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'Sagseini Hbldls Lead! ddh rowDyferDijg PiFDMiarf 1!:Sci:
Dewey Also Leads
Favorite Son Entry
In 'Popularity Poll'
PHILADELPHIA. April 28-( Wednesday ) -P-White House as
pirant Harold E. Stassen. fresh from delegate victories in Wisconsin
and Nebraska, rolled out in front today in returns from Pennsylvania's
presidential preference primary.
With reports in from 4.347 precincts, more than half of 8,262 in
the state. Stassen led with a total of 37.844 write-in votes. Gov. ,
Thomas E. Dewey had 32.796 and i
DCP
SOD
imDITJDGi
Senator Douglas McKay is o
be congratulated on ending the
hadow boxing in the currer.t
gubernatorial race and getting
down to cases. The republican
primary contest ought not to be
an Alphone-Gaston act of no
blesse oblige The race lies be
tween the incuumbent. John H
Hall and Senator McKay There
are sharp differences between
the two which the public is en
titled to know about McKay
opened up the subject in his radio
talk of Monday night and dis
cussed frankly the dn ergence of
views on issues of public morals
between him and Goseinor Hall
McKay put his finge: squarely
on the issue of this campaign:
"a drift toward a wide open
state." Two of his opponents lav
or liberalizing the sale of alco
holic liquors, which means vir
tually the return of the saloon.
Gov. Hall makes no such pronoun-cement
in his platform but
his legislative record closely
identities him with the liquor
slot machine-bookie gambling in
terests. McKay, while no reform
er has consistently stood fur
measures to conserve public
morals against the greed of com
mercial interests.
This personalizing of the cam
paign involves no element of
-smearing." Instead it presents
the records of the candidates lor
the careful appraisal of the vot
ers whose favor they seek.
On his record Hall is particu
larly vulnerable. In his first term
in the legislature (1933) he lined
up to fight the liquor control
measure designed by the Knox
commission as a substitute for the
lately-repealed prohibition. Hall
assailed the plan as impractical,
denounced the proposal to estab
lish state stores for. sale
(Continued on editorial page)
Taft Berates
Stassen Stand
DAYTON. O , April 27 -A) Sen
ator Taft came out swinging at
challenger Harold Stassen todav
in their battle for 23 of Ohio s 53
republican presidential delegates.
In speeches at Hamilton and
this industrial city of 300.000 the
big industrial centers of the third
congressional district Taft virtu
ally accused Stassen of knowing
little about campaign issues. Two
delegates are at stake in the third
district.
"He has taken no part in the
development of the republican
program which has already been
adopted (by congress)." Taft said,
"and he does not seem familiar
with the measures which are now
being worked out in many specific
lields."
U.S. Arrest 1,008
For Korean Riots
TOKYO. Wednesday. April 28
-(-Arrest of 1,008 suspected par
ticipants in the Kobe-Osaka Kor
ean riots was announced today.
U. S. provost marshals of both
Japanese coastal cities were
speeding preparations for trials of
the Koreans, expected to begin
err" 5" next i.eek.
Thousands of Koreans rioted in
the neighboring cities over the
week end in protest against Jap
anese government orders to close
Korean schools. American troops
bloodlessly quelled the Kobe riot.
Animal Crackers
By WAKEN GOODRICH
I tell you duck season s
safer than spring baseball practice."
the state's favorite son. Sen. Ed
ward Martin was third with 24,
560 Thus Dewey, who trailed in
early returns as Stassen and Mar
tin alternately were ahead, had
pulled well ahead of the former
Pennsylvania governor as the
count advanced
Other republicans in the ballot
ing were: Sen. Robert A. Taft. 7.
310; Sen. Arthur Vandenberg. 4,
360; Gen Douglas MacArthur. 3 -434
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower.
2.270. Henry Wallace. 375; Gov
Earl Warren of California. 335.
and Gov James H Duff, of Penn
sylvania. 241.
Returns from the democratic
primary gave President Truman
Gov. Thomas Dewey of New
York, republican aspirant to
the presidency, will speak at
the Marion hotel next Tuesday
noon at a meeting of the Kl
wanis club to which members
of the chamber of commerce
and other civic clubs are in
vited. Announcement of the
candidate's visit was made at
the Kiwanis session yesterday
by Ronald Hud kins who pre
sided. 103.242 votes. His .name appeared
on the ballot. Wallace had 1.400
(write-in i votes, and Eisenhower
1.3S1
Four years ago. in a similar pre
ference vote. Governor Dewey ran
far ahead of all opponents. He re
ceived 146.706 votes in the elec
tion a few months before he won
the presidential nomination. Stas
sen then was a dismal last among
seven candidates, receiving only
1.502 votes
Stassen was leading in both of
the state s great metropolitan cen
ters. Phjadelphia and Pittsburgh
Convention delegates elected at
the primary are not required to
abide by the preferential voting
(The republicans will hold their
national convention in Philadel
phia beginning June 21. Demo
crats will meet in the same city.
