THE WEATHER HERE
PARTLY CLOUDY tonight,
Tuesday. Little change in tem
perature. Low tonight, 38; high
Tuesday, 54.
Maximum yeiterda?. Mt minimum t
W. Total 34-boar precipltatlen, .14
for month, .81; normal, .1. Season pre
cipitation, SS.7! narmal, M.H. Hirer
facifht, lo.S feet, atowly rlilnf. (Beporl
fcj U. 8. Weather Burta.)
Sander Slates
Patient Dead
'Ere Injection
An "Obsession"
Forced Him to Pump
Air Into Cancer Victim
Manchester, N. H., March 6
01?) Dr. Hermann N. Sander
calmly testified today that an
"obsession" forced him to pump
air into a cancer patient he be
lieved already dead.
"Something snapped in me,"
was Dr. Sander's explanation of
the air injection that brought
him to trial charged with the
Lmercy murder" of the patient,
pMrs. Abbie C. Eorroto, 59.
Dr. Sanders, testifying as his
own star witness, maintained
Mrs. Borroto was dead of cancer
when he plunged his hypodermic
needle into her arm. Thus, he
contended, he could not have
killed her to spare her further
suffering.
Irrational Behavior
"It was just the appearance
of her face and the remembrance
of her long suffering that might
have touched me off and made
me- do something that doesn't
make sense," he said.
"It was an irrational behavior
and I don't think I can explain
it ... I was obsessed to do it."
Dr. Sander began his dramatic
testimony with a statement that
the novel "Magnificent Obses
sion" by Lloyd C. Douglas, in
spired him to become a physi
cian. (Concluded an Page 5. Column 7)
Elfsfrom Not
To Seek Senate
Mayor Robert L. Elfstrom,
who has often been mentioned
as a possible candidate for the
state senate, said definitely to
day that he will not run, '
"H would take a great deal
"of"myiinte;","the mayor atd,
"and with business conditions as
they are now I don't want to
take the time from my private
business that would be necessary
if I entered the campaign. Be
sides that, I have to carry on as
mayor for the rest of the year,
and we have things on the city
program that will need close at
tention." .
It is known that many sub
stantial citizens and groups have
tried to persuade Mayor Elf
strom to run for the senate.
. "I appreciate the interest
shown in my behalf," he said.
"Perhaps in a later campaign I
may be more responsive."
Elfstrom is completing his sec
ond term as mayor, and will re
tire from that office January 1,
1951. Some effort has .been
made to persuade him to run for
a third term, but he declined.
Truman Off Sunday
For 3 Weeks Vacation
Washington, March 6 VP)
President Truman will leave
Sunday for a three-week vaca
tion at Key West, Fla.
The White House announced
the president will leave at 10
a.m. Sunday aboard the presi
dential yacht USS Williamsburg.
He expects to reach the naval
station at Key West Thursday
morning.
His present plans are to make
the return trip by plane.
No date has been set for his
return, but Eben Ayers, assistant
White House press secretary,
aid Mr. Truman expects to be
gone about three weeks.
Cold Wave'fo End
Menace of Flood
Seattle, March 6 (JP) Extreme
cold is in prospect east of the
Cascades tonight.
The U. S. weather bureau is
sued a provisional warning at
10 a.m. lor eastern Washington
eastern Oregon and Idaho. It
said temperatures are likely to
drop to a range of 15 to 25 de
grees. The extreme minimums
are dependent on a decrease in
the wind this afternoon and to
night The bureau said the tempera
ture dip shouldn't be classified
as "a cold wave warning," but
said there was a possibility of
damage to early crops and young
lambs in some areas.
Chains Again Needed
Motorists were advised today
to carry chains if they plan to
cross the Cascade summits on
the Willamette, Wapinitia and
Santiam highways, the state
highway commission said today.
C
62nd Year,
Group Studies
Uniformity for
Tax Structure
Legislative Interim
Committee Proposes
Centralized Buying
By JAMES D. OLSON
Uniformity in tax statements
and summaries issued in the
counties of the state is one of
the objects of the legislative in
terim tax committee, according
to State Senator Eugene Marsh,
chairman of a sub-committee
studying this problem.
At a meeting of the main com
mittee Monday, Tax Commis
sioner Robert Maclean, in
charge of the assessment and tax
ation division of the commission
said that he was getting out sug
gestions to assessors and tax col
lectors on a unified procedure.
Statements Not Uniform
Maclean said that although at
present tax statements in the va
rious counties of the state are in
different forms there is no rea
son why all statements could not
be uniform,
He suggested that the state tax
commission print and furnish all
tax forms to the counties of the
state.
