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G apital Adjournal THE WEATHER PARTLY CLOUDY, little cooler tonight; mostly cloudy Saturday. Low tonight, 32; high Saturday, 48. 2 SECTIONS 24 Pages 4storian Branded Red Aide Housewife Called Propagandist In Probe SEATTLE Ul An Astoria, Ore., woman was accused at a House Un-American Activities sub committee hearing Friday of be ing "one of the principal prop agandists for the Communist Party in the Northwest." Richard Arens. the subcommit tee counsel, applied the label to Airs. Julia Ruuttila, who described herself as a housewife and free lance writer. ' "If that is not true, I ask you to deny it under oath," Arens challenged. Refuses to Answer Mrs. Ruuttila said she declined to answer under rights accorded her by .the 5th Amendment. It was one in her series of about 25 refusals to answer. In addi tion to invoking the 5th Amend ment, she insisted questions put to her were not pertinent and were beyond the scope of the commit tee's investigative authority. Arens also said to Mrs. Ruut tila "I put it to you as a fact that you have for several years been associated with the North End Club of the Communist Party in Portland." She again refused to answer. Mrs. Ruuttila was the second woman witness called in the sec ond day of the hearing which com mittee members said was aimed at linking activities against na tional immigration and security laws with members of the Com munist Party. She Also Slays Silent The other was Mrs. Louise Hat- ten, Seattle, who likewise refused to answer a series of questions about activities of the Washington Committee for Protection of the Foreign Born, and about possible Communist Party associations. Mrs. Ruuttila, however, was the principal morning witness. Arens accused her of having written al so under the names of Julia Eaton and Kathleen Cronin. She acknowledged that she was discharged in 1948 from a job with the Oregon Public Welfare Com mission. COPs Pledge No Deals for Senate Post PORTLAND W Each of Oregon's 15 Republican senators has pledged not to make a sep arate deal with the Democrats on the matter of organizing the state Senate, Sen. Rudie Wilhelm re ported Thursday. The Republicans are holding to gether hoping to gain some ad vantages in the negotiations to break the 15-15 tie between Re publicans and Democrats in the upper house. Wilhelm predicted that a solu tion to the problem would be found before the scheduled Jan 14 inauguration of Democratic Gov.-elect Robert D. Holmes. Wilhelm's remarks were made at the meeting of the Multnomah County chapter of the Oregon Republican Club. Another speaker at the session was Phil Hitchcock, who was de feated in the GOP primary for the U.S. Senate. Hitchcock cited what he said was "criticism that a small group has been running the party." This group has been running the party "by default," Hitchcock said. Weather Details Maximum yerterdty, 55; minimum today, 45. Total 24 -hour prerlplta Uon; .05; for month: 2.02; normal, 3.02. Season prrrlpltatfnn, 10.42; nor nml. 14.29. Rlvrr hricht. 15 6 fret (Rrpnrt by V. g. WfMhfr Burrau.j 1600 HEAR RUTGERS TALK Godfrey Lectures Despite Criticism NEW BRUNSWICK. N.J. (UP) qualified as an expert on air Entertainer Arthur Godfrey power. made his controversial appear- Godfrey said he was grateful ance at Rutgers University Thurs-to accept the invitation to speak dav for his discussion on airland be "understands" the criti power. Godfrey spoke to some 1,400 Air Force reserve Officer Training Corps students after arriving by helicopter. About 200 additional non-tlOTC students and faculty members were on hand for the event. Godfrey began by an hour-long question and answer period with iwo references to criticism which had been levelled at his appear ance. The critics, ico Dy ur. nicnarui.t about 35 a momn. ne sain. B. Schlatter, a history professor. complained that the students' loss f a classroom time wss not Justi fied becau3 Godfrey was sot 2 New Salem Schools Wait On Re-design Board Calls Fresh Start on Plans To Cut Cost By FRED ZIMMERMAN rnoital Journal Writer Unable to perfect a reconcilia tion between available funds and the cost of constructing two jun