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Endangered ranchers were warned to flee Tuesday as new flood
, 4 threat developed this time in Montana. - I-
, v. At the same time, murky Hood waters routed hundreds of famil
ies from their homes in' Nebraska and Louisiana j ,
.. Elsewhere in the nation's flood areas, high waters were receding
;' Colder weather turned the water into ice, halting the runoff of
.melted snow,
Here's the Montana situation:
Ice 30 to 40 inches deep blocked
the Yellowstone river north of
Sidney, causing
r, causing minor flood.
the threat of a 20-mile-long
plugged wtih ice developed.
minor floods.
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' So residents of the area feared
' widespread floods. Farmers and
' ranchers were asked to leave their
homes and , take their livestock
'with them.
"However, brisk winds from the
north blew freezing temperatures
Into Montana Tuesday night. This
- slowed the runoff of melted snow.
In Nebraska, the Big Blue, river
reached a flood stage of eight feet
at Beatrice, a city of 11,000. More
than 100 families in the city were
driven from their homes. Four of
the eight schools were closed and
the waters lapped dangerously
i dose to the top of protective dikes.
Near Fremont the swollen Platte
river caused a spectacular gas line
break. The blowup severed high
voltage electric lines overhead and
the escaping gas was ignited, ap
parently by the electricity. The gas
.line finally was shut on.
In Louisiana, backwaters of the
f
Miecieeirmi river have driven 243
"families from their bottom land
'homes in the eastern part of the
state. The river is now above flood
stage from Baton Rouge to New
j Orleans.
Plans Advance
For Spring
"Opening Here
Plans are shaping tip rapidly
for a citywide Spring Opening
sponsored by Salem merchants, it
appeared Tuesday at a directors
meeting of the Retail Trade asso
ciation. Chairman James R. Beard an
nounced ,100,000 tickets for the
March 17 event are being printed
fnr merchant who Will distribute
them free to citizens in advance
f the celebration.
A store window decorating con
test will be among features of the
pening. with a committee of three
Judges from Portland department
tores to award first, second and
third ribbons to stores in various
classifications.
When special window displays
re .put in on Thursday night,
. March 17, each participating mer
chant will include a special prize
to be awarded to customer holding
ticket with the corresponding
slumber. Band music is being ar
ranged for the opening night.
Beard said response "has been
terrific," indicating scores of the
smaller Salem retail stores are
Joining larger stores in the open
ing to mark the new spring mer
chandising season.
Newberg Sewage
Disposal Plant
Contract Awarded
PORTLAND. March MP-The
Oregon sanitary authority report
ed today that the second munici-pally-o
w n c d sewage treatment
f plant on the main Willamette
stream was nearer realization.
The plant is at Newberg, where
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the city counou has awarded a
$60,554 contract for the system.
. Curtis M. Everts Jr state san-
Itary engineer, said the first such
plant on the main Willamette was
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was
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WASHINGTON, March S-CSV
Senator Lucas? of Illinois, the de
mocratic leader, charged tonight
that "republicans have joined with
southern democrats) in a filibust-
Lucas mad the assertion to
newsmen after Senator Cain (R
Wash) completed a "nearly seven
hour attack on President Truman's
appointment of Mon C. Wallgren
as chairman of the national securi
ty 'resources board.
Lucas commented that Cain and
Senator Watkins (RvUtah) had
held the senate floor since noon,
and he added that "shows how in
terested the republican leadership
la in civil riehts. I
S "They have Joined the southern
democrats in a mi ouster. Lucas
declared. "I nop the people of
the,.' country take note of the fact
thai two republican have talked
for more than nine hours about
matters that are not even befor
the senate." ,
Lucas said he will meet tomor
row with northern! and western
democrats who favor the civil
rights program to discuss further
strategy. j j '
In his speech, Watkins demaifi
ed speedy publication of the text
of tr" proposed North Atlantic
SecurSy pact j
Senate Passes .
