v f The Statesman, Salem. Ofqon. TudaT. I April -W 1950 Dust I Swirl Away Southwest Soil By the AaaocUted Ptm ; Choking dust clouds swirled new Monday In the nation's bread lands. i April winds of more than SO miles an hour blew blinding top. oU through portions of New Clouds Mexico, Colorado, Texas, Okla - homa and Kansas. The conditions were not a severe as they were during the Marco storm two weeu ago, But the brown blasts ' brought fear of future trouble. They hung somber backdrop for yesterday's national crop forecast of 764,000, 000 bushels of winter wheat. That prediction as of April 1 was drop of iz 1,000,000 busneis un der the December 1 estimate. - "This could lead to most severe damage," said Agronomist A. F. Swanson of the Ft Hays, Kas.,1 experiment station. Larger 8ets Erode "Only small areas were blowing n the previous dust storms," he I explained, ; "But today's winds Last year the council cut f ranch are causing larger spots to erode, ise from a requested 10-year per r The wind also is beginning to I tod tn one vear and asked South- " work the soil into a fine powder. And when this happens, we will really have a problem." -Hays, Kas residents, recalling the "dirty thirties' with their niacK diuhtos, wipcu wj iub I new grune ana cnnsienea in is xne start or tne luinr mues." -Worst hit were Oklahoma and! Kansas. Dust bowl conditions official approval to the state's plan were reported in all but the south- for river brid developments, in east and souto central ions of cluding , new Marion street Oklahoma. In the northern hall k,t h wh tv.- 2'?. a half mile at Pawnee, a mile and a half at Ponca City and from two to six miles elsewhere. Airlines File cation ' SEATTLE, April (b(ff)-South-west 'Airways and -W Coast Air lines, moved today o merge their .operations. ' ' - . ' Heads of the two companies said they bad filed an application for tne merger with thep civil aero- nautics board. FuU details were not disclosed, but it was announc- ed that Southwest would take over U assets and liabilities and con- duct operations in the future. " " ' I At nresent West Coast serves 28 , . n. . . I dues in wasmngion ana wregon, i connecting at Medford, Ore, with Southwest, which operates in S3 eiuefl in southern , Oregon and 1 California. - The of ficial said th merger would "for the first i time bring under the management of a single carrier the o Deration of a com plete regional local air service on the west coast" They propose to take over Bell Ingham. Salem. Bend and Klam th Falls from United Airlines, West Coast has an application for those four cities pending before a i ntn r SndS.";'s; sk."'tK CAB said at that time it would resume the hearing presumably under the name of either com pany after a. merger applica tion was filed. --: , ;es Federal Taxes Given to States PHOENIX, Ariz., April lHJPh JCarl T. Newbry,: national 'presi dent of the American Association of Motor Vehicle administrators and Oregon secretary of state to day advocated diversion of fed erai excise taxes on motor ve hicles and gasoline to states for highway expenditures.' Newbry urged tills in a speech here at the opening of the three ' day annual meeting of the fourth region of the AAMVA. The meet ing is being attended by 60 traf fic law enforcement officials from 11 western states. He declared the federal govern ment has collected more than $1, 000,000,000 in these taxes since the war. He said U this money had been passed on to the states' for Alghway expenditures some of the finance problems on the state lev el could have been met more eas ily. 1 -v ! r ' Other first-day speakers includ ed Paul Mason, Sacramento, Calit, regional AAMVA president; John Kerrick, Salem, Ore., region secretary-treasurer; L. S. Harris, Sa lem, Ore, the executive director; ana inland James, Portland, Ore ice president of the American Trucking association. - Election of region officers Is scheduled for Wednesday. Discus sion of various phases of driving ana safety Will occupy tomorrow's program. ., Annli For Merger newpry urg Salem Has a Population of .? To &) Oivqoa Stotaainatw Scdtnaa Ora! In rwgardjto tout cash la pctxasi J ..