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Senate Tempers Flare., at .Opening of 'McCarthy Sessio: Censure The Weather FORECAST (from U. S. weather bureau. McNary field. Salem): ; Mostly cloudy with ihowen today and tonight. High today near 55; low tonight near 44. - " Temoerature at 11:01 am. today Was 4a Willamette River -I t feet SALEM PRECIPITATION ' ' tiara Start of Weather Year Seat 1 This Year Last Year Normal .M S.SS M r Motion i At Issue POUNDni 1&51 .OMILS B hid 104TH YEAR 2 SECTIONS 18 PAGES Th Ortgon Statesman, Salem, Orttcjon, Tuttday, Noytmbtr 9, 1934 PRICE 5c No. 227 (Gas Blast Wrecks Oklahoma School,! 45 Students Hurt Official Lit Matches Seeking Leak ' . I i ALLEN, Okla. () A deafening gas explosion! which wrecked the Allen High School Monday injured 45 students! and two school officials including the superintendent who said he presumed he was to blame for striking a match; to find a leak. i Twenty of the injured remarried in hospitals Monday night I The high school wing of the one-story brick building, occupied OtP SHEjjQB PQDQIjCP ' ! : Now that the mid-term election is over the politicians are getting busy to nominate candidates for President ia ; 1956, Republicans are banking on getting Eisenhow er to stand again; and if he does he will have no trouble setting the , nomination. An incumbent has a tremendous advantage. Her bert Hoover won renomination in 1932 though the outlook for his reelection was gloomy. In 1948 Democrats tried their best: to ditch the then unpopular Harry Truman, without avail. As of now the Eisenhower popularity still stands, and if he intimates will ingness to run none of the Repub lican leaders will look around for a substitute. ; j " In the Democratic camp the councils are divided.. Adlai Stev enson put the party, in his debt by his industrious campaigning. He says he was merely trying: to help his party clean up on the obligations left over from 1952, that now he must attend to his personal affairs. His political sup porters will not let him bury him self, but he will hardly dare re peat his performance in 1952 when he refused to stand as a candidate until the nomination was forced on him. ' ) y 1 His chances of winning the no mination depend considerably on whether the South will accept him as the party nominee. In recent months he has traveled through the South cultivating the good graces of Southeri leaders. That ; the South is still infected with Dixiecrat philosophy is shown in the write-in victory of , (Continued on editorial pag"e, 4.) by 150 students, was demolished. An explosive pocket of gas appar ently had accumulated beneath the school. Three of the injured were re ported in "very serious" condi tion but no one was killed. Prin cipal Freeman Pickle, 48, who. was teaching English, land a student were ; still unconscious Monday night : i I . J Students in an algebra class told a reporter Superintendent - J.N, McKeel had struck several match es just before the blast Charles "-Rhoades, of The Ada News,: said several members Of the class informed him there was an overpowering odor of natural gas, even I though windows were raised. ' ! . i .' I Seeking Ont Leak ! They said McKeel had been try ing to find the leak with matches, The students said everything blew up in their faces at 2 p.m. when the school official held the flame on the north side of the room. ) It was the adjoining English classroom to the north w h i c h caught the greatest force of the explosion. Grade and high school sections of the building escaped major damage. i f Dale Plunk, 1 18-year-old algebra student and a sergeant in the Na tional Guard, said of McKeel:' "He touched, one to the stove (which was reported not burning) and nothing happened..1 Then be struck another match.. There was a flash and the explosion." ' t McKeel, " who ! suffered from shock, cuts and abrasions. Moo- day night accepted blame for the tragedy. : ' J - Set Off, Blast f I "1 presume I set off the blast In an attempt on my part to find gas wax, ne iota newsmen; had no reason to think that there was a general gas leak." i Students had high praise for Mc Keel, who helped hold up the col lapsed Ceiling so casualties could be rescued. ' Is Most of the walls were razed. The few that threatened to time. .' No Drop Seen In Milk Price A report fhat milk delivered to Salem