Sicedish Ambassador Visits State Capitol '--- - nundid 1651 w-'l-'. S3H TEAB 14 PACES The Onqoa. Statesman. Salem, Orvgan. Wednesday. MayjlL 1343 PRICE Sc No. SI 1 xBf ection Jtotces Loncede Ml r - . Swedish AwbiMidw Erik Bobcma and his ytrif foaad Oretaa's iMdera capital baildingr and scenic bean tics, parties Urly the rhadodeadrees, met adusirable daring their star in Salem Twesday. Here the ambassador, far rifht, and members af his. party admire the bloems at the sfcatehoase with Gov. Deaf las McKay. Left ta rixht they are. Axel M. Hide. Swedish vice censal at Portland: Maane Und belm. general eensal at San Francis; Gov. McKay; and Madame and Ambassador Babemaa. (States maa phate). (Stary aa page 5). - Chamber Group Plans Action To Prevent Loss of Air Traffic Off 0S3OOG0 TPtDDDQCa An observer at the city council (nee tine Monday night could see the famed "democratic process la operation on the strictly local level. It wasn't quite a New Eng land town meeting there was no poll taken of the audience. But the session did provide an open forum for discussion of two sub jects on which public opinion was sharply divided: adoption of day light saving tim and adoption of a resolution lor city-state coope ration on rerouting of traffic on state highways in Salem. I do not believe the argument changed any votes in either case, bec!ie both subjects had been quite fi:lly con sidered by councilmen previously andt they had made up their minds how to vote. But all who cared to speak were given an opportunity to be heard. The old right of petition was respected. Another - thing to be noted is that the debate was almost uni formly in good temper. While feelings ran deep on the two Issues those who spoke confined themselves to arguments and didn't stray off much Into per sonalities. On the daylight saving isfue the rural communities were well rep resented and uniformly opposed to clock-tampering. Few city folk showed up to endorse daylight , saving, though employed workers are supposed to be the benefic iaries of the extra hour of day light. The council voted for DST partly I feel sure out of desire to keep in conformity ith Port land time. Opposition to the Balddck plan " i was largely centered in the effort , of the South Salem Progress club -i..k ' representing business men on , South Commercial to keep two- j way traffic on their street, and proposing limited widening to permit four lanes of traffic. But their position was (Continued on editorial pge) -f-! - - Iloartl to Name Hoy School If rati Fritlav The state board of control an- Bounced Tuesday it had aareed t upon a superintendent of the Ore- I g4i Boys school at Wood burn, but J his name would not be revealed j until Friday. He was selected lrten field of more than 20 applicants. The new superintendent would ; succeed M. D. Wooliey. who re- signed recently to accept a posi- j tion as secretary of the Ha drey i county chamber of commerce at 1 Burns. Animal Crackers By VC'AJSEN GOOOCiCH "No think for mummte, AWiw how would yom m-a-Sjt without four awiaiw?- .,we- ;j By Lester F Cear . Staff Writer. The Stktrsmaa Salem's Chamber of Commerce aviation committee Tuesday made plans for immediate action to prevent loss of a major portion of com mercial air traffic at McNary field because of sub-standard landing equipment. Commercial pilots, through the Air Transport association, have notified City Manager J. L. Franzen they will refuse to land at the airport during cloudy weather this fall and winter unless adequate equipment is installed. . W. M. (Jack) Bartlett. director of the state board of aeronautics and chairman of the aviation committee, was chairman for the special session. Attending were James Mathews, assistant United Air Lines flight Red Troops Resume South China Drives SHANGHAI. Wednesday, May 1 1-CA)-The Communist drive into South China has reached Kink I less than SO miles from coastal Fukien Province, the Nationalists admitted today. ; In its first reference to "the main Red offenSice in 48 hours, the Shanghai garrison command said 2.000 Communists have atttacked Kinki. south of the j Chekiang Kiangsi railroad. (This meant the main National ist rail, escape route .from eastern China to Canton had been cut again. The Reds previously had sealed off the Shanghai area by taking Hangchow. Kinki is 250 air miles southwest of: Hangchow and 80 miles southeast of Nan chang). The garrison communique also said the Reds were attacking Ka sha n, i0 miles southeast of Shang hai. It admitted communications with the city were severed at dawn hkh usually rnrans cap tured. The conimuniqcfe gave no in- dication of the size of the Kashan attack, but most actions in that ! area appeared to have been small ? scale. ' j at a m m a a ' 1 I iliuw Itjll- v,"-c' iiUiion Of-v " i rw- j cility if the ceiling is less than 3. (XX) II lJttVllgllt f 1 lllieZ 'fet: This would virtually elimi-.