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DIP SQ3DDQB mD(jjDa I had been bearing fir some tme how thr Lincoln county coast was 'all Win up" but I was hard ly prepared for the re.dity I saw ?kjr.: the. highway south tf Otis, 'rogrrku coupled with Free Eiiter pnw ha hit the coast country un til its old self can scarcely be teruRunedl Hulldoers have level ed off the; beaches, gouged roads and houset sites on the hills and oughed ut roads through the cover cf Jackpitie and sallal. At (Ve-anlake the tate highway de partment is giving the town a spirt radway wo the town is pre sently tn the middle of road buiiding chaos. The Kn is frankly painful to one who long has rejoiced over the placid beauty of the Lincoln county littoral Dorchester houe hirh once itood in lonely but friwdlr welcome at a crest in bend cf the highway now it flank ed by sundry tiurist cabin. The ancient beaches w hoe protective rover Has been bulldozed aside now weave like the sanddun they once were. The land between highway and ocean la getting so filled with private home, com merttal cabins and apartments that the developen are opening ut) tiacts on the hillsides east of the highway. They can still ad verttite "view" lots (bring your owti telescope). Even the dead In the Taft cemetery must feel crowded as the promoters level off homesltes on the ' flanks of the hill who fog-kissed summit ha been the community burial ground. The whole development sug gests commercialiied recreation a Coney Island adaption on the snores of the Pacific, horse corrals for saddle horses (Continued on Editorial Page) Food Output Must Increase, Study Shows WASHINGTON, Aug 6 -Even before the war, half the world was seriously undernour ished and a sharp Increase In food output 1 reeded over the next decade and a half to feed every body properly, the food and ag riculture organization of the Unit ed Nations declared today. The FAO made public a world survey whuh will be offered at Its annual conference opening at Copenhagen Sept. 2 A uming a 25 percent increase In wr.rld population, the organiza tion estimated that woild prnduc tion by I960 would have to be Increased by the following am -Lint to assuie a satisfactory diet for the hungry: Cereals 21 percent; potatoes and other root crops 27; sugar 12 fats 34; beans and peas 80; fruits and vegetables 163; meats 4fl, and milk 100 The TAO estimated these In creases over prewar levels would Le needed in the United States by lifW to Bure Americans a sat isfactory diet Grain products 4 i-et -rit potatoes and root crops IT, ftm 0 4. beuns. pea arid nuts 6 6. fruit and vegetables 48 6; meat, fi.vh and eggs 17 6, and milk 9 Setbacks Noted In Housing Wvatt Remains Hopeful Despite Production Lag WASHINGTON, Aug. e-tP) Nearly 500,000 houses were start ed and 225.000 finished In the firs half year of the housing drive, Wilson Wyatt announced today but his report revealed a variety of housing troubles. r The national housing admlnis trator called the results "ebcour aginjf" in view of the hurdles surmounted. There stilt Is "ftrong likelihood," he said, of reaching the 1948 goal of 1,200,0001 new dwellings. 1 These setbacks were recorded however, In his second monthly progress report, covering" six months of the homes -for-veterans program: I. The number of new! home starts dropped in June to $2,500 or 12,000 under May instead of increasing as expected. 2. Factory-built housing 'has lagged so far behind expecta tions that the 1948 goal has been cut from 250,000 pre-fabs to 100, 000. 3. Building time has lengthened from a normal period of three to four months per house to six or seven months, because of slow de liveries of materials. The target for private, perma nent homes of the traditional types has been boosted from 650,- 000 new starts this year to 738, 000, because of the "gratifying success so far in getting such homes under construction. The number of "conversions" the ad dition of rooms or stories to ex isting dwellings is running well ahead of schedule, the housing ex pediter said, and the 50.000 goal for these was doubled. Also, 12,- 000 temporary units have been added to the scheduled 200,000 units of housing to be dismantled. moved and re-erected this