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Salem. Oregon, Friday Morning. April 18. 1947
No. 19
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, A speaker, recently back from
Europe told th National confer
ence of Social Work in session at
San Francisco that American
prestige In Europe has "hit a new
low." The impoverished and em
bittered people of the continent
leel we are indifferent, to their
suffering, ' that we are concerned
primarily with enjoying our lux
uries. . " "
Tr ., is- nrohablr foundation
for iHsrreport. It follows the pat
tern of the aftermatn or woria
War I - The destitute are envious
of the prosperous. The cohesion
Induced by common eiiorc igaimi
a common foe loosens when fight
ing ceases, and frictions and ten
sions arise. -:- -". ' '
Various reasons cause this re
versal of feeling. For one thing
h mnduct of our officers and
soldiers In the army of occupation
has been far below mat or De
cency, in thousands of instances.
rwffrences in lan ma re. In cus
toms, in wages of soldiers all have
proven irritating to native peo
ples. The new day hoped for with
the defeat of the fascist has not
been realized. Many : fascist un
derlings still Jiold seats of local
power. iwhileimm-ofMhe demo
cratic parties are shunted to one
stde. Above aii, economic restora
tion has been slow, very slow; and
destitution always breeas ciscon
Somehow, too, . we have been
tinshi tr et over to the masses
of the people the extent of our
contributions in their behalf. How
many Russians, for example, know
that, besides the billions upon
billions of dollars' worth of lend
lease equipment .and food fur
nished - Russia, ; our people gave
through the American Society for
Russian Relief, in rash and in
kind, $8450,000? These relief
supplies were furnished in mo
ments of critical need, doirur much
to sustain life and provide some
measure or -'-
IContinoed on Editorial Page)
Maisoir Wins
General's Star
Appointment of State Police
SupL Harold G. (Fod) Maison as
a brigadier general of the -National
Guard has been approved
by the war department. Gov. Earl
SneH announced Thursday. . -
Maison is expected to become
assistant division commander of
the 41st infantry division, which
Includes the national . guard of
Washington and Oregon. :
When World War II ' started:
Maison was a captain command
ing the Salem company of the
41st division. He rose to "colonel,
rarnmanding an infantry regiment
cf the 6th (regular army) divi
sion in the Philippines, and fought
with the 41st through the New
Guinea campaign.
EDITOR SUCCUMBS
SPOKANE. Wash, April 17-UP)
George W, Dodds, S2, editor of
the ' Spokesman-Review for 33
yean before bis. retirement : in
1942, died today after an ope
ration. . . '
Animz! Crcchcrs
By WAJ3EN GOODRICH
"Oh, this is ghastly . . . yoa
- distinctly said tchite HesT
4v
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To Meet1
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Four hundred fifty parking me
ters arrived in Salem Thursday
afternoon following 'a 15-hour
airplane trip from the Michael-
Arts Bronze company s plant In
Covington, Ky. i
Robert Foote, the manufactur
er's representative, stated Thurs
day that he expected .installation
to begin Friday or Saturday and
that fastening of the heads on
the meters,' to continue through
the -weekend, probably would be
finished by Monday or Tuesday
of next week. j
- Deadline for installation of the
complete order of 1,163 meters on
order' is next Friday, April 25. A
cash penalty will -be paid the city
of Salem by the manufacturer for
each day required past April 25
to complete meter installation. -
' Foote said Thursday that the
Warren Northwest company has
informed him that 900 meter posts
have already been set in Salem,
leaving only 263 more to be in
stalled until all is ready for the
entire order of meters, - " i
Special plates to reinforce side
walks undermined with basements
have also been shipped here and
work installing ' them . wiH begin
soon, Foote stated, thereby allow
ing timely meter- installation : In
such "places. Some basements were'
drilled into before it was learned
that' some downtown basements
reach out under the sidewalk.