-.J". - L ' ! nate all winter traffic. Mill Uon t Like It An unofficial survey Tuesdar inditated that most Willamette valky cities will reluctantlv follow Salem by adoptinc daylight saving time i ext Monday. In most cities, councils were be- in poied ,bv mavors to set-ur au- thonzation to proclaim the time) switch before nes.t week's council i meetir.gs. No official proclamation had been made Tuesday night be eer. 1 Wocdbuk IblUf ilhn kit ' J ' 7, T Angel and: Silverton councils have , .. . i " . : ,r ,T "d,ctd would fol- low Salem's decision. ;j Officials of smaller cities Indicated thev op- nosed the rhanae but indicated lndct wvujhi mtntnw ii Mf nnttawa. ;! i j Cood Cherry Crops Forecast By Willamette Valley Growers .3 ' By Lillie L Madea ternment until well into summer, j Trm jtdiiwr. Ttr Mtrun and there is no reason to ore- j Indications are that there willisuooose adverse actxm. he added. be a better than average cro" ofi Don Rasmuen, county agent tiki. k urn. 1 (ki.il,ti Jt . lamette valley. R. . Shinn of! WUlamette Cherry Growers said j Tuesday, t 3 Chernes passed he blak-om f stare without any Hcold rains, j Esrly dust and sprays were an - piied without bemg rtwasoed ri.ttr.at wnne tr crop wiu not b If growers are careful and spray! so reavy as Last year, picking r dust when the flies emerge. I conditions will be much better notices of which are ler.t out, the ! a the weather has permitted bet cron : should be very protruding. ! ter care of the fields than was Shinn stated. ,i .'possible in the continuously rainy Some ferr of competitloo from ) seaon a year ago. Italian; brine cherries this yearj While it is too early to say has been expressed by local grow- i much about the prunes yet. grow ers, but this fear sa fmr is un-jers state that the flowering "and founced. Shinn stated. No action early "set"' period has been favor co this will b;kkcn by the gov- able lor a full crop. 4 manager in the northwest; rial Sweeney, Salem UAL manager; James Rudolph, CAA transport in spector; L. W. Ashall. district CAA carrier inspector; Lt. Cmdr. Wal lace Hug, Salem naval reserve fa cility manager; Charles Barclay, new Salem airport manager; City Manager J. I. Franzen; Chamber President Hoy Harland. and com mittee members Burr Miller. Jam es Walton and Wayne Hadley. Steps Assared Bartlett and Franzen assured the officials that immediate steps would be taken to remodel the Sa lem UAL localizer into a "hom ing landing transmitter. ..This would serve until the city Is able to secure aa instrument landing system from the CAA in Wash ington, D. C. Mathews said the Salem localizer has never been satisfactory be cause of its short range. He said the "homing transmitter, similar to a small radio station, would be satisfactory until an instrument landing system could be installed. Randolph advised the committee to contact Seattle regional CAA of fices to determine whether it has requested national CAA officials for the instrument system. He said Salem officials, if necessary, should fo directly to the congressional budget committee. He also pointed out that it would require about, six months to install the machin ery after it is received. New Equipment The -homing" transmitter would ! P' PV " . V airpori. wtuie the instrument landing system i wouia guiae mem airecuy into ine landing stnp lane. Pilots have sti ri ill tai thaw ti'ill m oka r-.n Uniinas K"r " , wimoui i least me nomini la- j landing equipment can be installed I s before October 1. if total cressura Dersuades congress to si Drove the appropriation .'immediately. He w&med that "the pilots aren't kiti- dingnd I don't bUme them a bit" Fransen declared "there is no reason why we can't mo to work n th s immediate'y. The c ity of Salem wis not aware of its air- 1 port sNrtcomings until notified b? ln pilots. I am sure this can be worked out satisfactorily." .. I jlLIIQUU Slbi9 YAKIMA. May 10 -(-Injuries suffered in a two-car