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i ' rfi--... -:-"--- t-.-,ri- ni o. PS l2.3ipiJ(Q)SDV(3 iPDsiod Kleair OJ By Francis W. Carpenter LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y- July 22 Cfy-A. small plane buzzed United Nations headquarters today and dropped a long object which po lice said might have been a home- Several hours later 13-state alarm - was broadcast for a 38-year-old former turret gunner' in the United States air forces, iden tified as Stephen Supina-of Wil lington, Conn., and believed to be the pilot of the craft. The alarm said Supina was wanted on charges of malicious mischief, a felony. At Ashford, Conn., Supina's brother, former State Rep. Thomas Supina, Jr., said "Steve nas been pretty upset, seeing the world on the edge, of another war." SfS - J&LX42J&022O 7 "The Dixiecrats held their rump last Saturday and nominated Gov ernor Thurmond of South Caro lina for president and Governor Wright of Mississippi for vice president Since then, little or nothing has been heard of the ticket or the cause. Speculation arises on what effect it will have on the coming election. In the democratic convention delegates from the states' of the old Confederacy gave nearly all their votes to Senator Russell of Alabama. Only in North Carolina was there much division, Truman getting a dozen of its 32 delegates. Despite, this evidence of anti-Truman sentiment in the old south, it is by no means certain that the Thurmond-Wright ticket will win many electoral votes. Writing from Birmingham, John N. Popham re ports to the New York Times that the States Rights Democrats will not capture more than a handful of electral votes. Laws and political machinery favor the party with the old name, and so do voting habits of the peo ple. The walkout of Mississippi and Alabama from the Philadel phia convention had its touch of drama, but that and. the ensuing convention in Birmingham do not overturn the customs of southern voters adhered to since reconstruc tion days, except for the 1928 elec tion when-several dry, anti-Catholic southern -"-states voted for Hoover. There is the bare possibility, of course; that the Dixiecrat defec tion may subtract enough votes from the Truman - Barkley ticket to (Continued on editorial page) Youths Swamp Recruiters in Sign-up Rush WASHINGTON, July 22 -iffy-The marine corps said today en listments have been. so high that no draftees will be needed for that branch of service in 1949. The, 1949 marine quota is 36. 000 men plus jB,000 18-year-olds. Officials said after a conference today that volunteers this month already have passed the 4,000 mark, and that the marines will need no draftees to fill their ranks. Eighteen - year - olds contin ued to swamp recruiting offices of all branches of service today, but officials said it would be two or three days before they knew wnewer iney would nave to hang out the no admittance sign. Only 161,000 youths of this age bracket may enlist for one year in the army, navy or air force, thus avoiding the 21 - monthdraft when they become 19. Enlistments yesterday when re cruiting of 18 - year - olds opened was so heavy it was feared they would top the 161,000 limit, set for two reasons. 4. Congress had approved only $500,000,000 for the one - year training program. 2. The army said if a larger number were admitted, it would require more regulars to train them, weakening the army's com bat strength. Officials also point ed out that the teen - agers can not be sent outside the continental United States. T. . Amms! Crackers BV WARREN GOODRICH x "We can' eat this stuff JaJfce ft away, ffg FRESH? OTP I IJCDCDDCg Cy IHleadlcatuiairt .The elder -Supina said his brother thought the "U-N- has not been forceful enough in trying to maintain peace and that they're a bunch of jappeasers. . Ever since Stephen came back from the war, Thomas said, he had been very distressed about the present state of world affairs. The object dropped, from the plane exploded 400 feet from the main U.N. building housing the of fices of Trygve Lie, secretary-general. No buildings were damaged. Emmet Rogers, a U.N. guard on duty near the scene, reported pains in his stomach from the concussion but declined medical attention. Several hours later 'a small plane, oi a type similar to that reported by U.N. guards and others who saw the craft which flew Umicoinnie Tax