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O . ' - TTTV n. Meed-.J'Extira Po"er9 ... Gearee1 te tfee Grtw ( Oregoa 101st YEAR Inflation Planes Out of Sky I By Marvin I Arrowsmith I , I 1 WASHINGTON, April l-(P)-The senate-house economic committee declared tonight that "galloping inflation" has "knocked, out of the iky a large fraction of the airplanes our taxes might otherwise have bought. i 4 '. I The committee, in its annual report, said it is imperative that cn-occ mit a more effective wage-price control law on the books OF TJtD IJJJS '"if Th' nrio freeze on groceiaes is-j more of a light frost. In fact uj wholesalers and retailers couia get the profit margins allowed un der the new pricing setup the prices of groceries to the consumer would rise, max is me &rcc of grocers with whom I talked, at ..hAiaUnn1 retail levels. Good old competition remains the po- Iiiman nf nrices. MsrkuM oermitted at retail ivl for cash and carry stores vary depending on the class of store, the four classes being:, in dependents with annual volume up n 75ooo: indeDenaenis win sui- nual volume $75,000 to $375,000; chain with annual volume unaer 1375,000; all retailers with annual volume over $375,000. Take one itfm on the rrocery list, breakfast cereals, -the markups allowed are 22 per cent for the first group, 5.1 Mir cent for the second, ' 18 per cent for the tnird, 10 per cent ior the fourth. Shortening -is given a TinA r cent markup in all groups; but spices are allowed 48 per cent. Canned vegetables range as follows by the several groups: 25 per cent, 23, 23, 21. These per centages are higher than grocers in this area are accustomed to taking, tinder competitive conditions pre vailing. One merchant in the sec- end erouDinz saia ns -would be about 16 per cent. Wholesalers also report that the profits allowed are simply fic titious. Some items are handled now on very narrow margins, like five cents on a case of canned milk but the new OPS regulation would allow markup of several times this amount. So It looks as though OPS has set up standards so liberal as to take care of the less efficient store operation. No price rollback will occur (Continued on editorial page, 4.) Crime Prober Hospitalized NEW YORK, April MflVRu dolph Halley, chief counsel of the senate crime investigating com mittee, is in Roosevelt hospital for an operation. .- .-w;.- Dr. Simeon Beisler, chief of the, hospital's department of geni-to-urinary diseases, said he would perfrom the , operation tomorrow but that lie was not at liberty to disclose its nature. ' Halley is expected to"" remain in the hospita about a week. Balmy Weather Brings Residents Out-of-Doors The balmiest Sunday ' of the season beckoned valley joy-riders and home-gardeners by the brigade yesterday. -. The temperature touch 65 in Salem and was only a degree un der the year's high mark on Feb ruary 9. Another 65-degree read ing in forecast for the Salem area today. Animal Crackers - By WARREN COODRlCH -it f9n'l worlT . . - 1 - ' P-K HAYtCW KtNXDT It 10 PAGES Tli i i. -,. -it. i.i speeouy . wiui special siuajrj o f'jm and food prices, . j ' If inflation isn't halted, the com mittee said, the way will be open for, "the Kremlin 1 to destroy the economic basis of this government and thereby the hope of a free world." t i j A majority of the committee sharply- assailed as part of j an "engine of inflation"! wage con tracts which provide for automatic pay increases when - the cost of living rises. . ; . " ' ' . 3 Those so-called escalator wage mobil . and Kom -other ,! indus- tries serve to 'pushi up prices,' the report declared. It added that the situation challenges congress to find a legislative remedy, j The committee said the January 26 wage-price j freeze - applied ithe brakes to inflation, but it has 'not halted. Stabilization officials have promised i price rollbacks, jthe crouDS noted. ?but adiustments to date have- been on the upward 1 side." ' j ' i j i j i . I -1 "The time ;has arrived, jthe committee added, "for-positive 'ac tion to stabilize and without gov ernment subsidies tar reduce ithe cost of living.' In a lone dissent on the