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nn MOKIOIEIft Tp TOTONIY IP rn Scene of Tuesday Suicide Balance En gg SfflSIiQB WDODCg ChancellorFrederick M. Hunt er in submitting his request for retirement to the state board of higher education discussed the problem of educational leadership for the system of higher educa tion. It was an argument, and a ery effective one, for lodging the central administrative authority in an educational leader (chan cellor) and npt to permit it to be absorbed in a biutaess office. He explains his delay in retiring from his office as due to his desire to have the board accept this prin ciple of administration. Being as sured in a conference following the board meeting of Feb. 19th that the board would retain the office of chancellor. Dr. Hunter agrees to retire as of July lsfrnext. Informed persons will see in the chancellor's statement a re buke to the ambitions of or in behalf of Dr. Byrne, secretary to the board, whose resignation as assistant to the chancellor and di rector of information in February climaxed the personal clash be tween himself and the chancellor. Besides protesting the lodging of permanent authority in the busi ness office (Byrne), Dr. Hunter drove a further nail in the Byrne "coffin1" by recommending that interim authority. In case the se lection iof a chancellor be delayed, "be conferred in toto on a small executive committee of the insti tution presidents until such time as the new chancellor can take office." This puts up to the board the task of selecting a new chancellor, also the disposal of able though reputedly ambitious -Charley Byrne. The line of authority should b very clearly defined, with the chancellor the (Continued on Editorial Page) Vinson Vies With Delegates At Money Meet By John F. Chester SAVANAH. Ga., March 12.- A conflict of opinion between Chairman Fred M. Vinson of the powerful United States delegation - end spokesman for some other na tions flared up today over the new.lv created executive commit tee of the governors of tne world bank and fund. Pierre Mendes France, chief delegate of France, brought the clash into the open by telling re porters the 12-nation executive - committee would live only during the two-week international mone tary conference here. Vinson, who proposed the body as a sort of steering committee and became its chairman yesterday, stated it would go on indefinitely. Some other delegations were un derstood to support Mendes France's view. A recommendation that only six months' time be granted in which RuVia and 10 other signers of the Bretton Woods agreements iTid)- enter the bank and fund un der the original terms and a ten tative decision on the terms by which .Denmarkmay come in oc cupied meeting time today. Bad Weather May Delay UNO Council Meeting NEW YORK, March 12-f)-The the United Nations organization, meeting of the security council of originally scheduled to open here March 21, probably will not be gin until March 25, Benjamin Cohen of Chile, assistant secretary geneial in charge of UNO's de partment of public information, sid tonight. He said bad weather conditions over Europe had disrupted flying scheduled and made necessary the four-day postponement. Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH ? Tomahtor "TomaytoP "TomahtoF "Tomayto!" a 4U -A fftr r J t m m 1 L Hurtling from a southwest corner window (indicated above by line) oa the tenth floor of the First National Bank building, Mrs. Lucy B Miller from Chicago ended her life early Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Miller had reportedly been In poor health for tome time. (Statesman Photo) Woman Commits Suicide In Jump From Building Mrs. Lucy B. Miller, about 55, Chicago woman whose mother and titter live in Salem, plunged to death from the 10th floor of the First National Bank building Tuesday noon, j Her death was reported officially as suicide by city police and by County Coroner Leon E. Barrick, who said "it couldn't been an accident" after investi gating. The doroneVfa there I would be no inquest. I Identity of the woman was confirmed by her sister, Mrs. J. W. Greene, 2860 Brooks st, aft er police learned the victim's name and relationship to Mrs. Greene from a note pinned to the dead woman's hat in the room from which she jumped. Mother of the victim is Mrs. Ella Thomas of Salem, Mrs. Greene, said. From 10th Floor The woman apparently leaped from a 10th floor window on the south side of the building at the corner of State and Liberty streets. W. J. Kloft of Mt. Angel, from the law office of L. H. Mc Mahan in the Guardian building across Liberty street, saw the body plummet to the roof of the two story building adjacent to the bank on Liberty. There was no movement after the body landed with a resound ing crash of the metal roofing, Kloft said. The woman was dead when first aid crewmen recovered the body a few minutes later. Noise of the body landing on the roof and quickly spreading news of the sensational death drew a large crowd of curious on lookers as the men worked to reach the body. After investigating, Salem po lice reconstructed the following account of the late Mrs. Miller's apparent movements immediately preceding her death: She left Chicago March 10 by train, arriving here Tuesday morning without having informed local relatives. Carrying her handbag, she entered the bank building elevator and told its op erator, Mabel Egelhoff, she want ed to meet a friend on the 11th floor in the clinic or, if not there, she would walk down to the 10th floor. 