U 4M Y V t ' Blossom Drive on . Today 9s Schedule (Map of route on page"20). The Salem area's early blos soms on cherry and other trees will be on display today as the Cherrians conduct the anrrual Blossom day sight-seeing tour. Only one route, in Polk coun ty, is to be emphasized this year because blossorps are not yet out on higher levels and because many Marion county orchards have been uprooted, said Wal lace Doerller, chairman lor the event The second) "route lor years has been south of Salem. Uniformed Cherrians will be at strategic corners beginning at 10 ajn. to hand out maps of the OtP SHjDjOB I Lao Tse, the Chinese philoso i pher, said: "A Journey of a thou ! tand miles begins with one step. And any journey, no matter what I the length, ends when one steps 1 across the threshold of his own home, as we did Saturday, con cluding a motor trip Of just under - 7,000 miles from Michigan east to the environs of New York City, south along the Atlantic coast, lone the Gulf to New Orleans and thence diagonally across the continent to the northwest. .And as every . traveler will agree,, ar rival home is one of the happiest experiences of any journey. My last travel letter was writ ten from Colorado Springs. Lean take up at that point and report that easily the most spectacular art of our journey was the cross is: of the mountains at the back- . bone of the continent between Denver and Salt Lake City. Thrill ing at any season it was particu- O laxly Inspiring when the rocky crass and ridges were covered with snow,- is they were at the time of our crossing. - - Leaving mile-high Denver, High- - way 40 climbs steadily to Berthoud Pass, over 9,000 It. high, to drop ; of the divide. The. road then drops " to the valley of the upper Colorado ' coming, out just above the west portal of Moffatt tunnel. After a r run through Byers canyon, a min '- iature of the Grand Canyon, the highway starts climbing again, and crosses the divide at Rabbit Ears Pass, over fl'000 ft' high, to drop into.Yampa Valley, which remind . ed us tery much - of our own f mount-locked Wallowa Valley.; Steamboat Springs, where ! we kpassed the Wght, alt. 7,000 ft. Is in , the heart . (Continued on editorial page, 4.) Court Martial Gives Corporal 5-Year Term GAKMISCH - PARTENKIRCH EN, Germany, April 15 -()- A U. S. -air force court martial con victed CpL Gustav Mueller today of attempting to give American military secrets to Soviet Russia and sentenced him to five years in Srison, He had denied the charge l tearful testimony. Described ln a report by army doctors as "immature and emotionally unstable," the young airman from St. Paul, Minn., in sisted he was only trying to trap some Russian spies with the melo dramatic activities that led to his arrest last fall. In a clipped, British-type accent, he said: "I never meant to betray the United States. I am not a com nuinUtL.h?te communism. I am loyal to the United States and al ways' shall be. I know I did wrong and I am sorry. I tried twice to kill myself because of this affair But I already have been punished by six months in jail at hard labor while awaiting trial. I would-never do such a thing again." He repudiated stories he told U. S. army agents who posed as Russian operatives and obtained documents from him after he sent telegram to the Soviet consu late in Bern, Switzerland, last! Cn4simKjiv & drift P faff r n n t a j f ' lrm. jivtw wfa - v v v w They testified he told them he be lieved in communism and wished to help out the party cause. Man Missing i PORTLAND, April 15 An everturning boat dumped two tports fishermen into the Colum bia river today, and one of them, Lee Talley. 23, was swept down stream in the- swift current and waa presumed drowned. The oth er escaped by clinging to the edge ef the craft Talley and Martin W. DTolvc. 