The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, February 20, 1951, Page 1, Image 1

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By Robert
; TOKYO, Tuesday, Feb.
Arthur today ordered the
live by United XMations forces in Korea.
The United Nations commander issued the order
on a flying visit to the central front, where allied forces
advanced seven, miles Monday against a mounting com-
Id H H HUB
One of the great reforms of, the
Julius Meier administration was
the inauguration "of the state po
lice. It represented a consolidation
of the former highway patrol,
game wardens, and the arson de
tection work of the insurance de
partment. The state police speedily
gained public favor and have re
tained it on the basis of their fine
record of accomplishment. The or
ganization is strictly professional,
untainted by political favor and
influence.
Now it is proposed to rip out
the division of the state police
dealing with enforcement of game
laws, and tor return this duty to
the game commission. Backing the
proposal are many sportsmen's
groups who have never been hap
py under the present system.
Game officials in other states are
quoted in support of the change
in plan, and members of the state
game commission, as individuals,
have backed it.
The chief argument advanced by
proponents of the change is that
wardens under authority of the
commission could do other work
than enforcement. They could
make speeches before wild life
groups, could advise fishermen
where the best fishing waters
were, could help feed the deer in
winter, etc Little complaint is
heard against the state police as
enforcing officers, save that it Is
alleged they travel in uniform, and j
the way to catch the game hogs
is to creep up on 'em incognito!
Without questioning the sincer
ity of many who advocate this
change I am by no means satisfied
as to its wisdom. It would rip
(Continued on editorial page, 4.)
8th Grade Girl
Top Speller
At Greenwood
Fourteen-year-old Jo Ann Muel
ler, - 8th-grade daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Mueller of the
Indepe n d e n c e
area, was an
nounced as the
champion speller
of Green wood
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Jo Ann, who "
was certified thel ?
winner by Prin- S'w -l
cipal Ruth Crea- -T,
son, will repre-
f1 J161" J-8;h,001 Ann Mueller
in the division
(semi-final) contest at Eola school
Tuesday, March 20, at 7:30 p.m.
She will compete with winners
from nine other schools.
The girls took all honors at
Greenwood. Secnd place went to
Anne Vanderhoff, 12, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Vanderhoff
of Independence, and third to
Sandra Allen, 12, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Dean Allen of Rickreall.
Both Anne and Sandra are in the
7th grade. -
More than 100 schools are par
ticipating in the competition spon
sored by The Oregon Statesman
and Radio KSLM as a community
service project. The grand finals
will be in Salem, April 19.
Animal Crackers
By WARREN COODRICH
Pi y
to Korea
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20 (AP) General Mac-
"resumption of the' initia
I mumsi Duixaup in tne snowy
mountains. i ? i
Mac Arthur also said ul shall
not arbitrarily execute" Authority
for his forces again to drive across
the 38th parallel. ' j
"I note that Marshal Stalin has
just predicted the annihilation of
our forces in Korea,' MacArthur
said acidly. "But his comrades will
have to do a lot better 0ian they
have yet done to prove hini a pro
phet" i. j H
As MacArthur made ;hls 11th
visit to the warfront, th Chinese
reds who had entered fthe con
flict after the first U. NJ push
north of the parallel last j fall
were retreating toward thai arbi
trary line in west-central Korea.
Only in the middle: of j the cen
tral front was there any "major
contact with the reds today. North
of the highway hub ; of j Chechon
allied troops peat off weak enemy
counterblows to hold a gain of
seven miles scored Monday by
tank-led infantrymen; f j
But this afternoon the! Red re
sistance in this area wast reported
melting away rapidly.? A jfield dis
patch said twin allied tank col
umns had driven within lone mile
of Chuchon, which is nine! and one
half miles north-northeast of Che
chon. j
Push Ahead 6 Miles ; j J
In a sector seven miles north
west of Chechon other UJS. forces
pushed ahead six miles without
running into Red opposition.
Mac Arthurs said "eurj strategic
plan, notwithstanding the enemy's
great numerical superiority,: is in
deed working well, and I have just
directed a resumption" of 5the initi
ative by our forces."
"All ranks of this international
force are covering themselves with
distinction," MacArthur added.
A U.S. Eighth army; briefing of
ficer said 30,000 Reds were massed
in Hoengsong and 10,000 i more
northeast of the vital road junction
of Wonju. Wonju is 10 miles south
of Hoengsong and 21 northwest of
Chechon. j ,
A11 along the Koreaji froitf U.N.
troops held the , initiative, ) They
moved aggressively, applying hunter-killer
tactics designed I to in
flict the greatest destruction of
Red troops and equipment
Rapid Withdrawal ' j
On the U.S. Ninth corps i front,
southeast of Red-held Seoul, evi
dence was found everywhere of
the enemy's rapid withdrawal.