- ! , 'j U oeas fee Saleaa's swItUa far l5f Is (PUom ynSl A4adCM (GfJM..a, on to a parson, Pro - Morse Group Chairmen Named PORTLAND, April 10 Henry G. Hagg of Reedville, widely- known dairyman, and C. H. Walter of Lebanon, lumber manufacturer, were named today to head com mittees interested in the re-elect ion of U. S. Sen. Wayne Morse. Hagg is to head the Farmers-for-Morse group and Walter is to be up-state chairman of the Morse-f or-Senator committee. SP Asked to Union Street (Council news also on page 1.) Southern Pacific railroad will airain h asVed tr remAvo It. TTn- ion street tracks from Salem, the city council directed last night Alderman Albert H, Gille said renewal of the SPs Union street franchise will come up next month and recommended that the franch- ise be rejected. em Pacific to consider abandoning its Union street tracks, Gille said, The alderman declared "Salem Is hemmed in on four sides by rail iines and it's high time something iS done about it." Bridge Approved in nthr. .Hn cLm .. hi iat nitrht t dhr hn u. t street bridge overpass Front street The council resolution was passed for presentation to the public utilities commission at its hearing on the bridge overpass matter April 20. A compromise was adopted to resolve property owners' objec tions as to street paving assess ments for Warren court, a dead end street off North 15th. Proper ty owners in the assessment area but not facing the court declared they received no benefit from the paving. The city agreed to oar two-thirds of their $900 share of paving costs. Contractors Told The council called the attention of contractors on the north Salem sewer project that they are re- sponsible for keeping the street ., , . " 50011 " Possible. City Engineer J. H. Davis reported that the contractors have 1U?C1 meJ wiu oegin resur ng tne street this month. Action was deferred on two .j , , . . I pending bills. One would require .J. MM -A A 1 - '""" re parking; we otner would prohibit sale. 0f milk here if pasteurized ouuiae saiem. s C A f - 9 ADO VC UUOta t i Keports Given To Red Cross Marion county returns in the Red Cross fund campaign wind-up r1 ffid" '" day. Mill City, where the ouota was Ae ar : a aaba. ou, seni m a total oi U7.3o, Carl H. Kelly, chairman there. commended Consolidated Build ers, Inc., for its $150 contribution and the residents working on the Detroit dam project who turned in $215. Newbry's Trip Delays Agenda Awarding contracts for con struction of the new state office building in Portland, originally slated for Tuesday, probably will be postponed until later in the week, board of control members announced Monday. I Secretary of State Earl T. New bry, a member of the board, is on a trip to Texas and will not return here until Thursday or Friday. j Gov. Douglas McKay, board chairman, said it also would be necessary to postpone acceptance or the new public service build jing here due to Newbry's absence. I Shinny men, women gain 5, 10, 15 lbs. MaMBB j Cat Ntw Pen, Wm. Vfear WW tkrfla In; teta u mi; hw mm tmaam mm; mm mm4, Mekir - D -pl- loot. Ma. who mtrmm wM tua Wml M Hiibi Mo4 mtkmt tnm. tn o mtvmt ml mU fcikfcw itkm$ hmttm. Ton r It CMtra. CbfMotw looa too. too, otr Boot m atm mmm. wrick Mood: iBDrora apoouu oa tooa mlwrnm fmm mmn ou ta mmi intii: mmtm Book mm mmn mummx. A an aafMaiM wurHonourr I m itaata Bi. aaMua. Uoa't har fatuaf mm M. takiac M mmr Ua It Tm ara amiia wiu f nv bow bob mma krar. laaa) ina , mm mum. TODAY. At all trw atar rmrvkrr- ta aateBB. at rr afayvfa. ; - prize fun contest for the $40 or priat PLAINLY) most b recelred by April IS) Halt Activity on Binaggio Rites Hears Rebuke of Forces Permitting Undenvorld I KANSAS CITY, April 1MJF)-Charles Binaggio, northside political boss, and his henchman were buried in the same cemetery here today after a priest had defended Christian nation of conditions