The Capital Journal from Salem, Oregon • Page 1

Capital AjJoii rnal THE WEATHER PARTLY CLOUDY tonight and Friday. Some valley' log tonight and early Friday morning. Little change in temperature. Low to-' Bight, 18; high Friday, 68. 4 SECTIONS 48 Pages 68th Year, No.

237 Salem, Oregon, Thursday, October 4, 1956 UO3940 "BJ8MUn U038JU SAME HVRLERS FRIDAY AFtoDela1 2nd World Series icqusitipn of; lOOPolice Lose Trail Of Gibson Linn Jail Breaker Scrap Rained Out No World Series game ever Adlai Hits Resources Invasion' ConservationTalk In W.Va. Digs At GOP ELKINS. W.Va. (UP)-Adlai E. Stevenson charged today that the Land for id-Valley Base Baker Store Gets Customers on Parents Night C7' nri (Additional details on Sports Page) BROOKLYN (UP) Commissioner Ford C.

Frick, after a conference with the umpires, announced today that the second game of the World Series between the Dodgers and Yankees had been postponed. Both managers said that they would not change their pitching plans for Friday's game. That means 27-game winner Don New-combe will go for the Dodgers while Don Larsen, who had an 11-5 mark for the Yankees and finished strongly, will hurl for the Yankees. Frick made a detailed survey of the field and said the playing conditions were satisfactory but that he was concerned about the latest weather forecast. "In view of the forecast for continued rain, we decided it best to call the game," he said.

"The weather report for later today is for heavy rain. ke FCC Kef uses to Void (J -itS II 1 -II 1 't Fund Shortage fetalis Plans This Year By GLENN CUSHMAN Capital Journal City Editor Acquisition of land for the auV force base at Woodburn can't be. completed this year because of a shortage of funds, the air fore notified Congressman Walter Nor--' blad Thursday. The air force also said that Instructions have been issued to the corps of engineers to execute new "indefinite" lease with authorities for continued use nf Portland International airport, where the air force operates now. How soon monies will be available wasn't immediately indicated cuner.

An announcement about two months ago said that land nc quisltion would- start this fall Woodburn area farmers' who wer to be most directly affected, are now, dock in the position of indef-inite waiting. No information con-' cernlng when money would be available was included in the an-' nouncemcnt. Reason Uncertain Immediate reason for the funds shortage that cancels land acquisition wasn't known. Air force olfi- cials in Portland, who have been acting as liaison between th fU eral government and land Norblad Says Delay 'Is Only Temporary Information received Thursday afternoon from air fore officials Indicates that the de-lay of land acquisition for th It was back to school tor parents' of children at Baker school has been stopped short of nine innings and we don't want that ever to happen. I feel today's game could be played if the current conditions prevail.

It would not be pleasant but could play. It is my responsibility to the players and fans to be sure that no game has to be called because of adverse weather conditions. Frick arrived at Ebbets. Field at 10:30 a.m. EDT and immed iately ordered that all gates were to remain closed until there was a decision on whether or not the game would be played.

After that Frick went to the Dodger clubhouse to confer with Brooklyn Manager Walter Alston. He said he wanted to make the decision as early as possible but had to hold off until Yankee Manager Casey Stengel arrived at the park at 11' a.m. Both managers agreed it was best to postpone the game, KSLM-TV Broadcasting Co. that it be per mitted to buy KSLM-TV and that channel 3 be assigned to Portland, for use by Storcr's present channel 27 station there. Salem Television Co.

is headed by C. H. Fisher of Portland who was joined ny Salem business in terests in proposing to build a Salem station. One of the neces sary steps was Retting the chan nel which had been assigned to the city. Fisher has television in terests in Eugene and Roseburg.

Action of the FCC apparently now removes Salem Television company from any further consideration for the channel 3 per mit, which they had sought on the grounds that Oregon 'Radio, owned by Glenn McCormick of Salem, wasn't going to construct a television station. One Portland source indicated that "there is no doubt now that Salem will have a television sta tion in the near future." Earlier this year. KPTV ot Port land announced that it would build a station In Salem if the FCC would allow transfer of its fran chise from ultra high frequency channel 27 to the very high fre quency channel 3. The FCC is expected to rule on this in the near future. Contacted Thursday, McCormick said he had no comment at this time but expects to have an announcement before the end of the year.

