btadter Learn ltUayden tor (bounty LP. A.: JLegisiature Maces Slain (Story in Column 5) i ) o U Stassen, Hall Near Leaders; Newbry Ahead of Flagg; State Treasurer Outcome in POUNDBD 1651 Boubt NINETY -EIGHTH YEAR 1Q Off 0330000 RXDODQCB In 1910 when I first came to the northwest, private capital was being poured into irrigation pro jects around Pasco and Attalia, Washington. They were pumping projects, the water being drawn from the abundant flow in the Snake and Columbia rivers. But it was moitly a losing game. Pumps would silt up; the quanti ties of water required for the san dy soil were enormous: powers costs were high. The districts all went broke. Eventually some of the projects were abandoned and the land reverted to desert. But a week ago the first water was pumped under the Columbia I Basin irrigation project, govern- j ment financed, to water 5.400 , acres near Pasco. Without waiting for the water to come down the canals from the Grand Coulee to I Irrigate the thirsty acres in the i triangle between the Columbia and Snake rivers, the government is using Grand Coulee power to do j this small job near Pasco. When the main works are completed the local pumping project will be ab andoned. There is no question what can be done with the land when supplied with water. The proof is ample not only about Pas co but across the river at Kenne wick and up the Yakima valley. The climate there is very mild, the seasons early, the quality of the fruit and produce (Continued on Editorial page) Jews Encircled By Arab Legion In Jerusalem By the Associated Press Infantry and artillery of Trans- T ' J A l -1 -4 . 'otQan' km i t .hi in V i terrruned bid last night to crush Jewish resistance in Jerusalem. A field dispatch said a decision In the four - day - old battle ap peared near. The last - ditch Jewish force inside Jerusalem's old walled city was hemmed into a 10 - acre area with legionnaires in front and be hind them. The Jews were putting stiff ficht. Their snioers. the ! up dispatch said, fired from the dom- ! ed roof and subterranean cham- pie and one pump wagon were un bers of Tiferet synagogue after availing against the raging flames. the Arabs had gained the ground Odor. Jewish -positions outside the walls were hammered by the le gion's howitzers. Four hundred Jewish troops en- ! trenched near the American - fi- ! nanced Hadassah hospital and the Hebrew university were shelled, I then given the choice of surren- dering or being destroyed. j A Jewish staff officer in Tel ' Aviv said that despite Arab ' cisims jewisn troops sua are holding virtually unbroken the boundaries of the Jewish state provided in the United Nations partition scheme. In several pla ce Israel's soldiers are operating beyond the boundaries, he said. RURAL ELECTRIFICATION WASHINGTON. May 21 -UP) Expansion of rural electrification orf American farms was urged today by Sen. Wayne Morse. The Oregon republican told the sen-1 ate In a 23-page speech that thousands of Oregon farms have a higher living standard because of the REA program. Animal Crackers' ; By WARREN GOODRICH n fix. MG "Any racuscies?" PAGES The- Orecon Statesman. Salem, Oreaoru Saturday. May 22, 1948 Western Gerj Pact LONDON, May 21 - (AO - The United States, Great Britain, France and the Benelux countries have reached a hard-and-fast agreement on creation of a pro visional government for western Germany this year, responsible diplomatic sources, reported to night. The source reported only tech- ALLENTOWN. Pa.. May 21-(JPy-ChAtles E. Bohlen. state de partment counsellor, said tonic ht reports of a six -national agree ment on western Germany are premature, and intimated talks hadn't reached any definite de cision on the type or form of administration for western Ger many. nical details stand in the way of a formal communique which now is expected early next week. There are still some details to be ironed out on just what proced- ure will be taken to establish the German government. However, it was reported that a tentative decision had been reach ed by the six countries to call a constituent assembly about Sep tember 1, which would be granted broad powers to draft a constitu tion for wester Germany. 