subsidy issue, Senator Benton surged sOme federal payments to producers and processors ; to i hold i frown retail prices of food, for example, j The report called for rigid econ omy in federal spending. j It also calls unanimously j for sharply higher taxes high enough to put the defense program on a pay-as-you-go i basis as urged by Mr. Truman. Some of the mem bers' said in a footnote a $10,0P0, 000,000 increase hould be - put through quickly. I ! t j Sucn increases in taxes may help to put a damper on price! in creases progressively! gnawing away at civilian income and gov ernment income," the committee said. Double Death Said Murder, Siiicide atBerid BEND. April 1-trVThe bodies of a prominent Bend Businessman, Rex Brown, 45, and his wife were found in their home here Friday. Police said Brown aDDarentlv shot his wife, then committed suicide. - Brown's sister, Mrs. Eddie Berg, said she received a telephone! call that morning ! from Brown, who said, "it will be all over when you get here." i The bodies were on the living room floor when she got there, she said. I I Mrs. Brown; 38. had filed a'miit for divorce from her husband Wree weeks agoJ ' -:! i i j A 15-year-old daughter. Shirlev. was at school at the. time of ! the snooting. . 1 t i Prank Punctured Instead of Tires April fool from WooHrma fit at- lar, 1249 S. 15th st. to the vounr. sters who placed nail-studded boards under: each wheel ofi his car. r ? r: . : Statlar backed over! them with out getting a flat tire. He com plained to police, .however, that the gag had punctured his sense of humor. Juvenile! authorities promised to investigate. j 'Knocks Statesman-KSLM Spelling Contest on Home Stretch, 9 Finalists Chosen for Closing Event The Statesman-KStiM spelling contest is on the home stretch to day. ; : ; : : ; f j Nine of 14 finalists thus far have been, chosen for the closing event Thursday, April 19, at Salem $en- or llieh school when, the winner will receive a $100 war bondJ ; The last five semi-finals are to be held this week. ! Tonight at 730 at Parrish jun ior high, six school champions! will vie for the right to represent; the Salem area in the finals. , i They are: . r . . ! ,: Mack Harris, 13. Parrish: John Downes, 11, Leslie; Nancy Owens, 13, west fcaiem; Roberta Freeman, 14, Salem Academy: JoAnne Pence, 13, Livingstone school, and Gayle Sandine, 13, state school for the blind. : :;v i : Three semi-finals will be neld Tuesday. . ; j . At Dallas, an xntra-school con- Oregon Statesman. Salem, Oregon, Monday, April 2, 1951 Hoeing in Hopyards Sets j Stage for Farm Work in Valley f - ' i ' - - l : ' . y. - )f. """'" -41 , : t .... V- - y-v, I..'-." ' ' - " " ' - " ., v ' ..-.. ' - :;.-. . ?i ,. ; . , " .. ' .'.'."1' .t.jtima.MM- 't .in i.m -1 ii ii i ir i ibimii 'Hiu't21 mmlnai.A urmr in n.'!!?'! wn' Tym r -- tummnMiw (KiwgMnai To the sound of ehurcinr tractors and the clink of hoes, the Willam ette valley's huge agricultural Industry Is inovinr at an accelerated pace as he growing seasons draw near. Here are a j group of hop hoers loosening the earth around each hop plant en; the Rat Kerr Racing Wire Labelled Top WASHINGTON, April 1 -(PV-Chairman Kefauver (D-Tenn.) of the Senate crime investigating committee today named the Con tinental Press, a racing wire syn dicate, as "public enemy No. I." ' Kefauver said legislation to put Continental out of business will be the committee's most important recommendation. The committee, now drafting its report after 11 months of public hearings that captured national at tention, has heard testimony link ing many Chicago and other gang sters with the operations of Con tinental, which has been described as supplying race information to thousands of bookmakers. I : think public enemy No. 1 today! is the Continental Press as it Is presently operated," Kefau ver said. "Of course, It's legal today. That would be our most im portant recommendation." : - Interviewed on NBC's "Meet the Press" television! program, Ke fauver said also that, knowing what i he now knows, be wouldn't vote In the senate. for confirma tion of New York's former mayor. William ODwyer, as ambassador to Mexico. r Otherwise, Kefauver declined comment on CDwyer on the ground that a New York grand jury lis looking into matters in volving the former mayor. .1 Max. S ... s 66 38 - Mln. Precio. . 