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Probably every, person who saw
the picture of Gordon Jones," one
of the quintet escaping Tuesday
ight from the penitentiary, was
shocked that auch a Juvenile was
ronSned in state's prison. He
looted so boyish one felt a pan
of remorse that society had per
iy4 him up In the regular lineup
with other prisoner. Jone's age
.was, given as 1$. his age on id
iruMion; he's IS now. For that
matter he la . not a great . deal
younger, than his associates':
Brown is 1. Dyson, "Wilson and
Long are each 211
v Looks (of course may be deceiv
ing -as any criminologist knows.
And. some of these youngsters are
as tough as many much older in
years and, in crime. Still one can
not help but wonder if some better
provision might be made and
areater effort made to redeem
these boys, brazen though they
may be in their criminality. The
. Jones case becomes more affecting
when we learn he was scheduled
for an early parole.
" i The boys' training School at
Woodburn Is no place for these
chaps. They have "graduated"
from such a corrective institution.
Yet throwing them in with the
regulars is likewise wrong. An
Intermediate institution is prob
ably the answer; though one
should have no illusions about a
reformatory like that. Its per
rentage of, recovery is not very
high and its problems of manage
ment even greater than for an
' old line prison.,
The moral warping which leads
youth to crime is a study in itself.
Sometimes ltlpring from some
psychological mala djustment,
which may be corrected. Some
times it is due to an utter lack
of sense of right and wrong, ac
companied by an inner drive to
ward a life of crime which yields
'to i no treatment- It does seem
clear that we need more expert
, guidance in work with juvenile
criminals. Younger guards, with
better bearing and eyesight to de
tect escapes, is not the final an
swer for a Jallbreak like that
Tuesday night. '
Salem Pilot
Hurt in Crash
ST. JOSEPH. Mo., April 3.-CP)
Three crewmen ef an army Black
Widow night fighter were injured
late today when their craft crash
ed In a forced landing near Blair,
The pilot. Lt. Charles Metzler,
23. Salem, Ore, suffered a severe
laceration , of the leg and deep
facial and icalp wounds. Lt. Paul
Dilabbto, 2Bf Fresno, Calif , es
caped with apparent minor in
juries. .'';
Crew chief M. Set. Leonard Sho
walter, 39, Tacoma, Wash," suf
fered undetermined chest injuries.
The men were brought to hos
pitals here and tonight removed
to Sherman field. Fort Leaven
worth, Kas. ;
' The mishap In which the ship
was badly damaged, occurred as
the pilot attempted to land after
ithe gasoline supply became low.
I The plane was enroute from Og
den, Utah to Boiling field, Wash
ington, D. C
Animal Craclccrs
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Chinese Troops Take Over
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MUKDEN, April 3 Chinese troops
arrive to take ever the Maneharlan city after departure of Russian
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Truman Warns
Mine Strike to
Cut Production
WASHINGTON, April S.-(JP)
President Truman said today that
production for American civilians
has already zoomed to record
shattering eights, t but warned
that prolongation of the coal strike
would wipe out that progress.
The output of goods and servt
ices "is still going up" after at
taining a level higher "than ever
before in the nation's history,
Mr. Truman reported.
The president issued his state
ment in releasing a rose-tinted
quarterly report by reconversion
director John F. Snyder.
Snyder said civilian production
had hit an "unprecedented" $150,
000,000.000 annual rate and would
go "several billion dollars' higher
by midyear. He went on:
The jobless will not average
more than 3,500,000 In the next
thre months. This compares with
official fears of 8,000,000 out of
work.
The federal budget will show
a deficit "several billion dollars
less" than the $26,000,000,000 gap
foreseen by Mr. Truman In hit
January budget message.
Vardaman Gets
Senate Okeh
WASHINGTON, April 3 -(P)
Commodore James K. Vardaman,
jr., won official permission of
the senate today to begin a 141
year term on the federal reserve
board of governors at $15,000 per
annum. ,
By a 66 to 9 roll call,: with only
republicans opposing, the former
St. Louis, Mo., banker-attorney
was confirmed for the appoint
ment that his friend, President
Truman, sent to the senate ten
weeks ago on January 23.
A last minute attempt by Sena
tor Morse (R-Ore) to delay this
vote until next Tuesday, April
9, was rejected 56 to 17 despite
Morse's plea that . he and other
senators must oppose Vardaman
unless given six days to study
the voluminous -ecord.
