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Capital jLJonnial THE WIATHER FAIR TONIGHT, partly cloudy Wednesday except for nine early morning low cloudiness. Slightly cooler Wednesday. Low tonight, Ml high Wednesday, 66. . 2 SECTIONS 20 Pages 69th Year, No. 84 Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, April 9, 1957 m.uly , Entered u second dan Prii 5c PO Chief Trial Aim Of Porter Mishandling Cash Charged Against Sunimerfield ... WASHINGTON (UP)-A demand Was made in Congress Tuesday that Postmaster General Arthur E. Summerfield resign immediately and be prosecuted for allegedly mishandling Post Office Depart ment funds. The demand was made by Hep. Charles 0. Porter (D-Ore.) in a letter to Rep. John A. Blatnik (D-P Minn.), chairman of the Legal end Monetary Subcommittee of " House Government Operations Committee. Tremendous Boners Porter accused Summerfield of ' Making "tremendous miscalcula tions" in apportioning his depart ment's operating funds. Summerfield has asked for an ex tra 4? million dollars to tide his department over to July 1. He has laid that if he is not given the lull amount he will stop mail de liveries on Saturdays and make other reductions in postal service, starting this weekend. A House Appropriations Sub- committee has tentatively voted to give Summerfield only 17 mil lion dollars but will decide Friday whether to change ils mind and ' Vote him the additional 30 million ' aouars. v Other congressional news: I Civil rights: Martin and Senate GOP Leader William F. Knowland denied there is any "deal" be tween Republicans and southern ' Democrats to delay action on the President's civil rights program. Martin said he expects the bill to reach the House floor after the Easter recess. Airways: Knowland told report ers that Eisenhower will send a special message to Congress, prob ably Thursday, asking for crea tion of jet-age airways moderniza tion board. The board would study ways of improving civil aviation facilities to enable them to cope with the problems of jet transpor tation. Housing: A congressional drive L' t10 Pna f. ouuon aauars in vet-' r"Mr.n life inonnp. l,,r,Ai In nrn. ...u..u ..... ........ u... ......... ... mote GI housing loans received a setback. The. House Banking Committee approved' the proposal last week, but the Veterans Com mittee decided Tuesday to oppose It on the House floor. The move also has drawn strong opposition from the administration. Soviet Orders Scientists to A. Heed Ideology MOSCOW Wl The Soviet gov 'ernment Tuesday bluntly instruct ed physicians and biologists to make Communist theory, rather than Western methods of objective research, the guiding factor in their scientific work. - The scientists were told that ebjectivity in science is approved . when it fits with Marxist-Leninist political and economic ideology, but otherwise, objectivity must be stamped out. The warning ap peared in the newspaper Medical Worker, organ of the Health Min istry. (The article revives the view of science which prevailed under Stalin. In the brief era of de-Stal-inization, Soviet scientists at tempted to break away from this concept, which was considered harmful to scientific progress. Thus, its revival can be consid ered another evidence that the practices of the Stalin era are re turning in the Soviet Union under Its present 'collective leader ihip." ICCManRules Truckers Must I Haul Hot Stuff . WASHINGTON W An exam- : Iner recommended Tuesday that the Interstate Commerce Com- , . mission move to cancel operat . ing permits of truck lines refusing to handle freight labeled "hot car- go" by the Teamsters' Union. ' A "hot cargo" clause is incor porated in most Teamsters' Un ion labor contracts. Under such clauses, employers agree their i. b.ji goods held bv the union to be unfair" or "hot " i!ninn nte these term to de- Keribe coods coming from estab lishments involved in a labor con troversy. Toesdav's finding by exam iner Frank R. Saltzman, if upheld bv the ICC, means that employ ers refusing to accept "hot car go" shipments could lose their federal permits to carry freight on the highways. The case coming before the ex aminer involved a complaint by the Galveston Truck Lines, Hous ton. Tex., against a group of