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Truman Due at Portland Rose Festival on June 11 Salem May Get Glimpse of President j WAiUHTOf.Tnv Xfav 3 JPV- President Truman will visit Port- ! WASHINGTON, May 5 -UP)- land's Rose Festival In June (and may speak from the platform of his special train in Salem) during a tour of the northwest, the White House confirmed today. Mr. Truman's tentative schedule calls for appearance in Spokane, Olympia, Seattle and Portland. He also plans an inspection of the CfLP SH333D0 In the contest for republican nomination for state treasurer the republicans suffer from an em barrassment of richer. Three men of competence and integrity are candidates; and the state treasury will be safe in the bands of any of the three. The same may be said of the lone democratic candi date too for that matter. For myself I need three votes one for Ormond Bean, whom "in my day" I appointed as public utilities commissioner; one for Senator Howard Belton, . a long time personal friend; and one for young Sig Unander who served as assistant to the governor under my appointment until he went to war. Since a person has only one vote I have to make a choice and will make it for Unander who has been somewhat of a protege of mine. Each of these candidates has special qualifications which de serve to be set forth. Ormond Bean has had long experience in ad ministrative work. He was city commissioner of Portland in charge of public works and then served four years very ably as state public utilities commission er. During the war he held very important administrative positions for government agencies. In Ha waii, In Puerto Rico and in Egypt. His work dealt largely with trans portation problems and . he ren dered very valuable service to the government in these positions. His past record of achievement gives assurance' that as state treasurer the office would be well handled. Howard Belton lives on a farm near Canby. He operates his farm successfully and still finds time to engage in public affairs. He is recognized as a leader and in the senate where he has served for many years he has been one of the really strong members. He served one term as president of the (Continued on editorial page) Animal Cracker? 6VWARRBMGOO0OCH , HlSllSSSIBSSSSSSSSBSSSSSSMBSOaMSSSSSSaBVSBaSlSSSSSSSSMSBSSSMBSm ' ?at to Dai Mxf$ Gulch? President Truman will visit Port Richland atomic energy plant and of Columbia basin project work at Pasco. Traveling by train, the president will be able to make rear - platform appearances. Mr. Truman's one-day appear ance in Portland will be on June 11, during the city's annual Rose Festival (the day preceding the floral parade). He is expected to return to Washington by way of San Francisco, a trip which would take him through j&m Willamette valley and Salem. White House aides said rear platform speeches were contem plated by the president at way points. His exact schedule is un determined. Gov. Hall Urges Fund Used for State Hospital GRANTS PASS, May 8.-(-Governor Hall said use of surplus income tax funds is the only prac tical solution for "lamentable con ditions" at the state hospital, in a speech here last night. A friendly suit now is pending in circuit court over use of the income tax funds for this purpose. "There are 2,700 patients in a virtual firetrap designed at best to house only .2,200," the governor told the Lions club. "Every time I hear the Salem fire department answer a call I tremble at the thought that it might be headed for the hospital. Should a fire break out there it would be a ho locaust." Fire escapes have not been pro vided, the governor said. Even if there were, they would be useless because the windows are barred. U.S. Holds 309 Plants Ready WASHINGTON, May 5 -av Secretary Forrestal advised con gress today that the government plans to keep permanently 309 wartime plants and may keep 100 others. The purpose is to have the plants as an "industrial reserve" in case another war threatens. Forrestal sent a statement to a house armed services subcommit tee which is considering legisla tion for a peacetime Industrial reserve plan. The government spent approx imately $14,000,000,000 during the war building 1,200 industrial plants of all types, Forrestal re ported. He said the 309 it is plan ned to keep cost $3,700,000,000 