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Blast in Creamery
MT. ANGEL, March 0 Ste
phen Sprauer, 33, and John Po
iinsky, 95, died today after a
milk cooler tank blew up sud
denly at about 4 pjn. In the Mt
Angel Cooperative Creamery.
. Both men died In a Silverton
hospital where they were re
moved after the blast. Sprauer
died shortly after arrival at the
hospital and Polinsky succumbed
to-ammonia burns and other in
juries at about 8 pjn.
Polinsky and Sprauer, both
creamery employes, were stand
ing on a platform above the
cooler when the mechanism ex
ploded. They were blown off the
Jlatform onto the cement floor,
lembers of the Mt Angel fire
department donned oxygen,
masks to drag them out of the
ammonia fume-filled room five
minutes later. .
A third man, Paul Wachter,
was also in the room near the
Bar to Liens
An4i-Red Bill Approved
, . By , Wendell Webb
Managing Editor. The Statesman
An outright bar to state liens
getting old-age pensions was approved by a 6 to 9 vote lot the house
welfare committee Wednesday, apparently on the basis of protests
aired at a public bearing the previous night j
. The committee wrote the anti-lien provision, which exempts
property up to $5000 la value, into the bill calling for $50 minimum
OtP
8(350008
up croizg
Living on to the age of 90 Wil
liam S. U'Ken outlived his own
fame, Tew in Oregon knew him
personally these later years, and
probably the majority of present
citizens would fail to Identify his
name with the political revolution
that occurred about the turn of
the century. Ytt in that revolution
VBen played a leading part
That overturn was In the direc
tion of pure democracy. Soma
might call it evolution but In fact
it involved a radical departure
from the political ideas of the
founding fathers. Our government,
both federal and state, was con
ceived as a republic, with power
vested In representatives chosen by
the people. The president and vice
president were to be elected by
an electoral college, not by the
people directly. Senators were to
be elected by state legislature,
only the representatives by the
people directly. .
In states governors, senators and
representatives were elected by
popular vote; but aa far as legis
' lation was concerned this was a
form of representative government
The political party system came
Into flower with Martin Van Bur en
and after the civil war, with the
rise of industrialism, business and
politics came into close alliance.
As political power came to reside
chiefly in the political machine
(like Tammany hall In New York
city, the Quay-Penrose machine in
Pennsylvania) people came to lose
confidence in their elected repre
sentatives. To break the grip of
the political machine reformers
planned fresh implements which
Involved a transfer of more power
to the people. " i
' William 8. ITRen, a Portland
lawyer who had served in the 1897
session of the legislature (a blank
because of the deadlock over elec
tion of a U. 8. senator) was one
of these reformers. He was the
"Idea-man." The tools he devised
included the direct primary to re
place the caucus-convention system
(Continued on editorial page.)
XESUILDINa CZOOX DIKES
- PRINZVXLLZ, Ore., ' March 9
(AVCrook county dikes are being
rebuilt along the Crooked river to
guard against possible floods this
spring. Record snows in the moun
tains also have led to formation
of evacuation and relief commit
tees in the county.
Animsl Craeltcrs
- By WARREN GOODRICH
"Do you reazt there's only
290 diys 'til Christmur
Results in Deaths
door at the time of the blast He
crawled to freedom through the
door. He was- treated for am
monia burns about the hands and
face at Silverton hospital and
then released. 1 j '
The new ammonia t tubular
milk cooler was Installed only
three days ago and had been
working satisfactorily, according
to Frank Hettwef, creamery
manager. He said he had not de
termined the cause of the freak
explosion. j
Services for both pen are be
in arranged by the! Unger Fu
neral home here. The blast did
not damage the rest; of the crea
mery and it will continue to op
erate, Hettwer said tonight
Sprauer is survived by his wife
and four children. -Polinsky is
survived by bis widow and sev
en children. (Additional details
on page 2.)
lite
on the property of most persons
mommy uiuwm to persons over
65 years old., But the provision
will get a going-over in. the joint
ways and means committee, which
has offered a bill of j its own de
manding liens - to insure repay
ment of state assistance.