Bill
A measure to giv Salem Juris
diction over Polk 'county roads
now included in Salem by annexa
tion of the Klngwood water dis
trict wast a dd roved In the stat
senate Tuesday and sent to the
house. I
Sen. Allan Carson. Salem, said
the special law is necessary be
cause confusion bas resulted under
the present setup. He said lung
wood residents and Salem officials
desire the city to talc over maln
talnence of the roads. The bill was
approved by the fPolk county
court. i . 1
Filbert Tariff
WASHINGTON, March 8 -)-Secretary
of Agriculture Brannan
asked the tariff commission today
to make a filbert production cost
study to determine! whether fil
berts and tree nuts should be civ-
en greater tariff production.
Senator Cordon (R-Ore.), who
announced Brannan' action, said
domestic filbert crowers now
complain that; import ar hurting
their business,
Ha uld that If it can be shown
that production cost have increas-
w commion mzM require
h .Hff. m eJ trade treatv
higher tariffs in a trade treaty
to negotiated with Italy, the
chief foreign -competitor for tree
Foreign Markets Sought
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for rruit, iioiiman 101a
WASHINGTON, March S -UPV-
Paul Hoffman, economic cooper
ation administrator,! assured west
ern members of congress Sday
that the ECA has no policy that
would discourage foreign govern
ment buying fruits in this country.
The group and fruit growers'
representatives conferred with
Hoffman about ways and means
to sell apples and pears ot export
size abroad; 1 J
AIMED FINALLY WINS
NEW YORK, March 8 UP
Calumet Farm's Armed won his
first race in : more tnan a year
today by capturing the seven
furlong Coral Gables purs at
Gulfstream. It was "at Gulfstream
that the eight-year-old gelding
scored his last triumph Jan. Z,
1948.
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Hoover Pushes
Department
Of Commerce
WASHINGTON, ; March 8-aV
Herbert Hoover, who, used to be
secretary of commerce, thinks that
job should be more important than
it is now.
His commission Monday recom
mended that all government con
trols of transportation on rail
roads, highways, planes and ships
should be shifted to the com
merce department.
In many ways this is the most
sweeping recommendation mad
so far by the commission, which
is studying reorganization of the
executive branch of the govern
ment. For in order to accomplish its
purpose, all or part of eight other
government agencies would have
to be shifted to commerce.
Under the proposed setup the
commerce department would get:
1. The national advisory com
mittee on aeronautics, complete
with almost 7,000 workers.
2. The coast guard, now berthed
in the treasury department. "Ob
viously misplaced," said the com
mission.
3. The public roads administra
tion, from the federal works ag
ency. 4. The job of buying, selling and
subsidizing ships, from the mari
time commission.
5. The office of defense trans
portation (during the war it de
cided what was essential travel,
what wasn't), from the president's
office.
6. All truck and bus safety op
eration,, as well as several rail
road functions, including author
ity to deal with a shortage of box
cars, from the interstate commerce
commission.
7. The duties of issuing and en
forcing air safety rules, from the
civil aeronautics board.
8. All commercial fisheries ac
tivity, now part Of the fish and
wildlife service in the interior de
partment. State Board Backs
Strand Decision to
Fire Professors
PORTLAND, March 8 -(-Refusal
to renew the contracts of two
Oregon State college professors
was approved today by the Oregon,
board of higher education.
The board's stand was announ
ced in reply to a letter from Tho
mas G. Moore, Portland, execu
tive secretary of the Progressive
party of Oregon who had attacked
the dismissals at Oregon Stat as
a violation of academic freedom.
The board's executive secretary.
Dr. Charles D. Byrne, was instruc
ted to advise Moore that it con
firmed thyfc action of OSC Presi
dent A. L. Strand, who previously,
charged that one of the professors.
Dr. Ralph Spitzer, followed com
munist supported theories.
v In other action, a remodeling
and construction project at the
Oregdn College of Education
training school, to cost $231,000,
was accepted by the board after
study by a committee headed by
Dr. R. . Kleinsorge, Silverton.
