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I have been thinking for Km
time that full publicity for diplo
matic proceedings is not always
a sood thing. For instance, now
much of the present state of raw
nerve among the people or nu-
sia, of Britain, of the United
States Js due to the full reporting
of the speeches . of their repre
MnttivM at the peace confer
erne and s-iona of the United
Nat tons security council? There
has been olenty of direct and
rough sneaking at then sessions;
and the press of the world acta
a an amplifier of the harsh and
bitter language that is used. The
reactions of irritation and con
cern and even hostility are na
tural. Moreover, with the full re
iMtrtmg. delegates are tempted to
make more speeches to get
more headlines, more, new space.
Secret diplomacy has been de
nounced severely and secret treat
tes have long. 'been under suspi
eion. This was because the deals
of the past were generally dynas
tic, with no concern for the peo
ples involved, where the princi
pals are sincerely concerned about
the welfare of peoples as well as
nations negotiations in private are
far Jess reprehensible.
This business of too "many
Hmhn and lo much publicity
is dutcuMed by Edwin I- Jame.
managing editor of the New York
Times, jn a recent issue of the
Time. He summarizes the pros
and con of full publicity and re
port that "serious consideration
i being given to the possibility
of some modification of the pub
licity (Continued on editorial page)
Labor Camp
Children Await
School Verdict
While two school districts tried
to decide who would be responsi
ble for them, 173 children of
grammar school age today waited
at the Salem farm labor camp
for a school to be set up.
County surveyors yesterday
fdund that the dividing line be
tween the Pringle and Rickey
school districts split the labor
camp exactly tn half. No decision
was made Monday night at a
joint meeting 'of . the school
boards, labor camp officials and
County School Superintendent
Agnes Booth.
Two unused mess halls at the
camp are proposed as classroom
buildings since It Is reported im
possible for the already over
crowded district school to take
any more pupils. A decision as to
which district or agency will sup
ply the necessary funds for the
school is expected by Monday.
Children of high school age at
the camp are going to Turner
school in busses provided by the
achoctj.
National Debt
At New High
WASHINGTON, Sept.L 24
Put down $4005 and tack on eight
ro- $400.300.000,000 and you
get the total of the nation'a gov
ernmental and private debt at
the end of 1945, as reported to
night by the commerce depart
ment.
On the basis of the last census
In 1940 showing 150.S00.000 men.
women and children in the' Uni
ted States and its possessions, the
total debt would figure out to
roughly $2,660 apiece.
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ALBL'Ql'ERQL'E, N. M. Kept. 14.
Secretary of Agrlcultara Clinton
Andersen, who na4 It clear
thai M further Increases In
meat price ceilings are In pros
pert In a ta4l address her to
night. .
Salem Community
Chest Pre-drive
Aliexifl iof Selieclule
Salem's Community Chest pre-
campaign solicitation ia well
ahead of last year's record at
similar time and the minimum of
140,000 from large contributor
probably will be pledged before
the city wide campaign open next
week. Loyal Warner, chest pre
sident, said! Tuesday.
A. C. Haag, pre-campalgn chair
man, praising th efforts and effi
ciency of most of the workers to
the field, said that the profes
sional division was in the lead
on the basis of percentage of
quota secured.
The women division, with
more workers than all the rest
combined, will commence work
in residential districts next Tues
day. That division Is headed this
year by Mr$ . Carl E. Nelson.
NO TRACE OF BODY FOUND
No trace has been found of the
body of Cecil Lehman, Indepen
dence machine shop and garage
erator believed drowned Sun
day in the. Willamette river, state
police stated last night. Lehman
disappeared when attempting to
swim ashore after his amphibious
duck grounded on a gravel bar.
Animal Crackers
By WARREN GOODRICH.
a4 CKicac Son SrMlicsts fit
"Don't you feel orry for
them taken away from
their homes and mothers
and brought way out here
just to look at uZn
Red Aid Sought
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For Hungary
WASHINGTON. Sept. 24 4Kl
The United States accused Soviet
Russia today of violating Big
Three pledget by refusing to lend
a helping hand to economically'
distressed Hungary.
