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One of the best of the warbooks
u lUtph Ingersoll's "The Battle
of th Payoff." Ingersoll had been
editor of PM in New York, and
when his draft board rfused to
defer him he entered the service
as private and attained the rank
of captain by the time of the
fighting in North Africa. His book
gave a fine description of troops
on the eve of attack and of the
progress of action. It was per
sonalised and graphic, giving one
a clear picture of the soldier'
life in combat.
From North Africa, Ingersoll
; went to England preliminary to
the great attack on the continent,
and from captain he roue to the
rank of lieutenant colonel. He
was assigned to duty at the head
quarters of General Bradley, and
hat new book "Top Secret" tells
r . the story of the war as seen from
that station. Instead of being
largely descriptive reporting as
was the former book, "Top Sec
ret" is rather "editorializing " on
. the war management.
Ingersoll is devastating to Gen
eral Montgomery, whose fame
showed steady diminution from
North Africa through Sicily, Italy
to France where he and his com
mand were brakes on the allied
advance. And Ingersoll dont
hesitate to deflate General Eisen
hower as top commander. To him
Bradley Is the great hero of the
war, reversing the old saying that
no mn is a hero to his valet."
Eisenhower is considered
(Continued on editorial page)
Vets Campaign
To 'Save OPA'
By th Associated Press
The American Veterans com
mittee reported demonstrations
throughout the country by 370 of
its 450 chapters, along with oth
er organizations, yesterday on
What it protlairrwd as "Save OPA
day."
Six effigies were hanged from
lampofets in Los Angeles and Hol
lywood with placards reading:
This congressman committed po
litical suicide. He voted against
price control sez AVC."
In Omaha 15 labor and wom
en's groups joined with veterans
In holding a day-long meeting
which they called an anti-inflation
conference. They prepared
petitions to Nebraska's republi
can senators'. Wherry and Butler,
Urging the retention of a strong
OPA.
Citv Council to
9
Consider Budget
First consideration of the new
city budget will be principal busi
ness before the city council Mon
day. The citizens' budget commit
tee will meet with council to ex
amine the recommendations of
the various city departments.
NINETY-SIXTH YEAR
City Recorder Al Mundt and his , entirely due to the serious fire sit
Staff Saturday expected to work j uation of last year," Rogers de
through the weekend in prepar- clared. Increased costs played a
trig copies of the budget recom
mendations which have been sub
mitted in the past two weeks.
Animal Crackers
By WAJ&EN GOODRICH
you don't mind my say
ing, I think you're trying
too hard."
Salem,
Flax Loss
Prospect
Reported
. Spokesman Says
'Hoarded Flax9
Flooding Market
PORTLAND, Ore., May 4-P)-
Oregon flax growers, who boost
ed production for American war
use when import sources were
cut off, face heavy financial loss
because of "dumping of war
hoarded flax" by European na
tions, an Oregon flax industry
spokesman declared here today in
an appeal for protection for the
industry.
Alfred Lentschner, manager of
the Santiam Flax Growers Co
operative, warned the state's 2,
000 flax growers already have
suffered greatly as prices tum
bled from the government guar
antee of 58 cents a pound for
flax fibre to 40 cents and lower.
He reported three of the state's
13 flax processing plants have
shut down and that Oregon grow
ers, who planted two years ago
for this year's crop, have several
hundred tons of flax on which
they are forced to take a finan
cial loss.
He declared eastern mills report
imports from Europe have never
been so heavy and that foreign
producers are getting their price,
paying the duty fees and ocean
tonnage rates and still delivering
flax fibre to the eastern seaboard
at 40 cents a pound.
Fire-Fighting
Demonstration
Slated Monday
E. M. Van Marter, Los Angeles
petroleum fire control expert,
will demonstrate latest methods
in controlling oil and gasoline
fires Monday afternoon at the
state fairgrounds.
Special fire fighting equipment
will be used in the demonstra
tions accompanying his safety lec
tures in the four-hour program,
it was announced Saturday by L.
E. Greenwood, local manager for
Union Oil Co.
Greenwood said city and vol
unteer firemen from Salem and
other communities in the mid
Willamette valley, as well as
state officials, have been invited
to witness the program.
Fire Protection
Budget on Rise
Expenditures for forest protec
tion and fire suppression on state
and private lands in Oregon dur
ing 1945 reached an all-time high
of $2,823,892 98, figures released
here Saturday by Nels Rogers,
state forester, disclosed.
This was nearly $900,000 more
than was expended for similar
purposes during 1944.
"This large expenditure was not
major role in the addition.
