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Astoria Lawyer Named Justice On High Court Cordon Sloan, 48, prominent Astoria attorney, was ap pointed. Thursday by Gov. Robert D. Holmes to the itate Supreme Court. Sloan, con of a former Kansas supreme court justice, will lucceed Randall B. Hester, who will resign March 1 to re-enter . . I private practice, new Judge The Weather NUNDID 1651 Today's forecasts " Mostly cloudy today, tonight, wftk early morning fog; high near IS, low 42. ' (Complete report MC I) , 107th Year Gordon Sloan, Astoria, ap pointed Thariday to the Oregon Supreme Court. DtP PALM SPRINGS, Calif , Feb. 10 This is our first visit in Palm SprtiKS in 22 years. In 1936, we drove here from San Diego, over the San Jacinto Mountain highway, through a light snowfall, as I re call. Wa spent a few hours here, found it' hot in the sun, but a chill wind was blowing off the mountains and we drove on to Pomona. In the Interval, of course, the city and its environs have been transformed. About all wa recog nize are the surrounding moun tains and,, in the distance, desert space still untamed. For the rest, man (with water), has triumphed. An important contribution to the transformation is the "mobile bouse" (nee house trailer). Only hers tt has Largely lost Its mobil ity. Hare extensive trailer parks with lota us) streets -and eontmuaH Ity centers flourish in varying de gree of luxury, Some, of course, re primitlvo metal eases front ing ssi , bare - ground. Others, though, are dressed with colored awnings,. a green dooryard, and some are elaborate with cabanas (attached rooms) which are fur nished like a home, perhaps com plete with fireplace. They offer the combination of luxury and simplicity in living arrangements. Then there are acres of hotels, mostly one-story, with swimming pools in patios. Here, too, are pri vate dwellings ranging from ccdi nary domiciles to expense resi dences. Palm Springs is a favorite of the movie colony and their houses rate with their income brackets. But everywhere the Sun God claims adoration. Life in the sun (Centinued en Editorial Page 4.) Court procedure is not foreign to the new Justice, who was three times Circuit Judge pro, tem in Multnomah County, and has ap peared before the supreme court many times. He will be the young est member of the seven-member court. i He is s former vice-president of the Board of Governors of the Oregon State Bar. Civic Leader Sloan has been active in other branches of the legal profession and in community affairs of his home town. He. is a Democrat the only Democrat appointee now on the nonpartisan bench is Jus tice Hall S. Lusk. The governor's office said Sloan's "high integrity, legal ability and age were all (actors in bis appointment. A member of the board of gov ernors of the Oregon State Bar from 1949 to 1952, Sloan served as vice president in 1952. He was a member of the Bar Examiners in 1953 and 1954 on appointment by the supreme court. He is present ly a member of the Bar's judiciary and disciplinary committees. In Astoria where he has prac ticed since 1940, Sloan has been an active leader In the Astoria Community Chest, Red Cross. ' . i i i i iscnooi ooaru, inamDcr oi com merce, Clatsop County Public ; Health Association and the Astoria ! Inter-Club Council. State Senate Nam I arc He wss his"party's nominee for the stale senate for Clatsop and Columbia counties in 1946. but was defeated by the lata Merle Chessman. He was horn in Kansas, gradu ated at University of Kansas in 1933. and received his doctor of laws degree from Washburn Law College at Topeka. Prior to 1940 he practiced law with his father In Kansas and was assistant U.S. attorney there. He is married and has a daugh ter, Sally, 16, and a son. William. 13. Sloan is a Mason, a member of the Methodist Church and of the Elk and Moose lodges. 