Southwest area truck lines. The lines had refused in mid-1955 to handle shipments from Galveston Lines, originating in Texas, for telav at Oklahoma City to other ' sections of the country. Concrete Pilings Go Down This maze of huge concrete pilings was the beginning of the finish of a new bridge going in on 25th street near Trade. A pile-driver was banging the poles deep into the Mill Creek bed and its banks Tuesday Span Started On Mill Creek At 25th Street Concrete piling, which will sup port a new bridge ' across Mill Creek at South 25tl street, arc being driven in place today. The structure is the - final of four bridges to be financed by a $140,000 bond issue voted last spring. Bridges across Shelton Ditch at High and Lee streets and over Mill Creek at N. 14th have already been completed. The concrete structures replace wooden bridges which previously stood at the sites. After the piling work is com pleted, concrete caps will be poured and tnen me aces win De poured. The bridge will be 69 feet long. Completion or the job is expecled sometime in Mey. Contractor for the project is O. C. Bernard. , 1,200 to Join Cancer Funds Drive Tonight From 6:30 to 8 o'clock this eve ning, 1.200 crusaders against can cer will make a door-to-door can vass of Salem homes. During the 114-hour period, they will distribute literature dealing with the danger signals of cancer and accept contributions with which to finance a campaign against the malignancy. Mrs. Marvin McClain has been selected to direct the residential solicitations while Oscar Engcr will spearhead the drive in the business area beginning weanes dav. Assisting the general chairmen in various parts of the city will be Stanley Schofield, Fred Lund, D. R. McGeorge; Mrs. Marina Hagan, Mrs. Olga Tonning, Chuck Nielson, Mrs. Milton Chadscy, Mrs. George Beane, Dick Kelm, Mrs. Bessie Loomis and W. H. Velton. Vandals Break 13 Windows Vandals broke out 13 windows in J" Vista Ave., with c,tKls and BB 8uns' ,he Manon County Sheriff's office reported Tuesday. Charles Brunk is tenant at the home. It is owned by Mrs. Rose Gilmour, deputies said. Twelve of the wtnrfnwv wprp 19 hv 90 Inrhec and one 24 by 26 inches, they said. n naawi were also oroKen our at the house on two or three - i..., .l uwdaiuiu iosl iiiuuui, mulcts eie told. Wpather Details Maxlmam yesterday, S7; mini mam todar. 31. Total 24-hoar precipitation, ; for month, ,3; normal. M. iraton precipitation. ItM: normal. 3434. River neliht, 4.1 feet. (Report bjr u. 8. w earner Bureau.; ! w STATE MAY SHARE Council OKs 4-Lane Plan on State Street By DOUGLAS Canitnl Journal After considerable discussion, in which strong objections were raised to a plan to ban parking on the street east of 17th, the City Council Monday night approved a proposal which would eventually make State street a four-lane thor oughfare east of 12th street to 8,000 Call Off Seattle Metal Trades Strike SEATTLE m A four-day strike of 8,000 Seattle metal trades workers ended early Tuesday when management and union ne gotiators agreed on the terms of a new, two-year contract calling for a 6V4 per cent pay raise. The agreement is subject to ratification by rank and file mem bers of the four unions involved, the Machinists, Boilermakers, Molders and Foundry Workers and Automotive Machinists. A. F. O'Neill, business represen tative of the Boilermakers, said the Seattle settlement probably would set the pattern for ending similar metal trades strikes in Ta coma, Everett and Portland. QueenElizabeth Takes Auto Tour Through Paris Streets PARIS UH Looking a bit tired from her strenuous arrival day. Queen Elizabeth II was driven through crowded streets Tuesday to pay her respects to the 2,000-year-old city of Paris. In fluent French broadcast throughout the nation, the 30-year-old British monarch told an applauding audience at the Hotel de Viile (the city hall). "Your capital is a home away from home toward which, at each new generation, the United Kingdom has sent its elite, attracted by the radiance of your science, spirit, art and good taste." Elizabeth was visibly movedlrl when she was presented flowers ny a smau rrencn ray anu gin, ! ch because they were born ! or, the same days as her two chil- drcn. Prince Charles and Princess Anne. The National Assembly recessed for its members to watch the i Queen's 25-car procession pass its hnme the Palais Bourbon. An excited, cheering throng had i l' H Ijammed the vast Place dejA-J' vwn umit uic cm,j day to see the Queen. 