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V ', ' " ; ; , KHt i rosin) Dim Qfl ADirDDDTDOIT .D8SijS,fi0 3 IP Fact - v : Slop worrying about, whether J the communists will win the elec-; tions in Italy Sunday. They will; ouL They'll be lucky to get 35 per . cent of the' votes. Stop worrying a boat the iiwmin- j erne of war with Russia. First, be- j cause your worrying will do you j no good and do nothing to avert i war; and second because that war j isn't coming oil. Not now; nut soon. The campaign in Italy is rugged, i but the result it quite certain. Op- ; posing the communists are the ; present government, the Catholic . church, the army, the United States and the Marshall plan. The US. has sent in foodstuffs and supplies and the western allies ' have made their ofier for return of Trieste to Italy. Russia's nega tive on the last point not only will cost the communists votes in Italy next Sunday, but aUo probably shows that Russia knows the elec tion is lost There is a strong com munist party in Italy but it draws its strength from the popular re sentment against privilege and re action which help to keep them j impoverished. It is very doubtful if the USSR poaches on Norway and Sweden. The Finnish treaty temperate I enough to compose some fars in I the rest of Scandanuvia. Yugosla via may continue to aid the Greek guerrillas, but net enough to touch off world war. As for France, the communist threat there is waning The shift now probably will be to the middle-ground socialists as a foil to both extremes, DeGaulle's Rally of the French People, on the right, and the communists on the left. At home look for the oozing ; away of the war psychosis. Con- j gress will put more faith (and , money) in the air force, will not1 go for L'MT Selective service may 1 be put in legal mold and then tucked in the icebox for an indef inite time. How do I know all this' I don't; I'm merely guessing But I'm quite willing to have readers clip this, column out and refer to it three months from now to see how much error it contains. Nebraska Vote Gives Stassen 15,000 Ecke OMAHA. April 14 riJfy- A roaring tide of Nebraska republi can vote carried Harold E. Stas sen today Into the fieM of top notch contenders for the GOP presidential nomination His smashing ictory in yester day's presidential primary here delivered to th former Minne sota governor 13 of the state's 15 Votes on the first nominating ballot St Philadelphia In a sweep that promised him a final margin of more than 15,000. over Gov. Thomas K. Dewey of New York. Sta.ven climbed to the top of the popularity standings In this heavily -republican mid western area. The count, with onjy 47 of the State's 2.024 ji rv n ts missing, was: Stas.-n 78.610. Uewev 62.444. Sen ator Robert A. Taft 20.680. Senator Arthur Vandenbtrg 8,863. Gen. DougTjs Mac Arthur 6,678, Gov. Earl Warren of California 1.772, houne speaker Joseph Martin 886. With this victory wrapped up, 8tasen turns tomorrow to cam paigning in Ohio. There he is seeking to take away from Taft some of that state's 53 delegates in May 4 primary. Taft said in Washington that he was "disappointed" with the Nebraska results but predicted a different outcome in Ohio. Vandenberg. who wound up in fourth place in the popularity con test after saying he doesn't want the nomination, thereby remained as one of the leading darkhorse possibilities for the nomination. The campaign for MacArthur seemingly was washed out here But in Tokyo the general wouldn't comment. U.S. Grants Italians Permit to Buy Coal WASHINGTON. April 14.-UP)-The state department announced today that Italy will be permitted to buy coal in the United States for its gas-producing industry. The action, four days before the Italian election, came even though American production is still lag ging from the recent strike. Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH MOUSETRAP MCtO RV MICE" 00fnY- "I wouldn't mind tAe good P1, but thof short hours Worry me." U.S. Plane Crashes In Eire SHANNON AIRPORT. Eire, Thursday, April 15 -4A Thirty persons, 19 of them Americans, were reported killed today in the wreck of a Pan American World Airways Constellation the "Em press nf the Skies." The plane, bound from Lon don to New York, crashed and burned while trying to land at Shannon airport at 3 a. m. (7 p. m . PST, Wednesday). Mark Worst, a Californian and manager of the Lockheed Aviation corporation's base at Shannon, was the only survivor. He suf fered onlv shock and saved him self by climbing through a hole in he wrecked fuselage. His wife, waiting here to greet