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f -fh Stat man. Salem. Oregon. Tharedar. February 1 1952 Casey 'Puzzled ' ' By Quick Prof its In Surplus Ships WASHINGTON (JP) Joseph E. Casey testified Wednesday a hlgh apeed deal in which he and two friends made ' $450,000 on a $1,000 investment in surplus ships was born in the law offices of a partner of Newbold Morris, chief detective of President Truman's anti-corrup- n -rvlVnt was auickly blessed by the old U. S. Martime Com- . i Beaten Demo Blames Loss On Truman NEW YORK UP) The Demo cratic loser in Tuesday's first pres idential year congressional elec tion blamed his loss Wednesday on Jresident Truman. "Truman licked me," said City Councilman Hugh Quinn. "I lost out against the scandals in the national administration. The elec tion should not have been decided on national issues, but the people made it the issue." Republican Robert Tripp Ross defeated Quinn in New York's fifth district by 17,300 votes to 11.442. The special election was to fill the seat given up by T. Vin cent Quinn, a Democrat who now Onns district attorney. Ross eryes until next Jan. 1. Lakeview Area Residents Ask To Join Nevada RENO. Nev. (D-Several South eastern Oregon residents are join ing Northeastern Californians in a campaign to be annexed to Nev ada. Nevada Assemblyman Don , Crawford of Vya, longtime boost er of the California "secessionist" movement, said five citizens of Lakeview, Ore., wrote him to urge that a 30-mile strip along the sou thern edge of Lake County be in--lnHH in anv border shifting plan. The Lake County seat, now at Lakeview, could be moved some 50 miles north to the town of Pais lev, "which has always wanted it anyway," wrote the Oregonians. They added that "Lake County means nothing to the State of Ore ' gon." "Lakeview is approximately 350 miles from Portland and 235 miles from Reno,". the letter went on. "Although certain portions of U.S. 95 are terrible ... we still get to Reno four or five times a year. We drive to Portland perhaps once a year now." Crawford. Who hitherto has en visioned only movement of the Ne vada boundary back to the crest of the Sierras where it was during territorial days, said he'd welcome a chunk of Oregon in his plans. There has been a marked lack of official enthusiasm, however, at Sacramento and Carson City and the same reaction is expected in Salem. Temperature Rise Exi :pected Temperatures were expected to rise slightly in the Salem area to dav accompanied by partly cloudy skies and early morning fog. The mercury hit a low of 29 de grees three below freezing at about 5:30 a. m. Wednesday. The U. S. Weather Bureau at McNary field predicted a low of about 28 for this morning, a peak of about 44 today, falling to about 32 again tonight. Snow and ice covered Oregon highways in the higher elevations early this morning, and motorists were advised by the State High way Department to use chains. The Santiam and Willamette Pass es were both coated with 6 inch es of new packed snow. Several snow flurries spotted the Willam ette Valley Wednesday but the fall quickly melted. Argentina May JHelp India NEW DELHI UP) - Argentina which played an important part in helping Indian's 1951 famine fight, may play an even bigger role in the current year. Food ministry officials indicated that India might ask Argentina to provide more than the 512,500 tons of wheat exported under a barter deal in 1951. The exchange in cluded Indian shipments of 60,000 tons of raw jute. India has already arranged for the open market purchase of more than two million tons of grain dur ing 1952, none from Argentina. The final one million tons of the American wheat loan will also reach India in 1952. arab Tied sentenced AMMAN", Jordan (JP)-A district court sentenced Fuad Nassar, ac cused of being a Middle East Com munist chief, to 10 years hard labor Wednesday. He and five others were arrested In a Com munist roundup Dec. 29. WALTER PIERCE 'SAME Former Governor Walter Pierce was reported "about the same" at Salem Memorial Hospital early Jeday. The 90-year-old ex-Congressman has been hospitalized for the past several days. mission, Casey told the Senate la vestigations Subcommittee, and from then on things moved so fast that "I was puzzled by it too." Casey is an affluent Washington lawyer and former Democratic member of the House from Massa chusetts. He testified that it was in the New York office of Houston W. Wasson, Morris' partner, that he first learned that substantial pro fits were possible, and that a deci sion was made to launch the com plicated transaction. Subsequently, he said, the Com mission authorized the sale of three war surplus tankers to a corporation headed by Casey be fore the new firm actually was incorporated. 