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61st Year, No. 172
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Salem, Oregon, Thursday, July 21, 1949
(24 Pages)
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WCAL Officials
Fail to Appear
For Conference
Scheduled Meeting
Therefore Indefinitely
Postponed
By MARGARET MAGEE
It will be next week or later
before West Coast Airlines offi
cials have their conference here
with local officials, representa
tives and the Chamber of Com
merce, newspaper representa
' tives and firms and persons us
ing airline service out of Sa
lem. ' Originally scheduled for
J Tuesday afternoon, the confer
ence late Monday was postpon
ed until Wednesday to permit
the. company, proposed by- the
CAB as a substitute for United
Airlines which has served Sa
lem since 1941, to bring a new
plane into Salem for exhibit.
The meeting was indefinitely
postponed when the plane, a
DC-3 equipped with a rear bag
bage pit, failed to arrive Wed
nesday afternoon with H. A.
Munter, executive vice presi
dent of the company; E. B. Code,
operations manager; Russell
Bath, chief pilot; and C. L. Bag
sund, assistant traffic manager.
Two Officials Here
West Coast was not without
representatives in Salem, how
ever. Here from Seattle was
Bob England, general traffic and
sales manager, and Norman
Hunt, station manager for the
company at McMinnville.
These two representatives,
both of whom had planned to
meet the new plane in Salem
and attend the conference here,
a short time before 4 p.m. (stan
dard time), the time set for the
plane's arrival, were informed
that it would not arrive on
schedule.
Shortly afterward England re
ceived word that the plane had
left Van Nuys, Calif., a suburb
of Los Angeles, at 2:45 p.m.
(Concluded on Page 5, Column 6)
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JAIIQ! )lJrUUU TO
McNary Field
Salem has been given an allot
ment of $25,000 by the Civil Aer
onautics Administration for im
provements at McNary field.
This word was received late
Wednesday afternoon by the Sa
lem Chamber of Commerce in a
telegram from Rep, Walter Nor
blad, who also stated that the
money was to be matched by lo
cal funds amounting to $19,000.
A telegram to Jack Bartlett
of the state department of aero
nautics from Sen. Guy Cordon
contained the same information
and indicated that a story would
be released by the CAA in Wash
ington Saturday giving the proj
est for which the funds were to
be used.
Neither City Manager J. L.
Franzen nor the local CAA office
had received any word of the
project for which the funds had
been allotted. Franzen, howev
er, stated that the city would not
be able to match the funds until
it received its money from the
,- government on the recently com
pleted project at McNary field.
When these projects are under
taken the city supplies the mon
ey for the government's share,
P as well as the city's and later is
reimbursed by the government.
It will be the money from the
government's share of the recent
ly completed project at the air
field that the city will have to
use for match money for the new
allotment.
Simpson Says Picture
Puts Him in Bad Light
The Capita Journal hereby
makes amends to Glenn Simp
son who was in a group whose
pictures appeared on the front
page of this newspaper July 7.
The police the previous night
had made 'a raid and confiscat
ed several slot machines and
other devices at Eagles hall.
The officers needed additional
help to carry the equipment
away and telephoned to head
quarters for some prisoners to
be brought to the hall to give
a hand. Simpson was in police
custody that night and was one
of those sent. The caption un
der the picture implied that he
had something to do with organ
izing the raid. As a result, he
says, he is being branded a stool
pigeon and is unable to get
work.
"Simpson had absolutely
ioihing to do with organizing
the raid, and he did not give the
police any information," said
Chief of Police Clyde A. Warren,
Governor Asks
For Economy
All Down Line
Speaking to 25 De
partment Heads Asks
Budgets Be Scanned
By JAMES D. OLSON
Economy in the operation of
state departments was demand
ed by Governor Douglas McKay,
speaking to 25 department heads
under his jurisdiction.
The governor told the depart
ment heads that they should
scan their budgets carefully"
and "see to it that taxpayers get
their money s worth out of
every dollar spent."
