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rn u uu yDD vys 033TJQ0 F-.er h-..r of Regulation W If u arc one of those who lives on the h..1 M1e of the financial lt:rr; i : . .1 ... U y li"t Hut if you at- ore ' ' the many millions who buy rtu: jb'e goods on the instal-m-r, 'an or borrow money to r-e ier.rf.1 .n tegular weekly or rnt.r.'.i . j.isnieritA yovi piob.iLly .- e KeK .'atii-n 'A' wis imposed by tr.e fr:e: 1 ieere bo.inl after -. t Roosevelt ,ri 1941 used a & a iat.ng bat k to the first w ; .(1 Ar to restiut us of con i;.mfr (r- The purpose was U . er t .r.Jiation. Tl.r ; )(h!;i,i business of the wr t.i.n liter, ttue dealing in l?oi,i creii.t hoped anil rather ( iri that Regulation VV would . Chi lntea1 now cme-s an fcmer.iirr.fr ; tv the federal reserve b-r'i (? t.e September 3. to t.gr.'en consumer credit a little m re Tf.e r.ew rule will run as 1iih(A ( ri automobile purchases the ', ir..' f"r credit for instalment pay nirrt raied from $1500 to $oo Down payment required is tj.l one-third and the time for repayment remains at 13 months. For other durable goods -w m h ; n g machines, furniture, heaters, refrigerators the down payment slay at one-fifth and the time limit for repayment at 12 months. 3 On borrowings for other pur pes 'a pay taxes, hospital bills, fneial expenses, vacations, wrd-c.r.g- tt.e tepayment limit is cut from IS months to 13 months. For charge accounts, Regulation W stili require settlement within a 64i-tfa y pei lod The surprise nrw in tighten- ' g Regulation W was Justified ty the Continued on Loitorial rage) Representative Posts Issue in N. Y. Election fir the AmwIi led Prea New ink. which sends 45 fej e o'rftis rs to congress a tenth i f the entire membership t,,e r... 1 1 v canri Mates for the r..e t 1 . i y :n a primary election v ,it re! i hiefty for the outcome c f a fight in Gov. Thomas E. Ivn r rime distric t other states - Dela ware, t .' A'.jtni:i ar.rt Texas have I 't a ' - M,n-offs or c r i ent ions '' . r k V. Y' 'k 12 irrumient con f , n t..i . e primary contests. ( . i - f : C S .errftor. go - e-i i ... ' 1 '.:e o!fie will be r . r ed IrT. t : C' ; ror, r . t ior.. Sep- od 4 ' . I a home dis- e IT'h or "silk Wking" Repi.b: .an Rep Joseph H o'I aip, is opp -ed by the ' : tv or ga .na t ion, which Co: !-; S)pt-i! Sta'e Stri.i'.or Kielerick R I i ..".ei t ) r ( i r ew ey h.i kept hands f : lie f.gr-t rf the f.gr.t. W est Salem W ater Supply To I iicrease 'Ar-'-T SAI.KM. Auk 19 The j , 1 wjtei sli i'.v will te in- e. e i r v or,e-!hir 'l w hen the ..u?': wtl' rei it,I!v pur hned I v trie i :"v .,, been tied in with t r.e tf New cf h-s r-- i ty we:i. M.tvor Ctuy ' ...) tonight. The ditch e" !.,: and laying of 800 t .; i ri'.w uncerway Ca- .' tr-.e new weil tested out t" ,er M,r,( n:er 's ,.i. a miJiute, New- New ti r t denied that res r)i' w.lhout water for fpr.riKi. r c Sji 't.V and s;nl thiit re w.. p on the heights at. 3 I rr. Si.nd.iV and spnnkleis were you, g i ; a'l M les. Pi'it ! v th;.t some residents n :rv t.f.nYl- h.id been without vte: f. r spr.r.kling Inter in the c,v w.,-. ,nlrT..tted bv the mayor who a'-" ..Kes'ted it miht have l--n !. v r.f tlieir own tanks r - o ;; Animal Crackers py U A?tJ GOODRICIH -? Tonsilitis, laryngitis and an orange in that order. U.S. Says No to Red Demands WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.-(fP) The United States informed Rus sia today of its unqualified opposi tion to Soviet demands for a share in military control of the Darden , elle. ! Diplomatic authorities who dis closed this said a note setting forth this government's attitude ; toward the strategic waterway be tween the Mediterranean and the : Black sea was handed to Fedor Orekhov at the state department. Orekhov is charge d'affaires at the Soviet embassy. At the same time, it was learn- , ed. the American embassy in An- kara is informing the Turkish gov ernment of this country's position- It means, in effect, that the United States is strongly support ing Turkey's indicated intention to reject the Russian demands. U I J I J 1 1 is I CIUI ITU lu w tavsitiB a position approximating that of the United States. Preliminary to release of the I official document, it was under 1 stood from diplomatic authorities that the note includes these prin- cipal points: i 1. The United States cannot ! agree to Russia's proposal for a I Joint Soviet-Turkish defense of , the straits. I 2. The United States cannot agree to Russia's proposal that control of the straits should be j worked out by agreement only i among the Black sea powers. 