7eather - . ..... e Max. Mln. Frecip. S3 - 41 . 47 41 ' . .04 0 47 ' .00 41 20 .0 Salem Portland - an Francisco Cfeicajro New York ten YBia Crj to , ti Cmrtk tf Crta 46 34 .00 WUlamette River a feel Forecast (from U. S. weather bureau. WcNary field. Salem): Mostly cloudy with ahowers today and tonight. Little temperature chance with hixh today dear 55. low tonight near 40. SALEM PRECIPITATION Since Start of Weather Year Sept. 1 Th is Year , Last Year . Normal 46.04 37.30 30.44 ;w -vv 100th YEAR 10 PAGES Th Oregon StatesmarL Salem.' Oregon. Monday,' March 28. 1951 PRICE 5c I No. i - t ' T ) t ........ j . - -- -,- is Crime Prober Asks Senators to Reopen O'Dwyer Fund Case WASHINGTON, March 2S-UPhSenator Tobey (R-NH) predicted today that senate crime probers will reopen their investigation of William CDwyer's campaign funds if their, committee Is allowed to continue its work. ' i ' v; :..::'' i;: , k And Tobey, ranking republican member of the committee, said be thought public pressure would force an extension of the commitee's CRT Well, what did you think of the Easter bonnets yesterday? Jferxy little things, weren't they? The flowers that bloom in the spring. tra la, had something to do with the case, an fact they were so numerous on women's hats it looked as though spring had burst out all over. Daisies, black-eyed susans, lillies of the valley, violets, roses (and some not in the garden catalogs) topped the neat straws. The weatherman thought it was a carden too for he tilted his water ing can just a trifle to give them an unwanted drink. . But milady's hats aren't what they used to be. Some will re member the gorgeous plumes in the Lillian Russell era, and the .hats of the Floradora sextette, and the floppy brims of the Merry Widow period. They are gone with the styles of yesteryear. They couldn't be worn now anyway no way to anchor them to the head with its Mary Martin crew cut And how would one get in and ' out of an automobile with one of them on?: they'd be about as bad for the motor age as the hoop skirt. Gone too are the birds that used to perch on the crown of the hat of the' lady of fashion. It took a great crusade to induce women to leave them off so as to stop the slaughter of birds for millinery adornment, but now only an oc casional plume or bright feather Is seen. The change in hat styles is not all that has happened to millinery its economy has changed. At the turn of the century and before and after millinery was largely a local industry. Shapes were bought from the wholesalers and ribbons and velvets and trimmings, and then the hats were made to order In the local shop. Nowadays hats are the (Continued on editorial page, 4) Easter Egg Causes Crash An Easter egg Sunday caused ' an auto wreck in which one Salem child was injured and four others were shaken. - Police said the car crashed into a walnut tree when the driver reached down to retrieve the egg, which one of the children had dropped. The children were returning from Church of God Sunday school with their teacher, Esther M. Tri etch, 940 S. 22nd stn whom police listed as driver. , Bruce Anderson, 5, veterans' housing colony, suffered a cut lip and a head bruise, according to city first aidmen. They .said Miss Trietch suffered slight shock. Officers said the crash damaged the car's front wheel, fender, grill, bumper, hood, body and radiator. It happened in the 700 block of South 19th street BUILDING SEARCHED - Police were flushing the Lives ly building early this morning following a custodian's report of a prowler on the fourth floor, first check indicated no doors bad been forced open. Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH HyI How about giving ofnoboc'y cUnco te bow'J" - uie Deyona next saturaay, tne day it will go out of existence unless the senate votes it more time. : , ' . ;. ..J i Tobey said the committee will seek new evidence to determine which man was lying O'Dwyer, ambassador to Mexico and form er mayor of New York, or John P.