Rail Traffic EMls on West Berlin Cherry land Festival Queen Crowned (Story in Column 5) POUNDBB 1651 89th YEAR .24 PAGES The Oregon Statesman, Salem. Oregon Friday, July,!. 1949 PRICE 5c No. 104 - - ' . " I 1 howls Weirs 3-G)ay Week enate Votes TaK Labofc DtP SHEDDQB ratDCOXg Our state board of control is . temporarily and the operators pro reversing the old adage: Look be-. mptly tailed the action "illegal." fore ydu leap. Though two of rts Tne United Mine Workers' pre members went off to Washington j sident got around his traditional to fay yea, yea and hay, nay onno contract, no work" policy by ho Kni for a Columbia Valley Ad ministration; the board.thls week, on motion of State Treasurer t.nn .has agreed to. make a p. study Of; the Mitchell, bill, Attorr ney General George Neuner is to be invited in to help 'the board members with their iessions. Pre--sumably, he will be a sort of tutor. Now this is imrestihg. Gov ernor; McKay is convinced the CVAbill is a snare and a delus ion. Our Walter told the enate committee that the "fprward-see-irig people" of Oregon are strong for it, and thatJGovefrvor McKay will find that out, coma next election presumably by means of an electoral spanking. But now the Board of control is to turn itself into a class for studyi of the bill to see how it will affect Ore gon; 1 , Since McKav and Pearson are positive in their views it must be that the lessons are for the i bene - fit of Secretary of State Newbry. The. board is to go over t$e bill section by section; and presum ably each "advocate will expound the section, seeking to convince Mr. Newbry of its weal or woe, with- Mr. Neuner as umpire or coach or something. So once again . Secretary New bry is on the spot, Willhe team With Our Walter, as he. did in naming new tax commissioners, or will he " s ' (Continued on editorial page) Firecracker Explodes In Boy's Mouth A firecracker exploded in a seven-year-old boy's mouth hre Thursday afternoon burning the inside, of his mouth and loosening . sever af of his teeth. Johnny Judah, 2260 Simpson st., was, the victim. He also in curred minor cuts on his hands, and part of one of his thumbnails was blown off. The firecracker was one he -found .on the Richmond school grounds, city first aid men were told, by his parents. Hospitaliza tion was ' not required, , according to- the first aid men who treated his injuried. It was the first fireworks in Jury reported in Salem this sea son. ! - SaUm M Portland . -78 41 .00 San Franciico . 66 44 . .00 Chicago 95 17 . -New York 75 M .00 Wtllannetle river -15 fet. FORECAST 4from U.S. weather bu reau. McNary field. Salem): Moetly fair , today and tonight with Uttlc cl-anfe in temperature. High today about S5: low tonight near 451 Agri culture outlook: Condition) fa voi able for farm artivitie today. SALEM HRKCIHITATION (Sept. i to July 1) 4)ls Year Last Lear Normal 41.61 1 -46.40 36.84 Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH IVAaf makes you think I don t fee welir Measure In Effect Durins; Corttract Talks fey Harold VV. Ward WHITE SUPLHUR SPRINGS, VV. Va.,Uune ao-lJ-John L. Lewis today ordered his soft coal miners to work inlv thr H.-iv a wffic taking -it upon himself to order the srwt work week which" the operators had rejected. The contracts covering 400,000 miners expire at midnight. All union mines east of the Mis sissippi are included in the Lewis order to work only Monday, Tues day arid Wednesday each week. Howyr, the work days wilj be Tuesday, Wednesday and, Thurs day next week because the miners are on a 10-day vacatioiywhich ends after Monday. Lewii gave no reason for ex cluding the far western mines, which ,; produce about 20,000,000 tons annually. George H. Love of Pittsburgh, head oj the north-west operators with wiom Lewis has been notogi ating here, termed the three-day week illegal. The operators fear if violates the anti-trust laws. Love' told a news conference Jt Lewis' order "disregards the Sfhjomic needs of the public,. the welfare of his union members, and their families, and his contract with the operators.'" y: He said he is not certain the operators would or could take any court action. The Operator spokesman said the mine oWners would keep their, pits open fpV any who want to work on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Jack9 