' Fido Finishes Second in 440 Milton Asks McKay Block Tax Board Appointees , ' . 3 rt 5:1 , - jV f ST. PAUL, spectator Minn., Mav 19 A all daring a high fan sounded for the 440. Then he leaped Into the act. For a while he led the Held. But twice he broke the stride ot Gene MrDemott (right) by run nine between his lets, routine Gene a likely meet record. The finish, as shown, was: McDermott, first: Fido. second: Don SpcUer. (left) third. (AP WIRF.PHOTO to the SUtemn) Fairview Fire Laid to Arson Investigation Thursday of the $250,000 Fairview home hospital fire revealed the blaze, which iace.i through Ihe t-o story structure Wednesday afternoon, apparently w set deliberately. Lt. Thomas Sheridan, head of the Mate police arson squad, said in Portland last night that the fire broke out in, a basement storeroom awr beds and mattresses. Employes Mid there w nothing there to CRT 0SEDO0 A letter from State Treasurer Pearson gives his rejoinder to comments in this column redirect ing changes on the tax commis sion. I quote pertinent paragraphs as follows: "I want to categorically deny that either Monroe Sweet land or John Hall had anything to do w ith the appVHntments of the new tax commissioners. I also w ish to in form you that the party at New port which was given by Senator Gardner was entirely norpohtiral. lt may have been bipartisan, but I can assure you that the tax commission appointments were rot discussed. Neither was Sen ator Mahoney s candidacy for the president of the senate, or any thing else of a political nature. As a matter of fact there were several others invited to attend. Among them were President cf the Senate William Walsh and Speaker of the House Van Dyke and several other prominent re publicans. It so happened that Mr Walsh and Mr. Van' Dyke were unable to be at the Crab festival at Newport, and therefore were not at the party. "Never, have I maligned any one whom I have fired in private business, and when the tax com missioners were not reappointed 1 did not wish to cast any reflec tions on them. I have no inten tions of doing so now. and would rather that it would remain on the basis that I did not wish to reappoint them for personal rea sons. "Also. I wish to reiter.ite that I am not a candidate for Gov ernor. Tlte appointments to the tax commission were not political and I am personally very proud of them. The results rtf their work will speak for itself and I have no apologies to make " The best part of tre lefer in his reiteration that he is not a candidate for governor To exjeri enced observers Pearson is j;nng through the familiar ant;r? of can didacy, evidently what he hadn't .determined on is the date As far as Sweetland and H..H's parts in picking the new t.ix ct m mi.viorris I labeled that as a gues and not as a fact. Sweet land was one of those democrats cited as "not wanting'" Wharton though very definitely Les Jos'm. clemo ciatic state chairman d;d favor Wharton's retention. As to the Smith (continued on editoisal pagel Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH "Mom i-s otto? poetic." Is.. IT '" H .1 III Mill II II I I 1 III t brown and whit mencrfl was a quiet school track meet yesterday until the Hospital , cauff a fire accidentally, Sheridan : reported after probing the smold ering ruin. i "We concluded someone must j have set h." Sheridan declared "Right now; we don't know who it i ws.'' SheHdiin faid the investiga j tion was continuing. i Estimate of I-ows Cat Meanwhile, the estimated loss from the blaze Was reduced Thur , day when Valuable equipment was i salvaged, according to Dr. Irvin B. j Hill, Fairview superintendent. j Dr. Hill laid that a surgical table ' and surgical Instruments were sal- j vaged. Part of fthe $15,000 X-ray i machine can be; salvaged. Dr. Hill j had previously placed total dam- ' ages to the building and equipment 1 at about $300,000. j "Of this amoiint. I had figured ! that about SlfJO.OOO lay in lost equipment. But I believe this lat- ' ter figure jean now bt ftdwwl by about halfj" the doctor said. j I May Be Clou verted The building: walls appeared to , , be in good shape but the interior I I is damaged. He indicated it