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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 21, 1946)
Vet Colony S5te Leased' by ii4y A site for Salem's new vet era nt' colony, Mven city blocks In ares In southeast Salem, has been leased and at soon at re paired facilities can be provided 4 federal "defense" apartment bouses to accommodate 120 fam ilies will be moved from Seattle to be erected there. The property, owned by Otto Klett, has been leased for three . years by the city's special hous ing commission at $1440 a year 111 per dwelling unit per month), with option to renew on the same terms. Bounded on the west by 16th street, on the north by Pine street, on the east by the alley which runs between 19th and 2tth streets and on the south by Wilbur street, the area is un broken except for one residence OTP S33Q0DB TKDODCEM Henry A. Wallace has become more vocal. The long silence after the succession of Harry Truman to the presidency has been broken. Now he offers his views on various matters. He renewed his pledge to his party after the Ickes break away from the cabinet and fore swore his own candidacy for presi dent in favor of his chief. Monday be carried his partisanship to the extreme of recommending that thoserwho did not follow the party line on major matters be forced to walk the party gangplank. This has drawn down on his head the condemnation of a considerable company of democratic senators who refuse to accept the Wallace definition of "party line." The major issues which the sec retary of commerce said were de cisive, and hence divisive, were: Control of atomic energy; foreign relations especially as. they relate to Great Britain and Russia; full employment and production. What he meant was that the democratic party should force through civil ian control of atomic energy, grant the loan to Great Britain, stay friendly with Soviet Russia and plunk" for the original full em ployment bill and "Sixty Million Jobs." His critics immediately pounced on his recommendation as "fascist" (the favorite epithet of the left-wingers). It Is plain as a pikestaff that democrats in con gress are not accepting Truman a; the party dictator, let alone Secretary Wallace. The latter re mains a favorite whippingboy of party conservatives. One has learned not to be sur prised at what Wallace will say, (Continued on editorial page) Salem Homes To Get Phones Arrival of a large quantity of new equipment this week indi cates that many of the 2000 Salem homes on the wailing list for tele phone installations may get their phones in April or May, accord ing to Manager Harry V. Collins cf the local Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co. office. Most of the equipment Is for Interior installation and a special crew of workmen from the fac tory has arrived to conduct the work, Collins said. proposed Law Would Penalize Drunken Flying ! PORTLAND. March 20.-(,F)-A proposal that Multnomah county's representation in the state legis lature be limited by constitutional amendment was made here today as the legislature interim commit tee studied the need for legislative reapportionment The proposal was made to meet Upstate districts' fear that popul ous Multnomah county would .take a heavy proportion of legislative eats under a strict population basis. Animal Crackers : By WARREN GOODRICH mAt last, a perfect mate tiot a quack out of her" M give Chier Sun 5yc! on the northeast corner of the 16th and Cross streets Intersec tion, not inclnded In the lease. The area must be traded; streets must be put through, sewers and water service made ready before the prefabricated buildings can be brought here from Seattle Fifteen of them have been given to the city and 15 to Willamette university to be rented on a non-profit basis to veterans. Grounds will be landscaped; most of the trees In the area will be left, W. J. Braun. chairman of the housing commission, said Wednesday. Play areas will be established In each block. Sewer laterals are already in; a water main runs down Cross street now and the city will put in water laterals, Braun said. Metal Dispute Factfinding Board Named By the Associated Press ' Labor Secretary Schwellenbach appointed a fact-finding board yes terday to seek settlement of a wage dispute - involving 80,000 workers In the non-ferrous metal industry. These were the major develop ments on the labor front: 1 Edgar L. Warren, chief of the federal conciliation service, said the non-ferrous metal indus try fact-finding board would seek to end strikes involving 12,600 CIO workers in smelters and re fineries and prevent their sche duled spread throughout the in dustry. 