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Work Underway on Trading Center wmmm. FOUNDDD 1651 NINETY EIGHTH YEAR 18 PAGES The Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Friday, March 28. 1948 Price 5c No. 10 FinrstifflD.Asl!ss fe 31 S - 4 ? - - - .r i i Soviet Subs Sighted in Pacific A reas t Werk toward construction el a S2.SSS.0SS two-block c building kite alone the east tide of North Capital street, between Center and I'nion streets. Trees, s former residential area are being Umd. om tractor for the Pacific Mutual Life Ina aeroM Capitol at the Center street corner), shovln over is Charles Leslie. 940 Plymouth st. bulldoter f Salem, sub-con tractors to Hoffman. ( Photo by CJCP 033JJQQ nFTTl rTTTH 1 a'1!".. l1""'."..' 111 :.' '..".'".Ls1 Home again, almost catching up with my Ut column, airmailed from Boston. Across the country spring is busily relaxing the frozen grip of winter. In the lovely Berkshire of western M.is-achusett5, streams were running full, fed by snows dinning to the folds of tlS hills West from Springfield the Boston and Albany follows the Westfield river, a dashing mountain stream at trus season. It was from West field. a town about 20 miles west of Springfield that Asahel Bush came to Oregon to found The Ore gon Stateman (which will be 97 years old on Sunday). In the midwest the snow has disappeared but ground and trees are still bare, with no green show ing Ice still covers the upper Mis sissippi but rising temperatures have made it soft, its breakup im minent. Quite dry. in northern Montana, along the Groat North ern Streams Mnd poods low. A good many cattle in evidence. Then we ran into a snowstorm in the Rockies. West of the sjmmit the snow accumulation is quite heavy, assuring good water sup plies during the summer runoff It is in the Willamette valley however that pring really is put ting on her Easter dress. With face freshly washed from the week-end rains, grass a vivid green and floweiing trees of yellow and pink and white bursting into bloom and daffodils flaunting color in door yards, the valley certainly gae a cordial welcome to the returning traveler. Tele ision is getting out of the laboratories (and receiving sets out of the taverns and into the homes) and is definitely "on the way " One hears (Continued on editorial page) Czechs to Hold Mav Election PRAGUE, March 25P)-The official government news agency announced tonight that a parlia mentary election will be held in Czechoslovakia May 23. The cabinet unanimously ap proved the date. There were indi cations that all parties recognized by the communist government will have their own candidates. Advocates of a single slate of can didates, made up of communists and prsorai conforming to the communist program, were said to be losing ground. Communist - Premier Klement Gottwald said the elections will be held in the manner specified by law, which provides for a contest among parties. Animal Crackers Br WARREN GOODRICH Tom' Ajrt (0 sH in th fcj COf H joa wMtt to tmokt." : ' 1 I tm 11 n - i mm' - . .la 1 Sr - : - - retail shopping center, with a new Sears Roebuck and other stores, was rnderway Thursday at th hrubbery and foundations of removed houses of the cleared by ere ws workinr for rance Co. of Los Angeles. Shown above (looking e a huxe cedar t-ee oat of the war after palling It operator for the Ben Otjen excavating company Don Dill. Statesman staff photographer). Truman Calls for Truce in Palestine ra',s J'KS r'vPr'SH Scorn of Plan WASHINGTON. March SS-i.-Vi-President Truman called in WASHINGTON. March SS - i. - Vi - today for a truce m Arab-Jew uarlare in Palestine and for a United Natirns trusteeship there. The Arabs office here termedl his pro posal "fantastic. Mr Truman warned that '-violence and bloodshed"' threaten the Holy Land and endanger een world peace. The preMdent Spoke out at a news conference Under questioning by reporter he held open the pos sibility that American troop, backing the United Nations, might hae to go to Palestine this spring To other questions, he said he still favors partition of Palestine between Arab and Jew at some future date. Arab .Spokesman The Arab office snapped up the latter point Speaking for the Arab league, it said in a state ment "No, Mr. President, without complete renunciation of parti tion, the Arabs will have no cool ing off period. Your appeal only strengthens their determination to settle the Palestine problem in their own way." The statement saw Mr