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SCKElDS
Remember when you were ;
youngster and looked up at the
xeiegrapa wires wj x jtuu wu
. observe any of those yellow mes
sages moving along? They never
did, of course, ana wnen you grew
a little older you learned that all
that went over the wires was a
series of -clicks, dots and dashes
of the Morse code.
Now this week if you look up at
the telephone lines, in Salem and
see them sagging it will not be
because of the legislative over
-load as frantic constituents turn
- heat on legislators. It will be from
the calls of the women of Salem
who ave inviting guests for the
series of "chain luncheons" spon
sored by the Young Women's
.Christian 'Association. It is just a
novel device to help raise more
money for that longed-for YWCA
building4
It works like the chain letter,
onlv with no threat of dire fate
for "breaking the chain.' It's all
voluntary. A group of ladies
started the series, each holding a
luncheon, the first one yesterday,
Each who attended engaged to
hold a similar luncheon next Mon
day. And their guests hold an
other series of luncheons the fol
lowing Monday. Each guest and
hostess" pays a dollar to the YW
building fund so the penalty is
$2 plus the luncheon expense,
which is a very light assessment
indeed, for so worthy a cause. But
it does call for a lot of telephon
ing to enroll the women.
If the chain isn't broken the YW
hopes to garner in some $6,000,
but very wisely "the series is to
end 'with three luncheons. After
all yu f
(Continued on editorial page, 4)
Moorage Wall at
McNary Dam Collapses
WALLA WALLA, April 23 UP)
A section of the moorage wall
in the navigation approach chan
nel at McNary dam collapsed as
the result of spring flows on the
Columbia river, Lt. CoL Robert
Anderson, acting Walla Walla dis
trict engineer, said tonight.
- .The damage is estimated at
$75,000 and repairs are to be
started immediately.
Animal Crackers
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One woman died and three persons were Injured, two of them seriously, in the he&don collision of these
two cars near! Gervais junction Friday evening. Winifred Gamara, Seattle, passenger in the 1950 Olds
mobile, (left) Idled of injuries a few minutes after the crash. Driver of the car. Bruce Yergen, Port
land, was In serious condition at an Oregon City hospital. George L. McColIy, Silverton, driver of the
1938 Ford at right was taken to Silverton hospital with serious back injuries. Carl Hunter. 248 D si,
riding with McColly, was given treatment at Salem Memorial. Ernie Rose, Hubbard, driver of ia
third ear involved in the crash, escaped with a hea d bump. State police said a blowout on the McColly
ear was blamed for the fatal accident. (Statesman photo).
Seattle Woman
KMea4Hiirt
In 99-E Crash
A Seattle woman was, killed and
four other . persons .'Were:- injured
in a spectacular! headoa .--collision
Involving three cars a mile north
of Gervais junction on highway
99E Monday evening.
Dead of fmultiple head and
chest injuries was Winifred Gam
ara, 31, employe of the bureau of
internal revenue office in Seattle.
Seriously Injured were Bruce
Yergen, 52, Portland public ac
countant, wijth fractures of both
legs and lacerations of the jaw and
tongue; and George L. McColly, 18,
Silverton, broken back and broken
ankle. Carl Hunter, 248 D st., and
Ernie Rose, Hubbard, both escaped
with minor injuries. j
State police said the accident
occurred about 5:15 pjn. when a
tire blew out oh the southbound
1938 Ford operated by McCollyJ
pulling the car into the northbound
lane of traffic. The Ford side-j
swiped a 1940 Chevrolet driven by:
Rose and plowed headon into Yer-
gen's 1950 Oldsmobile which was!
just behind, police said. Both cars
were demolished. !
