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S3 Saved' in Fugoi Sound Piano Craoli KUNDOD 1651 106lh Year 2 SECTIONS-H PACES Tit Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, April 3, 1954 ritici s Ne. 7 ' -:.-.X-: ; ' SEATTLE - Nelaaa Wahlttrem. Seattle, a wryly tt a New Yerk ' beu4 Northwest Orleat Airlines' pUie which crash laaded late Paget Senad Monday falls te aemeeae eatside the aaUmekile la . whlck be la seated I Ukr kirn lers te a kespital. Thirty-three aboard were kaewa te kaye sur vived. AP WirephtU) (Pictures alM ea Wlrepkete Page.) 4 Dead, One Missing as Vibrating Northwest Airliner Crash-Larids SEATTLE un Four persons were known dead, one was missing and 31 numbed survivors were rescued Monday - after a vibrating luxury airliner's emersency crash-landing on Puget Sound. The Northwest Orient Airlines case of aerial shakes a few minutes Tacoma International Airport on 'JIM the Oregonian criticiies Port land General Electric Co. for going ahead with its hydroelectric project at Pelton sits on the Deschutes River la default of a state license. It says that PGE ' declines to submit its case for review by the new state .water resources board (created In 1935, not J953 as the Oregonian says). The Oregonian, of course, opposes the dam because It ll an obstruc tion to the run of salmon. This newspaper has favored the dam, believing thut the superior Value of the Deschutes in this section lies in its power potential rather than as a channel for migratory fish. However, this writer believes that PGE ought to lay its case before the new state board. It is recalled that the reason the State Hyrdoelectric Commis sion denied PGE permission to build the dam was that the com pany failed to satisfy the state fish commission. Since the old law gave the latter commission virtually a veto power on build ing obstructions across streams, the HE commission felt bound to reject PGE's application. The new water resources board has much broader powers. It can, as I under stand the law, exercise its judg ment in balancing the conflicting uses of the waters of this stream. If it should find that the power use (('atlaoed editorial page 4.) Alderman at Silverton Quits Stateaaaaa Newi fcrvlrt SILVERTON Resignation of one alderman, appointment of another and a request by police for a 40 hour week highlighted a Monday night meeting of the Silverton City Council ' . The resignation was submitted by Lloyd Larsen and appointed to . his place was a former campaign rival, Earl Hartman Sr. Larsen gave outside business interests as reason for his resignation. (Add. details page 4, sec. 1.) COLD IN PORTLAND PORTLAND I - March In Portland was colder, wetter . and had more snow and days below freezing than any normal March since the Weather Bureau began keeping records. WILBERT "If you keep me here another fifteen minutes, II con be called kidneppingr . IF I r HI is and ether slightly lajared Msiea- Stratocruiser developed its fatal after its takeoff from the Seattle- a flight with New York as Its ultimate destination. The pilot decided on a water gamble with the crippled craft instead of the apparently greater one of trying to return to the air port over land. Six Ckildrea The victims included a Chinese woman and boy. The plane's 31 passengers included six children, It was the second major airline tragedy in the nation within 13 hours but thcfirst tor Worth west Orient since 1931 to claim a life. The other air disaster was near Pittsburgh, Pa., last night. It also was on a takeoff. It killed 22 persons and Injured 14. The Stratocruiser remained afloat for about IS minutes after Monday's mishap, giving all aboard a chance to escape to the wings, j ' 1 t Crewmaa Mlasiag The airline listed one crew member as missing late Monday, He was David V. Razey of Seat tie, flight service kttendant. ;The revised report raised the total aboard the plane to 38 from the earlier listing of 37 The 33' survived by clinging to the wings of the four-engine, dou ble-deck plane for the several minutes it remained afloat. Then they clung to the myriad cushions that dotted the frigid water. Ironically, there were no rubber liferafti because the plane, head ed for Chicago and New York via Portland, Ore., was not oa an over-water route. (Add. details. Page t, See. 1.) Russ Set Off WASHINGTON W - Russia while proposing an immediate in ternational ban on atomic weap ons tests, has continued to set off its own nuclear explosions, the United States 'reported Monday night. Chairman Lewis L. Strauss of the Atomic Energy Commission announced that "the Soviet Union in recent days has conducted an other nuclear test in their current series." Strauss did not specify In his two -.sentence announcement whether the Russians exploded an atomic or hydrogen device. Last week the Kremlin submit ted a new disarmament plan to a United Nations subcommittee meeting in London. One of its pro visions was a prompt ban on atomic tests. Politics on Who's Running (Kdllsr't Note: The Oregea Slatrania'i exeluilvt "Political Paradr" erln U written y or for the ran4Mtea thrmlvr The material la arrunlrd a a public irrvtee. without eot or okllcatlon In anyone, and nnj at May aot at la accord wlUt tbt editorial pollrln ol thla nrwa paper I ,...... - .,.