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Oklahoma , ' - f Town BETHANY, Okla., Feb. 20-W) -One little kiss has electrified the 1,500 folks in this ftown, just west of Oklahoma City. People of Bethany are split in- to two camps over whether pun ishment is necessary because the basketball queen was kissed Thursday night at her corona tion ceremony. ' r- - i The uproar all started when Itiddell Riggs, 18, crowned Char lotte McLain, 16, ass basketball sweetheart then kissed her. Things began popping Friday. The students about 30 of them walked out of classes. They said they feared the kissing epi sode would cause them trouble. . The youths staged lan automo bile parade downtown but were stopped by police who said they needed a permit They stormed the mayor's office, but he refused to grant permission for the par ade. ;. ' f nn mr in Defense Civil defense chiefs and governors of California and Washington were invited Monday by Gov. Douglas McKay to meet with him March l tn Hismiss mir raid warning and ground observation setups. The Oregon governor wrote that "it is important that we discuss 11 angles of the recent order of Defense Secretary Louis Johnson. He noted that the three coast states and part of Idaho are pegged by 1 i . the federal government as a criti WDQDOra . He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder Of the cap tains, and the shouting." Job 39:35. " " '"' ,! Like Job's warhorsef Lew Wal- I.m Uninxth in tha vallpv" in sn- tldpation of a return to the pou tical wars. The new I high com- . 1 J - . I nn w- knJ been busy counting him out of the gubernatorial race, but the in- oomiwpie icw nam mwivu . count himself out. At the party parley in Bend over the week end Lew interrupted a discussion of senatorial candidates to announce that he would seek the! democratic nomination for governor. Twice defeated he hopes the charm of victory will attend his third try. What of the other hopefuls, Au stin Flegel and Walter J. Pear son? And what of Sen: Richard L. Neuberger who has been under pressure from the Young Turks of the party? And what about Les Pinky" Josslin who last week held a finger to the political breezes. Does consternation grip them as they hear Lew's decla ration? Or do they brace tot a 'primary battle? One thing seems certain, Wallace will have oppo sition in his bid for the; democratic nomination. ' Republicans may snicker in their beards over the prospect of a contest in the ranks of the op position. They shouldn't; for the fact that a contest looms indicates that many regard the! nomination as worth going after. A stirring of the dry bones is what the de mocrats in Oregon need. Perhaps competition will give L The primaries the ! democratic primaries will take on real In terest if Wallace and ; Flegel and Pearson and Neuberger and Joss lin are in the fray. It would be no Alphonse-Gaston performance but real scramble for votes, with Erhaps little blood-letting and ir-pulling. All I can say is: "Lay on, MacDuff, And cursM be he who first cries 'Hold, enough'." Dayton Voters Annrove Grade JTi - School Bonds SUtesmaa Nsws ferrate DAYTON, Feb. 20-A $249,000 bond issue for a new grade school building was approved today, 203 to 90, by voters of the Dayton grade school district. -y . The new building will be local ed west of Dayton near the pre sent high school building and will include 18 classrooms, a gymnas ium and offices. It j will be of frame construction with cement floors and a brick veneer exterior. Constuction contracts ' will be let in late April on early May. Frederick H. Eley of Salem is architect. H i Animal Cracltcrs By WARREN GOODRICH "You nd jrer big tamMtsIZ - v ' -1 I -1-1 - , ' ;. -! " Then teen-agers took their fight to the press Bethany is a town where things like kissing in public are not done. It even frowns on cigarets, beer, school dances and women in shorts. Over the week end, everyone in town took sides on the kiss ing controversy. Some parents charged school officials were too strict. The students were back in school today and received this warning from Buford Ingram, president of the school board: "We're going to clamp down on this thing we're going to rule it with an iron hand." The school board will meet In regular session tomorrow night, and Ingram said- the matter would be taken up then. Parents of the students "liave railed a meeting for tonight at thp home of W. E. Reavis. 