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NIOTTY-SIXTH YEAR 14 PAGES Satan, Oregon, Friday Morning January 3. 1947 Price. 5c No. 240
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I ee where property owners, i
aUnr the highway in the Oregon
Otv-Milwaukie district are or-;
ganizing a r roperty mgrus ao-;
rirftion whose purpose is to com- '
but freeway legislation. A meet-
ing to complete the organization
Is net for Jennings Lodge the eve
ning of January 10. This insure
a renewal of an old fight if new
legislation permitting freeways to
be established w proposed. ' j
Freeway laws give the highways
department authority to lay out
10 lay oui i
rTV"1
highways with restri
ki c-ru The ourpcK-e i
r.w ,t K k ufftv and romliriess
.., .i.- ts. Kill -f.ni,i-
1 1 I I IV IM . iv . -
ered at the la.-t session did not 1 students marched on the Lnited ; city manager, and William M. Mc
disturb existing property but it 1 States embassy and Generalissimo Kinney who was unanimously
u.a visnrmnlv resisted, never-
theless.
The Clackamas county move-1
ment may be regarded as the r
volt of the little fellow, the inde
pendent enterpriser who runs a
service station, a motel, a way
side store or stand or lunchroom.
He sees in the denial of access
to principal highways only at se
lected points an invasion of his ;
opportunities at gaining a Iieli-
rxxjd. Even if theie is no threat of j
his being dispossessed rfe still is
opposed to the legislation. He
damns the highway commission
even though his business may be
the creature of the highway that
runs past his door
tate also are opposeo to sum legis-
(Continued on editorial page)
John Kerriek to
Succeed Hammond
John C KerriiW. employe of
the state department since 192S,
Thursday was appointed by Sec
retary of State Robert S. Farrell.
Jr , as manager of the state
driver's license division.
Kerntk succeeds William H.
Hammond, who resigned to be
come state liquor administrator.
Kerrick headed the driver's li
cense division from 1940 to 1942,
serving in Hammond's place
while the latter was in the army.
Kerrick went into the marines m
1942. returning in 1945 as assist
ant manager under Hammond.
Animal Crackers
By WARREN GOODRICH
"5,tA has too got another
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Franzen
New Ad
Takes Over in Sale
By Wendell Webb
Managing Editor. The Statesman
5aiem s nrst city manager --
Oregon City -- was formally in
of this municipality today.
wmiiiii riuiiiuuii vi im iiiiiuiK:in mm ivku -
city council Thursday at the start of almost day-long activity attend-
ant upon the launching or tne new
China Students
Demonstrate at
fr T O 1
U. Ii.mbassy
NANKING. Jan. 2 -P-Chinese
Chiang ls.ai - sneK s
government
headquarters today, demanding
immediate witnorawai oi Amen
can troops from China, but decid
ed later to cancel further demon
strations. Leaders of the 1.000 marchers
had said they intended to go to
the Chinese foreign f f fice and the j
home of General Marshall, special
presidential envoy to China, but a
mass meeting of
students voted
without explanation
to call off
this program
Leaders said, however, that
three formal "manifestoes" wc-uld
be issued and that they might call
R ,.tudt.nt gtri)e wnen a three-day
j hciday ends Friday.
An incident of alleged rape in
Peiping. involving a Chinese girl
and two U. S. marines, was the
basis for the demonstrations,
which students have staged in
Peipirg and Shanghai as well as
Nanking.
At the American embassy. Min
ister Walton Butterworth received
leaders of the student marchers I and third Wednesdays, setting a
and gave them a letter from Am- quorum at five, abolishing stand
bassador J. Leighton Stuart, prom- ; ing committees of the council,
ising a prompt courtmartial if in- prohibiting from voting any coun
vestigation provided any basis for ' cilman with "a direct pecuniary
rape charges. interest" in any matter at hand,
. - ; and barring re-consideration of
Willamette U. to
Increase Tuition
! ger's salary as $7,500 and the part
Tuition at Willamette univers- i time municipal judge's as $2,500.
ity will be raised to $160 er se- (3) r-assetl an ordinance bill
I transferring to the new municipal
m ester plus the $15 student body i . , . .. . . . K
K i judge the city court duties here-
fee. beginning June 15, President , tofore carried out by City Record
G. Herbert Smith announced ' er Mundt.
Thursday in the first student chap- 1
el of the new year.