3. On the contrary, the United States feels that the issues in volved in future control and use of the Dardanelles should be set tled in accordance with United Nations principles. OPA Boosts Price Lids on Food, Parts WASHINGTON, Aug. 9-A-The OPA tonight increased the I ceiling prices of caned fruits, me- chanical refrigerators and auto i mobile parts. ! The decontrol board, mean- while, neared the end of its task ! of deciding whether livestock, ! grain, dairy products, cottonseed and soy beans shall; go back un : der price control. A member of I its staff reported that some points ! still are undecided, but the board I expects to deliver its verdict at 7 pm (Eastern Standard Time) I tomorrow. Puce Administrator Paul Por ter announced that any restored price ceiling which the board may permit will not be made effective until 12 01 a.m. (Eastern Standard I Time) Friday. The purpose of ! the delay, he explaied. Is to J avoid confusion on the part of the public and the trade. Police Catch One Convict' Other at Large ! j Authorities still sought Ray 1 Junior Richardson, 21, late last night after the capture near Jef l ferson of his accomplice, William : Snodgrass, with whom he es iBpeti from the state penitentiary annex near here Saturday. Snod grass is in solitary confinement, prison officials said. Richardson reportedly stole a 1931 Pontiac sedan to make good i his escape. Upon escape, the men I took two cars and went in differ- ent directions. Snograss was apprehended when he drove onto a dead-end road in an auto belonging to Lester Mal I one. tourist from Tennessee, which he took from a filling station. Both men were sentenced in Umatilla county on larceny charges. Schools of Nation Must Face Reconversion, School Men Told Schools of the nation, like pri vate industry, must cope with the problems of the reconversion per iod if they are to be perpetuated and operated on a higher plane of efficiency under new economic condition?. Dr. Harold Becyamin, director, division of international education relations. United States office of education; told city school superintendents of Oregon at the banquet meeting in their annual conference Monday, in the cham ber of commerce hall. t Benjamin said the demands of the schools were never greater than at the present time with pros pects of record enrollments and the necessity for additional 'facili ties. He declared that nothing short of certain reforms would make It possible for the schools to meet their obligations during the post-war period. National legislation pertaining to education was discussed by Sen. Wayne Morse. He referred parti cularly to the Lanham emergency bill, vocational legislation and the law making possible a continuance of the national school lunch pro gram. Morse predicted that con gress would do its full part in the NINETY-SIXTH YEAR Plans Laid at , I- Reaald Jeses (left). sUle yresideat f the Farmers Unlen. Jim Patten, national president, and fear Oregon past presidents, Har ley Llbby (139 to 1941). George Potts, sr.. (1933-1939). Amon Griee (1941 to 1943). and U H. McBee. 1929 to 1933). meet to talk over; Farmers Union plans at Champoeg Sunday. (Statesman photo). (Story on page 12.) Fair Livestock Entries Swamp Deadline Date Entries in the livestock divisions of the Oregon state fair here, Sept. 2 to 8; were swamping the fair staff Monday as exhibitors hastened to; meet the August 20 entry deadline. The livestock show, supervised by Claude Steusloff of Salem, is scheduled as the largest in fair history and Will boast of a 25 per cent increase In premiums. Posse! Seeks 2 Negroes in Swamp Land MAGEE. Miss., Aug. 19-A Two Negro war veterans, whom officers chiefly blame for the am bush shooting of four white men, were surrourided in swampy Sul livan's Hollow tonight by a posse which took eight other prisoners during the day. Acting Governor Fielding Wright visited the scene of the manhunt late today and then came to assure himself on the safety of seven of the captives who are in Jail here. He expressed satisfaction that there was no danger of violence to the pris oners. : The posse was formed last night after a deputy sheriff, a city mar shal and two special deputies were struck by shotgun charges as they approached the home of the Negro Craft family. The officers had gone to investigate a report that a Negrd had fired upon a white motorist in a dispute on a highway near: here. Col. C S. Diehl Dies in Texas SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Aug. 19. (P)Col. Charles S. Diehl, 92, for mer assistant i general manager of the Associated Press and publish er of the San Antonio Light from 1911 until 1924, died today. post - war educational program which demands additional funds and other equally as important concessions. j Much of the forenoon was de voted to a discussion of the pro posed basic school support bill which will be "on the Oregon bal lot at the November election. Un der this bill the sponsors hope to raise approximately $15,000,000 annually for the Oregon schools, based on $50 per child of school age- Frank B. Bennett, Salem school superintendent, is chair man of the committee, which dis cussed this bill. The new state retirement law, which includes teachers, was ex plained by Jerry Sayler, Portland, executive secretary of the public employes retirement system, while James M. Burgess, The Dalles, discussed the taw as it relates to the schools. Greetings were extended by Gov. Earl Snell with Rex Putnam, state superintendent of public in-J struction, giving the welcome ad dress. i- The conference will continue throught Tuesday with election of officers scheduled for the fore noon session. 