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A Growing Newspaper ,
, The Orrgoo Statrwnaa to
steadily growing iph
paper. It re firm know the
"ifMoni! It reliable, rnm
plete, lively aad always la-
-' teresting. , ;
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V7al!ier
Rata today; snow over the
mountain! ; Monday e;eneral
ly fait; little change In tern
peratiire. Max. temp. Satur
day fll, ndn. SO. ltlvcr 9.9
tU West wind. I.
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imii.TU.TU YEAR
Salem, Oregon Sunday l. MorrJng, Apr!! 7, 1949
Price 3ci Newastandn 6c
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iifi'i Johnson H its
New Beal,Pemahds :
'Old Line9 Nominee
Prtiil , JI aimer Column
Twia the eight before Blos
lom day and U oyer town allont
of water were bucketing down.
'We tied our ker-t mmm
chief under our,
chin and -went to,
tee the shape the
streets j were , In. I
We stepped but!
on the street!
known as Com-
merciat home of
T he Statesman
(pardon the
commercial.)..
O t e r the
dampish streets rma &. w
we f llde, wishing all the time we
were inside, wishing with writing
we'd neTer been smitten, wishing
this! column were already written.
Down, down, down; flows to
the heart of the town. And the
pavement was cold ad hard
and the taste la oar mouth was .
brown. -
. So, and without election, we
came to the intersection.' There
at the corner of Commercial and
State-we paused a moment and
had toait, had to wait with a
nodding head for a light that was
momentarily red.'
There were strange things done
neata the traffic lights by the
men who toll with gold. From the
US National across the street they
were hauling the bullion xo&.
The traffic lights hate seen iitr
sights, but the queerest they
did flush was that night late at
Commercial and State they cre
mated Ladd & Bush. f
So there we stood like a inan
of wood and a man of wood
were we. In a somber f m we
stood again and said It couldn't
bei i ' ' - ' "'; ! ,
Now bankers are men who hare
the ticket: though good they
itand behind the. wicket.:
Oh, we must go down State
treef again, past Mr. Cooke's
book store, and what we saw was
a fancy place with flowers by the
- score, i , ' . 1 1- i . 1 -ti " V
Flowers on the,. celling, .flowers
oTVtae floor, flowers la the win
dows and flowers In the door and
we hope you aren't listening. It
Is an awful bore." r .
And let yoo, gentle reader,
take pity on the man who starts
to write a ditty before he knows
he can. For the mea who chew
on their pens are writers, the
'others! are only typewriter
fighters,-" . i
v Thoui, too, -sail on, oh, thing
t prattle; sail on, oh, typewrit
er, rattle, rattle. Subscribers will
be in tears, and renewable you
should act your'ytiars, not bang-
lug out such fiddle-faddle. .....
So on we sail with the pace
of a snail and: the look or a
corpse In June, for we're afraid
we've a column made (and East i
Lima's coming soon.)
Service Station
Damaged by Fire
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Two Antos Also Suffer in
Blaze; Light Breaks, ;
Ignites Gasoline
Two ! automobiles and senrico
eqvlpment of the Bonesteele serv
ice station at Court and Church
Streets 1 were ..damaged yesterday.
by fire which started when a serv
ice light broke and Ignited gaso
line. !- '
Gasoline was being drained
from one of the ears, practically
- new, when th service light was
broken nearby and1 the service
room was immediately covered
with flame as gasoline and oil
Ignited.'- '- - ,
An effort to drag two cars from
the flames was balked by Intense
heat developed from the gasoline
'flames. ' .
The fire charred all woodwork
In the center portion of the stuc
co building and damaged equip
ment, including a nearly full bat
tery charging rack and a rack of
tires. . . . ' J,:, . -:- : ;
One of the. ears was sold to
E. E. Davis only Friday and he
had driven It but IX miles.; The
other belonged to J. O. , Pete,
Jefferson, who left it in the sta
tion for servicing. ;
: City firemen extinguished the
tlase before it spread to the d
Jolnlag office and salesroom, con
ta lning two new cars. One ' new
car was taken from the service
room for a demonstration trip
only a' minute before the fire
broke out.
Opportunity not
Lacldng, Stated
EUGEXE. April f.-i9-There
ere many opportunities for young
X oopla ia the modern world, Vic
tor P, Morris, dean of the school
ct business administration,, told
118 visiting Portland III-T youths
l;i conference at the University of
Orison today. ; :-..'. ..:) ,.-.
