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Capital jLJournal THE WEATHER SHOWERS OF mow, or mixed rain and snow tonight, Wednesday. Clearing, much colder late Wednes day. Low tonight, 30; high Wednes day, 36, 2 SECTIONS 20 Paget 69th' Year, No. 7 Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, January 8, 1957 Intend u Mooed cla litter at Salem, Orecoi ,otm -ix.n Georgians FireHome Of Negro Torch Used After Ultimatum; Bus Ruler Jailed By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ' An ultimatum to a white Geor gia farmer that "we don't want any nigger" in the community, was followed by a fire Monday night that destroyed a building in which the farmer's Negro laborer had been living. Two hundred white persons Were reported by The Chatta nooga, Tenn., Times, to have formed a crowd near the home of John Crane in the Dry Valley community near Rossviile, Ga Saturday night, protesting the presence of the Negro tenant. Burned Despite Pledge Crane said the building was b'irned Monday night despite his assurance to the crowd that he woulr1 not let the Negro occupy the building. A bus incident in Memphis, Tenn., brought the arrest of a Negro sajdier. The Memphis sher iff's office reported the soldier, booked as Charles S. Nabors of Ft. Lawton, Wash., was arrested Monday night after he sat down by a 12-year-old white girl, put his arm around her and slapped her. Deputy Sheriff H. J. Beach said Nabors was charged with drunkenness, disturbing the peace and assault and battery. In Florida, where bus integra tion difficulties brought temporary suspension of service, Gov. Loroy ' Collins said it is "folly for any one to expect judicial dictation to compel social adjustment." Defiance No Good Collins, delivering his inaugural address, added however that U.S. Supreme Court rulings in the segregation field are the law of the land and defiance of the court could bring no good. An 11-day curfew banning bus service because of recent acts of violence at Montgomery, Ala., came to an end Tuesday when the City Commission took no ex tension action. The commission imposed the curfew Dec. 29 after racially integrated buses were fired on and a Negro passenger was shot hr-bolh legs. ' Two Ships, 10 Men Stranded On Fiji Reefs SUVA, Fiji Heavy seas pounded two ships aground Mon day on reefs in the Southwest Pa cific and it was feared they might be lost. Ten men were reported still aboard them. One ship was the Panamanian freighter-San Antonio, 6,400 tons, which ran onto a reef in a storm 55 miles east of Noumea last Sun day. Lifeboats from a French navy ship picked up 27 crewmen but the pounding seas were hin dering rescue of the captain, four officers and four crewmen. The 70-ton ghost ship Joyita ran aground on Horseshoe Reef, an obstruction in the Fiji group on which many ships have been stranded. Her 12 passengers were taken aboard the rescue ship la rawa The Joyita was reconditioned after she was 'iimd waterlogged and deserted in the Southwest Pa cific in 1955. No trace has ever been found of the 16 crewmen and 0 passengers aboard her on that earlier ill-fated voyage. Gas Price War Eyed Over U.S. AUSTIN, Tex. (fl The possi bility of a nationwide gasoline ! T-,,-; l,nro of MnBirn,BU' surplus is seen by the Texas Service Stations, Associated. The trade association sent tele grams Tuesday to President Ei senhower and the Texas delega tion in Congress asking that gaso line be shipped overseas along with crude and distillates. "Present oil export program to Europe resulting in accumulation of surplus gasoline at greatest rate in history. . . Continuation of trend could set off disastrous nationwide gasoline price wars by spring," the telegram said. DO YOU KNOW 2. That FBI Director J. Edcar Hooter can find out in minutes at any time of day whpre any agent is and what he's working on? Read Ttwt Storv Sfc.2 Page 10 Hatfiekls See Son's Office Montreal Hit By $3 Million Refinery Fire MONTREAL tfl Window-shattering explosions and a spectacu lar fire wrecked the storage area of the Shell Oil Co., Ltd., refinery on the eastern outskirts of Mon treal Tuesday. Eight persons were injured. The damage was estimated at more than three million dollars. The fire broke out about 4:30 a.m. A scries of blasts sent flames leaping 200 feet into the air and smashed glass in the win dows of adjacent buildings. The blasts were heard 10 miles away, the glow