year, ceipi OUNDBD 1651 NINETY-SIXTH YEAR 12 PAGES Tr1im;m Returns With Appointee WASHINGTON. Aug 6 - (A') PiesiJent Truman returned to Washington at 6 50 p m. (EST) tonight, bringing with him Fed eral Judge John C Collet, who is scheduled to become a key official In the office of economic stabili sation ,- Judge Colett returned to the capital with the president from the western Missouri federal dis trict bench to serve as an assis tant to Reconversion Director John Steelman. Animal Crackers By WAT? PEN GOODRICH - "aasaa-BBT C' , dV'a f School Lunch Program Set PORTLAND. Aug. -(-Ore gon school children were assured of a hot lunch program for the coming year today with comple- ion of arrangements between the state and the USDA. Authorized by congress this year as a permanent program, Or egon will draw its share of $73, 000,000 federal appropriation to help defray expenses of the pro gram. The state must match, dol lar for dollar, funds received from Washington. Almost six and a half million school lunches were served last year to 50,968 children. Oregon is the fifteenth state to sign for the program. Jennings Gets Post at Fair Kenneth I. Jennings of Salem Tuesday was named superintend ent of the poultry division of the Oregon state fair livestock show which opens here September 2. Jennings, who owns a large chicken ranch in Polk county, has exhibited poultry at the state fair since 1931. Ben F. RicketU of Zanesville, Ohio, nationally rec ognized poultry authority, will act as Judge of all classifications. The 1948 show, based solely on utility and production, will share in the 25 per cent increase in premiums offered throughout the livestock show. Salem, Oregon. Wodneaday Morning. August 7, 1946 Price- 5c No. 112 U. S. Files HighRent Plot Suit NEW YORK. Aug. 8-0P)-The federal government! filed a civil anti-trust suit against 37 insur ance companies,' savings banks and commercial banks today, seeking an injunction to restrain them from allegedly conspiring to keep rents up and prevent new housing in some areas. The suit asked dissolution of the mortgage conference of New York, a Wall street firm which said In a statement that It was formed during the depression "to place the mortgage lending busi ness in New York City on a more scientific basis for the good both of the lender and the borrower.' Testimony Heard The complaint, filed on reconv mendation of a federal grand Jury which has been hearing testimony since June 11. charged that the defendants agreed: (1) To enforce uniform rental policy designed to keep rents up, , (2) To prevent new construe tlon in areas where it would de crease the income from real estate in which they had substantiat mortgate interests. This allegedly was accomplished by concertedly withholding mortgage financing. Diserlmlnattaei Charged (3) To exclude from certain areas some minority racial and national groups by withholding mortgage financing. . The compaint charged that 80 per cent of the f 225,000,000 in 1945 loans for apartment build ings, office buildings, warehouses and other commercial and indus trial structures in New York City were mad by members or tne mortgage conference. President, Daughter yote Justifies Lord Wilson's 'i Paper Italy Campaign WASHINGTON, Aug. 8-CP) - British Field Marshal Lord Wil son contended today that the stalemated Italian campaign of early 1944, which he directed, Jus tified Itself as a "valuable asset" to the allied cause. Balked for months at Anzio and Casstno, the American, British and other allied forces fighting for Rome were nevertheless of great assistance" in relieving pressure on the Russian front and clearing the way lor the subse quent Normandy invasion, he said Hitler, Lord Wilson, asserted. was forced into "fighting the bat tie we intended he should be compelled to fight." and had to throw Into Italy supplies and re Inforcemenl the nazis needed on the Russian and Balkan fronts. Wilson made a 20,000 word re port to the combined chiefs of staff covering the period from January 8 to May 10, 1944, while he was allied supreme command er In the Mediterranean. If Truman's Candidate Wins Seat X t f Spreading Wild Garlic Threatens Willamette Valley CORVAIXIS.Aug. 8-UP)-Wild , f i l . . , ; l game is spreading in uic Wil lamette valley. Dr. D. D. Hill. head of the farm crops department of Oregon State college, said to day. The noxious weeds are especial ly prevalent in Benton, Lane, Linn and Polk counties, he warned. Garlic Is a threat to the seed In dustry because of difficulty of separating It from vetch, rye grass and grains. HUGHES IMFROVING LOS ANGELES, Aug. 8.