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THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Editor and Publisher
Bleaker ef the AmwUM rrai
The Associated Prea at exclusively entitled Uikin(M ps41eatlai
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Another Bonneville Mystery
In the Statesman of Sunday we discussed the mystery of
the drive to get rates for Bonneville power increased. The
Sunday Oregonian had another story labeled (Special) from
Washington quoting Congressman Jensen of Iowa to the effect
that Bonneville was not paying out on its present scale of
charges and predicting an investigation by a congressional com
mittee. That indeed would be quite in order, providing it was di
rected solely at the mathematical facts and not political in its
purpose The accountants of Bonneville could present their
figures, as they did in their report of February 1 and account
ants for the committee could apply what tests they desired.
That should demonstrate which side is adhering to the truth.
On another front Bonneville seems to face some sort of
battle. "Here in Oregon most everyone seems to endorse the
program -of progressive development of dams, as needed. The
commercial fishing interests have not been satisfied of the
need for new dams, but all those connected with the electric
utility bu9ir.es, public or private, who have spoken have en
dorsed the urgency of new construction to complete Grand
Coulee and proceed with new dams such as the McNary dam
and Fester creek dam.
According to the Yakima Republic and Herald, however,
there is a division of sentiment among the major private utilities.
The American Power Sc Light group are under suspicion of
putting road blocks in the program. In an adjoining column
we publish an editorial from the Republic and Herald, written
by Robert ,W. Lucas, formerly editorial writer on the Astorian
Budjiet. The Yakima papers and Lucas are conservative, and
like the Statesman they want orderly progress In power de
velopment. As the Herald says, the two states are entitled to full in
formation as to what is back of the opposition to the Bonneville
expansion program, also to the accounting which the Bonneville
administration claims to be making. As we said in our first
editorial, there is more than meets the eye in this business. Let
th- daylight in.
Italian Prrmier Resign
Pn-mier Alcide de Gasperi has turned in his resignation
a head of he government of Italy. His cabinet wai a four
party ctuht.on. and he ha had plenty of opposition from the
lefrnrt fifties. The cabinet filed its protest against the Italian
treaty whose draft has just been announced, but its primary
weaknts was internal. In that regard it reflected the internal
wetknttu of Italy itself.
t;-ige Bna. AP correspondent in Rome, in a recent story
to AP papers reported a growing expression among Italians:
What we need is another strong man. i hate to admit it,
but this ws the way we Italians are. We need a man with a club.
The Mu.-tolini fascist dictatorship is gone. Whatever stabiliz
ing influence the monarchy had is gone too. The Italian people
unaccustomed to self-rule seem to feel lost and ready to ex- '
change Mme of their liberty for more of order and stability. ;
Wht IritT the resignation of De Gasperi will mean a call
for pai hrnt r.tary election is doubtful. Perhaps none of the;
four aitiv. Christian Democrats, socialists, republicans and :
commiMi!ts is ready for an election. Probably a new coalition
cabint-t will be patched up and given a chance to see what it j
can iio
Italj's ;',s are both economic and political. There will be
many cabinets to rise and fall before its feet are firmly planted
In the iiublican form or its people receive adequate subsistence.
The French have organized their new government with
the officrs-of president and of premier falling to socialists, whose
party ranks third in point of numbers. The extremes of left
an t right told neither one take power themselves; the inter
mediate feci&lists were given the high offices, though again
a coalition vvhich admits communist representation is the result.
Thus France and Italy both reflect the political instability
groA ing out of postwar confusion and in the former of pre
w: oivtwion. Yet thse two nations are sorely needed for the
rtbui!dmg of Europe
Thf Polish Election
The is r.ot the slightest surprise at the victory of the com
m ni.-t pity in the Ptlih elections of Sunday. Controlling the
g )vci m nt. the election machinery, the army and police, the
rr-s.ih n f r in doubt. In vain our government protested
th ett4 and urged a free and untrammelled election in ac
oi.id'ue with the pledges of Yalta and Potsdam. Russia did
im' Min in the protest and the communist-controlled government
in WaiMiw was an easy winner.
Tin i ine of the "facts of life' which we cannot escape.