Truman's scheme to get the; proposal as a Arabs to accept ITV tnmtNxihiD, until it becomes, more conVeniant , w" r ' to force partition Called utlS I "fantastic." -ii is noicuious. ii mnuru , "to expect that the Arabs would , accepi a irusie&iup nucnum umj to enable the Zionists to flood Palestine with terrorists and arms."' Zionists Opposed The initial Zionist reaction also was unfavorable to Mr. Truman's proposal A Jewish spokesman in New York said that "partition is the irreducible minimum" which his people demand. JERUSALEM. March 25-P-Palestine Arabs and Jews were little impressed tonight by Presi- dent Truman's call for a truce in the Holy Land. Both sides generally like the idea but neither appears willing to give 'in on its original demands. In the words of a man in the street, " All this talk in America does not seem to be getting us any w here." Truman to Seek Coal Wallkout Ban WASHINGTON, March 25--President Truman indicated today he will seek a court injunction to halt the 11 -day-old coal strike un less the miners return voluntarily. Meantime other administration save coal. They disclosed that coal ; lity plants may be next ; . on the list, following the cut which - has been decreed in passenger and ! freight AArvir rtn rna hnminff : railroads. Dimouts of electric service might follow. Snowfall Clogs Mountain Roads The state highway coromission ( Thursday advised motorists to use I chain, when driving ,n .11 Cas- cade mountain passes as heavy j snowfall and winds up to 35 miles an hour combined to make roads icy. At the'Santiam pass it was 30 degrees and snowing lightly. There was light packed sniow on the road and 136 inches of roadside snow. Highways were icy in the vici nity of Ode 11 Lake on the Willa mette highway and Siskiyou sum mit. Sun Mountain pass and Hay den mountain. T Wealhrr Mas. sa M M '.0 Mm. M 3S 3 3t P reel p. .12 M .03 .00 SaJaat. . . Portland . . San rravclaco Chicago -New York Willamette river 8 1 feet, falling. FORECAST ( from UJ5. weather bu reau. MeNary field. Salem ) : Fair today with Increasing cloudiness tonight. Hisn today 90. low tonight M. salkm racoprrATioN (rroaa SefC 1 to March tt) This Year Last Year Average S7.7S JSSS 30a Hoffman Construction Co. of Port- President Truman called urgently 1 wisters Kill 8, Batter Planes In Oklahoma By the Associated Pres Twisters in Oklahoma killed eight persons yesterday and de stroyed or damaged 84 army planes. Seven of the eight killed were caught in twisters at Wetumka, Okla., and another was fatally in- Jured at Eufaula. Okla. 1 " I"-"" yvrl owoj- I T 2 . I ,J V " y"'i iui imuu nil iiw uuiiuin (sJ and caused no injuries although it was stronger than the one Sat- UTd y-h caused damage there. $10,000,000 Damage listed yesterday include seven B-29s destroyed. 11 others damaged; 17 PT-19 trainers de stroyed, three others damaged; eight P-4Ts destroyed. 35 others damaged and three C-47s damag ed Listed as dead were Mrs. Wood row Stringfellow and her three-weeks-old baby, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Harris and three of their daugh ters, and Donald Shropshire, 17. Mrs. Stnngfellow and her baby were killed when their home about three miles south of Wetumka was flattened by the twister, string fellow suffered a broken aim and leg Howard Nix. University of Ok lahoma student, reported from Wetumka the Stringfellow s six-year-old daughter, Patricia, was found unhurt in a field near her home. Her clothes had been stripped off by the storm, he said. Mr and Mrs. Harris were burned to death. Watson said, af ter a barn was blown into their house. Meat Walkout Study Finished CHICAGO, March 25 -iA)- A finished its fct " ',ndin oard. preliminary study of the nation- wjf CIO Meat Handlers strike today. The next effort to end the strike is up to the board and Pre- nuf.. t 1 ne Doara nas unm j-ipiu 1 10 ! inform the president of its find ings. If Mr. Truman decides the report shows an. emergency ex- ' ists, he can seek a court injunc tion to end the strike for 80 days. j During that period new peace ef forts are provided under the Taft- Hartley act nlu?!" fo,r ?wlft HCol' thhbfaJ'd J" .on that despite the strikejhe nation "will continue to receive cs. cf '5 P l nor" I mai meat pivuueuun. n. vs - Me era said increased production by country and smaller city pack ers would meke this possible. Truman Confident Off Demo Victory WASHINGTON, March Z5-0TV President Truman confidently pre dicted today a democratic victory