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Two leaders on the republican
id of the senate have taken
their stand on the proposed loan
f S3.7SO.000.000 to Great Brit
sin. Senator Vandenberg of Mich
igan, whose stature as a states
man has frown exceedingly since
fcia- great speech tn January, una,
has endorsed the loan in an im
pressive address In the senate
Monday. Senator Taft of Ohio
epposes the loan but favors as a
fubstitut the outright girt of
$1,230,000,000 to Britain. The
British loan now moves into
prominence as the congress pro
ceeds, to -take action for or
gainst arior to the summer re
cess. .Observers are chary with
predictions, admitting the result
Is to doubt, with the present
prospects for its approval better
In the senate than the house.
. Senator Taft advances some
good arguments in support of his
position. He predicts the loan will
buy the United States "50 years
f friction r that the British will
groan and ; complain every time
an Interest payment ifalls due and
accuse this country . of. harsh
treatment. Forgiveness of interest
which la permitted under the bill
would give American baiters of
the British lion, a field day for
criticism of the -once-called
"toother" country. Taft questions
also whether the loan will stimu
late revival of world trade.
As usual Vandenberg marshals
Lis arguments with telling force
21 did not discuss an outright
gift, but did warn against the al
ternative of rejection of the credit
mm precipitating economic war and
plunging the
(Continued on editorial page)
Express Strike
Halted as New
'Mine Tiff Near
Br tit Associated Press
A threatetwr nationwide strike
cf C3.0C0 ATX Railway Express
Agency workers was sidetracked
yesterday but John L. Lewis gave
broad hints he would make de
mands for the. nation's anthracite
miners sixnila to those that led
to the soft coal shutdown.
President Truman set up an
emergency board, under provi
sions of the railway labor act, to
Investigate a wage dispute be
tween the Railway Express Agen
cy, Inc.. and 65,000 members , of
the AIT. Brotherhood of Railway
and Steamship Workers who had
act a strike for 12:01 a. m. Friday.
George XL Harrison, union pres
ident, called on the locals to stay
en the Job. until the emergency
board submits recommendations.
John L- Lewis told an anthra
cite scale convention at Hazelton,
Fa., that contract negotiations for
73,000 AFL United Mine Workers
would be successful only if the
operators did not assume the
same attitude' already taken by
allied financial interests" in the
bituminous fields.
Mercury Sets
3-Year Record
if you thought yesterday was
""Very warm for April," you were
right, ,
Wednesday was the warmest
April day in three years and the
warmest day since last October
g, according to the Salem weather
bureau.
1 The 71 degrees registered was
fh hottest in April since an 88
degrees in 1943 and was the high
est since an 82 last October.
Other high April temperatures
were an II in 1940, a 77 in 1942,
and 78 in 1944.
Animal Crackers
py WARPfN GOODRICH
"Sometimes you give me a
pain -in the neck and I
mean all I kT
OPA Boosts Carton
WASHINGTON, April 24 .-(A")
OPA tonight announced an in
crease in retail price ceilings for
multiple-pack, carton and vend
ing machine sales of cigarettes.
The increases, granted because
of a juasp in manufacturing costs,
are:
A half cent a pack 'on sales of
two packs, four, six and so on.
One cent a pack on vending
machine sales.
Five cents on a carton of 10
packs.
NINETY -SIXTH YEAR 12 PAGES Scnem, Oreoix Thursday Morning, April 25. 1946
Council to
Get Fire
Survey
Strong recommendations for 18
additional city firemen and an
alarm box system to strengthen
local fire protection will reach
the city budget committee and the
city council at the council's bud
get meeting May 9.
Alderman Rollin O.- Lewis,
chairman of the council's fire de
partment committee, announced
his plans for a stronger city fire
department Wednesday, following
a 1 conference with Aldermen
James Beyers and David O'Hara,
William White of the Oregon in
surance rating bureau and Walter
Nickels, Portland fire captain
who has been surveying local fire
protection needs for the city
council.
