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BUNEOS AIRES Ballet holes mark a broken window of the newspaper La Presaa, published by
the pro-Peroa General Labor Confederation in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The Argentina govern
ment said the window was broken by bullets fired by Catholics daring one of the riots which pre
ceded the outbreak of hostilities against the government Thursday. (AP Wirephoto)
Peron Blames Reds
As Churches Blaze
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By FRED L. STOZIER
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina President Juan D. Peron Fri
day night decreed a drastic crackdown on roaming mobs who sacked
and burned some of Buenos Aires'' finest churches in the bloody
Thursday naval-air revolt.
He blamed Communists for the attacks on the churches after
the ill-starred revolt in which 360 persons died and nearly 1,000
' " (The Wheat Surplus Part II) "
Tae federal government has ac
cumulated stocks of wheat to . the
amount of about a billion bushels,
equivalent to a supply adequate
for about a year and a half. In
the effort to reduce production,
marketing quotas are -.offered
wheatgrowers with a parity", price
guarantee of 76 per cent, the al
ternative being do price support
for those who disregard acreage
allotments and only 50 per cent
of oarity for those who do. The
Toting will be on June 23th.
' -The surplus is real, of that there
is .no doubt. But it is a political
surplus, not' an economic surplus.
Had wheal growing and marketing
been under the rule, of the free
market the wheat would have
been sold and have passed into
consumption. Prices would have
dropped, to the injury of wheat
growers and 'of communities and
business dependent on them. That
would have induced the corrective
scaling down of wheat production
either by diverting acres to other
crops or by abandoning marginal
lands. Fearing the social and eco-
f nomic consequences of such opera-
' tion of economic law the govern
ment extended the parity support
system with the result that farm-
ers kept on raising as much wheat
as they could, and surpluses ac
cumulated. Now no one knows
how to set rid of it we can't even
give it away successfully. -What
the politicians did not fig-
; tire on was the crudity of the par-
ity principle. It took no account
of CI) the application of power in
farming making large-scale grow
ing of wheat economical; (2). im
provements in scientific "agricul
ture improved seeds and strains,
we of fertilizers, improved farm
culture; (3) favorable weather;
f4 change in diet which lowered
per capita consumption of wheat
for most of the years since the
drouth years of the 1930s." The
results speak
(Continued on editorial page, . 4)
FALL ON BOTTLE FATAL
SEATTLE Ifl John Nelson, M,
was found dead in his room Fri
day. Coroner John Brill said Nel
son apparently fell out of bed and
struck a broken bottle, cutting his
throat with fatal results.
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wounded.
In a 13-minute broadcast to the
nation, the Argentine strong man
said peace now prevails,
Peron promised to deal vigor
ous justice upon those responsible
for the rebellion and that the mili
tary, under a new state of siege,
would repress all kinds of disorder
with on-the-spot decisions. , '
The .naval mutineers, it- ap
peared, were in Peron s hands or
had taken refuge in neignoonng
Uruguay after homing and straf
ing Government House, the pinx
walled palace housing the presi
dential offices, and ripping gnasuy
wounds in , the earby Plaza de
Mavo area
- Among the buildings damaged
were, the United States and British
embassies.
A' communications blackout was
lifted Friday night : after nine
hours. ' 1 '
15 ' Blocks Fenced Off ,
A police cordon ; fenced off IS
blocks in the center of the city
and , around the Plaza de Mayo,
preventing a first-hand inspection
of Thursday's fighting scenes.
At intervals the authorities ex
ploded bombs that had failed to
go off in the aebel attack. .
Peron announced his intelligence
service had given him advance
warning of the attack, so he es
caped unharmed.
The government said he had just
entered the war ministry when the
first bomb dropped where he had
been, across the way in Gov
ernment House causing extensive
damages. . .
Watched Battle
From the balcony of the army
ministry, it said, he watched the
ensuing battle in which marines
deployed to attack government
House, the army ministry and
other strategic points. - -
Army Minister Gen. Franklin
Lucero, immediately took com
mand, the announcement said, and
gave orders for infantry and mot
orized troops to repel the attack.
The troops forced the navy mi-ins
try to run up a surrender flag.
Police announced Thursday night
that 156 had been killed. 96 serious
ly injured and another 750 hos
pitalized. '
Friday the list had increased to
360 dead and nearly 1,000 wounded.