Compromise Possible;
There was talk Wednesday of a
$2500 compromise in the lien pro
vision. )
Meanwhile, the senate unani
mously passed and sent to the
house Sen. Jack Bain's proposal
to bar communists from state em
playment Dismissed sir sons
would have the right of appeal.
The senate also passed and sent
to the house measures putting
school-bus inspection under the
secretary of state; raising from
$75 to $100 nonth the income
exempt from garnishment, and
providing for a plaque on the new
state office building: In Portland
in ttonorof former U.JS. Sen. Fred
erick W. Mulkey. j , -
Parted by the senate and sent
to IX, governor were house-approved
measures creating a state
potato marketing comrrtssion, in
creasing the mileage allocation in
sparsely-settled school districts
and asking President Truman to
spur U. S. delegates In tha United
Nations to work for; a world po-
uce, ana reduced armament and
a limited world federation.
New Bills Entered
The senate received nine new
bills Wednesday, including those
to Increase the salary of supreme
court justices from $8500 to $10,
000 a year; prohibit livestock
from running t at large; license
dental hyglenists and permit chil
dren to be excused from physical
education classes.
The senate 'has fa fairly full
calendar today, and the house sets
the session's record4-lt has 29 bills
up for final passage, Including its
own measures proposing amend
ments to the withholding tax law,
the licensing of practical nurses,
licensing of building contractors,
changing the "deadline for dams
on the Rogue river fo permit con
struction of a $90,000,000 project
altering the milk-grading act and
requiring that initiative measures
must provide means of financing
whatever is proposed.
Both the seriate and house will
resume at 10 a.m. today.
(Additional details' on page 1, J)
WOOL OUTPUT DROPS
PORTLAND March "-(-Oregon's
wool production dropped to
a 39-year low In 1948, the federal
crop reporting service said today.
The total was estimated at 8,100,
000 pounds, about t per cent less
than in 1947 and only 50 per cent
of the 1937-48 average.
quested
Republican Women Crowd Galleries at Capitol
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I11 West
Virginia
MARTTNSBURG, W. Vau, March
fc-iffV-Two gunmen in a melodra
matic holdup renunscent-of wild
west days robbed everybody
aboard a Baltimore and Ohio ex
press train, shot one person and
slugged several tonight.
The robbers forced the Ambas
sador, Detroit bound from Balti
more, to stop outside this small
town in the eastern panhandle of
West Virginia. They were joined
by two accomplices and escaped in
a car they stole from a nearby
night club.
A chef was shot in the leg when
the robbers fired twice to make
passengers open the club car which
they had locked. A passenger and
three trainmen were slugged with
gun butts. None required more
than first aid treatment when the
train arrived in Cumberland.
Took All Cash
Terrorized passengers said the
gunmen went through the cars
twice, taking everybody's cash.
The robbers, who boarded the
train at Washington, brought the
train to a halt by pulling the
emergency cord a few minutes
after it left Martins burg. There
were about 100 persons aboard.
Pulling what passengers said ap
peared to be .45 caliber revolvers,
they started pushing around the
riders and demanding their money.
Rebecca Davis, a negro girl going
to Detroit was hit behind the ear.
Shoot tnte Car
Club car passengers locked the
door when they became aware of
what was happening. The gunmen
shot twice into the car, one bullet
rlchocheting and inflicting a flesh
wound on a chefs leg.
After making a clean sweep of
money among the passengers, the
gunmen headed for the front of
the train. They met Engineer C.
C. Moore who had come back to
to investigate the emergency sig
nal. He was banged on the head
and herded back to the cab where
the three crewmen were held at
gunpoint
Backed Up Train '
Engineer Moore was ordered to
back up the train to a grade cross
ing siding. There the two gunmen
forced the crewmen out of the
cab, robbed them and fled.
Martlnsburg police In scouring
the area for the robbers were in
formed at a night club that four
armed men had shown up there,
stolen a sedan and left The car
was found abandoned a short dis
tance away and later another auto
believed stolen by the quartet was
discovered empty. ,
(Additional details on page I.)
