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1 mi mm (Story In Column. 4) Twister Renders Worth Store Worthless " ' - .... ' l s. I z; - . ... - YkOBTH, Me, April Sf This shattered building is on the main a tornado struck the small town. It was sear this building-, the bm were killed. iAf Wirepbete to The Statesman.) !fTT vw mod At irregular intervals the ex tension service of the state col lege sends out packet of Its late publications, giving results of re search and experiment on specific projects. The current packet which has just arrived offers a varied menu-Ohat win interest wide variety of folk. Naturally the subjects relate to farm prob lems, but some of the material is of interest to others as well. ' . Suppose we go down the list to see what the extension service is - putting out. First is "The Cheatgrass Prob lem in Oregon" (Extension Bulle tin 6C3) by Kenneth Plant and E4 R. Jackman. It seems that cheatjtrass, which came into Ore gon 50 years ago has spread rap idly, especially in the range coun try and stockmen have been un ' decided whether it is good or bad. The authors of this bulletin lean on the Jatt3U, idevAS Cheatgrass snakes good spring feed for live stock, but is not as nutritious as tnmchgrass. It is a real fire men see, and leads to erosion. The ' remedy is to seed the range with better perennial grasses. EB 669 is "Making and Feeding Grass and Legume Silage in Western Oregon," by Chester E. Otis, Roger W. Morse and M. G. Huber. It finds practical the put ting up of grass and legumes in silos. Of Interest to dairymen. .Next is EB 70, of interest to people building houses or cabins in districts away, from community sewer systems. It is entitled "Sep tic Tanks for Oregon Rural Homes." by M. G. Huber. Tells all about how to locate and con struct individual sewage disposal : plants.;' . A companion to 670 is EB 871, "Electric Water Systems for Farm and Home. Practical advice on ectric , pump and -pressure sys " ; terns (Continued on editorial page) . Piiisoii Denies Murder Count HOOD RIVER, April 2QHFh JohB Omar Pinson denied form ally today that he murdered Del tnond E. Rondeau, ap Oregon State policeman who attempted to question him about two bur glaries, He was accused by a grand Jury ef deliberate and premeditated murder a short time before he pleaded to Circuit Judge Fred W. Wilson. The trial date was set for May 19. . r ;- 7; - - Rondeau 'was shot on a street here last Friday night. Pinson was taken from a freight train near Ordnance, Ore-, by a posse the next day without a struggle. Wasco County Prosecutor ML W. Wilkinson quoted Pinson as ad mitting that he shot Rondeau. Animal Craclters Bt WAJSEN GOODRICH Tor brain food Td say he's , kbida dumb? l$ OdcM.S SyatoU S- A - I 'Guzzle Clause9 Latest v Tiling in Union Contract NEW YOItlC April 30.-UP)-Six thousand brewery workers., tonight got what a U. S. concil iator said was the first union contract ever to include a guz- - zl clause. - -r- . " The contract calls for aj 15 minute ' period " each morning and afternoon when the men can knock off and quaff a few draufthts of beer. ' - " Maj. Beakey Succumbs in Maj. John S. Beakey, former state traffic engineer and a Vet eran of both world " Wars, died Wednesday at Fitzsimmons Gen eral hospital in Denver, Colo.: He had been hospitalized since suf fering wounds July 2, 1944,1 in the allied invasion of France, i Beakey was "one of the fore most traffic engineers in the Unit ed States," R. H. Baldock, state highway engineer; said Wednes day night Baldock credited Beak ey with laying out the state's orig inal highway sign system and de signing of several traffic plans and structures. He was the author of several books. During world war, J. Beakey served 18 months with a machine gun company of, the 162nd infan try, 1st division. . He was com missioned a captain when f he again ' entered , service Dec. ! 16, 1942. He went overseas in Aug ust, 1943, as highway, engineer ing officer with European theatre headquarters and helped to plan against traffic" problems of the invasion. He went into Europe on D-day ' and was wounded while in Normandy by a steel fragment which entered his lung.' . After hospitalization in . Eng land he was returned to the U.S. in February, 1945, and .was! in Baxter hospital, Spokane, then in Fitzsimmons hospital. - (Addi tional details on page 2.) NelsonWilcox I j ;',..