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Toi3 nvajor inlUrt number
thre:- flrat the rcillgious sixnifi
csnc of Easter wijth iU itory of
th resurrection; cond, ham and
cut and bunny' rabbits; third,
apparel, chiefly female apparel.
Tomorrow's news we may be sure
will devote more space and more
pictures to the Easter parade on
Park avenue than to what was
aid. fa the churches. Convention
ally, Easter is the day for milady
to emerge radiant in new spring
costume from shoes to hat, with
particular attention to the millin
ery, Despita all the shortages and
eotnplaJjfts of shortages American
women vUI go to church today,
well dressed and most of them
-wearing bcw things.
When It comti to dress the
mere male la cast in shadow by
his tnoragorgeously appareled
mate. Among birds nd beasts
the male is the one with more
style and color. Compare the cock
pheasant with his drab consort,
for example. With humans the
male defers to the female and
finds his greatest satisfaction in
bedecking her with glowing cos
. turn and brilliant Jewelry.
There was a time and that not
too long ago either, when man
took pride in his sartorial ele
gance. It was stiff and starchy,
but a badge of distinction never
theless. We moderns get many a
laugh in turning the pages of
Codey's Lady's Book, that com
pendium of fashions of an age now
(one. There is similar enjoyment
of contrast to be found in the
male costume of say the 1B80'.
'Consider what the well-dressed
man would wear If he
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Vet Jobless
Oaims Falling
CI readjustment allowance pay
ments seem to be dropping off
throughout the state and . locally,
an unemployment compensation
commission spokesman reported
Saturday.
Civilian compensation claims,
however, appear to be increasing
lightly, he indicated. For the
week ending April 13, in Marion
county CI claims totaled 1121,
while for the week ending April
f the total stood at 1128 and for
the last week in March at 1290.
Civilian claims during the same
periods totaled 1540 for the week
ending April 13. 1453 for the week
before that and 1386 for the last
week in March, the commission
figures show.
Animal Crackers
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It's Cherry Blossom time la the valley and the time for a let of other blossoms, too. Late rains have
left a eoansryslde seldom eqaalled In verdancyj as hundreds of visitors will find today on the Blossom
Day reate of the Salem Cherrlaas (route oa page J). . Statesman Photographer Bill Scott caught
these orchards in their fall glory last week.
Federal Grain
Cut May ToP
25 Oredered
CHICAGO, April 2 0-F-Americans
may have to cut fheir con
sumption of bread and other
wheat products even more than
the 25 per cent ordered by the
government unless a federal bo
nus inducement brings a rush of
stored wheat from the farms,
milling sources indicated today.
A survey of the government's
program for a 23 per cent slash
in flour consumption to combat
famine in Europe brought these
reactions:
C. D. McKenzie, president of
the Miller's National Federation,
said unless farmers release their
tores of wheat It is "etremely
doubtful" sufficient grain would
j be available at the mills to pro
duce 73 per cent or tne nour tney
turned out last year.
Dr. Morris rbhbejjy editor of
the Journal of the American
Medical association, said the slash
in wheat consumption would "do
more good than harm" for the
average American. Dr. Fishbein
said the nutritional value of
wheat products was available in
other foods and that overeating
was an important contributing
factor In shortening longevity af
ter middle age.
Oregon Bakers
To Cut Loaves
PORTLAND, Ore., April 20-OP)
Oregon bakers will cut the stan
dard family size one and a half
pound Iqpf to one pound during
the food for famine campaign
they announced today.
Frank J. Bastasch, president of
the Oregon Bakers' club, said the
bakers were confused by the gov
ernment grain and flour economy
order asking a 10 per cent size
cut and a state price law requir
ing loaf sizes in half pound units.
He said, bakers would urge
buying of only a minimum of
bread and pastry and reduce the
amount of flour consumed 25 per
cent.
Weather
Max. Min. Rain
. .. U 44 .14
00 43 .03
. 5 47 .06
.. 61 47 .00
7 45. 37
S&lem ..... ,
Eugene
Portland
San Fraacisco
Seattle
WUUnwIt rivar 3.2 ft.
FORECAST (from U.S. weather bu
reau. MeNary field. Salem): Cloudy
today, becoming partly cloudy early
thai evening. Highest temperature to
day 60 dear res.
Temporary Salem Bus Servile
To Be Increased for Easter I
Bus service of Dwight E. Wyatt,
suburban line operator who has
filled in some of the city routes
pending settlement of the two
weeks' old strike or Oregon Motor
Stages-, will be augmented today.
