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anon County ESural School Budget Beaten fO "tfvf dCriyft Marion county rural school dis trict voters defeated a $1,089,299.46 county - wide budget at elections held in 63 districts Monday night, a tally of partial returns indicated. A compilation of the voting re sults at 1 o'clock this morning as tabulated by The Statesman stood at 157 yes and 747 no. The partial returns included al rnost all the areas normally favor able to the county-wide budget. The county-wide rural school budget combines the requests of all the county's rural districts into one lump sum and, if approved, would spread the rural school tax load on an equal basis over all the country's rural districts. Mon day's balloting was technically on that part of the budget above the 6 per cent limitation ($879,110.61). As a result of the defeat of the measure Monday night, each dis trict will vote on its own budget, Odd Fellows Units Open Colorful State Sessions Two units of the Oddfellows 96th annual convention, opened colorful sessions in Salem Monday, as total registration for the five day affair reached nearly 1,000. Electing officers and conducting business session Monday were DO5 assTjos UCDDDQQ Election post-mortems are futile but to students of politics or of human nature they can be in tensely interesting. A popular book a few years ago was entitled "Why People Behave Like Human Beings". The corol lary query: "Why do people vote as they do?" is intriguing. Many years of observing elections has provided me with no clear an swer. What seems evident is that the crosses the voters make on their ballots are the resultant of many variable influences. In sum however the people usually show in their voting that they know what they are voting for. For illustration: the Republican voters in Oregon were strong as horseradish for General Eisen hower for President. They were confronted however With a list of 50 names of candidates for dele-gate-at-large. Of these six had filed by petition which gave them freedom of choice if elected. Some of them were quite prominent in party affairs, and stood a good chance of being elected. To coun ter this the Eisenhower committee sponsored a slate of ten. The question was whether the news could be got across to voters, warning .them against the non pledged candidates and getting them to vote for the selected slate. Oregon Republicans thread ed their way neatly through the 50 names. They turned down all the candidates who had filed by petition and they elected eight of the ten endorsed by the Eisen hower committee. The other two were pledged to abide by the j voter choice for president. This is pretty good proof that voters do read the newspapers, make up their minds and know what they are doing when they vote. In this instance certainly the Oregon Republicans showed they were "informed" voters. Another illustration: the votes on Salem city measures. There were twelve charter amendments on the city ballot. Some of them were (Continued on editorial page, 4.) Red Propaganda wMore Vicious' MUNSAN 7P)-The Communist truce delegation Tuesday un- Tashi,d another ,n, l1!6! United Nations and the chief Al- ! cnier ai- i the most ; Paganda" lied delegate called it vicious, degrading propagan in nearly one year of negotiations. armistice Vice Adm. C. Turner Joy told correspondents after the 62 min ute meeting at Panmunjom: "I have been here nearly 10 12 months but I have not heard such vicious, degrading propa ganda as that thrown at us today." Animal Crackers Sv WARREN GOODRICH "Of course I'm perfect! To err is Only bunaon." and each area will finance its own needs. Noticeably lacking in Monday's balloting was a large Keizer vote which last year polled almost 500 votes in favor of the county-wide budget, Incomplete returns for the county were available from the following 14 districts: District Yes No Mt. Angel 91 2 353 Keizer 88 41 19 Sunnyside 96C 4 14 Clear Lake 122 0 49 Haiel Green 65 0 53 Stay ton 77CJ 51 5 Halls Ferry 23 2 St. Panl 45 1 126 Pratum 50 0 89 Jefferson 14CJ 21 9 Sublimity 7C 0 18 Hubbard 15C 1 2 Aurora 23-303 10 2 Donald 1 0 6 Total of 14 Districts 157 747 the Department Council of Patn- archs Militant and the Ladies Auxiliary of Patriarchs Militant. A grand march and military ball followed Monday night with wom en in white gowns or uniforms and men in blue and gold uniforms. Holding sessions today will be the Grand Encampment and Re bekah Assembly of Oregon. George Houck, Portland, grand patriarch will preside over the Grand Encampment which will install officers at the Salem Odd Fellows hall. Rebekahs will open a full day with a business session at 9 a.m. in Crystal Gardens ballroom. A lunchon at the Senator Hotel at noon will be folowed by business sessions and a meeting of the Past Presidents