Berlin Blockade
To Be Lifted
On Schedule
Traffic to Resume
2:01 P. M., PST., on
Wednesday
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Governor Puts
Signature on
Baldock Plan
Adopted by
City Council
Changes Regulate
Truck Traffic, Street
Grid System Modified
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Berlin. Mar 10 VP) At one
minute past midnight Thrusdajr
f lac-bedecked traffic will end
the epic of blockaded Berlin.
That 2:01 p.m., PST, tomor
row. So far there hasn't been a
hitch in final arrangements.
Gen. V. I. Shuikov, Soviet
commander in Germany, and the
western powers both have or
dere that transport, trade and
communication services between
their zones resume at that time.
Things will revert back to the
way they were on March 1, 1948,
when the blockade began.
16 Trains Move Daily
Sixteen freight trains will
move into the city daily. High
ways will be open. The Soviet's
won't or at least say they won't
demand travel permits. They
also say.they'U not try to search
allied baggage.
Mail service will be resumed.
Western Berlin's Mayor Ernest
Reuter ordered the black, red
and gold flag of the new West
German Republic be flown on
street cars and buses.
The Berlin flag will be drap
ed over other buses which will
speed to the west German cities
of Hanover, Hamburg and
Frankfurt.
First Day's Schedule
. The first day, 10 carloads of
coal and six others of fresh po
tatoes and consumer goods are
scheduled to move into the city,
which has been supplied by the
air lift for ten months.
Twelve thousand tons of sup
plies are to go into the city dai
ly just about the same figure
that the air lift reached on its
best day.
While most of the world hail
ed the end of the blockade as a
Soviet diplomatic defeat, the of
ficial Soviet army newspaper,
Taegliche Rundschau, today call
ed it an "unquestionable success
of the policy of unity which was
always pursued by the Soviet
Union and the progressive forc
es of Germany."
Airlift Fliers
Ask for VB Day
Celle, Germany, May 10 W)
The-men who fly the airlift
count the end of the Berlin
blockade as a personal triumph.
They claim it was their air
lift which won the "Battle of
Berlin."
And they think this cold war
victory deserves the usual war's
end recognition a special hol
iday. How about a V-B day, they
say, to celebrate "Victory in
Berlin."
"We have V-E day for victory
in Europe and V-J day for vic
tory in Japan," said Lt. Truman
Lucas of Indianapolis, Ind., "so
why not a V-B day? This vic
tory may prove to be jusVas im
portant." The idea met a ready response
among pilots and ground crews
who have been working night
and day to keep Berlin supplied
with food and fuel.
"We could certainly use a holi
day, all right and I think we've
earned one." said Corp. Joseph
Howard, 88 School street, Taun
ton, Mass.
Even the airlift commanders
who talked of carrying on the
airlift despite the blockade's
end agreed with the men that
they had earned a holiday.
"The boys rightly regard this
blockade lifting as a personal
victory, and they are proud of
lt," said Lt. Col. Robert J. Du
Val, North Hollywood, Calif.,
acting commander of the big
U. S. airlift base here.
"They have really earned a
victory celebration and a holi
cty." IS Missing in Andes
Lima; Peru, May 10 (U.R) Re
ports reaching here today said
that 13 persons were missing in
a snowslide which buried
small mining camp In the Andes
mountains last Thursday night.
Advertiser
'Swamped'
The advertiser who ran this
Capital Journal classified ad
was "swamped in 30 min
utes" by a deluge of appli
cants for the job.
KITCHEN helper wntM. J. B. Drlr.
In. 3310 lHlrir0UD4 M. No ptiottf
cm.
"I really got results. Please
kill the ad," was his plea
when he phoned after one
day's run.
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State Rejects
Naval Hospital
Near Astoria
The state board of control
Tuesday rejected a plea to take
over the 500-bed naval hospital
at Astoria for a state hospital.
Gov. McKay presented a tele
gram from the Astoria Chamber
of Commerce urging that the
state accept the property from
the government for $1.
Members of the board were
agreed that the cost of main
taining the building would be
excessive and that the hospital
was not located in the proper
place to be of any great value to
the state.
