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Easter Egg Hunt at Dallas Attracts Throngs
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DALLAS April 1 - DalUs etty park proved an Ideal spot for an
Easter err hunt Saturday and most children had a iray romp Smal-
ler children, like those above, rot first chance at errs.
Quake-Shaken Cliff
Falls; xTown Gasps
SALMON BEACH, Wash., April 16 -4JPS- An earthquake-loosened
cliff gave this little colony a breath-taking brush with disaster
today.
A threat of another possibly disastrous slide continued to hang
..Hliun.n t a 1 nil hsTiA liv mil frnm rinumtAwn Tarama
ailAOUgn a prOieSSIUOU (toiugui
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' Emulating the two Marys who
went early to the sepulchre of
Jesus many thousands of people
will assemble at Easter's dawning
to commemorate the transcendent
vent of His resurrection.
Throughout the day millions more
throughout Christendom will at
tend divine worship. Attendance
will not be merely to show spring
Xinery or to observe what others
wear. An attitude of reverence
will prevail, for the world, is in
sober mood.
Religion carries a powerful ap
peal when conditions are unsettled.
The invitation "Come unto me all
Le that labor and are heavy-laden"
i most appealing when men and
women are in ixtremity. The pres
ent with its international tensions
nd its domestic strains excites
fear; and many turn from its
shadows to the solace of religion.
The demand for literature con
firms this. Liebman's "Peace of
Mind" has been a best-seller in
the non-fiction class. The book,
"Seeds of Contemplation," by the
Trappist monk, Thomas Merton is
proving popular. This encourages
withdrawal from the world: "Do
not read the newspapers if you can
help it. Be glad if you can keep
beyond reach of radios . . . Keep
your eyes clean and your ears
cuiet and your mind serene." Of
different genre but still religious
In tone is the newest novel by !
Lloyd Douglas "The Big Fisher-
man, a narrative with Peter as
the principal character. (A Salem
woman went down to Portland to
review this book before a woman's
group. After the luncheon a lady
came up and said she would have
to leave before the review and
anyway she wasn't interested in
fishing!)
Prayer, meditation are means by
which religion does brace men and
women against the trials of life.
But surely religion is more than a
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Animal Crackers
By WARREN GOODRICH
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evacuation.
A side of a cliff broke loose and
roared past the community at 2:55
a. m. It hit Puget Sound so hard it
kicked up an estimated eight-foot
"tidal wave" to wreck nearby
small boats and waterfront instal
lations. There . was only a 20-yard gap
between the end house of the fish
ing and beach settlement and the
edge of the tremendous slide,
which was close to a thousand feet
across. The roaring cliffWe spread
p re-dawn panic in the community.
A narow crack opened along the
top Of the 400-foot high cliff by
Wednesda y's earthquake was
blamed for the slide. An exten
sion of the crack runs along the
precipitous bluff behind the settle
ment itself.
Trees protruded strangely today
from Puget Sound waters that had
been up to 100 feet deep. The
mountain of earth and trees piled
an estimated 500 yards into the
water.
The slide area is west of Taco
ma's well known Poin.t Defiance
park The Salmon Beach commu
nity would be helplessly trapped if
the clfff above It should break
away. The cliff Is so steep that
the only land access to the string
of homes along the water is by
twisting foot trail down the cliff
side. John Bourgaize, operator of the
Salmon Beach boathouse. said the
wave kicked up by the
slide
"cracked a 35-foot ramp leading
down to the float like it was a
matchstick."
"I thought the Whole bank was
coming down," said Mrs. Harvey
Dangbert. in describing her reac
tion to the frightening experience, i
"I was just petrified, t opened mv j
mouth to scream, but I couldn't
even do that."
"We felt just like a disaster sr-!
ea," Mrs. Bourgaize added.
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PORTLAND. April 16-P-Bids
on furnishing two turbines for
Detroit dam on the North Santiam
river have been invited by the
army engineers.
The work will amount to some
$1,500,000. Bids Will be opened
June 15.
Death Ends Wallace Beery 's
36-Year-Long Career in Movies
BEVERLY HILLS, Cal.. April 16 ure in a paternitv suit for several
-P)-Wallace Beery, the movies' months before his death. Mrs.
lovable rascal with the gravelly Gloria St humm. a movie bit play
voice and the squash-like puss, er, claims the actor fathered her
was mourned today by millions of
fans.