--s-: . v ' 'f Announce Sale of Hollywood Theatre Sale of the Hollywood theatre in Salem to E. H. Dickinson of Port land was announced Wednesday night by George H. Wilcox and M. A. Nelson, owners for tho past: 16 months. Consideration in . the transfer was not disclosed. Dickinson, in the theatre busi ness in Oregon and Idaho for more than-20 years, said he plans no chan gee in theatre policy or in the operating staff. He will manage the theatre, and he and Mrs. Dickinson plan to make their residence in Sa lem tntho near future. i . Nelson, who with his father-in-law bought the Hollywood from Al Myers Theatres, said he intends to remain in Salem but that his plans are indefinite. ALUMINA PACT READY "PITTSBURGH, April SMP The ClO-United Steelworkers un ion tonight announced , virtual agreement had been reached with the Aluminum company of Amer ica on a 1947 contract providing for the "more than 15 cent an hour wage increase package. ' " : - Army Hospital Sovereign Grand Master of 10 OF Honored Nearly 500 members of Odd Fellows and Rebekah lodges in Oregon were on hand Wednes day night as Salem's Chemeketa lodge entertained Sovereign Grand Master C. A. Wheeler of Austin, Tex. ' ; Judge Wheeler discussed his tory and work of the I OOF in his address at a night meeting in the First Methodist church, follow ing a dinner at the church and a regular lodge' meeting In - Che meketa lodge rooms. The final program Included, besides the grand master's ad dress, welcome remarks by Jus tice George Rossman, invocation by the Rev. Chester P. Gates, organ music by Prof. Josef Schnel ker, bass solos by Corydon Blod gett and selections by a Willam ette university octette. ' I Since Salem was - Wheeler's only official stop ' in Oregon, ; a number of state grand lodge offi -1 ' - - street of Worth, Mow shortly after C. B. Adams Feed store, that two . - . Z ' Tornado Toll Mounting as Storms Persist FAIRMONT. N. C April 30 (fiJ-A. tornado swept - through a thickly - populated rural area about two miles south of here to day, killing at least one person C. B. Stafford, secretary of the Fairmont chamber of commerce, said that the storm, which struck at about 4:30, destroyed from 50 to 100 houses, leaving an estunat ed 200 persons homeless. Stafford said that the only known dead was Annie Powell, 4-year-old daughter of Earl Pow ell. ,. Powell 'told Stafford that the storm struck the house and de molished it, and Powell found himself in the front yard. He managed to remove his eight oth er children from the wreckage unharmed. ROGERS, Ark., April 30-(P The death toll rose to nine today with an estimated 25 others in jured seriously in a tornado which lashed two sparsely settled northwest Arkansas communities late last night. " Twisters also struck in Mis souri and Iowa yesterday, killing 13 persons, injuring some 45 oth ers and demolishing the town of Worth, Mo., and causing exten sive property damage but no deaths, at Clio, Iowa. Durant Draws ' 15-Year Term FRANKFURT, Germany, April SO-iSVCol. Jack W. Durant was sentenced to is years at bard la bored and cashiered from the ser vice today as the U. S. army wound up its prosecution of "principals" In the fantastic, theft of the $1,500,000 Hesse crown jewels. -; - jvv;;. - w Durant, whose wife is serving a five-year term for the looting of the buried gems, . grew pale" but stood "motionless as sentence was pronounced by a court of eight colonels. The eslim, 37-yearold air force officer of 'Washington, D. C, and Chicago, was found guilty of eight countsT v. -. Search Continues Xor Missing Canadian Plane VANCOUVER. B, C. April 30 (CP)-Low-lying cloud banks cov ering the ice-clad peaks north of Nanaimo, B. C, slowed down the air search today for a missing Trans-Canada - airliner with 15 person's aboard while pilots, pick ing their way between, the treach erous, sky-scraping mountains and fighting dangerous down-d rafts over the canyons, had little to re port other than a fresh fall of snow. - - ,--'-" MILK CUT IN PENDLETON PENDLETON, Ore April 30-Cfl3) mux will drop a cent a quart to 17 .cents' here , tomorrow in re sponse to the Truman "cut c rices" drive, dairymen disclosed today. at Salem Dinner cers attended the program here. Several grand encampment and department staff officers present included J. M. Bennett, Albany, grand high priest, and Brig. Gen. W. V. Merchant, department com mander. Officials from the state Re bekah assembly present Included Marion Wilson. Bandon. Dresi dent; Suda Corns tock. Baker, vice president; Christine Smith, Leba non, warden: Louise Smith. Ba ker, secretary; Ida B. Knight, Canby, treasurer; Nettie Larson, Silverton, and Ethel Bailey, Rose burg. 1 ; Among out-of-town visitors was a former Salem man, Wil liam Hall, 56 years a member of the IOOF and for four years (ending in 1902) Marion county clerk. The son of B. F. Hall. Wood burn pioneer, he moved to Port land in 1808 NINETY-SEVENTH -YEAR 12 gress Speeds Fund Bill Immediate suspension of read justment allowances for Oregon's unemployed , and self-employed veterans, until a deficiency ap propriation is passed by congress, was announced Wednesday by T. Morris Dunne, chairman of the state unemployment compensation commission. t Following receipt of a telegram from the veterans administration reading, "Due to lack of funds it becomes Imperative to cease is suance of readjustment allow ances." Dunne said funds previ ously allocated for the "GI bill of rights' allowances during the year ending June 30 have been ex hausted.' Local -employment offices will continue to accept veterans claims and process them, however, in or der that checks may be sent out promptly when funds are avail able. . Last week 5571 unemployed and 173S self-employed veterans : in Oregon drew readjustment allow ances, the commission said. 