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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 29, 1946)
wet mm " " x w Gervais Man Charged with Old Slaying 80 to Go" For PHH' Priorities r 1 'A r' j' 7- - . . I ., ' ay. v It- ; V f" , t- i ' ' i - - - " - ": " """ "" 11KE. ff MOKE AXI IIOMINIirrENDCNCE. Aag. 18 Flei d MMk turner fram the ftle Vfcsla - dryer darts Use seee tarelas Miw whtrh Seatf-ayed Use Mm! Jest befere Wedsvea tar. lAMkir rtavrimti Jehu Dart ef Berkeley, Calif., drle lag Berth threegh Ia4epedeire at the Um ef the fire, tupped th abe ahet hUh he delivered U The flUtesmaa M he pa ed Uira( h Xikm.) Independence Blaze Engulfs INDEPENDENCE. Aug 28 Rio Vita hop dryer, belonging to S J. Hoover and toru. with the early hops of G. E. Newton filling 11 kilns, together with complete equipment and supplies and 37 tales of Hoover's hops, were destroyed in a 135.000 fire Just before It was my privilege Wednesday to kave a visit with Prof. Robert T Oliver of trie lacuity ot yra- cue uruversity, who has just re- j earjy hop harvest Is not yet com turned from spending two and j piet and picking of late hops .ne-haif montns in is-orea. ne atooted off here to visit his bro- ther Dr L S Oliver of Willam ette umversity. Having studied and written much about Korea Professor Oliver was Invited by the University of Korea to give a course of lectures there the past summer. As the university is in dependent Oliver had no official -6!;gations to the U S govern ment: Jr,d his detached position iiu his uniiual opportunities for rturiyiTig the actual situation in that unhappy country make his re jrf.rt of spetial value. Frankly Oliver is alarmed at the status quo of Korea. It is di- ided into two zones of occupa tion at the 38th parallel, with the Russian army controlling the north and the U S army which has set up a military government, the outh Theoretically an allied com mission was to provide interim control looking to setting up an Indep-endent government. Actually the commission, which met at in terval for many months, came to only one agreement, to permit in terchange of mail once a week be tween the north and the south; but later the Russians cancelled that. Now there is not even com munication between the two parts of Korea. The Russians have ignc red later invitations of Gen eral Hodge to attend a commission meeting On the north side of the line mi are fort.fying the line as T , h thev were facing an en- o " . u thoug nn y Some two million i Continued on editorial page) Minimum Purses Raises for Races Speed superintendent Charles Eans said Wednesday that min imum purses for each race during the Oregon state fair would be $4(0 The purse inereace was nvd to injure the arrival here i f a number of the belter horses ii ranr.g at Ingacres near Se attle, he s-nd Each card will in tlLtde t harness" races and eight Tur.r.ir.g ever.ts with post time set tt:l at 113 p m Animal Crackers 6r NX'Afrf N GOODRICH ml thought you taid you were a pack rat?" 1 ' ni"e $2 v Hop Dryer noon Wednesday.. Lait of the 23 cords of wood piled In the fore ground was still burning late to night. Hoover had just hauled away 108 bales of his own hops before the fire broke out at 11:20 a.m. in the cupola of the 30- year-old red building located just a mile north of town. Included in the equipment and supplies destroyed was burlap for baling the hops. Independence firemen managed to save the K. N. Wood residence and five cords of wood Just north of the dryer. A south wind worked to the ad vantage of the firemen.. Hoover has dried hoos for oth i er r0wer and it Is believed lo caijy that this task will be taken over by other local dryers. The j w,u be ready in two weeks Fraternity ..Gets Beta Charter MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich, Aug. 28 -(Special)- Beta Theta Pi national fraternity meeting here for the 107th general con vention, today granted the peti tion of the Kappa Gamma Rho lqcal society of Willamette uni versity, Salem, Ore., for a chap ter in the fraternity. Kappa Gamma Rho was found ed in 1920 on the Salem campus with the purpose of seeking a Beta charter and has since been maintained as a purely local fra ternity. Officials said today that the formal installation of the new chapter would be held some time during the coming fall term with appropriate ceremonies at Salem. Yacht Sinking Said Mystery SOUTH HAVEN. Mich., Aug. 2-$,)-A handsome big yacht plunged mysteriously to her doom knai.fk ........ I. r I. n f .v. , U VvT . .w day and the fate of the persons . . . . . . . aboard her the coast guard said there were "at least three" was still in doubt tonight. The black-hulled 82 -foot Ver- ano, owned by Maynard Dowell, Park Ridge, 111., business man and manufacturer, sank three quar tern of a mile from shore. - Guardsmen reported no signs--of life aboard the vessel, a $100,000 craft, but said apparently two dingies had been lowered from her by passengers who had sought safety in the choppy waters. Plane Drop Supplie To 300 Fire Fighters ROSEBURG, Aug. 28-(-Two forest service airplanes dropped supplies this afternoon to 300 men fighting the Scared Man and Rock creek fire blazing uncontrolled In an old burn 50 miles east of here. The two blazes have merged in the 1500 acre fire, William Benecke, of the Umpqus national forest said. Applications Stymie By Francis W. Carpenter LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y., Aug. 28 -P)-The United States stood firm tonight in the United Nations security council against admitting Russian-sponsored Albania and outer Mongolia to the U. N. and the council adjourned until to morrow without reaching a de cision on any of the eight appli cations before it. Dr. Oscar Lange, Polish dele gate and council president, warned the delegates to be prepared for three sessions tomorrow, for the council must conclude its con sideration of the applications by tomorrow night in order to sub Case Said Dormant 40 Years Ed Lewis Staff Writer. The Statesman Arrested on a possibly 40-year-old Alabama murder charge, Will iam Rogers,, route 1, Gervais, is being held in the Marion county Jail here today. Sheriffs deputies arrested him yesterday at his home after receiving a telegraphic war rant for his arrest from an Ala bama sheriffs office. District Attorney Miller D. Har den identified Rogers to the Statesman as the man who served time in the state penitentiary for shooting Salem Police Officer Walter tUrchet in 1921 as Bir rhet sought to take him into cus tody for threatening to kill his (Roger's) wife. Hay den was then a member of the police depart ment, r. Nephew Arrestee" Vv. Rogers' arrest followed 'an In vestigation, prompted by the ar rest Monday of his nephew, Omer B. Rogers, at his uncle's home near Gervais. A deputy sheriff and an FBI agent arrested young Rogers on a charge of breaking jail in Alabama, where he was held for trial on a larceny charge. Short Sentence William Rogers was indicted by a Marion county grand jury in 1935 after his arrest by state police on an arson charge, but the indict ment was quashed because of a technicality Hayden said. Last year he served a short sentence in the Marion county jail for dis drderly conduct. Chinese Reds Ponder Rival Government NANKING. Thursday, Aug. 29 UP)- While fresh fighting broke out in the north, Chinese com- munists today broached the possi bility of setting up their own "national government for all red-held areas of China. Thus far they have operated only local governments, controlled loosely through party headquar ters at Yenan. If Generalissimo Chiang Kai- Shek holds the proposed consti tutianal assembly Nov. 12 with out first achieving a coalition government, communists will ac cept the challenge and "call a meeting of all border region (com munist) governments in reply, sookesman Wang Ping-Nan as serted. Any attempt to have Chiang's one-party assembly put through a new national constitution would be interpreted "as a government desire to split the nation politi cally," he added. Firemen Tests Slated Sept 19 New city civil service examina tions to fill an anticipated five or six vacancies in the Salem fire department will be held at 0 m. Thursday, September 19, In city hall. Chairman Arthur H. Moore of the Salem civil service commission announced Wednes day. Application blanks, which may be obtained from the city recorder in the city hall, are to be sub mitted by 5 p.m. Thursday, Sep tember 12. Candidates must be between 21 and 31 years old, regis tered voters and residents of Sa lem at least one year. Starting salary is $187 per month. Dent Reed to Head Red Cross Drive Heading the 1947 Red Cross fund campaign in Marion county will be Dent B. Reed, Salem In surance man. His appointment was announced Wednesday by Justice George Rossman, chair man of Marion county chapter, Red Cross. The campaign opens March 1. Reed, co-cti airman for the 1946 campaign, has worked on many other community projects, includ ing several of the war bond drives and Lions club activities. mit them to all the United Nations before the general assembly meets next month. The United States virtually ve toed the admission of Albania and outer Mongolia after strong Rus sian opposition forced withdrawal of a' U. S. plan proposing accept ance of all eight applications. Herschel V. Johnson, United States delegate, then proposed that the council postponed considera tion of the applications of outer Mongolia and Albania until a later date. Johnson said that if a vote was insisted upon at this time, he would be forced to oppose their applications. This would have the effect of blackballing those two NINETY-SIXTH YEAH 14 Halsey Lashes at Criticism of U.S. Fleet Disposition WASHINGTON. Aug. IB-iAt Adm. William F. -Bull" Halsey, one of tfte top wartime com manders tabbed by President Truman for an "elder states man's' role, delivered a blunt rejection. tody of communist criticism of American naval dis positions in the eastern Medi terranean. "It's nobody's damn business where we go," be said. "We will go anywhere we please." He emphasized that he does not mean American ships