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Tlvs sensU commutes has voted
to' retain In pendifix appropria
tion measure a sum for starting
work on th McNsry dam across
V Columbia river Just above
' Umatilla. Long; listed as next on
the Una for construction, its po
sition has been threatened in re
cent -months by t advocates of a
dam on - the upper Columbia at
. roster creek. Thi ' 1 mali
creek In Okanogan eountr, Wash
ington, emptyinf . into the Colum
bia near Bridgeport, sone SO
.ir-ttes below Grand Coulee dam.
Stte of Washlnsjton interesjts were
accused of "dity work 1st the
crossroads" in tkyintf to ejdgethe
Foster, creek work ahead (of that
- at Umatilla As far as the! senate
obt-unittee is concerned, ; thanks
doubtless to Senator Cordon now
a member of the senate appro
. priations committee, the i initial
appropriation for the McNary
dam seems to be. assured.
... According tp Rufua Wooda of
; the Wena tehee World the FDster
-creek installation wotild give elec
Vic energy at an In vestment f cost
f $50 per horsepower; whih is
remarkablr low. far lower! he
' claims than a low-head dam; like
the one proposed for Umaiilla.
The latter, however, would eiim-
r mate Umatilla rapids and s be
..an aid to navigation.
s 'iThe recent report from Wfcsh
ington about . government plans
. for a wind tunnel for aeronaut!
i cal research to be located ini the
northwest -has
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U. S.to Disbaiid
Anny hi China
. SHANGHAI. April l.-(5VDis-
Ijandment of he. UrS. army in the
.China theater May 1 and rever
sion of the marine corps in north
3 China, td. navy command was an
nounced today by Lt Gen. Albert
C-' Wedemeyer. '
' The rnove. will reduce U. S.
army personnel in China to not
more than 3000 or 4000 men. -,
, It followed recent Russian as
eurances ;'tnat Soviet occupation of
Manchuria would be terminated
by AprU SO. . r
Animal Crackers
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Supreme Court
Backs Holding
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Company Rule
M WASHINGTON, April
Tjne "death sentence clause of
the utility holding company act,
tjjbject of a bitter controversy
dating back to early new deal
days, was ruled constitutional to
day In a 6 to 0 supreme court de
cision. Enacted in 1833 after a memor
able battle, it provides that a hol
ding company must confine itself
to a single, integrated system of
operating companies.
j . In 1 passing; the . " death sentence
clause, congress "was concerned
with ithe economic evils resulting
from j uncoordinated and uninte
grated public utility holding com
pany i systems," the court's opin
ion said. - : , 1
THese evils were found to be
polluting the channels of inter
state Commerce.
"Congress, therefore, has power
Under) the commerce clause to .at-
tfejtept; to remove those evils by
ordering the holding companies to
divest themselves of the securities
that made such evils possible."
Flier Sights
Escaped Girl
Spotted from the air in her hid
ing place on an I attempted escape
route rom the Hilfcrest school ior
girls, a 13-year-old inmate, who
was accompanied by the 5-year-old
daughter of a staff member, was
caught! and returned to the instittu
tion last evening, five hours after
the pair disappeared.
When the girl was missed. Hill
crest officials notified authorities
and called nearby United Air
Lines to inquire if the girls had
been seen.
. They had not, but a private flier,.
Wajly Tower, who was In the of
fice at the time, took -up his Tay
loYcrat and circled the area of
Hillcrett. He finally spotted the
pair in a creek bed near the state
penitentiary.
West Salem Council Rejects Peftlion System for
City Employes, Bus Franchise to Salem Asked
By Margaerite Gleeson
Valley News Editor
WEST SALEM, April l-(Spe-
cial)-The pension system for
West Salem employes was re
jected, a budget committee ap
pointed and an ordinance provid
ing for a franchise for an inter-
urban bus passed first and second
reading at the city council meet
ing here tonight.
The pension system was . re
jected because council members
admitted they knew little about
It and because it was understood
tonight was probably the last
time U could be rejected although
It might later be accepted.
Members of the budget board
are the same as last year except
where the previous one has left
or plans to leave the city within
the immediate future. They are
Harold Reinwald, 1326 Third st;
Frank Wells, 296 Gerth St.; Earl
Burke, 642 Edge water st.; Sam
Alexander," 1105 Ruge St.; John
Van Santen, 1353 Edgewater st;
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Dairym
en
Abandon!
