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.1 . . i. -j . . . ' . , . v : . .....-.-. - - - ' ' ---'- t ' T -"" - t . .... ; -.. Weather Max. Mln. Prccipw 4 . JH '- 54 .00 .53 JM 65 .00 57 J0O .. 1J feet tales Portland San Francisco Chicago 80 73 83. 78 h'cw York JOb Yllli) Ctsr4 te tae Gmrii if Cresoa Willamette river TORECAST (from U. S. weather bu- reau. McNary field. Salem): Fair today nd tonight. High today near 88 and tow tonight near 50. SALEM PRECIPITATION Since Start of Weather Tear Sept. 1 This Year Last Year Normal 49.77 43.41 36.39 101st YEAR TWO i SECTIONS 30 PAGES The Oregon Statesman, Salem. Oregon, Sunday, June 17, 1951 PRICE 10c No. tl MM nn Even Sitting Down, That Much Grass Is Hard to Mow Men, Ma teri)e1MBu t on Defense mm Giant Military &i$ Maneuvers tifamori : - i i in h; Q33IQ0 -i vCT TTrZi ; Formal exercises were held at Grand Coulee Thursday to start the first pump to supply water for the ereat Columbia basin irriga tion project. W-'.ar from the Co lumbia river will irrigate a mu lion thirsty acres in central Wash ineton. The event Thursday fea tured an address by radio from Oscar ChaDman. secretary of the interior, and . the presence of Michael Straus, commissioner of reclamation. ; I lived in eastern Washington at the time the Columbia basin pro iect was conceived. It was a post war project post World War I, thaTsis. The original idea was ir ligation. The Spokane chamber of commerce took up the idea ana promoted a gravity line taking wrte - out of the Pend- O'reille river at Albeni "alls, Idaho, just east of Spokane. CoL Hugh Cooper, who had built the Keokuk dam and the Dneiperstroi dam in - Russia, had power sites lower down on the Pend O'reille and he .encouraged the folk in central Washington who urged a dam across the Columbia at the head o the old Grand Coulee. Rufus Woods, editor of the Wenatchee World, was an ardent advocate of the latter plan. - - - h e legislature appropriated funds for a survey and Gen. Goethals, who had built the Pana ma canal, was employed to study the-two plans. He recommended the gravity line. However the army engineers to whom (Continued on editorial page, 4.) Dallas to Start Blackley Fund To Fight Cancer -DALLAS. Ore.. June 18 - (JPh- This community moved to estab lish a William Blackley Memorial fund to combat cancer. Blackley, city auditor and police Judge since 1942, died in Salem yesterday. Since coming to Oregon in 1925, after being reared in Portland, he gained statewide prominence for his interest In charitable, civic, and municipal matters. Memorial services for him will be held in the First Presbyterian church at Dallas, 10 a.m. Monday. Funeral services will folow in Salem. (Story on page 3.) The memorial fund will be ad ministered by a committee of the Dallas chamber of ' commerce. Blackley'. was secretary of the chamber 15 years. A local cancer detection program will be set up or the fund will be used for re search against cancer. R. G." McFarland has been named to receive contributions to the fund. FIRE NORTH OF KELSO LONGVTEW, Wash, June 18- (tfVFirec which jumped from a smoldering pile of mill ends that suddenly burst into flames, was burning on 40 'acres in' second growth timber six miles north of Kelso tonight Service Today to Conclude j Methodist Conference in Salem A worship service and reading of pastoral appointments will climax the Oregon Methodist annual con ference today at Willamette uni .versity. Well over 2,000 persons are ex pected for the service at 10:45 a. m. in the campus gymnasium, at which Bishop Gerald H. Kennedy will preach on "A Prophet Unto the Nations." Immediately at the close he will read appointments of pastors for the coming year. A 200-voice choir from Metho dist churches in Salem (four), Dal las, Independence, Silverton, Mc Minnville, Jefferson and Albany will be directed by Dean Melvin Geist. Several of these churches are canceling, this morning's serv ices so their congregations may attend the conference session. Today's program also includes the traditional "love feast in the Saeiii Units Participate in Parade; Medal Awarded to Slaj. Gen. Rilea ? : i ! By Don Dill Statesman Staff Member . FT. LEWIS, Wash., June 16 the Oregon National guard today est shows of Pacific northwest staged at ;this Washington; military reservation. Parading before Governors Douglas McKay of Oregon and Arthur B Langlie of Washington, JUDGE ! GOLDSBOROTJGH Federal Judge Dies i . :-. , ; ; Federal Judge Goldsborough Stricken.; HndliUfUAVill VUU6 Judge T. Alan Goldsborough, who in two trials fined John L. Lewis and his