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V 4 s . A U -J 4 I j2 MMer icdn Ships Strafed atPort of , NEW YORK, Feb. 27-(flVTwo American , ships were ! attacked from the air today at the communist-held north China port of Tsingtao. . " 1 ' Officials in Washington said .they assumed the attacking craft were Chinese Nationalist planes and that the Nationalists were at tempting to extend their blockade of red-controlled ports. - United States Lines here said its 8,000-ton freighter Pioneer Dale was bombed and strafed as it ap proached Tsingtao. A message from the captain said one of the 50 'crew members was injured slightly. . In Washington, the state depart ment said the master of the 8,192 ton Isbrandtsen ship Flying Clip per . reported his vessel was at tacked while anchored in Tsingtao harbor. - (In Tokyo IL JCrabbenschmldt of A. P. Pattison Co- shipping agents, said the Flying Clipper's master radioed the ship had been strafed and a bomb had scored i near miss." He reported num erous holes in the hull and super structure." The attack occurred as the ship approached Tsingtao's cuarantine area. (Krabbenschmidt and S. E. Wal ker of the U. S. Lines in Toicyo aaid the caotains of both ships radioed they 'had been attacked by "planes." This indicated more than one aircraft took part in the attack on each ship. Neither cap tain identified the nationality of the t lanes.) - - (Tsingtao is the port at which Whafs all this talk about leg islative reapportionment? The constitution provides that after each census the representa tion in the senate and house would be reapportioned on the basis of population (white population since the constitution was drawn up in 1857 when negroes were not rated as citizens). The legislature how ever has failed to make any gen eral reapportionment since 1911. Members Just are unwilling to carve up the state again in sena torial and representative districts because they bate to legislate any of their fellow-members out of of fice. The result is that represen tation is sadly distorted as far as comparative populations go. Two measures are now being submitted for signatures under the initiative. One is sponsored by groups such as the two big labor organizations, Young Republican Federation and Young Democratic clubs. This would leave represen tation In senate and house to be based on population (the word "white" deleted), except that no county may. have over one-third of the membership in either body. This provision is intended to sat isfy upstate Oregon that Multno mah county will not' "hog" the show. ' The special feature of this pro posal is that the apportionment is to be made not by the legislature but by a commission composed of the governor, secretary of state and state (Continued on editorial page, 4.) ) ! ?, PORTLAND, Feb. 27-VRich-ard L. Neuberger, Portland dem ocrat often mentioned as a possi ble candidate for governor, said today he would not run for any omce trus year. t An author, Neuberger said he wanted to remain free to write. "I am afraid I would nnt writ about many subjects with inde pendence and freedom if I thought or myseit as a nominee for high elective office," he said. EGO PRODUCTION rr.TMM PORTLAND, Feb. 27 -JF)- Egg rtrodtietlrtn mnKnuut i VKg ill Oregon last month, the federal ueparunem oi agriculture reported today. .The mark was 4:onnnnn eggs, a record for January, pro duction was 41,000,008 in Decem ber . and 40,000,000 a year pre- . vious. i ' Ahimalj Crachcrs By WARREN GOODRICH "Hen ys go, Doc see what ou on do with Alfred ho eeps refecting realities" FIT? '003 crosa Declines to Run the Isbrandtsen ship Flying Arrow put in last month after being shelled by a Nationalist gunboat) An official of u. S. Lines said the master of the Pioneer! Dale, James F. Knowlton, cabled from Tsingtao: . "Attacked by bomber, one bomb dropped six lengths astern this Vessel while approaching9 break water. Ship badly strafed. One slight casualty. - Now proceeding seawards awaiting orders." Even on Its Side, Truck Totters over Men a Brooks residents ret a chance to see one upset In the business district Sunday afternoon. State police said the driver, A. R. McKay of Mapleton. wheeled the rig sharply to the left to avoid a car ahead. McKay was not injured. The -truck was headed for Portland with a load of broccoli which was transferred to another trailer. (States- pnovo;. COUBI LOOSGDU Using strips -of steel from their cots for tools, Marion county jail inmates pried 25 bricks loose from a wall of the jail Monday, but a deputy sheriff discovered the plans for a break before it started. Sheriff Denver, Young said the bricks had been loosened around a window, on the north side of the room to which all 25 prisoners had access during the day. The bricks had been replaced when the work was detected during a 5 pjn. check after the men had been returned to their cells. 