July 12 to select their presidential
nominee i
The preferential balloting act
ually is only a popularity contest
A blank space for presidential
write-ins on the republican bal
lot allows sampling of sentiment
on the party's top candidates. But
the 73-member convention dele
gation also elected today will be
unpledged They are expected to
vote f c r Martin on the first ballot.
Wal lace-To wnsend
Forces Mav Join
MOLINE, 111 . April 27 - ip -Henry
A Wallaces headquarters
said tonight that Dr. Francis
Townsend. founder of the Town
send social security plan, has en
dorsed the Wallace-Taylor third
party.
Wallace aides made public a
statement attributed to Townsend
which said in part:
"jSince Henry Wallace proposes
a new political alignment ... I
believe it to be the cause of wis
dom for all to support the new
party of which he is the leader.''
Governor Hall III,
Lea vet for Portland
1 Gov John H. Hall, suffering
from a severe cold, left early
; Tuesday for his home in Portland
without attending the weekly
meeting of the state board of con-
i trol. The governor indicated he
would be absent from his office
here for several days.
Politics on Parade . . .
Who's Running for What in the May Primaries!
! (Editor's aet: Comments la this
series are maae ky or for the candi
dates without restrtrtion. and mav
or mav not reflect the policy of this
newspaper. )
Today's subject:
Deibert V. Price (r)
Polk County Sheriff
Deibert V. Price, republican
1 candidate for Polk county sher
iff, is 36 years of age and was
born and raised ;
in Polk county.
He has never
before sought,
a public office, i
V t 1 , CI I A,
being contacted C
by numerous
members of the; k
republican party j )
in Polk county j
he was finally f
persuaded to file law.
for this office. Deibert Price
Price attended and graduated
from grade and high school at
Rickreally, Polk county. He was
married in 1932 and has two
daughters. Owned and operated
the general store at Rickreall for
eight years. After leaving the
grocery business he was employ
ed by the Dallas police depart
ment and after being in Dallas
for nearly year as a city police
Re
NINETY EIGHTH YEAR
VMT Junked for
Bandit Robs 3
Gas Stations
In 15 Minutes
An armed, apparently lone,
bandit held up three Salem serv
ice stations within 45 minutes
Tuesday evening and escaped with 1
about $120. In every case it was
as the attendant prepared to close
for the night.
Descriptions of the robber, by
the three attendants, tallied close
ly. In the first stickup. across the
street from the city police station,
a German Luger pistol w as shown,
but in the other two. the bandit
kept his right hand in his pocket ,
In all cases the left hand shielded
his face.
City and state police were alert
ed for the man. a pedestrian so
far as the victims could tell.
Shortly after 8 30 pm. at the
Harbison station at High and Che
meketa streets, the bandit came
out of the men's restroom. told
Glenn Esterberg. 628 N. High st .
to "take it easy " and forced him.
at gunpoint, to open the till and
to remove the money, about $15
Then he pushed Esterberg into a
restroom. The attendant said he
waited only about 30 seconds be
ff re coming out to call police.
At 8 45. the robber got from $60
to $70 from Ralph Harris. Salem
route 9. box 123. at the General
station at Capitol and Market
streets. Appearing in the lubrica
tion room, he told Harms. "Don't
try anything funny This is the
most beautiful stickup you ever
saw" He gave the attendant a
shopping bag for the money.
Stearns Cushings. 1 475'Saginaw
st . had just purchased the Union
station at 1505 Fairgrounds rd .
and operated it for the first time
Tuesday. At 9 10 pm. the bandit
approached with "I'm not kidding
this is a stickup " He forced
Cushing to hand over about $40
from the till He departed up Fair
grounds road, walking
At least two other people saw
the robber and aided in the de
scriptionMrs R. J Potts. Brooks
route 1. and a Mrs. Matthews. Sa
lem route 7 They told police they
met him. hand over face, on Cap
itol street just prior to the time of
the second holdup
The bandit was described as be
ing 6 feet tall, weighing about 150
pounds, in his early 20s. wearing
tan gabardine topcoat, tan hat and
gloves
6No Pledge, No
Pav." Sav Solons
WASHINGTON. April 27-F)-The
house appropriations commit
tee hit directly today at the pock
etbooks of federal security agen
cy workers whose union officers
have failed to sign non-communist
oaths.
