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Of tho bU2 of Concord in
1771 Emerson wrote:
"llorc one tho embattled farm
rs sted-'wl
And lured th ahot hoard round
- th world."
Of that aama day Carlyl wrote:
luooaty. tho extreme unction-day
of feudalism.
So It was. The American revolu
tion of 177S-83 released new po
litical force whose impulse was
felt round the civilized world.
Echoes of tho firing at Lexington
and Concord were heard across
the Atlantic and the French rev
olution of 1787 ensued, which
broke the bands of privileges and
power with the stirring strains of
"La Uarsellaise" and the motto
T IW IVinalitv TPratrritv "
The countries of South and
dentral America threw off the
yoke of th Spanish king. In 1830
and 1848 fresh revolutions broke
ever Europe as the peoples sought
to win freedom from kings and
autocrats. Where thrones were
not overturned constitutions were
granted and the people given the
right to vote. For a century and
longer democracy was dynamic. It
reached Its peak at the time of
the first World war which Presi
dent Wilson hailed as a war to
make the world safe for democ
racy. Since then democracy has lost
much of its dynamism. The Infant
republics of post-1918 on by one
ucrumbd to dicta tor -(.Continued
on Editorial Page)
Salem 3Ierchants to
Discuss New Store Hours
A meeting of all Salem mer
chants, whether or not they are
member of the Salem Retail
Trad bureau. Is called for this
-noon la th basement dining
room of Nohlgrens restaurant to
consider th setting of new busi
ness hours. The call was Issued
by R. M. Needham, th trade
bureau's president.
Animal Croc Iters
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Draft to Take
Men 26 to 29
Sans Children
WASHINGTON, May 16 -JP)
Drafting of childless men who are
28 through 29 years of age was
authorized today by President
Truman to "save what we can
from the near wreckage of the
selective service syp VJa j i
Conscription) of itnTa. tha)
age group was stopped by the
president shortly after the fail
of Japan. Mr. Truman announced
in a news conference statement
that he was authorizing the war
and navy secretaries to call upon
selective service for the Induction
of such men.
The president repeated his
criticism, made Tuesday night
when he signed the 45-day draft
extension law which stopped the
induction of teen-age boys and
fathers, that it was "bad legisla
tion." Under the draft extension
act and Mr. Truman's authoriza
tion today all men except fath
ers, between 20 and 30 years of
age, are subject to induction call.
Oregon to Get
$7 Million for
Road Projects
WASHINGTON, May 16 -JP)-Apportionment
of $500,000,000 for
continuation of the vast post-war
federal-state highway construction
program during the fiscal year be
ginning July 1 was announced to
day by the federal works agency.
Allotments were made for the
48 states, Puerto Rico, Hawaii and
the district of Columbia.
The allocation is the second
$500,000,000 made available from
a $1,500,000,000 authorization un
der the federal-aid highway act of
1944. The remainder will become
available July 1, 1947.
Apportionments by states with
highway, secondary and urban
road allocations shown respective
ly include:
Oregon. $3,728,403; $2,544,245
and $810,873.
Approval Sought
For Foster Mill
PORTLAND. May 16-(-Approval
for a $400,000 sawmill at
Foster, east of Sweet Home, is
sought in a construction applica
tion filed today by WillamettVNa
tional Lumber company with the
civilian production administra
tion here.
The CPA review committe said
it was at work on 347 applications
filed before the committee was
named.
HYDRO-BOMB ON WAY
PASADENA, Calif., May 16.
(A1) - A rocket-propelled under
water torpedo to be called the
hydro-bomb is being developed at
California Institute of Technology,
MaJ. Gen. Curtis LeMay, chiew
of army air forces research, an
nounced today.
ARMY TO SEAL VP TANKS
WASHINGTON. May 16.-(P-The
army has ordered 569 large
airtight steel containers in which
to seal surplus World war II tanks,
mobile artillery and other wea
pons, keeping them in perfect con
dition for us la an emergency.
