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No Substitute I Toa'll find no newspaper tun gift more real satlsfac tloa. than your LOCAL MOKNIXG PAPER, with Its WORLD NEWS and HOME COMMVMIt NEWS. 7ealhrr Clonrty with light shower today frVlday generally fair. Max. (crop. Wednesday, 07 1 ml a., 84. lUver -.3 fret. Wwt wind. PCUNDQD tiEii.Tli.TH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Thiamdoy Morning. April 25,- 1949 Price 3d Ilrvrutandn So i:x 23 SI 1551 - it . . Defenders Fall Back, Dig In Against Nazi Approach; German Flanking Forces Speed 7 d RorosJXorth of v- . - 3 ' - Cut off Allied 165-Man Norwegian Train Is Bombed King Haakon Defies Enemy, Says "No Basis for Negotiation" (By the Associated Press) Allied and Norwegian forces, pushed out of shattered Steinkjer by a furious German assault, dug into new posi tions six miles north today and presented an unbroken front to nazi soldiers in that sector of embattled Norway. . . - While the fighting lulled in the Steinkjer area a Ger man flanking force was speeding: up the Glomma river in eastern Norway near, the Swedish border. That force was converging on the town of Roros, 180 miles north of Oslo and about 100 miles south of Steinkjer, on a straight line. The strategy of the German forces seemed to be to cut off allied farces in the vicinity of Iillehammer, 90 miles above Oslo and to control the main line of communications inland from strategically-located Trondheim. Reports on the fighting received at Stockholm said air planes with the German rorce eon verging on Roros bombed effect ively a Norwegian troop train car nine 165 soldiers at a point north of Tynset, now occupied by the Germans. Tynset is 116 miles southeast of Trondheim. Roros, expected to be in German hands at any moment, is 45 miles north of Tynset An Associated Press staff writer, J. Norman Lodge, made a (Turn to page 3, column 6) I ii iee lias Paul Hauser'g Column Governor Sprague has been get ting considerable amusement out of the beards which hay popped jout an oyer we I landscape; :.b tt t citizens, he has been having a difficult time In recognizing old time friends and acquaint aneti under their foli age, f The governor, ho w e 4 r, has FMlH.HnMt. Jr. worked out a dodge to save him embarrass ment. When he spots a face that has some familiar aspects but is so hidden by hair he is not sure its owner is a friend, the gover nor passes some non-committal remark about the progress of the beard. I "" . The other day the governor was walking down the street when he spied a man supporting a seven passenger beard with ac cessories. There was a familiar note about the: man's appearance, but the governor wasn't sure he knew him. So he tried his. tested trick. "Well," said the governor, in specting the heavy beard at close range, "You've certainly done fine In raising that on such short notice." "Whadda yah mean short notice?" the bearded man bristled. "It took me 40 years to raise this, stranger." And he stomped off down the street I Trivial information The . ad dress of the state penitentiary, which used to be Route six, box one, "is now 2605 State street. Glad to see you in town, boys. Sometime ago we wrote a verse that went "Of all the towns we'd .like to see, there's Kokomo and Kankakee, etc. Yesterday we received a letter from one Ber tha B-eaverbush, who signed her self as secretary of the Commit tee for the Prevention of the Ri dicule of the Word Kankakee. Miss Beaverbush berated us soundly, A Utile, lontMnr hv thin d. p a r t m e nt developed, however, that .Bertha Beaverbush is trav eling . behind a false face and is none other than Dorothy Keeton, formerly of Saleci and Folk county. Miss Keeton, alias Beav erbush, is now a citizen of Kan kakee for nobody knows what reason. DELAYED ACTION Ray Maynard, the doctor of liquorature, went to the first World war as a kid of 15 In Canadian artillery regiment.