10, had gone out salmon fishing early this morning. They dropped anchor, and the line fouled, tip- Jing the boat Talley, heavily ressed, waa swept rapidly away. D'Volve grabbed tlie boat and clung to it until two fishermen saw him and came to the rescue. The accident happened near Bon neville point Last Call to Register - Eeftttratioa - bka ', for the May 19 primary elecUon will cIom at pja Taesday. ' As Boat Tips blossom route. The 17-mile trip is, following the arrows j to be posted, across the Center! street bridge, right on Wallace road, left on Orchard . Heights road, over the Eola hills' summit to a road that leads left to Brunk's corner, then left on SalemDallas highway to the starting point, j In addition, the capitol will be open for visitors from 10 ajtn. to 4 p.m. and the state forestry building on State street from 1 to 4 p.m. ! . . The Cherrians' annual Blos som dance will be Thursday day night at Crystal Gardens. Twins Monopolize Hospital Prizes; ASHTON. Idaho, April 15-UP) Memorial hospital in Ashton offered prizes to the parents of the first boy and girl babies born at the new institution. Mr. and Mrs. Keith Kirkham collected both. Twins, a boy and a girl, were the hospital's first arrivals. Pastor Admits Inventing Story Of Shooting LAKEVIEW, Ore.; April 1 15-OF) -The sheriff and district attorney of Lake county safd today that the Rev. Omer Idso admitted in venting the story that someone had attempted to shoot him. Sheriff Tommy Elliott, District Attorney Robert Welch, and State Police Sgt. Mark Sullivan said the Methodist pastor told them the shooting incident was a tale which he had invented in j a mo ment of mental turmoil j The minister, who had reported receiving threatening letters since October, told police April ; 5 that someone had forced his car to the roadside and fired at him. Today the officers said the min ister told them that he made up that incident when, in a moment of despair, he had thought no one believed that he was being threatened. He said he actually had ireceiv ed the threatening letters, but had come to think that the police thought he was writing them to himself. So he decided to "wake up the community," the district attorney cuoted him as saying. The officers said he told them he drove out on a side road, stop ped his car, hung his overcoat on a fence, fired three shots through the left, sleeve, fired through the window of his car, and returned to town to report that someone had attacked him. I They quoted the minister as saying he Jhad been under great pressure here because of small at tendance at his church and oppo sition to some of his work, and that he "cracked" up when he thought police did not believe the threats against him The pastor said the threatening letters were actually received. Po lice told him that they had never Suspected him as he thought of writing those letters. ! The district attorney said the case would be turned over to the grand jury Monday morning to clear the records. It was Jnot be lieved ' likely that any j action would be taken against thej pastor. Gates Votes To Incorporate i Statrcman New ' Service GATES, April 15 The erst while community of Gates be came a city Saturday when the Marion cdunty court certified Friday's election In which resi dents You'd by two-to-one for a measure to incorporate. The tally was 46 to 23. City officials will be elected soon. Better fire protection and a more adequate water supply are goals of the new city. Politics on Parade . . . Who's Running for What in the May Primaries! (Edllar't Bt: hmwiti In tht wrtr are M ky r fc the candl tr wltboat rtstrirtloa. aad mr atay aoi ri Wt tb opialoa at this Bwpapr). Today's subject: Gene Maleckl (r) Candidate tor State representative (Marion) Gene Malecki, young republican and public relations man of Salem, known for his "Beans to Boston" and Turkey to Turkey i promo tions, is a candi date for state re presentative. Ma lecki is now pub lic relations man for the 1950 Ore gons Shakespear ean festival in Ashland. He Just recently com pleted a very suc cessful campaign (or tht 1850 'A I March ox Dimes Gaa Maltckl as Marion county executive secre tary. , . .?. -y He was born In Cleveland, Ohio, and attended the University of Detroit And tht Detroit Institute 100th YEAR 2 SECTIONS-40 PAGES Life Raft Sighted in Baltic Search for U.S. Plane 9 SprnguleBd Officials Quit as Recall Fails Chief of Police, Recorder Turn In Resignations SPRINGFIELD, Ore., April 15 IP)- Nine Springfield ' city em ployes including the city re corder and the police chief submitted resignations today af ter the mayor won a recall elec tion. The nine gave various reasons for the action, but all of them had been supporters of Fred Cheatham, who was fired as city manager two nights ago. Six of them were policemen, and