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Flying Saucer? Well, It's Anyone's !
Guess-But It Was Off Oregon Coastij
100th YEAR
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Tho Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Friday, April 21, 1950
PRICE 5c
No. 25
Demand UoSo Get Out of Trieste
Budenz Calls Lattimore
unist,
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I (Clfoeiriiy Fete Queen
' By Charles Ireland
Stall Writer. Tha Statesman
" With tears In her brown eyes, Salem's brown-haired Nancy Miller
stepped from an excited circle of five valley lovelies to be honored as
queen-elect Of Salem's 1950 Cherryland festival Thursday night, i
She was the first Salem girl chosen for the coveted title since the
Cherrians resumed the festival three years ago.
"Unfortunatly, there can be but one queen," said King Bing Paul
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Louis Budenz, ex - communist
who was depended on by Sen. Joe
McCarthy toi corroborate his
charge that Owen Lattimore was
the top espionage agent for Russia
In the United States made his ap
pearance before the senate inves
tigating committee Thursday.
While he rated Lattimore as a com
munist it was on the say-so of
other high communists while he
was associated with the party. As
to the espionage charge Budenz
said it was not "technically accu
rate." Lattimore of course has vig
orously denied that he was a com
munist sympathiwr. So, as in the
Hits-Chambers affair, the matter
boils down to who is telling the
truth, Lattimore or McCarthy or
Budenz whose evidence was really
second-hand. McCarthy can't be
challenged in court over his char
ges made under senatorial immun
ity, but the other two may be, and
should be if there is any way of
proving that either has lied under
oath. : ,- : .-,'; .
, We need however to get back
to the principal issue raised by
McCarthy, namely, that the state
department is infiltrated with com
munists. So far he has named only
one name of a state department
employe as being a reft sympath
izer, John S, Service,, who has re
turned to appear before the de
partment loyalty board. Lattimore
for example has never been a,
member of the state department
staff; except for brief and special
work a number of years ago. He
has had ideas oh what our policy
toward China should be and has
submitted them to the department,
as have many others either volun
tarily or at j department request
Even if Lattimore is or was a
communist that does not corrobo
rate McCarthy's sweeping charge
against the state department
As far as the China policy is
concerned that was largely the
determination of General Marshall
as secretary of state after bis visit
to China, and was pretty well sus
tained by the report of General
Wedemeyer who was sent out on
a special mission a number of
years later. It cannot and should
not be laid to the door of Secre
tary Acheson. He is in the unfor
tunate position of being the "re
ceiver in bankruptcy" of our China
policy which failed not the one
who Incurred Its liabilities.
Bids Opened for
Lookout Pk Dam
PORTLAND, April 2MAVA
low bid of $18,699,531 omewht
below the government estimate
was received by the army engt-
neers today
for construction of
Lookout Point dam.
' That dam, ion the middle fork of
the Willamette river, will be the
fifth ma)or link in the Willamette
valley dam network. The struc
ture's total cost will be $63,000.'
COO or, if power facilities art aA
ded 174,800.000.
Animsl Cracttcrs
Bf WARREN GOODRICH
Wale up. Htnrfiif bsbf$
trtvs2 tot your;
A. mie as ne announced we
Judges' decision before a crowd at
tending the Cherrians' Blossom
ball at Crystal Gardens ballroom.
- And through the crowd flutter
ed comments that, right down the
line, the 1950 royal court is one
of the most attractive in festival
history.
. The other members are Marlene
NANCY MILLER
Cherry Fete Queen-Elect
Hartmann of St Boniface school,
Sublimity. Patricia Mae Kirk. St.
Paul; Martha Storruste, Silverton,
and Dwynn Anne Herberger,
Sacred Heart
With Queen Nancy they will
attend numerous events through
out the 1950 season. Their official
chaperone, Mrs; Arthur Weddle,
will accompany them.
Queen Nancy appeared in the
red, strapless, taff eta-and-net
gown in which she was chosen a
princess last week. She wore a
rhinestone choker and a gardenia
at her waist
Her parents, JL Burr Miller
himself Cherrian and Mrs.
Miller, were in the audience.
During the ball Cherrian offi
cers were installed by Rex Kim
mell and Milton L. Meyers was
honored as the oldest past King
Bing. Dave Hoss was master of
ceremonies.