Miss Gamara was a passenger in
the car drivei by Yergen. She died;
a few minutes after the mishap:
from injuries and loss of blood J
Yergen was taken to Oregon City
hospital where his condition was
termed "seridus" Monday night, i
McColly was in a Silverton hos-
pital where hospital officials said
he was also in "serious" condition
McColly's passenger. Hunter, who
was catapulted several yards downj
the highway! when the two cars:
crashed, was treated at Salem Me-I
morial hospital for leg and foot in-j
juries. He was later released. Rose
incurred a bump on the head in
the mishap. f j
Yergen wis returning from 4
business trip;; to California when;
the accident occurred. McColljf
and Hunter, feoth employes at the
Birdseye cannery at Woodburn
were enroute to Salem.
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LONDON, April 23 (JF) A
second minister! took a walk from
Prime Minister Attlee's cabinet
tonight, joining Aneurin j Bevanj
who charged that Britain was
shackled to the "wheels of Amer4
lean diplomacy" in a reckless
armaments ' drive. !
The resignation of Board of
Trade President Harold Wilson;
35-year-old fboy wonder of th$
Labor 'government, was an
nounced by iAttlee.
Be van. th leftwinger who re
signed as Labor minister early to
day, charged in an impassioned
speech to a glum and largely un
responsive house of commons thai
the Labor government was letting
the United; States drag it Into an
arms program which : would
plunge Britain into economic
chaos and scuttle her socialistic
welfare programs. I
In his first vote since his resig
nation, Bevan voted tonight with
the government when it beat by a
four-vote margin,, 297 to j 293, $
conservative h move to , annul , in
creases in' railway freight charges.
Second Attlee
Minister Q
Gervais Leaves
Gen. Charles G. Dawes, !
Ex-Vice President. Dies
CHICAGO, April 23-0iP)-General Charles G. Dawes, 85, former
vice-president of the United States, died tonight of coronary throm
bosis. i
He died unexpectedly at his apartment in suburban Evanston at
10 p. m. CST,
He had been active up to the
very end, and was a member of
the committee to greet j General
Douglas MacArthur at the latter's
Chicago reception Thursday.
Dawes, prominent in ci V i c,
banking and industrial circles in
the nation, was elected vice pres
ident under Calvin Coolidge in
1924.
In the following Hoover admin
istration, he was made ambassa
dor to the Court of St. James,
where he upset diplomatic tradi
tion by refusing to wear the tra
ditional knee breeches to British
court functions.
In recent years, he kept out of
the public eye, leading a quiet
life as chairman of the board of
the City National Bank and Trust
company. He refused to grant in
terviews, even on his birthday,
and confined his public remarks
to business trends.
(Additional details on page 2.)
Newsman Given
Senate Seat
LANSING, Mich April 23-(JP
A youngish-looking . 49-year-old
newspaperman who says : he be
longs to no political party was
appointed today to serve the un
expired term of the late Republi
can Senator Arthur H. Vanden
berg. He is Blair Moody, Washington
correspondent of the Detroit News
since 1933. One of his first acts
was to voice unqualified support
for the bi-partisan foreign policy
ideas held by Vandenberg, who'
died Wednesday.
Moody promptly took the oath
of office following appointment by
40-year-old democratic Governor
G. Mennen Williams.
The surprise appointment
brought from President Walter
Reuther of the CIO United Auto
workers an expression of "bitter
disappointment." Reuther had
backed George Edwards, former
Detroit city council president.
MagnusonSays
A-Tests Near
HONG KONG, April 23-HP
Senator Magnuson (D-Wash.) said
today the climax to a 40-day
atomic test at Eniwetok island is
due "some time within the next
week or so."
The Washington senator said he
would leave this week for the
Marshall islands to witness the
tests.
(In Washington, the atomic en
ergy commission responded with
a "no comment') s ;
DRAFT CALL FOR DOCTORS
WASHINGTON,-April t 23-(V
Twelve hundred doctors will have
to be drafted into the armed forces
in July. August and September un
less volunteers fill the gap in the
next 10 weeks. Thexiefense depart
ment issued a draft call today for
L202 doctors.
Cars Mangled
Senator Forms
Plan for Recall
Of President !
