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61st Year, No. 254 aVSriSK Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, October (20 Pages) Price 5c
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Pearson's Bill
Tempers Flare and
Charges Hurled in Hot
Quarrel on Treasurer
; By JAMES D. OLSON
' Tempers flared and charges
'and counter charges flew back
and forth over the f 160.S3 state
printing bill contracted by State
Treasurer Walter J. Pearson for
his now famed "Statement of
State Finances" in a hectic ses
sion of the board of control
. Tuesday.
Pearson branded Gov. Mc
Kay's refusal to approve the
Telalm as "political" adding "that
, you are the only one I know
of here who is running for of
fice and everything you do is
political."
The argument opened when
Secretary of State Earl Newbry
presented a statement on the
subject in which he announced
that he had not signed the claim,
nor had he approved or disap
proved it.
Newbry Calls It Unfair
"I am no! approving or disap
proving the purchase made by
the state treasurer from his own
appropriation," said Newbry.
"This question has been raised
before. I am merely maintain
ing the position I have held in
the past. I do not believe an
elected and bonded state official
is required to justify his admin
istrative policies before similar
ly elected and bonded officials."
Pearson opened a barrage
against Governor McKay by
first saying that the voucher in
question did not require the ap
proval of the other members of
the board.
"I think it was very unfair of
you to hit me below the belt
while I was out of town," Pear
son said, glaring at the governor
"This is the first time I know
of in the history of the board of
control that the honesty and
intforitv of anv state official
i has been questioned and I re-
fsent it."
Held Not Political
Pearson added that he did not
consider the printed announce
ment political. He said that dur-
ing the state fair, the democrats
asked for a supply for the booth
at the fair and he gave them
some for distribution.
"If the republicans had asked
for them I would have given
them a supply, also," he added
"I am surprised at you gover
nor," he declared. "You who
has spent the taxpayers' money
to go to Washington and present
your personal views. You, who
has favored his friends in giving
out a tire contract. You, who
is the only one around here who
is playing politics every min
ute."
(Concluded en Pe , Column II
New Hospital
For Fairview
The state board of control
awarded today a $194,973 con
tract for building a new hospital
at Oreeon Fairview home for
feeble-minded persons.
' The building, to be construct
ed by Malarkey & Moore, Port
land, will replace the one burn
led down last May by a 16-year
old inmate of the home.
The board also approved I
$60,746 low bid of P. S. Lord
mechanical contractors, Port
land, for building a new boiler
plant at the Eastern Oregon
' Tuberculosis hospital at The
Dalles. The board, however, will
have to go before the state emer
gency board next month to get
the money.
William Ryan, state supervi
sor of institutions, told the
hoard that last year the state
SDent an average of $743 for
each patient in the state mental
hospitals, compared with only
$208 in 1940. This means much
better care is being given, he
said.
During the same period, the
population of the mental hos
pitals has increased 14 per cent,
compared with a 54 per cent in
crease in the state's population.
Mothers Become
School 'Patrolmen'
Seattle, Oct. 2S W "School-
mother pat r o 1 m n ' ' escorted
their children to and from school
In south Seattle today.
Wearing the familiar white
Sam Browne oeiu ana Daages.
the moiners nave taken over uie
red flags becaus" they are "tired
of speeders and the youngsters
arc too small to guard the cor
ners themselves."
Houston Bans
Textbook by
OSC Professor
Magruder's 'Ameri
can Government'
Held Pink in Texas
Houston, Tex., Oct. 25 U-R
High school seniors were tem
porarily without civics books
today following school board ac
tion that banned the regular text
because it allegedly planted "in
sidious seeds" in the minds of
students.
The book, "American govern
ment" by Oregon State college
professor Frank Abbott Magru
der, was adopted by the state
textbook commission for a six
year period, ending this year.
Houston Superintendent of
Schools Dr. W. E. Moreland
threw the book out of class to
day on orders of the school
board, and immediately started
a hurried search lor a substi
tute book.
