All-Republican
Control Board
Seems Assured
McKay Chances Run
Strong GOP Cause,
Aided by Dewey Visits
Capital
Text of Stalin's jMukden Said
Violated Pact iCaptured by
TalO "
Price Five Cents -.Never Signed Chinese Reds
60th Year, No. 260
Salem, Oregon, Saturday, October 30, 1948
Bfttur at &&, Or mob
By JAMES D. OLSON
Despite an upsurge In demo
cratic registration in Oregon
the republican lead In the slate
having been cut down to 12,391
all indications point to elec
tion of a republican board of
control at next Tuesday's gen
eral election.
Virtually every newspaper In
the state has thrown support to
Douglas McKay. GOP nominee
for governor. Earl T. Newbry
and Howard Belton, nominees
for secretary of state and state
treasurer.
Election polls and reports
' from the various counties In the
state indicate victory for these
three candidates. All three of
the candidates served in the state
senate last session and all are up
state men.
If elected, it will be the first
time in many years that Port
land will not have a man on the
board of control.
Another republican observers
report looks like a winner is At
torney General George Neuner,
another former state senator
and also ex-United States attor
ney. Neuner has served In his
present post for five years. His
opponent, William B. Murray.
Portland lawyer, has made an
aggressive campaign, utilizing a
great deal of bill board space
throughout the state.
Not Too Much Money
One obstacle that the demo
crats have faced in the present
campaign is lack of funds.
Monroe Sweetland, democratic
national committeeman, in a
letter to democratic precinct
workers, made an appeal for
funds, stressing that such funds
were not for the benefit of any
candidate in the present race but
would be used for the "upbuild
ing" of the democratic party In
Oregon.
As a result of the lack of
funds In the democratic election
fund, candidates of this party
have been forced to use their
own funds or take time to so
licit their own campaign funds.
Another blow to the democrat
ic' aspirants was the fact that
the national democratic commit
tee' did not send President Tru
mai to campaign In Oregon this
fall.. Apparently feeling that
there was little chance to win
the state, the party leaders just
passed the state up and the lesser
candidates lost an opportunity to
shine under the spotlight of a
presidential appearance in the
state.
(Concluded on Page 13, Column 8)
Ball Park at
Spokane Burns
Spokane, Oct. 30 M" The ill
fated Spokane Indians home
baseball park, destroyed in a
spectacular fire last night, will
be rebuilt of concrete and steel,
co-owner J. Lamar Butler said
today.
"Spokane will have baseball
in 1949," Butler said in a tele
phone interview from Los An
geles. The fire started from un
known causes in the grandstand
shortly after 8 p.m. Within a few
minutes the flames were roar
ing through the wood stands
out of control.
Acting Fire Chief Charles
Burger said there was little
chance to curb the blaze by the
time firemen arrived.
"Our biggest difficulty was
lack of hydrants," he said. "We
had to lay hose from two
blocks away."
The destruction of Ferris
field was the second major cala
mity to strike the team in three
yeari. Two years ago the club
was virtually wiped out by a
bus crash. Last year the "In
dian sign" on the Indians was
reflected In their losing the
western International league
pennant race by one percentage
point. This year they won the
championship in an amazing
rally at the finish, only to lose
their home park.
Butler said that he and co
owner Buddy Ryan will start
construction of new grand
stand as soon as material is
available.
Bonus and Old Age
Proposals Opposed
Portland, Ore.. Oct 30 UB
Executive Secretary James T.
Marr of the Oregon Federation
of Labor today was on record)
against general election meas
ures which would provide a vet
eran bonus and old age pension
schedules. '
T- i . i : .... ....
...an in m rauio uun saia inr
lo measures would "vitally af-
tect taxation and Indirectly un
dermln fiscal stability."
Presidential
Campaigns End
In Home States
'By the AMOckated Pre&s)
President Truman and Gov
Thomas E. Dewey ring down the
curtain on their presidential
campaigns tonight with address
es before home-state audiences.
But before the final balloting,
they plan to return to the na
tional stage with curtain call
pleas for vote support in next
Tuesday's election.
Mr. Truman's special train
was Missouri-bound, with St.