-. As a, soldier of the King, May Bard won the 147-pound boxtn& championship ; of the BritlsU and Canadian forces. Last week, 22 years after he wen them, Maynard received the boxing gloves -which symbolised his championship. , George Edwards, that staunch guardian of the basic , mle, caught np with Progress yester day, but didn't give it a ticket. Instead, after some argument, he agreed to take his new uniform with all modern accessories and the .police .force Immediately joined in a 1 rousing "Zip, Zip, Hooray." . . They're saying the reason there are so iaany Chines mnifiJ Wins U that 3,030,000 fMnamen cant be Wong:. British Bomb Oslo; Aixnbf .. . . . v Concentration IXTDOX, April 23 (Thurs day )-P Anti-aircraft guns of Scapa Flow, the great British naval base in the Orkney isl ands, late last night beat off an attack by German 1 war planes, i Only a f aw raiders, partici pated, bat they dropped heavy bombs. : Authorized British sources said no damage was that they fell oa deso caused; late , country in the Island . of lioy. one explosion snook house six miles away. One of the raider was report ed to have turned its machine gun on a section of the Hoy countryside, . ; STOCKHOLM, April Z3 -VriUsh fcojoabers today at tacked Agdenes fortress at the month of Trondheim fjord in Norway and met fire from the fortress and three German de stroyers. These destroyers cooperated with German land : forces in forcing the allies and Norwe gians to retreat north from Steinkjer in a battle north of Trondheim yesterday. The battle wan reported still raging around Steinkjer today, with the allies holding their positions. . fj IXNDOX, April 24r'4V-An 'Exchange Telegraph (British news agency) dispatch from Stockholm said the Swedish riksdag, (parliament) today adopted a compulsory military service law, applying to citizens between 19 and SO, to become operative "when necessary-" THE HAGrE, April The Netherlands today Imposed censorship on her newspapers for the first time since the war began and In m sweeping decree forbade the publication of "any utterances considered insulting to belligerent nations." LONDON, April 25-(Thnrs-day)-yp)-The Dally Herald, or gan of the labor party, said today that , the British government Is se riously considering taking steps to suppress the British communist Party. France has banned the com munist party since the start of the war, and has taken drastic meas ures, against Its former leaders. . FDR Signs Bridge Bill WASHINGTON, April 2 A bill iHR 7989) has been signed by President .Roosevelt authoriz ing the war secretary's approval of location and plans for a Nes tucca river bridge at Pacific City, Ore. Tillamook county would build the structure, subject to federal navigation laws. "W" " ' in. i - War Flashes Debate Fund Raised: Salem High Team Goes East Today A happy Quartet of Salem high school debaters will leave at 2:02 this afternoon for the national debate tournament in Terra Haute, Ind.. thanks to the gener osity of Salem residents who do nated funds needed tor the trip. Having completed a successful campaign for $500 . expense monty, th debaters today are turnm g their attention toward the stiff competition they will meet when the best debaters from nearly every state in the onion open the tournament 'Monday in Terre Haute, where the event, originally scheduled for Decatur, III., has been transferred. The team, composed of Emo gene Russell, Zlcral Brown, Don Burton i and Jack Hayes, was In vited to the national meet after having won tvo statewide con tests and the district champion ship here. In addition to parti cipation in the debate tourna ment. Miss Russell will also enter the national extemporaneoun con test having won the state ex temporaneous contest at. Wil lamette university. . Schedule for the trip shows tae Countries Five Nazi Air Bases Targets; For Onslaught Two English Ships Fail to Return; One Dares Heavy Vessel Fire Dickering JTitli Russians Hanging Fire Over German Trade By DREW MIDDLETON LONDON, April 24-()-Show- ers or -British bombs on five nazi air bases over a 400-mile radlua in Germany, Denmark ! and Nor- way blasted the way today tor new allied offensive action on the soil of Norway while British In fantrymen, fighting off a vigor ous German counter-attack, were