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1 I Army Barred jrom Kose M n 5r (Story in Column 8) n Wean Wacl . 2X2).JyS c The Weather Max. Mln. n Precipe .IS OS ; 1.14 Sateaa Sn Fntneiw M 4 i nicar , v Nw York i .... U rORrCAST (from US M .0 i 31 jM ' wathr bu reau, McNary nld. Salem): Cloudy witii Intermittent raina. Po ibly today aiva taoiiJit High 41. Low NDfTTT -SIXTH TEAB IX 4 BaoildlDODii At Adlaoir Placed! aunt-. ISO cCx Veterans Oifered Chance at Land On th heels of an announcement of how war veterans might apply for surplus land at Camp Adair, word reached Salem last night that only four building: will be sold to veterans of the 587 surplus Adair buildings recently put on sale. Regional war assets administration headquarters in Portland announced that the bids for four buildings were the only bids accepted CRT SSSEDQB TJQDOuQQS It all began with the stone age civilization, I mean. At least that is where the history text books give it a start. Following came the copper age. and the iron age, the age of steam, of the inter nal combustion motor, of elec tricity. Prophets foresee the atom ic age in the early future and after that or maybe before if the scientists are clever enough the cosmic energy age. At the .moment, however, this country appears to be in the fountain pen age! This ordinary writing tool, successor to the steel pen which in turn superseded the quill pen, ijs the subject of claim and counterclaim, of the exercise of inventive genius and of adver tising skill. It is done in gold and lacquered with magniloquent promises. It is even the subject of lawsuits. For the moment it stands as the prime product of the competitive commercial age. The fountain pen was doing all right for decades, with steadily mounting sales, with standard prices from $2.50 to $3.75 or high er for deluxe models of standard makes, and with plenty of pens nameless as to brand selling for $1.98 or was it 98c? Geared to high pressure advertising by ra dio and magazine the fountain pen was lifted out of its routine merchadising and made a best seller. First it was dolled up in gift packages to sell in acts with pen cils at $44, or even $120. Then inventors took it in hand (Continued on editorial page) Frost Inquiry To Continue Salem Police Chief Frank M in to said last night that he expected Investigations into the Sunday death of Russell Waterman Frost in his apartment at 602 N. Win ter st to continue for a few more days. The coroner's office Monday re turned a suicide verdict and sand that an inquest was not antici pated. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at the Clough-Barrick chapel. CHON-EN'-LAI BACK HOME YEN AN. Nov. 1 9 -Ofy- Gr inn faced Chon-en Lai. the Chinese communists' chief negotiator, re turned to this communist capital today from Nanking, his peace mission a failure after almost a year of conferences with govern ment negotiators and U. S. Gen. George Marshall. Animal Crackers By WARREN GOO0RICH OJtafffoC what da I do2 " .j" 94 now .- , r ; j pouNOBD 1651 L PACES if SS7 I among 26 which i covered 01 build- ings. Others were rejected as too low. Including a $1 bid, the WAA statement explained. Bidding now passes from HH priority to the general public, with terms remaining the same. Fixtures and plumbing are in cluded with the buildings and all structures must be removed from the camp site. The offering to the public of some 300 buildings will be made November 22 or 23, it was said. Freeednre Outlined The procedure under which veterans may bid for surplus land at Camp Adair was outlined yes terday to H. C. Saalfeld, Marion county service officer, in a letter of instructions from the Federal Land bank of Spokane, Wash. The letter states that sale of Camp Adair property was opened November 7 to state and local governments, and November 17 to former owners and their tenants at the time the land was acquired. Any lands not puchased by the above groups of priority holders will be regrouped or subdivided into family-sized tracts for sale to veterans at the end of 90 days. Until it is known which lands have been purchased by current priority groups, the agency will be unable to inform veterans as to what land is available. Vets U Make Offers Veterans may keep priorities alive, however, by indicating in writing a desire to purchase some tract being offered for sale. At the end of the 90 -day period veterans will then be advised what land Is still available and then can make offers. Letters of intention to pur chase or additional information may be addressed to the Spokane Federal Land bank or to the sur plus property office at Camp Adair, according to the letter from the bank. Only veterans who have not previously used their land prior ity are eligible. Following veter ans in priority are "owner-operators" or people who will make their homes on the land pur chased. Wives or children of perr sons who died in active military service will have the same pri ority as veterans, and must fol low the same procedure as a vet eran in applying for surplus