Smith compared Willamette tgi- j
tion uith other comparable priv
ately endowed colleges, pointing
out that the tuition increase of
a $175 total from the present $140
total, is in line with that of sim-
liar iioerai aris luiirgc-
Truman, Farley
Tieket Proposed
TOPEKA. Kan . Jan. 2 - -
Former Secretary of War Harry
H. Woodring said today he had
"aided" a movement to boom
James A. Farley as a running
mate for President Truman in
1948.
Woodring. former governor of
Kansas and secretary of war in
the early part cf President Roose
velt's admini tration, expressed
the belief that a Truman-Farley
ticket would be the strongest the
Democrats could offer..
Salem s sew govern
held !
I- L- i
sway today under Mayer
r.jinrvra. a Ktcn-un cvnncu i
and City Manager J. L. Fransen. j
ine aoove picture was taaen ai
the year's first council session
Thursday. Front row (left to
right) are City Attorney Chris
Kowits. Mayor Elfstrom, City
Manager Fransen. Rear row:
Councilmen Claude Jorgensen,
James Nicholson, Daniel J. Fry.
R. O. Lewis. Albert Gille. David
O'Hara. Municipal Judge W. W.
MeKinney and City Recorder
Alfred Mundt who swore In the
new mayor and councilmen last
week. The other picture shows
Kowtts swearing in MeKinney
and Fransen immediately after
the initial season. (Photos by
Don Dill. Statesman Staff photographer).
Appointed,
linistration
quiei, urm-sponen j. l.. r ranzen oi
charge of administering the affairs
I
government.
Franzen - - unanimously approv
ed after a motion by Councilman
David O'Hara and second by
Councilman R- O. Lewis - - in turn
called a meeting of department
heads who were informed that
"there will be no change at the
present time whatever; you can
put your minds at ease."
Also taking office Thursday were
City Attorney Chris Kowitz on
formal appointment of the new
named municipal judge by the I
city council on motion of Council
man Albert Gille and second by !
Councilman O'Hara. :
Mundt Appointed
City Manager Franzen also ap-
pointed Alfred Mundt as city re
corder. The office previously was
elective. Franzen took no direct
acuon u re-appotni ouier ap-
pointive officers, declaring such
step was unnecessary. His first
request of the department heads
was for a complete inventory of
their departments. He previously
had informed the council that he
wanted an inventory of all city
equipment, supplies and property,
and said that an immediate audit
should be considered, "since in ef
fect (by virtue of the new type of
government) we are starting from
the year one."
In addition to naming Franzen
and McKmney, the council at a
45-minute special session with
Mayor R. L. Elfstrom. also: 1
(1) Adopted a set of rules, spe- i
! cifying meeting nights as the first
i rvcr moatinff r-iicrHtsr oor tKo fi
any rejected bill for six months
unless a quorum desired re-hear-I
ing-
Salaries Approved
I (2) Approved the city mana-
(4) Referred to the city raana-
ger several applications for licen-
ses, an application for a franchise
fought by Oregon Motor Stages,
and the program for collection of
dog license fees.
Franzen. asked by Mayor Elf
strom to address the council, said
L U3r,tn1 -.nr. rmrL'i,
for his appointment and that he
was "very proud to serve." He
will divide his time between Ore
gon City and Salem for several
weeks until such time as the for
mer city obtains a man to replace
him.
