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COI! CTATLCZ IAII. Cdxa. Oregon, Eaturday Morning, May ISM
KealtoraHear
OPrbs arid Cons
Salem Realtors heard pros -and
cons in the council-manager form
of government proposal Friday
and postponed for at least a week
the taking of aides. Should the or
ganization follow the first report
of us own city-planning commit
tee it will offer neither endorse
ment nor opposition to the meas
ure. -. ; M--''y:7r ';'V . yV-ev .
R. P. Crossland, Salem junior
chamber of : commerce president
and chairman of the mayor spe
cial committee which recommend
ed the council-manager : reform,
Itook the' stand in . favor of ' the
change, basing his plea upon the
'size of the city's. business and the
" need , for a ' responsible over-all
head. ;7V:'K:A;
Opposed to the proposal, Alder
man David OUara declared he
was unprepared to present an or
. ganized address but attacked the
plan : as having proved unsatis
factory in "many cases," main-
taining that only three per cent of
the cities of the United States now
operate under it. One third of the
city's voters are away in the ser
vice and pny major change should
await their participation, he de
clared. - i -
Crossland denied that j many
cities had found the plan unsat
isfactory. Of the more than 600
that have adopted It, between 20
and SO have abandoned the city
manager form of municipal gov-
! eminent, he said. Twenty-five per
cent of the cities in' Salem's popu-
i lation class operate under it; 30
per cent in the class just above It,
and it is the system adopted by
' the most cities now as they change
their forms of government, he
.-said. "I'm a young man land
think I know something of what
our young men want," he added.
. , So far as realtors were con'
cerned the argument of the day
and of next Friday's luncheon
meeting may well be based upon
O'Hara's contention, which is that
of their own committee, that an
organization 1 ike theirs should
' take no stand in the question.
House Passes
New Tax Bill
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wages and salaries) could use a
simple table showing their entire
tax. The remaining 10,000,000,
with incomes over S300D. would Ilil
out a simpler return than the
present long form.
The revised normal and-- sur-
taxes would be applicable for re-
j turns filed next March 15 on-1944
Income.- .. .
Generally the bill would levy
a somewhat larger tax; against
single persons and couples with
out children, while the load would
be lightened for i taxpayers .with
large families.
Chairman Doughton (D-NC) of
the house ways and means com
mittee said "as far as burdens go,
the measure will not .hurt anybody
much, or help, anybody much." He
emphasized that "increased 'with
holding is not increased tax bur
. den" . .- ;
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Out of Jail ;
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ment said his Improvement was
not fully maintained; and that aJ
further., Mt animation, wu 'being
made by. specialists, ' , f , i.:
ITe deton lo release. Gandhi
was made, by the" Indian govern
ment and .the" viceroy. Lord Wa
vell, aad It-undoubtedly had the
approval of the British cabinet ,
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reached in the survey said local
boards under ; their , jurisdiction
were following the national order
to the letter. In many cases, how
ever, they Interpreted it as per
mitting induction of delinquents
and, as In New York City, were
accepting volunteers over 29 with
out regard to employment' ;
Teats at
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1 ' "H ! CeserveJ Seats en. Sale Circus Day at
Hed Cross rharmacy after 19 . so.-
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Sherbets and sundaes vied with
beautiful pie s and chocolate
eclaires on the dessert menu, but
my lady from Norway (Paris;
too, and ' way points) ordered
simply; and to the astonishment
of the Salem waitress "an apple."
Adding this to the memories of
sea captain ; who s believed '
fresh.: apple the finest finishing
touch : to. a splendid - European
dinner; plus,' also,' the experience
of observing the appetite of the
tall brother, : home momentarily
from the sea, I came to this con
elusion: i Sophistication is often
simple and very often the result
of previous deprivation.' '
Dead Woman
Sent.toi LA
In Big Trunk
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Angeles address was gives aad
the way bill was saarkea "Win
CaU." 11 placed a value ef tM
a the trunk and contents.
The only possible clues police
had to the grisly mystery were
offered by a - large quantity of
blood -cooked woman's and boy's
clothing, - jammed into the con
tainer with the body. There were
also towels, one marked . "Fleet
wood Hotel. 624 South State St."
and another bearing a laundry
mark. I .
. A pink girdle, and brassiere
were the only garments on the
body. Strips of sheeting bound the
arms and a slip held the legs to
gether. : The - blood-clotted brown
hair was done up in metal curlers.
Examination of the body at
the county morrue revealed ne
exterior, wound. Dr. Frank
Webb k reported. The autopsy
surgeon said a test for poison
would be made, along with fur
ther examination to determine
whether a blow or ; smothering
had caused - death.