Want East Side Building
A delegation from the East
Side Commercial club appeared
before the board urging selec
tion of a site in the Holladay
park area on the east side for
the new state office building.
Dean Wells, spokesman for
the group, told the board that
the club favored the east side
location because the cost of the
property would be very much
lower than a site on the west
side. He also said that traffic on
the west side of Portland was
now so great that it would be
impossible for persons desiring
to do business with the state in
the new building to find park
ing places.
Might Donate Site
No estimate could be made of
what the east side site would
cost but Wells said that Ralph
Lloyd, owner of the site and
who is developing the district
once offered to donate the prop
erty and would doubtless make
a good deal with the state.
Payments for work perform
ed by contractors during April
were approved as follows:
Sound Construction company,
$140,058.71 on new state office
building; H. J. Settergren, $6,-
565.54 on employes dormitory
at Eastern Oregon tuberculosis
hospital at The Dalles; McCor
m a c k Construction company,
$13,036.03 on nurses' home ad
dition at Eastern Oregon state
hospital at Pendleton and West
ern Engineering company, $15,
710 on work performed on ven
tilating system in the state Capi
tol. ... . ... ..,..,....
Russian Threat
Held Political
Washington, May 10 W
James P. Warburg, former New
York banker and writer on in
ternational affairs, said at the
senate's Atlantic pact hearings
today that the real threat from
Russia is political and not mili
tary.
'There has been and is a very
definite Soviet threat to peace,"
he said. "But this Soviet threat
has been and still is primarily a
threat of communist penetra
tion, of subversion and only
secondarily a threat of military
conquest."
The foreign relations commit
tee heard Warburg as the first
witness on a speed-up schedule
leaders have mapped out with
the aim of getting senate appro
val by July 1 of both the pact
and a $1,300,000,000 arms-for-Europe
program.
This stepped up schedule was
arranged after a conference by
Secretary of State Acheson with
Senators Connally (D-Tex) and
Vandenberg (R-Mich).
The pact would nledee the
United States, Canada and 10
western European nations to
mutual aid in opposing aggres
sion. Signed here April 4, it will
become binding on the United
States only when approved by a
two-thirds senate vote.
Truman's Crack at Byrd
Held Jump to
Washington, May 10 VP) ReD.
toaay mat president Truman's reported crack that there are too
many Byrds In congress is a "Junto from natrons to nnm
and indicates "a third term attemnt."
A republican leader in the house, Arends made a short speech
mat inicciea ine glee me uufr
is finding in the statement at
tributed to the president yester
day. The republicans look on it
as hardening the differences be
tween the president and other
southern democrats as well as
Senator Byrd (D.-Va.) the only
Byrd in senate or house.
"Now this leap from patron
age to purge," Arends said,
"clearly indicates that the presi
dent is planning third term at
tempt. "He can't purge the-Virginia
senator until 1953 and he can't
purge if he isn't around so it
looks like he is getting set for
the race in 1952.
"And It may be, Mr. Speaker.
I that the patronage to purge ma
J neuver will turn out to b quite
Peace Parley
Resumed to End
Strike at Ford's
Detroit, May 10 (At The Ford
strike idling 65,000 men and
threatening as many more was
carried to the peace table today.
On the sixth day of the "speed
up" deadlock management and
the CIO United Auto Workers
sought a solution together.
Their initial negotiations were
set for 11 a.m. PST.
Several hundred unionists
asked in a petition that the talks
be broadened to deal with an al
leged speed-up in the axle
building of Ford's big Rouge
plant's "B" building.
Ford Accepts Proposal
In keeping with other events
of this first major labor battle
in a year in the auto industry,
the agreement to negotiate
came yesterday with dramatic
suddenness.
Young President Henry Ford
II, acting swiftly, accepted a pro
posal for talks from President
Walter Reuther of the union.
The two acted as strike-caused
layoffs in Ford and supplier
firms already were mounting
into the thousands.
A full 40,000 more Ford work
ers face idleness within a week
if the strike is not settled. Ford
has warned it may have to shut
down all of its 49 plants.
Declines to Debate
In agreeing to negotiations
Ford said his company assumed
that the talks would be "con
tinued until this strike can be
brought to a close."
He declined two accompany
ing proposals from Reuther,
however.
