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; 1 Gals fed li - .aoirfilhKiDp! Bids will be opened April 27 on the proposed new Marion county courthouse, the " court house' commission decided Wed nesday. . - Whether, to build this, year, will be determined as soon as possible after that. County Judge Rex Hartley and members of the commission said they were considerably encour aged by prospects for construc tion this yecr. This stemmed particularly from the report of the architect's office that federal priority is rot needed for the project -l Setting oi.a date for the bid Colored i, . Over Vital Murdfe : By Lester F. Cour ll Staff Writer, Th Statesman J u The house food and dairying committee Wednesday recommend ed a senate-passed bill to allow sales of colored margarine, virtually assuring Oregon housewives they'll have colored oleo by this sum- "The committee voted 4 to S in favor of Sen. Thomas-R. Mahoney's mil which has no color strings attached, but will require restaurants Salem metal and woodworking shops are organized to be ready as a pool to go after war contracts and to handle them if and when they are received. In the late war, the Oregon War Industries func tioned as an industry pooL It was responsible for getting and par celling out many war contracts. Thus far however few contracts: have come to Oregon industries. Iron Fireman is working on a sub contract from Boeing. Joe Dyer's Astoria Marine Construction Co. has contracts for some small na val vessels. Gunderson Bros, in Portland, have contracts for some barges. Paulus Bros, cannery here Is working at assembly of food packs for the military. The gov ernment is buying lumber and food products from Oregon. But the metal-working plants are get ting hungry for some war work. The pinch comes with the cur tailment of- metals for civilian uses. Also some products are on the list excluded from manufac ture at this time. These plants therefore face shrinking or clos ing. If this happens their skilled labor will go elsewhere to find employment To maintain their labor pool as well as to use their facilities profitably plant mana gers have worked hard, and thus far with little success, in getting government orders, either as prime or sub-contractors. This condition has been predic ted for some months, that there would be a gap between the cur tailment of peacetime work and the receipt of orders for war goods. But that isn't too comfort ing for the small shops oyer the country because they are not too confident that war orders will be coming their, way. It's -a case though of holding on and hoping for the best. I can recall a similar period of waiting back in, 1940 and 1941, and then '. m (Continued on editorial page, 4) Qty Divisions Of Red Gross Drive Advance City divisions of the Red Cross fund drive have topped the 50 per cent mark, campaign leaders announced Wednesday. And the advanced gifts group has exceed ed its goal. . ' The next report luncheon will be Monday noon at the Senator hotel. Charles A Sprague, States man publisher, will address cam paign workers and Robert L. .Elf -strom, general county chairman for the campaign, will ' give a. progress 'report. ; "We are hopeful reports by ne tS Monday will reveal that our goal of $48,985 is nearing completion," Elfstrom said Wednesday. Animal Crackers . By WARREN GOODRICH DANGER A-BOMB TESTING RANGE Oat fc, MAVOm-JCCNNCDW toe Wwi Let's move to New York where XUSBSBB 4 I Or nr" n ;. Se IS3DQIS opening was pushed by the coun ty court in order that it know before the May budget meetings whether to allow for rental; of - quarters to be used during con struction. - Plans, and specifications, art to be complete and. ready for ruse by contractors by April 9 ? or sooner, the commission specified. ' The commission "met .Wednes day afternoon with Irving G. Smith and George Kotchik? of architect Pietro Belluschi's firm. Near-final blueprints were pre sented, and discussion conducted on details of some : interior por tions, such as counters, lighting and electric outlets. A Deo BHD using margarine xoaaveruseine fact.. l f . Voting for sales of colored mar garine were Reps.'; Jack Green wood, Wemme, committee chair man: Earl Fisher, Beaverton; Froa W. Adams, Qphir, and V. T. Jackson, Roseburg. , Voting against colored margar ine were Reps. Dean Erwin, En terprise; Robert Y Thornton,Til lamook, and Carroll Locey, Iron side. I . g Press Locked Oat i The committee meeting, sched uled for 1 p. m. Wednesday, tjwas called imediately after the house adjourned Wednesday morning, and the press was locked out. The initiative measure to allow 'col ored oleo filed by Portland house wives Tuesday apparently caused the committee to take immediate action on Mahoney's bill. The measure is expected to pass the house by a substantial major ity when it reaches the floor Eith er today or Friday. The repeal will go into effect? 