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NINETY -SXTH
YEAR
20 PAGES
Salem, Oregon. Sunday Morning. April 28. 1946
Price 5c
No. 28
All on a bright spring day A.
L. Green wait, president, and
Walter Meacham, secretary, of
the Oregon branch of the Amer
ican Pioneer Trails association
act -out through southern Oregon
to stimulate interest in the mark
ing of the "Applegate Trail"
which! first was opened as an
immigrant route just 100 years
ago. Llf went well until they
reached Klamath Falls in whose
vicinity such trail-blazers as
John C Fremont had camped and
Bear which the 1848 route pass
ed. There the Portlanders found
themselves involved in historical
argument. Led by Mrs. Buena
Stone the local historians de
' nounced the name selected for
the marking, claiming that tince
the Oregon legislature in 1847
; passed an act to improve the
"southern route- that title be
. came Its official designation. And
Senator Marshall Cornett, from
Kentucky (1121 immigration)
took a stand for historical accur
acy and "southern route.'
' News of the new Modoc up
" rising provoked the usual re
sponse on the opposite side of
the Cascade. The Grants Pass
Cavemen grabbed their war clubs
in defense of the Applegate name
and the Medford Mail-Tribune
editorialized that "southern route"
didn't mean anything, that
"southern' was so common it ap
pears even on boxcars, and that
"Applegate' should appear on
the road-markers. I have no doubt
however that as soon as Senator
Oaghorn hears about the dispute
he will insist on "southern route."
Singular indeed, that after a
umu lie wshv ----gg
tkn should
(Continued on editorial page)
Australia U.N.
Delegate Quits;
Reds
Adamant
NEW YARK, April 27-(V
Australia's ! peppery delegate, Lt.
CoL William R. Hodgson, an
, nounced late today he was with
drawing from the United Nations
Security'. council, because of the
Illness in Paris of his wife and
thas his successor at the " council
table would carry on his policies
without any change.
Hodgson, the prime mover tor
unanimous solution of the Span
ish deadlock In the council and
long a proponent of full docu
mentation on every case before
the council, said he would leave
by pi me for Paris Monday morn-
Hodgson will be succeeded 'by
Paul Hasluck, counsellor in charge
of Australia's permanent mission
at the United Nations headquar
ters. The Australian's announcement
was made as Mexico took the
lead in seeking a solution of the
Spanish crisis in the council but
every move ran against the stern
- Russian opposition to any invest
igation of Franco Spain.
Roxas Claims )
Island Victor'
MANILA, Sunday, April 2&-if)
With the counting ' two-thirds
completed, Manuel A. Roxas held
m lead of 132,402 votes over In
cumbent Sergio Osmena in the
race for presidency of the Philip
pines republic, the official tabu
lation showed at noon today.
Roxas had 1,043,30? votes, Os
meria 910,965. Roxas claimed vic
tory and began choosing a cabi
net. TO CELEBRATE CENTENNIAL
CUAMPOEG, April 27-()-The
centennial of the 1848 treaty
which set the Canada-U. S. fron
tier will be celebrated here May
by the Sons and Daughters of
Oregon Pioneers.
Animal Craclccrs
By WARREN GOODRICH
"Would you mind changing
places tvilh me, Bessie
jan! stand riding back'
wards!"
Spring Marries Fall
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HOUSTON, Wfe, April Z7 Newlyweds W. T. Satton, 74. and his
lf-year-old bride, Vlnaie, spend a quiet evening together In the
living room 'ef their five-room farm home. Vlnnle, dressed in her
weddiag drea, praetlees en the new guitar that was a wedding gift
from her hnabajid. , (AP Wlrepheto to The Oregon SUtesman)
'Flying Wing' Latest A AF
Plane, Dwarfs Superfprt
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LOS ANGELES, April 27-( The army air for pes removed of
ficial secrecy today from its flying wing bomber, thi XB-35, a radical
design which dwarfs the B-29 and has an announced, rangt about
one-fourth greater than the world's distance record.
The bomber was designed and built by Northrop Aircraft, Inc.,
at HawthorneijCalif. It is expec
ted to fly in ahort time.
The XB-35 ? is shaped like a
colossal boomerang, with no fuse
lage or exposed engine nacelles.
Crew, engines, fuel and armanent
are housed inside the wing. Crew
quarters are pressurized
The plane spans 172 feet and has
a center widthpf 37 feet 6 inches.
