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Newspaper Page TextV; J .STh Stat men. gqUm. Ofqon. Tu Jar. Tun ill. Alabama Newsman Beaten Up We on 'Hooded Mobs' Sjtory BIRMINGHAM, Ala., June 20-CP-A reporter was beaten up to day while on-an assignment to investigate activities of hooded and robed mobs. r I The reporter, Clarke Stallworth of the Birmingham post, said he was roughed up by two men at a filling station-general store in the nearby mining community of Sumiton. He was not hurt seriously. " Several floggings had been re- ported in the area recently. Stallworth told Walker County Judge P. E. Day at Jasper he was "decpyed" into the store. Judge Day issued warrants for two men on assault and battery charges. . Meanwhile, a delgation of Am erican Legion members demanded In a sharply worded resolution presented to Sheriff Holt McDow ell that he act to halt mob vio lence. ' The legionnaires charged that, despite numerous "crimes and acts of violence" by white robed gangs recently, not one person had been arrested. The sheriff answered he was doing all in his power. Civic,, 'leaders of Birmingham scheduled a meeting tomorrow to organize a "committee of 500" to fights night raiding activity. Starr Elected Commander of Legii ion Post 9 $ir-yf. (Seph) Starr was elected commander of American Legion, Capital post 9. at the post elec tion and program meeting Monday ntM in Legion hfill.- Sarr, who moved up" from the first vice-commander .jpot, suc ceed Charles Huggins. retiring commander. Other officers elect ed included John Kerrick, first vice -commander and James Turnr bull, second vice-commander. John C'rockatt was elected ad 1ntnt: Ted Brabec. finance of ficer; the Rev. George Swift, chap pUin; A. G. Worthington, ser geant -at-arms; Lloyd Hockett, quartermaster: Irl McSherry, his torian; Orval Lama, building com mittee; Walter Nystrom and Law rence (Merman, cemetery commit tee, and Charles Huggins, Conrad Paulson, Dave Hoss, James Gar vin and Chet Zumwalt, all on the executive committee. An amendment to the post's by laws was approved. It defines the specific duties of the execu tive committee and sets up a board of trustees to replace the present builcfitig committe. ? Entertainment after the election wa provided by the local Mer- lain School of Dancing and by re presentatives of the Sweet Home American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars pests. The 16-member pot drum corps team appear ed for the first time. F.lertrd as delegates and alter nates to the legion state convention here on August 4 to 6 are' Huggins, Starr nd Ir Picher, PaurtGem mel, John Cro: katt. Harlan Ander son, Luther Jensen. Claude Martin, Al Feilen; ).Ae Iloss, Lawrence Overman, Frank CJrimir:. Marion Lamb, Don Dili, Don - A p person, Dygla MKay. Walter Kirk, James Turnbull, H. E. Saalfeld. Oregon PEO Opens Meet REDMOND, June 20 - MPs - The state PEO chapter opened its an nual convention here today, awarding five scholarships to girls? Meredith Rae Goodrich, Baker, received the $450 Veda Jones scholarship to Cotter Junior col lege. Four $123 scholarships to Oregon schools of higher educa tion went to: Emma Louise Red bird, Ashland; Joe Ann Louise Brady, Milwau kie; Marie Maudie Howard. John Day; and Emily Jane Knecht, Vida. Approximately 200 delegates were here for the three-day ses ton. Officers will be elected to morrow. Dr. Withey to Remain atWU Dr. Raymond A. Withey will re main at Willamette university as (K-an of students and counselor on religious life rather than accept ing tha offered chancellorship at Nebraska Wesleyan college, he did Monday. Withey, who has been at Wil lamette the past two years, said he preferred to rUr here because he felt his work there is not yet completed and that he wants to see the program further along. Chin Up Club Board to Meet A special meeting of the board of directors of the Chin Up club or Oregon has been called for Fri day night by President Beth Sell Wood, Salem route 2, box 336. The