Louis the last stop on a cross
country talking tour that in
cluded every section of the na
tion. Goes to Independence
After his speech there tonight,
the president will stay at his
home in Independence until
after the November 2 balloting.
Regardless of the outcome, he
plans to go to Key West, Fla.,
later in the week for an extend
ed vacation.
Dewey winds up his second
effort to win the presidency for
the republicans with a speech
tonight in Madison Square Gar
den. Arriving in New York yester
day aboard his "Victory Spe
cial" train, the GOP candidate
expressed confidence his party
will get not only the White
House prize, but congressional
control as well.
Dewey rode into Manhattan
from a New England stumping
tour in which he pledged, if
elected, to unite the country be
hind a strengthening movement
for peace, aided by promised
harmony between the White
House and congress.
Both Hit at Records
Asserting that the democrats
have made "tragic concessions"
in dealing with world problems,
Dewey told a New Haven
crowd:
"You can't buy peace by giv
ing away other people's free
dom."
Mr. Truman lashed out at the
GOP record on foreign affairs
last night in a Brooklyn address
which concluded a whirlwind
two-day vote hunt in New York
City.
In the 267th speech of his
campaign, the president assert
ed that the republicans crippled
tne reciprocal trade agreements
program and tried to twist the
European recovery plan from
one of "world reconstruction to
one of hand-out relief."
Calls GOP Isolationists
In addition, he said, "the re
publican party's record shows
that it is not free from forces of
isolationism."
"These are some of the rea
sons why the American people
would make a mistake if they
should entrust the future of our
country to a republican presi
dent and a republican congress
for the next four years," Mr.
Truman added.
Saying he does "not believe
war is inevitable," the president
promised to explore every pos
sible means, "no matter how dif
ficult or unconventional," to
reach agreement with the Rus
sians.
Henry Wallace followed the
president into Harlem last night
with the charge that Mr. Tru
man was making "shallow, hol
low, worthless promises" on
civil rights.
"We will not sacrifice them
to totalitarian aggression."
Greek Cabinet to Resign
Athens - Oct. 30 UPi Tti
Greek government of Premier
Themistokles Sonhnnli. will re
sign within three days, the pre
mier announced tonight. The
cabinet was formed in Sentem.
ber, 1947.
Polls Favor Dewey But
Democrats Discount Them
Presidential polls were leaning heavily In Gov. Thomas E.
Dewey's favor as the campaign neared its close, but nionificanre
of the surveys is discounted by
r-rtsiuciii iruman saia in a new York City speech Friday
that the voters are "going to throw the Gallup polls right Into
the ashcan." t
Earlier, Sen. J. Howard Mc-
Grath, democratic national chair
man, had urged poll-taker Dr.
George Gallup to "properly ad
Just" his election surveys "so
that the voters may know the
truth."
Gallup released his semi -fi
nal round-up fo the nation Fri
day, showing Dewey ahead in
31 states, with substantial leads
in 19, and Mr. Truman out in
front in 10 states, and slightly
ahead In four others.
Results of the latest newspa
per polls in the presidential
race, including the candidate
each newspaper is supporting,
art at follows; I
President of
Peru Deposed,
Exiled to Chile
Lima, Peru, Oct. 30 (Pi Jose
Luis Bustamante, deposed as
president of Peru by the army,
left for exile In Chile early to
day. Former Interior Minister Gen.
Manuel Odria, leader of the suc
cessful three-day revolt, prom
ised to hold democratic elections
as soon as possible in a broad
cast from Arequipa, where the
uprising broke out.
Brig. Zenon Noriega, com
mander of the second army di
vision, was reported holding the
reins of government temporar
ily. Odria is expected in Lima
today to appoint a junta and
start a provisional government.
Denounced by Odria
Lima newspapers last night
carried statements from Odria
denouncing Bustamante. H e
charged Bustamante had given
the left-wing, outlawed Apra
party which he characterized
as "an international sect" com
plete freedom to carry out
"plans to proseletize the lower
army ranks, inciting them to
murder their officers and
chiefs."
The Apra party had been
blamed by the government for
an unsuccessful revolt earlier
this month at Callao, Lima's
port city.