United Mine Workers al most $5,000,000, - died tonight while celebrating ; Father's day. Goldsborough, 73, was stricken ith a heart attack while at the home of his daughter-in-law, Mrs. T. Alan GoJdsborough, jr. The U.S. district judge also was celebrating his 42nd wedding; anniversary. Before he was appointed to the court here in 1939, Goldsborough was a member- of congress from Maryland for 18 years. The judge had worked a half day in court today hearing routine cases. There was no indication during the time he was on thtf bench that he was feeling ill, court officials said. Goldsbo rough's f rulings against Lewis-brought him national prom inence. ! I l ' : At two famous and melodra matic trials, in 194TJ and: 1948, Judge Goldsborough,. bald, black robed, found Lewis and his United Mine Workers guilty of contempt of court because they had ignored court orders requiring them to cancel Coal; strikes. Both times the judge said - he thought Lewis ought to go td pris on but he would yield to the gov eminent s advice i and only fine him. . ( 1 .. , Abandoned House Burns Near Dallas Statesman Ncwi Serviea i DALLAS- An abandoned house at the old Fern's Mill corner, on the Dallas-Pedee highway, burn ed to the, ground Saturday morn ing. - i Dallas and Falls City fire de partment crews arrived at the scene too late to save the house. Ownership of the house and cause or the blaze were unknown. gymnasium j at 9 JO aon, led by Dr. William Wallace Youngson, 4 I iong-ume minister. Betty Starr An derson of Salem will sing, i - Saturday! night the conference ordained seven new ministers af ter completion of .specified train ing. Those j who became deacons are Warren Thomas of Echo, Ralph Ohling of Salem and Eu gene Hamblen of Denver, j New elders are Arthur Hansen of Esta cada, Kenneth Garner of Nebras ka, James Jenkins of Portland and Douglas Harrell of Suverton. More than 100 young people. In cluding 75 ! junior lay delegates, were on the campus Saturday for the annual state Methodist Youth fellowship business meeting and banquet In charge was Olivia Ol son of Portland, conference direc tor of youth. j (Additional details on page 5.) : " v " :- . : : . - . ' : i , - v f i - , . : ... r. ' ' r- ' , ; - . - - " '.-:-:-'. f S 1?V . - - 1 1 CI: Mr - MI0M Guard Lewis (Special) Salem members of participated on one of the great national guard strength ever the part-time soldiers display ed a keenness and smartness akin to army regulars. Among the 6,000 men of the 41st division lined up on Gray Field for the parade and review were Salem's companies "B" and "G", of the 162nd in fantry regiment, commanded by Capt. William Dyer and CapL Jos eph Meier. The opportunity to witness the parade was afforded by the Ore gon air national guard. Leaving Salem this morning with a group of other press representatives, state legislators and Mayor Al Loucks, the writer flew to McChord Field, Wash., in an Oregon air national guard C-47 piloted by Brig. Gen. G Robert Dodson, Portland. After a motor caravan took our party to guard headquarters and a' buffet lunch, we joined the crowd assem bled to see the review at Gray Field. Among those on hand for the review were members of the Oregon legislature and friends and relatives of the guardmen in camp Preceding the formal parade of this annual Governors day re view Maj. Gen. Thomas E. Rilea, adjutant general of Oregon, was presented the Legion of Merit by Gov. McKay lor His outstanding work as assistant 41st division commander during World War II. Against a backdrop of massed col ors Gov. McKay also presented Brig. Gen. William D. Jackson, Portland, veteran division artillery commander, a . retirement promo tion to maior general, ana his di vision flag. Col. Harold A. Taylor, McMinnville. 162n regiment com mander, received a commission' for appointment to brigadier general. Both men will retire from acuve service June 30. . . ; Other highlights of presentations included the Philippine merit medal to CoL George S. Cook, Se attle,-division chief of stair, rrom Melquiades Ibenaz, i Philippine consul at Seattle; the Eisenhower trophy to the 41st reconnaissance company, Bremerton, Wash., for all around excellence.! The 41st division association trophy for high percentage of unit strength and attendance went to a Walla Walla, Wash., headquarters com pany. ; With the formal presentations completed, the men of the 41st division began a long and colorful parade past the reviewing stand, led by Salem's Brig. Gen. Harold G. Maison, division assistant com mander. Martial music by the 41st division band and