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Proposed Marion County Courthouse The Weather Freeiav Salem . ., Portland Kan f ianrttwo . tl SO S3 t luraf o WHlanxtl rivr -3 4 fori 4 .... t iiHK AST Ifrrnn t' 1 Wearhrr fc. rau. Mi Nary field. SalH ? Clear ft and itwurht im iti lie rue aa trtr.p, f atiitr Hifhf St ft- !' NINETY-SIXTH YEAH II PAGES Salem. Oregon. Friday Morning. August 9. 1946 Price Sc No. 1U w (opffiES mr CRM POUNDBO LO)lo)LAlV 'm,,.,. rFgMW in ii -.. nlrl.T?- "Tft, f f fTt- ,,,,mmmm This ! the ricinal drawing for Marlon roanty courthouse made In 1IS7 when new stricter was approved at the poll. The etimated cost of the building then was set at $55$,t98. Th prospect of a new building was f liven a boost Thursday when the county court declared Its Intention of begin nin a courthouse In 1949. ' CRT S333HJ3 MsaiBak!. mmmmimjmmmmms1SMSl1 --Mimmmmmj i The old GOP elephant which haun t done any trumpeting for 16 years is definitely sniffing the air this summer. He is waving his trunk around and gives ca sional snorts pi emonitory of vic tory in the fall elections. The GOP leaders are predicting republi cans will gain control of the house f representatives in November, and for effect aie adding there' a possibility of gaming' the sejriate too. though they don't hornet ly V u,k i. For one Hung, this is an "off year " Their candidates will not have to run agmnst FDR this year. In 1938, republicans gained 80 at-at in the house, but lost ground in 1940; in 1942 they came b.'x k to w in 47 seat, leaving the democrats a very skinny major ity; but 1944, another FDR year, they dropped a dozen seats. -This year if they can gain 26 seals they will have bare control of the house. Political strategy calls for cen tring attack on the doubtful dis trict and this is what republi cans will do. The United States .Weekly sorts out weak spots where the democratic margin was net over threo per cent in 1944, and beheves tho election will hinge on results in these areas. By picking off the weak ones the GOP hopes to get Its 218 votes necessary for control. Here is the way they would gain on a vote shift of three per cent: four eats In Illinois; three seats in Califor nia. Ohio. Connecticut; two seats In Minnesota, Mijmui i. Wett Vir ginia, P-iiin.lvania, New York; one each In Washington. Wiscon sin, Michi- fContinued on editorial page) Public Hearing To Air New Building Financing By Conrad Fringe Staff Writer, The Statesman A new Marion county courthouse is a littlo closer to reality today as a result of an order issued Thursday by the Marion county court, declaring an intention on the part of the county- to build a new $1,050,000 courthouse, raisinf the question of an additional tax levy for the purpose and calling a public hearing for September 10 to discuss the project. Describing the present structure as "old, inadequate and unsafe" the order noted that the county voters had voted for a new build Ing some time ago. "It was con templated then that there Would be federal matching money," it continue, "but now the federal matching money may not be available." It is considered neces sary by the court to provide a new source of funds. The court deemed It "advisable to initiate new proceedings," to make a new tax levy and to sub mit the question to voters in a special election to be held simul taneously with the general elec tion in November, 1946. Proposed construction on the new building Is set for IP '9 on the site of the present structure. The court has the fund provi sions figured out something like this: Present accumulated fund of approximately $83,000, plus the other funds levied by tho court during the next three years" at approximately $75,000 per "year, together with an additional fund of $200,000 per year for the heat three years. This last levy will be the $64 question presented to the voters in the fall. Fairgrounds Midway Space In Big Demand Concession space is a scarce Item on Oregon state fair listing today. Manager Leo Spitzbart, re ceiving last minute bookings for allocation on the ix -block mid way yesterday, said that applica tions of both private and com mercial exhibitors is by far the heaviest in . history. Eating pots on the grounds al ready have been completely paint ed and a number of operators are now on the ground improv ing their stands. Work is now going ahead in the main agricul tural building. Fair officials received one check; Thursday in the amount of $1200 as rental for one concession. A number of new amusement rides will be installed on the grounds during the next 10 days. Spiubart has closed the fair raring Mall to occupancy until August 15 at which time all of the barns villi hae been repaired and painted. Fencing of Lone Oak track was begun this week. Lewis Mitchell First to File i For Alderman Lewis G. Mitchell. 