should go uninvited Into any country's territorial waters. He does mean, he said that they should sail in any free water anywhere in the world. Vets Duped by FalseiReport of Surplus Sale More than 200 veterans were at the Umatilla ordnance depot in northeast Oregon today but learned a reported sale of war surplus goods was erroneous, ac cording to a report by the Asso ciated Press. War assets administration offi cials in Portland reported no sal had been certified for today a the depot, which now has only amDhlbioua "ducks" listed as sur plus. The officials indicated the vet erans apparently had been ad vised of the sale date from Salem sources. The WAA said several tentative dates have been listed for goods at the depot but none has been officially certified. CoL George Sandy, state direct or of veterans' affairs, said the sale date for Umatilla had been announced from Washington, u. C. and confirmed by the WAA office in Portland. Most of the veterans had trav eled considerable distances to reach the depot, located near Hermiston. County to Get Fund from Sale A 1.000-acre timber tract in the eastern part of Marion county will net the county 75 per cent of $30,000 offer made by G. W. Elder of Portland, if is is accepted, ac according to County Judge Grant Murphy. As the land was given over to the management of the state for estry department several years ago, when tne county nrst ac auired it through a mortgage fore closure proceeding, any deal to sell it must be made by the state The county does not now own the land, although it will receive t portion of the sale price if sold Providing that the remuneration received is the offered S30.000 Marion county will get $22,500 of that sum. Draft Boards To Take 278 Oregon - selective service boards will be required to draft approxi mately 278 men in the 19 through 29 age group when conscription is resumed September 1, Col. Elmer Woo ton, state selective service director, announced Wednesday. Woo ton said no trouble would be encountered in obtaining the September quota but added that would about clean up the eligible registrants in the state. Most of the September inductees will be persons haying less man six months of military duty, no over seas war experience and those formerly deferred by job classifi cation, no overseas war experience and those formerly deferred by job classification. UN Board nations, since the United States is one of the five powers holding the veto right. The council did not vote on Johnson's motion but instead be gan consideration of Albania. Representatives of Greece, against Albania, and Yugoslavia, favoring Albania, were invited to the ta ble. Vassili Dendramls, speaking for Greece, delivered a long and de tailed indictment of Albania to the council, asking it to postpone a decision on that application. After his talk, Lange adjourned the session, with the Yugoslav representative scheduled to speak first tomorrow. PACES Solam, Oregon. Ceilings On Meat To Rise WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 JPi The OPA today got a mandate from the agriculture department for meat price ceilings above those of June 30, although below present prices, and a bald remind er from the decontrol board that no controls will be restored to dairy product unless the board says so. Secretary of Agi (culture Ander son exercised the new powers which he said will prevent condi uons threatening a shortage. Agriculture department and OPA experts estimated the retail prices in the butcher shops will be higher than the June 30 ceil ings by five and one-half cents a pound on beef and two and one- half to three cents on pork, on the average. Ceil hag Postponed As a result, the OPA postponed the effective date of the new live stock ceilings from midnight to night until Sept. 1. The dates pre viously announced for the ceilings at other levels, however, remain unchanged Sept. 5 lor whole salers and Sept. 9 for retailers. The decontrol board's statement on dairy prices followed a speech by price administrator Paul Por ter in New York yesterday in which he said he "will insist that milk and dairy products be restored to ceilings. Porter Rebuked Roy L. Thompson, chairman of the board, declared: "The only official spokesman as to what action the price decontrol board can or will take on any sit uation are the members of the board themselves. Any statements from any other source whatsoever are merely supositlons or specula tion and should be treated as such. Aussies Lose Vote to Big 4 PARIS, Aug. 28-P-Australia,s I proposal to limit reparations lev ied on former enemies to their "reasonable capacity to pay" and delay action until a special com mission made studies was voted down tonight in a peace confer ence commission after three days of arguments. The United States, Britain and France lined up with Russia against the measure beaten by a vote of 15 to 2, with three ab stentions which provoked long. angry debates climaxed by Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov's charge that Australia was acting against the