land. Lifer Surrenders, They're 111 Winds That Blow No Good Oregon's week-end storm proved too much for John Tuel, 47-year-old life term convict of Oregon state prison who had been at large since his escape November 10 from the local in stitution. Tuel surrendered himself to state police at Reedsport Mon day, telling them he couldn't stand the weather after he had walked 80 miles from Eugene to Reedsport The convict serving a life term under the habitual criminal act, was back in his cell at the state penitentiary yester day. He had escaped when he was taken outside the prison to re pair some p LumCing. Soldi U. S. Protests Interference in Registration for Romania Vote BUCHAREST, Wednesday, No vember 20 (JP) Brig. Gen. Court land Van Rensselaer Schuyler, head of the U. S. military mis sion to Romania, protested to the Romanian government last night against the picketing of the1 American mission office by sup porters of Premier Petru Groza's commun ist-dom 1 n a t e d govern ment The pickets ranged themselves around the mission building where approximately 5000 Romanian citizens who; said they had, not been able to I register for yes ter-. day's parliamentary elections came to complain. Subsequently, the ministry of the interior announced that 90 to 95 per cent of Romania's regis tered voters had participated in the balloting. This government announcement alter tare ofepoaluon part Salem, Orecjoa. Wedn day 4 Killed in Explosion GREENVILLE, S. C, Nov. 19 (JP-Four persona were known to have been killed and over 100 in jured in an explosion that de molished the Ideal laundry plant and office building here tonight The fire; was reported under control although workers were not yet able to search the wreckage for bodies s of an undetermined number of workers believed to have lost their lives in the blast At least four dwellings border ing on the laundry were severely damaged and the oecvl pants of some were among the injured. While the cause of the explosion had not been officially- deter mined, reports said officials of the laundry had found gas escaping from the plant's recently installed heating system shortly before the explosion. One ambulance driver, who could not be immediately identi fied, reported to the Greenville News that he had brought out at least 11 bodies from the Ideal laundry. Fire Chief Frank Don ald told reporters he had seen charred bodies of at least seven victims of the blast AFL Pickets To Bar End of Seamen Strike SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 19-yP-An end pf the 50-day-old west coast waterfront tie-up was de layed at least a few days tonight by the AFL masters, mates and pilots' announcement that they would set up picket lines tomor row. The union's action dimmed ear lier hope that the west coast's ship-filled ports might return to activity tomorrow. The CIO long shoremen voted overwhelmingly to end their strike immediately and indications were that the CIO marina engineers were following suit Capt C- S. May, president of the AFL union, said the deck of ficers would take a coast-wide vote Thursday on whether to ac cept a shipowners' contract offer. Count of the ballot he said, was not expected to be completed be fore Saturday. The masters, mates and pilots have not officially been on strike but have remained idle under their traditional "no contract no work" policy. San Francisco longshoremen ratified the compromise agree ment with the Waterfront Em ployers'! association 6,398 to 2, Portland 1.046 to 7 and San Diego and Seattle almost unanimously. Results of the engineers' ballot ing was. complete except for the Seattle vote, expected later to night San Francisco approved the union shipowners' compromise 62 to 151, Portland 101 to 18 and San Pedro 193 to 173. PIGEON ATTACKS BABY VICTORIA, B.C., Nov. 19-W)-After a pet pigeon twice ' attacked the sleeping three-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. C. "Mireau, Mrs. Mireau killed it with a stick. The bird lacerated the baby's face and pecked at the infant's tongue un til it bled. WHIFFING CREAM BACK PORTLAND, Nov. 19-P)-The federal ban on whipping cream will lift at midnight to find prices 11 cents above the OPA ceiling a total of 34 cents a half pint ies the national liberal, national peasant and independent socialist parties! had protested in two notes to the allied control com mission, the government and the American mission against what they charged were irregularities at many voting stations in Bucha rest - The ministry's communique, broadcast on the Bucharest radio, promised that results of the .vot ing would be announced this morning, - Government reports from the Tarava llarb district said two men, members of the communist party, "were killed in a polling booth skirmish. The opposition also was accused of having at tacked; and occupied for a time the Galac prefecture. Reports indicated that the vot ing was heavy. Laundry Morning. November 20. 