Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (July 14, 1946)
OtP 3330000 mDOuoia ,1 notice that a meeting is call ed for this afternoon at the First Methodist churth to consider the matter of getting on the ballot for the fall election the proposi tion of mk,ng Marion county 'dry." This i under the familiar j Ian r f iocal option. Under the law cities or counties m;iy vote to prohibit the sale of intoxicat ing liquors within their limits. Local option was the ladder by vhirh prohibition climbed prior "to 1920. Not only did communi ties vote themselves dry but states, as well, Oregonand Wash ington oting in favor of state wide prohibition in 1914. Prob ably advocates of local prohibi tion hope to arrive at the same goal by following the same meth ods. There are certain facts how ever which they should realize. First that was in the horse and buggy days, when there were few automobiles and few improved through highways. Shipping was almost entirely by rail. Under the Webb-Kenyon law it was Illegal to ship intoxicating bever ages from wet into dry territory. Policing the railroads was com paratively simple so that local option worked with a fair degree f success. The automobile and the im proved highway Introduced a radical change in transportation and hence in policing. Every road became a "hole in the dike" and every car or truck a possible illi cit conveyor of liquors. The dif ficulty of barring importation of liquors In the motor age is ap parent and was proven during Chibition. With supply assured tlggers arie to satisfy de mand. A second fact Is that the evils ef the old "open saloon" which (Continued on editorial page) Byrnes' Big 4 Report Slated Fpr Monday PARIS, July 13 -P)- Secretary of State James F. Byrnes said to day he would report to his na tion Monday night on results of the month-long foreign ministers conference In which the United States accepted some compro mises on European treaty pro posals to avoid a "clash that no body wants." Byrfie. la-t of the three visit ing foreign ministers to leave France, flew from Orly field on the presidential plane "The Sa cred Cow" at 1:55 p m. bound for Ireland and Washington. Those accompanying him includ ed Lr S Senators Tom Connaly (D-Tex) uuci Arthur H. Vanden berg (R-Mich) and their wives. Byrnes told a news conference before leaving that he would press for a new meeting of the foreign ministers of the four powers after the forthcoming Eu ropean peace conference here July 29 and before the meeting of the United Nations In New York, tentatively set for Sept. 23. Evans to Head Fair Race Meet Owrles A Evans, Salem, was named Saturday as presiding Jud ge of the 1946 Oregon state fair rscix.g meet, September 2 to 7. Earl Henrall will act aa racing secretary of the six-day meet, which is .to be the largest in the history of the state fair. E ans, for many years pro minent breeder of pacing and trot ting horses, plans to Include at least one harness race per day in addition to the regular running events. Purses, though not yet definite ly determined, will be substantial ly increased over the $11,000 total ofered during the past fair in 1941, Manager Leo Spitzbarrt said. MK&. WHETSTONE ELECTED PORTLAND, Ore.. July 13.-JP) A Mrs. Elmer Whetstone, Leban on, was elected president of Ore- f;on women's eight and forty at ts annual meeting here today. Mrs. Eva Stewart. Lebanon, was appointed secretary. Animal Crackers 1y WARREN GOODRICH rUi Sun Srtwbcai 1-0 "She's awfully tweet, but such a lousy housekeeper! Summertime Students f 1 1 i . ! i ii It "' f 111! II " - ' V '. Five youngster are pictured here Top) receiving special iastruction In readinx from Dr. La Verne Strpng at Oregon's uniqne state-sponsored summer school for children with special reading and speech difficulties now in progress at the state deaf school. The children are (left to right) Larry Sipe, Evelyn Ericsson, Bob Doveri, Lynn Jeldness and Alfred Than. Dr. I Strong to director of elementary education at Pennsylvania State Teachers college. At play on the deaf school playground (Bottom) are these happy children, all of them pupils In the special state summer school. Recreation Is a large partof the school's prog: ram. (Statesman photos hy Bill Scott.) (Story on page 18.) ) Salqm's Buying Power Ranks High Per Capita Salem is shown to be a more prosperous market, with a pent-up spending potential