4 SECTIONS-34 PAOES The Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Friday, February, 21, 1951 NUCI Sc Nv33l Senate Advances Postal Rate Boost Neuberger, Morse Tangle in Debate WASHINGTON, Frk. 20 (ev A fire-cent poatal rale far let ters mailed aot ef lava was appraved 7-4 May by the Sea ate Peat Office Committee. It wevld be effective far three yean. Pre Ideal Elarahewer aad Peatmaater General Hammerfleld have been pashlag far lacreaaea lace 1SJ, bat an ta aew the Senate Cam mi I lee has always blacked the legislate. la additiaa la flve-eeat stamp for Aral class intercity mall, the ram ml! tee approved: Aa elght-eeat rate far airmail, new ranted at aix eeata aa aaaee; A 1 per eeat Increase la the rate for seeead-elass mail newspapers aad magazlaea -applied la three annual jumps at IS per eeat; aad A 4 per reat laerrase In the rate far third-class mall adver tising matter applied la three aanaal jumps ef tt per rent. These aad ether Increases weald take effect Jnly 1 te add an estimated 7SS milliea dellars a year ta postal revenues. While the postal bill waa't be railed sp antil Tuesday, debate an H brake out an the Senate flMr Ibis afternoon. Ken. Morse (D-Ore) assailed (he committee derision la pat In the J-cenl rate and tangled with his jailor colleague freot Ore gon. Sea. N'eaberger, an the point. Morse said (hat first etnas mnll aaw pays Its awa way er comes very close ta H, whereas the heavy losses were In ether rlaaaes. He said the effort to get, firat elaas ta make np the deficit was "a brasrn attempt by the pub lishers af newspapers and maga zine editors , al the con a try to make a grab bag not af the nation's mall bag." Neuberger pointed aot that even with a S-rent stamp the department "still will be sub stantially short ef pay-as-vou-ga." and asked how large a deficit Morse would be willing to see. "Should there he no end ta ibis" be asked. Navy Radar Plane Down In Atlantic Flier Lands in Clbver Patch 'Statesman News Service HAZEL GREEN, Feb. 20-A Hubbard pilot was forced to land his private plane near Hazel Green School northeast of Salem this morning after he became lost in Wg while flying from Redmond. Jack Lenhardt, a It-year-old crop duster, landed safely in a clover field owned by P. E. Sanders about I a.m. He told witnesses he had just big for Woodburn, The field will allow a normal take-off, probably Friday, Sanders said. SANTA MARIA, -Axores, Feb. 20 un-A U.S. Navy radar plane carrying 21 crewmen disappeared today on an early warning net work patrol over the Atlantic. A widespread search was under way for it tonight between the Azores and Newfoundland. The big four-engine craft, a Super Constellation type, is be lieved to have gone down near these Portuguese islands on a routine flight from its Navy base at Argentia, Nfld. It took off at 10:13 p.m. EST last night. The Royal Canadian Air Force at Halifax reported the plane was last beard from at about S a.m. It was 1,000 miles off Newfound land then and about mo off the Azores. It was listed as overdue at a checkpoint at a.m. Search planes put out from U.S. bases in Britain, Newfound land and the Azores. Names of the crew members of the patrol craft were not dis closed. Whisky, Gunfire Recalled In Fatal Stayton Shooting SUresmaa News terrlrt ALBANY, Ore, Feh. 20 Bruce Wester here, irmembers drinking whisky with Glen Phillips. He also remembers shoot ing a water glass out of Mrs. Westerberg's hand, to show Phil lips the accuracy of his .22. Bijt as to how Phillips met his death, that's something else. Questioning of Westerberg, 35, was still underway here tonight. Spelling Bee The body of Phillips, 47-year-old Lyons man, was found st the Wes terberg home at Stayton Wednes day morning. His death was first believed natural but at the Weddle Funeral Home a bullet hole was found in the man's clothes and body. Sheriff George Miller said to night Westerberg was recalling ad ditional events at his borne. Material Witness Westerberg's wife. Hazel, tt, is being held as a material witness, Miller noted. The officer said Westerberg had told him he and Phillips were good friends. Tuesday night he bad driv en to Lyons, picked up Phillips. then continued, to Mill City where he purchased two bottles of whis ky and the men had some drinks, he told the sheriff. After returning to the Wester berg home in Stayton, Phillips took a shower and asked to borrow his host's .22 rifle to hunt rabbits in the Mill City area. Westerberg