The woman was About 5 feet
3 inches tall, weighed about 135
pounds, and was 30 to 40 .years
old. Dr. Webb added.
Pasted inside the lid of the old
fashioned, round-topped trunk
were approximately-12 pictures.
evidently clipped from magazines.
All showed a black-haired woman
holding an"1 infant in her arms,
with a blond young girl standing
beside her.
'In Chicago detectives begin.
a search for Information that,
would aid in solution ef . the
' mystery. ! ; ' .
Everett Cousland, a clerk in the
Fleetwood hotel, told investiga
tors a woman who' registered as
Miss A. Lopez had lived there
from about Nov. 12 to the middle
of December last year. He added
that a couple he believed was her
sister . and brother-in-law ' had
stayed there from Oct. 12 to Jan.
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Cousland said that frequent .tel
ephone calls , in the name of Lo
pez - were -' put through to the
rooms. Miss Lopez was described
as dark haired and about 30.
House Orders
Ward Check
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and that Biddle's rulin In sunnort
of the seizure makes, all private
property 'subject to government
acquisition.- . . - :
Administrationi&ts " c 6 u h t
ere df thatthe seizure was
sanctioned by. the Smith-Cbnnaliy
anti-strike ' law.; ' : - n ; " ; - . '
employes ; of Montgomery Ward's
5pringfieIdV"IIL, subsidiary, the
nummer Manufacturing . com
p a ny wete off their-: JobsV nd
said. they would remain idle "un-
ju the company signs a contract
or the government takes over' the
plants - The plant was not In
volved m the Chicago dispute. ':
A company spokesman estima-
iea 50 were involved.' The work
ers are members of the Interna
tional Association - of- Machinists
(AFL). The plant produces farm
equipment and war . production
parts. ; - ' ' . i
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Account Filed
ForLiiclimund
Estate Funds
A semi-annual - account on the
estate of Louis Lachmund, cover
ing the period from October 15,
1943, to April 11, 1944, was filed
in thej probate division of the cir-
cuu court maay. The account
listed receipts of $223,218.09 and
disbursements of S294.878.43. Mar
garet F. Lachmund and Donald G.
Roberts are the executors of the
estate, ..
'The receipts Included $100,000
in VS bonds, 13500 in stock of
Salem Brewery association, $23,
000 in Joseph Schlitz Brewing
company, $8000 in Monmouth
Co-op warehouse, $14,000 from
Capital Ice & Cold Storage, $18,
000 from Williams and Bart com
pany for equipment supplies and
labor, and $8000 from Charles
Yick as balance of sales contract
on landJ
Collector of internal revenue re
ceived payments of $80,000 in cash
and -f 100,000 in tax bonds and In
terest on federal income tax, and
the state tax mmmltsfon 11S00 for
1943 income fax.' Administration
fees stand at $9802.
Affairs of the estate art In sub
stantially the same condition as
at the time of Lachmund's death.
Final settlement of the estate de
pends upon the outcome of litiga
tion over the attorney to handle
the estate's administration.
India Allies
Start Drive
Against Japs
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and caused explosions. The
raiders returned to their base
without loss.
Far to the southeast American
planes unloaded explosives on
Nauru, about 200 miles west of
the Gilberts. : Others hit Ponape,
in the Carolines, and Japanese
positions in the Marshalls. i '
Intensified aerial bom bard
ments ;o f Japanese positions in
the Schobiten island areas were
reported by .US advanced head
quarter! in the southwest Pacific.
American patrol torpedo boats
destroyed or damaged 20 barges
and silenced three shore batteries
in the Wewak-Hansa bay area.
Tito's Forces
lnrow siege
. 4 LONDON, May 5-P)-Yugoslav
troops have thrown i ' siege cor
don around Mrkonjicgrad in west
ern. Bosnia, Marshal Josip ' Broz
(Tito) declared today, and sep
arate broadcast asserted the par
tisans in a series of victories also
had cut off the port of Split and
surrounded Zagreb, Yugoslavia's
second City. ; - ;
Enemy troops at Mrkonjicgrad,
75 miles northwest of Sarajevo,
are offering strong resistance, the
army of liberation communique
sald.,-:fp r-p-0-:.'"v't'
The Free (Yugoslav radio also
reported unofficially that German
andUstachi' troops had been iso
lated in the Dalmatian pari of
Split 1 - S;:"r, r
The broadcast said the enemy
in Split was becoming short of
food, and that his supplies were
cut off also at Zagreb. .
