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UflTII Wltuouslii out of tin way,
Prcaldtntlal politic center on
Nrbraaka, whose primary will b
hrkl next Tucaduy, ticveu Itcpuu
Hi ana will be on Ilia Nebraaka bal
Im Dowry, Hiaaaen, Tall, Mao
Arthur, Warren ul Callloiiila, Van
' UnnlMin, anil rJpcakcr vl the Hume
Martin.
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H KI'KK What happened In Wlacon
tin, Dewey anil Btaateu will be
the two bin acta of the Nebraska
how. II Dewey cU rubbed uut
again, and DUtutii'i atur ahlnc with
a mowing elluliirute, It will be
UiiilUcaul. That would live Htas
rn a big lift.
It, on the other hand, Dewey
should knock down niual ol the pin
In the Nrbraaka bowling alley, It
Vtfiuld up lila alock materially,
(Thai mixing the metaphor
badly, but II Unl lar Iruiu Uie facta
in Uie caac.l
JffKEP Uila III Dlllld:
Hit reaull oi the Nebraaka
primary balloting will NUT . UK
BINDING on the 1ft national con
vention delegate to be choaen al
the election. They can allll o to
the conveiitloiia and do a they
plcaae.
The Nebraaka primary la only a
(lonllrd and oillilal tlraw vote,
B8 a matter ot fuel, our whole
" reaidentlal primary ayatein l a
lot of chaff. It waa worked out
oiigmally to enable the politician
lu reuin their grip on the political
euiiveiilloiu. Under modern coudl
Uuna. It la aa much of all absurdity
a Uie electoral college ayilem.
If we're going to depend on atraw
Votca, Uie public opinion polta are
much mure reliable. Theae poll
(which measured Uie rlae ol HUuacil
popularliy well ahead ol Wlacoiulni
can really be made lulu an efficient
and valuable modem tool If we can
only keep Uie politician' hand oil
Ihrm.
HATHKfl emitting bit ot political
aparrlng come out ol the Ne
braaka elecUon.
Tall, campaigning In Fremont
(Nrb.i. tcllt an audience lie want a
powerful air force. He U opposed,
he taid. to umvertal military train
ing. But, he added, he Uiinkt a
temporary return to Uie drall may
be neceaaary.
Watted on the twill wlngt of tele
type and radio, Uit ttmenl
reached Uie ear ot Democratic Na-
1 tlonal Chairman McUralh in rort-
k Mhxl tOre.i It r iled him.
-If Tail knew Uia facta," he told
hit hearer in Portland, "lu oertalnly
would be advocating rather than op
potiiig tuch meature ot American
preuarednca a universal military
training."
ir Tafl (along with the real, of u
doesn't know Uie facia about the
threatening world alluation, It mutt
be becaute the adminlalratlon haant
told them to u or becauae we don't
believe what Uie admlnialrallon ay.
Either way It bad.
If we haven't been told Uie whole
lory, Uie admlnlttrauon (meaning
the Preaidenl, hit cabinet, hi ad
vlacr and hi appointee In the
Variout departmental ha been
negligent In It duty. It we don't
believe what we have been told. It 1
a tlgn that we have no confidence
In our leader.
. The big Irason of thl In many
way unutual political campaign I
that we 8IMPLY MUST have lead
era In whom we have confidence.
Otherwise, the danger we face are
appalling.
TIIKKK 1 a dramatic' Incident In
Europe today.
Twenty passenger aboard a Caech
pasaengcr plane en route from
1'raguo to Bratlslavla (In communist
Slovakia) REVOLT, overpower Uie
pilot, auballtule a Caech filer and
land the plane at an American baae
ki the American lone of Germany
car Munich.
Why?
Well, they felt they HAD to get
out of the grip of Uie communlai.
Bo they took all the rlak Involved
in revolting and kidnaping the
plane. That ahow about aa plainly
a anything could the lUle of af
fair In once-free, now lave,
Caechotloviikla,
LOU CONFAB
MOLALLA, April 8 W The Wil
lamette valley logging conference I
set for May 14-1A In Eugene.
