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Capital
Change in Law
Will Strike at
Drunk Drivers
Newbry Proposes
Further Curb on
Offenders in Oregon
By JAMES D. OLSON
Amendments to the motor
vehicle code designed to cut
down drunk driving In Oregon
will be recommended to the 1951
legislature by Secretary of State
Earl T. Newbry.
Among several amendments
the most important would amend
a section providing for revoca
tion of drivers licenses held by
nersons convicted of driving cars
while under the Influence of
liquor.
The proposed amendment
would provide for 30 days sus
pension tor drunk driving; 80
days on the second conviction
and revocation of the license in
the event of a third conviction.
At present the law provides
for revocation of the license fol
lowing conviction - but allows
the person involved to reapply
for restoration of his driver's
license if his application car
ries a recommendation from the
convicting magistrate.
Considered Weak Spot
Newbry says the weak spot
in the present law is this method
of restoring the license because
in many cases a great deal of
pressure is brought to bear to
give the convicted persons an
other chance.
During the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1949, a total of 3,672
drivers' licenses were revoked
after convictions for driving
while intoxicated. This averages
300 a month, a figure which
Newbry says is growing Instead
of diminishing.
"I believe that the amendment
proposed will remove the ha
bitual violators off the road,"
said Newbry. "The 30-day sus
pension on the first conviction
would in reality, be a warning,
(Concluded on Pyre S, Column 6)
First Day of
Summer Cold
Yes, sir, summer was making
its official entry Wednesday aft
ernoon but Salem residents,
some of them still keeping fires
burning in furnaces, had to be
told summer was here because
the cool temperatures and
cloudy skies didn't seem very
summery.
The weather bureau dutifully
recorded summer was to arrive
at 4:37 p.m. (daylight time),
Wednesday. The valley areas
could take comfort In the fact
that cool temperatures p revailed
throughout the northern stretch
of the nation, despite the official
approach of summer.
Local forecast is for partly
cloudy skies again tonight and
Phursday, although slightly
warmer temperatures are due
Thursday afternoon. Rainfall for
the month to date is 2.62 inches
against a normal total of .88 of
an inch.
Major Dike on
Kootenai Out
Flooding Area
Idaho Levees Give-way
Before Heavy Pressure
As River Rises
(By tbt Auoenud Preut
One of the Kootenai river's
major dikes went ont with a roar
early today. Floodwater rolled
over 900 acres of northern Idaho
farmland behind the broken
wall.
Another emergency dike hold
ing back the flood from a small
settlement north of Bonners Fer
ry, Idaho, gave way before the
heavy pressure. It had been leak
ing badly. Residents of 17 homes
in the district were evacuated
earlier.
In British Columbia, the flood
outlook was no better. Hundreds
of civilians and army workmen
worked desperately to keep the
Eraser and Harrison rivers in
bounds.
Hopeless in Canada
Directors of the fight against
the Canadian flood said the bat
tle looked hopeless there.
Both the Kootenai and Fraser
rivers are nearing the record
heights of the 1948 flood.
(Concluded on Pare 5, Column t)
Canada Flood
Outlook Better
Vancouver. June 21 (CP)
A night-long battle was over and
flood-fighters were the victors.
At Harrison mills a breach in
vital Fraser river dike was
plugged early today and homes
and rich farmlands saved from
a muddy torrent.
Under the glare of search-
lights, 200 desperate army-civilian
workers battled throughout
the night and shortly after dawn
came victory.
. Word of success came shortly
before communication lines to
the Fraser valley district were
cut, but the cause was not im
mediately known.
The whole flood picture was
brighter today. The fury of the
Fraser appeared in check and
from northern and interior river
points came optimistic reports.
The Fraser showed a slight
drop during the night, the lat
est reading at the 24.08 feet
mark. The high yesterday was
24.19 feet
Cooler weather aided the men
who guard the dikes.
Price of Eggs Up
Another Cent Here
Some local produce firms were
listing eggs another cent higher
Wednesday, a general boost hav
ing been reported Tuesday.
