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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 31, 1946)
fo) DM mm mDGDQO Again the battlements of heaven have been battered down and Zion left exposed to the wiles of the devil. For the city council of Zion, 111., the famous sacred city designed forever to be spared the enticements of Satan, has 'voted to permit the sale of tobacco with in the city limits. Earlier in the month the council had voted to allow a motion picture theatre to pen. Shocking indeed this must be to such of the original settlers who were attracted to the place by the purity of itr environs, en forced by ordinance backed by the will of the founding church. It records the. failure of another am bitious program led by a religious aeakrir At the turn of the century a preacher by the name of John Alexander' Dowie was holding forth in Chicago. A native of Scot land" who had migrated with his parents to Australia,' Dowie came to the United States , as an evan gelist and faith healer. He held services In downtown Chicago lor a number of years, drawing in the kick and the impressionable. He attracted a considerable following, published a weekly magazine ' "Leaves of Healing" which' re ported many miraculous cures at his hands through the exercise of faith. Dowie got, enough of a- follow ing to found a church, the Chris tian Catholic Apostolic church. Faith healing was one of its car dinal tenets. Rules of diet were drawn from Leviticus,- for exam ple, eating of pork or of pork prod ucts was prohibited a rather dif ficult rule to observe in the " (Continued on editorial page) State Teachers Group Defeats Salem Move PORTLAND, March 30-P-Headquarters of the Oregon State Teachers association will remain In Portland, the representative council voted today to defeat a proposal to transfer it to Salem. Today's voice vote, not record ed, endorsed an earlier statewide plebiscite which gave ? Portland the site, 721 to 685. Nine votes in the plebiscite, which closed March 16, did not express a choice. r The association announced to day a measure aimed at increas ing state support of schools by $5,000,000 would be on the No vember election ballot The initi ative will call for a property levy of about 15 mills to produce $50 for each school-age child in Ore gon, based on the latest school census, members said. As propos ed, . the new annual state tax would cancel the two-mill grade school tax now levied. Prank Bennett, Salem school superintendent and chairman of the group's school support com mittee, presented the suggested bill to the council. The measure would produce $15,000,000 annu allyabout half the total public school costs in Oregon and would, offset current revenues of $10,000,000 supplied by the pres ent 10-miJl levy. Banquet Honors Bishop Baxter TWIN FALLS, Idaho, March 30 VP)- The atomic bomb either will make , one world or no world at all. Bishop Bruce R. Baxter, Portland, told more than 250 per sons attending a Methodist men's dinner here Friday night The bishop of five northwest ern states including Alaska spoke on current Crusade for Christ of the Methodist church and com pared 1946 to 1846. He said that each date was the beginning of a new era. Delegates from 15 Magic val ley towns attended the dinner, the first annual "bishop's ban quet." Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH Frankly, madam, my find- ng$ are not encouraging. You are allergic to hayl" -., ooc - monk ' - NINETY-SIXTH YEAR 18 PAGES Milk Trickle in CutBairynien to Plan Strategy Delivery Attempt Continues Dairymen, milk .distributors and consumers of Salem went into a weekend waiting ' period Saturday, entertaining various nopes ior a oreajc in me uea-up milk situation, but reluctant to. predict any development which would put milk on the table again next week. Salem was virtually without milk delivery Saturday, as only hospitals were supplied by the two major milk distributors, Curly's Dairy and Mayflower (Dairy Cooperative). Both dairy stores sold milk over the counter to customers with physician's or ders of milk for babies and in valids. Curly's Dairy was able to make a limited delivery in West Salem PORTLAND, Ore, March 31 UP- The policy committee f the striking Portland area milk producers win meet tomorrow to hear reports of the confer ence of dairymen's representa tives with regional OPA price executives, a spokesman said tonight la a formal statement by the five-man committee which re turned tonight frow4Um Fran cisco the , producers ' reported "onr committee gained the im pression that before relief could be granted. all dairymen most first go out of business." only, Saturday, after delivering on a restricted basis in Salem proper the day before. Commenting merely that "if the independent