3 i Young said the men apparently expected to complete tunneling through the wall today. It was not known how many participated in the plans for a break but several are due for questioning today. Five of the strips of steel were found. The men had used them to pry mortar loose around the bricks. Eleven ex-convicts were in the ranks of those ' confined Monday night. . '!. Meeting Called To Discuss Parians Issue . A public meeting to discuss means of obtaining off-street parking has been announced for Friday noon at the Marion hotel by James Beard, president of the Salem Retail Trade bureau. Beard said that everyone Inter ested was invited to the no-host luncheon at which Mayor Robert L. Elfstrom will speak. -He also said that concrete proposals would be made and possibly some deci sion reached. ; '. No details were announced but it is known four off-street park ing sites are under consideration. one of them large enough to ac commodate several hundredi cars within three blocks of downtown Salem. . - ' : Several means of financing such a venture have been under discus sion, including zone taxation, mer chant financing and the utiliza tion of funds accruing from park ing meters to which the city now owns title. Of Superf ort Groups Due (WASHINGTON. Feb. .Yl-VPr- The department "of defense an nounced tonight that the alV-force is strengthening its superfortress groups with additional bombers and tanker planes. 'The tankers are similar to those which enabled a B-50 bomber to fly around the world without stopping. ' . One of nine air force groups listed for added strength is in the United Kingdom; the others are in the United States. .i A defense department spokes man said that the nine groups of B-29 and B-50 superfortresses are being reorganized to provide for 43 bombers in each group, instead ox 3U as Deiore. HEWITT EYES RACE ! TILLAMOOK. Feb. 27-PV-Rot R. Hewitt, Salem lawyer, speaking at a democratic committee meet ing here yesterday, indicated he would become a candidate for con gressman from the first district. ACIIESON PROBE ASKED ALBANY, Y, Feb. 27-flV The New Yorkstate assembly de manded tonight that congress in vestigate Secretary of State Dean Acheson because of his declaration that he would cot turn bis back on Alger Hiss. tyjail Strengthening $ Tsingtao U. S. ,Lines ordered the ship to Japan. Officials said the five-year-old freighter was going into Tsingtao for general cargo. 'The holds were said, to be empty when it left Hongkong. ' The state department said today the Chinese Nationalists have fail ed to reply to an American pro test sent more than three weeks ago following an attack on the Flying Arrow. what the bottom of a 27-ton truck On mates Use Cots to Bricks in Escape Try Leopard Hunt Spurred By Showers, New Clue OKLAHOMA CITY. Feb. 27-PV-The weather came to the aid of frustrated leopard hunters tonight. It began to rain. Zoo Director Julian Frazier joyfully said: "That'll mean fresh tracks tomorrow and good hunting." Just before the shower began officials directing the widespread search for the jungle-bred leopard which bolted the city zoo here County Roads To Stay Rough, Funds Low Some of the roughness must re main in Marion county .roads un til at least uly because of fund depletion by two consecutive se vere Winters, county .court mem bers said Monday. How much maintenance work can be accomplished prior to that is dependent upon amount of funds needed to repair damages from the recent freeze, extent of which is not yet known. While repair crews ! cannpt be augmented, it will not be neces sary to cut them down. County Judge Grant Murphy said. Commissioner Roy Rice assert ed "We can't patch aU the holes or put rock on all the roads until after June 30" (end of the fiscal year.) Appropriation The county's road appropriation for the fiscal year 1949-50 was $568,825, providing an average of about $53,000 per month for road building and maintenance, outside a $25,000 item specified for im provement of public roads not in the county system. But as of Jan uary 31. the fund was down to $248,000. or less than $45,000 per month. That would probably be ' suf ficient in an ordinary year, ac cording to Judge Murphy, but is not . enougn : to care for freeze damage in. addition. Borrowed Money Much of the 1949 freeze and thaw damage was repaired with $100,000 borrowed from the state And with funds appropriated for 1949-50, said the judge, because the' previous budget was lower, $558,000. This year's budget was thus drained early. r i The state's - loan will be repaid this year and next at $12,500 per quarter.. Since that means $50,- 000 .for the 1950-51 fiscal year alone. Murphy said road work prospects for that period also are diminished. . 