Rail Firemen
Plan Walkout
CHICAGO, April 20 -- Rail
road firemen, assured that en
gineers will not replace their
striking members, went ahead to
day with plans for a walkout next
Wednesday on four of the na
tion's biggest railroad systems.
Alvanley Johnston, head of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive En
gineers, said at Cleveland that his
members will not stage a sym
pathy strike but neither will they
replace any striking foremen.
The Firemen, who called their
strike In Chicago yesterday, an
nounced they would set up pick
et lines against the N.Y. Central,
Pennsylvania, Santa Fe and
Southern rail systems.
Local Weathermen
Still Optimistic
Salem, blessed with three con
secutive days of genuine spring
weather, could look forward to a
couple of more, the McNary
field weatherman forecast Thurs
day night
. A high of CS was predicted for
today to match Thursday's high
and the forecast was for slightly
warmer readings oa Saturday,
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Truman Orders 'Truth Campaign'
To Show U.S. 'Dedicated to Peace'
By Sterllac F. Greea i
WASHINGTON, April 20 -JF
President Truman announced to
day he has ordered a global
"campaign of truth to show that
this country "is wholly dedicated
to the cause or peace.' , 1
The president revealed bis de
cision in an address to the Amer
ican Society of Newspaper Edit
ors an organization that has
repeatedly urged th government
to weld its overseas information
program into a more potent cold
war weapon. ..:( 1...
Mr. Truman said he has di
rected Secretary of State Acheaoa
Clai
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Broken
LONDON, Friday, April 21 -(&)
Russia has demanded withdrawal
of occupation troops from stra
tegic Trieste and elimination of
what Moscow called an "illegal
Anglo-American naval base"
there, the Moscow radio said to
day. I 1
Further, the Soviet Union de
manded the immediate establish
ment of a civil regime or the
Trieste free territory and accused
the United States, Britain and
Frar.ee with violating the Italian
peace treaty provisioi-s concerning
the territory.
The demands were contained
in a Soviet note broad' -st by the
radio a few hours after it Was
handed to the diplomats of the
three western powers in Moscow
by Deputy Foreign Minister An
drei A. Gromyko. ' j
Although the note made ho
mention of Yugoslav troops, it did
indicate that the Soviet Union en
visaged a free territory taking in
the zpne now occupied by Pre
mier Marshal Tito's soldiers, j
5,000 Troops Each '
The United States, Britain and
Yugoslavia each have 5,000 troops
in the free territory, an area of
205,200 acres which includes the
port city l Trieste itself and ad
jacent rural areas. The entire area
was part of Italy before World
War II. j
Moscow, declared the United
States and Britain have trans
formed the Trieste area "into! a
military springboard . . . which
constitutes a threat to the peace
and security of Europe."
The note concluded: !
"The Soviet government con
siders it necessary: I
"1 To operate immediately the
provision concerning the tempor
ary regime for the free territory
of Trieste.
To Appoint Governor
"2 To appoint immediately i a
governor for the free territory of
Trieste.
"3 To set up in accordance
with conditions of the peace treaty
a provisional government cour4
for the free territory of Trieste.)
"4 To determine the date for
operating the permanent statute
of the free territory. ; i
"5-r-To eliminate the illegal An
glo-American naval base in Tri
este. I
"6 To withdraw British and
American troops from the confines
of the free territory of Trieste. "j
Troops Withdrawn !
The note stated that under the
Italian peace treaty "all foreign
troops should have been with
drawn from Trieste already by the
end of January, 1948."
A governor for Trieste has not
been appointed because the Rus
sian and western powers in the
U.N. have been unable to agree
on a candidate.
WASHINGTON, April 20 -(JPh
American officials said tonight
that the United States and Britain
are within their legal rights in
maintaining troops ! Trieste.
AFL Seamen
Strike Looms
! NEW YORK, April 20 -UPh- AFL
men who work America's vast
ring of seaports today threaten
ed a complete, national shipping
tieup if deck officers strike Satur
day. . ;:4. :
The AFL Masters. Mates and
Pilots union has set a Saturday
midnight strike deadline in a pro
longed contract dispute with AO
shipping companies. ;
The AFL's maritime trades de
partment threw the full weight of
Its 250.000 members behind the
planned walkout The department
is made up of seven separate
unions that service ships either at
sea or in port, i
to develop a stronger Information
effort to combat the "deceit dis
tortion and lies" of Soviet pro
paganda. ' ' j,
I He asked that newspapers con
tinue to cooperate in letting all
peoples - know that the United
States "has no purpose of going
to war except in defense of free
dom." ,i - I-:
I "We must make ourselves
known as we really are not as
Russian propaganda pictures us,"
the president said.
j "We must pool our efforts with
Chose of other free peoples in a
sustained, intensified program
Treaty
Paying Calls
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Sir! Oliver Franks,, British am
bassador to the United States,
Who will be in Salem May 4.