- Crane, head of the uniformed firemen's association in testi mony to the senators in New York last week. Crane said he handed O'Dwyer $10,000 in October, 1949 when O' Dwyer was running for re-election as mayor. . Crane did not identify it as a campaign; contri butlon. i ; ' O'Dwyer flatly denied! receiv ing the money. A New York grand jury had ; questioned both men about possible perjury charges. Interviewed . on NBC's "Meet the Press" television program, Tobey said the - senators them selves let the matter drop last week "but not permanently." Claims Murder The fast-talking 'senator with the big, booming voice said also: 1 He's convinced beyond per adventure" that Abe Reles was murdered : in a New York hotel room while six policemen guard ed him. Reles was the key wit ness in a Murder, Inc., : slaying. O'Dwyer told the senate commit tee he thought Reles was killed in a fall from a window. ?f 2 New i York Gov. Thomas E. Dewey should instruct his state police to "enforce the law vhen they have evidence in their hands that it is not being enforced. Tobey referred, he said, to wide open" gambling at Saratoga as described in a 1947 state police report. , 1 " 3 The committee doesn't plan to subpoena Dewey,' who has de clined to testify before the group, but: "I do think; that 4f? iwere Gov.rDewey I would come down and sit in with the committee and have a talkf est." I Asks Inquiries Tobey said also that the com mittee, if its life is extended, will conduct investigations in New England, Maryland, Washington, D. C, and various other parts of the country. S "Washington, he said with em phasis, "is one of the places that needs investigation. Two other members f of the crime committee said, meanwhile, that its future may hinge on whether federal law enforcement agencies are willing to take over its much-publicized investigation. Jewels Stolen ii From Apartment Of Tyrone Power LONDON. March 25-0?P)-Thiev- es stole jewelry and furs valued at between $28,000 and $56,000 from the apartment of Movie Star Tyrone Powers and his wife, Linda Christian, police said to night, it The Powers were In the coun try for Easter at the time of the theft. They live in the fashionable Mayfair section of London. - Police reported that Power had lost his jewelry collection, while his wife's black and white mink furs were stolen. The actor is making a picture here, s 10t Years Young March 28. 1951 The Oregon Statesman i 7 SILYESTON This picture was spread to the se-ealled West XXiU dlstriet. The site new is covered with heoses. The threshing rig in the 1S3S picture was being oper ated by Elmer Hubbard, aa shewn. Za the white shirt la front raw- City Park Swept Clean of Eggs by Eager Children : j. i.::v;. r'V Several hundred Salem child- . ren Sunday afternoon found v every one of. the 3,000 candy-' eggs the Easter bunny had hid den at Willson . park. And it took them only 20 minutes. Raindrops fell just as the hunt ended. Nearly all of the kiddies ' were three to eight years old, and most were accompanied by .parents, s .v;, . , Sponsoring 20-30 club mem-, bers saw that nobody got a bead " start with the aid of a public address system which was loan-; ed.by city police. Spellers from 6 Schools to Vie Tuesday FALLS CITY, March 28 At least six schools will be represent ed in a semi-finals of The States-man-KSLM Spelling contest at Falls City high school at 8 p. m. Tuesday, March 27. (Another semi finals is set for ML Angel on Mon day, March 26.) The winner will go to the grand finals in Salem April 19 to com pete with the winners of 13 other semi - finals being conducted throughout -Marion and Polk coun ty schools. jSix of the finalists al ready have been chosen. All six are girls, i The schools to send entrants here and the names, ages and grades of the entrants, are as follows: Orchard j View Alvinr Brandt, 13, 8th. Bridgeport Mary-Verne Al len, 13, 8th. Antioeh 4- Carol Sue Whelchek, 13, 7th. ! Guthrie i Opal Penrose, 14, 7th. ! Falls City Jennie Ames, 14, 8th. ; Oakhurst Duane Fehrenbach, 14 8th. j ... I -., : Every school in this county zone certified a champion for the con test except Oakdale. which still is eligible to j send a contestant for the Tuesday event. i ' LsJrhe,pell-down is open to the public andi there is no charge Or collection of any kind. Host principal here is Herschel Bond. Judges will include Evelyn Lewis, Meda Foster, Anna Klie wer and Gertrude Gragg. Repre sentatives fof the sponsors will pronounce ! the words and aid in conducting; the event. Autol SP Train r Crash Hurts 3 ALBANY, March 25-UP)-Three persons were injured today when the car in which they were riding was hit by a Southern Pacific freight tram at a crossing here. Most seriously hurt was Elmer W. Keesee, Jefferson, the driver, who suffered a head