The Weather 1. w mmw mm M0 Salei.froiri 0 & C lands this fiscal year will pass $20,000,000, with disposal of over 600,000,000 board feet. Receipts will not run that high because there Is always a lag between sales and cutting and payment. Soon, however, the receipts will run around $25,000,000 annually of which one-half will go to the 18 counties in Western Ore gon in which these revested lands lie. A reinventory now in progress showed at last report an annual allowable cut of 614 million board fret on a sustained yield basis. Since forests can be renewed, this resource is not exhaustible like petroleum and ores, but one which under proper management will be! perpetual. i An important announcement in! this regard was made at a meeting of the O it C advisory board last week. Frank Sever stated that the executive committee for the O k C counties is recommending an allot ment of $1,000,000 for restocking of eutover or burned over lands not in reproduction. This area runs to some 100,000 acres. Under the law the counties arc entitled to 75 per cent of gross receipts from the lands. They have assented, how ever'; to a diversion of 25 per cent to go to road construction and now one million for rehabilitation. While in many instances forest lands reseed themselves with mer chantable species, in many in stances this doesn't happen and the land grows up to brush or unde sirable species. So the. practice is rwing among timberland owners reseed or replant an area soon after cutting. Aerial seeding is much cheaper and faster, costing frrm $8 to $10 an acre. Planting of anirsery stock costs around $30 an (Continued on editorial page, 4.) Two-Thirds of Registered Voters Vote An unexpected and unusual two-thirds of Marion County's registered voters cast ballots in the primary election last Friday, incomplete totals of the county clerk's office showed Tuesday. Complete figures on the turn out will not be available until an official canvas of the election is completed in about a week, according to Clerk Henry Matt son. Percentage figures of the reg istered voters was based on the county zoning issue which polled 31,298 votes, the largest accorded any measure or candidate com bination in the county. That to tal is 66.1 per cent of the 47,349 eligible voters. It was expected that some 200 to 300 voters did not vote on the j battle and the later Anzio beach zoning measure. If so many as i landing were "totally unneces 300 did not vote it would bring ' sary and planned by some squir- the percentage figure up over the 66J3 percentage mark Mattson commended election boards Tuesday for their work in handling the large number of voters and multiplicity of ballots, particularly in the city where vot ing was the heaviest. "As a whole, I think the election boards did an excellent job," he said. Several bond measures and the fluoridation issue, coupled with a close contest between Salem's Douglas McKay and Philip Hitch cock for the Renuhliran nnmina ' tion for U.S. Senate, brought out i a 70 per cent vote in Salem pre cincts. The county total was some eight per cent higher than fore cast. Columbia at Record Level PORTLAND uju-A record water level for the season was reached Tuesday on the Columbia River at Vancouver, Wash. The Weather Bureau reported. The river climbed 1.4 feet in 24 hours tn a level of 21 2 feet, more than siv feet above flood stage The year's previous high was 20 3 feel on April 2" and 2!t The Willamette River at Port - land, which is backed up by the Columbia, rose to 21 feet, three feet over flood level. Forecasters said 23-foot readings were ex pected at both stations by Sunday, i Damage is minor when the river reaches these levels. DOG ON ELEPHANT'S SIDE Margret Lichtencheler, 61, Bay City, was treated Tuesday : afternoon for a dog bite reported-; ly received while passing out Democratic campaign literature on Route 3. first aidmen said. WILBERT T I IRF1 I V ilftiatvki " A 106rh Yaar Dseimlhioeir Kitten Performs Balancing Feat With Feet ' . ,, V f ' 4 " ' ' , ...... - v 1 ", , , ' , i V- : , N 'i -- - : "Peewee," this eight week 61d Siamese kitten was abandoned by his mother at birth. Mrs. T. J. Owens, 2736 llulsey Ave., began caring for him and started feedings with a toy baby bottle. Now the pint sited orphan holds the bottle with all four feet whenever fed a feat few