3-State Conference cal defense area. The meeting McKay suggested would coincide with the next con ference of the Pacific coast board of intergovernmental relations, set for March 3 in Portland. Governor McKay also announc ed that letters have gone out to 10 western state governors call ing their attention to the Ameri can Legion's western area counter subversive and national security conference in Portland Friday, Saturday and Sunday of this week. The letters recommended that the officials and law enforcement agency representatives be encour aged to attend the conference which will deal largely with the communist problem and methods of combatting communist infiltra tion. Louis E. Starr, head of the Ore gon civilian defense organization, is now in Washington, D. C, at tending conferences with the sec retary of defense and his aides. In the meantime. Jack Hayes, as sistant civil defense director, is setting up the air raid observation plan. uovernor McKay empnasized that the new air raid observation organization would be active and not just a "paper organization." Said Pro-Red WASHINGTON. Feb. 2(MV- Senator McCarthy (R-Wis) told the senate tonight that a White House speech writer, whom he did not name, is a member of communist-front organizations. McCarthy made his charge at an angry session during which the senate sergeant-at-arms was in structed to go out and arrest ab sent senators to provide a quorum. Senator Lucas of Illinois, dem ocratic leader, repeatedly tangled with McCarthy, who also said he has case histories of 81 subversives including what he called a "big three' who are working in and with the state department Lucas challenged McCarthy to name names. McCarthy refused, saying Lucas or any other inter ested authorities could get the names at McCarthy's office. .Concerning the White House speech writer, McCarthy said: "-Both he and his wife . . . are members of communist-front or ganizations." He added that the man "has a relative who has financial in terest in the Daily Worker," of ficial publication of the commu nist party in this country. But the senator said that "cannot be held against him." McCarthy said he was "doing Mr. Truman a favor" in telling him about the speech writer. "I do not think he knows it," McCarthy said. "I do not think he would have , this individual writ ing speeches for him if he knew it" : . Winnie's Paintings To Appear on Cards , NEW YORK, Feb. 20 -(P)- Win ston Churchill's paintings are go ing to appear 'on' American Christ mas cards next December. The Hallmark Greeting Card Co. said today it has arranged to use 18 paintings by the former Brit ish Prime Minister, long an, ama teur painter. Speech Writer ForTruman G. H. Vickerson Appointed to Silverton Council; Glenn BriedwelT Joins Planning Commission SUtainua New Srrlc SILVERTON, Feb. 20 C. H. Vickerson, onetime mayor of Sil verton, was appointed to the city council at a special meeting called by Mayor Errolc Roos Monday night The mayor also appointed Glenn Briedwell to the planning com mission to take the place of I. B. Alfred whose term expired In Jan uary and who refused to be con sidered for reappointment Both appointments were ratified by. the city council. A resolution was adopted asking the state highway commission to help rebuild the Jamea Ktrwt hririffa ivhirh fiaa I been onen to verr restricted traf- Ific in recent years. - . The state highway commission ' ' ' : ; " ' " 9Sth YEAR 14 PAGES Tht Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Tuesday. February 21, 1950 PRICE 5c - - No. 347A ; ; , . ; ' " ' - - ; - Severe 1 "Miners UMWToldto Explain Failure To End Strike By Harold W. Ward WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -(JT)-Federal Judge Richmond B. Keech today hurled a criminal contempt of court citation at John L. Lewis striking union for defying the court's order to dig coal. The United Mine Workers, Which twice before has paid heavy fines for flouting a judge's com mand, must appear Friday and explain why 372,000 soft soal workers have refused since last Monday to obey. If the union's story doesn't sat isfy the court, a trial will be held next Monday. Lewis himself was not named In a government petition which asked the court to take action against the union for civil and criminal contempt. The UMW chieftain has publicly called on his men twice to bow to the court's directive issued under the Taft Hartley act 10-Day Supply The action came as the east suddenly found itself in the grip of bitter cold with many a house holder's coal bin nearly empty. The nation's pile of bituminuous coal for all purposes was below a normal i 10-day supply. Keech signed the citation at re quest of the Justice department a few hours after he had renewed his back to work order for an other 10 days. Extension of Order The original restrainer was signed Saturday, Feb. 11. The extension allows time for the Judge to rule on President's Truman re quest for an 80-day national emer gency injunction against the strike under the Taft-Hartley law. The renewal followed a two-hour con ference in the judge's chambers with both sides. : Elsewhere another session of the extended negotiations between union and operators over a new contract ground to a fruitless re cess. Federal Mediator Cyrus S. Ching, and observer, said he saw no sign of progress. Technically the citation is a "rule to show cause" why the union should not be punished. A venae Left Open ' Assistant Attorney General H. Graham Morison indicated that the union could "purge" itself of the charge by returning to work before Friday. Apparently the only chance of this was an unexpected agree ment between Lewis and the op erators. The miners were angry and defiant. Insisting on a con tract to replace the one that ex pired last June 30. Thus there was a, prospect of another heavy fine on the