HOPES SHATTERED .
Olympia U.R) Washington's J
hopes of bettering the all-time !
low for traffic deaths in a year j
were shattered yesterday whenj
two traffic deaths boosted the
state's annual toll to 395, or two
above the record low set in 1943.
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Mississippians Vote
Today on Proposal
For Segregation
Jackson, Miss. (U.PJ Segrega
tion conscious Mississippians
vote today on a proposed con
stitutional amendment which
would allow the state to abolish
public schools to preserve racial
separation in classrooms.
Adoption of the amendment
would authorize the state Legis
lature to abolish public schools
by a two-thirds vote of its mem
bers or by districts on a simple
majority vote.
No provision as yet has been
made for setting up a private
school system which would, re
place the present public school
system. The Legislature would
have to work that out should
the U.S. Supreme Court attempt
in future mandates to force the
state to abolish its present prac
tice of maintaining racially
segregated classrooms. "
Similar To Georgia's
. The amendment is similar to
one adopted Nov. 2 in Georgia
vhich authorized the legislature
to allocate state funds to private
pupils and institutions.
South Carolina has removed
a requirement for 1 the state to
provide public schools, and
Louisiana has adopted a law al
lowing the state , to use police
power to keep the classrooms
segregated.
An anticipated light turnout,
about one-third of the state's
eligible voters, was anticipated
because of lack of local contests
and the busy Christmas season.
Fair warm weather was forecast
for the state. . '
Search Resumed for
County Prosecutor
Coupeville, Wash'. (U.PJ
Search resumed today for Island
,County Prosecutor Alden B.
Whelan now officially listed as
missing by the Island County
sheriff s office.
The prosecutor's family last
saw him Sunday" morning. His
car was found abandoned on
the .Deception Pass Bridge, 18
miles north of here early yester
day. Deputy Sheriff Fred Mur
cray said a note found in the
car said Whelan had been suf
fering from migraine headaches.
Rita, Studio Said
Hearing Agreement
New York (U.R) Actress Rita
Hayworth and Columbia Pic
tures are close to an agreement
which would pay the red-haired
star $1,000,000 in settlement of
past financial arrangements and
set the stage for her return to
motion picture work, it was re
ported today.
The settlement would bring
to an end a suit brought by
Miss Hayworth against the film
company for an accounting of
funds in the Beckworth Corp.,
a producing group in which she
held 49 per cent interest.
There were reports that Miss
Hayworth would return to work,
on a straight $150,000 to $200,
000 per' film salary, in "Joseph
and His Brethren," which- is
scheduled to go into production
soon.
Reports said also that the set
tlement included provision for
employment by - Columbia of
Miss Hay worth's husband, Dick
Haymes, but this was not confirmed.'
Man Is Arraigned
On Theft Charge
James Brown, 49, of 24 North
Orange st., was arraigned in dis
trict court this morning on a
charge of concealing stolenvprop
erty, and was jailed after failing
to post bail set at $1,000.
The charge involves a power
wrench stolen Dec. 4 from Rogue
Service and Supply. The wrench
is valued at $130, according to
city police.
Brown has given police a sign
ed statement admitting that he
sold the wrench, but has denied
that he was involved in the
theft or that he knew the wrench
was stolen. He told officers he
bought the wrench from another
man.
In court this morning, Brown
waived hearing and counsel, and
was bound over to the grand
jury. ,.' v :
Committee Chairmen
Tells Probe Limits
Washington (U.R) Rep. Fran
cis E. Walter said when he be
comes chairman of the House
Un-American Activities commit
tee next month he will fire any
investigator who . takes secret
documents from the government.
The Pennsylvania Democrat
said he will see to it that "only
legitimate channels are utilized
for obtaining information from
government agencies."
He said "surreptitious meth
ods, or the outright pilfering of
files from security agencies, will
not be tolerated by the committee."
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noon Saturday ; 10 a.m. Monday for
Mondav; other days 5:30 oreviousday
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ChamberAdvocafes
Slash Spending
Washington (U.R) The pres
ident of the U.S. Chamber 1 of
Commerce . has advocated that
government spending be slashed
by one-fourth. .
President Clem D. Johnston
said he had been around; gov
ernment agencies for "a good
many" years" and knows of none
that "couldn't do an adequate
job on 25 per cent less expendi
tures than they are now mak
ing." .. .......
Johnston, ' participating in a
radio panel discussion on , the
national economy said reduced
spending would mean lower
taxes. . -' .