ior high school buildings, the Sa lem school board decided Thurs day night to make a fresh start As a result Architect William I Williams was asked to redesign his Dlans so that the cost of the Judson and Waldo buildings would come within the limitations of the $2,400,000 budgeted for their con struction. Crews Divert Flooded Creek Near Oakridge Several Houses Remain Threatened; Rails Reconstructed OAKRIDGE Ml Salmon Creek wns being moved back into its old channel near here Friday as heavy caterpillar tractors worked to clear away the debris and gravel which clogged the normal watercourse during floods earlier this week. The creek which is a river in all respects but its name w a s still undercutting a bank at one point and further threatening a a number of homes along the bank. Southern Pacific track crews worked through the night to com plete a track re-laying job re quired by another Salmon Creek digression about a mile up stream from Oakridge. A heavy cran had been brought t the job to help and Southern Pacific was working double shifts at its heavy rockpit near Oregon City to send more materials for the Oakridge job. Oakridge community leaders met Friday morning to discuss means of shoring up weakened dikes and revetments in Willam ette City and Oakridge before another flood occurs. Ray Ramey, Oakridge area civil defense director, said Gov. Elmo Smith has been asked to declare an emergency in the area to fa cilitate obtaining federal aid. Men and equipment put to work all night Tuesday and through Wednesday on Willamette City dikes were promised payment "if and when" it might be possi ble, Ramey said. Other volunteer flood fighting efforts were simi larly arranged. Cold Weather Due in Valley Cooler weather was back in the picture Friday, the forecast calling for temperatures around tiie freez ing mark here tonight. Rivers in the valley are still running high. At Salem the Wil lamette measured 15.6 feet Fri day morning and was due to stay around that point, only slow drops being forecast for the next two days for streams in this area of the valley. Five-day forecast calls for tem peratures averaging above normal following the cool trend for the first part. Recurring rains are due. totaling 1 to 2 inches in this area. The mountain regions also are due for cooler weather this week end, a few showers, mostly of snow, listed for about Monday in the high areas and eastward. cism. At DOin reierences iu uic controversy he was heartily ap plauded. Godfrev, who has been Interest ed in flying since the early 1920s, said Russian heavy bomber pro duction is presently running more than five times greater than that in the I'nited States. He said the B52 Stratofortress was our best heavy bomber and jthat we were producing it at - 1 , hnu, six a mr,nth. The Ru55;ans produce a similar craft The redheaded TV star saio Russia will surpass u as an air power by June, 1958. If present pndoction levels -continue. 68th Year, No. 298 At the same time the board re jected the low bid of Viesko and Post, Salem contractors and fixed mid-March as a tentative date lor opening new bids. s.300,000 Difference The board, the architect and the contractors have been endeavoring to trim the specifications and plans for three weeks, but the ap proximately $300,000 differential proved too great. Since Supt. Charles Schmidt had given up all hope of having the buildings completed in time for use until late in the 1957-58 term, the delay in construction will have no material effect upon his plans, which call for a staggered system of classroom operations. Decision of the directors to try again was somewhat influenced by the advice of their attorney, Rob ert DeArmond, who said further reductions in the cost of construc tion might jeopardize the low bid of Viesko and Post. In spite of mounting construc tion costs. Chairman Gardner Knapp expressed the belief that good schools can be built at square footage cost within the $U.50-$12 range. Basic Designs Remain The basic designs of the two buildings will not be changed. In the meantime the administration and board will investigate schools which have recently been con structed at Eugene and Milwaukie at a considerably