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" -!By John M. nightower
WASHINGTON, March 9-(fl)-Secretary 0f state Acheson called
on American men and women tonight to poin with their government
in a concerted, every body-in tussle to defeat Russia's plans for "world
domination."
He called it "total diplomacy." The totality he had in mind ap
! peared to be hardly less comprehensive than total war . . . without
H .IMNIl
lilt I
J il l I
U f J I
. One of the great historic events
in the development oi we umv
States was the-driying of the gold
en spike at Promontory Point,
Utah, completing a transrouuci.
tal line of railroad. (P P is off the
Union Pacific line now due to a
relocation of track). The cere-
TrtTPumrthv. with OlfJ-
nitaries present from east ana
west. . ' . .
Of less national importance but
of great significance to the Pacific
coast was the completion of the
line ot railroad from Portland to
San Francisco. The golden spike
.i.ii.A 4hU was driven at
Ashland, Oregon In 1887, but what
became of that spuce remains
TVi. p p rfnlden snike is
IUJK1J
in the historical exhibit of Wells
Fargo & co. in San Francisco.
. Robert O'Brien who does an In-c-octinir
mlumn chiefly on local
history, and personages for the
San irancisco inromcie,
story of the Ashland spike in a
recent issue of the Chronicle.
- A special train bearing public
officials (governor of California,
mayors of cities) railroad officials
and others left Oakland, Dec 16th,
1887, -and was routed via Sacra
mento anaTMarysville. The train
reached Ashland the afternoon of
the 17th where the Oregon dele
gation of officials and prominent
citizens
(Continued on editorial page, 4.)
Leslie High
ier
-A first place rating, the highest
, offered, was awarded the Broad
caster, Leslie Junior high school
paper, Thursday, by the Columbia
Scholastic Press association.'
Approximately v 1,300 student
publications in the UnitedJStates
and several- foreign countries
competed for awards in various
classifications, the Associated Press
reported from New jYork.
The Broadcaster competed with
offset-printed papers from junior
high schools with 00 students or
less. Editions judged' were those
of last; fall and last spring when
Donald Agnew and Patsy Snider,
respectively, were editors.
; Last year the association award
ed the Broadcaster a second place
rating and in 1948, a third place
rating.
Woman Charged
With Aiding Escape
Of Hospital Inmates
- Charges of helping two men es
cape Irom Oregon state hospital
were filed, against a Falls City
woman 1 in i district , court here
Thursday. ' '
I State police arrested Mary Eliz
abeth White, 22, at Portland where
she Is alleged to have accompanied
one or both of the men, Sunday,
t Authorities said Ervin Embysk,
28, Pendleton, had a visitor short-
ly before he was reported missing.
He and Eugene Harshberger, 26,
Portland, . failed to return from
ground paroles.
- Both men still were listed as
missing . early today. . Hospital
spokesmen do not consider them
dangerous. T
; Still missing, also, was 80-year-old
Henry Folery who escaped
from the hospital Wednesday.
Anlnicl Craclcers
By WARREN GOODRICH
, WICHITA Mfl.
BISON
RANGE '
.. irr.
"Your ar and father wat a .
publican, but right now we're
all Democrathre been for
some times'
Pap
M
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me aive Domoers ana trencn mor-
I tar. Arhcnn isfliri tho fre wnrlH
isen gaged in a struggle fully as
decisive for1 mankind as the suc-
cessful fight against nazism. But
he said:
"We clearly are not focusing
our total resources on the winning
of that struggle."
He said that total diplomacy
means that all branches of the
U. S. government, must work to
gether he included congress
along with the executive depart
ments and that other institutions
of American life such as business,
agriculture, labor, press and radio
"must agree voluntarily" to direct
their efforts to the single purpose
of the struggle.
Acheson's views were set forth
in a heretofore secret speech re
leased by the state department
with his approval in an effort to
enlarge and clarify the kind of
foreign policy line which he is
presently following. This policy
holds that a Truman-Stalin talk,
for example, would not solve any
cold war issues at this time and
that those issues can only be solv
ed after expanding Russian power
has been matched and cancelled
by American and allied western
power in critical areas ! of the
world. !
Heard by Advertisers !
Acheson's speech was delivered
at a meeting of the advertising
council, a private organization of
leaders in the field of advertising
who frequently help the govern
ment on public causes. The meet
ing was held at the White House
on February 16. Acheson used the
occasion, speaking off the record
to a small group, to develop some
of his idea about what the United
States would have to do to win
the cold war. 1 i
It was first thought that the
speech would be used as the' basis
of apublic speech by the secretary
but later that idea was discarded.
