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Newport Makes Biennial Gift to Legislature
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Tha Orecon Stcrtesmcnt, Salem, Oreaon, Thursday, March 22, 1951
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These Newport erb will provide ft tasty treat for Oregon legislators, and rive Sen. Russell Gardner.
Newport, a chance to boost his home town, and the Newport crab festival, set for May 19-20. At left
f are Joe Flynn, Newport Chamber of Commerce ma naffer; and Phil Hutchison, chamber secretary, who
. brought the seafood to Salem Wednesday; At right ySen. Marie Wilcox, Portland, is told about crabs by
' Sen. Gardner. (Statesman photo.) . 1 ! I ! !'
' -Warden Alexander as
v Pearson t Mis usSer
'i Gov. Douglas McKay and Secretary of State Earl T. Newbry an
nounced Wednesday they" will oppose, at least temporarily, any at
tempt by State Treasurer Walter Pearson to oust State Prison War
den George Alexander. f:
Pearson, the democrat memoer oi me mree-nwn suite wra w
broL this week said "the state prison problem won't be cleared up
control.
Between former May or, William
CDwyer and gambler Frank Cos
lello the country had a fresh in
sight into the extent and workings
of commercialized crime. It really
Is big business, in the dimensions
of big corporations. It has an or
ganization of its own and a gov
ernment. O'Dwyer who as district
attorney in Queens county had
prosecuted men involved in Mur
der, Inc. told the Kefauver com
mittee there is a growing "nation
al empire" in crime. ' Its - bosses
have ordered death sentences on
individuals and they have been
carried out. O'Dwyer urged bi
appropriations by government to
combat the growing power of or
ganized crime.
Frank Costello, a most reluc
tant witness, but one who tried to
keep on the safe side of contempt,
admitted . familiar acquaintance
ship with many Tammany hall
district leaders and exerting bis
influence in iti organization,
though he disclaimed interest in
politics and said he had . never
voted in his life. Previous evi
dence had shown his political
power even in the appointing of
judges.' It is Costello who is re
garded as the head of the rather
loosely federated groups who have
made crime a business.
These outfits moved over to
gambling "when repeal of prohi
bition dried tip their profits as
bootleggers -and "rum runners.
They found gambling even more
profitable. With numbers rackets,
bookie betting, slot machines: they
tapped a huge reservoir 'of profits.
The setup was similar to that em
ployed in bootlegging. Gangs con
trolled certain cities or areas. The
overlords took ; tribute from the
underlings. It was necessary : to
protest preserves against poachers
that was where the death pen
alty came in. Competition . was
deadly
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Animal Crackers
By WARREN GOODRICH
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in the eyes of the public unless Al
exander is removed." He said he
made the announcement to the
other board of control members.
. P e a r s o n's remarks were
prompted by last week's convict
strike at the penitentiary in which
a guard was stabbed during the
riot. After the ? melee, convicts
banded together . to present the
board of control with a 17-point
program asking for reforms at the
prison. - .
" The senate public welfare com
mittee i Wednesday-vcontinued its
investigation of conditions , at the
prison, questioning top officials
and guards in the first legislative
hearing ever held at a state insti
tution, i ' ! 1 '
"I have no comment to make on
the situation until the senate com
mittee 5 completes its investiga
tion," the governor said Wednes
day afternoon, f;
"We need more top supervision
and guards at the prison. Warden
Alexander is a good warden, but
he simply has too much to do to
keep track of everything that is
transpiring." !
"If Alexander emerges from the
investigation clean, I would have
no objection to , appointing him
superintendent t over the entire
prison :and then; hire a warden
who could devote his full energies
to the warden's Job.' i -
The governor- commented, fOne
thing is, certain we definitely
will have chaos if the convicts are
allowed to dictate prison policies.'
McKay . said Pearson's sugges
tion to remove Alexander "came
to me as a complete surprise. I
knew that Pearson was unfriend
ly toward ' Alexander when he
first took office, but I haven't
heard him agitating for the war
den's dismissal for a long time.