-vf)-Howard Hughes, doctor said to day that the millionaire aircraft manufacturer, critically injured a month ago In the crash of an ex perimental army photo-reconnaissance plane, is "getting: along fine." He ia still in a hospital. Livestock Exhibitors for State Fair Slow to Register Entries "Why don't you eter his anvmnre?" Br Llllle L. Madsen Staff WrlUr. Th lUUvnwi Unless things perk up a bit. viewing in the livestock barns is going to be slim and Judges will have an easy time, fair officials opined Tuesday. However, there was no doubt in their minds that things would perk up very much wtihtn the next two weeks. But it. wolud be much better for those working there if some of the entries came Jn prior to the final day before closing, which is August 20 for the livestock division. By Tuesday afternoon, only five livestock en tries had been made; four In Jer seys and one in light horses. The four Jersey entries were those from E. C. Milward it Son, Alder Grove, B. C; Mrs. I P. V. Glaspie, Fairmeade farm atVan couver, H. C; L. S. Lorenzen, Day ton, and T. T. Jacobs from Mc Minnville Mrs. Glavpie has en tered 27 Jerseys. The one light horse entry was by Rone May Frankle of Salem. Through the rural sections, en thusiasm runs high because the state fair has come back. But many of the farmers who former ly exhibited have sold their herds because of labor shortage and high feed prices. During the war a number of former - ranchers be came shipbuilders ; and sold out poultry, horses, sheep and hogs. Many more went into turkey rais ing and a number of these, have disposed of their turkeys this past But most of all, said the fair of ficials Tuesday, people have Just been alow In making entries. A flood of entries js expected with in the next 10 days, and there was no doubt in the mind of Leo Spitz bart, fair manager, that the live stock show, along with other de partments, would be finer this year than anv before. Bean Yards Become Active Again Today Bean yards of the mid-valley district will hum with activity today and tomorrow after several days of idleness while beans rip ened In what to a bean was cold weather. The pickup in agricultural ac tivity should hush the objections raised recently by domestic farm labor to the use of Mexicans in fields of this area, growers de clared Tuesday. The growers pointed out that many of the Mex icans have been unemployed also during the slack period and de clared that their labor and that of many workers not yet registered will probably be needed should the late summer crops begin to "stack up" as they have In recent years. Peaches already are ready for harvest in a number of orchards, but there may still be some late varieties on the trees when prunes, hops and the last of the beans are requiring pickers, it was pointed out. Plan Zoning Of New Area Considerations In establishing zones for the areas annexed to Sa lem in the recent election were discussed at the city planning and zoning commissions meeting last night. Final action was deferred until members had chance to examine the various areas on the ground. Tentative approval was given for setting zone IV (industrial) in the Pacific tracks and the city limits north of the underpass. This property is all owned by the Val ley Packing company, it was pointed out A change from zone one to three for property near the Elec tric Cleaners, 56S Highland ave., was tentatively approved to al low expansion of the plant. Pub lic hearing on the change was set for August 20. Merle Porter, own er, had asked for the change. The Weather Salem Portland San Tranctsco .. Chicago New York Max. .. 71 .. 