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- (i 'i i-- tf . K. f thm OHEGOIl STATEZIXAXL fkdem, Oregon. Sunday Morning. Tmbnuat Il 1343 AGZ LXEVil'I Truck Limit Extended; Vet Bill Amended The bin (SB ii) to extend two more years (Julyjj, 1945, to July X, 1947)- the time when over-size trucks win be allowed to traverse Oregon highways! was passed by the house Saturday and sent to the goyernor for signature. The vote was 5$ to 0, with eight representatives absent or excused (Allen, Bengtson, iChadwick, Dun-! lway, J. O. Johnlon, Kimberling, . Lindberg, Poole) . ' Favors Permanency Only one person arose to ex plain his vote Rep. J. S. Green wood of Clackamas county who said he was voting "yes" but be .lleved the extension should be 'made permanent j instead of lim ited to two years. 1 Rep. Joseph Harvey of Portland In, the brief argument on the measure said trucks had passed him at more than 33 miles an hour and asked ' what provision there was to enforce speed limits. He was informed by Rep. Phil Brady of Portland that each truck hauling critical, bad-needed ma terials from he Blare island navy yard northward was accompanied by a police officer. No definite opposition to the bill was voiced, i 114 Tracks Operating Rep. Robert A. Bennett of Port land, in repsonse to a question, aid there were 1066 so-called big trucks operating in Oregon in ,1944, and that 614 were listed so far in 1945. The statutory limit of trucks is BO feet and 54,000 pounds. The emergency limits, similar to those In Washington and California, are 60 feet and 71,250 pounds. Proposals to extend the larger limits to four years or make them permanent were b eaten in the senate. . ; j ; The house also sent to the sen ate a bill to allow refunds for erroneous payments of taxes. Vet Bill Amended The bill to create a state vet' rans bureau, with new amend ments, win be considered by the house Monday, when it also may take up the firemen's pension bilL In regard to the bUl which grew out of Gov. Earl SneU's re quest for department of veterans' welfare, amendments already have been printed to the original measure calling for an advisory committee of seven instead of three; providing that major vet erans organizations win be rep resented thereon; giving a' $5000 a year director the responsibility for seeing that veterans' matters are carried out satisfactorily by other departments haying to do exclusively with veterans' affairs, and continuing the rights of vet erans' service officers to act for organization members. Portland Editor Gets VFW Medal PORTLAND, Feb. 17-;p)-The second', citizenship medal ever warded by the Oregon depart ment. Veterans of Foreign Wars, was presented today to Marshall Dana, editor of the Oregon Jour nal's editorial page. j Dana received the medal espe- eially for his editorial, also for his work in civic and state activi ties and efforts in behalf of serv icemen and women. The first such' medal was given to the late May or George Baker in 1936. Traffic Death Rate In State Declines ; 245 Killed in 1945 Oregon's traffic death rate In 1944 was 9.6 persons killed per 100,000,000 miles of travel, com pared with a rate of 9.1 in 1944, Secretary of State Robert S. Fart Veil, jr, said Saturday. The all-time high rate was 15.4 In 1938. There were 215 persons killed in Oregon traffic accidents In 1944. compared with 233 in 1943. The 1944 pedestrian toll was 79. compared to 86 in 1943. The t per cent reduction was identical with, the national average. Mrs, Kluthe Improving Following Operation - GATES Mrs. Kate Kluthe who has- been iU for some time is im proving follow in n operation. She is staying with her daughter, Mrs. Marie McCoy in Portland. ,. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Moberg and son and Mr. and Mrs. . Wayne Weeks and two sons, who have re sided in the Gates community for several years, have moved to Sil- .verton where they purchased property. "-. i . v , r v. j ' :- h Steel Worker Make Arbitration Agreement PITTSBURGH, Feb. 17 .