He slumped to his living room
iioor iaxe last mgm ana aiea snon-
ly of a heart ailment of many
months duration. He was 64. run- can come into the estate as an
eral services will be conducted 1 heir unless Beery specifically dis
Tuesday at Forest Lawn Memorial inherited him in his will."
park, Glendale. At Beery's side when he died
Wally had the second longest i were his divorced wife. Mrs. Rita
career in pictures, Hisi 36 years on Oilman Foyt, his brother. Will,
the screen have been exceeded : and Wally's adopted daughter,
only by Lionel Barrymore's 40. (Carol Ann, 18. She was the form-.
A sly, shy look .a hand across er Carol Ann Priester of Roanoke,
the face gesture, and a rumbling I Va., the daughter of his former
"aw shucks," were famous Beery ; wife's cousin.
mannerisms. Beery adopted Carol Ann when
His teaming with the late Marie ,
Dressier in "Min and Bill," and
"Tugboat Annie, was one of the
most successful movie combina
tions. He won an Academy Award
for "The Champ" in 1931.
Beery had been the central fig-
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Th Oregon Statesman. Salem, Oreaon, Sunday, April 17,
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"Ladies first" doesn't apply when
Aust and Tommy Robinson
Block, a step behind, rot some
DALLAS, April 16 The thronr
day after quickly locating the 6
children
The hunt was sponsored
by Don
Dill. Statesman staff
Czechs Free
U.S. Woman
PRAGUE. Czechoslovakia. April
16 -;P- The Czechoslovaks freed
Miss Vlasta Vras today in a move
officially described as intended
"to better Czechoslovak - Ameri
can relations."
Nervous after a week in prison.
Miss Vraz said she plans to leave
the country as soon as she can
close the Prague office through
which she distributed more than
$4,000,000 in American relief sup
plies for Czechoslovakia since
1945.
The United States h.d demanded
her release. Zdenek Fiei linger,
acting foreign minister., told U.
S Ambassador Joseph Jacobs
today that Miss Vraz had I been ac-
cused oi compneny wun pt.,1.ro)
plotting against the communist '
government.
Robert Mix Appointed
D.A. of Benton County
Governor Dnunlas McKay Sat-
, r,,,r.iH Unhurt Mix Cor-
vallis, s district attorney of Ben-
ton county.
.Mix succeeds Fred McHenry,
whom Mi Kay appointed a few
cays ago to be circuit judge for
the judicial district which includes
Benton, Linn and Lincoln coun
ties. 13-month-o!d son. Only last week
she rejected a $20,000 settlement.
Mrs. Schtimm s lawyer, Carly
vyarner. said that with Beery s
death "it is possible that the child
she was nine months old. Once he
said: "I ain't got no other heirs, so
she'll get whatever I have. His
fortune Is estimated at more than
$1,000,000.
Beery was married to Gloria'
Swanson from lfie to 1918.
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of Eager Youngsters Even 'Bunnies' Attend
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you're hunting Easter errs, as David
demonstrate. Barbara and Agatha
of errs in forerround, however.
of children pictured above is shown leaving Dallas city park Satur-
dozen Easter eggs hidden there.
by Dallas Chamber of Commerce
photographer.)
Nearly 1,000 Children
Join Dallas Park Hunt
By Charles Ireland
Staff Writer, The States-man
D." LLAS, April 16 (Special) Nearly a thousand eager-eyed
youngsters from Dallas and vicinity swarmed into City park Saturday
morning and scoured that erstwhile "secret hunting grounds" for 0
dozen Easter eggs which Peter Rabbit, ably assisted by local Boy
Scouts, had deposited there.
A circus atmosphere prevailed
blocks through city streets to the j
gates oi tne parK. a ponce car ana
a lire trucK cleared ine way, es
corting Boy Scouts formed a cor
don and a sound truck played mar
ches. The children entered the park
in three waves. Tiny tots aged
three and four got a slight start
on those five to seven, while old-
er cm aren 'x " r",,K'
were in ihe rear gu..rd. Mdny ad-
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in the gay frolic.
t ro ereai was
so great was tne turnout mat
the hundreds of eggs hidden
behind tufts of gras. in tree hol
lows, under park tables and seem
ingly everywhere were discov
ered in less than 15 minutes.