To Fly Fo Boston With Santiam Beans .. STAYTON. June 30 -Special) Boston, of all places, "will be honored with a case of Santiam valley beans. Thet beans will be delivered personally to'Mayor James Curley of the'r:Massachusetts citv fey Stay ton's Jack of the Beanstalk, the lucky : young boy who will be selected in a popularity contest how publicizing the coming San tiam bean festival lyre. The; boy, between ages of 0 and 8,!;will fly to Boston with in escort,- via airliner. Parking Meters 1 To Make Debut t Silverton Soon SlLVERTOfj, June 30-(Special )-Silverton soon join oth er WilJamette valley cities by jn stallinij parking meters. Final reading of the meter or dinance will come before'the city, council Friday. A -meter company engineer will arrive late this week to map out locations for. the nick el takfrs. Little opposition is ex pected; from council members, who are reported as believing the me ters are necessary to, solve the parking problem.' Work is progressing on instal lation of a main trunk sewer line on C street and along the alley in ' cepted the offer of the AFL Musi back of Front street. City Man-! dans' Mutual association to play ager Robert E. Borland reported, j without a contract. The rtw line will accommodate Werner Janssen, who conducted the Assembly of God church and the orchestra for the last two sea a number of residences. n sons, will not return, however. j il , . 1 j , ; Protest Expected From United Airlines Over Proposal to Drop Salep as Stopping Point United Air Lines probably will protest: a suggestion from the civil aeronautics board that Salem te serviced by the West Coast lines rather' than UAL. A board t recommendation for study itnd hearing would consider authorizing West Coast, to substi tute Salem for its present McMinn ville fir station. West Coast has applied to drop McMinnvllle and some fither smaller cKies from its Med ford to Bellingham air route. - H. P Sweeney, UAL's Salem sta tion manager, was awaiting! word from the company headquarters on developments in the issue. Sweeney pointed out that Sa lem's growing importance in the mm Guilty 1 X 1 - V - , K i -i ' VXn" L i m .mi T, fill WASHINGTON,-June 30 Judith Coplen who was found guilty of espionage charges -by a fed eral jury here Thursday. Judith Gpplon Convicted as Spy for Russia By Roger D. Greene . WASHINGTON,- June .3Hr A ' federal jury today convicted Judith Coplon as a spy for Rus sia, tolling the 'word "guilty" fqh both counts of an e s p i o rfa g!e charge that coUl( ' send her to prison for 13 years. Judge Albert L. . . Reeves , toc newsmen he will sentence --Miss Coplon tomorrow, shortly after 9 a, m. 4 .i , . - , ' The senteiica-will follow argu ments on JlissfCoplon's continued bail. Neither the judge nor feder al attorneys; indicated any desire to send Miss -Coplon to prison be fore her second, trial In New York j next month,! Unflinching to the end, Miss' Coplon, though nervous, made no outcry or other sign of emotion as the jury delivered its verdict after '26 hours and 58 minutes of de liberation, i - Rebecca Coplon of Brooklyn, who7u5e.en. has been in constant attendance since the beginning of the trial last April 25, was not present in the courtroom when the verdict was returned. The mothfer, a widow, was re ported .ill in a downtown hotel. Defense Counsel Archibald Pal mer immediately announced he will carry the 'cs.se to the U. S. circuit court of appeals and,if ne cessary to the supreme court. Miss Coplon, 28, a Barnard col lege girl who graduated with top honors and then became a $4,479-a-year political analyst in the jus tice department in Washington, is under a total of $30,000 bond. . (Additional details onage 2) Portland Symphony' to Play Minus Contract PORTLAND, June 30 -(P- The; Portland Svmahony orchestra will i play during after all. tbe 1949-50 season The symphony , board, which earlier cancelled the seasori be cause of lack of funds, today ae will put up ! a stiff fight to retain its local service. ? At present United planes leave Salem six times daily, with twp of three northbound planes going direct to Seattle with stop only at Portland and two of three south bound planes going direct to San Francisco with stop only at Eugene. . The West I Coast schedule for it present McMinnville