'Warm Spell To Continue Salem's "warm spell" will prob ably continue over the week end, the U. S. weather bureau at Mc Nary field said early this morning, but warned that cooler tempera tures and rain are expected with in a few days. Anticipated warm weather on election day failed to materialize, but the bureau said the thermom eter should climb near the 75-de- gree mark today and Sunday. The . . . . P .... . m- high temperature Friday was 63 degrees, about 10 degrees below the expected high. FIRE BURNS OUT TOWN HAYNESVILLE, Ala., May 22 (Saturday) - (JP) - Fire destroyed this littletown's entire business district of eight buildings last night Efforts of a bucket brigade recruited from the town's 700 peo- manv Set Marion County Vote Results of Friday's voting In Marion county, as computed by The Oregon Statesman up to 2 o'clock this morning from 40 out of the county's 92 precincts, in- eluding Salem, were as follows: President Republican: Dewey 2,367, btas- sen 2,981. Democrat: Truman 1,347. U. S. Senator Republican: Cordon 4,505. Democrat: Wilson 769, Wood 752. Congress Republican: Hensley 745, Nor blad 4,103. Democrat: Gideon 1,351. Governor Republican: Ackermari 175, Hall j 925 McKay 3,100, Peyton 172 Democrat: Wallace 1,389 Secretary of State Republican: Flagg 2,058, Newbry 3,147. Democrat: Camey 970, Silver man 564. State Treasurer Republican: Bean 1,140, Belton 2,139, Unander 1,619. Democrat: Pearson 1,398. Attorney General Republican: Jones 1,545, Neun er 3,193. Democrat: Murray 1,36. Representative Republican: Benjamin 682, Chadwick 1.973, Doerfler 1,993, Glatt 1,702, Hendricks 1.776, Hoss 1,478, Houck 1,775, Jones 2,090, La Roche 672 Spoon er 836, Steel hammer 2,135, Yeater 2,115. Democrat: Davis 1,092, Fants 1,211, Knight 1,029, Spaulding 1,126, Vistica 1.041. District Attorney Republican: Hayden 2,156, Stad ter 2.744. Democrat: No contestants. County "Jadfe Republican: Murphy 4163. Democrat: No contestants. ; County Commissioner Republican: Melson 1267, Rice 2766, ZielinskJ 843. Democrat: No contestants. ' Business as Usual for McKay V " , " State Sen. Douglas McKay conducted "business as usual" in Salem election rlT the slat vnteH an his bid for the rennbliean can didacy In the Nevember governor by visiting the OJC. barber shop at SS7 State L. where barber Walter Johnson trimmed his hair. As returns from the primary mounted Friday night. Sen. McKay held a determined lead ever his opponent. Gov. John Hall, even edging Gov. Hall in the latter's home district of Portland. Sewer Bonds Favored; Run-off for Judgeship; Annexation Plan Beaten Salem voters Friday approved an $815,000 bond issue for an ex panded sewer and disposal system by a wide margin. They also threw Into a runoff next Novem ber the campaign for Salem mu nicipal judge, elected four coun cilmen, a mayor and a city treas urer, and were rebuffed in an annexation vote. Salem itself voted overwhelm- Sheriff Republican: Bacon 1048, Burris 391. Young 3582. Democrat: Burk 1050. Fallon 579. County Clerk Republican: Judd 4185. Democrat: No contestants. County Treasurer Republican: Butler 2854, Malecki 1770. Democrat: No contestants. County Assessor Republican: Shelton 4089. Democrat: No contestants. County Surveyor Republican: Graham 3926. Democrat: No contestants. County Coroner Republican: Howell 2517, Ram seyer 2187. Democrat: No contestants. National Committeeman Republican: Cake 3996. Democrat: Aiken 427. DeCicco 431, Sweetland 522. Wilkins 373. National Committee woman Republican: Cornett 3755. Democrat: Robinson 1348. Delegates-at-Large Republican: Bennett 1197, Black 465, Cockrum 1297, Deich 649, Elliott 1745. FarreU 2764. John son 1462, Metschan 1837, Paine 997, Richardson 732, Smith 1188, Staley 1236, Tooze 1898, Welch 489. Democrat: Aiken 1005, Ander son 789, Carney 866, Delzell 735, Friede 925, Greene 859, Ingham 829, Ivory 838, Johnston 730, Lar son 834, Mahoney 1126, McPher son 813, Welch 844. Delegates 1st Dist Republican: Anderson 298, Elf strom 1979, Fanner 1146, Hogg 