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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (April 10, 1946)
PACE TWO thm OREGON STATESMAN. SaUm. Orion. Wodjaoeday Morning. April 10, 194 'Suicide Note9 Injected Into Jiicntan Case " Reference! to "suicide note" was injected into the second de tree jDurder trial of Bernardo i Borja ' Jueutan "Toesday. . BU District Attorney Miller B. : Hayden'arid Charles Robinson, de ! feme attorney. -made, brief open ! int statements, late Tuesday" after , 1 noon. In his talk ; Rafcinxon -made J the .remark that evidence would ' show that amot the things re : moved from Jueutan'a house, the night -of i the alleged killing was -suicide' note." ' Jacutan is charged with killing IlarceDino , M. Ducuslrt with a knife at a New Year's party at Lake T-i A second' indictment charges, him with the fatal shoot " leg of Lucan M. Galvez. - ; Norma G. Boedigheimer was chosen to fill the jury aeat vacated - by Vernon Perry. . who was ex cused Tuesday-Other members of . the jury include Marie, Conner, Ulrica McCormick. : George W. Moore, Leona G. oyce. Evange line Dentel, John T. Plas, John S. Commler, Ralph M. Murphy, William A. Lovelace. Edith Me Cord and Myrtle -E. Reeves. ; :Oa Tuesday afternoon the jury was taken to the cene of the killings. Assisting 'Robinson Tups day were Sammuel Suwol and B. QuitriDo, obth of 'Portland. Mac Regulates JapFinances TOKYO, April -vP)- Ceneral MaeArthur took -new -steps to reg elate Japanese finances today s heavily guarded truck convoys added -another 1 LOO bars of silver bullion to uncounted hoard of gold, silver, plaimum and precious stones heaped in dazzling array in the vaults of the ; Bank of Japan. . General MacArthur abolished the unlimited extension of nation al credit through, government loan ' guarantees, and borrowing by gov ernment instrumentalities; and approved a project whereby Ja pan's fabulous Zaibatsu (family monopolies) will he forced to sell all -i their holdings for govern ment bonds not negotiable for at least 10 y ears. ALFRED A. HAMFSO.H DIES TUCSON, Ariz, April 9.-4JPy-Alfved A. Hampson, 63, senior member of the Portland law firm of Kampson, Koerner, -Young and Swet, and attorney for the South era ; Pacific railroad, died here today. - : Discing Ta Music of Doa Canon Diaaers Served from 6 pm Tasty Steaks Chicken The Crowds Go To Leonards! JJi V Co ibar folks! i K ?f FINEST DINNER XV? f ENTERTAINMENT Y: fi f!o ilrfmissinrr M - ti uuiu wiidigr;. It I ' ; -m- - . B 1 Vl.kl ft . V VACDEYILLE . l0 FLOOB SHOWS M s0and 12 ir - Prompt Expert Service AH tjpes of motors are now in demand. If you have a motor that la not in use, let us put it to work. If it won't work, we still, want it. WsiflttD)DD HBirap won r IEIlBButrrnB C Phone 7822 Capital Bargain House and Capital Jonlc Co 145 Center PIPE SINKS . TOILETS PLUMBING STOVES To Argentina WASHINGTON, April 9 George 8. Meaaersmltb, U. 8. ambassa dor to Mexico, nominated by President Truman tonight as ambassador to Argentina. Diplomat Shift Foreshadowed omiiiations WASHINGTON, April 9.-(Jfy President Truman today nominat ed four diplomatic representatives, Including George S. nfessersmith as ambassador to Argentina, in a move foreshadowing an extensive shift of ambassador abroad. The transfer of Messersmith from Mexico to Buenos Aires was announced a day after the United States revamped its policy toward Argentina, expressing a willing ness to negotiate a defense treaty if she fulfilled her inter-American agreements. The other appointments includ ed: WUIlam D. Pawley, of FloridaJ to be ambassador to Brazil: Joseph Flack of Pennsylvania, a foreign service officer, to be am bassador to Bolivia. J. Rives Childs. of Virginia, also a career diplomat, to be minister to Saudi Arabia. Playground Committee Set Committees to contact residents of the 17th and Market streets area about a proposed playground there were formed at an organi sational meeting of people inter ested in the project, Monday night at Emma's Coffee Shoppe, 1698 Market st Rent free use of the vacant lots has been offered by Chandler Brown, owner. Another meeting has been called for Monday night at 7:30 at the