might , be converted into a store room or similar structure. i "I am definitely against con- j structing another hospital in a i building with more thsn one i ' story," he; stated. j Hospital facilities are being set ' up m imiinrr collage ai r air lew Serious causes, iuch as surgical pa- tients. hoever. will be cared for i at other institution's hospitals. Dr. j Hill said. He credited the saving of equip- ! city firemen in preventing the structure : from burning to the i ground. He gave high praise to j Fire Chief William Roble and his ! crews and to state police w ho as i sisted in : corttroling crowds and traffic. : Gas Tax Takes July 2 Oregon's Increased gasoline tax should b corne effective Julv 2. but the irttrea-ved tax on diesel and other rrsolor. eh e'e f-. els so i'.rl tnmf l6 ; oi .Tii!- !6 Att'r-ee '".everal SOeorge Nearer ju'.ed Thi-rsriayj. The present tax is 5 cents a g..l lor. on g-,s3i,',e d ep' legislature Voted to boost t-ern o 6 cvt or 3, v J Nei.oer. irt m ir:'Tinn f-r Sec ret;.! v of St 'e Fd-1 T. r-wbrv. held that tic dseel t it increase cousin t become effective urtii SO days after tre doi -foment of t-e lenslature Wause it was not an emer gencv meas u re ct Salem Schedule Cleanup Drive May 2-4 WEST ;SfALEM. Mav 19-iSi-cutll Mf or Walter Musgrave an nounced tiay that a cleanup drive wi!! be held here Ma 2 and 25. City trtifks will pick up rubbish along curbs and alieyn free of charge M thoj-e days, Mugtave said. ' Injunction Outlaws Ban On Fixed-Gear Fishing! A preliminary injunction which prohibits enforcement of The ban on ftxedygear salmon fishing in the Cciuimia river was ordered Thursday m Marion county cir- . cuit court. It is ta. remain in force pending outcome of the litigation, ruled Judj.e E-,M. Page The Columbia River Packers as sociation and other fixed-applt-anc fishermen are plaintiffs in the suit which charges that the initiative j-t voted at the last gen eral election is u (-.constitution!. The ballot title of the mesure Claims 'Experts' Required PORTLAND, May 19-.PWA re publican party spiit became ap parent today as controversy In creased over recent state tax com mission appointments. An the latent development State Senator Frank H. Hilton, Multno mah county republican, urged Governor McKay to take legal ac tion to prevent Ray Smith. Port land republican, and Robert Mac lean, Waldport democrat, from , taking office as tax commissioners. In a letter to McKay. Hilton de i scribed the two appointees as "men w holly inexperienced in tax mat ! ters." Mixed up in thi. political ob servers said. wa5 the rivalry be tween McKay and Secretary of State Earl Newbrv for the republi can nomination for governor in 1950. Smith and Maclean were voted the tax job bv Newbry and Wal ter Pearson, democratic state trea i surer. McKay voted to retain dem- ocrat Wallace Wharton and repub : hcan Earl Fisher. Advocated Roberts i The republican state executive , committee had recommended Car i hsle Roberts, Portland attorney, as i a choice to succeed Fisher, either at once or when Fisher becomes eligible to retire next fall. Senate President William E. . Walsh. Coos Bay. was quoted as saying, "this is the beginning of the- civil war." ! Ex-Gov. Charles A. Sprague con , demned the Smith appointment. He wrote in his column in the Oregon Statesman, "Smith has been a republican politico in Port land for a decade, a conniver who tries to play for the winner. I re call he was ousted from a position , with the state department of : health, but managed to snare an other state job. My guess is that j he is the choice of former Gover j nor John H. Hall. He was a staunch ! Hall supporter a vear ago." Pot Into Office by Mail ! Newbry was put into office by . Hall, then later won election. Hilton asserted the governor i could block the appointments 1 through a section of the state law , that says, "Each commissioner i shall be skilled and experts in matters of taxation. The letter continued, "from the many newspaper reports and the general opinion, the two appoint ees of Secretary Newbry and Trea surer Pearson are wholly without skill and wholly not experienced in tax matters." The issue seemed