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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 17, 1946)
yn- RAW ' i t ,. CRT WDCDQCB H. G. Wells, dead now in bis 80th year. lacked the vanity of Crorgr Bernard Shaw", .who has just passed hi Oth' birthday. With a i-hararteristic excursion in to futurity. Wells wrote his own obituary ' in 1836 and with equal ly charactei istic cynicism said of him--i f "Me ua one of the most pro lific of the 'literary hacks' of his time He had a flair for what it. fuming. . . He was a copious and rep-titie essayist upon pub lic affairs and a still more copious writer of fiction. . . Essentially an intellectual with in instinctive dis like for the Intensities and emo tional floods of lite . . he wan much more the m lentific man than the artist., though he dealt in lit erary forms " An American contemporary, H. L Mencken, wrote of Wells: "He has made three separate mifTH He began us a biologist, switched to Journalism and then to litnatuie, and finally set up shop as a prophet. My guess is that he'd have been a happier fellow, and much more useful to his na tion and his time, if he had stuck by his first choice." With a wider range of interests than the famed GUS with whom Wefls has frequently been qom pared, without the Shavian wit, he shared Shaw's critical outlook on th times Well's latest blast whs to call on the royal house of Windsor to follow the house of Savoy into exile, rattier an ex ceptional outburst even for Wells, n ex 1 1 erne sample (Continued on editorial page) Plan Readied To Care for Polio Victims PORTLAND. Aug 16 (Ti-Dr Harold M. Erickson, state health officer. led a meeting of represen tatives of 10 cfordinating Oregon agencies today in mapping action to be followed if infantile paraly sis reaches epidemic proportions. In the eventof sudden jump in prevalence, entaonsmment or an emergency team of orthopedic surgeons, pediatricians, nurses and physical therapists was discussed. Portland hospitals can care for 40 acute cases. Dr. Thomas L. Meador of the city health office, said, but more facilities would be needed if the state's total num ber of cases goes over 120. Dr. Erickson, In emphasizing the meeting was only precaution ary, said. "The situation In Ore gon is not critical." Oregon has noted 40 cases, he said, and two deaths Dates Are Set For Mailing of Yule Parrels Christmas packages for mem ber of the armed forces overseas will be mailed between October 15 and November 15, Albert Cragg. Salem postmaster, has announced. Because of the distance involv ed, packages for China. India and the Middle Fast should be mail ed by No ember 1 to a.sure holi day delivery, Cragg said, but they will be received up until November 15. No request nerd be furnished for mailing of the holiday pack ages and each person may mail one package a week to the same address abioad. Packages are limited to 70 pounds and with combined girth and width of 100 inches. (xfiiiiiiimitic AftMaults On (jlie Reported PF.IPING. Aug 16 (P)-A 11 -out communist assaults on the be sieged city of Tatung in Shansi province and new government at tacks on communist-held villages around Peiping were ret,orted to cla v. Animal Crackers Pv WARREN GOODRICH I ttll you. I didn't do it! i NINETY-SIXTH YEAR 10 PAGES Salam. Orsxjon, Saturday More Than 100 .JfL Vw :"..! Si- ' n HOBBY-HORSE DAT, an annual eyeat at Englew4d playground, was held Friday with mar than IN children entered In the racing. Pictured d faring the race are (ten) frena left t right: Steven Adams. Asa Daley. Bobby Walery, -Mary Van 8 tarr. Stevie Cfia, Jahnny Laing. Rannle Criw, Jaan Kehaake. and In the background are Bobby StCTenson and Tim Campbell, Coming over the finish line In the girls' pre-seheol race are (bottom) center, from left to right: Snsanne Johnson. 1st place winner; Stephanie Hurts, 2nd place, and Julio Erickson. 3rd place. (Slatesman-McEwan photoa.) (Story on page 2.) j Storm Breaks Dike; St. Louis Hit by Flood PEARL. 111., Aug. 19 -(Al Thousand's of tons of sand ana water swept into tnis west cen tral Illinois river town of 600 today after a flood-weakened levee burst, making 250 persons homeless. I No lives were reported lost, but sand buried automobiles and homes were demolished. A se vere rain storm struck lata last night. ST. LOUIS, Aug, lo-c7P-N!na to 12 inches of rain in 48 hours flooded largo parts of the St, Louis metropolitan area today and property damage ran into millions of dollars, most of it on tho Illinois side of the Mississippi river. Relief agencies estimated more than 1000 persons were homeless. Two St. Louis boys apparently drowned when water swept them into a storm sewer. MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 16 -7P) The weather bureau reported to night severe electrical storms with winds ranging up to 4t miles per hour had swept tho LaCrosse, Wis. -Rochester, MinrL, area. Other storms were reported covering northern Iowa and east ern Nebraska. 