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Vacation Time ' i Keep potted on local newg while on jour Taxa tion. ! Have The Statesman follow yon. Telephone 9101 tn ordering change. WEATHER - - Fair today and Sunday, little change In temperature; Max. Temp. Friday 77, Mln. 45; rain o, river -1 foot, clear. Tar table winds. POUNDED 1851 EIGHTY-THIRD YEAR Salem, Oregon, Saturday Morning; July 22, 1953 No. 101 EC SIVELY WET em SEWAGE PLANT BONDS BACKED NearlY tWO tO One VOte IS nUin riicnnc! Criama uivt.ii wiopoi wwviiis Measure in Salem Municipal Wharf Goes Down by Five Thousand; wet Sentiment Decisive Salem citizens, following the statewide fewing Friday, gaTe a staunch majority to the repeal of the 18th amendment and two pro hibition sections of the state con stitution. , Complete returns compiled by The Statesman from Salem's 24 precincts showed at midnight Fri day that the proposed change of the 18th amendment had received 4016 affirmative votes to 2782 cast against it. Abolition of state prohibition had received 4089 affirmative votes to 2822 cast against state prohibition! repeal. Two out of three of the special measures before Salem voters also carried, the charter amend ment legalizing beer receiving a majority slightly larger than the prohibition! repeal. For the pro posed change 4123 affirmativ Totes wefe cast? while votes against the charter change total led 2875. :'"';:?"": Authorization of a maximum of "$475,000 In sewage disposal plant bonds won handily, 4223 affirm ative voter being cast to 2150 against the plan. Voters of Salem turned down the $95,000 part dock construction bonds, 3373 negative votes being cast to 2836 affirmative votes In favor of the proposal, j Salem cast Its vote more than three to one against the proposed sales tax and threw an even heav- ler barrage of negative votes against the olemargarine tax pro posal, i A tabulation showing the com plete, total vote cast yesterday on each measure before Salem voters follows: 18th Amendment Repeal i Yes 4016; no 2782. Soldiers' Bonus Change i Yes 3764; no 2221. County Manager Authorization t Yes 2083; no 3703. Grand Jury Waiver: Yes 2536; no 2960. Debt Limit by Vote: Yes 3015; no 2460. State Power Bonds: Yes 1833; no 3635. Sales Tax: Yes 1821; no 4946. State Prohibition Repeal t Yes 2089; no 2822. Oleomargarine Tax: Yes 1322 :no 5418. Salem Charter Amendment Re garding Liquor: Yes 4123; no 2875. Dock Bonds; - Yes 2836; no 3373. Sewage Plant Bonds: Yes 4223; no 2150. DALLAS, July 21. (Special) Nineteen completed precincts reporting In Polk county at mid night tonight showed the repeal carrying by a small margin and the sales tax lost nearly three to one. The margin on the oleo bill was fairly close, with the No vote in the lead. These precincts reported as fol lows: Federal repeal Yes, 1213; no, 1078. . . Soldiers' bonus Yes, 1336; no. 755. County manager- -Yes, 13; no, 1400. Grand Jury waives -Yes, 745; no, 1234 Debt limitation Yes, 838; no. 1037. State power bonds Yes, 654; no. 12671 Sales tax Yes, 692; no, 1748. State repeal Yes, 1289; no, 1057. Oleo tax- -Yes, 1012; no, 1396. BABY ARIZMENDI WINS HOLLYWOOD, July 21 (AP) Baby Arizmendl. Mexican box ing Idol, captured a 10 round de cision tonight over the flashy young Ventura, Calif., tighter. Baby Palm ore, after the latter cad started strong and opened a "had cut over the Mexican's eye. Tfcey weighed 125 pounds. BSge i "'"' ' Modi fie Scanty Vote Recorded in This County The rote in yesterday's special election was unusually light, a comparison of registration and to tea cast figures revealed late Friday night. In many rural and city pre cincts not more than 50 per cent lof the registered Tote was cast. n ,n Iew districts did the per- centage run above 60. In tne November, 1932. eiee- uun lua rcBiBi.rai.iuu ws tuusiu- erably larger and the ratio Toting to that registered ran from 70 to 90 per cent. Mid-summer work, weather too good to tempt farmers away from harvest, lack of an apparent close issue and absence of personal can didacies which attracted partisans, were ascribed as reasons for the unusually light balloting. Voting opened slowly yesterday morning but a heavier vote was expected later in the day. This failed to materialise. Many elec tion counting boards, starting work at 1 p. m., had finished their duties within one hour from the time the polls closed at 8 o'clock. Action no Surprise in View Of Stocks and Cotton Declines Friday