1867, Lamport 1183, Latourette 507, Marsh 623, Mott 1863, Telford 533. Democrat: Bayne 992, Coates 554, Hewitt 1187, Long 428. Electors (6) Republican: M. Allen 3366, N. Allen 3353, Conlee 2783. Lytle 3393, Richardson 2581, Rodman 3348, Stearns 3166. Democrat: Bassett 1211, Hewitt 1273, Kemmer 1169, Langley 1196, Smith 1221, Starkweather 1193. Price Se race. He started the day . (above) ingly to annex 410 acres southeast of the city, but the annexation area turned down the plan 112 to 92 and thereby defeated the proposal. The run-off for municipal judge will be between the incumbent, W. W. McKinney, and Peery T. Buren. The latter was slightly ahead most of Friday night as the count progressed, but neither held a majority of votes cast in the four-way race. Trailing were Elmer Amundson and William Crawford. In the contest for 7th ward councilman between the incum bent, Howard Maple, and Alvin Tungate, the former was leading. Returned to office unopposed were Mayor R. L. FJfstrom, City Treasurer Paul Hauser and Coun cilmen James Nicholson (1st ward), Claud Jorgensen (3rd ward) and David O'Hara (5th ward). Salem Totals The voting on Salem candidates and measures (26 precincts, 10 complete and 16 incomplete, out of the city's 36), as tabulated by The Oregon Statesman up to 2 a.m. today: Mayer Elfstrom 4869. Municipal Judge Amundson 481, Buren 2385, Crawford 881, McKinney 1921. Treasurer Hauser 4768. Councilman (1st Ward) (2 out of 4 precincts) Nicholson 276. Councilman (3rd Ward) (1 out of 3 precincts) Jorgensen 200. Councilman (5th Ward) (6 out of 8 precincts) . O'Hara 1033. Ceuneilmin (7th Ward) (1 out of 6 precincts) Maple 108, Tungate 68. f Sewe Bonds Yes 3624; No 1613. ' Annexation Yea 3775; No 753. (The area of the proposed an nexation voted 112 to 92 opposing the move, and the proposition thus fails). (The terms of councilmen in the 2nd. 4th and 6th wards were not at Issue Friday). No. 59 Young, Rice Win In County A see-saw race for the four seats in the house of represen tatives, and a ding-dong battle for republican nomination as dis trict attorney, still gave added j zest to Marion county's election today. i It was "in-again, out-again" all Friday evening for the 12-man I republican contest for the coun ( ty's four representative posts, and , by 2 a.m. today it still was im possible to name the four win ; ners the count was too ineom , plete and the margins too nar row. The five-way race on the democratic side was almost as , bad. ; On the basis of returns from 46 of the county's 92 precincts, ; however (16 of them complete land the rest incomplete), the re- publican leaders at 2 a.m. were John Steelhaaamer, Douglas Yea ter, H. R. (Farmer) Jones and Frank Doerfler in that order. Four democrats In the lead were Charles Fantz, Antone Vistica, Arthur Davis and Mrs. Bruce Spaulding. The vote on district attorney at that hour was: In cumbent Miller Hayden 2156, E. O. Stadter, jr. 2744. On the rest of the county bal lot, Roy J. Rice apparently was re-nominated county commission er on the republican ticket (there Is no democratic candidate); Sheriff Denver Young held the GOP nod for re-romination and re-election will be opposed in iNavejnberJbjr Andy Buxk former sheriff; Sam Butler beat out Gene Malecki for county treasurer (no democrats sought this office), and Leston Howell was leading Ben Ramseyer for the republican nomination as county coroner. Four county officers were un opposed for re-nomination or re election County Judge Grant Murphy. County Clerk Harlan Judd, County Surveyor A. D. Graham and County Assessor Tad Shelton, all republicans. Incumbents in non-partisan of fices also were unopposed and their names did not appear on the ballot District Judge Joe Felton, County School Superin tendent Agnes Booth, Circuit Judges E. M. Page and George Duncan. Adams Ahead For Constable Earl Adams, incumbent, appar ently was the winner Friday of the republican nomination for Sa lem district constable. He received 1,284 votes in 30 of the district's 55 precincts. Erwin Ward received 925. James Garvin 423. Fred T. Hall, Salem, had no op position for