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Senate
I Veto Possibility !
Seen ph Plan to !
: Help Agriculture
. WASHINGTON, May 14-(-
By a top-heavy 75 to 2 vote.
the senate Wednesday approved
a' measure intended to put mil
lions of dollars into the pockets
of farmers through government
loans pegging the price of cotton,
wheat, corn, and possibly tobacco.
The , legislation, "ordering . gov-
. eminent loans at -85 per cent of
parity prices, now goes. to Presi
dent Roosevelt and some congres-
" stonal - leaders speculated on a
possible veto. 1 -
Suggestions that the price-boost
ing loans might increase costs for
consumers drew a chorus of re
buffs from democrats and repub
licans alike' in senate ' debate of
less .than an hour. ',
- -The legislation also covered to
bacco and rice but Senator Bank'
SAN FRANCISCO, May; 14
" ()- Veto by President Roose
' velt of the 85 per cent parity
wheat loan bill passed by eon-
cress Wednesday was demanded
by coast bakers. - William ML
Foley, secretary of. the Califor
nia bakers institute, said he had
wired the president that legisla
r tion would raise the price of
wheat, flour, bread and Other
' wheat products.
head (D-Ala), floor manager, said
only corn, wheat and cotton actu
ally were involved because tobacco
and rice growers "are now above
parity prices."
A parity price, Bankhead ex
plained, was one that would rive
a farmer the same relative pur-
: chasing ; power he had in the
pre-war (1909-13) period.
, Bankhead said that the proposed
new loans would be 13.49 cents a
pound on cotton, 69.87 cents
pound on corn and 96.22 cents a
bushel on wheat. This was con
siderably above past loans, Bank
head continued, but market prices
of these crops had been climbing
recently. ;'
Senator Hatch (D-NM) first
raised the question of increased
costs to consumers and called at
tention to report from i some
economists that higher loans might
cause increases of 10 to 20 per cent
In some foods.
Those statements are not
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Credit Group
Votes Payment
Plan Switch
TACOMA; May . 1-(JP)-A. new
way to health, happiness and con
tentment was visualized here
Wednesday by credit officials at
tending the annual convention of
the Northwest Credit association
through skillful handling of
family finances by paying more
down and paying off sooner.
Attended hy 509 representatives
of the Pacific northwest's larger
retail stores, the convention was
adjourned Wednesday with pas
sage of a resolution calling upon
"all members to reverse the ten
dency of long terms and small
down payments to a policy of
shorter terms and larger down
payments.'
Seattle was selected as the 1942
convention city and Wells J.
ntrntley, Seattle, was named pres
ident to succeed Herbert J. Ben
son of Tacoma. Lena Blum and
James, Clark of Salem were elect
ed directors.
Bear Injures Woman1
CRATER LAKE, May 14.-(r-
Bears have opened their season
on humans here, with Mrs. Hugh
Schultz, 19, suffering an injured
leg from a bruin's swat National
park officials are warning visit
ors against feeding the bears.
Textbook
Ballot title for the referendum
measure attacking the 1941 legis
lature's law extending use of free
textbooks to private and parochial
schools was appealed to the su
preme court here Wednesday by
Rep. Allan G. Carson of Salem
and Sen. Rex Ellis, Umatilla coun
ty, authors of the bilL
: Ellis and Carson charge that
the entire ballot title is mislead
ing and deceptive and Intimates
that the textbooks are to be
given to the school districts in
stead of being loaned to the pu
pils. Use of the name "Association
Against Public Taxes for Private
Schools," appearing on the ref
erendum petitions above the bal
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These state hishway department drawinrs show how new type traffic signals beinr installed at two
' West Salem Intersections with Edcewater street (Salem-Dallas hlfhway) will function. In Fir. 1,
westbound automobile is approaching detector in pavement against a flashing red (stop before entering)
signal, at Wallace road junction. Fig. 2 shows car passing over detector which starts controller mechan
ism so that flashing red displayed by signal No. 1 will change to flashing yellow. In Fig.. 3, the auto.
having approached the Intersection at a reasonable speed, reaches
changes to flashing yellow, meaning "proceed with caution." Had
would have arrived at the intersection before the flashing red light
No. 3, facing eastbound traffic,
lace road, will always show red.