CHICAGO, July 21 (AP) Di rectors of the -board of trade to night ordered trading in grain fu tures suspended tomorrow, July 22. Trading had also been sus pended today because of the sen sational price breaks in the last few days. The action of the directors came as no surprise to the trade as ru mors had been circulating all at ternoon there would be no trad ing Saturday because of the sharp breaks in stocks and cotton today. Only one exception to the no trading rule will be permitted and that will allow holders of weekly privileges, contracted for a week ago to fulfil contracts between 11:45 and 12 noon. This Is virtu ally a nominal affair. The cotton and security markets at the board of trade will be open for two hours, starting at 9 and (Turn to page 2, col. 1) MATHS FLANS NOT YET DEFINITE NOME, Alaska. July 21 (AP) Jimmle Mattern, luckless 'round the world flier, planned today to remain where with his Russian rescuers for a short time, then go with his New York rescue expedi tion to Fairbanks for a council of war on whether he shall complete his flight. Flying from Anadyr, Siberia, yesterday in a big soviet seaplane operated by five Russians, Mat- tern, who hopped off from New York, June 3, said his own ship was a total loss. At Fairbanks a conference with William Alexander, head of the New York rescue party, and wire less exchanges with his backers in New York and Chicago, were ex pected, to determine wbetner or not he would fly back to Anadyr In a rescue plane and attempt to resume his solo hop. GRAIN MARTS WILL CLOSE AGAIN TODAY Rapid Election Service Provided Efficient election reporting serv ice combined Friday night with a light vote in the county to enable The Statesman to release election figures earlier and more rapidly than at any statewide election in a decade. Cooperating with Gardner Knapp of the Cherry City Baking company's broadcast 'service, The Statesman began to release early local bulletins at 215 South Com mercial street within one minute after the polls closed at 8 o'clock. By 9 p- m. 20 precincts. Incom plete, had reported and the re turns had been tabulated for re lease to scores of people who ga thered on sidewalks or In their ears to listen. . Meanwhile trunk line tele phones leading into The States man carried many requests for In formation, each of which The Statesman met with as full re- I turns as were available. The Statesman's staff of Its s OEINJ HIT-RUN CRASH Manslaughter Charge Said Unlikely, Unless new Evidence Appears Battles Admits Driving car Figuring In Case Says Deputy Attorney Death overtook Wa Hong, pio neer Salem Chinese, at 11:55 o'clock yesterday morning as he lay In Deaconess hospital. He was nnconsclous the last few of his liv ing hours after having lingered on in semi-consciousness since last Saturday night when he was struck down by an automobile in front of his noodle house at 255 Ferry street. None of Hong's white or Chi nese friends had come forward last night to make funeral ar rangements, but there was talk among them of giving the 85-year old oriental a fitting burial. The body was at tbe Clou gh-Bar rick mortuary. Hong's death will not necessar ily result in the filing of an in voluntary manslaughter charge against Everett Battles. 24-year old cigar store clerk whom city police charge with having driven the car that fatally Injured the Chinaman, Lyle J. Page, deputy district attorney, stated last night. Present evidence, he said, Indi cates that the mishap was acci dental, leaving the only charge against Battles one of falling to stop and render aid. Battles has admitted that he drove the death car. Page said. The young man was free yester day, having posted $2000 under taking for bail to obtain his re lease from county Jail. He will re- (Turn to page 2, c61. 