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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 6, 1945)
I 1 I f 1. PAGZ TWO Salem Electric Seeks Use of Lines, Poles Salem Electric, which s Salem Electric cooperative teok the head linM earlier this year after a doz en city council discussion of Its desires to extend itself, -was back In the council ring Monday night Presented "by request," a resolu tion which would-authorize it to carry power through the city orer old Oregon Eelectric poles and lines (which it proposes to buy) was tabbed and is to come up again at tha next council meeting. Sa lem Electric does not prepose to expand its Salem services through "the old railroad power lines -but it would like a means of connect ing its two sources of power the! Bonneville plant in Polk county and the Bonneville lines which also serve the Salem alumina plant, the Tequest to the council declared. Tabled Also Tabled also for another two weeks were ordinances for the vacation of streets and alleys in that area . of Condit's addition where Keith Brown Building sup ply plans industrial development and in Devers and Kosedale addi tions where the city school sys tem has -acquired property for playground uses. Zone change re quests for both -areas recently drew opposition and have been killed, although both the indus trial development and the play ground plans are going ahead. There was no protest" at last night's public hearing on the vaca tion of an alley in property where the Deaconess hospital will build. Exterminator Bought The council grinned and hur riedly voted approval of the po lice committee's request that the city purchase for $50 a steam ex terminator to spray DDT 6r, other Insecticide into the deep, crevices of the walls of the city jail, where It was said "a little problem, sev eral little problems have arisen.' ' Also -listed by the police coim rnittee as undesirable; 'the "far side" stops with which city basses have been experimenting will be eliminated, the council was told. Went to Committee Applications for two cab pla ces in front of the Cupboard res- taurant at. High and State streets and for a two-car space In front of Justice court went to Commit tee, and the Salvation Army's request for a loading zone at its High, street salvage store was temporarily denied. However, to meet -an emergen cy, tjhe council authorized West Coast Trail ways to use -.40-foot space on the west side of High , street near Ferry to load and un load passengers, parking to be re stricted there during the period when bus schedules are due. Letters from five architects in terested in securing the city hall remodeling assignment went to the building committee with pow er to act Only one' bid was re ceived for installation of a sprin kling system in the north half of Willson park; the Western Golf Supply Co. would do the job for $5000. That bid went to the park committee and park board. ' Scouts Aetnortzed " Boy Scouts of this area Were authorized to use as 'an bverntght camp the North River road grove which tha city purchased as site for a sewer disposal plant.- They will only use it until the city is ready to build. Adopting a committee I report, . the council approved installation of a street light -at Saginaw and Luther street. Requests -for .lights at North J9th and Garfield and at 18th and Garfield streets were re ferred to committee. Also to committee went 'a 'peti-J tion from property holders in, the neighborhood of 14th and State street ' for the 20-foot ' widening of State street between 13th ? acrid 14 th streets. This would bring the street, to 60, feet, , which, is its width west of 13th street now. Parking restrictions on the east side- of 14th street near the high school were ordered removed, on request of school authorities. (Story also on Page 1) SHIP DOCKS AT TACOMA TACOMA, Nov. HffVWith 3055 officers and enlisted men aboard Who had viewed at first hand . the . destruction in the en eray's homeland, the USS General Freeman from Tokyo and Yoko hama docked here late today. Too Late to Classify NXZO t mt 4 cord old crowth bout Dm. 1. Call 4713 or writ to Mrs. CcorM Copeland. MS S. 17th, Stat pric and Ut you can. -d- uvr wooa. Chilli: Telepbsns fM 6262 Quick, Courteous " Inexpensire