the democratic nom ination. The Salem constable district in cludes all 36 of the city's pre cincts and 19 precincts in the sur rounding area. Tmiman to Seek Broader Base for Social Security WASHINGTON, May 21 - (A) -President Truman decided today to ask congress again to broaden the benefits of the 11 -year-old so cial security program. Whether congress will act. busy as it is with other matters, is highly uncertain. Truman's message is due in a few days. It will be the second special message in recent days on an important issue this political campaign year. Mr. Truman asked a week ago for a long-range farm program to benefit farmers and to use surpluses for feeding the poor. Presumably, Mr. Truman will ask, as he has before, for exten sion of protection under social security for millions not now cov ered. Weather Max. - S3 a . S3 71 ! Min. Preeip. 90 M 49 M M Trace 60 M M J03 Salem PorUand . San Francisco Chicago New York Willamette itver 4-1 feet. ; FORECAST (from V. 8. weather bu reau. McNary field. Salem): Partly cloudy and warmer today with the hih temperature near 73 and the low near 43. Partly cloudy Sunday morning, clearing in the afternoon. Weather will be favorable for farm work. SAXJOf FKECOTTATIOM (From Sepc I to May rt This Year Last Year Average 49.07 3X19 ' 33-41 Norblad Holds 6 to 1 Margin; Neuner Wins By Paul W. Harvey. Jr. PORTLAND. May 21-(yP)-State Sen. Douglas McKay, 54-year-old Salem automobile dealer, hi id the lead tonight over Gov. John H. Hall in Oregon's republican contest for governor. But Hall's appointee and first I lieutenant. Secretary of State Earl T. Newbry, apparently had won republican renomination over George Flagg, former public utilities commissioner. In a see-saw battle the clos- est of the whole election State Sen. Howard C. Belton, Canby, was a shade in front in the re publican contest for state treas- Marion county apparently fa vors Harold Stassen for presi dent on the republican ticket, and gave Douglas McKay more of a lead over Gov. John Hall than do the state-wide totals. But otherwise the county went pretty much as the remainder of Oregon, it appeared on the basis of returns up to 2 p. m. today. (Totals elsewhere on this page). urer. Irf second place was Ormond R. Bean, former public utilities commissioner, and third was Sig frid B. Unander, Portland war veteran. Belton's lead was only 239 votes. ) Neuner Wins Attorney General George Neu ner won republican renomination, as did Oregon's four republican congressmen, who won by big margins. In the governorship contest, McKay was ahead of Hall, 35.843 to 32,072, in returns from 882 of 1,861 precincts. The amazing thing about it was that McKay was carrying Hall's home county of Multnomah, 11,408 to 10,097. However, Hall was carrying 18 counties to McKay's 13. The other candidates for gov ernor were Glenn Ackerman, Portland, with 2.904; and John Peyton, Junction City, with 1.853. State Sen. Lew Wallace, Port land, who is retiring as demo cratic national committeeman, was unopposed for the democrat ic nomination for governor. Newbry held a commanding lead of 41,807 to 22,522 for Flagg in the secretary of state's race in 890 precincts. Flagg was ahead in only five counties Colum bia. Gilliam. Lincoln. Sherman and his home county of Wasco. rrnr Leads In the democratic contest for secretary of state, the score was 13.076 for Byron G. Carney, aui waukie, to 8,063 for A. M. Silver man, Portland. Tt was a hard struggle for trea surer, with the outcome very much in doubt. Bean had 21,769 votes in 878 precincts, with Belton getting 22,263. and Unander 20,461. State Sen. Walter J. .Pearson, t'onianu, was unopposed for the democratic nomination. Attorney General Neuner's mar gin over Stanley Jones, Portland, was 36,084 to 19,034 in 816 pre cincts. In the fall he will oppose William B. Murray, Portland de mocrat, who had no opposition in the primary. Neuner carried ev ery county. . .. The congressional races aidn t get much attention during the campaign because all four repub lican congressmen were expected to win easily. They did. N'erblad far Ahead Rep. Walter