494 S. 17th st., Thursday was the first candi date to file for the Salem city council when he signified his In tention of running for the ward 4 position. i Also filing Thursday waa R. L. Elfstrom, 1656 Center St., who filed for mayor. He was unop posed In the May election, nomi nations of which were invalidated by passage of the dty adminis trator bill. Peter Cleary, former deputy city recorder, has announced his can didacy for the municipal judge position but was told by Alfred Mundt, city recorder, that his application must watt until a spec ial committee to be appointed by the mayor has clarified some parts of the administrator bill. Under the new system the du ties of the present recorder are divided between an elected muni cipal judge and an appointed city recorder. Probers Turn To Bad Shells; May Still Sick WASHINGTON, Aug. f. -vF The senate war investigating com mittee received today a physician's report that Rep. Andrew 3. May (D-Ky) must have an "indefinite period of rest" before there is any possibility of his testifying in the war profits inquiry into the Gars- son munitions combine. At the same time it obtained from a former technical sergeant a written account of how barrel bursts of defective mortar shells knocked out two or three gun crews of the 86th chemical mortar battalion in the critical battle of the bulge. Other former GJ.'s told of similar bloody incidents. The committee has asked the war department to trace defective hells through Its contracts with companies which manufactured 4.2 Inch mortar ammunition, Erie Basin Metal Products Co., one of the associated 19 firms headed by Df. Henry Garsson and Murray Garsson, held such a contract. Lumber Pay Hike; Rejected WASHINGTON, Au. -0PH The government today refused to approve a second round of post war wage increases for the wesi coast lumber Industry, the first such decision yet made under the wage-price policy. In Portland, Or., a spoken- man for tho west coast lumber industry said the industry would appeal the ruling. Reconversion Director John R. Steelman said that a pattern Of increases 15 cents an hour above those in effect on V-J day had been established for the industry. He declined to Approve an ad ditional 3Vs Cent hourly increase Steelman's ruling reversed i decision of the national wage sta bilUatlon board which had ap proved the 314 cent increase on top of the earlier-approved 15- cent pay boost for more than 45, 000 lumber workers in the Paci fic northwest. The action taken by Steelman in the case, in a letter dated Aug. 2, was disclosed today by the NWSB. The reconversion direc tor's ruling doea not prohibit pay ment of the second wage Increase to the workers but it does ba,r its use as a basis for seeking price relief from the OPA. Recovering from 13,500 Volts P k" 1 :"--'r y o- o "y mm ' 1 1 "wing aw . n m j Heircns Case Postponed for Mental Exam CHICAGO, Adg. -(P)-The state agreed today to hold-up its murder charges against William Heirens until the multiple; killer with the Jekyll-Hyde personality can undergo a mental test.: , Chief Justice Harold G. Ward of criminal court continued the youth's arraignment on , three murder charges to Sept 4 and directed that he be examined by psychiatrists. The 17-year-old Heirens, who was a model student at the Unl versity of Chicago, was brought before Judge Ward today : on a murder charge In the fatal stab bing of Mrs. Josephine Ross, 43 year-old widow. The youth has confessed he stabbed Mrs. Ross and Miss Frances Brown, 33 year-old ex-WAVE, and ttran gled six-year-old Suzanne Deg Tain Catch Likes Salem As Is 'Don't Cut Trees in the Square' Animal Crackers Py 'JCAEKEN GOODRICH, spalls One drink and it goes right '- to his head. "Other things about Salem may change but I think that (Marion) square should stay as Is." ' The voice was that of Vic Adm. Thomas M.; Gatch, who command! the United States navy's service force in the Atlantic, speaking in formally Thursday in the home of Miss Sally Bush where he was a luncheon guest. The sentiment was born when the boy, Tarn Gatch, "heard Pres ident Teddy Roosevelt (peak in Marion square," and it was arous ed when the nationally promi nent navy man this week read in a news story the suggestion that the old park be denuded 0f trees and turned into a parking lot. ; ii "I drove from Portland Thura day and couldn't believe this was Salem until I reached the center of town," Catch told a Statesman reporter. He referred to the "arreat residential and industrial build ing program evident alone North Capitol streeV' and expressed appreciation over the addition of new and clean industries. "Salem is a beautiful city but it can be spoiled,' he declared. . The admiral, hero of Pacific engagements In World war