90 days jtfter the end of the session, which is expected to be about the end of April. This would allow colored margarine to be sold some time in July. 1 ! The committee's adoption of Mahoney's bill virtually buries other house bills which sought to legalize sales of margarine of a different color than butter. The house Wednesday confple ted action on Dr. T C. Holy'srec ommendation to reorganize If the state board of education." Under the bill, the governor will appoint the seven-man board of education, one from each of Oregon's Ifour congressional districts and thrt-e from the state at large. M Requires Discussion It will also give the board pow er to set; standards, courses-,? and textbooks and will require ft to meet with the board of highef ed ucation to discuss mutual prob lems. ? t One of the legislature's knotti est problems was nearer solution Wednesday when the house teap portionment committee announ ced it will pass out a reappor tionment plan nextrTuesday.g Although not in unanimous agreement, the committee ffwill probably move out a divided re port on . the Young Republican federation's plan, f I This would divide the tate into . 21 senatorial and 29 repre sentative districts. There would be one senator for each 50,373 res idents and one representative for 25,184 residents. Marion county's representation would remain un changed. K i A bill approved ! in the senate and sent to the house would give Korean veterans state veteran benefits, except rights to the bo nus voted last Novembers for World War II veterans. p Obstacle Cleared The house highway committee cleared , another tough obstacle by coming to an agreement on a sys tem of mandatory fines for trucks traveling ? Oregon . highways fiwith overloads. ' Si j' Sen. Warren Gill, Lebanon, in troduced a bill in the senate which would allow, school boards to fire teachers who refuse to tell whether they are 1 or ever flwere communists. . ;.. ? . Another new measure introdu ced in the senate would allow the state to erect a memorial to three top state officials who diedsfin a plane crash near Lakeviewft Oct. 28, 1947. They are the late 'Gov. Earl Snell, Secretary of State Ro bert S. Farrell and Senate "pres ident Marshall E.; Cornett 8 The memorial would be, located around the state seal in the capitol ro tunda. . , -. . , ; . ; I .t -. Both the house and senate will meet at 10 a. m. today.- - ? (Other legislative news on page 12).: : v :.m- ;:, .., Learn tp Spel! These words will figure hf The SUteem&a . FSLUX Spelling itCoa test far t prizes, tew underway for 7th and. Sta grade papUs ef Marion and Polk coon ties: ? - comply - convenient easy COW. i" empty ? ' mountain Pt . unless- - r although cause 'gentle li acquaintance agency- . ascertain ! capable !' committee conclude f cbncenrioTV sertnee C- J. , (Today's schoel spelling eham pions are annoonced in section 1 page It.) ' , I "'" - - 1 - -: " PoUndbp 1651- " : -1: 1- " : 100th YEAR I, 5 Dead i In Train; Wreck j DETROIT. March 15-CPr-At least five persons were killed and 15 to 20 Injured' when n soathboand New York Central passenger train cracked up in suburban Trenton shortly after midnight. Five cars turned, over. A Bom ber of persons were reported trapped inside the overturned ears. Police told reporters: i "We're .cutting them out. j with torches." ! : 1 f Mrs. Catherine Lewellin, editor of the Trenton - News, a rweekly newspaper, reported she svff the bodies of two women and a child on the ground near the wreckage and two , other bodies inside a wrecked car. i Mrs. Lewellin said a policeman told her there were several ignore bodies inside the car. l The train, bound for Cincinnati, was traveling at a fairly slow rate of speed when it hit an open switch police reported. If Officers said three of the' cars that overturned were passenger cars, and one was a baggage car. The nature of the other car, was not known. .it Food Strike at Pen Results in Knifing Try II; State prison inmates staged a food strike, a near riot and an attempted knifing during the past five days Warden George Alexan der disclosed Wednesday. ;l3 Summoned by the board of con trol, Alexander said 1,000 inmates staged ai sit-down trike because they objected to the way 'i then food was seasoned. Other sources said the men complained of a lack of food. ; The warden said one inmate tried to ; knife another