the 21st army band paced the olive drab garbed men as they marched with pre cision 'and snap. Following the marching men came hundreds of vehicles representing all the dif ferent organizations necessary to a modern army division. Wreckers, compressor trucks, radio vans, ar tillery pieces, anti-aircraft guns, half-track scout cars and armor' ed trucks, tank carriers, ambu lances, mobile cranes, and many specialized vehicles, all moving with speed and precision. Follow ing to the rear came huge mobile howitzers and then the tanks light, medium and heavy. Overhead air national guard jets and liason planes zoomed. Color supplied by the polished head-liner helmets of the troops; the company, regimental and div ision flags; the pennants flying rrom the tank antenna es all were subdued by the realization that this was one of the largest reviews ever staged by the nation al guard Indicative of the times. Western International At Vancouver 4-5. Salem' 5-4. At Yakima X. Tacoma 12. At Wenatchee J. Tri-Qty S. At Victoria S-S. Spokane S-9. Coast LeaguA ' At Portland T, San I"ranciaeo L. At Oakland 3. Sacramento X. At Seattle . Hollywood 3 At Loa Anelea 10. San Diego 0. National League At Chicago . Brooklyn 4. At Cincinnati S, Boston 3. At Pittstrarch L New York . At St. Louis . Philadelphia S. American League At Boston 10, St. Louis S. At New York 0. Detroit 4. At Philadelphia S. Chicago S (11 to nic O). At Washington . Cleveland a.. lifflfii - -or. - 4t ! i ""SFv r .lf7 :- "; ,,vA . .... S yoa think yon have ' lawn mowing worries? Consider the men above engaged In the never-ending task of keeping Bosh parVs acres of lawn mowed to an even smoothness, and then look again to your ' yard. Of course, ' the lawn keepers . above have power mowers with seats yet but it still Is, a big Job, and the city Allies Advance Toward New Red Build-up Zone By Don Hath TOKYO, Sunday, June 17-P-United Nations troops stormed through ebbing communist resistance in a two-mile advance Satur day toward the new enemy build-up Korean front. ' The allies struck from an area of the reds' broken "iron triangle," song. Kumsong is 29 miles north of the. 38th parallel. Other allied units scored one- mile gains on the central front near Chorwon and on the east- central front north of Yanggu. There, in Ihe Yanggu-Inje sector, the enemy offered bitter ; resist ance. Some 3,000 reds were ob served, digging in northwest of Yanggu. : (Because of censorship, details from the front were meager). Bombs Dropped From U. S. eighth army head quarters, AP Correspondent Tom Bradshaw reported an enemy plane dropped four bombs early Sunday on the airfield at Suwon, 25 miles south" of Seoul. No de tails were given. The field was bombed lightly two days ago. Communists protecting vital es cape rowtes nuriea artillery ure at allied units north and north east of Yanggu at attacking U. N. forces. An eighth army communique re ported a "limited objective" at tack on the central front to "im prove a local position," but the exact area was not specified. Newspapermen in Tokyo were advised Sunday forenoon that new censorship restrictions were in ef fect which further slowed report ing of the allies' Aggressive pa trolling. ' Drive Slowed Until Saturday, the allied drive on tne new red ouua-up arear from east of Kumhwa had been slowed and sometimes stalled by bitter fighting of well-entrenched reds. The reds they engaged Sat urday were well dug-in but their positions were scattered. " Along most of the battlefront yesterday, the allied patrols fan ned out in front of their lines with little enemy contact. . On the western front 30 miles or so north of Seoul, allied patrols moved north of Munsan and four miles northeast of Korangpo, a town one mile south of the 38th parallel, without meeting the en emy. Patrols north and west of the Imjin river reported sporadic light resistance. But an allied . patrol west of Yonchon had to pull back after- a bitter three-hour fight. SEAPLANE CRASHES SAN DIEGO, Calif, June 1- (VA U: S. Navy Martin Mariner seaplane crashed in Japan today and Pacific fleet 'air headquarters. disclosing the tragedy ' here, said more than tour were ktiled. : 5 .-. i; -A-.