12 PAGES Salem, Historic Site British Probe Big Problems In Palestine LONDON, Aug. 19-UP)-Britain prepared today to tackle the Pal estine problem at cabinet-level, discussion in which, an informed official source said, the govern ment probably would agree to certain conditions fixed by Zion ists as essential for their participa tion in the projected Arab-Jewish holy land conference. The source said the cabinet would meet Wednesday to discuss the thorny question in the light of President Truman's statement that the United States would not participate immediately In the holy land federalization propos als. Jewish leaders In Tel Aviv de clared yesterday's mass meeting and abortive demonstration were "the turning point in Jewish thinking victory for moderation over., extremism,"., and., asserted that they were looking more and more to their political and diplo matic leaders than to saber-ratting terrorist chiefttains. Local Weather Hottest West Of Mountains Despite predicted cloudiness and i slightly cooler weather, another ; hot day is seemingly in store for Salem residents, as McNary field U.S. weather bureau station pre dicts a high 93 and a low 55 de gree temperature here today. Thermometers reached 97 Mon day to top three successive hot days and to make the capital city the hottest in Oregon west of the Cascades. The 97 figure marked the highest temperatures in Salem since July 20, when 105 degrees topped a week-long heat wave. A trace of rain was noted in downtown Salem shortly before midnight, though the weather bu reau recorded no precipitation be fore that time. Temperatures were above 90 from 12:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. yesterday. Bean Pickers ,in Larger Demand With weekend hot weather spur ring on the bean crop, Salem's farm labor office received 30 emergency calls for pickers Mon day and declared 400 more pickers were needed- Demand for bean pickers remains heavy, the office indicated yesterday. Pickers will be given transportation from the farm labor office, 361 Chemeketa St., between 6 and 7 a.m. daily, or will be given directions to bean fields to which they may drive conveniently. QUICKIES "It makes my blood boil! All of these good Jobs offered In The Statesman Want Ads and here we are in business for ourselves!" lOUNDID 1651 Oraon. Tuesday Morning. Auaust 20. 1946 Amendments AwaitVote Election Rule Bill Adopted Two charter amendments de signed to clarify provisions for Salem's new administrator-council government which goes into operation next year, will appear on the November B ballots jfor city voters. This development followed the complaints of numerous officials, and citizens regarding shortcom ings in the charter change which Salem voters adopted last Mav j to establish the administrator plan. Both amendments were or dered onto ballots last night when adopted in ordinance form by the Salem city council. Among new bills presented was the revised ways and means com mittee city rent control plan un der which the city treasurer would become the city's rent ar biter, with power to determine lawful rentals in any , cases brought before him by either landlord or tenant. Rent Rates Set Criterion for lawful rent would be a rate "so as to produce, as nearly as can be calculated, a net return of not to exceed 8 per cent interest per annum on the land lord's capital investment there in." This provision represents a change from earlier draft form in which the standard was set at any one month's rent in 1942. plus 25 per cent. Points clarified in the two char ter change ordinances, which must be approved by the city voters to become effective, provide: Municipal judge, newly created office which did not figure in the May primary, to be appointed by council for the initial two-year term, and thereafter to be elected. for the initial two-year ( Mayor and city treasurer, of- j fices which already exist and for which nominations were made at the May primary, to be elected in: Salem, Ore.; Clarence A. Thomp November. (This means that the in rommr. Tp Pvr P names of R. L. Elfstrom for mayor and Paul Ha user for treasurer will be the only ones on the city bal lot in November). 7 Aldermen Elected Seven aldermen, one elected from each city ward, to form the new council immediately follow ing the November 5 election, but other officials to assume duties Jan. 1. 