A note Id the soviet foreign
ministry called Russia's attention
to the Yalta pledge to assist "the
peoples of the former axis sate
llite' states 'of Europe to solve by
democratic means their pressing
political and economic problems."
The note said the "soviet gov
ernment not only has refused to
implement the undertaking but
moreover failed to indicate Its
reasons for so refusing."
Norman Schoficld
Services Today
Funeral services will be held
at 2 p.m. today for Norman Dean
Schofield, one! of the three Salem
youths killed; - last Friday In
truck-train crash at the Madison
street rail crossing in Salem. The
Rev. Robert Coultry will conduct
the service at Clough-Harrlck
chapel, followed by interment in
Belcrest Memorial park. .
The other two funerals were
conducted Monday. A coroner's
inquest into the three deaths Is
set for 10 a.m. today. .
Foreign Ministers Agree
On Debate Limitation
'
PARIS, Sept. 24-OP)-An Amer
ican delegation source said the
foreign ministers council agreed
tonight on limiting debate in
peace conference proceedings. In
an effort to meet the Oct. 15 dead
line for adjournment.
Detel
Slaughter
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Said Boon
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ALBUQUERQUE. N. M., Sept
24.-W)-Secretary of Agriculture
Andersoif told, farmers tonight that
meat ret ling prices were sufficient
y high rtow to stimulate product
tion and that the. present low
slaughtering of animals wouk
prove a boon, to consumers later
i Anderson outlined his views ir
a speech prepared for radio broad
cast, as representatives of the na
tion's meat packers in Washing
ton started -a new drive to havi
price controls removed from beef
i "Celling prices," Anderson said
"do not seem to be impending th
needed production of any agricul
tural commodity and we in i th
(agriculture department feel thai
price adjustments are behind ui
and thatf there should be few il
any , additional recommendation."
for upward price ceilings."
Discussing the present low mar
keting rate, the secretary salr
those who condemn the farmer
for holding tin fattened animals fl
the market should praise him in
stead. 4 , . ' ' . ,i
I "Our need at the moment I Mk
convert our record feed crops intof
meat rather than ruh livestock
to market before it is ready. Live-
stock men are converting that feed:
today. The result may not be ap
parent for months to come, but
it will be ynore than we otherwise;
would haVe."
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NINETY-SLTrH YEAR 10 PAGES Salem. Oregon, Wednesday Morning, September 25, 1946 Price 5c
No. 154
Wilsonville
Clott Plans
Given Setback
i PORTLAND. Sept 24(Speclal)
Completion of the Wilsonville
cutoff highway to Portland is not
in sight, members of the highway
commfsslon advised a delega-.
tion of persons at its meeting here
Tuesday The delegation, repre
senting the Salem, Wood burn and
Portland chambers of commerce
had urged concentration of funds
for 99E on this link which will
reduce the mileage by lour miles.
Chairman Banfleld stated that
since funds were not in alght to
complete the Job, estimated at
$2,250,000 i including the. bridge
over the Willamette, the commis
sion was disposed to widen 99 E
above Oregon City to relieve con
gestion on, that stretch of high
way. I
' Petitions- totaling over 2.S00
names asking for work on the
cut-off route were filed., with the
commission. -
tn other Paction the commission
approved a $185,000 .outlay for
its share of a proposed $3,000,000
timber access road program in
1947 and flashed a. green light
for the million dollar Pacific
highway improvement which in
volves cutting a boulevard
through Wtlf Creek mountain In
one of the biggest excavation
jobs In ye&rf. Bid awards went
to McNutt Uros.. Eugene, $877,031
for 5.54 miles of grading and top
ping the Olendale Junction-Wolf
Creek section, and to R. A. Heinz
Construction Co., Portland, $299,
478.50 for 7.81 miles of grading
and topping the Johns-Glendale
Junction section.
Shortage
Situation
No Belter
Adair Reservation
Closed to Hunters
The IS.OOO-acre Camo Adair
military reservation is closed to
hunting this year sui a protective
measure, ltwas announced Tues
day by T. fcF Whiteman, protect
manager directing the disposal of
surplus farm lands' there.