.Concluded on Page S, Column 4)
Walker Guilty
Rape Murder
Boulder, Colo., May 10 VP)
Joe Walker was convicted yes
terday of second degree murder
in the rape slaying of Coed The
resa Foster by a jury which
said it sought divine guidance.
The verdict carries a penalty
of 10 years to life in prison.
District Judge George Brad
field granted the defense 30
days in which to file for a new
trial. He delayed sentencing un
til then. The .judge refused to
release Walker on his old $25,.
000 bail but said he would hear
a motion for a new bond.
Walker only shook his head
when he heard the verdict late
yesterday. That was just an
hour short of three days from
the time the jury took the case
against the 32-year-old metal
worker.
Before he was returned to his
cell, Walker talked briefly with
his mother, Mrs. Myrtis Walker,
70, and his brother Marshall.
They came from Santa Monica,
Calif., to attend the trial. Both
kept a stoic look in the court
room but broke into tears in the
anteroom where they saw Joe.
In Santa Monica, Walker's
wife said she refuses "to give
up hope for Joe until after the
case has been appealed." She
termed "very ridiculou s " a
newsman's question as to whe
ther she plans to collect the
$10,000 reward offered by the
University of Colorado regents
for the arrest and conviction of
the killer of the 18-year-old co
ed. Mrs. Walker did not ampli-
ty her statement.
Margaret Lost Voice
Washington, May 10 VP)
Margaret Truman lost her voice
temporarily during a three
week attack of laryngitis, the
White House disclosed today.
The president's daughter has
now recovered.
Party Purge
Arends (R.-Ill nM th. ho....
a hurdle and the warbles from
the mocking birds B-I-R-D-S
in congress won't be swept to his
errs."
Actually, Mr. Truman has
been elected to only one presi
dential term. He went to the
White House as the successor of
the late President Roosevelt.
Privately, soma of President
Truman's friends on Capitol Hill
were admittedly unhappy over
the matter. They saw it as in
creasing their difficulty in get
ting congressional action on the
administration's legislative pro
gram.
Byrd and his friends, on their
part, were ready to arm them
selves against possible purge
movement.
Mr 1) . imrsuJ
Wanderers Safe Bill Grant (second from left) and Sheila
Cure, 28-year-old student nurse of Vancouver, B. C, who
wandered six days in Canadian-U.S. border wilds after their
plane crashed, talk with rescuers while eating at logging
camp near Lightning creek, which is just inside the Ameri
can border about 100 miles east of Vancouver. (See story on
page 12.) (AP Wirephoto.)
Board Threatens Legal
Action AgainstOSCProfs
Portland, May 10 VP) The Oregon board of higher education
threatened legal action against leftists today in the controversy
over two professors dismissed from Oregon State college.
The board said there was evidence that "false statements were
being sent through the mails, a spokesman said the letters charged
that the dismissal of Dr. Ralph
Spitzer and L. R. La Vallee was '
discriminatory.
The two asserted they were
fired because of activities for
the progressive party. The col
lege denied this. The two ap
pealed to the Oregon State fac
ulty, which rejected their plea
unanimously.
A board spokesman said one
of the recent letters led the San
Diego State college chapter of
University Professors to protest
to the Oregon board against the
dismissals." " "
Dr. A. L. Strand, Oregon
State president who publicly
parted with the Wallace forces
last night, was authorized by
the board to confer with the
State attorney-general on pos
sible legal action against the
authors of the letters.
Adjustments in higher educa
tion procedures resulting from
legislative acts also were taken
up by the board as it waded
through 55 items in the longest
docket in years.
Steps were taken to put in
to effect the community college
course provisions of the Dunn
bill, former rules on compulsory
retirement at age 65 were res
cinded, and deficiency appropri
ations were allocated.
Chancellor Paul C. Packer
was authorized to appoint a
committee of three plus the
dean of general extension as
chairman to "develop educa
tional policies, program of
courses and general standards
of instructions" for the centers
where school boards cooperate
with the extension service in of
fering some junior college work,
as provided in the Dunn bill.
McKay Clears Desk
Of Legislative Bills
Governor Douglas McKay
cleared his desk today of all
bills passed by the legislature.
