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Ballot Boxes Today to Reveal Result of Political Campaigns Early Voting Sought; Near 400,000 Expected at Polls By THOMAS G. WRIGHT JR. SUlf Writer, The Statesman Final word on 1956 s uniquely sot and cold Primary campaign drops into ballot boxes all ever Oregon between I a.m. and I p.m. today. ; Coed Ponders First' Ballot , ' v J ; :- .r- ' jr ' - . . Today will be the fint time Shirley Witters, WiUamette University coed from Cottage Grove, will vote, as she was 21 this year. Shirley Is shown above pondering a sample ballot on the campus. (Statesman Photo). , mm Gov. Elmo Smith has asked the attorney general about the legal ity of Portland General Electric's construction project for a dam on the Deschutes River for which it has a federal license but lacks one from the State Hydroelectric Commission. Attorney General Thornton advises that the com pany is in violation and has re ferred the prosecution of the company to the district attorney of Jefferson County. That offic ial says he is going to study the law before he initiates any action. If he refuses to act or fails to act within a reasonable time the governor may have the attorney general take over the case. To this "sca-lawycr" a criminal proceeding seems the wrong fork of the road. It hardly seems probable that a jury would con vict the corporation when it is armed with a federal license and with a Supreme Court decision which validates it and makes it supreme over state requirement ol a Hydroelectric commission licen.-c. There is another fork of the road, however, which might be followed. That would be a civil action to determine whether the company has the right to divert for use waters of the Deschutes Kiver. The State Engineer might seek a declaratory judgment, and this case would be handled by the attorney general. That would (Continued on Editorial Page 4.) End Seen Near For Talks on Columbia Kiver WASHINGTON f A joint Sen ale committee plans to end hear ings next Wednesday on a bill to develop the upper Columbia Riv er. Chairman Murray of the Senate Interior Committee said Thursday he believes the record can be completed Wednesday. "Now remembor, tha idea is to make juik sale and WILBERT ! Some 400.000 of the state's eligi ble voters are expected to parade to the polls in warm, sunny wea ther and under watchful eyes of a whole nation. Interested in the out come of the two top races. Despite an indication of a light V) 3 County Budget Brought Below 6 Limitation By CALVIN D. JOHNSON Staff Writer, The Statesman Marion County's 1956-57 budget was unofficially balanced Thurs day at $1,512,246, which is $14,353. 40 under the 6 per cent allowable increase. The new budget is $188,407 more than this year's operating expense (some 30,000 are expected to of $2,938,820. It represented 31. cast ballots) have the added to days of interviews, examinations centive of a controversial county and cutting by a six-man budget zoning bill, a six way race for committee to lower a preliminary district attorney, and seven Re- figure of $3,235,845. County Judge Rex Hartley, com mittee chairman, brought the bud get within manageable figures Republican ballot is the contest through a recommended $50,000 : between Co lege Dean Mark Hat cut in the county road mainlen-!' W " Wllha,m Healy both of ance and improvement fund. This Wem- for secretary , ?I state-Go lowered Commissioner Edward Ro- gets' original request to $.73,000. i' " R F Cook for 11 appeared that this step had ess sj Lnander u unton. been contemplated for severs :(ested for renomination as state days, but was not made until treasurer as j, 'arl Francis for some concept of other savings was att0rncv general, known. !From l00d Rjvfr Assisting the balancing process; 0n the Democratic side Morse were announcements that certain inas (en opposition from Wood estimated revenues-such as O&C , row W. Smith of Hood River for Land Grant Funds, health off i- the Senate nomination. Only oth- cer's fees, dog license fees and funds for old age assistance could be increased. Previous esti- motes were based on tentative in- formation received some two months ago. (Add. details page S. see. 1) Foreign Aid Given Setback WASHINGTON1 i President! r.isennower losi a