officially stated to have clung to their rocky positions in the Trondheim area. While the big bombers of the roj at-air force "ferried their loads of death across the North sea (two of a "large number" failed to come back) allied land col umns were reported converging on strategically important Lille- hammer, valley gate to the south of Norway. US Arms Program Mentioned At home, cautious maneuvering for a British-soviet commercial agreement hung tire over the Russians' reported reluctance to shave oft what she considers her normal trade relations with" Ger many, and a leading laborlte, Ar thur Greenwood, mentioning -the United States' arms program predicted in the fame .breath that "before this strnrrle is over I many neutrals will fbe with us in the fight " "Even the United States," said Qreenwood, before the national defense public interest commit tee, "is now piling np expenditure on armaments, not because she is directly threatened but because nobody knows how far the war will extend." ; Proudly, Britain disclosed (hat .vvv,vuu men oi ine empire now are "standing to In the army's drab khaki, awaiting the sum mer's battles. 7,000,000 Allied Soldiers Under Arms Since French mobilization mus tered 6,000,000 men to the tri color, the allies now have 7,0D0, 000 soldiers facing Germany's reichswehr, the strength of which is estimated in London military circles at from 8,500,000 to 8,- 000,000. To halt the flow of unshaken German divisions Into Norway, however, the RAP struck at 8ta ' (Turn to Page 3, Col. 4) $3445 Voted for Rickreall Family WASHINGTON, April 24-p)-The senate passed and sent to the house today a bill to pay an Ore gon farmer's family for damages suffered in the explosion of a dud shell fired by national guards men.' - . The bill provided $1945" for Dan A. Tarpley, $500 for his fa ther, Ernest H. 4 Tarpley, . and $1000 for his mother. Pearl Tarp ley, all of Rickreall. Four 37-MM shells were fired by national guardsmen on a range next to the Tarpley farm. The dud fell on the Tarpley property and Dan and his sister carried it into the house. The boy dropped it and the shell exploded, causing personal Injuries to the three. t - debaters will leave Portland 8:45 Thursday, leave Chicago, 111., 12:16 Saturday afternoon and ar rive in Terre Haute :5 Satur day, Although the route- for 'the return trip has not been defin itely decided upon,' the debaters favor the southern route which will. take them through Kansas City, El Paso, Los Angeles and San Francisco, and which may possibly include stop at the Grand Canyon. ' , . - Funds for the trip were raised largely through efforts of the de baters themselves, who spoke at high school groups and Salem ci vic organizations, conducted tag sales and contacted individuals. The Statesman also lent' assist ance by receiving donations for the team. Service clubs contributing in clude: Rotary, $39; Lions, $25: Kiwanls, $20.50; Realty Board, $25; Business, and Professional Women's club, $7.10; Toastraaa ters, $15; and Chamber of Com merce $10. . Schoof organizations contribut ing were Civics club. S club, (Turn to page 3, column Si Satko Removed From His Ark; Children Held Poor Tacoma Family's Sea Voyage to Seek new Home Cut Short Seattle Judge Says He Acted on Plea Boat Unfit for Trip SEATTLE. April l4-PWL fa ther's dream of starting life again at 49 in the Alaskan wil derness with his wife and seven children ended la tears and his arrest here late today, and only his wife and a four-year-old hys terical daughter, were left aboard their home-made ark in which ther were attempting a danger one 200 0-mile voyage to tne northland. Fighting to the last to hold his family together, courageous Paul Satko was arrested by six police men and a police woman on his 40-toot boat for resisting an or ficer. His frightened children, age two and one-half to 18, scurried for cover and authorities had to seek them from hiding places! 