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The Oregon Statesman, Saltm, Oregon, Thursday, May 10, 1956
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Willamette University's Mock Democratic convention will have the klckoff of a donkey thanki to the
contribution of a friendly long-eared symbol of the party by Mrs. C. J. Stanley of Stayton. The
heart is showa here with George Hoyt, ae af the leaders tf the convention which gets nnderway
With a torchlight parade through Salem streets tonight (Statesman Photo).
Poll Results Cheer Torcl' Parade
Backers of McKay;
Demo Race Warms
Bv THOMAS G. WRIGHT
Staff Writer, The Statesman
Results of McKay Hitchcock popularity polls and a
warming interest in the presidential write-in campaign
between Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver braced up
Oregon's tired primary election race Wednesday.
Claims of a 2 to 1 margin for Douglas McKay over
Philip S. Hitchcock in two statewide public opinion polls
were announced Wednesday by McKay's state campaign chief
William I.. Phillips of Salem.
Detailed plans for Salem visits early next week by Sen. .Ke
fauver and Stevenson were revealed by their local campaign
leaders. And Congresswoman Coya Knutson. who led Kefauver s
successful Minnesota campaign, begun stumping the state in behalf
of the Tennessee solon
Stevenson, seeking lo regain some of his lost prestige of the
Minnesota primary, will return to Oregon Sunday for four days of
campaigning against the busy Kefauver. Monday's schedule will
bring him to the mid-Willamette Valley for speaking stops at
Woodburn, Salem and Lebanon.
Stevenson to Speak in Mid-Valley
The 1932 Democratic nominee will make a mid-morning ap
pearance at Woodburn before coming to Salem for a noon talk
from the Courthouse steps and at a no-host luncheon in the Senator
Hotel.
Oregon National Committeeman Monroe Sweetland will intro
duce Stevenson at the Courthouse appearance, and his stale co
chairman Mrs. .Marguerite Berg of Salem will make the intro
ductions at the Capitol Room luncheon to follow. His Lebanon
speech at the high school is scheduled for 3: 15 p.m.
Kefauver is also scheduling a noontime call to Salem, speak
ing from the Courthouse steps on Wednesday at 12:45 p.m. follow
ing a box lunch session with lae Young Democratic Club of Wil
lamette I'mversily.
Arrangements (or Kcf.iuver's visit are being made by Salem
Attorney Roy Hewitt, who is socking election as delegate to the
Democratic convention from the First Congressional District.
Kefauver will bo introduced by Dr. John Radamaker of Willamette.
CongressHonian Backing Kefauver
Appeal to the farmers for support of Kefauver is the aim of a
three-day campaign swing through Oregon by Rep. Knutson. fresh
man congresswoman from Minnesota's 9th District who was his
campaign chairman in that state.
"We had a good candidate, we went out and worked for him,
and we elected him." was Mrs Knutson' explanation for Kcfau
ver's surprising Minnesota victory over both Stevenson and Presi
dent Eisenhower.
Rep. Knutson, whose constituency includes farmers of Minne
sota's Red River Valley, spoke Wednesday night at Corvallis,
emphasizing her farm parity proposal based on net income. I'nder
the program farmers with incomes up to $7,000 would get 100 per
cent parity, those from $8-20.000 would get on per cent with other
graduations up to $.'0,000 wriere no parity would be authorized
She said this would protect the small farmer
Touring Central Oregon Towns
Talks have been scheduled for Rep. Knutson today at Prtnc
ville where she will address Crook County Democrats, and at
Tumalo before a gathering of Deschutes County farmers On Fri
day night she will speak at a mock political convention at the
I'niversity of Oregon. Accompanying her on the Oregon swing
are Walter Marshall, western states representative for Kefauver,
and Nicholas Granet of Portland.
Results of the public opinion polls taken by Dan Clark Asso
ciates and Warren Waterhouse have been the only recent indica
tions of trends in the Hitchcock-McKay hid for the Republican
nomination for the U.S. Senate.
Phillips said a recent Dan Clark survey in Multnomah County
alone confirmed an earlier poll giving McKay a 2 to 1 majority
over his lesser known opponent. He said the Waterhouse polls
supported those results.