permitting an Separate catholic services were and his muscleman, Charles Gargotta, 49, both slain in; gangster fashion, early last Thursday in their democratic club headquart ers. Only a faithful few attended the services". At Binaggio's, the Rev. Raymone E. Jackson denounced the supposedly respectable forces which allow the underworld to flourish. Explains Decision Explaining the church decision on l"whether Christian burial could be conceded to the remains which lie ; before us this morning," the priest said: "yfe condemn the underworld and all its barbarous and coward- ly ways. But we condemn also the vemorld Puuuc uwwais in iuu uu iww I 1 ,. J v 1,1,- nrVin tHrtliCTVi li we i able to retain the aura ol respect- ability, sacrifice every decent principle for their own contempt a. a 1 ible and selfish ends. "The same blood is on their hands as upon the hands of the both use and protect.1 Flewers Pour In A small crowd attended the two services for the two northside fig ures but the flowers poured in. There were about 1,000 at Binag gio's and 300 at Gargetta's. About 1400 went to the cemetery. T7"l 1 ? 1 1 1 iL. A ,1cs u ww copper caskets, costing about $2,500 each. Some came from Miami, Fla., Reno, Nev., Chicago, Detroit, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Francisco. St. Louis and New York. Who sent them remained a secret The funeral director took! cards accompanying them and gave them to relatives. Offerings Made Mass offerings were made bi many. Peter Lapetina, the fun eral home operator, said the of ferings totaled about $1,000 for each man. They were turned over to the churches where the services were conducted. police, still without a duel watched the services closely. Plain clothesmen mingled with the crbwds. Frank Collins, chief of deftectives, planned to question ten more associates of the two. There were many of Binaggio's own political associates there but the Pendergast organization of which President Truman' is u member was conspicuously with- out representatives at the services. Binaggio, a one-time underling of the late boss Tom Pendergast democratic machine, had feuded and challenged the power of the wiK uiaui' yuuukoi cwuuc, uuw h. k. n-nh.w Tsm taL Dig man's political empire, now "J vmaam a. - , gast. Several St. Louisans, Including amnntf the hnnnrnrv TuallhearerA. but only John W. Joynt, former circuit judge, was seen In the group of mourners. Five St. Louisans had said would not attend. earlier Goodman to Defend Wilsoi PORTLAND. April 10-WVIrvin Goodman, Portland attorney, said today he would defend the a ecus- I i m 'W w, . ed slayers of Jo Ann Dewey if the Washington court gives its per- mission. Goodman said he talked to the; accused brothers Turman Wil-i osn, 24, and Utah Wilson. 21 for 15 hours, and became convinced they were innocent Goodman de fended Turman Wilson in an as sault and robbery case two years ago Jo Ann Dewey. 18. was kidnap ed in Vancouver, Wash- March 19 and round slain a week later. The Portland attorney would have to work with a member of the Washington state bar. FELS TOP CmSOX I NEW ORLEANS. April 10-Wn. The New Orleans Pelicans rallied for four runs in the bottom of the nintn inning tonight to squeeze out at 8-7 victory over the Chicago White Sox of the American lea rue. Bill Connelly, who had been sharp and effective during the three previous innings, walked the first two Pelicans in the ninth. He was relieved by Nill Pierce. wholDST IN FOREST GROVE walked three more men and gave I FOREST GROVE, April 10-W- up two singles to allow the four runs across for New Orleans. ! ' ; Valley Horseman's Ass'n. om Annual western Horse Show and Gymkhana FEATURING The nati Cutting Horses Western Gymkhana Games Races "Sassier horses In thrilling three and five gaited vents Hunters and Jumpers : Kid Kalf Ketchlng Kontest. ExhibMon Sheep Herding CHILDREN FREE H accompanied by Parants.' April 1 5th Saturday Afternoon and Evening Herding April 1 6th Sunday Tickets on Sale at Zosofe services lor tnem oy a condem underworld. held for the 41-year-old politician Daughter of ... o i y Franco Wed in MADRID. April 10 -CSV With skyrockets bursting o v S r head, fW - ntv three - vear - old Carmen iYanco. only child of Spain's gen- Uralissimo. wa married amid 17th youne Madrid DhVSlCian. . . .:w!i.