Los Angelesi
Gamming Czar
mtmm,
Victim ofGan
Warfare
gland
OS ANGELES, July 20 Edward "Xtddie" Herbert, henchman of
Gambler Mickey Cohen, lies on the sidewalk outside a Sunset Strip
night spot today where he, Cohen, and two others were shot down in
an outburst of gangland warfare. Herbert was wounded critically,
one bullet reportedly severed his spinal cord. AP Wirephoto to The
Statesman.)
.
McKay Replaces Entire
State Game Commission
GUP I
On July 2th the voters of West
Ealem will vote on whether to be
come part of Salem. The question
is provoking somo controversy
among the citizens of West Salem,
which Is natural. There has been
sumo indulgence in personalities
which may satisfy emotions but
throws no light on the wisdom of
r merger.
It is a grave mistake in my judg
ment for a Voter in either city to
weigh the question chiefly in the
light of his personal interest or
that of his own city. What should
5? " nTA,1
i uiu
now and in the years ahead. If we
in that licht I
believe that both cities will ap
prove consolidation. As far as the
West Salem election is concerned
m-""" -;;--- y," " '
however it should be understood
there is po pressure from this side
to get a favorable vote, no "cam
paign" organized in its behalf. It is
squarely up to our neighbors across
th river to make up their minds.
If they join Salem we'll carry for
ward together. If they conclude to
continue to go it alone awhile long
er we'll still be the best of friends.
The advantage from consolida
tion lies in the fact that urban
services' can be planned and pro
vided for the whole area. As an
irftegral part of Salem the west
side would have water service from
the Salem system. It is part of the
Salem plan to construct a great
balancing reservoir on the westside
hills both to augment reserve and
to maintain good pressure. The
problem of sewage dis-
(Contmued on Editorial Page.)
Dallas Police Force
Aflils Iawrence WilkillSlof the four-day Legion gathering
j which begins August 3. Thous
DALLAS, July 20 -(Special)- ands of :Legionnaires, members of
Appointment of Lawrence E. Wil- the auxiliary and visiting mii
kins, "Woodburn, to the Dallas po- tary units will march in it. Fifty
lice force has been approved by new street banners and decora
the city, rouncil. Wilkins replaces 'tions fof 150 downtown light posts
Dan Fisher. Dallas, whose resig- , will provide a backdrop for the
nation has been accepted. ; gala parade.
The new officer, with his wife r 1
and child, will move to Dallas as
Wilkins has been in, police work
tlMut a year.
Animal Craclters
By WARREN GOODRICH
"Boy! Tslk bout t hen
pecked huibtndf
P7 tO
'k:4
i
Reorganization of the state garde
commission, as provided by an
act of the 1949 legislature, was
annnunrfd bv Gov Dnncrla Ms-
Kav hr wrin.sHv through th
appointment of five new members,
New members are Carl C. Hill,
Days Creek, former state repre
tentative from Douglas county
Se
with wide experience as a
forester and timber cruiser;
S. Blakeley, Bend, Brooks-Scan Ion
lumber company sales manager;
Delbert G ilde r s 1 e e ve, Baker.
stockman and president of the
Oregon game protective society;
J. H. VanWinkle, editor of the
Oregon City Banner-Courier, and
Donald Mitchell, Taft, pharmacist
They succeed commissioners I
whose terms ended July 16,
Governor McKay said all have
been prominently identified with
the sportsmen's movement. The
governor; said he selected the five
new members of the commission
from a list of 55 recommended
and that a number of competeht
men had to be by-passed.
Hill will serve for five years,
: Mitchell four years. Gildersleeve
i ree ye(irf. , Vanw inkle two --years,
; and giakeiey one year. Members
! ?. lhe.J.ormer commission were
w t wiison. corvains; iarry m-
j , , Portland Theodore Conn
i iaTe' rorll2.na. .5 -0"n'
: lAKeview; k. u. wiccianen. tn-
terprise.iand Kenneth S. Martin,
Grants pass. ? ;
"It appears to me that it was
the intent of the legislature that' I
should appoint an entirely ne,w
commission". Governor McKay
said. "I want that made plain be
cause the old commissioners did a
remarkable job under a system
that mriny sportsmen felt to be
inadequate." i
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Maison to Lead
Legion Parade
Brig. Gen. H. G. (Fod) Maison
will be; grand marshal of the
American Legion state conven -
tion parade here Friday. August
5. The appointment was marie -at
a meeting of the convention com-
mission headed by John Kerrick
Wednesday night.