Phillips called it a "remarkable tribute to Doug McKay and
demonstrates how deep are his roots in the admiration and affec
tion of the man in the slreet." He said current poll figures also
lorecast McKay will roll up a very much larger majority against
Wayne Morse than he did when the two were seeking delegate
posts fn the Republican National Convention.
DEMOCRATS LEAD
PORTLAND off - Democrats'
lead Republicans in Oregon voter:
registration by 15,901, according to!
unofficial figures compiled here
Wednesday.
WILBERT
I Jr-
British Hang
Two Cypriots
NICOSIA, Cyprus
- two
gallows at Dawn Thursday They I
were the first Cypriots executed
for political shootings during the
iH'ttiimth-Old campaign -of- violence :
to unite Britain s Mediterranean
island colony with Greece.
The British went ahead with
the executions nf Michael Karao
lis and Andreas Dimetrious, both
23 despite widespread appeals for
clemency and wild rioting in
Creece Wednesday in whfrh at
least three persons were killed
and 142 seriously injured
Nicosia and the rest of Cyprus
were tensely calm as the Cyp
riots awaited the announcement
that the pair l.ad been hanged in
the capital's big central prison.
Armed and helmcted British
troops sfood guard in every town,
braced tn meet any violence.
(Earlier story 01 page 12, sec. U
night Opens
Convention
Some of Oregon's top Demo-
cratir leaders will have lo share
me iimengnt wiin a real live
oonkey tnis weeKrnd at Willamette
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university's Democratic
Mock
Convention.
The lone-eared svmbol of the
j Democrat Farty has been loaned
lo add atmosphere for the conven
! tion by Mrs. C. J. Stanley of Stay
, ton. It will participate in tonight'?
, torchlight parade with Willamette;
'students through downtown Snlem
j streets to kick off the Ihree-day
i session
I Monroe Sweetland, Oregon Na-,
lional Democratic committeeman '
and candidate (ur secretary of
slate, will be the keynote speaker
for the convention, speaking Satur
day niqhl at 7 30 in Convention
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nasium'.
Nominating Session
Howard Morgan, state
Demo !
chief will address the 5:30 p.m. i
banquet session of delegates to the '
uii .
atiiHav evminir rivr isa au. 1
rrn n. j
ticipate in the convention which
will come to a noisy conclusion :
Saturday night with the main!1" mat lormer 1'resldfnt
nominating session.
Political activities of the con
vention will get underway at 6:.".ll
p.m. Friday wiili a welcome ad
dress from Prof. Freeman Holmer
of Ihe university faculty.
Stale campaign leaders for both
Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefau
ver will address the convention
beginning at 7:30 p.m. Speakin?
on behalf of Slevenson will he
Rep. Alfred Corbetl of Portland,
co-chairman of the state commit
tee for the former Illinois gover
nor Les Josslin. co-chairman of
the Kefauver for president com
mittee, will speak for his candi
date. Committee Meetings
Sessions of Saturday will be
taken up with committee activities
and caucuses learttng up to the
voting of delegates at the night
, " '",Mv
j Signs, posters, decorations and
confetli for the parade and the
j convention were made Wednesday
j night at firesides of various cam-
1 pus living organizations partici-
! paling.
Kidd Bound to
Grand Jury
I Richard R. Kidd, 22. nf Newport.
1 was bound over to Marion County
grand jury Wednesday on two
: charges o( unauthorized use nf
: motor vehicles. Kidd. a confessed
Portland arsonist, was released
from Ihe Stale Hospital May 4
The charges involved two autos
he allegedly drove afler escaping
from the Oregon State
last March 9. according
Hospital
to stale
police. He was recently released
from the hospital.
District Court Judge Kdward O
Stadter Jr. continued bail at Sl.ttX)
Wednesday on each charge.