2 International Harvester an nounced in Chicago it had offered to meet the 18 cents hourly wage boost recommended by a federal fact-finding panel and accepted by the CIO farm equipment workers union. 3 Westinghouse Electric corp. said in New York that it had of fered an "overall" 18 'A cents hour ly wage increase but that the CIO electrical workers union had re jected it The union, seeking an 184 cents hourly increase "across the board" said the offer amount ed to no more than 9.7 cents an hour, with some workers getting no increase. Bridges Scorns 23-Cent Raise SAN FRANCISCO, March 20.-(P)-Waterfront employers today increased their wage increase of fer by five cents an hour in an effort to avert a threatened coast wise strike, but Harry Bridges' CIO longshoremen promptly re jected it The new offer was for $1.38 per hour. The longshoremen have demanded $1.50 per hour, and have stated they are prepared to stride April 1 to enforce theh de mands. The present wage scale -Is $1.15 per hour. A spokesman for the employers pointed out that the new proposal means a 23 per cent increase in wages. . Schaupp Reappointed To Highway Commission Reappointment of A. W. Schaupp Klamath Falls, as a member of the state highway commission, was announced by Governor Earl Snell here Wednesday. Schaupp was named for a three year term effective April 1. BELGIAN PREMIER OUTVOTED BRUSSELS, March 20. -JP)-Paul-Henri Spaak was expected momentarily tonight to resign as premier of Belgium, along with his 16 man cabinet, after the chamber of deputies defeated by one vote the bid of his nine-day-old gov ernment for a vote of confidence. Initiative Petition Filed to Make Auto Insurance Compulsory passenger automo bile insurance, to be administered exclusively by the automoile di vision of the state industrial ac cident commission, would be pro vided under a preliminary initia tive petition filed in the state de partment here Wednesday by W. H. Downing, W. E. Richardson and A. E. Smith, all of Portland. To get the proposal on the ballot at the November election it will be necessary to file com pleted petitions by July 3 con taining the signatures of 23,108 qualified voters. The insurance would cover both property dam age and injury and death protec tion and would apply to all pas senger cars registered in Oregon. Two additional accident com missioners, one from Multnomah county and the other from some other part of the state, would be appointed by the state board of control at a salary not to ex ceed $7500 a year. The three pres Outpbsts Attacked By Kurds 19-Year-Olds Called Up by j Iranian Army TEHRAN, March 0-()-Fight-ing between Kurdish tribesmen and the Iranian army was re ported by a general; staff officer today j as the government called 19-year-olds to the colors and ar rested;; Rightist Deputy Said Zia Ed-Din, often described by po litical (writers as anti-Russian. The officer said 3000 tribesmen had been attacking three isolated army ! garrisons for a week and that Iranian planes were trying to prevent the garrisons from being cut off: from their head quarters. 'j j ' ' I In announcing the conscription of 19-year-olds, the army, said it was deferring those in the 22-25-year bracket, j I (The Iranian embassy in Wash ington; said (that ; 19-year-olds normally are not given training in the' Iranian army.) Zia j Ed-Din ; told newsmen, fl think -they are arresting me be cause 1 1 am sot . liked by the Russians." ' j " I j Prince Firouz, political under secretary of state and director of propaganda, said the tightest leadert was arrested on orders of Premier Ahmed Qayam Es : Sal taneh and was being "put under preventive detention ? pending in vestigation of certain charges) Pepper Asks Big 3 Meeting To; Gain Unity WASHINGTON, March 20.