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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 5, 1947)
"So Favor Scay$ Us, No Fear Shall Atcem Frees First gutesaaaa, March M. 151 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY CHARLES A S PR AGUE. Editor and Publisher Tbe Asseeiaiea frees to esclnslTelj ea titled to the ase f er nabUeatlan ef UJ eew ehreatcaea credited to II er Mt etherwtse credited la Ikk "Outrageous" 'Outrageous" the aside uttered by Senator Vandenberg at the Lihenthal hearing on Monday over a long diatribe against the appointee, posed by his implacable foe. Senator McKellar pretty well turns up the whole hearing. The way McKellar, a non member, was permitted to hound the witness, the extravagance of the charges hurled at him. the lack of any supporting evi dence offend the ordinary citizen's sense of fair play. And the way die-hard republicans have joined the pack snapping at Lihenthal s heels reflects on both their intelligence and their political m nse. The specific charges such as communism failed to hold, so the repuLhcan opposition indulges in generalities which betray thir own weakness. One can understand the reaction of one like Senator Wherry of Nebraska, to whom any one related to the new deal is poison; but Senator Taft is a man of greater intellect and discretion who should know that an inquisition such as has been held over Lihenthal damages the persecutors more than the persecuted. It is absurd for Taft to allege that there are t-etter men available for the job of chairman of the atomic energy control commission because he knows that he is not 'preKkr.t. yet. The appointing power rests with Harry Truman. There is report from Washington that behind the scenes the power and oil interests are fomenting the fight on Lilienthal, fearing him because h brought the Tennessee valley electric distribution ystem under public ownership. But the law already pa.oed fives government a monopoly of the production of energy from atomic fission, and licensing of private use will have to be die according to law and regulation. There are four or five th-r members of the commission, the majority of whom art r-rufc ans. At this range the fight on Lilienthal appears more of personal feuding and a hangover of anti-new deal bitter Iies The very intemperance of the denunciation has created a great react.on over the country. This may well sae the situation ami pievent the republican majority from crucifying itself in rr'icifying Lihenthal whose devotion to public service has been thoroughly tested and proved. PIioim iMrike Threat Telephone workers have been organizing and the everal unions they formed have been coalescing into a National Fede ration of Telephone Workers claiming 197.000 workers in 36 stj'ey The union is taking a strike vote and undoubtedly the h oi kera will give the officers power to call a strike. This does not nwan a ktrike will occur, but it is a weapon which the nego tiating committee will freely brandish at the conference table. The tt lephone system is. next to the postoffice. the most vi'al communications system we have. Its closure would be paralyzing to the whole country, endangering health and safety and doing great damage to business. It is the kind of strike one describes "unthinkable" until it really happens. That kmd of weapon makes collective bargaining in the case of a utility like this quite one-sided. The operating com panies do not dare order a lockout which is the ordinary counter ed eapon of force the employer has. As a public utility it must exert every effort to maintain service uninterrupted. If the unions demands are exorbitant, the company man agers are virtually forced to make concessions beyond the limit of what they regard as reasonable in order to avert a strike. CoIIeetive bargaining sounds well in theory, but it is not in pra tx-e as satisfactory and fair to all parties concerned -workers, employers, the consuming public as the theory im plies In this instance the only hope the great public has is that r-pi eetat1 es of both labor and management will feel their prime ie ponsibility to the public and compromise their different- no ttc trike will be called. And we have faith that they