greater than that of most cities in the country, ac cording to sales management's new survey of buying power. Residents of Salem had a gross income of $47,782,000 from all sources in 1945. an Increase from the 845,027.000 of 1944, the survey shows. After payment of federal' Courthouse Distress Call Proves False The distress signal observed atop Marion county courthouse early Saturday morning indicat ed no serious trouble. Difficulty in raising the flag resulted in its bejng hoisted upside down atop the pole. I Passers-by saw County Clerk Harlan Judd come out and ; seek the Janitor, then both emerged and snatches of excited conver sation were overheard. f Within a few minutes, prob ably as long as it took to get to the vantage point from which it is raised, the flag was observed to come down for a short . dist ance, flying free in the wind with the blue field up. Then when it was down low enough to become untangled, apparently, it started up again blue field first. - f Observers from across thf street admitted they have' seen the courthouse flag, wrong side up, a number of times and called the clerk's office to notify the proper individual of the mishap; One onlooker observed: I al ways knew the . courthouse had lots of trouble but I didn't know it was in real distress." 19 Teen Agers in j Fatal Auto Crashes Nineteen 'teen age motor vehicle drivers were involved in fatal ac cidents resulting in the deaths of 25 persons in Oregon during the first five months of this year. Sec retary of State Robert S. Fan-ell. jr., said Saturday. In 13 cases high speed was blamed for the acci dents. Underwater A-Bomb Explosion Expected to Blast Lagoon Dry ABOARD U S S. MOUNT Mc KINLEY, July 13-UPV-Scientista expect strong magic to be con- WASHINGTON, Jaly U-iP) Observers of the second atosnie bomb teat in Bikini Lagoon, now set for Joly 25, are to be some what nearer the scene af the blast than daring the Jaly 1 seat. Vice Admiral W. HV P. Blandy announced tonight. - Otherwise, said the com mander of the joint army-navy task force one, observers, re porters and radio men' will have the same opportunities as ' in the first test to view ih ex- plosion. jured by Bikini's second atomic bomb, such as rolling back the waters of the lagoon like a Bibli cal Red sea. ; L T p niimiii.iMi mm,kt f f?3 Tmm 7 V v-im 'ii V : l t taxes there was left an effective i biivinr f n e n m of II zflfl rnr capita, which compares favorably with the national figure of $1,030 per capita. This was real "spending money although only 83 per cent of it, on the average, .was turned into actual retail sales due to con trols ahd shortages. Despite restrictions, $33,530,000 was spent during the year in Sa lem's stores, a cording to the sta tistics, acounting for .45 per cent of the nation's business with only .028 per cent of the national pop ulation, stamping it as strong trading center. The city is also well over its state quota, with its retail business 3.69 per cent of the state total, although it has only 3.02 per cent of Oregon's population. Top Hop Crop For 1946 Seen A record Oregon hop crop of 21,000,000 . pounds Is forecast by the UJS. department of agricul ture statistics division. This ex coeds last year's record by 3 per cent and the average by 19 per cent. A . serious threat of damage from, mildew and aphids was pre dicted although the hops' growth was said to be very good. National figures placed the ac reage as only one per cent more than 1945 but production is es timated at 21 per cent above the 1933-44 average. Favorable grow ing conditions account for the high prospective yield the statis ticians announced. COAST WEATHER POOR Salem's weather bureau was pessimistic over prospects for dry picnics or coast trips today with a prediction of showers and clou dy skies both locally and on the Oregon coast They expect the lagoon's bot tom to be left dry. for several seconds, before the waters rush back. Here are other magic tricks ex pected of the atomic bomb when it is touched off beneath the wa ters of Bikini lagoon July 25 (July 24, time): Throwing five to 15 million tons of water in solid or spray as high as 25,000 feet; Creating an enormous bubble growing at a fantastic rate which, upon bursting will form a tre mendous waterspout and leave momentarily a great cavity in the water. Crunching the hulls of some ships, overwhelming others with waves towering more than 100 feet which will race out from the base Of the waterspout. i ' 3 ! ' - ' ' ' ' 1 !:M' mm ibodjl mm to toto i . I t i ' I i Mouse Decision Held Un til WASHINGTON, July 13.