meeting will begin it 8:30 Vat the Sellwood home seven miles north of Salem on the Pacific highway. Purpose of the session la to appoint a club advisory board and staff for The Beacon, club publication. COME TO THE NEW Paradise Islands Pfekaleklar Swimming New Madera Dressing Rooms Swimming Pool Landscaping S BUlee East en Alrpert Km 4 Call 2-002$ for Picnic Reservations IMS Babich Ruled Guilty in Death OfWife's Sister MILWAUKEE, June 20-OTV Milton Babich "was convicted of first degree" murder tonight just three months after the weighted body of his wife's pretty sister was pulled from the' Milwaukee river. It took the municipal court jury just one hour and 15 minutes to decide the 10-year-old defendant deliberately shot Patricia Birming ham, ; IS id death last February 10. Life imprisonment is manda tory. 1 That was some five weeks be fore he eloped to Michigan with his victim's pregnant sister, Kath leen, now 18. Municipal Judge Herbert Stef- fes gave the jury its choice of three verdicts: guilty of first de gree murder; guilty of fourth de gree manslaughter; and innocent Milton has maintained since he was charged with murder that pretty Patricia Birmingham, 18, was shot to death when a revolver discharged accidentally during a struggle. He said he had tried to frighten Pat out of tattling on Kathleen's condition. He said he trussed and weighted Pat's' body and pitched it into the Milwaukee river out of fright Grains Turn in Another Firm rmance CHICAGO. June 2$ -UPs- With July wheat advancing nearly 3 cents, grains turned in another firm performance orj the board of trade today. The market got off to a steady start and inched ahead all through the dav. endih at the session's best levels. . July wheat reached $1.97i. At that point it was only lt cent be low the high touched last Wed nesday, which .in turn was the top price since February. M ar c h wheat, in iwhich trading started only last month, got to 1 cents under its seasonal high. Wheat closed 2 Mi -2 Vu higher, com was higher, oats were higher, rye was l'i higher, soybeans were 2 to 3Vi higher and lard was 7 to 10 cents a hun dred pounds highen Chief reason for the wheat up turn, traders said, was the re ceipt of more pessimistic crop re ports. School Merger Pl an Discussed At Hayesville HAYESViLLE Possibility of a consolidation of Hayesville dis trict with Salem school district loomed here Monday night as vo ters gathered in a meeting follow ing an election. In the voting Everett Brown was re-electd to his third year term on the school district board. The vo ter also approved (30 to 15) $4, 000 for purchase of a new school site and $2,000 for : special im provements of the present school. Overcrowded conditions of the school and noise made by highway traffic prompted the group to name a committee to explore the possibility of merging with Salem. A similar proposal was defeated several years ago. Unioiis Need Salesmanship, AFL Meet: Told EUGENE, June 29-4P-Laboring men have got to learn to be bet ter salesmen, the State Federation of Labor was told today. President J. D. McDonald told the opening of the 46th annual state AFL convention ; that labor's immediate job is one of salesman ship. He Urge unionists to Join civic activities and exchange dele gates with other organizations, so that the general public will hear the labor side. "We have a selling; job to do." McDonald said in his keynote ad dress, "and every member is a po tential salesman." I Announcenenl SHEB1700D ' LODGE Th AO-Log Lodge At Yachxrbv, Oregon i r . - i Is How Open , t And Welcomes . You & Tour TanSlj Dividend Due Early in 1950 (Story also on page one) WASHINGTON. June SO-WV Rep. Keating (R-NY) demanded that cash refunds to veterans on GI life insurance policies be start ed on October 15. 