3-Month'i Option Questioned by Francis D. Flan agan, subcommittee counsel, . Cas ey said his group organized the National Tanker Corp., which in turn gave the United Tanker Corp. a three-months option to buy its rights in the vessels at $150,000 apiece. United Tanker was a company financed by Nationalist Chinese interests. It was technically con trolled by American officers, how ever, and Wasson was its legal representative. Casey put $300 into National Tanker. Julius C. Holmes, minis ter at the U. S. Embassy in Lon don, added another $300 and E. Stanley Klein, a New York busi ness, put up $400. One of Two Deals The 450 to 1 profit made in the agreement with United Tanker was one of two deals Casey and his associates made in surplus ships obtained from the Maritime Com mission. It has been testified that with a $100,000 investment in five other tankers they realized $2,800,000 over a comparatively short period. But Casey expressed regret Wed nesday that the ships were sold before the outbreak of fighting in Korea. "Nobody regrets that more than I," he told reporters at the end of his testimony. "Had we kept them they would be worth 16 million dollars now Principal Files For Polk School Superintendent Statesman Newt Servic DALLAS Arthur Fowler, Eddy ville school principal, filed his candidacy for the position of Polk County School Superintendent at the county courthouse this week, it was reported Wednesday. Fowler, in the teaching profes sion for many years, is the first to file for the office held by Josiah Wills of Dallas, who has said he will not seek re-election. The of fice is non-partisan. Fowler is an Oregon College of Education graduate. He has taught at schools in Buena Vista, Dallas, Albany, Metolius and Elmira. He is a member of the First Christian Church at Monmouth, which he lists as his home address. He and his wife and two small children reside at Eddyville, a town near the coast. Portland Wharf Building Burns PORTLAND (JPy-Tir broke out on the south Portland waterfront Wednesday, and caused $50,000 to $60,000 damage before 24 fire trucks and two fireboats could bring it under control. All but $5,000 of the damage was in the Alaska Junk Company building near the Ross Island bridge. The other building dam aged was the Barde Steel Com pany warehouse. A fire marshal blamed the blaze on smoker's carelessness. Klan Dragon Found Guilty TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (if) Bill Hendrix, Florida grand dragon for the Ku Klux Klan, was found guilty Wednesday of mailing scur rilous postcards. Federal District Judge Dozier DeVane immediately imposed sen tences of one year in jail on each of the three 'counts but deferred execution of the sentence and put Hendrix on probation for two years; He also fined the- Klan leader $700. C L. Parker, Chattanooga filling station operator and furniture dealer, immediately paid Hend rix's line in cash. Hendrix was found guilty by a jury, which deliberated only 40 minutes, of sending postcards with defamatory statements about Gov. Fuller Warren of Florida, Column ist Drew Pearson, and Kenneth Ballanger, Tallahassee attorney and veteran newspaper columnist. WOLF CRUSADER DIES SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont (JP) James W. Curran, 86, publisher of the Sault Ste. Marie Star, died Wednesday. He was widely known for his lengthy crusade to prove that Canadian wolves dont bite humans Geiger Counter Demonstrated At U.O. Dinner Demonstration of an atomic pile and Geiger counter in operation was part of the University of Ore gon community educational meet ing Wednesday evening at the Marion Hotel. Dr. Edwin G. Ebbighausen, pro fessor of physics at the University, brought an atomic pile to the din ner meeting and, in the course of his discussion to some 75 alumni and visitors, demonstrated it with the aid of the counter. Ebbighausen was one of four educators who delivered talks to the group. Dr. William C. Jones, dean of administration, outlined some of the problems involved in his department. George Hopkins, professor of piano, played dinner music. Coach William J. Bowerman, head