"Tila is cot a world going stag
r.ant,; : livery time there is a diffi
culty far one man, it creates an
opportunity for another. Modern
s 'f -nocracy, by Its very eptrit, op
t door ct cprortunliy to
; i," l.e told tfce dtli ;it - -
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System to Spell
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. Akuiii, rarning
Crackdown Insists
- 'He's Loyal, not :
uAduUamite,5
By WILLIAM S. WHITE
NEW XORK, April l-()-Hugh
S. Johnson belabored the Roose
velt administration tonight before
a group fof high democratic lead
ers, and' inferential! urged that
the party nominate for president
James A. Farley, John Garner,
Cord ell Hull or some other "old
school democrat.
f ' In a speech prepared for the an
nual democratic Jefferson dinner
arranged by a committee, head
ed by Farley, himself General
Johnson asserted:
. . ... Neither our political nor
our economic system can long en
dure the cost of billions of annual
handouts to purchase dissident
groups and make the nation safe
for the democratic party."
Politicians found the tone of
his speech significant, particular
ly lit view of the tact that he de
clared at the start that officials
of the dinner! "were specifically
warned when I was asked to come
here that I am not a linguist and
can only talk like a democrat and
not like the mangled remains left
by the bright young men of the
Washington palace guards."
; The general, who was NBA ad
ministrator during the first
Roosevelt term, declared there
were two policies which were "the
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WHEN A BANKING INSTlfUTION MOVES
T
While extra detail city polieetnea stood guard, employes of Ladd A Bosh-Salenf branch of iSw United
, States Rational bank of, Portland ahooldered coin bags id currency boxes yesterday Afternoon;
. emp tying the vaults of the old Salem branch, US National, and removing- the contents to ibm new
. branch's borne in the Ladd ft Bnsh building- across the State and Commercial streets Intersection
, Here they ar ahowst entering their aew business home,' with the US National bank building' seerf la
the baekgrotuMi, ? - . ' r . - .j - ! - . , . ' . ; . . ,
Consolidation now in Mffect
Scout Exposition
Draws Attention
The troop five basketry exhibi
tion of skillfully-made woven ar
ticles won first place. last night
in the Cascade Area council Boy
Scout merit badge exposition at
St. Joseph's hall, r
. Ronald R. Raddlman, newly
chosen executive of the council,
also41 presented second place
award to Sea Scout Ship Willam
ette i tor I seamanship and third
prize to , troop 37, bookbinding;
troop , 21 Explorers, surveying,
and troop 21, flremanship.
C L. Mink is scoutmaster Of
troop five, and Commodore W. E.
Thonspsoa is skipper of the SS3
Willamette. -
Twenty four troops from the
count 11 participated In the two
day " '.show, exhibiting required
work for 30 awards, as well as
first class and Cab Scout displays.
40 PerjCent Eclipse Due
Today; Glasses Advised
..PORTLAND, April .-F)-Any.
one expecting to look at Oregon's
40 per cent eclipse Sunday better
be well-prepartd with smoked
glasses of thick film, ; Robert E.
Millard, Portland astronomer,
warned today. Tna sky show will
ht on between 11:45 a. xn., and
2:23 p. m.
Pioneer Trust ) I
New Name for!
BJi Company
C i and Stadter to
?y Jfficers as "V7ill '
, N. Bush and Son :
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titution's Quarters
to Be inU3 Bank's
Former Building ;
Official announcement was
made of the reorganization of
the Ladd ft Bush Trust company
under the name of Pioneer Trust
company and its removal in time
for. the opening of business to
morrow Into . temporary quarters
In the former US National bank
building on the corner of : State
and Commercial streets. .
The trust company, 'which Is
the 'old Ladd Bush, organiza
tion under a new name, is cap
italized at 150,000 and has a
beginning net surplus of $36,000.
Its officers will be A. N. Bush,
for many years president of Ladd
Jb Bush bank and Ladd A Bush
Trust company,' president; H. "' V.
Compton, vice-presiient; E. O.
Stadter, jr., trust officer and
Secretary; and . Stuart Bush,
grandson of A. N. Bush, member
ef the board of directors. j
j The Ladd ft Bush Trust com
pany was not included in the re
Cent acquisition of the Ladd A
Bush bank business by the United
States National bank of Portland.
It has existed since 1924 as a
Separate entity from the Ladd ft
Bush bank. Chartered in th-.t
tear by . Mr. Bush, its " activities
fere directed until tilt by L. P.
Aldrlch, and by Joseph H. Albert
unUl 1139, when Mr. Stadter
fecame trusts officer. The latter
lis cow in his tenth year with the
irust company.
