Highway Relocation
Fund Running Low
PORTLAND. Aug 7. 4)-The
tto highway commission said
today it could spare no more
than $300,000 toward the cost of
re-locating the north Santiam
highway around the projected
Detroit dam and its lake.
T. H. Banfield-, commission
chairman, informed W. H. Lynch,
district engineer for the federal
public roads administration, that
the commivMun could nct pro
vide an additional $600,000 re
quired fiom it to meet the bid
for the win k.
The piiijftt -a as e-tim;ted or
ig.nally to roM $3,600,000, to he
irf.rne by the stjte, the forest
eine-.md the aimy engineer.
The co-t has ti-en to an eti
mutcd $5,500,000.
It was nt indicated what th
er means of financing would be
considered Hot it was. suggested
that cnrntr u tion of the new
highway might be delayed.
L.nrh advised the commission
that th n-iocalion job must be
completed before the dam i
built, because the interstate com
merce commission ha refuted
to vacate the rail line up the
north Santiam to Idanha until
a highway adequate to handle
log traffic is built.
The commission tentatively
agreed to a proposal by Lynch
to transfer a million dollars in
federal aid funds allocated to the
Columbia river highway to the
north Umpqua forest road in
Douglas cjounty. Funds would be
available, again for the Columbia
river highway job later this year,
Lynch said.
The commission denied a re
quest by the Depoe Bay boost
erV club to build a direct ronte
from the Depoe Bay area to Sa
lem. Such a road would cost two
and a half million dollars and
would not save much in dis
tance, Engineer R. H. Baldock
said.
Three of 10 bids recti vied by
the commission were rejected
Among those awarded was the
$48,295 bid by Roy Cochrane,
Ocean lake, for slide correction
in .23 mile of the Hogg rock sec
tion of the Santiam highway in
Linn county.
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Salem. Oregon. Thursday Morning. August 8, 1946
Prlc 5c
No. 113
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Warner Bros, is making much
cf the fact tht this Is the 20th
inm vet sary of it introduction of
sound synchronization with movie
films It -s entitled to feature the
anniversaiy because its pioneering
In sound-pictures has resulted in
their prefer, t predominance in the
field of theatrical entertainment.
The spoken word made the visi
ble characters seem alive, so the
rno ie became a genuine repro
duction of the legitimate stage.
It w as" on August 6, 1028 that
Warner Bros, in association with
the Vitaphone corporation pre
sented "Don Juan" with John
Barrymore as lead the first full
talking -picture. It was followed
by "The Lights of New York"
with Gladys Brock well, but the
how which really captured the
lull-quizzical public was "The
Jazz Singer" with Al Jolson. Af
ter that there was a scramble
among producers to get on the
talking picture bandwagon.
Frank Bligh b rough the first
sound pictures to Salem at Bligh' s
Capitol theatre, on Aug. 6, 1928,
the offering being "The Lights of
New York."' George B. Guthrie's
FJsinore had been built primarily
to accommodate road shows, and
It had some fine offerings, like
"Hit the Deck" and the Fanchon
Marco shows. But the trend was
-to movies and on March 2, 1829
the Elsinore initiated its sound
pictures with "The Hit of the
Know." featuring Joe E. Brown.
Its equipment was RCA Photo
phone, installed by Vibbert &
Tld.
Just an there was steady im
provement in picture projection
from the
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Allies to Hear
Enemy States
At Peace Meet
PARIS. Aug. 7 -P)- The 21
nation European peace confer
ence today invited the five form
er enemy nations to participate
in their deliberations - beginning
Satucday as the rules committee
puttting aside acrimony, moved
with high speed and a show of
harmony toward completion of
its tks.
Under an amendment offered
by U. S. Secretary, of States
Byrnes and adopted unanimously
by the committee, representatives
of Italy, Romania. Bulgaria, Hun
gary and Finland will be heard
in the plenary sessions of the con
ference as well as appear before
committees.
Rules committee . members
plainly showed the strain of yes
terday s long and tempestuous
session which broke up at i 2:30
a.m. In victory for the western
powers over the soviet union on
a procedural matter.