Seven Churches Ban
(The U. S. Embassy, in a report
to Washington, estimated seven
churches in Buenos Aires were af
fected by action of mobs which
looted and burned 1 the downtown
section Thursday night after the
quelling of the revolt itself.
(A Reuters dispatch from Bue
nos Aires said the mobs set fire to
nearly every Catholic church in
the downtown section.
(The night air of the city was
glowing red with fires started by
groups who first broke into the
Roman Catholic v diocesan head
quarters next to the cathedral and
set it afire." the dispatch said.
"They then entered the cathedral.
destroyed all they could lay their
hands on. -
(Additional details on page
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sec. 1.)
Former Matinee
Idol Succumbs
MIAMI. Fla. W Carlyle Black-
weD. 71, matinee idol of the silent
movie era, died Friday.
He became famous in 1912 when
be co-starred with Mary Pickford
in "Such a Little Queen." During
bis career, he made 308 pictures
as an actor and producer, some
times making a picture in one day.
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Soviet Expels
3 American
Army Officers
WASHINGTON m Russia has
expelled three American Army of
ficers attached to the American
embassy in Moscow on the ground
Ihey were involved in improper
activities, informed sources said
Friday.
The three men a lieutenant
colonel and two captains are
understood to have already left
the Soviet Vtion.
The Russian move struck a dis
cordant note in Moscow's current
peace offensive and opened the
way for retaliation by the United
States against Soviet diplomats
here and in New York.
It came as the latest maneuver
in a diplomatic feud between Rus
sia and. the Umted States which
has seen several diplomats on each
side1 expelled on tharges of espion
age. The Americans involved in the
latest incident were reported to be
Lt. Col. John S. Benson, assigned
to Moscow about 10 months; Capt.
William R. Stroud, an embassy at
tachee for 15 months, and Capt.
Walter Mule who had been in Mos
cow 77 months, au tnree were
assistant army attachees.
When the story broke, officials
appeared upset because a report
er learned atxwi it, indicating
L the .department had .intended to
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Keep u ccreu
Gam Tides
Near at Coast
ASTORIA (UP) - The best tide
conditions so far this year were ex
pected to bring throngs of clam
diggers to Clatsop county beaches
this weekend and the first of next
week.
Lowest tides at Astoria win occur
on Monday at 7:42 a.m. and on
Tuesday at 8:29 a. m. when the
tide will be minus 1.9 feet. Low
water Saturday will be at 6:01 a.
m. and Sunday at 6:52.
Boy Treated
For Goose-Bite
VANCOUVER, B.C. ( Dog
bite, snake-bite, spider-bite are old
stories to Vancouver doctors, but
Danny Brent, 2. came up with a
new one goose-bite. .
He was treated at a hospital
after breaking one of his mother's
most stern rulings don't thrdw
food to a loose goose.
High Quality Blooms Expected
At Rose Show
By LILLIE L. MADSEN
Garden Editor, The Statesman
Salem's 10th annual Rose Show
will get underway this afternoon
at the Izaak Walton League Club
House at 500 S. Cottage St To
day it will be open to the public
from 2 to 9 p.m. -
Roses are unusually fine this
year at show time, Show Chair
man George Candeaux said late
Friday as he mentioned again
that all arrangements must be in
place this morning by 11 a.m. No
reservations or advance entry in
dications need have been made.
Candeaux added. Anyone, he said,
who finds an unusually fine
bloom in his or her garden this
morning should 'bring it to the
show.
"And if you have nevet exhib
ited before, or if you have only
exhibited a few times, there is a
Ispecial division for you," Can
$2 Million State Payroll Hike Voted
Judge to Rule
On Oveross
Release Plea
By THOMAS G. WRIGHT, JR.
Staff Writer, The Statesman
. Decision on a defense ' motion,
rhich could free Casper Oveross
from a first degree murder charge
for the second time, will be handed
down today by Circuit Judge
George Duncan in whose court the
Silverton carpenter is scheduled
to go on trial Tuesday. i
The surprise motion to throw out
a grand jury indictment was. filed
Friday by Defense i Attorneys
Bruce Williams and Otto R. Sko
pil Jr. It charged the! district at
torney with failure to secure a
court order for resubmitting the
Ervin Kaser murder case to the
grand jury which they i say is con
trary to Oregon law. j
Arguments on the motion and
a request by Oveross to withdraw
his plea of "Not Guilty" were
heard by Judge Duncan Friday
and furnished a lively preview of
the court battle in prospect when
the case goes to trial. ..
