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Oregon. TAiaj. March 7, 1847 "So Favor strays So Fear Shall Aioe" first lUicwu, March tt. 1SJ1 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Editor and Publisher Msaabar mi tbe Awefalfi rm The Aaaortated Prm hi axetuerrely entitled U thm uee fee w aredlted to tt or of U fat tme Safeguard Civil Service Secretary of State Farrell has submitted amendments to SB 210 now in tbe hands of a house committee which should be carefully considered because they appear to constrict ser iously the operation of the state civil service act. They would require that any plans for classification or compensation of employes in the offices of secretary of state, state treasurer, attorney general or labor department must first be approved by the elected head of the department, and for employes in institutions and offices under the state board of control or state land board by the governing board. The argument for the amendments is that the elected offi cials are responsible to the people and so sfiould have the final say on clarification and compensation of their employes. The effect would be, however, that lack of uniformity which prev iously has plagued the state government would be revived and Continued. Naturally an executive would like to have full and eomplete authority in the hiring and firing of employes. That 1 true for appointed as well as elected officials. And probably he thinks he could do a better job if he had that authority. But the state having long consideration has gone in for civil service. And if we are to have civil service it should be gen eral for the administrative departments with theminimum of exemptions. It is true that the civil service commission is appointed by the governor but both the traditions of civil service and the standards of the act would prevent a governor from using it to hamMtmg offices of other elected officials, which might be conjuied up as a possible argument for these amendments. At least before the amendments are adopted the organiza tion and friends who have sponsored the civil service act in Oiegon should be heard. I(fhalilitatioii of Blind Paul Mallon'fl AND BEAR IT BEHIND THE NEWS (DMrtkaOM y Ktocs real Hrate. kK iinlwll la tm oect strtrlty ceajne). WASHINGTON, March 6. The Moscow conference of foreign ministers opening Monday is ex pected to follow tbe usual rou tine. After six weeks of torrent haranguing, t h a !lthe big four agree on nothing and designate their deputies to 'determine what form nothing shall take. An f noun cement will be made atgree ment has been s-reached on fund- '- amenta Is, but v'fundamen tally t h e agreement wiu concrm otuj Paal Mmnmrn superficali t i e s . This is what officials think. In all other particulars, the meeting approximates one which might be held in an icehouse in Antartica before the spring thaw. Mr. Byrnes, the former state sec retary, had advised Russia he would take a delegation of 60 but General Marshall decided, when he came into office, he would need 100. Russia was advised of this. But Marshall's final list was chop ped 16 to a total of 84, presum ably on the urgings of Russia, and our ambassador there. Bedell Smith, who constantly prodded Marshall about hotel accommoda tions being unavailable. While Russia is quite willing and plan ning to take over management of the entire world, she had not been able to produce in 30 years of revolution enough hotel rooms in her own capital to house a respect ably sized council of ministers: Press Honshu Limited The newspaper predicament was equallyigevealing. The press ar rangers here had been told re peatedly that after Moscow swept out its two hotels, and gave one of its colossal structures to the press, it could not house many. By Lichtj 1 "I sh adder to think whatll happea to ear economic systesa If they ever stop these radio prearrams!" Public Records CIKCI IT COURT C. X. Aldricn vs Lelia V. Sharp: Answer filed by defendant. Delia E. Overman vs Arnold Over man: Suit for divorce charging- cruel and inhuman treatment; married Aug. J. 1943. at Vancouver. Wash. Gladys Parry vs John L Parry. Jr.: Suit for divorce charging cruel and inhuman treatment: married Aug. 16, 1S30. at Jerome. Idaho. Arlouine Carleton and Wayne I Carleton vi Childs and Miller. Inc.. and State Finance Co.: Answer of defendants Ch 1 Ids and Miller, Inc.. filed Training Started For Cub Leaders 4-H Membership for County Near 2,000, lions Club Toid The Salem Lions club Thursday underscored its 4-H support program with a luncheon meeting in the Marion hotel devoted to observing National 4-H Club week. A talk Stressing the importance of adult leadership in guiding farm youth