of the fire was visible for 20 miles. Two 50,000-gallon tenks, several smaller tanks and a string of rail way tank cars containing crude oil and refined petroleum prod ucts were destroyed. The Shell property covers about half a square mile. There are few dwellings in the refinery district and none was threatened. The residents set up a voluntary evacuation system. Of the casualties, seven re ceived minor injuries and one suf fered second-degree burns. Negroes Freed In Slayer Hunt SIKESTON, Mo. () Authori ties pressed their search Tuesday for the slayer of a 19-year-old high school senior but Chief of Police Arthur Bruce acknowl edged they had about run out of leads. Nine Negroes rounded up Mon day night were released after 18- year-old June Castleberry, who told officers she was raped by the Negro slayer, failed to identify any of them. Tension eased in the southeast Missouri delta country 150 miles south of St. Louis. Col. Hugh wag goner, head of the highway patrol, said the prospect of trouble di minished hourly. Six members of the high school football team at nearby Charles ton, Mo., were designated to act as pallbearers Tuesday at the funeral of 19-year-old John Mala Charleston's star fullback was shot to death Saturday night while he and Miss Castleberry were parked in his car on a country road near Sikeston. Knowland to Retire From Senate In 195 8; May Seek Governorship Br JOHN A. GOLDSMITH United Press Staff Correspondent seek a second term. After the ivASHtvi-Tnv ii-pi cp-.i-'Prfsidcnt made known his inten-nl"GT,0iLP-imlnaF i lions, Knowland withdrew. Knowland s decision to retire trom the Senate prompted speculation c,i .r.n.i .ncniaii, maay inai ne win niaKe a uiu iui l ....I, i. t the presidency in 1960. running again. The 43 - vear - old Californian ' In California. State Controller stunned his Senate colleagues and ( Robert C. Kirkwood. a Republi caught California political leaders can- "id he would run 'or Know, by surprise in announcing Monday 1 land s Senate scat in 1M He .i... -m ...t mn said his political philosophy is when his current term expires in 1958. Some senators quickly conclud-1 t that Knowland. a veteran of it vears in the Senate will trv to win the California governorship in 1958 and use it as a stepping stone to the White House in 1960. Knowland had planned to seek the Republican presidential nomi nation lajt year before Mx. Eisen- Oregon had a new secretary of state Tuesday as young Mark Hatfield (right) took over the office occupied for nine years by Earl Newbry. Here Hatfield shows his proud parents. Mr. and Mrs. C. D, Hatfield, his new quarters in the state capitol. He Is holding Oregon license plate number 2 given to him by Governor Smith after the inauguration ceremonies and reception held Mon day afternoon. (Capital Journal Photo) State to Add 21 Men For Weighing Trucks By JAMES D. OI.SON Capital Journal Writer An increase of 21 weighmasters and extension of the truck weigh ing program in the state is planned by the state highway department. W. C. Williams, state highway engineer, said Tuesday. This pro gram is designed to prevent over loaded trucks from traveling on the state highways. The extension plan has already been approved by the state high way commission and sufficient money to cover costs of the pro- Asteroids Come 'Hazardously' Close to Earth ' LAS CRUCES, N. M. tfl Oc casional "flying mountains of rock" come uncomfortably near the earth from space, but other wist; the first 200,000 miles of a space traveler's journey should be fairly clear. That .was the report Tuesday of Professor Clyde Tombaugh, who discovered the planet Pluto. He now works at research at New Mexico A&M College. Tombaugh has been working for the Army at the Lowell Observa tory at Flagstaff, Ariz., seeking a possible natural earth satellite High speed cameras failed to turn up anything but a few 'suspects but otherwise space around earth is usually clear, Tombaugh said, The suspects tiny dots of light 01. photographic plates, will be checked out from an observatory at Quito, Ecuador, but it is likely "that they will turn out not to be satellites," Tombaugh said. Since 1932, Tombaugh said a dozen large asteroids have been found crossing earth"s orbit "at uncomfortable distances." It is not known, he said, how many of these flying mountains have orbits which cross earth's path. "Collision with one of these fly