The motion, if granted by the
court, could serve to postpone legal
action against Oveross and would
presumably force his release from
the Marion County jail where he
has been held since May 29. .
Nulification of the indictment,
returned" by a Marion County
grand jury May 16, would leave
the state with no legal grounds
for holding the 43-year-old defend
ant. Oregon Law Cited
Defense attorneys cited Oregon
bw and several Oregon cases in
support of their contention that
law specifically requires a court
crder for resubmission of a case
to the grand jury. They contended
that the prosecution erred also in
failure of the grand jury to report
either a "true bill" or -"not true
biU" against Oveross when his
case was presented to it in Feb
ruary. ".!'!.
District Attorney 'Kenneth . O.
Brown, harassed also by. the de
fense over legal handling of sub
poenaing of witnesses, said the
law" precludes jrithdrawaL of the
plea and asked the court to take
note of the "unseasonable" timing
of the defense motion, - '
Brown countered the defense
precedent of a court order with
the contention that ! in the case
cited the man had been bound
over to the grand jury which was
not true in the Oveross case.
Studied Briefs
Skopil said he had made a close
study of briefs of the 1920 case
involving State vs. Turner and re
ported he could find nothing in
them to indicate that it was any
Different from the Oveross case.
The defense stated they had only
discovered Thursday the alleged
illegality in the grand jury action.
It was timing of the motion, three
days before the trial was sched
uled to begin, that brought Brown's
sharpest criticism. He asked the
judge to note that "this motion was
made on the very eve of the trial."
Lawbook Battle ;
It was an hour;long , lawbook
battle between Williams and Skopil
on one side, and Brown with his
special prosecutor assistant
Charles E. Raymond of Portland
on the other. I s- -
Judge Duncan said he would
consider the arguments presented
et the hearing and give his deci
sion at 11 a.m. today. (Additional
details on page 5, sec. 1.)
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TV, Radio
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World This Wook II.
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Opening Today
deaux said. "The Advanced Ama
teur division is open only to ex
hibitors who have won 8 or more
points in previous shows."
A number of new varieties not
shown before at Salem, is expect
ed ' to be on display at today's
event A few growers in the Sa
lem area have "Love Song, a
new rose which is a cross between
Peace and Orange Nassau, but
growers interviewed Friday said
their "Love Songs" had been slow
in blooming. It was hoped by
those arranging the show that at
least one of these blooms would
be on exhibit I " '
Candeaux also reported that
the garden club division gives
promise of being very good, as
around 12 clubs have indicated
they plan to enter exhibits.
, The show, for which there is
no admission charge, will be open
Sunday also from noon until 6
p.m. .
Boys State
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terinf the Canitol baildlng where they Inaugurated their "Boy Governor," ana listened to speeches
fey Gov. Paul L, Fatteroom and
Suit Challenges Method, Size
Of Saleitn's Street Assessments
A suit Questioning the method i
and amount which the city of Sa-1
lem assessed property owners for
paving and other improvements
of West Judson Street was filed
Friday in Marion County Circuit
Court by a group of property
owners along the street The city
of Salem is defendant
If judgment should favor the
property owners, it might involve
assessments made for all streets
improved under section 26 of the
city charter, according to Harold
W. Adams Jr., attorney for the
property owners.
The suit for declaratory judg
ment charges the assessment was
excessive and that the method of
arriving at it was illegal and un
constitutional .
When the city does street Im
provement work, the complaint
states the charter provides that
property owners are to be as
sessed on the basis of labor and
material costs, plus 10 per cent
ot that total.
Higher Estimate
The city is charged with basing
its assessment on West Judson
Street on labor and material
costs, interest, equipment rental
and insurance and then applying
the 10 per cent This meant the
cost was from 10 to 25 per cent
higher than it should have been,
Adams estimated.
The street from South Com
mercial to Morningsidr drive,
was improved by the city in 19"
at a total cost for paving, curbs
and sidewalks of $15,575.
In an interview with The
Statesman, City Attorney Chris
J. Kowitz said he had already
begun review of the Judson
Street assessment and was con
vinced the method employed in
determining charges against
property owners is substantially
EX-MAYOR LEE TO JALK
PORTLAND Of) Mrs. Dorothy
McCullough Lee, former mayor cf
Portland now a member of the
federal parole board, will be
speaker at the meeting of the
Portland chapter of the. National
Assn. for the Advancement of Col
ored People here Sunday.
