Baldock.Plan To Develop as Capital AJourn 1 Plan to Spit Up Italian Colonies Price 5c I Rejected by UN McCloy Named Commissioner 1111.11) MValiaUIC i 61st Year, No. 118 SSSfSJEftiZ I "JSP - Salem, Oregon, Wednesday, May 18, 1949 Other Units of Project to Follow Bridge Over Period of Years By JAMES D. OLSON ..Even though the traffic re lief plan for the Silem area evolved by R. H. Baldock, itate highway engineer, wu not formally adopted by the high way commission at lti Tuesday meeting, it will be carried out to its ultimate completion over a period of yean. This was the assurance given .several members of the Sa- delegation attending the " y 4n an off-record con- With one of the mem Hfr le commision during tr. irtbn recess at the Imperial hotel in Portland. This commissioner explained that as soon as one unit of the plan is completed other features of the plan will De launcnea. he Salem traffic plan was drawn up by our own engineer following exhaustive studies, the commissioner asserted. "Hence this commission and the commission to follow have a blue-print to follow. As rapid ly as money becomes available various phases of the plan will be authorized." Co-operating with City It was pointed out that the development of the water front plan in Portland has been car ried on step by step and Is now nearing completion. "We wouldn't build a bridge to the middle of a stream and just leave it there," the com missioner said. "Funds will be allocated by the commission and details will be worked out by our engineers in co-operation with the city officals of Salem During the course of the pre sentation of Salem's acceptance of the Baldock plan, T. H. Ban- field indicated that the first atep in adoption of the plan would be the construction of a new bridge at the Marion street site and reconstruction of the 5nter street bridge as recom mJVledJn Baldock's report. It Is txMed that in addition to the funds for this work the com mission will provide sufficient money to construct approach highways in west Salem. "Let's build the new bridge," aaid Chairman Baldock at the meeting "and then let nature take its course." The commission was In ses sion and may meet again Thurs day for the purpose of formu lating a two-year highway con struction program for the state. Chairman Banfield explained that the program to be adopted will be predicated upon fed eral aid funds plus state match ing money together with federal funds allocated for forest roads, (Concluded an Pare 5, Column 7) U. S. Shys at Pacific Treaty Washington, May 18 U-S Sec retary of State Dean Acheson aaid today that the United States Is not currently con sidering participation" in any Pacific defense treaty. The secretray's statement was een as a blow to Chinese na tionalist hopes for a Pacific alliance against communism. Acheson said a Pacific de fense pact "could not take shape until present internal conflicts In Asia were resol ved." The secretary acknowledged that "there are serious dangers t world peace existing in . . Asia." He said there was a sharp dif ference between the Atlantic and Pacific situations. The At lantic pact, he said, was "the logical culmination of a long series of developments." He said that practical plans for western European defense were in existence long before the north Atlantic pact idea came up and that they gave a "solid foundation on which to build. He indicated that such foundation does not exist In Asia due to internal conflicts Constitution Ratified Stuttgart, Germany, May 18 ( Wuerttemberg-Baden rati fied west Germany's new consti tution today by a vote of 80 to 10, with only the communists In opposition. It was the first state parliament to ratify. THI WEATHER (Released by the U S. Weather Bureau) Forecast for 8alem and Vicini ty: Partly cloud" tonight and Thursday. Little change in tem perature. Lowest temperature ex pected tonight, 48 degrees; high est Thursday, "t. Conditions will be mostly favorable for farm work Thursday. Maximum yes terday A3. Minimum today 45. Mean temperature yesterday M. which was I below normal. To tal 34-hour precipitation to 11:30 am. today .11 of an Inch. Total Keci pltaUon tor the month ?.S ches. which Is Jl of an Inch above normal. Willamette rirer height at Salem Wednesday morning 13 feet. New Coast Buses Begin Operation On Wednesday By STEPHEN A. STONE Pacifie Coast Lines, recently granted authority by the state public utilities commission to op erate bus lines between Salem and Newport, will begin opera tions Wednesday, May 25. This was announced by