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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (April 5, 1947)
3 J 'M0( u u uuuu In Sunday's Statesman A keen insight into the nazi war crimes trial by Judge James T. Brand, A complete summary, of 194? Oregon legislation. KUIETT-SEVENTH YEAH 5 Marines Die in-4-Hour Chinese Battle Sales Tax E)eadli& -EBiftcbs'' Eirad.- . ? 44a Legoslatao-e yrfD dlay fir U CD LUDLrj Sheldon F. Sackett whose late purchases of new pa per and radio properties have excited 'wide in terest, bias many of the character ises oC a genius. As a workipg tjewrpaperman be has few super iors, lie is fluent and vivid as a writer, lias very practical Ideas ct newspaper and radio pera-tx-n, and his energy seems never " ,v be consumed, Ilis ambition y.kem-e is limiUess and gets per accuc release in surges of business expansion. His bead rebove the floods now, among the Stars and the Suns. Judging- ty repons ne has run up his investments or bis liabilities by some two million dollars, f " . r lie susd i -were associated in Ue wership and 51 management toyman from 1929 -to 1Z3. It Was my conservatism and unwillingness to have The 5iaies snan tied in with any newspaper empire that led to tne termina tion of our partnership. While he trrm be cla vine -some long : shots like launching a new daily in Portland, continuing ana? viv trvin tK Vancouver Sun and Seattle SUr I know something of his remirref amess so oo not join wfith Dxai who nredict an early collapse i of his adventure into metropolitan journalism. He has m . M' great capacity ana u we imances . hold out be may develop as a new William Randolph Hearst, -though be wul despise tne com panson. I . . - ; Sacketi announced ' his expan , fion with a lengthy statement retting form bis pmiosopny 01 TiMtoantr cneration. He lines ud politically as a loyal follower of He is a severe critic of the -press." He cresents each of his new pa pers as "The People's Paper," and cmpnasizes tne point inai u is owned by the (Continued on Editorial Page) Ghoir Plans Easter Tour Fifty-two Willamette univers ity student members ox the a ca pella choir, will spend half their aster vacation singing, as they will leave Wednesday on the first university choir trip since 1942, Dean Mel v in H. Geist, choir di rector, announced Friday. The week-long choir tour wilLj include appearances at iinctxm Crty, Eugene, Cottage Grove, Coos Eay, Norths Bend,' Roseburg, Grants Pass, Uedford. Ashland, Klamath Falls and Redmond. Soloists appearing on the pr . gram will be Reid Shelton, Sa lem, Michael Carolan, Grants l"ass, and Robert GwiniC New berg. Two pianists, Katherine Schissler and Joan Johnstone, Sa--- Jem, also ,wiil appear. BOUSE FEUMITS GRANTED Authority to construct seven bouses fcr gale In Salem was granted Alton G. Hamilton of Sa Jem try the Portland office of the federal houaing administration, according to Associated Press re leases yesterday. Animal Croclccrs 8y WAXPEN GOOOCICH "it dotrit know what fear 3 f-1 CSirH S- tr4t W 12 PAGES Plans Action WASHINGTON, April 4 Sea. Eageee Mlllikla (E-Cel) wbe revealed today that the senate . flaance eemmitlee, at which be la bead, will take ap the In come tax redaettoa bill shortly with aa eye t placing It an the flear af the senate early la May. Big 4 Concord Grows Remote MOSCOW,5 April 4--Authoritative Informants declared ' to night that the foreign ininjsteri were so oeaaiocaea on reparations, a major issue upon which settle ment of the German problem de pends, that the economic com mittee had given up trying to find a compromise and had ceas ed to meet. ;" This . disclosure came as Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov in answers to a series of ques tions expressed doubt that Presi dent" Truman's proposals : for Greece would restore democra cy" to that country. Molotov call ed , for .. a hands off policy in Greece. The deadlock on reparations may rule out any concrete de velopments . from the Moscow meeting. Since all the other Ger man problems depend on - agree ment on reparations and achieve ment of economic unification of the reich, the prospect of any settlement of major .German issues appeared remote. B-29 Lands Safe , With Prop Missing FAIRFIELD, Calif, April 4-UP) A B-29 weather