Kansas Sober
TOPEKA, Kas., March -UP)
Kansas took its legal liquor sob
erly today I after a 89-year
-drought."
Officials said they saw no in
crease in drunkenness.
Publication of the state's newly
enacted control law made it pos
sible for a Kansan to possess
liquor without facing a manda
tory jail sentence, although they
wont be able to buy it in stores
before July l.
Kansas didn't go on a spree
to celebrate.
One man in the street here put
it this way:
"Legal liquor takes half the fun
out of drinking it."'.
Dam Builders
To Open Office
MILL CITY, March 9 Tempor
ary Detroit dam project offices for
Consolidated Builders, Inc., will be
established early next week, fa
cials announced Wednesday. The
quarters will be over the fire hall
and in the ' Presbyterian church
recreation halt
Only a few men are to be as
signed here i et first growing as
the contractor's work on the dam
progresses. Eventually the offices
will be adjacent to the dam site.
R. A. Hoffman, superintendent for
Consolidated, will be in charge.
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'Axis Sally9 Trial Jury Deadlocked after 10 Hours
New Fighting Reported Between Israel, Arabs
Trans-Jordan
Claims Jewish
Force Stopped
AMMAN, Trans-Jordan, March
9-PV-The defense ministry i re
ported tonieht a clash between
Trans-Jordan's Arab legion and
Israeli armed forces moving to
ward the Gulf of Aqaba..
(In Tel Aviv the Israeli ministry
of foreign affairs said it had no
knowledge of any such clash. A
spokesman declared that no1 Is
raeli units are stationed or oper
ating outside Israeli's territory.)
The Trans-Jordan defense min
istry announcement said: l
-The Arab legion stopped: Is
raeli forces proceeding toward
Aqaba at a point 50 kilometers
(32 miles) from Aqaba. A Jewish
force has proceeded toward Aqaba
since March 7." j
No further details were given.
But there were reports that fight
ing broke out last night and con
tinued today.
The Gulf of Aqaba is a joint
Red Sea outlet of Israel ana
Trans-Jordan, who are not en
cased in armistice talks at Rhodes.
Trans-Jordan's port of Aqaba,
where British troops are stationed,
is flanked on the west by a 10
mile coastal strip of Palestine's
Negev desert which the United
Nations assigned to the Jews.
It was reported Israeli armored
forces moved south in two lines,
from Beersheba and from posi
tions south of the Dead Sea,7 and
that a clash developed last night
Anti-Filibuster
Leaders Claim
!
GOP Support
WASHINGTON, March 9 -JP
Senate a n 1 1 - filibuster leaders
claimed -unexpected' republican
support tonight for a showdown
attempt to break the southern-
led talkathon tomorrow.
The debate, directly involving
the risrht of filibustering and
indirectly keyed to the bitter errU
rights controversy, has jammed
the senate's legislative machinery
for nine days.
Majority Leader Lucas (D-Bl)
told newsmen late this afternoon
that 33 senators so far had sign
ed a petition to end the Dixie
filibuster against a proposed
change in senate rules.
Only 16 names are required on
the so-called cloture (debate lim
iting) petition, which Lucas said
he will file tomorrow.
But if Vice President Barkley
rules that the petition can be
entertained a majority of those
present will be necessary to up
hold his ruling. And to put an
actual limit on debate requires
a two-thirds majority. The sen
ate has 90 seats.
Among the signers of the peti
tion were 17 democrats and II
republicans.
The GOP signers Included Sen
ator Morse (Ore).
JOE E. BROWN IN HOSPITAL
PHILADELPHIA, March 9 -OP)
Comedian Joe E. Brown, suffer
ing from a recurrence of malaria
Contracted during World War
II. was removed from his hotel
to a hospital today.
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The Oregon Statesman, Salem. Oregon. Thursday,
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Pressmen End Strike;
Publication Still Stalled
PORTLAND March tMAVThe strike of AFL pressmen against
Portland's two daily newspapers ended today, and employers said
publication would be resumed "as soon as production problems can
be solved."
