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WD ODDS Scares' la lac Crew A cf Ortsja FOUNDS 1651 s Ninety-nine years ago this March 28th the first issue of The Oregon Statesman appeared. Col limn one carried this masthead. AMXHtL 9VMB. Kta 1 I the Oregon Statesman, J f lTinEL BOSffT A With this issue therefore The Statesman begins the last year of its First Century of publica tion. It is thus the second oldest newspaper published on the Pa cific coast. - It would be easy to indulge in recounting the history of The Statesman, but I think that may be left to March 28, 1951, when Centennial Edition will be pub lished. - Suffice It now to say- that though history and traditions mean much to a newspaper, it ' cannot live on : them alone. A newspaper must be a living, vital thing, alert to today's events and .concerned more with the future ; than with the past. It is that attitude of mind which governs the entire working staff of The Statesman. And It is with determination to make The Statesman steadily a better pro duct as a purveyor of news, of optaion, of entertainment features and as a medium of advertising that we enter this Centennial Tear. Sec. Johnson Disputes Ike's By Ernest B. Vaeeare KEY WEST, Fla, March 27-W) Secretary of Defense Johnson de clared today the nation's defenses are adequate despite Gen. Dwight p. Eisenhower's warning they are below the safety point. Johnson made the statement af ter a two and a half hour con ference with President Truman In his vacation White House at the naval base here. - The president himself, in a brief statement, announced that Philip C Jessup has been per suaded to remain as ambassador-at-large.. Jessup has been under fire from Senator McCarthy (R Wis) in the senator's drive against alleged communists in the state department. Johnson, queried about Eisen hower's New York speech last week questioning the adequacy of the country'! military program, declared: "I think that the nation's de fenses, as worked out in the bud get, are sufficient unto the needs of the moment. Elsenhower, as acting chairman of the Joint chiefs of staff, worked on the military burget for the year beginning July 1, Johnson pointed out The budget bureau trimmed this figure down to $11,000,000,000 while Eisenhower was still acting, at Mr. Truman's request, Johnson said. Anti-SubWork WASHINGTON, March 17 -CP)-A top navy expert said today he has reason to believe that a de velopment is Just ahead which will enable the U. S. "to drive submarines off the seas." . Rear Admiral C. B. Momsen, in ventor of the famous Momsen lung, used to escape from sunken submarines, said! that our most serious problem in anti-submarine warfare revolves about this ques tion of. range of j detection. Now, he said: "I have reason to believe that the solution to i this, problem is Iust ahead, and if my prediction i correct, submarining will be- Eme a mighty j dangerous , bus ess. Animc! Crocltcrs Bv WARREN GOODRICH ",'J. m Irish a FadJi pig Arms Appraisal 'Progressing' 100th YEAR Backwoods Area Scoured for Death Due to Fumes VANCOUVER, Wash, Marcn 27 -GT-The killer of Jo Ann Dewey, the 18-year-old girl snatched from the streets here eight days ago. probably came from the back woods country east ox Vancouver. That was the conclusion of De- witt Jones, Clark county prose cuting attorney today, and he or dered police to begin intensive questioning of the scattered resi dents in the area. The short, heavy, but not un attractive girl, was seized by two men as she walked along a Van couver street a week ago Sunday night. A number of residents stood dumbfounded as she was slugged, then dragged, screaming and fighting, into an automobile that sped off before bystanders moved. Found in River Her body, battered and unclad, was found yesterday in the chill Wind river in an isolated moun tainous section 44 miles east of here. Her death, however, stemmed not from the beating she obvious ly had taken. An autopsy disclos ed she died of carbon' monoxide poisoning. ' Chief of Police Harry Diamond said late tonight that the autopsy examinations had revealed the girl was not raped. Dr. Howard Richardson, direc tor of the Oregon state crime lab oratory, said her abductors proba bly threw her onto the floor or put her into the trunk of the car. Exhaust fumes killed her. The two men stopped, found her dead, and got rid of the bod by tossing it into the river, Richardson said. The key clue came there, said Jones, who is a native of Skama nia county where the body was found. The foot-bridge they toss ed her from was little-known. A passerby could not see iL Even veteran sports fishermen 'of the area were unaware of the span, he said. That probably limits suspects to residents and a few others known to be familiar with the region, Jones said. Thought of Kevenge At first there was a belief the girl had been seized by someone seeking revenge. Police questioned her