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p . .... . " ; - dl ilferfi Ihisiiiijiiras D1TD KID d) 0fW0Tl Final Tilt Sees 34-28 ers Make All-State ' - - Victory over Grants Pass Girod, Rog 4 X v. 1' 9th YEAR 3 SECTIONS 18 PAGES . Th Ortcjon Statesman, Salem. Oregon, Sunday. March 19, 1950 PBICL 10c Na 385D OtF i mm rmrsiiBy c. Mu I . an vacailikll. Periodically be will writ reports ef Ids trip. The first of Us travel : letters fellows). ; Travel Letter L . ' "I left home at St Petersburg Ha, this morning in sunshine,' Mid the woman who 'sat beside me on the bus in from the Willow Run airport to Detroit,.; ; "And I left San Francisco this morning in sunshine," I replied. , And my seatmate on the plane torn Chicago said he left Los An geles this morning in sunshine. Here we all . were landing in si belated blizzard snow, wind and cold. The woman, wss worst oil. Her destination 'hadibeen Colum bus, Ohio, but the plane had to pass up landing there or Toledo. ! She was taking a train back. (I recalled the AJP. folder poking fun at airline. literature by s f erring to the person who was put - down at Upper Dental Plate, Vir ginia, though be didn't want to go to UDP. Va.) . , , ' Just a flare -back of winter, however, which persisted the next day. At Flint I had a wait of sev eral hoars before the car I was to Sick up -was ready, but Steve lchards,head-ol public-relations ' for Buick,"took me to lunch, along with Mr, Curry, city editor ot the Flint Journal. Later I visited the fine plant of the Journal, which is one of the Booth papers of Michigan, a group with editorial autonomy, published in eight im portant cities An Michigan. T Flint Is quite a boom city itself, made so by the expanding motor Industry. -It has developed, how ever, excellent community pro grams. -The Mott Foundation has sponsored work In recreation and adult education . Flint's work In federated financing of local wel fare activities (community chest) has been unusually successful, ob taining full cooperation of the leading ; (Continued on editorial page 4) Bel Quits! Delays Leopold's Bid IgianRegim ' BRUSSELS, Belgium, March 18 vAiPWThe Belgian government re signed today and thereby post poned King Leopold's chance to return to his throne, i The collapse of the government was caused by the eight liberal ministers, who refused to go along with the nine pro-Leopold Social Christians to end the regency and invite the 48-year-old monarch to return from exile In Switzerland. 1 One of the possible results may be new general elections. I The king, still in a lam because ! of his surrender to the Germans , after only 18 days of fighting In i 1940, will not ' be able to come -back until Belgium has a govern ment which agrees to call parlia ment Into joint session. Parlia ment must then repeal a law of : 194S which bars Leopold from re ! turning his constitutional powers without Its permission. i ' . I Fire Destroys I Lumber Fjrm Near Rickreall lUUrauui Ntwi ItrrUe DALLAS, Ore, March 18 Fire destroyed the Central Lumber company at Deny near Rickreall today, with a loss estimated at $43,000 by the owner, Carl Omlie. The loss is covered by insurance. The Dallas fire department bat tled the blaze for more than two hours and prevented the flames from spreading to Omlie'i nearby home. The fire was believed started from a faulty electrical connection or a spark left smouldering after some electric welding was done Friday. The mill had been cutting 10,000 board feet of timber dally. ! rLANXTXa A 1TOMZ? The lTome and Garden sec tlon in today's Statesman has a lot of valuable hints. ? ff isi f? Bttitesin Rescued Men Tell of Snub' Tr4nsDort PEARL HARBOR, March 18-OP) The nervy skipper and crew men who saved the navy net tender Elder from explosion and fire in a week-long ordeal in mid-Pacific, vowed 1 today to see their charred little ship into harbor un der tow. The, Hawaiian sea frontier com mand,' however, said present plans called for bringing them promptly to Pearl Harbor in another ship. It was Interested in learning the particulars of the whole opera tion, including how a nearby transport passed j them by four days : before they finally were rescued. , 28 en Kafts - All the Elder's crew of 40 were found safe late yesterday, 28 of them in life rafts into which the skipper, Lt. William F. Adams, had ordered them when the fire spread March 10. LL Adams and 13 volunteers who had stayed aboard and snatched the Elder from doom after a long struggle, were locat ed 17 miles away aboard their charred and helpless ship. The Pacific fleet commander, Adm. Arthur W. Radford, today dispatched the traditional 'well done' signals to all - hands in volved.