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EDITION
OilUM
65th Year, No. 63 S..1 Salem, Oregon, Saturday, March 14, 1953
Price 5c
Five Members
Lay Lines in
Speaker Fight
Francis Has Edge
To Rule House in
.1955 Session
By JAMES D. OLSON
, . ,
A genuine battle' for the
aneakershiri nf that 19KK l.r.1.,1.,
tuao the first speakership fight
invars appears to Be a definite
possibility with five members of
the lower house either avowed
candidates or considered the pos
sibility of entering the race.
At this frnrlv rinta Port Poi-l
Francis of Dayton, chairman of
the two . important committees,
judiciary and financial institu
tions, has the eden 1f apnfnrltv
and legislative experience are
taKen into account.
Francis was elected to the
house from Yamhill county in
1942 and is now serving in his
sixth consecutive session.
Other Candidates
The others considered as can
didates for the the speakership.
either by themselves or by their
friends, included Reps. Francis
Ziegler of Benton county; David
C. Baum, of Union county; Rob
ert W. Root of Jackson county
and Russell Hudson of Wasco
county.
In the senate the race for the
presidency of the 1955 session
has not crystalized as yet. The
name of Sen. Philip S. Hitchcock.
of Klamath Falls has been prom.
inently mentioned but there has
been no pronouncement, from
Hitchcock on his intentions.
(Continued on Page 5, Column 1)
Pro-U. S. Jap
Gov't Ousted
Tokyo W Japan's rebellious
Diet threw out the government
of Prime Minister Shigeru Yo
shida tonight and immediately
afterward the wily politician
dissolved the Parliament and
called for new national elections.
Yoshida's Liberal party holds
a slim majority, 246 of 4466
geatas in the lower house.
But more than 20 members of
two dissident factions inside his
bickering Liberal party bolted to
vote against him. Many other
Liberals 'boycotted" the vote.
Yoshida dissolved the Diet
last Aug. 28. At that time the
Prime Minister was struggling
with Ichiro Hatoyama for lead
ership of the Liberal party.
Informed sources said he dis
solved the house and called for
new election for the following
Oct. 1 because he felt his hand
would be stronger against Ha
toyama than if he waited.
Technically Emperor Hiro
hito is the only one who can
dissolve the Diet, but he al
ways follows the suggestion of
his prime minister.
Browns' Transfer to
Baltimore Probable
Tampa, Fla. (U.R) The trans
fer of the St. Louis Browns to
Uolllmnro wan virtually "fact"
today and the switch of the Bos
ton Braves to MiiwauKee i
better than a 50-50 possibility,
iha United Press has learned.
The last and biggest stumbling
block to the Browns' switch will
be removed at next Monday's
Atma.Ih.ti TnffltA meeting here
when Clark Griffith, 83-year-old
owner of the Washington sena
tors, will announce his approval
at the request of league president
Will Harrldge.
Ike to Name Taft Son
Ambassador to Ireland
lirn.Ktntr4nn I1P President El
naauuifi.vi v-
senhower will appoint William
Howard J.au in, oo-c-v'u
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01 OCn. lull Ul '
dor to Ireland, the White House
announced Saturday,
Young Taft would fill a va
cancy created by the death sev
eral mnntha nan of Francis P
Mot(iieui nf Nebraska, who
served for a while as secretary
of the Navy in the Truman aa
ministration.
sErer.T rnvsOI.IDATION
Buena Vista Residents of
Buena Vista school district No.
33 Friday rejected a proposed
.niiHoHnn with the Independ-
.....Mnnmnnth District 13 C
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by a vote of 64 to 60.
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At top, exterior view, of new Cellblock E, now being
occupied by Oregon StaU penitentiary inmates, will house
400 men in individual cells. A comparable cellblock was
completed about three years ago. Now every man in the
penitentiary will be housed either in a single cell or a dormi
tory. Center, interior view of new cellblock showing cell
banks five tiers high. All cells in the new unit have tool
proof bars. Below, Warden Virgil O'Malley demonstrates
controls that will lock or open all, cells or provide control
fcr banks of cells on the five tiers in the new, 400 man cell-block.
