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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 11, 1946)
Russian -British 'Disarmament Plan Would Bare Atom Secrets DIP 0330000 WD ODD In the obvious effort to avoid the proscribed sales tax the in terim commission studying state tax prpblems has tipped the bee hive which may cause numerous bee stings from fresh interests that are disturbed. The program recommended by the majority is an assortment without much teeming cohesion insofar as tax theory is concerned. Some of its solutions may incubate fresh problems. Clearly the program outlined is one neither the legis lature nor the people will accept without stronger argument than com&s to mind from reading the initial summary in the news papers. For example the report pro poses the repeal of taxes on tan ible personal property. Since the proceeds of this tax now go to local units of government, the elimination of this tax deprives the units of revenue from this source, throwing the burden then on real property. A business tax is proposed but proceeds from that would go into the state treasury. It is surprising that after the people had repudiated a gross in come tax very decisively the com mission should recommend one an diluted form, for that is what the proposed business receipts tax is. Another item sure to encounter opposition is the proposal to re duce the exemptions on personal Income taxes. This is evidently an effort to apply a substitute for the sales tax in reaching persons of little income. Certainly the gen eral economic situation aloes not jusGfy this lowering of the ex emption, because of the higher cost of living. The victorious re publicans are talking of a 20 per cent cut in (Continued on Editorial Page) Damon Rimy on, Famed Author, Columnist, Dies NEW YORK. Dec. 10-(P-Damon Runyon, 62-year-old author and columnist, died tonight in Memorial hospital.' The widely! read and , widely quoted author was admitted to the hospital last Friday for treatment of a liver ailment. His general health had been poor for a long time, and for the past year a throat ail ment prevented him from speak ing I Paul small, nis agent, said death was due to cancer. Runyon's gifted pen interpreted Broadway's characters to the world. Habitues of the famous street big, small and in between knew Runyon and sometimes were the inspiration for his short stories, many of which became 1 motion pictures. He once said he '; made half a million dollars writ- ; ing about "one little section of New York." His breezy fiction, with its big stem jargon, its dialogue rourder , ing the king's English, was the epitome of Broadwayesque. After publishing books of verse, he authored "Guys and Dolls," "Blue Plate Special, 'Money From Home." "Best of Runyon, "A Slight Case of Murder." a play; "My Wife Ethel." "Take It Easy," and "My Old Man." Runyon was born in Manhat tan, Kas , Oct. 4, 1884, and Wir ing the Spanish-American war, served in the army in the Philip pines for two years, enlisting when he was 14. After thefvvar he returned. to Colorado and en tered the newspaper work. He worked on news-papers in various cities, including Denver and San Francisco. In 1911 he got his first sports writing job in New York, on the American. He became known both as a sports writer, a reporter of general news, and columnist. MINES BACK NEAR NORMAL PITTSBURGH. Dec. 10 - iJP) -The soft coal miners accelerated their back-to-the-pits movement to such an extent today that the solid fuels administration estimat ed the nation's production of bitu minous fuel had reached 95 per cent of the normal diggings. Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH flow dot th door and go V to ueepr T (If f ittV V . FRgfZ I V;' I Unit Comment From U.S. Lacking By Larry Hauck NEW YORK, Dec. 10-;P)-G,reat Britain joined with -Russia "in principle" tonight on a merged world arms reduction and troop census program with internation al inspections which, if approved by the United Nations assembly, might force the United States to divulge the atomic secrets almost immediately. The main point at issue remain ed the veto, with Britain insist ing that an international com mission to receive troops and arms and report must be kept cut of range of the security coun cil veto and the Soviet Union in sisting as usual that the special voting right must apply. Paul Henri-Spaak. assembly president, suggested that a deci sion on the entire question be deferred and that the new Brit ish proposal be sent to the 54 member UN sub-committee on arms