ing mountains of rock is a possi bility," he said. "They pack enough kinetic energy to cause a disaster exceeding the detonation of a hydrogen bomb." I hover announced his intention to "'"Vy"'""? ..r, ", against presidential tniro .."":"!""" u. " w nrpveni Mr. rjse I uci u ii, . i I "wholly accord with the great I Eisenhower movement." California Gov. Goodwin .1 ! Knight, whose term expires at me same time a! Knowland s Senate term, exclaimed. "I must say I rrH surprised" when informed ol Knowland's decision. Knight said he expected to dis cuss the development with Know land when he comes here for at Capitol gram has been placed in the 1957 59 budget, which must be ap proved by the legislature. Men Recruited However, to be ready to install at least three new stations and add to the personnel of other weighing stations, the department is now recruiting men for the new program. At present the department is operating 57 fixed platform scales and has 21 sets of portable scales. A total of fi9 weighmasters are em ployed, Williams said. "Some days we do not operate a station," he said "and we never operate a station on a fixed hourly basis. Under this system, opera tors of trucks never know if the: station is in operation or not." In Eastern Oregon where truck traffic is lighter than in other parts of the state the stations do not operate as frequently as those located on main highways, such; as the two on the Baldock free way, he said. 500,000 Trucks Weighed Williams said with the present force of weighmasters more than 500,000 trucks have been weighed during the past year. He said the department hoped to strengthen its weighmaster set-up along the Oregon borders, in order that any overloaded truck can be inter cepted before it travels over Ore gon highways. The increase in the weighmaster program is a part of the recom mendations of the legislative in terim committee on highways. Also recommended was retention of the program under the jurisdiction of the highway department. Only 6 Cons Keep 'Dieting' Only six men in the segregation unit of the penitentiary continued the hunger strike Tuesday as it went into its ninth day. Warden C. T. Gladden said that four of the strikers resumed eat ing Monday evening, and two more began eating Tuesday morn ing. Twenty men originally started the strike. Gladden said they made no demands. President Eisenhower's Jan. 21 in auguration It has been widely assumed in California that Knight would run for a second term as governor. I But Knisht refused to sav Monday , nirtt what his olans will be in ,.- - " - ' When asked if he might run for Knowland's Senate seat, he plied: "I declined a chance to run for the Senate in 1949, and I see no reason to change my attitude.' There was speculation here, however, that Knight would be glad to change places with Know! ana Knowland said he would retire j jgsa because he and his wife wouid like to be closer to his fam ily his three children, five grand children and his father, 83-year-old Joseph R. Knowland, publish er of tie Oakland (Calif.) Tribune. Big Snow Forecast , In State Frigid Air Moving Southward Out Of Canada By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A frigid arctic air mass from Canada may bring heavy snows to northwestern Oregon Wednes day, the U. S. Weather Bureau said Tuesday. The heavy snowfall will occur if a storm now moving south from the Gulf of Alaska swings inland below the Columbia River to link with the cold air mass, the bureau said. Two Inches or More If the Alaskan storm remains off the coast, it will still leave "two inches or more" of snow as it moves by. However, if it swings inland north of Oregon, then Washington only will get the snow and Oregon will Ret rain. Rain and snow showers were forecast for most of the state Tuesday night. The low in East ern Oregon is expected to range Irom 15 to 25 and in western Ore eon from 30 to 36. The state Highway Commission said snow and ice had caused dan gerous nignway conditions over most of Oregon and advised mo torists to carry chains. 