Deck Crewman Vanishes From Astoria Dredge ASTORIA'' (UP) Army Engineers reported to authorities here today that a deck hand aboard its sea-going hopper dredge Essay-ons had been missing since Tuesday night. Col. Jackson Graham, Portland district engineer, said 55-year-old Daniel O'Conner, of New York, was off duty on shore leave Tuesday night while the Essayons was moored here. Shortly after 11 p.m. O'Conner was noticed by the deck officer standing on the dock near the dredge.

He disappeared while the deck officer's attention was momentarily diverted. Grappling operations were conducted about the dock area yesterday in the belief that O'Conner may have fallen in to the water. They were unsuccess ful. Col. Graham said an investigating board had been appointed to look into the disappearance and that Astoria police, Coast Guard and port authorities been no tified.

The Essayons Is currently work ing at the mouth of the Columbia Woodburn area air base is only "temporary," according to Cost- (ressman Walter Norblad. "Several high priority, proj. eels have exhausted air force -funds for this year," Norblad said. "The air force has In- formed me that it plans to ahead as originally planned Wednesday night when 50 ot the adults organized their parents club and learned a Utile about what their youngsters do la the clnsjroom. One the altrocllons was the "Baker Store," where second-graders learn to handle money telling Imitation groceries.

Here teacher Mrs, Gordon Gllmore explains the setup to Mr, and Airs. Carlisle Roberts, whose son Mark Is In the second grade. (Capital Journal Photo by Jerry Claussen) OPENING DA Y' AT RAKER Parents wnn me Base, except that land purchases will be put off until next summer," he said. Norblad said government architects and planners are going aheadton runway and building designs, "I expect the de-. lay to be from eight to nine months, based on information v.

the air force gave, me Thurs- day afternoon," he said. Their Schooldays Slips East From CapeArago COOS BAY in Nearly 100 police at darkness Wednesday ad mitted they had lost the trail of Ernest L. Gibson, wanted as a jail breaker and kidnaper. Earlier he was believed cornered as searchers converged in a one or two-acre section near the scenic Cape Arago State Park. Police later feared he may have doubled back over a ridge and headed east, toward the Seven Devils area where a bloodhound first had picked up the scent.

Kidnaped Taximan A Bend taxicab driver identi fied pictures of Gibson as the man who hired his cab in Bend for a trip to Eugene and then forced him at gunpoint to drive to the Charleston area near here. The cab driver. Loyal Van Dyke, 40, was dumped from the car Tuesday morning. The taxi was found abandoned that night -on Seven Devils Road between Charleston and Bandon. One of Three at Large Gibson, 29, was one of four men who escaped from the Linn County jail at Albany Sept.

7. State police, sheriffs deputies and city police were joined by a number ot special officers in the manhunt. Roadblocks in the area were manned around the clock. Gibson, though he has no known relatives living in this area, for merly resided in North Bend and is familiar with the coastal hills nearby. 11 Injured as 2 Cars Crash In So.

Salem Eleven persons were injured in a two-car crash on South Commercial street near Batclift drive shortly before noon Thursday. Nonen of them was believed seriously hurt. Most seriously hurt, Salem' Memorial hospital authorities said, were Harley Tate and his teen-age son, Rodney, 2460 North Fourth St. They suffered cuts and bruises and were scheduled for x-rays Thursday afternoon for possible fractures. The Tales were thrown from the car in the impact, city first aidmen In the second car were three adults and six children.