Floyd Blackburn, prrtldent, ald
machinery dltplaya and ipeaker on
logging topic are on the program.
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Theae lada are part of a contingent of tevrral hundred who arrived Wednesday and today for the
Future Farmer of America alala convention at Oregon Vocational achooL They came for three jam
packed dart of central. Judging, award and other highlight. Bill Hardin, upper left, of Ontario, had a
bit of (rouble hitting the tack laat night, mainly becaute he'd Jutt get lettled down when prankiter
would Jerk hi alreplng bag art the bunk, tipper right It freckled Vera Olton, another Ontario boy. who
tpenl a few minute before bedtime reading what la In itore lor him on the convention'! official pro
gram. Bv no mean ready for tleep waa the gang In the picture below. From left to right, they are
Marvin Lorrnten, Hod Wlter, Hubert Wilton, Arland McDougal, Ken Welden, Don Wiley, Bill Stockhoff
and Fenton Clahlrr, all of Dayton.
Britain Eases
Petrol Ration
LONDON. April 8 (II Fuel Mill
later Hugh Onlltkell announced to
day all automobiles will be allowed
enough gatollne tor 80 mile of
pleasure driving a month, smiting
June 1,
This compiim with 370 mllea tin
der the old bn.ilc rntlmi which waa
linked la.st autumn. Since then,
pleasure drivers have received no
fuel.
Continuance of the new plan de
pends on a campnmn to dry up the
How of 100,000 ton of gaaollne a
year into the black market, Qnlta-
kell told commona.
Violence Mounts As Coal
Strike Goes Into 25th Day
PITTSBUtiaH, April I (IP) New
vlolenco and mounting Industrial
cutbacks today mnrked the loth day
ot the soft conl shutdown. The total
number of Idle workers climbed to
at least 562.000,
In Barbour county of West Vir
ginia, a mine operator said he was
beaten by roving pickets when he
refused to clone his non-union mine.
He was Hop Williams, co-owner of
a mine near Junior. Thrro were; HO
rni'lnnds of roving pickets.
, , At .1 " nn Lew, W. Va a 110-pound
wiillre.su dinvo off more Minn 711 rov
ing conl picket when she said they
becinno "too noisy" In the tavern
wiiero sho works, She was Miss
Betty Hogora, 33, who flourished a
. .aa calibre revolver and emptied Uie
fflnroom.
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Railroad Co., the South' biggest
aleel producer, announced at Birm
ingham Its big Fairfield sheet mill
will be Idled tomorrow. Two blast
fin imces were banked yesterday by
T.C.I. Tomorrow's action will In
crease the district's Idle to about
:4,(00.
At Pittsburgh, the U. S. Steel cor
poration, announced It waa losing
7000 tons ot steel production a day,
Bethlehem Stcol said new pro
duction cutbacks would Idle about
3000 to 14,700 employes at Lacks
wniinn, N, Y,
The bulk of the Idle were member
of John L. Lewis' United Mine Work
ers, whose 400,000 memben slopped
work In the soft conl fields to buck
up demands for pensions, About
36,000 anthracite miners stopped
work this week In sympathy.
Th oUier 137,000 wero In rolated
The Tennessee Conl, Iron and (industries crippled by the continual
ly Increasing conl shortage. At least
10,000 railroaders were turloughed
together with 45,000 steel workers.
Mood Charges Lewis With
Unfair Labor Practices
WASHINGTON, April (AV
Joseph K. Moody, hend of the South
ern Conl Producers association, said
today he will file a chnrge of unfair
labor practices against John L.
Lewis' United Mine Workers.
Lewis already Is facing contempt
action tor Ignoring a court order to
end Uie 24-day-old soft coal strike.
That order also directed Lewis
and the mine owners to negotiate
on the miners pension dispute,
which touched off the strike March
16.
