r mi' SGBSDOOB UYU a (Stories in columns 6 and 8) '1KB CEXDLB nn WOQilBDQirS mm If the unofficial count on the budget for the rural school dist rict is confirmed and the budget defeated a very serious situation will confront a number of the school districts in the county. Keizer and Detroit . districts in particular will face an acute fin ancial crisis. Some other districts may be in distress too. , : Under the rural school district law a single levy is made for the area outside of first-class districts, in previous years since the rural school district law was passed, in 1945, the Marion county voters have approved a budget far in ex cess of the levy permitted under the six per . cent limitation. This J ear the extra levy -appears to ave failed by a tie vote. No re vote may be had as with ' other taxing districts, an amendment permitting that having failed of .4nntr.n ot the last legislature. The only alternative is for the in-J dividual- districts to vow? exira : levies on themselves large enough to maintain their schools. Where ' the . school population is large and the assessed valuation relatively low the burden will be extremely heavy. Kaizer for example may face a total tax levy of a hundred mills or over (exact information was not available Friday because county offices were closed). De troiUwill be In a tight squeeze because of the large influx of children for work on Detroit dam. That district has lost Its railroad valuation too. Whether aid will be available from the' federal govern ment through the army engineers will have to be explored. ' What happened Is the revolt of the rural areas against carrying the burden, of the thickly settled areas like Keizer.' Resistance has been growing as fanners saw their school taxes mount swiftly under (Continued on editorial page, 4) Dixie Senators Win Fight to Block FEPC WASHINGTON. May 19 -.TV- Southern senators won their fight today to block consideration of the hotly-disputed fair employ ment practice (FEPC) bill. Although the backers of this key measue in President Tru mans "civil - rights" program promised to try again, there was hardly a shred of doubt that the measure was dead for the session. A motion to apply the debate limiting cloture rule failed. It would, have taken the votespf 64 members Two thirds of the full senate to invoke it Only 52 sen. ators voted for the so-called gag rule 12 short of the . required number. Thirty-two senators op posed it. : Election Chief Refuses to Hold Falls Gty Vote Statesman Newt Service FALLS CITY, May 19 A vote on revamping the city charter was called off here today when a precinct chairman refused to hand out the special ballots necessary. Park Calkins, north Falls City precinct chairman, sat tight on the ':- charter amendment ballots, saying -'.-he was not notified of the special eiecuon. . : I Mayor Clarence Herwick n'oti fied the county clerk's office. which, quoted the law directing Calkins to hand out the ballets to voters. He insisted the office was wrong. Herwick said Calkins was notified of the election several weeks ago. Meanwhile." " Polk county offi dais are scratching their heads over the problem and a special election probably will have to be called later. ! SEX PROBP ASKED ! - WASHINGTON, M a y 19 -CSV tenaTor niu (U-Aia) today Intro duced in the senate a resolution calling for a sweeping senate' in vestijZation of the employment of homosexuals by the federal gov ernment, i Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH " tolJ y ra eorta count 'em FASTf 100th YEAR 4 Bead, 25 300 .Murtlas IBarge Blast CocEts Jersey SOUTH AMBOY, N.J., May 19-(AP)-A 600-ton oad of munitions blasted skyward at the South Amboy docks tonight, leaving at least Jf our known dead, 20 to 25 missing and nearly 300 The death toll was listed by New Jersey ent of Police Giarles II. Schoeff el after midnight tour of the blasted The explosion occurred at the Pennsylvania railroad docks on the Raritan bay, some 30 miles from New York. , Twenty to 25 men were work ing on the dock