70 82 S3 Mln. S 7 S4 7 Preclp. .as .00 trace trace Willamette river -3 3 feet. FORECAST (from U.S. weather bu reau. MrNary field. Salem): Clear to day and tonight with highest S3 de- areea By tha Assoc laird Pfcsa President Truman won his fight against renomi nation of Rep. Hog er C. Slaughter early today on the basis of unofficial returns in Kansas City's fifth Missouri dis trict democratic congressional pri mary. Enos A. Axtell, choice of the president, the Pendergast political faction and the ClO-Political ac tion committee, retained a 2100 vote margin with only three rural precincts missing. The count in 252 of ' 255 pre cincts gave Axtell 19,493, Slaugh ter 17,328 and Jerome Walsh 5336. The Kansas City SUir, which opposed Axtell editorially, con ceded Slaughters defeat as the unofficial count ncared its end with disturbing the lead which Axtell kept throughout the tabu lation. In the democratic senatorial race. Incumbent Sen. Frank P. Briggs of Macon, endorsed by the president, was far ahead of B Marvin Casteel, of St. Joseph and me republican competition was Just as decisive for James P, Kem, Kansas City attorney. Virginia democrats Tuesday re nominated Senator Harry F. Byrd, who was opposed by the CIOs political action committee, and three members of the house of represennW ves in todays pri mary, but ousted Rep. Ralph H. Daughton of Norfolk in the sec ond district in favor of Porter Hardy, 43-year-old farmer. Returns from 1461 of the state's 1718 precincts gave Byrd 130.548 and Martin Hutchinson, Richmond lawyer, 78,322. In West Virginia, U. S. Senator Harley M. Kilgore, seeking his second term with the blessing of the CIO-PAC, ran up a four-to nne lead. Tn flB7 rf 9 709 nr-inHi which Japan carved from Man- he had 3S 238 v6tes to 8817 for INDEPENDENCE. Me Aug 6. Casting her first vote la the primary election here, Mary Margaret Truman klips her ballot lota the box at the voting place la Independence's Memorial building while her father, the president, stands ready to follow suit. (AP Wlrephoto) Puppet Chief Of Manchuria To Face Trial TOKYO, Wednesday, Aug. 7- Henry Pu Yl, puppet emper or of "Manchoukuo," will appear soon as a witness in current in ternational war crimes trials, re liable sources said today. The 41-year-old bespectacled ruler of the "independent state churia in pre-war days, will In form the tribunal of the methods used by Japanese who ruled through him, these sources de clared. They said he would be brought here under soviet Jurisdiction, after a formal request for his presence was made by the allied prosecut ion. His whereabouts have not been known since soviet troops overran Manchuria in 1945 Pu Yi was the last occupant of J. Buhl Shahan, former state pur chasing agent. Thomas Sweeney of Wheeling, former state senator who was Kilgore s opponent in the election six years ago. led Claude R. Hill of Oak ' Hill two-to-one for the republican senatorial nom ination. In congressional contests, all incumbents were: ahead. In Kansas, a November elec tion contest for the governorship shaped up between repubcan China's -dragon throne" under Frank Carlson and democrat Har- the Manchus. He became emperor of Manchoukuo March 1, 1934, and retained his Japanese propped throne until Russian troops moved in. ry n. woodring. Heturns from about one-fourth of the state's 2,752 precincts gave both Carlson and Woodring comfortable leads on their partisan tickets. Of the five republican incum bent congressmen seeking re nomination two were Involved In tight races. In Alabama, Rep. John J. Spaikman of Huntsville won the democratic nomination for the hite Sen. John H. Hankhead's unexpir ed term In Tuesday's primary. democratic state chairman Ges- Power service to the northern sner T. McCorvey reported. Renominated .- i ..... RICHMOND, Ta Aug. t.-JP)-Sen. Harry F. Byrd was re nominated for senator from Vir ginia In today's primary. It was forecast by nearly-complete re turns tonight. Slav Bloc Bested In i Confab Three Killings Confessed hy Young Heirens Tree Cutting Causes Short In Power Line section of the city and to areas north and northeast of the city ilamblirger-Shy Cow was inwrrupica iqoui a p. m Tuesday for three quarters of an hour by a limb which short cir cuited a Portland General Elec tric company 11, 000-volt line at Fifth and Highland streets. The limb fell across the line while men were trimming a tree in the vicinity. The limb was set on fire and firemen were