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McNarjr field. Salem : Partly cloudy
today; Increasing cloudiness tonight -.
with rain by early tomorrow morning.
Hign today near M; low tonight near
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Since Start ef Weather Year Sept. 1
Thl Year . Last Year Normal : ,
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"By Lester F. Coir - "
. Staff Writer. The Statesman t
. " Cities and school districts would be allowed to. increase their
budgets in excess of the 6 per cent limit without holding special elec
tions under a proposed- constitutional amendment approved by the
senate Monday. f-. . j-'-z... r .. -'it f-1 r ?r -jn:
- - The measure, already passed in the house, will be referred to the
voters in the November. 1952. general election. It would permit the
flu
' One of the ringleaders in the
"committee" of convicts which has
been feeding the Oregon Prison
association and the legislative
committee and the "outside" with
complaints about how the Oregon
state prison is run is a lifer named
Jordan. He has been a trouble
maker ever since he arrived at
the prison some 20 years ago. He
was the one primarily responsible
fbr the flax fires in 1942 which
cost the state around $200,000. I
for one am not ready to accept
any recommendations from him or
others of his ilk on "reforms" at
the penitentiary.
, The Oregon Journal," whose edi
torial chief, Tom Humphrey, is
active in the affairs of the prison
association, has demanded a change
in the wardenship at the peniten
tiary, which has been repeated by
State Treasurer Pearson, but re
jected toy the other two members
of the board of control. Governor
McKay and Secretary Newbry. To
act on that demand .now would be
to give recognition to some of the
worst elements in the prison, i
i How many of the reforms rec
ommended by the prison associa
tion are practical I do not know.
It is true the prison has been back
ward in providing employment and
vocational instruction, especially
in the winter months. However it
has been away behind in plant
facilities for many projects. To
save money most of the construc
tion work is done by inmates, and
progress is slow. At the rate they
have been going they just do not
get ahead with extra space for
classes Ifbrary, etc -
Running a penitentiary is a very
difficult task. You have a mixed
assortment of men, some vicious
in the extreme, others with
(Continued on Editorial Page 4)
Fingi
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HYATTSVILLE, Md, March 28
tffVPrince Georges county police
were amazed today to find pan oi
a finger when they went to in
vestigate an office burglary..
They had started out to find
some fingerprints. . -
The officers righted a 1500
pound safe which had been top
pled over and found the first joint
of a man's finger. . .
The safe had not been entered,
police reported, but office equip
ment worth $1020 had been
carted- away. . '! '
A - print was made from . the
finger. ., ; '
TRUCK IHTS BURMA MINE
RANGOON, Burma, March 26
An -army transport vehicle
struck a land mine near North
- Burma ; army headquarters at
Meiktila, killing three government
soldiers and wounding six other
persons, a communique reported
today. It said an attack on - the
survivors was beaten off.
AnSmal Crackers
By WARREN COODRICH
Ch. I forgot fo M you. dear, wtwe j
tow we I moved ttuns I
round. I
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siaie ana oi lis pouueat budcuvi-
sions adopt new tax bases under
the 6 per cent limit provided in
the state constitution.
Under present law, no taxing
unit is permitted to adopt a tax
levy which is more than 6 per
cent more than the amount of the
highest tax levied in any of three
preceding .years. V.-" '--- ' ..
This has caused many cities and
school districts to hold special el
ections to get the voters to ap
prove budgets which exceeded
the 6 per cent limit.
Allow New Tax Base
.The measure approved Monday
was introduced' by Sen. Howard
Bel ton, Canby, and would allow
the voters to approve: a new tax
base at any primary or general
election. The tax unit then could
apply taxes which would exceed
the tax base by Q per cent.
. .Belton told thesenate his meas
ure was a fairer law than the
present one .because more voters
would go to the polls to vote on
new taxes in cities and school dis
tricts. He pointed out that only a
small percentage j of voters go to
the polls in special budget elec
tions.: V $ -
The house. 37 to 18, killed a bill
which would have abolished Ore
gon's contributory negligence law
governing accident cases and re-
E laced it with a comparative neg
gence act I
No Contributors ;
TTniM rS Vks-Aaut MAntvtKiitAwv
negligence law, a person contrib
uting to the cause of anf accident
even In the slightest degree can
not collect for damages in court.
or instance, a person. 5 per cent
responsible for an accident such as
an auto-collision cannot collect
even though the other party in
volved is 95 per cent jieglfgent.
