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Joiraral THE WEATHER MOSTLY CLOUD? tonight, Thur day villi few- early morning fog patches. Low tonight, 38; high Thursday. 60, 2 SECTIONS 20 Paget 69th Year, No. 50 Salem, Oregon, Wednesday, February 27, 1957 ZjSZ2 Price 5c Elkins Tells Senate Probe o h Threat Carat al a Flood Waters Force Many From Homes Streams Still Out of Banks In Eastern Washington, Oregon, South Idaho By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Hundreds of persons were forced from their homes overnight by rising flood waters east of the Cascades, Streams were over their banks in Washington, Oregon and South Idaho. Many roads were covered Valley Rivers Recede, Threat Of Flood Goes Santiam at Jefferson Falls, Willamette t Below Forecast Several rivers were receding in the valley by Wednesday morning and further rains held back, as suring this area, for the time being at least, was getting through with out major flood damage. At Salem the Willamette was up to 15 8 Wednesday morning. A new forecast said the waters here would likely not go above 16.5 late Wednesday night because the San tiam at Jefferson was dropping ana tne mam stem ot the Willam ette had not come up to first pre dictions. Flood stage at Salem is 20 leet. Santiam Down The Santiam at Jefferson was down to 14.7 feet, still above flood stage, but dropping following a crest of around 16.8 Tuesday.. The Willamette at Corvaliis was' due to crest today and at Albany to night. No new rain fell through Tues day, the weather report for Salem showing no precipitation measured for the 24-hour period ending at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. Spring Weather Heal spring weather prevailed here Tuesday, the maximum going to 62 for the highest mark since last Oct. 17 when it also reached 62. Five-day forecast is for tem peratures to average above nor mal and recurring rains through the period. Forecast for tonight calls for no rain in the valley region although skies will be cloudy and some fog will prevail Thursday morning. Probe Studies Sources for Expose Stories LOS ANGELES W A legisla tive committee today digs into the Hollywood sources for so called scandal magazine stories in what promises to be an even juicier expose than any ever printed in the magazines. Officially, the committee, head ed by Sen. Fred Kraft (R-San Diego), is known as the Califor nia Senate's Interim Committee on Collection Agencies. How it got mixed up with the scandal magazines and the famed wrong-door raid on Marilyn Mon roe's apartment alleged!" staged by Frank Sinatra and Joe DiMag gio is not too apparent. But the committee says such-publications ore linked with collection agen cies in the gathering of material. Hollywood sources say that movie industry pressure on Sac ramento politicians is behind the probe: that many big stars and executives believe that a wide open investigation of how the magazines get their stories can all but kill their mass circulation appeal. "The scandal magaziner and the unscrupulous collection agen cies both employ professional goons who will stop at nothing even to the breaking of an arm or a leg to collect an unpaid debt from a working man," Kraft said. "Our Investigators have found that these time floaters, all ex convicts and known hoodlums, al so work at gathering material for the scandal magazines." The committee will question some big Hollywood names, head-' ed by Sinatra, in. its two-dav ses sion here. It reconvenes Friday In San Diego. WAR CRIMINAL PAROLF.O TOKYO ijfV-The United States today paroled another Japanese war criminal, former Col thiyosni Shimoda, who has been serving tChft&M lentenc. By nigh water or slides as warm weather caused a rapid run off of melted snow. The hardest hit towns were Wil son Creek in Eastern Washington, Weiser and Shoshone in Idaho and Vale, .Ore. Town Inundated Wilson Creek, about 110 miles west of Spokane, was inundated Tuesday night by rampant Crab Creek. Water quickly rose to five to six feet in many places. Most of the approximately 250 to 400 residents took refuge in the high school and a church; both on high ground. Boats had to be used to get some of the townspeople off roofs on which they were trapped by the rising water. The water rose in the town slowly without causing any violent washout damage. The Great Northern line through the area was blocked after one westbound train got through be hind a pilot work tram over night. It was about nine hours be hind schedule. Train Halted . Thevcastbound Western Star was stopped at Ephrata. Railroad spokesmen in Seattle said buses would be used to shuttle passen gers and