Secretary of "State Newbry said
he wouldn't vote for Alexander's
removal period. t,
Sen. Vernon i Bull, La Grande,
chairman of the senate investigat
ing committee, said his group has
made no plans to ask that Alex
ander be fired. , .
' "We're the ones who will have
the . say, but we will - not make
any recommendation- 1 until we
have made a complete probe of
conditions
stated.
at the
Bull
Film Actor Larry
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FoirmerlRed: Party Membership
'By! Arthur Edson Rj !
WASHINGTON, March-ilriP)-Actor
tarry Parks said, today he
once belonged " to . the communist
party, but two other Hollywood
actors refused to say whether they
ever had been communists, ,- f -
Howard Da Silva and Gale Son
cergaard both, refused on. the same
grounds: that under the constitu
tion no-one can ;be forced" to., give
evidence that might incriminate
hjm.- ' ,-v' T- vlyHV-'
Parks,, wha first.. gained "fame
Dortraring Al Jolson'in ."The Jol-
son Story, freely admitted -he
had joined the parly iu year -a go,
but said his interest had. "petered
out around 1945. and thaf he now
is certain the party is subversive.
' But Parks had a'stopping point,
too. He balked at telling the house
un-American -activities committee
the names of the -actors and ac
tresses who were with him in the
Hollywood communist celL r
Parks dramatically told the com
mittee that he's .afraid his appear
ance here has ruined his career
in the movies. I
Da Silva'a testimony kicked up
the most confusion. ; ;
While Chairman Wood (D-Ga)
banged away with his gaveL Da
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A Girl by Any
Othfer Name Can't
Spell as Sweetly
What's in a name?
Well, just look at the "Ann"
(and the "Jo") in the names of
five girls (and no boys) who
have qualified for the finals of
The Statesman-KSLM Spelling
contest thus far.
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JoAnne Parker Broad acres.
Jo Ann Mueller, Greenwood.
Joanne Keck, Balls ton.
DeAnn McClanghry, Lablsh
Center.
Frances KlenskI, St. Lake's
of Woodbarn.
There still are nine other fi
nalists to be chosen for the
errand-prize event In Salem Ap
ril 19.j
JoAnne Parker won in the
semi-ftnals at Hubbard last
night, j
(Details on pages 2 and 13.)
Badman Cook
Gets 300 Years
OKLAHOMA CITY, March 21-(jiP)-Badman
Bill Cook was sen
tenced ito 300 years in federal
prison today for kidnaping and
killing an Illinois family but he
still faces a possible death sent
ence fof another slaying.
In a sudden and dramatic move
that ended a sanity hearing for
Cook, TJl S. District Judge Stephen
Chandler sentenced, him to 60
years on each of five counts, the
terms to run consecutively.
The 23-year-old ex-convict had
admitted kidnapping Mr. . and
Mrs. Carl Mosser of Atwood, 111.,
and their three children in Okla
homa and shooting them to death
at Joplin, Mo. He pleaded guilty.
BoyjHurt by, Not
Walking in Street
. A Salem school boy who
wouldn't disobey his mother got a
nasty - cut over his eye and a
"shiner? Wednesday.
Donald Beal, 7, was walking
home from St. Vincent de Paul
school with two other' boys. One
of the boys wanted Donald to walk
in the street but he said "no, his
mother j had Jold him always to
walk on the sidewalk.
- Then someone threw a rock that
hit Donald in the eye. The injury
required hospital treatment.
Donald is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert W. Beal, 1365 N. 5th
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Parks Admits
-Silva shouted out his opinion, of
the committee: ... - .
"Its true purpose is to pull the
wool over the people's eyes.
The whole setup, he said, was
."decidedly illegal,"' .4 - '.
