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11 atemitt testa rouNDio 1651 99th YEAH PBICE 5c The Oregon Stateamrm. Salem, Oregon, Monday. June 27. 1949 12 PAGES No. 100 t Saleixi Couple Injured in Plane Crash r ! ; ;i w l i : J- !) 4 "r firr--rrj3wr I Vj M ' ,vii v-"- - - - s y L CRT 0HEDB You've heard the story of the chap-"who was made ill through the power of suggestion. His friends had ganged up on him. One al ter another greeted him: What's the matter? You don't look well": "Are you sick?"; "Don't you feel well? Your color is bad." Bv midday he commenced Jo haunt the mirror to see what he j looked like. By midafternoon he j really was, feeling ill. By night he was calling for the doctor. Business could worry itself into a depression. By listening to all the bad news, and spreading it. manufacturers and merchants and commercial salesmen can soon get to feeling like the man made ill by auto-suggestion. Moods grow by what they feed upon; fears spread like an infect ion. is in ordtr. Instead of making comparisons with postwar peaks, let businessmen make compari sons with pre-war statistic?. Not doing so well as in 1948? Turn to 1942 or 1941 and see how well you did in one of those years. Such a comparison very probably will bring smiles to your face; your jaws will stop sagging. Let's be honest with .ourselves and with each other. We've been up in the high altitudes of busi ness for several years, yet it was common knowledge that later (or seiner) we'd have to come down. In fad we have been hoping the other fellow, the man we buy from, would start down (and keep going L So there should be no surprise if the downhill procession rvally starts. Most business is well; fortified for the decline. Merchants re membered the heavy inventory losses of 1920. They have (Continued on Editorial page) Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH "At lent jou could say 'ex cus me' . u vj o o O - O O 0 0 0 o to (j X 0.0 A X m tVG --.-tit i.; ;.,,: J l . . -.- in in onion i m hiwi ii mmhmmmwmmw . . t r-;-V-" ; ti ' u--elf appeared to be divided, most ! injured Sunday 4V iCV ' ?-t??''fK-Z5i' V-1 of ,ho"'e DParin befete it op- crashed near Netarts. '-NJJHW. .Vi!tM.,POfedtheCVA.-' ! Uved in Salem for Year , nil y iw ti-i i r-al j..A?uiZdik m. j Such a proposal, said the eov-! Thev have lived in 5 LaSt Steaillboat !AHP0EG June e-.Speclan-Shown !i .IT. , .U!? CJ-'nP?t lUt! lXY H"J ' en me inameiiei rirer i ine mrrnwnri sieamooai via ire wnicn breught 150 river pilots apd distintuhhed Kuest to the 2th annual) reunion ei ine reran meamooaimen s iriaimn 01 ne ri Sunday. The ancient craft, still eperaiinc in Portland, is owned by the Northwest Transportation company. It is the only sternwneeler licensed to carry 'passenren in Oreeon and Washincton waters. (Statesman Dloto. (Story and Belgian Royalists Lead at Polls, Short of Majority By Carl Ilartman BRUSSELS. Belgium. Monday. June 27-iVPi-Supporters of exiled King Leopold III took an early lead in yesterday's parliamentary elections, but a spokesman conceded they would not win the clear majority they had sought. R. Faux, secretary to former Premier Paul Van Zeeland and a spokesman for the Social Christian party, made his prediction early " , today on the basis of 521.455 tab Korea Politico Agsainatcd By Follower SEOUL. Korea. June 26 - Kim Koo, prominent rightist politician who for years aspired to become the "Georee Washing ton" of Korea, was f hot to death : in his bedroom today by one of ' fiirt, i South Korean police gave this account .of I the assaysmation: Four army officers, members of Kim's "Korean independence par tv." called on the 73-year-old Khri 1 at neon. - I I A second lieutenant, identified only as Ahn. went: upstairs for ; a private conference. Five min- ' utes later, the three, who had re- mained below heard four shots, i Rushing upstairs, they found