-i 1 -xne Dtiaegroom, is vrisiooai Martinez y Bordiu, marquest of vfflaverde. The coude received a - fortune in eifts. including la solid gold tea set from King Abdullah of Hashemi te Jordan and a Cadil from president RafealjTrujillo The ceremony, unmatched here in brilliance for more than 40 years, was performed by the Cath olic prelate of Spain, Enrique Car dinal Pla y DenieL, in the royal chapel of Pardo palace, 10 miles outside Madrid. The cream of Spain's Official- dom' including the entire! cabinet .-J -vr and the chiefs of all diplomatic missions in Madrid, were among the 800 guests. Among those at tending were the United States and British charge d'affaires and their wives. Red Cross to Bolster Blood Bank Program How' to inject new blood Into Marion county's sagging donor re cruit program for the Bed Cross I regional blood center was the top topic Monday night as ! members of the county Red Cross; chapter I met in mommy session.) The bloodmobile will visit Mar ion county 22 times in the year starting July 1, reported Blanche m. uurrle, county Red cross man ager. 'That compares i with 18 visits during the current year. One of the visits is i todav at Salem's First Methodist : church from 11 ajn. to 3 pjn. j ine fiea cross noma i service handled 204 cases during March I - and extended $502 in grant and loans. New nurses aide chairman wm M William H. Burghardt 4 C 1U"!iL TP OaiClll lfiCn ' ! M Injured as Gar Rams into Tree Four Salem men were hurt Monday night when j a car in which they were riding: swerved to avoid an oncoming I car and rammed a tree at North Cottage aidmen and South streets. i Treated by Salem first were Thomas Procter. 18: 2785 N I w . . . Liberty st, cuts over the right eye and cut on right knee, and Alfred Shivers, 20. 430 Tryon ave cuts Ion head and chin. Robert Shiv ers. 430 Tryon ave.. and ! Warren D. Perkins. 535 N. Winter st- suf fered minor cuts and bruises. Police reported that ! the 1949 Ford coach, driven by Perkins was attempting to make a left turn onto South street from Maple. The driver swerved to avoid a car op erated by Theodore Cuoo. 840 Shipping st, and his sleeve caught in the steering knob. I The car jumped the curb and struck the tree. The front end of the was heavily damaged, j fj Ford TACOMA MAN HELD Troy R. Sheffield. Tacoma. was In the Salem city jail : Monday I night charged with driving while I intoxicated following his arrest - 1 by city police. Arresting officers I reported he was picked up in the 1 400 block of Academy street. He I was held in lieu of $250 bait (City council voted tonight to adopt 1 daylight saving time April 30. ion's Top Dog Trials Dog Trials Matinee j Serrka Station Holly Jackson's Royal Fashion ill ! ii Oregon State Fairgrounds Thief Returns Missing Tools ATLANTA, April 10-(P)-A half truck load of tools and equip ment --valued at $300 and sto len over a period of years - - was found stacked in front of a rub ber company: at opening time to- Anoteatopthettfesaidthe titution was "an act of God." "I am nroud of it" the writer! added, "for now X have a clear conscience. . i "I would have brought it back when someone was there, but dont get off from work in time." Snow, Winds, Ice Lash at Plains States By Um Associated Press Snow, winds and ice lashed the northern plains states yesterday! The snowstorm hit hardest in the eastern Dakotas. It hit north-1 'ern Iowa and southwestern Min- nesota with wet snow, with wet snow, ice ana high winds. Much of Minnesota and northeastern Nebraska .also had snow. The U. S. weather bureau said "it is not cold enough to call the storm a blizzard." But the winds created blizzard conditions in some spots. At Grand Forks, N. ., all bus, air and auto traffic was at a standstill Monday night as winds whipped fresh snow into blockad ing drifts. Two hundred cars were stalled near Petersburg, N. un til plows opened the roads, and three buses and 70 cars were stranded temporarily near Grand orks. Northwestern Bell Telephone company reported 166 communi ties, most of them in Iowa, isola ted from outside phone commun- cation. It said 1,400 long distance circuits were silenced by the storm. Illness Fatal to LeifBlensly Leif S. Blensly. 