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Miver Dragged flpr Independence Bridge Builder, Compani0n P(GE Kate Rise Plea Dimcludles' SaBemm Area Higher electric rates and lower gu rates were in jthe making Wednesday for Salem consumers. Both utilities are seeking the ap proval of the state public utilities commission. Announcement of higher electric rates came In the iform of an amended tariff schedule filed with the PUC by Portland General Electric to include the Salem area which had been excluded from an OtP HEHTDB mpooocg In her own account of her ar rest and deportation from Russia as "spy" Anna Louise Strong at tributes the ouster to the prevail ing hysteria in international rela tions. Her persistent effort to ob tain permission to travel to Man churia aroused antagonisms in some of the bureaus in Moscow and so the security arm reached out, picked her up, held her in jail, then put her on a plane bound for Poland. The bureaucrat, she re ports, seemed completely ignorant of her Journalistic activities and her long record as a friend of Soviet Russia, ignorant also of the favor she had enjoyed among high Russian officials. She was an Am erican; she had tried to travel through Russia and into Manchu ria which was "verboten" hence eut wfth her as a spy. Of course Miss Strong was no py, certainly not a spy for our government Of course her de portation was "mistake" as far as Russian security is concerned. Yet she does make a point, which her case reenforces, that fear is responsible for much of our cold war. This point deserves attention as the general assembly of United Nations begins another session at Lake Success. It starts with omens unfavorable. Russia will condemn the Atlantic pact as a violation of the U.N. charter. Western nations are readying motions to take up auch matters as the conviction of Cardinal Mindzenty In Hungary and of the Protestant pastors in Bulgaria. Here then we have the material for fresh outcry, denun ciation and stalemate. Again the assembly will be (Continued oveditorial page) U.S. Displays Armed Might In Germany GRAFEN WOEHR, Germany, April 8 JP)- The biggest concen tration of American- troops and armor in Germany since, the end of the war passed in review be fore Gen. Lucius D. Clay here today. Clay said in an address that the American army is pledged to keep the peace, by force if necessary. The American military governor spoke at an Army day review of 5,000 skilled soldiers, 200 tanks, 3,000 armored vehicles "and many planes at this training cen ter 25 miles from the Soviet zone PGE Reports Record Income PORTLAND, April 6 The Portland General Electric company today reported a 1948 net . income of $2,804,987 on a record gross business of $18,817,608. Board Chairman Thomas W. Del cell said the gross was a 12.6 per cent increase over 1947. The net gain was slightly above 1947-48. He noted that the sale of 1,733, 223,000 kilowatts Of power repre sented a 300 per cent gain over 1939. Delzell said the dollar volume of business had doubled in the pe- riod. Stockholders reelected all mem bers of the board. The stockhold ers also voted sale of additional common stock to finance expansion and improvements. Of the original 1,500,000 shares authorized, only 998,967 have been Issued. Animal Craclccrs By WARREN GOODRICH m'lt you can keep your he4 when sll about you are losing theirs flip' I application for rate Increases In an earlier filing this year. Extent of the rate increase for Salem customers of PGE was not estimated immediately. The PGE application will be given hearing by the PUC on April 118 at Port land. A similar rate increase re quest by Pacific Power and Light Co. will be heard in Portland April 20. The PGE increase would and over $2,000,000 in revenue an nually, j At the other extreme, Portland Gas Sc Coke Co. filed Wednesday their recently-announced applica tion for a fas rate reduction amounting to over $44(5,000 year ly. This reduction would be in ad dition to a reduction made by the gas company in February. The reduction how would amount to about 11 per cent on householders' gas bills. The new reduction I would be come effective with meter read ings taken on and after April 15 It would amoUnt to 4J cents per 1,000 cubic feet used, as compared with 6 cents per 1,000 cubic feet for the February reduction. The two cuts reflect recent re ductions of 25 and 20 