Th rijirnrli will h a hiph-liffht
Longshore Ulftl Raid
Non-Union Conmany :
HONOLULU. July 20 - (.V) - An
ILWU raid on the offices of a new
non unjon : stevedoring company
today touched off the first major
violence in Hawaii's 81-day ddck
strike. !
Thirty men were arrested flsnd
19 were injured, including two po
lice officers.
Gov. Ingram M. Stainback for
mally (tailed Hawaii's legislature
into special session Tuesday i to
' seek an end to the bitter longshore
'strike. One of the proposed bills t
under consideration would auth-:
orize Stainback to. seize and oper-j
ate the docks.
Ml
Salem i , 'I
FortUnd , 69
San Fraiicisco . 65
Chicago i , S5
51
St
49
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74
N-w York . 92
Willamette river -2 8 feet.
FORECAST ilrom U. S. weatber bu
reau. McNary field. Salem 1: Partly
cloudy and slishtly warmer todav and
tonight with the highest temperature
today ner 80 and low tonight near' 50.
Conditions will be favorable for moat
farm activities todav.
AI.F.M MKeiPITATIOV
(Sept. 1 to July 21) '!
This Year lt Year Normal
41.79 46J4 3749
By Bill Becker
LOS ANGELES, July 20 Ufi)
Gambling Kingpin Mickey Cohen
and three other persons were
blasted early today by gangster
gunfire on Sunset strip movie
night playground, less than 24
hours after he had been assigned
a state bodyguard.
Ironically, the special guard,
Harry Cooper, 38, was critically
wounded. Cohen, the dapper
leader- of Hollywood sub rosa
night life, suffered only a shoul
der wound.
i The other victims were ash
blonde Dee David, 26, former
actress, and Edward (Neddie)
Herbert, 35. a Cohen henchman.
Their condition was reported as
grave.
Today's shooting was the most
snectacular gangland blast since
Bugsy Sieel was ambushed as
he sat in fh Beverly Hills man
sion of gav divorcee.' Virginia
Hill, two ye?rs ago.
Cohen is a central figure in a
current hot grand
jury inquiry i
into police vice tieuos. It already j diate plan to by-pass congress and energy met with the secretary of
has resulted in a widespread po- I share A-bomb secrets with Britain ; state, the secretary of national de
lice department ,shakeiiD. incluH-! Dy executive agreement. j fense, and the atomic energy com
ing the resignation of Chief C. B. j General Dwight D. Eisenhower j mission and. General Eisenhower.
Horrall. 1 and other top-ranking officials "We discussed the Ration's for-
Cooper was assigned yesterday . discussed U. S. policy on atomic eign relations in the field of atomic
by Attorney General Fred How- secrets for two hours and 45 min- j energy. No conclusions were
ser to guard Cohen," presumably
because Cohen had voiced fear
that eastern ganesters were in
town to assassinate him.
"The cowardly attempted assas
sination of Soecial Agent Cooper
appeared to be a challenge to all
law and order and decent citizens
in our community," said the at
torney general.
As the law massed forces to;1
investigate the shooting and its J"
obvious background of hoodlum
rivalry, Howrer said his office
had been working on ."specif'c
information" shout who might
have attempted to eliminate
Cohen.
Howser also disclosed that two;
automatic shotguns found a block j
from the shooting scere had Deen ,
traced to san Diego stores.
Gov. Earl Warren said "this is
gang warfare one group of or-
ganized racketeers shooting
up
j another. ... The situation is de
grading to our state.