will. AiiiliafwuHlor to Iontlon Pi raider, t Truman made a good choice in Lewis W. Douglas f r antaaoor to Great Britain to succeed the late Mr. Gardner i-o died suddenly a few hours before his boat was due to s-:! Douglas is a native of Arizona, served as congressman, was budget director under Roosevelt for a time (too conserva tive on money-spending to be happy in that situation) and for a r.unibrr of years past has been president, "of the Mutual Life Insurance company of New York, one of the largest financial institutions in the country. He is a man of broad experience in politics, business and ci :c affair?. The position in LondoYi is one now of very great irv lxi tance and Douglas seems specially qualified for the post t training and by his sympathies and interests. Trail" Etui Tuenday was ' trail's end" for Dr. George E. Lewis, Salem d:iti and lover of the out-of-doors. Diligent in hs profession, d--oterl to his family and loyal to the organizations he was lit ntified with his passing leaves no little void. Having hiked ih hwo on trails long and short (first in 1929) this writer mourn the passing of a fine comrade who always carried his shre of the pack and found spiritual renewal in the woods ami mountains. We aojvt take HB 403 to change the dates for the state fair vtv ne-rtout'iy. True, the present use of the first week of Sep-l-n hrr riowded Clackamas county fair out of that week, which hi he-en a ore point with Representative Chindgren ever since. B .t ince a later date might run up a deficit for the state fair that mrght call for slate financial assistance for the institution i Mfra very unlikely the legislature will order a date change. Chindyren bill is the echo of an old battle that will not suc-Ctt-d at thi? late date Russia fuffers from a ag in coal production, which causes slowdowns in Industrial recovery. The people in the cities never have had ample fuel for heat and for hot water. War's d imaeii threw production behind. Even with the power of the state there is a limit to the "forcing" of labor. Like Britain and other countries, Russia has a long road to go for recovery. . - Barbara Hutton ia to marry again, having snagged a Rus sian ponce. Maybe she visited one of her dime stores in Europe and found him at the cheap jewelry counter. If he costs her at much as the Danish count she once had he will prove no bargain. Two men died when they descended into well to continue digging, succumbing to gas they breathed. It's an old rule of aafrty to lower an candle into a well to see if the air is good before descending. SiUrnon IT A FUn. I .ScSSJ For Annual Hobby Show 2tt SSjSTSSl S1LVERTON Parent-Teacher h"h school teachers. at-uM-iaOawt Thursday cwght will Dukt plans for the annual PTA , e Lyeas Fire destroyed the Ken hobhy www March 21 Mrs. Mar- neth Knight residence early Feb tin H.HWI w jl be rhjirnun, Mrs. , ruary 24. The house was not 0 Metand is PTA president, completely destroyed but only a HA le S4ver will be in charge j few of its contents were saved, of a munral pnxrram Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Knight were given This will be the first oppor-' a miscellaneous shower Thursday turuty of the PTA to view theat the Rebesah. hall, wUtata.ad Sola. Oregon. Wednas day. March S. 1947 George Lewis, Salem Dentist, Dies Tuesday Dr. George E. Lewis, 51. of 1180 N. Winter st. resident of Salem most of his life and a prac ticing dentist here for the past 24 years, died yesterday at a local hospital. He had been in ill health for the past two years and became seriously ill about three weeks ago. He was born at Newport, Ore., Dec. 21, 1895. the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ezra J. Lewis. He came to the Salem vicinity with his par ents when a small child and 25 years ago moved to Salem. He attended grade school in the Au burn district and graduated from Willamette university and later the Portland dental college. He was married to Margaret Miller, who survives him, on Dec. 25. 