Buying prices now for eggs
are listed as follows: Large AA,
42 cents; large A, 37-41 cents
medium AA, 37 cents; medium
A, 34-27 cents; crax, 27 cents.
Poultry prices also were listed
higher in some markets here,
following similar boosts in Port
land. Grade A colored hens are
now listed at 20 cents; grade A
Leghorn hens at 19 cents; color
ed fryers at 29 cents; Leghorn
fryers at 26 cents.
Other market quotations here
remain unchanged for Wednes
day.
'Pageant of Progress'
Final Show Tonight
By MARGARET MAOEE
Salem brings Its 1950 Cherryland festival to an end Wednes
day night with the presentation of the "Pageant of Progress'
for the third night at the Oregon State Fair grounds.
The pageant, presentation of which was delayed by rain and
bad weather last week, is slated to immediately follow the
presentation of queen Nancys-
and her Princesses Martha. Pa
tricia Mae, Marlene and Dwynne
Ann, set for 8:25 p.m.
Consisting of 17 episodes, the
pageant takes the history of this
part of the country through a
period of over a hundred years
or more, opening with a scene in
an Indian camp before the com
ing of the white man.
Moving through the year to
the present day, the show comes
to any end with a grand finale
in which the entire cast is mass
ed in a wheel formation with
Queen Nancy as the hub. In the
background burns a huge flag
of the United States. .
Featured soloist with the pa
geant is Josephine Albert
Spaulding who at the opening
sings "Wilderness to Wonder
k land," the song that she sang
at the Salem Centennial celebra
tlon ten years ago.
Other soloists are Vlvienne
Meola and Corydon Blodgett.
Singing during the pageant is a
chorus directed by Melvin Giest.
Other musical groups appearing
are Wiltsey accordion group and
the Aurora German band.
Directing the pageant is Bill
Croarkln of the Cellar produc
tions and narrators are Charles
Wheeler, Margaret Allen. Ton!
Van Ornum and Vernon Atkinson.
Proceeding the presentation
of Queen Nancy the Armstrong
School of Dance will again pre
sent a program of dance num
bers by students of that school.
Friday night's show, despite
a slight mist at times and cooler
temperatures, proceeded on sche
dule and and the members of
the cast who all the way through
the show have proven real
troupers were all on hand for
the performance.
Screen Writers'
Trial Postponed
Washington, June 21 Ifl -
Federal Judge David A. Pine to
day postponed for a second time
the trial of three screen writers
charged with contempt of con
gress.
Pine did not immediately fix
a new date for hearing the case,
which grew out of the writers'
refusal to tell the house un-
American activities committee
in 1947 whether they were communists.
The three Alfred Waltz, Al
va h Bessie and Samuel Ornitz
are expected to stand trial some
time this week, however, despite
Judge Pine's crowded calendar.
There will be no Jury.
The three defendants are
among the "Hollywood ten" who
defied congress in the house
probe of communism in the film
industry. They have agreed to
abide by legal points established
in the trials of two other mem
bers of the 10 John Howard
Lawson and Dalton Trumbo
who paid $1,000 fines and began
serving one-year prison terms
JuneO. K
Oregon Payrolls
Drop $30 Million
Payrolls in nearly half of
Oregon's counties were higher
in 1949 than in 1948 despite a
drop of $30,000,000 from the
1948 record of $973,000,000, the
state unemployment compensa
tion commission reported today,
Most of the counties In which
increases took place were away
from the main centers of popu
lation. Sherman, the smallest
of all 36 counties, had the big
gest gain in per cent over the
1948 payroll figure there. Mor
row. Crook, uiiiiam ana mai-
heur each went up at least 10
per cent.
Coos county regained fifth
place by decreasing only one
per cent while Linn county
dropped nearly 8 per cent. Other
leaders remained in the same
position.
Changes in rank since 184U
have been numerous. Klamath,
second at the start of the decade,
has dropped to eighth, while
Lane has nearly doubled the pay
rolls of its nearest rival, Mar
ion, to hold the runner-up spot
to Multnomah.