Civ 1 mn tuora nrocAT-it o
vi
j chols(m Albrt Gllle Caude Jor.
gensen, R. O. Lewis, David O'Hara
and Daniel J. Frv.
(Additional details on pages
2 and 9.)
CHINA CITY FALLS TO REDS
NANKING. Friday. Jan. J-V
Dispatches to pro - government
. v. rorotrs said icday that com-Tiuri'-t
tops have captured the
western Shantung province rail
way city of Liaocheng. 4
PROSSER, Wash., Jan. 2-OPy-A
Payette, Ida., flier, R- Hogue, and
two companions reported today
sigh tine the word "aeroplane" and
an arrow pointing south written
in the snow near LaGrande, in
northeastern Oregon, and said the
area was so isolated they were
certain it was not prank.
The three told Glen LaMoreaux,
a flying service partner, en their
arrival here and the information
was relayed to the army's Mc
Chord field, where a widespread
search for a marine transport
plane missing with 32 men aboard
since December 10 has centered.
LaGrande is about 250 air miles
from where the San Diego-Seattle-bound
marine plane radioed
its last position south of Toledo, in
western Washington.
0 Prank
..We didn't see any airplane, but
;t wa too far out for a prank."
LaMoreaux quoted Hogue as say
ing. "It was isolated country.
They reported the location
fairly definitely, Lamoreau said.
He plotted it as about eight miles
from LaGrande and nine miles
from the LaGrande airport, in a
west-southwest direction. They
sighted the markings about 11:30
a. m. ana arrivea nere an nour
later. They were on private busi-
ness and left in the afternoon to
return to Payette.
New Snow Falls
LaGrande fliers, notified of
their report, searched the rugged
nearby country, in the Blue
mountains, without success, how
ever, and a McChord field army
plane, flown there in late after
noon, also saw nothing. New snow
had fallen within the last 24
hours, the LaGrande airport said.
The three said the letters were
apparently freshly-made, stomped
out in the snow, and about five
feet high. The marks did not ap
pear drifted in.
ONTARIO, Ore., Jan. 2-(JF)
Lawrence Limbaugh, private pilot
from Payette, . Idaho, after land
ing at the Ontario airport shortly
after dark tonifht, confirmed the
report that he had seen the word
"Heookplane" written in the
snow in a wooded clearing ap
proximately 10 miles southwest
OI ioranue.wre.. at auoui . p.
m. loaay.
Saw Arrow Also
Limbaugh, with whom Cidk
Hogue of Payette was a passen-
ger, reported he saw the word
tramped on the snow covered
site along with an arrow point-1
ing south while he was en route
from Ontario to Prosser. Wash.
The Payette pilot said he also
noted footprints leading to the
sfgn from a snow-covered shed
in the clearing.
The odd spelling of the word
indicated, Limbaugh said, that
a Basque sheepherder may have
spelled It or that it may have
become blurred by snowfall.
Arrow Reported
As Indicating Cabin
LA GRANDE. Ore.. Jam 2-(yP)-A
woman residing in the moun
tains south of La Grande who
was going to make a large arrow
in the snow indicating the direc
tion of her home, was advanced
tonight as the possible cause of
the arrow and wording in the
snow seen in that district this
afternoon by W. M. Pierson, CAP
chief here. He said that a woman
had told friends that she would
mark her home with a large ar
row in the snow. An explanation
of the lettering was not forth
coming, however. The search will
be continued Friday, he said.
Killitias Firrti- Rlam
Mirage for False Alarm
BILLINGS, Jan. 2 - (JP) - A mi
rage caused a false alarm for the
Billings fire department.
The woman who turned in the
alarm thought the chimney of a
neighbor's house was aflame, but
it was decided later that she had
seen the rays of the setting sun,
reflected through chimney vapors.
School Districts in Salem Area to Be
Asked to Decide Consolidation Issue
What to do to solve educational
problems created by overcrowd-
ed schools in the Salem area is
the 11 school districts in and!
around Salem after the problem
and the proposed answer con
solidation are presented fully
to them by their individual
school boards.
