PAGE TWO the ORECOtf STATESMAN. Salem, Oregon. Friday Morning. August 2. 1948 Speeches Tell Varied Plans For Memorial I Story also on pog 1) Ar. al:-pun building may v -ll i-ve to W impr actual, and r rr.i Kf step should le taken v 'r rnnsulteng the chamber ff f r.rrerre tntmcrl thrift r.nmg commission. MKiT, slate senator long-Dou-for- t-er mic r veteran of two V'W v ; r, declared at the ini 1 meet in n of the Sdem War M-rr ri.,1 uutri tiHi I tst night at t?.- fc!irr.r-er f oanmerce. A m:ir rotiwcr ati-n in huil d nf mh a memorial i the needs .? the cmmumty's boys and girls Jerry U4n of the state lrd t parole and probation rrair.t.-nneH. urging thit "we guar antee t- Their kotiu and daugh ter. ivr.it they awe no' here to p-fvic" fc memorial to war d-ad All;.n C'anwm, state represen tative and veteran of the lat two v ar. uirreted that "gxjd old f.hK.ed rxmd ime" finance the I uiMtng -pi rung that "many of u ure tired of the old tin cup." Tne nut should be a "healthy" cme. he declared. SaW-m, growing industi ially, njl grew oulMrlly. was the j emiw c.f E. Burr Miller. Salem Chamber f f Commerce president. WW V.'ar II pot H, Ameri can lfior., in which the idea of a livtif war memorial civic buil 1' g rytllized, offered through 1 ccmrr.-nder, fn Goode. the v or of "youth that kept Amfri r ihU4.( hed during the war." Coie credited Omi Ballantyne :th rating laJ the foundation f r Thursday night meeting. wkh Erie Allen. also a mem 1 r r poet IM, served ac secre- tary I Chinese Reds Admit Battle PriPING. Aug 1 -(-J. -Of iiial rrnre tommunut ag-ncie ac Y. powered Utday their troops f ifht a t .itUe with V S marines V rut piedel self-defense rd lokl Tr.e AmeiicHiis to get out rMPta if they wanted to avoid trrM.le 7ie marine itxpn announced fat wruiUir eimtvtr oi ma- amhuxhed 35 mile r Aw t IVtpig ani encafjed ff )y af'er a prolite-1 battle in v -tr tfree marine wee killed 'd 12 wounded Two others rrr miured when their jeep ov r -uiMtl The Iwrat Chinese pre a id V-.iS three minuet were rr.:r.f In tf. nding thernelvea. the rr.-tiT killed 12 ChlneM- and uakilartvitai1 nil TT1- v ' PJTiwr an w j 1 r a.rn.ng u ne r urxnt tint HSfst. whlih SV 1 1 1 l-'er.tified the aaailnt merely a. uniformed C4ee Atom Powered Navv Forecast SAN f RANCISCO. Aug 1 Tkie wn's navys are far from f ir.-! f:epite ttie atomic bomb. :t t.m-powered fteeti of the 1 ,'uit not be realized befoie ,mrtwr .n the l'0. Vice Adm V. H P Blandy tttnerjtsl Umight. Te tet whu h he directed at H,kini at 1 1 indicate.1 cleat ly the a mn t-tmb woul.i eert two 1 -it rtn future warftre. explo k - e nf trut tivetetia and construe- 1 '',M' :r L,-r . . .. ir"J:lVS: r Z":wZ , ih H (oaitle vigor." he httid, . U.at fhip using atomic pi o j. may be ready in the li50s - mufh .Her fm airrrsft " Detroit Road Bids Opened PORTLAND. Aug 1 -A't- Bid or. Um.i North Santiam highway t acui 50 sruleat nat of Salem i-i rMnLun wiNt const ruction of : t'e Itn ! dam were opened to- dT r U mMic road admin- j I-': fclMn All mere cunsid'wably above r-'.mate-. W. H.-Lynch, division e- rmer. reported, and will be .Hini .n omfeeetiee with army eriKir before a decision is T. , w biddat: Guy At- n ! rtland, f' f' 2- j .f grading and $893,591 for -..ie of grading and bridge! n-.ii 1 8 rr.iU-f of grading c ritruction: Kuckenberg Con ''kuci company. 'OItln' I Kfi,Z4 ror one mtie oi (rinmn -.I fl3 489 fur 3.9 miles of B alir, Mining Hillrregl IMrapees Found Two teen-age gtrls who fled f: n H oi rest attiool after lower- i-.f tftem elves three stories ori ki.4teo theeu July 23. wilt be re t ,rne to the achMl next week., H pcittt auth'ritie4 said lat n ght- l The tvto girU. Nadme Sipe and raTare! ("ollln. wer taken Into v ?U:y Wednesday mht by hrr !: oefuties at Sacramento, Calif., tf e Mh"-I was Informed A school o:.'.rii! ..1 Irave Sunday to pn k u; ni .-flurn Ui Rirls. Too Late to Claaaify WANIFD Jounirinijn mnl rullri. rx f. : fwT vu iii. iM'i t)viiidi!!k- ' i l III v A I I N't . 