'Re adjustment allowances in the state since January 1 total $3,810,038, including $734,097 for self-employed veterans. Public Assistance Checks Waiting PORTLAND, April SCWJVOre gon's public assistance checks for the aged, blind and dependent children will be delayed for May by failure of congress to speed passage of a deficiency appropria tion bill for the federal share. 3 j H. Luihn, chairman of the Oregon state public welfare com mission, said the 30,000 Oregon persons on the rolls would nor mally receive their checks after tomorrow but the payments would be held up until the federal funds are made available. Luihn said the San Francisco regional office of the federal so cial security administration noti fied the Oregon commission no allotment would be made to the state until congress passes the bill. Only Few Days Delay Indicated WASHINGTON, April 30 -&) A joint senate-house committee gottogether on details of a sup plementary appropriations bill to day in time to Indicate only a few days delay in mailing out any so cial security checks scheduled for the first of the month. The $2330,000,000 measure pro vides deficiency funds for a score of agencies In the year ending June 30. Included in the total is $135,000,000 for grants to states under the social security program for aid to the aged, children and blind.::'- : ; . : Representatives of both house and senate - settled today differ ences between versions of the leg islation. There remains only the acceptance of their agreement by the ' two branches which ordi narily is achieved within a day or so and signing by the presi dent. The agreement today provides $100,000,000 for the veterans ad ministration for the largest single item. Oregon to Retain Bus 'Smoking Ban' The prohibition against smok ing on buses operating in Oregon, issued during the war when the vehicles were crowded, will con tinue as a permanent measure, A. F. Harvey, head of ' the motor transportation division of the pub lic utilities commission, declared Wednesday. Harvey said the "smoking ban" on buses had received a lot; of favorable comment and added that buses are compelled to make a rest stop at least every two hours which gives travelers an opportunity to smoke. TRAIN WRECK IN EAST HUNTINGDON, Pa May l-P) An undetermined number of per sons was injured early today as a Pennsylvania railroad New York St Louis passenger train, the American, . crashed into lading matter proturuding from a stand ing freight No cars were de railed. Weather Max. - SS - SI 79 Mln. Precip. 41 .M 4 .05 47 .00 Salem Portland San Francisco Chicago 69 54 trace Willamette river 1 foot. FORECAST (from U.S. weather bu reau. McNary field.' Salem): Partly cloudy today, tonight and tomorrow with slightly wanner daytime temper atures. Highest today 70-75. Lowest to night 40-45. Agricultural outlook: Both dusting and spraying will be possible in moat parts of the state today with local winds interfering at times this afternoon. Favorable weather for all farm work expected this weekend. , , , 6oil PAGES PlcRefe to Mas en. Rdorse Fails Proposal Labelled 'Political' WASHINGTON, April 30-i& Brushing aside warnings; of a presidential veto, the senate de feated 59 to 35 'today a move to split into four measures the big labor bill designed to curb strikes and othes union activities'.' It thus backed up the republi can leadership to deliver labor legislation to President Truman in an "all of nothing" package. Senator Morse (R-Ore) offered the four-way split plan, with the argument that congress stands, a better chance of getting some la bor legislation if it is submitted to the White House piecemeal rather than in one lump, v Senator Hatch (D-NM)i flatly predicted a presidential veto of an omnibus bill. But Senator Taft (R-Ohio) told his colleagues there was ' no reason for splitting up the measure "except a political one" to give Mr. , Truman a chance to reject portions of legis lation and accept others. Today's vote apparently fore shadowed easy passage of the bill, probably next week. House Votes to Free Building From Controls " WASHINGTON, April 0-UP) The house voted 127 to 48 today to kill virtually all government controls over building materials and construction, and. members shouted stormy protest against a pending proposal to extend modi fied rent controls from June 30 to December 31. With some members demanding a blanket 10 per cent boost while others called for an immediate end of all controls, the house put off a showdown on the politically potent. rent issue until tomorrow. Rep. McCjormack (D-Mass) capped the day's fiery debate with the announcement that he will attempt to send the entire : housing-rent bill back to the house banking committee