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AirForeePfairie : Cirasines with 35 Aboard Dim lapami TOKYO, Saturday, April 22 -JPh A big four-engined U.S. air force plane carrying 35 persons crashed in the mountains southwest of Tokyo last night and, today, the late of those aboard still was un known. v , : Frank Pickelle, head of General MacArthur's foreign trade divi sion, and three other occupation officials were among the passengers, OtP SMIQS Four of the.largest railroad sys tems of the country, after having suffered heavily from loss of busi ness during the recent prolonged coal strike now face strikes of their firemen. The strike call Is out for next Wednesday. The gov ernment has exhausted its powers of requiring a postponement of a strike. So unless one side or the other "gives" or unless mediators effect further delays these essen tial workers will leave their jobs on such important roads as the New York Central lines west of Buffalo, Pennsylvania-west of Har risburg. Southern and Santa Fe, all great systems serving large and important areas. The demand of the: brotherhood is of long standing: put another man -to work on diesel - electric locomotives. The railroads claim this would Just be feather-bedding, that they have no heed for an ex tra man on the diesels. The fire men persist in their demand how ever, saying that another man is needed. The controversy has been heard by two fact-finding boards appointed by the government and both boards decided , against the brotherhood. In spite of these de cisions the brotherhood has set a date for a strike. The general public cannot know the labor requirements of locomo tives but it will accept the finding of two government . (Continued on editorial page 4.) Votes Excise WASHINGTON, April 21 -AV A further $250,000,000 slash in ex cise taxes was approved today by thehouse ways and means com mittee. ' Among other things, the committee voted to -repeal all levies on baseballs, footballs and handbags, and halve the 20 per cent tax on furs and jewelry. Added to $85,000,000 in cuts ap proved yesterday, the totalis now $335,000,000. This reduction is al most twice as deep as President Truman recommended, on that part of the excise list the commit tee has covered. Cutting will be resumed when the committee meets again Mon day. The group, writing its own tax ticket, may risk a veto by call ing for overall excise slashes of about $1,000,000,000 4- far beyond the $655,000,000 limit Mr. Truman proposed. Chairman Doughton (D-NC) emphasized, however, that all ac tions are tentative cod could be changed later. . House Group Tax Reduction U. of C. Oath Dispute Settled ' - DAV3S, Calif., April 21 -VPy-The long controversy over a spe cial non-communist oath for em ploye! t the University of Cali fornia was settled by: the univer sity board of, regents today: No. oath, but instead contract letters disavowing communism. : Faculty leaders expressed gen eral satisfaction with the regents' decision, i A key feature of the eompro- mis solution adopted by the re gents, 21 to 1, is that faculty members who do not, wish to sign the new ! contractual form can petition for a hearing. The re quirement that employes sign a v special loyalty oath by April SO . or quit Was withdrawn. Animal Cracltcrs , Br WAKEN GOODRICH Ok,oh-H,'t bee piling I ll was learned, i ney arere return ins! to Tokyo after concluding a Japan-Philippines trade confer ence in Manila. An intense search by ground and air turned up no trace of the ill-fated C-54 hours after it van ished in a rainstorm as it headed inland oi a flight from the Phil ippines. Bad weather forced the air force to suspend its part of the opera tion after several fruitless hours. The newspaper Asahi reported a Japanese party had reached the scene, but this remained wholly unconfirmed. Fourteen American ground par ties, of six men each toiled over the wooded, rough terrain. Six planes and two helicopters were called out. They notified air force headquarters they had sighted nothing up until the time they were forced to halt the hunt at 2 pjn. The air force said the plane carried a crew of eight and 27 passengers, both military and ci vilian. Reported among the pas sengers were a family of four and a woman government employe. The plane was attached to the 21st troop carrier squadron based on Clark field, in the Philippines. The plane was flying through rain and gusty winds when it crashed. The pilot apparently was off course when the big ship struck the mountains. Columbia Basin Flood Potential Reported High PORTLAND, April 21 -P)-The official water forecasters today predicted a Columbia river flood this spring a flood that might or might not, become a disaster. The magnitude of the flood will depend on the weather between now and the end of May. The Columbia basin, with record or near record snowfall is most of its area, has the worst flood po tential in the last 17 years, offi cials said. But warm weather how on, melting the snow