in November and said he's in the race to stay. He told a news conference he is not upset over the revolt in party ranks and that rebels will be given a chance to walk back into the fold before the election. Southerners are rebelling against his ciril rights proposals. Some democrats in New York and Chicago have bolted the Ttjman ranks because of last week's re versal on Palestine partitioning. Russians In Range Of B-29s WASHINGTON, March 2S-iJPy-Top air force officials testified to day that this country's long-range present bombers can strike "any part of Russia" now and get back to American bases. But both Secretary of the Air Force Symington and General Carl Spaatz quickly declared that the United States could not win a war that way with existing air power. Symington bluntly referred to the possibility of bombing Moscow as both he and liis chief of staff joined army and navy officials in supporting revival of the draft, universal military training and added billions and manpower. They testified before the senate armed services committee. Attacks Possible The secretary said attacks on Russia are possible with the pres ent B-29. This is the heavy, long range, four-motored bomber which played a big role in the final vic tories of the recent war. The present bomber, he said, ha "a radius of action of over 2, 000 miles." By modern improvement of a ""refueling technique." the air sec retary said, the B-29 ' can take off in limited operations from such points as Alaska or Laborador, bomb any part of Russia, and re turn to American bases such as the Philippines, Okinawa, Alaska or Labrador." Need Closer Rases "Nevertheless, this would not be decisive, and therefore, it is nec essary to obtain bases closer to the enemy than those mentioned," he said. Nearby bases are required, he continued, "in order to also gain control of the air over enemy ter ritory, which control is essitial for sustained and decisive air oper ations" Symington said that an improv ed model of the B-29, called the B-50 will have "far greater" range as will the big B-36 and "other large and comparable ships." State Totals Tax Payments Citizens of Oregon paid $125. 809.222 in taxes and fees to their state and local governments in the year ended June 30. 1947, the state tax commission reported Thurs day. 5 The amount, largest in history, was $24,000,000 more than in the preceding year. It was double the amount collected 10 years ago. Of the total collected in the past fiscal year. 131,974.493 was col lected in the form of county, city, school and other local property taxes. Here is where other substantial amounts of revenue came from: Personal income taxes $19,972. 380, motor vericle fuel taxes $18. 054.669, corporation income taxes $10,921,853. liquor revenues $9, 601.745, motor vehicle registration fees $5,392,907, motor carrier fees and taxes $3,171,686, insurance company taxes $1,693,804, alco holic privilege taxes $1,095,394, in heritance taxes $1,067,870. and ir rigation and drainage assessments $1,048,479. Politics on Who's Running for What (Editor's m: Cwuli la this rtes are aaa fcy r far the raatfl Hkm rntrtrttea. aatf mmy r a? rnrt pwiiry ( Uato T taarrt: W. J. La Keehe (r). candidate for State KepreseatatJve Convinced by his friends that a New Look could well be directed on many old and new problems' of the state and county, William J. La Roche filed as a republican r e presentative from M a rlon county, his bom for 21 years. La Roche has c o n d u cted his own business in Salem since 1933 and has traveled widely over the state. He has al- W. J. La Roche ways pursued a keen, sincere in terest In local and national af fairs. Born in Green Bay. Wise., 41 years ago, La Roche came to the Subs Reported Near Palmyra Atoll,. In Aleutians, 200 Miles from Frisco ' WASHINGTON, March 25 Hyp) Secretary of the Navy Sullivan j said today that "submarines not J belonging to any nation west of ; the '"iron curtain' " had been sighted recently "off our shores." A high navy official said lat er that there were three cases in recent weeks in which subs, pre sumably Russian, were reported sighted. All were in the Pacific and none was nearer than- 200 miles from the west cocst. Navy officials in both Pearl Uarbor and Seattle said that Pa cific patrols had not been in creased since the sub sightings were reported. The report of this nearest one, the official added, came from a merchant ship captain who report ed seeing a periscope at night about a month