Whiteman said the closure was
necessitated, because many cattle
are grazing; on leased areas and
because a considerable number of
persons aref expected to be sur
veying the reservation as soon as
bids are called. The fire hazard
also was declared a factor.
Shortening Is shorter, meat Is
n)ore meager, soap Is scarcer, and
if there were any bright spots
14 the picture of essential supplies
they weren t shining out In most
piirts of the Salem area toddy.
Both homes and restaurants
were becoming more acutely
aware of the situation than at any
time in the off-snd-on crisis of
the past several months, and nei
ther wholesale nor retail deal
ers could offer much immediate
hope of improvement.
The general picture (which var
tes in some Instances) appeared
Ktq be this:
i About all the soap available
nsists of a chemical compound.
and dealers hesitate to stock it
heavily because of the loss possi
ble if they had a surplus when
(and if) fatty soap again appears
One major source indicated that
October might bring some allevia
tion, however.
i Shortening, or a good deal of It,
pears to be circumventing Sa
lem for the south and east, and
this area possibly is in more seri
otjs straits in this category than
Biny other places. Why such
should be the case, unless high
er1, and perhaps illegal, prices are
being paid elsewhere could not
be; explained.
Paoer Fred acta Short
Toilet tissue, paper towels abd
similar commodities were, becom
ing almost things of the past, and
there appeared no immediate
prospect of Improvement,
Canned fish is extremely scarce.
add also, possibly because of a
current celling price argument na
tionally, trunned meat is disap
pearing rapidly from the shelves.
As for fresh meat many mar
kets are completely out; poultry
prices went up 2 cents a pound
Tuesday but the supply Is short;
there U little il any pork anywhere
in this district: lamb la not avail-
lable In sufficient quantities to
I prove an adequate substitute for
otaer meats; mere is Very little
beef, and while there Is more on
the hoof, which would be avail
able soon, packers say they are
unable to handle it without loss,
unirier present ceilings.
Talk mt Black Market
Talk of black market operations
hail been more prevalent the last
jfeiy days, but so far. as could be
ascertained such operations are
limited to Individuals. In some In
stances the illegal trade apparent
ly j was being carried on by per-.
sons not even aware they were
disobeying a rule. No evidence of
jlare-scale organized black: mar-
tng has been uncovered.
Restaurants In the main - were
uiging to maintain their meat
us, but several were finding
substitutes (such as eggs, poul
try! and fish, although fresh fish,
tooj remained scarce). Prices of
kneals, in most Instances, appeared
po pt holding at the recently es
tablished levels regardless of OPA
Orders for a rollback, , '
"There was little evidence of
any; imminent closures, other than
those already effected, but sev-
Kal restaurants indicated they
Ight take a few days off for
alii redecorating.
TATE TRUCK BURNS
tires and most of the body of
state -owned truck were burned
Off when the vehicle caught fire
at tne fairgrounds at about a p.
pi. yesterday, city firemen report
27TJI DEATH IN CRASH
1 GANDER, Nfld., Sept 24 -P)
Loss of life In the Sabena air-
Liner crash grew to 27,' the equal
Of any commercial air line wreck
m iu story, with the death last
night of the Belgian industrial
ist Walter Devos.
eouatoirs Wairvo uaosDainis
GSeievedl by StaiWs Steundl
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Foreign
Circles
In Accord
Wallace
Endorses
Statement
By the Associated Press
Prime Minister Stalin's views
on war and peace drew acclaim
yesterday from Henry A. Wal
lace, wary comments from many
public figures and outright en
dorsement from a few.
The British and American gov
ernment officially were noncom
mittal. ' Wallace said 'The Morning
press carrying statements by both
Stalin and Kden has brought hope
to those millions all over the
world who are hungering and
thirsting for peace.
Several senators circled cau
tiously in an attempt to deter
mine what was behind the Stalin
statement.
Senator McClellan (D-Ark)
commented the world has nothing
to fear if Stalin "expressed the
true attitude of the Soviet Union
and its leaders." Senator George
(D-Ca) thought the difficulty rs
what to believe, since "only plea
sant predictions come out of Rus
sia."