and represent about half the pro ductive capacity of the 1,200 built Utah Governor to Talk to Democrats At Salem Meeting The Marion county Democratic Central committee announced Wednesday that a county-wide public mass meeting will be held la the Salem armory Thursday, May II, at 8 p. m. Gov. Herbert Maw of Utah will t featured speaker at the meeting, the committee said. The mass meeting will climax a series of p r e-p r i m a r y reorganizational moves by the central committee. Taft 14, Stassen 9, In Ohio By the Associated Press Latest returns yesterday indi cate Senator Taft will win 14 and Harold E. Stassen 9 of Ohio's 23 contested republican president ial convention seats. Thirty went to the Ohio senator unopposed. The results fell below p re-primary claims of both Stassen and Taft. Who was hurt most if any was in dispute. Taft interpreted the outcome as a "victory for me and a defeat for Mr. Stassen." Stassen said his showing was "one of the most significant de velopments of the entne national campaign." A Stassen man who had trailed overtook a Taft candidate late yesterday in the Akron district. This gave the Minnesotan the lead in three races with six certa'in. , Taft, on the basis of nearly com plete returns, had 11 delegates won and three candidates leading. GeoiHurt WU Student Jy President J George Hurt, of Warrenton, Ore., was elected Thursday by the students of Willamette uni versity as student body president for the 1948-1949 term. Runner up in the presidential race, Stanley Ryals, of Salem, automatically be comes student council representa-tive-at-large following the elec tions for eight student offices held on the university campus Tuesday and Wednesday. Hurt's election was one of three completed which will not require a revote next Tuesday and Wed nesday. Others elected who won by a majority large enough to not require the revote are Wil liam Harris, Seattle, as first vice president and Carl Krause, Port land, as yell king. Runoff elections will be held ! next week to determine election of either Robert Sayre, Salem, or Al McMullen, Taft, as second vice president; Carl Dimond, Portland or Joan Cloudy, Ketchikan, Alaska as secretary; Cecil Johnson, Pen dleton, or George Gottfried, Sa lem as senior class representative; Russell Tripp, Albany or Ray At kinson, San Mateo, Calif., as jun ior class representative nd Frank Washburn, Portland or Jack Eby, Astoria, as sophomore class re presentative. The new president-elect. Hurt, is former sports editor of the Wil lamette Collegian, is present man aging editor of the publication and a member of Phi Delta Theta fra ternity. He was sophomore class president, is a navy veteran, lives in the Phi Delt wing of Baxter hall and is employed In Salem as correspondent for the Oregon ian. Rain to Top Monthly Norm Unrelenting rain showers in the Salem area Wednesday continued to halt spring farm activities, and the U. S. weather bureau at Mc Nary field forecast continued precipitation today will bring this year's total for one week in May over the normal total for the entire month. The bureau said 1.92 inches of rain had been recorded from May 1 to 1 o'clock this morning, as compared with the average of 2.02 inches for the entire month. Frequent showers throughout to day and tonight will bring the month's rainfall far over the month's normal fall, the bureau said. Freight Shippers To Prepare for Railroad Strike WASHINGTON, May S.-VP)-PrMident Truman heard a detail ed account of the railroad dispute Wednesday. He tnen expressea hope the nationwide strike set for next Tuesday can be avoided. However, some railroads began preparing for a transportation tie up. The Louisville it Nashville company at Louisville, Ky, an nounced a Dartial embargo would be applied at 12:01 a. m. Friday, May 7. Shipments of livestock, poultry and perishables will be refused. No eeneral embargo on nerish- ables is planned - - at least yet - - althoufn railroad sources predict ed such shipments would fall off sharply within a few days un less a settlement is reached. FOOD STRIKES CONTINUE i' FRANKFURT, Germany, May S -iPh Strikes for more fat and meat troubled the American sone today and threatened to cripple the British zone where 00,000 in lower Saxony considered a walkout. ewey Examines U aninisp KlDouges PeBncy PDaou Marshall Tells