Journal THE WEATHER. PARTLY CLOUDY tonight and Sunday, few light showers tonight. Low tonight, 35; high Sunday, 4T. 3 SECTIONS 24 Paget - 68th Year, No. 305 - Salem, Oregon, Saturday, December 22, 1956.rt",Jo Price 5c Caoital-JL Accidents in Traffic Take Lives of 120 Death Record Seen Over Holiday By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The nation's toll of accident deaths climbed Saturday as mil lions of Americans took to the highways in a Christmas travel rush amid hazardous driving con--ditions. Alaska Press Mentions Doug As Governor 'Hadn't Heard of It,' McKay Says When Asked of Idea Former Interior Secretary Doug las McKay expressed surprise Saturday at speculation in the Alaskan press that he would be appointed governor of the northern territory. Hadn t heard of it, he told i the 'Associated Fress. McKay said he did not believe there was a possibility that he would have to consider making a decision on the question because he felt certain the appointment would not be offered him. The former Oregon governor said he believed President Eisen hnwer would want to name some one living in Alaska to succeed Gov. B. Frank Helntzleman, who is retiring next month. Besides, McKay said, "I'm not looking for a job. I'm enjoying my leisure and I want to retire." McKay resigned as Interior Sec retary to become the Republican candidate for Oregon senator. He was defeated by Sen. Wayne Morse. Man Who Had Malmedy Role Out of Prison HEIDELBERG. Germany Wi Col. Joachim Peiper, once sen tenced to die for his role in the Malmedy massacre ot American ! troops in 1944, was freed Satur- nay irom i-anasocrg i-nson. ine U.S. Army announced his release. Peiper was in command of the 6th . SS Panzer Division which machinegunned 142 Americans captured during the final German offensive in World War II the Christmastime Battle of the Bulge. Rumors of his impending re lease from Landsberg a year ago drew bitter protest from Sen. Estes Kefauver of Tennessee, the Democratic vice presidential nom inee this year. Kefauver said he had been a member of a Senate unit which concluded after an in vestigation that "Peiper and his group were the worst kind of sadistic murderers." An announcement by headquar- 2 ttJL said Peiper s release was manda- ...... n-tuiii- mendation of the six-member pa-, role and clemency 'board, com-i posed of one representative each from England, France and the United States, and three from West Germany. Family Given Aid From Club A destitute local family or 10 will have the merriest of Christ mases. thanks to the Industrial Management club of Salem, Club members, rhalrmanned by George D. Lloyd, delivered two pickup truck loads of food, rlolhlnc and presents from Santa" to the hard-pressed family Saturday afternoon. There are eight children In the lamlly ranging downward from U years. The father if nnemployrd. None were plan ning on much of a Christmas. As a matter of fact, the mother and father wondered if they could get together enoush money to buy food even for the week end. And then came the windfall of goodwill from the Industrial clnb. "This family really needed help," Lloyd said. Lloyd esti mated about 1100 worth of food, S7! worth of toys and aver S200 worth of clothing was given tha family. Some of II was brand lew, some used, but all osable. Assisting Lloyd, personnel manager at Woe Lake rannrry, ew Cart Fxk and Harold CrfHWrqto, cf Blue LaSe. Fred W t UfOIfiir.. and War. MCSttOiAo Steel Supply. Near midday 120 traffic deaths had been counted in a tally which began at 6 p.m. (local time! Fri day. Five fire deaths and six in other type of mishaps raised the overall accident toll to 131. Multiple Death Crashes Multiple death crashes were frequent. One Florida crash killed four and injured four others. Safety experts estimated that the four-day holiday, ending at midnight Tuesday, would see a new all-time traffic death record, exceeding that of 609 set during last year's 3-day Christmas period, period. . Many of those killed on streets and highways during the early hours of the weekend were vic tims of poor visibility resulting from heavy fog in the nation's eastern half, made worse in some areas by drizzle which coated windshields. The National Safety Council esti mated that ,45 million cars would be on the streets and roads dur ing the extended holiday. It said in addition to the