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mm, Ymmmm mmm m mm OTP Barns rcvm rrrm Placed In Nameless U KJ UUUUn 1 JfS if Jf Dead i mm.i .i a m IACI . .. 'J ii..".' There has been so much tun play in Washington between Har old Ickes, President Truman and Ed Pauley that the public remains quite ignorant of what started all the shooting. Pauley is a Califor nia oilman, and the opposition to him arises over his interest in offshore oil fields. There is a dis pute over ownership of these fields, which lie under the ocean just off the shore of California. The state of California claims them and the private operators with leasehold oil rights are backing up the state of Califor nia. The f e d e r a J government claims the title and has instituted suit directly in the supreme court to establish its ownership. Mr. Ickes as secretary of the Interior urged this litigation for years. Meantime a bill is pending in congress to "quitclaim" the feder al interest in favor of state rights. These reserves are estimated to run to two or three billion bar rels of oil. Wells t arc drilled in the shallow waters' off , the coast to Up this oil, and by "slant-hole" drilling from the shore, oil is sucked into , wells driven along the shore. Ickes, as petroleum ad ministrator, was much concerned over the dwindling of our oil re serves and wanted to get these lands in federal control to hold for emergency use. The late war made a heavy inroad on Califor nia oil reserves, and this makes apparent the interest of the navy In preserving ample petroleum resources, such as these off-shore fields. The objection to Pauley was primarily over the propriety of (Continued on editorial page) Mrs. Ogle Dies Friday From Wreck Injuries Mrs. William J. Ogle, 818 N. Liberty st., died at a local hospi tal Friday. &he was Injured in a collision between a chartered bus and an oil truck trailer, at Stel wer hill 12 miles south jt Bf lem Tuesday night. Two other victims of the acci dent were still In Salem General hospital. Paul Hart, 645 Ferry st, driver of the bus, was still re ported in a serious condition but improving. Mrs. Rae Davidson, 498 N. 24th st., was reported In a "good" condition. Other victims from the group tit Flag lei auxiliary members who had chartered the bus for a trip to an Albany convention have been discharged from local hos pitals. (Additional details on page 2). Egyptian Riots Kill 11, Hurt 123 CAIRO, Feb. 22-(P)-An Egyp tian government official said to night that 14 persons were killed and 123 injured in yesterday's rioting and a committee from stu dent and labor groups demanded that British troops be withdrawn from Principal Egyptian cities to "prevent further bloodshed." The city was quiet today, with police guarding smashed foreign owned shops and British estab lishments attacked during the rioting. Premier Ismail Sidky Pa sha banned demonstrations throughout Egypt. Melholit Biliop Aihl Inflation Warning ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Feb. 22 (At The government was asked by the Council of Methodist Bishops tonight "to plan such measures of economic control us are calculated to prevent the disaster of infla tion." The bishop, adopted a resolu tion In which they view "with deep apprehension the threat of hnrdchip and suffering involved In the possibility of inflation." Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH "Certainly you have a case -after all you hold the basic patent!" Cw Su Sytwt'if f t NINETY -FIFTH YEAH 12 PAGES Diabetic MEMPHIS, Tenn, Feb. ZZ-Three-year-old Linda Brown (abore) who Is tortured by an "un quenchable thirst" unless she Is given daily a shot of petressln. Memphis citizens aro raising a fund to see to It that the can be treated at either Johns Hop kins or Mayo clinic. Doctors say she Is the youngest victim of diabetes Insipidus they know of. (AP Wirephoto to The Ore gon Statesman) Sncll Stresses Civil Service Aids in Speech Benefits to be derived by state workers under the state civil ser vice law of the 194S legislature were stressed by Gov. Earl S' r in an addresa at the opening ses sion of the Oregon State Em ployes association annual conven tion here Friday. Approximately SO delegates, representing 29 chapters of the association, had registered Friday noon. The board of directors held a brief meeting Friday forenoon. Snell said the civil service law would tend to offer more secur ity to state workers and at the same time probably would in crease the efficiency of state de partments. There will be a ban quet Saturday night with Ma. Douglas McKay and Lt Col. Al lan G. Carson as speakers. Officers will be elected at the closing session Sunday, Coast Highway Blocked by Slide Coast highway traffic was stopped Friday nighf by a slide between Waldport and Florence, R. IL Baldock, state highway en gineer, reported. He said that a shovel was working on the 150 foot rock pile but that he could not tell before morning how long the rood would be blocked. The slide was Vi-mile south of the Cedar Head tunnel, about 12 miles north of Florence. IIOARDINO REVEALED WASHINGTON, Feb. 22- A "gradual increase" In the hoarding of scarce materials in cluding textiles for clothing was reported by the civilian produc tion administration today. 