-&)-Completion of a new labor agree ment, including the establishment of a three-man board of concil iation" and arbitration to. settle grievances, was announced today by the U. S. Steel Corporation and the ClO-United Steel workers, of America. Agricultural Census Two-Uiirds Ready The department "of commerce's bureau of census reported Satur day that the 1945 agricultural enumeration in districts 1 and 2 of western Oregon was two-thirds complete and that it should be .finished not later than April 13. Inclement weather and a shortage of enumerators were declared to have retarded the census in east ern Oregon. , . ' . In the Senate Passed Saturday: SB 203 defines term used ia nar cotics control act. HB X21 authorize court reporter for Marlon and Linn circuit courts. , . SB 189 permits veterans' organiza tion to draw on Joaephona county court up to S100 for indigent's funeral expenses. SB 13 permits rightful owner of foreclosed property to reclaim it. SB 170 corrective changes relative to authority of game commission. , SB 149 authorizes state board of ed ucation to Rive uo to 10 scholarshitM annually to students of Latift-American countries.. -. ,, HB 373 Drovldes aDnroorlatinna far institutions or deDartments with de ficiencies. I IB 329 authorizes road assessment district in Malheur county. HB 283 eliminates license and privi lege tax on beer sold by non-profit voluntary organizations of army and navy.. - - ; HB 21 Drovldin for S50O fine for dealing in alcoholic liquor during vot ing nours. . HB 141 authorizes refund in bond by board of higher education. calendared for Monday: SB 179, 204. Calendared for Tuesday: HB 191. Bills defeated: SB 169-r-would have restored interest charge on all taxes paid after 1947 in regard to delinquent advalorem taxpay ers. . "Do pass" committee reports adopted: HB 87r 256, 257: SB 216, 265, 192. . Referred to committees: SB 187. 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, Z31, Z3Z; HB 162, 182, 203. 204. 242, 216, 258, , 264, 27. 289, 314. 353, 355, 361, 362, 368, 181; HJM 5. Bills Introduced Saturday: SB 233 (by Judiciary committee) re lating to dissolution of corporations. SB 234 (by education committee) gives means of changing boundaries of union .high school districts. SB 235 (by Mahoney) Increases sal aries of circuit judges, determinable on basis of population served. Salary Schedule : Asjted for Circuit Court Judges A salary increase bUl for cir cuit judges was introduced in the senate (SB 233) Saturday by Sen. Thomas R, Mahoney, Multnomah county. Circuit judges of districts hav ing 30,000 or more population would receive $6000 a year. In districts of less than 30,000 popu lation and more than 15,000 they would receive $5500. Judges in districts of less than 15,000 would be paid $5000. In districts of more than 50,000, having two or more circuit judges. the counties would pay an addi tional, salary of $1000 annually. These counties now pay $500. Norway Ready for Allied Invasion, Refugee Reports PORTLAND. Feb. H-iVJulie Colbjernsen, Norwegian refugee now a Red Cross field Worker, said today her country will wel come allied invasion if it clears Norway of the nazis. Her husband, Ole, former Nor wegian parliament member. helped two other men move gov eminent gold out of the country when the Germans entered. He es caped to America, but she left her homeland 14 months later with help of the underground. Pan-American Arm Conference! May Be , Called for March BOGOTA, Colombia, Feb. 17 (JP The newspaper El Tiempo, without quoting 'any specific source, said today the United States had called a South Ameri can arms conference In Washing' ton about the middle of March. V-i i 'i II I V S T Y L I 1 1 C II T II fxhter wii a&Iei in Salaneg ' Be Referred --..-1 ' I .-'-'. " v .. . 'V ; .-,--- Proposals to grant salary In creases to virtually all Oregon's top state officials, already ap proved by the house, -hit rougher times Saturday when the senate decided to refer such bills to the joint ways and means committee. On motion of Sen. Frederick S. Lamport, jSalem Republican, who said the .house had gone on a salary-raising spree, f the senate removed from the calendar and referred to the ways and means committee a bill to increase the labor commissioner's pay from $4000 to $5000 annuaUy. A bill restoring penalties elimi nated byj a previous legislature, regarding payment of j delinquent advalorem taxes covering 1931 and several subsequent years was voted down by the senate Satur day. i ' ilSC: Under the previous enactment the taxpayer had 40 years i in which to pay the delinquent taxes, provided he paid his current taxes. The proposed measure was at tacked by Sen. Frank Hilton," Multnomah county, who- declared the penalties were too severe and in some cases the interest would range from 80 to -100 per cent Followingi defeat of thei bin, New- bry served notice he would ask for reconsideration. n The senate approved giving the state . board of higher education permission to grant 10 tuition free scholarships to Latin-American students.