Definition of Capitalism
The ban was suggested by
school board member Ewing
Werlein, because of a paragraph
on page 37 that deals with a
round-about definition of "capi
talism. The offense portion:
"The United States is called
a capitalistic country, but it does
not have pure capitalism. It has
capitalism subject to increasing
governmental control as our
manner of living becomes more
complex. The country is capi
talistic with strong socialistic
and even communistic trends.
(Cencluded on Pate 5, Column 61
Safety Zones
For A Bombs
Mexico City, Oct. 25 UP) You
do have a chance against the
atomic bomb if you are least
half a mile away from the ex
plosion.
Maj. Albert J. Bauer, of the
U.S. army surgeon general's of
fice says if you're four miles
away when the bomb goes off,
your chances of escaping with
out injury are almost perfect.
But from four miles in toward
the center, the safety percent
ages drop off sharply. From a
half mile out to a mile and a
half from the atomic blast, it is
about 50-50 that you will come
out alive. In the half-mile in
ner circle, "there will be almost
complete destruction" with
deaths very close to 100 per
cent, Bauer says.
Bauer prepared this report
with Capt. John R. Hogness of
the U.S. army medical center
for presentation today before
the 12th international congress
of military medicine and phar
macy meeting here. Military
medical officers from 28 nations
are attending the congress.
Basing their findings on the
atomic explosions at Hiroshima,
Nagasaki and Bikini, the two
army medical men described the
effect of an atomic blast and how
to defend a city against it.
Portland Hunter Exonerated
Klamath Falls. Oct. 25 (IP) A
coroner's jury last night in ef
fect exonerated a Portland hunt
er of criminal blame in the death
Friday of Harvey McLing who
died of a shotgun wound receiv
ed while hunting pheasant.
Culvert Installations
To Cut Flood Danger
Both the city of Salem and the state highway department
will immediately make some culvert installations that will give
considerable relief in the north
Word that this was to be done,
conferences this week between
In the north and northeast parl
of the city where drainage is
needed were the main features
of a prolonged discussion of
drainage at the city council
meeting Monday night.
One of the conferences will be
at City hall, possibly Thursday
night. The other will be on
the ground, at various places
where drainage it most needed,
and will be attended either by
a committee representing the
people or as many of them as
care to be present.
Culverts Break Uown
Since the council meeting two
weeks ago, when a plan to take
care of the drainage in tnat
part of the city was pretty well
nullified II has hfpn discovered
that two 24-inch culverts through
a fill across a ravine on Port
land road, near tht Dr. S. P
Freezing Cold
In Mid-west
(By till AstocUttd Preul
Freezing cold hit the south
ern plains today, following
heavy rains which took at least
three lives and damaged the
cotton crop at harvest time.
Even lower temperatures mov
ed into the northeast and mid
west after the season's fiist
snows at several points.
In the Texas panhandle, Dal-
hart reported an early morning
low of 26 degrees. Elk City,
Okla., had the season's lowest,
29, after two days' rain which
delayed the cotton harvest but
helped other crops.
Thousands of geese were
sighted in the chilly midwest
They were making their annual
southward migration from Can
ada, following a recent cold snap
in the far north.
Snow covered the ground at
Georgetown, Del. There was
snow in upstate New York and
flurries swirled over parts of
Maine. The low New England
Rain pelted a wide area from
the Texas gulf coast northeast
ward across Louisiana and Ar
kansas into southern Missouri
Fog Blankets
West Oregon
Dense fog blanketed west
ern Oregon and Washington
again today. Airliners were
grounded. Columbia river ship
ping was slowed. Highway
traffic was hampered.
The morning cover extended
from Vancouver. B.C., to near
the southern Oregon border
west of the Cascades. It was
thin in places, though, the wea
ther bureau reported.
The fog moved in swiftly
late yesterday afternoon. The
Portland airport was closed at
5:25 p.m. With virtually all west
ern Oregon and Washington
fields closed before nightfall
airlines halted their west-bound
planes east of the mountains.