1 Thmicanlc chnveH ana tussled i for vantage points. Many scram - h ed on bio of chairs and tables in nearby sidewalk cafes. Scores were nearly irampiea. A mighty cheer went up wheni Elizabeth and her husband Prince, Philip appeared briefly on the bal- cony oi ne opera nouse aner a gala performance in the British! monarch's honor. 1 for Bridge morning as workmen hurried to finish the bridge by summer. The pilings dwarfed workmen, two of whom stand under the driving rig in the center of the picture. (Capital Journal Photo by Jerry Claussen) COST SEYMOUR City Editor the city limits.- mi 1 ...III I t l It.- dm. me pian win ut; sunt, w mu vie- gon Highway Department for ap nroval. The department has indi cated a willingness' to snare in me cost of the street widening. To Shift Center Line As envisioned by the city, the plan calls for four 12-foot traffic lanes between 12th and 14th streets with parallel parking on the north side or the street and angle parking on the south. It is also proposed to relocate the center of the street two feet north of the present site. From 14th to 17th streets Is sug gested to have four 12 foot driving lanes with parallel parking on both sides of the street. Between 17th street and the east city limits it is proposed to keep the pavement at its present width but to create four 10 foot driving lanes by elimination of parking. It was primarily the climina-tion-of-parking proposal which sparked opposition to the proposal which was passed by a 5 to 4 mar gin on a show of hands. (Continued on Page 5, Col. 7) j 7rVv, v.i A! ,V .! V ,7 1 '-CiJ i 7 r. ;i V r i - ' I? V I TK E . . I K.-x J .LIU II TNTVM ' Queen Elizabeth II of F.ngland stands with her husband, , pnM.n on ba.onv of Wirephoto) irir Mouse r yjus' Indicted Public Officials 'Nuisance' Taxes Cut In Britain Suez Impact Less Than Expected On Finance LONDON Cfl Britain's Con servative government Tuesday announced a cut of 100 million pounds in the taxes Britons pay for entertainment, gasoline and some household goods. The cut, equivalent to 280 mil lion dollars, disclosed in the House of Commons by Peter Thorneycroft's message, was greeted with cheers from Con servative benches. He declared there were "some grounds for cheerfulness" in the country s economic outlooR, but he stressed that emphasis must remain on exports at the expense of belt tightening at home. Budget Balanced "Against the background of a budget nearly balanced, I can make a reduction in the burden of taxation by around 100 million pounds, Thorneycroft said. Before getting into the details, he told the Commons the Suez crisis "affected our commercial position less than might have been expected, the Middle tast nas always been a key to the British economy with the Suez Canal often described as a lifeline. First tax relief went to Brit ain's entertainment industry especially theaters and movies which has been affected adversely- by television. .The entertainment lax has totaled one-third of all re ceipts. Theater Tor Ends Thorneycroft abolished tho lax on tickets to state theaters, wnicn have been hard hit, and slashed the taxes on movie tickets by an estimated 6',i million pounds a year. Hungary Kicks Out Yank Aide For Espionage BUDAPEST 10 Communist Hungary Tuesday accused Capt. Thomas It. Glcason, assistant U.S. military attache, of "open espionage" and gave him 48 hours to leave the country. A spokesman for the U.S. le gation said the charges against Glcason do not constitute espion age under international custom and usage, and were "largely in accurate." Gleason, of 11 Urbana. III., and Col. James C. Todd. U.S. mili tary attache from Tulsa, Okla., were stopped on a Hungarian country road last Wednesday and questioned for more than five hours. They were accused of photographing a Russian-occupied barracks. wZii. m9m jjk riv... p,iac. i p,r. (Ap in LATE FLASHES ASTORIA (UP) Two long shoremen were killed Tuesday when a cargo-loading crane top pled oft a tower on the new 272 foot