ieveimiie Tops Stafte Records I State: income tax collections In a record total of $36,560,454.81, Earl Fisher, tax commission cnair i man, reported to the state board of control Thursday. Tntaii inrnm collections durine the fiscal year ended June 30, 1948, were $47,439,095.91, of which taxpayers contnDutea sju.boj,- i ii s ; rr,t Withholding tax collections netted $2,708,166.90 , ' ; Taylor Invites Communists to Vote for Ticket By Deurlas B. Cornell PHILADELPHIA, July 22-VP)- Henrr Wallace's third party con vention gets going tomorrow with vice presidential j hopeful Glen Taylor already openly accepting any votes the communists want to offer the ticket. In fact, the issue of communism in one J. form or another stalks through nearly all the preliminar ies to the formal founding of the "new party. But Taylor and other conven tion figures say they .aren't wor ried about all the talk of com munist infiltration into the party, because, the party isn't commun ist and isn't being run by com munists. When; party founder Henry A. Wallace comes to town tomorrow he is expected to say plenty more along the same line. The pattern for this convention has been all worked out ahead of time. Wallace will be the presi dential nominee. Taylor gets sec ond place on the slate.. . The platform was hammered to gether ahead of time. It is against the Truman doctrine and Marshall rtlan for Eurrmean recovery. It is for cooperation with Russia to ob tain world peace. Dr. Rexford Guy Tug we 11, who was an original New Deal brain truster, is running the platform committee. Tugwell announced the platform recommends that anyone 18 years old should be allowed to vote, that laws be passed against lynching, poll taxes and racial cuscrimina tion, that the house unamerican activities committee be abolished. Eighty-one-year-old Dr. F. E. Town send said the new party would get millions of votes if it would go for his plan for $100-a month pensions for the old and needy. ? . Potash Ninth Indicted Red To Surrender NEW YORK, July 22-P)-The ninth of 1 12 indicted communist party leaders surrendered today to federal: authorities. He was Irving Potash, manager oi me Liu lurriers joint councu In New York. i. Along with 11 other members of the communist party's national board, he is charged with advo cating overthrow of the VS. gov ernment by violence. After appearing for arraignment today, l Potash was released on $5,000 bond, provided by the civil rights 'congress. Meanwhile, associates of the three indicted men who have not yet been arraigned said they would surrender voluntarily soon. Potash and two other indicted party leaders also face 'deporta tion proceedings on charges of be ing alien communists. Potash; John B. Williamson and Jacob A. Stachel were arrested this spring on the deportation charges, j. and are now - free on $3,500 bond. v ) The communist officials were indicted for - alleged violation of the Smith Act during the past three years. . The Smith Act is a 1940 measure aimed at those who advocate or teach overthrow of te government by force. All have pleaded innocent.; -- The ; maximum penalty - is 10 years imprisonment and $10,000 fine oh each count. Weather .Max. S3 , i, 8 H - 88 ... Mln. PreHp. SS . Jf 57 JM SI J00 ti as Portland San Francisco Chicmgo New York S3 09 : trace Willamette river -2.5 feet. - ' ' fOKECAST (from UJ5. weather bu reau, McNary Oew. - saienw: uouay this morning, becoming partly cloudy this afternoon; fair Saturday. High to day 78, low tonight 60. ModeraU after noon winds will interfere with dust ing and spraying. ; - SALEM PREC1P1TATIOV (Front Sept. 1 to Jaly S3) ThtaYear Last Year 3SJ3 Average 37.44 44.S4 , W- over the U-N was Impounded at LaGuardia field in New York City,! a few miles from Lake Suc cess. I The pilot was not immedi ately located. Lti Gerald B. Vaine, head of the New York state police sta tioned at take Success, told newt- men "this definitely is the plane. We can tell from the markings,' The craft had a red cross paint ed on its tail. . Headquarters of New York City police also were told by officers at La Guardia field that the plane there was the one which buzzed the U JI. headquarters. However, Detective Edward C Horning of the Nassau county po lice said "It looks like the ship but I won't be definite until we get the man. the first half of 1848 aggregated , Hiirinff the fiscal vear. Fisher