mm fTi,nfrn xmJML u uvy YE Diplomats Take out Time to rAKIS. Am- 1-Janses F. Byrnes (rt(ht). 17. 8. secretary of idl, with a finger at Vyacheslav M. Me la (left). Kutlii foreign aalafaUr. at gala party ia Parte Opera. Between then L to R) arc Mrs. Alexander Begemolev. wife of the soviet mbamdor to France; Jefferson Cattery, V. 8. ambassador tm Frsaee. sad Miss Vyaeheslava Melotev, daughter of the soviet minister. (AP Wlrepheto via radio freca Parts). Water Slowly Fills West Salem Pipes The world didn't look quite so dry to parched West Salem today - - at least temporarily. So far an could be learned late last night, there was to be water for the baby's bath, the pail and tin cup could be put back in the woodshed, and the piles of unavoidably dirty dishes would dwindle - - as would the bucket-brigade lineup at the city hall tap. SSKDQB upcddjus A friend who was doing some houaecleaning came on a copy of the Salem Weekly Mercury for April 4. 1873. This paper was started as an organ for the demo cratic party in 1869. This issue carries the names of Wm. (Bud) Thompson and J. W. Kelly as pub lishers, both prominent figures in Oregon journalism. (Judge Mc MaJvan tells many atonies about Bud Thompson). For a time the Mercury was published as a daily but it was unable JLaaurvivsuxary long Old papers are always interest ing, and so is this copy of the Mercury. The front page is de voted largely to clipped reprints front other papers like the Mobile Register -and the New York Her ald, together with what editors Vioed to call "mi.cellany" an var ied as the title lmplie. The column-length lead editor 11 was a blast at the republican pferty which had Just returned to power under Grant a second term. Another one flayed that "sensa tion sheet' the San Francisco Chronicle for its report on the Modoc Indian troubles which had Just occurred. Price comparisons attract im mediate attention. Gold was sell ing at a premium while green backs or legal tender currency m' quoted at 88-87. Portland produce prices were reported at 14-17c a dozen for eggs, extra butter 37-40c a pound. Wheat was SI SS a bushel with flour $4 to S3 a barrel. In Salem the wheat price was quoted at 75c a bushel. Bourbon whiskey was S3. 50 -4. 50 a gallon (now about $5.50 a fifth at the state stores). Rough lum ber was selling at S12-14, dressed at 122-30 snd flooring at (Continued on editorial page) Portland Trartion Firm To Buy Bum, Trolley) PORTLAND. Aug. l-0J")-Port-land Traction company will or der 100 gasoline bu.t- and plate tentative orders for 50 electric trolley coaches under a tion adopted by the city council tooa y . The amount set fc.side to mod ernize transportation equipment In Portland was increased to S2.896.029 Animal Crackers By WAREEN GOODPIgH Tm saving money it' a much more negotiable." Ouct Sua SiMlu-.la V? . -' - This was the picture: (1) Shortly after noon Thurs day, the Blue Lake cannery (biggest single user of water) closed at the request of city of ficials. (2) The water pressure there after gradually built up until a resident of the Kingwood ' Heights area at 3 p.m. said excitedly "we actually can hear a trickle in our pipes." (3) Mayor Guy Newgent said if people would refrain from sprinkling the reservoirs should gradually build up a new reserve even with only three pumps op erating. (4) City officials said a fourth pump was expected today (it had been expected yesterday) ' for in stallation at the 7th and j Patter son street diggings which cost $6000 last spring and which it was declared "certainly J is not dry." (Some quarters still. insist ed it was "almost dry") . ." I And there the .matter . rested (with the cannery tentatively J scheduled to re-open today). ' T Repercussions, however, were varied. -"' Newgent Under Fire - " Irate citizens have personally and via telephone literally read the riot act regarding "improvi dent planning." Some even Vo cally indicated a desire to level a haymaker at "Mayor Newgent. The mayor in turn Indicated a belief the city had done every thing feasible, and that . while there were reasons for the drought they were not of the s3nd which necessitated the making excuses. - ' .. : r - - Among such reasons he cited that there were eight houses- on one hill when a small reservoir was built and" that mort than 100 bouses now are served from