In. regular supply dumps aban
doned by the Chines, he allies
found about 20 spears ivith six
foot shafts tipped with eight inch
blades. j j
A.P. Correspondent Tpm. Brad
show said it was believed that
about 20 per cent of the Chinese
troops in that sector were armed
with these crude weapons.
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Henry Ford's
Estate for
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DETROIT, Feb. 19-4F)pThe es
tate of auto pioneer Henry Ford
and Mrs. Ford in suburban Dear
born is for sale, with' a price tag
of "more than $2,000,000'i on it.
The estate, "Fairlane,?' t covers
almost two square miles 1 and lies
along Michigan avenue j opposite
the Ford Motor Co. property. A
dam across the river Rouge forms
a lake before the house and fabu
lous gardens dot the landscape.
There are 27 buildings, including
the palatial Ford horn, f i
Mrs. Ford died Sept, 129,; 1950,
and the estate has been loceupied
since only by caretakers, i Ford
died in 1947. ? j
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Lion Kills Tiger in Clyde Beatty
Show as 300 Children Watch
DETROIT, Feb. 194UB-A lion
pounced on a performing Tiger
with lightning fury today land rip
ped her to death while,3,000 child
ren watched in horror. j h
The savage fight flared lust as
veteran animal trainer Clyde Beat
ty was completing his act at the
first performance of ;thej annual
Shrine Circus. i 't I .! '
For some IS minutes the "big
cats" had been put through their
paces. Obeying with, sullen grace,
they stalked to their high! perches
at Beatty's commands, j Their tails
switched as they watched Sheba, a
trained tiger, do her fam?d froll
oveT act. If
Suddenly without warning, jun
gle fury erupted. 4 - sj
Prince, a new lion iin ;Beattys
troupe, suddenly flashed from his
position, pounced on iSheba and
sank his powerful teeth! in her
neck. As childish screams shrilled
through the arena, the two beasts
grappled. r , ' ; j I i
Beatty, advancing at point-blank
range, ' vainly fired ; blank" cart
ridges to drive the snarling ani
mals apart. 1 J
As usual, - Beatty was ' armed
only witk his blink: cartridge-
100th YEAB
Steelhammer Rules
Oleo Cupcakes
In 6Poor Taste'
Sen. Maurine Neuberger,
Portland, concocted a novel
trick Monday in an attempt to
persuade her fellow house mem
bers to pass the bill to allow
sales of colored margarine in
Oregon.
She distributed cupcakes to
each member. On each cake
was a flag, bearing the words,
"this is a meritorious cupcake
and should be eaten."
Under each cupcake was a
napkin, containing a recipe for
the cakes, noting that oleo was
used to make them.
House Speaker John Steel
hammer, Salem, noticed what
was going on and had Sergeant-at-Arms
Joe Vogelsang throw
all the cakes out.
Railroad Union
Pleads Guilty,
Fined $75,000
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19-(iV)-Federal
Judge Edward A. Tamm
fined the Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen $75,000 today after the
union made legal history by plead
ing guilty to contempt charges
arising from "sick" strikes in the
nearby Potomac yards!
Judge Tamm called the surprise
plea "unique." He said in all his
research he had never encountered
a plea of guilty by a labor union
in a similar case. Then he added:
"The court sees in this plea of
guilty a recognition on the part of
the union of its obligations and re
sponsibilities." Labor circles here wondered to
what extent today's precedent a
union assuming responsibility for
"wildcat" strikes would affect
other pending cases, and whether
it would help control wildcat tac
tics in the future.
Walkout involved in today's
proceedings tied up the great rail
freight center just south of here
in December and for; a 10-day pe
riod in January-February. They
were in effect at the same time as
similar strikes in many other cit
ies when large numbers of yard
men reported themselves sick.
In fixing the penalty, Judge
Tamm said he was fining the un
ion $50,000 for criminal contempt
of court as a "punitive" assess
ment. The additional $25,000, he
stated, was for civil contempt and
was intended to compensate the
government for the cost of legal
proceedings.
Mickey Cohen,
Billy Graham
Dine Together
HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 19- (JP) -Mickey
Cohen and Billy Graham
broke bread together last night.
The gambler and the evangelist
got together in a little dinner party
in one of the fancier restaurants
on the Sunset strip. Cohen said it
was at Graham's invitation; Gra
ham's press agent said it was at
Cohen s.