1849. Veterans Administrator Carl R. Gray, jr., said that the checks would start going out "sometime in January, 1950." But Keating in troduced a bill Tailing for the Oct ober, deadline. The New York lawmaker as serted that veterans were "over charged" on their governmnt-is-sued life insurance policies,, and he told the house: "This money should be refunded to them immediately, not a year from now. Many of them need the money now. It is their money. It does not belong to the govern ment." . Keating said the supreme court ruled early in 1948 that such re funds were lawful, but VA failed to act. I Rep. Davis (R-Wis) said it was "a, national scandal" and said he suspected the delay was political. Congressional elections come in 1950. Described as a "dividend. the money to be repaid is from tvf sources: L An $8,000,000,000 surplus which developed from the fact that GI j insurance premiums were based by law upon a standard mor tality (death-rate) table which turned out to be higher than need ed, i 2, Earnings from the surplus. In general, the administration said every veteran who took out national service insurance and three months will be eligible provided the policies were not is sud after Jan. 1, 1948. No refunds ' will be made on policies issued after that date,, The administration urged vet erans not to write 4n about their rebates, explaining that a flood of letters would "only cause the payment to be delayed." Application blanks ar being pre pared and may be available in August in postoffices, Veteran's service organizations and VA cen ters. Gray said holders of policies; is sued after Jan. 1, 1948, may get later dividends which may be de clared annually if a surplus deve lops. . Man Knocked Into Log Pond A man working at a West Salem log pond narrowly escaped serious injury Monday when 440 volts, of electricity knocked him from a log into the water. M. G. Burdick, Gervais route I, told city first aid men he was walking .over the floating logs carrying an aluminum pole about 2 p. m. Tlya pole touched an over head power line and the next in stant Burdick said he was Slapped into the water. First aiders, who said Burdick was "very lucky," reported he was not seriously injured. He was re moved to Salem General hospital and then taken home. Terry Riffe, 5, of 540 Leslie at, was treated by first aid men Mon day when he broke his wrist while playing at Leslie school play ground. Coal Miners At Work Again PITTSBURGH, June 20-WV Coal flowed from the nation's tipples today after a week-long "stablizing" walkout by 480,000 United Mine Workers. Absentee ism was virtually nil as the min ers trooped back to the pits to get in the five days' work before they began their 10-day paid vacation June 25. The diggers get $100 vacation pay. The walkout reduced the na tion's coal stored above ground from an estimated 70,000,000 tons to about 60.000.000 tons. That's about 0 days supply for the coun try's coal-burning industries. Tomorrow UMW Chief John L. Lewis will resume negotiations with the southern operators at Bluefield, W. Va., and begin wage talks with a big bloc of northern and western operators at White Sulphur Springs, W. Va. By Electricity! Toniie, 7:30 P. II. VFW Hall, Hood & ChorchSL New Methods and Shortcuts in Food Processing Will HOME ECONOMIST. O FREE DOOR TRESES YEATEB 255 K. LQwrtr 'Governor Cboheat Capitol " . - S Iff i X .,-Vv o ,;-! . y . - - v - -1 r i . x" - ; -1 - . v. J' vr I - WASHINGTON, DC C. Nineteen evaluate legislation directly affecting the country's teen-age youth. supplemented their meeting with first-hand studies of the mechan ics of natronal government and visits with senators and representa tive front their respective states. James Cooke of Salem. Ore., la shown oatslde the senate office building, where the youths carried n snost of tneir oeuoerauons. ivw nprw m wm- aro appearing in The Statesman.) Ex-Associates Testify for Hiss Defense NEW YORK. June 20-(;P-For-mer associates of Alger Hiss in the state department came to his aid today as his defense on perjury charges got underway. Hiss, once high in the state de partment, is scheduled to take the witness stand later this week. The defense resumed a line of questioning intended to convince a jury of 10 men and two wo men that Hiss Washington office was open on many occasion to his department associates. Whittaker Chambers, self-styled former Soviet spy ring courier, has accused Hiss of feeding him rewar state department secrets. Hiss denied the accusation and dded that he had' not seen Cham- rs since Jan. 1. 