However, neither Byrnes nor
Foreign Minister Molotov made
any reference to the unprecedent
ed diplomatic battle of words
which had preceded final adop
tion of a British amendment pro
viding that recommendations both
of a two-thirds vote and a slm
pie majority would be submitted
by the conference to the Big Four
council of foreign ministers.
Ever-Noi:mal
World Granary
Plan Advanced
WASHINGTON. Aug 7 P)
The Food and Agriculture organ
Ira tion today recommended the
creation of a world "ever-normal
granary " to pi event future short
age and surpluses of food and
farm products.
The United Nations agency sug
gested that a granary program
be operated by a world food
board with authority to buy and
sell commodities for the purpose
cf stabilizing supplies and prices.
The recommendations will be
laid before FAO'j second annual
ton ference Sept. 2.
The food board would have au
thority also to dispose of sur
pluses to needy countiies on cut
rate price terms.
13,500 Volts Hit
Boy on Train
But He Lives
BALTIMORE, Aug. 7 -OP)- A
13,500-volt electric charge coursed
through the body of Robert Stein
bach, 14, today and he lived to
tell about it.
Police and Pennsylvania rail
road officials said the boy was
walking on top of a steel freight
car when he came in contact with
the railroad's overhead power
line.
Police quoted Robert's brother,
James, 10, who was also on the
car, as saying he saw his brother's
hair pulled up toward the wire
and there was a bright flash.
Robert was thrown violently to
the roof of the car. He was taken
to West Baltimore General: hos
pital, suffering from third-degree
burns of the feet. Doctors reported
his condition as serious but said
he' would recover.
Polio On
Rampage
In Nation
By The Associated Press
The worst wave of infantile
paralysis since 1916, reaching
epidemic proportions in some lo
calities, has struck scattered sec
tions of the south, west and mid
dle west
Health authorities took steps to
check the spread of the disease
as the U. S. public health service
reported a cumulative total of
9434 cases throughout the nation.
including all states but West Vir
ginia.
This total compared with 29,000
cases In 1910. with 2913 for the
same period in 1943 and 3992 in
1944, the next worst year since
1910.
Epidemic In Minneapolis
Epidemics were reported in
Minneapolis, one Arkansas coun
ty and three Mississippi county.
The Ohio state health director
predicted an epidemic year unless
a "sharp drop" was noted within
10 days.
Ohio's health director urged
parents to keep children away
from crowds. Some boys and
girls' conventions were cancelled
in Louisiana and Mississippi and
some swimming pools in Nebras
ka state parks were closed.
417 Cases In California
In the west, Calif orniareported
417 cases, or about normal; New
Mexico 44 compared with six a
year ago; Washington 89 againft
76; Colorado 279 cases with 120
in Denver; Montana 41 compar
ed with six a year ago.
Idaho reported only five cases
so far, 30 per cent below a year
ago; Utah reported 21 cases
against 43 in the 1943period, and
Oregon reported conditions "about
norma V
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MT. ANGEL. Ang. 7 Shirley
Walker. ML Angel, (snore),
was elected a,neen ef the Ore
gen Flax festival last night. She
will rale ever the festivities.
which begin with her corona -tin
In ML. Angel Friday night.
Eileen Ilagenaenr, Wood barn,
second In the voting, became
crown princess. Other members
of the court are Dlanno klrhe,
Portland; Rosemary Schaecb
er. ML. Angel, and Kit Ilsrr,
Salem.
War Probers
Near Solution
Of Files Theft
4-Car Crash
Injures Three
On Citv Street
Three persons were injured in
collision involving four cars at
Market ana winter streets iasx i -wmrr Y
night. Mary and Betty Alderson, Water UlStriPl
both of Independence, were dis
missed from Salem Deaconess hos- Ofifi. Vntnrl
piUl after treatment for lacera-1 J- tllllfJIl T OlCfJ.
tions and shock. wr
.hrJAl0 In West Salem
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7
The senate war Investigating com
mittee disclosed tonight that it ha
been furnished "the identity of the
Individuals" responsible for a mys
terious, pre-dawn raid months ago
upon its secret rues concerning
the Garsson munitions combine.
