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Tho OREGON STATESMAN, Satan. Orocon. Tuosday Morning March 12. 1948
Building Plans
Of 3 Campuses
Sent to Board
PORTLAND, March lMV
The state board of higher educa
tion' building .committee today
approved projects foe extra teach-:
ing facilities on three campuses,
calling for expenditure of more
than $400,000 from the state buil
ding fund.
The project await final action
by the full board at its meeting
here Tuesday.
Largest of the three is a pro
posed addition to wings and book
shelves of the University pf -Ore
gon library, as planned when the
structure was built about 10
years ago. An additional story for
each wing, providing 17,412
aqua re feet of space and adding
SO per cent to the book capacity.
will co Ft an estimated $330,000
Allocation of $85,000 from the
building fund to provide emerg
ncy classroom and office space
t Oregon State college was ap
proved by the committee subject
to concurrence of the state board
of control and emergency board
The third project i completion
of the administration building's
third floor at Oregon College of
Education.
Stocks Limp,
Offers Slack
In Wall Street
NEW YORK. March lin
stocks generally limped into low
er territory today with offerings
lack throughout.
From the start isolated "thin'
issue; dropped several points be
tween sales. While the ticker tape
continued to loaf, extreme de
clines running to 5 or so were
halved in many cases at the close
and a smattering of plus marks
eventuated. Transfers of 880,000
shares compared with 970,000
Friday.
Belief that last week's recov
ery was mainly technical, follow
ing the sharp February slump
and had failed to attract any
strong bidding. causd the trim
ming of accounts here and there
brokers said.
Other reasons given for house
cleaning were strikes and threat
ened walkouts in addition to
growing worries over the con
fused International situation
Wane-price policies, despite the
explanation of economic stabilizer
Bowles, still were viewed a bit
bearishly.
Farm Chores
Done From Air
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By New Firm
The word "ceiling" is back in
civilian-English without any ref
erence to prices or price controls
today. This is 'emphasized by one
new business now headquartering
at McNary field.
As soon as conditions permit,
Francis Proteau, 1580 Center st..
expects to be out in his Cub plane
again doing his farm "chores".
For Proteau. who has a second
plane in order .to expand his op
erations here, is farming from the
sky for landowners of this area.
While weather has been too wet
for satisfactory pest -control dust
ing, he has sprinkled ammonium
sulphate, a chemical fertilizer, 100
pounds to the acre over rye grass
plantings, covering 20 acres in an
hour. Leas tlime is nequired for
dusting, he said Monday.
Protaeu, who was with the
AAF in Europe, has come to Sa
lrn from California to make a
home.
Wheat Still
In Liquidation
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CHICAGO, March lliPr-Crain
futures displayed fairly, stout re
sistance to liquidation today and
pulled out with advances near or
above the day s highs. A week
end a rcumuiation of buying or
ders, along with some short cov
ering, provided the power for a
short-lived upward spurt at the
tart of trading.
Wheat closed Vs cent higher to
V lower than Saturday's finish'
May $1 3 Vfc ceiling; corn un
changed at Sl.21V ceiling:; oats V
to It, up, May 82V; rye un
changed to 2 cents higher. May
$2.137-s-2.14; barley unchanged to
1 cent down, May l26Vt celing.
The continued liquidation of;
wheat was ascribed again to the
recent statement of Clinton P. An
derson, secretary of agriculture,
that shipments of the grain to Eu
rope after June 1 would be of lit
tie benefit In relieving hunger
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Counties Inform
Cannot Meet Increased Cost
Of Public Assistance Load
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Representatives of Oregon's county judges and commissioners
told Gov. Earl Snell and the state
Monday that the counties will be
assistance costs.
Judge F. L. Phipps, The Dalles,
association of county Judges and
mands for old age and general
assistance will increase while rev
enue shrink.
The governor- said "we must
not cut old age assistance pay
ments in view of the rising cost
of living." but that the state, too,
will be hard-pressed for money.
Judges and commissioners pro
tested that the law requires them
to budget whatever amounts are
requested . by their county public
welfare commissions, with the re
sult that the counties must use
road revenues . to help pay the
assistance bill.- Phipps suggested
that a suit be filed, as he believes
this law unconstitutional, pointing
out that the 6 per cent consti
tutional tax limitation prevents
the counties from levying enough
taxes to pay necessary increased
expenses, even though property
values have increased.