-P)-With strong republican backing, driye got under way today in the house to send a revised price Control bill to President Truman exactly as the senate passed it early this morning. ! However, an informal but bind ing "Gentlemen's agreement" to defer the showdown until Tuesday gave administration leaders a long weekend to organize a fight for removal of senate-voted decon trols of major food items. Agreement Protects Absentees 'The agreement, made by demo cratic and . republican leaders to protect many members who will be absent Monday, nulified the house rules committee's speedy ac tion in recommending that the controversial bill be sent immedi ately to a senate-house conference for -adjustment of differences. After President Truman had vetoed on June 29 a previous OPA extension bill on the grounds It was "unworkable' the house had voted a 20-day, full authority ex tension of OPA. But the senate, after a week of debate, finally passed at 1:54 a.m. eastern standard time today a bill which exempted major food items, among other things, from any further federal price control. Notice to Truman & Senator Taft (R-Ohio) said to May the senate's 62 to 15 vote for the modified price control bill was a notice to President Truman that congress does not like the "outrageous methods of the OPA." The Ohio senator said in a state ment that he interpreted the sen ate's action today as meaning "that if the president refuses to improve the outrageous methods of the OPA, then there is no choice but to remove from control those pro ducts in which the OPA has made the most miserable failure." Taft asserted that increases in food prices since OPA died "do little more than reflect consumer's subsidies which the OPA was pay ing." Children Hurt In 3 -Car Crash Alonzo Winkleback, 593 Morgan ave., was booked in city jail Sat urday night on a charge of being drunk on a public highway, fol lowing an accident at Center and Breys streets in which his car hit two parked cars, police reported. Robert Winkleback, his 11-year-old son, was taken home af ter being treated at Salem Gen eral hospital for a cut over the right eye that required stitches. Wanda, his 13-year-old daughter, who was also riding in the car. was treated t the scene by the first aid car for, minor bruises but was not hospitalized. Damages o, the three cars was not extensive, police officers said. New Machine To Smash Atom BERKELEY, Calif., July H.-iJP) The atom may spring some sur prises on scientists a few months hence when it will be subjected to mighty disintegrating powers from new machines now in the making. Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer told a, meeting of pbyscists today. These machines will smite the atomic nucleus with forces up into the hundreds of millions of volts. pernaps eventually reaching one billion volts; The greatest man made force 1 thus far applied to them is around 100 million volts. What will happen when thee much greater energies are used cannot be predicted with any cer tainty, Dr. Oppenheimer said. Howard Hughes Said Improving LOS ANGELES, July 13 -tVP)- Howard Hughes rallied today in his fight to survive shattering crash injuries, and his physicians commented: "we are amazed at his recuperative powers." His condition has been critical since he was injured In the pile up of a fait new photo-recon-naisssmco plane last Sunday, and on Thursday night took a turn for the worse. The Weather Tuesday Max. Mln Freeli Sales. Ii Portland 71 M .00 San Francisco S4 4 .00 Chicago as so .so New York 89 70 AO Willamette river -2 feet. FORECAST (from U.S. weather bu reau. McNary fteld. SAletnl: . Fartly cloudy today, light scattered shower In afternoon. Highest 79 degrees. - ... ,By HoJse TTh 1 TT jueiars wiri oa dDddd (Object To Evay9s (DoirDdlDttSoinis WASHINGTON. July 13-P)-In a gloves-off exchange, the sen ate war investigating committee concluded today that Rep. May (D Ky ) is "unable to explain or contradict' evidence linking him with munitions makers and the house military chairman in reply chal lenged the general "conduct of your hearings." Dropping the polite formalizes of congressional exchanges, the Rent Control in Oregon Cities Held Possible Oregon