fa liforn iw-Sand- Blows 1'OOniph;- Scrapes yPaimt from Cars ;1 'V ui7 , , J Blocked iilDtnite ;ICi)lil t mtA. wmrt j BinrQ i KrmnNS ' - TIm Onaan statesman. Saimm. Dmoob. Snsdar. Maren. 1Z- ISAU ..railrb 1UC ow ua A WW - - w cnvMM , w w - m- ' . I : " " i ; 1 : ; ' ' 1 i Li Says Chinese to - . NEW YORK, March 1 HAVThe Chinese people are going to rise lip toon and overthrow not only the communists, but the Chiang Kai shek regime as well, deposed President Li Tsung-jen declared today. The Chinese communists were able to come to power, not because f the merit of communism, but because the regime of Generalissimo Chiantf Kai-shek was rotten to the core," Li said in an interview. OtP 933:000 To the Mayos and Cliy Council: " Owing to absence from the city X shall be unable to attend your meeting in person to urge that no change be made in the zoning of the tract at the southeast corner of North Capitol and Center itreets to permit erection of a service station, there. t To make that change would be to fly in the face of the direct re quests of the state legislature in Its resolution ofc 1939, the state . board of control, the state high way commission whose new office building will stand directly across ranltol street and. the state capi tal niannin commission. It also would be against the recommen dation of . the Salem long-range planning commission. Salem as the capital of Oregon has a. peculiar obligation to the people of the rest of the state. As the stats invests millions in a new capital group here, it asks Salem to zone the surrounding property so its use would not be out of har mony with the capitol group. That surely is not much, to-, ask of Sa lem. To Ignore this reuest would be to break Xaiih, ia my Judgment, with the state. It is urged that the fringe area may develop Into a "slum- district if it is not allowed to commercial ize. Might not the opposite be true that property '. facing the group if kept in residential or apartment house zones be particu larly desirable? And would, it not be time enough to make the change if and when that (Continued on editorial page 4) Vets' Group Urges Truman Phone Stalin NEW YORK, March -(J?-K veterans' group, once a part of the American Lesion, today asKea President Truman to talk to Pre mier Stalin by telephone on March 16. . In Washington the White House had 1 no comment after receiving the request in a telegram. ; But a secretary said he doubted the president would participate. ' A similar telegram was said to have been sent to Stalin in Mos cow by the .veterans, members of the former New York Duncan Paris Post No." 1422 of the Legion. . The group said it would pay for the call, with the hope that Tru man and Stalin would use it to set a date for peace talks. "Everybody wants them to have . a meeting but nobody seems to be doing anything about it," a spokes man for the group said. . The veterans' group, made up mainly of men who served on armed forces newspapers and oth er publications, once was headed by Marion Hargrove.. It was given temporary charter in the Amert can Legion, but in 1S4B was re fused a permanent charter. Workers End Airline Strike 'ft NEW YORK, March 11 -(tfV Etrixing uu ground crewmen to day cIed off their 11 - day - old strike against the American Air lines. Settlement of the nationwide walkout which had paralyzed bout ,8ft per cent of the line's op erations was announced by Mich- fel J. Quill, president of the CIO ransport Workers union. Quill said the 4,600 strikers, who won some concessions from the company but were denied others, would begin returning to work at 7 a jn. tomorrow. Daylight Time? Nearly 1,200 votes on it were cast in The Sounding Board's polL The final results are on page 20 today. hoping for a third world war to save him. The last world war sav ed him from the Japanese and now he is hoping for a war between Russia and the United States bo 1 TAIPEI, Formosa, March 11 (AVThe Chinese Nationalists re ported today that their guerrillas had captured three towns in the far western hinterlands of Sik anr and Ssechwan provinces. Sikang is the base of two na tionalist guerrUla forces, rem nants of Nationalist armies that retreated westward when the communists overran the mainland. that he will be saved from the communists." The small, sickly man whom the generailssimo tossed out of of fice last week simply by announ cing he was "resuming the presi dency" says reports of Chinese guerrilla uprisings in China are "according to plan." A few weeks ago," Li said through his interpreter, Dr. J. H. Kan, "I messaged a very loyal and very able supporter, General Fakwei, to set off underground activities in Canton." Associated Press Correspondent Fred Hampson wrote from Hong Kong yesterday that Canton was in terror of air raids. The prev ious - day the nationalists had claimed, that some communist troops had gone over to guerrilla forces in the Canton "area" but they gave no details. Li said General Fakwei. former commander of field, headquarters in. the Canton sector, messaged him March 6. the da? after Chiang Kai-shek assumed power on For mosa, that he had met with sev eral hundred ruerrilla leaders in Hong Kong and at another meet ing in Macao, Portuguese Island colony near Canton. "There is panic anions the com munists," timid, "because Fak wei and bis men are following mtr plans." - , Air Tramivay Near Complete GOVERNMENT CAMP. Or. March ll-(P)-The aerial tramway stretching from here to Mount Hood's Timberline is scheduled for operation in mid-April. Two coaches, called "Cloudlin- ers by the promoting organiza tion, will carry 36 tourists along the three miles of cable in about 10 minutes. A rustic-type termin al building at this highway point houses a restaurant, gift and ski shops and a guest lounge. The Mt, Hood Aerial Transpor tation company claims the coach tramway is the longest and largest operation of its type in the world. Incorporation Vote in Gates Due April 19 Statesman Newt Service GATES. March 11 An incor poration election for this Santiam canyon community has been ten tatively set for April 19. The proposed area to be incor porated is a two-mile long strip of land. It reaches about one mile east and one mile west of the present town and includes it The tentative date was set by Marion county court Saturday at a conference with County Clerk Harlan Judd and Attorney Joseph Dvers, Jr., of Stayton. The date will become official, when the county court issues a formal order, Gates Fire Leaves Family Homeless SUtesnua Kcwi Scrrle GATES, March 11 Mr. and Mrs. I. A. Davenport and their five children were homeless today after fire leveled their home east of here. The family dog is believed to have perished in the blaze. The fire was discovered by M. J. Thomas, who called the Gates fire department. The home was owned by Tony Baker of Gates. The Davenports are staying with neighbors until they can find a new house. VACATION FOR TRUMAN WASHINGTON, March 11-V President Truman, approaching the end of five eventful years in the White House, embarks on the presidential yacht Williamsburg tomorrow for about three weeks of rest at Key West, Fla. Income Tax Forms Trouble Even Collectors 11 ftf "It says here . . ." and the problems ' - ' - ' - '-' - j V '. j ;: ) u - - Cr-J :...' -; 4.v . -N. 9 -r, j,- , , L their own personal federal Income tax returns. The man in the middle is Tom Hubbard, 815 N. 17th at, and helping him with his retarn are. left to rlsht, Mrs. Ruth Reynolds. 171 N. Capitol U Faul Lynch, 1350 S. Commercial sC: and Bob Weber. 969 W. Salem Heights aire., all deputy tax collectors now working- at Salem Chamber of Commerce to help taxpayers make out their returns. Lynch, deputy in charge, warns that next Wednesday is the last day for filing. (Statesman photo.) , v .. ' " - ; Tax Of f ieials Issue Reminder, Deadline Near If you're still struggling over federal income tax returns,, there are only four days left before the deadline, midnight Wednesday. To avoid penalty, returns must be filed or at least postmarked by that time. Since the lobby doors Belgians Vote on Fate of r Russians VoteOn One By Eddy GHmore MOSCOW, Sunday, March 12-j (Pj-Citizens throughout the vast Soviet Union began casting their ballots this morning for delegates to the supreme Soviet (parlia ment). Polling booths opened at 6 a.m.. local time, and the first voting started in the far eastern reaches of Siberia. The election is for a single-list of candidates. Members of the politburo spoke in tne campaign xor tne election of the slate of communist and non party bloc candidates. They as sured the people the big issue is the Soviet Union's policy of peace. In the light of these statements. many foreign diplomats predicted Russia would make some overture toward a new