Frank Shull, Multnomah county
commissioner, asked that the state
pay its share of the cost of operat
ing the Multnomah county farm,
which houses 400 aged persons.
Jack Luihn, Portland, chairman
of the commission, said it would
cost the state $1,600,000 a year
to help such county institutions,
and the state doesn't have the
money.
Shull said it would be only equit
able for the state to take over
part of this burden, as it saves the
state money. The county pays an
average of $45 a month for care
of a person at the farm, while it
would cost $85 in a private home.
Loa Howard, Portland, state pub
lice welfare administrator, said
the federal government won't pay
any money lor care ot persons
in public institutions. Before the
state pays anything, the entire sub
ject should be explored thorough
ly, she mainttained.
Luihn said the whole question
was studied and rejected by the
1946 legislature, and that the com
mission is powerless to do any
thing about it now.
St. Paul Girl
Shot at Play
Dolores Raymond, 5, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Arvild Raymond,
was shot and killed by a pistol
shot fired accidentally by Michael
Wirff, 9, on her family ranch near
St. Paul Monday.
The two children found the 22
calibre pistol while playing and
the boy pulled the trigger, hitting
the girl in the head, according to
Sheriff Denver Young, who made
the investigation.
She died at the Willamette hos
pital in N e w b e r g. about two
hours after the accident.
Too Late to Clnaaify
LOST: Black shoulder big near
oolworth'i. Monday. Keep $10 s
return bag to Statesman office. Alio
B. MrKmncy.
New York Stock Quotations
By the Associated Press I
NEW YORK. March 11
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American Can 93
Am Pow St Lt 18
Am Tel Si Tel 191',
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Gen Motors '' !
Goodyear Ti S34'
Gt Nortfc pfd 57,i
Int Harvest S9',a:
Int Paper pU . 113
Anaconda .. 46 - i
Atchison . 96 I
Bend ix A via 51
Beth Steel .. 101 l,i
J. Manvill 145
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Mzyta lSil
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State They
public welfare commission here
unable to meet Increased public
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executive secretary of the state
commissioners, predicted that de
Union Returns
Ford Contract;
CoalMeet On
By tfi Associated press
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. ..The Ford contract with the
ClO-United Auto Workers was or
dered by the union Monday sent
back for renegotiation while In
the General Motors strike union
leaders made a declaration of
unity In reply to charges that un
ion "polities' was delaying a set
tlement f 1
The union's national Ford coun
cil, in returning the contract, em
phasized its desire for renegotia
tion did not apply to the entire
contract, the principal provision
of which was an 18 -cent hourly
wage increase. '
Replying to the assertion last
week of Harry W, Anderson, G.M,
vice president, that the lengthy
strike of 175,000 on production
workers was being prolonged by
union "politics," UAW President
R. J. Thomas and Vice President
Walter P.; Reuther, with Secret
ary-treasurer George F. Addes, as
serted they were "unanimous in
all action! now being taken to
negotiate a settlement of the
strike. i ; f :
Negotiations on the new coal
contract begin today in Washing
ton. Lewis has ordered the old
contract, covering the nation's
400,000 soft coal miners, termin
ated April 1. 1
Death Claims
W. H. Dickens
SILVERTON, March 10-(Spe-cial)-William
H. Dickens, who
was born in Marion county in
1870, died here today.
Funeral services will be held
Tuesday at 2 o'clock in the Eck
man Memorial chapel with the
Rev. ; Russel Myers officiating.
Interment will be at Bethany
cemetery.
Surviving are daughters, Mrs,
Vera Scott and Mrs. Nina Davli
Salem; sons, Charles and Clar
ence Dickens, Brooks; a sister.
Mrs. Avery Murphy, Stayton;
brother. John Whiteside, and
three grandchildren. f
6 Giimney Blazes Call
Fire Engines Monday
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baiems lire department was
called to put out six chimney
fires Monday. Damages in all
fires were reported light!
Addresses were: 1770 Si Liberty
St., 1290 S; Winter ft, 2060 S,
Commercial; st., 460 S. 14th st.
and 13th and Ferry streets.
quotations:
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Java Fighting
11 ! A
new:
32 Casualties
BATA VIA, Java. March 11. -At
British planes and armored ve
hicles were sent against Indones
ian forces today for the first time
in several months after a strong
force of nationalists attacked two
British convoys between Buiten
zorg and Bandoeng, killing seven
Indian soldiers and wounding 25.