Meanwhile the advertising men
and government officials who had
heard Acheson's speech spread
word of it in congress and else
where and the state department
finally decided to make it public
tonizht.
Acheson ruled out the idea ol
a preventive war to solve the Rus
sian problem. He said: "A 'show
down' in the brutal and realistic
sense of resort to a military de
cision is not a possible policy for
a democracy. The Kremlin knows
that."
Discarding the silken syntax of
diplomacy, Acheson spoke out in
the simple, direct words oi a man
talking informally.
We are struggling against an
adversary that is deadly serious,"
he told the advertising men,! "We
are in a situation where we are
playing for keeps. Moreover, we
are in a situation where we could
lose without ever firing a shot.
Interrelated Branches
He said that to meet the Soviet
threat this country mast nave a
foreigh policy with "two inter
related branches."
The: first point in this policy.
he said, is to 'meet wherever pos
sible 'all thrusts of the Soviet
union." He cited American aid to
Greece and Turkey as an ex
ample.
The second part of the policy
lima, w w mwo wuviauw,
political, social and psychological
conditions that strengthen and
create confidence in the democra
tic way of life." The, European
recovery program and American
help to the Indonesian independ
ence movement are examples of
this, the secretary said. -
But this isn't enough, he said.
Other countries must be able to
sell their products to buy the
things they need to feed, clothe,
and employ their people and
this means a ' greater volume of
Amercan imports frob abroad,
Acheson said: .
"We must take that kind of ac
tion even thoughit requires ad
justments here at home and it
will require some adjustments."
- He emphasized that the United
States and its citizens must exer
cise "self . discipline in - what we
say and what we do" and seek
some workable unity with the
other democratic nations. ' ,
That, he said, will lay the basis
for eventual agreements with the
Russians "whed we have eliminat
ed all. the areas of weakness that
we can." .... j
Jet-Propelled British Car
Undergoes Public Tests
By Donald B. Schwind
TOWCESTER, Eng, March 9
(AVFrom a cold start, the car got
under way in 16-35 seconds and
streaked along at 80 to 90 miles
an hour. It is jet-propelled.
The car's performance at its
first public demonstration today
drew the curtain from the British
automobile industry's great post
war secret. The top speed is still
a secret
Powered by twin kerosene-fed
turbines, the car was tested at
Silverstone airport by F. R. Bell,
engineer in charge of its develop
ment for the Rover Motor Co. of
Birmingham.
. Designed as a sports coup, the
Rover speedster accelerated for
ward, reversed land Idled its en
gines with as much ease as an
assembly-line stock car.
The jet job has the outward
appearance of a conventional au
rm
WASHINGTON, March 9 See. f
State Dean Acheson who asked
that all United States citizens
join in an all-out battle of diplo
maey against the Russians.
Cancer-Ridden
Brother Dies in
;Mercy ICiUing9
ALLENTOWN, Pa, March 9-P)
-Harold Mohr, 36-year-old unem
ployed tannery worker, said to
day he finally yielded to the per
sistent pleading pf his hopelessly
blind, cancer-stricken brother and
shot him to death.
District , Attorney Kenneth Hi
Koch, after listening to what he
called Harolds "full, frank and
honest description" of the death
of 55-year- old Walter Mohr, told
reporters: ,
This death is a mercy, killing
on . the basis of the defendant s
statement There is nothing to in
dicate to the contrary on the basis.
of facts as we now know them.
Harold Mohr was held- without
bail on 9 murder charge.
Sitting in a Lehigh county pris
on cell, Harold Mohr told the dist
rict attorney: . ,
"My brother asked me to shoot
him. He often asked me to. I
finally decided to do It lust last
night after dirmer."
The defendant told the district
attorney Walter had known what
was happening,, had "heard the
click of the gun" as the fatal shell
was loaded into the chamber.
"Are you ready?" Koch quoted
the defendant as asking his broth
er. . . , -
The reply, Harold said, was "go
ahead." Then he fired the gun.
' Dr. George S. Boyer, Lehigh
county . coroner, said Walter had
been hopelessly blind for 15 years.
and had suffered from cancer for
the past six years.
The coroner said' cancer had
wasted away Walter's face.