Norblad, Astoria, was ahead 6 to 1. Rep. Lowell Stockman, Pendleton, had a 3 to 1 lead. In Multnomah county. Rep. Homer Angell had a 4 to 3 mar gin, and Rep. Harris Ellsworth, Roseburg, was out in front better than 4 to 1. In the democratic congressional races, Elmer Sahlstrom, Eugene, had a narrow lead over William Tanton, Jasper. The winner will oppose Ellsworth. Roland C Bart lett was ahead of Clifford T. How lett in the contest to see who will oppose Angell next fall. U. S. Sen. Guy Cordon, Rose burg, won republican renomina tion without opposition. And Rep. Manley J. Wilson, St. Helens, was ahead in the democratic race to see who will oppose Cordon. Wil son was ahead of Dr. Louis A. Wood, University of Oregon econ omics professor, 14206 to 11,999 in 732 precincts. City Measures Carry in Albany ALBANY, May 22 Three spe cial city measures, city manager, new fire hall and general road fund levy In excess of the 6 per cent limitation, carried in eight out of the 10 city precincts, returns early Saturday mornirig indicated. State Totals PORTLAND, Ore., May 22 (Sat urday) -VP- Following is the re sult, up to 2 a. m. today, of the count for major contested offices in Oregon's primary election. The tabulation includes 889 of the state's 1,861 precincts: PRESIDENT Dewey 38,394, Stassen Truman 10,869. V. S. SENATOR Wilson 16.74C, Wood Rep.: 32,800. Dem. Dem. 14,306. CONGRESS (1st District) Rep.: Hensley 2,040, Norblad 12,735. GOVERNOR Rep.: Ackerman 2.904, Hall 32,- j 2, McKay 35,843, Peyton SECRETARY OF STATE Rep.: Flagg 22,522, Newbry 41,807. Dem.: Carney 13,076, Silverman 8,063. STATE TREASURER Rep.: Bean 21,769, Belton 22, 263, Unander 20,461. ATTORNEY GENERAL Rep.: Jones 19,034, Neuner 86, 084. (Due to the myriad of Candidates, and the need for roitcentralmf efforts on nationally-important issues. The As sociated Press tabulated initially only the vote for major contested off.ee. It included the fount for President Truman, however, to show the demo craUc vote. Major unopposed candi dates for whom no state-wide compila tion will be made until today include Guy Cordon (r). for senator: E. E. Gideon (d). for l?t district ronrress Lw Wallace fd. for governor. Walter Pearson id), for state treasurer; William Murray d). for attorney een eral. The compilation also will be made today for national committee woman. convention dele- ww eiecrors). Portland Elects Lady Mayor PORTLAND, May 2I-nf;p-Mayor Earl Riley late tonight conceded the election of Commissioner Dor othy McCuUough Lee as Portland's first woman mayor. Mrs. Lee polled approximately 60 per cent of the vote, returns from 384 of the city's 440 pre cincts giving her a total of 26,388 to 7,584 for Riley and 6,039 for Frank Learned, high school teach er. The Sullivan Gulch highway levy, under which an express highway would be built to the east, was losing 2 toL The Portland voters proved to be dog's best friend, " but not by mucn. Tney voted, 19,334 to 17, 518, against a measure to keep aogs on leashes. The school building levy lost by 3 to 1. bill Record Vote Slows Count in Marion County A record-long ballot, and per haps a record turnout, which kept Marion county polls pretty well jammed all day. slowed the count so much last night espec ially in ine more populous pre cincts that no conclusive re sults were available in some races as late as 2 ajn. todays Counting boards in many in stances worked throughout the night In the city and over the state public offices, banks and liquor stores were closed Friday for the election day, but retail business was in full swing. Everywhere knots of citizens paused to reassert or reverse their predictions and to inquire, Have you heard anything?" Telephones of The Statesman. the cdunty and city elections of ficials jangled constantly through out the day and night, with day callers principally seeking infor mation on their voting: places or the outcome of voting. "The content of the calls are about the same," Mrs. Gladys White, county election clerk with munb ear said, "only there are more of them this election. Most of the queries came from voters unable to locate their pre cinct polling place, non-registered voters who thought they should be registered and mem bers of one party seeking to write in candidates of another party. Well-remembered Iby the har rmssed clerk's staff is the woman who called late Friday afternoon. She wanted to know if, "in cases where it says Vote for eight and I vote for only two, will each of the two receive four totes?" LOONEY ELECTED MAYOR JEFFERSON, May ll-Gilbext Looney was elected . mayor and city councilmen named Included Oliver Stephenson, Gilbert Hoe vet and France is Phelps, returns in the Jefferson city election vindicated. 