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Newspaper Page TextX1(LD Conor 'S POUNDI 1651 Aft mi vBpdtj5 : xnrmY-siXTH yeah it pages Thm Oregon Statoamcux SoUm Ore, Friday. June 21. 1945 Price, 5c No. 73 Federal (SOaoinni Fairinniers WnSOiiIhioid meat Report Cattlemen Awaiting OP A Fate WASHINGTON, June 20.-OPy Report that farmers, anticipating possible higher prices, arc holding back meat animals from market until the fate of OPA is settled today. . Reviewing developments in the nation's livestock markets, the sericulture department said sales of beef cattle and hogs dropped . in- j ' 1 .' 11 1 ' "taharolv last week and that some f H r 'SKBDBOB uqj COOLS Warn times have changed! The clamor 'i over the Louis-Conn prizefight comes not from the moralists but from the public which feels cheated the bout was ot more sanguinary. Just few years ago prize fighting was a crime. It may still - be in some states. It was so gen erally banned at one time that fighting had to be done furtively or outside of cities in the days f barehand fighting, and long after. Wot very many years ago there was a federal law against ship ping films of prizefights acros state lines, and there were prose- cutiona for violations. Tha Louis-Conn fight drew 3.000 persona to Yankee stadium Wednesday night, and the round -by-round broadcast had millions cf ran glued to radio receiving seta. Moving pictures will be on Che screen in a matter of hours. The president didn't attend but Governor Dewey was announced aa present along with other notables. ' Why the change in public sen timent? righting is still a tough, rough, and soma say brutal pas time. But somehow it has a great puUie following. Even the pious who would score a free ticket to a fight show a keen interest in the "winnah." I would' cite as on reason for the change -Gene Tunney. Here was a real champion who ww also a gentleman. After winning tha belt ha retired from the ring, engaged in business and other activities, took an interest in poll tics, indulged his love of Shake speare. In short he demonstrated (Continued on editorial page) gamzntioii Plan Oiosecl WASHINGTON, June 20 --) Tba house axpenditures commit tea handed ' President Truman a rebuff today in his plans for re crganiraticn of federal agencies by adopting by a 10 to 3 vote three resolutions ' expressing dis approval of Mr, Truman's pro gram. Chief opposition was to one plan to centralize all federal housing activities in one agency. Also sharply criticized was a recommendation whih would lay lb groundwork for a new cabi net post a department of wel fare. Under the reorganization law Truman's recommendations will become law unless both the sen ate and house -adopt resolutions ef disapproval within CO days af ter the plans are submitted. X1XM. HXDAY ELECTED Mrs. Nellie Hiday. 1210 N. 16th at, - was elected treasurer of ,he Oregon group of Daughters of Union Veterans yesterday in As toria, Associated Press reported. Ursv Esther Agnew of Portland waa named state president at the annual meeting. Animal Crackers By WASREN GOODRICH "Why can't you !fo eom tAxnj to makm this placm a llltU coaiar? Euireaao came from two government sources feeders were buying half-fattened animals for feeding to heavier weights. As a consequence, the depart ment said, supplies of meat par ticularly In city areas dependent upon big packers were 'usually slim for this season of the year. Likewise reporting a withhold ing of livestock, economic stabili ser Bowies told a news confer ence that farmers were encour aged to do so by prospects that price controls will be dropped from livestock and meat after the present OPA act expires June 30. An OPA exterision bill, passed by the senate would take off such controls. This bill, together with a house version w hich would re tain controls on meat and live stock, ts now in the hands of a house-senate committee charged with reaching agreements on these and other differences. Bowie declared there would be plenty of meat after the OPA is sue Li' settled. 