More than 60 representatives
of the several school districts
last night discussed the proposal
with Dr. C. L. Huffaker, pro
fessor of administration and fi
nance at the University of Ore
gon, in a special meeting at Bush
school.
Action for a petition for con
solidation is planned after mem
bers of the various school boards
place the problem and the two
alternative answers consoli
dation of independent functioning
of each separate school district
before the citizenry of all inter
ested districts.
Another meeting will be held
in about two weeks,-after the in
dividual boards have reported
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Filibuster
For Bilbo
Possible
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 -(JP)
Filibuster in behalf of Senator
Bilbo (D-Miss) threatened to
night after senate republicans
formally directed their steering
committee to try to halt him at
the senate's threshhold tomor
row. Senator Maybank (D-SC) told
a reporter that he and certain
other southern democrats were
prepared to "debate a week or
longer." He said that if neces
sary he would read every line of
the voluminous record of a sen
ate investigation into Bilbo's re
election. This could prevent all senators
elected in 1946 from taking their
seats and snarl up organization
of the senate.
Other Developments
There were these other devel
opments in the case of Senator
Bilbo, who Is accused of intimi
dating negroes from voting and
of violating the law in his deal
ings with war contractors:
1. Senator Bridges (R-NH) in
formed newsmen 48 senate re
publicans attending a conference
voted unanimously In favor of a
plan to challenge Bilbo at the
door.
2. A senate democratic official,
who declined to be quoted by
name, told a reporter he beiiev-
repubHcans have the votes
tQ keep BUbo from taking his
seat- and to refer ouster charges
against him to the new rules
committee, headed by Senator
proofs (R-Ill). This official said
enough democrats would vote
wjtn the reDublicans to attain
this result. However, a filibuster
could delay a vote indefinitely.
Without Fair Trial'
3. Senator Hoey (D-NC) de
clared to reporters that "failure
to seat Senator Bilbo would be
like sentencing a man without a
fair trial."
When the senate convenes to
morrow Leslie L. Biffle, a demo
crat and its secretary, will be
presiding. At that time there
would be 30 democrats and 29
republicans as holdovers eligible
to vote on a challenge to Bilbo.
Resolution Drafted
Republicans reportedly have
drafted a resolution which would
deny Bilbo's right to take his seat
immediately and refer to Brooks'
committee charges that Bilbo
profited from dealings with war
contractors and that he violated
federal laws in preventing ne
groes from voting.
It was understood this resolu
tion would call for a report from
the Brooks committee to the sen
ate not later than January 18.
when the ouster arguments would
begin in, the senate itself.
Montana Man Finds
Nugget in Trap of Sink
HELENA, Mont., Jan. 2 -(JP)
While installing a new faucet In
the kitchen sink of his home
not ' far from once-famous Last
Chance mining . gulch Jack
Longmaid lifted out a filter
screen and found three small
gold nuggets.
Now, neighbors look or
complete overhauling of plumb
ing in the Longmaid residence.
, their findings to the office of
County School Superintendent
Agnes Booth.
Nine of the 11 school districts
were represented at last night's
meeting. The nine are Middle
Grove, Rickey, Pringle, Salem
No. 24, Liberty, Keizer, Hayes
ville, Auburn and Salem Heights.
Representatives from SWegle dis
trict and West Salem, also con
sidered for the consolidation pro
gram, were not present.
All districts of the area should
be included in any consolidation,
Huffaker said, but a combined
school unit would function with
some absent. Other districts
would find consolidation neces
sary sooner or later, if a large
portion of the area's districts con
solidated, he added.
A 53 per cent increase in the
school population of the Rickey
district was recorded during the
last 12 months, Huffaker said,
and cited a 12 per cent increase
in all 11 school -districts in the
last year.