The end of the 20-day strike was announced in a joint statement
by publishers of The Journal and The Oregonian nd the Web Press
Plea Rejected
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WASHXNGTAN, March 9 Soviet
aratrsmflirr Alexander S. ran
yaskkln antvee at fee state de
partment today to ask Secretary
ef State Dean Aeheeen to se
cure the re lease ef Talenttn A.
GaMtehev, arrested la New
York en aa esptenage charge.
Aeheeen rejected the demand.
(AP Wlrephete to the States-
).
Price of Coal
Drops in East
PITTSBURGH, March 9-4PV-A
crack opened today in post-war
soft coal prices. But it's too early
to tell if it means your furnace
coal will be cheaper.
Pittsburgh Consolidated Coal
Co., often called the world's larg
est commercial producer, announc
ed price reductions of from 15 to
40 cents a ton, according to graae,
in coal 'from some of its northern
West Virginia fields.
The price cuts are being made in
several new yearly contracts be
ing negotiated with industries. The
contracts usually are effective
each April 1.
Bankers Plan
Farm Conclave
Western Oregon farm trends lit
turkeys, beef cattle, dairying and
farm woodlands will be the theme
of the annual western Oregon
agricultural conference of the Ore
gon Bankers association scheduled
for Portland March 1$ in the Ben
son hotel. The conference is held
in cooperation with Oregon State
college.
The program recently distribut
ed calls for many brief reports
from farmers, college specialists,
ana Dangers eoncenung we situ
ation In the four enterprises em
phasized this year. OSC extension
specialists scheduled include- N.
L. Bennion, poultry; H. A. Lind
gren, livestock; H. P. Ewalt dairy
ing.' and Charles, R. Ross, farnvf
forestry. (Additional Farm News
on pages 8 and 7),
W )
air,
men s Local 17 .
It did not mean, however, that
publication would be resumed at
once, since the AFL printers have
announced they will not go back
to work until "future working
conditions'' have been settled.
Claim, Leek Oat
The printers, laid off with other
of the papers' 2,000 employes
February 19, asserted they were
locked out, and Indicated they,
would demand pay for the period
since.
The CIO American Newspaper
Guild local also has announced its
members would not return to work
until the situation has been dis
cussed in a meeting of members.
The Guild is in negotiation for M
wage revision under an Interim
opening clause in their contract
with the two newspapers.
Agreement Reached
The Joint : statement said the
pressmen and the newspapers had
reached an agreement on a new
two-rear contract. It provides a
pay taerease of $3.23 weekly, re
troactive to January 1. That
would lift the scale to $90.79 for
a 17 H-hour week. It also pro
vided a third week of paid vaca
tion. The statement said, "It also
embraces an alteration In the
operation of the presses when
color is run ea black unite and a
two-year term with sA Interim
opening for discussion of wages
and hours.
Other deails were not disclosed.
The pressmen originally asked
a publisher-financed pension plan
of which no mention was made
in the new contract and up to
$110 weekly, although this later
was scaled down to an approxi
mate $90.
Stacker Asko
For Opinion on
Pyramid Clubs
Marlon County District Attorney
E. O. Stadter, jr., aald Wednesday
he wrote to Portland and Multno
mah county authorities regarding
roc legality or Pyramid clubs,
wmcn are sweeping saiem.
Inquiries from local residents
wanting to know the status of the
clubs have been Increasing at the
district attorney's office and at that
of the city attorney
Recently one Pyramid party
was raided ; in Portland, arrests
made and several participants fin
ed. Local officials expressed In
terest in the mathernatlcal calcu
lations involved in the clubs where
a payoff Is promised those who
reach the apex.
Stadter said recently, although
he was doubtful as to the back
grounds of i the dubs, he could
find no statute barring them.
Man Held in
Cottage Grove
Jewel Robbery
EUGENE, March 9 - CP) - EUze
Claud Farrell, 23, Cottage Grove,
was held in jail here today follow
ing the theft of $10,000 worth of
jewelry at Cottage Grove.