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Bolls
Will
Open At
8
Unspectacular but stilUimport
ant issues beckoned Oregon's vot
ers to the primary election polls
today starting at 8 a. m. Most state,
county and municipal offices will
be closed, as will banks and state
liquor stores.
The Marion county republican
ballot had Rep. Walter Norblad
alone in his bid for first-district
nomination to congress; Gov. Earl
Snell opposed by Henry Black of
Portland for re-nomination to the
governorship; Secretary Of State
Robert S. Farrell, jr., unopposed
for the GOPs nod to another term,
and W. E. Kimsey also atone for
party re-nomination as labor com
missioner. Wood Versus Ross
On the democratic side, Rufus
E. Wood of Clackamas county and
Lyman Ross of Washington county
were vieing for the congressional
City staff members and valley
correspondents of The Oregon
Statesman will blanket Marion
county's 88 precincts tonight for
final returns of the primary
vote. They will be made avail
able to radio KSLM which will
cooperate la evening broadcasts,
and complete results will be la
YOUR HOME NEWSPAPER to
morrow. nomination; Carl C. Donaugh of
Portland had no opposition for the
right to oppose the republican
nominee for the governorship in
November; Floyd K. Dover of
Grants Pass: was competing with
David C. Epps of Mill City for
party approval as secretary of
state, and Ralph W. Peoples of
Marion county was unopposed for
nomination as labor commissioner.
Allan Carson and Douglas Mc
Kay were ;the sole republican
nominees for Marion county's two
state senators. The democrats had
no names on their ballot for these
two- seats. Democrats also put
forth no candidates for county
commissioner and county record
er, and E. L. Rogers and Herman
W. Lanke respectively were un
opposed for the republican nom
ination to these offices.
Eight Seeking Seat
Arousing th most interest were
the campaigns for the county's
four seats in the state House of
representatives. Seeking republi
can nominations were the; incum
bents W. W. Chadwick, Paul
Hendricks, H. R. Jones and John
Steelhammer and Kenneth A.
Brown, Frank Doerfler Lewis
jjudson and Douglas Y eater. There
were no democratic candidates.
Competition on Salem's own
ballot was confined to three pro
posed charter amendments and
the vote for aldermen In the first
and second wards.
Unopposed on the non-partisan
city ballot were R. L. El fs tram
for mayor; Alfred Mundt-for re
corder; Paul H. Hauser for treas
urer; Van Wieder, William J. En
tress and Edward Rostein, for wa
ter commissioners; and five alder
men Claude W. Jorgensen, third;
Rollin O. Lewis, fourth I David
O'Hara, fifth; James A. Byers,
sixth, and C. F. French, ieventh.
All the aldermen in these five
wards are Incumbents.
Raeese in Two Wards
There is opposition tot alder
men from the first and second
wards. In the first, those running
are James H. Nicholson, Charles
V. Faulkner; and L. H. MeMahan;
in the second, Albert H. Gille, in
cumbent, and Lloyd F. LeGarie
and Ralph W. Skopil.
The three proposed : charter
amendments are those providing
for a city administrator form of
government, removing civil serv
ice and residence requirements
from the offices of fire and police
chief, and levying up to a one
mill tax for public parks!
The non-partisan offices of Su
preme Court Justice George Ross
man and Superintendent Of Pub
lic Instruction Rex Putnam be
come vacant but. since they are
unopposed, their names Won't go
on the primary ballot.
Fifty-five of the 60 house mem
bers seek reelection, and most of
them are certain to get it because
of no opposition. Only six of the
30 state senators seek retirement.
The public power battles in six
areas have almost as much inter
est as the statewide races.
There will be votes to create
four peoples utility districts. They
are the north Lincoln county. Linn
county, Lebanon, and Malheur
county districts.
Astoria votes on municipal own
ership, while The Dalles; ballots
on whether to give the northern
Wasco PUD a franchise to serve
The Dalles.
Polls throughout the state will
close at 8 pjn.
PASTURE DEED RECORDED
The city of Salem's deed for
Bush's pasture, recorded In the
county recorder's office this week,
was returned to the city Thurs
day, completing the arrangements
whereby the city has acquired
th 100 acres from A. N. Bush.
