SalM Purees 0m )r9s- Record; No Rtf
Police BliocEt off Area
After -ipf on 2Cons
PORTLAND, June 5-W)-Sh(ot-gun
squads of county, Oregon
ind city police blocked a high
way junction and rural area east
of here tonight In searching for
two escaped convicU. -
Multnomah County Sheriff
Capt. Earl Stanley said 37 offic
. tri were already in the man
hunt and more were called out ai
officera attempted to run down
the two men.
The sheriff officer said a
woman who had fed a stranger at
her' doorstep had identified the
man as William Benson, who
broke out of the state prison
with cellmate John Pinson early
Memorial day. The woman was
quoted as saying the stranger
told of having a "buddy" nearby
who was ill and unable to leave
their roadside camp.
Stanley said it was one of the
best clues to the possible where
about of the two convicts since
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" , . . but Wisdom Linger i
Part Two of address given by ,
this columnist & the Phi Beta
Kappa-Sigma Xi dinner at the-,
University of OYegwr, I
- :
ntiiAn ha lone reoresen'ted-it- I
ir a ihw renoiitorv of wisdom, '
e '
whose source was in divine reveal- :
tion and in the tradition oi irre
organized church, Certainly the
finest statement of man's dut to
r.r un, to hi fellowmen aw to
found in the books of the Old
and New Testament. But there
have been marked changes in em
phasis in the Hebraic-Christian re
ligion through the centuries.
Among the Jews the mvingelo
quehce of the prophets, the grap
pling with one of the oldest moral
problems in the epic drama of Job
and the rapturous adoration of God
in the r'.ry of the Psalms gave
place to meticulous obedience to
the Torah.
In the Christian church the
early liberalizing faith became fix
ed in formula.! Under Pauline and!
Aiieustinii.ii interpretations the!
legalistic aspect of the. Christian
gospel was exalted. Man was un
der condemnation of sin, with faith,
In Christ the only escape. The bur
den of preaching therefore was to
Impress man wjth a sense of his
own guilt. Souls writhed in agony
and bodie were given over to
flagellation as sinners sought for
redeeming frith. Salvation of the'
soul through faith is still sound
.church doctrine; hut except among
sect? which cling to the more prim
itive faith sin is no longer a fa
shionable topic. Cal Coolidge's pas
tor is?4he l.st one I heard of who
preached "against Sn." Guilt has
been depersonalized and few are
the churches that enforce strict
rule of discipline.
Oh. we still recognize guilt. We
are quictc io conaemn inuivinuais ,
or groups for heinous offenses. We ,
namn me lomimnuMs nu nui j
ann
(Continued on editorial page)
'Curious IIor Puts
Motorcyclist iu Hospital
OUEREC. June 5-(i-A curious .:
horse put Peopold Pre. 32. under
doctor's care for severe facial
ctits. t
Pare, on a motorcycle, tried to
pass a horse-drawn wagon. The
horse looked .around to see what
was coming. Tare's face collided
with the horse's head.
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Portland . .S7
San SranclMO . 78
t'hK-o . , 7
JJw York 82
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f OHF AST (from U.si, weather, bu
reau, McNary fietg, Salrmi: Continue
fair and warm today and Tuesday. High
today near 9.1; low ionint near So.
gricullur outirmk: Exrellpnt weath
r tot au artivlties.
SAIIM PRfriPITATION
(Sept. 1 tg'Jiin )
This .Year
40.77
Lamt Year
45 SO
Animal Crackers
By JOCACREN GOODRICH
K0K its, AIL ttliUytu"
they went over the prison wall
as guards opened fire.' lie said
the "buddy" mapr be Pinson and
that the Illness may! have been
wounds. f I
The woman and her husband
operate a small auto service sta
tion near the; junction of U. S.
highway 30 and an alternate
route leading eastward through
the Columbia I river gorge.
Deputies said a small camp
site was located in the brush off
highway 30 near the service Sta
tion and that a road map was
among the ( debris.
The heavy undergrowth in the
"wooded and deep ravine area
was hampering the work of of
ficers. The sector if criss-crossed
with small rural roads.
Highway blockades were being
extended to Hood River, The
Dalles and points as far as 200
miles east on jhe chance the two
men had hitched a ride with a
motorist. , i
Marshall Asks
Acceptance of
Atlantic Pact .
WASHINGTON, June 3OP
Gcneral Georne C. Marshall urged i
tonight that the North Atlantic
(treaty he rut into effect promptly
pecause the economic recovery
program which: bears hi name' is
not enotlJ!h" to astir the future
security of western Europe.
