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pod ) O ODO oocdo eddo ;oocj OPQ oopo Don o DO O OD o 1 ;t 1 i One-Story Replace (DC-4 AirDime Crash At Chicago KiDis 12 CHICAGO, March 10 -UP- A Delta airliner DC-4 plan bound for Miami Ela., crashed and burned tonight, killing 12 persona. One passenger waa critically injured. The plane, which the airlines said had 13 persons aboard, crashed and exploded Just outside Chicago's municipal airport. It burst into brilliant dame and burned fiercely for more than an hour. DtP 0KHDB Badly rebuffed by the voters When they proposed a bond issue f $3,500,000, the school authori ties have lowered their sights and laid out a program which would take ca of immediate require scents and would call for a bond Issue of only $1,500,000. This program takes care of hous ing Deeds for elementary schools; makes provision for expansion and Improvements at Parrish junior high school; and provides a build ing for vocational shops at the senior high school. Certain desirable features are emitted, ruch as cafeterias and au ditoriums or fcovered piay areas t some of the older grade schools; but the essential needs of class room space will be pretty well taken care of. If, as recommended by the Cit izens' committee, the bond repefy snent Is spread over a 20-year term, the burden will amount to about four mills annually instead of fifteen for ten years under the Jormer plan. The district still would have ample margin for ad ditional bonds (assuming the pres ent legal limit is retained) to meet future needs. One reason why it is desirable to keep the building burden light is that support will be available for school operations. This means jarticularly keeping salaries of eachers to give a decent living ;tandard and to hold and attract persons competent in the teaching rofession- The heart of (Continued on Editorial Page) Meyers Aide Says $2,000 Offered for Lie WASHINGTON. March 10.--K former GI who chauffeured A4aJ. Gen. Bennett E. Meyers iround wartime Washington said today the general offered him $2, 000 to lie at any subsequent inves tigation of Meyers' affairs. The surprise testimony from Calvin Mettee, now a student at Ohio State university, featured the close of the government's case against Meyers. The air force's former No. 2 purchasing agent is being tried on charges of inducing a former bus iness associate, Bleriot H. Lam arre, to lie at a senate investiga tion of the general last fall. When the government rested, the defense gave every indication that it will let the case go to the jury without calling a witness. Meyers' chief attorney, Robert T. Bushnell, said he was undecided whether Meyers will take the stand. UO Journalism Dean Named EUGENE, March 1(M-A Stan ford university associate professor will succeed George Turnbull June 30 as dean of the school of journalism at the University of Oregon. Appointment of Clifford F. Wei gle, who has been on the Stan ford faculty since 1934, was an- nounced by the university today. A former staffer on the San Fran cisco News, Weigle is now on leave from Stanford to obtain his doc tor's degree at the University of Minnesota. Turnbull will retire from the journalism school this summer un der the state's new compulsory re tirement rule. Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH 11 nVAaf's. the matter rfear? Eren wAr,weVe together yea stem so daUnt? ' , X M W I I V. TJ Store Structure to Guardian Building urpuij f ire minnai vjiio uuu estimated at least 13 persons per ished. Later bodies were counted at a nearby ' funeral home and a hospital. The airlines said four persons aboard were crew mem bers. The only survivor reported was Mrs. Trip Meo, of Oak Lawn, 111., a Chicago suburb. She was suf fering from severe head burns and fractures o" both legs at Holy Cross hospital. Witnesses said the plane hurt led down in a vertical dive shortly after taking off. Then it smashed into a prairie just northeast of the field on Chicago's southwest side. It mushroomed into a great orange flare, splattering wreckage across a wide area and setting the prai rie afire. Senate Rejects Wallace Plan For Europe Aid By Ed Creagb WASHINGTON, March 10-(tfV The senate cast aside today by an overwhelming 74 to 3 vote a Henry A. Wallace-backed proposal to put U.S. aid to Europe under United Nations Control. Senator Taylor of Idaho, candi date for vice president on Wal lace's third party ticket, offered the proposals-after a 35,000-word speecn uui oegan yesieraay an : Decentralization Trend amendment to the $5,300,000,000 ( Hawkins said considerable European recovery bilL thought had been given to type of Senators Pepper (D-Fla) and construction which would permit Lariger (R-ND) joined Taylor in . later addition of new stories to voting for his amendment, which j the building, but this Dbtn was provided for a $5,000,000,000 con- 1 rejected because he and Robem tribution by this country to a felt the present trend toward de U.N. reconstruction and economic centralization of retail business is developirjent administration for too strong. Eupe- . Hawkins is head of the Union MT, Vat, acti" came aer Security Co. and Roberts, former Maj. Gen. Claire Chennault of Guardian bu.lding manager, i. vice "Flying Tigers" fame said this president of Salem Federal Sav! country mil "set the stage for ings afid assocSn World War III if it fails to send 1 China military aid Chennault ennault estimated it would between $100,000,000 and ),000,000 over -i; three-year cost I $2,000 period to; give Generalissimo Chi ang Kai-Shek the help he needs to defeat China's communists. Military Chiefs Told lo Agree WASHINGTON, March 0.-JP) ; -United States military command- ! ers got this order today: Agree on ! uie Division oi auties Detween trie army, navy and air force in the event of war. Secretary of Defense Forrestal gave uie orqer. ne told a news conference "I'm going to spend the weekend" threshing out the ques tion with the joint chiefs of staff. Those land, air and sea chief tains are: Gen. Omar Bradley, army chief of staff; Gen. Carl Spaatz, air force chief of staff; Adm. Louis . Dennfeld, chief of naval operations; Fleet Adm. Wil liam D. Leahy, chief of staff to the president. What Forrestal wants decided now is which, service will do what in a war. Forrestal told newsmen he wants the joint chief to submit a list of the points in which they are in disagreement and then "come to an accommodation of views." Candidate for Coroner Files Ben J. Ramsey er, 420 N. 17t st., filed his declaration of candidacy for the office of Marion county coroner Hon the republican ticket with the Marion county clerk Wednesday. : A native of Salem, Ramseyer stated his slogan to be, "efficient, economical, conscientious service." Earl Adams, constable of the Sa lem district for. the past 12 years, filed for re-election with the clerk Wednesday. Adams had already announced his intention of being a republican candidate. Only othef candidate for the coroneri office is Leston W. How ell, republican. Incumbent coroner, L. E. Barricfe has given no indica tion of filing for reelection. Other i candidates for the con stable post, in addition to Adams, are Ervin A. Ward and James Gar vin, both republicans. Death Toll High In Holy Land Blast JERUSALEM, March ll-HPh The right wing of the heavily guarded I Jewish agency building was blown up today by a heavy explosion. First reports said the death toll will be high. The explosion, at 9:40 ajn. lo cal time sounded almost as heavy as the i disastrous Ben Yehuda street blast on February 22, when more than 50 persons were killed In the Jewish district of the holy city." ij ALUMINUM SIDING DUE SPOKANE, March 10P)-Ma-chinery Js being installed at the Kaiser aluminum plant for the protection oft aluminum clapboard roofins; and siding. Demolition of Office Building To Start Today By Xebert E. Gaagware Crij Editor, The Statesman Plans for a new downtown re tail stare building on the site of the burned -out Guardian building were announced Wednesday by Harry VM- Hawkins and Thomas A. BoberU, local businessmen who have taken a 50-year ground lease on the property. Demolition will begin today on above ground remains of the five story office building at the south east corner of State and Liberty streets. The Guardian building burned last November 3. The ; new building of modern design will be one-story high and will accommodate three or four leading merchandising stores, Hawkins and Roberts disclosed. They said negotiations for occu pancy are not yet complete. Portland Architect Pietro Belluschi, widely recog nized Portland architect, is pre paring plans for the new building. It will be fireproof and will offer 18-foot ceilings for the store spaces, the lessees said. Realtor George Grabenhorst re presented both parties in the just concluded negotiations of Hawkins and Roberts with executors of the Steeves estate for leasing the property. The Guardian building was. remodeled and enlarged (by adding two stories) by the late Dr. B. L. Steeves. Grabenhorst also is representing Hawkins and Roberts in negotia tions with prospective tenants for the new building. Viesko it Post, Salem contract ing firm, has the contract for con struction of the new building which is expected to be completed by Jan. 1. 