Ten acres were purchased from
the city by Willamette university.
ELEANOR CANCELS TRIP
NEW YOFtK, May 16.-iP)-Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt saki tonight
that she would not go to Russia
this summer as sh bad planned.
Today
NINETY-SIXTH YEAR 16
Tilts Go to
Eugene
For Year
By Al Ughtner
Statesman Sports Editor
The state high school basket
ball tournament, Sale m's own
since its birth in 1S20, was lost to
the city last night, according to a
report to The Statesman from
Corvallis, where the OHSAA
board of control met In conjunc
tion with the annual state track
and field meet. The 28th annual
cage classic will be held next
March in McArthur court. Uni
versity of Oregon, Eugene, the
board voted.
The tournament will be held in
Eugene next year only, according
to the board, and may be return
ed to Salem the following year
depending upon the facilities
made available to handle it by
that time.
Examines Offers
The board examined offers from
both Salem and Eugene during its
meeting at the Benson hotel In
Corvallis and voted the classic to
the Lane county city when the
only Salem plan for its retention
amounted to a 1947 return to Wil
lamette university. No report was
tendered the board concerning the
remodeling of the state f a 1 r
grounds horse show pavilion. The
Salem Dad's club, American Ler
gion and chamber of commerce
did jointly report, however, that
a war memorial auditorium build
ing is planned for the Bush pas
ture acreage In the next year or
two. The board will consider re
turning the tournament to Salem
only when Salem has the facili
ties to handle it.
Since the basket derby Is to be
held on the Oregon campus next
year, reaction from Oregon Stat
college is expected to be turbu
lent. Th Corvallis school may
fit avnroteit with the state board
of education, it was hinted follow
ing the meeting late last night.
Belngs to Salem
Th OHSAA board of control
made it known that the tourna
ment "belongs in Salem," but that
the capital city has not the proper
means of handling its swollen pa
tronage. Prospective tourney fol
lowers have been turned away by
the thousands the past two years
because of lack of adequate seat
ing space in Willamette's gymna
sium. Willamette's facilities were
made available again by Prof.
Lestle J. Sparks, but despite a
vote of gratitude to the univer
sity, the control board voted the
meet to Eugene.
Those members of the board
who voted last night are M. H.
(Pat) Beal, Jefferson, board pres
ident; Fred Patton of LaGrande,
Leonard Mayfield of Coos Bay,
Father Leipzig of Eugene and
Colton Meek of Grant high of
Portland.
To jo Loses
Legal Fight
TOKYO. Fridny, May 17.-0T)-The
legal fight by ex-Premier
Hideki Tojo and 27 other former
leaders of Japan to escape trial as
accused war criminals failed com
pletely today.
In a five-minute session the In
ternational military tribunal for
the far east dismissed all defense
motions attacking jurisdiction of
the court and seeking dismissal of
the Indictment accusing prisoners
of promoting war.
Chief Justice Sir William Webb
then adjourned proceedings. The
trial is scheduled to start June 3.
Weather
Max.,
Salem ... S4
Eugene 81
Portland , 80
San Francisco 6
Seattle 74
Min. Rain
40
4
so
45
.00
.00
.00
.00
Willamette river .6 ft.
FORECAST (from U.S. weather bu
reau. McNary field, Salem): Clear
today with highest temperature 92 degrees.
Fryman Aslks Stalin for Food Aid
WASHINGTON, May 6-(JPy-President
Truman said today h
has been in touch with Generalis
simo Stalin on the world food cri
sis, and diplomats said later that
he had made a direct appeal for
soviet cooperation.
Mr. Truman himself would not
go beyond his news conference
statement that he had been in
communication with Moscow. He
said he hoped to have something
on the subject later.
Washington diplomats, who
cannot be named, said they un
derstood that the president based
his appeal on the idea that the
nations which cooperated so suc
cessfully in the war should now
attempt to work together equally
in meeting the famine problem.