-(fl-Senator Pepper (D-Fla) declared today Jthat "the United Nations or ganization is not the way out of this eb of fear" that the big three jmust reestablish unity out side it through an unprecedented conference of their generals, work ers, businessmen and statesmen. He sharply assailed Senator Van denberg (R-Mich) as leader of the "newest form; of isolationism" j exclusive American possession of the atomic bomb and military con trol of atomic; energy, I j Pepper asserted that before en; tering: the conference the United States- with Britain and Canada, "should destroy every atomic bomb f we have, and smash every facility we possess" for making It Specifically he urged: 1. That all knowledge of atomic energy "be freely poured into the international channels of science." I 5: i i Spring Ushered in With Sunshine Spring arrived at 9:33 last night, with the local temperature at j a comfortable reading of 48 after! a dry stinny day that ushered out the winter and spurred talk and dress as befits the new season. j Theimercury hit 63 at 4:30 p.m., the highest this year except for: a March 9 reading of 691. . I; f i Proposal Would Limit; Couiity Representation; I' m Officials here Indicated Wed nesday that the next legislature would; be asked to enact a law providing a penalty for drunken flyers.! f , ! There are now state laws regu lating jjrunken motor Vehicle driv ers and the presence of drunken persons on state highways. j Compulsory ent commissioners receive $5000 per annum. I .j, j The .initiative bill provides that when a license' is applied for the applicant shall show a prepaid receipt of $30 or such fee as may be designated by the 'commission which shall be reduced by 10 per ceiit per year for five year. In case of foreign cars involved in an 1 accident a statement by the officer at the scene shall be sufficient and he shall hold the car and the damage shall be es tablished on a scale to be esti mated by the commission. Copies of this' scale shall be ; sent to all sheriffs and other peace officers. It further provides that the commission shall recommend to the legislature revised insurance rates for trucks. No driver would be allqwed to operate a car un less he carries $5000 property damage insurance and $5000 in surance for protection- of the' oc cupants. ; I . " j NINETY -FIFTH YEAR 12 PAGES UNRRA Food Pool Proposed Plan Outlined as Russia Offers Grain to France By SlgTld Arne ATLANTIC CITY, March 20 (P) The world's mounting food crisis is rapidly crystaludng opin ion here, at UNRRA's fourth coun cil meeting, that all world food supplies must be forced into a com mon pool from which nations may share-and-share-alike. All supplying nations which may include Latin-Americans and some neutrals, such as Sweden and Switzerland are being considered, but the USSR is foremost on the list The soviet union has offered for sale to 'France 400,000 tons of wheat and 100,000 tons of barley and Russia has failed to reply, so far, to a query from UNRRA as to whether it could supply any wheat to help out in the liberated countries. Assistant Secretary of State William L. Clayton told the council. lie said, "the report (of Rus sia's grain sale to France) gives ground for hope that the soviet union may be in a position to give a favorable reply to the UNRRA request" Australia suggested "there Is no doubt that the combined food board (made up of the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada) would be a better body If Russia were to Join and pool in formation of food supplies." Goering Denies Mass Murder . NUERNBERG, March 20 -(JP) Hermann Goering admitted today he had signed numerous anti Jewish decrees, shared in looted Jewish art and ordered strong measures against partisans, but denied he practiced wanton loot ing or ordered massacres in occu pied country. Both Goering and Chief United States Prosecutor Robert H. Jack son showed evidences of strain in the former reichsmarshal's sixth straight day on the witness-stand before the International military tribunal. During Jackson's cross exami nation, Goering repeatedly chal lenged the accuracy of prosecution documents. He cast suspicion upon some pictures of bombings in Poland, and at some points he caused the prosecution to shift from its chosen line of cross ex amination. Chinese Communists Deny Soviet Affiliation CHUNGKING, March 20.-(JP)-A Chinese communist spokesman asserted today his party wants only self-rule for Manchuria's pro vinces similar to that enjoyed by states iii the United States, and denied there was any political link with Russia. The spokesman, Chen Chia-kang, laid the communists did not want separation from central authority, but only self-government, which would be even less than that of the states in America. ORDER DEMOBILIZATION LONDON, March 20.