doorsteps would drop an other cent in price did not find much support among the -city's larger dairies Monday. i ; Repeal by Oregon voters last week of Oregon's 21-year-old milk control was followed by most of Salem's dairies dropping their milk delivered to homes fKm the pre-election price of 22 cents per quart to 21 cents. i Reports of a contemplated fur ther slash in home-delivered milk came on the scene Monday. But most of the big dairies said they had not heard of any immediate planned price cuts, i Milk in stores already has been cut an average of 2 cents per quart ! ! BLAST KILLS 15 ? - RIO DE JANEIRO.' Brazil (J) An explosion wrecked a dynamite and powder factory at Jose Neul hoes, 50 miles from here, Monday night and first police .reports said r 15 workers. It w uem women were killed. . ; ; -I Ike Fills Court Vacancy WASHINGTON W) President Eisenhower Monday chose John Marshall Harlan of New York City, a Republican now serving as a US. Circuit Court judge, to fill the Supreme Court vacancy caused by the death of Democrat Robert H. Jackson. f On the court Harlan would join two other Republicans Chief Justice Earl Warren and Associ ate Justice Harold Burton and six, Democrats. ; Harlan, 55 years old, is a native of Chicago' who graduated from Princeton University, received a degree in jurisprudence from Ox ford University in England and a law degree from the New York Law School. , - Harlan has been serving on the circuit court of appeals ; covering Vermont Connecticut and New York since March 4 of this year, by appointment of Eisenhower. Justice Jackson died Oct 9. ' The 4Vhite House said Eisenhow er would send Harlan's nomina tion to the Senate Tuesday, along with that of Joseph Campbell, now a member of the Atomic Energy Commission, to be comptroller general ; Campbell, a native of New York City whose legal residence is Cooperstown, N.Y.. is on leave from his post as treasurer of Columbia University, which he has also served as vice president of business affairs. Eisenhower for a time was president of Columbia. The comptroller general watches out for Congress to see that: ap propriated funds are properly spent, not wasted or misused. Weald Quit AEC i The 54-year-old Campbell is an accountant . by profession and a Republican in politics. He would resign from the atomic commis sion if and when the Senate coo finned him for the . comptroller general s assignment The judge is a grandsoa ' and namesake of Justice John Mar shall Harlan who served on the Supreme Court from 1888 to 1911. rney dou Dear tne name of one of the most famous chief justices, John Marshall.' Schoolroom Moves Into Store Windowi at! Mt. Angel , , j . yi,.f. , ' . ; ,. jyywroMpgy-itiiiiiU "imam up -j -" ywny"''"''! mm ,t .iiji w in ,iin iw.uhiw: mmmiinq A;ri' i it r-1 ".T;i: !v i t t mu r-. -ILL - - .OMHi' ST ; vLl I I l ill? r - it i mill - H ll ll .1 l -I III -tii .1, MT. ANGEL A classroom In a store window opened here Monday with the expressed purpose of promoting Interest in the teaching profession. The week-long venture is being sponsored by the Future Teachers of America chapter at Mt. Angel Women's Col lege. Student teacher Donna Lorenzen, Silverton, is shown above (left) leading the class all third graders from St Mary's school in sin tin while passersby Beer in from the street. (Statesman Photo by John Ericksen). (Education week story on page S, sec 1.) remained standing crumble at . any Witnesses said desks were blown with such force against the ceil ing that they lodged there in the broken plaster. Students w e r blown iupward leaving blood stained impressions on the ceil Fire Tracks Sent s Ambulances and fire trucks were dispatched from Ada, ll miles southwest of Allen, a town of 1,200 population in East Cen tral Oklahoma. . . Bill Kobert, Donaldson, Mo., photographer, one of the. first passers-by on the scene said the high school wing was "just blown apart Windows were shattered and floors torn up. He said he saw children stum Wing from the wreckage some barefoot The blast had ripped off their ihoea. Many, be said, were staggering blindly with blood streaming from their beads. - "I don't see how anyone escaped from that building alive," Kobert said.. ' - ! A frantic crowd of parents gath ered at the school as workers res cued children trapped in the de bris. Highway Patrolmen and Na