gradually, could prevent the potential from de- veloping Into a disaster. The federal agency experts, who met here today for the 13th an nual Columbia river basin water forecast, said the spring run-off in the Columbia probably would bring a stage of about 24 feet at Vancouver, Wash. That is nine feet above flood level, but not necessary disastrous. The terrific 194ff flood which des troyed Vanport brought levels of more than i 30 feet. U. S. Closes Czech Office WASHINGTON, April 21 -()-The United States hit back today at an anti-American campaign in communist Czechoslovakia with an order closing down the Czech consulate general in Chicago. ' The newest development in the American tit-for-tat policy toward the Soviet bloc was in retaliation for Czechoslovakia's shutdown of the U.S. Information Service (U.S.I.S.) and its demand for the recall of Embassy Press Attache Joseph C. Kolarek. A bristling note announced the UJ5. order to close the Chicago consulate, and hinted other mea sures might be taken to even the score. '. Rain Returns To Forecast A rainy, cloudy week end is redicted for the Willamette val ey. The weatherman forecasts light rain this morning, occasional showers this afternoon and the possibility that Sunday wiU bring more of the same. . The temperature 'dropped to the freezing mark early Friday morn ing and it is predicted that the thermometer will register a low of 33 by tomorrow morning. Pre dicted high for today will be 57. ; Farmers can anticipate gener ally poor conditions for all activ ities today, the weather bureau reported. ; Long Range End Activities June 1, Chamber Rules The Salem Chamber of Com merce board of directors Friday night voted to terminate activities of the Salem long range planning commission as of June 1 when present finances appropriated for the project will be exhausted. The action will end services of two paid members of the commis sion, C A. McClure, engineer, and Walter Hartley, draftsman. Negotiations are underway, however, for possible employment of the two men by the city of Salem to continue their activities as employes of the city govern ment. Friday's chamber board action came in the form of approval of 100th YEAR Walkouts Flare Along U.S. Phone Network Fresh Makeup n m r .i i i i 4 I I If I II . JcrOL, I f c ax 'V 4 Chemawa Indian school's totem pole, long a landmark on the Pacific ' highway north of Salem, la pictured set tine its first coat of paint since it was pat up by the school lag clan students like Lawrence Head, a Klamath Indian, below, have been paintinr the pole under supervision of their Instructor, James McDonald, above. The totem vole, Chemawa-made bat copied after a traditional tribal pole, was Boiler Bay, when he was an Instructor at the school. Throngs Visit Galleries, Appraise (Picture on Comments by the hundreds ranging from the skeptical through the incredulous to the believing followed publication in The States man yesterday of the photo showing a mysterious object in the air over Pacific City. A steady stream of persons visited the Elfstrom Art galleries which displayed the print from which The Statesman photo was tak en. "There was quite a bit of skep ticism, of course," said Larry Bou lier, gallery director, in comment ing on the remarks of those who saw the photo. "But most people seemed to feel much like the one who went away shaking his head and mumuring "there might be something there. (The Statesman in publishing the photo did so without comment ing other than headlining it: "Fly ing Saucer? Well, It's Anyone's Guess.") The photo was brought to Bou lier by Rand Herrman of Camas, Wash., formerly of Salem, who was quoted by Boulier as saying he took it at Pacific City last March 12 and had destroyed the negative. Herrmann added to his descrip tion of the object Friday by report ing that it did not seem to rotate, had no sign of human occupation, no visible means of controls such as fins or rudder. j He asserted that the object was made of a shining metal and that an "atomic fire" burst from its rear as it skimmed along. Boulier said Friday that C. J. Nelson, who identified himself as a pilot since 1932, taid him that Planning Commission to a report given by the chamber committee of the planning com mission which recommended an end to appropriations. W. M. Hamilton, who gave the report, said in closing. We pro pose to wind up affairs as far as our paid staff is concerned. The chamber accepted this reeocnenda tion. The chamber board voted, to invite members of the commission to sit in on chamber meetings in an advisory capacity and also named 4. N. Chambers, present commission chairman, as a new member of the chamber board of directors. Board members also commend ed the Salem long range planning commission for its outstanding Th for Totem Pole many years ago. vocational paint pat ap by. Lefty Wilder, bow of Weird Photo page 8.) "the object as seen in this photo fits objects I have seen while fly ing over Corvallis last summer." Wire