certain to be kept alive perhaps until the time when republicans choose their next gubernatorial candidate in 1950. McKay commented, at the time Newbry and Pearson outvoted him on the appointments, that 'the public will have the last word." 1 W. I 'rtkii Ksm.M. T llH JIXHIO Farmer Kills 1 m A gff f rh 1 1 CT f 1 1' - VUlliCll. j SILVERTON. May 19- Special) -A seven-foot cougar shot by a Silverton Hilis farmer Wednes day night, was on display here to day. The giant cat w as treed and shot by Waiter Larfeon after' it was sighted near the- Willard Benson farm i.bout 10 30 pm by a rr.o ttrit. Benon and Larson traiied the cougar with the aid of a hunting dog. finally treeing it in the bai k of the Clarence Kohler home and bribing it down with a 22 calibre rifle. It was the second couear to be killed in the Willamette va.iey within w eek. Another e en footer v .i shot near Turner i.it ff st!-r being struck uown by an auto. Gen. J' ftu glut Can't Wear Per on Medal WASHINGTON. May 19 --P.-With a stern rebuke to the army, a house group refused today to let President Truman's military aide wear hi controversial medal from Delator Peron's Argentina. If Washington generals don't have anything more important to do than worry about medals then : they ought to be "sent out with : the troops, said Rep, Vinson (D- ', Ga. chairman of the house armed services committee. A subcomrnittee voted unani mously to keep Mai. Gen Harry H. Vaughan's medal on ice in definitely referred to the taking of salmon from the Columbia rvyer with fix ed appliance. The plaintiffs' com plaint alleged this to be mislead ing because the act also contains provis.ons prohibiting us of fixed-gear for steelhead or salmon trout as well. It also prohibits the operation of any drag seine. The act is not constitutional, plaintiffs charge, because it de prives them from their usual oc cuption and does not justly com pensate them for their property j The exemption of Indiana also was cited aa unconstitutional. 4 9tb YEAR 24 PAGES Uuss hitit Mew Track Blockade Temporally CD Asks DisseirotDinig Fair-LefftiDsfts to Kesigira Big Smile From New Queen i 1 ' ' -1' iV LEBANON Blonde and attractive Charlotte Pease. IS. Corrallls.high school senior. Is shown giving out with, one of her best seniles after being chosen o.ueen of the Lebanon Strawberry festival In Jane. She was selected at the Queen's ball Wednesday at the Cottoriwoods dance pavilion. She Is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Pease. In the background is Queen Committee Chairman Ted Rodman. Bavaria Rejects West Germany Constitution MUNICH, Friday. May 20-;P-Bavaria rejected today the consti tution for a west German republic but said if the other 10 states in the western occupation rones approve it will not stay out of the new government. Four states have already ratified the charter and six more are ex pected to follow suit. It is hoped to have a west German government in operation by mid-July. , After 14 hours of bitter debate the parliament in the big Ameri can zone state of Bavaria refused to ratify the constitution by a vote of 101 to 64. Nine did not vote. Then by a vote of 97 to 6. with 71 abstaining, the parliament vot ed to join the proposed west Ger man government if the other 10 states also approve the constitu tion. The parliament also adopted a resolution asking a state-wide vote Xo see whether the Bavaria people support the action of the legisla tors Bavaria became the first state lator to reiect the constitution drawn by the assembly In Bonn and approved by the western mili tary governors Separatist feeling has been strong in Bavaria. Monarchists there have siiRgested that Bavana have its oa n kirs. agdin- the aged prince Rupprecht. pretender to the throne. . . 1 0P-Yugoslav ta today ordered Saleill Stiltlent Robbed iIJunri,n airplanes flying non ... , , .. . istfP between Budapest and Tira- W lllle IIltCllhlking na. Alnania, to land at Belgrade. PORTLAND. Mar 19 -;pY- A Passengers w ill be asked to show Whitman college student hitch- anju Vl r the flight over h king from his Salem home to ; Xugoalav. soil. Walla Walla reported to police to- n.ght that he was held up by two men on the highway near Van couver. Wash. The youth. Jack Kortzeborn. 