7": 7. ' it.- - fSji ' Is v J "A Salem Teamsters' Union Wins Pay Increase in New Contracts Signed union wage agreements by all building material compan ies in Salem and. by all sand and gravel companies in Salem and Albany were announced Friday by Word Graham, secretary-treasurer and business representative of the Teamsters union, local 324. Agreements signed Friday by 10 local building .material com panies granted a wage Increase of 15 cents per hour In all classi fication. The sand and gravel contracts provided for wage in-rre.-uwn of from 10 cents per hour in some classifications to 25 cents in others. An agreement signed by the S.jlm Steel and Supply compan ies Monday granted- wage raises of from 15 cents per hour to 20 cents. Unions and employers col la bora ted closely in a 10-day per iod of negotiations and collective bargaining prior to the signing and relations between the groups Salem, Iii India BOMBAY j Saturday, Feb.. 23-OTV-Ioting broke out in Bombay for the third successive day to day, even as mutinous crews of the royal Indian navy ran up black surrender flags on ; 10 ships which I they j had seized in i Bom bay's barboij. . .j ; S Heavy reinforcements of Brit ish troops, including both armor ed cars and! Infantry units, were BOMBAY, Feb. 2J-W-Mutl-nons erewsjof the royal Indian navy surrendered a ! score of small fighting ships In Bombay harbor today, and police in the city reported signs of a lessen ing of bloody rioting, now In Its third day. in action, and the police commis sioner's office said the "rioting is spreading all over the same: areas as yesterday! This Is a very dis couraging start This looks just like yestrday's start." f Whether tie sight of the black flags of surrender flying from the mutiny ships had Infuriated the mobs of civilians, thus causing the new outbreaks, was not clear. However, jnew blazing i barri cades appeared at j downtown street intersections and rioters again showered police and troops with stones, j Other bands of civilians began to smash windows In business places. Vice Admiral J. " IT. Godfrey, commanding the royal Indian na vy, told the mutineers yesterday that "should you now have decid ed in accordance with my warn ings to surrender unconditionally, you are to hoist a large black flag or blue flag and muster all hands on deck on th side facing Bom bay city and await further or ders." ! Burkc Retires From Politics i - ' NEWBERGj Ore, Feb. 22-tfV Slate Sen. W. E. Burke, member of the Yamhill county delegation in the legislature since 1931, said today he was retiring from politi cal life. v The announcement immediately raised speculation that Eugene Marsh, speaker of the house of representatives, would become a candidate fori the senate. Marsh had indicated! that he would not run against Burke. Both are re publicans. i 1 Burke, 79, first served in the legislature as a representative in 1895, He did! not return until he began his 16-year term as sena tor. SURVEY POSTPONED LONDON, Feb. 22--Dcputy foreign ministers of the big four powers have been unable to agree on what localities the Italy-Yugoslav boundary commission should visit arid have postponed until at least the end of next week the departure of the Investigators, It was learned tonight were "very good throughout said Graham. Lumber operators who signed the union ' agreements are Keith Brown Lumber Yard and Build ing Supply house, Oregon Pulp and Paper Lumber division, Capi tol Lumber Co., Borkman Hard ware Co., Fried Smith Lumber Co., Copeland Lumber Yards in Salem and West Salem, Dick Meyers Lumber Yard, C and K Lumber Yard, Colgan Lumber Co. Reinholdt and! Lewis Building Supply, Hansen and Uljequiit Lumber Mill, Bradfield Lumber Co. and Capitol Fuel Co. Sand and gravel companies signing union contracts include Salem Sand and Gravel, River bend Sand and Gravel, Walling Sand and Gravel, Ben Otjen Con struction Co., Commercial Sand and Gravel Co., Keizer Sand and Gravel Co. and Albany Sand and Gravel Co. Rflooftiiow Riotinff I - O. I : I ; Goiitiniies Oregon, Saturday