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O ODDO OO OODO O ODO ODD OOO y O OE3 OPO OOOO ED O O Pirnmnie EwiloiniDsfieir OaclkeirDZDe Kiinig If Camiadla to Quoit OTTAWA, Jan. 20.-F)-Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King announced tonight that he would retire as Prime Minister and as leader of Canada s liberal party as soon as the liberals choose nia successor probably next August. : The 73-year-old premier, speaking at the annual dinner of the National Liberal Federation's advisory council, asked that a: liberal irt&t ' (fXx , ft L n MACKENZIE KING to 8 Up Dtwi S3B3DDDS rotDGOQS The recent airing of troubles within the police department probably was a surprise to most people. I understand there was some resentment in police circles to news reports by Managing Editor Wendell Webb of The Statesman, but the action of City Manager Franzen in reorganizing the department and the statement Issued by CapC Kiggins when he resigned confirmed the reports of Internal frictions. Maybe the vent ing will do good by relieving pressures and getting the depart ment back on the job nf policing rather than gossiping and feuding. Though need for the reorgani zation was evident, the method tnay be questioned: the city man ager taking over the reins from the chief and Issuing the orders. Sound administration would seem to indicate that the chief should organize his staff; but we shall. Dot quarrel with the method if good results follow. Most of the controversy with the department has centered around the detective plainclothes detail, some of whose members seemed to regard their jobs as giving them independence in their activities. Then some of the uni formed men got bitten by jeal ousy and frictions, developed. The major point of contention was over the claims of partiality in making appointments within the department. Requirements of a good police department are effective and firm leadership at the top, com petence, integrity and loyalty all down the line. All members arc now '"on the spot" the chief, the captains, sergeants and offi cers to work together harmon iously to supply Salem with the quality of police service it need. Baby Dies in Mayor's Office MINNEAPOLIS. Jan. 20.-JP-A baby died in the mayor's office to day after its parents said it had been refused admittance to Gener al (city) hospital, but Hennepin County Coroner Russell R. fleim Said tonight he had "found no evi dence of negligence" on the part Of hospital officials. i Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Jensen of Minneapolis said doctors at the hospital had refused to admit the four-months-old child. Arthur, jr., when they brought it to the re ceiving room Monday night. Dr. Heim, following an autop sy, said the infant died of laryn-geal-trachael bronchitis. Mayor Humphrey promised an exhaustive inquiry into the death Of the infant. Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH I "Oh yes, I can trace my 1m-, ttf through 15 oeeerafjoas o Xarye Grade A' I convention be summoned to select a new titular head. Under the Canadian political system, leadership of the party in power and the prime minister ial post always have gone to the same man. Thus, hi retirement from both posts presumably will be held in August, selects a new leader. The careful wording of Mac kenzie King's speech left the way open, however, for him to be persuaded to remain in office longer if the party demanded it. He gave definite indication, nev ertheless, that he would prefer to retire and write his memoir?. Best informed sources in Otta wa said it was a "good bet' that Mackenzie King's present minis ter of external affairs, Louis S. St. Laurent, would be chosen to succeed to the party leadership and the prime ministership. Many persons had expected King to recommend St. Laurent formally to the party tonight, but; he did not do so. "It seems to roe." he told the 800 liberals at the dinner, "that in the light of changed and changing conditions, the time has com for the holding of a na tional convention." Cross-Country Police Chase Ends in Salem The city jail doors closed Tues day on a newcomer to Salem who officers said had been followed across the country from, Tennes see by a felony warrant charging he obtained property (a 1947 auto mobile) under false pretenses with intent to steal. On the basis of information from state police, as to description and nature of this charge, Paul L. Ker win was traced down and arrest ed by local detectives. Kerwin is being held without bail pending receipt of further in formation from Huntington, Tenn., where the warrant was issued. The car alleged to be involved is in the hands of a local used car dealer to whom police said Ker win sold it. complete with an Ore gon title and license plates. The arrest was made by Detec tive George Edwards as Kerwin was entering a bank here. Officers said he had been residing at a local hotel. following the arrest, the police department received a wire from Dkckerson Motor Co. of Cairo, 111., asking that "Kerwin s car be plac ed m custody for protection of the firm, since it held a $ 1,500 hen on the vehicle. Pauley Profit Near $1 Million WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 - (JP) -Edwin W. Pauley bought $5,876. 