Hope Fades for 81 Missing in
Giant Waves, 4 Bodies Found
By Don Whitehead
HONOLULU. Abril 3-UP-Four
more Islanders' names werel
moved tonight from the list of
missing to the list of dead in
Monday's gigantic 'tidal waves
but no more survivors had been
found. In all, possibly 176 died
in the Pacific ocean areas.
Recovery of the additional bod
ies brought the known death toll
in the islands to 83, with 81
still missing. Gov. Ingram M.
Stain back estimated the final to
tal might reach 100 or 150.
Twelve others were drowned
'se where in the Pacific.
Property damage in the islands,
m . the basis of early tabulations,
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disembark from trains at the
Pheasant Dinner
Crashes Window
ROSCDALE. April X -(Special)-
An ont-of -season bat
strictly legal pheasant dinner
was enjoyed by all recently at
the Gas Cole hone bere.y
A Chinese pheasant rooster
was found under a bed when
she investigated the sound of
shattering glass and the ; pres
ence of bloodstains in the-' room.
The bird, possibly frightened
by a dog near by, had .flown
through the window glass.
Gradual Price
Control Ease
Wins Approval
WASHINGTON, April 3.-JP)-
Repeal on July 1 ( of OPA'a pro
gram requiring manufacturers to
make low cost clothing was voted
today by the house banking com
mittee after approving a plan to
end price controls- as supply bal
ances demand.
Moreover, the committee voted
to declare "the policy of the con
gress that the general control of
prices and wages and the use
of subsidy power shall be termin
ated, without further extension,
not later than June 30, 194?.
President Truman would have
the final say on when various
controls would be lifted.
The amendment by Rep. Brown
(O-Ga), requiring gradual liquida
tion of price controls on .various
items as supply catches up with
consumer demand was approved
20 to 3.
Smallpox Claims
6th Seattle Victim
SEATTLE, April 3.-0P)-Sattle
recorded - its sixth death fro' m
smallpox today a it neared the
completion of itsf mass vaccina
tion program and f lifted the quar
antine on a small hotel where
residents were indignant over con
finement
The three-weeks old son of Mr.
and Mrs. August $oushek of near.
by Kent,, as yet unnamed, was
today's victim. The number of
patients was given as 2i;Jy city
health officials.
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was expected to pass the $101000,
000 mark. Sketchy reports prom
government officials, businessmen
and property owners altfeady
showed losses totaling $5,000,000,
and the bulk of the damage! was
yet to be established. 1
Air-sea rescue units will ( con
tinue searching the seas.
(An Associated Press dispatch
from Tahiti said ; Monday's triple
tidal wave caused damage on the
north coast of that Island 2738
miles south of Honolulu. High
waves still whipped pert of the
coast of Chile.) f
By a remarkable ' stroke of
good fortune, neither the : army
nor the navy so far as was; known
has had a single death .
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in Mukden
Mnkden railroad station as they
troops. (AP Wlrepbote to The
Railroad Men
Scorn 16 Cent
Wage Boost
CHICAGO, April 3.-(jP)-Two
arbitration boards today awarded
the equivalent of 16 cents hourly
wage boosts to 1,220,000 railroad
workers but spokesmen for the 18
Unions involved assailed the
amount as "wholly Inadequate."
One of the railroads involved,
the Santa Fe, announced it would
"immediately appeal to the inter
state commerce commission for an
increase in. freight rates."
Bert M. Jewell, chairman of the
15 unions representing 1,100,000
non-operating employes, said addi
tional wage increases would be
asked "promptly" from the na
tion's carriers.
Spokesmen for the three operat
ing brotherhoods involved said
they hadn't decided yet whether
to join in a new demand.
Fumes Claim
Albany Man
, DALLAS, Ore., April 3-(,P)-The
body of a man Identified as Don
ald C. Belt, Albany, was found
early this morning in an auto
parked near the Polk-Benton
county line west of Suver.
Deputy Sheriff Tony Neufeldt
reported Carl Gardner, Mon
mouth; found the car. The deputy
said a garden hose was attached
to the exhaust of the motor and
fumes fed into the tightly closed
car.
: Identification cards found on
the body gave the man's address
as 621 Elm st.t Albany. The body
has been taken to Dallas.