ago. The official said identification of the object Churches Start Easter Series Of Services Somber Good Friday services in several Salem churches today will set the stage for Easter observ ances throughout the city Sunday, commencing with Easter sunrise services on the statehouse grounds at 6 a.m. under auspices of Salem Ministerial association. Union Good Friday service will be held for many Protestant de nominations from- noon to 3 o'clock this afternoon at First Bap tist church, North Liberty and Marion streets. Services also will be held during those same hours this after-noon at St. Paul's Epis copal dmrch, at St. Mark's Lu theran church (fo.r its and Christ Lutheran's congregations), and at St. Joseph's Catholic church. Spe cial services at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic church are at 8 a.m., 2:30 p.m. and 7:45 p m. Public schools observe a holiday today, but Catholic schools of the city remain in regular session. Willamette university will have a special chapel service for Good Friday at 11 a m. in First Metho dist church, with the Rev. Brooks Moore, pastor of that church, speaking and the university a cap pella choir singing. A pre-Easter occasion Saturday will be the visit of the Salvation Army brass band from Vancouver, B. C , to play a concert of classic and church music at 4 p.m.. weather permitting, and to take part in a Youth for Christ rally in Salem armory at 7:30 p.m. The sunrise Easter service at the north steps of the state capitol will feature a sermon by Capt. R. B. Lesher of Salvation Army and music by the Nazarene church choir. Liquor Commission Reports Cash Surplus The state liquor commission re ported Thursday it has a small cash surplus. A year ago, it had a deficit of $1,102,000. The commission said it sold $2. 854.101 worth of liquor in Feb ruary, or $31,000 less than in February, 1947. Parade . . in the May Primaries! i Willamette valley in 1926. He at j tended Willamette university and ; Mount Angel college. Prior to es ! tabhshing his business here he i held positions as fruit receiver ' and buyer for Portland and Wood I burn firms. During the war he i worked as a journeyman electri cian on federal housing and the Portland shipyards for 32 years. He is now serving his second term as state deputy, of the Knights of Columbus and is a past grand knight of the Salem Council. He is alfo a member of the. Elks and Serra -club. Married, has four children and owns his home on North Cottage street He is deeply interested in the present Willamette valley flood control and- soil eonservatioo-pro-gram and also in "the preserva tion of our rapidly depleting fish, wildlife and natural resources. Veterans' problems and subver sive elements, such as communism, need rur very careful attention. Therefore La Roche -believes this county deserves a fresh, dear and healthy representation in its law making bodies. (Te. rrew: Demgtas Teater) ; as a periscope was not positive. 1 As for the others, he said: One was spotted by an Ameri can plane in the Aleutians, the is land chain between Alaska and Si beria, ten days ago. ! The other was reported by a marchant ship in the Johnston- 1 Palmyra group about 800 miles from Hawaii. Other navy sources said there was nothing to stop submarines ! of any nation from cruising the high seas. This country would have no grounds for objecting, they ad ded, unless a foreign submarine came within its three - mile lim it. Sullivan declined comment when told what the navy officer said. He had told of the sub-sightings at a hearing before the senate armed services committee. He told the senators he was "not prepared Thieves Purloin Radio-Active Cow GAINESVILLE, Fla., March 25 ?"-The thief who stole a red cow from the University of Florida campus has two strikes against him. If heevades police he is risking danger from the cow. It has been used at the university's nutrition laboratory for testing purpose. Scientists have been feeding it radio-active minerals. Guernsey Club To Hold Spring Show in Salem Marion County Guernsey Cattle club voted Thursday night to sponsor the first Spring Guernsey show ever to be held at Salem. The show will be open to all Guernsey breeders in Oregon and the date was set tentatively for June 12. Reports made at the Thursday night meeting, indicated that Polk, Clackamas, Linn, Benton and Lane counties will send entries to such a show. Committees appointed for the show include ground committee consisting of Howard