him, wit nessed the crash. In London. Fred Tupper, Pan American public relations officer, said names of the dead will be withheld until next of kin have been notified. That, he said, will take hours. Crewmen frsm I'. S. Tupper said the 10 crewmen all were from the United States and so were nine of the passen gers besides Worst r six men, two women and a year-old boy. Other passengers he said, were one British woman, five Italian men, one Frenchman, two Indian men, one Pakistan woman and one stateless man. Basil Warnock, American Ov erseas Airlines stationmaster at Shannon, said weather observers reported three miles' visibility at the time of the crash, riane Bairns The wreckage of the plane was completely burned out. According to Worst, the pilot made one unsuccessful attempt to get the plane down on Shannon's main airstrip. Then on the second try the liner struck an obstruc tion, bumped along the ground for a considerable distance and burst into flames. Mercury High Despite Rain A windless Wednesday brought Salem's thermometer up to 68 de grees despite occasional luke warm showers throughout the day. but the UJ5. weather bureau at McNary field predicted occasional showers and cooler temperatures for today and tonight. Wednesday's humid temperature was the second warmest of the year, only surpassed by 69 degrees registered on March 28. Rem nmton to Fill aeancy Appointment of Roy W. Rem ington, employe of the state high way commisMon, to fill the va cancy caused by the recent death of Sam B. Gillette in the state purchasing department was an nounced by the state board of control Wednesday. Remington, a veteran of both world wars, was assistant purchas ing agent to Gillette uhen fh latter was employed by the state highway department from 1924 to j 3 Halt importation of all wea 1932. He served as requisition : pons and war materials, supervisor for the highway di- 4 Stop all political activity vision from 1932 until he entered ; pending reconsideration of the military service. i cartition Droie-t bv the sDecial Following Rminirtnn'a rmttirn k was assigned to the state parks di vision of the state highway com mission. He will have the same duties as Gillette, but will not assume the title of assistant pur chasing agent. Mooring Basin at Astoria Approved WASHINGTON. April 14 -ly!P) A $2,500,000 permanent mooring basin at Astoria, Ore., for seserve ships was authorized today by the U. S. maritime commission. The base, long urged by Ore gon congressmen, would be locat ed just above Tongue Point, where the navy reserve fleet is harbored. It would hold 250 reserve mer chant ships. C. of C. Board Backs Unification Of Fund Drives Under Chest The question of why numerous fund-raising campaigns operate independently of the Community chest received the attention of Salem Chamber of Commerce di rectors at a monthly board meet ing Wednesday night in the chamber offices. The board voted to endorse tentatively a plan for consoli dating virtually all fund drives under the chest a plan which is to be threshed out by the Community chest organization at a Spokane meeting in the near future. Members expressed the opin ion i that too many fund cam paigns face businessmen and oth er citizens of Salem "every day and: that with the exception of agencies operating under the chest "few who solicit charitable funds make public accounting or budgeting of their needs, receipts' and expenditures. KiNLIX-OGHTH TXAB Giant Bomber SEATTLE, April 14 Boeing's XB-47 Strata Jet, the U. S. air force's radically designed bomber, officially won Its wings here today. The newest sir force bomber Is shows as It seems skyward almost ver tically in s rocket assisted takeoff at Moses Lake air force base In eastern Washington where It has completed the Initial phase of Its flight test program. The bomber Is assisted on the takeoff by eight een rockets snonnted on each side of the plane's 101-foot fuselage. Six torbo-Jet engines supply normal power. The rockets (Jatos) are ased In heavy load takeoffs and for emergency power needs. Approximately the size of a B-Z9. the Stratojet can carry more than It tons of bombs at a speed exceeding 5t miles an hour. AF Wire photo to The Statesman.) U.N. Devises Truce Terms For Palestine NEW YORK. April 14-P-The United Nations tonight announced terms of a truce plan designed to , end fighting snd bloodshed in , Palestine. One section would bar all per- j sons of military age either Arabs or Jews from entering the Holy Land. Security council delegates were reported in virtual agreement on most of the provisions of the plan which will go to a council vote ; tomorrow at Lake Success. The Jewish agency and the Ar ab high committee previously : have failed to agree on a truce. ! WASHINGTON. April 14 -UP- The main points included these United Nations food and agri- appeals to the Arabs and Jews: cuni organization (FAO) to 1 End all military activities ' day chos . former pharmacist and acts of violence, terrorism ' nd llvMtock rancher Norris : ana a Dotage. 