1 A organized, ' the Pioneer
"trust company will take over
gross trusts . exceeding two mil-
on douars now held by the Ladd
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tional Has Moving Bay;
Cash and Records Are Transferred Under Guard;
Bank Under new Arrangement Will Open for
Business Mondaj;i Alterations Minor j
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The Salem branch of the United States National bank of
Portland began an orderly exodus from its old quarters yes
terday afternoon a its staff moved, cash and filing: case, into
the Ladd & Bush bank building; where the two institutions
will be merged as the Ladd & Eush-S&km, branch of the Port
Land financial house. ; . ! .
- Combined s t a t f s of the two O '
hanks will continue working over
the weekend in order to hare the
new branch ready to o p e n for
business as usual -Monday morn
ing. ."-" r ,
: Thousands of dollars in coin
and currency were carried across
the State and Commercial street
intersection from the old location
to the new as the first step in
the bank's moving day. Extra city
policemen were detailed to the
intersection to guard the bank
employes -who shouldered the
money bags. - ; j 5
.Last night transfer cf safety
deposit boxes to the Ladd & Bush
I vaults was under way. Arranged
in racks, the boxes were removed
Intact, and will . be available . to
their owners at the new location.
: Only minor alterations will be
made in the service facilities In
the Ladd ft Bush location for the
present, US National bank offi
cials said. To assist cuFtcmers of
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.Die
BLOSSOMS
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Meier and Frank ,
Not Coning Here
Rumors that Meier' ft Frank.
Portland department store, has
purchased the United States Na
tional bank building in Salem to
house a Salem branch are without
foundation, a.aron M. Frank ad
vised The Oregon Statesman yes
terday, r
" "There Is absolutely nsthlng to
it," Frank declared. "It has been
our policy to stay in Portland and
no change in tint policy is con
templated." .."
D. W. EyTe, vice-president cf
the United States National back
of Portland, said yesterday fce
had made Inquiry of h!s Portland
office and been adrised also that
tl.ere were no each plans for dis
poiial cf ti.9 uilig
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nave
ARE READY; CHERRIANS INVITE
'h 1
O
House, Car Prowl
Solutions Qainefl
lulpli Bipley " and. Ill chard
Thoma s Arev Arrested,
Larceny Charges ;
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Two days work by state and city
police yesterday culminated in' the
arrest of Ralph Ripley, 18, aad
Richard Thomas, 17, both of Sa
lem on charges of larceny, and
State Police Sgt. Farley Mogan
said the arrests cleared up a chain
of house and car prowls that date
back to last summer. Mogan and
Radio Patrolman George Edwards
of the city police cooperated on
the case." . '-', v- ;.;
The boys admitted,- according
to Sgt. Mogan, to prowling 10
houses in. Salem, and, a number of
caches they turned over to police
totaled an estimated 1 200 worth
of articles taken from - them and
from automobiles during the last
four months. .
Recoveries included . two cam
eras and a robe, taken from a car
Owned by W. Morris, til North
Summer; articles taken from the
D. W. Eyre garage; a H 00 -camera
taken from the ' Dave Wright
car ; and numerous other, articles
prowled; from cars and homes, u
Admissions were obtained from
the boys. Mogan1 said,; that . they
had prowled . homes situated- at
2165, Chemeketa, 243 North 21st,
3 5 North 20th, 19(0 Royal, 1492
Center, 1689 B, 1645 D. 1995 Cen
ter; 195 North Hth. and 1SS.7
Court. " ; - .. ,
. The boys, lodged In the city jail,
are scheduled to appear iu .justice
court Monday.,. . , - J-
LcCuardia Will Arrive -,
Portland on Monday
. ; NEW, YORK, April .-(r-May.
or I LaGuardla left I by United Air
Lines; plane - today ; for Portland,
Ore., to 'attend the western re
gional, meeting, of -the US confer
ence of mayors of which. he Is
president, The meeting opens
Mondays - - ? " - -. .
'Squeeze9 Causes new
As 'Decisive Weekend9 Open
(By the Associated Press)
Expanding moves of the British-French
allies to throttle Ger
many economically, countered by
a new German warning to neu
trals caught in the middle of the
squeete, combined today to make
April's first weekend another ner
vous period for the. nations in
volved. -
I The Germans ti.id it would be
a! "decisive weekend, and an au
thorized spokesman, warned nor
thern neutrals to Stand up for
their rights against 'Anglo
French and other activity direct
ed against the neutrality ct the
Scandinavian area.
- One important factor la the sit
uation was the determination of
the allies to cut off the flow of
iron ore, so badly needed by Ger
many, watch comes by neutral wa
ters to the reich. :; .' -:.