II, laughed as he spoke of his retire ment (.even years hence, premis ed on the usual condition of health. Oregon, he intimated, will 7 :-; ! Food Process Work Nearing Peak in Salem Peak of the food processing soason in Salem approaches today as canneries Issue calls for ad ditional women workers, prepar ing to start work on pears on or about August 14. California Packing corporation Is starting a new night shift to handle beans, which also are In full production at Stayton, Sil verton. Woodburn, Blue Lake In West Salem, and at Paulus Bros, plant in Salem. The Paulus Bros. cannery Is starting a night beet crew next week, while Hunt Foods, Blue Lake and Calpak are running full shifts on beets. BALTIMORE. Mel, Aug. g. Robert fUetnbacft, 14. Is being com forted by his brother, James. 1. In a Baltlsiore hospital after he came In contact with a 13.5e0-volt power line of the Pennsylvania railroad while playing atop a steel freight ear. His rondltlon Is serious, but doctors said ho would live. (AP Wlrcphoto) Two Precincts Added For New Salem Areas Salem has 423 additional voters and two jiew iir iii Is today as a result of a meeting of county and city officials who met Thursday to set precinct and ward boundaries of tho newly annexed terri tories within Salem's city limits. Meeting in the county court rooms wero County Judge Grant Murphy, County Commissioners Roy Rico and Ed Rogers, County uers narian judd, District At torney Miller B. Hayden, City Aldermen David O'Hara and Al bert Gille and City Engineer Har old Davis. The boundaries agreed upon were as follows In the new northeast corner of Salem Valley Packing Co. and Capitola districts north and south of Silverton road comprise a new preefnet. No. 32, Included in ward I. The area has 137 registered voters and 377 persons over 21 years of age. It Is taken from Hayes villa and Fairground pre cincts outside the city. In the east section all of Gar den road district north of Gar den road to be included In pre cinct 28 and that south of Gar- Two Patrol men Adcleil to Salrm 'orc(! WVdni'Hiliiv 9 Vernard Schmidt. 216S Mj I ave., arid Richard C Uoehringrr. 594 N. Libeiiy t. nrw ti lrn n started work VYedneMiiiy night i-n the Salem indue fure.' I Chief Frank Mlnto md he in tended to hire two nunc to fill va cancies in the lone. The new turn will serve on t-mM.i..ry han until a civil scrvire examination is held, he added. The city rotun d this w i k auth orized two additional men fur the police force. Bring On Panic In 2 Nations t 11 : f" ' . . 1 i IHHT-AlM'R!NCE,;i iA't Vtth carthq-ij4 rockot First pears are to be handled dn road to be added to precinct 25. Both precincts already are in cluded In ward 6. This area has 34 registered voters and 94 per sons over 21. It is taken from Englewood and Auburn precincts. In the south Haight-Summer Streets area is to be formed Into a new precinct, fio. 33, Included in ward 7. This area has 227 reg istered voters with 476 persons over 21. The deletion of tills area practically eliminates the McKln- ley precinct, the remainder of which will be added to Salem Heights perdnct In the southeast South 22nd street area is to be added to pre cinct 8, K ward 7. This area has 20 registered voters and is to be deleted from the Pringle district Judge Murphy expressed the thought that several residents of these changed areas who have filed for precinct committeemen will now have to change their can- about next Wednesday at Produc ers' cooperative. Paulus Bros., Reid Murdoch, Hunt Foods, and BirdsEye-Snider In Woodburn. Star Fruit Products Co. Is pro cessing berries, while United Growers at Liberty la cold-packing early variety peaches. Wil lamette Cherry Growers Is put ting a night crew to work repro cessing cherries for market. The Salem canners' committee. operating through the UJ5. em ployment service, advises women where help is needed, or persons seeking work may call canneries directly. Crippled Ship Towed to Port Truman Signs Terminal Pay, Other Vet Bills WASHINGTON, Aug. ay President Truman today signed legislation carrying money to py onto 15.000,000 former and pres ent enlisted men for terminal leave tliey did not get. He also signed a series of other measures affecting ex - service men. Including one Increasing veterans' pensions by 20 percent and another designed to head off what Veterans Administrator Omar N. Bradley has described as a threatened national scandal In veterans' training. legislation signed today sets up tighter standards for on-the-job training for veterans, provides for lnsneclin of such training projects and sets pay ceilings for veteran trainees. Russ Renew Objections to Vote Method PARIS. Aug 8 (AVSmict For eign Minister Molotov demanded today that the F.uropcun peace conference reject Mil ing procedure