effort to settfe the barbed problems dividing the world, or at least come forward with a strong hint for an overture for the west. No Speech Yet (Although tradition calls for Prime Minister Stalin to make a speech on election eve there was no indication at 6:30 p.m. EST Saturday that he had done so. (U. S. delegation sources at the United Nations in New York said "these newest speeches indicate there is widespread fear of war among the Russian people and the leaders are trying to calm them. ) Deputy Premier V. M. Molotov reiterated Friday night what Stalin- has emphasized in repeated statements in the last four years that Soviet policy is based on belief in the possibility of "peace ful co-existence of two systems (communist and capitalist) and their peaceful economic competi tion." ! Stalin himself is a candidate from the Stalin district of Moscow in the election. Like all other can- didates he has no opposition. I About 671 members of the couni- dl of the union (upper house of the supreme Soviet) and 631 mem bers of the council of nationali ties, (lower house) will be named. No Other Party 1 The candidates have been nom inated at meetings sponsored by the local trade union and commu nist party committees. The candi dates are either members of the communist party or bear a "non party" designation. "The commu nist party has about 6,300,000 members. No other partjr is legal. When the voter enters the poll ing station, he is handed two bal lots, one for the candidate for the council of the union in his district, the other for the candidate for the council of nationalities. He can fold the ballot and drop it in the box or mark off the name of the candidate as a sign of his opposi tion. A private voting booth is provided to mark his ballot, if he wishes .to use that privilege. mount as even deputy (ax collectors have troubles while making out of Salem postoffice are locked at midnight anyway, Postmaster Al bert C. Gragg said that anything in the lobby mail slots when, the doors are locked will be postmark ed at midnight "under ,the wire.? The internal revenue 'office in U.S. to Recall Three Officers From Hungary WASHINGTON, March 11 The United States will recall three military officers from the U.S. legation in Budapest in compliance with a demand of Hungary's com munist government, a state de partment spokesman said today. The three probably "will be or dered out early next week. Under the normal practice among na tions, representatives of a foreign government who are declared per sonally unacceptable cannot be kept in a country regardless of how much their home government may disapprove of the action against them. Bridegroom Dies in Fire Near Molalla OREGON CITY, March 11 -(X) A bridegroom of three weeks per ished last night in a fire Similar to the one that killed a family of eight on Wednesday. Reuben Robert Hildebrandt, 45, burned to death in his small saw mill cabin near Molalla. The mill owner, George Lindsay, - tried vainly to rescue him. Coroner Ray Rilance said Hil debrandt apparently fell asleep while smoking. The bride had left that morning for Canada, her native country, to obtain a permanent entry per mit into the United States. Tollefson Files For Legislature A. O. Tollefson, Medford mer chant, filed for the house of rep resentatives Saturday the sole candidacy to be received in late mail. Deadline for filing was 5 p.m. Friday, but letters postmarked prior to that hour normally are accepted as valid. 'HARVEY PRODUCER DIES NEW YORK, March 11 -vP-Brock Pemberton, 64-year-old producer who brought "Harvey" to Broadway, died today. IfJ 1' ' f Salem Chamber of Commerce rooms will maintain the following schedule for assistance to taxpay ers: 8' a jn. to 5 p.m. Monday, 8 sum." to 9 p.m. Tuesday, 8 ajn. to midnight , Wednesday. It will be open during each noon hour. Exiled King Party Ballot BRUSSELS, Belgium. March 11 -(dfVBelgian voters decide tomor row whether exiled King Leopold III ever can return to his vacant throne. They have been thinkin about it, off and on, ever since Leopold overruled the advice bf his min isters and surrendered uncondi tionally to Hitler's invading Ger man troops May 28, 1940. About 5.500.000 men and women of this small but important seg ment of the western world are to give a straight yes or no answer to the question: "Do you think Kin? LeonoM TTT should resume the exercise