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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 5, 1945)
w 4 PAGE TWO Tht OREGOH STATESMAN. Satan. ' Ortcon. Wednssday Morning, September 5. 1M5 Pepco Stock Plans PutUp j To Commiflisipn PHILADELPHIA, j Sept. 4-()- The securities and exchange com mi ion announced today at had ' under - advisement eft amended reorganization plan for Portland (Ore) Electric -Power company, submitted by thai Guarantee Trust company,' New York. Another amended' plan and two ""alternative planl submitted-by R. L. Clark and Thomas W. Del sell, both of Portland, also are IT under consideration. j Under the Guarantee Trust plan, public holders of the com pany's $15,807,000 of six per cent bonds on which there was accrued interest - since' March- 1, . 1934, would receive 58 new. common shares of Portland General Elec tric company,. 37 new common shares of Portland .Traction com pany and $75 for each $1000 bond and accumulative interest - Ta public .i holders .of $350,000 of six per cent bonds with accrued Interest since September 20, 1937 would) go 49 common shares of Portland Electric end 32 shares of Portland Traction . along With $65 cash. . Holders of Portland Electric outstanding -56,824. shares of prior preference . stock - would receive three shares of Portland General common and two of Portland Traction common for each share of prior preference and accrued dividends. C ' i -' .No- provision, is made4n -.the plaftS or papicUMtrof .ffatt itod. second preferred and common shares of Portland Electric.. I ,4ft r IV: li IX I i r i City Fathers Will Ask -New Equipment v PORTLAND, Sept 4-P)-The city C9uncil announced today that It favors all of Portland Traction company's $2,500,000 surplus to go into new busses and trolleys not into dividends. The council (agreed to watch current reorganization proceed ings of Portland Electric Power company, owner of the traction company. Audit Points ToJErrorsin City Balances City record as of June 30, 1945, showed some' $15,000 mora 'out standing in taxes due Salem than do Marion county: records, J. B. Protzman, who has Just completed an audit of municipal accounts, notified the city council Tuesday night The difference la explained by the fact that county records have - been - cleared and corrected. So have city records now. Taxes outstanding totaled $53,- 271 at the end of the fiscal year. The fact that the boxing com- mission balance- has sometimes frunas high a $1000 was criticized Y by Protzman, -who pointed out that by law the commission is limited to a $500 balance. Failure to turn the money over oftener to the city fund for which its surpluses are earmarked has caused confusion in the books, the auditor Indicated. Protzman suggested ' also that city-owned lots be listed among the municipality's regular assets in the general books and not be shown in a separate account daily.' Such a change in bookkeeping would reduce the city's deficit $34,000, he said. i Elevator or .New i City Hall Not to Be Decided Yet Whatever extension is contrived to provide office and police de . partment space at the Salem city hall, whether it be "lean-to's", 'doughnuts" or "pimples' as vari y busly described by critics or wheth r er it be installation of an elevator and finishing of the now -unused - third floor will be, planned by "an - architect ' - - vThe city council Tuesday night decided to employ' an architect to draw plans and figure specifica tion. The action was taken after factions had both praised and Warned- the city engineer for turn- lng in a letter recommending that the elevator be considered rather than the once-talked additions. The engineer had been asked for speci , fications, which he said were in the making but which he indicated would take more work than writ ing down bis, opinion of the pro-' pool. : Huckleberry Run Started at Galea GATES; Sept. .5- (Special)-A steady, stream, of cars has passed through here" during the last two days, enroute to the Monument Peak huckleberry - patch, which opened a few days ago. The berries have been reported of excellent quality this year. Too Late to ClaMifr WANTED Eookkf Sir mrxt steno graphr, , permanent poattlon. R. D. Woodrow.t 338 'Center Sf r ' OPENS 1:41 pjtf. i.