Oregon was favored last week
with a visit from Sir Oliver
Franks, the British ambassador,
and Lady Franks. They made a
verv favorable impression for their
frankness, their cordiality, their
evident sincerity. Theirs was pri
marily a "get acquainted" tour
born of a desire to know about
the whole of the vast country to
which Sir Oliver has been accred
lted. For Oregon , the experience
was a nleasant one it is rare in
deed that ambassadors of foreign
nations pay a visit to this state
on the Pacific coast.
i Sir .Oliver' might be described
as the scholar in politics for his
principal career has been that of
student and teachor. He was pro
fessor of moral plulosophy at the
University of Glasgow (the first
Englishman, he told us here, who
had been invited to fill that tra
ditionally Scottish-occupied chair).
Then he . returned to Oxford to
loin its faculty and from that
post was summoned to serve his
country on the Potomac. During
the war, however, the government
had called him to duty and he
occupied a very important office in
the field of aircraft supply, his
success there catching the eye of
those ox cabinet rank. .
Well-poised, friendly, intellec
tually keen, with' that light of wit
which so often belies the reputa
tion of the Englishman as a dull
and humorless person. Sir' Oliver
has by his intelligence, his evident
honesty of purpose done much to
preserve and improve the good re
lations
(Continued on editorial page 4)
Truman Will
Give Address
AtPendleton
'PORTLAND, JMay 6-P-PresI--
dent Truman will spend about nine
hours in this state Wednesday, en
route In the special presidential
train to dedicate Grand Coulee
dam Thursday.
The president will make plat
form stops at several points, but
plans to leave the train only at
Pendleton-
There he will stop for an hour,
nd deliver a speech In the rail
road station. The talk will bt
broadcast over a state-wide hook
up, starting a little after 6 p.m.
Pacific standard time.
The train will make its first
Oretfon stoo at Ontario at 11:40
a jn., Pacific standard time. Mr.
Truman will make a brief platform
talk there, at Huntington, Baker,
La Grande and Umatilla. From the
latter town, which he will reach at
8:10 p.m, he will go to Washing
ton. Cancer Fund
Drive Now On;
$6,500 Sought
Marlon county's drive for $6,500
to prevent, diagnose and treat
cancer, which took 168 lives in
the county in 1948, is now under
way, Chairman Allan Stevens an
nounced Saturday.
Cancer. Crusade headquarters
has been established at 339 Court
Kt. It is nlanned to raise- the fund
through direct solicitation, direct
mail and with collection boxes In
business firms. Posters are being
placed In store windows by Boy
Spouts: , -
Also leading in the campaign
are Mrs. Earl sneii, saiem cnair
man for the American Cancer so
ciety, and Mrs. L. V. Benson, who
will be on duty at the neaoquar
tore '.. 1
6fthe quota, 60per cent will
r invested in Oreeon in re-
lonrrh nrntwte at Universitv of
Oregon medical school,, to estab
lish tumor clinics! throughout the
state, to' purchase facilities ifor
diagnosis and treatment," to give
refresher courses 'to doctors and
dentists. The other 40 per cent
goes to the American cancer so
ciety for research and education
programs.
MURDER TRIAL SET
EUGENE, May 6 -(Ph James
Lloyd Thompson, 24, who is ac
cused of shooting Oakridge Police
Chief Clyde Dubell March 19, will
r o on trial for homicide Monday.
Thompson, an Oakridge man, is
accused of slaying the police chief
when the latter tried to arrest
turn.
Western International
At Fpoknne 1. Salem 2
At Tri-City 10, Yakima 13
At Wenatchee 4-4. Vancouver "i-i
At Tacorua 6, Victoria 6
v.. Coast Leaf ue
At Portland 6. San Diego T
At Sea tile 13. Sacramento S
At an Francisco 10. Lot Angelea
At txoiiywDoa 2, oakiaiMi 1
National Lea rue
At Cincinnati 11, Boston 15
At Pittsburgh 8, New York 9
At Chicago 5, Brooklyn 4 (10 lnaj
Lsly games scheduled.