3 - .M j 31 : . .00 38 J00 I 31 J2 ' Salem Portland San Francisco Chleaf o New York 62 41 trace Willamette River 31 ft. FORECAST from U. S. weather bu reau, i McNary field, Salem): Mostly cloudy today and tonight. Little chang in temperature with, hiehest todr near 05 and lowest near 38. - -- SALEM PRECIPITATION ' Since Start af Weather Year. Rent 1 This Year Last Year Normal 4SJS9 37 J3 31 J6 I i 1 " i test to choose a semi-finalist will be held far the afternoon at Dallas Junior high. There is no compe tition, between schools in Dallas because the junior high is the only institution with 7th or 8th grades within the-geographical limits of the Dallas first class school dis trict.) Tuesday night at 730, there will be semi-finals at Sflverton Junior high between Darrel Johnson, 13 of Silverton Junior high, and Telea Windschigl, 13, of St. PauTs of Silverton. . j Alio at 733 Tuesday night will be semi-finals at Jefferson involv ing the champions of 11 schools: i Donna Remington, 12, repre senting Rosedale; Gary Petersen, 13, Jefferson; James Applesate, 15, Marion; Mike Eyerly, 12, nob erts; Doris Putnam, 14, Prospect; George Marlatt, 13, Sidney; Dcro- Public Enemy Franco' Military Parade Lacks RJodern Weapons i : I . ' ! j By Louis Nevin MADRID, Spaing April D--Generalissimo Franco, beset by eco nomic worries, paraded his best troops in a colorful military show today in the. 12th celebration of his civil war victory. But the troop displayed a sorry -lack of modern weapons that would make Spain an asset to the West in any conflict with commu nism. The most modern equipment The tanks, artillery, machineguns, rifles and the planes which flew overhead were all pre-World War II models. There were no bazook as, no fast, rapid-firing tanks, no radar equipment, no jet planes. Franco hopes to et such mod ern equipment from the United States. But it is not possible to confirm here the Washington re ports that he has proposed! an al liance with either the United States or with the; United! States and Portugal in order to get it. As Franco n watched the I thous ands of troops march down pastel lana, Madrid's main thoroughfare, there was uneasiness and uncer tainty in the air. This uneasiness began three weeks ago with the 48-hour city-wide I protest! strike in Barcelona against the high cost of living and the accompany ing rioting. j The celebration went off today without incident though for days there had been insistent rumors that the Barcelona events! would be repeated here. In the preced ing 48 hours police were busy rounding up political prisoners, who were freed j; conditionally. Many pedestrians had to submit to having their identity papers; check ed as many as three times; m the space of four or five blocks. As Franco stood reviewing his troops from a white pulpit-like pedestal there probably was at the, back of his mind the troublesome question of how he can bring some sort of balance between prices and wages. Grumbing already has spread to the army, the nation's No. 1 political power, and the fu ture of the regime may depend on an increase in the purchasing power ox the peseta. - Rising prices' are hitting! every one except the black market oper ators and the privileged few. : thy Franzen, 13, Turner; Barbara Graham, 12, Sunnyside; Olen Lof tis, 14, Talbot; Ronald Kihs, 13, Hans Ferry, and Phyllis ! Archi bald, 13, Cloverdale. )- The last semi-finals will be at Stayton at 730 pjn. Wednesday when six schools will send their champions into competition. They include: F3sa Dodson, 12,iAums ville; Lavonne Thompson, 12, West Stayton; Shirley Wodtly, 12, Stay ton; Marguerite Littau. 12. Shaw; Eva Lou New, 13, Detroit, and John Hortsch, 13, of St. Mary's of Shaw,-- iv.-iv -.'