fog, other travel dangers included the usual unpre dictable winter driving conditions, a minimum of daylight and holi day drinking. The council has estimated 660 traffic deaths for the Christmas holiday period, which would be an all time record for any holiday, The record was set last Christmas when 609 lives were lost in traf fic accidents in a three-day noli day weekend. The council's estimate of 660 deaths compares with a figure of 500 for a four-day non-holiday test period, irom 6 p.m. local time Fri day, Dec. 14 to midnight Tues day, Dec. 18. In addition, there were 27 deaths from fires and from miscellaneous accidents for an overall total of 587 for the test period. Governor Calls For Measures To Cut Toll Br THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Gov. Elmo Smith, alarmed atitna in his on-the-spot survey of the traffic accidents that caused tbe Hungarian refugee problem, six deaths Thursday and Friday, I for President Eisenhower, called for emergency measures to Nixon arranged to visit Riem keep down the toll on the state j Airport, where many refugees de highways over the Christmas Hoi- part by air for the United States, U The situation calls for "vigilant patrolling and rigid law enforce ment on the part of all law en forcement agencies, both state and local," the governor said. Supt. of State Police H. G. Maison said that as many mem- bers of the force as possible : would be on duty over the.holi- aays io pairoi nignways. I me n,f ., ych"- I Ill-ill. saiu iuuujiiai.a auuuiu u.ic care in driving in higher eleva tions. Roads in some areas are icy and hazardous. ree of the pre-holiday deaths Thi were blamed on icy roads. t? J iu JJ over the 1955 Christmas holiday ---inj Pm0a- Tragedy Ends Carol Sinsins LOS ANGELES m A Boyl',h congressional leaders at the Scout troop s carol-singing tour onHH in iraooHv FV.Hav nipht the group as they pushed their stalled bus. the scoutmasier was killed and four boys were injured. Waltpr WarTnw 41 of San Fer - nando was killed. Seriously jured were his son. Christopher. and David Siailard. Pat McKilliDS and Richard Tinker, all 13. Police booked the driver of the car, Alex Suniga. 30. ot Norm- nome via iceiana, wnere me oig ridge, Calif., on suspicion of man- U S. air base was a recent po slaughter. Suniga and a passen- litical issue, ger, lsobel Yepez, 30, were in- Nixon is expected to return to jured. I Washington Monday morning. Russ Students Talk Contrary to Doctrine MOSCOW The newspaper dents deviating from the party i net had resigned. Assali an- Soviet Russia reported Saturday , line and when they attempted nounced last Monday he was go students in the ciiy of Sverdlovsk to do so it was "vith the same j j1"! 10 'rm new cabinet in the Urals delivered "dema- abstract phraseology they habitu- "more active and harmonious." gogic speeches" contrary to ComV ally use in their lectures." Saturday's court-martial order munist doctrine at recent meet-1 The article continued: "The was issued by a military judge of ings of Communist Youth organi- rich experience gained in the inquiry. Maj. Youssef Abushskra. zaiions. parly struggle with bourgeois It detailed in 60 foolscap pages The paper said students in the Urals Polytechnic Institute there are livin2tive to seven in a room ! in private homes because of over - crowded conditions in tne scnooi. n auriouiea me uemagogic The institute, the paper said, has speeches" at youth meetings to room for 5.000 students, but twice the fact that "university and in that number are enrolled and stitute teachers were not up to classes consequently are being the mark." held in shifts. The paper criticized I The discontent among students these conditions. I in Sverdlovsk indicated by the So- But it criticized even more pro-'net Russia article fits into a pat fessors and teachers of science tern of student discontent which courses in Sverdlo'. sk accusing is apparently general in the So them of neslecting the Moctrina- viet L'n;on and the article it tion of their students in Soviet self reflects government concern Communist rjoliticai ideology The paper said the Sverdlovsk educators failed to correct itu - British Get More U.S. Cash Additional $500 Million Loaned To Country WASHINGTON cji - The United States loaned Britain 500 million dollars Friday in another effort to bail that nation out of the finan cial crisis stemming