18. said the pair took $4 75 from him, then drove a way. TEMPORARY WATER CUT WEST SALEM. May !9-Spe-ciaS)-The West Salem water ce partment announced today that this district's w ater supply would be shut off from 6 to 8 p. m. Mon- ' day while repairs are being made. lt-CENT TRANSIT FARE PORTLAND, M ay 19-cyP)-The city rommission today voted a 12 cent streetcar fare into effect for Portland Sunday. The present fare is a dime. HMMZMMl Max. Min. Freei. Saleas SS Jm .17 San Franciseo . S3 4S , Chicago 4 New York . . Wtl'amette river J feet. FORECAST (from t'S ether bu reau. MrNary ti'.d. Siltmi: Cloudy tnts momwi, bntermittert tlaht ratn; parttv ioudv tnia aiicmoon witb oc rional inomtn; consKterabl lm. provement due Saturday. Hif n todav 7. low 43. Hfa Saturday TS. Ami ruftir uliooa condiuons ur-Javorabie today. SALEM FKrCIFITATIOS (WfC I ! May 2 TtltB Yfcr ' oi Last Year tin Tho Orocon Reutlier Issues Ultiijiatuiii to Ford ! DETROIT. May 19-P-UAW j President Walter Reuther threat ened tonight to break off all talks ; in the Ford strike if the company j does not agree to simultaneous i contract negotiaions. He proposed that bargaining on the contract begin rext Monday. Earliest date for contract reopen ing was May 15. The company has said it is not ; prepared to start contract talks : before June 1 and then only if the strike has been settled. Tilo Seeks to Regulate Overhead Air Travel BUDAPEST. Hungary, Mav 19- 'CAP BEARD SUCCUMBS f CORVALLIS, May 19 (AP) 1 Harry Lyndon "Cap" Beard, who directed the Oregon State college '. band for 40 years and fame in colleigiate band died today at the age of " gained circles, 0. Russia Offers to Help Settle Greek Civil War LONDON. Friday, May 20-Oi-. Russia said today she had offered j to help settle the civil war in Greece on condition that military aid by foreign powers to the Greek J government be ended and new f- elections held. The United States at present is giving both military and other aid to the Greek government as part of the Truman program to contain communism. The British also have military personnel in Greece. TASS, the official Soviet news agency, said Soviet Deputy For eign Minister Andrei Gromyko gave the Soviet terms to U. S. Assistant Secretary of State Dean Rusk and British Minister of State t Hector McNeil when they ap i proached him at the United Na j tions assembly in New York April 26. i TASS said Rusk and McNeil ..,,-.! promised a reply for their gov as ernmenu at a later meeting, TASS MUNDID 1651 Statesman. Salonx, Oregon. Friday. May 20 1949 ! Board Calls For 4th Round Pay Increase v j?ninj ivrv. .-viay i inn j The CIO executive board tonight j ended a stormy thre dav meet - ; ing by asking all dissenting left 1 wing board member to regn. ! CIO President Philip Murra grimly warned that if communist line CIO leodrs maunuod to defy j such CIO decision as rfWsing ' the Marshall plan theJ will be kicked out I The board al called upon CIO unions represented bvleft wing board members to ou A them as board representatives This amounted to asking these unions to remove their leaders and ' elect anti-communist men instead since most board members are union presidents. j The resolution calling for re signations of the left wing board members, approved 29-6, criticized the dissenting minority for defy ing CIO constitutional provisions and convention policies. But Murray made it clear that ; the hot battle was over commun- I ism. "It is a communistic situation." he said, "and it is one that must be dealt with at the CIO con vention in Cleveland, of course " : Murray, said that If the left, wing board members don't quit ! following communists party tac- ; tics the cdhvention, to be held j next October, will be asked to au thorize their removal. The executive board called for a fourth round of wage increases for CIO unions and complained that prices and profits are too high- Polk County to Vote Today on Road Tax Levy Polk county voters will go to the polls from 8 a. m. to 8 p. m. (PST) today to cast ballots on a proposed 10-mill levy to finance a county road improvement