5 Feet at Warm Sprln-s Chains were required at Tim- berline, Warm Springs Junction, (Continued on Page S Column 2) Much Colder Weather Due In Mid-Valley Winter took a bit firmer hold on the valley region Tuesday with more severe conditions in the offing for midweek. Showers of snow, or mixed snow and rain, and much colder tem peratures are slated for the Salem area, while in the mountains new snow is piling up and highway conditions becoming more hazard ous due to the snow and ice. Wet snowflakes were quite heavy at times throughout Mon day afternoon and night in the city, and on higher elevations Tuesday morning there was a white covering. The weather bu reau said only a trace of snow was recorded on the ground at any time. Rainfall for the 24-hour period to 10:30 a.m. Tuesday amounted to .43 of an inch in Salem, much of that total being wet snow. Much colder temperatures are due for Salem and area late Wed- nnsriav nr rinrin? the nifht. A low of 30 degrees is slated for tonight here. Pet Dog Is Refugee, Too . ' '.v. 8m mi mtmtmmutmmBmmmiimiim,miim I'HiiiiiHf SPOKANE Sllner Ferenc, 12, one of 42 Hungarian refugees who arrived here today, brought along his 10-yearold dog, Lilly. Boy said dog lagged along when he and parents flrd Communist Hungary Into Auilria. Stinrr had dog In cardboard box when plane arrived here. (AP Hlrephoto) Ike, GC : Priority Demo Hays Protests Secrecy of Hearing By NEIL MACNEIL United PresR Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON (UP) A Demo cratic member of the House For eign Affairs Committee stalked out of a closed door Middle bast meeting with Secretary of State John Foster Dulles today charg ing thet the administration was trying to "tie the committee's hands" with confidential informa tion. Rep. Wayne L. Hays (D-Ohio) said he left the session in protest against taking secretly testimony which he believed the American people are entitled to have about President Eisenhower's request for authority to send troops to the Middle East if necessary to keep Russia out. Hays said Committee Chairman Thomas S. Gordon (D-Ill) declined to recognize him to make a form al protest against taking Dulles' testimony in secret. So I lust said what I had to say anyway, and left," Hays told reporters. President Urges Speed I don't believe Lulles ought to be allowed to hide behind closed doors to answer embarrassing questions. It's a clear case of try ing to tie the committee's hands. Even if you get the answers you can't use them because the infor mation was given in an execu tive session." Hays' walkout came a Presi dent Eisenhower urged Republican congressional leaders at a White House legislative conference to put his Middle East resolution at the top of their priority list for early action. Senate Republican Leader Will iam F. Knowland of r alifornia said after the White House session he expects the Mideast resolution to clear the Senate Foreign Rela tions Committee within two or three weeks. Want Time Limit There also were mounting de mands in congress for putting some time limit on the President s re quest authority to use U.S. funds, and if necessary, troops in the Middle East. While most congressional reac tion to the "Eisenhower doctrine" has been favorable, there were some rumbles of opposition. Rep. Noah M. Mason (R-Ill) saw today he could not conscien- (Continued on Page 5, Column 7) '1 f r Bolts ONLY 3,500 WORDS Ike to Abbreviate Union WASHINGTON Wl The State of the Union message President Eisenhower delivers to Congress in person Thursday will have a new look, the White House an nounced Tuesday. In contrast to other years, it will contain only a few recom mendations dealing with legisla tion, the administration wants enacted. And it will be much shorter than in the past. Press Secretory James C. Ha gerty estimated the President will speak for about a half hour at a joint session of the Senate and House. In other years Eisenhow er's State of the Union document has taken up to about an hour for delivery. Hagcrty said the Eisenhower British Deny Yemen Charge of RAF Hits at Aden Intruders But No Troop Actions LONDON (UP)-The official ra- dio ot the ruler of the feudal Arab kingdom of Yemen charged today that British troops supported byl tanks and armored cars wcrcl fighting on Yemen territory. The British Colonial Office here said that Royal Air Force planes in the British administered Aden protectorate had been in action against ' intruders from the Ye men." But a spokesman said "they have not been in action in Yemen. These charges were the latest in a scries in which Britain and the Red Sea state of Yemen recently hove accused each other of raids along the ill-defined border be tween Yemen and Aden, both of which lie at the southern