NUNDID 1651
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Salem. Oregon, Friday Morning, May 17. 1948
Disappointed
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NEW YORK. May 16 II af ex Afl
fl Pasha. Egyptian delegate a
the ! United Nations seearity
eancll, who expressed disap
pointment la th progress of
the U.N. toward the cans of
world peace as he stepped down
frm his role f security coun
cil president today.
Council Head
Depressed by
U.N. Progress
NEW YORK, May lo-Ur-Dr.
Hafez Afifi Pasha, retiring presi
dent of the United Nations secur
ity council, told his colleagues
bluntly today that the world was
disappointed by th failure of th
powers to work as united family-He
said he himself was de
pressed by: the lack of progress
made by th council during his
month as president and made an
impassioned plea for the members
"to make this council b a true
and real Instrument of everlast
ing peace.
Th: Egyptian delegate spoke at
the end of a two-hour session
during which the council adopted
31 new rules of procedure, in
cluding a sweeping secrecy rule
which provides that the council
may withhold proceedings of pri
vate sessions from members of
the United Nations outside the
council.
Under the council's system of
rotation, French Delegate Alex
andre Parodi will become presi
dent when th council meets to
morrow. School Fund
Bill on Agenda
Extension of the Lanham act,
which would provide needed
school funds for Portland and
other Oregon school districts, Is
due for consideration by the sen
ate education committee this
morning. Gov. Earl Snell was in
formed Thursday by a telegram
from Sen. Wayn Morse.
Stating that Oregon's entire
congressional delegation is back
ing the Lanham act, Mors said
he was reasonably confident th
act would be passed by congress
before the summer recess.
Ralph Campbell
'Critically' 111
Ralph H. Campbell, 46, promi
nent local attorney and president
of the Salem school board, was in
critical condition at Salem Gen
eral hospital early today.
Campbell suffered a heart at
tack Wednesday night while
playing softball. He was taken to
the hospital where he was placed
under an oxygen tent. Dr; B. A.
Myers is attending him.
There was nothing to Indicate
that any reply had been received
from the Russian premier so far.
The president told reporters
that the United States is doing
more than any other country to
meet the food crisis. And he said
he does not think the real facts
would show conditions as bad as
they have been pictured.
He was asked whether there
are any plans to accelerate ship
ments of grain abroad, now that
UNRRA Director Fiorello La
Guardia has indicated that
UNRRA information shows this
country will fall about 40 per
cent short of the million-ton goal
for May.
Certainly there are plans, Mr.
Truman said. That is what w are
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FiresD(dleini4 Poised!
To Seize Tiraiinis
Coal Disputants Reject Arbitration
By the Associated Press
Negotiations seeking to keep
the railroads running collapsed
yesterday and the soft coal ope
rators and United Mine Work
ers rejected President Truman's
proposal that they submit their
dispute to binding arbitration.
The president said he would
seize the railroads before the 4
p.m. (EST) nationwide strike
deadline Saturday, if necessary,
and asked representatives of the
soft coal operators and miners
to stand by for further conver
sations. Asked earlier at his press
conference if he would seize the
coal mines, Mr. Truman would
neither confirm nor deny he
had that move in mind. He said
he would cross that bridge when
he cam to it.
President Truman cancelled a
Twenty-Nine Perish in
Airliner, B-17 Crashes
RICHMOND, Va., May lL-WJ-A twin-engined airliner with
engin trouble groping through the mist and fog for a return landing
at Byrd airport, crashed and burped in a pine forest six mile,
southeast of Richmond today killing 25 passengers and its crew
of two.
Th plan a DC-S operated
Society Told
How to Train,
Display Roses
Disbud your roses now in pre
paration for Salem's roc show
Jun IS and 16.
That was the advic of Floyd
C Lynch, president of the Port
land Roe society, who last night
addressed the Salem Rose society
at the YMCA. He also advised lo
cal rose growers to gather their
roses the night before showing,
placing them in cold water up to
the flower and keeping them In
water until show time.
Lynch also gave a historical
survey of the rose, pointing out
that the rose is the earliest culti
vated flower and the easiest to
grow. He said the famous Mis
sion rose was brought to this re
gion from Boston by Mrs. Alan
son Beers in 1837 and planted at
the Jason Lee mission.