" "! American Leame
At rWIade'fcia 12. St. Louis 4
At Nw York 4-7, Cleveland 1-4
4 t . .Injrton 6, Detroit
ai Loi.ua 11, CUcago J
BASEBALL
ICOth YEAR
Pretty Polly
- By Charles Ireland
Staff Writer. The Statesman
..Pretty Polly Pollock was
crowned queen of the May at ,
Willamette university Saturday
in an impressive court ceremony
that atractcd 1,000 onlookers. .
Forced indoors by adverse
weather, the students sang and
danced around the Maypole un
der a sky-blue canopy in the
-college gym.
Queen Polly I, . a winsome,
brown-haired student from Mil
waukie, was crowned by Edith
i Fairham Gunnar, queen of the
1949 May week end. Her escort
was Al Fedje.
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Felly Pollock, of Mllwaukie, was
l- f '
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ties Saturday. She Is shown receiving her crown from Edith Fairham
monies in the gymnasium. Flower
lock. On the right la AI f edje,
Flood Defense
Plans
Set Up
For Portland
PORTLAND, May 8 WJW- The
Multnomah County Sheriffs office
set; up plans today for protecting
some 1,000 families in case of a
Columbia river flood.
The families, located In the
dike-protected lowlands along the
riverv were notified that when
the river reaches 25 feet they must
be ready to evacuate their homes.
The Corps of Engineers will take
over the dikes if the river hits
that leveL ;
Sheriff Terry D. Schrunk an-
nuonced that no sirens will be
used in that lowland area after
May 16 for fires, police calls, or
accidents.
The siren will be reserved as. a
sign of extreme flood danger, and
a warning to evacuate immediate
ly; In the event that a dike breaks,
sheriff's cars and fire -engineers
will-; drive through the district
sounding all sirens simultaneously
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Max.
. 35
: 5
. 58
- 74 ;
Min.
39
41
45
50
Precip.
.41
trace
.00
.00
trace
Salem '
Portland .
San Francisco .
Chicago
New York
82
48
Willamette river 3.3 feet.
FORECAST (from U.S. weather bu
reau. McNary fieia. saiemi: ramy
cloudv todav and tonight with a hiKh
today near 60 and a low tonight near
35. Agricultural outlook: Conditions
excellent for most farm work today,
Winds will be light during most nours.
SALEM PRECIPITATION
This Year
Last Year
40.03
-Normal
40.19
' 34.20
Unemployment
n Unemployment in Marion and
Polk counties on May 1 was about
2,600, about half of the total on
April 1 and less than one-third the
all-time high of 8,250 set three
months ago, the state unemploy
m e n t compensation commission
said Saturday. The jobless total
over Oregon dropped 18,000 dur
ing April. .
More than 53,000 workers have
returned to Jobs in the state since
the mid-winter- cold spell, said
UCC, giving an estimate of 40,950
unemployed on May 1, compared
with 58,665 a month ago and 50,300
on May L, 1949.
Lumber and logging, agriculture
and construction were given .most
of the credit for the new Jobs, but
in some areas construction was
slow in gaining momentum because
of the prolonged wintry weather.
Farm work also was late In get
ting under way and little demand
for extra workers would be felt
before strawberries matured early
In June. In the WiHasss'.U valley
Cut 50 Per Cent Since April 1
1 SECTIONS 40 PAGES
Crowned Queen off May
i Scene-stealer of the afternoon
was the queen's three-year-old
niece and flower girl, Diane Pol-,
lock, who delighted the crowd
by straying from the coronation
procession for a nonchalant stroll
around the gymnasium. Betty
Peg Gates also was a flower girL
: - Charles Barclay, a Willamette
graduate and now Salem airport
manager, presented Queen Polly i
with the keys to the city on be
half of Mayor Robert L. Elfstrom.
