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Ijews Forging Ring EJD5 2QDDX0 TOSlltl Around Jerusalem; Defy British Threat JERUSALEM. ADril 30-OPV-Jewish shock troops threw a head- kOU NDB 0A 651 NINETY-EIGHTH YEAH 10 PAGES The) Oregon Statesman. Satan, Oregon. Saturday, May 1, 1943 Price Sc Y k 9nt Mmmint : lu,u"1 -iwui.u of the late Vice President Mar- . i.. xr- j- f9p. for Jerusalem. aM0uimsD Fighting in the southern section of the ho city halted for snaiL arter uie nni wvnu -, . .i , . tk.., .k- .n.,i. wo. ,L. J'- 1 J ....... the comedy team quipped in a re cent broadcast that what the coun try needed was a good five-cent rtickel. Maybe so; but steadily the field for the nickel is diminishing. In fact the only recent develop ment increasing the nickel busi ness is the parking meter. , The five-cent candv bar survives only in reduced volume, and five cents still buys an ice cream cone and a local telephone call. But ' as Daniel Webster said "All else, how changed." I 1 The latest nickel redoubt to yield is the New York city transit system. Through wars, boom and depressions five cents ws the fare on surface car, .elevated or sub way. Private system, most of them, went broke after the first world w? . Fina".- tht- citv tok j over most of the transit systems, but the five-cent f.ire had become a "sacred cow" which the politi- cans did obeisance to. Under it the city faced a deficit of some $50,000,000; and it was either raise fares or take the sum out of other services. Mayor O'Dwyer at last capitulated and gave his assent to a rise in lares 10 iu cenis on me subway and 7 on surface buses. 1 But see what that does to the i money in circulation in New York j City. Dimes and p nnif will be ; in greater demand, so the transit authority has ordered 10 million dimes and 10 million pennies to be ready to "make change" when its new fares start July 1. Change booths are located near tht tym stiles at subway entrances, and 5 mdtormen make change for ?u face bus . passengers. When the "take" for one dav was totaled recently. $118 909 was in bills, $109,657 in nickels. $9,719 in dimes, $71,322 in quarters and i $3,525 in pennies. The number of 1 MONMOUTH, April 30 La dimes will increase sharply. andtVonne Mull, daughter of Mr. and nickels decline. "Brother, can you Mrs. G. H. Mull, and a high pare a dime" will have a fresh school senior here, was elected meaning in New York City. 1 princess to represent Monmouth Costello will have to wait a long i in , th Salem Cherryland festl- time before he sees a "good five- cent nickel." The country hopes ' hioh y,J th. retreat will ton with the dime, at least until the next war. which all hope will never occur. House Passes Tidelands Bill WASHINGTON, April 30 -UP)-The house stamped approval by 257 to 29 today on a bill to give the individual states sovereignty over their tide lands. The legislation, by renouncing all federal claims, would give states clear title to certain oil rich lands. These chief.y lie be tween me uiree-mue umn ana me low tide mane along me nations Some milk distributors threaten coast. The supreme cour: has held today to disregard the regula that the federal government has Uon which requires milk bottle -paramount rights ' to submerged j caps to state how rich the milJc is lands off the coast lines. j sinner, president of the Today's house vote, which sent . Portland Milk Distributors asso- the bill to the senate, was in ef- feet a vote to override the su preme court. Liquor Sales Show Decline Gross liquor sales in Oregon for the first three months of this year aggregated $8,926,952. a decrease of about ZVt per cent as compared with the same period a year ago, the state liquor control commis sion reported to Gov. Jorin H. Hall Friday. Profits, due largely to a reduc tion in operating costs, increased $167,843 over the first 1947 quar ter, the report said. 85,000 Workers Needed for Harvest PORTLAND, April 30 -(JF) Farm labor experts estimated to day that 85.000 workers would be needed in the peak harvest period in Oregon this year. Ellis Jones, information repre sentative of the state employment service, said indications were that the labor would be avail able. About 60,000 will come from Oregon communities. The others will be migrant workers. Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH "PUssst YostVt too cose," 4 Blond Princess J Princess LaVonne Mull of Mon mouth, who will be In the court of the Salem Cherry land festival July 15-1$ and who. meanwhile. Is a candidate for Cherry queen. Monmouth Hi Contributes !;Fete Princess val. A slender blond, she is ex- ' hange editor of Hi Times, the schol publication; secretary of senior class and a member of Horizon club. She sings, plays the piano and likes dancing. Miss Mull is to be a model in the high school girls' fashion show to be staged May 5, at a tea complimenting the mothers of all Monmouth high students. Her ambition ia to attend a school for models, and she hopes to be come a professional model. Dairymen to Defy State Law PORTLAND, April 