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Gordon Bernard, tUte BUhwiy department employe,, and two other state workers are shown inspectlnr
larre fir tree felled Toesday in Willson park west of the eapitol bnildina after it beran swaylnr per
V ilonsly In high winds. The tree measured 39 inches at the base and towered-12 feet. Court street
I between Snnuner and Winter streets was blocked off . for sereral hoars as state hirhway department
. erews topped and fell the tree. The tree's roots, twisted by the swaylnc trunk, shot water six feet out of
- the croud darin- the hisA winds. ! Statesman photo). (Additional weather news on pare 7).
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! A cold war is in progress In
Portland, so far unreported. It Is
between two great Portland insti
tutions, the Oregonian and Meier
and Frank store. Oregonian sub
scribers may, have noted how
"thin" their papers were the last
few days, - M&F cut down its ad
vertising to one page a day. (Last
night's Oregon Journal had about
five pages of M&F advertislngj .
i According to my information the
Oregonian is being punished be
cause it published with front page
prominence the story that the Na
tional Labor Relation board had
found Meier it Fran guilty of un
fair labor practice in resisting un
ionization of its employes. The
Journal gave the story no such
prominence, so it gets no spanking.
The story belnd the story Is this:
Some weeks ago an NLRB hearing
was held in Portland in the feder
al building investigating com
plaints against M&F. Aaron Frank
was on the - stand and queried
about methods used to oppose un
ionizing of its employes. But nary
a word of the hearing appeared in
either of the big Portland dailies.
When Monroe Sweetland's Oregon
Democrat came out it chlded the
papers and implied that a cover
up Job was done. The dailies
nromntly denied the charge, bla
med it on failure of reporters to
. cover the news. Later some "ret
roactive" news of the proceedings
was published. When the NLRB
finding came out the Oregonian
gave it play according to its news
worthiness, and perhaps gave it
more prominence because of its
former delinquency. Bingo, and
fourteen pages
(Continueilon Editorial Page 4)
Delayed Report
For Jury Service
Finally Explained
DALLAS. Jan. IMAVMrs. Bel
le Rogers of nearby Independence
was 22 years late - reporting for
Polk county circut court jury duty.
But it wasn't her fault, She Just
got notice a couple of days ago.
A card postmarked Jan. 7, 1950,
summoned Mrs. Rogers to report
for the April term of the court.
She wrote Sheriff T. B. Hooker
here she would be available.
Puzzled, the sheriff thumbed
through his records. He found that
Mrs. Rogers was called In 1928.
In explanation of the delay, it
was pointed out that the Inde
pendence post office moved to a
new location last week. The card
apparently turned up under
piece of office furniture.
Animal Cracttcn
By WARREN GOODRICH
'That hat and old oair of hoofs
If alwajs good for laugh" ' ,
interf s Worst
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N WfTravel, Communications
- I1 PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 10-(tfVThe - worst blizzard of the winter
paralyzed great sections of eastern Oregon,' northern California and
Nevada tonight. . ' '
' 4 1 The stinging storm raced southeast , across the region after batter
ing western Oregon and Wash-
ington, leaving widespread damage
behind. v
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It was no blizzard when it howl
ed ; out of the Gulf of Alaska to
hit the Pacific northwest last
night . ; j , " ;
' Then . it climbed the Cascade
mountains - 150 miles from the
ocean and became a blizzard to
day. Roads were choked with snow
in southern, central and eastern
Oregon. Snow plow crews were
unable, to keep up. Some were
chased to the safety of towns to
keep from being, trapped. .
Thirty inches fell on the Santi-
am pass in a few hours.
Sub Children Homo
It became a race In ' eastern
Oregon to get the school children
home ahead of the blizzard. Driv
en by 45-mile-an-hour wind, an
inch of snow an hour fell on roads
in southern Oregon's Klamath ba
sin. It drifted so fast that schools
sent out pilot cars to determine if
it was safe for school busses to
follow. By noon all schools in the
area were closed; the children
home safely.
Traffic came to a standstill
throughout the region.
