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THE WEATHER HERE CLOUDY WITH RAIN bediming late tonight, continuing Tuesday. Increasing southwest winds to night. Slightly cooler Tuesday. Low tonight, 42; high Tuesday, 54. Maximum yesterday, 07: minimus taasy, 40. Total Z4.hoar precipitation: tt far month: .49: normal, .90. geaeen precipita tion, S8.28I normal, as.tl. Blrer heifht, 4 foot. (Report by U.S. Weather Bareaa.) apital 62nd Year, No. 85 ESfjrJSftSS Salem, Oregon, Monday, April 10, 1950 una OSoaaiS 969 jo w mal HOME EDITION (20 Pages) Price 5c Truman Back From Key West, Met by Cabinet Accompanied by Daughter Margaret On Army Plane Washington, April 10 OT President Truman returned to Washington today from a month's vacation at Key West, Fla. Trip tannpH nrpsiHent. stennerl jauntily from an army plane at 1:51 p.m. (EST) to be greeted by cabinet officers and other high government officials. His plane naa ien ney west at iu;u? a.m (EST). Accompanied by his daugh'ter, Margaret, and members of his staff he rtnarrleH an air fnrce ' Constellation known as the "Ma gic Carpet at the navy s Boca Chia airport. Wis hwn nlane. the "Tndenen- dence" is in Santiago to bring President Gonzales of Chile here tomorrow for a state visit. Never Felt Better A White House aide said Mr Truman hoped to be able to an nminpo t h p flnnnintmont nf : chairman of the atomic energy commission within a few days. He said Mr. Truman also is nearing a decision on other ap pointments. Just before boarding the plane, the president told reporters he "never felt better." Reporters jokingly reminded him that his visit to Key West has been busy for them with lots of news. The president agreed and said he had tried to keep the newsmen busy so they "wouldn't have to do any specu lating." Appointment Looms "Thp nresirlent has a niimhor of people he wants to talk to upon his return to the White House." his aide said. The president, he added, has cnma rrta In rniwH fnr thp AT(1 post and hopes to persuade htm to accept. !" ;i- John A. McCone, Los Angeles business man and a republican la under pnnslHeratinn fnr an. pointment as undersecretary of the air force. Flegel Demands Pearson Resign St. Helens. Anril 10 OT State Sen. Austin Flegel today called upon State Treasurer Walter Pearson to resign from the gub prnatnrial race to eive the dem ocrats a chance for a majority on the state Doara oi control. , Flea-el nne nf three demo cratic rivals for the democratic nomination declared that tne democrats have no chance of dominating the board unless Pearson remains as state treas urer. ?t "He should withdraw from hp nrimnrv rape." Fleeel told, a group of St. Helens lumber mill workers. "Bv sticking to the ioh as treasurer . . . election of another democrat as governor would automatically assure tnat the party would have a majority nn thp hoard of control." Fleeel's statement attacked one of Pearson's campaign Tinlnts- That if he were elect- ed governor, he would appoint a democratic stale treasurer anu give his party control of the hna,r4 " But that, Flegel saidwouldn't be so. Flegel declared tnat c-y law Pearson would have to re sign his treasurer's lob before taking office, enabling Governor Louglas McKay to appoint a re publican. Springfield Hearing On Power Rate Cut Springfield, April 10 OT A public hearing is being conduc ted here, today by the public utiiitipc .nmmlsslnn concerning the proposed rate reduction of the Mountain States Power Co. The company filed application In Salem March 21 asking for permission to reduce its rates In Springfield in order to compete with the proposed municipal ceta. Thp enmnanv reauested a reduction of approximately nine per cent. The city council recently went on record as opposing the company's requested rate reduc tion. It also authorized Ray mond Kell, Portland attorney, in annpar at the nublic hearing on behalf of the city to state its opposition. Hollywood Writers Lose In High Court Refused to Tell Con gress Whether or Not They were Reds Washington. Anril 10 OT The supreme court today refused to Interfere with the power of con- rraiilAnal pnmmitfepe. tn rnmnpl witnesses to say wnetner tney are communists. Thp refusal pamp in the tri bunal's rejection of two appeals filed by Movie Writers John Howard Lawson and Dalton Tnimhn They were convicted of con tpmnt nf rnneress- fnr declining to tell the house un-American ac tivities committee whether thev were members of the communist party. The sunreme court denied hearlnffs tn Lawsnn and Trumbo on their appeals, thereby letting stand a lower