Morning February 23, 1948 Wealthy LOS ANGELES. Feb. 2t Hsppy ver a good business deaL nine-year-old Bobby Driscoll leaves a superior court judge's cham bers after getting approval of his I30S week movie contract (AP Wirephoto to The Oregon Statesman.) Keith Brown to Ref ile Building Zone Petition Agreeing that the original pe tition for a change from residen tial to industrial zone in portions of Rosedale and Condit's addi tlons lacked sufficient signatures to go legally before the city xon ing , commission and council. Keith Brown announced Friday that he and his associates would substitute two new petitions. Whether or not Cascades Ply wood corporation builds in Sa lem, Brown said that a pair of petitions on which the council might act in any of three ways would be presented. The council may agree to the zone change as it is now propos ed, and if so the territory would be developed industrially. It may agree only to a zone change for an oblong strip lying south of Wood row street and between the Keith Brown Building Supply Co. plant and the state fairgrounds, and if so, the strip of territory between 15th and 16th streets will not be developed industrially but will be otherwise used. Or it may deny any zone change, Brown said. (Additional details on page 3) Walker Files For Re-election ' Dean Walker, Independence, Friday filed for reelection as state senator from the 9th senatorial district, Polk and Benton coun ties, at the republican primary election May 17. Walker j has served several terms In the senate and during most of that time as chairman of the ways and means committee. Vernon p. Bull, LaGrande, has filed for state representative from the 24th district, Union county, at the democratic primary elec tion. Students Volunteer To Clean City'g Strectt RICHMOND, Va., Feb. 22 John Marshall high school stu dents, disgusted by dirty streets in Richmond,, have volunteered their services to Mayor William C. Herbert for a clean-up cam paign before Winston Churchill and General Elsenhower visit here March 8. About 500 seniors at the school signed a letter to the mayor of fering to ! help clean up Rich mond's streets, and one of the students said "maybe it will open the eyes of the city clean-up de partment" BEVIN SEEKS REST LONDON, Feb. 22-(J)-Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin will leave London tomorrow for a week's rest in the country. CLOTHING PROBE DUE WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 -(A1) A senate committee was appoint ed today to investigate a short age of cotton clothing. m Si II l t ODD Stalin Urges Army, More Defenses LONDON, Feb. 22 Gen eralissimo Stalin tonight told the Red army on its 28th birthday that as the Soviet Union entered a "peaceful period" of develop ment it was the army's duty to guard Russia's border against .enemies while the people creat ed a "powerful upsurge of na tional economy." f "Having ended the war by a yictory over the enemy," the generalissimo said in an order of the day commemorating the anniversary, which was heard here on the Moscow radio, "the, Soviet Union has entered into a new, peaceful period of its eco nomic development." "At the present time, the So viet people Is faced with the task of consolidating the posi tions won, of advancing further to a new economic upsurge. We cannot limit ourselves to the consolidation of these positions, for that would lead to stagna tion. Overturned Car Sans Occupant Found by Police An overturned Oldsmobile club coupe, Oregon 1046 license 139-526, in a wild blackberry tan gle below the 12th street cutoff road approximately one-half mile south of the Salem city limits had state police guessing this morn ing. The car, which it Is believed skiddedT at the foot of a hill as it traveled, north, carried no regis tration certificate when police reached the scene. Driver and any other person it may have carried had vanished. A letter with a Portland address lent the only clue readily available since the state house license bureau check Up office had closed at midnight. That was being traced, officers said. Death Claims Aged Astorian ASTORIA, Feb. 22 (JT) The career of Clarence O'Hoyt, which ranged from engineering supervi sion in China to moonshining in Oregon during his 103 years, is at an : end. The long-time Clatsop county resident, whose twin brother died three years ago, succumbed in a Warren ton hospital to automobile accident injuries. When 91 years old O'Hoyt pleaded guilty to making moon shine. He had been a locomotive engineer, manufacturers' repre sentative in a waterworks instal lation at Hongkong, China, and an employe of the Western Coop erage company