50 Cases Before
County Grand Jury
Marion county grand jury Is in
session this week with about 50
cases to consider. District Attor
ney E. O. Stadter jr., said Tues
day. Stadter said he would attempt
to Clear the books of a numKr nt
incomplete cases which have been
on me dooks lor several years.
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Truman Asks
Education Aid
WINTER PARK, Fla, March 8-(P-President
Truman called to
day for federal aid to education
at home and continued democratic
resistance in Eureoe to stem the
tide of communism and save the
world from war.
Speaking from the pulpit of Rol
lins college, the president prodded
congress to act on legislation au
thorizing federal grants to states
for education.
"If our country Is to retain its
freedom in a world of conflicting
political philosophies, we must
take steps to assure that every
American youth shall receive the
highest level of training by which
he can profit,' Mr. Truman as
serted. UO Gets 320,000
From Estate of
Silverton Woman
A $20,000 gift from the estate
of Lois Zimmerman, Silverton,
was acknowledged today by the
state board of higher education,
meeting in Portland.
The gift, with others totaling
$112418.15, will be used to es
tablish a scholarship for worthy
seniors and graduate students at
the University of Oregon, Oregon
State college and the University
of Oregon Medical school.
The University of Oregon was
recipient of $53,281.30; Oregon
State college, $29,920; and the
medical school, $29,538.63.
Rail Dispute
Again Taken to
Fact-Finders
CHICAGO. March 8 - OP) - The
nation's railroads and non-operating
unions representing 1,000,000
of their employes in a wage-hour
dispute asked today that a fact
finding board enter talks for a
third .time.
Committees representing the
two sides asked the board to rule
on any points found to be in dis
agreement between the disputant.
The carriers and unions ar
agreed, a spokesman said, that the
board's ruling shall,, be binding.
The spokesman, who asked an
onymity, said the application of a
staggered 40-hour week "is the
major issue in disagreement'
Meetings between the commit
tees have been in progress since
early January. The members are
attempting to reach agreement on
recommendations of a fact finding
board which were mad last De
cember. The board proposed at that time
that the present 48-hour week be
cut to 40 hours next September 1,
with no loss in weekly, pay.
The non-operating workers,
members of 16 unions, are employ
es not directly involved in running
or servicing trains.
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(Bills Prepared
ToHelpClarify
County Status
Legislative bills designed to ex
empt Marion, Lane and Clacka
mas i counties from many laws
now ' applying: xnly to Multnomah
county are prepared for introduc
tion in the state senate today or
tomorrow.
The proposed legislation, was
Initiated by Marion county court
in anticipation of this county's
population passing the 100,000
mark in the 1950 census. Most
ot the state laws adopted with
only ! Multnomah county in mind
were written to apply to "coun
ties of over 100,000 population."
Bills proposed by the county
court would in general maintain
the present administrative and
court structure of Marion and
other counties approaching the
100,000 population figure, as op
posed to the system of courts now
operating in Multnomah county.
Research on more than 100 laws
affecting the situation has been
performed for the county court
by Salem attorneys Peery T.
Buren and Charles Jens. Buren
said the 11 bills he ha drafted
to cover the recommended changes
would repeal 56 state laws, but
reconstruct the substance of the
legislation in new law.
Not all the propose changes
would mauntain the status quo
in this county, however, it was
pointed out by Buren. Some pro
visions for more populous coun
ties were maintained so they
would apply to Marion, Lane or
Clackamas when their population
is over 100,000. For example, a
new election official for such
counties would be created a
supervisor of elections for each
precinct, as now appointed only
in Multnomah county. A discre
tionary provision in another
change would permit this county
to hire a full time Jail matron,
jailers or guards in addition t
deputy sheriffs.
Sitdown Strike
Iri Damp Coal
Mine Broken
GALITZIN, Pa March 8 -JP
A sitdown strike of 21 miners who
remained underground in an un
heated and unlighted mine shaft
32 hours ended late today. Shiver
ing and hungry, the grimy hold
outs emerged from the pit at 8:05
pjn.