48. former Sa lem resident died at McMinnville Monday night following a short illness. Blensly, born near Bismark, N. D., Sept 9, 1901, moved to Salem in 1943. He resided here four years before moving to McMinn ville where he bad made his home since. Surviving are his widow, Clara Blensly, McMinnville; sons, Ro bert Blensly, Salem, Douglas and Donald Blensly, both of McMinn ville; daughter,, Jeanne Blensly, Salem; and a father and sister in North. Dakota. Funeral arrangements will be announced later from McMinn ville. Woman Dies in Coos Bay Fire COOS BAY, April 10-flVMrs. Hannah Mannila, 69, burned to death today ina house fire that seriously injured ; one other per son, f Mrs. Mannila's 3 son. Ted, fled the fire safely; but a visitor, Os car Erickson, 54, had to crawl from the house in blazing cloth ing. Erickson crawled some 300 feet to another house, where a neigh bor, Hess Carlson, beat the flames from his clothing. Erickson was taken to a North Bend hospital in serious condition. Mrs. Turner in Montana . ' r Or f ather 8 r uneral Mrs. John Turner, 391 N. 21st st, left by plane Monday for Havre, Mont, for funeral services of her father, James W. Kirk, to day. Mr. Kirk was born in Oregon City in 1862. He had made his home in Montana for many years, but had visited the Salem area frequently. Among surviving rel atives are many Willamette val ley residents. Jewelry and ArbvckU's Shoe Co. I 1' i, , A - f . V ' . -a ff a ' ' -ZA'y gV . ,ri. . '-:r a -4 Vu-isiiofr V J- - h f-- ' . - 1 - r'-y -.- -r 1 - "''' 7 Mc Carthy Asks Subpoena for M. Key Witness By Rodrer D. Greene city ever surveyed for "if " .. I ILZTil .ZZ !fA S?Jf?552S 1st network in the United States. McCarthy indicated to newsmen i newsmen r former that the witness was high up" member of the com munist party and has appeared as a government witness in anoth- er case. On Capitol Hill, there was spec ulation that the witness is Louis F. Budenz, former managing ed itor of the communist Daily Work er, now a member of the Ford' New York for comment. 500 to Attend State Youth . , j -C fJllJ-Cl CllUC Receipt of 500 advance registra tions for Gov. Douglas McKay's conference on children and youth, Thursday and Friday in Salem was announced at the executive offices here Monday. Dorathea Steusloff, Salem, made the announcement to her hospital ity committee' which will have crgeJ! "an. fusing other details of the two day con ference which will act on reports dealing with health, recreation, family life and other! areas of activity affecting the youth of the state. Miss Steusloff told I Governor McKay and others attending Mon day's meeting that attendance at some of the general sessions might run as high as 1,000. Silverton Man Drowns in j Cowlitz River LONGVTEW, April 10-(JP)-An elderly Silverton, Ore., man, who came here to visit relatives and vanished March 8, was found yes terday victim of a fall into the Cowlitz river. ; The body of Edward Hanson Hage, 81, was recovered from the stream. Police said he apparently tumbled from a floating sidewalk after visiting a friend who lived in a river float house. State police in Oregon and Washington had sought Hage af ter relatives reported him missng. Two of Hage s brothers also have died under circumstances that were never explained. Surviving are the widow, Hen rietta Hage, ; btfverton; a son, I George Hage, and a daughter, Mary Christian, both of Lebanon, Ore.; and two other children in Kelso, Wash. j Silverton Man i Gted in Wreck OREGON CITY, April 10 -(AP)- lnree