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Wobblv Youngsters Bleat Spring Greeting -V, ' . KUNDHD 1651 104th YEAR 2 SECTIONS 16 PAGES The Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Monday, March 21, 1955 PRICE 5c No. 359 Airliner Explodes; 10 Believed Dead " , ! i t ' - . " ' " - ' ' . " i v - ; . ,, . - - -;. "H ' . 4 o . I ' - - . ' . '& M Antllillnl l II illllnr I ill I 1 1 mmmmllLmmmtSimmlimK . tol I There were nlentr of siras of sorinf to direct the wobbly new season when it arrived early this morning in the Willamette Valley. greetings in a setting of pussywillows just to mace ine scene complete, weainennen cxpecteu uw initial day of spring to bring The recent curtailment of de livery of power by Bonneville Power Administration to industrial consumers holding interruptible contracts underscores the need for positive assurance that the needs 1 of this portion of the country for electric energy will be met. Here we are in the midst, of the great est reservoir of undeveloped hydro electric power in the . nation, yet we alone suffer from, serious cut backs of energy. Instead of an improving situation ahead of us the present prospect is for it to grow worse, I say worse because the im mediate outlook is for stalemate. The administration favors a part nership policy which relies in large degree on local and private power development. But only one project on this policy has met with con gressional approval: Priest Rapids, where the Grant County PUD has authority to proceed. Ellsworth's proposals for municipal power de velopment at Cougar dam and pri vate development at Green Peter dam, both part of the govern ment's Willamette valley flood control project, ; are opposed by the Oregon senators who are quite powerfully situated, with Neuber ger on the public works and in terior committees. On the other hand Morse and Neuberger are plugging for more federal power and centering their efforts on Hells Canyon dam. Their chances of getting this ; approved in Congress are not too bright, and of passing the bill over a possible presidential veto very dim. x So what may happen at least in this session of Congress is that nothing will be approved under either the federal or the (Continued on editorial page, 4, sec. 1). x Crash Fatal to Medford Pilot MEDFORD UB Harold Skinner, 5, a member of a prominent Medford family", was killed out right in an airplane crash Sunday. Authorities who investigated said 5kinner's light plane i apparently hit a power line and then crashed and exploded- The mishap oc rurred a few miles east of Ash land at about 5:30 p.m. Skinner was believed en route from Medford to Ashland on a pleasure flight at the time of the crash. He was alone. The widow and two small chil Iren survive. ANIMAL CRACKERS V WARREN GOODRICH .... "What's erT s sexy about a sweat- at? 0B3IJQ3 US) ODDS These wooly, wobbly-legged youngsters bleated out their spring some clouds and showers. (Statesman Farm Photo.) 'Clouds, Mark Sp Spring sneaked into the mid-Willamette Valley at 1:36 this morning amid near-freezing temperatures and the new season's advent will be greeted by scattered showers today, according to the weatherman. Sunday brought a fitting backdrop for approaching Spring as a bright sun. basked on gamboling lambs, dewy daffodils, soaring Ex-Hungarian President Dies VENCE, France (JB Count Michael Karolyi who was once President of Hungary and twice chose exile in preference to com munism, died Saturday at his small Riviera home here. He was 80 years old. A wealthy aristocrat, Karolyi was president of the Hungarian Republic formed immediately aft er World War I. But within a year he went into exile in a dispute with Communist leader Bela Kun who instituted a rein of terror. He participated in the Hungarian exile movement in London during World War II as head of the Free Hungary Council He returned to his country in 1946 after 27 years of exile. He was named ambassa dor to France in 1947 and held the post until 1949. In 1949 he chose exile for the second time after being disillu sioned with the Communist gov ernment. He had been living un obtrusively here on the French Riviera. Schools Open Again Today Spring vacation for several thou sand public school pupils will end this morning after, a week-long interlude. Public schools throughout the valley were closed all last week with youngsters scattering to spring vacation activities including the State Basketball