The comparative neglige nee
law would allow - a oerson less
guilty than another Dart? invol
ved in an accident to collect in
court, but his percentage of neg
ligence Would be subtracted from
the amount he could collect after
winning a suit, i
Proponents of the comparative
negligence proposal said the con
tributory neclieence law is unfair
because peonle only sliehtlv tniil-J
ty oz causing an accident are bar
red from collecting any damages.
Opponents of the comparative
negligence law said it would be
impractical because juries would
n't be able to determine the vari
ous degrees of negligence.
(Both the house and senate will
meet at 10 a. m. today).
'Bell of Peace9 at
Hiroshima Stolen
HIROSHIMA, Japan, Tuesday,
March 27-3)-This atom-bombed
city's 'Bell of Peace? has been
StOlen. ' : ;f ,.: - . .
Kyodo news agency said today
the three-foot, 90-pound bell was
taken from its 30-foot tower in
the center of Hiroshima, the spot
over which the first? atom bomh
used in warfare was exploded, c
104 Years Yeug March 28, 1951
The Oregon Statesman
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tury bounced la. TLIs lorsing-seene photo, with the "Curtia Lumber
of tie fuel ear, was taken In the Coever area above Detroit dam around 1SSS. Standing at the rtsht Is
Georre ICimbe, Cartlss superintendent f -.- j
Chinese
Bolster
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By Robert Eunson
TOKYO. Tuesday. March 27-UP)
-Chinese reds moved up reinforce
ments today just north of the 38th
parallel! in efforts to ward off any
U. N. attack in North Korea. Al
lied troops were fast enveloping
the last bit of South Korea. :
The reds jammed supply roads
behind their front with the hea
Viest traffic in two weeks.
Bat they offered only delaying
action in South Korea against al-
U. S.I EIGHTH ARMY BEAD
QUARTERS, Korea, March 27
( Tuesday) (JP) -A village three
miles aorth of the 38th parallel
n the: east coast of Korea, was
reported occupied yesterday by
Sooth Korean forces.
bed divisions advancing across
the lasti thin slice of land between
them and the 38th parallel. .
In western Korea, where the al
lied front still was 10 miles short
of the parallel, three allied divi
sions were closing the gap. Their
columns had linked up Monday 13
miles north of Seoul, causing the
Chinese; 26th army (corps) to fall
back. I
The linkup eliminated the last
big enemy pocket in South Ko
rea. Today the reds tried only one
small counterattack. It was repul
sed.: i V: ':,
Elsewhere, in central and east
ern Korea, the United Nations
front already was virtually flush
with the 38tfc parallel, i-
The reds moved up -fresh troops
just north of the 38th parallel in
central Korea. The reinforcements
were seen on-the roads south of
the enemy supply base of Kum
hwa. It is 19 miles north of the
38th parallel, i
Allied fliers spotted the heav
iest red traffic in two weeks along
the North Korean supply arteries.
On the i western side . alone, . just
north of Pyongyang; pilots count
ed B7w yenicies. wr -
MahoneyDl
In California
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State: Sen. Thomas R. Mahoney,
Portland, reported ill with pneu
monia at Santa Rosa, Calif., Mon
day, will probably return to bis
home Thursday.
Mahoney, according to a tele
phone call received from his wife
Monday, was stricken with the ill
ness during an Easter week-end
vacation in northern California.
Mrs. Mahoney said she and her
husband would fly back to Port
land Thursday if Mahoney's phy
sician permits him to take the trip.
OREGON PILOT MISSING
TUCSON, Ariz, March 26-aV
A four-passenger Navion plane
pifoted ;by Dan Stansell of Med
ford. Ore., was reported missing
tonignt on a flight from Tucson
to El Paso,. Tex. It Is not known
how many passengers Stansell had
with him.
BOEING DOUBLES PROFIT
SEATTLE. March 26-UPl-Boeinff
Airplane company reported today
it made $10 a share last year, more
wum twice is s net roxii. -
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Young Musicians' Off ter
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These Salem high School band and orchestra musicians are en their way te Missoula, Mont this morning
to attend the Northwest Music conference. They" are among 21 young Salem area musicians Invited
te the meet. Here they are cheeking their instram ents prior te leaving Salem by bus last night. From
left they are Nancy TJkrhammaer, seated; WAmne -Kliir. Donna Brindt. Maareea Gastafsen, Max
Morris, Clenm Benner. Marie Tbor and Marilyn Foster. Statesman pboto.) - . $ '
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2(Qaniblins
.By Ed Creah
WASHINGTON, March 26-(ffV-
Two alleged top-ranking American
gambling figures were held on
contempt charges tonight for re
fusing to testify in the senate
crime investigatkMfi unless televi
sion, newsreel and radio equip
ment, were removed. - j
The men. held in $10,000 bail
each. - were Louis Rothkopf ahd
Morris Kleinman, I both of Clevel
and. ' i
Chairman Kefauver
(D-Tenh)
of the senate crime probe group
said they were members of "one
of most active and important in
terstate gambling syndicates in the
United States." j ! , !