194S Weatherman Offers No Relief For Storm -Swept Northwest ; - . - cSi SEATTLE, Nov. 19 The heaviest and parents, Mr. and Mrs. K. A. father has only walls erected Gale Pounds at Three Inches of By the Associated Press Weather observers forecast no surcease today from the bitterest early cold snap in years, center ing in northwestern Washington where the Mercury tumbled into the low 20s Tuesday. Occasional rain and snow flur ries and colder temperatures, were in prospect Wednesday. A murky overcast replaced the thaw : and clear skies which early yesterday followed the almost unparalleled heavy snow and rain storm which hit Oregon and Washington and British Columbia three days ago. The cold snap was borne on the wings of fresh easterly winds which may turn iato a northeaster today weather obserbers said. With the slush of yesterday's thaw still on the ground, the low ered temperatures threatened new perils to highway traffic in the Puget Sound area. Schools to Reopen Seattle public schools, the Uni versity of Washington and Seattle college were to reopen today but King County Superintendent L. M. Dimmitt advised' rural schools to remain closed until country roads are opened. Air lines were back on sched ule Tuesday, and many communi ties had power and light service restored. But it will be days, tel ephone officials said, before the 3500 phones in Seattle and 5000 in T a coma put out of commission by the storm can be repaired. Major Reads Open All major highways were open but the highway department cau tioned drivers to exercise extreme care because of expected icing conditions. Salem Girl, 15, Held on Charge Recognition of a coat purchased with a fraudulent check led to the arrest Tuesday . of a 15-year-old Salem girl on a forgery charge. City Detective Wayne E. Parker said that he spotted the girl wear ing the coat within five minutes after he had viewed an identical coat at the store where her gar ment was purchased. Parker fol lowed her into a downtown: store, then to make sure of her identity he brought a clerk from one of the four stores in which the girl had passed checks, before mak ing the arrest The girl had written checks to taling $180 and passed them In various stores here, usually pur chasing clothes, Parker said. She reportedly used the name Henery Kropp for the writer of her checks and the name Delores Kropp as the payee. Arrested on a justice court war rant, she was turned over to county juvenile authorities by Justice Joseph B. Felton. ' CARLSON UNIMPROVED ' ASTORIA, Ore, Nov. 19 H&h Naval hospital authorities said to day that . the condition of Brig. Gen. Evans Carlson bad not im proved in the ten days since he came here for treatment of a heart condition. They added that his condition ,is not consider! ser ious, however. Price. snowstorm to hit Seattle la 15 years left Leilanl, 35, and Roberta, 2, Pelkey. with this wrecked tent their only living quarters. The a wooden house be is building. (AP Wirephoto) Oregon, California Coastlines, Snow Reported in Tillamook Second storm death ' in Wash ington state was reported last Flood Danger Past, But Snow Expected Lower temperatures In the Willamette valley today and to night will relieve the danger of floods, bat may bring a blanket f snow to the Salem area, the McNary field U.S. weather bu reau reported early this morn ing. The Santiam, at flood stage near the Willamette, Is expected te begin falling today. No dam age was reported. The Willam ette mt Salem is nearlng a fore cast crest of 12 i feet. Flood stage is 19 feet Overcast and an east wind was the word from Mill City on the Santiam at 8 pjn. last night and old timers were predicting anew. Most of the logging oper ations oat from there were down Tuesday as the result of snow Menday nifht and early Taea day bat It did net last long here, bat remained longer In the high er slopes, the Associated Press reporting 22 Inches ef snow. night Ernest Fitzjohn, 53, was found in a snowbank, presumably the victim of a heart attack while struggling through the storm near his home at Selleck. The body of Laura ' Davenport 16, drowned Monday at her farm home near Kelso, was recovered .Tuesday. A November gale lashed the Oregon and northern California Beware of That Poisoned Goose This letter came in the mail to The Statesman Tuesday, post marked Turner: "The road hunter jvho killed one of Mr. Tracy's tame geese should refrain from eating it By accident geese got' in the barn Sunday morning and ate some poisoned grain that was treated to sow. Two geese died last night as a result." Indictments Charge Negligent Homicide DALLAS, Nov. 20 Two indict ments charging negligent homi cide have been returned here by the Polk county grand jury against Roy McClellan Robertson of Portland, driver of the truck involved in collision ; with an automobile at Valley Junction Oc tober 14. r The first indictment charges re sponsibility for the death of John Moe who was killed at the time, the second indictment charges re sponsibility for the death of Bes sie Moe; who died October 26 as the result of injuries! received in the accident - T r MINES atOCK JERUSALEM JERUSALEM, Nov. 19 -W)-Two