Tournament. Many area teachers took advan tage of the rest from the class rooms to attend the annual con ference of the Oregon Education Association in Portland. MAIL ORDER OFFICIAL DIES LA J0LLA, Calif, tfl A former president of Montgomery Ward Co.. Robert J. Thorne, 80, son of a co-founder, died here Sunday. Proposed Bill Would Prevent Balloting in Wrong Precinct Voting law changes and a divis ion of Multnomah County into five districts for electing state repre sentatives will be given public hearing today as the Oregon Leg islature resumes its sessions after a Sunday recess. Today's hearing will be at 2:30 p.m. in the State Highway Build ing, Room 418, conducted by the House elections committee under chairmanship of Rep. E. H. Mann (R), Medford. One of the bills up for hearing is aimed at preventing voters from casting their ballots at a precinct in which they formerly lived and registered. This proposed law would require voters to verify their residence, as shown on pollbooks, . by signing Showers' to ring's Debut swallows, flowering plums, kites and other spring accessories al ready at hand. Wintry 12 Degrees In the wee hours of Sunday morning,' however, the mercury plummeted to a wintry 22 de grees. The weatherman expects somewhat warmer . temperatures today and Tuesday, but showers are expected to continue through Tuesday. The sunny Sunday brought out motorists in highway-clogging fashion, heaviest traffic being reported on beach and mountain routes. Some of the best ski conditions of the winter were reported in the Cascades for the last day of winter. Spring bowed out violently in other parts of the nation, the Associated Press reported. Two Tornadoes Near East Prairie, Mo., a torna do hit the community of Windy- ville destroying six homes and sev era! farm buildings. Four mem bers of a Negro family were un accounted for but it wasn't known if they were at home when the tornado destroyed their house. One man ; was injured. Another tornado hit on the Missouri-Arkansas state line some three miles south of Homersville. It destroyed two farm buildings but injured no one. Several other small tornadoes were reported in the area. Highway and livestock warnings were posted iu Western Great Plains, states experiencing snow. Forecasts said it will turn colder in those areas. Max. Min. Predp. Salem Portland .54 22 .50 28 14 19 30 20 47 33 32 JOO .00 .00 JOO .00 .00 .22 .00 .00 Baker -33 Medford North Bend ..35 -49 ..55 Roseburg- San Francisco Chicago New York -63 .47 .48 Los Angeles .69 52 Willamette River 0.0 feet. TOR EC A ST (from U. S. weather bureau, McNary field. Salem): Partly cloudy with a few scattered showers today, tonight and Tuesday; high today near 54, low tonight near 32. Temperature at 12:01 ajn. today was 37. SALEM PRECIPITATION Since Start f Weather Tear Sept. 1 This Tear Last Tear Normal 22.27 37.S3 32.21 their name to the address. Penal ties could be applied if the wrong address were verified. This meas ure, HB 434, is sponsored by Rep. Fred Meek (R), Portland. Rep. Robert Jensen (R). Port land, is sponsor of HB 47S, also up for hearing, which requires addi tional information td be given when registration of a voter is made. Chairman Mann said that these two bills have the support of state Republican committee which is coming to Salem for the hear ing.' The Republican organization. as well as Democrats and other groups, are supporting the Mult nomah County subdistricting. General sessions of the Legisla ture will resume at 10 ajn, today. Wary Of Dulles After Yalta Release WASHINGTON Ufi Secretary of State Dulles apparently has lost face among Democratic leaders of Congress by suddenly releasing the Yalta documents after a luncheon conference with Republicans who had demanded their publication. A canvass by influential Demo crats of how the release of the documents came about may result in increased wariness on the part of the opposition in accepting Dul les' proposals in the field of in ternational relations. Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson of Tex as, the Democratic Senate leader. has said his party will not alter its approach to bipartisan coopera tion on foreign affairs. But a high ranking Democrat who asked not to be quoted by name said Dartv leaders had con eluded as a result bf their survey that Dulles yielded to political considerations in this case and might be expected to do so again This feeling was said to have been concurred in by Johnson, House Speaker Rayburn of Texas, Chairman George (D-Ga) of the Senate Foreign Relations Commit tee and Chairman Russell (D-Ga) of the Senate Armed Services Com mittee. Dulles had no comment on the report. An official close to the State Department said the secre tary had tried to avoid politics in releasing the papers. The official, who asked not to be named, said the papers had been ready for several months and Dulles did not make them public before last fall's elections, partly because he did not want to dis rupt bipartisan cooperation in in ternational affairs. Graham Talks AtcHalf-Fmed! Scots Church GLASGOW, Scotland Ufi Ameri can evangelist Billy Graham took a back seat at his first religious service in Scotland Sunday and then preached to a half-empty church. While thousands were clamoring for tickets to Graham's six-week "Tell Scotland" crusade which opens Monday, the evangelist made a surprise visit to the Dowanhill (Presbyterian) Parish Church. A few minutes before the morn ing service started, Graham, wear ing a dark suit, took a seat in a back row. He was recognized by the minister, the Rev. William J.- Baxter, who described Graham as "this messenger with a new voice, which speaks in a soft, North Car linian accent." "Billy Graham is not here to preach a new Gospel, but the old Gospel in fresh terms," said the Rev. Mr. Baxter, in asking the American to speak. Mamie Named Best Dressed NEW YORK The New York Fashion Academy Sunday selected Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower, wife of the President, as the best dressed woman in public life. The academy, in its annual list for 15 different fields, named Grace Kelly as the best - dressed actress and Margaret Truman as the best dressed woman in the concert world. Others selected and their fields were: Mrs. Robert F. Wagner, wife of the New York mayor, hostess; Jacqueline Cochrane, business; Joe Stafford, television; Faye Emer son, columnist; Mrs. Lauritz Mel chior, opera set; Beatrice Lodge, all-American (teen-agers); Gussie Moran, radio; Eloise English, pro motion; Denise Lor, entertain ment; Mrs. Margaret Paley. soci ety; Jacqueline Susann, TV ac tress, and Kathryn Cravens, au thor. ' Thousands Seeks Smelt, Catch Light KELSO, Wash, tf) Thousands of smelt fishermen congregated on the banks of the Cowlitz River Sunday but only light catches were reported. Largest, of the year s run was reported h the Cowlitz Friday, midway through the weekly closed period. Since then the run has tapered off. - ' Today's Statesman Sc. Paga Classifieds Comics .11. .II. .IL 5-7 4 - 4 Crossword Editorials I. 4 Homo Panorama Sports L: . Star Gaser TV, Radio . L JL .1. JL .1. -6,7 .1.2 . 3 . 4 . 3 . t Valley Weodan Actors .IL Texas Windstorm Falls Circus Tent on Heads of 400. People UVALDE, Tex. t A sudden windstorm Sunday brought a rain soaked circus tent down on the heads of about 400 spectators, most of them children. No one 'was seriously hurt but many, suffered scratches and bruises. . ' The gusty wind,- spawned by one of innumerable thunderstorms in the Southwest Sunday, struck short Policy of FDR, Knox 'Hurt Naval Security7 WASHINGTON (Senate investigators said Sunday Presi dent Franklin D. Roosevelt and Frank Knox, his Secretary -of the Navy, impaired the Navy's wartime security by permitting Com munist radio operators on American merchant ships. , In setting out this conclusion, the Senate internal security sub committee published for the first time secret messages exchanged on the subject by Roosevelt and Knox, both nor dead. Knox was a Republican news paper, publisher from Chicago whom Roosevelt brought into his World War II Cabinet. Also printed in the subcommittee report was a memorandum of Ad lai E. Stevenson, an assistant to Knox during the war who later became the. Democratic presiden tial nominee in 1952. Raised Question . The memo raised the question of whether radio operators on mer chant ships should be discharged solely because of their "political opinions." In it, Stevenson said there was a shortage of qualified radio operators at the time. . In a confidential letter to Roose velt on May 1, 1942, Knox advised against the discharge of suspected Communists. Three days later, Roosevelt agreed in a memo to Knox that radio operators "whose only offense is being a Commu nist" should not be barred from merchant ships. At that time this country was allied with Russia in fighting the