Sunday, while 33 convicts got into art ar gument with a guard Monday and were forced back to work at gun point. ; "I attribute the trouble to unrest and men getting on each others nerves,' Alexander told the board of control. He charged the ; ring leaders were publicity seekers with an eye on the state legisla ture. I The warden said one inmate was cut during the knifing scuffle Sunday "when his glasses broke. He said a guard broke the: fight up by firing over their heads. The knife was stolen from the prison kitchen, the warden added.1 The inmates who staged the strike demanded better !l food, longer, visiting hours, and permis sion to buy more tobacco:and sub scribe to any newspaper: Warden Alexander said he agreed to com ply as soon as possible. i Gov. Douglas McKay said the trouble probably stemmed from a lack of prison facilities. He termed it imperative that the legislature provide ! funds for another ; cell block and a field housed The prison count Wednesday was 1,565, an all-time high. Air Force Alerts ROTC Graduates WASHINGTON, March 14-flrV All air I force" ROTC students graduating from college this year a contingent of some 8.100 were alerted for active duty by the air force today. . . , Those : who left school at mid term will be called up within 90 to -120- days, the air" force: said. June graduates will receive their orders and be commissioned sec ond lieutenants within 90 days of graduation. if- ilte oui i ! - II I HE STATESMAN regrets that it will bo impossible. to accept further orders for the "Cavalcada of a Century" editiono a -Advance orders, for The Statesman's historical issue, to be published on its T 00th anniversary March 28, have far exceeded expectation. Already;' almost as many have been ordered as were printed in initial sections ofthe edition. Arid "for: various reasons; including a 'worsening paper shortage; it is' Impossible . to print more. ' : v - - ' - - - - . " " . ' The "Cavalcade edition will, go to all regufar subscribers to The Statesman. They must be served first. A few copies have been reserved for -news stands and counter sales the day of publication. But advance "Cavalcade" orders no longer can be taken.! j- ? " r.V U', - ' ' "!-v- '-' 1 i ' . is- : , . I i ;t- i"-"-- ""i u "'- s ' Your COMPLETE Netcspaper 2 SECTIONS 30 PAGES TVO OOBS Cracks Mar XK I 'J Jl Walls in most offices of the Public Service building have many cracks (left photo) after only 11 months - of occupation. Unofficial theories about cracks vary, but Architect Earl P. Newberry, Portland, states that the fissures are caused by shrinkage of pumice blocks used In construction of walls. The walla have no part in support of the building itself, but are for partition purposes. At right is! a ceiling in the new state highway office building now being finished. The separation is an expansion Joint which may help avert damage such as In the Public Service building. (Statesman photos.) ; Forest Spray Contracts Go to tow Bidders Contracts lor spraying approxi matelx 5CD.00O acres f Oregon timber lands ; iri! the 1951 spruce bud worm control program were awarded to five low bidders by the state - board of; control Wed nesday. , ; - r f Low bidders include the Oregon Agricultural Aero-Sprayers, Port land; A-Z Dust and Spray cor poration, Pendleton; Roberts Air craft Spray company, Reno, Nev.; Ace Flying Service, . Salem, and the Pacific Aerial Contractors, Yakima. The contracts were based on tracts ranging from 2,000 to 134,000 acres. Most of the lands to be treated this year are locat ed in the Blue mountains. The state legislature recently appropriated approximately $400, 000 to cover the cost of the spray ing operations over a three-year period. Board of control mem bers said they desired to award all contracts to Oregon operators but were unable to do so because the federal government's partici pation called for awards to low bidders. ' Dusting operations were expect ed to start soon after May 1, state forestry department officials said. All contracts are subject to com pliance with certain safety qual ifications demanded by the state forestry department which will supervise the state operations. Un der these safety qualifications the equipment must be standard and only experienced and efficient pi lots can be employed. .. Cemetery Bill Sent to McKay The bill authorizing. '.Marion county to acquire ownership and control of the Odd Fellows ceme tery tiff South Commercial street awaits only the signature of Gov. Douglas McKay. The house Tuesday- approved thesenate-passed measure, which was sponsored by Sen. Fred Lam port. .