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The Orecjon Statesman, Sodom. Oregon. Tuesday. April 19, 1949
PRICE 5c
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In The Statesman's digest of
business at the legislative assem
bly on its closing day some lines
Bf type got pied and appeared as
follows:
die Saturday. April 18. 1949. t pn
coroner to dispose of deceased s effects.
Anyone with a sense of humor
can draw mirth from the latter
line. The 45th legislative assem
bly adjourned "sine die" (without
day). In other words it is dead;
" and certainly the coroner is the
proper official to dispose of a de
ceased's effects!
And what are the "effects" left
by the 45th assembly? They are
numerous and varied; and the re
sults will be with us for a good
many years.
Popular comment has been di
rected chiefly at the length of the
session: 97 days, longest in history.
'The legislators have taken a great
deal of criticism over their law
making marathon. The patent an
i ewer is that the affairs of the state
are so complicated now that an
assembly cannot do the Job that
reeds to be done In any short ses
sion. Since pay of legislators
stopped on the 50th day the mem
bers were most eager to get the
business done so they could return
to their homes. That they stayed
on for an orderly winding up is
a tribute to their conscientious
ness. The only way I can see for
speeding up
(Continued on editorial page)
Commies Ready
River Crossing
NANKING. Tuesday. April 19
(jP) -Communist troops one mil
lion strong sped preparations to
day to storm across the Yangtze
river when the deadline for Chin
ese government surrender expires
tomorrow.
Nationalist military leaders
made no pretense that they could
prevent It, although some sort of
fight is considered almost certain.
The Red demond included free
crossings to the south bank at ten
places.
Government officials admitted
privately that, stripped of a few
face-saving frilL, the Red terms
were total surrender.
A report circulated that Chiang
already had decided to order with
drawal of the entire Shanghai
Nanking garrison southward.
These 300,000 troops are com
manded by Gen. Tang En-Po,
loyal to Chiang and no backer of
Li's peace efforts of the past three
rr-onths
Animal Crackers
By WARREN GOODRICH
''Junior is going to a cos
tume party as s pretzel."
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WASHINGTON; D. C April 18 President Truman draws back and
delivers the first ball as the major league baseball season opened
today Clark Griffith (right in all pictures) . president of the
Washington Senators, holds the president's arm (top left) just
before the throw, as Connie Mack, manager of the Philadelphia
Athletics, watches. Then the president draws back his arm and
throws (left). The Senators went on to win 3-2. (AP Wirephoto
to The Statesman), (Details on sports, page).
George Aiken, Oregon
Budget Director, Dies
George K. Aiken, state budget director since 1942 and long-time
writer and published, died at a local hospital early Monday.
Aiken had Worked hard and worried much over the state's diffi
cult financial position .helping the legislature at the session just
ended, to balance its $102,000,000 budget. He had suffered a heart
attack during the 1947 legislative session.
Survivors include the widow, j -
Mrs. George K. Aiken, Salem:
daughters, Mrs. Gordon Wright.
Eugene and Mrs. Robert Jack
l
son, Seattle; son, Robert Aiken,
Salem; brother, Robjert Aiken, St.
Paul, Minn.; and four grand
children. Funeral services will be held
Wednesday at. 1:30 p. m. in First
Presbyterian church with Dr.
Chester Hamblin officiating
. Born in Aberdeen, Scotland. Au
gust 29, 1883. Aiken received his
education in th public schools at
St. Cloud, Minn., and at Mscales
ter college, St. Paul. Minn. He was
married to Lulu Piper, April 20
1912.
Macalester college recently
awarded Aiken a certificate for
distinguished service In his life
work.
Aiken was publisher of the En
terprise at Forrest Lake. Minn.,
1903-4, and the Pioneer Press at
St. Paul in 1908.
He came west In 1909 to be po
litical writer i of th Tacoma,
Wash., Ledger and was later con
nected with newspapers at Cle
Elum and Rosland, Wash., before
becoming owner and publisher of
the Ontario Argus in 1916. He sold
the Argus in 1944.