major rounu in chadwicki R(lbrrt L. Elfstrom the foreign aid fight Thursday as af)(, E(ldje AnrenSi and winton the House Foreign Alfairs Com- Hunt, I,ee Bvers, David Crom- mittee turned down his request wc all Jierbcrt Barker seek the ni specific power to pledge long- Republican nominations, term aid to foreign' nations. Kice I'nopposed Instead the committee approved Roy Rice, incumbent commis a "policy statement" that as long .sinner, is seeking nomination Un as there is a communist menace "PPOsed on the GOP side while the United States should continue Anl" Vlst,ca and Patrick Mc-sm-h foreign aid as is compatible ai thy are contesting for he ,k . i.,hiin., Democratic nomination to the with its own stability. coun(v cnur, mathl csndi- In another blow at Eisenhower s j dalPS for Da are Thomas C. En $4. 91)0.000.000 aid bill, the com-J right and Ralph Wycolf; on the mittee voted to cut in half the Republican ballot are Hattie . , Bratzel, George Jones, George 200 million dollars in special eco- (;ross and Hnward Kaffun nomic assistance funds asked for Onlv other competition is be- , . the troubled Middle East and Asia. Today's Statesman Page Sec. Babson Report 28. ...Ill Business Page 28. ...Ill Classified 36-39 ...IV Comics 30 . Crossword 29.. Editorials 4. Food 21-24 Home Panorama 13-16 . Ill III III II III III III IV .11 Markets ... Obituaries Radio, TV . Sports Star Gazer . 28 29. 31.. 33-35 : 8.. .18-20. Valley News Wirtphoto fig -..30....III vote estimates running from 45 to 55 per cent of the registered voters elections officials contin ued Thursday to plead for early balloting to avoid any late-bour congestion in larger precincts. Legal holidays for state, county and city offices, including all liquor stores, is expected to help the "Vote Early" campaign. Bars and taverns are prohibited from serving alcoholic drinks during the time the polls are open. Top interest, and biggest voter attractions today, -will be the con tests between former Secretary of Interior Douglas McKay and Philip Hitchcock, former state senator, for toe Republican nomination lor U.S. Senate, and between Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver for Democratic write-ins for president. Test far McKay Both races have drawn national interest because one furnishes a test of strength for McKay who resigned from the Cabinet to run with the endorsement of President Eisenhower, and the other ha? been labeled a make-or -break showdown for Stevenson, the 1952 Demo standard bearer. Kefauver, running ahead of Stev enson in the number of pledged delegates, hopped back into Ore gon Thursday for a day of shirt sleeved campaigning which in cluded a swing through Marion County. At Salem Kefauver ad dressed an audience of some 400 who waited an extra half-hour to hear him. (Additional details and picture on page 27, sec. 3.) Coatreverty Lost Today's decision of the voters will end a primary campaign which reached fever pitch before filing deadline last March 9, but fell off to generally non-controversial contests leading up to election eve. The campaign became a chain reaction of political maneuvering at the unexpected death of Gov. Paul L. Patterson only a few days after he had announced he would seek Republican endorsement to take on Sen. Wayne Morse. His death brought out a host of candi dates both for the Senate post and for the governorship. Despite the maneuvering which captured front pages for several weeks and was climaxed in the final-day return of McKay to file tor the Senate, the expected pri mary campaign battles failed to develop. McKay and his chief op ponent Hitchcock campaigned on an Eisenhower platform against Morse rather than against one an other. The same was true of Kefauver and Stevenson who both leveled their campaign barrages at the Eisenhower administration. Fluoridation Issue Additional interest was devel oped for the voters in Salem's 53 precincts 50 in Marion county and 3 in Polk) in the presence of measures to fluoridate the city's drinking water and for several bond issues All of Marion County's voters publican candidates for the coun ty's four House seats. Below the Senate race on tne fn. nni Dai Wiltflf cr competition for the top state' offices is between Wiley Smith: and Al M. Richardson