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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1946)
PACE TWO ib OREGON STATESMAN, Salem. Oregon. Sunday Morning. April 21. 1948 Army Justice Upheld by War Department WASHINGTON. April 20-JP-The war department today called -house military subcommittee's criticism of army Justice "unjusti fied. ' And -drawing anr conclusion from the committee's report, which mentioned that 142 soldiers were executed under court mar ffal sentence, would be "grossly tmfair," Undersecretary of War Kenneth C Royal said. i la av 23.C00 wee analysis, the aub-ecaamittee headed by Rep. Carl Durham fT-f?C, had been highly critical a what it called injustice, extreme severity of sentences and partiality stemming from the present court martisl system. Although the subcommittee do cument was reported to have been temporarily put aside by the full ctxnmittee at the suggestion of the war department, committee- pcqen said privately there probably will he open hearing on the en tire problem. The subcommittee said that be tween Dec 7, 1941 and Feb. 22. 1141, 71 soldiers were executed tar murder; 31 for rape; 18 for snurder and rape; and one for de Air dorps to Seek 100 sq-mi. Research Plant - WASHINGTON. April 2a -JP) Immediate - .construction of s 1300,000,000 air engineering de- " ! ncnvn t renter tn fuch inn fan tastic aerial weapons for the atomic age was proposed today bj unm army air rorces. f Disclosing hitherto confidential plans, Maj. Gen. Curtis E. Lemay asserted the center was. "nece ary to the defense of the nation and Indispensable if we are to ma in tail supremacy in the air." Reports of the undertaking prev iously had been voiced from Capitol Kill. . "j The proposal calls for 100. square miles of laboratories and penal facilities, including five I wind tunnels, to apply the re sults of research and invention to the development of such weapons a aircraft taster than sound, winged missiles of meteor-like apeed, atomic power engines, and space vehicles and "pace bases' for use ' above the morphere. earths at-' It ; would be separate from Wright field at Dayton. O . pres ent AAF headquarters for re search and development, which Lemay said could not provide apace and power for the addi tional installations. COURT STREET i ! 1 TLziio Zi Appliance Company Authorised Dealers Packard-Ball Motorola Hoffavin A E C Horton Washers & Ironers Premier Vacuum Q.K3H ?rs L6H Electric Ranges Radios Quaker OilHeaters CQSSUmr BmkUpttUan 357 Court St. Phone 3028 Louis duBuy Harry GualaUon I'lemhers of Labor and Warner Brothers Capitol and Ekinore Theatres, here in Salem, are on the official unfair list of the Salem Trades and Labor Council. They are being: picketed by the Building: Service Em ployees Union No. 160 of Salem. ) m v m i t ho blossom ifonsorid r This is the map af today's Blossom Day route at eutlined by the Salem Cherrtans aa a part af their renewal af activities since the war. Hundreds of cars, from the Willamette valley and other areas la Oregon and southern Washington, are expected to traverse these roads today. Electric Shop Oivner Reports Appliances Diverted to Coast Most of the first of post-war manufactured items .turned out by eastern and mid-western industries will find their way to the Pacific coast, according to Vince Rodakowski. owner of Vipce's Electric hop, who recently returned from a three weeks tour of eastern and mid-western manufacturing centers. "The West coast is favored," Rodakowski said. "Most of Jlhe electrical sppliance plants with whom I placed orders indicated that their first batch of manufac tured items will be sent west Most other industries are follow ing the same pattern." He predicted that st least a year would be required before sn adequate supply of electrical ap plances would reach Salem mar ket. Manufacture of radios leads the field, he said, and within six months will "glut the market." vacuum-cleaners "are coming .Un flat " m ctatdM-l Kilt f f rt - iterators "are slow" because of the difficulty of getting motors intb production. Electric ranges would not be available in ade ctate quantities for some time, fie declared. The reason for the slow-down in manufactured goods was blamed by all plants which he contacted on the OPA price ceil ings, Rodakowski stated. Most big plants automobile manufactur ers for instance "farm out" the manufacture of component parts to smaller "parts-plants." And it is these smaller plants, not oper ating because of OPA price regu lations, which stymie the whole set-up, he explained. However, this situation should be alleviated by an OPA price adjustment to be made this week, he said. In contrast to the unemploy ment picture in Salem, Rodakow ski said that eastern and mid western