The mass exodus from the mine
cam unexpectedly. The men pre
viously had refused the entreaties
of United Mine Worker officials
urging them to submit their dis
pute through regular channels.
A meeting of the union local to
discuss the grievance was set for
tomorrow night.
Originally 60 miners engaged In
the sitdown at the Bennington B
pit of the Argyle Coal Co. in this
western Pennsylvania town yes
terday. Thirty came to the sur
face last night. Nine more shiv
ering and grimy diggers straggled
out today. Their reasons wer the
same:
"I was cold and hungry ."
The dispute arose over division
of work between the Bennington
B and the smaller NU mine ope
rated by the company. Thomas
Knee, committeeman of local
1056, said the Bennington work
ers took issue when the nine NU
mine employes were called back
to work Friday, supposedly an
idle day for both mines.
PORTLAND MAN ARKESTFD
Robert Marshall Hoeft, Port
land, was held In the Marion
county Jail Tuesday night in lieu
of $350 bail after his arrest by
state police near Aurora on a
charge of drunk driving.
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Globe-Trotters i Describe Trip
By Conrad O. Prang j
Staff Writer. The sjUtearaaa
A sell-out crowd of 1,754 jammed SaJerphlgh school auditorium
last night to see and hear Lowell Thomas and his son describ re
cent airplane trip around the world. j
The veteran newscaster, adventurer and globe-trotter, and his son
Lowell Thomas, Jr., took their audience on a two-hour trip to far
corners of the globe via a color movie.
Bulgar Pastors
Found Gnilty';
4 Given life
By Richard Kaaischke
SOFIA, Bulgaria, March S-CSV
A Bulgarian court convicted 19
protestant ministers today on
charges ranging from treason to
rumor - mongering and sentenced
four of them to life imprisonment.
Prison terms of from one to 15
years were assigned the others.
Fines were levied against all 15
and several defendants wer sen
tenced to loss of their political and
civil rights.
None appealed, so the sentences
took effect immediately.
The Moscow-trained prosecutor,
Dimiter Georgiev, declared him
self satisfied. He had demanded
hanging for the four leaders of the
group, members of the supreme
council of the United Evangelical
churches of Bulgaria, but the court
did not agree.
One of the four, the Rev. Vassil
Ziapkov, 48, drew four individual
prison sentences, including two for
life.
As a motion picture crew filmed
the scene, Ziapkov burst into tears
and declared:
MI am content. I promise to
work with all my strength to build
the new man in myself and to help
in the construction of our socialist
republic"
Undjiev pronounced life senten
ces for the following chief defend
ants: Ziapkov, head of th Congre
gational church, accused of head
ing a spy net for Britain and the
United States, also given 15 years
for incitement against the govern
ment and five years for spreading
rumors.
The Rev. Yanko Ivanov, 48, head
of th Methodist church.
The Rev. Nikola Naumov, 49,
head of the Baptist church.
The Rev. Georgi Chernev, 46,
head of the Pentecost church.
He'll Tell It
To the Judge
PITTSBURGH, March t - W)
Harry Poster, 33, will get th ear
of a federal Judge.
Poster tossed a full milk bottle
through the glass window of a
revolving door at Pittsburgh's
main post office today. When a
guard cam running Poster was
nonchalant. He was out of work,
he explained and wanted to tell
his troubles to a federal judge.
A postal inspector charged Pos
ter with damaging government
property. He's under $500 bail
pending his appearance befor a
federal judge.
Former Dean of Men
At University Dies
EUGENE, March 8 The
former dean of men at th Uni
versity of Oregon, Virgil D. Earl,
69. died in a hospital her today.
He was dean from 1930 until
his retirement in 1947, and had
been a member of the university
staff since 1923, serving as direct
or of athletics and professor of
physical education.
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Ruins of dozens of clues, de
stroyed by ancient and modern
warfare and historic niches of the
earth were filmed. From the fam
ous meeting place at Casablanca
to th pyramids of Egypt and on
to th historic top of Iwo Jima,
th Thomases took their listeners.