Diversion
The milk strike ordered by
producers was . ended Monday,
after five days of general sus
pension of deliveries, in the Sa-lem-Portland
area. Deliveries
were resumed Monday and will
be brought bacKvjo normal rap
Idly. 1
Principal local distributors are
the Dairy Cooperative and Cur
ley's. The latter had attempted jto
restore deliveries Friday but was
only partially successful for lack
of supplies. Producers are accept
ing under protest the OPA price
schedule announced on March 75,
allowing them ' six cents per
pound butterfat increase in price.
The delivered price remains the
same, 13ViC per quart
rertlaad Also
The calling off of the strike
locally followed similar action by
producers in Portland Sunday.
The producers' . committee heard
the report of its deputation to
visit OPA offices in San Francis
co. This report was to the effect
that no review of the recent
price action would occur so long
as the strike was on; that j no as
sura n r could be given of; favor
able consideration on a j subse
quent review; but that the na
tional situation was undjer re
view which might bring some
change in pricing.
Issue Statement
The committee of Saleiri pro
ducers issued a statement! Mon
day explaining their position and
Justifying their stand for a high
er price. Members of the com
mittee are Ray Hobson, route 2,
Amity. Charles Andrews, turner,,
A- C Spranger, route , Salem.
They ' also announced a meeting
of all producers for the Salem
market 'for Tuesday night, April
9, at 8 o'clock for the purpose
of at least raising the .priae here
to that of the Portland area on
the ground that production costs
are higher here.
(The committee s statement is
on page 7.)
Paulson Given
Education Post
Selection of O. I. Paulson as
permanent director of the state
vocational education department
was announced at a meeting of
the state board of education here
Monday. He . succeeds O. D.
Adams who resigned some time
ago to accept : employment , In San
Frantiscb. .
C. F. Feike was named super
visor of vocational rehabilitation.
Both Paulson and Feike have
been connected with the state vo
cational division- for a . consider
able period. E. R Urdall, prev
iously appointed state supervisor
of distributive education, is now
on the job, the board was ad
vised. The board of education decid
ed to devote much of ; a future
meeting 'to a discussion of . gen
eral education, including teacher
training. This suggestion was of
fered by Secretary of State Rob
ert SFarreIlt Jr., a member of
the board.
Rflv. Earl Snell. chairman, nre- I
sided at Monday's board meeting. I
O. C. Brown, 957 Madrona st;
and Mrs. Verna L. Axelson, 665
Gerth st.
The ordinance provides for a
franchise for Robert E. Covert to
operate an urban-interurban bus
line between here and Salem with
evening service, also on Sundays
and holidays. It was stated in
formally by members o the
council that Covert is planning to
purchase a new bus2tt take care
of the present traffic and that the
present Mnis will be used to sup
plement the new one, should the
franchise be granted.
The recommendation of the
state highway department for
parking restrictions on Edgewa
ter street was adopted with a few
exceptions by the council and the
city attorney, Elmer D. Cook, in
structed to prepare an ordinance
to make, the recommendations ef
fective. Published reports that the city
was planning to Improve the Paul
Miners
CENTKALJA. IIL. Anril 1 Miners
"ID
join wilkeat ef 4tO,tO AFL United Mine yi'erkers. Meat ef the miaers at Glenridge ewa their eperat
lag firm and f aend they were staging a walkeat ear themselves. They have appealed to UMW hea4
a Barters to be permitted to return to Jobs Reading agreemeat ea new eeatracC (AF H'lrepbeto to
The Oregea Statesman)
Steel
Feels Effects
Of Mine Strike
By the Associated Preu
As the nation's 400.000 bitu
minous Coal miners spent the
first day of their work stoppage
with parades and speeches in tri
bute to two presidents of the un
ion, first effects of the strike were
bemg felt yesterday In the steel
industry. Miners and operators
met with U. S. Conciliator Paul
Fuller, but "no progress' was re
ported.
The steel industry itself was
recovering; from a paralysing
strike of 750,000 workers in Jan-
uary, and further Extended cur
tailment In steel production
would lead to cutbacks and lay
offs in other industries.
The United States Steel Corp.,
the nation's largest producer, an
nounced banking of its 2,800 bee
hive coke ovens JLn the Faeytte
county. Pa-, area today, the cor
poration aid, workers, will start
banking 20 of its 32 blast furna
ces in the Pittsburgh area. This
would cut the corporation's steel
output at Pittsburgh to 47 per
cent.
A total of 768.000 were Jdle
across the nation.!
