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I am not much Impressed with
h. hin nf narticulars in the Ore-
; gonian's "crusade" against the
state liquor commission. It is .uite
inHcfinito. It KAvora more of an
accumulation . of gripes than of
Eerious maladministration, m my
opinion they do not warrant the
importance the Oregonian has at
tached to them. They happen to
him minrided with Commission
er Bennett's grandstanding which
brought more puDUCity dui nof tne
least bit of proof of his asper
sionslN I- am not impressed with
the action of the Portland min
isters in asking for a grand jury
inwetiffatimv for thev have mere
ly jumped at the headline. What
have they done to impress me
Portland city council or the liquor
commission with tne neea lor cios-i-
emitinv of licensees? In my
opinion sufficient justification
doesn't exist for a full-scale leg
islative inquiry into the liquor ad
ministration, on tne Dasis 01 com
nlnint latelv raised.
In brief accusations are made
that licenses to sell liquor are giv
en to persons "who shouldn't have
thorn that enforcement is lax. and
that certainattorneys appear to be
favorites. As' to the first item
judgments naturally will differ on
marginal cases. For example the
Oregonian reporter who has got
ten a byline for this expose, last
- year wrote a character letter en
dorsing one whose license tne
commission suspended for viola
tion of regulations. Evidently that
time the reporter thought the com
mission was too strict!
Whether enforcement policies
' have been lax or not i cannoi say,
but I am quite sure that the com
mission's policies in this regard
are not prompted , by any desire to
be easy on law violators, iiere
" 2 vain th element of discretion en
ters in, the offhand judgment of
those not fully acquainted with
the facts snouia not oe accepted
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US AF Call-up
To Take Over
30 Valley Men
l The army air force will call
upwards of. 30 Salem and mid
valley reserves to duty April ' 1
when the 403rd Troop Carrier
wing is activated at Portland.
Details were reported Wednes
day by members. Many of them
have been members of the reserve
wing for 18 months and have
spent one week end each month
training at Portland air force base.
Allen McRae, Salem juvenile
officer, is one of the reserves to
be called. A complete list has not
been released by the air force.
.Others, as recalled by reserves
here, include the following Salem
men: Ned Burris, Delbert Gosser,
Don - Wagoner, Dean Needham,
Thomas Johnson, Harold Alderin,
U V. Thomas, Alva Johnson, Rob
ert Gentzkow, Russell J. Chris
tianson, Charles Crecelious, Gor
don King,. George Day, Leonard
Odom, Alvin Armstrong, Melvin
Hewitt, Chester : Fritz, Malcolm
Paige, Frank Dressier, George
Duffey, Don Wegner and Victor
Stratton. ........ .,
Eldredi Eilers, Lebanon, and
Mat Wagner, ML Angel, also were
reported as member? .of the 403rd
wing. ' ; ; - T '
ECLIPSE SEEN IK EAST
-MIAMI, Fla March 7-(ff)-A
partial eclipse of the sun, the first
of 1951, was visible over most of
the eastern United States today
but the view was best in Florida.
Animal Crackers
By WARREN GOODRICH
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By lUster F. Conr 1
ali Writer, The Statesman
Oregon's senate Wednesday vot
ed 16 to 11 to approve a bill seek
ing : a minimum ? price on f clgaret
sales a law which would boost
the cost of icigarets two jpents
The measure now goes! to the
house where it is expected to run
into some opposition fronj mem
bers wha favor icigaret ta)c. Sev
eral senators Wednesday, bpposed
the minimum price bill, 1 stating
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11 wouiu virtually mil unyj iiiiuitc
that the people ; would accept a
cigaret tax if it passed in be leg
islature. ! .
A boost effected by the proposed
minimum price law, plus the pro
posed 3-cent-a-pack cigajjet tax,
would raise cisaret prices five
cents a package. I
Sen- Douglas Yeater, Salem, told
the senate I the; so called "fair
trades cigaret act would benefit
small businesses by preventing
chain stores! and large businesses
from' selling cigarets beldw cost.
He said cigarets; are the oijly item
being used I exclusively as "loss
leaders" throughout the country.
Yeater asked the senate to take
action on the bill, declaring that
Rep. Rudiei Wilhelm, Portland,
chairman of the house tabc com
mittee had said that no cigaret tax
bill would be presented j by his
committee this session.
Yeater Said Mistaken j
Wilhelm, however, said Yeater
was mistaken in this impression.