services and newspapers Friday made inquiries about the photo which Boulier said Herrman had copyrighted. L Road Tax Levy On Polk Ballot SUtetmaa News' Service DALLAS, April 21 A proposal to levy a special $80,000 tax to repair winter damages to county roads will be placed on a special ballot .at the May 19 primary elec tion, the Polk county court an nounced today. Roads throughout the country have suffered heavy damage dur ing the past two winters. County Judge Jack Hayes said increased welfare demands have made it im possible to maintain roads on a budget within the 6 per cent limit A proposal to levy a S 160.000 tax last year was defeated by a large margin. A special ballot will be printed for the road levy proposal. contributions in recent years to the progress of the city of Salem. The chamber of commerce will retain ownership of records and property of the long range plan rung commission, pending out come of negotiations with the city lor distribution of this material. Representing the commission at the board meeting Friday night were Hamilton, W. W. Chadwick and Paul Wallace. Other mem bers are J. N. Chambers, W. M. Bartlett. Carl W. Hogg. Mayor R. I Elfstrom of Salem, City Manager J. L. Franzen. C A. Me Clure, Gov. Douxlas McKay. Wal ter Musgrave, George Putnam, Charles Sprague, Hedda Swart ana cuir iJrown, 12 PAGES 1 -1 1 ' ; t FOUNDED 1651 Oregon, Statesman. Solera. Oregon. Saturday, April 22. 1950 AU-Out Strike Forecast NEW YORK, -April 21 -7rV Scattered walkouts flared along America's vast grid of telephone wires today, threatening to blaze into an all-out national phone strike next week. A CIO official here said the minor walkouts could be the be ginning of the national phone strike set for next Wednesday. In Washington, CIO President Philip Murray told a news con ference the multi-million member Picketing of the Portland telephone exchange would have no effect on Salem service ex cept for possible delays in long distance calls. There are no members of the striking instal lation workers permanently stationed in Salem. Union of ficials, when questioned Friday night, did not disclose any plans to picket the Salem exchange. CIO was solidly behind the angry telephone workers in their wage dispute. He panned questions about a purported scheme by CIO mem bers to jam struck dial phone equipment with calls until the overworked machinery broke down. The CIO Communications Workers union here said walkouts started today in Seattle, Wash., Portland, Ore., Tonawanda, N. Y., Fargo, N. D., and other cities. There was no estimate of how many men took part. "Destroy Service' C.W-A. officials in San Diego. Calif., quoted C.W.A. President Joseph A. Beime as saying the aim or his union in case of a strike would be "to destroy telephone service." "When I say destroy. I mean destroy, to stop service," the San Diego union officials quoted "in strucnons" received there from Beirne as saying. The union said a dispute over worKing conditions of 104 Western Electric Co. employes in South Bend, Ind., touched off the walk' outs. Western Electric is the manu facturing arm of Bell Telephone Co. Some 10,000 Western Electric employes are members of division 6, CWA-CIO. Said Ernest Weaver, president of division 6: "By all Indications the whole 10,000 will be out by Monday This could be the beginning of a nationwide telephone strike and it will be unless some suitable ar rangement is made by the com pany concerning the South Bend worKers." Portland. Am-il 21 -UPY- Tele phone installers in Oregon, Wash ington, ana jaano walked out to day, in a move that threatened a possible disruption of telephone service. 230 Leave Jobs Some 230 men. mpmW of hm CIO Communications Wnrkm left their jobs at noon. Dan Har ris, president of the local union, said it was a protest against what he called a "lockout" of CWA mm in South Bend. Ind. ' The union threatened to set up picket lines Monday, an action which mieht keen regular tele- pnone workers off the job. Employment Office Opened At ML Angel A temporary branch of the Sa lem employment service has been opened at Mt. Angel for farm job replacements, according to Wil liam Bailiie manager of the Salem office of the state agency. The Mt, Angel office is open early this year to take care of the big demand for hop and straw berry hoers in that area. The of fice is operated again by Mrs. A. A. Hauth at her residence on Main street. "Because of the recent cold weather, farmers are late in spring work," said Claude Litchfield, farm employment representative. "They are using double crews in many yards. In the Silverton hill area digging and planting of strawberries is nearly 20 days be hind an average season." Max. - ft ss Mia. Precip. 