lower figure. lo add to the district s financial difficulties, the announcement was made that a 50 cent per barrel rise in the cost of heavy fuel oil has become effective. This means (Continued on Page 5, Column 5) Ellsworth May Get Top-Level Joh in Capital PORTLAND (UP) Sen. Rich ard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.) said here today that Rep. Harris Ells worth, defeated Republican Con gressman from Roseburg, may be considering a top-level position in the Eisenhower administration. Neuberger revealed that Ells worth had called him from Wash ington inquiring about his attitude toward a presidential appointment for Ellsworth which might come before the Senate Committee on Post Office and Civil Service and before the Senate for confirma tion. Ellsworth recently returned from Paris where he attended a NATO conference as United Stales delegate. He was defeated in his bid for re-election by Charles Porter of Eugene. Neuberger said "I told Con gressman Ellsworth that any dif ferences of opinion which I had with him were in the realm of politics and not in any way per sonal." The Senator said he also told Ellsworth that "1 would not in any way try to block his confirmation by the Senate." Neuberger said he had been assured by Sen. Wayne Morse, Oregon's Democratic sen ior senator, that be also would do nothing to "prevent him from gaining the governmental post that he seeks. NEW YORK, Dec. 1( Hrltn Muter, left, holds hand to face In shocked amarement as she arrives to Identify the body ef her slain hnsband, Meyer, a millionaire food eU manufacturer. The bullet- riddled bwry f the wealthy ta the trans fklajtttUklf " War Hits Hungary's East Zone Reds Admit Riots And Clash With Rnss Troops By CHARLES W. RIDLEY VIENNA (UP) Communist controlled Budapest Radio today reported new anti-Soviet riots and a major armed clash between Hungarian patriots and Soviet troops in Eastern Hungary. A broadcast said the battle took place Thursday at Miskolc, capital of Borsod Province. It erupted when Red Army troops moved in to break up anti-Soviet demonstrations. Casualties were not reported. It was a rare admission by the Janos Kadar puppet regime of bitter fighting in the provinces. A later broadcast said anti Soviet riots flared Monday and Tuesday in the city of Eger, be tween Miskolc and Budapest. "Counter-revolutionary elements," Red terminology for the partis ans, attacked the provincial gov ernment building and caused seri ous damage with hand grenades, it said. Driven Into Mountains The Eger rioters distributed anti-Soviet and anti - Communist leaflets, the broadcast said. Radio Budapest listed a number of persons arrested m various parts of Hungary for distributing anti-Communist leaflets. Hungarian refugees in Yugo slavia said strong Soviet armored reinforcements drove into the Pecs and Szgctvar regions in Southern Hungary early this week to push strong insurgent forces into hide outs in the Mecsek Mountains. The reports came from 70 Hungarian youths who fled across the fron tier Monday. In its version of the Miskolc clash. Budapest said "counter-revolutionary elements led by Geza Barany opened fire on Soviet troop units when they tried to stop anti-Soviet demonstrations. 28.000 on Sitdown BUDAPEST t An estimated 28.000 workers in Hungary's big gest industrial complex the huge Csepel Iron and Steel Works south of Budapest defied Russian tanks and troops Friday to stage a new sitdown strike. (Continued on Page I, Column 6) Flood Strips Talbot Road Approximately 100 feet of black top was washed off Market Road No. 39 near Talbot during tne re cent flooding of the Santiam high way. County Judge Rex Hartley and Commissioner Roy Rice visited the area Thursday and found that the water had receded to such a stage that it was possible to pass over the road. The officials also discovered that a drift wing placed in the river a year ago, had been effec tive in preventing debris from floating onto nearby farms. A request (or a similar drift wing a short distance up stream has been sent to the U.S. engineer corps. During the current rise a considerable amount of drift has been deposited in fields adjacent to the main stem