Queen Polly presented troph
ies to winners in Friday's sorori
ty and fraternity sings, Delta
Gamma and Beta Theta PL Both
--5 -
crowned queen of Willamette university's May day at colorful festivt
girl and crown bearer on left are
queen Folly's escort. (Picture also
Texhs Elects
Republican
Congressman &
I AMARILLO, Tex., May MV
Panhandle voters today elected
Texas' first republican congress
man in 24 years Ben H. Guill of
Pampa.
i Returns from all of the 23 coun
ties in the ,18th congressional dis
trict, with 90 per cent complete,
gave Guill nearly 2,000 votes more
than his nearest opponent, a wom
an who left a government Job in
Washington to run.
i Guill had 8,118 votes to 6,220
votes for Mrs. Altavene Clark of
Amarillo. " '
.! No majority vote was needed.
She -Had Nothing-..
Whatever to Fear "
i An elderly woman asked a city
police officer to "break up that
youth demonstration" in downtown
SalenrSaturday afternoon. .
t She relented, however, when the
patrolman informed her it was not
a: "communist rally," as she had
believed, but a Boy Scout parade.
Canhy Goes for '
House Plumbing
CANBY, May 6-P-A pleasant
note for plumbers was . sounded
here this week.
Declaring that Canby is a "mod
em city and should . follow the
trend of the time," the city coun
cil ordered no more outdoor privies
built within the city limits.
in Valley Area
and other sections where early
farm work accounted for much of
the gain, local supplies of labor
will be adequate for many weeks.
t Each or the 20 local areas re
ported a decline in the number
seeking work, last month, and in
some sections nearly half of the
unemployed found jobs. Toledo re
ported only 500 idle against 1,950
a month before, but a labor dispute
settlement-was responsible for
most of the change.
Eugene jobless dropped from 3,
300 to 3,300 during April while
Grants Pass declined from 1.800
to 985 and Lebanon from 1,100 to
600.
Three offices Pendleton, The
Dalles and Tillamook reported
more seeking jobs than a year ago,
but in all cases the difference was
comparatively smalL Three others
Baker, McMinnville and Toledo
had the same number as a year
ago, but all showed considerable
improvement in the past S3 days.
Hi
groups sang again at the court
ceremony.
Second-place winners. Alpha
Chi Omega and Baxter hall, also
were presented awards. ; Tom
ScheideL freshman class presi
dent, took part in the planting
of ivy ceremony.
The queen's attendants were
Inie Lou Wilhelm and Betty
Leonard, escorted ' by tarry
Stocks and Ed Cairo. Betty Fer
guson and Avis Roberts were
princesses. Their escorts I were
Loren Ranton and Jim Brennan.
Attending the princesses were
Roberta Batey and Beatrice Ma
gic tT .
I.
Gunnar, 1949 queen durimr cere
Jay Gustafson and Dianne-PoU
on page 1Z.) I -
Thousands at
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Cascade Area
Scout Circus !
.By Thomas G. Wright
' Steff Writer, The SteteetnaA
The Boy Scout motto of "Be
Prepared'? was well taken Satur
day night at Waters park (in the
annual Cascade Area council Boy
Scout Circus, !
More, than 2,000 scouts, repre
senting troops and packs of Mar
ion, Polk and Linn counties, treat
ed a record number of spectators
to a galloping two-hour show of
youthful pageantry. They demon
strated the knowledge and fcrtperi
ence . typical of scouting training
In a wide variety of exhibits.
A crowd of more than i 4,000
braved the threat of rain and the
actual cold to watch the circus
through to the spectacular sky
rocket conclusion, v v , r
Mlddlegrove Wins -I
At the opening; of the perform
ance all boy and cub scouts -massed
before thd stands ' for the
raising of the nation's flag. J
Troop 42 of Mlddlegrove romp
ed around the turn and finished a
length ahead of the field to win
the chariot race, the only compe
titive event of the evening.. Troop
14 of the state school for the deaf
finished second, followed by troop
41 of Keizer, troop 8 of saiem ana
troop 38 of Monmouth In that or
der. - .. .' ,
Hundreds or cuds participated
in the next event a gigantic battle
between the redskins and a wagon
train. Covered wagons guarded by
armed cowboys were attacked by
the whooping Indians and the re
sult was undetermined. i
Bir Tower Raised
- Troops from throughout the
area moved on to the field In the
wake of the vanishing redmen to
set up bridges, towers, camps, and
other demonstrations of boy scout
activities. The spectators applaud'
ed loudly as scouts of troop 16 of
Salem raised their 50-foor signal
tower.-
Catching the eye of thai many
spectators who moved on the field
following the show to view the ex
hibits more closely were the
bridges of troop 42, Salem, and
troop 27, Independence; . the log
house of troop 10, Salem; the
camp cookery of troop 19,; Salem
(they baked cookies )r the tent
camp of troop 43, Idanha; the first
aid demonstration of troop 13, a
em. and the many,' many others,
Catchins the sympathy of the
spectators were the scantily clad
scouts who set up Indian camps
and then "got right friendly with
whites', who had fires to take
some ct the chill of the May night
air.