Northwest Airlines used Yak
ima as its western terminal.
United Air Lines used both Pen
dleton and Geiger field. Spo
kane, depending on the destin
ation of the majority of pasen
gcrs aboard.
Airports at The Dalles and
Medford were open early today
but were closed in soon after
sunrise. Klamath Falls was
open, but northbound flights
from San Francisco were held
until the fog lifted farther north
Light winds at times thinned
out the fog last night, making
driving less hazardous
Salem drainage problem.
and an agreement to have two
city officials and people living
Levene property, are broken
down. These are a responsibil
ity of the highway department
They evidently were broken
down last winter when a seri
ous flood condition occurred in
he area.
When City Manager J. L.
Franzen called the highway de
partment's attention to tht situa
tion last week it readily agreed
to make repairs and will in
stall a 48-inch culvert to re
place the two 24-inch culverts,
which, engineers say, will carry
more than twice as much water.
At the same time the city
will install a 48-inch culvert
from a point west of the high
,y to connect with the culvert
- 1 on the highway right of way.
I (CMxIadea Page t, CMwmn I)
Educators Ponder Problems Officers of the Oregon Edu
cation association consider group problems and policies at
breakfast in the Copper room of the Senator From left: Mrs.
Agnes C. Booth, Salem; J. T. Longfellow, Toledo; Mathilda
Gilles, Salem; Martha A. Shull, president of the association,
Portland; Cecil Posey, executive secretary, Portland; Richard
D. Gwillim, Turner; Carmalite I. Weddle, Salem; (standing)
Marion Miller and Margaret D. Simms, president of the Mar
ion county association, Salem.
Criminal Procession
Files Through Court
A procession of criminals filed
can's court all Tuesday morning, mainly for sentence.
William Brown, who with a partner since disappeared, did a
master job of shoplifting in the valley early last summer, came
up on two charges, one for stealing a radio from Marr Radio shop
and the other for theft of a pis-'
tol from Roy Beckwith. He has
been in the state hospital for
observation most of the summer
where, it was revealed in a
statement by his attorney, Regi
nald Williams, he had been sub
mitted to a number of hypnosis
tests. One of these was in the
presence of Deputy District At
torney Gordon Moore and his
attorneys Williams and Law
rence Ostermann.
The hypnosis treatments,1
Williams told the court, "re
vealed that this young man was
confused and badly oriented be
cause of a childhood virtually
started in an orphanage and
separation from his parents and
relatives over a long term of
years. The hospital attempted to
re-orient him and get him back
into a normal groove."
Testimony given the court by
his sister as to the boy's early
life and later developments, all
led the court to give him a
chance on probation. He was
sentenced to 18 months in the
penitentiary on each charge, to
run concurrently, and he was
placed on probation for three
years.
At the time of Brown's arrest
a long list of articles were found
at his home taken from various
stores over the valley and in
Portland.
Wayne G. Hamilton and Hugh
E. Durbin, young men who pil
fered cars and when on the
verge of being caught wound
the articles in a cloth and tossed
them in the river from which
they were retrieved by the po
lice, were up both with guilty
pleas. In Hamilton's case the
court imposed three years' pro
bation after suspending sen
tence. Durbin was continued to
Saturday for sentence. Both
were charged with entering a
car with intent to steal.
Harley V. Cordray. cx-Salem
policeman charged with promot
ing a lottery in connection with
a slot machine, declared himself
not guilty of the offense and the
court said he would fix a trial
date, probably after the first of
the year. Paul Burris and
Charles Creighton appeared as
his attorneys.
(Concluded on Pce S, Column 5)
Calaveras Frog
Starts $300,000 Suit
Los Angeles, Oct. 25 'IP)
"The celebrated Jumping frog of
Calaveras county" has hopped
right out of California's Gold
Rush days into Justice court.
Clara Clemens Samossound,
daughter of Mark Twain, author
of the story, yesterday filed a
$300,000 damage suit against Co
1 u m b I a Pictures corporation
contending that a film "Best
Man Wins," has "deformed and
mutilated" the story.