Awaits Word
Of Brother in
Disaster Area
Anxiously awaiting word
whether her brother is, safe at
Texas City is Mrs. Arne Lien,
route 7, box 432C, who Thursday
was checking through Red Cross
and the Associated Press for news
of him. - v-i ' k "
The bsother, Richard Bray, has
been stationed with the U. S,
navy-at Texas City where explo
sions Wednesday killed hundreds
of residents.. He has been living
mere with his wife, Antoinette,
Mrs. Lien said last night I
There was no person named
Bray on the casualty lists received
by Associated Press by Thursday
mght. .. . . I
A Mill City couple. Dr. and Mrs.
J. - W,- Reid, Wednesday night
heard a first hand report of re
lief work among victims of the
Texas City explosions,: talking by
telephone with Mr. and Mrs. J. W
Lockhart of Galveston, TexJ The
Lockharts are Mrs. Reid's par
ents. . .x:'l -. If, rtV'j V
" Sirens screamed all day in Gal
veston, where, casualties" were
being brought from Texas City-15
miles away. t All hospitals j and
many emergency centers were re
ceiving the wounded, the ' Reids
were told. ' , .
'Reds Slay Resent
rs repner
WASHINGTON, April 11.-iJPh
Senator Pepper D-Fla) told the
senate today that Russia may
"resent lone-handed U. S.! aid
in Greece and Turkey. He said
the proposed American : action
would justify Russia in taking
similar steps anywhere in j the
world. -- L j j , .
Pepper argued that the situa
tion should be handled through
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'It's not a Small World,'
Says Milton Reynolds
WASHINGTON, April .17-jyp)-Milton
Reynolds and his round-the-world
fliers received I the
congratulations of President Tru
man at the White House today.
Reynolds drew chuckles when he
commented wryly: - I
"Whoever says it's a small
world hasn't gone around it.late-
DRAFTEE TO LEAVE SATAN
YOKOHAMA, Friday, April 18
-(P)-A11 drafted enlisted men in
the VS. army will have embark
ed from Japan by the end of April,
the eighth army readjustment sec
tion said today. The occupation
force then will be made up of reg
uiars and volunteers.
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.oose- Approval
r Support for Measure: Oveinvlielming
T WASHINGTON. April 17-(-A bill to curb strikes, restrict
union- activities and make some sweeping changes in new -deal' labor
law was passed overwhelmingly today by the republican-controlled
house.'. - -:
But even as it went to the -
completed a milder measure of its
to
OSCBmldmg
PORTLAND, April 17P)-The
$5,000,000 permanent building
program for state colleges and
the university took a setback to
day when the state board of high
er' education postponed a project
because of high costs...-: r , .:
The board, upon recommenda
tion of the Oregon State college
president, indefinitely postponed
modernization of the OSC home
economics building part of the
long-range - building program - for
which 'voters authorized $4,000,
000 two years ago. Z
. The board, however, authorized
several projects to care for en
larged -enrollments, including a
$50,000 home management house
at OSC, remodeling of the OSC
chemistry building, , and a new
women's dormitory at the Uni
versity of Oregon if .bids are ac
ceptable. The board Increased dormitory
rate $4 a month and room char
ges about $2 a month, beginning
this summer. ' . -'
Dr.-Eldon L. Johnson, head of
political science at the University
of . Oregon, was appointed dean of
the university's college of liberal
arts and the graduate school. He
will succeed Dr. James H. Gil
bert, retiring July 1- .
Reds Hedge on
A-Inspections
' LAKE SUCCESS, N, April
17 -O?5)- Canada .failed today- to
get a direct, detailed answer, from
Russia on the key . question of
international atomic inspection.
For the first : time in the 10
months history of the United Na
tions atomic energy commission.
Gen. A. G. L. McNaugbton of
Canada addressed a written ques
tion directly to Andrei A. Gro
myko, soviet delegate.