Each man read! a formal state
ment saying the f presence of TV
and other communications equip
ment violated fads I constitutional
rights. Then each, sat silent while
committee counsel put a series pi
questions. j 1
The other "witness in tonight's
session, ex-bootlegger Abne (Lon
rie) Zwillman, risked similar con
tempt proceedings by. refusing to
tell the committee the details of
his rumrunning activities during
prohibition or bis money-making
pursuit since. - -K
Own Cargo
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Czaro' Held for Coti tGmp)-l-
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Spell Run-off
Statesman News Serrlea
MT. ANGEL, March- 2
Twelve-year-old Irene "Weinacht,
pretty 8th-grade brurfette from
McKee school,' correctly spelled
"official" tonight to win her way
to the finals of The Statesman
KSLM Spelling contest in Salem
April 19. - - i '-;; : j;
Irene,' daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Peter Weinacht of route X Wood
burn, outlasted seven other con
testants. She' was . declared 1 the
winner whenwshe spelled the word
missed by Carla Griffith, 7th
grade Mt. Angel : college entrant
who already had spelled several
more difficult ones, i ' i !1 A"
Irene and Carla were left as the
last two contestants after Ronald
Wachter, 13, in the 18th grade at
St. Mary's school here, inadvert
ently put an V on "limit,.
' The semi-final contest here was
the seventh to be held.' All have
been won by i girls.-. There are
seven more semi-finals contests to
choose the 14 finalists.' . ;
Tonight's contestants went
through nearly 100 words before
any dropped by the wayside, u :
.The others - were Helen Grosh
ong, 13, Scotts Mills; Edna Ed
gell, 13, Crooked Finger; Jane Pa
quin, 12, Monitor; Glenda Seely,
13, Union, and Bill Bell, 13, Victor
Point. They dropped out on the
words ; "junior," taIle,, "as
sume,' "rhubarb and freedom."
Host principal was Theresa Deh
ler of Mt.: AngeL Judges were
Mrs. Sylvester Schmitt, Mt. Angel,
and Conrad Prange, Salem. Master
of "ceremonies was Earle Head
rick, manager of KSLM. Word
pronouncer was Wertdell Webb,
managing editor of The Statesman.
Irene's teacher is- Emma Bisanz.
Both will be: guests of the. spon
sors at a dinner preceding the fi
nals In Salem. j :
: Tho Centennial!
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" Due to - th increased press
run and tremendous bulk, delivery-
cf The Statesman's 104--page
Centennial edition - to
morrow jwill. be delayed some
what beyond the usual . hour.
It will-be handled as rapidly as
possible, iowever,'la view of
the extra labor entaOed. . .
A 'j ' V--r-
To allow as . early a start
as feasible, the deadline for
Wednesday's 5 classified adver
tising will be moved up to 1X0
p. m. today, j (from the usual
5:45 p. m.) - -,
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WASHINGTON, March 28-(flP-A
- nationally known 'Brooklyn
judge testified today that gam
blers pay up to $25,000,000 a year
in protection money to crooked
members of the New York City
police force, -y. - j a';J; ;'"":'; -
Samuel Leibowitz, one of the
nation's leading! criminal lawyers
until he1 ascended the Kings county
(Brooklyn) bench, made the esti
mate in testimony before the sen
ate crime investigating committee.
In the widespread uproar touch
ed off by the committee's disclos
ures in televised hearings watched
by millions, there were these other
developments: j j. .1
1 William ODwyer, ambassa
dor to Mexico and! former mayor
of New York, was called, before
a Brooklyn. : grand jury lor ques
tioning of an undisclosed nature.