interests of the So viet peoples." PGE Installs Street Lights Four new 8,000-1 umen street lights illuminated each of three d own town Center street Intersec- Uons last night, following com pie- tion of their installation by Port- land General Electric company I crews. The new lights, brighter than most old street lights in the city, are at the High. Liberty and Commercial street intersections. Temporary wood poles holding ttiA TimiMi 1 i 0H t Ur ill h rnl u when steel poles are available . Manager William Hamilton of PGE states. The city street im- provement Is to be followed by a state highway department place ment of traffic signal lights at the intersections. LaFollette Mentioned For Administrative Post HAMILTON, Bermuda. Aug. 28 OP) (President Truman, nearing I the end of his vacation, is under- ! stood to have received suggestions that an important government role be found for Senator Robert M. t r,.nj4- t ur; i( 'f-u. I LaFollette, Jr., of Wisconsin. The suggestion that LaFollette be brought Into a high administrative position in the government ap parently comes from congressmen and associates of the president who are aware of the high regard Mr. Truman holds for the senator. Radio-Theatre Building etition Appeal Denied PORTLAND, Aug. 28-OPY-Ap- peal of Loring Schmidt, West Sa lem, to Washington, D. C, civilian production administration officials for construction approval of a radio-theater building has been denied, the Oregon CPA office re ported today. The $75,000 plan was rejected earlier by the Oregon CPA com mittee. Thursday Morning, August 23. 1948 Commander INDIANAPOLIS. Aag. 28 Hiram commander of the Grand Army as youngsters look en during the G.A.R. Members Vote to Continue Yearly Meetings INDIANAPOLIS. Aug. 28-;P) A' handful of aging Boys In Blue rode proudly today in the Grand Army of the Republic's 80th annual parade. Only eight of the survivors of more than 300,000 members of the GAR were present to re ceive the plaudits of thousands who lined downtown streets fur the colorful highlight of the encampment. Four open automobiles carried the veter ans in the parade. Ninety-nine year old Hiram R. Gale of Seat tle. Wash., the GAR national commander-in-chief, rode at the head of the automotive cavalcade . The veterans voted unani mously later to reaffirm a reso lution adopted at an earlier en campment pledging the organi zation to hold an annual en campment as "long as a com rade survives. Sailors Ready New Pay Plea SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 28-( While a coastwise strike vote was In progress today by the AFL Sailors' Union of the Pacific, President Harry Lundeberg pre pared a new brief for wage in creases a move in which he had the support of the Pacific American Shipowners associa- tion. In the wage issue, to be suc mi t ted to the wage stabilization Doaro, Lundeberg said ne was giaa to nave tne support or Joe Curran's CIO National Maritime Union" but that he would "have nothing to do with the CMU.' AinilCIlS Bodies f Ynnnelnvin AIDUSSINA. on the Morgan Line, Aug. 28 (4)-The flag-draped coffins of five American fliers shot down In Yugoslavia were deliver ed today by motor convoy, and x&!?.y?ll uir piui g ' Jin-, mj nniri n an iu thoiities for the long journey home. U. S. Ambassador Richard C Patterson told newsmen that "Marshal Tito assured me per son - 7 T." "'""""J 7'1 not be any repetition of this j . : : ,11.. . t . .1 : event." STAMP SWITCH READY Persons who possess 8 -cent air mail stamps may exchange them at the past office for their value of the new 9-cent variety which goes into effect October 1, Post master Albert Gragg announced Wednesday. The period of ex change will be limited to 80 days, Gragg said. The Weather Max. Mia. Prectp. ftalem T SS . Portland 79 S7 .00 San Francisco SI 48 trace Chicago New York Willamette river -3 7 feet. FORECAST (from U.S. weather bu reau. McNary field. Salem): Partly clondy today, tonight. Highest temper ature 79. lowest 40. if Pric 5c Id "M of GAR Salutes K. Gale sf Seattle, Wash- Mliesial of the Republic, aalatea the flag GAR parade. (AP Wire photo.) Marion County Pioneer Dies At Tillamook Eugene A. Kaiser. 85, who was borst on the old donation land claim of. hit parents here, died Wednesday in a Tillamook hos pital after an Illness of 10 days He was the last surviving son cf the late Oscar and Sarah Wood side Kaiser who had crossed the plain and settled here In 1843. Eugene Kaiser had established his home at 1807 N. 4th street HO years ago and lived there until last year when he moved to De lake. The deceased had been m char ter member of the old "No. 3" volunteer fire department in Sa lem in the 1880's. He had taken part in the gold rush to the Klon dike. He leaves a daughter. Mrs. H. A. Lundeen, Salem, and six grandsons, Harland and Marvin Perkins of Salem. Jack Perkins of Kirkland. Wash.. Max Perkins of Sitka. Alaska. Everett Kaiser of Aumsviile and Roy Kaiser of Las Vegas, Nev. Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday in Clouch-Barrick chapel, with interment , following at City View cemetery. Stores to Close Half Day Monday Salem business houses, with the exception of banks, will close their doors next Monday afternoon so that proprietors and employes may swell the Salem Day attendance at the fair. Salem postoffioe also will be closed for the afternoon, and only a morning delivery will be made. The closure decision w a s made at a special meeting of businessmen called Tuesday morning by the Salem .Retail Trade bureau. Industries will decide individually on the clos ure. U. S. Preparing Arili-Tni8t SuilH WASHINGTON. Aug. 28 -4- The justice department Is ready- ng anti-trust suits against a num ber of companies it charges have been conspiring to mulct the fed eral and local governments in the sale of supplies. One suit will be filed next week, an official said today. The suits are the result of an lnvestigatfn designed to stamp out alleged iden tical bidding and monopoly prac tices In the sale of many prod ucts purchased by federal, state and local governments. Trace of Rain Fail to Record at Airport Traces of rain were felt In Sa lem yesterday morning and eve ning, but no rain was measured at the McNary field weather sta tion. The station's prediction for today is cloudiness, but no rain. The last rain In any quantity was .69 Inch which fell July 8 and traces were detected in Salem July 14 and August 13, weather statisticians said. By flier!!- r. Greea WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -UP) Housing Expediter Wilson Wyatt tonight put the squeeze on army and havy use of lumber, and or der ed lumber dealers t hold 80 per cent of their supplies for veterans' housing. To boost lumber yard supplies, Wyatt directed that saw mills supply each dealer with al least one-third more housing lunar; than he has previou.Iy been a tie to claim in competition with oth er customers of the null. To tap a series of new controls over building materia's which he called "drastic, Wya't diret4 that 100 per rent of s!i residen tial hardwf fUtfrtr.g and 83 per rent .f all mill wrk -doors, window frames and the 1 1 e reserved for builders holding th "III!" houaing priority, , bjI Jels la Order I Civ i Han Pniuci;oft A-lrrr.la-trator John I). Small jotr.) Wyatt In announcing the lumber actions. The decision to trsrk down on the military use tt iumbr rums out of an iriler-agen y conferer. Unlay. The rieeioiofis were two fold: First, effective at once, the military "MM" priorities ued If the army and navy fr construc tion of bases and barracks over seas will be "reviewed moat care fully" by CPA to determine whether they can be postponed! or the material procurement spread among severs! cities so as not to pre-empt the whole supply of any community. Ne Rating fee Military Second, all military, housing In this country will be similarly scrutinized and a rating no high er than the ordinary "HH" hous ing priority may be lined. Here tofore, military housing In this country as well as abroad haf carried the more potent "MM" priority. The "MM" is the peacetime priority used by the army and navy to obtain materials and sup plies ami is rated higher than the "IIH- which is the priority granted to builders who are con structing approved housing under ; the veterans' emergency housing! priority. $750,000 Fire At Wenatcliec WENATCHEE, Aug. 28-OVAa damage estimates In Wenafrhe ' worst fire soared to $750,000. Fire. Chief Harry IJiyson said today h was investigating the poasibility that transients may have started the disastrous blaze while uir,g a partially constructed fruit warehouse as ramp site. Weary firemen and volunteers continued late today to pour tons of water onto the flames which. Intermittently sprang up from the, smoking ruins of the destroyed cr heavily damaged half block o buildings. Meteor Noted In Oregon Sky By The Associated Press 1 Oregonians from Portland. Eu gene and Klamath Falls reported seeing a brilliant flash, thought to have been a meteor. In the sky last night. Spectators at Eugene described the light to Dr. Hugh Pruett, astronomer for the extension di- ixion of the Oregon state system of higher education, as "five or 10 times brighter than brilliant Venus." They said it appeared south of the university city and traveled horizontally until it dis appeared in the southfest. HI Fall Show Now At Fairgrounds Marion county's 1 1th 4-H faU show open at the Oregon State Fair grounds today. Judging and showmanship classes In beef and hogs will be held thlt afternoon. Sheep showmanship and judging Friday morning and dairy judging and showmanship Friday after noon. Finished market stock will be sold nest week. Friday, Sep tember 8, at the 4th annual state 4-H club sale in connection with the Oiegon State fair. 4-iO Worker Answer Call to Hop, Bean Field Topping all days for the number of .workers in the bean and hop fields. Tuesday saw 4t0 workers loaded into 43 busses and trucks between 8 and 7:15 a.m. Prune harvest will begin about Septem ber 5-10. according to the. latent collection of opinions froarfe growers. Our Senators Los! i&T 11-8 ip