producers don't Want to sell their milk they don't have to," Hans Hofstetter, proprietor of Curly's stated that some de liveries will be made to restaur ants and stores Sunday. Limited home deliveries are planned for Monday. Hofstetter gave no. in dication of the extent of the con templated deliveries, and he was noncommittal, too, on develop ment in his plans for a suit against the Dairy Cooperative charging anti-trust law violation. To Go to Portland The new producers' committe headed by Gus Schlicker, route 6, will go to Portland today for a conference with the dairymen's representatives who have return ed from San Francisco where they - conferred with OPA offi cials. Linn and Benton county milk producers gave some indication they might begin diversion of their milk on a general scale in that area. So far only Lebanon has felt the effect of the diver sion. Nearly 100 producers of the area met Friday night in Albany to discuss the situation. From other sections, Associated. Press reported Saturday that Portland received about 45 per cent of its customary amount of milk Saturday and that Van couver, Wash., was affected to about the same extent Normal delivery was restored in Rose burg and Grants Pass, AP stated. Washington May Join ELLENSBURG, Wash., March 30 -(A)- A movement to unite milk producers and processors throughout Washington and Ore gon in an effort to secure an ad justment of OPA milk ceiling prices for the entire northwest was announced today by Dan Bates, president of the Washing ton Creamery Operators' associa tion. Bates said his association rep resented groups in the Columbia river area from Chelan to Walla Walla. POLISH FAMINE "WORST WARSAW, March 30-W)-Her bert Hoover said tonight that the food situation in Poland is "heart- breakingly bad" and the "worst thus far encountered by the American commission he heads which is investigating European food conditions. '.1 (1 HAMBURG, Germany, March 29 as they queue up in the middle ef March in Hamburg, Germany, where-the food situation is acute. Food rations In the American sone of occupation will be eut 20 per cent as of April 1, it was an nounced today In Berlin by Lt Gen. Lucius D. Clay, deputy military governor of the American sone. (AP Wirepboto to The Oregon Statesman) Portland Man To Scan Salem Fire Hazards Walter E. Nickels, Portland fire department captain, is ex pected In Salem this week to con duct a fire control survey. City officials have received no official notification of hs arrival but Nickels has been granted a leave of absence for that purpose. The survey is expected to cov er fire department equipment and hazards and is for the purpose of securing a reduction in fire insurance rates. Nickels was hir ed for $275 a month by the fire department committee on city council authorization to make the investigation which will take a- bout two months. Nckela has done engineering work for fire control companies and has tested and designed fire equipment for the Portland ' de partment He served in the navy as a fighting officer and designed and equipped fire boats for the invasion of southwest France. He is a 1934 graduate of Oregon State college in chemical engineering. Seattle Given Vaccine Supply By the Associated Press A shipment of 125,000 small pox vaccine points arrived at Se attle yesterday as city officials planned to step up their vacci nation program which already has reached a rate of 15,000 persons a day. A shortage of vaccine plus lack of time to marshal and organize doctors and nurses has impeded the immunization program slight ly to this point Supplies of vaccine were ex hausted at Portland early Satur day morning but a quantity of vials relayed by air express from Seattle placed stocks here in readiness for an expected rush of citizens seeking immunization Monday. Salem Must MakeVet Housing Sites Ready Soon or Face Delay The Klett property on South 16th street must be made ready for veterans houses in ten days or Salem must 'wait another two or three months for the units, the Salem housing committee has been informed by the federal housing administration. Hurry is reported necessary be cause the units intended for Sa lem are on property where a rail road spur Is to be built and so must be moved from there by April 10th. Preparation will necessitate FOUNDED 1651 Salem, Oregon, Sundoy Moraine, March 31, 1946 Salem Virtually Queueing Up In Hamburg '-4 w -- -- 1 . 