The suit complains that the
movie is a corny love atory
which injured Twain s reputa
tion. It seeks an injunction
against the studio until ail refer
ence to the fact the film was
based on Twain' Jumping frog
yarn is eliminated.
The suit alleges the works of
Mark Twain, pen name for Sam
uel Clemens who died in 1910,
al still protected by copyright.
through Judge George R. Dun
Catholics to
Placate Reds
Prague, Czechslovakia, Oct. 25
(IP) Czechoslovak Roman Cath
olic bishops told their priests to
day they may accept salaries
from the communist government
and swear loyalty to it to stay
out of jail.
But the bishops told the priests
to make these reservations:
In swearing allegiance to the
"peoples democratic regime'
and taking the oath to "support
the creative effort aiming at the
welfare of the Czech and Slovak
people," priests are to add the
words: "Unless it is in contradic
tion to the laws of God and the
church and the rights of man
In taking salaries from the
government, priests are to de
clare they do so without assum
ing "any obligations which
would violate my conscience as a
priest nor the church laws.
The Catholic bishops stated
they regretted the recent enact
ment of the government's church
control law as a violation of
church rights.
But the bishops added they
were allowing the priests to com
ply with the law because they
would otherwise be subject to
arrest and prosecution.
$300 Million
Atom Expansion
Oak Ridge, Tenn., Oct. 25 (Pi
The atomic energy commission
confirmed today it is planning a
$300,000,000 expansion of its
atom bomb making facilities.
Of this amount, the commis
sion said, $250,000,000 would be
used for the atomic program
and $50,000,000 for the Tennes
see valley authority to supply
power to meet future require
ments at atomic plants here.
The commission's statement.
which it said was in response to
inquiries, confirmed earlier re
ports from Washington of the
proposed expansion.
The announcement said Pres
ident Truman has authorized the
commission to use $30,000,000 of
its presently appropriated funds
to start expanding production
capacity at Oak Ridge and Han-
ford, Wash.
Oak Ridge is the center of the
AEC's uranium producing
plants. Hanford is the hub of
Plutonium operations. Both are
key materials for making atomic
bombs.
"The cost of construction at
Oakridge Is estimated at $189,-
000,000 and at Hanford, $25.
000,000," the commission said.
"These estimates arc subject to
revision as the program devel
ops." The commission said it would
submit to the next session of
congress a supplemental request
for appropriations "to carry out
the program."
Czechs Oust U.S. Envoy
London, Oct. 25 i"! The
Czechoslovak telegraphic agen
cy reported John Heyn, an em
ploye of the United States em
bassy in Prague, has been or
Jdered to leave Czechoslovakia
Truman and Johnson Confer
On Feuding Among Services
Britain to Leave
Token Garrisons
In Foreign Lands
Washington, Oct. 25 (IP) Brit
ain is expected to trim its de
fense outlays without calling on
the United States to take over
any of its overseas military bur
dens, diplomatic authorities said
today.
The British are proposing to
withdraw some 3000 remaining
troops from Greece, these au
thorities noted; But they said
there has been no hint of any
other move elsewhere in the
world which would add to U. S.
responsibilities as senior partner
in the North Atlantic pact and
in other measures to curb com
munism.
British Prime Minister Attlee
announced yesterday that about
$84,000,000 of the latest aus
terity savings would be in de
fense expenditures and said de
tails would be given later.
Burden Shifted to V. S.
The 1947 financial crisis in
Britain resulted in a substantial
shift of British obligations to
this country. The United States
then took over aid to Greece un
der the "Truman Doctrine" of
helping free countries defend
their independence from outside
attack. Since then some $400,
000,000 has been supplied to
Greece in American military as
sistance.
(Concluded on Pare 5. Column 1)
Attlee Censured
As Too Timid
London, Oct. 25 VP) Prime
Minister Attlee hit a political
storm today, a whirlwind of
charges he was too timid with
economies meant to keep Britain
from going broke.