2 Refrain from bringing Into Palestine armed bands or indivi- i duals capable of bearing arms. session of the general assembly opening Friday. Local C. of C. Roll Tops 1.500 Mark Salem Chamber of Commerce membership is over the 1,500 mark for the first time in its history. The chamber board Wednes day night received a membership report from Manager Clay Coch ran and Assistant Glenn Prather that 18 new members signed in March brought the total mem bership to 1,507. President James Walton commended Edwin Schre der's membership committee and noted that reports from other chambers indicate, by contrast, that membership is beginning to level off. Although the board as a whole did not formally consider details of the problem, some members individually suggested that new welfare agencies and such former chest members as Red Cross should all operate under the chest. One member expressed doubts that this could be accomp lished "as long as they receive more money in separate drives than they would under chest budgeting." Sentiment was generally ex pressed that any organization seeking funds should at least sub mit its budget to citizens com mittee in the manner that chest agency budgets are screened. Still another suggestion was that local or state legislation should require agencies seeking funds to qualify for a license as various professional men now must qual ify before conducting their busi ness in Oregon. (ij) H 3 . , 3- sr POUNDBD 1651 " f :'!Vi- IS PACTS Streaks Upward , r Deadline Todav For Tax Returns State tax commissioners warn ed that today is the deadline for i filing 1948 state income tax re I turns, based on 1947 incomes, ' without penalty and interest. Both the Salem and Portland ' offices of the commission will re , main open until midnight. A large j staff of accountants will be avail able to assist taxpayers in mak , ing out their returns at the local office in the state office building on Court street Dodd to Head U.N. Division E. Dodd as its second director general. Dodd is now an American un dersecretary of agriculture. He was elected unanimously by the 57 - nation international organiz ation to succeed Sir John Bovd Orr, head of the FAO since its creation in Quebec in 1945 Dodd will take over his new pot when congress adjourns. Dodd was born in Iowa, later moved to Oregon, becoming a live stock rancher. He later Joined the AAA crop control programs as local farmer committeeman. He was promoted to regional AAA director, then AAA admin istrator in Washington, and fin ally undersecretary of agriculture. He had been mentioned along with Assistant Secretary Charles F. Brannan, as a possible suc cessor to Clinton P. Anderson, secretary of agriculture. South Salem To Form Club A community organization for the "betterment' of South Salem will be launched officially at a public meeting at 8 pjn. today in the Clayton Jones upholstery shop, 1145 S. Commercial St., according to Roy Adsitt, one of the organiz ers. A name for the group, a char ter and permanent officers will be voted upon by the 100 persons expected to attend, Adsitt ex plained. All South Salem business men and others in that area inter ested in civic affairs are invited. Temporary officers named .at previous informal meetings are F. II. Weir, president; C. A. Vibbert, vice-president; and H. A. Harring ton. secretary. Weather Max. Win. 44 49 ftl Free I p. .M jri Tr Tr lalesa Portland M San Franetoco 70 Chicago .... St New York 43 39 M Willamette river 21 feet. Forecast (from UJS. weather bureau. McNary field. Salem): Cloudy with oc casional showers today and tonight. Slightly cooler temperatures. High to day U, lam tonight 40. SALEM intECVITATIOfr (Freaa Sept. 1 to April IS) This Year Mil Last Year X2M Average 22.71 V ' ; Tit Onqon Strrtosmnn. SoWm, Oregon. Thursday, April IS. Test Set For Tax Surplus A test suit to determine whether surplus funds from income and corporate excise taxes can be thrown open for general state pur poses, rather than be used solely to off-set the property tax as or iginally provided will be filed in Marion county circuit court today. The action is being brought by former governor Charles A. Spra gue