.The ..winners of the semi-finals receive copies of Webster's New Collegiate dictionary, and ithe top three spellers ao receive! certifi cates of merit. ' .1 All contests are open to the pub lic, and there are no charges or collections ox any. kind. PRICE 5c farm located In Mission Bottom. Elsewhere In the valley spring wheat Is showinr its bright green self, and here and there fruit trees are sporting their first blossoms. (Photo by Don Dill. Statesman staff photographer). '. : l ' j was 10O World war u surplus jeeps. MaciWarnsof Red Build-Up TOKYO, Monday, April 2P) General MacArthur warned today of an ominous buildup by Chinese Reds in central Korea just north of the 38th parallel. Underscoring his warning, Al lied fliers last night counted 2,300 enemy vehicles on North Korean roads. It j was the biggest single night's movement of the Korean war by the Reds. More thanv1000 of the vehicles were brought under air; attack. . . i Another attempt to burst through the United Nations lines with a "human wave" "counteroffensive is expected, s I Across Korea there was little ground action. American tanks blasted ridge positions on the north edge of the Chunchon valley but did not cross the boundary. Nearing Vote U V : WASHINGTON, April 1 The "great debate over sending more troops to Europe came right up to the voting stage tonight with senators split on the question , of whether war with Russia already is under way. V ! Senator Ives (R-NY) said it is, "very definitely." But Senator Watkings (R-Utah) contended that unless war is declared by congress, President, Truman has no right to commit more troops to Europe's defense.-. ! ' . ".-f .- The senate is ready to vote -tomorrow on resolutions approving the addition of tour U. S. divisions to the new combined west Euro pean defense force. Democratic leaders say if s certain that repub lican efforts to block the resolu tions will be defeated. ' . Fender-Scratcher Pays with Life DENVER, April 1-P-Detective Sgt Charles J. Burns said that an 80-year-old man shot and kill ed his male housekeeper today after the latter scratched the fender of, his car. . , He identified him as John Alex ander, who has been arrested 11 times for firing or carrying fire arms. The victim was James Gray, 29, Alexander's cook and house keeper.: j.--:'--vi.-v.; v.v'Wd : QUICK FAMILY INCREASE HINSDALE, Mont, April l-(ff- Mr. and Mrs. Marius Larsen be came parents and grandparents the same" day. ' The farm, couple had a daughter last Monday, while their daughter had a son, . Great Debate No. 6 NLRB Orders Elections in WASHINGTON,' April The National Labor Relations board, for the first time in its 19 year history, today ordered elec tions in the "building industry. Eight AFT, unions protested By its action- the, board assum ed brand new responsibilities in the scattered construction busi ness employing 2,000,000. The un even nature of employment in those trades had prompted the board to keep hands off so far as employe elections : are concerned, up to now. n ; j V7 ii the result of, today's two unanimous decisions is to loose aSl M a r .... T. h uww ox election petitions iln the thousands of construction Jobs across the country.the board said it will go to congress and ask for more money. The five board mem bers said that ' congress idearly wanted the board to assume full jurisdiction L over . the industry when it passed the Taft-Hartley act In 1947. ' j if During .the 12 years the board operated under the Wagner act, the board said it customarily did not assert jurisdiction over the construction industry, which might be considered to be a collection of Individual jobs ; not involving Interstate commerce. I . Specifically the' board today or dered an election among 22 com panies in the Plumbing Contract ors association of Baltimore; to de termine whether the workers want to be -represented ,by the AFL plumbers and steam fitters union. The AFL building and construc tion trades unions oppose the elec tion, arguing that the board will be "inundated" by similar elec tion requests and the action will upset the joint board set tip in the industry for handling the juris dictional disputes. j : April Fool's Day Triplets Joke to Cleveland Papa J CLEVELAND, April l-(ivHow does a - proud j father of triplets who arrive on April Fool's day gel his friends to take the news : Joseph M. Uantz, jr, wife, LClian, gave