NORTHWEST LEAGUE
At Tri-City 7, Lewiston S
At Eugene i. Yakima 3
At Spokane S. Wenatchec 4
PACAFIC COAST LEAGUE
At Hollywood 1. Portland S
At Sacramento 0. Los An relet 3
At Oakland 1. San Diego 1
At Seattle S, San Francisco 1
NATIONAL LEAGUE
At Cincinnati 1. Pittsburgh S
At Milwaukee 5 New York 4
At Chicago 2. Philadelphia 1
At St. Louis 1. Brooklyn 12
AMERICAN. LEAGUE
At Washington 1 Kansas City 4
At Baltimore 3. Detroit 2
At New York 1. Chicago 2
At Boston S-3, Cleveland 1.-3
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Delegates March in Salem
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Corvallis.this week paraded in
other state officials. (Statesman.
the same as that which the city
his employed in all street paving
projects of that sort for 30 years.
Several Plaintiffs .
Plaintiffs in the suit are Mr.
Cloudy Skies
On Forecast
Cloudiness of varying degree is
predicted for this weekend by Mc
Nary field weathermen who expect
a few very light showers early to
day. A high temperature of 74 is
forecast for today.
The same, sort of skies is expect-
ed at northern Oregon beaches,
Westerly winds varying from five
to 15 miles an hour and a tempera-
ture range of 47 to 60 degrees are
forecast.
There were no fires in state for
ests Friday except a small one in
Coos County, the state forestry
service reported.
Imogene Coca's
Husband Dies
NEW YORK 11 RobertBur
ton, 46, husband of television ac
tress Imogene Coca, died Friday
at Mt. Sinai hospital. He had. been
ul for several months.
A former actor, song and dance'
man and musician, Burton and
Miss Coca were married 21 years
ago when both were appearing on
Broadway. In recent years he
owned a part interest in a small
record company.
Miss Coca cancelled her sched
uled NBC - TV show of Saturday,!
night. A kinescope of one of her
old shows will be substituted.
City Given 30 Days to Prove
Right to Collect Solicitor Fees
Salem city attorneys Friday
were given 30 days to show why
Salem's $l-a-month soliciting fee
is not a burden on interstate
commerce," in a municipal court
action against a door-to-door pots
and pans salesman.
,Arrayed -against City Attorney
Chris Kowitz and his assistant
Thomas Churchill are Salem at
torneys John H. Carson, Allan G.
Carson and Peter M. Gunnar.'plus
David Berger of Pittsburgh, Pa.,
counsel for the Aluminum Cook
ing Utensil Co. hose wares are
sold by the salesman,- Ernest Al
exander, 4125 Portland Rd.
The usual fine for this sort of
violation has been $25 to $35.
The city attorneys pointed out
that Alexander and his corpora
tion are interested in principles.
Salem Friday morning before en-
Photo) ' (Pictaro and story also on
and Mrs. Stringham, Robert and
Kathleen Bechtell, Mildred
Christenson, Lester and Evelyn
Geer, Thelma Grabenhorst John
J. and Ethel Herberger, Leola M.
and Tom E. HilL Otto Herrling,
Fichet G and Delia W Hinkle,
Alvin W. and Clara Hoerauf,
Frank T. and Zelpha P. Jaskow
ski, Leo V. and Doretta M. Reed,
Everett Sickel and Wright B. and
Edith Lee.
Judson Street was in contro
versy once before when the city
of Salem negotiated with Ray
mond B. Stringham, one of the
plaintiffs in the suit filed Friday,
to obtain a 25-foot right of way
needed for ' opening that street,
to match a similar strip donated
by property owners on the other
side of the street A condemna
tion suit was filed, but the mat
, ter was resolved before going to
court This was about three years
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Donald Imlah
To Die Aug. 18
HOOD RIVER UP) . "Sudge Mal
colm W. Wilkinson, set the execu
tion date Friday for Donald
Dwaine Imlah, 20, for Aug. 18.
Imlah is scheduled to die then
in the state's gas chamber for the
slaying of Bruce Houck, chicken
rancher who befriended him, nnj
July 8, 1953. The state Supreme
Court recently turned down an ap
peal of Imlah's conviction and or
dered that a new execution date
be set.
Sheriff Rupert Gillmouthe
brought Imlah here from the pris
on for sentencing, then took him
back. Imlah was calm throughout.
Municipal Judge Douglas Hay
ordered a 30-day recess to let the
city prepare its brief.