said. Exclusive of withholding tax collections. Fisher stated, individ uals paid $26,155,014.42 in income taxes during the fiscal year an pincrease of 41 per cent over the amount paid in the prior fiscal year, Corporation income taxes in creased by 52 per cent over the previous year, totalling $16,575,- 914.59. Fisher's report stressed , that present collections, based on the past fiscal year, were about rune times greater than in 1940. Based on collections in the first six months of 1948, total collections for the year may reach $60,000,000, Fisher predicted. "For the most part the unpreee dented trend of higher income tax yields," Chairman Fisher said. "represent the combined influence of Oregon's expanded economic ac tivity with an increasing state pop ulation and a statutory broadening state income tax base in the form of lowered tax exemptions." Additional and delinquent tax collections during the fiscal year of 1947-48, Fisher reported, ag gregated $2,737,175.86 as compared with $2,091,406.02 during the 1946 47 fiscal year. The report showed that costs of administration for the year were $508,612.12, or 1.07 per cent of total collections. Mother Shoots Son to Death, 1 ries suicide GRANTS PASS. July .22 -ifft An 11 -year-old boy was shot to death and his mother is in a hospital with a head wound that state police said was self-inflicted. The boy, Rodney Oscar Hous ton,; died almost Instantly last night from a .25 caliber rifle bul let shot in the head. Coroner Vir gil Hull said it appeared Mrs. Houston then turned the gun on herself but she was only stunned as the bullet plowed a furrow along the skull. THey were found in their ca bin eight miles east of Wolf Creek by an older son, Roger, who had been on a trip to Wolf Creek. : The coroner quoted Roger ; as saying his mother had only re cently been released from the state hospital. The father, Merle Houston, is employed in the Myrtle Creek area. Employers Given More Time to Turn in Taxes WASHINGTON, July 22 -P-The treasury today gave em ployers more time to turn in with holding taxes they collect from their workers. Taxes withheld for January, February, April, May, July, Aug ust, October and November may now be deposited in banks in the government s credit within 15 days after the end of those months. Previously, the limit was 10 days. Bus Depot Gomp Moving Plansf rom Hotel Site Bus companies and other firms were readying plans today for interim locations after they move from the Senator hotel build ing, some of them by August 1. The space they now occupy is to be converted into hotel dining room. I Cline's Senator Food shoo, in its l present site since 1928, will be ! the first to vacate. It will operate the restaurant in the hew Greyhound Dus depot to be erect ed.! Whether it will be opened temporarily in other quarters has not been fully . decided, accord ing to Walter M. Cline, jr, and William H. Johnston, proprie tors. . ' jr -i .-. ' The confectionery and hews stand In the present terminal will continue there until after the state fair, according to Marvin H. Stuhr, proprietor. However, a building across the street at 255 N. High st is being readied for use, . perhaps by mid-August, as a j confectionery, with light S ' I I . f . . . ... . I NDlETT-nGHTH YEAB 23 Said Routine Training WASHINGTON, July 22-- Three B-29'c from the air force base at Tucson. Ariz., have taken off on a round-world flight, the United States air force announced tonight. This will be the first globe-circling flight for B-29s. - The air force planned such a project more than a year ago, but the proposal was turned down by the state department at that time. There were reports that this coun try did not want to arouse Rus sia then by any display of U. S. air power. Today's announcement described the flight which will go eastward by way of the Azores, Africa, Asia Japan and Alaska as a "routine long distance training' operation. It has used the same language recently to describe missions - of B-29s going to HUigland and Ger many. The three Superfortresses from the strategic air command's 43rd bomb group, left Davis-Monthan base early today, refueled at Mac- dill base, Tampa, Fuu, and took off again at 4:33 p.m. (EST). The second stop will be at Lagens field, the Azores, early tomorrow morn ing. From there they will fly to Whellus field, at Tripoli, Libya, arriving there Saturday