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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 27, 1946)
; tow ' ' T ; IF U TPCDDDQCg Sunday before last the New York Times celebrated the 50th anniversary of its launching of a bock review supplement, Adolph Och had onhr a little while prev iously come up from Chattanooga arid bought the Times for a mere ST5.000. It must have been ouite a venture to add this supplement to a paper struggling against such well-entrenched papers as the in bune. the Herald, the Sun. to say nothing of Pulitzer's World and braih young William Randolph Hearst's Journal, which now the Journal-American a few days ago blew its trumpet over the 50th anniversary of Hearst's invasion of New York journalism. The Time thrived under the Ochs management, until it is rec t mi zed as the most complete and an eminently fair and respectable newspaper. The latecomer tabloid. the Daily News, surpasses il in circulation: but the Times, "though somewhat stodgy, is recognized as the greatest newspaner in the country, desoite the Chicago Tri bune's self-chosen Sslogan of World Greatest Newspaper. i What a change has come in the magazine field in the span of SO years. Then the Century maga zine was in its prime, with Rich ard Watson Gilder as editor. Scrib ner's flourished. A little la ted Mc Clure's magazine leaped to fame with it muckraking articles by Lincoln Steffens and Ida M. Tar bell. Munsey's magazine was a popular periodical. The Saturday Evening Post was stretching out into its great prosperity under Cyrus II. K. Curtis as publisher and George Horace Lorimer as editor. Edward Bok was making the Ladies Home Journal a "must in polite homes it still is, and claims the biggest (Continued on editorial page) New Census Shows Growth In Mid-Valley State census taking in 43 Ore gon towns during, the past year confirm marked population growth in all 43 places since the 1940 federal- census, according to reports in the secretary of state s office Saturday. ' State census facilities, estab lished by the 1945 state legisla ture to enable towns to benefit f rom state highway and liquor funds through ' their increased population, are used at the -rJMise of the towns involved. T Willamette valley towns in the reports showed the following comparison of recent state-determined population in contrast to the 1940 population mark: Mt. Angel, 1279 from 1032: In dependence. 1608 from 1372; Woodburn. 2200 from 1982; Wil lamina. 886 from 677; Cornelius. 781 from 637: Philomath, 876 from 856; Carlton. 964 from 864; Molalla. 1236 from 907; Lafay ette. 560 from 409: Dayton, 535 from 506; Monmouth. 1072 from 965; Sheridan. 1504 from 1294; Canby. 1236 from 988; Browns vilie. 960 from 784; Sweet Home; 2141 from 1090; Sherwood, 563 from 447. Football Scores Willamette 7, CPS 0 Coll. Idaho 19? UBC 7 Pacific 9, Linfielri 0 . Oregon 26, Idaho 13 I Oregon Stale 13, WSC 12 Washington 20, Calif. 6 j USC 28, Stanford 20 UCLA 33, Santa Clara 7 j Army 19, Duke 0 t Notre Dame 41, Iowa 6 Rice 18,Texai. 13 Illinois 13, Michigan 9 , Ohio State 39, Minn. 9 SOCE 9, OSC Jayvees 7 Committee to Seek Action on Camp School By CONRAD MANGE Staff Writer. The Statesman A committee headed by Charles A. Sprague will meet with the Salem district school board early this week in- an effort j to stimu late plans for the education of some 150 elementary schoolless children at the farm labor camp . Appointment of the-committee arose from an educators-citizens meeting in the Marion " county court chambers Saturday morning. The conference was called by Mrs Agnes Booth, Marion county school superintendent, after Prln gle and Rickey school districts at a meeting last week disclaimed responsibility for a school at the camp. The committee appointed Sat urday includes Guy Hickok of Sa lem Agricultural Housing. Inc.; L. J. Stewart. Rickey school board acting chairman; George Sandy, director of the state veterans af fairs department; and Carl Bart- ruff, Pringle school boards hair man. . h . .. - i The committee will ask the Sa lem school board to "take imme diate steps to set up a school at the farm labor camp." The com mittee also will request a meeting of the state emergency board for "Immediate" state aid in the project A ' i In a closing statement, : Mrs. Booth stressed "future ' planning by the district school boards so that emergency situations of this kind can be handled properly. Sa lem a growth means that districts should