Fraud Division
Due fn Oregon
Tax Bureau
The state tax commission is set
ting up a fraud division to check-
income tax and corporation excise
tax reports, Commissioner Ray
Smith announced here Thursday.
- The new division will be head
quartered at Portland, and will
employ six auditors, according to
Smith. He said he hoped to com
plete organization of the fraud
unit while in Portland today.
The state, fraud law carries se
vere penalties. In case of fraud
taxes may be doubled with Inter
est added while tax evaders are
subject to fines up to $1,000, jail
sentences to one year, or both.
Adair Tract to
House Bird Farm
CORVALLIS, March 9 -W)- A
state game bird farm will be es
tablished on a 1,600-acre tract of
the former Camp Adair area.! ' .
The- farm will house equipment
now at the Eugene game farm,
which is to be closed after; this
year's pheasant chicks are i dis
tributed. 1 1
The Corvallis game farm may
also be moved to Adair. I
tomobile, with the exception of
three air intake openings on each
side and two square exhaust grids.
Hot, colorless gases whistle from
the grids.
Unlike the jet plane, which gets
its forward thrust from hot gases
pushing out from combustion un
its against the1 open air, the car's
built-in jets turn turbines which
power the rear wheels.
The driver uses only two pedals
accelerator and brake. By slack
ing off on the accelerator he cuts
down the flow of fuel and thus
slows the turbines. !
The new machine, which ! the
makers say should be in mass
production In from two to four
years, is expected to give Britain
a lift in the dollar motor market.
Some obvious bugs: the whistl
ing noise. A slight odor of kero
sene sweeping from the exhaust
vents. Excessive consumption of
fuel.
, -) -- t ..-
99th YEAR 20 PAGES Th Oregon, StatMman, Saloizw Oregon. TAiar, March 10. 1850 v ,: PRICE 5c No. 36a
Flood of Candidates Expected Today
Legislature
Race Crowded;
Filings to Close
Candidates by the score were
scheduled to file for state officees
before the 5 pm. deadline today.
More than 200 had been offic
ially listed as of the close of books
last night, but many an aspirant
is known to have awaited the final
day.
At least 14 men are expected
to be in the race for Marion
county's four seats in the house
of representatives.
Kelly Owens and Lee V. Oh
mart, both of Salem, announced
last night. -Nine
Filed So Far
Nine already filed are Rep. John
Steelhammer, Dr. E. E. Boring, H.
R. Jones, Roy Houck, Mark Hat
field, Gene Malecki, R. J. Severin,
George Emigh and Lloyd Girod.
Previously announced were P.
W. Hale, Alvin Whitlaw and Law
rence Koch.
Mrs. Josephine Albert Spauld
ing was the sole democratic as
pirant to the house from Marion
county. She filed Thursday.
But there was every indication
democrats would be out in force
today to get in under the wire.
State Treasurer Files
State Treasurer Walter Pearson
filed for the democratic nomina
tion for, the governorship; Prof.
Louis A. Wood of the University
of Oregon filed for the democratic
nomination for VS. senator; Ben
jamin C. Garske of Bend filed fdr
the democratic nomination for
congress from the 3rd district
Sens. Fred Lamport of Salem
and Dean Walker of Independence
filed for re-election to the senate.
(Mayor R. L. Elfstrom of Salem
said he had definitely decided not
to seek a senate post). I '.
(Additional details page 6).
Furniture Firm
To Occupy Old
Sears Location
The Maurer-Bogardus furni
ture company , of Salem soon will
establish temporary quartets at
the former Sears-Roebuck loca
tion, 484 State st.
H. E. Bogardus, partner with
Warren Maurer in the firm,
Thursday said he has a 60-day
lease at the State street location
and expects to move in shortly
after March 16.
The company will lose its lease
March 15 at the South 12th street
Pacific highway junction site
where the store was established
more than two years ago.
Bogardus said a permanent Sal
em location would be chosen in
the near future but that plans
were incomplete at the present
time.
Also announced Thursday was
addition of George Maurer, a vet
eran of 35 years in the furniture
business, to the firm. Maurer is
father of Warren Maurer and
father-in-law of Bogardus.
Stayton Engages
Salem Architects
For Grade School
Statesman New ferric
STAYTON, Mar. 9 Frank
Struble and John C. Groom of
Salem were named today as ar
chitects for the $60,000 gymna
sium to be constructed here for
Stayton grade school.