4-Year-Old Hysterical, , Left With Mother . One of the children, Betty, age 4. became so hysterical at the sight of officers seizing her bro thers and sisters that authorities left her with , her mother at the last moment. The rest of the children were taken to the Juven ile home. Sktko was released shortly af ter 9 p.m. upon posting of $25 bail by an attorney. The police acted on an order Issued by Superior Judge William O. Long, head of the county Ju venile court, who was petitioned by the leader of the Ship Pilots association who contenaea tne Satko boat was unsafe and that the children's lives were endan gered by traveling in it. Satko argued witn tne oincers against seizing the children, boarded the boat and started the engine. He appeared on deck a mo ment later and informed the po- (Turjj to page 3, column 1) i 0CF Opposed to Johnson Writein Convention Here May Hear Proposal to Put up. Other Candidate The Oregon Commonwealth federation is out to obtain "a clear cut test of the federation and liberal factions In Oregon de mocracy" and will start its con test with the conservative ele ments of the democratic, party at the OCF p re-primary convention at the state capltol here Sunday morning. Publicity releases from the fed eration's , executive secretary. Monroe Sweetland, former Salem student, declare the OCF leaders are definitely opposed to the plans of Oregon democratic party lead ers on, by comparison, the con servative side, to write In tie name of Louis Johnson, assistant secretary of war, as Oregon's no minee for vice president. Sweetland indicated that Instead the federation might endorse Sen ator Burton K. Wheeler, Justice Frank Murphy of the US supreme court. Attorney General RObert A. Jackson or some other lib eral." - . 1 , The convention, for which a section of seats will be reserved for the general public, will open Sunday at 10 am. in the main hearing room In the capltol base' ment. Principal order of business will be endorsement of candidates for state, federal and Judicial of fices, since local candidates are passed upon by county, confer ences In counties, where the OCF has five, or more affiliated organ isations. The ' federation will endorse President Roosevelt for a : third term, as a matter of course, since t filed the petitions to put his name on the Oregon ballot. Ex-Gangster, Oil Worker Shot Dead FAIRFIELD. IIL. April 24-6P) -Sheriff Arthur Barnard of Wayne eounty said Carl Shelton, former! southern Illinois rang ster. was mysteriously shot and that J. C. "Blackte" I Anderson, Centralis, 111,, oil worker was found dead here tonight. Anderson's body, bullet-pierced and beaten, was found near a roller skating rink owned and op erated hy Shelton ,on the out skirts f Fairfield Barnard said7 Shelton also wounded at the rink, was taken to a hospital at Evanavllle, Ind, The sheriff said there was a connection between the two shoot ings. He and his deputies were in vestigating, he said, but details were not immediately known. . Shelton has bad a long crime career. ; With his brothers. Earl and Bernie, he was sentenced to 25 yeara in the federal peniten tiary at Leavenworth, Kan., for a mail robbery at ColUnsvllle, 111., in 1927. A witness later admitted Pierjury in connection with the case, snJi the Shtltcns were grant ed a new trial but were never brought to court, 1 Umatilla Dam Project Dropped From- Senate River-Harbor Bill. Dairymen Seek Board Ear on New Milk Rate Reply Is Doe Today; Ask Delay in. Price Order. : Scheduled May 1 - Co-op Reported; Offered 20 Per Cent Boost on Butterfat fteply concerning a milk hear tug Is expected to day from the state milk control hoard by loca dairymen: who " Saturday sent letter to the board asking a hear ing before prices were reestablish ed, at the level at which they were maintained before the board suspended control In the Salem area last September. . Four-major distributors of pas teurized milk in Salem, Alton D. Hurley of Capitol dairies, Wil liam P. Sheridan of Hajel Dell, Carl, Gustave and Ernest Ostrln of .the Salem Sanitary -Milk com pany and "Hans Hofstetter of Cur ley's dairy, have been meeting dally to agree upon action to take if their request for a hearing is denied by the board. 