reduction. The big powers agreed to this. Most delegates believed the veto would operate only before the verification and inspection commission is established. Once the commission is established, they said, the veto could not ope rate since the major powers have already agreed that the arms re duction program once set into operation would be free of the veto. In Midst of Debate The apparent agreement came in the midst of a three-hour debate in the United Nations assembly marked by a series of maneuvers between Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov. and Sir Hartley Shnwcross, chief British delegate. Shawcross twice called it "an historic occasion" and once shook hands with Molotov to seal their agreement. The question before the 54 na tional delegations a world wide census of troops was snowed under in the intensity of the discussions and the final ef fect was to merge this issue with the whole broad problem of arms reduction. No Comment from 17. S. The United States, whose atom ic bomb secrets would be offered to the world almost immediately under one section of tentative ac cord, did not directly comment on the British proposal that pav ed - the way for agreement in principle. The assembly president, Paul Henri-Spaak. of Belgium, cau tioned that "the whole system of armsana oisarmamem woum De established by January 15 if the proposals were adopted. This i ,.,,.1,1 ; ii Z.Z. V v, .. ." ' lU-lv7 phases of the atom bomb.' Agree U Inspection , The unexpected and fast-moving action started with the Rus sians agreeing to accept a system of international military inspec tion which would allow agents to make spot checks within Russia and elsewhere, but on condition that the United Nations demand a full report on all troops and armaments, including the atomic bomb. Police Host to Small Christmas Shoppers r Two small boys, lost in the Christmas rush, were safely re turned to their parents Tuesday through the courtesy of Salem po lice. Eric Myers Shrewsbury, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Shrewsbury of Scotts Mills, and the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Sage of 2385 Hyde st., were the kids who happily hugged their parents at the police station as their sad eyes were dis placed by bright, happy ones. Columbian Racial Hate Group Said Planning Nazi Coup in UJS. By Paul Simmons ATLANTA. Dec. 10-(;P)-A charge that leaders of the local Columbians, Inc., sought by ter rorism and hate, "obviously in spired by Hitler's early begin nings'," to seize power in this country and set up a nazi form of government was made today" by Georgia Attorney General Eugene Cook. After disclosing his file to newsmen. Cook notarized it and transmitted it to Gov. Ellis Ar nall as an official act of the state. The record, compiled with the aid of the non-sectarian anti-nazi league of New York, contained charges of dynamiting a negro home, a plot to "beat up, or lynch" prominent Georgians, drive out the negro population and grab power by fostering racial hates. Solicitor General E. E. An drews, one of a dozen or more prosecutors and police officers who heard the disclosures, imme diately announced that the evi dence would be presented to the grand jury Friday and "prose cuted vigorously." President Emory Burke of the anti-Jewish Columbians could not be reached for comment but Sec retary Homer L. Loomis, Jr., said the attorney general's charges were "a pack of lies." More than 200 pages of sworn affidavits and documentary evi dence gathered by the anti-nazi league were turned over to Cook NINETY-SIXTH YEAB 12 2 on P , )r- SecireH: Socnetioes Rtepotrtted aft Eond 17 Sign Affidavits to Dissolve Groups The apparent end of boys' illegal secret societies in the Salem public schools was at hand today, after more than 30 hectic years. Frank B. Bennett, superintendent of the Salem educational sys tem, announced late Tuesday that 17 students had signed affidavits to "permanently and completely dissolve" the Friars and Julius Caesars and to produce "documentary evidence"-to that effect. 