1
The notice was filed with the
r. .i. aercomne. saia it wont fle-
lay the execution.
non. Portland
The state court upheld Sack's
death sentence lat July.
Sack was conucted of suffocat
ing h:s wife, floldte. in the lug
s?ge enmnartment nf h' automo
hi'e in Portland H.t body was
found in a vacant Int.
Th-"c of S-'-k'- ;ves died vio
lent death He had been married
to his third wife only two years
before she died.
The state claimed he killed her
herause he feared she would di
vorce him and then got part of
his $136,000 worth of property.
Sign Warns
m u. ' 1 ,
8t2-T.: '"-111 I'M
1.
The sign says SLOW and that's
were driving Friday morning as the serond big snowfall In llirec
days hit Hie valley. Tills sign near Die city's new bridge project on
.South J2lh street was one of the few things not covered by the
while stuff. The wealhrr bureau rerorded four Inches of new snow.
(Capital Journal Photo by Jerry Clnussen)
MILLS RKOI'KNIiNG
SP&S Strike Called
Off at Least 30 Days
PORTLAND Uj'P)
A strike
against the Spokane. Portland and
Seattle railroad was in "suspen-
sion today and himher industries! TI)C Astoria Plvwood Corpora
closed or slowed down by thei(;nn wntrh u,rf rjs men mil f
walkout began calling employes
back to work.
A. F. Kummer, assistant grand
chief of the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Engineers, said the strike
was suspended not ended pend
ing a decision of an emergency
hoard authorized Wednesday by
President Eisenhower. I
The first SP&S passenger train
to move since (he walkout started
last Saturday nighl left here at
w p.m. y siei ay lor i ,im-o nni
. . .... . 1 1 n 1
Spokane.
Fregiht trains started
rolling today
30.)v Time Given
fiuy I.. Brown of Cleveland,
sr;lnd ch.( o( th(, icomni
ie en-
in,.nrc cnl a ll,.rm tn .',,-
mw h,.'rc saying the strike would
ho ,n,.,!,l ,,nni ,i..l , i i
the mediation board have been Stales Dec. 31. Britain also plans 'This occurrence should be a
completed , lo draw on lhe International Monc-' rnjnk, t0 p(,npc not , fcnfe
flie President s order called for tary r und for a large sum. J currency or cash in their letters "
a Ihrec-ni.in board to study tliej The British actions will mean 'Grace said. "The use of rherks
strike and report bark to him a loss to the U.S. Treasury of or money orders is urged since
wilhm .1(1 days. j cash- hhey arc not negotiable."
Ktigioeers struck la1-! S.-itiird.iy ,
night alter a long dispute over '. , ..... ,
working conditions and in support ' "'i' i ''V IVII.t
of a demand for more pay for
certain jobs.
Milli Hroprninjt
Thi fii'f.riv sfrikc hrtd f.irrorf
IIH Id illtrt.
Rt word of the return lo work
bv engineers brou-ht a call for
iher .aid off employes to return
tn ho joh Brooks - Scanlon
big
lumber mill at Rend, said it was
calling 400 men bad. to work to
day. The Mult i I'se Panel Corpor
at ion and Valley Plywood o( Eu-
Snow Cancels
Sport Events
' Snow ehanged the local ath
letic ncene today, postponing at
Irnst two high school basketball
events.
First rallrd off was the dou
hli'heaijf al North Salrm Involv
ing N'or.h, S ntj Mi and two Van
couver hi;!i schools. No make
up da'.r has been set.
Second event to succumb lo
tranporUtlon difficulties was
Ihe Capital Conference jamboree,
scheduled at South Salem tonight
for eight Iragur memhen. It
has been re-srhMoled tentatlrely
for Friday, Dec. 14,
oio euesina
UOH9J0 JO TClCAJtln
Snow-Bound Salem Traffic
UU N
just the way niotnrisls In Snlem
grnc were lo reopen at fl a.m. to-
i day with
250 men returning lo
work
work put 50 men back today with
al! shifts due Monday.
Treasury Will
Borrow Billion
WASHINGTON - The Treas-
Ili-V h rifl.tV 9Mmitiiiff(- a num hnr.
- . " ""
rowing of one billion dollars lo be
used in pari to defray the cost of
possible financial aid to Hrilain.
Britain, confronted with deple
tion of its gold and dollar reserves
by Ihe Suez crisis, has asked for'alr,.st his route covered the area!
waiver ot an lt2-million-d o 1 1 a r
iNi,-n-M uiiyiiiem uue ine unueu
8 Hills Set Aside
For Use of Sleds
By STEPHEN A. STONE Kins wood to Parkway: Boice from
Capital Journal Asfinelate Editor Sunrise to Mountain View; Thorn p
Eight hill areas of the city were son from D street to H street, and
set aside Friday by city authori- Holiday from Hansen to Prospect
ties as coasting reservations for plarr.
Salem boys and girls during the The streets will be barricaded
season.
i ne tmiricis are ior u.se e-ai n ""i vniauidi n .nni. (ji-i inn
afternoon and evening, starting ted while snow remains in coasting
Friday. They will be under sup- condition.
ervision headed by Vern (iilmore,
city and school recreation director,
with the assistance of olher city
n,l ,t ; rJ..n..ut In
m-.la it.n .I nrrnnnnnt
so it can be set up each winter.