Liberated by Russian armies, its own government in exile
rtapi.difatl by Moscow and a new Lublin committee of pro
Russiaiwt recognized. Poland came within the Soviet orbit. So
lor t . R..s-.a looms on its eastern border and controls the
portion wf Germany on Poland's western border Poland must
remain nMhin that country's sphere of influence. No govern
ment louW srvive which was openly hostile to the USSR.
Thigh an offshoot of the communist system the Polish
economic organization differs somewhat from that in Russia.
Instead i collectivization of the landed estates the lands were
cut up into mall parcel and given to the peasants, to satisfy j
tlie r long hunger for land Major industries were nationalized i
bi private trading is still permitted in the field of small
bu ! ess
The nest will just have to accept the "status quo" In
Poljnd ad hope that in the slow evolution of history that
country may yet emerge as a happy and prosperous people.
Th? old. rlajs-consciou. nobility-ridden Poland was a poor
country. tl.K.f:h it dnl have a rich culture attuned to the west.
Now it will have to work out its destiny if it can under the
shadow f the USSR The west may grieve over the situation.
It cannot interfere in it.
At Corvallis last week Jim Loder was elected president
of the stale wildlife organization. That is a good selection and
a fitting cognition of Jim's work in the field of conservation.
Jim's favoute weapon in hunting and angling is not a rifle,
a shotgun or a rod omJ reel but a camera. He has taken movies
on land. Ma and in the air of Oregon's scenery and wildlife:
an i he has been most generous in his showing of his pictures.
H has W n an enthusiastic worker in local and state organiza
tions for protection of fih and game and as president of the
state organization he will be a genuine leader in the cause.
That was an interesting story, the return of a scouting
prtv to Little America in the Antarctic, where they found
evt-t vthing preserved and untouched since the camp was aban
d nd ears previously. Chickens, hams, graham crackers,
beefsteak frozen solid. The reporter wrote "No one had set
fitot inwie the buildings and interconnecting tunnels since then
until today. " Kilroy hadn't been there.
Mrs. Fk&nor Roosevelt and Franklin, jr. are affiliated with
ADA (Aamricans fee Democratic Action). But sons James and
Elliott e not yei accounted for. They appear to have more
leaning f PCA (Progressive Citizens of America), particularly
Elliott. Maybe the latter is getting ready to write another book.
Editorial
Comment
The reaple Should Know
The people of the Northwest
and we mean the whole region,
had better start demanding infor
mation and facts about the dis
puted development and distribu
tion of power in the five Pacific
Northwest states. The facts should
be made public.
Fred Niendorff. political writer
for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer,
says that recent tripartite discus
sions (carried on behind closed
doors) of the Bonneville Power
administration's power expansion
program have produced more than
has come to public notice. The
Bonneville program calls for ad
dition of generators at Coulee
dam. the building of new dams,
the creation of many substations
and the installation of many miles
of transmission lines. This is to
be a five-year project, to cost
about 241 million dollars.
Paul Raver, administrator for
the B.P.A., insists this program
is necessary to meet the long
range future requirements and
also immediate and near-by pow
er demands of the Pacific North
west. But. Mr. Niendorff writes,
"Private power interests are ask-
! ing to be shown that the 'power
shortage' Raver is stressing is as
I real as he asserts." They ask. says
Mr. Niendorff. that if the alumi
num industry experiences a bust
when lumber and other competing
materials return in long supply
will such a vast expansion pro-
cram be Justified? It is their
viewpoint that aluminum plants,
"which consume energy all out of
proportion to their direct job-
giving potentials." now take about
half the output of the Columbia
rivers firm energy. The alumi
num plants are booming they
claim, because much of their pro
duction is going into the building
and construction industries as
substitutes for other material.
So we know that the private
utilities of Oregon and Washing
ton sr not in unanimous agree
ment behind the request for power
appropriations to carry on the
proposed Bonneville program. But
now let us examine some records
to guess, if we can, which of the
companies is opposing this pro
gram. Which are these "private
power interests" to which Mr.