7 I The affidavits differed from i 22 Courteous Drivers Up for Prizes Today Twentytwo license numbers are in the hands of the secretary of state's office today for judging as to which 10 will get the initial day's prizes in The Oregon Statesman-Warner Brothers Courtesy Driving campaign. The license numbers were not ed by Salem police observers, pri marily, and some by the States man Courtesy car and assisting observers. It was noted that some of the drivers of the cars listed were women, but as several of the incidents occurred at night.it was not possible to ascertain the pro portion. The 10 license numbers of cars adjudged, to have best exempli fied the spirit of the courtesy driv ing campaign will appear in The Statesman tomorrow, and owners or drivers may call at The States man office for their prizes any time after 8:30 a m. The top win ner also will be eligible for the grand prizes at the end of the campaign December 21. The 10-prize-daily plan will continue through that date, and everyone still has a chance to win the valu able awards listed elsewhere on this page?. Police are keeping up Jrv n k., y ' juue ni If you've been courteous watch 'or your license number in The ci,. Statesman tomorrow! ' -m xne aeon siae oi me amnng picture Chief of Police Frank A. Mmto listed these violations as major factors in most urban traf fic accidents during the holiday season: 1. Failure to observe stop signs and traffic signals. 2. Failure to yield right of way to other drivers or to pedestrians in crosswalks. 3. Speed too great for conditions. 4. Making turns from improper lanes. 5. Failure to give adequate sig nals for starting, stopping, and turning. Chief Minto urged motorists to observe traffic regulations as their part of the campaign to reduce the tragic annual Christmas holi day toll, and said that "during the past six years, traffic accidents occurring during the final ten days of December have taken a total of 63 lives in this state." "This year drive and walk care fully. Remember this slogan: 'Don't Let Death Take Your Holiday!" by league administrative chair man James H. Sheldon and incor porated in his report. Much of this material was .obtained. Shel don said, by league investigators who by pretending fascist lean ings "immediately gained the confidence of Columbian leaders." The attorney general said Burke, and Loomis had a "defi nitely laid plan" to establish branches of the Columbians as an attempt to incite hatred against the negro in the south, the Jews in big cities, Mexicans in the southwest, and orientals on the west coast. Planners Endorse Division Street Bridge By Robert E. Gang-ware City Editor, The Statesman The pros posed addition of a lo cal Willamette river bridge to enter Salem at Division street has the endorsement today of the Sa lem long-range planning commis sion, following its vote of approv al last night during the monthly commission session In Salem Chamber of Commerce offices. The chamber - sponsored com mission also acted favorably on a resolution to the ctiy council that the pending ordinance for overall city zoning be adopted as drafted after omitting a rezoning from , residential to business area ot certain eastern blocks of State PAGES those obtained in prior attempted purges of the societies in that they did not pledge withdrawal they pledged dissolution. Parents also attestedto the truth of the new affidavits. Superintendent Bennett said "the school board and adminis tration are very hopeful this set tlement can become the final set tlement of the whoie question." Letters Sent to 17 Letters were sent to parents of the 17 students on November 29 declaring that unless the students were dissociated from the socie ties by December 7 they would De xossea out oi scnooi. oiuaenis i who formerly signed statements that they had withdrawn from either of tho groups, and still had not done so, were given no al ternative but to prove his society was completely dissolving. The affidavits signed by the 17 students were worded as follows: "We in good faith agree to, and pledge ourselves jointly and severally, to the following terms: Permanently Dissolved "1 We herewith permanently and completely dissolve the organization in the Salem public schools. "2 We will In no way endeav or to continue its existence or in any manner to solicit new inm-i bers. "3 This affidavit carries the IlrK-r lnA rnZZ thf r, member and pledgee thereof now signatures oi each and every in the Salem public schools, and we will show to the board satis- ' factory documentary evidence of I this fact at the final acceptance of this affidavit. j Violation Punishment j "4 In case of violation of any of the above agreement, by our organization or any member or pledgee thereof, the status of all or any club signatory to this affi davit will be subject to treatment by the school board as secret so ciety members as required by law." The affidavits signed by par ents or guardians testified that the affidavits of the students con stituted "a true and correct state ment to