the lieutenant standing; over u.'tfh ralihr nictot Kim ! They immediately beat Ahn un- ( Leopold s return from his five conscious with pieces of furni- ! ar exile. It was the only party ture. He was still in ' coma many supporting the referendum. Ap hours later; incapable of answer- 1 parently Belaian women voting ing police questions '. Police quoted the three officers as saying their companion had argued with Kim "mrr a report that Kim intended to use part of the airriy "for his own pur poses." Police Halt Early Fourth A 14-year-ld Salem boy who was caught shooting . fireworks juvenile officer this rooming. The incident occured at 13th and State streets, according ta city pol.ee report ' r irecraciiers aiso ,were oiamea j for a brush fire on a vacant lot on South 19th street adjacent to the veterans' housing project which city i firemen I quickly ex tinguished at 5:30 p.m. Several edmplaintjt have been received due to premature shoot In, of trie noise-makers, police said Sunday ni?hu; Fireworks went on sale in the trity Saturday but may bei shot off. only on July 3-5 and not at all in the down town business district. tl INJURED IN CRASH PORTLAKD, Me., June 26-fVP-A Maine national guard transport plan plunged into Fore river to day injuring all 24 persons aboard after going out of control in a municipal airport landing, l The pilot said the plane's. brakes fail ed to bold, i 1 1 ' ii'' ... j' " - v . . . lit , . t . .- a I 'NIK . i 1 7:7J fiirL? 1 1 Z. ftA : - : fS': x pictures on pace 5, ' ulated votes, only about 10 per cent of approximately 5,500,000 ballots. A later tabul-ition of 1.181.132 votes gave them 48.5 per cent. These figures were: Social Christions 573,210 or 43.5 per cent. Socialists Second ' Socialists 334.335 or 2S.3 per cent. Liberals 148.599 or 12.6 per cent. Communists 89.171 or 7.6 per rent Minor parties 35.871 or 3 per cent. The Social Christians' lead be gan to drop after midnight as votes began coming in from Soc I ialist-voting industrial and min- nS areas. The returns were slow because these heavily populated a'siricis nan 10 count tens oi ; tnousands of votes with the same j number of officials who tallied "lou"ana-! votes in rural areas. B,iu K"endum ine feOCial Christians failure tO wn a majority blasted their hope j I iwi -u immtuiate reierenaum On for the first time were not giv ing their full support to King Leo pold as some had believed would be the case. The ejection went off without incident, except for a scrap be tween youthful Socialists and rthn!... . ... . . , ....... .vc 11, .-iniwrrp (UDliro. The weather was good. Complete returns were not ex-! pec ted before Monday. I Four major parties contested for ! the 212 .-eats in the chamber, 106 I in the senate .rd control of the '' provincial councils. ! BABY DI E FOR POWERS Th" " Jun 28 j .'J ro.ne Pwers are expecting ! ,Ja"Vafy-. ctor ' 8tud; announced tonight. WESTERN INTERNATIONAL At Brrmerlon J-1T. Satcm - At Yakima 7- . Tacoma S- . tOnly names scheduled) NATIONAL LEAGUE At Chicago J. New York At Louk 2. Boston At Pittsbursh 3. Brooklyn IS At CuictnnaU 4-S. Philadelphia J-X. AMERICAN LEAGUE At Washington 1. Cleveland 3 At Bo ton 3. St. Louis 3 At Philadelphia 4-fl. Chicago 2-3 At New York t-4. Detroit J-12. COAST LEAGUE At San Francisco 5-0. Portland (-4 At Los Anveles 3-7. Seattle -S At San Dteco 5-4. Hoilrwood 12-3 At Sacramento 1-2, Oakland -. Vl , .vrS night. "Although the committee Taxicab Wriecked, Skids on Ice in Torrid New York NEW YORK. June 2&-C-A taxi-driver was injured in a collision with another cab which skidded on ice today the hottest day of the year in New York City. Herman Goldberg. 51. suffer ed a possible fractured pelvis, police reported, when a cab driven by Arthur Irise. 