industries are clamoring for workers. Daily newspapers carry large ads calling for work men, and in most of the larger cities office space can be found easily. On his return trip Rodakowski visited his parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Rodakowski, at Bellfield, N.D. KIWAXIANS FETE BASEBALL Baseball day will be observed Tuesday by the Salem Ki'wanis lub when players and officials of the Salem Senators are to be luncheon guests of the club at Ho tel Marion. Cliff Parker, head of the local booster club, will speak. v . Organized Friends. H. E. Barker, Sec'y-Treas. Salem. Trades A Labor Council. mr mmt j-r m .... ,i i 0 ill routo Wreck Victim Reported fFair' Norma Jean Kennedy, route 8, box 315B, regained . consciousness Saturday evening and was re ported in "fair" condition at Sa lem General hospital where she is under treatment for internal injuries incurred Friday midnight in a West Salem auto crash that was fatal to Lester Eugene Marymee, a sailor whose home is in Alabama. ' s Douglas Brown, route '6, box 343, who also; was in the. coupe which crashed into a parked bus, received emergency treatment at the hospital and was released early Saturday. State police last night were continuing thejr in vestigation of the crash. Marymee was jgrandSOn of Richard Anderson" and neprieW of Mrs. C. P. Christensen, both of Salem. 6,500 Veterans rv l m V Dock JLoday More than 6500 service person nel on eight transports are sched uled to arrive today 'at New York and two West coast porlst The Queen Mary, with 2335 brides and children of American service men, also is due at New York from Southampton. f Ships and units arriving' At New York Hospital ship Blanche Sigman from Le Havre, Lehigh Victory from Le Havre Benjamin iBrew ster from Marseilles. At San Francisce '. V Gen, Mitchell; from Guam. Casa Grande from Pearl Harbor. Ocean Chief from Sa.-ebo,. Competent from Pearl Harbor. At San Diego Calvert from China, 12t navy and marines' INTERCEDES FOR, SHIP OREGON CITY. Ore., April 12. Secretary of the Navy ames Forestal has been asked by Con gressman Walter Norblad (R-Ore) to intercede in having the new cruiser U.S.S. Oregon Cityjtaken off the list of ships to be Inacti vated because of the end of the -var. Obituary Una Glenn Deary late resident of 244 Mar ion at., at a local hoiiUl April 20. ' Survived by hli tyidqw, Mr. iGlenn i O. Dean. Salem. Announcement of service later by Clough-Barrick com pany. Sf Van I! Greer UISUBAIICE The Agency of Dependable Service Insurance for Practically Every Need Phone 5990 518 State St. K. 131. Pacific Bldtv Salem, Oregon 4 sw,h fj ::::::::::::::::::: MllfS Truman Talks With Lewis By th Associated Press. President Truman discussed the soft coal strike yesterday (Satur day) with John L. Lewis and Sec retary of labor Schwellenbach but the White House said the conver sations had "no conclusive re sult." The labor secretary arranged to confer today with Ezra Van Horn, chairman of the mine operators joint negotiating committee. Schwellenbach said broken off negotiations between Lewis and the coal operators could not be re vived before Tuesday at the ear liest. OPA Blamed for Slaughter Halt TILLAMOOK, Ore., April 20-7P)-The Christensen Meat com pany, which supplies the coast area 'from Seaside to Coos Bay and some Salem area butchers, today announced a "down grad ing" action by federal inspectors would result in curtailment of slaughtering here beginning Mon day. C. H. Christensen reported killing would be limited to a few hogs and a few 'low grade cows" after inspectors had issued "commercial and good" grades for 55 steers his firm had pur chased as "choice" beef. Willamette Speakers Lose in Final Rounds Willamette university speakers won preliminary rounds of the Western Association of Speech Teachers' contest at Los Angeles Saturday afternoon, but failed to place in the winner's circle. As sociated Press revealed last night. The team from Willamette won early rounds in the impromptu and extemporaneous speaking sections. DR. ERICKSON TQ TALK Dr. H. M. Erickson will dis cuss "The Protection of the Health of Oregon's Visitors" before the Salem y & w mfW man im,-x -Af lo til vwv )r . o.VCV 1 V A 1 II ., I HP I - Eastern, Western Churches I Celebrate Peace-Time Easter By the Associated Press A world at peace for the first time in nearly a decade today , celebrated the joyous christian festival of Easter. The feast fell on the same date in both eastern and western churches for the -first time since 1943. The difference in calendars used by the two churches the Julian in the east and the Gre . gorian in the west brought Easter to the eastern churches on May 6 last year, while the west celebrated on April 1. The - year before the east