Odria, 52 years old, promised
to restore order and normalcy
in the country. He said he plan
ned to convoke a national work
ers' congress in which the basis
would be laid for a better life
for the working class and prom
ised to improve the conditions of
agriculture, Peru's basic indus
try. Resigned to Fate
The revolt, which started in
Arequipa, named the "rebel city
of Peru" because many revolu
tions have been hatched there.
showed no signs of engulfing
L,ima until midday yesterday.
Then it was learned the Lima
garrison had thrown in its lot
with the rebels.
Bustamente, upon learning
the capital garrison had joined
the rebellion, apparently resign
ed himself to his fate and waited
at the presidential palace for the
army to remove him from office.
Army leaders met with Bus
tamante late yesterday and de
manded that he resign as the
only way out of the crisis. He
refused to resign and waited
for the army to oust him.
Laborifes Oiler
British Steel Bill
London, Oct. 29 WV-The la
bor government published today
its controversial steel national
ization bill. Under it the gov
ernment would become owner
in 1950 of 107 companies capi
talized at 195,000,000 ($780,
000). Conservatives, led by Winston
Churchill, are fighting the meas
ure. Labor, however, holds
roughly a two to one majority
in the house of commons. This
makes adoption of the bill al
most a certainty.
The government indicated the
bill will not be rushed. Poli
tical writers predicted parlia
ment will debate it for months
and that final passage may be
delayed until late in 1948. The
bill is on the- eve of Britain's
next general election, at which
the program is expected to be
a major issue.
The bill proposes the govern
ment will take outright owner
ship through, a stock purchase
arrangement of all firms which
produce 50,000 or more tons of
iron ore or 20,000 or more tons
of other iron or steel products
per year.
democratic spokesmen.
Chicago Tribune (supporting
Dewey) straw vote of 82 down-
state Illinois cities: Truman, 9,
853 votes; Dewey, 14,749. City
of Chicago, Truman 14,998;
votes: Dewey, 13,852.
Chicago Sun-Times (support
ing Truman) straw votes of
Chicago: Truman, 12.267 votes;
Dewey, 10.895. Chicago sub
urbs: Truman, 2.264 votes, Dew
ey, 4.491. Downstate Illinois (33
of 101 counties) Truman 6,-
944 votes: Dewey, B.850.
New York Daily News (sup
porting Dewey) statewide:
Truman, 44 1 percent; Dewey.
49 2; Wallace, ( 6. ,
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Dallas Awards Juvenile Hobgobblins Annual children's
Holloween parade features several hundred youngsters array
ed in festive costume. Top prize winners from left- Melvin
Schulson, costumed as a duck; Joan Phillips who received the
grand champion prize for her owlish regalia; David Marsters
as ring master and Patty Lantis dressed as a fairy queen.
Arabs Accept Order
To Cease Firing
Paris. Oct. 30 (U.R) United Nations headquarters reported to-
nieht that Arab forces in North
oWijmilPtmi, big scale tmmZVi.fW
stopped, at least temporarily. '"
Jewish military representatives had not accepted the UN order,
truce officials notified the UN
here, but agreed to refer it to
the Israeli government in Tel
Aviv.
Meanwhile, they said, the
heavy fighting which broke out
along the entire northern front
in Palestine during the night had
subsided.
The official reports to the
UN said the truce took effect aft
er the deadline of noon (GMT)
(7 a.m. EST).
A Haifa dispatch said earlier
that the deadline had passed and
the fighting still was going on.
The official reports to the
UN said the truce took effect
after the . deadline of noon
GMT (7 a.m. EST).
A Haifa dispatch said earlier
that the deadline had passed
and the fighting still was going
on. It quoted truce headquar
ters officials in Haifa, and ap
parently was superseded by the
official report of the truce.
Shell Strike Peace
Negoti
iations Fail
San Francisco, Oct. 30 W
Negotiations to settle the Paci
fic coast oil refinery strike, now
in its 57th day, broxe down
completely at the Shell refinery
Glenn Bowers, state supervis-T.
or of the California conciliation
service, issued the following
statement:
"Negotiations at Shell Oil
company have broken down.
Bargaining conferences have ad
journed without setting a date
for another meeting.
"There appears to be no hope
for an agreement at Shell Oil
company in the early future.