Opposition to U.N. Revision WASHINGTON. May 5 -(JP)-Secretary of State Marshall said today that the western world must be made strong enough to con vince the Russians that commun ism can't rule the globe. He told the house foreign af fairs committee that there must be a "balance of power" such as there was when the United Nations was formed so that no big power would dare break the peace if the others stood united. Marshall spoke firmly against congressional proposals, which the committee Is considering, to re build the United Nations "with or without Russia." If the Soviet Union is shut out, be said, the "community of na tions" would be broken into rival armed groups and "this result would weaken us and expose us to even greater dangers from those who seek domination of other states." Voters Favor High School Site at St. Paul ST. PAUL, May 5 -(Special) Voters of St. Paul union high school district 3 tonight voted nearly 3 to 1 to adopt a proposed site for a new schoolhouse, on the Newberg highway one - quarter mile north of here. Mrs. Carl Smith, chairman of the election board, said the more than 600 ballots represented the heaviest vote ever cast for the dis trict. The site was favored 314 to 135 and the technicality of removing school furniture and other prop erty from the present building to the planned new structure was voted approval, 380 to 138, Mrs. Smith reported. The union district includes St. Paul, Arbor Grove, Ray Bell, Mahony, Four Corners and Champoeg school districts, but the vote was not broken down by districts. Halvorson company of Salem has the contract to build a new school this spring and summer, for which the district has already raised $195,000 in two separate bond issues of the past year. The present high school on the Wood bum road in St. Paul has been used for 24 years. Its disposition has not been decided. Oleo Backers Win in Senate WASHINGTON, May 1-JP)-Strongly organized oleo backers scored an upset victory today in the first round of their senate fight to repeal federal taxes on mar garine. Some of them immediately predicted that final victory now is in sight By a vote of 47 to 30, the senate reversed a ruling of its presiding officer, Senator Vandenberg (R Mich), and sent the tax repeal bill to its finance committee, which is expected to give the measure early approval. The bill has already been ap proved by the house. Meanest Thief Nominations City police Wednesday were searching for two thieves who are eligible for the "meanest man in town" nomination. F. D. Claybaugh. 690 S. 17th st., reported to police that some one took $10 from his baby's bank this week. Salem Salvation Army officials told police that a trumpet valued at $65 was stolen from the Sal vation Army hall in downtown Salem Sunday afternoon. GOV. HALL TO RETURN 'Gov. John H. Hall, absent from his office here for more than a week because of illness and speaking appointments, will re turn to his desk Thursday. The governor spent part of Wednes day st Newberg. Weather Max. - rt at it ii Mln. PreHa. m a 4S M 1 J00 O Tt Sates Portland San rrancisco Chicago Y ork 7 47 . .14 WIUaaMtte river U feet. ' Forecast (from CJ. weather McNary field. Salem): Partly cloudy to cloudy today and toolsht with fre quent showers. Rish today S3, low to nlsht 44. Weather will be poor for all term work with eonatoerablbe anoia ture and southwest winds la the atter- SALSlf PatCTPTTATlOH (Frem fltst. 1 U May ) Tbl Year 43.44 Last Year SX11 Averare SiOS Elimination Contest Friday to Select 3 Princesses for Cherryland Court Three princesses for this sum mer's Salem Cherryland festi val will e chosen Friday night in an elimination contest at Wal ler hall on the Willamette uni versity campus. The program at 8 o'clock will be the first major pre-festival event. Nine girls from Marion and Polk county schools will vie for the princess appointments and a chance to compete for Cherry queen next month. The festival will be an event of July 15-18 in Salem. A committee of three Judges outside the "home counties' will judge the candidates for poise (40 per cent), appearance (40) and speech (20). Competing in the south Mar lon county group will be Lucile Jaquet of Aumsville, Virginia Daniel Jarman Succumbs to Heart Attack (Picture on page 2) Daniel B. Jarman, widely known Salem business man, died of a heart