1923. in Portland. Dr. Lewis was a member of the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He was a member of the First Meth odist church and active in Boy Scout work. Other organizations to which ha belonged are the Chemeketans. Salem Geological society, three orders of the Ma sonic lodge, the Disabled Amer ican Veterans and the Salem Chamber of Commerce. Surviving in addition to the widow are two daughters, Flor ence Lewis and Barbara Lewis, Salem; three brothers. John Lewis. Eugene; Ira Lewis. Yaki ma. Wash., and Minor Lewis. Sa lem, and three sisters, Mrs. Ada , Fox. Fresno. Calif ; Mrs. Ina I Shurtz. Menlo Park. Calif., and ' Mrs. Jessie Wintermute, Tacoma, ! Wash. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Clough Barrick chapel, with the Rev. Joseph Adams officiating. Ritual istic services will be given by Marion post 661. VFW, and in terment is to be in the Belcrest Memorial park. The bier will be open to friends until 12 noon Thursday, and the family has asked that no flowers be sent. Scout Circus Plans Start Harry Michelsen, assistant scout executive, has transferred most of his work from the Albany dis trict to Salem to give full time to planning the third annual Salem Lions club-sponsored Boy Scout circus. The circus will be held April 12 and arrangements for the use of the fairgrounds horse show barn have been completed, Mich elsen said Tuesday. Members of the Lions club are helping in planning and directing the circus, with Joe Land chairman and E. Burr Miller expediter of the com mittee. Vet Staff Adds Portland Woman Frances Irene Kerr, Portland, former member of the Waves, has been appointed service officer in the state department of veterans' affairs. Director George E. Sandy announced Tuesday. She will de vote most of her time to coun seling and assisting women vet- erans. Miss Kerr had been employed ! as a case worker for the state public welfare commission in Portland since 1942, excepting for , the period that she was in mili tary service. She graduated from the University of Oregon with a degree in sociology. Courthouse Fund Totals 203,573 The county courthouse con struction fund now totals 8203, 573, according to the February monthly report of Marion County Treasurer S. J. Butler Tuesday. Other main fund balances in . the report include 8385.930 in the general fund, $475,760 general road fund, $24,144 fair fund, $113,477 county school fund and $136,296 old age pension fund. LONG FORM ECONOMY A LONG FORM RETU& is cheaper if year dadac tieas are asera than lea aer caar aff fatal iacame. Oedwc Haas are caatribwtiam, inter est, taxes, casaahy lasses, MrflCflal 9Mett flfofttof 9Sp9fllS9f B AUTOMATIC tea per ceat aa a . a aacnea ts caicaiaiaa C MEDICAL and aeatal ewpeaie in excess aff five aar ceat aff income con be eMactad. These iadade net anly aactar and aanttst bill bat saeaey paid far narses, kaspitalizatien, eye glattes. etc . n 3S? a7 rVTi f jlTYwiil be ) IhX help iGRIN AND BEAR - --. m v-Xal. arx.w n.-eras a". a."V ar m ava And the Red Ci Is ever ready Cangress la Public Records JUSTICE COURT Gilbert Sneed, route 7, no op erator's license, $230 fine sus pended upon payment of court costs. Edmond A. Weigel, charged with assault and battery, trial continued for six months, released on bond. Alfred Fox, 1540 State st, charged with assault and battery, continued for plea March 5; post ed $100 bail. MUNICIPAL COURT Gail Walter Gardner, 1105 Edgewater st., failure to stop at intersection, posted $2.50. Billy Duane Coonse, route 4, Salem, violation of basic rule, posted $7.50 bail, Albert W. Krebs, 1080 Cascade dr., violation of basic rule, posted $7.50 bail. William G. O'Connell, Portland, charged with driving while in toxicated, released on posting $250 bail. Otto W. Werner, route 7. Salem, violation of basic rule, posted $5 bail. Elmo C. Lake, San Francisco, violation of basic rule, posted $5 baiL CIRCUIT COURT Archie C. Shaw and Helen L. Shaw vs H. G. King and Estella J. King: Answer filed by defend ants. Ruby Buschkowsky vs Gilbert E. Buschkowsky': Suit for divorce charging desertion; married July 1. 