morning. Other stops will Include Aden Protectorate, Arabia; Negumbo field, Ceylon; Clark field, Philip pine islands; Yokata, Japan; 1 mendorf field. Anchorage. Alaska. and return to Tucson on the morn ing of August 3. ( The announcement said that "the mission is part of SACs program to train B-29 crews in flying tech niques and operations procedures involved in long range, over-water flights and to acclimate personnel with world-wide regional condi tions. TUCSON, Ariz July 22 - UP) - Capt. Fercy H. Kramer, public in formation officer of Davis-Monthan field, tonight released, the names of the 53 men on the world circling B-29 flight which emanat ed from here today: The names included: SSgt David ZL Davis, Portland, Ore., gunner. Camp Mangold Bids Entered PORTLAND, July 22-PV-Tauf Charneski, Eugene,, bid 444,200 to day on constructing 12 two-story four-unit apartments at Camp Mangold, the Detroit dam town on the North Santiam river. His was the only bid on all four parts of the work. The govern ment estimate was $39,220. Other bids were lower than his on painting and electrical work, but his offer specified that he was to receive all but the painting con tract if successful. The corps of engineers said decision would be made later. TULAREMIA CASE REPORTED PORTLAND. Julv 22 UBi- On case of tularemia 4 rahhit fvr was reported in Harney coun ty this week, the: state board of neaitn bulletin said today. It is the first case in Oregon since 1946. !H ames are lunches, delicatessen, novelties and jSrags. For this firm, to be known as Mar's Dessert lunch, certificate of assumed business name was filed with the Marion county clerk Thursday by Mar vin H. and Margaret MV Stuhr. Although interim plans for most bus firms are not completen Manager C T. JReaney said Pa cific Greyhound lines would continue on the present basis at least until after state fair in early September. - . Mt is expected j by local man agers that Oregon Motor Stages and Hamman Stage lines will also use - the present terminal, though: ' possibly j not entering through J the , tunnel from High street Floyd R. Hamman of the latter line said his buses, as soon as the proposed ! Trailways bus terminal Is completed at High and Marion streets, - would stop at both terminals. ' ' Work on the new dining room will begin early in August, where the coffee shop Is, now. ' -gjsW's js"J JWWBSlssssJk JJUJ BsssssBJ i i i CO 1 rip Pijep PAGES lTu drwfjon U Ford and UAW-CIO Come X ' : i. .... - i -.. f H- - v: . ,v - . - - f - a - -: - ' DETROIT, July 22 - John 8. Bngas (left), Ford vice-president and ajui waiter P. Keauier,CIO United Ante Workers president, shake hands ever the bargalalng table after Ferd Meter Cau, and the UAW reached an agreement an a sew eentract far HMOt yre. daction workers. Renther still carries a brace an his right arm, the result ef shotgun wemnds tnJUeted daring the attempt en Ids life last April. (Others unidentified). ((P) Wlrephete te The SUteamam.) British Sight Yak Fighters Li Corridor By Gearxe Bria BERLIN, July 22 -JPl- Three Russian Yak fighter planes en gaged in a target practice maneu ver today in the British air cor ridor, British authorities said to night The air lane is used by the Royal Air Force to supply Soviet-blockaded western Berlin. A four-engine York transport sighted the three fighters trail ing a sleeve-towing aircraft a common type of target practice- in the Berlin-Bueckburg corn dor this morning. There Is no evidence that the three were shooting at the sleeve while the York was nearby, a unmn omciai saia. The soviet planes entered the British airway as i American planes roared into Berlin with a new record haul of food and fuel. The British military govern ment issued a statement saying the Russians committed two oth er breaches of flight rules today In the same corridor. : Another, York crew' saw two Yaks "climbing up in front of him about 100 yards away,? the statement said. The rule is that aircraft shall not approach other aircraft nearer than 150 meres (about 165 yards). " In the third incident a York crew saw "a formation of .Yaks flying in and out of clouds. Two days ago the British hand ed the Russians a "very strong protest" over a flight of . Yaks which flew over Gatow airport In Berlin Monday. - Meanwhile, the British mili tary government rejected tonight a . Russian offer to supply elec tric power to