reconnaissance plane which - encountered engine trouble 400 miles south of Ko diak, Alaska,' and proceeded on three engines for. the duration of its flight landed without incident at this base at approximately 7:30 pjm. (PST) tonight. ' ; Fairfield-Suisun army air base officers said the : plane's No. 2 inboard ' engine on the left side apparently had an internal failure of some kind. . v- "The propeller wind milled . for a while before It broke, off the shaft and disappeared," Pilot . R. C Johnson said. . . -r 50 Raise in Price Of Eggs Predicted PORTLAND, Ore, April 4.HWP) A prediction that eggs might rise SO per cent in price by year's ead was made by some Industry rep resentatives today. The USDA said the normal de cline in egg prices at this season might be offset by an anticipated post-Easter demand for cold stor age eggs. -Industry spokesmen cited high feed prices, reduced laying flocks, and government buying as factors tending to increase prices. Parking Meters Installed On Lebanon Streets LEBANON, April 4 Parking meters are being installed on Main street and on the first blocks of the cross town streets in the busi ness section. Some 200 meters will be set up according to the con tract made by the city council. ETHIOPIAN OIL TEST DUE CAIRO. April 4 -UP)- A. E. Watts, executive vice president of Sinclair Oil corporation, said to day the company hopes to com plete lis first test well by the latter part of 1948 In its vast Ethiopian oil concession. Possibility of Signature On Labor Gtirb Bills By Wendell Webb ' Managing' Cdilor, The Statesman ,.- When . to . hold the: sales - tax election (June 24 or Nov. 4). and how to split the revenue if it is passed, were the two big , ques tions blocking adjournment of Oregon's longest legislature today Word of an impasse between senate-house conference commit tees regarding details of the sales tax plans (one of which would require building up a $12,000, 000 school "cushion' fund) ar rived on legislative floors in mid- afternoon -Friday while both houses were driving toward the hoped-for adjournment last night. . The senate and house proceeded to clean up-their calendars, how ever, in the hope an .agreement would permit the biennial Auld Lang Syne ' this morning. But the odds are against it. Amend ment on other issues remained to be ironed out, and the usual last minute moves to revive old is sues and raise new ones were expected- to keep lawmakers busy most of today. Meanwhile, in rapid-fire de velopments Friday: - (1) Gov. Earl Snell signed in to law the bill apportioning the $18,000,000 annual school support fund, and the two so-called labor- curb measures barring hot cargo issues; secondary boycotts and jurisdiction disputes, and requir ing secret elections to determine whether valid disputes exist. Reforestation Tote Passes (2) The senate gave final pass age to amended house-approved measures calling for referendum votes on the issuance of bonds up to three-fourths of one per cent ($7,500,000) of the state's valu ation, for reforestation and on letting cities and counties set up new tax bases and restricting ap plication of the 0 per cent limita tion to property taxes. (I) The house, reviving a once defeated issue,, passed and sent to the governor a senate-approved measure limiting to one year all suits for back overtime' and pre mium pay, but not regular wages and salaries, and also overrode final attacks to Provide appropria tions for statues of the Rev. Jason Lee and Dr. John McLoughlin and for continuance of the .Willamette River basin and postwar readjust' ment commissions. Also passed by the senate, sub J e c t to house acceptance 6t amendments, was the bill letting dub liquor licenses be issued to local units of national organiza tions without their having served meals the required two years. Property Liens Dill Voted -, Passed by the house and sent to the senate was a "measure re quiring the state to take liens on the property of old-age assistance recipients.; ' ..."'