Seattle Plane
gi -m fry -m
i I tiGll I itn I
! L A 'lCX
Reaches Seven
SEATTLE, July 20-f;P)-Rubble
and burned homes ringed the rip
ped cabin of an ill-fated charter
airliner in suburban Georgetown
today. There seven persons met
death late last night in the flam
ing crash of the non-scheduled
plane. "V
Four of trte dead had their lives
snuffed out as they slept in the
modest residential buildings, un-
" -1 . ,U-L- " r:, wl!
,,,.t,".i,rr,T:T rt... V.
(XTUUHI l UirU Ul UUIMJ IU-
dav The other two were Dassen-,
uay. inc ointr iwu wcie prf . en ,
-. l
gers aooara me t;nicago - Douna
twin-engined C-46. Twenty-nine
otners hurt in thc crasn. Six
firpmpn enfforpd hums
! SUIIcr?a "?urns;
Death was cheated of more vic-
hv ilIst two minutethe in-
terval between the crash and an
earth-rocking, flaming explosion.
; In those i20 seconds nearly all
the 32 passengers and crewmen
tumbled out to safety.
The death of Pete Chumos, 66,
of Seattle raided the tragedy toll
to seven this afternoon. He died
of burns suffered while he was
visiting in a roomine house which
the C-46 hit. (Story also on
page 2).
ELLIOTT SUPPORT RAISED
! PORTLAND. July 20-7P)-Polit-
ical supporters of Sheriff M. L.
(Mike) Elliott have announced a
j public rally in a move opposed to
a recall ramnaipn against th
i young Multnomah county official,
A handbill signed by the Legal
! Defense committee was distributed
in the citv today. It announced
the rallv for 3 p.m.- Sunday in a
public Dark
Plane Cuts Smith of Destruction
S- ;- - vlrW- "
l . " :-n-s ,-r . 1
SEATTLE, July 21 This Is general view af destrne tive path rut by a erasbing C-4 plane here last night
Partly wrecked house shows in foreground; part af brick house In renter was demolished and booses on
either side suffered damage from crash or fire. Th o piano carried 32 persona. (AF Wirephoto to The
1 Statesman.)
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Release off AWitoudc Bomb Secirets Not'Cajljledl.
For Dim Atlantic Pact, RilcRilaihon Tells Seriate
Sharing A -Bomb Secret
Not Planned by Truman
WASHINGTON, July 20 -UP)- At the end of the session Sena
An extraordinary secret session of tor McMahon (D-Cdnn). chair
high officials and law-makers man of the joint committee, told
produced indications tonight that reporters:
President Truman has no imme- :
utes with the senate-house com- j reached and none was contemplat
mittee on atomic energy. Their ' ed at this meeting. I - j
momentous meeting was guarded j "A future meeting will be held
by two police sergeants, and the j at the call of the chairman after
shades of their meeting room were j the elapse of sufficient time for
tightly drawn. I further deliberations."!
Rent Decontrol Move
Draws Group Protest
By Conrad G. Prange
S'.alf Writer. The Statesman
Force? opposing decontrol of rent in the Salem area are this
week training their big guns on Gov. Douglas McKay who "soon is
0 consider a petition from Salem city council seeking removal of
controls.
i Mam objections to decontrol!
have come from representatives o
labor, Marion county veterans
: service and the Marion -Polk
Counties Progressive club. -
One big argument they advance
is the assertion that rents will in
crease immediately if controls are
removed. Another is that a bona
fide, impartial survey of the hous
ing situation in this area should
be made by a qualified party be
fore final action is taken.
This last received emphasis from
Governor McKav who earlier this
week approved removal of rent
controls for the city of Ashland.
duct housing surveys before reach-
ing decisions. .
In conference with a delegation
from Salem Trades and Labor :
council Tuesday Gov. McKay point-j
ed out that match money for city- j
provided funds was made available j
for this purpose by the 1949 legis- I
lature. j
Salem along with other principal
Oregon cities were informed by
letter of these fu
inos. ire SOer-
I nnr ii n n i on v rnn ant aaueii
. . . . . . n..l 1 M-J
: ,' l' T j .
. . . ODl)orturutv and 1!; to
; , . ..:
conduct a housing survey soon.