the best of my knowl edge," and pledged the parents or guardians to "full and complete cooperation in the performance of said affidavit." March of Dimes Campaigners Hold Kick-off Meeting An urgent need for funds to combat infantile paralysis was cited last night by Dr. W. J. Stone, city-county health officer, at a kickoff meeting for the March of Dimes campaign sponsored by the Salem Shrine club. The meeting was at the Marion ho tel. Heading the Marion county drive for dimes are Roy L. Houck. chairman, and Barney Van On segoord, director. Director for Sa lem is Joe Land. Heading divisions are: Clarence Shrock. automotive; Harold Wall ing and Rollin Lewis, builders and contractors; Loyal Warner, gen eral gifts; Floyd Seamster, indus trial; Ted Medford, mercantile, and Daughters of the Nile, led by Mrs. Harris Leitz, professional. The pre-campaign work starts December 16 and extends through December 21. The general drive is from January 15 to 31. street The resolution had been prepared earlier in the day by the city planning and zoning commis sion. Division street bridge plans of the state highway department would divert through traffic from the busy Center street bridge three blocks south and would per mit Salem-West Salem traffic to continue using the existing bridge, in the opinion of long range com mission members, who last night indicated the Division street bridge would fit well Into their general planning for long range development of the city. Long range planners last night also addressed two recommenda MUNDID 1651 Salem. Oregon. Wodnodcry Morning, Docombor 11, 1946 Lwk ODD State Tax Revisions Proposed Changes in the Oregon tax structure to provide for raising a total of $19,500,000 annually a considerable increase over the present state income were pro posed Tuesday in a 90-page final report of the state tax study com mission. There were 26 recommenda tions none of which pertained directly to the long-proposed state sales tax and four "conclu sions" headed by the opinion that in general Oregon's tax system is essentially sound and compares favorably with the systems of other states. Liquor Tax Proposed The recommendations, in part, would: Eliminate the property tax as a source of state revenue; Put all revenue from the liquor commission in the general fund, and appropriate welfare funds therefrom; Add a 10 per cent tax to sales of the liquor commission; Repeal the tax on tangible property; Lower the exemptions on state i income taxes; Establish a business excise tax? Increase the tax on pari-mu-tuel betting; Extend the amusement tax to slot machines (now illegal); Increase allotments of highway funds to cities and counties; Increase the tax on beer and wine licenses; Combine the offices of assessor and property tax collector, and Seek clarification of the present 6 per cent tax limitation. Might Exceed Need The commission's report esti mated the $19,500,000 annually at about $1,000,000 over actual cur- rent need I The report, prepared by S. L. Barrick, commission director, and approved at a meeting of the com m is-ion in Portland on Monday, was signed by Carl W. Cham bers, Pendleton, chairman. Gov. Earl Snell has indicated he would incorporate the recom mendations in his biennial mes sage to the 1947 legislature next month. There was no minority report as such, but it was known that several dissents on specific items had been filed by commission members (Additional details page J) Yeater to Plead To Charge of Assault Today Douglas Yeater, jr., 19, of 1930 N. 18th st., appeared before Jus tice of the Peace Alf O. Nelson at Silverton on a charge of assault and battery, after being taken in to custody by 'deputies-of the Mar ion county sheriffs office Tues day morning, and was given 24 hours in which to plead. Yeater is alleged to have been one of three youths who partici pated in the hazing of John Day, local high school student, last Sep tember 11, according to warrants issued at that time by Miller Hay den, Marion county district attor ney. Because Yeater was in Cali fornia, hiscase was held in abey ance until bis arrest Tuesday morning. The other two youths al leged to be involved in the hazing, James Brown and Dudley Slater, were each fined $50 and costs by Justice of the Peace Nelson after they pleaded guilty last October. Yeater was released on $250 bail and will be heard again in Silverton today. The case was brought before the Silverton Jus- tice court because of the absence of Justice Felton during the prev ious hearing of Brown and Slater, and the Yeater case was