"The effect of this deadlock
at Shell company on negotiations
in other companies cannot be
forecast at this time."
4 Die, 9 Injured
In Chicago Fire
Chicago, Oct. 20 (4; At least
four persons perished and nine
were injured in an early morn
ing fire of unknown origin that
destroyed a four-story brick
apartment building on the South
Side.
Police estimated about 100
persons, occupants of the build
ing's 35 aparements, fled or
were carried to the street by
firemen.
Firemen carried about 25 oc
cupants from the building at
6427-6429 South Harper ave
nue. Most of those who escaped
from the blazing structure made
their way down a firt escape.
Palestine had accepted a UN
First Break in
Maritime Strike
San Francisco, Oct. 29 (Pi
CIO marine engineers in San
Francisco voted 230 to 56 last
night to accept an agreement
with employers interpreted by
some as the first real break in
the 58-day-old west coast mari
time strike. Locals of the same
union in Seattle, Portland and
San Pedro will vole on the
agreement tonight.
Union officers were quick to
point out the settlement, if ac
cepted, will not mean any split
in the maritime strike front,
however, adding:
"We do not consider signing
the contract will bind us to cross
picket lines, because under the
contract we can terminate it if
we are asked to cross picket
lines
Still on strike are four other
unions. The Marine Engineers
say they have not been on strike
although all five unions at the
outset announced none would
sign a contract until all had
reached satisfactory agreements
with the employers,
A shipowners spokesman
s..c.. c
gineers was a significant de
velopment but that it could not
be termed a pattern for negotia
tions with tne other unions
CIO Longshoremen; CIO Cooks
and Stewards; Independent Ma
rine Firemen, Oilers Watcrtend
ers and Wipers; and Radio
Operators (some AFL, some
CIO).
The Political Parade
'B th Aw ltpd PtMl
What the candidates are do
ing today:
Tlm"s ire Ptelhe Sllndardl
Democrats
President Truman speaks at
St. Louis, Mo., 7:30 p m.
Sen. Alben Barkley, vice
presidential candidate speaks
at Evansville, Ind., 6:30 p m.
Republicans
Gov. Thomas E Dewey
speaks at New York City,
broadcasts over NBC, 6:30
p m
Gov. Earl Warren, vice
presidential candidate, in Cal
ifornia, speaks at Anaheim, 10
am; Long Beach, 12 noon,
and Los Angeles, 8 p m.
Progressives
Henry Wallace speaks af
Philadelphia, 7:30 p m.
Son. Glenn Taylor, vice
presidential candidate, speaks
at Salt Lake City, Utah, about
9 p m.
it I
French Jail 700
Mine Strikers
Paris, Oct. 29 OP) Police said
today they have jailed 700
Frenchmen and foreign in an
attempt to end the 25-day-old
coal strike. '
- The interior ministry an
nounced today that police and
arrfiy. occupation of the big
fiortrlefnTSOal fields was mov
ing 12 to 24 hours ahead of
schedule.
"There was no noticeable re
sistance and no incidents,' the
communique said.
ine pro-communist newspa
per Ce Soir said strikers were
counter-attacking at the Bonncl
mine, one of the 12 occupied to
day.
Fifty-two foreigners already
have been thrown out of the
country in fulfillment of Inte
rior Minister Jules Moch's threat
to expel any foreigner found
taking part in demonstrations.
rrencn mines employ many
Poles and other eastern Euro
peans.
While the coal stoppage seem
ed ebbing, communists pushed a
dockers' strike to keep out coal
imports.
Troops at two French ports.
La Rochelle and La Pa 1 1 ice,
were unloading American coal
shipments. Communist -led
stevedores, sympathizing with
the coal strike have refused to
work at eight ports.
Typhoon off Iwo Jirna
Tokyo, Oct. 30 IPi A tropi
cal storm with winds up to 75
miles an hour at its center was
275 miles northwest of Iwo Jima
today and moving in a general
northerly direction Center
winds of the storm have varied
from 65 to 75 miles an hour in
the last two days.