Niendorff refers
The major private utilities tak
ing part in these discussions are
Puget Sound Power & Light. Port
land General Electric. Washing
ton Water Power Co. and Pacific
Power Si Light. It Is a matter of
record, established in October,
1946, by both the chairman of the
board and the president of Port
land Ceneral Electric, that that
company indorses in principle the
federal government's construction
of "more dams, more power hous
es, more transmission lines and
more interconnections " Mr. James
H. Polhemus. president of PG.E.,
said October 25: "It will take all
our energies, with the united front
of all other agencies involved, to
secure necessary appropriations
and to do the necessary construc
tion of extra facilities needed to
meet the 1947 peak a year from
now."
It is thus doubtful that P.G.E.,
which already is buying two
thirds of its power supply from
Bonneville, and making advertis
ing capital out of the rates en
abled by the purchases, opposes
Dr. Raver's program. It is also
doubtful thafPuget Sound Power
A. I Ivht iAtiih i alrk huvintf
.htntilil nuantitiM of nowor
from Bonneville, is opposed to 1
the government's program. Puget i
fought the passage of imUative
No. IM on power, and is trying
to effect its sale to a PUD. and
ha ince hen working in har-
mony with the government. And
its president. Mr. Frank McLaugh- ;
lin. has become an anathema to
other private power executives j
particularly thr,e who have been 1 llon aoopieo Dy me oar associa
opposed to Bonneville and to Dr t,on 'er prepared by attorneys
R7ver w- c Winslow, Rollin K. Page
So we find that the "private and John A Heltzel.
power interests." allegedly doubt-
fill about the future of aluminum,
and skeptical of the proposed five
year expansion, appear narrowed
down to Washington Water Power
of Spokane and the Pacific Power
& Light Co , whose main city cus
tomer is Yakima. That should be
interesting to the people of Spo
kane. We think it is more than
coincidental that Bonneville' re-I
cent relations with PGE in Port-
land ana ugei iouna in 5eattie . utric wiwmi i n.u
have been good, while those with j tives of the area and Rear Ad
W.W.P. and Pacific have been miral George H. Fort, comman
bod. This has involved more poli- ' dant of the district
tics than honest disagreement over ' - . Scharpe, regional execu
the true industrial problem and Uv of th Scouts of Ameri
nirture of th future IWthwit Executive Deputy Donald
It is a political row that has a
long and expensive history
Mr Kli l u Dr
Now Mr. ISiendorfr says Dr. ;
aver "well knows that a program
of such magnitude would receive
short shrift in the presently con
stituted congress or in any con-
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u i 7 7.1! UM-.1-1
imous backing of conflicting in- ,
terests in the five states affectedT
We think the people of the :
Northwest are entitled to know
once and for all, whence objec-
tions to the Bonneville program
are coming, ana 11 mer are poli
tical, for purposes of contract bar
gaining between the private util
ities involved and the government.
If they are grounded on valid ob- Woodburn Park Body
jections to unsound fiscal policies ;
for regional development, then we Elect New Officers
want to know why the two larg
est private utiuues of the two WOODBURN A. G. Cowan
states are supporting the govern- 1 and Frank Covey were reelected
ment's position, and the two small
er utilities are opposing it. And
if this is not a true or fair state
ment of the case, what is?
This problem Is too acute and
too important to the whole re
gion to be treated other than
frankly and openly.' We do not
believe barriers to the Northwest's
program in congress should be
raised by strictly selfish or poli
tical arguments in the states of
Oregon and Washington. And we
think the people are entitled to
insist that the utilities come to
some unanimity of viewpoint on
what they consider to be the two
states' qualified and justifiable in
terests in power development.
Yakima Republic and Herald.
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S that I am hounded sad alarmed with reason, Mlsa Snedd
Keep mt basy denying that I'm a presidential candidate!
County Aid
Group Okelis
Budget Report
Marion county welfare commis
sion yesterday approved the com
missioner's financial report for the
first half of the 1948-47 fiscal
year, which states that $126,011.22
of county funds were spent during
that period, in addition to sup
plementary state and federal
funds.
County Judge Grant Murphy
said at the meeting that he anti
cipates rising welfare costs but
that they would not exceed the
annual budget of $258,000, as less
than half that amount has been
expended to date.
Total old age assistance ex
penditures alone were $413,399.15,
the financial report indicates.
