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Newspaper Page Text7 4 .; ":' : . -1 . . , - , t ,.,.:' - -; . V-': -r " :". ' i " 1 ' ' " - ' ' : 'v.: ; , -i poundod 1651 . - , : 1! I . ,k- :- -: -j; ParaBsI S , Doles! C4 0 w r r 1 1 i ri v TM t s t ;t 1. 1 f JOOn k to, U. S. "EIGHTH ARMY HEAD QUARTERS, Korea, Wednesday. . March 21-tfVAll evidence .In dicated today the Chinese -reds have abandoned Chnnchon, key stone of the whole central Korea front. ' TOKYO, Wednesday, March 21 CPV-United Nations forces near ed Korea's 38th parallel today ' along a broad ''front from posi-' tions as close as eight and one half miles. The U,- S. eighth army dis closed that South Koreans on the east coast for several weeks have been that near the artificial boundary . between North and , South Korea. They waited there for the rest of .the allied line to draw abreast. L In west-central Korea, U. S. eighth army troops drove within 11 y miles of the parallel near Hangye. -- 1 - That -road town is ; 15 miles Dairy Industry in Milk Round - ' i By John H. White I . ' f i Staff Writer. The Statesman $ . Oregon's dairy industry, beaten soundly Monday on the olej issue, bounced back Tuesday with a smashing victory over milk Jcontrol -foes in the senate. - i ? - I f Senators approved, 24 to 5, Sen. Sam Coon's bill requiring more accurate accounting by distributors and allowing stores to sell milk for less than home-delivered prices if their costs Justify itf OtP . Several days ago discussing bills before the legislature (SB 28, 134) dealing with conservation of na tural resources I suggested the lat ter measure had one idea which should be salvaged, that to create a Water Conservation board. I re turn to the suggestion because the urgency for such an agency seems to be pressing. The south (or at least the reclamation bureau) is tapping at our door for water. Idaho Power company wants to build five low dams on the Snake where it forms the border between Oregon and Washington while the bureau wants- to build one big dam in Hell's canyon. Proposals have been made for a Colombia basin pool account so. that from surplus revenues from power sales construction of costly Irriga tion works could be , subsidized. These are matters of importance to the people of Oregon and we ought to have some means of ex pressing that voice other than through the cumbrous machinery of the Columbia basin inter-agency commission. A water conservation board could . serve as a body to study these problems and make recommendations to the governor for the determination of state pol Icy. More and more we are coming to understand the importance of water, its conservation and wise utilization. Our very life depends on water, and our economy is closely tied In with how we use our water supply. Floods can be pretty well controlled or prevent ed by proper public works. Lack ing coal, petroleum or natural gas Oregon depends largely on water power for generating - its electric ity. There are still areas in the state (Continued on Editorial Page, 4) First Criminal Charges Filed Under Price Law LOS ANGELES, March 2O-05V The first criminal charges filed anywhere in the nation under the new price stabilization program were lodged today against a Los Angeles used car dealer and his sales manager. A .complaint, filed late today with the U. S. commissioner, nam ed as defendants Norman Frank Ine doing business as Jack Farm er's Auto, and Albert RontelL' sales manager of the firm. James E. Harrington, attorney for the office of price stabilization here," said the information stem med from the sale of an automo bile to Burt E. Taylor for an al leged $4,597.82 in place of a ceil ing maximum of $3,660.25. - Animal Crackers By WARREN COODRICH .TfltPHOWt . Arthur Anaus A)frd Arr4vr4. V3 I be the frst nm m the tfreo 1 I - southeast of Chunchon, the last big enemy base below the) 38th. Allied forces were lessj" than IS miles from the boundary at several other points. Tuesday night a ban! was clamped on any mention $f the 38th parallel. Tody