a factory in west ern Berlin. A British snokesman said the offer to supply 10,000 kilowatt hours of power daily to the A.EG. turbine factory in Brit ish sector, which is working most ly for the Russians, was the thin edge of a Soviet wedge driving toward economic control of the whole eity The Winners ! ii. , iarm than three score Dic- tures were submitted the se cond week of The Statesman's summer photo contest, and the 12 best will be ' miblished in YOUR BOMS NEWSFAFER Sunday. - j Tn the meantime, the third week's competition now is open (until midnight Wednesday, July 28). The contest is avail able to all amateurs, ana to an pictures taken since June 1, 1948. Prizes exceed $250. Just send your favorite to the photo department of Statooacm, Satan, Or?onV Friday. July 23, 1843, Pr!c So MradlWr f. t 0 ; t 1 Rescue by Salem Pilot Answers Sergeant's Prayer j BOULDER CITY, Nev, July 22 (i7-The story of an air force ser geant's silent prayer that he would live to see the baby his wife is ex pecting emerged today from an ac count of a B-29's forced landing on Lake Mead yesterday. The huge four-motored bomber was forced down on the lake and began sinking rapidly. "As I felt it going down I start ed praying that somehow I would live through to see the kid," said Sgt Frank Rico of Wolfboro, N. H. Sergeant Rico was dragged from the sinking plane by his skipper, Capt R. M. Madison, Salem, Ore., who had left the ship and returned when he learned that one of his men was still in It Rico escaped with a broken arm. The other four aboard were unhurt and-all were rescued from their life-raft by a speedboat which put out from shore. Governor Invites Enlistments in National Guard Gov. John H. Hall, in a pro clamation Thursday, authorized and invited enlistment of boys from 17 to 18 H years old in the Oregon National guard. The governor said he issued the proclamation because Na tional guard unit could not fill their quotas by using 61der men. Brig. Gen. Raymond F. Olson, assistant adjutant general,, said young men in this age group who enlist in the guard will be de ferred frpm the draft during their enlistment in the guard under the recently enacted selective service act aVs, itmkitmtStmmmmam,. ssissssssssssasaaasassssssssii m m i m .' A&mmmmmmmmm Woodbum's 194849 School Bucket to Go WOODBURN, July 22 -(Spe- an. Vntora of that Wood hum school district must ballot third time on a 1948-49 budget it was ruled today, when the school board set. aside the July 14 elec tion in which the proposal was ap proved. -1 The previous election, approv ing a levy $73,870 in excess of the per cent tax limit was nulli fied in special school district meeting. The action will necessi tate computation of new estimates for a budget outside the 0 per cent limit i - New budget committeemen named in the meeting to re-estimate district expenses are O. L. Withers, L S. Undsetfau Gordon Luffman and Frank Bentley. Luffman and Bentley were mem bers of the old committee, and Howard Butterfield will be named to replace Lewis Paulson who is retiring after three years with the group. I to Agreement director ef Indus trial relattasuC any Grants Raise To Employes By Arthur W. Eyeretl DETROIT, July 22 -0P- j The Auto industry settled the last of its 't 1948 wage problems today as the Ford Motor Co. gave 116,000 production workers a 13-cent an hour increase. j ; The agreement left only the supply problem in the way of near - capacity production of hard - to - get automobiles. It took nearly 22 hours of al most continuous bargaining for Ford to reach a compromise i with the CIO United Auto Workers. The union was prepared to set a strike date if the last - ditch conferences failed. A walkout would have closed 48 Ford plants in 25 states. j Besides the wage 'boostj the UAW-CIO got fringe concessions which it said amounted to nearly four additional cents an hour. President Walter P. Reuther of the UAW-CIO, nervously massag ing the aching fingers of his shat tered right arm, estimated! that the new contract "package", was worth $32,000,000 extra a year to Ford workers. . f . The company made no estimate: of the overall cost j j A Ford spokesman declined te estimate at this time whether the UAW wage boost and the I teel price increase will be reflected in car prices. When Ford introduced' its new models in mid -June, price increases ranging rrom sa to flzs were