Following the governor's talk
the officials agreed to meet once
every three months to, go over
their budgets and discuss mu
tual problems.
Duty of State Heads
I believe it to be the duty of
every department head to save
in state expenditures whenever
and wherever possible just as
he endeavors to save in his
household outlays," the gover
nor said.
Governor McKay, recently re
turned from a Pacific coast in
tergovernmental conference in
San Francisco, said that, per
centagewise, Oregon had the
smallest unemployment total of
any coaststate. He said that
Oregon had recovered from its
midwinter slump and, although
a dip might be expected in the
fall, he found the local and na
tional economic picture far from
discouraging.
Get By on Less Money
"Even so, the governor said, it
is important for state depart
ments to get by on less money,
whenever feasible. We should
spend more wisely without
waste for the things the public
needs.
Necessary functions should
be maintained but the frills
must go," he added.
He expressed the hope that
the continued drop in commod
ity prices would result in sav
ings in many state purchases.
' The governor also touched on
out-of-state travel by state of
ficials, which has been on the
upgrade, declaring that such
travel should be guided by the
old slogan, "Is this trip really
necessary?' "
It was the governor's position
that cuts in state operating ex
penses should not "come out of
the hides of state employes."
(Concluded on Page 5, Column 6)
Defenses for
Alaska Planned
Washington, July 21 (IP) Sec
retary of Defense Johnson assur
ed senators today that adequate
plans for defending Alaska are
in operation but he asked to tell
about them at a secret session.
Johnson appeared before the
senate armed services commit
tee to urge quick approval of
$643,000,000 worth of construc
tion projects for the army, navy
and air forces. The work would
be done both in-this country and
overseas.
He said these represent the
"most strategically and critically
necessary public works proj
ects," including buildings for de
fense installations and special re
search. Senator Knowland (R., Calif.)
raised questions about the Alas
kan defenses. Numerous other
congressmen recently have been
questioning means for protection
of this point of United States
territory nearest Russia and
Asia.
Churchill Blames FDR
For Surrender, Policy
London, July 21 0J.R) Winston Churchill placed on the late
President Roosevelt today the
conditional surrender" policy regarding Germany, and admitted
that the British cabinet would have rejected such a policy.
Mr. Roosevelt made the "unconditional surrender" statement at
Casablanca without consulting
him, the wartime prime minister
told the house of commons.
Churchill conceded that he
had "not the slightest doubt"
that the British government
would have turned down the pol
icy if the cabinet had been con
sulted in the matter.
The secrets of the Casablan
ca conference came out in com
mons debate on foreign policy,
marked by an angry exchange
between Churchill and Foreign
Secretary Ernest Bevin.
Bevin sought to lodge a ma
jor share of blame for the sad
state of affairs in Germany upon
the "unconditional surrender"
j declaration of Churchill and Mr.
Plane Crash Fatal to Seven Tail section of a non-scheduled
C-46 airliner lies among damaged and burned homes in
suburb of Seattle, Wash, where the plane crashed on take
off from Boeing field. Five structures were destroyed or
damaged as the plane burst into flame. Thirtv-three persons
were injured. Some of the dead and injured were occupants
of the homes. (Acme Telephoto)
House Votes Kills
Bran nan Farm Bill
Washington, July 21 VP) The house today tentatively approved
the Gore bill killing the administration's trial-run Brannan farm
subsidy plan and continuing the present rigid high supports for
farm prices for another year. Hastly rejecting the administration's
Alabama Wars
On Klansmen
Birmingham, Ala., July 21 IP)
High handed lawlessness by
night prowling mobs has spurred
Alabama crime fighters to :
crease the tempo of their war on
hooded gangsters.
A grand jury was ordered
into special session tomorrow to
search further into floggings.
cross burnings and threats by
mobs. - - - - :
An State Attorney General Al
bert Carmichael singled out the
Federated Ku KIux Klans, Inc.
for a legal attack in court.