He is allowed 20 days to act
on bills and today was the last
day.
He vetoed only one bill of the
571 passed by the lawmakers.
He signed all the rest.
He signed four bills today
including one which places Co
lumbia river barge lines under
the Jurisdiction of the public
utilities commissioner.
Another bill signed today
will require beer and wine pur
chasers in taverns to give proof
that they are over 21 years old,
if the tavern keeper suspects
they might be under age.
THE WEATHER
i Released by U.8.
Weather Bureau)
Forecast for Salem and Vicini
ty: rair tonight and Wednesday
except for morning cloudlneu.
Slightly warmer. Lowest temper
ature expected tonight, 46 de
grees: highest Wednesday. U.
Maximum yesterday 77. Mini
mum today 45. Mean tempera
ture yesterday 60. which was t
above normal Total 34-hour pre
cipitation to 11:30 am. todsy
0. Total precipitation for the
month 163 Inches, which is .77
of an inch shore normal. Willam
ette Mirer height at Salem, Tues
day morning. 6-1 feet.
Salem Float for
Rose Parade
Through the efforts of the Sa
lem Cherrians and Douglas Yea
ter, who took on the task of rais
ing sufficient funds for the floatl
the City of Salem will probably
have a float in the Portland Rose
Festival parade again this year.
V Yeater Monday night at a
meeting of the Cherrians an
nounced that he was near his
goal and that a number of busi
ness firms had not yet been con
tacted. He further stated that
notification must be given to
Portland this week as to whether
the City of Salem will have a
float and that anyone wanting
to assist financially with the
project could contact him at 3
4311 or send a check to him.
During the meeting the group
also voted to contribute $72 to
the fund for sending the Salem
high school band to the state
band tournament at Klamath
Falls. The group also instruct
ed King Bing Deryl Myers to
select a committee of five Cher-
nan members to meetWednes-
day evening with representatives
from the Salem Junior Women's
club regarding the club's proj
ect of purchasing equipment for
use on the playgrounds this sum
mer. A marching drill for the Sa
lem Cherrians has been sched
uled for Tuesday evening at
7:30 o'clock with the group gath
ering at the corner of Trade and
South Commercial street.
Swedish Envoy Calls
On Governor McKay
Erik Boheman, Swedish am
bassador to the United States,
called on Governor Douglas
McKay today.
The governor entertained the
ambassador's party at a lunch
attended by 30 state officials.
Ambassador Boheman also is
making official calls in Califor
nia, Washington, and other
western states.
Other members of his party
were:
Consul General Manne Lind-
holm, San Francisco; Vice Con
sul Axel N. Wide. Portland; Ge
rald Meindl, Portland, attorney
for the vice consul; and Frank
Clark, of the Portland Chamber
of Commerce.
John Logan Resigns
From Legislature
State Rep. John D. Logan,
Portland republican, resigned
from the legislature today to
take over his old fob as deputy
district attorney of Multnomah
county.
Logan held this Job before he
began serving in the recent le
gislature. That was his first
term.
If Logan decides to run for
the house again next election,
he would have to resign again
,aj deputy district attorney.
British Steel Bill
Sent to Lords
London, May 10 W A hotly-
disputed bill to nationalize most
of Britain's iron and steel Indus
try went to the house of lords
today. It was passed last night
by the house of commons.
The lords planned to bring
the measure main item in the
labor government's socialist
program to early considera
tion. It is expected generally
the upper chamber will riddle
it with amendments, and return
it to commons which then will
restore it virtually to present
form, to become law.
Socialists call the bill an "at
tack on the heart of capitalism,'
because control of iron and
steel means control essentially
of British manufacturing, from
bicycles to battleships.
The bill, proposed by the la
bor government, went to the
house of lords after a conserva
tive motion in commons to re
ject lt was defeated 330-203.
It authorizes the government
to buy the stock of 107 compa
nies, but actual direction -ot the
companies would stay in the
hands of the men who run them
now as private enterprises. The
companies would work under a
gover n m e n t holding corpora
tion, retaining their present
firm names. They would be free
to compete with one another,
but not to the point of clashing
with the holding corporation's
overall general plan.