already approved by the rule committee ami Heilwrt V. Kwutl of Australia heatedly accused him of trying to ue veto Miwer in ac tion having "the suggestion of In timidation." Molotov charged that Britain and the United Stutes had engi neered a "grave mistake" in ob taining approval of a British amendment giving a simrple ma jority as Melt as a two-thirds ma jority the right to make treaty recommendations to the foreign ministers council. He aked for a strict two-thirds rule only. Evatt declared Molotov was try ing to enforce the same veto pow er' in the peace conference that he had in the foreign ministers coun cil. Tho renewed enploni.ni threw the delegates into rotittet imlion st prospects of another long, bitter struggle In the plenary session overt the same ground covered in the rules committee. The dele gates had expected a .perfunctory approval of decisions reached in committee. iti, Aug. ftepuhiie causing in ew rear Oomtnicasi' iuiir,aj n . many w J tidal ady Je-, . I. - . a Carib : suffered ks sine towns en from be the- Haiti, the Dominican; and Fuei to Rico tods 4 panic among resident! areas find sending a wave twilling Into an a veiled town of the r Republic. rra . . . a a at i ne new oiows le.i tni I Ih'hii region which hi inteimittent earth ahc ht Sunday. Once again or near the Mona p (ha ge trie rough stretch of water separating me I .minican Keputjiic Ihierto Rico appeared hardest hit. Casualty f.'gires were not immediately avaiJjU. Reports from that nr ghborir.ft country said panicky pet.f. im jumed fin balconies Into the streets. Others Were Pn ured ky caieening cars. Fearful residents refilled to sleep!! ton'ght In their homes and flrrtf hef hj ! Instead in patks. streets and op u places. Tidal Have Ktrlkes MaiUnsaa MantaiiMS, on the II .miniran Republic's' northeast p ' sst, felt the full forte of the j t w tklal wave. Fortunately ma ivy resident of thwt town and the: jrrouni- ing region had fled In the lat few days to higher grosi id In tho interior. Military p'ane! dropped sMfpUes t Lived at of tho jlesterday, ught htsJ hff-shr engines. fotnl and medicine these refugees. A ship captain j whajs Ciudad TrujUlo, capita Dominican Republic said Sunday's tremors jci ship about three miles and slopped the vessel's! Doctors, Norses Called The US. embassy Tiujillo requested tho tiirt headquarters In San Juan, Puerto Rico, to send doctors andl nurses. The tremors hit the rt 'minlc.cn) jtcpuouc, tiaiii ana I'uerto ttica at 9.35 am. The shotkileame as) tliousands of citizen In: Ciuda1 Tiujillo were preparing! to atter 4 a giant mass today tf'gijMtt thar.ko that Sunday's quakt ha: woise than It was. A plane flying ovetf thai Domin ican Hepubllc today terited Uat . . . . a a nver between juiu jvviun ana Cabrera had changed it course. Ciutl aval dia IJ been ie) IVIidwest Cxnrn Crop Siifleijs From Drought FALMOUTH. Eng., Aug. .-JT) r fiAittp JTsSngun rf tKa A rrvar wK- r.wmn k.. didacy registration to conform Farmer to safe harbor, said to- Uwuu night he agreed with the prin ciple that the little British steam er ilzabele had salvage rights for her first efforts to tow the drifting ship. But, he said, he believed the Elizabete "could never have brought the ship to port, and that la why I boarded her." Oklahoma Bank Robbers Chased WALTERS. Okla., Aug. 8 -P) Local authorities, recn forced by state highway ' patrolmen, FBI Johnson said there was no truth agents and volunteers, tonight to reports of a fight between Americans and British seamen on the collision-damaged American Farmer, and the Elizabete's second mate also said there was no viol ence. Wholesale Price Up 10.9 Since June 30 Tie Adas. Gatch attract him then "It's the; only place I've ever; called homeVl : Gatch came west to represent the navy at the Purple Heart convention in Portland. Thursday after lunch at the Bush horse he drove to Corvallis for briel in spection of NROTC facilities at Oregon State college where train ing for naval reserve officers has recently been instituted. WASHINGTON, Aug 8. -Of1)- ucu vj luw jiiim, wmiii iuk 1,1 per cent during the week end ed Aug. 2'i wholesale prices were reported by the bureau of labor and statistics today to be 10.9 per cent above the end of June ."when price controls were sus pended. were carefully searching a wood ed area near the Texas border south of here for two brazen, armed bandits who held up the First National bank of Walters today and escaped with an esti mated $35,000. Federal bureau of investigation agents said they believed only two men participated in the hold up. Earlier, the bank cashier, E. II. Minton. asserted five men made up the bandit band. Thief Returns Purse, Leas Money, by Mail PORTLAND, Or., Aug. 8-(7T) Thelma C. Kotch found her stol en purse today. It was in the mall box, wrapped and posted by the thief who had taken $65 from it less the postage money. Sand Lake Forest Fire Razes Mill TILLAMOOK, Ore, Aug. 8-fJP) Stat forestry officials tonight aaid a forest blaze which burned a small sawmill at Sand lake last night and covered 50 acres be fore being' controlled was inac tive tonight. The Sluslaw forest fire origin ated from a welding torch and quickly razed a mill which em ployed 12 men. Estimated loss is $8,000-10,000. JewelTheft Trial Planned FRANKFURT, Germany. Aug. 8.