4 Left Outer Clothing She was last seen by two nur ses, Mrs. G. W. Ross and Anna Peter s.at the stairway going down from the 11th floor. On the 10th floor, unnoticed by Mr. and Mrs. Harry Swafford, only per sons on duty in the clinic there at noontime, she entered the southwest corner room, opened a window and leaped out after leaving her hat, coat, jacket, scarf and suitcase in the room. Her lue&age contained a letter for Mrs. Greene in which, the sis ter told police, she wrote that she was contemplating suicide. Mrs. Greene added that Mrs. Miller had been in poor health for some time. Weather Max. ... 41 Min. 45 45 45 47 44 Rain 1.44 1.72 .73 Trace .00 Salrm Eugene : - Portland 48 Ban Francisco Stf Seattle 55 Willamette river 4 5 ft. FORECAST (from U.S. weather bu beau. McNary field. Salem): Occasion al rain fthower today, light to moder ate winds. Highest temperature today 51 degrees. P 1 I- l 3-V: 3 1 D .0. 5 i - ID: "Diq- 0:fj ds. : m '-. ' . . ssU tive Wallace Raps Atom Control I By Militarists WASHINGTON, March 12 -Secretary of Commerce Wallace said today that an atomic ener gy control bill drafted by a spe cial senate committee "has 1 the potentiality of delivering us into the hands of military fascism." Wallace commented with anger in his voice after the committee voted 6 to 1 to; set up a military liaison committee to work with a control commission of five civil i a n s. Chairman McMahon CD- Conn) cast the dissenting vote. ; Wallace asserted that the com mittee had voted "to place control of atomic energy, in effect, in the hands of the military," and de clared: 1 "This is an exceedingly unfor tunate development. I hope that when the American people realize its significance they will raise up in their wrath and let the Sena tors know what the action means. Farrell to Attend i Traffic Safety Meet Secretary of I State Robert S Farrell, jr., Tuesday received an invitation from Washington, D, C., to attend President Truman's spe cial conference ion traffic safety, to be held May 8 to 10, inclusive. Farrell also wjll represent Gov ernor Earl . SnU who j said I he would be unable to attend. Far rell was asked to serve on the conference committee on organ ized public support. i fl '-.ni 1 . . t Dzvestia Says G3eds Not Seeking World (Dominion, Just Security By Eddy Gilmore MOSCOW, Mjarch 12-)-Rus-sia will not yifld to any threat of force, and any attempt to frighten Russia eads down "a fa tal road," a special article in Izvestia asserted today in a sec ond soviet pres attack in two days on Winstoh Churchill's pro posal for British-American mflir tary cooperation. The article inijplied that Church ill's March 5 speech at Fulton, Mo., had the backing of the Brit ish government.fand said he hoped the United States would tak the primary role "ir) the future strug gle which he isf trying to inflame with all his strength." Thej blunt, plainspoken defini tion ojf Russia's: present i position, written by Eugene Tarle, one of the soviet union's best known historians, was fdescribed by for eign observers as one of the most 1st Round Set Today Tornadoes Top Teddies, Rainier Beats Bend The 27th annual Oregon high schools class "A" basketball tour nament got off to a flying start at Willamette university last night as Medfofd high's district four champions and the unheralded Rainier Columbians of district 14 turned in victories over Roose velt of Portland and Bend, re spectively.: Medford broke loose with a fourth-quarter splurge to submerge the highly-rated Roose velts, 48-34, and Rainier fought off a corking Bend rally to out last the Lava Bears, 47-42. Both Al; Simpson's Southerners and Harry Johnson's Columbians tangle in a 3:15 p.m. game Thurs day. Last hight's losers open con solation play with an 8:45 a.m. game Thursday, the loser of which is eliminated from the five-day classic. Balance of First Round Today's slate calls for the bal ance of the first round of play, six games starting at 1 p.m. The Eugene Axemen and the Hills- boro ; Spartans play the day s opener, after which Salem high's Vikings and the Marshfield Pi rates square off at 2:15. At 3:30 McMinnville plays Central Cath olic and at 4:45 Oregon City goes against Baker. Tonight'? two games send