30 -(IF) ciation. said most milk dealers will not comply. The labeling rule goes into effect tomorrow. Director of Agriculture E. L. Peterson, who had already given the milk dealers a six month postponement to enable them to use up their stocks of unlabeled bottle caps, said action would be taken against dealers who do not comply. Peterson disagreed with the dealers' contention that the rule was unfair and unenforceable. Freak Weather Dogs Salem Freak weather which Included bright sunshine, hail and rain ushered out a damp and wet April in Salem Friday, and the U.S. weather bureau at McNary field predicted continued unsettled con ditions over the weekend. A hail storm pelted the city at 1 p.m. and continued in various parts of the city for 30 minutes. Rain followed and a few minutes later the sun was shining. Politics on Parade . . . Who's Running for What in the May Primaries ! K4ttra : Comments la this MtiM r mad fcy r for tbm eaadl tates with eat restriction, sad mar r soay sot rtflect the policy ef this aewspaper.) Tfrday's aaajct: George Nevner (r) Candidate for Attorney General Graduated from Central Oregon State Normal school and Willam ette university college of law; admitted to frr practice in ivus. City attorney of If Roseburg 1910. Eee ted repre- sentatlve o f Douglas county ana servea in- the 'session ol elected state a e n a t o r and served in the . session of 1913. Appointed George If earner district' attorney for Douglas county by Governor West, twice elected and serves! until 1923. In ..... - known to have been killed thus far. Just before the brief halt in the struggle, a Jewish agency spokes man said the British district com missioner had sent word to the Jews that if the battie was con tinued "Britain would use all its arms, including air power, against Jewish sections in Jerusa lem. On the Palestine coast other Jewish units moved into Salama, a little more than a mile from Jaffa. The Jews were reported unofficially to have seized also the neighboring town of Yazur on the Jaffa-Jerusalem highway, thus closing an iron ring around the Arab port city of Jaffa. There were reports that the threatened invasion of Palestine by regular army troops of neigh boring Arab states was under way. but there was no immed iate confirmation. LAKE SUCCESS. April 30- An urgent United States plan for a temporary trusteeship to save Jerusalem drew some tentative support in the United Nations tonight. The proposal, now before the trusteeship council, provides for a U. N. representative in Jeru salem to call upon members of the U. N. to supply forces is needed to maintain law and or der. At a night session, Russia, ob jected to the American proposal. Britain saki she would abstain on the grounds that the Arabs would not accept the plan. Board Awards Independence Bridge Contract Contract for construction of a Willamette river bridge at Inde pendence was awarded by, the highway commission Friday. The contract went to Macco Corporation of Clearwater, Calif., which submitted a low bid of $845,900 to the commission re cently. The commission will pay half the expense of the 2.214-foot I span and Marion and Polk coun ties one-iounn eacn. Meanwhile the Marion county court Friday accepted an estimate of $450 on a strip of bridge right-of-way lying on the eastern side of the river. The appraisal was made by a group of viewers appointed by the court. The appraised price will be used as the base of a condem nation suit being prepared by the county. Judge Murphy said. The county seeks to acquire title to a 100-foot wide strip of land running across a peninsula of land separating the river from a slough at the site of the Marion county terminus of the bridge. About one and one-half acres of land is involved. Another por tion of right-of-way land has al ready been deeded to the county. On it the "clover leaf traffic sep arator will be constructed. Paulus Brothers Packing com pany of Salem and several indi viduals and other firms are pos sible owners of the peninsula land. Judge Murphy said. Viewers were Leo N. Childs, Henry R. Crawford and Hedda Swart, county engin eer. Polk county already has ac quired title to its right-of-way for the bridge on the west side of the river. Total cost of the span will come to $946,690. Work on build ing cement piers will begin early this summer and the bridge will be completed in about 18 months, the commission said. GREEK DRIVE SUCCESS ATHENS, April 30 JF)- Gen Thrasybule Tasakalotos declared today that the first phase of the Greek army's spring offensive wry nearing a victorious conclusion with half the guerillas in the Mount Chiona area put out of action. 