Leaves of absence were granted
to Charles and Ruth Cooley and
to Clara Susee, each for three
months, and to Siddie Pennington,
for an indefinite period. Report
on staff changes wes deferred and
policies on property and insur
ance of persons applying for or
receiving social security benefits
were tabled.
A $1,000 deficit in the Decern
ber budget was approved and the I
February budget adopted provid-
ed for expenditures of $111,633,
including $73,500 for old age as
sistance, $16,000 for aid to de
pendent children. $1,280 for blind
assistance. $5,805 for administra
tion and $1,550 for soldiers and
sailors aid.
Tribute Paid to
Late Attorneys
Tribute was paid the late Cus-
ter E. Ft oss and the late L. 0ir
Le welling, former Marion county
attorney, in motions adopted by ;
the Marion County Bar aisaii-.
tion special meeting Mon- .
dy- . ;
Both men were praised for their
work as attorneys and public cr-
vants. Lewelhng was a judge of
th Marion circuit court here
from 1932 to 1941 171 resolu-
Navy May Be
Host to Scouts
The 13th naval district may play
host to Boy Scouts of this region
during the summer months, it has
been disclosed after a confer-
F. Seaman, both of Portland, dis
closed that a suitable location is
required for an eight-day summer 1
; . - " t. , thi
encampment of scouts of this re-
explorer divisions of the organiza-I
tion. The region embraces the
iirt -av r-Ac- mt tmrt tx 1 r- aa sa nd .
states of Washington, Oregon,
Montana, Idaho. and the territory
Qj Alaska
N j .ir reservei marine corpa
.
cers all offered their facilities for
the encampments and cruises.
with Mvy offering the scouts
weekend cruises on craft manned
by reservists
president and vice president, re
spectively, of the Settlemier park
association at a meeting Friday
at the library. Mrs. Eugene
Stoller was named secretary
treasurer. Directors include James
Livesay and Harold Austin, two
year terms; and Mrs. O. L. With
ers and Clifford Shrock, one-year
terms.
Frank Covey, chairman of the
committee for getting the wooded
area of the park cleared, report
ed Wilmas Brothers , of Hubbard
have cleared the parking area of
all trees blazed bv Frank Settle-
mier. Dark donor, to be remov ed. i
and ground has been leveled.
Twenty of the 23 representative.
to the association attended. J
By Uchty
(Continued from Page 1)
me to find any who had rendered
even distinguished service to their
country in 1946. The performance
of the house was largely based on
primitive partisanship. However,
I recommended:
A. S. Mike Monroney of Okla
homa who was joint author with
Sen. LaFollette of the measure for
the reorganization of the con
gress. James W. Wadworth of New
York, not for anything specific
but for the consistently high
quality of his statesmanship.
For the third position I was
unable to find one whom I
thought would qualify. Had the
time been earlier, during the war,
Carl Vinson, chairman of the
house committee on naval af
fairs, would certainly have meri
ted consideration.
Time was running out on the
new dealers in 1948. men like
Sens. Murray of Montana and
Kilgore of West Virginia and
Mead of New York. Senator
Byrd's demand for economy was
not new. Sen. Ferguson of Michi
gan proved effective in senatorial
inquisition Sen Ball did con
siderable bouncing but has yet
to hit a legislative bullseye.
Democratic chieftains like Sen.
Barkley and Speaker Joe W. Mar
tin played a shred political game
which yielded results in Novem
ber Of my own nominations for tne
Collier's recognition, Vandenberg
may be the only one to qualify.
We shall see.
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Upv SrCll 1"
J. t J wJl.ClJ.Ci
Memher of th ITS Naiv r-
lrves wj, pa,d fof. egch day ,
j of active duty jn accordance with I
: their ratmgS according to word
received by Lt. James M. Clinton, j
Salem naval reserve recruiting of
ficer, Monday from Portland.
Reservist's pay for each day
of active duty will be: $5.50 for
chief petty officers; $5 for acting
CPO; petty officer, 1st class,
$4.50; PO, 2nd class, $3 83; PO,
3rd class, $3.33; seaman or fire
man, 1st class, $3.00; seaman and
fireman, 2nd class, $2.67; and ap
prentice seaman and fireman, 3rd
class. $2.50.