Washington, defending state champ, against The Dalles at 7:30 and Astoria against Lebanon at 8:45. No Capacity Crowd Last night's opening games did not attract a capacity crowd to the university gym. (Full details of those games are found in to day's sports section.) s) n rt rt run n Tp 1 II 4 2 3 3 10 i 14 S 2 3 0 12 .532158 8 2 0 0 1 4 15 4 1 2 I S .1 0 0 0 0,0 I! 3 1 1 0 4 3 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 f , 0OO020 Watfton, 1 Rom. f . .. RiKK. c ... Rrich. .. Ktelle. K . House, c .. Singer, g Cave, t CoKhilf, t Stammen, t : TOTALS 80 20 Roosevelt (14) Bolen. t 2 Brouwer, t ..; - 8 4 Winter, c . .i 2 0 Peterson, g 7 3 Johnson, g i..: 13 3 Llndstrom, I 1 0 Smethurst. I 1 1 Sandvig. K - 1 0 Cheney, c ....i 0 0 Gazeley, g 4 0 0 TOTALS 42 13 Shooting percentages: Roosevelt .309. Officials: Emil Piluso ren. Ratimunsen, f 8 2 Hawes, f 2 James, c , 8 4 Moore, ft 4 0 She f fold. i 13: 6 L. Maudlin. I 0 0 Gillls. C i - 0 0 D. Maudlin. 4 0 Halligaii g ; 0 0 TOTALS 45 14 8 17 48 8 11 14 .14 Medford .333: 14 9 14 42 Rainier (4?) Ball, f , .... Putnam, t ...... Evans, c, .... Miereotto. x ... Sanford, g . Beck, K . Pellhain, I J .33 6 .17 - S .. 7 .: 3 . 5 15 4 14 3 7 1 3 TOTALS 77 19 9 8 20 47 Technical foul: Rainier. Shooting percentages: Bend .317; Rainier .244. Officials: Warren and Piluso. . Woodbiirri Favors Swimming Pool WOODBURN, March 12 (Spe cial) Woodburn voters passed the bond issue lor its new swimming pool Tuesday in a special election, 318 to 119. The east side precinct voted 139 to 83 lor the issue and the west side 179 to 64 in laior. Voting on the site, from a list of several proposed) sites for the pool, will takeptace at the May 17 primary election. important commentaries in recent years of soviet journalism. Tarle declared that Russia was not seeking "world domination," but that shje intended to "secure all of her frontiers." "We will not yield to any kind of threat, my kind of cunning, any kind of one-sided or many sided weap ns," he said, "but will continue on our way, not turning aside, not 'making attempts on foreign interests and not yielding ours." The author said that Russia would not allow a repetition of 1941 and would "not permit even a most modest preparation for an attack, on oftr borders." He de scribed as "dangerous" the advice of some British newspapers that the way to deal with Russia is to "show them we are strong." Nations which have tried to show force to Russia have always lost, Tarle declared. Tarle, com NINETY -FIFTH YEAR 12 PAGES Salem, Oregon. Wednesday G.M., CIO In Parley Marathon By the Axsociatrd Press Negotiations continued in De troit early this (Wednesday) morn ing between General Motors and the CIO United Auto Workers after a short after midnight re cess in talks aimed at settling the 113-day i-tiike of 175,000 pro duction workers. The parley, first night negotia tions since Feb. 28, began at 9:15 o'clock (EST) last night, with James F. Dewey, special federal mediator, declaring "we might work ull night." In' Washington ea flier in the day John L. Lewis called on the na tion's bituminous coal operators to boost pay and shorten the work week and create a health and wel fare fund for his 400,000 soft coal miners, Lewis, who hns threatened a United Mine Workers strike April 1, submitted only generalized de mands at a conference of produc ers and UMW officials in Wash ington. His formal proposals, which he termed "negotiable suggestions" did not refer to his demand on the operators a year ago for a 10 cent per ton participation royal ty on coal Jor the health and wel fare fund. Portland Milk Crisis Slated For Saturday PORTLAND, Ore.. March 12-7P)-Four milk producers' associa tions ?upplying 80 per cent of the Portland area fluid milk will di vert the supply to other uses Sat urday unless OPA grants price increases by Friday, a producers' committee chairman declared to night. Warren Mattson, chairman of 8 meeting of producers here today, also announced a committee has been named to direct emergency milk deliveries to hospitals, some homes and possibly for school lunch use. Producers in south western Washington and western Oregon are represented by the four groups. OPA announced the district of fice had given the milk problem "top priority" and that data was being compiled to seek a deci sion before Friday. Sino-Russiaii Official Slain CHUNGKING, Wednesday, Mar. 13.