Savings In Defense
He said even the Defense De
partment could stand some cut
ting in appropriations but "with
out any essential impairment of
our defense effort."
He cited as a typical example
of "fat" the needless spending
of $45,000,000 a month now be
ing paid" in extra veterans bene
fits under .the Korean Gl bill
of right. - ':'
The government is expected to
put veterans' benefits on a peace
time basis soon to reduce such
payments. - Youths entering the,
Army now can still get, on dis
charge benefits originally in
tended only for those who served
during wartime.
Johnson also said the gov
ernment spends needless extra
money in letting Army person
nel instead of civilians run Army
commissaries. He said it costs
$10,000 a year to keep a man in
uniform and that soldiers ought
not to be wasted on an Army
commissary job that a civilian
could handle for much less cost.
Waste On Salaries
There is also waste, he said,
in the salaries of 'federal super
visors. He said , supervisors are
paid, under civil service regu
lations, not on the basis of their
efficiency, but according to the
number of. employees under
them. ...
Johnston also said: '
1. He will support President
Eisenhower for a second term
and feels the "average business
man" would do the same.
2. That 1955 should be "the
best year in our economic his
tory" despite some "soft spots."
, 3. The current stock market
boom should not be compared
with the one immediately pre
ceding the 1929 market crash.
He said business is not "over
extended" now as it was then.
West Dependent on
Water, McKay Says;
Approves Compact
Salem - (UR) Development
water, and that is a matter of
of the West is dependent upon
concern to the West, because
consumption has increased
more than five times in the last
several decades while the water
table has decreased, Secretary
of Interior Douglas McKay said
today.
McKay is in Salem to spend
the Christmas holidays with his
family. . .
He said an increased water
supply is the most serious mat
ter facing the West, as well as
the rest of the . country'. ' -Approves
Compact '
; McKay said he was happy
over formation of the Columbia
River Compact between the sev
en western- states,1 and he ex
pressed confidence that theN leg
islatures of these states would
ratify the compact.
The secretary observed: "Ore
gon and Washington do not own
the Columbia river. Each of the
seven states has an interest in
the river as does Canada. If the
representatives of our. seven.
Western states can set up the
ground rules for use of Columbia-river
water, the United
States and Canada will be re
quired to work out an amicable
agreement for the use of Colum
bia river water in which the
two nations have a dual inter
est. 1 ' -V ; .' ,.'
"The proposed compact will
give the local people of the
seven states through their repre
sentativesT:servingon the com
pact commission the say about
development of the Columbia,
decisions : that will not be f left
kto the bureaucrats in Washing
ton." .... .,
Tutdar Deetmber 21, 195"
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Funeral Arranged for Millionaire Sportsman
Englewood, N. J. U.R) Ar
rangements for a private funeral
were made today for millionaire
sportsman Alexis Thompson
whose colorful life was cut short
at the age of 40. . ,
The handsome, thrice-married
Thompson, who inherited at the
age of 14 the $3,500,000 Inland
Steel Co.' fortune left by his late
father, David P. Thompson, col
lapsed and died alone in his
swank apartment here yester
day. Cause of death was listed
as a heart attack, i ;
Thompson, one-time owner of
the Philadelphia Eagles and
Pittsburgh Steelers professional
football teams,' was found dead
Truck Drivers Perish v
In Warehouse Fire
Montreal (U.PJ Four truck
drivers perished in a raging
warehouse fire early today when
one of them got stuck in a
smashed skylight and blocked
their, only chance, for escape.
The fire broke out on the
: ground floor of a cement block
; warehouse owned by Paul Guil-
beault . Transport, Ltd, in the
i east' end of the city. It spread
quickly through the Duilding
and up into a second floor office
where the victims and two
other drivers were sleeping.
Dead One Sunday Classified s at
noon Saturday : 10 a jn. Monday for
Monday; other days 630 oreviousday.
Red Propaganda Fails
On Negroes, Is Report
. Washington U.R) The Com
munists have failed in a major
effort to win recruits among
American Negroes, the staff of
the House Un-American Activi
ties Committee said today.
This fact, the staff said, "can
only reflect favorably on the
loyalty , and integrity" of the
Negro population because con
trol of American Negroes has
long been "one of the principal
targets of the Communist party."
in the foyer of his six-room
apartment. -
Thompson's third wife, televis
ion actress Joanne Tree, was be
lieved to be in California.
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