into useful farm and home occupations and praising the 4-H work carried out by Marion county was delivered by Walter Leth, Independence tanner and Polk county agent for the past 11 years. With praise for James Bishop. Lion chairman at the observance and Marion county's 4-H director, Leth noted that this county's 4-H membership ; is nearing the 2,000 mark for the first time and that during last year 116 of 176 Mar ion county clubs had 100 per cent records for completing all pro jects undertaken. Leth emphasized the citizenship-building aspects of 4-H work as well as the farm and home training and the production of in come for the young farmers in connection with their club work. He said the nearly 23,000 youths in Oregon 4-H last year averaged an income of $120 from their club-inspired work. Other speakers included Donna Wiederkehr, route 1, Jefferson, state 4-M winner in girls rec- f ords, who praised the diversity of 4-H programs and listed her own 25 projects this .year, ranging from entomology and frozen foods to home-making and child care. Junior Miller, Gervais farmer who as a 4-H member won the Patterson leadership trophy in 1943, expressed his thanks for the successful start in farming which 4-H had given him. Bonnie Klein, Str will h Tivon fK. ,h Aumsville. who recently won a scout achievement program at the college scholarship in the nation- Mill City Man to Join Budget Unit D. B. Hill, Mill City, was ap pointed to the county budget com- Jobless Pay Drop Shown In February Unemployment compensa tion involving Oregon's covered work ers dropped 60.4 per cent in Feb ruary as compared with the same month last year, unemployment compensation commission officials reported Thursday. The January drop was 57 per cent. Payments from the state's re serve fund reached $1,754,945 for the first two months of this year, as against $4,265,132 for the same period in 1946. With benefits to Murphy Thursday. Hill, cashier of the Mill City bank, will suc ceed M. G. Gunderson, Silverton, ! whose third year will expire June i paynwits for 1946 and 1947 were almost equal, the report said. For the first time since the 30, 1947. According to statute, a en1 or ,ne war readjustment ai member may not serve more than lances to unemployed veterans ihr nmwii- vMr or, thm k..H.: showed a reduction from the same - J - i get committee month a year previous. Payments Other members are John Ram-Iu.nder tne GI bil1 of rights to age, Woodburn, and Leo N. Childs, Salem, with two and one years to serve, respectively. Desertion Charge After 42 Years Frank N. Hutchings filed a suit for divorce from Alice Hutchings in Marion county circuit court Thursday, charging desertion, af ter waiting nearly 42 years for the return of his wife. Hutchings states in his com-: plaint that his wife deserted him i ried in Pekin, 111., Dec. 3. Aug. 20, 1905. The pair were mar-1 according to the complaint. those: unable to secure suitable work were $954,635, as compared with $1,032,329 for February, 1946. Monthly allowances for self employed sen-icemen, however, continued to jncrease over last year although the $170,876 re ported for February was 12 per , cent less than the $194,000 paid out in January, 1947. Only 39.484 ocvered workers i have filed 1947 claims, as against ; 62.696 at the same time last year. 1890, second meeting of a cub leaders' training program at Pringle park scout hut next Thursday night. At the group's first meeting Wednesday night at First Pres byterian church, 35 leaders from Dallas. Independence, Woodburn i and Salem simulated a regulation The state blind trades school has been a frequent source of contention in the past, so it is not surprising that again it t- omt-s an issue in the legislature. A group of persons who rn.e lo.t their sight propose that the institution be turned 1).kk to the state board of control and that a new commission b-.- i rfated to handle work for prevention of blindness and re h iiulitation of the blind. A hearing was held Wednesday even In with defenders of the present law opposing any change. There is no question, we feel, of the sincerity of purpose on the part of Cyril Botts and others who sponsor the new legisla tion They are disturbed because of the limited reach of the trades Mhool and of the failure of the present commission to function broadly in the field of prevention and rehabilitation. They pont o.t there are 1500 sightless persons in the state who nr-vi help ar.d' the trades school helps only a few. To this the rorr!mutton has the very plausible answer that it never has had fu.