John Ratzlaff, operator of the lines, who until recently operated the Santiam lines from Albany to Bend, now taken over by the Trail ways system. Pacific Coast Lines will have as its Salem terminal the Pa cific Trailways depot at 520 North High street. The schedule will be as originally proposed, now approved by the utilities commission. Can't Sell Dallas Tickets Under the order of the utili ties commission the new line cannot sell tickets to passengers from Salem to Dallas or places between Salem and Dallas, but can sell tickets from Salem, or points between Salem and Dal las, to any point beyond Dallas. The restriction is because Salem-to-Dallas service is furnished by Oregon Motor Stages. The same restriction holds for passengers arriving in Salem by Trailway buses with Dallas or intrevening points as their des tinations. (Concluded on Pare 5, Column 8) Student Held for Blasting Home Seattle, May 18 UP) A 20- year-old University of Washing ton sophomore was arraigned before the U. S. district commis sioner last night on charges of blowing up his parents' Van couver, Wash., housing develop ment home. Because the house was in a federal housing project Mc- Loughlin Heights the technical charge against Lawrence Jean Sharp was destruction of gov ernment property. Mr, and. Mrs. Lawrence L. Sharp were Injured in the blast, which occurred in the early morning of April 1. The explo sion damaged 28 other houses in the area, the federal bureau of investigation reported. The father was critically in jured, but is now reported to be recovering. The Sharps have moved to a secret address in Portland to escape bombing at tempts. Their home also had been blasted on March 1. The Sharps came to Vancouver from Colorado. J. B. Wilcox, special agent in charge of the federal bureau of investigation office in Seattle, said the purchase of wire and explosives had been traced to young Sharp. Wilcox said the youth had driven to Vancouver in a car rented from a Seattle agency the afternoon preceding the second bombing, and had returned here after the bomb was set. The FBI official said wires of the type used In the bombing was found in the auto. Homesteads for Vets Oregon war vptfrnn uwro advised today they can apply tor me ou nomesteads In central Wyoming which will be given by the U.S. bureau of reclama tion. The 5912 acres of raw land are located in the Riverton reclamation project. Applica tions should be filoH with h bureau at Riverton. Rotary WU Scholarships For 3 Hi-School Students Two Salem high seniors, Joyce Edgell and Paul Jewell, and a Silverton high youth, Ernest Duvall, were announced Wednes day noon as the winners of the Salem Rotary club-Willamette university scholarships by Robert L. Elfstrom, chairman of the scholarship committee. The three lnairman cusirom curing ine?' regular weekly luncheon of the Rotarians. The Rotary Willamette uni versity scholarship fund was created for the purpose of awarding $380 per year tuition scholarships to high school stu dents of Marion and Polk coun ties. Those aelected must rank academically In the highest one tain a scholarship record above class and must have shown prominent qualities of leader ship by their participation In worthwhile extra-curricular ac tivities. They must also have displayed the basic service Stan dards of Rotary by their contri bution to the life of the school and community. Scholarships are awarded for one year, renewable from year to year for a period of four years at the discretion of the committee. To be continued as a Rotary scholar beyond the. Columbia Flood Hazard Eases Threat to Dikes (Br the Auoclatad FrtMi Flood hazard eased on the Columbia today but dike patrols and sandbagging continued against the river's powerful thrust. A fall in the Snake .6 of a foot at Lewiston prompted forecasters at the Portland wea ther bureau to foresee at least a temporary lower river crest on Friday. A fall starting Saturday is expected to continue Sunday. Whether the 22.9 feet now forecast for Vancouver on Fri day is the spring freshet crest or whether the river will rise again is uncertain. But fore casters said Friday's level should be the highest for at least a week. The level after that will depend on the wea ther heat to melt more moun tain snow, or heavy rains in tributary valleys could bring it up again. Past Danger Point Bonners Ferry, Ida., residents on the the surging Kootenai, be lieved today thay had passed the danger point unless dikes should crumble. The Kootenai was down to 29.9 feet today from a peak of 