boy friends and acquaintan ces, however, and apparently found no support for the theory. Now they apparently believe it was a chance seizure - - that any girl walking along that street that night would have been seized by the two men. Bystanders gave po lice partial, descriptions of the men. A week-long hunt followed with up to 600 volunteers tramping the brushlands around Vancouver for the girL The discovery of the body, though, came by chance. Three fishermen from central Washington, unfamiliar with the Wind river, came across it as they started out for steelhead. DENNIS LOSES APPEAL WASHINGTON. March 27-JPU The supreme court today upheld ine contempt oi congress convic tion of Eugene Dennis, U. S. com munist nartv secretarr. It relect. ed his. argument that he did not nave a fair trial because the jury included seven government em ployes. on Who's Running for "What fSdttor's MU: foUawlar U th first erica which will Seal with accres f Candida tea la the valley area. Tna aeries is desif aed t tlrm candidates aa eqaal chance to teU their stories in their m warns er la nay manner they wish, and to raride readers with aa avortanlty to Jndge their sjnallftcationa. Short af a what candidates may say. Each is limited to ZM words, and there will he ae deletions from or changes la their stories except la eases wherein they exceed that naalt. Comments la this series, are- saade hy or for the candidates, and atay or may mot reflect the ptniom of this newspaper). TOaaya sn eject: Key K. Hewitt (d) Candidate fqr First District Congressman Roy R. Hewitt has filed his candidacy for representative in congress. He is a native Oregonian, edu cated In the public schools, Willamette uni versity, Willam ette College of Law, Clark uni versity and Unl- verslty of Southern Cali fornia. . His committee states his quali Key Hewitt fications as follows: Roy R. Hewitt will suoDort na tional and state democratic pro grams, with first attention to: Securing of nermanent Toeace by strengthening the United Na tions until it becomes, or there has been built a World Union with legislative, judicial and ex ecutive powers for enforcement of peace, that will command allegi ance of an. He will do his utmost to cause the United States to lead a peace program. i 12 PAGES F0E3EWum Willamette Seniors Shiver in Chilly Millrace KMT l"V. ? ! -I i Willamette university seniors. losers In this year's Freshman glee slnginr contest, are shown shivering and hooting In the chilly mill race en the campus Monday. The winning Juniors are shown enjoying the seniors' antics from the 'dry bank, as is the tradition for Glee winners. (Statesman photo). Truman to Keep Loyalty Lattimore Threatens to WASHINGTON, March President Truman will deny loy alty files of state department em ployes to a senate committee hunting -communists and spies, a White House source in JCey West, Fla., said tonight The president's decision was reported after FBI Chief J. Edgar Hoover told congress that disclos ure of the FBI's secret files would cripple the agency and "smear" innocent persons. It might also Jeopardize the lives of confidential FBI inform ants, besides tipping valuable in- Man Jailed for Poor Spelling PENDLETON, March 27 -JP) Eugene Charlson's poor spelling had him in Jail here today on suspicion- of check forgery. The 29-year-old San Franciscan offered a check to a merchant It was signed by a local resident but the name was mispelled. The merchant called police. Police Chief Charles Lemons said Charlson passed three checks here Saturday before his arrest The man also is wanted in Spo kane and Eugene, the chief said. Parade . . . in the May Primaries ! ef Tka State uaan'f PoUtlcal Parade" libel, there are aa restrictions placed A permanent plan for support of farm products prices and to assure farmers - equality with others in purchasing power. Recognition of the program of labor and labor organization, but, first repeal of the Taft-Hartley Act Dignified, adequate provision for senior citizens, as their earned share for bringing productivity to its present potential. The earth should not be mined of natural wealth, essential for food, clothing and medicine for generations yet 'unborn, as long as there remains a pound of fall ing water that can produce energy required. ; . He will be diligent to secure a Columbia , Valley administra tion, and to secure Oregon's share of wealth-producing national ap propriations. Keep the pathway to individual initiative and free enterprise from being blocked by unrestrained monopoly. Begin the reduction of govern ment spending by repealing war taxes. Hewitt was dean of Willamette University College of Law five years. (Temorrew: I X Ward) The Oregon : ' m f)l W1 rt Vl 2 : L'. JL formation to foreign spies, he said. Hoover was joined by UJS. At torney General J. Howard Mc Grath in an- ardent plea against opening up the FBI loyalty re cords to senate communist hunt ers. Hoover and McGrath testified at a jam-patSed hearing before a senate foreign relations sub committee which has been in vestigating charges by Republi can Senator McCarthy of Wis consin that the state department has become infested with com munis tsand fellow travelers. The testimony of Hoover and McGrath capped a day of rapid fire developments: Their refusal to open the re cords capped a day of rapid-fire developments: 1. Lawyers for Owen Lattimore hung the threat of a libel suit over McCarthy for calling the noted far east affairs expert a top Russian spy in the state de partment The attorneys argued that Mc Carthy's action in naming Latti more in an off-the-record dis cussion with newsmen left him open to legal action. 