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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 5, 1946)
1 i i 4 t 1 About the first move of the new chancellor, Dr. Paul C. Packer, is to 'liquidate the tail-end of the overall directorships of the state system of higher education. They were the vestiges of the unifica tion program set up by the state board in the first flush of its or ganization, when its lone execu- tive was Df . Lindsey, its secre tary, off icing in Salem. Previously much of the interlocked adminis tration had been wiped out, but there remained such titles as di rector of libraries, of graduate instruction, etc. Experience bad not demonstarted their worth, and Dr. Packer wisely junked them as he began his administration. The conception developed by the Kelly survey instituted by the state board after it was created in 1929 was for a single system with the individual schools as segments of a whole. The uni versity and state college were truncated institutions, incomplete within themselves. Interchange of professors and of students be tween the two was contemplated, and an amazing network of cross administration devised. I believe this paper was the first to show by graphic sketches the weird organizational scheme which was being evolved. The system sim . ply failed to work, as might have been foreseen. It was cumbrous and impractical. Step by step the state board has corrected the mistakes of the re organization. Presidents Were re stored to the university and state college. The university was per mitted to resume instruction in upper division and graduate science. The state college was granted authority to iive degrees in business and teclinology. The cross-campus bossing has now been eliminated. 1 The net result is that our system has developed really into a well continued on Editorial Page) Coast Shipping Strike Nears Settlement SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 4 -&-The committee for maritime unity and the waterfront employers as sociation announced tonight that the steam schooner issue prolong ing the CIO longshoremen's strike had been settled but both sides agreed that a return to work was not in sight. This newest development in the 36-day-old Pacific Coast water front tieup came a few hours aft er Federal Mediator Nathan P. Feinsinger announced that con- f wit leaders of the three striking maritime unions and the i...' tri.jioyer groups had brought satisfactory progress. The CMU said the longshore strike had been settled sufficient ly for work resumption but that the waterfront operators: had turned the walkout into a "lock out" by demanding that the union drop its suit for $6,000,000 for ret roactive pay due longshoremen Oct. 1, raising issues which they had agreed to submit to arbitra tion. Valley Combed For Lost Planes By th Associated Pros Search parties combed the Blue mountains south of Pendleton and the Corvallis - Albany - Lebanon area of the Willamette valley Monday for crashed airplanes. A small plane piloted by Ver non C Coulter, Portland, carrying his mother as a passenger, was overdue five days on a flight from Red Bluff, Calif. Motorists in the Corvallis-Albany section said they saw a small plane fall in Haines Sunday night A deer hunter re ported he saw a crashed navy plane southeast of the Dale for est station in the Blue mountains. Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH "Wilbar's never content to jmt eat straight through a who-dunnit . . always has to see what gives in the last chapter first." P5v M lis For Study By ROBERT E. GANGWAKE City Editor, The Statesman Southern Pacific company al ready has underway a study1 of rail traffic in the city of Salem, officials of the railroad's Portland, division assured the city council at its meeting last night in City hall. The council acceded to the SP request for deferment of action on a pending ordinance to limit speed of trains within the city to 25 miles per hour, after hear ing Attorney Frank McCulloch of the Portland law firm which rep resents the railroad state that fur ther study by all interested parties is advisable in order to integrate requests for slower train speeds and more warning signals at rail crossings. K. K. Schomp, assistant superin tendent for SP in the Portland area, estimated that the study can be completed within 30 days if conferences can be arranged promptly among officials of SP, the city - and state highway an public utilities commissions. City Ceafased Confusion as to the city's over all desires in improving rail cross ing safety measures was claimed by McCulloch who stated that SP had received in rapid succession word from the city asking auto matic signals at the D and Court street crossings, wigwag signals