The front of the storm was the
worst The tall of the storm, due
early . tomorrow, may . bring gusts
up to 90 miles an hour.
Power and telephone crews were
working around the clock repair
ing damage that left many coastal
sections isolated through the night
A 200-mile stretch of the Oregon
coast from Tillamook . to Coquille
was cut off from the rest of the
state, Tut got back in touch today.
Power Lino Down
Nine towns in north coastal
California were 'without power as
wet snow freezing to the lines
snapped wires and splintered pow
er poles.
j The storm thunder, lightning.
wind, sleet, rain and snowknock
ed out two Shasta-Humboldt cir
cuits. , Eureka was dealt another
blow when a third 60,000-volt line
went out -
Trees were down across many
roads in the western parts of the
states, end small creeks were ris
ing. A few local floods resulted,
but no widespread - flooding be
cause rivers were at a low stage
wnen uie storm struck. ,
Planes Wrecked
A rare winter lightning storm
accompanied the blizzard over the
Siskiyou mountains of southern
Oregon and northern California.
Winds in that region wrecked six
tied -down planes at Medford and
three more at Grants Pass. A two
car garage was overturned and
Mown 30 feet at Medford. The
wind reached a peak of 75 miles
an nour there.
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Motor traffic on highway 09 con-
necting Oregon and California was
at a standstill, and the California
State Automobile association said
the road would remain closed
throughout the night
! Northbound traffic was held 4p
it Redding, Calif- end southbound
at Dunsmuir, Calif. One motorist
reported 93 trucks and buses ditch
ed between Dunsmuir and' Red
ding.
(Picture on page 5)
State Rep. Douglas R. Yeater,
reported last week as a "pretty
definite candidate for the state
senate, formally announced his
candidacy Tuesday. Ho is a re
publican. Yeater thus Joins -State Sen.
Fred Lamport and State Rep. W.
W. Chadwick, both republicans, in
the bid for Marion county's two
senate seats in the next legislature.
Allan Carson, Senator Lamport's
colleague in the present senate
lineup, has indicated he would not
seek another term.
; Yeater's statement follows: x .
i . Qurins; the : past six , months,
JStorm Snarls
To Restore Bus
Runs Studied
Salem's city bus service remain
ed "up in the air" Tuesday as City
Transit Lines officials studied the
effects . of bus riders' criticism
which prompted a city Council
order Monday. ,
The council, at Alderman David
O'Hara's request, directed the bus
company to restore its service
which was abandoned or changed
last week.
"But we liaven't received "of
ficial notice of that and haven't
decided what we can do about it
anyway," stated R. J. Davidson,
CTL manager in Salem. He said
ne expected to corner today or
tomorrow with General Manager
Carl Wendt of Portland.
Wendt left Salem Monday after
a conference with the mayor s
committee on bus transportation.
at which city and suburban riders'
criticisms were aired. He under
stood, said Davidson, that the city
council would not take any action
until it had recommendations from
the mayor's committee and had of
fered the bus firm a chance to de
fend its operations.
Alderman O Hara had com
plained to the council that the bus
company was altering its city
routes without the sanction of the
council. He referred particularly
to changes in the Fairgrounds road
route.
Russ Delegate ,
Quits Council
Over Chinese
LAKE SUCCESS. Jan. 10 -m
Russia's Jakol A. Malik angrily
walked out of the U. N. security
council today because the other
delegates would not kick out Na
tionalist China's delegation.
In a parting shot the Soviet
deputy foreign minister said he
would not come back as long as
the nationalists sat at the coun
cil table.
Stony-faced, Malik said meet
ings with the nationalists present
would be a parody and that chief
nationalist delegate T. r. Tsiang,
presiding as J anuary chairman
over the first council meeting
this year, -represents nobody.
After some aimless discussion
of rules and whether to go ahead
with other business, the council
finally quit and put the Issue of
the Nationalist Chinese over - to
another meeting.