2. Lattimore, now in Afghanis tan on a United Nations mission, cabled the Associated Press de claring that McCarthy's "rant in gs" are "pure moonshine." 3. McCarthy late today issued a statement hinting he has turned up data on the Lattimore case obtained from outside the FBI files. The Wisconsin senator, said he will present his evidence on the senate floor Wednesday or Thurs day. And he sent a note asking Hartley .Joins Marion County Budget Board Rex Hartley, prominent farmer in southwest Marion county, was appointed Monday to a tlu-ee-year term on the county budget board, effective July 1. He suc ceeds D. B. Hill of Mill City; following the court's policy of rotating positions on the board. The court also set Monday, May 22, as the opening day of the annual budget meeting. Hartley was appointed early in order that he might "listen in" on that ses sion, as has been done in past years. Other board members, besides the court are A. C. Haag of Salem and Man ton Carl of Hubbard. Hartley was described by County Judge Grant Murphy as a "very progressive" farmer. He is a past master of Ankeny grange and of Marion county Pomona Grange. He is a past grand worthy patron of Eastern Star. HAINAN ATTACK BEATEN TAIPEI, Formosa, Tuesday, March 28 -- The Chinese na tionalists today reported the big gest communist invasion attempt on Hainan island but asserted red beachheads had been wiped out Statesman, Salem, Oregon. Tuesday, March 28, 1950 It. - ; Files Secret; Sue Senator l3Iirecfor Hoover to have an gent on hand "so that I may turn over to him documents in the Lattimore case which I consider of some importance." 4i Mrs. Esther Caukin Brun auer, a state department official named by McCarthy, told the sen ate committee of being terrified by death threats since McCarthy called for a loyalty investigation of her and her husband. The witness vehemently denied McCarthy's accusations. Postal Official Opposes UAL Route Change WASHINGTON, March 27-P)-A post office department official said today that mail pay to West Coast Airlines, Inc., for carrying airmail from Medford to Port land, Ore., via Klamath Falls and Bend, would cost the government $283,207 a year. He told a civil aeronautics board (CAB) examiner that am ount would be needed for two, daily round-trips along the 326 mile route. United Airlines, he said, could do the job for "much, much less." This would be true, he said, be cause of the procedures the gov ernment uses in figuring airmail pay to different types of carriers. West Coast Airlines, Inc., is seeking a renewal of its certifi cate to operate a "feeder" air ser vice. The case also Involves a cab or der which contemplates giving west coast permission to substi tute its service for that of United Airlines at several cities. If the CAB approves West Coast's request and its own "show cause" -crder for a general shake up in airline operations in the far northwest United Airlines would cease serving Bellingham, Wash., and would cancel its Salem-Bend-Klamath Falls operation. West Coast would substitute Salem for its McMinnville, Ore., stop, and would add Bend and Klamath Falls to' its schedules. Anderson on National Atlantic Union Board Steve Anderson, Salem attorney and active in the Salem Atlantic Union group, was notified Mon day he had been appointed to the national council of the Atlantic Union committee. Anderson's appointment was made by Owen J. Roberts, former justice of the supreme court of the United States, national president for the organization. HOPS STORAGE DROPS PORTLAND, March 27 -flV The U.S. marketing control board for hops reported today that 47, 800,000 pounds of hops in storage was 10 per cent below March 1 of a year ago. ' Clue to Kidnap 5 to 4 Vote Prohibits Sale, Use Of Fireworks as Safety Move , Gty Vote Asked On Ui Million 2-Year Plan By Robert E. Gang-ware City Iditor. Th Statesman Salem's city council was asked Monday night to lay before the voters this May a $1,279,000 public works program for the next two years to be financed by special taxes. This represents the initial in stallment of a 10-year master plan for Salem development prepared by the city administration under the direction of