'Threats' Cited As Reason for Being Puppet TOKYO, Aug. 16 -(VP)- Henry Pu-Yi of the Manchu dynasty told tho international war tribunal to day that he became puppet ruler of Manchuria because the democ racies were "not trying to resist the Japanese militarists" and he could not do it alone. So he became the puppet ruler of the country of his forefathers. the last of the Manchu emperors, when "threats' were made against his life. lie testified in the trial of 27 Japanese war leaders. Further Reduction in Industrial Mishaps Declared Major Goal That industrial accident totals must be cut still further, even though Oregon industries have made good showing in the past few years, was emphasized here Friday at a meeting of union and management officials from seven Northwest paper mills. The conference continues today. Address of welcome was given by Lou Ahrens, Oregon state in dustrial accident commission, with preliminary remarks by John Sherman and O. R. Hartwlg, co chairmen. Sherman, a resident of Tacoma, is vice president of the International Brotherhoow of Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill workers. Hartwig is connected with the Crown-Zellerbach com- pany. . MtlNDBD 1651 Take Part In Hobby-horse Day " i ..:rs:-"r.V Let's Have Our Sunday Breakfast With Sourdoughs SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 16-CT) There s more to flipping a flap Jack than meets the eye, Sunday the most skilled among Klondike gold rush sourdoughs, holding their International 'con vention here, will via on tho shore of Lake Temescal for the title of "world's champion sour dough hot cake maker." The Judging will me: 10 points for shape of the flapjack; 10 points for golden brown; five points for dark brown; IS points for one flip; 30 points for the double flip; 20 points for catching on tho plate, and 10 points for "public acclaim." 90 Killed, 900 Hurt in Hindu, ' o Moslem Riots BOMBAY, Saturday. Aug. 17 (P)- Ninety persons were report ed killed and more than 900 in jured in Calcutta Friday in a wild outbreak of violenoo be twMti Hindus and Moslems dur ing the Moslem league's "direct action day" demonstration against the British plan for Indian in dependence. Troops were sent , to the widely scattered battle scenes. Demon strators set fire to houses and shops during tho height of the demonstration and looting was reported in various localities. The home of Dr. B. C. Roy, former member of the All-India congress Party's working com mittee and widely known physi cian who has attended Mohandas K. Gandhi on several occasions, was attacked and fired. Police opened fire several times during tho day which had been declared a public holiday. GRASS FIRE QUELLED PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 16-UP) A two-alarm grass firo which burned over 40 acres in north east Portland busied firemen manning 14 pieces of equipment for an hour today before it was extinguished. Seventy-five vaca tioning school children aided in the fight 8. W. Grimes, field representa tive of the Pacific coast association of pulp and paper manufacturers said the manufacturers were squarely behind the safety pro gram. Other speaker Included R. T. Drummond, vice president of the International Brotherhood of Pa per Makers, and Fred Pont in. Crown - Zellerbach corporation. The conference banqiiet was held Friday night with Robert M. Ev enden director of the accident pre vention division, state Industrial accident commission, the principal speaker. The program centered largely on safety education, accident pre vention and first aid. Morning, August 17, U4S K A Jwi Quick Arming For Defense of Alaska Urged ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Aug. 16 -iV-Concluding a four-day inr spectlon 'tour of Alaska, home military committee members ex pressed tho opinion today tho United States' vast northern ter ritory must bo adequately and quickly armed to repel any pos sible invader. "There must never bo a Pearl Harbor attack from the north," acting chairman John Sheridan (D-Pa) told reporters who ac companied tho committee in Its Alaskan tour. Sheridan and other committee members approved the goal of army leaders to base In Alaska a completely equipped and support ed airborne division as the back bone of tho defense program. An airborne division and sup porting forces would require ap proximately 21,000 men, or al most twice as many as tho army has how lrf the entire territory. Other military needs of tho ter ritory, committee members said, include Improvement and main tenance of tho Alcan highway and development of a highway system connecting tho seaports with An chorage and Fairbanks. Trainmen