extremi ty of the Arabian Peninsula. Reports reaching here said Ye men was mobilizing its army after declaring a virtual state of war against Britain over the frontier dispute which has been going on for nearly 50 years. Aden reports said about 12,000 Yemeni troops have converged on Blaze Flares, Tugboat Safe PORTLAND (UP) Fire broke out in the engine room of the tug boat Lulu 11. in the Willamette river this morning. Acting skipper, Henry Rangila, 51, and deckhand. Jim Flitcraft, 29, managed to dock her. The fire which started near the whcelhouse was nut out bv the harbor patrol and men from the fiicboat David Campbell. The fire was discovered hy Flitcraft when the tug was heading downstream, on its way for hull painting. Weather Details Maximum yfnttrrtny, 41; minimum today, 33. Total 24-hour prrrlplUtlon, .4:i; for monlh, 1 .02; normal, 1.53. Scaxon prrrlpltatlon, 12.38; normal, 19.JW. Hlvrr helht. .5 of a foot, Re port by U, H, W father fiureau.) River Yields Body of Drowned The body of a Salem man who drowned six weeks ago on a duck hunting trip was found Monday afternoon near Grand Island north of Salem. Goylon D. Amen, who lived at B20 Highland Ave., was drowned December 2 while attempting to swim to shore from his capsized boat. Dragging operations and air and water search failed to locate the body at the time. Found by Trapper It was found Monday hy Dale Schwartzcngruber, Sheridan trap per, who was checking his traps in the area when he found the body lodged in brush on the east bank of the river about a mile north of Wheatland ferry. Amen had drowned Just south of the ferry while trying to swim from his capsized boat to shore. He had been hunting with a hro- ther-in-law, Roray Sandmi. 275 Maple Ave., when the boat tipped with them. Amen, reportedly an excellent swimmer, towed Snndau to the overturned craft and they clung to It while it drifted tome vjinels Set Up on Legislation; Dulles Quiz 'Message message of about 3,500 words will be mainly "a review of the do mestic and international scene, and will make only a few legis lative recommendations of a few subjects." Hagcrty added that the great majority of the administration's detailed legislative proposals will be set forth in later messages. Those include the budget message scheduled to go to the Capitol Jan. 16, and the annual economic report to be sent to the law makers later in the month. There also will be the usual series of special messages dealing with specific subjects. Because of the State of the Union message, Eisenhower will not hold a news conference Wednesday. 'Invasion9 Taizz, where Yemen's King Iman Ahmed lives in his "palace of plen- Ufulncss." The Colonial Office claimed the Yemen's action is due to fear that recent improvements in the status of the Aden protectorate made Yemen's claim to sovereignty over rc? lcs tractive to the in- nao,iama 01 ino PicCioraie, -n-r-n 1 AljKU llnWO ill til UctLKa Benson View On Soil Bank WASHINGTON UPI The Amer ican Farm Bureau Federation told Congress Tuesday it should resist pressures to convert the farm soil bank program "into free crop in surance and disaster relief." John C. Lynn, spokesman for the nation's biggest general farm organization, called for rigid ad herence to tho original purposo of the soil bank reduction of crops already in surplus. To do other wise, he told tho House Agricul ture Committee, would he "con trary to the interests of tho form ers." The federation's position was in line with that taken by Secretary of Agriculture Benson, who de clared Monday the soil bunk is not a farm "relief" measure and will not be administered as one. The soil bank, enacted last year. authorizes subsidy payments of up to $1,200,000,000 yearly to farmers who agree to take land out of production of crops already in sur plus. I.ynn told the committee, hold ing hearings on general farm problems, that the Farm Bureau favors crop insurance and farm disaster relief measures. The committee was told Mon day that the administration will generally stand pat this year on present larm laws. OI.I.ENIIAUEIt COMING BONN, Germany tm Opposi lion lender Krich Ollenhauer will fly to New York Feb. 10 for a two- week visit in the United States and Canada. Salem Man two or three miles dowastrcam Near the ferry, Amen attempted to swim ashore for help but went down before reaching shore. Sun dan was rescued a short time later by other hunters who heard his shouts and boated to the scene. Body Identified After the recovery of the body Monday, relatives identified it at Ihe Yamhill county coroner's of fice. The body was brought to Sa lem to Ihe Clough-Barrick funeral home where services will be an nounced later. Gaylon D. Amen was born in Claylon, 111., on April 30, IM, later moving to Michigan and com ing to Oregon from there in 1!M4. He was married in Salem on Sep tember 25. 