MacARTIIl R EN CO I' RAGED
TOKYO, Sunday, May 5 -A)
General MacArthur, in the latest
of his periodic reports on the
progress of the occupation, said
today he .saw "encouraging signs"
of success for the allied cam
paign to establish democracy
amid the ruins of a feudalistic
Japan.
PAGES
Leslie Orchestra Takes Top
Rating at Eugene Music Contest
EUGENE, May 4 (JF) "L e s 1 1 e j whining superior rating included:
junior high school of Salem re- ; Gifts' high voice Marilyn Powell,
ceived a Superior rating for its T ' t " -,r- ,
Jane Jeffries, Corvallis. Violin
orchestra at the Northwest Re- 1 soio Myra Walker .Albany; Don
gional High School music festi- j na Jane Macklin, Salem. Percus
val, held today on the University , sion solo Wayne Mercer, Salem,
of Oregon campus. Band ratings French horn solo Barbara. Owens.
included Excellent to Parrish jun
ior high s-l. !, and to Salem high.
I!ie juiuoi high was rated as
Good
la competition yesterday, those
POUNDID 1651
Orecon. Sunday Morning, May
Truman Report on Coal Strike
Causes Conjecture on Seizure
WASHINGTON, May 4 -(A)
President Truman issued a re
port today calling the effects of
the coal strike a "national dis
aster" and warning that its full
impact has only "barely begun"
to be felt.
The report came as the sen
ate rang with demand's for gov
ernment action and. denuncia
tion of John L. Lewis. -Whether
it was designed to lay a basis
for government seizure of the
struck mines became? immed
iately a matter for conjecture.
Presidential Secretary Charles
G. Ross said Mr. Truman re
leased it because he desires
that "the public should have
full information as to the ser
iousness of the situation."
The report came amid these
other developments:
County Budget
Tentatively Set
Within Limits
A tentative tax levy within the
6 per cept limitation by , $272.54
will be set when the Marion coun
ty budget committee meets Mon
day. The total estimated levy is
set at $857,642 as compared with
the $857,914 actually allowed un
der the limitation.
The tentative budget U $48,288
over the $809,353 actually levied
Jast year.
The. budget shows a total esti
mated requirement of $1,568,111
which includes $196,000 for old
age pension, $1949 for school li
brary, $194,940 for county school
fund, $176,846 for roads and high
way fund and $516,285 for the
general fund.
Expendable surplus of $360,000
and miscellaneous revenue re
ceipts of $350,469 make up the gap
between the total requirement and
levy.
Jobless Pay
Checks Drop
Of the $14,038,067 paid out by
the Oregon unemployment com
pensation commission in the first
four months of 1946, nearly as
much as Was paid in the past six
years, $643,266 went to Marion
county's jobless, the commission
reported Saturday.
The April state payments were
$2,581,318, a reduction of 9.9 per
cent from the all-time March
peak, while veterans allowances
last month totaled $1,015,299, a
decrease of 17.2 per cent' from
another March high.
A big drop is not expected un
til about 15,000 more claimants
exhaust their benefit rights late
in the month and until additional
seasonal jobs become available.
Cliainpoeg Fete
Scheduled Today
Sons and Daughters of Oregon
Pioneers, celebrating their 100th
anniversary at Champoeg park
today, will hear Dr. Burt Brown
Barker deliver an address, fol
lowing a picnic lunch.
The event is the 103d anniver
sary of government in the Oregon
country and the centennial year
of the territory's northern bound
ary. The Champoeg meeting of
May 2, 1843, established a pro
visional government for the earl
iest settler?.
The question of its northern
boundary was ettled in 1846.
Salem. Saxaphone solo .Lucien
Sprague, Albany. Oboe solp
Bobby Bain. Salem. Martmbfr
Wayne Mercer, Salem. Freich
horn quartet Salem.,
5. 1946
1. Senator Lucas (D-Ill) de
manded -that the government
seize the soft coal mines "unless
John L. Lewis bows to reason.'
2. The Railway Express Ag
ency, Inc., announced it would
embargo all express shipments
of materials covered by the
freight embargo effective May
10.
3. The negotiations between
Lewis and the operators which
the government has been trying
to keep alive were recessed,
still in a deadlock, until Mon
day morning after a brief ses
siori.
4. The solid fuels administra
tion reported it is drafting or
ders for still further curtail
ment of home deliveries of
coal, already sharply cut.
Sensational Salem
Senators Capture
Ninth StraightWin
Salem's red hot Senator
baseball team, still unscathed
In Western International league
play, last night won its ninth
consecutive game of the sea
son, a 12-0 rout of the visiting
Spokane Indians. It was the
fifth straight victory for the
team at Waters park.