Most spectacular gain, how
ever, has been made by Douglas
which has gone from 17th in
1940 to fourth in 1949 with
payroll 13 times as large.
Bridges' Appeal
Retains Citizenship
San Francisco, June 21 VP)
CIO longshore leader Harry
Bridges still has his citizenship.
The government says he ob
tained It fraudulently by deny
ing he ever was a communist.
Yesterday Federal Judge George
B. Harris signed a formal de
cree revoking the U. S. citizen
ship of the Australian-born la
bor leader, but his attorneys lm
mediately filed notice of appeal.
Judge Harris said Bridges'
status would remain that of
citizen while the appeal is be
fore the courts.
Bridges' appeal from his con
viction of perjury, based on
his communist disavowal at the
hearing which resulted in his
naturalization Sept. 17, 1945,
also Is pending. That appeal has
held up the execution of the
sentence five years In prison,
Hollywood Figure Await Trial Five of the 10 Holly
wood, Calif., figures charged with contempt of congress meet
in Washington before going on trial in U. S. court. (Left to
right) Edward Dmytryk, Albert Maltz, Samuel Ornitz, Alvah
Bessie and Herbert Blberman. Two others, Dalton Trombo
and John Lawson, have been sent to jail and three others
face future trial. (AP Wirephoto)
Bakers Strike Causes
Rush for Salem Bread
People are crying for bread In Salem. -But
it isn't the home folk. The demand, which in many in
stances amounts to a plea, comes from residents of Portland, Os
wego and other points outside the area served by Salem bakeries.
It's a result, of course, of the bakery strike in Portland and
f other cities. The Salem demand
is being met. But driving into
McCarthy Tale
Unverified
Washington, June 21 U.B
Sen. Millard E. Tydings, D., Md.,
said today an FBI checkup does
not substantiate Sen. Joseph R.
McCarthy's charges that state de
partment loyalty files have, been
tampered with."
The files are those made avail
able by President Truman to
Tydings' senate communist in
vestigating subcommittee. They
cover 81 individuals McCarthy
has charged with being com
munists, red sympathizers and
bad security risks employed, or
recently employed by the state
department. -
Tydings told a news confer
ence that the Justice department
and the FBI checked McCarthy's
allegations that the files had
been "raped," "tampered with,"
and "skeletonized," to delete
'damaging material."
The charges are not sub
stantiated by the facts," Tydings
said.
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National Economic
Council Probe On
Washington, June 21 UP)
House lobby investigators turn
ed today to a study of the meth
ods used by the national econo
mic council in obtaining contri
butions to finance its activities.
The Investigating committee
headed by Rep. Buchanan CD
Pa) recalled Merwin K. Hart,
president of the council, to ask
him about the organization a fi
nancial backing.
The council is registered with
congress under the lobby law as
an organization seeking to In
fluence legislation. Its financial
contributors Include many big
names in American industry.
Salem every day are Portland
dwellers asking for bread to
take home with them. And Sa
lem bakers report running into
resentment, anger and prevari
cation among their contacts.
One bakery on the outskirts
of Salem reports a tremendous
increase in orders for bread.
pies, cakes and rolls, and an even
greater demand tor cookies.
'The increase is for both
wholesale and retail stuff. We
try to take care of our local trade
before selling anything outside,"
the bakery reported. "Some of
the demand comes from the big
Portland bakeries that are in
volved In the strike. They are
trying to get supplies from the
outside. We can't help them,
(Conetaded on Par 5, Colnmn 1)
Boy Scouts Off
To Valley Forge
With some four weeks of ad
venture, sight seeing and pleas
ure ahead, a group of more than
100 Boy Scouts and their lead
ers entrained Tuesday night for
Valley Forge, Pa., where they
will join thousands of fellow
scouts for the annual national
Jamboree of the organization.