cents per barrel in the price of heavy oil from which gas is made. et Raises Prices, axes LONDON, April -JP-Sir Staf ford Cripps laid another heavy budget before Britain s sorely tax ed citizens today. The reaction of Londoners ques tioned at random was an indig nant "ouch." But veteran reports said it was a "brave" budget speech politically. Cripps offered only tiny pittan ces of tax relief. Mainly the con cessions were a penny (1 cents) off a pint of beer and doubling the allowances industry can take for wear and tear on. plants and ma chinery. : He raised the prloeof four ba sic foods so the government can trim its huge subsidies for food production. The foods are meat. cheese, butter' and margarine - - au rauonea. Not a tittle came Off income taxes. The basic rate' is 45 per cent. Purchase taxes, ranging from 33 Va ito 100 per cent on al most all items except food and cheap clothing, went ' untouched. Not a penny came off the cigar ette tax which makes a pack cost 70 cents. U.S. to Ignore Soviet Protest WASHINGTON, April -7P)-In icy words, the state f department said today it isn't going to reply formally to Russia's protests against the North Atlantic pact. "It has been made tlear," the department said In a statement. "that the Soviet government's In terpretation of both the objectives and provisions of the; pact is er roneous." Pair Drown as Canoe Capsizes WILLAMETTE, April 6-OP)-A canoe in which three men were paddling to look at a house, over turned last night,' drowning two of them. The victims were James Stew art. 27, Portland, and Otto Schmidt, 42, West Linn. The third man, Herbert ! Shannon of Port land, managed to swim to shore. Shannon said their 'canoe cap sized as they twere mounting the Tualatin river, and his two com panions vanished from sight. Power Shortage Period lengthened WALLA WALLA. April t-UP)- Pteliminary revised estimates of Pacific northwest power needs now indicate the power shortage will continue through December, 1957, compared to previous esti mates of 1953, the Inland Empire Waterways association reported today. The association obtained the figures from the Bonneville power administration! and expect to use them in the fjght to restore con struction funds for fee Harbor dam in the federal budget. Legislature Pauses In Respect to Mother Of Governor's Wife The Oregon legislature recessed an additional hour Wednesday to enable members to attend grave side services lo rMrs. Katherine Hill, mother-in-law of Gov. Doug las McKay, irt Belcrett Memorial park in Salem, at 2 p jn. The recess was authorized in a special resolution adopted in both houses Wednesday morning. Mrs. Hill died in Portland Monday af ter a long illness. Funeral serv ices were held, in Portland Monday morning. British Buds: r m iveeps 1 Boat Tips; 3rd Man Rescued Robert Woods, W. A. King Lost In River Tragedy INDEPENDENCE, April 6 Spe- cial) Two men apparently drown ed and a third swam ashore after their; small boat capsized in tlja Willamette river here this evening. Robert C. Woods, 83, co-owner of Valley Concrete Co. here, and W. A. King, 47, superintendent of the new bridge construction here for Macco Corp., were missing late tonight and believed drowned. The river was being dragged until a late' hour by the Independence life boat. A. J. Prichard, a Western Log ging Co. employe, was rescued as he swam near the east shore. An unidentified man who saw him struggling in the water helped him ashore and shortly after the In dependence ferry operator, Willard Lawrence, picked him up. While Stringing Cable The accident occurred about 6:30 pjn. as Prichard was stringing a cable from the Valley Concrete Co. gravel plant here in connection with fits gravel operations. Woods was observing the cable laying for his firm and King had Joined the two as a spectator. Woods, a resident of Monmouth, is partner of his brother Arthur B. Woods of Dallas in the gravel business. He has a wife, Anne, and nine i months - old daughter, Teri. King, who has lived with his wife Frances at 6th and Qf streets here since opening the bridge project last May, makes his permanent home at Hawley, Tex. Search for Bodies Lester Reed, Independence city policeman, and Hal Malllnger and Thomas Richey, local residents, searched for the two missing bod ies until 10 p.m. They intended to resume their search tomorrow at S s.m. Independence -police