tional Guardsmen were rushed to the . scene to aid in the work and keep away1 the curious. i One hospital official said injuries ranged from cuts and bruises to s?vere burns, lacerations and bro ken bones. : Typhoon Kills' One on Luzon MANILA Ur) Typhoon Ruby blew into the South China Sea ear ly Tuesday, leaving one known dead, several thousand homeless and vast tracts of farmland under water in Northern Luzon. The late-season Pacific storm cut across Luzon Monday 'night with furious 120 - mile - per - hour winds. Rs center passed just north of Manila. The winds swept flimsy Filipino dwellings, felled trees and com munications poles and flooded rich croplands across the fertile waist of Luzon. President Ramon Magsaysay alerted government agencies to help victims. i Spared along with Manila by the veering of the typhoon was the huge U.S. naval base and air in stsllation at Subic Bay. northwest of Manila. 1 ESTATE ANNOUNCED LOS ANGELES tf) Ring Cros by's wife, Dixie Lee, left a gross estate of $1,332,5716, but debts taxes, administration expenses and fees will make the. net $550,616.96. A report on the estate was made Monday bv the state inheritance tax appraiser. . : U.S. Demands Russia Pay for Downing B29 WASHINGTON IB The United States demanded reparations from Russia Monday for the shooting down of an American photo-mapping bomber. The Reds countered with charges that the u. plane had violated Russian territory and opened fire. ! As on earlier occasions of this sort, the American and Russian versions were exactly opposite. The U. S. Air Force claimed the shooting was all done by the Rus sians, with the American bomber not replying, and stressed that the scene was over Jaoanese territory. It said the American plane was never within IS miles of j Soviet territory. A note which said "The United Statu strongly protests" and wants "moral and material reparations" i. e- an aoolocr. disciplining of the Red airmen responsible and money to pay for the destroyed plane and to compensate tne iam- ily of the lone airman lost was handed to the Soviet Foreign Of fice by Ambassador Charles E, Bohlen. - , ' However, the tack taken by the Russians in their countering note was one of I absolute innocence Moscow said its fighter planes in terceoted the American ship to ask it to leave Soviet territory but "The American aircraft ! opened fire on them." "In view of this unprovoked ac tion of the. American intruder," the Russian note said, the Soviet air craft were compelled to retaliate the fire, after which the American aircraft left the a space of the Soviet Union and flew off in- a southernly direction." . (Additional details on page 2, sec L) ! Residential Areas To Vote on Annexation Annexation Willing Salem Portland Baker Medford , North Bend Boacburg San Francisco Chicago New York Los Anieles . Max: ss S7 59 5 S7 60 - SO Mia. c 41 I 47 1 20 i 54 t: 54 I 48 I 56 40 i f 53 Preeip. .21 Jl .00 ! ' .06 J7 ; -; : .IS j .63 1 00 ' .00 j ! .00 1 ANIMAL CRACKERS V WAMRCN GOODRICH cm auction in u.i i wiri - v r w f 15,000 cfotrars, liahl t uldVt jivt jfoi two uc!s MrfcLmC- T Alderman Loses Topcoat at First Council Meeting Walter E. White, the West Sa lem merchant who has just be come a city alderman, was sworn in ceremoniously before the City Council Monday night was refer red to as the new alderman from Ward 8 several times during council business and was welcom ed personally after the meeting by bis fellow alderman. f. But he'll remember his first council meeting especially be cause when he went to the cloak room of the City Council cham ber on his way out from the ses sion, his topcoat was missing. It hadn't turned up by midnight, either, i " JANE POWELL WED ' OJAL Calif. I Actress Jane Powell and Patrick W. Nerney, Beverly Hills, Calif., automobile executive, were married Monday by the Rev. W. W. Gcarhart in the Ojai Community Presbyterian Church, . ; U.S. Supreme Pelton Dam (WASHINGTON (UP) The Supreme-Court Monday agreed to settle a dispute between 'the state of Oregon and the federal govern ment over construction of a dam at the Pelton site on the Deschutes river in Jefferson County, Ore. A lower court has upheld Ore gon's objections to the project. The Supreme Court will soon schedule arguments on the case and later hand down an opinion. ' The Federal Power Commission in 1951 granted a license to the Portland General Electric Com pany to build a 203-foot high hydro electric dam on the non-navigable stream at a site owned by the gov ernment j. j ; ,. ! ' However, Oregon protested the project would seriously curtail the region's fish sopply by preventing salmon and steelhead trout 'from going upstream to s p a w a i n g grounds. : ;i t.