Fares start at 30c 30c per nil . SHLEI3 TAXI S2MS2 v ; They Wouldn't Have Believed Him Any way BISMARCK, N. -D., Nov. 5 (A)- Back home today from Europe where ha commanded a Negro artillery unit, Lt CoL Maurice Diehl of Bismarck re counted how he dealt a blow to one GI's postwar financing plans. During inspection, he said he noticed one soldier's bar racks bag appeared a bit lumpy, and ordered the eon tents emptied. Out, rolled four chunks of concretes-,. "What are you Jibing with those?" the officer demanded. "Sir," explained f the GI, "them's chips off the Siegfried line. They'll sell for a dollar an ounce back in Harlem." Girl Exhibits 38 Wounds at MANILA, Tuesday. Nov. -() An 11-year-old girl witness in the war crimes trial of Lt. Gen. Tomoyuki - Yamashita today ex hibited 38 bayonet wounds which she said Japanese inflicted on her in a day of horror, during the battle . of Manila. The witness, Rosalinda Andoy, sobbed as she related to the U.S. military commission trying the former Japanese commander in the Philippines how her father was taken away to be killed and her mother and aunts were bayo- netted before her eyes. ' She said the Japanese, penned up in the Intramuros, the old walled city, became hysterical .with blood lust in the last hours before American troops breached the . walls and overwhelmed the enemy. I Silverton Man Named Head of Teacher Group Robert Miller, Silverton, was elected president of the Marion county division of the Oregon State Teachers' association, at the business meeting of the county in stitute held Monday afternoon in the high school auditorium. Mil ler, who served as vice-president last year, and was unopposed in the election, succeeds Miss Ma thilda Gilles of Salem. Other officers named included: Irvin Branch. Auburn, vice-president; Mrs. Gail KimmelL Salem and Wood burn, secretary; Miss Irene de Vries, Salem, treasurer; Mrs. Noma McClure, Bethany; A. B. Anderson, Silverton, and George Birrell, Salem, advisory committee; Pat Beall, Jefferson, Carmalite Weddle, Salem, Mrs. Mildred Odgers, Woodburn, and Eleonor Roberts, S a 1 e m, QSTA representatives. . The group adopted - a constitu- tion for itself and passed several resolutions. One recommendation asked for a Marion county-wide salary schedule with increases commensurate with pay boosts in other industries. Another asked for maintenance and improvement of standards in teaching and en couragement of vigorous recruit ing to secure prospective teach ers. A third .resolution . pledged cooperation with postwar educa tional problems and in maintain ing world peace. . SEEKS TO RECOVER COSTS Mrs. Viola Ilarrelson. who in April of 'this year reportedly fell on the sidewalk at Chemeketa and Church streets and broke a leg, wants $350 to cover costs of her care, her attorney Monday night notified the eity council. r i YamasliitaTrial ' . :.T" i :--. ! , MNtmnttl Whcrt'g 127 txtra mtltt to our car?. True I Give a good car regular care,! and you can smile at extra milea. Owners of PLYMOUTH, DODGE, DK SOTO or CHRYSLER cars can get good service from their dealers. Get the benefit of you dealer's ex perience, equipment and Tha Supreme Court Refuses to Rule On Ward Case I WASHINGTON, Nov. $ - (Jf) - The supreme court refused today to rule whether the . government was rigpt' or I wrong in seizing Montgomery fard properties in seven c&ies last December 28. t The government gave the prop erties back October 18, Next day it asked the co&rt to hold that no, cause, el actiori now exists. This was done, thej court vacating a U. S. circuit court decision which favored the government, and dis missing jtae original complaint The cpmpany had i pressed for a supreme court decision on the ground pat the properties might be seized agahj. I The seizure followed an out break of strikes at some of the properties on the heels of a dis pute ovr validity of five war la bor board orders against Wards, including maintenance of union membership and the Checkoff sys tem. Missing B-24s' Search Turns To Sweet Home i PORTLAND, Reports from I Ore., frov. 5.