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ttjftOtt NINETY -FIFTH YEAH 12 PAGES Solent. Orocon, Saturday Morning, March 1641946 Pric 5c No. 305 SEEK NUNDBP 1651 1 f CRT 0330000 A lot of heat has been genera ted over a proposed change in zoning which would permit a ply wood company to install a plant out near the state fairgrounds. Friends of industrial development have been impatient over delays incurred in effecting the change. Residents in the vicinity have been vigorous in protest against having industry move closer to their homes. Both reactions are normal and fully understandable. To meet such situations the city's toning ordinance has es tablished certain procedures. Be fore a change may be obtained petitions signed by at least one half of the property -owners in the immediate vicinity must be filed with the zoning commission. The commission then holds a public hearing and makes a recommen dation to the city council, which has the final authority. In 'this instance the petition has been filed with owners of about 75 per cent of the property with in the 300-ft. limit indicating their approval. The hearing was held tnd the zoning commission recom mends that the change be made. The logical thing for the city council to do is to authorize the change. The chamber of commerce has recommended that the city coun ril grant a franchise of reasona ble term to the Southern Pacific for use of Union street for railway trackage, .until the long-range planning commission (Continued on editorial page) Mo jave Desert Quakes Break L. A. Aqueduct LOS ANGELES, March 15-P)-A series of earthquake shocks, centering in the arid Mojave de sert near Inyokern, started earth tnd rock slides today that broke the Lot Angeles aqueduct. The second and strongest tre mor was recorded at 5:50 a.m., a half hour after the first shock, which was strong enough to awaken light sleepers. Other shocks were recorded at Irregu lar intervals all morning and were felt in metropolitan Los Angeles, San Bernardino and Ba kersfield. Inyokern is 150 miles northeast cf Los Angeles, not far from Death valley. The Los Angeles bureau of water and power said the aque duct was broken ,by rolling boul ders, one of which ripped away 12 feet of the concrete aqueduct rocf and sidewall releasing 100, 000 gallons of water a minute, vhich converged into a stream -4hat poured over highways 6 and SSSnorth of Brown Junction. Father Flies Drug i o ave aon s iaic OAKLAND, Calif., March 15 Carrying a supply of an experi mental drug with which he hopes the life of his son, a marine pri vate, may be saved, Walter Berry arrived by plane today from Colo rado Springs today and was giv en a police motorcycle ecort to Oak Knoll hospital. The drug, streptomycin, was obtained from amy doctors and was flown here for use by navy phyticians in treating Pfc. Ray mond J. Berry. The young ma rine is critically ill with a rare form of tuberculosis. Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH "Who, me? Tm an angle worm l to give Vifc Q-,H-fc Sx rad)ctt 13 Commander? r i - r if, :A ' 4 i 1 TEHRAN, March 19. Marshall Iran Bagramian (above), Red army tank warfare expert, la reported to be In Tabriz, Iran, headquarters of Russian forces moving toward the Turkish bor der. (AP Wlrephoto) Soviet Column Moves South Near Kurdistan TEHRAN, March 15 -UP)- A Russian column, swinging south ward around Lake Urmia near the Turkish and Iraq borders, was reported today to have mov ed advance units into Bukan, just north of Kurdistan province and 60 miles southeast of Sauj bulagh, seat of the semi-autonomous shiekdom of Kurdish Chief Ghazi Mohammed. The move apparently gave some support to a theory among many Iranian and foreign gov ernment officials that the Rus sians favor the establishment of an independent Kurdistan for the Kurds of Iran, Iraq and Turkey. The new development followed a declaration by the Iranian war minister yesterday that other soviet troops concentrated on Karaj, 20 miles northwest of Tehran, were "definite threat" to the capital and "that Iran's army was "ready to fight to the last man" if the Russians moved toward Tehran. A group of British correspond ents returned- last night from Karaj and quoted residents as saying the Russian garrison there had received four trainloads of reinforcements and supplies In the past eight days. Clarion Wins Journalism Cup EUGENE, Ore., March 15.