UMW officials and operators, In
cluding Moody, started the talks
yesterday and continued them this
morning.
But a wrangle developed over
Moody's authority as the president
of the association to sit In tlm bar
gaining conference.
Afterwards Moody told reporters
he has asked Attorney John C. Oall
to proceed at once with a charge ot
unfair labor practices against Uie
union and It seven-man negotiating
committee.
Oall said lie expected to file the
charge with the national labor rela
tions board later In the day and ask
NLHU Oeneral Counsol Robert Den
hnm lo seek a court Injunction to
force the union to recognise Moody
ns an nillliorlred negotiator, '
Lewis waa not present during the
skirmish with Moody, but his llou-
terrains sulci he "might be here at
any time."
Moody told a new conference he
thought Uie union committee was
using the argument over his status
"to make sure nothing happens at
these conferences ' In the way of
actual negotiations."
Other mine operator were back
ing Moody, Their spokesman,
Charles O'Neill, aald they would
"not tand for" the UMW trying to
select the coal operators who are to
sit In on the negotiations.
In the meantime, there was no
indication that Lewis Intended to
comply with the court's back-to-work
order despite the contempt
citation that was slapped against
him yesterday.
Top government officials said
Lewis Instead appeared to be dig
ging In for a finish fight in the
court.
Retriever
Trials Set
One hundred and 10 entries have
been signed for the second largest
Retriever club trial In the state, to
be held at Cove Point Saturday and
Sunday.
Elimination trials will be held
Saturday and Uie finals Sunday
and dogs will be scratched without
hesitation If they hesitate to per
form, in order to give each anlmnl
a chance and keep the show mov
ing. Over 400 pheiisiiiits have arrived
from the Dnkotas for the trials and
hava been put In pens at tho Tom
O Dwyer place at 3429 Blsboc. Those
birds cost around $4.10 each and
will bo sold Sunday alter tho trials
tor loss than halt price.
MUSIC CONTK8T
OREGON CITY. April S Ph
Northwestern Oregon high schools
will compete In the annual district
muslo contest here Friday and Saturday.
FFA Youths
Convene At
OYS For Meet
lOVfl. April B fcleveraj hundred
Oregon Future Farmers of Ameri
ca arrived Wednesday night and
today. Thursday, at Oregon Voca
tional school for the 20th annual
state FPA convention. Visitors are
being housed In barracks at the
school.
The convenUon will continue
through Saturday. Highlighting
Friday's events will be Uie annua
convention banquet at p. m. In
the OVS banquet hall. Presentation
of the Oregon star farmer award
and Uie Earl R. Cooley keystone
honor will be made at the ban
quet. At 1:30 p. m.. Friday. O. I. Paul
son, state director of vocational
education, will address the entire
convenUon, and following his talk,
the stato farmer degree ceremony
will be held. Hillsboro chapter of
ficers will present state farmer
charms.
At 8:16 a. m.. Friday, will be the
dairy cattle Judging contest. Judges
are A. E. Street, chairman, and
Harold Ewalt, extension dairyman
of Oregon State college.
District elimination In hog calling
and agricultural spelling will also
be held in Uie morning.
Blast Kills
Pensioner
LOS ANGELES. April 8 Wi A
lonely, frustrated old man blew him.
self to bits yesterday with a crudely-fashioned
bomb that wrecked the
offices ot the state industrial i
cldent commission. Four persons
were Injured by the explosion.
The man was identified as
Charles W. Hunter, 65. who lost his
left arm In an Industrial accident
In 1927. The commission was pay
ing him $6.57 a week disability and
had under consideration his appli
cation for a lump sum settlement.
officials said.
The deafening blast shattered
scores ot windows, blew out a big
portion of a wall in the commission
waiting room, on the fifth floor of
the California stnte building, and
brought throngs from nearby build
ings In the civic center.
Police Investigators said Hunter
detonated dynamite sticks that he
carried In his trousers pockets. Wire
concealed In his clothing ran from
the sticks to a series of small bat
teries and a plunger.