'The milk control board has an nounced its price and pooling or ders will be reinstated in the Sa lem market effective May 1. Or ders have been suspended since last September 1 because of an injunction by the circuit court in connection with a case brought by .Hurley. The Injunction, the board stated, prevented the en forcement of the price regulation on a substantial portion of tho Salem market so regulation, was lifted entirely However a ruling last week by Circuit Jndre L. G. Lewellingvrcated the injunction and dismissed the. suit therefore the board announced its intention to resume regulation. According to the pasteurized milk distributors, the order an nouncing reinforcement of the or der signed by C. E. Grelle, chair man of the board, indicated that the same price level in force last fall wopld be resumed. This is considerably above present prices, and distributors feel it would be unwise to raise prices at this time, according to Hofstetter, chairman of the distributors' group which has been meeting. Retail prices were -11 cents a quart for 4 per cent milk and 12 cents for 6 per cent milk before board regulation was lifted last fall, while 4 per cent milk Is now selling at 10 cents. Butterfat prices, which controls the price of retail milk, is now the lowest in nearly 30 years, distrib utors claim. It is now $1.80 a hundred, while it was $2.32 prior to the board's suspension of con troi. Hofstetter said last night that the distributors ; of pasteurised milk have signified their willing ness to pay the Dairy Cooperative association, which handles the bulk of the wholesale trade, 20 cents 'more for butterfat, or $2 a hundred. "At the same time they would raise retail cream prices slightly, but leave retail milk prices unchanged. Our Senators Win Opening Gone Salem Senators 7, Spokane Indians 2. " - . Thus showed Salem's Western International team In its league debut at Spokane last night. They play again tonight. OTILKK WI GAMES Wenatchee 9, Tacoma S, at Wcna tehee. ' ' Yakima 0, Vancouver 5, at Yakima. . ! Late Sport PORTLAND. Ore. April 24.- (ffy-Night game: Los Angeles .2 I C Portland .3 Isekite and Holm; Arrell and Fernandea. . - HOLLYWOOD, April Ji.-WV Nlght game: Sacramento" . 10 1 lollywood 1 ' 1 Freltas and Ballinrer. Ogroo- owskl (): Fleming, Tost () and House. - OAKLAND, CaUL, April 24 MP)-NIght game: San Diego " t ' ' 1 Oakland , 1 7 4 Craxhead. Morris' ft) and Sal- keld; Salveston, IXulliganl) and Ralmondl. SEATTLE, April 2 4.-C3V-First night game: --- - - San Francisco ,r 4 . 7 1 Seattle1" 10 S Gibson, Ballon (?) and Sprint?; Webber and Campbell.' Second night game: San Francisco ..,7 7 Seattla : 1 4 (7 Innings). Jorjfens and Leonard: Gregory. Tata &) and Kearee. County's Healthiest Boy and Girl , Selected From Entry List oi 2400 Pictured, with County Club Agent Wayne D. Harding, right, looking Ing on at the Salem health department, are Patricia Noble, Leslie Junior high school student, and Robert Harper, of Gervals, who were judged there j yesterday to be the healthiest girl and the ' healthiest boy among Marion county's 240O 411 clan members. 4H Fair Records Fall; : Entry Judging Starts Robert Harper, Patricia Noble Winners, Health Contest; Carmencita Duke, Collins Utter Place as Runners-ujf "Wednesday ; . v- 1 ' .' I ' ;- :". ' i :'.r' i '4 1 Judginar of over 1500 entries in tle annual gprlnfir fair oi .Clarion county 4H clubs went forward yesterday aiter noonand last Jifg ht; at the boys and irirls' donnitory on the state fairgrounds as dub members from all ever the county Erepared to Join the public? In inspectlnfir prize-winning ex ibits of woodworkinsr. knitting: homemakinflr, poster-mak ing forestry, art and hobby pro - Jects today, tomorrow and Satur day. . First announcement! of contest Winners was made early yesterday afternoon when Robert Harper, Gervals, and Patricia Noble,, Les lie Junior high school, saiem. were named healthiest boy and healthiest girl in the I county, in competition centering at the Mar lon county health unit. Runners-up in the contest. In which 6 out of 2400 health club members in the