Wilhelm said he" had told Yeater
that he didn't intend to Isponsor
a cigaret tax bill, but that he
didnt .havei any assurance that
one wouldn't be introduced.
It is generally : known that Rep.
Giles French, Moro, has been -circulating
a cigaret tax bill to ob
tain signatures bf house ahd sen
ate backersi The 1949 legislative
tax study interim, of which French
was a member, recommended a
3-cent-a-pack cigaret .taxf to fin
ance the veterans bonus approved
by the voters last November.
For General Expenses 3
Some legislators have objected
to earmarking the cigaret! tax for
bonus, and! now it is generally
agreed it would be usedj to pay
general state expenses. The three
cent tax would raise about $5,000,
000 a year, according to past" re
cords of cigaret sales.
Further complicating the cigar
et Issue is President Trunjan's re
cent proposal to congress which
would raise the federal f tax on
cigarets another: three cents..
The bill ! passed in thf senate
Wednesday I would require retail
ers to sell cigarets at least 10 per
cent above I cost and would give
wholesalers a 4 per cent margin.
$1.68 Mandatory
Thus, retailers now buying car
tons of cigarets for $1.45 and sell
ings them for $1.49 a popular
practice would be required to iret
at least $1.60 a carton. This, coupl
ed with a 4 per cent markup by
the wholesalers, would amount to
a two-cent increase on eah pack
age, i jf
Yeater said wholesalers would
pay a $250 license annually and
retailers $5. This would yield
about $65,000 a year. All of this
but $10,000 would go into the sen-
era! fund. !- . f
Sen. Warren GilL Lebanon, op
posed the minimum price Saw, say
ing it was "against free enterprise
and shouldn't be fostered by the
legislature. I ; -1 :
Sen. Carl EngdahL, Pendleton.
said . "Oregon isn't in the finan
cial condition to support ithis ex
tra load," and said the minimum
price proposal should . be tied in
with a cigaret tax. - - -
Sen. Dean Walker. IndeDen-
dence, said "the minimum price
law, would interfere with; passage
of a cigaret tax bilL 2
Voting for the rninimum mice
law on 'cigarets were Senators
Bain, Brady, Chase, Ellfc,, Gard
ner, Hardie, Holmes, Lamport,
Lynch. Mahoney. MarslL - Musa.
Parkinson, Wilcox, i- Wilson i and
Yeater. .... .
Voting against it were Senators
Helton. Bull, Coon. Day, lEngdahl,
Gill, Hilton, -Neuberger.fWalker,
Walsh! and Patterson. I . ,
Both the house and senate will
meet at 10 aja. today., . ,
turner legislative news on
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FOBECAST (from U. S. weather bu
reau, McNary field, Salem): Mostly
cloudT with ahowra of now or rata
and snow 'mixed today and tonight.
High today near 42 and low tonight
near 29. - i .
SALKM PRICIPITATtON
Siae Start ( W eatUer Year Sept. 1
Tills Year Jart Year - Normal
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Orsxjon Statesman. Salem. Oregon, Thursday. March 8. 1S51
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Governor, Soloris Hear : mphony at Capitol
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An Impromptu concerts In the eapitol rotunda by the Portland symphony orchestra earlier this week net
only furnished an audience of 300 with pleasing ; music, bat reminded the Oregon legislature ef a bill
which would allow 4 special levy for maintenance ef the orchestra to be presented! to Portland voters.
Here, Gov. Douglas I McKay, left, meets Conductor James Sample, right. Sen. Jack Lynch, Portland,
stands behind! Govj McKay. (Statesman photo.) f - - s .. s
Senators Back
Liquor Board
investigation
A leglslalve committee to in
vestigate the state liquor commit
tee was recommended! Wednesday
by the senate! alcoholic traffic
committee.- . J - H ,
The committee!? action followed
closely Gov. Dodglas McKay's or
der turning down demands that
he order a grand jury investiga
tion of the commission.
The interim committee approv
ed by the senate committee would
be made up of three senators and
four representatives. It would have
the authority to order witnesses
to testify and could continue its
investigation until the! 1053 legis
lature convenes. . , i ?
Sen. Frank ; Hiltori, Portland,
said a legislative committee would
be more effective than a grand
jury because it would I spend more
time on the investigation.!!
Boy Wins in Parrish Spelling;
Three Other
Mack Harris, 13, son of Mr. and
Mrs. ; Ross M. Harris! of 1035 N.