Driver was listed as Chester Ernst, Albany. None was seriously injured, but all suffered cuts and bruises, hospital authorities said. They were taken to the hospital by Willamette Am bulance service. State- police investigated 11:45 a.m. accident.

the 3-Year-Old flalts Mixer, Hurts Hand An inquisitive- three year old Thursday morning found out how to stop one of those intriguing electric mixers just' stick your hand in it. Of course, it's kinds difficult to get your hand loose again and it hurts a little enough to make a fella cry a bit. But city first aidmen came to the rescue of Martin Davis after he stopped the mixer at his home at-453 Shipping St. The lad was watching his mother mix up a cake when he plunged his hand in to find out what was stirring up the batter, aidmen said. They cut the mixer blades to release the boy's hand and then treated the lacerations.

He was taken by his mother for X-rays I of the hand. whichever is chosen. Inspection as the work progresses was also discussed and Col. Hardenbergh's ad vice was "Leave nothing to chance. There la just one way to do a job and that is the right way." Concerning contracts two methods were mentioned, one in which the city itself would buy the pipe and furnish it to the contractor, and the other in which the contractor would buy the pipe.

If any subcontracts are to be let Col. Hardenbergh favored local contractors. The conferees" were agreed that the portion of the new line between Stayton Island and John L. Franzen re i at Turner should be built ahead of the lower Eisenhower administration al lowed natural resources to be "invaded and turned to selfish private purpose." The Democratic presidential nominee- came here by train tor a "non-political" speech at the Mountain State Forest Festival, after delivering an attack on President Eisenhower in a television broadcast Wednesday night at Pittsburgh. Though most of Stevenson's pre pared text Was a call for steps to preserve resources ''for our children and our grandchildren," he got in a few digs at the Republican administration.

"I fear that we are not doing what we should for our grandchildren," he said. "Conservation is both good business and pleasure; it is both our obligation and for our benefit; its roots are deep in both parties. Both our feelings and our policy for conservation need lo be much stronger than they arc." Political Appointees "The most obvious weakness, of. course, is the ease with which our national forests, our wild life refuges, our parks, and streams and public lands have been invaded and turned to selfish private purpose," Stevenson said. "But even more than that, perhaps, is the shunting aside of men who are experienced in a lifetime of political appointees.

"The agency that looked at tomorrow's needs for minerals has been disbanded and nothing put in its place," he said. "The Soil Conservation Service has been weakened, and must be He did not -elaborate. However, aides said the "agency" Steven son referred to was the Paley Commission which was appointed by former President Truman to study the nation's mineral re sources. Replies To Elsenhower Stevenson's campaign train, the Joe Smith Express," arrived- here after an overnight trip from Pittsburgh where the candidate made his 15-minute TV reply 10 rresi-dent Eisenhower. In that address Stevenson count ered the President's charge that Stevenson was spreading "wicked nonsense" with an accusation that, Mr.

Eisenhower indulged in a "gross misstatement of the in his review of Republican "progress. Dewey Blasts 'Disgraceful' Attacks on Ike NEW YORK Ifl Former Gov. Thomas E. Dewey says Adlai E. Stevenson Has tried to "destroy the character of the President of the United States" and the charr acter of his brother, Dr.

Milton s. Eisenhower, by a "witch's brew." Dewey also accuses the Democratic presidential nominee of issuing a "miserable collection of untruths" in charging that the Eisenhower administration ap peased the Peron regime in Argentina. The former governor told his listeners on a nationwide (ABC) television and radio broadcast Wednesday night that he hoped thev were "as outraged as I am by the disgraceful attacks that have been made on the President" by Stevenson. Dewey defended President Eisenhower against a number of accusations made recently by Stevenson. Dewey, whose 15-minute talk was sponsored by the Republican Na'ional Congressional Committee, called Stevenson "ill-informed, impulsive" and "mediocre" and "not even in the same league with President Eisenhower." Stevenson, said Dewey, would "rather be president than right" and is so "frantic for office that he will say anything to get there." Dewey, the unsuccessful Republican presidential nominee in 1944 and 1948, called Eisenhower "the strongest, finest leader we have ever had." United Fund Daily Report Goal Collected to 126,767 Percent of Total 55.5 Today's Report 7,232 Do Your Share Permit for AetionAppareiilly Speeds Salem Station WASHINGTON MP) The Fed eral Communications Commission Thursday denied a petition by Salem Television Co.