baggage around the flood zone. Pat Mansfield, Pacific Tele phone Co. manager at Ephrata, reported by mobile telephone that the Crab Creek waters appeared to be receding slightly. He said there still was four to five feet of water in parts of the Wilson Creek business district, In Idaho, National Guardsmen rushed to help evacuate residents at the south edge of Weiser when the Weiser River spilled over its banks just before midnight. Weiser is a town of about 4,000. More than a foot of water cov ered the main highway there, stopping traffic. The river was ex pected to crest later Wednesday. At Shoshone, Idaho, ice jams backed the Wood River to flood stage. Water overflowed Into Sho shone and nearby Gooding. The ice jams knocked out some bridges. About 1.200 acres of farm land was flooded around Aber deen, Idaho. In Eastern Oregon,, the Malheur River drove about a third of the 1.600 residents from their homes at Vale Tuesday and contam inated the town's water supply. Idaho rushed typhoid vaccine to the border town. Forecasters said cooler weather prospects gave hope of an easing of the situation. State Office Building Space Rearranged Secretary of State Mark Hatfield has completed a rearrangement of space for the State Office building which will clear the basement area for repairs, he has announced. Earlier. Hatfield had been criti cal of what he termed "hazardous conditions" in the basement in which are housed a portion of the state tax commission and Civil Dc-" fensc aeency. Later he confirmed his original findings and ordered clearance of the space. The state corporation commis sioner and the stale banking board will move into downtown Salem at locations to be designated after bids have been taken by the de partment ot finance. The state engineer will move into the second floor of the Finance building, vocational rehabilitation department will be shifted into the banking department location, uiv- il Defense will go into the corpora tion quarters and the tax commis sion section will move into the state engineer s offices. We appreciate Gov. Holmes co operation in requesting these agen cies under him to cooperate with our plan of alleviating the danger ous ana unneanny conamuns wmtu prevailed." Hatfield said. "We will now be able to restore the supports for the first floor and no longer will these employes be endanger ing not only their health but life as well." r.IRI, SENTENCED NICOSIA tfi A British court Wednesday sentenced one teen- asc girl to prison and fined two others for possessing leaflets of the Greek Cyprlot unaergrouno which is fighting to unit Cyprus with Greece. , School Board ToStartWork On New Budget A tentative budget, which will be larger than the one that has been in effect this year, will be presented by the Salem school board for consideration of a citi zens committee Thursday night. While making no official an nouncement as to the amount of money involved in the 1957 58 budget, Superintendent Charles D. Schmidt said it is bound to show an increase. One principal reason for the larger amount of money involved is the necessity of hiring some 30 additional teachers to take care of the growing school jogu. lation. " '" " ' " Some Increases "Due No over-all salary increases will be sought by the teachers and non certificated groups, said Schmidt Nevertheless, he will point out the need for some changes in existing salary schedules. He will recom ment an increase of $60 in t h e salary of a beginning teacher and add another step to the maximum pay. Schmidt states that Salem's be ginning salary is the lowest among 2J districts of comparable size. As a result many teachers who would otherwise join the local staff, go elsewhere. Number of Matters Preceding the budget discussion, the directors will take up a num ber of other matters. They will consider a request from Popcorn school in Polk county that Salem take care of six 7th and 8th grade pupils on a tuition basis. The board will hear the super intendent's recommendations con cerning the 1957-58 school calendar and hear progress reports regard ing plans for Liberty and Salem Heights by Architects James L. Payne and John Grimmer Groom, respectively. A problem getting I tot of attention by state officials during recent weeks Li crowded office space, such as this Income Tax division office on the second floor of the state office building. Charles Johnson, chief auditor (standing, tenter), saji Ultra u 79 Ux auditors and others working State 'Contemplates Buying Block for Employe rarking Hp mm -vi& The first step in a long-range plan to solve the parking problem near the Cap itol may be the purchase of most of this