Marshall, former army cjrief of
staff and former secretary oXtat
ppoke from the! :. sam platform
President Truman at a SdinW
honoring Marshall on the sccon
' . . . t - j
anniversary oipne narvarp uni-
vcrsny !iTm m wnicn ne urM
"dvanced the idea of the Marshall
j Plan. ; j !.
Marshall said that while the 1
nation involved have made big
strides on the 'road to recovery,
they also must develop the political
and social conditions necessary for
continued peace and prosperity
"A feeling of security is jessen
tial to the future of Europe and
the world." Marshall said. "Imp
roved economy helps tremendous
ly to that end. but in the light of
conditions as they exist today, that
alone is not enough.,
"The Atlantic pact is signific
ant of the future steps that are
necessary to a restored Europe."
T-
Rose Festival
Celebration to
Start Today
PORTLAND.! June 5 -PV- The
mythical realm of rosaria will be
gin celebratiomof the 41st Annual
Portland Rose festival here tomor
row. The four day public pro
gram begins Wednesday night.
Members of the royal court of
rosaria. Queenielect Joyce 1 and
her princesses! Will be honored at
a luncheon tomorrow. The Junior
court will begiri a series of similar
affairs.
Coronation ceremonies for the
festival queen will be staged in
the civic stadium Wednesday
nignt, Tne territorial band jam-
fboree, featuring mustic units from
j towns in what was once the old
j 0regon country, will be held
I Thursday night, the 61st Annual
Rose show opens earlier in the
I day.
i The grand floral , parade will
hiKhligtat the Friday activities,
! fol'0fd bv th rose show awards
and tht queen's ball at the Mason
ic temple.
Saturday the junior court and
parade activities take the spotlight
with the senior group movihg to
Mount Hood for the Sunday Gold
en Rose Ski tournament.
'Air Armada' Leaves
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Nortr.t I I
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Gassed op. lined up and ready te leave McS'arr fie Id are these planet f Aee Flying sen Ice, which left
Sunday fer tw weeks of spraylnr trees on the ea st slope of ML Htfod. where the spruce bad worm
Infestation has reached. Thirteen Aee planes are taking part In tbe project. ! Sprajr nozxles can be
seen en underside ef the wings. ! .
Pilots Assemble to Take Spiaf Spray Planes
Two weeks' bf low level, i but
high altitude, aerial strafing, with
spruce budworm as the prey,! be
gins early this morning for 13
planet from Act Flying tervic In
Salem.The flying will be wii the
east slopes of Mt. Hood, where
the plane are. to spray 106.000
acres of forest land for the U. S.
forest service. : The planes will
travel about SO. feet above the tree
tops. ' ;"i (.: . 1
The fiien left McNary field dur
ing the day Sunday, bound for an
Hottest
June 5 on
Record
The thermometer climber to 82
in Salem Sunday and scorched two
record off the books It was 1949's
hottestj day surpassing an 88 re
corded May 12 and the hottest
June $ in local weather bureau
hlstoryj.
Other Oregon cities 'sizzles', too.
The Dalles had the state's highest
reading for the second day in a
row, afieven 100 degrees. Medford
recorded 87; Poraland and Eugene,
89. !
The Salem weather man promis
ed no appreciable relief for at least
three Mays. Maximum tempera
tures through Wednesday are fore
cast in;the85-to-95 degree bracket.
Onl.y the coastal area was com
fortably cool Sunday, and thou
sands flocked to occanide towns
where f reading included 57 at
Newport and 66 at Astoria.
Grandmother
T)iks in Besctie
Of 14 Children
MAIJ.ONE, Wash.. June 5-UP)-A
51 -year-old grandmother died on
a tresjle before an oncoming
freight train, moments after push
ing twin stepsons and two grand
sons ojff the bridge to safety.
The? heroine was identified by
Deputy Sheriff Knute Wenneberg
a- Mrs Ruth Merryman.. He iden
tified the boys as Larry Harvey.
12, of bakville. Wash.and Ronny
Hake, 6. of Malone her grand-
,rts fend Pete Merrvman. . and
his foir-year-old brother, John
herxadppted sons.
The! four were walking across
the trentle when trapped by an un
scheduled Northern Pacific freight
train. Mrs. Merrvman "pushed her
two gifandfons off the trestle Into
the Chehafis river below. They
were unhurt. x
' The other ttyo began to run.
Mrs. Merryman gave chase and
overtook them near the end of the
bridge.! She pushed them off the
trestle! and they landed on the
gravel jbelow. They were hospital
ized wjth minor injuries.