of the University's track team, addressed the group. Alumni director Lester E. An derson, who was in charge of the program, was introduced by Salem organizer Reynolds Allen. Canadians to Vote on Liquor Law Changes VANCOUVER, B.C. (-British Columbians will get a chance, probably in June, to express an opinion on present liquor laws and on the sale of spirits by tne glass hi cocktail bars. At the opening of the Legisla ture Tuesday the speech from the throne read by Lieutenant-Governor Clarence Wallace told of the government's intention to hold a plebiscite on the question of liquor sales. At present, liquor must be pur chased from government liquor stores and only beer is served in taverns. Some private clubs have a license to serve liquor. In the last fiscal year the gov ernment had net liquor profits of more than $18,000,000, an increase of nearly $1,000,000 over the pre vious year. Sales totaled $60,557, 714 in the 1950-51 fiscal year. Morse Disputes Taft Statement On 'Promise' WASHINGTON (JP)-Sen. Morse (R-Ore) Wednesday challenged the accuracy of a statement by Sen Taft fR-Ohio) that he never promised to help Morse get t seat on the Senate Foreign Rela tions Committee. Morse wrote Taft the statement "does both yourself and me an injustice," and added "it would be very unfortunate if an issue of veracity between us should arise in the public mind. Taft told a reporter he had not had an opportunity to read Morse's letter, but he added "I certainly never did" promise to help Morse eet a foreign relations post. In his letter to Taft, Morse said: ". . . in fairness to both of us, think you should take the neces sary steps to correct the misun derstandine which I am sure has arisen as a result of the reported comment you made in regard to this matter . . ." Mysterious Noise Alarms Portland Area PORTLAND (iP)-A long, rum blinsr noise alarmed part of Port land and a suburban area south west of the city Wednesday night Police began an investigation, but the cause of the noise was not determined at once. Heard over a wide area, it sounded like thunder. The Weather Bureau said that if it was thunder, it was a freak, for conditions did not indicate thun der or lightning in the area. Some residents reported seeing a flash, and some thought a jet plane had crashed. The Air Force said no jet planes were flying, and a check of military and civilian flying services disclosed no planes missing. A theory also was advanced that a meteor had passed over. HOLMER TO SPEAK Guest speaker for the Salem Optimist Club will be Freeman A. Holmer, assistant porfessor of po litical science at Willamette Uni versity at the Senator Hotel at noon today. ONE-TRACK MIND LORAIN, O. (ffr-Mr. and Mrs. George George became the par ents of twin sons Wednesday. Mrs. George said she hasnt de cided on a name for the second twin, but the first will be named George. QUEEN CONGRATULATES SLOUGH, Eng. (-MWarm con gratulations on this remarkable anniversary, said the letter Mrs. Catherine Barr read Wednesday on her 107th birthday. The letter was from a woman of 25, Queen Elizabeth II. UJH.T. MEASURE GAINS WASHINGTON UP) - Universal Military Training for 18-year-olds moved a long stride nearer Wed nesday. By a 13 to 0 vote, the senate Armed Services Committee approved a bill to permit the start of UMT before the end of the BROTHERS SET FTrre brothers, stead tog LtorM Mike tug; George Jr., aad Joseph A. Steaaaacalck, of LeraJa, O., have set what Is probably an all time family record for the regmlar porehaoo of TJ. 8. Defense Boots since 1M2. They all work la the LeraJa s4aat of the NotloaaJ Tab Ompttay, where BO .04 per eeai of tta 12,e0 empleyeee ore enrellesl forthe FmyroH SoTto Flam. Cempay-wd. the Natteaat Xmbo Co. has carolled tl.l per cent of Its 21,00a employees. Water Problem Farmers Union By LILLIE L. MADSEN Farm Editor. The Statesman WOODBURN Water problems lead all other farm problems, El mer 'McClure, Milwaukie told the Oregon State Farmers Union mem bership Wednesday. The organi zation is holding its annual three day meeting here. McClure, Master of the Oregon State Grange, and a guest of the Farmers Union Wednesday, pre dicted that the 1953 Oregon legis lature would pass a ground water law to provide proper allocation of ground water. He also urged for better farm public relations. which, he said, was at "very low ebb" at present. Opposition to any federal con trols that would destroy food crops was strongly expressed Wednes day night by Herbert Rolph, speak ing to the 130 Farmers Union members at the annual banquet. "With the modern storage facil ities there is no excuse for destruc tion of food as a control measure," Rolph told his listeners as he re minded them that there "always comes a lean year in production." 