30.8 yesterday A continued slow fall was in prospect with a forecast for clear and cooler weather. Lake Pend Oreille began to flood a few basements at Far- ragut, Idaho. It was up .7 of a foot since yesterday. At another tributary river danger points, Okanogan, Wash basements were flooded by the rising Okanogan river Celilo Canal Closed Along the middle Columbia. the corps of engineers closed The Dalles-Celilo canal today because of high water. Waterfront residents on both the Oregon and Washington sides near Portland and Van couver eyed water that in some cases was lapping near their doorsteps. A number of families near Vancouver already have left their homes. Cattle has been moved from lowland areas. Rid ing academy horses were eva cuated from Hayden island near Jantzen beach. - . The corps of engineers not officially in the picture unless a threat of dike breakage seems likely reported they would not move in unless the river reach ed 25 feet at Vancouver. It is not expected to do so. However, the engineers have sent out in spection parties to assure them selves that the dikes are not weakening. Grand Coulee's New Generator Coulee Dam, Wash., May 18 UP) President Truman will press a gold key in Washington D. C, Friday morning that will make Grand Coulee the great est producer of electric power in the world. The president's act will throw into production the first gen erator in the east power house at the big dam across the Colum bia river. Bringing the new gen erator "on the line" will increase the dam's rated kilowatt capa city to 1,100,500. Bureau of reclamation records show the Hoover dam across the Colorado river has a capacity of 1,038,000 kilowatts. The new generator will have a rating of 108,000 kilowatts, the same as nint others in the completed powerhouse on the west bank. young folk were presented by first year, recipients must main- quarter of their high school the average at Willamette uni versity. One half of the schol arships available each year are awarded to candidates from Sal tern high and one half to can didates from other high schools in the two counties. At present four students, Tom Bartlett. Mike Glenn and Wil liam Merriam of Salem and James Gay of Woodburn, are attending Willamette on Rotary scholarships. When the plan Is fully operative a total of 12 stu dents, three in each class, will be using the scolarships each year with a total annual outlay by the Rotary club of 84320. The committee includes R. L Elfstrom, Arthur D. Hay, George H. Grabenhorst, A. A. Keene W. L. Phillips, Sr, and Harold Hauk. (Concluded oa rag t. Col ami ) Three Dead, 4,000 Homeless in Fort Worth Flood Flood waters of the Trinity river Inundated this section of Fort Worth, Tex;, when the swollen river, fed by a 10-inch deluge of rain, smashed four levees and surged into 1,000 or more homes. At least three persons were drowned, 10 others are missing and an estimated 4,000 were homeless as a result of the flood. In the foreground, resembling a bathtub filled with water, is Farrington football field. Large building in left background is Montgomery Ward and Co. (Acme Tele-photo.) 7 Die, 13,000 Homeless In Fort Worth Flood Fort Worth, Tex., May 18 VP) Flood waters that Inundated great sections of Fort Worth receded today, leaving behind the body of a seventh victim ana a Order Test of Jet Fighters Washington, May 18 WV-The house armed services committee today ordered the defense de partment to conduct "impartial tests" of the air force's B-36 against the navy's best Jet fighters. i The showdown test was order ed after the navy claimed offi cially that it has a Jet fighter which can intercept and shoot down a B-38. It had challenged the air force to put the B-36 to a test, but the air force had re mained silent. Chairman Carl Vinson (D., Ga.l told his armed services committee it was time the Amer ican people got a satisfactory an swer to the controversial ques tion whether the six-motored bomber is, as the air force claims, almost impossible to in tercept. Vinson said the committee's action was in the form of a res olution adopted unanimously. "We're inclined to think it will be persuasive," he said. In fact, he said he already had mentioned the proposal to De fense Secretary Louis Johnson and Air Secretary W. Stuart Sy mington and had found them both '-'enthusiastic." Compromise on labor Bill Looms Washington. May 18 UP) President Truman's surrender on the Wallgren appointment start ed speculation today that he may soften his demand for outright repeal of the Taft-Hartley act. Three things Mr. Truman has been standing for steadfastly or stubbornly, according to the var ying political descriptions: 1. He repeated again and again that he wanted Mon C. Wallgren, former Washington governor, to head the national security resources board. 