- McNaughton asked ' whether
Russia would accept inspection of
atomic energy plants by agents
of an International authority re
cruited from various nations and
having access to all countries
which would sign a proposed
atomic control pact. ; -
r Gromyko put off hia answer,
saying he was not concerned now
with a detailed discussion of the
type of .inspection personnel.
Two Automobiles
Burn in Garage
. Only the .burned, wreckage of
two autosTemains after fire de
stroyed the cars and two private
garages at 640 S. Capitol sV at
about 12:10 this morning, city
police, who covered in with the
fire department, report.
The cars were owned by Charles
E. Vredenburg, Jr., 640 S. Capi
tol; st, and by the Portland Gen
eral Electric company. No dam
age to adjacent buildings was re
ported. EX-FIRST LADY DD2S
, PORTLAND, April 17-0?VFu-neral
services will be held here
Saturday for Mrs. Isobel Trullin
ger Geer, 85-year-old. widow - of
T. T. Geer, governor of Oregon
from 1899 to 1903. She died here
Wednesday - " -"
'Little Change' in
Coin-Swallower
First aid men reported last
nfeht there wa"Uttle chanre"
fat Bert Hanson, 7, of 455 N.
' 24th st---ll cents to be ex
act. EarUer in the day the chad
' swallowed a dime and a pen
ny while playing. His condi
tion la not .believed U be seri-
Delay
Woods
senate the labor committee there
own, stripped of some of the major
nouse provisions, and sent It to
the floor for debate to start next
Wednesday. ' r .
- The house vote on final passage
was 308 to 107. This Would be
margin enough to override any
veto by President Truman if the
lineup on sch a test should re
main the same.
, While the senate labor commit
tee's vote was 11 to 2 for its legis
lation,' Senator ,Taft (R-Ohio),
committee chairman, announced
he will lead a fight on the floor
to restore some of the stricken
provisions through amendments.
The major difference between
the two measures is that the house
bill, curbs industry-wide bargain
ing, and outlaws jurisdictional
strikes . and secondary . boycotts;
The senate labor committees biU
does not . ' - T".
t Both measures would authorize
court injunctions to stave off ser
ious 'strikes, ban, the closed shop
and make unions liable for "un
fair labor practices along with
employers.: .: -.'V .
Reps. Norblad and Stockman of
Oregon voted in favor of th bill.
Rep. Angell opposed it. " '
New Pumper
Added to Fire
Department
A nev fire desartment pump
er, designed to protect Salem dis
tricts in . which hydrants have not
yet been installed, was all set for
action . today. . And another one
will be readied as soon as City
Manager J. L. Franzen can find
an additional chassis on which to-
mount another pump.
; The pumper - - made from a
surplus Dodge chassis and pump
procured several . years ago
through the offkj of civilian de
fense - - was assembled for the
dty by; the W. W. Rosebraugh
firm. It includes a 600-gallon tank
(many a - house fire - has been
quelled with less than 100 gal
lons of water), a pump, two 200
foot hose lines, and suction hose
for use if the fire is near a source
of open water.
Franzen . said the market price
of a similar outfit is between $7,.
000 arid $8,000. He estimated the
one now assembled ready for use
here would cost the city less than
$800. It is to be painted the us
ual Cre-d apartment red and
housed at the central station. The
next one assembled is expected
to be housed at the east Salem
station. ' r -
Fire Chief W.' P. Roble said the
pumpers would be invaluable in
providing protection to districts
recently annexed to Salem and in
which the installation of hydrants
is not yet possible.