- area at Kumsong on the central I , east of Kumhwa, southeast pivot nine air miles southwest of Kum Recommended Picking prices of 3 cents per pound for sweet cherries and 2t cents for sour cherries were rec ommended Saturday by the cherry growers commodity committee of Willamette Farm Labor council. according to Pearl Gould, secre tary. " The committee issued a plea for pickers, noting that the Salem area has one of the largest cherry crops on record and several thou sand harvesters are needed. . The price applies for Polk. Mar ion,! Linn and Yamhill counties. The committee also discussed transient housing and is to conduct advertising for pickers from out side the state to supplement the local harvest help. AFL CONCLAVE NEAR KLAMATH FALLS. June 16-UFi -The Oregon Federation of Labor convention will open here Monday with some 500 delegates expected. Votes on Willamette valley school districts will, participate Monday in the state-wide board elections in their respective districts. This date, set by state law, marks the time when Voters will fill vacancies on school boards and vote on other special matters. Some districts will vote on specLai tax levies. Voting is to take place in school houses. Hours are from 8 to 9 p. m. (DST) in the rural districts and from 2 to 8 p. m. in the first class districts. Marion county first class districts are Salem, Silverton and Woodburn. Voters in north Marion county zone 1, will vote Monday on i member of the county five-man Valley Cherry Picking Prices School x. 1 j. - I k 1 "i X C" iri t;' rt has IS other parks and parkettes to keen tidy. Frof left ar C D. Runner, Roy Tandhoof and Albert Hintz, all of the city park maintenance department. (Photo by rapher), . ':'' - ', Beer AdVies With Preacher MEMPHIS Tenn., June 16-V The appearance of a blimp adver tising beer over Evangelist Billy Graham's revival last night had drawn stiff protests and an apol ogy today. . One woman, Mrs. Hattie W. Coopwood, said, "If I had had a machine gun I'd have brought him down. I'd i have . punctured that thing. It was the devil riding the sky." I ' Graham, however, was facing another direction and, apparently was unaware of his competition. Charles J. Goggio, secretary of the company that distributes the beer, said the flight near the revival was "unintentional, regrettable." i ' ; ;.. s Freeze In Oklahoma STROUD, Okla; June 18-P-A Lincoln county, farmer's pigs froze to death in the middle of June and that's unusual even for Okla homa, weather. .. . r Dee Cook, who farms northwest of here," reported today that he turned .some sows and several young pigs into a pasture. this week just a few hours before a severe hail- storm struck. The pigs ; sought shelter in a fence corner. Hail , stones the size of baseballs blanketed the ground to a ' depth of four . inches and drifted over, the pigs huddled in the corner.; "1 Cook said when he found the pigs two hours later they were frozen stiff. The, farmer commented "That's one for the books." Pig Board Elections Special Levies Included rural district board. Up for re election is Sylvester Smith of St PauL . ; j . In zone 5, east Marion county, voters will ballot on a representa tive from that district to the coun ty's ..five-man ; non-high - rcbool board. Seeking re-electio is George Bradley of Sublimity. Sole candidate for a five-year directorship on Salem district school board is Harry W. Scott, merchant, at the annual election Monday, He has served on the board since May, 1946. . Salem polls wiH be open from 2 to 8 p. m. at 10 locations public school office building. Highland, Washington, - Grant, Englewood, it. 3 Don Dill Statesman staff photo . ; - -- Parade Award Statesman News Service SHERIDAN, June 16 Gopher Valley won the sweepstakes award in the Phil Sheridan Days , grand parade today as 10,000 spectators looked on. The rodeo also attract ed a capacity throng. Amity's Youth for Christ group had the winning float in competi tion among organizations, and the Cooney appliance firm of Sheri dan won the commercial division. Gopher Valley's top-prize float depicted an early-day store for settlers. . ' -.. . - The rodeo will continue at 1:30 P-m. Sunday with several of the nation's top cowpokes competing ior Desi cowDoy oi tne snow. Clark Maddox- placed first in bareback riding today, whilo Mel vin Morris . won in saddle-bronc riding. Gene Miles bulldogged a steer in 9.9 seconds best time of the day. George McNamara won thi calf-roping event. a special attraction at 10 a.m. Sunday will be a rodeo for teen- age competitions It will be held at the rodeo arena with no admis sion. - . RED MIG DESTROYED U. S. FIFTH AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS, Korea, Sun day, June, 17 -iff)- Twenty U. S. r -80 sabre Jets attacked more than 25 enemy Migs in a' spectacu lar air battle near the Manchurian border today and destroyed one and damaged six. Monday; Richmond, Leslie, Salem Heights, Lincoln, West Salem schools.' KEIZER ' Annual