Neutral Norway and Sweden
received notes from Britain and
France .which apparently went
deeply Into the allied position that
they have a rlgat to block. Cerraan
oresip plying Scandinavian wa
ters f .' . - ; w
It's blossom time again in the mid
I nans are Hoping tne son will shine again today, IUossom day, aa it
i did when they posed last week for this picture. . Standing, left to
f ' right, are E. C LIndstrand, Ralph Mapes and Fnuik Ioerfler, and
i ' kneeling, Frank Earnest, Kins; Bing Kenneth Perry aal Frank ClM
j - tag.' Jeeten-Mlller photo, : . - ";r;k r . :', . -.-
i2 1 at s-j e)
Await Visiting Crbwuds
Weatlier Dubious but Cherrians Are Hopeful; two
I Routes Outside City Marked out ; Capitol r
! : T"nt 0(fn.di S!ot4.m "SVL tt'prm ,
Undaunted by early evening showers, Salem Cherrians
went ahead last night with last minute preparations for Blos
som day; to be held today. " . . s ! ;
I ' ; While the United States weather bureau predicted. rain
for today, Cherrians - hoped that the additional forecast ;of
generally: fair weather Monday might by chance also apply to
11 Otheir annual showoff of the Wll-
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rrowleronot by
Portlaiid Deputy
.PORTLAND. Ore., April
Albert W., Bowe, a Multnomah
county' deputy sheriff, ' tonight
shot and killed an unidentified
prowler who tried to prevent the
officer from entering his own
room. . -
: Bows Jtold Detective Floyd
Smith he was awakened about. 9
p.m, by someone trying, to force
the rear door of his house:.' When
he went S haUway closet to get
bis gun he heard two men enter
bis bedroom through a window.
One of them partly opened the
door, turned a flashlight In Bowe's
face, then slammed the door, and
tried to barricade it. Bows said
he heard one man jump through
the window. He shouted a warn
ing and . shot through the door
panel. The bullet struck a youth!
of about .18 in the heart,' kUUng
him instantly. - . -
i Smith described the victim as
of medium ' complexion, -light
brown hair, 180 pounds weight
Snd 5 feet, 10 inches in height .
Si
All the northern neutrals gave
close attention to the declaration
of Norwegian I Foreign Minister
Balrdan Koht, who told the
Storting (parliament) ; that Nor
way "will at once be at war: If
ens side in the European war
Should undertake : to interfere
with her free shipping. He meant
that such action by the allies
would bring . German retaliation
which would surely drag Norway
Into the conflict. - -:,
Britain and France went ahead
with their ambitious economic of
fensive regardless, sealing their
plans with a statement that "com
plete agreement and common de
termination for a stiff er blocs
ale exists between the allies.
Impressive allied mores seemed
imminent on the eccnomlc front
In tee Balkans, as British Balkan
diplomats have come home for
blockade consultations.
4; Neutral observers -were cf the
opinion that Germany's leaders
were preparing) their people for
Iraportant events In 'the near fu
ture. Newrpapers har.-l ia tlow
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Worry
ntieci9 iD)
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VIEVERS
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Willamette valley and Salem' Cher-
I lamette ' valley's matchless f uU
blossoming cherry and prune or
chards. , j : ,
Rain or shine, visitors .to the
capital city may at least tour the
aew capltol building without their
raincoats. Secretary of State Earl
Snell yesterday I arranged for ade
quate guide service, with Cherri
ans aiding, from 10 a. m. to 4
p. m. . , i
: The blossom routes, marked by
signs and to be! pointed out today
by uniformed Cberrlans and Boy
Scouts," are slightly, varied from
those, of years psst. . The Polk
county route will extend along the
Salem-Dallas highway on the out
going trip instead of along Wal
lace road and will return by the
latter, via McNary hill. Orchard
Heights and ; the Franklin tulip
farms. - - I ' '" .
The Marlon county : routs' fol
tows Liberty and Skyline roads to
Prospect school snd returns to the
city by way of Sunnyslde and the
old Pacific highway. ; r ,'
; Today's fete - officially opens
Blossom week. Closing, event will
be the Cherrians .Blossom . dance
at the armory next Saturday
night.'- ' - " , .. "
Peace Is Advised
. NORTH BEND, Ore., April t.
(iipPacific Coast Waterfront
Arbiter Wayne Morse told - Inter
national Longshoremen's . end
Warehousemen's union conven
tlon today that any chance for a
long-time waterfront peace should
be eagerly grasped.'
. j He doubted whether the present
plan suggested by, Harry Bridges
toast waterfront union leader,
was the most feasible but advised
employers and, workers to clutch
the opportunity to make a start
toward a lasting agreement.