1947 Nomination of election of city officials to coincide with the state primary and state election bien- nially. A candidate receiving a majority of all votes in the pri mary to be trie only one listed on November ballot, and where two or more candidates all fail to obtain a majority of votes at a primary election, the two re ceiving most votes to be listed on the November ballot. (Additional council news on page 2.) Flying Limb Halts East Salem Power Electric power was interrupted in East Salem for 28 minutes Monday, from 6:12 to 6:40 p.m., when a tree limb was blown onto the main power line at the 200 block of N. 21st street. The short circuit caused the automatic switch at the 20th and Ferry streets substation to open up, be cause of the overload of electric current. Lights remained off un til company men were able to re move the branch lying across the wires. II. R. Young to Start Newspaper at Lyons H. R. Young, former publisher of the Drain Enterprise, and more recently working as printer on the Mill City Enterprise, announced Monday his purpose to establish the North Santiam News, a week ly paper to be published at Lyons Young said he had many assur ances of support for the new pa per. Local Menu Rates Show Wholesale Food Rise Menu prices submitted by the Salem restaurant association to the OPA's Portland office today reflect the current increase of . an average of approximately one third the previous wholesale prices on foods, according to as sociation officials. Wholesale prices on coffee recently made a single Jump amounting to a one third increase, they reported. The price survey covers changes in the past 60 days. iTOliai Mistreated! Donald B. Esehelman. former ma rine corps sergeant and son of ; Mr. and Mrs. S. II. Kschelman of 494 S. Winter. Salem, was' captured on Corregidor In 1942; and . whose guard at Fukoko ' prison was formally rharged in j Tokyo today with having mis-! treated him. Esehelman return- i ed to Salem eight months ago. (Statesman photor). Charges Filed Against Guard Of Salem Man TOKYO, Tuesday, Aug. 20-fr-Allied headquarters legal section filed war crimes charges today against Masafumi Sugi. former guard of Fukoko prison camp, al- leging mistreatment of: Sgt. Hubert Seal, Rupert, Ida, and Felix O. McCool, Glendale, Calif.; Cpl. Donald B. E.shelman, Charlton, Denbo. Pa.; and Phar macist's Mate Homas E. Lock lear, Powderly. Ala. Prosecutors will be Thomas D. Aitken, San Francisco, and Alan R. Morrison, Honolulu. Nazis Dig Up Jew Victims TIRSCHENREUTH, Germany, Aug. -CP) The most important Nazis in this little Bavarian town were given picks and shovels to- day and told to dig up the bodies of Jews who died under the goad of Nazi whips. Ninety-eight men. known Nazis, were rounded up by military gov ernment officers and conscripted for the grisly task this afternoon. The men unearthed 36 bodies of Jews who died while on a forced march about 17 months ago from Buchenwald concentration camp to Flossenburg. fkf I! ! fc v L I i VMail 'Mom9 Meets Boys COUGAR. Wash-. Aug. 19. -Mrs. F. of barbecued beef to Ted Roijonen, of Woodland, Wash., one of the Z50 veterans she wrote to during the war and many of w ho attended a big barbecue given by "Mom" at her home. Some of . the men came acre the continent to attend. (AP Wirepboto). 1 Price 5c No. 123 Initial Try At Pacts Hits Snag PARIS. Aug. 19-!p-The first attempts of peace conference dele gates to tackle substantie aspec ts of forthcoming treaties with Hit ler satellites bogged down tociav in a new debate touched off by Greek objection to the preamble of the proposed treaty with Bul garia. Discussion of actual tieatv terms was halted when Greek Delegate M. P. Pipinopolis toid the political and territorial com mission on the Bulgarian treaty that Greece objected to the pre amble s declaration that Hu1g.-ti i.i "took an actie part in the war against Germany The debate indicated that the extent of Bulgaria's aid to the allies might become a major con- ierence issue, since tnat Soviet conquered nation has sought con sideration as a co-belligerent. In the background was the dis pute over Greek claims to Bul garian territory and Bulgaria's demand, supported by the Sla vic states, for the return of west ern Thrace, ceded to Greece af ter the World War I. The con flicting claims had been referred to the peace conference by the council of foreign ministers, with out comment, to be settled after both sides were heard. Pipinopolis said Bulgaria's part in the war against Germany "by no means could be qualified as active." "Bulgaria switched sides at the last minute," he taid. A India Rioting Ebbs as Toll Reaches 3000 CALCUTTA. Aug. 19 iP-The state government of Bengal an nounced tonight that the bkiodiest rioting in the violent histoty of Calcutta was "definitely under control" as unofficial reports pla ced the death toll as high as 3,000. After four days of murder, pil lage, arson and unspeakable atio cities in this sprawling city, the first official report on casualties listed the dead at more than 2.000 Sarat Chandra Bwe. a conere-s party leader, declared that the situation, despite the dwindling j of violence, was till very ex- utra Specters of epidemic and star- i vation haunted Calcutta's 1.250.