PROTEST RECOGNITION
TAIPEI, Formosa, -Jan. lMAV
cninese nationalist soldiers today
made a second attack on a British
consulate -in protest to British re
cognition of the red regime in Pel
Ping.
many friends have urged me to
run for two high elective offices
in city and state government
"It has been very difficult to
choose between the two offices and
select the one in which I feel I
could perform the greatest public
service. After careful considera
tion, I have decided to enter my
candidacy in ; the May primaries
for the Oregon state senate. - . '
"With a background 6f two leg-1
islative sessions in the house of
representatives, together with
business, civic, and other qualifi
cations, I feet confident to serve
the people well as state senator.
ti no
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Senate Delays
Confirmating
Adm. Sherman
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 -CD-Angry
republican demands for an
investigation into the firing of Ad
miral Louis E. Denfeld delayed
senate action today on the nomi
nation of Admiral Forres t.P.
Sherman to succeed Denfeld as
chief of naval operations.
Denfeld was ousted, last Oct 27,
Just two weeks after he testified
before a congressional committee
that policies adopted by top army
and air force brass in the Penta
gon were crippling the navy's at
tack power.
"President "Truman announced
the dropoing of Denfeld following
weeks of explosive charges and
counter charges by admirals, gen
erals and lesser lights of the three
armed services. Mr. Truman said
he acted on the recommendation of
Secretary of the Navy Matthews.
Tydings Cautions
At i a stormy session today,
Chairman Tydings (D-Md) of the
senate armed services committee
agreed to put off consideration of
the Sherman appointment until
Jan. 19. That is the date when
Denfeld's present leave expires.
He is expected to disclose then
whether he plans to throw up his
40-year naval career or accept a
lesser post.
Tydings cautioned the committee
against voting for an investigation
until it knows all the facts in the
Denfeld case. He said he knew
some inside facts "not generally
known
Tydings announced that Secre
tary Matthews will appear before
the committee on Thursday, and
indicated that Matthews may give
the senators a new slant on the
controversial episode.
Morse Plays Conduct
Sitting nearby, Admiral Sher
man listened intently to the de
bate. He showed no change or ex
pression as Senator Morse (R-ore)
cut in to remark:
"If Denfeld was not dlsciplinea
because of the house fiasco, he
should have been."
Morse said the conduct of naval
officers during last October's hear
ings before the house armed serv
ices committee was "worse than
Hollywood lipstick."
Eisenhower
Target of
Navy Attack
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 10-WPV
Navy Capt John G. Crommelin
outspoken foe of armed services
unification extended his attack to
Gen. Dwight D. (Ike) Eisenhower
tonight.
Without naming the general,
Crommelin told the Pacific Traf
fic association of San Francisco:
I abhor the influence which a
powerful potential presidential
candidate in army uniform, who
did not and has not declared his
political party affiliations, could
have on decisions ox congress.
That was Crommelin's only re
ference to Eisenhower.
Asked by a reporter if his re
marks: were aimed at the former
chief of staff, Crommelin said,
"that's a logical assumption. Yes,
X meant Eisenhower."
Eisenhower, now president of
New York City's Columbia univer
sity could not be reached for com
ment on Crommelin's assertion.
PORTLAND ARCHITECT DIES
PORTLAND, Jan. l(MVGeo-
rsre H. Jones. 62. prominent Port
land architect, died 'of a heart
attack in his office here yesterday.
He was a member of the archi
tectural firm of Jones and Marsh
which designed the recently com
pleted Gill coliseum at Oregon
State college. .
Two candidates have announ
ced their intention of running for
the mayorship of Salem, both of
whom have excellent qualifica
tions one who has been a civic
leader in the city for a number of
years and has served Salem well
as leader of many successful
drives; the other has served the
city of West Salem as mayor and
is at the present time serving on
the Salem city council.