West Salem Hears Charges
Hurled at Public Meeting
By VKRNK AXKLSON
West Salem, Oct. 30 Merger with Salem and assertions of in
efficiency on the ptirt of prior
opposition candidates were a
public meeting called by Mayor
been Indicated that merger was
Mayor Musgrave asserted thnt-T
the question of merger is not of
the essence at this time, but that
the voters should determine
what type of administration can
host conduct the city's affairs if
West Salem continues as an in
dependent municipality.
A decision should be made by
the voters, according to Mayor
Musgrave, as to whether they de
sire an administration which
takes the citizens Into Its confi
dence or an administration
which prefers to keep city issues
In the dark.
Evidence of marked lnefficl-y bv repr,.nn,ivr of nrn ln.
ency by past dministrations!rtu.,tnp, wrio think the qnrs'ion
prevailed when he took office,, h,ive bp,inng jnri,.
two years ago, he declared. ,rj development. O F. Sni
There were no maps or only in- dor. manager of the Blue lake
adequate maps of sower Instal-'pdncp,.,, enumerated his
Iations, water mains and meter ! plant's worries as maintenance
locations, no records of citv!0 iU(fjcient water supply for op
property and only 73 percent of eratlon, adequate fire protection,
the water consumers were pny-,,PV,Kgt. ritffm,n nd high insur
ing metpred rates, he said. anee rates.
It was indicated that torn ma-J (Concluded en Past 11. Column li
Proposal Drown by
Argentine Never
Submitted to UN
Moscow, Oct. 30 iTi Prime
Minister Stalin's argument with
the west over Berlin dominated
the Soviet press today. Mos-
icow newspapers printed the text
of what they described as a draft
! agreement on Berlin nullified
i by the western powers.
1 Tass said this agreement whs
reached between Soviet Deputy
Foreign Minister Andrei Y. Vi
shinsky and Argentina's Juan
A. Bramuglia "as representative
ot the other interested powers."
It would have called for lifting
of the Berlin blockade simul
taneously with the estrblishment
oi Russian currency as the sole
money for Berlin. This would
have taken place by Nov. 20.
I.ffort Abortive
(Bramuglia did not represent
tne western powers in the ne
gotiations. He was speaking for
the six neutral nations of the
security council who were try
ing to bring about a settlement.
(The western powers' posi
tion throughout has been that
there would be no negotiation
under duress and that thus the
blockade should be lifted first.
Bramuglia and the western
powers' representatives denied
Pans that any four-power
agreement was in existence on
the Berlin question. Russia ve
toed Monday a Berlin settle
ment which the western powers
approved.
(Western delegates in Paris
said Vishinsky and Bramuglia
might have agreed on a draft
text, but that was as far as it
went. They said Stalin was
wrong in saying the west violat
ed an agreement.
Draft Agreement
(In London, a British foreign
office spokesman said there was
a draft agreement, but only be
tween Vishinsky and Bramuglia
The spokesman said "Stalin's
statement that the draft had
been agreed to by the western
powers bore all the traces of
being directed at that part of
world opinion which is not al
lowed access to other sources of
information."
(In short he said, "It was in
tended for uniinformed read
ers.") GOP Outspends
Democrats
Washington, Oct. 30 (PThe
republican party has spent more
than 15 times as much money
on house and senate campaigns
as the democratic party.
Final pre-election financial re
ports filed with congress show
that GOP senate and house cam
paign committees spent $715,
749 up to Thursday, compared
with a democratic total of $46.
999. The committees' reports did
not include all money collected
and spent by the candidates
themselves, nor money spent on
congressional campaigns by oth
er groups such as labor unions.
The statements covered only
what was collected and spent by
the party on Its house and sen
ate candidates.
The full campaign-spending
story will not be told until the
end of the year, when all po
litical groups are required to
file their annual financial state
ments. Candidates must file
their own final reports wllhin
election.
The home-stretch figures also
showed the republican nntional
committee ahead of its demo
cratic counterpart on spending.
city administrations of whii-h the
part, dominated Friday night's
Waller Musgrave though it had
not to he on the agenda.
jor drainage problems could
have been averted had proper
maps been available.
Councilman Don Kulin. ufui
attended the meeting, defended
the position of accused city of
ficials. He said that there had
been maps at one time and that
the water commission had the
responsibility of formulating
maps of the watrr and sewer
systems and their preservation.