The new anti-mob campaigns
by law agencies came simulta
neously will reports of two more
mob floggings and disagreement
between two top-level Klan offi
cers.
A white man revealed yester
day he and a Negro were taken
out Tuesday night by an armed
mob, tied to a tree and lashed
with a sawmill belt.
Dolph Bailey, 25, said none of
the attackers wore masks. He
also said they were not klans
men, adding: "I'm a member of
the Klan myself." The attack
occurred near Goodwater, about
70 miles southeast of Birming
ham. Senate Holding Up
Confirmations
Washington, July 11 W
President Truman said today it
seems to be the policy of senate
judiciary committee to hold up
his appointments of federal of
ficials.
That was his reply when asked
at a news conference for com
ment on the committee's delay in
passing on the nomination of
Carrol Switzer to be a federal
district judge in Iowa.
Senator Gillette (D., Iowa)
has protested Switzer's selection,
made against Gillette's recom
mendation. It has kicked up a
fight in the judiciary commit
tee. full responsibility for the "un
Roosevelt. Churchill interrupt
ed Bevin tp say;
"The first time I heard that
phrase used was from the lips
of President Roosevelt.
"I never heard it until I saw
it in the press," Bevin retorted.
"If it had ever been put to me
as a member of your cabinet I
would never have agreed to such
a thing."
Churchill explained that he
was with Mr. Roosevelt when
the latter made the statement
and "I had very rapidly to con
sider whether the state of our
position in the world was such
as to justify me in not giving
support to it." He said he agreed,
although it was not his idea.
" '
pT ' t
mill run farm subsidy bill.
The Aiken act was to become
effective at the end-of this year.
A coalition of democrats and
republicans took charge of the
house to ram through the sub
stitute for the administration
bill authored by Rep. Gore (D
Tenn.), leader of the coalition
The vote was by voice, subject
to a later roll call.
By the vote the house stood
for continution of the farm pro
gram under which major farm
crops are supported at a rigid
90 per cent of parity price
through government loans and
purchases to keep price-depres
sing surpluses out of the, com
modity markets.
There were only a few scat
tered "nays" in the vote to kill
the Aiken act.
Many republicans joined dem
ocrats in the vote to destroy the
law authorized by Senator Ai
ken (R., Va.). The measure pro
vided for a flexible 60 to 90
per cent of parity price support
program for major crops begin
ning next year.
There was bitter debate be
fore the house got down to vot
ing. Rep. Pace (D Ga.), argued
that the whole issue is "wheth
er your government will con
tinue to buy food and destroy
it."
Pace is the author of the ad
ministration's new farm bill
which would permit a three-
crop trial run of the Brannan
subsidy plan.
Shortly after he spoke, how
ever, Rep. Gore (D., Tenn.), for
mally laid before the house his
substitute measure and called
for a showdown vote on it.
LA Plans War
On Gangsters
Los Angeles, July 21 IP) The
state, county and city merged
forces today to fight an upsurge
of gang warfare which climaxed
with the shotgun blasts that fell
ed Gambling Boss Mickey
Cohen and three other persons.
The victims, including Harry
Cooper, special agent assigned
by the attorney general's office
to protect the dapper, little
Cohen, are recovering from
their wounds.
An emergency meeting of top
state, county and city law en
forcement officers was called
here yesterday after the early-
morning blaze of gunfire on the
swank Sunset strip shocked this
City of the Angels."
Attorney General Fred How-
ser, who flew from ban f ran
cisco to attend the meeting, said
last night that Cohen's lawyer,
Sam Rummel, has named the
persons who he believes fired
the shots.
"But I am in no position at
this time," Howser said, "to dis
close the names of these persons.
That would be aiding the sus
pects."