Committee to Settle
Drink Bill Differences
By PAUL W.
(Associated Press
The shape of Oregon's liquor
by the drink legislation depended
Saturday on how four members
of a legislative conference com
mittee settle the differences be
tween the two houses.
After the Senate voted 20 to
10 Friday for the House-passed1
bill to put into action the liquor
by the drink constitutional
amendment voted by the people
last November, the House refus
ed to agree to Senate amend
ments. That threw it into the con.
fernce committee.
The conferees are Sen, Dean
Bryson, Portland, chairman of
the Senate Alcohol Committee;
Sen. John P. Hounscli, Hood
River; Rep. Russel Hudson, The
Dalles, chairman of the House
Alcohol Committee; and Rep.
John Mlsko, Oregon City.
The Senate wants cheaper li
censes than the House does, and
the Senate added a provision that
there could be only one liquor
by the drink outlet for each 2,
000 population.
Under the House version,
those who sell by the drink
would buy their liquor at regu
BETTER HOUSING FOR PRISON
HARVEY, JR.
Correspondent)
lar retail prices. But the Senate
wants to permit the Liquor Com
mission to set the price.
The House voted to require
clubs to get licenses to serve
members from the members' own
bottles before the clubs could
get a license to sell by the drink.
The Senate changed this, wanting
to let clubs get either kind of
license, or both.
Educational television was
killed 37 to 15 by the House. The
vote was on a resolution to create
an interim committee to study
the question of whether the state
should go into educational TV,
Gov. Patterson strongly support
ed the resolution.
The six-member majority of
the House Labor and Industries
Committee decided against hold
ing another hearing on the bills
to restrict picketing and other
labor practices. These six menl
favor the bills, and they met
without the three emembers who
oppose them.
Sale of horse meat in markets
where other kinds of meat are
sold would be illegal under a bill
passed by the Senate end sent to
the House.
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INMATES
Seoul JP Allied fighter-
bombers rained tons of bombs on
North Korean supply lines again
today and U. S. Sabre Jets, using
a secret radar gunsight,, prob
ably destroyed two Communist
MIG15s in air battle near the
Yalu River.
BZ9 superforts hammered a
big Red troop and supply center
in Northwest Korea's MIG Alley
just before midnight. The big
bombers roared' to within 25
miles of the Manchurlan border
and dropped 120 tons of high
explosives on the build up area
25 miles east of Sinuiju.
Last night and early today
U. S. B26 Invader bombers
prowled over North Korean
highways. Pilots claimed at least
65 Red trucks destroyed. The
B26s caught a Red convoy on one
road and blocked it with bombs.
Then they swarmed down and
riddled the trucks with bombs
and machinegun fire.
Ground action was extremely
light. Allied troops threw back
three small Communist probes on
the muddy Central and Eastern
Fronts. But Allied artillery guns
caught several big groups of Reds
out in the open and pasted them
with shells.
Ike, McCarthy Face
Showdown on Bohlen
Washington (U.K A first-class
showdown between Elsenhower
and Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy
seemed inevitable today if the
administration presses the nomi
nation of Charles E. Bohlen as
Ambassador to Russia.
McCarthy, it was disclosed.
will actively fight the appoint
ment on grounds that Bohlen
was "near the heart of the Ache-
son group" in the State Depart
ment.
If the Senate turns down the
appointment it would be a ser
ious blow to the President's for
eign policy leadership, especially
since most of the opposition to
career diplomat centers in Mr.
Eisenhower's own party.
Bohlen is expected to testify
Tuesday for a second time be
fore the Senate Foreign Rela
tions committee.
DOUG TO PUERTO RICO
Washington UJ9 Secretary of
Interior Douglas McKay will
leave for his first official visit
to Puerto Rico and the Virgin
Islands.
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Texas, Ohio.
And Arkansas
Terrorized
All 100 Inhabitants
Of One Village
Missing
Knox City, Tex. (U,R)A rash
of tornadoes roared through
North Texas, Oklahoma and Ar
kansas last night and early to
day, killing at least 17 persons
and causing millions of dollars
or property damage.