for revocation of channel 3' TV permit held by Oregon Radio, at Salem, for failure to build station KSLM-TV. FCC noted it recently extended to March 27, 1957 the deadline for construction of the station. The commission also refused for a second time to accept an application by Salem Television Co. for channel 3. Pending is a "proposal by Storcr PlanofNAACP Aired in Texas TYLER.

tfl An NAACP master plan to use Latin-Ameri can children as shock troops to break down the color line in Texas schools was contained in documents introduced in Texas Ranger-guarded State Court Thursday, The development came during the slate's injunction hearing which seeks to shut down the National Assn. for the Advancement of Colored People in Texas. Thurgood Marshall, top lawyer for the NAACP, says the hearing here constitutes the greatest crisis the organization faces. He sits daily as an adviser to NAACP attorneys arrayed against him is Ben Shepperd, and a battery of his assistants. "The "shock troop" plan was presented' in a document which Asst.

Atty. Gen. John Minton said he found in NAACP regional offices in Dallas during a search several days ago. The plan purportedly was for members to persuade Latin-American parents to send their children to Negro schools. Fog Forecast As Rain Lags Those dark skies through most of Thursday morning apparently were only threats because the weather bureau says nothing about rain' through Friday.

Some fog is to come tonight and early Friday morning to make the weather gloomy. So far October has had no rain and the normal fall to this period is .25 of an inch. Temperatures are due to be slightly cooler Friday than they have been, a high of 68 being forecast. Deadline for Registration Conies Close Register as early as possible for the general election, is the advice of employes of the county clerk's election division. The office will remain open from 8:30 a.m.

to 8 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, including the noonr hour. The books will be closed as of 8 p.m. Oct. and no registrations will he made thereafter until the Nov.

6 election has been held. County clerk Mattson reminded that anyone who is or will be 31 years old by Nov. 6 and who has lived in Oregon for six months is eligible to register. He also pointed out that if you have moved or failed to vole at either IheJast general or primary elections, or if your name has changed, you must re-register. City-Chamber Parleys Held With Airlines Representatives of the City of Salem and the Chamber of Commerce arc meeting Thursday afternoon with officials of West Coast Airlines, Southwest Airlines and United Airlines relative to applications of the two former to establish feeder air service in Salem.

Their applications, opposed by United, are before the Civil Aeronautics Board, and will be heard in Washington, D. starting December 10 The Salem man will confer with each of the airline representatives separately, and out of the conference is expected to come a decision, whether the city will Intervene in the hearing and what stand it will take concerning the fpeder line applications. As the case has been docketed by CAB, United and some Salem officials, interpret it to mean that if a feeder line certificate is granted for Salem the order will remove united irom me oaiem scene The Salem case is docketed with Bend-Redmond and Klamath Falls cases, in which the feeder lines also have applications. United wants to abandon those two fields, but does not want to quit Salem. It contends there isn't enough business here for both.

Here today for Southwest is Max King of San Francisco, vice oresident. and for West Coast Tom Croson of Seattle, vice president for operations. United is represented bv Hal Sweeney of Salem Mayor Robert F. White several davs aeo telegraphed the civil aeronautics board requesting that the Salem case be heard on its own merits, but has received no reply. Poster Boy' Drowned By His Chum COLTON.

Calif. An 11-year- old boy was held by juvenile authorities Thursday in connection with the drowning death of his crhnnl i-hiim. George 8. a polio victim. The body ot young uryam, a national "polio poster boy" in An "opening day" for parents of children attending Baker school was held Wednesday night, and the adults got a good taslc of classroom life before the night was over.

Some 50 parents were on hand for the organizational meeting of the Baker School Mothers and Dads club a typical parents group 2 Colonels Die As Chutes Fail BIRMINGHAM. Ala. (UP)-The bodies of two Maxwell Field col onels were removed today from nigged hill country south of here where they plunged to their deaths Monday night. Unopened para chutes revealed the tragedy of their falls. The pilots, assigned to the Air War College at Montgomery, had bailed out of their T33 jet trainer which ran out of fuel when a storm veered it off course.