Also bound over to the grand
jury Wednesday was Robert Dale
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H-Test
Slated
Today
Weather Mav
Again Call Off
Mighty Blast
By ELTON "C. FAY
ABOARD USS MT. MCKINLEY,
Eniwetok Atoll This observer
ship sailed for the H-bomb test-
ing area Thursday as America's
mightiest aerial bomb test was
rescheduled . for dawn Friday
(midday Thursday in the United
States'. . j
H still was not absolutely cer
tain, but the Mt. McKinley cast
off her moorings at -10:45 a.m.'
(2:45 p.m. PST Wednesday'.
Two alternate times were set
for "Shot Cherokee." an aerial ex
plosion equivalent to millions of
tons of TNT.
The first run by the expert crew
in the B52 jet bomber is to be
made at 45 minutes before sun
rise Friday. If cloud cover inter
f I
feres with their seeing the
painted on Namu Island i
kini Atoll, they are to try again
30 minutes later.
The three times postponed bomb
tact wac rnsrherltilerl after a mid-
morning communique announced
that the weather was steadily im
proving. This meant that danger
of atomic fallout on inhabited is
lets of the Pacific was passing
Ike Schedules
'Head-to-Toe'
Physical Exam
WASHINGTON - President
Eisenhower made known Wednes
day he is about to undergo a
"head-to-toe" physical examina
tion. The regular yearly checkup,
' which will -Dut the President in
Walter Reed Hospital her from
Thursday night until Saturday
n. should show Just what shape
h in for the P"sible rigor's
of his reelection campaign.
Eisenhower mentioned the forth-
comine session with doctors at a
news conference in which he also:
1. Gave short shritt to a sug-
estlon . by . Sen Kefauver jD-
man. about 0 our Kurone. be
made some sort of good will am-
hassador. "1 hadn't heard of it."
said the President. In New York,
Truman sold the idea short, too
"N'ot a chanc in the world." he
said. "I wouldn't be worth a damn
to them the administration.1"
2. Said it would be "stretching
9 nnint' In runvrA Ihp virlnrv nf
s. , .. TlnWnn 1. t.'-...
Democratic factional (iqht as a
repudiation of the Eisenhower ad
ministration (Add. details on page Id, see. 2)
Williams lo Seek
Fifth Term as
Michigan's Chief
LANSING. Mich. - Gov G
Mennen Williams announced Wed-
npsdav he wnulri seek an nnnre-
cwJented fifth term as governor.'
Williams told a news conference
he is not a candidate for anv of-
(jCe on the Democratic national
ticket.
Politics on
Who's
Hitnniii";
(Editor' Nntf: Th Oregon (Mailman, txrluslv "Pntttlrl Paradr"
fMM Ik written by nf fnr (he cmdldale thermelve. The material I
pretenled a a puhlie tervtre. wHhnut rot nr nhlleatlnn In anynne, and
may nr may not be tn accord with the editorial polirlfi of this Dfw-
PHII. HITCHCOCK
( indldalr for
I . S. Senate (R)
Phil Hitchcock captured na-
tionnl attention for work on ciul
rights while in the Oregon Sen
ate
He represented the 17th Dis
trict 1M8 1954 He left to join
t h e develop
ment depart
ment at Lewis
and Clark
Collece, Port-
where
he is also po
litical science
instructor.
He has been
enmm e n d e d
f n r sincerity
and courage
in debate in
Phil Hltrhrork
Ihe senate; for vigorous leader
ship in major committees.
m
Here are some specilic things dealer in losing and farm ma
he did: chinery at Klamath Kails.
Sponsored fair employment Senator Hitchcock has served
practices and civil rights legis- as president nf Oregon Council
lation; fought attempts to crip- of Churches, gnwrnnr Kiwanis
pie Oregon Civil Service; headed ' Pacific Northwest District: pres
the committee that produced the ident Oregon State Aviation
"Little Hoover Bill" and led the Council; Master and (irand Ora
floor fight for this law which tor, Grand Lodge, AF & AM.
saves Oregon taxpayers hundreds He is currently nn the advisory
of thousands of dollars annually, enmmitlee of the Regional V S
headed committee that modern ' Forester and hoard member nf
ized Oregon's forestry laws, and I Multnomah County Red Cross,
enacted an oil conservation meaj-1 (Tomorrow: Douglas McKay)
Gov. Smith Considers
Action to Block Pelton
Noctiirnal Salem
Callers Welcomed
With Open Doors
There is some ground to
think that two of the three
open doors found by Salem
police in routine night checks
this week,, may have been left
open on purpose.