Belt was the son of H. C. Belt,
prominent retired Seattle attor
ney who has been living in Cali
fornia. The father is now on his
way to Oregon, it was reported
yin Seattle by members of the law
nrm or ananx, Beit, node ana
Cook.
Milk Price Rise
Effective April.lv
PORTLAND, Ore., April 3-(P-District
OPA Director McDannell
Brown reported today the formal
price notice received today from
Washington, D.C., sets April 1
as the effective date of the new
milk price increase.
(The area included in the rul
ing covers all of Oregon with the
exception of five southeastern
counties).
Producers will receive $1.01 per
pound butterfat and consumers
Will pay one-half cent a quart
more. The order may be "re
voked, corrected or amended" at
any time, the notice said.
Wood burn Farmer, 72,
To Wed Octogenarian
. Mrs. Annie M. Larson, 82-year-old
Woodburn woman, will be
come a bride for the second time
when she weds, Sam A. Peterson,
72, Woodburn farmer. They ob
tained a marriage license in the
Marion county courthouse Wed
nesday. It will be Peterson's
fourth marriage.
Prica 5c
Withdraw
Promise
Accepted
By Francis W. Carpenter
NEW YORK, April 3 -(JP)- The
United Nations crisis over Iran
collapsed tonight when it was
learned that Iranian Ambassador
Hussein Ala had informed offi
cials he was prepared to accept a
soviet statement to the security
council as an unconditional guar
antee of the withdrawal of Rus
sian troops from Iran.
Virtually complete settlement
of the Iranian case was forecast
by top U.N. delegates for to-morrow's
session.
Tne key statement was con
tained in a letter from Soviet
TEHRAN, April 3 Prince
Mosaffar Firous, Iranian propa
ganda minister, told a news
conference today that the Iran
Ian government has been "ad
vised 'that two or three ship
loads ef Russian troops have
left Iran through the port of
PahlevL" Pahlevi. on the Cas
pian .sea, is 165 miles north
west ef Tehran.
. He also said that the Russian
ambassador had presented a
memo which said that "within
a period of five or six weeks
from March 24 soviet forces
would have left the whole ef
Persia (Irn."
Ambassador Andrei Gromyko to
the council. Gromyko stated flat
ly that Russian troops would be
out of Iran within six weeks. Ala
was reported by persons fully in
formed of his actions to have told
U. N. Secretary General Trygve
Lie that he considered that this
assurance met Iran's require
ments. His decision was said to have
been based on Gromyko's omis
sion of the possibility that "un
foreseen circumstances" might
halt the evacuation as well as on
his positive statement that the
evacuation was not conditional
on current negotiation between
Iran and Russia over oil con
cessions and other matters. -
Soviet Reported,
Arming Kurds
TEHRAN, April 1- (Delayed)
(A)- A Kurdish chieftain said to
day Russian arms and equipment
had been supplied to forces of
the recently proclaimed "Inder
dendent Kurdish Republic" at
Saujbulagh (Mehabad) In north
western Iran, and that Russian
technicians had arrived there to
train tribesmen for "a general
drive for a free Kurdistan."
The chieftain would not permit
use of his name, saying his life
would be in danger if his pres
ence in Tehran were disclosed.
Dodd Nominated to
Agriculture Post
WASHINGTON, 'April 3.-W)-N.
E. (Ed) Dodd, veteran agricul
tural adjustment agency official,
was nominated by President Tru
man today to be undersecretary of
agriculture.
He would succeed J. B. Hutson,
new assistant secretary general of
the UNO.
Dodd operates a ranch at Haines,
Ore. He has been connected with
various phases of the AAA pro
gram since its inauguration in
1933. '
BONNEVILLE POWER TO LANE
PORTLAND, April 3-(F)-The
Lane county Electric Co-operative
began receiving power today
from Bonneville under a 20-year
contract.
Emil Sick Says
Effect on Planned Expansion of
A cut in the ; malt supply will
have no affect on the planned
expansion of Sicks Brewing com
pany facilities, but federal stop
building: orders have slowed the
construction, Emil G. Sick, pres
ident of the company, told stock
holders at their annual meeting
here Wednesday.