-(J)-The Moscow radio in a broadcast heard by the Soviet Monitor re ported tonight that the Russian government had .announced the next six age classes of the red army enlisted men, both land and air forces, would be demobilized between May and September. No details were announced. CHURCH LEADER DIES INDEPENDENCE, Mo., March 20-(5)-Dr. Frederick M. Smith, 72, president of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints for 31 years, died to day at ah Independence hospital. He was. the grandson of Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saints church. BOUSE 'GONE TO THE DOGS' LOS ANGELES, March 20. -(Jpy-Movie actor Donald A. Cook, his wife and their four dogs are house hunting. Evicted by order of Su perior Judge William S. Baird, the Cooks must pay their landlord $1162 for damage by the dogs to floors, fences and other property, and for damage to plumbing and electrical work. 1 0 MUNDBO 1651 ! Salem, Oregon. Thursday Morning March 21, 1946 Snbw Blankets i . t r I T f I IF L few " k v. ; (T- ( ' . ' ' iff- - ' ' ' . TRUCKEE, Calif., March 10 Gane Warden BUI LaMar Inspects wreckage ef an amy C-47 plane which was wrecked in the snowy Sierras 11 miles northeast ef here yesterday, killing 26 military personnel aboard. (AP Wire photo to The Oregon Statesman) 'Amber' Shatters Oscillatory Mark HOLLYWOOD, March 10. (AVNlneteen - year - old Peggy Cummins says the was kissed more today than in all her life. Winsome Percy was kissed 199 times In five hours before Director John Stahl decided to call it a day. . The scene from Katbryn Wln sor's novel that was being film ed saw Peggy meeting II mt- alien In 'a tavern. Each kissed her as she served him wine. Stahl required It takes before he was satisfied with tbe scene. "Whew," said Miss Cummins as she trudged through tbe rain to her ear, "and to think that a year ago I was playing 'Alice In Wonderland' in London." Bumper Crop Seen! for U.S. WASHINGTON, March 20-(P)-Another bumper crop, carrying with it hopes that the nation may be able to avoid a return to food rationing, was indicated for 1946 by an agriculture .department sur vey todayj It showed that farmers plan 357,500,000 acres of crops, com pared with 357,000,000 year and 355,000,000 for the 1934-45 aver age. While the indicated acreage for 16 major crops is three per cent below what the government asked, food officials considered it gen erally favorable in the light of shortages of labor, machinery and other equipment Alleged; Plot to Poison Cardinal Mooney Balked DETROIT, March 20 -(JP)- The Detroit Free Press said tonight that police are investigating an alleged plot to poison Edward Cardinal Mooney of Detroit dur ing a March 12 civic banquet in his honor.; Police Commissioner John T. Ballenger 'described the plot as "hatched In the mind of a re ligious fanatic whose plans were balked by prompt and thorough investigation." NAVY OPPOSES BUDGET CUT WASHINGTON, March 20-(JP)-The navy itold congress today a proposed $2,100,000,000 cut in its funds would force elimination of 15 partly finished ships from its building program and a "drastic cut" in its flight training pro gram. ANESTHETIC DEVELOPED BALTIMORE, Mauch 20-(JP)-Developmeht of a new anesthetic agent known as "metopryl," with greater power and higher safety factor than ether, was announced today by the pharmacology de partment of the University of Maryland medical school. REDS TAKE HUNGARY RADIO BUDAPEST, March 18.-(Delay-ed)-(i'P)-Reliable American sourc es said today the Russians had assumed control of the Budapest radio and ithe affiliated Hungar ian telegraph agency, MTI. Plane Debris Crashes Yield 32 Bodies, Onei Still Missing SAN FRANCISCO, March 20-f (VThe wreckage of twin Califor-r nia air disasters yielded the bod ies of 32 army and navy men to day. One other, among 20 who died yesterday when a C-47 army transport crashed near Truckee in the High Sierra, was still listed as "missing"' tonight after weary ground crews vainly probed deep snows about the wreckage. All seVen occupants of an army B-29 bomber from Honolulu, lost Monday night heading for Fair field army air base near San Fran cisco, were found dead today when rescue crews pushed through mud and rain to the