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EKGoyernor Sigler of Michigan, Others Die As Plahe Hits TV "Fower BATTLE CREEK, Mich- (P Former Gov. Kim Sigler was killed late Monday in a plane crash as spectacular as his brief political career. Three companions died with him. Sigler's private, four-passenger plane, apparently blinded by fog, rammed into either the top of a 540-foot television tower or a guy wire supporting it Sigler, a veteran flyer, apparently was at the POUNDDD 1651 SECTIONS 16 PAGES Th Oregon Statesman, Salem, Ortaon, Tuesday, December 1. 1953 PRICE 5c Dulles Mints U.S.

to controls. Flan for Big 4 Berlin Meet Automobile f- in -TQ c- -M XL fr tr) tt 73-year-old woman driver of this 1940 Plymouth lived after it plunged off Salem-Dallas Highway Monday afternoon, knifed between Eola Inn (left) and a telephone pole taking ent a porch railing, then went 50 feet through the air before hitting la'nd bouncing another 25 feet. Driver Mrs. Mae Don- Ion, Portland, sustained fractured shoulder and possible broken ribs. (Statesman photo.) With one wing sheered off.

the fuselage sailed crazily for three; quarters of a mile and crashed and burned in a woods. The silver-haired, 59-year-old ex-governor, as colorful a figure as ever hit the Michigan political scene, was found dead in the wreckage. To New Orleans Sigler, who rose to prominence as a fiery grand jury prosecutor, had been on a combined business-pleasure trip to New Orleans. It was believed that because of the fog, Sigler might have been coming in for a landing at Kellogg Field, only three or four miles from the television tower, instead of going on to Lansing. The television tower toppled over a few.

minutes after the crash and smashed through the roof of the transmitter building. The that of Battle Creek UHF station WBCK-TV, is near Augusta, eight miles northeast of here. Defeated in 1948 Sigler. a Republican, was governor for one two-year tefm in 1947-48. Then he was defeated by the present Democratic governor.

G. Mennen Williams, who has held the office since then. Before turning to politics he won renown as prosecutor of a one-man grand jury that sent numerous legislators and lobbyists to prison for bribe-taking or bribe-giving. In winning the governorship he defeated Democratic Gov. Murray D.

van Wagoner by 360.000 votes. Two years later he was beaten by Williams bf 164,000 votes in a political nosedive almost as spectacular as his rise. He has been practicing law in Lansing since he left public office. Mental Patient Kills Famed Heart Doctor DETROIT. Mich.

'JT famous mwuuwT 1115111, lUlliJCl Uiril- tal patient who said he "zot the wrong doctor," police reported. The victim was Dr. Edward D. Spalding, regarded by his colleagues as one of the half dozen top heart surgeons jn the nation. Dr.

Spalding wasshot in the back at close just outside Detroit's Professional Building, where dozens of doctors have their offices. Seized near the scene was John Sherpack, 51, who police said was carrying a long list of doctors, whom he had marked for death. Dr. Spalding was not on the list. however.

Sherpack told police he thought he had killed his intended victim, Dr. William T. McAlonan. Dr. Mc-Alonan said he treated Sherpack 10 years ago.

then transferred his case to Wayne County General Hospital. Sherpack was quoted by officers as saying Dr. McAlonan had mistreated him. "I must have shot the wrong man," he admitted to police. Alligator Wrestler Badlv Mangled as Jaws Clamp Shut DANIA, Fla.

An -alligator wrestler was badly mangled Monday when he stuck his head in the gator's mouth and the big saurian, clamped his jaws shut. William McLellan, 20, of nearby Hollywood, threshed wildly and the saurian rolled over, dragging the struggling youth with him as about 50 spectators screamed in Orman Dennis, of ceremonies at the Dania Chimpanzee Farm, and William's younger brother. James, 17, leaped into the pit and pried open the gator's jaws. Sixty stitches were required for the gashes on McLellan's face and neck and he suffered a slight head injury. McLellan has been wrestling alligators for a year.

This was his first mishap. Takes 50-Foot -j4 m- -m IV I fiCCO fl fT ll Plans Appeal TEHRAN. Iran (fl Ex-Premier Mohammed Mossadegh opened his defense Monday by serving notice he intends to appeal if found guilty en treason charges. The politician's decision to take possible conviction to a higher military court was a reversal of the position he took the second day of his trial, whenxhe said: "I will not appeal this court's sentence." Mossadegh Monday told the Army court-martial trying him: "If were to become idle I might commit suicide. Therefore, I have decided to ask for an appeal so that I could keep myself busy." Anti-Liquor Film Producer Booked on Drunk Charge LOS ANGELES W) -The producer of "One Too Many." a film attacking alcoholism, wis arrested Sunday night and booked on suspicion of drunk driving.