-..,...1,...,.m EMMET T. ROGERS (D) Caadldata lor Polk Commissioner Emmet T. Rogers,' Route 1, Box 343, Salem, is s candidate for Polk County Commissioner, as a registered Democrat. He will appreciate any help ex tended in hit behalf. Emmet T. t- i 'if. "J; RoRers possess kf i ; y ei a broad, sat fSi 2 W' I isfactory and I interesting ex- I"aV a pcrience with Emaict T. sto(ert labor, farming, war veterans, finance and busi ness administration. He has tak en an active part in realizing the "Oregon State Re apportionment" Act, the consolidation of school Twisters Wreak ;. Havoc Oklahoma Tally 4Dcad,25Hurt; Buildings Fall ; By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DRUMRIGHT, Okla. ( Tor nadoes struck at a half a dozen points in Oklahoma Monday night, killing at least four persons and injuring some 25. The dead were all from the same family C. V. Bevel, his wife and two. . daughters. They were at the Deep Rock Oil Co., Just north of the town. The exact extent of the death, damage and injuries still was not known. In the north central part of the state, twisters first hit at Hope ton, then Pond Creek, 23 miles north of Em id. One person was reported injured in each commun ity. The twister derailed some freight cars at a Hopeton siding and a police-officer reported "Al most every building in town was damaged." In west Texas, winds up to (0 miles an hour churned clouds of dust cutting visibility to tero and caused at least three traffic deaths. The duster raged In Colorado, New Mexico and Oklahoma. (Add, details page X, sec. 1.) Salem to Have Water Festival On July 4th Inauguration of a Fourth of July water festival in Salem was appar ently assured- Monday night when the Salem Cherrians unanimously agreed to head the project. The recreation committee of the Salem Chamber of Commerce, in proposing the festival, indicated that the project hinged on whether the Cherrians would agree to or ganize and sponsor It. The commit tee, Cherflan members and other interested parties met Monday night at the Golden Pheasant to decide the issue. T The festival, which will be call ed something like Cherry Harvest Water Festival, is planned as an annual feature. It would take the place of unsuccessful Cherry Fes tivals, which died several years ago. Highlight of the festival will be boat races which drew more than 6,000 persons last year under spon sorship of the Salem Boat Club. Other features also were discussed including a possible parade of boats, queen contest, barbecue, water ski show, fire works and street dancing. - (Add. details page t, see. 1.) Salem Cadet Appointed EUGENE ufl A cadet from Salem, George H. Johnson, has been appointed wing commander for the spring term at the Air Force ROTC unit at the Univer sity of Oregon, the school reported Monday. Johnson is a cadet colo nel. Another Salem resident, Dennis D. Rapp, will serve as a group operations officer. He is a cadet major. BLIZZARD COST ESTIMATED NEW YORK I - Mayor Rob ert F. Wagner said Monday the snow removal cost of last month's double blizzards was $1,900,000. Parade. . for What Office district and in 4 H work. In general, he has devoted much time to the study of gov ernment by law and licenses at all levels. If elected In November, Em met T. Rogers will conduct him self as a county commissioner representing all of the people of all parties in Polk County locat ed in all of its 38 voting pre cincts and, conversely, he asks I the suoport of all the people nf ; Polk County. His friends and j neighbors are strong supporters of his candidacy for they know him as a man who gets thincs done on a good, fair and just basis. He Is married and has one son, Barnes D. who is married and lives in the Brush College district. (Tomorrow C L. Burbank) Amorica's Air KJ j Iv lYi McCHORD AFB, Waskv A group of Willamette University faculty and business staff members are shewa above tearing a maintenance hangar here daring a day-loaf orientation: trip Monday. The group of 23 persons left Salem early Monday morning and returned last night aboard an Air Force C-111 from McChord. Huge airplane in the background is a C-124 Globemaster. Engine la fore ground is from an F-86D all weather fighter interceptor Jet. (Statesman Photo by John Ericksea). (Story