of the river. Shocked at Slaying Q) r-, v ( ..'v hoaiaeunuui was) let the fUlog. Salem, Oregon, Friday, December U.S. to S Allies, But Flax Property Here Sold for Near $350,000 Asten-Hill Firm Buys Plant, Grounds in West Salem The Asten-Hill Mfg. Co., which has been operating in Salem since July, 1955, Friday announced through its Salem manager, Ernest Liszewski, that it has purchased the buildings and grounds of Ore gon Flax Textiles, Inc. in West Salem. The purchase price was not di vulged, but is understood to be in the neighborhood of $350,000. Produces Dryer Felt Asten-Hill, manufacturer of "dry- erfclt," a material used in the manufacturing process by paper mills, has been operating in the plant under a lease arrangement since it came to Salem a year and a half ago. The plant had been vacated by Oregon Flax Textiles when it quit its Oregon operation. The purchase by Asten-Hill is from National Auto Fibers, Inc., which was the parent company of Oregon Flax Textiles. The transaction an nounced Friday was made through Grabenhorst Bros. The home offices of Asten-Hill Mfg. Co. are in Philadelphia. The company has three plants in the United States, in Philadelphia, at Waltcrboro, South Carolina, and in Salem. Covert Four Acres The buildings of the Salem plant total about 80,000 square feet of space and cover four and a frac tion acres. The output of the com pany is exclusively dryerfelt. The company is now running three shjtts five .days a week. 20 Injured as Florida Train Breaks in Two LAKE CITY. Fla. un-A coupling between two cars of the Seaboard Airline Railroad's fastest train, the Gulf Wind, came apart near here Thursday and some 20 per sons were injured when the rear section of the train hit the front part. Trainmen made repairs and the Gulf Wind proceeded here. Doc tors and nurses met the train and gave first aid. None of the in jured was hurt seriously enough to be hospitalized. The collision shook up passen gers and threw some dining car waiters to the floor. A Seaboard spokesman said the cause of the two cars coming un coupled had not been determined. He explained that when two cars come uncoupled the brakes are ap plied automatically. The train was en route from New Orleans to Jacksonville. Scene L la a lonely area Bear the Bush Terminal In Brook lya yesterday. Hiding hit eyet from the trrne is Metter's brother, Murray, a holiness partner. Pe Uce a far nave bees anable te establish metlie tAP Wires hot) 14, 1956 , Dawn Comes i i i r i i 1 . Ill II I Girls at Willamette's Delta Gamma sorority got surprising awakening early Thursday morning when Swedish exchange stu- tv drnt Bfrgetta Cullers celebrated Birgctta dressed In the ' Lucia Brine" costume, Including a wreath of seven candles, and served Swedish cookies and coffee to her sis ters fn a custom which heralds the coming of Christmas. Peeking out from the covers Js Mary Ann Schoesslcr. (Capital Journal Photo) SANCTA LUCIA OBSERVED Co-ed Brings Bit Of Sweden Here A little bit of Sweden was transported to Salem yesterday, when the Swedish national holiday, Sancta Lucia, was cele brated by Birgella Gullers, foreign exchange student at Wil lamette university. An ancient Swedish custom which has passed down through the centuries, Sancta Lucia is a sym bol of light the light is a herald ing of the coming of Christmas. In small towns and large in Sweden, a girl is named "Lucia Bride to represent Sancta Lucia. She and her court ride in a car riage through Stockholm singing the Lucia song, whose tune has been borrowed from the Italian Santa Lucia. In most villages the Lucia Bride and her retinue pause at each home, singing and presenting the families with Swedish Christmas cookies rolled dough baked in the shape of crosses, or peppar kakor, a ginger snap cut into forms of animals. Although Birgctta was thousands of miles away fiom the Swedish celebration in her native Mock- holm, she donned the traditional white gown of Sancta Lucia yes terday and put on tne crown, which Is a coronet decorated with lingonberry leaves and seven lighted candles. The "families" whom she visit ed bearing greetings of Sancta Lucia, were the members of Delta Gamma sorority, where she lives