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V , e .V D4a 4jara . fnlt1 TTf rTfTT TTItf "Tf Mm im feares te lie Grtwia el Orsjsa ; 1 f?vt jf&' 100th YEAR 20 PAGES Tha Oregon Statesman. Salem; Oregon, Friday, June 9, 1S50 PEICE 5c No. 73 riu" h i inn I i" ' S. v ' , - POUNDDD - 1851 " I - , t Governments of East Germany and Poland announce an agree- ' trient for. the permanent marking : ot the boundary between the two countries, along the line of the f Oder-Nelsse rivers. The 39,000 square miles of former German territory is conceded to Poland by the communist-controlled govern ment of East Germany. This was th compensation awarded Poland by Russia for the latter's robbery ot eastern Poland, incorporating It into the USSR. The portion thus last to Germany includes Pomer- ania. Silesia and part i of East . Prussia, 4n area rich in agricul - .ture and mineral wealth. The western powers have held " to the view . expressed by Secre- y tary Byrnes in bis Stuttgart speech of 1948 that final deter mination of German-Polish boun daries would await the drafting of a peace treaty. That treaty is sot even being considered now, and Russia is in position to call the turn. One may be sure how ever that the people of both east nd, west Germany will nurture revanche policy to recover the . Host provinces," . Just as France yearned ever since 1870 to re gain Alsace-Lorraine. r No Polish, border has' been permanent in the past: and no matter how strongly entrenched, the USSR is now! one cannot as-; sume that this Oder-Nelsse line will be permanent Poland has driven out the German popula tion and replaced it with' Poles , to a large extent, but the dispos-. - session was xorcea; and Germans for generations will cherish the - ambition to return to ancestral lands in the east. The Pole them selves have plenty of reason to penalize Germany for' the inva sion of 1939; but unless the com munist ideas, have won them over most of the Poles' probably , would prefer to have their own! pre- , war boundaries with some assur ance of being left alone both on ' the east and on the west. , The present map of Europe Is only a temporary thing, though it l may stand for many years. The ! boundaries are artificial. When the balance Is disturbed the boun daries will be redrawn, and those may not be "permanent.' False Report of Reich Invasion o 1 BALBOA, C. Zn June 8P)-A false report of an invasion of western Germany by the Russians . today caused a flurry of excite ment in the city of Panama and the- Canal Zone. , -t, -y Pan American World Airways offices reported an unexplained. message appeared on their tele type printers in the city of Pana ma and at Tocumen National air port Labeled as a "United Press news flash", the item said: . "Russia today invaded West Germany with a force estimated at over 100,000 troops, supported by heavy tanks and dive bombers." I , The Panama American, an af ternoon newspaper and Unite Press subscriber, said it nad re ceived no such message in their news report. 1 As the word spread, radio sta 1 tion HOG broadcast the item but later corrected itself after the re port had proved to be false. Both U. S. army and navy officials In the area checked Washington (and i obtained denials.' v ) 1 Pan American officials said the teletypes at Panama and Tocumen are operated on a local circuit. They begau an investigation to determine who had put the mes-; sage on the wire. :;,-(- r:y:i Pan American officials in New York said they had received no report of the incident. United Press officials were not available, for comment. , ! Duty-Free Importation Of Yuletide Trees Voted WASHINGTON, June 8 -(F)-Congress took a long look ahead for Santa Clause today. l The house passed finally and sent to the White House a bill providing duty free importation of Evergreen Christmas trees. f Animal Cracltcrs Bv mRREN GOODRICH Stirs Panama 6 vr- )fc Scene is Salem - - , - ' ' ' " ' , j v ' 1 j 1 ' s" ' v . -: ' , y . iv- V ( . .v ' " . c 1 ; ! t h f St ft- imiiiwMMMi uiiHW'iii tmn itii mmMwimi mwmrm 1 1 m' f BTiTinrrmi nin - Re-enseUnent of the historic World War II flas--raislna on Iwo Jima, , m pictured by Joe Rosenthal, is elated for next week at the Salem Cherrylattd festival's Fareant of 1 "Lest We Forget episode, paying tribute to personnel in both world " wars. The men in this picture from the pageant .presentation are G. B. Crump, Virgil Cook, Robert Hoist, Richard Torrence, Ed Mur phy and Jack Harris, (Festival story on page 2.) 