Wyatt announced that for Easter
Sunday only he would serve the
usual Chemeketa street line on an
hourly basis, starting from The
Pioneer Trust company at 8 a. m.
The last run will start at 11 p. m.
He will also fill in for the State
street run, on a today-only basis,
on an hourly schedule starting
from Ladd & Bush bank at 8:30
a. m. and continuing until 11:30
p. m.
The 17th and Market route, and
the South Commercial and 12th
street route, which Wyatt took
over last week, will continue in
operation, he said.
S. M. Gaylord, whoput his
newly acquired bus into operation
Saturday on the regular High
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Blossom-Enclosed
Highways to Play
Host ttf Sightseers
With myriad blossoming
trees pointing up a rich valley
landscape around Salem and
with the expectation of fair
weather, highways and country
roads leading from Salem in all
directions will be crowded this
Easter Sunday with thousands
of sightseeing motorist.
for today is Salem's spectac
ular Blossom Day, as, well as
Easter, and the first such blos
som time observance since be
fore the war. Visitors from
many western Oregon cities are
expected to drive the 'blossom
routes' to view the gaily bued
orchards.
The weather forecast indi
cates an early cloudiness will
lift somewhat throughout the
day. No rain is predicted.
Atom Research
Said Stalled
I.
Since V-J Day
WASHINGTON, April 20-P)-The
' United States federal atomic
research program "has been stall
ed shice V-tJ day," Dr. E. Ii. Cqn
don, scientific advisor to'-Jhe spe
cial -senate committee oti atomic
energy, said tonight.
Dr. Condon, who is also director
of the national bureau of stan
dard, reported that "more than
three-fourths of the leading neu
cleaf scientists" who helped de
velop the atomic bomb" are gone
back to the universities or to priv
ate research laboratories,"
Dr. Condon made these state
ments In remarks prepared for a
round-table broadcast over NBC.
They made up his response to a
request for comment oh state
ments by Dr. Harold Urey, an
atomic scientist, who has assert
ed that only "second raters are
left In American atomic labora
tories. "
County Requested
To Replace Bridge
The Marion county court Satur
day received petitions asking for
the replacement of the old covered
bridge between Turner and Aums
ville and for the re-surfacing and
widening of the road from: the
penitentiary annex through Tur
ner to Aumsville.
Both petitions were signed by
residents of the Turner,: Aums
ville,; Marion, Sublimity and Par
rlsh Gap districts and will effect
market roads' 27 and 28V
land avenue route, stated j his
schedule for today and all sub
sequent Sundays and holidays
calls for departure from the State
and Commercial corner every half
hour from -8:13 a. m. through
11:45, p. m. The weekly schedule
runs from 6:15 a. m. through 1145
p. m.
Back in Salem. Mayor I; M.
Doughton and Public Commission
er George Flagg Saturday, de
clared after conferring with Ore
gon Motor Stages and striking
union officials in Portland that
the deadlock remained and no fu
ture negotiation meeting has been
called. However, Flagg stated, a
meeting of the bus firm directors
is to be called this week;
It is understood in Salem that
another regular bus company may
be sought to replace Oregon Mo
tor Stages if the strike is not
settled- within - a few days
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Great Britain
ToJoinU.S.in
Wheat Saving
Britain announced last night
that it would enact wheat-saving
measures soon in line with United
States action, while Canada and
Argentina took steps to increase
their food contributions to the
world's hungry peoples.
In London, Prime Minister Att
lee's office declared that "his
majesty's government are ready
to play their part" along with
the United States in steps to re
duce the consumption of wheat.
"They will shortly announce the
measures to be taken in this
country for economizing wheat
consumption," the statement said.
Canada made available an addi
tional 5,000,000 bushels of oats
and about 2,500,000 bushels of
lower grade wheat for relief of
the world food shortage.
Spurred by appeals from Presi
dent Truman, former President
Hoover and their own president
elect, Juan D. Peron, the Argen
tine government set in motion
nationwide machinery for boosting
contributions to Europe.
Orders went out closing meat,
fish, fowl and fruit markets on
Sundays and a drive got under
way for rationing supplies.
Oregon Crop
Forecast Good
Crop prospects In eastern and
central Oregon this year are even
more favorable than in the last
few bumper seasons, due to
heavy precipitation, Charles E.
Stricklin, secretary of the state
reclamation commission, declared
Saturday.
Stricklin said virtually all of
the reservoirs are overflowing
with nearly three times as much
precipitation in some districts
when compared with 1945.
"Unless something unforeseen
occurs, Oregon farmers should
have a prosperous year," Strick
lin said.