and "all are pre sumed missing," P. W. Triplett, superintendent of the New York division of the railroad, an nounced. - Officials said damage to homes and stores alone would run to more than $1,000,000. The munitions were destined for overseas shipment. The blast rocked the dock area- just as most residents were sitting down to their evening meal. Cause of the detonation was hot immedi ately determined. Scene of Blood, Debris Suddenly, the city ef 10,000 per sons, some 30 miles south of New York, was a Scene of blood, debris and confusion. Police still had not complete es timate of the dead more than four hours later. Reports of fatalities ranged from two to six. Fierce fires raged on shore and on two barges adrift in Raritan bay. Mayor John B. Leonard pro claimed a state of emergency and state police ringed off the city. Leonard said 3.000 of the 4.000 homes in South Amboy were dam aged. ' Governor Acts GOV. Alfred E. Drispnlt rtttrtH 'the services of the entire state to aid victims of the disaster. i inousni Eiai' was ever here," 63-year-old Charles Ber- sln, a barge worker caught at the center oi tne blast, said Waves of heat were seen bollini? skyward as far aa three miles away. Rescuers found the headless body of a man floating in Raritan bay.. Seconds after the explosion. confusion r.nd panic reigned in the streets, already jammed with Fri day night shODDers cars and trucks, some ruined hv flying chunks of building and glass, were abandoned whera Ihev swppea. w Cot by Flylnr Glass People were cut bv flvin,elss and they stood as if hypnotized as blood poured from their wounds," Mrs. Andrew Kudrick said. Tne center of town was' uttf-r confusion with fire engines and pouce sirens adding to the din,1 she added. Coast guardsmen natrnlM tha qocjc area and coast sruard craft rrom me sandy Hook station a few miles away on lower New York bay can.: un to tiatrAi th i-i r - river. soldiers, with drawn bavnnt guarded banks and stores left gaping open after the blast. me Kea cross rushed six dis- a r specialists to the city and extra supplies of blood plasma Hospitals Jammed South . A..iboy General hnsn'tal was jammed beyond capacity with more than 100 casualties anH by. Perth Amboy General hospital rsporiea iou cases, 41 in serious conoiuon and admitted to the hos pitaL Most of our sunnlicm hav Kan depleted by the terrific onslaught ot -njurea, a. w. ckert, Perth nwy nospiuu director said. No mass evacuation was nrr. ed, but many families were leaving town voluntarily and some sent uieir cniidren out. 1 n Assistant Fire Chief Thomas onroy said seven boxcars with 600 tons of explosives were being loaded into four barges St the Pennsylvania Railroad dock when ine Diast let go at 7:25 p.m. (FDT) (Additional details on page 2.) Columbia over I Flood Stase AtV ancouver PORTLAND, May 19 -V The Columbia river climbed above flood stage at Vancouver, Wask, today for the first time this sea son, marking the beginning of the spring freshet. The river went to L5.2 feet, which is of a foot beyond the flood mark. It is expected to con tinue rising to 25 or 28 feet by mid-June.' k No damage occurs at the pres ent level, though some unoccupied lowland is inundated. r The coast guard will begin re moving 141 lighted buoys and bea cons from the lower river Mon- Iday. to prevent damage by high water. Some colored signs will be substituted. . 12 PAGES p3 issi nig, injured. Superinten cl an hour-long city of 10,000 persons. in a string of four barges AFL Switchmen one Railroad Strike WASHINGTON. May 19 -m- An AFL switchmen's strike sched uled for next Tuesday on 10 mid western railroads was postponed today until June 1. The national (railway) media tion board obtained the postpone ment and will try to settle the dis pute before the next strike deadline. Francis A. OTieill, Jr., chairman of the board, "said the union is ask ing a reduction Of the work week from 48 to 40 hours without loss of pay: aiso time anu a nan tor Sat urday work and double time for Sundays.' : ! I ' OTfeill announced