reported that the boat capsized when th. river current pushed It against th. cable. Prichard was swept down stream several hundred yards In th. swift current before h. reach ed shore. Capital to Cet apers WASHINGTON. Aoril 6 -UPt Striking AFL pressmen voted to night to return to their Jobs, end ing 25-hour walkout that had halted publication of Washington's four : daily newspapers. The pressmen acted within a. few hours after their top inter national union officials had or dered them back to their jobs. The walkout, which began at 6 pjn.; (EST) Tuesday, previously had I been termed "unauthorized" by Louis A. Lopez, the union's international representative. Wash in gtonlans have been without local newspapers since Tuesday afternoon. Stores Moved At Silverton SILVERTON, April 6- (Special )- The H. H. Holland company will open its new Interior decoration and household appliance store at 108 N. Water St. April 23. Mrs. Holland and W. C. Cross will as sist Mr. Holland in the store. The building, now used by the Tucker and Morley grocery, will be completely redone inside. The basement has already been remod eled Unto a factory-facility plant for rebuilding and remodeling washing machines and other laundry equipment. There is also a display room in the basement. Tucker and Morley will move into their new store building, also on tNorth Water street, over the week end and be open for business Monday morning. However, open- ng day will be observed at a later dite. Nwsp Rent Lids Lifted in East Marion County; Detroit Dam Area Free I v Rent control is removed from i eastern Marion county and from several other non - metropolitan areas of Oregon under the new federal rent act, it was announced officially Wednesday by E. Daryl Mabee, area rent director, in Port lands The decontrol affects the part of this bounty east of the Willamette meridian, including Detroit, Mill City, Lyons, Gates and Idanha. E. G. Clay, rent representative for this area, reported that the de control affects only about 5 per cent of the some 4.000 rental units registered for the Salem area (made up of all Marion county plus West Salem). Since most of the rental housing in the eastern part of Marion county is new and hence not under control, it was considered impractical to continue rent control on the older units, he said.; The decontrol order also removes from control much of Linn county 99th YEAH It PAGES i Death List in Hospital Bereaved City Holds Funerals EFFINGHAM, 111., April 6-UPh The toll of dead and missing in Tuesday's holocaust at St. Antho ny s hospital rose to an estimated 74 today, with 69 known dead. The Catholic chancery office. which governs the hospital, report ed that 62 of 69 bodies recovered from the blackened ruins of the hospital have been identified. Bod ies of seven others remained un claimed and five others listed as missing are believed buried in the wreckage. Begin Burying Dead This grief-stricken city, mean- wmie, oegan ourying tne aea. irst were tiny wnite corxms bear- Ing the charred remains of some of the IS babies who perished in the fire. Priests and nuns worked today near rescue crews bringing more But once again, he called the bodies out of the blackened ruins, senators back at 11 a.m. tomor The nuns cleaned th. slightly- row an hour early to re- damaged operating room and said it will be available for use tomor- row. Th. nuns will care for the sick and In lured In private homes. Deputy state fire marshals said " - th cause of th firm atill ! ah. SCUre. New Tales ef Heroism Kw t.lM f hrnim wr. Am- 1ah Vfra Shin rimnt - young nurse from' Granite City, 111., died saving patients on th. last night she had planned to work. ene was to nave retired as a nurse Tuesday to become a house- wif.. After th. fire started, she led tVJAw6S and Kvi uvui m wiuuuw. one burn. n irwt w .nM k- burns on almost her entire body. snortly before she died she re fused first aid and cried: Don't worry about me. Get the others out. I won't live long , . "V" ,s . ......t.