- 4 . Re-passed - by the house with amendments were bills making the withholding . tax on salaries effective next January 1 in event the sales tax Is defeated at refer endum, and authorizing the at torney general's office to super vise all civil actions Involving the state and to step into- district at torneys criminal cases if the gov ernor directs. , Major amended measures up to day include those raising unem ployment compensation benefits from $18 for 20 weeks to $20 for 22 weeks, and allowing convicts to make license plates and high way' signs. Not until the final sine" die ad journment win it be known which of the recently i-passed bills, and In exactly what form, will survive the legislative gauntlet to reach the office of the governor. . Gasoline Probe Plan Defeated . Defeated ; in the senate Friday was the house bill allowing dis pensers of game licenses to charge and retain an extra 23 cents for handling, and two senate meas ures one asking congress to in vestigate gasoline prices, and the other proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the ap propriation of state money by the initiative and petition method, such as was used in obtaining the $16,000,000 school support fund. It was understood late last night that a few legislators al ready had. gone home, but there was no doubt that quorums would be on hand to finish lawmaking sometime today or tonight The day's session will start atj io a.m. (Legia. actions page $) POUNDDO Satan, Oregon. ' Saturday Morning. New Diplomat WASHINGTON April I Henry F. Grady, California ahlpplng , magnate, who will.be nominat ed aa first U. 8. ambassador to India ' by President Truman shortly. To Be Selected ' WASHINGTON, April .-(JFy- llenry I. Grady, trade expert and government trouble shooler, has been chosen-40 be the United Stages' first ambassador to IndJai Undersecretary of State Dean Acheson disclosed today.! - v The 65-year-old California ship ping man has been rumored. for some time as the man tapped for the job. This will bo bis first am bassadorial post ' ! t Acheson let the word out at his news conference when, asked by reporters when President Tru man would send the nomination for the India post to congress. Diplomatic officials said the major economic aspects of Gra dy's mission will include general trade promotion, ' India's indus trial development and her request zor . technical - assistance, and ne gotiation of a treaty of friendship. commerce and navigation. In 1941 Grady headed a techni cal mission to India for the pur pose ' of stimulating Indian - war production and determining how we u. s. could help. Conference-Laden Governor Escapes Autograph Hunter " A traveler who "collects auto grapha across the country couldn't have picked a worse day to seek Gov. Earl SneU's. . With legislature hearing its end and the governor tied up in one conference after another, auto graph hunter George f Edwards settled for "next best" an offi cial Oregon seal for his bobby book, along with Secretary of State Robert S. Farrell's signa ture. ' Edwards also visited the city hall, and there obtained the sig nature of City Manager J. L. Franzen and City Recorder- Al fred Mundt . NEW MAISH TRIAL SOUGHT VANCOUVER, Wash., April 4. (tfy-A new trial for Joseph Henry Maish, : 10-year-old. sentenced to death for the slaying of La Dona Toscas, 17, will be asked in su perior court Monday. r1 T VfV.. ; 7 Henry Grady As India Envoy $400,000 in PCE Improvements Set for Marion, Portland General . Electric com pany will Install about $400,000 worth of Improvements in its sys tem in Marion and Polk counties this - year,- including additional street lighting for Salem. . This was announced yesterday by Fred G. Starrett, Salem divi sion manager of PGE, who added that the mid-Willamette valley area also will see about $2,170,- 000 spent by PGE tor customer extensions, transportation equip ment, line extensions, new office and shop and other construction In alt Starrett stated, PGa7s new construction program calls for expenditure of $5,500,000. . He listed among projects of the company the rebuilding: of the 57JQ00 volt line between Salem and Silverton and a new exten 1351 April 5. 