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The OESGOM STATESMAN. Salem, Oregon, Thursday Mcnun! March 23, 1844 . - I - GOP Delegates Prefer Dewey By. Big Margin CHICAGO, Match 22 -P-Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York took first dace bv a Wide rnarein tonight ia a poll Conducted among delegates to the j 1940 republican national 1 convention on the ques tion of which man they preferred A . 1 ' 1 1 M 11.1 ? xor we party s presiaenuai Humi liation this year.! i 4 ' James S. Kemper, Chicago In- UlflUikV CACVUUVO YA-V W4M wa. gat to the Philadelphia conven ' tion four years ago, made public the final returns of k survey he . made recently on the presidential preferences and on other subject. He included for' comparison the outcome of a similat canvass of the same group he made last Sep tember. Statistics on; preferences cow and last fall were given on - Dewey, Wendell Willkie, Gov. John W. Bricker of Ohio and General Douglas MacArthur as follows: '."V.-V March Dewey ..l....68.6 Willkie 15.7 Bricker 14.0 MacArthur - 3.7 ;, - : - s.;. " ;s:'::t' ''y .. A ' ' . v . ' litex B (j f: " k -i : " mmmmmmmmm&&jJii.t..im M r'i H - i PRINCE WINS DECREE On his hundredth birthday. Sir William Maloek (rixht), lehanceUor of the IJniversUy of, Toronto, confers the degree of doctor of laws oa Crown rxmco OUf of Norway (left) ta ceremonies at Toronto. t , ;., -t . -: t. m i i " 5 - :- ' - Sept 36J1 18.68 20.33 the Septem- "suggested House Approves $4 Billion Posticar Rivers. Harbor Flan " I -jp ! 1 . ":'t-"i ' 1 : c (It was noted that ber poll ! covered 12 candidates, j . i i i . aaa aa I 1 The tabulation on the question king construction and unprovemenxs 10 cosi ctose w npidets. Land Defends Shipyard Fees T? POPE HALEY 1 WASHINGTON. March 2 -W) A stout defense of fees paid op erators of government - owned shipyards came today from Chair man Emory S. Land Of the mari time commission, testifying before a! house committee investigating renorts they are excessive. These shipbuilders have j done ope of tne greatest; managerial jobs in all history,! Land declared. adding that the commission's ie nolicv was the most i economical and - most . nroductive one !- that could have been adopted. The merchant marine subcom mittev headed by Representative Capozzolf (D-NY), called the bear ing to consider data compiled by its Investigators showing that 19 comnanies . operating 23 govern ment - owned yards had earned $174,944,051 m fees as of Novem ber 30, 1943, and, under existing mntraeta- would ultimately re ceive fees of $228,234,832. , J 1 The yards cost the government $371,960,113, and committee inves tigators said the operators Icapi- tal investment was only $22,879,- 276.- : -i r. - Land, however, challenged the fit ;o iTKr' cylft page ims Men Urged To Volunteer In Hospitals v . .. i . . ", .- ....'. ... vw1 CMOS mm Ttr a ctmrr.TnM vforK .-iflA-Prtstwar rilanninff for rivers nnkjuuiuwii v - ----- . - --- i i , v i krvl nf th house todav when latter! figure, saying It should be wiu xiairuvi- -rfr - $30,02975. to Include money it passed by a standing vote of 213 to a diu ruwoi; uianr- to operators by share- Chaplin Jury Selected IMr. IL L. Moudy Suffers Burns of "the least desirable candidate" . was: 4 March ; Sept. Willklo 65.8 54.28 MacArthur :21.5 1.82 Bricker . -.12.0 4 40 Dewey .7 1-22 Prelerences for the vice presi dential nomination in the final poll were: Gov, Earl Warren of Cali fornia 48.3 per cent; Bricker, 18 A; "MacArthur. 6.7; Dewey, 6.3; Lt. Cmdr. Harold Stassen, 3.1; Gov. Dwight Griswold of Nebraska, 2.8; Gov. Dwight H. Green of Illinois, . 2.5; Gov. Leverett Saltonstall of Massachusetts, &. - . The announcement said "others receiving votes werej Taft, Will kie, Byrd, Johnston, Martin, Brew ster, Dirksen, PettingUL . Vanden berg, Willis, i Baldwin, Butter, Edge, Farley, Moore jand Wheel- Presidential preferences involv ing a theoretical choice between various men were: Dewey 82 vs. Bricker 1M; Bricker 76.7 vs; Mac- Arthur 23.3; Bricker 78.4 vs. Will kie 23.6; Dewey n.l thur 7J; Dewey 84J 13.7; MacArthur ; no. The measure passed in the wake of lively debate; over an amendment eliminating the controversial $66,000,000 Tennessee- Tombigbee waterway. The pro ject was stricken out on a roll call vote of 195 to 156, but the house added several other items which kept the total close to the original estimate. . Among the additions was the $20,000,000 Umatilla dam on the Columbia river. Others were the St Johns river- Fla- $25,500; Houston