Ray Warren, chairman of the
local roa show committee, di a
played the large gold trophies
and merchandise prizes which
are being offered to show win
ners. An accordion trio entertain
ed th society.
Fire District
Plan Opposed
The hearing on the proposed
Four Corners Rural fire district
was continued until May 28 by
the county court, Thursday, after
an opposing petition was present
ed by J. Irvine Caplinger and 52
others.
The petition asks that the dis
trict not be formed and that if it
is formed an area which includes
most of school district no. 8, be
removed from it.
The original petition contained
490 signatures or about 25 per
cent of the property owners. The
area is four miles square and lies
east of the .state land adjoining
the eastern city limits.
INDIA UNION SOUGHT
LONDON, May lfMVBritain
proposed today an Independent
union of all India and rejected
Moslem league demands for sep
arate Moslem states in the north
east and northwest.
trying to do, through such agen
cies as the combined food board.
The president's comment on the
American contribution to famine
relief backed up in some degree
testimony given earlier in the day
to the house agriculture commit
tee. Chairman Flannagan (D-Va)
of that committee accused the
state department, UNRRA and its
director Fiorello LaGuardia of
causing unjust criticism of Amer
ican efforts by Issuing "mlsrep
resentative" statements.
He seized on testimony before
his committee by Secretary of
Agriculture Anderson as proof of
his contention that the criticism
of what America has done, lacks
backing.
No. 44
weekend trip to Kansas City
after both sides in the coal
dispute refused arbitration. Pres-?
Secretary Charles G. Ross said
Charles O'Neill, for the ope
rators, indicated a willingness
to arbitrate wages and hours
but not other issues, including
the miners' demands for a
health and welfare fund. John
L. Lewis, Ross added, told the
president the United Mine
Workers negotiating committee
was not authorized to accept
arbitration.
The rail negotiations ended
abruptly when the carriers re
jected a modified wage increase
proposal of $1.44 daily for 250.
000 engineers and trainmen who
originally had asked $2 50
daily. The carriers stuck by a
recommendation of a presiden
tial fact-finding board recom
mending $1.28 more daily.
by Viking Transport Air company
on a chartered run from Newark,
N. J., to Atlanta dov sharply
into the Henrico county woods af
ter overshooting the airfield a
few minutes earlier in a vain at
tempt to land.
It exploded and burst into
flames. All but few of the bodies
were burned beyond recognition
and lay scattered In a relatively
small area along th soggy banks
of Doran creek.
SAN FRANCISCO. May l.-iT)
A big Flying Fortress bomber, ap
parently exhausting its fuel sup
ply within five-minutes flight of
Hamilton field, crashed with ter
rific force today on a Marin county
ridge, north of San Francisco.
Two army men were killed.
Seven others were injured severe
ly. Tonight, after prolonged army
secrecy surrounding the crash
scene, an authoriative army source
at Hamilton field denied a cir
culated report that the B-17 was
bound for participation in the
atom bomb tests at Bikini in the
Ma rsha lis.
No residents of the Pacific
northwest were among those iden
tified at either crash.
Stayton Man
Killed in Crash
STAYTON, May l-(Special)-Art
Goss, 42, of Stayton was
killed almost instantly at about
4:20 pjn. today when the sedan
he was driving crashed into the
side of a large cannery truck on
a curve of th West Stayton road
two miles west of here.
His father, R. L. Goss. who was
rioSng with him. was badly shak
en and was taken to Deaconess
hospital in Salem where he is un
der observation. Full extent of his
injuries had not been determined
tonight.
Kenneth Cox, who was driving
the truck, and Carl Bethell, his
assistant, were uninjured. The
body of the deceased was taken
to Weddle funeral home. State
police investigated the accident.
Allan Bellinger
Wins Albert Prize
Allan Bellinger, son of Mrs.