ocean-going barge, Pacific No. 2, at the Shepard-Morse mill dock at Westport. Authorities Identified the victims as Ralph Knutinen of Astoria and Rusty Sumner of Portland. Bodies of the two men, who were crushed Inside the crone, still hadn't been removed at noon.' The Oregon Senate Tuesday passed Senate joint resolution 35 to authorize the Stale De partment of Veterans Affairs to borrow up to 122 million dollars tor Ils home and farm loan pro gram for veterans. The pres ent limit Is 81 million dollors. Wreck Kills 2 In Stolen Car At Vancouver VANCOUVER. Wash. Ul The crash of a speeding stolen auto, mobile against a bridge abut' mcnt killed two 14-year-old Scat tie boys Tuesday under circum stances almost duplicating the fatal ride of two other Seattle youths less tnWh two months ago, Killed outright in Tuesday's pre dawn crash were Dennis Woody, the driver, and Ronald P. Pullis. The car smashed into a con crete abutment at the west end of the Interstate Bridge, at the same soot and almost the same hour where Timothy W. Fisk and Dean Watson, both 16, died Feb. 17. Both accidents occurred as driv ors of stolen cars drove at break neck speeds in an attempt to shake off chasim! patrol cars. .- Tho pursuer in Tuesday's chase was Sheriff s Deputy Lynn King. King spotted the pair putting air in a tire at a north Vancouver service station. As they drove off, the officer decided to stop them for questioning, though he was un aware at the time tho car was stolen. When he sounded his siren, the car took off at high speed. Travel ing an estimated 80 to 90 miles an hour, it failed to make a slight turn in the Vancouver Freeway and slammed into the bridge abut ment. Pullis was thrown from the car to a bank below (he bridge. The car was demolished. City Planners Meet Tonight On Re-zoning The City Planning Commission, meeting Tuesday night, will hear a report on an application for change of zone from R-4 residen tial to M-l light industrial involv ing property immediately south of Bcllevuc street and extending almost a block cast of S. 21st street. The property adjoins the loca tion of the former Rcinholdt & Lewis plant, now Wcstwood Prod ucts, the firm wants to have the properly rezoned so it con mnke further industrial extension. Tho proposed change was initiated by the Planning Commission, A letter will bo ready from the YWCA requesting a hearing rela tive to off-street parking for the swimming pool that the organiza tion expects to build next fall. It probably will be referred lo a commiltoo. The pool, for which a fund drive is planned, will he on South Winter street east of the association building and south of Salem Public Library. At the Tuesday night meeting, public hearing is scheduled on the application of Dr. and Mrs. Gor don 11. Cooley for permission to build a dwelling at 565 Ben Lomond Dr., with a modified front yard setback. No plats are on the agenda for examination or action at the Tues day night meeting. 2 Big Tankers Sail Into Suez CA1RO Ml The two biggest i!,niir in mi ihp Suez Cnnat sincc it was blocked last Novcm - hcr entered the waterwav l Porl Said today the first day the farA fhannol wn nrwtwri in L "' ... . ' snips oi up io ions. One was the 19,418-ton Belgian tanker Elizabeth, the other the 20,776-ton Italian Fina Canada, iney were Douna ior ivnnaie r.asi'fiii. m cdumc. ports to pick up oil. Four other Lemnllpr fthtn were in the south- 4: bound convoy. ine urst passenger vessel to use the canal since the British-French-Israeli invasion was due at Port Said later today to begin the 103 mile trip south to Suez. The ship is the 12.U9-ton Italian liner Oceania, headed for Austral ia with 809 passengers. A"Jjq-rn -1 Refinery Blows Up; 500 Safe Plant at Arkansas City Edge Burns After Blast EL DORADoTArk. Wl An explosion Tuesday touched off a spectacular fire that destroy ed the heart of an American Oil Co. refinery just outside the city limits. -The blaze brought all available fire units and ambulances to the scene but apparently none of the 500 refinery employes was hurt. Early estimates of damage by company employes ranged from $250,000 to-$500,000. Near Louisiana Line El Dorado Is a city of abnul 25, 000 just 20 miles from tho Louisia na line, 120 miles south