injury. Less seriously hurt were his wife. Myr tle, and Lester L. Borders, Albany. They were under treatment at a hospital here. The car was demolished. ; Deadline at 1 p.m. " ? i Because of the mechanical work entailed in the publica tion of Wednesday's 104-page "Cavalcade of a Century' edi tion, the deadline for classified advertising for Wednesday's Statesman will be 1 p. an. Tuesday. There Wouldn't Be Room for 4' . t .V1 taken long before SOverten had Kite Iflying Gains Popularity - - If' V Kite flying hall been a popular sport in Salem daring fairly nice days with spritely winds. Getting their kites off to a good start are 'Jimmy Pero, left, 1460 D at. and Jimmy MeKinney; 1492 Center st. The boys were playing-safe by flying their kites In a wide field with no power lines nearby to endanger either their kites ec themselves. (Statesman photo). i Allied Colu inns Draw Abreast i TOKYO, Monday, March 26--Rain-pelted troops today moved the main United Nations line so close to Korea's 38th parallel that they Could cross it anytime at several points. if' ' ' I Patrols already have ranged two miles beyond it into North Korea. Hit-and-run raiders struck the west coast this week end 50 miles above the old political boundary and near the port of Pyong yang,! North Korean capital. South Korean army headquar ters said its troops already were at; the parallel on the east coast. Today's U. S.) Eighth army com munique reported the South Ko reans advanced Sunday against scattered opposition." Rain drenched the peninsula, miring roads. The back-tracking reds have been reported awaiting the rain season a cover for their hard-hit supply lines before at tempting a counter-offensive. Despite the unfavorable weath er denying heavy air cover, allied troops advanced Sunday even on the western front north of Seoul, where their line is within 10 miles of the 38th parallel. Allied commanders said the reds in that sector were employing delaying tactics. The enemy there has dug defenses in depth all the way to the parallel. ;Saturday, South Korean soldiers and sailors darted onto the west coast! at Wolsa peninsula, 50 miles north of the parallel near Chin nampo, Pyongyang's port city. Go ing ashore from mine layers, they killed 100 reds; captured 69 and seized equipment. f. Is Walter Scenee. Between Seenee and Hubbard Is Charlie Wolfari and at the right la Claude Welfard. On the water wagon behind if Alien Ehlndler. - , -. 1 N.V oirBbuhdary 1,000 at Early Morning Rite Sunrise services I attracted an estimated 1,000 Salem-area resi dents to the state capital grounds early Sunday. Predicted cloudi ness kept the sun from breaking through, and a light rain started to fall i as the 4 5-minute services were ending. ; i . ; -l : Young folk predominated In the throng at the union service which was sponsored by the Salem Min isterial association! The Rev. Oscar Brown, pastor of South Salem Friends church, was speaker. FOOD PRICE RECORD PORTLAND, March 25 Portland's food prices hit a new record high : in I February, - the Federal Bureau of Labor statis tics reported today. February food costs jumped 1.6 " per cent over January. . the Rig l Now - t t J i .i'Wi v:;f 0)003 D Argentina's Duplication of Sun Heat Said Successful By Howard W. Blakeslee 4 AnocUUd Ptcm Sdeae Reporter' ; NEW YORK, March 25lff)-The Argentine claim of a new source of atomic power seems merely to enlarge on predictions made in the last j several ' years by , numerous American and European scientists. .. These scientists; have said fre quently that the same reaction the sun juses to make heat, the same that! would make - a hydrogen bomb, namely fusion of two atoms to make one new and bigger atom, may become a source of power. . This power plant would be a re actor duplicating the principle of the sun's heat. ! 