Gilbert, Frank Poeping, Del Looney; rib bon committee. Ben Newell, and committee to contact Marion coun ty fair board, Newell and Gilbert. Harold Ewalt of Oregon State col lege will be asked to judge. Elmer Meadows, western field man for the American Guernsey cattle club, was present to report on the national convention to be held at Portland May 16 to 20. The club met in the county agent's office and Del Looney, Jefferson,- presided. Looney also an nounced that the next meeting will be held April 26. British Plane Sets Altitude Record LONDON. March 22HP-The Royal Aero club said tonight a , British jet fighter has set a new i world altitude record of more than ! i : t 114 miles. Test Pilot. John (Cateyes) Cun- ' ningham, 32. war-time night i fighter pilot ace, took the De : Havilland "Ghost" Vampire up to 59.492 feet, the club said. This ' betters by more than half a mile the world record of M.017 feet , et by Col. Mario Pizzi of Italy 10 years ago. I Woodburn to Vote j Friday on Taxes 1 WOODBURN. March 25 Woodburn voters will ballot Fri jday, March 26, on the proposed !5 mill tax levy for the mainte i nance and supervision of city i parks and recreational facilities. iPolU will be open from 8 'a.m. to ' 8 p.m. with voting places at the city ball for West Woodburn p -e- cinct and in Lutheran hall on ,Doud street for East Woodburn ! precinct. The tax levy was submitted to ! vote of the people by the Wood- burn city council. Pickets Halt Work on , Oregon State Projects CORVALL1S, March 25 -Ah Construction of a women's dormi tory and electrical engineering building at Oregon State college was stopped today by picket lines. The building laborers union dis patched the pickets, contending workers were being, paid rates from 10 to 25 cents lower than the usual scale here. to evaluate the significance of these hearings." but added: ' "We all recall that an early step I of the Germans in 1917 and 1941 ! was to deploy submarines off our ! coasts.' ! Sullivan said Russia has at least 250 operating subs and that Ger many, with only about 50 at the beginning of World' War II, came very near winning the battle of the Atlantic. Sullivan, in giving the subma rine report said the Russians have obtained 10 new German subs, four of them of the latest war time design. In addition, the secretary said, Russia has the use of Germany's submarine building plants, and is known to be employing German engineers, with plans for under sea craft far more advanced than Germany employed .during the war. Marshall Says U.S. Intends to Stay in Berlin WASHINGTON. March 25 - (P) Secretary of State Marshall made plain today that the United States intends to stay in Berlin, despite a Soviet-led clamor for the west ern allies to get out Marshall also served notice that if Russia goes on refusing to co operate in the four-power coun cil set up to control Germany, the United States will interpret this as a stand against unification of Ger many. Russia's walkout from the con trol council on Saturday prompted Marshall's stattmant, which he read at a news conference. He re inforced it with another denounc ing the Soviet-backed new "Ger man people's congress' as a cruel deception on the German peo ple." Gen. Lucius B. Clay has barred the German people's congress from the American zone which he ad ministers as military governor. Marshall said that American representatives after nearly three years are still trying to make the allied control council in Berlin an effective agency to run Germany as an economic and political unit. "Their efforts have to a large extent been fust rated by the tac tics of the Soviet representatives on the council," he said. Dynamite Dart Fails to Effect Prison Escape PORTLAND. March 25-tf'-A prisoner who tried to engineer a mass jail break with a paper dart and dynamite caps was overpow ered today by a pair of jailers who called his bluff. Police said the prisoner Harry H. Handron. in Rocky Butte coun ty Jail awaiting trial on larceny charges started a campaign last evening' for the escape. They said he created so much disturb ance that Jailer Walter Chatfield decided to put him in solitary con finement. Chatfield gave this account: Moved out of his cell block, the prisoner pulled from his pocket a paper dart with a warhead of dy namite caps. "Open the door and let the rest of them out," or 111 throw this," he said. The corridor contained nearly 100 prisoners among them men charged with the Sweet Home bank robbery and the