The first was the United
States Air Force Recruiting
Station at 149 N. High St. The
second was First Baptist
Church in the SO block North
Liberty Street.
The third, police think, was
left open accidentally. It was
a bank.
George to Quit
Senate; NATO
Post Offered
WASHINGTON W - Veteran 1
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in ar i.nnrno nt .cmru i a inp
vear. nf serviee hnwl mil of the 1
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raea ini ronnminaiinn vv onnoc.
Hav
j The 78-year-old head of the Sen-1
j ate Foreign Relations -Committee
nd Democratic spokesman in
Congress on foreign policy indi
cated willingness to accept next
January an offer by President Ei
senhower to name h'm as person
al ambassador to tht North At
lantic Treaty Organization
iNVTO'.
In that post he would have a
major role in tentative planning,
now under way, to expand the
NATO military alliance to cope
with political, and possibly
nomlc. problems.
A little sadl", George announced
to a Capitol Hill news conference
mat ne wiu not run again iqr
good and sufficient reasons which
I will not elaborate."
A mile away Eisenhower
'a
telling his own news
Lumei emc
that George was one of the
wisest ana mosi oismieresiea
ol men in his ellons : w promote
Pc?.ce ana oiparijsansmp in .mer-,
nanonai anairs.
Previously, Dr Worth Daniels,
George's physician, had said in
a statement that he had advised
George against making a strcnu-
ous camnaisn. Daniels said
George had a heart difficulty and
diabetes in mild form and "needs
lo take care of himself."
Reports from George, where the
Augusta Chronicle broke the story
in a copyrighted article, indicated
Ihat George was facing possible
primary defeat by former Gov. , to Ihe McNary r leld weatner lore
Herman Talmadgc who has an- cast.
inounced he will enter the Senate High temperature today is ex
race peeled to be 65, low tonight 45.
! At Jacksonville, Ga , Talmadiiej Northern Oregon beaches will
said George can "still render val- j probably be cloudy through tonight
'uable service to his nation and to j with drizzle during the night and
I his stale" and he hoped the sena-1 morning and a few showers over
I tor would do so. I the Coast Range in the afternoon.
(Add. detail on page 16, see. !) High today is expected to be about
j 55, low tonight 45-50.
CLERK'S DISPUTE CONTINUES
PORTLAND iff Federal medi-
ator Roy Smith said Wednesday
no agreement had been reached
in a labor dispute between union
grocery store clerks and operators.
Parade
for
What
Office
lire to safeguard natural re
sources; supported 1(153 legisla
tion simplifying Oregon's tax
laws; carried leading role in the
senate fight that increased work
man's compensation: directed
committee that corrected unjust
irasonal labor provisions in un
1 ,.1 ....n. -.i
t. III'Mi inrni i imiii'v h.. ii it'll, ami
fought for broader unemploy-l
mcnt coverage
en,i, iii.,K,.v . v.v 1
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that increased the basic school 1
He received the 1!.V? Oregon '
Brotherhood Award nf the Ha-
linnal Conference nf Christians
and Jews for legislative work, j
Senator Hitchcock owned and
o periled FusIfiPsses for -2 yesr,-j
He started as a logger during
vacations when he was 15. In I
1934 he operated a sawmill at
Sisters. In 1943 he became a
Senate Group
Gives Okeh to
Soil Bank Bill
WASHINGTON UP - The Senate
. Agriculture Committee Wednes
day night completed approval of
a new soil hank bill after loading
It down with a late flurry of
amendments.
Chairman Ellender 'D-La told
reporters he thought the proposal
could win approval-of President
! Eisenhower who vetoed a previ
ous catch-all farm bill.
Sen. Aiken' (R-Vt, who often
1 speaks for the administration on
farm policies, expressed doubts
about complicated compromise
proposals for price supports on
, corn and other livestock feed
; grains.
i "I think we mav be able to work
this nut later on the Senate floor,"
; Aiken said.