'Fair Returns' Sought The national officer urged full production but hoped for a "fair means of providing the farmers adequate returns. He reminded them that increased crop produc tion lowered parity basis, and that the lower partly would set the pat tern for the next 10 years. He also pointed out that production had already been greatly increased during the past 10 years. In 1942, he said, one average farm family produced sufficient to feed five families; today that family pro vides food for 15 additional fam ilies. Harley Libby, Jefferson, was master of ceremonies. Music was furnished by Frank McDonald, Woodburn High School music di rector, an Irish tenor, who played his own accompaniment. The Wednesday day-time con vention program was divided be tween insurance reports within the halls and organization political talk in the corridors and over cups of coffee in the adjoining restau rant. Two Contestants The campaign for president, to replace Ronald E. Jones, who an nounced Tuesday he would not be a candidate for re-election, ap parently had settled down by Wednesday night to a battle be tween the proponents of Richard Moeller, Cornelius, and those of Wendell Barnett of Gervais. Elec tion will conclude the convention Thursday afternoon- Reports in the official sessions showed a slight decrease in Farm er Union membership and a great increase in warmer union lnsur ances. Mrs. Pat Gorman, Sublimity, was named delegate to the life in su ranee division and Mrs. Percy Lamb, Monmouth, to the Auto and Korea Casualty List 105,841 WASHINGTON UP) - The De fense Department announced on Wednesday a new total for Ameri can uattle casualties in Korea 105,841. The figure was based on notifications to families through last Friday. It was an increase of 333 over last week's report. A summary: New Total Up billed 16,427 65 Wounded 76,794 281 Missing 12,620 -13 casualties by services: New Total Army 86,730 Navy 1,226 Air Force ' 1,037 Marine Corps 16,848 Up 230 15 3 85 Down RED JETS DOWNED SEOUL UP)-V.S. Jet pilots Wednesday shot down two of about 200 MIG-15 jets which the Communists sent into the skies of Northwest Korea. Five other MIGs were damaged. It was the eighth kill in four days of blaring air action, BOND RECORD O Q- John G aad Bterea A- Tops Farm List, Conclave Told Casualty division of the 1952 na tional convention in Dallas, Texas. Other speakers included Clifford Ott, Verdon, S. D., insurance or ganizer, who stated that in 1949 there were 330 Farmers Union Life Insurance policy holders who had $344,000 in force, and in February, 1952 there were 530 holders with $610,000 in force. John Walen, Es tacada, also a speaker, opposed passage of the universal military training bill. $2 Million in Bonds Awarded In Court Case Nearly $2,000,000 worth of bonds were off Marion County clerk's worry list Wednesday with a Cir cuit Court judgment granting pos session of the last of them to the plaintiff. A. F. Kynell, Washington State businessman, originally brought suit in September, 1949, against Glenn R. Munkers and the Pioneer Trust Company. Kynell was decreed to be ovmtr of the $1,949,500 in bonds issued by Kynell Industries, Inc. The judgment transferred them from Munkers of Salem and Aetna Guaranty Co., Inc. Wednesday's order affected $250,000 worth of these bonds which had been held to cover any possible claims against the com pany. The rest of the bonds had been returned to Kynell by court order on Sept. 27, 1950, a year aft er the suit was filed. When Kynel sued for ownership, Munkers turned the bonds over to the county clerk for safekeeping and they remained with the clerk until given to Kynell's attorneys Wednesday. On the basis of testimony. Cir cuit Judge Rex Kimmell held that Munkers had no interest in the bonds. USAF Eases Secrecy Rules On Pictures WASHINGTON (JP) -The Air Force has relaxed Its secrecy rules on the photographing of plane crashes outside military reservations. A new Air Force policy, dis closed at a Pentagon news con ference Tuesday, was praised by James S. Pope, chairman of the Freedom of Information Com mittee of the American Society