180,000 Goal of
YWCA Campaign
The funds drive for the new
YWCA building will begin May 1,
with a goal of $180,000, Mrs.
Frank H. Spears, general chair
man announced Satrday.
Plans for the building to go
up near the present site on State
street, were announced last week.
Dr. R. Franklin Thompson,
College of Puget Sound president,
and former Willamette university
professor, will speak at the "in
formative dinner" for executive
commit tee members, division
heads and captains at the Marion
hotel, May 10.
Food Shipment to
Japan Under Fire
WASHINGTON, April 20-JP)
The far eastern commission next
week may ask the United States to
reconsider its decision to ship
more than half a million tons of
food to Japan by the end of June.
Such a request appeared prob
able as members of the commis
sion's economic and financial af
fairs committee met for the sec
ond straight day to discuss the
American food shipments to Ja
pan which have caused resentment
in some hard-pressed allied coun
tries. TO. RENOVATE SHIPS
WASHINGTON, April 20-iJP)-Immediate
re-routing of grain
ships now headed for Prttish ports
to more urgent European hunger
pots was planned tonight by
JNRRA Director Fiorello II. Ia-Guardia.
Con Back
Following
Escape
Ivan Leeper, 22, was back in
solitary t-dnfinement at the state
penitentiary Saturday afternoon,
less than 15 hours after he had
picked the lock of his cell and
climbed over the wall of the
prison with the aid of a hand
made rope. He set the time of
his escape at 10 p.m. Friday but
he was not missed until a guard
change at 5:45 a.m. Saturday.
He was sighted by officers in
a field in the Macleay-Shaw area
about 'seven miles southeast of
Salem and offered no resistance
when apprehended by State' Po
liceman Carl McCormick and
Guard Capt. Roy Riggs.
Begged Breakfast
Search was directed to that!
area wnen Mrs. Dan Miner, Ma-
cleay, called prison officials to
tell them that a man Who she
thought was the fugitive' had
begged for breakfast
After his capture, Leeper set
the -time of his escape at 10 p.m.
and told officers how he had
carved the keys out of three
spoons with which he picked the
lock on his cell. The rope was
made out of his bedding, an old
shirt and a towel, according to
Deputy Warden Gene Halley.
Warden George Alexander was
out of town at the time of the
escape.
Leeper wenf over the wall near
a tower on the south wall where
a guard was stationed. He was
not missed until a checkup at
the changing of guard at 5:45
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In' for Assaait
Leeper was received at the
prison- In April, 1943, 4 serve
a 10-year sentence for assault
while armed with a dangerous
weapon in Klamath county. He
was a trouble maker at the pris
on, according to Halley, and was
serving in solitary confinement
for the attempted knifing of
fellow convict.
Byron Dyson, life termer, who
escaped from the prison April 2
with four others, is still at large,
the others having been appre
hended. George Goodrich
Resigns to Enter
Practice of Law
George R. Goodrich has re
signed his appointment as as
sistant state's attorney general to
enter the practice of law in Til
lamook, associated with C. W.
Barrick, a long-time resident and
attorney of that city, it was an
nounced Saturday.
Goodrich became assistant at
torney general in 1944 and has
since acted as attorney for the
state tax commission. He has
been especially active in the
study of tax exemption statutes
in Oregon, cooperating with S. J."
Barrick, active secretary of the
governor's interim tax study
commission in that work.
Mr. and Mrs. Goodrich have
purchased a home in Tillamook
and will move to that city soon.
Marion County Judge Murphy States Federal
Aid Needed to Supplement Assistance Budget
By Conrad Prange
Staff Writer. The Statesman
The $258,000 proposed public
assistance fund to be budgeted for
the 1946-47 fiscal year, largest in
Marion county's history, will not
be large enough unless federal aid
is forthcoming, Marion County
Judge Grant Murphy said Satur
day. A bill is now pending in con
gress which provides for federal
participation in the counties gen
eral assistance fund. The other
three phases of the public assist
ance program old age assistance,
blind assistance and aid to de
pendent children--are now being
aided by the state (30 per cent),
federal government (50 per cent)
and county (20 per cent).
At present, the judge said, the
law provides that the general 'as
sistance fund is made by "the
state contributing not less than
50 per cent and the county not
more than 50 Dcr cent But the
Ci ty Ch u rch es Sch edit I e
Multiple Services Today
Thousands of Salem residents
will observe the first peace time
Easter in five years with church
services in dozens of local
churches and at sunrise services
at 5:30 this morning at nearby
Belcrest Memorial park.