ailment early Wednes day morning in Santa Monica, Calif., where he was spending the winter. He had been ill since early April. Clough-Barrick company, in charge of funeral arrangements, announced Jarman's body will arrive In Salem Friday night. Jarman was born in Wales and came to America when a youth. He operated mercantile stores at Milton-Freewater, Weston and Athena in eastern Oregon in the early 1900s and was married to Miss Edith Post in Athena. In' 1915 Jarman came to Dallas and opened a J. C. Penney store there. Two years later he was transferred to Salem and opened the company's first store in this city. He operated the Liberty street store from that time until 1928 when he retired. Since retirement Jarman had spent the summers in Salem and winters in California. His Salem residence is at 786 N. Winter st He also maintained a beach home at Neskowin. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Edith Jarman of Salem; three daughters, Mrs. Bayard Findley of Rickreall, Mrs. F. A. Burgy of Santa Barbara, Calif., and Mrs. E. O. Reynolds of Everett, Wash.; seven grandchildren; five great grandchildren, two nieces and a nephew. McKay Opposes Withholding Tax PORTLAND, May 5-(i!P-Repeal of the state income withholding tax was advocated by State Sen. Douglas McKay, seeking repub lican nomination for governor, In a speech here today. "No more burdensome or im practical tax was ever enacted in Oregon," McKay told a group of cleaners and pressers. He suggested also that state in come taxpayers should be allowed to deduct unusual medical ex penses and Insurance premiums up to $250. Politics on Parade . . . Who's Running for What in the May Primaries ! (Editor's note: CeamaaaU la series are aaade fey er fee Ik can didates wltneet restriction, and amay or aaay ae4 reflect the policy of tkla a wspaaer). Todays subject: Dr. Loads A. Wood Candidate for UA Senator Making a second essay, this year, into Oregon politics is Dr. Louis A. Wood, professor of -economics at the University of skfe- Oregon, who is a " JTr- . .-y. : ? democratic - can- A '? didate for nomin- rV r. nV? IUVO M ed States senate. He contested the fourth Oregon district as demo cratic candidate for the -bouse of representatives iff 1946. . Dr. Wood who Dr. Wood has been 23 yars at the university, served on various government committees during the last war. He holds four academic degrees and has written live volumes in his tory and economics. One book was used extensively in establishing an industrial relations plan for the Tennessee Valley authority. The power situation in the northwest," he said, "will be In the forefront of my platform. Already ' V . i Monsor of Jefferson and Anita Forrest of Stayton. Parochial group candidates are Lois Eggers of ML Angel academy, Drusilla Minden of St Boniface academy. Sublimity, and Patricia Burrell of Sacred Heart academy here. Candidates in a third group are Jane Smith of St Paul, Dorothy Burke of Gervais and Del ores Dunaway, Falls City. GERVAIS. May 5 Etta Je Dedd. who will be crowned Gervais High school May qaeea Wed nesday afternoon at the high school. Firemen Quell Farmers Co-op Building Blaze City police and firemen were standing guard early this morning in the Farmers Union cooperative building, S4S N. Commercial st, where fire of undetermined origin threatened to destroy the entire structure Wednesday night Fast work by firemen, called to the scene at 8.05 p. m. was credited with controlling the blaze before it burned the wood building.- The fire started on the floor of. the sec ond story in two separate offices, and caused extensive damage throughout the upper story before being controlled. One fire was In a front office on the east side of the building and burned out completely a large section of floor. The other blaze, in a rear office on the west side, caused minor damage. Walls in the front office were blistered by the intensive heat and a near by desk telephone was literally melted out of shape. Firemen controlled the fire a short time after arriving on the scene, but remained about two hours to guard against a reoccur ance in the floor section. The blaze was reported by a passerby who saw flames leaping through the office. No estimate of the damage had been made early this morning. the power shortage in the region has reached an acute stage, and