- ... ., Approval also was given a bin authorizing .the board of higher education to issue ; 30-year bonds for the construction of dormitories and other buildings, to be paid out of students' fees, i Two bills regarding control of liquor also were approved by the senate. One would eliminate any tax on beer sold by a voluntary non-incorporated organisation of the army or naval personnel, and the other provides a ' maximum fine of $500 for the sale of beer for consumption on the premises during voting hours on election dayi- l 1 " Seattle Would Get Oriental Air line SEATTLE, Feb. Yl-JJPy Seat tle is the most logical and advan tageous airlines gateway to Alaska and the Orient, Col. W. C. Bick ford, general manager and chief engineer of the Port of Seattle, said today, Establishment of a Chicago-Ed monton-Fairbanks - air ; route in preference! to Seattl's more direct airline alignment would : work a serious hardship on the entire Pa cific Northwest, Bickford said. Mining Dredge to Start Work Again BAKER, Feb. 17 - Uf) - The Sumpter Valley gold m i n i n dredge, one of the west's largest in peacetime, will be overhauled in the next three or four months to work ground of low gold value, formerly left idle. The dredge has not been operated since the war. Red Planes Sink 4 Nazi Transports LONDON, Feb. 17-rWVDive-bombers and torpedo - carrying planes' of the Russian Baltic fleet attacked al German convoy in the southern Baltic sea, : sinking a minesweeper and four transports totalling 25,000 tons, the Moscow radio said today. M I N C-t Lockheed Llrhtnlsg P-SSLs, reBaesaeata. await delivery te tke - ;: In the House ij Bills passed Saturday: . r HB 190 provldlnr for counties to ore rate net proceeds of sale of toraclocad property to tax units within county. a u an reauees lima in wiuctt a Will may be -contested tram 1 vaar to six months after filing for probata, s HB 321 provides that Drecinet com mitteemen and clerk and member of tat commute of political parties need not be precinct committeemen. ; Jia 3SB permits estates to extend payment of decedent's state taxes over penoa or time. f . HB 359 empowers taxing authorities to make refunds lor overpayments. t HB 360 validates refunds for over payment of taxes. tin is autborizes secretary of state to take census at anr tima ' of areas with less tnan S000 population to assure their share in tax benefits. ; ! SB 42 extends from Jnl 1 1ft July 1, 1847 the regulation permitting bis trucks on Oregon highways. fr "i pass" reports adopted: HB 181, 231, 276, 304, 365, 271, 320, 346, 336, 364, 375; SB 157, 158, 184, 19, 63, 99, 114, 171. J I Conference called to coordinate senate amendments HB 214. Referred to committees: HJR 8: IB 34) (from judiciary to com mittee on banking and corpora tions); HB 377, 378; HJR 7 (gam bling); SB 191, 214; SJR 10. Introduced: I HB 879 (by rwin)-to make federal corporation excise tax de ductible from Oregon corporation excise tax.; Calendared next Wednesday: HB 161. Charge Denied That Bearing on Japanese Memorial Refused Rep. Vernon Bun, La Grande democrat, charged in the house Saturday that its resolutions com mittee had refused to grant a pub lic hearing on his memorial ask ing congress to deport alien or dis loyal Japanese. Rep. H. H. Cblndgren, Molalla republican, chairman of the com mittee, replied that he has receiv ed ho request for a hearing. Senate Approves an Added Court Reporter 3 The senate passed and sent to the house Saturday a blU (SB221) to allow the Marion and Linn County circuit courts another court reporter, to be paid on a daily basis. I; " Planes Kill 54 Coyotes in Eastern Oregon! Bombardment PORTLAND, Feb. 17-iP)-The State game commission has de clared war on coyotes in eastern and southeastern Oregon, where an air bombardment already has started;; I Three planes swooped down on the game-killers only last week, taking a toll of 54 coyotes with in 28 hours' flying time. Pilots were Roe 1 Davis, Burns; A. J. Tilse, Bend, and Vic Ballantine, Portland. Ellsworth Would Revise Regulations For Army Retirement I i! i WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 Rep. Ellsworth (R-Dre.) says he will press for early action on his bill revising regulations for invol untary retirement of army offic 5 Ellsworth's bUl would give of ficers called up for retirement an opportunity to ascertain the charges,: to make a