at four other crossings and a slower train speed. At the same time, McCulloch maintained, , the state public utilities commission asked the railroad to speed its log trains in order to- avoid traffic congestion at rush hours. Slowing of passenger trains within Salem might possibly affect rail schedules throughout the northwest, McCulloch said. This, he added, was one of the mam rea sons for SPs request that action on the speed ordinance be delayed until passenger schedules could be closely studied in relation to the proposed new speed limit. Other long - discussed traffic matters facing city council last night included remonstrances td the change of entry into the South River road from Miller to Owen streets and the proposed elimina tion of. service j station gasoline pumps from city streets. Coancll Adepts Plan Councilmen adopted a resolu tion of Alderman Lloyd Rigdon's street committee that right turns be permitted from the new South River road into Miller-street,! in stead of dead - ending Miller street as originally planned when it was decided to improve Owen street for access to the river high way from South Commercial street. Miller street residents and busi ness men, appearing at the meet ing to . back their protest of last month against closing of their street at the west end, urged the council to etsablish a "y" type of entry from Miller into the high way er a" suitable safety lane in the highway to permit entry. Po lic and traffic committeemen of the council, however, maintained their position that any such gen eral entry into the river road would be extremely hazardous be cause of the steep grade, limited view and "heavy traffic there when Owen becomes access street. Street Stand Speaks Speaking for the Miller street stand were Grant Keightlinger and Roy P. Adsatt, both grocery opera tors on South Commercial at Mil ler streets. In another traffic matter, at torney Charles Heltzel called to the council's attention a hitherto uncjted 1926 city ordinance em powering the council to permit gas pumps between the property line and the curb line. Heltzel represented the Heltzel estate which owns the Parrish garage where gas pumps have been lo cated in North Capitol street in front of the garage property for 25 years and which recently be came the subject of controversy when residents of the area com plained that blocking of the side walk,' accompanied by the heavy traffic on Capitol street, consti tutes a traffic menace. Alderman Kenneth C Perry, head of the police and traffic committee, ex plained that the ordinance bill or dering removal of all such pumps from city streets is still in com mittee, with amendments pected. ex- Truman Mum On Election Eve INDEPENDENCE, Ma, Nov. 4 tfl3) President Truman sought re laxation tonight at his big, old fashioned frame home on the eve of the most critical election of his career. . Pursuing to the last his de cision to leave the fight for the retention of a democratic major ity in congress strictly- up. to the party organization, the President withheld even an eleventh hour statement. CPA Approves Request For MiU.City Project PORTLAND; Novtr 4 -UP- Ap proval for a $9000 ; quonset hut project at Mill City by R. P, Venessr has been received by the civilian production ' administra tion from Washington, D. C Pro jects denied included Star Thea ter Co Stayton, $30,000. E. M. Fritz, Deroit. filed application to day for a $4200 restaurant. Pallis to Polls r 1 1 r J. Fa- f , ir i t i .1. DENVER, Cele. Ner. 4 The Ce4orad0 a respite far eleetfe-a day Taesday, aad the abeve pietare attests that ene Is aeeded. Jay Yaa Ney (with ball), mt Utah SUte, and Aady Favteh, Denver. aaJversity, are shewiag hew their sebed aled game aslxht have beea played if It hadn't snewed aether six laches ea Up ef the lt-laea fall which already had breaght a aaa-day pastpaaeaseai. New they hepe ta play an December 7. (APfWlrepaete if The Statesmaa). 15-Day TWA Pilot Strike e to End By the Associated Ptcm The strike of AFL, pilots which has grounded all trans world air line planes for 15 days appeared close to an end Monday night. David L. Behncke, chief of the air line pilots association, an nounced that his union had : "of ficially accepted" a government arbitration offer. Behncke . , said TWA'ss planes would fly during the arbitration. In Washington government talks with John L. Lewis, United Mines workers negotiators failed to r veal whether any progress had been made. Meanwhile, scattered wildcat coal strikes spread, raising the number of idle coal miners est! mated by union and mine officials from 8000 to 10,000. Tenseness in the Allis -Chalmers farm implement manufacturing plant strike where violence flared last week was ased when the company announced Its