City Manager J. L. Franzen. The overall plan in cludes drainage, sewage disposal, new bridges, wider streets, water and airport improvements, com munity centers and new fire fight ing equipment. Legislation to put five separate items of the master plan on a special city ballot at the May 19 primary election was introduced at the councils meeting last night in city hall. These bills are now eligible for final council action April 10. If the entire master plan were adopted by the council and pub lic, the extra tax millage would average an approximate 6.1 mills the first five years, more for the next 15 years and less for another nine years. Here are the proposals for the first two years as embodied in the new council bills: Drainage A 20-year $200,000 bond issue proposed, to include a $123,759 northeast Salem drain age system plus projects in south and west Salem.. (Alderman Arm strong said he would propose an amendment to include also an $82,700 Madison avenue drainage project earmarked in the master plan for 1952.) Sewers A $800,000 bond is sue proposed, to complete $385,000 for Interceptor sewer and dis posal plant for larger population than original bond issue contem plated; new trunk sewers north and east, south Salem sewer ex tensions; westslde pumping sta tion, high level main. and inter ceptor. : ) Bridges A $125,000 bond is sue for new bridges on North Church, South 23rd, Mission, Ford and South 25th (over Shelton ditch) streets. (The city man ager said work of replacing the Church street bridge will begin as soon as Mill creek lowers, re gardless of fate of bond issue pro posal.) Airport A 2.6-mill SDecial levy proposed for each of two years, to provide $77,000 each year. This money to be matched by federal funds in a 500-foot north-south runway extension with connecting taxiways, first two units of administration build ing, high intensity lights, improve ment of 25th street access and other airport improvements. Water The $300,000 bond Is sue proposed would not require special taxes for retirement but would "be retired by water de partment revenues.; The bond is sue represents the remainder of an earlier-authorized bond issue which was not sold, but since 15 years has elapsed, bonding at torneys said a re vote would be necessary. The entire self-financing water department program for 1950 and 1951 would total $780,000, including a huge new reservoir at Turner. 'Hoover Board' Asks Tighter Control Over Oregon Finances Tighter controls over finances of the state government are in cluded in the objectives of the 1949 legislature's so-called "little Hoover Committee," Robert R. Johnson, committee secretary, said here Monday. Continual check on proposed expenditures by state departments could be accomplished either through creation; of a legislative auditor or council, Johnson said. Such checks would protect the ex penditure of state funds and at the same time provide the legis lature with much valuable infor mation, he added. Members of the committee feel there Is not sufficient time to give adequate study, to the entire sub ject of state reorganization, John son continued, and therefore it has been decided to give priority to three subjects, as follows: 1. Organization and methods of financial control. PRICE cot-y coyweDL Fireworks were banned from Salem by action of the city council Monday night. The ban, effective throughout the year, ap plies to both sale and use of fireworks. Heretofore the council has allowed sale of fireworks for '10 days and use of them for three' days up to and including Independence day. Prospects of a noiseless Fourth were bemoaned by several alder men, and the new law passed by the bare margin of a 5 to 4 vote. Mayor R. L. Elfstrom, customar ily the last to vote on the roll call, cast the deciding aye" to make the bill a law. Joining him in supporting the fireworks ban There was a teach ef spring In the city council's Monday night deliberations a bar singer ef street carnivals to come. Aldermen approved permits for a carnival in Marion square, Jane 13-17, daring the Salem Cherry land festival and a car nival ea North Cottage street: between State and Court, Jane 28-JnIy L daring the state con vention of Veterans of Foreign Wars. Davis Amusement Co., Portland, will stage both ear. nivals for the local sponsors. recommendation of Fire Chief W. P. Roble were Aldermen Daniel Fry. Howard Maple, Walter Mus grave and James Nicholson. The measure was opposed by Alderman Thomas Armstrong, Al bert H. Gille, Claud Jorgensen and David O'Hara. All four said they would favor legislation more dras tic than present law but not a total ban. . Fire Chief Roble advised coun cilmen to accept the bill as a means of reducing fire danger and the incidence of personal injuries. He said the official city aid records alone show 44 persons, mostly chil dren, injured by fireworks in the past three years. Roble said pres ent law