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v ootiuurii r irt neuei
Associations to Meet
WOODBURN Annual meetings !
and reports of two fire relief as-
sociations are scheduled the com- 1
ing week here. Members of the '
Hop Growers Fire Relief associa
tion of Butteville will meet at 1
pjn. Tuesday. January 21, at the
city hall, while the Farmers' Fire
, , ,1 ?uuev
will meet at the same place at 1
Wednesday.
Relief association of Butteville
" r .
, op TO?n t ro,uJl Wi"
e!ect directors to 1 fill the ex-
J&J 171 I IIO Jl V Will 1 VJISJV11US,
Otto L. Wellman and John Kister
Audited report will be read.
Two directors are to be named
by the Farmers' Fire Relief asso
ciation to fill posts now held by
John N. Gooding and Fred Den tel.
Lyman H. Shorey is secretary
of the two organizations, which
have their headquarters in Wood
burn. Salem Market
Quotations
BVTTEKFAT
Premium
No. 1
No. S .. .
PKOVTS
WhotaMle
Retail
EGGS, Bay im( Frtca
Extra large
Medium
.71
.84
.73
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45
Standards
Pullets, cracks
EGOS, ScIIIbk Price
Wholesale, large
Medium
POULTS Y
Colored hens. No. 1 .
No. 2
Fryers
M
LIVESTOCK (By Valley Pack)
Top lamb W 00
Yearling lamb 14.00
Ewes - 7.00
n i r,. .nu 6-flA in IS 00
nirv buiii ''."ZI.'.Jl .oo to h go
Veal i - "-00 "-90
p.nS" j
class. Stags bought subject.
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School Farm
Abolition Hit
In Discussion
Br LUlie L. Madsen
Farm Editor, The Statesman
Opposition to proposed legis
lation for the discontinuance cf
the farm at the Wood burn Boys'
State Training school was ex
pressed by members of the Mar
ion County Jersey Cattle club at
its annual meeting Sunday at the
Dairy Co-op building. Salem.
Lewis Judson, legislative chair
man, leading the discussion, said
work in the open was "always
healthful, both mentally and phy
sically" for youth, and more bene
ficial than keeping teen-age boys
"within walls" at all times.
C. F. Bates, herdsman at the
school, reported the herd of 30
Jerseys on test this past year
averaged 454 pounds despite the
disastrous barn fire through
which 23 of the cows on test lived.
Meeting Putce Discussed
Headquarters at the state fair
grounds for Jersey men were dis
cussed, with three plans suggest
ed at the formal meeting attend
ed by more than 50 breeders and
by smaller groups in informal
talk following the regular ses
sion. Included were a building
for Jersey breeders alone; quar
ters in the present 4-H club build
ing, and a building for all dairy
breeders with office space for
each breed and an auditorium
and kitchen facilities to be used
jointly, with dates scheduled to
avoid conflicts.
Leo Spitzbart, state fair man
ager, guest of the club, said the
fair management favored use of
the fair grounds during the en
tire year, and suggested the Jer
sey breeders formulate plans to
be outlined to him and the board.
Floyd Bates, president of the club,
appointed D. C. Brock, Harold
La r sen and Lewis Judson to bring
the matter before the Oregon Jer
sey Cattle club meeting at Salem
Saturday.
4-H Award. Given
Bill Poole, 4-H club member,
was a guest, receiving his award
for his 1946 project. James Bis
hop, Marion county 4-H club
leader, told of his trip to the
national 4-H congress in Chicago.
Ted Hobart, field representative
of the Ladd & Bush, Salem
Branch of the United States Na
tional bank, speaking briefly on
"Building for the Future," said
the bank was particularly eager
to assist boys and girls starting
dairy herds.
All officers were re-elected, in
cluding president, Floyd Bates;
vice-president. Bob Clark; secretary-treasurer.
O. C. Welch; di
rector. Otto Beaty.
Mrs. Harley Nelson was made
chairman of the dinner commit
tee. Announcement was made that
the February meeting would be
held at the Wayne Hilton place
near Scotts Mills.