A person highly placed in the
British government said unoffi
cially in London that Stalin a
statement evidently Intends "to
tell the western world that Soviet
Russia will answer" the United
States toughness' toward her
with a toughness of her. own
Stove Doubles for
Radio after Diiinei
EITfiKNK, Kept. 24-(A')-llcnry
Halt won't have te bur a radio
any mere; lie Just uses his
electric stove.
Holt discovered a pan of
water set on the stove brings In
radio station KORK very clear
ly. It's loudest at night.
An Investigating radio tech
nician said apparently the stove
worked like a crystsl set.
GOP Nominates
JohnMeCourt
PORTLAND. Sept. I4-(P)-John
B. McCourt. appointed by the
sovernor to the unexpired term
of the late District Attorney Tho
mas D. Handley, was formally
nominated today as republican
candidate for that office.
- The Multnomah county central
committee, which had already
recommended McCourt, made the
nominal official today.
In Salem Secretary of' State
Robert S. Farrell. Jr., Tuesdsy
confirmed his earlier announce
ment that he will accept a state
ment In behalf of John McCourt
for publication in the voters
pamphlet, despite passing of the
deadline for accepting statements
from earlier, nominated candi
dates i i
Petition Protests
Transfer of Salem
School Students
A petition protesting the trans
fer of school pupils from Bush to
Richmond, grade school was ready
for presentation to Salem school
officials today. .
The petition, signed by approxi
mately two score parents, de
clared such change compelled
the South 12th street school bus
to cross unnecessarily, two haz
ardous main-line railroad inter
sections, at Mission and at the Sa
lem Sand and Gravel corner. '
All but first grade pupils on the
Smith 12th bus were ordered
transferred from Bush to Rich
mond last week on the. grounds
that such a change would better
equalize the school loads.
Flax (Sirowers IProes Revision of Prices
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By Llllie L. Madsen
Farm Editor, The Statesman
MT. ANCEI, Sept 24.-(Special)
Flax growers at a special meeting
here today went on record against
accepting the present price of 48
cents offered j by the commodity
credit corporation in favor of hold
ing out for the original price set
up of 58 cents during the post
war period and recommending that
private and cooperative flax plants
of the Willamette valley be given
equal recognition.
The meeting was called by. the
flax coordinating committee, chos
en at Corvallis last spring .with
R. R. Mitchell of St. Paul as
chairman, and! Fred Schwab of
Mt Angel, secretary, to acquaint
Oregon's congressional delegation
with, the valley flax situation.
Guests were Sen. Guy Cordon,
Rep. Walter Norblad, State Sen
ator Allan Carson and Father Al
cuin Heibel of Portland, one of
the founders of the state's flax
cooperatives. Members on the com
mittee other than the chairman
and secretary are J. E. Price, Dr.
D. Barton l DeLoache. Jesse E.
Harmond, ail of Corvallis; L. L.
Laws of Saem, Glenn Ritchie of
Cornelius and Rufua Kraxberger
of Canby. Flax plants represent
ed at the meeting were Mt Angel,
Canby, St Paul. Dayton, Wash
ington county, Northwest of Eu
gene, Santlara of Jefferson, State
flax plant and Benton county. Ab
sent were Siiverton, Molalla and
Springfield.
, Both Cordon and Norblad urged
growers to send them . coordi
nated repoHj of the entire situa
tion. Both stated that they had re
ceived various opinions from the
different flax groups but that they
wanted a complete statement of
all facta from the one group, and
that without this they were power
less to act Carson urged the grow
ers to state both sides 'of the ques
tion! so that the congressional dele
gation would know "for what they
had to dig up answers.
Considerable dissatisfaction was
expressed concerning government
handling of the flax situation. In
opening the meeting, Chairman
Mitchell said that while he was
lint thiamine invnn. nnlesa it was
the pax producers themselves, fer
the price situation, be felf that the
industry had not had all the facts
presented to government as they
should have been. He also felt that
some moral obligation by the gov
ernment wss due the producers for
the flax plants they had put up
ait lb behest during the war.