Although its normal gross load
is 162,000 pounds, lt is designed
to fly with an Overload up to 209,
000 pounds, j
(By comparison," tne B-29 super-
fortress has a wingspan of 141
feet and is 99 feet long. Its normal
gross weight is around 135,000
pounds and its overload weight
140,000 poundi)
The only performance data on
the XB-35 wicK the AAF re
leased was itj $-ange or more than
10,000 miles. This compares with
the world distance record of 8198
miles set with a B-29 last No
vember. Jaycees Extend
Cancer Drive
Following the lead of other Ore
gon clubs, the 5alem Junior Cham
ber of Commerce has announced
the continuation of the American
Cancer Society drive beyond their
previous deadline of May 1.
With many' organizations and
sections yet t4 be contacted, the
new termination date for the cam
paign has been tentatively set at
May 15.
Latest tabulation of cancer drive
collections totals $1800 toward
their $5000 county goal.
Suburban jLines
To Operaf Today
The Suburban Bus lines will
run an hourly schedule on both the
State street and Chemawa routes,
today, D. E. Wyatt, operator, an
nounced last night. Service on the
Chemawa runfwill begin at 8 am.
and continue intil midnight State
street service h will commence at
8:30 a.m.
Temperance Paper Revived as
Use of Grain in
By D. ttarold Oliver
WASHINGTON, April 27 -A)
The weekly t'clipsheet" of the
Methodist boajd of temperance,
which promoted the cause of pro
hibition for years but was aban
doned in 1933, reappeared today
with a declaration that repeal
"settled no jf oblem."
"The time has come," wrote
Deets Picket, i 60-year-old editor,
"for thav probm and the present
policies of dealing with that prob
lem to be reviewed. No harm can
be done and much good may re
sult from the discovery and pub
lication of the facts."
Asserting the "remedy" the
board advocates at this time is
"knowledge and understanding,"
Picket continued:
"The people have a right to
know why there is so much drun
kenness, so niuch drunken driv
ing, so much crime, so much juve-
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Hayden Files
Suit Against
Rep. Cushman
Quo-warranto proceedings, pre
pared by: District Attorhef Miller
B. Hayden, were filed Saturday
in circuit court tucking the right
of Earl H. Hill, Cushman, to serve
both as t member, of the house
of representatives and of the state
fish commission coai currently.
A similar suit vat filed 10 days
ago against Merle Chessman,. As
toria, and a third suit wiH be
filed later against W. H. Strayer
of Bakr, Hayden said. Chessman
is serving as itate senator and
member ; of the state highway
commission, and Strayer s serv
ing as state senator and member
of the state board of geology and
mineral Industries. '
Hayden contends that it is a
violation of the state constitution
to serve both is a legislative and
administrative (capacity fat the
same' time. Suits , against Chess
man and Hill were f iled originally
here by Sheldon F- Sack ett. Coos
Bay newspaper publisher, but
Circuit Judge George Duncan
held that he was Without author
ity to sue.
Salem May Vote
On Annexation
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Annexation of several .districts
to the city of Salem may be de
cided in a special election July
19, it was indicated Saturday
when Alderman James A. Byers,
chairman of the committee on an
nexation, said that date Would be
recommended to the city' council
at its May 6 meeting.
Several petition; for Annexa
tion to the city have been re
ceived by the icouncu in recent
months and the; engineering work
to define accurately the districts
has been in progress.
Liq
uor
nile delinquency why alcohol
has become our 'fourth greatest
health problemf."
The "Clipsheft first appeared
in 1913 when ihe board of tem
perance of the Methodist church
was known as the temperance
society. It later became the board
of temperance prohibition and
public morals. !
Picket told a reporter there "is
a tremendous increase in interest
in local option now, especially
in the south." f
Revival of the church paper
coincides with j demands by sev
eral congressmen that grain allo
cations to distillers and brewers
be reduced or halted. Bep. Voorhis
(D-Galif) . urged tonight a com
plete stoppage 1 of production of
distilled liquor! for the next 90
to 120 days "i we re really to
do everything j that we I can to
feed the starving."
Rapped
4
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Special
Session
Sought
Portland School
Board to Ask
Snell to Act
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PORTLAND, April 27-(-The
Portland school board announced
today it would formally ask for
a special state legislative session
to revise a 1937 law to allow an
election for a proposed $1,700,000
school tax levy here.
Director S. Eugene Allen said
Grant Anderson, the boards at
torney, would file a brief before
Tuesday with Governor Snell re
questing the action. The supreme
court ruled 4 to 2 that under the
1937 measure, the Multnomah
county registrar of elections does
not have authority to conduct the
special election here.
Allen said Governor Snell at
tended today's star chamber board
session but said he would make
no decision on the plea until he
has studied the board's brief.