-.ds enough to do the job which the law has laid out for it, which is quite true. A new txecutive ha been hired by the commission, so it nnv be well to give him an opportunity to organize a program, an 1 at the fame time to provide him sufficient money to work w:th. A major goal should be the extension of rehabilitation work out over the stJte to fit the blind for normal living to th fulled extent possible rsthrr than to herd a few in a build in and t-ath them to make brooms. This point, which Botts pie-.- merits emphasis. TY.rm it nlnl ff anthnntv in th nrcint laur UThat tc '- - f- - - - radio n-d'-d are proper organization and financial support. If these . . Tin. arranPr, n.t lh nr lkt in . neTa. v Drn " ea: cuu P-c wim uen cnieis repre- " . . . . . . i Ordw lor ououcanon or summons 52. and conceded themselves to be quite slick in their slashing. For one thing they put the New York Daily Worker No. 35 on the list, believing Moscow would never keep its own paper out. and thus we would get at least 35 corres pondents in. Answer filed by defendant A M Jannsen Drilling Co vs Carl WickLander and Donna Wicklander: Suit for settlement of note filed Elda E. Patzer v Leonard D. Pat zer : Order dismissing cause. iir. i , r . nn i : 1 AurKjrrt nuni vs r rea num. sails- We got only 15 to 20 according , fmf.tto of )udment f.ied to late accounts, later changed by j Ercill Wilson and Dorthean WiUon Ambassador Smith to exactly 36. v E" Blair and others: Order for The accounts are not' trustworthy j t'Ss ?nc . vs Leo G. because Moscow was supposed to Drvaney. Lee U Eyerley. J R. Rob furnish visas for a press delesa- erts. E S Maroney. Arthur W. Whit- sented by Ralph Pickering, Leslie r : i g- - . r c per: Decree jof d i v or ce restores maiden v ' " nam of Eiiy s Turner to plaintiff. lem. Tony Halter, Woodburn; Fred Helen Louise Wolf vs John R Wolf : Schreceneost. Four Corners: Dale Pingle. Keizer: Bev Walker, In dependence and Dave Moser, Dal ai 4-H canning contest, explained some of her 4-H background and stressed need for more city 4-H groups. las. aie forihcomng we believe the group of critics will be well tion of surely 20 and told us so, but when some of the men ap plied for their visas at the Rus sian embassy, nothing had ben heard of the matter. State depart ment authorities confessed a few days before Marshall left they did not know how many of our men would get in. Correspondent Ferre Pinched . ' ' 1 MIIIIU J .lit K c.i UCIC(- i tion did not only include report- j ers but one still cameraman who , was to take all pictures as a pool man for all the outside world, a movie man who could not get ; along without an accompanying engineer although his product was s1 ''.-jriv to rye pooled, and two men to supplement some n rad.o representatives Bank Debits in Valley Tabulated Bank debits the dollar value of checks drawn against individual bank deposits of eight banks in the lower Willamette valley, in- aker. W. M Pea re and M B. Hay den: Order enjoining defendants from tration of plaintiff aircraft wrth i ciuum sainn ana iviciviirin vine, totaled $61,349,073 in December, 1946, a drop of 9.2 per cent from November and an increase of 20.7 per ceht over December, 1945. These figures were released in Oregon Business Review this week. The Review showed that debits in 10 upper Willamette val ley banks, including Albany and Corvallis. last December amount- This marks an increase of 3 per cent over No vember, 1946. and an increase of 31 per cent0 over December. 1945. II rr ( IVarr the secretary of state, so long as said aircraft are completely and leg ally licensed with the department of commerce. rred A. Mitchell. Carrie C. Mit chell. John Doran and Gladys Doran vs Elizabeth L. Schaefer. Robert Schaefer and ' 'ard Hail: Order can celling pre- judgment Frank N. ng vs Alice Hutch ings Suit i vorce charging de sertion: mar.- rtl at Pekin. Ill , Dec. S. ISM. Iaetta Kropp vs Bernard J Kropp: I ed to $70,254,985 1A.U i. n divorce k 1 ti t cuiioay 01 six minor children to defendant. PROBATE COl'RT Clarence M Monner estate: Order appoint in. Frank Monner adminirtra- , tar ! Marilyn F. and Robert F Myers guardianship estate: Third annual re- pan riiea. Marion L. O Mara guardionship es tate Order directing iauiiRce of ci tation William Francis Sheehan. Jr . es tate Order for monthly allowance . MARRIAGE LICENSE 6 BISTER BUkNy PLAC5CAZPS mtstttr mx mmm re. s0t SCMrrim tt. mm. m i - - - ' L Flexalum Aluminum Slat Made to Measure Right Here in Salem Flexalum new aluminum slat Is b ina used exclusively in Salem aluminum Venetian blinds. Let us show you this new slat ma terial. You will be pleased with its quality and price. Large stock of window shade materials Just received. We make them up to order. Two-day service. Call Us for Weather Stripping Reinholdt & Lewis VENETIAN BLINDS 560 South 21st Street Phone 3148 now .there. The remaining report ers were not to be JJNO or Wash ington experts, but mostly British, French and other representatives of American newspapers already i APPLICATIONS on the job in Europe j William D McBnde. 