-' 000 population in the wake of the nightm;ire touched off by Moslem Hindu quarrelling o er British : proposals for Indian indepen- ! dence. j Piles of bodies remained in the streets. Many of the city's poor have been without food for days, i while fruits, vegetables and eggs B rotted on railway platforms and , in barred stores. 1 A. Molkey (right) serves a piece ! 1 2 Fighters iF - e On Transport Big Plane Spirals To Ground in Cloud of Smoke BELGRADE, Aug. If A,- An eyewitness said tonight that plane, believed to have been aa AmericA transport plane, vi at tacked by two Yu?iiT r:r.r planes and was shci oovn in Julian Alps today. The eyewitness toli an Askx ted Pre correspondent that a -large plane, flying a x.-- easterly course over the Ju ai Alps at 9:1S ajn. today, spiral the ground in a column of biacte snoke." " The plane, the witrss saM. wm "attacked by two YugMlav fyjr.ter planes." He added that "four rr five cannon shots were heard frcra the ground near the YugosIaT summer resort of Ble" Two persons parachuted frcas the falling plane, he said. Second Aeeldent The area where this ineideM occurred is apprMumateir 3 miles from where a IS. S. trans port plane en route fraoa Vienna H L'oine was forced to land encer gunfire from Yugoslar planes 10 days age. The eyewitness sakJ "we saw fighter planes attack and we saw the transport piano spiral drva in a column of smoke and dis appear into the mountain. The he saw a big column of birk smoke appear, indicataif; that xh plane had exploded. An American transport plan was missing today after reportir.c it was under tracer bullet and anti-aircraft fire in the Klagen furt corridor'near the Yugoslav. frontier. Radios Attack This plane, a European air transport., service C-4T. ww. on a routine flight from Vienna vat" Udine. Italy. A radio message from the pilot received at Ud:r said the transport was under at tack by a fighter plane. Peasant in the vicinity also re ported seeing two persona para chute to safety, the infocnwtt said. I'. S. Flays Yngealar WASHINGTON. AjuJ. 19 -fJF-The United States angrily jerked the wraps eff its reiaUooj w:U Yugoslavia today to reveai a stxt of near-war between the Arr.eri can and Yugosla v troops at Trieste. It accused Yugoslav force r.f making illegal forays into th American occupation cone srvi un provoked attacks on American troops. It charged the Yugoslav govern ment with trying n wreck te allied military government there and restoring to "d. -trot:r-n c,f evidence" in makir.j complaints. In two of the most hotly word ed notes released by the state de partment in a long time, the Yugo slavs were accused specifically of invading American or British areas around Trieste on July 12 and 13. and on Jure 19 and 30. with bloody fighting resulting in the first instance. Nine pec:?:c charges cf "provocative Yugc lav actions' agair.t trse nuLtiry government were listed. Two Irrigation Field Meetings Set for Friday Two ' irrigation f:ek meetirfj will be held on Marian county farms Friday, August 23. when growers will view and d:scu; problems and practices in irriga tion. Harry L. Riches. Vir.cn county agricultural agent, has an nounced. The first meeting will be at 10 a m. at Smith brothers farm, two miles west of McKee station en Pudding river and between Ger vais and ML Angel. Sprinkler irri gation on sweet corn, potatoes, red clover, flax, strawberry plants and rhubarb will be inspected there. Irrigation by flooding of mea dow foxtail, and lad.no clover pas ture will be viewed at 1J0 p m. on the G. K. Austin farm foun miles north of SL Paul on th New berg-Aurora road. Farm op erators will be on hand to g.e information on irrigation systems and crops to be irrigated. Tom Armstrong Files for Alderman Alderman Tom Armstrong. 1555 Norway streeL Monday filed his candidacy for ward 6 alderman, to be elected in the November S balloting. He is the seventh jin cumbent to file, with each of tho seven wards now represented. Only non-inVumbent who i has filed his candidacy with the city recorder is James H. Nicholson, 964 N. Summer streeL irr ward, L Filing deadline is AugusVZS. The Weather Max. Mm Prec-.p. 7 S4 traoe S3 M JrO S3 M traea TS ft X-i 71 S3 .04 Salem . Portland San Francisco Chicago New i ork Willamette river 3 5 Jeet. FORECAST I from V. S mtktr b'J reau. McNary field. Salem : High today . . J ! today - - 53 Partly .cioudy in morrtir.i to clear tn afternoon. Slthtiy cooier. i