1947 16 Injured As Raid Beaten off By John Roderick PEIPING, Saturday, April 5 (AVFive U. S. marines were killed and 16 wounded today in a four hour battle with dfesideh,t. -forces" tentatively identified as' com munists trying to raid a marine ammunition lump near Tangku, 2 miles east of Tientsin. ' The attack took place at the village of Jlsinho, five miles west of Tangku, before dawn. ;The at tackers were beaten, off and dis persed... ; , First sketchy reports said one marine tank was disabled by a land mine In Qthe early fighting, which was punctuated by, several explosions of stored ammunition. ' Marine fighter planes raced to the scene but did not go into ac tion as the attackers dispersed. The ammuntion dump was .de fended by about a company of men from 'the first battalion of the first marine division. 1 A heavily-armed convoy was preparing' to set out from Tient sin under Cot Julian N. Frisbie, commander of the fifth marines of Peiping, who was flying to Tientsin. This was the second attack by communists in six months on, this installation. About 200 Chinese raided it last October 3. wounding one marine and leaving I several of their own dead behind. $75,000 Fire In Hood Riyer WHO0D RIVER;- April i-m Fire caused by acetylene torch sparks destroyed a downtown ga rage today and temporarily threatened four stores and the city hall. Four automobiles and a truck in Garrabrant Brothers' ' garage burned, and adjacent apartments and stores suffered minor dam age. Loss was estimated at $75, 000, covered by Insurance. Italy Said Ripe For Dictator ROME, April 4.-Cff1)-Premier Alcide de Gasperi, warning that Italy could not struggle out of her current trouble without fore ign aid, declared tonight ; that if the nation's economic crisis deep ened beyond control, there might be "no other remedy but dicta torship. As he spoke Naples was in the grip of a strike that rapidly was becoming general. Rome post of fice workers were out in protest against the high cost of liting. The ordinarily nild-spoken pre mier, his voice" betraying deep emotion, pounded the table for emphasis at his news conference as he declared "if things slide be yond control, the people will just turn-to anyone and say: 'You take over." Truman to Talk On Radio Tonight WASHINGTON, April 4.-(f)-President Truman may : strike some of the keynotes of the 1948 democratic campaign when he goes on the radio tomorrow night at 7:30 PST. He is reported to be preparing to re -emphasize major recom mendations he made earlier to the republican-dominated congress. Mr. Truman's immediate audi ence will be a sympathetic one ' the annual gathering of democrats at a $100-a-plnte Jefferson day dinner. Polk Counties sion line to connect Salenvand the West Salem Bonneville substation. Starrett said substations will be Improved at the Salem alumina plant, the fairgrounds, Keizer, ML Angel, Central Howell, ! West Wood burn, . Liberty, Hopmere. East Woodbum and Howard. A new 24,000 volt line will be placed between West Woodburn and East Woodburn. This area also will benefit Star rett said, from the new frequency modulated radio transmitter to be installed r-.Mt Scott near Port land for 'Use in dispatching serv ice and repaia crews, and from establishment of a street lighting laboratory to aid cities in choice and placement of street lighting equipment. Zephyr Wreckage at Chigaco f ' ' trryi : CHICAGO, April 4 Wrecked cars of the Burlington railroad's Twin Cities Zephyr lie ea the tracks and against the snborbaa Downers Grove station (center, background) near I Chicago. The speeding train hit a tractor spilled front a passing freight and piled into the station, killing two passengers and lnjaring 34. (AP Wirepbete to The SU teaman.) Crowds Anticipated at . Services Easter Morn Large crowds of Salem residents are expected to be out early for Easter Sunday services. , Sunrise services at Belcrest Memorial park are scheduled for 5:30 a.nx, 6:30 and 7 am. masses are scheduled at St. Joseph's and St Vincent de Paul Catholic churches while St Paul's Episcopal and St. Mark's Lutheran churches each has a 7 ajn. service scheduled. svoa. i v Ti The Rev. Louis E. White, pas tor of Knight Memorial Congre gational church, will give the- own at Belcrest Memorial : park and , Salem Youth Center, choir will 'furnish the music. - y The move. Started several years ago by First Presbyterian church for two identical services Easter Sunday, has gained followers each year as congregations ex panded beyond the capacity of the church. This year identical services are scheduled by Presby' terian. First and Jason Lee Meth odist churches. First Congrega