an exchange scholarship, fol lowing another custom of baking all of the Lucia and Christmas breads and cookies the day be fore the huge celebration, Birgctta turned out her p'pparkakor and crosses Wednesday and served them Thursday morning with cof fee for breakfast. No one knows where the cus tom began or who Sancta Lucia exactly was. commented Bir- gctta, "but it has become the largest national holiday in our country and is celebrated with much gaiety and festivity." Albany Shoppers Get Free Forking ALBANY (Special) Albany rity council's Christmas Rift to shoppers wilt he to rinys for frre In (he metered Tones, be fore Christmas. Councilman Cliff Knodrll asked the rounrll to declare a parking holiday the twe shopping days before the holiday Decem ber 8 sad M. . , ojo eueans uoSeJO jo JtUTBJSAtun Not Early on Swedish Holiday a native holiday "Sancfa Lucia," Salem Man in I San Jose Hit By Cars, Dies SAN JOSE. Calif. (UP)-Freder-ick Ray Witham, 52, Salem, Ore., was killed Thursday night when struck by three automobiles while he walked on U.S. 101, 10 miles northwest of here. Highway patrolmen said he was walking north, wearing dark cloth ing, Just south of Moffelt Naval Air Station. DIVISIONS RKDUCKI) State Motor Vehicle Bureau Reorganized Ily JAM Eft I). OLSON Capital Journal Writer Reorganization of the slate motor vehicle department, under which a dozen or more small divisions have been absorbed to seven major divisions, was announced Friday by Warne Nunn, director. Nunn said the reorganization had been accomplished without severance of any slate employe from the payroll, and will result in bringing the work of the depart ment closer to the director. No One Jobless "No one is being put out of a job." Nunn said," "and while the reorganization has naturally result ed in some unrest among some of the employes, I feel certain that the plan will work out to the bene fit of the public and a majority of employes of the department." Under the new plan the drivers' license division, formerly under supervision of the registration di- vision, brcomes a scnarate oper- ation under the direction of its present head, John Kerrick. Field offices will avsume addi tional duties under the direction of the new field operations division tmder Charles Grove. Heretofore the field tUitm bandied onl ftfia- A-Arms to Warheads AEC to Build 'BoilineWater' Power Reactor WASHINGTON W The Atom ic Energy Commission (AEC) Friday announced plans for anoth er step in the quest for economi cal electrical power from the atom. The commission said It will build an 8'i million dollar experi mental device designed to extend current research in the field of "boiling water" reactors. The new devico will be con structed at the commission's Na tional Reactor Testing Station In Idaho. It Is expected to be in oper ation in late 1959, the commission said. "A boiling water" reactor is one in which water that is used to lap the heat from the atomic energy fumaro" i nnrmillnH In knil Thus, steam from the reactor could, if so desired, pass directly to a turbine to generate electric power, without need for an inter mediate "heat exchanger." However, the AEC has pre viously said that variations of the basic idea so as lo employ a heat exchanger are also possible. Evidently, this is one of the things Involved in the new ex- pcrimcnt, because the commis - mission s announcement said "heat exchangers" will he among Ihc equipment utilized. TO 7 tralion of automobiles but from now on will do the clerical work on drivers' licenses and also take on financial responsibility duties arising In the area of the office. Krglstrntinn Department Registration of automobiles will come under a separale department under Robert Gile, who has super vised a portion of the work of this division. A number of small units will be added to the division, Nunn said. Chester Fritz, who has been In charge of processing of registra tion and files, in which approxi mately 150 women are employed. has been transferred into the di rector's office to handle details of administrative work. Nunn said that there had been too many levels of authority and consolidation was necessary if the director was to keep