court ruling tnat congressional committees nave power to inqure into communist party membership. Appeals Court Upheld The U.S. court of appeals here in upholding the convictions of Lawson and Trumbo declared: "The right of free speecn is not absolute, but must yield to national interests justifiably thought to be of larger import ance. The same is true oi tne right to remain silent." (Concluded on Page 5) Column 5) ce Storm in Midwest Over raw tho Associated Press) The pp stnrm which flattened communications and power lines over a wide section oi tne upper I midwest yesterday had shrunk to. the northern ureal partes re gion today. Northeastern lowa generally, and the Mississippi river city of Clinton particularly, were hard est hit by the freezing rain which disabled telephone service in at least 88 towns oi ine area. Ttut rislnff temperatures in all but the Dakotas, Minnesota, Wis consin and Michigan today gave many of the stricken communi ties a chance to repair the damage. Rain continued falling over much of eastern Iowa, however. Damage was estimated at more than $100,000 to the telephone systems of Iowa alone. The freez ing rain there rimied down lines faster than emergency repairs could be made and many lami lies shivered in their homes be panse nf nnwer failure. Electric ally-powered furnace stokers were disabled and some families Henpnripnt. linnn electricity for cooking purposes had to forego Easter meals. The storm area extended gen piaiiv frnm nnrthern Indiana and Illinois westward through most of Iowa , mf-niram- aaalT" ir-T It 1 4: 'SKKM WifWS!aW I I w f m i; HTw" 4 y t .-y.. .f,rYiai X rJ2M r'jf , j i r j. f k afr-. . m . w.'Wiv v , v -..- ' i iir:.i ni. v?.- s?w xi.. Tin. Vmmitctprs enanernn- VV111SUU STMSIW DM,Gl - f " . ed by adults, scatter through Willson park seeking Easter eggs hidden for their discovery. Lower: Youngsters finding prize eggs receive their awards. From left: Leroy Willschen, Bobby McGuire, Ronald Meola and Kathy Schaefer held by her mother, Mrs. W. R. Schaefer. Tots and Worshipers In Easter Festivities - i. -.a ,uh .rnuncsfera not tn mention adults. W111SU11 yam o waii. icw n.vi. jw-.-o-. , Sunday afternoon when the Salem 20-30 club staged an Easter egg hunt. i . , . i. i-ij- .ind fm nearlv 30nn pees, hidden bv club , j:j ianpa tn the shrnbherv in their eagerness memoers urn oumc - ---- - - to cuiieub tile laxgex iiuiiimca niiu OSC Chemist Honored Thilar1elnhia. ADril 10 (IP) Prof. George A. Richardson, Ore gon State college faculty mem ber, was one of three chemists honored today at the American Chemical Society's 117 national MAAtia ttp rprelved the Bor den award in the chemistry of milk. The others receiving awards were Britton Chance, University of Pennsylvania, ana A. J. Haahen-Smit, California Institute of Technology. Strange Clouds On Planet Mars Osaka, Japan, April 10 CD Japanese astronomers report . nhcprvatlons OI 5Utts cloud formations on tne pianei Mars, caused possibly by a "ter- Tsuneo Saeki's discovery of the phenomena January o set off a worldwide watch of the nearhv nlanet. Now Tsuguo Ebizawa tells of observations be- 1yfanh 9.Q. Saeki joined him in the watch and reported that clouds orig inally grey turned dirty yellow in two days, bluisn wnite in an other four days and dirty white but without brilliancy alter week. CoVi eoirl the clouds were similar to those he saw in Jan uary. cnirt harf evnressea tne oyiu i. i isn.mn that the clouds sun -:---., were caused by a "terrmc exyio He said he had reported the ,, cishtinDs to the MacDon- ald astronomical observatory in Texas. . Worlds First Turbine Enaine Made by Boeing ceattlf Anril 10 (P)-The Boeing Airplane company announced . , . ..... ui 4'.l iiirhinp pnsine ior iruuis.a. today it has Proaucea tne w-p . ----- - - Droducing weighing only one-iourieeuvu bp ThemigMm'idget; which generates 175 horsepower, tips the v.rr, at inn sounds. II nas ueen- . . , . U n anA nf . . ..j . ,n.,nn frp,0htlw . . road-testea in -" o ruu'wB - ---- - r 4r thp nast several months on the mountainous roads in the vicinity of Seattle. The boeing engine, being de veloped for the U. S. navy bu reau Of Ships, IS similar iu jet airplane engine in general j..: npials said. The power ucaifti'i - is harnessed by a secondary tur bine, however, to turn a snait rather than being exhausted as jet thrust The truck is considerably quieter, Boeing engineers said, than a ennventional diesel truck engine. Exhaust gasses, about which much worry nas Deen ex pressed, are approximately the same temperature as mose irum diesel