coffee shop of all interested parents in the area. Tentative plans include fencing the area and making it a "beauty spot" as well as a supervised place for children to play, according to L. E. Hill, originator of the idea iDeath Claims Mrs. Jean Wood Mrs. Jean Wood, wife of the late George A. Wood and longtime resident of Salem, died Tuesday night at the Methodist Old Peo ple's home here. j She leaves two daughters and a I son: Mrs. Charles T. Howe of Hood River, Jean Wood, Salem, and Thomas C. Wood, Salem. She was a member of St. Paul's Epis copal church. W. T. Rigdon Co. has charge of funeral arrangements. Repair Salem Street BvN CORRUGATEl) ROOFING CABLE CABLE BLOCKS LOGGING EQUIPMENT AND FITTINGS Mrs. Morris' Rites Friday At McMinnville .1 Last rites will be conducted in McMinnville at 11 ajn. Friday for Mrs. Emma L, Morris, 2395 N. 4th st., who died) at her home here late Monday night; The services in Macy funeral home, McMinn ville, will be followed by inter ment in the McMinnville Masonic cemetery, with Clough-Barrick Co. in charge. - Mrs. Morris, until an illness of 1 A. A II " ! . 1 1 J " . the last two1; weeks, was able, to do housework from the wheel-f chair to which she. was confined after suffering a broken hip seven years ago. She had come with her parents. the late Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Dan iel, to the Pike community near Yamhill in 1870, and had married M. L. Morris, a native of Oregon, in 1878. She was boi'n near Min- neapolis, Minn-, Dec. 25, 1859. She leaves her ' widower; daughter, Mrs. Rose Alender, Klamath Falls; two sons. Dr. Hen- ry E. Morris, Salem, and Dr.. M. L. Morris. Pine Bluff. Wyoit a sister, Maggie Daniel, and a bto- ther, Ivan Daniel,1 both of Mc- Minnviiia iv n-n,thiirirn mn four great grandchildren. Women's Club Counsels Vets A new employment and school m.moiinff orvir. f.r- vin and high school student has feeert established by the Salem Business and Professional Women's club, it was announced Tuesday by Math ilda Gillis, the club's educational chairman. Those wishing to receive such service may contact local club members', the senior high school office or the federal employment I notified; James W. Gleason, regis service. I trar of elections in Multnomah Commenting on the new pro-I gram. Miss Gillis said, "Well qual ified club members who represent more than 14 businesses and pro fessions have volunteered to give applicants the benefit of their training and experience in advis ing as to educational needs and j procedure for securing desirable employment." Sugar Refinery Strike Called By the Associated Press Union refinery workers yester- j day called a strike which would cui oW ,u per cent or we nauon s MM . . m I tdne sugar ouipui. Seven sugar refineries in four east coast ques are involved in the call by the AFL International Longshoremen's association andstructed to communicate the res- CIO local industrial unions for a strike beginning Saturday mid nighty Some 8000 workers are in volved. A Union statement said a nego tiation deadlock had been reached but they were willing to arbitrate demands for a wage increase of 18 hi cents an hour. The union said the companie had offered 13 cents at some plants, less at others. Heavy Japan Vote Expected TOKYO, Wednesday, April-10. -iP)-Japan's ', voters turned -out today for their freest election in history and to show the world what they have learned of west ern democracy. Forecasts of a conservative vic tory were made by Japanese po litical experts, who agreed a con servative current was running strong in this first post-war elec tion. They predicted that the liberals and progressives - - conservative despite their labels - - would win a majority of seats between them. They likewise predicted that less than three-fourths of the j!8,- 000.000 eligible voters would cast ballots. British 'Perpetual' Pension Near End LONDON, April 9 -;P)-The-;iast of the British government's "per petual" pensions, paid to the Des cendants of natiosal heroes, will end when the present Lord Nelson is dead, Hugh Dalton, chancellor of the exchequer, said today. ;' The President Lord Nelson, 88, receives 5000 pounds ($20,000) a year; Nelson's succesors have re ceived a total of 700,000 pounds in the 141 years since the admiral's death at Trafalgar, Too Late to Classify GOOD OLDER Model to trade, pre. 41 Chev s-pasa. cue. or con v. C diff. Eve, 34. 