6 Federal Census Crew Marion County Appointed, 2 for Polk Appointment of six federal cen sus crew leaders for Marion coun ty and two for Polk county was announced Monday by Cornelius Bateson, district census super visor. Each of the crew leaders will head a group of from 15 to 20 enumerators - during ' the census taking which is slated to begin April 1. The crew leaders will be gin preliminary operations about March 8. ' '. The appointments for Marion county include: Mrs. Louis C Dough ton. 1131 N. 14th st., who will have charge of the south half of Salem, and Mrs. Harriett L. Smart, 520 N. 23rd st, the north section. Center street will probably be the dividing line, said Bateson. , Mrs. Virgie Rose Perry, 83 Lan 99th YEAH 12 PAGES - . The Oregon Stcrteamenu Salem. Oregon, Tuesday. February 28, IS 50 . . . PRICE 5c ' No. 350 ! : , L- ; ; , , - . 1 i ' ' 1 Council w.--,oe",4K V and trailer looks like when this Saturday held a strategy huddle. Frazier decided to send a group of park department employes over 20-mile area along Deep Fork! creek putting out 'doped "horse meat as bait for the bqast Knock out drops were injected into the meat. Before weary and desperate hunters called off today's search at dusk, they were confident they were on the beast's trail at last. An encouraging clue came from Farmer Floyd Crabb. He told searchers his 17 head of cattle stampeded last night "and I don't know why." Zoo Chief Frazier said: That is a good indication the leopard is up this way and that he's working northeast. We didn't find any paw prints, but we think we're on the right trail Two guards reported the leop ard reentered the zoo grounds about l a. m. A thorough search of the grounds failed to locate him. A hunk of meat treated rith a sleep-producing drug and hung on a zoo fence last night was missing today. But it still wasn't known if the cat, captured in In dia 60 days ago and brought here only last week, grabbed the food. The cat, which scattered scores of zoo visitors when he hurtled from his 18-foot deep pit, hasn't been fed since Saturday mo mint His mate has been placed in a cage. City Transit Lines May Cut Service; In Eugene Area EUGENE, Ore, Feb. 21-iJPr-City transit lines indicated today that some service might have to be curtailed in the Springfield Eugene area : because of loss of revenue. A statement from C. J. Wendt, general manager, Portland, said heavy expenses and loss of pas sengers because of the recent snow, was making it difficult to meet payrolls. The line, affiliated with Oregon Motor Stages, also operates busses in Salem. sing ave., win cover the north west section of the county and Salem's north suburban area. Her territory will include, in general, the area lying west of the Pacific highway and north of Salem. ' , Felix A. Schultz of ML Angel, northeastern section of the coun ty; Anton Morabeck, jr., Stayton, the southeastern corner, and Ed win Wilbur Powers, Jr., Aumsville, the southwest section of the coun ty and the suburban areas south of Salem. " i Polk county appointments are Mrs. Sylvia L. Bryan, 293 Cascade dr., who will handle the western half.' of Polk county, including West Salem, and Gilbert F. Loy, Independence, who will canvass the eastern sections of Polk county. Although West Salem wiU be canvassed separately from Salem Forms To Study Revision Of Laws , A Salem traffic safety council and a safety commission were es tablished Monday night by the Sa lem city council. Designed to aid the city In in creasing traffic safety, the council will be a citizens' group appointed by the mayor to spearhead public education for safety and the com mission will be a city official's group to study proposed traffic legislation and otherwise advise the council. Mayor to Appoint Mayor R. L. Elfstrom will have the authority to appoint any num ber of interested citizens to the council. The resolution as adopted by the city alderman last night. set the membership of the commis sion as consisting of the city man ager, police chief and city engineer. Legislation in traffic matters re mains the exclusive authority of the city council. Formation of the new safety groups was endorsed by Police Chief Clyde . A. Warren and by Capt. Walter Lansing who heads a state safety program in which the secretary of state'sdepartment and the state police cooperate. Reservations voiced Although the new measure was adopted unanimously at the city council session In city hall, reser vations were voiced by Alderman David OTiara. It sounds like a circuitous pro cedure to me," declared O'Hara. adding that he felt the big safety problem lies in the need for more enforcement of existing traffic law. He mentioned in this connection that the irecent presence of a traf fic patrolman at the statehouse during rush hours has "increased the observance of traffic rules ter mendously.' , Capt, Lansing told the council that even if policing could be ex tensive enough to provide a traffic officer at every intersection, traffic problems could not be solved "without the desire to comply with the law by an informed public. Man Survives 2400-VoltJolt A Put lineman survived a 2400-volt jolt of current when he touched a wet rope that was