The $400,000 put into the treas
ury since January 1 for the com
pany's development 'will be spent
as planned although just how
soon the last $300,000 worth of
work can be done Is still a ques
tion. Sick declared. '
"Very happy" was the expres
sion the company's president used
in expressing the director's at
titude toward cooperation with
the federal food orders which
have ' cut th brewery's grain
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NEW YORK, April 3 Trygve Ue. 1 seereUrygeneral of the UNO
Security Council, fields replies f rem both i Russia and Iran to
council Inquiries of last Friday as to state of negotiations between
them. He received copies here
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2 Escaped Cons Still At
Large, Police Comb City
Two of the five escaped j convicts; from Oregon state penitentiary
were still at large early Thursday as police continued to comb the
city, following several leads indicating the fugitives might yet be
in Salem. , S
Two others, Wayne LeRpy Long, 21,1 and Gordon Donald Jones,
16, were captured by city police .Wednesday noon while hiding under
a holly tree at 360 N. 14th st,
and the filth, Henry Floyd Brown,
18, had been apprehended in Sa
lem two hours after the orison
break at 8:45 p.m. Tuesday j
Still at large early today were
Byron Neal Dyson, 21, a lifer re
cently convicted of stabbing a
fellow convict, and Glenn Wilson,
21. State police and prison guards
also continued their search.
Strongest indication that Iyson
and Wilson were still in Salem
Wednesday night came from the
theft of a man's clothing, an at
tempted car theft and several in
stances of prowling reported by
local residents. !
Police investigated theft fof a
tan topcoat, brown coat and vest,
army trousers, gabardine (shirt
and sweatshirt from the Donald
Hinkel residence at 1825 N. 5th
st., reported by Hinkel when he
returned homeat 10:30 p.m. to
find the clothes missing. "Only
other items taken were 2 and a
watch, although other valuables
were in the house. 1
Also closely checked by police
were an attempt to steal a car
in the 2200 block of Center jrtreet
and reports of two prowlers in a
woodshed behind 1595 Lee St., at
640 S. 12th St.. and at 940 High
land ave. In each case residents
had scared the prowlers away be
fore police arrived.
(Additional details on page 2)
Cojv Erased I
Parole Chance
Gordon Donald Jones, 16, cap
tured yesterday after his, escape
from the state prison Tuesday,
wiped out chances for an i early
parole by his action, parole board
members said last night.! The
young convict was to have ap
peared before the board of pa
role and probation this month.
Convicts of juvenile age are not
required to serve one-third j their
sentence before becoming eligi
ble for parole and they receive
special attention from the parole
board, lt was explained. Jones, up
for 11 years for assault and rob
bery armed with a dangerous
weapon, had been interviewed
three times during his seven
months in prison by Dr. Hsrman
Dickel, board psychiatrist, j
Cut in Malt
(barley and corn) supply ty 30
per cent. If the grain is kept In
this country to feed cattle and
make the overseas shipment of
more wheat possible, even the
.6 of 1 per cent which the brew
ing industry supplies will be;well
utllized, be declared. I
Brewers will object, however,
he predicted. If it . is shipped
abroad and made available to Eu
ropean brewers upon whom no
restrictions have been laid down
other than the short supply Avail
able. ! . ;j.
'Not only brewers but the fed
eral government as well will sac
rifice income in the move, be
cause the federal government
collects $34-50 a bushel In rami
fied taxes on all grain used in
the brewing Industry, Sick said.
Supply
today as council reconvened. (AP
ess Gets
Hint of Atom
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Plant Growth
WASHINGTON, April 3.-63)-
Cbngress got a hint today that the
army has major new construction
underway which produced the
atomic bomb.
It came from the senate approp
riations committee which ! recom
mended that the senate strike
from a house appropriations bill
a prohibition against the army
engineers' building "permanent
structures within the continental
limits of the United States" cost
ing more than $20,000.
In explaining its recommenda
tion ,the appropriations committee
mentioned the "Manhattan dist
riot," which was the wartime name
applied to the atomic bomb pro
ject. It said:
, Testimony given before the com
mittee indicated tnat there are
now pending certain construction
projects in the Manhattan district
in which the necessary structures
must be of a permanent nature
and each will cost more than $20,
000. .
House Ceiling j
Recommended f
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WASHINGTON, April jl -0T)
The administration's emergency
housing legislation emerged from
the senate banking committee to
day carrying two key provisions
$6004)00,000 for building ma
terial subsidies and price ceilings
on' existing houses.
Both were rejected by the
house although President Truman
called the' subsidies the ."very
heart" of the building program.