municipalities may set up "reasonable" rent control regu lations if an actual emergency can be shown to exist, was the tenta tive opinion expressed Saturday in Roseburg. by George Neuner, state attorney general. He said he Intended to Investi gate further but believed that the state's home rule law provided cities with such power, the As sociated Press reported. The existence of an emergency in Oregon would be easy to show, Neuner stated, because the ma jority of the cities are overcrowd ed with new population. Where these conditions exist, he added, a city could use its police powers to set up rent control to protect resi dents' welfare and safety. Negro Voters Discjualified, Inquiry Slated ATLANTA. July 13 -OP)- The federal courts and the justice de partment moved today to consider the mass purging of Negroes from trie -voting lists ifi politically em broiled Georgia. Hundreds of Negroes register ed for the first time to vote in the July 17 democratic primary the actual election have been disqualified. The purging In some counties is still under way. The latest unofficial figures show that 134.331 Negroos have registered to vote for the first time in Georgia. This compares with a white registration of 1.Q1 7,036. Whites outnumber Ne groes 3 to 1 In Georgia. Federal Judge Frank M. Scar lett at Brunswick ordered a halt to wholesale disenfranchisement of Negroes in Atkinson county in south Georgia. Registrars of three other south Georgia coun ties were ordered to appear for a hearing Monday. Revival of Bote, Arrow Sought PORTLAND, Ore., July 13-(P) A - half dozen Yakima Indian chiefs today called upon "the big four white fathers" to outlaw all weapons of war except the bow and arrow.' The pronouncement called for "universal abolition of the thun der stone' (Yakima translation for atom bomb) warning that un less man changes his ways "World war III would begin three snows from now in the month of the planter's moon." The warning came from Chiefs Job Charlie, William Yallup, Jim Looney, Thomas Yallup, Henry Thompson and Nip Strongheart. Grants Pass Paper Cuts to 5 Days GRANTS PASS, Ore., July 13 (JP)- The Grants Pass Daily Cour ier announced today it would cut publication to five days a week and suspend street sales to meet an acute shortage of newsprint. The newspaper said it had only enough paper stocked for 40 days and manufacturers had refused more newsprint until Oct. I. County Logging, Sawmills Working Full Blast, All Available Woodsmen in Area Employed Logging and sawmill operations are working at full capacity In Marion county, the United States employment service reported In -its monthly report for June. All available qualified men in the area are employed. At the end of June 44 unfilled orders for mill and woods workers were on hand. Still expanding is the building industry in the Salem area. For new construction and alteration 132 permits for total valuation of $192,046.64 were issued. Develop ments in housing construction out TTh A 7TH II! committee wrote May directly that it could find no alternative to the conclusion that "you ad mit the facts" gathered in its in quiry "to be true." May Snaps Bark May snapped back a formal re ply that such a conclusion is "un warranted" and added that "it parallels other characteristics of the conduct of your hearings to which 1 object." The committee turned thumbs down on the conditions with which May hedged an agreement to "consider" a personal appear ance to tell of his acknowledged help to an industrial combine headed by Dr. Henry (iarsson. It contended that the imKrt of thoe demands constituted a refusal to appear, in its inquiry into the group's profits on $78,000,000 in war contracts and its Washing ton influence. "I have not so declined," May declared In his reply. "Before ac cepting, I am simply seeking a basis upon which such accept ance can be made without -being denied the rights and privileges specified." May struck back, too, at the senate committee's sliarp com ment that public servants should seek accountings of their public trust "frequently, fully and open ly" to preserve the integrity of congress. May Insiata on Rfehta May has Insisted that he be given the right to appear accom panied by his attorney with power to cross-examine former witnesses, call his own witness, and subpoena records. The sen ate committee has taken a firm' position that he should not be given privileges denied others. In reply to May s demands for conditions, the committee de clared: "Stripped of 'ifs.' 