1 i ' i Contestants Leave State Before Vote PORTLAND. Ore . ll Gov. Thomas "E; Dewey appeared to be taking a commanding and swelling lead tonight over i Har old E. Stassen s for DrMnnV publican presidential in today's primary election. Jumping into the lead on the very first returns, the NewiYoik governor held a steadily growing margin that approximated 1 5,500 when over a third of the state's 1,861 precincts had reported. The county from 889 precincts was: Dewey 38.394; Stassen 32.E00. This represented about a fourth of the anticipated total vote In Tuesday's record balloting. Dewey Takes Lead f Dewey took an immediate lead on the strength of a heavy vcte from Portland .; and Multnomah ' county, and forged slowly though less impressively ahead iri up state areas where Stassen! was credited with hit greatest strength. As the count encompassed a third of the total precincts, Dewey was making an unexpected (bow ing in non-metropolitan I areas and was ahead in 22 of the 36 counties. Stassen was leading In 11 counties, and three were un-, reported. ( Portland, and Multnomah coun ty, with 387 precincts in 1 from over the state, had given Dewey a lead of 7559 to 5268 in 216 of its 512 precincts. tLane Backs Dewey I Lane county, second larcest" county in the state and site of the state university at Eugene; gave Dewey 1760, Stassen 1461, In SO of 122 precincts. f Voters turned out-in what ap peared to be an all-time rect-rd number under: the spur of the Dewey - Stassen, campaign. In Portland they stood in line to vcte on the republican presidential preference. ! - Both candidates for Oregon's re publican presidential preference wound up their barnstorming campaigns in Portland last night, and today observed Oregon tra dition by departing before the vote was tallied. i Left by Plane ? j Dewey left by plane early in the morning for Spokane and Se- . attle on the first leg of trip ' through Sacramento, Reno; Salt Lake City, PocateUo, Butte and New York City next Tuesday. Stassen boarded his plane at noon for Minneapolis. Next' Mon day or Tuesday he expects; to go to Springfield, ;Mo, and back- to the west coast? probably a - week later to call on" Gov. Earl Warren of California. 5 I - Both republican presidential as pirants counted heavily on the out come of today's primary. Both put their chips on the table in their three weeks of furious vote-getting. I j The winner will get Oregon's 12 republican convention votes, plus the more important prestige accru ing from the clear-cut test of strength in th last direct; pref erential primary before the Phila delphia convention June 21. - Hall -McKay By the Associated pretts' County Pets. Pets. Hall ICTCay Rpted. Baker s39 17 XSS 434 LTJ4 341 23 20S Benton ; 32 ' IS 1 S3 S 23 12 3 11 21 3 2 4 : - T 31 T ' 1 37 IS ss 11 13 it r S51 1 L373 1S2 177 767 S2 189 in 154 369 !. 193 S 1.030 2S 2.853 73S 441 Clackamas 120 Clatsop Columbia Coos 8 U7 11 30 7 . IS 1X2 Vl4 ill 34 i7 ito 122 33 62 -34 1 92 Crook Curry Deschutes . Douglas JOS 100 72 no 91 124 see 1.79 IM r r 3 r5 41S S2S 3.CH Gilliam Grant Harrier Hood River Jackson Jefferson Josepcine KJamatn Lake Lane Lincoln Linn Malheur Marion Morrow 57S 38 . 1.689 9 2 V 27 irs Multnomah Polk Sherman 112 3S4 "10.651 12 34 S 282 43 7 1 14 34 34 283 311 42 14 431 S27 29 3 S3 ' 41 IS . 2S S 54 J 483 44 IS 83 ,S3 11 8 132 74 33 - S - 144 254 Tillamook . Umatilla Union Wallowa Wasco Washington Wheeler Yamhill Totals -1841 S38 2334 3382 oun SEimTGns UOII 13-7 - ".- z ' ?