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J -J ' 1 "I ' ' ' l - i. ' 1 Leaders . . - ' ; -J, n ' Oregon's I " ' : ..... " . - 4 . ' -V " 4.' On the basis of election re nrni np to 2:30 a.m. today, Uie ? Uowlnr men apparently had been successful in their candi dacies for efffee. i l . - - - ; - ; . , . l i r vmry in loiu m q w Cly -Manage! Renamed; Yoisjm Sheriff .J, , I 1 ; ! - -i I CStonea in Col. 5 & 6) : ; -ouM-P- ,65l ffiettuirinis. - t ' K " , 1 , ' ' . I " -' ; i i . I , ' ' 98th Year 12 PAGES Th Oregon Statesman, Salem. Oregon, Wdntdo7, NoTtmbr t. 1948 j - tMro i I I J y -; - - I . y ' . - irtir-; I I. No-: 2 ! . T'rr'ruirmminn fU(olnmi lft ?iiy(5fn)nnn-Tiv , L s i Mi! C 1 I t it -' ; I I i j4 IJemos Bid ior ft-" . i ' DOUGLAS McKAY . Oreron'i Governor-to-be ney.' ww a y-ww.rft - , - af 4 -V ' EARL T. NEWBRY ' I Stays u teeretary of State '.: . V . ! Kv'ff ' - - J ; ' ' , . t J i ' ' " " - I ! ' 1 1 f - ' - - - If V. I i - - f :! 1 'y vJ : " i- - HOWARD BELTON Elected State treasurer A Belton Treasurer; M Pensions, Tax Cut Pass; Bonus Loses - i By Pol W. Harvey, Jr. - PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 2-iiP-Oregonr gave its sixlectoral votes to a republican presidential candidate for the first time in 20 years, and maintained the GOP stranglehold on every congressional and state : office. The state also rejected bills to sell liquor by the drink and to re lieve j the state's $6,430,069 deficit by using income tax surpluses. It added to. OTP 0OO0 ITOCDQQ o 4Bt - - GUY CORDON" Re-elected U. S. senator H i 2U, I WALTER NORBLAD Re-elected conrressmaji ; 1 " . GEORGE NEUNER R -elected attorney general 8Sf The day after Christmas, or the day after your birthday, is just another day. It may be rainy or inny, calm or windy nature takes no 5 account of tne aaies which loom large on man's -cal endar. . " Likewise, the day after elec tion lis just another day wet probably, here in western Ore gon;! For some the day after elec tion is one of rejoicing; for oth ers a day of mourning! For the people as a whole it is a 1 signal that the die has been -oe i th decision made, and tnat 4H-i ahnuM acauiesce in the re sults and go forward with their kdAc That Will De UIO iu- kJ w . - tude of Americans today. T listeried to the campaign windups of the three parties on v, r!H n Unnflav main "' radio stars' bandwagon for Dew ey, the knell of doom by Wal lace's progressives, the unembel lished appeals of Truman and Barkley. The bandwagon show was chiefly entertainment, a medley of claptrap Concluding with an other of Dewey's "onal" effect speeches. i For vote - influence the pro gressive party program was the best of the lot. Hammering the we're - the - only - peace - pajy theme was a parade oi veterans, a housewife with loreign accent who bewailed high, pcices, and for closingi a halting interview with a Georgia negress whose husband had been killed at ms home last September after he had voted. The, mood was somoer. using . I (Continued on editorial page; cial he? income taxes imum old at The $50 The kiacne e r West Gives Vote To Musgrave -s WEST SALEM. Nov. 2 Victory for Mayor Walter Musgrave and bis three-candidate ticket for West Salem city jcouncil in Tuesdays election; brought promises tonight from defeated councilmen of "fire works" and f the portending res ignation of one official. Musgrave was re-elected by 367 to 274 over Councilman w. o. Heise, who told The Statesman he plans toi resign from "the council by the end of this year. Winners the council race aid their votes were A. N. Copenhaver 333, C. A. Rust 361 and L. F. Sher idan 351, over incumbents Dr. A. F. Goffrier 277, Donald Kuhn 255 and Roy, Stevens 269. Record er Robert E. : Pattison and Treas urer Thelma Brown were both re elected Without opposition. ! Stevens, who said "There may be some j fireworks," would make no comment as to contesting the election, but noted that 30 days was available for that purpose. Musgrave had suggested Monday night that the ballot might be il legal. ' I. (Additional details on page 2) legislature's finan- by voting to reduce and to pay $50 min- pensions. veteran bonus bill went dowiv to defeat. Gov. Thomas E. Dewey swept into a 58,672 to 42,941 lead over President Truman in 804 of the state's 1,858 precincts. The New York governor, who won last May in the republican primary to get the big boost he needed to win his party's nomination, was ahead in 26 of the 36 counties, and even held a 20,512 to 16,99 margin in normally democratic Multnomah county. Other Votes Small Henry A. Wallace got only 3,080 votes, to socialist Norman Thom as' 1,102. U. S. Sen. Guy Cordon and Reps. Walter Norblad, Harris Ellsworth, Homer D. Angell and Lowell Stockman all republi cans were sent back to con gress. . The three positions on the state board of control governor, sec retary of state and treasurer all appeared safe in GOP hands, with Portland being without a representative on the board for the first time in many years. State Sen. Douglas McKay, Sa lem auto dealer, was elected to succeed Gov. John H. Hall, Port land, whom McKay beat in the primary. McKay, in 809 precincts, had 56,986 to 40,186 for demo cratic State Sen. Lew Wallace, Portland. Wendell Barnett, a Yamhill county independent, trailed with 2,113. McKay was leading in every county except Columbia. Senator Cordon, leading Man ley J. Wilson, Warren, 61,250 to 35,781, also was ahead in every county but Columbia. Lead Looks Safe In the only close race, State Sen. Howard C. Belton, Canby, republican candidate for treasur er, was ahead of State Sen. Wal ter J. Pearson, Portland demo crat, 50,454 to 43,066. But that lead looked pretty safe. Attorney General George Neu ner, McMinnville, who worried republican leaders because he wouldn't do much campaigning, was out in front in his reelection try. He was ahead of William B. Murray, Portland democrat, 46,- 413 to 35,180. Norblad Elected Representative Norblad, Astor ia, was elected by a 3 to 1 mar gin over Edward E. Gideon, Sa lem democrat. Lowell Stockman, the republi can congressman from Pendleton, held a 3 to 2 lead over C. J. Shorb, La Grande. In Multnomah county, Repre sentative Angell, the dean of Ore gon's congressional delegation, was elected for a fifth term, beat ing Roland C. Bartlett, democrat, almost 2 to 1. Representative Harris Ells worth, Roseburg, held a 3 to 1 lead over William F. Tanton. Jas per, the democrat who rejected progressive party support. The result of the explosive pow er measure, which the Idaho Pow er company wants in. order to build the Oxbow dam on the Snake river and which farm or ganizations fought, was in doubt. There were 34,778 votes for it, and 39,362 against. The vote was 48,717 to 28,840 to let all voters vote in school elections, and 50,521 to 32,732 for the $50 old age pension measure. It was 67,593 to 22,596 to reduce income taxes by increasing exemp tions. The bill to let restaurants, ho tels and railroads sell liquor by the drink was going down to de feat 50,241 to 35,440 and the bonus bill was losing 48,215 to 32,338. The bill to relieve the state deficit was being beaten 41,123 to 28,710. The three state supreme justices up for reelection won without op position. (Additional results on page 2) How Marion Cast Ballots Marion county joined the re mainder of the district and state Tuesday in voting for Thomas E. Dewey, giving Douglas McKay a heavy vote for governor. and going on record for the other five republicans seeking high of fice. It also followed the remainder of the state in opposing hydro electric power and amendments, liquor-by-the-drink, veterans' bo nus and transferring of funds to pay a state deficit, and favoring letting non-property owners vote in school elections, $50 minimum pensions and lowered income tax The other four measures were not counted on a state-wide basis last night. Marion county, however, on the basis of incomplete returns, ap parently was opposed to the refor estation tax, allowing a new tax base to alter the 6 per cent limit ation, and the proposed boys' camp, it lavorea me limitation on salmon fishing. The Marion county vote, includ ing complete returns from 17 pre cincts and incomplete from 61 (for a total report of 78 precincts out of the county's 92), was as fol lows: President Thomas E. Dewey 10,139 Harry S. Truman 6,257 Henry Wallace . 