future power needs are continually growing. Only by completion of the Bonneville Power administration's advance program of construction on schedule is a solution possible. "In fact, it would be good busi ness policy to revise laws govern ing the BPA so that it would have direct control over its finances, subject to existing obligations. Then, it would not have to go, hat in hand, annually to congress in quest of uncertain appropriations. "Acceptance of the European Recovery program is a fateful step in American foreign policy, but it offers the only road to peace. Ad ministration of the program must be efficient and flexible and avoid big stick diplomacy. "Positive means must be taken to halt any abrupt and deeply downward thrust in prices, bring ing hardship to farmers, small businessmen and Individual work- "A series of laws should result from the president's civil rights program for the protection of ra cial and religious minorities.'' Dr. Wood was born at London, Canada, m 1883, is married, has two children, and is a member of the Presbyterian church. . On pago 4: K. L. XUrtrora. . XosaorrofM eoeria Flagg. Gervais Queen un OfllTdDpe Festival leaders taking part in the Friday night ceremony will be Sidney L. Stevens, cher ryland president; Mrs. Arthur Wed die, queen selection chair man, and Charles Claggett, Cber rian King Bing. Willamette stu dents will provide music. Five princesses already have been chosen by : designated schools and a sixtn is to be se lected by Independence High school. With the three girls to be chosen Friday, the nine will be Judged for queen's honors at a June 18 program; The five princesses chosen to date are Virginia Lewis, Salem; LeVonne Mull, Monmouth; Mary Dorn hecker. Dallas; Jean Bothum, Woodburn, and Pat Rice, Silver ton. Greek Premier Halts Session Of Parliament By Tme Associated Press A government crisis arose in Athens yesterday and Premier Themistokles Sophoulis announc ed the Greek parliament would be suspended for one month. ' The crisis was caused by a rift between the liberals, beaded by Sophoulis. and the populists over a reshuffling of the cabinet Sophoulis accused Deputy Pre mier Constantin Tsaldaris, a populist of violating an agree ment on cabinet reshuffling by proposing dismissal of George Varvoutis, minister of national economy and a key liberal leader. In Palestine, Arab representa tives met with members of the United Nations truce commission In Jericho to discuss a truce for all of the Holy City. An authoritative source said the commission returned empty- handed from the meeting because the Arab delegates were not em powered to reach any agreements. It was believed another confer ence would be held with higher level Arab authorities, possibly today in Jerusalem. Dash in Front Of Bus Fatal To School Girl ALBANY. May 5 -(Special)- A seven - year - old Tangent girl was killed in the path of a nortn bound bus today as her, parents Uwatched from a parked truck a few feet away. The tragedy occurred at 4:30 p. m. when Margo June Pesbeck, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Pesheck, was struck by the right headlight of a bus and thrown about 40 feet Deputy Coroner Walter Kropp reported. The par ents rushed their daughter to Al bany General hospital where she was pronounced dead on arrival. The accident happened on the Pacific highway opposite Tangent schoolhouse, about seven miles south of here. Kropp said the girl had been playing at the Norman V. Lakin home across the highway from the school. When her par ents drove up, the girl started across the highway to get her coat from school, waited for several southbound cars to pass and then dashed in front of the Trailways bus, Kropp's report stated. The bus driver. Frank G. Rig ney of Oregon City route 1, was not held. The Peshecks live j two miles southeast of Tangent Surviving besides the parents are a 14-year-old brother, Bucky, and 8-year-old sister, Dianna. The body was tak en to Fortmiller funeral home here. Healthiest Boy, Girl Chosen from Polk 4-H Clubs i DALLAS, May S Darlene Mas sey, 1L of Rickreall and Howard Kilmer, 12, Ballston have been Judged Polk county j 4-H club's healthiest girl and boy. Announce ment was made from the office of W. C. Leth, Polk county extension agent. i - Caroline Relf,; 11J Monmouth, was second highest" for girls and Donna McLaughlin, j 13, Spring Valley, third. Darlene Massey at tends Perrydale school. Three hoys tied for second place. They were Harry McDonald. 