He was president pf the Oregon
Newspaper conference in 1926,
and once headed the? Oregon State
Editorial association. He was nam
ed to the state game commission
in 1935 by Gov. Charles Martin
and served until 1942. He was
mayor of Ontario from 1929 to
1942. He was past president of the
Ontario Commercial club, and a
member of the Kiwanis club. Ma
sonic lodge and j Presbyterian:
church.
Appointed executive secretary
to the governor and state budget
director by former governor Char
les A. Sprague in 1942. he con
tinued under Governors Earl Sneil,
John Hall and Douglas McKay.
Super Carrier
Keel Is Laid
NEWPORT NEWS, Va., April
18 (iP The keel of the nation s
first atomic-age aircraft carrier,
the 65.000-ton United States, was
j laid today.
I With no ceremony, the $186 -1
000.000 super ; carrier emergrd
i from the shadow of a lively battle
j between the navy and the air for;-
i into the substance of steel as a
I 15-ton bottom shell of one-inch-j
thic k steel was; lowered onto keel
block by a gidht dockside crane,
j The air forte opposed the carrier
s r in -fieirtn ' r.f ifc f nlt riphk
in the field of long-range strate-
! gic bombing.
Shooting, Suicide
iln Taconia Hotel
uuwm, April i8)-A ratal
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George K. Aiken
snooting ana suiciae m a down--land
town hotel lobby was reported to-
night by Coroner Van R. Hinkle.
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and then turned the gun on him
self. Hinkle said they had registered
a few minutes before as Mr. and
Mrs. Harold N. Cook of Tacoma.
Atom Experts'
'Disobedience'
Said Red Aim
WASHINGTON, April 18 -jF)-The
house Un-American Activities
committee saia xoaay xnai com
munists have engineered the Paris
peace" conference to stir atomic
and other scientists to disobey their
governments.
The Paris meeting, opening Wed
nesday, is one of a number of such
events inspired by communists
throughout the world "as a part of
a campaign against the North At
lantic defense pact," the commit
tee said.
In a special report. It accused
the communists of striving to get
American atomic secrets spilled 19
the Russians.
It called the Paris gathering a
mobilization of scientists f "civ
il disobedience" against free na
tions. "Ideological confusion" easily
could "pass over into outright trea
son." the report declared, adding:
"If the communists could suc
ceed, by playing upon the notori
ous political naivete of physical
scientists, in inciting scientists to
'strike against their own govern
ment, or sabotage, it would be a
real achievement for the soviet
fatherland."
The committee said the scienti
fic and cultural conference for
world peace held in New York
during March was a forerunner of
the Paris conference.
Keizer Postal
Office Opens
KEIZER, April 18 (Special)
This community's branch postof
fice will open again Tuesday morn
ing at McDermott's Variety store
on North River road. Salem Post
master Albert C. Gragg announced
today.
Mrs. E. V. McDermott will be
clerk in charge of the contract sta
tion, which will receive mail of all
classes, sell stamps, money orders
and registers.
Keizer's first branch opened
March 1, 1948, in the same location
and operated until a fire hit the
store early this year. During that
time it was a rural station, with
its own postmark.
ENVOY'S EYE BETTER
LONDON. April 18- .-Physicians
reported "a slight improve
ment" today in the injured left eye j
of U. S. Ambassador Lewis Doug
las. He snagged the eye with a
trout hook April 4 while flycast
ing near Southampton.
BODY FOUND IN RIVER
REEDSPORT, April 18-;P-The
body of Leonard B. Crawford, 66,
Hauser, was found floating in the
Umpqua river near the county
dock today.