State Librarian Gets
An Eviction Notice
Miss Eleanor Stephens, state
iiDrarian, win receive an evic
tion notice from the state of
Oregon Wednesday.
Miss Stevens rents a home at
855 Chemeketa street, owned by
the state and has been paying
$45 a month rental. The space
is needed by the state labor
commissioner and the superin
tendent of public instruction
pending completion of the new
office building.
The board decided to give
Miss Stephens 30 days' notice in
order that she can evict a tenant
in a small apartment house she
owns for use as her own home.
Runaway Team of Horses
Causes Great Excitement
A run-away team of horses is a novel sight in this automobile
day and certainly one to cause considerable excitement when
the animals go galloping through the heavy South Commercial
street traffic about 5:40 p.m.
Such a run-away occurred Monday evening, resulting In a good
shaking ud and some bumiu and-
bruises for D. L. Phillips. routclcelvea ln e ouring
8. driver of the team, and his
three-year old nephew, Richard
Phillips, 3, route S; and caus
ing a half-hour traffic tie-up.
Both Phillips and the little boy
were treated at Salem Memorial
hospital. Phillips said the team
apparently became nervous over
the traffic, the run-away start
ing ln the 2000 block on South
Commercial.
Just after passing the Inter
section at Wilson and South
Commercial the wagon and the
horses became partially unhitch
ed. Just before reaching Miller
street, one of the horses fell,
sliding a few paces on its rump
and side, the wagon banged up
against the horse and tipped
over, throwing out the little boy
and his uncle. The second horse
fell about the same time.
The little boy barely missed
being stepped on as the horses
were being assisted in getting to
their feet. One of the horses re
McKay Ignores Pen
sioners, Dunne Says
Referendum Sure
By JAMES D. OLSON
Ignoring written and tele
phoned protests of hundreds of
Oregon's old age pensioners,
Governor McKay signed the old j
age pension bill providing forj with changes made in the
$50 a month pension "if funds jpUn as adopted it includes, as
are available." explained by City Engineer J.
The governor also signed a:H.
companion measure passed by
the legislature providing that
children of parents eligible for
relief shall contribute to their
support if they are financially
able to do so.
Within an hour after the gov
ernor had made the old age
pension bill law, Joe E. Dunne,
spokesman for the pensioners
who sponsored the $50 a month
pension bill approved by the vot
ers last November, announced
that petitions would be immedi
ately circulated to refer the new
law to the voter.s
In a prepared statement Gov
McKay said that although the
bill does not include all of the
provisions of the so called "pen
sion act" passed at the last elec
tion it does maintain many of
them and strives to that goal.
Politics Disclaimed
McKay said that if he were
concerned only with "political
expediency" he probably would
have vetoed the bill. Instead, he
said, he is "convinced the wel
fare of the state and of the aged
citizens in need will be advanced
by the law.
Warning was issued by the
governor that a successful ref
erendum of the bill "would lead
to confusion, almost certain liti
gation, possible loss of federal
contributions to the welfare fund
in Oregon, in addition to a pos
sible expensive special session of
the legislature."
!Celuded an Page 5, Column 6)
Arms Salvaqed
From Islands
Enough equipment to put two
divisions and a reinforced regi
ment, approximately 46,000
men, in the field that is the
amount of equipment already
salvaged by the Marine Corps
from the Pacific islands. -
For more than a year small
parties have been scouring the
islands for equipment left be
hind after World War II. They
have been digging rifles from
the sand, pulling old jeeps and
tanks out of swamps, dragging
diesels out of jungles, hauling
field pieces out of forgotten
dumps and even retrieving old
mess cans. All of this is being
carried back to Barstow, Calif.,
where marines and civilian em
ployes are hammering it back
into shape.
Estimates are that 90 per
cent of the Marine Corps World
War II weapons wiil be recover
ed. Already the Leathernecks
have dug up 150,000 rifles and
have rebuilt 30,000 or more.
They are still digging up in ex
cess of 4000 a month.
Stabbed Bride While
Giving Her Kiss
Rockford, III., May 10 W, A
young husband related today
that he stabbed his estranged
bride while kissing her. Police
Capt. Ralph Johnson said.
The husband said his bride of
nine months had spurned his
plea for a reconciliation.