1937. A federal and Jury In New York indicted m on two perjury counts as a result. As the trial entered its 15th day, Harry C. Hawkins testified that he ofen entered Hiss Washington office in his capacity as chief of the trade agreements division of the state department from 1938 to 1943. Hawkins, now a professor at Tufts college in Medford, Mass., said he never heard Hiss spoken of as a communist, although Cham bers has so branded him. Restoration of Camp Pioneer Nearly Done Despite the winter's heavy snow damage Camp Pioneer will be in excellent condition and will fea ture new facilities for Cascade area Boy Scouts when the camp opens July 10. A work party of 38 local scouts and leaders repaired most of the damage and completed a pre-camp cleanup last week, Gordon Gil more, scout executive,- said Mon day. The party left Thursday and returned Sunday night. Summer registration is nearly complete, Gilmore said, and the week beginning; July 31 is the only period available for troops which wish to attend jthe camp. John Klapp iof Dallas, water front directorat the camp this summer, and his assistants Dick Wyatt and Jerry Bachle, both of Salem, returned Sunday from the National Aquatic school at Camp Meriwether near Astoria. The school is one of two on the Pacific. Six new canoes and six new) rowboats were added to the wat erfront equipment during the past year. Be Demonstrated maiMLi LEULA KNIGHT SPONSORED BY APPLIAIICE CO. A 1X YMCA boy "governors, here te Hollywood Beats Padres SAN DIEGO, Calif., June 20-(JP) -The Hollywood Stars pounded out 10 hits, including four home runs, to defeat San Diego, 8 to 6, in a Pacific Coast league game tonight. The contest was a playoff of the season's opener between the two teams. Hollywood 110 500 001 10 1 San Diego 000 033 0008 10 0 Maltzberger, Olsen (8), Salve son (8) and Sandlock; Jurislch, Savage (4) and Moore. Stocks Score Sharp Advance' NEW 'YORK, June 20-(JP-The stock market scored one of the largest overall advances of the year todays In a highly sensitive response to late buying, key issues advanced fractions to around 3 points. The increase in the market va lue of all shares listed on the ex change approached $1,000,000,000. A pronounced pick-up in trad ing accompanied the rise. Busi ness in the last hour alone, when the market made its best showing, amounted to exactly half the en tire day's business of 780,000 shares. The Associated Press aver age of 60 stocks Jumped .9 of one point to 59.6, a;; rise topped Just twice this year. The utility com ponent failed to move either way. Of only 927 individual stocks traded, 563 advanced and 174 de clined. Children Burn In Farm Fire BORING, June 20-(vP)-A fire broke out in a farm bunkhouse near hero this morning, and brought death to two small mem bers of a family of seven that had just arrived to pick berries. Beverly Ann Elliott, 5, and Frank Elliott, 4, caught in their bedroom asleep, burned to death. Two other children managed to run out of the bunkhouse. The mother, Mrs. Hazel Elliott, built a fire in the bunkhouse stove this morning, and left the place momentarily. Within minutes, the bunkhouse was in flames. Mrs. Elliott, who is an expectant mother, and her six children, had come here from Klamath Falls for the berry-picking. The father is a section hand in that city. SEEK C-HOUK DAY EUGENE, June 20 -Jf- The Oregon State Building and Con struction Trades council wants a 6-hour working day. to prevent hynemployment. The proposaH' was epaorsea ai me-ciose ox wscoun cil's 23rd annual convention here: Phone 3-4311 j Texan Meets Hohenzollera Future In-Laws HECHINGEN Germany, J