from the Suez Canal closure. The government's Export-Im-port Bank made the loan to per mit Britain to pay in dollars for essential imports over the next 12 months. These imports include U.S. oil shipments now being rushed to oil-short western Eu rope. Follows Rig Loan The loan followed a record breaking $1,300,000,000 made avail able 11 days ago by the Interna tional Monetary Fund to help re store British reserves, which had dwindled below what is consid ered the danger point. British Embassy officials here said the latest loan is the last of the extraordinary financial moves contemplated at '.his time in the fight to restore world confidence in the. British economy and pro tect her reserves. Prime Minister- Eden's govern ment also has asked the United States, and Canada to cancel a total of 1M million dollars in in terest charges due in 1956 on ear lier loans. The Eisenhower admin istration has said it will ask Con gress to agree. , Nixon Arrives In Germany After Su rvey Vice President Makes Oii-the-Spot Check Of Refugees MUNICH, Germany m Vice President Richard M. Nixon ar rived Saturday by train from Aus- I lumpen a iL'iuue piuiuAMiig center ana aiiena a ainner given in his honor by Bavaria's minis-ter-president, Wilhelm Hoegner. He reviewed an honor guard of tbe Bavarian state police in front of the railroad station, where hun dreds of Bavarians gathered in chilly weather to get a glimpse of nm weather permitting, he ex- rjects to start back to the United states by air Sunday, The vice president wound up his visit to Austria at Salzburg. Ar riving there in a snowstorm, he : ?utlned Plans. to. P'ace. a. "Pf jt-ai enu. ' N,,10n sald. he PCC'S ' have a meeting of the President s spe- r-i.ll nnmmitlM nn rofnooo nrnh. lems next Wednesday or Thurs day somewhere in the vicinity of Camp Kilmer, N.J.. the principal reception center. This meeting will complete the investigation and the report will be placed in Eisen howers hands before he meets ul " Eisenhower has promised Aus- United States will do everything 3..c 1 1cm created by the movement of ' refugees into Austria. A high off i-1 in-'cial source said Wednesday Nixon believes the United States should admit more than the 21,500 it has ! agreed to receive. i ine vice president n nying ideology teacnes that if we lessen ' educational work in any sector hostile influences immediately j make their way onto the scene." with this situation and repressive am) propaganda measures being ' i taken against the itudcnls. I Unusual try Ay V, ii v - r xj i i ii j Demo Proposal Might Settle Senate Issue PORTLAND (fl State Sen. Rudie Wilhelm, Jr., Portland Re publican, raid Saturday a com promise offer by Democrats on organization of the Senate may form the basis for agreement on that issue. Neither party has agreed so far on who will become the Senate president or which party will be given chairmanships and control of important committees. Each party will have 15 members in the Senate. Democrats control the House 37 to 23. Wilhelm said he was not at lib erty to give details of the Demo cratic proposal, but that he thought it provided basis for a settlement. The Republicans will meet after Christmas to discuss it. The proposal was made for the Democrats by Senator-elect Wal ter J. Pearson of Portland. Pearson is the choice of the Democrats to hold the Senate's top position. Warren Gill of Leb anon, a Senate member, is fav- r-d by Republicans for the posi- lion. c.... . v. . : (ore Gov .ple(.t Robeft Holmes can t 0(,ce , Court-Martial Faces Syrians DAMASCUS Svria i FnHl'. seven Syrians, including ormorl Seven of the injured were hos dictator Adib Shishekly, four ex- pitalized overnight and all but cabinet ministers and eight mem-1 Joseph Nelson. Coos Bay, were bers of Parliament were commit-1 1 he released today. Altendants ted for court-martial Saturday, said nf "uld remain at least They were accused of "preparing "n''1 Sunday. The other 10 were a pro-Iraq armed rebellion to Jtivcn emergency treatment and overthrow Syria's present regime.1"" home. Two others were t. . j .. unhurt. i aiiiiuuncrineni louoweu oy only a few hours an official report that Premier Sabry Assali's cahi- lh story ot the alleg'.