Act To Postpone S. P. Walkout By Tho Asaeclal4 Fresa The, CIO National Maritime un ion sought Friday to extend its strike against Great Lakes ship ping with a new invitation to AFL seamen and unorganized Workers to Join in the walkout. The NMU is seeking a 44 instead of 56 hour work week and hourly wage boosts from 10 to 18 cents. Meanwhile, the national media tion board said President A. F. Whitney of the railroad trainmen had ; authorized indefinite post ponement of a strike of 8000 Southern Pacific employes set for 6 pm. August 21. The CIO United Automobile Workers executive board an nounced it would reopen its ;wage agreement October 16 at Chrysler Corp. WOOL SI PPORT RETAINED WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -() The agriculture department an nounced today that it willcon- tinue the government's wool pur chase and price support program to April 13, 1947. The program had leen scheduled to expire No vember 1. STORMS NEARS TOKYO TOKYO. Saturday, Aug. 11 -(Ml A typhoon with 75-mile-an-hour winds at Its center is expected to hit southern Japan in full force Sunday noon, the Seventh weath er station reported today. PORTLAND BOY DROWNS PORTLAND, Aug. 16-I4V Ron nie Max Brown, 2, son of Mr. and Mrs." C. M. Brown, drowned to day as he tumbled Into shallow water from his house-boat home on a Willamette river slough. Eternal Prlcs 8c No. 121 UN Meet Hits New Obstacle PARIS. Aug. 16 -OP)- A soviet demand that only nations actual ly at war with former enemy states should vote in commis sions drafting treaty recommen da lions plunged tho peace con ference Into a new struggle to day. Tho demands bumped Into Immediate opposition from Brit aln and France and some of tho smaller countries. No decision was taken. When tiovioi Delegate Andrei I. VUhinsky presented the soviet proposal, W. J. Jordaitr the New Zealand delegate, shouted angrl Ijr: "Let's do something. Here we sit listening to quack, quack. quack hour after hour. We are sick of it. Let's get on with the blasted conference. Iet s do some thing. Get a president in the chair and let's get on with the work. That's what people expect us to do." Vlshinky, Insisting on his re quest, declared that "bad tem pers never help to solve prob lems." GREECE FILES ADDED CHARGES ON ALBANIA NEW YORK. Aug. 18--The government of Greece filed addi tional charges agairut neighbor ing Abania today In efforts to block her admission to the United Nations, contending that Albanian Premier Enver lloxha had Intro duced a ruthless dictatorship and tripled tho army. The Greek memorandum, re iterating that Albania was "not peace loving," was submitted to a security council membership committee studying the soviet- sponsored application. Tho Greek memorandum pur ported to show that Albunla had close ties with Italy and fought on the side of the axis in the war. POSITION OF RUSSIA TERMED UNREASONABLE NEW YORK. Aug. 16-;p-Sen Tom Connally (D-Tex) boarded tho' liner Queen Mary en route to tho Paris peace conference to day with the assertion that Rus sia has "maintained an unrea sonable position' In tho deli be rations thus far. "We cannot settle international difficulties like a bunch of fussy school boys," said tho senate for elgn relations "committee chair man. "We have simply got to make peace. We cannot leave the international situation in mid air," ho added. Center Street Signal Lights Being Installed Pos tholes . for tho Installation of traffic signal lights at the Commercial, Liberty and High street Intersections on Center street are being dug today.- In sta llation Is expected to be com pleted next week. Following a short delay be cause of disagreement of pole lo cation, work was begun Friday by the Walton-Brown Electric firm which holds tho contract. The temporary wooden pules are to bo replaced later by metal standards. New lighting fixtures with four 6000 watt globes also will be added at the three Intersections. Voters' Pamphlet Deadline Aug. 22 Arguments opposing constitu tional amendments and measures on the ballot at tho November election must be filed In the state department hero not later than August 22, for space in tho vot ers' pamphlet, officials announced Friday. The time for filing affirm ative arguments expired! Aug. 12. New HiiMiiieftAett Gel Warning on Wage PORTLAND. Ore , Aug. 16-4") -Becauae of failure to apply for approval of wage schedules, nu merous new biiftinees In Oregon. Washington and Alaska are be ing conducted in violation of wage stabilization regulations, John It. McCourt, chairman of the 12th regional board, said today. NEWRKRG WOMAN KILLED BOTTE, Mont., Aug. 16 -W)- A hospital reported today that W. E. Adolph, 63, Newbcrg. Ore., was still in a critical condition from Injuries received in an acci dent which was fatal to his wife. The Weather Max. . SI