By then, it was too late for Mrs.
Merryman to escape, and she was
hit by: the oncoming train.Vand
knocked off the span. She died
moments later of a broken neck.
Agents Query
Batory Crew
NEWj YORK. June 5vP-The
captain' and four crewmen of Ger
hart Eider's getaway ship. The Ba
tory. wfre returned to the ship late
tonight after lenghthy question
ing at immigration headquarters a
bout the fugitive communist's es
cape from this country.
The five men had ben taken
from thfe Polish luxuy liner for an
interrogation of several hours at
the Colymbus avenue offices of the
immigration service.
As thf captain, Jan Cwiklinsk!.
got back to his ship with Polish
consul general Jan Galewicz, he
told reporters:
"They; have been very kind, very
polite. I have no comment and
no statement. We will sail tomor
row." !
! F.ISI.ER THANKS POLES
I WARSAW, June S-fPi-Com-j
munist Jerhart Eisler arrived in
I Warsaw j today from Berlin to
j thank the Polish government for
j protesting his arrest aboard the
j Polish liner Batory off Southamp
ton, i
air strip on the Lyle Drivers
ranch near Wamic. There they will
have headquarters and will camp
nearby during the duration of the
dusting. They were due for brief
ing Sunday afternoon, in prepara
tion for daily flights starting about
4 in the ; morning. The dusting is
not expected to be possible much
after 8 ai m. because of wind con
ditions, i
To handle the large-scale con
tract, Lj J, (Ace) Demers, opera
tor of Mil service, has secured not
99th YEAH
5 Hours of Work Prove Futile
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Marion county Deputy Sheriff Edgar Scott stands on the east side of
the courthouse Jail showing the hole sawed out by 'Jack O'Neill
Todd (top. rltbt picture) in an attempted escape Sunday. Stubs f
the severed bars can be seen below. Todd also cut through the screen.
Salem Girl Chosen to
Rule at St. Paul Rodeo
ST. PAUL. June 5 (Special) Patricia Zosel. 19. Salem. Willam
ette university sophomore, was named quefn of the 14th annual St.
Paul rodeo during the association's annual trail ride to Champoeg
Memorial park on Sunday.
About 300 equestrians from all sections of western Oregon took
part in the day's affair Which began with a buc karoo breakfast at
St. Paul tity hall. Afterwards the
Riders made a five - mile trek to
Champoeg where Queen Patricia
waV selected during the lunch and
refreshment hour.
She is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Zosel, 180 E. Superior
St., Salem and was the candidate
of the Oregon Mounted posse.,' A
"brownette, with brown eyes and
brown cufls, sWhas been a horse
back enthusiasKsince she was 12.
Members of he court are Prin
cesses Carol Wilcox, daughter of
Dr. and Mrs. F. T. Wilcox. New
berg, candidate of Portland
Mounted posse; and Mara Lynn
Manning, daughter of Dr, and Mrs
John G. Manning. Mc-Minnville. -the of the back porcn rioori
candidate of the .Yamhill County. ; rMched ,nMrfe and unlocked ,t
Salem Saddle dub rliimeoNhe then enterM the bertroom wnere
trophy given by Jac kson? Jeweler j McClellan slept and pilfered a
of Salem to the riding club havingbillfold from his pants at the foot
the largest attendance, with 28 ! thie bed.
members present. Other clubs at- I McClellan found his empty bill-
tending were Carlton Saddle club,
Turner Trail Riders , Chehalem ;
Mountain Trail Riders, Milwaukie
Saddle club. Grand Ronde Saddle j
club, Butteville Saddle club, Spirit
Mountain Trail Riders, Portland
Hunt club, Washington C o u n t y j
posse, viatskame Mounted posse,
Forest Grdve Ranch Riders, Bea
verton Saddle club. Corvallis Trail 1 ist .forces were engaging national
Riders, Silyerton Saddle club, Tir ist troops around Kaoan, 40 miles
gard Saddle club, and Washington ; southwest of Nanchatjg on the cen
County Westerners. tertof the South-Chin front.
Salem for Budworm Fight in IWt.
a. apaaw
-fxJrt
only his own fliers but several
pilots from other Oregon fields.
This is in Order that Ace service's
crop-dusting activities and GI
flight training in the Salem area
will not be interrupted.'