Well organized under the di
rection of Gordon Gilmore, scout
executive, the travelers were
loaded aboard their sleeping
cars in fast time. This was in
contrast to what happened at
Eugene where a delay of 40 min
utes was experienced because of
difficulties in organization.
The northern route was tak
en east because of the congestion
at Los Angeles where the Shrin-
ers are in annual convention. A
stop will be made at Yellowstone
park while others will be made
at a number of large centers of
the east,
En route home the party will
make a side trip to view the
Grand Canyon. They will return
July 14.
Britain Plans
For Red China
United Nations
Active Role to Be
Played to Oust
Nationalist Chinese
London, June 21 UP) The
British government today was
reported shaping plans to t a k e
an active role in the campaign
to oust the nationalist Chinese
and seat Red China in the United
Nations.
The campaign is h e a d e d by
UN Secretary-General Trygve
Lie as a "common sense" means
of getting Russia to end the boy
cott she has clamped on 30 UN
organs in anger over the China
representation question.
Lie announced at Lake Suc
cess last night that he is return
ing to Europe shortly to make
a speech July 3 in London and to
visit the summer sessions of the
economic and social council in
Geneva.
New British Policy
The decision Britain s new
policy may emerge at the Gene
va meeting if Russia or her sa
tellites again challenge the right
of the nationalists to sit for Chi
na. In the past Britain has abstain
ed in votes on the China ques
tion although the British recog
nized the Red regime at Peiping
last January after severing re
lations with Chiang Kai-Shek.
Red China has held off from
exchanging diplomats with Bri
tain and prodded the British to
help on the Russian-led project
to get the Chinese communist
delegates into the UN.
(Concluded on Paso 5, Column 4)
House Votes
$2 Billions for
Farm Supports
Washington, June 21 VPrA
bill boosting funds for govern
ment farm price supports by
$2,000,000,000 was passed today
by the house and sent to the senate.
The roll-call vote was 234 to
82.
The bill previously had pass
ed both Chambers, but a dispute
over foreign farm Imports caused
deadlock that finally ended
in a compromise.
The additional authorization
is for use of the agriculture de
partment's commodity credit
corporation, which previously
had been given $4,850,000,000
for the price support program
The program this year is to
bolster prices of cotton, wheat,
corn, rice, tobacco, peanuts and
several other crops.
6 Nations Talk
Steel Merger
Paris, June 21 VP) Six na
tions of western Europe begin
secret talks today to plan exact
ly what they will do to merge
their coal and steel industries.
The six governments of
France, western Germany, Italy,
Belgium, The Netherlands and
Luxembourg must decide on
the powers to be delegated to a
new international authority to
supervise the merger.
Britain, objecting to a French
proposal to give the internation
al group final authority, has re
fused to Join in the talks. But
the French foreign office will in
form the British of the progress
of negotiations through a night
ly telegram which the French
will help prepare.
All six countries meeting here
have agreed to the principle that
surrendering a little of their own
sovereignty to the international
board is a means of preventing
war through improving living
conditions.
France's master economic
planner, Jean Monnet, has a
working treaty draft ready for
the delegates. The draft pro
vides for a "supra-national" au
thority even more powerful than
the national governments in
dealing with coal and steel.
Monnet's draft also defines
how a nation may appeal from
any decisions.
Hatch Act Turned Down
Washington, June 21 VP)
Over the strong protests of Sena
tor Taft (R., Ohio), the senate
today approved a bill toning
down a harsh penalty provision
in the Hatch "clean politics" act.
The vote was 42 to 32, almost
entirely along party lines.
No Endorsement
By Governors
White Sulphur Springs, W,
Va June 21 VP) Governors
side-stepped today the contro
versial question of whether to
endorse the state department
and its administration under
Secretary Acheson.
A governors' conference res
olutions committee discussed the
subject but skipped any men
tion of the state department in
drafting a list of proposed res
olutions largely dealing with
state problems.