1949. It will be erected on the present foundation, 50 by 106 ieet. utimated cost of con- struction was not disclosed "! f 14irC!Jl mptl t') V1""""!! IU Talk of School Isstie in Salem What effect the U. S. supreme court decision banning religious education in Illinois public schools will have on religious instrurtinn in Oregon schools will be studied in Salem Monday bv the HnarH of directors of the Oregon Council oi enurencs . A i ' w "r?1" "aniDim, pastor of j chairman lor community cnesi V"es.byleilan cnurch here , campaign for funds here. niSI't S council, will j Other officers designated Wed- 11 1, iJ hm?tln owning atlnesday are Charles A. Sprague, frnm rrs'Jt s rectors ! first vice president; Dorothy Steus- .. uuiij Ui uie state : are nnrt tr, k . , r .. vk vri i u The council's board expects by ; Monday an interpretation of the j supreme court decision from the ! International Council of Religious , Education of Chicago. Dr. Hamblin said the mtino Monday had been called before ine court decision was handed down, as other items of council business are due for board con sideration. 'ANTI-MAC GROUPS FOSM BERKELEY, Calif., March 10 HPV- A group of University of California students tonight an nounced formation of a "students against MacArthur" club similar to those they said had been formed at Harvard and the University of Chicagp. Gov. Hall Among Long List of Candidates Filing at Capitol Cow John Hall filed for the republican nomination to the gov ernorship Wednesday with the ballot slogan "present governor; war veteran; qualified by ex perience." The i governor was among 24 person! who filed for offices with the state elections bureau of David . O'Hara yesterday, includ ing two who sought to be repub lican presidential electors Niel R. Alton of Grants Pass and James A, Rodman ot Eugene. Two more candidates for demo cratic national committeeman also appeared Mike M. DeCicco of Portland! and W. E. Wilkins of La Grande. Ray I Smith of Portland filed for republican delegate at large, and Wallace R. Telford of Boring filed for republican delegate from the first district. Governor Hall, in his filing statement, said: "If X am nominated and elect ed,' I "will, during my term in office, continue to serve the state and its people and do everything within my power to promote the welfare and further the Interest of my native state. "Oregon is enjoying the great est era, of prosperity in its his tory. Let us keep it that way. Oregon lis growing In population and wealth, and we look to the future with faith and confidence. NINETY -SEVENTH TEAB n Doughnut Dunking Condoned mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm-mmmmmmmmmmM i , i i mi r - mipimm- rmm National Doughnut week, March t t 13. has doable significance this year with the recent revelation by Emily Post, nationally known etiquette authority, that dunkinr Is not only tasty, bat highly pro per. Shewn above is Darlene Crawford, lfi, of 315i N. Commercial st.. taking time off from her duties as a waitress at the Are ceffee shop to illustrate hew her doughnut customers manage the sinkers. (Photo by Don Dill, Statesman staff photographer.) 9 Women Dead as Fire Sweeps Mental Hospital ASHEVILLE. N. C. March 11 -(P)- At lea.t nine women perished early today as flames roared through a central building of Highland mental hospital here. Dr. B. T. Bennett, medical director f the hospital, reported there were seven patients who did not get out of the building and who "definitely met with fatality" and two other women died after having Haa Selected i ' I .l"lfT I rPmnPllI Directors of the Salem chest Wednesday elected A. C. Haag ! presiaent ior me coming year 10 , nad administered artificial res-ciior-eerl Carl Tlnpff Haar was 1947 I nirstir. tw mnr. v.an ,.. K,.r. a.uic wwwj mvui ion, secona vice presiueni, ncriry . , r . ! xviupp, wtieuii j, ljcj miir, surer. Miss Steusloff, the only woman officer, has been a director five years and women's div ision campaign chairman three years. Al Loucks had been named ariir 14R ramnalffn rhair. man. Theodore Medford and Ed win Schreder were earlier named new directors. Reducing Expensive, Portlander Loses Ring PORTLAND, March 10 - JP) -Harry L. Hunt