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Oehlers Together Again
SILVERTON. Jan. 2 Harry Oehler was happily reunited with his
English wife and son, who flew from London to New York. The
pair arrived on New Year's day and are pictured here with Oehler
in the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Oehler In Silverton.
(Statesman photo.) (Story on page 14.)
Parking Meters
To Make Debut in
Salem Next Week
Installation of parking me
ters on downtown Salem streets
is expected to begin by the lat
ter part of next week.
The Michael Arts Bronze Co.
informed city officials yester
day by long distance telephone
that men and equipment would
arrive about January 10 and
installation work would begin
immediately upon their arrival.
The city has 450 parking
meters on order from the
Michael firm, the result of a
contract originally drawn a
year ago and subsequently the
subject of litigation and vote,
both of which recently resulted
in a go-ahead signal for park
ing meters in Salem.
Unemployed
Flock to State
Job Service
A near-record crowd of ap
proximately 685, largest since
1940, flooded the local Oregon
employment service office Thurs
day seeking jobs and filing claims,
while 315 passed through the
agency's Silverton office, William
Baillie, manager of the Salem of
fice, revealed last night.
Baillie attributed the sudden
rush to the fact that many per
sons "want to start the new year
out with a job," and to the fact
hat many of the applicants were
looking for better job prospects
than the Jobs they are now hold
ing. He added that this time of
year has always been a heavy
one for the office because of the
slack-off in seasonal employment.
Huffaker said the increase in
population of the northwest would
continue for about two more de-
of e fatlvely
undeveloped resources of the area.
in the face of this potentially
increased population, many school
districts of the area have no high
school. This necessitates transpor
tation of their high school students
to another school district usual
ly Salem.
"Every tuition student is living
evidence of poor school organiza
tion," Huffaker said, citing the
900 to 1,000 tuition pupils attend-,!
ing Salem schools.
Adequate compensation for fi
nancial differences of various dis
tricts would be made, it was as
certained in statements by Huf
faker and Lester Wilcox of the
state department of education.
One school district recently ask
ed Salem district 24 to take its
entire-school and several have re
quested the Salem district care for
schooling of their seventh and
eighth grades, Salem Superinten
dent Frank Bennett said.
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Attacks End
Lull in Fighting
InPalestine
JERUSALEM. Friday, Jan. 3
(JP) Jewish underground fighters
launched a series of wide-spread
attacks on British military instal
lations in Palestine last night and
early today, striking in Jerusalem.
Tel Aviv, Tiberias, Hedera and
Kiryat Haim near Haifa.
In Tiberias, on the Sea of Galilee
75 miles northeast of Jerusalem,
the attackers used home-made
flame throwers before they were
beaten off. The assault there was
directed at a military car park.
The outbreaks ended a lull fn
the Holy Land which had ' con
tinued since December 5. They al
so came after the recent world
Zionist congress at Basel, Switzer
land, had condemned the use of
violence in strong terms.
(Earlier a British government
source in London had declared
that the situation in Palestine was
such now that one more incident
"might blow the lid off.")
Observers said it was nnssihle
4u ki w
uiai ti irsc uiuws wuuiu IU1IUW
ed by further "operations" in the
next few days.
Committee Warns
Against Cuts in
Military Budgets
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 -(PV
In an apparent effort to block
an economy drive at the expense
of the armed forces, the house
naval committee cautioned con
gress today that "the most ex
pensive thing in the world is a
cheap army and navy."
The full committee acknowl
edged that "scientific research
will shape the navy of tomor
row," but, in effect, challenged
the contention advanced in some
quarters that the atom bomb has
madethis nation's navy obsolete.
Basing its findings upon the
first hand observations of five of
its members, the committee said
that the bomb "is not most ef-
fective against fleets, but rather
it is most potent against large
land installations and concentra
tions of troonc "
i Bill to Provide Housing
e
i For Congressmen
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2-P)
Rep. Sabalh (D.-Ill.), dean of
the house in point of serv ice,
rushed to the aid of his house
hunting colleagues today. He an
nounced that he would introduce
tomorrow a bill for a $12,000,000
housing project for members of
congress, their families and em
ployes. Weather
Max. Min. Precip.