his hand on the overall operations of the de nnrtment. The seven divisions wilh the managers are: Traltic satety, James Ranks: fiscal. J. R. W ' Iliams; administrative services. Io Hegstrom; field operations, Charles Grove: motor vehicle re eiitratloo. Robert Gile: driver U senses. Mm Kerrick end ibiaa- da) MsooaMBbA BtroM ItoCofclCMrtakM Itorf tec. S. P. I aPajly To NATO By STANLEY JOHNSON PARIS uei The United Statci Friday promised to supply mod ern weapons, capable of firing atomic charges, to its NATO al lies but made it clear that tin U.S. will retain possession of the atomic warheads. A U.S. source said the new weapons to be made available have auai capacity, meaning t n a I they can lire cither conventional or nuclear explosives. , PARIS (fl The Atlantic Al lies called urgently Friday night for quick clearance of the Sues Canal, a final settlement of the disputed waterway's future and a permanent Arab-Israeli peace. A communique issued after the four-day NATO conference of foreign defense and finance ministers also expressed "shock and revulsion" at what was de- ' scribed as Russia's "brutal sup pression of the heroic Hungarian He said that because of the U.S. law prohibiting transfer of mili tary atomic elements to foreign countries, only the conventional explosives would be furnished to allies of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Report by Wilson The U.S. promise came in a 15 minute report by Defense Secre tary Wilson in answer to reauests from European NATO members lor tactical atomic weapons. Wil son spoke at a closed session of the Ministerial Council of the 15-na-tion alliance. The council session also named Belgian Foreign Minister Paul- Henri Spaak, 57, a middle-of-the- road Socialist, as its new secre tary general. Spaak, one of the leading workers for a united Eu rope, succeeds Lord Ismay - of Britain. Osmay retires in April aft er holding the post for five years. Wilson told the council that in addition to 'he delivery of new and modern arms whose nature ha did not specify tho United States would assist (hose allies who are willing and able to develop their own modern weapon systems. The United States" European al lies have expressed their mount ing desires to transform thoir armed forces in line with the re alities of the atomic age. No Word oo Amendment Wilson made no reference to any possibility that President Ei senhower's administration might ask Congress to amend the Na tional Security Act and the Atom ic Energy Act to permit the ship ment of atomic warheads to the NATO allies. In his call for an Integrated Western European arms program, Wilson appeared to be urging a military version of the so-called Lurntom Project which six NATO members in Europe are drafting , inr a pooled development of nu- ' flr".r cncrRr tot Peaceful indus- trial purposes. Not Ready I'ntll '59 Franz-Joseph Strauss, West Gor man defense minister, conceded that the full West German con tribution of 12 divisions to NATO defense will not be ready until in."i9. He said, however, thet West Germany will make a "signifi cant" contribution in the coming l year. The ministers adopted a report which covers definite military goals for l!).i7, provisional goals for 1058 and planning goals for ! 1!). i Continued on Page S, Column 11 ISews in Brief For Frlrfav. Dee. 14, 193. ' NATIONAL 20 Hurt in Florida As I Train Separates Sec. 1, P. 1 I AEC Will Construct Boiling Water Reactor Sec. 1, P. 1 LOCAL License Renewals Soon Due in Citv Sec. 1, P, t STATE State Motor Vehicle Kureau Revamped . Sec. 1, P. 1 Hitchcock Denies Catholic Criticism Sec. 1, .P. 2 FOREIGN NATO Nations to Gel Unloaded A-Arms .. Sec. 1, P. 1 Eden Flies Home ... Sec. 1, P. 2 Clashes Admitted in Eastern Hungary Sec. 1, P. 1 SPORTS Steclhcad Fishing Improves Sec. 1, P." I Doubleheadcr Tonight At South Salem ....Sec. 2, P. l Wilt the Stilt Plays : At Seattle Sec. 2, f. i REGULAR FEATURES Amusements Sec. I. P.. 2 Editonals Sec. 1, P., 4 Locals Sec. 1, P. S Society Sec. 1, P. 4.7 Comics Sec. 2, P.-d Television Sec. 2. P. 7 Want Ads Sec. 2, P. 8.9.10.11 Markets Sec. 2. P- 5 Personal Problems ..Sec. 2. P, 12 Crossword Futile ..Sec 2, P, 4 School Sec. 2, P, 4 O