The building, to replace the old
gym which burned last fall, will
measure '06 by 90 feet, will be
built of reinforced concrete and
will house a 66 by 60-foot maple
floor. It will also Include show
ers and locker rooms.
Construction is expected to
start in about two months, the
architects said.
21 FOLIO CASES IN STATE
PORTLAND, March 9-(F-Twenty
one cases of infantile pa
ralysis have occurred in Oregon
so far this year, the state board of
health said today. The most recent
ones were in Clackamas county.
Max. Mia. ' Preclp
Salem M
Portland 51 M .11
San Francisco 5S 44 traca
Chicago - il
New York 40 24 trace
Willamette River 7 1 feet.
FORECAST (irom U. S. weather bu
reau. McNary field, Salem): Partly
cloudy today Witn improving condit
ion tonight and Saturday. High to
day 43-55: low tonieht J7-40. ,
saLem precipitation
ThU Tear Last Year Normal
14-U J4-7J 28.55
E)flo Saundleir -Freed .in Ru(dleir TiriaD
JandiHtlh) (SopDoini (govern) 1
Russian Gets
Choice of Jail,
Deportation
NEW YORK. March 9 !S-
Twice-convicted Judith Coplon
was sentenced to Drison for IS
years today as a treacherous be
trayer oi ner country.
Her convicted co-sdv. Soviet en
gineer" and diDlomat Valentin A.
Gubitchev, drew a similar sen-
mtucc Eusptnaea, nowever, on
condition that he be sent back to
Russia within two weeks "never
to return."
Pale little Miss CoDlon. 28. now
may have to serve up to 25 years
behind . bars. Todav'n 15-vmt
sentence is in addition to the 40
months to 10 year term imposed
in Washington after her convict
ion last July on charges of steal
ing secret papers for the Russians.
Ryan first sentenced blond. 33-
year-old Gubitchev to 15 vpsm
imprisonment. Then he announced
mat secretary CT state Acheson
and Attarney General J. Howard
McGrath "have recommended that
this sentence be suspended and
that you be sent out of the coun
try.", In Washington, a rrok:man
said the state department thinks
expeuing Gubitchev rather than
imprisoning him would lessen the
risk Of " Dreiudicinff the situation
of American citizens now in east
ern Europe.
Paler than usual, the five-feet-tall
Miss Coplon stood between
two six-foot deputy marshals as
she heard the sentence that can
keep her behind bars until she is
53 years old. In a thin, subdued
voice she said she would make no
statement at the time.
Ryan told her:
"YOU have broueht dishnnnr
upon the name vou bear. Vnn
have brought disgrace and even
irageay upon your family. You
have been disloval to th pnuntnr
which has nourished you . . .
"My observation of you during
the trial and mv knowledge nf th
facts convince me that the seeds
or disloyalty still find root within
you."
0'Hara Eyes
Mayor Race
"
David 0'Hara, veteran Salem
councilman, said Thursday he was
considering the possibility of run
ning for mayor.
The ward 5 alderman' from
north Salem was boosted as a pos
sible mayor this week by leaders
of the South Salem Progress club.
OHara. who ix hum? thm Hava
in the last-minute filing rush of
siaie pouueai candidates at the
Oregon elections bureau which he
heads, said he hasn't rarhmt
definite decision although he has
been - approached on the subject
of entering the mayorality race.
Harry V. Collins and Walter
Musgrave have filed
for mayor and Alfred W. Loucks
has announced his intention to
run.
OPERATE ON DEWEY
NEW YORK, March MP)-Gov.
Thomas E. Dewey today under
went an operation for demoval of
a calcium growth in his right
shoulder. The operation was de
scribed as successful.
Second-Hand Story of Flying Disc in
Mexico Complete with
LOS ANGELES, March 9 -VF-A
dynamite-salesman told report
ers today he had seen the wreck
age of a f)ying saucer in Mexico,
but later changed his story to say
he saw only a strip of metal which
business associates told him came
from a space ship.
Ray I Dimmick, sales manager
for the Apache Powder Co, re
fused to name the associates, say
ing only that one was an Ameri
can and the other a Chilean-Mexican.
Dimmick added he would
furnish the names "if requested
by the proper authorities.'
He said he was told that the
wreckage was on a mountainside
in Mexico City and that top U. S.
military officials had viewed it
However, the air force in Wash
Cinderella,
Spring Opening Plans
Replete with bands, a treasure
hunt, Cinderella and Prince
Charming, Salem's spring open
ing on Thursday night, March
23, "will be the most attractive
and elaborate on record," James
Beard, head of the Salem Retail
Trade bureau, announced last
night.
