7 Killed, 60 Injured As 9 COO Reviews CoinigireGG, Posits Score On Solons' Vote Record! WAMIINGTf M. Aug 17 'A') The CM) puMuhed today " weapon in the coming battle of ballot ' the voting record of II nx-mlim of corrm 'on 12 iue of tun fit important to the Ameiltan people" ('along the ompdation of how or.gr eneri voted a guide" fu (iliftt In determ 1 1 l rsjt how (hey will cat their ballot, 'he CIO arid ltd politi cal inmmillfr aid in their joint publn atinn that they vrrr not setting up m blacklist or a l)t of endorsed candidate!. The publication continued: "This l a record of the 78th congress that failed to act on mny of the most Important lsue affecting the welfare of tre people Congress mangled puce control. It looked the oth er way on housing. It buried health and minimum wage leg islation It refused even to de bate Uif question of an extend ed fa.r employment practices committee, to abolish racial dis rnmiiiatinn. It failed to act on the anti-poll tax bill It water ed down the full employment till! . . . " OTP SCH3TJQB TPCD0DQO Stanley Walker was a good newspaperman ; his back "City Editor" in still good stuff ,or young reporters to study. I say a because Walker is turning his bark on New York, the scene f his labors in Journalism, lie teiis the Vkoild why tn "Farewell t New York'' in the last Satur day Evening Post. It reads like a ompUint in a divorce action not the formal recital of "cruel and Inhuman treatment," but the ad mnmin of lost love, of distressful i r.ar.ge The essay Is a blend of rtogl.i and ciitlcism. surprising f.i one J i j ! t reuchlrig 4H, but then New Yoik UK one fast, in mind a as body. W hat is Walker's indictment of this "Babylon-on-the-Hudson, the Manhattan of the high minarets?" He thinks the spirit of New York City, " the essential feel and char acter of the place, has undergone a dispiriting change;" "for all its c-casional charming aspects, it is a strangling bedlam " The change noted i that the city "seems to be dominated by a repellent hard lie and a rapacity quite beyond anything one used to observe " He add. N "Graciousness. repose, courtesy, high romance, noblesse oblige, ur banity, sportsmanship the very juices of good living somehow tr frd city has lost some or a l of them somewhere along thf lir e The fa e is false and the Mice is the vapid voice (A the juke box Wa'ker notes how quickly fi lends in New York tend to dis appear: 1 The turnover in friend ship, as in business, is exceeding ly rapid, arid I don't like it." But what pioes most irritating, he admits, is the "type of palaver'' Continued on Editorial Page) Two Convicts Flee Annex P r . s i n ( ;fi i.il reporW-d no trne ;..t- Id! nijjht 't two u -wro c ,ip-.iied Jut before r.oT.- f;im a g.ing working at the j.risr. :.r,ex Neither was li&ted Wtrden Cet re Alexander said tr.e rri-n apparently faded into t - r r,.' '. !!er firishir.g their n v. 1 it k . p n were committed from 1'rr.i.till.. Kay f.ri' 1S4 and i U r.at SriflK : n ' v f ;i r - a r; ;ur.tv on l.'iiieny char J ir.inr R-charrl.vr,n. 21, er ! tp xn Septeml)er. f iid t n rtff r.erl lifter I a i c i j-;fi Willi.-im 24. Sprin; seven i h hS"i$g!r: 21, 143 ' -Q: Animal Crackers ?y V.'AREJ GOODRICH (Aj'S f-C- don'( know why you cant learn to Samba like that mouse from Brazil. : : ; : s .. In tttm dnten I ia in the senate to measure mmUri up to CIO standards, only SO of (he tot 1 14 Voted iwifi often for than against the way the CIO would have lihexl them to vote In the house only 142 of Here U hew CIO scored Ore gen'a eeng reealenal delegation n member' voting on 12 ma jor laaaea. with "for" Indicat ing votes ratt In ClO-apereved manner and with absence from voting not noted: Sen. Cordon 2 for, t agalaat. Sen. Morse 10 for, 1 against Ren. Norolad 1 for, 1 against. Rep. Angell f for, C against. Rep. Ellsworth 1 for, 11 against. ' Rep. Stockman 1 foe It against. the total 435 members had more pluses than minuses after their names in the CIO list. Two senators. Mead (D-NY) and Guffey (D-Pa), voted ex actly the way the CIO thought they should on all dozen issues. Another senatorial pair, John Registrations of Motor Vehicles At New Peak There was a new high record of 423.000 motor vehicle registra tions in Oregon the first half of liM6, with additional fees of $3,250,000. Secretary of State Rob ert S. Fai r ell, jr., announced Sat urday. The number was approximately 7 per cent over last year. There were 336,000 passenger cars pre i dominating. 