2. He said over and over he wants all-the-way repeal of the Taft-Hartley labor law. 3. He reiterated but once or twice hedged slightly that con gress ought to vote $4,000,000, 000 in new taxes. Wallgren went overboard with the president's withdrawal yes terday of his bottled-up nomina tion. Taxes seemingly are go ing to have to wait until next year. But the president has made it clear he wants a substitute for the Taft-Hartley act in this ses sion of congress. Democratic leaders have told him he probably will have to compromise to get it in other words, he can get part, but not all. of Taft-Hartley repealed. The fact that the president could give up on Wallgren, one of his closest personal friends, convinced some lawmakers that Mm T-k.- . mm ln,1 If tnn difficult to compromise on the la bor act wjfj" mini laSWA ' '- MUlIll::,--S : . iJj crippled drinking water supply. The swirling iiooa tnat cov- ered residential, business and industrial areas in the Trinity valleys areas here Injured 30 persons and left an estimated 13.000 homeless. The homeless spent last night in public shel ters or with relatives and friends. At dawn, weary searchers, working the flooded area - in boats and afoot, found the body of a man identified by police as John B. Fawks near the animal cages in Forest park. The newest drowning Increas ed the toll for three days of tur bulent weather in Texas and Oklahoma to 14 dead and more than 138 injured. The count was seven drowned and 30 treated at hospitals here, mostly for shock and exposure, five dead and 83 injured from tornado at Amarillo Sunday night; one dead and more than 38 injured from twisters in Ok lahoma, and one dead and at least 12 injured in west Texas tornadoes. A violent electrical storm, moving north from Texas, struck central Oklahoma last night with cloudbursts and four small tornadoes. There were no deaths from the twisters but two were hospitalized and more than three dozen treated for lesser injuries when one tornado lash ed a high school crowd at Meek er, 36 miles east of Oklahoma City. Other twisters did scatter ed damage in the Anadarko- Binger area, about 60 miles southwest of Oklahoma City in Caddo county. Five inches of rain brought a flood to Norman, Oklahoma. An elderly grandmother was killed by a twister that struck near Spur, Tex., last night and a farmer in Oklahoma was kill ed by a tornado that bounced in to the sooner state from Strat ford, Tex. As Fort Worth struggled back to normal it faced this situa tion: Find No Trace of Wrecked Airplane Marion county Sheriff Denver Young announced today that a thorough search of the area south of the Detroit dam site for a wrecked plane on a hill top had proved unsuccessful. "We were forced to conclude there was no plane wrecked in that vicinity and that ground spotters had sighted a patch of snow instead of the B-26 miss ing from Portland," Sheriff Young said. The lawman also issued a warning to pilots to keep out of the dam area because of the tricky air conditions which might bring disaster to airmen endeavoring to continue the fruitless search. The sheriff made the trip in a plane furnished by the state board of aeronautics. Commons Passes Irish Rill London, May 18 (UPj The house of commons passed the government's Ireland bill last night. The measure reaffirmed that the six northern counties of Ireland could not be appar eled from the United Kingdom without the consent of the North Ireland parliament. Foochow Drive By Chinese Reds Shanghai, May 18 VP) The communists drove a spearhead through Shanghai s back door almost to the Whangpoo river today. In south China the Reds lunged to within 31 miles of the port of Foochow. A Shanghai garrison commu niques acknowledged the Shang hji thrust but said it had been wiped out in fierce fighting. The advance on Foochow, Fu kien provincial capital almost midway between Shanghai and the provisional capital of Can ton, was reported by the nation alists' official central news agen cy. The ga r r 1 s o n communique said "two regiments of Reds pe netrated Tungkow" which is virtually on the east bank of the Whangpoo eight miles down river from the center of Shang- nai. iney were surrounded and eliminated. It added. Reds encircling Shanghai from the southwest drove to