at Jewell. His wife died 52 years ago. Hungary Announce $10,000,000 U.S. Loan LONDON, Feb. 22-P)-Tho Bu dapest radio said tonight that Prime Minister Imre Nagy told the Hungarian parliament today Hungary would receive a $10, 000,000 loan from the United States to buy equipment left by the U.S. army. The broadcast quoted Nagy as saying the loan, to be repaid in 30 years, had been confirmed in a telegram from Washington to Imre Olyvanyl, president of the Hungarian Na tlonal bank. IKE TO SEE ATOM TESTS LONG BEACH, Calif., Feb. 22-(JFJ-Cen. Dwlght D. Eisenhower, U.S. army chief of staff, will wit ness the al mlc bomb tests In the Pacific in May, he told reporters today upon his arrival here by army transport plane on an in spection tour. FIRE EXTINGUISHERS BURN NEW YORK, Feb. 22-(y?V Flames swept the upper floors tof a Broadway building today, de stroying 5000 fire extinguishers. Weather Max. Min. Rain 41 M J32 M Sslm Eugene .. IS S 41 41 42 Portland Seattle 48 San Tranciaco .. 61 Willamette liver 2 3 ft. FORECAST tfrom U.S. weaUier bu reau, McNary field, Salem: Cloudy today. Intermittent light rains. Light winds, rising In afternoon. Highest tempei turt 60 degrees. No. 288 Stronger "We must, in the shortest pos sible period, heal the wounds inflicted by the enemy on bur country and restore the pre-war level of development of national economy so that we may in the near future considerably surpass the level, raise the material well-being of the people still more strengthen the military and economic might of the So viet state. "In the new conditions, the Red army must vigilantly guard the peaceful, creative labor of the Soviet people, reliably safe guard the stater interests of the Soviet Union, and make the borders of our motherland im pregnable against enemies." He emphasized the need for effective training of troops "now as never before." "me lied Army, ne said, is obliged not only to keep up with the progress of the art of war, but to advance it" Russian Ship Split in Stormy North Pacific KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Feb. 22- (P)-The Russian tanker Donbass, broken in two, wallowed help lessly in the stormy north Paci fic south of the Aleutians tonight but the navy said a 1 new report from the scene indicated rescue vessels had the situation in hand and made no mention of loss of life. The 13th naval district in Seat tle said it was advised 23 people, including five women, were re moved from the stern portion of the fractured craft, and that 24 crewmen were left aboard as plans went forward to have the section towed to Adak. The navy said, 18 men, includ ing 'the master, were aboard the forward section. Estimates from Long Beach, from whence the vessel sailed Feb. 7, placed the number aboard as 64 crew mem bers and the captain. The coast guard district office here said two tankers, the Puente Hills of Los Angeles and an un identified Russian ship, were at the scene. , The coast guard said the disas ter occurred Feb. 17, but its cause was not known. The Puente Hills reported none of the people aboard the stern section could speak English. NOT UP ON! HIS HISTORY SLATON, -Tex., Feb. 22 (P) The Citizens State bank of Sla ton, closed for George Washing ton's .birthday anniversary, ex plained its closing with a sign: "Legal Holiday Somebody's Birthday." Prico 5c Rescued Japs Try Hamburgers PO- 1 ' k - - VT .; - J t - " V: !.-. ;i !-0 SEATTLE. Wash., Feb. tl Four of five Japs rescued by army trans port Fairmont Victory after drifting 36 days In Pacific try Yank hambarrers as ship docked in Seattle. Front, Capt Sasaki Seiso (1), Akia Kangetsa (r). Rear, Endo Tosbto (1), and Niura Fumlo (t). (AF Wirephoto to The Oregon SUtesman.) V i. ' v V MANILA, Feb. aVUPlctured above at his trial before a U.S. mili tary court Is Lt. Gen. Tomoyu kl Yamashita who was hanged in disgrace near Manila today after exhausting all possible sources of appeal. Dewey Claims G. M. Mediation i 'Over Hump' By the Asum'Utrd Pre'i Efforts to settle the crippling 04-day General Motors strike are "over the hump," Special Federal Mediator James F. Dewey report ed yeKterday but he stressed the wage issue still was in dispute. As negotiations ; between repre sentatives of the corporation and of 175,000 striking CIO United Auto Workers were adjourned un til 10 am. (EST) today, Dewey said, "We are over the moht diffi cujt parts of the contract." At the same time, the executive board of the National Federation of Telephone Workers went ahead with plans at Memphis, Tcnn., for a nationwide telephone strike on March 7, unless i wage-hour de mands aro met. Dewey said tentative agreement had been