called. Firemen Informed the power com pany of the short circuit. Company linemen isolated the section, and restored service to other sections of the line at 3:30. They removed the limb and re stored service to the rest of the line about 3:43 p. m. Persons contemplating trimming large trees near power lines are asked by W. M. JIamilton, divi sion manager of the company, to notify him so that linemen may stand by to assist or to remedy any trouble that might result Gives Backyard Rodeo PORTLAND. Ore., Aug. 8 -V A fast-moving bovine uninterested in becoming hamburger escaped from a packing plant today and provided a residential district with a one-cow rodeo. After a chase through vacant lots and up streets the escapee was cornered in a berry bush and shot by Pa trolman John Marshall. CHICAGO, Aug. 6 - (.V) - Wil liam Heirens, a mild-mannered studious youth with a strange Jekyli-Hyde personality, today confessed three ff the most brutal killings in the annals, of crime one of which W;s the sensational kidnap - killing of little Suzanne Degnan. The 17-year-old University of Chicago student's calmly related story in the states attorney's office climaxed weeks of manhunting. clue finding and confession spec ulation which was almost as bi z a r r and suspenseful as the crimes. Veteran crime Investigators and state legal experts sat at rapt at tention for three) hours today as Heirens unfolded details of the strangulation of six-year-old Su zanne Degnan and dismember ment of her body, the "lipstick murder" of e-WAVE Frances Brown and the fatal stabbing of Mrs. Josephine Ross, 43-year-old widow. The bushy-haired Heirens, whom his classmates described as a nice, quiet fellpw," claimed he was seized with a sort or stupor when he strangled the Degnan girl in her bed with his hands; when he shoved a 10-inch breadknife through Miss nruw-ri's throat, and fter he slashed Mrs. Ross almost ear to ear. After the crimes his mind cleared quickly, he. added. The youth blamed all the crimes on a strange compulsion and "sex ual satisfaction" ion committing burglaries. The killings, he main tained, were on the spot decisions after he entered the homes of his victims to steal. " Byrnes Asserts Molotbv Trvinff i To Dictatq Peace PARIS. WednesiayjAug. The wetem alli wn a clear cut victory over the Slavic bloc today when the rulesi committee after a head-on clfsh of Th United States and Rssia j de cided that simply mfjority de cisions of the peace tconferer.ee would be referred! to he foreign ministers council as recommenda tions, j During the bitte delfjate on tha? Votjng procedure MsuejU. S. Sec retary of State J Ames IF. Bvme charged the Soviet; Foreign Minis ter V. ,M. Molotov wasiattempUr.tT to dictate to the peace Conference. In reply, Molotov I a b e II e d Byrnes' speech as "violent ! and perhaps bellicose.'" denied tb charge and declared tht his dele gation alone was I defending ! tha recent decisions of Vie big fcur foreign ministers, f - I t Under a Britain famendment adopted by the epmnhittee the ret would be two types oi peace con ference recommendations tbcs backed by a simple rfajority and thos supported bi a two-third majority. j i Debate Continued j j. The battle of ivord between the western allies -anl Jhe SIaie states raged all day Jlonday and Tuesday and continued into I tr early hours of this morning. In the midst o! this argument Yugoslavia announce that sshe would not consider herself bound by any decisions reached by any thing less than a fwo4thirds vote, and a British spokesman said This raised the possibility that the en- lire Russian bloc mignt leave Xhm conference if the two-thirds rul was modified. j j Despite the defeat ojf the Slavic states such a wajk-ojut had net materialized, however! when th weary members lh4 committe finally recessed at 2:30 a m. until this afternoon j j t 6 Slavic States Vate N ; ! The vote; on the British amend ment as a whole was 13 to 6. with) only the six Slavic spates vctir.sj in the negative. An Sarlier vctaj on the contested, portion cf at amendment was adopted 14 to six. with France abstaininig. Thus the Slavic states lost kt more than a two-third inargin tt Issue of the two-thirdi vote. The committee j rejected, 11 Vi nine, a