oa page Z, sec. I). Night Saturday " City Transit Lines will drop night bus service and will reduce Satur day morning service to an hourly basis, beginning this Saturday, it was announced Monday by Bus Manager Carl Wendt. The long-proposed night service elimination, as an economy move, Is being undertaken without City Council sanction. The bus company manager maintains one section of the City Transit franchise permits the service cut because night runs ire unprofitable. " ',' The Saturday morning changes are newly announced. Wendt de scribed this change as minor and Silverton City Census Figure Under 1950's Statrimaa Vcwi Service ' SILVERTON In Silverton's uncanvassed city census, the count is down 151 from the offi cial 1950 count. : Enomerators completed their visitations Saturday, and R. E. Borland tabulated the sheets Monday to show thst 2,995 peo- pie lived within the city as against 3,146 in 1950. "It is to be understood," Bor land said in releasing the figures "that the enumeration sheets must be checked carefully prior to making the count official., We may find that -someone has been missed." Some of the decline, if decline it proves to be, in population is credited to the large amount of building going on immediately outside of the city. Eureka Ave nue on West Hill, has become a favorite building spot, with a con tinuous building program in op eration there. Marquam Road, east ' of town, has also seen a large new residential building program as has Bethany road. The official figures probably will be ready late this week, Bor land said. Tricky Fireman j WARREN, Ohio I A volun teer fireman was charged Mon- oay wim turning in u wise lire nenTe.drried,aT!l: S! Deputies reported. The deputies said Paul Cornman .40. -Liberty , township school bus driver, admit- ted turning in the ..arms, to co,- led the $2 firemen receive for answering each call. Sell a houseful 1 , This Statesman Want-Ad brought 74 calls the- first day, 44 the second ..... LEAVING town, furniture In ltv Inf room, rtlnlnj room A- 1 bedroom. Firenl.-ce Fet. hand broidrd wool rues, 2 larite Na valo rii"F. J cotton nralded nn. Enlitrt china, Bavarian china, alannwarp. 1 bedroom unite, eetcrn olld man'e. Or dn tonM, power mower, fl rt. C. E. retrl aerator. Ph. x-xxxx. Whatever your ' problem, solve it with a Statesman Want-Ad. Phone 4 C811. Power Shown Bus Runs End This Week; ' Morning said few bus riders would be af fected because so many business offices are closed on Saturday, New Schedules Soea The night service change would mean no city buses operating after S:4S p.m. Sundays and holidays. after 1S p.m. Mondays and Fri days (when some stores are open), or after 1:45 p.m. other days. Wendt said, complete new bus schedules would be available in printed pamphlet! by "Wednesday. Wendt's night bus announcement came as no surprise to City Hall, even though the City Council voted unanimously last week against granting permission for the change City Transit had asked. But qity officials did not concede that the franchise gives City Tran sit automatic power to make such a change. City Attorney Chris J. Kowitz has interpreted the fran chise clause allowing relief from unprofitable operations as apply ing only to- new services added since the original franchise was drawn. Consider Acliea Mayor Robert F. White said he would sound out some of the city aldermen on the possibility of a special meeting of the City Council this week to consider if the ques tioned franchise clause should be taken to .court, here was no indication that Kef auver Asks For GOP Votes in Wisconsin Race MILWAUKEE - Sen. Fstes Kefauver (D Tenn) made a dramatic last minute appeal Mon day to Wisconsin Republican vot ers to show their displeasure with the administration's farm policies by crossing over to the Demo cratic ranks. The Democratic Presidential aspirant made his appeal on the eve of Wisconsin's presidential preference primary as he pre pared to engage in what amounts to a popularity contest with Pres ident Eisenhower. u National convention delegates pledged to Kefauver constitute the onlv tlate on the Democratic ballot in the Wisconsin election. Oil the Republican ballot there flre t Member siates one lpd d , presldrnt Eisenhowor -JZ XZ write-ins" either for President or vice-president, The Weather Max. Mln. Prerlp. Salem Portland 49 Baker , , . . 47 Medford ". 