block bordered by Court and Chcmeketa between 12th and 13th streets. Secretary of State Mark Hatfield told state planners Tuesday that about 200 parking spaces NEARLY A BLOCK Capitol Planners Approve Purchase Purchase or nearly a square block of land for public and state employe parking, at a cost of $275, 000, was approved by the Capitol Planning commission at a meeting Tuesday. , The block is bounded by Capitol, Court, Chemeketa and 12th streets with the exception of the Royal Court apartments and Master.secv- ice station, , "For the immediate needs, Sec retary of State Mark Hatfield said, "the houses and lots on this loca tion could be cleared for surface parking. For the long-range plan, looking ten or twenty years hence, ramp parking could be provided. The traffic pattern with four-way exits would be ideal." The suggested purchase of the Stayton Featured The alumni association of Stayton high school claims to have the largest active alumni membership of any high school on the west coast. And well they might have, for a total of 1,100 members belong. The group meets once a year. You'll be attract ed to other Hems of interest in Ben Maxwell's accurate report of Stayton, one of Mar lon county's most progres sive cities, on Page J of Sec tion 2. Another of the Capi tal Journal's exclusive "Cities of the Valley" Scries. The Editors Crowded State Offices Hoping for - ( ' v " , i ' I 1 I 1 1 1 Ittl fill i.Iikrrr-. of Parking Space property must first be approved by the board or control after which a bill must be presented to the leg islature carrying the appropria tion. PlansMadefor Play Program At Silverton SILVERTON (Special) An or ganized city recreation program. supported by local tax monies and possibly incorporated with the school district may become a reality here. Some 40 representatives of serv ice clubs and civic groups met Tuesday evening to discuss Silver ton's recreation program and came up with three suggestions for im provement: 1. Formation of a park district; 2, city recreation pro gram; or 3. school district pro gram. Mrs. Allen Foster, president ot the Silverton recreation associa tion, said Silverton ranks third in the state in juvenile delinquency. She said her group feels part of the problem is lack of proper recreation for youth of the commu nity. The group decided to take the suggestions back to their respec tive individual organizations and report back ts the recreation as sociation next month. here, too many (o properly conduct auditing work with taxpayers. Secretary of Slate Mark Hatfield Tuesday or dered the building's basement floor cleared for repair work on the tagging structure. (Capital Journal Photo) could be put in the Week immediately for workers from the Ptiblie Service building just west of the block. Only the Royal Court apartment building (corner at far left) and a service station flower rlght would be retained. (Capital Journal Photo) Hatfield, in presenting the plan. said that until the state provided some off-street parking it would be impossible ts restrict parking within the mall area. "Moreover," Hatfield continued, "if the state is to comply with the Salem city ordinance which applies to businesses, it must provide more: off-streeW parking, both .for the public and the employes. In a survey, Hatfield said he had found restricted parking areas in front of the state highway buiMmg and the state library which have since been eliminated. He also told the commission that the surrounding area provides parking far 1853 ears. If the property is acquired Hat field said an additional 200 to 300 cars could be parked in the area, Mollet Gives Israel Views! WASHINGTON W-Fronch Pre mier Guy Mollet declared Wcdncs- j day that Israel is entitled to have "its territorial integrity guaran teed" and to be fully assured of free navigation in the Gulf of Aqaha. Mollet, here for talks with Pres ident Elsenhower, declared it would be "a tragic error" for the United Slates, France and other countries to let conditions revert to those which existed before Is rael attacked Egypt last October. Relief Israel Again Asked to Move Out of Egypt WASHINGTON' - The United Stales Wcdncsay again urged. Is rael to make "a voluntary with drawal" from disputed Middle East areas to avoid United Na tions sanctions or other pressure. Tho State Department issued a statement to that elfeet as Sec retary Dulles met is an argent and hastily arranged conference with Israels Foreign Minister Golda Meir and Ambassador Ab ba Eban. Stale Department wess officer Lincoln White resorted consulta tions are under way with six other countries 1n the'llsited'Natisrs te work out "appropriate language ty wmcri to express the Presi dent's policies." White emphasized there had been no change "in any respect" in America's position as set forth by President Eisenhower in his Feb. 20 radio-television address to the nation. Mrs. Meir, who accompanied Eban to Dulles' omee, is as this country attending U,N, sessions in New York. Eban has been holding mara thon sessions with Dulles for more than two weeks. The United States is drafting a resolution calling for temporary V.N. administration of the Gaza Strip and free navigation of the Gulf of Aqaba. Election Bill Put in Hopper The Legislative Interim Commit tee's major election reform hill was introduced Wednesday by the House fcieclions tsmmiUee. It wouid provide for mailing of sample ballots to all voters, force all presidential candidates to run in Oregon s primary, abolish the vice presidential primary, elim inate ballot slogans, and provide tor only one poll bosk at the polls, The bill also would make the secretary of state responsible tor the conduct of elections, provide for a board of election commis sioners to review decision of the secretary of slate, have presiden tial electors chosm by the party central committees, assure purg ing ol registration hsis, and let each candidate have only a single page in Hie Voter s Pamphlet, Another provision is that dele gates to national conventions would be released from their pledges when their candidates drop out of serious contention. Itcp. R, K, Sthedeen !V, f Gresham, introduced a hill Wed nesday to open the polls at S a. m., two hours earlier than now. Bureau 01 jays Klamaths Pay PORTLAND m - Approval of a per capita payment ot $no to each member of the Klamath In dian tribe was announced Tues day by the Bureau; of Indias Af fairs office here. Don C. Foster, Portland area director, mid a total of $B27.2! will be paid about March 10. The sum represents rev iti' from sale of Irihal timber. Adult members will receive di rect payment. Shares . of minors may be paid for their use and benelit to parents of guardians. foster sain tho Klamaths also rlt rr MBit avmn nil Committee Hears of Situation in Portland WASHINGTON (UP) star witness and his brother were reported today at a Senate Rackets committee investigation of the Team sters union, Tames B. Elkins, a racketeer who said he hail rrm- spired with, the Teamsters entrenched in Portland, Ore., told the committee he was personally threatened with death by Frank Brewster, teamsters vice presi dent and chairman of the union's Western conference. And Committee Chairman John r,. McClclian tD-Ark said the FBI had disclosed James' older brother Carl, a businessman in Phoenix received a death threat by telephone Tuesday. The witness bsmseH tew the committee, "J know they're going to do something to me." Tho mreat from Urewster, whose head quarters are in Seattle, came some time aftor September, 1055, the testimony Indicated. James Elkins had become ' disenchanted ' with the situation Is Portland. "In Concrete Boots" He toid the committee that Brewster got red in the face and said; If you embarrass my two hovs you'll find yourself wading across irfuce wasmngton lla Seattle! wall a pair of concrete boots," Elkins identified Brewster's 'two boys" as William M. Lang- ley, district attorney of Malrno mah County fn which Portland is situated, and Clyde C. Crosby, In ternational organizer for the teamsters fa Oregon. twins had testified ts a teams ters, gamblers and district attor ney tieup in Portland. After tell ing about the Brewster threat. El kins said: I have a family I know they're going to ao something to me the cltort to stop Elkins throuih his brother began about two weeks ago. Cart Elkins said m Phoenix. Tuesday's caller, Cart said, ad vised him that "Frank and Dave don't want him tJames to talk any more. - Carl said he assumed the refer ence was to Frank Brewster and : in, Dave. Beckj. -teamsters. presU oent. Threat to Cover sntest The Phoenix Elkins, - a business- matt and member of a teamsters local, said he is I0O per cent for my brother if he helps weed out! anything rotten." McClclian called the threats challenge to law and order and the power of the government of the United States." He said the Rackets Committee "has the cour age in the face of these threats to do its duty James Ltktns followed up his story of the Brewster threat with a recital of menacing dark of night visits and teteshene calls to mm ana to his wife. Commenting that his personal well-being was not important, El kins said he would like to protect himself and his family "if I can," The testimony indicated that he could. He said almost apologetical ly that he treated one sf his noc turnal visitors "a little rough." Racket Operations I hit him on tho head, nut Mm in his car and toid his buddy that l was going to shoot the next per son who came ia my yard," El kins said. Elkins explained that he sought the interview with Brewster some ttmo after September, 1035. be cause tho group Involved in trying to lake over certain racket opera tions in Portland were always "making me cut ts be a liar" and a "doubte-crssser."