that media tion would start next Tuesday in Washington. The 40 hour week, with an in crease in hourlyi pay, was granted to members of 17 so-called non- operating railroad unions effective last September 1. The five operating brotherhoods, including the Switchmen's union. were excluded. iHowever, three of these operating brotherhoods are now trying towin the Same con cessions from the nation's rail carriers under provisions of the railway labor act. The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and Order of Railroad Conductors are awaiting a report by a presidential emergency board, due by June 15. - - O'Neill told a news conference that the switchmen have not seen their way clear! to combine their case with the trainmen and con ductors because! the other unions had a total of 11 issues, not all of which affect the switchmen. Armed Forces Day Activities Set for Salefn Three open houses and four group aircraft flights today will highlight Armed Forces day in Salem, climaxing an active Na tional Defense week. To show off their facilities and equipment, the naval and marine reserve training center will wel come visitors from 10 ajn. to 5 p.m., the naval air facility from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and the army reserve headquarters from 10 ajn. to 4 p.m. Twelve air national guard fighter planes are scheduled to fly over the city at 11:45 a.m. and 1:47 pjn. Formation flights over Salem also will be made by all or most of the; seven craft from the local naval h facility. Representatives of local mm tary reserve groups discussed their programs) Friday morning with senior class boys at Salem high school. Maritime Board Demise Approved WASHINGTON. May 19 -UP) The senate today suddenly halted its slaughter- 61 President Tru man s reorganization plans and upheld one abolishing the marl time-commission. Duties of the! commission would be switched to the commerce de partment where a new three member maritime board and a maritime administration would be created. I - . WZSTEXX DTTOXAXION.il At Yakima 8. Slem 1 At Tacoma 11, 1 Vancouver t At Wenatch . Trt-Clty O At Spokane . Victoria 5 COAST LKAGCC At Saa Diego , Portland 10 At Sacramento IT, Seattle S At Lo Anceled S. San Francisco At Oakland 131 Hollywood U AMEXICAN LCAGt'B At Detroit 14. Philadelphia S At Cleveland 4. Boston 1 r-At Chicago . New York S At St. Louts-Waahinrton. rain. NATIONAL UAGCX At Boetoo-St. Louis, rain. At lirook yn-Pi tt burfh. rain. At New York-OnctnnaU. rain. At PhlladalpnU-Chlcaf o. rain. To Postp POUNDDD 1651 The Sen. Fred Lamport and Rep, Douglas Yeater apparently will be J the republican nominees for state senators from Marion county, on the basis of returns from 97 of the county's 110 precincts as tab ulated by The Statesman early to day. ' Reps.. W. V. Chadwick and Frank Doerfler were in third and fourth places, respectively. The top four republican candi dates for ' state representative nominations were Mark Hatfield, Roy Houck, John Steelhammer and Lee Ohmart; i Democrats, fori Marion county representatives, apparently nomi nated Lawrence Koch of St Paul and Preston Hale, Alvin Whitlaw and Josephine Albert Spaulding of Salem. Ward Graham of Sa lem was fifth. Arthur Davis and Frank Porter were unopposed for the two demo cratic nominations for state sen ator from Marion county. ' (Totals in table at bottom of this page). Courthouse Levy Ahead In Vote Count Voters of Marion county ap parently approved a $350,000 levy to speed building of a new court house but defeated a proposal for a $50,000 health building, it ap peared on the basis of returns from Friday's election early today But even the courthouse mea sure was close and final returns will show whether it definitely carried. Andy Burk won the democratic nomination for county commis sioner over A. N. Vistica, and E. E. Rogers, incumbent, won renom ination on the republican ticket by an. almost two to one margin over- A. J. ZielinskL Herman Lanke was unopposed on the republican ticket for an other term