1 ; But without a single exception all of the scientists said prospects for success were very remote. American comments are numer ous. Possibly the only clue to date comes from some ' American" com ments, to the effect that it may be possible : to produce these fusior reactions on a tiny scale to iaoor atories. " f ; ' '- None held hopes for extending the reactions to useful power. ; The Argentine report, made yesterday by President Juan Per on and Dr. Ronald Rlchter, the Austrian physicist who Is credited with the Argentine discovery, dif fer! from the previous predictions only In one respect.: They claim success. They fail completely to give any reason for success. - Cheap Power v. : "' : Bichter said his new thermo tron . would make ; power : more cheaply than electricity, . This Is an ! amazing prediction. However, the Argentines claim they are in the pilot stage. In industry,: pilot stage means that the laboratory work has been so successful that real .trials can be made, and the pilot plants make these trials. Richter said the atoms he uses are different than those considered by scientists elsewhere. : This Is possible but surprising, because American and other scientists have considered using just about all of the" light-weight atoms, and have found theoretical , reasons ; why some atoms might succeed. Millions of Degrees Richter and Peron speak; of at taining the heat of the sun with out any explanation of how to get It I In the U.S. the sun's surface heat was long ago exceeded by the heat of arcs in vacuum bulbs, but nothing has been said to indicate this heat reached the millions of degrees claimed by, the Argentine report. , k . ; Peron dragged In cosmic " rays. saying that the energy of X-rays and of particles in the thermotron showed that the sun produces cos mic rays. These run cosmic rays have been known to all physicists for some time. They are mostly the nuclei of hydrogen atoms. ' . , They would be expected to ap pear to atomic fusion. L - : Sea-Search for ; Plane Continues SHANNON AntPORT, Ireland, March 25-P-The U. S. navy sent three warships tonight to join one of the biggest air-sea searches in history for a U. S. air force Globe master which disappeared in the Atlantic on Good Friday with 53 American airmen aboard. - - Today about 35 planes, a Brit ish submarine, an ice breaker and two weather ships criss-crossed the search .area, but found no trace of the Globemaster. Hope faded fast that any of those aboard would be found alive. - Easter Week End Toll Exceeds 200 NEW YORK, i March 25 -TV- More than 200 persons lost their lives In accidents Over the Easter week end throughout the nation. Shortly before the holiday ended total . accidental L deaths reported were 202. Highway accidents were responsible for 144 deaths. -Miscellaneous mishaps, such as - fires, drowning and plane crashes,, ac counted for 53 others. . - L v ; Salem Produces Good C Samaritan 1 1 City police said Salem produced a good Samaritan on Easter Sun day, -i ':k'." - A stranfer found a billfold con taining tSO cash on the sidewalk, promptly took it to the police sta tion -and didn't even leave his name. Policemen: contacted the grateful owner.. : Report Fits i Do Not Lie' AA BUENOS AIRES. March 25 Pre sident Joan Peron whose an nouncement af the utilization f atomic energy In Argentina drew - skeptical comment today around, the world. ; , Spain 'Ready I To Sign' Arms Pact wth U.S. WASHDTGTON, March 25-V The Spanish government is report ed ready to sign a direct military alliance with the United States modeled after the North Atlantic defense pact. ,t ' t : - -: j ' Generalissimo Franco, officials said, has Informed American Am bassador Stanton Griffls of this during informal talks in Madrid, r The Spanish leader Is also re ported to have expressed willing ness to consider a trlagular defense alliance linking -Spain, Portugal and the United States. ! . Both these offers, however, were said to be conditioned on a firm American guarantee ; the f United states will ship Spain enough arms to modernize its armed forces. ; Fire Chief Crawls To Mouth of Oil WeU to Quell Fire A heroic fire chief crawled through u io tne mouin ox a naming oil well tonight to shut a valve and possibly save an entire business block of this oil center from going up In flames, f - i While other : firemen thror wall of protective water with their noses aneaa of Fire Chief Bill Mc Bride, he crawled Into the Intense heat to close the valve. Th n was amid office buildings and de- panmenx stores. . ! When the valve was shut, the flames died out almost at tmr An explosion of a treating iunit. at the well's mouth started the blaze. It was out 12 minutes later. i Several other oil wells , were a short distance awav. ThvonH bTI nearby pipelines were shut down wnen me lire oroxe out.; BAiBTT FREED ON EASTER i CHICAGO. March 25-01)-In po lice court Easter Sunday morning a charge of disorderly conduct was dismissed against Miss Alice