The governor also told the local
labor delegation, headed by Her-
r-t Rrbor that h HiHltrl to
..rriH. lor! a,.thoritv" Hp said
he will give considerable study to
the decontrol petitions from Sa-
lem and Eugene city councils be-
fore acting, however.
(Additional details, page 2)
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j - ffattlC (jVCF rami
SnneHiv III TiiillSf
i"1'0 . llul
WASHINGTON, July 20 -(JV-Administration
forces fought in
the house today to save the Bran
nan farm subsidy plan from
threatened defeat. They shouted
that it is necessary to prevent p.
collapse of the whole farm pro
gram
The opposition responded with
a charge that the .administration
bill gathers its support principally
from organized labor not from
hrnun Thev aririiA4 that it'
urnnlH laH ultimatplv in a npare-
time OP A.
Tlx Oraxjon
"The joint committee on atomic
"Contribution
Surprise Seen
In Fund Drive
Surprises are in $tore for the
fund campaign force of Salem Hos-
pital"' Development program when
it meets to post initial pledge re-
ports Friday noon in the Senator ,
hotel. i
This was the word Wednesday ,
from hospital campaign headquar- !
ters as scores of the 300-member j
campaign group continued to -check
in for pledge cards or information !
and with hints of encouragingly
large contributions already on hand
for the Friday report. !
City Chairman Alfred W. Loucks
anrl PrnJram Dirprtnr IT T Prank.
--
,- -j i
lln salQ compeinion is Keen among
, . . ci
Ulc J" irim- iu;hi onrm
prospects
tions.
for hospital contribu-
.
At this stage of the campaign.
workers are seeking to exceed an
l P
t(.a"' 'heAexntual ver-all goal
of -1 ,000 for expansion of this
-city hopit;l facilities Memorial
gifts camp;.iene: s, who already
have laised nearly $250,000, wiil
make lurtner reports ai mcr reg -
ular meeting this noon in the Mar-
- .. .
ion hotel.
All campaign worker? are stress-
ing the advantages to donors of
using the .six-payment plan set up
by the fund headquarters to dis
tribute the contribution over three
tax years.
AIRFIELD FI NDS OKEHF.D
ci-o viv.. .i v,,o kc .
aiiotoH nnn for imnrovement
kJ aiv ill r ii a t v iitiu t lao w-v m
' next year, contingent upon $19,000
city match-money. Rep. Walter
I Norblad informed Chamber of
i Commerce Manager Clay Cochran
on Fridav Norhlad w informed
of the allotment bv the civil aero-
' nautics administration.
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Statesman. Salam, Oracon, Thursday. July 21. 1949
Boston Bound with Beans
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STAYTON. July 2 This elihl-y ear-old Stay ton 'boy, Dennv Frank,
is real Jack-of-the-BeansUlk as pietared above In a ban field.- lie
was ebesen today to have that title as he rules over thc Stayton bean
festival July 26-3. .
Stay ton's Jack to Pack
Goodwill to Bean Town
STAYTON, July 20 -(Special)-Ultle Denny Frank. , selected
Jack of the Bean Stalk here Wednesday, will leave today for Boston
on "operation beans."
Denny is the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Frank. His father is con-
i . . ... . , t-.ii,
nected with Freres and Frank
.
Lumber company. Denny was se
lected bs Jack on basis of a popu
I 1 11 -. r . W. n fn.tk
lamv uuil lis pail vi nm iui i"-
-omirie Santiam Bean Festival.
Dennv. accompanied by his
mother ad Gene Malecki of Sa-
lem festival manager, will leave
fev ane from Salem airport u
g;55 oclock tonieht. Notable bean
eaters such as Gov. Douglas Mc
Vov Movr.r- flifforH 1.ik of
1 X 1 J . ' I " ' -
. StaVton anJ others. wiu see
Derinv of on his crossCOuntrv
fijght.
risd In an authentic Jack -of-
theean-sta1k costume De.iny
will present a case of Santiam j ooaro, tne sirme cauea against tne
; beans to Boston's Mavor James . Southern Pacific railway was be
i M. Curlev. Mavor. Curley is ex- ing postponed 60 days,
i pected to respond' with a pot of! This would be 60 days from the
l .... i j m i i:t.