1 10 Indictments Returnee) by Grand Jury Ten indictments against fix peo ple mere returned by the Marion county grand jury Thursday. Lester Weaver was indicted on two ouinU of burglary and one court t of iMw-Nession of stolen prop erty. Burglaries alleged were those of the Capital, City Laundry and the Market Drug company, both on June 5. Ralph John Hults was inditt-d on counts of incest and rape for alleged relations with his daugh ter. Victor Meier was indicted on two counts of assault aTfd battery. Arlo Kimball was indicted on a charge of burglary for the al leged robbery of the Rickey school April 30. Vic Meyers was indicted on charge of disorderly conduct and Harry Opperman on a charge of larceny. Medical Clinic Bids Due Soon Bids will be called in approxi mately two weeks for the new medical clinic building to be built at 13th and Center streets, it was aid Thursday in the off nc. of 1'if-tro BriluMhi, Tortland archi tect who is preparing plans for the structure. Conforming to the neighborhood motif of dwellings, the clinic building Will be L-shap-ed. the wings 75 feet long by ap proximately 30 feet. Brick veneer on a concrete slab floor and foun dations, the building will be heat- etl electrically. Owners are to Milan A. Meier and James S. Humphrey. Salem. both with the R. 14 Elfstrom com pany. Mufti Kxperted to Avfiiil rilllrnvfruv ' ;?u,u IHHMLIB j CAIRO. June 20 -OPV-Premier Ismail Sidky Pasha said tonight that Egypt was "honor bound" to ! shelter the Mufti of Jerusalem but indicated that the spiritual leader of Palestine Arabs was - pected to keep out of controver- , The premiers statement came after the Egyptian council of min isters in a special session had de clared that the Mufti, was a po litical refugee and therefore could not under the law of the nation be handed over to any country. WHEAT DIVERTED TO ITALY VIENNA. June 20. -611- Two ships loaded with 17.000 tons of UNRRA wheat for Austria have been" diverted to Italy In mid ocean, officials said today. Donna McKay to Get Cowgirl Hat Crown Friday at Stl Paul ST. PAUL, June 20. -The bru nette tresses of Queen-elect Don na McKay will be crowned with a white cowgirl's hat, her western-styled diadem, during the cor ona tie dance Friday night (June 21) at o'clock at the St. Paul city hall. The' celebration will mark the beginning of festivities leading up to the three-day St. Paul rodeo July 2-3-4. Sharing the coronation spot light with Queen-elect Donna I will be two comely cowgirl prin cesses, Gloria Robinson, daughter of Beatrice Robinson. 1053 Ter race dr.. Salem; and Bern ice Blan chette, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 4-H Club ; , COKVAIXJS. Jaae 21-Mariea ceaatj beys and girls are participating actively ia the annual 4-11 tuu nser scheel which began here Wednesday and lasts for It dais. Leaving Salem by bos Tuesday, the greap pictured above was only part ef the Marie-a delegatlan. Left to light. In foreground facing the camera. FWrence Renting and Virginia Ebaer. ML Angel; Denna Pleage, Liberty;. Jean Clark and Jeyee RaaMaasen, Batteville; and Naomi Rlngle, White school, near Hubbard. (Statesman photo). Nehru Arrest Halts AnnrOVal rr i Of Plan in India NEW DtlJli. June 20 -A) Jawaharlal Nehru, president -designate of the powerful all-India congress party, was arrested In Kashmir state today and the ron grers' Working committee In quick protect !pftpohel indefinitely It decision on ac'vpting a British plan for an interim government of India. Nehru had d"fi-d the oider of a district magistrate at Srinagar. , ute capiuL fanning him from Kashmir, his native state. He was reported to have been slightly woundid In the cheek by a bayo net yesterday ;when he tried to : pass sentries at the border. "When we meet again depends . upon ranon ntnru s return, con gress prej-iderit Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad declared. A statement sued by the Kash mir government said Nehru "i at liberty to return to British In dia whenever he wUhes to do so." The Punjab youth congies alerted thousands of volunteers for a possible march into Kashmir in supiH.rt of Nehru, and in Bom- i bay the "fHehds of the states j people committee" offered to send ! lO.OOO'men to bark up Neiru. ! Rose Given 6-year Term MONTREAL Jurte 20 (Tn One phave of the dramatic Canadian espionage case that began last March ended today when Fred Rose, communist member of par liament, was sentenced to six years .imprisonment for sending information illegally