. "Thus assured of competent
leadership in either mayorality
candidate, and a democratic elect
ion! which will not go by default
I have chosen to run for the sen
ate;'! x :-;-v, -v. iVi--V,-. 'i
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Board Asks Ruling
On Buying High is
Capitol Zone Deal Pending 1
The state board of control Tuesday asked Attorney General George
Neuner io decide whether the state board of control may purchase
additional land for the eapitol building group without a legislative act
Roy Mills, board secretary, raised the question in a discussion on
Britain's Attlee
Calls Election
For February
LONDON, Wednesday. Jan. 11-
(JP)- Prime Minister Atllee today
called a general election for Feb.
23.
Britain's 33,000,000 voters on
that date will elect a new house
of commons in what promises to
be one of the most bitterly fought
political contests in recent British
history. The issue will be be
tween Attlee's labor government
which in nearly five years of rule
hat espoused socialism, state
planning and nationalization of in
dustry, and Winston Churchill s
conservatives, who defend free
enterprise. But both uphold "wel
fare state" schemes.
The election was called at a
moment regarded by many obser
vers as favorable to the laborites.
despite ine defeat in the last six
weeks' cf two labor governments
in New Zealand and Australia. -
Attlee made the announcement
of the election date in a statement
handed out shortly before 6 o'clock
last night for release at half an
hour after midnight. As he did
so, he called in 68 ministers of
less .than cabinet rank to hear the
news. Earlier he had told the full
cabinet of his plans.
Arms Loaded
For Formosa
PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 10-UPV-
Nearly 300 17. S. army tanks and
armored cars were being loaded
today aboard a Turkish freighter
here for shipment to the Chinese
Nationalists at Formosa.
The equipment was sold from
"excess to immediate U. S. needs''
in storage at the Lima (Ohio) ord
nance depot
In Washington, the Chinese em
bassy said the tanks and cars were
purchased' under the $125,000,000
aid program voted China by con
gress in 1948.
Lt Col. R. B. Fontaine, com
mander of the Lima depot said
loading of the armored vehicles
aboard Reading company trains
was completed last week.
They were brought to Port
Richmond pier in northeastern
Philadelphia for shipment to the
Pacific aboard the U. S. Mardin,
a freighter owned by Marta T-A.S.
of Istanbul, Turkey.
The Chinese Nationalist govern
ment made all transportation ar
rangements, both rail and water.
Col. Fontaine said.
Michael McDermott, state de
partment press officer," saic the
Chinese government has been
spending the aid money through
its own purchasing agents and had
bought whatever
armaments it
wanted.
Acheson Defends
Formosa Decision
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 -VP)-Secretary
of State Acheson today
upheld the administration's stand
against military intervention on
Formosa. He was reported to have
said the United States could do
more to combat communism in
the seething Orient through eco-
nomic aid to lands still outside
the red orbit
Chairman Connally (D-Tex)
told reporters Acheson expressed
that view in a day-long session
with members of the senate for
eign relations committee which
Conally heads.
Communist-Led Strikes
Snarl Traffic in Italy
. ROME, Jan. lOH-Communlst-led
strikes emptied many factories
and snarled Italy's railroads today.
The Strikes were called by the
General Confederation of Labor
(CGIL) to protest the death of six
foundry workers in a riot clash
with police yesterday at Modena,
an industrial city in the PO val
ley.; .5 - :
proposed purchase by the state of
four blocks north of Center street
between Capitol and Winter
streets.'
The plan has been approved by
the state's eapitol . planning com
mission and the Salem planning
and zoning commission. ff .
Legality Question Raised
" "I don't believe the board of con
trol can acquire this property with
out a legislative act" Mills said.
The emergency board probably
cannot authorize it either since this
is not an emergency. The state can
expend funds only on the eapitol
zone authorized by the legislature."
Gov. Douglas McKay, Secretary
of State T. Newbry and Treasurer
Walter J. Pearson argreed with
Mills, and requested the opinion
before the emergency board and
board of control meet in Joint ses
sion next Friday.
The board of control deferred
action on a proposal to pay $31,500
to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Coates,
Portland, whose proposed new
apartment house on North Summer
street brought to a head city-state
plans for zoning restrictions to pre
vent expensive developments in
the blocks suggested for state pur
chase. May Seek New Site
Although, his apartment project
already has a city building permit
Coates told city officials he would
locate the FHA-financed project
elsewhere if suitable site can be
found and he can be reimbursed
foe the $12,500 cost of the Summer
street property.