Association banquet at 6 p.m. The sessions will continue Wednesday and Thursday. Members of all IOOF groups will attend the grand reception and ball at Crystal Gardens to night at 8 o'clock. The Grand Lodge esessions will open Wed nesday morning and will con tinue until Thursday adjourn ment. Top feature of the conven tion is the Wednesday night par ade. (Story also on page 2). Railroads Take White House 'Peace' Plan WASHINGTON P-The nation's railroads Monday night accepted a WThite House plan to settle the three-year rail dispute with three big operating. unions. But the unions the engineers, firement and conductors with a combined membership of 150, 000 were still studying the pro posal offered by Presidential as sistant John R. Steelman. There was no indication the unions would either accept or reject the peace proposal Monday night. Steelman personally announced the plan and said it would boost wages 37 cents an hour for men who work in the yards and 23 cents for men working on the roads. These amounts include a 12 cent and five cent boost for yard men and roadmen, respectively, which the Army, in technical con trol of the roads since they were seized by the govenrment in Au gust, 1950, put into effect in Feb ruary, 1951. Steelman said part of the wage boosts would be retroactive to Oc tober, 1950. He estimated each em ploye would receive between $600 and $1,100 in back pay and that retroactivity would cost the car riers more than 100 million dollars. Main obstacle to settlement f the long labor dispute, however, is a carrier demand for changes in working conditions or operating rules. 1800 to Fly Across J Ocean on Anniversary e . , J "i uiiuuergn r Hgnt WASHINGTON 7P) The In ternational Air Transport Associa tion estimated Monday that 1,800 persons will fly across the North Atlantic Tuesday and Wednesday j during the 33 li hours required! for the Lindbergh flight just 25 j years ago. ' $30,000 Blaze Destroys Lumber Yard at Hubbard Statesman News Service HUBBARD A blaze, apparent ly starting in a storeroom, roared through the Long ,Bell lumber yard Monday afternoon with a loss estimated at $30,000. Four fire engines from the Hubbard and Woodburn depart ments brought the fire under con trol about 5 p. m., short of com pletely destroying the warehouse containing the retail store. Ralph Messenger, Hubbard manager for Long Bell Lumber Co., said the fire was discovered about 4 p. m. but had already got ten a good start. He said he just had time to shove valuable office records into the safe and slam the door before the flames spread through the office adjacent to the storeroom. Henry Dahl, an em ploye of the yard who was with Messenger in the front of the building when the blaze began, called- the volunteer fire department. 102nd YEAR H 15 From Salem These Salem High School graphic arts students won prizes for work they exhibited In an Albany show of industrial art work by students in five counties. Left to right (seated), Arden Parker, linoleum block work; Pat Schwalen, photo: Kay Wesely, rubber stamp: Al Wood, beginning printing; (standing) John Buren, advanced printing: Richard Anderson, beginning printing; Douglas Patzer, silk screen and photo; Robert Baker, advanced printing; Russell Doss, photo; Terry Mclntire, bookbinding. Their work was among 38 entries, all from Salem. w I .s t iyo y I "' I : . - . ;"f An Industrial Art Awards contest, new for schools of this area, was held in Albany among students of eight schools of this area, with the result that Salem High entries won 15 prizes put up by Albany merchants. Pictured are the local metalwork winners, left to right: Bill Nelson, fourth in sheet metal; Harry Epperly, second in open contest; Walter Hammer, third in bench work; Lyle Mackey, first in machine shop and sheet metal; Claude Goldsby, second in machine shop. Fire Alarm Sounds at Pen When flames shot out of a flume Monday night in the Dre gon State Penitentiary laundry, a tower guard quickly alerted the Salem fire department which rushed equipment to the scene. What was feared to be fire in the laundry, however, proved to be a false alarm. It was found that some gasoline had been ig nited accidentally inside the laundry and, in an attempt to ex tinguish it, it was poured into a drain. The flaming mass rose to the top of the flume and was mis taken for a serious blaze. No dam age was reported. Tongue-Twithter Frees Solicitor CANTERBURY, Eng (P) El liott Allard, a solicitor, was brought in on a charge of driv ing while drunk. Police asked him to say "Brit ish constitution." He did so, splen didly. -JJt 1 11 lit VA I J J A 1 IV A V till lice dismisseth us." He exthelled at thith. Said the police inspector: "Quite fit to drive." The judge agreed and dismissed the charge. The entire interior of the half block long frame building was charred by flames