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ke's Veto Chops 'Muiftimillibn -bilar iprojerts dod iregjoon' The Wcaljicr Today's forecast: Partly cloudy today, tonight and Sunday. High today 71 and Iho low tonight 46. (CmlM npnt pmgt I) IMth Ytar Dip Mum To hii widely approved vetoes of the (arm bill with its loading of 90 per cent parity and the bill exempting natural gas producers ' from rate regulation. President Kisenhower has added another. On Friday he rejected a bill passed by Congress which author ized $16 billion in new projects (or rivers and harbors. The rea son he gave was that Congress had acted on incomplete informa tion about some of the proposals. Since the bill was only an author- izationbill. with no money ap propriated, the delay need not be serious. A new authorization bill based on study of adequate in formation can be passed at the next session. Rivers and harbors Improve ment bills have been favorites in Congress so long it is something of a sensation for one n( them to , cot the axe at the White House. These bills are Usually promoted hy the National Congress on Riv ers and Harbors which is just about the tightest organization for effective political work of any in the country. Congressman Over ton of Louisiana is its chairman. Other members .of congress are on its list of officers or directors.. It is in eflect the political arm of the Corps of Engineers, I'SA. support is proviaea Dy me multi tude of shipping interests and the various communities which are always eager to promote local de velopment at government ex pense; ' For yean the rivers ana har bors bill was branded as the chief pork barrel of Congress. In later years Congress adopted a policy of requiring examination and re - port by the Corps on all proposed ' projects, and this has served to Ceatlaaed editerial page i.t "Work Starts On Zirconium Site at Albany ALBANY. Ore -The Wan Chang Corp. o( New York City Friday began laying out a site 'for a new plant to make zirconium because of increased demand by the gov ernment for that metal, essential in constructing atomic reactors. The corporation, which took over on lease the government's zircon ium pilot plant here in May, com pleted purchase of a 4.acre site two miles northeast of Albany Thursday, and began driving stakes Friday. Lawton Ginger, Atomic Energy Commission director for the Pitts burgh area, said the AEC has in creased its order for zirconium from the corporation. The government developed its pilot plant for zirconium through the Bureau of Mines laboratory here. The pilot plant was closed some time ago, however, and zir conium production for the AFX was taken over by a privately owned plant in the east. Earlier this year the AFC in creased its demand for zirconium, and the pilot plant was put up for lease. The Wah Chang Corp. took it over on a two-year contract with the government. Fcarj)fHaircul Fatal lo Child, 53 NEW YORK to - Terrified by the prospect of having his long curly hair cut for the first time, five-year-old Roberto Gutrervez locked himself in the bathroom of his parents' apartment Friday night. He then climbed to the window-sill, fell four floors to a rear court, and was killed. WILBERT ti wt. Mem. I can't reed, hew would I knew It said 'hotter f the twlKhr Langley PlDluib t' - ' ' mt ' ' 2 SECTIONS-M PACES Riled, Wrecks. Camera Vice Probe Figure Objects PORTLAND, Ore. Dist. Arty. William langloy advance upon photographer Allan delay as pic ture was snapped. Tho District attorney, arraigned minutes before on charges stemming from a vice probe, objected to being photographed.' Ho snatched tho camera and smashed it against wall. (AP Wirephoto.) . . . . Burglars Cut Wide Swath Across Gervais, Woodburn (Picture below) SUtrtatan News Servlre. GERVAIS Burglars broke into six business houses at Gervais and nearby Woodburn early Friday and were the ob ject of a police hunt that was continuing early Saturday morn ing. Striking North Marion -County like a tornado, the burglars left front doors standing ajar at a hank and three stores in Gervais. They made their&biggcst haul at Woodburn where they carried away a safe from a sub-postoffice at the Highway Variety store. Sheriff Denver Young said the; safe contained $110 in postage stamps and SM rash, bringing to tal loot stolen to approximately $250. It was all cash except the stamps. Gang Reported "Woodburn policeman fieorge Hig- ifini eaiH "nann" nt 4t In M youths roamed both communities far into the night but he said their was no indication that they were involved in the burglaries. The culprits apparently used a cowbar as they went down the main business block at Gervais, prying open doors of the Thoma son Hardware Store. Pioneer Ta vern, Gervais