16th ist, will represent s Parrish
Junior high In
The i Statesman
KSLM Spelling
contest. Mack, an
f
8th-grader,; won
in a spelling bee
of IS girls andi 4
v.
boys at Parrush
assembly Wed
nesday, (Addi
tional del ails
page 5). j
Placing secona
was 13-year-old
Jennifer Parry, daughter, of Mr.
and Airs. J. C Parry of 895 Bieber
ave and third i was I Larrie Lou
Osterman, 14, daughter of jMr. and
Mrs. I Lawrence; Ostortnan of 1220
Columbia. : ! . i I . ;
Mack will compete against win
ners from .Leslie and ! West Salem
Junior highs. West Salem ' Acad
emy, School . for the Blind and
Livingstone school - ih the semi
finals at Parrish . auditorium .. at
7:30 pjn. Monday, April 2.
Stayten Shirley! Wodtly, 13,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs". Har51d
F. Wodtly of 1411 3rd sU' Stayton,
V
h hs ampionship
,af Stayton Ele-
inentary school
.today. She - win
me in the semi
mals bf The
iS t a t m a n-
KSLM spelling
Contest here
L Shirley , an
th-rrader, was
Sku-iey wadtiy certified! for the
contest by Principal J. L Graham.
Her teacher is Norval Carr.
Second-place winner at Stay ton
muNDiD 16S4
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Armed Forces Ceiling
Troop Move Wins Senate Support
WASHINGTON, March 7-ff)-President Truman today won the
backing of two -senate committees for sending American . troops to
Europe. ' " , 1
The foreign relations and. armed services committee, acting Joint
l7i approved an administration proposal to do "our fair share" In
contributing- armed forces to defense of the North Atlantic treaty area.
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Wenatchee Plant Site
WASHINGTON, March 7-(P-If
the Aluminum Company of Am
erica builds its proposed new $65,
000,000 plant In the northwest, the
site will be near Wenatchee. That
was the word today from R. A.
Learnard, Alcoa's district sales
manager here. -- - . '
Victors Selected
was 12-year-old Carol Smith,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Smith of route N 1, box 3S, Scio,
and third-place winner was Cla
rice Relf, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Relf of route 1, box
61, - Aumsville. Both are in the
7th grade. ' .? " '. '
Certificates of excellence have
been sent to all three winners.
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St. Louis This northern Mar
ion county -school will be repre
sented in The Statesman-KSLM
Spelling contest by 13-year-old
Ramona Tooley, daughter of -Mr.
and Mrs. C J.i Tooley of route 1,
box 278B, Woodburn. ; '
- 5 Ramona, an 8th-grader, ' was
certified as school spelling cham
pion by her principal and teacher,
Margaret Whitney, r . j:
Winning second place was Pa
tricia Tesch, -13, daughter of Mr.
and" Mrs.' Joseph Tesch of route
1, Gervais, . and third-place- win
ner is Shirley Eaton, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. 'Paul E. Eaton of
route 1, Gervais. Both are in the
7th grade. ; . -' - ..
Ramona will compete In . a
semi-finals - contest at Hubbard,
March 2L i -
4 Oakhurst Chosen as this Polk
county school's representative in
the semi-final 'spelling contest at
Falls City on March 27; was Duane
Fehrenbadv 14, son of H. .W
Fehrenbach of route 2, Dallas. .
Duane is in the 8 th grade. Nella
Harris, his teacher and principal,
certified himi as the winner. -
-Adjudged teeon d-place win
ner was . 12-year-old Patty Mel
ins, and third-place winner Gwen
dolyn Hurst, also 12. Both the
runners-up are in the 7th grade.
; Patty Is the daughter of Sally
Melius of -Falls City and Gwen
dolyn the daughter r of Floyd
Hurst of route 2 Dallas.
PRICE 5c
On the senate floor, however,
the draft bill was amended to
clamp a ceiling of 4,000,000 men
in the armed services by a 49-41
vote. Early in the Korean conflict
congress had wiped away all re
strictions on the size of the mill-,
tary manpower.
Today's action was against the
wishes of military leaders who
have said it might prove danger
ous in an emergency. Some sena
tors who wanted no ceilings voted
for the 4,000,000 figure as a sub
stitute for 3,500,000 which also
had been proposed.
.. Although the 4,000,000-man fig
ure allows a; margin above the
mid-1951 goal of 3,462,205 men on
active duty, .Secretary of Defense
Marshall argued that this goal is
"not a ceiling" but a minimum.