which were fed by exploding cans of paint, dry finishing lumber, doors, windows and other building materials. Mes senger said he doubted if the building could be salvaged. Con siderable stock however, was only slightly damaged in the blaze. The building, located on Second Street two blocks from the Pa cific Highway, was built more than 35 years ago, Hugh Wells of the Hubbard Fire Department said. It had been remodeled sev eral times and included a large retail store in the front of the building, offices and two - story storage space at the rear. Lumber in the yard and another nearby warehouse escaped damage. Messenger said he was sure the loss was covered by Insurance. It was Hubbard's first major iige in several years. c y PAGES The Win in Industrial Art Contest Draft to Catch Pontic Raiders NASHVILLE, Tenn. (&) Van derbilt University officials came through with a new angle in col lege punishment Monday. School officials said any stu dents found guilty of taking part in Sunday night's "pantie raids" would lose their status as students in good standing. That means they would be elig ible draftees. Open House At Blind School Open house for the new school building at Oregon State School for the Blind will be held between 7 and 10 p. m. Thursday. Superintendent Walter Dry said Monday the public is welcome to inspect the recently completed building for the school's class work. Dedication of the structure will be made at about 8:30 p. m. by Gov. Douglas McKay. A short rau sicale by students will follow. Materials Allotted for Courthouse, Pen Jobs Allotment of controlled mater ials for five proposed new con struction projects in Marion Coun ty was announced by the National Production Authority Monday, ac cording to word received here from Washington, D. C. The projects include the new Marion County courthouse to cost $2,038,078, and four projects at the estate penitentiary. NO RULING ON STEEL WASHINGTON OP) - The Su preme Court did not rule Monday on the steel industry seizure. Western International Victoria 5, Salem 3 Vancouver-Tri City (Rain) (Only Games Scheduled) Pacific Coast League (No Games Scheduled) American League foetroit 2. Boston 3 (Only game scheduled) National League New York 4. Pittsburgh 0 Brooklyn. Chicago, (tie) Philadelphia. St. Louis (rain) lOnly games achduled.) '(':' POUNDBD 1651 Oregon Statesman. Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, May 20. 1952 3 Corvallis personsDie In Car Wrecks CORVALLIS (.V) -Weekend traf fic accidents on the Philomath Corvallis highway claimed the lives of three Corvallis residents. Dead are Mr. and Mrs. Simon Koelling and Victor Epperson. The Koellings were killed when their car collided with a truck. Koelling was 76, his wife 73. Epperson, 36, died of injuries after his car collided with one driven by James Sherrill of Hub bard. Sherrill was uninjured but a passenger in Epperso n's car, Charles M. Johnson, 25, suffered a severe leg injury. 1 if 1.114 il4J!ifi.ti:tt:jj Max. Min. Precip. i Salem 72 44 .08 i Portland 72 47 .02 San Francisco 86 54 .00 Chicago 64 45 .00 New York 71 53 .05 Willamette River 1 foot. FORECAST cfrom V. S. Weather Bu reau. McN'ary field. Salem I : Partly cloudy with a few scattered showers today and tonight, continued cool with a high today 68 to 70 and a low to- night 40 to 42. Temperature at 12:01 a.m. was 51 degrees. SALEM PRECIPITATION Since Start of Weather Year Sept. This Year 40 05 Vast Year 49.47 Normal 35.29 'Eager' Federal Publicity Man, State Protest Spell Doom to 'Sky -Watch' Why aren't hundreds of thous ands of volunteers in 37 states scanning the skies 24 hours a day lor enemy planes? Because an oyer-eager federal publicity man aroused the disgust of Oregon officialdom. And be cause said officialdom (and, later, the state of Washington's) went to bat with a protest. That was the information ob tained by The Statesman Monday in regard to the cancellation of a sky-watching order which was to have been effective May 17. No Emergency Order So far as could be determined here, there never was an emer gency basis for the order. Nor were any official directives re ceived in Salem. As affecting the Willamette Valley, the "order" comprised word to Civil Defense officials from the Air Force's filter cen Death Wins Race to Youth in Crevasse Pastor-Father Reads Final Rites Over Boy SPIRIT LAKf. U'ah. 0P - Ski patrolmen pulled from a yawning crevasse near the summit of Mt. St. Helens Monday the broken Lodv of a Universitv of Washing ton sophomore lost on a Sunday climbing trip. The 20-year-old Arthur Jestt. who fell through an ice "bridge" over a crevasse at the 8.000-foot level Sunday, apparently died some time Sunday night, a physi cian with the rescue party said. Jessett had lived some hours as rescuers above were unable to reach him. Met Party on Peak I His father, an