the ban was Jifted. r The allied advance wa gen vi al all across Korea against reds showing only rear guard resist ance. i . ;.. - -. " ; -. Elements of China's third field army were identified in the front line as a screening force for the withdrawal. f ; ' ' Allied forces probed north of Seoul today against little '-or no opposition. Thef- stiffestj rear guard resistance was encounter ed in central Korea. - Early today a Chinese rjbd pa trol clashed briefly withiU. S. troops i northeastj of Seoul and then withdrew. I I Wips Seriate Dairy interests,' aitnougri tradi tionally opposed to letting stores undersell home-delivered- milk, backed the senate-passed bilL A companion bill, already passed by the senate, would place theadmin istration of the milk controls pro gram in the hands of the state board: of agriculture. Dairymen believe the board ,wouid pceep a tight rein on milk price differen tials to stores. ' Sen. Thomas R j Mahoney, Port land, told milk-control supporters, "You i are bowing your heads to the executioner's axe at the next general election." I - f Mahoney predicts outright re peal of milk control laws by the people. I I .Leads Attack , ? - . Sen. , Richard 1 L. Neuberger. Portland, led an attack onj-the bill which he said "does not even touch the heart of the milk problem. "The heart is the exhorbitant prices paid to producers $f milk. Milk prices are higher in I Oregon than anywhere in) the wesf," Neu berger claimed. I I Sen. Ben Day, Gold Hill J led the supporters of milk control. "Consumers in the state are get ting their leg pulled by misleading figures Day said. - v $ - "If ; milk prices had gone; lip ac cording1 to the overall pricf index, it would be selling for mare than 25 cents a quart! today, but milk has stayed down Day said. Day told senators, "Donft think you're going to get lower prices by taking off milk control. The pro ducers aren't even allying them selves a decent Wage." Senators M a h o n e y. f B a i n, Holmes, Neuberger and Parkinson voted against th4 measure, which now goes to the house, i Ini other major; action Tuesday, the senate voted,;; 21 to 7,fto junk Oregon's 85-year-old law which prohibits inter-racial marriages, limits Marriages The law bans white persons from marrying Negroes, Indians, Chi nese or Hawaiians. Gov. Douglas McKay's council on Indian affairs asked for the repeal. Senators rejected, 15 tolHi Sen. Thomas Mahoneys bill to jbave the senate confirm the governor's ap pointments to thi state liduor and highway commission. But this battle isn't over, j Sen. Russell Gardner, Newport, who opposed the measure said he would act today jo have It recon sidered. The house defeated, 34 'to 28 a measure" to require auto court and hotel owners to I keep records of their guests, including auto license numbers. Supporters claimed this would aid police, In running down criminals. .' . . The house and, senate will con vene again today at 10 aia.. - (Additional legislative news on pages.) . - . x- . . i Control Solon Offers Choice Between Sales Tax, Double Income Tax i - " -I ;- . , ' By Lester F. Coof - i Staff Writer. The Statmaa The chairman of the house tax committee Tuesday proposed leg islation which would, let the peo ple decide whether Oregon's fi nancial headache should be cured by doubling their income-taxes or enacting a sales tax. . i Rep. Rudie Wilhelm. Portland, made the proposal after the com mittee wrestled for four hours with tax bills which they hope will meet a threatened budget deficit of perhaps $60,060,000 by July, 1953. I f If Wilhelm's suggestion is ad opted by the com litteeland the legislature, voters in the 1952 gen eral election would decide which tax they want or could reject both bills. - - I V . , The same committee indicated It would vote 4 to 3 against a bill by Giles French, - More, which would erase the $30 per pupil in crease in the basic school support fund approved by the voters last November; t' ' - ' " ' I?;ause the people would not re,:e on- the $30 . increase until November of 