to Russia during the War. The appeal of Edward Mazerall. ' former national research council ! engineer, against his four-y nr. I sentence moved into the spot- j WASHINGTON, June 20. tA) -i light, but the prospect was seen , The senate brushed aside protests ' 1 n ir,rm ilrflM. in ntfaua ihbt ("lrrik I Murk Wavn f 'lur If lhili further court proceedings In th, ctee would mark time until i R ' scheduled to appear to fa- charges Under the official secrets act next September. School ClahM to Hold 5 Oil I Reunion SuiltlaV Members of the Salem public school class of 1894 will hold their 50th reunion Sunday after noon at the home fof the Lewi. Judfons, 1000 Judson st. A cov ered dish dinner will be served shortly after noon. A special guet will be Mr Metta Davis Pennicord. Portland. ' one of the Seventh grade teach-j ers There wete 42 members in ! the class and. according to Jud son, 25 are known to be living i and three unaccounted for. . Robert Blanchette. St. Paul. Princess Gloria. 20, is a gradu ate of Salem high school and is a member of the; Salem Riding aca demy. : She was . born at Sioux rails, Sl D, but she has been a resident of the Willamette valley most ef her life and has "been riding for years. Princess Bernice, 17. a St Paul high school junior. Is a riding nobbiest for ah 'a been at home in the saddle since she was a young ster. Queen -elect Donna, who is also an expert equestrienne. Is a St. Paul high school graduate and was a princess in last year's rodeo court. Members Cbrvallis Bound t ' 1 v M ! V.v - rr t j "niwisi In J?00 (i,,,h,T8 Hear Ur. htraiitl at Slimmer Session CORVAIXIS. June 20.-OF)-The annual 4-H club summer session wa underway at Oregon State college today, with some 1600 boys and girl In attend ance. College President A. L. Strand in yesterday's welcome address, said the chief attributes of Ore gon 23.000 4-H clubbers are friendliness, tolerance and abil ity V. I.. TeuLsh. as.btant di re tor of extension, told the group that 4-H work is an es sential part of the State's educa tional program. British Major Flees Jewish Kidnappers JERUSALEM. June 20-(P-A British major escaped fiorn Jew ish kidnappers today and led a search for five other abducted officers while in Tel Aviv an other Jew was reported killed during continuing disorders. British troops intensified mili tary step against furtier vio lence, blamed upon illegal Jewish j organizations, and imposed strict night-time road curfews In the , L,ydda and Haifa areas to halt movement of unauthorired vehi ; cles. MaJ. H P Child 4 ii k. who was j kidnapped In Jerusalem Tuesday, I escaped his abductors ly Jump ing from a window, and then i ho;ded "a search party -scouring the FJucharim 'quartet f'f north west Jerusalem for five officers seized In Tel Aviv at an! otficers' club. r,IrL- I'rkiiwhf Sl 4IUIfV 1 I (MUVJll-ll Despite Attack squandered Iuly, and American lives in cinfirmed today his promotion to- the permanent rank of major general. Action came on a voice vote with Senator O'Daniel (D-Tex) opposing. O'Daniel recalled pro tests by men and officers of the 36th division, laigely composed of Texas national guardsmen, that Clark needlessly "wasted' lives" in two futile attempts to cro.s the Rapido river In Italy against en trenched German opposition in 1944. 77ie Auto Will IS ever ixeplUCP ft Mttle MOULT R IF.. Ga . June 20 Anderson Scott's auto hit a mule. Another car driven by Hal Eggl -ston came around a bend in the road and smacked into the ani mal. The mule lunged to its feet, shook off the dust and resumed grazing. Both automobiles had to be towed away by wreckers. STRIKE HALTS TIRE OUTPUT AKRON. O. June 20-(P)-CIO United Rubber Workers at the General Tire A Rubber Co. struck at midnight tonight, halt ing'all tire production. Joseph W. Childs, president of the plant s local union, said 2400 production workers were affected. Weather Sales - Portland .- Sma Francises Max. ft as ... 