The jury has been j occupied with
probing gambling and police graft
2 James J. Moran, ! longtime
friend of . CDwyer - and resigned
New York City water commission
er, was charged with perjury by
another! New York grand Jury
based on his testimony two weeks
ago before the senate crime com
mittee. .A r j.. . ;
FBI Director J. Edgar Hoov
er told -the senate -crime probers
that organized gambling could be
wiped out anywhere in, the U. S.
within 48 hours if state and local
laws were strictly enforced, .r
i 4 Attorney General t McGrath,
also appearing before the- senate
group, said racketeer Frank Cos
tello can't be deported or deprived
of his citizenship because he wasn't
convicted of two - serious crimes
within five years of coming to this
country from Italy.' I ' ;a
: Leibowitz declared that "candi
dates for high office have to crawl
on their bellies before plug-uglies
of that sort (Costello). That's the
situation. The situation: has been
with us for a long, long time. "a
Control Board to He Report
On Pemtentiai
; Whether Oregon' State r Prison
Warden T George t- Alexander ; will 1
remaur on-the Job or be ousted
probably wiUbe determined to.
day when the 'senate4 public lnsti
tutiona committee reports .to the
board of control. -;f - K
. The senate .coinmittee," headed
by Sen., Vernon Bun, LaGrande,
made another tcraTthrough, the
prison Monday,4 Bull i said, "we
found.' evidence f this time v.that
makes us think conditions ,are
worse than we believed they were
in earlier Investigations", :;:
: The committee has been prob
ing conditions at the prison since
convicts staged a : hunger strike
about a week a;a over food beicg
served at the penitentiaiy, ,
After, the strike ran4 subse
quent riot, the convicts submitted
Truce Tallc
Offer Brings j
Crackdown
; - -- By John M. Bishtower ' !
? WASHINGTON, March 2MV
Informed officials said tonight that
the administration has asked Gen.
Douglas MacArthur to inform
Washington in the future of any
statements he intends ; to make
having" political importance. : -.There
is general agreement
among state department, defense
department' and ; White House au
thorities, it was said, that : the
measure was necessary,
; It is intended to try to prevent
a recurrence of the situation which
developed when : MacArthur made
a public declaration before visit
ing the Korean front last Satur
day. A,.A r,'A: .-;:-. :-i ;"'( i
At that time, without Informing
Washington, the United Nations
commander offered to; meet the
communist commander-in-chief in
the field for truce 'talks. Mac
Arthur at: the same time, raised;
at least by implication,: the possi
bility that the United Nations
might change its policy and au
thorize ' attacks on Chinese mili
tary bases and on China's coastal
areas, v Ir'AiA " j i a ;-.1;
State department officials sub
sequently disclosed that what Mac-"
Arthur said ' had not been dis
patched to Washington before-:
hand. .?-a 1-a " -1 . i. '
There was a round of top-level
conferences on Saturday involving
state and defense officials and au
thorities at the White House, in
cluding.': Secretary Acheson and
President Truman. '
Congress Said
Vulnerable to
Water Poison
WASHINGTON, March 2(MV
The head of : me public i health
service says an enemy might at
tack congress by putting typhoid
germs . in the lawmaker's ' water
supply or poisoning their food. .1
This aspect f biological warfare
was brought home to the legisla
tors by Surgeon General Leonard
A. Scheele in hearings before the
house t appropriations committee,
today. The committee was consid
ering the i services request for
funds. I ' j: va.-v -: .'-: :'"!
Responding to a quey by Rep,
Hedrick (D-WVa( about bacteri
al and chemical warfare, the health
official said the range of known
bacteria which can be spread is
quite extensive. He continued: . ?
It can ibe, as somebody has
suggested, spreading typhoid fever
by contaminating our public wa
ter supplies, either at the source,
at the reservoir, or at some im
portant point along the line. u j
Tor example, to attack congress
one might find a major water main
coming into the capitol or into one
of the office buildings and at that
point put the material in V" they
might use f any of the dysentery
group." t : j - ; : a i j I
FIoristeTreeJ;:--Of
Frice Controls !
WASHINGTON, March 26-(iv
The government today withdrew
price controls . from ' florist and
nursery products, explaining these
prices do not - have much effect
upon the cost of living.
It was the first major domestic
Industry to.be released from the
January 25 general price freeze. ;
a 17-poInt program to the state
board of control asking improve-
ments at the prison. - . ?
Last r week. State 1" Treasurer
Walter Pearson asked that the
state board of control dismiss Al-
1 exander on ground that d'ssatis-
faction ar the prison wouldn't-be J
. . - i-i ' ' j - i . "i
cuiexea , unut Aiexanaer was ic
I moved. . . : : r: ' -, ;
; : Gov. Douglas .McKay " and Sec
retary of State ' Earl T. Newbry,
the two other members of the state
board of control, said they would
not take any definite action to
make changes at the penitentiary
until the senate committee made
its report :
I Senator EuH said te wcti!4
work Monday nisnt to ccrrplc'.s
the committee report for considsr
a lion cf the board of contrcl to
day, ' , " :
Police
Enforce
H
I- By Robert E. Gangware
' " 'City Xdltor, The Statesman
-. Strict enforcement of the law1 ,
to prohibit smoking by youth under .
age 21 was called for and prom
ised Monday night in city council
Liiaiiiuiri m sasi m im vi iiji ill rts aa aam
dermen and mayor defeated a pro-
posed lowering of jthe effective 1
age to 18... v .- j . . . 5 ! ;
Shortly before the council cist
its' vote, Police Chief Clyde IA.
