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Capital. k Journal THE WEATHER. rain tonight; cloudy and cooler Tuesday with tome mlied rain and now. Low tonight. Mi high Tues day. 2 SECTIONS 20 Page ' 9J0 8"88n3 69th Year, No. 30 Salem, Oregon, Monday, February 4, 1957 VsT, Coal Mine Explosion Kills 37 M. Surtax Hassle In Legislature InterrParty Fight May Be Biggest Of Session By PAUL W. HARVEY Jr. Associated Press Writer An inter-party dispute over how to repeal the 45 per cent surtax on incomes began brewing in the Oregon Legislature Monday. ' The argument, which might develop into one of the biggest of the session, started Monday when the 38 Republican legislators in troduced their bill in the House to wipe out the surtax, which was Imposed by the 1955 Legislature. That's all the bill would do. It Re-appraisal Civil Service. Status Asked Bill Offered in House Due to Stir Fight On Program By JAMES D. OLSON Capital Journal Writer Controversy over the state tax commission s state-wide re-apprai-sal nroeram will likely be accel erated through introduction of a bill placing all appraisers and draughtsmen used by counties under state civil service. -: The bill was introduced Monday by the house taxation committee at the request of the state tax commission. Under the terms of the bill, aft er Jan. 1, 1958, the effective date of the bill, persons employed by counties in the re-appraisal pro gram must be taken from lists to be furnished by the state civil service commission. Appraisers and draughtsmen -al- ready employed at the time the bill, if passed, goes into effect, must qualify under slate civil service within four years. The bill provides that the state and counties engaged in a re-appraisal program will each bear one-half of the cost , of the pro gram. But if a county fails to carry out re-appraisal program within six months after a program agree ment has been made, the state tax commission, under the bill, will move in its force, conduct the re appraisal and charge the county for the entire cost. Many members of the Legisla ture arc opposed to the state-wide re-appraisal program, and it is ex pected that this bill will bring more fire on the tax commission in connection with the program, Chairman Clarence Barton of the house tax committee said that he would call a hearing at a later date on this and some other tax commission bills relating to the re appraisal program. Innocent Plea By Pensioner KLAMATH FALLS (UP) Guy Earl (Bill) Cramer, 76 -year -old Bonanza pensioner who opened fire with a pistol during a Klam ath County Welfare hearing last month, entered pleas of innocent to three charges, including one of first degree murder, when he was arraigned in Circuit Court today. The elderly pensioner is charged with the murder of Commission Chairman Fred Peterson and the rerious wounding of Altha Urqu hart, welfare director, and County Commissioner Jerry Rajnus. In addition to the murder charge, Cramer also faces charg es of assault with intent to kill and assault with a dangerous weapon. DO YOU KNOW How the FBI assembled the government's evidence which convicted Alger Hiss? Read , The Story Sec. 2 -Page 7 Repeal Starts thus would make the question of income tax increases a separate issue. The Democrats, in the first bill introduced at the session, would repeal the surtax, but this bill also would contain the main revenue raising features, such as increasing the tax rates in each bracket. "Trickery" Charged The Republicans charged that the Democratic bill was "trick ery," adding that the Democrats were seeking to force the people to accept higher tax rates along with the surtax repeal. The Democrats answered that they merely are following court decisions which prevent amend ment of the same section of law twice in the same session. - Taxes, the No. 1 problem of the Legislature, were very much on the minds of the lawmakers as they came back to start their fourth week. The House will vote Wednesday on a 3 per- cent sales tax, and the Democratic majority seems sure to kill it. The vote will be on the 6-2 recommendation by the Taxation Committee that it be defeated. Hearing on Assessment The Senate Tax Committee will hold a hearing Monday evening on the home tax valuation con troversy. It will hear an explana tion by Samuel B. Stewart, chair man of the state Tax Commission. This controversy was brought about by protests of home owners