Salem 42 23 M
Portland 42 27 .00
San Francisco S3 42 .00
Chicago 32 24 .71
New York 37 24 .07
Willamette river 1.1 feet.
FORECAST from U.S. weather bu
reau, McNary field. Salem): High scat
tered clouds today with increasing
cloudiness tonight. Slowly risinp tem
peratures tonight with highest today
43. Lowest tonight 23.
Foilssdl
Halleck to
Lead GOP
In House
By ROGER D. GREENE
WASHINGTON. Jan. 2-HJPY-The
nation's lawmakers rallied -tonight
for the advent of a new
era the first session of the 80th
congress tomorrow amid pre
dictions that a 20 per cent cut in
personal income taxes will be
the first bill introduced.
On the eve of the momentous
session, Chairman-to be Knut
son (R.-Minn.) of the house ways
and means committee, announced
that legislation proposing the 20 .
per cent reduction will be brought
up for top priority consideration.
The measure would cut 3s500,
000,000 from personal income
taxes "across the board" in 1947.
Voices Confidence
Knutson voiced confidence the
measure will be passed, despite
previous opposition in both Dem
ocratic and Republican rank. He
said the bill "will be introduced
at high noon" tomorrow.
Back in the saddle for the first
time since the Hoover regime, the
Republicans dissolved their dif
ferences over the t key post, of
floor leader in the GO P-do rui
nated house. The choice went to
Rep. Charles A. Halleck of Indi
ana, who, in that role, will quar
terback the Republican team . in
the house.
Others Withdraw
Halleck's selection was as
sured when Reps. Everett M. !
Kirksen of Illinois and Thomas
Jenkins of Illinois withdrew from
the race. Earlier, Rep. Clarence
J. Brown of Ohio had aUo with
drawn. In the senate, the Democratic
minority elected Senator "Alben
W. Barkley of Kentucky as their
floor leader and named Senator
Lucas of Illinois as "whp" the
man who rounds up straying
party members when their votes
are needed at a critical juncture.
GOP Selections
Republican senators had pre
viously chosen Senator Arthur H.
Vandenberg of Michigan as pre
siding officer In the GOP-con-trolled
senate, with Senator Wal
lace White of Maine as Repub
lican floor leader and Senator
Kenneth Wherry of Nebraska as
GOP whip.
With party harmony already;
achieved among the Republicans,
after weeks of intra-mural squab
bling over leadership Exists, the
Democrats also closed ranks with
the unanimous selection of 64-year-old
Rep. Sam Rayburn of
Texas as his party's floor leader
" l"c ""U!- ln lnal ro,e.
in ln. T 1 . n
ourn will
spearhead Democratic
action in the GOP-con trolled
house. r
The house Republics nmajer--ity,
meeting behind closed doors,
agreed to support the congression
al reorganization law. streamlin
ing the committee structure, as
the basis for the house operating
procedure during the coming
session.
Oregon 40 et 8
Wins Award
Oregon Forty and Eight, world
war I veteran group, is winner
of the organization's coveted
Ferdinand G. Fraser membership
award, Ira Pilcher, Salem, Ore
gon Grand Chef de Gare, was in
formed last night by Forty and
Eight headquarters in. Indiana
polis, Ind.
The award has been presented
each year for the past 15. years
! w ulK fUiie I,rsi reporting a tuu
1. ll A A. . . .
i P cent pad-up membership.
fiicner, wno neaaed tne campaign
among 1200 forty and eighters in
this state, said that Oregon is the
j first state west of the Mississippi
ever to win the trophy. Last year
it went to North Carolina.
QUICKIES
"I bought the store I saw la The
Statesman Want Ads so I'd be
entitled to the buslnessm-a's
lunch"
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