Berlin-Tokyo axis powers, but the subcommittee received public testi mony in 1953 that the policy ap proved by Roosevelt and Knox drew strong protests from top na val officers. -'Wrakeaed Security "This policy of" protecting Amer ican Communists, which was es tablished as a matter of wartime!. expediency by the President and the secretary of the Navy, weak ened the security program in the United States Navy,' 'the subcom mittee report said. This was among findings in a unanimous 74-page report cover ing the subcommittee's - investiga tions during the last two years under the chairmanship of Sen. Jenner (R-Ind). Sen. Eastland ID Miss) is chairman now. At rn omic l est Del 1 A avea Again J o LAS VEGAS, Nev. tf) The sixth atomic blast in the current test series postponed daily for a week and tentatively set for Monday was called off again Sunday. The weather was too windy. The Atomic Energy Commission-De partment of Defense joint office of test information said another conference will be held Monday to decide on firing the shot Tuesday. Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Anderson and other Wash ington officials, who flew here Thursday to witness a test, re turned Saturday. ' s ( Hysterical9 Girl Matador Battles Bulls CIUDAD ACUNA, Mexico UFI A plucky blonde woman bullfighter from the United States fought off hysteria and fatigue Sunday to win the traditional favor of the bullring the ears and tail of the bull. Patricia Hayes of San Angelo, Tex., who gave up the study of bassoon in a Denton, Tex., college to become a matadora, was knocked to the sand floor of the bullring a half dozen times while fighting two successive bulls. The 23-year-old,' not fully recov ered from the goring and mauling she underwent at Acapulco, Mexi co, Jan. 9, disclosed she fought the final minute of her second con test without being able to breathe. The long-haired blonde, gasping for breath from blows to the chest during the second fight, went into mild hysteria. She literally shoved and beat off attendants who sought to take her out of the rmg and then went on to perform the "moment of truth" when she takes the cape and sword and passes over the bull's horns to kill it. SUIT WITHDRAWN NEW YORK Blonde Lyn Jones has withdrawn her suit against RKO Pictures in which she charged that her figure was used with Jane Russell's head to pro mote the-film "Underwater.' the studio said Sunday. ly after the spectators settled into their seats. -If it had hit moments earlier when the circus animals paraded around the ring, or m6ments later when the lion and tiger act was scheduled, dangerous animals might have been freed among the fleeing spectators. . Police officer George O'Neall said there was little panic as the Giants' Grid Squad to Train At Willamette The .New York Football Giants will again do their pre-season training in Salem, at Willamette University, it was learned Sunday via special mail from New York to The Statesman sports depart ment. The Giants, who trained here for the first time last year, expect to set up headquarters July 25 on the university campus and will train at McCulloch Stadium for ap proximately six weeks. During their stay here the Giants will play three exhibition games in the Northwest, with Green Bay Packers at Spokane Aug. 13, with San Francisco 49'ers at Seattle Aug. 20 and with Los Angeles Rams at Portland Aug. 28. (Additional details in today's sports section). '52 Candidate For President Leaves Prison STEILACOOM, Wash. iTi Vin cent Hallinan, one-time candidate for President of the United States and a two-time loser in jousts with the fedeal government, left Mc Neil Island Federal Prison Sun day, "feeling fine and happy.' He was released after serving 14 months of an 18-month sentence for income tax evasion. It was, not a new experience as he previously had served six months for con tempt of court while defending Harry Bridges, Pacific Coast long shore leader. The 59-year-old attorney from San Francisco who ran for Presi dent on the Independent Progres sive Party ticket in 1952 was greet ed by 25 or 30 persons when he stepped from the government boat at 11 a.m. "I was not injured by being in jaiU" he said in a running com mentary to those who walked up the dock with him. "I got a good rest and had a chance to do a lot of thinking." t The attorney took cogizance of j recent steps by the California State Bar. Assn. to disbar him by com menting: "They have