80.000 trucks and , light deliveries, 3.000 motorcycles ana 1300 busses, fcvery classifica tion showed gains. Calcutta Riot Toll Mounts To 250 Dead CALCUTTA, Aug. 17-(4VRiot-ing Moslems and Hindus fought a pitched bottle in central Cal cutta tonight and casualties mounted steadily from two days of bloody clashes. Reuters said the toll was estimated ,350 kill ed and 1,800 injured. Other re port said more than 2,000 had been hurt. BriUh army units, soms using armored cars, helped hard-pressed police attempting to restore order. The governor of Bengal, Sir Frederick Burrows, in a broadcast urged persons to keep off the streets and declared it was "dis creditable that, on the eve of self government, the largest city in India should become a victim of mob rule." Moslem and Hindu leaders appealed to rioters to "stop this fratracidal war." Race f Scuffle9 Reported in New Jersey SWEDESBORO, N. J., Aug. 18 ( Sunday )-P)- J. T. Sholl, secretary-supervisor of the migrant la bor division. New Jersey depart ment of labor, said early today a scuffle in a restaurant occupied by several hundred negroes and white persons last night brought a call 1 for state police assistance but there ' was "no not' and no one injured. I Swedesboro Police Chief J. H. ! Hast lack had his revolver taken from him and his glasses broken, I Sholl said. ! He quoted Eastlack as saying the 'scuffle started when one man who had been drinking became bois terous and Eastlack tried to quiet him. A state police spokesman said the disturbance started after Ne groes had entered a section of the restaurant normally reserved for ' white patrons. Oregon Vet Loans Averaging $4,776 PORTIND. Aug. 17. -7P)-Fif-teen milMon dollars have been loaned Oregon veterans under pro visions of the GI bill of rights, Elbert E. Tate, loan guarantee Vhuf of the veterans' administra- Kariio Monitoring Station Requested WOODBURN, Aug. 17 The Marion Counity Firemen's ass.o- ! nut inn mvrtinv here vrilnl tn name a committee to ask the aid of the sheriffs office and the county court in obtaining a radio mon itoring station In Salem, to cover all of Marion county. The action following a talk regarding the working of such a station at Ore Kon City. Gvorgr Flagg Heads Ulility Commissioners George H. Flagg, Oregon pub lic utilities commissioner, was elected chairman of the ll-state ' MtmnUiin-Pacific Conference of Utilities Commissioners at Boise, Ida., last "week. ston D-ftC) and Tewart (D- Tenn), voted contrary to CUY fxadtlon cm every Issued named Voles rr tabulated for the senate under these CIO head ings: Case till "racket" amendment, Case anti-union bill, Truman anti-union bill, I'atman housing Revercomb amendment. FEPC cloture rule, 65 cent wage Russell amendment, British loan Mc- Farland amendment, OPA Taft amendment, OPA Wherry meat amendment, OPA-wherry milk amendment, OPA Pepper "as is" amendment, anti-poll tax bill cloture rule. The CIO headed up its tabu lation columns for the house with these designations: Hobbs bill rule for vote, Case anti union bill, Case bill president's veto, USES Dirksen, amend ment. Patman housing bill price amendment, NLRB El liott rider, atomic energy bill move to recommit, un-American committee appropriation, OPA Wolcott amendment No. 1, OPA Wolcott amendment No. 2, OPA Flannagan amendment. OPA Gossett Amendment. Parley Votes To Hear Iran, Austria Views PARIS, Aug. 17-0P)-The Euro pean peace conference, turning down Russian objections, voted 15 to 6 today to invite Austria to present Its views on the draft treaty with Italy, and then ap proved unanimously a soviet sug gestion that Iran also be invited. Championed by Britain, and supported by the United States, the Austrian proposal provided that the former enemy state be invited to explain its point on the Italian treaty "on the same terms as Albania, Mexico, Cuba and Egypt.' All six Slav nations opposed the move, which a Russian dele gate said was intended