At least 18 persons were in
jured in the tornadoes, which
left more than 125 homes in
splinters.
The Arkansas State Police re
ported they could not locate any
of the 100 inhabitants of Bunker
Hill, 50 miles northwest of Little
Rock, where 18 of 35 houses
were demolished.
Residents Flee Town
It ..said,' however, that there
were no known deaths at Bunk
er Hill.
It believed many of the resi
dents had taken refuge else
where.
Six houses were demolished
at Mill Creek, five miles west of
Russelvllle, Ark., when the latest
in the series of tornadoes that
terrorized three states struck
early today.
Four persons were injured at
Mill Creek. Two houses were
destroyed at Delaware, Ark.,
and there was minor damage at
Dover, ATk.
May Call Out Guard
Meanwhile, Oklahoma Gov.
Johnston Murray warned - that
he is prepared to call out the
National Guard to protect towns
hit by tornadoes if sightseers do
not stay away. He said Dixie
Gilmer, commissioner of pub
lic safety, told him crowds had
become so- large that clean-up
work wit hampered and looting
was learea. . - .
Forecasters canceled a tornado
alert. They said a vicious squall
line that kicked off the tor
nadoes beginning yesterday, was
dying out.
One tornado killed 14 per
sons, In North Central Texas
around the Jud, Rochester, Knox
City and O Brlen area.
Three persons were killed
when tornadoes rumbled through
Dickson, Washington, Bradley
and Rush Springs, Okla., about
150 miles to the northeast,
Cold Shoulder
For Television
By BILL FORCE
(United Prex Writer)
The .Federal Communications
Commission today was on no
tice that it can do what it very
well pleases with the two tele
vision channels It had set aside
for education in Oregon.
The house of representatives
turned a cold shoulder to a reso
lution calling for a two-year stu
dy of educational TV operated
by the state and empowering the
governor to do all in his power to
save the two channels for ulti
mate use, The house expressed
its indifference by a vote of 37
to 15 with eight members ab
sent. For practical purposes, the
vote took the state out of the
television business for the fore
seeable future.
Rep, Maurlne Neuberger of
Portland, chairman of the house
education committee which sub
mitted the resolution, urged her
colleagues at least to study the
question of educational televi
sion rather than turn their backs
on It completely. But even she
expressed a certain coolness to
the proposition,
"I'ffl fust doing my duty, you
know," she said when she rose
to defend the resolution in the
face of nearly unanimous opposi
tion. Her measure was a wa
tered-down version of a bill that
was first proposed to the educa
tion committee calling for an
expenditure of nearly a million
dollars to put the state In the
TV business forthwith.
Light Rain, Continued
Cool Sunday Forecast
The weather man is not too
encouraging about a nice Sunday
certainly it will not be the
balmy one last Sunday was.
The forecast calls for cloudi
ness and possible occasional
light rain tomorrow, and tem
peratures to remain fairly cool.
In Salem, the thermometer slid
down to 29 degrees for the morn
ing minimum Saturday, three
below freezing.
Three Die in
Murder, Suicide
At Portland
Portland UP) Fire, drowning
and a rifle bullet snuffed out
the lives of three persons In
a flaming house in southwest
Portland Saturday.
Gerald Loveland, 40, died of
the bullet wound. His mother,
jssteiia Loveland, 69,. was
burned and also had a head
bruise. His daughter, Janice, 5,
was found face down in the
bathtub, a drowning victim.
Fire Marshal Dale Gllman
said an oil line had been discon
nected to allow fuel oil to run
into ' the basement, saturating
stored material. It was there
the fire started. Several cans of
kerosene were upstairs.
Detective Joe Blewett said it
appeared Loveland stunned his
mother with a blow on the
head, drowned his daughter,
then shot himself after setting
the fire, ,
He was unemployed. His wife
died some time ago.
Price Tag Law
Covers Losses
The price tag now required
on all initiative and referen
dum revenue-raising measures
will be also placed on all ballot
measures that would entail loss
of revenue as the result of pas
sage Saturday of House Bill No.