program. The special levy, outside the 6 , per cent limit. "Would raise about $480,000 over a three - year peri od. The first year would be de voted to ditching, draining, brush clearing and graveling of county ; roads. Repairs of oil-surfaced roads ! would be done the second year. ' Some new constructiop would bo undertaken the third year. The 10-mill levy would include both rural and city taxpayers. Taxpayers of rural areas, now pay ing a 6.3-mill tax for roads, would actually only be increased by 3 7 mills. For citv taxpayers, it would mean a full 10-mill tax. Proponents of the special levy contend Polk county's winter-damaged roads will be destroyed com pletely unless repairs are made immediately. The tax would expire automat ically at the end of three vears, and since it is outside the per cent limit it would not directly affect the county budget or iaise the tax base. CORVALLIS OKEHS FI ND CORVALLIS. Mar 19 -(Pi- A 1949-50 school budget $ 125.993 above the per cent limitation was approved by a 395 to 116 1 margin at a the Corvallis i terday. special election m school district yes- did not say when this would be. Gromyko expressed willingness the news agency said, to talk over settlement of the Greek civil war on the basis of the recent peace bid of the cummunist-led guerrilla government. c The communist peace offer was not favorably received by the Greek government in Athens. Gromyko proposed a commission to watch Greece's troubled north ern frontier, with Russia a mem ber. TASS said. This would be a departure from Soviet policy 1 .1 t : - u . ..(..,1 a join any United Nations commis sions which have reported pre viously on Greece's frontier with communist-ruled Albania, Yugo- i slavia and Bulgaria. I Gromyko said Russia would serve on an election board which he suggested should Include repre sentatives of the mor powers and the communist-led guerrilas. Rep. Moore Quits Legislature for Job As Cook at Jail PORTLAND. May l-iP)-SLate Rep. James H. Moore re signed his legislative post today to become chef at the Multno mah county jail. Moore, a Portland democrat, notified the secretary of state that he would be ineligible for the legislature. Under state law, a legislator can not hold anoth er state or federal job. As jail cook, Moore will hold the rating of deputy sheriff. He was appointed to that job May 2 The Portland man said he still plans to run for congress in 1950. Shells Fall in Shanghai as Defenses Fail SHANGHAI. Friday. May 20- 0Pi-Shel!s from the battlefiont fell in Shanghai today for the first time and it appeared time was drawing short for this great -. est city in Asia. Four high explosive shells, pre i sumably from communist batter : ies east of Shanghai, landed last j night in the crowded Rue La j fayette. in the old French conces- sion, killing six Chinese civilians ! and injuring 10 others. Municipal police said the shells ! struck In the vicinity of the La ' favette theater, in a dense resi dential shopping area. (The Rue La Fayette runs through the south central part of Shanghai.) The district houses mostly Chinese. Once it was large ly a White Russian community. Almost all White Russians long since have left. Nationalist , troops abandoned the elaborate defense works they had built In the city's southwest ern sbuurbs. The communists, slowly encircl ing the city, were reported six to eight miles from do'litown Shan ghai on the southeast. No Uranium In Oregon Ore PORTLAND, May 19 fAP) The state department of geclogv and mineral industries reported todav it found no uranium in a sample of ore w hose finders thought it might be valuable The ore was found in the Steens mourtains of southeastern Oregon hv Clifford T Howlett nrominent Portland democrat, and three as- sooiates. Howlett said a private j asay showed the ore to be rich ; in uranium. Fay W. Libbey. director of the state department, said today, how ever, that both spectrographs anr alysis and fluoride bead tests gave negative results. Gold-Plated La winnower Offered in Lieu of Taxes G LEND ALE. Calif.. May 19 -t) -Mrs. Marie Spangler, who won 1 $26,000 in prUes on a radio pro gram this week has been told by the bureau of