as county recorder and Henry Heyden was unopposed for the democratic nomination. Voters Turn Down Portland Tax Proposals PORTLAND, May 20-(-Voters left Portland in a financial quan dry today, apparently turning down all new revenue measures fcr the growing city. The city and Multnomah county asked the voters to approve five revenue bills, pleading that a city now grown to 400,000 was trying to get along on a budget intended for 300,000. Incomplete returns from 374 of 461 precincts in an election yes terday indicated only the least ex pensive of the measures was win ning approval. That was for a $150,000 bond issue to repair the city auditorium. Losing by sizable margins were nroDosals for a $2,500,000 city in come tax. and a $2,443,000 annual county property tax. Also being turned down was a sz,500,oou special city property tax. A smaller levy asked for park im provementi also was tyailing. Low Bid Filed On Turbine f or Big Cliff Dam PORTLAND, May 19 -JPh A low bid of $415,370 was submit ted by the Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia, to the army engineers today for supplying a turbine at Big Cliff dam. It will be a 26,500 horsepower hydraulic turbine, to be Installed at the Big Cliff dam powerhouse on the North Santiam river. That dam will be , built about three miles downstream from the De troit dam, to act as a regulator. Court of Appeal Backs Axis Sally's Sentence WASHINGTON, May 19 JFf The U. S. circuit court of appeals' upheld today the stiff 10-to-30 year treason sentence imposed on Mildred Elizabeth (Axis Sally) Gillars for broadcasting naxi propaganda to American troops. The sentence carries with it a $10,000 fine. Lamport; Yeater Top Race Oregon Statesman. Salem. Oregon. Saturday, May 20. 1950 In Runoff V I ' 'J V J Si f i. Alfred W. Loucks (top) and Harry Collins, who apparently will be in a run-off election next fall for Salem mayor. Salem Vote Election returns from Salem precincts, as compiled by The Oregon - Statesman up to Z a jn were as follows (including 28 com plete and 16 incomplete, precincts out of the city's total of 45): Mayor Harry Collins 3346; Al Loucks 5116; Walter Musgrave 2702. Municipal Judge Elmer Amundson 36391 Peery Buren 6661. City Treasurer Paul Hauser (unopposed). Bond Issues Sewer: Yes 6273; No 3858. Bridge: Yes 6052; No 3882. Drainage: Yes 5956; No 4021 " Reservoir: Yes 5819; No 3980. Tax Measures Airport: Yes 4100; No 5722 Fire equip.: Yes 6855; No 3289. Aldernut-V -Ward 2: Albert Gille 653; Don Madison 497. Ward 4: Dan Fry (unopposed). . Ward 6: Tom Armstrong 1030; Elmer Church 872. Ward 8: Earl Burk (unoppos ed). Silverton School Budget Approved SILVERTON. May 19 Voters of the Silverton school district to day balloted 281 to 252 .to approve a 1950-51, budget $42,734 in excess of the 6 per cent limit. The budget, totaling $241,775, includes funds for paving the grade school grounds. The vote was the largest ever cast in a school election here. I . ,-' Marion County's Vote Results of Friday's balloting In Marion county, as computed by The Oregon Statesman up to 2 a.nv. today from 97 out of the county's 110 precincts (including 42 in Salem but not including the three West Salem precincts which are in Polk county): - j U. 8. Senator j Democrat: Howard Latourette 3567; Louis Wood 3017. i Republican: Dave Hoover 4153; John McBride 1207; Wayne Morse 7865. , ' 1st Dist Congressman Democrat: Roy Hewitt 4265; L. T. Ward 2036. Republican: Walter Norblad (unopposed). Governor ef Oregea . Democrat: Austin Flegel 2763; Walter Pearson 2581; Lew Wallace 1631. Republican: Douglas McKay (unopposed). State Sapreme Court ' Austin Dunn 2993; Robert Ma guire 7974; Walter Tooze 9249. i Labor Commissioner Democrat: Howard Morgan (un opposed). Republican: William K I m s e y (unopposed).