it He also mentioned, unforeseen delay - in obtaining equipment. AnoV too. he said but very 'few residents inside the city limits had been water-less. Serve Ositslde Areas "The city of West Salem does n't own an inch of water line outside the city .limits. But we serve some outside areas with water. It would be better If they would form districts to obtain their own supply," he eugesrLed But there was a definite lack of agreement on the part of peo ple who called both the West Sa lem city hall and The Statesman But most "were nice," officials said. "We built here years ago and we had water. We've had such trouble before. We want water now." That was the gist of many statements. Some criticized the city for permitting such a rapid residential and industrial growth reolu-,rwithout augmenting water sup piles more rapiaiy As far as the fire hazard is concerned, city officials declared a 4-mill tax kept in full force an agreement with the city of Salem to provide protection, and that by cloying a valve all water could be diverted to any hydrant which might be in use in a fire emerg ency Anyway, if the West Salem wa ter picture continues to look cheerier, there should be a lot of overdue washings on the line today. Where Were The Airplanes? The expected "invasion fleet" of army war planes failed to ma terialize over the city yesterday. Portland reported that only four B-29s turned up out of the 50 fighters, bombers and troop planes originally expected In the display. No reason for the change was given. No local demonstra tion of army air force day oc curred in Salem. Advance infor mation on the scheduled flight had been given out locally through press releases from headquarters of the 15th Air Force. Play at Paris Yugoslavia Flatly Rejects Trieste Plan PARIS, Aug. 1 -CffV Yugoslavia bluntly announced today she could not accept the big foui compromise solution on Trieste, and the Netherlands warned the peace conference delegates thst the small nations are opposed to the great powers imposing their will on others. In bitter attack on the Trieste decision, Yugoslav Vice Premier and Chief Delegate Edward Kar delj declared his country would reject the solution because "it abandons large sections of our people, to the oppression of Italy.' The-expected explosion on Tri este came after Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov amended a Greek motion in the rules com mi t tee to open the conference to "any peace question." The com mittee adopted Molotov's amend ment that any: delegation could raise any question "pertaining to the draft treaties." The Yugoslavs have bitterly opposed the Trieste decision since the four power, foreign ministers council accepted the French plan to place the disputed port under international - control. No Injuries in Head-On Crash Two sedans collided head-on at 12th and Mission streets about 10:20 o'clock last night, but no one was injured, although one of the cars grazed a stopped taxicab and plunged, off the street into a vacant lot at the" northwest corner of the intersection. Police who investigated said Harold L. Leith, route 2,- box 229, driver of -the car" which: left the road, apparently had not stayed in his lane while .rounding a slight bend as he travelled north en 12th street through the inter secDon. rne omer driver was identified as T. R. Green, 904 S. 20th at. Front ends of both cars were .damaged. Neither driver was cited by police. The taxicab, driyen by James F. Snook, route 4, had stopped when the accident occurred and received only a damaged bumper, police said. WAA to Sell Goods To Vets' Groups PORTLAND, Aug. 1 Repre sentatives of Oregon veterans will soon be able to see "the in side" of surplus property sales programs, learn all ; the "hwys and wherefores' and make sug gestions to promote more effici ent disposals, according to C. T. Mudge, Portland regional director of war assets administration. The Portland WAA office, has just received word that veterans' organizations will be permitted where feasible to buy govern ment surplus property at the same price level ' as retailers. Heretofore restrictions prevented such organizations from buying surplus. Northwest to Orient Air Route, Globe Circling WASHINGTON. Aug. 1 -(TP) Commercial round-the-world fly ing Is authorized for the first time in a civil