Gov. James H. Duff, of Penn
sylvania, chairman of the com
mittee, told reporters that the
resolutions, to be made public
when the conference approves
them later, were "very innocu
ous."
borne democrats wanted an
endorsement of Acheson but did
not press for it because of pros
pective opposition.
Since any single governor can
veto adoption of a resolution
under the conference's rules, it
was felt that if a fight developed
and a resolution were rejected
the action might be misunder
stood abroad.
Seek to Prove
Hairs in Auto
Not JoAnn's
Defense in Wilsons'
Trial Says Sister-in-law
Used Their Car
Vancouver, Wash, June 21 VP)
The defense In the Wilson
brothers' murder trial sought
to prove today that hairs found
in one of the Wilson cars came,
not from slain Jo Ann Dewey,
but from a living sister-in-law.
Utah and Turman Wilson are
on trial for the kidnap-slaying of
Jo Ann Dewey, who was abduct
ed March 19.
Mrs. Hazel Wilson, the wife of
the accused men's brother.
Grant, testified today that she
had often used the Chevrolet
in which officers found four
brown hairs.
Same Color Hair
Mrs. Wilson, who has hair
about the same color as Miss
Dewey's was, said the hairs
could easily have come from her
head when she was packing
picnic lunches into the Chevro
let trunk.
She also testified that the car
was parked outside her home
continuously from March 17 to
March 30, because it would not
run, and was finally taken away
by a tow car.
Her testimony was obviously
an attempt to prove that the de
fendants could not have thrust
Jo Ann's body in the trunk of
the car and driven it to Wind
River, where the body was
found later.
Mother Testifies
The first witness today was
the mother of the accused men.
(Concluded on Pare B, Column 5)
Tax Bill Vote
Set Next Week
Washington, June 21 VP) The
$1,010,000,000 excise tax slash
ing bill, bearing a "veto proof"
tag to be paid for largely by
corporations, is now set for a
vote in the house next Wednes
day. Top democrats said it would
pass, with the excise imposes be
ing cut probably September 1
on fur coats, jewelry, movies,
pocket books, cosmetics, travel
tickets, telephones and scores of
other items.
The house ways and means
committee completed five
months of labor on the bill yes
terday, by voting a corporation
income tax payment speed-up
calculated to put about $4,200,
000,000 extra in the federal
treasury over the next five
years.
This came just a day after the
committee approved a $433,
000,000 a year boost in taxes on
big corporations.
The big money pickups from
corporations, along with smaller
amounts by plugging tax law
loopholes and other revisions,
would more than meet President
Truman's requirement that the
excise reductions must be offset
by new revenue from other
sources if the tax bill is to
get his approval.
OK 70 Groups
ForU.S. Airforce
Washington, June 21 P) An
authorization for a hard-hitting
modern combat air force of 70
groups was agreed upon today
by a senate-house conference
committee.
The compromise appeared to
be a victory for air-minded
house members who for several
years have been demanding spe
cific permanent authority for the
70-group air force.
Senators, until this compro
mise, had urged a mora general
air power goal, based upon 24,
000 serviceable aircraft or 225,-
000 airframe tons. An airframe
ton is the weight of the plane,
not including such things as en
gine, landing gears, gun and spe
cial equipment.
The senators argued that "a
group" could mean anything as
new planes are developed and
strategy and size of air units
changed.
But house members won their
battle for use of the term "70
United States air force groups."
The compromise now goes to
the house and then the senate
for expected approval.
Actual size of the air force, of
course, will depend upon the
number of billions of dollars
that congress provides in the
future for aircraft, equipment
and manpower.
Fog Shrouds New York City
New York, June 21 VP) Fog
shrouded New York City today,
snarling airline operations and
hampering traffic in the busy
harbor.
The thick curtain forced can
cellation of 26 flights operating
into and out of LaGuardia field.
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Salem Scouts Leave for Valley Forge Cherryland Scouts, troop 14 with
their leaders, entrained at tha Southern Pacific depot Tuesday evening for
the National Scout Jamboree to be held at Valley Forge, Pa. They will
return July 14, following tour of eastern cities and sites.