70 . rr Min. SI Precip. .se .00 .00 Chicago M Willamette river - feet FORECAST (Trom US weather bu reau. MrNary ftrld. Salem I: Clear O1M1 naming, becoming partly cloudy late this afternoon. MixMnuni tem perature Stt degrees. - rw., ' w y " t v.. 2 V Jr X Senate Okehs Fred Vinsohias Chief Justice WASHINGTON, June 10 -OP) The senate confirmed today the nomination of Fred M. Vinson of Kentucky to be chief Justice of the United States. Action came on a voice vote late In the day. No objection was made to the elevation of the man who haa been President Truman's aide in numerous government Jobs, Including that of secretary of the tieasury. Previously Senator Moore (R Okla) had indicated he would oppose confirmation but he was not on the floor when the nomi nation came up for action. Vinson will succeed the late Chief Justice Harlan F. Stone. He steps into the court at a time when it Is torn by dissen sion, which recently led Justice Robert H. Jackson to aim un precedented public criticism at Justice Hugo L. Black. Wheat to Be Short of Need WASHINGTON, June 2fr 0P The nation's wheat crop prospects improved by 7,830,000 bushels the first half of June, but the expected production continue far shoit of the amount needed to give Americans all the biead and flour they want. A special agricultural depart ment report Issued today esti mated the crop at 1.033,139,000 bushels as of mid-June compared with last year's record crop of 1,123.243.000 bushels. Food officials said a crop of more than 1.250.000,000 bushels would be needed to meet famine relief export goals and to per- : . 1 M it : a I mil removal 01 present limita tions on home use of wheat. Witnesses In lA. Keilin Case SEATTLE, June 20.-p-Gov-ernment attorneys listed the names of two more persons - - an attorney and a writer --as wit nesses who would be subpoenaed In the espionage trial of Lt. NicO lai G. Redin, Russian officer ac cused of obtaining plans for a navy destroyer tender. The two added to the witness, list were Byron Johnsrud. Seattle writer, and Fred G. (Ted) Clarke Jr., attorney. Neither gave any in dication as to why they were be ing called. 'Annexation Larger City, By Robert E. Gangware AsUtant City Editor. The Statesman Expansion of the city of Sa lem by as much as one-third In area and one-fifth in population will be at stake in annexation elections here next month. Property, owners in nine areas adjacent to the city have peti tioned for annexation. The areas range in size from 40 to nearly 300 acres and total approximately 1,170 acres as compared with Sa lem's present city acreage of 3,381, Population of the nine districts combined is estimated variously by city and county officials st from 4,000 to 10,000. Most areas are residential in character, but many Include large industrial and business properties. In any event, approval of the proposed 18-Year-Oids Draft Exempt In Compromise WASHINGTON, June 20.-OP)-Senate and house conferees agreed today to exempt 18-year-olds from the draft and take youths of 19. opening the way toward a quick extension of selective service for nine months after July 1. The conferees also approved separate legislation raising the pay In the armed services. It starts with a 50 per cent increase for buck privates and apprentice sea men, raising them from $50 to $75 a month and following through with corresponding Increases for other enlisted grades. In general, the pay raise measure followed the ideas of the house. It gives army lieutenants and the lowest three grades of warrant of ficers boosts of 20 per cent. A conference change from the house plan makes the raise for army captains and their navy counterparts 15 per cent instead of 10. Higher ranking commission ed officers, and the two top grades of warrant officers, get 10 per cent. Their agreement has still to be ratified by senate and house be fore it goes to the president. Clouds Due to Break Heat The pre-summer heat wave continued in somewhat milder form Thursday, and Salem faced farther tapering-off In the tem perature today. Local thermometers hit the SO mark briefly in mid-afternoon yesterday, but spent a good part of the day in the high 80's, local weather bureau readings showed Weather officials said It would probably cloud over this after noon. Arlington was" hottest In the state with a temperature of 07 yesterday, while iwo other eastern Oregon towns, Ontario and Pen dleton, passed 90. Medford re corded 94. Bowles Urges No-strike Pact WASHINGTON, June 20 -Of) Economic Stabilizer Chester Bowles urged management arjid labor ) today to get together in I a peace pact which he said could take the country "out of the woods by Christmas." j Howies told a news conference that he has been discussing such a commitment with "a great many people in the past few weeks." He was reluctant to say what reaction he had received from the biggest labor chiefs AFL President William Green and CIO President Philip Mur ray. It was reported, however, that both men were' reluctant to go before their unions with a recommendation for any no strike pledge such as .was given during the war. Salem to Receive Lighting Surveys Looking ahead to improvements In Salem street lighting.