Even large sections of his own
labor party were let down by the
plan Attlee discussed before the
house of commons yesterday: A
plan to whittle 280.000,000
($784,000,000) or eight per
cent from the country's
3,300,000,000 ($7,240,000,000)
budget.
For two weeks the nation had
been built up to expect a really
drastic belaboring. When it
came, conservative leader Win
ston Churchill summed up the
reaction of many: "Is it adequate
to the need in which we stand?"
It seemed likely Churchill
would again demand a quick
election to let the people give
judgment on the socialist re
gime.
Many political observers
judged that Atlee himself had
suffered a damaging blow in
political prestige.
Laborite criticism rifled
through a carcus of the party's
legislators this morning. Its re
sults were unknown, but Atlee
previously has been able to
whistle rebels to heel.
Beaten-up Picnicker
Wins $4,537 Damages
A Portland man who went on a plrnic and was beaten about
the face with a rifle butt won $4,537 damages today in a state
supreme court decision.
The man, Edgar J. Schcufrlc, was beaten by Leonard C. New
man, because Newman thought Scheufolc was fishing on the prop
erty of Ncwman'i summer home,
located at the Junction of oor-
don and Sandy creeks 17 miles
from Portland.
The high court. In a decision
by Justice Harry H. Belt, didn't
decide whether Schcufele was
trespassing. But it said that
doesn't make any difference, be
cause no one has a right to beat
anyone up like Newman did,
trespassing or not.
Schcufele took his wife and a
few friends and relatives on a
picnic July 4, 1948, to recrea
tion area near Newman's sum
mer place. Schcufele went fish
ing in the stream, and Newman
told him to beat it, threatening
him with a rifle.
Newman fired a shot to scare
Scheufcle, and then beat Scheu
fele up with the rifle butt.
Schcufele said he suffered a
cut lip. cut jaw, fractured tooth
and injured nerves and tissue on
his chin.
Newman admitted he injured
Bonneville Cuts
Down on Power
For Aluminum
Portland, Ore., Oct. 25
The Bonneville power adminis
tration today ordered 70,000
kilowatts cut off the amount
supplied to two aluminum
plants.
Continued low flow of the Co
lumbia river plus increasing
winter power loads on the Bon
neville system prompted the ac
tion. The Vancouver, Wash, plant
of Aluminum Company of Ame
rica will lose 42,200 kilowatts
and the Spokane plant of Per-
manente Metals corporation will
lose 27.800.
The cutback is effective as
soon as potlines can be taken out
of service, Bonneville officials
said.
Executions
Purge Balkans
Prague, Czechoslovakia, Oct.
25 UP) The executioner stalks
through spy - conscious commu
nist eastern Europe these days.
In a single day three coun
tries Romania, Hungary and
Czechoslovakia announced yes
terday they had executed or sen
tenced to death 15 persons for
espionage or other subversive ac
tivities.
More than a score of other
persons were sentenced to prison
terms ranging up to life.
And nobody knew how many
trials were going on in secret
with their verdict not yet an
nounced.
Hungary's hangman executed
four persons.
Two of them, Lt. Gen. Gyorgi
Palffy, formerly Hungary I high
est ranking army officer, and
Police Col. Bela Korondy, were
co-defendants of the late Laszlo
Rajk, former Hungarian foreign
minister, who was executed a
fortnight earlier for espionage
and treason. The government
had accused all of them of plot
ting with Yugoslav and Ameri
can agents to overthrow their
country's red regime.
The other two executed In
Hungary were Army Col. Deszo
Nemeth, former Hungarian mili
tary attache in Moscow, and Po
lice Col. Otto Horvath. There
were no details announced con
cerning the charges against
them, or their trial.
Romania sentenced seven per
sons to death and 18 others to
long prison terms for "terror-
Communists Lose
In Iceland Election
Reyklavik. Iceland, Oct. 15 (in
First vote returns in Iceland's
general election today showed a
loss for the communists, who had
campaigned against this island
nation's membership in the
North Atlantic Pact.