or gasoline trucK. At idling speed it is possible th nvprsi7prt exhaust stacKS ...ithn.it Hancrer nf betas burned. . Thp pvhaust casses are mvisioie and virtually odorless. Some fpar has heen expressed in pub lications that the exhaust from turbine engines would fry any- Ana nli,r.lrv Pnnilffh tn WaiK within its range estimated at up to 75 feet. The eneine runs equally well on gasoline, kerosene, light or heavy fuel oil, and has been tpst run nn "bottled" eas. ine cooling system common to trucks and motor cars now operating is eliminated. Engineers said the motor reduces gear shifting to a minimum. It starts immediately and develops full engine power without any warm-up period. The engine cannot be stalled. suggestions were heard that the event be transferred to a spot next year where shrubbery planted for landscaping pur poses won't be endangered, Priypo went tn vnnnesters who unenvered certain marked es. The winners were: LeRoy Willm sehpn R snn nf Mr. and Mrs. Boyd L. Willmschen, 1066 North li'Eh: Ronald Meola. 7, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Meola, 1790 South High and Kathy Schaefer, 20 months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Schaefer, 2085 Bruce avenue, and Bobby Mc Guire, unidentified as to his parents. The snn was a bit timid about shnwini? hut that didn't nrevent several hundred communicants, reDresenting numerous denomi nations from assemmy on tne north approach to the. capitol Sunday morning for Easter sun rise services. The program, sponsored by the Salem Ministerial association featured Rev. Brooks Moore pastor o the First Methodist church who snoke on the sub ject, "The Pioneer of Life." The Salem high school chorus provid ed appropriate music. Fnllowine the service, commu nicants went to their respective churches where they continued observance of the Resurrection. Special breakfasts attracted many groups. rhiirches nf all faiths were crowded and in some cases, dup licate services were neio to ac commodate those who sought ad missinn to the sanctuaries. During the afternoon nign- ways were crowded as motor icts tnnlt arivantaee ot tne pe -iriAa nf sunshine. Restaurants did a thriving business with many family groups being as sembled. Pakistan Peace ltfeu, Tlplhl TnHia. Anril 10 W) Thp Tndinn'narliamenl annrov- ed today a jaKistan-inaia pact which j 'rime Minister jawanar- lai ienru saiu tuiiieu uum tuun tries back from the brink of war. Premier Liaquat Ali Khan took a similar view as he dis closed the terms of the agree ment to the Pakistan constituent assembly in Karachi. There was no immediate word from Karachi, however, as to ac tion by the assembly. The Indian narliament ratified the agreement by voice vote but its renentinn was not unanimous ly enthusiastic. Representatives from Bengal, where bloody Moslem-Hindu rioting provoked the crises that led to war talk be tween Indian and Pakistan, sat silent while Nehru read the terms of the pact. Parliament still faces general debate on the Bengal situation. Representatives from Bengal are expected to question the effec tiveness of the new agreement. But the words of Both Nehru T.ianuat All reDresented a retreat from the previous hot war talk. Bridges Files Appeal from Conviction Attorney Asks Stay Of Sentence Alleging Unfair Trial San Francisco, April 10 W) Attorneys for Harry Bridges ac cused the court of hostility and hiic iniiav I, thev arsrued that his conviction of perjury be set aside, and a new trial ordered. This delayed sentencing of RriHtres and two co-def endants The arguments opened at 10 a m PST.. were recessed lor lunch, and were to resume at 2 p.m., PST. Defense Attorney Vincent Hal linan, already under sentence of civ mnnths in orison for con tempt of Federal Judge George B. Harris, declared, "if we naa had a fair and impartial trial t vnur hnnnr. at least, had Deen neutral I'm satisfied we would have had a . ; . verdict of acquit tal." .Indira Jots Notes Bridges, Australian-born, is president of the big CIO long- chrtra' iininn Hp Was convicted last week of perjury by swearing at his 1945 citizenship hearing, that he was not a communist. Two other union officials, J. R. Robertson and Henry Schmidt, were convicted with him. J.ney were his citizenship witnesses, and were tried for conspiracy. .TnHo-e Harris sat auietlv. occa sionally jotting notes, as Halli nan repeated in many words that HnrHe, was hiased and rjreiudiced throughout the triaf; that if his attitude had been different, the outcome might have been. Then Judge Harris was to rule on defense motions for a