-)- The Salem high Clarion, Judged best all-around high school news paper in Oregon, has received the Arnold Bennett Hall cup, George Turnbull, acting dean in the uni versity school of journalism, an nounced today. Seventy-two prep entries were listed in the 18th annual high school press contest. The Clarion scored 828 out of a possible 1000 points. The guard trophy for a paper in a school of 500 or more pupils went to the Franklin high, Portland, Post winner of the all cup last year. Daffodil Shipment ir - . wr it jiouiii ai woouiuirn WOODBURN, March 15-(Spe-cial)-Thousands of daffodils leave Woodburn each day to brighten the homes of the west and middle west, according to George Lan don, grower. Since March 8, shipments have averaged 1500 dozen daily. Orders are on file for 25,000 dozen. The blooms are shipped by railway express to points east of the mountains and through mid west states as far east as Denver. Next year Landon expects to ship by air cargo freight to the middle west and east 9 yr,, t Future Hoop Tournament Site In Balance as Group Meets No announcement of the future location of the high school basket ball tournament was made after the meeting of the board of con trol of the Oregon State High School Activities association, Fri day afternoon. A statement is ex pected tonight The group held a closed confer ence with representatives of Sa lem, Eugene and Astoria, each of whom want the tournament It was rumored last night that Eugene has received permission from University of Oregon officials to hold the tournament in Mc Arthur court, free of charge. The court will hold about 7000tfcople. Freedom Offered To India Indians to Vote j Onlndependence, Attlee Reveals i ' By Glenn A. Williams i LONDON,. March 15-(P)-Prime Minister - Attlee declared today that India "has the right" j to choose full Independence, and that if she elects to remain with in the British commonwealth "it must be by her own f reewilL He expressed hope tnaVHndia would not withdraw from the empire, but said ; "the British commonwealth and empire is not bound together by chains of ex ternal compulsion." j The prime minister j made his declaration in the house of com mons during a debate on the mis sion of three cabinet! members who will leave next Tuesday for India to take up again! the prob lem of self-government. The mission plants to confer with Indian and British leaders in India and to agree on methods of setting up an Indian constitution-making body by which the Indians may choose their own form of government and decide whether Jthey want to be fully independent. I Attlee said he thought India would find "great advantages" within the commonwealth, and warned that "no great nation can stand alone today," He added, however, that if India! chose in dependence "it will be for us to help make, the transition as free and easy as possible." War Powers Extension Bill! Passes House ! , WASHINGTON, March 15-0?)-Amld warnings that "the war is not over yet," the house today voted to extend government ra tioning, priority and i allocation powers until March 31, 1947. For building materials the authority was extended to June 30, 1947.! On the other side of the capitol, the senate passed legislation al lowing, 150,000,000 to continue meat and flour subsidies until June 301125,000,000 rfor meat and $25,000,000 for flour. The measure also allows the government to purchase sugar, vegetables and flaxseed and sell them at a loss. f House approval of the extension of government rationing, prior ity and allocation powers, as con tained in the second war powers act, came on a voice vote, the act, unless extended, expires June 80. The extension measure now goes to the senate. Salem Men PORTLAND, March Acquittal was voted by a federal court Jury today for the iour de fendants in the Coos Bay oyster bed trial, . The Jury of five men and sev en women cleared them on all nine counts after deliberating for 10 hours. Edgar Robert Erriog and Glenn R. Munkers, Salem,: and James R. Barton and P. E. Blackmon, Port land, bad been charged with us ing the J mails to defraud, violat ing the securities i statute and conspiracy. The trial began Feb. 23' : j - i I ' j" 591 ACCIDENTS REPORTED A total of 591 covered accidents and 11 claims for occupational dis ease benefits wer filed with the state industrial accident commis sion here during the week ended March 14; i i Astoria has a large USO Pavil ion available and is rioted as a basketbill hotbed, but its loca tion away from the; center of population may be against it as a tourney location. ; , Salem offers to bear the $10,000 expense of putting the horse show pavilion at the fairgrounds: in con dition for basketball. However the state department of agriculture has not agreed to its use without a rental charge. Salem boosters point out that the capital, city -Is the logical place for the tourney and is In addition, closer to the population center. Acquittal Accused I ; ': ' 'V. . - M U1 L - OTTAWA, March : 15. Dr. Ray mond Boyer (above), assistant professor of chemistry at Me Gill university, was accused to day by the Canadian Royal Commission of transmitting to the Soviet Union foil informa tion regarding his secret work in explosives. (AP Wlrephoto to The Oregon Statesman) 5 Canadians Added to Lisl; In 4Spy9 