As the trip was made right after
the war most of th countries
visited wer occupied by Ameri
can troops or were embroiled in
trouble of their own.
Climax of th trip was a color
photographic documentary on the
atom-bomb test at Bikini in th
South Pacific. Th younger Thom
as occupied one oi th planes on
the mission.
The Thomases were introduced
by Gov. Douglas McKay. Lowell
Thomas, Jr., poke at chapel on
the Willamette university campus
Tuesday morning. His father made
his regular daily radio broadcast
from Willamette Tuesday night
and gave a brief history of Salem
and th university. Th Tuesday
night program was sponsored by
th Salem chapter of the Associa
tion of University Women.
Only Reporter
Goes to Funeral
Of Santa Claus
SEATTLE; March S -JPy- The
man all Seattle knew as "Santa
Claus" was buried today and on
ly on man went to his funeral
newspaper reporter assigned to
the story.
Down the long trail of Chrlst
mase George F. Mather heard
what thousands of children want
ed Saint Nick to put in their stock
ings. Altogether he had seen 9$
Christmases, and at most of them
he could b found in some depart
ment store, his eyes crinkling: at
some youngster on his knee, hi
hearty laugh booming through
thos flowing white whiskers.
Thousands knew Mather by
sight Twice the peopl of th city
rallied to th aid of th old man
paying his taxes so he could keep
his home. Yet at his death h was
forgotten almost forgotten.
On his casket was a slngl spray
of roses and among th bud
card which read: "A friend."
Drive Opens
At Hubbard
HUBBARD The annual Red
Cross drive here has begun un
der the direction of Mrs. John
Strawn and Mrs. George Grimps.
Marion Barrett, Seaside, attend
ed the funeral services of his
mother Thursday.
Mrs. Edna Mack left this week
to spend a month with her brother
in Pendleton.
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. Looking to the coming school
year, the Salem school district
board of directors Tuesday night
aamutea to tenur 33 teachers
who hare completed three - year
Drobationarr neriod in tha dis
trict, i !
Of th total, IS ar teachers who
wer credited with on year's pro
bation at th time their districts
consolidated with Salem .district
two years ago. These teachers are:
Ethel Carothers, Mabell Dror
baugh, Edna' Grant, Bernic
Gwmn. Velma Lavertv. Miry wJ
Lovett, Thomas J. Means, Dorothy
luemam, sacu Rotn, Margaret
Shlmv Alma 3 Stauffer, Mabel.
SumDter. Mariori Thomnsnn. F.m.
ily Van San ten, Florence Whelan.
Other Approved
The other 20 teachers inornvM!
for tenure statu are Iris Baadem,
Florence BerndL Harrv Rrnad.
bent, Marjori Chester, Pearl
Cleaver, Loren Cline, Anna Dah
len, Hope Edwards, H. Clay Eg
elstorSx Wilms i Faher. Bemeice
Franz, Russell Harris, Eva
Mugnes, nenry juran, Evelyn
Kent. Vlrril Lamb. Laura T.fntnn
Victor B. Palmason, Mildred Ran
dolph, Vernie Schachtler.
ix other teachers were contin
ued on probation after three years
and will become eligible for ten
ure after- completing other - re
quirements for -certification. They
ar Elois Ward, Opal Wesson,
Audra Ames, Louis Rawson, Vir
gl E. Lyman and Hazel Thomas.
Teachers Recommended
Th board recommended S3 oth.
er. teachers for their third year1
of probation and another 39 teach
ers i or tneir second probationary
year. Three asahrned BubctitntM
elected to first year probation ar
Man Harper, Ethel Sundll and
Lois War. !
In addition, the board arAmrA
aom revisions In the teacher sal
ary system to clarify occasions for
sick and emergency leaveatten-
oanc ar proxesuonai andenrlc
organisation conventions and
dit under tenure for military ser
vice wnicn interrupted a teaching
assignment.
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