babies of similar age can perform. (Statesman Photo by John Ericksen). Truman Views Battle Sites, Terms Anzio, Salerno Landings III -Planned SALERNO, Italy UP - Harry S. Truman looked with an old soldier's eye Tuesday on the site of the bloody World War II battle of Salerno. The ex-President, a World War I Artillery officer, then said the rel-headed general. Who the general was and where the ultimate responsibility lay Strawberry Crop Picking Set to Start HILI.SBORO i First com-' mercial picking of Oregon's straw- Dorry croP wm el unner waV Wednesday at the 20-acrc patch , on tneKossrurjy larmnear nere. Furby Tuesday called (or 100 pickers. He said that the berries had made a good comeback after the , of the Allied landing forces of " ?. u?.7',hn -,.h i; irmv inrl.Mine Rri-! ' "rf1. . lucre is a nt'avy m-i ui unusually:"-" large fruit. He said the lack of dense foliage may increase the hazard of the fruit drying up in hot weather. Many other Willamette Valley growers are expected to start their harvests Saturday. The Weather Mil. Mln. Prrrlp. . SO 4 .1 IMI Salrm I'ottland linker Mi'dlnrd Norln Brnd -San Francisco fa Hit 48 411 51 00 IK) HI M S.I fi? 112 70 49 511 55 Oil nil no Oil .1;"" Ancrlrs ! NwYork" ! Budget Election Friday In Salem School District Voters in Salem School Dis-1 trict will march to the polls again priday for the second time in cjht days, this time to decide nn un()s t0 opcrate their schools (or tn, COming vear. But in this election thev won't face the task of signing the poll eludes all of Salem and most sub book. An opinion by Attorney urabn communities. Each of the General Robert Y. Thornton, re- school precincts generally in- quested by the State Department of Education, says the poll book signature regulation passed by the 1955 Legislature does not ap ply to school elections. Voting, at a school bond elec tion here last Feb. 6 before the opinion was handed rlowfi, a slowed considerably by the sig nature detail in precincts where several hundred cast ballots. At issue in the Friday ballot- ing from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m will be $1,629,316.27 over the 6 per cent limitation which the school bnard and its citizens' budget committee have decided is need ed for school operations for 1956 57. If approved it would result in a total tax levy of 2,393,5T7. Actually the school budget for next year is a considerably larger H137.000, but the balance 2 SECTIONS-24 PACES 'Vmmimm.mmi HmiJ .1, W upa n n n ' liilillil)lllMJ.,'W!lPM''llIIMIll'11"1 PI 'I.J were questions without answers. Truman, touring Europe with Mrs, Truman, was a U.S. senator from Missouri whefl the battles of Salerno and Anzio were fought by invading American and British troops in 1943-44. He finished his fighting days on the Western. Great Britain. Front in France in 1918 as a cap-1 "As commander of the 5th Army, tain, was discharged as a major, whose American and British troops and now Is a colonel. Handed at both these places. I re- Quiet Village ; Salerno was a quiet holiday vil- lace before the war and has be come so since. The former Prcsi-1 dent gave his negative opinion of'g Tl..-.. the slrategv behind the Allied al tack on Sept. 8, 1943. after he i saw the beach nd the rugged cliffs behind it. He told newsmen he didn't know who decided to launch the Allied attack on the Italian mainland at Salerno. The Allies had already conquered Sicily. tas,(,r "'aces "There were a lot of easier j,ecn places that rouia nave Deen picked." Truman added. ' (Icrman guns hidden in the hills behind the beach took a great toll . ' L h T . Lt. lien. .MarK w. uarK. inc troops were part of the 11th Army group commanded by British Gen. Sir Harold R.L G. Alexander, now Field Marshal Viscount Alexander of Tunis. Truman's criticism of the grand strategy of the Allied landings in Italy renewed an old controversy that has flared periodically since they were planned. Jointly Planned r.n n.