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Tha Orecjon Statesman. Salem. Oregon. Sotardar, April 17. 1948
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The valley'i cherry tree have had a bit of triable this season bursting 1nU full flame, what with not too
much sunshine to help things alone, but' above Is tantamount evidence that this year's Cherry Blos
som route will be a real treat. Sunday Is Blossom day. The picture, taken a day or so ago. shows
Charles CUffett (center foreground. King Bins of the Salem Cherrlans, witbji portion of his royal
(left to right) Cedrie Reaney. Hunt Clark. 111 Randall and
this particular trip to Martha
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Clearly the people haven't got
what they ordered in the way of
unification of defense As as
tea red we now have not two ri
al services, the army and the
javy, but four not -too-closely co
ordinated departments: national
defense, war. navy and air force.
Their difference came to light in
recent testimony before congres
sional and senate committees. Sec
retary Forrestal (national de
fense) outlined what he called a
balanced program, which provided
for UMT, selective serice, a 55
group air force, and a strength
ened navy Secretary Symington
(air) urged a 70-group air force,
preferring it to UMT. General
Bradley (army chief of staff) ar
gued for UMT and said the al
ternative was not an expanded air
force but a standing army of 1,500."
000 men which would cost " bil
lions ." Thursday President Tru
man endorsed Forrestal's program
nd said he didrft understand why
Symington had not gone along
with it
Other contentions have cropped
out. The airforce thinks long
range bombing should be its ex
clusive province The navy insists
on keeping the navy air arm and
wants to build an 80 000 ton car
rier as a floating airbase from
which atom bombs could be
dropped most anywhere in the
world. The ground forces claim
11 amphibious landings and would
hold she marines to local raids. The
latter assert such landings should
be a marine duty as well. Secre
tary Forrestal held a conference
with his subordinates in Florida
recently and sought to iron out
their differences. He did settle
some issues, though in such mat
ters Issues have a way of not stay
ing settled. The 70-group airforce
however was an unexpected flight
from harmony .
The lower house voted appro-
Eriations for the 70-airgroup size,
uspicion grows that what the
congress and the people want is
a push-button war, one that may
be won by gadgets, without per
sonal Inconvenience. So the house
Ignores the plea of Forrestal and
proposes to spend money on the
ir arm.
In view of the happenings one
wonders if our national defense is
even less coordinated than it was
when he had just the army and
the navy wrangling over their re
spective roles.
WAIIrE Dt'E IN MIDWEST
NEW YORK. April 16 -JPl '
Henry A. Wallace will make his
first campaign swing into the
farm belt states of the midwest
from April 17 to May 4. Wallace
is scheduled to speak 10 times
on a tour through .Illinois, Iowa,
Kansas and Missouri.
Animal Crackers
By WARREN GOODRICH
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DuRette Gervais. the Cherry festival queen of 1947.
Rural Districts to. Vote
On lax Levy Monday
Marion county st-hool district voters outside Salem. Silverton
and Woodburn districts will ote Monday night on a consolidated tax
levy amounting to $83,B90 in excess of the 6 per cent increase limita
tion. It is the first such consolidated levy vote under the new county
rural school district law of the 1947 state legislature, designed to
combine all of the, county ele- - - -
mentary and high school budgets
outside first class districts in or
der to spread an equalized tax levy
against all the districts involved.
Mrs. Agnes Booth, Marion toun
ty school superintendent, estimat
ed Friday that the entire budget
levy of $1,017,724 (which includes
SI 79.834 as total tax base not sub
ject to a vote), on the basis of
present property valuation, would
mean a 27-mill tax for elementary
districts and 13-mill tax for high
school districts. She predicted
however, the millage would be less
next year as county property val-
uation if expected to increase.