Chwansha, 12 miles cast of the city, then struck back westward against Pootung. This guerrilla infested dock and warehouse area is Just across the river from Shanghai's famed Bund. The communique said the Pootung fighting flared at 5 p.m. yesterday and still was in vio lent progress. At one point, it said, the Reds stormed national ist positions eight times before falling back before an artillery supported counter-attack. Central news said the nation alists have landed reinforce ments on the China sea coast cast of Shanghai, and these troops were trying to hit the attacking Reds from the rear. Industry Payrolls ' Higher Than in '48 Oregon s industrial payrolls are running much higher than those of a year ago, the state industrial accident commission reports. The commission said today that industrial payrolls during April totaled $48,254,896. This was $3,000,000 more than dur ing March, and $5,600,000 more than in April, 1948. In Multnomah county, the in dustrial payrolls totaled $17, 761.420 in April. That was $900,000 less than in March, and was $300,000 more than In April, 1948. Yeggs Get $3000 Loot In Cracking Busick Safe By DOUGLAS THOMAS Gloved safecrackers struck Salem again early Wednesday and carted off a 500-pound strong box containing an estimated $3000 in cash from the Busick market at the corner of Marion and Commercial streets. The combination handle of the safe was chiseled off, the inner mechanism of the lock smashed' and the door swung open to en able the yeggs to kidnap the heavy, safe-like strong box with in the bigger vault. It was the third lime the green-painted safe at the food store was emptied of cash. In September and In November of 1946, the safe was cracked In the same manner. A total of $2152 was taken in September and $1800 more in the second 1946 affair. The crime was uncovered Wednesday by a Salem patrol man on his regular beat at about 1:30 a.m. An immediate investi gation was launched by detec tives and the area canvassed for possible suspects, but the search proved fruitless. Entrance to the building was gained by smashing In a window on the second story level over United States Plan Spurned by Latin-America New York, May 18 ( The Bevln-Sfona plan to split up It aly's pre-war colonies among four nations failed early today In the UN General Assembly. A last-minute Latin American revolt brought a thumping rejec tion of the American-sponsored measure which had been de nounced by Slavs and Arabs as dear to strength Anglo-Am erican control of the Mediterra nean. Weary delegates adjourned at 1:32 a.m. (EST) to gather again for a final meeting at 2 p.m. to arrange routine details for con tinuing study of the colonial problem at the next assembly session in September. Goes Over Until Fall Diplomatic informants in Lon don said Britain expects to re open their talks with Italy and other nations in the hope of find ing an acceptable settlement of the future of the colonies. They said if such a plan is worked out it will be submitted to the as sembly when it meets in Sep tember. In Rome Italian Foreign Min ister Carlo Sforza told newsmen the UN vote on the colonies was "sad success and proof that Italian diplomacy did its best." Defeat of the bitterly debated compromise plan leaves the strategic area in the hands of British military forces who have been occupying the colonies since they chased the Germans and Italians out during the war. Compromise Loses Out A sharp split among the 59 na tions on the controversial ques tion of restoring Italy to control of part of Mussolini's one-time African empire brought defeat of the compromise plan. British Foreign Secretary Er nest Bevin and Italian Foreign Minister Carlo Sforza patched together the compromise 1 1 days ago in London after the assem bly was deadlocked on the issue But the assembly, In a heated voting session, refused by single vote to approve Italy as administrator of Tripolitania The vote on Tripolitania was 33 to 17 in favor. Nine nations ab stained or were absent. Had one of them swung over to make 34 affirmative votes, the proposal would have obtained the two- thirds majority necessary for as sembly approval. Election Puts Sand in Gears Berlin, May 18 (Pi Eastern Germany's 4,000,000 votes against communism may have thrown gravel into the gears of Soviet strategy at the Four Pow er talks in Paris opening Mon day. The commnuists claimed a "tremendous victory" in the east German election, but the fact that one-third of the voters went against them clearly was as staggering a blow to