- - But the navy also started organizing an inquiry to find out why a military transport sailed near the stricken Elder last Mon day without responding to fran tic distress signals that Included gunfire and flares. Lt Adams in a radiophone in terview was outspoken about his failure to attract attention of the transport General A. W. Brewster. The transport is en route to Yokohama from San Francisco. When the navy began inquiring about the overdue Elder on Wed nesday, the transport reported sighting the missing ship Monday in no apparent distress 700 miles from its destination - the atomic weapons testing island of Eniwe tok. railed ie Heed Signals V Lt Adams said the Brewster passed within two miles and was in sight for an hour and a- half but did not heed signals. "We signalled with flares, in ternational distress flags, smoke signals and mirrors,'' said Adams. "We fired 20-millimeter guns and Very pistols. The crew jump ed up and down on deck, waving anything they could lay hands on. "We signaled with everything we had aboard except our 3-inch gun. If we'd had ammunition left for that, we would have used it, too." ' ' The ammunition had been Jet tisoned while fighting the fire, which started at 2 ajn. Friday and - was finally extinguished shortly before the Brewster hove into view. The Brewster's message -Wednesday to the Hawaiian sea fron tier said the Elder had failed to respond to visual signals but that the signal officer believed the reflection of the sun may have prevented the Elder seeing them. Adni.Leahy HoldsUse of A-Bonib By U.S. asEthics of Dark Ages' WASHINGTON,. March 18-V Admiral William D. Leahy says that when this nation used atomic bombs against Japan it adopted "an ethical standard common to the barbarians of the dark ages" and that it is "a practical certain ty" that A-bombs will be used against us. " Leahy also says In his book, "I Was There," that in January 1944 President RQpsevelt received an intelligence report indicating that the Germans were getting secret UJS. assessments of Russia unwit tingly leaked by Vice President Henry A. Wallace. Leahy says, however, that the Information would not have been of any great military value. He writes that the report to the late President Roosevelt came from the office of strategic serv ices (OSS), and that it quoted Wallace as voicing the opinion in 1943 that "Russia-means o dom inate the whole of Europe." A lifelong' navy man. Admiral Leahy was personal chief-of-etaff to Roosevelt. . Leahy says that the concept of Crewmen Found Safe Loyalty Board Cites Ruling by Truman in Refusing to Reply to McCarthy's Queries j . . Pictures of Alaska Hold Pupils9 Attention ;:-4'y"S - r ' vf- m w t ' t... 4t t m I rv -zZZS J'Jixi.. r? i mill ii ii iimrrmiifiii mi i i imumttmamnmt . , . Mtitk. iwr 'aidfcfc When Enrleweed school fourth graders tanrht by Mrs. Dolores Jarer, wanted to learn more abrat Al aska, they Invited to class a former resident of the territory MSrt Hash M. Smith, air force, in charge of Salem's army and air force recruiting station, is shown Wednesday displaying to the class his collection of pictures of Alaska. He also talked about his experiences in Alaska. He was invited by Johnny Fni, member of the class. (SUtesman-Wlmer photo). . Vietnam Reds Fire at U.S. Destroyers Nationalists Raid Red China Mainland By Spencer Moosa TAIPEI, Formosa, Sunday, March l&-CTVNaval sources said today Chinese nationalist troops had invaded the mainland about 200 south of Shanghai and captured the coastal town of Sun- men. The troops went ashore Wed nesday as nationalist warships bombarded Haimen, about 30 miles north of the town. This was to prevent the reds from sending aid to Sungmen. The navy sources asserted that the Sungmen garrison was wiped out Press reports said that in all 2,500 communists were killed. fcasualtv claims in the Chinese civil war usually are exaggerated.) Indications were that the land ing force was small, possibly not exceeding a battalion. It still was not clear whether the nationalists will try to hold Sung men. The landing might have been - a Mirror nrolectS in the m . W future, particularly to supply na tionalist guerruias wiui anus. wYmfM uid the landing forces were aided by nationalist guerrillas waiting on ine mauuana. They estimated the warships blasted about 110 small craft in Haimen harbor, and also bom barded shore targets. "total war" typified by use of the atomic bomb is "basically distaste ful to the soldier and sailor of my generation." He says that use of the A-bomb id war "will take us back in cruelty, towards noncom batants -to the days of Genghis Khan." It will be a form of pillage and rape of a society done imperson ally by one state against another, whereas in the dark ages it was a result of individual greed and vandalism," Leahy writes. "These new and terrible instruments of uncivilized warfare represent a modern type of barbarism not worthy of Christian man." Leahy says he is "forced to a reluctant conclusion that for the security of my own country" there is only one course open to us: Until the United Nations, or some world organization, can guarantee and have the power to enforce that guarantee that the world will be spared the terrors of atomic warfare, the United States must have more and better atom