It withheld the names "for the
time being," but said it under
stood that the FBI had stepped
into the case.
The committee's statement de
clared:
"The committee has received In
formation to the effect that the
committee's files on the Garsson
matter, or a part of them, were
removed from the committee's of
fice in the senate office buDdlng
at about 2 a.m., were taken to an
office in the city of Washington
where the contents were opened,
after which the files themselves
were returned to the committee's
office."
BRITISH VISIT STALIN
LONDON. Aug. 7.-(4V5eneraI-issimo
Stalin today received I Prof.
Harold Laski and three other
members of the British labor party
executive committee, the Moscow
radio reported tonight.
Fairmount ave., driver of one car,
incurred lacerations of the head
and leg, and was treated by the
first aid car but did not go to
hospital. James H. Cuthbert,
Independence, driver of the sec
ond car, In which the Anderson
girls were passengers, was not
injured.
John Duncan, who is visiting
from New York at 1303 Broad
way st., a passenger in the-Ed
wards car was shaken up, accord
ing to police.
The Cuthbert car collided with
two parked cars after the initial
impact, police said, and all four
t-ars were damaged. The two park
ed cars were registered to Noah
W. Barham, 193ft Park Lane, and
Mrs. Helen Ennert, route 2, box
33.
WEST SALEM. Aug. 7 King-
wood Heights residents voted to
submit a petition for a water and
fire district in that area to the
Polk county court at a meeting
in the Legion hall tonight attend
ed by about 130 persons.
Tentative plans call for issu
ance of bonds to be paid off by
water revenue. Wells were sug
gested as a possible source of
water. Another possibility is the
piping of water across the inter-
county bridge if suitable arrange
ments can be made with Salem
city officials.
Barney Van Osenoord is serv
ing as temporary seecretary of
the group.
COLONS TO VISIT ALASKA
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7. -AV
Interior department officials ssid
today that Reps. Cooley (D-NC)
and Poage (D-Tex) would accom
pany Secretary J. A. Krug on his
forthcoming Alaskan inspection
trip. The Krug party is leaving.
Washington Aug. 11.
Animal Crackers
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Head-on Auto Collision Puts
3 Salem Teachers in Hospital
Still in Salem hospital last
night were three Salem teachers,
one Springfield teacher and two
Portland women who incurred in
juries in what state police said was
a head-on collision near Grrvats
on the Pacific highway yesterday
morning.
One car carrying six teachers
on their way to summer school
in Portland collided with a car
driven by Mrs. Richard La tour ell,
Portland, police said.
Mrs. Pearl Cleaver, 135 N.
19th St., Englewood schoolj who
incurred a fractured wrist and
scalp lacerations, was reported In
fairly good condition at Salem
General hospital. Also reported In
fairly good condition at the; same
hospital was Mrs. Frances Speer
stra, Springfield, who incurred a
fractured leg and shock.
Mrs. Velma Glisar, 1060 N. 20th
st.. Bush school, was in good con
dition at Salem General hospital
where she was being treated for
a fractured arm and lacerations.
Mrs. Dorothy Daugherty, route
6, Englewood principal, whom po
lice said was driving the teachers'
car, was in good condition at Sa
lem Deaconess hospital after
treatment for sprains and bruises.
Mrs. Martha Fox, 2168 Mill st.,
Englewood school, was released
after treatment for minor injuries.
Still in Salem Deaconess hos
pital were Mrs. La tour ell, who
was reported in fairly good con
dition after treatment for a frac
tured leg;. Mrs. Clare Fellows,
also of Portland, who was riding
with Mrs. La tour ell, was "resting
well" after Incurring severe fa
cial cuts and serious loss of blood.
Mrs. Ellen Foster, 840 D st.,
another teacher passenger in the
Daugherty car, was not injured.
West Coast Loirs'
Price Increased
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -AV
Meeting terms of the new price
control act, OPA authorized to
day an increase of $3 a thousand
feet in ceilings for most west coast
logs.