county were en tered, were Carmencita Duke, route three, Salem, and Collins Utter, .44$ Oak, Salem). Other blue ribbon winners for project entries at the fairgrounds were named as rapidly as Judges could inspect them. All previous records In number of entries' have been broken, Wayne D. Harding, county dab agent, said yesterday. The xair win open today at 9:30 a. m. to the public and club members, who will inspect exhib its as, well as watch cooking and woodworking d e m oast rations during the morning. iThe afternoon program '-will continue : wtthr cam pi : cookery, health, and two clothing demon strations. Friday's program - will offer another . full day's list of demonstrations-In various depart ments of club activity. . Blue ribbon class awards as announced last night Were as fol lows; H o m e m a k I n g .Aliene Youngblood, Salem, linen; Rober ta Bulen, Salem; Luella Nichols, Lorraine Keuscher, Emma Pfen nig and Dorothea Fraehlich, all Bethel, cotton. . - I Room Improvement, Anita Fae Harer, Rickey; Dorothea Froeh- lich, Mlna Lee Spranger, Luella Nichols and Charlotte I Hain. all BetheL Knitting, Dorothy Shuey, (Turn to page S, column 4)- Attorney, Witness Clash in Opening of Feud Trial Here Close-lipped courtroom repartee snapped back and forth between state's witness Albert F. Costelow and Defense Attorney Arthur K. McMahan of Albany , la circuit court here yesterday as the trial of Albert F. Weddle.1 Jefferson farmer, got well under way. Costelow, whom weddie alleg edly shot through both legs last January 19 as an outgrowth of A long-standing dispute over ease- meat rights over the former's land, was warned twice by Circuit Judge L. IL McMahan' not to In terrupt or evade , the attorney's questions. . The cross examination took place shortly before court ad- oursed for the day, and win con tinue today, . k' . It followed Intensive direct ex amination by District Attorney Lyle J. Page, who sou gat to elicit from Cottelow all possible details of the alleged shooting1, ; As described by the witness, the affair took place at about 1 p.m. near a gateway through which Weddie sought to eater with a tes.m. la order to proceed across property-owned ty Costelow to land; which he himself pwns. The witness tail that he anked l"Tv" tJWSW f--yi V"' --v --fWv-. o USRefugees Get To Sweden Safely Ardnong 12-Day Struggle From Oslo Through Snow It Ended STOCKHOLM. April It CP) - Ending a 12-day struggle through German air raids and the deep snows of Norwegian mountains by car, 'truck, sled and afoot, a party of American war-rone refu gees from the United States lega tion in German-occupied Oslo ar rived here today.. " ' The party was In charge of the United States naval attache at Oslo, Lieutenant-Commander Ole O. Hegea. Before starting to safety with the party . of men, women and chilren, the attache had obtained a promise from the Germans not to bomb Sjosjoen, where the wom en were quartered, until after they had left. However, ; the party encounter - (Turn to page 2, column I) Mary Mann, 70 f Hit by- Auto; Driver Arrested Mrs. Mary Mann, 70, of 228 North Front street, was hit last night by a car driven by Francis Crotty, 405 North Liberty street. She received a deep gash over the left eye and chest and knee bruises. Crotty was cited by city police on a charge of failure to give the right of way . to a pedes trian. . . . Weddie why the latter had been tearing down a fence by the gate belonging to Costelow during the morning.' "Weddie said, 'Damn you, I'll fix you this time. You've run over me. long enough," Costelow re ported, . and then described how his assailant Jumped from his wagon and came to the head of the team brandishing a .28 calibre platoL . - : . i : "He shot once and missed me." the witness said. "The team rear ed, and I turned away. Then he shot again, and wham 1 He got me." , . ..---... : , ' Costelow told bow be crumpled to the ground. Weddie then ad vanced, he said, and pointed the gun in his face, threatening to kill him." ; " 'Don't you know that'd be murder, Frank? the wttnebs re ported responding1, and then tiii he replied negatively wlu n Wed die ordered ti'i to pen the. rate. Wed die's wife, who meanwhile bad held the lines on 'the t i -i, then 'pergyadfii l.