The wife, Mrs. Wanda Gates,
18, is in critical condition
the mishap.
Lucky was the owner of a car
parked on the east side of the
street alongside the pile-up.
The only damage to the parked
vehicle was the loss of one of
the little ornamental nlcklc
strips on the side of the car
The first aid car and police
arrived immediately on the
scene. Young Richard was quite
awed by the bright red first aid
car and soon ceased his crying
when whisked away in the car
for a ride.
Traffic was detoured for
time to enable the team and
wagon to be taken off the street.
Cars scattered like ants when
the run-away was first spotted
dashing off one side then the
other of South Commercial to
get away from the galloping
horses.
Motorists and pedestrians
both were a bit pop-eyed at first
glance as If not able to believe
what they taw coming.
By STEPHEN A. STONE
A modification of the original
Baldock street and traffic plan
for Salem was adopted by the
city council Monday night
Davis, that part of the one-
way street grid that is manda-
tory under the Baldock plan,
and leaves out other one way
streets that were only recom
mended. It is designed to protect the
two most controversial residen
tial streets, South Liberty and
North Summer, against truck
traffic. It stays in line with the
Baldock recommendation of two
bridges across the Willamette
river.
The people will not be depriv
ed of the right of referendum.
The resolution adopted Monday
night only authorizes negotia
tions between the city and the
state highway department for
the setting up of the plan. It
is still necessary to enact an
ordinance, and the ordinance
will not carry the emergency
clause.
Adoption of the resolution fol
lowing a two-hour hearing that
though not scheduled, was al
lowed the people who crowded
the council chamber. But the
hearing changed no votes. A
caucus of the council preceded
the meeting. Only Aldermen
Tom Armstrong and David
O'Hara voted against the res
olution.
The resolution recited thai
"the plan will be of small finan
cial cost to the city, and, with
the modifications hereinafter
noted, is deemed the most feas
ible and practical plan and sys
tem for alleviation of traffic
congestion in the city of Salem."
Here are the provisions of the
adopted plan:
For Immediate Start
(1) For the immediate acqui
sition of rights of way for and
the ultimate construction of a
north and south circumferential
route or by-pass between th
east city limits and Lancastel
drive, and for the early con
struction of a temporary cir
cumferential route along Lan
caster drive and the southerly
extension thereof.
(2) For the reconstruction
and maintenance of the Centet
street bridge across the Wil
lamette river, and for the con
struction and maintenance of a
new and additional bridgs
across such river at such point
north of Center street as thi
state highway commission and
the public roads administration
of the United States govern
ment may select, the cost o)
of such reconstruction and new
construction and necessary
rights of way therefor to be
borne by the highway commis
sion. (Concluded on Page 5, Column 7)
Strand Clashes
With Wallace
Portland, May 10 VP) Oregon
State College President A. L.
Strand challenged comments by
Henry Wallace here last night
when the progressive party
leader said two OSC faculty
dismissals were unfair.
Dr. Strand, in his words with
the former vice president, an
swered one statement with: "I
want peace just as much as you
do, but I do not want peace with
a hammer and sickle on It."
The exchange followed Wal
lace's speech at a "peace forum"
In the public auditorium. Wal
lace had said the dismissals of
Dr. Ralph Spitzer and L. R. La
Vallcc at Oregon State were
discriminatory. He noted they
were progressive party support
ers. He also deplored what he
said was the "change in Dr.
Strand recalling that he was
one of two college presidents to
introduce the presidential can
didate during last year's speak
ing tour.
As the audience left the hall,
Dr. Strand approached the plat
form. Ho reprimanded Wallace
and denied the dismissals were
unfair. The college president al
so told Wallace "I believed in
you strongly for some time, but
now I am glad I came to this
meeting. If there is any doubt as
to what the progressive party
stands for, it has been mad
plain here."
Wallace's reply was "you do
not want peace. Dr. Strand."
The college president answered
that he wanted peace, but not
with the communist symbol of
the hammer and sickle.
Three Trainmen Killed
Wetaskiwin, Alta., May
lb
URi Three train crewmen were
killed and four others injured
yesterday when a Canadian Pa
cific railway passenger train
Jumped theraili near her.