Ed Kowalski, righthander,
won his third consecutive game
and allowed three hits.
The series with Spokane
closes today with a 1:30 p.m.
doubleheader at the park. Lee
Failin and Claude Janeway
have been nominated to pitch
for Salem. Manager Frisco Ed
wards' unstopped team hits the
road Tuesday of this week for
series in Wenatcheeand Spo
kane. (Additional details on the
sports page.)
Byrnes Proposes
Europe Plebescite
PARIS, May 4-Jp)-V.S. Secre
tary of State James F. Byrnes to
night proposed holding a plebis
cite in the "no man's land" be
tween boundaries projected by
the Americans and Russians to
settle the Italian-Yugoslav border
dispute, an American source re
ported. He was opposed by the soviet
and British foreign ministers,
who said any plebiscite should
cover the entire area claimed by
both Italy and Yugoslavia.
GOP Would Curb
Radio Propaganda
WASHINGTON, May 4 -JP)
House republicans disclosed pri
vately today they are consider
ing drafting legislation to curb
what they call "radio propaganda
by bureaucrats and commentat
ors with a cause."
But informal conferences al
ready have been held prepara
tory to writing a bill for submis
sion to the commerce committee.
In addition to providing for
regulation of what may be said
over the radio, the proposed legis
lation would curb the powers of
the federal communications com
mission. Woodlmrn Promised
Highway Improvements
WOODBURN, May 4 -(Special)
Widening of the highway .alont;
the east side of town is assured.
Dr. Gerald B. Smith has been
notified by C. B. McCullough.
assistant state highway engineer.
"We contemplate spending
about $75,000, widening section
to full street width with curbs,
gutters and storm sewers," Mc
Cullough wrote.
Plans are for highway improve
ment from the milroad tracks,
Cleveland street, north to Lincoln
street. If funds are available and
traffic conditions demand, im
provement m;iy be extended north
to the city limits.
No. 34
Iran Said
Evacuated
By Soviet
Newsmen Invited
To Visit 'Free9
Province
By Joseph C. Goodwin
TEHRAN, May 4 - (vP) - Army
and police officials said today that
all of Iran had been evacuated
by the Russians, but Prince Mo-
zaffar Firouz, director of propa
ganda, described the soviet exodus
from contentious Azerbaijan prov
ince as "almost" complete.
An Iranian general staff officer
declared "all Iran has been evac
uated by the red army" and gen
darmerie officials made similar
statements.
Firouz said "Azerbaijan is al
most completely evacuated, and
added he saw no reasons why cor
respondents should not visit the
province after Monday the dead
line set in the Soviet - Iranian
agreement for the complete re
moval of Russian troops from the
country. Russian officials have re
fused permission to foreign cor
respondents to enter the province.
Allan Bynon
Succumbs to
Heart Attack
(Picture on page 2)
Allan A. Bynon, Portland at
torney widely known here as a
prominent former state senator.
died Saturday of a heart attack
while recuperating from an ill
ness at -his Agate Beach summer
home. He was 50
He represented Multnomah
county in the state legislature
from 1928 until 1932 in the house
and from 1932 until 1936 in the
senate. He served as legal ad
visor to Charles A. Sprague dur
ing his term as governor.
Bynon, a native of Portland,
attended Salem high school and
Willamette university law school,
and practiced law here prior to
World war I, in which he served
overseas. He had also attended
University of Oregon.
Funeral arrangements are be
ing made in Portland.
(Additional details on page 2)
British Loan
Vote Tuesday
WASHINGTON. May 4 - (A) -
The administration moved today
for a senate showdown on the be-
leaguered British loan bill with
a bipartisan "cloture" petition
automatically forcing a vote at 1
p m. (EST) Tuesday on the ques
tion of limiting debate."
This move came as one high
administration leader told report
ers he thought the loan bill would
pass the senate by a margin of
12 to 18 provided all amendments
can be defeated. He said, how
ever, that even the administration
has been unable to .make an ac
curate poll on the measure.
Vet Meets English
Bride in Portland
PORTLAND. Ore., May A-iJT)-
Don Addison, Silverton, a Salem
cabinet maker, greeted his Brit
ish war bride, Jean, and his 11-month-old
daughter, Carol Ann,
here today.
Addison returned to America
in February after 21 months over
seas with the 8th air force.
ROADS UNCHANGED
Road conditions in Oregon con
tinued favorable Saturday, R. 11.
Baldock, state highway engineer,
reported.