The activity was set up bv di-
rectum of Mayor Hubert F. White,
and also has the approval of City
Manager Kent M.-.thewson. It is
planned to make it part of the reg
ular city recreation program.
Areas Listed
The hill are. is set ap.lrt for coast-
ing are: The Soap Box Derby
course n Hush Park: Electric
street from Summer tn Yew: South
High from Oak to Leslie; Superior
j from Fairmount to Commercial;
Bonnie Way on the west side from!
Cripples
Mail Carrier
Charged With
Pilfering Here
A stihslitulo mail carrier is un-
der arrest here charged with lak-
intf money and checks out of let-
litre
Kenneth V. Malone. 226! Hazel
Avr is in-ill in .i;t i ion cm un y
'nl1 nrior ,0 bc!n tlikpn 10 port -
"' 1('" Mill I HI VIIIIIl UN .HHIIT Wtl It (Mil 11(1 Mini- IM-lWCCn
the charge, according to Salem 1 8 a.m. and noon. Friday. The pave
Postmaster Albert C. firagg who ment is very icy, however, and
said the accused man had not chains arc required.
made a confession
The arrest was made by three
members of the postal inspection
service staff from Seattle.
(Jragg said that V. F. Worthing
ton, assistant inspector in charge
of the postal inspection service in
Seattle, and his two assistant s,
Carl A. Hoyer and Robert B. Clif
ton, came here recently after it
had been determined that the mail
was being tampered with. Ma-
inest followed.
mum .i
. Tl,is i. Die first instance r,f mail
pilfering lo come lo the attention:'" """" cas"'r" wenm cities mis
of (iraxi! since he look over the monnny, reports indicating Kla
pnslmoslcrsliip about 10 years ago. I mnln a ls ihe M1 'lh de
lle credits Malone with being ll,,ow, 7pr"- reported
Vnral u-nrlcr " At II,- time nl his
, around the Salem General hospi
i;.
lor the benelil ot the youngsters
j Wlllamrtle Athletes Supervise
Direct supervision, it is now
! planned, will be by Willamette
1 iiniinrcitv !i I hint no uhi will Wtor
ri'ii :trm hnnH tn lhrv fin h i
recognized. Director (iilmore said
they would be employed and paid
by the recreation department.
(iilmore has the assistance of
City Engineer J. II. Davis, Park
Director Walter Wirth. ami Chief of
Police Clyde A, Warren. They met
Fnday and set up the plan. En-
j.ineer Dais said that where need-
ed. sand would be placed at the
, too oi mc nuts tor saiciy pur-
i poses.
I It is expected the lulls will be
in use from the close nf school. ii
the afternoon to about midnight,
Rain, Warmer
Forecast by
Sat. Night
By MARIAN 1.0WRY FISCHER
Capital Journal Writer
Four inches of snow piled un on
glazed and icy streets and roods
crippled traffic and brought many
other inconveniences for Salem
and the valley Friday morning in
the wake of winter's newest frigid
blast. On heights the snow meas
ured up to 8 inches.
But a "break" is in sight, the
forecast calling for some rain and
slightly warmer temperatures by
Saturday night.
Just before midnight, the ther
mometer tumbled to 18 degrees
here with result late night traffic
along the city's streets was all but
halted, the roadways being a solid
sheet of glistening brittle ice.
Starts In Earnest at S
Snow started in earnest for the
city about 5 a.m. Friday and was
variable until ahout 9 a.m. when
it became fairly steady. The morn
ing minimum Friday in Salem was
recorded at 20 degrees, still 12 be
low freezing. More occasional
snow storms arc booked through,
tonight and Saturday morning,
mixed snow and rain, then rain
due by late tomorrow.
Temperatures again will din be
low freezing tonight, a low of 21
being forecast for Salem, meaning
nazaranus driving conditions for
all sections.
Surprisingly, the deep snow and
icy streets brought only minor
iramc Jams and accidents for the
capital Iriday morning, most folk
realizing it was time to take it
easy. A few cars were reported
'in the ditch" Irom sliding.
Plows, Sanders in Action
"Just in case," Marion county's
fleet of snpwplows, trucks 'and
snnders went into operation early
Friday morning, faking no chances
on what the forecast might be.
The hilly area south of Salem
was the first scene of operation for
the emergency crews, reports Ted
Kucnzi. assistant county cneineer.
The sanders followed the plows. .
Reports from out in Ihe valley
cl.-lt,.H tl,n cnn,rnll In Ik.
... ..... ,,.,.,,,. , ,c lllKllr,
elevations was not much deeper
",an that on the valley floor.
The state highway denarfment
sent out warnings Friday morning
I Hint f U
throughout the state.
. ?anuam pass is neing Kent open
, hv snowplows. Only an inch of
10 Inches At Valsetl
At Valsclz. 10 inches of snow
fell during the night, but the road
is being kept open. Traffic Is
moving slowly and must be
equipped with chains. Falls City
listed seven inches of snow during
the night.
II appeared areas lo the north,
in the Portland area especially,
were harder hit by Ihe storm than
in this section of the valley.
sub-zero temperatures prevailed
: 3 a- aKer 4 DCIOW.
'''ive''.iy forecast for the Salem
area calls for more cold tonight
and Saturday, the break to come
Saturday night, although tempera
tures will be below normal for the
period. Hafn Is in prospect for
Saturday night and Sunday morn
ing, then recurring rains ngain are
due the first of the week through
Wednesday.
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News ia Brief
Friday, Dee. 7
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