1952, schools would receive the additional money dur ing the next two years.! The $30 per pupil increase will cost tax payers about $11,000,000 a year. . French accused school interests : : 4 - i -i - 100th YEAB Astoria Spring Brings Out New Model Autos Today brinrs spring, officially, and this week Is sprinr ; vacation for Salem's school children. Here, tak ing advantage of warm sun Tuesday morning are, from left, j Gary Greror, .2610 Pioneer dr.; Rodney McClellan, 915 Rateliff dr.; and Jimmy Rawlings, 810 Ratcliff dr. The ears are the model being made by the young fry this spring. (Statesman photo.) j ; . $:.:': Spring Arrives As Barometer ! ' .j Falls Slowly Suddenly it's spring. Spring arrived in Salem offici ally at 2:26 ajn. today, but Mc Nary field forecasters said the first day of the new season would probably see lower temperatures than the three preceding days. Forecast was for variable cloud iness with showers both today and tonight with a high of 52 degrees expected today. The 1 last three days of winter marked high read ings of 62, 63 and 60 degrees. Eastern Oregon was expected to have rain and temperatures rang ing from the freezing mark to 60 degrees today. Weathermen went out on a limb for an Easter weather prediction "It looks like rain Sunday," they said. Ike Appoints as Aide PARIS, Dwight D. tish Field March 20 -JPh Gen. Eisenhower chose Bri Marshal Lord Mont- gomery as deouty commander oi his Atlantic Pact army today and completed the high command wnn the appointment of eignt oiner officers to staff jobs. Monteomerv won fame with his victories over the Germans In the North -African desert and served under 'Eisenhower as commander of British ground forces in Europe in World War IL He is 63. . Eisenhower picked another Bri ton for his deputy commander for air. He Is Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Saunders, 57, a veteran of air warfare in the Far East. of using false arguments to con vince voters they should approve the basic school fund boost m the campaign before the 1952 elec tions.! He pointed out that sup porters of the increase spent $40, 000 while the opponents spent practically nothing. The measure carried by a narrow margin of 2, 588 votes. - I - Rep. Ed Geary, Klamath Falls, favored withdrawal of state sup port for public schools, contend ing the job of school administra tion and finance should be retum e' to local units. " Rep. Donald Husband, Eugene, defended the basic school support law and differed v with French, who told the committee reorgan ization of school districts under Holy report recommendations would result in cheaper school op eration. . . -r - - - : ' "The basic school support plan is soundV-Husband. stated. "Fig ures show that consolidation hasn't helped to cut school costs." Cecil Posey, Oregon Education association representative, said the proposed cut in the . basic school support fund would "ruin Oregon's school system." V He predicted that $200,000,000 would be needed to finance con struction of new schools in Ore gon during the next 10 years. Monty Jhm Tojps V; MM '..i'i'; IS PAGES Sale: 4 W Brother of Sen. Hardie Slain! by Philippine Reds By Frank L. White MANILA.! March 21 -(FT-An American couple lian farm manager were found shot them at their dairy 15 miles east of Manila. U. S. Ambassador Myron Cowen said the triple killing last mid night was "an; indication that the communist Hukbalahaps have em barked on a deliberate policy of slaying Americans." 