crash yester-! day were fatal today to Miss Daisy Hendrix of Newberg. Miss Hen-; whu served 15 years as a missionary in Korea, had been a speaker at a religious conference here. areas strawberries are not iniured o severely by fronts as in others. Some . Silverton Hill growers re- port heavy lotnes.' while others sav the frosts passed over their fields lightly. Grower be! ie e Three Decade New Jersey Rule Broken JERSEY CITY. N. J, May 10- tVFrank "Boss" Hague's forces conceded defeat tonight in tms city's hotly-fought municipal com mission election. Mayor Frank Hasrue Eggers. nephew of the veteran political chieftain, issued a statement short ly after 10 d. m. (EDT). saying: i "It is the will of the people and we will abide by their decision." j Eggers made the statement at icity hall. He left immediately for ! police headquarters, i Complete unofficial returns gave 81.117 votes to John V. Kenny, leader of the fusion slate which has waged a hard-fought campaign to unseat Hague. Eggers received 59,231 votes. Hague, himself, was not a can didate but his prestige was. Voting was extremely heavy In the morning and afternoon. Offi cials looked for factory workers ballots before the 9 p. m. (EDT) poll dosing to swell the total to record proportions. More than 7,500 police, election deputies and candidates' challeng ers manned the polls but there were no major disturbances. The 73-year-old Hague, an ad viser to presidents, came out of semi-retirement to stump for his ticket. The slate is headed by his nephew, Frank Hague Eggers, who became mayor two years ago when Hague stepped down after 30 years in the office. Although he relinquished the mayoralty, Hague kept a tight hold on his positions as state democratic leader and vice chairman of the National Democratic committee. The opposition was split into three camps. The most formidable was led by John V. Kenny, a one time Hague lieutenant, who has charged that the aging leader is a dictator, attempting to set up dynasty. Atlantic Pact Debate Raises Defense Point WASHINGTON. May 10 -(A The Atlantic pact does not mean any "Maginot line" defense of western Europe, not does it sig nify that a vast army will be strung along the borders of that area, senate foreign policy lead ers said today. Exactly what the United States would do in case of an attack;, on western Europe was left un said by Chairman Connally (D Tex) of the senate foreign rela tions committee, and Senator Vandenberg (R-Mich). But Gen. Omar N. Bradley, army chief of staff, has made plain that if he had his way. trategy would be to stop an invasion, rather than let the con-1 tinent be overrun and then seek to liberate it later. The question of how far the. United States is prepared to go in meeting such an invasion was i raised at a senate hearing by : James P. Warburg, former New York banker. "on-l. co.mmAt.tee. h would PP,S l" "'""" now before the committee, if the i United States intends to defend j the frontiers of western Europe j in the event of war. j Chairman Connally assured himj that "the treaty does not con-j template stringing any army ,0"., th Kh,n- th udr or " Blaze Damage Low At Page Residence Fire starting at 8:45 p. m. Tues day swept from cellar to roof in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer Page. 1589 Chemeketa St., but fire men fighting the blaze until 10:30 prevented destruction of the house. The fire, starting from faulty wiring firemen believe, swept up ward through a clothes chute. Firemen encountered the blaze in almost every room but managed to meet it before it had time to ignite the several rooms. The 'kitchen Was almost totally destroyed but remainder of the damage was almost totally due to water and smoke. The Page's had gone for a drive when the fire occurred, Max. -SI Vta. Preria. ca-rrsoctioo 47 1 ' 4X 2 5S ST Trace ' aa' Chievc Krw York t FORECAST itmn V. S.i wither tauu McNary Ftold. Saleaai: cKcept tor carty snaraiae eJoudtness it will he wneraiiy tair lexlay mat Thwrwiay. Ha Ukut near BS. Vvm tonifbt near . Excellent uithtr torn all farm ac Uvttan unng aext 48 hoars. SALEM PltCimATMit 4S4. I ( Stay I ThU Year J4 last Year 44JSX Averaet CSS Fflirsil: . , rs m I ; ' DflD-Q: WeatiOneir Seirods flpmtojia Up Melting Snow Sends Streams Over Banks PORTLAND. May 9-;p-A hot sun sent snow-fed streams in the upper Columbia basin to flood levels today, but river forecasters advised that a major