begin now planning build ing programs before their next! budget meetings. "Established areas should consider the possi bilities of consolidating among themselves or with the Salem dis trict," she added. I Roy Rice, Marion county com missioner, presided at the meet ing. Also present were Rex Put nam, state superintendent of schools; Lester Wilcox, of the state education department; A. Ellison and James Fenley, Pringle school board members; Raymond Rhoten, attorney representing Pringle and Rickey districts; George Alderln and Ed Potter, of the Salem Board of Realtors; Frederick Settle and William Murphy, farm labor camp supervisors; Ed Taggert, education officer in state veterans' affairs department; Ed Rogers, county commissioner; Frank Bennett, su perintendent of city schools; Con nell Ward, clerk of city schools; the five appointed committeemen, and Mrs. Booth. 9 Candidates for Woodlnirn Offices WOODBURN, Oct. 26 Nine men are in the running for city offices to be voted on in the No vember election, it was announced at city hall today after last night's filing deadline. Fred Hecker and Elmer Matson are candidates for mayor. Incum bent Mayor Harold Austin did not seek reelection. Two incumbent officials are unopposed for reelec tion. City Recorder George Beach and City Treasurer Glenn Goulet. Five others filed for the four council posts to be filled in the election. West side candidates are Marshall Hicks, C. W. Smith and Tom Workman. East side candi dates are Jess Fiken and E. J. vHugbes. Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODPICH Salem Electric To Reduce Rates A reduction in rates announc ed Saturday as the lowest elec tric Vpower rates In the United States will go into effect Novem ber 1 for patrons of Salem Elec tric, according to Manager Harry Read. The new rate schedule disclos ed by Read charges 2',i cents for the first 50 kilowatt hours, 11 cents for the next 50, one cent for the next 100, one-half cent for the next 600 and three-quarters cent for anything in excess. Read said Salem Electric pro vide 88 per cent of thf electric service in West Salem and 15 per cent in Salem. . -'7' :-i:---r-f! ' , r ' sotJMtBig 1651 General NmETY-srxni year 22 pages Salem.' Oregon, Sunday Morning. October 27, 1848 Price; Sc No. 182 Med ddu Steelineii To Seek Pay Rise By tb Associated Press An agreement 'was signed Sat urday settling the shipping strike on the east and gulf coasts and the government:? expressed the hope it might bring an early end fo the west coast tieup too. ii Meanwhile, steel - moved j back into the labor spotlight when CIO president Philip Murray disclosed he j would demand a "healthy wage increase for' his 900,000 steel workers." $ ' Steel: thus became the fourth major industry crippled by strikes earlier this year to be served with notice- demand for , a ' "second round' wage increase was on the Way. Unions representing em ployes In the coal, automobile and meat packing industries previous ly had submitted: new wage de mands or announced their inten- tionj of doing so. a r With an agreement signed be tween Atlantic and Gulf shipown ers land the AFLg masters, mates and; pilots union, ! the U.S. mari time commission Announced that work would begin Monday on 1181 ships bottled up on those coasts for 26 days. U.S. concilia tion: director Edgar l; Warren said he hoped the agreement would lead to "speedy settlement ' on tne west coast. " : ' I ' The maritime commission said striking members f the CIO mar ine engineers benefit association would also be back on the lob on the east and gulf coasts Mon days ; - j -The new basic wage on Liberty ships will range from $265 to $581 compared with $230 to $505 under the old AFT, agreement. The un ion Originally sought 30 per cent boost. Ik ;;'.!! ri ' Nears Finish ! "a Completion of (streets at the Salem veterans' housing colony by next Saturday -was predicted yesterday by City Engineer J. H Davis. ; I- . Weather and lack of materials have delayed work for several weeks but grading Is nearly, fin ished now ' and i graveling will start next week, Davis said. Resi dents of the project are not driv ing in the mud any more, as a huge pile of dirt has been graded to a point on Cross street which prohibits traffic onf colony streets. Veterans have already moved their families into some of the recently completed 24 housing units despite the:, mud, Joseph Hopkins, project manager, said yesterday. The Portland General Electric