1935, at Woodburn. PROBATE COURT Anna Buchheit estate: Return of sale of real property filed. Julia Slater Folden estate: Fi nal decree. Anthony L. Senske estate: Or der for additional bond. Edward W. Crosson estate: Or der closing; estate. Florence G. Ross estate: Order setting April 8 for final account. Ernest Todd estate: Order for sale of personal property. Ferdinand K e i 1 guardianship estate: Order allowing and ap proving fifth annual account of guardian. MARRIAGE LICENSE APPLICATIONS Jack W. Groves, 24, sales clerk, and Doris Buchanan, 23, house wife, both of Salem. Patrick J. Daley, 24, radio op erator, Lewis ton, Ida., and Maxine M. McMinds, 18, waitress. Mill City. Linn County SherifFs Posse Is Organized ALBANY Organization of the Linn County Sheriff's mounted posse was completed at a meet ing Wednesday. Twenty one men signed and the posse will func tion under the general leadership of Sheriff Mike Southard, assist ed by Jason Johnson, as captain, Arthur Herrold first lieutenant, James Winfrey and George Fish er, second lieutenants, and Everett Wilkinson secretary. The charter is still open and 29 more men may be signed up. Each man must provide himself with a riding horse and equip ment, and transportation for him self and horse. The purposes of the organization is to "the perpetuation of the cus toms, traditions and the pagean try of the early days of Oregon." The group will be available at any time to assist the sheriff in hunt ing missing persons and in other emergencies. Meetings will be held in the court house the first Wed nesdays of each month. Jefferson Women Will Entertain Fedeeration JEFFERSON Marguerite Looney reviewed the book. "An imal Farm" at the Womans club and Mrs. J. G. Fontaine reported books ordered for the library. Marion County Federation of Women's clubs will meet April IS in the Christian church here and the Womans club will serve the luncheon. Mrs. D. H. Looney told of her recent trip to Cali fornia and of clubs visited. Host esses were Mrs. C. M. Smith. Mrs. Guy Aupperle and Mrs. William Brown. tvfSl ICE GDEAII Quarts SAVIIIG Jk West IT fel. 1 I - I K3 I I what with X stare. knew what disasters mr BQQDOOS irpmnm n (Continued from Page 1) prepared, with the fuse lying ex posed, awaiting only a stray bit of fire to touch it Qff. In his statement' Morse said of the Reece appeal: "A more brazen demand for reactionary control of the republican party has not been suggested by a republican leader for many years." (Henry Wallace made one for the democrats not a great while before his great re nunciation of office). Morse called Reece a choreboy for the reaction ary party machine, and reputedly sideswiped Senator Taft on the tax issue. I said the shade of the elder LaFoUette walked again. Conser vatives, recalling the phrase of the late acidulous Senator Moses of New Hampshire, may say that a new generation of "sons of the wild jackass" are braying. At any rate, the Oregon senator is riding and shooting. Somehow, though, I can't help wishing our junior senator would conserve his vocal grenades for really important matters. After all, what could a party chairman do but utter pleas for harmony? And the 20 per cent tax cut has little chance of enactment. Farm Labor Demand Brisk in February In spite of an off-season slump, February proved to be a banner farm labor month for this time of year, with 101 farm orders re ceived by the Salem farm labor office and 1,122 persons placed in seasonal or full time work. Mrs. Gladys Turnbull, farm labor as sistant, stated Tuesday. The ex ceptionally good weather permit ted farmers to prepare fields for spring planting. Mrs. Turnbull said. Valley Obituaries William Daane Drew LEBANON Monday, March 3 funeral services were held for William Duane Drew, farmer of the Sandridge neighborhood who died at his home February 26. Born in Kenniwick, Wash, in 1903, he lived in Portland 15 years be fore moving here in 1943. Burial was in the I OOF cemetery. Sur vivors are the widow, Meryl Rog ers Drew; his mother, Mrs. Min nie Drew of Idaho; two sisters and a brother. George Albert Miller ALBANY, March 4 George Al bert Miller, 81, seriously injured on February 8, when hit by aa automobile, died March 2 in the Albany General hospital. Funeral services will be held from Fisher Funeral Home at 2 p.m. Wednes day. March 5, burial in Riverside. Born at Beaver Dam, Ariz. Oct 16, 1865, he was said to have been the first white child born in that state. As a small child he moved with his parents to St George, Utah; moved to Soda Springs, Ida bo, in 1887, and in 1909 with his family moved to Gooding, Idaho. He came to Albany in 1943. While in Idaho, he served as sheriff of Bear Lake county for two terms and as justice of the peace for two terms. He was a member of Latter Day Saints church. On Dec: 4. 