flood was not in prospect. Columbia tributaries swelled fast as the fifth successive warm day melted snowfields in Canada, northern Washington and Idaho. The Twisp river in north cen tral Washington closed a bridge and creot over a road in the Meth ow valley. The Kootenai river, rising three feet a day in north ern Idaho, threatened a dike near Bonner? Ferry. The dike was under repair when waters began rising. Work crews scurried to refill the section, only two feet above the river level. The main dikes, however, are at the 30-foot mark, and the river Is ex pected to be up only to 22 feet to morrow. Observers said there was no prospect of a major flood like last year's. The weather bureau here said the deep Columbia channel could handle the run-off without dan ger, although the lower Columbia is again expected to reach flood stage of 15 feet at Vancouver, Wash., by Friday. The onlv damatfe nredicted was In north central Washington. The Wenatchee river there was only SH feet below the flood crest of last year and was expected to go up another 3 feet and damage farm fields. Temperatures climbed again in Oregon today, reaching 90 degrees at Ontario. Other highs: Pendleton 99, Medford 87. Bend 8 La Grande 95, Baker 84, The Dalles 86, Portfand 81, Roseburg 84, Klamath Falls 78, Newport 58. In eastern Washington lt climb ed to 96 at Pasco. Vandals Damage Albany Property, Roll Over Autos ALBANY. Ore.. May 10 JP) Store windows were broken, cars rolled over and two false fire alarms were turned in here early today in a seige of destructive vandalism. Police Chief James Byerly said several youths had been ques tioned but there had been no ar rests made late today. He said 14 cases of wilful prop- -.-., A .; from suburban and business secr ' tions. Several parked cars weri The conservative party announc moved into center lanes of streets ed n . "at " n" and beer bottles thrown through : raP returna rn,bJ LS store windows. Damage was placed at several thousand dollars. Pet Parade at Silverton Scheduled for 3Iay 27 SILVERTON, May 10 -(Spec- x i v . t a : ff an-: I lie annual AUKuiiii gion pet parade has been set for Friday. May 27. beginning at 8 p.m. This will be the 18th con secutive year for the youth ac tivity. The parade was first started by Dr. A. J. McCannel. who is again in charge of arrangements this year. For a number of years, while Dr. McCannel was out of town, F. M. Powell was in charge. This year he is assisting Dr. Me-Cannel. Eagle Scout Held for Church Slaying of Roanoke Qassmate ROANOKE. Va. May 10-P-Eagle Scout Lee Scott. 16. was formally charged tonight with the church-kitchen murder of Dana Marie Weaver, attractive and pop ular school girl, also 16. The boy was taken to the city Jail and a copy of the warrant, signed by Police Judge S."R, Price, handed to his attorney. The warrant was issued after police had questioned the youth since 2 pjn. today. He had been taken Quietly from his class room at Jefferson high school after pe ace received reports he had scratches on his face. The accused gave police a state ment during the questioning .but it was reported to be fragmentary. Whether any or all of it was sign-' ed was not learned. ' . A ; brief statement only wis Is sued by police tonight in an un precedented press conference here. Detective CapC Frank H. Webb simply said that Scott had been WesH: Traiim Turner-Aumsville District 5 Votes Cut bi School Tax Levy TURNER, May lO-(Special)-The budget committee and school board of Tumer-Aumsville school district 5 here last night voted to lower the district's tax levy from 50.1 to 34.5 mills a reduction of 15.6 mills. The reduction was made possi ble, it was explained, because of a $45,000 surplus in the 1948-49 budget. About $1,500 was saved in tuition fees when more students were accommodated at Turner. Also missing from the 1949-51 budget is an $11,000 appropriation used to purchase the site of the proposed Turner-Aumsville high school building. Strand Backed by Board For Dismissing; 'Leftists' PORTLAND, May 10 -JPy- The state board of higher education in effect declared war today on the leftists who arc criticizing Dr. A. L. Strand, president of Oregon State college. Strand came under attack after dismissing two professors Dr. Ralph Spitzer and L. R. La Vallee. The two said they were fired be cause of off-campus activity for the progressive party, and charged that academic freedom was being