Dr. Charles Durden will apeak
on "The Easter Message" at the
sunri.se service sponsored by the
Salem Ministerial association and
directed by Hi-Y and Tri-Y
groups.
Solemn high mass at ,6:30 a.m.
in St. Joseph's will be the
first of eight Easter masses to be
celebrated in Salem's two Cath
olic churches this morning. The
11 a.m. mass will be sung and
low masses will be celebrated at
China Communists
Charge U. S. Planes
Stf'l fed Red LlIlCH
CHUNGKING, April 20-flJ)-Chinese
communist headquar
ters charged today that United.
States aircraft strafed commun
ist troops at Szepingkai, Man
churia, April 17 and April 19.
One airplane shot down con
tained an American flier, the
communists asserted.
A communist spokesman read
dispatches published in the new
China Daily News.
One, datelined Szepingkai,
said two "American planes,
one large and one small, bear
ing "Star insignia," flew over
Szepingkai April 17 "as though
scouting,'' and then machine
gunned communist lines.
The second report, datelined
Yenan, said a single "U. air
craft strafed the western sub
urbs of Szepingkai April 19.
Tog Rolling'
Reported Over
Price Controls
WASHINGTON, April 20.-VP)-Reports
of back stage "bartering"
over whether senators shall help
lift price controls off each other's
pet commodities had some friends
of OPA worried today;
These reports had it that some
cotton state, livestock state, min
eral state and other senators with
particular interests are telling each
other:
"You help take price control off
my commodity and 111 help take
it off yours."
This mutual aid for mutual gain
technique is usually defined as
"log rolling."
Not many senators were willing
to admit even anonymously that
they had heard of it.
But Senator Ellender (D-La),
asked whether he knew of such a
development, told a reporter:
"There Is more log-rolling on
this than there was when the
tariff bills were' before congress."
"DANGEROUS" TEST SLATED
VIENNA!, April 20-JP)-The u,
S. army's Panama canal depart
ment announced today that "dan
gerous military tests" of an un
specified nature would start next
Monday at San Jose island in the
Perlas group, about 50 miles from
the Pacific; entrance of the canal.
way it is being administered now,
the state pays about 85 per cent
of the fund and the county about
15 per cent."
"Public assistance funds are be
coming increasingly more burden
some," Judge Murphy stated. Dur
ing December, 1945, the fund cost
the state $1,153,077 and for Janu
ary, 1946, the figure rose to $1,
208,575, he said--
Marion county's share of the
expenses have increased to an all
time high also, the judge declar
ed. The figures he gave for the
amount of money budgeted each
year by the county for public as
sistance were: 1942-43 $182,800;
1943-44 $200,400; 1944-45 $214,
000; 1945-46-$235,000. The amount
appropriated for the 1945-46 pro
gram is completely spent, he stat
ed. Breaking! down the 1945-46 bud
get into its four phases of assist
ance it was shown that $174,000
went for old age assistance. $33.-
8, 9 and 10 arn. Sung! masses
will be celebrated at 7 and 9
a.m. at St. 'Vincent dePaul's
church and the last mass will be
at 10:30. j
Three services will be held at
St. Paul's Episcopal church, at 7,
9:30 and 11 a.m. j The adult choir
will sing the early service and
again at 11 while the Junioivl
choir will sing at 9 a.m.
Four large congregations will
hold identical services a 9 and
11 this morning to accommodate
the large crowds expected. Thee
churches are the First Presbyter
lan. First Christian, First Con
gregational and Jason Lee Meth
odisL I
Nationalists to
Let China Reds
Take Harlm.
CHUNGKING, April 20 JPy
Chinese communists encircling
Harbin declared today they in
tended to seize that north Many
cnurian metropolis, ana we gov
ernment indicated it would not
even try to defend tne city.
A government spokesman said
the situation in central Man
churia was "very grave" now that
communist troops have i taken
Changchun, the capital, 150 miles
southwest of Harbin. j
A communist spokesman' warn
ed that the encircling troops would
seize Harbin when the Russian
army pulls out next Thursday "if
a status of civil war still prevails
in Manchuria." j
That would give General Mar
shall, special U. S. envoy to China,
only five more days to work out
a truce first between the warring
factions. )
Marshall was in almost continu
ous conferences with both govern
ment and communist officials!
Camellia Show
In Full Swing
Hundreds of camellia, rhodo
dendron and azalea blooms color
fuly arrayed attracted about 1500
Salem residents Saturday to the
flower show being staged this
weekend in the YMCA by the Sa
lem Camellia and Rhododendron
society. 1
It was the society's first public
showing of rhododendron and
azalea blooms, although public
camellia shows have been! held
before. The public will be ad
mitted again, without charge, from
10 a. m. to 9:30 p. m. today.