Olds & King department store holdup. Instead of complying. Jailer Chatfield and t maintenance man, Ernest Weygand, rushed at the prisoner and overpowered him. Italy Newspaper Walkout Ends ROME, March 25 -VP)- Italy's nation - wide ctmununist '- direct ed typographers'- strike ended to day. . . - " Italians, avid for news after the four - day blackout in- the midst of the biggest story for the coun try since the end of the . war the proposed Trieste settlement. -quickly bought up the first edi tions of their newspapers. The printers -promptly went back to -work after a settlement negotiated by Vice Premier Ran dolfo Pacciardi, and within two and a half hours newspapers ap peared on the streets. Program To Total $4 Billion By Ed C reagh WASHINGTON, March 25 -Of) The U. S. high command called today for a draft of 19 to 26-year-olds in a $3,448,000,000 ex pansion of our fighting forces so that they can hit hard if war comes. They named Russia as a possi ble enemy. Secretary of Defense Forrestal said peace prospects are good. But "as a strictly military matter," he declared, "we cannot permit the still-free nations of Europe to fall under soviet domi nation." Later today President Truman announced he will send to con gress a special budget message atJting aoout 4.uuu,uuu,ouu as a "bedrock" total of new prepared ness spending, high government officials reported tonight. To Be Added to Budget That sum, a boil-down of de fense proposals from the army, navy, air forces and several oth er agencies, would be added to the budget asked in January for the year starting July 1. The revised request ,; probably will go to Capitol Hill next week. Forrestal appeared with other military chiefs before the . senate armed services committee, - Senator Gurney (R-SD), chair man of the committee, - said pro posed draft legislation called for eventual registration of, men up to 45 although only- younger men are being considered or actual draft calls. f He said there mightt'1e sepa rate registrations of men 19 through 25, then men Up to 31 years, next those up to 38, and finally, men up to 45 ? ; - Increased Forces , ' Forrestal and the other defense, chiefs asked a 349.500 increase in if u 1 irKuicir dimeu iiji lt3 - pius . another 181,000 to run . a univer sal military training program if congress approves UMT, Expanding the armed forces, they said, will cost $3,000,000,000 with an additional $448,000,000 for UMT. Forrestal and Secretary of the Army Royall. laid these specific a tors: ' ; 1. Selective service : making some 3,600.000 non-veterans nub- -ject to call. All but 1.355.000 in this 19-through-25 agre group, however, would be deferred be cause of dependents or for other reasons. And -only 220.000 might actually be drafted, if enlistments reach an expected 500.000. UMT Proposal 2. Universal military training for about 850,000 youths 18 and 19 years old each year. " . 3. A 349.500 increase, in the ' regular armed forces. The army's . slrength would be boosted from 542.000 to 782.000. the navy from 397.000 to 460 000. the marines from 81.000 to 92 000 and the air force from 364.500 to 400,000. British Purge Of Government Reds Defended LONDON, March 25-(P-Prime" Minister Attlee said today the need -to preserve defense secrets Justi fied his government's!! purge of communists from security posts. " 1 He told the house of commons: - There must be secrets of gov eminent, particularly in relation , to defense, and there are Other se crets as well: and as long as we are in a world where there is a possibility of war w must hav defense and its secrets must b preserved." - M The security order, announced last week, also applies Id fascists. . All sides of the house of commons except one irate member, com munist Willie Gallacher, united in support of Attlee s program. But the chamber was equally, united in demanding that the order should not ride roughshod over Britain's traditional freedom of Opinion for civil servants. . Rent ControlBill Sent to Truman ' s WASHINGTON March? 25wJf)4 Congress passed today a com pro- . mis bill -extending rent s controls . one year.and giving a federal court final - say. on lifting the f ceilings. A voice vote in the senate sent the bill to the White House. Earl ier in the day the -house -adopted, . 220 to 95f the compromise meas ure which had been' worked out by a committee, of senators and house members. ' i i AfJV IHCaVIIl Idifc I.UIILI Ui MIT VA pires a week from today j : ' V 1 ! 11:! ':'k i 7f