Shot down with Cohen, who
fronts as a haberdasher, and
Cooper were Edward (Neddie)
Herbert, a confederate of the
gambler, and blonde Actress
Dee David. All but Cohen were
critically injured. They were
fired upon as they emerged
early yesterday from Sherry's
restaurant by two men conceal
ed across the street,
Crowds Flock
To View Debris
Seattle, July 21 (IP) Block-
long Harney street was like a
carnival of death today as
crowds of curious milled
through the debris-laden area to
see the destruction wrought by
crippled non-scheduled twin-
engined C-46 airliner.
Police Chief George D. East
man estimated that more than
30,000 persons jammed the
area in a three-hour span last
night, less than 24 hours after
the plane carried its 32 occu
pants on a death-dealing plunge
through power lines and into
five southside homes.
Peanut, ice cream and pop
corn vendors had a bonanza.
Meanwhile, the death toll
stood at seven. Five of the vie
tims were residents of houses
struck by the plane. One was a
plane passenger and the sev
enth body, still unidentified, is
presumed to be that of a plane
passenger not accounted for.
The latest death was that of Pete
Chumos, 66, of Seattle.
Thirty-one persons were in
jured. ' .
Amos E. Heacock, president
of Air Transport Associates,
Inc., owners of the ill-fated
plane, said last night the com
pany had been cleared by civil
aeronautics administration au
thorities for continued opera
tions.
"Full operations of all aircraft
m our fleet has been resumed,"
he said. The company has four
other C-46s in its fleet.
Chinese Reds
Near Chanqsha
Canton, July 21 (P) Nation
alist China's comeback hopes,
aroused by the visit of Chiang
Kai-Shek to Canton, were dim
med today by news from the
Central China front.
Private reports placed the
communists only 20 miles north
and east of Changsha, capital of
human providence.
The reports suggested the citv
would be abandoned without a
fight.
Nationalist troops in Hunan.
like those in Hupeh and Kiang
si provinces are commanded by
Moslem Gen. Pai Chung-Hsi,
former minister of defense. He
estimated to have 200,000
men.
Salem s Miss America
Entry Off For Seaside
Miss Connie Cross of Miller's, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Olin
Cross of Salem will leave today for Seaside to compete in Sea
side's annual Miss America pageant to select Miss Oregon.
The program will be for three days, beginning Friday, ending
Sunday with the grand parade and the finals in judging. The
contestant chosen will be eli-'S
gible to enter the Miss America
pageant at Atlantic City on La
bor day
Born and reared in Salem,
Miss Cross is a typical Oregon
girl. She loves the great out
doors and is expert in swim
ming, riding, dancing and lists
her talents as singing and ora
tion. She has ambition for mo
deling, having participated in
many fashion shows in Salem.
Her talents listed in the finals
will be a song followed by a
speech on "Why I Like My
Home Town."
On Sunday, the Cherrians
will act as honor guard. for Miss
Salem during the pageant par
ade. Many Salem people have
signified their intentions of at
tending the contest which is one
of the biggest crowd gathering
events of the year at Seaside.
Judges for the Miss Oregon
pageant have not yet been pub
licly announced.
Truman
Atomic
Permit Vaughan
To Testily on
'5 Percenters'
Washington, July 21 VP) Pres
ident Truman said today that his
army aide, Maj. Gen. Harry H.
Vaughan has permission to testi
fy if he is called before the sen
ate committee inquiring into op
erations of "five percenters."
The president declined to com
ment, at a news conference, on
story that he had decorated
Vaughan in a mock ceremony
after the general's recent brush
with newsmen in Washington on
the five percenters question.
Asked if he had given
Vaughan a medal on that occa
sion, he said he simply had no
comment.
Silent on Medal
At the same time, the presi
dent said he has always favored
inquiries to see that outsiders
are not used to obtain govern
ment contracts and that that is
part of his continuing policy.
The president said he does not
believe Gen. Vaughan was mixed
up in the operations which
brought about the congressional
inquiry and the suspension of
two two-star generals.
He said he had read sugges
tions of that sort in the papers
about Vaughan but did not be
lieve them.
A reporter said Vaughan was
reported to have said he believed
300 five percenters were operat
ing in Washington.