their resignations were not accepted. They agreed to stay on temporarily to give the city po lice protection. They said they would discuss the situation to morrow. Resignations of the oth er three were accepted. They presented their resigna tions to the city council when it met to canvass the ballots of yesterday's recall election against Mayor B. P. Larson. The official count showed that Springfield voted, 1200 to 908, to retain the mayor. Wife Also Quits City Recorder Kenneth Gile, in announcing his resignation, said he felt it was best for him to leave. His wife, a stenographer in the recorder's office, also re signed, saying there had been complaint because both of them were working for the city. Police Chief Clell Pryor turn ed in his resignation and said he no longer saw a future here. Six policemen a sergeant and five patrolmen also handed in res ignations, despite the chiefs rec ommendation that they stay on. The city council voted to give the police chief and the discharg ed city manager 30 days'-pay for vacation. ; i Heavy Vote The voting in yesterday's re call election was unusually heavy only 19 votes less than the all time record for a special election. Mayor Larson interpreted his victory as a vote of confidence in his plan to set up a public power system here..' Woodburn Council To Vote Anew on Daylight Saving Statesman News Srrvic WOODBURN, April 15 The Woodburn city council, one of the few remaining daylight time hold outs in the Willamette valley, will decide Tuesday night wheth er this area will go on fast time. Woodburn councilmea went on record against the proppsal April 4, but the issue was forced to a new vote when Salem adopted daylight time last Monday. Neighboring cities of Gervais, Silverton, Mt. Angel and Canby have adopted the stepped-up time to conform with Salem and Port land. TlTG SEARCH CONTINUES SAN FRANCISCO, April 15-(P) Six airplanes and two coast guard cutters combed a 60,000 square mile area of the Pacific today, searching in vain for the disabled tug Omar. The ship has not been heard from since last Thursday. . , , .... of Technology. Before entering the service he did public relations wuiA ah me as.i A-.v4 v. Co. While at Packard's he organiz ed the first union - management Post - War research committee to investigate postwar problems in industry. During the war he was stationed at Camp Adair, and re turned to Salem after receiving his discharge. He married a Salem girl and they now have two sons. Malecki has 'been in charge of the North Marion County fair in Woodburn for two years; the Pa cific Coast Turkey exhibit at Mc Minnville; the Independence Hop fiesta; the San tiam . Bean festival at Stay ton for two years, and last year attracted national and world wide attention for Oregon with his promotions. He is a member of the Young Republicans, Oregon Republican dub, American Legion, Eagles, chamber of commerce, and has been very active in many civic af fairs. His slogan is. To promote effi cient, representative state govern ment for all the people." Malecki if elected will devote all his time to studying, listening and voting for the best interests of the people. I (Tomorrow Iraa Martin) TOPI Tall Girls Featured in 1950 Cherry Fete Court r $ 5 VircPW A i . y J I'm it--"-""' ? - rr""" Petite Pat O'Connor, Salem's 1949 the 1950 princesses, here on either side ! Queen Pat, third from Friday night for the royal court will be selected to take the 1950 court are. left to Hght, Marie ne Silverton; Queen Patr Nancy Miller, Salem high a choc L and Dwynn aeademr of Salem. j (Statesman Mill Creek Young Anglers; 13-Incli 17 ! - 17 v eraict nases Finance Crisis InWaslington OLYMPIA, April 15 -()- The state supreme court lin a unani mous opinion approved deficit fi- nanrinff at staff ffnvptnmpnt todav in an opinion that may forestall thP railing nf stwiial session of th WisiatiirP 1 Possibility of a special session ! P" awarded by the Salem Liens Grisis today by cifg to surren still existed, however, because of;cub Salem chapter 1 LA, and ; der power, te anly to his prSsiSV2cyaP" tlSS-S WS2?roSS- j lear-old son, Prince Baudouin. Fiscal experts predict the appro-I tfons kept an alert eye on young-j There w ere ; indications, how priation for general assistance and ; sters to prevent possible mishaps, ever, the