I Morse said that when an arbi
ter's decision is rejected he should
resign. If subsequent arbitrations
fall the contract should be rewrit
ten or "direct action employed.:
I He advised early resort to me
diation. Too Often, he continued,
he had not been called la on 'dis
putes until a deadlock had been
reached. ;
Sclcm-TiUcmooJ: Potter
: Line Survey Progresses
PORTLAND, April .Hr-Sar.
veys for thea22-mila transmission
line between Saleja anl ?ic:ilnn
vl He will, be completed ia atcat
10 days, the Eonn;v!:iJ power aJ
tal2.lJ.trat3ca anaoucct-JT tcliy.
mm.
Subpoenas
To Be Served;
Seek top Men
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5040 Is 4 Split Between
Communists and Nazis
Called to Testify
Bill Will Be Introduced
Blonday for Registry
of "Alien" Groups J,
"WASHINGTON, April .-(!p)-Ch
airman Dies (D-Tex) announced
tonight that the house committee
on pnAmerican activities had or
dered 90 subpoenas served this
weekend in a general drive against
the jcommunlst party and the German-American
bund.
Ses '. said " 60 ; subpoenas had
issued for communists iu
eluding William Z. Foster, nation
al chairman, aad Earl Browder,
general secretary. Forty subpoe
nas, he .said, were Issued for -bundsmen
including officials who
have taken charge of that organi
sation since Frits Kuhn, its for
mer! leader, was sent to prison In
New York after conviction of mis
appropriating bund funds.
"We want to get all the facts
concerning these organizations." -Dies
declared. "We have ordered
all these people to bring all their
recdrds with them." v
- The committee chairman said he
would not make public the ',11st c of
persons ordered , subpoenaed er -their
cities or residence at this : 1
time. He said, however, that the
communists involved , were s at
tered all over the country. Most '
of ihe bund ' members, he said,
were residents of eastern or Pacif
ic coast states. - '-'
Winiam Pellet to Be A -Qujtloned
Again
Simultaneously, it was learned
that the committee plans to call
again William Dudley Pelley, lead
er bf the Silver Shirt Legion of
America, for the "purpose of ob- -talning
M new, information about
thatv organization including its
membership.' It "was understood
alsd that subpoenas were planned
for leaders of other organizations
which have been described by the
committee as fascist or commu
nistic. '.,' ;- ' .;;. - .
T,he subpoenas were issue4 oe- ,
spltie the recent refusal of several
coujmunlst leaders to answer com
mittee questions and issuance ef
complaints against c ommlttc
agents who raided the Philadel
phia communist headquarters. '
dn that point, both Dies and
Reo. Voorhls (D-Callf ), a commit
tee member, said they favored, leg
islation to require organizations
with "foreign connections" to
open up their records. 1
oorhls said that "In the lnter
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DivisGirlStury
Is now Believed
Invpstigatiorl Is Closed;
Father Is Critical of
jPolice Questioning
LOS ANGELES, April -JP
Police accepted today 11-year-old
Chloe Davis story of the quadru
ple fclaying of her mother, two sla
ters, and a brother, then,quicily
found themselves cen surfed by her
father's ' attorney for, Trelentlest
hours of . questioning..
; a demsjud for the girl's release
on a writ ef habeas corpus was
made, but a hearing was delayel
untia Monday afternoon. She has
bees held on a booking of, sus
picion of murder since Thursday,.
when - the bodies of Mrs. Loiita.
Davis, SC , Daphne, 10," Deborahi
Ami 7, snd Marquis,; 8, w r
found battered to death or in
sensibility in the family home.
1 The slang using sixth - grado
girl! flaxen pigtails down htr
back, 'told such an amazing tals
of the deaths that authorities at
first were unwilling to belle vs
her. :."''', 1 - , 1- , . ' ,
Sue said her mother bludgeoned
the I three children, then ordered;
Chlee to strike her with the ham-'
meri The girl added that sts
beat her mother, finally gave bcr
a razor to cut her wrists, tea
struick Marquis "to make him cuir;
groaning. The mother succurnle.3
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.o'n'nr:'
POr.TL.lND, Arrll 7(Sn
dflt) Ocorce n. Coffman, 4 ?,
.'of 1 Mllwaukie iWras killed s4
seijru tether "persoas were, scri-
' finely lnjared,'ia a hrad-oa ea
fotiiobile colliMon (a the super-
'highway bcrWeen lort!lnl n;l
OrrsOn City 1 !tort!y before mli.1
si sht, I o 1 ic e. lavrf '. ;st. p
GcMrse VlMl't ' I t:.ree t
thiic ijjarcJ woiill 1 rcVaUr
. fJarnrs cf C.e others t -JtwJ.
were n' t t 1 ' 1
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