' " Miss 1 Sondergaard was quieter,
but just as firm in her refusal to
answer questions.. 1 f ' ,
And she. like Dar Silva, tried
to make a speech? Both- were stop
ped by Wood's gaveL
, After? Da Silva Tand Miss Son
dergaard were excused.. Wood told
reporters the committee probably
would ask that they be cited-for
contempt -Of congress.-But, Wood
said, that might not.be' done im
mediately. , .' ": ' , - '.;.-" v
f in his appearahceParks begged
the congressmen: f. v ,
'i; "Don't ask me to take the choice
of goin to. jail-for contempt or
to crawl through the mud by being
an informer. ; ; ; -
Neither the committee, nor its
counsel, Frank Tavenner, pressed
Parks for an answer publicly. But
the committee later met with Parks
briefly iin private.
A member said Parks was "very
cooperative, that he had men
tioned four or five names, but had
named i no one the committee
didn't already know about.
Solons
Slap at
Truckers
By Lester: F. Coar;.
Staff Writer, The SUtewrism
Log truck operators 'fast' their
first round with the ? legislature
Wednesday when the house voted
43 to 17 for a bill which would
provide stiff eri fines for truckers
who drive with overloads on Ore
gon highways. ! ; I -
The measure also eliminates the
10 per cent allowance for over
loading which jtruckers now enjoy
under existing; laws. It"now goes
to the senate.
Objects to Bill '
Rep. Loran L. Stewart, Cottage
Grove, objected to the bill, saying
it would - restrict ? log haulers -by
cutting down their weight allow
ance by 4,000 pounds. Log trucks
are now limited to a 72,000-pound
gross load, but are allowed a 10
per cent margin for overloads.
Stewart asked that the bill be
amended to permit loggers to car
ry overloads in cases where they
are willing toj keep up the roads
they travel over. This was voted
down 34 to 26.
The senate Wednesday .complet
ed legislative action on a bill to
let the voters I decide whether the
state should build a $3,000,000
hospital for aged patients in the
Portland area.i ' '
Sent to the house by the senate
was. a bill toi let rural fire pro
tections districts adopt regulations
to prevent fires and require per
mits to start trash fires.
Asks Interest! Paid
The house 'approved J and sent
to the senate a measure which
would require the state tax com
mission pay of 1 per cent in
terest on overpayments of state
income taxes after the commis
sion has held the money for more
than six months.1
Another measure sent to the
senate by the house would grant
leaves o absence to public em
ployes to enter the armed forces
voluntarily. Only those who get
drafted are now given leaves.
The senate public welfare com
mittee introduced a bill which
would provide' work camps in state
forests for prison convicts.
Rep. Lee Ohmart, Salem, intro
duced a bill in the house to boost
the salary of Marion county's dis
trict court judge from $5,000 to
$5,700 a year; !
Both the house and senate will
meet at 10 a.' m. today.
(Other legislative news on page
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Firemen 'Helped
Finance9 Dewey's.
Oregon I Campaign
fStorv also on page 2)
NEW YORK, March 21-;P-A
firemen's union official told the
senate crime probe committee to
day that . his union contributed
$3,500 to aid Governor Dewey's
194ft campaign for the presidency
in Oregon. "
The official was John P. Crane,
president of the uniformed fire
men's association.
He said the money was for
Dewey's presidential primary fight
in that state. Dewey won. the re
publican nomination for president
that year but lost the election to
President Truman.
The union leader said he gave
the money to, Mr. Crews, presum
ably Brooklyn republican leader
John R. Crews.