-P)-The official Central daily news reported today that Li Chao- Ling, chairman of the Sino-Rus- sian friendship association at Har bin, Manchuria, was found stabbed to death there March 10. The paper described Li as commander-in-chief of the anti-Japa nese (Chinese communist) forces in Manchuria, but communist headquarters in Chungking was Unable to support this identifica tion. National government officials in Harbin reported the incident to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's headquarters in Manchuria, the news said. menting -on Churchill's stress of the traditional friendship between Great Britain and the United States, said there also was an "old tradition" of friendly rela tions between the United States and Russia. "Relations between Russia and America have been unalterably friendly," he declared, Churchill's aim, Tarle said, was that "the soviet union will offend England somewhere and then the Transatlantic brothers (the Amer icans) so ardently loved by the British will boil with indigna tion and then come to the rescue." He said he did not believe America would "b frightened by the prophetic shouts of Church ill" and that "all the sinister ac tion with which he reproached the soviet union violates only the in terests of England and not of America." POUNDBO 1651 V i OdddqsI Troops On Way To Soviet CHUNGKING, March 12.-.1)-Official Rsssian assurance was given today that soviet troops evac uated from Mukden were sla ted for shipment out of Manchur ia. This statement evoked general satisfaction and relief from Chi nese officialdom. The precise situation in and around Mukden was obscured by conflicting reports. It was taken for granted here, however, that central government forces would be able to hold the city despite reported incursions of Chinese communists. The latter were reported to have obtained only a toe-hold in one suburban section. From northeast China com maifd headquarters in Chinchow 150 miles southwest of Mukden, Associated Press Correspondent Spencer Davis reported that Chi nese government troops inside Mukden were taking control of the city In an orderly fashion. They were being steadily rein forced by well equipped units moving in over the Mukden-Peip-ing railroad. Davis said there was no con firmation whatever, in telephoned messages from Mukden, of earlier reports of street clashes inside the city between Chinese com munists and government troops, nor was there any evidence of ipreviously reported large fires there. Denver Police Capture TVo Escaped Cons DENVER, March 12.-(P)-Allan Brurrtfield, 29, and Harold Wil liam Manning, 24, who escaped the Oregon State penitentiary Feb. 14, were arrested here to day, Detective Sgt. Grant Girard stated. Brumfield was serving a life term for murder and Manning was under 10-ycar- sentence for burglary when they scaled a pris on wall in a heavy fog. Girard said Manning was ap prehended last night outside a roller rink, but Brumfield saw of ficers and fled, only to be arrest ed today. Officers became sus picious of the men, they noticed .45 caliber bullets on the floor of the car in which the two were sitting, the detective reported. Polite found three machine guns, three Springfield rifles and three pistols in the car, which Girard said was stolen. Lehman to Quit UNRRA Post WASHINGTON, March 12 -JP) Herbert H. Lehman announced tonight he is resigning as director general of UNRRA on account of his health. He made public a letter to the central committee of the UNRRA for submission to the council meet ing in Atlantic City, N. J.t Friday. The letter asked that his resign ation be presented to the council so that it may choose a successor. Siiell's Appeal Nets 28 Kegs of Nails Construction of 142 homes for veterans in Portland and Hills boro, halted last week by lack of nails, was in progress again Tucs di', thanks to 28 kegs of nails ob tained through an appeal made by 3 Gov. Earl Snell. Although the governor's appeal brought replies and nails from three persons in Portland and one in Salem, Gov. Snell said there fs still, an urgent demand for more nails. Anyone having surplus nails, he said, would be doing a great service by turning them over where they are most needed. T A COMA ELECTS FAWCETT TACOMA, March 12-()-C. Val Fawcett won the election as mayor of Tacoma tonight, according to unofficial returns from all the 135 precincts. Fawcett polled 19,121 votes to 18,598 for Olson. Morning, March 13, 1946 s Rfiv Resigns Chancellor Frederick M. Hit nttr of the state system of higher education whose resignation was accepted by the state hoard at Its meeting yesterday. Raise Asked For Educators, Hunter Resigns PORTLAND, March 2-(n-K demand for a 20 per Cent (alary hike at Oregon's university and colleges and Chancellor Frederick M. Hunter's announcement of re tirement highlighted today's business-crammed state board of high er education meeting. The board voted to ask the war assets corporation to appraise the Klamath Falls marine barracks in a step to decide whether to take over the plant as a higher educa tion institution. The action follow ed a report by Capt. Lowell Cog geshall, barracks chief medical of ficer vvho just returned from Washington, D.C., today. Appealing for all the state sys tem's colleges, a six-man commit tee asserted a prompt pay increase was needed to avert disaster at the Institutions. An Oregon State college chemistry professor, Dr. Leo Friedman, declared the crisis was "too acute to await the next state legislative session." A resolution said the board "rec ognizes the acute emergency and will do everything in its power to meet it" when budgets for the year starting July 1 are formed. Chancellor Hunter, whose re tirement woj accepted by Che board, will 'go on sabbatical leave at half salary for a year starting July 1. He indicated that health was one of the reasons for his early retirement three years be fore he reaches the compulsory re tirement age. DEVIN TOPS MEYERS SEATTLE, March 12.