of his constitutional powers?" In other words, do vou thinV Leopold should come back? Religious, political and language group factors have entered into the deliberations in this predomin antly Koman Catholic nation of 8, 500,000. The Catholic primate, Jos epn Ernest Cardinal Van Roey. archbishop of Malines, indirectly gave jLopoia tne church's bless' ing Marxists lead the opposition. The 48-year-old King is sweat ing out the final hours at his Gen eva chalet He returned by motor car 10 Switzerland, where he has spent most of the postwar period. oivcr siay oi several weeks on the French Riviera.' Leopold has announced he will abdicate if he fails to get 55 per cent of the votes in the national test. If he gets that or more, he still will have several hurdles between him and the royal palate. But at least the political leaders will know how the country feels about the situation. The results will simply be a guide to members of parliament in deciding whether to invite Leo pold to return. FISHING INCOME DROPS ASTORIA, March 11 -)- This town is losing $2r100,000 a year because of the declining bottom fish and shark liver market, the Offshore Fishing Vessel Owners association said today. Fish im ports were blamed. Max. . 41 . 63 37 Min. n S3 43 Prodp. trace trace JBI J09 M Salem ! : Portland Saa Francisco Chicago 33 29 New York Winmtt river 1 feet. FORECAST (from U.S. weather bu reau. McNary field. Salem): Partly cloudy today, tonifht and Monday. Warmer Monday. High today S2-S9. Low tonight 34-38. SALEM PRECIPITATIOir Thif Year 34 JS Last Year 34.74 Normal 28.78 BARSTOW. CaliL. March 1UA A sandstorm described as the worst in memory of California highway patrolmen -scoured across the Mojave desert today. A weather bureau report clock ed the wind at 85 miles an hour at nearby Daggett and unofficial reports put it at 100 miles aa hour. Sand driven by the wind ruined automobile windshields and head lights and scraped paint off cars like they had been rubbed by a gigantic piece of coarse sandpaper. The transcontinental highway, U. S. 66, and U. S. 91, the road to Las Vegas, Nev and U. S. 466, running west from here to Mojave and Bakersfield, Califs were clos ed for several hours, the patrol re ported. A section of highway 466 between Mojave and Boron, Calif, was still closed late today. The sheriffs office at San Ber nardino warned motorists not to attempt to go beyond Barstow on either U. S. 66 or U. S. 91. The storm extended across California to the Arizona and Nevada bor ders. i Barstow is 150 miles east and north of Los Angeles. - Nearer Los Angeles, In the Lake Hughes area, newsmen said the wind was almost strong enough to blow a jeep off the road. Visibility was cut to 10 feet in some places by swirling sand. In the Los Angeles metropolitan area the weather bureau warned aviators to expect winds up to 38 miles an hour in the San Fer nando valley and the Los Angeles coastal basin. gests Peace Prayers On March 26 By Frank Brutto VATICAN CITY, March U-VP) -Pope Pius today urged world wide prayers on Passion Sunday, March 26, for "opportune reme dies for the present evils" of an unsettled peace and the armaments race. ' In an encyclical to Roman Cath olic bishops the Pontiff attacked communism by implication, de claring it undermines good morals and peace by its onslaught on re ligion. He said the armament race leaves -the souls of all fearful and uncertain." Kaee to Rearm A solid and stable neace that coum nappuy resolve the many and always increasing motives of i .a . . discords has not arrived,' he said. Nations "place obstacles in each other's way and. as trust fades. xl . . ' mere is a race to rearm." The pope said he would aa ta St. Peter's basilica on Passion Sunday the day the church be gins the commemoration of Christ's suffering that ended with his crucifixion to unite his prayer, with . that of Catholics throughout the world. Crusade of Prayer we exhort you." he told the bishops, "to begin a veritable cru sade of prayer among your faith fuL" Protestant, Orthodox Catholic and Church of England leaders re cently have urged that, fresh ef forts be made for peace. The world council of churches, repre senting 155 Anglican, protestant and Greek Orthodox churches in 44 countries, on February 24 ap pealed for a "gigantic new effort for peace" to avert what it called the danger of world suicide from the projected