quoted Phillips as asking if the gun would shoot straight and the owner had his wife hold a water glass in her hand. He .shot it out of her fingers without touching her, the sheriff related. The Stayton man said he didn't remember much after that. He went to bed and Phillips bedded down on the davenport. He didn't collapse, however, Westerberg stated. Miller said the man told him the next morning they found Phillips dead and assumed be died of a heart attack. He could not recall ever pointing the gun at the man. or shooting at him. The sheriff quoted him as saying if one of the bullets hit Phillips, it must have ricocheted. The. sheriff ' said he and Linn County District Attorney Courtney Johns spent a major portion of Thursday at the scene of the shoot ing seeking additional information. ThV sheriff also said Mrs. Wes terberg had recounted how her hus band in the past had shot water glasses off her head, and would have her stand against a wall. Then he w o u 1 d fire bullets all around her body. She called it "pinning her to the wall," Sheriff Miller said. Dave Beck Sentenced To Prison SEATTLE, Feb. 20 (AP)- Dave Beck Sr., wealthy and once powerful labor leader, was told todav he must go to prison for up to 15 years for stealing $1,900 from the learn slers t'nion. His son. Dave Beck Jr.. con victed on stealing $4,660 from the Teamsters, was fined 12.000 and further sentencing deferred for three vears on condition he re turn the money. Superior Court Judge George H. Revelle, who pronounced sen tence. and Prosecutor Charles O, Carroll said they would recom mend that the senior Beck, 63. serve three years. The actual time is set by the State Board of Prison Terms and Paroles. The decisions were handed down in a dramatic two-hour courtroom scene in which the 37- year-old son first heard of his fale while his father nervously fidgeted on a spectators bench. Still banning over the elder Beck's head is his scheduled trial in May nn federal charges of evading $240,000 in income taxes Beck Jr. was convicted Nov. 23 on two counts of pocketing the proceeds from the sale of two union-owned Cadillacs. His father was convicted Dec. 14 on one count of grand larceny in failing to return to the union $1,900 re ceived in the sale of another Teamster Cadillac. Roth denied the charges, claim ing the money had been lost track of in involved union bookkeeping. Coffin Found At South High A coffin mysteriously showed up in a hall at South Salem High School Thursday night. On it was painted, "Six Feet L'nder With the Saxons." H obviously was a reference, 1o tonight's basketball game between the South High Saxons and North High Vikings at North High. How the makeshift coffin got there was anybody's guess but some South High students opined the perpetra tors must have hid put in the build ing before it was locked up for the night. Portland Man Files for Seat In Congress Richard Wane Hill, Portland Republican, filed his candidacy with the state elections division Thursday for the Republican nomi nation for Congressman from the Third Congressional District. The office is now held by Mrs. Edith Green, Portland Democrat. Other filings Thursday include Republican State Sen. Donald R Husband of Eugene for re-election from Lane County, and Democrat Kmil A. Stunz, Nyssa. for re-elec tion as representative from Malhe ur County. Republican Edwin E. Cone of Eugene, now a state representa tive, filed for the senate. Republi can Rudy Reinertson of Burns fil ed for representative from the Grant-Harney-Lake County district. William Logan Cawood, Portland Democrat, filed for state senator from Multnomah County. Polk ip n m a r r ltd ire uovesaTOGT : Youths Faced by Arson Charges ii:7; "T'y. Cv- , r ' . a . - ; H. ;v - h -. --' , . ' -v - ' i ' - : - ' t DALLAS, Ore., Feb. 20 Two youths facing second-degree arson charges here in a string of house fires are Charles Buchanan, Falls City, second from left, and George Stark weather, Conrallis, far right. With them are Polk County Sheriff's deputies Virgil Tay lor, left, and Wei Rhoades. A l-y ear-old Falls City girl is slso held. (Statesman photo) : Mostly Cloudy Day Forecast Mostly