1) DEATH OF CHINESE Salem 40 years ago, when stage plays were presented nightly In Reed's opera house, now the Grand theatre, was recalled yes terday with the dying of Wa Hong, 85 - year - old Chinaman For It was at Hong's noodle honse, located near the site of the Fred Meyer store, 170 North Lib erty street, that the theatre em ployes used to gather after each night's show, Hal D. Patton recol lected. "The remuneration the boys who served as stagehands receiv ed was a bowl of noodles, rice and pork at Hong's," Patton said. "There was an oversupply of help then; the boys were glad to get the noodles. "Hong's specialty was noodles. rice and pork. His place was fair ly clean. Often the stage boys, or chestra' members and other em ployes would go over and eat noodles after the show." As Chinatown shifted south ward toward Ferry and High streets. Hone moved his noodle shop to Ferry street, between High and Liberty. About nine years ago he moved again, this time to his last location, 255 Ferry street. by Statesman correspondents headed by Gene vieve Morgan, Statesman valley editor, gathered returns from 55 precincts outside ot Salem and had complete returns Into the of fice here before 12 o'clock last night. The Associated Press leased wire began to release scattering returns at 7 p. m. Shortly after the polls were closed, returns be gan to come In county by county, from all parts, of the state. Elec tion trends were definite at an early hour. . p The Statesman's figures were used by press services for their statewide and national releases coming; out ot Marlon county. . Comparison with returns from other counties, showed . at mid night that : The - Statesman had compiled and telegraphed to As sociated Press headquarters, more complete election information than had been obtained at that time - from any other county in the state. i HONG UIS IN RECALLS OLD Liquor Law Jolson Pops One to Neck Of Winchell HOLLYWOOD, July 21.-(AP) . Al Jolson, "mammy" sinrer. stage and movie actor, arose at the Hollywood Legion stadium fights tonight, went over to Wal ter Winchell, Broadway column ist, and gave him a stiff punch in the head. Other ring aiders at the fight joined ushers in putting a halt to the hostilities before great dam age was done. "He only hit me on the back of the neck," said Winchell, when the dust of the battle had settl ed. Jolson made no statement, but his friends said he had taken ex ception to material in a scenario Winchell, conductor of a gossip column on the show business, has written for a leading Hollywood film producer, which follows closely Jolson's own career on the stage, Material is contained in tbe scenario, Jolson's friends stated, which the actor - singer considers derogatory to his wife, Ruby Keeler, star of the stage and screen. SI SHINES, POST Weather is Improving Along; 1450 Mile Route, Word; Still Over Record FAIRBANKS, Alaska, July 21.' (AP) Wiley Post bopped off for Edmonton, Alta., at 5:45 p. m., Fairbanks time. The sun was shining and weath er was reported improving au along his 1450 - mile route over the Canadian wilds. About 300 automobiles surrounded the field here when the airman took off. He had been In Fairbanks slightly less than seven hours, having arrived here from Flat, 375 miles away, at 10:42 a. m.. local time. He had spent the night at Flat after a landing in which he nosed over, bent his propeller and damaged his landing gear. Post said he expected to be in Edmonton in about nine hours. He had cut his lead over the record he Is trying to beat to 10 hours, three minutes. The record was set by himself and Harold Gatty In 1931, when they circled the world in eight days, 15 hours and 51 minutes. Rain during the day had de- laved his takeoff from here, Just as it had interfered with his de parture from Flat this morning. The first flood of delegates is expected to arrive here tonight for the 25th annual encampment of the United Spanish War Veter ans ot Oregon which will open at 8 a. m. Sunday. The general com mittee is preparing to take care of 1000 delegates. Registration of delegates will begin at 8 a. m. Sunday, with a receDtion and arrangements for housing of delegates and visitors following. At 7:45 p- m. an organ concert at the First Presbyterian church will signal the start of memorial exercises. Monday's program will consist of first business meetings, opened by a parade from Senator hotel headquarters to the statehouse. The veterans will convene in the hall of representatives and the auxiliary in the senate chambers At 6:30 p. m. the open-air tan anet In Marion square will be served and at 8:30 p. m. the en campment grand hall will begin at Fraternal temple. O. J- Hull is chairman ot the general committee. Federal Prohi 5 OfiicersSlain; Suspect Taken MISSOULA, Mont-, July 21. (AP) Paul A. Read, a federal prohibition officer in . western Montana for nearly a decade, was shot and fatally wounded tonight as. he was taking a suspected li quor law violator to the Missoula county Jail.. - - W. C. Cates, arrested a few mo ments earlier by Read, was held in connection with the shooting. - The