The views of Marshall and
others protesting against the 3,-500,000-man
limitation were Tead
to the senate during a short, sharp
debate. Supporters of restoring a
lid argued congress Should, retain
such control for fear of an unwar
ranted military expansion. ; , :; ,
i Senator Morse "(R-Ore.),", who
proposed the 3,500,000-man ceil
ing, contended that even with the
expansion, following outbreak! of
the Korean war; the nation's mili
tary forces now number only 2,
500,000 to 2,60,000. r
? Morse drew support of Senator
kTaft (R-Ohio) in opposing both
the 4,000,000, and a 5,000,000 fig
ure. ' n , j ; . : .;
ARMY TO CALL TJP OFFICERS
s WASHINGTON, March 7 - () -The
- army -today announced . it
would order to active- duty 12,658
additional lieutenants and - cap
tainsincluding women by June
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Learn to Spoil!
' These words will figure In The
Statesman - KST.M Spelling Con
test for prizes . mr ' mderway
for 7th. and ' Sth grade pnpils ef
Marion and Folk counties: t
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headache
husband...
insect
ladies ,
lively
manager
melon
million
motorist
neighbor .
favorite.
forenoon- r - "t
frighten ,
gentlemen
gown
guest
hospital
injure .
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No. 347
TV or Not,' TV
Is the Question .
In Contempt Case
! WASHINGTON, March
-The senate crime committee
voted today to citej James J.
Carroll, nationally known bet
ting commissioner, for contempt
: of congress to test whether a
witness can be forced to testi-
; fy before television cameras.
OA Carroll refused; to answer the
committee's questions at a hear
ing in St. Louis last j month on
the ground that (the ! television
? cameras recording his testimony
invaded his constitutional right
of privacy. : j .
'' : He said he was iwilling to test- '
Ify, but told the Committee at a
stormy," session : that j the tele
vising of his appearance out
raged his ; "sense of propriety." 1
nap to
ratem
Valley Areia
Rain by Friday but! more snow
flurries for the miid-valW inHav
the weather bureau S predicted
early this morning. j i ,
Slightly, higher) afternoon and
evenimr temtteratDres i tndav anri
tonight are toe only encouraging
signs zor persons! weary of the
five-dav cold snan. Ip ttrMti
were1 expected this morning.
Ice was blamed for ; an eight
car pile-up on 99-iE south of Sa- i
lem. A three-unit freight truck
also iacknifed on ! lev south 15th
street hill. No injuries were re
ported. j : -
The Salem fire department ask
ed householders tq keep an extra
cautious eve onf their heatinff
plants and other possible origins
or ure. many lire men, includmg
Chief W. P: Roble,, are ill with
Influenza, said Assistant fhipf V.
It, Smith. The department is op
erating ai "minimum strength,'
Smith added. :
Elsewhere most Oregon points
reDorted freezintf temirahin.
It was 3-below at Bend. Portland
blamed the weather-for the death
of James Joseph Bannister, 35, in
a traffic accident on lev St. John's
bridge. j .
Bu Drivers jAccept
Offer in Two Gties
' MED FORD. March T-(ilVMed-ford,
Ore., and Redding. Calif
bus drivers and station employes
have accepted I Pacific Grey
hound's strike settlement offer,
Harold Oathes, -union business
agent said today.! f
He said the vote for the re
mainder of the western area em
ployes would not be -completed
before tomorrow night. Results of
the Redding and iMedford ballot
ing are too small) to forecast the;
outcome, ne saiaj
Coias
10t Vears Vsong This Month
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Claiborne Shepard (deeeased). Gay O. SmiUi (DeLake). Werti Ueary -2 Cherry ar, i. '
Fred FnrTtne (rertland), William Crawford (deeeased)t Seeea4 raw VlrrU Cochran. I irl 1c
Edrar Crawfard 1SS5 N. ISO st, Salem), Vlviaa Cochran (IZi N. 2;iX Cilem), Vyr lltzr? i
Eiipplng st, Salem), IUIrh Chepard, E&reae Walt (deeeased), CreU rtiHI;s N. .lzlzr t
lem), Alice Fike (rerrydaJe), Emma Pike (deeeased), Mary PetUt, Lorena Eszlihi (FULscre, C
Third row Ctarlctte File (ncIHanville), NeUls Emiai (AlaLa), Hay Esilii (Ctetzxtl), Vzl I
(Fertland), Ray Elsepsrd (TTaslirston, D. C). IZsnrea Fta-rlne len2Ietoa)i Dack raw Lrr-3 I -(deceased),
Ilxrj YVaU (decexsei), Ces!a hepard (deeeaed), L.In Erkes (t'icLer), Lt I
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TOKYO, Thursday, March 8 -(AP)- Tank, gsd
troops of the U. S, 25th division fanned out today from
a triple bridgehead across the Han river in a flacliir-f
drive east of red-held Seoul.1 I i
juore wan a,yuu unnese were killed, wounded mr '
captured yesterday as the infantrymen surged!; acroca .