bombs than any potential enemy, " Injured Girl Left at Scene Of Accident A hit-run charge was expected to be filed Monday claiming that a Portland man left his tiny niece unconscious in a car he was driv ing alter a north Salem accident Saturday night Treated at Salem General hospi tal for facial cuts, bruises was four-year-old Georgena DeWitt, 1430 N. Liberty st She was re leased to her mother, Mrs. Sylvia DeWitt, after treatment Police listed the driver of the hit-run car as Richard Thompson, Portland, brother of Mrs. DeWitt, after Mrs. DeWitt said Thompson was using the car at the time of the accident . The driver of the car was not identified at the scene. Joseph Clement Taber, driver of the second car involved in the accident, told police he was driv ing south on Portland road and had stopped for the light at High land avenue when the other car struck hisfrom the rear. Police listed the time of the accident as 6:35 pjn. Following the accident, the driv er of the car In which the girl was found drove into a service station at the intersection and left the scene on foot after shouting to occupants of the other car to de termine if anyone was injured. The little girl was found in the seat of the car unconscious and bleeding from a cut on her right cheek. First aid was summoned and took the girl to the hospital where a suture .closed, the wound. Georgena recovered sufficiently to tell attendants her name and the first name of her mother. With that information and the registration in the automobile, police were ' able to locate Mrs. DeWitt who took her daughter home. : 1 "OQ vYGO TnhOG Max. Mia, Prccip. . H 41 'Ai 60 40 M 60 41 XI .SO 19 traco ii Sales I Portland San Francisco Chicaro ,- New York Willamrtl river US feel ! FORECAST (from VS. weather bu reau. McNary field. Salem): dandy Uiis morning and afternoon wita. in termittent hfht rains. Clearing tonight and Monday. High today near 62. Lew tonight near SS. iaum rxrcnTTATio! This Tear . SS.41 Last Tear MM Normal 1 : M 0 r-J SAIGON, Vietnam, March 18 (AVDaring Indochinese guerrillas last night hurled machinegun and mortar fire at two American des troyers anchored here, but did not score a hit The attack by the communist backed partisans punctuated re- Forts that Ho Chi Minh's anti rench rebels are getting a flow of arms from communist China and are preparing a major attack in an effort to overthrow the American-recognized regime of former Emperor Bao Dai. As in Greece Washington and Moscow are backing rivals in Indochina. Men of the UJS. destroyers, the Stickwell and Anderson, were called to battle stations during the half hour firing, but did not shoot a gun. French artillerymen, however, sent a few shells scream ing' toward the positions from which the guerrillas were be lieved to ,be firing. Shells from the guerrilla mor tars fell in the water, a few yards from the American . ships. One shell injured two frenchmen when lt exploded in front of a French navy building in the port The destroyers are among ele ments of the U.S. seventh fleet which is visiting Indochina as a gesture of support for the French sponsored Bao Dai regime. The two ships are due to leavje Monday. The aircraft carrier Boxer, among ships visiting the country, sent its planes over the country side yesterday. French sources said Ho's men had been ordered also to fire on U.S. planes flying over the country but there were no reports of such firing actually taking place. French reports said Ho may be in China conferring with Chinese communists and possibly seeking military aid. Car Insurance Rates to Drop PORTLAND, March lMfl-Ore-gon insurance companies today announced automobile insurance rate reductions to go into effect Monday. They win average 10 per cent on lower premiums for bodily In jury and property damage policies, said Fred C Reed, Oregon chair man for the National Bureau of Casualty Underwriters. Fifty-five member companies of the bureau will put the reductions into effect He estimated the cuts would re sult in a saving of $1,000,000 for owners of automobiles and trucks. on S hit) JL WASHINGTON, March lS-iFh Citing a presidential order, the civil service loyalty review board tonight refused to answer Ques tions by Senator McCarthy (R- Wis) about the case of Diploanat John S. Service. Seth W. Richardson, the board chairman, wrote McCarthy that if he wishes to pursue the matter further he should take it up with President Truman. McCarthy has charged that Ser vice, foreign service officer as signed to India, is pro-communist and. that the state department has ordered "a complete and thor ough whitewash" of his case. The department called McCarthy's charges "dead and discredited." Service has been ordered back from India to testify personally before the department's loyalty board. This was recommended by the civil service review board and to day Chairman RicharHsnn an. nounced he was Investigating to ima oui now McCarthy learned about the review board's recom mendation before