Reece Given
BrownelTs Job
WASHINGTON, April l-lfif-
The Republican National Commit
tee turned to the southern border
state of Tennessee today for its
new chairman and elected Rep.
B. Carroll Reece on the third bal
lot in a three man contest.
ine 06-year old iteece, now
serving his 12th term in the house,
said he would resign that seat to
devote his whole time to working
for a republican victory in the
November elections
Reece, who succeeds the retiring
Herbert Browneil, Jr., is a deco
rated veteran of World. War I,
lawyer, teacher, and banker. He
turned to politics in 1920 and was
elected for everv succeeding term
but one.
ty'allace-Glen O. Lewis land as a
park were much exaggerated.
Mayor Guy Newgent said. The
City recorder, Robert E. pattison,
Was instructed by the council to
write the responsible parties to
that effect. Newgent said trie city
would like to have the state high
way commission take over " the
land and improve it but t would
take $70,000 to improve the land
for park purposes, and the mon
ey is . not available, the mayor
said. , -
: A new street light at Eighth
and Gerth streets was authorized
and the matter of lights in the
park, "now that It is! getting
warmer" was discussed. : It was
finally decided to leave ft to the
street committee. I
A Masonic lodge which is be
ing organized here was author-,
ized to hold its meetings in the
city hall one night a month as
many other local organizations
are meeting now.
Industry
Walk Out on Themselves
at the Glearidce I mine, near
Savings Stolen
SJ
From Wooden Leg
WASHINGTON. April
One-legged Deskin E. Brews,
45, reported to peUee today that
twe men whe attacked htm la
a dark hallway:
1. Kifled his pockeU:
1. Removed his artificial leg
to preveat chase:
S. Feaad $1193 he had hid
den la the limb aad stele that
toe.
Triple Tragedy
Laid to Atom
Secret Worry
WASHINGTON, April lL-(AV
Fear lor the safety of atomic! bomb
secrets f was advanced tonight as
the possible cause of a triple trag
edy which cost the lives of an at
torney associated with ''the p! reject
and his wife.and left their daugh
ter gravely wounded. j
The victims, all shot through the
bead in the bedroom of their home,
were Paul P. Stoutenburgh, t45,
his wife, Ana,. 44, and their daugh
ter, Mary, 12. The husband and
wife were dea when police, sum
moned by relatives, broke Into the
house; the little girl was given
scant chance, to survive.
Police inspector Robert Barrett
and Lieut. Jerome Flaherty said
Stoutenburgh apparently shot his
wife and daughter and then him
self. A pistol lay beside his body.
Relatives said he had developed
a "phobia about the atomic bomb.
believing, its secrets were getting
out.
Tractor-Roll
Kills Scio Boy
. LEBANON, April 1-(T-Ray
mond L Sledge, 10-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. David L. Sledge,
died in a hospital "today from 'In
juries suffered when he was
pinned beneath a tractor.
His father said he told the boy
to run the tractor into the shed
yesterday. Instead, Raymond and
a playmate chugged up a hilL
Coming down a steep grade the
tractor struck a stump, over
turned and crushed the boy under
neath. The companion was un
hurt. The parents, who live on a farm
near Scio, and 12 brothers and
sisters survive.
Well That a Horse
Of a Different Color
The horsethief Salem police
sought Monday is not likely to be
the hard-riding masked variety of
the horse opera.
The "horses" stolen were six
hand-carved horse figures from a
locker, at the Oregon State hos
pital, from Daniel Cutierry. Also
taken, police were informed, were
150 hand-made celluloid rings, an
alarm clock, some extension cord
and a counting device.
Weather
Max.
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Rain
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trace
ForUand
San Francisco .
Seattle
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Willamette river IJ a
FORECAST from VS. weather bu
reau. McNary new, saiemj: ruujr
cloudy today, light variable winds.
Highest temperature 00 degrees.
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here, leave ease at mala shaft to
Council Adds
Park Tax to
May 17 Ballot
A proposed charter change en
abling Salem to levy a one mill
tax for city park development
will face local voters In the May
17 election, it was decided by
the city council last night. ,
Meeting in regular session In
city hall, the council also paved
the way for a rapid development
of the veterans' housing colony
In southeast Salem in order to
City council last night Was,
petitioned for aathorlty to ape
rate a stage coach and 25 horses
on Salem street. Referred to
the police and traffic commit
tee, the matter concerns a pa
rade scheduled for the Western
Hone Shew May IS and 19
under auspice ef the Oregon
Mounted Fosse and the Salem
Saddle dub.
obtain the promised .124 housing
units from Portland this month.