shooting took place on the street beside the courthouse. Read died later at a local hospital OFF FDR EDMONTON VETERANS WILL BE IK T NT T E Chamber of Commerce has Request From Federal Administrator First Session is Scheduled Wednesday Night for Dealers in Meet The Salem chamber of com merce Is preparing to call meet ings of various lines of Industries and store operating groups to dis cuss the National Industrial Re covery Act as to how it will apply to conditions in Salem and Mar lon county. The first group to meet will be the meat dealers of the city and county who will be asked to meet at the chamber of commerce next Wednesday night at 8 o'clock. Other groups will follow. The chamber has been asked by Hugh S. Johnson, national recov ery administrator, to take the In itiative immediately to organise through Mayor Douglas McKay and officials of all civic organiza tions to work in harmony with the National Recovery Act. A telegram was sent by the chamber to the national adminis trator stating it would be glad to cooperate and to send Information for the first meeting of such committee- This general committee will I work in cooperation with groups 'from various industries and retail business to provide a temporary eode until the national code Is an nounced for adoption. Telegram from the national ad 'xninistrator to the chamber, re- leeived yesterday afternoon is as follows: "Will vnn tflVA tha Initiation 'immediately in organizing a cam paign committee in your commun ity to be composed of the mayo: the official heads, of the chamber (Turn to page 2, col. 6 ) EXTENT OF PUBLIC WASHINGTON, July 21 (AP) Funds already allotted by the public works administration were described today as enough to give every unemployed man in the na tion a week's direct employment. The statement came from the administration about the same time that Secretary Ickes was go ing to the White House to give President Roosevelt a report of the status of the work and place before the chief executive his rec ommendations for regional advis ors through whom the bulk of the 83,300,000.000 fund will be spent. The administration announced that the allocations of $754,276.- 188 were made for projects that would provide 13,070,788 man weeks of work, or give a quarter of a - million men a full year's work directly. This total probably will be swelled considerably by the pro gram for construction of federal buildings now being considered. About $35,000,000 ot these al ready have received tentative ap- proval. PLANE FEARED LOST ROME, . July 21 (AP) The Italian Aero-Express company an nounced today It believed one of Its seaplanes commanded by Ma jor Giorgio Pesel Parvis, carry ing a crew of two men and two Italian passengers, had been lost In the sea between Athens and Rhodes. Late Sports OAKLAND, Calif., July Sl (AP) While Los Angeles was nosing out the Oakland Oaks 11 to 10 In a free-for-all coast league game here tonight Jim Oglesby, Angels first baseman, hit safely In his forty -third consecutive game. - - Oglesby cracked out a single In the second Inning and la the sixth connected tor a double. LOS ANGELES, July - 21. (AP) Seattle and Hollywood won a game apiece tonight. in a bargain exhibition under the bright lights, Hollywood taking the first 4 to t and Joslajr, the second 1 $o & BEING PLANNED 11 HO 1 COUNTY JOINS IN STATE Sales tax Proposal Highly Unpopular Here, 4 to 1 "no" Vote Shown Pti R?main to Report Today; tax on Oleo is Declined Marlon county swept into the wet columns state and national Friday by decided majorities which at 12:30 a. m. today saw the repeal of the 18 th amendment of the two state prohibition amendments far in the lead in the balloting. Returns from 76 out of 79 precincts in the county showed 8027 for repeal of the 18th amendment to 5975 votes for its retention. Even stronger was the vote against the state amend ments, 8348 voters favoring their repeal and 5783 their retention. In greater disfavor with Marion county voters than mooted prohi bition was the proposed 2 per cent tax on all retail sales. Vot ers here crushed the proposal un der a 4 to 1 "no" vote, 11.559 ballots being past against the tax, to only 3206 in its support. lbs overwneiming although a decisive defeat was that admin- (Turn to page 2, col. 1) CIVIC NETWORK TO Telegrams Blanket Nation Urging Voluntary aid in Raising Wages WASHINGTON, July 21 (AP) a network of volunteer civic organisation began forming todav