internal revenue i that she'll have ot turn over 20 per cent to the government, j Inasmuch as she got no cash, I Mrs. Spangler wants to know if 1 Uncle Sam will settle for a $3,000 j gold-plated lawnmower, one of ! the prizes. Turner Trail Ridera Complete Rodeo Plan TURNER. May 1 - (Special ) The Turner Trail Riders today completed plans for their annual two-day rodeo here Saturday and Sunday, May 21 and 22. The program will include bare back and Brahma bull riding, bulldogging and races. The rodeo grounds are located li miles southwest f Turner. i StraVlerTV" Grower ! To Deeide Pay Scale Willamette , valley strawberry growers will meet Monday at 2 p.m. in the conference room of the state library to set picking wages for this season. State Labor Commissioner VY. E. Kimsey urged all growers to attend the meeting. Ha. CO Restrictions to Return Today, Soviets Assert By Thomas A. Reedy BERLIN. Mav 19-.P-.The Rui-' tinf temporarily lifted their Ilrinv stedt traffic restrictions tonight and permitted baek,logged trucks from west Germany to flow aguia to w st Berlin. The Russians notified the Bri tish, how ever, that the! order ap plied for one night only and the restrictions will be reimposed to motnow. t All three western military gov ernor immediately protected to Gen Vasily Chuikov, Soviet com rrmndr in Getm.mv. They accus ed the Russian of violating tho New York ag-eement which re sulted in the liftirg of the block ade last Thursday. The agreement restored conditions to those effec tive M.rch l. 193 i The British conceded earlier, however. tht th Russians have a light to license fr!iht barges cp rratirig between wist Germany hi id west Beilm on waters of the So viet ?rr.c Thcv ipptied for such licens. for 100 barges Restrictions to reimposed on truck.' include the requirement that t.11 western German trucks with cargoes for western Berlin carry approval papers from the Soviet rone. Salem School Vote Today on $717,475 Levy Salem school district elctcr will vote today on a 1717.475 ta Irvy and a proposal to add to tt Salem district the present Salens Heights and Pleasant Point eha tricts Polls will be open from ! to I p. m. at four voting precincts. th srhrc l adminfstration building; 46B N. High st . fur Salem residents north of Mission street; Weft Sa lem school for voters acros hm river: CAK Lumber Co. offico. Lancaster drive, for voters enst et city limits; Leslie Junior high schc.l lor south Salem voters. The $7 17.445 levy up for im repiesents the amount over the per cent limitation in the total $2,- 1085.127 school d. strict budget S 'drafted last moi.th by the schcol j board and budget committee. I The general fund increases ; 19 j-er cent over last year include ! cost e f 17 additional teachers and I other instruction jI increases eiu ' to bigger school population, as well as numerous items of maintenance, j repair and modernizing of fchcx4 ! buildings School official estimated that; millage of the total levy, inclurimgj bond funds, would bo 41.7 this year if the levy passes. This com parer with 36 mills levied agfainrt taxpayers by tho school ditrict last year. '" jj i Escapee Caught; At Scbtts Mills ! 1 i 1 1 Robert Earl Lee. 34j state prison trusty who walked away from 1he prison farm six days ago. was ie if captured Thursday by state poJw. They found him hiding out as. j Scotts Mills, in the hills 20 mile j east of Salem. j j Lee. who took a portable ri.dle; and an alarm clock with him when" he left the prison, was employed,-! in the prison chlcken-houe. 11? was sentenced Sept.) 4. 1947. itt Lake county to serve eight years; for assault with intent to kill. Baseball Scores I Baseball Scores J , American Leagve At New York 2. Cleveland 1 At Bmton S. Crtcr 7 At Washington 1, Detroit IS . (Only game (ehedulodi National Leagave At fituburrl 2. Btxnun 3 At Cincinnati X. New 'York S At M. Loui . Broriklvn X At Cicago-,t!adeipAi (rain) . Ceast Leagae At "ortUnd -Oak Und I iraln) AI S-rattW t. HoKrwood 4 At Laa AngUr-Sacra linen to rafn AI Saa rranciac 3. $aa O(o S PRICE 5c We ter a International At f a-m-?poltn rsn At Taeoma S. Brrf!xi 1 At Wenatcheo S. YiHi-ria It At Vancouver 1. Victoria . - i t i.