Deprived of Election
At an earlier emergency board
meeting today, Anderson declar
ed a special session is the only
way to solve the school district's
financial crisis. "The four to two
decision of the court . , . implies
that under the 1937 law, the dis
trict has no right to call its own
election," he reported.
Speculation was rife among
state officials here Saturday as to
what action Gov. Earl Snell will
take in connection with requests
for a special legislative session to
straighten out the financial tan
gle in the Portland school district,
Probably Reluctant
Most officials said the gover
nor probably would be reluctant
to. call the legislature into spe
cial session because of the cost
and the fact that there is no law
in Oregon under which he can
restrict the topics for consider
ation. Coal Strike to
Cut Production
WASHINGTON, April 27 -Industry
in March made its great
est gains since VJ-Day, the civil
ian production administration re
ported tonight, but April will
show a slump because of the coal
strike.
March progress showed up not
only in goods but in Jobs, said
the monthly repor of OPA Ad
ministrator John D. Small. It add
ed that "civilian employment
moved sharply upward for the
first time since the end of the
war."
Paralyzed Pilot to
Display Prowess
ALBANY, April 27 (Special)
Jim Lund, northwest representa
tive for the Aercoupe company
landed here Friday to pick up
Bert Kraber, who is to do dem
onstration flying in Portland.
Kraber, who has been paralyzed
from the waste down since he
had an attack of infantile paral
ysis at 13 years, recently received
his private pilot's license. Kraber
flies an Aercoupe plane that does
not have the usual foot rudder
controls.
He first won fame by building
a hand operated pushmobile which
he took to the San Francisco Fair
iri1940.
Drivers Promised
Good Weatlier, Roads
Favorable weather and high
way conditions are expected for
today, although the local weather
station states that increasing
cloudiness this evening may lead
to light rain.
It is expected to be warmer to
day than yesterday. The state
highway engineer reports that the
only highway not normal today
is the South Santiam, with a
short section restricted to oner
way traffic.
HANNEGAN INVITED .
QUANTICO, Va, April 27-4V
Presideni- Truman today invited
Robert E. Hannegan to join him
aboard the Williamsburg tomor
row, stirring speculation that he
may decide soon on supreme
court and other vacancies which
he must 'fill.
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State to Investigate Employed!
Persons Getting Jobless Fay
By Conrad Prange
Staff Writer, The Statesman
A series of investigations of
the increasing number of em
ployed persons who continue to
draw unemployment compensa
tion is being conducted by the
state unemployment compensa
tion commission.
Because of increased unem
ployment conditions this prac
tice has become quite prevalent
throughout the state but espec
ially in the areas of the larger
cities, a commission spokesman
said Saturday.
In the Salem area the great
Chiang Takes
Part in Manehu
Negotiations
CHUNGKING, April 27--Generalissimo
Chiang Kai-shek
took a personal hand today in ne
gotiations to end armed conflict in
Manchuria, and a communist
spokesman said a truce might
come by Monday.
The generalissimo hurried back
from a flying visit to Chengtu,
Szechwan province capital north
west of Chungking, and conferred
at once with General Marshall,
special U.S. envoy.
Chiang brushed aside his usual
procedure of acting through a rep
resentative in an obvious effort to
reach some sort of agreement to
halt the fighting before the capi
tal is moved to Nanking.
Marshall likewise was active
throughout the day, meeting at
length with Gen. Chou En-Lai, the
communist negotiator, and repre
sentatives of the democratic
league, which is trying to mediate
the dispute.
An Echo of the
Past Arrives
An Autograph
And here is the coincidence of
the week:
A young stranger in civilian
clothes a few days ago ate dinner
at The Hut, a cafe on Chemeketa
near Front street. In presenting a
Sl-bill in payment he remarked:
This has writing on it; Is it
all right?"
The cafe operator, Mrs. Eva
Van Vleck, looked at it closely,
noticed it was an Hawaiian issue,
then said slowly:
-Well, whether it's all right or
not, it has my brother's name on
it, in his own handwriting. Ill
keep it."
The inked name, with three
other signatures, was that of
Floyd Mulcrone, bos'n's mate 1c,
son of Mrs. Mary Mulcrone of
872 Highland.
Floyd Mulcrone was drowned
in the capsizing of a small motor
launch off lonely French Frigate
islands northwest of Pearl Har
bor last January .
Cline Gets 9 to 126
Year Sentence
SAN FRANCISCO, April 27-(P)
Alfred L. Cline, 57, in whose com
pany a series of elderly women
died mysteriously, today got the
limit of the law. an indeterminate
9 -to-126 year sentence as a
convicted forger.
He took it stoically, without
visible change of expression on
his wide, white face.
Branding him a "one man crime,
Inc.," Superior Judge Herbert C.