under the industrial recovery ad ministration to stretch across the country next month with a mass movement to raise all wages and re-employ Idle millions. Stepping in stride behind the president's aproval of the under taking, upon which Is now staked definitely the outcome of the whole campaign for lifting pur chasing power quickly to catch up witn higher prices, telegrams and Instructions began to reach out to every corner of the land. Presi dent Roosevelt, Hugh S. Johnson, the industrial chieftain, and his aides, put strength, behind the movement to bring the great or ganized trades of the country In- to the semi - permanent codes of fair competition, each aimed to make the particular industry do its part to restore employment and wages. Three hearings, on shipbuild ing, electrical and eloak and suit codes were completed, with labor and capital far at odds on terms and indications that President Roosevelt might have to step in to adjust the matter as he finally did on the cotton textile code. Other hearings proceeded, again with labor protesting wage and hour terms. William Green president of the American Federa tion ot Labor, put In a vigorous attack against the lumbermen's proposal to fix minimum wages as low as ltVt cents an hour in many regions, with a 48 hour work week. The campaign to sign up all em ployers In volunteer wage boost- J ing agreements will actually get under way in the last few days of the month and will run to Labor day. WET LANDSLIDE BOOST N RA FORMS Drys Will Claim Fraud In Tennessee Election NASHVILLE. Tenn.. July 21. (AP) Charges ot "fraud and threats of court action today were the reply of prohibitionists to Tennessee's vote for repeal of the 18th amendment yesterday thai left the wets with a narrow lead ot 8,840 votes. With the vote standing 114, 922 for repeal and 116,082 against and only 141 small pre cincts missing, the Rev. John F. Baggett, chairman ot the dry campaign, said there was the "grossest possible fraud" and that the rote was being 'carefully stu died" with, a new ot contesting the election. - The condemnation ot the drys was directed especially at Nash ville where the wet majority was 9,000 and at the II to 1 rote tor repeal In Memphis. The prohibitionists had come over the mountains from the ltrosi regnbllcaa leetioa east 1 TP inree to iwo Maran In State Accorded to Repeal of Mrs. Post Avers Wiley Must Not Go Around Again NEW YORK. July 21 (AP) If Mrs. Wiley Post has anything to say about it, her husband Is nearing The end of his last world flight. "I think I would have to kill him if he wanted to try it again," she said today. But then she grinned, and ex plained, she. had. made a similar declaration after his 1931 flight with Harold Gatty. E OF CITVVDTE IT Nearly Thousand Majority Given to Repeal, Fifty Reporting Indicate Marion county, outside of the 24 Salem preeincts, favored re peal ot both the state and federal prohibition constitutional provi sions, a checkup at 12:30 a. m. showed, today, with totalled re turns available from 50 to 55 pre cincts In the rural and small city areas, national prohibition repeal had won 3716 affirmative to 2916 negative votes while state repeal had-secured 3951 Totes to 2737 cast against repeal. The country areas went heavily against the sales tax. Fifty out-of Salem districts, complete reported. 6349 against the sales tax to 1345 votes cast for tbe proposal. The oleomargarine tax, while not carrying In the' rural districts. was much more closely contested outside the city areas. Fifty pre cincts in the county outside of Sa lem reported 3671 votes for the tax to 2992 against it. Other summaries in the rural and small city area at 12:30 a. m. today, 50 out of 55 precincts com plete, were: Soldiers' bonus proposal: Yes 4138; no 2674. County manager amendment: Yes 1887; no 4656. Grand Jury waiver: Yes 2556; no 3692. Debt limitation by two-thirds vote: Yes 3062; no 3293. State power bopds: Yes 2212; no 4305. The favorable vote Friday on legalising the sale of light wines and beer here probably will re sult in the calling of a special council meeting Monday or Tues day night to bring the beer taxing bill to final vote. Alderman O. A. Olson, sponsor of the measure, announced last night. The bill already has passed through first and second readings. Dr. Olson estimated revenues to the city from the beer tax at around $18,000 annually, judging from the volume of beer sales to date. The ordinance