United Mine Workers. Their treasury. now worth between $13,000,000 and $20,000,000, has given up $2, 130,000 for two contempt convict ions. The first fine was $710,000. The next one was doubled. The federal court can make the fine as heavy as it likes, but there was a question whether a fine would get the mines back into pro duction. There was some talk that President Truman might ask con gress for powers to seize the mines, although he said he does not want such power. New Lawyers Denied Delay in Coplon Case NEW YORK. Feb. 20-MP)-Jud-ith Coplon's new lawyers asked today for a 60-day delay in the Coplon-Gubitchev spy trial and sought to withdraw from the case when their request was denfed. Federal Judge Sylvester J. Ryan refused to let them withdraw, however, and ruled that the trial must be resumed next Monday. will be asked to furnish $15,000. The city already has $7,000 ear marked for this and will have to raise another $4,000. The council expressed hope that the bridge could be rebuilt this coming sum mer. Mahlon Hoblitt editor of the Silverton Appeal-Tribune, pre sented a petition asking for re zoning for a portion of Water and First streets, and Jersey and Main streets. While a portion of this area is already in the commercial zone, the remainder is in a resi dential zone. ' Although the petition which the council referred to the planning commission did not say so, it was understood thSt the Hoblitts plan to build a new plant for their pa Gold H . Cited for Criminal Gonte: Salem IKligh School Youths Deny Societies Aimed at Secrecy; Court Testimony Starts Bridge Project Idle; Eastern Strikes Blamed ft i I r Mi ? . -s III 'i t : ? v -1 .p' t- - J y.M.Lii!lL Ftp :' ', M ml'-zSi ': v, Fate of the new brldse between Marlon and Folk eennties at Independence still lies vncertaJa aa coal shertages ties np prednetlen of structural steel needed for the spans. The Marlon county approach shown, here has been virtually completed since last fall, and steel beams for the Polk county ap proach are also In place. At the left, extending across the Willamette, can be seen the concrete piers ready for the superstructure. (Statesman photo. , Court Holds Search Legal During Arrest WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -Wi-The supreme court ruled today that when police legally arrest a man they may also search a lim ited area under his immediate control for evidence of a crime. But the court laid down no sharp guide as to how far they may go. The vote was 5 to 3. Justice Frankfurter, who dis sented, protested that the deci sion "makes a mockery of the fourth amendment" of the U. S. constitution, which bans unreas onable search and seizure. In a somewhat similar case, the court ruled 6-2 that a home own er, may refuse to admit a city health inspector who does not have a search warrant. The case arose here. In the first case, which invol ved a New York, stamp dealer, Frankfurter said the court had overturned a long series of unan imous decisions, some of them handed down in recent years. The court should show "respect for continuity In law," Frank furter said, in a seeming refer ence to the tribunal's newer members. But the majority opin ion in the case was written by Justice M in ton, the court's new est member. Also in the majority was Justice Clark. Minton and Clark were appointed last year following the deaths of Justices Rutledge and Murphy. Also in the majority were Chief Justice Vinson and Justices Reed and Burton. Justice Jackson join ed In Frankfurter's dissent, and Justice Black wrote another dis sent. Justice Douglas took no part per which has grown rapidly in recent years. The retail trades committee of Silverton Chamber of Commerce asked that some plan be devised by which the chamber might take care of parking meters for March 18, the market day of Silverton's spring opening. The council agreed to settle for $40 for the day, reporting that at this figure the city would take a slight loss but wished to cooperate with the merchants in their spring opening. . The regular meeting of the city council will be held March ( at which time bids for the new addi tion to the city hall will be opened, Mayor Ross stated. its Coal-H PUDs Plan Attempt to Buy PP&L Properties ! PENDLETON, Feb. 20-(P)-Spokesmen for l4 Washington and Oregon Electric Co-ops and people's utility districts voted here to night to try to buy properties of the Pacific Power and Light com pany, a private utility. All of the public distributing systems involved are east of the Cascades and most of them are in Oregon. Eric A. Johnson, chairman of the meeting and manager of the Wasco Electric cooperative, said the public power group commit tee planned to negotiate immedi ately with the private power com pany buyers. He said the aim of the public power .group was to acquire the properties that they may be operated by "the people of the northwest" The common stock of the Pa cific Power & Light company (P. P. & L.) was recently purch ased for $16,125,000 from the Am erican Power li Light company. Representatives of the investment firms buying the company arriv ed today in Portland