- t Flegel Holding Narrow Mar Hewitt Nominated for Congress V Five City Finance Plans Pass Peery Buren New ! Judge; Collins in j Mayoralty Runoff 1 Alfred W. Loucks, Salem fuel dealer, held a commanding lead in the race for mayor, unofficial re-1 turns from 44 of the city's 45 pre cincts indicated early today. But it appeared probable he would face a run-off election with Harry Collins in November. Walter Mus grave was ythird, although he car ried the three - west Salem pre cincts. " The unofficial vote up to 2 a.nv was: ' , Loucks , 5,116 Collins .. 3,346 Mnsrrave .. .2,702 None of the three candidates ap peared in line for the 51 per cent vote required for outright election in the primaries. Peery Buren won handily in4be municipal judge campaign in which he was opposed by Elmer Amundson. - The unofficial vote up to 2 a.m. was: ; Buren 6,661 Amundson ...3J639 Paul Hauser was unopposed for city treasurer, as were Daniel Fry for alderman from ward 4 and Earl Burk for alderman from ward 8. In the ward 2 race for alderman, between Albert Gille and Don Madison Alderman Gille led by a vote of 653 to 497 in the unoffic ial count In the ward 6 race for alderman, between Tom Armstrong and El m : Church, Alderman Armstrong was ahear by a vote of 1,030 to 872.! The vote Indicated the two in cumbents probably had won an other term.: Five of six bond Issues and special taxes in the special Salem city election were passing by com fortable margins, on the basis of near-complete unofficial returns early today. ! Only the proposed airport mill age levy was being opposed by city voters. ! . The airport improvement mea sure had proposed a two-year 2.6 mill levy in order to raise a total of $150,000. This would have been matched with federal funds for runway, lighting and other im provements. ' ' These measures were "virtually assured of passing, on the basis of returns late last night: An $800,000 bond issue proposed to finance completion of the city sewage treatment facilities. A $125,000 bond issue to finance bridge replacements and repair. A $280,000 bond issue to finance a new drainage system, principally In northeast Salem. A $300,000 bond issue for new reservoir facilities and other water department , improvements. This issue represents remainder of an earlier-authorized bond issue which never had been sold. Funds are on hand for its retirement from water revenues. A 1.7 mill one-year special tax to raise $50,000 for purchase of a ,new aerial ladder truck and an additional pumper for the fire de partment. , STRIKE CASUALTIES HIGH LA PA2V Bolivia, May 19 -iJP)- Fourteen persons were reported killed and 75 wounded today in disorders arising from a general strike in La Paz. Marion County Senator (2) Democrat: Arthur Davis and Frank. Porter (unopposed). Republican: S t e v e j Anderson 3731; W. W. Chadwick 4441; Frank Doerfler 4262; Fred Lamport 5811 Richard Ryman 900; K. G. Thomp son 932; Douglas Yeater 4907. Marion Representative (4) Democrat: Ward Graham 3282 Preston Hale 4469; Lawrence Koch 4762; Josephine I Spaulding 4235; Alvin Whitlaw 4476. Republican: Dr. E. E. Boring 2597; George Emigh 2223; Lloyd Girod 4987; Mark Hatfield 6478 Roy Houck 6352; H. R. Jones 4998: Gene Malecki 2672: Ivan Martin 2423: . Lee Ohmart 5097 B. E. Owens 2259; Richard Sev- erin 1940; John Steelhammer 5687, Ceanty Commissioner Democrat: Andy Burk 4502; A. J. Vistica 2068. 1 . Republican: E. EL Rogers 7893 A. J. Zielinskt 4031. . Comity Recorder Democrat: Henry Heyden (unT opposed). , Republican: Herman Lanke (un opposed). -v Courthouse Levy Yes 10.303; No 99:3. Health BaUdlax Levy Yes 9202; No 10,089. PRICE Nominated WAYNE MORSE Republican U.S. Senator ROY R. HEWITT, Democrat, Representative Leading AUSTIN FLEGEL For governor, democratic Portland Censors Object To 'Bicycle ThieF FUm PORTLAND. May 19 - Port f I , 4 - V - Ci. V land may be the first metropolitan Beach lawyer and former assis city in the United States not to tant general counsel-ior the na. see'the academy award winning tional labor relations board; and. picture, "Bicycle Thief." The censors here rejected one scene of the Italian film, where the thief is chased into a brothel. It was not certain that the film producers would permit it to- be shown with the scene deleted. ft t h j vY U & Tf i ; G Q ") Preetp.1 ."if 1 SaJcat - Portland San rranciaco Chicago I,,, New York jo joe Wtnamette mr S.t teu . FORECAST llrom U.S. wcauser pu - mu. McNarr Ueld. Salem): Gner - auy tair cloudy i and today and tuaday. t Tkia Tar Lut Yr 40 JO OSJ w : Max. Mln. It - . 