through the Portland law firm of Maguire, Shields, Morrison and Bailey. It was indicated that action both by the circuit court and the su preme court is hoped for prior to formulation of the forthcoming 1948-49 tax levy (July l-June 30.) Commissioners Defendants Defendants are the three tax commissioners - - Earl L. Fisher, Wallace S. Wharton and Carl Chambers. The suit seeks to prevent the commissioners from following a recent opinion of Attorney Gener al George Neuner who held that surplus income and corporate ex cise tax funds could be treated as miscellaneous receipts and go into the state's general fund. The action asks ( 1 ) that the tax commissioners be enjoined from applying any part of the surplus in estimating revenue regarding the 1948-49 state tax levy; (2) that they be enjoined from considering the surplus as '"miscellaneous re ceipts;" (3) that the commission ers be required to certify that a need exists for levying in excess of the 6 per cent constitutional limitation, if there is a general fund deficit, and (4) that the state's tax base be regarded as $7, 137,671 (which is 6 per cent over the 1947-48 base of $8,733,652). Deficit in Question The attorney general in Febru ary held that the surplus estimated to be around $46,000,000 was out hide the 6 per cent limitation, and in effect his ruling would allow its use to wipe out a general fund deficit (which today's suit esti mated at $5,862,328). Regarding the estimated deficit, the suit declares: "The 1947 legislature anticipa ted there would be such a deficit and therefore imposed upon the (tax) commission the duty of cer tifying to the secretary of state the necessity of such a levy up to $8,000,000) outside the limitation in order to give the people the right to determine whether such accumulated property tax relief revenues (income and corporate tax) should be so used." Illegality Feared The commission, unless enjoin ed, will disregard this chapter of the 1947 laws, the suit says. The suit also contends that the tax commission, on the basis of the attorney general's opinion and unless enjoined by the courts, will take action constituting "an un lawful diversion of public funds to unauthorized purposes,' and that the tax burden on property and incomes would be "illegally increased." It is set forth that the action is brought "for the benefit of all cit izens and taxpayers of Oregon similarly situated in regard to owning real property and paying taxes on income. Local UNESCO Meet Tonight Constance Roach of the U. S. commission on UNESCO will ad dress a public meeting at 8 p. m. today at the Salem Chamber of Commerce. Her talks on behalf of the Unit ed Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural organization and its work toward international under standing are a prelude to the UNESCO conference in San Fran cisco May 13 to 15. James T. Brand, Oregon su preme court Justice, will preside and Charles A. Sprague, local member of the Oregon commit tee on UNESCO, will introduce the judge. Dr. Peter Odegard, pre sident of Reed college and head of the state committee, will be at the meeting. Rivers Flood Ohio Lowlands CINCINNATI, April U.-JPh-Two youths drowned, and thous ands of persons were routed from their homes today as the Ohio riv er and its tributaries flooded more lowlands throughout the Ohio val ley. The Ohio, already out of its banks for almost the entire 981 miles from Pittsburgh to the Mis sissippi, continued a steady rise of about 3 feet an hour. Barring further heavy rains, however, it appeared likely the flood will be only little more serious than the annual spring raise - - not a major disaster. City, state, federal and private rescue agencies are ready lor either. Lewis ScdDirons Bteffeou 2 Die, 42 Hurt As Truck Hits Speeding Train KREMLIN. Okla., April 14 -iJF) A speeding Rock Island stream liner plunged from the tracks here today killing at least two persons and injuring 42 more as it crashed into freight- cars on a side track. The passenger train, the Texas Rocket, was struck by a dump truck as it sped southward at nearly eighty miles an hour. The three coaches of the train, de railed by the impact, careened down the right-of-way, smashed into the freight train and caught fire. The state highway patrol said two persons were killed and 27 more hospitalized, five of them in critical condition. The patrol said 15 others were treated for less serious injuries and released. The patrol said the bodies were so badly mangled and burned it was not possible to say for certain whether two or three persons died in the crash. The left