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Latest High
Are Controlled by Motorists
Senate Group Votes OPM
Full Sway oh Priorities :
Knudsen Denies Resignation Reports;
Fight on Convoy Issue Postponed;
Yote Reversed onWaliiation i
WASHINGTON, May lMVUrged to speedy action by de
fense officials, the senate military committee voted unanimously
Wednesday to give the office of production management undis
puted authority to channel the flow of supplies into defense in
-Paul llauser Column
We were never much of a gum
chewer, but have a fine set of
other" habits.
We chew gum maybe
once
every two months, so the latest
pronouncement by Dr. Ales
Hrdlicka of the Smithsonian In
stitute doesn't worry tis very
much.
But how about you? ,
Do you chew your gum with '
a lateral or a transverse mo- -tion
and do yon use the chop
pers on the right side or the
left side of your yap.
It makes a difference, so says
Dr. Hrdlicka.
If you've got lumps on your
aw that didn't come from a left
jab, measles or bees that's the
difference.
"Constant exercise of the
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Ballot Title Attacked
lot title, also was attacked in the !
appeal. Appellants alleged that !
there is no such organization and
that inclusion of the name in the
petition was for the purpose of
deceiving and prejudicing the vot
ers.; "- . I : : i
The association was named as
sponsor of the referendum meas
ure in the preliminary petition
filed with the secretary of state.
C. A. Rice signed as president of
the association and Floyd Moore
as secretary. Both are residents
cf Portland. t
The supreme court is asked to
prepare a substitute ballot title
eliminating the objections set out
in the appeaL ,
Sponsors of the appeal said
they would request the supreme
' &.dem Sitrnals Will Work
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dustry and to dictate which pro-
ducts are to be manufactured
first - ' . .
,,The committee struck out of a
house-approved bill a provision to
establish a priorities division in
dependent of the defense agency
and operating under the muni
tions control board, i
I There had been - reports that
William S. Knudsen, OPM direc
tor, would resign if this provision
were not eliminated but Knudsen
smilingly denied this. ' j
: WASHINGTON, May 14-(ff-A
senate fight on the convoy issue
was postponed Wednesday. A
group of senators favoring a ban
on US naval escorts for war sup
plies decided against trying to
tack such a prohibition on the
pending ship seizure bilL j
i "This involves no element of
1 retreat at all, Senator Tobey
I (R-NY) told reporters after a
j meeting at which the decision
was reached. "This issue is still
very much alive and will' be
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court to dispose of the ballot
title controversy prior to the
court's vacation late in June or
early in July.
Reports continued here Wed
nesday that a court action may
be filed attacking the constitu
tionality of the 1941 law creat
ing a hospital fund to pay hos
pitalization costs of indigent per
sons injured in automobile accl
dents. v::.
The law provides that the cost
cf motor vehicle drivers licenses
shall be increased from il to $1.50
and that 50 cents of each fee shall
go into the hospital fund.
The fund would be adminis
tered by the state industrial acci
dent commission. . -
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OREGON STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
, TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DIVISION '
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the stop line at the time the signal
the car been traveling too fast,, It
changed to flashing yellow. Signal
similar set of signals at the King
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Installation
Will Be Made
By Wednesday
Installation of an "operate it
yourself! type of traffic signal
for motorists will be completed
arid ready for operation in West
Salem next week, probably by
Wednesday, the maintenance di
vision of the state highway depart
ment announced Wednesday.
The signals will be set up at
the . intersections ; of ; Kingwood
drive and Wallace ' road with
Edgewater street . I i v
- New to ' Oregon highways,
these signals are; Intended to
slew down traffic at danger
points by requiring speeding
motorists to come to a full stop
but permit those j traveling . at
moderate rate to proceed at that
pace, according to John Beakey,
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3rd Division
Wins Praise
FORT LEWIS, May 14--The
crack Third division won high
praise Wednesday in a critique
from Major General Kenyon A.