Arrests OTTAWA, March 15-(T)-A com munist member of the Canadian parliament, three scientists and an engineer were charged today with working with a Moscow-directed "spy" network collecting atomic and other wartime secrets in Canada. Heading the new list of accused were Fred Rose, only communist member of the Canadian parlia ment, and Dr. Raymond Boyer, assistant professor of chemistry at McGill university in Montreal. Rose, 38, was arrested at his Ottawa home last night and whisk ed by motor car 120 miles to Mon treal, where he was booked today on a charge of violating the of ficial secrets act of 1939. Boyer was arraigned In the same court on charges of unlaw fully communicating Information to Russia. The three involved besides Dr. Boyer were: Harold Samuel Gerson, employ ed '0 in government departments handling explosives and ammuni tion: Squadron Leader Malt Simons Nightingale, 40, with an engineer ing degree earned at McGill uni versity engaged in airport con struction, and: Dr. David Shu gar, who has a Ph. D. degree in physics from Mc Gill, employed in the navy on re search on anti-submarine devices, in which work "he had to visit various naval establishments, in cluding laboratories in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom." AuglO Recommended Date for Flax Fiesta MT. ANGEL, March l5-(Spe-clal)-A special meeting of the executive committee of the Mt Angel Business Men's club re sulted in the appointment of a Flax Festival committee consist ing of Walter Smith, Francis Schmidt Walter Kruse, William Bean and. W. J. Kloft, who will make arrangements for this year's festival. Friday, Saturday and Sunday, August 9, 10 and 11 were dates recommended ; for the cele bration. State Civil Service Meets With Director The state civil service commis slon held its first meeting here Friday since the arrival of William Colman, full-time director. Many problems were considered. Commission members were ad vised that the work of classifying more than 5000 state workers is progressing satisfactorily and may be completed in April. J. N. Cham bers is commission chairman. OPA Authorizes Bread Weight Cut, Not Price WASHINGTON, March 15.-() The OPA today authorized a re duction in the weight of bread loaves and bakery products of up to 10 per cent without a corres ponding cut in price ceilings. The agency said the purpose of this action is to meet recommen dations of the president's famine emergency committee to reduce the weight of such products. Is oma To Defend Cage Title Central Catholic, Medford Drop Close Contests Washington high's pre-tourney favored and defending state champion Colonials and the Eu gene Axemen, three straight vic tories theirs in as many nights, go to the post at 8:45 p.m. tonight to decide who shall wear the Oregon State prep basketball tournament's crown for 1940. The Colonials rallied to nose out Cen tral Catholic of Portland, 39-36, and Eugene did likewise to FRIDAY'S SCORES: (Championship Bracket:) Eugene 33, Medford 32 Washington 39, Central Catholic 32 (Consolation Bracket:) Iliilsboro 38. Bend 36 Astoria 45, McMinnville 42 Rainier 51. Marshfield 33 Lebanon 52, Baker 42 SATURDAY'S SCHEDULE: (For fifth place) 9:30. IlilUboro vs. Astoria (For fourth place) 10:45, Rainier vs. Lebanon (For third place) 7:30, Medford vs. Central Catholic (For championship) v 8:45, Washington vs. Eugene squeak by Medford, 33-32, in roaring semifinals in Willamette university's gym last night be fore a packed and limp audience. The thrilling ball games were typical of the 27th" classic, a meet which' has seen game after game decided in the final moments of play. Earlier results yesterday in con solation play saw Hillsboro de feat Bend, 38-38, Astoria down McMinnville, 45-42, Rainier turn back Marshfield, 51-33 and Leba non outscore Baker, 52-42. Hills boro and Astoria meet at 9:30 ajn. today for fifth place. Rain ier and Lebanon meet at 10:45 for fourth place. Medford and Central Catholic collide tonight for third place. (Complete details of Friday games, with box scores, appear on today's sports page.) Women Name Legion Post Pioneer Post was adopted as the name of the new Salem wom en's post of the American Legion at a meeting in the legion hall, Friday night. Other business included adop tion of the standard legion con stitution and by-laws as amended for a women's organization and setting of regular meeting nights on the first and third Thursdays of the month. Charter for the post was mailed Friday night, according to Velma McNamara, temporary command er, and she has been assured by legion, officials that it will be acted upon Sunday. Next meeting for the group is scheduled for Thursday night at 8 o'clock in the fireside room at the legion hall. Last-Minute Tax Office Rush Fails to Materialize There were not as many peo ple as in former years in the lo cal