Gjreat Britain's
Ambassador
To Visit Salem
Sir Oliver Franks, British am
bassador to the United States,
will make an official visit to the
state capitol here 'May 4.
The ambassador will be the
guest of Gov. Douglas McKay at
a luncheon at the American Legion
club. He will be6accompanied by
Lady Franks and by James Mc
Donald, British consul at Portland,
and! Mrs. McDonald.
Sir Oliver is a former Oxford
university professor and was with
the British Ministry of Supply
during World War II.
FHA Reduces
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Interest Rate
On Mortgages
WASHINGTON, April 20 -(O
The! top interest rate on new
federal housing 9 administration
home mortgages will be cut to
4 Iper, cent a Vt of one per
cent drop effective with ap
plication received; Monday.
This was announced tonight
shortly after President Truman
signed without comment a bill
providing for an expansion of
nearly $4,000,000,000 in the fed
eral housing program.
Senator Maybank (D-SC), who
heads the senate banking com
mittee, hailed the interest cut
with a statement it will save new
home owners at least $5,000,000
a year. "
Senator Maybank said the rate
reduction will "make it easier for
the little fellow to pay off that
new house and should also re
duce pressure for increased rents."
The new AV rate drops the
FHA interest top halfway to the
4 per cent rate charged for mort
gages guaranteed for the veter
ans administration. The VA said
it plans to stand pat on an even
4 per cent
Persons getting FHA insurance
on mortgages will, continue to
pay an insurance premium of H
of 1 per cent, making the maxi
mum annual cost-to them 4 per
cent compared to an even 5
per cent in the past
TRIES FOE TAN", ENDS WHITE
KLAMATH FALLS, April 20-
WHDoyle Scniffman, 17, who
wanted to be tan, was very white
today instead. He fell asleep un
der -a sun lamp and stayed there
all night. Today his burned head
and shoulders were wound in
white gauze.
SCHOOL TAX
SSES
THE DALL
ADrtl 20 -4JP-
Voters approved a $138,568 special
school tax levy, here today by a
382-to-2S7 vote. I
promote th cause of freedom
against the propaganda Of slav
ery. ,
" "We must snake ourselves
heard around the world in a great
campaign of truth."
Some 900 editors and their
guests stood Xo give him a 15
second round of applause at the
close of the address. They inter
rupted only once with laugh
ter, when Mr. Truman said:
There Is too much nonsence
about striped trousers in foreign
affairs. Far more influence is ex
erted by the baggy pants of the
managing editor."
PA
General
Disputes
Char
WASHINGTON, April 2Q-VP)-
juouis i. uuaenz, lormer com
munist leader, swore today that
Owen Lattimore was a member of
a "communist cell" and helped
betray China to the Reds, but a
onetime U. S. military intelligence
officer scoffed at such charges.
Brig. Gen. Elliott R. Thorpe, who
was Gen. Douglas MacArthur's
counter-intelligence chief during
World War II, said he had In
vestigated Lattimore three times,
and he; declared: f '
"My strong conviction, I based
on careful examination, is that
Owen Lattimore is a loyal Ameri
can citizen ana is in no way an
agent of the communist party nor
of the U.S.S.R." Gen. Thorpe was
brought forward as a witness by
attorneys for Lattimore, ; after
Budenz had , testified for four
hours before a crowd of more than
500 spectators at a senate hear
ing.
Burst of Applause
Budenz left the stand amid i
burst of applause. He had been
called at the request Of Senator
McCarthy (R-Wis.), who has
charged that the State Department
is infested with Reds and who
has called Latimore, sometime de
partment consultant, the top Sovi
et spy in this country.
In another development, a
Washington law firm representing
Lattimore sent around to news
papers a sworn affidavit by Dr.
Bella V. Dodd, of New York, say
ing she had been a member of the
chief policy-making committee of
the communist party from 1944
to 1948, and declaring:
I, have never met Owen Latti
more. I never heard of him until
the present controversy.