led to "a multitude of fireworks stands all over town, some of them in tents." Alderman Gille said the ban would mean "a sad day for Salem youngsters." He added that some businessmen have an investment of as high as $5,000 already In fireworks this year. Boys Rescued After Night on Island in River SPRINGFIELD, March 27 -()-Three teen-age castaways were rescued from a Willamette river island today after an adventurous night. The lads set out yesterday by boat for' a river cruise.' When they failed to ; return home last night, their parents sought state police help. An air obseiver sighted an overturned boat halfway between Jasper and Springfield. An Island was nearby. The adventurers are Emery Lee Pyle, 15; Ray Meisenholder, 18, and Edgar Rose, 18. The boys said their craft struck a log and spilled them into the river. They swam to the island where they spent the night 2. Study of total number of state agencies with a view of pos sible merging of some depart ments. S. Check on the overall man agement control of state activi ties. - t Johnson pointed out that Ore gon now has approximately 75 state agencies operating with ap propriations and another 25 or more serving in an advisory capa city. ;. r . a . An effort will be made to deter mine if certain changes can be made in the state structure that will bring about a greater effici ency and reduced costs in state operations, Johnson said. , "AH committee members have agreed," Johnson declared, "that tha present system is antiquated and should bo revised and brought up to date by the 1931 legislature." No, 1 - IGMers 5c Capitol Zone Verdict Stalled By McKay Plea Controversial zoning proposals . for a service station at the south east corner of Capitol and Center streets remained controversial Monday night after the city coun cil came face to face with the ap propriate zone change legislation. Called upon by Gov. Douglas McKay to defer action on the zona change, Salem aldermen laid the bill on the table pending a fur-. ther report from the statehouse. Oregon's governor said he would investigate further the possibilitj of state acquisition of the lot torn parking purposes. George A. Rhoten, appearing; before the council to seek tho change of zone, said the state bade ' known of his intention fnr man months, "but they've never given any inaicauon oi interest in tho property." Rhoten and S. F. Speerstra, a owners of the 62 by 107 foot va cant corner lot. rtetitinnml f change from I-C capitol zoning to mi-x resmctea ousmess zoning limiting the use to a service sta- " tion with architecture specified to be in harmony with capitol group " buildings. . . Won Endorsement Their petition won the endorse ment of Salem planning and ton ing commission after public hear ings. The council conducted an other public hearing recently at which nearby, property owners generally favor the change and state officials opposed it. ' Mayor R. L. Elfstmm had been called to conference wjw me governor earlier Monday and had been informal fhn h state highway department might V want u property for a parking lotf Its new office building will be erected Just across Capitol' street - Asks far Action Soon Property owner Rhoten pointed out last niaht that thm ,nn proceedings alreadr hava n ' progress several months. He asked mat ine matter not be held in abeyance Indefinitely. . ' Awenwa Daniel J. Fry sug gested that no action should be) taken until tha lortaiatur next January. He said the coun cil should take action on its own, Judgement if no concrete legis . , stive plan were evolved. utner aldermen said they hoped to hear from tha governor r ih highway commission within a few weeks. Other new overtures to tha council last nhrht on tha irmi matter, besides Gov. McKay's let ter, incmaea an endorsement for the chance bv Salem Chamtor nf Commerce executive committee ana a protest against It by John A. Murray, 1023 N. Summer t- ua a a , ciry ana siaie planners nay Vn tntilltnv nlin, fur Muanl months on extension of the capitol zone north from Center street and policy for fringe area toning, -v U.S. Opposes 1 Revalued Ruble : WASHINGTON, Match 27-y The United States protested t Russia today that she has put "purely fictitious value on tht ruble.- . . A note published by th. stat department declared that the new Soviet decree establishing an ex change rate of four ruble to the? , dollar means food prices in Mos cow are several times those lav . Washington. j Jt said the Soviet currency con tinues to have low purchasing power in terms of commodities, regardless of Moscow's recently proclaimed domestla price redue- ' tions and its announcement that the ruble is now on the gold stan dard. ' " ' : : m!(: & 3 O M I Kax. Mln. Pm-tp Salcaa Portland -Saa Franciaea . IS j ist - its ChJcaro Ntw York Wlllamatt. to river TJMt ST (from 94. waathar fary iiald. fialam) I P I HIM W WW . 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