The committee voted to forbid
the use of any portion of a $969.
050,000 appropriation to pay such
employes
It was the first time the com
mittee had used its power of the
purse to back up that provision
of the Taft-Hartley labor law.
officer he resigned and became
a member of the Oregon state
police department working out of
Salem district headquarters for
five years. In 1946 he resigned
and entered the real estate busi
ness at Monmouth. Ore . with his
father-in-law, A F. Huber, and
at the present time is in that
business and resides at Mon
mouth, j
He is a member of the Evan
gelical church and a member of
Rickreall lodge No. 110. IF & AM. '
and is at the present time master ,
of that lodge.
He has been interested in law
enforcement for several years and
received much valuable exper
ience while a member of the Ore
gon state police department, es
pecially in criminal investigation.
I a staunch believer in com
plete cooperation with all law
enforcement agencies and thinks
that better cooperation is the
solution for better law enforce
ment. He is not a politician and if
elected will not let politics in
terfere in any way with the
functions or duties of that office.
He has chosen as his slogan:
"Fair and impartial law enforce
ment." On pace 4: Wallace Telford.
(Tomorrow: M. Jack power.)
!Z PAGES
Board (Defers Action'
On State
An appeal for proportional sal
ary wage increases for state em
ployes, in addition to the $20 a
month txiost proposed recently
for some, was made to the state
board of control Tuesday by the
Oregon State Federation of La
bor, through J. T. Marr, execu
tive secretary.
Board action on the federation
appeal was deferred pending
completion of a salary and wage
investigation underway by State
Budget Director George Aiken
and the state civil service com
mission. Aiken had recently sug
gested a $20 monthly increase for
all employes receiving up to $400
a month, which would require
transfer Of more than $265,000
Ackerman Critical of
Opponents' Tax Stand
Expressing "decided opposition to any state retail sales tax," Glen
C Ackerman. Portland realtor, laid his case for republican nomina
tion as governor before the Salem Trades and Labor council Tuesday
night in the Labor temple.
The candidate criticized his
Gov John H Hall and State Sen.
State to Give
Pay Boost to
College Profs
c
CORVALL1S. April 27 -A',
The state boaid of higher educa
tion voted salary increases today
for its college instructors and set
up hudget $1,000,000 higher
than a year ago
The budget is slightly more
than $12,000,000, of which the
state prov ides less than two
third. In the budget are $8,614 -547
for all institutions and serv
ices with an additional $3,726,813
for restricted budgets on agri
cultural research and extension,
dental school clinics and others.
The board aNo approved build
ing committee recommendations
reported yesterday, including an
$11,000,000 building program for
Oregon State college and two
education schools.
The salary increases prov ide
$150 for staff members now un
der the $3,000 level or enough
to bring them to $3,000
For those under $7,200 there
will be a 5 per cent increase or
enough to bring them to $7,200.
Merit increases aggregating 77
per cent also will be distributed
as executives consider best.
The board also voted to seek
a larger bond issue to finance
the proposed Oregon State bas
ketball pavilion.
Berlin Police Chief
Flees Russians,
Tells of Terrorism
! BERLIN. April 27 - - Hans
Kanig, Berlin police chief who says
he is a fugitive from the soviet
sector, charged in an interview
today that German communists
: are trying to seize control of the
city's police by creating terror and
panic.
Kanig said he took flight from
the soviet sector yesterday when
! the Russians began questioning
him and threatening his arrest be
cause he had punished a police
man. The policeman lured a Ger
man civilian into the Russian zor.s
where the civilian was kidnaped.
His story is being investigated
by American authorities who said
they would demand an official sov
iet explanation. Four-poweragree-ment
provides that Berlin city of-
ficials can be arrested only on or
ders of the allied kommandantur,
; four-power governing bodj-
STRIKE VOTE SOUGHT
I DETROIT, April 27-oPV-iJnited
I a . .4 u;nrVr 1oIm3Im frnm 100 .
General Motors plants agreed
unanimously today to ask for a
strike vote among the big corpor
ation's employes.
Weather
Wax. Min. Prerlp.