for state treasurer and between Jason Lee and Donald H. Metheny for Cong- ress. Monroe Sweetland is unop- i posed for secretary of state, Rob ert Holmes (or governor, and i Robert T. Thornton for attorney general. In the county only Guy Jonas' name will appear on the Demo cratic ballot for representative though an organized write-in campaign is seeking support for Cecil Fames, Sheila Laue and Steve Anderson for the other IKmh ennlc lnillmKanl U UT iiuc ,-iinuij. i muni i- si o " . twoen Republicans Denver Young and T. Oliver Kickman for sher iff and between Leston Howell and Dr. John Ahlbin for coroner. S. W. Burris has no opposition for the Democratic nomination for sheriff, v County Clerk Henry Mattson, Treasurer Sam Butler, Surveyor A. D. Graham, School Superin tendent Agnes Booth and District Judge Edward O. Stadter Jr. are all unopposed. Leading the parade of early Salem voters today will be Mc Kay and Gov. Smith. The Mc I Kays will vote in their precinct 24 at 10 a m while the Smiths will cast their ballots in precinct ! 12 about 9 a.m. The governor will leave shortly after by plane , for Hermiston, but will return to Portland to await the election returns tonight. McKay and Hitchcock will also both watch i the count from Portland, j (Story alt Pag f, 8k. D IMrti Year Soy Federal Budget Surplus Expected our pi us ijApcuicu To Hit $1.8 Billion WASHINGTON (AD The ad ministration Thursday forecast a budget surplus at IIJOO.MHI, lot far the fiscal year 1951 ending June 30. This compares with 230 million predicted In the January budget The revised estimates were made public by Secretary of the Treasury Humphrey and Budget Director Perctval B run due. They said the administration expects budget receipts will to tal 67,70.0O,0O0 compared with an estimate of $64,500,. 000,000 in January. Budget expenditures were estimated at 16572,000,000 compared with a January fore cast of $04,270,000,000. FBI Arrests Three in Theft Of Document NEWARK. N. J. - The FBI Thursday arrested three business men and an Air Force sergeant in connection with the theft of a classified government document from the Brooklyn Army terminal. Three of them were arraigned before U. S. Commissioner Theo dore (X Kiscaras -at Rutherford and released in bail. The sergeant, Harold E. Brill, 28, who is married and the father of one child, was released in $500. He is stationed at the passenger movement division of the Brook lyn terminal. He is an eight-year Ail Force veteran. Released in bail of $5,000 each were Sidney M. Stern, 39, and Seymour S. Hindman, '39. owners of the Distinctive Emblem k Uni form Corp., East Orange. - A fourth man, Byrnat Ernest Schreiber, 43, owner of Schreib er't Snapshot Service, Linden, was arrested by the FBI at his home at Mlllburn, on a conspiracy charge. The FBI laid the document had been recovered by declined to give any details. Brill was picked up at the Man hattan Air Force Base, Brooklyn Brill is charged with the theft of the government document and the other three of conspiring with him. The charges brought against all four under the theft of govern ment property statute, which pro vides penalties ranging from three to five years in prison and fines of $2,000 to $10,000. Table Turned On Reporter Fred Zimmerman, longtime Capital Journal reporter, has copied down countless marriage license applications for his pa per's "News of Record" column. Thursday it happened to Fred. Among applications filed at the Marion County clerk's office was one carrying the names of Zimmerman and Maria Marta Buck, a Salem nurse. A widower, Zimmerman was all smiles as he and his future bride waited for the slip of paper he) has copied so many times for daily publication. No wedding date has been set, he said. Walter Dry School Chief After Quarter Century Retirement of Walter J. Dry (seated), superintendent of the State Blind School since 1931, was announced Thursday. He will be succeeded by Everett Wilcox (standing), Dry's present assistint. (Statesman Photo). 4 SECTIONS-40 PACES rooms; Temperaiure . HjHfc jBypaSS Pond i p 7 I jUaimS IOlltll From Salem A hot-weather swim in a Salem Bypass pond ended fatally for a 19-year-old Salem youth Thurs day afternoon and almost claimed the lives of his two companions. The body of Gary Hammerton, son cf Mr. and Mrs. John B. Ham-, merton. 