to air Austria's Claim to the South Tyrol. The debate prompted a sugges tion that the Big Four hold meet- i Ings outside the plenary sessions to speed the work of the confer ence which has not yet gotten down to the tank for which it was summoned i the drawing of rec ommendations to the foreign min isters' council on the treaties for Italy, Finland and the Balkan nations. American View Given U. S. State Department Coun sellor Benjamin V. Cohen said the American viewpoint was that "Austria should have the right to present her views here. It seems to u sthat it would take less time to hear the views of Austria than to debate their right to be heard." Oregon Health Record Among Best in Nation PORTLAND, Aug. 17-;p)-Ore-gon's health record Is among the best for the 48 states, the research council for economic security re ported today, The state ranked second lowest in draft rejections for reasons of health and Is fourth lowest in death rates, figures showed. Other statistics concerning Ore gon included' It ranked fourth in cultural ad vantages, 15th in sanitary condi tions, 20th in respect -to economic conditions, lowest tied with Min nesota in infant mortality rate and second lowest after Iowa in illiteracy. 20,000 Indians Start Festival ANADARKO, Okla.. Aug. 17 (Ar Thousands of American In dians are converging on this "In dian capital" of the country for the opening Tuesday of a five day festival of tribal dances, pegeantry and craftsmanship. For more than ten days, a na tive village of tepees, hogans and more conventional tents in which 20,000 decendants of the first Americans will be camped has been taking shape at the scene of what is to be the 15th annual American Indian exposition. Hours for Sprinkling Set in West Salem WEST SALJEM, Aug. 17 Sprinkling cart be carried on in West Salem from 7 am. until 8 p.m. Sunday, the water depart ment announced today. The week end closing of Blue Lake Cannery makes additional water available for residents. The new pump, ex pected to augment the supply, probably will be working by the end of next week. TANKER EXPLODES PORTLAND, Maine, Aug. 17 (yp)- Fumes exploding with ter rific force blasted the 16,000-ton tanker Diamond Island in Port land harbor today, taking the lives of two crewmen and injur ing three others. Tornadoes Strike Two Minnesota Towns The Weather Ma. Mm. PreelD. BaietN Pert land mn Frenetaee CMef M 41 I Ml Willamette nf ) f feet fOMMASTT Utmn IS, (Her lu tu, MeMary fii4, aalemll Some feign fcM4iiM Utdmr wlih little efcange mi mnmr-sixTH yzab Gambling Ship ?-v .. ' vCa '-r-- V-"'- '' v s fr-VVtVi'. eiS-. f-.-HV-v .- I -V HOLLYTtOOD. CaUf, A eg. 17 Jimmy I'tley (center). 43. rences aionalre en Tony Cornere Stralla's gaanbllna: ship Banker Hill, shown while being treated at a hospital after be was severely beaten In a Hollywood cafe. Several movie people were held at bay with a pistol by one of two men while the other stravrk L'Uey with a blackjack. (AP Wlrepbete) Full Blast of Twister Levels Tourist Camp By th Aaaoctatvd Prraa Tornadoes which struck two Minnesota towns, located about SO miles apart, killed at least seven persons Saturday night and injured about 60 others. All of the known dead were in Mankato where a twister dipped from the sky to destroy a 22-cabin tourist camp. At least SO persons were Injured at Mankato. The second twister struck at Wells where Negotiations Loom in Great Lakes Strike DETROIT, Aug. 17 -P)- Top leaders of the CIO National Mari time union headed toward New York and Chicago today for "im portant" new negotiations with two companies in the Great Lakes shipping strike.. The NMU said "about 100" ships were strikebound in ports from Buffalo to Duluth and Chicago. The Lake Carriers association in Cleveland, representing 23 opera tors with 316 ships, said only 29 of these were its vessels. The strike begun Thursday in a dispute centering around an NMU demand for a 40-hour week as opposed to the present 50 hours. Russ Troops Said Massing TEHRAN. Aug. 17 -iJF)-An of ficial foreign source who request ed anonymity said today that ca bled reports from the northern frontier indicated the Russians had massed between 15 and 23 divisions possibly as many as 115,000 men along the Araxes river boundary between Iran and Soviet Russia. This official, who said the re ports came from "qualified mili tary observers," described the troops as "typical red army moun tain units and added they were i deployed for 38 miles east of Dzhulfa, border city 80 miles north of Tabriz. 