37 ZS .
55 32 .00
54 44 .00
.. 71 44
. 57 43 -00
SaJna . ... -Portland
.
San Francisco
Chirafo .
New York
Willamette river S3 feet.
FORECAST t from U.S. weather bu
reau. McNary field. Salem): Partly
cloudy today and tonight, with lowly
rising temperatures. Highest today 60.
lowest tonifbt 39.
SALEM PRECIPITATION
Froaa Sept. 1 to April ZS)
This Year
41J1
Last Year
32J4
Average
23.7a
POUNDDD 1651
Tb Oregon Statesman Salom,
Teen-Age Draft
Pay Raise
from the state emergency fund,
along with some self-supporting
state department revenues.
The federation proposed that
the additional pay be at the rate
of 20 per cent on the initial $100
a month salary, 10 per cent on
the second $100 and 5 per cent
for those above $200. It asked
that the attorney general inves
tigate the existence of any unal
located state funds which might
be used for such increases.
The board, at Tuesday's meet
ing, also approved exchange of a
number of deeds to state-owned
properties, preliminary to con
struction of the proposed state
highway commission building in
the capitol group.
republican opponents, incumbent
Douglas McKay, for their votes in
the 1947 state legislature fvoiing
a proposed 3 per cent sales tax.
Ackerman maintained that both
opponents had voting recr rds in
the legislative assembly "unfavor
able to Oregon labor "
"I will definitely veto any sales
tax legislation if elected," Ack
erman stated.
Ackerman endorsed restoring
the state income tax personal ex
emptions to $750 for single persons
and $1,500 for married persons:
legalizing and licensing sale and
use of gambling devices, and su
pervised sale of liquor by the
glass. On the subject of the latter,
the candidate said liquor sales
over the bar need not disrupt au
thority of the liquor commission
and would enable a man "to buy a
drink, not a drunk "
Ackerman voiced his opposition
to the Taft-Hartley law, "as now
constituted."' stating he endorses,
in&tead, the labor - management
program adopted by the 1947 state
and national AFL conventions.
Wallace Asserts
Campaign Tactics
Violate Freedoms
MOLINE. 111. April 27 -OP)
Henry A Wallace said tonight
his third party faces "forces de
termined to keep us off the bal
lots next November, by every
form of trickery and intimida
tion." He claimed free speech rights
are being violated.
He said a "violation of academic
freedom" caused a Northwestern
university journalism professor
to withdraw yesterday as the
Wallace-Taylor tickets Illinois
nominee for U. S. senator.
In West Virginia, he said,
"there are reports of violence and
threats of violence against those
who circulate and sign petitions."
Wallace said in a speech at a
campaign rally in Moline that
"the right to dissent, to disagree,
to debate is being suppressed."
Prospective Candidates Start Lining Up for
Newly-Vacated Seats on Salem's City Council
By Robert E. Ganarware
City Editor, Th Statesman
With resignation of two city al- ,
dermen less than a day old. pro- ,
spective candidates for the vacant
posts began lining up Tuesday.
Aldermen R. O. Lew is of ward i
4 and Daniel J. Fry of ward 6 j
resigned Monday because of ad-
dress changes. Lewis' moving to
hovnrwt -itv limit ituIim him in-I
eligible, but Fry has moved into
ward 4, which was vacated by
Lewis.
Several citizens were soliciting
support or being solicited for their
candidacy, both as temporary ap
pointees of the city council to fill
out the year and as candidates for
election in November.
George Cadwell, oil company
proprietor at 2490 State. sU who
was unsuccessful in his bad for
election as alderman in the No
vember, 1946, election, said Tues
day he expects to file for alder
man of wan 6 In the November
election and; meanwhile, a citi
zens petition endorsing: him as an
appointive candidate is being cir
culated. His present address at 185
Orsxjon, Wednesday. April 28.
Men 13 t0
Would Train in
Armed Forces
By Jack Ratledge
WASHINGTON, April 21-4A)- ;
Universal military training was
virtually junked today, for the
time being at least, us military j
leaders unveiled a teen age trainee !
program to put boys 18 through '
19 1 2 in the regular forces. j
The plan, as outlined to sen
ate armed service committee,
would draft 161.000 youths of this
age bracket the first year, train
them along with older draftees for
one year, then put them in reserve
groups
I'MT Privilege
The trainees, however, would
retain one L'MT privilege they
would not be sent outside the con
tinental United States for duty ex
cept with the consent of congress j
(The universal military training
plan originally called for an ela
borate setup of camps and other ,
training institutions, separate from
the armed services. The boys
would have been given special
training and woifld not have been
members of the army, navy or air
force )
Also Drafts Men
The plan also calls for drafting
of men 1 9 1 2 through 25 for two
years" service About 190.000 of
these would be inducted the first
year.