31, skid ded into his taxi at 53rd street and third avenue. "Taxicab No. 2 skidded on ice In the roadway." the police re port read. It added, however, that the ice apparently had drop ped from a truck. ! McKay States mioiis 'Well Received' Gov. Douglas McKay said Sun day in Salem he was "very Dleas- ed" wah his recent trip to Va.sh- ! mgton, DC. where: he appeared before a congressional committee in op(sition to the proposed Columbia Valley administration. " Our arguments against a-CVA lnis ree'on were well received Dv the committee." said Gov. Mc- Kay who returned late Saturday facts 'and n,f party politics. This tninfJ " important to be In- fjuencei 5V partjsan politics fhe Eovernor indiratpi he would appoint a successor to the late Percy R. Kelly, state supreme court justice, who died recently, within the next several days. . Although not confirmed offic ially it is understood the appoint ment would be made on someone living outside the Portland area. Gov. McKay revealed he had been elected to the executive com mittee of the governors' council at the convention last ! week of the nation's governors ; at Colorado Springs. Fire Destroys Staten Island Railroad Dock NEW YORK. June 26-;p-The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's coal loading dock on Staten Island was destroyed by a fierce fire that burned unchecked fur an hour and a half Most of the town of St. George on the island was blanketed by dense smoke as land and marine fire fighters fought the blaze in 93-degree heat, the hottest dav o the year in New York City. A number of coal barges and two loaded freight cars also were destroyed in the blaze. There were no reports of casualties. Ordered ,o Jiie area of the 800 foot dock were all ! Coast Guard boats . in New York as well as land and marine fire-fighting equip ment fr0m Manhattan and Brook- ment from Manhattan and Brook- jyn. As the fire gained headway, huge clouds of smoke drifted in- land, "turning the dav into nirht " a nolic rrmrt Harry I. Walton. B. and 6. gen- .ral curarintnHnt in lh N.w York district, estimated the loss at $500,000. Salem National 1 i ! r v I - Symbol f the triumphant return f ' y'j?r r-''Vr """"" V-J'J til "' ; 1 -C'- . vir-, ?&jkh' iHA I V lCit fs3t JA W ' ' i - .0-'' "N.'S. I LA!1 .-adl . 3 t I 'ai-al W tg iZ 5 iV v -vr-fr-r: ...i .'t. r v-j- companj a Mlnrday was the trophy they won as the;; shews the award to his wife and ZVj-5 ar-oId sen. Ron aUUnding company of the 41st divisJoa iimmer ! aid. At rtM. Cap. Barl Cox, eompanr commander, lifts encampment at Ft. Lewis. Wash. In the picture, at left ' the trvplix Engine Fails on Air Jaunt TILLAMOOK; June 26-JP)-A Salem couple, out for their usual Sunday air jaunt, narrowly escap ed death today in a crash on mud flats near Netarts. A rescue plane brought George Oliver King, 40, and his wife, Sarah Gladys King, 35, to a hos pital here. Mrs. King suffered a skull fracture, back injuries and cuts on the body. King suffered a nose fracture, a sprained hip and cuts on the face. Engine Quits They left Salem in mid-morning. Witnesses said they were flying over Netarts bay near here in the afternoon when the engine quit. The light pl.ane side-slipped down, bouncing 300 feet along the mud flats, throwing parts as it went. Walter Herd. Tillamook flier, twice landed his light plane with- in 500 yards of the wreck to carry the Kings to Tillamook, one at a time. The Kings recently came to Oregon from Indiana. He is employed at Salem as an electric ian. Mr. and Mrs. George Oliver King. 696 N. Cottage St.. were when their plane salem for fi ti a vear. He was employed dv a irm making electrical installa tions in the new Capitol street shopping center. King is the son of Mrs. Esther H. Decker, 2381 State st. Highway 99 Wreck Kills 7 MADERA. Calif., June 26-PV-An overcrowded automobile piled head-on into a produce truck near Madera last r.ight, causing one of the worst crashes highway 99 has seen in years. Seven of the car's passengers were killed outright