Cohen denied the evangelist had
tried to convert him.
"I don't know much about re
ligion," Cohen added, "but I be
lieve in the 10 commandments."
EGG PRICE TO ADVANCE
PORTLAND, Feb. 19-7P0-Dis
tributors said the wholesale price
of eggs will go up one cent a dozen
here tomorrow. The rise was at
tributed to a short supply.
loaded pistol and a whip. Outside
the cage, however, guards stood
with rifles.
Finally Sheba broke free from
the lion's claws and vise-like jaws.
Mortally wounded, she dragged
back to her cage and dropped dead.
Beatty quickly brought the act
to an end and the snarling, mad
dened cats were i driven back to
their cages.
The veteran animal trainer said
Prince would stay in the show but
he was saddened at the loss of
Sheba, one of his star performers
since 1934- He said he planned to
have her act soon in a motion
picture. 1 -
"She was the whole act." Beatty
said. "I wouldn't have taken $10,
000 for her. It's an awful: job and
a dangerous one to train one of
these spinning tigers. ,
A troupe of performing bears
was brought on for the next act,
and the audience became tense
again as the lumbering , animals
balked. The smell of blood in the
center ring disturbed them and the
'bears - bad trouble doing : their
stunts. ' ' J - i- ..
But the rest of the 80 acts in the
circus went on on schedule.
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Air Force
Suspends
Gall-Up
Washington, Veb. 19 -jp-
Thej air force today indefinitely
suspended its plan to recall some
80,000 voluntary reserve officers
and enlisted men to active duty.
The air force said the change
in program was made possible by
the j volume of voluntary enlist
ments and re-enlistments.
Ift a surprise move coming only
a month after the recall program
was! announced, the air force said
it is cancelling all notices sent to
18,000 airmen (enlisted men) and
will release those who already
have reported after they have gone
through processing.
This does not apply, however,
to ah estimated 2,000 enlisted spe
cialists in critical types of work.
Voluntary reserve officers al
ready recalled to active duty will
continue to serve, but the air force
will; suspend additional calls for
sucli officers.
Today's action applies only to
the group known as volunteer re
serve airmen and officers who had
been involuntarily called to duty.
it does not apply to the organ
ized reserve those men serving in
regular reserve uits. In addition,
anyivolunteer reservists who want
to stay on duty may do so if they
meet the requirements.
The air force's volunteer reserve
corrjesponds roughly to the inac
tive! reserve categories of the
army, navy and marine corps.
The recall program announced
January 18 covered both the or
ganized reserves and air national
guard units as well as the volun
teer! reserves. The air force had
planned to call up most of the 60,
000 volunteer reserve airmen and
about .20,000 of the 240,000 volun
teer reserve officers.
Lee Gustaf son
i
Appointed SHSf
Foolhall Coach
Lee Gustafson, 29-year-old for
mer! Oregon State star and for the
past three years mentor at Prine-
ville, has been named to fill the
Salem high school football coach
ing berth, the Salem school board
announced Monday.
Gustafson succeeds Loren Mort
who! resigned at the close of the
last grid season.
Gustafson played three years in
the backfield under Lon Stiner at
Oregon State, graduating in 1947,
The; new Salem mentor was a
member of the 1941 Beaver term
which played Duke in the trans
planted Rose Bowl gameof 1942.
The jwar interrupted his career and
he saw service as an Infantry lieu
tenant before returning to Corval-
lis to complete his college grid ca
reerj
Gustafson coached briefly at
Corvalns high school and Oregon
State before going to Prineville
where he built an outstanding rec
ord.
(Full details on sports page).
Four-Classroom
Addition Due for
West Salem School
A four-classroom addition to
West Salem school was approved
Monday by directors of the Salem
district school board.
This addition, a four-room an
nex to Pringle school and a new
three-room elementary school on
Lefelle street are to be thrown
open' to contractors' bids in early
April. Blueprints are to be com
pleted by March 19.
The new school is to be named
Baker school, after the family
which owned the property for
many years, it was decided.
STRIKE IDLES MUX
COTTAGE GROVE, Feb. 19-P)
AFL Lumber and Sawmill Work
ers shut down the W. A, Wood
ward Lumber company woods and
mill operations here today in a
dispute over seniority rights. -
Learn to Spell!
These words win figure In The
SUtesman-KSLM Spelling Con
test for prises, bow underway
for 7th and 8th grade pupils ef
Uarlea and Folk counties!
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"Vote trading was charred by Rep. Manrtne Nen
berger as one reason for the opposition te sale of
colored oleo, as the house ef representatives kill
ed the oleo issue Monday.