4. -y. - Mr i 5r Hi " v r Getting' their food rations is uppermost in the minds of these people 'Practically New' '14 Reo Car Brings $206, Broken Arm ATCHISON, Kas., March .30 -(-Thirty-two years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Schmeling bought a new Reo automobile They drove it only 843 miles" then refused to use it again af ter it had frightened a team of horses. A garage was built around the car. A young sapling sprouted In front of the garage doors. The Schmelings died. Today the car sold at public auction for $206. Workmen had to saw down a tree 10 Inches in diameter to get the car out of the garage. Mechanic Robert Morris primed the engine with gasoline, gave the crank a urn. The engine started, the crank kicked, and Morris suffered a broken arm. Congress Ends OPA Hearings WASHINGTON, March 20-VP)-The house banking committee wound up its hearings on OPA today with members predicting freely that the price agency would be shorn of some powers. They expressed this opinion in the face of assertions from econ omic. stabilizer Chester Bowles and other administration officials that such action' might "make it Impossible" to curb inflation. "New fears and Jitters," he said, might plague the country. Some of the legislators said that they agreed with Bowles. They promised a last-ditch fight against cuts " in OPA's authority when the committee began closed ses sions next week to write legis lation. Ruling Limits Deduction From Teachers' Pay Salaries of teachers under monthly contract cannot be de ducted for days lost by teachers when a school is closed by act of the school board. Attorney Gen eral George Neuner held Satur day. The opinion was asked by the state board of education. laying sewer pipe, water mains, building, roads, and placing foun dations for the buildings. Committee members intend go ing before the city council, Mon day night to ask for funds to start the project which will be re paid from operating revenues. The committee has learned that the group of buildings intended for Salem contain 122 instead of the initially announced 120 units. Sixty of these are specified for Willamette uni v e r s i t y student veterans. "VW Y. McNary Dam Wins Vote of Senate Croup ATTLE, March 30-()-AUo-calion of $4,400,000 to start con struction of McNary dam has been approved by the senate appropria tion committee. Sen. Warren G Magnuson (D-Wash) said here to night McNary dam is planned for the Junction of the Umatilla and Col umbia rivers and, like Bonne ville, will be an interstate dam, anchored to both Washington and Oregon Land. The senate committee, Magnu son said, recommended Imme diate passage of the appropriation by the senate with the hope that work may be started by July 1. Total cost of McNary dam has been estimated at $90,000,000. The $4,400,000 recommended by the senate committee, Magnuson said, would be sufficient for the pre paration of the site, involving the moving of railroads , and high ways, a project expected to take at least a year. Accident Rate Worst Since '41 Final figures on Oregon's traf fic accident experience for 1945 shows that year to have scored the worst record since 1941, peak year for accidents in this state, Secretary of State Robert S. Far rell, jr., announced Saturday. There were 352 traffic deaths during the year, with 42,922 acci dents and 8050 injuries. There were 49,674 accidents re ported in 1941 with 352 fatalities Of the 42,922 traffic accidents in Oregon in 1945 approximately 33, 645 or 67 per cent occurred in rural areas. There were 124 pe destrians killed last year. Sackett Expected to File Amended Petition Amended petition was expected to be filed In the circuit court here early next week in the pro ceeding filed by Sheldon F. Sack ett, Coos Bay newspaper publish er, challenging the right of State Senator Merle Chessman, Asto ria, and Representative Earl Hill, Cushman, Lane county, to hold two offices each concurrently. Sackett's attorney, W. L. Jowss lin, intimated in Portland today an appeal may be made to the supreme court from the recent Marion county circuit court ver diet THIRD FIRM SEEKING OIL PORTLAND, Ore., March 30- (i?)-The Mitchell Petroleum En gineering company third firm to test for oil in Oregon within the past year has scheduled drilling in Washington county within the next few weeks. v:v? mmm Stayton Man Dies In Wreck Five Injured in Second Crash Near Gcrvais Charles - Risteen, 20, Stayton, died at a local hospital late Sat urday night as a result of injuries incurred earlier in the evening When bis car rolled over several times about a mile from the Wurt- zel school. He incurred a skull Xractute and internal injuries when he lost control of his car while driving from Stayton to Salem, according to the state police. They said the accident happened about 6:30 p.m. near the E. C. Bennett ranch, about a mile south of the school. Five Dersons were in Salem General hospital, one in critical condition, as a result of a head-on colision between two cars which happened about of a mile south of the southern Gervais junction on highway 99, north of Salem. Harold W. Perton, Woodburn, was in critical