WASHINGTON, April 23 -Jfj-The
Truman - MacArthur contro
versy churned up today a senate
j
proposal to change the constitution
so that future presidents could be
voted out of ,the White House by
the people. , I
Senator Hendrickson (R-NJ) in
troduced a resolution calling for
such a constitutional amendement.
His office said Hendrickson had
received thousands of letters arid
telegrams asking if "something
couldn't be done" to remove Presi
dent Truman from office as a re
sult of his dismissal of Gen. Doug
las MacArthur.
Under the constitution, a presi
dent can be removed only after
conviction, in impreachment pro
ceedings, on charges of "treason,
bribery or other high crimes Or
misdemeanors."
Hendrickson's proposed amend
ment provides for a nationwide
vote on recalling a president any
time two-thirds of the state legis
latures petition for such a vote. 1
Then, if the vote was in favor
of ousting the president, his of
fice would be declared vacant and
the vice-president would succeed
to the post until the election of: a
new president. However, there
could be no recall during the first
year of a president's term. The
proposal would apply only to fu
ture presidents not to Mr. Tru
man, whose tenure can't be chang
ed while he is in office. i
Bound BfiflL
By Lester F. Cour
Staff Writer, The Statesman " .
Measures to increase big truck
taxes $1,000,000 a year, finance
a multi-million dollar highway
construction program and - reor
ganize ; Oregon's " school districts
were sent to, the governor Mon
day by the legislature. f
The senate disregarded a mass
of protesting, telegrams from' truck
interests to approve 25 to 3 a bill
to. boost 3 per cent .the taxes of
the big, "boxcar" trucks traveling
Oregon highways, a ; - : i f
The action followed a heated,
2 -hour debate in which oppo
nents of the bill' used, nearly all
the parliamentary ; tricks in the
book to delay action on the truck
fee increase already approved by
the house. : -
Backers of the truck bill said
the protesting wires came , from
people -who didn't even know
what the measure contained. Sen.
Elmo Smith, John Day, chairman
of the senate highway committee
Camns FWlr Tnd Wordes i
In Pa th
Of Fire
TILLAMOOK, April 23-(;P)-Fire
tonight ' blackened an estimated
1,000 acres in the old Tillamook
burn 18 miles southeast Of here
and was still spreading rapidly De
fore a strong east wind. j
r The blaze was . in slash and
snags, and M. R. Mitchell, admin
istrative assistant of. the North
western Oregon district iof 4ne
state board of forestry at' Forest
Grove, said the danger potential
was extremely high.
He was unable to say whether
it would be possible to hold the
flames in bounds. .
Mitchell said all available equip
ment from the area was moving to
the fire lines. He .estimated that
15 to 20 water pumpers and more
than 200 men, including loggers,
were fighting the flames, which
broke out on the Schetky Logging
company operations on the Elk
horn river.
Northwest District Warden Ed
Schroeder, who flew over the fire
this afternoon, said, "It's poten
tially another Tillamook." He des
cribed it as the first fire in the
burn of any consequence since
1945."
Firefighters were concentrating
on five or six spot fires a mile to
a mile and a half in front of the
major blaze. He said the fire was
in the most valuable salvage tim
ber area in the Tillamook burn
and is owned by the Aberdeen
Plywood company.
The area, without rain for 24
days, is tinder dry. ;
. Two logging camps were, report
ed in the path of the blaze, and
fire wardens indicated they might
have to be evacuated if the fire
continued to spread.
Daylight Time
Mandatory,
Neuner Rules
All cities and towns in Oregon
are controlled by the recent
proclamation by Gov. Douglas
McKay declaring Daylight Saving
time effective at midnight April
29, Attorney General George Neu
ner held Monday.
District Attorney Jeorge Corey,
Umatilla county, had asked Neu
ner if a local government was
empowered to establish by ordi
nance a time in conflict with the
governor's proclamation.
"The purpose of the statute
would be defeated if towns and
cities could, by ordinance prescribe
a different time to be observed by
the inhabitants thereof," Neuner
wrote.