for a week long inspection of the utility pro perties. They reported the com mon stock of the P. P. & L. would be up for sale in six to" nine months.' PP & li serves 102 communi ties in southwestern and central Washington and northern Oregon. Farmer Offers to Post Warning if Water Blocks Road Unwary motorists, many of whom have been stalled in high water over South River road near the new Independence bridee. were given a lift Monday in a pri vate offer to put out "road closed" signs when necessary. Marion county court readily ac cepted the proposal, which mem bers said was highly gratifying Eugene P. McCarthy, of D. P. McCarthy and Sons, Salem route 3, wrote that their ranch's trac tors had often been summoned to retrieve cars in over their depth, when- the river rose suddenly. Noting that he realized the county could not check constantly on con ditions in that area, he asked the court to provide proper signs and a flarepot, which he would see were put out when necessary. Max. M 4 , 58 ZJ Min. Freeip. 37 trace ' 3t tract 41 M 14 .01 a Salest Portland San Francifco Chicago New York Willamette river JB.S feet. FORECAST (from U.S. weather bu reau. McNary field. Salem): Mostly cloudy with a few ahoweri today and tonight. Little change In temperature with high today near SO; low tonight near 36. SALEM PRECIPITATION This Tear 30M Last Year 3ZM Normal 24.20 oardm A i v.. Tricky Thief Outsmarted By Housewife TOLEDO, Feb. 20-(P)-A man who thought up an odd trick to steal $19 was thwarted by a police man's wife who thought up a bet ter trek to catch him. According to the story told in municipal court here, Keith Rom mel went into ,a house to use a telephone, took $19 from the housewife's purse, and slipped it Into a crack in the table, intend' ing to come back for it later. Unfortunately for him, the housewif was Mrs. Dubs Mulkey, whose husband is a state police man. She found the money in the crack, guessed what had happened, put yellow pigment on the bills, and put them back in the crack again. Rommel came back the next day and took the money. But Mulkey arrested him, pointing to the yel low paint on Rommel's bands as proof. Rommel was fined $50 and given a 30-day suspended sentence. Nine Members of Jury Chosen in Sander's Trial , MANCHESTER, N.H., Feb. 20 -flVDr. Hermann Nelson Sander kept his head high today as he watched the seating of nine of the 13 jurors who will try him for murder as an accused "mercy slayer. Appearing calmly confident of acquittal, the 4 1-y ear-old country doctor broke through a poker face with an occasional faint smile as the stage was set for a trial that has already rocked the medical world. - '5 Dr. Sander is specifically accus ed of killing Mrs. Abbie Borroto, 59, Manchester housewife, by giv ing her air injections to cut short her suffering from cancer. Of the nine jurors 1 seated six are catholics. Catholic doctrine is Irrevocably opposed to euthana sia. Of the other three jurors chosen one is a protestant episco palian, one a baptist and the third a presbyterian, 1 g East States oipt-of By Winston IL Taylor Staff Writer, The Statesman Three Salem high school stu dents denied Monday their club had held secret meetings, as the trial of 18 students against the Sa lem district school board opened in Marlon county circuit court The 18 plaintiffs were expelled from school last October by school board action alleging secret society activity. They were reinstated under a temporary injunction, pending trial of the injunction proceedings. Origin and program of the boyr club were described on the wit ness stand by Jim Kroeplin, Gene Lebold and Eugene Wegner. They said they had planned to ' seek school board approval for the out of -school organization. Plaintiffs attorneys Lawrence Osterman and Reginald Williams said they expected to call to the witness stand all 18 boys and some pf their parents. The defense ex pected to call school officials as witnesses. Not Questioning Law Counsel for the plaintiffs said they did not intend to question the constitutionality of the Oregon law forbidding secret societies among high school students. More than 100 spectators crowd ed a Marion county circuit court room all afternoon, and scores were turned away. The trial will resume at 9:30 a.m. today and will continue several days, it was in dicated by attorneys. Circuit Judge Dal M. King of Coquille is hearing the case. He gave notice Monday he expects tne attorneys to stick to issues in volved in the proceedings, t Parents Knew - ' - Kroeplin, Lebold and Wegner testified that all of their parents knew about their group, which was formed in Salem last July as an offshoot of a Portland high school group, known variously as Alpha Beta Chi or American Boys' club. They said all meetings were held In local members' homes, with parents In the meeting or at least in the house. The ABCs purpose, said Kroep lin, the president, was fellowship and promotion of social activities, with its rules Including bans against drinking and profanity. Planned to Get Advisor In response to cross-examination by defense attorneys George Rhoten, Robert DeArmond and