against greatly increased proper ty taxes. It was caused by a 1955 legislative decision to make taxes on homes more uniform New House bills Monday would let the state Denartment of Edu cation set up a program for edu cation of specially gitted children, and give the Department of Agri culture authority to establish pro grams to eradicate brucellosis and tuberculosis of cattle. Sen. Jean Lewis (D),- Portland, introduced a bill making it illegal for a person to drive so slowly as to impede highway traffic, A teachers salary increase bill, requested by Democratic Gov Holmes, was introduced in the (Continued on Page 5, Column 5) Norblad Asks More AF Data On Valley Base WASHINGTON (UP) Ren. Walter Norblad (R-Ore.) said to day he had renewed his efforts to determine what the Air Force plans to do about its proposed base In the Woodhurn, Ore., area. Norblad said he had written an other letter to the Air Force ask ing a public statement on its plans for land acquisition and develop ment of the Greater Portland area base. ' Norblad said the lack of definite information was causing consider able inconvenience to many fam ilies living in the area. "A great many of them have moved elsewhere, and a general state of uncertainty prevails throughout the area," Norblad said. In a letter to Norblad on Nov. 8. the Air Force said it was working on the program and particularly on the boundaries of the base and that this would be finalized soon. Since then, Norblad said he has received no further information. AUTO THEFT ADMITTED A WOL Soldiers Jailed for Speed Too much speed brought the ar rest of two young Ft. Lewis soldiers early Monday morning on charges of auto theft and being absent without leave from their base, Salem police reported. Billy R. Cramblet, 17, and Law rence Walter Mose, 18, were ar rested en the two charges after the car Cramblet was driving was stopped in the 900 block of North Commercial street about 2:45 a. m. The arresting officer charged Cramblet with speeding, having no operator's license, tho theft and AWOL charges. An 18-ycar-old Salem youth. Freddie C. Palmer. 643 Edeewater St., and a 17-year-old Falls City youth were charged with illegal possession of liquor when beer was found in the car. Cramblet told officers in a signed statement that he took the car from a Tacoma street on Jan. 27 or 28 and drove It to the base where ha parked It, Sunday, ha Oregon Showers Greet Miss America Lovely Miss America for 1957, Marian McKnlght with a press and radio group In advance of a of Manning, S.C., put In a brief appearance in Wednesday tour which will Include two community Salem Monday morning and was happy she had meetings and a style show. (Capital Jour- her umbrella along as a guard against the Ore- ' gon mist. The Southern beauty had breakfast Photo) SHE'LL BE BACK WEDNESDAY Miss America 'Entrances' All Who Meet Her in Salem Visit By MARIAN LOWRY FISCHER Capital Journal Writer "Miss America of 1957" is Miss America in every sense of the word, one of the most natural per sons in the public eye bracket it has been this writer's privilege to interview. She's representative of what we would set up for an idciil Amcrical girl. And that was the concensus ol all attending the press breakfast given for the current Miss Amer ica Monday morning in Meier & Frank's-Salem Oregon room. The visitor was here for two hours Monday, going on to Portland and to return to Salem, for a longer stay Wednesday. More Than Just Looks After visiting with this charmer there is a suspicion that maybe, just maybe, judges in the annual Miss American pageant are be ginning to realize there should be more to Miss America than just a figure and good looks in a bath ing suit. Miss Marian McKnight of South Carolina (she is Miss America of 1957) has beauty, poise and talent, and in addition is a very friendly and sensible girl. And her soft southern drawl en tranced the Salem guests. When some one asked how it felt to be Miss America, she drawled right back, with a radiant smile: How Docs It Feel? "Well, how does it feel to be a reporter?" Of medium height and of course with the right figure Miss McKnight does not use too much makeup (if she does, it's a very clever job). She has blue eyes, and Mose took the car from where he had left it and drove to Port land and then on to Salem. Here they met the other two youths arrested with them and they sporadically drove around town and