Internal revenue office, last night, Paul Lynch, deputy col lector, said near closing time of the office at midnight Friday. "There were many people in the office but we were able to handle them," he said. Lynch ex pressed the; opinion that the lack of the former last-minute rush was the result of people being able to fill out their own returns without the help from the office, which they formerly required. Especially was this true he said in the case of Income mostly from wages. BILL AIMED AT DUAL ROLE WASHINGTON, March 15-GF)-Contending that government busi ness should be free of politics, Senator Stewart (D-Tenn) intro duced a bill today which would require Robert E. Hannegan to resign either as postmaster gener al or as chairman of the democrat ic national committee. Weather Max. ... : 53 . 60 - 48 Win. M 42 S2 48 Rain Htlcm .... Eugene .. Portland Seattle . .14 .54 1.02 .01 San Francisco ... 57 Trace Willamette river 15 1 ft. FOHECAST (from U.S. weather bu reau. McNary field, Salem): Partly cloudy, one or two light fcattered howetn Somewhat warmer with high cut 60 degree. Col Looks Like i NEW YORK, March 15. Lt. Commander Mark' K. Hober of U. 8. Maritime Service, smokes a Ion- elf ar and looks like Winston Churchill as he stands at desk In Waldorf-Astoria Towers here yes terday after asking to see the famous British statesman who Is staying there. With liuber is Manager J. G. Ilonteabrink. Huber aid he Uvea in Bellereoe, New York. (AP Wlrephoto to The Ore gon Statesman) Iran to Request United Nations Council to Reopen Complaint WASHINGTON, March 13-7P)-Iran has Informed the United States it will ak the United Nations security council to re-open the Iran-Russian situation at its New York meeting opening March 25. This became known tonight in the wake of delayed dispatches from Tehran which quoted the Iranian minister of war as saying such action was contemplated American officials who disclosed the fact that Iran intends to seek another review before the secur ity c o u n c 1 1 of its complaints against Russia expressed them selves as pleased that Iran had taken the action. Previously top officials of this country had said that the United States itself would ask the United Nations security council to review the Iranian charges against Russia if the little country did not do so itself. Among the issues Involved is the failure of Russia to withdraw troops from Iran in accord with an Anglo-American Russian agree ment CIO Approves G.M. Contract DETROIT, March 13.-(;P)-The General Motors strike settlement agreement was approved today by the GM conference of the CIO United Auto Workers which, however, left to local unions their own decision as to a return to work. The union's conference, which origlnaHy called the strike, came to its decision after a day long study of term In the settlement reached on Wednesday, the 113th day of the walkout of 175,000 production workers. Field Marshall Van Model Revealed an Suicide IIERFORD, Germany, March 15 -W)-British intelligence officers said today that Field Marshal Walter Von Model had committed suicide last April 21 near Duis berg because he feared he would be turned over to the Russians as a war criminal if he surrendered. Von Model had been sought since his fifth Panzer and 15th ar mies were crushed in the Ruhr trap. Portland Area Covered By Unseasonable Snow PORTLAND, March 15-W)-An unseasonable snow the first of the winter to cover all Portland clung stubbornly to the heights today, but disappeared rapidly in other parts of the city. Small branches were bowed under the weight of the wet snow, but no damage was reported. Milk Producers Delay 'Strike' As OPA Sets Deadline March 25 PORTLAND, Ore., March 15.-(-Milk producers threatening to cut off the supply to Portland and other Oregon cities postponed their "strike" today, awaiting OPA ac tion promised by March 25 on their price boost demand. W. W. Henry, chairman of the dairymen's steering committee, said that if the OPA failed to meet the demand for $1.15 a pound for butterfat In grade A milk a 20-cent boost the supply would be shut off and milk would be Winnie9 Greece Battles Italian Entry To World Bank SAVANNAH, Ga., March 15 -(-War-trampled Greece deliv ered an attack at the interna tional monetary conference today against the proposed entry of Italy into the world bank and fund. Greece hoped to place the protest before the full board of governors of the global agencies tomorrow. Some delegates were known to have argued tonight with Xeno phon Zolotas, governor for Greece, that nothing would be gained by starting &n open fight on the matter at this time. Other late developments In cluded: 1. A committee evolved a plan to pay each of the 24 executive directors of the fund and bank a net annual salary of $17,000. 