aeronautics board ruling today which also opens up the "northwest passage" to the Orient. Actual operation of all seg ments of the globe-girdling routes may be some time in the future since not all affected countries have yet granted landing rights. Northwest Airlines, Inc.. was given the northern route along the Aleutian and Kurile islands, with- Seattle, Minneapolis, St. Paul, Chicago and New York as co-terminals in the United States for projected service to Alaska. Tokyo, Harbin, Mukden, Dairen, Peiping, Seoul, Nanking, Shang hai and Manila. Pan American Airways, pioneer in trans-ocean flying, had its cen tral Pacific routes extended to Tokyo. Shanghai. Hongkong and NINETY-SIXTH YEAR 16 Vets Say Bad Shells Traceable By Alex II, Singleton WASHINGTON, Aug. l.-UPl- combat veterans told the senate war investigating committee to day that the defective mortar shells which killed their buddies can be traced to the manufacturer and told how. One who served in Italy wrote that his 100th chemical mortar battalion "had quite a bit of de fective 4.2-inch ammunition" and that he has its lot-numbers. An ex-corporal of the 65th chemical company in Belgium reported that he kept records on "a disgraceful number of defective fuses." And another soldier wrote that "army regulations require that ammunition be stored and issued by lot-number; that a report, giv ing lot-number, be made of all accidents involving defective am munition and the faulty round be impounded. "From . this Information." he added, "it should not be difficult to find out who manufactured the rounds which caused muzzle bursts." This correspondent also report ed that an entire gun crew was killed or wounded by a defective mortar shell in tests at Fort Bragg, N. C in 1943 and that "a full report was made by the field ar tillery board and copies will be found in its files." Gas Price to Go Up Cent in Salem Today Gasoline on sale at some 20 Salem service stations is up one cent today, following yesterday's announcement from Portland that Standard, Shell and Richfield oilMfJT -.l. 1 companies had raised their prices, jjl CtTf III i3ff!CJ7t Ttihr nrlrH tftnk ffrct in ix! :ifuin inn vcir1 and go into .effect In ; Richfield and Shell sUUons thLs morning. Prices for gasoline now stand atJ 24V4 cents per gallon for ethyl I and 22 4 cents for regular grades. which is a uniform increase of one cent a gallon. Service stations selling other brands of gasoline In Salem have seceived no word about increas - ing prices. In some quarters, I cur red on July IS when the mer however. It was felt that other cury reached 105. The hottest oil companies, would ' follow suit. In southern Oregon and on the coast Standard stations Increased tneir retail price i',i. cems peri gallon. Officials said' the extra raise was necessary to cover higher freight rates. me price niae in general was attributed to higher production costs in the oil industry. Price also went up on solvents and kerosene. Truman Vetoes Tidelands Bill WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -7P)- President Truman vetoed the so- called "Udelands oil bill" today, declaring that the question wheth er the nation or the states own the lands in question should be de cided by the supreme court, not by congress. The bill would have renounced any federal claim to certain on rich lands, principally lands be tween the low tide mark and the three-mile limit. "If the United States owns these areas, they should not be given away. If the supreme court decides that the United States has no title to or interest in the lands, a quit claim from the congress is unnec essary." A house postponement delayed any vote on overriding the veto until tomorrow. Flights Okehed other important points, including Calcutta where It will connect with its own trans-Atlantic routes and complete one globe encircle ment. Transcontinental St Western Air had its route through Europe extended from Bombay to Shang hai where it will be possible to connect with both Northwest ami Pan American for a second globe girdling routh. Northwest announced immed iately that it ia ready to begin thrice-weekly service and that daily flights are in prospect by early 1947 when more equipment will be available. India is the notable gap in the chain of landing rights, and until the state department can get an