school budg et election and voting on two U rectors for the Keizer school dis trict wiU take place Monday, June 18, at the school from 3 to 8 p. m. (DST). Up for balloting will be a tax levy $52,198 in excess of the per cent limitation for the. 1931- 52 budget. v. Candidates for the two school board. Seeking re-election is George Bradley of Sublimity, erland. - - - " Sutherland seeks the position to be vacated by Fred Gast, who plans to move from the community Gopher Valley Wins Sheridan Cargoes Exempt NEW YORK, June 18 -(TV A maritime tie-up involving all ma-- jor United States ports and C50 vessels began today with mora than 50,000 crewnwi refusing to sail until contract demands for higher pay and other benefits are met. - v - - ; . , Ships with Korean and other ' vital defense cargoes were ex-: empted. . . :i ; - ; ' The work stoppage came dur-' ing a weekend lull when most ships were not scheduled to saiL- Its full effect wa expected to bo felt Monday, unless new contracts are signed .neanwhile. f " ; The walkout took effect on tho - east, westand gulf coasts at mid night when old contracts expired, without agreement on new pacts. Ships San Early 3 ! j To avid the tie-up. Ill shir : sailed. from American ports yes! terday. - if , i ' President Truman rejected " a management appeal to intervene . with a "cooling off injunction under the Taft-Hartley law after ; being assured by the CIO National ' Maritime union that defense car- goes wo- be carried, j . Foreign vessels also were able to sail from United States ports; because their crews are not mean bers of the u ns engaged in tho -contract dispute, g ;r '"- Tnr an Replies i ' i "fhe pre. 'snt's answer cam yesterdaj He representatives of ' 40 shipping companies and three -uions were .negotiating in New -York. - . ; i : The talks, attended : y federal mediators, jvere broken off hero at 12:40 a.m. (EST), to be resumed Monday, But informal,! "behind-the-scenes" negotiations were e pected to be carried on during tho weekend.. - The east and gulf coast unions . involved are the NMU, with 50,- 000 , members,- the Marine Engi neers Beneficial association and' the American Radio association, composed of ship radio operators. (.- - involved in tne west coast walk out are the CJO American Radio association .and the Pacific Mari time association, the management group. Although ' the ARA repre-i sents only about 300 ship radio ' operators, the union has power because no ship is permitted to sail without the radio manned. Agreement Reached . Another west coast waterfront union, Harry Bridges' InternatiotW. al Longshoremen and Warehouse men's union, reached agreement , ,, with the employer association late; ' today. . . A two-year contract, subject to ratification by union ; membezs, and individual companies, pro-! vides a basic increase of five cents an hour. ! The increase would bring lone-! shoremen's pay for : the j first six hours a day to $1.97. ! j The. independent union, which represents longshoremen and ship s clerks, also got pension plan which would mead in most -cases pensions of $100 a month exclusive of social security pay-; - ments. - - : : .- ! The NMU is demanding a 29 . per cent wage increase, 40-hour -work week at sea, compared with the present 48; paid vacations and elimination of certain Inequities. ; No Picketing . - i I SEATTLE, June 18 -(Jfh There was no picketing tonight in Se attle and Tacoma as a result of the nationwide maritime strike, j . One foreign ship, the Dutch; Drente, arrived and the Danish Mombasa sailed at Tacoma for tho; only activity there. : - - In Seattle pickets were removod from the steam John W. Burgeaa. after the- American Radio assod-i ation (CIO) established the Bur-, gess was loaded with military car go. I: Banker Doubts Oregon Vets To Get Bonus PORTLAND, June 18 -( A I Portland banker said today, that; Oregon veterans probably wont get their bonus. E. C. Sammons, president of the U. S. National Bank, told the Pa cific . Northwest Association of Certified Public Accountants, that Oregon's veteran's bonus bond wiL probably meet the same fate : ' as a similar bond issue in West ? Virginia which had no bidders. Oregon's bond program like mil ; bond programs in excess of $1, 000,000 will be submitted to a committe on voluntary credit r straint. If this committee does n i ; approve tho program, bond firs will not submit bids. - ;; -: Sammons said a credit restraint ! committee refused . : to approve West Virginia's bonus bonds. 1 "Probably the same thing wiU; happen in Oregon urless the situ ation changes," he said. i