Howard Kroger Babb.yB, was released on $230 bail. 'Policemen Wright Ericsorr and C. R. Skeen said Babb refused to take a sobriety test. 63330000 mom At the request of Governor Patterson the State Board of Agriculture functioning as the Milk Control Board has acted to suspend until -January 1st, the one -cent price increase in milk which had been authorized for District No.

2, the Portland-lower Willamette Valley section. Governor Patterson acted in. response to protests following a secret meeting of the board last Tuesday night. There are two matters involved. One is the holding of a secret ses-sion'It seems that the administrator had informed a reporter for the Oregonian that no board meeting was scheduled until Dec.

15th, and that he "would be notified if any were held in the interval. The board, however, was convened in special session and acted on the price increase. According to the Oregonian writer; the board of agriculture has been quite cavalier in its press; relations in the past. This seems singular since Marshall Dana, the "public" representative on the -board is an old-time and long-time newspaper man himself. Chairman Cockell declares there was no intention to meet in star chamber" session, but that board was convened at night to suit the convenience of members.

After this jolt, doubtless the board will be less secretive, although the contention of Cockell is that when operating statements of particular individuals of corporations In the milk business are under consideration they should be studied 'in private. The second issue in tWe matter, is the role of the governor in the law vests the responsibility in the i board of agriculture whose members are appointed by the (Continued on editorial page, 4.) First Portland Siren Ready PORTLAND (iff first of this city's seven new warning sirens was installed on top of the 15-story American Bank Building In downtown Portland a night. Streets were roped off as the three-ton siren was hauled up the side of the building with heavy cables. Traffic was jammed and hundreds of pedestrians watched as the huge double horn was slowly raised. At one point the siren slipped and apparently was on the verge of falling back info the street.

But workmen applied brakes to the lifting drum and checked the momentary fall. The remaining six sirens will be mounted on 50-foot steel towers which are to be erected in the outskirts of the city. Cobra Venom Said Aid in Polio Cases MIAMI, Fla. UP The University of Miami announced Monday that "a few human polio victims" recovered after being inject-, ed with a preparation made from cobra venom. This was the first disclosure that a university team which has" been working with the venom more than four years had given it to humans, Last August the head of the team, Dr.

Murray Sanders, reported to the Society of American Bacteriologists that the venom, in hundreds of experiments with monkeys, struck directly at polio infections of the spinal motor cells. Monday's report by Dr. Sanders made no claim to discovery of the. long-awaited cure for polio in humans. That, he said, must await prolonged "controlled treatments 1 under the supervision of physicians.

"Ill-considered use of cobra venom or Its he warned, "can produce great damage." Animal Crackers Bv. WARREN COOORICH Salem to Take Railroad Crossing Pleas to PUC Salem will take its appeal for improved safety devices at mainline Southern Pacific crossings to the Oregon Public Utilities Commission Wednesday at a 9 a.m. public hearing the State Public Service Building. The city administration has been building its case ever since a League of Women Voters survey caHed attention to conditions at rail crossings throughout Salem. 103RD YEAR Smog Obscures Parking Sign, Case Dismissed PASADENA, Calif.

You think we've been kidding about the smog out here? Well, Mrs. Jo Schwartz, a junior college student, got a suspended sentence on an overtime parking citation Monday when she testified that heavy smog obscured the sign designating a two-hour zone. And she had. a photograph of, the barely visible sign to prove it. New York Citv Minus Papers Due to Strike NEW YORK J- The Herald Tribune suspended publication Monday night, leaving New.

York without a major newspaper for the first time in its publishing history. Newsstands throughout, the city were all but The city's six other big newspapersthree morning and three afternoon already were closed tight bv a two-day strike of AFL Photo-Engravers, the first major tieup in the industry in 8 years. Out of town newspapers were in hot demand as more thaa 5 million daily newspaper readers scrambled for a shred of published news in New York where more papers are sold every day than anywhere in the world outside of London. Although not a target of the wage strike. The Herald Tribune quit in sympathy with 'its rivals even as type was being set for its Tuesday morning editions.