1295 Shady Lane Dr., was dragged from ten feet of water by state police at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, about 45 minutes after the mis hap. Hugh Towery, 5585 Sunnyview Ave.. Salem, one of the trio which was swimming in the pond near the interchange of the Santiam Highway and the bypass, told how the drowning happened. He said he, Hammerton and Lloyd Agan, of Silverton Route 2, Box 94A, were swimming across the 150 yard wide pond when both Ham merton and Agan tired. Tragically Hammerton and Agan were only about ten yards from wading depth when they tired and went under. Towery said. He said he returned to help the half con scious Agan to the safety of the bank, and then plunged back in to aid Hammerton. But the drowning youth almost pulled him down too, he said. Towery's shouts for help were heard by another group of Salem swimmers on the other bank and part of them began diving for Hammerton while other youths ran to the highway for assistance. State policeman Norman Johnson, patrolling nearby, rushed to the scene and made several diving at tempts in the murky waters. Other state policemen and first aidmen were on the scene1 a few minutes later and began dragging operations from the bank, but Hammerton's body was not recov ered until a boat was brought into action. (Add. details, nag 4. see. 1.) High Court Accepts Lane County Case The Oregon Supreme Court Thursday accepted jurisdiction in mandamus proceedings brought by Lane County District Attor ney Eugene Venn to challenge the legality of the recently em paneled Lane County grand jury. The high court directed issu ance of a write returnable at 10. a.m. next Wednesday. The proceedings are directed agsinst Circuit Judge Frank B. Reid and County Clerk .Harry Chase. Judge Reid empaneled the jury to' investigate whether the funds of Moses Moody, peniten tiary Inmate, had been embez zled. Venn contends the jury was drawn from an illegally compiled list. Gov. Elmo Smith Thursday asked Attorney General Robert Y. Thornton for his opinion on enlarging the scope of the attor ney general's investigation in Lane County, including the charges and statements involv ing irregularities in jury lists. The governor's request fol lowed -an open letter in the Eu gene Register-Guard appealing to him to "use your powers in di recting an impartial investigation of all charges." Resigns as NUNDBD 1651 The Oregon Statesman, Exhausted ki.u Mii ftrt TtaailJ W Sales youth, who drwwswsl Thmnday afternoon In a nana near the Bale bypass Niitheart of tk city, la the foregronnd Salesa First Aii Captain Bofcert Blegaa Ulks U Uoy Agan, ef SUver ton, whe narrowly escaped death In the dee water ef tht send. 8Udlag la the water Is State Pa trolman Norma Jehu whe made several dim in attempt to men tht yauth. (Statessnaa IPlMto by John Erickten). . ' - - - ; Police Probe Coos County Sky Blasts COQUILLE in The Sheriff's office checked reports that three unexplained explosions occurred at high altitudes In Southern Coos County Thursday afternoon. Sheriff Charles M. Strawn said a deputy sent to Powers reported residents told him an explosion seemed, to occur directly over the town. Some said there was a burst of smoke. There was no damage. Strawn said there was specula tion "this and two other reported explosions could have been caused by gun fire from Naval maneuvers off the Southern Oregon Coast. However, the 13th Naval District Headquarters at Seattle said no maneuvers were being conducted in the area. The Coast Guard here also reported no knowledge of any exercises. CREW BELIEVED DEAD OTTAWA (,Tt-Royal Canadian Air Force officers said Thursday they believe the pilot and navi gator of a VF100 jet fighter were dead or unconscious before the plane crashed into a convent rest home Tuesday, killing 15 persons. State Blind Walter J. Dry, who drew na tional attention to the State Blind School in his 25 years as super intendent, has retired from the position, it was announced Thurs day by the State Board of Con trol. Dry, who leaves the institution under the State Retirement Act, will be sucreeded by Assistant Supt. Everett Wilcox. The new superintendent assumes his duties late in June. Dry has served as