written reply and to appear before the retire ment board to plead their case. s Officers retired since July 29, 1941, would be permitted to seek a1 review of their cases. U 111 4 i latest medel ef tie Iwta. boas Allied ggktlng rremta. Committee for Memorials Is Appointed A committee of 17 was appointed by; Gov. Earl Snell Saturday to stimulate the program of so-called ivlng war memorials in Oregon. , The appointments' were at the request of the American commis sion for living war memorials. The governor said preliminary sugges tions included swimming pools, athletic playgrounds, summer camps for boys and girls, tennis and basketball courts. The committee win include James J. Richard of Portland as chairman; E. Palmer Hoyt, Don ald J. Sterling, Francis B. Jacob- berger, Paul S, McKee, Arden X. Pangborn, Thomas A. Sweeney, Mrs. Flora Bennett and Jack Con- verse, aU of Portland; Lyn S. Mc Cready of Eugene; Leo Adler of Baker; Paul B. Wallace of Salem; Charles R Raynolds of La Grande; Dr Perm Crumm, Hood River; Pet Frederickson of Grants Pass; M.; E. Woodcock of Corvanis, and Mrs. Gladys Lemons of Pendleton. Negro Nurses Being Enlisted. Morse Is Told WASHINGTON' Feb. 17 V- The Army and Navy have ad vised Senator Morse (R-ore.) there is.no bar to enlistment of negro nurses. : ; l " ' 1 " Maj. Gen. George F. LulL depu ty surgeon general, said the army now has 313 negro nurses and-is commissioning an average of 8 to 12 la. month. Rear Admiral W. C. C Agnew. acting chief of navy bureau of medicine, advised the Oregon Sen ator that negro woman applicants are i given fun consideration, pro viding they meet physical and other requirements. Iron Firemen Has Second Highest Profit for 11944 PORTLAND. Feb. 17-GPr-Iron fireman Manufacturing company today reported 1944 earnimts of $668,838.41 after taxes,, a net per snare prom of S1.86. Earnings in 1943 were S2.50 and in 1942 were $1.37. President T. H. Banfield renort- ed i sales of $18,659,321, second largest in the firm's history, and said a dividend of $1.20 again wfll be paid in 1945 on last years net Tax allowances in 1944 were $1.- 720,367.68. f Operations at the Portland plant are contracted throughout HJ45. he said, but the firm's Cleveland, umo, plant will complete present worx July 1. j - Sale of Ration-Free Shoes Extended for Additional Week i s Shoe retailers will have an ad ditional week from February 19 through March 10; to sell odd lot shoes ration-free to customers, M. R. j Collins, - OPA shoe rationing representative, announced today. Termination of sales had prev iously been set on March 3. The additional week his been granted because shipments of "odd lot shoes from wholesalers-was de layed because of the recent freight embargo, Collins explained. PTA Nursing Class Starts Monday Night V SILVERTON -4 The Parent Teacher association home nursing class wiU hold its first session Monday night at 7:30 in the nurse's room at the Eugene Field school. The course is standard Red Cross instruction, and has been enlarged to include may things not taught in previous classes of home nursing. Mrs, Ludvig Meyer will instruct. Ah afternoon class win begin as soon as enough students are regis tered. An instructor from Salem is already available1 for the after noon class. ' . 1 Mrs. J. E. Stoy is in charge of registrations.' V- . Hazel Green Club Has Meeting at JPackent HAZEL GREEN The Sunshine Sewing dub met Wednesday with Mrs; Rudolph Wackens. Mrs.' T. Wacken assisted. No business meeting was held because of the absence f -officers." ; r- Mrs. Lilac Worden was a guest Members present .were Mrs. Lloyd McDonald, Mrs. Roy Rumkle, Mrs. Lillian Ward; Mrs.Virgn Perrine, MrsJ Andrew Zahara, Mrs. Hattie Van! Cleave and Mrtv Lawrence ZielhiskL . ; - Mrs. Alvin ,Van Cleave is CI with the flu. ;: 302 Silverton People X-rayed on Wednesday . ' SILVERTON .While 300 con stitutes a day's work for thsT tu berculosis chest x-ray mobile unit 302 iwere handled here Wednes day.! Included were 160 mill work ers from Silver Falls Timber com pany and the Winlock Handle factory. Other local business hous es" were also x-rayed as weU as a large - number :of individuals both from local shops and from the farming, communities. - "Mrs. E. L. Starr was local chair man ot arrangements. YOLLfcYB ALL IN RUINED CHURC K-ltombed by the Japa In 1142. ralae ef UU ehareh Foaafatl in the Eluee Islands are now vned as a gyasnasiam br NATS personnel. . 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