home plant at West Allis, Wis., would remain closed Tuesday. There appeared little likelihood that the motion picture labor trou bles wpuld be settled quickly af ter the striking conference of studio s unions threw new wage raise demands into the jurisdic tional dispute which started the walkout six weeks ago. Nayy Blimp Flight No Stunt WASmNGTON, Novl iAjPh Rear Adm. Thomas G. W. Settle, chief of naval airship training and experimentation at Likchurit, N. J told a news conference to day the seven-day non-stop flight by a navy blimp was "by no means a stunt" and could .have continued for another 12 to 24 hours. The f blimp landed at Glynco, Ga., yesterday after 170 J hours in the air--the longest recorded flight by an airship without re fueling. It had taken off from Lakehtirst, on Oct 27. Ten jDie in Auto Crashes over Weekend -By the Associated Press -Ten persons died on Oregon highways over the weekend. Wayne A. Torrey, 24, Portland, was fatally injured near Mon mouth; and Albert O. Babs 77, Hubbard, died after an intersec tion collision. U. of W. Seismograph Records Quake Tremor SEATTLE, Nov. 4-HP)The Uni versity of Washington seismo graph registered what Prof. How ard A. Coombs described as "a large earthquake shortly after 2 pjn. PST) today. Coombs said the tremor apparently was '3000 to 6000 miles distant Qds Will Be Cleared V " 'i t ; , t Jt ' ' t2 weatkermaa premised sstew-beud Eighteen OPA Boards Shut Down, State Takes Oyer . PORTLAND Nov. 4 - OP) - The 10 local OPA boards in Oregon officially went out of business to day, and the state office here took over their duties. Travers J. Edmonds, state di rector, said in a letter to the 240 volunteers who formerly worked in local offices, your reward is the sure satisfaction that you have sacrificed gladly and served well." OMS to Open New Madison Street Route Oregon Motor Stages soon will establish a new route to be known as the Madison street line. It was assured last night when the Salem city council approved the bus company's proposed route to east Salem. Streets covered in the new route, starting from the State and Com mercial streets intersection, will be Commercial, Chemeketa, Sun nyview, Park, Lynn and Bruce. Busses will leave on a 30-minute schedule weekdays and a 40-min- ute schedule after 6 p.m. and on Sundays and holidays. The new route will be ac companied by a change in the outer end of the present Market 17th streets run, which then will go from Market to 17th, Norway. 19th and Kay streets and back onto the old route. Mother Admits Child Slaying STOCKTON, Caiif., Nov. 4 -OP) Mrs. Jeanette Paz testified at her murder trial today that Morton Wallin, a hotel manager, had sug gested various methods of killing her crippled child and, after she beat the five-year-old girl to death with a curtain rod, helped her bury the body. Mrs. Paz said she had spent thousands of dollars trying to cure the child, a spastic paralytic. She testified that she had considered, for "two or three years, taking the child's life. The defense has maintained that the slaying was a "mercy killing and has asked for a manslaughter verdict Aiken Sets Up State Budget Preparing the state budget for the 1947 legislature is progressing satisfactorily with indications that it will be completed not later than December 20, George Aiken, state budget director, reported to Gov ernor Earl Snell here Monday. Virtually all of the budget re quests have been received and evwi -fsyrraan mm mm twrnn fSaaiviav ia1t VWkmm VM wa am r hv ww vuif UvlU between state budget department officials and state department beads. ' UN Slates Debate On Trieste NEW YORK, Nov. 4-P)-The lour power foreign ministers con ference agreed in a lengthy open ing session here tonight to hear Yugoslavia and Italy present ai guments on the kind of govern ment which they believe the Uni iea. nations . snouia nave over Trieste. ; 'There were some agreements such as an understanding that while Yugoslavia and Italy might be allowed to comment on the projected boundaries of the dis puted ad ri a tic port, the boundary issue would not thereby be re u Russian Foreign Minister Molo- tov reportedly lost out on the pro posal to the effect that after hear ing the Yugoslavs, the foreign ministers should turn the question of constituting a government for Trieste over to thesr deputies, al lowing the Yugoslavs to sit in on the work. This was not approv ed. On the discussions hinge the future of Italy, Romania, Hun gary, Bulgaria and Finland, to whom the conferees hope to hand final peace treaties before Christ- Secretary of State James F. Byrnes notified Ernest Bevin that be was taking over the handling of the Palestine problem from President Truman. He said he wanted to see "whether the Uni