-d conspiracy It charged Iraqi Premier Nuri Said's government with conduct ing and financing a conspiracy in collaboration with deposed Presi dent Shishekly and his brother, the outlawed Syrian Social Na tionalist Party and ex-army Col. Mohammed Safa, former Syrian military attache in Washington. Weathrr Detail Mnimiim lri!ir 4: minlm'im i"tly. .2 Tnial 71-hnur pr.MPll. linn: trar.' fnr mnnth: 1.11: nArma! ; i i. s-atnn pr.ripiutmn. n il: nnr. mvr naif ni. i a naithrr nureau.l Tree Yields Yule Gifts Probably th moti unusual Chrtitmat tre lu Salem standi out side the Gearg Nadirman home, 1090 Highland. The tre bears a never ending supply of gifts of goodies for paasersby. Sign In vites visitors to help themselves. Here Nsderman atfds fruits and candles to (ree, Naderman says It's all his wife's Idea, (Capital Journal Photo) Air Travel As Fog Blanket Lifts Middle West, East Airports Again la Operation Bv THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A thick fog blanket that throttled pre-Christmas air travel in wide spread areas lifted Saturday in ! parts of the Kast, South and Mid west. Air service, with a heavy back log of passengers, mail and freight, resumed at New York's LaGuardia Airport and from air fields from Washington, D. C southward. p'og also lifted at Kansas City, but heavy clouds obscured the sky. However, the Chicago Weather Bureau said there were indica- Loggers Hurt In Bus Crash COOS BAY IB Seventeen members of a Weyerhaeuser rim-, coasl and during ,he night 'to the chancellor of the state .added. ber Co. woods crew were injured ,lre,cn(d (rom wa ond adjacent board of higher education, will get Holmes reiterated his confi Friday when a company bus . . , . ohj ivnnsvlvania and leave of absence to join Hatfield's dence that Democrats will man' bringing them home from work went oil a logging road and over turned in Matson Creek. 20 miles 1 east of here. .. . . j 1 lie iiijum-'i Buiinru uiui.-vn an'i cracked rlb O A Karlen, Weyerhaeuser branch manager here, said the driver, Gerald Campbell, Kmpire. 1 told him he lost control of the, bus when a tire blew out. j Portland Food Slightly Down SAN KMA.NUMJU W- uvmi? costs hit new record hitths in Is Angeles and Seattle during No - 1 vember. In San Francisco and Portland, food costs dropped I slightly. These development were re- norled Saturdiv bv the Sun Fran- risri olhce ot the Federal Bureau ol Ljbor Statistics). The ropwig summarized retail trends in all categories for Los Angeles and Seattle but onlv in food for San .Francisco and Portland. Resumes tions the thinning of fog in parts The fog' cleared temporarily at of the Midwest was temporary, Chicago s Midway Airport, hut an i hour later visibility again was Nunn has been in the state gov-zcro-zcro and air travel was at a ernment for several years. He is halt Most major airports in the eastern half of the nation were closed Friday night, and some Christmas travelers were report ed seeking other means of trans portation. The dismal weather, Including sleet and freezing rain in parts of the Midwest, created hazard ous driving conditions. The season's heaviest traffic was expected during the long hol iday weekend and safety experts expressed fears of a record death toll on the highways. The heavy train loads and de lays and cancellation of air flights ! alcn inrrfaenH lha travel nn hiah- ways. The National Safety Coun cil had estimated some 45 million cars would be on the highways during the holiday period. The 1,000-mile-square mass of fog thai hlanke ed he Mirtwpst . " vfitnrrinv trnm In P tll,iiroh ' mv.H slnwlv eastward In the east southern New England. AFTER ALMOST 6 YEARS Christmas Tree Stands Waiting For Marine Not to Come Home Ai.m yi r.my1-r.. ..m. 'ir Somewhere in our city something is waiting. ... It stands straight and unmoving u lasrs no nuiirisiiiurni. u is si - i,.nt n a, i. hn, wart fnr more than 2.