Rejected was President .Eisen-
bower's request for authority to
make advance payments to farm-
pr ini vpflr if tnpv avrep to lake
- " ' .
land out of crop production next
yr ana Pul 11 ,n lnp 80,1 Owns.
i t : i il. t-:t I I.
Incfpari thp rnmmitipp ncrpntpfl
" - "
proposal
a proposal that would autnorire
' nsvmenl, thir VAar to iinv farm.
pr who actualw p,lt part o( his
ionj in ,h. ,-i k-.i. (hi. v.r
The vote to send the bill on to
the Senate was 13-1, with Sen,
Williams (R-Del) voting "No."
Sen. Aiken passed "until I read
over the provisions again in the
morning."
Ellender said the farm commit
tee would meet again at 1:30 a m
EST Thursday "to go over the'
language on the teed grains" be- J
fore making a report.
Some provision accepted by the
eco-:no, ornnn mBV ,tir miniir..
tion opposition.
An amendment by Sen. Yotfni
that would prevent possible drops
of 5 per cent in support levels on
wheat, corn and peanuts during
the next two vears.
Ru.9itc mnct farmpr already
o" Va. E made the7 lansT T
are expectcd to benefit in 1958
from the annua, $1,200,000,000 of
payments for cutting back produc.
tion.
Weathermen
Say Cloudy
Clouds and showers are sched-
ulefl loaay ana rriaay. accuruin
r
5-Ccnt Fare
Fails to Lure
Extra Riders
Newly established five cents
farec fnr Hnwntnwn hits travel
have failed to lure additional
patrons, it was reported Wednes -
r-"- - - . . . . ...
day by Carl Wendt. manager of:Trummy ended Margie lying on
1 citv Transit Lines.
Wnndt, whose firm has been
battling mounting deficits in the
; face of decreasing bus use, said a
large share of the public appar
ently is not aware of the slicing
of downtown fares The fares
were reduced May 1.
Wendt said that in an effort to
try and slir some public re
sponse, posters will be placed on
sides nf buses to puhlicize Ihe
fare reduction
The reductions will be
anied
f,,t- al .nt J1! fluvu in the hone
' ...... ..
that the cheaper price will catch
on with the public, Wendt said.
The bus firm head reported
that the company had about $500
P"at'"K
losses for the month
Wendt added that elim-
inatinn of night schedules has re -
duced lnsRP, ,0 extPnt
NORTHWEST I.EAGtll!
At Wrnalrher I. Salrm 1
At Tri-Oty 7. I-fwiston S
Al Spokane 2. Eugene 15
r-AUFir coast i r.( k
Al Hoi timid .1. Vam mnrr 2 '1(1 In
mnl
Al Hulllvwond Sjcrarncnln fain
Al San Dlff.0 5, San Frain-lr.ro 4
At Seattle 7, L" Anf.elr
AMERICAN I.KAGUK
At New York 6. Cleveland 6
Al Wanhinston 3 Detroit 7
At Boston 7. Chlrafn 5
At Baltimore 0, Kaniuii rnv 4
NATIONAL I.F.A(iir,
At Onrlnnatl S New York S
At Milwaukee ritMhurrn ram
At Chlr-aan Brooklyn- ram
I At St. Louli 3, Philadelphia 0
sJMia.ana
tClLlaV'IBI
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1
Nunn Heads State
Motor Vehicle Unit
Assistant PUC Chief Given Post
u Warne H. Nunn, 35-year-old
Assistant. State Public L'tilities
Commissioner, was appointed by
Gov. Elmo Smith Wednesday as
Slate Motor Vehicle Administra
tor. The appointment will be effec
tive July 1, when the Motor
Vehicle Department will be
transferred from the Secretary
of State to become a separate
department under the governor.
The 1955 legislature made the
change. The department issues
license plates for motor vehicles.
Nunn has worked for the state
since 1945, when he became a
personnel technician for the Civil
Service Commission. He later
became classification and pay
supervisor for the commission,
and helped develop the commis
sion's plans.