- ; i NOW PLAYING! v Touth Runs j Ilary Dolh r7, if Robert Lowery '1 ACCUSE IIY PADEIITS CO-rEATUltE! i ! ... -T at Reservoir Site; Sale Held Up as Offer Made for 16-Foot Strip - Postponing action on the salt of . th old reservoir property Tuesday night (see page 1) saved the cUy council the necessity of deddina at one what to do about a 20-year-old acceaa and egreaa right held by George Putnam, who has asked that he be allowed to purchase DroDerty from long- closed; Lincoln -street In addition to the 16-foot-wide strip he now holds so that his garage need not be moved. ' Putnam has. offered $1000 or whatever (the appraisal value of the narrow niece ef land may be. According . to Alderman David Fuel Pipe Leak Oils Troubled Waters of Race Oil on the waters of the mill- race, which drew complaints from south Salem residents, came from the California Packing corporation plant and not from the woolen mill as at first claimed, the city council was told Tuesday night When the food plant's management learned that fuel pipes were leak- loathe repairs were made in short order, City Engineer J. H. Davis reported. CIO Asks Cannery ' Worker Elections SAN FRANCISCO. Sept 4-TP) The CIO, announcing it has start ed an intensive recruiting cam paign among cannery workers, to day urged the national labor re lations board to authorize plant elections in October. In a hearing before the region al NLRB the CIO is contesting the jurisdiction of the AFL In the representation of 50,000 cannery workers in northern California. w ff mw fur OPENS 6:45 PJVf NOW PLAYING! (AND THRU SAT.) A Gale ol HUaxiffl ODEAimiG OUT LOUD" FnmcU Langford Co-Hit! If .. - iv Mm. ' Extral Final Chapter And r First Epiaode i Of New Serial "BLACK ARROW O'Hara sale of the strip would devalue! the ! remaining property by several thousand dollars, I. C! Htlvorsbn land Carl W. Hogg, whose $11,750 bid for the reservoir property is tha highest yet received, noUfiad the council Tuecday night that they Would plan to bring the' entire property tto curb grade. Whether filling the reservoir ' would cost $9000 (citr engineer's i figures for! one type of fill) or $4000 (water jcora-1 mission estimate) cam- in for some argument last night Noth ing was sejtued. 1 1 : A request - from ; Salem Deacon ea. hospital fori vacation f an alley in block 14, University addi tion, where the institution blans to erect . a new hospital, wa re ferred to committee. Salem Taxi company's r for three loading ! zones, at and Court, Stat ' and Hij State and Commercial stree refused, but the council appfoved an earlier application of the Com pany foe a cab stand at the Mar ion hotel. t I I ' The Salem Retail Trade bureau was notified that the council has definitely postponed any actifn on uest Pigh ghf and tsl was parking meters- until the long range planning j commissions has studied and made a recommenda tion on 1 th problem proiding the study is mad within ths 30 day limit set two! weeks agl. Not just the one light requested but two! new lights and ajust ment "of the' e- now in -us be tween lnicJa and -Marion streets oa. Water street was recomraend ed by the committee on Street lighting in a report which pointed out that the proximity to thelriverj nwaa gooa ugnia mere essextuai. After 12V& minutes of hearing specifications read aloud the council learned that the lengthiest document on its docket fof the evening was the ! public utilities commissioner's approval of estab lishment of spur; tracks sfcross Woodrow street! jTile roadl and Smith street crossings all xf which have already been con structed. - 1 1 - " ' ': First steps Were: taken to make North Commercial street from Center to Columbia a thjpugh street with stop! signs at iiter sectJons. The council will as the state highway commission t in stall control traffic signall at Rural avenue's intersection Iwith South Commercial! street A 1 rm I -a a. L a9 ' in iaeuevue street vacauon charge was- $500 land not $i0 as shown on : some- city records the council was notified. PORTLAND, Ore., Sept 4-JP)- Two boya who climbed into a strange plane at the Troutdale air port and flew to 'Idaho said today they were; quite confident they could pilot the pknv ' Thomas " Cooper ' told " Deputy Sheriff A. C. Schirmer, "My friend Adam Richardson, naa mad two hours' flight training." ThomaSj himself,-has, had a half-hour. The tw-17-jear-olds, arrested last week at Mountain home, Ida- mo, were described! bf; Schirmer aa "average American- boys Who've never been in trouble 'before." The youths, held for Juvenile authorities; said they climbed into a plane on impulse. "It was .fueled so w tools off," said Tom.VWe ran out of gas near Arlington, so we landed in a, wheat field and bought some gasoline from sT firm er ... we flew to Walla Walla, where we had to, land again in a wheat field. A farmer gave us some gas.! It was pretty : bumpy landing in the wheat fields." Northwest to (Ask Oriental Airline SETTLE, Sept 4-(iOiegon and Idaho divisions of the Pacific Northwest Oriental Airline rom mittee are being organized, Chris ty Thomas of the ! Seattle Cham ber of Commerce laid today! and will add their support to the drive for the Seattle-Tacoma air gateway to the orient I ' t7wr-T 1 "MB' ol P lbs. CONT. FROM 1 FJK.-i !, l a w i and . thrn Wed. ': - i What; Beaafifal - Hosseyt . . as Lady Doctor!, r A vi 99 1 m 9W9 ? HaII-Beistl Welrdl f : WW r,i .in. Latest 2?wjt TlcaLeil RoniuloAshs Filipino Peace ; Envoy Notice washing'ton, Sept win- Philippine resident commissioner Brig.