(XV) days and nights. It is waiting for something that will never cun. Thin pallent one i a Christmas tree. Its ncrlcs are brown and brittle but still ciininjj strongly tn their hr.tniifs It civ rnlnr. fuj ornaments are dusty. Its limbs are interwoven with robwrh Yet. ,t stands erect and tall. It has been standing for six yearn. ; The story began in November, 19.50, with a 2.1-year-o.d Marine and the Korean war. At that time, (Jen. Douglas Mac-Arthur thought the war would he over hy thnut mas . . . nrnwr's were hriyht for a merrv Christmas for I' troops. Then. t Chinese Iledj invwi If Ke, Japaa. It was entered the picture an4 lire htrW.M tb day Mrs. Lcz received prospects diss tearoom'. I Mara f knr (' dMkh that she "Save mv t'hnstmar Ht r. , first began noticing the tree iMofh," wrm SVrat CyL SoSv i iwtff ttnaas mwn. It he hadj - British From Egypt Port Churches Prepare Christmas Plans Thousands of Salem communicants will direct their steps over the weekend to the churches of their faiths as this city, along with others over the nation, celebrates the birth ot Christ. In most instances the services will be traditional in nature. I that is the presentation of well known cantatas, programs in which old and young participate, and the placing of "white" gifts beneath the fir-boughed Christmas trees. Caroling Sunday Night -There will be Christmas caroling, too, with young folk of several denominations congregating at the First Methodist church at 6:30 Sunday night. From that point they will onter the business district where thev.will sine "Silent Night" and other well known carols. Later shut-ins. A concluding worship Memorial Conerecational church. Since Sunday is one that appeals to the children, many church schools will feature exercises built around their activi ties. Most of these programs will be held Sunday morning. Yule Eve Services Late Sunday afternoon there will be vesper services at a number of churches. For the most part they will feature solo ists, instrumental and vocal. Traditional Christmas eve ceremonies will highlight the over all services of a number of churches. Naturally, they will be strongly religious in character, extending from 11 p.m. to mid night, Dec. 24. (Additional church news on the church page) Hatfield Picks WarneH.Nunn As His Deputy Head of Motor Vehicle Department Named To Position Warne II. Nunn, now head of the slate motor vehicle department, was named Friday by Mark Hal field, secretary of state-elect, as his deputy secretary. 1 f Nunn will remain at his present post until a successor is appointed by Governor elect Robert D. Holmes, which is expected soon a'ter Holmes takes office in Janu- ary- 36 years old. He was graduated from Salem high school in mi and from Willamette university in 1941. He served in the air force in World War II and soon after his discharge II years ago became attached to the stale civil service commission. Later he was appointed assistant slate utilities commissioner, and when the act creating the depart ment of motor vehicles became ef fective last July, Nunn was ap pointed by Governor Elmo Smith as its director. In announcing the appointment Hatfield complimented Nunn for the work he had done recently in reorganization of the motor ve - hide administration. Hatfield said ne nas ncen compciem in . ? cession Ol lop-ievei aummisirauve i .- .r- ..... j asnigninrma ill aiaie s'ntJ miiciit. Several days ago iiauicia an- ! nnnnrerl Ihe annointment 01 Travis ' ' . , I fni.. a an nirle n th tat de- 1 narlmenl Cross who is assistant I office. ara a. lnppz. i nnn l wani pres- ents, just a Christmas tree." i His moiher. Mrs. Salvador Lo- ' pez, saved Richard's tree lor him. i ,u. n j . . ThB months passed anH hope ! were dimmed and renewed almost daily. It was a bleak day when word came that Richard had been trapped with the Marines in the Chosan Reservoir area, hut a happy one when he wrote he had escaned uninjured. ' "Mom. I'm coming home." ! wrote Richard Joyoiuly in early ' summer 01 I The tree was still healthy and green, sturdy and holding its needles although not planted in I dirt or water. It was waiting for ; Kichard. - Then, on July I". 1I. on the wav home for his delaved Christ- mas vaca'ion. Ilu-hard was found Erench Depart ri t C J A 1 they will visit the homes of service will be held at Knight ' Appointed Warne H. Nunn was named Friday as assistant secretary of state. He has been administra tor In Oregon State government departments the past 11 years. Holmes Plans Prod on Bills PORTLAND m Gov.