22 baker. Sil- ln aii Ki-ir,,-,, ,,f ma,nr verton and Verda R. Clover. 21. ste- ."Never in all history of major : norapher Salem international ronlernng has there Rayn-ond C Ryan. Wr s ending stopped the tor;es of heroism in combat Buk in trie rews howt'ver are stories of the coast guard, that ' been such a conference. The Rus- nd Mariys C. Crawford aiaiia n UU1U MtJ. Oi Kaiii7ititn designed to save life, whose members brave storm and xa in :.ne of duty. Th- rexue of 31 men of the crew of a collier thrown on; the kkKk ik a r Cape Elizabeth. Maine was a thrilling one, and j tl aiTOfnpar.ying picture--, of hauling men in from the broken i ship by breeches buy heightened the narrative. Aboit the same tune the coast guard at Coos Bay was put to . . ere tent m the storm that broke over that section of the i chauffeur. 32. clerk. I KsttH nt PnrfUrul answer inquiries. , "V;.,,,' ;" , w Promised visas would not show j Dons T..' Reh. bookkeeper, both of up as promised, needed delegates i Salem JlSlllt UUIRI and good reporters alike were kept out. To a large extent, we went into the meeting flying blind on one motor. Extreme Reports Noted Now there was just a little too much of all this to allow anyone tn pvrwt orpit thin0 in Mrwrnw co't. One fishing boat floundered near the month of the bay j especially in view of semi-offic-ar:d was smashed against the jetty. Th crew of three were ; ial subterranean reports to the 1.' hut not without a brave effort bv the coast euard to contrary une sucn recent report, effect the itscue of two observed clinging to wreckage. The Coo Ha Times teltsthe story: "The i i a ma Uc try bv five coast guardsmen to rescue the t .vf i rm-n -t-en ciiJCtm to the wreckage after the boat capsized war toM tarfiay. "Pacing death in their heroic dash, the quintet braved the h'jge fettisiBTers that had capsized the Alice M. and were within 5K arta ,f the wreck before the second of th two visible men went duwii. The raicue boat took four bad breakers in its un sucrewjfwl tr.ercy race. Crew metnbera of the rescue boat were CBM Harold W. Liwiearr, CMMM Laiwrence J. Eastman, SI c Joseph Browder, Jr . S3c DcnaM Brwiaenvi and S2 c John G. Llewellyn " The eoait guard is like a crew of firemen. Members wait d.vi on end and "nothing happens." But when a distress signal comes they -pour everything they have of physical strength and moral courage to carry out their mission of rescue. They are truly heroes of peacetime. Financing Airport Municipal airports threaten to become a major headache in many towns and cities. Developed by the government primarily for war purposes, in many cases, they are being thrown back to local control, but communities see the expense of upkeep and operation is beyond their capacity. One attempt to supplement local revenues is through a bill to increase the gasoline tax collected from airplane use and distribute a large part of the proceeds to cities with airports. Countering this is the representation of the airlines that they are still an infant industry themselves, requiring some nursing to enable them to meet demands for public service. They also say they could do most of their gassing up in adjacent states where no such tax is in force. There are good arguments on both sides of the proposition. The point is that a municipal airport of size and quality to meet demands of modern commercial planes is a continuing source of expense, and in many instances is in the luxury class. The problem is probably bigger than the proposed tax would solve if the bill were enacted. The whole subject .is one that requires real study and conference with government authorities. Lead is now quoted at 15c a pound, the highest in many, many years, and copper at 21 c. Other metals move in sym pathy though no recent change is reported in steel prices. These prices reflect the huge demand for metals to fill the need for machinery and equipment arising all over the world. In the case of lead the price also reflects our need for imports because of lack of domestic production. The steady seepage of these price Increases into machinery costs will be felt for a considerable period of time. I not viewed outside the few top officials, has said Russia is ab solutely convinced collapses wjll come in Britain and the United States within the next 18 months and will follow an undeviating policy against any agreements which would impede such expec tations. While the Russians do