Chairman Howard Belton sug
gested that the forms could be
compiled by the tax commission
and printed by the state printer
with the counties paying the state
printer for such forms as are
furnished.
Centralized Purchasing
A suggestion for centralized
purchasing and auditing for all
school districts within a county
is being studied by the interim
committee on schools, according
to a letter to the committee from
Dr. T. C. Holy, director of the
survey. Sen. Belton said that if
this suggestion was adopted a
large saving could be effected
by school districts throughout the
state.
Attorney General Georee
Neuner in a letter doubted if
the proposed levy of 2 percent on
income tax exemptions, as sue-
gestea to tne committee, would
be constitutional. Neuner said
that such a tax, he thought,
wbuld be a poll tax and there
fore unconstitutional.
Left Wingers
Win in Greece
Athens. March 6 (U.F!) Toft
wine moderates led h r.
Nicholas Plastiras pulled ahead
in LrreeK general election re
turns todav after rieht miner fol
lowers of Constantine Tsaldaris
had drawn to within 88 votes of
the lead.
Returns from 31 nf an oiontnt-ai
districts gave Plastiras' national
progressives a lead of nearly 18,
000 votes over Sophocles Veni
zelos' centrists and 25,624 votes
over Tsaldaris' populist party.
Some political quarters pre
dicted Plastiras and Venizelos
would team up in a coalition.
Standing in fourth n'l
the left-wing democratic front
party of John Sophianopoulos,
a new political grouping which
held the lead throughout the
early counting but lost out when
returns from rural areas swunsg
strength toward more mnrWatn
and rightist parties.
With 31 of the 59 elontni rfic
tricts counted, Plastiras' national
progressive nartv held 14D.24R
votes compared to 131,357 for
venizeios. Tsaldaris had 123,
621 and Sophianopoulos 98,971.
10 Year Program For
City Progress Offered
By STEPHEN A. STONE
City Manager J. L. Franzen's 10-year program, with financial
estimates, including what part of it should go on the May ballot
this year, will be presented at a joint dinner mectine of the eitv
council and the planning and
ii wm noi De a pumic meeting
taken. That will be done latei
at regular meetings of the city
council.
It is understood, without any
dfeinite statement from official
sources, that the 10-year pro
gram covering projects of the
several city departments may
range around $4,000,000 to be
financed by bond issues or spe-
cial taxes. In addition to that
is a $2,000,000 estimate for the
water department, but that is
self-financing and does not re
quire bonds and taxes.
The city council's job ' is to
decide how much of the 10-year
outlay should go on the May
ballot this year. This probably
apital A Jomraal
No. 55
Altered u second elua
matter at Saleo, Ortcoo
Solve Mystery
Of Bonds Theft
The theft of $1900 to $2300
worth of government bonds from
the James Collins residence in
the Keizer district in Febru
ary was listed as solved Mon
day by state police and Sheriff
Denver Young who took a state
ment from Jack Troxell, former
paper mill employe.
Troxell admitted burglarizing
the Collins residence at 940 Ev
ans avenue, on the night of Feb
ruary 18-19, taking $1100 in
bonds and $3 in pennies. He was
accompanied by Al Stutevant,
nabbed with two other men last
week on charges of burglariz
ing the Keizer school.
Approximately $1000 worth
of the bonds were found near
Bend and turned in to state po
lice there. Collins reported that
between $1900 and $2300 worth
of bonds had been taken, but
statements from the men admit
ted only $1100. worth.
,, Although the, men had taken
Collins' arjny. discharge papers,
they claimed they made no ef
fort to cash the bonds. The men
left the Salem area a few days
after the burglary for Califor
nia, and they admitted- tearing
up the bonds and discarding
them near Bend.
The hunt for the burglars ap
parently crystalized when Stu
tevant was nabbed on the Kei
zer school burglary charge.
Russia to Keep
Army in Reich
Leipzig, Germany, March 6 VP)
-Russia will keep an occupa
tion army in East Germany as
long as allied forces are on Ger
man soil, a member of the Ger
man communist politburo said
today.'
This high east German source
denied there was any basis for
the frequent rumor that Soviet
troops might be withdrawn later
this year.
He also denied that he Soviet
sponsored east German govern
ment expects to obtain a separ
ate peace treaty from Russia
unless the allies first conclude
such a pact with the Bonn repub
lic. His statements were made dur
ing an informal two-hour con
versation with this correspon
dent here.
In Berlin non-communist for
eign press representatives are
barred from close .contact with
eastern government officials.
g
zoning commission Monday night
and no official action will be
will be held to not over $500,
000. The No. 1 project on this year's
program is drainage, understood
to be an item of $125,000 or
thereabouts. It covers not only
the north and northeast section
of the city where most of the
trouble has occurred, but other
parts of the city as well, includ
ing the area west of the river.