-(f- widely - separated sectors of the Pacific northwest armynavy and today baffled coast guard fliers searching for two Liberator bombers lost Thurs day on a Taconia-Portland run. A commercial pilot said he had spotted : trees orn down in the Cascades, perhaps . from a falling plane. Hunters5 reported hearing what they thought to be planes circling hear Yikima, Wash. Mean while planes ae searching a criss cross pattern over the area be tween Kelso, Wash, end the Cali fornia bender, j h . i : Capt. Robert .Lorts, Portland army air base public relations of ficer, said plafies would be sent over the area between Sweet Home and Blue River! in western Oregon as . soon . as weather permitted. A pilot earlier had reported he saw a swath of tree in the area knock ed down as if jby a falling plane. Sedrcl for Missing Boy Goes On as $ierra Storm Brews ,i i ' I .; By Tom Lambert I DO)VNlEVjLLE, CaliL, Nov. 5.-(P)-A stofm was brewing tonight over the'hugged high Sierra as searching parties returned in small groups still wath no word of the fate of three-year-old Dickie turn Suden. ; I I . . The child has been nung since Thursday morning from the turn Suden home a Goodyear Bar, in the storied Mother Lode mining country I - - U' . No trace of I the, little boy had been found. There was nothing r, X Applications in ForFire Chief 1 Several, applications for the position of chief .of the city fire department hve . been received Alderman R. Q. Lewis, himself a former city fireman and now chairman of the fire committee of the council, told the Salem city council Monday night.: "But underlie civu service law we can't see our way .clear- to picking one yet," he added William Iwpn, long assistant chief, was continued by council vote as ; acting IchieL He succeed ed Harry Hutton, who resigned a month ago and. to whom the coun cil extended a Resolution of appre ciation for long and faithful serv ice. - I-.-- I " M - RETAIL SALES ON RISE WASHINGTON, NOV.' " 5 - (P) - September retail sales in Oregon were up 8 pel cent over's year ago, thej censusj bureau said today. fattorypneered MQPAR m OKECON iSTATESMAIf. Saba. 43,00$ to Vie for Low Car Licenses Approximately 43,000 appli cants, the; largest number ever involved In the "lottery " wffl participate . in the drawing for low automobile license numbers to be held in .the state depart ment herj Friday, Secretary of State fRobert S, rarrelL Jr., said Monday. ; Approximately 41,150 1 applica tions had :been filed - up to noon Monday. Total motor vehicle registrations for 1944 were esti mated at 430,000 as against 416,- Oco up to October 1 this yean. . In 1M7 1 there were 1W55 ap plications for low license num bers at th drawing while, in 1938 the number increased to 18,606 In 1942, which was the last year of the drawing because of the war, the number was boosted to 34,87. i i Refusal of Air Lines9 Petition is - Not Expected (Story also on Page 1) Action of, the airport and avia tion commfttee of the city coun cil in turning thumbs down on United Aijr lines proposal that it (UAL) be permitted j to erect ah administration building at the mu nicipal airport was not totally un expected, f i ' ' . A few months ago a similar re port was brought in by the com mittee and the 'matter was re- referred, i Then no explanation accompanied the report. Last night one did Because; the airport is still un der lease to the army and because it is generally understood that fed eral legislation is now pending which may provide federal funds to aid cities in airport building programs J the committee on air ports and aviation felt obliged to oppose the air, lines proposal, the report declares. United had asked permission to erect a 175,000 building to house its ticket office and waiting rooms and other J accommodations at the airport. Many provision of the proffered contract would have been to the advantage of the city, committee members' have de clared, but Salem would have been required to construct the apron to serve it. on which to base a theory that he I was kidnaped; neither was there any other! explanation of how he had vanished. , Men with long poles to which grappling I hooks -were fixed, probed the north fork of the Yuba river, to see if eddies or deep holes would yield the little body. Other searchers sought through ravines add thickets. All returned empty-handed. ,Lait Times Today c CO-FEATURE CmcniISTAlITIAL 1 Lt Starts Wednesday - 2 Hits Saucy I J