9 Counties Show
Traffic Toll Drop
Nine Oregon counties reported
fewer traffic -fatalities In 1945
than in &e previous year, Secre
tary of State Robert S. FarrelL
Jr., reported Saturday. They were
Coos, Curry, Douglas, Grant,
Hood River, Jefferson, Josephine,
Marion and Union. j
There were 352 persons ! killed
in traffic accidents in 1945. Of
this total 235 were killed in the
rural areas, one-fourth of them
pedestrians. j
000 for aid to dependent children,
$4140 for blind assistance and $18,
860 for general assistance. T
General assistance in the county
which means assistance tol those
dependents under 65 years of age,
while old age assistance applies
to those over 65 is on the in
crease, Judge Murphy said. If the
proposed bill is passed It would
mean that the county's burden on
this one item would be cut in
half, he said.
Another snag in adequate bud
geting of the assistance fund Is
seen in the law that requires the
county to budget whatever
amounts the county public wel
fare commissions request, with the
result that the county must use
road revenues to help pay the cost
of increased assistance bills-
"Federal aid isn't the final
answer to our public assistance
problems," Judge Murphy added,
"bu I wil faln."
Ceili
in
Sliced For
Dwellings
By Sterlin F. Greea
WASHINGTON, April 20-V
The government tonight ordered
new, reduced cost ceilings for the
bulk of new dwellings and direct
ed thai one-fourth of them be
built for rental.
. The national housing adminis
tration order will steer, by pri
ority action,, most of the country's
residential building materials in
fo homes well under the present
$10,000 sales And $80 rental limit.
Announced by Housing Expe
diter Wilson W. Wyatt, the order
directs 'that: :
One Fourth te
One fourth of .the dwellings
henceforth authorized in aoycity
must be built for rental; and cf
these, at least half must rent at
or below ceilings which range
from $40 monthly In New Or
leans to $65 in New York.
Hair of all homes built to be
sold must come below new
price-line which also varies from
city ip j city; $4500 In New Or
leans, "f or instance, and $9000 in
New York. 4
It will be1 the Job of federal 1
housing officials over the coun
try to induce builders te under
take the low-cost ) and rental
housing projects. These are dis
liked by some builders; now they
must account for over 63 per cent
of authorized dwellings.
The government's j whip U tha
withholding of priorities en
scarce lumber, materials and sup -plies.
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Up to $lfl.ttf - 1
Other houses , may range In
price to the $10,000 sales and $30
a-month rental limits , already
fixed for the veterans' housing?
program.-But Wyatt Said that th4
new "channeling" order will im
mediately "increase by 50 pcf
cent the homes built under $6500
in April, May and June.
Veterans who apply to build
their own homes will get first -preference
in the issuance of pri
orities, the order specifies. Next
preference will go j to builders
who agree to sell or rent under .
the new dividing line.
The new "dividing line will
establish approximately thes
sales marks: j '
Approximately
New York, $9000; i Washii
and Chicago, "500; Los Angeles
and Milwaukee. $7000; Indiana
polis and Kansas City, Mo, $S,
500; Denver and Seattle, $80001
New Orleans, $4500. j
; Sample rental dividing linef
are approximately: j
Providence, Philadelphia anc)
New York,. $65; Chicago, and
Washington, $55; Boston and Se
attle, $50; Atlanta, Denver, Log
Angeles and New Orleans, $40.
Near Certain
NEW ' YORK, April 20 -6T?
Australia's proposal for an in
vestigation of Franco Spain by
the United Nations security
council appeared tonight to be)
headed toward almost certain ap
proval when the council resumes)
discussion of the Spanish que
tion next week. I
Strong support of the propose
ed inquiry was assured .when' tt
became apparent that advocates
of an immediate worldwide dip
lomatic break with Spain were
linking up behind it.i
Myron Woodard
Dies at Portland
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PORTLAND, Ore, April 20W
Myron C. Woodard, 71, active li
the lumber' industry here and if
Minnesota for 50 years, died a
his home here today."
In 1909 he came to Oregon from
Tower, Minn, and-organized th
Silver Falls Timber Company, th
West port Lumber Company and
the Nehalem Investment Com
pany. He was a director of th
Douglas Fir Export Company an
of the First National Bank cl
Portland. .
WHEAT RECEIPTS tOW
PORTLAND, APriV 29
Wheat receipts last' week at Pa
cific northwest terminals were a
the lowest point for any week?
since January, the department cf
agriculture's grain review report-
Spain
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