of Little Rock. Employes said the explosion, of undetermined origin, occurred in a 75-foot tower in the thermal cracking unit, the heart of the re finery where crude oil Is cracked into gasoline and other petroleum derivatives. A resident who lives half a mile from tht plant said he felt a rum ble from the explosion. Tho smoke from the on-led flames was visible for miles. : Flames Contained Tho firo was reported about 10:20 a.m. and was still burning an hour later, but liremen suc cessfully contained Iho flames in the cracking unit. Fora time 'the cntiro refinery was threatened. Company officials said luckily no employes wcro in tho tower at the time of the explosion and that the 15 employes in tno area at the time havo been accounted lor. Marines Oust Officer Guilty Of Misconduct PARRIS" ISLAND. S. C. M First Lt. William D. Conroy Tues day was sentenced to a dishonor able dismissal from tho Marine Corps by a sevch-mnn general court-martial. Conroy pleaded guilty to charges of conduct unbecoming an officer and gentleman. The charge stemmed from an assault March 13 on Pvt. David L. Porter. The court deliberated 50 minutes be fore passing sentence. The sentence is subject to re view by Brig. Gen. Wallace M. Greene, the court-martial s con vening authority. It then is sub ject to review hy the naval judge advocate general. Both of these reviewing author! tics can lessen the sentence. They cannot increase il. Conroy will remain on acllve du ty until the review is completed. JURY OUT 44 MINUTES Dr. Adams Freed Of Murder Charge LONDON IJB Dr. John Bodkin Adams was acquitted today of a charge of murdering an 81-year-old widow to get a chest of antique silver and a Rolls Roycc from her estate. AMy. Gen. Sir Reginald Man ningham Butler immediately quashed a secret indictment ac cusing Adams of killing a second wealthy patient last summer. Dr. Adams was allowed to walk out of the courtroom on bail but he still has minor charges hang ing over him of violating the crc mntion act. The jury of 10 men and 2 wom en deliberated only 44 minutes in acquitting the 58-yearold bachel- or society doctor. The verdict end- ed a 17-dav hearing in l.nn- ldnn's famed Old Bailey, the long- est murder trial in British history. Adams had been arrested alter n nroloni'cd Scotland Yard lnves- ii..;. (hat h had " ,''" profited from the deaths of an unusual number of his wealthy aged paiienis in me scasioi The 260-pound, Irish-born doctor heard the verdict with the same composure that he had main tained throughout the trial. He h.iri nleaded innocent to the charge but did not take the stand in his defense. cases mrs. raorrcu nan sm- The prosecution contended thatifered a stroke two years before he had pumped massive doses of her death in 1050 and that heroin and morphia into Mrs. I Adams' treatment was intended Edith Alice Morrcll. turning her I only to ease her pain. penamg Debate Scant, Bill Passes by 40-17; Suburban Service Districts Rejected By PAUL W. HARVEY, JR. ' Associated Press Writer Gov. Holmes would be required to susnend in dicted public officials by a by the House luesday and The bill, which would make the Governor susnend Dist. Atty. William Langley anu roruana s mayor i crry- hciirtniK, provoked surprisingly little debate. If it becomes law, the Governor would name a temporary succes sor to Langley. The Portland City Council would appoint somebody to fill in for Schrunk. , Would Draw Pay Both officers would receive their full salaries while under suspen sion, which would last until after Ihcir. cases were finally disposed of by Iho courts. Tho bill was introduced by the House State and Federal Affairs Committco at the request of the Governor. In other action, the House killed ,31-27 a bill to let suburban nrens create service districts to provide the same services that cities maintain. At tho same time, the House received a new bill that would put the state in the power busi ness. The service district bill, pre pared by an interim committee after a two-year study of tho sub urban problem, was beaten by legislators who feared it would de stroy any incentive that tho sub urbs might have to be annexed by cities. it would have let inc people in these areas form the districts to provide