sides of. the three coaches were ripped off. Two caught fire. The coach hit by the truck was burned out. It was here the dead and most of the in jured were found. Capitol Street Traffic Signals To Be Installed Traffic signal lights will be installed at three additional in tersections of the Pacific highway in north Salem, City Manager J. L. Franzen was assured Wednes day by the state highway com mission. The commission wrote Franzen that the state will put stop-and-go lights at the D and Market street intersections with Capitol street and the Silverton road junction with the highway, pro vided the city foot half the cost of the three lights, estimated at a total of $11,000. Franzen said city funds for the purpose are available. Salem city leaders have asked the highway commission for traffic lights on the highway, asserting that great ly increased traffic of the past two years has increased accidents at major intersections and made pedestrian street crossing diffi cult. The commission- did not Indi cate when lights would be in stalled. Traffic signals already are operating at the Center and Capitol street intersection and at the Capitol street and Fair grounds road Junction (where Tile road traffic also Is con trolled). The new traffic light at the Silverton road-Fairgrounds road junction would also control High land avenue traffic at that point. Politics on Parade . . . Who's Running for What in the May Primaries! (Editor's not: Commnli ia this scries ar made ay ar far the candi date! wlUiout rettrtrUoa. and may ar may not reneet the policy of this newspaper). Today's snhjeet: A. C. (Andy) Bark (d) Candidate for Marlon County Sheriff After four busy 'years in other fields of activity, A. C. (Anayj Burk is again a sheriff of Mar ion county, a post he occupied for 12 years from Jan. 1, 33, to the same date in 44. candidate for "It will be re membered that I instituted the nresent tax col lection set - up. c. Bark which was a great improvement," Burk ob serves. "However, I have had an opportunity to make an inten sive study of additional improve ments, and should I bo elected this will give ma a chance to bring about greater savings and efficiency. "Since my announced candida cy I have been queried regarding my policy In employing veterans. I have always favored the prac tice, and where, conditions are 194S Mine Union Argue, Call By Ed Creagh WASHINGTON, April 14 -JPy- John L. Lewis, glowering and silent, refused today to defend himself against a contempt of court charge that lays him open to a possible heavy fin or even a prison term. Lewis may learn his fate tomorrow after; the government winds up its effort to prove him snd the union guilty. The mine chief called no defense wit nesses. His lawyers declined even to enter a formal argument. The charge: That Lewis and the union disregarded an April 3 court order directing an immediate end to the coal miners' walkout. Lewis told the miners to stop their "voluntary work stoppage last Monday after he reached an eleventh hour agreement in an old age pension dispute. The government charges that he didn't act soon enough. About half of the 400,000 miners still were away from their jobs today. The bushy-browed Lewis en tered his and the union's plea shortly after 10 a. m. "Not guilty," it said. Sits Impassively Then he sat, impassive and oc casionally chomping on a pepper mint drop, while the government called witness after witness in an effort to show: 1 That Lewis really ordered the walkout, although ho insists he didn't. 2 That the walkout was in the words of the Taft-Hartly act a strike endangering national health and safety. 3 That Lewis and the UMW were guilty of contempt for not calling it off immediately when a federal court told them to. On the bench, affable and some times smiling, was U. S. District Judge T. Alan Goldsborough, who fined Lewir and the UMW Z,- 510,000 on a similar charge less than two years ago. (The supreme court later cut the fine to S71U,uowj Judge Surprised Goldsborough was plainly sur prised when Lewis declined to caU witnesses after the government rested its case. He said he'd hear the govern ment's final review of the case tomorrow (10 a. m. EST). The union lawyers can speak up then, too, if they change their mind, he said. . There was courtroom specula tion that the judge might, if the verdict is guilty, impose a sus pended Jail sentence on Lewis. Oregon Vets9 Bonus Sought PORTLAND, April 14 -UP)- An Oregon ballot measure that would grant veterans' bonuses up to $500 is planned by Yank Legion a ser viceman's organization. Attorney