The new flare-up of fighting
came in the midst of a tense poli
tical situation which brought a
protest from Premier Sutan Spah
rir of the unrecognized Indonesian
republic against the landing of
Dutch! troops in Java Saturday
to relieve British Indian units.
Reports from Sumatra said In
donesians there had carried out
a "social revolution," abolishing
all sultanates on the east coast
and arresting all sultans . except
the sultan at Deli, whose palace
was being guarded by allied
troops.
Californians
File 2nd Bid
For Traction
PORTLAND, Ore., March 11-
(JP)-A second formal bid by Cali
fornia i investors for purchase of
the Portland traction company
was hied in federal district court
today- by the Manning Transport
ation Corp., headed by T. J. Man
ning and J. L. Haugh of the Paci
fic City Lines, Sacramento Cal.
The Manning firm offered three
alternate bids for the facilities
included in reorganization of the
Portland Electric Power com
pany, holding corporation for sev
eral Portland electric utilities.
i Robert F. McGuire for Man
ning, said his company offers
$6,500,000 for capital stock and
$100,000,000 for an affiliated in-
terurban line in one plan. The
second; was . $6,500,000 for the
Traction company and assuming
$250,000 tax liability, but being
indemnified for any tax liablility
in excess of $250,000. The third
of $6,100,000 would assume all
tax liability..
Predict Sugar
Short Until '47
WASHINGTON, March
The agriculture department said
today that the sugar shortage
may continue Into 1947.
Ie. reported that the per capita
civilian supply during the April
June quarter will be slightly small
er than in the corresponding quar
ter last year.
The department allocated civil
ians 1,385.000 tons for the coming
quarter; While this Is 26.000 tons
more than was distributed under
rationing during the quarter last
year, the department explained
that on a per capita basis, the sup
ply will be smaller because the
civilian: population has been In
creased more than 8.000,000, large
ly by demobilization.
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Ruby Becomes
Mother Without
Advance Notice
HOLLYWOOD, March 1HP
Ruby became a mother today, to
the surprise of everyone, and
was hastily withdrawn from her
featured role in Ken Murray's
"Blackouts."
Ruby is a 3-ycar-old camel.
Trainer Harold Parks said he
went to her corral to give her
the usual Rood morning call, and
"just about swooned" at the sight
of a bleating, spindly-Jegged off
spring, which was getting all Ru
by's attention.
It was the first hint of her con
dition. Murray said he guessed
she deserves a vacation, and or
dered extra helpings of alfalfa.
Albany Witness
Who Confessed
Murder Dies
ALBANY, Ore., March 11 -(JP)
A heart attack was fatal today
to S. D. McClain, 68, who con
fessed Friday in circuit court
that he shot and killed Frank
Bowman, Kelso, Wash., logger.
and helped toss his body in the
river.
McClain was stricken in jail
and was taken to a hospital
where he died.
On the witness stand McClain
on trial for burglary, admitted
shooting Bowman last Dec. 18. He
said that Jack Orville Mann, 28,
drove the death car. Bowman's
body was recovered later from a
Benton county stream.
Authorities have filed no
charges in the killing.
McClain would have been sen
tenced tomorrow for taking part
in a burglary at Brownsville Dec.
21. Carl Carlson. Brownsville,
had brought a civil suit against
him to recover $6500 taken from
his store in the robbery.
6 WU Students
Place in Tourney
Willamette university won three
second places, two thirds and a
fifth in the annual intercollegiate
forensic tournament at Linfield
college, it was announced Monday.
Willamette winners were in wo
men's interpretive reading, second
place to Margaret Allen and third
to Addyse Lane; junior women's
extemporaneous, second, Jean
Evans; junior women's degate,
fifth, Corine Engdahl and Kay
Karnopp; junior ' women's "Im
promptu, second, Qorjne Engdahl,
and after dinner speaking, third,
Kay Karnopp.
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U.S. Denies
Reds' Charge
On Bulgaria
WASHINGTON. March 11 -(A)
The United States tonight flatly
denied Russia's charge that it
violated an agreement in trying
to broaden the leftist regime In
Bulgaria.
Replying personally to a Rus
sian note of last week, Secretary
of State Byrnes expressed "sur
prise" at the Russian objections.