flung across high wires in the 400 block of Center street Monday noon. E. Douglas Moore, 1180 Colonial ave was taken to Salem Memorial hospital where his condition was termed good Monday night. Three other members of the line crew lowered Moore to the ground following the mishap. They were Clare Dunlevy, Roy Caswell and Tom Busbee, all of Salem. Poor Man's Geiger Counter Developed LOS ANGELES, Feb. 27 -VP) A poor man's Geiger counter, which warns it there is sufficient atomic radiation present about you to be harmful, has been developed at the University of California ,at Los Angeles. Perfected by Dr. George V. Tap lin and Clayton Douglas of the school's atomic energy ' medical research staff, and announced to day, the gadget is about the size nt m nalr j nf ranr mathM Tt consists of small vials of chloro-. zoning for new Salem city terri form and nurole dve. Gamma rava tory on the west side of .the river. and X-rays cause the dye to turn yellow. the device is easy to carry. Take a squint at it once in awhile. If the color changes run. ' Leaders for proper, the population- figures and other statistics for the city of a lem will be . combined, Bateson explained. - "Early in March." he said, "the crew leaders will go into their areas and familiarize themselves with boundary , lines, precinct lines, ; townships and roads. Examinations for applicant enu merators will be held by crew leaders in their individual sec tions on March 10. Applicants will be notified of the time and place by mail between March 6 end 10. Following the examinations the : . . seieciea enumerators win receive uwu jwuiuiicui4 vj nut . w tween Marcn -zo and 24, said v a. t at m. oaiesoiu no mgre .ppuwuuni or enumerators in the Salem area are being accepted, he said. Traffic RflSifle yiniD(D)ini, Foles- DiniTOceiniS GPflea Sun Bashers Keep Coats On FTf 'f "T ""'" ""' 1111 f If I I ' : i ' t f I 1 in lU 'ti' ' '' ""r L 1 r . fyHj.tV'; ; r-r- ; ""3 I V -im L. f i - i m I I -" . ri- II i SSiSi$ j Enjoying Monday's sprinr-like sunshine In Salem are the men above. taking time off daring their lunch Pulp and Paper Co, mill. A chilly is just a little early yet. however. City Council Bypasses Daylight Saving Protest I By Robert i City Editor, Daylight saving time almost, council door Monday mgnt. A Ktronelv worded Drotest against a time switch was on me door step from the Salem Trades and even read it. Word had got around that bills fective here would be introduced at this council meeting, but none appeared. Mayor R. E. Elfstrom simply asked that letters on the subject be held until the council had daylight time legislation be fore it. Claims Reduced Employment The labor council resolution said daylight , time "has never been a success and has caused more confusion, turmoil and dis order of schedules and routine events than any other factor. It asserted also that the fast time would reduce employment in some ranks of labor like musi cians and theatrical workers groups. Another letter referred to but briefly was a protest from C. C Franklin, a local landlord. Hearings Called In other business, the city coun cil took these steps: Called a March 13 public hear ing on 40-foot setback lines for Portland road north from the un derpass to city limits, Set a March 13 public hearing on a controversial zone cnange which would permit a service sta tion to be, established at the southeast corner of Capitol and Center streets. Ordered South Capitol street in the block facing Bush school, clos ed between 8:30 a. m. and 4 p. m. on all days that the school is in session as a safety measure l pupils. Approved a city zoning com mission hearing for March 21 on (Additional details on pagevZ.) Lebanon INut Growers I To Leave Association LEBANON, Feb. 27 -CSV The Lebanon Nut Growers Co-opera tive will pull out of the Northwest Nut Growers association July 1. The co-operative voted to with draw because the association can celled operations at a local plant. Kenneth Watters, co-op man aeer. said the co-operative would use the local plant and find -its own market outlets. Max. Mia. Prceip. M M . . 49 94 traoe Salem Portland KnirriDdMO SI 47 JBO Chicago 35 -S New York SI M WlUamtt river IS. feet rrkRVrfAST i(mm US. weather bur eau. McNary field. Salem): Fog and I tnr nmn Craduallr increasing low clouaa inu monuos, mauai w CKHJQ- aSn the afternoon and evening I with rain tonlgnl. niS mwv near -i I low tonignt near n. I' wBrrrPTTATTOW rM vear Last Year Normal aul 4.u xts af ety ; Boards SeDzooire TaBEi Mesurd; V m-- hoar to sit In front c the Oregon wind serte4,to remind all that it (Statesman photo). - T E. Gangware The Statesman but not quite, got foot in the city Labor council, but the council didnt ' to make daylight saving tune ef Blanche Currie To Head Local Red Gross Unit Blanche M. Currie, now of Se attle, will become manager tor Marion county chapter, American Red Cross, March 15, succeeding Susan M. Faherty, who