tine 20-(iP-The royal relatives of Prin cess Cecelia of' HohenzoUern met her American husband-to-be to night and beamed approval. Clyde Harris, 31, Amarillo, Tex., Interior decorator; was Introduced to his future in-laws at a pre-wedding reception in ancient Hohen zoUern castle. That's where the tan, good looking American former army of ficer will take as his bride tomor row the grand-daughter of Kaiser Wilhelm. She is direct descend ant of Queen Victoria of England. "We love Clyde," Prince Louis Ferdinand, brother of the bride and spokesman for the family, told reporters. "He is such a sincere, likeable and genuine chap. I can tell you. we are happy about this match. The bride s mother. Crown Prin cess Ceceilia, displayed a similar fondness toward the young Amer ican. None of the family appeared at aU concerned that the blonde Ce celia, a descendant of one of the oldest families in Europe, was not marrying a title. The 31-year-old princess, court ed by various royal swains, in tends to become typical Amen can house-wife. She said her husband would re turn to America about 10 days after the wedding to go back to work - - and find a home. "We probably will live in an ap artmeht at first in Amarillo," she said, "then Clyde is going to build a house - - of his own design." PGE Begins Work on New Sub-Station Construction of a $15,000 Port land General Electric company sub-station has begun at 355 Jeff erson st. the company reported Monday. A permit for the one-story structure which, with grounds, will occupy nearly a full city block, was issued by the ! Salem city building inspector's ' office Monday. Two houses which were stand ing at the site have been removed. The building will extend along Jefferson from North Liberty to North 4th street. The grounds are to be landscaped. The new sub-station is to be part of the company's 57,000-kva system for this area. It will en able local facilities to meet a heavier power load for that dis trict. Other permits Monday included those going to Stan Baker to build a $1,350 office building at 595 N. High st, and to L. W. Schrunk to erect a $10,000 house at 1080 N. 22nd st. Soldier, Wife Hurt in Wreck At Rose Lodge SHERIDAN, June 20-(Special ) Sgt. and Mrs. R. C. Baker, Ft. Lewis, Wash., were in serious con dition in a Vancouver army hos pital today' from injuries suffered in an auto accident west of here Friday night The accident occurred at Rose Lodge on the coast highway about 11 p.m. Willamina police said the couple was brought to that city by passing motorists. Unable to se cure an ambulance, the officers took them to McMinnville General hospital. Physicians said Baker was suf fering fractures of the pelvis, right leg and skull and possible internal injuries. His wife incurred a jaw fracture and internal injuries. MAYFLOWERS TO DRILL The Mayflower Milk team of the Junior B league will practice this evening, 6:15, at Olinger. All team member are asked to turn out ENDS TODAY - OPEN 6:45 The Sun Comes Up ....... TICHNICOiOt Jeanette Max Donald, Lloyd Nolan, Claude Jarman, Jr. and Lassie PLUS mum mum mntr'N ! EAGLE 1 Theatrt WOODBURN. ORE. Now Playing! BS Bepe aztd Jane Russell la "PALS FACE"" la CUr Y Lasky on School Board at Keizer KEIZER, June 20 Ray Lasky was elected to a three-year term Qn the Keizer school district board in an election, at the school Mon day night A total of 12 voters were pre sent and Lasky received 8 tallies. He succeeds Andrew Beardsley. Also approved were n $5,500 sink- m i & a aaa mi lima ina unau n,ww py-u tTMtnt on now 'hnnl Kit Hlunt4 to the present one. Magazine Says RussOperatin or Atom Furnace NEW YORK, June 20-(rVRus-sia probably has an atomic fur nace working and may be able to make atomic bombs soon, says an article in Look magazine. Nat Finney, the author, says these are two things which "we can conclude" about Russian atom ic energy work. Soviet . scientists have at least "reached the point we reached in 1942 when our first atomic mach ine began to