9. Valsetz; Keith Sawyer, 9. Bridge port; and Donnell - stapieton, lz, route 1. Dallas. Donnell attends Perrydale school; Utnfein I - I Oregon Dewey For President f Units Organize EUGENE. Ore.. May 5-CAVD.- iwvirunntf A mr-ifa hncf.urap Ia. eign policy as "sheer muddle-head L edness". Gov. Thomas E. Dewey tonight called for an! immediate union of European nations it i major objective of a New United States foreign policy, j . '' "Unofficial but important con ferences have already been called to prepare . a constitution for the new United States of Europe," he ' said in a talk delivered to a Uni- , vertiiy oi vytvou utuiw lie. "We Americans have spent S20,- vw,uw,wrv m xtmgA au since ipsj war' and we have seen precious few results. We cannot continue pour ing out our substance without gtt-. ting results." ' 'ine New York governor, cam-' MI(IUU w&caVU 4Ui MJC JCU WW can presidential nomination, made European federation the most im portant of seven Imied States ob jectives in countering the cold, war being waged by Soviet iRussiaj Other feints : i ! The others ' were! military strength at home, creation of a. capable intelligence service, coun ter propaganda against commun ism, immediate help "If or ; China, "genuine bipartisan" ; cooperation, in waging peace, and 1 remaining "cooL" ! . S Dewey prefaced his foreign policy plan with a sweeping De nunciation of administration for eign policy. He cited Teheran, Quebec Yalta and Potsdam as Russian diplomatic victories "handed to her by ouT own rep resentatives.' Manchuria, he ssjd. was - given to the Soviets in a "secret deal" by the United Stales. "In our relations with Soviet Rus sia," he asserted, "xhe present sritf tional administration has pursued a policy of appeasement one day and of bluster the next.4It.has just had no policy at alL" : . , La rape flan Details U . ! His plan for a United States cJ Europe contemplated unity of de fense under the United Nations, stability of currency, free trade among European nations with it-, moval of tariff barriers, land lastly, political unity. . i ! As a foundation to a new foreign policy approach. Dewey aid it was elementary to build up I America's . military strengtn -by I wnatever, means are necessary." Such, a strength he said included atomic weapons and an air force "the mightiest striking power in the world." j j 1 - ' - ; g animation of republican, units sup porting the Oregon preferential vote bid of Governor Dewey was . moving ahead rapidly here today, as the New York governor moved, through upstate cities. I i i Banfield Appointed j i 1 T. H. Banfield, chairman of the Sid Woodbury, chairman of thet board of the Portland chamber cC commerce, were named co-chairmen of the Oregon businessmen, foe Dewey committee. J Acceptance of the co-chairman- ship was announced . by John C Higgens, chairman of the Oregcnv Dewey for president committee. At the same time, ; Harold Holmes, elected chairman today! of a young republican group sup porting Dewey, announced a Port land committee organization. L t - Gov. Folsom of Alabama Weds 1 ROCKFORD, Ala, 'May 5 JTf Alabama's Governor ! James : E. Folsom, who recently was named defendant far a paternity suit charging he is the father of a two- year-old boy, was. married here today to 21-year-old Jamelle Moore. : . y.i H ; ' i u The1 couple returned Immediate ly to the governor's mansion in. Montgomery, and left there later for an unannounced destination. Folsom said he would be "back in the office tomorrow? j 1 The wedding came one day af ter Alabama's democratic primary' in which Folsom trailed badly in his race for delegate to the demo cratic national convention. ; Camp While jBill Voted Favorably; t. WASHINGTON. May 3 -JPy- (A" senate subcommittee today i re ported favorably on the Morse bill which would force the Veterans Administration to acquire 5 the Camp White hospital, at Medford, ' Ore, as a medical facility. . The senate veterans affairs sub committee, of which Morse is chairman, sent the bill to the full committee with a request to speed action to the senate floor. A similar bill in the bouse is pending before the bouse veterans aflairs com mittee. A .4-! f 1 i ; .