503.79 worth of farm products in three years, sold them for $6,809, 206.85, and told congress today that his market information was available to "everybody who read the newspapers." Senate investigators showed that he profited on every com modity in amassing his $832,703 earnings between 1945 and 1947. Pauley, who became a special assistant to Secretary of the Army Royall' last September, reiterated today that he had never had or used any inside government in formation in his transactions that he hadn't needed any. ". . . The last three years have been the only period when my judgment convinced me that prices could go only one way: up," he said. Pickets Promised If Ships Transfer To Foreign Nations SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 20 -iJP) Harry Lundeberg announced today "his AFL sailors' union of the Pa cific would picket "any and U" .ships transferred to foreign gov ernments under the Marshall plan. A shipowner spokesman support ed his stand. The proposed transfer of 500 American vessels to European na tions would "place 23.000 Amer ican officers and seamen in bread lines." the SUP chief said in an nouncing the union's decision af ter a referendum by the member bership. COLOMBIA POLITICAL FIGHT BOGOTA. Colombia, Jan. 20-jP) Gen. Gustav Maamoro. newly appointed military governor gen eral of Santaader del i Norte, ar rived in that northeastern depart ment today to cope with bloody political fighting in which, "news paper dispatches said, "hundreds were killed." BOMB OWN TKOOPS POPING. Wednesday. Jan. 21 UP) - Chinese government planes bombed their own ground troops by mistake 20 miles southwest of here at noon last Saturday, Pei ping's municipal air raid precau tions headquarters acknowledged today. There were 10 casualties and 20 buildings were bit. NDirTY -SEVENTH TEAB Hall Denial Seals Slayer's Fate Reds Ask Bizonia Dissolved BERLIN. Jan. 10. - (JP) - Russia formerly demanded dissolution of the Joint British-American econ omic : administration of the two western rones in the allied con trol council today, declaring the arrangement violated Potsdam agreements. Marshall Vassily Sokolovsky. so viet fnilitary governor, presented the Russian view. He spoke after Gen. Lucius D. Clay of the United States outlined measures taken re cently by the American and Brit ish military governments to ex pand and improve economic ad ministration western Germany, be set anew today by hunger strikes and threats of strikes. The Russian denunciation meant that eastern and western Germany will continue along their separate ways for some time to come. Whe ther the two parts of the country will have different currencies was still uncertain. Gen. Clay again asked for four power agreement on .issuance of a new mark to be printed in Berlin under four-power supervision. The Russians' answer was not given. but the Russians have been insist ing all along that they have th right to print half the currency in their own zone under their own supervision. The Americans and British fear such an arrangement would permit their zones to be flooded with soviet-printed cur rency. Dulles Backs Marshall Plan WASHINGTON, Jan. 20-CF)-A top republican foreign affairs ex pert, John Foster Dulles, came to the Support of the Truman admin istration today in its fight for a European recovery program "ade quate" to ward off Russian domi nation of the European continent. Asserting that the Soviet Union is striving "by every act short of new war" to wreck the war weakened economies of Europe's free states, Dulles declared the communist effort "will probably succeed" unless this country gives western Europe substantial help. If Russia does become "domi nant," Dulles said, the U.S. will have to spend so many millions on its armed forces that the cost of the assistance program proposed by Secretary of State Marshall will look like "a bag of peanuts" by comparison. Birdman 'Flies Over Chehalis9 CHEHALIS. Wash.. Jan. 20-fyp)-They are seeing things in the skies in these parts again this time a "whozit-whatzit." Mrs. Bernice Zaikowtki, 61, re ported a "birdman" flipping around the roof of her barn ear lier this month, could hear a "suzing and whizzing" and add-ed--"there he was, just 200 feet above." She said the man had silver wings and appeared to manipulate controls strapped to his chest but there appeared to be no motive power. The wings didn't flap and there was no propeller, she said. Chief of Police Thomas Murray has refused to investigate and McCbord field army authorities, thinking of the flying saucers re ports, are skeptical. Only Mrs. Zaikowtki is positive. Governors to Select 'Friend Ship Sponsors SEATTLE, Jan. 20-6-Gover-nors of the fourth Pacific north west states will be asked tomor row to ilame representative from each of their states to accompany the northwest "Friend Ship" on its mission to Europe. Co-Ova Innan Ralph Grossmand and Howard Parish said today. The vessel, the USS Gretna Vic tory, will leave about February 1 with more than 5,000,000 pounds of tood and clothing. ASKS LANDS REOPENED WASHINGTON, Jan. 2Q-(JP)-Rep. Ellsworth (R-Ore.) intro duced in the house today a bill providing for the reopening of the revested Oregon and California raSroad and Coos Bay wagon road grant lands to exploration, loca tion, entry and disposition under the general mining laws. 14 PAGES Tzu A dm. Blandy Hints at Atom Bomb (Defense Sees Evidences of War Prevention CHARLESTON, S. C, Jan. 20. -P)-Admiral William H. P. Blandy, commander of the U. S. fleet, said here today, "It is ailly to say there is no defense against the atomic bomb." At a news conference during his inspection of naval installa tions here, Blandy, who was commander of "operations cross roads" at Bikini, did not elabor ate on possible defenses against atomic weapons. He said, how ever, defense measures would include concrete, underground Threat to Bolt Democrat Party Heard from South JACKSON, Miss., Jan. 20-iip-Gov. rielding L. Wright today asked an end to Mississippi's unique secret police force and urged a southern bolt from the democratic party if the "cnti southern" trend continues. The secret police force, whose members are known only to the governor, was set up last November at a special session of the leg islature after violence developed during a protracted strike involv ing Southern Bus Lines, Inc. The force is scheduled to go out of existence in July, and today Wright called for a uniformed state police to replace it. In his inaugural address as Mis sissippi's 50th governor, Wright accused democratic leaders of aiming to "wreck the south and our institutions." He declared the south "will not lonrer tolerate be ing the target" for legislation "which would not only destroy our way of life, but which, if en acted would eventually destroy the United States." Wright referred to the southern record of adherance to the demo cratic party, but said that "when the national leaders attempt to change those principles for which the party stands, we intend to fight for its preservation with all means at our hands. "I would regret to see the day come when Mississippi or the south should break with the de mocratic party in a national elec tion." he said, "but vital princi ples and eternal truths transcend party lines, and the day is now at hand when determined action must be taken." Man Held for: Tossing Bomb Near Gandhi NEW DELHI. Jan. 20.-JP)-Po-lice said they had arrested a man, identifying himself as a Hindu ref ugee from the Moslem part of Punjab, who interrupted Mohan das K. Gandhi's prayer meeting tonight by exploding a homemade bomb 50 yards away. Gandhi, addressing the meeting the first time since the end of his fast, was seated crosslegged on the platform before a microphone at the time. He looked up, and ex claimed, "What is it? I do not know. But never mind, listen to me." He then continued speaking without any trace of excitement. Police said the arrested man had a grenade in his pocket and that he told incoherent stories when first questioned. House Group Reduce Tax By Francis M. Lemay WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 - (JP) -The republican high command in the houe today approved a $5, 600.000,000 income tax cut, re fusing to trim back the Knutson bill in an effort to pick up demo cratic, votes to override an expect ed presidential veto. After this action by the GOP steering committee. Speaker Mar tin (R-Mass.) confidently sig nalled for a house vote on the bill next week. House Democratic Leader Ray burn, of Texas, immediately told reporters, "That bill as it is now never will become law, and I think the republicans know it." Martin said republicans will slash Mr. Truman's $39,700,000,000 budget for 1949 enough to make room for the tax cut and a pay ment of at least $2,000,000,000 on the national debt The tax measure, sponsored by Chairman Knutson (R-Minn.) of the bouse ways and means com POUNDBD 1651 Oregon S tatman. Salem. Oregon. Wednesday January 21, structures, utilization of the bomb itself, and, quoting Maj. Gen. Leslie R. Groves, director of the World war II atomic pro ject, "not being there when the bomb goes off." In reference to efforts' toward peace, the navy veteran said that never in his 38 years of service "Have I seen as intensive appli cation of scientific research to ward prevention of war as I am seeing now." "This time," Blandy added. "We are on the right track." He did not elaborate. Planners Take Hospital Study Assignment The task of determining the Sa lem communitys' need for added hospital facilities and the means by Vhich they might 'be secured was accepted Tuesday night by the Salem long range planning com mission. Such a study was request ed by boards of Salem General and Memorial hospitals, who indi cated doubt as to feasibility of their recent plans for new con struction aggregating $3,000,000. C. A. McClure, commission en gineer, was authorized to make an extensive survey of the present hospital situation, financial re sources and availability and the community's present and future needs. The hospitals belong to the com munity as a whole, declared James Walton, Salem Chamber of Com merce president, who, with Paul B. Wallace, urged that the com mission should fully study and consider the matter at its contri bution to a controversial issue. A discussion of action of the pro posed new Salem - West Salem bridge occupied a portion of the meeting, featured by an article written by Hedda Swart, Marion county engineer, on the history of river crossings here and an analy sis of the needs. The commission voted to send copies of the report to members of the state highway commission and the legislature's interim committee on highways Weather Max. Min. Prertp. Sateas 41 24 .at Portland 41 27 .00 San Francisco 59 37 .00 Chicaro 30 trar Nw York U IS M Willamette river 34 feet. FORECAST (from U.S. weather bu reau. McNary field. Salem): Partly cloudy today and tonight with Increas ing rloudlnesa tonlsht. Warmer tem perastores tonight, with lowest near S3, highest today near 40. SALEM PRECIPITATION Total Total Average Yesterday Since Sept. 1 Since Sept. 1 .00 1S.71 1721 Refuses to Slash Plan mittee, would remove about 7, 000,000 low income persons from the federal tax rolls completely. It would: 1. Raise individual exemptions by $100, from $500. to $600. 2. Apply generally the commu nity property principle under which husbands and wives may split the income in lower tax brackets. 3. Grant percentage cuts in rates, ranging from 30 per cent in the lowest income bracket to 10 per cent in the upper brackets. The republican steering commit tee brushed aside the substitute proposal by Mr. Truman for a $40 a person "cost of living" tax cut for individuals, with the $3, 200,000,000 revenue loss to be made up by partial restoration of the wartime excess profits tax on corporations. It likewise ignored the proposal by Bernard M. Baruch that the nation forget about tax reduction for two years and apply all sur plus, revenues on debt payment.. Issue of Race Said No Factor Friday's slated execution of Wardell Henderson, 27-year-old convicted slayer, will not be stay ed by Gov. John Hall, the gover nor decided Tuesday. Advised of the refusal of execu tive clemency, Henderson told Prison Warden George Alexander he already had heard the bad news and that he had no "hard feelings" against anyone. In his statement regarding the negro who was convicted of slay ing Walter Poole, Vanport butch er, on Dec. 24, 1045, Governor Hall declared that "No one has claimed the defendant did not have a fair trial nor that he was not given every opportunity to present any matter material to his defense. Neither bas anyone established that the question of racial discrimination was in any way connected with the case." Hall said he had received no expression from any of the jurors except the foreman, who recently wrote that had he to do it all over again upon the same evi dence he would vote to- convict the defendant but would recom mend life imprisonment. (In Portland the governor's de cision brought protests from offi cials of the Urban league and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. David Robinson, league president, said "the state of Oregon should not forfeit a human life if the conviction was the result of what is now demonstrated to have been an unfair triaL" Irving Goodman, NAACP-attorney, claimed that affidavits from two jurors had blamed the death penalty on rac ial prejudice in the jury and that they had been "thrown in the waste basket" by the governor.) Henderson will be transferred to a death cell, adjacent to the lethal gas chamber, Thursday af ternoon, according to the warden. Alexander said the prisoner had not made any special requests and apparently was in good spirits. It was believed he learned of the governor's decision by radio in his cell block. (Additional details on page 2.) 