Some of the details of the gala
event, for which streets will be
roped off and which probably
will feature an automobile show,
were made known following a
meeting of the trade bureau
Thursday.
Windows are to be unveiled at
7 p.m., and out-of-town judges
will award ribbons for the finest
displays.
The treasure hunt will reap
"really valuable prizes," Beard
Murray Rules Out
Pact With Miners
PITTSBURGH, March 9 -JPh-Philip
Murray today ruled out any
mutual aid pact between his mil
lion united steel workers and the
480,000 united mine workers.
Murray, president of both the
CIO and its steelworker affiliate,
told the UMWs John L. Lewis
"no useful purpose would be serv
ed by concluding any formal ar
rangement for such a pact."
Aussie Urges
U.S. Devise
Pacific Pact
CANBERRA, Australia, March
9-(JP)-A Pacific military and econ
omic pact headed by the United
States was proposed today by
Australia's 'new minister of exter
nal affairs.
Percy C. Spender urged such a
pact in a 13,000-word review be
fore, parliament of the foreign
policy of the new coalition gov
ernment which replaced Austra
lia's labor government last De
cember. Australia's aim, he said, was
"to build up with the United
States somewhat the same rela
tionship as exists within the Brit
ish commonwealth."
The external affairs minister
said he was not urging "handouts
for Asia," but that economic prog
ress in the area depends very
much on the extent of participa
tion of the United States.
Rent Control
Funds Voted
WASHINGTON, March 9 MV
The senate voted 44 to 28 today to
keep rent controls going, until June
30.
What happens after that will be
decided later.
TodaVs action relected an effort
to choke the control agency to
death by refusing it more operat
ing funds.
Rut the outcome was a comDro-
mise giving no clear indication
what the senate will do about an
other year of controls which Presi
dent Truman has urged.
ington said it has heard nothing
about it and there was no confir
mation from Mexico.
Dimmick said his friends told
him that a "man 23 inches tall
was killed in the crash and the
body embalmed for scientific
study. The crash occurred three
months ago, Dimmick said. He
recently returned from a business
trip to Mexico City.
He added his associates des
cribed the aircraft as 46 feet in
diameter built of a metal resembl
ing aluminum but much harder,
and powered by two motors. -
In his original account Dim
mick said he had seen the wreck
age, which he said was roped of.
In his later story, he described the
piece of metal as about six feet
S'-eair
'Hunt' Top
said, and as for Cinderella ! and
Prince Charming "they'll "feet
the works, complete outfits of
clothes and many other things.'
Several candidates will be sel
ected at random from the at
tending crowds, and Judges will
choose the two finalists on the
basis of appearance, poise land
personality. They must be single
and between the ages of 17 land
24.
. The treasure hunt will be open
to everyone, Beard said. Tickets
will be given by all participating
stores and no purchases are nec
essary. Awards Will be a part of
window displays the night of the
unveiling.
"And there will be other sur
prises, too," Beard declared. TWe
look for a big time."
Laborites Win
First Test of
Vote Strength
LONDON, March 9 - - Brit
ain's socialist labor government
won its first formal test! of
strength in the house of commons
tonight by '14 votes. The result
ut off, for the time being at
east, a new parliamentary elec
tion, j , '1
By a count of 310 to 296, the la
borites . of Prime Minister Attlee
beat down a conservative motion
of censure on , state ownership of
the iron and steel industry, ir
Laborites were jubilant over
their victory, in view of their sha
ky majority in the house of com
mons. But even while the house
was voting, the laborite overall
majority was cut to six seats when
a conservative candidate won a
delayed parliamentary election In
Manchester. I
This development added to the
pressure on government leaders,
who are aware that they are still
not out of the woods.
On Monday they face a second
vote which may prove even tough
er. This is on a conservative mo
tion deploring the' labor' party's
record on housing. The govern
ment may have trouble keeping
its supporters in line one this is
sue. ,
Truman Plans
Western Trip
WASHINGTON, March 9 -W3-President
Truman, who is seeking
increased democratic majorities in
congress, said today he hopes to
arrange a western - trip starting
May 1 that will take him as far as
Washintgon state. v
He will steer clear of demo
cratic senatorial primary scraps,
including that in Colifornia. But
a second swing, after the primarf
ies are over, is expected to see
him hitting at the republican opt
position in vigorous 1948 style.