company told Hopkins that six of the nine street lights authorized by the city council August 26 will be installed soon. PGE said that; materials shortages had caused delay. Street Pro j Homecoming Highlights mil Arrested Twice on Liquor Charge Arrested twice within three hours on charges of driving while under the influence of intoxicat ing liquors, Clarence Albert Eld ridge, route 1, Aurora, posted total bail of $600, in order to obtain release after both arrests, the sheriffs office reports. He was ar rested by state police at 6:25 p.m.. near j Hopmere, and: again at 9:15 .m.t near St. Paul 1 111 1 11 1 f -r: i j la the fanfare ef WlUametU untyefslty's fceaaeeesning weekend, be side um leatwrea f ibik ga . ta wnai tmm neaae teaaa a aastddy 1 - .Victory from the CeUege ef Paget '-ftoand, the 8lgms Ta fraternity wen top henars 4 cash prise far Its eaaapua hesae eeamlBg sign (top) land m leTtag enp for their part in the Friday night noise parade,. Betb. prisea were awarded last night at the hoaaeeomlng dance In the eaaapns gymnasiam. Altnengta Mgma Tan wen parade honors, the comely nolaemakers of PI Beta; Phi sorority (below) attracted quite as much attention on their hay wagon as did the Slgsna Tan bnlldoser . with plow and bell and aeml-trnck with siren.. The Sigma Tan display between Collins hall and the music school showed a mechanical football-Malformed bearcat horsewhipping a plowing CPS lumberjack agalnat a back ground sign with the homecoming slogan, "Plow the. Ground with Puget Sonnd." Viewing the winning sign In the above picture are (left to right) Enid Lyean, Olympia. Wash.. Shirley Klaeeeu, Grand view. Wash., and Nancy Montgomery, Salem. (Statesman pnotoa by Don Dill. sUff photographer). Property Sale By U. S. Slow WASHINGTON, Oct 29 -(JP)-Lagging sales and leases of $8,000, 000,000 worth of wartime indus trial properties raise the prospect that the government will remain in the real estate business for years, officials reported tonight. Thev cited the advent of rockets. jretjor! GI Training Rises Despite Ceiling Local Boy Scouts to Pick Up Paper Today Bundles of paper were al ready appearing on Salem streets last night in prepara tion for the Boy Scout paper drive today. Pickups will begin at 12:30 p.m. when 200 scouts and 18 . trucks will go into action, according to Lyle Leigh ton, scout executive. OPA May Abandon Rate Suits WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 - (A1) The end of OPA'i intervention in electric, gas, telephone, streetcar and other utility rate cases was foreshadowed tonight in the resig nation of Harry R. Booth. OPA Utilities counsel and chief of the public utilities branch. Booth told a reporter that "with OPA decontrollinc 90 oer cent of mm . .... T mil roods, it is impossible to con tend seriously that a stabilization problem now exists In the utilities industries.' Existing agencies can handle the Job of holding - utility rate in creases to reasonable levels. Booth said, especially since the "price level in the utility industry is now oeiow what it was in 1941." 'Less Intervention' OPA had no official comment but one aide said there Is "likely to be less and less Intervention1" by the prico agency to oupewt in creases sought by utility compa nies. Meanwhile an OPA spokesman Mid Administrator Paul A. Porter may discontinue his regular Sat urday morning broadcasts to housewives. Porter did not go on the air today. Decision on resuming the radio talks will depend, the spokesman said, on how much price control Is left after the decontrol of non food items scheduled by, Novem ber 1. OPA SUff Larger The scope of the November de controls also will determlnehow rapidly OPA will reduce Its -staff of 34,000 which Is 2,000 larger than in March. - The enforcement payrolls were cut by 2,200 by the ending of meat ceilings, a spokesman said, but where possible the employes were shifted into vacancies In other units of OPA. (I- Buildings Destroyed At Nome 26 -i,V . Brig. Gen. Henry Meyer, assistant commanding general of the 2nd Infantry dlvUlon at fort Lewis, Wash., who will represent the war department and the slath army when colors will be re turned to four Oregon national guard units which served with the 41st Infantry during the war. The ceremony la set for Wednesday at the state house here. ,1 tm! OmyfaiH.. President Given Lavish, Armored Railroad Car "Why all th professional fuss? It can only be one of f two thing!" WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -UP) For