tried to disbar me before." Blaze Threatens 26 Portland Apartments PORTLAND (J) Three apart ments were damaged in a fire believed started by electrical wir ing in a downtown building Sun day. The blaze, which was reported at about 8 a.m., drove the tenants from 26 apartments into the street. Damage was estimated at $2,300. New-Born Baby Found Unharmed; Nurse Charged With Kidnaping BEAUMONT. Tex. W A form er nurse s aid wno repeatedly i t screamed "it's my own baby" was charged Sunday with kidnaping an infant from its hospital crib 19 minutes after birth. Mrs. Pauline Schultze, attrac tive. 30-year-old mother of three sons, was taken into custody with the unharmed baby girl at 2:30 a.m. Sunday at her home at Hou ston, about 85 miles west of this Texas Gulf Coast city: Capt. J. D. Walters of the Hou ston sheriffs office said Mrs. Schultze, hysterical during long hours of questioning, apparently had an overwhelming desire to bear a fourth child. The blue-eyed, sturdy baby was taken from, its nursery bassinet at East .Texas Baptist Hospital here Saturday by a woman disguised as a nurse. The baby was returned Sunday morning to the nursery room. The real mother. Mrs. George Wharton, knew nothing of the kid- big tent began flapping loose, jerk ing its inside supporting poles up and down among the spectators and performers. "When the people got outside and started wondering where their children were," said O'Neal, "that's when the panic hit." Some mothers screamed, and children separated from their par ents ran about crying. But O'Neall, Sheriff Fred Yeary and a deputy managed an orderly evacuation, the people creeping along under that part of the tent held off the ground by bleachers, acrobats ladders, etc. Police Chief Joe Newcomer said no one was hurt badly enough to require immediate medical atten tion. The Hagen Bros. Circus was brought to this town near the Texas-Mexico border by the Uvalde Junior Chamber of Commerce. The tent was set up on a vacant lot just outside the city's northern lim its. I might have been scared if I had had time," said J. W. Stewart, Uvalde grocer who brought his two sons, Ronnie, 4. and Jimmie, 12, to the circus along with two girls, Deborah, 5, and Gail, 4, daughters of a friend, Robert Hicks. "I told Jimmie to get Ronnie' Stewart related. "Then I picked up Deborah and Gail, one under each arm. Just after we got down from, the bleachers, they collapsed. Something hit me. Jimmie told me afterward it was a tent pole. I'm sore all over." Red Chinese Plan Bases for Air Control TAIPEI,' Formosa Ufi Com mumst China plans a string of bases along the' Southeast Coast to give u control ot tne air over Formosa Strait, informed National isL sources said Sunday.- - Without such air control, any in vasion or Formosa would be con sidered suicidal But the comple tion of these Red bases will take many months. "Within the next two years. one high Nationalist official said, "The area south of the Yangtze will be full of Communist air fields." ; That is not the case now. From1 Shanghai on the Yangtze south ward there are only three other important bases. None is in con venient range of this Nationalist fortress island. The high Nationalist source re iterated that, contrary to reports, there has been no air buildup in Fukien Province opposite Formo sa. "But it's only a matter of time," he added. Even without nearby bases, the Communists can launch air at tacks on Formosa and invade the Quemoy and the Matsus. The Nationalists consider a Com- munlst attack on Quemoy or the Matsus is likely. Even without con trol of the air the Reds have the capability for a seaborne attack. Solons on Board For A-Sub Cruise GROTON, Conn. VTi -A The atom ic submarine Nautilus left Sunday for a demonstration cruise with the 14 members of the Joint Con gressional Committee on Atomic Energy on .board. " The Navy said the submarine left her builders' dock at the Elec tric Boat Division of General Dy namics Corp. at 1:45 p.m. She is expected to return at 9 a. m. Mon day. - . " She is expected to make several dives on the trip. The cruise will be "in and around" Long Island Sound, a Navy spokesman said. - f nap until her doctor advised her Sunday morning her baby was safe. The mother and baby were reunit ed briefly in the privacy of Mrs. Wharton's hospital room. Mrs. Wharton, described as mak ing a normal recovery from child birth, was then given a sedative to assure the rest a new mother