192S, on recommendation of Sen ator McNary was appointed United States attorney for Ore gon; reappointed by President Coolldge in 1929 and served un til July 1, 1933. Engaged in priv ate practice in Portland and Mc Minnville. At behest of Governor Meier served on Knox liquor con trol committee and later as at torney for the Oregon liquor con trol commission. In 1943, on the death of I. H. Van Winkle was appointed attorney general, by Governor Snell. Elected In 1944 and now completing my .first term. ; This public service and exper ience has familiarized me with the affairs of our state and the problems of itr people which X believe qualifies me to Interpret the laws of our state committed to my charge fairly and impar tially and without fear or favor. Upon that platform I ask your support for the republican nomi nation for reelection. ! CSaaoay: i. T. Heasley.) j Dewey's Mouth-Watering 4-H Exhibits 4f There was plenty ef droollnr around Iunehtlme af the 4-H bakery exhibits in the American Legion hall which are shown being eyed hungrily Friday by a group of hundreds of youngsters and club leaders who flocked to Salem Wednesday through Friday to attend the annual Marion county 4-H spring show. (Photo by Don Dill, Statesman staff photographer) Three Schools Win 4-H Spring Parade Honors By Marguerite Gleeson Staff Writer. The Statesman Crawford, Cloverdale and Mt. Angel schools took top parade honors and a surprised 14-year-old Parrteh junior high girl, Joanne Fabry, won the afternoon style revue championship Friday as tha seventh annual Marion bounty 4-H spring show came to a close. More than 1,200 youngsters some in costume, some carrying signs, and most with appropriate 4-H emblems paraded through downtown Salem at noontime, downtown SaJem at noontime, ending their march at the Salem armory where awards were pre sented and the style revue given. Style - winning Joanne, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert C. Fabry, 1425 N. 18th St., showed a dark red cotton plaid school dress as her entry among the 117 dresses modeled. Before final judging she had beerr" awarded one of five blue ribbons in tne scnooi dress class of 46 dresses. Parade Judging In parade judging, St. Mary's grade school of Mt. Angel won first for schools of four or more rooms; Stayton. second, and Richmond school in Salem, honorable men tion. Cloverdale was first for two or three-room school division; Mac-j leay, honorable mention. Craw- ford was first for one-room ; schools,. Prospect second and Par kersville, honorable mention. Oakdale received first honors among one-room schools for im proving health standards; union school, second. Evergreen school was first lor two-room scnoois, with Roberts and Sidney receiv ing second and third place, re spectively. Salem Heights Wins Salem Heights was first for im proving health standards among schools of four or more rooms. St Mary's- at Mt. Angel and Pioneer received honors for maintaining high health standards. Checks were presented to repre sentatives of the various schools by Tinkham Gilbert, president of the Marion County Public Health association, in the health improve ment and maintenance contests. Anthol Riney, Marion county club agent, presented the flags to the three schools winning parade hon ors. Judges of the parade were Mrs. Agnes Booth; county school super intendent, James Walton, presi dent of Salem Chamber of Com merce, and Gene Vandeneynde. (Additional details on page S) Count Kept of 4-H Parade Size "How many youngsters in that parade?" asked H. C Seymour, former Oregon 4-H club leader who visited Salem Friday en route to Pullman, Wash. "You're Just, the man to count 'em,' he was told jokingly. He did. The count: 1,249 boys, girls and clubleader in the line of march for the .annual Marion county 4-H parade here. SENATE CONTIXMS WOODS WASHINGTON, April 30 The senate today confirmed Tighe Woods as rent control chief and bousing expediter The confirma tion was by unanimous consent. Plane Si' 4-H club members, a part of the Polk Defeats ! o 1 1 "Tfc t -- JCllOOl Budget DALLAS, Ore, April SO-(Special)- Polk county rural school district rejected in the April 19 ballot, a special levy exceeding tha 6 per cent limitation, according to the official canvass just complet ed. The vote was 279 for and 385 against. County Superintendent Josiah K. Wills reported. The levy, combined for the first time, was $444,110, including $207,823 over the limitation. The $236,286 which is the total of all , 9 pro- i rural y. be1 district tax bases will now be rated to the districts by the school board. To make un the difference tween its allocation and the ami. ount 0f ita budget, each district must then vote its own special ievy. Of 60 districts balloting on the question, only nine favored it Monmouth, Airlie, Perrydale, Oak Point, Independence, Grand Ronde, Buell, Falls City and Mc Coy. 11 Contractors Apply for State Building Plans Applications for sets of plans and specifications from contract ors interested in construction of the proposed new $2,000,000 state office building here continued to arrive at the state board of con trol offices Friday. Eleven applications have been received to date. Bids for con struction will be opened May 14. Parade, Coronation to Highlight Second Day Of Willamette University's May Week End By Jim Oakes Statesman Campus Correspondent Willamette university's annual May Week End enters its second