-.rk nnm nrosirli-nt nf The Citadel, South Carolina military , college at Charleston, emphasized , Tuesday that the landings wore jointly planned. Commenting on I Truman's remarks, he said: comes from other sources includ- ing basic school support funds voted by the Legislature from ! state income tax receipts Voting is scheduled in 17 school election precincts in Mar- ion and Polk counties which in- dude several regular election precincts. Following so close on the heels of last Friday's Primary election, turnout is expected to be small and far below the record vote of (.389 who cast ballots in the Feb ruary bond issue election to fi nance two new junior high schools. Voting places Friday will be t Highland, Washington, Grant, Englewood. Richmond, Leslie Junior High North Salem High, Garfield, West Salem, and ad- ministration office, ill inside the city, and at Morningside, Four Corners, Keizer, Hayesville, Rob erts, Liberty and Brush College schools outside the city. The two Polk County polling places are at West Silem and Brush College. - Type5' Fa "The Italian campaign with its landings, initially at Salerno and later at Anzio, was a part of the grand Allied strategy of World War II, conceived and directed by the Allied governments i n v o lv e d, namely the United States and ceived and carried out orders from higher headquarters." (JUII. JU11119UI1 Takes Over Texas Demos DALLAS, Tex. W A shouting demonstrating Texas Democratic convention Tuesday put Sen. Lyn don Johnston firmly in the saddle - ..,.. ,, . u . "' ' .'J I ill nil iuic NiKiii iiwui uuimu nun " "; '"" i was "lively small re- versal for Johnson and it gave a clean sweep to the Democratic Advisory Council generally known as the party loyalty-liberal wing in Texas. The council named Byron Skel ton as national committeeman and Mrs. R. D. Randolph as commit teewoman. The council is one of several groups Johnson welded to gether for his "unity" program. But the convention gave the Senate majority leader almost everything he asked before it ad- jnurned after 12 hours and 45 min- ulps of on. I). iver of Motor Scooter Faces Drunk Charge Patrolman James A. Hamer has stopped a lot of drunk drivers in nine years with the state police but he said the man he charged Tuesday night was the first he ever arrested on a motor scooter. Listed as Fred Herschcl Russell of Sutherlin me man was ar- rested weaving north on Highway 99 E near Hubbard, Hamer said. He said he was on his way to Yakima, Wash., Hamer added. NORTHWEST LEAOCI At Twltton IS, Salem 9. At Kufrne 6. Yakima 1 .. At Spokana 3, Wcnatrhta 0. pacific coast leagis Al Portland 1 Hniiywnnfl 4 At l,oa AnlM 7. San Dio 11 At Sarramento 3. San F-nls,o S At Vanrmivrr 1, Sattl d AMERICAN I.KAGLE At Detroit J. Nf Ynrk 1 At Cleveland 3 Ronton 3 At ChlraKo Baltimore, rain At Kanaaa City . Waihlnitnn 1. NATIONAL LEAOl'E At Brooklyn t, Mllwaukle 7. At New York 1, Cincinnati At Philadelphia Chlraso. rain. At Pittsburgh I, It. Louis S. POUNDBD 1651 The Oregon Statesman, Salam, Oregon, Wednesday, May 2 Face Wiretap Charges Grand Jury Aims Indictments at Portland Men PORTLAND -The Multnomah County grand jury Tuesday in dicted James B. Klkins, 55, and Raymond F. Clark, 33, both or Portland, on charges of illegal wire tapping. The indictment accused Elkins and Clark of "willfully and unlaw fully" obtaining "all or part of I private telecommunication be tween William M. Langley and Dorothea B. Anderson." Langley is the county district attorney and Dorothea Anderson is his private' secretary. i Elkins, who has said he is In the machine service business,! played a prominent role in The Oregonian's recent series of copy righted articles asserting that! Seattle gamblers had tried and failed to open up gambling and vice enterprises here. Recordings of telephone conver sations were seized by county police in a raid at Clark's home last Thursday night. The Oregon Journal has said these recordings were of telephone conversations between various persons involved in the vice investigation. The Oregoman has said it ob tained from Elkins much of the information, including tape record ings of room conversations, used In the vice series. These record ings did not figure in Tuesday's indictment. The newspaper's articles led to an investigation headed by Atty. Gen. Robert Y. Thornton. Besides the wire tapping indict ment, Clark was Indicted along with. His wife and another wo. an. Sonny Martin, on charges of il legal possession of slot machines, Woman Freed In Bombing Plot at M&F PORTLAND - A directed verdict of innocent Tuesday freed Mrs. Joyce Keller of charges of complicity in the April, 1955, ex tortion bombing at the Meier and Frank Co. department store here. Circuit Judge