211. : - .'.-.. '- ,-
The 1951 legislature passed a
law requiring price tags on all
revenue measures and an effort
to place the price tag on meas
ures on the last November elec
tion which would have -resulted
in revenue loss to ' the state
failed when the courts held the
law did not extend ' to such
measures.
Those voting against the bill
ware-Senators- Neuberaer. Bain.
Brady and Giersbach. The bill
now goes to the governor for
ms consideration. .
Youths Ask Voting
Age Go Down to 18
College and high school teach
ers and students asked the House
State and Federal Affairs Com
mittee Saturday to approve i
proposed constitutional amend
ment to reduce the voting age in
Oregon from 21 years to 18. '
They argu ' that 18-year-olds
now are trained in citizenship,
and that reducing the age to 18
would keep up their interest in
government that is acquired in
high school, ,
They stressed that 18-year-
olds are entitled to vote because
they fight in wars, pay income
taxes, and are required to par
ticipate In government in other
fields.
Governor Signs Bill
To Up Vet Loan Limit
Gov. Paul Patterson signed
into law a bill raising the limits
on state loans to veterans for the
purchase of homes and farms.
In 90 days from the signing.
veterans may apply for loans up
to $9000 for the purchase of
homes and $15,000 for farms.
The previous limit was $6000
and $12,000, respectively.
Industrial Expansion
Tied In With Project
Tied In closely with exDan-
sion plans of one of Salem's
large Industries are plans for
the extension and improve
ment of South 16th street on
a cooperative basis botween
the city of Salem and Marlon
county, which are now being
developed.
The extension lies partly
within the corporate limits of
Salem, with the balance coming
under the jurisdiction of the
county court.
Vitally concerned in the de
velopment are expansion plans
oi Moore Business f orms. Inc..
whose Salem branch plant is at
1895 South. 16th street. The ex
pansion plans are expected to be
announced very soon.
Interested also, not because
of expansion plans but because
of Industrial convenience that
will result, is - Consolidated
Frelghtways, whose Salem ter
minal is at 1439 East Hoyt, near
the Moore Business Forms
plant.
, The extension of South 16th
Communis Rub;
Of Czechoslovakia
it n rn
wies unrague
FOLLOWS JOE
Element Gottwald, Com
munist president of Czecho
slovakia, who died today, five
days after Stalin's funeral.
Protest 4th
Plane Incident
Bonn, Germany U.K) Top Al
lied high commission officials
met today to draft a Joint protest
to Russia over the attack by So
viet Jet fighters on an unarmed!
British airliner, the fourth Al
lied-Communist plane incident
this week. . A. ; ;. ;J.iv,V .
As , AlUedomdaU. inet, . an
American Aif Force spokesman
said the U, S. radar screen along
the Iron Curtain had been tight-
ened and Jet fighter pilots .imt
on an around the clock alert basis
at U. S. German zone bases.
"Fire Back" Orders
The Air Force spokesman said
U. S. fighter pilots have been
under orders to intercept all un-
identfied planes along the Ger
man borders with Soviet areas,
and to fire back If fired upon
"belligerently.": However, U. S.
Air Force officials now believe
it impossible for a plane to slip
through, .... ;
Russia Hasn't Budged
On Korea, Eden Says
London OT British Foreign
Secretary Anthony Eden, arriv
ing from New York Saturday,
said "the Soviet bloc has not
gone one inch toward meeting
us" on a Korean settlement.
'I only hope higher policies
will prevail both in China and
in Russia," he told reporters at
London airport. "We cannot de
cide these policies. We can only
hope for them."
ILLINOIS CONVICTS ESCAPE
Vandalta, 111. U.R Fifty
armed guards searched today
for three convicts who overpow
ered two guards and broke out
of the Vandalia State Prison
farm last night. Two other men
Involved In the break were cap
tured within two hours.
will intersect an east-west road
that extends eastward from
Market Road No, 25, crosses the
main lino of the Southern' Paci
fic and serves the Walling Sand
& Gravel company plant.