superintend ent of the Blind School since August 25, 1931. During his ad ministration population of the school has more than doubled and several new buildings have been completed. Board of Control members said Dry was one of the state's most outstanding administrators and was responsible for many import ant innovations at the school. Dry indicated he would enjoy a needed rest and would remain in Salem. Wilcox has served in several capacities at the school, includ - ing principal and teacher, since 1942. From 1946 to 1949 Wilcox was ... ,, . . . associated with the Veterans Ad- ministration in Portland as a vo- ...... ii i. i, ti ll'duiuiai ruuiauwn tti"' graduated from The Dalles High School and attended Willamette i University. He ilso was in mill Itary service during World War II. Salem, Oregon, Friday, May II, Swimmer Tells t ' : 4 .. :. kmi Vatrelaun Robert Barnes drai Representative , For Nudist Camp 'Smile Adorned' OLYMPIA W It may have been the hot weather but these are the facts the bare facts maam of a complaint some Olympia girls registered with the Thurston County sheriff's office.. They reported a tall man driv ing a black coupe and wearing a hat, glasses, pair of shoes and a smile approached them as they were walking along Walnut Road. When their jaws fell open he explained "I am a representative for a nudist colony" and drove off. June Jury to Weigh Vice PORTLAND ( -Atty. Gen. Robert Y. Thornton said Thurs day a Multnomah County grand jury investigation into charges of vice and corruption would be de layed until June. Judge Alfred P. Dobson said he Would not call a new grand jury until June 4 and Thorntwi indi cated he preferred to take the in vestigation before a new grand jury. The investigation by Thornton was ordered by Gov. Elmo Smith after The Oregonian said in a se ries of copyrighted articles that Seattle gamblers had tried to gain control of vice and rackets in Port land. Shot Wounds Oregon Man MILWAUKIE. Ore - Gilbert Alfred Beisell, 45, Gladstone, was shot through both legs as he sat down at the counter of a restau rant here Thursday Police Chief O. (). Nichols of Milwaukie said a pistol was fired by patrolman Royal Sherwood as Sherwood examined the gun. The Weather Mii. Mln. Prrr SS M M S4 trace . .r.ur m (to 4 .no 75 s. on 9S SO 1X1 S!l 54 UU K 5 tra.f . . hS 47 trace B.'i oi SALEM Portland linker . . . Medford North Bend .... Rosrburg San Francwco . Lo Anfcles Nc Vmk ' ni3,";. V ,Rlv,r 1 " , VS.""" SiTr,, except f i r e.nlv nwuning clou(lmr; i"dv and st;.rd. a rhm,- oi valtrrrri thunder himi'rH this cve- nln, , ,., ,, h,h ,dlV sn(t Sat.irdav aim ' 8" and ti-e io t- niriii VI Tf inner ilill r it 12 (H n, tullay , u i f Y'"rr' I'J".? sent i ,'wT i.t u.r Normal j 44 .7 w 72 r h PtlC! 5 of Tragedy M far the Ui at Gary HamnertM, Inmate Dies In Alabama Prison Riot (Ptctwe en Wlrephett Page) By F. T. MACFEELY RA1FORD. Ala. ( One con vict was shot to death and eight wounded Thursday in a short lived mystery riot at state prison. Warden Dcwitt Sinclair said 225 of the 2,539 prisoners were the troublemakers but that they re fused to say why. He said several groups hadn't eaten some of their meals recent ly but "this wasn't a hunger strike. There were Just 10 or 15 agitators." There are 1,571 white prisoners in the prison. All the rioters were believed to be white. Sinclair said he thought this was the case even though I of the 11 injured were Negroes. He said he didn't know how the two Ne groes got into the front ranks of the rioters, where all those shot were advancing toward armed guards at an inner gate. Apparently the prisoners were not trying to escape, Sinclair said. but were trying to break into the dining hall and kitchen. The prison is about 45 miles west of Jacksonville. It is one of the few in the country enclosed by a fence instead of a wall. The shooting came when a small group of prisoners armed with baseball bats tried to force their way through an open gate to get into the dining room. A gun squad of a dozen guards warned them to stand back but Sinclair said "some of them just decided they could take the guns and started to bull their way through So we had to fire." Sinclair said one work squad Tuesday relused to eat the noon meal of beans, sidemeut and bread "about