The increase, effective tomor
row, applies to all such logs ex
cept number two wood logs and
cull logs. The price hike meets a
requirement that ceilings for soft
wood logs be set at a level which
will permit producers to recover
current costs of production.
Truman
Gain Seen
In Voting
By D. Harold Oliver
Associated Prraa Political Rrpot Irr
President Truman's supporters
yesterday ( Wednesday ) hailed the
defeat of Rep. Slaughter (D-Mo)
for renomination in Tuesday's
primary as a sign of endorsement
of administration policies.
Slaughter said if the democra
tic party is to succeed this fall
and in 1948 "the alliance exist
ing between the ClO-Poiitical
Action Committee and the demo
cratic national committee must be
speedily dissolved."
The president, the CIO-PAC
and the Pendergast political or
ganization of Kansas City backed
Enoe A. Axtell, 37-year-old at
torney and navy veteran, who
defeated Slaughter by an unoffi
cial 2,301 votes in a total of 42,
880. The president had called the
fifth district primary in his home
state a test of whether he or
Slaughter was right. He based his
opposition to the incumbent on
the latter's votes against admin
istration measures in the house
rules committee.
Axtell's republican opponent
will be Albert L. Reeves, Jr., no
minated without opposition.
Reeves, also a veteran. Is the son
of a long-time federal district
judge in Missouri.
Two more congressmen Reps.
Ralph H. Daughton (D-Va) and
Thomas D. Winter (R-Kans)
were defeated in the Tuesday bal
loting in six states, bringing to
IS the total house members thus
far failing of r e n omination
Thirteen of them are democrats
Five senators have lost out.
Prices
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Heirens Bach in Jail Cell
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Blockade Plan
For. Palestine
Set by British
LONDON, Aug. 7 -JP)- A Brit
ih official source said today Brit
ain has prepared to blockade Pal
estine and launch naval and army
operations perhaps by the end of
this week to choke the flow of
thousands of Illegal Jewish im
migrants into the Holy Land.
In Paris, a spokesman for the
Jewish agency declared that if
Britain turned back illegal Jewish
immigrants at the shores of Pal
estine, "the result may be catas
trophic."
In Palestine, the secret radio of
Haganah, Jewish underground,
said Britain has concentrated
troops around Haifa, the main port
for the inflow of Jewish immigra
tion" followed "by renewed po
lice and military operations."
The British army, meanwhile
imposed a 3 p.m. to 8 a m. curfew
on shops in the border area of Tel
Aviv and Jaffa. The British cruis
er Ajax has been dispatched from
Malta to Haifa, where two ships
carrying refugees from Europe
still lie in the harbor.
Crime Blamed
On Tired Feet
Helen Mae Richmeier who
told police that she hod been
hitchhiking to California but her
feet got tired, was booked in the
county jail last night following
her arrest by state police in al
leged possession of a stolen car.
She was arrested at the end of
the 12th street cut-off 4V minutes
after the car was reported stolen
t 9 p.m. from 2138 Portland rd.
It was registered to William Gor
don Allen. Yakima, Wash She
was booked on a larceny charge.
CHICAGO, Aug. 7. Wllllasn He Irons (right), after snakhig state
ment la Chicago and reenartlng three slaying. Including that of
tiny Sussaoe Degnan, waits with Sheriff Mlchsel Mulrshy (left)
for sn Inner county Jail eel I, ebon! to be opened by attache of
Jail as Heirens Is returned to his cell. (AT Wlrcphole)
Navy Volunteers
Enronte Home
From Training
SAN DIEGO, Calif., Aug.
(Special)- The "Willamette vol
unteers." or a good many of
them, were en route to their
homes in the Salem, Ore., area
today following completion of
their naval boot training.
The volunteers, 81 strong, came
to the naval bane here in June
After their two weeks leave they
will be assigned to schools or to
sea moil of them probably to
the latter duty.
Those traveling by bus were
expected to reach Salem late
Thursday or early Friday. Routes
and mniiii of transportation vary.