In 1950 and 1951, Nunn con
ducted research studies for a
legislative interim committee to
reorganize the state government.
Nunn was appointed Assistant
Public Utilities Commissioner In
February, 1952.
He is a graduate of Salem
High School and Willamette Uni
versity. He spent a year M a
Satchmo Shatters Protocol,
Plays Hot Licks to Princess
I.ONDON UP Louis (Satchmo) Armstrong broke all rules of
theatrical protocol before Princess Margaret Wednesday night. And
the pretty princess apparently loved it.
We've got one of our special
gravel-voiced American trumpeter,
one on for th princess.
A gasp went over the huge audi
ence in Empress Hall. Profes
sional performers are not supposed
to refer to members of the royal
"Yes sir," said Satchmo, as the
princess grinned and hugged her
knees, "we gonna blow 'em down
with one of (hose old good ones
from New Orleans Mahogany
Hall Stomp."
The princess applauded with
marked enthusiasm. j
'Shaking' Music
Mopping his
played a tune
I concerted attack, French author
brow, Armstrong i(ies announced Wednesday night,
that would have , First renorts said at lea.l 11 nr.
shocked mixed society in times
past. ..... I The rebels used submachine
Mahogany Hall was ihe name of! guns, grenades, molotov cocktails
a famous sporting house run by land other weapons in the assaults
the celebrated Madame Lulu White
in the Storyvillc red light district
of New Orleans. The music the
early jazz bands played there was
not accepted in polite society for
years.
Armstrong played before Mar
garet's grandfather more than 20
years ago. ana oroe proton, on ;
that occasion when he announced!
break
"This one's for you
Rex."
Gives Encore
Marcaret beean beating her feet
up and down in full view of nun-
dreds when an old New Orleans
clarinetist, Edmund Hall, started
noodling with Clarinet Marmalade.
She applauded enthusiastically and
Hall encored with High Society.
The house went wild when Trum-
j my Young, trombone player, an-
! nouncea he wouia piay Margie.
i the revolving raised platform floor,
working Ihe slide with his toes
.
Man (llicatH Death
In lnih Willi
72.000 Volt Line
HOOD RIVER, Ore - II J.
Johnson, u lineman for the Knights
Klcctric Co. touched a 72,000 volt
line a t (oldendalc. Wash..
.
j Wednesday and survived
The jolt knocked him from a
high pole, but he fell onto a guy
wire and another wnrkman
was
: able to grab him Johnson was
lowered tn afctv bv rnpes and
' taken In the Cnldendale Hospital,
where he was repnrtcd resting
comfortably Wednesday night
Contrac tor round
Innocent of Tax
Kvasion Cliarjie
I'OKTI.AND f . V federal
court jury Wednesd.iv luiind Karl
Hall. Lebanon cnntr.ictnr innocent
of charges of making i.il-e returns
on his I9W and Id'iO l.i state
ments. The government contended lhat
Hall had willfully violated the law
by understating his income some
$9,000 or the twn year
Hall contended that t was an
error due to careless boitocping
methods.
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Oregon's new state mater vehicle
administrator will be Warn H.
Nana (abave). ,
supervisor for the Farm Security
Administration, and then served
three yeari In the army. He Is
married and has three children.
fans in the houM." growled the
"and we're really gonna lay this
North African
Rebels Stage
Bloody Raids
ALGIERS m - Rebels smashed
at 46 villages and military posts
in Eastern Algeria in a bloodv
' sons were killed
that began Tuesday arternoon and
continued in the night.
Rebel losses were described as
heavy.
First reports from the battle
area north of Constantine were
sketchy hut indicated the attacks
were simultaneous and large'
, SCale
Th p h jrf h cnmnlunl.
of DjidJclli;E7Si
and Rnuached were among those
hard hit Some of Ihe points listed I
by the French are so small thevi
ao not appear on ordinary maDs.
