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99th YEAR 2 SECTIONS 40 PAGES The Oregon Statesman, Salem. Oregon, Sunday. February 26, 1950 PRICE 10c No. 348
Attlee to. 'Carry on9 as Premiei
Russia Sets Up Navy : Iimsl
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-Tarrlsh Junior hlrh school now boasti the newest and one ef the best
-. . school, stidltorrams fn Salem. Above Is a photo ef the first assembly
- v last. Wednesday in -the new addition te Parrish, showing- the direct
and indirect lighting, ample stare and comfortable seatinr arrange
, ment There is a seating capacity ef SSI persons and larre orch
estra pit for nrosicians or extra seatinr. The latest in stare equip
- ment includes complete lighting and lighting effects switchboard.
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v In Chicago the wreckers are
tearing, down the .old Potter Pal-
jr.er. mansion.-Vacant and gaping
".it has been for years, a dead mon
"ument o itr former glory. Mrs.
. Potter Palmer reigned there as
regent io , Chicago society. Her
t-Tn?:c was the social capital of
'the City and she was hostess to the
-elite of the nation snd of snch iltl- j
ed foreigners as penetrated to the ,
interior of the continent. ,
- Potter Palmer was an early
State street merchant, along with
Marshall Field; one of the coterie
of merchants that made State
street the 'shopping center of the
mid-continent Later he was pro
prietor of the famed Palmer House
at State and Monroe, which, hous
ed in a new building and under
the ownerjhip of the Conrad Hil
ton interests, still flourishes.
The mansion on Lake Shore
drive was a symbol of 19th cen
tury America, ornate, elaborate,
spacious. It was a crowning, glory
for a Chicago which, only a few
decades ago had emerged from the
swamp around Fort Dearborn to
become the Number Two city In
in the United States. Now it comes
down to give space for apartments
to match the other towering struc
tures of steel and concrete that
provide habitation for city dwell
ers. Chicago's great development
came Just after the civil war and
particularly after the great fire of
1871 the one started when a cow
kicked over a lantern. Illinois bask
ed in the reflected fame of Abra
. - ham . " ':
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Temperature
At Year's High
The Willamette river and Its
. tributaries continued their boom
ing rise Saturday, but river fore
casters expected a crest Monday
short of flood stage.
Rain tapered off - throughout
the area Saturday" and little- was
forecast for today and tonight
The day's maximum temperature
of 63 degrees was the highest on
record this year and tops since
Ilovember 5 last year .when the
mercury climbed to 65,
The Santiam river crested at
Jefferson Saturday afternoon at
19.8 feet, nearly seven above flood
stage but apparently did little
damage except to riverside pas
turelands. At Salem, the Willamette had
climbed six feet to 12.3 in the
24 hours ending at 10:30 a. m.
Saturday. At midnight it had ris
e to 17.4 feet 2.6 short of flood
stage of 20 feet The Willamette
was expected to crest Monday at
19 feet
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Time Switch
Issue on City
genda
Whether Salem Is to have day
light saving time each summer, in
1950 only or not at all are the
alternatives to be offered at the
city council Monday night in two
ordinance bills prepared Saturday
by City , Attorney Chris Kowitz.
The council will meet at 730 p.m.
in city halL
One bill would establish the fast
time as official in Salem from 2:01
a jn. on- the last Sunday in April
to 1:59 ajn. on the last Sunday
in September.- The other would
make a similar change only for
this year. -,.v..
Kowitz said the measures were
not sponsored by any member of
tne council but were prepared only
to be ready in advance for the
annual issue. Last year the council
adopted fast time in May only af
ter Portland had moved its clocks
ahead.
Seasonal Rise
In Employment
Starts Early
The seasonal UDswinff in fobs
has come much earlier than us
ual in Oregon, the state unem
ployment compensation commis
sion said Saturday.
Resumption of lumbering and
construction, halted bv the ae.
vere winter, has given Jobs to
o.uuu raiea men this month. And
some 15,000 more jobs are expect
ed within about JO days.
The commission said prospects
indicate that March will hrin
more employment than last year.
The seasonal increase has come
earlier than at any time since
ine war. .
are for
Confusion Say
PortlaridPolice
PORTLAND, Feb. 25 -ffV-Out-
Of-tOwnera nlnnnini,
Portland Monday had better pre
pare 10 oe confused. Most Port
land motorists will be.