of Newspaper Editors, as a "notable contribution to the unceasing battle for the freedom of infor mation end freedom from arbi trary restraints." Pope also noted, in a letter to Air Force headquarters, that the new regulations give the press "a serious responsibility" for seeing to it that military secrets are not made public through plane crash pictures. Oil Walkout Set March 3 DENVER UP) A strike to start March 3 in some of the largest plants in the oil industry was call ed Wednesday night. The committee representing 22 unions, which had voted approval of a strike to back up wage de mands, did not name the plants which would be struck. O. A. Knight, president of the CIO Oil Workers International Un ion, said the unions are asking a basic 25 cents an hour increase in pay. February Gale Brings Snow To Midwest By The Associated Press A February storm brought more snow, sleet and strong winds to upper areas of the mid -West Wednesday. Three days of snow brought highway travel to a virtual stand still in South Dakota. Strong winds piled a foot of new snow into huge drifts. Main highways in Central Min nesota were blocked. Winds drifted up to 14 inches of new snow. Rain and sleet glazed the southern part of the state. An estimated 250 schools were closed in Minnesota. Some 200 vehicles, most of them semi-trailer trucks, were stranded at Royalton, Minn., about 75 miles northwest of Minneapolis. Hits Burled Car At Bar Harbor, Me., strucx tr one of the worst snow storms of the century early in the week, a snowplow bucked a drift and hit a buried car. The crew opened a car door and out reeled Paul V. Delaney, 20, of Staten Island, N. Y attached to the U. S. naval radio station at Winter Harbor, Me. He said he had been in the car since early Monday morning. He was hospitalized but his condition was reported as not serious. A belt of freezing rain extended from Northern Ohio northwest ward through Southern Michigan and Southern Wisconsin. Light snow fell in the Central and Northern Rocky Mountains. Sub zero cold chilled parts of Montana and Wyoming. Havre, Mont., had a low of -12 and Big Piney, Wyo., -29. Into Sierras A heavy storm sent snow swirl ing down onto the Sierra Nevada, again blocking the main transcon tinental highways and setting an 81 -year snow depth record. The Weather Bureau said 22 inches of new snow fell overnight at Soda Springs, not far from Donner Summit on U. S. Highway 40. Total depth on the ground to day was 215 inches almost 18 feet. The old mark was 202 inches, measured on Feb. 14, 1938. U. S. Highways 40 and 50 were blocked. But the storm itself was taper ing off and weather and road of- iiciais did noi loresee a recur rence of the early January situa tion, when quick -striking storms trapped the Southern Pacific streamliner "City of San Francis co" in Donner Pass. Cattle Census Rises in State PORTLAND 6P-The number of cattle in Oregon increased 12 per cent in the past year to a record high, the Federal Crop Reporting Service said Wednesday. The total Jan. 1 was 1,288,000, valued at a record $227,180,000, up almost 50 million dollars over a year previous. Nearly all the in crease was in beef cattle. Dairy cattle increased only 1,000 head. Civil Defense Radio System Demonstrated About 80 Marion County Civil Defense personnel attended a dem onstration at Bush School Wednes day night of a radio-communications part in a simulated disaster. From the stage of the school Duane Hewitt made actual radio contact with seven outlying de- fense deputies. The deputies re ceived on mobile radio units in stalled in local amateur radio op erators' cars. MEET OUR EVER PLEASANT Hostess Betty" Sphoon and Our very popular Mixologist Marion In the Friendly Atmosphere of the Hotel Marion Lounge LOUNGE OPEN 'TIL 1 A. M.? Fri. & Sat. 