SCHOOL BUILDING OKEHED
Marion county's school superin
tendent, Mrs. Agnes Booth, Thurs
day said she had approved the
building program of .the North
Santiam school district. The con
struction involves adding two
rooms and a stage to the existing
school house. - ? -
Austria Pact Hopes Dim;
Some (Diplomats Packing
By Wee Gallagher
MOSCOW,- April 17-Cf-Chances
for salvaging an Austrian
peace treaty from the deadlocked
Moscow conference faded tonight
and some German experts among
the delegations prepared to leave
for Berlin apparently abandoning
hope of further progress on a Ger
man pact'---.; ,
In London a foreign ' office
spokesman said a special train
will be ready 'in Moscow on Tues
day to return Foreign Secretary
Ernest Bevin and the British del
egation. He said that while there
were no definite plans to leave
then the train would be ready "if
there appears to beno good rea
son to stay longer -
Despite the Russians statement
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In Waters
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8 o?elock
The. 1947 Western Intenatiohal
- The 1947 Western International
ing to outdo even the banner year
enjoyed in 1946 when 800,000 cus
tomers attended the games, opens
its pennant drive on four fronts
tonight, weather permitting. The
Salem Senators, second place fin
ishers last season and . this year
Feasibility of clear weather
at Waters park, far the season's
penlaf baseball same 1 Is seea
la a "late" forecast made by
the U. S. weather station at
MeNary field. Lizht shawers
are predicted ta beeaaaa lighter
;as the day tarns ta ball-game
time. " ;. ,!
equipped with a new manager
and many of last summer s crack
players opens with the j Vancou-
jrerl B. C, entry at Waters park
it I o'clock. Elsewhere "in the
league the Tacoma Tigers play at
Spokane, Bremerton at j Yakima
and Victoria at Wenatchee.
Should tonight's inaugural at
Waters park be rained lout, - the
opener will be tried again Satur
day night at 8 o'clock. Four games
are scheduled : with v the j visiting
Capilanos singles - tonight and
Saturday night and a 1:30 p. m.
doublehfibder Sunday. ) , Salem
goes on tbeN road to Vancouver
Monday;- !
Managerial Debat
" Jack Wilson, long a major
league pitcher with the Boston
Red - Sox, Washington Senators
and Detroit Tigers and a native
of -Portland, will be making his
managerial debut In professional
ball with the Senators. Wilson has
replaced Ted Gullic. who this sea
son is i coach on the Portland
team. j
" WilsoV will start Lefthander
KennyY Wyatt for Salem. Wyatt
being a 15-game winner in the
league last season. Wyatt! will be
opposed by Bob Snyder who also
won-15 last season for the Capi
lanos. Snyder is a righthander.
BUI Beard Catcher
Catching for Salem will be the
veteran Bill Beard, once an all
around athlete at Willamette uni
versity and the past few j years a
Class AAA catcher with j Seattle.
Rookie Marty Krug Jr., j will be
at first base, holdover Al Spaeter
at second, veteran Hank Bartolo
mei at short. Beaver optionee Mel
Nunes at third, holdover Lou
Kubiak in left, popular Frank
Lucchesi in center and rookie
power hitter Bill Gregory n right
Vancouver's lineup is dotted with
many players who performed for
Manager Bill Brenner's team in
1946. .
Brief p re-game ceremonies,
starring Governor Earl Snell, Sec
retary of State Robert S. Farrell,
Mayor RL. Elfstrom and jWarden
George Alexander will start at
7:50 p. Tcu Downtown merchsants
have donated a number, of prizes
as "firsts for Salem players. If
the weather is good,-a throng of
around 5,000 is expected: for the
game. I
(Additional details on
Sports Page)
AID FOR TEXAN S ACCEPTED
WASHINGTON. April 17 -UP)
Basil O'Connor, chairman of the
American Red Cross, said today
that voluntary contributions for
the relief of Texas City disaster
victims will be accepted by any
of the organization's - 3,754 chap
ters. yesterday on the desire to sign an
Austrian peace pact -the Russians
clashed tonight with the three
western powers over the first ma
jor issue the ministers encoun
tered in considering the Austrian
pact the problem of handling
approximately 500,000 displaced
persons in Austria. j
Russia demanded that displaced
persons be expelled from Austria
within six months after the treaty
becomes . . effective. Secretary of
State Marshall charged that this
amounted to failure. by the Rus
sians to live up to a United Na
tions agreement on displaced per
sons which would exempt per
sons facing religious or political
persecution if they returned to
their former living places.