At least that's the pessimistic
expectation of the city's police
force, which has to bezin enforcing
a new one-way street system at
aawn xuonaay.
Nearlr a third at th ritv'
trolmen will be delegated to shun-
ue moionsu down the right
streets; . -..' ...
The heart of the business dis
trict is being changed to a one
way system. You travel south on
odd-numbered avenues; north on
even-numbered ' ones. East and
west routes are harder to remem
ber: they are named not num
bered..' - : .
Albany Girl
Statesman News Berries
. ALBANY, Feb. 25 Shirley Ann
May, 11, Albany route 1, was In
an Albany hospital tonight with
Injuries incurred when she " was
struck by a car as she crossed
highway WE at Sherman street
The girl's condition waa termed
satisfactory by hospital officials
late tonight V ; -
Police said the girl stepped from
in front of a truck which had stop
ped to allow her to cross and into
the path of a car operated by
Edward James Franklin, also of
Albany route 1. The driver was
not held.
Council A
Prep
StruckbyCar
backdrop panel rails and also dressing rooms. The andltorinm makes
it nnecessary for Parrish stndents to use the nearby senior hib school
auditorium, a trip frequently made in the rain. Carl E. Aschenbrenner,
principal, hails the andltorinm as the final achievement for many
Parrish teachers after years ef planning and worklnr for snch a unit
for the school. (Photo by Den Dill, Statesman staff photographer.)
Warren Keeps
Jimmy Waiting
BAKERSFIELD, Calif, Feb. 25
Republican Gov. Earl Warren, a
candidate to succeed himself,
spoke to a Young Republican
meeting today, then hurried to the
airport to fly to Los Angeles to
keep another engagement
He was a little late, so the
airline, held the plane for him.
The passengers cooled their heels
about 20 minutes.
Among them, was the candidate
for the democratic nomination for
governor, James Roosevelt
Wreck Near
Albany Fatal to
Philomath Man
SUtesoum Niwt Service
ALBANY, Feb. 25 A Philomath
man was killed and two Seattle
residents were seriously injured in
a highway crash a mile west Of
Albany on the Corvailis highway
tonight
The dead man was identified as
Glenn Robert Gimeson. 23. Philo
math route 1. In an Albany hospi
tal were two passengers in the
Gimeson car, Elmer Ward and
Lawrence Kottke, both of Seattle.
The trio, in a westbound car.
collided with a truck operated by
Albert Armstrong, Albany, about
6:45 pm. Armstrong told state po
lice that the car was being driven
on the wrong side of the road and
that he drove onto the shoulder in
an attempt to avoid the crash. The
truck was turned over in the ditch
by the impact by Armstrong es
caped with only minor injuries.
Gimeson, an employe of the
Moser Lumber company at Kings
Valley, is survived by a sister,
Mrs. Robert Bunch, Kings Valley.
Coal Dumped
Into Wrong Hole
PEORIA. DX. Feb. 25-V-Wil
iiam H, Friedrick. early today, was
one of Peoria's lucky citizens: he
had a load of coal coming to the
house.
The truck arrived, the men lift
ed a round metal plate set in the
ground, and set about pouring two
tons of the scarce fuel through a
chute into what they thought was
the basement
It was an abandoned cistern.
Statesman .
Soundin
Board.
Sounding . . .
To provide more and more
of an open-forum hearing on
public i s s u e's. The Oreron
Statesman today is inaugurat
ing a new feature "The
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You may mail your opinions,
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or "no" style, or you may drop
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The first question: :,: ;
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ing Time this summer?
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class yourself as a "farmer" or
"city dweller. - -'j-::
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displace. The Statesman's Safe
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Year COMPLETE Newspaper
Wallace Party
Takes Mild
Mao at Kuss
la
CHICAGO, Feb. 25-P)-Henry
A. Wallace's- progressive party
mildly criticized Russian foreign
policy today in a move apparent
ly aimed at bringing red-fearing
voters Into the third party zold.
Delegates to the second national
PBOgressive. convention adopted an
indirect rebuke to communists by
a one-sided voice vote after two
hours of lively debate.