4S 66 - 46 71 43 w . 44 4 46 xooay ana . ioniiu. paruy natd ; next Monday as xauonai lT'l I Maritime day kiOraron. He sai4 nur ea-TO. EzeaUmt i that aniDoiM is me Dasu ior nm QmU H tat Grtwtfc el Ortgoa 5c No. 54 IT ntnilKAlIn T n.lr.. ja-ea.via.a. Vt.r MlKslt& , Tooze, Maguire Top Court Slate By Paul W. Harvey. Jr. PORTLAND. May 19-OPl-Sen. Wayne Morse was an apparent easy winner tonight in his bitter republican renomination battle, but the democratic race for gover nor might be unsettled until the last votes are in. In a major upset. State Treas urer Walter J. Pearson the only major democratic official in the state was running third in his party's governorship race. KtatA Rpn Austin ITloool aiam ilightly ahead in the democratic race for governor, with 1163 of the state's 2,017 precincts giving him 26,517 votes to 23,704 for former State Sen. Lew Wallace. Pearson trailed with 2136. . To Vie with McKay The three men fought for the right to run next fall against Gov gm ernor Douglas McKay, who had no -a ran aoraincf TVT i V''i r vAor txan losing 226,958 to 271,295. . - All three Democrats are Port-) landers. , Dave Hoover, !Morse's opponent, had surprising strength in view of a state election bureaupredic tion that he .would lose 4 to 1. Morse was ahead of Hoover 55,829 EUGENE, lOre., May 20 (Saturday) - (IP)- Dave Hoov- , er, Deadwood dairy farmer, conceded defeat at 1 a.m. In the- race for the . republican nomination for United State senator. . to 32,301, while John McBride, Washington, D.C., attorney who made no campaign, had only 7978. Hold Slight Edge Morse's opponent next fall prob ably will be Howard Latourette, Portland, iormer democratic na tional committeeman. He held made no campaign, had only 7978. 32,896 to 31,562 lead over Dr. Louis A. Wood, retired University l of Oregon economics professor. Oregoifs four republican con gressmen Homer D. Angell of Portland, Walter Norblad of As- -toria, Harris Ellsworth of Rose- i - . a . 1 1 ci 1 A Astoria, were renominated. All were unopposed except Angell, and he had twice as many vote as both of his opponents together, - But the democrats, fighting with their first majority of registered vuiers in an cuuit wj icu iu long republican state control, were waging some , hard battles in the r congressional races. Hewitt Holds. Lead In the first district Roy R. - Hewitt, Salem attorney and Tru man supporter, held a safe lead over L. T. Ward, Philomath week ly newspaper publisher who is op posed to much of the Truman pro gram. Hewitt apparently will f ac ' Norblad in the fall. Stockman's second district waa the scene of a close three-way democratic battle, with State Sen ator Vernon Bull of. La Grande out hi front by an eyelash. Run ning second was. Hugh Bowman, Pendleton's former mayor and former state American Xegion commander. Benjamin C. Garske, Bend, was a poor third. (Latest tabulation on page X) Donaugh Ahead ' In? Portland Angell's third Tftt-strlr former U. S. District t Attorney Carl C. Donaugh was ahead by a good margin over JKLKi? " The fourth district democratic contest was a nip and tuck affair between Davids C. Shaw, Gold waiter A. bwanson, juigene re taller Shaw was barely ahead, PLwinner wlU ainst EU Circuit Judge Walter L. Tooae and Robert F. Maguire, former German war crimes trial Judge, will run off next fall for the supreme court. Tooze was leading Maguire, but fell far short of the clear majority reauired for election. The third candidate. State Sen. Austin Dunne " of Baker, was apoor third. Tooze , land Maguire are rrom roruana. I (Latest ubulation on page 2.) I uisrmilt nAY SET ? i . - --- . . . 1 Gov. UOUgias mcomj nas usi- aaA that Ctmrm has Mntrlbui . I mA ta niklnf the. United Statae nomwi. ..... . - - w r - "V