birth to In; Huron Road "hospital couldn't find the 'answer. whose triplets today, fWhen I caJl my friends to tell mem tne news, I have time convincine them if April Fool't day joke,- he said. "It's no joke to me." ! Even Mrs. Mantz was skeptical when her doctor told her she had three baby girls. ' t "Would you believe such newsl on Apru 17" she asked. COXES GIYEN HAITI OP OIL OKLAHOMA CITY, April -JP An early-day Oklahoma City oil wen, which had been pumping steadily along for years, suddenly started spewing a spray of oil over homes,' garages and lawns in a two-block residential area BnildingTrades Congressmen Tele . ' : By Harrison Humphries , . J WASHINGTON ; April I(AP) Coifgrcss is bein urged, in the name of national defense, to permit con struction of a power line linking generating plants in California and the Pacific northwest. The idea i? to put the Columbia river to work fcr California at times when surplus power is available la Washington and Oregon, and let California repay the debt at times when the Columbia cannot meet the power demand in Washington and Oregon. ' . The interior department is spon soring ' the proposal, now before the house appropriations commit tee for funds. , L : .; - y ' William E. Warne, assistant sec retary of interior, explained the plan this way: By constructing an Interconnec tion between the Bonneville pow er administration in I Oregon and Washington and the Central .Val ley project in California, off-peak" power not now generated could be sent to California! during high water periods in . the Columbia rlvay while steain and hydro pow-; er from California could be sent north during low water periods in the Columbia. . I Department officials estimate that the proposals would save 800,- 000 to 900,000 barrels of oil used annually in California to generate power at steam plants, and at the same time provide enough addi tional firm energy -to produce an extra 20,000 tons of aluminum in Washington and Oregon. " . .! CeIt;iJeeiiu'";:;:-''-r 1 Appropriations committee mem bers, considering the . proposal in closed-door sessions, are reported to be cool toward the project. Ore gon and Washington interests ob ject to it, asserting that no power can be spared from the Pacific Northwest. I ! 1 However, - the defense electric power administration an emer gency agency responsible to sec retary of the interior Chapman has now ' declared the intercon neville area, and a brownout in security.- It urges that the line be completed by the Fall of 1952, if possible. - . - ' ;; i : The federal power . commission has reported , the line to be a potent tial benefit to aU three Pacific coast states. . j Never Together Interior department experts say that severe .power shortages have never occurred simultaneously in California and the Pacific north west. -: There was a shortage . during the winter of 1948-49 in the Bon neville area, an da I brownout hi California during the! 1947-48 win ter. An inter-connection, had it existed, would : have eased the crisis in both areas, they claim, it Department officials have said they are willing for congress to prohibit by law thi transfer of Kwer. from either area, if it can used within that area. f Unused Water ! -v '-" ' j They say -water now flows un I used down the Columbia in the latespring and summer, which, if run through generators, could pro duce bout 440,000.000 kilowatt hours of v electricity, j - c They say there is! also "waste" power in the Bonneville system at nights and Over week ends that could be used In California. ' They estimate that the sale of this surplus power in California would bring $500,000 a, year in ad ditional revenue toXthe credit of Bonneville. TV The interconnection would cost $6,269,000, of which S1,00,000 is being sought this year. Depart ment engineers say it is theheap est and quickest way ; of getting ad ditional power to support defense industries in both areas. . A steam plant would cost three umes as mucn. Floods Spread t In Alabama j : y-- - -- -y-Yi . . ' - MOBILE, Ala April 1 Floodwaters of three major south ern rivers rolled over southern Alabama farmlands