proposal would satisfy medical aid for welfire recipients by late evening reports indi-! neither the anti-Leopold focial- will be exhausted before the next legislature meets in Januarv. The , oenavea uxe real sporismen. iiina general assistance flnds may be owners said they never had seen gone by July 1. I; ! more orderly conducted fishing "It is estimated," the court said, : 4ay "that, in the absence of legisla- M ' tive action to increase revenues T nnnnrl Roicoo or decrease expenditures, there eopuru IaibtS may be, by the end bf the present! biennium, upwards Jof $50,000,000 in warrants drawn on the general fund for which there will be no ! money available for payment as of that date. if -While the constitution provides for a debt limit of! $400.0O0,; the rants do not constitute a "debt suth as the borrow,ing of money from an outside source would. The court Mid. W effect that j BongoL appearing in the store ; the state may write; warrants toibn a publicity stunt, did more ; pav its bills as long-as the total yn the store bargained for-tut ) amouni oi me warranxs go nox exreea ir.e legislative annronria- tion. Thus, warrant rrlav he written apainst the basic general ftr.d even though it is but of money, The court held, however,! that tli Lrfiiat-iri the next session of has an obligation to pay off the indebtedness created by deficit spending. Mt. Angel to Change Time S O Mr MOUNT ANGEL. April 15 -Wn This town's city council said to-f day it would vote j for daylight time, because Saleih and Silverton are changing to that time. ' But the council! added that ft was doing it "under protest," The chamber of commerce at Independence meanwhile ; asked that town to stay ob standard time regardless of what surrounding communities do. 1W It POUNDED 1651 The Oregon Statesman. Salem, Cberryland festival queen, Is almost Ilartmann. Sublimity; Patricia Mae Kirk, St Paul; Martha Storruste. pheto.) Fish Derby (Picture and additional winners in sports section.) An estimated 400 youngsters sivarmed over Mill creek before first annual opening day Mill Creek When the near-panic had subsided, 14-year-old Jim Richmond c Mehama walked away with first ?A judging committee awarded! second prizes to two boys: Donald Emmons, 13, of 168 N. Summer st, and Burton B. Edwards, 10, of 1859 State st. Each hooked a 12'4-inch trout. f A special prize for the youngest bpy angler went to three-year-old Steven Crossley, 1275 Vista ave., f jr his catch of two fish. Youngsters from Mehama. Stay- ; n. Turner, Aumsviile and even Portland, ignored scattered shew- i ers, and overcast skies to fish for uea mat me young anglers nta tf "V7" l.:,,w, 1U OC 111 I iJKlIllU w- c. Jf Umitlire OlOre .YAKIMA, April 14-VP-Bongol ; ment decided this was; in tne in the leopard put on a show for the I terest of the nation, i ; jascinated Yakima shoppers to- ; store anj tore up a couple cf flavenports, overturned lamps and fciachH ranvtc the -only ones scarea, apparemiy, ti v fmnsiwr ind tt. leopard !nMnrt vnr anH train- er, Capt. Pat-Anthony, said mar - ifrors and' children upset the jun- ; gle cat, but added that his scared Trnnarrf tiitt hnnt for a r.iar tn hide, not a place to bite. Bongol didn't hide, though. He stretched out in the rug depart ment and let Capt, Anthony tocth him by soft words. : UlUUl AllU liUUtJCl 1 V .ll.f, ni.iotiv fnnioht t, tn mr.ra- ger is resting, suem cn luture wild cat entertainment plans. I - -k tf(IG CyQOfDGG Y w Ti Max. Min. Precfp. Salem i 4S .IJ Portland 61 4S tS Saa Trancico 64 44 .CO Chicago t 2S 00 New York SO M traca Wulamett River SJ leet rOBXCAST (from U. S. wcatbrr bu reau. McNary field. Salczni: Partly cloudy today and tonight with a few widely scattered ihowerj. High tcday near S3 and low tonirht near 43. tAUN PEXCIPITATION This Year last Year Jsrfrrr.il .1S XIM Z2.SS Oregon, Sunday. April 16. 