2 Coos Bay CIO Leaders Attacked COOS BAY, Aug. 17-('-Two CIO waterfront leaders escaped two men who struck at them lat night with blackjacks, Henry F. Hanson, chairman of the CIO committee for maritime unity, told police today. Hanson said he and LonKriore President Don W. Brown had just left a radio station after a broad cast when they were pounced up on by assailants. Fair Manager Working On Traffic, Parking Measures are being taken to alleviate the customary traffic congestion at entrances to the Oregon state fair next month. Manager Leo Spitzbart said Sat urday. He also reports complete re-fencing of the parking areas and that the entire area will be chalked Monday. Tl'RNER WOMAN Ill'RT Ruby Stinnett, Turner, was treated at Salem Deaconess hos pital last night for a severed ar tery in her wrist. Hospital offi cials said she had been cut by accident. 20 paces Man Slugged J4f at least eight persons were in- i a -a lured. Mankato is situated in the scenic Minnesota river valley about 85 miles south of Minne apolis. Wells la about SO miles south of Mankato. First reports from Wells told of "hundreds" Injured but a Minne sota state patrolman, after a visit to the scene, discounted the early message. The west end of the vil lage was struck and Patrolman Sollie said property damage was heavy. .The damage in Mankato was limited to an area of about four blocks bv two blocks, but th i Green Gables tourist camp was di- rectly in its path. The records of the camp were dispersed by the storm, but it was believed that about 40 persons were regeistered. The tornadoes followed torren tial rains and floods that took four lives and caused several million dollars damage in southern Illi nois and eastern Missouri. More than 2400 homes and buildings were damaged. More rain was expected in those areas Saturday night and early Sunday. Truman Takes wim in ay ml WITH PRESIDENT TRUMAN IN THE ATLANTIC, Aug. 17-;p) President Truman swam in Dela ware bay this afternoon before putting out to sea, bound for the Narragansett bay area and the eaj-t coatt of Maine. Attired In green trunks, the president joined Capt. James H. Koskett, his naval aide, and Col. Wallace Graham, his physician, for a 15-minute swim off Cape Henlopen, Del. The president, as usual, swam with his glasses on. Security Council to Decide On Entry of 9 States to UN By Larry Haurk j ions expressed by countries NEW YORK, Aug. 17-(P)-The on the committee first actual vote on nine applica tions for United Nations memlcr ship will come In the organiza tion's powerful security council, where the big five holds the pow er to blackball any state seeking admission. Six of the bidders, including Soviet - sponsored Albania and outer Mongolia, already have been under fire in a council member ship committee. Robert Fack of the Netherlands, chairman of the committee which has been debating the requests for two weeks, said today that hi group would not ballot on the in dividual countries or make de finite recommendations to the council. He added that instead the com mittee would present a compre hensive rejxjrt outlinging all the information gathered about the try of its neighbor into the 51 applicants and setting four tii opin- I nation body. WUNDBS) Salem, Orogoiw Sunday Momln?, August PA deadly To IRIOeaft Pirices Off Inquiry Hints Little Return Of Subsidies By Ed win B. Haaklnson WASHINGTON. Aug. 17 -A"-The question asked more than 100 witnesses by members of the powerful new decontrol board in four days of public hearings on meat, dairy product and other major foods showed that they were thinking along these major lines: 1. Selective return of price ceil ings Aug. 21 to some of the major farm commodities which may be found in short supply. 2. Sparing use if any use at all of the $869,000,000 subsidy fund allowed by conjfress after it revived the office of price ad ministration. 