'Disc Picture9 Published - "J. - ,-. -..r' ' In McMinnville Paper McMINNVTLLE, Ore., June 8-(ff)-The McMinnville Telephone Register, a weekly newspaper here, published tonight what it said may be "authentic pictures of a flying saucer." . They were snapshots obtained from a farmer, Paul Trent, 43, who said he took the pictures May 11 McMinnville. There were two shots, each There appeared to be a protusion on top,- somewhat resembling a submarine's conning tower. Couldn't Judge Size They were small on the film, but Trent said he could not esti mate the size, speed or distance. The newspaper said it had trac ed L development of the pictures, which were on roll film from an Ordinary snapshot camera. They went to a drug store here, then in a; regular shipment to commercial processors in Portland, the Tele phone, Register said. Several pho tographers since have examined the film and were convinced there was no trick photography, the newspaper said. Sought Picture Out A Telephone Register staff member said Trent did not bring in the film, but made it available after the newspaper heard of the pictures and sought them out. . The negatives are to be taken to Portland tomorrow for examin ation by photographic experts. ;The Oregon Statesman publish ed a picture April 21 which was taken March 12 at Pacifie City on the Oregon Coast and appeared to show a flying saucer over the ocean. The picture, snapped by Rand Hen-man, Pasco, Wash., amateur photographer who formerly, resid ed in Salem, was given to Larry Boulier, director of Elfstrom's Art Galleries. Boulier said Herrman destroyed the negative on advice of friends. Bank Corner Meters Cut to 24 Minutes A new type of parking meter for Salem, good for only 1 24 minutes, will be in operation this morning at 14 parking spots at bank cor ners. ' ,.: .. !" i With standards and heads paint ed red to distinguish them from normal meters, the new ones, ap proved several weeks ago, will give IS minutes of . parking per penny, but not more than 24 min tes for any amount of money, i. The meters will be at the bank corners of the Commercial-State and Chemeketa-Liberty street in tersections, as a convenience for bank patrons, according to the city manager. i h The manager also announced that preparations will be com pleted soon forjinstallation of 45? tnree-nour meters on the zringe 01 the metered area.. 7 i Max. Mln. s M 4 19 Precip. .00 J0O Portland . San Francisco 69 .65 -SO Chicago New York Wiriamett river I S feet. : FORECAST itrom VS. weather bu reau. WcNarr fiekL SaJemt: Paruy cloudy today. ' becomlns (air tonight wim littie temperature ehanjre. Hign today near 73 and low ttmlght near 42. Condiuona federally iavoinbie for farm activities today. ' 8AIJEM FRECrPrr AXIOM ThS Year lat Year Normal ioa t 1 Not Iico jima Progress. It will be included in the on his farm 10 miles southwest of i showing , a round object in the sky. Phones Cut to r 1 n i onKers raper; Betting Cited YONKERS, N. Y., June 6-(JP)- Authorities today cut off all tele' phone service to the Yonkers Daily Times after police alleged the wires were used for gambling purposes. Public Safety Commissioner Pa trick F. O'Hara said the unusual move was not aimed at the news paper itself but at the use to which the phones were puti The Times is a daily morning newspaper." r O'Hara said the newspaper's 12 trunk lines were cut off py the New York Telephone company at his request. , "For some time the sheriff (Fred Rusco) and the district attorney (George Fanelli) of Westchester county have been discussing the telephone situation at the Yorkers Daily Times and 1 acted with their approval," O'Hara said. 1 "The telephones were ordered discontinued because the police al lege the wires were used in .aiding and abetting gambling." ) Asked whether this meant the telephones were used for Jracing information, O'Hara replied," "yes.H The newspaper, a tabloid, has been published for 15 years; Last September its official statement of circulation was 11,166. The publisher of the paper, Ralph R, Martinelli, died of a heart attack in Miami a few weeks ago. He bought the paper five years ago. Neither his widow or sons, who now publish the paper, could be reached for comment. 