The entire group is using air
craft ! specially modified and
equipped by Demers. A war sur
plus B-18 which carried approxi
mately 600-1 .000 gallons of the
liquid spray is manned by Robert
Morris, pilot, ind Alva Bressler.
co-pilot, both of Salem. Three
The
Burglar Takes
Man's Wallet
A burglar picked Verle McClel
lan's pants-pocket for $30 early
Sunday morning. But McClellan
wasn't wearing the pants.
He told police it happene while
he slept at his 710 N. High st. res
idence. The burglar cut a hole In
fold xin an alley down the street
Sundby morning, according to the
report.
FIGHTING ON CHINA FRONT
CANTON, China, June
The official Chinese Central News
j agency said today some commun-
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Pilots taking part In a forest-spraying project on Ml Hood are shown-here at McNary field with the
converted B-18 acquired by "Aee" Demers (left) for erop-dnstlnx. The others are (left to right) Dick
Poet, E. F. Coulter, Bob Morris, Joe Bello, Floy d Miller, A. L. Bressler and Barry Lambert. (States-man-McEwan
photos.)
over 106,000 Acres of Infected
planes are BT-13's 4 tripped down
and converted for their new job,
including the nozzles barely pro
truding from the wing, in which
they are mounted on a boom. The
test are Stearmans, also specially
converted. The smaller planes
carry approximately 100-120 gal
lons each trip.
Other fliers on the job are Joe
Bello of Salem, AI Coulter of New
oort. Dick Martin, Swede Ralston,
Ed Ball and John Inman, all of
tulkooro. i'ajTell Snyder ofMed-
.!':. POUNDDD I&5I
POUNDDD
Oregon Statesman, Salem. Oregon,
Prisoner
Arinmsof SBneri 4 Aides
M4er 5 Hours oif Sawing
By Leoter.F. Cour
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Jack O'Neill Todd (top picture above) started his escape try early
Sundar by sawing off two bars in bis Marion county jail cell.
Deputy Sheriff Lawrence Wright
to another. Sheriff Denver Young and deputies waited outside the
Jail five hours until the prisoner emerged. (Thoios by Deputies
Wright and Scott).
Fire Frightens
Beatrice Lillie
CHICAGO, June 5-(D-Viva.cf-ous
Beatrice Lillie, star of the
musical "Inside USA," was hospi
talized by shock when fire devel
oped in her apartment today, tier
show will not go on tonight. J
Sam Stratton. Miss Lillie's press
representative, the musical comedy
star, win remain in nenroun nos-
pital overnight. -
Stratton aid he expected Miss
Lillie to resume her role at Mon-
I , ,
i day night s performance. She has
no understudy. He wdd her only
real injury was a broken tooth. She
filled apartment.
I The cause of the blaze was not
determined.
i t irr. . jt9
ford and Bob Patton of Portland.
Accompanying the group, for
maintenance were mechanics
Lloyd Miller and Raymond Stel
ter. Demers will manage the project
and feUl handle observation trips
for representatives of the forest
service.
The contract was at first for
96,000 acres but Was raised to
106.000 acres and may be boosted
again .depending upon develop
ment o budworm infestation.
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Monday. J una . 1949
' Escapes7 omito
Staff Witter. The 8Uternaa I
A prisoner worked five hours sawing his way out of Mti
county jail Sunday only to drop out of the Jail window at tire ftet ai
Sheriff Denver Young and four armed deputies.
Young identified the would-be escapee as Jack O'Neil Ttxid, 9
an ex-convict awaiting trial on an auto hrceny charge.
Young and the deputies waited under an east side jail windw
holds one of the bars and polnUH
! Acheson Lays'
f Cards on Table
PARIS, June B-')-U. S. Secre
tary of State Dean Acheson has
made a personal attempt to break
the foreign ministers deadlock on
Rerlin, reliable inforrri'ints dis-
closed today.
1 nese sources
said Ache-son
made it clear last nijjht t a pri-
vate dinriej- with covit,t Foreiirn
j Minister Andrei Y. Vishinsky just
now far the United Mates is pre-
f. J" i"fking nfon
at this conference. t
The gist of his outline was said
to stress that the western powers
8ie standing firm on their main
any new proposals it had better!
put them forward how if the con- j
ference is to steer clear of failure.
Mood Area
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Forest Land
Each plane has its own desig
nated acreage to cover. About one
acre is covered by each gallon of
the spray, which is No. 2 fuel oil
with iO per cent DDT.
At the airstrip base are loading
facilities for six planes at a time.
It includes 10,000-gallon .storage
tanks for the liquid spray and 1,-000-gaIlon
tanks for gasoline.
This is the largest ' project' yet
for the Ace service, which was
started here our rears am with
two places and now has about 30.