all you can get at times out here in the country. They said they were tired of beans." QUEEN CROWNED SPOKANE Wi - Shari Lyn Fain, 21. was crowned queen of the Spokane Lilac Festival Thursday night. NORTHWKST I.KAdl'E At Salem S, Trl-Clty 7. At Euiene S. Lewlstnn 1 At Yakima 8. Spokane 14. PACIFIC COAST I.EAGI'E At Vancouver 4. Portland I. At l.os AnRelrs 6 Sacramento 1. At Snn Francisco 0. San Diego 1. Al Seattle 3. Hollvwood II MKRIC.N I CACH E At t'hicaeo :l. New York in. At Kansas t'ltv I. Boston 6. At Detroit Hattnrore rain. Only games scheduled. NATIONAL I.RAOl'E At New York 3. Milwaukee 7, At Philadelphia 4 St. Louii S, At Pittsburgh I. Chicago 4, Only f amci achadultd. . 1954 Reading Heat Record By LAIKY HOBAiVr 1 Staff Writer, Tht Statesman The temperature rose to 95 in Salem Thursday to male it the hottest day in May-oa record here. -r Previous May high was on Mav 13. 193a when the mer cury hit 94. according to weather bureau records at aicNary field which date back to U92. Thursday's 95 also set i new record for early spring tempera tures. Earliest recorded tempera ture of 95 degrees wai June 7, 1933. : Ccaler weather it expected to day and Saturday with a high of 80, the weather' bureau Hid. Thunder showers may hit tht area this evening. It will prob ably be continued fair except for . early morning cloudiness today; and Saturday with low tonight of 50, the forecast said. Lightning Stem ' ' A brief lightning storm struck the North Santiam canyon Thurs day afternoon but no fires wert spotted, the Detroit ranger sta tion reported. Kim leu in tne high country but only' a few sprinkles wert felt in Detroit A debris ftrt about 5 p in humed over about on acre at Detroit No buildings wert dam aged. Two tankers, a portablt pump and zo men were empioyta to squelch the blaze. High Unmldity ; flUUUUilJ tin Its gU VAc:v ridges fell to 25, tht station said. A low of 28 was recorded at tnt Detroit station. Temperature at the Dallas lire protection headquarters- hit 93 and relative numiuny oroppea so 31 Thursday, f. M. Henderson, district warden, reported. - Humidity dropped to 20 on . high ridges between Valsetx and Dallas due to a dry east "wind, Henderson Mia. In lower treat many operators were able to keep on working, he reported. F (rests Drying Forest and slash areas am "drying fast," Henderson said, increasing fir dangers. , At Valseti tha temperature, rose to 95 and humidity feD to a low of 26. Loggers came in from camps about 10 a.m. as tha . humidity hit 30. Western Oregon loggers are reauired by law tt) shut down operations when tht relative humidity falls below 30. , Cross Fired In Louisiana NEW ORLEANS Un --An eight- foot fiery cross was ignited 1st Thursday night on the grounds of the residence of Catholic Arch bishop Joseph Francis Rummel tf New Orleans. The wooder. gasoline-soaked cross was propped against a wire fence in front oi otre Jamn . seminary which adjoins the arch bishop's residence. Firemen, summoned by I piss ing motorist, quickly put out the blaze. The archbishop has been criti cized in recent months tor hi condemnation of racial segrega tion, -. f HydrogenShot Again Delayed USS MT. McKINLEY, OFT BIKINI ITi The H-Bomb test was postponed Friday just 41 minutes before the scheduled shot time and with s B52 jet bomber speeding toward the tar get with the potent test weapon aboard. The postponement for it least two more days because of un favorable wind conditions was the ninth delay in the Shot Cherokee test blast, originally scheduled for May 8 (May 7, U S. date). Scheduled for 9:51 p.m. Thurs day. PST. it was called off be cause of possibility of radioactive fallout over inhabited islands in the Marshalls. ROSKBt R(i HIKES MILK PRICE ROSE 111 'RG Two Roseburg dairies have boosted the price of milk a cent a gallon. One other i said the one-cent raisa would go j into clfect June 1. i Rides to Polls Offered Today Anyone wishing l ride to the polls may call either the Salem Junior Chamber of Commerce at 3-3175 i Capital Chevrolet) or the sheriffs office (44401). The junior chamber Is sponsor ing an all-out effort between 8 a m and 5 p.m. to boost the vote The sherff ' office has the names of several persons who have volunteered to take any one to the polls. All-Tune May