- the city is corresponding with the Street and Traffic Lighting Bureau, Cleveland, O., which compiles data on lighting and traffic problems from surveys of police and traf fic officials throughout the coun try. The city council this week adopt ed a resolution instructing the city recorder to advise the bureau that "as we progress with our plans we will need specific recommen dations and may seek yoiir as sistance. MeNUTT CONFIRMED WASHINGTON, June 20 -OP)-Paul V. McNutt won senate con firmation today as this country's first ambassador to the new Phil ippine republic which will begin July 4 next. Petitions Provide for V3 Population Near 45,000 annexation probably would put Salem's population fairly close to the 45,000 mark. Public sentiment in Salem has long favored the expansion of Considerable Information re garding proposed city . annex ations already has been given, bat The Statesman today pats that information together far a comprehensive background. A detailed map and additional Information will be found en page 1. city boundaries to include the areas for which annexation elec tions are now planned. Petitions from residents of the proposed annexation areas, presented to the Committee Slashes $150,000,000 Fro Foreign Relief Fund WASHINGTON, June 20.-(rT)-Overrjding the budget bureau on two major items, the house appropriations committee today virtually doubled the army's atomic development fund and! chopped $150,000,000 from its foreign relief allotment. j ,fj The changes were made in the biggest war department peacetime budget in history $7,091,034,700 which tha. com mittee sent to the house floor for 1 1 " ! 1111 m debate starting tomorrow. The budget bureau. President Truman's agency for fiscal matters had proposed $200,000,000 for the atomic program, which the com mittee boosted to $375,000,000. For army government and relief in occupied countries the bureau rec ommended $500,000,000 which the committee chopped to $350,000, 000. Despite the two major changes, however, the bill carries a net re duction of $117,172,729 from total budget estimates for the year starting July 1. Large reductions, in addition to the relief program cut, are $21,513,121 for the fi nance department, $17,056,544 for the quartermaster corps, $49,664, 256 for the transportation corps, and $28,505,660 for the corps of engineers. Wyatt Drafting Order to Drop House Prices WASHINGTON. June 20.-7P-Housing Expediter Wilson W. Wy att tonight was drafting a new or der aimed to shove the cost of new houses down to the level of the veterans' pocketbooks. A sharp tightening of Wyatt's "channeling" regulation, designed to steer at least half the build ing materials 'Into modcrtaely priced homes, may be expected shortly, housing officials reported privately. Its aim Is to produce more houses closer to the $6,000 price level, by setting lower dividing lines on houses built to meet min imum FHA standards. Wyatt also ordered another $10,- 000,000 .pumped into building ma terials subsidies, through the of fer of premium payments of $7.50 per thousand board feet for ex panded output of "peeler" logs,, used In manufacturing plywood. Stassen Scores Union Leaders WINONA, Minn., June 20-(A) - Harold E. Stassen, former Minne sota governor, In a speech today declared for a national nolicv of Narking arbitrary power away from union leaders and giving it back to the working men them selves." Stassen declared "the answer to abuses of power by some labor leaders is not to give the men in charge of government more ar bitrary power." He- said one ans wer to current labor troubles was to "give the workingmen the right of secret ballot within their unions