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"Southern states producing soya
seed benefit from margarine
cent of the butter income stays
Rep. Herman Cbindgren in opposition.
State Saves$4Riliillioint as ScBiooD
Census Falls Short off Estimate
The 1951-53 state budget was
$4,000,000 better off Monday,
without the legislature turning a
hand.
Budget Director Harry Dorman
said state basic school support
will require $4,000,000 less than
estimated in the governors bien
nial budget, on the basis of the
Oregon school census.
When the budget was prepared
last summer the state education
department estimated the state
would have, to appropriate some
Phone Rate
Boost Denied
TWnia1 of a temrjorarv injunc
tion which would have permitted
raising of telephone rates in Ore
gon pending final court decision
was ordered Monday by Marion
County Circuit Judge George R.
Duncan.
Hearim? is set for March 28 be
fore Judge j? Duncan on Pacific
Telephone and Teleeraoh com
pany's suit against Public Utilities
Commissioner Georee Flaee. seek
ing to overrule Flaggs denial of
rate raises for the company.
Flag? denied the increase on
vrmmris that the eomnanv's return
was sufficient at present charges.
The requested boost would total
about $2,900,000 annually.
FRENCH NOVELIST DIES "
PARTS, lib. 19 -flV Andre
Gide, 81, famed French novelist
and winner of the Nobel prize for
liteurature in-1947, died tonight
of pneumonia. Deeply religious in
his background, he won the Nobel
prize for literature after publish
ing books in which he seemed to
defend theft, murder and homo
sexuality. 5 :
Oiram, Tusdorr, February 20, -
of Oleo Battle Heard in House
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bean and cotton
sales, but 95 per
in Oregon,"
said
$65,623,500 over the twoi-year pe
riod to provide the basic school
support to local districts.
This was based under 'state law
on $5!0 per school census child
and predicated on an estimated
total census of? approximately
396,000 children this year-, and
425,000 nevt year. j
School districts took their cen
sus October 25 and initiated re
ports tp the education department.
With virtually all these reports
In by this, week, the department
found the total 25,000 less than its
early estimate," according to Les
ter Wilcox, assistant state super
intendent of public instruction.
It now appears the final count
will be closer to 370,000 than 396,
000 this year. This, with j the new
er estimate of 400,000 census chil
dren the following year, would call
for about $61,600,000 school sup
port this biennium.
The budget for the current bi
enniums school support (at $50
per child) was based on an esti
mated census of 368,000. A school
census of all children from ages 4
through 19 must be taken at least
once every five years, as was re
quired last October. In I between,
school districts may takef a census
or estimate their count) under a
formula set by state-law".
. Wilcox said the completed cen
sus would be studied closely to
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FORECAST (from V. S. weatber bu
reau. McNary field. Salem); Partly
cloudy with scattered light ihuwei to
day and tonight: partly cloudy Wed
nesday. High today &2-&4; low tonight
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1951
PRICE
The people ef Oregon want colored margarine: The
only interest protected by this color ban Is that
ef a monopolistic dairy group," declared Rep.
Paul; Geddes in support ef the oleo MIL
h ;?i f .
S- v X.-.
I The dairy Industry Is as old as the state and should
be protected to insure the state's economy," It
was declared in the house debate by Sep. Jack
Greenwood who opposed the bilL
account for the discrepancy be
tween estimate and actual count.
He said the latest count apparently
does not jibe with birth rate sta
tistics but it is considered doubt
ful that a levelling-off in school
enrollments is indicated at this
time.
FireDrfflto
Test Defense
Plan Successful
A fire drill to test Salem area
protection under the civil defense
program was termed very suc
cessful Monday by Ellsworth L.
Smith, assistant Salem. fire chief
and chief for the Salem district.
In the test run Sunday morn
ing it took only eight minutes for
150 men to relocate 18 pieces of
equipment at four pre-arranged
stations, Smith reported,
Firemen and equipment from
four Salem stations, Keizer, Four
Corners and Liberty-Salem Heights
rural fire protection districts, the
state forestry department, Oregon
state hospital, penitentiary, Fair
view home, Chemawa and Salem
airport were Included in the test
run.- ' : :"" ---r--
' The alarm sounded at 10 ajn.
and at 10:03 son. all had arrived
at their defense stations in the
Salem areaJ v v'v.v- h
; In further emphasizing the suc
cess of the drill. Smith pointed out
that ; all equipment . was moved
without sirens . and without Vio
lating traffic regulations. - 1 '
Smith said he was highly grati
fied ;at the speed in which the
various departments responded to
the alarm and reported, the or
ganization . ready to : lace . any
emergency, ! .