visited at the home of a girl friend of one of the youths, they told officers. The arresting officer said he stopped the car after clocking it at 45 miles an hour on Commercial street. Federal and military authorities were notified of the arrests and the two young soldiers are being held for them, olficcrs said. Their home towns were not known, of ficers said. The Salem youth pleaded guilty to the li'iuor possession charge in municipal court and was fined 125. The Falls City youth pleaded in nocent and trial was set lor Fri day, - long, thick lashes (and they are natural) giving them almost a smoky look; peaches and cream complexion, and light brown hair that is not too studied in its set. Enhancing her beautiful eyes and complexion Monday was a deep royal blue two-piece costume of glazed cotton. "The experience with, the job Holmes Petitions Ike For Aid to Orchards Decn concern over the economic plight of Umatilla orchardists who suffered crippling losses in me wan freeze prompted Gov. Robert D. Holmes today to petition President Eisenhower for allocations from the president's emergency fund. In his telegram to the President. Gov. Holmes said: "The general economy of the community is be- Nab of 'Fence' Suspect Seen Ending Thefts PORTLAND (UP) Police said today they may be about to crack a long line of burglaries staged by a gang of adults and juveniles in north Portland alter a high speed chase last night resulted in the arrest ot a suspect. The wild flight through north Portland last night culminated in a four car crash before Elmer Haah, 3D, was apprehended. Detective James Smith said llaab is suspected of burglary and of serving as a "fence" in a num ber of other burglaries. Police were en route to Haab's home to place him under arrest when he was spotted driving a car on N. Lombard street. When the suspect spotted the po lice cars he speeded up with the officers in pursuit. Police said during the flight a rifle was tossed from Haab's car. The chase ended when the sus pect's car collided with a police car approaching from the opposite direction, glanced off onto a park ed car which in turn struck an other parked car. Police said Geraldine Brown. 35, a passenger in Haab's car, suffer ed a lacerated forehead as a re sult of the collision. DRUG STORE BURGLARIZED M1LTON-FREEWATKR tfl The entire stock of narcotics and $200 in cash was taken in a bur glary of the Freewater Dryg Co. here Sunday night, store owner Floyd Trlplett reported. Entry was gained by cutting a small hole in the roof. i wonderful, one sees so many in teresting people and so many in teresting places out it s a seven days a week, 365 days a year job," she said. Tour In Reverse And the tour seems just in "reverse" for the visitor. In the early fall she was in the south (Continued on Page 5. Col. 9) ing threatened by the paralyzing effects" of the freeze which de stroyed 95 per cent of the county's 4550 acres of orchards. Federal assistance loans do not answer the problem, Cov. Holmes said, because it takes several years to bring an orchard to the productive stage and during that period the grower docs not have the resources with which to pay annual installments. Gov. Holmes said all the re sources of state and local agencies had been turned to the problems of Ihe stricken area. "However." Holmes informed the president, "the resources ot these agencies are insufficient. Aoencv estimates have placed Umatilla orchard losses at 4.130 of its 4550 total acres. They estimate that only 2.150 of the lost acres will be restored unless additional federal assistance is forthcoming With aid the estimate rises to 3700 acres. Weather Details Maxlumiim vrMMrtay, ti: minimum lml.iv. 3S. Total 24-lMnr pri-fliiltallon: .11; rnr mnnth: .21; normal .M. Sra Mtn prrrlpltatlnn, 14.19; normil 24.12. kivm hfUht. I.S frrl. (Itfimri by U. 8. wejup.fr liurrau.) Drifting Northwest Highway Travel By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Drilling snow became a major weather menace in partf ol the Pacific Northwest Monday and the Weather Bureau forecast colder temperatures with some below-zero readings in the Inland Empire. Gusty winds which came along with warmer temperatures early Monday clogged many roads in eastern Washington and northern Idaho. Eighteen Spokane County schools were closed. Crews in the Idaho Panhandle were battling to keep Highway 95 open in Ihe Woriey, Plummer and Tensed