Alarm Bex
Lewis stated that addition of
the 18. firemen and a start on
the alarm box system, with prob
able installation of an alarm
hookup of fire stations and about
20 downtown boxes in the first
year, would improve fire protec
tion to the pointwhre1bcal fire
insurance rales would drop ap
proximately 7 or 8 per cent. This
saving alone, he pointed out.
would amortize the additional ex
pense over a five-year period.
Other needs noted by Nickels,
which he recommended be filled
over a period of several years,
include completion of the alarm
system, greatly increased hydrant
installation., construction of a
training tower for department
drills and provisions for regular
inspection of fire hazards and
enforcement or fire prevention
measures.
Last Year's Budget
The fire department's budget
last year totaled about $110,000
in the city budget, plus a millage
tax revenue of $22,800. Just how
big an increase will be sought for
the fire department was not dis
closed by Lewis, who estimated
that additional salaries alone
would approximate $40,000.
4-I'ower Agreement
Due on Trieste Issue
PARIS, April 24.-(!p)-Official
sources said today that a four
power finding on the Trieste is
sue, amounting virtually to an ac
cord, would be ready soon for sub
mission to the meeting of foreign
ministers, convening tomorrow to
seek solutions to problems which
caused postponement of the Eu
ropean peace conference.
A four-power commission, these
sourres said, agreed that Italy
should be given Trieste and that
most of the hinterland of Venezia
Giulia should be given to Yugo
slavia. Ten Qualify for
Positions on Salem Police Force
Ten of the 15 Salem men who
applied for local police appoint
ment qualified for the civil ser
vice eligibility list, and it is ex
pected that nine police vacancies
will be filled from the top of the
list after the examination results
are certified to the city civil ser
vice commission, it was stated
Wednesday by Seer etary Al
Mundt of the local commission.
Of the 10 who qualified, three
are serving now on the police
force (but not under civil ser
vice) and one is a former Salem
policeman. The incumbents are
Allen A. McRae, who placed first
on the examination, Howard E.
Iligby and M. J. Mathers. The
former policeman Is Harley N.
Cordray, 1960 N. 5th st.
The nine anticipated police
vacancies include those jobs fill
ed during the war when civil ser
vice status was not required.
Besides the three policemen who
qualified in civil service, three
There will be no increase OPA
said, for single packs.
The half cent multiple pack in
crease applies wherever cut-rste
prices for these ales are in ef
fect. For example, stores; now
selling popular brands for 14
cents a park, two for 28 'Cents, ,
are being allowed to increase the'
price of two packs to 27 cents.
The 14-cent price for a single
pack remains unchanged. In
some areas present prices are
higher than these examples.
Pau!us Cannery Zonue
V3ove IecoGTDiTQebdledl
Both the zone change to permit
the construction of the Paulus
Cannery and the one to permit
building the Salem Deaconess hos
pital nurse's home won the ap
proval of the. planning and zon
ing commission at a public hear
ing last night and will be submit
ted to the council. ',;
No opposition was voiced against
the changes.
A change from zone 2 residen
tial to class 4 unrestricted was ap
proved to permit the construction
of the cannery near Oxford and
14th streets. The petition, had
been approved by more than 75
percent f the adjacent property
owners.
The change to permit construc
tion of the nurses' home across
South Winter street from the hos
11,213 Finns Hit
By Unemployment
Compensation Law
An all time high of 11,213 firms
subject to the state unemploy
ment compensation law has been
reached, Silas Gaiser, administra
tor, reported Wednesday.
Thirteen hundred firms, have
been added to the rolls in the last
year more thart offsetting a slight
loss during the war, he said; caus
ed by the closing of many . small
businesses such as filling stations.
Of the 489 firms that have come
under the law this year, 102. are
cafes, 101 are construction busin
esses and 79 firms are in logging
or lumbering. Only 27 are listed
as manufacturers, 60 are service
concerns and 81 are retail stores.
New filling stations number but
23.
Gaiser stated that he hoped the
new concerns would employ sev
eral thousand in addition to the
15,000 to 20,000 workers that old
firms expect to ' hire.
6300 Vet; Brides
Reach Port Today
Some 6300 returning veterans
are scheduled to debark from
eight vessels at three U.S. ports
today.