resigned, chapter committees announced Monday. The chapter personnel commit tee, of which Linn C Smith is chairman, and the executive com mittee, made the selection, to De approved formally at the chapter board session March 13, when Miss Currie is to attend. ' Miss Faherty, who is leaving Salem to become assistant admin istrator for the southern Arizona regional blood center of the Red Cross bn April 1, will work with Miss Currie during the final two weeks of March in acquainting her with the' office routine.' - Miss Currie was hospital serv ice recreation worker trainee and recreation worker with theRed Cross at Hammer field, Fresno; hosnital service worker in the sta tion hospital and port of embar kation, San Francisco: hospital service worker at Hamilton field station hospital and at the AAF regional and air debarkation cen ter at Hamilton Held. 1 She also has had varied expert ence in the Gray Ladies organiz ation of the Red Cross and as chairman of a camp and hospital council in Red Cross. ' A former teacher, she also has served on the school boards at Hagerman and Wendell, Idaho, and as dean of women at the school in i Albion, Idaho. She is a graduate of University Of Idaho and took graduate work at Uni versity of Southern caiuorma. The Statesman .n. a i .mnMnisi wAttntf 1 trt trm the ' results a definite trend, but it can be reported that so far Daylight Saving Time isnt getting many votes. Here're the percentage results of the Sounding Board's initial count:, ..... ..'...,...)-.;- , .'- . . :- ""V- For Daylight Saving Time - Against Daylight Saving Time ... ... , Breaking it down into! classifications by percentage:. For Daylight Time 1 Against Daylight Time tYou can man your vote to The Sounding Board." care of The Statesman, or drop your opinion into the ballot box just inside The Statesman's main door at 215 S. Commercial st) , i Contempt Case Starts in Court - . WASHINGTON, Feb. 27-(ff)-X high government official express-! ed the personal opinion tonight & that unless the coal strike Is set- tied by Tuesday night federal sei zure of the idle mines would ap pear. Inevitable. - - I "Thfcre was no sign at the White House however, that President Truman was preparing to ask for ; House Speaker Sam Rayburn (D-Tex), afttr the usual meeting of congressional leaders with the president,' told reporters thai while" coal had been discussed, . there waSvjio talk of seizure. However, Rayburn said .that a Mr. Truman asked, for a seizure law, he thought congress would pass ' one. He deemed passage of such a law unlikely, lacking are quest. i ' . '. In the opinion of the other high government official, who asked that his name be withheld, this H , the critical week. i It was his belief that the effect of the paralyzing coal strike. al- ready felt' in many cold-numbed communities, will begin to pyra mid - - that smaller industries will be forced to shut down, in turn affecting the bigger manu facturers. . i The government started its con- V tempt- case against the United Mine Workers union in federal district court. Asserts Innocence The union insisted that it wa innocent of contempt charges on the grdunds that the miners' re fusal to work was not a union de cision but an individual decision by the 372,000 miners. The case ;1H continue before Federal Judge Richmond B. Keech tomorrow afternoon. This was the legal situation as it .was outlined before Judge Keech today: The union argument: Since no strike officially was called, the union cantbe in contempt of fed eral court which on February 11 ordered the men back to theia, iobsi r . -i Kit TTnfan RMnansibl . . V Government attorneys began to build up their argument: The men all quit at the same time, and -the union is responsible for its mem bers' actions. . - Federal conciliators again ar ranged for contract talks between the miners and the operators. But th&e lasted only an hour. . Ship Rips Up inrog I') PORTLAND, Feb.- 27 -WV A' Liberty freighter tore away B0 f feet of a Willamette river doc here today while turning around ' in a heavy fog. ; - The ship. Sulphur Mines,, was trying to ' dock to load lumber across the river from the grain ' terminal it smashed. Pilings were ' torn :- out, timbers smashed and several hundred grain bags spilled. Into the river. The ship apparent- ly was undamaged. V ; Truman's Cousin To Seet Election V sTa - 1" r U0CK LONG BEACH, Califs Feb. 27-(ff)-Attorney Rolland Trumin says he will run for congress td "rescue" his I cousin. President Truman, from? "leftwing abduct- : ors." ' ' ti' " ' "I feet that Cousin v Harry has been kidnapped by' leftwingere and is being held prisoner, by ad- yisers who lean to socialistic phil- . osopbies of gdvernment,'' Truman said.. .. ,-, , ' tM ',' .Trunuuv37, Svrdemocrat, said he J is a candidate for congress, on both democratic and republican -tickets. :. ; V' Sounding Board -IS ! 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