condition with head injuries and Freeman Bud Water man, who was riding in the same car, was reported in "fair" condi tion with concussion and lacera tions of the face and right arm. Mrs. George Dieringer, Mon mouth, a passenger in the second car, incurred a fractured right leg and was also in "fair" condition. Her son, Jack, incurred a possible fractured pelvis and her husband, Alexander, was dismissed from the hospital after treatment for possible fractured ribs. County to Boost Land Valuation By 25 Per Cent Assessed valuation of all lands in Marion county will be increased by about $1,500,000 when a blan ket increase of 25 per cent Is placed on the coming assessment roll, County Assessor Roscoe Shel ton revealed Saturday. The increase will be as of Jan uary 1, 1946 and will apply to the 1946-47 county budget and tax roll. Lands both in cities and out side will come under the increase, Shelton said. Political subdivisions where the budgets remain the same as last year will not be affected by the increased rate; however, even in these areas the tax levies will be lower on the higher valuation. If the budgets go up, the increased valuation will hold the levies down to some extent, Shelton stated. The main reason given for the increase Is that present assessed valuations are on the same basis as 15 years ago. No change in as sessed valuations is contemplated for improvements other than ac tual substantial improvements. SUSPECT TO 'SIT TIGHT PORTLAND, Ore., March 30 -(P)-The Russian naval officer charged with espionage will stay here until preliminary hearing is held, Michael S. Vavilov, soviet consul-general, said today. Red Cross Goal Marion County; With $684)88.13 counted up at noon. Marion county achieved its Red Cross fund campaign with flying colors Saturday, the offi cial closing day of the drive. The county's goal was $66,000. Some workers still have not given their final reports, and re turns will increase slightly above $e Saturday figure. The final report will be announced in Ap ril when all mop-up work is completed. "It is wonderful to know Mar ion county again has achieved victory," commented Dr. E. E. Boring, general drive chairman, in announcing the goal had been made. Dr. Boring further stated: "Credit for the success of the drive goes to the hard-working volunteer solicitors, to the division chairmen, to -my co-chairman, Dent B. Reed, and to many others assisting with the drive. "The quota of $66,000 was the minimum set up to operate the chapter here, and I now ask that NO. 4 Hoop Tourney Sile Still Undecided as Action Postponed The question of whether. Sa lem will play host to the state high' scheol basketbal learner next year ' is still undecided today. The Oregon high school activities association board of controt after a special ateeUnr In Portland Satarday te consider bids from Salem, Astoria, and Eocene, - deferred any definite acuon on me mailer anui tneicj next meetlnr on May 1C In Cor- i vaMU. The delay was araptejrio give Salem time to rather more def inite Information on the two proposals offered one by Wil lamette which involves addition of 2700 more seats to the pres ent xrmnakiom, .and one by the Dad's club and Chamber of Commerce for remodelling the state horseshow pavilion. Ad ditional details on sport pace.) 400,000 Coal Miners to Quit Work Tonight. By the Associated Press The second biggest work stop page since V-J day by 400,000 AFL United Mine . Workers ap peared inevitable today. No further negotiations were planned before the walkout at midnight tonight and John L. Lewis, the UMW's leader, told reporters simply "the contract ex pires at midnight Sunday. The production of coal will cease. The miners will stay at home. There will be no picketing and the min ers will just wait for a fair deal." Meanwhile, a strikt in the Vir ginia Electric and Power com pany set for April 1 was called off when the union and manage ment reached an agreement. The labor secretary, after con ferences with John L. Lewis and the soft coal operators, said there was no possibility of preventing the shutdown and no advantage in requesting either side to Ex tend the present coal contract be yond its Sunday midnight dead line. The scheduled work stoppage by 400,000 United Mine Workers will more than double the na tion's ranks of strike idle .and raise a question mark over re conversion production schedules. The solid fuels administration es timated Industrial users of coal, steel mills and public utilities have about a 30-day supply of coal on hand. Crowds Throne toT Watch Smelt Run PORTLAND, Ore., March 30-(P)-Twenty-five sheriffs deputies were assigned to traffic duty Sunday on the highway leading to the Sandy river where "the smelt run is near an all-time peak. An estimated 3009 persons lined the banks