complains that los ing weight is expensive. The Portlander told police that he had lost so much weight that a diamond ring he valued at S 1,000 slipped from his finger while in midtown today. "I do not have any specific changes or recommendations to make at this time, nor do I pro pose to make empty promises impossible of fulfillment. As is sues arise, they will be met squarely and discussed frankly." In addition to candidates pre viously mentioned, the following filed Wednesday: Jack Lynch (rcp. Portland, stat senatost 13th. Thomas T. Wold (dem) Portland, state senator, 13th. Joseph M. Dyr (rep) Astoria, rep. 1st. Ivan Hamcrtjmck ( rp). Portland, rp. 3 in. SL W. "Bob" Hibbitt (rep). Portland, rep. 9th. C. H. Weston, Jr. (rep). Pertland, rep. 5 th. William SL Xobinaon (dem). Portland, rep. Sth. i Charlea Davta (ran). Neotav. trust. Salmon Bivr-Crand K da Hwy. lma. dlst. Marvin. Klemm (rep). Bunas, dele fat 2nd dlst. JUJpftrW. Robnctt (reph Portland. "Joseph Arete Williams Crp). Port land, rep. Sth. , Jess A. Bell (dem). Oregon City. rep. TO. i Art XJadberg (rep), Peadletoa, rep. 13rd. ! C I -Buck" XJeualle (rep). Pen dleton, rep SSrd. i Colon X. Ebernard (rep), LaCrande. rep. 24th. Howard Dorrell (dera). PrinerilW. rep. 28th, Vernon Wilson (rep). Vale. rep. Slat. ayd SL Bacfaardaon (rep). Portland, ! resvaUs,-. . ...'. 4 ' . I 12 PAGES The Oregon GwlfflSfflirsfk been evacuated from the burning structure. Those two were identified by hospital authorities as Mrs. A 1 - Jen i. Mipps, widow of Dr. A. T. IHipps of Asheville, and Mrs Bruce Kennedy, about 30. Mrs ..Kennedy was pronounced dead a 2:10 a. m. Hospital authorities m a futile effort to revive her The fire ducovered about m.d- j nignt in the diet kltchen ot, tne L, quickly engulfed the j frame buildinK and walls were rnnHw4 reponen crumbling as firemen at tempted to rescue the trapped pa tients. There was a total of 20 patients in -the building. Dr. Bennett said. He gave the report on those dy ing after checking hospital re cords and after combing the grounds of the mental institution. The hospital is a unit of the Duke university in Durham. . Glatt to File for Legislature Ray Glatt, prominent Wood burn farmer, will file today as republi can candidate for state representa tive from Marion county. Glatts name has been mentioned in con nection with the office since early in the year but he declined to give his consent until Wednes day. Then he advised The States man by telephone that he would come to Salem today to file for the office. Long active in public affairs, Glatt has served in numerous ca pacities in Woodbum and in the county. He has frequently been a member of the county budget board and is now a member of the courthouse advisory commis sion. Mrs. Glatt "served for many years on the official staff of the state senate. Governor Wins Libel Suit Against Collier's TALLAHASSEE, Fla March 0 -UP- Governor Millard Caldwell today was awarded $237,500 in lbet damages from Collier's maga zine. A U. S. district court Jury an nounced its decision after ' de liberating two hours on the gov ernor's charges that the magazine had falsely and maliciously quoted him as condoning m lynching. - Weather Max. Mln. Preeip. sirs.se as M jt as ae IS - 11 Tr a M JO Portland . . San s-ranclaca) . Chaeapo New York WinametW rrr 4 J feet . Forecast (from US. weather bureau. MrNary field. Salem): Partly dowdy today. tonibt and Friday. Hlh today S3, low tonisbt M. SALSJf PKECIPTTAflOM trreaa Sept. 1 t March 11) This Tear taas Year Averae MUNDBD 1651 A ''!, Statesman, Salem. Oregon. Thursday. March 11. 1UI Price Hearings to Stall Anti-Poll Tax Bill WASHINGTON. March 10 -fJP) Dixie won a skirmish in the civil rights fight today when the sen ate rules committee agreed to hold public hearings on anti-poll tax legislation. Previously, a three-man sub committee had approved the bill without hearings. Senator Stennis (D-Miss) protested and Chairman Brooks (R-Ill) said the commit tee would conduct a four-day hearing. Brooks said the full commit tee, composed of eight republi cans and five democrats, will hold the hearings here, probably starting a week from next Mon day. Uranium Found In Pellet Form Near Denver DENVER. March 10 -VP)- The existence of open deposits of uranium which may add greatjy to the nation's store of atom bomb material was reported today by , two Denver men. The pea-sized yellow pellets ! are found in dry creek beds in ! the Red desert northwest of Raw 1 lins in southern Wyoming. The ' men said a specimen assayed as ' high as 30 per rent pure ursn ! ium. The ore can be mined with I a bulldozer or a steam shovel. ' Kenneth Robinson, an attor , ney, and Walter Bryon, a former private investigator and mining I man, announced plans to mine I the ore. The atomic energy commission , in Washington said the discovery is "of sufficient inVrest to war rant further examinations during the coming summer " The n.vion now gets its domestic uranium by extracting in from the "tail ings" of residue of vanadium ore in western Colorado. Delay Asked in j Independence Bridge Contest Marion county court will ask the state highway commission to delay until January its call for bids on the proposed Willamette river bridge at Independence, in order to ascertain if building costs decline. County Judge Grant Murphy announced Wednesday. 1 But Polk county court's stand on the bridge construction re mained uncertain after both county courts conferred at the lo cal courthouse yesterday in pre paration for a Joint meeting with the state highway commission in Portland Friday afternoon. The state had tiven prelimin ary approval to the bridge on the understanding Marion and Polk counties each Would share one fourth the expense of its construc tion. The conference was called for Friday to discuss whether both counties are willing to go ahead in the face of rising build ing costs, up to an estimated $900,000 from the originally esti mated $640,000 for the bridge. Polk county court members yes terday said they still' favored construction of the bridge, but were undecided as to the best time to begin the project. Polk County Judge Herman Van Well declared he "didn't mind delay ing construction of the bridge for several months or a year, if we don't lose our priority with the state highway commission. The Complete Record ..... Oregon faces 'an unprece dented number of vital poli tical decisions after filings close) tomorrow night To odd in those decisions', the complete record of filings by offices and by parties will appear In Sunday' Statesxnan. The special stories will cover all state-wide offices, the complete setup oi the state senate and house oi representatives, candidates for party delegates to the national convention, all slate and county Judiciary candi dates and district attorneys. .In YOUR HOME NEWS PAPER.' Sunday March 14. dh) Friends Refiisj Red Version of eSiiiide' Prague! Country Mourns jLeailer PRAGUE, March 10 -- Jan Masaryk, fielgn riinister of Czechoslovakia, plunged to his death today $tltt atiylnf two weeks in his country's new communist-contro)led, cabinet. An official government announcement said i h jmmittedJ suicide. 1 1 " Ki ! I " ! The 61 -year old diplomat was the son of a Brooklyn-born mother and a Bohemian father who became' Czechoslovakia's first president. He jumped more than 50 feet to" his death on th stone flagging of a court yard in Czernin Pajacsj.j said an an nouncement from the government which seized power two weeks ago today. j Communist minister of the Interior Vaclav Nosek Ul4 parliament mai masaryx naa enaea nis Uie after a night of brooding over wuciiuuui duucioui irriers ana telegrams from his former friends in Great Britain and America as sailing him for his manly 'stand" in remaining in the communist-led government. (In Sydney Australia, Czech Consul K. Tokoly said Masaryk's death "is not suicide. It Is plain murder." Tokoly said he was re signing his post.) Government sources gave this account of Masaryk's death: He apparently stepped up on a low couch that stood under the window of his bathroom and hurled himself out of the window. He occupied a small apartment in the place that houses the foreign affairs ministry. A guard on duty found Masaryk lying crumpled on the stones. He dutv at a first aid station in the The student pronounced him was uniniured. No official cause of death was The country mourned the death was synonymous with democracy. The aovernroent ordered flags l)fAL!M 4.. vvcaemngiuii. u. a. vira uiscs WASHINGTON. March 10 -T- Secretary of; State Marshall de-1 c la red today that the world situation is "very. Very serious." He made plain at a news conference that he 'was' referring both to communist expansion In Europe, including Ct hoalovakia, and to what he called a "considerable passion" aroused in this country by - European developments. Marshall gave his estimate of reactions at a news conference. Authorizing direct Quotation, ister Jan Masaryk In Czechoslovakia as evidence fhat the communist rule of that country is "a reign of terror. . t Marshall said he did not know whether Masaryk had suicide, as the Czech official version reported. I Marshall s summary of the world situation carried a virtual ap peal to the American people to remain cool-headed and allow their government to pursue what Marshall himself would regard as a coldly calculated course of action. 