day of festivities today with a downtown parade and the offi cial coronation ceremony on the campus as highlights. Activities will begin with an all-school breakfast at the wom en's dormitory,- Lausanne hall, at 8:30 a jn. The breakfast is being sponsored by the campus YWCA. At 9 o'clock the Blue Key, nation al' upperclassmen honorary, will register al) university guests in the library. An interfratemity sing contest between the four Willamette fra ternities Beta Theta Pi, Phi Delta Theta, Sigma Chi and Sigma Al pha Epsilon at Waller hall at 10 will conclude the morning activi ties. The interfratemity sing is a new feature this year, accord ing to May Week End manager Ray Yocom, on Way To Arrive Today in Portland NEW YORK. April 30-P-Gov. rThomas E. Dewey ionighl left by plane for Portland, Ore., to join battle with Harold E. Stassen in the state's republican presidential primary. He was scheduled to arrive there tomorrow morning to open bis drive for the state's 12 dele gate votes. The New York governor told newsmen before hJs departure he would probably spend 10 days in Oregon "doing some good old fashioned campaigning and having a swell time." Dewey said he was optimistic about his chances of winning Ore gon's delegates. 'Delegates Friendly' "All the information we have shows that more delegates are friendly to us than to any other candidate," he said. 1 PORTLAND, April 30-0P)-Gov. Thomas E. Dewey will fly into Portland at 6:45 tomorrow morn ing to launch his campaign for Oregon support in the May 21 pri mary election. The republican presidential as pirant will spvak first before the Oregon Junior Chamber of Com merce here tomorrow night. 15 Speeches In Week Dewey, bent on counteracting the backing Harold E. Sfcassen's two recent trips to Oregon, have built up, will make 35 speeches on his first week's, schedule. The New York governor's cam paign manager here, preparing for th arrival of the Dewey par ty, announced the appointment of Gene Brown, Beaverton, Univer sity of Oregon student, as chair man of the "Oregon-veterans-for-Dewey" committee. Secretary of State Earl T. New bry announced Friday he had changed his plans so he will be able to greet Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New vYork In Wood- burn Tuesday forenoon. Dewey la to arrive In Portland Saturday on a presidential campaign tour of Oregon. Newbry previously said he would not be able to meet Governor Dewey Tuesday because of a speaking engagement at Ore gon City. Scientific' Reno Gamblers in Hole; 'System' Shaken LAS VEGAS, Nev April 30 (R)- The rover boys of the rou lette table learned it the hard way today: They'll always get you in the end. Albert Hibbs, 23. Chillicothe, O.. and Dr. Roy Walford, 23, San Diego, gave up the whirl at noon, pockets empty after 14 hours of lucklessly trying their "system" at a local club. They admitted they lost $310, won last week using the system at another club and $300 be sides. The pair. University of Chi cago graduates, appeared shaken, in contrast to their winning mo ments which earlier included an $3,000 take in Reno. "We may try again," Walford ventured. Hibbs wasn't so sure. The parade begins at 1:15 pjn. and will feature nine floats. They were designed and constructed by campus living organizations. A twelve-mount posse will direct the parade which will leave the campus, tour down State street to the judges reviewing stand at the Capitol theatre. The parade will return to the campus in time for the coronation ceremonies at 2:30. Margaret Allen, Salem, 194? queen will crown Queen-elect Joyce Patton at Eaton hall after Ray Yocom issues a formal wel come. . Following the coronation Queen Joyce win present awards to the winning sorority and fraternity of the sing contests and sorority and fraternity float winners. Dur ing the ceremonies city alderman Howard Maple will present the queen with the keys of the city for Mayor Elfstrom. The Week end festivities win officlalTj end at the Queen's ban Dr. Gregg Dr. Robert D. Gregr. Carnegie Teeh history department bead, wit Friday accepted appoint ment is dean of the college ef liberal arte at Willamette nl rersity. Dean Selected ForWU College Of Liberal Arts Willamette university an noun c ed Friday the appointment of Dr Robert D. Gregg, now head of the history department at Carnegie In stitute of Technology, Pittsburgh, Pa., as dean of the college of lib eral arts at Willamette. Dr. Gregg, accompanied by bis wife, will arrive here in Septem ber to assume his new duties. The local dean's position has been illed temporarily by President G Herbert Smith since it was vacat ed two years ago by Dr. Chester Luther so he could devote full time to teaching as professor of math ematics. President Smith expressed high satisfaction over the acceptance of the deanship by Dr. Gregg, who was selected from among several candidates interviewed by Smith on a recent business tour of the east. The new dean also will serve as full professor of history at Wil lamette. Dr. Gregg, who is 41, has been head of the