3 Vacancies On Air Board WASHINGTON. Jan. 20-OP)-Harllee Branch resigned today as a member of the Civil Aeronautics board. And, for the second time, the senate armed services committee blocked legislation asked by Pre sident Truman to enable MaiGen. Laurence S. Kuter to serve as chairman of the board. The committee dislikes the idea of military officers in civilian Jobs. Branch's resignation, .which is to become effective May 1. will cause the third vacancy on the five-member board. Chairman James M. Land is went out at the end of 1947 when Pre sident Truman declined to reap point him. Clarence M. Young, a republican, resigned several months ago to manage Los An geles' airports. 150 Believed Lost As Ship Capsizes SANTIAGO, Chile, Jan. 20-fP)-Flfty bodies were recovered today from the Imperial river in south ern Chile where the 84-ton steam ship Cautin capsized and sank last night with a possible loss of 150 lives. The steamer carried 450 passen gers, many of them women and children en route to religious cere monies of St. Sebastian at Puerto Savedra. The disaster was the worst in Chile since the 1938 earthquake which claimed 30,000 lives. Officials blamed an excess ive cargo for the tragedy. Royal Couple Get $200,000 Yearly LONDON, Jan. 20 -0P-The house of commons approved by an overwhelming 294 to 17 major ity today annual allowances total ing 50,000 ($200,000) , for Brit ain's royal newlyweds. Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip. The vote was on the decisive second reading. The measure calls for an increase from 15.000 ($60,000) to 40,000 ($160,000) in Elizabeth's annual allowance and sets up a 10,000 ($40,000) annuity for her husband. 1948 Price Woman Dies, OSC Students Burned In Trailer Blast CORVALLIS, Ore., Jan. 20 (A)Burns received when fire destroyed two trailers at a camp south of the city were fatal to Mrs. Mack Andrews, age 60, and sent three other persons to a hospital. The woman and her husband, who was retired, were occupants of a trailer adjoining one occu pied by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Sabo, Oregon State college stu dents, when a gas tank Sabo was repairing exploded this after non. The explosion rocked the two trailers and flames quickly engulfed the vehicles. The victim's husband is listed as seriously burned, but not critical. Sabo and his wife also were treated. Scott Suggests Portland Select F Building Site Suggestion that the people of Portland be allowed to determ ine where to locate a proposed new state office building in that city was put before the state board of control at Tuesday's meeting by State Treasurer Leslie M. Scott. No recommendation was made by the board, and Scott said board members had no preference as te a west or east side site for the 12.500,000 structure. The board heard arguments for an east side selection from a dele gation from the Eastslde Commer cial club. Construction of the building was authorized by the 1947 legisla ture, with money to be borrowed from state funds and repaid from rentals. The site problem Is under investigation by Roy Mills, board of control secretary, according to Gov. John ' H. Hall. Scott urged that haste be avoided In site selec tion and that plan be worked out to let metropolitan residents decide. The Portland group's reasons for choice of the east side includ ed: Future growth of the city will largely center there, relief of west side traffic conditions, lower con struction cost, convenience to re sidents, lack of advantageous sites across the river. The-group ex pressed preference for a site in the Lloyd addition. Slightly Wanner Temperatures Due As Clouds Arrive The mercury in Salem didn't fall as low Tuesday morning, 24 degrees, as Monday's winter low of 21. but neither did the day get as warm as the previous day's 42 "degrees. Yesterday's maximum was 41. More cloudiness is expected here today, according to the U.S. weather bureau at McNary field, which predicted a low of near 33 degrees tonight. The Portland of fice forecast nightly freezing tem peratures for the state until Sat urday. On