Warren declared: 'If it's the wish v
of the council, I assure you we'll -'
do. everything we can to enforce
this law.-,-:.''; a U- - - ; 1
T'He referred to the dgare't smokU "
ing, purchase and sale prohibition
on which 18 citizens from Salem
and Portland and city officials,
commented, primarily in favor of
maintaining the existing restric- r
tions. . . : .1 - I '
- The issue came . up last month ;
When the council was petitioned
by the Parrish junior high school
student council to improve the
enforcement ,of cigaret law. The ;
students', letter said the ease with ,
which junior high-age boys could .
buy.cigarets was "a temptation,
"Realistic Are" ) ' : I
'Alderman Thomas Armttrnna
then . had asserted that " enforce- :
ment was difficult but might be
improved If "the more "realistic" '.
age of 18 were substituted. He .
sponsored the bill which was de-
Burk, Albert Gille, Claud Jorgeo- '
sen and David O'Hara voted
against the bill while Armstrong.
Aldermen James Nicholson and
Robert F. White and Mayor Al
fred W. Loucks voted in. favor
of it. ' . ; . I i
" Representatives of youth, the
Women's Christian Temperance
union, Salem churches and the
Tobacco Research league stoutly
defended existing law and called
for its strict enforcement Some '
spokesmen like Aldermen O'Hara "
and Mrs. Stanley Dull of the to- '
bacco league in Portland main- '
tained that the proposed city law
would be invalid, anyway, as It -would
contradict state law eeW
ting the cigaret age at 21.
Opinions Differ - l l
O'Hara presented conflicting i
gal opinions and said he fa
vored the opinion of Attorney
Ralph 'Moody that j the proposed
city law would be ; Invalid over ,
a ruling by City Attorney Chris
Kowitz that Indicated such law
would be valid. a if
The Rev. O. Wj Clemens i
First Church of God declared the
problem. is deeper than an are
limit but that enforcement would
be just as difficult j at age 18 at
at age 21. The new "borderline,
he said, would merelv maka smr.k- -
ing just that much more attractive
to 14 to 17-year-olds. '. t
; Richard Scott 18-year-old Wil
lamette university, freshman, said
V fl fi . I a. m m . m
av w eaa iia4 nvuiu aw
a dangerous compromise," but
that a 21-year age limit with: no
enforcement is almost as bad. f f
Officers Guilty "A; j' :
Douglas Hay said police officers
not . enforcing the j 21-year age
limit are guilty of misdemeanor
themselves under , state law, re
gardless of city statutes. I
Fred J. Tooze of i Portland said
Salem is looked up to in state and
civic affairs and hence should hot
let down the bars, as cigar els
"remain as demoralizing a factor
on youth ... as when the stata
law. was passed because cigercif
were considered harmful to good
character in youth.", " ; '.I .
Among ; ther citizens opposir j
the change were the Rev. Luc:;.j
Johnson, Mrs. W. A. Barkua,
Theodore C Johnson, Mrs. Georr
Atterbury, Maj. Charles Bennett
and Clayton Jones.! ;
(Additional council news, page 2.)
Public In viicd fo if
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r -The public U Cordially Invit
ed to attend tho Centennial
Forum of. The'.Orefori States
man at Waller hall, Wednesday
night at eight o'clock.. ,Tbut
will be aCpanel discussion eti
"Newspapers cf-Toay andTc
morrow." t TarticI p atic ? will te
Lawrenee E. Davies, of the Tin
Franci.ro bureau " cf 5 1 s
York Timci r.ivhiri- L: J, s
berger. Journalist tn i' 4
senator ' from PcrtLi.-" i i
Dorothy O. Johansen; cl !, i
faculty -of Reed college, t I
member of Portland schcl
board. TTallace A. C;nr",
manar!ng editor cf Parade,
New York, will be mod era Ur.
This is a roecial feature -cf
The ttat-rniza Ccr.l:--Jal. C.i
7ednesi3y mcrrlr.5 t:e Ctr.
tccrsl EIi!en, Cavalcade-cf a
Century, 1C5 1-1:31. ' wiX la
Pecision