tional and First Christian churches while the usual two serv ices will be held at St. Paul's Episcopal church at 7 and 11 ijii Only change in the regular Sun day schedule of five masses at St Joseph's Catholic church will be that the 6:30 mass will De a solemn high mass. St. Vincent de Paul's Catholic church will have sung masses at 7 and 9 with a low mass at 10:30. The 11 a.m. mass at St Joseph's Is regularly a sung mass. (Other Easter services on pages 4 and 5.) New First Aid Car Fund Nears Goal Donations by private business and Salem persons have helped increase the first aid car fund to $7500, $2500 short of the needed $10,000 Herb Barker, Salem Trades and Labor council secre tary, said Friday, t The fund was begun with a $1000 check from local 324 of the Salem Teamsters union, and since increased by $2300 from the March 17 dance, labor, union donations, and city funds of $2500 earmarked for the purpose. Barker said. Business concerns have donated $712 and donations ere being taken by the city, the chamber of commerce and the trades and labor council. Sales Tax Vote to Cost Near 6,000 Special election costs to Mar ion county for the proposed 1948 referendum on the sales tax1! as approved Thursday by the state legislature would approximate $5450, according to Harlan Judd, county clerk. In answering a question brought up by Carle Abrams yesterday, Judd said that this cost would not include miscellaneous items like pens, ink and paper used by the precincts in carrying out the elec tion and -thus might reach as high a cost as $6000. Japanese Electorate ; Selects Minor Officials TOKYO, Saturday, April 5 Active balloting was reported to day as all over Japan voters turn ed out to elect prefectural gov ernors, mayors and ward chief tains for the first time in history. By 10 o'clock approximately 20 per cent of all registered voters had cast their ballots in four polling- places In Tokyo. The of fices to be filled were appointive previously. No. 8 General Labor Bm Outlaws Closed Shop WASHINGTON, April 4.HyP) A ban on the closed shop, juris dictional strikes and secondary boycotts is contained in the pre liminary draft of a general labor bill before the senate labor com mittee, legislators disclosed to night, t The bill, prepared by the com mittee's staff as a starting point for discussion by members, con tains no outright ban on industry wide bargaining. Neither does ft ban the union shop nor mainten ance of membership. Senator Ball (R-Minn) had pro posed an outright ban on the closed shop and all its modifies tions. The bill as it stands is i compromise on this issue. It could knock out the closed shop, which requires workers to be union members to get a job, but would permit the union shop and main tenance of membership. 'Northern Passage' Route Explored SEATTLE, April 4 -(if5)- The coast guard ice breaker North- wind on a North Atlantic scien tific cruise last summer discov ered a potential, "northern pass age," the 13th coast guard dist rict headquarters revealed today. Capt. Richard M. Hoyle, coast guard district operations officer, who commanded the North wind on this expedition, during which the ship ploughed through ice as far as 750 miles east of Ft. Bar row, Alaska, voiced the opinion that the vessel could easily go from New York to Seattle via the "northern passage, over the top of the continent. ' l Second Rejections For Liquor Licenses PORTLAND. Aprils 4.-AV-The state liquor control commission rejected two license applications for a second time today. Henry and Maragret Palmer, the Boucanier, Salem, were refused a restaurant license, and Earl Bice, Red Lantern, Salem, was refused a retail .beer license.. REBEL GOVERNMENT FORMS BUENOS AIRES, April AMfPh The radio of Paraguayan insur gents heard in Buenos Aires to night claimed that the loyalists' sole line of communication with the outside world had been sab otaged and announced formation of a rebel government at Concep tion. ; ; ' , - : Weather W. Win. Precip. st ; 41 41 53 as 5 - 43 " .OO 5 ',37 - - -. M ' Salea Portland San Francisco Chtcaco New York SS 30 Willamette river feet. rorvraot (from U.S. weather bu reau, MrNarv field. &attn): C'lotKly lodar with lUfhl ram. HiKb today S3. Low tonifht 41. Cloudlnoaa and poaal blo showers forecast