Joyce for the manner in which
its 12,000 men carried .'out the fi
nal field maneuver of their train
ing program before leaving for
California. . . i -
General Joyce, commander of
the Ninth army corps, said the
two-day and night field exercise,
which came to a close Tuesday,
and included an attack and shut
tle movement with numerous gas
attacks, was carried out "in ex
cellent shape. s ! ?
Fly Serum to Brazil
WASHINGTON, May 14--A
22-ton army bomber Thursday
will fly $5000 worth of serum: to
Brazil where the 'rising Guaiba
river is reported to have made
0,000 persons homeless at Porto
Alegre, the Red Cross announced
Wednesday. ' ;
Our
Senators
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Works on
Deadline'
Seeks to Avert -
Strike at GMC r j
v Set for Today j
WASHINGTON, - May 15-j
(Thursday )-5VThe defense
mediation board . worked; into
the early hours today, to settle
a threatened strike of 160,000
CIO workers at some 60 General
Motors corporation plants before
the union's 7 a. m. deadline. - j
William S. Knudsen, director
of the office of production manage
ment, conferred at midnight with
William H. Davis,' chairman of the
mediation panel and when' asked
for his view of the situation, said
shortly: ; -
"Damn serious.'
CHICAGO, May 14-VP)-Sidnty
Hillman, associate, director of the
office of production management
arrived Wednesday : for a: three
day series of conferences in con
nection with government efforts
to train an increased labor supply.
. Hillman flew here immediate
ly after conferring with Presi
dent Roosevelt in Washington
on the west coast labor situation
and expressed hope of a settle
ment soon of a strike affecting
$509,000,000 of ship construction
at San Francisco. - -
PORTLAND,; Ore, May 14-6PH
Hope of formulating a contract ac
ceptable to both- factions in the
CIO Columbia River District
Council-Columbia Basin Loggers'
association negotiations has been
abandoned, an employers' spokes
man said Wednesday night ? 1
subcommittee on wage dif
ferentials will meet again Friday
and report its. findings to two
main committees next Monday.:
Negotiations apparently had
reached the final stage earlier In
the day, following- the lead of
sawmill operators and workers,
who agreed Tuesday night on a
7!4-cent an hour wage increase
to a minimum of 75 cents, a
closed shop, union hiring and a
week's paid vacation.
MANVILLE, NJ, May 14--
Fliteen hundred Federal labor
union (AFL) members at the
Johns-Manville corporation plant
voted to strike Monday morning
at 7 o'clock . to enforce demands
for a" 15-cent-an-hour wage in
crease. The plant employs 3500 work
ers. John E. Begert, plant man
ager, said half of present orders
totaling $25,000,000 are for na
tional defense supplies. -
SAN FRANCISCO, May 14-tf5)
-A representative of the office of
production management rw h o in
both strikers and employers have
asked to settle the walkout, Wed
nesday stepped into the strike
situation that has closed 11 San
Francisco bay shipyards employ
ing 15,000 men. v : h m :
Immediately after his ' arrival.
Eli Oliver, special assistant to Sid
ney Hillman, ' conferred with
spokesmen for both sides.
From a two-hour talk with
E. F, Dillon and Harry Hook,';
business agents , of the striking
AFL International Association
of Machinists, Oliver went into
conference with ' Frank Fox,
chairman of the bay area ship
building negotiating committee.
While Oliver was seeking a ba
sis for ending the walkout the
AFL Bay Cities Metal Trades
council asked the Bethlehem Steel
company, whose plant is the larg
est among those struck, to open
negotiations for a contract
White House Pickets
Guarded by Police
, WASHINGTON, May 14-(P)-
American peace mobilization pic
kets paraded before the White
House Wednesday night guarded
by uniformed policemen, plain-
clothesmen and White! House
guards. r ' - ' - - I
A soldier was arrested Monday
and a marine was taken to -the
White House guard-room Wednes
day after clashes with the pickets,
and the siege-like - atmosphere
Wednesday night drew crowds of
curious spectators, but no more
belligerents. -
Get Mechanical Cramp
WASHINGTON, MayM-tfVA
puzzling ailment tentatively de
scribed as "mechanical writer's
cramp," has stricken ISO girl op
eratives in the census bureau.