and mines, which apparent ly were intended to wreck an ar mored police car, rocked down town Jerusalem tonight, but caused no casualties except slight injuries to a Jewish, civilian, 5c' No. 202 coasts Tuesday, shrouding high ways in a driving rain and caus ing storm warnings to be hoisted from Cape Blanco, Ore., as far south as Point Conception just north of Santa Barbara. Northwest winds, building up to gale intensity, forced the freighter Webster Victory to call for tugs off the Humboldt county coast in northern California after its en gines broke down. It was in tow to San Francisco. The weather bureau said a large low pressure center off the Washington coast was heading southeast to northern California. Damage in Trisco Heavy rains caused extensive damage in San Francisco. Street cars were stalled as water-soaked motors failed, east ba power lines shorted out causing frequent pow er and light failures, while num erous highway accidents killed at least three persons and injured many more. Most serious was a bus-car collision north of Rich mond. Early Tuesday, high winds blew down three huge circus-type "big top" tents housing 1,000 head of prize cattle at the Grand National exposition m San Francisco. The cattle were housed in the arena. Snow at Tillamook TILLAMOOK, Ore., Nov. 19.-(7P)-Snow was falling here tonight and at other nearby Oregon coast communities. Three inches of snow was re ported in downtown streets by 11:00 p. m. and still falling. High er elevations of the coast range of the city were believed to have heavier falls. It started about 6:30 p. m. Isle Included In Surplus Sale They've been talking about "mountains" of surplus stocks which the war assets administra tion is selling, but now it's an island for sale. A real Island and the largest in San Francisco bay. Angel Is land, is among current offerings for sale, Portland WAA headquar ters announces. Also reported on sale now are considerable quantities of red tape (in Kansas City) and five life size dummies once used in para chute tests and now considered useful for football training. . Truman 'Very Pleased' Over Public Support of Lewis Fight KEY WEST, Fla., Nov. 19 -iP) President Truman was represent ed tonight as "very pleased" by what he was told) was "vigorous" public' support of bis decision to fight John L. Lewis to a finish in the winter-eve coal crisis. Presidential Press Secretary Charles G. Ross said a presiden tial secretary, Matthew J. Con nelle, telephoned from Washing ton, giving the president a re port, on editorial reaction and telegrams 'received at the White House. f - eadlDDpe 0u Airinniy Pirep By the Associated Press More than 89,000 soft coal diggers--one fifth of the country's entire mining force - - stayed away from their jobs Tuesday and the army announced it was prepared to take a hand in the threatened Wednesday midnight coal strike if. requested. John L. Lewis remained stonily silent as the government awaited his reaction to a court order designed to prevent a. full scale mining shutdown, and prepared for possible light ing" brownouts and gas and electricity rationing. . Lewis, chief of the country's 400,000 AFL United Mine Workers, gave not the slightest I hint of his attitude to the federal court order, under which he risks jail unless he withdraws his notice that his contract with the govern ment is cancelled Wednesday mid night - However, his miners left the pits in a steadily growing stream, the solid fuels administration es timated 74,188 were idle and pri vate surveys listed the number of idle several thousand higher. The war department said in a statement it was prepared to "co operate fully in meeting the re quirements set" upon call from the federal coal administrator but added that no call had yet been received. In the past the United Mine Workers have argued, "You can't mine coal with bayonets." May Tie Up Funds The justice department mean while, declined to comment on published reports that govern ment attorneys are exploring the possibility of tying up the mine union's funds and thus cutting off benefit payments to strikers. A civilian production adminis tration spokesman said that the government is preparing for light ing "brownouts" and for rationing of electricity and manufactured gas if the strike goes on. The brownout proposals prob ably would be made to governors of all the states east ol the Missis sippi. plus Iowa, Wisconsin, Miss ouri and Minnesota. They would not be mandatory. Lewis Lawyers Busy The always-aggressive Lewis under pain of possible imprison ment should he defy the court order to call off his contract ter mination decree had his union lawyers busy on what to do next. Labor lawyers here, not con nected with the UMW, speculated that Lewis would go into court by tomorrow with the argument that the government's course vio lates the Norris-LaGuardia act which outlaws the use of the in junction to prevent strikes. However, in getting the tempo rary restraining order against Lewis, Attorney General Tom Clark contended that this act