Ships arriving:
At New Terk
J3razil from Le Havre, Sea
i-poise from Le Havre, Bards
town Victory from Bremen, Se-
dalia Victory from Le Havre, Wil
liam and Mary ; Victory from Le
Havre, Frostburg a Victory " Irom
Le Havre.
At San Francisco-
Rockbridge from Pearl Harbor,
Mariposa from Brisbane, Austra
lia, Ross from Yokohama.1
At San Diego !
Escort carrier Point Cruze from
Pearl Harbor. E
Civil Service
others failed to qualify, Russell
E. Maw, Arch L. Wilson arid recently-resigned
;Leroy Leslie Sut
liff. The remaining three, William
Wilson, Harold See and I John
Hutchison, were too old to take
the civil service test.
Qualification score was 75 and
included consideration of age and
military service, S well as the
test score, Mundt said.
The 10 who qualified are: Mc
Rae, score 87.4; Robert B. Arm
priest, 592 N. Summer sW4.4;
Higby. 83.1; Cordray, 82.5; Malh
ers, 81.2; Philip H. Simons, 666 S.
Summer st, 80J; Leonard E,
Skinner, 470 E. Lincoln st 80 3;
Joseph J. Schuetz, 1004 Pine st,
79.0; Alfred Sloan. 395 S. 16th st.
77.5; Orvin O. White, 1940
Broadway St., 77.3.
Not qualifying, ' besides jMaw,
Wilson and Sutliff,, were Richard
Carlton Bohringer, 594 N. Liber
ty st, and Marvin R, Cock, 550
N. Summer st '
Price of
Popular brands covered by this
action include Camels, Chester
fields, Lucky Strikes, Philip
Morris, Old Golds and Raleighs.
So-called "economy" brands,
now under a uniform ceiling of
13 cents a pack, two packs for 25
cents, are being advanced to a
uniform price of 13 cents a pack
for all sales. This is an increase
of a half cent a pack of multiple
pack sales.
The ' economy brands include
Avalons, Marvels. Twenty Grand
and Wings. The increase applies
pital was from class 2 residential
to class 3. This petition was also
signed by a majority of the neigh
boring property owners.
An Associated I Press story set
the valuation of j the cannery at
$750,000 but no Pocal announce
ment by the company has been
made.
Given final approval also was
the Westwood Village plat across
Turner road from the present
buildings at the McNary field.
John and Edith Andrews request
ed the approval
Given tentative approval were
the Rath addition south of Hoyt
street and west of South Commer
cial street, and the Hudkins plat
on the Liberty road. Both received
reservations concerning extension
of some streets.
Clark Reveals
Second Attack
By Russ Planes
VIENNA, April 24-(P)-A sec
ond attack by soviet planes on
U.S. transport aircraft was dis
closed today -with another protest
to Russian authorities by Gen.
Mark W.Clark.
The attacks came a day apart
last Monday over the Tulln air
port, and on Easter Sunday near
LJnz, Austria. Clark already had
protested concerning the Monday
attack, when four soviet planes
fired off the wings of a C-47, but
no reply has been received.
Clark's headquarters announced
today that four Russian fighters
closed in on a C-47 flying between
Vienna and Munich Sunday, and
two of the Russians fired at the
American ship. The ' transport,
carrying only its crew, was not
hit.
The American plane was on a
regularly scheduled flight, was on
time, and was within the corri
dor prescribed by the Russians
for flying from Tulln airport out
side Vienna to Linz, officials said.
Finland, Russia
Reach Settlement
HELSINKI, April 24 (if) - A
joint Finnish-Russion communi
que released late today said the
Soviet Union "has considered ft
possible to free Finland from fur
ther restitution of property taken
from Russia during the war."
The communique added that the
Russians should obtain a conces
sion on a power station near the
Finnish-Norwegian border.
The Soviet Union also agreed to
send Finland 100,000 tons of cere
als plus fertilizer and had prom
ised to improve transport facilities
within Finland.
NO MORE CAR TAX STAMPS
The automobile use tax stamp
law, adopted in September, 1941,
has been repealed and starting
July 1 will not be needed. This is
the information received by Post
master Al Gragg. The automobile
use tax stamp, costing $5 a year,
has been required for four years
and 10 months.