Canyon City Has
Cougar On Hoof
CANYON CITY, April 8 MV-Want
to bag cougar?
Well, Just drive over to this Cen
tral Oregon town and the folks will
be very hnppy to have you go hunt
ing. A full-grown anlmnl has been seen
skulking on the outskirts of town for
several weeks, drinking at the city
reservoir and raiding Uie chicken
flocks.
It Is believed to be one that lost
his toes In a trip last year and has
difficulty In bringing down deer in
the woods.
Ashley Out
But Raises
Wage Issue
By HALE HCARBROL'GH
Carroll B. Howe, a state tuptr-
ritor of secondary eduraUon and
former principal at Henley, aald to
day in Kzlem be would take the post
of Klamath county school superin
tendent July 1, replacing Harold
Ashley aa chief administrator for
Klamath county tchoolt. The post
waa offered Howe by the County
school board Wednesday.
But instead of a simple replace
ment as the board had In mind, Uie
school system may be having two
men drawing the salary of superin
tendent until July 1, 1949.
Ashley Charge
During an extended board session
Wednesday afternoon, Ashley
brought up a point that Uie board
waited a few days too long in ask
ing his resignation and he might be
entitled to demand Uie superintend
ent's pay for another year. Ashley
said he would take a teaching posi
tion in the system, but was adamant
in his belief that he had not been
treated fairly by Uie school board
and could hold out for his extra
pay.
Basis of bis contenUon Is the
March 15 deadline by which teach
ers and school employes In the
county system are supposed to be
told whether they will be aiked to
sign contract for another year. A
teacher who it not told by March
15 that his service are no longer
needed presumably Is hired for an
other year.
Actually Uie school board asked
for Ashley's resignation a few days
after Uie March 15 deadline and the
reslgnaUon was dated March 22.
Ashley told the school board It
was his opinion that since he wasn't
told by March 15 that the board was
seeking to replace him, he legally
had a claim to another year at the
Job, or at least at the salary.
Rulinr Asked
The attorney general has been
asked for a ruling, but the school
board apparently ts faced with hav
ing to pay Uie extra salary. Ash
ley's present pay Is $5250 a year,
and if he goes back to teaching his
regular pay would be around $4100.
Disregarding that problem, the
board yesterday voted to accept
Ashley's resignation as superintend
ent of schools, omitting an effecUve
date, and offered the Job to Howe.
Although not mentioned In the
(CaaUaac an Paca II, Calnma S
New School Head
In Suits Filed
HOUSTON. Tex., April 8 (fl
Damage suits being filed against
the federal government in connec
tion with the Texas City disaster
of last April are expected to near
the $100,000,000 mark today.
Officials ot the Monsanto Chem
ical company announced plans to
file a $50,000,000 suit, while seven
other suits seeking a total of $5
20&.446 were filed here today.
Some 60 other petitions totaling
oxer $10,000,000 already are on file
with the federal district clerk at
Galveston.
Deadline for filing the suiU un
der the 1946 federal court claims
act is April 16-17, one year after
the disaster.
The announced $50,000,000 Mon
santo claim far exceeds the largest
suit already on tile, a $10,700,000 pe
tition by the Liberty Mutual Life
Insurance company, compensation
underwriter for Monsanto.
A company spokesman said the
suit will charge that government
negligence in falling to Insure prop
er handling of an explosive was re
sponsible tor Uie disaster.
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Carroll Howe, for many years
head of the schooli at Henley In
the county . system, has accepted
the position of Klamath eoonty
school superintendent. He will head
a district as biff as the state of
Connecticut.
Czechs Force
Plane Into
US Territory
MUNICH, AprU I W) Twenty
passenger aboard a Ciech transport
plane revolted and forced it flight
into the U. 8. zone of Germany
Tuesday, Czech authorities said to
day. The Czech National Air Line
plane, with 26 aboard, landed with
out warning at an American baae
near Munich.