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BiU Fails
In House,
30 to 28
By Lester F. Cour 1 j
Statt Writer. The Statesman J
The Oregon house of represent-!
atives Monday voted SO .to 28
against a senate-approved bill to!
allow sales of colored margarine.
- Jlousewives attending the ses
sion immediately announced they
will: back initiative measures to
repeal the ban on colored oleo and
state milk control at the 1952 gen
eral election. -. g
The homemakers who packed
the gallery looked shocked as the
house defeated by a narrow mar
gin the repeal measure passed 16
to 14 by the senate. i
: Rep. Maurine Neuberger, Port
land, a sponsor or the bill to per
mit sales ' of colored margarine,
added some, heat to the 60 minute
Senate debate is scheduled te
start at 10:3 this morning mm
House Memorial No. 3, whir
provides that the legislature re
voke its stand of two years ace
that the United States work to
ward world federation. The cea
treversial memorial has beesm
pacaed by the house, j
debate preceding the fvote by
charging two representatives
"traded their votes" td eastern
Oregon reapportionment! inter eats
; to defeat the bill. J -
t Rep. Paul Geddes, ' Roseburg,
! carried the ball for those seekina
to repeal Oregon' 34-year-old ban
on sales of colored oleo. t -
He said that Rep. V. TiJackscai.
Roseburg, a backer of repeal and
the only foods and dairying com
mittee member voting for passage
of the bill, was "naive enough to
come to the legislature thinking
members would vote fori the will
of the people."' .
Opposes Vote Trading '
. If every member of the house
would vote for his convictions, not
trade votes and represent the peo
ple we would have 60 votes for
sales of colored margarine," Gtd-
oea declared. ' ' f
"Just why we should have a law
ox this type, I cant understand.
The people of Oregon want colored
margarine. The only interests be
ings protected by this color ban
are the interests of monopolistic
dairy group." .
Negative Approach J
Geddes said "no amount of era
are taking a negative approach by
fighting colored margarine, assert
ing they should advertize their
products instead of stifling compe
tition.. , i
"The dairy interests are cutting
their own throats," Geddes told
the house. "Public resentment is
being built up to sweep- out all
la ws protecting the dairy indus
try. Repeal of milk control will be
next. When the people wake up,
the dairy interests will suffer."
Geddes said "no amount of ora
tory will change a single vote
here today. But the law is wrong
in that there is not another law
in Oregon which protects a single
interest such as the dairy inter
est." :. -
- Rep. Jack Greenwood, Wemme,
said Oregon dairy industry, is as
old as the state and should be pro
tected to Insure the state's econ
omy. i
Rep. Earle Fisher, Beaverton,
said . sales of colored margarine
would result in people being de
ceived in restaurants who would
serve it instead of butter, and
would result in more business for
margarine interests "below the
Mason-Dixon line." f
Changed Names r
The southern cottonseed inter
ests couldn't sell their product un
der its true name, so they put
the words 01e' and 'Margy to
gether to make it sell," FUher
quipped. They would Iname it
'Good Night, Irene' if that would
make it sell better." i
; Representative Neuberger said
that margarine "is the poor man's
butter. I would like a Cadillac or
Lincoln, but it's obvious why I'm
not driving one. By the same token
I think butter is now In the Cadil
lac class." , - s
. She pointed out that Oregon
ranks 25th in list of states for its
dairy production and that IS of the
states rating higher than Oregon
allow sales of colored margarine.
Voting against sales of colored
margarine were Representatives
Adams, Baum, Bradeen, Card well,
Carter, Chlndgren, Cummins, Dy
er, Eaton, Erwin, Farmer, Fisher,
Francis, French, Greenwood,
Houck, Johnson, . KlUam, Lairds
Lieuallen, Locey, Leonnlg,'- Over
hulse, Peterson, Root,- Semocd.
Stover, Thornton, Ziegler and
Steelhammer. e
Voting to repeal the color ban
and allow sales of colored mare
garine were Representatives An
derson, Coulter, Crosby, Dam
wvaekeVt TVVah ilaew i a"" &Lt
Gleason, Goode, Goodrich, Harvey,
Hatfield, Hill HounselV Hudson,
Ireland, Jackson, Kleins en. Krae
mer, . Logan, . Mann, Neuberger,!
Qbmart, Pier. Setwart, Wade,:
Wella and Wilhelm. J
- Representatives Lonergan and
Husband were absent. i
Both the house and senate wJQi
meet at 10 a. m. today. , -
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