CHARGE PERSECUTION
LONDON, April 24.-t7P)-T h e
Budapest radio charged tonight
that Czechoslovakia was "contin
uing the persecution of 750,000
Hungarians" living in that coun
try and said the "matter will have
to be decided by the United Na
tions." Weather
Max.
7
77
7
- 72
. C2
Min, Rain
43 J
41 XX
43 .00
44 Trace
48 M
Ilka
Eugene
Portland
Seattle
San Francisco .
Willamette river 1.6 ft.
FORECAST (from US. wrjthcr bu
reau. McNary field. Salem): Clear
with light variable wind. Highest 78
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degrees.
Cigarettes
on both regular and king size
cigarettes.
The popular brand increase
will apply on all makes not spe
cifically lUwcd as popular or
economy, OPA said.
The increase being granted to
manufacturers is 25 cents a thou
sand cigarettes, Also effective to
morrow. OPA said that while
suppliers must notify dealers of
the price rise before the latter
can put it into effect, virtually
all manufacturers are expected
to do this immediately.
Pries) 5c
No.. 25
Chiang in
Mood to
Barter
By Harold K. Milks
CHUNGKING, April 24 -(JP)
Chiang Kai-Shek made a major
concession to the communists to
day by postponing the national
assembly, and he was reported
ready to compromise as well on
embattled Manchuria.
"The generalissimo appears to
be in a mood for compromise,"
declared a source high in the
kuomintang (Chiang's party) who
declined the use of his name. I
am very hopeful of getting this
(Manchurian) situation settled
soon."
The surprising show of com
munist armed strength in Man
churia was given as one factor
prompting quick settlement. Sea
soned government armies had ex
pected the communists to be a
push over.
The generalissimo announced
the government's decision to
postpone the national assembly
at a tea party given for leaders
of the communist and other mi
nority parties.
The communists, the middle
course democratic league, and
other parties refused even to
name delegates to the assembly
until the strife in Manchuria and
other internal problems were
settled.
Union Opposes
VetD river Plan
William B. Adams, attorney
for the veterans group, which Is
considering operating the local
Oregon Motor Stages in Salem
under lease, said Wednesday the
group would try to avoid trouble
with the union, and if the present
plan fails would set up their ser
vice elsewhere.
The Portland office of Harold
Oathes, business agent of the dri
vers and mechanics on strike, said
in an Associated Press report the
sale proposal was a subterfuge
and suggested that the buses
would be regarded as "hot" if the
deal were completed.
The attorney pointed out that
the veterans were bus or truck
drivers in tthe army who planned
to go into the transportation busi
ness. U.S. May Reconsider
Sending Food to Japan
WASHINGTON, April 24 -P)
Under heavy pressure from other
allied nations, the United States
is expected to agree tomorrow to
reconsider its decision to ship
more than half a million tons of
food to Japan in the first six
months of this year.
The issue will come up at the
regular weekly meeting of the
far eastern commission, 11-nation
allied policy-making body for Ja
pan. PRISON HEAD DISMISSED
WASinNGTON, April 24.-CP)-District
of Columbia commission
ers tonight ordered the immediate
dismissal of Howard B. Gill, su
perintendent of district penal in
stitutions from which there have
been a number of sensational es
capes in recent months.
EL DUCE8 BODY TRACED
MILAN, April 24.-P)-An an
onymous telephone caller today
declared the stolen body of Ben
ito Mussolini had been taken south
across the Po river and police
guarded roads to prevent the dic
tator's remains from being brought
to Home. v
MOVIE STAR TO WED
HOLLYWOOD. April 24.-;p)-Screen
Actress Anne Baxter an
nounced tonight her engagement
to John Hodiak.
Campus Queen-Elect
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Paala Smith, Willamette j vniversity
reign as queen at the May weekend fete. May 2. 4 and 5, en the
university campus. Miss Smith is the daughter ef Mr. and Mrs.
Lawrence A. Smith of Stay ton.
Collegian.)