The Improvement, when com
pleted, will provide a new out
let to the north from the indus
trial area.
It is pointed out that traffic
on the east-west road is fre
quently halted when trains stop
to take water from a Southern
Pacific tank located in the com
pany's yards. A new outlet
would speed up vehicular traf
fic to a considerable degree.
Some right of way acquisition
is still to be completed by the
county court to carry the pro
ject through.
The city recently announced
plans for the extension of North
16th street from Woodrow
through the State Fairgrounds
to Stlverton road, depending on
an exchange of properties by the
city, the State Fair board and
private ownen.
KlementGortwnM
Follows Stalin
By Few Days
Vlpnno Auatrls JPLVlAMnl
Gottwald, 56, the communist dictator-president
of Czechoslova
kia, died in Prague Saturday just
five days after the funeral of hl
protector, Joseph Stalin.
ine heavy-set peasant-born
Moravian, who even looked Ilk
Stalin except for the mustache,
was taken ill Thursday morning
and died of what the Prague ra-
tvao yiicuuiUIUH ' U Q
pleurisy, complicated by a chest
hemorrhage. He had been In '
poor health for nearly a year.
The broadcast hinted that the
Icy winds In Moscow, where
Gottwald attended Stalin's fu
neral Monday, brought on hit f.
tal Illness.
But the sudden demise of the
dictator who succeeded the late 5-
auuara senes as president In t
1948 struck western observers at
a queer coincidence. Ther
some here who hinted that he
uugni nave oeen "purged" by
the new regime in the Kremlin
uwuuse h reared he might be
come a Tito.
Perhaps sisnificantlv v.
rrague radio followed up the an-
uuumaneni oi we death by de-
...anus, more attempting to de-
"""y 01 Czechoslovakia
will be mercilessly wiped out."
iiu was alter the pattern of
Moscow's radio appeals for unity
""""r "e new soviet Prime
Minister Georgl Malenkov, after.
...JThM! jntf-'ttf i & who
wHl succeed" Gottwald. There it!
presidentW hn.ir 2
2J,!lS?.
of a group of lifcely contenders
ivr me ivo. x spot,
The four Ilkelimit m.hmj..
for the throne are Antonin Za
potocky. the crime mlnfatoi.. vi.
lem Siroky, deputy prime minis
ter: KarOl Bacllelt nntlnnnl
curity minister, and aii -.-
picka, Gottwald'g son-in-law and
defense minister. . ..-,
Gottwald Wielded hrnari
ers in Prague. He Wfll tint nnl
president, but boss of the com
munist party and commander-in-chief
of both the army and the
secret police. No other func
tionary In a communist ..i.iin.
had as much power, at least In
name.
Goodwald's Illness did nnt h.
come known to the world until
late Friday when the Prague ra
dio announced it. . Like th.
cow radio in Stalin's Illness, It
accompanied the announcement
with solemn music and frequent
broadcasts of medical bulletins
signed by many doctors.
Some of the doctors were Rus
sians. Saturday mornine. it wa an
nounced that Gottwald had fal
len into a coma.
The announcement that Gott- '
wald had died at 11 a.m., (2 p.m.
PST) was read to the listeners.
There followed a long account of
his accomplishments.
Speculation that Gottwald
might have been purged by
"wrong medical treatments" was
heightened by reports here that
he had been in a poor political
position for more than a year
because of a fall-down In Czech
Industrial production for Soviet
war neeos.
You Get Extra Day to
ray Tour income Tax
Washington VP) You set an
extra day to pay your federal
income tax this year, because th
legal deadline March 15, is Sun
day. So you have until midnlffht.
Monday, March 16, to get your
return postmarked and on its
way to your nearest director oi
internal revenue.
TRAIN KILLS PORTLANDER
Portland, (ff) The engine of a
train struck and killed Harold
Bernard Neville, 39, while he '
was testing telephone equip
ment near a track. here Friday.
A protruding part of the moving
engine struck nun in the head aa
he leaned over the track to
check a testing Instrument, the
coroner's office reported.
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