51 North Bend 90 Bo'eburn 61 S,in Trandnco M Lnl Anm-ln S3 Chieaen N-f . YnrV . - ... SO a ai trare 40 2S :ii 42 40 46 43 2 .04 .00 .no M M no .no .a.i 01 . Wiljamc.te Hivir 5.4 feet. FOBKCAST i from " bt-rear, Mi-Narv lipid Salem I Partly rinndv todav, becotnin mmiiv cinudv wiih i ( shower ability or maneuverability. The ! velnprrcnt, said both the Snark P low ?i,M3"r'hUn WeSni"d" tcslin.' officials were said to have land the Navaho have "Inter 52. ' ' decided to iust let the missile flv ! continental atomic capability." Temt.eratura at 13 01 a m wai 31. today SAITW PHrclPITfTIOM Slnrt Start al Weather Year Kept. ! Tblt Year Lait Year lSnrmal 13 07 24 U - 13 It to WU Faculty Service Cut aldermen Would press the -Issue, however, A recent bus company spot check estimated only 78 night bus passengers using the City Transit runs. One-third of these were reported as night workers; the others, casual riders. Optlea Ezplree- - Moreover, nothing has come of 60-day option , to buy out City Transit Lines. The option expired Saturday without reason to expect further negotiation, said Wendt. Possibility of a city subsidy to keep night ' buses running was studied, but would require a change of state law. (Add. details. Page i. See. 1.) Ike Calls for fGood Farm Bill, Promptly' WASHINGTON W! - President Eisenhower said Monday he wants "to get a goodafarm bill and to get it promptly" . ' Eisenhower made the statement in connection with his signing of two special agriculture bills passed by Congress. One would save farmers an es timated 60 million dollarn a year by exempting them from the 2 cents-a-gallon federal gasoline tax on gas used in farming. ' The other new law raises from SO million dollars to 60 million the money for the school milk pro gram for the fiscal year ending June 30. It extends the program for two more years and authonz- en up to 75 million a year for those two years. Eisenhower said: "These two bills are parts of a nine-point program. I sent to Congress on Jan. ( of this year. They constitute an important step forward in our agriculture pro gram. "The next step is to get a good farm bill and to get it promptly." A conference committee is now wrestling with the job of adjust ing Senate and House versions of a new over-all farm bill. Guided Missile Snark Flies for By VKRN HALT.I.AND Associated Press Aviation Reporter WASHINGTON (-A Northrop Snnrk guided missile launched from Florida's Cape Canaveral has flown 2.000 miles across the Caribbean out into the central Atlantic, informed sources said Monday. This Is the greatest distance any pllntlcss aircraft is yet known to have llown. The jet-powered Snark is intercontinental in range. The fliulit a few d.ivs aim re e,hc,portedl' was more a test of range than il accuracy, loari-carryini! until It ran out of fuel. Pcntugon press officer refused to comment on the report. All that the Air Force has an nounced is that Northrup Aircraft, Lanaiaacy. Of Norblad Challenged , Dp.mo Solnn Ashs Thnrntnn If FilingFecTransfer Legal By CONRAD PRANCE Staff Writer, Tie SUtetmit " U. S. Rrp. Walter Norblad'i right to seek reclcttion to his contrressionul seat was challenced on leiral irroiinHi Mntulav c - - c- - - by an Oregon legislator. ....... State Rep. Richard E. Greener, Milwaukee Democrat, asked " Attorney General Robert Y. Thornton if Norblad didn't forfeit his right to run for Congesj tiling fee on the day he switched I from the governor's race to that of representative. Records in the election division of the secretary of state's office shows that Norblad filed for the Republican nomination for gover nor on Feb. a and paid the re quired $100 filing fee. Receipts further show that on March (, the day he withdrew from the governor's race and filed for the first congressional district no mination he was granted a $100 refund, which he then paid on bis representative filing. Asks for Rallag In a letter to Thornton Monday morning. Greener asks the attor ney general to rule oa whether the secretary of state can grant re funds or can transfer a fee from one filing to another. "There Is serious question. writes Groener, "as to whether Walter Norblad has complied with the statutory requirements to be come a candidate." Not mentioned In Groener's let ter but presumably affected by the same turn of events is the Repub lican candidacy of William Healy for secretary of state. Healy changed his candidacy from U. 8. representative te that of secretary of state after" Norblad made his switch. -Jlevtoo. was granted a $100 re fund, which he applied on his sec ond filing. In the same situation Is Nicholas Gratiot, Portland Demo crat, who switched his candidacy and filing fee from itate-at-large Democratic convention delegate to delegate from the third congres sional district. Nat Questioned Election officials indicated that such refunds are not uncommon. It's just that the procedure has seldom, if ever, been legally ques tioned in the past, they said. Groener, Clackamas County rep resentative and insurance broker, cites a 1938 opinion of former Ore gon Attorney General I. H. van Winkle "which Indicates that a fil ing fee paid is for services