it was mari public. McCarthy told reporters he ob tained his information about the Service loyalty file from sources at the state department, not from anyone at the civil service loyalty board. Earlier this week, in a letter to Richardson, McCarthy asked the board to answer four questions dealing with the review of Ser vice's loyalty record. , Answered Only. One . Richardson, in his reply today, answered one of the questions and said regarding the others: "I regret that the all-inclusive terms of the directive wf the pre sident under the date of March 13, 1948, in my opinion pfevent me from disclosing to anyone not con nected With the oneratinn nt th program, the contents of any re- wru rccora or me relative to the loyalty of employes. I think your Questions 1. 1 inH a 4.k( the language of the president's uruer.j In his letter to Richardson, Mc Carthy asked for answers to these questions: "1. How could it have taken 11 days (from March J to March 14) for the document to go the few blocks from your board to the state department? "2. Why did the executive sec retary of your board attempt to mislead the public by publicly stating: 'I have never heard of the Servica case?' "3. What caused the 13-month delay in the audit by your board of this case? , "4. On what date was Service ordered to appear before the loy alty board?" - Richardson answered, only ques tion No. 2, He said the Executive Secretary L. V. Meloy's statement that he knew nothing about the Service case "was intended to put an end to the continuous queries visited upon him, concerning mat ters he was not at liberty to dis cuss." Names Released j Acting after much prodding by the committee, McCarthy turned over to the group today the names of the 81 cases he outlined to the senate February 20. He said then that the individuals in each case either now work for the state de partment or did at one time. He labeled them all bad security risks and some of them communists. McCarthy sent the names to Senator Ty dings (D-Md), the committee chairman, by register ed mail today. He said they were being submitted for consideration behind closed doors. . Soviet Zone Plummets i B? Thomas A. Reedy BERLIN, -March 18-taV-The So viet zone's east mark plummeted in value to little more than two cents today. The collapse paraly zed trade In the Russian sector of Berlin. Merchants held onto their goods rather than accept a currency which had gone down 30 per cent in 24 hours. Rumors that the Russians would make 'their revalued ruble the monetary basis in the Soviet satel lites, including East Germany, touched off the panic A denial by the East German bank of emission failed to brake the slide. The situation dramatized Ger mans' faith in the west mark, which is backed by European re covery and the reputation of the American dollar. It is worth 22 Jt Seventh State Giami Gives Salem McARTHUR COURT, EUGENE, Blarch 18-(Spe. cial) -Salem high Vikings captured the State High School Basketball crown tonight at they turned back the GranU Pass Cavemen, 34-28, in the finale to this 1950 State tourney. . The title was the seventh in history for Salem, put ting them one up on Astoria in the all-time record. Last Vik State crown was won we gonxaion in ivjy. Under the tutelage of .Coach Harold Hauk the Salems have now captured three togas. Roosevelt of Portland took third place honors in tonight's first game by stopping Corvallis, 41-29. " In consolation games Marsh field McASTHUX COURT. Eocene. Mar. ls-(Speeil)-Slea high's champion Vikings placed twe men en the All-Star High Scbeel basketball teasa anneueed at the end ef the State tearaey ie nlght. The pair are Captaia Daryl Gired and Ferward Deng Keren. Other members ef the first team are Bill West ef La Grande, Ren Fandlnrslaiid ef Jeffersea and Bob Altenbefes f Central Catholic won fourth place via a 44-29 win over Milton-Freewater and La Grande notched the fifth-place slot by beating Hillsboro 48-39. A first quarter explosion plus a defense which held the vaunted Grants Pass speed down to a mea gre scoring pace, were factors in the Viking win the big tonight The Salems were in front at the first quarter point by a Substan tial 17-6 margin and that was the item which carried them through a fair Cavemen threat in the final half. The Viks were in front at the half, 25-18 but saw their margin narrowed to a 28-24 count at the third quarter gun as their attack cooled and the Cavemen perked up. In the final quarter baskets by Wayne Walling and Daryl Girod carried the Salems through as the foe could unleash no prolonged scoring effort.. (Full details and boxes on sports page). !. . Gties Consider Time Switch COOS BAY, March 18 -(IV A daylight saving time plan for roost of southwest Oregon will j be dis cussed at a meeting here 'April 5. City officials of Coos, Curry and western Douglas counties called the meeting after learning that California and larger cities of Ore gon and Washington planned to put fast time into effect April 