Another item to be taken care
of will be some additional money
for the sewage disposal plant
This was first estimated at $600,-
Ouu and was included in an
$815,000 bond issue voted by
(Concluded on Pr 5, Column 6)
Salem, Oregon, Monday, March 6, 1950
-m. r ' "mt .i-.i ""frmin" s m in
Old Ferry to Assist Construction of New Bridge Ferryboat
Daniel Matheny, once in service at Wheatland crossing, now
being outfitted at Taylor moorage for use in testing and
sounding at pier sites for the new Willamette bridge.. A float
previously used was submerged by drift and $5000 worth of
equipment dropped into the river. Workmen shown are
landing a winch salvaged from the float.
Old Ferry Boat Utilized
In New Bridge Testing
By BEN MAXWELL
Ferryboat Daniel Matheny, long in service at the Wheatland
crossing, has been acquired by Willard Taylor and is now at his
moorage being outfitted by the Raymond Concrete Piling com
pany for use in core testing for new Willamette bridge piers.
A float previously in service for this purpose was swept by drift
about a week ago and nearw-
$5000 worth of equipment was
lost in the river,
When the second Daniel Math
eny was taken out; of service
about four years ago the old
craft was stripped of operating
gear and beached. When Taylor
acquired the hull it was partial
ly submerged and mud-filled.
Since he has restored the boat
to a serviceable condition that
will make the old Daniel jviatn-
eny" usef ul- during most ' of -the
year or more required to buna
the new Willamette Bridge.
When drift submerged the
float previously used most of the
equipment was swept into the
river, including the float's deck
house. Lately this cabin was dis
covered about a half mile down
stream where it had lodged in
brush on the west side of the
river. In this deck house, which
had capsized to become itself
something of a boat, were found
two chests of tools, heretofore
presumed lost, lanterns and
rope. Chain tongs were still
hanging on the wall.
Raymond Concrete Piling
company have outfitted the Dan
iel Matheny with new equip
ment brought from Seattle. In
cluded are four heavy sea an
chors that will be used to hold
the boat in position for drilling
and sounding, new gasoline op
erated winches, casing and a
large capacity gasoline pump.
Soon after engineers determine
the position for testing the re
built ferryboat, more adequate
in every way than the original
float and better equipped, will
be dropped into position for
work expected to resume about
March 9
House Debates
Hawaiian State
Washington, March 6 VP) A
southern democrat told the house
today he could see no racial
grounds for denying statehood to
Hawaii.
Rep Larcade (D La.) urged,
as the house resumed debate on
the Hawaiian statehood bill, that
the island territory be admitted
to the union immediately.
He said he had observed in
Hawaii the intermingling of per
sons of many Asiatic and Poly
nesian extractions "in perfect
harmony."
"If that is their way of life,
that is their business," he assert
ed, adding that the people of the
south only ask that they be per
mitted to deal with their own
racial problems in their own
way.
Larcade headed a house sub
committee which visited the is
land in 1946 and recommended
statehood for Halaii. He said
the question whether Hawaii
should be admitted to statehood
was decided 50 years ago when
Hawaii was admitted as a ter
ritory. Rep. Price (D., 111.) also sup
ported statehood for Hawaii. He
said that when Hawaii was an
nexed as a territory the step was
taken in the interest of national
security.
Pope Blesses
600 Americans
Vatican City, March 6 VP)
Pope Pius XII in a special audi
ence lasting nearly two hours to
day met individually each of 600
American Hojy Year . pilgrims,
blessed them, their country and
those they left behind in Amer
ica.
The pope, who earlier had said
mass for the group led to Rome
by Francis Cardinal Spcllman
sat on a throne in the Ducal hall
of the Vatican as the long line
of pilgrims the biggest Ameri
can Holy Year pilgrimage thus
far filed slowly past, each one
kneeling to kiss the pope's ring
and to receive his blessing.
With each one the pope ex
changed a -few words, generally
asking each pilgrim the name of
his home town. To each he gave
a Holy Year medal.
Cardinal Spellman stood by
the pope's side throughout the
audience and personally intro
duced some of the pilgrims to
the pontiff.
At the end of the audience the
pope and Cardinal Spellman em
braced. The pontiff then with
drew to his Vatican apartment.
Members of the Spellman pil
grimage and some of the 100 pil
grims led by Bishop Joseph F.
Busch from the Saint Cloud,
Minn. J diocese, planned to attend
a ceremony in Saint Peter s Ba
silica today at which the pope
was to praise the virtues of Do
menic Savio.