MEAT PACT SIGNED
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina,
April 23-JP)-Britain and i Argen
tina signed a new meat agreement
tonight which will soon give more
beef to hungry Britons. The agree
ment ends a 10-month deadlock
over Argentine demands for high
er prices, j
DIVIDEND CHECKS START
; WASHINGTON, April j23-(JP-The
veterans administration mail
ed out today the first checks of a
685,000,000 special dividend to
holders of 8,000,000 GI insurance
policies. !
UmiiilricaftBOini of.ScihiooD Oisftiricfts
whose constituents sent j a good
share of the wires,' was described
as a "martyr to the big truck
lobby." ' . .
' Smith was commended! by fel
low senators for his support of the
tax increase and hisfight against
delaying tactics used by the bill's
opponents." : " j " r ;
. Also passed senate was a house
approved bill to let the highway
commission - issue $45,000,000
worth of bonds to finance a three
year program to bring Oregon's
roads up to standard. This was
passed 27 ta 3.- - - ;.: :i ' ih "
- The bill will let the highway
commission launch the - program
by issuing up to $15,000,000 worth
of bonds each year. Interest on
the bonds will range from 2M,to
3 per cent The bill now goes back
to the house which set. the Issue
limit at $36,000,000; - 4 ; - J
The ' house ' cleared, a major ob
stacle by voting 42 to 17 for a
senate-passed bill to expedite con
solidation of . Oregon's school, dis
tricts. : . .
By City
' ' . i.
By Robert
City Editor, The Statesman
I , - . . . .
: A public park site ihj suburban South' Village was accepted
by the Salem city council! Monday "night and its. donors, Mr. and
Mrs. A. A.' Larsen;" were f hanked by -formal resolution for their
ciic-mindednessJ , .: r-irr .
Under Larsens' plan jthe city gets a six -lot one-acre walnut
grove site on Ewald avenue irt a residential section just south,! of
city limits,1 plus a pledge; from
residehts of that area, to provide
playground, equipment, on the
condition that the "city seed the
tract, ' install the equipment and
maintain the park. " j:'
City Manager J. L. Franzen said
the tract is in good condition and
suitable for playground purposes.
He estimated it could be prepared
for seeding in little .more than a
day s work.
Fire Protection Policy
In another major council action
last night, the aldermen set forth
a policy on extension of fire pro
tection outside city limits, j agree
ing to help areas which show evi
dence by July 1 they are prepar
ing to form a fire district, to join
an existing district or to contract
with the city for protection.
The city protection would con
tinue until next January 1; then
would be denied if no fire pro
tection action is consummated by
the district itself. j
Principal adjacent areas; with
out fire protection lie north of
west Salem, northeast of ; Salem
and south between the city and
the Liberty-Salem Heights dis
trict, j
Zoning Issues . - , j
Aldermen also stirred up two
long-lively planning and i zoning
issues Center street zoning and
setbacks and the city's sidewalk
policy in hilly areas, particularly
Electric avenue. j
On the Center street question,
the council sent back for ! recon
sideration a ' zoning commission
report that a 10-foot setback line
be required in changing to busi
ness zone the Giles Smith lot ad
jacent to the Physicians' building
at Center and 13th streets; Smith
said he had optioned the property
to potential buyers who preferred
building to the property line (for
retail store) and leaving space In
the rear ' for off-street parking.
Several . aldermen indicated they
would go along with this plan if
the zoners withdrew- their j objec
tions. j
! Alderman Albert H. Gille called
for a long-delayed sidewalk policy
report which was called for last
year during , a squabbe I among
property owners ' over whether
sidewalks should be required
along. Electric avenue near Berry
street. The .council directed the
zoners to have a special meeting
in order to get their final report
for the next council meeting
May 14. -
(Additional details, page; 2.)