8 More Teen-Agers Jailed in Drive Against Eight more teen-agers were jail ed Thursday as Salem and Marion county police officers continued a drive against juvenile crime. Thursday's arrests raised a two week total to 34. The sheriff s of fice has arrested 20 and has jailed 13. Of this group one has been sent to Wood burn and three have been released, pending further In vestigation. City officers have arrested 14 and have jailed 13. Two officers jailed four youths Thursday night and were still questioning the gang late at night. Glenn Edward Trumbley, 19, of 840 S. 25th st was nabbed late Wednesday night by state police in Albany on a Marion county dis trict court warrant charging him with burglary cot In a dwelling. Trumbley has admitted to city officers that he participated in at least five break-ins at Wad- hams warehouse, 1780 S. 14th st Government Worker Gted As Communist NEW-YORK. June 8-flP)-Gov eminent Economist . William W. Remington was indicted by a fed' era! grand jury today on a charge that he lied when he said he nev er was a communist.- The perjury count was the same type of charge used against Alger Hiss, former state department aide now appealing a prison sentence. Remington at once Issued a statement from Washington In which he said f I am innocent." Attorney General J. Howard Mc- Grath in Washington said the In dictment against the 32-year-old commerce department employe was based on information received by the grand Jury recently. He referred also to information received simultaneously with the grand jury probe but did not in dicate whether this was informa tion brought in to the grand jury from outside sources. Remington if convicted on the single perjury count f aces a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $2,000 fine. Seeks Quick Trial " U. S. Attorney Irving H. Saypol said "It is the intention of the gov ernment to move this trial as promptly as. possible" - - a senti ment that also was voiced by Mc- Grath. The indictment was handed up in a climax to two hectic years for Remington. - The talL blond economist has repeatedly denied sometimes un der oath and again in public statements that he ever was a communist. ; . Only last Monday,. Remington was given 30 days to quit or be fired from his $10,000 - a - year commerce department post In the office of international trade. Refuse to- Quit : Remington and Michael E. Lee of the same office,: under heavy fire from congress for a long time, refused to quit despite the ultima tum from Commerce : Secretary Charles Sawyer. Elizabeth Bentley first called the handsome blue-eyed Reming ton a communist in July 1948, and said she got wartime secrets from him. It was Miss Bentley who first named Hiss and Whittaker Chambers as communists also. In Washington, when Reming ton heard of the indictment, he said he was confident a jury would acquit mm. , Portland Firm To Construct Dayton School SUtetmaa Newt Service DAYTON, June 8 Glen L. Hoard & Son, Portland contfac tors, today were awarded the- con tract for. building new grade school in Dayton. The firm's bid was $254,000. ; The contract was awarded on an alternate plan which provides 14 classrooms instead of 16 as origin ally planned. Earlier bids were re jected by the school board as too high. .The building will be one story, of brick veneer and will also in dude a health room, office gym- nasium and library. The right wing and front portion are expected to be completed by Feb. 15, 1951, and will provide the district with three classrooms for the 1951 spring term. The school will be located In west Dayton across from the high SChOOl. ''...: Juvenile Crime The break-ins netted at least 24 cases of beer. Police said Trum bley, who was being held Thurs day night in the city jail on $1,500 baiL operated with several juven iles who were arrested earlier this week and were . involved in the same burglaries. City police also nabbed a 18-year-old boy with a shoplifting record who has admitted partici pating in a break-in May 28 at Parrish junior high school that netted about $98. The youth said he acted as a look-out for three other boys. , A county deputy sheriff sur prised two youngsters, one 15 and one 17 in