They were Identified as Air Force Col. Phillip P. Hawcs, 43, Los Angeles, the instructor: and Marine Col. Jens C. Aggerbeck, 43, Oak Park, 111., the student, Both bodies were found by search crews several miles from where the trainer crashed in flames Monday night.

Bad weath er and a belief the fliers had drill ed with the wind had thrown the search off track. The parachute on Hawcs' body was unopened. Aggerbeck had partially reieasco. Mi i'nihlWtT SSaiemMen Jailed on Ply Fraud Counts PORTLAND un Federal In dictments, stemming from a two- year investigation of money-rais ing for a cooperative plywood plant, held four men In jail Thursday. One, Edgar Robert 60, was arrested at Seattle, The other three, all from Salem, were arrested there on Wednesday night and brought to Portland.

They are Glenn R. Munkcrs, 65; Archie L. Bones, 89; and Charles W. Williamson, 70. U.

S. DisL Atty. E. C. Luckey said Ihe indictment charges Er rion with mail fraud an- violation of the Securities and Exchange Act.

His bail was set at Munkers. Luckey said, also was charged with mail fraud- and Se curities and Exchange Act violation, while Bones and Williamson were charged with conspiracy to violate postal laws and the securities and Exchange Act. The Securities and Exchange Commission last August held a hearing into financing of the Ml. Hood Hardboard and Plywood Cooperative. Luckey said that the indictments stemmed from this.

An SEC attorney said that about $050,000 worth of memberships were sold in the cooperative, but only some remained when the members took over. The members did Ed ahead and build their plant, which now has been in op eration anout a monin, oui instead of the projected two million dollar operation near Estacada, they put up a quarter of a million dollar plant. 3 Walla Walla Students Held For Blackmail WALLA WALLA, Wash. Prosecutor Arthur llawman Wed nesday filed blackmail charges I against three Walla Walla college i students accused of attempting to exlort 500 from a school olticitii. i charges were filed against Cor()on lipert.

19, Greeley, Kenneth Lorenz, 19. Moses Lake, and Tom Mathison, 17, Kingston, Out. llawman said the three youths had threatened to send college ot- ficials and the man's wife certain information unless he gave them $500. The man, when threatened, notified police. Police were waiting at the designated money-pickup spot Tuesday night and took Rupert and Mathison into tustody when they ap peared on the scene.

Sherilt J.K When Mainisons case was waived from Juvenile Court he was charged with the other two. 'Re live 9 In the Salem school system. The visitors got acquainted, looked around, talked to the teachers and reminisced about "way back when" they were pupils. The Baker meeting was only one of many which started the school year for PTA's and parents clubs the past week In halem schools. Their purpose is to discuss and help solve any needs or prooicms of the school.

Each group has a represenlativc on a central coun cil, which acts as a go-between with the school board. Wednesday's meeting at Baker began the fourth year for this three-grade school. The group put its helping hand right lo work and voted to buy the school a refrigerator lo use In Ihe milk program. The club's funds come all from dues 1 per year per family. The narents got a big kick out of visiting with the teachers in school rooms lined witn examples oi and Susie's work.

Each teacher explained methods used to present the three It and progress being made. The visitors squirmed a little when Ihey had to sit in the tiny chairs made lor their primary Youngsters. First grade parents had to wrile their offspring short notes, using only approved print ing as taught in Ihe classroom. 11 wasn easy. Weather Details Maximum ypilfrday, 74; minimum todxv.

40. Total 24 -hour precipitation: -JV-T pre rlplutlon, nnrmil, l.i. ni (Report by u. s. 'ther Btirtui.) Jonsson flew here from Iteykjn vil.

Sunday to lalk with unites in line with a March 29 resolution by Iceland's Parliament which called for immediate negotiations to arrange withdrawal of some 4,000 American troops who have been operating the air base at Ke-llavik since December, 1931. After Ihose talks wound up yesterday. American aulhorities were moderately hopeful some sort of compromise could be worked out to keep the air base In operation as a sentinel against possible surprise attack. Jonsson stressed tne irirnoiy informed the Capital Journal that -they haven't yet been, notified of the new order. It appears that air force offi cials, concerned with budget 11ml-? tations, have other projects that', have taken priority over the Oregon base.