Donald Young, the youths said they had planned to get a faculty advisor when better organized, and hadn't told school officials about the club when school open ed because "we weren't ready yet" They said their parents had plan ned to meet with school officials to seek approval for the group. While the witnesses said they had never had an open meeting, they stressed that they had "never had a secret meeting," and were never told to keep anything sec ret (Additional details on page 9.) Dr. Mclntire Due in Salem Dr. Ross T. Mclntire, native of Salem and graduate of Willamette university who now is national administrator of the American Red Cross blood program, Monday helped the Portland blood bank observe its first anniversary. -Mclntire, who was the late Pres ident Franklin D. Roosevelt's physician, expects to visit friends in Salem either today or tomor row. Wiping his glasses and rubbing his eves as the day-long court session wound up at nightfall. Dr. Sander left the courthouse " with Mrs. Sander to spend the night at home, still free under 125,000 bail. Both Sanders and his wife look ed tiredand yet somewhat re lieved as the court adjourned for the day after examining 40 ven iremen. 1 While feeling has run high in this predominantly catholic indus trial city of 80,000, only a handful of curious braved bero tempera ture, and a blustery wind to get a glimpse of the Sanders as they came and left. I V . Sympathies Covered a wide ranee, leading Judge Harold E. Wescott, who is presiding' at the trial, to give a stiff warning to prospective jurors against taking atock in "hearsay evidence or something someone said outside.1 Court Frost Deals By the Associated Press Severe cold hit. coal hoarding eastern states Monday. New England bundled up for 15 to 25 below zero weather ex pected early Tuesday. Even Florida was chilly. Week end frosts dealt heavy damage, to truck crops after 53 frost free days. The Florida forecast was for 27 above in the extreme north and a low of .40 above in the south before warmer weather Tuesday. Subzero weather was . common in New England states and in northern New York state all dar Monday. Snb-Zere Night Dae New England, with Its lowest temperatures of the winter, braced for a sub-zero night . Monday night readings were expected to hit 15 to 25 below in New Hamp shire and Vermont, 10 to 20 below in Maine, five to 15 below In the interior sections of southern New England five above in the coastal eBAcaae New York state faced its second sub-zero night, with predictions of readings as low as 20 below along the Canadian border. The southern portion of the state was expected to have five to 10 below temperatures. 38 Below Zere Owls' Head, New York state's coldest spot, had 38 below zero Backwaters of the Red, Black and Mississippi rivers continued rising slowly in east central Loui siana. A million acres are flooded J A OAA - - - t .1 I ouu v,ovsu pciiuua ubvv ucu unci homes. But flood dangers declined in unstream areas between r Cairo. 111., and Memphis, Tenn. Warmer weather cheered the 'homeless. -The Wabash river, along the southern Indiana-Illinois border, surged upward again Monday. It drove 200 from homes they had re-occupied only a short time) after January floods receded near ML Carmel, I1L Dreyer Files For Congress PORTLAND, Feb. Dreyer. 29, state representative, today became a candidate for the democratic nomination as U. 8. representative from the third (Multnomah county) district. Dreyer is a World War II vet eran and a member of Portland's Central Labor Council. The congressional seat is held by Rep. Homer Angell (R). Holiday to Find Only Dog Tag n Public business is going to the dogs in Salem. Unless you want to license your pup, you might as well stay home Wednesday. Other city, state and county offices will dose in observance of Washing ton's birthday. But County Clerk Harlan Judd said a worker will be on hand In his office to issue dog licenses which, he added, are running far behind last year. City buses will operate on their Saturday scneauie, according w R. J. Davidson, manager. Fire men, the city first aid crew and law enforcement agencies will be on duty as usual. ' The Salem postoffice will be closed and there will be no city or rural Nmail delivery. The city library also will be closed. Ray Smith, In charge of 12eg state income tax division, said he had hoped to keep state tax com mission offices in " Salem and Portland open because of taxpay ing time. The closure was neces sary, Smith said, because the state civil service board had ruled against overtime pay for. auditors who receive in excess of $285 month. The services of auditors art necessary in making out income tax returns, Smith added. Dolls Due with Built-in B.O. NEW YORK, Feb. 20 -W3)- And now a doll that "smells like a baby." - , This word comes from Benja min F. Michtom, official of a New York toy company, who returned tonight from a European trip. . He said he had arranged with a French perfume company to manufacture a perfume essence which, molded into the dolTs skin. t li. 114.111 . wouia give n a lueui amen. Heavy Blow to Florida Crops