Wheat Paces
Grain Upturn
CHICAGO, Jan. 20-UP.-Wheat
led an upturn in grains today on 1
buying attributed to mills and 1
shipping interests. The advance '
was led by the January contracts,
which jumped more than 3 cents
in a thin market.
Back of the upturn was an an
nouncement by the Kansas City
commodity credit corporation of
fice that it would pay $2.05 a
bushel for wheat. This is only 2
cents under last week's price and
was a smaller reduction than
many traders feared might be
made. Wheat closed 1 to 3 '2 cents
higher, January $2.17, corn '4-4 j
higher, January $1.33 '-SI. 33. and!
oats ,- higher. March T5I4-1'.'
The $2.05 price at Kansas City
applies to No. 1 hard wheat de
livered on or before February 20.;
A discount of one cent applies for
delivery from February 21 to 28
and two cents for delivery from j
March 1 to 10. The price at Gal- j
veston is $2.20 M, and also down
2 cents from last week.
The Argentine government, in
its second estimate of 1947 produc
tion, placed the wheat crop at
221,322,000 bushels. This was an
increase of approximately 3.000,-
000 bushels above the first offi
cial estimate.
Murphy Voted
To Road Group
Ralph E. Koozer of Ashland
was elected president and Marion
County Judge Grant Murphy was
elected vice-president of "U. S.
Highway 99 association" at a
meeting in the Salem chamber
of commerce yesterday. Frank
Hull of Med ford was named secretary-treasurer.
The name of the
association was changed from the
tion. An organization to promote
improvement of U. S. 99, the as
sociation appointed Floyd L. Mar
tin of Portland to be its represen
tative at meetings of the Oregon
state mgnway commission, mar
tin said Monday that "improve
ment of Highway 99 is 25 years
behind and, if we don't get some
action it will stay that way."
Chamber Sees
Scenic Film
Colored scenic views of the
Canadian northwest were shown
Monday noon at the Salem Cham
ber of Commerce by Ernest Evans
of the British Columbia travel
bureau.
The cooperative spirit existing
among the peoples of Oregon,
Washington and British Columbia
was commented upon by Evans in
his talk preceeding the showing
of the pictures.
The pictures included much
mountain and lake scenery with
a number of catches of fish.
Willamette Production Credit
Croup Shows Loan Decrease
By Lillle L. Madsen
Pam Editor. The Statesman
Loan volume of the Willamette Production Credit association
for 1946 decreased $126,000 from that in 194S, reports-made by
Phil Brandt, secretary. Monday at Legion hall at the 13th annual
meeting of stockholders showed. Total volume for the past year,
was $2,100,000.
Repayments during the year lust closed were approximately
the same as the year previous
which was a heavy year, reflect
ing good crops and favorable mar
ket prices, Brandt said.
The association finished the
year with 640 members, an in
crease of 20 over 1945. Member
ownership of stock now stands at
$228,275, while accumulated earn
ings are $99,360. The surplus and
reserve fund was listed at $99,370,
with the goal set for $130,000,
Brandt told.
Sprarne Speaks
Charles A. Sprague, editor and
publisher of the Oregon States
man, guest speaker, pointed out
that the farmers have to main
tain a three-eye program, keeping
one on the farm, one on the eco
nomic situation and one on poli
tics. While he did not predict agri
cultural economic chaos, Sprague
suggested steering way from those
crops demanding a heavy outlay
of labor. Included in his reasons
for his optimistic outlook were the
abundance of liquid assets, the 31
per cent reduction in farm mort
gages, the greater amount of per
sonal property in farm machinery,
the superior credit machine over
that in 1920, and the prospect for
continuance of comparative high
wages furnishing purchasing
power.
A. B. Robertson, from the Spo
kane office of the Production
Credit corporation, urged each
member to be a publicity unit for
the benefit of the corporation.
Ramare Re-elected
John Ramage of Woodburn was
re-elected director. G. H. Fullen
wider was retained as president,
and Phil Brandt as secretary.
More than 250 members of the
association attended the noon din
ner served by the women of
Ankeny grange. During the noon
hour, the girls accordion trio
from the Prisciila Meiiner stu -
dio
furnished music, and while I up met. Smart replaces Hor
allots were counted Ben Mo-' ar,f B,b;ey' hr-r" member,
the ballots
ser of Willamette university, en
tertained.