and the other two were injured so badly they may die. All were from Stock ton. The truck driver, Don Allen of Stockton, told officers the car was weaving from side to side as it came down the highway, making it impossible for him to avoid it. He was not hurt. Officers did not detain him. Bridge Jammed By Hot Spell NEW HAVEN, Conn., June 26-(Pi-Was it hot? Phew! The Tomlinson bridge, carrying U. S. route No. 1 across the Quinni m o - i - r hers iommwH t Vi o t it : could not be ODened. The sizzline above 90 temperatures had ex- ' panded the steel framework, i Firemen played two hose lines : in the bridee for three hours, and : finatlv ranspH th eto.l In rnntrart 1 a quarter of an inch. That was i mnnoh tn frr lh hrirfiro anH rvr. mit it to be raised for a waiting ' boat. Guard Company Salem's satlanal guard i Tech. SgL r t r )r--r fri 11' Knr- i tut . lri t LeDDft Raise Method Eased, New RySes Relax CokwoDs Dr. Ray Lynam Wilbur, Famed Educator, Dies PALO, ALTO, Calif., June 26-;p-Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, former secretary of the interior, educator, physician and renowned humani tarian, died today. Death, caused by heart disease, came to the 74-ear-old interna tionally known Californian in his home on the campus of Stanford university the institution he headed for 27 years. Back to Work Order Given to Berlin Strikers By Daniel De Luce BERLIN, June 26-;P-The ex ecutive board of the anti-communist railway union (UGO) bowed to western commanders' order today and ordered strikers to get back on the job Tuesday morning. They have been on strike five weeks. The men were told to report for duty on the Soviet-controlled state railway at 8 a.m., Tuesday and end blockage conditions that have pre- vailed since May 21 UGO leaders argued for five hours before accepting the terms laid down by the three western commandants in Berlin yesterday. The British, American and French commanders warned UGO that the strike must be called off by Tuesday or the west Berlin city government would stop paying un employment relief to railwaymen. The commanders' terms gave the strikers 100 per cent payment of wages in west marks and said the Russians had given assurances there would be no reprisals for S Li 1IWU. California Sun Missing as Florida Governor Marries LO; ANGELES. June 26-(7P- Hers' was the eighth traffic death The governor of Florida and his of the vear compared with 18 lovely California blonde 20 years on the s;me date in 1948 his junior, were married today. j The 98 dkys con,titutcn the Fuller Warren and Barbara , longest such string in Portland, Jeanne Manning gave their vows ! but was not a national moid for before 200 invited guests who i oities of Portland's size. filled the cand!e-lit Westwood i Community church. j Outside, a curious crowd wait- f 7tfrli C ntlinlinc ed for a glimpse of the silver- t 11 dlHOIH.& thatched 43-year-old governor and rFrill Pfrior his 23-year-old bride. 1 1 l' 1 repjrt, To the chagrin of California rt (it f rp chambers of commerce the day fOF JlOlir OI 1 riUl was grey, with clouds shrouding foe sky- PRAGUE. June 26 -OTV Arth The newlyweds plan to leave bishop Josef Beran and his bishops for an unannounced destination in issued a blistering indictment to southern California. jay of the communist government eeiore tne weacung. six ponce- men were needed to control, a surging crowd of nearly 200 per sons waiting outside. PLAN WHITMAN STATl'E YAKIMA, Wash , June 26 - (TPi Plans were drafted today to raise 0.000 by popular subscription to erect an eight foot bronze statue of Dr. Marcus Whitman in the na- Inn'. Moll Cnmo U'kinir. " v- 6- ton. D C. B Sports Giant Donald LaBraache, 3S7I LaBranche are for all te see at a pablic welcome Dr. Wilbur was stricken with a heart ailment five years ago. He was gravely ill for months but recuperated and had been fairly active until two