! The questions as to whether the
flax) can bo grown aa economicslly
In the) Willamette . valley as in
foreign countries, and whether the
fibre is as good here, were dis
cussed by Dr. D. D. Hill of the
fiaxiand linen board. Dr. D. Bar
ton De Loache and Jesse E. Har
monki, all of Corvallis, who agreed
that! more time ' was needed for
sludy of new varieties of flax to
pk-oduce better and more uniform
flbef and that this period of study
should be done largely by gov
ernment help.
I Harmond said, he felt that the
mechanical ' side of the industry
could be so developed that the
valley could compete with the low
cost of European labor, but that
this should be done in the Im
mediate future and not 10 years
from now when the Oregon flsx
plants might have been forced
out of the picture.
Harry Asbahr of the Santism
plant stressed the need of bring
ing quality Into the industry; L.
L. Laws spoke of the need of lin
en plants In the valley, adding
that "no one would think of ship
ping logs to the east to be maniv
factured Into lumber. Father Al
cuin urged Immediate action and
it. was at his suggestion that the
coordinating committee was giv
en power by vote of the growers
to prepare the report for the con
gressional delegation and to put
pressure to bear on the price
situation.
M. C. Donaldson of the Com
modity credit corporation, an
nounced a meeting was to be held
at Portland Wednesday when final
details in the flax loan would be
worked out somewhat on similar
principals as the wheat loan.
Kaiser Denies
Report of Huge
Vrartime Profit
WASHINGTON, Kept. 24 (An
Henry J. Kaiser figured tonight
that he and his family netted
about $3,000,000 from four war
time shipbuilding firms but said
they face a possible $18,000,000
loss from related steel operations.
He gave this- estimate to re
porters Who questioned him after
a session of the house merchant
marine committee Investigating
wartime "shipbuilding profits. So
many sets of statistics were re
ceived there that Rep. McConnell
(R-Pa) remarked: "We are in a
temple of confusion."
The committee originally had
before it maritime commission
figures Indicating that four Kaiser
companies reaped estimated prof
its and fees or $192,000,000 from
a capital investment of approxi
mately $2,000,000
Kaiser called this "all wrong"
and "absolutely ridiculous."
He told the committee the prof
it figure did not reflect recov
eries to the government through
contract renegotiations, taxes and
other offsets.
Kaiser Insisted that the com
bined net profits of all the war
time KaUer shipyard operations
were less wan orie-iemn oi one
per cent of dollar volume.
Truman Says
Crisis Remains
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -(Al-Presldent
Truman said today the
nation is "in Just as great an
emergency as In the days of Pearl
Harbor, and called for election of
a congress In sympathy with the
1944 democratic platform.
Jumping Into the middle of the
congressional campaign In an ad
dress before 30 democratic con
gressional nominees from 17 states
at tho White House, the president
asserted "wo are in Just as great
an emergency and have been
ever since VJ-day as we were
when Pearl Harbor happened."
That emergency, he added, will
"continue until we can get peace
and production."
High Court to Hear
Parking Meter Cane
The state supreme court Tues
day granted a motion to advance
the case of Morris against the
city of Salem, involving the In
stallation of parking meters, and
the proceeding was set for Octo
ber 10.
Morris contends that the con
tract entered Into between the
city council and a parking meter
manufacturer Is invalid. The low
V court for Marion county held
for Morris.
2 BURN IN SHIP FIRE
NEW YORK, Sept 25.-(Wed-
nesday) -(AO-Two men were burn
ed to death, and three others are
missing in a fire in the forepart of
the tanker Bennington, the vessel
reported in an "urgent message"
picked up early today by RCA
Radio Marine corporation.