-(yf)The U. S. army charged WAC Captain Kathleen B. Nash Durant today with larceny, em bezzlement, conspiracy and being absent without leave in the story book theft of the $1,500,000 Hesse crown Jewels from Kr on berg cas tle. The trial of the stocky, dark haired. 44-year-old former man ager of the Kronberg castle rec reation renter probably will be gin within five to 10 days, ac cording to Capt. Harold II. Chase of Salina, Kans , the lawyer who drafted the charges. Canned Fruit Price Ceilings May Increase WASHINGTON. Aug 8 An OPA official today predicted high er price ceilings on canned fruits and acknowledged that on thee items "there is some caue" for industry complaints that; pricing delays are blocking shipment of canned goodx. The offi it a 1 sitid OPA li' to announce a formula nest week lor calculating ceilings on ir.e ivio brwuM w drought ettk! atf Otawi fft si m If at4 I I mm m - - V i io me united aiates prices, ne acmeu, -win oe some what higher" than on the 1945 pack. This was disclosed as Pitts burgh wholesale food meithant and jobbers labelled as "dilatory" OPA pricing policies on canned foods. The Pittsburgh food ad visory committee declared that grocers' shelves are emptying while warehouses are packed with canned foods. Br Tt Assarts; tea P ftteady wind blow ing from the f.laln of centr Police Han Highway Parking In Woodiiiirti A court citation will be given to anyone double parking on high way 242 in Woodburn, state po lice annunred Thursday. The highway includes Young stieet, Harrison street and Front street between Young and Harrison streets. Thursday and more mot tt the rain-soaked - eastern The winds, weather f said, have' been blowing in the upper atmosphere lust five or sis Weeks, aside the moisture-laden a ing up from the gulf of Mexico. As a result, the worst! drought conditions since the mid have damaged corn and vegetable In northern Illinois, easiest Wit romin, northern India Na lower Michigan. d o w a I Can idamar cofn rrtp ui state. recaitert stronf for tre bushing r mov ire to Me,j State (!relit Grouji Klect (lirJ Seelv E. Burr Miller Heads New War Memorial Association Salem's new War Memorial as sociation Is headed today by E. Burr Miller, who is president also of the Salem Chamber of Com merce, vice president or tne a- lem Lions club and active in Community Chest and other civic projects. Miller heads a slate elected at Thursday night's formal organ ization meeting of the association which propose "to promote a civic living war memorial for the city of. Salem, Oregon, and to plan cooperatively with other or ganizations and with the city as to It location, financing and construction." Don Ballantyne, veteian of the recent war, Is first vice president; Mrs. Charles A. Sprague, wife of The Statesman's publisher and hertelf a church and civic work er, is second vice president; lor othy Cornelius, state supieme court cletk and former president of the l!iiMnes A Professional Women's cluh, secretary; and Clarence Gregg, v eteran of Wot Id war II and member of the FirM National bank staff, treasurer. A surprise conclusion to the meeting was the numerous ap parently unsolicited pledges of cooperation from individual and organizations of Salem. Repre sentatives promised support ftom World war II post of the Amer ican Legion, from the women's post of the same organization, Le gion auxiliary, Meadowlark and Marion posts of Veterans . of For eign Wars, Hollywood Toastmas ters, Salem Lions club, musi cians, Community Conceit asso ciation and Soroptimlst club. (Additional details on putfc 2) Chi is Seely of the Merchant Credit bureau, la to be beck In hie of he today after a flying San Jose, Calif, to meet W California roller tors Orgjt.Uation following his election as president of the Collection Agencies elation of Oregon. Lorlngj alo of Salem, ts new secretary cf the state association. and trip Uf ith the OFFICER TOTAL tTrf.il WASHINGTON, I'lesidetit Truman' law toddy m bill authoring an imii'iiT in the army's I officer stiength ftom 25,000 to 50,000. Aug, ;:;a -on signed Into v" FRY C KAHIIF.ft INTO UFA HONOLULU, Aug: 8-ai-A na vy PHY with eight men aboard crashed Into the sea off Olhu to day arxt sank Immediately, 14th naval district announced. i : ; - Our Senators f" l V7o!a i ! '