Crane, said ! he felt the Oregon
primary wast vital to Dewey's
chances to win. the GOP presiden
tial nomination. ; - -
Boy's Stolen Car b
Spree Shprtlived
A Salem youth Wednesday stole
a car, drove around the block four
times, stalled! the motor, found a
man to give him a push, was ar
rested and admitted the theft
all within 10 minutes, : :
Police said ; the 16-year-old boy
took the 1950 Ford from a lot at
Liberty and j Trade . street The
keys, were in it The youth was
neia xor juvenile court
Philippines to Press v t
For Jap Reparations v :
f WASHINGTON, March 2I-$P)-Philippine
Foreign Minister Carlos
P. Romulo gave notice today the
Philippines : will press- for ; reparations--from
Japan to pay a share
ox worm warn invasion damage,
estimated at I $3,000,000,000.. . -
f Romulo at' the cam rim- tnM
Ambassador John Fndw Tuill
that the Philippine government is
wuung- io leave the question open
for the time feeing whil nr-na ra
tions go forward for "a peace treaty
withr Japan.; H :? y
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Mln. ; Prerip.
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Salem
Portland -
San Francisco
ss "-47 -.'.trace
30 IX jDO
Chicago
New York 4S 41 M2
Willamette River 5J feet
- TORCAST (from U. S. weather bu
reau. McNry field. Salens) t Partly
cloudy with scattered showers today
and toalxht. Highest temperature to
day near 48 and lowest tonipht near 32.
SALEM ; PRECEPITATION
Sine start ef Weather Tear, SepC 1
This Year i tt Year ormaal
4iS OJKl
Salem Told to
SrVl05 in
Flood Damages
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A Salem couple won $5,405
from the city Of Salem for flood
damage Wednesday in a state su
preme court ruling, j
. Mr. and Mrs. Sydney P. Levine,
who operate a veterinary hospital
at 3380 Portland rd,j previously
had been awarded ' only $100 by
former Judge E. M. Page in Mar
ion county circuit court.
Their hospital was I flooded, in
1947, 1948 and (1949 following al
terations to the city's drainage
system! . t j '
The Le vines, contended that the
flooding started after the city tiled
a natural water course in the "vi
cinity of their business.
The city installed the. tile to fa
cilitate drainage of an area where
standing water had I become a
problem. Plaintiffs said this caus
ed 51 inches of water to drain Into
the hospital basement in January,
1948, drowning two! dogs and
causing extensive property dam
age. Similar damage was alleged
during the 1949 rainy season. -
The supreme- court opinion was
written by Justice Arthur D. Hay.
"Where a municipality creates
a private nuisance upon land it
cannot hide behind a shield of
government immunity but must
respond in damages to the owner
of the land," Justic Hay wrote.
U.S. Talnk Force
rom
38th Parallel
CHUNCHON, Korea. March 21
- (Delayed) -(IP) An American
tank force pushed beyond captur
ed Chunchon Wednesday to with
in four air miles of the 38th par
allel. This was the nearest ap
proach by American forces to the
pre-war boundary in the current
offensive.
The tanks had rolled unopposed
into this communist base town
ZVz miles south of the naralleL
f American infantry followed up to
take positions on the southern
outskirts Wednesday night.
Allied troops were In position
to cross the 38th parallel into
North Korea whenever ordered.
But . red forces stopped allied
advances north of Seoul in west
ern Korea; manned defenses 15
miles deep below the parallel, and
attempted large scale rail move
ments toward the front lines. -
t -The allies were only eight miles
south of the old, artificial border
at Chunchon. The bulk of the Chi
nese, quitting Chunchon without
a .fight, already had pulled back
to or beyond the .parallel in cen
tral Korea. !- !
But ! communist, reinforcements
moved into the line north and
cast ,W4 uevw. .
M H srel f
4 Miles 1
The North Salem school was xs!ie an InsHisiloa when Cds photo was
takes en Oct 13. ISC 2. Principal was J. S. Graham, the teacher
pictured wax a Miss Hart Left to rUht de pupils were: front raw
: Let Capper, Helen Hoffman, Floyd Davis, Anna-Crebs, Chester
Stump, Earl Unrah; second row Credle Dortie, Ada Eennie, Zlz.uA
Savare. Walter Fisher, Fcrrest Davis, ZHanle Carpenter, Ivxa Zlar
phy, riirUa Van Laannesj ttlri raw Loda Traver, TtTaara rearson.