The Italian boy was beatified
yesterday in colorful ceremonies.
He died in 1857 when he was 14
years old.
Highway Contract Let. . . .
Contract for paving 9.3 miles
of the Halsey-Crawfordsvjllc
section of ' the Halscy-Swoet
Home secondary .highway in
Linn county was awarded by the
state highway commission today
to Porter W. Yctt, Portland,
Delake, Ore.-X-Smclly Nellie or Monster? Oregon coast residents quickly raised questions
about sea monsters when a four-tailed globe shaped mass of long dead aquatic substance was
cast upon the bcafch over the week-end. Answers ranged from wha!e blubber to giant squid
while the unseasonable Sunday touring crowds kept a comfortable distance. (AP Photo)
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u" jo MV""""
Gunfire Slops
2 Auto Thieves
Fleeing Dallas
Pursued at 95 Miles
An Hour Until Nabbed
At Springfield
Eugene, March 6 VP) A stolen
car was chased by police at
speeds up to 95 miles an hour all
the way from Salem to Spring
field today.
Police finally stopped the car
with gunfire. The occupants
identified themselves as Robert
Fox, Jr., 21, a transient, and
John Lee Shaver, 19, of Chilo,
Ohio. They were charged with
auto theft and held in Lane
county jail pending a check of
records and a check with Dallas
police officials.
Lt. Donald H. Clark Eugene
police department, said that the
car they drove was definitely
identified as tsolen from a Dallas
man. In addition, police are in
vestigating possibility they com
mitted a grocery store robbery
in Dallas last night, since some
of the loot described by Dallas
police was found in the car.
Stopped by Gunfire
Police finally stopped the car
with gunfire. Its two occupants
were taken to the Lane county
jail. One was booked as John
L. Shaver, 22, on an auto theft
charge, and the other was book
ed as Robert Fox, 21, on a grand
larceny charge.
The long chase began at 3:15
a.m., after a car was stolen in
Dallas.
Salem police spotted the car a
little later and took up pursuit.
The car sped away from them
at 80 miles an hour, toward Eu
gene.
Road blocks were set up at
Eugene. The car reached the
blocks at 6.15 and went on speed
ing past.
Pursued by Cops
Four Eugene patrol cars raced
behind it, and radioed for help
from Springfield. The fleeing
car- went through Springfield at
90 or 95 miles an hour, and po
lice began firing. j
The car, shot through, the
windshield, body and hood, roll
ed over at a railroad underpass
near Goshen. The two occupants
crawled out, unhurt, and were
arrested.
Chiang Issues
Final Warning
Taipei, Formosa, March 6 VP)
President Chiang Kai-Shek to
day warned nationalist China it
has one last chance to survive
and triumph over mainland com
munists. The alternative, he declared,
was to perish.
Chiang sounded his somber
warning at a memorial service
for Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, founder
of the Chinese Republic.
More than 2,000 members of
the kuomintang (nationalist)
party attended the services.
They applauded and some wept
as Chiang uttered a solemn
warning that blunders which
led to the mainland debacle for
the nationalists must not be re
peatcd.
Chiang declared the essentials
for survival and recovery were
unity, teamwork and complete
sacrifice of personal interest for
those of the slate.
"If this is achieved, I am con
fident of the eventual defeat of
the communists," Chiang said
"To this end I once again offer
all I have and all I am until my
death.'
Price 5c
Big 3 to Talk
Meeting With
Russia in April
Paris, March 6 VP) British,
French and American foreign
ministers will discuss a possible
meeting with Russia when they
meet in London next month,
French Foreign Minister Robert
Schuman said tonight.
The meeting of the three west
ern foreign ministers is report
ed by foreign office sources here
to be set for April 12, simulta
neously with a meeting of the
foreign ministers of the 12 At
lantic pact nations for a discus
sion of mutual defense problems.
Schuman, however, declined
to announce the date of the
meeting officially.
ish Labor to
Avoid Change
London, March 6 (U.R) King
George VI formally opened par
liament today with a promise
that the labor government would
pigeonhole all controversial le
gislation during the coming year.
No "contentious" positions of
the labor government's socialist
program will be brought before
parliament unless full employ
ment and Britain's national well
being are threatened, the king
said.
The king's speech, written for
him by Prime Minister Clement
Attlee's labor government, skip
ped all direct mention of such
controversial labor government
proposals as nationalization.
Attlee campaigned on a prom
ise to continue nationalization.
His majority in commons was
so slight, however seven seats
that he and his cabinet agreed
to call a halt to the nationaliza
tion program.