T. R. Mahoney. Port land, said he has asked the at torney general's office to issue a baUot title for the bill. He said provisions would pay $15 for each month of domestic service and an additional $10 for each month of foreign duty. Sale of bonds would be authorized to finance the bo nus. equal the veteran will have my preference." Andy's main hobby has been and still is horses. He takes spe cial pride in the fact that he for mulated and organized the first sheriffs posse in Oregon. This unit, now the official Governor's Guard, first boasted 16 mounts, but is now more than doubled. Most age guessers place Andy at around 50 but he was born. April 9, 1885 at Huntington, Ind. He Married Martha A. Pettit (now deceased) in Guide Rock, Neb, in 1912, returning to Salem where he established his home in 1911. His four daughters and one son were raised and educated' in Salem and Oregon colleges. They are now married and Andy is nine times a grandfather. During the last three years Burk has been with the automotive di vision of the secretary of state's office, as traveling license exam iner. He is a member of Eagles, Elks, Salem Masonic Consistery. Port land Shrine, and National Grange, Oregon division. He Is also a mem ber of American Federation of State, County and Municipal em ployes. "I am out to continue to be a good sheriff, with friendliness and efficiency as my code," concludes Andy Burk. CTossonrowt Elascr M. Aasanoson) Prlc U I IT 27 ! I 3 to Strike Halts Log Unloading At West Salem Witnesses Leg unloading at the Oregon Pulp and Paper company's Wi nona leg dump tin West Salem is expected to halt this morning as the CIO Oregon - Washington strike continues to close north west milt j i j Karl W. Heinlein, manager of the company's 5alem lumber di vision, said lata Wednesday night that 24 boommen employed at tJse Winona operation were sched- S uled to join the strike at mid night Wednesday. '. Production at the Salem - paper plant and mill .is expected tc continue normally, Heinlein said, by use of logs unloaded by AFL boommen at the company's Miller street dump oni the South River road. At the same time Heinlein pointed out the entire Salem operation could be idled within a few days' if CIO boommen should picket - the AFL operated dump. If AFLj , workers refused v to pass the picket line, the plant would be without logs within a few days, he j said. . The Associated' Press reported that a total of 8,000 lumber work ers had been thrown out of jobs In northwest mills by Wednes day night. ! -t The largest j closure came at Longview where about 4,000 men were idled, j j w Union leaders said the strike was called in support of a $16 a day wage demand. The scale has been $12.76. Funeral; Delay Keeps. Bogota v Tension High BOGOTA. Colombia, April 14-(iPr-The government's attempt to end the national crisis arising from last week's ! bloody revolt was thwarted today by-, the delayed burial of an assassinated political -hero. i - Thm plan to give a state funer al to Jorge Eliecer Gaitan, whose slaying set off the futile Insurrec tion, was held 1 in abeyance when his widow refused to permit his burial until President Mariano . Ospina Peres resigns. Gaitan was the leader of! Co lombia's liberal party. Ospina Is a conservative.! 5, The development occurred as . the 21 -nation Pan-American con ference formally resumed its work for the first time since the upris ing disrupted the meeting Friday. Unrest still j persisted In the capital. An occasional sniper's shot" was heard. Troops sometimes re-,, turned the fire to try and drive the snipers from, their nests. BOGOTA, April 14-(P)-The United States tonight came to the aid of stricken Colombia with a ' $10,000,000 Export - Import bank loan for reconstruction.- ' Deweyj Eyes Oregon Race ALBANY, ! N. Y, April 1 4 -OP) Gov. Thomas j E. Dewey, "much heartened" :by ; finishing second, in the Nebraska primary, prob- ably will invade Oregon in a . "redoubled j drive for the repub lican . presidential nomination. The Dewey i forces disappoint ment today over : bis : second straight primary loss to Harold . E. Stassen was offset by the New . York governor's wide margin . over Senator Robert A. Taft. They confidently hoped .. to even the score with Stassen in Oregon s May 21 test. Asked If Dewey would visit Oregon before the primary test there, the governor's executive assistant, James C. Hagerty, said: "That Is jpretty good specula tion." - pi . - Only Dewey and Stassen have slates entered In Oregon, which will ' choose; 12 delegates to the convention. Stassen is expected also to stump the state. "