The newspaper said it sympathized with truce efforts of rival publishers and would not let itself be used a lever to force a strike settlement on harried competitors. The Herald Tribune's announcement quoted an unidentified strike leader as saying: "If The Herald Tribune is publishing and The Times is closed, it won't stay closed long." The Times and The Herald Tribune compete in the conservative circulation field against the mass circulation' tabloids. The Daily News and The Mirror. There was no comment from the other papers on The Herald Tribune suspension. Giant presses of The New York Times were stilled Sunday for the first time in 102 years of uninterrupted publication.

In the afternoon field. The New York Post missed scheduled editions Saturday for the first time in its -152 years. OSC Dean of Women Dies CORVALLIS tf Mary Iola Bash, 62, dean of women at Oregon State College, died at her home here early Monday of a cerebral hemorrhage. She was 62. When Miss Bash failed to report for work, workers in her office tried calling her to find out if she was all right.

They later notified Mrs. George Tobin, a student living" in a basement apartment of Miss Bash's Home. Mrs. Tobin went upstairs and found the body on the floor. Miss Bash had been at OSC since 1946.

Before that she bad been on the staff at the University of Washington in Seattle. It's Masculine To Smell Pretty, Style Expert Says NEW YORK Un It's not sissy for men to wear perfume, a Euro, pean fashion expert said Monday Countess Mara, a designer of men's ties, told newsmen on her arrival here that men's use of perfume is "no longer a mark of effeminacy. Why, men in the old days not only wore perfume but ribbons, too." decorate the armory. Already 15 organizations, including Salem Chamber of Commerce and some of the larger service clubs, have agreed to participate in the luncheon by counting attendance there after calling off their meeting dates of the week. For the chamber it will mean' no luncheon meeting Dec 14, but next Monday's program will be held.

Letters of Invitation also are going out to a large number of additional Salem groups, urging members to join in the occasion. Ticket sale will be primarily at the Armory, that noon, but some advance sale Is planned through local clubs. Sponsors said Nohlgren's is catering lor the hot meal of the day. Salem Junior Chamber of Commerce initiated the project and appointed Byers in 2 No. 246 Anthony Eden Seeks Early Conference By JOHN, A.

SCALI WASHINGTON tf Secretary of State Dulles hinted strongly Monday the United States will ac-cept Russia's bid for an early -meeting of the Big Four foreign -ministers in Berlin. "We approach a possible meeting with the representatives of the Soviet Union," he told a congres- sional committee. Dulles spoke about the same time that Foreign Minister Anthony Eden was telling the British House of Commons he has "every reason to believe" the United States shates his hope an early conference can be arranged. The State Department declined to say whether Dulles has assured Eden of this attitude in secret cables which have been flowing between London, Paris and-Washington. Many Exchanges State Department Press Officer Lincoln White noted that numerous diplomatic exchanges have been madei since Russia sprang, its surprise invitation on the West last Friday.

White underscored Dulles remarks Monday as' the latest reflection of the American government's official view toward an East-West cold war meeting. In Germany, British and French officials said informally that all signs pointed to a Big Four ses-. sion being held in West Berlin, late in January. Dulles Testifies Dulles' comments came as he wound up testimony before a special House comtnlee investigating Russia's seizure of the three Baltic states of Latvia, Lithuania and Esthonia. He gave advance notice that the United States will adept a tough attitude in dealing with Russia's Foreign Minister Molotor in th event a satisfactory basis for a conference can be found.

"I can assure you," Dulles said, we welcome opportunities to settle specific disputes between us; to end the race in armament, particularly atomic armament, and to reduce the risk of war. Won't Surrender "But let me also assure you of this." he said, "we. do not look upon the conference table as a place where we- surrender our principles, but rather as a "place making our principles ore- "1." Dulles exDressed belief that thix determination was backed by Congress and tbj American people. His broad hint, however, that the United States 'might agree to Russia's invitation contrasted rather sharply with official State Department comment on Moscow's bid last Friday. At that time, the department labeled Russia's note "disappointing" and said it represented another Soviet move to block French approval of the proposed unified European army.

Dulles has discussed the --Soviet offer with President Eisenhower since then. He also arranged to review the outlook at the White House Monday in advance of the Bermuda conference with British Prime Minister Churchill and French Premier Joseph Laniel, opening Friday. Russians Return Japanese Ps MAIZURU, Japan Vfi The re patriation ship Koan Maru droppec anchor at this old imperial Navj port Tuesday with 811 shouting hand-waving' Japanese war prison ers from Communist Siberia. Som were captives of the Russians for the last 14 years, A huge throng of relatives, offi cials and newsmen turned out meet them. i Morningside School Opening Delayed The Morningside elementary school opening will be delayed until after the Christmas holiday, according to SupL Walter E.