ship channel, $484,000 j Lavon reservoir, Texas, $3,733, j 000; Mississippi river at (Minne4 spoils, $1,100,000; Great Lakes harbor refugee. $2,030,635; Shir ceon bay and Lake Michigan ship canal, $11,000; Sackets harbor, NY, $121,000. The legislation carries no ap propriation and the committee re- norts. stimulated that none of the work would be undertaken until after the war unless recommend ed specifically by a war agency. Chairman Mansfield - (D-Tex) said the program would put this country "in a position to lead the and vs. MacAr- world In trade ana commerce vs. Willkie when peace comes. A minority re- .... I i it l i vs. Wuutle port Dy itepreseniatives jonaero (R-Mich), Carter (R-Calil), Buir fet (R-Neb), Murk (R-NY), and ttnamrm fTi-fT-li f contended some WiUamette Valley W?? w nuu IHUUU1 uut uc : uiwuvcu i uu Pilote Die in Crash b m ot f0000"1? ...... . w -eoUanse. . x-':-.-' t - - DYXRSBURO, TennL,' March 22 "The house, adopted an amend m r u. tment liftrna restrictions on the LtT VL. UlUWl l mum. uivwu, JsrJo,w nr. nd IJL Lawrence use of, water for Irrigation in Cen E. Ehrhart Junction j City, Ore- were among five men killed last night in the crash Of a Flying Fortress. ' The piano dived into a swamp shortly after taking off from an army airbase near here. Five . fcww . i continued for three others. Three . of the 11 -man crew were injured. Brooks, a Newberg high school graduate and owner of a printing shop there, enlisted in' May, 1942. ' ' i ! y a;. . r, ' - - i; Richard Harling Gets Six Months Richard Juno Harling was Wed nesday sentenced to six months in the county jail by Judge George R. Duncan with credrt for time already served, after he had -r pleaded guilty to a charge of as sault and battery on the person of Valentine Rodriguez, soldier. Harling had . origmally been charged with assault with a dan gerous weapon, but, upon condi tion that he plead guilty to the lesser charge, District Attorney . Miller B. Hayden entered mo tion for dismissal of the first in dictment :-i':..--ls.k;,s Single Cargo Control Urged PORTLAND, Ore- March 22 () Unified control in handling war cargoes from the west coast was asked today by the CIO interna tional longshoremen's and ware housemen's union. - ! Shipments are now: so ill- planned "as actually to imperil the ; success of our arms in the Pacific the union charged, ad ding that some west coast ports are lammed while others lie al most idle. A statement adonted by 28 west coast locals declared the problem 'can only be solved with one ov erall, authoritative agency and complete organization to coordin ate the work; of the army; navy and various government agencies and plan the speediest possible dis patch of cargo with a minimum : Furthermore, Land argued, that figure should not be called; the nnratnr "canltal investment." but their fixed working capital. aThr is virtually no relation- shin between a shipbuilder's pro fit in this brilliant production re cord and his invested capital." Land said. "His profit is measured oh the basis of output.' on the ba sis of production achieved and not upon the dollars ne nas mvesiea in the yard or its lacmues. Mrs. rJL. Moudy, 79, 'suffered second and third degree burns on the face, arms and upper portion of the body Wednesday afternoon while starting a fire at her resi- 640 North Commercial By GENE HANDSAKER LOS ANGELES, March 22 A Jury of seven women and five men, most of whom appeared to I dence. be fa' their forties ana some "M- HM their graying or balding fifties Ylxti aid removed her to the and sixties, was selected today to Deaconess hospital where her con- try 84-year-oin wiarue napun mtSnn W8, described as fair Wed- on a Mann act indictment, i , , . t n mrxA Atmnwrn sflrrMMf nesoay nignu on the iurr's membership late on Mrs. Moudy was feeding :paper the second day of the comedian's mto a stove wnen uwniu . . l a i. v i.. Ivinfi m,t lonltlnf imr. rlnthM. jTh. fee. Aown il nrt "J4SdToanerry before renegoti.tion and before I "-J" .vV iSlm- thered the flames. Slight damage Portland Jail iiinatesPie PORTLAND, Ore- March 22 VP) 4 i a , t . X - Jf. J A I . A vara cy jau bbmw umm i day and Coroner Roy I. Crabtree Postmaster Ocneral tral Valley, Calif. Previously, wa-f ter was not available to farms of more than 160 acres Included in the list of projects: is an ambitious plan to develop the Columbia and Snake rivers hotween Bonneville- dam and Lewsiton, Idaho, for navigation; irrigation and power. The boose committee en riv ers and