-1 - The U. S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals last February upheld the state, ruling that ownership of the Court to Settle Project Dispute 1 By ROBERT E. GANflrTARE " ' Jv ' City Editor, The Statesman ; "' if' elections in two residential areas east of Salem city limits will be held Dec. 17 and a favorable vote in either: Would bring it into the city of Salem. ; -! ? 1 ? I- ! This. was decided Monday night by Salem City, Council: which has held up the long-proposed annexations pending outcome of the recent election at which two annexation policy measures were at stake. I i . The city voters approved both measures which now, amend the city charter so that property own ers in annexed areas can be as sessed for the cost of sewer and water improvements, to the ex tent that their property is bene fited. 1 . The areas from which annexa tion petitions had been on file are a 191-acre tract north of Sun- nyview Avenue, between the State ' Fairgrounds and the new bypass highway, and an'18-acre area east of Park Avenue, near Moody Avenue. i Objection Told ! I i 1 The larger area was approved for annexation over the objection of Alderman David O'Hara who asserted much of the area is too near the new truck highway to be considered for good residen-j tial development1; : "I think our planning commis sion overreached itself, in recom mending this annexation and that a lot of that property won't sell for residences- very easily. ' Per sonally, I wouldn't want to live within five or six blocks of the bypass." '. : i The veteran alderman recalled that in years past the city had paved streets in North Salem where property wasnt valuable enough to stand the assessments. "We .had to foreclose about 200 lots," he said. i i . No Vote Necessary i A ! - Under the council action, no vote will be necessary within the city. ;::".' . v "H' ;" ''- ' The aldermen killed a water surcharge bill that would have been an alternative ' financing method to the assessment plan. (Additional Council news on Page 2, Sec 1.) y f f ;. Russ To Continue' A-PoolTalks '. I i t i i : ;. UNTTED NATIONS.: N.Y. UFt Russia's Andrei; YJ Vishinsky says Moscow is willing to continue talks with the United i States on Presi dent Eisenhower's atoms for peace plan. Speaking Monday in the UJN. As sembly's Political Committee. Vi- shinsky charged, an attempt is being made to pillory the Soviet Union by representing the Russians as aeainst the Eisenhower plan. He spoke out specuicaJiy against a claim by! u.s, Delegate Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. Friday that Rus sia's ' replies were : "essentially negative." I He also lashed at Western dele gates and others, who said Russia had taken the position it would co operate only if the United States agreed in advance to ban atomic bombs. ! i ' Lodge replied later: that he was glad to hear Visbinsky assert that the United States: was wrong in claiming the Soviet attitude was "negative i 4 I :: ! , Lodge added "he can prove me wrong by supporting the resolUf tion." put In by the United States and six other countries to set up the international! atomic agency. By ED CREAGH WASHINGTON W The "Joe f 1 McCarthy session" of the Senate f opened in an angry uproar before ' packed galleries Monday. r In top oratorical form, Sen. Jo seph R. McCarthy (R-Wis) hurled such terms as "imbecilic" and fantastic" at a proposal to fe- buke his conduct And he blasted as "completely improper a last- minute change In the report of the special committee which recom mended censure for him. . Chairman Watkins (R-Utah) of the special committee refused at first white with anger, to show Mc Carthy the alteration. In the ena be produced it however, and an other committee member, Sen. Case (R-SD), slapped the revised report down in front of McCarthy with a force that scattered pap ers."