The plane waa en rout from
Prague to BraUtlava, Slovakia. Act
ing Ciech Consul Karer Dvorak aald
the pilot was forced at pistol point
to leave the control and was locked
in the plane' toilet.
A former Cseeh pilot who once
flew with the British Royal Air
force took over the controls. The
plane doubled back on Ita route and
headed for Germany.
When the plane landed at the V.
S. air force' fighter baae at NeubV
berg the former RAF pilot aiked
which of the passengers and crew
wanted to tay in the American
tone.
Six person. Including the plane'
original pilot and a woman, said
they wanted to go back to Prague.
Dvorak said he had Issued visa for
their return.
The six are billeted in Munich by
American authorities and are ex
pected to return to Prague soon,
Dvorak taid. The other 2 elected
to itay in Germany.
Canada Has
Rich Oil Find
LEDUC. Alta., April 8 m
Canada's newest oil field is bub
bling up to expectations. .
When drillers spudded In the first
well of the big Leduc leld in No
vember, 1946, they said: "It looks
good."
The bits chewed into the ground
and on February 13. 1947, Uie well
kicked in its first supply.
From then on the drillers and
riggers and tool men swarmed over
Uie Leduc. They made it Uie start
of the biggest oil exploration pro
gram in Canada's history.
Today there are 53 going wells in
the Leduc field, located about 18
miles south of Edmonton In Uie
western province of Alberta.
The 53 wells produce a daily aver
age of 5800 barrels. But Uie flow is
held to 100 or 150 barrels a day under
conservation measures. Canada Im
port 90 per cent of her oil and is
taking no chances.
Estimates ot the Leduc reserve
run tram 100,000.000 to 200,000,000
barrels.
Some 12.000 acres have been
proven In the Leduc area.
Nearly all the big oil companies
are spending a lot ot money in oil
exploration.
$725 Million
Needed For
Coming Year
WASHINGTON, April 8 W
President Truman aked eongre
today for an immediate appropria
tion ot $725,000,000 for expansion i
the air force.
The house appropriation com
mittee, to which tho president' re
quest waa directed, called a special
meeUng for thia afternoon to con
sider the request. It plan to report
to the house next week a bill carry
ing the new fund.
The additional money Is for us
during the fiscal year starting July 1.
The president last week notitied
congress that such a request would
be lorlhcoming. It is part ot an ad
ditlonal $3,000,000,000 to be sougue '
for overall defense purposes for ilia
next fiscal year.
Ol the $725,000,000 requested $195,
000,000 would be In cash and $530,
000,000 in contract authorizations for
which cash must be furnished later,
Bulk to Army
The air forces would receive $315,-.
000,000 and Uie naval bureau of aero-
nautlcs $215,000,000 of the new con
tract authority.
All of the lunds were earmarked
tor airplane construction and pro-.,
curement. t
The extra $3,000,000,000 asked by
Mr. Truman for defense purpoteo
for the new fiscal year would boost.
Uie total defense ouUay lor the year
to $14,000,000,000. The president'
original budget In January called
for $11,000,000,000.
Secretary of Defense ForreaUu a
scheduled to open the committee
afternoon bearing behind doted
door.
The blgger-and-better air fore
drive temporarily has shunted aside
plans for universal military training.
The aerial expansion program
moved forward in both house and
senate aa lawmakers sought to bal
ance manpower and money demands
and yet provide the speediest and
most effective national defense.
These were Uie developments:
1. The house appropriation
committee hauled a $775,0O0,$ot -sir
force bill onto the legiilaUve
runway with assurance f re -Chairman
Taber (R-N.V.) of
faat takeoff. Taber aaaigned top.
priority to this Item In the $3,--'
OOe.OOe.Ooe asked by President :
Truman to augment the $11,000,
000.008 already budgeted for da-
f ense. The extra, sir force funds .
are for aircraft purchase, research
and development.
-, 2. Rep. Claaon (R-Maao.) an
nounced his armed services sub
committee would begin hearing
on legislation to expand the air
force from 55 to 7 combat group.