Kaufman decreed Cline should
serve separate sentences on each
of nine forgery counts.
VETS GET 10 PLOT OF LAND
BEACHWOOD, NJ., April 27
(if1) -This small community paid
tribute to its servicemen tonight
by distributing to 80 veterans
checks of $1000 each and plots
of land 80 by 100 feet.
MEDICAL SCHOOL FULL
PORTLAND, April 27-iVThe
University of Oregon Medical
school's quota of 75 students for
fall term is full. Dean David W.
E. Baird announced today.
SNOW IN NEW YORK
ALBANY, N. Y., April 27
A mid-spring snowfall descended
on most of New York state today
with drifts piling as high as 18
inches near Syracuse.
0E
est abuse comes from part-time
farm laborers, especially in local
hop yards, he declared. As agri
cultural work . does not come
under the state unemployment
compensation laws, it is diffi
cult to check on the offenders.
Local cases of this nature now
being investigated will be turn
ed over to the authorities for
prosecution, if the facts war
rant, the spokesman said. ;
According to law the commis
sion can disqualify anyone who
misrepresents facts from pay
ment benefits for a period of
26 weeks. If it is found that
checks actually have been re
Eager Beaver
Appreciates Gift
MAYFIELD, Idaho, April 27-(P)-M.
Magnussen noted a bea
ver constructing a dam between
the steep banks of a stream
he knew would soon dry up.
In a gesture of kindness, he
placed a ladder so the animal
could climb lout in case he be
came stranded.
When Magnussen returned
the next day he found the beav
er had chewed the ladder apart
and was using it to continue
building the dam.
Toledo Man
Hurt in Crash
South of Salem
John Edward DeBu&k, Toledo,
was in very critical condition at
Salem Deaconess hospital early
Sunday. He incurred a crushed
chest and a fractured skull Sat
urday afternoon- when a car in
which he was riding collided with
another and rolled over an em
bankment about eight miles south
of Salem on highway 99.
Emory Coll, Eugene, driver of
the car In which DeBusk was
riding. Is held in the county; Jail
in lieu of $2000 bail on a charge
of reckless driving.
Driver of the other car, Judson
West, 472 N. 24th st., was : not
injured, according to state police.
Motorists Set
Speed Record
The average speed of Oregon
motorists during the first four
months of 1946, as checked by the
state highway department, was
51.3 miles an hour, highest in the
history of the state. Secretary of
State Robert S. Frrell, Jr.,: re
ported Saturday,
The previous high average
speed was in 1941 when lt reach
ed 48.5 miles an hour. Traffic
deaths for 1946 are approximately
45 per cent higher than in 1941.
Vet Transit Deal
Gains Strength
MA hopeless deadlock" is the
way Mayor 1. M. Dough ton
summed up the second Oregon
Motor Stages strike conciliation
efforts upon his return from the
Portland meeting.
It appeared likely that the
newly organized Veterans' Tran
sit association will now lease the
Salem and Eugene buses from
Oregon Motor Stages and open
city service in both places, as
announced last week.
State Criticized for Decreasing
Grant to County Health Office
Marion County Judge Grant
Murphy Saturday criticized Dr.
Harold M. Eri?kon, state health
officer, for picking the present
time to cut the state's share in
expenses of the local health de
partment from the usual 20 per
cent to 15 per cent.
This Is the most Inopportune
time of any part of the year to
have rendered a decision which
so vitally affects the program for
the entire Incoming fiscal year,"
Judge Murphy stated In a letter
to Dr. Erickson.
Many units such as cities and
school districts which participate
with the Marion county health
program have already drawn up
their budgets, the judge said. It
E)
ceived fraudulently, however,
criminal action may be taken.
Employers also share in the
responsibility, and if it can be
proved that an employer col
laborated in the offense in any
way he too can be held liable
whether he belongs to the com
pensation system or not, it was
stated.
A person may draw compen
sation and work on the side,
provided he does not earn more
than SIS per week. He may earn
$2 per week and still collect,
but if he earns more than $2
per week then that amount is
deducted from his weekly check.
Italy Granted
Small Fleet,
Rest Divided
PARIS, April 27-;p)-The for
eign ministers conference agreed
tonight to leave Italy a basic naval
fleet and to divide the remainder
among the four major powers af
ter satisfying claims of Yugo
slavia and Greece for ; warships,
authoritative reports said. !
The ministers of the United
States, Britain, France and Russia
reached an accord on broad gen
eral proportions of the division in
a three-hour meeting in which
Russia retreated from a previous
demand for a third of the fleet,
these reports said.
Precise details were not set
tled at the meeting, the third thus
far in the historic conference and
said to have been the most cheer
ful to date.