the first time in the history of White House travels, the presi dent of the United States has his own private railroad car, Charles G. Ross, press secretary, disclos ed today. , Although lavishly fitted, the car set the taxpayers back a mere $10, having been donated by the Association of American Rail roads. It is a veritable rolling fort ress, with tough armor plate and three-inch thick windows of bullet-proof glass. It weighs 286,520 pounds. An ordinary steel pass enger car weighs around 160,000 pounds. Actually, the car has been as signed solely to presidential use since early in the war. But until last June it was owned by the Association of American Rail roads. The White House has a fleet of automobiles. It has an air corps plane, the Sacred Cow, re served, for presidential trips. It has the yacht, the J Williamsburg. And if the president has a mind to, he can press a buzzer for his naval aide and say: ; "Get me a cruiser. I've got to go to Potsdam." But for rail travel, the chief executive relied through , the years on regular Pullman com pany equipment, the samel pri vate! cars anybody could hire by paying the customary rates, f Early in the war Michael F. Reillyy then head kl the White House secret service detail, .de cided more protection was need ed. Members of the Association of American Railroads chipped in on the cost and the Pullman Standard Car Manufacturing com pany! provided the work. ' , At the front of the car is a parlor with easy chairs, sofa and radio. In the center are several bed rooms, the president's equip ped with a complete bath. At the rear are a dining room and small kitchen. '-. operators appear reluctant to bid for surplus plants for making tra ditional types of explosives, and ordinary aircraft engines because of uncertainty over their future. The war assets administration set next July 1 as the target date- for liquidating a good part of the job but officials expressed doubt that the goal will be met. Cab Damaged in Collision with Bus The entire front end of a Yel low cab was damaged in an acci dent which broke one headlight of a Greyhound bus at about 2:55 p.m. yesterday on North High street, city police report. The bus driver, Paul F- Hart, 633 Ferry st., going south, began a left turn into an alley which leads to the bus terminal and brakes on a taxi driven by Max C. Fallin reportedly! failed , to hold, accodring to police, caus ing the car to crash Into :the front of the bus which was al ready stopped New enrollment of veterans for on-the-job training exceeds the number of training .agree ment cancellations, despite the recent law which limits Income of trainees, it was reported Sat urday by O. I. Paulson, state director of vocational education. Paulson's report to Gov. Earl Snell showed that throughout the state 8,000 world war II veterans are enrolled or completing en rollment for on the job training, with 7,300' of them already re ceiving -subsistence allowances. Woodburn Community Chet Drive To-w $1000 WOODBURN, Oct. 26 Well over $1000 has been j pledged1 in the local community chest cam paign and remainder of the $1750 is expected to be raised in clean up solicitation throughout the city in the coming week. Cam paign Chairman John Enschede announced today. SUGAR STAMPS VALID PORTLAND, Oct. 26 Spare stamps nine and ten, good for five pounds each of home canning sugar, will continue fo be valid through Nov. 30, 1946, the office of price administration announ ced today. Both stamps were ' to expire Oct. 31, 1946. I Admiral Reveals Water Seals off A-Homl) Kays PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 26-tA1) -Vice Admiral Daniel E. Barbey, commander of the U.S. 4th fleet in the Atlantic, predicted tonight the primary fleet of the future may be an underseas flotilla because water serves to seal off lethal rays of the atomic bomb. BEEF PRICES DROP PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 26 -(IP) Shoppers continued indifferent tu beef offerings today and retail prices for all cuts of beef drop ped 10 per cent, George Zenner, vice president of the Portland Food Merchants' association, re-ported. High Vote in State Predicted Prediction of a 60 per cent-of- registration vote, about double the Oregon vote in the May pri mary election, was made Satur day by Manager David O'Hara of the state elections bureau. About 30 per cent voted in the primary and 80 per cent of reg istered voters went to the