Sny-' der. Heavy rains last sprijig and rocks encountered at the building site have slowed progress, be said Monday. Today's Statesman SECTION 1 Editorials, features 11 4 Society, wo.tien's 6 Valley news 8 SECTION I Sports 1, 2 Comics i r. 2 Radio; TV 5 Classified ads 6, 7 Accept U.N. Sets Start of PWTalks By WILLIAM C.

BARNARD PANM1JNJOM The Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission Tuesday approved Allied plans for starting explanations Wednesday to 328 South Korean war prisoners listed, by the Reds as unwilling to return home. The Allies submitted a plan calling for interviews with 30. South Korean POWs daily for 11 days. followed by talks with 22 American prisoners and one Briton who the Reds say refuse repatriation. The Repatriation Commission in an afternoon session sanctioned the plan, submitted by Brig.

Gen. A. L. Hamblen, head of the U. N.

Command's repatriation group. Prior to the meeting an Indian spokesman pointed out that the Allied program differed from the Communist interview schedule because the Allies had not asked for segregation of prisoners who do not receive explanations. It had been predicted for nearly a montli that Allied efforts to persuade prisoners to return home would begin early in December. Hamblen said he expects the U. N.

explainers to talk to 30 South Koreans a day. At this rate it would take about 11 days to interview all 328 of them. Talks with the Americans and the lone Briton would start immediately afterward only some 11 days from the expiration of the 90-day explanation period. Judge Forbids Seven Men to Sell Securities PORTLAND W) An injunction forbidding seven men from selling securities in three plywood co-operatives was announced Monday by Federal Judge Claude McCol-loch. The Securities and Exchange Commission, accusing the men of misrepresentation in making sales, asked for the injunction.

The seven are-Edgar R. Errion, Independence; Glenn R. Munkers, Archie L. Bones. Dwight Holdorf and Williamson, all of Salem: Thomas A.

O'Connell, Seattle, and James B. Carr, Milwaukee. The injunction was only against their selling securities in the plywood co-ops. The SEC asked that they be forbidden to sell any type of securities, indicating it believed they might start to sell stocks in fields other than plywood. The men organired the Beaver Plywood, National Plywood and General Timber co-operatives and sold 1 securities in them.

Judge McColloch, in issusing the injunction, said he found that the men did not hold patents which they claimed while making the sales. He also said they did not have the extensive timber cutting rights they claimed. In addition the judge said O'Connell, Carr, Errion and Holdorf had diverted funds from National Plywood. Data Confirms November as Wet Month November was a wet month. Rampaging rivers from the 21st through the 24th will attest to that There were only four days during the month when ft didn't rain.

And those 26 days when it did, 6.99 inches was measured at the McNary Field Weather Bureau. Although not a record-breaking fall, it was 1.03 inches above normal. All-time rainfall for November came in 1896 when 16.99 inches was dumped. November 1953. however, was a rain-soaked month compared with November 1952 when only 1.73 inches fell and brown-outs and power surcharges due to low water were in the Greatest rainfall during a 24-hour period for the month just ended was on the 15th and 16th when 2.05 inches was recorded.

Temperatures for the month were 2.2 degrees above normal and averaged 47.6 degrees. Highest reading was 64 on the 12th and the lowest was 28 on the 2nd. Four days were below the freezing mark. There were no clear days, four were partly; cloudy and 26 were cloudy. And speaking of wet months, December apparently is off to a good start.

Forecast calls for occasional rain today with a repeat performance again by Wednesday afternoon. MAN KILLED BT TRAIN KLAMATH FALLS tfi H. A. Husted, 47, Klamath Falls, was injured fatally Monday when his cai collided with a freight train locomotive at a grade, crossing three miles south of here. Trip by Air Car Dives Off Road at Eola, Woman Hurt A 73-y ear-old.

Portland woman narrowly missed death Monday afternoon when her car plunged off the Salem-Dallas Highway at Eola Inn. traveled some 50 feet in the air, bounced another 25 feet and landed on its oof beside Southern Pacific railroad tracks. Mrs. Mae Donlon suffered a fractured shoulder and possible broken ribs. She ws listed in Ifair condition at S3leri Memorial Hospital Monday Her 1940 Plymouth was total-1 ly wrecked.

She was alohe. Miraculously the Salem-bound car threaded its way between the corner of Eola Inn a tele-; phone pole shout. c-r's length apart at the of its 50-foot flight. The plunging sedan took out a railing on the porch of the tavern, and a hubcap flew off and smashed a window in the establishment. V.