Paula Smith
Willamette
Attractive Paula Smith of Stay ton was elected May Queen to
rule over the traditional May weekend festivities on the Willamette
university campus. May 3, 4 and
Wednesday. The other two candidates who will serve as princesses
are Janice Patterson and Virginia
Miss Smith, a first term senior,
Tribute Paid to
Late Rep. Mott
At Dedication
ASTORIA, April 24.-(iiP)-The
navy's $6,000,000 base for 19th
fleet amphibious units at Tongue
Point was officially dedicated as
Mott basin" today.
The ceremony, attended by more
than 700 citizens, congressmen,
naval personnel and state officials.
honored the late Rep. James W.
Mott (R-Ore), who led the con
gressional fight to establish the
naval operation at the mouth of
the Columbia river.
Rep. W. Sterling Cole, New
York, ranking minority member
of the house naval affairs commit
tee, paid tribute to Mott's efforts
on behalf of a strong navy. As
principal speaker. Cole - - for
many years a colleague of Mott
on the committee - - opposed the
pending army-navy merger legis
lation. He said he believed Mott.
if alive, also would have opposed
the plan.
Governor Earl Snell was main
speaker at a noon luncheon, where
visiting congressmen were enter
tained. Mrs. Mott, Salem, spoke
briefly and made the formal ded
ication. OS MEN A LOSING OUT
MANILA, Thursday, April 21
(A1)- President Sergio Osmenas
chances of retaining his office
under a free Philippine republic
took a nose dive today when the
official election count from 2848
precincts gave Osmena 226,483 to
Manuel Roxas 306,180.
Snell, Pangborn
Motor Court Expansion in State
Prospects for increased tourist
travel in Oregon during 1946 pre
sent both an opportunity and a
challenge to the motor courts of
the state as well as to, other fa
cilities for visiting vacationists.
Governor Earl Snell and ' Arden
X. Pangobrn, chairman of the
governor's committee on tourist
development, told members of the
Oregon Motor Court association
at their first annual banquet in
the Hotel Marion last night
"The governor has said that
the value of tourist travel to the
state may be double the $31,000,
000 spent by tourists, in Oregon
in the last pre-war year, Pang
born asserted. "It may even reach
the figure of $150,000,000, and
certainly $150,000,000 is worth
everything we can put Into our
efforts to get it-
Governor Snell declared that
while it would be difficult this
year to provide lodging for the
tourists, it is desirable that be
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(Picture courtesy of the Willamette
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to Rule as
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May Queen
5, at a student body election on
Case of Salem. ,
was one of the five finalists In
the campus beauty queen contest
sponsored by the Wallulah, cam
pus year book, two -weeks ago. She
is an active member of her soror
itjaj Pi Beta Phi, member of,the
women's chorus, past secretary bf
her class and vice-president of the
campus Catholic club. She is
major in education. Miss Smith
is the daughter (of Mr. and Mrs
Lawrence A. Smith of Stayton. j
Miss Patterson, daughter of
Captain and Mrs. Frank Patterson,
and Miss Case, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. L. M. Case, are both
members of Delta Gamma. Miss
Patterson is second vice-president
of the student body and served
as campus publications manager
Miss Case, a home economics sen
ior scholar, served as president of
her class last semester,
Queen-elect Paula Smith will be
crowned at festivities on the cam
pus Saturday afternoon. May :4.
Last year's queen, Betty Hanau-
ska, will crown the queen.
Lillian McDonald
To Head Nurses
District No. 3, Oregon State
Nurses association has elected
Lillian McDonald, superintendent
of Salem General hospital, pres
ident. The election featured the
April meeting at the home of
Katherine Arbuthnot, .Monmouth
college instructor, where Ruth
Denny was hostess, assisted by
Polk county nurses.
Other new : officers are: First
vice president. Miss Denny; sec
ond vice president, Bess Wolz;
secretary, Portia Conway; treasur
er, Grace Taylor. Miss Wolz and
Miss Conway are on the Marion
county health staff.