Police Chief C. A. Nordstrom of
Cottage Grove said the man's
pockets were bulging with dia
mond rings, earrings, watches and
necklaces when arrested there.
The store robbed was the Com
munity Jewelers.
Nordstrom said It was the third
theft in Cottage Grove in a week..
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Min. Precip.
S4 1
S3 ' .01
Portland
Sa franc laco
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New York
Willamette river 4.1 feet .
rorecaat I from VX. weather bureau.
McNarr field, Salem): Mostly ewudy
tooay ana ion ism wim kcowmi
rains today High today near J de
grees; low tenight near U degrees.
SALEM FKCCTFrTATION
SevC 1 to Marca IS)
This Tear : Last Year Average
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March 10, 1949
Jurors Locked
In Hotel Rooms
Until Morning
WASHINGTON. March 9-0P)-A
federal jury weighing the gov
ernment's treason case against
Mildred E. (Axis Sally) Gillars
was unable to reacn a verdict
tonight and was locked up until
morning.
The jurors started their delib
erations at 12:03 p.m. (EST).
More than 10 i hours later they
were still not ready to announce
a verdict In the case of the Port
land, Me, native who broadcast
for the nazl radio in wartime.
Marshals took them to a hotel
where they were to be sealed off
for the night under guard.
Charles Ward, chief U. S. dep
uty marshal, said the jurors will
be brought back to the courthouse
after breakfast in the morning.
Federal Judge Edward M. Cur-
ran turned the case over to the
jury at 12:03 pjnJ, after admon
ishing them to "weigh the evi
dence dispassionately.
If convicted, the 48-year-old
former broadcaster for the nazl
radio would face a possible max
imum penalty of death in the elec
tric chair.
As the seven-week trial here
entered the climactic phase. Judge
Curran Instructed the jury at
length on defense claims that
"coercion, compulsion and neces
sity" drove Miss Gillars to make
her propaganda broadcasts from
Germany during World War II.
These factors, ne said, could not
be used aa an excuse for treason
unless the jury believed that Miss
Ulnars suffered well-grounded
fear of Immediate death or great
bodily Harm" u she bad refused
to obey her German masters."
-And a fear that ahe might be
sent to a concentration camp is
not sufficient'' Judge Curran said.
Church Bing
Games Safe
PORTLAND. March 9 -OP)
Church bingo ; games are safe in
Portland, and' punchboards are,
too et least for a while.
Mayor Dorothy McCullough Lee
said today she had no Intention
of ordering police to molest
the church games and raffles.
The punchboards were spared
Impend fng seizure when Circuit
Judge Alfred P. Dobeon Issued a
temporary restraining order
order against the city on a plea
from Martin Xors, a punchboard
distributor. i
Minimum Pay
Hike Advances
WASHINGTON, March 9 -WV
The house labor committee today
approved a bill to raise the nation
al minimum wage from 40 cents
an hour to 79.
After more than six hours of
heated discussion, several republican-sponsored
amendments were
tentatively voted Into the bill.
Then Ren. Bailey (D-WVs) mov
ed to substitute the original bill
for the amended measure. Hie mo
tion carried IS to 12. with three
democrats voting with the com
mittees nine republicans.
After that the committee went
through a formal vote approving
the bill in final form, it passed 19
to 9. I
TurneiAuni8vilIc
School Issue Talk
Tonight at Lyons
STAYTON. March 9 Another
meeting for Information and an
swering questions regarding the
proposed merger of union high
school districts 4 end 9 . will be
at Lyons at 8 p.m. Thursday.
Sponsored by the Lyons grange,
it will be in Rebekah halt open
to the - public. A representative is
expected rt rom the state depart
ment of education.
The Stayton and Turner-Aums-
ville union districts will vote Fri
day on whether to consolidate.
Polling places are the high school
in Stayton and the school gymna
sium in Aumsville.