31 joe SO M 33 M Sales Portland San Francisco , Chicago 54 SS Nw York 43 trace Willamette nvr 4 i feet. rOBXCAST (from U-S. weather bu reau. McNary field. Saleml : Cloudy with tight rain this morning, becom ing mostly cloudy with occasional ahowera thia afternoon and tonight. Hifh today near S? and low tonight near S3. Agricultural outlook: Condi tions generally poor for most farm work today. SAXJUf rSUtCIPITATION This Year asja Last Year XI JS Normal Um ESejjecti Plane AclhiesoiiD Capitol Hears Angry Words On Russ Issue WASHINGTON, April 21 -(JP)-Secretary of State Acheson said today Soviet Russia is trying to stir up trouble in several critical areas of the world and the situa tion is serious. But he added that he does not see east and west mov ing into war. Even as he spoke out against Russia at a news conference, the capitol resounded with hot and an gry words on the same subject. Demands were raised for strong action by the United States as a result of the Baltic plane shooting incident and Moscow's latest note regarding it. House Democratic Leader John McCormack (Mass) issued a state ment calline the Russian attitude on the Baltic incident "insulting." He declared this country should either recall Ambassador Alan G. Kirk for a "long period of consult ation" or completely break off dip lomatic relations with the Krem lin. Demands Forces Chairman Vinson (D-Ga) of the house armed services committee demanded in a speech from the floor that this country "maintain sufficient armed forces' to insure Russian respect otherwise we will race pell mell into another war, a war formented by bur own mili tary weakness." Vinson spoke Just before the house passed. 330 to 0. a resolution calling for decorations for 10 Amer ican naval airmen lost in the Bal tic area April 8 when Soviet fight ers allegedly shot down their un armed "privateer" plane. The sen ate had previously passed the re solution 66 to 0. Despicable Act Rep. Vinson accused Russia of "a murderous, dastardly, despic able act which has been officially condoned by the Russian govern ment." At th outset of his news con ference Acheson . issued formal statements on three of the latest issues raised by the Soviets. Regarding the new Russian note on the airline incident, he said he could not make a full statement yet "with regard to this govern ment's future course of action." "A brief persual of the note in dicates, however, that the Soviet government continues to defend its fictitious allegations that a B-29 violated Soviet territory and fired at Soviet fighter aircraft. "It seems obvious that the Soviet government has made no attempt to institute a real investigation of the matter in accordance with our request" Irvin Goodman to Defend Wilsons VANCOUVER, Wash., April 21-(iip-Irvin Goodman. Portland at torney, was granted the right to day to defend Utah and Turman Wilson in their trial on a charge of slaying Jo Ann Dewey. Superior Judge Eugene Cushing ruled that the out-of-state attor ney could participate fully in the trial. He will be associated witn Sanford Clement, Vancouver. Politics on Parade . Who'i Running for What in the May Primaries! series are snad y ar ler te ean aidatei. sad aay er stay renect ta vtaiea ef this newspaper.) Today's subject: Arthur L. Davis (i) Candidate for State senater (Hariea) As this year, 1930, marks the turning point of the half century, it could and should be a turning point in the pro gress and econ amy of the State of Oregon. This year is also near the 100th anniver sary of ; the be rjnning: of the trek of settlers to the Willam ette j valley and Oregon. One lundred ye art Artaar Ditto Is a! short span in the history of people. Yet in this time our soils have been rutted, our rivers POL luted and other available re V. x 1 1 1 PRICE 5c Doiubts Wair -Near Dying Woman Granted Wish to Finish Serial Story MULLINS, S. C, April 21- W-Mrs. D. S. Brooks, jr., got her dying wish to read the last installment of a serial story in a national magazine. , She told her physician, Dr. J. P. Cain, jr., of her wish. Within hours, the doctor related today, the Curtis Publishing company sent an advance copy of the is sue. Mrs. Brooks, a civic leader and . president of the Mullins Parent-Teachers asso ciation, read the final chapter of the story before she lapsed into a coma. She died soon af terward. Nationalists.: Claim Victory On Hainan Isle TAIPEI, Formosa, April 21-(JP)-Shattering defeat of the 5-day-old communist invasion of Hainan island was claimed late tonight by the Chinese nationalists. The nationalist accounts said more than 6.000 reds surrendered and 2,000 to 4.000 were killed in all-night battles that ended at dawn today. The Hainan capital city of Hol how reechoed to the popping of firecrackers as the nationalists celebrated the news in traditional CVilrtMo fashinn. (Stanley Rich, Associated Press staff man who new to Hoinow Friday from Hong Kong, quoted h same nntimistie official and semi-official reports, but said there were also indications mat the nationalists' might not be do ing as weU as they asserted.) Portland Tug Rescued after Week Drifting SAN FRANCISCO, April 21-ff) It was worse than Bastogne." And five weary and grimy crewmates agreed with deck-hand Bill Lewis as the