5 E. Lincoln St. OPENS S:fS P. M. MARJORIE REYNOLDS Family' o is a CHARLIE RUGGLES Boy Refuses to Become Insulation! CLARA CITY, Minn.. April 9.-(P)-Herman Warrinrs, Jr., 12, was helping the housing shortage, as kids will, by work ing at staffing insolation along the walls la .the attic of a house being remodeled. A ' carpenter, meantime, was working -la the attic, also. Neither paid much attention to what the other was doing. Just like the cartoons, the car penter walled In the space In which fterman was working. Herman's voeal chords came Into play and be was rescued. T " - 4 H3 V01ltrOl Survey Starts A survey of Salem fire control over a period of years, to show any lack of equipment or oper- ation, is well under way, accord- ing to R. O. Lewis, 'chairman of the council fire department com mittee. The survey is part of the in- vestigation being conducted by Capt. Walter Nickels, on leave from the Portland fire depart- mnt to conduct the survey and ""ke recommendation, with fire underwriter approval, to the council with the idea of making Lower insurance rates possible. Lewis saia ne inougm wai one of Nickels' recommendations would be for a fire alarm setup and for more men in the fire de partment. He added that Nickels was also considering the areas outside the city that might be uKMi in ana tneir rire control Prob'. Gleason Told Of Deadline The state supreme court has county, that he has until April 11 to file demurrer or answer in the mandamus proceedings filed against him Monday by Portland school district no. 1. The school district seeks to force Gleason to include a school tax levy on the ballot in the May primary election and O lea son maintains the school district should conduct the election. Three directors for the school district are to be chosen at the same election. The levy proposed is a $1,750,000 ad valorem prop erty tax. ? LABOR FAVORS OPA Salem's Trades and Labor Council adopted a resolution urg- intt ...r extension of OPA controls at its regular meeting j iast night in the labor temple, Secretary Herbert Barker was in- Ulution to OPA in Washington, TODAY! mm..' L vatAHT . . . n muutt S AND SOUL ACOrifl 1U . Utitk Im . I. sarnrt lisft HIT NO. Z The Dnrango Kid la Action! Charles SUM ENDS Academy Award TODAY Winner! RAY MILLAND JANE WYMAN HID Plus Co-Featare itk iiEaa iiiok J7 Planning Group to Tell Of Progress A progress report to the public and the city administration of Sa lem will be made within the next several months by the city's long- range planning commission, it was disclosed by President C. B. Mc Cullough after main. activities of the commission were discussed at last night's meeting in the cham ber of commerce rooms. It also was decided to meet jointly with the city zoning com mission and representatives of the city council on April 16, at S p. m. in the chamber of commerce, to discuss the over-all roningit uation in Salem. rTincipal aspects or the pro gress report, McCullough said, will summarize the planning work ol the subcommittees on land use. transportation "and parks, play grounds and public buildings. Charles A. Sprague's committee on land use is concerned mostly with an orderly expansion of the Salem metropolitan are, in which city boundaries eventually will be extended several miles in all direc tions. The transportation committee under J. N. Chambers Is working on rail lines rearrangement, in- tracity through strees and off- street parking. Among problems under study by Paul Wallace's committe i the improvement of Bush's pasture as city park property. 