-elect Robert D. Holmes told a meeting of Young Democrats here Friday night that the next session of the Legislature can expect some prod ding from his office. I don't have the conception of a chief executive folding his hands (and taking no part in passage nf.the highway several years ago. 1 legislation neenea in impiemem program, he said. ' "- .7 Holmes said ne is drawing up a i uiun im , o h' ... ... l lh. j..i.l.lur. "Then it he , ... .. - ouik'" ",c CAt ' IO worn cium-iv wiui me n-au-i a , . i. . . i ,L,i Of both hOUSCS tO SCe that tlllS program is enacted into law, he I age to organize tne siaie senaie. asked her to save his tree and j save it she would. This vear. lor the sixth straight year, the lights of the tree will again burn on Christmas ev and Christmas Bay. lha iree now is sheltered in its own home, the Christmas Tree House, erected by the 1-opcz family in 1033. This past June, Mrs. Lopez re-j ceived from the government two more medals to add to the Bronze i Star awarded her son. They arc the National Defense Service Medal and the Korean Service Medal. In addition came a ribbon bar and citation signed by Syng man Khee, president of South Ko rea, presented to the 1st Marine Division for service in 1950-53. Mrs. Up"Z has no p'ans to lake1 down the tree. It Is as much a part of ber son as the medals, the etters and the pictures showing a dark-paired, hri!ht-eyed youth, To the many visitors who come to view the tree, Mrs. Lopez says simply: "Kicnard told ma to sava it." O Troops of UN Stand Guard At Sailing PORT SAID, Egypt W Th frustrated Egyptian war came to a close Saturday, it was EDay the embarkation date for final withdrawal of Britsih - French troops from Egypt. U. N. troops ringed the beach, head area and the last British and French troops moved back on to landing craft to be ferried out to waiting troopships. "Glad to see the last of the. bloody place," shouted a little. corporal loaded with a bulging barracks bag as the troops moved """"" '"P- ny nawn mere ahould be ns British or French troops left in the area and only British-French salvage vessels will be left in Egypt. And they will be flyinf the U.N. flag. Frustrating Campaign It has been a frustrating cam paign for military men. It started seven weeks ago with an assault on Egyptian air bases, then reached a climax Nov. 5 with th airborne attack on Port Said. Th cease-fire order came next day, halting the fast rolling force just 27 miles down the road. And the 47 days since then have been spent mainly in waiting. The announced purpose of tha British-French operation, begun Oct. 31. was to separate the Egyp. tian and Israeli troops then fight, ing on the Sinai Peninsula to the auu ululvui me vnai waipr. way from the hostilities. Both Britain and France had been pressing for International control of the canal, nationalized by Egypt July 26. Israel Gives Up Desert Israel meanwhile was slowly giving up the (and Sinai desert between her border and the canal. Jn New York, the V. N, General Assembly recessed for Christmas on an uncertain note after Sec retary General Dag Hammer, skjold announced Israel planned a partial withdrawal by Jan. 10 but that he could not say when all Israeli forces would h nut it the Sinai. Stumbo Strip Condemnation Filed in Court ROSEBURG tft The Oregon Tax Commission, in a suit filed in Circuit Court here Friday, is seeking foreclosure on a 16'j-(oot strip of land crossing highway 99 at Azalea. The suit was filed against Robert G. and Harry W. Stumbo. who have been waging a campaign against the Oregon Highway Com mission because the state had failed to purchase the property ' before building a new section of ine iniiiiaiKii nas resuuea in the sale of 4-square-inch plots from the strip which is owned by the Stumbos, rnlrin;.ni ' complaint included two exhibits charging that Robert owes the state MS. 71 in delinquent , . ,. mAr auu narry ..fi. u Sdiu mat . . district warrants were issued against the brothers Sept. 4. The highway commission has condemnation suit against the same land pending in Circuit Court here. News in Brief For Saturday, Dee, 21, I95 NATIONAL Pre-Christmas Highway Toll Rises Sec. I, P. 1 Air Travel Resumes as Fog Lifts Sec. 1, P. 1 LOCAL Nunn Named Asst. Sec retary of State . Sec. 1, P. t STATE ! st. Paul Youth Wins stats 411 Honor . Sec. 1, P. 1 Democrats Proposal May Settle Senate Issue Sec. 1, P, 1 FOREIGN British. French Leave Egypt Sec. 1, P. 1 Nixon Arrives in Germany Sec. 1, P. I SPORTS Vikings, Saxons Lose Sec. 2, P. 1 Willamette Wins Sec. J, P. 1 Beavers Go Hard Sec. 2, P. Z REGULAR FEATURES Amusements Sec. 1 Sec. : Sec. P. 1 . P. Editorials Locals P. 7 society Sec. 1, P. 4-.Vg Comics . . Sec. 2, Sec. 2, P. J P. S i Television Want Ads Dorothy Dix . i Crossword Puzzli i Church Sec. J. P. d-7-S ... Sec. 1, P. .. Sec. 1. P. 3 Sec. 1. P. 4-J O o