Kowitz pointed out that the
city's brief will contend that the
U. S. constitution does not bar all
local .Uxes as burdens on inter
state commerce and that the pot
and pan company's solicitors
should bear a fair share of local
government's cost for the police
and fire protection they get.
Salesman Alexander does not
deliver his wares just takes or
ders for factory shipment
Observing that' once the city
submits its brief in 30 days tnd
thearooking ware company gets
its 30 days to reply, Churchill fig
ured that "maybe by next Christ
mas well get a ruling."
Raises for
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Thousands to
Start in Ausust
A state payroll increase of ap
proximately $2,000,000 was author
lzed Friday by the State1 Emerg
ency Board.
This will mean higher pay for
thousands of state employes, but
not a general increase for .all state
workers. Beginning with paychecks
to be received in August, the pay
boosts wOi take effect gradually
during the coming year.
That s because most of them de
pend on the individual employe's i
record of work, as passed on by
his department head at the normal
time of his annual merit review
under civil service.
Another feature of the new pay
plan developed by the State Civil
Service Commission is that most
of the higher pay is set up at th
top of the various pay ranges, to
make possible more raises and a
higher ceiling for workers planning
to make a career in state employ
ment.
Raise for New Employes
But the Civil Service Commission
also found inequities in starting
pay, the board was told by Civil
Service Director Charles . Terry.
with the result that many new em
ployes starting work after July 1
will get more pay immediately
than the present starting rate.
Approval of the plan came at an
emergency board meeting in the
tapito: Friday morning. Board
members voted for it unanimously
after questioning Terry, civil serv
ice commissioners and Finance Di
rector Harry Dorman on some of
the details.
Th pay scales which received
long study by the commission are
those of all state employes under
civil service and those unclassified
employes whose pay is not set by
separate legislation. This amount
to some 15,000 employes, but Terry
said it couldn't be estimated how
many of them would actually re
ceive increases until the plan has
been in operation some months. ,
Total Cost Given
If every present state employe
stays on his job in the corning year
and each isjudged worth the an
nual merit raise according to new
pay schedules, Terry said, the to
tal maximum cost to the state in
additional salary would be $2,620,
ooo. . ,
This would leave at least $150,000
to meet salary emergencies that
might arise before the 1937 Legis
lature meets. But civil service and
finance officials made it definite
to the emergency board that the
"cushion" amount actually will be
more probably around $500,000
because of turnover in jobs and
some employes not qualifying for
raises.
Raises for 3,000
About 3,000 employes who are
now at the top of their pay range
will have chances for raises under
the new system. In fact, Terry re
ported, an estimated half of the to
tal fund will go into raises for this
group and the 500 employes ex
pected to reach the top of pay
range in the coming year.
The recent Legislature set aside
i,jt',wu iFom general iuna ana
had earmarked another $1,476,000
from dedicatee funds for salary
adjustment, to be determined by
the civil service group, subject to
the emergency board's approval.
Board members heard Friday
that civil service commissioners,
after hearing out department heads
and reviewing the entire plan this
week, felt that the new pay sched
ule corrects most of the inequities
in pay among state positions and,
within the limit of state money
available, provides increases in
jobs where competition from out
side sources is strong, like engi
neering, accountants and others.
DAV Auxiliary
President Dies
At Convention
TILLAMOOK Ufi Mrs. Louise
Heiden. Roseburg, state- com
mander of the Disabled Amer
ican Veterans auxiliary, was fa
tally stricken while presiding at
the organization's convention here
Friday. -
She had lust finished her annual
report and was returning to the
rostrum when she collapsed and
died of what a physician here said
apparently was a heart attack.
The widower Rudolph Heiden,
was attending the DAV convention
in a wheelchair.
Max. Mia. Preclp.
Salem
Portland
71 H T
70 S3 T
75 43 .00
7 45 T
S 47 .01
7 41 .00
73 48 .00
89 1 .00
85 70 .OS
73 56 M
Baker
Medford
North Bend
Roceburf
San Tanciaco
Chicago
New York
Los Anielei
Willamette River 2.8 feet
FORECAST (from U. S. weather
bureau. McNary Field. Salem I:
. Considerable cloudiness with a few
very light showers early today, clear
ing partiellT this afternoon: partly
cloudy tonight and Sunday. High to
day near 74, low tonight near 4.
Temperature at 12.-01 a.m. today was
55.
SALEM PRECIPITATION
Since Start of Weather Year Sent 1
This Tear Last Year Norwal
31.23 44.41 38.CS .