can not apply to the government He cited arguments of its sponsors in congress to support his point Rejects Strike Notice The order issued by Federal Judge T. Alan Golds borough for bids Lewis to permit his contract termination notice (which Lewis said would . be effective at mid night tomorrow), to continue in effect The temporary injunction fur ther calls for a hearing Nov. 27 oh the labor dispute. Although the order forbids in citement to strike, it says nothing about compelling men to work. UMW aides recalled that when President Wilson got an injunction against Lewis in a 1919 coal strike, the miners failed to return to work for weeks. "Don't rash John L." Jailing Lewis would "just stir up trouble," declared Alex Deri to, speaking for the miners at Ells worth, Pa. "Something like that would just make the boys get wool in their eyes and try to bite. The government won't gain anything by trying to push John L. around." Soft coal mines in states in thei far west were continuing to oper ate normally, but operators re ported walkouts at six mines in the Arkansas-Oklahoma area. B ELTON TAKE REINS State Sen. Howard Belton, Can by, arrived in Salem Tuesday to serve as chief executive of the state during the absence of Gov. Earl Snell, who Is now in San Francisco. Snell was not expected to return to Salem until Novem ber 26. Belton is president of the state senate. Connelle talked with Ross, re porting not only on the . coal sit uation, but on a number of other administration matters. "The editorial reaction, as well as the telegrams, Ross said, "were strongly in support of what the government is doing. They indicated the people are vigor ously supporting the president on this issue." It was the only news on the threat of a coal strike from the president's vacation headquarters at the United States naval sub marina base here. T(D)0uD ssVaaTV ihBleirn Contract Starts With Coming Game Jan. 1 BERK FT .FY, Calif, Nov. 2Milp) The Pacific coast conference and the Big Nine conference agreed early today on a five-year con tract binding their-two football leagues in the annual Rose Bowl game effective Jan. 1 eliminat-" ing Army from consideration for this year's eastern bid. Victor O. Schmidt of Los An geles and Kenneth L. (Tug) Wil son of Chicago, commissioners of the Pacific coast conference and Big 9 respectively, ma&e the an nouncement which did not men tion the elimination of West Point as the eastern representa tive in the 1947 classic. The effect of the announce ment, however, which set the con tract opening date at Jan. 1, 1947, barred Army from further consideration. UCLA and USC, contenders for the western spot are understood to have pressed for Jan. 2, 1947, as the starting date, thus making it possible for : Army to play in this coming: New Year's j game. (Earlier reports .from the con ference may be found on today's sports page.) 'i Hospital Says j: Courtz Couple Out of Danger OAKLAND, Calif, Nov. 19-;p) Attendants at Permanente foun dation hospital tonight described as "good the conditions of Mr. and Mrs. John Courtz, newly married couple of 644 N. 20th st, Salem, Ore., who were in jured late last night in an automobile-bus accident north of Richmond, Calif. Hospital spokesmen said full details of their injuries were not available but that neither Courtz -nor his bride was considered critically hurt Highway Patrolmen Gordon Campbell and Robert Lyons said the couple figured ,in an accident -in which a car driven by George Cornelius, 27. of Rodeo. Calif., sideswiped a San Francisco-bound bus from Vallejo. and then re bounded head-on into the Courtz sedan. Courtz, 24," suffered head and possible internal injuries and his bride, Margaret 20, facial lace rations and chest injuries. Mr. and Mrs. John Courtz. Sa lem newlyweds who were injured in a California highway accident Monday night, had been married Saturday in Portland, it was learned here. Courtz. -former Portland resident has been em ployed by the state income tax division in Salem since his return from military service year ago. Goss Says Boom Of 1920 Back PORTLAND, Ore, Nov. 19-ff It's 1920 all over again for the American farmer, Albert S. Goes, National Grange master, warned today. Production is up 35 per cent while consumption is lagging with only a 12 per cent increase, he said, adding that the 'result will be a depression like the one in 1921 unless steps , are taken at once. As the grange's solution to this, Goss advocated a floor for farm prices, based on parity on diver sion of surplus crops to glucose and alcohol manufacture or other secondary uses. Spring Flowers in Bloom at Silverton SILVERTON, Nov. 20 It may not be spring at Silverton, but if . not the flowers have their dates mixed. Mrs.! J. H. McCuIlough, employed at the circulation' desk of the dty 'library is boasting- forsythia in bloom, . and Althea Meyer, from the city water office reports pussy willows out since" Halloween. Besides this there are reports of violets, roses, stocks the usual rua of autumn bloom yet uninjured by frosts. , aired