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TE3TAS CITY, Tex, April 17 This -view af the deck area here (tap)
. shows damage caused by the series af explosions which reeked this
city yesterday killing an estimated C58 penans and laJarinx thoa-
aaads. CBelaw) Foar dased and battered reaeaa workers limp back
fraca the danger area, (AP.Wlrep betas ta Tbe Statesman.) , .
GrandcaihpFireiCrowds
Unaware of Blast Threat
By Harry Standing
Editor, The Temple Telegram
Written for ths Associated Press
TEMPLE, Tex., April n.-OTHMauriee Patterson, a dock worker
whose home is at Holland, Texas, 15 miles from Temple, today told
the story of the Texas City disaster from the viewpoint of a laborer
who barely escaped from the explosion ship, the Grandcamp.
The crowd of thousands that stood on the Texas Oty docks
Wednesday morning watching the burning Grandcamp had no warn
ing of any explosion danger, Pat
terson said.
He was one of a gang of 20
workers that went on the Grand
camp early Wednesday morning.'
His group was ordered off the
burning ship a short time before
the explosion.
Nitrates Burning
"It was ammunition of some
kind in No. 5 hatch that blew up,
Patterson said. "The nitrates in
No. 4 hatch - - we had loaded
about 68,000 bags of it in there
- - were burning when we went
on the ship, but the explosion
came when the fire hit the am
munition hatch.
"Those people on the docks,
who had come down to watch tte
fire, never had any warning that
there might be an explosion. They
just stood there waiting for it"
Patterson said another crew of
20 dock workers was on the
Grandcamp when the ship blew
up.
'Gness AlKKIUed
"! guess all of them were kill
ed, he said. "I don't know how
many of my crew were killed. I
was maybe 100 yards away when
the explosion - came . . the blast
seemed to blow all of the water
out of the bay ... I remember
that a big wall- of water hit me,
and that there was oil all ever
me . . , but none of the pieces of
the ship hit me ... I stumbled
around until I found my car . . .
"There was a big chunk of the
ship stuck in the back end of the
car, and the gasoline was running
out But I got the car started and
got home some way. '
"We tried to stop the fire on
the Grandcamp," he said, "but it
was burning all down' in the bot
tom of the ship.
"We tried to seal the hatches
and turn in the steam, but jt did
n't do any good. Hatches were
blowing off before we got off the
yhip."
Weather
Max.
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SI
Min
Precip.
Sslem -
Portland
San Francisco ,
Chicseo
ss ,ss
SO M
S3 trace
33 .M
43 J0
59
55
New York
Willamette river 3 8 feet.
FORECAST (from VS. weather bu
reau. McN'ary foeid. Salem): Cloudy
with occasional hcht showers today
and toaifht. Hi he temperature to
day S3. Uwwt tonight 40.
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Local Coeds on
WU May Court
Three senior women at Willam
ette university were designated as
May court by student ballot
Thursday tn the second of three
elimination votes to determine the
May queen who will preside over
May. weekend festivities May
2-3-4.' 7 ' , '
They are Mary - East Runyan,
Salem; Margaret Allen, West Sa
lem, and Elaine Cloudy, Ketchi
kan, Alaska. Voting to select from
these three the queen will be con
ducted on the campus Tuesday.
The remaining two will be prin
cesses.- :;r :'; v
Mrs. Runyan, one of several
married coeds attending Willam
ette, is wife of Ronald Runyan,
also a senior.
Parole Board to
Adjust Sentences
PORTLAND, April . 17-JP)-Thc
state parole beard plans to adjust
sentences Of Oregon prisoners to
provide more equitable penalties,
Board j Chairman Gerald Mason
said today.