-Gen. Carlos P. Romulo, to day issued a statement asking why Filipino representatives were not allowed to participate in th Ja panese surrender ceremonies. He said th late President Roo sevelt ' had promised, his- country would be included among the pac conferees after victory. . , General Romulo pointed to the "heroism ! and sacrifice" . of 18 million Filipinos during the war, comparing the number of Philip pine inhabitants with "New Zea land, with its population of under two million, and Australia, with ita six millions." . FM Broadcasts to .",; 1 - . J. At. Stort by Jan. 1 WASHINGTON, Sept al -m- The federal communications com mission announced " todar " that : a specific operating assignment in Al. . . . a 1 m . me new oana oi irequenaes allo cated to frequency modulation (FM) aervlc soon will b issued to each of the 48 licensees for TM broadcast stations; -'A. -T ' r Equipment testa nuist start br lec. 1, 1845, and regular program servjc oy Jan. l, ia40, tn com mission ruled. ' t . f - . i t . Boys Taxi Stolen Plane: to Idaho, Use Grain Fields Japan Wants More ' Yanks, But "Pay" Variety Preferred r . . SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 4-flV Japan put In a plug for tourist trad today. , riv The Domei agency, in a wireless dispatch beamed to America- and recorded by th federal communi cations commission said the coun try was "endowed with the natural conditions for the tourist industry." It added that everything was being done to give International tourists first ' rat ; hotels, " meals and-aouvenirs. ' : '.. - Byrn es AHswinPerl HarbpilRejmrt WASHINGTON, Sept '. 4-(P)-Secretary of State Byrnes today sharply rapped th army's Pearl Harbor Inquiry board for its crit icism of former Secretary Hulli as republicans mad ready- to re open th sore subject in congress. Th army board held that at a time when th army and navy were seeking more time to pre parf Hull presented the Japanese with a document which they con afasered sa ultimatum. - Meanwhile, Senator Ferguson (B-Mich) and Rep. Harness (R Ind)said they would introduce resolution calling for investiga tions as oon as possible after con gress reconvenes., ..... , . So far as he knew, Byrnes said, this was th first $im in the his tory j of th. United States wheq a board of army officers had under taken to criticize civilian officials of th' government - i) f. : Any , comment on Secretary Hull's" conduct of foreign" rela tions should properly be made by congress, he said. ; p Boya Steal Auto, ' Ak $85 for WorkT - : - ; -I ' X " .SEATTLE,1 Sept ' i-JPt-Three teen-age boys arrested in Everett, Wash., and accused of stealing an automobile maintained, said De tective Lt' P. Gi." Butler today,, that . the owner owed i them it85 for repairs ft '-.ji . The lieutenant i said one boy told him the "owner of that car kept lousy care of it We even spent $20 putting in a new clutch. "We gave it a complete new paint, Jon, fixed the ! radio and changed the oiL The old oil was Just lik water." , I ' 1 An estimated saving of more than $3,000,000 a year . through new i methods of packing, baling and shipping, goods has been! f fected by- the army quartermaster corps at Its Philadelphia depot " tit mmimm SYDNEY GREENSTREET XJ" l STARTS FRIDAY AT THE ELSINORE Foiir Canadian PceiHUby Wartime Rules i OTTAWA, Sept 4-jP)-Censor- ship officials said today that four of approximately 100 daily news papers "published in Canada were prosecuted during the war for breaches of censorship or Canadian defena regulations. ; They were the Vancouver Sun and Ottawa Le Droit, fined $300 each; Quebec Le Soleil, fined $50 for prematura publication of a ship sinking, and the Ottawa Citi zen, acquitted on a charge 'that arose from an editorial. Publication : of 11 weekly and monthly foreign language publica tions was banned, in most cases for the carrying; of what waa termed communistic propaganda before Russia entered the War. The charge against the Vancou ver Sun came after the newspaper published a series-of articles claim ing weaknesses existed in west coast defenses following Japan's entry into th war. ' Two Electrocuted When Live Wire Hits Metal Pails ASTORIA. Ore-1 Sent 4 V- Two mldento 1 of Browittsmetd were electrocuted by a fallen high tension wire while carrying water to help, neighbors ' control a resi dence fire yesterday, Coroner Will iam Thompson reported today. David N." Donaldson, ' 49, and Mrs. Martha Ritola; 44, were killed instantly when the high tension power line fell and touched metal buckets of water they were car rying. .1 Phillip Donaldson was, burned and knocked down when he sought to pull his brother's body from the power line. I . - : The woman is survived by her widower, one daughter and four sons; Donaldson by his widow and one son. : I Slarls JtiY'.T- l S I - VTNCSKI SHCRMAM l I V" iirV V f A I I V'A Kibmikr I , : COTEHIOBS Y -r7 ' D0BKKX5 . ' Mi!