of the stream today and this number Is expected to be dwarfed by the Sunday spec tators. The .fishing will halt at midnight Sunday and be closed until midnight Monday. Exceeded for Total $68,988 all working in the drive please complete their canvassing and get the final reports in as soon as pos sible in order to close the. drive completely. Everything above the quota goes to help the Red Cross in extending aid to the veterans and their families, to those veter ans in hosnitaL and to the men with the armed forces In the oe cupation areas. Justice George Rossman, chair man of the Marion County chap ter of the Red Cross, said Satur day the chapter was "very grate ful to Dr. Boring and to his corps of helpers for the effective work which they performed,' and par ticularly commended Reed as vice-chairman, and Mrs. Robert M. Fischer, jr., "who performed wonderful service as publicity di rector.'' He added that "the best way that the chapter's board of directors can evidence its appre ciation ... to everyone who con tributed, to the campaign ... Is to use wisely the money contri buted.' - , Price Sc Near 1000 Suspects Arrested Vast Dragnet Thrown Over Germany, Austria By Richard A. O'Regan FRANKFURT, Sunday. March ' 3MP)-Ameriean' im British troops early today ' broke the back of am under ground movement seeking to' establish a vestige of the na tional socialist regime ib . Germany, bat fought gn. battles with nazi fanatics at scattered points before round- 1 ing up -some 1006 one-time followers of Adolf Hitler. Numbers of the su s p e c t s at tempted to resist as an esUmated 7000 allied troops cast a vast' dragnet' throughout Germany. Short-lived firing broke out at a . number of places as combat troops working with counter-es-" fonage agents staged the wide- vprearf raids at midnight. Nazis Waned Early transmission of the news of the projected raids, an Ameri can intelligence chief said, pre sumably warned the nazis of) their' danger and gave them time, in some instances, to prepare their defense. First stories were transmitted for release at one minute after midnight German time. The raids took place on schedule. Shortly afterward news began to filter in of sporadic but des perate resistance in isolated cen ters. , Army officials said that in a number of instances the suspects attempted to resist forcibly aa agents broke open doors and shut ters in the swift series of raids which the U.S. army said broke the back f a powerful under ground movement to renazify Germany. 200 Elite Nazis The suspects seized were sus pected of being ringleaders of the plot, including 200 elite nazis of the inner circle. Counter-intelligence officers said not one of the inner circle, mostly former Hitler Jugend (youth leaders, escaped , the vast dragnet' ""' A combined British - American statement unfolded the dramatic story" of "operation nursery, 10-months Intensive manhunt in the two zones, climaxed by the armor-supported raids In western Germany and Austria. There wu evidence the plot also spread into the Russian zone. Well-Finaaeed The well-financed attempt to revive nasism began even as tfc thunder of guns died away oa Germany's battlefields. But wran gling between two factions of the movement tipped counter-espionage agents to its existence, after its cunning leaders had complete ly taken in even some American military government officials. Arrests of the inner circle be gan as long as three months aa o. In the Saturday nighUSunday morning raids 800 more were Jailed. , "The movement's lorg-ranfe plan, designed to revive the naal ideology in Germany, was the most dangerous threat to our se curity encountered since the war," Brig. Gen. Edwin L. Sibert, UJ. intelligence chief asserted. Greek Election Brings Riots ATHENS, March 30-rLft-ists opposed to tomorrow's parlia mentary elections clashed with the police tonight a few hours after 20,000 leftists at a mass meeting had demanded the ouster of Brit ish troops from Greece. The Athens- police chief said four policemen were hurt and one demonstrator wounded. Police fired into the air to disperse EAM (leftist bio?) and KKB (communist) demonstrators who brandished iron bars, sticks, and stones.- 90,000 File Slate Income Tax Form Approximately 90,000 state in come tax returns for the year 1948, based on the incomes for 1945, have been received at the Portland and Salem offices of the state tax commission, officials announced Saturday. Officials warned that nearly 200,000 returns are yet to be re ceived by April 15, the deadline. Weather Max. - 1 M - 1 S3 Min. 41 ft la Trars Salm Eugene Port Land SC SI S3 43 .ea Tr5S ScstUe San Francisco WUIsmett 4.S ft. FORECAST (from U.S. weather Bu reau, McNary fteld, Salem:) Partly cloudy today. Early morning tog. High est temperature M degrees.