- died in the Inferno Among them i.i)iiia wire nurses. Gov. Warren Denies Designs f Ti- TUT - un itiver water PORTLAND, April 6-UP)-Gov- ernor Earl Warren of California said here tonight that Oregon's southern neighbor has no designs for tapping Columbia river watter. He also had a word on another question before Oregon residents daylight saving time. The Cal ifomia executive is against shift ing the clock ahead. "Nothing I ever encountered in my political career so infuriated the Dublic as davlieht savins'." he said. "I bore the brunt of com- plaints from people whose cMl- dren had to get up and go to school in the dark, farmers who couldn t set their hens ahead and just plain people everywhere." Sandy River Fishing Licenses Set Record PORTLAND, April 6 -(JFi- A record number of licenses more than" 38,000 have been sold to amateurs fishing for smelt in the Sandy river, the-state game com- mission reported. The smelt-run, which dwindled last wee ena ana men resumea, was reported strong again loaay. outside Lebanon and Albany. Sweet Home, with some 300- rent- ent- al units, is decontrolled in that county. Most of Benton county out A side Corvallis (where most of the rental units are iocaieaj is aiso decontrolled, uc uiuci iu uciuuuuncu ""ior men- education in transports-i ol iiuamoax county ana parts 01 I iane, ciatsop Tana uougias coun- "ea. Clay also issued a statement on general provisions of the new rent law, terming if "tougher, more en- the students. While in Portland ""J1? ' ".would have serf fnrrw. Mnorativ mnr. ati. .1 ..!..-. 'j .t. tt 1 1 said the measure woum nave sen- e,..-. - 1 factory to both tenants and land- lords." He said, "it Flams tne gate on a lot or housing mat was sup- ping out of the moderate-priced rental market throueh provisions of the old act." A discussion of the new rent act ,m Wm Kv v.ini, Aok1c legal examiner for the Salem rent " " M,i. ' I office, at 10 a.m. next Wednesday in an interview program over ra dio station KOCO. The Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oreaon, Thursday Tramroaiin) Attempt; to Coot Morse Accepts 'Prima Donna' Label in Debate By Rarer D. Greene WASHINGTON, April 6 -UP) Senate administration leaders won aii tests today in their fight against major . chances in the J5.S80.000.000 bill for Euronean recovery, but failed to get to final vote. Sharply rebuked for keeping: the senate in session late at night. Majority Leader Lucas (D-Ill) recessed the chamber at 6:08 p.m. sume tne debate wmcn nas been droning on for 1 1 days. Nearly 20 amendments still await action. Reject GOP Move I . . m w seven nours toaay, tne sen- at. rejected a republican move I " ios wie wnuie ijueiuuu 01 now I A- . At I , XI - M 1 many billions In American aid should be spent in riscai isu into the hands or tne senate appro-I oriations committee. The bill they have been de bating since March 23 merely puts a ceiling on the money to C - . , . PPropriated Later, I A? 4 A"'?t. I . , a . t- . r I to "y American aid to any tion singled out for punishment by the United Nations for viola tion of the U. N. charter. This was aimed at The Netherlands, arising from the failure of the Dutch, so far, to obey a united Natlons request for ettlement of tn. Dutch - Indonesian strife In the East Indies. Angry words crackled as floor leaders of both parties tried to speed up the pace of the slow moving debate on the proposed bill for carrying on the Marshall plan another LIS months. Senate Nerves Frayed The frayinr of senatorial nerves f? as highlighted by an explosive ks) usss rss iiicas (D-Ill) with Morse hotly Jash between Senator Morse accusing Lucas of crackinsr jsing-Lucas of "cracking the whip" and treating senators "like kindergarten kids." Morse went on "Some of us happen to be prima donnas enough not to want to be treated as grade school Rids by a strong school master wno says if we don't obev. he is going to take us out in the woodshed. Cooly. Lucas retorted he was happy to hear Morse "admit he is a prima donna.' lIiW tri Irr.v wlf l1d: IUV1UC oil rail infi for otI101UrBIlipH "r 3 Salem Youths Three Salem high school seniors are elieiblo for naval reserve of- fleer training under four-year scholarships as a result of exami- nations and screening by the U. S. navy. Thev are Michael Kav. son of Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Kay. 1349 Center st' Fred Richard Fuhr, son 0f Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Fuhr. 443 m 24th st . and James; Cooke, son of Mr and Mrf. Edward Cooke, jurni -jtv The boys received word this week from the U. S. navy that they will be sponsored by the navy through college if their regu lar college entrance applications are accepted. Stanford university Is the first choice of each