area. Winds of 20 miles an hour and more moved new drifts in behind Ihe plows. An overnight sterm erotped m to II IncbM ef siaw In Hm Cav cada nnt SE&TifU&v3lJXOC.il was heading UN Order Unheeded By Israel Gaza Exit Demand Defied in Fear Of Egypt JERUSALEM. Israel (UP) Is rael today firmly resisted a U.N. appeal for it to remove its troops from the Gaza strip and parts ol the Sinai Desert facing the Gulf of Aqabn. Foreign Ministry spokesman Moshe Lcshcm said Israel would continue to defy the resolution un til the United Nations gives Israel some guarantee that .Egypt will not use the areas to attack Israel and Israeli shipping. Cairo Press Opens Up Cairo newspapers launched campaign against the stationing of any UNEF forces along the gulf of Aqaba, and said this would "overstep UNEF's mission as or iginally accepted By Egypt. The leading Arabic newspaper, Al Ahram said U. S. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., "couldn't have meant what he said about the necessity of putting UNEF units at the Tiran Straits. That would be asking for something impossible." The editor in chief of the gov ernment organ Al Goumhouria re called that "a state of war exists between Egypt and Israel" and asked, "Didn't Israel commit ag gression in complicity with Britain and France? Two Resolutions Passed The U. N. General Assembly passed two resolutions Saturday night calling lor an immediate Is raeli withdrawal and recommend ing the use of the UNEF troops in the disputed areas to guard against future military action. The second resolution w a vaguely worded and left to Secretary-general Dag Hammarskjold the problem of making it work. Hammarskjold conferred privately with members of the UNEF Emergency Committee and planned to meet today with Israeli representative Abha Eban. Israel's defiance of the resolu tions came as Britain began talks in Amman today with Jordan on the withdrawal of British forces. The talks will end the Anglo Jordan 1948 treaty which gave Jordan a $.15 million annual sub sidy from Britain and permitted Britain to maintain bases there. 250 Rescued As Turk Ship Sinks; 2 Dead IZMIR, Turkey, lB Quick rescue work saved nearly 250 passengers from the Turkish pas senger ship Izmir, the sleek new vessel sank in Izmir Harbor after a collision with tho U.S. freighter Howell Lykes. The Turkish government said two persons were known dead, Turks believed killed at the Im pact. At least four others were injured. But most unofficial sources said five persons were killed. Nobody aboard the American ship was reported hurl. A lew small dents in the bow of Ihe Howell Lykes were her only visible damage. She was anchored in Izmir Harbor. The starboard side of the 6, 000 ton Turkish ship was crushed hy the bow of the 7,800-lon Howell Lykes as the two vessels man euvered In the narrow passage at the harbor mouth Sunday. A major disaster was averted by the action of the freighter In pushing Ihe stricken vessel about R00 yards inlo shallow water, and the prompt rescue efforts of life boats from both ships, harbor ferries and fishing boats. Snow Stalls Some required for the Mt. Hood area, as well as for travel over Sno qualmie, Stevens and White passes. To the east, another six Inches of snow fell In the Cocur d'Alene mining district of northern Idaho, bringing the total on the ground to 20 inches at Wallace, It was snowing hard Monday morning. Monday night minimum temper atures of from five above to five below were forecast for Ihe north ern part of the Inland Empire with lows of 10 to 20 above In Ihe south portion. A few light snow flurries were also expected. The Weather Bureau said a low pressure trough along the Cana diwi border eastward to the IMnlii ww pulling In cold nfr PROBABLY NOT KAGANOVICH Russ Keep Tight Veil on Of Ailing Leader LONDON (UP)-A tight security curtain today hid the identity of a mystery patient ill in Moscow and added fuel to the fires of an international guessing game. The guesses ranged all the way. from some such top Soviet leader as Deputy Premier Lazar M. Kaganovich to a relatively un known but important atomic sci entist. There was this much to go on: 1. Dr. Hans Joachim Shultcn, a blood disease specialist in Cologne, Germany, suddenly was sum moned to Moscow. Ho was not told his patient's identity. 