AAA' to Re-establish
District Office Here
Re-establishment of . district of
fice facilities of the Oregon State
Motor association, AAA, In Sa
lem is part of the program of ex
pansiott ' already underway to
meet anticipated postwar travel
demands, ' Dr. E. B." McDanlel,
president of . the . association said
Fridayi- The" Salem office has
been placed temporarily in the
showrooms .of the;. Valley Motor
company. , ' "
Slaais' Funeral Kites
Scheduled for Sunday
; MOLALLA, Ore, .May. 5-(SV
Funerl services for John O.
Staatsf former city recorder -and
justice of 'the peace, will be held
Sunday. He died Wednesday at
tne age of 82.
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Mice Helping
To SateFood
COATESVILLE, Ind May 5-W)-The
mice ton Doc Snyder's
farm hunt fa pairs, but their tac
tics serve only! to cut down bait
consumption and mousetrap wear
ana tear. - "
Mr. and Mrs. Snyder, who oner-
ate a dairy, decided to branch out
and raise rabbits, but they found
their sideline had a less desirable
sideline of its own mice.
Mrs. Snrder set a bran and bait
ed it with .cheese. Two mice bit
and the trap got both. Again she
ret the trap, and again the mice
were fewer by) two. A third time
the bap was set and a third pair
of unwary rodents bit for the last
time. i "
The Snrders began to wonder
if the mice had; a voluntary cheese
rationing program.
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Reed Vollstedt
New President
Of State FFA
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PORTLAND,1 Ore, May S H0P)
Reed Vollstedt of Albany was
elected president of the Oregon as
sociation of Future Farmers of
America today.
Other officers named at the con
clusion of the; organization's" 16th
annual convention: Delmer Eisert
MUwaukie, vice president; Don
Tykeson, Newberg, secretary; Ken
neth. Logan, .Hnisboro, treasurer;
Delbert Pratt Enterprise, report
er. Approximately 200 high school
students of vocational agriculture
attended the two-day session.
They laid plans to increase their
agricultural activities in behalf of
the war effort , - T
Among. 33 members awarded
"state farmer" awards- were Rich
ard KrenzNand Earl NaUy, Silver
ton; Paul Berger and Don Wil
liams, Corvallis; Stanley Chris
tensen, McMinnville; Don Tyke
son and Stanley Schaad, Newberg,
and Leigfiton Hohner, Kenneth
Behfends, James Magnuson, Bill
er, Lynn Hoefer, LeRoy Park
er and Reed Vollstedt, all of Al
bany. , " -. i .
Booth Gives 2 U of O
Scholarships in Will
EUGENE, Ore, May 5-ff)-
Two University of Oregon schol
arshipsone In science and one
in public service will be- estab
lished with a ; $10,000 hequest
from the late Robert A. Booth.
t The remainder of ' Booth's es
tate, estimated in probate court
at - $250,000, ' was - bequeathed to
his son,:- daughterr and 'grand
children, i
2 Industrial Deaths r
Occur During "Vrreek
: Two fatalities, 933 covered ac
cldents and 15 claims for occu
national disease benefits were
filed with the state industrial ac
cident commission here during
the week ended May 4.
The fatalities involved Glen
Beavers, Albany, warehouse man
ager, and Ward Hart, Arlington,
farm hand. ;
Ceatlnaoas from 1 F. K. j
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Gordon Urges
Federal Fund
For Counties
WASHINGTON, May SiflPV
Senator. Cordon (R, Ore) urged
in a, radio speech tonight enact
ment of a bill providing annual
payments to ' counties in ' which
federally owned lands are located
on a. sum equal to two per cent
of their value. ..-
The bill was introduced by Cor
don's predecessor, the late Sena
tor Charles L. McNary of Oregon,
Cordon said that land owner
ship by the United States goveVn
ment is seriously increasing prop
erty taxes, on farmers and home
owners. He said the government
owned more - than 400,000,000
acres of land in the 48 states, and
that there was federal plan to ac
quire an additional 200,000,000
acres. i:;- ; 'rh-ijS I'-
dord said he was a firm be-
Uever in conservation, hut he also
believed in state sovereignty and
asserted the nation : could have
conservation under .government
ownership and also provide the
states the equivalent of taxes on
thai conserved resources.
Race Equality
Gets Attention
Of Methodists
KANSAS CITY, May 5 UP
Methodists plunged into the racial
discrimination question .today by
doing a little home work they
requested its .timate! elimina
tion" in their own church.
They asked that a special com
mission be appointed to study the
problem.. Most of the church's
330,000 negroes, while granted
full privileges in general confer
ences, are segregated into : one
jurisdiction for administrative
purposes. ; ; .