Episcopal clergy man, met the sad and silent party of eight patrolmen as they neared base search headquarters at this western Cascade Mountain lake. Reverently, tenderly, he read the last rites of the church over his son. The father, the Rev. Thomas E. ! Jessett. and his wife hurried to this Cascade Mountain lake at the foot of tne towering peak when word reached them of the tragic accident. Fog and rain which hid the mountain much of the day prevented word of the progress of the search reaching them. It was a highly dramatic scene as the ski patrolmen neared the lake late Monday afternoon with the University of Washington boy's body lashed to a toboggan. j Read Last Rites The Rev. Jessett, vicar of the Florence Henry Memorial Episco pal, Seattle came out with his Bible in his hands to meet the party. He read the church's last rites, and kneeled and looked at : his boy's features. 1 Then, holding back his tears, he arose and went from one to an other of the ski patrolmen. He shook hands with each of them, silently. One of them. Jim Whittaker. Se attle, who with his twin brother had descended into the crevasse to recover the body, told the Rev. Mr. , Jessett soberly: "I wish we could have brought him back." j Party of Four The Jessett boy was one of a par ty of four University of Washington j youths who climbed the peak Sun- 1 day. Returning down the icy, ere- ! vase-torn upper slopes near noon, ' Jessett was trailing behind the others. They looked back to see that he slipped through an ice "bridge'' over a crevasse. j It was in the crevasse his frozen I body was found. He had lived for some hours, talking with his com- ' panions Sunday and telling them i he had probably broken an arm in ' the fall. Near nightfall, about 6 : p.m., Sunday night, his last moans ' were heard. I Dr. Otto Tratt, Seattle, one of ' the ski partolmen. said when the i party reached Spirit Lake the bov j probably had been dead at least 12 hours. He died from exposure, ! i-i. irau said. Man Starts 54tli Term in Prison TRINIDAD, Colo. (Jp) Fermin Sanchez is back in the countv jail Monday, serving 90 days for as sault and battery after beating his wife. The Trinidad man shrugged his shoulders when the sentence was passed. Described as a "model prisoner" and a steady one this is his 54 the jail term since 1942. TO HEAR EXECUTION DATE VANCOUVER, Wash. (.Pi Tur - man and Utah Wilson, convicted of the March. 1950. kidnaD-slav- ing of JoAnn Dewey, will be brought here Thursday to hear Judge Eugene G. Cushing set a new date for their execution. ter in Portland to "watch your newspapers" for an announce ment in regard to the activation of ground-observation stations May 17. As a result of the subsequent confusion and indignation. The Statesman learned Monday that.it was probable the Ground Obser vation Corps would be removed from the Civil Defense set-up and placed under the Air Force. This is the story behind the scene, as nearly as the facts could be eobtained regarding de velopments after the April 15 no tice from the filter center: On April 22, The Associated Press was given a story saying sky-scanning .would start May 17 on a 24-hour basis and continue indefinitely. Press Releases Sent On May 7, the filter center sent out a whole series of press re PRICE 5c ireyHuOTirad CUEliiiPlUllL Service Due to Start in Salem Today Pacific Greyhound bus service will resume operations at 5 a.m. (PST) today as a rtult of strike settlement Monday in San Francisco. John L. Wells, local manager of the lines reported. Oregon Motor Stages is still on strike. The Greyhound strike, which had tied up service for seven western states, was settled when versed their former stand and j voted 128-35 to accept a nego tiated compromise. The San Francisco settlement was tne last bar to resumption of service, since other AFL employes voted overwhelmingly last week to accept tne settle men: and end the 11 -week old s:r;ke. "A special schedule is being printed for Salem. " Wells ex plained, "to compiy with standard time. Greyhound operates on day light saving time,' r.e said. Greyhound vice Frailev had preti;.' -president M. C. :ed Monday tnat a ou Id be re "limited service" sumed a: irudr.igh: ar, ri the ent.re system wo a la De iii fu.i operation in 4S hours. Wells stated that a teletype re port from San Fiancisco Monday night ordered the resumption of bus service in Salem and Portland. Defense Tests 4Spread Death' In Washington c? OLYMPIA OP' - Thousands of Washington residents theoretically were "killed or wounded-' Monday night in a simulated attack to test the state's civil defense setup. Virtually eer- strategic target in the state was "damaged" to some extent by sham shells, make believe bombs or simulated sabo tage. Seattle civil defer.