wreckage on Wau hab ridge 30 miles southeast of San Francisco. . The bomber's wreckage was strewn for half a mile. The big four-engine bomber came to rest with tail high in air at a point some 3200 feet from ocean level. Ex-Mrs. Boyington Weds at Yakima YAKIMA, March 20 -(JP)- Mrs; Helene Boyington, former wife of Gregory (Pappy) Boyington, and George Gilbert, Seattle news vendor, were married at 1:30 p.ml today in the First Presbyterian church in Yakima. The couple had no attendants. Earlier in the day another ministed had refused to perform the ceremony. PRINCESS GIVEN POTEEN ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ire land, March 20-(i5)-Princess Eliz abeth received as a gift today a bottle of Irish "mountain dew" j the famed poteen which is pro- duced in the illicit distilleries of the Fermanagh mountains. Inquiry Started Into Natiohwide Slaughter Drop, Portland Hit KANSAS CITY, March 2b-JP)-An OPA investigation of the steadily dwindling supply of slaughter steers in midwest pack ing houses began today, as the sharp reduction in beef supplies threatened meat stocks over the nation. Reports that a heavy volume of cattle on midwestern markets went to eastern bidders, while midwestern packers were able to purchase only a fraction of sup ply necessary to keep their plants operating were being investigated by four OPA representatives from the district office. One com pany reported it was able to buy only seven cattle yesterday. Usu ally it handles more than 700. Meatless meals ahead for Americans were forecast by one packing company official, who de clined to be quoted by name. He stated that a seasonal decline in the pork market would make the meat shortage more acute. rn Price 5c No. 307 Mac Ends Homma's Last Hope Gen. MacArtliur Orders Death Verdict Imposed TOKYO, Thursday, March 21 (JP)- General MacArthur today approved the verdict cf guilty for Lt. Gen. Masaharu Homma, and directed the commanding general of the army forces of the western Pacific to execute the firing squad death sentence imposed on Homma for ordering the Bataan death march. Homma was convicted by a military commission in Manila on Feb. 11 for the death march and other atrocities committed in the Philippines by his troops early In the war. After reviewing the case and the dissenting U. S. supreme court opinions, MacArthur said: Deserves Fate "If this defendant does not de serve his judicial fate, none in jurisdictional history ever did. "There can be no greater, more heinous or more dangerous crime than mass destruction under the guise of military authority or military necessity of helpless men incapable of further contribution to war effort." MacArthur could find "i cir cumstance of extenuation! and declared Homma was given fair trial, that "no accused was ever given a more complete opportun ity of defense, no judicial process was ever freer from prejudice." To Keep Uniform Although he scored Homma particularly for the Bataan march, MacArthur did not order him to be stripped of his uniform as in the case of Lt Gen. Tomo yuki Yamashita, recently execut ed by hanging in Manila for war atrocities. Yamashita was hanged in cast-off American fatigue clothing, stripped of all war medals. Russians Seeking 'Friendly' Korea SEOUL, March 20 -iJP)- Soviet Russia wants a friendly "demo cratic and independent" Korea which will "not become a base for an attack on the soviet union," Col. Gen. Terenty Shtykov de clared today. Shytkov, commander in Russian-occupied northern Korea, stated his country's aim at the opening of the Joint American Russian commission convened to discuss creation of a provisional Korean government. Road Conditions Show Improvement in State Road conditions showed marked improvement throughout the state Wednesday, and isolated patches of ice and snow at higher 'eleva tions were apparently the only traffic hazard, State Highway En gineer R. H. Baldock reported. Roads at Santiam Junction were clear except for snow between mileposts 80 and 84, but chains were not required there, he said. HAY CEILING RAISED WASHINGTON, March 20.