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BlastS hatters
Portland Banki 7 Hurt
.; ' PORTLAND, March 2l-(JP)-
Seven persons were injured, one'
seriously, when a violent explo
! sion shattered the interior of a
bank building here today. Tweo-
ty-five feet of sidewalk over the
basement of! the structure were
tossed in the: air by the blast
Clocks in h the building, the
Citizens' branch ef the U.S. Na-
tional bank on S.E. Grand ave-
nue, were stopped at 9:30 a.m.
; just half an hour before, the bank
was to open. ; There "were 63 em-
ployes in the building. z, .'
Cause, of the blast was not yet
; known. But a few minutes be
. fore it Occurred, the gas company
I had received a report of the
smell of gas in the area. . -;
Some 30 feet east of the build-
ing the Kuckenberg Construction
: company had . dug a manhole
Air Force-jSiaidTesing
Atom Offensive Methods
By
WASHINGTON, March 21 - iF
ing ways at the Eniwetok proving; ground for getting through enem$
interception and pinpointing targets with atomic bombs. I
Bomb drops from jet bombers!
ing of a remote control "drone plane bearing- an A-bomb may be ii)
the program of a series of new experiments at the U. S. atomic tes
center in the Marshall islands toll.
: The only atomic bombs used in
war at Hiroshima and Nagasaki
were exploded; for the. purpose
of mass destruction of a large area.
In the last few months, the mili
tary has emphasized that bombs
may be used tactically against
troops in the' field or particular
military targets. This calls for pre
cision bombing. Mpreoverno ato
mic bombs have been released
from fast flying" jets in past ' tests,
a factor that i imposes new prob
lems of ballistics and accuracy. ;
-: Air force spokesman was asked
by reporters at a pentagon, brief
ing today what types of planes the;
air force has assigned to the Enit
wetok tests. His answer was "prac
tically every kind." When asked if
the new Boeing : B-47 stratojet
bomber was among them, the
spokesman said "yes." He said al
so that two piston-engined bomb
ers, the B29 and B50 Boeings, were
assigned for work at Eniwetok. ."
-When asked if ! the huge B-38
bombers had been assigned to the
experiment, the spokesman replied
that "to the best of my knowledge
they are not In the operation - .
The "spokesman made it evident
he did not mean to say that all of
the various types of planes, which
Include fighter types, necessarily
would be used for bomb dropping.
He mentioned that the air force
is interested in knowing the ef
fects of atomic explosions on its
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WORKERS DRAFTED . : t ,;
i PARIS, March 21 -(IP)- The
French government tonight draft
ed key railway personnel in order
to forestall national paralysis in a
two-day raid strike set for Thurs
day and , Friday, u y ':,;-- . . ; J
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D0!ll!Dlld
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Interior of
1
down to a north-south sewer con
nection tunnel. The tunnel wast
not damaged by the! explosion
nor were any construction work
; ers'hurt : - -! i . '
A spokesman for the Portland)
Gas & Coke company said that;
the tunnelling might have jarred
- - : ; . i i m
a gas main, causing a icit irunt
which gas seeped into the, bank
; basement " . I
The ripped-up stretch of side
walk exposed the bank's files In
the basement Account records
.were .not damaged,' a bank
t spokesman said. He added that
' all money had been placed in thej
big time vault on the; first floor j
Valuables were taken by armored)
car to the bank's head office. --
For a time a second explosion1
was feared in the Grand avenue
. business district and a large area
was roped off. (
Elton C Fay
- Tbe air force appears to be devis4
and possibly the deliberate crash4
Subeeldng
Torpedoes Due
WASHINGTON, March ll-i&tt
Weapons for destroying enemy
submarines3-- top priority-project
of the navy now Include new target-seeking
torpedoes and special
plane-launched rockets. v j
" These missiles were ' described
today by the navy's chief of ordf
nance, Rear Admiral Mi F. Schoef
fel, at a news conference. Witn
Russia reportedly expanding heir
submarine fleet, anti-submarinf
warfare has become of critical tm
portance to the United: States. j
: Schoeffel said new high speed
torpedoes, soon to be In product
tion, can be fired from surface
ships, aircraft or, submarines an4
"will present a positive threat to
any submarine now in existence or
bemg built" r
Argentine Editor
Faces Jail Term
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: BUENOS AIRES. March ll-iJPi
Alberto Gainza Paz, editor and
publisher of ' the newspaper : La
Prensa, was ordered jailed tonight
for 15 days for contempt of the
Argentine congress.- j -1 "" .