2 More Girls Qualify for Spell Finals Well, it's girls so far! Bat the boys gave them a rood: race Tuesday, anyway. j Two more; girls qualified for the grand finals of The States man - KSLM spelling contest April 19. They are: " Francis Klenski, .12, of the 7th grade at St Luke's in Wood burn, who defeated Donald Hall, 12, of the 7th grade In Woodbura Junior bis-h.: I JoAnn Mueller, Sth-grade, 14-year-old pupil at Greenwood, who outlasted eight other school champions at Eola, Including second - place Kenneth Note boom, 13, in the 8th grade, at Zena, and 14 -"year-old Sandra -Bartel of Oak Point, who placed third. i The winners of two previous semi-finals were Jeanne Keck of BaUston and DeAnn Mc Clanghry of Labisb Center, A fifth semi-final contest, te which 13 schools are eligible to send entrants, will be held at 7:30 tonight at Hubbard: Ele mentary school, with Principal Charles Byera aa host. j (Additional details pages 3, 12 and l). j Leap Saves Life Of IPDgh Jumper OWENSBORO, Kyn March 20 (AVBobby.: Cravens, 13-year-old holder of a junior high (school high-jumping record, did a jump yesterday that may have saved his life. ,-- f ; j Bobby, . while engaged ! In a snowball fight, darted into the path of a police cruiser. Bobby jumped. ! The leap carried him onto the auto hood and against the wind shield. . ;-. The cruiser suffered a shattered windshield, . a smashed spotlight and some dents. Bobby was bruis ed but suffered no broken bones. : i ! . . NAVY TO CUT CALL-UP WASHINGTON, March 20-(ff-The navy disclosed today lit will call -fewer enlisted T reservists in the first six months of this year than the 62,000 it had planned. A navy spokesman said the reduced figure could not be disclosed, but the naval ' district commandants had been given new Quotas. ? A fMjtl: i j Max. - Mln. Preefp. , jOQ Trace Salem Portland 3S 43 44 IS San Francisco , Chicro - . S3 29 New York SO" 41 S3 WUlamette River feet FORECAST (from U. S. weather bu reau. McNary field. Salem): Variable cloudiness with showers today and to night. High today near 82; low tonight near S4. . ialim ! raicmrAnoK Sine Start of Weather Tear Sept. 1 ' This Year Zat Year - , Normal 4iM i MM ' i 29M Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Wednesday, March 21; 1951 1 it A and their Austra- dead today with hands tied behind He expressed a belief that the Huks are making reprisals for U. S. arms aid to the Philippines government, t , .-Army -; officers i said the - three were executed by a band of Huks. The Huks have been making hit-and-run terror raids off and on: since the end of the' World Yar II. The victims were John Hardie, 53; his wife, Marie Wilkins Har die, 42, and 25-year-old Donald Capuano, an Australian national. PORTLAND March 20 - (P) -John David Hardie, who, with his wife, was found shot to death at their dairy farm near Manila, was the youngest son of a prominent Condon, Ore., family. Hardie was a captain In World War II and. served in the Philip pines. Before the war he taught school and operated a dairy at Hilmar, Calif.! An Oregon State college gradu ate, he is survived by eight broth ers and sisters. One brother, Stew art Hardie, publisher of the Con don Globe-Times, is an Oregon state senator. Two other brothers, Will and Alex, and two sisters, Mrs. Charles 1 Palmer and Mrs. Grace Stenchfeld, also live in Condon. Other sisters are Mrs. Madge Scull, Moro, and Mrs. Ad olph Andries. San Francisco. Ad ditional details on page 3 ) ; AURIOL SAILS FOR U. 8. i LE HAVRE,! France, Marchi 20-W)-Presldent Vincent Auriol sail ed tonight aboard the He di France for an official state visit to the United States and Canada. PHILOMATH 1 LOAN SET WASHINGTON. March 20-4P)-The rural electrification adminis traticu today approved a $1,306, 000 loan to the Pioneer Telephone Cooperative, Philomath, Ore. ' 10t Years Taung March 2S, 1931 The Oregon Statesman r Well-known names were en the rosier ef Lincoln school, six xnHes . . west ef Salem. 32 years age. This 1314 phete, is owned by Jnstina KildM (left) of 748 ChemekeU at Salem, wh was tha teacher. ; The three beya in the right background are (left to right) Julias Cable, a Harris bey and Harold V.'aiLLcg. Clhcrs la tha phoia MOOp Fishermen. ' Win 49-44 in Final Surge McARTHUR COURT,! I Eugene, March 20-(SpecIal)-One of the re sounding upsets of this ' or any State High School Basketball tour ney shocked the spectators tonight as the Fighting Fishermen . from Astoria; unleashed; a terrific 11th hour rally to defeat the heavily favored Salem Vakings, 1 49-44, in a first-round contest. In another