station has three northbound planes to Seat tle, two of ? them direct, and all with three intermediate stops. It also has three southbound planes to Medford,two of which connec tion with another line for San Francisco. The southbound flights to Medf ord have three intermedi ate stops each. In -Mines 1-42 Fight Against Bill Promised By Truman By Max Hall WASHINGTON, June The senate passed the Taft labor bill today by a 51-42 vote and wrecked for 1949 President Tru man's crusade to repeal the Taft-. hartley :act. A short time later, Mr. Truman told reporters: The light js going to continue as hard as I can make it ; Senator Robert A. Taft (R Ohio) won a convincing senate victory for his program to pre serve the "essential" features of the present law while making 28 chances in it. 4Sen. Cordon of Oregon favored, the bill. Sen. Morse opposed it.) " Bjut the chances are Taf t's new program will not become law. . It is' more likely that the two-year-old Taft-Hartley law will stick around, unchanged, "for at least another year or two. Sent U House After a whirlwind series of votes ended the four-week senate labor debate,; the't'biU was sent to the ;house;? - ! There it faced an uncertain ca reer. It; may never get any farther than the house labor committee. And if congress finally sends such a bill to the White House, the ov erwhelming opinion of Truman supporters and labor leaders , is that the president will veto it So today's action has transfer red, th long Taft-Hartley strug gle from the floor of the senate to the congressional campaigns" of 1950. Taft himself is one of the senators who tfnust run for re-election at that time. No Comment Mr. Truman was asked about this at his news conference. Would he try to defeat Taft for re-election? He said he had never un dertaken to defeat Taft and would not comment on the Ohioan's cam- paign. The president also declined to say whether he would veto the new Taft bill if it gets to his desk. Mr. Truman also refused com ment On the re-election chances of other senators who voted with Taft. He was asked if he- agreed with AFL President William that those who voted against Taft-Hartlev repeal are the enemies of labor. He did not comment directly but observed that Green had made his position very plain. Final Credit s Controls Die WASHINGTON, June SO-P)-All consumer credit controls, long since thinned down to a shaddw of their wartime stature, died at midnight tonight. Officials here doubted their end ing would make much immediate difference in termsito time buyers. In most respects, terms were as easy or easier than prevailed in I the days before controls. Any changes, it was suggested at the federal reserve board, are likely to bring a lower cash down payment 1han the one-third re quired by controls in buying auto mobiles. But the board, which exercised the controls, had no pressure from dealers indicating any widespread desire to depart from the final control terms of one-third down and 2 4g months to pay. Sweenef said the Salem station for UAL since its establishment in 1941 has -showed steady gains in passenger and freight services. Gross revenue for the first six months this year amounted to $11,400, said Sweeney, In this pe riod 3,425 passengers were handled locally and an estimated 1,400 oth ers were booked, here for passages from Portland. He added that air freight ship ments of 91,411 pounds for the six-months period places Salem about ninth among 41 western sta tions of the UAL system. Total shipments from here, including: al so air mail and air express, amount- to 113,548 pounds. . Russ Gut Red Tape At Berlin BERLIN, Friday, July 1 WV Traffic rolled again today on West Berlin's railway tracks after six weeks of strike-enforced idleness. The first elevated trains began moving in? the western sectors of the citv at 4 a.m. Said, Repairs Needed The strike of west German anti communist railway workers end ed Tuesday. But the Russian man agement heldoff, starting service on the ground repairs to ' tracks and installationswere necessary.. Although elevated trains got under way, direct passenger ser vice with western zones was not resumed immediately. The' inter zonal passenger trains, manage ment announced, would start and end at Potsdam, south of Berlin just inside the Russian occupa tion