weeks ago. He was unable to attend Stanford graduation exercises last Sunday. In New York Herbert Hoover, in whose cabinet Dr. Wilbur serv ed as secretary of the interior from 1929 to 1933. expressed deep regret over his death. "He was my devoted and con stant friend from our boyhctil." the former president said. Mr. Hoover lauded Dr. Wilbur for "a multitude cf fpetial ser vices to the people.'' "America is a belter place for his having lived in it.'' he said. It was Dr. Wilbur who, as in terior secretarv. signed the con- ! tracts for Hoover dam at Boulder ; New Dr. Wilbur was president of Stanford university from 1916 to 1943. Upon his retirement, he became chancellor of the univer sity, a post he held until his death. Traffic Death Snaps Portland Safety Record DAOTT AWT" T.ine A Tr,r : , ... ,,.,ffj(. cof,r r..r ,i on deathless days ended early today when an elderly woman pedestrian was struck by a taxicab. It was the first traffic fatality since March 19. Police said the woman. Mrs. Laura Enstina Jor dan, 67, was struck down at an intersection in early morning darkness. The taxicab driver was and solemnly told the nation' 9.- 000.000 catholic their "hour of trial" may be at hand. The leaders of the Roman Cath olic church outlined the charges against the government and ef forts to subjugate their church in a pastoral letter priest who read the pastoral ' . r 'etter in St. Vitus cathedral was heard by parishioners to say "if ' necessary, vou must be crecared fnlln.., Ik- ki,l -.v, i ...w- V"' v christian martyrs." Trophy on Return from Ft. Lewis the troops en their return. Cherry land festival Qneen elect Patricia O'Connor of Stay tea stands nearest the camera. Members of her eenrt arc In backs' roand. accorded (Statesman pbotes). Remodelling to Permit Hike, ) Woods States By Sterling F. Green WASHINGTON. June 26-..4V; Four new rules easing rent n trols were disclosed today. Own ers putting more value into their property will be in line for rr.cr rent. And Housing Expediter Tifhe W. Woods foresaw this -as a host for business in general. . By encouraging owners 1 model, decorate and rnstall i.tr equipment, ocis predicted, li orders may provide a "signitit ;.i f help to -business and ci:i.p help offset skidding price tn4 rising iintMnpNn rr.ent. Reflect Raie in l asts Rent ceiling ifijereases wili b granted, he sa.ci, to leim 1 1 i m landlords for suiW outlays and tor improved services to tenant' '! hm rent hikes will rcilect the n- in costs of ljbor a:ui materialy v 1 1 c 1942. when ren's were. fro;n. "The fretve principle ol not control i'i ikw. a Tung of the rt. Wood tol l a reporter. The actions supplement 1h requirement nf the 1949 rent 'fW that landlords be assured a "lair net operating income." T).i who miht not qualify for liitr.er ceilings undir that law may I n ef it from the n-v. rules pi. ,,4 tenants get "a!':e received." More Leeway tiiven The orders a'. -. ive local officials much n.e.i'er leewj.y to adjust-e:l:nts m harmony w th local real etJe practices. fur ther, a landlord can obtain In m the local h-Mijit'.si office an 'ri' ion," before he speeds his m i y. 'on how- much rei't increase will be allowed. The opinion wiil bm binding. The order permit ceiling tftM in the-e cj. -(: 1. Where a "m.-ijr capit; l im provement'' is miff, as d,M r.ct from ordinary repair and main tenance worlt. 2. Where 3 ''substantial .n-. crease" is made in servic es. I ...in-, iture. furnishings or equipmiit' or w here the living space w ;. in creased between nnd-1947 bid April 1. 194. 3. Where the local director finds' that the rent, frozen, is "s.d) stantially lower" than fr r oin parahle dwellings in the area 4. Where a tenant who i;- m thorized to sublet part of It property has increased the i,oin ber of sub-tenar.U who are lay ing him. H?(DG v7&Q0ail1 Ma. 9.) 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