Chairman Gurney (R-SD) of
the senate armed services commit
tee said the plan was outlined by
Secretary of Defense Forre.stal.
Secretary of the Army Royall, and
Maj Gen. Lewis B. Hershey.
Gurney s-aid the committeemen
present seemed unanimously in fa
vor of the idea but there was no
actual vote. That will come after,
the proposal is put in bill form.
Massachusetts
Primary Slow
BOSTON, April 27 -iJPy- The
Massachusetts presidential primar
ies brought out less than a seven
per cent vote today leading a
state representative to charge the
voters went on a "sit-down" strike
in protest against being refused
the right to express a preference
on party nominees.
Both republicans and democrats
elected slates of delegates. Both
will go to the national conventions
officially pledged but the dem
crats, with one possible exception,
are backing President Truman and
the republicans are supporting
Senator Leverett Saltonstall as a
"favorite son."
Oleo Men Oppose
Triangle Boxes
WASHINGTON, April 27 -fyp)
The oleomargarine people said to
day they can't market their pro-
duct in triangular sticks because '
they haven't the machinery. Arts building this morning and
Some lawmakers are trying to found 22 of their offices ran
force this change so oleo can't sacked.
be mistaken for butter. Police estimated the loot at sev-
The idea sprang up as a side eral hundred dollars. Small quan
issue as the house got set to vote titles of narcotics were taken from
tomorrow on repeal of the 62- several of the offices. Papers were
year-old federal taxes on oleo. strewn about in each.
N. 24th st. puts him in ward 6,
although at the time of the last
council election he was a ward 4 I
resident who opposed Lewis G.
Mitchell and R. O. Lewis. '
Mitchell, already talked of as i
a ward
he was
4 candidate, said Tuesday i
still deliberating, but had
been asked by several citizens to
enter his candidacy. Mitehell. ra-
j represented ward 4 on the old city
I council before charter changes
provided a city manager and a
smaller council with only one al
derman from each ward.
Robert M. Ashby. assistant com
missioner for claims of the state
industrial accident commisaion.
said he had been asked by "some
council members to consider rep
resenting ward 4 on the council
but "probably will . decline." He
was checking his eligibility under
civil service restrictions of his
state position. A resident of 230 S.
19th st., he has lived 39 yean in
ward 4.
Fry's name as possible replace
ment for Lewis already is before
ate
1948
Pric Sc
Vs-. f
WILLIAM S. KNt'DSEN
8tcrumbs
W. S. Knudscn,
Industrialist.
Soldier, Dies
DETROIT, April 27 4') Will
iam S Knudsen, "citizen-soldier"
who organized America's indus
trial front for World War II, died
at his home here today.
Death followed a cerebral hem
orrhage The one-time Danish immi
grant, furmer president of General
Motors Corp and lieutenant-general,
was 69 years old. Death
came after an illness of 16 months.
It was hastened, his U lends said,
by the tremendous effort he ex
erted m accelerating the produc
tion of aircraft and tanks, guns
and munitions.
The son of a Danish customs
insrector. Knudsen came to the
United States in 1R99 He worked
in a shipyard, a railroad shop and
as a bicycle mechanic before be
coming production manager of all
Ford Motor plants. Later he
onovd over to General Motors.
There he developed Chevrolet
into the outstanding producer of
the automobile industry and maj
or competitor of his former em
ployer. Mercury to .
Pusli Upward
Higher daytime temperature,
with another chilly night, is the
prospect for the Salem area today,
following a 28-degree reading ear
ly Tuesday. Sunshine pushed the
mercury up to a pleasant 57 de
grees Tuesday afternoon.
Early this worning, clouds and
light rain held the temperature
up at 44 degrees. The weather bu
reau reported Tuesday's mean of
42 5 degrees was the lowest April
27 mean on record here, in 56
years.
Portland reported the week's
cold spell was its worst since 1894
for this time of year.
Weather damage to crops was
reported generally light.
22 Doctor' Offices
Ransacked in Portland
PORTLAND, April 27.-4'-Doc
tors went down to the Medical
the council, as nomination was
made Monday night by Alderman
Albert H. Gille, but withdrawn
when the council decided to defer
filling vacancies until May 10.