1055. to the former La Vnnne Sandau. Survivors are the widow, La Vonne; sons Gaylon Duane Jr., nine months, and Larry, 9; par ents. Mr. and Mrs. Karl B. Amen brothers Donald Earl Amen and Billie B. Amen: and sister Mrs. Wanda Lee Gardner. 'All live in Salem, Tax Extension Put Second On List By MERRIMAN SMITH United Press White House Writer WASHINGTON (UP)-Presidcnt Eisenhower agreed with GOP con gressional leaders today on a list of priority legislation for the new Congress. The list was headed by the new Mideast resolution and continuation of present corpora tion ana excise (sales) taxes. Those taxes now bring about $3 billion a year into th. treasury. It included measures dealing with Hungarian refugees, school construction and civil rights. Tho agreement was reached at the first regular meeting this year between the President and House and Senate Republican leaders. The GOP leaders conceded their priority list will have to be dis cussed with the Democratic lead ership which controls Congress. But the Republicans felt there would be a measure of agreement between the two parties on items picked today for early action. No Tax Cuts Current excise taxes on many items and higher corporate tax rates expire April 1, The Presi dent and his leaders agreed today (here must be early action to ex. tend these levies. House Republican Leader Jo- septh W. Martin Jr. said the ad ministration will seek an extension of one year in the lax rates. Extension of excise and corpor ate levies has been taken for granted as administration policy since the GOr leaders announced Dec. SI Mr. Eisenhower's plans for fiscal 1958 anticipated no re duction 'in revenues. The excise taxes, applying pri marily to liquor, cigarettes and automobiles, yield about $1 billion annually and the current corpor ate tax rates yield about $2 billion. Kennfe flOP T.parW William TP Knowland, announcing (ho priority list, said it was not all inclusive and did not lessen the Importance of legislation to bo pushed later. Topping the priority list was tne Mideast resolution now being rushed through House Committee hearings. Knowland said he ex pected (he resolution (o clear the Senate Foreign Relations Commit tee 'llhin two or three weeks. Items On List The rest of the list in the order announced by Knowland was: Extension of excise and corpor ate tax rates. Extension of the refugee bill to clarify the status of Hungarian refugees admitted ti this country on "parole" status. A possible change in corn legis lation. School construction. Civil rights. Eslablishment of a $3 million federal fund to encourage a feder-al-state-local study of juvenile de linquency and explore the need for possible legislation. Knowland said the administra tion will seek essentially the same civil rights bill that passed the House last year but died in tho Senate. Knowland said GOP leaders hope for "very early" hearings on the civil rights bill in the Senate. The priority list olviously repre sented the key recommendations to be included in President Eisen hower's Sta(e of The Union Mes sage which goes to Congress Thursday. News iu Brief For Tuesday, Jan, 8, 1957 NATIONAL Ike, GOP Leaders Set Legislation Priority Sec. 1, P. 1 Georgia Mob Puts Torch To Negro's House ..Sec. 1, P. 1 LOCAL Junior High Schools To Use Staggered System Sec. 1, P. 3 Oil Rail Depots Converted To New Uses ... Sec. 2, P. 3 STATE Carlton Handc Jr. New Silvcrton Mayor Sec. 2, P. I FOREIGN British Deny Invading Kingdom of Yemen Sec. 1, P. 1 SPORTS North. South Travel .. Sec. 2, P. 1 Hoy Leads Bearcats Sec. 2, P. 1 Lewis & Clark Looks Like Champion Sec. 2, P., 1 PCC Aid Plan Doesn't Please Everyone .... Sec. 2, P. 2 REGULAR FEATURES Amusements Sec. 1, P. 2 Editorials Sec. 1, P. 4 Locals Sec. 1. P. 5 Society Sec. 1, P. B.7 Comics Sec. 2, P. Television Sec. 2. P. 7 Want Ads Sec. 2. P. 8.9 Markets . Sec. 2, P. 7 Personal Problems .. Sec. 2, P. 10 Crossword Puzzle Sec. 2, P. 8 iFarm Sec. 2, P. 3