work at the Univer sity of Chicago." Some scientists believe Russia is a little farther along the atomic road than that, he adds.' Finney continues: Russia doesn't yet have the atomic bomb, but "will be able to make- an atomic bomb something like ours before many months have passed." That "doesn't mean that Russia can suddenly have a lot of . atomic bombs something we already have." Finney says the United States may be turning out one atomic bomb a week, and the bmobs are more destructive than those used on Japan. (In 1945, Dr. Robert J. Oppen heimer, wartime head of the Los Alamos laboratory, ptedicted this country could produce 200 bombs a year.) AEC officials in Washington de- cunea comment on t inney s ar ticle. Lincoln County Changes Mind In School Vote NEWPORT, June 20-fT)-Lincoln county voters changed their minds today and passed a special tax levy and bond issue to bring coun ty schools up to state standards. The issues were defateoVin an April election. The $1,350,000 bond Issue was passed today, 2278 to 673. The $598,049 pecial levy was approv ed, 1947 to 786. The figures were compiled with only three small precincts unreported. The three had about 150 votes. Hurry Ends Tonight! 19t9'i Surprise Musical Hit! "MY DREAM IS YOt'RS" And "JIGSAW" Wunolm.'ACTBSBTi mm A UMIHU I IIIUL VUllllll U" V ...rrr- Mrn I UAftiM W f ! I II II II wmMm mi.....-- And "HIDE-OUT" 'Basketball Headline!' Color Cartoon News ENDS TONIGHT! -Canadian Pacific" "My Own True Love" r3 NEW TOMORBOWI 2 Top Treats! Umal Fred Afedlfonai Madeleine Carroll u"D0:i7 TRUST i YOUR HUSBAND V( And i i mm & - II! IIHn.li UHHiUtJ TOMORROW! All NEW Thrills I .! A A , then as Heroes J their guns vxv"jr ft bullet-biasing lL history! pl f ..... Czech Catholic Faction Ousted From Church By rhfllB Clarke VATICAN CITY, June 20-TV-The Roman Catholic church struck back at its enemies in Czechoslo vakia today- and excommunicated all catholics who join the communist-sponsored Catholic Action, rival to the church's lay organiza tion of the same name. It was a blow in support of the 60-year-old Archbishop of Prague, Msgr. Josef Beran, whose sermon was broken up at SL Vitus cathe dral yesterday by hecklers. The excommunication was an nounced in a decree of the Sacred Congregation of Holy office, an ancient body charged with defend ing the faith against false doc trines. The decree declared the new Catholic Action group "schis matic" and accused its founders of frauds Even as the church acted with one of the most powerful weapons at its disposal, Czech police tight ened their guard over the palace of the archbishop. He has declared a fight Jo the end against efforts to make the church a communist puppet. Railroads Seek Expense Cuts PORTLAND. June 20 A hint that railroads are' suffering from declining economic conditions came today from A. E. Stoddard, president of thee Union Pacific. Stoddard told an interviewer that all rail lines are stfiving to reduce operating expenses. He spoke of a new turbine, to be tested by the 7nion Pacific soon, which may greatly reduce costs. The railroad executive suggest ed that the government might stagger its European shipments to ease the feat or famine'' prob- i lem which always Dlazucs rail roading. "There is either a lull or you have more business than you can handle," he said of freight ship ments. The jam, of course, comes at harvest time. Mat Daily from 1P.M. NOW SHOWING! Rhythm Co-Hit! Opens 6:45 P. M. Now! Double Mlrthquake! Bud Abbott In Twin Laff Hits! "RIDE TM COWBOY" A O "KEEP TM FLYING" Ends Today! C:45 P. M. Bart Lancaster "BRUTE FORCE" Franc hot Tone Trail Of Vigilant" r TOMORROW! Rey Rogers Color "Nighttime la Nevada" r- Bing Crosby TF I HAD MY WAT j ! j I STARTS TONTTE! P I Free Shetland Pony ff I I Rides for the Hid- If I I I dies Starting Dally II II At 8 P. M. j II J II Claudette Colbert I Fred MacMurray I rl "Family Honeymoon" M III Richard Denning If II Trudy Marshal 1 1 J "DISASTER" II 3 few m Coat alio YS ''WfSfS) 1 !