Mr. Truman said he doesn't
know anything about it if such
operations are going on.
Says No Secrets
A newsman said that report
ers trying to get information had
been checkmated in official cir
cles.
Mr. Truman laughed and said
he had not tried to checkmate
them, that he gave them all the
information he has.
And he quipped that there are
no secrets around tne mair
house.
Senator Hoey (D., N.C.) said
today there is a possibility that
Vaughan may be asked to testify
in the senate inquiry.
Hoey is chairman of a senate
expenditures subcommittee that
is completing plans for a public
inquiry into allegations of the
use of influence in the awarding
of government contracts.
The term "five percenters" has
been applied to persons who help
manufacturers get government
contracts for a fee. There have
been charges that some of those
persons have claimed influence
with government officials.
O & C Timber Auctions
Portland, July 21 (IP) Oral
auctions upstate and a scaled
bid sale here will offer $166,-
616 worth of Oregon-California
timber next month. Auctions
will be at Eugene Aug. 16 and
Salem and Bend Aug. 17.
Interesting to note are Miss
Cross' measurements as com
pared with young women who
have won the national honor in
previous contests.
Here were the measurements
of Margaret Gorman of Wash
ington, D. C, winner of the first
contest in 1921: Height, 5-1;
bust, 30; waist, 25; hips, 32; calf,
12 'A; ankle, 7'A; weight, 108;
age, 16.
BeBe Shopp of Hopkins,
Minn., winner in 1948, mea
sured; height, 5-9; bust, 37;
waist, 27; hips, 36; calf, 14 ',4;
ankle, 9; weight, 140; age, 18.
And Miss Cross measures:
Height, 5-6; bust, 34; waist, 22;
nips, 34; calf, 13'A; ankle, BU:
weight, 120; age, 20.
And a composit of all winners
to date is: Height, 5-6 'A; bust,
34 'A; waist, 24 'A; hips, 35 'A;
calf, 13'A; ankle, 8V; weight
124H; age, IB'A.
Silent
Bomb Sharing
Atlantic Pact
Debate Ends
Senate Voting
Washington, July 21 UP) The
senate will begin voting on am
endments to the North Atlantic
Pact at 2 p.m. (PDT) today, with
tile final vote to follow. There
probably will be four roll calls,
each requiring about ten min
utes.
Senator Wherry, the republi
can floor leader, told the senate
that before approving the North
Atlantic Pact It should "close
the door" against giving the
atom bomb to other members.
With a vote only hours away,
the Nebraska senator said he is
concerned that the treaty may
obligate this country to let oth
ers in on A-bomb secrets.
At President Truman's news
conference, held shortly before
the senate met, a reporter had
mentioned the stand Wherry was
taking.
Mr. Truman brushed it off
with the comment that Senator
Wherry has "a lot of unground
ed fears about the treaty which
I'm not interested in."
Italy Ratifies
Atlantic Pad
Rome, July 21 (IP) The Ital
ian chamber of deputies ratified
the Atlatic pact today over Rus
sian protests.
The vote was 323 to 180.
This was the second time the
chamber voted. The first vote
was nullified early today' when
the voles outnumbered the vot
ers.
The senate still must act. The
Christian democratic party, with
its allies, has a safe margin in
the senate and ratification there
is considered a foregone conclu
sion.
After the senate acts, signa
ture by President Luigi Einaudi
will complete the ratification
process.
The announcement of the vote
in the chamber was greeted with
silence from the communist side,
which has carried on a bitter
campaign against the pact.
Yesterday the Soviet Union
handed Italy a note charging
that adherence to the alliance
would violate the Italian peace
treaty.
Canada Not to
Make A Bombs
Ottawa, Ont., July 21 0J.B
Canada knows how to make the
atomic bomb, but doesn't intend
to, government officials said to
day.
Discussing American top-level
discussions about sharing atomic
secrets with Britain and Canada,
Acting Prime Minister C. D.