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Portland .. - 70
Seattle . . Wl
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SAN FRANCISCO. May 4 The
two guards killed In the Alca
tras mutiny were (top) William
A. Miller, who died shortly aft
er the plctare was taken show
lng him being carried off the
Island, and (bottom) Harold P.
Slit, hero of several eat breaks
en the "Rock, who leaves a
widow and three sons.
Arabs to Ask
Soviet Support
In Palestine
LONDON, May 4-()-Several
Arab groups are reported plan
ning to send a delegation to Mos
cow to ask the Russians to cham
pion their cause in Palestine be
fore the United Nations, an Arab
league spokesman said today in
Cairo.
The Arab delegation would not
k .th R"8sAan,t? hg
United Nations, but would also
I -Wa ap V a A I In l 4 y-v S 0 -
request the Soviet Union to " sup
port the Arabs in Palestine against
the British-American report," the
spokesman said, quoting Palestine
reports.
Reply Due to
Bus Union Plan
PORTLAND. Ore., May 4-P)-
The Oregon Motor Stages is ex
pected to reply Monday to union
proposals for settlement of the
month-old strike.
Meanwhile the North Tillamook
chamber of commerce appealed to
the company and the union to end
the bus tie-up which has halted
over-the-road service between
many points along the north Ore-
on roast, between Portland and
coastal and valley cities, and has
h"t down the transportation sys
terns in Salem and Eugene.
TEACHERS TO MEET
PORTLAND, May 4 -A spe
cial teachers meeting has been
called for Monday here, and after
noon classes will be cancelled. An
nouncement came after Governor
Snell refused to convene the legis
lature to enable a Portland elec
tion of a school tax levy.
Brooks. Kingwood Place First
In Men's Garden
: By Llllie L. Madsen
Staff Writer. The Statesman
Brooks and Kingwood Garden
clubs placed first in club entries
at the Salem Men's Garden club
Spring show which opened Sat
urday afternoon and will close
this evening at 8 p.m. The show
is being held at the YMCA.
Brooks took the blue in the
horticulture division and King
wood in arrangement. Salem
Heights placed second and Gaity
Hill third in arrangement and Sa
lem Camellia and Rhododendron
society second, and Lansing
Neighbors third In the horticul
ture division.
Approximately 1200 visitors
viewed the 225 entries Saturday.
K T -i n u mrr or vrvtfkfjH irwlav
ine 1'oriiand Men s uaraen ciuo.
.Kh In hflvmc its own lllOW this
week, placed a uon-competitive
E
scape
By Harold
INSIDE ALCATRAZ,
riot, in which five men died
hour gun bailie, was staged
convicts' hands.
It ended today with the
S T-l iL. . I -
Kuiraivrs. iiirec oi ine convicts were oraa wiinin ineir tsiana
stronghold. Two guards were shot in cold blood by the frea-
zied men, pounded with rifle and grenade fire. -
These are the outstanding
gation as tolrk tonight by Warden James A. Johnston with
T-,' i :n ii l : - j a '
uirecior 01 rriaons wames v.: oenneu ai rus Mae 10 nam j.
Here in chronological sequence is the story:
Sometime before 2:30 p.m. Thursday the spectacular but quickly
foiled plot was jset to go into motion.
The scene was the only cell
Francisco bay. On each end of the large building Is a gun gallery.
Each gallery has upper and j lower tiers.
Between these galleries are
other side of the gallery opposite
than 250 convicts.
Prison Guard Enters Gun 'Gallery
The opening of the real life
gun gallery opposite a cell block.
Burch. This gajlery is barred off
entry door except from outside the
a 30.06 Springfield rifle and a .45
some gas weapdns known as gas
The opportune moment came
gun gallery. At! the opposite end.
ber, with a plumbing bar presumably taken from a radiator, grasped
the bars and started climbing. Near the top of the gun gallery the bars
curve into the vall. It is a well known fact that where bars curve
they are the weakest.
Coy got on lop this curve and
seven inches. He. then slipped down from the top tier of the gallery,
met the surprised Burch as he was returning and knocSed hrm cold.
taking his weapons.
Coy. whose; opportunity was
orderly cleaning out the cell block
the rifle, the pistol, the gas grenades and some gas masks.
Coy kept toe rifle and it was
found today at the end of the siege. Coy also stripped Burch" coat
and donned it l
Joseph Creuer, convicted murderer and Coy's accomplice, got tbo
pistol and had it until he died.
Convicts Had 71 Rounds
The entire Ammunition available to the convicts throughout th
siege consisted of 50 rounds for the
Earlier reports that the convicts actually got Into a gun room
were erroneous.