Work in Hop
Yards Called
For Auirust 19
INDEPENDENCE. Aug. 7-Plck-
ing of early clusters and ftiggles
will get underway in many hop
yards In this area Monday, Aug
ust 19. The weather has been
favorable, and the growers expect
heavier yield than in several
years.
The high price of $3.50 per
hundred pounds has been estab
lished in this district, and is ex
pected to attract many pickers.
Earnings of men, women and chil
dren were higher last year than
ever. Picking this year Is expect
ed to be ideal.
Hop men are making every ef
fort to care for those who will
live in the cabins and camps at
the vaiioua yards, and trucks and
buses will carry many to the
field. !
Razor Blade
Found in Book
Heirens Asked
CHICAGO. Aug 7 (A - Author
ities today Intercepted a raror
blade concealed in a book request
ed by William Heirens as a grand
jury named the confessed .multi
ple slayer In a third murder in
dictment. State's Attorney William J.
Tuohy used the youth's voluntary
confession to obtain a murder in
dictment against him in the fatal
stabbing of Mrs. Josephine Ross,
43, widow, on June 3. 1943, but the
prosecutor refused to say whether
he would wafve a demand for the
death penalty.
Sheriff Michael F. Mulcahy said
the blade was secreted in the pages
of one of four books Heirens re
quested from his own library last
night after confessing the kid-
nap-killing of sls-year-old Su
zanne Degnan and the fatal stab
bing of Mrs. Hoi's and Miss Frances
Brown, an ex -Wave.
Mulcahy said after the discovery
"that boy has a phenomenal mem
ory. I believe he knew that razor
blade was in that book " The
sheriff added that the youth sev
eral times had asked for a straight
edged rawr complaining that he
suffered from ingrown hairs on his
neck. His request was denied.
Onler Affecln
Corn, Tomato .
is
WASHINGTON, Aug 7 ..,!)
Pi irr housewives payj for turret
rirn, s, tomatoes in j t mat
prodiH ts wrre. ordered up .r. to
to cents a can t.iy to mk
up for subsidies which! hive been
dropped.
OPA made the lnrris effer-8
IKe Immediately and Uo r !
price ceilings one cmt rn 12
ounce packages of froen fern
ahd t-es. ,
At the same lime the tgtr.ry
knocked out Price enntroi an
froren and fanned snp been
packed before last Mscch I. Prieo
' nwp oean param
suspended
Ion canned
since tnat time were
several weeks ago.
Compensate for ft a b idle
The pi ice Increases
and frozen vegetable Bneet terms
of the new price control act. TYm
law tequlres that wh"t subsides
sre cancelled retail ceilings mut
be increased commenstkrately.
As a result, OPA saitt, number
two sired cans of peas and trma-
toel will rial turn emnfa m.
while corn and tomat4 Juice go
up one cent. One cent! increase
also were authorized fW I4-oun
bottles of catsup and six-ounco
cans c f tomato paite. j:
In other actions today, OPA:
Authorized retail 'price in
creases- t)f two to three! centj fr
cotlon flannel work shiitts, effect
live Aug. 12.
Oil Cloth rtle Hiked
Announced increases
per rent in wholesale knd letall
ceilings i n oil cloth an J five per
cent on trgrtable and! fruit in
secticide sprays. These Increases
also ate effective Aug. 12. S!
Approved higher ceilings f.rr
several Industrial Itemi. inciti
ng certain types of aluminum
jrapacitort,
products,
land corn-
of 13'
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wire and cable, tad!)
brass screw machine
non-ferrous bushings
merclhl metal fum!tur
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Carl Grcidcr
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nanieu victory
Day Speaker
Salem residents art) akr! in
display flags for next Wednes
day's celebration of Wbrld war I
Victory day, Chairman 'Don Good
aid last night
Carl Greider, Vetera is counsel
lor In the local USES office, witf
be principal speaker i t the pro-ea
gram planned for pirn, on th
west steps of the capilol.
A memorial prayer will be cf
frred by a i representative of the i
Saiem ministerial iasociaUn.
Douglas McKay will serve as
master of ceremonies and barhl
music will be furnished by the
municipal band.