The measure now' goes to the
senate. 1 ;
: The ceiling price on existing
houses would be fixed by the
first sale after passage of the act.
to Have No i
Brewery Plant
Approximately 1 per cent of the
nation's supply of barley and com
has gone to brewers in unrestrict
ed years, and 40 per cent of that
(including the entire protein con
tent) has been turned out as a
by-product dairy feed, he de
clared. ;
All directors and officers were
re-elected at the annual stock
holders' and directors' meetings
held here yesterday. Sick Is pres
ident; F. W. Shepard, manager
of the Salem plant. Is vice presi
dent; N. A. MacPhee is a vice
president, and G. W. Lancaster of
the Salem administrative staff,
secretary-treasurer. i
Directors are S. F. Chadwick,
B. N. Hutchinson, J. XL linn, W.
H. Mackie, MacPhee, W. W. Mc
Donald, W. F. Pohle, Shepard and
Sick. .1
Gongr
Today In
Portland
Walkout to
Affect Oregon
Mo to r S tages s r
Salem faces the threat" of
transportation tleup. "tomorrow,
with a city, bus drivers, strike
Lscheduled for midnight tonight if,'
wage, demands are not - met by
Oregon Motor ' Stages, Inc. " ".. ;
Local No. .1055, Motor Coach
Employes, set the Thursday mid
night" deadline, in Portland . yes
terday.. it was learned by local
drivers for Oregon Motor Stages.
The union local, which includes;
Salem' and Eugene drivers , as well
as drivers on Oregon Motor Stage
runs throughout the state, has
been ' negotiating with the com
pany since January 1 for wage
increases. '.(.- N ' .
Portland Meeting ;
Several Salem drivers will join
other union members In Portland
today for a - meeting with com
pany official at 1 p.m . accord- .
ing to Paul ll.j Baker, one of . the
Salem delegates. Among others
attending ftom
Arthur G. E3d.
Salem will be
rate in Salem is ,
The basic pay
95 cents an hour for drivers and
it . is Understood Lthey are seeking
an increase to- $1.30. ..
Associated Press- quoted Har- '
old Oathes, the union business
agent in Portland, as saying the
strike, if called tonight, will tic
up city .transportation in Port
land, Salem and Eugene and
would affect bus service between
Portland "and the coast, between
coast points and between other
upstate !. Oregon cities. . .
Shop Men Ala
Shop men as well as drivers
are prepared to strike, with the
total workers i involved estimated
at 300. j i . - ,
The union's demand as reported
by Associated Press is for In
crease in pay to either $1.40 an
hour or Gk cents a mile, which
ever is higher, it was understood
locally, however, that the mileage
rate could apply only to intercity
bus drivers. ' -
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Contract Let
For Addition;
Expansion Set
Award of a contract ' for th
100 by 200 foot adition to th
Western Paper Converting com
pany to Ed K.r Viesk? "of Sak nri
was announced Wednesday, by . ;
Lloyd Riches, general, manager..
The new ttructurCi to-be built
next to the present plant on North
Front street, is designed to double
the ' firm's capacity and augment
its line-production system to in- .
elude all kinds of personal fta
tionery papetries, in trade. par
lance. Equipment already has
been obtained and is awaiting in
stallation. , ;
The adition in its compleWd
form is. expected to entail an e
penditure of $100,000. ,
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Lumber Shipment
By Air Scheduled
PORTLAND. Ore, ApriT-3-i.-n
The first lumber cargo believed
shipped in United States by U
will leave Portland Thursday fost
Galveston, Tex, - the : Long-Bell
Lumber company of nearby Long
view, Wash, reported today.
The company said the two and
k half ton cargo of selected parc
els for interior finish will be
shipped by the Flying Tiger line
of National Skyways.
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County, Bank' Benefit
From Unclaimed Money
. Marion '-county and "the Ladd
and Bush bank here apparently
are $6 richer each today.
. The bank , reported to County
Clerk Harlan fudd Wednesday
that $12 In bills found recently
in the bank lobby remained un
claimed. According to statute,
money found inja public building;
is divided equally between thm
finder and the
fund.
county general
Z1IUKOV MAY ! STEP OUT i
BERLIN, April 3 -"P- Ameri
can authorities j have been . told
that Marshal Georgi K. Zhukcr
soon will relinquish his position .
as chief of the i Russian zonefef
occupation in ' Germany, an io
thoritative source said today. ;
Weather
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