- i The altered passage turned out to be technical in nature and Mc- Carthy told reporters he couldn't - j sec that it made any major dif- ference. . , .1' i Censnr Iaiae V - Thus in an atmosphere of Car- ing tempers and roach confusion : ! began the unprecedented extra Sen- ; I ate session which must decide j whether to vote censure of Mc- - i Carthy on charges of contempt of the Senate and abusive treatment of an Army general who once - testified before him. - I Monday's session was supposed to be mainly formal, with swear- ; ing of new senators and the pres- 1 entation of the Watkins commit- i tea's censure resolution.- Debate ( wasn't supposed to begin until Wednesday. But started with, a roar and with the gallery crowds leaning ' forward, tensely . but quietly, when ; Republican Majority Leader Know- ' land of California announced the Watkins group wanted a little more - time to make "changes" 4n its res- olution and also in .its report 'Highly Improper McCarthy, standing next to the ; 87-year-old Watkins, declared it a would , be "highly improper" to :s make any changes now in a report I which was supposedly completed ' and made public last Sept 27. - $ 1 wouid strenuously object to ; any changes in the report at this t t i m e." . McCarthy declared. ; i "They've made their bed and now ; they've got to lie in it" . , Watkins told him tb. changes were most of a typographical na-, ftiaan awifli An sk nvMnfinil TVaa. Mm. BOSTON (J) President Eisen- mift. ia vantt t atrit , hower said Monday that despite fnm report four or five lines ? nvwioa "r" taat were - ooviousiy in error. McCarthy demanded to know 1 which errors" Watkins was talk- Peace Hopes Bright j Says Eisenhower the specter of wr looms less threateningly' now than in years. I He mentioned specifically, as an in2 He ,aid reoort msiauce ot provocauon, uwirut- rf w. aM mv Af iU tion ot a u.a. Air xorce piane oy charges against hkn-that ! he two Russian planes Sunday near sbouid De "buked for using vul- tfaKau. lanmaee anout ien. nenaricx- . rpk. : J L J 1 - .j r . I v " r nc . z-rcsiucui, uepaneu uixn Mn (r.m J ) wit " mhpf Ur " tne prepared text Ot HIS Speecn Plainlv nettled. Watkins told Mr- before the 27th meeting of the Na-rarthy he could see the revised UODai VOU11CU OI tamouc women Irmnnrt ffp Ihi cucc nrT nit vv twavvt miv svgwiwM v nuvu to mention the shooting down of the photo-mappinz plane. j "Peace is the problem of the American people the i President said. Americans, he added, "re joice that the possibility of perma nent peace is more promising than in any tune in recent years, "There isn't anything to hide," he assured McCarthy. But McCarthy demanded to ?c the revision then and there. Pale With Anger "la common decency, in com mon honesty,1 he should tell us,' taSta McCarthy cried out to the whole iiP tSrWrf JnJtn S0 And to Watkins himself, ud. -by the balding of. strength wlm t,, ith M. said where there was w ea-kain throughout the Pacific, . despite fu , 1"?lf1"'" w -J "5 ft shouldn't tell us. Arthur!" that which occurred yesterday off I'1 . cu ' !T r who turned pale with anger. Mc Carthy said dramatically: 'There is no reason on .earth why you site did not give the government power to use the river's waters "contrary to the Oregon state law.-:; ;-: -v - - v. The court based part of its deci sion on the Desert Land Act of 1877 which gave the states power over Don - navigable streams and rivers flowing through arid or semi-arid federally-owned land. , The government contended con struction of the dam . would help alleviate the power shortage in the Northwest and that the project in cluded facilities .for the conserva tion and "possible enhancement of the stream's fish resources.. The government also argued that the United States did not surrender jurisdiction ; over noa - navigable waters in the 1877 act "so as to permit the states to exercise their police power in a manner contrary to that directed by the appropriate federal asencv. i- ; The Supreme Court salso -refused to allow - the Portland General Electric Company to take part in the case.