barbers reported the nroDosed Umatilla dam, one of the recommended prejeets, would provide a deaenasDie s foot btri e channel from the Bonneville pool to the mouth of the Snake river. "Your committee is of the opin ion " it said "that the time is pro pitious iot the development ol the Snake river from the moutn to Lewis ton, Idaho, but the con struction of four locks and dams supplemented by openriver im nmvpmpnti between the pools of the nrooosed dams to provide a 6-foot navigation channel in 'ac cordance with the general plans outlined in the report. "It is not proposed to develop; power at any of these dams at the nmiMt time." it said. "Out xoun dations for power facilities will be included in two of the dams where it Is practical. waste of facilities and manpower.1 -.5- " , Finalists to Vie i In Legion Oratory PORTLAND,- March 22-01- vision finalist! in the Oregon Am erican Legion seventh annual, high school oratorical contest to be held in Reed college Saturday will' be Virginia Sharkey, Portland; Ro bert Meyers; Beaverton; Edna Pike, Monmouth; Barbara Collier, Medford, and Kenneth Waud, Nys sa. i ' T-1 . taxes. Land said.' adding that II the fees were to be figured on I nrcntaee basis. "I think It should be a percentage on orams and not a percentage on capital" If the operator's "invested cap ital" were to be applied as a yard stick for measuring fees, he said, u:- u ifmiti 4fi4 I employed nine rr mhin hefore taxes, or about lo I after taxes, which, he said, showed the "utter absurdity of attempting to relate" the operators prom-to invested capital. T.and explained that fees are paid on a sliding scale by which oberators are rewarded for em ciencr. He contended tne ptan had resulted in savings to the gov eminent in the long run. thered the flames. Slight damage was done furnishings in the house. and from New York City with im moral Intent. As the erar-clad defendant lis- counsel table, US Attorney Charles Portland to Give Job H. Carr used five of the six per- ,n Vt. mntnrr challenaes alloted tne government - Chaplin's lawyer, Jerry tieisier, of the defense's The prosecution used three Chal lenges to remove prospective! jur ors with roundabout film connec tions but allowed a film producer's caretaker to remain on the Jury Carr did not disclose who the first government witness would be. PORTLAND. March 22 i-tfV Veterans of world wars No J 2 and 1, In that order, will be given em ployment preference on j postwar projects here, the city council said today, 'j; The council specifically men tinned the proposed $12,000,000 sewage disposal job and the $3, 000,000 'dock commission project Hope' that a manpower short age which has considerably affect-; ed hospitals of Marion county nay be at least partially overcome, if men are offered the same oppor tunity that has been given wom en of the Salem area to offer vol unteer, services, was expressed by heads ot. Silverton, Woodburn, lem General and Salem Deacon ess hospitals Wednesday night fol lowing a conference with Civilian Defense- Coordinator ; Bryan H. Coniey. -.:ri:-: S. 'Civilian defense organizations will attempt to recruit the men and the Red Cross will train them for orderly and similar types' of hospital service, Coniey said. Like the nurses' aides their work will be on a voluntary basis and in ad dition to their regular tasks, he explained.. . - - . Hospitals can arrange work for such male help , so that volunteers may serve two or four-hour shifts, hospital heads said.. , Lack of men to do the lobs for merly undertaken by young men now in the service has been a , large threat to efficient hospital operation, institution : executives declared Tuesday night - four days, were caused by frac tured skulls.. An autopsy was ordered on the body of iLewis J. Hoge, 65, Port land, who died In the hospital after he was removed from the large j cell used for prisoners charged with intoxication. The other 1 two men. Louis Frume: 56, and Victor Jasperson, 44, had been housed In the same cell. i Cause f of Frumera's skull frac ture was not known the coroner said. Jasperson. who Detective William; Nelson said was one of three prisoners beaten by a fel low-inmate, was taken to the hos pital March 11. f Shortly after ward Frank Heath, 45, was con victed; of assault and battery on the complaint , of other prisoners, Nelson said. : i Mayor Earl Riley said today that an additional officer has been assigned to the crowded cells to halt any disturbances, and a doc tor from the emergency hospital is