ted States could contribute to a solution of the Holy Land prob lem. Camp Children Begin; Classes In City Schools School begins at 9 o'clock this morning for the 151 children of the farm labor camp who were accepted as pupils by the Salem school district after Pringle and Rickey school districts, which have Jurisdiction over the airport area, decided they were unable to han dle the additional students. Making additional runs, three regular school busses will pick up the labor camp children at 8:30 a.m. to take youngsters of the first three grades to Garfield school and other children to Washington school. Returning, the busses will leave Garfield at 3 p.m. and Wash ington at 3:30 p.m. each school day. Of the 151 students, SO of the youngest will be attending Gar field and the other 91 will attend Washington in grades 4 through 8. Their classes will be separate from regular classes because of the six weeks of schooling they have missed, public school officials announced. Work of making a new class room at Washington and Installing furniture at both schools was nearly completed over the week end and was being rushed to com pletion late Monday, school of ficials said. West Salem Voters Ballot At City Hall WEST SALEM, Nov. 4 The city election for West Salem will be held at the city hall where the second West Salem county pre cinct,; including all west of Gerth and within the city limits, will also vote. The first West Salem precinct includes all residents living in the city and east of Gerth, and votes at the school house.' Tine third West Salem precinct includes all those living outside of the city limits, and will vote at the legion hall which is within the city limits. Chiang Troops Assail Chef oo PEPPING, Nov. 4.-()-Military observers said today the central government's battle for Chefoo, ther Chinese communists Shan. tung peninsula sea link with Man- cnuria, was developing into a drive for all of Shantung province, with Dotn sides pouring In reinforce ments. . ' These sources said fighting In the Liaotunc peninsula of Man churia, north across the strait of Pechihli from Chefoo, was Hear ing an end as Chiang Kai-shek's troops tightened the encirclement ot communists in that area. COKTAIXXS 8UKVET STAJtTS CORVALLIS, Nov. 4 -My A survey; of veterans housing needs started here today. Sponsored try the national housing agency, it will continue two weeks. Headquarters For U.N. May Be at Geneva LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y Nov. JP)A new move to take the Unit ed Nations headquarters back to Europe and settle it permanently in the league of nations palace at Geneva loomed as a possibility tonight in the U N. assembly. U.N. sources said that Soviet Russia, which once vigorously op posed Geneva and anything con necieo wiui ine oia league as a home for the United Nations, was ready to ask that the assembly consider the Swiss city among the possioie neaaquarters sites. Meanwhile the U.N. security council dropped from its agenda by unanimous vote the long-dorm ant Spanish case and gave the assembly the green light for what ever action it wants to take to w a r d Generalissimo Francisco Franco. Rites to Be at 2 p.m. Today For Sally Bush Final rites will be held at 2 r m. today for Miss Sally Bush. 86, pio neer daughter of one of Oregon s best-known families, who died unexpectedly Sunday morning. The private services, at Miss Bush's long-time home at Mission and S. Church, will be followed by interment in I.O.O.F. cemetery. Arrangements are in charge of W T. Rigdon. Miss Sally Bush, known for many years for her quiet philan thropy, was the daughter of Asa hel and Eugenia Zieber Bush, born Oct 29, 1860 in a house which stood on the site of present Bush home. Her mother died when Miss Sally was three years old. Here father, who founded the Ladd St Bush bank and The Ore gon Statesman and was a financial leader in the state for many years, died in 1913. Survivors Include her brother, A. N. Bush, long-time head of Ladd St Bush and more re cently of the Pioneer Trust com pany; a grand nephew, Stuart Bush, and the latter 's son, Asahel. and a great grand niece, Margaret Anne Bush, daughter of Asahel Bush who was killed m the Pa cific .two years ago while serv ing as an Associated Press war correspondent A sister of Miss Sally Bush, Eu genia Bush, died in 1935, and an other sister, Estelle Bush Thayer, died in 1942. (Additional story aa aage 2) Adair Surplus Bids to Open Wednesday Bids for the 270 surplus-declared buildings of Camp Adair will be opened by the war assets adminis tration in Portland Wednesday. Bidding on 300 additional build ings, now on sale, will be opened November 19, WAA announced last night WAA had not totaled the num ber of prospective buyers