a Mln Preelp. tales Portland San yranctaeo ... Chicago . ... S 10 .00 trace .13 New York 17 SI Willamtt river -3 8 feet. rOKKCAST I from U S. weather bu reau. McNary field. Salem I: Clear to day and tonight with warmer temper atures, highest U degiees. They-Thought teT V': ox, . i m iwmm a"1 LIT HAIFA. Aog. 16 Before their hope of entering Palestine was Masted by the British order deporting them to C'ypma. Jewish Immigrants line the rsil (above) of a ship la Haifa harbor and watch other refageee swimming along the side of tho ship (below). (AT wire-photo). Truman StudieH Plan lex IncreaHe Jew Immigration x WASHINGTON, Aug 6 (A President Truman di lcd today that he Is thinking of asking rim gres to let more European Jews and other refugees Into the Unit ed States. He apparently was aiming si multaneously at two objectives: 1. By example to encourage other countries to move In the same direction. 2. To put this country In a better bargaining position with Britain In efforts to get more of the Jews a homo In Palestine. The president's tentative plan for granting permanent American haven to refugees was outlined In a White House statement which also appealed for settlement of tho Palestine Issue "in a spirit of conciliation." Tit But Tired' President on Yacht Outing WASHINGTON. Aug. 16 -(A) A "tired" President Truman mov ed down the Potomac river to night In search of rest and re laxation on his first official va cation since entering the White House. His physician. Col. Wallace Graham, prescribed a continua tion of the rigid diet which has brought the chief executive's weight down from above 176 to 172 pounds. Colonel Graham told a report er Mr. Truman was "feeling phy sically fit" but that ho looked "a little tired." The presidential yacht, USS Williamsburg, with the president and his staff, will cruise In the Narragansett bay area and along the coast of Maine until Septem ber 2. A few hours before the depar ture. Presidential Press Secretary Charles G. Ross denied at a news conference a published report that National Democratic Chair man Robert E. Hannegan would seek to resign after tho Novem ber election. PILCHARD PRICE LTrED WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 '(A) OPA today authorized an Increase of $8 a ton in California fisher men's price ceilings for pilchard sardines effective August 20. OPA also made the new California ceiling of $30 a ton applicable in Oregon and Washington. No change was made In ceilings for canned pilchards. Veterans Apparently Will Get Sleeping Bags; Sale Plan Eyed The m u c.h - discussed 41.000 sleeping bags at the Umatilla, Wash., ordinance depot, are now on the veterans set-aside list, ac cording to a Washington, D'C, telephone communication receiv ed Friday , afternoon by Don Goode, chairman of tho Marlon county federated veterans council. Goode. head of the newly form ed group which last week pro tested the bag sale to a single bidder, received the call from Millard W. Price, national public relations director for the Dis abled American Veterans, stating that he was informed the war as sets administration in Washing ton had ordered the bags set aside for veterans' personal purchase. A iniuest to tho Portland of They Had Home New Outbreak Feared After Death Verdict JERUSALEM. Aug. 16 -(A)-Singing loudly In defiance. 16 young Jewish men were sentenced to death and four young Jewish women to life Imprisonment today for a bomb raid on Haifa railway shops, and rumors Instantly start ed that the underground would strike back. Tho 22. allegedly members of the underground Stern gang, were found guilty by a Haifa military court Of staging tho night raid sev eral weeks ago. Some Jews declared "the Stern gang won't let It pass," and ex pressed fear the underground might strike In attempts to free the condemned men or avenge them If they were hanged. Their sentence still must be reviewed by the British high command. The sentencing, plus a Jewish noncooperation strike scheduled for Sundsy, and reports that hun dreds more lllegsl immigrants had reached the Palestine coast, with some escaping ashore, heightened general nervousness In Palestine. Savage Terms United Nations Hope of World PORTLAND. Aug. 16-(T)-Carl-ton Savage, assistant to the U. S. secretary of state, said today the "United Nations Is the hope of tho world." "The future of civilisation may well depend upon its success or failure," the Oregon-born diplo mat told a Portland City club audience hero today. Savage, here on vacation, is a native of tho Salem aiea. Good for Country, Ellsworth Say ROSERURO, Aug. 16 Rep. Harris Ellsworth of Itosebuig. tired from an exacting session of congress, returned homo with this conviction: "A congressional recess of sev eral months will be a good thing for the country. "With congress adjourned and