1 1 . i I -1 1 1 1 J Chalk Up New East-West Record in B-29 k . -.m - . : i" """4 --. I--, o ' ' m . - i r ' . " V v., X I - - ---. i . . . . . mm i inn- NEW YORK Crew f a B-M perfertresa sUad befar Um ship at LaGaaraUa field. New York before Uke-ff their saeceMfal attempt ta break the east-west reeerd flight ta BarbanVr Calif. (L. U K) CapC Beyd L. Grnbangh. Yaa Werth, Ohle; Ca-rilet 'CapU Jaha L England. Beataa. Mass.; 1st Flight Engineer IX Elbert Shearer. .ZUIah. Wash.; M . 8gL Thermaa Waif a. Walton. Ky.; MSgt. Ralph Per ron. Day tea, Ohio; TSgt, Donald B. Smith, Bleemlngton. TIL (AT Wirephoto). B-29 Sets New East-West U.S. Flight Record BURBANK, Calif., Aug. 1 -(JP) An army B-29 raced from New York to Burbank today in seven hours, 28 minutes, establishing new east-west mark between the two points. The previous record set last May 28 by a Lockheed navy Neptune was nine hour 23 minutes. The craft, piloted by Capt. Boyd L. Grubaugh, left Laguar dia field at 10:54.34 a.m. (eastern daylight time) and landed here at 2:22.34 p.m. (Pacific standard time). Grubaugh thus hit almost on the nose his prediction Of . even hour, 30 minute crossing. It was a record for convention at type planes, although fast pur uit have rrMed the country moie speedily. I-at Jan. Z8 a r-oQ rocketed from Long Beach to New Yoik in four hours, 13 minutes, two seconds. Ex-Flier Paces St. Paul Meet: ST. PAUL. Minn.. Aug. 1 -(P) ill. husky Johnny Palmer, 27 TalL husky Johnojr Palmer, I , . m n. year old professional from Badin, N. C . who spent three and a jhalf years In the army air 'forces. ; "idid everything right" today to I score a six-under-par Ba and take ; the lead in the first day's play of , th St. Paul $10,000 open. Just, one stroke behind Palmer were Henry Ransom of-1 Houston, - Texas. Ellsworth Vines of Chica go and Clayton Haefrier of Char : lotte, N. C. (ioinmittee to Pick Candidates for I "Military Queens1 ! A nominating committee to se lect candidates for "military queens; of the state fair was ap pointed by Commander Velma McN.m.r. at last night, meeting of Pioneer Post, women's Amer ican Legion post in Salem, at the Legion hall. Miss McNamara will preside over the committee at her home, 2191 Maple st . Tuesday evening when queen nominees will be des ignated from the post member ship. Committee members are 11a zrl Sctwimberg, Nell KnitteL Peg gy Smith. Virgie Bradley; La Verne Hewitt. Kerne Jones, Susan faherty and Alberta Shoemake. Election of the two queens, one to represent the ground forces and one the air forces, will take place at the Pioneer post emeeting Aug ust 1. Military Spending Reduction Sought ! WASHINGTON. Aug. 1 1 President Truman ordered the ar my and navy today to "reduce ex penditures substantially" below tfcHr proKrarri degplu. , twi-. r wi protests from Gen. Dwight D. El kenhower atid Admiral Chester W. Nimitx The maritime commission also was directed specifically to ,; re trench, making it virtually cer tain that Its plans for seven mod ern new passenger liners wilt be cancelled. ' HII.VERTON MAN HELD 1 Charles Meyers, route 2, Silver , ton, was arrested last night at Silverton by deputy sheriffs ; on a charge of larceny. He is held in lieu of $500 bail and will ap pear in Salem justice court this morning at 10 o clock. LEOIIARD'S SUPPER CLUB Floor Show featuring Ted Adair Chinese Food ! ur i Specialty: Ollie Yo-Yo Ann Dawson j Dinners Served from 6 p. i DANC ING From 8:15 P. M. Millicanj Central $)regonTovmj Shows 400 Population Gain MILLICAN. Ore., Aug. l.