zone. The Soviet-licensed news agen cy ADN quoted Willy Kreikemey er, director general of the railway, as saying freight movements wouia start during tne aay. Western Berlin newspapers re ported heavy detachments of railway police from the Russian zone were posted at several west Berlin stations. , Cut Red Tape . The Russians cut some red tape yesterday and suddenly let west ern trucks roll unmolested be tween Berlin and the western zone. . . It turned out that one Soviet, sentry post wasn't satisfied with the way another Russian check point endorsed travel permits and refused to let many trucks through for two days. Allied sources said the matter was ironed out for the present by intervention of high Russian of ficials. . I German highway police report ed late yesterday afternoon that all trucks leaving and entering Berlin got by the checkpoints without trouble. Earlier, 80 trucks, mostly food carriers from ' Frankfurt, were stopped. Their papers were chal lenged and their cargoes seized. Levy Approved By West,Salem WEST SALEM, June $0 West Salem voters approved bV a 30'-21 vote- Thursday a $3,603 levy' to balance the city budget for 1949-50. , The vote was termed "excep tionally light" by Mrs, I. J. Mil ler, chairman of the election board. She said there were 1,020 registered voters in West Salem. The tally represents exactly 8 per cent of that number. West Salem's total budget1 for the year amounts to $74,538. The sum voted on was the part in excess of the 6 per cent increase limit.' Broker Buys Hops At 48 Cents, Pound OREGON CITY, June 30-UPi The sale of 30,000 pounds of fug gles hops at 48 cents a pound was reported here today. John I. Haas Inc., Washington, D. C, broker, contracted to buy the hops i- from V. H. . Jackson,' Woodburn, and Peter Scymahski, Silverton. They are growing in Clackamas county, yards. In Sunday Statesman Another "Little" Red. School house" has gone by the way side in our valley. Its fine his tory will be recounted in The Statesman feature section Sun day, j ,; . j Also on Sunday (and regu larly on Sunday hereafter) will1" appear "The Werld This Week." outstanding news-review page prepared from Associated Prcs dispatches the world over. i . And the top winners in the third week's competition of The Statesman's Summer Photo Contest for amateurs also will be announced and their en tries published. Incidentally, Tbe Statesman has no holidays, but the busi ness office will be open but a half-day Monday,' July 4. Hours will be from 1 to f pjn. both Sunday and Monday. There will be no interruption in publica tion. :A1 j Your i COMPLETE, 1 - DAY newspaper. , r . Orcaon?0latesnan A touch of the crown fn King Btnr Queen Patricia. I, royal ruler of ceremonies markinf the start of .photo. Coronation of Queen Starts Round of Fete Festial Events Friday, July 1 10 a.m. Grand parade. 12 noon Savings Bond show, Court' and High streets. 8 p.m. Horse show, fair grounds pavilion. 10 p.m. Public dancing, grandstand. ' Saturday, July X 10 Jn. Junior parade. , p.m. Start of state drill team contest, fairgrounds grandstand. 8 p.m. Drill team contest finals, fireworks, grandstand. 10 p.m. Public dancinr, grandstand. Court Street Reopens Today Court street will be reopened to traffic in the vicinity of the statehouse after noon today. State Highway Engineer R. H. Baldock said Thursday that final cleanup of the area and striping of the street are due for com pletion this morning and traffic will be restored there immed iately afterwards. The street has been closed fori several weeks for construction of an under-street tunnel connect ing the state capitol with- the new state office building going up at the corner of Court and North Capitol streets. June Warmer " Than Average All those cold nights to the con trary, June was a hit warmer than usual, the weatherman revealed early this morning. It was Slightly drier than the all-time average,, too, with J? of an inch falling. Normal for June is 1.21 of an inch. Average mean temperature for June was 62.2 degrees. Thii corn pares with a normal figure of 01.8 and an average temperature of 65 degrees recorded her last June. Temperatures ranged from 92 on June 5 to a comparatively frigid 40 recorded at S sun. Thursday, June 30. The bulk of the preci pitation came on Sunday, June 19 when