Remainder of the $31,500 amount
considered by the board of control
would represent engineering and
architect's fees if the project is
dropped entirely. Under FHA
terms, the apartment construction
was to begin February 20.
Flying Arrow
Patches Holes
From Shellf ire
ABOARD THE FLYING AR
ROW, Wednesday, Jan. ll-(P)-The
nationalist gunboat which riddled
the Flying Arrow with sheUfire
stopped a Chinese junk 500 yards
from this damaged American
freighter today. Two U. S. destroy
ers quickly hove into sight to keep
an eye on the warship.
The destroyers were standing by
the Flying Arrow while she patch
ed the wounds she received Mon
day. The gunboat attacked on the
high seas off the mouth of the
Yangtze river. Scalane to com
munist Shanghai.
Any doubt that the Flying Ar
row was not In international wat
ers when she was shelled was be
lieved dispelled by the arrival of
the U. S. destroyers -- the Stick
ell and the Baussell.
WOMEN DIE IN FIRE
COBLESKILL, N.Y., Jan. 10-4P)
-Three women perished and four
other persons were burned to
night when fire ravaged the sec
ond floor of the : Eliza Collins
nursing "home after an explosion.
PGE Offers Rate Reduction
On Power for State Buildings
By Lester F. Coer 4
SUM Writer, Tbo Statesman
The state board of control Tues
day took under consideration a
proposal by Portland General
Electric to furnish power to stato
buildings for 7H mills under a
new, four-year contract. .
The proposal, however, stipu
lates that the company be given
the contract for the new state of
fice building under construction In
Portland. N
Waldmar Seton, PGE vice pre
sident said the new contract
would save the state $2,850 an
nually. The present rate of 7.7
mills per kilowatt hour- is effect
ive for another; 18 months, under
the existing contract ' -x
The board postponed action on
the PGE offer: until Bonneville
engineers complete research on
their proposal to furnish electri
city for the state buildings direct
from BPA lines. State Treasurer
Walter Pearson requested the de-
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Cedrio T. Reaney, manager of the
' Senator hotel and recently -elected
King Bing of Salem's Cher-riaas,-
died Tuesday afternoon
.' where be , bad been confined
since a heart attack two weeks
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Fatal for
Cedric Tyler Reaney, manager of
the Senator hotel who recently was
elected King Blag of Salem's Cher-
rians, ' died Tuesday evening at a
local hospital. He was 42.
He had been confined at the hos
pital since a heart attack two
weeks ago. .
Manager of the Senator hotel
here since 1944, Reaney previously
managed the Jackson hotel In Med
ford and was at one time president
of the Southern Oregon Hotel as
sociation. Reaney, a prominent civic boos
ter, was a member of Kiwanis, the
Elks lodge, the Masonic lodge end
many other organizations.
Funeral services will be held
Friday, at 1:30 pja, at the W. T.
Rigdon chapel with the Rev. Dud
ley Strain officiating. Interment
will be in Belcrest Memorial park.
(Additional details on page 7.)
More Miners
Join Walkout
PITTSBURGH. JahV 10 -
Ten thousand more soft coal min
ers toined the narade from the
pits today, sending the total Idle
to nearly oz,ouu.
Some 2.300 dieeers went back
to work after a one-day walkout
but a flood of new strikes broke
out against steel company-owned
mines in western Pennsylvania
and West Virginia, .
Four additional steel companies
were bit They are Bethlehem
Steel corporation. Jones and
Laughlin Steel corporation, Shar
on Steel corporation, and Wheel
ing Steel corporation.
Fifty-eight mines are shut down
in western Pennsylvania, the
hardest hit area. The mines nor
mally produce 172,000 tons of
coal a day.
lay. Secretary of State Earl T.
Newbry said he believes the di
rect power plan would entail e
prohibitive capital outlay by the
state to construct its own power
lines to take advantage of a 4.5
mill Bonneville rate.