10. BEND. March IS -V The city commission will take un a croDOS- al for daylight saving time at its first April meeting hers. River Rises 8Feet Here The Willamette river climbed nearly eight feet in the 24 hours nriin at 4 Tm. Saturday, but river forecasters expected a crest far below the ZO-Ioot Xiooa stage at Salem. At 4 o'clock the river had reach ed 13.2 feet, then fell slightly be fore midnight. It was expeciea to rise again today to a crest amund IS feet. Unstresss at Har- risburg on " the Willamette and Jefferson on the Santiam, de clines were already reported. The Santiam at Jefferson was down 1J3 feet to 13.2 at 4 pjn. Saturday. Thnutrh threat of flood seemed to be waning Saturday,, the weatherman could see no break in the heavy rainfall which has soaked the vaiiey area ior iour days. Rains were forecast today. A total of .45 Inches fell In Sa lem Saturday. ARMS AID SENT TO FRANCE. NORFOLK. Va March II - CP) The first shipment of the billion dollar program of military aid for western Europe ien nere xoaay aboard the French aircraft carrier Dixmude. - East Park to New Low cents. Fifty-two money exchange of fices, where Berliners trade east marks for west marks and vice versaf were thronged with long lines of persons trying to unload every east mark ki their posses sion. ' The exchange offices refused to handle any big amounts. They did business only with the small cus tomers. They said they did not have enough west marks on hand to meet the demand. The offices closed at noon the usual hour on Saturday with the official rate pegged at nine east marks to one west mark. The usually realistic black market hit ten to one. Banks Indicated new official rates are a virtual certain ty when business Is resumed Mon- pionship AU - Time Record in 1940 and they also took' listed Aim to Detect WASHINGTON, March 18-CP. The air forces propose to build three ultra-long range radio lis tenuis: DOStS to detect an rvmv'a battle orders to his own forces thousands of miles sway. Although the intended location is not disclosed, the 2Joa.mfl range of these "interceptor sta tions, suggests tney could be spot ted in the far north to brine Snvi military command centers, and xorces on we move inside Russia, within hearing distance of the lis tening posts. - ,: So used, thev would be e vital part of the polar defense system, which Includes radar warning sys-s terns and radio networks to keep contact with and direct the arctic ' operations of American fither and bomber forces. School District Salem school' district will dedi cate its two new hlli1Hinr anH turn . major additions at a program and. open nouse next Sunday after noon. Superintendent Frank B. Bennett announced Saturday Completed since last summer, the projects are the new Washington and Lincoln grade schools, the ad ditions to Parrish junior high and Englewood elementary schools. I The public dedicatory program Will be at 2:15 p.m. la the Just finished Parrish auditorium. The schools themselves will be open for inspection from 3:15 to 4:30 pjn."- . . . . . ,: , Guest speaker will be Dr. T. C. Holy, director nt Dhln si uni versity bureau of educations! search, now directing an appraisal ui wicjjun puouc scnoois for the legislature. H, wtii k tr..,.! by Dr. Rex Putnam, state superin tendent of public instruction. Also on the program will U music bv Parrish archMfra tit-- ed by Karl Thelen; Carl Ashcen- Drenner, xsrnsa principal, mattes' of ceremoniea? lmvM , Chester W. Hamblin of First PresV oyienan cnurcn; music by Par. . rish ninth srari rfr1' .vnn.. directed by Mrs. Madelene Sukoi greetings by Harry W. . Scott! wuu uiaumaD; Deneoio- On bV the Ttav RmnVa it of First Methodist hcurch. wr. ran B Bennstt, Salem school suDerlntendont fn i.TJ the extent and use of the buildlnjt Ranch Foreman Rodeo Queen PENDLETOV If aV W l m ' The queen of .the Pendleton round- UD A U trust 24-27 ia the a 13,000 acre ranch..,. . , -wot a weather-beaten, squint eyed foreman, though, it's a girl a good-looking, blue-eyed red head. She's Kathrvn Tvlnka e a princess at last year's show. She bosses an all-family crew of three younger sisters and V 11 mm - - - orouicr on iiidk mnry iiTlnm , ranch. Ttwr, ar, no hind fcudi. np Held Possible -Rear Admiral Richard EL Byro) says that Secretary ? of Defense Johnson has decided to reconsider another expedition to the Antarc tic to study, polar warfare, the Richmond News Leader reported today. : . : li If the Plan wins full approval, Byrd said in the exclusive inter view he will lead an expedition of some 4,000 men back to Little America next October i trip. requiring nve to six menus. Last summer, the navy post poned indefinitely a scheduled Antarctic trip. - JUST A WHISTLE STOP viv. wuui a v vi r 111 on county residents are beginning to suspect inai America s wnisu lng swans have some Irish back ground.' For the second straight year a huge flock wheeled in her oa It. Patrick's day lor a stop on their way north. , Soviet Plans To Dedicate 1 . m Antarctic!