render ed and cannot be refunded." In this opinion Van Winkle held that a county clerk could not re fund a filing fee once paid. Authorities Cited Groener cites a list of other legal authorities in an attempt to show that filing fees cannot be refunded. Oregon law, he said, does not give the secretary of state discre tionary powers in administering election laws. Filing fees "become I part of the general fund of the state." and the secretary of state has no right to "apply the initial filing fee to cover subsequent serv ices rendered in a different filing." Thornton said it would take about 10 days of research on the part of his staff before he could come up with an answer. His an swer, when it does come, will be an opinion only and wiU have no legal binding power, It was report It was too early for much Ipecu lation Monday but it was indicated by officials the issue probably would not be settled short of court action. DOLLY LEAVES ESTATE ST. LOUIS I A lawyer for the estate of former circus queen Dolly Varden, apparently penni less when she died last Decem ber. Monday found a horde of jewels valued at $100,000 which she left in an old trunk. 2,000 Miles Hawthorne, CanCU building 'the mium, auu mm 11 una vrcii nv flown. The missile test center at Patrick Air Force Base, near the Capi' Canaveral launching area, is in charge of the program. The Snark is one of two strategic air-breathing missiles' now being test flown, the other being the North American Navaho, Air Force Secretory Queries said recently that although the alr-brciittiing missiles fire slower and thus easier to intercept ,than the ballistic or .rockct-typc, they - 1 have eaual lond-r arrvin? ability Und ran"e. Trevor Gardner, for- mer ceputy or resenren ana ae- The Snark is 32 fwt long and 4' i feel in diameter. It flies high, and rloe to the speed of sound which above 30,000 feet is 670 miles an hour. when, he failed to pay a second Billy Rose's aaa liv I m f Paintings Burn MT. KISC0, N. Y. m Tire destroyed showman Billy. Rose's it-room country manainn Mnn. day, reducing to ashes his costly collection of lrreolaceable naint ings and art objects. Rose said only one painting was salvaged from his 20-year-old col lection and 1t was one of his less treasured ones. T don't want to talk about the , paintings or list their value," said Rose, distraught. "This Is a terrlf- k emotional loss." The stubby Broadway producer was known to have collected over -$250,000 worth of. valuable paint ings including Kenoirs, a Rem brandt, a Rubens, a Dumler, a Frans Hals, a Holbein, a Titian, a William Turner and a Thomas Hart Benton. Some of these he bad disposed of, notably the Rembrandt for which be paid $75,000. Rose also '' owned a $250,000 collection of cnxusn auver. TL. 1. . - f it. - ' il . . tin yaiua ui nit uirve-aiory mansion of Georgia architecture ' was believed in the neighborhood of I1OO.0J0. Nothing was left of It but Its blackened brick walls. r - tu. i: . .i. pointed. Officials said It may have sprung, from sparks from an open fireplace., . ' .mw v. . iiiv wna iivt win- Day Forecast In keeping with the month of. April's reputation, showers are oa the forecast for tonight and Wednesday, according to forecast ers at McNary Field. No rain is expected today, though there will be some cloudiness. Temperatures are likely to climb slightly today. Monday's maximum reading was S3 and the low was 41. State'g Sedition Laws Overruled By Supreme Court WASHINGTON The Su preme Court Monday . pulled the teeth of state sedition laws. It said they have been superseded by federal legislation. - Dividing 1-1, the court threw out the sedition conviction of Com munist leader Steve Nelson In a state court under Pennsylvania's sedition law. r.fter reviewing the 1940 Smith Act and subsequent federal laws, Chief Justice Warren, spesking for the majority, said: "Looking at them in the aggre gate, the conclusion is inescap able that Congress intended to oc cupy the field of sedition. Takea as a whole, they evince a Con gressional plan which makes it reasonable to determine there is no room left for the states to supplant it. Sedition Is activity which tends toward treason or re bellion. Only sis states, Including Oregon, do not have sedition laws. Justice Reed wrote a dissenting opinion in which Justices Burton and Minton Joined. ' Kf TV MEN T0 MEET KUtiENE i A three-day ses sion of Oregon radio and televi sion men opens in Eugene Friday at the University of Oregon. Today's Statesman Sec. Page Classified II....4, 7 Comet the Dawn .. I 4 Comics II..- Crossword II.. Editorials ............ Home Panorama Markets ' Obituaries Radio, TV Sports Star Caxer ......... Valley Wirephoto Page . I.. . I . II . .11'.. II . II.. 1-3 I... S .1- f ..II... 4 Partly.Goudy