Martin W. Hawkins returned the directed verdict and told the jury "you can't be bound by hearsay evidence." Mrs. Keller testified in her own defense Tuesday, denying any part in the bombing plot. William Clar ence Peddicord, Mrs. Keller's blind brother-in-law. has confessed i the bomhins and was sentrncH to I . - - - - 20 years in prison He had accused Mrs. Keller of helping him plot the bombing but later said he alone was responsi ble. Peddicord refused to testify at her trial and was held in con tempt of court. Trailer Mishap Breaks Skull Of Salem Tot A two-year-old Salem girl was hospitalized Tuesday evening with ' a skull fracture and concussion received when she tried to swing on the tongue of a pickup trailer and it fell on her head. The girl, Frances Flaine Blum enstein, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Blumenstcin Jr., was rush ed unconscious by Willamette Am bulance to Salem General Hospi tal, where attendants said her con dition was "pretty good." The girl's father said her injuries were fracture and concussion. The accident occurred about 7 20 ! n m al ihi Rlnmrnstpin home ' 390S rjjvercrest Dr. i OSEA to Sponsor July 4th Pageant Council of the Oregon State Em ployes Association voted Tuesday night to sponsor Salem'i July 4th pageant, tentatively named Cherry Valley Festival. James Daniels, executive secre- Jiary of the association, was named general chairman for the festival. He said one of the first aims is to enlist cooperation of various civic and service groups Tentative plans for the festival include boat races, queen's contest, parade and other features. TIMBER OPTION TAKEN GRANTS PASS & -Bate Lum ber Co.. extensive timber operator at Merlin, has taken an option to purchase the Robert Dollar Co. holdings at Glendale. I3JU Rescue Boat Ready for Duty h Latest addition to Rilem's boat oopnbUoa U a men craft (above) to bo ued for emergentlet on the Willamette River. The trim, IIfoot outboard motor boat was boilt and will bo operated tj members of the Willamette Search and Rescne Unit, most of whom are members of the city police force. Shown inspecting equipment after the craft's launching this week la PoUco Pltrolman Leon ard Skinner, captain of the unit's water division. (Statesman photo). Search, Rescue Team Builds Emergency Boat By JERRY STONE Staff Writer, The Statesman - ' Newest boat on the Salem waterfront isn't pleasure craft. It's a rescue boat to be used for river emergencies. The 20-foot cabin craft, brainchild and property of the Willamette Search and Rescue Unit, had its maiden launching on Monday. Some 20 members of the unit, most of them volunteers from the city police force, built the craft with an eye on the sharp increase in boating and the greater possibili ties of river mishaps. The trim boat, carrying grap pling irons, first aid kit and other emergency equipment, will be on call 24 hours a day. Off-duty offi cers will largely man it but at times when seconds count on-duty members will rush into action. Standby Duty Functions of the river emer gency operation will include stand by duty at such events as the boat races scheduled this Sunday. Unit members took about a year and a half to build the boat using their own time and considerable money from their own pockets. A number of Salem merchants con tributed toward equipment includ ing an outboard motor which will push the boat up to 20 miles an hour. Value of the craft is esti mated at about .$2,500. The new boat adds to facilities of the search and rescue unit which .Ireadv has a Diane niiar- r - - tered at McNary Field fur use in aerial emergencies. Three Divisions Police Patrolman Leonard Skin ner is captain of the unit's water rescue division, Sgt. Walter Ksplin heads the air division and Patrol man LaVerne Jenness captains the land division. "She took to the water well." said Skinner of the maiden launch ing. Boat commander is Patrol man Leslie Elkins, with Stan Ness as assistant commander and Pa trolman Merle Combs as finance officer. Mooring base is near the Salem Boat House, 100 Chemeketa St. Hope It Saves Lives "The boat took a lot of work and time and some money." said Skinner, "but we hope it will save some lives on the river." No name reportedly will grace the white, grey-trimmed rescue craft. Clothes Bundle Left hy Prowlers Prowlers in a barn at 1116 Mis