stay of iiiHnment. and for a new trial. Aftei whieh shnulH the motions be denied, the three prisoners would be sentenced. Each is subject to a maximum prison term nf seven vears and a fine of $15,000. Bridges, addition ally, could be stripped of citizen ship. Anneal tn Hisrh Court Thp ease will he aDDealed through the federal district court here, and un to the United States supreme court. The ultimate de cision may be two years away. (Concluded on Page S, Column S) $234,927,263 Worth of Navy Planes Ordered Washington, April 10 () The navy reported today it has plac prf 95d 09T 9.R3 worth of orders for aircraft. This is the first dis closure by either the navy or air force of spending for warplanes from money voted by congress last year. The navy gave out tne mtor- matinn in resnnnse tn reQUestS. It declined to say how many of each type were ordered, it ais closed only the amount of the ppntraet tn the nlane manufac turer and the type of aircraft involved. King Farouk Sore Over Life Article WnohlnPtAn. Anril 10 OT The Egyptian ambassador has com plained to the state department about what he considers to be an objectionable article on King Farouk in Life magazine. rinnartmpnt nffirials said to day Mohamed Kamil Bey Abdul Rahim discussed the matter on Friday with assistant secretary MrOhee. who is in charge of Middle Eastern affairs. The article to which the am hassarinr nhiected dealt with the activities of the king since as suming the throne at the age 01 16. It appears in the current issue. Symington and Pace Confirmed by Senate Washington, April 10 OT Thp eennte tndav confirmed W. Stuart Symington, now secretary of the air force, as chairman of the national security resources board. Prank Pace. Jr.. nresent bud get director, also was approved ao oppretarv nf the flrinv. There was no opposition to tne nnmlnailnna which earlier had hAon renorted favor&blv to the senate by the armed .services committee. Hungry Horse Dam Poured Hungry Horse, Mont., April 10 (IP) A giant wall of concrete and steel began to grow across tne n,iih fnrk nf the Flathead river in northwestern Montana over the week-end. Workers began to pour con crete into the site of Hungry Wnrse Ham. "The bureau of rec lamation estimates more than 1,- 000,000 cubic yards of concrete will be poured and the dam will rise to one-third ot its total height by the end of 1950. , Annrnximatelv 2.400 yards of concrete that went into one of the foundation blocks Friday opened a seven-day, around-the-clock operation that will con tinue until cold weatner closes in next winter. Bureau enelnccrs expect the flow of concrete to reach 6,000 yards a day at the peaK of tne nnprn linn At that rate, the dam will grow about a foot each day toward its 520-foot neignt. First concrete was poured last fall, but cold weather forced sus pension of the work. Some 500 men are now em ployed on the project. Total em ployment is expected to reach 2500 men by August. Many of the workers are loggers clearing timber from the slopes to be cov ered by the dam's backwater. 3 to 6 Years tor Mercy Slayer . Allentnwn. Pa.. ADril 10 (IP) Harold A. Mohr today was sen tenced to a prison term ot tnree to six years for the so-called mercy killing of his cancer-rav-aoeH hrnlher. Mohr was convict ed Friday of voluntary man slaughter. Judge James F. Henninger also imDosed a fine of $500 on the 36-year-old tannery worker. The maximum sentence for voluntary manslaughter is 12 years in prison and a line oi $6000. A Lehigh county Jury of four men and eight women had re commended mercy in finding Mohr guilty of manslaughter. .Turtle TTpnninffpr said he ac quiesced to the jurors who, he said, "believed Mohr shot his hrrtther nut nf svmnathv." Mohr stood quietly before the bar to hear his sentence. His face showed no emotion and he continued to eaze. with a dull expression, at the floor as he did throughout the trial. Asked for comment by re porters, Mohr said: "I have noth- inff tn sav. Mohr was convicted of killing hio VilinH. panrer-stricken broth er, Walter, 55, at their home in nearby Coplay iast March o. Funeral Held For Binaggio Kansas City, April 10 OT To day they came to bury Charles Binaggio, himself a pallbearer 17 years ago for amother Kansas City northside political boss wip ed out by gangland gunfire. Flowers banked the casket of Binaggio, who with his top henchman, Charles Gargotta, was shot down in their democratic ward club room here early Thursday. More than 500 floral pieces were in the little funeral home chapel where the two bodies lay until they were taken to