- Algeria Rebel Bands Retreat To Mountains ALGIERS. Algeria Uh A rebel band which for almost a week had held off thousands of French troops to a sector of Southeastern Algeria was driven into mountain hideouts Monday. But there was no sign it was crushed or even dispersed. The rebels retreat meant re storation , of relative calm after several days of full-scale military operations in the Aures mountain region, near xne soroer oeiweco Algeria and Tunisia. About 1,000 outlaws, organized in army formations r and - equipped with modern weapons, began their uprising against;, French authority a' week ago.;- --r iThey burst out early last Mon day with a series of 30 assaults in which nine persons, tmostly-policf' and soldiers, were killed: and a number of buildings damaged by fire or explosives, y" I . The French at first termed ! the outbreak "isolated incidents." But it soon became apparent it was earefuDy plotted." v . " . Marilvn Has Minor Surgery I HOLLYWOOD Ifl f Marilyn Monroe underwent minor correc tive surgery Monday and her doc tor said afterward she is "recov ering nicely." i t The actress ex-husband, Joe DiMagjio, visited her at the hos pital Sunday night and was mere Monday 'after the operation 1 for several hours during the afternoon and evening. ' . " "She's looking wonderful but guess she's having kind of a rough time." DiMaggio told a newsmen. The actress physician, said the surgery was to correct a gynecolo gical ailment and added she will be hospitalized four days. U. S. PATROL CHARGED TOKYO Wl American warships recently have patrolled near the Tachen Islands off the Red China Coast, the Peiping radio claimed Tuesday. ', All of us are profoundly thank ul that the terrible specter of war looms less threateningly over all mankind." 1 " The President spoke; before a capacity audience in ; 3,000-seat Symphony Hall. Massachusetts Gov.' Christian A. Hertrr sea. Saltonstall and : Mayor John B. Hynes met him on his : arrival at the airport and sat on the plat form as he spoke. - I : r . - Queen's Stable - Top Winner! for : Season s Races LONDON W) Queen Elizabeth achieved a pet ambition Monday she topped the list 'of British winning racehorse owners for the 1954 flat race season. No reigning monarch has- turned the trick in full season before. ; ; The Queen's stable won $114,000. Next was American owner "Robert Sterling Clark, whose British sta- btes raked in $109,000. 1 Tne Queen s biggest 1954 win ner was tne four-year-old colt Aureole, sired by Hyperion out ot fAngeola. He won $84,000 dollars. One , disappointment : for the Queen this season was the failure of - Landau in the Internationa race at Laurel Park..: Md., last Wednesday. He finished , last v Today's Statcsrr.sn SECTION 1 General news 2, 3, 5 j Editorials, features i. '4 ' Comes the Dawn .,.4 t Society, women's news .6-7 SUr Cater -7 Valley news . -8 SECTION 2 , : e Sports 13 Crossword puzzle 3 Radio, TV 4 ' Comics 4 1 Markets L - 5 ' Classified ads : 6-T weary i resignation, McCarthy sighed: - ! "This gives you some idea of what I had to put, up with for days (in the Watkins committee's public hearings). So Watkins sent foe a copy of - the revised report, formally pre- j sented it to the Senate and thrust copy ai. aiwtfuu. McCarthy said he couldn't be ex- t pected to wade through the whole , report to find tne altered passage. Case, one of the Senate's mildest ; mannered ' members , as a rule, r strode over and located the pas- i sage for him,, if . Slaps Report Daw a Muttering something like "Here i it is" he slapped the report down f on McCarthy's desk. i Before the session began Mc- l Carthy got evidences of support j from two non-congressional groups. He received the PatriotU: Service i, Medal of 'the American Coalition f of Patriotic Societies, and also i from Vincent J. Ferrari, past com- ! mander of the Queens County (N. f Y.)i Catholic ; War Veterans ,f. bound volumes with more than i 250,000 signatures protesting the ; censure proposal. ; " , The American Coalition de scribed itself as a federation of 98 i patriotic organizations. From this presentation cere- ; mony in the office of Vice Presi- v dent Nixon, t McCarthy went , straight to, the Senate floor. There, on each senator s oesa, ai.. a . J ; was a 20-page . pampmei uuea ; "Throw The Bum Out official f Commin-ist Party line on Sen. Mc The pamphlet preparea on McCarthy's behalf was made up of articles and editorials from the Communist Daily Worker. Its obvious intent was to sug gest that backer of the censure move share the Communists' cV jective. McCarthy put parts of it , into the Congressional Record. TRANSPORT DOCKS . J- SEATTLE ( The transport Frederick Funston docked - here Monday with 513 passengers from the Far East ( i