observed the holiday on April 16 and the west on April 9. The celebration came to Rus sians for the first time since the Russian revolution more than 20 years ago. Japanese filed into Christian churches in an atmosphere of peace for the first time since the Si no-Japanese war began nine years ago. Americans and Europeans to day marked the Easter holiday in complete peace for the first time Since 1939. In Jerusalem In Jerusalem the coinciding eastern and western feasts filled churches to overflowing, despite the air of tension caused by re cent riots and the continuing strike of 50,000 civil workers, Shades of the Past, Flag-Pole Sitting's Back COSHOCTON? O . April 20-) The self-styled "world's g treat est steeplejack and human fly" is wondering if he can prevail on the elements to withhold any electrical storms between Me morial day and the Fourth of July. Thirty-seven year old Marshall P. Jacobs, who plans to spend those 35 days setting on a 16 inch square box mounted atop a 308-foot pole, looked at the half finished metal pole today and said his only worry was light ning. Worried A bo at Lightning But he added that a bolt of lightning, which might knock him off the pole, was the only thing that would keep him from com pleting his 35-day stay in this revival of flag-pole sitting. Jacobs is building his pole on, the bank of the Muskingum river on his father's farm at Cones ville, near here. The -pole will represent an ex penditure of about $3000. It will be made of eight tons of steel casing and will be 12 inches in diameter at the bottom and three inches at the top. T Sway 20 Feet Several guy- wires will steady the pole but, even so, Jacobs says it. will sway about 20 feet in a strong wind. Jacobs, who plans to while away part of his time by fishing in the Muskingum river from atop the pole, will have his meals sent to him by a rope pulley. His 15-year-old dog, Bob, also will be hoisted daily for a visit. Road Conditions in State Reported Good All roads in the state continue in good condition, with no new snow reported either in central or eastern Oregon during the past 48 hours, R. H. Baldock, state highway engineer, reported Sat urday. Baldock said two-way traffic on the South Santiam . highway would be restored late Saturday or early Sunday. One-way traffic was ordered there Friday by in stallation of a new culvert and other improvements. Salem Rotary club Wednesday noon at Hotel Marion. fp.esH op sewew-opj 0V Oregon Armed Arab legionnaires ming led among the worshippers, their eyes watching for any signs of violence. The annual passover of the Jews and the religious observ ances of Moslems contributed to the religious atmosphere in the city. , la eraaaay German priests and ministers preached sermons and conducted services, free at last from the shadow of Hitler's gestapo. . Hundreds of thousands of Rus sians filled churches in Moscow as church bells called the faith ful to worship. Churchmen said the celebration was reminiscent of the age-old Russian Easter ritual. In Japan American and Japa nese christians stood side by side at sunrise services in Tokyo's Meiji stadium. Radio Tokyo broadcast Roman Catholic 'aerv ices at which Archbishop Paul Marella, Apostolic delegate to Japan, and Tokyo's archbishop, Peter Tatsuo Dei; presided. From Vatican City, Pope Pius XII called on leaders to be cour ageous and to fight ! "godless" political theories. He listed "di vorce, godless schools! and un bridled books and licentious en tertainment" as threats' to chris tian morality. Political Guns Levelled at Crucial States WASHINGTON. April Z0HX) Both political parties are aim ing their biggest guns today on a half dozen states where they expect the issue of house of rep resentatives control to be settled .in the November elections. Although there will be hot con tests in many areas, democratic and republican leaders apparent ly are in one of their rare agree ments that the results I in New York. Pennsylvania, California, Illinois, Ohio and Missouri will pretty well tell the tale of who is 'going to control the next con gress. Republicans say they think they can gain in these areas a major portion of the 27 seats they now need for numerical control of the house. Democrats counter this with the assertion that they will more than hold their own on these ,main battlegrounds. Democrats further contend that they are almost certain to retain control of the senate, where with 35 members running for re-election the " republicans must make a net gain of ten seats to organ ize that body. Republicans are hopeful, rather than convinced, that they can turn the trick be cause only five of the posts at stake are to be filled in the solid South. 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