-f-Thla central Oregon apot. famed aa the "one. -man town," is growing like a weed. It's got lour resi dents now. Business ia spurting, too. The town's been sold twice in a year. And its residents want a postoffice reestablished. The poet office was lost more than a year ago when Billy July Permits At $234,309 Building permits Issued by the city engineer's office during July showed total estimated costs $234,309.60 for the 120 projects authorized. Engineer J. H. Davis announced Thursday. Of the total, $207,833 was new construction and the remain der in alteration projects. Largest projects authorized during the month were a $40,000 building for Willamette Grocery, a $35,000 physicians' clinic on Center street and a $16,000 building for St Bernard convalescent home. The July total was somewhat higher than June's $192,046.64 but was considerably lower than the monthly average of $412,980 in building permits for the first six months of the year. Priest Rescues Four Children ROCKAWAY. Ore, Aug. l-(JP) Five children were rescued from the ocean here today four by priest, and a fifth by a horseman who rode his mount into the surf. .Five youngsters tumbled into a deep crabhole. Father Raphael of Rockaway brought four ashore with a lifeline, but the fifth, Ar nold Reynolds, 12, Portland, was swept farther out. Earl Leach, Tillamook, riding down the beach, saw young Key nolds fighting distant breakers. He stripped off his saddle and swam the horse to the boy. Ho was revived after an hour and a half of artificial reapira tlon. Chemeketaus To Visit Lake Twenty three members of the Chemeketans hiking and outdoor club will leave Salem by auto Saturday morning for Horseshoe lake in the Wallowa mountains in the northeastern part of the state for a two-weeks camping and hiking trip. Luther D. Cook, camping chair man, left Salem Thursday with the dunnage. This trip marks the first such camping expedition for the group since 1941. The club will hike the last nine roHes to Horseshoe lake where it will make camp. From the lake shbre various climbs tip the sur rounding peaks have been sche duled: Other activities of the group will include fishing, hunt log and riding. Harold Melchert has been elected camp governor Indian Skull Found in Mimlrn Lumber Yard A human skull, probably that during excavation work at the Minden Lunmber yard on North of a native Indian, was unearthed Cherry avenue yesterday. The Marion county sheriffs office was notified and Deputy Coroner Vir gil T. Golden, upon examining the relic, said that it was undoubtedly a human skull, but obviously old enough to be that of an Indian. I I Kal Kl 1aV.I .J IlllJMHrt.awMJIJ OPENS 6:45 T. M. ACTION CO-FEATURE ROD CAMERON "Renegades of the Rio Crande" S----,'T1CHIIIC010 J64 Rahn mayor, postmaster, chief of police, filling station operator, airport manager and lone resi dent moved away to find a few neighbors. Mr. and Mrs. George T. Petry. bought the town it's got several cabins, store, buildings, and even an airport from Rahn. and in creased the population to two. But Mrs. Petry was killed in a fire in Bend, and her husband resold the town. The purchasers mushroomed the population, because there are four of them: William A. Meliin. 2-year-old navy veteran, his. wife, Helen, and their babies. Mi chela Lee. 3. and Tina Ann, B months. "Not a bit lonesome,' say the Meliin. who sell gas. groceries and hot lunches, repair cars, and take in tourists. "Besides that, there's no housing shortage." It's an honest country, too. "I leave five or seven gallons of gas in the tank when I go to bed, jti-t in case anybody coming down the road is short." -said Meliin. "And in the morning we find the money shoved under the door. We haven't lost a gallon yet r He's filed a petition to get a postoffice again, .and he'd like a well. They've got to tote the wa ter in from a ranch now. Only one thing's really wrong with Millican. the Mellins say. It would be nice if wild horses would keep from knocking down th telephone poles, so they could get their phone calls through now and then. Radio Station ' Hearinir Held Whether Salem or Oregon City will get federal communications commission permission for a new commercial radio station at 1490 