which visited Camp Adair to inspect buildings during the past month, but indicated that a "big response to the sale was received. Before WAA put the surplus buildings on sale, representatives of Salem, Albany and other near by cities had attempted unsuccess fully to obtain buildings for a veterans housing development Potato Fields Need Workers Potato growers are hoping that the last few days of Rood weather will bring out potato pickers in full force, according to Salem farm labor office of ficials. A huge spud ctod is In the offing and wages are bringing harvesters good wages an office spokesman said. Also heeded are walnut pickers, and plant and bulb setters. BANDITS GRAB Ill.Ovt SPOKANE, Nov. 4 -JPy- Two armed bandits who held nine men captive for two hours in. the back room of a Spokane sporting cen ter and cigar store Sunday while they -escaped with more than $11,000 la cash, were still at large today and City Detective P. B. Anderson said the search would be concentrated in the Seattle 4 CBXLOKTOC DEB IN FIKK MONTPELXEB, Idaho, Nov. 4 iP)FouT children were burned to death in a fire which destroyed their home about two miles south of here yesterday. Sheriff Alton P. Buadrceon said tonight. SEATS AT STAKE --35 tutorial. ' REPUBLICANS need 10 control. DEMOCRATS can lose 7 still retain control. EXPECTED VOTE --35,421439. - POLLS CLOSE from 1 in Oregon). Oregon Polls Set to Open at 8 a.m. Today Four major contested state of fices and nine measures were up for vote on the general ballot In Oregon today, with various local issues further enlivening the trek to the polls starting at S a.m. Each of the four congressional districts will choose its own U.S. representative and' all will vote on a governor, secretary of state and labor commissioner, as well as on all nine measures. In addition, Marion county will decide whether a tax should be levied to provide a new court house, and most of the county out side of Salem will vote yes or no on the issue of establishing a pub lic utility district There is no opposition for the nominees for state- senate . and bouee of representatives in Mar ion county, nor for nominees for state superintendent of public in struction, the state supreme court county commissioner or county recorder. In Salem, too, there is but one nominee for mayor and city treas urer, but there are contests for councilmen in five of the city's seven wards. The city also is vot ing on three charter amendments. All precincts will elect precinct committeemen. One change In the polling place for Marion county's 89 precincts was announced late Monday by County Clerk Harlan Judd the Stay ton precinct will vote at the Wright Truck terminal imtead of the Harold-Phillippi garage. All precincts in the county will close at S p.m. . The county has 21,171 registered republicans and 12,554 registered democrats. Soaps, Paints Items on New OPA Price Lifts WASHINGTON, Nv. 4-JP)- OPA boosted paint prices today,' promised increases or complete decontrol for soap, and took other actions designed to aid business and industries. Ceilings were raised an aver age of 24 per cent at the manu facturing levels, on all paints sold over tne counter. Ketail prices will go up even more because dis tributors and retailers may tack on their customary profit mar gins. ' OPA attributed most of the In crease to a sharp rise in costs of linseed oil which was released from price control last week These officials also reported that prices of coconut oil and most oth er soap ingredients had risen since they were decontrolled recently. A new sugar order allows res taurants, roadside stands and oth er so-called institutional users to change locations without loss af their refreshment sugar basis, ef fective Nov. t. The coal change allows sales agents for coal pro duce to increase their earn ails sions for selling coal If the pro ducer agrees to absorb the in crease. OPA said this would re sult in no change in consumer costs. A lumber and plywood revision will allow a greater profit mar gin to dealers who have handled less than carload shipments in re cent months. It also is effective Nov. t. 18 Killed in India Rioting BOMBAY, Nov. i-JP)-One per son was stoned to death and 17 others stabbed today as communal fighting continued in Bombay on the eve of the Moslem sacrificial festival of Bakr Id. In London, Arthur Henderson, undersecretary of state for. India, told commons that about 5,018 persons were killed and 13,320 in jured in riots between Moslems and Hindus In India between July 1 and Oct JQ. YOUTHS HELD FOK FIANKg ALBANY, Nov. 4-P)-Two Brownsville youths have been bound over to the grand jury on charges of malicious destruction, resulting from Halloween night when the Brownsville Methodist church