polls in the last presidential election, he said. O'Hara expects registra tion over ' the state, still being tabulated, to show considerable more eligible voters for the gen eral election than the 551,753 to tal for last May s primary. O Hara asserted that wide spread interest in the proposed pension plan and school support measures on the ballot accounts largely for his expectation of the increased vote. Maison in Line For Command, Rilea States PORTLAND, Ore . Oct 26-4V Brig. Gen; Thomas E. Rilea. Ore gon National Guard adjutant gen eral, said today that Col. Harold G. Maison. Salem, had qualified for promotion to Brigadier Gen erl. He added that Maison Is "squarely In line to take over the 41st division four years from now on the basis of a current agree ment between Oregon and Washington." Gen Rilea aluo said Col. Will lam D. Jitkoon, Portland, had qualified to become a general of ficer. The agreement between the states Is thit a Washington offi cer will take command of the di vision for four years, Gen. Rilea said. He predicted that Col. Mai son would become assistant divi sion commander and commander of Infantry, while Col. Jackson becomes division artillery commander. EntoniaiiH Claim Avenue of Relief MIAMI. Fla., Oct. 26 -iJP)- A possible avenue by which a group of 18 Estonian refugees might be admitted into this country until congress has a chance to act, was telegraphed President Truman to day. Under a proclamation of the late President Roosevelt, Issued Nov. 14, 1941, the secretary of state with the concurrence of the attorney general has the power to waive entrance papers, Mr. Tru man was informed in, a telegram signed by.Breslow and Gelb, at torneys for the refugees. REGISTRATION HIGH WASHINGTON, Oct. 26-1)-A state-by-i-Uite survey today showed 59,669,656 persons have qualified to vote in this year's elections. Men's Garden Club Plant Auction Sells Over 100 Flowers Going going gone. Auctioneer Roy Smith was handed another plant to sell at the Salem Men's Garden club fall flower show and the new owner of a . huge ralla lily stepped forward to claim his prize. More than 100 potted flowers, all donated, were sold at auction by the club last night. Proceeds of the sale will be contributed toward the publication of the gar den club handbook, President Mark Taylor said last night. Feature event of the plus 200 individual displays was the ar rangement by men only. J. H. Van Cleve won the sweepstakes award In this exhibit and Iee Canfield won first prize. Paul Waid. 13, won the special junior award. Seven garden clubs represented were the Salem. K I n g w o o d , Rickey, Lansing, Neighbors, Wod burn. Little Garden club, -of Sa lem Heights, and the Camellia and Rhododendron society. The flow er show will continue today from 10 am. to 8 p.m. Goering Had Poion Vial Since Capture NUERNBERG. Oct. 26 0P Hermann Goering had! the vial of poison with which he commit ted suicide from the time he was captured a report by the four power commission Investigating his death said today. At some time the vial was in his alimentary tract, and it could have been hidden for a time In his toilet of his cell, the report added. SEATTLE, Ort. whipped waves, p"4hing 1(0 feet in the air, $mhi new s:el bulkheads along the N un water front tonisht, destrnjre.1 sewral buildings, endangered! u'hr art piled debris well aLoie all prev ious high water mailt. (Weather bureau offici $l nut the peak of the storm, sweepir g in from the Bering ej, would not be reached until atxmt mrt nifht Nome time (3 am. PT). All building eat (4 the Min ers and Merchants bnlc r.ae been wanned out with the ecr tinrj of a power haut htcri threatened with detru - n. Remaining home, tt'rwi. ware houses and hotel j on Front street, the main thr fr along the bcath, were being fcat- tered by the towering wvc sn.l " wreckage of structures already leveled. Moved to ftafety ' j AH occupants of; buiUlrgs along the seaward S'.uth tt1e f the street have been mo v.i t? safety and supplies hive been carried out of danger. N mt citi zens have been organized into emergency trews to help th whore home and bu.ne pUtes have borne the brunt of trie storm. Wayes virtually wlpe.1 xjt r.w steel bulkheads lnit:;-1 rr!y three months ago. leaving tr.e rear of the bulldlngi exr ! from the eart end of the King LLr.t (fekimo) village to the Northern ' Commercial company b ii! lir.g at the west end of the town. Ne Damage Eattaaate j No esUmate of the damage possible