Co-Featnre umbos! hi &St UliDUIWOJ Iff. .infill us turn lt I ' r-" wmim ', J 4 ' .v; V " ' Oregon. Tuesday Morning, NoYambe 8, 1943 Navy Offers Expanded Plan To Train Of f icer lterial WASHINGTON, Nov. and educate; thousands of of fleers has been approved by Secretary onight j . . : ; Official! said that the plan portunity tq officers who have Truman Asks ForWbrkWhile Bargaining 1 - (Story also on page 1) WASHINtrON, Nov. 5-)- In his opening speech to the Labor- Management i conference today. President ! Truman stressed the following points: (1) The conference must recom mend a definite policy in the field of industrial relations. (2) Labor I and management, in an industry Or in f company, must find a way of resolving -differences without 'stopping production. (3) Both sides must bargain collectively Iwith an open mind and a firm j resolve to reach an agreement fairly. (4)r Methods must be found for peaceful negotiation of contracts and once made, contracts must be lived up; to. (5) Labor must end Jurisdie tional strikes and find some other metnod. of i settling inter -union controversies. (8) Management must stop ooking on labor relations as "a stepchild of Its business" and stop delaying tactics which defeat col ective bargaining. 50Applications In for Oregon Veteran Loans Although only one loan ' has to date been approved,- appro ximate- y 50 applications for World war II veterans farm and home loans under a law of the 1945 legisla ture had been filed in the state veterans department ' here today, Hugh Rosson, director of vet- erans affairs for the state, said the first application was received October 4 and that others have arrived since, that time. Most of the applications have been refer red to the state land board for appraisal, j Loans are) restricted to $3000, based oh a maximum of 75 per cent of the j appraisal. The loans draw interest at tne rate of 1 per cent and must be repaid with in 20 years.! - Most of the applications thus far received involve high-class properties, Rosson declared. V-BOND SALE REPORTED PORTLAND, Nov. 5 -,-Vic tory loan sales passed the $8 mil lion mark Saturday, the Federal Reserve - bank reported today. Overall goal is $69 million. ' Ss tt-i I ill I J i t m m Mill Last Times Today Co-Fecrture I All the music, the laugh-' ter, the greatness of Life is in ft! ! "Forever j Yours SUrring Gale Stsrm A Starts Wednesday ADOuilE- ejuEum - ij" Co-Feature Igarka? vrifi .m far-reaching plan to obtain for the powerful postwar navy Forrestal, the navy announced ' f '. -"-j would assure equality of op not graduated from the naval academy at Annapolis. -1 The plan, as-drafted by a board headed by Rear Admiral James li Holloway, assistant chief of naval personnel for demobilization, is subject to congressional approval. Legislation to carry it out will be introduced shortly. . j rundamen tally, members of the board explained, the plan calls for basing officer procurement on a broad a base as possible, drawing candidates from the naval acade my, naval reserve officer train Ing Corps colleges, and other ac credited institutions. i Academy midshipmen would be nominated under the present sys tem ana tne lour -year course would be continued. The second, source of officer candidates would be the nation's 92 naval ROTC units, which now have an authorised maximum en rollment of 14,000 men. They would receive federal aid in fi nancing their college course, in cluding courses in naval sciences. 'ine uurd source would be graduates of accredited colleges. They would be eligible for ap pointment as ensigns upon grad uation and would be sent to an orientation school. T h e r e they would get the same training given ROTC students during their col lege course. The fourth factor in the. pro gram is the specialized plan set up for naval aviators. MORE FLEET COMTNO PORTLAND, Nov. 5. -(JP The fleet liked Portland so well dur- ng navy day celebrations that more vessels will be sent here Nov. , Mayor Riley was informed today. Admiral Halsey wired him that one division of destroyers or Ends Today!" (Tne.) Linda Darnell "GREAT JOHN L." i ... -II Basil Rathbone "HOUSE OF FEAR" A CO ROGER PRYOR JUDY CLARK FRAN Kt JEN KS (fUMiaaFff ! :,;v . 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