on all important questions." "Enforce the right of men to work when they want to instead of only stressing the right to strike," he continue. Vandals Damage Training Plane Vandals have pone extensive damage to the 4 r m y transfer plane on the Salem high school grounds, it was reported to po lice last night. The government owned plane is used for ground training of the civil air patrol here. Instructor J. E. Cannon, 247 S. Cottage st., told police that fabric and interior parts had been sliced in many places, apparently with a knife. city council. in the past year, in dicate that a large percentage of the outlying population looks to annexation for improvement of their areas Jipon joining the city. City electors will! vote separate ly on each of the nine areas re questing annexation, indicating acceptance or rejection of the particular district as part of the city. Qualified voters in each of sev en of the annexation districts will cast ballots indicating their desire as to annexation of the district in which they reside. The other two districts are . not required to vote. Inasmuch as both annexation petitions were signed by 100 per cent of the property owners. The various elections will be conducted simultaneously on Fri day, July 19, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. LO I I Salem Building Permits Filth In Northwest "Biggest little city" jtrt the Pa cific northwest,' according to tre figures. Sidem's May buiUmg per mits represented more construc tion than wag . recorded in c'.I Idaho cities or in any othr mu nicipality except Portland, Seattle, Spokane 01 Tucoma. i i May 1946 permits for $711.9; r worth of building were 243 per Cent above those for April of this year and 809 per cent above thoee for May, 1943, Pacific jNorthwet Building Data statisticians figure. In Portland permit for $2,783 -818 worth ajf building were Unued . last month, while in Pendleton, third city In the state during Mnv, permits totaled $533?40. Gra n elevators ate to be constructed there at a cost of $400,000. The PauhisBios. cannery permit f -r $561,000 worth of building was listed by the building data bulle tin among the largest in; the north west. 1 ' 1 Georgia Files Suit tq Crush J Kit Klux Klan ATLANTA, June 20 HP- Suit to revoke the charter of the Kit Klux Klan was filed by the sUta of Georgia in superior co'rft here today, and State Attorney General Eugene Cttok said it . was j intended to dissolve the national Organiza tion of the invisible empire. The state suit recited aj lo 14 of terroristic acta which it ctWged members of klan had commit u-d, and declared that the h.iodt-i or ganization was conspiring to '"rl control" of the governniilit.' Fulton county, (Atlanta) super ior court Judge Frank Ai Hooper, Jr., before whom the suit was filed, ordered the klan to show came on or before July 1 why the charter should not be revoked, j I Dr.. Samuel II. GreenJ ' AUantav Phystcian who was ider tified Irs the suit as "grand drag n of the realm of Georgia," tali he had not been served with a :opy and "therefore 1 .have no coriment U make." .1 Two Killed in 1 Car Accidents ALBANY, June 20 wjp- Tw elderly persons, one a Btpyear old woman bicycle rider, were traf fic accident victims today. 1 ; - L. H. Cook; 88, Jefferson, suc cumbed in a hospital here to 'in juries received when struck by -a car.t Jefferson Tuesday. N rs. Fred Hensolt, 64, Albany, waa reported in "fair 'condition afte her bicycle collided with an automobile on the Pacific high way, near here yesterday. T Sen. Walker to Pxeni 'Cemetery District' Bill A new "cemetefy district" bin. providing machinery by which communities may organize and tax themselves for care of cemeteries, will be introduced in! the next session- of the state legislature by Sen. Dean Walker, the Polk county senator said Thursday, j The bill introduced at the last session carried in the senate but failed to fcet through the house. BUILDING REJECTED j PORTLAND, June 20-,T)-T!.m department of agriculture cannot construct its $3,500,000 14-story buijding in downtown! Portland. The civilian production adminis tration announced today that tha building application had been re jected by CPA headquarters in Washington, D.C. j 1 Our Senators Js. LOST ,at a . - : 1 ?'':