undermined. Strand denied this, and the fac ulty backed him up by rejecting unanimously an appeal from the dismissed two. The unnamed leftists began sending "false statements' through the mails about the affair. Strand told the board today. He added that one of the leftists led the San Diego State college chapter of the American Association of Univer sity Professors to protest to the Oregon Board against the dismis sals. The board authorized StraisnS to confer with the state attorney general on possible legal action against the authors of the letters. British Voters Swing Right LONDON. May 10-UP)-British voters have continued their trend to the right in the first of week- long elections in England and jior u .jul.u.. I counefcs. It said am nclded 43 ! , , ILV i VtLw ruling labor (socialist) party. Headquarters of the labor party in London said it would make no statement and issue no figures on the voting tonight. Music Festival Nets 0n f n e T IV 1 j $V7.oU IOr ISatltl f UIHl WILLAMINA, May 10 -(Special)- The music festival program Friday netted $97.50. which will be used for the grade school band fund. The program, attended by about 400 people, is an annual event sponsored by the Civic club. Mrs. Roy Durham was in charge of the program, which was in the "Gay Nineties' theme. charged with slaying the girl. Webb said that the youth told police where to find a paper sack containing a coffee bag missing from the church kitchen, and also directed them to clothing he is said to have worn on Sunday? Officers said articles of clothing contained stains believed to be blood. A coat bore a large dark blotch on the front. A similar marking was found on the trous ers leg. Police said they believed these markings were blood. Scott was a school mate of the slain girl at Jefferson high school where she was a Junior. He lived in the same neighborhood. He is a choir; boy in the church where Dana' Marie was, slain. -The girl's body was found early Monday morning by the janitor of Christ Episcopal church. She lay slumped in the church kitchen and signs of a desperate struggle with the assailant who apparently club bed her with a pop bottle. . Headfe. iw LBeirDSirQ The proposed new levy would raise a total; of $89,700 as com pared with $129,995 In last year's record budget. , The proposed budget includes $20,000 and inter est on an approved bond issue for building a new district high school building between the cities. ' The action preceded a May 16 vote to decide whether the Tur-ner-Aumsville district should be dissolved. The committee and board said a favorable vote on dis solution would create a $100,000 deficit within the district and would necessitate disposing of the $15,000 site of the proposed new school building. Portlanders , . Plead for State Of f ice Building Advantage that would accrue to the city of Portland, as 'a whole. j and to the public both inside and outsiae tne city, through construc tion of the proposed new $2,500, 000 state office building in East Portland, was' emphasized by a group of officials of the east side Commercial club before the state board of control Tuesday. Arguments advanced by the group were; largely the same as submitted to a previous board of control two years ago. The board said it would Inspect a number of the proposed sites for the building and if it is built on the east side of the Willamette riv er it porbably will be located in the Holladay'park addition. Dean Wells told the board that Holladay park addition was favor ed by residents of East Portland as a site for the new structure largely because of its central loca tion and available parking areas. Wells also stressed that Ralph E. Lloyd, owner of the Holladay Addition, had recently indicated a $25,000,000 development which would include a hotel, apartment houses, mercantile -establishments and other projects. "It is our opin inion," Wells said, "that location of the state office building in the Holladay park addition eventually would mean creation of a civic center second to none In the Pa cific northwest. (Other board of control news, page 6.) a t Urailllllll Strike Reported ! PORTLAND. May lO-ifrh- Clif ford T. Howlett, a Democratic party leader of Portland, was quot ed here tonight as reporting a deposit of uranium ore had been found in southeast Oregon. Howlett reported by telephone from Los Angeles that the deposit was in the Steens mountain area. Howlett