the Han in assault boats and established three bridgeheads 1 15 bdUm
east of the ancient Korean capitaL No ether, allied troops in' the eur
rent drive have crossed so near to Seoul. , ' ;
The power-packed push, - which gained up to three miles, u
V vi m (cimu uiini aiuit.iv cbscv iuvii( iviuuc iroiit i west
central Korea. Gains elsewhere were as much as five miles, i
U. S. Eighth army , headquarters estimated that 11,039 reds were
auxiea or wQunaea .across me wintry Daiuerroni weanesaay.
- Latest reports today from east-central Korea said South Korea tf
have regained some of the lost
A . t ,
three miles.". r-,;,-. i - - -j'
xi wurawuucut uu ocv&ct, aLiucs hue 41 an wiui uic ui,
the stunned Chinese: surrendered in groups. Yesterday's bag of 2C4 '
prisoners was the biggest one-day haul by a single division since the
war's outset. ' ; .. -. - ?
Other Chinese fled In panic. I Last night, the reds managed only r
one counterattack. It was repulsed. , r j
This morning, the infantrymen began expanding their! hold on
the sandy flatlands east of Seouli I )
At the east end of the front i an estimated 13,500 North? Koreans
struck hard at Republic of Korea troops and drove them back at least
inese iunous aiiacjts ana counieraiiacKs may urn a preiuae w
the expected Chinese spring offensive, with the allies trying to keep
the reds off balance while the North Koreans probe for a soft spot in
South Korean lines. r
The U. S. 25th division with
Han river 15 miles; east of Seoul to
Other allied units all down the
general attacks. Thundering artillery barrages plowed enemy peti
tions along the front. ! ' -. !
A field dispatch said the major gain of the day was a five-mile
advance on the west central front
To Re su 1 1
rJ3ac Says
SUWON. Korea, March 7-iFGeneral MacArthur said today con
tinued "limitations upon our fjeld of counteroffensive action" means
the Korean war "cannot fair; to end in a stalemate. , j 1
But the XJ. N. commander predicted the great casualties suffered
by the enemy would shake the Red
dor for any other "aggressive adventures" in Asia. i j
MacArthur read, his carefully
ference in a tent beside Suwon airstrip. The conference followed a
three-hour tour of the front with Lt Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, 8th
army commander. It: was MacArthur's 12th wartime flight to Ktrea.
He then flew back to Tokyo.' v
MacArthur said the Chinese
almost hopeless chance of ultimate
He said on the . other hand the
tacking communist war production in China and without reinforce
ments, can achieve no more than continuing stalemate. ! ;
MacArthur seemed to suggest to the Unitea nations to put more
strength into convincing the communists they should seek a peaceful
settlement in Korea.' I I ; i I
SENATOR'S FATHER DIES : f
REDMOND, March 7-UPhCecll
G- Hitchcock, 71, father of SUte
Sen. Phillip Hitchcock, Klamath
Falls, died at White Swan, Wash.,
today, relatives here were in
formed. ,i-;t- ; ! f
BUSINESSMEN GROUNDED j
KLAMATH FALLS, March 7-(fiy-A.
snowstorm grounded Ore
gon's flying businessmen here to
day, returning home front a 3500
mile trip to Mazatlan, Mexico, .i
1890 at Zena School
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tanks stormed across the twisting
open the allied onslaught. i ;
line to Pangnim kicked: off with
west of pivotal Hoengsong,
Limitations'
in S ta I em ao
China regime and dampen its ar
- worded statement at a news con--
communists have no more than nut
military success." I :
United wauons, oarred rrom si-
Washington Court Slalla
Decision on Wilsons
' OLYMPIA, Marchj 7 -(JF)- Tba
state supreme court deferred Its
decision today in the appeal eg
Utah and Turman Wilson from
their conviction of tha kidnap-
murder of 18-year-old Joan Dew
ey of Vancouver a year; ago. Tha
high, court heard oral arguments
in the action for more than fou
hours today.; I ' " "' 1 '
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