hydrogen bomb. Fire Dest Toys Home at Marion Statesmaa Newt Seniee TURNER, March 11 Fire to day destroyed the home of Mr. and Mrs. Levern Butts at Marion. The Stayton fire department was summoned, but the blaze had con sumed most of the home before it was able to reach the scene. The family- purchased the home this winter. They are staying now with neighbors. .. ' ' Aclieson Blamed Trade Vogeler WASHINGTON. March U-VPh Rep. Jackson (R-Calif) said to day Secretary of State Acheson muffed "an excellent opportunity" to bargain with Russia for the re lease of Robert A. Vogeler in ex change for Valentin A. Gubitchev. The Calif ornian asserted that Acheson's recommendation for the deportation of Gubitchev, convict ed as a Soviet spy, marked a "low point In the state department's dealings with communist-d omina t ed nations." ' Vogeler, an American citizen, who recently was convicted by a Hungarian court on ipy charge was given a IS year prison term the same as Gubitchev. The state department said the charges against Vogeler were "trumped-up" by the communist run Hungarian government, In the case of Gubitchev, both the state and Justice departments recommended that the United Na tions employe be given a suspend rope aug NEW YORK, nforch ll-(AP)-ProfiU of 565 rep rewentative American corporations last year almost equalled the all-timfc high record set in 194S. The total is only 2.6 per of these same companies, making 1949 the second most profitable year in th history of the nation's Industry. . These companies earned 1947, and 70 per cent more than in the postwar eon-: version year of 1946 The flgurse are shown in compilation by the' Associated Press of earnings reports ot typi cal corporations, large and small, in 28 major fields which! to date have published balance sheets for last year. S Snap-Back Showa 9 The showing for 1949 is im pressive because of the snap-back in business from the recession starting early in the year.! At that time the profits barometer, pointed downward, giving rise to a feeling that the big postwar boom was over. But recovery progressed stead ily thereafter with a pickup in the profits picture becoming more evi dent in the final quarter of the year. 3 Decline from 194S The 565 corporations reported dollar profits of $5,049,852,639, a decline of 2.6 per cent from the 1948 total of $5,186,705,901. The total was a gain j 20 per cent over the 1947 total jot 14, 218,702,007, and was 70 per cent higher than the $2,97 1,939 J076 re ported by these corporations in 1946. The earnings of the big automo bile companies had a marked in fluence on the overall totals. Total earnings of nine makers of autos and trucks were 44 per cera nign er than 1948, although five! of the nine fell behind their 1948 totals. These companies not only maae the biggest percentage jpavance dux also contributed the largest num ber of dollars to total earnings. Aircraft Gains L , Earnings of air lines and air craft companies gained 41 per cent over the previous year, bt total dollar earnings were small com pared with automobiles. Agricultural implement J com panies advanced 24 per ceit, ce ment makers were up 17 per cent, and the manufacturers oi rarugs, cosmetics and soap showed a 13 per cent rise. V f While automobiles were movins ahead in the profits column, the producers of motor vehicle parts and accessories Just managed to hold their own by making only J of one per cent less than in 1948. On the other side of the 'ledger are the companies whose 1949 pro fits were less than in ists. ; The oil group with 24 companies stands out. Last year the group headed the list of dollar earners (excluding utilities) even ahead of automobiles, but this year it slipped down to fifth place with total earnings 26 per - cent less than In 1948. J The biggest slide from 1948 was made by the textile group, bff 51 per cent. Russ Actions In Baltic Sea I Draw Protest STOCKHOLM. March lli-CP) Russian capture and subsequent detainment of Danish and Swed ish shiDS in the Baltic will! be a subiect of Joint discussions be tween Denmark and Sweden, Scandinavian foreign minister's meeting in Stockholm announced todav. ' Asked whether this meant that representations would be made to Russia, a Swedish conference source said: "Of course we! will make representations in Mdscow. We have done that all the time and we intend to do it again." Following the