1 ' He spoke out only after he had been asked (a give his "assess ment of the situation" which, he was told. Includes widely-felt fears ranging from the possibility that Italy might fait to the communists in the April 18 elections to talk of war. j j j Marshall is reported concerned over various public statements in the past few days about selective service plans) He ls fearful, M is said, that the public may be led to think the governfientj has some secret mobilization plana. And these sources say there are no such plans. LondOti: What of President Bcnes? j ; LONDON, March 10 HffV The death of Jan Masarvk today deep ened Europe's already grave concern over the politics! developments in Czechoslovskia. . J ! ; : t t The question of future relations with the 'one-time "western democracy of the east" which has been under consideration In Paris. London and Washington moved to the forefront.! Masaryk's leap to death gave dramatic emphasis.! officials here agreed, to the pressures brought to bear on him and President Eduard Bcnes since the communist seizure of power by poetical means. "What of President Benes now?" was a query frequently heard In London. British. French and other foreign offices reported that! there had been no official contacts with Benes for a number" of days. Prime Minister Attlee expressed the feeling. Ht at essentially a lover of freedom." Attlee. said In a personal stattment. "And It may wll be that he could not endure to live In the suffocating atmosphere of totalitarlonism when all that he had striven far was being ruth lessly destroyed." J I I roreign Secretary Bevin asserted that the story j of the Czech foreign minister's death had not been told fully, j ! . I Deep feeling; was displayed by Czechoslovak refugees In the Amer ican zone of Germany, many of whom refused to believe Masaryk has taken his own life. j ll i An Italian foreign Office spokesman said the death ")may have Important effects of public opinion" and that Czech ij developments were now of the utmost Importance. 1 h u I 'l Reactions in Stockholm were that the death kf Masaryk would give impetus to an anti -communist campaign In Sweden, f 1 Lake Success: Probe Sought, I 1 II LAKE SUCCESS. March 10 -OPh Czechoslovakia's 1 chief delegate to the United Nations demanded today the security council invesU gate the Russian-backed! coup in his "terrorized" homeland. 1 The United Nations! aecretary-reneral. Trygve Lie, shelved the demand after a hurried consultation with other high U. N .officials. These officials Included his top Russian and Czechoslovak aides In the cabinet of the U. N. secretariat and Dr. T. f". Tsiang of China, this month's president ot t be-security council. j jr ' I ! Lie decided that an jt, 100-word letter of complaint against Ruaala from the chief Czechoslovak delegate. Dr. Jan Papanek, containing the ' call tor council action was a non-governmental communication. Under U. N. rules It: thus wUlemaln now in the U, N- Lies un less some member brings It up and calls for action. I, j . Papanek said he decided to spring his surprise action only after the death of Jan Masaryk, his best friend. i ! - Papanek blamed Premier Stalin and Russian officials Sot the suc cess of the communist minority stroke "Wit month. j; M The Czechoslovak exwunuxueated his charges In th4 formal letter to Lie and read them to newsmen Papanek; with obvious emotion, declared also 1. That Masaryk, who died la Prague today, could a suicide, i I , I 2. That be Is not retiming bis 1. That Russian eoKLcrs were vakfa's northwest fro. tier to back 5c' j j Wo. 311 fife Firm f ' .., ., I ; JAN i MASARYK. 4 lfi ' summoned a medical itudent on ministry. ' i dead shortly before T a. trL His head J i given. A post mortem will be held. of the man whose family nam Many Czechs fwept at in news. flown at half mast. I I wr J -L-U I European condi) Ions; and American he cited the deal h of foreign Mln- commltted In a special news conference. hot have been . j ' U. N. post I held In readiness Iran Czechoalo- up the communists last month. v ; a ; - : .- f " ' j : : ' i i - t . v 1 s j 5 ?