cloudy is the weather out look for the Salem area today through Saturday, forecasters at McNary Field said. Early morning fog patches are expected. Temperature range Thursday was 39 to 55 and readings for the next two days are expected to be on that level. ' A"Le'- urchased the plane in Las Vegas, vev., and left Redmond Bus morn- Ship Blast Toll 53 . MANAMA. Bahrain, Persian Gulf, Feb. 20 lV-An official fig ure of 58 dead was posted today after an explosion ripped apart the 7,440-ton British freighter Seistan last night. The Stateamaa-KSLM Mid-Val ley Spelling Contest la new for nearly S.MM 7th aad th grade students la 71 valley acboals, Twenty-five words are pobUsbesl ach school slay. No composite list wUI aa avaUable. unavoidable rheumatism proportioned breeding recovered accidentally ninety management oysters publicity issued gauze postpone attempted delicious mistake laying tailor technically criticism pension blame previous television- tuberculosis THrili Slayer7 Leopold Wins Parole in Illinois (Picture an Page t) IPRINGFIELD, J1L. Feb. JO ( Nathan Leopold received a pa role today, and he vowed to go out into the world and "justify the faith shown in me. The Illinois Parole and Pardon Board decided to free one of the nation's most widely known con vict. Bub officials estimated tt would be three or four weeks before the prison gates open time needed to check and approve Leopold's ar rangements for a home and Job.- Leopold, 53 now and pallid and paunchy after serving almost 33ft years for the wanton slaying of 14-year-old Bobby Franks' in 1924, did not see reporters or photogra phers. But he sent out a typewrit ten statement of thanks to the aarole board, friends gnd newe-i i men. Chairman Franklin Stransky did not .divulge the numerical vote in Leopold's case, but he reported the board had taken into consider ation Leopold's work in prison. Leopold, among other duties, ran a school for inmates and worked in the prison hospital. Leopold prefers tn work as a laboratory technician in' a rural hospital operated by the Church of the Brethren in Castaner, Puer to Rice. . ' i Leopold, then It, and Richard Loeb, then 18, picked up the Franks boy May 21. 124. on Chi cago s South Side. The , youth, seated In a car, was slain with a cold - chisel and his body was stuffed into a culvert Loeb was slashed to death by a fellow convict in 136. J On the Brighter Side . . . rr r T i . ' r .. j' , John Erickson Vol"" I J Z 'l ! k t J ' - i w Winfpr nnrf ReeBt Wrn valley weather has been a winter boon to golf courses "C4 jpui I M georei of enthusiasts have taken to the links to get in a few prac tice rounds while the weather holds. Among those taking advantage of the weather Thurs day at Oak Knoll golf course (left, to right) Mrs. Lee Maclntjre, Mrs. Del Campbell and Mrs. 'John Goran.'- . . Two Girls in Semi-Finals of Spelling Bee MT. ANGEL, Feb. 20-Barbara Zach likes to sew, cook and spell, and she'll represent St. Mary's School as host contestant in a semi-finals of The Statesman KSLM Spelling Contest here Thursday night, March . Barbara, 1 3- , year-oia aaugn 'Vlter of Mr. and M r s. Lawrence Barbara Zarh W. Z a C h, was certified as spelling champion of the 7th and th grades by Princi pal Don Anderson. Her teacher is Eymard Berning. She Is in the Ith grade. Second and third places, respec tively, were won by Kathleen Bey er, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wil liam Beyer, and Donna Jean Wilde, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Wilde. All three spellers are being awarded certificates of merit. PRATl'M, Feb. 20 -Sports and playing the organ don't take all of Ruth deVries' time. The 13-year- old Pratum 8th grader is spelling champion of her school and will compete in a semi-finals of The Statesman-KSLM Spelling Contest at the State School for the Blind in Salem. Wednesday. March 5. Ruth arV'rles Ruth is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold deVries, Route S, Box 795, Salem. Her teacher and prin cipal is Mrs. Pearl E. Andrews. Second place in spelling at Prat um was won by Jerry Chapman. 