lor Sunday. Pries 5c 4,000 to Walk Out In Oregon WASHINGTON, April 4 -ilfy The possibility that a nation-wide telephone strike may occur even if the government seizes the in dustry arte tonight when te union leadership, challenged th government's seizure - powers." J osepb A Beirne. president of the National Federation of Tele phone Workers threatening strike Monday, said Attorney ' General Clark's opinion that President Truman has legal seizure authori ty lis "contrary to the opinion of our legal counsel." Beirne left open' the question whether the telephone workers will stay on the Job if the presi dent takes over the industry on the Sunday midnight deadline. Clark had ruled earlier that the president may exercise war pow ers in the federal communica tions act to seize the industry. Talks to Reporters After a meeting of the NFTW committee - Bieme told reporterst ' "The attorney general's opinion Is contrary to the opinion of our legal counsel. He Is stretching tha law to the breaking point in band ing down such a decision. If sei zure is derided upon by the presi dent he will then determine what action is to bo taken. .. Regarding prospective action by governors of several states' to in voke newly enacted state laws banning strikes in key utilities, Beirne issued this statement: "We will resist action of tatev that deny to us rights guaranteed under federal law. Nj state can circumvent the federal constitu tional guarantees against involun tary servitude. To Jota Best Esnvieyea PORTLAND. Anri! a -rf t--T,- United Telephone Workers of Ore gon said today its 4.000 member a would walk out at 8 ajn. Monday, along witir the rest of the na tion's phone employes. A bulletin was sect to tele phone employes advising thai "union contracts expire at micW night on April C Ho contract, r work." . SAN FRANCISCO. April 4-Tf Dan Johnston, representative here? of the National Federation eg Telephone - Workers (independ ent), said tonight the union wcu'd not strike apainst the Pacific Tel ephone and Telegraph corrpary. Jt Ihegavernment seized the ccm-i pany under a lawful ruling of the attorney general. Policy Rest la Washlngtea "That would be a strike against the .government, Johnston ex plained, but he added that the matter of policy rested with the. NFTW headquarters In Washing ton. , . Johnston said the union did not consider AUorney General Clark'a oral opinion that the president can seize thetelephone industry as a legal ruling. . Meanwhile, four emergency con- ' ferences looking toward settle ment of the threatened strike; against the five-state P.T.&T. sys tem were called for Saturday and Sunday as union leaders made, ready to establish picket linej at 6 .a-nxn Monday. Mine Safety Probe Begun By the Associated Press i The' task of. correcting unsafo conditions in 518 bituminous coal mines was well under way todsy throughout the natior. and United Mine Workers officials insisted ea ' careful scrutiny of results "for the protection of our men.? -As reports trickled in announc ing safety certification of soma pits, a navy, spokesman indicated that at least 25 per cent of tha cited mines .would "be certified okay" before Monday - end of a six-day mqurnijig period by 400,000 soft coal miners. Willamina Airman Killed in A-26 Crash MYRTLE BEACH, SC April 4 WVThe Myrtle Beach army air field today released the names of five men killed in the crash of an A-25 bomber near Richmond, Va, yesterday on a flight from Myrtle Beach to Washington. The dead included: $ First Lt Wallace L. Sims, pilot, next of kin. Mrs. Elizabeth J. Burdick, mother, general delivery, Willamina, Ore. Engineer Injured a Slreamliner Derailed KANSAS CITY, April 4-T) The diesel engine of a westbound Rock Island streamliner, the seven-car Rocket, was derailed about 27 miles west of here-when it hit a rock slide, O. L. Looney, train dispatcher, said tonight The only injured was a wrenched back suf fered by the engineer. Parking Meter Posts' Installation to Begin Installation of fint standards' for parking meters in Salem will begin Monday, City Manager J. L. Franzen said Friday. Belief that the Michael-Arts Bronze company would fulfill lit promise of com plete installation by April 25 was alo expressed by the city man ager. , i --v 1- '1 ..... ' J . -