required to make a visit ev ery two; hours. I PORTLAND, March 22-(P) Frank C Walker, postmaster gen eral will arrive here Friday to confer with Oregon and southern Washington postmasters. iV IIET7 LOU . PDICES i Unpainled .; ' Fnrnilare 3rawer Chests, End Tables, Bed Side Tables, Miners i SHOP n. D. Wccdron'i 125-145 Center ' Street ; Salem, Ore.' ,1. Steinberger Auction Sale brings. CroWoT A ! UNION HILL A fair iised crowd attended , the Steinberger sale in this community last, Wed nesday. Prices received for most things were very good.! jThe Union HOI grange women served the luncheon. ; Higher Pay Urged I For Linn School Head ytEBANON. ' March 22Wflvih County Schoolmasters association was on record today as protesting the $1700 salary fixed by the state j legislature for the Linn county rhonl superintendent I ... : i The group said lt would aernana that legislators boost the rate to I at least $2400. EdDtoirflalj (Spmm FBI ArresU 34 In Ship Worker Fraud , "BALTIMORE, M a rch 2l-) Another arrest by the federal bu reau . of : investigation tonight brought to 34 the number of ship yard . workers held for arraign ment tomorrow on accusations of falsifying work records, to de fraud the Bethlehem Steel com pany's Sparrows Po InT (Md) yards and the government of sums which mounted to more than $1, C80.0C0 a year. - - - Those arrested, Vincent aakL were counters in the welding jc . tion and were responsible-for re cording the amount of welding done by individual workers. Louisiana Extradition Sought hy Got, Shell Gov. Xarl Shell Wednesday asked Louisiana officials to.sur Victor TL Johnson, who is wanted in Portland on a charge of obtaining money by false pre H is under arrest at Shreveport Sucre at PILES! Cut Now !! Sr.:iLESI ITiji: t. hmm mH QUICK rft n mtm SrkUaaf iMtoi Sum iwltwtw. i a STS-ISTtctPocivs- war todax. I At aU (ood lrut itant vf wtt I la Sasm SI STWa aacvr-a. r?ij n- Tor o tszzht d ycr. w. hmr. JJS TULZTaZ Cn-CZTT la csnaanSnq our JOSS MAITTILLE 7nr no mOCrl now wt2s'-TCS TE3TEDnOOF. p piJd hr CUTC3 EOC3TT-3 AKD B ACZED hf our vHitxtii liAEnrziAirci guatjuzte?. Cell Us for a Free Estimate . EZ:!!:!: Crc:. thjto. - "Ve Cover the Totcn" . abool DiUI HADI-IOII, Bep for Congress Who Demands Less ican Candidate iness in Goveramcnl. Governneni in Business Bel; Ilore Bus-; Oregon Voter: against Mott can bo taken Decent rocognlnon of de - ; . i nas political TT, so his candidaqr vtaMi( nnfn daodv diet of tmmoorhnlna is aotona monoton- oui: EiSdancy bagets oconomTi aurplua lawyers find government fobs In which they could practice vtheir leaailsnc phras)oloay' . Woodburn Independent: the Newberg Chamber ol of any orn m unity Mott has an opponent In Dan Harmon." ' They made him (Harmon) president ol Commarc. whidi Is mora than ws svai doina for Mott" - ' ; , 7 Tf congnsn wee dtdiih. bisinaWa s Eoms Inst ol ncliSckzns Kke Mott fhera would not now b sncb congrsaslonal i inuddlas.'" Salem Capital Press: HeadHno -Harmon wi3 opposo Molt lot Concraas Main ad vaniaaa so far is gnmlna dlaiaca of praaant incombant . -Beiarrlng to latast written by eighteen laading Oragoa sUpubllcana to .. r . 1 ttmm .. - -l M M amMII MS : isat convanaon ot nosao-urgj torn iwun tins near ol crista, let na moka It deer to llolnKnv uu. ana Angau that w wO not endura obstrocnonlsts tacfica that pkry Into CSlaz'a Gervais Stan "Ha sounds sofa v. . wCX glvaMott sfiS companion i His homa town paper backs him np. .1 Noivberg Graphic: " . . . Dan Harmon has &a bcrckground, etbOy cmd Uadanli? naca. aary to qualify him as red congraaslonal Cmber. Mott has-had Cm , Job lor 12 years. Whaf a ha- aver acrompllshadT" -" . . .We naed a basinasa man, Uc Harmon, Kls postwar program makes sense. i- ; f ; - r . Dca't acoSond progrca Ice ocr rttandag tarvic ista end woxnsm U probably a kickback from bis days spent oa tha I SrsTsspl A. & !L camsas as tha son ol a professor and It wu solva Cif problasi. .. Oregon City Banner-Courier: . . 1 THj faSow Daa Xlcsraca, IIairberg,!U c3;r!5iiL na xacda o success cl Us business (outsaetlva), ha Ls a smart man and doubUsas an cLle man. . , . - - ! ; . . . . - 1 . 1 . : - .t f DAII HAIS-IOII for Concraas Comml.".e, Pd. Pol. Adv. . ' ' . - ' i ; 1 j -j j- ; . t .. t-'r.f ' -'.ry i , '-.. . 1 ! 'j4 I ' ! '' ... i : ' -.. .- . . - v. X - . ! . L ' . - - ; -. . . - . ' , ' i ' ' r -' : t ' - r - ' . " '" . - . ; ' ! ( " - " .- - . iiv!.::e:iv:.:; , . . iaw - d. sear . , f f a, CT3F T9 U T3 HI fc .i . 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