3831 Vets to Dock Today By tit Associated rrm Three V, S. ports await arrival of 3831 returning service person nel aboard 11 vessels today. Ships and units arriving: At New York Pi ttston Victory from Bremer- haven, Whea,ton Victory from Ant werp and Colby Victory from Le Havre. At San -Francisco Thurston from Samar, 714 navy; Mercy from Pearl Harbor, LST 727 from Pearl Harbor, Dorchester from Pearl Harbor, Quirk from Pearl Harbor, Moctobi from Pearl Harbor. At San Diego Destroyers Wake and Laffey. Gty STARTS THURSDAY! p. I i .v - v mm, mm. PLUS COMPANION FEATURE r V fr. " " East Oregon Snow Hampers Traffic New snow in eastern and cen tral Oregon Tuesday added to traffic hazards in the higher ele vations, R. H. Baldock, state high way engineer, reported. Baldock reported three Inches of new snow and packed snow on highway at Government Camp; four inches of new snow and snow on road east of milepost 37 at Odell Lake where chains are ad vised; three Inches new snow with packed snow on old Oregon trail highway at Meacham. Hospitals Get Blood Plasma Hospitals and physicians of Mar ion county have received 12$ dried blood plasma units, the first sup ply of free life-saving plasma for use In civilian medical practice. report Dr. W. J. Stone, health of ficer, and Miss Susan M. Faherty, executive manager for Marion county Red Cross chapter. Plasma is being returned to the public through the American Red Cross from the surplus supply turned back by the army and navy. The plasma will be available with out cost although there may be a charge for professional services In administering it Distribution within Marion county is being made by the Marlon county de partment of health. Whole blood Is still needed In three out of every four transfus ions, so this dried plasma only partly meets, the need for blood donations. Miss Faherty said. Grade School Chorus Sings at West Salem if ' Eight school children and the seventh and eighth grade chorus of. West Salem school performed last night at the monthly social program of West Salem grange in West Salem city hall. Those performing were Bobby 1 Patterson, Donald Schryder, Carl Brown, Richard Deen, Arlene Kuhn, Charlotte and Willard KJeen and Robert Gof frief .. Fred G. Slarrett showed motion pic tures. Mrs." Arthur Brown was presented a corsage in recognition for her work as grange pianlsL here Tomorronl . . . doahlreg lovoxl . . adventure I '. . cmtlcrwl in Tschnlcolor - - if. t7 mm V ' 1? J Increases in Social Security Benefit Sought WASHINGTON, April -()- Labor Secretary Lewis B. Schwel- lenbach asked congress today for sharp increases In social security retirement benefits. , He told the house ways and means committee the minimum payable beginning at 63 should be boosted from $10 a month to $20. and the maximum from $83 to $120. He called the present figure "pitifully inadequate," .... Moreover, he recommended; I. Expanding the security oro- gram to include 20.000,000 gsin fully employed persons not now covered Including ,000,OQO farnv era and farm workers; 4,300,000 self-employed Including small businessmen; employes of govern ment, state and local; workers for non-profit organizations, and do mestic employes. 2. Broadening the; act to cover disability to work. Under the pres ent law a disabled worker cannot receive benefits until attaining the age r w. s j S. Special consideration for vet erans whose payments Into their security accounts were Interrupted by the war. 4. Reduce the age at which a wife mar Qualify from CS rears UN. . x : Hiom Jtt7. Mat f. I- STARTS I.I I IZiliffilE Your Favorite Western-Mutical Stars! ;, ... r ore All IS'etv and Romance! 1 CC3 ECLd aai Tte SC3 if & O CO FEATURE! lr. CZC2ZS. -C I2ATXS A H rfBAUCVAItSk Vr J lAllyJ;! T.J, MWyjn .ill f dlt' -. i r . M-if . GALE SONDEnGAAHD M Kim CUMT BRLK0AI0YCE MILBUXN STONC M!8fl CAKEOLL TO ACT LONDONj April .-M7-Ma-1-leine CarrpU, who once said she never would act for the screen again, said ; tonight that she had changed her mind and would ap pear in at I least one film for a new British company organized by exrservlcrmen. n PRANCE. AGREE. MEETING PARIS, April .4r)-rnnc agreed today to a United States proposal for a four-power meet ing of foreign mini ten here April 23. i . i rfRTi n OrCNS :4S r.M. i Nowl And U It Kotl 1 Co-Featare! BONITA GRANVILLE NOAU BEERY, JR. The Raou&ful Choof . OPENS f :', PJ4. ?fowl Thrffl Packdl CO-PEATVRE! Thro MoaquHoors "Shadows oa Gms Sag" - i i ,! DaUf From PJ-t - '4. I : TODAY- Adventure of Song Roy, Pair, Gabby ,. 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