(Boston baked beans for uenny.iojie uuiinauj sn iw mt mihi
The Stayton party will retur ; Friday, July 22 Corcoran said.
home Ju v 2 lust in lime ior me
-
bean festival, July 26 to 30.
I urmona Kea,n. -oruana cut
commissioner, wni crovs n Y"'
a Jack of the Bean Stalk on
i the opening day of the lestivai
Y1 oiay ion s
new community
, building
Jack is to have as his
honor guard the Robin Hood or
ganization of Sherwood.
Denny was sponsored in the
congest for title of Jack by the20 A miliu revolt Sgainst
Stayton Catholic Daughters of i the g(ernment 0 Pres:ident Juan
rtme.d -uu rk'""'"; ,
DUS. Knr clliiTrtir
Kenneth Ware and Paul Freres.
both of Stayton: Gail Elmer. Al
bany: Thumper Julian. Lyon!-:
Lerov Fender. Mehama: Jackie
Ditter. Sublimity and Ray Mark
ham, West Stayton.
McCormick Buvs
Capitol Paper
CHICAGO. July 20-VCol. Ro
bert R. McCormicn s cnicago in -
bune today bought the Washing-; WASHINGTON, July 20-fPVrA I foreign ministry lismied the pO
ton Times-Herald, which his cou- Russjan protest against Italy's viet objections a f 'puiSe fantasy."
sin, the late Mrs. Eleanor M. (Cis- ; membership in the North Atlantic A spokesman foil; the jfninistry in
sy); Patterson built into the cap- , alliance was rejected by Secretary
italfs biggest. ! f State Acheson todav within a
CpL McCormick. editor and pub- ' ew hours after its arrival. He call
lishcfr of the Tribune, made a crisp, i tne soviet objection "utterly
two-jsentence announcement of the J without foundation." ,
purchase. He said: i At the same time, Acheson took
"The Chicago Tribune bought ' occasion at a news conference to
the Washington Times-Herald to- j fire a rounj of his own jn the coij
day. The present management w ill
- be continued.'
Purchase price and other details
were not disclosed.
MEETING' POSTPONED
The scheduled trip of West
Coast Airlines officials to Salem
Was postponed again Wednesday,
due to a delay in the company's
receiving - a new ship at Seattle.
The trip will be re-scheduled
within a week or 10 days,-
DECLTNES GOP POST
WASHINGTON, July 20 -(P)
Former Senator John A. Danaher
of Connecticut took himself out
of the running for the republican
national chairmanship today.
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SP Trainmen
Agree to Delay
Calling Strike
SAN FRANCISCO, July 20-7P)-
J. J. Corcoran, general chairman
: of the Brotherhood of Railway
! trainmen, announced today that in
accordance with President iru-
; man's creation of an emergency
"w"1 "'
gency board to' investigate the dis
pute between the brotherhood and
the railway.
Corcoran said he could make no
further comment on the situation
until "we know who the personnel
on the emergency board will be."
MILITARY REVOLT CALMS
GUATEMALA, Guatemala, July
'Jose Arevalo flickered out today.
A strange calm spread over this
capital after 24 hours of battle
that followed the assassination
Monday of Col. Francisco Javier
Arana, chief of the armed ser
, vices.
Acheson Rejects
On Including Italy in Peacej Pact
!
j war- He denounced the communist
campaign gains Lice Roman Cath
olic church in Chechoslovakia as a
violation of the United Nations'
pledges to build up anb respect
human rights and freedoms
throughout the world.
Questioned as to what "tensions
and conflicts' behind the iron cur
tain President Truman had in mind
in his Chicago speech yesterday,
Acheson said he had no comment.
But other officials: declared the
Uheft
record is clear that religious, poli
tical and ecdnomiCjforces are work
ing against absolute communist
control of Russia's satellites in
eastern Europe.
Even before the American sec
retary's swift rejection, the Italian
No. 124
Night Session
Clears Way for
Voting TjojrJay
WASHINGTON.! Jly 20-(TV
Ratification of theNofth Atlantic
pact will carry ni jbjligaticn fe
the United State ;to share atcm
bomb secrets with Jther treaty
nations. Senator McMahon (D
Conn) told the seiitet tonight.