-JP)- OPA today ordered an immediate increase of $1 a ton in price ceil ings for hay at all sales levels. "The big packing centers at Kansas City, Chicago, St, Louis and elsewhere are being outbid for cattle by illegitimate chan nels," Gayle Armstrong, who re cently directed government seiz ure of the big packing plants, asserted in Albuquerque, New Mexico, today. "Legitimate pack ers are at a disadvantage because they must pay certain average ceilings or lose their subsidies, he added. PORTLAND, Ore., March 20-(iip)-Portland housewives began planning meatless meals today after some plants, with no ani mals to slaughter, sent killing gangs home at noon. F. L. Ritter, secretary of the Oregon meat council, predicted a beef shrotage noted here the past two or three weeks would grow even worse. He said hogs, veal and sheep also are scarce here. TO i Ask Delay In Council Meeting Sletluiius Urges Quick Action on Iranian Dispute By Jtfcn M. Hlghtower WASHINGTON, March 20.-(4'V-The United States and Russia split lonight on the question whether the United Nations security coun cil shall tint an early hearing to Iran's charge Against the Soviets. Russia B'kHl for a postponement of the fcheduled opening of the council -in New York, from neat Monday; until. April 10. Ambassa dor Andrei Gromyko wrote UNO Secretary General Trygve Lie that the Soviet government needed lime to jpiepare its case. Almost simultaneously Edward R. StetUniue, jr., American mem ber of the council, filed with Lio a request that the Iranian cafe be placed "at the heal of the agenda." Byrnes Reict4 American officials aaid that when Stettimus made his request on insUrut tione of Secretary of State Byrnes and presumably President Tiuman as well, he had not knqwn of the Soviet delay proposition. He expected and hop ed that the council would plunge into the Iranian case Monday. Stettinius also proposed that both Russia and Iran be requested to report to the council on their direct negotiation for settlement of their differences. While the Russian! note tonight said that negotiations ttill were going on. informed American officials said that parley which were held in Moscow evidently ended in failure ten day) or two weeks ago. Postponement Unlikely Both American officials and aides on Lie's staff said that under the United Nation charter it would take unanimous agreement of the 11 members of the council to postpone the meeting. One UNO official said flatly that "you can count on it thit the meeting will be held Monday." Armed Forces Raise Sought WASHINGTON, March 29-OTV A 20 per cent array-navy pay in crease was asked of congress to day to ieffset higher living costs and the enticement of higher pay in private Industry. Secretary cf War Patterson and Secretary cf the Navy Forrestal told a senate military subcom mittee that neither service can get and hold the men it wants at present pay scales. Legislation before the committee would rai pay and allowances 20 per cent. No-Tribute Clause Added to Bill WASHINGTON, March 20.-P) The senate labor committee com pleted action on its labor disputes legislation today by adding a pro hibition against unions exacting "tribute" from fanners delivering perishable commodities to mar ket. It would make it a misdemea nor to use violence or threats to prevent a farmer from transport ing perishable farm products or to require him to make a payment to a labor organization. It is aimed at a practice in some larger cities in which farmers de livering to markets must pay th charges for a union truck driver and union unloaders even though the farmer does the driving and unloading himself. NAVY TO SPEED RELEASES WASHINGTON j March 20-fTV- The navy ruled today that re serve officers who are within 4S days of eligibility for release un der the I point system and who services; no longer are required may leave the service. The rul ing applies to all officers except those in the medical service. CHROME PLANT UP FOR SALE SEATTLE, March 20 -)-The $500,000 chrome reduction plant 15 miles southeast of Coos Bay, Ore., is being offered for sale by the war assets corporation, the Se attle regional office announced to day. FOOD CAMPAIGN GOALS DUE PORTLAND, March 20 -(JP) Food conservation goals will be set in each Oregon county in the national! food for famine cam paign, state program leaders said today. Weather Max. - 1 - M . S3 . S3 Min. M 33 S3 lUin je Sllem . Eugene Portland San Francisco . Seattle j 4S SI It Williamette THrer T.7 n. FORECAST (from US. weather bu reau. McNary field, Salem): Partly cloudy today. LttUe changa In tni perature. Highest today near SO de grees. Light variable winds.