Pearson told the board that a
local Cooperative, Salem Electric,
had asked for permission to bid
for the state's power business in
the downtown eapitol group. Mills,
however, expressed doubt that the
state could become a member, of
a cooperative.
The governor and secretary of
state overrode rearson in accept'
ing the high bid of $80,260 for the
Mulkey .building in Portland from
David Finkestem and ur. jiarry
Semler of Portland. t
Pearson contended the board
had agreed on a minimum of
S100.000 for the building. McKay
declared I can't remember agree
ing to any such figure. In fact
the building was appraised by the
state at S75.000.
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Issued by DP
ommission
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 (V
Charges that persons suspected C
being communists were cleared
for entry into the United State
as aisptacea persons Drougni m
hot retort tonight from the dis
placed persons commission.' '..',
- The' charges, the commissiosi '
said, ."abound in untruths, half
truths and simple lies.
The charger were contained la
testimony public by Senator Mew
Carran (D-Nev). The testimony,
taken by McCarran in Germany. .
last October, came from John W 1
Cutler, jr, who said he had been
hired by the DP commission am
a "selector" of refugees to bm
brought to the United States.
Cutler said that employes of the
commission were ordered to granA ,
clearance to European refveeee
whom the army regarded as com
munists or possibly communists. -
Restates Policy
The commission, headed by TJeo
Carusi, issued - a statement to
night saying: .
"it is an automatic rule and a
long-standing policy of the com
mission that any displaced persost
is automatically barred from ad
mission if the counter intelligence
corps of the United States army
reports that he appears to be a
person who Is a member of sr
participated in a movement hos
tile to the United "States.
The commission statement said "
Cutler had a reputation among his
colleagues in Europe of being
young man "with e- strong per
sonal bias against persons of par
ticular faith." jrhe.atatement ad
ded that Cutler "resented the tact
that the assignment of interview- .
ing displaced persons was given
to another" employee.
Was In Earope-
McCarran recently-returned
from Europe where for several
weeks he conducted a one-roan in
vestigation of the displaced per
sons situation. His trip was an- .
thorized by the senate judiciary
committee. McCarran is chair
man of the committee. -
The Nevada senator is a leader
of a senate group which opposes
passage of a house-approved bill
which would liberalize the present
DP law. The senate shelved the
bill last fall after McCarran filed
a cabled protest against it from
Europe. At that time the senate
instructed its judiciary committee
to send some kind of a DP mea
sure back to the floor by Jan. 33.
Parents Charged
With Starvation
Death of Children
NEW YORK, Jan. JO A
man and Jus wife, both 29, today
were accused of starving to deeUi
their three-year-old son. -
A daughter, ' police . charged,
narrowly escaped death by star
vation for the second time ae
her four years.' . ;
Charged with homicide, Guy
Scielzo and his wife, Mary, ad
mitted neglecting the two children
while . two others were well-led
and well-treated, police said.
Scielzo was quoted as saying
bis wife wasn't feeding the two
children properly but be couldnl
do anything about it "
The mother said she tried to
feed them but they wouldn't take
food, so she gave it to a cat po
lice said.-
District Attorney Frank Hogaa
claimed the children "wasted,
away before their (parents') rynr
but they, made no effort to get
help. - ; '.
Fourteen Hurt in Day
Bridge Bus Blaze
OAKLAND, Calif Jan, 10-OTV
Fourteen persons -were injured,
none seriously, when a Key System
bus struck a light standard end
burst into flames tonight on the
Bay bridge.
Twenty-nlne passengers scram
bled out of the bus uninjured.
Highway patrolmen said the but,
traveling at a "high rate" of speed,
struck a light standard. The rear
burst into flames, apparently be
cause of a ruptured gas tank.
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FORECAST (from UJ. weather
eau. McNary field. Salem): Partly
cloudy today with, showers and h
creastnf cloudiness tonlsht with rwa
Thursday. High today near 42; low
night near 25.
SALEM PRECIPITATION .
This Year Jjut Year . Hormtr
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