J&l of an Inch fell. ; y : . i A; 's .V A ikv V'. ' ; y 4 , , 1 ' f' V ; - sf A - V I AVI. ? A?j - '-i-m, a VlS y : W"tt- :" . - "- - ' - ' la" J Deryl Myers hands and Pat O'Connor of Stay ton Deomes Salem'n Cherry land. The drama above was enacted last iiigtit at coronation the 1949 CherrjUnd. festival at th state fairground. (siatsmi" . By Robert ' ' City Eidtor, A new ruler was installed m the land of chrries. Thursday night and the 1949 Salem Cherryland festival wai loff to a lively start. ' : I; A - Coronation of Queen Patricia I, witnessed y nearly 2,000 royal subjects in the state fairgrounds grandstaifl featured th ciiici laiiiincnv iiuv in it vi wee s Xestivai. utner festival -events include parades today and Saturday. The new queen, Patricia O'Con nor, 18-year-old brunette daugh ter of, Mr. and Mrs. Francis O'-. Connon of Stayton, received the crown of ' her I reign from King Bing Deryl Myers of the Salem Cherrians : and her sceptre from retiring Cherry Queen Lois Eg gers of Brooks. . , . A dance revue and severs! other entertainment acts followed in introductictn of- the new ' queen and her court., with appropriate ceremonies: Escorted? to the stage by uni formed Cierrians we're Princesses Katherine Specht of Jefferson, with-Cherrian Robert M. Fischer; Jeannine Bentley of Lyons, with Paul Hale; Dorothy Neufeld of" Dallas, with Cedric Reaney; Grace Kirk of St Paul with St. Elmo Massengale. The queen, wearing a white sa tin gown with train and her prih" cesses in orchid . marquisette car ried black fans of purple orchids.' Others in the grand procession included Martha DuRette, 1947 queen, escorted by Cherrian W. C. Dyer jr.; Mrs. B O. Schucking, the 1903 queen of the first Cherry fair, Mrs. Arthur Weddle, court chaperone, 1 escorted by- iHunt Clark, and diminutive sisters of the new queen, Peggy O'Connor, 4, and Maureen O'Connor, 5. Other principals for the. coron ation were Dave Hoss, master of ceremonies; , Sidney L. Stevens, festival chairman; the Rev. George Swift, who gave the invocation; Gov. Douglas McKay, who .pre sented a seal of Oregon, and Sa lem Mayor R. L. Elfstrom who gave the keys to the city, (other letsival news, pages 12 & 24 Quads Born To Moscow Woman MOSCOW, June 30WP)-A wo man textile worker gave birth, to quadruplets and the government is spending 5,500 rubles at month on them, the newspaper Evening Moscow said today, (5,500 rubles is $934 at the diplomatic exchange rate.) . . . v Evening Moscow said the mother is thriving. The state is providing a doctor, five nurses, two , maids and three wet nurses for the bab ies, ; y--:---y'-y:. . - ir E. Ganarware The Statesman f A nun: iiigiii aiiufj uuiuig llilM Jap Redta Spze Police Station orprily TOKYO. Tridaij JuIV 1-OPW Japanese commu:fcjt seized a po lice station 110 mSes north of To kyo yesterday bpf abandoned It when rural poljj-ia squads ep--proached. i . - . - Press reports fiid 400 comm unists stormed polic station at Taira, on the last coast. Thi was the firsjt outright communist' outbreak undher tlta occuoatioh. t,l- though the Redslhave been bade. of labor and other vioIent demons ftrations. 11 Police at Taira had ordered th . communists to remove a. bulletin ouaru irom a piatj m ironi oi tn railway station. I S' A fight broke qtit when a num ber of communi3tt entered the po lice station." Six Ucemen and communist were' injured. Tho other Reds were arrested. Then about 40 ! communist tv- in for cements broke into the na tion and released' their comrade. The newspaper Asa hi said Red flags hoisted ovejr the station. Word spread tpat rural polic reinforcements iere on the way from Fukushima, bout 60 miles to the north. The kmmunists then retreated from tre station about : midnight, h i 5 sfe piMaaPBStHainiik m w. Western International At Salem 1. YskH 0 U inn.) At Victoria IS, Bi ?n-erton 7 -At Vancouver 4. Xteorrm i1 At Spokane . Wiutcire' IS Coast teatae At Portland 4. Safirr-vent T I At San Diego 2, Sfca'i I At Hollywood S, Ql'tUnd 1 At San francisco Lot Angeles ' American : Leagae At Botton 3. New;VorSc At Cleveland . DVmt 1J ' At Wasfiincton S. ".'.-dwiphia.S Only games scheduled. - National League At New York 0-J Boston 3-9 I At Philadelphia 4,' Bro2vr t At Pttulurft t. CircwuiaU A m Latum a CUuw Paticia Activities ' . i I! I . Temp I i