said the Groch Engineer ing co., Los Angeles, has assayed the ore as bearing 4.27 percent uranium, oxide. He said the ore was valued at 1299.46 a ton. The Portlander claimed the ore was of a type which did not ema nate radioactive rays. He said sev eral Porttaders were associated with him in the claim. Howlett said the government's Atomic Energy Commission would be asked to certify the ore. Ford Peace Talks To Continue Today DETROIT May 10 -OP)- The first peace talks since the start of the six-day Ford strike broke up today with no settlement in sight. j . Another session was scheduled tomorrow at 10 ajn. ' : As the talks went on. more Ford plants across the nation prepared to lay off 14,000 workers and shut down . at the., end of the day's operations.' f Survey Total Deaths, v Damage in 19 48 Flood WASHINGTON; May 10 -Pp The May, 1948. spring flood on the lower Columbia river killed 91 persons and caused property dam age exceeding $100,000,000. the Geological Survey said today. That made It the Washington Oregon area's m s t expensive Good, the agency said in a report, although floods of 1894 and 187 were deeper and snore violent. Clay Speaks At Farewell Ceremonies FRANKFURT, Germany, M a y 11 (Wednesday) (AP) The first five can of the first train to Berlin since the Russians bloc sad- t ed the former German capital left Frankfurt early today. i . The train, carrying almost 100 news and radio correspondents and British and American cfri- -rials, left Frankfurt at 8 37 a. m. (1:37 a. m., EST). ; 1 . The cars are scheduled to ar rive this afternoon at the border crossing point of Helmstedt in the British zone where they will t-e coupled onto a British mill tat y tram. - . The Anglo-American train is ex pected to cross inlo the Russiaa zone at 2:13 a. m . tomorrow (7:13 p. in., today, EST). j BERLIN. May 10- (AP) Gen, Lucius D. Clay said today Amtii cans want to see Germany, united, , provided all sections have "the same guarantees of freedom a contained in the Bonn institution." Clay, who is retiring five dare hence from the position of U. 8. military governor, spoke at a fare well ceremony in the German ti zonafc economic council at Frar furv - - i A constitution containing an. el aborate bill of rights was adopted for the western zones of Germany by a German parliamentary tttn vention at Bonn' Sunday. ! I Clay's temark paralleled a state ment last week by the British mil itary governor. Gen. Sir Brian Ro bertson, that the west was deter mined not to bargain away fund mental democratic rights at the four-power foreign ministers con ference opening in Paris May 23. The Bonn constitution excludes the Soviet zone for the present. Convention leaders said the Soviet zone did not guarantee the demo cratic rights, including free elec tions, that exist in the western zones. ( I ! Quake Damage Nil Inspection Tour; of Building Proves I I ) Preliminary fears that Oregcn'e rapitol building anJ office build ings had been extensively dam aged by last month's earthquake proved unrounded Tuesday after an extensive examination of! all structures by Engineer R. A. Ce of Portland brought forth the comment "no damage what so ever." . j" Cracked plaster In rooms! of various buildings Is attributed te natural settling of the buildir.fN and the famed pioneer statue if merely in a natural stride onward to the north not leaning. Case, an engineer for the archi tectural firm of Dugan, Heims and Ceine, of Portland, surveyed .ev ery building in the capitol area With Laurence Christensen. state buildings tuptrio tend en t, and both stated that all buildings were in sound structural shape. Final examination of the statue includ ed a trip inside the gold-pitted figure. LOGGER IN JIBED MOLALLA. May 10-PV-Rolert W. Shields. Portland, was injuied at a logging operation near here today when a roiling log strut si him. He suffered a fractured leg and was taken to a Portland hos pital for treatment. ! Baseball Scores . Vf eaters International At Victoria 1. Salem 11 At Vancouver IX. Wr.tchr At Bremerton f. Yakicna 8 At apokane 1. Tacoma 21 ; Ceaat Leaf ae At Portland s. Moll -. .-nod At Saattlo S. OakianJ 2 At Los ArtteWs 9. Saa Io T At Saa rrartcisce 1. sacrament 9 Aaaerieaa "Leasae Al Detroit 1. Jw Yr j At St. Louts J. BoitMi I At CLrveUod . Wahintoe t At Chicago e. Philadelphia 8 National Leagae Na gamos piayod. ra.o. 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