Affects 94 Districts
The school tax vote affects 94 dent to bring war, were hurled
Marion county school districts, today by two republican con
Voting is set for 8 p.m. at each gressmen.
district schoolhouse Monday. The, Their statements came as an
combined school budget for county aftermath to disclosures that the
rural schools was prepared by the i state department received many
new Marion county rural school advance w arnings that commun
district board headed by Sylvester ists were planning trouble in the
S. Smith of St. Paul and Including j Colombian capital. One message,
a representative from each of five , saying Marshall and others might
areas of the county be molested, apparently never
Mrs. Booth explained the wide reached the department,
discrepancy between the $179.-1 Rep. Brown (R-Ohio) said con
834 within the 6 per cent legal j gress is shocked by "the belated
limitation and the $837,890 which disclosure of a South American
remains to be voted on as excess. Pearl Harbor, so close to the
by citing the fact that 51 per cent 1 Panama canal." He declared that
of the 94 Marion county school ! the subcommittee which he heads
districts affected have been op- i will delve deeper into the ques
erating on a year-to-year levy ; tion of American intelligence re
vote basis after having lost their ( ports.
law -recognized "tax base" by not And Rep. Hoffman (R-Mich)
voting a levy in any one year demanded in a statement:
?fter the 6 per cent limitation law1 "Did Secretary Marshall know
became effective in 1916. what was about to happen'
Would Split I'p Vote I "Did he deliberately endanger
If the consolidated tax levy Is i the safety and lives of Americans
not passed by the entire rural ,
school electorate, the financing of
schools will revert to the separate
school districts.
The proposed $1,017,724 com
bined levy provides for the oper-
ating costs and transportation of
the 94 school districts, Mrs. Booth
said. She stated that none of the I
proposed levy will be used for new
buildings, new building sites,
bonded indebtedness or interest.
Politics on
Who's Running for What
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Peery T. Bnren
Candidate for
Salens Mnnielpal Jndge
Peery T. Buren, practicing at
torney and candidate for Salem
municipal judge, recognizes that
the city is con
fronted with an
ever - increasing
juvenile prob
lem. Burefl favors
a program In
Salem whereby
the muni cipal
judge could call
upon Interested
and responsible
civic, r e I i gkus
and service or- Peery 1 Bares
ganizations to conduct investiga
tions ; into the background' and
home life of Juvenile offenders
before passing sentence. Candi
date Buren has recently consult
ed with numerous persons in Sa
lem who are interested in solv
ing the juvenile problem, whom
he finds receptive to such
program
Attorney Buren recognizes that
effective traffic control has not
ben attained in Salem. Speaking
on one phase of the problem.
Wm Stewart, who played escorts on
Revolt Called
'South America
Pearl Harbor9
WASHINGTON. April 16 -JP)
Charges that the Bogota revolu-
tion was a "South American
Pearl Harbor." and that Secre-
tary of State Marshall may have
been counting on it as an "inci-
or . w as he looking for an
'incident to involve use in war
or speed up the campaign for
conscription and militarv train
fng''" The state department said last
night that Marshall was warned
of trouble brewing in Bogota but
went ahead to the interAmerican
conference rather than knuckle
under to
ists."
'a handful of commun-
Parade . . .
in the May Primaries!
Buren stated: "The so-called
hotrod and 'squirrel' drivers are
a serious hazard to life and prop
erty. I believe youths who ope
rate high speed, old cars should
be made to realize that the traf
fic laws are to be enforced and
that they have the same measure
of responsibility to the commun
ity as adult motorists."
Peery T. Buren, if elected,
would devote to the office all the
time required for Just and effi
cient judicial administration and
he is fully qualified by training
for the office. He is a lifetime
resident of Salem, graduate of
University of Oregon and the
George Washington university
law school, Washington, D. C. He
is a war veteran and active in
civic and fraternal affairs.
His character and background
of education and experience in
dicate his qualifications. His
genuine interest in the affairs of
the community where he was
born and raised justify his right
to the support of law-abiding
citizens when they go to the
polls on May 21.
(Twntw: , W H. Crawford.)
1 DROWN TS OHIO FLOOD
CINCINNATI, April 18 - (JP) -Two
high school girls drowned at
Friendship, nine miles down
stream from Portsmouth, tonight
as the crest of the flooded Ohio
river neared Cincinnati.
16 Europe Nations Sign Aid Pact
Organization to
Form Basis for
Western Union
PARIS, April 16 Six
teen sovereign nations and west
ern Germany pooled their recov
ery efforts today in a new organ
ization for European economic co
operation (OEEC).
The group is designed to coor
dinate reconstruction moves and
assure the efficient distribution of
United States aid under the $5,
300.000,000 Marshall plan. Repre
sentatives of the participating
states and the United States, Bri
tish and French occupation zones
in Germany signed the charter of
the organization and elected of
ficers. Paris was selected as per
manent headquarters.