needs. "It's my baby, I know it's my own 'baby," Mrs. Schultze sobbed under hours of questioning. She told officers she gave birth to the child at her home just outside Houston's northeast city limits. The woman first hysterically re jected suggestions she be ex amined to see if she had given I birth to a baby recently. Capt Walters said -she finally relented ann inai me nanunauani soowcu she had not. The captain also said Mrs. Schultze, who had been treated in the same hospital in 1951 and 1933 after nervous - breakdowns, had 32 on Board; Higher Death Toll Feared SPRINGFIELD, Mo. Ifl An American Airlines plane with at least 32 persons aboard exploded and crashed late Sunday night and the Highway Patrol said it ap peared there were "eight to 10 dead." That report came by radio from a patrol car at the scene. We've got the injured pretty well cleared out of here," the pa trolman said. Three Springfield hospitals re ported they had a total of 24 in jured from the crash. Burge Hos pital said Stanley Grzankowski. Detroit, Mich., was dead on ar rival. Behind Schedule ' Sixteen of the passengers on the plane boarded at SL Louis, the airlines reported. The plane left St Louis at 9:30 p. m. (CST), about one hour and 13 minutes late. An airlines spokesman said the plane had no trouble in St. Louis. It was scheduled to arrive in Springfield at about 10:40 p. m. (CST). The plane, a two engine Con- vair, was en route from Newark to Tulsa, Okla. It was American Airlines flight No. 711. The airline reported it carried 29 passengers and three crewmen. Some Trapped Some of the passengers were still trapped in the plane at 1 a. m., about two hours after the crash, according to J. E. Windle of the Lohmeyer-Windle Funeral Home. It was not known whether . they survived the crash. Windle said the plane came down on the Blankenship farm on its fina! approach to the airport, and the man in the control tower saw a flash like lightning before it dis appeared. He gave the alarm. Mrs. O.W. Pebbles who lives nearby said she heard an explosion. Windle described the scene of the accident as being 4 miles north and a little east of the air port, which is seven miles west of Springfield, 'Sea of Mud' He said the area was a sea ot mud and that some of the rescue -cars were mired down. Nearly two inches of rain had fallen daring the day and a light rain, was falling at-the time of the crash. The plane had stopped at Syra cuse, Rochester, Detroit, Chicago and St. Louis prior to making its fatal approach at Springfield. TULSA, Okla. () An Ameri can Airlines plane carrying Aus tralian Prime Minister Robert G. Menzies and his nine-member par ty was forced to return to the mu nicipal airport here 'late Sunday afternoon after it developed engine trouble 30 minutes out. Menzies and his party were en route to San Francisco from Wash ington. Tulsa is the only stop on the flight. Sec. McKay i 13 1 nnc Wn I AfTI JL IctllO UOICIII Visit Tuesday Secretary of Interior Douglas McKay, accompanied by Mrs. Mc Kay, is scheduled to arrive home in Salem Tuesday noon for a brief visit between press of official business. The McKays will visit at the homes of their two daughters, Mrs. Wayne Hadley anjLMrs. Les ter Green, and the secretary it scheduled for a conference with Gov.. Paul L. Patterson Tuesday afternoon. Sec. McKa will leave for Port land Wednesday night where he will take an early morning plane back to his duties in Washington, D. C. He speaks Monday night at San Francisco and will fly here Tuesday, arriving at 12:40 p.m. Mrs. McKay is expected to spend a week in Salem visiting her daughters and their families. 1 been surgically sterilized and could not bear a child. He said footprint comparisons proved the baby was Mrs. Wharton's. Beaumont officers learned Sat urday night Mrs. Schultze, who had worked at the hospital in early 1951 as a nurse s aid. had told neighbors and her hsuband she was pregnant Suspicious, they telephoned Houston officers who called at the Schultze home. Schultze, a laundry worker, came to the door. He said his wife told him she gave birth to the child while he was at work Saturday. Mrs. Schultze appeared and was taken away, hysterical and shout- Doctors said Jhe baby was in . good condition but the navel was ucu wtui a suuuiuci uaw nm a woman's slip instead of a surgi cal tie; The bleeding navel was. properly tied and treated. The Schultzes three children, all sons, are 13, 7 and 5 years old.