Howe said:
"Canada has asked for no in
formation on atomic energy from
the United States."
Howe, Canada's minister of
trade and commerce and the
cabinet minister responsible for
all atomic energy research, is
acting chief executive during the
vacation absence of Prime Min
ister Louis St. Laurent.
We could make A bomb if we
wanted to," Howe said, "maybe
not as good as the American one,
but a good bomb, nevertheless."
He emphasized, however, that
Canada is not interested in pro
ducing atomic bombs, but in
stead is working on peacetime
atomic energy uses.
'We're still selling uranium
ores to the United States, and
we're still exchanging certain
classified information on atom
is research and developments
with them," Howe said.
'There is, of course, some
classified information we don't
get for example, how to make
the bomb," he added.
Typhoon Heads East
Manila, July 21 (P) A ty
phoon with winds of 120 miles
an hour near its center headed
toward Formosa tonight at
eight miles an hour.
At midnight the typhoon was
expected to be 460 miles cast
northeast of Aparri, on the
northern tip of Luzon island.
On
No Cause for
Alarm in Secret
Policy Meeting
Washington, July 21 " Pre
sident Truman today flatly re
fused to say whether this coun
try is considering an A-bomb
sharing program with Great
Britain and Canada.
He told questioners at a news
conference that no deep, dark
secrets were involved in the
secret atomic conference he
called at his Blair House resi
dence last Thursday night.
And he said there is nothing
alarming about secret atomic
conferences which have been
held since the Blair House
meeting.
No Comment Replies
But when he was asked whe
ther he had any intention of
telling the British how to make
atomic bombs, he replied with a
quick no comment.
He said the true facts about
the Blair house meeting which
was so secret that photograghers
were barred from the sidewalk
out front will come out even
tually. But he added that he has
no plans personally to release
them.
Chariman Brien McMahon,
(D., Conn.), of the house-senate
atomic energy committee has of
ficially announced that the Blair
House conferees discussed ato
mic relations with Britain and
Canada.
Second Meeting
Most of the conferees met
again yesterday. The second
meeting was as secret as the ,
first. It took place in the atom
ic committee's nhnmher on Can-
itol Hill.
(Concluded on Page 5, Column 6)
Smufny Flees
Czech Terror
Frankfurt, Germany, July 21
(U.R) U.S. army authorities said
today that Dr. Jaromir Smutny,
chancellor of Czechoslovakia at
the time of president Eduard
Bones' death, has fled to the
American zone of Germany.
They indicated Smutny was
being interrogated by American
intelligence officers.
Reputable Czech emigres in
the western zone said the former
chancellor probably knows more
about the inside story of the
communist coup of Czechoslo
vakia than any other non-communist
Czech on this side of the
iron curtain.
These sources said they be
lieved Smutny could reveal de
tails of the communist seizure of
power in Prague which are un
known to western intelligence
agents.
Smulny was at Benes' bedside
when the Czech president died
shortly after the communist
coup a year ago last February.
He also reportedly was in the
same room when Benes gave
notice to Klement Gottwald,
then communist premier of
Czechoslovakia, that he was re
signing. Smulny later served as
chancellor to Gottwald when
Gottwald was elevated to pres
ident. Mutt Show Given
At Bergs' Market
Hey! Skinny! There is a mutt
show out at Bergs Market, Cen
ter and Capitol streets, Friday
afternoon at 4 o'clock.
Everybody gets something
and there is more than $50 in
prizes for dogs in different divi
sions. Take your dog and go out to
Bergs, maybe your pooch will
win one of the prizes in the 10
classifications dog with the
longest cars, dog with the long
est hair, smallest dog, largest
dog, dirtiest dog, cleanest dog,
dog with shortest legs, fattest
dog, dog with the longest tail
and the best dog in the show.
There will be no charge for
entering. Everything is free for
the kiddies.
"We are just going to let the
bars down and have a good time
with the youngsters and their
mutts," said Elmer Berg.