Tate and the Ger vais Branch of the Bank of Oregon. Bank Raided The burglars also broke into the Bank of Oregon at Woodburn. They attempted to get into the vault at each bank hut failed. Biggest theft at Gervais' was ap proximately MS at the hardware store. -freprietijr Ernest Thoma son said most of the sum repre sented city water meter deposits. He said the burglars passed up a new rifle and a large quantity of ammunition. (Add. details page t.) Reds Refute Stalin Claim To Airpl one MOSCOW A Soviet maga zine acknowledged Friday7 that Stalin-era claims that a Russian invented the airplane were false. The authoritative magazine, called Questions of History said specifically that claims that Alex ander Federovich Mozhaisky in vented the airplane and first flew it back in 18A2 were falsifications. The magazine said there was a bad storm that day and no plane could have flown, . In a backhanded wav it rave credit to the American Wright' Brothers, who are generally con ceded to have made the first flight in a heavier-than air ma chine in 1903. It praised the in ventions of the two American bro thers and of Frenchman Louis Bleriot and of other Western air pioneers. r i r 2 Seamen Die In Ship Blast LEWES, Del. to An explo sion racked the German freighter Heidberg Friday as it headed into Delaware Bay, killing two sea men and inflicting severe burns on six others. !, Suergcn Schwittner a crewman on the freighter, died shortly after admission lo Beebe Hospital here. The hospital said the others were in critical condition. . 2t LOST WITH BOAT MANILA to A Philippine fish ing boat carrying 24 persons sank in heavy seas near the entrance to Manila Bay Saturday. Police Seek Burglary Clues rl-. ' On j mi. -1 iii d GE,VAl-Half the merchants of Cervais didn't have to open up Friday morning burglars had dona the job for them. Here State Policeman lloyd Riegel, Deputy John Zabintkl, Sheriff Denver Young and Deputy frnast Clark exchange information on investigation of tho breaklps which hit five places in the town's business section. jStory at left.) . (States man Photo.) KUNDID l55f Tho Oregon Statesman, ialem, Orogon, to Picture! Anglers Lost In Rough Sea Off Brookings BROOKINGS, Ore. to Three Southern Oregon anglers were missing in a small boat in rough seas off the coast here Friday. Coast Guard search planes from Eureka. Calif., encountered fog. and after searching without suc cess, returned to their base. The Coast Guard there said the San Francisco Coast Guard headquar ters would direct the future search. Missing in a 17-foot boat, pow ered by two outboard engines, were two Grants Pass dentists, Thomas A. Mnnahan and J. M. lloatson. and the) owner of the boat, Lloyd Morrison of Harbor. They set out on a deep sea fish ing trip Thursday, and last were seen about 3 p.m. near Bird Island off Brookings. The seas were rough at the time. They still were running high Friday. John Hewitt, operator of the Hewitt Anchorage here, joined in the air search, taking out his own plane, but reported no sign of the men. Saturday, August 11, 1956 Indicted DA Vents Ire on Photographer PORTLAND (AP) - A press camera was smashed "in a scuffle between a photographer and Dist. , Atty. William M. Langlev rrutay a lew minutes after Langley, Portland Police Chief James Purcell Jr. and 27 others had been arraigned on charges stemming from vice probe. . There were two versions of the scuffle. Howard Lonergan, one of Langley's deputies, said that pho tographer Allan deLay shoved a camera into Langley's face and that the camera was knocked to the floor .when "Langley threw up his hands in a reflex action. f "TJeLay-sald he tooktw-pie-f tures in the corridor and that Langley told him: "It you take one more, I'll bust that thing." deLay said he snapped the shut ter anyway and Langley rushed toward him, grabbed the camera, breaking a chain around dcLay's neck, and smashed it against wall. Langley Indicted The grand jury probe was touched off last April by a series of copyrighted articles appearing in -the Oregonian. Thirty-two per sons were indicted including Lang ley. He was accused of not up holding the law and of conspiring to promote gambling. The rough treatment did not hurt the film, however, and deLay got a shot of the angered district attorney apparently advancing to ward him. Earlier Langley had asked the court for a delay in the arraign ment so he could prepare a motion'- to suppress the indict ments against him. Langley was Riven a lVfr hour delay to file the motion. , Motioa Denied Ten minutes before the expira tion of the deadline he filed the motion only to have it denied. Langley, who has said he was in nocent of the charges, was given 10 days to enter a plea. Police chief Purcell, who