This is all in the discussion
stage, Mr. Truman told his news
conference. Earlier, Secretary of
the Interior Chapman had .ant
nounced a presidential acceptance
of his invitation to attend the dedl
ication of the Grand Coulee dam
in Washington. -
Midget Pilot
long, eight inches wide and three
quarters of an inch thick.
, Reminded that the air force an
nounced last December it was
dropping its investigation of fly
ing saucers because of a prepond
erance of evidence that they da
not exist, Dimmick said: v I
I'm big enough to take the
consequences of what I've said;
and stand my ground.,V
He said he has reports that sim
ilar objects' landed in various;
parts of North America in the last
year, "but governments havej
clamped veils ot secrecy about j
their investigations. .
Why," he said, T received a
telephone call from J)Sexlco this
morning tnat anotne saucer was
seen over Maza
tlany
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Jurors Take
71 Minutes to
Rule 'Innocent'
MANCHESTER. NTT. March
-(VDr. Hermann N. Sander ws
iuuna innocent in 1 1 minutes to
day of charges he murdered a
hopeless cancer natient in an "art
of mercy" to end her suffering.
A 12 -man jury freed the mild
mannered countrv doctor who tiM .
newsmen he hopes to resume his
practice -witnin a lew weeks.
Confident throu shout th
trial that drew world-wide atten
tion. Dr. Sander smiled happily
and kissed his loyal wife who has
heen bv his side fmm th Ha h
case broke. 1 , :
"It's wonderful ta hav 1t'w
with." said thm 4l.arJiM Hi-vrH ,'
Reginald Borroto, husband of
the dead woman, said the doctor's
acouittal was "the most heart
warming news that I have ever
. i
rcceiveu.
Women snectators and nthor n
the Courtroom sounded rheera des
pite the warnings of Judge Harold
w r m. . ' .
x vy escoii. against aemonstrauons.
And even County Solicitor Wil
liam H. Craig, who helped prose
cute Sander, grinned,
First Murder Trial
But seemingly - happiest of all
was 71-year-ol4 Louis E. Wyman.
white-haired chief defense counsel
who came up with a notable vic
tory in tus first murder trial to a
legal career that has carried over
a half-century.
Atiornev General William
Phinney, had demanded justice on
the grounds Dr. Sander had "taken
the law into his own hands' when
he Iniected air into Mr AhHi
Borroto, S9, Manchester house
wiie.
Dr. Sander had maintain!
throughout that the SO-venrM
woman a close family friend as
weu as patient was already dead
before he made the injections af
ter "some thin 2 ananned" in him
mind. v V
But Dr. Sander acouittal im
not necessarily mean the end of his
troubles.
Medical Society to Meet
The house at delegate nf tha
New Hampshire Medical society is
expected to hold an emergency
meeting within 24 hour tn rrirt
sider- the historic case. Dr.- John
P. Bowler, president of the state
society, said expulsion, of a doc
tor was within the power , of the
society, " - . " -f.
Dr. John S. Wheeler, state -health
officer and clerk of the
state board of registration in med-
icine. emlained that that tnHiral
society was "a professional so
ciety ana declared "it has ! no
legal power." i v..
Dr. Wheeler said nwmlwrt r,t '
his own board which has power'
to revoke a doctor's license to
practice would meet within a few :
days to decide "whether anv action ;
should be taken (against Sander)."
SNOWING IN TACOMA
TACOMA. March 9-UFV-Swirl-
ing snow flakes returned to Ta
coma tonight The heavy fall be
gan around 10:30 pjn. and con
tinued intermittently for' more
than an hour. The flakes, big and
wet, occasionally fell so fast that
vision was obscured. "
What's Salem's
1950 Population!
What will Salem's new pop
ulation figures show?
That's going to Toe a mighty
interesting question. The fig
ures will be out officially thin
summer, when District Censti!
Supervisor Cornelius Bateson
and his crew finish their work.
But in the meantime, it's a lot
of fun toguess. -
And The Statesman will of
fer prizes fori those who guess
the closest 1 . ,
,- ; i - . "'
Details of the contest will be
announced later. Meanwhile,
here's something to start on:
Salem's population in 1920 was
17,879; in 1939, 28,266; in 1940,
30,908.
There'll Toe nothinf to buy,
nothing to selL Everyone can
enter. I til be wide-open. Watch
for the 1950 population, con
test in ., ..-