reached between GM and the UAW on! union security and added that tho company and union had made proposals on the question of vacation pay which were under discunion. The ques tion of wages was not otherwise discussed yesterday, he added. Meanwhile at Houston, Tex., a threat" to force a complete shut down of the city's water and gas plants and other vital services in support of a strike of city em ployes was called off "uncondi tionally." - Con Believed Iii Portland PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 22-iTj The first possible clue in the es cape of two men from the state penitentiary last week was seen today when witnesses identified a photograph of Allen D. Brumficld as the man who robbed t lunch covnter last night Last night's holdup, by two men, netted $40 from the till and $22 from customers. Four customers later said Brumfield, a life-termer who es caped the prison, was one of the robbers. G rave Firfct Big Name Nip War Criminal To Be Executed By Wayne Richardson MANILA. Saturday, Feb. 23 TVBfy Lt. Gen, Tomoyuki Ytrm-tbita symbol of Japan's power at the conquest of Singa pore nTid of her manical despera tion in defeat at Manila - wt handed in disgrace today as a war crimiral. The first big name figure to be executed in the Pacific war thea tre by the allies, the 60-year-old Wnashita died in civilian garb at the end of a rope Instead c f before, a firing squad. The latter form of execution, regarded by Japmse as "honorable," awaits Yomashita's p;edecessor ' in tho Philippines, Lt. Gen. Masaharu Homma. Dtcth was at dawn. i Final Comment Gt reial Yamashita, whose men foucht but failed to stop soldier of General MacArthur reinvadir.g " hilinroine. commented in a find statement: "as I siiii in Manila supreme court that 1 have done with all my cs.pi.city. So I don't ashame in front of God for what I have dor.e when I have died. But If you sty to me 'you do not have any ability to command Japanese army, 'V I should sny nothing for it, for ft is my own nature," Mitt Arthur had branded Jfam ashita, for his condoning of atrop hic, as a blot on military history. Two Others Follow He was followed to the scaffold by Lt. Col. Seichi Ohta, former head of the Japanese Kempei Tit rthouKht police) in the Philip pines, and Takuma Hlgashigi, Japunite civilian interpreter. There were convicted of tortur ing and killing Filipino civilian. Yamashita's final statement spoke of "good treatment, kixidii.I attitude from your good-natured officers who all the time proteit m.1 "I never forget what they ha . o done for me even IX I have died." he fcaid. , , "I don't blame my executioner, X will pray God bless them (Additional details on page 2 ) OPA Admits Meat Priees May Increase 1 WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 - tVn -OPA put out the word today Hut ment prices may halve to rise so a result of the wage boobt 1r packing worker;. It came as the question whether the government is going to coiv tinue food subsidies, which hold down prices of other grocery-basket items, shaped up as a rcd-hct issue for congress Over the next few months. J Senate banking committee con federation of a subsidy measuro produced from an OPA official the? news of the prospective meat pric rise. Senator Taft (R-Ohlo) demand ed that before action was taken the committee be informed wheth er meat prices would be increased. He said that a 10 cents an hour wage increase recommended by a presidential fact-finding board for parking workers would necessitate) either higher prices or larger gov ernment subsidy payments m packers. He took the view that Urge subsidies would mean the govern ment itself was paying the w increafce. John I.. Iewis Snubs Truman Wage Policy WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 "Af John L. Lewis, United Mire) Workers president, asserted if night that the miners expected their "proble ms to be settled upo' the merits" and not on the ba of President Truman's new ip price policy. Lewis has clled the UMW po! Icy committer to mitt in Wash ington March 11. Ha said "nf question of policy" to stnko action, in upport of any rt wage demands on bituminous ovl operators "will have to wait tl e decision of that committee." Wasliroom Attendant I Finds $5600 Packet BUFFALO, N. Y Feb. 22 -'TJ. Chauncey Miller, porter at the tomer Curtiss-Wright Corp. air port plant, walked into a plarf washroom today and found s bulging envelope which prove! on inspection to contain $5600 inv bills. Inquiry revealed it had been, lost by an employe of the West inghouse Electric Corp. which i getting ready to begin manufac turing in the plant. Miller ulsf rewarded with five dollars.