Part of the session was given
over to a discussion of the French-
Italian frontier modifications, but
no agreement was reached on any
of the proposals.
Bear Gets Hot
Reception in
Portland Visit
PORTLAND, Ore, April 27-P)
A 300-pound wild beae led a
score of police and startled resi
dents on a two and a half hour
hide-and-seek game today and
the bear lost.
The black bruin was first spot
ted lumbering down an East
Portland street after dawn this
morning. Police were called.
While sleepy folk poked tousled
heads onto porches to ask what
the fuss was about, the round-up
started. The bear vanished behind
houses and into lots; reappeared
again a : block away.
Gene Teague, a neighborhood
resident, finally drew a bead j on
the bear as lt blundered through
a wooded tract. Then Patrolman
R. A. Jensen delivered the final
bullet
Zoo Director Arthur M. Green
hall said the bear had not lived
in captivity, and might have es
caped from the woods near Esta
cada. One family In the neigh
borhood reported their small son
had complained he was "chased
by a bear" but they put it down
to imagination. j
HOW NOW BROWN COW?
ISLE OF WIGHT, April 27-(P)
Sir Hanson Rowbotham's favor
ite red poll cow is dead. Grazing
in the lush pastures of Wellow
farm, she was bitten on the udder
by an adder.
would be "physically Impossible"
to go back to these agencies and
have them revise their budgets to
meet the deficit, he added.
The proposed county budget
contains an increase of about $10,
000 over last year, he said. If the
state's five per cent j depletion,
which will amount to about $3000,
goes through, the county -will
have a load It cannot bear In Jus
tice to Its other responsibilities.
Dr. Erickson, in his notification
of the proposed fund slash, said
it was due to curtailment of cer
tain war emergency measure plus
extension of health service to the
counties needing financial assist-
Am
erican
Plans
Get
Setback
U.S. Deprived of
Key Positions in
Defense System
By John If. nightewer
WASHINGTON, April 27 -(J)
American plans for1 an elaborate
system of off-shore defenses met
a sharp reverse tonight when
Prime Minister Olafur Thors of
Iceland declared his government
could not grant the (United States
air base rights on that strategic
island. j
A base on Iceland, which fs on
the direct air route between
Washington and Moscow, is oVie
of the key potations of the de
fense system slowly bein devel
oped in cooperation! between the
state, war and navy departments.
The system is designed both for
the security of the United States
and to tie in with! international
security arrangements yet to be
completed by the United Nations
security council. j
Tjiors, now Involved in an Ice
landic political campaign, spoke
on a broadcast to his island na
tion tonight after the state de
partment had released earlier in
tne day a review S its base pro
posal. This slowed that the Unit
ed States haa asked for air base
facilities last October, at the same
time promising Iceland support
for membership in the United
Nations which, whenf necessary,
would have access; td the pro
posed base. I ! '
Iceland's reply in November
virtually ignored the base pro
posal but indicated a desire to
take up the UN membership
question.
Since that time the American
base issue with j Iceland- but
neither does it regard the subject
as closed, according to the best
information available here.
Suburban City
Being Built
PORTLAND, April 27 -()- A
new suburban city of 2000 homes
called "Cedar Hills? wiU be built
in the Tualatin valley six miles
west of here and will have an
ultimate estimated Value of $23,
000,000, two Portland firms an
nounced today. j
Commonwealth, Inc., and the
Equitable Savings and Loan as
sociation said construction of the
first 50 already is under way.
The project will include a shop
ping area, schools and churches.
The first SO homes will be in
the $10,000 price bracket and the
next 400 in the $7000-$8000 range,
the companies said. Plans call for
25 miles of hard surfaced streets,
a complete sewage system and ail
public utilities. j
Pension Sought for
Hospitalized Vets
WASHINGTON, (April 27--Warren
H. Atherton, chairman of
the republican Veterans league,
today challenged the administra
tion to act on republican measures
to restore full pension rights to
single veterans while hospital
ized. 1
Atherton said the league "asks
whether the , new deal will dare
to continue to block this legisla
tion and thus continue the mis-
araKIa rti44nA 0 tOft ve snMw
asswiv pit teas j v va pv frrc cuvii til
(66 cents a day) to hospitalized
veterans without dependents and
with service-connected disabil
ity." . " .! .
Oregon I-oses No Sleep
Over Daylight Savin
Although residents of six 'east
ern states and parts of 19 others
lost an hour's sleep last night,
when daylight saving time caus
ed clocks to be set ahead an hour,
Salem residents had their full
sleep. Oregon remains on stan
dard time.
Our Senators
WON
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