Named to Supreme Court Bench
Judge James T. Brand, Marshfleld.
the Oregon supreme court by Governor Charles A. Sprague early
Wednesday. As the above photo was being taken m the Marlon ho
tel lobby Wednesday night Judge
to make his home in Salem where
as school closes. Statesman photo.
Brand Selected for
Vacant Jurist Post
Marshfield Judge to Replace
Late Henry J. Bean on Supreme
Court Bench, Governor Says
J ames T. Brands Marshfjki
succeed th4 late Henry J, Beai;i a justice Of the Cregon supreme
court by Gov. Charles A. Sprague Wednesday. -t The appointment
will run until tne next general
Judge Brand arrived n. Salem
late in the afternoon to accept
the appointment He said he would
confer : today with the chief jus
tice, Percy R. Kelly, to ascertain
when he would take the oath as
a member of the high bench.
The new justice has served as
one of three judges sitting in the
six-county second judicial dist
rict consisting of Benton, Coos,
Curry, Douglas, Lane and Lincoln
counties, since 1927. His associates
in that district are Judges Carl E.
Wimberly, Roseburg, and G. F.
Skipworth, Eugene.
Members of - the supreme
court receive $7500 a year,
$1500 more than do the judges
of the second Judicial district.'
. Gov. Sprague said he based his,
decision on "a careful study of all
factors involved. . ' ;
Appointment of a successor to
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Radio Leader
Hits at FDR
ST. LOUIS, May 14 -P)-Mark
Ethridge, Louisville - radio and
newspaper executive, said Wed
nesday i he believed President
Roosevelt was deceived and al
most betrayed regarding troubles
in the radio-industry. ' v '
He referred to the recent anti
monopoly report of the federal
communications commission ord
ering broad revisions in the in
ternal structure of the broadcast
ing business.
1 Simultaneously Ethridge, gene
ral manager of radio station
WHAS, Iuisvaie, and a former
president of the National Asso
ciation of Broadcasters, announc
ed his resignation of a commis
sion by President Roosevelt to
make a survey of the radio industry.
Sewage Bond Vote Set Tuesday
Should Salem voters decide at
the special election set for next
Tuesday to Issue $200,000 in bonds
for a sewage disposal plant the is
sue would become the eighth type
of general obligation bonds on
which the city is paying,
i Outstanding general obliga
X tion bonds those payable from
tax revenues now total $373,
009. Addition of another $209,
009 would not seriously affect
the city finances and in the
words of st least one bond ex
pert would be "a drop In the
.bucket" - -
' The sewage disposal bonds, as
described in the council resolu
tion putting the question of their
issuance on the ballot, would be
additionally secured by a service
' (above) was named a justice of
Brand remarked that he intends
his family will Join him as soon
xircuitJudset 'was named to
election.
War News Briefs
LONDON, May 15 -(Thursday)
-Wf- The ministries of sir
. and home security issued the
following communique today:
.There is nothing to report"
I LONDON, Thursday. May 15
-(JFy- Mrs. Myrtle Farquharson.
chief of the Farquharson clan
and a close friend of the king
and queen,' 14 believed to have
been killed during a recent
London air raid, the Dally Tele
graph reported today.
VALLETTA. Malta, May 14-
(JPy- A small number of Ger
man bombers attacked this Brit
ish Island base In the Mediter
ranean Wednesday nlrht caus
ing slight property damage and
no casualties.
. LONDON, Thursday, May 15
UP) German planes were re
ported in the vicinity of . two
towns on the east coast of Scot
land early today the only
luftwaffe activity ever Britain
reported thus - far since night
HAMBURG, Germany, " May
14 -JPy- The propaganda bureau
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Mexico Gets Copies
Of Lindbergh Talks :V
MEXICO CITY, May 14-(ff)-An
informed source reported
Wednesday that 200,000 copies of
Charles A. Lindbergh's recent at
tacks on United States aid to
Britain and his prediction Britain
would lose the European war had
been printed In Spanish and dis
tributed throughout Mexico.