2. American officials reported that the New York Federal Re serve bank had been designated the fiscal agent and depository for this country under the fund and bank. Vet Files Return On Gambling Gain LOS ANGELES, March 15-(F)-"Is this where I declare $53,000 income I won in dice games in Europe in 1945?" an ex-GI asked at the Riverside internal revenue office. Told it was, he filled out a form and paid over $20,000 tax. Under government regulations, Collector Harry C. Westover, who related the incident here today, did not disclose the honest tax payer's name. Revenue From Election Filings Total $4390 Revenues from filings for the primary election May 17 aggregat ed $4390 with an aditlonal $2710 for space in the voters' pamphlet, Dave O'Hara, in charge of the state elections bureau, announced here Friday. For the primary election two years ago these receipts aggregat ed $14,065 of which $7820 was for filings and $6245 for space in the pamphlet. diverted into manufactured pro ducts. Klamath-Falls and Oregon City had keyed their plans to those of the Portland dairymen. Roseburg producers said earlier they would halt the flow of milk to market If price relief were not given. The "milk strike" had been planned for midnight tonight. It was postponed this afternoon when producer groups accepted OPA's assurance, in a telegram from Washington, that a study would be completed and action taken by March 25. Stop Russ, Churchill Tells UNO 'Winnie' Warns ' Of Soviet Design On Dardanelles By Larry Itasek NEW YORK, March 15 - Winston Churchill tonight calW on the United Nations security council to thrash Out the fatlux of the soviet union to evacuate their troops from Iran and take up the Dardanelles question -if Russia persists in putties' pressure on Turkey." Thus early will come a very great tett for the world organi zation on which so many hop are founded," he said in an ad dress prepared for a city dmitw in his honor. "We are told that the soviet government, instead of leavir-f are actually sending in mor troops," Britain's former prime minister declared, adding: "The treaty to evacuate the country fcy a certain date was signed by tre head of the soviet government. " "This is one of thoe cases U.r which the United Nations secur ity council was especially de i ed," Churchill said. ' By all means let the matter be thrashed out" DiscusKing the Dardaneil, Churchill declared "at Potsdam the Americans and British offer ed to Rusia a joint guarantee .f the complete freedom of etti.e straits In peace and warfKvheth for merchant ships or ships of war." "To this guaranty Turkey would gladly have subscribe. he added. "But we ware told that was not enough. Russia -mu have a fortress insida the straits, from which she could dominate Constantinople (Istanbul). "But this is not to keep ta straits open but to give powea of clofcing them to a single nativ. If Soviet Russia sUIl persists J putting pressure on Turkey, the. matter must in the first instant be pronounced, upon by tfie Unit ed Nations security couaciL" (Additional details on page I) Lewis Seeks Company Offer WASHINGTON, Mach 15 -(Mf John L. Lewis invited the na tion's -soft coal opera ton todar to "make a bid maybe wt'.l buy," as he ended a four-da oratorical build-up of genra contract demands for his United Mine Workers. The operators will have their first inning Monday, sUll without a specific detail of what the un ion wants. Lewis climaxed a recital f death and disaster In the mire today with the query I wor.drv if the public likes to have its teat smeared with blood." and asked the operators: "What are you doing about it, hat have you done? Will r-ai What have you do something?" Turkey, Bulgaria Border May Qote ISTANBUL, March lS-0F)-Par. sistent reports circulated today that Bulgaria soon wotld cloe its frontier adjoining Turkey, which already is deeply concern ed about Rursian troop move ments near her eastern boundai? with Iran. There long have been report of Russian troop concentrator. on the Bulgar-Turko border and) it was reported that Soviet Mai shal Feodor Tolbukhin toured th area several weeks ago. Persor.a arriving from the west sa4 Strong fortifications had been built and heavy eqiipment mov ed in. MacArtliur'a Biography Japanese Bet Seller' TOKYO, Saturday, March 16-(J)-A Japanese-written biography of General MacArthur has new publishing records in Japs wit ha preliminary sale of nearly 800.000 copies. The author, Kazuoyoshi Yarr.a zaki, former provincial newspaper man, said arrangements are being made for a second edition of th 62-page, paper bound booklet which Is priced at two yen (lea than 15 cents) a copy. SCHOOL ADDITION SOUGHT DAT.T.AK. Marrh tanTV. Dallas school board, which tried to add two rooms to the over crowded grade school a year ago but got no bidders, will try a fa. a now that labor and materials are less scarce. A $10,0000 bond Is sue was approved for the weak.