boy. Students Visit ra . i i i rr . I OFWUllCl I)V 1 railT ' - Nineteen 4th and 5th graders at West Salem grade school spent the day in Portland Wednesday as part tion. m I The group traveled by train and lit was tne nrst train ride tor Ml. of the group and for two of the women charjerones accomDanvine uicjf vuiicu iiie union siauun anu train shops and traveled by trolley to Washington park and then to the museum MEASLES CASES DROP PORTLAND, April &-0P-Meas lies decreased in nrevalence last . - - " " I week in Oregon, the state board of health reoorted todav. There I were 59 cases compared to 112 during the previous week. 1 OUNDBD 1651 Sees A - Banker-Thief TAMTA, FUu, April 1 Richard arrested In Day Una Beach yesterday .a charges .f taking SSSV? from th. National City Bank f New York. Is shewn her. In back sect ml aaUmebfle with federal officer a. n. leaves f.r airport to plane for New York. (AT State Pension Wins Test Vote in House Br Wendell Webb Vf ans vtn Editor. Ttim StitttiMH An amended Old-age pension mum hut inrludin a so-called for final action in th. house today, and on th. oasis oi a tesi vwie Wednesday its passage seemed assured. Th tension measure, as amended byThe ways and means com mittee, highlights a long hous. veterans' bonus bill and the ciga- ret tax designed to finance it The senate also faces a busy dav A move to restore th. pension to r3-1 tsfzets1: tee's original version failed by , vole " .ui.wjr . i.. -v- seph Harvey, prime mover of the attempt, contended the lien clause giving the state prior claims to the estates of old-age pensions, should be considered separately in anoth er bill, rne amenaea pension measure, as up xor unai coniium tion today, recognizes 30 as 1 minimum monthly need but does not make its payment mandatory. in other actions Wednesday, the hous. refused to concur in senate amendments to its tax program aiming at a balanced budget, but conference committees were not expected to have serious difficulty in ironinc out differences. The senate favored using present cor poration excise taxes, the house only future receipts. The house Wednesday also I adoDted and sent to the senate a memorial asking congress to im plement the report of the Hoover commission on governmental re- organization (40 to 1U), ana a resolution continuine the highway interim committee, it also aaopiea a senate-approvea resolution ior an Interim committee to study post-high school educational faci- lities in Oregon The senate passed and sent to the house bills revamping the state a special division witnin tne de partment of education for voca- commission for the blind; creating tional rehabilitation; and closing the Alsea river at Waldport to commercial fishing. Sent to the governor by the sen- t u-rp measures to allow the union high school district at Le banon to operate a junior high school; exempting certain port commission properties from prop- erty taxes, and appropriating $22, 500 for construction of a greens- house at Oregon State college for disease experiments on seea po tatoes The upper house also killed a u u..- fhe river at Newport to inf?L, JlX,- ously affected the city's economy. The senate taxation committee tabled a house-approved proposed constitutional amendment which would have abolished the property tax for state purposes. The ad verse action will leave the field to county anu cny guvrnuireiiu, . ... 1 . 1 A - .1 It wouia nave oeen reieixea 10 me DeoDle. Both houses resume at 10 a. m. (Additional details, on page 12) April 7. 1949 .i Fire Keathes ISoinrnlb Tlhiiriea'S: Foooudl on Return Trip 4. 1.1 zri 4 t MM m 7 I H. Crewe, (right) New Y.rk barief Wire p bote to Tne Statesman). bill, minus the $50 monthly mini lien clause, is scheduled to come up calendar which also Includes the Union Votes to Back Bridges IAN FRANCISCO, April 6 -OP) Harry, Bridges' CIO longshore union voted "tonight to stand be hind him in his fight with CIO President Philip Murray. Murray, in a sharply - worded statement sent to the union con vention today," had accused Bridges of spreading "unwarranted rum ors" and in one instance an "un mitigated falsehood" about the na tional CIO,' Bridies earlier in the conven tion had said his union . would resist national CIO moves against its "autonomy. Tonight the longshoremen voted 632 to im to support the stand of President Bridges. Solons Plan Attack On Popcorn