The park tax 'ordinance, passed
unanimously as amended, is de
signed to raise some $17,000 .for
improvement of the; 12S acres of
public parks and possibly for
future acquisition of additional
park properties,' ft was explained
by Alderman Albert H. Gille in
offering amendments to the bill,
which was framed originally to
include playground development.
It was explained that playground
upkeep is already adequately
budgeted. . '
To provide the local bousing
authority with immediate assist
ance. Including funds on a loan
basis, " the council ansferred
$1200, from the rent control
(board fund and directed the city
engineer to begin sewer connec
tion work.
Steve Anderson, representing
the housing authority, explained
before: the council that the colony
site must be ready to begin re
ceiving the houses by April 10
because the federal . apartment,
units must be moved. If sent
here, Salem will be the first city
to receive such units in the
northwest.
Veterans' housing alio received
the council's attention in the final
approval of a housing service to
help veterans find homes, to be
operated bjy the city treasurer at
his office in the city hall.
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Gty Building Permits for First
Quarter of 1946
City building permits author
ized more construction m the
first quarter of 1948 than In any
similar period in Salem's history,
it was announced today by the
city engineer's office 'upon issu
ance of the March building re
port. ' I '
March permits brought the to
tal valuation placed Ion author
ized first quarter buuilding to
$1,285,585, of which $1,192,334 Is
the estimated cost of new build
ings and the remaining $93,251
the estimate for alterations of
existing buuildings.
March ; fees on building per
mits brought the engineer's of
Grew of Alaska Lighthouse Lbs t, 52
- Die in Hilo, T. IL:-Cialforiiiaii Killed
, j i By the Associated- Prefcs -i
Tidal waves roiling; out at aifpfane speed from a mighty
submarine earthquake demolished the entire waterfront of
Hilo, Hawaii, Monday and spread death and destruction to
Alaska and California. At least were dead, and Uiio re
portedf aa many! aa 300 may hare: been killed in that city
alone. ' ' u - !',-(..-
Hawaii, worst-hit of the Hawaiian Islands, was ripped
by towering waves that crested into speeding walls of water-
50 reel above normal levels at 1 1 ilo, crashing through homes; ;
warehouses and business buildings. ,
The center of the wave, was believed to be the western
tip Of volcanic Unimak island, Alaska.. , " . .
North pacific shipping was warned to be prepared or
waves 30 feet high. A recurrence of the crushing tidal rush
was believed possible. , . '
. Latest figures placed I the toll in Hawaii att 52 known Asad and
many missing. I'rom five to ten men were lost whenfthe wave r
enveloped an Alaskan lighthouse. One life f was repoftdd' lost on
the California sttore. which escaped with leiativelytfeht cLtmase.
Little East island, on French
of Honolulu, was completely overwhelmed, the coasf guard report ed. .
The .fate of its small naval garrison 'was unknown. 1 - I'. '-
. Heavy damage was 'reported from Hawaii; MauU Kaui :"ahd the
leper colony island of Molokai, where several beach homes were
washed out to sea and lowland residents fled to higher ground.
Relatives A wail List of Derail at IIHo, Hawaii
. On high ground in Hilo weefmg friends and relative Waited
Jo hear what other names had been added to the death lut, Tr ps
patrolled the wrecked, waterfront, nd wouUf not . permit anyone;
near the wreckage of buildings leveled by the rushing tons of water.
Hilo's police chief, Anthony Paul, said 37 bodies were recovered.
but "there is ho way to teT how many ate dead..
Many are missing at Laupahoehoe, 25 mfles northwest of Hi!o
among them four mainland school teachers employed In Laupahoehoe i
school. -
C. R. Ferdun, school principal
homes along the waterfront, which
ASTORIA, Ore, April l.-Coaat gmard sUUeaa aUng
the ragged Oregea eeast reported 1 feet waves battered ahere.
facilities for an hour today bat there were ne reperta ef axtemdve
shore damage or loaa ef life. Shipping appareatly rede eat say
nausual affshere jftcas. ! - f', .-
Cfm, U V. naraett reported the ceaai 'gaard atailea at
Charleston inside; the Ceos Bay bar was battered by aarglng
seas fee an hoar fate this mernlng. ;' . .