windows, pulpit and. piano keys were damaged. - BUELDEKA FACE GOOD TIMXS PORTLAND. Nov. 4MhD. B. Chown, hardware dealer back from a tour of eastern factories, predicted better times for home builders by next summer when he said : nails and hardware will be plentiful. senate, 452 house, S3 ruber senate, 26 house seats to win I senate, 17 houne vests sad p. m. to 10 p. m- PST. (g p. m. By the Associated Press ' The Americanpeople hand in a verdict of votes today ' on short ages, strikes and other issues of a congressional election campaign that has hoisted republican vic tory hopes to the highest level in more than a decade. Dry skies and cool weather were forecast for election day in moat of the nation, although rain was expected in much of the south and huge snow drifts confronted some western voters. j ' Denver's b'izzard which brought 26 inches of snow --worst since 1913 - - was forecast to end before opening of the polls. For the Pa rific coast, the forecast was for fair weather with temperatures from 60 to 7Q extending south ward to San Francisco, Los An geles in the middle 80 s. Large Veto Expected . 'J Some 35,000,000 voters are pected In the polling places to make their pick of 1,065 csndU dates for an even 500 ma I or of fices. Control of congress for two yesrs at least with its impact on the course of the administration, Is the big. Immediate stake. Fif teen states appear to hold the key to what will happen in the senate. These and - another eight seem likely to determine the political alignment of the house. . y They both can't be right, but here's what major party spokes men claim on the congressional vote: . HOUSE: Democrat c t s I m - -Minimum of 231 seats. Now have 241 counting vacancies. Republi can claim-- Minimum ' of 237 seats. Now have 192. Needed for majority--218. I SENATE: Democrat claim - -Loss of not more than three seeta. Now have 96. Republican t claim --Fair chance of olrkingjun II, Now have 39. Needed for major lty--4l. Tr.4 Eved far 1941 T"Ka alaaatlal aal flfKal ttaS'f1 a w i mm awes J l r too, on the 1948 political -fate oft President Truman and men from whom rrpubl trans mir rhfy Heir nevt candidate for the White House. The.vrtter also select the governors of 33 states. I Both the democratic and renub I lican high commands stood nt on he usual forecasts of victory. Each read Into prooeets of a rec ord vote In an off-vear election omens favorable to Its cause. So confident were the reouTnll- rans that this Is , their vear 1hrt they differed only on the size of the majorities bv which thev claimed thev would rule the net senate and house. Not since 100 have thev he'd the unner hand in' the house. They 't had a sen ate majority In 1932. ' Key States Witched ' The decteion whether the sen ate stays democratic or swines to the republican aoparently hlngr on results In these ststes: Ohio. 'Pennsylvania,' Delaware and Wisconsin, where the j reoub licans contend they are sure to gain four senate seats and the democrats concede nothing. . New York, Massachusetts. Mis-' souri. Idaho. Montana Washing ton, West Virginia. Wyoming and New Mexico, where the republi cans say thev will bowl over dem ocrats aad the democrat say they will bold their awn. Kentucky and California J where the democrats hope to turn re publican senators out of office and the GOP says It can't be done. New York Veto " In New York, reelection of Re publican Governor Thomas K. j Dewey over Democrat James M. Mead would give the COP d resi dential Candida to a chance Jor the nomination in 1948. u I Around the eountrv. other COP presidential possibilities are run ning for office: i ; Senator Arthur Vandenberg of Michigan for another term. 1 Former Gov. John W. Bricker . of Ohio, Dewey's, vice-presidential running mate In 1944, (or the U. S. senate. ) Gov. Earl Warren of California Vie wri hake' arv aartlK mm.m. m o , vi arnvsiiyt Willi, wiiii.11 aw PS) j sued by Reason of his having ikon Doin democratic and republican nominations. European capitals awaited Ml1h varying degrees of anakty jhe results of the elections, watching closely for any 'indication of a swing to the right or left (, Interest was keenest uv France and England. The Paris press gave the closing stages 1 of the campaign more play than Trance's own approaching vote for a na tional assembly. 1 British and German newspapers predicted republican congression al gains. The German press con cluded that there would be little effect on America's role In world affairs. t ' The Weather Sax. . SI ' Mia. rrrl. 4 . J as 4 rtlan kaa rraneteee mt uimt as Wlliamrtl li vr S In( r OH EC AST (from U. a. wtaUitr bu rau. McNarr field. SaWtnt : Urruum ing 1(1.1 cloudiness today and tonipht with I; tonisht tnmdar aigtaat today SO. LewoM 1 - ' ';