members bark home in their dis tricts, the people will learn that congress is only a law-making body and has no part actually in running Die federal government." fice of the war assets administra tion for samples of the surplus sleeping bags was contained in a letter sent from the state veter ans' affairs office Friday by George E. Sandy, director. Sandy also is asking the WAA. he said, for extra sample bags to bo sent to service centers over tho state so that potential veter an buyers may examine them. The director said, too, that while In Portlnd Thursday a plan for low-cost retail sale of all surplus Items to veterans was dis cussed with WAA officials. Mer chants would receive handling costs only. The plan will be pro posed to thO newly formed Marion county federated veterans coun cil August 22, Sandy stated. t - l j ; Traffic In MeatHiti Fi ve H3 k Mack Liritrt Set; Niw Items Join In Price Marcll WASHINGTON. Aug. I6-.TV-The Justice department I locking Into a 'very largo number mi complaints of price-fixing sreo ments and other Illegal tra4o practices In numerous! commntt ties particularly- mts nw their price ceilings were iftl. -An official fu!!v Informed am the studies dlrlnsei tl.js in a re porter today. He saM omnlirfwtsi of price fixing and lartif inatiy rreated short a res In meat he) been received from mn,v sect tons) of the country, spettfiolTy nam ing Ixm Angeles, Chicago ( and Washington. Other Industries Involved Is complaints were not named. Genrre Dressier eietite retary r f tho National Ai ilon of Retail Meat Deafer.' said there was a "definite need fvr tho de tnto partment of Justice to an Investigation of the Iness." come meat fcus- FIVE MORE AURFITFD IN ItLACK MART DRIVE I rH)RTI-AND.Oie,Ati 1I,TV Tour I'ortlanders a rut 4 KurT, were arrested todjy by the .U S. marshal's office upon romp! rental from the OPA In rrgarJ tn Hhoi was termed a b!irk market 1st sugar and building maVrU!, Arrested from Portland wrre Sidney D. Wagner, biker, ac cused of accenting ZW Dour.ri of sugar without forfeiting stmpo. Hall $.100. I I Al F.rlandson. branch manager for chain food store, accused of selling sugar with knowledge It might tie for lllegsl ue, g Pail 11000. . ! j L. W. Sellers, BTusel nf !'rg 940 pounds of rement for 127 SO, when celling price, ws $7. George Lehl, accruer! of Offer ing 3OO0 pounds of cmt fuO $45 when legal price was $?2.SO. Adrian Hayes, Eugene. :: was charged with selling - prMuce) above ceiling prices, Ijlail ; f J50G. ItLACK MKT COMPILED S I TO CI'RB PROFITEERS I WASHINGTON. Aug. I6..JV Joseph Carroll, chief of tre wag assets administration cornptlarvre) enforcement division, Isaid today 73 per rent of tho bIJlert frr one) lot of ' surplus war goods, gave) false Information concomlrg thotr qualifications. J j j As a result, ho tol. the , he use) surplus property committee, tho) WAA has set up a black list curb "speculstors and jnroflleers Carroll, a former Jrrtl . said tho misrepresentations turn ed up In a salt of jmiHiins t yards of surplus rloth. He ac knowledged that "somw veterane" were using their special status ts aid war goods broker. ) Meanwhile, tho WAA i f er.ie4 that there was anything illegal about an order giving! the I'nite! Nations and 11 other Inter rational organizations prloriti tot f,u chase of surplus property. riF.ER. rr.D car. In .. JOIN II Hi II PRICE MARCH 1 WASHINGTON, Aug. 184 Price ceilings on br: or the) bar went up one to two cents to day, and uaed cars lof ip43-4 make, white sldewall tire a4 electrical fuses joined tho bnarcla of higher prices. j I OPA also continued IndWf.nito-. ly the suspension of pHco cc-ntrolsi on most fish. Halibut was added to ceiling-free Items. Ceiling prices on e were boosted 21 4 per ectrl fu cent White) sidewall tires were asIgneH ceil ings 125 per cent hlghei tr. other tiree. I " The Increase In ceilings rh beo amounts to one cent on a gas of 8-ounce or more, one' cent on 1 to 12 -ounce bottles, arid tw4 cenuj for 32-ounce bottles. Prlte In creases for. take-homo beeK were) ef fected previously. ( OPA said rollings for use4 194S- 46 atitornobllct generally aqe r nly slightly lower thsn maximums new cars, on an "as la' t baaii Dealers may add IS per cfr.t for reconditioned cars. and, guaiantee4 Slavton Oiamlx-r bl !onimrrcc Itrorpanietl STAYTON, Aug. 1 Thirty five business men met at ti.e city hall this week to plan reorgan izing tho Stayton chaml-er ol commerce, dormant since 929. A membership drive ls nowf under way, and new officers 4iU bo elected Sept. 1. L. 114 Wriht wag president of the old orgarizatirm. Dale Crabtree, Raymond Fey and, Clarence Ha Id win head thjr drive for members. Projects, dte as de serving attention are ths Ncrth Santiam bridge, housing ahd Let ter city lighting. j Our Senators eM i2io 7 i ' . i 5 1- ; .' ' -j'