capture ii the Baltic of two Swedish ships, Swe den since January 13, 1949 has asked Russia five times in 1 vain about the extension of. Russian territorial waters in the Baltic. In the meantime several other Swed ish and Danish fishing ships jhave been seized and detained by the Russians, who are- reported" to claim a 12-mile limit in the Baltic. for Failure t t 1 for Gubitcliev ed sentence on condition he return to Russia within two weeks, i That recommendation was fol lowed by the New York, court which imposed the 15 year ent ence on Gubitchev and Jsidith Coplon, former justice departinent employe who was convicted with him. Jackson branded Acheson's in tervention as "appalling" and said it "further typifies our "soft! at tirude toward the Soviet Union." "The only language thatj the Soviet Union and other iron coun tries understand is strength, deter mination and insistence on ftirm action," his statement added. Jackson's criticism followed similar attack yesterday by Sen ator Wherry (R-Neb) who ac cused Acheson of "bungling"!! the rinhitrhev case. 1 Both Wherry and Rep. Fellows (R-Me) labeled the secretary's stand as evidence of his "unfit ness" for public office. I cent under 1940 earning! 20 per cent more than in Burk Files for Gty Council From Ward 8 Earl C Burk. who was a eitv councilman for five years in West Salem before it merged last De-' cember with Salem, filed Saturday his candidacy for alderman from' Salem ward 8. The position is now held hw an. pointrnent by Walter Musgrav4 who will not file since he is candidate for mayor. Burk was strongly urged as the ward's rep- resentative at the time of the merger. Burk, who resides at 642 Edge water st, listed a ballot slogan of "Five years experience as a coun-" oilman." His statement reads: "I will support a continued of close cooperation with all warrfa in me interest of building a neat- I er Salem." " i Completed nominatinsr netitiraa was also filed Saturday by A. C Gille, candidate for re-election from ward 2. Deadline for candi dates la April t. Non-Commies Block Paris trike PARIS. March U-ZlPuThm T4- subway and bus strike ended trW aay, flattening a part f the Subway S French strike wavr commuBistav hopedto bring to a crest when the first VS. arms aid arrives. The communist-led general cojb federation of labor (CGT) ordered Us members back to work on tt Paris lines after seeing that noo communist, unions would not join : them. The strike never wholly halted ' fLrisJLransport m ive dT f try ing. The lines, owned by the city, gave their 32,000 employees a Us a per cent wage incri h amounted to a least 1.100 frn. 2?y?) month for each. Tbm CGT had asked for a minimum in crease of 3,000 francs ($8.50). However, thousands of workers. Sr0"11 4nd non-comraunisOc remained away from their JobsT Nearly 300,000 of the I ntir 100,000 metal workers are idle. The nationalized nt -i TlTl industries remained crippled by " t "ny oi xneir 100,000 employees. Gas pressure is still "JnJm1n7 parts of paris. SoroV garbage is uncollected. Vh- dock workers and miners Joined ia a clamor for mnM,i. for more pay. . "1WJ Women's Draft Forecast if War Arrives - 1 : LOS ANGELES. March 11 -xsn If the kind of a war mm which America is attacked it aosy -be necessary to draft women tor the armed forces, Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey. director of seWtiu service, said today. , However the general at a rum conference, said that drafting oi women will not be likely in a war of the near future. K that as instruments of destruetin multiply and all-out warfare be. -v - cm.'! war croaexi years from now probably would: require women arartees. If we're attacked and the war Is right on top of us, it will be matter of survival," he said. In 1 pioneer days when the Indians were, attacking a fort there wasn't any argument, inside about wheth er men or women loaded the rifles and shot the Indians." Blue Lake Packers Plan Warehouse , Plans for a big new warehouse for Blue Lake Packers, Inc., weve announced Saturday with the call for bids by Architects Bartholo mew and Williams of Salem.; Bids will be opened March It on the reinforced 120 by 3,50 foot structure which will be erected m Basset street near the cannery! plant in west Salem. ' I World This Week The World This Week, the regular news review by The Associated Press, will appear in Monday morning Ore gen Statesman.