Friesen, Dnllas. a partner in the Friecen Core Co.tsaid he saw the ace'dent occur about 3:45 p.m. as he drove towards Dallas in his truck. "I saw her car come around the curve on my side of the road at high speed, he said. I turned to the right to avoid her and she suddenly went into a skid.

In my rear view mirror I saw her car shoot between the tavern and the pole." Friesen, also an attendant on the Dallas Ambulance, said he stopped his truck and ran to the woman's assistance. Meanwhile, nearby resident: called Salem first aid car. Willamette Ambulance Service rushed her to the hospital. moving equipment from Camp Adair here, said Barclay. The city still has about 40 acres suitable for industrial locations, an estimated 12 sites possible.

This area was inspected. Monday by J. R. Dudley, executive manager of the new Salem Industrial Development Council, in company with Barclay and two Airport Advisory Com mission members, Crairman Reynolds Allen and Paul Woodruff e. Dudley expressed enthusiasm over the airpcrt site for its industrial possibilities.

He said presence of the new railroad siding and nearness of the actual airport are important One drawback is the city's law placing a five-year maximum, on leases of city property. This would have to be changed if larger industrial uses, are to be developed, said Dudley. But the PUC hearing prepara-1 tions have come to a head only recently, with Assistant City At- torney Thomas Churchill and As-X sistant Engineer Joseph ritzpat- rick now completing the study on the city's case. City officials agreed recently to request automatic "drop-arm" signal devices at 11- crossings and flashingdtight and bell signals at other crossings on the mainline not now so equipped. City Attorney Chris Kowitz has planned to present the city's case to the PUC on the basis of a state law under whicli the railroad could be forced to install and finance the signals.

Study has been made of the operation of "drop-arms" now in use along FirstAvenue in Port-laird near the riverfront. TKe League of Women Voters will be represented at the hearing by Mrs. William Van Meter, Mrs. Frank Oettinger, Mrs. Gordon Shattuck and Mrs.

A. E. Mueller. Public Utilities Commissioner Charles Heltzel said Monday the hearing will be conducted by David Don, chief engineer for PUC and the man in charge of rail crossing safety matters for the commission. Attorney for the PUC at the hearing will' be John R.

McCullough. Southern Pacific is expected to be represented by members of its legal staff. Polite Pedestrian, Driver Meet; Accident Result BALTIMORE Iff) Louis NPom-erey, who was walking, and Robert McGill, who was driving, met at an intersection and both hesitated. "After you," motioned one. "No after you," indicated the other.

"Go each implied. So treated at a hospital for a broken leg. McGill. 53, was charged with reckless driving. Max.

Min. Precip. 47 47 32 47 trace 33 trace Silcm S5 53 Portland Saa Francisco 60 Chicago 34 New York 4S 36 J4 WiUiamette River 7.3 feet. FORECAST (from U. S.

Weather Bureau. McNarx Field, Salem): Cloudy with occasional rain today. Partly cloudy with shower tonight. Cloudy with rain again by Wednesday afternoon. Little chance in.

temperature with the highest today near S3 and lowest tonight near 40. Temperature at 12:01 a.m. was 45. SALEM PRECirTTATIOJC Since Start Weather Year Sept. This Year Last Year Normal 11.S4 X7 11.1 I Testimonial Luncheon for SHS Football Team Planned Dec 11 New Commercial Installation At Airport in Negotiation Stage (Picture on page 3, sec.

2.) The city Salem has good prospects of' another new commercial installation, the fourth on Salem Airport property, Afr-port Manager Charles Barclay said Mond y. Negotiation is going on between Barclay and a construction firm said to be interested in open storage and warehouse space. A similar operation is now lo cated on the airport property.1 with warehouse and large equipment storage area for Consolidated Builders, recently established on ground leased from the city. Two other airport locations are a state National Guard warehouse facility and Hrubetz and Bushnell machine shrp. both in old Army buildings provided by the city as part of the lease.

The military warehouse is in the process of A big public testimonial luncheon honoring Salem High School's football team is shaping up for Dec. 11. The Vikings gained the state semi-finals after an undefeated football season this fall. For the noontime program at Salem Armory, the principal speakers will be three top Oregon football coaches Len. Casanova of University of Oregon, Kip Taylor of Oregon State and Ted Ogdahl Willamette.

William H. Byers, chairman of arrangements, said Monday all three accepted i invitations to speak although Casanova said it might be a close connection! as he will be in the state of Washington the previous day. Mayor Alfred W. Loucks will be master of ceremonies. Salem High's, pep band will play and the school Art Club will help.