re mains as head of Portland's 700 man police force despite an in dictment charging him with "mal feasance, incompetence and de linquency" in office, waived the reading of his indictment and was given one week to enter a plea. Purcell also has denied the charges against him. Of the 29 arraigned all except Langley and three teamster offi cials were given one week to en ter a plea. The three teamster officials are Clyde C. Crosby, international representative of the union, who is charged on three counts of con spiracy and one for being an ex convict in possession of a gun: Frank Mallny, union business agent, charged with attempted ex tortion; and Lloyd F. Hilrirth, local secretary, chsrged with con spiracy. They all pleaded inno cent. Ne Attorney Only Thomas E. Maloney, Spo kane and Seattle race track fig ure, was without' an attorney. He said he will ask the court to ap point one to represent him if he is unable to raie money for coun sel. James B. Elkins, Portland night spot financier, who provided the Oregonian with taped recordings of room conversations, was ar raigned on 15 counts ranging from extortion to bootlegging. The Oregonian based its series on these recordings. , : Eight Portland police officers charged with perjury also waived reading of indictments. ' Others arraigned included pin ball operators, niRht club opera tors, and lesser known figures. The indictments were returned last week after a nine-week probe by the grand jury. LOW NI T CROP SEEN PORTLAND i - Oregon mil crops will be smaller than usual this year because of the severe winter, the federal crop reporting service said Friday. NoRTHwrsT i.r.A.i r At Ynklma S, SMlrin 2. Al Eugene t. Stfwkant 4. At Wpntthe 5. Lewltfin t. , ' ' C OAST I.RACil K Al Portland 4. San Diefn . Al Vancouver I, SeaJll o. At San Franrln-o s, HolUwnntf 4 At l.oa Anirlra II. Kanamrnln 7. NATIONAL l.r.Ailr At MHwaukle I Cincinnati 8. Al Chlcnio S. Hi I nula 4 Al Piltuhurih S-.l. Nrw York 1-1, Al Brooklyn t, I'htladelphii . AMERICAN I r.Afit'f Al New York . Baltimore 4. Al Wathtnilnn 2, rinnlon 1 At Kn.a Cllv , Cleveland 11, At Detroit 1, Chluaiq (. PRICE 3 Geyser Spouts til ... . r h Unwelcome shower on hot day department crewman, as he Friday afternoon on South 12th Street. Spectacular tpray shot 40 feet into the air as fitting on a 4-inch main broke while workmen were attempting to repair a damaged pipe. Break occurred just south of Mill Street, where 1 2th Street widening project is going on. Britain Slows Buildup Over Suez Crisis By ARTHUR GAVSHON LONDON (AP)-Britain Friday niRht braked her btiild-un of military power in the Middle for a peaceful settlement of the The slowdown came as word of an Anierican-British-Freiicli freedom and international control of the waterway as part of a compromise settlement wan Egypt. The plan envisages a new inter national treaty to govern the use of Sun and conditional recogni tion of Egypt's nationalization of the Canal and its Installations. Trooplllt Halted Prime Minister Keen and his military chiefs ordered a second postponement of a mammoth trooplift to the Mediterranean, then announced withdrawal of two parachute battalions from Cyp rus, Britain's Middle East mili tary headquarters. The official war office explana tion was that the parachute troop ers are coming home, to continue their training, for which belter facilities are available here than on Cyprus, Right Challenged Pres. Gamal Abdel Nasser's Egyptian regime meantime chal lenged Britain's right to have called next week's London confer ence e -!!.!he 1S7,'P,I,? ,n1dSlayton Telephone rged Eden Is trying to belittle L ' ... ' cha Nasser in the eyes of the Egyp tian people. Kgypt took the same line as So viet Russia did Thursday by ques tioning the composition of the con ference and derlarcd further the participants will be left with "no choice plher than to accept British point of view." the I )i Itli (laves in, Kills Workman ROSKBl'RG - Sylvester lo'iies. 41. of Sutherlin. died Fri day when a nine-loot diteh in which he was working caved in at Winston. Junes was buried to his neck by dirt and it took lellnw wor' ers I'j hours tn free him. He was pro noiincer dead, hut cause of death was not immediately determined. Today's Statesman Pane 7... .11-13... 14... 6.. ..... 4 .. Church .... Classified . Comics ... Crossword Editorials ... I ... II .. II .. I .. I Z ii Home Panorama 6 Markets 10 Obitusriet ...... 6 Radio-TV (Sat.) ,14 Radio-TV (Sun.) ... 3 ...... Sports 9-10 Jll Star Cater I Valley Newt ..... 