Boards to Activate Plans With Legislated Funds
Members of the state board of ! ployes, and $225,000 for sewage
control said Monday they would j disposal. The latter appropria
lose no time in launching a . con- j tion would be expended in co--striiction
program under legisla- operation with the cities of Salem
tive appropriations, a complete and Pendleton to provide facili
list of which will be presented to ties for state institutions. A pro
the board today. i posed $400,000 state printing plant
Largest appropriatjon received
h th; board involves $2,000,000
iui uuiiuuiKS which win
come from the general fund for
the next biennium. Roy E. Mills,
board secretary, said a major part
of this money probably would be
expended at the Oregon State hos
pital and state penitentiary. Pro
jects under consideration at the
; hospital include a new dormitory
remodeling of aHminitrat.nn
facilities. A new cell block is
Drorx)sed at the Denitentiarv
' .
Other appropriations received
by the board for expansion
purposes included $150,000 for the
purchase of additional capitol
property, $22,500 to buy land for
parking facilities for state m-
Man Kills,
Aid tO Families
Planned; Blame
Put on Grudge
(Pictures on page 6).
PULLMAN. Wash.. April 18-0P)-An
emergency disaster fund
was organized today to aid the
families of men killed in a bloody
Easter gunfight yesterday.
The Pullman and Colfax cham
bers of commerce set up what they
called "the Easter tragedy fund."
Contributions will be. shared by
families of the four men killed in
a battle with George Mclntyre
and possibly by the Mclntvre fam
ily. Others killed in the two-hour
gunfight were Sheriff L. M. Par
nell and Deputy Sheriff Gallagher
of Colfax and Officer Rose Claar
and Ernest Buck of Pullman, a
taxi operator in a posse.
Lasted Two Hours
Police probed the causes which
led to two hours of terror.
An empty gasoline tank and a
long-smouldering grudge were
blamed.
Police Chief Arthur Ricketts
said the grudge was carried by Mc
lntyre, a 28-year-old store owner.
Mclntyre's comely wife, dazed
by this quiet college town's worst
tragedy, blamed the empty gas
oline tank.
"If we hadn't run out of gas on
the way to Spokane this wouldn't
have happened," she said.
The Mclntyres were going to
Spokane 90 miles away for an
Easter dinner. They returned to
Pullman to get gasoline.
Assault Brings Police
Ricketts and other officers said
these events followed:
Mclntyre met W. H. Kershaw on
the street and a fight started. Ker
shaw said Mclntyre bit him on the
neck and pulled a knife.
Back of the fight was the grudge.
Kershaw had sworn out a speed
ing complaint against Mclntyre
last fall. Officer Claar had made
the arrest. Later the two accused
Mclntyre of threatening them with
a gun. Mclntyre was convicted of
second degree assault and was pla
ced on probation. Ricketts said he
had threatened to "get even."
Kershaw said he called police
when Mclntyre pulled the knife.
The officer assigned to arrest Mc
lntyre again was Claar. Mclntyre
refused to go to !the station and
when Claar advanced with a police
club, Mclntyre shot him three
times in the chest with a .22 cal
ibre pistol. Claar shot back four
tames but missed. As Claar lay dy
ing. Mclntyre beat him over the
head with the club, and fled.
At home Mclntyre got a Ger
man sharpshooter's rifle equipped
with a telescopic sight and another
rifle. He waited near a highway
for the posse which went after
him. He picked off three posse
members before a bullet finally
feUed him.
Slide Area's
Closure Sought
TACOMA. Wash.. April 18--Efforts
to bFing voluntary evac
uation of the slide-menaced Sal
mon Beach community near here
met with scant success today.
As tons of dirt and rock loosen
ed by last week's earthquake
hung dangerously above the tiny
settlement,, nestled at the foot of
a 400-foot high cliff, Tacoma city
officials laid the problem of forc
ed evacuation in the lap of Gov
ernor Langlie.
The City council had notified
the 300 or so residents they were
living "in a dangerous slide area"
and continued residence there
would be "at their own risk."
Despite the warning few per
sons left the area.
Langlie said in Seattle tonight
he probably would make a decis
ion tomorrow.
in Salem was defeated.
An additional $6,000,000 ip-
propriated for state construction
will go to the state board of higher
education.
The Stat. Unemployment Com
pensation commission and State
Industrial Accident division face
the task of working out new
, legislation, while tht state tax
commission, under legislative
authority, will extend its tax in
vestigations through the employ
ment of additional field auditors.