X. The senate armed service
committee weighed s formal re
quest" by Secretary for Air Sym
ington for a 7-group air force.
Member of the senate commutes
confided after the closed door ses
sion yesterday that they are con
sidering linking the air force ex
pansion with a temporary draft.
They Indicated DMT action would
be delayed for Uie time being.
TO WED
JERSEY CITY. N. J., April 8 OP)
Movie Actor Roland Yountr applied
for a marriage license yesterday to
wed Dorothy Patience May, 40.
Young gave his age as 60.
The couple said they would be
married here tomorrow.
Stassen Yins
19 Delegates
MILWAUKEE. April 8 WV-Harold
E. Stassen was assured todays
of 19 of Wisconsin's 27 national re-!
publican convention delegates.
His victory, which blanked Gov.
Thomas E. Dewey of New York,
established him as a top contender
foi the GOP presidential nomina
tion. The former Minnesota governor,
on the basis of nearly complete un
official returns, swept all seven del-egates-at-large
and won 12 district
delegate races. Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur picked up. the remaining
eight,
Stassen had cinched 18 delegates
when ballot counting stopped last
night, but the outcome of the fifth
(Milwaukee) district remained in
doubt until complete returns wer
tabulated today.
In this district, which had as
sured MacArthur of one delegate,
a tight race between Stassen-pledg-ed
Ralph P. Sproule and a Dewey
stalwart, State Senator Bernard
Gettleman, ended with Sprouls
ahead on 26568 votes to Gettls
man's 26,735 in the 305 precincts.
An abnormally heavy vote In city
piecincts apparently was offset by
light voting in rural areas, election
officials said. No estimate of the
I total vote waa available.
Soviet Marshal Vetoes Four Power Probe Of
Air Crash-Vows To Protect Russian Air Zones
BERLIN, April 8 m Marshal
Vasslly D. Sokolovsky today blamed
a British traffic violation for Mon
day's British-Soviet plane collision.
The Russian military commander
said that unless he was assured
British planes will observe four
power fllfiht rules, he Intends to
"take measures for the protection
of the safety air traffic over the
Soviet occupation sone."
He turned down the Idea of a
four-power Investigation of the
crash, which occurred on Berlin's
outskirts and killed 15 persons. He
favored an Inquiry by a Soviet-British
commission.
Sokolovsky stated his position In
a reply to communications on the
crash from his British counterpart,
Gen. Sir Brian Robertson. He de
scribed the British version of the
accident as slander. His letter was
published In Tacgllche Rundschau,
official newspaper of the 8ovlet
military administration.
Robertson aald on his return here
this morning from Duesseldorf that
he Intends to deal Immediately with
the Russian reply. He gave no hint
ol what he Intend to do.
Arriving In Berlin at about the
svne time was Maurice Couve de
Murvllle. one of France's top dip
lomatic negotiators. He la to meet
ranking officials of the western al
lies and many believe negotiations
for a closer Unking o' the French
sone with British-American tones
are on top.
The marshal's letter reversed the
position he took Monday after the
accident. At that time he expressed
regret and assured Robertson the
Russians did not Intend to Inter
fere with flight down the allied
air corridor to Berlin.
The collision was between Brit
ish European Airlines Viking trans
port, which crashed In the Soviet
sone, and a Russian Yak fighter,
which fell in Berlin's British sec
tor. The Russian flier, 12 Britons
and two Americans were killed.
The Russian-controlled Berlin ra
dio aald last night Sokoloviky had
promlifd to do away with Soviet
eeret arreat and trial of German.
He did so, It reported. In reply
lo appeals from Communist Lead
er Wilhelm Pleck and Otto Grote
wohl, .
The western powers have charged
that thousands of German are be
ing held without trial In Soviet-ton
concentration camps.
Diipatches In Berlin' socialist
press thl morning laid s new wav
of arrest against antl-communltta
was being conducted In the Bul
ton. '
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