for rewriting. Slavs Denounce US 'Imperialism' LONDON, April 30-(P)-Yugo-slav communists accused American-led "imperialist cliques' of "provoking civil war in Greece" tonight as millions of Europe's toilers prepared to celebrate May Day in great public demonstra tions. Many nations, turned leftist since the war, will Join tomor row with the Soviets in Moscow's Red Square in parading a show of military strength, and hold noisy mass rallies in their capitals and cities.' All Six Qualify in Fireman's Exam The six men who took city fire men's examinations last week were found qualified,' according to Alfred Mundt, secretary of the Salem civil service commission. Fire Chief W. P. Roble said that all but Carol H. Godsey are now acting as temporary firemen and that Godsey, formerly a tem porary firemen, will go to; work immediately. The five who will continue on permanent duty are Donald James Reinke, M i 1 o Aeschliman, Jack Lyman John son, Thomas G. Stetler ana Dale J. Seifer. Water Main Scaffolding Starts Trip Across Willamette River With scaffolding begun across the Willamette river, under the inter-county bridge at Chemeketa street, complete installation of the eight-inch pipeline to carry em ergency water to West Salem in dry seasons is in sight. Contractor G. R. Boatwright stated Wednesday that fittings will probably be made this! Fri day and that plans are to com plete the line across the river next week. The pipe will then be tested and painted before work is begun on installing ' 1,000 feet of underground line on . the West Salem side of the Willamette. POU N Dsx D 1651 Salem. Oreaon, Thursday Morning, A Bell for "7 - IC '.v-S.,- --. ."' E W .. This "victory bell" for Willamette university, to be presented today to the student body by President G. Herbert Smith as gift from the Southern Pacific Co., Is exhibited above by Marilee Olson, Portland sophomore and member of the Willamette rally squad. The brightly polished brass bell which formerly adorned a loco motive now Is placed on a red frame and is to be mounted in the Waller hall cupola. (Statesman photo by Don Dill, staff photographer.) 5 Dead, 3 Trapped ion CoaB rine ExpBo5ioDi TERRE HAUTE, Ind., April SO-iAVPive bodies were found to night in an explosion-racked shaft of the Spring Hill coal mine, and rescue squads expected to find tho three- other trapped miners momentarily. ' The two bodies brought to the surface were identified as Bar ney Riggs and Desire Lete, both 67, and both of Terre Haute. The Joseph Davies, Einstein Listed fRuss Friends' By Eddy Gil more MOSCOW, April 30-fyTfVPravda declared today that communism was gaining strength around the world and that "a warm sympa thy toward the soviet union is living and growing in thehearts of workers abroad. In an article headed "Friends of the Soviet Union Abroad, Pravda listed as among the Am erican friends of Russia: "The C a 1 i f o r n ia prosecutor, Kenney. "Johannes Steel (German-born radio commentator and economist who recently appeared in Moscow during the foreign ministers con ference. "Former ambassador to the so viet union Joseph E. Davies. "Albert Einstein (the mathema tician). "Paul Robeson (negro singer) and many others. World to Hear of Global Police Force Report ; NEW YORK, April 30-(if)-The United Nations security council agreed unanimously tonight to publish the first 'report of its military staff committee on the establishment of a global police force. It will be released Satur day for general publication over the world Sunday morning, the council ruled. ELEANOR BACK AT WHEEL HYDE PARK, N. Y., April 30 (JP)- Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt's li cense to drive was reinstated to day, her secretary said, after a 314 month suspension that result ed from her part in an automo bile accident. The entire job is scheduled ty the cities' officials a no the con tractor for operation by June 2. City Engineer J. H. Davis said that several weeks' work will be required before the finish of un derground installations on Che meketa street in Salem. Another pipeline installation,' now in progress by the Boat wright Surveying and Engineer ing company - at the Woodburn plant of the Birdseye Snyder di vision of the General Foods cor poration is now begun and com plete laying of 8,000 feet of pipe is expected in about 30 working days. May 1, 1947 to Willamette others had not been identified. . Dr. C. L. Luckett, mine physi cian, said neither of the bodies showed ! any traces of burns, and mining authorities surmised that the dynamite the men were using had exploded dust in the shaft j One of the rescue workers, Lu cian Bussarre of Terre Haute, was overcome by - fumes - m the mine tonight. He was broaght back to the surface and' was re vived by artificial respiration, i Harry Kersn, co-owner of the small truck mine four miles south of here, told newsmen the gov ernment had approved, reopening of the mine, closed for production since a federal order