429 Norman Thomas - 216 U. S. Senator Guy Cordon (R) 1 11,579 Manley Wilson (D) 4,769 U. S. Representative Edward E. Gideon (D) 4.520 Waiter Norblad (R) ' 11,067 Theodore Wolcott (P) 490. Go.vernor Wendell E. Barnettt (Ind.) 517 Douglas McKay (R) 10,143 Lew Wallace (D) 5,997 Secretary of State Byron G. Carney (D) 4,653 Earl T. Newbry (R) 12,016 State Treasurer Howard C. Belton (R) 9,867 Walter J. Pearson (D) 5,978 Attorney General William B. Murray (D) 5,870 George Neuner (R) 9,801 State Representatives W. W. Chadwick (R) 8.984 Arthur Davis (D) 5,931 Frank Doerfler (R) 9,463 Charles Fantz (D)P) 2,991 Raymond Knight (D) 5,273 Josephine A. Spaulding (D) 7,784 John Steelhammer (R) 8,530 Douglas Yea.ter (R) 9,544 District Attorney Herbert Carter (D) 5.841 Edward Stadter (R) 9,542 Sheriff Denver Young (R) . 9.744 Andy Burfc (D) 6,392 Salem Constable Earl Adams (R) 6,620 Fred Hall (D) 3,483 MEASURES New Tax Base Yes, 3594, No 9656. Reforestation Bonds Yes 6412, No 6885. Boys' Camp Yes 5634, No 8301. Hydroelectric Power Yes 4787, No 8209. School Vote Yes 7505, No 6259. Old Age Pension Yes 9018, No 6071. Tax Exemption Yes 11,927, No 2469. Liqnor-by-the-Drink Yes 4998, No 9796. Veterans' Bonus Yes 5520, No 8891. Limit Fishing- Yes 7898, No 5974. Deficit Levy Yes 4265, No 8415. County Vet Building Yes 3426, No 8959. Electric Franchise Granted Salem overwhelmingly .voted to retain its city manager form of government Tuesday, and, on the I mi ' Ki basis of still- incompl e t e re- ' A A. u luius, apparcni- ly favored levy ing a tax to Der- & mit 8horter hou" granting a fran chise to Salem Electric co-ope- I r f rative. W. W. McKinney The city also voted to retain as Municipal Judge w. w. McKinney. Ward 4 apparently had return ed Daniel J. Fry to the city coun cil and ward 6 appeared to have elected Tom Armstrong. These were the only contested offices. Mayor R. L. Elfstrom and City Treasurer Paul H. Hauser, unopposed, were given votes of heonfidence for another term. Councilmen coosen by other Jrards with no opposition were ames Nicholson, ward 1; Claud Jorgensen, ward 3; David O'Hara, ward 5; Howard Maple, ward 7. On the basis of incomplete re turns from 35 precincts' and com plete from one, the voting was: Firemen's hour bill: i Yes 3689. no Zoo9. Commission government: Yes 2024, No 4177. Power franchise: Yes 3626, No 3089. Municipal Judge: W. W. McKin ney 3936, Peery Bur en. 2892. Ward 4 councilman (4 out of 4 precincts): Daniel J. Fry 374; El mer Amundson 206. Ward 6 councilman (0 out of 6 precincts ) : Tom Armstrong 437, George Cadwell 311. Robert DeArmond 359. V5?T V. Fraak Doerfler Representative DonfUs Tester Representative Polk District Votes to Join City of Salem Only one of four proposed an nexations Kingwood Heights and adjacent acreage ; in Polk county voted favorably to be come part of Salem at Tuesday's election. The vote was 181 to 75. The Kingwood Heights district com prises around 950 people and 368 acres of land. The other three areas terri tory "A" to the south and terri tories "B" and "C" to the east voted against annexation. Tbe "A" vote was 103 yes to 108 no; "B" 41 yes, 77 no; "C" 126 yes, 549 no. The city of Salem voted to ac cept all four. K I 'a" vJq V, """in 1ST 7 W. W. Chaawlek John steelhammef Representative ' Representative 1 ii i r i H eV I l . IM Decisive Hold. On Congress WASHINGTON, Nov. 3-(flVDemocrats bid WroWlv to day to keep the White House for four more years, but the margin was uncertain Republicans still claimed Victory. However, the democrats appeared to have outricht con trol of the senate --an important plum --almost within. their grasp, and were even In sight of controlling the friow heavily Denver Twif , , Sheriff B. O. SUiter. Jr. District Attorney Republicans Leading for Representative All four republican candidates for representative from Marion county apparently had been elect ed today. Denver Young (rT was re-elect ed sheriff and Edward O. Stadter, jr., (r) was chosen district attor ney. The proposal that the county provide $25,000 for veterans' build ings was defeated. The vote from 78 precincts out of the county's 92, some of them still incomplete: Representative candidates Frank Doerfler (r) 9,463, Douglas Yeater (r), 9.544. W. W. Chadwick (r) 8,984, John Steelhammer (r) 8,530, Josephine Albert Spaulding (d) 7,784, Arthur L. Davis. 