announced. But John S. Bugas, the tall Vice? president in charge of Ford s la-j bor relations, expressed satisfac-l tion over the agreement 1 j on Ballot Asain Since the Woodburn district 14 now a lirst class district im dt-f ixens budget committee must as-4 sist the five-man school board inl preparation of the budget ) New! estimates will be prepared imme-j diately so that the budget will bel ready for publication on July 294 An election date will be set alter the budget committee approves! the new figures. . s 1 The July election was nullifledj the board explained, because the? ballot used did not state reasons! for exceeding the per. cent tax; limit Conversion of the Wood-f burn district from second to fh-stH class ' status June 21, the . board! said, made it necessary te print the reasons orr the July 14 ballot The budget approved in July was voted down in the first elec tion held June 17. i School board members are W, Earl Dunn, chairman, Roy Kuns, Dean Bishoprick, Clair Nibler and Ray Stampley. - ' V' in in romuimp 17a. 112 n t 3 tatemenlL WASHINGTON. July 22 -0P- esiaeni jiruman expressed be ' today that prospects for Dear re excellent He threw; his full pport behind efforts to work cut peaceful settlement of the Ber lin crisis. . f f .. ' h .' I Then, in a meeting of the Na tional Security council, he le- pelved a first hand report frcm General Lucius D. Clay on ccW pUUons In the Soviet blockaded Eicrman capital. i , i . j At a news conference the Pre i ent not only endorsed the pro aram of Secretary of State Mar shall for exhaustive use of dipJo Jmatic negotiations and other mea sures to try to break the deadloc k (over Berlin but also indicated lha belief that they had a good chance of; success. -., , . i j rresldent Hopefnl f i 1 In response to a question. 7v?r. Truman said that he thinks tha .chances for world peace are gcd ' ij: " . : : ' J .. I.J h a arsiiall olstered -rin lact excellent tie said re was in complete agreement with the statement Marshall made en the subject yesterday. Marshall had said that the United SUte would exhaust every effort cf diplomacy to find a peaceful y out of the crisis but that it would not be coerced or intimidated. The meeting of the security council, which followed ! clostiy upon the news conference, wus held in the office of Mr; Truma who is its chairman. . The council includes : in its membership . Secretary ManhaJl, Secretary of Defense Forrestal and.: the Civilian heads . of the army, navy and air; force; depait ment j i f ' ' " - i 'i Clay Reports h ' r ! Afterward, White House Prexs Secretary Charles Ross told news men: ' I ! I ' .3 "General Clay simply talked to , the group about the situation In Berlin."! ' ; When1 he was asked whether the session foreshadowed any chanre in American policy, Ross replied "the meeting foreshadowed noth ing. ! j . j, : ; fNo conclusions can be drawn from it" he continued. "The coun cil!; simply listened to General Clay. General Clay himself is go- A ing to ! hold a press conference tomorrow."., : J ! UMWOiarged With Violation Of Labor Law I I WASHINGTON, July; 22 -JT-A hot legal battle began today, on a j government charge that John L.' Lewis violated the Taft-Hartley law In negotiating his soft coal agreement. i i j v I Attorneys for Lewis arguefj that if the agreement's contested union shop clause; runs afoul cf the labor law then Coal mine own ers who agreed to it Ire equally guilty. ,' i i " The; charges are. that; Lewis il legally insisted'" on the clause in a i contract signed July. 31 with "captive" coal mines. I i , The Taft-Hartley, act says a union shop cannot be established unless the workers vote for it in an election conducted by the NLRB, but Lewis .was prevented from obtaining an , election be cause access to N LRU's facilities' is available only to unions whoe officers - sign a non-communist affidavit ! 'i- I 1 Lewis argued that the miners demonstrated,, by their refusal to work the captive mines during the week of July 6, that they wanted the union shop. - ; -j' Gunty Loan Rates for Barley Crop Announceil PORTLAND. July 22 - UP) County loan rates for 1948 barley were announced today by the pro duction and marketing administra tion at an average 12 cents a bushel higher than last! year. The rates by counties include: Benton $1,28 a bushel; Lane $1.26;. linn $1.27; Marion $1.23, snd Folk oun sniaTons i - 2 ! i HI