3 .. Wirephoto Page. .14... No. 137 on 12th Street c---l;...:v ;? r A- V platters C. M. Will, city water contemplated a broken main Down Arms East under mounting pressure Suez Canal crisis. Western diplomats spread the plan to guarantee the County School Official Quits Resignation of Glen Robertson, Marion County elementary school supervisor, to accept a position as principal of the Park Street Kle mrntary School at Hood River, was announced Friday by Agnes Booth, county school superinten dent. The resignation . was effective Friday. Robertson, who has held the Marion County supervisor's job I during the past year, will begin njs new psjion Aug. 22 He came to Salem after two years of grade school teaching at Stayton. Robertson is in the pro cess of completing his master's degree in education. WASHINGTON The Rural Electrification Administration has approved a $419,000 loan to the Stayton Co-op Trlephone Company to provide modern dial, service lo 3.13 additional farm families in Linn and Marion Counties of Ore gon, and convert phones to dial operation for 1.026 present sub scribers. Sen. Richard Neuberger iO-Ore' said rnday. Six Eastern Rails Ask 45 Hike for Passenger Fares , WASHINGTON ia - Six Kat ern railroads, including the New York Central and '' Pennsyl vania. Friday proposed a whop ping 45 per cent increase in the llrt class passenger fares a step that would make such travel on their lines far more expensive than flying. These railroads and Iwo others aim petitioned the Interstate Com merce Commission for a 5 per cent hike in basic rnnih fares. The ICC probably won't take final action on the request for al leant six months. Hut it was thought likely it would look with favor on some sort of lncrea.se service offered by our railroads since It recently acted on its own I will rellect ,the cost of such serv to begin a study of continuingl ire." Iuski's from raiiroad passenger i L'nder the proposed first class operations. These losses have hern olfsct by profitable freight traflic. In their petition, the rail lines said they Invt I'j billion dollars on tcir paucnger operations in Work on Columbia; Yaquina Bay Stalled 'Pet Projects' Wilhin River BUI Criticized by Pres. Eisenhower 1 WASHINGTON (AP) President Eisenhower providexf some election year fireworks Friday hy vetoinz a bill which would have authorized 1,600,000,000 in flood control and rivert and harhors development. The hill, as originally written by the House and amended by the Senate, included these project authorizations: The 20 million dollar T a- qtiina Bay improvement pro gram. - , r lood control protect for the Columbia River Basin, includ ing; the Willamette River basin, ,112.000.000. Port Townsend, Wash,, harbor, navigation project. $.1)17.000. Sammamish River Basin, Wash. flood control, $825. ono. . .Rogje River, Or., "compre hensive" flood control survey, no specified amount. Yaquina Bay and Harbor. Ore., H .800.000. Columbia River Basin, Idaho. (to start Brucea Eddyt $23,000,- 000. Without using the term "pork barrel," the President criticised some provisions of the measure which contained pet projects of many Congressmen as "not in the public interest." It was the first veto of a -rivers and harbors authorisation bill since President Franklin D. Roosevelt killed a similar meas ure in 1940. and likely will pro duce c .taiderable Congressional grumbling. Artioa Regretted The President said he regret ted the action, the bill carried authorizations for ft projects or project modifications, and 14 riv er basin improvements. As an authorisation bill, it mere ly would have written into law authority for the projects t ha money has not yet been appropri-4 atea. wont could not have start ed anyway until after the next Congress provided the funds. Early Congressional reaction showed signs of following party lines. Sea. Chavet D-NM said he was "extremely disappointed" in the veto. He predicted the next session will quickly re-enact the measure. Sen. Cotton (R-NH, a member of the Senate Public Works Com mittee, said the President "is to be commended for his courage and - forthrightnesa. The veto. Cotton said, is "realistic, down-to-earth." OregM ReaetUa Oregon's Democratic Sens. Morse and Neilberger expressed disap pointment over the veto. "This is a serious setback for residents of Toledo and Newport who had so much to gain from the Yaquina Bay harbor improvement project Sen. Neuberger and I were able to add to the bill on the Senate side," Morse aaid in a statement issued at his cam paign headquarters here. Delay Seea "More so, since the Army Engi neers office in Portland Informed my office today that the veto will likely postpone a start on the needed project by a full year, de spite the President's political re mark that his veto should cause no delay to legitimate projects." Morse said the project had the approval of the Board of Review (or Rivers and Harbors, and "has one of the best benefit-cost