differ ent Catholic churches for their funeral services. Scores of the Dolicc's plain Mnthesmen minded with the crowd gathered to bid farewell to the two men, both ot wnom were nallbearers 17 years ago for John Lazia, whose political throne on the norinsiac .Binag gio inherited. Floral oieces which banked the casket, had been sent from many places; from Miami, ia.; Reno. Ncv.: Chicago, Detroit Dallas, Los Angeles, San Fran cisco, St. Louis and New YorK. "Rnih raskets were conDer. with a bronze finish and cost $2500 each. The list of Binaeeio pallbear ers included many of his politi cal associates. Among those listed as honorary pallbearers were three state senators and a former state's attorney general, Roy McKittrick. McCarthy to Give Names Of Witnesses Mystery Man Au thority for Charges Against Lattimore Washington, April 10 IU.R) Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy said today he is ready to give senate investigators the name of the witness he has said will identify Owen Lattimore as a one-time communist party member. The Wisconsin renublican told reporters that the witness will testify under subpoena. He iden tified him only as "the first wit ness T mentinned in mv sneeeh" on the senate floor on March 30. The first witness mentioned in that speech was a man who Mc Carthy said would identify him self as a former inner circle communist. McCarthy said the man would identify the Johns Hopkins university professor as a communist who was under the party s discipline. Budenz Suspicioned McCarthy said he has con tacted Edward P. Morgan, coun sel for a senate foreign relations subcommittee which is investi gating McCarthy's charges of communism in the state depart ment. He saia ne wouio. give Morgan the name. "I expect to have names of other witnesses later and I hope they will be called," Mct;artny said. (Concluded on Page 5. Column 3) r Housing Bill In White House Washlnelnn. ADril 10 VP) A $4,000,000,000 housing bill, strip ped of the co-operative program advocated by president Truman, was sent to tne winte nouse to day. The senate gave quick approv-, al to a compromise measure pass ed by the house last week. . . . , It provides for nearly $4,000, 000,000 in new insurance and loan authority, including $150, 000,000 for direct housing loans to veterans. Senator Sparkman (D-Ala), one of the senate-house conferees who rtrafteH the rnmnrnmise nut of bills passed separately by the house and senate, had predicted the senate action in advance. "All in all it is an excellent bill which will give impetus to high production ot nousing sucn as the nation must have," Spark man said. "We have to build at least 1,000,000 units a year." The bill, in the main, extends or enlarges the present programs for the insuring and buying of mortgages, it aiso provides ior $150,000,000 for direct loans to veterans, plus added induce ments to private lending agen cies to mane nome nnancing available to ex-GI's at 4 percent. : rim wnm 1 ' Easter Sunrise Services-Salcm's annual Easter Sunrise service, presented on the north steps of the capitol by the Salem Ministerial association, opens with a trumpet so o, The Hofy City" offered by Ronald J. Lush. At the right is the Salem high school chorus in readi ness to present "To Thee We Sing." J. i All Catholics Blessed by Pope Rome, April 10 OT Catho lics the world over were bless ed yesterday by Pope Pius XII at the climax of Easter services at the Vatican. Concluding solemn rites at St. Peter's Basilica, the 74-year-old nontlff raised his arms above 450,000 holy year pilgrims gath ered in tne cnurcn square ana said: "Peace cannot come to society unless it inspires and guides the heart of each individual. . . . The harmony of order can arise only when hatreds are spent and passions calmed, wncn ricnes are distributed according to a more eouitable criterion of jus tice and charity." Previously inside the Basilica another 50,000 pilgrims had heard the pope plead for a re turn to the spirit of the gos pel and social justice. Only then, the pontiff said, can "ine nar- : mony of order" arise for the whole world. As he has many times in the ; past, the pope exhorted the ' faithful to the way of peace. He cited the words of Christ to His ( apostles: "Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you, not as the world givcth, do I give unto you" . i Cavein Kills 7 Japs Tokyo, April 10 VP) Fifteen Japanese workmen were eating tunith tnrlav alongside thp new (city hall when the concrete cav ed in. Seven were killed and the other eight injured, one seri ously.