Operations of the state highway
commission will be expanded un
der laws increasing the state gaso
line tax and doubling the auto
mobile registration fee.
4, Dies in
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Fourteen-year-old Louis Evans, S140 E. Jensen st., died shortly after belnr removed from the wreckage
of the Ford coupe (partially hidden by trees at extreme left) after a collision with the battered Cadil
lac (foreground) about 6 p. m. Monday at North 21st and Breyman streets. Driver of the Ford, Richard
Chase. Salem route 5, and George Davis, Salem route 4, escaped serious injury. (Statesman photo)
U.S. Opposing
Special Probe
Of Persecution
LAKE SUCCESS, April 8-(JP)-American
opposition was reported
tonight against a proposal for a
special United Nations committee
to look into the Iron curtain trials
of Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty.
Lutheran Bishop Ordass and 15
Bulgarian protestant clergymen.
The proposals was made by Cu
ban delegate Dr. Gustavo Gutier
rez, who said he wants the U.N.
to check on reported religious per
secution behind the iron curtain.
Informed sources said the Un
ited States turned thumbs down on
the Cuban Idea at this time. These
sources sard the U. S. wants the
U.N. to call attention to the way
provided in-the peace treaties with
Bulgaria and Hungary for settling
disputes. The U. S. also said to
favor some censure of Hungary
and Bulgaria in a U.N. resolution.
If the peace treaty machinery
falls down, these sources said, the
U.N. then could be a last resort
for nations favoring action in the
trials of the religious leaders.
Russia's. Jakob A. Malik and oth
erSla"v bloc delegates declared
the trials in Bulgaria and Hungary
are internal affairs and no busi
ness of the U.N.
Other U.N. developments in
cluded: 1. A sharp rebuff for the Soviet
bloc in the 58 member political
committee in its attempt to force
U.N. action for two Greek labor
leaders condemned to death in
Athens. The committee upheld its
Belgian chairman, Fernand Van
Langenhove, when he ruled the
move has out of order.
2. Debate continued on what to
do about Italy's former colonies.
Russia gained support from Arab
and eastern delegates In her de
mand for a U.N. trusteeship over
the areas.
PACIFIC SHIPS COLLIDE
MANILA, Tuesday, April HMvP)
An SOS picked up here said a Bri
tish and an American freighter
collided early today12 miles west
of Sultan Shoal near Singapore.
The ships were Identified as the
4,500-ton Richmond Hill, British,
and the William Tilghman, liber
ty ship.
Meanwhile, state officials Mon
day launched upon the task of
setting up machinery necessary
for putting into operation a large
number of bills of the 1949 leg
islature. Among these bills, affecting vir
tually all state activities, is that
which Increases the salaries and
wages of virtually all state em
ployes an average of $33 month.
This meaaure becomes operative
July 1 when the current $20
a month cost-of-living increase
expires.
Salary increases covering ap
proximately 70 officials aggre
gate $64,000 for the next bien
nium, records released Monday
disclosed. These increases do not
include the salary raises for so
called classified state workers.
Desk clerks of the senate and
house at the recent legislative
session returned Monday to revise
and prepare the legislative pro
ceedings for publication la the
Gun Fray
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Jupe Changes
April Weather
Salem had Its first rainfall In
three weeks Monday when .01 inch
fell to end the April dry spell.
More light rains were forecast by
the weather bureau for today and
tonight.
While the weather didn't turn on
its sunny charm for the area's
combined Easter and Blossom day
Sunday, hundreds of motorists
lined the routes through Polk
county and south of Salem to view
the blossoming orchards.
Cherrians reported the biggest
crowd ever for the annual feature.
Ten thousand printed maps of the
two routes were passed out to
sightseers by the Cherrian guides.
Solid lines of automobiles crossed
the inter-county bridge during the
afternoon.
Work Started
On Two New
Grade Schools
FOUR CORNERS. April 18 -(Special)-Work
started today on
the eight-classroom $209,082 Four
Corners grade school to be located
at Beck and South Elma avenues.