At the Impressive closing, Mrs.
Bruce Spaulding sang the nation
al anthem as a huge American
Cat 'of fireworks was set off at
midfisld. . .
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Oregon Statesman, Salem. Oregon Sunday, May 7, 1850
Lost Boy Found Near
Theories
Vary On
A bserice
FORT LEWIS, Wash, May 6-()
Three-year-old Tommy Jenkins,
sought for two days by thousands
of soldiers and civilians, was found
today, tired, dirty but apparently
unharmed.
The secret of his 45-hour ab
sence was located at least tempo
rarily in sleep. He was put to bed
immediately.
All he .could say in the cupped
anguage of his age was:
'I'm hunery. f
The army provost marshal theo
rized he had been kidnaped and
returned but an army doctor and
the boy's father doubted it.
Found Near Heme
Maj. Thomas H. Lane, a doctor
at - Madigan General - hospital
where Tommy was taken imme
diately after being found, said the
boy's condition indicated he had
been lost
His legs were red and slightly
swollen, he was hungry and his
body was red as though from ex
posure, Major Lane said. -
The youngster and the Irish
Setter dog with which he disap
peared were found on the enlisted
men's beach at American lake,
,500 yards from his home. - '
. Major Artie M. Heape, the pro
vost marshal, based his belief of
a possible kidnaping on the child's
relatively excellent condition.
The low temperatures 'during
the 45-hours the boy was gone.
coupled with sporadic rainfall
which drenched the : area, were
cited by Heape as possible support
of the kidnap theory.- -
Tommy was found about 10 a.
ra. He was within yards ;of still
searching soldiers. : I ... , 1
Doubts Money Involved
Nearby were a number of bath
houses and small buildings used
by the army personnel- Major
Heape said r we had searched
every Inch of that ground many
times. - i
The boy's parents, Sgt. and Mrs.
William H. Jenkins, were reunit
ed with the boy briefly before he
was put to bed. i
"Bless him, bless him. Mama s
darling,- Mrs. Jenkins cried with
relief.
The father said he did not be
lieve anyone would try to kidnap
the boy for the money they could
get out of It ; t.
Survivors of
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Bataan Asked
Preparedness
PITTSBURGH, May 6-tP)-The
men who surrendered to the Japan
ese on Bataan and Corregidor and
who spent years in Jap prison
camps were asked tonight to work
for preparedness to prevent an
other war. 1
Maj. Gen. Edward P. King fret.)
of Sea Island, Ga., the officer who
surrendered Bataan, made the plea
in an address to the filth annual
convention dinner of the American
Defenders of Bataan and Corregi
dor. ' :
"You did your part, Gen. King
said. "There is nothing much more
you can do except to work for pre'
paredness. Work hard for it."
At a business meeting the organ
ization urged the United Nations
to curb Russia's veto power in some
manner so the UN may work more
effectively toward world peace.
Mile -Long
Hundreds of Marion eoonfy Coy Seects, fie ScosU and Cuba para&d
through downtown Salem Saturday ia fesUviUes marking the pea
Isg ef th annual Scent circus htU Saturday nlU at SweeUastl
Elizabeth Taylor,.' Calm;
Beautiful,' Recites Vows
, BEVERLY HILLS, Calif, May
6 (A5) Calm and beaptiful as a
1 fairy princess, : Elizabeth Taylor
: recited wedding vows with Hotel
Heir Conrad Hilton, jr., today.