McMahon chairman of tha
senate-house atomic energy ccm
nittee said the exact nature cl
the military aid to E&irope must
be decided when' congress rts
to implement the irety with ua
arms program. i
McMahon gav e I hi replies to
Senators Wherry 1 (Pg-Neb) end
Donnell (R-Mo) who pressed him
as to whether any aemy obliga
tion in the treaty;; woipld calf lot
sharing the atom bomb itla
MtMahon decl3red4 "There ia
no binding compulsion! in the j fcct
as to what kind of mitjtary ii1
a nee will be given." I
-It. may be. he added, the ruct
nations could best bib defrn)l
by keeping the atomjc wrattras
in the continental: bopndaritf i4
the United States. i
The senate heldCa nght sespina
on the treaty ciann the wny
for u vote late tomorow. Tad
supporters say they h.ve the two
thirds necessjry to atify. mlh
some to spare. Trey no my tht-y
are confident of defeating aU ie
servations. f
In today's 'debate' bicker f 1 ha
security treaty cIedj it a lu
wak fr peace ;nl5 opponeta
saying it would v eakeji the Unit
ed .Nations. !
Senator Ifumofitrey-f (D-Mmn)
went to bat for tfe treaty tclay,
ut did Senator Sr.lisKvirf (R-Conn).
Senator Taylor (D-IJjho) cl os
ed it. ,s
Then, as the ssiojh wore cn.
Senator Graham (D-NC) deliver
ed his maiden ienal speed in
support of the nlct ind Senate
Lucas or Illinois, majority flr
leader, made a dramatic appeal
for ratification.
Humphrey said; th time lt.a
come for the Unitedl. States to
adopt a "positive foreign prlicy
that places us orv the offenfixe."
"We can no logger fa f ford," ha
said, "to have our foreign policy
made in Moscow. We tian no long
er afford to wait until the enemiea
of world peace t.e action. "
Senator Baldwin tofd the en
afe the treaty could be expanded
Jater into a world alliance to re
serve the peace. Ha dtirlared fur
ther that an internatipnal p lira
force is "within the raege of rs
sibility" under the pait.
He said by refusing to join tha
alliance the Unite! Stte. wt.uld
run the risk of .standing alt-na
in the world." -i I
Albany Center
Buildings Sold
ALBANY, JuTy -(SpfciaD-Two
downtown business buijdings hr
changed hands thj week.
One of the city's oldest struc
tures, located on v"ateristreet was
purchased by Lloyd Templetcn
from the John Robson estate t a
price estimated it $45,000 frcm
tax stamps. Temp'etdn, whcs
automobile business shares th
building with Keller Feed & Seed,
said there would be no; change in
occupancy. 1
William rinc1iT ' ' rrnritrr r.f
Workmen Clothing stcfre, bought
the other buildtng. locited at
W. 1st St., from:; Mrs Marga
323
argarct
Kelly of Salem, pussier plans to
move his business ther after re
modeling. Present tenant, Winn
Auto Supply Co., fya ncyt yet found
Russ Protest
i .
Rome said the note wiS be reject
ed categorically" ii opn as it is
received. i
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At Salem 4-0, Tacorra OwJ
At Spokane 3-S. Vancouver -
At Wnatch t. Victor 7
At Yakima 3, Brcir.ertoa 2,
COAST LCAct
At Seattle 0. Portland
At Oakland 3. San Francisco
At Sacramento 4. San tu(0 0
At Hollywood 3. Lot Ajifel 2.
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AMEKICA LCACCE
At Cleveland J Xw Vtrk 1
At Detroit . WhtitgtJn 5
At Ctiicafo S. Boston -At
St. Loul-Philae;pr4a. rain.
KATlONAfc LXAX1VE
At Philadelphia 3. Chicago 4 (11 Inn.)
At Boston 4. St. L''-iu S (10 Inn.)
At New York J. Cincinnati I
At Brooklyn , FiiUurga S.
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