'Til 2 A. M. (Cleoed Sudays) Copper, Aluminum Quotas Reduced For Appliances WASHINGTON (-Makers of most important household appli ances faced new production cuts Wednesday as their copper and aluminum supplies were trimmed 14 per cent, starting April 1. But the National Production Au thority, in announcing second quarter quotas, came to the aid of hard-hit firms which produce "less essential" items such as cos tume Jewelry. It announced the their lean metals supply was be ing fattened. Over 50 Hurt As Ceiling of Theatre Falls CINCINNATI WVMore than 50 persons were hurt Wednesday night as a large portion of the ceiling of the Roosevelt theater collapsed and fell on the audience. The theater Is In the heart of Cincinnati's downtown Negro dis trict. Many of those hurt suffered only minor Injuries but several were believed to be in serious condi tion. All of the injured were Negroes. Joseph R. Miller, manager of the theater, estimated there were only between 200 and 300 patrons in side when the ceiling began to fall. Fire Marshal Harry McNey said the ceiling began to fall in the front near the screen, showering persons sitting in the first dozen rows with plaster, insulation ma terial and sections of large wood en beams. McNey said there apparently was a "near panic" when the ceil ing began to fall. One witness said patrons "poured out of the theater like crazy." Clifford Fagan, who was sitting in a back row seat, said, "I heard a big cracking noise and then the whole part of the ceiling felL There was no warning." There was no immediate esti mate of the damage. Firemen doing rescue and clean up work found many articles of clothing - hats, coats and even shoes - in the debris. British Planes Said Better Than Russia's NEW YORK (JP-A prominent British figure said Wednesday Britain's new planes are better than Russia's. The statement came from Lord Balfour, British under-secretary of state for air during World War II, shortly befcre he left for home by plane following a U. S. lecture tour. He said he referred both to fighter and bomber planes. RUSS VETOED AGAIN MUNSAN, Korea (-'fhs U.N. Command again told the Reds Thursday that Russia was not ac ceptable as a neutral truce obser ver because she had "a record of past participation in Korea. An Allied staff officer said the reas ons for Allied opposition to Rus sia were "clear, cogent and irre futable.' Phono 4-3333 Across the Street Across the Nation Since 1906 O MOVING O STORAGE O CRATING O PACKING O SHIPPING O HEATING OIL t) COAL O BRIQUETS CALL RUSS PRATT CAPITAL CITY TRANSFER CO. PHONE 2-2436 Custom made quality cabinets and furniture designed and finished in various woods to meet your needs. j Garwood Products Company ; Bassett and MurUk West Salem Matt Address T.O. Box Salem, Oregon 332 Doolittle Heads Special Plane Crash Probe i WASHINGTON (JP) - President Truman, "seriously concerned about the recent wave of airplane crashes, set up a special commis sion Wednesday to investigate them, with the famed flyer James H. Doolittle at its bead. i The action came in the wake of three crashes within two months at Elizabeth, N Jn which claimed 181 lives and led to the closing; of the big Newark airport. : Mr. Truman directed the com mission to pay particular atten tion to "the problem of airport location and use." . He said in a letter to Doolittle, a retired general who led the carrier-based air strike at Tokyo in World War II: - i "For some time now I have beem seriously concerned about airplane accidents, both commercial and military, that have occurred In the takeoff and landing of aircraft, especially in heavily populated areas. ... , "I have decided to set op a tem porary President's Airport Com mission to look into the problem of airport location and use." -s To serve with Doolittle, now a Shell Oil Corp, executive and part-time Air Force consultant, taa President named Charles F. Home, Civil Aeronautics Administrator, and Dr. Jerome C. Hunsaker, head of the Department of Aeronautical Engineering at Massachusetts In stitute of Technology. Mr. Truman asked the Commis sion to make reccTtimendatlons within 90 days on what cant be done to protect "the safety, wel fare and peace of mind" of per sons living near airports while meeting national defense needs and recognizing "the importance of a progressive and efficient avia tion industry." Gloria rCo y9 About Plans HOLLYWOOD UP)-Actress Gloria Swanson, 52, wouldn't say yes and she wouldn't say no Wed nesday when asked about a report she plans to marry her manager, Branden Brent. She hinted that she might, then added: "Why don't they wait un til it happens?" Brent, former newspaper col umnist who is in his early thirties, was just as coy. "If everyone keeps saying we'll be married, we might do it," he said. i If Miss Swanson takes the leap, it will be her sixth venture into matrimony. ; Tos Friendly Theatre" New Shewing Opea C:4S - Co-Feature ta Color f "ROCK ISLAND TRAIL"; Forrest Tucker, Adele Mara Open at 6:451 Robert Mltehma Elizabeth Seott "THE BACKET And! 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