kilocycles hung in the balance to day, after FCC conducted a hear ing on the proposal In Oregon City Thursday. FCC Attorneys Vernon L. Wilkerson and Lester. W. Spillane conducted the hearing there, similar to one held at the statehouse here Wednesday. B. Loring Schmidt is seeking the station in Salem. Applicants for the Oregon City station are J Roy Jarman, Temple V. Elm sen arid Dr. C. Fitzgerald. Only one, of the stations can be granted FCC license. Hot Issues on U.N. Anenda By Larry Hotsek NEW YORK. Aug. 1-0P-The United- Nations tonight announced the agenda for the September meeting or the general assembly. listing such exploitive issues as the Spanish case and the veto power of the big five. The U. N. 51 -nation body will convene Sept. 23 at the refur bished world's fair site at Flush ing for its first session on United States soil. A third controversial question- that of Jewish immigration into Palestine was not mentioned, but Egypt and Iraq, acting with the Arab league, have announce they would bring it before the assembly. BASEBALL TONIGHT 8:15 P. IvL. Waters Held Salem Senators vs. Wenalchee Box seats oa sale Every game Reserved seats Sunday Ph. 4647 New Arsenal Uncovered in Palestine City TEL AVIV. Palestine. Aug. 1 l A't - British ttoopa in a boys' technical school taken over a a battalion headquarters today dis covered the largest arsenal of arms yet found In their inch-by-jneh aearch of Tel Aviv. Some troops had been in the building since Monday, unaware Of the powder keg hidden In a secret labyrinth of '.rooms beneath them. Thousands of rounds of ammunition, mortar bombs and hand grenades and hundred. of Ififles and pistols were found in sealed rooms below the main floor of the school in this all Jewish community. ! Official's said they believed the arsenal belonged to the powerful Jewish underground. Hagana. j A communique declared 664 persons "had been arrested up to Boon today in the careful screen ing of the city's 200.000 popula tion. Skinner Buys Ellis9 Interests In Loeal Firm The interests of Floyd Ellis as a principal stockholder and secretary-treasurer or Abrams St El lis, Inc.. prominent local insurance and real estate firm, have been purchased by Cordon L. Skinner, effective August 1st. The annual meeting of the firm was held Thursday, at which time new officers elected were Carle Abrams. president, Guy H. Smith, vice-president, Gordon L. Skinner, secretary-treasurer, Elizabeth A. Skinner, assistant secretary-treasurer. The business of the firm will continue unchanged with the same Offices at 410-12 Masonic building in Salem. While Ellis will have no further interest in the company which he helped to found, he will continue in the insurance business as an in dependent insurance agent in the offices of Abrams & Ellis. Inc. Gordon L. Skinner, the new partner in the business, was for merly associated with Abrams 8c Ellis, Inc.. in an insurance capac ity and recently returned from six and a half years war service in the army with the rank of ma jor. He -was seriously wounded while commanding an anti-aircraft battery in Nor many- France, and was hospitalized for a year and a half, undergoing three op erations before being separated from the service. V-HolidayPIaii Abandoned Plans for a countywide Victory Day celebration August 14 are well underway, but the possibil ity of making the day a holiday In Salem has been virtually aban doned. Chairman Don Goode an nounced Thursday. The celebration will commemo rate the victory over Japan and will accord recognition to the thousands of Marion county ser vicemen who have returned from war service in the past year. Focal point of the celebration probably will be a band concert and patriotic address in Salem during the evening. Goode's com mittee Includes the heads of all veterans' organizations in the County. State Capitol Building To Be Open on Sundays The state capitol will