5,- 931, Raymond Knight (d) 5,273, Charles Fantz (d) 2.991. Sheriff: Young (r) 9,744, A. C. (Andy) Burk (d) 6,392. District attorney: Stadter (r) 9. 542, Herbert Carter (d) 5,841. Vets' building: Yes 3,426, No 8,959. Other county-office candidates were unopposed. , How Oregon Voted in Election Weather Salem Portland San Francisco Chicago .... New York Ma. Si 50 .. 67 60 ... S3 Mln. 42 41 SS M 49 Preclp. .43 .05 XS2 Willamette river -2.1 feet. FORECAST (from U.S. weather bu reau. McNary field. Salem); Partly cloudy today and tonight with a few bowers. High today 60. low tenia ht 37. SALEM PRECIPITATION (From Sept. 1 to Nov. 1) This Year .7o Last Year 12.77 Average -Si By the A-'OCiated Preaa Unofficial r"ums from Ore gon's general election at 12 mid night today showed the following results for contested offices: President From 841 of the states 1858 precincts: Thomas E. Dewey (r) 62.057; Harry S. Tru man (d) 46,077; Henry A. Wal lace (p) 3,242; Norman Thomas (ind) 1,114. United States Senator From 841 of the state's 1858 precincts: Guyj.Cordon (r) 65,380; Manley Wilson (d) 38,049. . Representatives In Congress r Vi r-fi Aittw Prnm 1 OA v the district's 523 precincts: Ed ward E. Gideon (d) 6,573: Walter Norblad (r) 14,972; Theodore Walcott (p) 819. Second District from 134 of the district 's 423 precincts: C. J. Shorb (d) 7,725; Lowell Stockman (r) 12,441. Third District from 380 of the district's 512 precincts: Homer D. Angell (r) 22,291; Roland C. Bart4 lett (d) 12,299; Peggy T. Carlson (p) 3,176. Fourth District from 133 of the district's 400 precincts: Harri Ellsworth (r) 15,999; William Ti Tanton (d) 6,548. Governor from 846 of the state's 1858 precincts: Wendell E. Barnett (ind) 2,245; Douglas Mc Kay (r) 60,774; Lew Wallace (d) 43,134. Secretary of State from 845 of the state's 1858 'precincts: Byron G. Carney (d) 35,183; Earl T. Newbry f(r) 69,239. State Treasurer From 841 of" of the state's 1858 precincts: How ard C Belton (R) 64,164; Wal ter J. Pearson (D) 46,180. Attorney General From 841 of the state's 1858 precincts: Wil liam B. Murray (D) 42,663; George Neuner R) 56,762. Propositions From 762 of the state's 1 858 precincts : Hydro-electric act amendment -yes 34,776; no 39462. School vote election qualifica tion yes 48.7 17 no 28,840. Old-age pension act yes 50,521; no-32.732. Personal income tax exemp tions 3yes 87,593: no 22,596. Liquor by the drink act yes 35,540; no 50.241. World War II vets bonus yes 32,338; no 48.215. Secretary of state tax levy yes 28,770; no 41,123. republican house. At roughly the halfway mark on the hai road toward final compilation of 50,1000,000 or more ballots.1 thia was the picture: j . I , . ; ; h ; ' . President Truman had the lead In states with . nfaV 1 "( riral vote of 288. (268 needed on the final tally to elect) r j j Governor Dewey, trying for the second time to win th presiden cy for the republicans, was ahead in states flnclidinir Nw vrW as almost a certainty) having a total of, 205 electoral votes! States rights democrats accounted for the other 'four states. The anti-Truman votes in those four normally i democratic ini (Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina and Alabama) mieht have hia- toric results. Should neither Truman nor Dewey get a majority of elec toral votes (266)!, the choice of the president would be up to a vSrtipif the house of represf ntatives - - where each state would have, one vote. In such' an event states rights candidate Thurmninri horrt in km the balance of power. The states rights movement was born of cro- tt against Truman's civil righU program. h ,f I " Democrats elected four senators out of the 1! senate races re garded as critical in the battle to control the senate, and its; chairman ships. The democrats