- y CCUERT 3SSHaKtUBasmiHSkmmAi,srm .""'.-;-': '" '""n."",1 -'L""" "t t-ju.'jwisgil Th early ; American eating places were patterned after the inns, taverns and coffeehouses in England; and on the continent Flying Tigers to Take Grapes. East FRESNO, Calif., Sept, Eight of Maj. Gen. Claire Chen nault'a Flying ' Tigers inaugurate a peacetime commercial venture tomorrow when two huge cargo planes,' each packed with '-8000 pounds . of California grapes and other fresh fruit, take off foe east-. ern markets. - ! , The first plane jopening the schedule will take off at 830 a. m. tomorrow for Milwaukie, W-. and Is due at its destination hourly later. The second leaves at 9 a. m. for New. York and is to arrive there some tixn Thursday morning. Their principal, cargo will be .Thompson seedless grapes. U.S. Flag Again Flies on Wake WAKE ISLAND, Sept 4 The -American flag .flies over Wake island this afternoon. Within a few hours after a Jap anese rear admiral came aboard th destroyer Escort Levy, . to sur render command of Wake atoll and approximately 1200 men, a small force of seamen and marines went ashore with a .flagpole reedy to raise the symbol of freedom. The flag was run t;1 at 1:50 p m. with a marine color guard of about '7 officers' and. men from the Levy. . . '"'.!'' : The Japanese admiral said his garrison was suffering from mal nutrition, and had only '. 17 - days raUon left He said the last time he received supplies was June 21, when a Japanese submarine -came, but he lost contact with it when the submarine was forced to sub merge speedily at the. approach of a UJS, submarine. . . He said it cost. 3000 Japanese to hold the Island. Two thousand died of malnutrition and 1000 were killed by air raids and naval bom. bardment . .. . . ..!:' ElberU Peaches Saving Center - Salem and West Salem Proa ram State Leaders Named by VS. WASHINGTON. Sept 4.-MV The agriculture department's new production and marketing adminis tration announced today appoint ment of its state directors to carry out future farm production and marketing programs. In 30 states, field services prev iously conducted by the agricui- tural adjustment agency and the office of supply are placed under a production and marketing ad- v ministration director with" an as- i sistant director' as an associate. In most states the' assistant stat director will be primarily ' respon sible for marketing' programs. while the state director win be directly responsible ' for -production activities. 'ir In 18 states, separate offices for production and marketing pro? f grams, will be continued. In thew, states, th chalrmari of the AAA state committee, continuing to use this title, will be responsible for those bpe rations relating chiefly . to production, while a state officer for marketing will be responsible tor marketing activities. The appointments and headquar ters included; V " ' 1 " ' ' ' . - , Idaho--M. 'J. Vaught. director; E. M. Wilson, assistant Boise. . Montana R. J. McKehna, di rector; C. s It - Medley, ' assistant, Bozeman. '" - 'v; ' ' Dregbn-i-R. B.' Taylor, directory C. R. Tulley, assistant Corvallis. Washington C. P, Downen, director; G.r Roper, - assistant, Pullman; ' ' ' - ft ' ' - Today and Thurs. '. "Pride ci lie V narines" rv',r L , -,- Plus "Easy to Look At" l V't if!! w; ' . Tht Bn Systm-fo lersssf tocro cf stcdsr for cw fi-j fcrai This Is not surprising for: Radar development and production stems from the same roots that produced and continue to nourish this coun try's telephont iitem. . . Radar, the instrument which en abled our land, sea and air. forces to spot enemy targets through dark ness, smoke or tog, waa one of tht outstanding new fighting instru ; menta-ef tht -war. : "Two years before Pearl Harbor At Cernment asked BcU Tele phono Laboratoriea to put Its wide txperlence and knowledge of elec- ironies to- work to help perfect ! - '' . J Radar as a"mllitary instrument. From then on th Laboratories cooperated closely in the Radar program with the National Defense Research Committee, with Army and Na-ry specialists, and with scientists of Great Britain. - -; - ; ; j -. , The Western Electric Company, xntsofactiains: branch of the BeU System, be came the Nation's largest Supplier of Radar systems. One type it made was onl ersally used by B-W's in the Pacific for navigation, target location and high sJtitttdt bombing. Another pUyed an important part in aiming the guns on our warships. ; -i. .1 U youVi. wtltln:'for a home telephone, it helps a littis to know that Radar b on of th reasons. For years telephont .manufacturing plants were devoted to war needs. '-v . ' -n . r Till PACIFIC TELlPUOIlt; AMD TELEGRAPH COMPANY 743 SUtt Street i tv f - t