- "I don't like to be called a liar," he said. He said he finally got an ap pointment with Brewster after some difficulty and went to bis office. He quoted Brewster as sayins. "I make mayors and I break may ors. i make chiefs of police and I break citiefs of police. I ve been in jail and I've been out . .There's nothing that scares me," Elkins said he told Brewster be wasn't trying to scare bins. Thrs Ktkins said, BrewsUf rrddcfied ami made his referent'1 ts e&mTtie boots the time honored under world technique of disposing of troublesome corpses. fn tho interview. Brewster also commented that Thomas E. Mal oney, a Seatllc gambler who wasi moving in at Portland, was a long time acquaintance a "blabber mouth" who "messes up every thing." Prosftttttfon Angle Brewster complained that El kins hadn't let Maioney make as much money in Portland as he could have made in "a popcorn stand," the witness satd. Shsrtly thereafter Eikms said he fust "walked out," ending the inter view. Elkins also toid the committee of two meetings at which the or ganisation ot gambling houses, card houses, and places of prosti- fConttmied on Page 5, Column O W father Details Mxtrmim j-trefv, r nrlnlmrrm tiwUy. l. Tnll ii-ttmtT iwipit4 Htm: ft: far mftHtbr t.33: ttasr&tl. S3?. "..ton frfe!p!Ul!fin, 1R.S4; normit. Km MlM,.lu nn. M- - Death threats asrainsf a union to helo tramblers eet Senate Okays BiH for More Road Bonds Money Would Be Used To Match Federal . Highway Funds ' : By PABI W. HARVEY JR. Associated Press Writer The Oregon Senate passed U asimsusly and sent to the gover nor Wednesday a bili to let the Kate Highway Commission issue 8 million dollars worth of bonds; . - Purpose of the bill is to let the commission take immediate ad- vantage of federal funds under sew national interstate highway eonstruetioB program. - Sen. Harry BoiVin ttJ), Klam ath Fails, chairman of tie Sea ate Highway Committee, said the bond issue is seeded beesas "current highway revenues are not sufficient to match the ft era! funds. If this bond issue isnt approved, we wouid fall behind about 30 million dollars in the' construction program during the next 2(4 years." , . While the federal Brszram i mainly designed to benefit mam interstate routes such as the Pa cific and Columbia River-Old Ore gon Trail highways,- Boivin said, the bond issue also, would make more money available for con struction en ether, Oregon high ways. , .... fI . , . The commission, now has 58 mil-, lion doflars worth of ' bonds out, standing... ..j, ... . . The Senate voted 35-5 and sent ts the House a bill ia Jet dis missed teachers obtain In writm - the reasons why they are dis missed, - Another bill approved fey the Senate and setrt to the Boss ' would change the name of the pro posed 15 million doiiar mental hospital at Wilsonviite from Port land State Hospital to F. ft. Dam- masch State Hospital. ' ' 1 It would thus honor the 'late for mer state representative from Portland who labored for 25 yeara to get the hospital approved by the Legislature and the people Dr. Dammasch died 14 months age. ; Construction of the bespiiaJ wiU get finder way this summer. A bili passed by the House and sent to the Senate would permit . income tax deductions for toss of property by destruction or theft to he taken in use year sf dis eavery of the loss. Such deduc tions now can be taken only to the year in which the loss actually occurred. Holt Heads for More Children HONOLULU - Harry Holt went through here Tuesday en route to Korea for, 74 more or phan children. He said he expect ed to be back about March 3. These will bring to 380 the nurs her of homeless cMldrea Halt. Cresvfcll, Ore., farmer, baa brought fe the United States for adoption. IN Brief cws in Var Wednesday. rb. 2T, J33T NATfO.VAf. - Texas Legislator Accused of Taking Bribe Sec, I,F1 UK ai . Water Rate Increase ' Urged Sec. t, P. S Small Celebration at Statehood ... Sec t, P, Swim Pools Stilt tn Deep Water ... Sec, 1, P, S STATE The Stayton Story Sec. 2, P. 3 FOREIGN Six Generals Arrested In Argentina Sec. !, P. 3 SPORTS Solon Ticket Sales Near .. Sec. 2. P. 1 Southern Cal May . 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