agreement there it will not be possible to link the east and west bound lines from the United States. NUNDIO 1651 PACES Salem, Oregon. Trades Planning for Fishing ' T ' : I " S. 1 i - - i - Jr f - - I C. C. (Cap) Fisher (left, above) la looking over his fishing tackle while R. J. Newell, regional director of the bureau of rec lamation discusses with him his retirement as englneer-ln-charge of the bureaa's project planning office In Saiem. (Bureau of Reclamation photo). Lee Mr AUister, (right) former assistant state engineer for Oregon who has been with the bureau since 1941. steps into the position from which Fisher retired. (Mc- Ewan photo). (Story on page 2) Heat, Rain Fail To Top July I !Aimounf In .72 of an Inch of I rain' Which fell ( durinr ho month ?f July set no record, the .69 of an mcn wmcn ien on Juiy a marked Ue wettest July day since 1824, w Jaiem weamer oureau report d Thursday July registered a daily average temperature of 67.7 d e g r e e a against a normal of 66.7. Highest 1 temperature of 1946 to date oc July day on record was that of July 15. 1941, when the tempera ture soared to 108 degrees. miring July mere were nine clear days, 13 partly cloudy and nine cloudy. Northerly winds pre- vailed a. Aurust Is traditionally a dryer month than July less rain feu i expected, this month than jast. in July. 1943. .32 of an inch a,!or:eL i tat ion was recorded July wu irw iBunn munin oi 1946 which exceeded the normal rainfall. The others were Janu- July was the fourth month of ary, February ana Alarm, in June 1.28 Inches of rainfall was recorded. Big Car Raeing Fair Feature Big car racing will become a part of the Oregon state fairs entertainment program for the first time Sunday, Sept. 8. Man ager Leo Spitzbart announced Thursday. The Lone Oak track will be cncmicaiiy ireaito ror we car racing following the fair s six day horse racing meet which will con- en first and second readings be clude Saturday afternoon, Sept. 7. fore the local council established Spitbart also announced that Oswald west or fortiana, iormer governor, would act as associate judge during the meet while Dr. W. M. Lytle oi :alem will te an honorary judge The horse show and the night ly state fair revue will be s this year on Sunday, the la.-t of the fair. (Further detail racing plans on today's sports page.) Congress Passes 5-Cent Air IIxiil WASHINGTON. Aug. 1 - (A1) -Legislation reducing the domestic rate on air mail from eight to five cents an ounce was paased today by the house and sent to Presi dent Truman. : The post office deportment pointed out that it becomes effect ive on the first day of the second month following its approval by the president. The Wealhfr Mln. Preelp Salem - SI Portland IS M San Fram-laco ... . SI Chicago S4 SI Willamette river -3 1 fret FORECAST (from US weather bu reau. jUcNary riekl. Kalem I Paitly cloudy thla morning, riearin In early atJviwrv common. nn and rity of artrnon. llihrt temperature an o- "v,sory commission n My oi mrwr. S "S. V. rf so" Friday Morning, August 2, 1948 Group to Discuss Plans for Bridge A IiilptlfnilfIir m 1 "tlt ft. IUlt 111 Officials of the state highway department, the Marion and Polk county courts and the city of Independence will meet at 10 a m. Friday In Independence to fur ther plans for location and fi nancing of the proposed Willam ette river bridge at Independ ence. Estimated cost of the proposed two-lane highway bridge is $600, 000. A tentative suggestion for fi nancing would have SO per cent paid by the state and 23 per cent each by the two counties. The Marion county court has indicat ed it would agree to such a dis tribution of the building cost. to Talk g f II I'kOfltl gilltlVll WA 11WHjUIIII Ul When Salem's city council meets Monday night municipal rent con trol will appear in ordinance form but it is not expected that final action will be taken. It appeared likely, as the coun cil session neared, that aldermen will call a public hearing on the proposed city control of rents be fore any action beyond the nre Jimlnary presentation of a rough a ran ordinance bill which was made last month Cities have the authority to es tablish rent control, it recently was ruled bv the state attorney general Tne ordinance bill already riv- machinery for rent control in Sa Jem but left blank the dates at which a "reasonable rent level" would be fixed for the purpe of control at the preent f A M L" S New UAL Flights, Night Lights Mark City Airport Expansion Expansion of Salem's airport and aviation facilities was sk1 lightel Thursday by three news worthy developments of plans af fecting the local air future. Two new United Air Lines flights went into effect on sched ule, one a southbound plane at 12:40 p. m. and the other a north bound plane at 9:51 p. m. A third regular flight was changed to con form with the new schedule, and now departs northbound at 1 153 m. instead of 1:43 a. m. The fourth flight leaving Salem daily is the 4:40 p. m. non-stop run to San Francisco and Ios Angeles. While the new schedule was J- feeted. with planes crowded as usual, a high UAL official - - Ar thur J. Fallon, San Francisco, as sistant to the director of property ctunferred with the local airport jiiviaia oo uie agict-rut-rn wiwhr Price Sc No. 108 Memorial fl -vsj-sj w I VFAXFlt 19 R V Organize The Salem War MerrwSrittl dation. brni i)d chilktttMd ImhH night, ha mission in the wm Id. On this the more tiian 73 -suns wr attdndrd the initiJ meeting n Salem Chamber of Commerce rooms uiMrtutly aii agreed. Letilsi of thttt nil.in are still nebulous. Whether the ' memorial ussoci. a tion (wth a membership of in dividual and organintiori ) will recommend construction .f n all-purpose rljc center, an .u- ditorium. a bahketball iitvilioti or a combination auditorium and pavilion will be Ironed nut when it begins to function, persons pur ticipating in last night's free-for-all discussion rfadily agreed. The association can get to woik after next Thursday bight, when It reconvenes to elet t officers and to rconidcr a roiraUtutiori which it Is believed requires only minor revision. Acting Chairman ft. S, (Spec) Keene this weekend will name a nominating committee and a committee to present the nine-article oriMitut ion. Briefly, the : constitution pio. vides that the -: association shall lay plans for construction and iV nanring of a civic building t serve as a liv-uyr memorwti io me city's war dr.td. that its rolls shall be open to all reMdent and organizations interested, that art advliory committee )iall be com pi ised by cliairrjnen f war memo rial committees of member or ganizaUon and sets lip the krle ton fur a riori-profit S'MMlatinri with fti e stariiling rommlttees, (Additijoiial detills on page 2 ) Mchaina Man Killed by Trurk Near Niagara AI.nkNY, Aug 1-WlllUm Ot to Joyker, 27 Me ha ma forging conttadtor, wan killetl InsUintly Uiday hen a fogging trutk bnk ed over hin at a Gref-n mountain timber area a hove Niagara. Walter Kropp, deputy coroner for Utm counfy. said the death was af-cldental and no' liKuet i will lel! called. Tticre were no wlt neses J to tlie accident which " currel abotit II am, he said. Iiiveitigating officers said the 1 btxly was crushed beneath the wheels of the heavy trailer vthen the accident was detected by the driver. Darreli CIe of Mill City. ( Joyner was In partrterahlp with John tl Richter, alsi of Metiama, In the logging oiertUn. The bt-ly will le hVen to Portland for services and Inter ment under tne lireuon r neti- nesey-r;oetsch-M;ee f u rt e r a I , James E. Jarv is. mar.ag'ng e!it home. Mr. Joyner, who was a na- j or n( the Chattarwaa ! Iime, sr s tive of George in Cla kam.ts l(h dher Times staffers witness county and had resided in Me- ed h, Mid the twO;Heran were hama two years, leaven m widow, iistieaed with the tote cnt art Lasandra, arxt an 1H-mnthk-old daughter. His parents, the II Joyiiers of KHtacuila, also sur vive. AFL Planning PAC Campaign COLUMHUS, O. Aug 1 iVIV The American ! Federation of Iai 4 bor will go into the fall election campaign with a political a tion committee of its own to vote out of office "Ihe most i e ti.iai y ; with their hands l.lgtt in the ;;r. congress in history." Piesldent -Wise and another nV'.Mjtf lev William Green said today. I eled pistols at their la-k s. ! A n Green disclosed the AFI. plan angry roar ram jf rorn tho veter- In a speech to the convention of , the Glass Bottle Blowers hsmm I- I atlon of the U S. and Canada ! urging AFL member to "fight, fight, fight." In the coming elec- I tion to "M'nd men to congre who have vision." i Salem and UAL for control tion uf a new terminal at the iiioit. Henry It. Crawford