3. Makma: the loo it range in terests of consumers a major fac tor in determining whether any product Khali remain fiee of .ceil ings. The board will make its de cisions next Tuesday evening. It has cautioned against speculation on what those conclusions will be, leaving the members' ques tions as the only clue to what wa. at least at the moment, on their minds. All three board xard members at .3? various times a nesses what w board allowed some products, such le products, such t with estimated .-r -u' as corn and whru bumper crops th main free while controls weie ap plied to scarce items. Bus Overturns In Illinois; One Killed, 32 Hurd PITTSFIELD. Ill , Aug. 17-lTV The Pike county sheriffs office said one person was killed'-and 32 persons injured, "many of them seriously," when a Greyhound bus overturned on route 36 east of Pittsfield tonight. Earlier sheriffs deputies had reported "at least three or four" persons killed and others injured. The Walter Plattner funeral home identified the dead as Mrs. Wal ter Baughman, of Pittsfield. The sheriffs office said the death toll might be higher because many seriously injured persons had been taken from the wrecked ! bu" and tn toP nd "d of the dus naa oeen torn on in the c- cident and "a lot of people were pinned underneath." P51 Crashes On Rail Track CONCORD. Mass . Aug. 17-P) An army P51 Mustang fighter pilot, flying formation with an other P51 and B29 bomber at the New England air show, was killed tonight before 5,000 specta tors in a crash on main line tracks of the Boston & Maine railroad little more than a car length behind the road's Chicago Boston "minute man." An army ttatement released at nearby Bedford air base, scene of the four-day show concluding tomorrow, said the cause of the crash had not been determined. The pilot's name was withheld pending notification of next-of-kin. BOY ELLCTTROCL'TED ST. HELENS. Ore., Aug 17-OP) Neil Hollopter, 12, Goble, was killed today when a live power line touched a cable on wTilch he was swinging in the Columbia river. sitting The ruling in effct-t moved the j controversial bids to a higher I level for balloting, as all 11 conn tries on the council are icpie.-ent-ed on the committee. Fack and Jerzq Michalowski of Poland, the incoming chairman, hoped to have a preliminary draft of the report before Monday's committee meeting. It then will be discussed and go to the coun cil by Wednesday. The hottest Issues centeied around Siam. opposed by Prance; Outer Mongolia, which China wants put off for at least a year; Trans-Jordan, blocked by Russia; and Albania, which has been cri ticized haiply by Great Britain, the United States and Greec Greece is not a momlx-r of the council, but has submitted two strong memoranda opposing en- IMI II, If 41 Price To Visit State Harold E. Stasaen Oregon GOP 1 ton vention to i 1 T T O a Hear otassen Former Governor Harold E Stassen of Minnesota who nerved his stttte as thief executive for three cmsecuti e tenns until he entered Hie U S navy in 194.1, will be the guest speaker at the 13th annual convention of the Oregon 'Republican clubs to be held in Portland at the Multnomah hotel on October 4 and 5, according to an announcement Saturday after noon by Judge Joseph B. Felton. president of the Oregon Republi can club. The Multnomah county repub lican club chapter will be host for the occasion. The program for the sessions and the entertainment for Stassen is now being planned and will be announced later. The governor will also meet with the Young Republican fed eration of Oregon during the ses sions of the convention, Felton announced. Refugee Jews Resist British In Deportation HAIFA. Palestine. Aug. 17-(,fi A mystery voice harangued crowds of angry Jeus today, urg ing them to "be prepared for any thing" as the entire xit city of Haifa stirred restively to ominous mutterings against deportation of more illegal immigrants to Cy prus. British officials were hopeful that the new rhipment of 1400 refugees could be carried out to night without a new outburst of violence In the tense port. A first attempt to get the operation under way last night was abandoned in the face of opposition from She immigrants themselves. The police official denied, how ever. Jewish reports that the re fusal of the inimigrant!i In board the waiting troopship bad been accompanied by violence in which missiles w rrr hurled at the sol diers, sailors and police. 