sion St. apparently took nothing, but left a bundle of clothing, Mrs. Keith Powell told Salem police Tuesday night. The clothing, a man's suit, four shirts and woman's dress, plus two torn sheets, all the worse for wear, was turned over to police. Today's Statesman Page Sec. Classified .........21-23 II Come the Dawn ;.4".."t' Comics 20 II Crossword ., ,21 II Editorials 4 I Homo Panorama 6, 7 I Markets .... Obituaries Radio, TV .. Sports Star Gator 21 II 21 II 1 II 13-15 II ...:.12 I Valley Newt ..10,11. Wl rep bote Page 20. ..I Jl 23, If 5 IPassedl Iby Seima'Se n i ' . : . r ' . -1 ... j ' Gas Company Name Change Plan Blocked PORTLAND The Portland Gas and Coke Company appar ently will keep its name as is for the time being. Stockholders were told at their annual meeting here that lt would be impossible, at least for now, to take the name of Northwest Natural Gai Company because an officer of that company had pro tested. The Portland Gas and Coke Company had approved taking on the name of Northwest Natural Gas Company some time ago, ef fective when the former company converts to natural gas sometime in August. Charles II. Gueffroy, president of Portland Gas, said the North west Natural Gas Company, a Delaware corporation, originally had intended to pipe in gas from Alberta to the Northwest but had been denied an export permit by the Canadian government. Its name, however, still is on file with the corporation's commis sioners of Oregon and Washing ton. More Warm Days On Area Forecast The Salem area's tropic-like weather is going to continue at least for a couple more days, ac cording to forecasters at McNary Field. 01' Sol's rays pushed the mer cury to M Tuesday and similar temperatures are in the outlook for today and Thursday. 'Broomstick Balancing' Keep Satellite Rocket on By FRANK E. CAREY WASHINGTON ( A tricky "broomstick balancing" system will be built into the rocket that launches the first baby moon satellite into outer tpace, lt was disclosed Tuesday night Engineer Peter Freeman of the Glenn L. Martin Co. of B 1 t-i-nvo-rev- Navy-appointed prime contractor for the satel lite launching vehicle, disclosed the plans in a talk prepared for the Washington section of the Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE). Freeman described in some detail the prospective control mechanism for the unusual fin less rocket that will jitney the satellite into a globe-encircling path. The satellite's orbit will carry it in an elliptical course met it on Willamette Work on New PortlandHotel To Start Soon - ' -' '-.-1 . -..T i -PORTLAND t Construction of a Sheraton Motel hero will get under way this summer. " r The proposed bote Is to be located in the Lloyd development, oot far from the site where the city's eight million dollar sports center probably will be located. Sheraton officials In Omaha,. Neb., announced that the Portland hotel is among four being planned. It Is estimated to cost K.SOO.OOO, and will have 325 rooms. Bomb Threat Aims at Paper In Portland PORTLAND ( The Oregonlan received a telephoned bombing threat Tuesday night, but the deadline passed and nothing hap pened. A man with a "gruff voice" called The Oregonian switchboard operator, Mildred Jellum. and said: "Say, I want to give you a little tip. You know what hap pened to the Los Angeles Times? The Oregonian and the Greyhound bus depot are going to be blown up within the hour." The man then hung up. No call was received by the bus depot. When notified by The Oregonian of the throat. Chuck W. Young, night dispatcher, started to evacu ate the building. But he decided to continue business as usual after police searched the structure and found nothing suspicious. The reference to the Los Angeles Times apparently was to recall the 1910 bombing of the building, dur ing a labor dispute, in which 21 person's were killed. SLAYER TRIES SL'ICIDE PORTLAND jl -Roy F. Brc dahl, 40, charged with first-degree murder in the slaying of his girl friend and her mother, attempted suicide again Monday night after giving police a signed statement about the shootings. that will vary from 200 to per haps 1,300 miles above the earth's surface. The huge, 72-foot three-stage rocket will be controlled in its upward flight, he said, by an electronic and mechanical sys tem based on the same princi ple used by a small boy "to bal ance a broomstick oa hi! nana He explained that the rocket bearing the satellite in its nose will be kept from wob bling, swerving or rolling end-over-end in much the same way a youngster keeps a broomstick in his hnd by moving his hand from side to side or forward and back. In the cue of the rocket ve hicle, Freeman said, the trick will be accomplished in this way: -on Fair tnaay. tonurn'. and Thuraaayi Sit bom days Mar M, low loalnl Temperature at 11M am. today wae IS WUIametU lUvtf I I at f " Z IALEM MtCflNTATION 1 1 flare Start of Weather Ttar Sea t ThU Vear Lat Tear Konmi M.M M.71 J7.M No. 57 Action by 4 aV Due Soon Soil Bank Plan Included, Price ; 5 Supports Sliced g WASHINGTON . (APV-TheE Senate accepted a compromiser version of trie "second round" . farm bill Tuesday, passing it on a voice vote and lending it :1 to the House, where leRisla-,-tive action may be completed- ? Wednesday, , The bill it tailored closely U' President Eisenhower's pattern.-. Its big feature is a f tjoo.ooo.ooa toil bank system for paying farm eri to cut down their production' , The bill was agreed upon by a Senate-House Conference Commit.-, tot earlier In the day. Prospectg; eav.at w vi an)M awl m Ifl ' Vt CflWIV. - House vote and for Eisenhower'!; acceptance of the measure a a"; substitute for the bill he vetoed f April ll. antataWf Kri rtKt fie o . fotfAKlai'. Laktwam Ceaimeota Top farm spokesmen for both t parties were lukewarm In their -comments on the compromise dur ing the Senate debate, which lash ed less than aa hour. n ;." Sen Ellender (D-La). ehalrmaa of the Senate-House Conference -Committee, contented himself with . explaining the provisions of the agreement and calling, them lair." - , .- , Trade Made ,:! ' In the conference, the Senate;". agreed to drop its provision that the toil bank need not bo out ta operation this year la return for r House acceptance of lenerall ? lower price tupporta for feed Bureau. MrNsrr field. Baleml: grains. :-..: One of the main reasons why E1-' senbower killed the tint farm bill " was that it provided for a return: . to high, rigid price supports for " basic crops. As for the toll bank, the House had voted to require Secretary of ( Agriculture Benson to start it op i crating wis year; the senate Had , said only that he should do to to the extent practicable. Although the House language. - accepted by the conferees, directs! Benson to start the program this year, it is not expected to get into ! full twing until next year J Ellender and Rep. Cooley (!. NO, chairman of the House agri: culture committee, reported the-' compromise on feed grains would insure tupporta of at least 71 per cent of parity this year for oati, . rye, barley and sorghums, without any planting or marketing rettrio . tiont. Next year the growers would felV at least 70 per cent supports, and these could be higher if a corn-;; parable higher support it alloweif v for corn grown outside acreage; allotments. , !j The feed grain agreement would;, eliminate another feature ot thetj ' T , 1.111 ik., ,1 ' nuuav uiu tutu was uujcvuunauiar 2 to the administration tying feed grains to commercial corn for sup--; port purposes and fixing the tup.,! port level S percentage pointi be low that for commercial core, i Under such a method, feed grains j would have been supported thla year at BlVi per cent of parity for ' farmers who cut their acreage II per cent. 'Do It YourstlrV Does it fast with a low cost want-ad by telling saw and jointer the first day this ad appeared , , . FOR BALI It" ItelU aaw t" Jointer with extraa, with 1 HP Motor. t0 eondtUoft. Fh. I-IIU. (ThU ad east l0-t Day) Make life easier and more economical with Want-Ada. Phone 44811. System to Right Path Gyroscopes will be use1 with- ' in the rocket as "reference" ! guides to an accurate path.' But, if the rocket shows a tendency to get off the beam, ' various control gadgets will take over. These gadgets will be tied la ' with the rocket's propelling-. motors which will be arranged eiriiptvett-The pivot allow the motors to automatic- ally tilt and proved directional ' changes in the stream of ex haust gasei surging from the' vehicle's stern. .. It will be these changes la' the direction of thrust that will', keep tbo vehicle from pitching' like a boat, "yawing" from tide! to tide, or rohi&g awd-overead.-" ,il