-;P)-May or William F. Devin was returned to office tonight by the voters of Seattle, defeating Lt. Gov. Victor A. Meyers by more than 18,000 votes on the basis of complete unofficial returns. : I ' I v - r Tied Vote Delays Construction Of State Hospital Farm Building Hoping for a reduction In ma terials costs within three months, the combined state board of con trol and state emergency board by a tied vote Tuesday delayed action on construction of a cus todial building for the state hos pital farm, low bid for which was $186,930 over the estimated cost of $325,000. The first members voting to de fer construction said they did not oppose the building project, but believed the cost of . materials would be 'vreduced within 60 or 90 days. Under tjhe plan finally ap proved, the board of control prob ably will ask for new bids on the custodial building along with any other state structures they may deem an emergency at this time. As these bids are received the emergency board members will be called into session to con- sider approval. Board Approval Necessary Under the $10,000,000 building program approved, at a special election last June construction of new structures at state institu tions for which this money is used cannot proceed until the emer gency board approval is received. No. 301 to QirsiirD Reds Said Frontier By v John M. nightower WASHINGTON, March 12 "T -The state department tonight disclosed it has received rpmt that Runan armed frc and "heavy military combat equip ment" have been moving south from the soviet frontier t-vAaid Tehran and the western birrferrf Jfan. I The United States government, the department said, ha akd ! the Russian government Uy con- firm or; ceny the reports and if Reds Approach Turkish Border TEHRAN. March 11. -OV Hlghly reliable sources Mid to day that Russian combat troop are movimr aontnwest aero northern Iraa in the general direction f U Turkish ind Iraq borders and that vlt tank and nimud car have moved; Into Karaj, miles from Tehran. Report from Azerbaijan pro vince Indicated that a new Rus sian cavalry column wu fan ning Into Iran through the bor der town of Astern on the Cas pian sea. Combat troops with fall ram-, palgn kit have entered town close to the" southern end t Lake I'rmla, near tht Tsrkbth and Iraqi borders; these sources aid. they are true to explain the rea son for tiie troop movements. No Details While the official announce ment did; not go Into detail of tl, Russian forces involved, diplomc tic authorities said the forc wes reported to include tankj and ca - airy in considerable strength. The new American note on th.s situation Us in addition to a ncto sent earlier this month protesting the failure of the soviet govern ment to withdraw its trcK-pi from Iran completely by March 2 in sc cordanre; with an Anglo-SovieT-American agreement mais w;ih the Tehran government during the war. Significance Unknown Diplomatic officials sa ri that they did not know exactly the n j nificance of troop movement to ward the western border of Iran which fronts on both Turkey and Iraq with its rich Mosul oil field, but they said the development, !t true, might be connected with Russian pressure on Turkey for possession of the Turkish pro in ces of Kars and Ardahan and for special rights In control tt The Dardanelles. Members of the emergency board voting to defer construction of the hospital custodial building pending receipt of new bidi we: Senators Dean Walker and Ernet Flatland and Representatives Eu gene Marsh, Bert Snyder and Henry Semon. Favored Building Voting to award the ontrai t on the bid received wert Goer nor Earl Snell, Secretary of Sts'.e Robert S. Farrell, Jr., State Treas urer Leslie M. Scott, Senator Howard Belton and Representa tive Stanhope Pier. Governor Snell said it miht b some time before material price and other costs would b reduced and stressed the necessity far the custodial structure. Senator Flatland said it was hit opinion that the two boairi hshould do everything possible t obtain as much building as pos sible for the money expended but added that he had no desire t delay the construction program. "I merely want to determine tht we are right," Fatland continued. Snyder,- Semon and a number c I others said they agreed with Fat-land. Price Sc Rolling to