Budenz's testimony included:
1. An assertion that Soviet Dic
tator Stalin's chief aim is "to con
quer the United States."
Promises List
2. A promise to give the Senate
committee, headed by Chairman
Tydings (D-Md.) a list of federal
employees "I know to be com
munists" within two weeks.
Near the end of Budenz testi
mony. Senator Green (D-RI) said
the onetime communist leader had
disclosed nothing but "hearsay"
about Lattimore
Budenz had acknowledeged he
never know Lattimore personally
and had never seen him 'at a com
munist party meeting. But he said
Earl Browder and other red lead
ers had referred to Lattimore as
a communist and that' Lattimore
definitely was under communist
party discipline.
In New York, Browder said "I
never made any such reference" to
Lattimore. He called Budenz1
statements false and added:
"I don't think I ever discussed
Mr. Lattomire in my life with any
one." -
Parish to Send
Priest to Rome
St Joseph's Catholic parish
Thursday night surprised Its pas
tor, the Rev. T. J. Bernards, with
a gift designed to send him to
Rome for the special Holy year
celebration.
The local priest, pastor of St.
Josenh's for 16 vears. received a
check for $1,500 from the parish.
presented on its behalf by the as
sistant pastor, Father O'Calla
ghan.
A social program and music
provided by Sacred .Heart a cad
emy students followed. Some 250
attended. The church committee
which led the virtually spontan
eous gift campaign included Mrs.
George Hemann, Mrs. Henry
Kropp, Mrs. Patrick Mejstrik and
Mrs. Charles Schmitz.
SP to Discontinue
Pullman Car Route
Lack of patronage will force the
Southern Pacific company to dis
continue its overnight Pullman
sleeping! ear service operating; be
tween Portland and Coos Bay
through Salem, according to offi
cials. The service will be halted from
Portland on April 29 and from
Coos By April 30, according to
J. H. Pruett, jr., passenger agent
In Portland. Chair car service on
the same runs will be retained, he
saw.?.. ' .
EXCISE TAX CUT ASKED
WASHINGTON, April 20-JP)-The
House Ways and Means com
mittee today brushed aside Presi
dent Truman's tax recommenda
tions and. in its first action oa the
new tax bill, voted a $75,000,000
slash in manufacturers excise
imposts
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If you look closely at this picture, you MAY be seeing- the first authentic photo of a so-called ttftmg
saucer if there is such. It was taken March 12 at Pacific City on the Oreron Coast and came to light
in Salem last night Rand Herrmrn of Pasco, Wash., formerly of Salem, gave it to Larry Soulier. D
strom's art director., for display in the Elfstrom Art galleries. Herman taid he was lost ready to
take a picture of his wife, Zelma, high-jumping on the beach when he heard a swooshtng sorad.
looked up to see a vapor-trailed or exhaust-trailed object, snapped the object with his camera acta!
11000 of a second.
Hainan Battle
In Fourth Day;
Claims Differ
Br Spencer Moosa .
TAIPEI, Formosa, April 20-(P)
The Chinese nationalists tonight
reported heavy communist cas
ualties in the fourth day of battle
for Hainan island and again
boasted the red beach forces soon
would be wiped out
(The communists, however,
said they had Jroken through
"line after line" of nationalist
defenses and on Monday captured
the hamlet of Fookshan, 25 miles
southwest of Hoichow, bland
capital. Fookshan, which appears
on some mips as Fusnan, is ten
miles inland and 40 miles by road
southwest of Hoichow.
f The red claim, broadcast by
the PeiDing radio and ! heard in
San Francisco by the Associated
Press, made it clear this was the
long-planned major campaign to
conquer Hainan. -
(When communist military ope
rations go awry, they never men
tion them. Their treatment of the
Hainan invasion with, such fan
fare indicates strong red opti
mism.) !
Nationalist dispatches recorded
the arrival of defense reinforce
ments from Formosa, saying this
had greatly strengthened the na
tionalist position on Hainan.
mANRE ANNOUNCED ,
The general delivery window at
the Salem postollice win .open ai
t us. instead of 7:30 a.m. start
ing Monday, Postmaster 1 Aioeri
Gragg announced.
Politics bn Parade . . .
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Who's Running for What In the May Primaries!