1950 overshadowed by the height of right. One of the five girls chosen crown next Thursday night. In the Ann Herberger, Sacred Heart Attracts 400 Catch Wins from the entire Willamette valley sunrise Friday to compete in the fishing tournament honors for his 13-inch catch. Leopold Offers To Step Down Temporarily BRUSSELS, Belgium1, April 15 -(P)4Exiled King Leopold III sought to end Belgium's political iSXs nor the pro-Leopold Christ lans. ; Speaking' slowly, In what sounded like an old man's tired voice, the 48-year-old king made it clear that he would not sur render his powers to his son until parliament invited him to return to the throne. Leopold also stressed that he would retain the right to take the powers back from his son at any moment that he and the govern- Reduced Budget County's Rural A reduced budget for Marion county rural school districts was spiacea in uie bwu ouiuiu-j, , j preparation for a county -wide jvote May io on ine ruwi r the 6 Der cent limitation. That amounts to $1,004,797 ;of the $1,- 197.233 budget. The fieure was 11.223.365 1949 total Mrs. Acnes Booth, county school tendent. aid the budgets ?a r,i th -77 rf'jttrirts were! I tiUU W vm. " r - trimmi hv 145.762 to keen the levy irom exceeomR 4015 mills. The dollar last year's tie-ire had to be held down because the rural I district lost $9,080 of tax base) tne vote. me county .-urai scnooi l en Salem Heights,! Hayesv ille idistrict board, headed by Herman I anH p1(.acnt Point consolidated I Rehfus of Keizer. presented the rith Salem, and gained only $10, 892 in the automatic .6 per cent accretion to the base. The proposed 1950 leTf includes $413,381 for high school costs and $783,852 for elementary. Under the i consolidated budget program In effect for rural schools since 1948, districts vote on indi vidual budgets, submit them to a county-wide board jfor merger and some equal iratlfvi, vote oa i PRICE Professor's Point Well Emphasized TEHRAN, Iran, April 15 -KP)-Prof. Reza Jorjani of Tabriz university recited to his stu dents today this line from the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: "Death may come any min ute." Then he fell dead of heart ailment. Husband Held As Tillamook Woman Slain TILLAMOOK, Ore., April 15-(iP)-A farm wife, Mrs. Bytha Ma lone, 46, was shot td death near here tonight, and police arrested her estranged husband 45 minutes later. Sheriff Allen Birch said . they nabbed the man, Jess Malone, 47, as ne was en route to shoot anoth er man, a Tillamook grocer who nad - accused Malone in a theft case. Malone was booked on a first degree murder charge. County Coroner Allen Lundberg saia xvirs. jviaione apparently saw Malone come into her yard at 5:40 p.m., and tried to flee to safety. She was killed with three shots from a .22 caliber pistol. A neighbor reported it to police, and said he saw Malone's car drive away. Malone was arrested 45 minutes later in the heart of town. The sheriff said Malone admitted he was on his way to the grocery store of Raymond Eastwood, wnere ne intended to JOI1 East wood, who had signed a complaint accusing Aiaione oi Deine in cos session of stolen Dronertv. Maiona had been free on bond, pending trial of the stolen property case. Job Starts in Ne State Building Files, desk, and fvnnrrifr started filling the cavernous emp- tiness of Oregon's new $2,000,000 Public Services building here Sat urday. A crew 'that started at noon Saturday worked well into the night to ready a portion of the building for an advance guard of workers Monday. Another crew was slated to continue today. A sheath of plywood protected the structure's marble floors and elevator interiors as workmen trundled in equipment of the state unemployment compensation com mission. It has- been housed In a portion of the Salem public school administration building. The .unemployment commission Vill occupy most of the third and fourth floors of the new five-story building. : Officials predicted lt would re quire two or three weeks to move departments assigned to the new structure. Truman Vetoes Kerr Natural Gas Bill WASHINGTON, April 1HV President Truman today vetoed the controversial Kerr natural gas bill, which would exempt most gas producers from federal regu lation. The president told congress, "! believe that such an action would not be in the national interest." School Districts j single budget for whlcn ai cin- tricts pay equal millage levies If the budget is voted down in May, each district will be noted its proportionate share of the $192, 436 base figure and will have to vote Individually on the extra amount necessary to operate. The base is relatively small because 51 per cent of the districts had lost their property tax base. 1 - - " , , ... , , I Nine of the districts reduced