-r husband to retire, Cottelow said, hut report ed that Weddle'a fl::al co'iniaent was, '"I oucht to shoot yoa (Turn to Fags 3, Col. 2) Solons Listen To Veto Talk KconomyPl $89,700,000 Cut From ImproTcraent Measure; Final Vote Today Miary Argues Dam Nee J to U)mpiement!LouIfc and Bonneville WASHINGTON. Anril Economy pleas coupled with warnings of a possible presiden tial veto helped preauade the sen ate today to chop 819,700,060 from a proposed authorisation of 8231,010,060 for river and harbor Improvements, i The slash, which left f 141.. 380,060 of authorisations for Uf projects throughout, tb's country, was made at the ekpense of a pro posed .$e,000,O00 waterway to connect the Toutllgboe and ru nessee rivers and a projected data at Umatilla, Ore., estimated tot of which would be 823,700,0. Committee Iterorninc ndntlon Are liiarrgarded V i , ' Both projects had been rerom mended by the commerce com mittee. The TombJgbee-Temu km waterway was eliminated lv a vote of 57 to 17, while the Uma tilla' dam was knocked out by 3 to 33. : ' : The senate approved, haweier. several score of jothtr committ additions to the 883,848,100 mea sure passed by the house. Consid eration of several others and a final vote on the bill wers de ferred until tomorrow.! The measure contemplates a seven-year construction pros ra m, with funds to be appropriated as congress may se fit beginning July 1, 1841. j j Republican Senators Vand berg of kflchlgsn and Heed of Kansas led the fight egalnst the southern waterway project a un justified and uneconomical, while Senator Clark (D-Mo) urged de feat of the UmatllJs darn authori sation. -.. , , - . Cite FDH's Desire For no Icglslstion Vandenberg and Clatk told the senate that President bad Informed the commerce com mittee he did not with a riTtrs and harbors measure passed at this session of congress and would probably veto one it It came to him. Clark contended tbalt approval of the Umatilla and Tomblghew Tennessee projects would make a veto certain and "setj back the course of waterwsy development In this country for r to come." The nation, be added, would sup port the president If he vetoed a bill with those projecti la It. Republican Leader McNary of Oregon 'and Senator Bchwelien bach (D-Wih ) appld to th senate to approve the Umatilla project as a fiecetsary comlement to the Grand Coulee and Ilonne- vllle dams on the Columbia river. McNary said the proposed darn would make the Columbia navi gable 600 miles inland, the far thest of any American river ex cept the 'Mississippi, saving farm ers "vast sums in freightrates. "If we are to make full use of the money expended in the ion srtuction of Orsnd Coulee and Bonneville," Schwellenbafh ron- tended, "It Is teaentlalj that this program be carried forward." V . i Arson Suspected, Dance Hall Bl aze NATCHEZ. MUs.. April I4.w,ll -The possibility that a dance hall fire which claimed the lives of 198 negroes wss deliberately s-t developed tonight with l ine arrest of five suspects. - Polico Chief Joe Eerl o said the arrests were 'based on ptatemnts that several drunken negroes were overheard threatening to t the building on fire. f Earlier Sheriff Hyde Jenkins said all Indications pointed to ac cidental start of the bUie. The flames swept through tl. structure early today it t-rrUi speed, fed on large qusntitlrs f moss draped over rafters ss a df oratlon. Mayor William J. liyri.e initiated a thorough inquiry Into the tragedy. Dr. Andrew Iledmeg, i rr. s county health off!r.r, tafi ta f- ficlal count tonJU J !Vi dead. The fatalities 1 i I- i re ported as higti as 2 53 ';., r but the larrer - ascribed to confusion swapping cf fcodifs sr.u r ' . r- taking efttallifhrnents. J f Two kcors er more ::?' " juries and Severn 1 deaths were ei; f t' ' 1 Haul Ncars ' CIIL-- CKINO. Ar I day)-(.")-TL:rty Ivu planes J . ( 1 I . iV i wft ir 1 r i ft i to a 1 -7 I ' . ' Chu.:ri:.- tin ! r a t r raid a una i .--t t . '