Minor Thefts
For Weekend
Told to Police
Several minor thefts were re
ported by city police over the
weekend.
The Richmond school was burg
larized some time between Satur
day noon and Monday morning,
city police reported Monday, and
$2.90 in March of Dimes money
was taken, though several rooms
were ransacked. Entry was be
lieved to have been gained by an,
unlocked window, police said.
Emery D. Bartruff. route 6, told
police Monday that two hub caps
were taken from his automobile,
as it was parked Saturday night
in the 200 block on south Liberty
st. Ray Busby. 1232 Center st, re
ported the theft of a tire and
wheel from the trunk of his auto
mobile on Saturday, but said he
did not know where the car was
parked when the theft was made.
Herbert Kucera, 1940 N. Front St.,
said that his .overcoat was taken
from a downtown bowling alley
Saturday night. Edward Christy,
1775 Saginaw st., reported the at
tempted theft of his car, the switch
and ignition wires having been
tampered with on Saturday night.
G. A. Chambers, 1805 S. 12 st.,
told police that a casing, tube and
rim had been taken from his car
between 10 and 12 o'clock Friday
night.
VA Seeks Easy
Vets' Pay Plan
Salem office of the Veterans
Administration has received re
newed instructions that recovery
of subsistence allowance over
payments from veterans in train
ing under the Gl bill should be
made in a manner that will im
pose no hardship, Wayne F.Smith,
VA training officer in this area,
said Monday.
Any veteran whose subsistence
has been suspended to balance
prior over-payments, and w4io can
show that undue hardship is re
sulting, should apply to the VA
regional office for a readjustment,
Smith advised.
During December, 171 veterans
in Oregon cleared up their over
payments with the VA. At month's
end, 2095 cases of over-payments
totaling $151,702 were still out
standing, for which no recovery
arrangements had been made.
About 2000 trainees with over
payments are still drawing re
duced subsistence. Smith re
ported. Local Flower Club
To Hear Brvdon
ml
The Salem Camellia and Rho
dodendron club will meet Thurs
day night at 7:30 o'clock at the
YMCA to hear a lecture on rhodo
dendron culture by P. H. Brydon
of Brooks.
Brydon, of the Henney and
Brydon flower farms, was until
recently at the University of Cali
fornia at Berkeley in charge of
the botanical gardens there. He
was also vice-president of the
California horticultural society.
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Stock Leaders
Beat Retreat
NEW YORK. Jan. 20-0?VStock
market leaders, with a handful of
exceptions, beat a slow retreat be
fore profit cashers in today's mar
ket as enthusiasm over the res
toration of margin trading waned.
The direction was downward
from the start. There were occa
sional active flurries but the tick
er tape frequently idled. A little
bidding in the third and fourth
hours reduced real losses of 1 to
2 points. Trends again slipped at
the last and many pivotals ended
off 1 to 3 or so at the lows of the
day. Transfers of 600,000 shares
compared with 850,000 Friday.
Revival of bearishness was at
tributed partly to nervous com
modities, a sharp drop in the price
of silver, skepticism regarding tax
relief and the adjustment of vari
ous wage-price situations now
facing industry. Timid reinvest
ment purchasing was a moderate
ly steady Influence at intervals.
The Associated Press 60-stock
composite was off .7 of a point at
64.7. Of 920 issues registering, 590
declined and 195 rose.
Smart Named
To Nut Grower
Cooperative
J. P. Smart, former manager of
the Nut Growers Cooperative, was
appointed a member of the board
1 of directors Friday when that
who ir4igneu.
Plans to rebuild the plant which
burned to the ground some weeks
ago. were discussexi, with A. L.
Page, president. Frank Way was
appointed building committee
chairman and Smart as equipment
chairman. Negotiations for the site
were expected to be completed by
the end of this week. J. J. Galla
gher, manager, was directed to In
terview architects and engineers,
with plans for the new building to
get underway immediately.
The new plant will have double
the capacity of the former one,
with the dryer having a capacity
of from 35 to 50 tons a day In
comparison to the 12 to 15 ton of
the old plant.
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