of the com- miM.l li reiartcl that ltail of the plan were ilroned out and that City Attorney jiwifue )tramnis now diafting a lontrait lo rover the agreement. I.yle II. Har tholo . mew, architect, l pirparmg plans for the buildinr. A third development saw the new airMrt lighting yttn in op eration lat night. Kunwiy lights now are rotitnolled ,y an auto matic rlotk on an atMrornic at basis Lights go on lit tr lilted times, now at alxnit M m night ly, and can tie; easiljr (liangetl to cover other runways Wallace Hug, city airxit man ager, said the new lighting will permit more night flying. espc lal ly in hxal pilot training programs, and will generally fa ilitale i r - atiotis at nigtit. i 2 Dead, 22 Hurt In Siege Ily Ifer $e!lerJ ATIIKNS, Tenn' Aug. l f (TV-Two men rre rr(vrte4 killed and at leant 22 wound ed aa a bitter local political campaign flared into an open election day bait I around the barricaded MrMihft county jail. hnm Miliiin the !, surrrrt'.f. cd y a dowd etimtcd as h at l.MXt prma, a nun, sh irttt- tifird himMtIf JviUr of jt IVi.re Herman F. j M'M. ! , newsmen ia telephrjf.t that "We have eight wounded tvt twudtui in hrie " . He did rx t name the virt,ma. and there was no way ta rhek r..e evrt as members s.f the rrfl swsppetl gunfire wlt.1 tlt rt t u t ' : 4MrKr!lr Iailin- Voir r . " rtAHllUJ. Trsa, Aos. I. (IVL'nofflclaJ retotns from I - 739 oot of aaareslaaatete 2.3 prerlsteta tm Tkorsday's Tenae. see desnoeratle primary gave far l alted HUies aeaator: K. W. earmark 4.tt7j , II. MrKrl ftr 144.932!: Ilsrosi Jahoao I.. 19; John M. Nt.l 1.794; Her man If. Horn I.12S. i For governor! 1.749 preelorte gave ordo llrewnlog 94.SM: Jim MrC'ord 14241 Mrs. lah Klrhardson 1.144. tied officers within! the Jul. A few moments osrlier, M.e had antwrird a tCleplaMie ral from Chsttirowga. 'i After volley after vlley Ka.J leen firel fey the csmUatartts ing pistols and light rifles, tK barricaded officers sent out sr appeal by telrpttona HW r.e4 help" U i ' (Jaard Ready to Move Meanwhile 'at Nshvi!!e. the state apito, dm, IMMi iul!r arinouruetl that the tth regtrrrrt of the state guard hs being rn bilted at Mary tile Tenn , wmild te ready to mve Uito A 'fi eri s by daybrtak, ; Elements lf the mill lie Temes see brigade have a! teen n." bilized and Will mo InUi Athrs from the wjr-st t thl same t.rr.e, Ilutler said.! The loal ! hospital .:! 14 tr sons, fle ft thrm cmulered , a serious condition, pai Trt i I treatment fr gmiihrt wmA,t. !i addition, ambulant e (drivers it I they had been unable to rat thi re other j persons lying w i ' r. . n the range tA fire. Tfce estcnl ft Uieir lniurls was not known. 199 Officers tleiee4 Observers! said around 110 dep utized officers were! within ue Jail, scarcely half a hlok away from the county rouiouse In Ue leiiter ('f the town's rsin siure. The crowd on the IxjUiJe cenlere! mairdy aliuS the front f I the Jail, its members j er ucr.g I pistols and light rifle t (tie t.'i the building ' 1 The fire was fairly slealr. rlrare I ly audible a block and a Half away. I The v lolerM-e, apiarpntlr besn ' ts hen two war veteran, beta rg i an all-GI slate of rcMtntry. rand -dates, burst tit throtign lim glas , rft-M. - n-viuti tta broke through i the g d-r remitter a complaint, f Jarvls aHctmt KTiUnue.1- "The to men, Jaries fA Ves tal and ( liar leu hVott. fell ti tl e T knees as the hit the iJe.. S4iiirmlng thrmtgh the g!as r!.r tehind came Iepily Sheriff Win dy Wise. Wins emerged with a shiny revolver drh, ah'mt.rg something whieh we dl 1 not ter. The vrtrrans. j Ves'st. a irt lieutenant la the army engineers Mho was wounded ta in tr.e Pacific, scrambled kip' f r m t knees arifl walked siftwlr arli the street to Ihe cover f the crd In Iet's go ret 'em Deputies led a retreat bi the jail a bloc k distant. . 1 i 1, ; Triinuui Sijns A-Coiitrol Hill I WASHINGTON, A. I - Cl" Army domination cf at'.mif en eirv dc elofiment in America e . i ed legally today Witrt Irei.iefit i iiin.tii m irif lurr t m law if v " ntlro o a clililn romm.s- sion. j ll Along with announ'-emer t f the tgnMlure that putlthe ait ' ,,, l"a.ks, Mr. Trumsn tt t i s news nfeieiMe that It lrt to make ptbhi- the persofirirl of tre e-mat tirrmiion s m s he li l.llnfd arceptirue fr m I'" hsi . 'fce. t. ie. ve Our Senators ;jx Los! fe 2-1 ; ' r ) ., i ; it i i i -i