Merger with Salem was press
ed into the Hicriiacinr, npinit.nl.
Greatest Confusion
Reigns and Repo'ts
Conflicting
Nanking, Oct. J!) T Com
munist troops swooped on .Muk
den today and either wrested
that greatest Manrhurian city
from the Chinese government
or were prepared to do so at
their leisure.
Usually reliable sources said
the reds had won complete con
trol of the city. Other equally
reliable sources late tonicht said
they had closely ringed the city
but had not fully completed its
occupation.
These last accounts, stated tho.
last group of government offi
cials had fled at S p.m. in auto
mobiles, in a desperate effort to
break through the communist
circle.
Greatest Confusion
They said no authority what
ever remained in Mukden and
the entire city was in "the
greatest confusion."
Foreigners left in Mukden in
cluded U.S. Consul General An
gus Ward and his wife. Consu
late Secretary Mary Eleanor Ra
den of Dysart, Iowa, Adminis
trative Officer Ralph Rehberg
of Rochester, N.Y.; and some
other members of the Ameri
can and other foreign consular
staffs.
The American consulate was
reported well supplied with
food under guard within its
compound.
Whereabouts of the garrison
commander. Gen. Wei Li-Huang
was unknown here.
Chinese in Flight
His troops last were-ported
trying to fight their way south
ward from the city. Their ob
jective was not clear in Nan
king but it was believed they
were trying to reach one of two
evacuation ports in Manchuria
Yingkow and Hulutao, both
on the Gulf of Chihli and about
100 miles south of Mukden.
Sources here considered it un
likely that many of the 150,0
nationalist troops managed to
escape red forces who held the
corridor to Chinhsien, 125 miles
south of Mukden.
Large forces on both sides
have been engaged in a see
saw battle for the past 72 hours
in the Mukden area. More than
400,000 men were,, reported
committed to battle.
The nalionnl government has
been plagued with large scale
desertions of troops in pM.-t
months. It was considered like
ly some of those in 12 divisions
the communists said they cap
tured near Mukden earlier this
week deserted.
Chiang Kai-Shek himself flew
here late in the day from his
field headquarters at Peiping,
where he had been directing the
north operations since Oct. 15.
His arrival was considered by
observers to mean drastic de
velopments had sent him rush
ing back here.
U. S. Election
Halls UN Action
Paris, Oct. 30 f Tht tum
ult of the American elect io
reverberated in the nearly
empty meeting halls of the Unit
ed Nations today as the world
body prepared for an extra
long week-end holiday.
Discussion of nearly all ma
jor issues came to a halt as the
delegates, including Americans,
wailed to see who will be the
next president of the United
States and what kind of congress
the U. S. will have.
The security council voted
with two abstentions to shunt
the touchy Palestine question
into a subcommittee until some
time after mxt Tuesday. The
Soviet Union and the Soviet
Ukraine abstained from the vot
ing. By a fortunate circumstance
the UN virtually was forced to
c;ill a holiday for Monday Just at
a tune when discretion called for
one. Monriiiy, alt Saints Hay, is
a national holiday in France and
the UN is taking the day off
too. The following d;y is elec
tion riav in the United States.
Top-ranking AmcrU an diplo
mats scatterrd for the week
end. Secretary of State Marshall
went to London on what US em
bassy spokesmen in Lend on said
was a "purely personal and pri
vate visit."
THE WEATHER
' Releapi hv United eMa'e
Wea'her Bureau
Korem.t for Salem and Vicin
ity: Mofi'Iy cloihty with ahpners
tniuuli! , beroming nMly cloudy
with ocfri.nnii.i hnwt--r;, Siinirt.v.
llW'Pt lrm;)rrRtlUT I'VtT'TCCl tO
niiMit. 42 tW'viPfY Siri
rtev. M MnximuM yvH'riiy .'.
'Minimum Uxlnv 4?. Mmp tem
perature ysterdv M h.rh
7 he low normal Total 24-hour
precipitation to 11 30 am. todtv
trac- Total precipitation for tne
month 2nt htrh s 71 of an
inch brlow normal. WllUmte
river hMM a' Rplem Saturday
n-orning -2 S feet.