the act of cutting down cascara bark on a farm about six miles west of Stayton. The deputy was tipped off by the property owner who said he saw the youths enter the property with axes. They admitted they planned to sell the bark. Both wen jailed. To Face Trial AS ( rv 7 at JH. V ni aw - NEW YORK, June 8-VWilliam W. Remington, government economist with the commerce department was indicted Thurs day by a federal rrand Jury in New York on a charge that he ilea wnen he sata ne never was a communist icsto Elf strom Stand - On Zone Issue Funds for purchase of property to extend the state capitol zone prabably will be requested of the 1951 legislature, state officials said Thursday. Thiey emphasized, however, that, until : such appro priations; officials I are in no po sition to make promises obligat ing the state to buy property on the fringe of the zone, as suggest ed, Wednesday by; Salem Mayor R. L. Elfstrom. !M Officials pointed! out that with increasing financial demands be ing made on the state for opera tion and building j the legislature might find it impossible to make appropriations for such a project Elfstrom s statement said that in event the state would indicate a desire to purchase this fringe property the city Of Salem might refuse to issue permits for addi tional businesses ! in that area pending the next legislative ses sion, in January. ! Mayor Elfstrom's statement fol lowed issuance of, a permit for construction of a ! gasoline serv ice station at North Capitol and Center streets. This construction and the necessary zne change for the property were opposed vig orously by the states capitol plan ning commission and the Salem long range planning group, and approved by the city planning and zoning commission :and city coun clL . ' p! All members of the board of control, including .Gov. Douglas McKay, have gone on record pro testing encroachment of business in the state capitol fringe. Anthony Eden LONDON, June f 8-W-Anthony Eden testified today his wife had deserted him, and won a divorce. ' The former foreign secretary's wife, living in NeW York, did not oppose the breaking up of their 27-year marriage. The political fortunes of the 55- year-old deputy conservative lead er --Winston Churchill's lieutenant- may or may not have been spoiled by the result of the five minute hearing before Justice Francis Hodson. Il l The stigma of divorce Is virtu ally an unsurmounitable obstacle to leadership in the British gov ernment --a leadership which for Eden could eventually mean the post of prime minister if the con servative party returns to power. WESTERN INTERNATIONAL At Salem z-S, Victoria 1-9 At Tacorna 1. Wenatiche 1 At Tri-City S-a. Vancouver S-S " At Yakima 5-4. Spokane 1.1 COAST LEAGUE At Portland 4. Los Aneelcs 1 At Hollywood 4. San D S At Oakland 8. Sacramento At Seattle t, San Francisco It AMERICAN LEAGUE At Kw York 11. Detroit 4 : At Boston 29. St. Uum 4 ' At Philadelphia S. Chicago 4 At Washington 1, Cleveland NATIONAL LEAGUE At Pittsburgh 4. Brooklyn S At Chicago 5. New York At Cincinnati a. Philadelphia t At St. fcoui IS, Boston 4 - MateKepl Gets Divorce Lilienthal Asks End of Federal Atom Monopoly WASHINGTON, June 8-W-David E. Lilienthal urged America today to free the atom from what he called a "soviet-type" government monopoly. .. -i .. The former chairman of the atomic energy commission said this monopoly is stifling development of the atom for peaceful purposes. He said private industry should be given a chance to pioneer on this new frontier of undreamed of possibilities. That would mean changing the atomic, energy law. Lilienthal is for that He also wants "an end to the absurd cloak-and-dagger air of mystery that still hangs over this monopoly." iln the first of a series of arti cles in Collier's magazine, he com plained that here is a crowning irony: "As to the new era of the atom, e have not only turned our back on the essentials of the indus trial system that has given us our military security, we have done it in the name of military security! In the midst of a des perate competition with the Rus sian system, we have adopted a method that more nearly resem bles .the Russian system than it does our own." Lilienthal's theme wasn't exact-A ly new. But now that -he is a private citizen he can pound away at