Allan P. Bellinger, 1779 Court
st., was Thursday named winner
of th Joseph H. Albert prize
awarded annually at Salem high
school to the senior who "having
maintained good scholarship dur
ing the school year, has made
the greatest progress toward the
ideal in character, service and
wholesome influence."
Seniors selected Bellinger,
member of the student council
and active in athletics and Hi-Y,
from a slate of three candidates
named by the high school fac
ulty: Jim Carter, Betty Lou Ed
wards and Bellinger.
Boy Scout Paper Drive
Scheduled May 26
Salem residents have been ask
ed to sort and bind papers in
preparation for the Boy Scout i
paper drive collection May 20 by
Gardner Knapp, chairman.
More than 10 trucks have been
volunteered to ..collect the paper.
Revenue will be used to buy
aquatic equipment for Camp Pio
neer, th Cascade council camp.
Prica 5c
Proposal
Ratified
By Union
Regular bus service in Salens
by Satuiday was premised last
night by A. L. SehneiJer. presi
dent f t Oregon Motor Stages, as
the six-weeks-old bu strike her
and in Eugene drew near a cloeew
Local drivers and shopmen yes
terday noon ratified by unani
mous vote a contract drawn up
between the company and th
Salem employes. Schneider las
night indicated the contract will
be signed by the company today.
Informal Agreement
Signing of the contract pre
sumably awaited only the ap
proval of a similar contract be
tween the. company and its officw
employes who are members of
a separate AF of L union. Schnei
der said agreement with the of
fice workers had been reached
informally Thursday, but did not
disclose terms of the agreement.
T. S. Rrguin, assistant busire5
agent of hcal 1055, Mtor Coacti
Employes, said workers in Slenr
and Eugene are ready to go to
work immediately upon signing
of the contract, and the company
president said he expected me
chanics would be putting ttm
long-idle buses Into running con
dition Friday.
New Wage Seal
The striking workers both her
and in Eugene Thursday voted to
accept the new wage seal. that
raises slxipmen from $ 1 20 to
St. 40 and drivers from 5 cer.ts
to $1.15.
Intercity drivers, who rental
on strike, seek L30 and the com
pany has offered S1.27H. Sepa
rate, settlements in Salem and Eu-
gene were made possible when
th unions international head
quarters in Detroit made an ex
ception to the union rule pro
hibiting separate agreements. Th4
Salem, Eugene and intercity
workers are all members of local
1055. which has headquarter irk
Portland.
President to
Seek Welfare
Cabinet Post
! WASHINGTON, May I-6TVr
President Truman today m-rged
the government's far-flung wel
fare activities under the federal
security agency and announced
he will ask congress soon to maka
it a regular department headed by
a cabinet secretary.
The agency, - now headed by
Watson B- Miller as administra
tor, already has more employes
and spends more money than
"several of the tea regular de
partments, Mr. Truman noted. H
added that "the importance of its
functions clearly call for depart
mental status and a permanent
place in the president's cabinet."
The president acted under tha
reorganization law which con
gress passed last year at his re
quest. Russians out
Of Manchuria
NANKING, May If -,V Tht
last Russian soldier has pul e,
out of Manchuria with the ex
ception of Port Arthur naval
base and poemibly Datren, th
Chinese government was ad, ued
indirectly today.
Liu Chieh, vice minister of fer.
eign affairs, said information that
the red army had ended its nine
month occupation came in round
about fashion from the Chinesa
military mission tn Vladivostoft.
Siberian naval base. Under terms
of the Chinese-Russian treaty cf
last August, Dai re n was made ar
free port and Port Arthur a Rus
sian naval base.
Re-opening of Park'
Lodge Delayed J
Silver Creek Falls lode prob
ably will not be re-opened befcra
next spring, Sam Boardman.
state parks superintendent, said
Thursday. Reports to the effect
that the park was to open shortly
have sent many persons to th
park with plans to speni the day
but without food. Boardman said.
Dishes, silverware and oter
equipment are lacking and al
though every effort will be? mac
to obtain th needed utensils this
summer, hope for opening before
next spring seems unfounded, he
declared.
Our Senators
Lost
7-6
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