Rail Traffic EMls on West Berlin
Cherry land Festival Queen Crowned
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The Oregon Statesman, Salem. Oregon Friday, July,!. 1949
PRICE 5c
No. 104
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howls Weirs 3-G)ay Week
enate Votes TaK Labofc
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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"
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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:.
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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.
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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
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