The rebel attacks came shortly j
before France ordered 50,000 more,
"mps sent to Algeria to combat
! rebellion. They apparently fol-
,ow,(i ,n'' am' pattern as the at-
1 tark ThfT thls In Western
Nigeria wnere arjoul 40 rarms
were razed and 20 Europeans
k'lled.
s"" 1 mil. iiv 111 1 dus iiccuru
tm? , Rob.
1 ne government in Paris heeded
ert LaCoste for reinforcements: Skipworth served as city atlor
after tomato-lhrowing French stu- ney at Eugene and deputy district
dents stormed through the streets attorney before being appointed to
of Algiers demanding sterner 'he circuit bench hy Gov. Oswald
measures lo crush the uprising. West in 1915.
A contingent of 20.000 troops Surviving are the daughter,'
will he called up immediately. The rs- c- W'allsinger, Portland,
rest will be called up by the end ani ,wo n. Harold M., Eugene,
of the month to fill out a force a"d Georce F. Jr.. Portland,
which LaCoste estimated should'
reach about 3H0.0O0 men bv June
1
This is more men than France
ever had at the tront in Indochina,
where an eight-year war was end
ed by Ihe Geneva armistice of
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PHONE CABLE PLANNED
PORTLAND if - Because nf
increasing business, a new long
distance cable iwll be laid tn con -
ncrt Baker, Pendleton and W alla
; Walla this year, the Pacific Tele -
; phone Ir Telegraph Co. announced
Wednesday
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By Thornton
Gov. Elmo Smith htdicatrd
Wednesday afternoon he may
take legal action against Port
land General Electric Com
pany to hajt construction of
Pelton Dam on the Deschutes
River.
Attorney General Robert Y.
Thornton ruled Wednesday that
Portland General Electric it vi
olating Oregon's state water lawa
in starting the construction. Pre
liminary work it underway and
the contract for the dam waa
awarded recently by PGE.
uov. smith then asked Thornton.
what "appropriate lawful course .
of action, if any" should be taken,
in his opinion. '
Thornton has already advised
the district attorney of Jefferaoa
County several weeks ago that h
should prosecute the company
when construction was started.
QeeailM ef Ceatrel -
Gov. Smith said he wai eon-
cerned that granting of federal
permit for construction of the dam
would mean that the state wouM
yield control of their streams te
the federal government.
The company is proceeding un
der a federal permit granted bv
the Federal Power Commission.
The State Hydroelectric Commis
sion has not issued a permit.
mormon 1 opinion said:
"It must be conceded that the -
law is now well settled by the. ;
U.S. Supreme Court In the Pelton
and First Iowa eases that the
securing of state permit is not
a condition precedent to the grant
ing 01 a license under the Federal
Power Act. . .. .
8Ute Law ENeeUvo
"The granting of the federal per
mit does not override the effective'
state law and it is judicially recog
nized that the. federal license as
sumes the risk of compliance.
"Portland Ceneral Electric Com
pany by its own action has sub
mitted itself to the Jurisdiction of -
the State Hydroelectric Commit--sion
and the operating force of the
Oregon Water Law by making ap
plication of a permit and license.
These applications were denied
by the Oregon Hydroelectric Com
mission and Portland General
Electric Company sought a review
of the proceeding in the Marion
County Circuit Court which it
pending on appeal in the Oregon
Supreme Court.
"Until otherwise decided bv the
Supreme Court of Oregon, I must
advise you that the Portland Gee-'
eral Electric Company is violating
the water laws of the State of
Oregon by constructing the hydro
electric project at the Pelton lite
of the Deschutes River."
Death Claims
Noted Judge
PORTLAND l -George FY
Skipworth, who served as a Lane
County Circuit Judge for 40 yean
before his retirement two years
i ago, died Wednesday at the home
of his daughter here. He was .
He came to Oregon with htl
parents while still a child. He
studied for several years in his
brother's law office in Eugene,.
and passed the state bar exami-
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natjon , m
Portland Barbers
Voting on $1.75
Haircut Price
PORTLAND OK Portland union
barbers are balloting by mail on
whether the price of men's hair
cuts should be raised from the
(Present $1 50 lo $1.75.
I The ballots are to be counted
i next Tuesday night.
The Weather
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