Though not e t rv child found
oe. most nine Dastceis were
not
empty. Sponsors handed out can-
ay eggs xo inose wno nan looKea
in the wrong places. One boy said
he didn't see anv eggs "but I
found six pop bottles, and they're
worth 12 cents." he added. "
Most children marched back for
free cartoons, at the Majestic the
atre. Its 650 capacity was filled
to the limit, but none were turned
away. Prizes were awarded fo
eggs that were numbered and for
costumes The loudspeaker wal
kept busy uniting brothers and
sisters, and handling requests like
"will the boy who borrowed
Dwayne's hat to hold his eggs
please return it?"
At hunt's end the kids thought
it was fun, their folks thought it
was nice, and the Chamber of
Commerce and business men who I
sDonsored th event thmioht mrw- I
be they'd do it all over aeain next !
year.
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For C. C. Chapman
C. C. Chapman, Portland, editor
of the Oregon Voter and legisla
tive adviser, was reported as rest
ing well at Salem Memorial hos
pital Saturday night.
Chapman was admitted to the
hospital Friday night "in need of
a rest," his physician reported. The
doctor added that Chapman would
probably be released Sunday or
Monday.
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Dick Myers (ears up) and Kay Wells (ears back) escorted Glenda
Hill down a shady lane after errs were found. Costumes brourht
prize, but most younrsters skipped frills, concentrated on finding
errs.
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Parents accompanied some of the
and local business
men. (Photos
as the children paraded seven
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Boat Capsizes
Two pei sons were rescued from
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j ternoon after a speed boat cap-
sized just north Q'f he SoilthejTn
,pa(.ifi(. railroad bridge at Salem,
j The )p waj( identlficd as No
ble Dr-pendehner, 827 N. 20th st
and Mrs. Evelyn Edwards. Salem
They were giving Dependehner's
new boat a test run on the river
when it hit a swell on a turn
and tipped over.
Towboat operators. Clarence
Smith, Albany, and Bill Carter.
West SaJem. rescued the pair from
the water, and retrieved the cap
sized boat.
Camellia Show
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j Types Withstand Winter Best
By Lillie L. Madsen
Garden Editor. The statesman
Don't expect to see as large a
show as you have seen in former
years, when you go to the Salem
Camellia and Rhododendron so-
ciety exhibit at Stan Bakers Mo-
tors. 525 Chemeketa st.. todav. (It s
open from 10 a. m. to 8 p. m.) In -
stead look for the varieties which
have withstood a temperamental
winter and snrini? and have come
out in good enough shape to show
at all.
While there are about half the
exhibits which are usually out at
the Salem show, there are some
excellent ones. Walter Barkus,
chairman of the show committee,
showed the most varieties, having
21 in the section devoted to best
exhibits of camellias, not less than
five varieties grown in amateur's
own garden. He also topped all
other blue-ribbon winners in the
general camellia horticulture di
vision. A new variety exhibited
by Mr. Barkus lived up to its title
"Dainty" a white with red blotch
es. '
Salem Garden club, with a dis
play of shell Pink Perfection and
the deeper grandiflora camellias,
arranged with apple blossoms, took
No. 29
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Woman' Award
I WASHINGTON. April 1 -7P)-
frs. Franklin D. Roosevelt and an
88 - year - old grandmother are
among six women selected by the
Women's National Press club to
receive its 1 9 4 9 achievement
awards. The awards will be pre
sented by President Truman at the
club's annual dinner May 14.
Mrs. Dorothy Williams, club
president, in announcing the se
lections today, said that "Grand
ma Moses" more formally
known as Mrs. Anna Mary Rob
ertson Moses, Eagle Bridge, N. Y.
is being honored "because she
is widely recognizt " as one of the
most popular and original paint
ers of 1948."
Others who will receive awards
for outstanding contributions to
'contemporary thought and
achievement in 1948," and the
fields in which they worked are:
Madeleine Carrol of New York,
movie and stage actress thea
ter. Mrs. Dorothy McCullough Lee,
mayor of Portland, Ore. gov
ernment. Mrs. Edward Quayle (Mary
Jane Ward), Evonston, 111., auth
or of "The Snake Pit" mental
health.
Mrs. Marjorie Child Husted,
Minneapolis. Minn . advertising
I consultant, General Mills, Inc.
: business,
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PORTLAND, April 18 -(Pi-Mayor
Dorothy McCullough Lee
does not expect to go to Wash
ington, D. C, to accept an award
by the Women's National Press
club as the outstanding American
woman in government. f
"I'm as poor as a churchmouse
and it would cost about $300 to
travel to (.Washington," she told
reporters.