Urge Rapid
fore the following season that
we provide additional facilities
for an' even greater flow of trav
ellers. He urged the motor court
owners , to expand their estab
lishments even though construc
tion costs had increased and build
ing conditions were difficult
Pangborn said the governor's
committee on tourist develop
ment had finished its recommen
dations, and its report had been
handed to Governor Snell prior
to the banquet Although he de
clined to reveal the substance of
the recommendations, he did say
that it recommended liberal use
of newspaper apace, radio time
and the use of motion pictures.
Other speakers at the banquet
Included A. Bancroft Wells, man
ager of the Portland Chamber of
Commerce tourist and convention
bureau; Ray W. Clark, president
of the Oregon Junior Hotel assor
elation; Dan Hay, and the Rev. S.
Raynor Smith, pastor of the
Jason Lee Methodist church.
Located
In! File of:
Sawdust
Melvih Logan
Uncovered After
3-Day Search! i
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Melvin Logan, who had ' been
missing since the Easter Sunday,
services; at the ttate penitentiary,
was located about 20 p m4 Wed
nesday ; by guards who j wcr
searching the sawdust pile lru the
yard. '
They said that he was covered
with sawdust and must have beea
hiding in the pile since Sunday
although they had searched and
prodded the sawdust before, j
The pile, which Is locaied in
the center of the prison "yard. Is
used to fire the boilers of the
heating system. Official said that
Logan might have previously hid
den food in the stack whale he
was working at unloading the
freight cars in which the sawdust '
is delivered. .".
Escape Tbeugbt ! '
Logan was missed at the 4 p.m.
cell check Sunday. Warden George
Alexander first expressed the
opinion - that the prisoner was
hiding inside the walls but later
said that Logan might have; walk
ed out with a group of trusties,
who. had been inside for the ser
vices. . , j
Logan had served only three,
weeks of a sentence of 11 years
for assault while armed with
dangerous weapon in Multnomah
county. He was a former min
ister who had told officials as h
was dressed in "I wont be her
long. !
Dyson Still Oat
Still missing from the. Institu
tion is Byron Dyson, 21. life term
er who escaped April 2 with four
other convicts who have : sine
been apprehended. They, pried
apart bars on a window and ran.
across the grass, to scale a 12
foot fence. . j
Logan . would have been the
tenth missing from the prison in
recent weeks.
Realtors Ask
Ceiling Put on
rty
PORTLAND, Ore, April 24-P)
Oregon real estate men began
campaign today for a tax .ceiling
of 40 to 45 mills on a 50 per cent
valuation on leal prepertyi
Loyd F. Carter, taxation com
mittee chairman of the State As
sociation of Real Estate i Boards;
urged ; the tax limit in a letter
to the state legislature's j interim
committee on taxation. The letter
proposed that "every form cf
revenue . . . beyond thia limit
must be raised from some other
source than real property,"
"Property Is loaded -with 70 to
80 per cent of the total 'cost of
government while it represent
only about 50 per cent j of " the
wealth of the state, the realtor
declared.
IntelU gencej -Chief
Resigns
WASHINGTON, April 2 1-A-
An angry letter of resignation)
from Col. Alfred McCormack, th
state department's chief of intelli
gence, today uncovered a long in-
ternal squabble which culminated
in the Junking of a plan for a cert
tralized U.S. diplomatic j Intel!!'
gence service. 1
McCormack resigned after, the
department decide to divide thai
intelligence work among five old
line divisions. j
Obv iously irate, McCormack de
clared the new plan is "unwork
able and unsound. , -
The department's decision cam
as a quick aftermath to the hou;
of representatives' action in slic
ing' fro man appropriation bill a
$4,150,130 allotment to carry ort
the division's intelligence program;
for the fiscal year of 1947. The)
senate has not acted.
Truman to Attend
Stone Funeral
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WITH PRESIDENT TRUMAN
ON CHESAPEAKE BAY April
24 -.(JT)- President Truman ' will
attend the funeral of Chief Jus
tice Harlan P. Stone tomorrow,
interrupting bis - vacation cruiae
fpr a few hours. '
The presidential yacht Wil
liamsburg, 'cruising today In Ches
apeake bay, will put In at : Quan-
tico, Va, tomorrow. From there
the president will motor to the
capital I for the service at the
Washington cathedral at 2 p.m.
(EST), ; returning - afterwards to
Prope
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