The pamphlets were circulated
free of charge, . this source said,
by pro-nazi elements. j
charge to be imposed on water
users, who are also sewer users.
No one has yet stated definitely
what this charge would be, but
it is expected not to exceed $3
per year on each water service.' i
Besides the. general obligation
bonds now on schedule the city
has outstanding $2,173,000 in
water bonds, payable from wa
ter department revenues, and
$334,10749 In Bancroft improve
ment bonds, payable from street
assessments. ;
General obligation b on els on
which the city is now paying in
clude: . ' ; "V -'i '
1934 refunding bonds Original
issue $C3,PC0; outstanding $12,000.
Airports-Original Issue $50,000;
outstanding $47,000; callable this
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otive
British, Nazis j
Agree Purpose
to Seek Peace :
!
By The Associated Press
A solution to the mystery 1
Rudolf Hess flight to Scotland
that his purpose was to meet
the Duke of Hamilton and try
to: set off a .sort of one-man
peace offensive appeared to
have been reached-Wednesday
night. '!'.
Both Britain and Germany
agreed that Hess who had
stood as No. 3 man in the nazl
party before his 'extraordinary
departure from the i homeland
had set out to talk to the young
nobleman about ending the war; -
The Germans called him a de
luded and self-apopinted messiah
who apparently had thought that ;
the duke an RAF squadron lead-er-
was an influential pacifist who
might be somehow enlisted to try
to help end the war; i
The British went no farther
immediately than to say that the
fugitive nazi was trying "to bring
about some peace negotiations."
f Prime Minister Churchill will
make a statement to the house
of commons today ' (Thursday)
and informed ' sources said he
would indicate the degree of
importance the government at
tached to what Hess has said. .
"-' The British Press necrvlatlrvn
reported that Hess hot only had
parachuted down, to within a few
miles of the duke's Scottish seat
of Dungavel but that his urge for
a I talk had been one ' of lon;
standini. ' -T.' ' : '
. iiw u e r m a n living man
Which gutded Wnr 1nTt-"Messer-schmitt
fighting plane from
Augsburg, Germany, had ' Dun
gayel ringed in blue pencil. The
and his first inquiry upon land-
a&ia naa iut uic w SAJ U1C VdlSUC
l-iVlsTiriaT AfOfanAA U
the duke was hot nubliKhed in
England for some hours. He once
was described by English news
papers as a member of the Anglo
German association. That organi
zation's stated purpose was to
foster-British-German friendship,
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Sprague Sets
Radio Speech
On Defense '
.The state of- Oregon's .de
fenses will be outlined to his
constituents in a three-station
radio broadcast Friday night by
Gov. Charles A. Sprague, the
executive . announced Wednes
day. .1 -
. The governor's address, "Ore
gon and the National Defense,"
Will be carried by stations'
KGW and KOIN, Portland, and
KSLM, Salem, from t to 9:15
P. m. v - .I.-..;"
- por. Sprague said his address,
based on his recent tours of
Oregon's defense areas, would
review Oregon's participation
tap to this time in the defense
effort and outline state plans
for the future." , r -I
Air Spotters Planned
WASHINGTON,. May 14-(ff)-Networks
of civilian aircraft spot
ters will be organized by June It
cn the Atlantic and Pacific' coasts
to participate in air raid warn
ing operations with, the general
Headquarters air force, it was an-
counced Wednesday.
year, $2000. . j r
Incinerator Original Issue $40,
000; outstanding $29,000; callable
thisf year, $3000. . , ; j "
Sewers Original Issue, ; $500,
000! outstanding, $204,000; call
able this year, $27,000 ..V
Bridges Original issue, - $350,
000: outstanding. $150,000: callable
this; year, $18,000. : t
1935 refunding Original. Is,
sue, $135,000; outstanding $80,
000. . " i
- D street -'drainage Original
Issue $22,000; outstanding, 914,
000; callable this year $2339. -Court
street sewer Original Is
sue $50,000: outstanding, $43,000;
callable this year S23C0. ,.j
Tnfjrct nn all ppnrral oLl! ra
tions for 1941 amounts to $23,502.
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