Excavation work is underway
at site of a similar new' school
building in the Capitola area, or
Lansing avenue near Silverton
road. H. G. Earl, Salem contractor,
is building both new schools for
Salem school district 24
At the Four Corners site, bull
dozers wil lbegin leveling the
ground tomorrow, said Fred Lang,
foreman In charge.
The building is part of a $266.
397 project which eventually will
include construction of a gymna
sium and two more classrooms.
Lang estimated it would require
five months to complete the build
ing. Until the school is finished,
Four Corners children will con
tinue to attend Rickey school and
Salem grade schools.
DEWEY TO VACATION
ALBANY, April 18-(P)-Gov.
Thomas E. Dewey announced to
night he would sail for Europe
May t on the Queen Mary for
what he called "a holiday." The
governor said he would return to
New York June 16.
Journals. The work will require
approximately 50 days, said Mrs.
Zylpha Burns, chief clerk of the
senate.
Senate President William Walsh
and House Speaker Frank Van
Dyke, upon leaving for their homes
Monday, announced they would
return to Salem Thursday or Fri
day to confer with Gov. Douglas
McKay in connection with interim
committee appointments.
Enactments of the 1949 legis
lature, as a whole, were construc
tive and the result of careful
and painstaking consideration,
the governor declared Monday.
"Never in the history of the
state has a legislature faced more
difficult financial problems than
the one that adjourned here Sat
urday night".
The governor indicated he
might disagree with the legisla
ture on one or two bills but in
the main they had and would
receive his approval. No veto yet
has been made known.
at Pullman
Killed Youth
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Votes Support
County Rural
School Budget
Voters in several Marlon county
rural school districts approved the
annual school budget on the basis
of partial returns from Monday's
election.
Counts from eight of the 62 dis
tricts on the $1,218,365 budget for
1949-50 showed 721 in favor and
164 against. Of the budget $1,120,
671 is in excess of the 6 per cent
limitation.
Approval of a proposal to con
solidate union high school district
4J of Stayton with the Marion
county rural school district was
hinted In returns from the eight
districts. Partial returns showed
723 for the consolidation -and 152
riiint. Stayton district voted
for the merger 120 to 7.
Votes on the budget by districts
were Aumsville. 87 yes. 8 no;
Fruitland. 5 yes. 9 no; Stayton.
125 yes. 3 no; Turner. 4 es, 27
no; North Santiam, 12 yes, 10
no; Mt. Angel, 30 yes. 51 no;
Keizer 333 yes, 26 no; Salem
Heights, 125 yes, none no.
Ireland, Free,
Urges Use of
Gaelic Tongue
DUBLIN, Ireland. April 18-;P)-President
Sean T. O'Kelly of the
new republic of; Ireland told his
countrymen tonight to stop speak
ing English and restore the ancient
Gaelic language.
In a prepared radio address
O'Kelly said the winning of the
republic would be an empty vic
tory if the Irish lost their tongue.
Posters appeared on Dublin's
streets calling for a boycott of
English newspapers. "The king
is gone, now cut the language tie
with Britain." the signs said. They
were printed in English.
Ireland was a completely inde
pendent nation again after 780
years of rule by the British crown.
Celebrating Irishmen danced in
the strets, shouting "Na Poblacht
Abu!" Gaelic for "Up the Repub
lic!" For many of the celebrants there
was one flaw In this great day.
The republic covers 26 of the
storied isle's 32 countries. Six
counties of Ulster province, in the
northeast, remain with Great
Britain.
Premier John A. Costello said
the republic would grant a large
measure of local autonomy to
ULstermen If the partition of the
island were ended.
W. Stayton Talks
Club Reactivation
WEST STAYTON, April 18
(Special) Plans for reviving the
West Stayton Community club will
be discussed here Wednesday at 8
p.m. in a public meeting in the
Community hall.
Members of the Community hall
board will confer with residents
who are interested in opening the
auditorium to public activities
again. The organization has been
inactive for some time.