The dispute 'stems out of a Big
Three foreign ministers agree
ment at Moscow last December
that the United States and Brit
ain would recognize Bulgaria if
the government were broadened
to include two members who
would "really represent" the op
position.
On Feb. 22 the United States
followed up with a memo to
Bulgaria attempting to clear up
what It said appeared to be a
misunderstanding in Sofia re
garding the Moscow agreement.
Last week Russia objected that
this note violated the Moscow
agreement by suggesting that the
Bulgarian government and oppo
sition find a "mutually accept
able" basis for the oppositionists'
entry into the government
Byrnes took the position today
that the mutual acceptability of
the conditions of opposition par
ticipation was the "very essence
of the agreement."
Man Dies in
State Library
Cecil Cusey, 50, employed in
the shipping department at the
state library, dropped dead there
Monday afternoon. He formerly
had worked in the postoffice.
Cusey leaves his widow, Eve
lyn, 185 Fisher rd. Services are
under the direction of the W. T.
Rigdm company and time is to
be announced later.
Surviving in addition to the
widow are- three brothers, Lloyd
and Raymond Cusey, Detroit
Lake, Minn., and Burnie Cusey,
Fargo, N.D.; a sister, Mrs. Daisy
Rinoen, Wayzata, Minn.
Two Chimney Fires
a
Occur in Silverton
, SILVERTON, March U-(Spe-
cial) -Slight damage to the roof of
the Leon Alger home was caused
by a chimney fire this noon. The
Algers lost a child in a fire in
their home several years ago.
The Henry Gunderson home also
was slightly damaged by a chim
ney fire today.
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KSLM Operates
New Transmitter
To Improve Tone
Station KSLM is now operating
a new Western Electric transmit
ter, the first new one to be in
stalled since the war ended, Glenn
E. McCormick, general manager ,
of the station announced Monday.
The new installation will give
better tone quality in reception
and create more power with les
interference, McCormick said.
The station also has installed new
speech input equipment which
will improve broadcasting qual-
ity.
The new transmitter is design
ed in modernistic style and occu
pies a space, 44 inches wide, 39
inches deep, and 78 inches high.
Turner Man
Dies; Funeral
Set Wednesday
TURNER. March ll-(Special)
Ellison Madison Whiteaker, 69,
died in a Salem hospital Satur
day.
He was bcrn in Knox City,
Mo., in 1876. moving to North Da
kota in 1898, where he home-
steaded. He married Elsie C.
Buckley, Nov. 4, 1901, at New
Rockford, N.D. and moved to Tur
ner in 1937. Whiteaker was a
member of the I OOF and WOW.
Surviving in addition to the
widow are four daughters, Mrs
Melvin Thoren, Longview,
Wash.; Mrs. R. L. Anderson
Woodburn; Mrs. T. D. Sullivan,
Bismarck, N.D.; Mrs. W. Hirning,
Babbit, Nev.; a son, 1st Lt. Elli
son M. Whiteaker, jr., in Bremen,
Germany and nine grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held
at 3 o'clock Wednesday in the W.
T. Rigdon chapel with the Rev.
Gene Robinson officiating. In
terment will be at Belcrest Mn,
morlal park
Pallbearers are Arch Marvel,
Ed Dellaan, Henry , Crawford,
Oris Schollian, J. O- Farr and
Arlie Baker.
Joan Crawford
Seeking Divorce
HOLLYWOOD, March 1 l-(JP)
A divorce complaint has been
prepared for Joan Crawford, who
won top feminine acting honors
from the motion picture acad
emy last week. Attorney Neil S.
McCarthy disclosed" tonight.
McCarthy said Miss Crawford
would sue her estranged hus
band, actor Philip Terry, on gen
eral grounds of cruelty. Terry
moved out of their home several
weeks ago.
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AVC Chapter
Plans Second
Salem Meet
A second meeting of the Salem
chapter of the American Veteran
fommiM- will be held Wednes
day at in the YWCA, Janice
outs, secretary, announced Mon
day.
All men and women veterans .
and servicemen are Invited to at
tend the meeting of the group
which applied for a charter after
ite initial meeting, two weeks
ago.
The national organization, larg
est of the world war II veteran
groups, began as a committee of
correspondence between a group
of servicemen interested In se
curing the peace and in provid
ing jobs for servicemen after the
war..
Today and Wednesday
Bon Amos Williams' aro
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