New Zealand imendmenf which would hafe established " simple majority M th form fof all conference decisions. ; Tax Experts now Work on Case arsson i Au4 C. -'.TV D-NY) of th Oriler Resumes Whisky Distilling WASHINGTON, Aug. 6. (4V The agriculture department today gave distillers permission to re sume the production of whisky and other distilled spirits. Production was halted July 31 pending the determination of a new program for dividing limited supplies of grains among distill ers. Liquor making has been re stricted for many months because of the shortage of grains needed for food and livestock feed. Flax Queen Selection Tonight; Mt. Angel Events Start Friday Carnival Man in Salem Bitten by Rattlesnake Martin Norvik, Portland, car nival employe was treated at Sa lem Deaconess hospital Tuesday night for a bite received from a rattlesnake at the carnival. He told officials that he was handling the snake when it struck him. He was kept in the hospital and at tendants said he was resins; well. POLIO IN CLACKAMAS OREGON CITY, Aug. 6 -(?)- The first cases of 1946 in Clacka mas county, two cases of infantile paralysis were reported today to Dr. Dan P. Trullinger, county health officer. MT. ANGF.Lv Aug 6 Queen of the eighth annual flax festival will be selected Wednesday night and she will be crowned at 8 cm. Friday by King Bing W. W. Chadwick of the Salem Cherrians in St. Mary's auditorium. The standings of the nine can didates for the position of queen of flaxaria have changed almost daily with Dianne Riche of Port land leading at the last count be fore the final Wednesday night. She had 823.000, with Eileen Hag enauer of Woodburn second with 800,000 votes. Shirley Walker of Mt. Angel Is third in line with Rita Harr of Salem fourth. Louise Leonard of Silverton Is fifth; Rosemary Schaecher, aixth; Edna Wurdin fer, seventh; Irene Hertl, eighth; Donna Saunders, ninth. The queen's ball will be held at the auditorium Friday night following the cor nation. Saturday will be flax industry day with the Mt. Angel Cooperative Flax plan holding open house with deseed Jng, retting and scutching pro cesses explained. 1 The flax parade of progress will be held at 2 o'clock Saturday af ternoon. This parade Is designed to illustrate forward steps which have been taken In the industry. Flax decorated floats from busi ness firms and organizations with bands and drum and bugle corps. Gov. Earl Snell wtjl give the main address at the leviewihg stand following the parade. The children's parade featuring cos tumes and pets will be held Sun day, August 11, at 1 o'clock. The queen will present the awards following the parade and a short program will be f presented. The final event will be the Mt. Angel Flax Festival field meet at Ebner ball park where 45 events are scheduled. WASHINGTON, Ch;iirnrwn Mead seriate war investigating commit tee said today two! federal inccm tax experts were (going to wcrk on the l.arsson rhurutlons com bine case, with cojnpaHy official probably first on Jtheiri Mead told reporters hi? expected this checkup to take in th Cum berland lumber company of which Rep. Andrew J. M4y (p-Ky) wa fiscal agent in hentujeky. May has denied profiting from " tb firm's operations, j j Mead offered rjfcords of th committee probe jnto the com bine's profits to Attorney General Clark who announced j that th FBI was working jon books and record of ithe 19 companies. Clark's statement further said that the justice department Is par ticipating actively in action be fore the federal court "to appoint a receiver for theiBataVia Metal Products company. f Rata via i, a firm in the munitions group. 1 u . 2 New Fires Noted in Area J Two small local ifires were re- 5 ported by the state forepiter's of- J flee last night. A 20-a re grass) fire near Huberts Was extinguish- j ed about 7 p.m. Crews were still i out and no reports had j been re- ' ceived on" a imill hre near! Liberty. j 1 j Cooler weather and soowers In southern Oregon have Combined to assist fire-fighters inf mopping up the 14 incendiary jfires re ported over the weekend In th Canyon creek district o Douglas county, State Forester Ne3s Rogers announced earlier Tuesday. I 1 Our Senators i j ! lost ip; si3 ! 1 i 5 J ! sssi