2. The patient must be of Im portance to warrant the sudden summons. Tho Supreme Soviet meets in Moscow Tuesday and the loaders will be scanned closely for im portant absentees. . In New York, the tabloid Daily News added a cloak and dagger touch to the speculation. It quoted "intelligence sources" to the effect that Kaganovich had- been shot Legion Chief Opposes Cash for Middle-East Ham' Fish Claims Firm Financed Arab Uprising WASHINGTON Wl - The na tional commander of the Ameri can Legion said Monday Congress should join President Elsenhower in serving notice that any Com munist attack on the Middle East "will be met by American pow er But W. C. (Dan) Daniel opposed giving the President authority to spend up to 200 million dollars in foreign aid money on assistance to countries in (hat area. "The ono thing most needed now, in my judgment, Is a firm, unequivocal declaring of the will ingness of the American people to answer in kind if the Soviet Un ion resorts to force," he told a joint meeting of the Senate For eign Relations and Armed Serv ices committees. Daniel was one of u number of nongovernmental witnesses testi fying at a public session on the House-approved resolution to give Eisenhower advance authority to use military forces and economic aid to combat any Communist ag gression in the Middle East. Another was Hamilton Fish, former Republican Congressman from New York, who opposed what he said would be giving Ei senhower "dangerous dictatorial war powers." Fish, now 68, said Congress should Investigate what he termed (he Arabian-American Oil Co.'s "oil and dollar diplomacy." He said he had learned from "high and reliable French sour ces" that when the French Irap ped five Arab rebel chiefs in an airplane In Algeria Inst October they found incriminating docu ments." Fish continued: - "Many of these captured papers exposed the Aramco (Arabian American Oil Co.) composed of the Standard Oil group and the Texas Co, of having contributed heavily to stir up Arab uprisings in Algeria. "II ! nn.u l.nniM II, l ll.A vrh ., m, ,1 ', i. new oil field 400 miles sou'h of Aisle In Ihe Solum, Desert, ii seems that tho Arnnicn belic cl it could make a much belter ar rangement with the Aralis than with them." east of the Rockies, enough spilled over Eastern Washington and the high plateaus of Oregon to chill the area and bring some snow. This, with the accompanying rain showers in the west, is to continue through Tuesday. And then Pacific Ocean storms are due which will bring heavy rains lo the coastal area through the rest of tho week. r""" w"' "re "-" I -I I...... ..... IU. coldest point reporting early Mon day with a minus 5 degree rend-! of H Iracls of Indian land, sched ing. Most reporting stations had!uled for Feb. 19, has been post Sunday maximums near Ircezing In the east and In Ihe 40s west of Ihe Cascades. The Monday lows ranged from Lakevlew's -5 to 41 at Newport on the central coast, Identity mysteriously in a power struggle and is near death. The news said the 64-year-old Kaganovich, a former right hand man of Premier Josef Stalin, wanted to remove Communist party chief Nikita S. Khrushchev and Premier Nikolai Bulganin. "Khrushchev and Bulganin, rec ognizing Kaganovich as the chief schemer In a plot to bring their ouster and a complete Kremlin re shuffle, reportedly ordered the deputy promior shot," tho News said. "Something went wrong. Kagan ovich was only gravely wounded when struck down by a bullet Thursday night, and now he is ap parently receiving every care." A United Press Moscow dispatch made no mention of the Daily News report but said flatly that Kaganovich had completed a two week tour of Siberia only Sunday and had returned to Moscow. The report would seem to eliminate him from the guessing game, since the Cologne blood specialist was summoned to Moscow Saturday. Daniel, in opposing the econom ic part of the Eisenhower resolu tion, said the Legion feels that a program of economic aid to Mid dle Enst countries "would in all probability prove to be of greater benefit to Soviet Russia than to the United States." "Money and material .given to Egypt, Syria, Jordan and Yemen could very well be used as down payments to Russia for military supplies, he said. Sec. Humphrey Again Opposes Early Tax Cut WASHINGTON (UP) Treasury Secretary George M. Humphrey slammed the door again today on any early tax reduction. Although taxes now are "so high" Ihal in his opinion Ihey will hamper Ihe nation's economic growth In the long run, Humph rey restated the