were leading, Joo, in the other ..severi j Democrats Win Gpverawsliips In the races for governor, democrats elected nine' and were Jeadinf ' in 12. Republicans had elected three and were leading In jtwo. The presidential totals, at least for the time bein-i ran contra most pre-election guesses of a sweeping republican victory. ' . Republican campaign .managers toned down their, victory pre- " dictions as the night wore on. However, apparent victory, in'iNew York state, set off new GOP claims. The democrats were! restrained, but hopefuL j i s . j . ,;i ; There was no word Vet from either Gov. Dewev: in NTvArV or President Truman, in Missouri. ; j.' i j I Mr. Truman "disappeared" from, his home In Independence Mo where he had announced he would spend the night. Aidea knt iinT on where he might be getting the returns. For themselves, they re ported growing optimism. J i ,j r v New York, with Its big bloc of 47 electoral votes,' switched back and forth. When; all but 20 of the Empire state's 9,939 districts had been tallied, Dewey led Truman by 27,000 votes. i j Pennsylvania (35 electoral votes) recorded a consistent lead for1 Dewey and appeared safe for the republicans. Truman took a lead in Illinois, and democratic leaders there said that its; 28 votes were safely in the democratic column. Ohi6 and California with 25 elec toral votes each, were showing Dewey1 in the lead :J y Trumari Leads in Many States Thus most of the biggest states' were recording at least tempor ary leads for the republican; candidate, and Mr. Truman's 2 a. m. EST lead in the electoral totals Was made the hard way through many states, some with; few' votes. ,. . .. ' : I f J l I ' Truman also managed to pile up his early mbrnllng lead despite the apparent loss of four southern states to the states' rights tirket. The progressive party of Henry A. Wallace had no state in its column, but its New York state vote was enough to be the; balance of power there. When 25,431,641 votes had been counted, this was the lineup: lruman iz.z,iZ7. i , - Dewey 11.468,392. . ; ' " - .' .-j Wallace 618,705. r i i i Thurmond 552417. -l ., . Headlines crediting the president with unexpected 'strength gav mea.-ure of support to his own predictions that the poll takers would have red faces after the returns were all In. . J I j " The democratic and republican high command wiraded claims of .1 .1 ! ;'l repeated that capturing around 300 electoral votes. Herbert Brownell, Jr., Dewey s campaign manager. the election of the! republican ticket was "assured The -way he sized it up, the democrats were merely : running true to form in i the early count, with big cities amassing the usual . democratic majorities and coming in with the earhr reports. In nearly . all.-cases, he said, the democratic margins weren't winning size. ... Yet Brownell had trimmed from 32 to 24 the number of he had predicted Dewey would surely, take. up to states f Great Confidence9 in Truman Democratic chiefs stood pat on an expression of "Great 1 confi dence" in Truman. National chairman J. Howard McGrath said his mood was one of "expanding optimism. i I l! i ! Associated Press returns, at 3 a.m. (EST) Wednesday,! with the vote about half counted Truman leading in. p states I havmg a total of 288 electoral Votes, as follows: 'Arizona. Arkansas, Colorado, Florida. Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, Miwou- rij Montana, Nevada; New Mexico, North Carolina, .Oklahoma, Rhode sland, Tennessee. Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, w est Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming. T i - i ! I I Dewey was leading in 19 states with an aggregate electoral Vote of 205, as follows: ;! I! ; P ' , California, Conhecticut. Delaware, Kansas, Indiana, Maine, Mary land. Massachusetts. Michigan. Nebraska. New' Hampshire, New Jer sey. New York. North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota. Vermont. - . j L ! - Thurmond was Irt front in four states having a total or 38 electoral votes, winning Alabama and, South Carolina and leading in Louisiana and Mississippi. - , ' Needed to elect: 266. V