while the atorm tj;l raged, but civic leaders be!.e the loss may exceed that suffer ed lat fall when m similar storm lashed the community.; At 4 p m. Nome time (II p m. F,ST) weather bureau nffuiais said winds had rea hf m ilty of 35 to 60 miles an hut and would become lnrtea.r,a!e strong an the storm auprfwehed its peak, j! DAM MAY DOI'BLK AM BRIDGE PORTLAND, Oct. 26 -(A)- Con structing McNary dam in such a way that It will erve as founda tion for a Columbia river bridge was recommended to the war department today by the public roads administration. Documents Found, Tell OJ Washington's Death The Weather Max, Mih. Preetp. Saleoi 44 J7 M Portland 47 -40 5 San Faancisco ... M 48 .00 Chicago Ii 4 .00 New York 69 62 .19 Willamette river 2.0 feet. FORECAST from U.S. weather bu reau. McNary field. Salem I: Cloudy today with occasional light showers becoming partly clear tonisht. Hlgheat temperature M. Lowest 3i. WASHINGTON, Oct. 26-()- Discovery of four pricelei-s docu ments bearing on the death of George Washington was an nounced tonight by Leslie L. Bif fle, secretary of the senate. One written by Martha Wash ington gave her consent to the en tombment of the first president's body in a capitol vault. The original manuscripts, yel lowed with age, were found this week in an ancient chest covered with faded silk brocade. The chest was In a small, out-of-the-way storeroom in the basement of the capitol. How the papers escaped de struction when the capitol was burned by the British in 1814 remained a mystery. Biffle said there ix no doubt in his mind that the letters and other official papers are original. Ref erences to some, although not all of them, have been found in early congressional journals. In chronological order, they in clude: 1. A letter from T bias Leer, written from Mount Vernon to President John Adams dicloing Washington's death; 2. Adam's announcement of the news to congress; 3. A resolution diawrf by a joint congresional committee ask ing permission of the widow to deposit the body in a vault in the capitol; 4. Martha Washington's reply that she gave consent "with keen est anguish." Scotland Yard Faces ,3 New Jewel Thefts LONDON, Oct 26 -ffv S.-cS, land Yard's, general staff, already without a trace of the u Im $80,000 jewels of the rj-he t Windsor, was . confront-! W itn three more mysteries t ir the disappearance or theft ot t41,20 In gems and fur from St. Jrr.M palace and the boudoirs of two American-born titled wwnen. Thieves who have ittn away with $300,000 ef Jewelry and furs In the last two month in Brit ain's postwar crime wave ad4et these three jroupe to one nt tre most amazing records ever, enter ed In Scotland ' Yard's cr- in desed archive: 1. Stole $3200 worth of rl.j mond from fabuloua St. Jarre palace, housing personnel of tr royal household. The victim u American-born Lady Pier Len. 2. Looted the home of Kath leen, the Marchioness of Hartu g. don, who Is the daughter f J. -eph P. ' Kennedy, the blitz-t.me United Slates emtad r to the court of St. Jame The n estimated at $40 000 In gem. 3. Robbed the Otme aqu&re home of J. Harvey and his dun ter. R. Betty Llvingiton. of tzt -000 in pearls and two mtnk coat. I'olk County Trarhrr IiiMtitute Sri Friday DALLAS, Oct. 26 P'ik eour'y teachers institute will h rei'l Friday, November I at Dj:u rJh school. Speakers will Include Marshall Dana, Portland nepa per man; Rex Putnam, state .j petintendent of sruU; Fmr.k Parr, state secretary of the Oregon Educational association: an 1 Flor ence Beardsley, vocational educa tion. Another speaker i yet to be ni.med. Josiah Wills, Pfj.sk cMinty superintendent of choj, announi ed. , Hiiirnsn risk great WASHINGTON. Oct. l-f. With 4861 veeW firing tr, American flag, the Un. te-1 St:n poeeri 51 percent of the uorkt's merchant fleet ! deadweight fn- nge in June 1846, as compared with 14 per cent in Septembwr, 1 930. the maritime communion fe Mrtel tonight. . FRFF. KITE OFFERED NEW YORK. Oct. 26-f r-Mavr-r Roger Lapham of San Franio today renewed a bid far l at.r,n of the permanent United Nat.nna headquarters in the San Franc ;'o bay area ami announced that he was prepared to offer the U. N. a free site worth $2,000,0' K). Jews worthy A four-point buck just about bagged Geirge Sundhe lat week near Lincoln on the Wallace road. The animal leaped a hedge to light atop the R. L. Elfitrrm salesman's car. A broken wind shield and other damage resulted; but both Sundlic and the deer escaped.