13, whose parents are Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Chapman, Route 5. Box 306, Salem, and third place went to Henk Schenk, 12, whose parents are Mr. and Mrs. Klaas Schenk, Route 2, Box 617. Salem. The runners-up are 7th-graders. 13 State Health Decree Outlaws Old Tin Cup By CONSAD PCLCK Staff Writer, The Statesssan The old tin cup. a fast-fading standbv of summertime field work, was given a final boot Thursday bv a State W'aze and Hours Commission committee. In a public bearing called to review .regulations on sanitary and other conditions affecting women and minor workers, the special committee recommended that the commission prohibit the use of the common drinking cup. I jiijpunspnujiiiinaiiw It also urged that approved san itary drinking fountains be in stalled wherever there is water under pressure and that drink ing water practices in the field meet "quality standards of the State Board of Health." Nn Great Snack The regulation will come as no great shock to farmers, said Gor don Walker, Independence, repre senting employers on the confer ence session. He said the drinking cup has been out of vogue for several, years. The committee met to consider regulations which have not been changed since 1941, and to make them conform more closely to regulations already in force by State Board of Health inspectors. Proper rest room and garbage disposal facilities also were re viewed. The rules apply to hop yards, berry fields, orchards and other argicultural pursuits. Camp grounds were ordered to comply with state health regulations and may be the subject of a future conference, according to. Commis sion Chairman Henry S. Howard of Eugene. Minor Charges Asked The commission also reviewed and made minor recommendations in laws governing women and minor workers in industry. These included general plant cleanliness, lighting, ventilation, heat, water, washrooms and other welfare is sues. Mrs. Anne Chambers, business agent for the Salem Culinary Workers Vnion, represented em ployes on the committee. Woman Killed By Automobile luooau News Sarvtee HARRISBURG. Ore.-A 33-year- old Seattle woman suffered fatal injuries about 10:13 p.m. tonight when struck by a car half a mile north of here on Highway 99, state police said. Officers said the victim carried papers with the names Jo Ann Brooks and Jo Ann Poole. The car driver was listed by officers as Donald Robert Husband, Eugene, former state senator, polico said. The woman's death was the 48th traffic fatality in the state this year and the 17th for the month of February, according to Asso ciated Press figures. Accused Of Blazes At Houses ' t , By MERVIN JENEINS . , Valley Editor, The Statesman . DALLAS, Ore., Feb. 20 - Police today arrested three per- sons on second-degree , arson charges involving burning of farm houses- in Polk Cotinty.1 They are seeking"' a" fourth member of the group. . ' - 4, In Polk County jail here art Charles Frederick Buchanan,, 11., Fll ri iiJ fUnrra Dar Cl.rk. weather, 20, Corvallis. The third person is a 16-year-old Falls City girl, according to- Polk County ' sheriff's deputy Virgil Taylor. a-weea investigatum . -. : . r? The arrests climaxed a three week investigation involving the state police arson squad, Polk County Sheriff Tony Neufeldt's de partment and Falls City Police Chief Harold Stevens. Sheriffs deputies Taylor and Norman Wilson .said the youths . would give no reason for starting fires that destroyed, a house on the Richard Orsboia farm Feb. U and the David Entx house Feb. 14. They are also accused of attempt ing te burn a house known as the -Old Fern Place on Feb.. II. None , of the houses was occupied. All art located on the Dallas-Falls City highway a short distance south of Dallas. . . Buchanan's arrest was made early this morning at Falls- City. Starkweather and the girl- were 4 apprehended early this evening, Ne CanneeUan ' Indicated ' ' ' ' The officers indicated there was. County fires and those in Marion ! County. Fire which destroyed the tT a x-t 1. L. m ! nuwai u uas vniw immr jnarjas - last Saturday waa believed caused by smoker s carelessness, the state police arson squad reported, me ether Marion County fire waa a vacant house that burned at night ' near Silvcrton. f . vi. A second house in the same area ' as the two burned Polk homes was also reported earlier as having ev idence ef arson. Deputies did not comment upon this case. . ' Police say they doubt h the 1 James Overholser borne fire about the same time was caused by .the , suspects. 