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Gardening Todav
Dailv Comics
Radio Programs
Don't Look Now
Section III
Feature
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Proves Which
first in the Garden club division.
Friendly Neighbors was second
place winner and the Men's Gar-
den club, third.
Mrs. P. L. Brown of Silverton
took a first on her early blooming
azalea, Schippenbachii. She also
displayed a number of other azal-
! eas of the earlier blooming var-
ieties.
A Soulei rhododendron display-
ed bv Rudolph Hennv and a grouD
of Thomsonii, also by Mr. Henny,
were favorites at the show.
Mrs. A. W. Coon, with her Pink
Perfection camellias and apple
blossoms, took first place in the
division of camellias with other
flowers and Mrs. V. L. Sexton in
the arrangements of camellias
only. Mrs. Sexton had used unusu
ally fine blooms of Luries Favor
ite for her exhibit.
Adding greatly to the show were
exhibits, non - competitive, ar
ranged by three commercial grow
ers, Ferrill, Iufer and Millard Hen
ny. The show committee awarded
each a blue ribbon.
Those who attend the show to
day should not miss the corner ar
rangement in the southwest corn
er. It is small but most attractive.
(Winners listed on pagt 10).
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Appropriation stalls
Finale UnlilNightfa
By Wendell Webb
Oregon's 45th legislature,
balanced budget and the state's financial problems patched up
for another two years, called it quit at 9:07 p.m. Saturcfay-lth
97th day of the longest session on record. And it quit in the u!-ual
legislative furore. f
Several legislators already were en route to distant home ,
before the final gavels sounded,, fcince nearly all majoir isirue
were settled by early afternoon. And many of those who temiiin
ed were too weary to enjoy their new-found freedom. But lth
"Auld Lang Syne" resounded as always albeit without! benefit
of the piano usually herded into the house chambers on the fjinal
night after prolonged last-minute haggling over salary approp
riations. I S
Sen. Thomas Mahoney moved 1o adjourn the senate find
President William Walsh banged the rostrum to signal th end at
9:05. Speaker Frank Van Dyke, on motion of Rep. Harver Wll.v
followed suit in the house two minutes later. Both houses sfanff
their traditional song before leaving the floors. .
Final Approval (iiven to Public Welfare Program ! '
The last day brought final legislative approval of tU $ii5,
000,000 public welfare program $10,100,000 more thanfor lh
current bienniunv and it also saw go "aglimmering the Ways Lnd
means committee plan to raise $3,000,000 a year through k cigar
et tax for a state building program. jj ' j ..
A noon-hour check of the senate had disclosed there' wafl no
chance of getting a two-thirds majority to permit action,' on Jth
cigaret tax, so the house sent the bill back to committee to pie.
Meanwhile, compansion measure prohibiting sale of cigaets
below cost weathered the house
senate late in the afternoon. J
Nri for ISO Pension Rernirnizl In Meaaur I
The welfare program as finally approved recognizes the need
for a $50 minimum if funds permit (as many legislators believed
they will), and also grants the s tat e a prior claim to the; estates
of old-age assistance recipients and requires able children, to sup
port their aged parents. r
The senate killed 16 to 14 a house-passed bill to double th
state's $50 tax for free-play
claimed it constituted a legalization of gambling. i
The house, after first refusing, I
voted to approve the senate
amendments to the unemployment
compensation bill, leaving the law
again applicable only to employ
ers of four or more persons, in
stead of one or more.
Final legislative sanction also
was given a referendum on the
bill to make veterans loans avail
able to veterans of two years resi
dence even if they didn't reside
in Oregon before the war. Other
final approvals went to bills
boosting salaries of 66 state offi
cials (excepting the governor)
about 10 per cent; providing for
interim committees to study legis
lative procedure and the state's
entire tax structure, and making
Portland and Eugene eligible to
receive federal funds for slum
renovation.
No Printing Plant
One of the last actions 6f the
senate was to defeat a house
approved bill providing for a new
$400,000 state printing plant at
East State street and Airport road
in Salem.
The final legislative hours would
have passed peacefully enough
in fact, there would have been
several less of them had it not
been for an argument over how
much pay raise should be given
to district attorneys. Conference
committees finally arrived at a
figure $200 more than the sen
ate and $200 less than the house
wanted
Concurrence by both house, the
senate arguing lengthily in the
process, paved the way for final
action on the $1,115,000 appropria
tion bill for the state's legal de
partment for the next biennium,
and the session was over.