White Rabbit, 23. I i Eric Johnston Warns Against Build-Up of Inflation Pressure WASHINGTON March 25-0v4 Economic Stabilizer Erie Johnston said today that if business profits or farm prices keep going up, or if laboring men ask for wage raises' beyond the present 10 per cent limit, it could "blow the roof off Inflation." . : ; ! ! In a television Interview. :: he ' again used tough language as . a part of a developing government drive to combat signs of a public letdown in the anti-inflation fight. Johnston said that sometimes the people grow "hot and ;cold" in accordance with what happens In Korea' and what the Russians say' at Lake Success. . "Are we simply going to base our whcla program on what the communists do or say at Laka SpOSDS!nj:i .0 Predictions Statement Said ! Aimed Only f At Argentina 1 HI-;,-. P- -i J j j j .By Joseph F. MeEvey ' . ! BUENOS AIRES. .Argentina,! March 25-(AVPresident Juan D. peron, obviously irked; by skep- jtical comments from abroad on his government's , announcement yes- a terday that Argentina had discov- ; ered a radically new and cheaper j way to produce atomic energy, f said today his is not interested la What the . United States or any other country thinks, j , Foreign reporters however. were allowed to get a ; first-hand account of the discovery from Dr. Ronald Richter, the Austrian-born scientist who claims to have made it.f The foreign press had been e-1 eluded from yesterday's official announcement. : j Peron, writing In the ; authorita-j live and semi-official newspaper Democracia, said: I - TI am not interested in what the I United States or any other country in the world thinks." . I i He said he 1 made the slartlin I announcement "not for other coun-J tries but for my country.' I r Consequently, Peron said, foreign newspapermen; were notV invited to the news conference, j .1 1 wanted to speak to my people, te J wnom i am responsioie, mus av-s oiding the course followed by pol- itieians and newspapers in other? countries of i the world who lie? knowingly and direct their lies to their own people and abroad." I Tney have not yet told the first truth," he added, while I have not told the first lie." j f IDn Richter, now an, Argentina citizen, told the reporters today he believed UJS. scientists: are work4 ing on the same principle as his discovery and may have a similar discovery within their grasp. i t numerous American ana Eur opean scientists expressed every thing from cautious surprise to outright ridicule of the Argentine' claim.; Portlanders Claim J PORTLAND, March 25-(i!PV-Po-i lice and newspapers here said they recejved several calls today from persons reporting they felt an earthquake. j ! iA similar report came from F. Bill Geitz, Red Cross disaster rep resentative, who operates an un4 official seismograph in his down town hotel room here. He said thd Instrument recorded a tremor e 24 seconds duration at 8:59 a. to. i There were no reports of danv i I School Vacation j Ends-and Begins f ) Spring vacation ends this morn ing for some Salem school stu dents and begins for Others. ' I The 8,000 pupils in! the publle school district will j return to classes following a week's recess. Students at St. Joseph's and St Vincent de Paul schools and Sacred Heart academy, about SCd in all, will start their two-day vacation this morning. j ! 1 4 CORNERS CimrXEY FIRE i FOUR CORNERS, March 25 A stubborn chimney fire tonight sent the Four Corners fire department to the Fred Prentice residency 4254 Hudson ave. No damage waa reported, but firemen used con i sdderable water to wet down the roof as a precaution. The "property la owned by W. A Slater. . 8 :! Success? he asked, and answered -or, course we re notlT t i : j Johnston said business profits in 1950 were 30 per cent above 194) in spite' of increased taxes, and fwe simply cannot allow business . profits to keep going up." ; ! I i He said farm prices have gon tip 27 per cent since Korea. I expressed hope working men wl 1 not" ask for wage increases beyon j : the present formula ; which per mits ten per cent above the lev!j ; of -January 1950. f " ' f if Any of these thinf a, Johnston Warned, could "blow the roof off. 1 To each cf the three groujs fc : esked whether moderation is ncj hih a price to pay to prevent t t $nd stabilirt the economy? I don't ! tl-Jnk so. 2he alternatlva la 1e1L. tion." , . j -: i Quake H i- i i4 1 - J