-e officials re ported 60.000 "casualties" from an assumed atomic bomb blast. In Tacoma. an estimated 2.000 per sons w ere "killed or injured'' when an enemy sub launched a guided missile. All rail lines were "knocked out of service" in Spokane by an "A tomic explosion," necessitating thej rerouting of all trains by transpor tation experts working with civil defense officials in the test. Power Lines Cut Coulee Dam lost two power1 lines as a result of sabotage, but one was back in service within two hours and the other was to oe re-i stored within 72 hours. ' More than a dozen "casualties" ! resulted when a bomb "exploded" in the Hanford area. The atomic energv plant appeared to have weathered the attack in good shffpe, however, according to ra- ports to the state civil defense headquarters. Snchomish County civil defense leaders reported 5,800 dead, 3,700 severely injured and 2.100 with minor cuts and burns" when a make-believe atomic bomb "ex ploded" over the ship yards in Everett. Naval Yard 'Out' The naval base at Bremerton was "knocked out of operation" by a simulated -submarine that surfaced and launched a sham ' missle with an atomic war head. it exploded a mile west oi tne i snipyard main gate. State Civil Defense Director D. E. Barbey termed the statewide test one of the most successful held anywhere in the nation. leases announcing the program for May 17 and among the re leases was one dated for May 24 telling how successful it had been and how enthused volunteers were about providing needed protection. But with official directives still lacking. Civil Defense officials in Salem took up the matter with Gov. Douglas McKay. The gov ernor then called in Sen. Wayne Morse, who was in this area at that time. Morse called his Wash ington office and lodged a protest. The governor also followed it up in Washington, D. C, with a visit to T. K. Finletter, Secretary of the Air Force, objecting to the methods of getting out notices and to the call-up of ground observers without apparent reason. Finletter, after learning of the press release procedure, cancelled the call-up outright, affecting 37 states. No. 54 the bay area local drivers - Price Boost Decreed on Canned Food WASHINGTON OP -The OT. ernrr.er.: issued a price order Mon day whtcn :t saia will mean a boost of one to two cents a can ia many stores for rr.rs: popular can ned vege:ables. fruits and juices. The order affects profit raarjinj of wholesale grocers. The office of Price Stabilization OPS said th action, effective Tuesday, was needed because of "markedly low er earrings"' being realized by wholesalers. The increased ceilings will ap ply to corn, green beans, peas, to matoes and tomato juice, canned fruit cocktail, pineapple, peaches and pears. OPS also announced price con trols are being suspended on raw cotton and virtually all textiles, including these made of wool, cot ton and synthetic libers. As for food prices, OPS officials said further increases in a wid range of items can be expected soon under an order permitting retailers to increase their mark ups on many types of foods. Theses will include such things as con centrated coffee, dry cereals, cookies and many canned meats except tuna and salmon. Gen. Harrison To Take Truce Talk Command . MUNSAN OPi - Vice Adm. a Turner Joy prepared Tuesday lo leave his wearying assignment as head of the United Nations Com, mana truce team. The talks re mained bitterly deadlocked, Although an armistice seemed far awav, the 57-vear-old admiral feels his job is done. "The rest is up to the Commu nists." he said in a statement add ing that the Reds "seem more in j terested in talking than signing." The Command announced. Monday that Maj. Gen. William K. Harrison Jr., a member of ths. team, would succeed Joy as senioS delegate. Joy makes his last tri to Panmunjom Thursday and plans to leave June 9 for his ne assignment as superintendent oj the U. S. Naval Academy at An napolis. joy also is commander of TJ. S Naval forces in the Far East. H4 will be succeeded in that capacity by Vice Adm. Robert P. Briscoe, U. S. Seventh Fleet commander. Vice Aim. Joseph J. Cterk re places Briscoe. Election as Delegate Cost McKay Nothing It didn't cost Gov. Douglas Me Kay one cent to conduct his sue cessful campaign for delegate t the Republican National Conven tion, he said Monday. He received the top vote for delegate. The governor had re ceived many letters indicating th writers were opposed to his de cision to keep the state on stand ard time and would vote against him for delegate. Daylight Time The following cities in Oregon are on Daylight Time (with thei clocks one hour ahead of Standard Time ) : Albany Astoria Beaverton Bend Corvallis Cottage Grove Eugene Forest Grove Gear hart Greshara Hills bo r Klamath Falls Lakexiew Milwaakie Newberg Oregea City Fortlaad Redmond Kmc berg Seappooe SprimgfleM Sweet Bsbm Tlrard West Lis (Hood River a DST Jaw 1)