their budgets before posting lor tne Marcn o election, witn ine am of the county school office. After problem to the 30 district with the greatest increases. Mrs. Booth said tle response was wonderful, and all these districts accepted re ductions." She pointed nut that many cf them will need careful planning : to administer schools next year on the cut budgets. All reductions were in capital outlay Items, since the board made it clear that teacher salaries were net to be decreased, Moving Proposed 10 Geared ts the Growth tf Ortoee 10c No. 20 No Sign Of Life Visible By Richard K. O'Mallry WIESBADEN. Germanv. AiW 15 -(&)- Air searchers for a mist ing U. S. navy partol bomber ia the Baltic sea reported sighting a life raft late today, Just as tha search was about to be abandoned The search crew said, however, do sign of life was seen. The plane has been mimdna since last Saturday with 10 crew men and may have been the tar get of a Russian fighter aircraft's bullets. Location of the raft wae given as 48 miles northwest of tha uanish island of Bornholm and 23 miles south of the Swedish coast. ' , Ships Rash to Scene Darkness prevented further aerial search tonight, but the U. 8. ' air force asked Danish and Swed ish coast guard vessels to go to the scene immediately with search lights. All available planes were readied to take off at dawn to morrow to iouow up the new clue. ; , Three times I before searchers had reported sighting objects they thought might have some connec tion with the missing plane, a PB4Y, but none of these lead panned out. Today's discovery waa reported by the last plane to re turn to Kastrup airport at Copen- hagen, Denmark, where the U. sdD air force has set up headquarters witn tne permission of the Danish government. The reporting craft ? was piloted by; Walter . Dahlen, of St. Petersburg, Fla. 1 leMow and .Bine An air force spokesman at head quarters here said the. search crew had.madei two low runs over the life, raft. It was described a yellow and blue, the colors on the PB4Y's rafts, f ' "Visibility was excellent," the spokesman said. " , ' The report was received only a few hours after Lt. Gen. John K. Cannon. JJ S. .air force command- i er in Europe had announced the search would be continued for only one more day.1 On Training FUght . The missing t plane disappeared a week ago on a training flight -from Wiesbaden to Copenhagen. Three days later the Russian mw emment protested that an Ameri can plana had flown over the soviet frontier into Latvia and kchanged shots with Soviet fight- Baltic. U. S. officials said the navy plane wa3 unarmed and that Lat via lie mora than 300 miles east of its course. They expressed th ceiier, nowaver that It might ruV been tha aircraft involved, tinea no other U. S. planes were fblne over the Baltic at that time. This; belief also was Indicated in Soviet press reports, although the cffj- cial Russian protest said the! American plane was a B-29 type I . bomber. Cathedral Bell Drowns Out Commie Rally FRANKFURT, Germany, April 15-taVCathedral bell tonight al most drowned out a West German youth protest i against an allesed American plane flight "in viola-! tion of Russian territory." " j Apparently by coincidence, the bells of Dom cathedral began toll-; ing just as a communist spt aker at a nearby street rally raised the topic of the plane. The huga bells continued ting ing for about 15 minutes while the speaker shouted, to make himself herd. Although posters had called for a mass potest against the alWce0 violation, only about 150 shewed up. - ! i ; They marched in a dreary rata through the city's streets, carrying pl cards and blue banners of the free German youth (FDJ), the or ganization which plans e huce demonstration in Berlin nest month. EASTER EGO MINTS YOLK CLEVELAND; April 15-A-An yolking aside, the green Earfe? egg which Mrs. Edward A. KoU man colored looked Just like the others. When she cracked rt to day and cut it In AaTf, she diM-vv ered it was solid white no yolk, , :, - PHONE RATE RISK SOl'GITT !,! PORTLAND, April 15 -CV Tbe Pacific ' Telephone St Telegraph company disclosed today It would propose rate increases in Oregon probably next week. I . , At Portland 4-1. Bo , Bollywood t-9 10. Sacrarnnt f . a. ftaa tU At ixm A&saiM H At aaa rraaetaoe Ha. tt-Oaklaaa. rata.