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Today's subject:
B. E.
(Kelly) Owens (r)
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Candidate for
Stale represeiaue (Marten)
Born in Corvallis, Oregon, in
1887. Attended grade schools in
Los Angeles, Calif, end Indepen
dence, Oregon
and high school
in Independence
and Salem. En
listed in Marine
corps in 1917 and
ipent It months
in France in first
World War. On
returning home
attended busi
ness college in
Portland. Mar
ried In 1820 ana m. .
Owns
have one son attending
sity of Oregon.
Worked for a major
Unlver-
efl com-
pasy ! IS years. Moved to
Salexa
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Photo Offered for
Display
XThat may be the first photo of a flying saucet
came to light in Salem last night.
Rand Herrman, Pasco, Wash., amateur photograph
er who formerly resided in Salem, said he took tk
photo March 12 at Pacific City.
Herman gave the photo toj Larry Soulier, director
or tiistrom s Art galleries.
Boulier quoted Herrman as say
ing he destroyed the negative on
the advice of friends. He saved
three enlargements. .
The photo was taken on a murky
day in light rain in the late after
noon, with a 45 R. B. Graflex
equipped with a Cooke F3-3 lens
and with shutterispeed at 11000
of a second. Rand said. '
He also said it appeared to him
the saucer had some sort of win
dows (not visible in the picture);
that It seemed to have holes in
the edges, and that it appeared to
be only around 2,000 feet away so
that it was distinctly apparent
to him that it was not a balloon
or dirigible and that any such
ugbter-than-air object could, not
have been fast enough- to have
left such a trail anyway.
Rand also was quoted as say
ing that by the time his wife had
centered her attention toward the
object it had disappeared but that
the white trail still was visible.
Marriages Eml Up
In Divorce Court
PORTLAND, April 20-W)-Aft-er
21 yerrs of marriage, Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph W. Marriage wound
up today in circuit court, where
they became the divorced Marri
ages.
in 1831. entered the auiomooue
hutinrss here in 1935. and nave
operated with our firm, Herrall
Owen eo since then.
A member of AI Kader Tempw
of the Shrine, Masons, saiem
Cherrians. Elks, American Legion,
40-8, VTW, DAY, Marine Corps
league, and Military Order of the
Purnle Heart.
In view or unsettieo ana con
fusing conditions and the under"
mining elements at work in this
country, I strongly leei n is tne
duty and should be the desire of
every true American to enter ac
tively into political Iiie in so iar
as he is able. Individually we are
stockholders in the greatest de
mocracy ever conceived. There
fore,, it Is imperative eacn oz us
actively strive to protect his in-
1 am seeking the office of state
representative and as such I am
interested in the agricultural, in
dustrial and natural resources of
our commonwealth. If my ambi
tions are successful, X promise to
do my utmost to be credit to
Marion county and the State of
Oreeon. .
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in Salem
Warnings of
Given
In Northwest 1
By The Associated Press
Flood warnings were "out in that
Pacific Northwest today, (Friday) !
Dut they were too late for owners
of several cottages on Havdem 1
Lake in Northern Idaho. I
Rising water was standing two i
feet deep in some of the summe
homes and cabins that ring It
lake near Coeur D'Alene. Idaho.
Owners of other homes had pumps j :
working on a 24-hour basis te j
hold back the flood. 1
E. M. Tobler. who keeps read I
ings on the lake level for the U. S.
Geological Survey, said the Hay
den water level is more than tw
feet above the peak reached last j
year on May 17. I
And from the army engineete
in Seattle came high water war- :
ings to residents" of river valleys !
in Washington and Northern Ida-
ho. i
Power company engineers re- i
vised their estimates of water to
come off the Spokane river drain
age. They predicted cautiously that
the river flow might equal that of
1948. II
Weather Is the key to the situ-
tion. Sharply wanner weather ac
companied by extended rains max.
bring floods to some areas
severe as those of two years a.
Nearly ' all forecasters : agree that '
dangerously high water is a cer-
tatnty.
For the last month, cool daye
and colder nights have held bach .
the normal runoff from snow to
the mountains that Is deeper
usual.
These are the dancer
named by the army engineers:
The Kootenai, St Joe and Coenr
D'Alene rivers la Idaho, end the
Yakima, Okanogan. Meth
low. We-
nateheo and Eatlat rivers la
tral Washington, i I
Resident of these river
were advised to stock un en
bags and look to their river dikea.
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Floods
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