FILM STAR REJECTS REDS
WASHINGTON, April 23 (JP)
Screen star John Garfield tes
tified today that he's not a com
munist, never has been a' commu
nist, and in fact, has nevir even
known a single commuist He de
ounced communism as "tyranny"
in testimony to the house com-
mittee on un-American . activities.
f The measure Is ' the principal
part of a program , recommended
by Dr. T. C'Holy, Ohio juniver
sity education expert who headed
a study of the state's public school
system during the past two years.
i The-bill now goes backj to the
senate for- consideration of " a
minor amendment, but is expected
to reach the governor, this week.
The proposal will set up a state
agency to set up unified school
districts when a majority !of -people
in the districts vote ;f or the
change. By present law, any small
district can vote to remain out of
a consolidated district. f :;J, -A
i Another. Important measure, ap
proved in the senate T Monday
would slightly reduce the! amount
of weight log haulers may carry
over state and county loads.
1 It would cut the load limit for
tandem axle log trucks by 2,000
pounds, but would allow single
axle: trailers to operate under the
present .limit, for two more years.
The bin goes back to the house
.::.. .... , ; v '
Council.
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E. Gangware
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Defense Bond
Flagfor Salem
Aim of Drive
A concerted campaign was get
ting underway today to win for
Salem the U. S. treasury depart
ment's first defense bond flag in
Oregon. I
Xhe campaign was announced
by Herbert Barkeri head of the
Marion county payroll deduction
plan, and was given the enthusias
tic endorsement of i Sidney Stev
ens, county chairman of defense
bond activities. .
Barker said the city already
was well along toward the 'flag
goal. ' .' ". !
; The goal is payroll-deduction
participation of employers . repre
senting 80 per cent of all the
employes in the city.
' Thomas , P. - Guerin, Oregon
deputy- director for the U.' S.
treasury department's savings
bonds division, said Monday ;that
if the present move was success
ful Salem would be the first state
capital in the nation to wixr the
flag. . : .
Guerin also paid high tribute
to Barker as having done ' the
"best job of any county payroll
chairman." i - J
Barker said he tentatively con
templated a meeting of represen
tatives of all Salem civic organi
zations to map a program to' win
Salem the flag. s
The goal would have to be, met
within the next three weeks;
Defense bond purchases in' Ore
gon 'during March totaled nearly
$3,000,000, Stevens reported Mon
day, as he anounced plans for de
fense bond Month: beginning in
May. Sale efforts.will.be aimed
at increasing payroll savings and
the bond-a-month plan sales,
Stevens said. f
Mac Unaware of
Reason for Firing
f. 1 : "
NEW YORK, April 23-()-An
aide to Gen. Douglas MacArthur
said today, the general still does
not know why President Truman
stripped him of his commands.
"To this day. Gen. MacArthur
never has been informed as to
the reasons for his summary dis
missal and he hasn't the faintest
idea why the action was taken,"
said MacArthur's personal adviser,
Maj. Gen. Courtney Whitney.
REFUSES TO INTERVENE
WASHINGTON, ! April 23-fl-The
Supreme Court refused by a
6-2 vote today to intervene in the
case of seven arch Nazi war crim
inals who have been sentenced to
. be hanged.
which passed it earlier in the ses
sion, but cut weight allowances
below those allowed by the sen
te. !7 ; ' : .- j-- : ;.
r Sent to the house by the senate
was ; a proposal to permit over
loaded log trucks j to operate on
county roads. The loggers would
have to obtain permission from
county courts and maintain and
build the roads used for, hauling
the overloads. :
. The senate also passed and sent
to the house .bills which would
allow cities to set; up junior col
leges and would permit liquor
commission to turn - down tavern
license applications if they-, find
the applicants morally unfit.
Sen. Thomas R. Mahoney, Port
land, and Sen. Douglas Yeater,
Salem, introduced a memorial in
the senate to ask the federal com
munications' commission to permit
television in Portland. :
; Both the house and senate will
meet at 10 a.m. today.