battered 22-ton tug from Portland, the Omar, guided into the Oakland estuary today after a nightmare 2,590 mile voyage from Honolulu. Drifting hopelessly for a week, her men starving while mountain ous wayes swamped the little ves sel's engine-room and food sup plies that was the story the Omar's crew told today as the tug was towed through the Gold en Gate. They were rescued Tuesday after a painstaking coast guard search covered 450,000 miles of open ocean. The craft was finally spot ted by a B-17. S ON A HONEYMOON SEATTLE, April 2MiP-Mrs. Madelyn Lyon won a divorce from Alien A. Lyon here today when she testified her mother-in-law accompanied them on their honey moon and occupied an adjoining room at their hotel. sources greatly exhausted and abused. Be that as it may, there Is no need for a defeatist's attitude. Thm la Tin ru of remaining. "as is" the trend is either for ward or backward. I believe this great state is on .the verge of one of the greatest developments in history. My belief is Dacaea oy the doings of intelligent and pro gressive leaders of labor, indus try, finance and education. The basis of this development is our locked up resources. Use of witiv rtower. irrisration. ' man power and the progressive state leadership as proposed cy me democratic party is the key to nature's bounty. we can and must take ad van- is of the Federal Administra tion's nmmmt One such is the CVJU With it wt can build fac tories, and onen un areas for habi- taHnm Thia mnni emnlorment and homes to the vast migration which is here ana sxui coming. Thug heal the mistakes ef the past and make Oregon the place of security, progress and content ment. (Test ar riaak Itoter) tearta1 to lie Grew ff OnfM No. a Ffrotesft Soviet Orders -All 'Resisting' Planes Downed By Eddy GOmere MOSCOW, 'April 2MVRuia brusquely rejected every demand of the United States today over its missing Baltic plane and re peated orders to airmen to shoot down any resisting aircraft caught over Soviet territory. s The Moscow government In a note declared it was "clearly ab surd" that the United States de mand compensation for a four engined VS. navy Privateer and its crew of 10 which disappeared April 8. The U.S. has insisted th navy plane was unarmed. B-Zl Fortress Moscow declared the American plane involved that day in an ex change of fire was a "B-29 Flying' Fortress which penetrated ll miles into Soviet territory south of Lepaya, Latvia, while trying to "photograph Soviet defense in stallations." It repeated the assertions of the Soviet protest of April 11 that B-29 ignored signals to land, fired on Soviet fighters and disappear ed toward the Baltic sea when th Soviet fighters fired back, j Therefore, the note declared, the Soviet eovernment cannot ac cept even "lor examination" th. American demands made thrM days ago. UJS. Demands Made These demands included com pensation, severe punishment the responsible Soviet aviators, m thorough Soviet investigation f the incident and categorical guar antees against a recurrence. The' Soviet note concluded hf declaring the United States km trying to "cover up the illegal actions of certain of its subor dinates who disgraced themselves) by grossly violating the generally recognized rules of International law.B The Russian note said all th acts stated in its version had been established by proper veri fication" and that the America story was "refuted by the exactly established facta." ! Pen Escapee Captured after 33-Year Lapse A convict who walked awasr from the Oregon state peniten tiary in 1917 has been apprehend ed in Sornmerville, N. J. Warden George Alexander said Friday that a prison guard would leave today for the east to pick up Louis Strof, 63, who had served two-and one-half years of a atsj to ten year term for shooting m special police officer when he es caped 33 years ago. The guard also will pick trg? Kenneth Clark. Jackson county check forger who escaped from prison here in August of 1946 and was nabbed recently in St Peters burg. Fla. Alexander said Clark, who hast served five months of a three-yea term, had refused to waive extra dition without a hearing. His cap ture was reported to the warden by the federal bureau of investi gation. SHirriNG STaUKK A VESTED NEW YORK, April 21-W-A na tional shipping tieup was averted today when 4,000 ATL deck effW cers settled a lengthy contract pute with 40 ship operators.! STEIKK 8 TUX. DEADLOCKED DETROIT, April 22 -OPV- A federal mediator said early today, negotiations in the M-day ed Chrysler strike were opeleaaJhy deadlocked" and might be eel led off after one more session. Westers lntetmaUessal At Salem S. Vancouver 1 At Wenatchee a Victoria At Tri-Clty 11. Tacoma f At Spokane S. Yakima li Ceaai Leagne At Oakland S. JrnrUand 4 At SacramanU t, San rranrisas (IS Innings At Hollywood T. Seattle At as ruses a. u Aamerieaa Leagme At New York 14. Washington f At Detroit 4. Chteago 1 At Philadelphia S. 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