- -:--'-.;?.v--": Ce ll: eniennicL Thm Oregon Stcrtesmcox Sufi L hmms -as.. State Public Service Building Cracks in New PiibKc Service BuUdiff Result in Protests i. By Den IN11 Stff Writer. The Statesman t-.Oregon's publi service j "build ing in the statehouse group will haye j been in service for a year next month, and during the past 11 months there has been a rumble of dissatisfaction with the building by state employes, vis itors and. state officials. j .. Official acceptance " of the $2, 000,000 building by the board of control was delayed nearly two months after its occupation, as cracks appeared! in the walls. Since that time more cracks have come into existence, some ceilings have buckled and dropped, and other bugs have developed. But Earl T. Newberry! 'of the Portland architectural firm of Church, Newberry and Roehr, said flatly Tuesday that fThere is no structural failure." Newberry, who was in charge of construction, was queried after an unofficial inspection of the building revealed cracks and fis sures in many walls. These range from the little, hair-line checks which are normally expected, to large, quarter-inch gaps through which light from one room can be seen in the adjoining room. One wall In the basement has a large crack from floor to ceiling where it joins , another wan, and a large fissure In the matron's room is wide enough to admit Federal Tax Deadline Fails To Spur Rush . :'; Today is the deadline for pay ment of federal i income tax,- but by Wednesday night the deputy collector's office in Salem hadn't Lynch said he yet been rushed. Deputy Paul couldn't understand why the traf fic of taxpayers seeking aid on their returns had been lighter, this year. ; Yesterday j few people - had to wait in line, but there was a steady flow of business, he said. :- f The tax office,' on the "second floor of the postoffiee, will be open until midnight tonight. Re turns must be postmarked by that time to avoid penalty. Bather than making' Its : usual rush period move to larger quar ters, the tax crew of seven- persons this year has used two ' extra rooms at the postoffiee. Min. PreciD. 31 i. Jii 43 ' JbO -34- .IS sa so Salem - Portland San Francisco -Chicago Nw York: - 33 -. 75 3 49 i WOIamctt Ki-er SM feet. : lOBX CAST (from U. 8. weather bu reau. McNary field. - Salem) : Ooudy with rain this monunf becoming show ery thia ajftrrno on and tonlKht. Hiab today near 6. knar tamaht near 4S. ' -5 SALEM- MC IT ATIOM Sine Start mt Weather Tear. Set 1 This Year " - LastYaar .- Xormal O.U " 34.W i 2 Salem, Orecjon. Thursday, McaxB. ecDeciuLBiy Bght from the next room. . ... On the second floor i a line of nuoreseent-Iigtrts in the public utilities commission, reception of fice dips up and down in an er ratic manner, following; compres sion bulges in the ceiling. Other ceilings in offices on the same floor have similar dips and bulges. Construction: men! with the Sound Construction and Engineer ing company of Seattle, builders of the Public Service ; building, state that they merely j built the structure according to plans and specifications of the architects, i Newberry said Tuesday that the wall cracks are caused by an ex cessive shrinkage of the pumice blocks used in construction of the walls. Newberry said! that the type of aggregate used in the blocks contained and held a large amount of water and i gradually shrank as they dried out. Much trouble was encountered in construction Jobs all over the country when these blocks were used, he said. A new aggregate is now being used in blocks which are going into the i new nearby state . highway ' office 1 building, Newberry said. - ) ' -(Story also on page 2.) 100 Tears Young March 28, 1951 The Oregon Statesman f t' i .--i-'": r;- The Capitol City Easiness eoDege class of 1898 was enite a craay. Above Is part ef it. vertrayeJS la m pheto awned by Eugene rreseeti ef 1064 Oak ft, Salem. ; Shown are (left to rixht): Front row VnCly Thatcher, Minnie Erans. Temple ileCorkle, Edna Pur dy, nnidenuned. Homer White, Cteir C.::j second row unidentified, Mrs. W. L Stxley, unlJenUfled, Theckea Dove, Etc II Gusnsr, a!;h C'-- Ten tird rewTTiU Wolf, Prof. W. J. Staley, Leslie Ilnnter, David Purh, VTsyne Henry, Or a Lerla. -oiJeatifled. WCIard Marsh. Lee lse, Oree unidentified; back row John Erephy. Erls Tan T-tzia. Boy GUi ere... identified. Carl Herria , sb identified, - - Stevens, Emery Drake. Aaether 23 r-r-r , sens were In the rifinal pictnre,-lnclalsjr Eugena Preseett, Eey Borten, Ed Lamport, rrel C :-. ner. Toner lletchan, XUrry Uaasen. E-j Psrrine, IXabcI Ieitt Sara Urr, Alice Irk anl -drei Kerns, Lee F-onea and Ki ZIcCerLU, - ! - U- - PRICE 