persons were taken to a hospital and a Silverton man was cited for reckless driving after a two car collision north of here today. Injured were Joseph Christ Sa lem, who had head injuries; Wil liam A. Jones, a Canadian soldier of ChilUwack, B. C, who had shoulder injuries, and Mrs. Leota isjeenson, -Portland. They were passengers in a car driven by Mrs. ntriev? S1 Pod- tH driver of the second car was Henry Moen, Silverton. ! I Police said Moen's vehicle ram- med the rear of the Prylak car on 5. McLougniln bpulevard. TT 14-J fcaftj ENDS TODAY - OPEN :45 ' jyiahjaCCoaar W 'wlrt 171 m'milmtnuL'ru aC... "-"-if CeFeatwe iIlllllV.ll4lTlli'filll r tat aao un . , THURSDAY ONLYI nexxn now on ialb -STATE- li ajjcr Population ROSE BURG. April KMSV Koseourg nas an awful lot of trail er-dwellers, but officials won't say Just how many. H. L. Scof leld, housing authority director, said a survey showed that Roseburg has a larger percentage of its population in trailers than puUc fcousm- me survey was made in con .Do Ms re- uest ior aw puduc nousing units. fT TT bUF WOmeil ITT T ! 1 IlCUF i OlltlCHl Candidates Twenty-one .candidates for of fice in the May primaries address- lican Women's Federation of Ore gon at the Marion hotel here Mon day night. Mrs. Helen McLeod. of the Marion county republican central committee, introduced the candi dates who stated briefly whey they sougni nomination. Gov. Douglas UcKay also was introduced to about 50 members J who attended the meeting. Burned Man StiU 'Critical' August F. Wolfe of Woodburn, remained in a critical condition Monday at Salem Memorial hos pital where he was taken early Sunday with third degree burns. woue was found badly burned early Sunday at his home on South Front street in Woodburn jby a sister. Woodburn police be live his clothing caught fire while he was tending a wood stove. New Show Tonixhtt Open :45 Start at dusk Gene Kelly Frank Sinatra Ann Miller - IN TECHNICOLOR -"ON THE TOWN" Dana Andrews Richard Cento TURPU HEART Mat Daily From 1 P. M. NOW! AND TERRIFIC! rios! Academy A war Wlnnlnr March ef Time A CHANCE TO LIVE" Ceter Carteen New e OPENS l:4S P. H e NOW SHOWING! THRILL CO-HTTl Brian Donlery 'T7alxe Island ENDS TODAY1 6:45 P. M. SUSAN BATWAKD TAP BOOTS" Color BAT MUXAND "Bappoas Every Spring" TOMOUOWI Abbott at CosteOo Boek PrtTaies CALinOXM Happawad on 5th Ave.' J New Show Tonixhtt 1 UXa i t m i ' CehrtoTftbnkohr 7 bridges' Aide In Honolulu LaheleilRed' HONOLULU, April lO--Har- ry Bridges' lieutenant in Hawaii was identified by tjwo witnesses at house unAmerican activity com mittee hearings today as a mem ber of the communist party. f Tsuruo Ogoshi testified that Jack HalL regional director f Bridges CIO International Long shoremen's and Warehousemen's union, presided at communist par ty meetings at Port Allen of Kau ai island in 1S38. Ogoshi said he is a former member of the ILWU. Hall, head of ILWU operations In Hawaii, signed a non-commun- ist aiimavit last Feb. 27 in Com pliance with the Taft-Hartley act. Ichio Izuka, who testified he had been a communist party mem ber for ,10 years, also identified Hall as a party member. He told the committee he had received in structions from Hall to destror communist party literature after the Japanese attack on Pearl Har bor in 1941. Hall "presided arid educated m communist party politics," Og- kto!d congressional group otuivu isckou wuaj an invesuga tion expected to last three weeks. ENDS TONIGHTI "YOUNG MAN WITH A HORN" "MART RTAN. DETECTIVE" TOMORROWl 7 Great Stars la MGMa exciting romantte treat! a') I I il I I I CYD CHARISSE. NANCY DAVIS GALE SONDERGAARP 2nd Major Hit! The Academy Award Contender - A Wonderfal Mctmre! Kalph aUchardsea Remember "THE HEIRESS" Mlehele Morsan la "THE FALLEN IDOL" New Today! - X Major Treats - Everyone will talk about her In whispers UUaAliaiLAY DA!!E CLfJIIl fpji::ci:ottc::e err Sid TajNMrh Trat! MARIE WINDSOR the 2-run glamour gal of the old west Wm. Elliett In ( r- - - A i v ' U'CUfl-DAYIS EXTJU! f . CUr KaJ Latest