MOSCOW, Sept. St.-OtVFor-
elgn circles generally Interpreted
Council
Rebuffs
Russians
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Br Frajuts W. Carpwster
LAKE bUCCKSS, N.Y., Sept
24-4V So iet Rumis lost a stub
born fight tonight to have tho
United Nations security coumil
inquire into the presence of Allied
soldiers in alien non-enemy coun
tries after China hai bluntly said
the question iof American trrx ts
in that country wa its Own butt
,rie. j i
The vote was seven to t
against putting the ItuuUn rto
!'al on the security council agen
da.' !ula and Poland voted to
gether In the minority ami Frame
and Fgypt abstained. The seven
voting against Ituttia . were the
United States.! Oreat Britain. Aus
tralia, llraiill The Nether Is r. Is,
Mexico and China,
Council Mate Cleared
The t-oonci! which has held al
mo dally meetings since it ttt k
up new members late in August
thus cleared Its slate of q jestw ns.
Andrei A. Orpmyko, Soviet K.i
slan delegate and coun0l prt i
dentsaid the, council wild meet
next at 10:30 am. EDT. Thurs
day at the office of the secret ry
Netterel in downtown Manhattan.
Prime Minister Stalin's latest This session wjll be i l and tr.e
statement on foreign olicy to- council will consider It report to
night as a mine to reussute the '' geneial Acm!y, scheduled" to
world that Russia earnestly wants met In New Yoik Octoler 23.
peace. fromke Baffled
The prime minister, replying to-j In a last statement Jut before
day U nine written questions sub- the vote, Gromyko Sil he tcuid
mitted September 17 by Alexati-j not understand why ' the Soviet
der Werth, Moscow correspond- ! statement yesterday wai strong iy
ent of the London Sunday Times, i resented by Britain and the Vt ,t
said he saw no real danger of war ; ed States. He aald hu rTJet U t
and expreiised the belief that ' information was not direct! i ur
Hussia and thf western! demiM-ra" tirulst ly at tliece rountiie tut
cies could liv tieacefully In the was Intended fur ail countries.
China's scholailv deleft l' L
Hsai, wasted no w rls Uihr.g
same world.
The reaction of the Russian pub
lic was typified by a machine i !tunia that th Unite-! Stt-s it
snop foreman wno, on reaoing tne i Chinese government wulJ de
cide "when or whether" American
troops Would be withdrawn frm
China.
Power
Strike
statement on the front page .of
Izvestla, Uie government newspa
per, smiled and said: "Good."
Stalin's opinion that he did not
believe the - atomic ttomh was a
"serious a force as certain politi
cians are Inclined to regard it" ap
parently as readily accepted by
the Russian people,
A Moscow office worker said
"1 feel a lot better about the sit
uation after Stalin spoke. I had
been wondering what teally was
going to happen but now I see
clearly that war talk in other
countries Is not a real danger and
there is no reason for a conflict.
A Moscow housewife said she
had felt alarmed at war talk "but
now 1 am not going to worry
about a new war. Stalin has said
! ' . work stoppage
injunction.
George L. Mueller, S3, presi
dent of the power workers unln
striking against the Duo,uer.e
Light company Which set re
about l.SOO.OOd residents Jn aa
AURORA, Sept. 24 Because of 17-square-mile area, was sen
Its value., the ! lumber was piled . tenced to ore ear in Allegheny
on the lawn of the Main street ' ount J" pontempt of .court,
residence of Mr. and Mrs. rred : Th senteme was pmmd ouuaiy
Anderson, operators of the Cole! elderly Allegheny County
lumber mill on the west side of J"dge Harry !. Kown4, after
Aurora. But wbH i' Andersons day-long hearing on the prW.rm
were out of town for an aftenuM.n. ! ni,rf lnJuncttor' which wa
the valuable rathe was hauled t-'led indefinitely with slight
away by the trUckload. A number modifications. :
of townsfolk saw the daylight) f"d Rowand. sltUng en bane
and Walter P. Smart
Lumber Stolen
From Lawn
In Pittsburgh,
Leader Jailed
PITTSBURGH. Sept 24-Ofl-A
power strike spread paralysis in
business and industry in the
Pittsburgh steel arts today is a
court oi tiered It ended by tomor
row and Jailed the Independent
wno ordered the
in defiance of an
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i....i..i taib.,1 . lis, th- cif.uti. naugner
(Miinted new "owners" of the lum
ber.