Earlier in the evening, a wran
gle over how much overtime pay
should be granted six members of
the attorney general s staff, who
worked many nights during the
session, threatened to delay things.
But the house committee finally
consented to lop off $400 from the
$3,125 allotment, as insisted by
the senate. Later the house, mark
ing time while awaiting senate
action on the other pay bill, de
cided the senate's action was tin
called for and passed a resolution
of its own, which needed no sen
ate concurrence, to restore the
5 $400.
? i All three issue the district
7 attorneys' pay, the overtime pay
ments and the legal department
appropriation, finally went
through . But everyone wasn't
happy about it.
The 45th assembly not only was
the longest it was also the
most expensive on record. And
it almost set a new mark in the
number of measures it consider
ed. There were 996 bills introduc
ed in the 97 days of its life, plus
151 resolutions and memorials.
The number of bills was 23 short
of the 1947 session and 66 short
of the highest mark set 10 yeais
ago.
! Cast of the session has beei
roughly estimated at $750,000, in-
eluding around $200,000 for the
expenses of interim committees
which will be active for the next
i two vears.
j The unemployment compensa
! tion bill as finally onssed Satur
day raises maximum benefits
from $20 a week for 20 weeks in
; any one year, to $25 a week for
! 28 weeks. It reduces employer
payroll taxes $4.000,uot) a year
The $55,000,000 Welfare appro
priation, which is $10,000,000 more
than the amount pent in the
current biennium, includes $28,
500,000 for old age pensions, an
increase of $3,500,000.
The veterans loan measure, be
sides making more veterans eli
gible for the loans, increases by
25 per cent the amount of state
bonds that may be issued to cover
the loans.
(A complete digest of major
legislative action for the entire
session, as well as activities on
the final day, will be found on
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Manacinf editor. Tha Statesman c
leaving in its wake an apparently
40 to 13 but was dumped by tha)
pinball machines after opfeonenta
leather Man
Hopeful fori
Sunny Easter
Sunshine and warmer tempera
ture have been promised! by jth
weatherman for Salem jl'int
Easter-Blossom day festivities to
dy- 1 f: r
Though clouds wilj dint sunrir
services at the state capjtol this
morning, milady is aured of jfair
skies to brighten her) Easter Inm"
net at regular church jservjees lat
er in the day. The mercury is ex
pected to touch a warml 70 de
grees this afternoon. I 1
Cherrians In uniform MM 'act
as guides for motorists along pa
lem Area blossom route! todr
from 10 s.m. to 4 b.m. KeDOrts
point to an excellent display along
16ng
ha
ine two blossom-lined routes.
While the rising humidity
taken some of the edge fr6m for
est fire dangers, Easter ttioliduy
picnickers are warned to take pre
cautions in forested areas. -'Eighteen
days without rain has md
many areas dangerously dry, kf
uciais report. f
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Really Aspirin;
Victim Dies
SCR ANTON, Pa.. April 38 -
John Molnar, 48, diedlfroni eat jr.
223 aspirin tablets with the be!
If-I
they were salted peanuts.
Scranton state hospital author
ities quoted Molnar as saying
found the bottle on a table i
he
nd
thought it contained peanuts,
wnen ne ancoverea nisj error.
tnere were two left of th bolt!
of 225.
Dr. Paul E. Kubasko, Lacka
wanna county coroner, isaid
blood test showed Molnar
had
peen drinking and the Dreseri(t
of alcohol in the man'si blood
speeded absorption of (the aspirin.
He estimated Molriar's 1 system
absorbed "about 1,200 grains' lot
aspirin before his death ,yetti-
aay.
$17,000 Contributed
Katliy'a KeHcue Crew
SAN MARINO, Calif., April 18
(-Heroism is beginning to pay
dividends for the men:! who; risked
their lives to bring little j Kathy
Fiscus from an abandoned ijwelli
Clark Bell, chairmarj of the res
cue" fund, said Friday approxi
mately $17,000 has been cohtribju
ted fo far; that 3,300 letters hav
been received "and they -are still
coming." j
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San Francisco 63
Chtcmto 44
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FORECAST tfrom I'.S. weather bu
reau. McNary field. 3aiem: consid
erable cloudiness inn morning.
comlnr fair before noon, men
ir 70. Vow tonleht near 42. Con
dltionn will be excellent ij for all farm
activities. Wind will be light and vr
Ma bie moat of day.
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