Eating In Movie Theatres Nine Oregon senators declared war Wednesday on persons who eat popcorn and peanuts in motion picture theatres. They introduced a bill to make it unlawful to operate theatres without prohibiting eating of pop corn and peanuts. Theatre own ers who violate the proposed law would be subject to $100 fine and 30 days in jail. Any person who eats either of those confections could be eject ed from the theatre without get ting his money back. And any , movie patron who is annoyed by another person who is eating peanuts or popcorn could get three times his admission price back, and could sue the theatre owner lor damages. Its main sponsor is veteran Sen. Dean H. Walker, Independ ence republican, who isHhe legis lature's principal finance expert. Other sponsors are Sens. Gardner, Mahoney, Lynch, Neuberger, Dunn Hitchcock, Musa and Lam port. MAYOR OF SISTERS DIES BEND. April 8-;PHMayor Earl Russell of Sisters, 60, died of a heart attack suddenly yesterday. The mayor of the small town col lapsed at his lumber mill job, and died in a car hurrying him to a Redmond hospital. i as l i 1" i PRICE Sc No. 23 Beafieini Credited with Aiding Security Hi 74 i : - i : EM ? i Atlantic Pact i WASHINGTON, April 6-VF)-President Truman expressed belief . tonight it will never be 'necessary ' to drop another atom bomb. But he said he would not hfstltate me use the bomb again Unnecessary -for the welfare of the democracies. The president said he believt-4 the signing of the Atlantic defends pact had placed the United State in a position "where we Jvill nevef have to make that decision again." "I hope and pray that that will never be necessary." 1 He spoke off the cuff at a buffet, dinner attended by more than 10 freshman senators and congress men. The president told of making the) decision to drop atomic bombs tm Japanese cities in 194J "on thsj basis of welfare of not j only this) country but of our enemy coun try." i 1 "Now I believe that we are in a position where we will never have to make that decision Again, but If It has to be made for the wel fare of the" United States, and the democracies of the world are at stake, I wouldn't hestitate to mka It again." . - i He said the United States' only objective "Is peace and the wel fare of every , nation and every race in the worli. s "l He said no monarchy dr totalita rian country would have "offered surrender" of such a weapon. Streets Named AtMillCitf MILL CITY, April MSpecial) All Mill City streets have been given names, Robert Veness hum reported to the city council. A new city map is being prepared and j signposts with the new names will ( be erected soon. ' j East-west thoroughfares will be known as streets, and I the firet letters of their names will be In alphabetical order goihf awuy franrHhe river on both sides. First y one on the Linn county side is Asbi street, while the county j-road will be I Kingwood street. f North-south roads will be known I avenues, beginning Iwith 'the main road as FirsfAvemie. Chinese Reject Red Ultimatum NANKING. April ' t(pL Thsj Chinese r communists today hand ed the government an Ultimatum to surrender its -army by April 13 and acting President Li Tsung- ; Jen reportedly refused. ' Official Chinese quarters said the communists threatened to drive across the Yangtze . into south China by the-deadline. The red radio kept up a propaganda-. drumfire, calling for immediate government surrender. Semi-official sources j said LI still is trying desperately! to strike a better bargain with the reds. IJ is said to have informed the diplomats that the red Ultimatum amounted to virtual Surrender. He could not accept it in that form. Guernsey Cattle" Cluhs Meet Toniclit The Marlon-Polk C dun ties Guernsey Cattle club wi meet to night at 8 p.m. at the Salem Cham, ber of Commerce rooms. Complete details for the annual Pacific Northwest Guernsey . sale to be held at the Pacific International Exposition building? In North Port land will be told. (Additional Fitni News Page 6 & 7.) ' , a- Mi. Vtn. rrp s.lrm 71 JS Fortlsnd 71 3 Saa Trsnclsco 62 44 Chkrsso -, 2f New York M 44 SA WiUametU rivtr t feet. J . . Forecast (front U.S. weather bureau. McNary field. 8aUm)r ConUnued fair today and tonifht. Highest tempera ture today near S; lowest tdnlght ri.r 4i.i : SAL KM rSECiriTSiiow I SDt. 1 t ADrtt 11 This Year Last Year -.1 Avert. ee S5.41 JS.1S J