Mason said sentences meted by
different judges for the same
crime may vary from three years
tn one case to 25 in another.
Parole law amendments passed by
the state legislature will enable
the board to adjust the sentences
fairly, he said.
Hospital Survey -Comniittee
Named
Gov. Earl Snell Thursday-appointed
three members of the
hospital survey and construction
advisory council to the state
board of health. The council was
created by a legislative act which
will become effective July 8.
Those appointed were Robert
Schmidt, Albany farmer; Fred
Aandahl, Portland architect and
E. S. Benjamin, Salem, secretary
of local 670, cannery worker's
union. .... -
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Trunian
Offers Aid
To Area
TEXAS CITY, Tex., April 17-(r)-Blast-torn
Texas City twent
through, a second night of fear to
night as naming oil tanks threat
ened further explosions to add to
the devastation of two days blasts
which, left an estimated 650 per
sons dead, thousands injured.
' The huge oil tank farm of the
Humble Oil. company was. burn
ing, . the r latest conflagration .
spreading from explosions which
blasted three ships in the harbor
arid destroyed the mulU-million
dollar plant of the " Monsanto
Chemical company. - .
5 Rescue workers evacuated the
immediate danger area early to
night and gas masks were passed
out as a precaution against the
possible spread of poisonous gases
from further explosions. ! " .
? Homer Garrison, Jr.. director ot
the Texas department of public
safety, telegraphed Gov. Beauford
IL Jester at Austin that there was
Mio necessity for further evacua-
! . , . . a a
j won. lie saia, nowever. in at one
tank containing r a small amount
of high-octane gasoline might ex
plode "at any time before tomor
row morning or fires may burn
selves out without further dam
age. ;;,--'':;"vv
Xbandoned flop '
John H. Hill, deputy mayor and
a chemical engineer, said that the
Humble Oil and Refining com
pany had abandoned hope of sav
ing any portion ot the oil storage
tank farm. . .
4 He made the announcement
shortly after a tank exploded and
rocked the city at 8:53 p. m. Hill
said that there was no storage of
highly-inflammable and explosive
butane gas on the farm, but con
ceded that ,"we haven't any idea
what Is in two spherical tanks on
property adjacent to the Humble
farm. He asserted that danger
of more serious explosions was
dependent on the contents of the
two tanks, one large and one
smalL . w; ;.iv : -v T
Bedlea 8UI1 1st Wreckage , !
Two hundred and seventy-one'
bodies had been counted at a late
hour tonight by - rescue workers
diguing Into the ruins of the wa
terfront and industrial , area. Of
these, 194 had beeen idnUfied.
Many more bodies stil'lie in. the
wreckage. ; 'V'-,:';,.;'
Fire Captain J. s B. Ruby of
Houston estimated that anywhere
from 75 to 150 bodies remained
lh the Monsanto plant alone.
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'Deepest Sympathy -.
WASHINGTON, April 1 17-V
President Truman offered the re
sources of all federal agencies- for
relief in the Texas City disaster
today. . .
Mr. Truman, following develop
ments from the White House,
telegraphed Mayor J. C. Trahan
of Texas City:
"My heart and the heart of the
nation go out in deepest sympathy
to the suffering people of Texas
City. May God lighten the burden
of sorrow which has fallen on the
community with such -tragic
force.
Senator OTJaniel (DjiTex.) in
troduced a resolution in the sen
ate demanding a "full and com
plete investigation' of the disaster.
Sweden Greets Wallace
With 80-Voice Choir
STOCKHOLM, April I7-JV- -Henry
A. Wallace told Swedish
newsmen tonight that small Eu- :
ropean nations have a great, per
haps determining role to play in .
the world's search for peace. "
Arriving from Britain, he was
greeted at the airport by an 80-"
voice male workers choir. Wal
lace was visibly tired but bright
ened perceptibly at. the unexpect-
ed reception.