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Collision
Injures
4 Others
Louis Levoid Evans, 14, of 8140
E. Jensen st , died at a local hos
pital Monday of multiple frac
tures of the skull incurred in ihm
collision of two automobiles at 21st
and Breyman streets about 6 p.m.
It was the first fatal accident of
1949 within the city limits of, Sa
lem, j.
ICvans, a student at Parrish jun
ior high school and son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ernest Evans, was a passeng
er in a car operated by Richard
Orrin Chase, 30, Salem route 5.
when it collided with one operated
by Ralph Lester Von Blericom,
485 N. 23rd st. U j
The impactof the crash knock
ed the 1930Ford coupe,5 operand
by Chase, about 75 feet across Urn
curbing and against the residenoa
at 505 N. 21st st. 'Evans, WJlh
James Young, 12, 1085 N. 17th L,
and Eddie Reitz, 989 N.i 18th ft,
was riding in the back of the Ford.
Young and Reitz escaped injury
except for minor bruises. j
Also hospitalized but, released
after treatment ai a result of tt
accident were Chase and George
Davis, 22, Salem route; 4. Beth
suffered multiple bruises j and
minor cuts. Von Blericom was un
injured. Police In reconstructing the ac
cident reported that Chase j wasj
driving north on 21st street; and
Von Blericom weut on Breyman aft
the time of the accident. ,Voni Ble
ricom's 1942 Cadillac spun4 the
lighter car around, forced itjovtr
the curb and into the side of the
house The Cadillac came tq ret
against the northwest Corner tuf
the intersection and headed east
ward. ; i '
The Ford was completely de
molished and- the front end Of the)
Cadillac was extensively; damagi-d
Evans was born at Sioux Falls.
S. D., Sept. 16, 1934. ani had lived
in the Salem area about two
years. Besides his parents he ia
survived by sisters, Mrs. Charles
Shaffer, Maxine, Joan and Carol
Evans; brothers, Charles and Har
ry Evans, all of Salem, j
Woodburn Pool
WOODBURN, April 18 i(Spe
cial) Signs of the good old Brn
mertime were apparent here this
week when the city parkjand re'e
reation board announced prelimin
ary plans for opening the "muni
cipal swimming pool.' j
The pool was completed last
summer. Youngsters under 12 may
swim for eight cents a day or buy
season tickets for $2. Those 'over
12 will be charged 20 cents a d.iy
or $3.50 a season, and adults 3
cents a swim or $5 a season.; The
opening date will be announced
later.' i
A. G. Cowan, board chairman,
announced that Archie Murphy
and his volunteer crew of workers
have completed the cooking unit
Jor the city park. Two marble
top tables have been donated fcy
Bill Peltz and will be placed by the
cooking unit. ii i
Referendum and
Old Age Pension
Recall Threatened
PORTLAND. April i'l8HVP)-A
threat to put the old age pension
bill on the ballot again came
today from a pension group here.
Joe Dunne, who sponsored the
$50 minimum pension plan passed
by the people last November,! call
ed the legislature's recently pars
ed bill "a contemptible betrayal
of the people's interest.
He said there may even be a
recall effort against legislators
who voted against the higher pen
sions asked by the old age group.
"I think the republican party
has "aid the foundation for its
upset in Oregon," Duntje said.
Unless the governor vetoes the)
bill, the group here will circulate
referendum petitions, Dunne said.
WISE CONDITION 'WORSE'
NEW YORK, April 18-f;P)-Dr.
Stephen S. Wise, 75-yearold Jew
ish leader critically ill Saturday,
was reported 'by Lenox Hill hos
pital tonight to be somewhat
worse. I I
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Willamette river 3.5 feet.
FORF.CAST (from US weather bu
reau. McNary field. Salem): Cloudy
llrht rain today and tontht. High 1o
dav near 56. Low tonUrnt near 4S. Fain
will hinder all farm activities today.
SAI.EM PRECIPITATION
(Sept. 1 t April 19) j
Thin Year
37.4a
Lat Year
40 87
Average
32.
Plan Prepared
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