1889 he married Julia V. Glauner at Soda Springs, Ida., who survives and the follow ing children: W. H. Miller of Ha german, Ida., Earl and Frank Miller of Halfway, Lyman E of Albany, Mrs. Fay Macy of Port land, Mrs. Clara Gardner of Los Angeles; George of St Louis; also one brother, Albert Miller of St George, Utah, 13 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. imall Mce Space q - (ground- Fioo? Phone Evenings, 24412 ina'aTiant Production in Salem Noted Fertilizer manufactured at the Salem alumina plant is worth $20 a sack when spread on grass land, and as high as $40 a sack when spread on certain row crops. Arch Metzger, business manager of the company, told Kiwanis club members Tuesday. In a few days the plant will turn out its millionth sack of this fertilizer, Metzger said. It takes one bag to the acre to increase production, the increase varying with the kind of crop grown, the speaker said. The story of how the much discussed alumina plant, one of four backed by the government as insurance against the subma rine threat to the white metals supply, changed from the original intention to a fertilizer factory was told by Metzger. When the cost of imported stock crosses the production cost curve of native clays, the possi bilities of the local plant as an alumina plant will be revived, Metzger said, and admitted the time element was uncertain but is frequently estimated at eight to 10 years. Zerzan Named Bv Pbi Delts Charles Zerzan, Salem, was elected president of Phi Delta Theta fraternity at Willamette university Monday night, to suc ceed Dave Putnam, Salem. Others elected were Bob Dono van, Oregon City, reporter; How ard, Arnet, Jennings Lodge, alum ni secretary; Joe Law, Salem, his torian; Lloyd Heimsoth, San Francisco, recording secretary; Orville Sparrow, Salem, treasur er; Bill Faminow, Lundbeck, AU berta, Can., librarian; Jim Rag land, Brooks, chorister; Charles Mills, Salem, chaplain, and Larry McHiU, Portland, warden. Initiated into the fraternity at the Legion hall Sunday night were Kay Huntington. Jerry Mul key, Robert Voigt, Robert Hill, R. J. Chance, Charles Patterson, John Slanchick, Cecil Johnson, James Ragland, Ray Atkinson, Travis Cross and Dale McClellan. Chambers to Boost Valley A plan to encourage industrial locations in the Pacific Northwest was discussed Tuesday by a meeting of Willamette valley chambers of commerce and busi ness leaders at the local chamber of commerce. Representatives from Eugene, Albany, Corvallis, McMinnville and Salem and Portland met with Ray B. LaDoo, Portland geologist. The plan is to advertise this area's locations and supplies of minerals, chemicals and other resources to interested industries. It is proposed to employ a man to represent . the cooperative en terprise in the east to industrial ists there and also to hire a geolo gist to remain in the northwest to compile studies of existing infor mation here. Births WIRT To Mr. and Mrs. Rol and M. Wirt, 655 McNary sU West Salem, a son. Tuesday, March 4, at the Salem General hospital. GOOD HEART To Rev. and Mrs. J. M. Goodheart, 1743 Ne braska st.; a son, Tuesday, March 4, at the Salem General hospital. DUFOl'R To Mr. and Mrs. Gerald W. Dufour, Independence, a daughter, Tuesday, March 4, at the Salem General hospital. ADDISON To Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Addison, 860 N. Church st., a son, Tuesday, March 4, at the Salem General hospital. WILLIAMS To Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Williams, Stayton, a daughter, Tuesday, March 4, at the Salem Deaconess hospital. No matter how extensive the damage, with our modem me thods, specialized facilities and highly skilled metal workman ship we restore your car to it's original condition. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED CREDIT TERMS GLADLY ARRANGED LODER BROS. Pbaaes C135 - 54 87 465 Center Street ' 19th Tear Serving Salens Cesaaiaaity School News By Owns Carr Leslie Janir High The Leslie junior high A and B bands and orchestra, under the direction of Raymond CarL will present their annual evening pro gram Friday night In the school auditorium. The program will be presented as a "television broad cast" and will include a number of special solos and group num bers as well as the full band and orchestra. The proceeds from the affair will go into the band uni form fund. " Wally Carson, Larry Paulus, Dorothy Swigart, Patty Harp. Ro selle Howland and Lawrence Theye are the new students serv ing on the ground patrol at Leslie. The Girls' league at Leslie has scheduled a vaudeville show to be presented to the student body as a pay assembly on Mrftch 17. The proceeds from the show will help equip the Girls league rest room and to pay for the annual Mothers' day tea. The eighth grade dramatics class, under the direction of Miss Eleonor Roberts, presented the play, -Terrible Night," Tuesday noon at Leslie. In the cast were Betty Anderson, Robert Bruce, Mary Young, Eileen Anderson and Wanda Valdez. Room 206 also pre sented a mystery play, "The Hor ror Walks." with Dorothy Peder son. Frank Vitaris. Bob Blivens. Marilyn Hall, Marlene Kendall. Bernard Baker and Frank Taylor in the cast Room 109 presented for its noon program a comparison of a modern classroom and an old fashioned one. Nadine Gilman and Margie Little acted as the two teachers. The scripts were written by students Margie Little and Donna Gronquist. Tryouts are now being conduct ed to pick the leading singers in the annual Leslie operetta to be presented during music week. j Hish Court Backs Ordinance Against Sidewalk Coaxing The state supreme court, in an opinion by Justice Arthur D. Hay, upheld the constitutionality of a ' Portland city ordinance prohibit- j ing the solicitation or enticing of I any pedestrian iato a storeroom or other room or place. The proceeding involved Lena Stephens, fortune teller, who was fined $25. The state supreme court man date In the case of Roy Moore, under penitentiary sentence for larceny in a store at Brownsville, was ordered held up pending an appeal by Moore to the United States supreme court. Clougk-Ban-ick S. Church Ph. 9139 205 Mr. and Mrs. Lapoint, Mgrs. of jjhe Salem Ice Arena 0 Wish to correct the rumor at the end of February. The arena will remain opan. Also the rumor mat figur skaters have been discrixninatad aaainat. The practice oi figura skating goes on as uauaL Roughnass and Jumping are 'prohibited daring public sae-' sions for the aofaty of others and especially for the safety of children. ! ' GDLW I 1 $Off Or THE WORLD FAMOUS EYANCEL1ST GIPSY SMITH anaBTaTennBBBB Sanlor HI School AudHorium Wednesday March S iSoin Woman Dies Tuesday SCIO. March 4 Mrs. Jennie D. Johnson, long-time resident of Scio, died Tuesday at a Corvallit hospital following an illness of several months. She was born at Anoka. Minn.. September 20. 1870. She came to Oregon with her familyin 187C and settled in Stayton where her father, the late Nathan Young, in collaboration with W. H. Hobson and Uriah Whitney, built the Stayton flour milL The family moved to Scio in 1881. In 1891 she married Charles A. Warner -who died in 1915. Later she married A. J. Johnson of Corvallis who died in 1939. She was a member of the Church of Christ, the Pythian Sisters and the Scio Garden club. She is survived by a brother, Charles N. Young of Scio who is the sole survivor of the family, and by numerous nieces and nephews. Services will be held Thursday at 2.30 p. m. at the Church of Christ at Scio with the pastor, the Rev. Galin Jordan, of ficiating. Interment will take place at Franklin Butte cemetery. The DeMoss and Britt funeral chapel is in charge. Bend Man Chairman Of Tourist Committee i Appointment of Frank H. Log ' gon. Bend, as chairman of the tourist development committee. was announced by Gov. Earl J Snell Tuesday. He succeeds Ar ' den Pangborn, Portland, resigned. ON ALL RADIOS WARREN'S 2817 Fairgronnas R4. Ph. 7U1 Plekap as Delivery 12 Big, New Advatozts (ta tn Mi l l I - MEMBER JAMES TAFT A ASSOCIATES Jay S. Nedry. Consultant 218 Oregea BMf, State and High Salens. Ore.. Phaae 2-4191 Batteries far AU Hearing Aiaa that ttia Ice arena would de EVAMCELIST REPAIRS TOS -Radia I JLby laamedl-AttenUea 7 I UJ H jvntrw Nfn Know since u was , am Tendance.