not in tend to start anything, apparent ly also thev do not intend to let anything develop which would settle world affairs. Thus revolu tionary Moscow has become the defender of the status quo, if not the obstructionist who expects to take the world over in 18 months. (If they do. I certainly hope they will give themselves more hotels). The only trouble with her cal culations? is she is in worse eco nomic shape than nearly anyone. What little truth has seeped out from her iron curtain suggests she would collapse if the people were not enslaved to proverty by dic tatorship. Marshall Experienced Into this peculiar setting Mar shall is carrying an experience m communist tactics well grounded in China, and in the earlier world war meetings of the Roosevelt ad ministration. All important diplo matic reports came over his desk when he was chief of staff, but djjring the Byrnes regime he was abxnt, so he is not yet quite up to date on Russian diplomatic ar guing thchniquea. He will not limit discussions to the Austrian and German treaties, which alone are on the agenda, but expects to talk of many current diplomatic affairs. The Russians on the other hand, prepare for these things quite thoroughly. Before British Gen eral Montgomery's visit they held a meeting of all heads of depart ments of state in order to perfect a program which would make him happy while there. No doubt they have done the same thing for Mar shall. My personal guess is we may expect more developments than 16 reporters could cover. Certain ly the world is not going lf a' low itself to continue to drift where the iron Lorelei is waiting. Perhaps the issue may be met at Moscow. l-oyd G Phillips, route . box lit. axle overload, fined I0 and costs; exceeding declared load weights, fined SI and costs. frank L. Ladd, route 4. violation of the baric rule, fined $10 and costs. Victor Koehne. charged with ob taining money by false pretenses waived preliminary examination, held to answer. MUNICIPAL. COUKT Donld L. Beck, route . Salem, fail ure to stop, fined S2.50. Gale D. Pennington. 137S N. Com mercial st.. failure to stop, posted $2.30 bail Douglas N. Woods. Monmouth, vio lation of basic rule, posted $10 Mad. Hugh Gene Simpson. route 1. R-uxjJls. violation of basic rule, fined $. Owlght L. George. ISM S. 13th St.. violation of basic rule, posted $10 bail. Paul Edgar Keeney. Portland, vio lation of anti-noise ordinance, posted $6 bail. George Z. Bartruff. route $. Salem, violation of anti-noise ordinance, post ed $5 bail. A A. Miller. Portland. reckless driving, liquor involved, fined $100. Samuel P. Matheny, Sublimity, failure to stop at seen of accident, fined $Z YOU NEED NOT REPORT SOCIAL SCCUtfTY I f lets, ccidant or kaotth inswf mem psytwawls, pra caada f lit MswraiKc policy oft 0 , B. PfNSIONS mnd etkar ney received from Hm ajavammaw by m war vet eaui, the veteran's family's ftf allowances tonrrioirtad by Cp tor as a PtOPIITY tECEIVfO M f inheritance. (I aift, baqvesf or rived froas swell peoajorty aaaot PHSGLY WIGI5 LY L JX Ask exonox BLEACH qts. 15c i-GaL Rilz Crackers f 1 Ralston, Reg. or Instant Ol tereai whoi wheat vkS. Clam Chowder Snow' 43c Starr Haraschino Cherries glass sT Van Camp Beans In Tomato Sauce. 21-ox. tin 20c Pan American Spaghetti 15-ox. tin. t for afiil H&D Early June Peas r. tm 19 c Hudson House Spinach ? , ua 1 7 C Hose Cut Green Beans, 2's 2 for dta?l 290 Dixie Shrimp Heinz Baby Food Strained ... 80 Junior . 100 s 15-oz. tin Instant Pottsm, 4-oz. tin, 2Se, 8-os. tin ...... Shefford American or Pimiento Cheese. Vi-lb. Treo Tea. blk.. U-lb. pkr. 25c, pkr. 16 bars Fruit Cocktail Ball crest. 2H' tin 27c 18c 39c tQ233p3i Sir 7-oz. tin 570 Whole Apricob pu"ad .,... 290 Orange Jnice 2's tin, 10c 46-oz. ' Wylers Bouilllon Cubes, Beef. Chicken. Ve. 15 cubes aMC MCP Lemon t-ox. tin Juica Shinola Shoe Paste Tin SOS Soap Pads 4 pads. 13c, 10 pads .... Starr Purple Plum Preserves, 1-lb. glass 10c 8c 22c 28c Dude Ranch nipple iutier 28-oz. C i 65 c Ton buy the best of (as, oil and crease for your "AUTOMO BILE." Why not buy the best in meats for your "BODY." Tou can replace that "AUTOMOBILE," but we can't replace these "BODIES." This week's leaders include Fresh Ground Ham Loaf H Swift's Premium Ham, 1 Beef. Vi Pork I lb. Make Into a loaf and bake or Into patties for frying:. Genuine Lamb Chops "SET" Round Bone 59c Blade Cuts ... 49c Sirloins 69c Lean and Meaty Serve very hot with broiled pineapple rings and mint Jelly. Grade A Beef Pot Roast : lb. 45c Swift's Dixie Bacon Squares lb. 45c Fresh Columbia River Smelt 2 lbs. 19c FOR MEAT TO EAT WE CANT BE BEAT "HEM" CURTIS - Luxury Potato or Sesame i ; Hread Loaf r Sgj 7 s v i Ucrlh Capilcl &1 Ilarkel