Many observers regard the body
as a nucleus for a future econo
mic and political federation of
Europe. The charter is a 28-ar-ticle,
3.000 - word document.
Premier Paul - Henri Spaak
of Belgium was elected chairman
of the organization's council. Ro
bert Marjolin of France was ap
pointed secretary - general. Greece
and Denmark ware elected to
have vice - chairmanships of the
council.
Sir Edmund Hall - Patch, fin
ancial expert of the British for
eign office, was named chairman
of the powerful executive com
mittee of seven. Representatives
of Britain, France, Italy, The Ne
therlands, Sweden, Switzerland
and Turkey were elected to the
committee for one - year terms.
As chairman of today's meeting,
British Foreign Secretary Ernest
Bevin put the charter to the dele
gates shortly after noon. There
were no objections, so he declar
ed it adopted officially. Annexes
and protocols also were adopted.
Then the delegates attached their
signatures. The last signer was
Gen. Sir Brian Robertson, British
military governor for Germany
and representative of the British
and American zones. Today's
meeting marked the first time
Germany has been represented at
an international diplomatic con
ference since her defeat.
South Salem
Progress Club
Name Adopted
South Salem Progress club is
the official name adopted by
South Salem businessmen who
met Thursday night to complete
organization of a district com
mercial club.
Temporary officers elected in
the meeting are F. H. Weir, pres
ident; C. A. Vibbert. vice presi
dent, and H. A. Harrington, sec
retary. Membership in the club
will cost S3 a year for business
men and $1 for individuals.
Members engaged in a brief
discussion regarding traffic sig
nals that may be requested for
the south end by the group in
the near future. The club will
meet again next Wednesday night
to study by-laws and other or
ganizational problems.
Math Experts
Back at Reno
LAS VEGAS, Nev.. April 16JP)
Two University of Chicago gradu
ates who last November "took
the roulette table at Reno for $8,
000 were back in business again
today.
Using a system of their own
devising, the two men were $500
ahead today, after playing since
last night. They are Dr. Roy Wal
ford, San Diego, and Albert Hibbs,
Chillicothe, Ohio, each 23 At Reno
they parlayed $300 into $13,000,
then dropped $5,000 when their
system went sour.
The men play $1.50 on the nine
on each spin of the wheel.
PEKKALA ULTIMATUM
HELSINKI, Finland, April 16
(P-Premier Mauno Pekkala said
today his cabinet would resign if
parliament did not approve the
Russo-Finnish treaty. The friend
ship and military assistance agree
ment was drafted two weeks ago
in Moscow. Parliament is expect
ed to vote on it April 23. j
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reau. McNary . field. Salem): Mostly
cloudy today and tonight with occa
sional showers. Slightly cooler today.
High today 98. low tonight 4a.
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CCiildren irecil: FED
To Kidnap Suspect
PORTLAND, April 16 -JP-A
limping kidnap suspect was
captured by the FBI today,
thanks to a boy and a girl who
persisted in playing detective ov
er the scoffing of their elders.
Arrested under a baby's crib
in a Hillsboro, Ore., home this
morning was a 29-year-old man
who has been working in a Gear
hart, Ore., riding academy as
"Cowboy Jim" Williams.
But Special FBI Agent Howard
I. Bobbitt said the man was real
ly John Harvey Bugg, object of
a 2i-year nation - wide hunt
as "the man with love on his
fingers." Bugg, whose left fing
ers are tattooed "L-O-V-E," is
under indictment on a charge of
kidnapping Dade County, Mis
souri, Sheriff Hugh P. Wilker
son, in November, 1945.
Two Gearhart children who
like blood - and - thunder radio
broadcasts tipped off police to
"Cowboy Jim," after adults had
laughed off the suspicions rife
for many days among Gearhart
youngsters.
Pauline Virgin, 12-year-old
James Roosevelt's
Wife Stricken after
Overdose of Pills
BEVERLY HILLS. Calif.. April
16 -JPt- A combination of head
ache tablets and a sleeping po
tion, the latter taken by mistake,
her husband said, sent Mrs. James
Roosevelt to the hospital in a
coma today.
- Several hours later Mrs. Roose
velt, second wife of the late presi
dent's eldest son, was pronounced
out of danger, and doctors said
she would be able to go home
tonight.