taken be fore the same Jurisdiction. tions besides the zone ordinance amendment to the city council. They joined the city planning and zoning group in recommending that zoning restrictions in the business area to be zoned along South Commercial street from Hoyt street south to the new city limits establish setback lines 50 feet from the centerline of the highway right-of-way. They also voted to recornroend that similar setback lines be established along Fairgrounds road. The commission discussed gen eral plans for future highway and railroad traffic developments in the city, Including Southern Pa cific Co.'s tentative plans favor tr t Burned Trying to Save Baby if- LOS ANGELES. Dee, It Mrs. Grade Ha sal ton fights back tears as she looks at her has band, Benjamin, a war veteran who was se verely burned In a vain attempt to save their three-month -old baby, Katberine Jean, from a fire which destroyed a converted chicken house In which they were living In Los Angeles. Mrs. Ilaselton holds two other children who were saved. Roy (left), Z. and Kenneth. 4. who finds It difficult to-, recognise bis dad. (AP Wirepheto to Toe Statesman.) i H sro o 1 -n 1 Search for Missing Girls Ends O TC 1 With Keport oi The mystery of two Silverton Calif.. boarding house over the weekend ended last niaht when thev both turned up safe and one married. Beverly Davenport. 18, a freshman,' at San Mateo Junior col lege, daughter of Mrs. Ronald Craven ithe former Mrs. Fern Daven port), now of Salem, informed her mother by phone last night that Courtesy Driving Campaign Prizes Following i;s the list of prizes in The Oregon Statesman-Warner Brothers Courtesy Driving campaign: MAJOR GRAND PRIZE Seventeen-jewcl wrtstwatrh. choice of men's or women's (Stevens At Son). GRAND PRIZES 1st: New tire and tube (State Tire service). 2d: DUbes. service for S (Salem Hardware). irS: Sandwich frill and fly rod (Sears Roebuck). fxk: Permanent wave (Larsen's Beau ty Studio). Sta: Wool auto robe (Bishop's Clo th in!. tin: Airplane suitcase (Miller Mer cantile). 7th: Table lamp (Elfstrom s). Sth: Electric room heater (McKay Chevrolet ). St: Table lamp (Court Street Radio). 10th: Andirons (Dough ton Hardware). DAILY PRIZES 1st: Camellia (F. A. Doerfler at SonsK Znd: Three pair nylons (Army at Navy store). 3rd: Ten gallons gasoline, oil change. lubricaUon (General Petroleum). Sth: Umbrella iJ. C. Penney co ) sea : Car vacuum (Hamilton Furni ture). " Sth: Album of records (Heider Ra dio). 7th: Auto flashlight (Yeater Appli ance ) . - Sth: Half gallon ice cream (The Pike). Sth: Two tickets Elstnore theatre. ISth: Two tickets Elsinore theatre. In addition, every one of the prize winners (daily and grand) will re ceive a cerUficate entitling him or her to an x 10 browntone photograph Bis hop-Modern ) . All prizes are being made available at The Statesman office. rwiin ine exception inai cerxui' cates instead of actual merchan dise will be issued for the photo graphs, gasoline-oil, the perma nent wave and ice cream. ing street underpasses at the State, Court, Chemeketa and Cen ter street crossings of the main rail line along 12th street, as means1 to alleviate traffic hazards in that area. Referred to the park committee was a plan for the de velopment of Bush's pasture as a city park, as submitted by Eliza beth Lord and Edith Schryver, lo cal landscape architects. The commission's printed prog ress report will be ready for dis tribution this month, it was an nounced. Initial distribution will be made at the commission's an nual banquet to be scheduled for early January, it was decided. Prico Sc rtfcfow ,;.: - ,, TUT 11 T Wedding in Keno girls mining from a Burlingame. she and Robert Green of Antioch, Calif., also a student at the col lege, were married during the weekend which saw a coast-wide search being launched by police after the boarding house operator'0' lh "O may Every reported their disappearance. The other "missing" girl, Joan Coop- er. 19. sophomore at the colleae. daughter of Mrs. Mina Cooper of iilverton, told her mother that she was a witness to the ceremony performed in Reno, Nev., Mrs Cooper said. Burlingame police began the search when Mrs. Edward Blyth, operator of a rooming house where the girls stayed, told offi cers Monday that Miss Daven port had not been home since Saturday afternoon and that Miss Cooper did not return from t theatre date with a boy friend Saturday night. The girls snd the bridegroom returned to Burlingame Tuesday night, the Associated Press re ports. Miss Cooper's mother is em ployed by