At the same time Alderman
James Nicholson said he would
propose the name of former al
derman Tom Armstiong to fill the
ward 6 vacancy.
Other ward 6 possibilities loom
ing Tuesday included Attorney
Robert deArmond and Dr. E. E.
Boring. Petitions were expected to
circulate Id behalf of both men to
get their names before the council
for consideration as alderman ap
pointee for that ward.
Toe terms being vacated by Fry
and Lewis run to Jan. 1, 1931, as
does the term of Incumbent ward
2 alderman GUle. Up for election
in the May election will be can
didates for wards 1, 3, 5 and 7.
with incumpents Nicholson. Claud
Jorgensen and David O'Hara un
opposed and Howard Maple (ward
7) opposed by Alvin C. Tungate.
Present ward 4 and 6 vacancies
cannot be filled at the May elec
tion because filing time has passed.
AS
fiat
No. 38
Y T
Unions to
Set Date
Today j
i ! ' I
CHICAGO. April 2l7.-aVThre4
operating rail unions 'tonight srid
they would call a I strike that
would paralyze the nation's rail
road system. !
Spokesmen for the (three unie nsj
said the date of the strike wcuM
be announced tomorrow at 9:30
a. m. (CST) in Chicago, i
Shortly before midnight the un
ions broke off wagei talks witr
carrier representative.
Alvanley Johnston, j head r f 1he
Brotherhxd of Icomotive Engi
neers, commented is Cleveland
that "I don't believe th4 railroat's
showed any dispositiirfi to wrik
things out. From whit our nego
tiating committee sais, the rail
roads wouldn't do anything to try
to settle the dioute."j
Deadline Named
The unions had hosen micT
night (Central Daylight time) i
a deadline for ending; negotiate rs
before setting a strikje date. Ear
lier, spokesmen for two of the un
ions said that a strike date wcull
be set immediately f no agree
ment were reached j before the
midnight deadline. j i
All remedies for avoiding a
strike under the railway labor ait
have been exhausted. I
A walkout by the 150,000 mem
bers of the three ujnionsf wcuhl
paralyze the nationfs railrottls.
The brothei hoods are thf Lt
motive Firemen andj Enginermn,
the Locomotive Engineers, land the
Switchmen's union of North Am
ercia. j , .
"Coollnc-Off Over j
Today is the end jof a ZQ-f ay
cooling off period following a it
port by a presidential fait find
ing board that was accepted Ly
the carriers and turned down ty;
the unions. J
The presidential Hoard; reef rr
mended a pay increase 'of 15'V
cents an hour. Tpe railroads
agreed to it. The ujnionq, whJfhi"
originally had asked ja 30 per cent
pay increase with ia minimum
boost of $.1 a day, refused to ac
cept the boards pioposed wSj
hike. j
j -!
Arab Report Says
Armored Division .
Enters Palestine
JERUSALEM. Aprijl 27 -UP)- An
Arab source said troops' of srs
Egyptian armored division invade
ed Palestine today s in a dawnt
rrnttinff nf th cniithrn f rrtnl
but the report wal denied b
Egyptian officials in Cairo.
Officials in Cairo said no recW
ular armed forces had entered th
Holy Land. Some Egyptians clot4i
to the army command said an m
vasion had occurred with th
troops involved probably going a
volunteers. i
(A British foreign office spokes
man in London declared AJnuunj
would resist any Arab expeditions
into the Holy Land before the Brit-
ish yield their mandate on Mayj
15.) 1
Longshore Strike
Threat Advanced
PORTLAND. A;pril 27. r-VT)-'
There was some speculation herts
today on the possibility of a long-,
shore strike on the West coast ir
June. j !
Employers discounted the likeli
hood of a walkout, byt Matt Mte-'
han, district CIO longshore offi
cial, said his union Ivas ready to
strike if the hiring jhall issue 1
not settled satisfactorily, I
Employers in recen negotiations
at San Francisco proposed several
changes in hiring h$U procedure
to which the union objected.
Utile Puritling River
ISriflge Contract Let
The Little Pudding river bridga
on the Salem-Silverton highway
will be widened by George A. Bar
ry of Beavertonf whose fow bid of
(14,923 was accepted Tuesday by
tne state highway commission. '
Contracts also wer4 awarded for
bridge construction over the Salm
on river on the Coast highway near
Otis and for grading and pavind
of 3.69 miles of the Rainier-Gobla
section of the Columbia river high
way, i i
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