Roosevelt said his wife, the
former Romelle Schneider, has
been suffering badly from head
aches. "The doctor gave her some
thing to relieve her pain," Roose
velt told reporters at the hos
pital. "At bedtime , last night she
took some, and again about 10
p.m.
"At 3 a.m. or thereabouts, she
still was suffering,- so she went
to the bathroom for some more
headache tablets. By mistake she
got the wrong bottle, and took
sleeping tablets instead. The doc
tor tells me the combination was
too much for her."
Architect Sketches Proposed Phone Building
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Tha architect's sketch (above) pictures the proposed $159,000 administration building' to be tent ny the
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph eempany at site (shewn in lower photo) on corner of Court and
North Winter streets, west of the state library building and north at the city park adjoining the
state eapltoL Fennlssioa for cans traction af the building has already been given by the state beard
af eontroL The Salem zoning commission will conduct a public hearing an the proposal Tuesday
night, as a tone change Is needed. Tha building was designed by Robert nenuningway, Portland areh-
: fleet, and will be constructed by Robert Somerville. The structure, 4 by 11$ feet, will have. Its main
entrance an Court street. (Site photo by Dan DHL staff photographer, Tha Statesman.)
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy
Virgin, Gearhart, wondered for
weeks why "Cowboy Jim" with
whom she rode often at the
Gearhart academy always had
tape on his left fingers.
Then on one of her favorite
radio programs (Gangbusters),
she heard a description of a man
wanted for kidnapping. The
broadcast said he limped, and
had "L-O-V-E" tattooed on his
fingers.
With courage equal to her
curiosity, Pauline demanded to
know why "Cowboy Jim" kept
his fingers taped.
"He was nasty," she said. "I
was scared of him after that."
The story was dismissed by I
aauits until fauiinei 14-year-old
cousin. Navarre Smith, decid
ed to tell the FBI. Navarre halt
ed a policeman on a Seaside
street and asked for the FBI.
FBI officials from here
promptly went to Gearhart.
When "Cowboy Jim" failed to
report to his riding job, they
traced him to Hillsboro.
British to Defy
Soviet Ban on
Vienna Flights
VIENNA, Austria. April 6-JP)
Russian officials demanded tonight
that the British halt all commer
cial air flights into Vienna, but
the British said they planned to
continue flying.
The Russian request came at a
time When ground transportation
to and from British and American
airports outside Vienna was dis
rupted. The airports are accessible
only by driving through the Rus
sian zone.
The Russians made their demand
in a letter to the British commis
sioner in Austria, Lt. Gen. Alexan
der Galloway. The letter asked
the British to cease "forthwith"
alleged violations of previous
agreements on air traffic.
The response of an official Brit
ish spokesman was that regularly
scheduled flights of the British
European airways will continue.
U.N. Coundl
Orders Truce
In Palestine
By Larry Hanek
LAKE SUCCESS, Saturday, Ap
ril 17-;P)-The United Nations se
curity council early today ordered
a truce in Palestine. The vote was
9 to 0 with Russia and the Ukraine
abstaining.
The vote came at 2:19 a.m.
(EST) after a final five and one
half hours of debate.
In a last-minute move, the
council struck out provisions for
an on-the-spot truce commission
to watch over the cease-fire.
The council adjourned at 2:21
am. (EST).
Directs Factions
The plan directed the Jews and
Arabs to:
1. Cease all activities of a mili
tary or pari-military nature, as
well as acts of vio!ee, terrorism
and sabotage;
2. Refrain from bringing and
from assisting and encouraging
the entry into Palestine of armed
bands and fighting personnel,
groups and individuals, whatever
their origin;
3. Refrain from importing or ac
quiring, or assisting or encourag
ing the importation or acquisition
of weapons and war materials;
4. Refrain, pending further con-"
sideration of the future p. vern
ment of Palestine by the general
assembly, from any political ac
tivity which might prejudice the
rights, claims or positions of eith
er community;
Cooperation Ordered
5. Cooperate with the manda
tory authorities for the effective
maintenance of law and order and
of essential services, particularly
those relating to transportation,
communications, health and food
and water supplies;
6. Refrain from any action
which will endanger the safety of
the holy places in Palestine and
from any action which would in
terfere with access to all shrines
and sanctuaries for the purpose of
worship by those who have an es
tablished right to visit and wor
ship at them.