The Astoria eeast guard reported a check ef staUoae . aJeng
beth Washington aad Oregon ' eeasts Indicated tae Udal wavs
originating In the . north Pacific had appareaUy by passed the.
nerthwest states. ' ' - ;
Two of the cottages were. swept out
sent crashing inland.: j '
"fight school children are missing Ferdun added. There la
httle chance they are alive.
"After, the first wave -came in
ran down to the beach to see what
engulfed them, according to witnesses." ' ; - r : -:7" '
The principal said many people
timbers in the waters offshore.
The great million-dollar breakwater protecting Hilo i harbor la
at least 50 per cent wreckedj city
lllugeigarjs were pushed through thick concrete" walls.
' RaUred- cars, automobiles, trucks, warehouses, molasses tanks.
a barges, and boats were strewn
barge had been tossed through "a
All . business life came to an
and civilian xrews dug-through the
Adak Unable lo Contact Unimak Station .
The army signal corps in Seattle said Its 'Adak station had a
report of a tidal wave at Fort Randall, near Unimak, but' bad M 1
details. i A
Up to 12:15 p. m Pacific time, there was no sign, of a tidal
wave at the naval base on Adak island, nor had an earthquake been
felt at that remote, Aleutian station. Adak reported, however, that
it was unable to contact the signal corps station at Fort Glenn on, ,
Unimak island, 400 miles east of Adak and about 50 miles west of.'
Dutch, harbor. 'j
, The navy warning, based on,
not mention casualties or damage at Unimak station. It said , the
center of the Jidal wave-was undetermined but "believed to be at
UUtude 55 north, longitude 164 west. ' S.'
At Seattle, . associate Prof. Howa rd Coombs, In char g of , the
University of Washington seismograph, estimated today's tidal wave
raced across the ocean at 400 to 500 miles an hour. There was no
immediate report of renewed activity Jby any of the Aieutiana
many volcanoes. Theyjnever are-cntirely quiescent:
California appeared to have escaped the
disturbance. !".'!
The giant waves which crashed
however, terrified beholders and .
death. The elderly victim was one
at Santa, Cruz, south of San Francisco, when, a great wave rushed
upon them. The survivor said he seized bis companion and helped
him to his feet and then lost' hold of him as the outgoing, wave
tumbled them in the surf. ; j ' ' f f, . j , ,
URANIUM MINERS STRIKE
VANCOUVER, B.C Aprjl
F. Harrison,, western represen
tative of the Canadian department
of labor, said 'today, the .depart
ment was investigating a strike of
200 Eldorado miners at Port Ra
dium. -' Mines in the area are a
major source of pitchblende, from
which uranium, used in atomic
power, and radium are derived.
Shatter Record
fice its biggest revenue' from, that
source for any single month
$1064.40.
T The March .figures of estimated
costs of. building in the city show
ed $570,300 for new construction
and $33,353 for alterations. '
Of the permits Issued In the
first quarter about '150 were for
dwelling units, totalling about
$700,000. The balance Is account
ed . for mainly by such recently
announced commercial building
prpjecta j as the $20d,000 bank
building for the local branch of
the First National bank of Port
land.
frigate shoal 450miles north v est
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said.1 the teachers lived in. beactr
was inundated , by the wavea.'
to sea.' Three'thert nearby -were
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and then receded, the ,fchldrerL-
happened, end tr "second ws
were clinging to driftwood and
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officials said. " ;
about like toothpicks One oil
warehouse. i ,
absolute standstill while soldiers,
wreckage for any survivors..
'y ' . .
the tidal wave at ; Lnimak." did
full force of the, tidat
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on central-California beaches.
carried at! least one man to his
if two men strolling on beach
Smallpox Total i
24 in Seattle
SEATTLE April l-VSnia ;
pox cases In Seattle Increased U
24 today, but there have, been no
deaths for several days "and the '
sore-armed city breathed mere '
easily as the mass vaccina lion pro-
gram reached 'Its peak.H , f
Five persons diied from the'dis-- '
ease. One ct the cases among the
24 had the disease so lightly he
was Confined to" his home, j The
others had been taken to -the :
quarantined county hospital. One,
a nurse, had recovered and been '
released. , ' i-v i ' I '
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City, health officers estimated 1
80 per' cent of Seattle's population
had been vaccinated by tonight, '
leaving 200,000 unprotected or lra-s
mune due to recent vaccinations, j
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Cuban Ambassador. Cuillermo
Belt announced lodyj that theJ
United SUtes will return all Its
army installations, in Cuba to the
Caribean republic on May ,20.
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