The controversial wrist-slapping
statement said in effect that the
Soviet Union as well as the United
States hasimade mistakes in. for
eign policy, and that the progres
sives are not "apologists for Rus-
Demands Action
Wallace demanded such action
in a keynote address last night He
said the 1,100 delegates from 35
states must erase the party's red
tag a tag he said was pinned on
the party by its enemies.
His supporters explained the
strategy in the floor fight today.
They declared that the third
party must get a foot in the door
to explain its domestic policies to
prospective progressive voters.
But it can't even talk to such per
sons unless the party shows It
has no red ties,
The controversial paragraphs
state: -
"The progressive party recog
nizes that while the United States
and the Soviet Union have both
made mistakes in foreign policy,
these two great countries can rise
above their respective shortcom
ings, to work together fruitfully
for International peace and co
operation.
"We are not apologists for Rus
sia, but in so saying we want it
understood that our supreme ob
jective is one world at peace, and
to that end it is essential that an
understanding be reached between
the United States and the Soviet
Union."
Salem to Play
'Tag" Again
Tins Spring
Salem area - residents will be
playing tag again on Thursday,
March 23, according to plans' tor
Spring Opening, announced - Sat
urday by Salem Retail Trade bu
reau. I . ..-
Similar to the Mr. and Mrs
Santa Claus at Christmas-time,
there will be a - Mr. and Mrs.
Spring. Those who tag them will
be in line for presents from mer
chants, according to James Beard,
bureau president
The bureau also plans for prizes
to windows judged best decorated.
An automobile show is projected.
Pedestrian Hit
South of Salem
Mrs. Elizabeth MaxwelL 34, 660
Ewald st, suffered serious head
injuries Saturday night when she
was struck by a car as she walked
along highway 99E just south of
the Salem city limits.
Mrs. Maxwell was taken to Sa
lera Memorial hospital where her
condition waa termed lair earjy
this morning.
Police said the woman was
walking north along the highway
about 8:30 cm. when she was
struck by the .car driven by Mal
colm Henry Hanks, ugene.
Hanks was also driving north at
the time of the accident.
NewAgencVto
Help Build Red
Navy Power
LONDON, Feb. 25 -UP)- Russia
has set up a separate navy min
istry in her drive to build up sea
power to match her strength on
land, radio Moscow disclosed to
night The presidium of the supreme
Soviet announced creation . of the
ministry divorced- from the rest
of the armed forces, the radio
reported.
The disclosure followed by only
two months a report by i the au
thor! tive Jane's Fighting Ships
that Soviet Russia was ' building
up its naval strength through con
struction of at least three ultra
modern battleships and 1,000
submarines.
The new ministry will be head
ed, the radio said, by Admiral
Ivan S. Yumashev, former deputy
minister of the armed forces and
commander in chief of the Sov
iet fleet
Part ef Expansion
Observers here speculated that
the reshuffle was part of a gen
eral expansion of the Soviet armed
forces which would likely include
creation of a separate Soviet min
istry of military aviation.
Jane s fighting ships reported
last December that Russia was
building three 35,000-ton battle
ships equipped to fire radio-controlled
aerial torpedos and rock
ets. It also said the Soviets were
constructing a fleet of more than
1,000 submarines with j a great
range and a very high submerged
speed.
The report was . greeted with
startled interest in many western
naval, quarters. .
Battleship Keady
Since publication by Jane's last
December of the building pro
gram, authoritative reports have
said at least one of the battle
ships, the Sovietskaya Soyuz, had
been completed and outfitted at
Leningrad. .
J ane's. said 400 of the new Rus
sian submarines were intended for
service in the Pacific. Since then
there have been many unconfirm
ed reports of Soviet subs operat
ing from Siberian and Commun
ist Chinese ports.
In October the government an
nounced opening of a naval acad
emy in Leningrad to turn out of
ficers after a two-year course.
Russia's ever-rising role as .a
sea power obtained a big boost
in January with the announce
ment of the appointment of Via-
cheslav A. Malishev as minister
of shipbuilding.
Malishev, formerly deputy
chairman of the council of min
isters, is one of the foremost en
gineers and organizers in Soviet
industry.
MOSLEMS KILLED LV INDIA
CALCUTTA, India. Feb. 25-flP
-At least eight Moslems were kill
ed and 15 injured today in com
munal violence. -The city has been
paralyzed since noon, when all
business and transport stopped as
a protest against recent disturb
ances in East Pakistan.