5c .JGDBDsGiia si GlOWorkers AfterMarch26 WASHINGTON, March 14-4V The head of the ClO-Packingnouse Workers, .said tonight his - union Was ."free to strike" on March 26 because Economic Stabilizer Eric. Johnston refused to approve an 11 cent hourly wage increase. - Earlier in the evening (Johnston declined toJ O-K; the raise on the ground it would break through the wage ceiling limiting in creases, in general, to 10 per cent above the levels f Jan. 15, 1950. Ralph Helsteih, president of the CIO union, with about half of the - Industry's ; 220,000 ,' ' packing house workers, told a news con ference that the definite date for a walkout would be determined by a policy committee now meeting in Washington. t , -. - In Chicago, a spokesman for Armour & Col one of the big four packing companies, said: the firm "negotiated ; ! this raise in good faith, k We think It ; was justified. Armour employes about 30,000 CIO packing house workers and 8,000 AFL meat cutters in all of the firm's plants. . i- A Swifti company j spokesman called attention to a company statement to a' fact finding panel last .week in which Swift held the increase was "fair, reasonable and justified on I. the basis of criteria used in collective bargaining." ' -He accused Johnston of "refus ing to assume his responsibility Johnston, ' he said, has a duty to deal with "hardship cases and in equities." i ; ' . . . ' He said there-would be a strike if the raise, is not approved. Quake Scares ? West Europe FRANKFURT, Germany, March 14-(P)-A powerful earthquake centered in the : Rhineland moun tains terrified millions of Europe ans today, Shook down some bomb ruins and Injured a score of per sons. - i ; ; Quick speculation by' the man-In-the-street and some officials that the shaking might have, been caused, by ;an atomic explosion in the Soviet zone was discounted by officials of the Stuttgart observa tory after a careful investigation. . Prof. Wilhelm Hiller said the records showed the epicenter was near Euskirchen, in the British occupation! zone of the Rhineland. Business '1 15, 1351 Plan Walkout College C'- n fr - mn una C rW to tlio - Grswtk of ; Crejaa 11k 54 6 HI 1 By Robert Ennson TOKYO. Thursday. March IS - pT Seoul fell bloodlessly today te, Enemy ; iyanisheb In x4rea I allied troops driving north toward the 38th parallel against- retreaUcj -eds. , ., (, ! U. S.' third division and South Korean' troops began entering toe fencient. capital last night junop posed. .v . ; . li- ?. It had not been 1 completely oc cupied today but AP Correspond ent Jim Becker, with the Ameri cans in Seoul, said there were n signs -of the, enemy; anywhere in the burned-out cityi ' !j t ", i South Korean first division ' t--oops raised the depublic's flag over the capitol building mark ing - the fourth time Seoul ha ' changed hands since the Korean . war began: last June 25. ! " .. Allied forces eavm tiri Spoilt Jan- ' uary 4 during a retreat from Chi- rese hordes who intervened in November. " T ' , ! ' ; Eastward across Korea, allied civisions surged within 1 ; milts or less of the 38th parallel with, out serious opposition J , j i i Just' east of Seoul, American forces made new crossings !pf the Han nver. They were unopposed, : AP Correspondent Jim Becker, in a field dispatch from Seoul's a' outskirts, said civilians were sera ' waving flags in welcome lit th village of Tukto two and one-ball miles east of Seoul. The village is on the Han's north bank. j :- "It was believed there were al most no red troops remaining in " s the capital," Becker said, js : . In central Korea, the U. $. first cavalry division crossed thei Hong chon river in force behind tanks ranging within 18 miles jef the 38th parallel. ( . jj There- the motorized cavalry- center of Hongchon in what AP Correspondent William-C Barnard described as a new offensive by the division. j j; . i East of Hongihon, the U.'S- sev enth division today pushed north toward the 38th at points 18 miles or less from the parallel. The re treating .reds were beyond, Y range of the seventh's artillery, jj Sand Protection Against Indiansj j Hampers Firemen ! JACKSONVTIEj Ore., March 14-P)-Eiremen here jwrere; ham-e-pered today by sand that had been 'dumped on the root of a building years ago as protection against Indian fire arrows. i A fire was discovered last night -in an ancient building which now is a drug store. It broke out again today and firemen were showered -with the sand as they fought the blaze. - i j r The building is near where Gen. U. S. Grant alighted from a, stage coach years ago oaa visit to this former gold mining community.; in 1896 i