A
No. 71
from midnight until Sam. Sunday
after Deputy Gtenrt Conklin l.tmd
someone rawing barikin the htse
ment jjil hortly before midnight
As ToJ.J dropped to the Kr"d
in the courthouse yard, Young and
.his deptitte confronted him wjth
sawed -off shotguns. "After ill
this work, I meet you guys," Tfdd
lamented ai ha was marched Uth
to jail.
Refuted to loin j
Youn- sjid Todd severed iw
bars in hii cell, two window tun
aqd a heavy teen dining his
long lil.t. Ha used tvo mt-
of ha -kj-.v b!ade. Three ttr-r
prii.xiei in h -i!! refused to jna
him in tht breakout attempt.'
During the long id outsi e 1h
jail wni iA', Young and his dju
ties took turns watching TMfd'a
progre. At one point. Vt ii(ig
said. th' prisoner got -stuck Hy
ing to fvne tbrough the winiiie
bar. Uf siid b.nk into jiil tr.4
sawed- dif --inother bar, he n,d.
Just Haited To See
"We knw he had lre.d.ut
several lit when we fust htiftd
him." Yo-jf'ij iKp!ained. "m ho
just Wiit ed to see what w )4
happen. "
Todd hii jYt iminal record end
ing bark to !!).", when he waa
arrested by feleral authontieift-r
theft from in in'prstale shi n-irt
at Helen i, Mont. He was jAhltd
on five yeirx' probation mi ti.jf
charge, but violated his pan ic a
short !ir" !j'er and wivd JO"
month at the federal peniteitjry
at McNeil IsKind. Wash.
He wj arrested again at Bi.ke
Li In 1944 and was sentenced to ttoeo
years in Oieoi.i .tate prinri l-r
auto Nrcenv. He was itluidl
from th ucniten'iary on AjliiI
12, and hid leen living in f-;tro
since then.
Now Awaiting Trial
Todd wat arrested by S;,lm
police My 19 on charges of sti.
ing an a-ito owned by Rut.Ult
Blum. l'l5 N. Liberty it. "He to
now awiiting trial on this (hi iyt.
It wn the third jail bret.k in
the Wi!i inmtte valley area ret nt
ly. Pol'fe are searching for two
desperj" on-.-lets who nstj
their v iv from the state f riM-o
May 2.i, afi i for another rx-icn-Vict
who wis reiaFed fiom hn
ton f.un'y m Corvallis Sat
urday. Trail of Jail Break
Cold in Corvallis
CORVALLIS. June r,er
iff Clifford Lilly reported t r.f.ft
j no clue h vi been, uncoverta' in
tracing e-iCiped prisoner Richfjfd
or th ?n who reel t.lra.
Hall wa sprung from the h-ri-
' ton county j-jil early yesterday t y
j two men who also made off with
I pistols, ammunition .hand and ig
200 Bern Pickers'
Needed at Stay ton
STAYTOX. June 5 (Fpi")
Stayton growers are expecting tre
Strawberry harvest peak fiiiring
the coming xeek, with 200 or nwo
additional pickers needed.
Chief area are in the Fern
Ridge and Coon Hollow diMrirl.
where the crop is reported ft 4 A
and picking is expected to 3t
two or three weeks more. '
CANADA, V.H. ,SIGN FACT
WASHINGTON. June; -ij?V
The United States and CanjMia
announced today a new air aeiiet-
jment under which each getf iid-
dionai ruht to do business m.tJ.s
other's country.
REVOLl TIO.VISTS THWARTfJI
LA PAZ. Bolivia, June SmJtv'
The government announced Uhy
it had smashed an attempt by ;ie
volutionaue to capture the rail
road town xof Villazon, on tbe Ar
gentine border.
Western Internatieaal
At Salem 8-4. Tseoma S-7
At 8poka 3-9. Vancouver 1-7
At Wnatche 0-3. Victoria 1-4
At Yakima 11. Bremerton 1
Coast Learve
At Sacramento 4-7. Portland S-2 i
At Lew Angeles 7-S. Hollywood 11-9
At Saa Diego 2-4; Seattle 7-S
At San Francisco 11-2. Oakland l-J
National League
At Philadelphia 1-1, Chicago S-g
At New York S. Cinetnaau t
At Brooklyn 0. PJUsburgb
At Boston 1. St.- Louis . j
American Leagne i
At Dtroit 3-11. Boston S-S
At OveUfyd 0-2. Philadelphia J-4
At St. Louis, 4-7. New York I
At Chicaao Waata 1
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