90 Dcurve WVallicr Predicted Today Temperatures well into the 90's were predicted for today after a top yesterday of 94 degiees, when Salem thermometers rose from a n A A7 u r I ifir ti tlitf' il:iv Medford won day's hinh honors for the state with pear picking 1 proceeding In a hat UH tempera ture. EuRene rcKistered 1oIk County Iirri.ff IN'ahs l'unrli Hoards DALLAS, Aug 17 More than 200 punchboards confiscated in Falls City, West Salem. Independ ence and Grande Konde were lodged In the county coin thmise by Sheriff T. H. Hooker ' Fi iday and Saturday. GLIDER COLLISION KILLS ELMIRA. N. Y., Aug. 17 -')-Two persons were killed Uxlay when the glider in which 4 hey were riding and a liht airplane collided o er Chemung oiimty im port before 300 horrilud specta tors w-ho were wuUhjng demon strations held in connection with the 13th annual national soaring contest. : j I (Story in Column 4) Sc 1 1 1 - oairdl fads OPA Leader Denies Word . To Contrary '. By Marvin L Arrewaanith WASHINGTON, A izi : 17 OPA , Administrator Paul Porter said tonight that Juae 30 ceiU ings will be restore Jon most meat if the price! Idecnntroi board authorized reevUi)lihment of ceilinK And payment of ade quate subsidies. I I Tentative plans. Potter told reporter, are to roll milk price back from the present j levels if ceilings and full subsidies are restored, but to fix prices rn cent a quart above June 30 ceil ings. The buieau of labor j statistic recently estimated that - m.Jk prices have gone up tr) to four cents a quart since pric controls lapsed. Officials said nvt of tr.ia rise Was caused by tha discon tinuance of subsidies. Porter emphasized that the preliminary agreement" i between OPA and the agricultural depart ment are entirely contingent upon the forthcoming decisibni of the price decontrol board. 1 Porter said he wanted to "flatly deny" a published statement crediting him with havjr.g said that price ceilings cn ntj can not be rolled back t ifune 30 levels even if the decontrol board decides to restore owitrol r-o them. He said this wa aj ' totally . unjustified" interpretation of statement he made In Si addiess today. raoio 118 Arrested In Portland Gambling Raid ' PORTLAND, Orsj Sunday, Aug. 18 - (A1) - Portland poIUe launched a series of raids bn what they said were gamb5nj estb lishmenta last night and ejjrly to day, and by 12:30 a m. had arrett ed a total of 118 personis. j Four establishments Wefe raid ed, two of them twice. Most of the arrested persons were) booked on charges of visiting a gambling establishment or being i behind barred doors, with bai $55 each. Sev eral Chinese, who! poiicaj said were operators of three lo tales, were charged with bosres ing lottery paraphernalia! Twenty-two negroes, arretted in the fourth establishment locat ed in the negro quarter, wr jailed on vagrancy charges hed '"held for investigation Park Traded For Bidldinix By Silverton SILVERTON, Aug. Me- Ginnis park has been j exchanged for Washington Irving school irwas building by the city couinci announced by Mayor George Christensen following 1 council meeting. spec;al i The school building, construct ed in 1908 as a higif stfho.il.. later became a junior high achdhl anL more recently, the school she ri were noused in Its basement. The, building, vacant for elghtj years. will be made into a Comrnunity center to house the city library, " woman s club and other at y or- ganiations. The park, which becomes th property of the school distort was a gift from Silver Falls Timber l o , the city assuming a a iv)"i moi tgae on the properly 1 bt that' time Auto, lUcycle Collii f v; IVoImmIv ill rt An automobile driver) rtnst nn Center street by Edwin CJ, Wit tenberg. S50 N. Summer sfc, col lided Saturday afternoon filth bicycle whith Lloyd JchvelL 420 S. 22nd st , was ridiW south on Liberty street, according, to police reports. Wittenberg told police that he believed the bicy cle came from behind a Icir, Po lice said nobody was htirtj Our Senators X WON LO$t 14-4 6-3 . A -i I