(Other legislative news on page
JRoumngi
Jntd-f&ap
Br Olen Clements
TOKYO, Tuesday, April 24-UFK
The Chinese Red Offensive gouged,
a big hole through: the allied line
in central Korea today and lunged
south over the 38th parallel toward
Chunchon. ; " j" ' '';
, '.The" Reds in the center! pene-:
trated four miles jsouth of 38. t
A field dispatch, said regiment
after regiment poured through the
gap as the Reds threw in 'every
thing they've got.? ! Allied officers
looked for the breakthrough foree
to fan out behind United Nationa
lines and-try to put comniunisa
tions. ... :. ; . .1. ii
Another Red force drove across
the 38th in the west toward Vi:
joiigbu along the traditional: invas
ion route to Seoul the old Koreas :
capital. : j f!" ,
-Taking a heavyjtoll of tbt Reds,
United Nations forces feU bark.
elsewhere still rolling with the
punch" along a lOO-mila front
on the third days of a counter
offensive by up Id 700,000 men Jj .
Some allied pUllbacks werefse;
hasty , that equipment had! to be ?
abandoned. The withdrawals rang
ed up to 15 miles. . I ji "
Out of Red Trap j . - l! t
In tlje area of deepest! with-
drawal, south, of jChorwon,jan saW'
lied battalion fought its wajf out of
an enemy trap last night after be-
ing encircled sinqe Sundayf r
- UJi. artillery) - mowed down
nearly, 9,000 Reds Monday, the
Eighth army estimated. Another
2,000 Reds and possibly as many as,
4,000 fell victom to swarms of low
flying allied plants. ; . , j. .-. , r
The Red air force, believed to
have a potential of up to 3.CC0
planes, still had riot put in -a pow
erful appearance. But otSe vni
dentified two-engined plane drop
ped six bombs before dawn 'today
behind the allied front without
damage reported. ' - vf ' ; '
The biggest enemy troop mensre
of the. moment was moving in the
mountainous middle toward Chun j
chon, eight miles isouth of the 3?th!
parallel. , " : ; '
Score Breakthrough j f
There, after UJff. forces hftd cov
ered24 half the 20-mile d'statoe
north of 38 toward Kumhwa, h
Red tide struck Sunday and scar
ed a breakthrough. j I
A Chinese division with cavalry
men poured through the gap. Be
lying on small arms, automatie
weapons and hand grenades, hm
Reds moved down the mountains
along trails and secondary- reads.
All day Monday, allied planes
and artillery hit; the Reds while
withdrawing troops tried to set up
new defenses and ! patch bp the
hole in the center. ' i I '
Allied commanders said- tWy
were confident their troops could
stop the break-through short of the
enemy's aparent immediate aim
to cut the lateral: Chunchoh-Seoul
highway. j j 1
Give Up Yonchon
To the west, allied troops who
had been driving on Chorwon it
miles north of the 38th parallel,
gave up Yonchon. It is six miles
north of the parallel on the road
south to Uijongbu and Seoul, i
The hard-fighting UJi.f troops
had better success defending the
line or the Impin river. Just west
of the Yonchott-Ulpongbii-Secul
highway, the river, crosses the Sath
parallel and flows southwest.!
The Reds established a bridge
head acros the river near Korang
po, two miles south of 38 Other
Reds moved to the north bank near
Munsan, nine miles below parallel a
38 and 20 miles northwest of SeouL
But the Red drive in the west
appeared to be losing its steam,
probably due to supply difficulties,
On the eastern: flank of the 100
mile front. Red pressure also forc
ed allied withdrawals j around
Yanggu and Inje. Both are ncrta
OZ 38. i
7 GIs AMONG 9 DEAD)
YOKOHAMA, Japan, -Tuesday.
April 24-)-Seven American scl-
diers were among t& persons
burned to death! today in ! a spec
tacular interurban train j fire.
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No games Scheduled. .'
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No games Scheduled. j " ;
NaUonal League!
At Philadelphia t. New York 4 f
At St. Louis 2. Cincinnatt I
At Chicago 2. PitUbursh If ;
At Brooklyn 2. Boston I (11 foa.
i 4 j
American Learno -At
New York 8, Philadelphia 4" .
At Detroit T. St. Louis ft . : ,
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