first-round! game to night the Eugene Axemen mauled the Newberg Tigers; tSO-40. Through more than three quar ters o tonighfs tilt Salem held command by margins ranging up to 12 points.' It was 16-6 at the quarter, 27-15 at the intermission and 37-27 at the j finish of the third quarter. : j ; . Then came the ! furious last quarter Astoria surge, sparked by Ron Smart and Paul Gauthier. The Fishermen, owning a miserable shooting average Up to then, be gan firing . like they owned the hoops. They hit 11 of their last 15 field shots and it I was ; Gautheir who canned a pair of quick bas kets in the last two minutes to write the shocking l upset into , the books. The defeat ruined Salem hopes for a possible eighth state crown and the win kept Astoria In the running - for its - seventh which would tie them with the: Vikings. Salem; now relegated to the consolation bracket and! unable to aim higher than fifth place, re sumes tourney action ; Thursday morning at 8:30 o'clock against Newberg.' - j T Astoria and Eugene face one an other at 3 o'clock Thursday. " (Details on sports page) After Portland PORTLAND. March 20 A bank robber who held up the West Cl : 1 i i i owpc (unuueruu uau& near xiere today was captured 15- minutes later on a tip from an alert by stander.' ' i j , , The gunman, Joe Ralph Carter; 26, said "I guess nobody'll know why I did it now.f He claimed he had been a heavy equipment op erator in Alaska until last Oc tober; and since then has been un employed. ! j Carter walked Into the bank early- today and, pointing a pistol at teller Clyde Slenning. said, "I want ' $2,000 noi more. Just, $2,-000.- iv, T1 , ' f - ! Slenning gave him the money in two bundles. Carter then ran to a car and drove away, j - The license plate . on the car, although upside down, was mem orized by John Boscovich, a re tired policeman who was passing by. Boscovich reported the num ber to state and Beaverton police officers. ; 1 1 .! Beaverton Patrolman Ellsworth Weigel spotted the car a few min utes later driving through Beav erton. He forced it to the side of the road and Carter surrendered. The money and an unloaded pistol were found in the; car. ; CHRISTIAN SCIENCE BAN BERLIN, March 1 20 P- The practice of Christian Science was banned today in communist East Germany. People's . police closed office and meeting places and seized literature of the sect, offi cially called the Church of Christ, Scientist. : ! Here's r -.7. GunmanCau Bank Robbery PRICE 5c ToiiFBey AtomniJSeairdllXlDo Mewl. Teste Eejdiicu A4-E By Frank i : Asaociated Preaa Science Reporter ';...) -WASHINGTON, March 20-Pj-A new series of atomic blasts Is . under way at the Eniwetok proving grounds in the Pacific, the atomic energy nunuusuun wuica wuajr. i it rexerrea to a test ' program one aim is to gather information buildings to stand up better under The-project at the remote Pa cific atoll : has been nicknamed "Operation Greenhouse." : -f .! f . The commission gave no hint as to what type, or types, of atomic weapons were involved. ' v I i Presumably, though, they would be models substantially improved as compared with those tested in the first, series of Eniwetok trials in the spring of 1 1948. The three bombs tested then were described as improvedV over their prede cessors. Presumably, too, the tests would involve something different from the weapons tested recently at Las Vegas, Nevada that is, different in explosive capabilities. 