the state unemploy ment compensation commission in Salem and Mrs. Craven is a local music instructor. Strike to Delay New 'Phones Sixteen Salem members of the telephone workers union were smong 200 who are idle today over the state in a spreading strike of employes of the Western Electric Manufacturing company. The company manufactures tel ephone equipment and members' strike will retard telephone in stallation but will not hinder nor mal telephone service, Harry V. Collins, district manager of the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company here said last night. Don Harris, Portland, head of the Association of Communication Workers, said that members were protesting non-payment of living allowances to men working out of town. The issue is being nego tiated in New York. The 18 company workers In Salem were installing central of fice facilities in downtown build ings to, take care of a war back log of orders for telephones, Col lins stated. The Weather Max. U 11 ss kiln. Prertp. Salem Portland San grandace Chicago a Uaest Willamette river SS feet. FORECAST (from UjS weather bu reau. McNary field. Solem): Mostly cloudy with occasional light rain snow era today and tomgnt. uignast peraUir IS. Lows si 4S. IIow lo Win Courtesy Driving Award L, Drive eaurissswlyt t. WaUaMkas ihm, starting tomorrow, to ore whether yoor ear lice no a amber baa been oted m winner: I No. 220 Marines On Board Airplane SEATTLE. Dec. 10-i7p)-A ar- j Ine corps R5C transport plane, with 32 men aboard, was report ed tonight by the Sand Point naval air station here as mfaring, on a projected non-stop flight t t ' six plane from Sjn Diego, Calif., to Seattle. I ' , Comdlr. P.D. Duke, Sand Point operations officer, asked public, aid in tracing it. , The naval public relations offi cer at San Diego saU the "piano had a crew of Ihree-j-a major pilot, a lieutenant colonel-copilot and a master sergeant. JarngTS included 28 marine corps privates and a marine sergeant military policeman. Their names wete withheld pending wot d of the plane's fate. . It was unreported : since 4:11 p.m., when it reported jit was fly ing at- 9000 feet elevation, couth of Toledo, Wash. It was clear-l to Everett, : Wuh., and was due at 5:08 p.m. f j. Commander Duke asked resi dents of the intervening territory to report to the navy, the roukt guard r to the army at McChord field any clues to the whereabouts of the big plane. He waid it had fuel for some eight hours' flight. Rain, Strong Winds The plane disappeared during a day of rain and strong winds. Commander Duke nui-i the ht contact was when the pilot made a routine check wit& the Toledo range station, south iof .Chehhlis. Silence closed in then, despite frantic efforts of anrijr, navy and civil aeronautics iminltiation wireless stations tot contact the sr SLS.rs'.T. known. 1 Commander Duke aked news sr.h.7 iv c 1 residents along the aiir route n- i Prt HnU8Ui. irP,an beav- ! ,or Df c"1 tn fotnt, Mc- Chord field or the coast aTuaid immediately. Mar Be Free4 Dewa Flyers said thst because of tho thick weather, it Was feared th plane nwght have t been forced down in some isolated mountain ous region south of here. "If this plane has crashed, rnms " " i ""f 1 ff1 Comma'1"' Duke. I . An RC " twin engine plane. nown l" "Y"'1" ". CurI'" ! Commando. The mivsinc Diane was painted standard marine dark color, almori a black. It was one of six which left San Diego at 10:36 a.m., on a projected nonstop Tight. Tour turned back after hitting bad weather in southwest Washing ton. A fifth landed, at Sand Point. Being Transferred At Portland, one pilot told in Urviewers each plane was car rying ome 30 marines, with sea bags and full back parks, who were being transferred 'from San Diego to Seattle. He declined use of his name. Flaming Meteorite Soars Over Kan nan Mcpherson, kss., Dec io-p) The pre-dawn Kansas sky from here to Garden City, nearly 250 miles to the west, was turned Into brilliant daylight today by what residents reported appeared to be a flaming meteorite traveling so close to the earth as it parsed over MtPherson that it left a long white smoke plume in its wake. A ground search party and an army plane failed: to locate any trace of a meteorite. TO RF.SO'E LIBCRTE LE HAVRE, France, Dec. 10.-(l')-A large repair crew, includ ing divers rushed here from moft major French ports, sVod ready tonight to try to save the partial ly submerged liner Liberie, for merly the German Europa, resting on a mudflat in the harbor after a three-day storm. ITID " SHOPPING 1 MJ d4t$ iknrj ' ! n