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.)
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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
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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
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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.