5f on in proposed use. ' It is even conceivable that a trial explosion Of the proposed hydrogen bomb might be attempt ed, just to see what headway has been made on the full-scale stud ies which have been underway for more than a year now.: It's within the i realm of possi-t bilitv that the A EC could rig a relatively small amount of hydro-fj gen material around an A-bomb ! just to see if the thing would; work, ' as guidance for continued) effort pn a big H-bomb. ; One reasonable . possibility Is; that the tests will, or perhaps al-j ready have, include a trial of an; A-bomb dropped in :j the oceanj close to a land area, to determine; the possible effects of an enemy, bomb dropped in an American! harbor.' ; ... ... , : ; . I i i Pedestrian Fined For Running into Side of Automobile SALT LAKE CITY. March 204 (P)-The tables were turned in city police court today when a pedes trian was fined j for running into an automobile: it..:-" . Elaine Winn, 18. admitted tha she - stepped off ' a city bus last week, then ran into the side of passing car. The girl was not inf jured. '" ' ' '" :: City Judge Marcellus Ki Snow fined Miss Winn $30, which was suspended, as a safety reminder "We don't want to have you kill. edy he explained. . ; Gov. McKay; Signs Colored Oleo Bill Gov. Douglas McKay Tuesday signed into law the blU whicl will allow Oregon housewives to buy colored margarine. 'y - : j The . measure approved Monj day by the house will go into effect 90 days 'after the legisla-f ture adjourns, probably , some4 'time in July. . ! - -. i : . The measure; was Introduce: in i the senate by Sen. Thomaj R. Mahoney, Portland democrat, and passed both houses by sub stantial votes. ;j - ,,' . ; VET DIYHJEND NEAES ' WASHINGTON, March 20-(P4-The first of 8)00,000 special life insurance dividend ; checks for World War II veterans, will be put in the mail in early ApriL : ; One 37 i - Only (leTt to rirht) are Ilacreea Larscn, - - - - - nirrl5. Era' Lr ;: Knel nradiord, ElilJred Eponr. Ecsstll HilJee (deceased), - - - -Harris, Ularravet Kil pa trick. Iawche Hackett, I'elen LradTsr, Jt" In Kilpa trick. Darrell CradXard, Jd'ja WsUInjr, Jack Conff. Ar.' rc lUIJee (deceased) and George 7a:. nx (-eceast). imU t til Crowta f Crt;ta Opener! Carey " j . . T oi a "major character and sM ". which will help architects design atomic blasts... - . - to i ... : . - ; ? - X , . - ' I Decide Fate of I "' ...... j !' estival Whether Salem will have a ISM Cberryland festival will be up iir decision next Tuesday at a city Wide meeting, the festival arao clalion board agreed ! Tuesday nicht. If action is favorable, daU-s Will be set. i 5 I President Sidney L. Stevens itaid all civic organizations should 1 Irepresentcd, with the interest I jpublic invited. Possibilities of Other city pro motional events were suggested at 3ast night's session, particularly In connection with the state fair. Mai B. Rudd, first vice president, pointed out that civic energy mijeht be channeled into a Labor djrf parade and other festivities to give the annual fair a kickrff :that would tie it closer to the city, adding that "we've got to do some, ithing as far . as the fair's con cerned." . i Herbert Barker opined that feh a move would cause the fertivl to lose its Identity. He favored i efforts to make the event "bigper ;and better, rather-than one las : festival to make up the deficit."; ; Stevens noted that the eveniof : show has been the only revenue : producing portion of the festivals, .which required $20,000 or more. ; to stage. Making money only one ;of the four years since its revival hln 1947, the festival is now in the hole some $5,000, With this fitu ation, he said 'commercial estab lishments and organizations should be responsible for the future of the festival. - 1 . r i- - .Others stressed that more wide spread participation was an sential part of such events. Truman Asks Johnston To .Seek "Wage Formula ! 1 KEY WEST, Fla., March 20-AV President Truman directed Eco nomic Stabilizer Eric Johnston to redouble his efforts to find a for mula . for ending the administra tion's troubles with labor at a 23 minute conference here today, v ! , Johnston flew back to Washing ton immediately after the confer ence. - - ' Holy Week Services j Continue at Noon i .H Interdenomina 1 1 o n a 1 Holy week services are being con ducted from 12:15 to 12:45 p.m. daily through Thursday at EL Paul's Episcopal church, Cbe meketa and "Church streets. The Salem YMCA and YWCA are sponsoring the noon-hour meditations. Each will consist of devotions and special music. Old uvic Meet Cherry F .' jf i m if tr -i r s - - r t.