'ands,' 'but' the plain and simple im port of your letter is that you decline to appear before the com mittee to face and explain the facts that have been presented." Polk Peoples Utility Distriet Hearing Set Hearing on the spp!ieatlm for creation of the Kast Polk Peoples UUlity District has been set for next Friday night at Independence, Charles E. Stricklin. secretary of the state hydroelectric commission, announced Saturday. The district would Include ap proximately 104 square miles, w ith a population estimated at 4000 and assessed property valuations of $4,230,000. The city of Indepen dence would be Included. Trains Baek On Schedule The Oregonian, first train through the collapsed tunnel near Dorris. Calif., arrived in Salem at 11:25 o'clock last night, ac cording to local Southern Pacific officials. It had been scheduled to arrive at 2:02 p.m. The Klamath. which was scheduled for 7:57 p.m., was to arrive at 1 a.m. today and regul lar service was to be In effect early today. They were informed that the wreckage, caused when the tun nel collapsed early Friday, was cleared by 6 o'clock last night. Conductor H. R. Bonney, Klam ath Falls, was reported recover ing in a hospital there from minor injuries, the only ones reported in the wreck. side the city limits are not in cluded In these figures. Much of the building construction has been held up by the difficulty in se curing plumbing, electrical and other materials, it was reported. Food processing plants Increased their employment to a total of 3047 with 1329 of these women. There was a shortage of women workers In the last half of June and a more critical shortage is anticipated in the food processing peak of August and September. A shortage of raw material keeps the creameries and meat packing . The Slate$man'i . Reporter . . Today's question "What has the abolition of the OTA meant to yon as the shopper of yor hoe- hoiar (Statesman inquiring rcx,rt,ers questioned women as they enter ed or left food maiketa of vary ing price ranges in downtown Sa lem and in one laige tesidenUal shopping district the pa.t week and these are the answers ) Mrs. Alfred Mandt. HIS Sagi naw si : "Meat, butter, even vegetables and canned gMl.H have gone up Persona I I y , I 'd like td see the OPA in force again. It's get ting pretty rt T" J I iy to buy the ne ! : J ?essitivs of life." Mrs. Ted Jclderks 32ft Lanras- ter si.: "I have n't noticed much change; oh, but ter and things like that. Hut so far it hasn't made much dif ference to me; maybe we can tell better a bit later just how prices are going to react." Mrm. Antln Barrow, (42 I'.dge- 1 water t , Went Salem: Prices seem to me to be i -i i rising Very fat. itnere are only "" i "ZTH I two of us. my in our family, but I notice a real change. If prit-ea continue to go tip wages simply can't keep up with them." Mrs. Don Poujade, 23)3 ie at.! "Perhaps It means that our family will eat more stew. Did you see me look ing at the meat counter? Some of it seems pret ty high, but I i think we will eat what we ra afford and i everyone else does that the prices will level off Mrs. D. C Vanghan. Che- tmketa st .: "Pri ces seem to me to have gone up very fast in a Kood many lines. Of course, it's disturbing right now. Do you think It nrm- lurv tr mint r a- m. im juii one '-, shoper." x . . Mrs. Cartis Cr 4 13 N. Front st.: "The Ameri can people should be put on their honor not to buy more than they need until the situation is in hand and not to sell a t inflated prices. Take but t e r , now, it's really 7 cents I- under what we were paying under OPA only we didn't count in the subsidy." Mrs. VF. tV. SchabeL 37$ S. Ifth st.: "Looking at it from the out s i d e it seems bad prices are up and it does cost more to live. Dut maybe on the inside the change is the best thing that could have hap- ' - pened to us I honestly don't know too much about it" Mrs A. Ruble. 