Earlier in the year, congress ap- proved a $2,400,000 expenditure for land acquisition to be used during 1956 and the first half of 1957. According to information re ceived by Congressman Norblad, the air force will remain at Portland International airport for an -indefinite period. Officials there i. said they had no comment at mis time. Portland Airport Asks Move -However, it is known that Port land airport officials have sought lo get the Portland Air Base moved from their premises due to lack of facilities and increased commercial airline traffic.

It was thought the new Woodburn base would solve this. Landowners in the Woodburn area were advised earlier this year to go ahead with their crop plans. There have been no olficlal concerning land acquisition by (Continued on Page Column J) News in Brief For Thursday. Oct. 195 NATIONAL Adlai Raps 'Invasion' ot Natural Resources 1, P.

1 Building Collapse in Michigan Kills 10 1, P. 1 LOCAL i AF Delays Air Base Land Purchase Sec. 1. FCC Turns Down Salem Sweeney Honored for 23 Years Service free. STATE Mt, Angel Sells Water Bonds sec.

1, r. 9 100 Police Lose Trail of Albany Escapee Sec. 1, P. 1 FOREIGN Iceland Willing lo Let Some U. S.

Troops Stay 1, I SPORTS Wesley Not Alone, Columnist Says Sec. 4, P. 2 Rain Blanks Scries 4, P. a REGULAR FEATURES Amusements Editorials Locals Society Comics 1. P.

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6.7. 1, P. 10 Television Want Ads Dorothy Dix Markets Sec. 4, P. Crossword Puzzle 4, P.

4 Food Section Sec. Top Engineer Okays 2nd City Water Line Iceland to Let Some GIs Remain at 'Base 1949, was found Wednesday face American troops wunarawn dui down in 10 inches of water along perhaps "some specialists" could the Ana River wash. help maintain a big air base which Police said Lester Stewart, a Western countries believe esscn-nlavmate of George's since the dial lo Atlantic Prct defense. Salem's second water line from Stayton Island to the city, to be built with J3.750.000 in bonds voted by the people of Salem, is a feasible and well-planned project in the opinion of Col. W.

A. Hardenbergh, noted easlern engineer who is a consultant for Clark, Groff It Cave, Salem engineers who are consultants for the city. Coi. Hardenbergh made an inspection of the water source and the route Wednesday with mem bers oi the Salem firm, and both were commented on favorably by him at a breakfast conference Thursday with members of the lo cal engineering firm. Water su perintendent John Geren, Mayor Robert F.

and City Mana-et-r Kril Mathcwson. The discmsicn was mainly on details concerning contract or con- tracts to be signed and olhei oc- tails relative conslni'- on lor I either concrete or steel pipe, I WASHINGTON I Iceland's roreign minister r.inu juiis.iun said Thursday his country wants Jonsson made this comment at a news conference just before returning to Iceland after two days of confidential talks with State Department officials led by Secretary Dulles. "It is now, as always before." he said, "the traditional policy of Iceland to avoid the stationing of armed forces in He stressed, however, (hat his government and people "sincertly wish to participate. as before, as full members of the 15-nation Atlantic Pact, Brvant family moved here two weeks ago, told ihem this story: He and Bryant played hooky Tuesday from Washington elementary school and decided to go swimming. A fight began when "George called my mother a bad name.

We wer uriifflinff at the edge! of the water I pushed George in and held his head down until he quit bubbling Stewart said he then went home, changed his wet clothes and watched television. I spirit of talks with Americans on i Uimmins sain rsuper -the problem. He declined, how-ifon admitted he blackmail at- evcr, lo be drawn out about a pos-i siblc compromise which could be negotiated during lormal talks be ginning in mid-November, portion for earlier increase in the Salem water distribution. Officials are hopeful that the new line will be completed by early 1931. 1.