More than 200 persons attended
an "information" meeting at Stay
ton high school Tuesday night
Questions were answered for more
than two hours by Mrs. Agnes
Booth, Marion county school sup
erintendent and Cliff Robinson,
state director of secondary education,
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Prog
ra;
Set for
Asse:
Doubled ear llrmu fM Sin lr
stead of $3) and an extra cent of
gasoline tax (6 cents instead of 8)
appeared in prospect for Oregon'
todav tar, raise an arid Itt Anal tL.
mated revenue of $7,500,000 a year.
Ana a new system or taxing trucks
may raise another 93,000,000.
Bills calllne for theae InmntM
were approved Wednesday by the
house highway committee. The ex
tra gasoline tax would be effective
Jlllv 1. the neuf tmrlr ta min A
the car license Increase January L '
viues, tjoanuee snare
The state hlihwi Mmmlulna
would sret the entire tlmatwi -
900,000 increase in car license fees
nut cities and '. counties would
share the Increased gasoline tan
estimated to nroduce ts.ooo oon an
nually.
The proposed truck tax bill calls
for fixed license fees according to
Welffht similar in h mun
abolished two years ago when a
wn-nuim tax Dasis was adopted.
The legislative lolnt waa n
means committee alan 1tln4 ih.
drive for adjournment Wednesday
vj sending to the floor for final
action the first of its big budget
measures appropriations for state
institutions for the next two years.
avcirrenatuis uaeiy
Na man waa cimuM.
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buildings, and it was indicated
proposals for construction both at
state institutions and at highet
education centers might be refer :
red to the people.
uuagets approved by the Joint !
ways and means committee ln
eluded: state hospital $4,827781
Eastern Oregon state hospital S2
ou,zfv; rairview home 92.683,3741
State School for the Deaf $644,82
.-The ways and means committee
wo approved a bill requiring the
State liauor mmmlnlnn in hi, ail '
its supplies (except liquor) through
we eiaie purcnasing agent. '
Meanwhile, representatives of
the COUntv fudee'a nliflnn eaa
plained to the wayg and meant '
Committee that -the enuntUa ..a
unable to meet demands of the -public
welfare : commission foJ
funds greater than provided tj I
county budgets, f y
(Additional details page I) 1
House Backs ,
Radar Fence,
Rocket Range
.
WASHINGTON. Mirth flwffj ;i
a wo oeiense moves to guard the
uniica States S rains t sneak- aerial "
attack and to develop long-rare
nuasuca lor . counier-atucx won'
unanimous approval la the housj
tooay.
By voice vote, the lawmakersl
passed and sent to the senate: , !
L A bur authorizing the ail
force to set up a "radar fence" te ;
warn of the approach of enernjh
planes. . , .
Z. A measure approving cone.
structionof a 9,000-mile range fci :
testing guided missiles. j
Military witnesses nave tesu-t i
fled that robot missiles capable oi
traveling 900 miles will be read
for testing this. year. This com;
pares with the; wartime German
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V ea s www a se etwue aw mmm i
At the outset the bills woull
limit expenditures 'to $3500,00
for the radar warning system an$
70,000,000 for the missiles range, !
Ultimately, the radar net is ex
pected to cost 9181.200.000 and th
rocket-test range about 9200,000,
000. I
Butter Prices I
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Skid in Salem jj
Decrease In butter and butterfaT
prices in Salem continued Wed
nesday. !
Butter dropped one cent pt
pound, to 69 cents wholesale an4 ;
74 cents retail. I I
Dutterfat prices were 88 cent!
for premium, 84 for No. 1 and l i
for No. 2. i 4 ''
PORTLAND, March - W ej
Butter went down a cent at most :
Portland retail toutlets today, reel
ducing the price rsnge to 71-71
cents a pound for grade A.
Santlam Flax Growers '
Exporting Tow, Mexico f
JEFFERSON. Mar. 9 The firsf
carload of tow Is being loaded la
Jefferson by Santiam Flax Grow
ers to be shipped out this wceJt
to Mexico, as part of a contract
made with a Mexican company
several months igo. It will be the ';
first time that tow produced in ,
this country by private enterprise:
has been shipped to another coun :
tnbly