it-more vigorously than ne could as a government official. He resigned from the AEC last February. ' Lilienthal says in Collier's he has no quarrel with the commis sion or other individuals, that he isnt "cussing out" , government and that he himself once favored an air-tight government monopoly over atomic development. But now he calls this a "strange and dangerous course." He says the trouble is with the law under which the AEC operates, that the law and its administration should be re-examined. Votes 3-Year Draft Addition WASHINGTON, June Mfl5)- The "senate armed services com mittee voted today to give the administration the full three-year extension of the draft law it asked, Including power for the president to order inductions to be resumed at any time. 1 But it tied on a racial segre gation amendment squarely op posed to administration policy. The action was taken in a clos ed session. Members reported that the measure got unanimous back ing although some senators re served the right to oppose the seg regation provision on the senate floor. Senator Russell (D-Ga.), who sponsored the amendment, started organizing a drive to keep it In. The present peacetime draft law runs out June 24, two weeks from Saturday. . The senate bill covers males from 18 to 26, the same as the existing law. It differs widely from the "draf tless - draft" bill passed by the house May 24. The house vot ed to shift the draft to stand-by status, with nobody to be put Into uniform through selective service unless congress, In later legisla tion, .gave authority to do so. CITY TO TAX PINBALLS PENDLETON, June. 8--Pen-dleton is going to tax punchboards and Dinball machines for the first time. The city council set a S per cent tax on the cost of each punch- board, and a $30 fee quarter-an nually on pmball machines. senate worn) 1 'World's Largest Strawberry Shortcalte' on Menu Today at Lebanon's Berry Festival By Lester F. Ceur Valley Editor, The Statesman - LEBANON, June 8 The world's largest strawberry short cake wffl be cut here Friday as the 1850 Lebanon Strawberry festival gets underway. Employes of Shimek's bakery have -prepared their 15th giant cake, which was made with gOO pounds of flour; 600 pounds of sugar; 200 pounds of shortening; 300 pounds of eggs; 12 pounds of salt; 30 pounds of baking powder; 300 pounds of milk; two gallons of flavoring; 2500 pounds of fresh jtiTeiFtbCTirics " The cake is 12 by 18 feet, 4tt feet high and weighs 5,358 pounds. It will serve about 12,000 people during Friday's festivities. , The festival wCl open at :4S Friday morning when Queen De wanda Hamiltm will ba crowned : : :, S - .-..-v ... . .. , , . V : : - ' , v MSSa1BSBliSMaeMll1 aasMiSMIliai rtl'iMtii iS T'iraVilVliatf"1iili"anWI DAVID , LILIENTHAL For Private Enterprise Rose Festival Activities Open te PORTLAND, June 8 (Ph The Portland Rose Festival dawned bright and sunny today, with all the water just where it was sup posed to be: in the big canvas tanks for tonights aquacade. That was a delight to the RoVal Rosarians, who gloomed loudly yesterday when the first rain in weeks threatened to drown out the gaiety of the big festival. Bands played out of doors to day, and Queen Dorothy Anderle led her undampened princesses through hospitals, into the rose show, and to . a royal dinner. The weatherman would'nt promise the same cooperation for the big floral parade tomorrow. The parade, he said, will; get sprinkled a little. At the 62nd annual Rose Show this afternoon, grand sweepstakes ent to a white Peace rose grown by Irwin L. Betzel, Engene. Run ner-up was the salmon-pink Show Girl entered by Floyd; Bow ers, Portland. ' Columbia Flood Danger Drops PORTLAND, June 8-(T h e weather bureau reported j today that the Columbia river appears less and . less likely to flood Into perilous proportions. The alternate warm and cold weather has "helped very materi ally," said River Forecaster Elmer Fisher. "The situation is looking better all the time He said the official forecast of a 25 to 26 foot crest 10 to 11 feet above flood stage at Vancouver, Wash. till stands. "But that is the top estimate the extreme we could possibly expect In coronation ceremonies at the high school grounds. The grand parade will start at 11 am, and the giant cake win be cut at Main and Grant