be open from l to a p. m. on Sundavs hereafter to accommodate tourists wishing to see the building. Sec retary of State Robert Farrell said today. OPENS 6:43 Pf. Now! Thrills! Fred MacMsuray Pat MerrUea Elbert Dekker HANGERS OF FORTUNE Allan Lane TOPEKA TERROR" Does Your Gar Heed Fender and Dody Denis Bumped Onl? Dewey, Bud Child re or Fret! Bale At Loder Broe. Will Handle the Job for You Top Quality Work In a Hurry LODER BROS. SaeeUIUU In Oldsasobile 4CS Center St. Ph. 547 or CI 33 Lee McAllister to Succeed Fisher in Reclamation Bureau (Pictures on page 1) j nOISE, Idaho. Aug. 1 - (Spe i rial ) - Appointment of I,ee MrAI I liter as engineer in charge of , the project planning office in Sa i lem. Ore., was announced here today by R. J. Newell, regional director of tl bureau of rerla j mation. McAllister succeeds C. Ct I Fisher, now retired. 1 As head of the Salem office. McAllister will be in charge of surveys and investigations of po tential Irrigation and multlple purose project in the Willam ette valley and central Oregon and in western Washington, in cluding ten potential projects un der study. McAllister, a native of Salem, miikl of his life in Oregon. Jtined the bureau of reclamation in 1941 as an engineer on the Central Valley project in California. He was transferred to the Salem planning office in 1944 and has served as assistant to the engi neer in charge since that date. He was graduated from Ore gon State college in civil engi neering in 1924. and in 1925 ac cepted a position with the W. II. Grabcnhorst company where he was in charge of laying out sub divisions of Salem. He was named asitant state engineer for Oregon in 1931. a position he held until accepting appointment with the bureau of reclamation. During World War I He served in the aviation sec tion of the signal corps during the first Woild war. Fisher has had 35 years of ser vice with the bureau of recla mation, and was one of the first employes in the northwest. He has held a number of resonsible positions in the organization and has made field surveys and stu dies leading to the authoriza tion and construction of several !iow-oterating projects "It is with sincere regret that we have agreed to Mr. Filer's request to ex el" cine his retirement privileges." Rctgional Director Newell said "He has played an Important role In the develp ment of land and water repvurce jr ir DESIGNATION CLARIFIED PITTSBURGH. Pa. July 31 Dr E F. Richardson, president of tllV f A II II I I V m v...... i ' v i m ciation. Inc. referring to stories concerning the anti -trust charges filed by the department of jus- tire, said today optometrUUj should not be confused with eye doctors, generally called oculists nr niihlhilmuliifiiU who irr nam- ' ed in the suit. He quoted Willis I. IfotrhkU. special assistant to the attorney general, as saying "Only licensed 0M'tf were in volved in the suits, which eaetnpt ed optometrist " CIIEE.SE Rt'UNtri MrTED WASHINGTON. Aug 1 oP The agriculture department today announced cancellation of the re quirement that manufacturers set aside 40 per cent of their August production of Cheddar cheese for sale to government agencies. MAT. DAILY HUM 1 P.M. NOWI THEY'RE AT IT AGAIN I BOWERY V 4. CO-FEATURE! lS ! K Eads Taday! (Fri) Lucille Ball "GIRU A GI'V ANO A GOB JUNK CARUON "Delinquent Daughter" um rrn 7T Coat Frosa 1 P.M. TOMORROW! MUSICAL CO-HIT! tmmm mm tMmmmt BIAINE 0 miE COM3 MIBANSA of Idaho. Oregon, and Washing ton" Fisher's career Includes surveys and planning woik on the Mini doka project In Idaho, the Des chutes. I taker, and Gland Hood projects in Oregon, and the Old PalouMe project in Washington, now part of the Columbia Ilann project; constructiim work on the Minidoka and lioise projects tit Idaho; and oieration and main tenance work on the Boise proj ect. Consultant to Rasalans The Sn If m engineer served two ! years as an Irrigation consultant to the