the Santiam highway sum mit, the) state highway department reported a 14 degree reading, patches! of packed snow and ice, a sanded road and 53 inches of road side snw. Man Falls into Cage of Lions MANCHESTER, England. Jan. 20 -(JP)- A circus audience saw today a fantasy which occurs us ually in bad dreams a man fell into a cage of lions Blondini, a widely known Brit ish tight rope walker, lost his footing at a spot where the rope passed over the lions' barred en closure. He fell heavily among the four lions. Stunned, he lay still. Animal Trainer Clem Merk crawled Into the cage with a chair, quieted the excited lions and persuaded them to go Into the act. He dragged the inert Blondini to the gate with one free hand. Blondini was injured only slightly and was back on his rope for the evening performance. Loaded School Bus, Truck Hit; No One Hurt No one was injured, and ve hicle damage was slight, when a loaded school bus driven by Clay ton A. S. Jacobs, 3910 N. River rcL, collided at Academy street and Myrtle avenue with a pickup truck driven by Gerald W. Brog, Salem route 1. box 276. according to city police reports. The bus was carrying students to Parrish jun ior high school when the accident occurred at f 30 a on. t Se No. 2Se ' - To Back Tru: WASHINGTON. Jan. Zt-(h The republican swUenal rmlt- te approved a $4.MO,099 War cheat tmr the eemlag campaign te- : day as It wound m twe-day sneetlng with talk ef GOT "ground -swell ! pnblie raver. Jlmt the appeal ilea was active, tee. ,1 A. F. Whitney, president of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, who once threatened to spend mil- lions in an effort to prevent Pres. Ident Truman's re-election, signed ' up with the democrats. ... After what he called "a Won derful char with Mr. Truman at : the White House, Whitney j an-' nounced the union not only would support the prealdent. If hf la renominated, but would work for the election of a democratic con gress, t j . And Henry Wallace, who hae announced his candidacy for presi dent of a third ticket, got a poten tial running mate. Former Gov ernment Lawyer O. John Rlngge said In New York It would be "a Dleasure tn arrmt thm Mrt party vice - presidential nomina imina rj ac- tion, i VeUnx In Lealslana i In onlv Ana stats a. 4li., tual voting LouUiana. Something ukc nan a minion voters took their rholca among four, candi dates for the democratic nomina tion for governor. j ' Governor Sam Jones and jCarl K. Long, brother of the late iSen- tor Huey P. Long, were leading Rep. James H. Morrison and Judge Robert F. Kennon late last night. The race was enlivened by Long's $1,000,000' damage suit against Jones and others who. the gover-' nor said, ; falsely accused htm of having had a "largely illegal- in come In 1938 and 1939. Jones took a lead in unofficial returns from 379 of the state's 178 voting precincts. He had 45, 06 votes; Long was next) with 41,762; Morrison 23,757, andjKen non 21,470. . , ( 1 Names Laem Large i On tha national i scene, two names figured large In tha re pub- lican presidential picture. ; Senator Taft (R-Ohio) wis re ported very definitely Jifi ? the lead" for tha nomination by hie manager. Rep. Clarence Brown (R-Ohio), in a talk to thai GOP national committee. j ? I And a move to enter General Douglas MacArthur's name In' the statewide GOP presidential j pref erential primary of his native Ar kansas apparently ended almost aa soon as It started. - Drops Proposal j i John R. Robinson of Chicago, who announced that MacArthur'a name would be submitted said later he would advise against it. somebody would have to put up an "excessive" ballot fee, Robin son said. and tha rilBat ion wouldn't necessarily have to sup port mi primary winner anyway. The renublican "ground well' was reported to tha national com mittee by Senator Wherry h (R Neb.) but he said the 1 party mustn't get overconfident. I Wherry told the leader that "even though tha democratic party breaks anart at the aama" th re publicans will have to "keen bat- in m r Uillg. Blizzard Sweeps Across Minnesota I M ' A near blizzard i swept (acrosa Minnesota Tuesday, bringing a sharp drop in temperatures jin the 1 western Great Lakes region, but winter's most protracted! : cold spell relaxed Its grip In; most other sections. 1 t - Rising temperatures brought an end to a natural gas curtailment ' program for some industrial usera ' in northern Ohio and western Pennsylvania. Winds of 2S to 35 miles an hour drifted snow in Minnesota and near ' blizzard warnings were posted for north ern Wisconsin, upper Michigan and lower northern Michigan. 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