these services: Firo pro tection, parks and recreation, san itary service, street lights, streets and sidewalks, and water, Johnson Lends Fight Ren. V. E. Johnson (R). Eugene, led tho fight for the bill. Ho called It just ono more tool to solve suburban problems. But Ken. Kcitn Skoiton (U) also of Eugene, said, "If you pass this bill, the incentive for annex ation would be lost. People in the suburbs have an obligation to sup port the cities. The bill would set up little cities surrounding the large cities." Rep. John D. Mosser (R), Port- Innd, pointed out that separate districts now can 1 perform these services. The bill would, ho said, merely consolidate those many districts. The bill Is one of the most Im portant of a scries of Interim committco bills dealing with the fringe nren problem. The others would provide home rule tor coun ties, and permit annexed areas to pay reduced taxes for a period up to 10 years. The power bill, under Democrat ic sponsorship, would create an elected state Power Commission of three members. This commis sion could build dams, operate power plants, and sell and dis tribute electricity. Could Issue Bonds The commission could Issue 120 million dollars worth of general obligation bonds. (Continued on Page 5, Column 1) DR. JOHN ADAMS into a drug addict and finally ending her life. A medical expert for the defense claimed that the treat ! mcnt was not unusual in such wrr--- v bill which was passed 40-17 ; sent to the Senate. of Multnomah County DA Langley's Trial to Start This Afternoon PORTLAND W Muluiomah' County Dist. , Atty. William M. Langley was scheduled to go on trial here Tuesday, the first major defendant in Portland's lengthy j vice Investigation. Langley, 41, is charged with will- , fully refusing on March 18, 1955, to prosecute a person guilty of vio lating state gambling laws. It is a misdemeanor. Langley also has been indicted ' on charges of malfeasance in of fice, conspiracy to obstruct public justice and conspiracy to commit the felony of receiving a bribe. Even as Langley prepared to go on trial, another grand jury here continued Its investigation of vice and corruption charge touched off by a series of stories. . " in The Orcgonian.' Langley first '' was indicted last August by the . grand jury which took up tht . newspaper's charges. More than 30 persons have been Indicted, including Mayor Terry . Schrunk, Portland policemen, ? Teamsters, and self-styled Port land racketeer James B, Elkim. . Elklns is scheduled to en on trial on the federal charges here ' next Tuesday before Judge Wil liam East. No date has been set for Schrunk's trial nor has he en tered a pica. Navy to Build Big Scope to Tune Planets WASHINGTON (A - The Navv announced Tuesday it Is building near mversioo, Md., one ot the ' largest radio telescopes in the " world to pick up radiations from the planets and celestial bodies. The antenna, which will be con structed principally of aluminum, win look like a dish about 84 feet in diameter and will be mounted on top of a steel tower. The radio telescope was de signed by the D. S, Kennedy Co. of Cohasset, Mass. The Navy said it will be the largest radio tele scope in the United States and the largest known of Ils kind to be mounted with one axis parallel to that of the earth. This mounting ' will permit aulomntic tracking of celestial objects, a system fol lowed in many largo astronomical telescopes. - INcws in Brief , Tuesday, April 9, 1957 NATIONAL Tornadoes Leave Six Dead in N. Carolina Sec. 1, P. 2 Texas Church Given $2 , Million Tithe .. Sec. 1, P. 8 LOCAL Salemites May Vote in Spring On Park Bonds Sec. 2, P. 1 Police Warn Not to Drink Ditch Beer Sec. 1, P. S STATE Tight Money Pinches Lumber " Industry Sec. 2, P. 10 FOREIGN Soviet Agrees to Study U.S. Disarm Plan ... bee. 1, r, 8 SPORTS Scnalors Win 1st Exhihilion Sec. 2, P. 4 Elks Golf Tourney Pairings Told ... Sec. 1, P. 4 . Milwaukee Picked lo Win Pennant ... Sec. 2, P. S REGULAR FEATURES Amusements Sec. 1, P. 2 , Editorials Sec. 1, P. 4 Locals Sec. 1, P. 5 . Sec. 2. P. 1. Society Sec. 1, P. 6-7 Comics Sec. 2, P. 6 Television Sec. 2, P. 3 Want Ads Sec. 2, P. 8-9 Markets Sec. 2, P. 8 Dorothy Dix Sec. 2, P. 3 Crossword Puzzle Sec. 2, P. 6 ' Farm Sec. 2, P. 7