Salem Man Treasurer
Of Youth for Clirit
SEATTLE, Aug. 7. -(A- Dr.
Frank Phillips of Portland was
elected today northwest regional
chairman of youth for Christ In
ternational. Deverne Frenke, Sa
lem, Ore., was elected treasurer.
Representatives of 87 communi
ties in the Pacific northwest states,
British Columbia and Alaska attended.
Volume of Mail Processed
In Salem Shows 1-3 Increase
Mail received and dUpatched due to the new system for aJr
The Weather
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rOKRCAKT (from U.S. weather bu
reau. MrNary field. Salem l : Clear to
day with temperatures ronnidrrably
higher. Highest temperature SO degrees.
thrjrnjgh the Salem postofficr has
irfreased by an estimated one
third In the last eight years, fig
ures released by Postmaster Al
Gragg show.
While pouches of first class
mail dispatched in July, 1946, to
taled only 1.373 as compared with
1,853 for July, 1945, a difference
in the manner of dispatching air
mail would make the actual to
tal for 1946 greater than for
1945, Gragg states. At least 10
pouches of air mail were dispatch
ed dally in 1945 while this year
one pouch is used for all air mail
bound in one direction each trip.
Pouches received in July, 1945,
totaled 1.966 as compared to 1 ,
836 for this year. But these fig
ures sre also subject to revision
mail.
Cancellations in the Salem of
fice for July, 1946. totaled 745.
800 as compared to 692,900 for
July, 1943, and these take no ac
count of th 18 metering ma
chines which take care of mail in
most of the state offices and many
large business houses, Gragg said.
Cancellations for all of 1945 to
taled 9,422.800 and for 1938 had
totaled 7,026,900. Old timers in
the postoffice recall that only
eight metering machines were In
use In 1938.
Psrrel post dispatched in July
1943, totaled 3.811 sacks with an
additional 1,847 packages, term
ed "outside pieces." During July,
1946, parrel port totaled 8,719
sacks with 3,363 outside pieces.
Crash Victim
Salem Janitor
The body of a man ho was
killed Saturday night in an auto
accident was identified Wednes
day as that of Samuel C. Par
ker, 694 N. Commercial st , a
janitor in Salem school
Gurnee Flesher. school physi
cal director, identified the m.i n
as one who worked at Olmgcr
field. MuMtrll Sh.-tniM.n, driver of
the car which polite mh.1 struck
Parker, in charged with negli
gent homicide.
Parker was born in Canyon
City in 1877. He U survived by
hli widow, Jennie Paiker; a
daughter, Mr.. Kraftris Friesen,
472 University st , anil a son.
George K. Parker. I Angeles
Funeral services will be announc
ed later by dough-Har ri k Fune
ral home.
Truman Sijjns
Guam Pay Bill
WASHINGTON, A t f. 7-yD
President Truman todjy sfgnod
legislation to make retroactive to
Jan I, 1942, or the dte of rap
ttue, government payments In hetj
of wages to certain civilian!
killed or rsptured by the Japan
ese on Guam, Wake snd In tr4
Philippines. j
The beneficiaries were employ
es cf navy contractors. Hundred
of them were recruited from th
Pacific northwest.
Disability and death benefit
under the workmen's
ntj
tion act also are allowed.
comper.ia4
Wiur Memo
To Eect (
I Croup
irert
The constitution and by-laws of
the Salem War Memorial associa
tion are completed and ready for
submission for aproval tonight
at 8 o'clock In the chamber of com
merce rooms, according to Erie Al
len, chairman of the by-laws com
mittee. Tonight's mee ting has been
called for election of officers.
Tow ii h in Favor
Of fringe Zonm"'
GRANTS PASS, Orf, AuV 7-j'
(ill Two more Oreion towns'
.'poke favorably todjy on pro-
tof.d legislation permitting coun
ties to set up control over city
fringes. j I
I loth Coos Bay and Grants Pass,
representatives told the governor'
zoning and planning j commit too
their growing towns were troubled
by, sanitation and poUiitlon prcb-
lems on the outskirts, j
Our Senators
fYUon
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