Equipment
. . . i a-
from Its mooring, early Saturday morning, sending 15.001 worth ef cere rUUng nMbtoenr to the
bettom ef the Willamette river. The float and machinery were being vsed to make test soundings for
torn new aaanos-ri nuvj
Leopard Escapes
Oo Coahoma City
Causes Near-Panic
By Saul Feldman
OKLAHOMA CITY, Feb. 25-(P)-A
vicious jungle-bred leop
ard in captivity only a te4r
weeks bolted from his 18-foot
deep pit at the Oklahoma City
zoo this afternoon and caused
near-panic among scores of vis-i
itors. . v .''
Six hours- later after a me
thodical but fruitless search zoo
Director Julian Frazier .said the
hunt would be called off until
morning because "of the danger
of someone being shot in the
dark. An armed guard was to
patrol the 620-acre park through
out the night however.
Keep ChUdren Indoors
Frazier issued this grim warn
ing: "I would advise people in the
northeast section of Oklahoma
City to be extremely cautious.
Especially I would warn all those
Red Cross to Mck Off9
Money Drive Monday
Chairmen and .workers heading the 1950 American Red Cross fund
campaign in Marion county will get an early start in their work, with
a kick-off-breakfast and program
of Commerce.
All divisions and teams will
breakfast to begin solicitation toward the county's quota of $42,000.
Walter Musgrave, general drive
chairman, in outlining plans for
the kick-off said: "The meeting is
to be short and snappy. We are
hopeful aU chairmen and division
heads, as weU as many of the
campaign workers, will turn out
for the Monday breakfast
L. A. White, Albany, who was
In Red Cross work overseas dur
ing the war is to be the speaker.
John Adlon, co-chairman for the
drive here, and Charles H. Hug
gins, chairman'; of "the Marion
county chapter of the Red Cross,
will give short talks. Musgrave
will conduct "briefing for the
campaign. The Rev. Wesley Turf
ner, president of Salem Minister
ial association, is to give the in
vocation, Headquarters for the county
drive will open Monday morning
at 339 Court st Mrs. Earl SneU
and Mrs. Lora Taylor Hawkins
are volunteers taking charge of
the office, and Mrs. Elsie Holman
is bookkeeper for campaign funds.
Of the quota 32.7 per cent goes
to the national Red Cross, 67J per
cent to the local budget The na
tional figure includes the national
blood program. Stressed, in the
local budget are the blood pro
gram, home service workfor vet
erans, and the disaster prepared
ness program. ?
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PHILIPPINE BLAST KILLS'
MANILA, Sunday, Feb. 25 -(ff)
Three persons today were report
ed killed and 49 injured in an
ammunition explosion and fire
that destroyed a Philippine con
stabulary base and one wing of
the provincial capitol at Batangas
yesterday.
Falls into River as Float
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Night Halts Search
who . have small children to keep
them indoors.
"This animal is fresh from the
jungles of India. He has been in
captivity only a very short while.
Unlike other members of the cat
family such , as the lion and
tiger, which kill only for food
the leopard will kill for pleas-
1 ure." " r -
Cat Jumps front Pit -V V
- The big cat jumped from the
pit about 1:30 pjn. hit the side
I of one wail And then scrambled
over the moat to freedom as sev
eral persons including six
'.children watched in stunned
'".horror. . .
; No one was injured.
A by-stander said the cat did
not appear to realize he was free
for several minutes. The animal,
re added, perched atop some
rocks for almost 15 minutes be
t ifore ; slinking into the . zoo
rgrounds underbrush.
at 7:45 Monday in Salem Chamber
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start out immediately following the
Eugene Man
Dies in Brooks
Auto Crash '
Cleo C Monticue, 26, a railroad
section hand: from Eugene, died
at i, Salem hospital Saturday
morning from head injuries incur
red in an auto crash near Brooks
about 720 ajn. His companion
was only slightly Injured ' when
their car went out of control, ac
cording to state police. .
Acetylene torches were required
to cut Monticue out of the car,
which had smashed through a
power pole.
Monticue and Chester Perry,
another section hand who owned
and was driving the auto, were
headed north on highway S9-E, ac
cording to state police. They said
Perry attempted to pass another
auto, saw he couldn't make it cut
back into his own line of traffic.
He lost control and the car went
off the road. Many power wires
were snapped and on the ground,
when the pole was smashed.