'The Overholser 'famflyy was in Corvallis and lost all con- tents in the, blase,- .mi. . t- Today's Statesman ; Ann Landers 17. II . Bebsen Reports ...31 III ,: lusinesa News ...2t..lll ' Classified M4S.IV Comet Hit Dawn. 4...". . I . Comics ... 14 II Crossword. 10 I Editorials .. 4.. I Home Panorama 13-is, ir, ii,;n Market. 21 III Obituaries 33..IVV Radio-TV .14 ll . Sat., Sun. TV .:27:. III 4 Sports ,..3143. IV Slar Cater 17- H Valley News JO, 11..... I Wirephete Pane J4... II Spring Budding Out But Berrymen Fear Freeze By LILLIE L. MADSEN Farm Editer, The Statesman While some strawberry growers in Western Oregon are looking ahead to an early picking season with achools still in session, others are worrying about no crop at all should sharp freezes occur in March or April. Should warm weather continue, minus irosis, growers ioresee a strawberry picking season under- Jaycees to Start Petitions for Two ZoningJAreas North, South of Salem Initiative petitions to propose two toning districts in . Salem s fast-growing north and south su burbs were announced Thursday by the Salem Junior Chamber of Commerce. The group will begin March 4 gathering some 1,200 signatures needed to put the two measures on the ballot, either May 16, or in special election. If approved by ' the estimated 10.000 voters in the two areas, the County Court, through the County Planning Commission, would set tip and regulate tne zoning districts. Zoning regulations set up areas reserved for bus mesa or for resi dential development. Lloyd U. Hammel, chairman of the, petition drive, said the Jaycees were sponsoring the measure be cause many of its members live in these areas and recognize the importance of setting up xoning regulations now before the areas become a craiyquilt of businesses and homes. The northern district includes an area north of tho Salem city lim its between the Willamette River and Highway 9E to and including McNary subdivision north of Keiz er. The south area extends from the city limits between South River Road and the Salem Bypass to about one-half milt south of Boone it f Road. The small amount of farm land included in this area would not be affected, Hammel said, because the law specifically excludes it from toning regulation. The zoning regulation is bssed on a law passed by the 1957 Leg islature that permits toning dis tricts to be set up in small areas within a county. Proposals to set up toning reg ulations on a county wide basis have twice been defeated by vot ers. ' ' If the required number of sig natures are obtained, the county court will establish the exact boundaries and the election date. way by mid-May. County agents in the Willamette Valley say that few strawberries are sufficiently advanced te be greatly damaged by any "likely frost." A prolonged frost, with , temperatures dropping below It or 27, could be damaging, but sel dom are such temperatures exper ienced in the valley this late, Ben A. Newell, Marion County agent said Thursday. In some areas growers have al ready approached school author ities in an effort to set plans roll ing in case picking should advanct a couple of weeks earlier than normal. The Statesman eeuld learn of no definite plana ysf made Thursday, although soon school authorities said they wan giving some thought to the tab uation. ' A heavy frost woold denial peach trees, a numbar at wtiic are now in bloom, but light frost in the opinion of Newell, wou! not be "too damaging.". A fen growers report "aa occassional cherry tree in bloom, and cold should it drop below 17 degrttn could be quite damaging to theft) 'And ahould "heavy free come in mid-March tr early April damage could run into arUllipna dollars te berry aad fruit grew ers," daron Mace, - antenatal agent' hi Oackaiiiaa Cbvnry it) ported.".''1'''''""';: .' "' "' . ' (Add. ieialla ft pan 4.1