them as It was a surprise to everybody else. As a result the Soviet Union may pause, now, and reappraise its plans of action in the Paris conference. For instance, she must weigh new factors in de ciding what position to take on any proposal for withdrawal of all armies of occupation from Germany. There arises, then, this obvi ous question: In an area swarm ing with Soviet troops and com munist spies, how many voted for the communist slate, although actually wishing they had the courage to vote againts it? the marquee. Apparently the safe men climbed the marquee at the northeast corner of the building, slipped through the window and dropped to the floor of the store by hanging from pipes. Marks on the floor showed how the strong box had been dragged to a door on the north side of the building. From that point, the heavy vault was ap parently carried by a hand truck used to haul merchandise A mark on the pavement near the curbing showed where the box was loaded in an auto or truck. Only smudges showed up when the area was examined for fingerprints, and it was pre sumed the men wore gloves. There the trail ended for po lice. (Cancla.ed ta rags t, Celoaaa I) For Germany Resigns Presidency of World Bank; Eugent Black Succeeds Washington, May 18 VP) Pre sident Truman today appointed John J. McCloy to be United States high commissioner for Germany. McCloy Is resigning as president of the World bank to take on the assignment. 3 Directors o I the World bank elected Eugene Black, now a director, as pre sident to suc ceed McCloy. The W h i t House said the resignation will become effec tive no later than July 1. It also said Jotin Jor McClor that McCloy will take under 'early advisement develop ment of plans for the transfer of responsibility for non-milita ry aspects of United States oc cupation of Germany from the army to the state department and the economic cooperation administration. 'This transfer will take place on or about the time of the es tablishment of the German pro visional government," the an nouncement said. High commissioner to Germa ny will be a new post. The White House announce ment said that McCloy will be "the supreme united States au thority in Germany." McCloy also will be the rep resentative of the ECA in Ger many, under the supervision of ECA Administrator Paul G. Hoffman and Roving ECA Am bassador W. Averell Harriman. Pending transfer of military government responsibility to the state department, McCloy will serve as military governor of the United States zone, but un der the immediate supervision of the secretary of state and the president. Russians Start Subtle Blockade Berlin, May 18 UP) American officials charged today that Rus sia is seeking to ..reimpose a "subtle blockade" of Berlin. C. A. Dix, American military government transport expert, hurriedly left here by car to in vestigate why 150 west German trucks are now held at Helm. stedt on the Soviet zone fron tier. Official reports said the fron tier guards were demanding suddenly that truckers present written permits from the Soviet appointed east German econom ic commission for entry of all cargoes, whether consigned to west Berlin or east zonal points. The Russians also claim the right to control all exports from west Berlin, although the block ade was lifted officially May 12. This claim has blocked rail and truck shipments westward. The Soviet claims If accept ed by the western allies would enable the Russian military ad ministration to control the vol ume and character of all west Berlin's land-borne commerce with western Germany. A veteran American officer commented: "This is the 'subtle blockade' beginning all over again, de signed to reduce the allies in Berlin to the status of military missions dependent on Russians for all material goods." Russia Claims More Major Inventions London, May 18 VP) Russia laid claim to still more inven tions today. The Moscow radio said the na val torpedo was invented in the rarly 1860's by one Alcxandrov sky; the tractor was invented in 1785, by a man nomed Vanko mov, and the process of rolling armor plate was thought up by one Vasill Pyatov. Eager Men Seek Work This ad was answered by at least 60 men who had the money to invest and were ready to go to work: aoiv and rcNiiEa snnr win oprUd la ronotctlon with frtmt Ulinm'iU ihop. InvMtmtnt of 1500 for looli would b nrrtMarj. OH United wrirfl Aliiomtot. Ph. a-moi. im s. nth st. Augment your crew by advertising for help In the claslsfied columns. Phon. 2-2406 Capital Journal Get quick results! afawlj