would li cense retailers and wholesalers and In addition provide a stamp tax on the beverage. Dr. Olson said he believed the bill would re ceive a favorable vote- Tennessee with a good lead only to see it swept away when Shelby (Memphis) county reported more than 32,000 wet votes against 2,- 001 tor the drys. Nashville and other cities followed with wet ma jorities. Baggett said "All right think ing people" know "we deserve and have won." He said the prohibitionists had evidence to justify the conclusion that 10,000 dry votes were east in Memphis. . . . Wt E. Norvell, Jr., secretary ot the repeal forces, said "We're very well satisfied, especially in view ot the tact that so many of the republicans lined up against us In the. first and second districts. Both, these, districts are In east Tennessee. . The balloting was on two slates ot 83 delegates to the-state con vention. The delegates were elect- ad IT the atate-at-large. PREC NETS OUTS 0 DEER TAX SESSION OF COUNCIL LOOMS Prohi Four" Counties Haying Nine Delegate go dry Apparently Sales tax Goes Down Decisively, More Than 2 to 1 PORTLAND, Jaly 21. (AI) Reports from lOOO precincts out tt i tbt - n.. For 18th amendment repeal. against, 35,994. lis Ror repeal of the nrohJbJtlow amendments to the state consti tution, 58,823; against, 30,369. For the state sales tax, 22 77; against, 71,721. PORTLAND, Ore.. July 21 (AP) A tidal wave of wet votes reported in early returns on to day's special prohibition electio. inrew Oregon into the repealist column. The hopes of prohibitionists that they had "a fighting chance, were dashed. Repeal of the 18th amendment was leading three t two in the state at large, and nearly four to one in populoss Multnomah county in which Port land commands the vote. Returns from 559 precincts out of 1,787 tonight gave: Repeal 18th amendment: yes, 32,291; no, 21,761. Repeal of state prohibit! laws: yes, 32.593; no, 21.8?6. A proposed 2 per cent state sales tax, referred by the legisla- ture, was sent to a crushing de feat. The same number of pre cincts reported 39,177 agalast. and 15.095 for the tax. Election officials said there was no possibility revised totals would change the trend on prohlbitloa Each succeeding tabulation save repeal a great majority: In Portland the rest of Multno mah county the anti-prohibition vote was exceedingly heavy. At 11:30 p. m. 214 of the 540 pre cincts in the county gave: federal repeal, for, 4. SSI; against 1,479. Only four of Oregon's 36 coui ties were in the dry column at the 11:30 p. m. tabulation. They were Benton Douglas, Linn and Wallowa. In leach the count wa close. These counties will com mand only nine of Oregon's lit votes at the state constitutional convention to be called wrt month. Each delegate at the convention must vote wet or dry. as his1 cona- ty voted in today's election. E. M. Heacock, president of the anti-liquor league of Oregon, for merly the anti-saloon league, said shortly before midnight that he was not surprised at the war the vote was going, although he had naa some hope of victory. "We are not aivinr no." ha de clared. "We're ready to start all over again. We had our Inning once and the wets are having theirs now. But we'll come back.' The Rev. George H. Lee. rosin- her of the league's headquarters committee, said it would un doubtedly continue Its temperance work regardless of whether nro- hibition was disposed of. Of course I am disaosointed In the way the vote is apparently go ing,. Air. Lee said. "It is the American way, however. The pen dulum swings forward and back ward." ' PROHI IAW REPEAL THIS YEAR LIKELY (By the Associated Press) With three southern states def initely ehalked up on the side of the repeallsts, the voting on a constitutional amendment that would eject prohibition from tie basic law of the nation shifted yesterday to the Pacific coast state of Oregon. At the same time, In the na tion's capital, Governor Johnson ot Colorado, gave assurance that 31 states the number necessary to ratify a constitutional amend ment would Tote this year. With 35 already having made definite arrangements to rot, Johnson said he would eall a spec ial session of I his state's legisla ture and ask.lt to fix September 5 as a date for balloting. The 19 states that hare voted have approved repeal, the narrow est margin being that in Tennes see Thursday. With a few score missing precincts, the repeal ma jority there was a little under le 000, . j Laws