752 N. Winter st: "Well. I've noticed no marked change oh, bread has gone up a cent but that had been approved by the OPA. So far. my budget seems to cover things without noticeable change." plants operating below capacity. During June unemployment con tinued to decrease, dropping from approximately 2100 to 1400. Of these 350 were women and 600 veterans. The employment service still sees a definite scarcity of workers between now and October 15 and from that period until spring a labor surplus. "There may well be $000 unemployed workers in Marion county In December, Jan uary and the first half of Febru ary," the office said. f ' - ' V M -r wes-j LT r k $:V750 Milihm mm mm ' a la r iiiul Inft'iKlcfl to Krlmbililate Allyf WASHINGTON', July ' 1 MJ t oiitiMfs gave final approval day to a 13,750,000.0)') hurt Gir.it Hntrfin. send i. the legist lti.ii to Prendert Trimani by h'ue vote -t 219 to 133. I ii r M'tiate already; had taut ori7l the huge furt i iintenfted lehabihtate Kng!an1' ! war-disi organised international trade. In closing debate,! proponent shouted that the decision on aid , for the wartime ally would de- lei mine whether the wnrld wtU lum to Washington for leadership. ,' Jlnatkia Looms I .arse or Moscow Hun loomed large in the lorlg and- bitter house whuh ended with Speaker Ray burn (D-Tex) appealing f'ir ap proval of the credit Jest England and western Europit! ' be pushed into an ideology I despise' Sity-ine republicans joined 157 democrat and one mmir iwiity member in Voting for rati fication of the loan urged by President Truman. Opposed j wet e 32 democrats. 122 republicans and one min.r party member, j Final .congressional approval occurred) after the' housd had beaten hat k 219 to J54 an eff;jt to reulfe Itritain to' but up f'mer rhantabljr" collateral.; beyonf that government's pledge) to pay. . Likewise, the house rejected all amendments seeking !possesion tn return for the lonn of Flrlti hi inland fcaes now held by the United $t-tes on 90 -year le,se. rtrlU.h Collateral Suggested . Hep. Dnken (RIU. author ef the rolh in a I amendment, j sua Mexted that as consideration t the riedit Britain might ptt up its middle east oil Resources, its wool, gold mines, insurance panics and "other t security merchantable naturei" Moving swiftly toward the f.nal vote, thf house alsOif I - j 1. Shuuted down ah amenamer.t by Rep, Itender ROhin) to re- ! durt the Kan to tl.SSO.fHWVOOO. J 2. Ily a 110 to 19 .standing r to, knocked rxlwn a motion by Rep. Celler ID-NY) to kill the ratifi cation legislation. :! i 3. Rejected by Vfclre r.e an ' amendment by Hf; Mundt (K SD) that would have refuired Britain to put up! the same col lateral and pay the same Intetest rates as are stipulated by the export-import bsrk j I Trade Proposal Defeated j 4. On a 154 to &9 vote, defeat ed a pri&l byjtfp. JTeed R- j NY) tht after F-hgland gl tr.e first JljOOO.000,000 She could get no mote unless at! the ehd of one year stve advised i the Llr.ited States that Hritain had ended "all discriminatory trad practices." ' 5. Downed by Voice vote an ' amendment by Rfp. jWoflrlruff ! (R-Mich) proponing that ropy ' menu be made unless Btitain turned over to the United State ! for the duration of the loan'tuch ' of in Atlantic and! Pacif c areas I as the president deems , useful to America's defence.; t I . Also rejected by voice j vote j I a .propofal by Rep. Cole (RNY inai aa a loan conniuon urixain sell to the United Stated for 11,000.000. the Atlantic. iUnd areas nrw leased by theUr.ited States as military bases. ! i IJONDON. July 13 -(,,- Great Ilntaina labor government night officially welcomed thi $3,750,000,000 United States 1W "as a sign our American friends want to wotk with lis Just as we want to work with them. State Auto List Hits -Ncwj High i H . . ZD Oregon's motor vehicle registra tion of 441,000 aet a new high rec ord st the end of June this year. Secretary of State Robert S. Far rell, Jr., reported Saturday. SThis year's registration Is per cent above last year's and per cent higher than 1941. ) ; f Patriotic Society to Dixctisft Holiday I'lans for possible observances of the anniversary of V-J, day Augut 14 and Armistice Day No vember 11 will be discy sued Wed nesday at 7:30 p m. when' the Marion county federated patriotic society meets In the Chamber cf commerce, rooms. 1 J I Council President Paul Hend ricks Saturday urged that eah rf the 26 member organizations be represented at the session, j PASSES ACCOl'NTAXT TEST John L. Nelson, Salem, was one of only 28 M 31 applicants I w ho passed the May examination fr certified public accountant, the state board) of accountancy; an nounced in Portland, according to the Associated Press. I Our Sonators Cf5 oirf WON I f LOST j 8-6 I 5-6