While 2,500 movie fans milled
outside the Catholic church of
the' Good Shepherd, the dark
tressed actress declared: "I will,"
in a steady but restrained voice.
The wedding went" off on time
and without a hitch. At 4:50 p.nv,
a black limousine delivered the
bride and her father. Art Dealer
.Francis Taylor, before the
church. "
She i displayed not a trace of
nervousness. '
Miss Taylor and Hilton stood
steadily before the rail in front
of the golden altar and listened
as Rt Rev. Msgr. Patrick J. Con-
Winnipeg Faces Grim Flood
Threat; 11 Die in U.SStorms
WINNIPEG. Man, May 6-WV
Billions of tons of flood waters
poured In en Winnipeg through
broken Red river dikes, driving
more than 4.009 from their homes,
bat the army controller of the
flooded city of 300,000, Brigadier
R. E. A. Morton, was cheered to-
nlfht because fierce rains and
winds had stopped. ,
By The Associated Press '
Rampaging flood waters crushed
all dykes but one protecting Win
nipeg, Canada Saturday and total
evacuation of the city of 300,000
became a grim possibility.
Meanwhile, a vicious spring
storm turned its destructive course
into Canada after leaving a trail
olmulUmillion dollar damage, and
at least II persons dead and scores
injured In the central United
States.
A. J. Taunton, deputy city en
gineer In Winnipeg, said "things
have gotten out of hand" and that
"the city has come to the end of
flood defense fighting." .
Evacuation Faced
The Winnipeg Tribune quoted
the manager of the city's hydro
electric power plant as saying to
tal evacuation may be necessary.
The river rose about 1 feet In
24 hours and a rise of five more
feet was in prospect. Hundreds of
blocks of the city and suburbs were
under water. Street car and bus
travel and telephone service were
disrupted. Canadian armed forces
were placed In control of flood re
lief. Gales caused power failures In
Niagara Falls, Brantford, Wood
stock, North Bay and the Kingston
area: " -
The winds.-which reached hur
ricane, force in some places, bat
tered a nine state area Friday and
throughout the night..
- Three persons were killed in
both Iowa and Wisconsin, two In
Illinois and one each in Nebraska,
Texas and Ohio. "
Cooler temperatures followed In
the wake of the storm and locally
heavy rain or snow fell In North
Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota, nor
thern Wisconsin and the Lake bu
perior region.
TICKET WINNERS LISTED
Ticket sales winners at last
night scout circus were: Boy
scouts Dick Loveland, first, troop
3, Salem, Carl Maxwell, second,
troon 6. Salem: and Jerry Gatlin,
troop 34. Albany. Cub scouts
Garv Wrieht, first, pack 11. Sa
lem: Steve Eostine. second, pack
11, Salem; and Norman Ballmer,
troop 101, saiem. s
Scout Parade Prelude to
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PRICE 10c
(rac
cannon asked them to be loyal
and true to the end."
After the vows, the bride
groom slipped a diamond-studded
platinum ring on the bride's
finger, declaring that he ''prom
ise unto thee my fidelity." She
, gave him a plain gold band after
reciting the vow. After the
priest pronounced them husband
and wife and congratulated them,
Hilton grasped his bride and de
livered a kiss that caused a
ripple of laughter in the church.
As the pair marohed down the
aisle she paused to ktes her
father and mother.
Fans outside burst into ap
plause as the young pair appear
ed and were rushed away to the
reception In a limousine.
- The ceremony lasted 22 min
utes. , '
Fair Weather?
Well, We'll See
. By the Associated Press
A day of fair weather was
forecast for today, to make up
for all the trouble that Oregon
got Saturday.
A 150-foot section of the Ore
gon coast highway dropped eight
feet yesterday, Saturday morn
ing, after, the roadbed fill had
been buffeted by heavy rain
fall. A loaded log truck, barely
escaped dropping with the high
way. The break closed the highway
near Lake . .Tahkenitch, nine
miles north of Reeds port. The
only ' detour available was
' through Oregon state highway
'38 to Drain. Crews were not ex-
Kcted to repair the highway
fore tonight.