Monticue is survived by his
mother. Mrs. Hazel May Williams
Genebia, Ark. Funeral announce
ments will be made later by the
Howell-Edwards chapel.
wfitfi wma mbmMrred and eni lease
Tells King of
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ion to
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" By Edward Curtis -
LONDON. Vm h M-iiDiw-.--
Minister Attlee elected today to- -try
governing Britain on his labor 1
party's razor-thin majority.
Aiver. an emergency cabinet
meeting- of an hour and a quar
ter, he announced "w are carry-'
ing on and sent umri ki. '.
cision to King George VI. . !
me sny, unassuming labor par-1 '
ty leader win hi ttMnnHn .
run a nation of some 50,000,000.
wiiu wan may De tne. smallest - -government
maioritv in ttwt Km.
of commons for a century. . .
Mciuoing ine non-partisan- i
speaker of the house and four re-
Suits to be rnnrtrl uu. i.k..
holds 315 seats in the . 625 seat
commons,, the conservatives : 294,
the liberals S. lnHnn4anl. :
and Irish nationalists 2.
: This gave Attlee 1ut
over a bare majority of 313 and
a margin of only 21 over his meet
dangerous opposition, Winston'
nurcniu s conservatives.
Four Districts Still Oat
- The four districts still out were -
three in Scotland which are not
scheduled to rennrt until ijrM
and a Manchester district wl!frn
noias a delayed election, March 9 .
oecause oi the death of a candi
date. ' . ...... .. . :
Three of these districts - went
conservative in 1945 and one went
Two districts rtvtrt1 4w3
The western isles district of Scot-
land, reporting ahead of time, ad- -'
ded a labor victory. M. K. Mae-
JLiecis
Form Cab
juuian won a tnree-way race with .
a liberal and an independent, by
1,437 votes. Labor won the seat
in 1945 by about the same margin. '
In the other contest Capt J.
MacLeod, an independent liberal,
got 10,912 "votes against laborite
A. C. Reid's 6,521 in the Scottish f
constituency of Ross and Cromaiw..
ty. ,yr--
Depends en Tactics ' : '
. "How Ions' AHIm mlirhi ta K
so slim a majority depends in a '
large part of tactics.
Back in 1847 the liberals (Whigs)
defeated the conservatives of Sir
Robert Peel bv a sinel vnt mnA --
remained In power five years. In
lea? tne iioerais again formed a :
government with a margin of only .
13 votes which also lasted I five
years.
In Britain's last close election. ' ;
1910, Liberal Prime Minister Her-
hr Acmitth wnn nnlv t ammk Stint i
seats than the conservatives.' But
the situation was not comparable.
Asquith was able to Teach work- ,
ing agreement .with a substantial
numoer oz laoor ana insn nation
alist members in the house. . ' 1
Both the labor and conservative -leaders
sought retreat In the coun- -try
today to organize their
thoughts.. :
SPAS TRALV DEKATLED
WASHTUCNA, Wash,? Feb. 25
(ffVA Spokane, Portland and Se
attle passenger train, waa derail- .
ed near Washtucna tonight -when -the
engine hit a rock on tht track. -None
of the approximately 60 per
sons were seriously hurt
Submerges
Dragging ' operations will start
Monday to recover $5,000 worth
of core drilling machinery swept
into the Willamette river at the
foot of Marioa street Saturday
morning. r
. The eauinment and the barge
were being used by Raymond
Concrete Piling company in mak
ing test soundings for the project
ed new Manon-rous cese
bridge. ' . . '-
The float owned by WUlard
Taylor of Salem, also lost its up
per deck when drift wood caused
the float to submerge some tune
early Saturday morning.
When the machinery Is recov
ered or replaced, the old -Wheat
land ferry, now moored. Between
the Center street bridge and the
railroad - bridge, will be made
available for the, test drilling ope
rations. Sewage Disposal
Bond Issue Due
On Dallas Ballot
j DALLAS, Feb! 25 Xallaa
city officials plan to put eaother
bond issue for a sewage disposal
plant on the ballot in May or No
vember. The $150,000 bond Issue they
approved several years ajo won't
be enough now. Prices have gone
up too much.
. The plant couldn't be construct
ed at the time the firrt' money
waa voted, because ol ahcr? ?a
of materials.