administration's opposition to any tax cut now. Humphrey testified before the Senate-House Economic Commit tee. He also opposed any reduc tion in taxes for particular groups, such as small businesses, thnt would Involve any substantial loss in federnl revenue. Such special treatment, he snid, would merely "postpone Indefinite ly the time when it will be possi ble to have general relief lor all laxnaycr.i." The joint committee Is review ing President Eisenhower's nnnual prnnnmip rpnnrt Memhprs want a fuller exnlanalion from Humnh - rev of his recent warning that there will be a "hair-curling" do-! I nomas .1. Doneaan, now a spe prcssion unless future government clal assistant to the attorney gen. spending is reduced. Russ Officials Named as Spy Case Plotters NEW YORK (UPl- Two men nl women were indicted by a federnl f.nind Jury liulny on cs- ! P'onage charges which carry a possihle death penalty. The Indictment named n niinincr of Russian officials as co ciinspir- nlors in an alleged plot lo trans mit U.S. intelligence and defense secrets lo the Soviet Union. The three nnnied as defendants in Ihe six-count indictment were Jack Soblo nnd his wife, Myra and Jacob Albam. Soblo and Al bam are natives of the same Lith uanian village. Mrs. Sohle is a native of Russia. The Snhlrs came to the United Slates shortly be fore Pearl Harbor hy way of Jap an and have become American citizens. One of the Russians named as a co-conspirator was Vassil Mik hailovich Molev, member of the staff of the Russian Embassy at Washington, who left the United Slates the day after Ihe Soblcs and Albam were arrested. LAND SALE POSTPONED - KLAMATH AGENCY W - Sale ! poncd because weather has prc- vented prospective buyers from inspecting the properly. A. W. Galbrailh, reservation superintendent, said the tracts will be readvertised later, ia PitHitby Disaster None of Crew at 337-Foot Level Rescued By GEORGE HANNA BISHOP, Va. Wl A rumbling gas explosion trapped and killed 37 minors Monday in the cavern ous Bishop coal mine that strad dles the mountainous Virginia- West Virgina line. Rescue teams said this number of bodies had been counted below ground. Apparently the e n t i r a crew working in a section of the sprawling tunnels fell victims to the blast. , - The explosion jammed the ele vator that had carried the men in on the Virginia side and rescue work had to be routed through another entrance two and a half miles away on the West Virginia side. ' Rescue Hope Abandoned The grimy masked workers who pushed through to the explosion site had all but abandoned hope for any survivors by the time the first nine bodies were found. Identification went on below ground before any bodies were brought to tho surface. The blast site was described as about a five minute walk" from the bot tom of a 337 ioot shaft. . ' Word of the disaster brought anxious friends and relatives ot the miners to entrances on both' sides of the state line. And be fore their vigil was eight hours old a joint company and West Virgin ia Mines Dept. statement dashed most hopes. ' "Less than. 40 tot the total -1M underground) we're involved in . the explosion.1 7andf' of this num ber there are no survivors," the joint statement said. , In Flood Area (The mine is located in Tazewell County, one of six mountainous) southwest Virginia counties de clared a disaster area by Presi dent Eisenhower last week after the section's worst flood ram paged through tho area. The explosion rocked the mino about two hours after the mid night to 8 a.m. shift entered the first shift going on since Friday morning. The mine, one of the biggest producers in this area, is owned by Ihe Pocahontas Fuel Co. In Washington, the Interior De partment announced that Director Marling J. Ankcny of the Bureau of Mines and James Westficld, assistant director for health and safety, wore leaving by plane to take charge of federal rescue operations at tho mine. Tho bureau said the last major conl mine disaster in the conti nental United States caused IS deaths Nnvcmher 13. 1954 at the No. 9 mine of the Jamison Coal . and Coke, Co. near Farmlngton, W.Va. . Donegaii Gets SACB Post I WASHINGTON Ml -President Eisenhower Monday nominated oral, to be a member of the Sub versive Activities Control Board, Donegan, a New Yorker de scribed by the While House as a political independent, will succeed Thomas J. 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