." Earlier" today, Gainza . Paz had
accused the.: congress of violating
Argentina's ' constitution ' by or
dering a joint committee tq seize
control of the - newspaper, which
frequently ' has been i critical of
President Juan D. Peron's govern'
menu. ; .-.---.' .'- :-
V. j;y.
Sarali BoeH. TfaHae Eholes, A2c!;Tt Cal!ar, TrtA TusthxU f
rew Gertrnde Uuffman, Daisy ?.iiam, Lita risher, Carti E
Leona Graber, Geneva Barbie; f '.:a row Hay Echantz, Li .via
land, Carl Moths, Cdla Kara, Clay Toothaere, Lenrto telner, :
ert Zfcths. The phot la th prcrerty cl Walter ILLtT, I
wood rlr, Salem, j.--." . "
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2,900,000 in
United States'
Uniform Now
' WASHINGTON, March 21-TV .
President Truman told the weild .
today the United States now can
strike against any new aggression
with . double the strength it bd
when the communist camp gam
bled on the South Korean inva-
sion'. . .- i
An exchange of telegrams be- :
tween the chief executive, at IJs
Key West Fla., little White Haim '
and Defense Secretary Marekall ;
showed the total manpower
strength of the armed forces ha
mounted from 1,458,000 mine
months ago to more than 2,800,- .
000 now. i ;
"This tremendous gain in ur
strength," the president said, "has r
been made necessary by the law-r
less aggression of communist forrea
in' Korea, and by the menace ci
still further communist attacks '
agsinst other free nation?." f
The announcement obvicuiJy
was intended to produce a dual ;
psychological effect abroad warn
Russia; assure America's f riexls.
And the telegram exchange alae -appeared
to have a message for
critics of the administration's e
armament program at home. Mar
shall's telegram said: : ' .
For your information, the
strength we have already attained
a total strength in excess tt -.
2,900,000 was not attained la
World War II untU more than 21
months after our build-up started .
in June 1940, following the fall
of France, and more than tbte
months after Pearl Harbor." f
Part of this probably is account
ed ' for by- the availability thia
time of hundreds of thousands ef -reservists.
Today's announcement fhowed .
the military well . along on the
road toward the 3,500,000 man
power goal set. by Mr. , Truman.
The inflow from the draft, starU-d
last September,, now is beginning
to make heavy contributions to
the buildup. About 400,000 have
been inducted so far. All of them
have been put Into the army, the j
service in greatest need of man
power because its" goal is highest '
-about 1,400,000. The other serv
ice up to now have found volun
teer recruiting adequate to their
need.;-: "
Clouds Cause
Tooth Decay
CORVALLIS, . March 21 -(.?. -Lack
of sunshine and altitude, not
candy and soda pop, may account -for
the high rate of tooth decay
in western Oregon. !" f"1
. Tests made in three areas of the
state the coast, Willamette val
ley "and central Oregon showed
definite patterns of regional t3if-
ference . in dental decay rate
among children 14 to 16 years
old. " --' " "i - r.
i Central Oregon showed a lower
rate . than : the other two areas.
Only appreciable difference In the :
regions is the altitude and tbe ;
amount of sunshine. . i
Sunshine is believed to be an .
important factor during youth ,
when, tooth calcification is-under- t
t.
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