Carnegie Tech history department for 12 years. At pres ent he is also educational coordin ator for the woman's college there A member of Phi Beta Kappa and a Carnegie Tech faculty member since 1831, Dr. Gregg received his undergraduate education at Uber Lin college, a master's degree at University of Michigan and doc torate of philosophy from Johns Honkins university. " In addition to his teaching, Dr, Gregg has been a frequent speaker on foreign affairs and has Deen chairman of the Pittsburgh branch of the Foreign Policy association and co-director of the Pittsburgh regional inter-American center which is affiliated with the U-S. office of coordinator of inter-Am erican affairs. Soviet Demand for Air Rules in Austria Refused VIENNA. Austria, April 30 W) Russian proposals that would give them a strangle hold on air traffic to Vienna were turned down today by the British. Americans and French. The Soviet proposals, similar to those they have attempted to have accepted in Berlin. at the university gymnasium from 9 to 12 pjn. ' In yesterday's activities the four campus sororities competed in a sing contest in the morning at Waller halt Each group sang three selections, a sorority house song, a novelty piece and a semi classical song. During the barbecue at noon the sophomores- pulled the fresh men into the mill stream within a minute In a tug-of-war match. The sophomores again demon strated their superiority by pre venting the freshman from climb ing their greased pole. In the afternoon when the Wil lamette Bearcats bested " Vanport college In a baseball game 12-9. The day's activities ended with the universitya drama depart ment production of the musical comedy "Roberta" at Salem high school In the evening. The play win be presented again tonight starting at 8 o'clock f (Flay review on page If . f - K'- O: Hope for Rail Pact By The Associated Press Labor -management differences erupted Friday in the worst crisis since the wave of strikes that swept the country following the war's end. Strikes or threats of strikes hung over five of the nation's vital in dustries. The showdown expected large ly during the month of May has resulted from a collision of la bor's demands- for another round of wage boosts against a stiffening wall of management resistance to higher operating costs. These were the major develop ments Friday: - 1 The CIO United Auto Work vi a ki T l A IDT a nnii ni .a 000 Chrysler Corp. employes. Lewis Calls Talk 2 John L. Lewis caned tin soft coal operators to start negotiations on-a new contract May 18. The present contract expires June 30. Lewis and his 400,000 United Mine Workers are under an Injunction not to strike for pension payments, but most lawyers say" he could call a new strike over a contract 3 Federal mediators, seeking to avert a nationwide rail strike set for May 11, reported thatmight be staved off. Chairman Frank P. Douela&a of the national f railwav) mediation board said after' a day long session with unions and rail leaders that "there lira possibility that we might be able to make enms) rswtfnmenrlflfi'nna 4V o 7Va fcWVIUIIIVtmw wvue . IS s not already included in the emer gency board's report which might" 4 The CIO united Electrical Workers union announced it had "Yunri1etv4 alii 101 Mmiiranwntt: for a strike of 200,000 of its mem-f bers against the General Electric and Westinghouse companies and the electrical division of .General; Motors. - Nearly one. million workers are involved in the current or forth-f coming negotiations in the five in-r dustries. - - -. 1 Fate Smiles oii James Steicart i NEWARK, N. J, Api-fl 10 (JP) Movie actor Jimmy Stewart step ped into a real-life role today helping remove 10 persons injured at Newark airport after a freak wind toppled a scaffold during the filming of a movie. .. ."r. - j Stewart who had lust arrived on the set, escaped injury as did Eddie Albert, playing with Stew art in the new movie, -"You Got to Stay Happy." Joan Fontaine, feminine star of the picture, was not on the set ". The 13-foot steel tubing" scaf folding, with two electricians atop, fell into a group of actors, pro duction workers and, spectators. The injured! Included stand-ins for Stewart and Albert Truman Nominate Lewis' Son to Position WASHINGTON, April 10 -VP) President Truman today nomi nated John L. Lewis, Jr, for ap pointment in the regular corps of the public health service as a -senior assistant surgeon. vHe Is the son of the united Mine Work ers' president . - Lewis' name went to the sen ate along with , those of. 11 other nominee for appointment aa sen ior assistant surgeons. Weather Max. Mia. Frrrtjv M 42 JH - M ; rtraeet M 44 Jb4 si as joi Salesa Portland San Francisco ork 44 4S . . Ml Willamette rrear SJ fact.' TO RECAST (from US. weather bu reau. McNary field. Salem): Partly cloudy today aae tonunt. Hum todaj (2. low tonurht 36. Moderate afternoon winds will interfere with crop dusting. IALD1 PtUBCXFITATlbN crroa SepC 1 to May: 1) This Tear Last Tear ATera je 4i.es zxix axsi tncials otm smiATons ciXU 13-1 - - -