A 12-inch snowfall 'struck the
Mount Hood-Government Camp
area, and a coating of snow was
reported at Lakeview in south
ern Oregon. .
There was plenty of rain in
other parts of the state.
Unions Given
Right to Plant
Payroll Data
y WASHINGTON, May 6-()-The
national labor relations board rul
ed unanimously today that an em
ployer must give a unlion full
payroll data when the union asks
the information for collective bar
gaining. - '.
The board held that a. union is
entitled to the names, positions
and wage rates of employes both
on a current basis and for at least
a year past in order; to-have a
full picture of the wage situation.
- The ruling said such payroll da
ta is required to be given the un
ion for all employes in the bar
gaining unit represented by the
union. NLRB officials said this
means that payroll data must be
submitted for any non-union em
ployes within the unit, as well as
employes who are union members.
Today's ruling was given in a
case brought by the AFL's Office
Employes International union, Lo
cal No. 34, Rochester, N. Y;,
against the Yawman & Erbe Man
ufacturing Co., an office supply
firm.
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i Calexa. (AdiiUonal phot and
Cocr, Statesman Talley edlr.)
No. 41
ial lest
Home
Departs
On Vital
Mission
WASHINGTON. May 6 -VTU
Secretary of State Dean Aches
set out for Europe today with
grim warning that the non-communist
world faces "increasingfy " -crucial
tests in the years immeO
aieiy aneaa."
He said that because of - thai
threat of international commu
ism, the free nations of the work)
must speed up the mobilizaticw
of their "moral and material
strength" and must do so "with
utmost vigor." . "-
That, he emphasized in a fot
mla statement, will be his eww
major purpose in talking with
British Foreign Minister. Bevis -
The world-noted . columnist
Stewart Alsop, presents an inter
esting background to Mr. Acbo
son's trip. On page 4 of today
Statesman. i -
and French Minister1 Schuman h
Fans and London next week, mnm
lantic treaty council the week foJk
lowing. . s-.
What he hopes for and trusts to
get out of the diplomatic confer
ences, he said, is "a new sens i
community In the North Atlanta
area."
' He declared that he was encour
aged in his approach to the meet-'.'
ings by the bi-partisan coopera
tion he has received from repub
lican and democratic leaders 4
congress alike. ... ,
TRUMAN AT AIRPORT
Emphasizing the importance ati
dent Truman arranged to see hire,
off at th airport.
. Wishing Acheson bon voyaff
and good luck," Mr; Truman toi4
his chief diplomatic' official: r-, . ; -
tun - vsi; wcjla jruu mim gu f
ing to have successful meetings Ij.
Europe which will make a contri
bution to the peace of the world."
-Diplomatic representatives from
Atlantic pact nations also wer
on hand to give Acheson send- '
off. ' - .
Well in advance of th take-off,
the state department distributed ,
copies of Acheson's formal state
ment thereby putting it in th
class of a carefully considered
declaration instead of a casual
comment. , j
Soviet Arming Cited
Behind Acheson's general words- Ci
on the urgency of action by th
western nations lay two: concrete)
facts:' ;
First, an estimate by state and
defense experts that Russia wiU
be dangerously armed by 1934 an4
the west can only keep fac by
throwing all its resources into
common effort; --
Second, that th United States.
Britain and Franc havo oalj
about 18 months to work out th
end of the occupation of Germany
This is an estimate mad by UliL
High Commissioner John J. M
Cloy.
. Acheson said of his meeting
with Schuman and Bevin thai
they will seek to develop "con-
certed action" on world-wide)
front. . . -
In preparing for the meeting, hm
added, ha had received "invalu
able assistance" from his republic -can
advisers John Foster Dullea
and John Sherman Cooper. :
MRS. JACKSON NAMED
PORTLAND, May -P)-Mrt. a
S. Jackson, widow of th found
of the Oregon Journal and civi
leader, was named "Portland Mo
ther of 1950" by th retail trad
bureau today...,-;
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