The king s speech was ex
tremely short and was one of the
least informative to be delivered
at the opening of parliament in
many years.
It reflected the precarious op-
sitlon of the labor government
and its determination not to
clash with the opposition over
controversial legislation.
Sea Monster
Begins to Smell
Delake, Ore., March 6 VP)
This coastal town was still full
of sightseers looking over the
mysterious hunk of sea life va
riously known as 'Tubby, " "The
Monster," and the "Prehistoric
Goose," although the smell grew
stronger. .
But none of the visitors could
profcr any definite statement as
to what the hairy 500 to 2000
pound thing is.
There were various theories on
the identity of the huge, four
tailed, odifcrous whatzit which
the surf cast up on the shore
here Saturday.
A University of Washington
zoology professor, going on tel
ephone descriptions, said it
sounded like a giant squid.
"Never saw a squid a bit like
that," retorted residents.
Another group thought it
might be the entrails of a whale,
"Certainly not; it's got a
mouth and tails," retorcd resi
dents.
The animal if it was an ani
mal was too wave-battered to
be sure just what it did have.
There was a globular center,
about four feet across, and long
tails or tentacles, and an open
ing maybe a mouth at the op
posite end from the tails.
"Maybe we'll find out this
week," said Wayne Eylcr, who
owns a service station 200 feet
away. "Three college students
cut off a piece for a sample yes
terday
,55 .
HOME
EDITION
Third of Coal
Strikers Swing
Back into Work
Signing of Contract
Marks Official End
ur Long waiKout
rittsourgn, March 6 VP)
soft coal mines swung back into
operation today to pace the gi
gantic task of refueling a shiver
ing nation.
Resumption of digging that
began a bare five hours after
tne onicial end of the great
coal strike progressed slowly.
But by nightfall nearly every
bituminous pit in the country is
expected to be turning out coal.
Manv of the 379. nnn eti.;i.a
reported to the mines in the
Kama TPStiVO mnml ho,r it,a-A l
during a week-end victory cele
bration. Gone were the. crrim
I stares and angry murmers of
tne previous months.
Industries Limp Along
Big industries crippled by the
fuel shortage limped along a
step behind the mines in restor
ing order to the nation's econ
omy.
'It all denends on how snnn
and how fast we can get coal,"
said a spokesman for the U. S.
Steel Corp. "We'll probably be
back to normal operations in a
few days."
(Concluded on Paire 5. Column 7)
Coal Contract
Terms Listed
Washington, March 6 VP) .
These are the terms of the new
soft coal contract signed by
John L. Lewis and the operators
late yesterday compared with
Lewis' original demands:
Wages Raised 70 cents a day
to a total of $14.75 per miner;
Lewis asked a QH-pwit mI in n
win. uj.
Hours Eiaht hours a dav.
before; Lewis had proposed
seven and a half.
Welfare fund A 10-cent boost
in the old 20-cent-a-ton royalty
paid by the operators to finance
miners' health and pension bene
fits; Lewis had asked a 15-cent
raise.
Union shop Like the old
contract, the new one contains a
provision compelling miners to
join the United Mine Workers
union; Lewis had asked this.
However, the new contract
makes the provision subject to
a supreme court ruling on its
legality.
Willing and able This clause.
providing that miners work only
when willing and able, was
dropped from the new agreement
alter a federal court held if
pobably illegal. In its place, the
union is protected against suits
for wildcat strikes by a more
generally worded clause.
(Concluded on Paje 5, Column 1)
congress urops
Seizure Bill
By MARVIN L. ARROWSMITH
Wnnhinfflnn. TVTarnh fl (1 Thft
emphasis on coal legislation
shifted in congress today to the
siuuy cuiiiiiuiuM willed jricai-
dent Truman wants set up to find
way to lasting peace In the
mining industry.
The switch from last week's
drive for enactment of a mine
seizure Dili was causca Dy me
elnntntt a cfa,lrnonHlnf Mn.
tract by John L. Lewis and the
soft coal operators.
Some lawmakers, however.
still demand passage of a standby
measure which would give the
government authority to take
over the coal mines in any future
crisis.
Senator Capchart (R., Ind.),
for example, told a reporter:
"I am for passing a seizure
bill or any other kind of legis
lation that will keep one man,
Lewis by name, from paralyzing
the nation. Settlement or not,
I am still for that."
The senate labor committee
put the seizure bill on the shelf
at a rather informal meeting to
day. Chairman Elbert Thomas (D.,
Okla.) told reporters that com
mittee members agreed it is un
necessary to consider the emerg
ency legislation now.
Thomas said he thinks perma
nent legislation to give the gov
ernment standby seizure author
ity can wait on the proposed
commission study.