Julius Johnson, contractor on
the Job of ralMlng ami widening
tho bridge over the j'uddlng rivet
overflow channel, is luckier than
the Andersons.; No one saw the
theft of one of his trucks, but the
vehicle has been recovered.
DIAMOND MINE FOUND
UUNUUN, Bept. Z4-W) XX
change telegraph reported to
night what It called "official con
firmation" that a diamond mine
discovered In Britain's Tangan
yika territory In Africa "is eight
times larger than any in the
world.
MAKGARINE COSTS RISE
WASHINGTON, Sept 2.-JP)-
A price Increase of "at least two
cents" for consumer packages of
margarine and shortening was
forecast by an OPA official to
night as higher ceilings for oil
ingredients were authorized.
CRANE FOR SALE HERE ,
A 30-ton steam locomotive crane
priced at $2,900 and miscellane
ous chemicals and plastics are on
sale as surplus property at the
Salem alumina plant, the . war
assets administration announced
Tuesday.
Silvertoij Honpitnl
Addition! Shirtcd
SILVERTON, I S e p t. 24 -Tlrst
steps toward construction of the
new wing on the feiivertou nospit
al have been completed. The nur
ses home, formerly the old Mount
residence, has been moved from
its Phelps street setting to fare
Welch street, and a number or oak
trees have been taken out in the
grounds east of the present build
ing. Excavation for the new uiniu
ing will begin shortly, Mrs. George
Steelhammer. president of the
board, reports.
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EL SALVADOR IN BEIGE
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador,
Sept. 24 -(A)- The national as
sembly today decreed a state of
seigne throughout El Salvador as
the result of a general strike
which has paralyzed transporta
tion and industry throughout the
nation. !
sentenced Mueller after the latter
flatly refused to apl Uo fur h,e
part in ordetlngi the strike an.t
for remarks heli anegl to haie
made ronrrrrililg the legality, if
the preliminary! Injunction, grant
ed September f. ,
Theft Reported
At HiiHifk Market
CHURCH APPEAL DENIED
PORTLAND, Sept. 24-P)-The
Oregon office of civilian produc
tion administration today report
ed the appeal of the ; Immanuel
Lutheran church. SUverton,. for
approval of a $14,000 addition,
had been denied in Washington,
D. C.
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BELGIANS AGREE TO TERMS
WASHINGTON, Sept 24.-(P)-Belgium
signed a final lend-lease
settlement with the United States
today and agreed to pay $18,000,
000 for surplus American army
property. j
The Weather
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scattered showers.; HlKlxrot trinpoia
ture today 73. Lowest temprratuie
toslgll 47.
An undetermined i rri o 11 n 1 In
cash and checks wss taken by
burglars from the safe st the Bu
sk market at South Commercial
and Marion streets Monday night,
investigating detectives report
The Job is belitved by police to
have been done by professionals.
The combination was knotkel
from the safe knd the tumblers
were picked by burglars who
gained entrance! through a win
dow on the south of the build. r. a.
Loot was evidently carried away
in a 100-lb. sack from which po
tatoes were emptied.
Colonel Luper
Moved to China
PORTLAND, Sept. 24-n-A
former Salem resident whr,e
World War II record includes the
silver star, nine (other decorations,
and Imprisonment in Germany
was headed today for Nanking,
China, to Join the American mili
tary advisory group. v
Col. James K. Luper, Jr., a West
Point graduate, was named to the
mission recently Luper comma rd
etfc 1500 eighth air force bombers
which struck the French coait on
D-day.
DREAMBOAT READY
HONOLULU, Sept 24.OVThe
superfortress "Pacusan Dream
boat" expects, with favorable
weather, to take, off early tomcr
row morning on it projected
flight over the top of the world
to Cairo, Col. C. S. Irvine, the
pilot, said today! ' ,
CAR RINO SENTENCED
DETROIT, Sept 24 -)- PrUcn
Sentences up to two yea re and
fines totaling heerly $100,000
were impittl Uki'T on 24, men
convicted aa conspirators In what
the governmentj once labelled
"the nation's largest ued car
black market ring.''