streets at 12:15 pjn. Other Friday events include a street program at 7:30 pjxL, and old-time square danc ing by hundreds of couple In downtown Lebanon starting at 830. Saturday's entertainment will feature the children's parade, at 11 ajn. and an afteraoon and evening program similar to Fri day's. Browning- Bros, carnival win be on the midway both days to furnish rides for the kiddies. Another highlight of the festi val is the three-day horserace meet at the Lebanon Meadows trade Mora than 200 thorough breds and quarter hones wui be on hand lor races starting i at 4 On Sunny No Hoover Tells j Of Communist GrowthinU.S. WASHINGTON. J u n e 8 -V TBl., Chief J. Edgar Hoover has' toldj congress that communism in the United States today is "at a greater height than either nazism or fascism was during the last war." Hoover told, the lawmakers In secret testimony made public to--night that U. S. communists have begun to go underground in the last seven months. , They have stepped up their ef forts to burrow into many indu-. tries, he said, . and have made "amazing'' strides in pentrating the' legal profession. Hoover said red party members, began hiding their tracks when 11 top communist leaders were con-, victld in New York last October Secrets Codes" Used Now they are using secret codes and are tightening their own "se curity", against leaks, he said, i The FBI director gave his re-" port on communists in closed-door testimony before a senate approp riations subcommittee several weeks ago. , Hoover told senators that com munists have cut their public meet ings to a minimum, set up a cod system for correspondence and now employ couriers widely. Hiding Supplies "Secret printing facilities and supplies have been secreted for fu ture underground operations, tb FBI chief tian testified. "Transfer of party members from one dis trict to another are now controlled through the use of an elaborate identification system." - , Hoover, seeking additional funda for FBI operations, told senators that the communists have started a campaign to worm their way in to communications and heavy in dustries. He said this has been particularly true in the steel, heavy machinery, mining, electrical, ma ritime and ; transportation indus- He said there has been an "amazing" penetration into the le gal profession, among others. Hoover said the communist tac- tics had made It harder than ever for the FBI tq keep up with tba reds. (,. " j . ,. Loyalty Program J . ! The communists have even start ed a loyalty program of their own. setting up investigating commit- tees in each state, and making a thorough inquiry into each party member's history, activities, asso ciates and contacts, the FBI chief testified. j , It has gone sO far. Hoover said. that the 13 - member communist executive committee has set up a three-member subcommittee to in vestigate itself. Hoover said there are 54.174 known communist party members in the United States, Including 25,- 000 in New York." - "There is a larger volume of subsersive activities than existed in any period during the last world war," he testified. "Communism today is at a greater height in thaj United States than (either nazism or f acism was during the last world world war." . 1 y-: f Stubborn Stump ; Fatal to Farmer OREGON CITY, June 8-(VA stubborn stump cost the life of tractor driver at Oak Grove to day. J- The driver, Bernard Thomp 56, Oregon City, was trying to out the stump with a chain. tractor strained, then nosed up anc toppled , backwards onto Thomp son. He was killed instantly. pan. Friday and 1:30 pjn. Satur day. The first races were held Thursday afternoon. Another; feature of the festival this year will be a mid-Willamette valley checker tournament for contestants from Marion, Linn, Benton, Polk and Lane counties, The semi-finals will be run oft Friday and the, finals Saturday on giant, walk-on boards at the recently completed Booth park, j Both Friday and Saturday, machinery exhibit featuring the) latest farm equipment will line) two blocks along West Sherman streets. An Industrial exhibit wi3 ' be on display at tha IOOF halL i Other activities will include thaj Strawberry show at tha IOO?, halL th Mid-WlHamatia Valley Rabbit and Cavy show at th, same locattsa and t Cower hcr. la tha alty haH. V 0 ..- w J i