Russia opposed the third and
fourth-sections but did not use the
veto. The voting on the two points
was 9 to 0, with the Soviet Union
and the Soviet Ukraine abstaining.
The other four sections passed
unanimously.
Light Vole
In Salem
District
By Robert E. Gangwsre ,
City Editor, The Statesman 5
A Salem district school bond
issue of $1,500,000 and a budget in
cluding $420,000 over the 6 per
cent limitation were both adopted
by district voters In an election
Friday. j
The bond issue will finance ad
ditional schools and classrooms to
alleviate overcrowding dut to pop-
SAUEM SCHOOL ELECTION
Boad lass ; Budget
Vea No Preetaet Vet No
MS 4S North . )M 21
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147 12 Sent 144 119
S7 2) West i 47 32
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TOTALS
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ulation increase of recent years.
The annual budget aggregating
$1,620,850 and. the bond issue to
gether call for tax levy of ap
proximately 34.4 mills. I
Both ballot Issues were passed
in each of four voting precincts
for the school election. The total
vote was just short of 60 per cent
in favor of the bond issue and 56
per cent in favor of the budget
levy. : ;
Less Than Frevioas i
More than 1,100 persons voted,
a total higher than for many a
school election in recent years, but" '
less than a third the number of
voters who turned out for a Feb
ruary election in which a pro
posed $3,500,000 bond, issue for
school plant expansion was defeat-,
ed 3,220 to 748.
In yesterday's .vote, the reduc
ed bond issue was approved by
672 to 454 and the budget was ap
proved 623 to 492. More than half
the vote was given ht the north
precinct (for all Salem north of
Mission street),
Includes Fay Raise '
The $1,620,850 budget for 1948
49 includes a 15 per cent pay in
crease for teachers and virtually
all other school district employes.
The salary increase amounted to
about $165,000 over last year's
figure, but the entire budget esti
mate is about $13,000 less than the
1947-48 general fundi Estimated
revenue, however, is down about
$176,000. J I
The $1,500,000 bond issue has
been earmarked by the school dis
trict board for construction needs
of the next two years, including
new elementary schools in- the
Capitola and Four Corners areas;
additions ranging front one to six
classrooms at each of seven schools
West Salem, Swegle, Middle j
Grove, Englewood, Bush, Rich
mond and McKinley; gymnasium,
classroom and cafeteria additions
at Parrish junior high school; a
West Salem athletic field and a
Salem High school shop addition.
Architects Aatherixed
The board has already author
ized architects S. P. Freeman and
Sidney B. Hayslip of Portland to
proceed with final plans and spe
cifications for additions at Middle
Grove, West Salem and Bush. It
is hoped that some of the projects,
of which these three are deemed
most urgent, will be completed
by September or shortly later to
the fall. !
Because outlying areas were on
ly recently consolidated with., the
Salem school district, the tax mil
lage will be higher in some cases
than the estimated 34.4 mills for
bonds and budget. Salem taxpay
ers will pay an additional 2.5 mills
for a previous bond issue; Liber
ty an additional 2.6 mills; Swegle
an extra 3.8 mills, j
Joyce Pattern
Elected WU
May Queen
Joyce Anne"; Patton was elect
ed May queen to rule over May
weekend festivities yesterday by
general student election at Wil
lamette university.
Mrs. Patton is the wife ef
Alan Ray Patton, 1135 S. 19lh
st., student in the law school at
Willamette. She defeated two
other finalists, Mrs. Yergie Wicks,
Salem, and Dorothy Deal, Long
view, Wash., who will be prin
cesses in her court.;
The queen's coronation will
take place on Saturday, May 1,
at 2:30 pjn. in front of Eaton
hall on the Willamette crmpus.
Margaret Allen, last year's May
queen, will present the "Crown. -
Preceding the coronation, . a
downtown parade . will begin at
1:15 and the new queen will be
presented the keys to the city by
Mayor : Robert- L. Klfstrom. 4
PACKING PLANT FIRE
KANSAS CITY, Kan, April IS
VPf-A fire was raging out of con
trol at the Swift and company
packing plant tonight, despite ef-.
forts of 10 companies of firemen'
who answered two alarms.