Sunday, caus ing widespread havoc and at least two deaths. .. ( ' i . Elsewhere in the j flood-plagued deep south, Iowa and New Jersey, overflows had reached their crests or were receding, j 5 ? . . I : This was true along the Tombig bee, Warrior and Coosa rivers in northeastern . Mississippi, north west Georgia and northern Ala bama, in Iowa and New Jersey. ! A Mobile forecaster said spread ing torrents may cause . rerious crop damage : In Alabama's rich agricultural, area. Upstream dam age to homes, roads and businesses was estimated in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.: , i Wilson Sees Defense V Goal Two Years ITence j - - - I - -; WASHINGTON," April 1 -VPj-Dcfense Mobilizer Charles E. Wil son reported to President Truman tonight that two years from now America should be strong enough to give us : "reasonable safety against aggression" and a high level civilian economy, too. But in those two years, he salj, we have to keep up Vi9 fuH;:t decree of driva and unity gnJ overcome the "tendency to let our enthusiasm ebb and, Cow." roliceaearclii Body VI All F ui-iuoany-ioy.. Statcsauui Newt Scrrlf : AiLBANy, April 1 Police were searching the Willamette river near here tonight for the body of Wilson Burton, 12, who drowned about 3:30 pan. """Police said young Burton, fson of J.. M. Burton, Albany rou 4, apparently drowned while playing on tne west bank or the river n the Spring Hill road with two oth er Companions. The boys told of ficers they were all three on a lc3 water and disappearejd. Albany city police, state police anq Aioany ziremen are searching the river, The accident occurred iust north of Alhanv. ) ". College Draftl Deferment Plan Raises Debat e i . j WASHINGTON, AprU 1 President Truman's plan to defer bright college students from; the draft sounds "splended" to one ed ucator: but another hone it be j permanent policy. f .Most educators feel deferments should not be made on the bat is o grades, said Dr. Harvie Bran$comb, president of Vanderbilt university. He predicted public criticism of deferred students as "being toe smart to fight." Duller- students should not shoulder the full load of military service, he added.' ?But Chancellor Rufus H. Fita gerald of the University of pitta our gb said he was "highly pleased" witil. new program. He called spiended arrangement.'' lir. Truman announced yester day that the nation's 1,000,000 col lege students will be offered spe ciei aptitude test this spring and summer. " " Those who score hfirh and thnM jrtth good recordsJn college behind wen-can De aef erred from the draft. Students with low gradee wiii am suDject to compulsory vice.; ; liarrier Wing CaU-Up Takes 30 VaUey Men . Thirty more fuarion and j Pol county men were caned to the colors Sunday "with activation e the 403rd Troop Carrier win jr. Oregon's biggest air reserve unit, at Portland. I . Their commander, 3 Brig. Gen. Chester E. McCarty, said f they probably would remain in Port land for an extended period, pos- was ordered to duty for 21 months. McCarty commented that the time couldbe extended, if conditions make necessary. 7 f Many ef the men from this area plan to commute - daily. Others will returnXhome on weekend Members of the unit not listed previously by The Statesman in dude Clyde Barker and Roy Mak er, both of Salem. Church Scene of ! Shooting, Suicidd ! BALTIMORE, April "l -W George Hollis, 40-year-old Kegro listened, attentively to the tirmri at the Mount : Cavalry FreewLl Baptist church today, then shot jt 40-year-old widow and killed him self with the pistol he had carriej to church. Mrs. Clara Green was in seriorf condition with a bullet wound ii the back of her neck. j Friends of the two said Ucll'i arid Mrs. Green had known e&c other for about two years t.i "had a bust-up Friday nigh t." i ; Rattlesnake Bitca 1 Director of Zoo I - CHICAGO, April l-My-A rattl make bit the director cf the Li- coin Park 200 today shortly It fcr 1 they were to go before televislc i cameras for a program cn fnsJkt :Directcr Marlia TirL'-j w 1 treatsd lrsdiat!y rt us r , scent cf ths r"". I: ' V ! savant hcrjiul. lis vrcj 1. ... recovcrls. ' . i