following the March 2S disasterln a mine at Centralis IU, CampWlrite j Initiative Filed Preliminary Initiative petition di recting the state board of. control to acquire the Camp White hospi tal in Jackson county, presumably for ' use as a mental institution. was . filed In the state depart ment Wednesday. Nine legislators signed the petition. - . . A total of 18.967 signatures are needed to put the measure on the November 1948 ballot. Officials said the proposed in itiative measure is virtually - the same as a bill vetoed by Gov, Earl Snell. The initiative peti tion was signed by Senators Lew Wallace, Walter J. Pearson, Frank Hilton, Thomas R. Mahoney, Irv ing Rand and Lee Patterson, all of Portland; Earl T. Newbry, Ash land, and Representatives O. H Bengston, Med ford, and Anna M. Ellis, Garibaldi. Mrs. Simerville. To Join YW Staff Mrs. Clara Simerville ' of the Willamette university faculty , to day becomes part-time director of the young adults department of the Salem YWCA. Her ' selection was disclosed Wednesday by Mrs. B. F. Wil liams, chairman of the YW per sonnel committee, which has been considering applications since Marjorie Wells- resigned the po sition and left for California. Mrs. Simerville has a BA de gree from Willamette and an MA degree from University of Oregon. SHS Student to Enter National Speech Meet Cornelius Bateson, Salem High school speech student, will com pete in the extemporaneous speak ing competition at the National Forensic league's nationwide tour nament Friday and Saturday at Jennings, Mo. Bateson has par ticipated - in several scholastic speech events in Oregon and is a member of the local school's de bate team. Spjo Price 5c Ho. 3d xclfoaouge ft Lalbw LB5DD Statewide Step-up Set Today; Plans for mass picketing at tho Salem telephone building this morning were disclose! by sink- ' , ing telephone union officials her last night. ' ' The order bolstering the local picket lines followed a statewide union meeting in Portland Wed nesday - night at which Salem leaders in United Telephone Em ployes of Oregon heard fresh of fers of CIO union's picketing! services and word from union headquarters that mass picketing; will be conducted at telephone ex changes throughout Oregon today. Morale Strengthened Belief that thesa Portland de velopments strengthened the spirit of local, telephone workers who today are in their . 25th day of strike was expressed by Don K. Crenshaw, Joint chairman of the striking Salem locals. Earlier in the day reports were current that several of the ap- . proximately 200 striking workers were maneuvering to return to their work in the local plant of Pacific Telephone and Telegraph At least 35 workers are expect- . ed in the mass picket line at th Salem telephone building, starting at 7:30 this morning. A larger demonstration seemed unlikely as many of the local strikers havo taken temporary jobs since tho) locals here decided to pay Tegu lar pickets (drawn from- amen strikers) rather than all tsk. turns on the picket line. " Sent to Mid-Valley Towns Salem sent several union mem bers to Dallas and Independence Wednesday for a brief display of mass picketing. - No word was forthcoming from telephone executive in Salem to indicate any of the striking work ers, had sought to return to , work. Executives and the supervisory employes have kept Salem tele phone service going during the) strike.' Dials have been, little af fected and all emergency long distance . calls have been getting through. ' t Strike Picture Dimmer 1 WASHINGTON, April 30 -( The country-wide telephone strike picture grew even dimmer tonight with . refusal of at least part oi the members of a New York union to go back, to work under an an nounced settlement. Strike set tlementi earlier had been ano nounced covering 43,000 worker 37,000 in New York and 6000 la Pennsylvania ' J In New York, members of one union, the Traffic. Employes A sociation, decided in a series of meetings not to go to work- to morrow past pickets oi the Na4 tional Federation of Telephone Workers; i House Passes Slashed Foreign Relief Program : WASHINGTON. April 30 WVf The administration's foreign - re4 lief program suffered a jolting blow today when the house pass ed a bill slashed from $350,000 000 to 1200,000,000 and clampinf sharp controls on help to Ru sian-dominated countries. The tattered bill, passed on a. roll call vote of 333 to 68, wrw. goes to the senate. - tf The bill is designed to continue some ' of the foreign relief pre- vioosly ; carried en by- UNNRA. 1 I 1 In mini 1 in . f Arab Countries Lose Round in Ui N. Debate NEW YORK, April 30P-The) . Arab countries , were beaten 1st tonight in their first attempt o throw the issue of Palestine inde pendence before the special ses sion of the United Nations -assembly, i By a vote of eight to one, witH five absentions, 1 the asembry steering committee decided against the Arabs. V I - ' Our SenalcrsV ' .-u-ru-u-u-u-i-rLru-UT-ru-. jl". -m-i - r j-..T.r.