The 762 delegates to the general
conference, who hope to complete
their work and adjourn by tomor
row night, also asked that ne
groes be given equality in hous
ing, in transportation and in edu
cational facilities, and urged the
repeal of "discriminatory legisla
tion against the immigration and
naturalization or orientals or
friendly nations, and as. soon, as
possible of; all nations." -
Referring to anti-Semitism, the
church asked that better under
standing be developed ! through
the interchange of pastors1 and
rabbis. The church here has prac
ticed what it preaches. !
Aiironi Farmer Finds
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LBorijb on Hi Farmr
5 AURORA, Ore, May
Blaine Knutson found a three
foot bomb on his nearby farm.
- Giving it a wide berth, he call
ed Sheriff Fred Reaksecker. The
sheriff , and deputies found' it to
be a navy-type practice bomb,
apparently dropped accidentally.
Army Increases Size
Of Its Nurse Corps
WASHINGTON, May S-The
warf department today increased
the authorized ! strength of the
army nurse corps from 40,000 to
50,000. ; ; -vr ,. .; ; . .-, ; ,: , ':"r . '- .
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Gene "leetln'. Teetla
Antry SLhythm"
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At 1:30 Today
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the TWCA breakfast oh the cam
pus in- Chresto - cottage ; served
from 9 to 11 sun. and. the tea at
the University -r house given by
Pres. and "Mrs. G. Herbert; .Smith
from 4 ta 530 pm. -1 j ; ,
Jerry Larson and his 11-piece
orchestra will play at the student
body dance to which all the high
school guests and university stu
dents are invited. Hours ' of the
dance are from 9 to 12 and wom
en's living, groups will be granted
special 1 o'clock permissions; for
the night. Patrons and; patroness
es are Dr. and Mrs. R. H.Tschudy,
Dean end Ursi D. H. Schulie, Dr.
and Mrs. JL L Lovell; Prof, and
Mrs. Jabn L. Knight, Miss Fran
ces Doughty; and Prof. Perry Spel
brink. - ' n. '. -' i ' - I
Two- events ere- scheduled for
Sunday. Pres.' Smith wfllj make
his- first -appearance in thei pul
pit of the First Methodist church
Sunday, before leaving for con
ference in New York! concerning
the navy training; program that
day. He will speak a on t "The
Church's Responsibility for Idu-
cationJ ' Also: representatives ' of
the university! wSI participate in
the - annual ' observance of Music
week: In the ! auditorium of the
First Presbyterian church at 330
Stoll Speaks
Here Monday
L. C Stoll. Portland, state man
power director, will speak on
Over-aH Manpower Problems for
the State of Oregon Which Must
Be Solved to Win the War" at
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Monday noon's meeting, of the
Salem chamber of commerce. r
- Former1 director of - the US em
ployment service, Stoll is not a
stranger to Salem business and
professional men's organizations,
to which he has frequently spoken.
New members of the chamber
listed in this week's bulletin are
Mike Steinbock, Albert J. Torger-
son, Copmercial Sand & Gravel
ana j leeneirs storage
garage.
US iWorlcs Out
Better Terms
OnjCanolUse
WASHINGTON, May- i-ff)
The war department today an
nounced a new agreement it said
would give the K United States
lower-cost petroleum and postwar
production' rights- in the $130
000,000 Canal project in Canada
criticized by the senate's Tru
man committee.
The United States "will receive
far better terms than under the
original agreements.? said Sens.
KOgore-' (D-WV) and Feigusuu
(R-Mich). They were members of
the Truman subcommittee which
investigated' Canol and" declared
the -original agreement with, Can-
adad and Imperial OH, Ltd, were
"improvidently drawn, -without
even an effort to obtain fair and
reasonable terms" for mis coun
try. ; '; '
Under the first contract Imper
ial Oil would have supplied ofl
to the United States' army at $125
per. barrel, plus production costs,
Canadian currency, for the first
1,500,000 barrels. ; . . ;
The revision provides that the
Canadian firm will supply the
army with crude oil at 20 cents
a barrel, plus - production costs,
and Qua country will be entitled
to get up to 60,000,000 barrels of
the field's production after the
war.
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Facts About
City Manager
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far as I know, no councilman is
so. committed. . Jn fact, if "this
amendment is adopted the council
which will select the first1 man
ager win not be elected until'
next November.- 'p:"? .
The council, by majority vote,r "
may discharge- the manager at!
any time. If ever the city should,
have a manager not acceptable to
the - people, they, , the , people,
through their aldermen can vsoon
rid . the city of the manager.
it tm -uij . una. uni sincere oe
lief, fortified by ray experience
as mayor mat the city manager
term of city government will pro
vide the city better municipal ad
ministration and at less cost,"
Doughton concluded. . ;
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