Federal Prison Director James
A. Johnston announced that the last of the conspirators w?re taken
into custody when the three ringleaders Cretzer. Coy and Marvin
Hubbard were found dead and
gators landed on the island this afternoon to begin an investigation,
Deasy said the death sentence; would be demanded for all who ara
indicted by the federal grand jury as result of the investigation.
Prison officials did not indicate the number involved in the
mutiny, but included Mi ran Edgar Thompson, Texas murderer and
kidnaper and Sam Shockley, Oklahoma bank robber among the list
of the leaders.
Parish to Study
Plan for Church
Plans for replacing the 57-year-
old St. Joseph j Catholic church.
North Cottage! at ' Chemeketa
street, will be considered at a
parish meeting St 7:45 tonight; at
parish hall. An immediate cam
paign to obtain donations and
pledges of $100,000. to be added
to the present building fund, has
been recommended by a commit
tee of 27 men in letters sent all
members of the parish this week.
Police to Check
For Car Safety
i
Oregon state police, traffic law
enforcement officers, sheriffs and
11 other peace officers in Oregon
will participate j in the national
police safety weejk check program,
starting Wednesday, May 15. Sec
retary of State Robert S. Farrell,
jr., announced Saturday.
The law enforcement officers
will conduct a safety check on all
motor vehicles stopped during
routine law enforcement activities.
The check will onsist of an in
spection of tires, brakes, lights,
horn and other equipment.
, h . :
Club Show
display at the Salem show. C. L.
McDonald arranged the local
Men's Garden cltib display which
attracted much I favorable com
ment, as did also the pink dog
wood in its brass container en
tered non-compejtitively by Miss
Elizabeth Lord land Miss Birth
Schryver.
A hoya vine in bloom, entered
by Mrs. J. B. VanCleave, was one
of the most unusual plants on
display. The wild flower collec
tion, especially featuring Lewisi
from the Siskiyous and yellow iris
from coastal and southern Ore
gon areas, proved a favorite.
The show committee includes
Ollie Schendel, Harold deVries
and Al Beckman. Judges were Al
lie Hennagin, Dallas, Mrs. C. O.
Sloper of Independence and Lil
lie L. Madden, Silverton.
(Additional details on page 2)
V. StreeCer
May 4-vT)-The Alcairaz prison
and 14 were wounded in a 36-
with only two firearms in tfct
capture of the last of the c-
1 I !!.! il t M
facts otvihe complete investi
house on the island prison in San
the cell blocks. A. B and C. On the
C is a concrete wall and beyond that
dramatic tragedy centered on the
In that gallery was Guard Bert
from the cell house and has no
building. Burch had two weapon?.
automatic pistoL There also were
"billies."
when Burch was at one end of the
Bernard Coy, Kentucky bank rob
pried the bars apart to a width or
afforded by the fact he was an
passages, thus gained control ef
beside him when his body was
-i
of Ammunition
rifle and 21 rounds for the pistol.
" "
V. Bennett and warden James
their weapons recovered.
9500 Vets to
Dock Today
More than 9500 service veteran
are scheduled to arrive today at
New York and three west coast
ports.
Ships and units arriving:
At New York
Wooster Victory from Le Havre,
army hospital ship Charles A.
Stafford from Bremerhaven.
At Seattle
Marine Swallow from Korea and
Yokohama.
At San Francisco
"General Omar Bundy from Ma
nila. Seat Star from Manila.
At San Diego
Escort carrier Saidor.
Newsmen Refuse
NorblacPs Lunch
WASHINGTON, May 4-(-Rep.
Norblad (R-Ore) reiterated
his charges today that the navy
had "thrown away" good food at
the Astoria, Ore., base and to
prove his point ate a lunch In
the house restaurant frsm food
he said was discarded as "gar
bage." He offered several congressmen
and newsmen a chance to shar
the lunch, but no one accepted.
A navy official said dysentery
had developed after use of some
of the canned food. Norblad said
he believed such reports were
"untrue."
CHINA RLD6 TAKE LOSSES
MUKDEN, May 4 -tV The
Chinese government asserted to
day it had smashed a surprise
"offensive" aimed at Mukden by
60,000 communist troops, who
were turned back with more than
500 casualties.
STATE PILOTS DOUBLED
PORTLAND, Ore, May A-ir-The
number of certified pilctt
and airplanes in Oregon has
more than doubled since 1944. a
civil aeronautics administration
survey showed today.
LAKE TO OPEN JUNE 1$
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore.. May
4-P)-Tourists may get accom
modations at Crater lake start
ing June- 15, Charles W. Frock,
manager of the National Park
company, said today.