Kuxxiaii government and in the sarne rajpactty to the Vir gin Islands. For three years tie was employed by the Mesicari : government In irrigMtim engi- ' neering. lie w alo employed j in survey ami t ore drilling f-r ' Boulder Canyon Dm j Fisher, who was named engli 1 neer in charge of the Kalem of- ! fire in 1940, says he intends "to ! take It eay." and ill nn.ve to' California in a year or two. Esplin Named Police Sergeant Walter Epllri. Salem policeman Since Jan. I, 1941. today legan duties as a police sergeant upor) appointment by Police Chief Frank Mirato He will be the "out side ergnt." addition of Mh was atithori.rd hy the lVtf-47 illy budget. The police furce leruains at its present atrength. with Your t set geants Instead of thiee as in the past. Stanley Fiiese, who held a Idesk sergeant's pout: during the war, has lieeii put bac k at the desk as a seigeant fOweplae I'olh Sgt. Jack Culler, veteran of the fon e who grilles tiii month. Cut ler is now vacationing Ttie other two desk set geants ate rjel Mun rtingei and lai NntoUcn. Pension Tax To Be Frozen WASHINGTON. Aug !-)-A rimpiorni social salinity bill, fleeting the ol.J age insurance tas at one per cent and' pioviding laiger federal giants jfor needy persons in all State. Was sgieed upon too i gt it by a hie-eitate conference contmittee Ttie action blasted away what appeared to be the latt major barrier to congressional adjourn ment by tomorrow night ' fjnder the compromise, appros Innately S.OOO.poo aged petaoc.s and 75,000 blind emons would get five e a ti a federal dollar a month letionirig (Jtoter I. The conferee discairted live controversial "vafille grant" provision which would have giv en a greater p'ctpottton of federal money to low) income state l I c Hi TECHIIICOLOn. aijitartM Tomorrow ! O 7,no Top nr ' I i ' ' I i I ' II t i CMC vraumwym VIHCIMf OSICI wAitta aettOH a i w mm rt.-w fin tXIRA Cartoon and Mala. Representative Of B'nai Brith Talks to Lions The "sad record of s s(got. ing and lesaer evidence f an ! mated 25.OoO.Ooa Amer it ana with anti-Jewish jirar I ins lions was llte-l Thurailay by Dniei C. f'hmttmn, who adlrem4ef Kalem tJ'm rlub Thursday nOo in Hotel Marion. The Intolerance, which makes neticssary si h an organisation a lite antl-defmation leagiM of Ue Jewish fiatecnal order. ft'nal llilth. for Whl.h C1ttmmn Is a field representative In the North west, was pointed to by the pek er as the result of two basic aues, fear and Iginorant e. j S apegoating he defirief as the ti antler of guilt or suffering to others usually g minority group or individual of su h t a gnip, Mu h of the prejudice whi h eadt to (H Uprgoatlng (tn U trare. ba k to ln1mtey, fhaiiman aertel in making a plea that adui! hot In still In youngnters a dilrut an.1 eventual intletahco of fninoril.es Chapman said the rrv.t radical I anti - Semites Couse reaer.tment against Jews hf acrung them of "control of lnternsUi hr,fc. Ing." "evadltig war erl.,, con trol of various Industries, but. he continued, factual statistics Indi cate all su h ; representations are far from the truth. He quote figuie and sources to tck up his c ntention If Sgt. WiltJam Mea.luws p.Jie briefly beforo the I Jont uU , tn behalf of marine it rulbng In Sa lem, and a trio rmpiliig lirtu lent(. Wanda Itoylngtofi and It. , mona Vanlless sang iring U.e luncheon mooting. Gordon .Skin ner and Paul Skeen Were Intrv- duced as new member 1 nembef I. U.e avWage, ine stars, on the average, are as far from each ott.er as the nearest of them la dMant frcsm the earth. , i Ma Tooleht & 8oi They're la Chna. loyt Jonntlof Jotvoa ta 'Cluny Drovn' Ao - Kheilot k Ifolmee latest Mystery tRE4a D : TO KIIX.- r.straT'Marh at Time $i -t)ky far' fMiund4 I I .Wy 4-. 4 Wsriiere Klsinore Iist Ttaaee Today f Deresk-y lai or in "Maseaeraaa iai MesUf Also "Red Rleee Rattersde1' Features Only I "Jungle Raldera" 1 a-1 : 1'J llll i " W; i -v 1 ' Ve