ratios of all projects in the omnibus bill." Morse said he and Neuberger will make the fight again for Yaquina Bay next year and will win again, I am confident, for the people of Lincoln County.' Clouds May Screen Sun Clouds are scheduled to screen summer sun here today and Sun day, according to the McNary Kirld weather station. . Forecast calls for partly cloudy skies both days with a high today of 71 and a low tonight of 46. Fire danger will probably be moderate in Northwest Oregon and along the roast today. Lowest hum idities west of the Cascades are expected to be above 30 per cent. Sunshine is predicted for north ern coastal areas this afternoon with night and morning low clouds. High today will run I bout U, the low tonight Vi f the past 10 years an average of about 12S million dollars a year. And this year, they reported, their losses are running even high er. In confirming persistent reports that big fare increases would be soucht, Ihe Central and Pennsyl-i vania which . togeiner carry about 23 per cent of Ihe nation's rail passengers joined in S River, the Army Corps of Engi statement which said: I neers announced. "We have found it imperative lo take hold action to put our fare structure on a realistic basis. 'By this we mean bringing It to a leel at which Ihe type of rates, minimum rail sleeping ac rommodations Irom New York lo Chicago would cost I7S.S0 com pared -with 49 61 for a first class airline ticket. The present rail (are is la 24. I Squirting Brings . 1,000 Sentences, Offender Learns MIAMI, Fta. Mrs. Minerva H. Stela. H, rrlday pledges! 1 N Hates "I will at water any Brighter with 11m SNwe." She was eeavtrted af sqairtlntf water la Ike far af Mrs. Ml- ' drea Lee. it, after a dispwU. ever parking at the apartment, kaasa where both Bve. City Jadge Ckarlet H. hrawaVa kad directed Mrs. Mela ta wrHa the aealeae "I will ast sajatrt any Be(hbr with a water km," Rat ka made aa abjeeliaas ta ker ' dlfirrrnt aad akwrier vers baa wbea she turned m the mailt pag maaaert1.pt. Adlai, Averell Both Awaiting Truman's Nod i (Fietare aa wtrephato page.) -,' f CHICAGO (API-Harry S. Truman turned a tantalizing tnhl'nv VriAav t-efc teen neAa setter Adlai E. Stevenson ana Averell Harriman CiiessinB un easily on his choice for the) Democratic Presidential nomina tkin. From the Stevenson camp earn one report that Truman had de cided Harriman It his man, but Stevenson backers said ha had It. in the bag, - regardless. Stevenson himself told report- e.-s that yes, ha thinks he can', capture the nomination at next ; week's Democratic , national con-' vention with or without Truman. . support. His campaign manager, ' James E. Finnegan, exuded equal optimism. ' Mlad Maaa Va . Truman apparently made up , his mind definitely Friday on the , person to embrace in the intrif- uing game of political postofficv whirling merrily through conven tion preliminaries. But the former President wasat saying yet. He did set the time' and place for announcing his pref erencea 1:30 p.m. EST news conference Saturday. Col. Jacob Arvey. Chicago poli tical power and pioneer Steven son booster, remarked that tf be had to guess, he figured Truman would pick Harriman. He empha sized that he had no information at all on what the former Presi dent might do. although ha has chatted privately with Truman. lAdd. details HI ! Blow Forming Off Atlantic MIAMI. Fia. CD - The first hurricane of the year developed in tho Atlantic Friday and hurri cane warnings were posted la most of the windward and lea ward islands. Hurricane Betsy packed winds of 130 miles an hour near Ms cen ter. Gales extended north in miles and south U miles. Soma further increase in intensity It ex pected. It was M0 milet east southeast of San Juan, Puerto Rico and was moving west northwest at IT milet an hour. City to Order First Aid Car City firemen plan tn order tho new city first aid car within a week or to thanks to contribution from the city police department, . it was announced Friday. "The police contribution of $2M is just what we needed to permit us to order the car," said Fire Chief Ellsworth Smith. "The car and equipment will cost about U.nno. We now have 12.583 in cash, with more expected to come in from pledges." The amount was raised by do nations from various local busi nesses and other groups. . DAM LOCATION REVEALED WAIXA WALLA to - The loca tion of the proposed John Day Oam on the Columbia River will be near the head of Schofirld Rap ids, about three miles downstream ; from the mouth of the John Day Fast Action! Thst's whit you get when vou place a Statesman Want Ad like this 1-Man rubber boal 7 motor mount. Pump Ik eari. Ph. x a a Iter .3 p it. ' ftoat sold ta first caller, t.ot a problem? Call 4 Mil.