Voting ended yesterday in ru
al districts and final results
were not expected before Satur
day. Scheufele. but said not to the
extent of $4,537.
Justice Belt said in his op
inion that Newman was "trig
ger-happy, and had a warped j
idea of what ne could do in de
fense of his alleged property
rights."
The decision upheld Circuit
Judge Charles H. Combs, Lake-
view, who heard the case
Portland.
Other court action today:
Mary A. Marston vs. Louis M.
Marston, appellant. Appeal from
Multnomah county. Suit to re
cover $11,286 interest in prop
erty. Opinion by Justice E. M.
Page. Judge Alfred P. Dobson,
affirmed.
Walter and Merely Monger vs.
Dimmtck Logging and Lumber
Co.. appelant Appeal from
Douglas county. Suit to recover
on logging contract. Opinion by
Justice Arthur D. Hay. Judge
Carl E. Wimberly, affirmed.
Shake-up Said
Pending in High
Navy Command
Washington, Oct. 25 (IP) Sec
retary of Defense Johnson con
ferred with President Truman
today immediately after a hud
dle with civilian heads of the
three armed services on "les
sons to be learned" from the
congressional airing of feuding
among the services.
When Johnson left the White
House, he refused to reply to a
question as to whether he con
templated a "shakeup" in the
high navy command.
The question from reporters
was prompted by rumors of the
possibility of such a shakeup and
by the fact that Secretary of
Navy Matthews accompanied
Johnson to the White House.
Johnson said that he reported
to the president on the meeting .
of armed service heads and its
discussion of all the testimony
"and the lessons to be learned
from it."
Refuses to Comment
He declined to say what the
lessons are he thinks should be
learned from it.
Is there any impending
change in the high command of
the navy?" one reporter asked.
No comment," was all John
son would reply.
He said he had discussed "ar
my, navy and air force mattera
with the president."
He said there was no signifi
cance in Matthews appearing
with him. It has been his cus
tom right along to take the ar
my, navy and air lorce secre
taries in turn to the White House
on his weekly discussions with
the president, Johnson added.
Secretary Silent
The reporters surned to Mat
thews: (Concluded on Faro 5. Column 4)
Purge Looms
For Denfeld?
Washington, Oct. 25 U.B
Adm. Louis E. Denfeld probably
will be replaced soon as chief
of naval operations by Vice Adm.
Forrest P. Sherman, informed
sources said today.
This was learned as the joint
chiefs of staff were called into
their first meeting since their
caustic public testimony in the
congressional investigation of
unification and navy-air force
grievances.
Denfeld gave no indication
that he thought the axe was
about to fall on him. He said he
planned to attend the meeting.
Sources close to him said the
admiral has no intention of re
signing. Both Defense Secretary Louis
Johnson and Navy Secretary
Francis P. Matthews were un
derstood to feel that Denfcld's
testimony had made it impossi
ble for him to represent the navy
on a unified defense team.
Denfeld told the house armed
services committee that the ar
my, air force and defense top
brass have ganged up on the na
vy. He said the present adminis
tration of the unification law "is
more injurious than no unifica
tion at all."
Gen. Omar N. Bradley, chair
man of the joint chiefs of staff
retorted that the complnining
navy officers were "fancy Dans''
who wouldn't hit the line for
the defense team unless they
could call the signals.
2 Grades of Eggs
Drop 2 to 4 Cents
-r0D Krades of eggs dropped
, r..m . 4 here Tues-
jv mornng, following similar
inieut. jn Portland, surpluses in
the larger coast markets forcing
down the prices.
In the local listings, buying
quotations, AA extra largo are
now listed at 61 cents; large AA
at 60 cents; large A 58 to 60
cents; medium AA at 47 cents,
medium A at 45-47 cents.
The cut also was reflected In
the wholesale quotations, the av
erage listing being 65 cents on
grade A and 52 cents on medi
ums, wholesale.
Butter, buttrrfat and other
produce generally remained un
changed her Tuesday.
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