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1 . 4 HI t r v. 1 ITTP THD CDDCS By authority of the legislature and by provision of a state-appropriation of $620,000, a new ed ucational institution is in process - of being born. It will be a voca tional training school at the for mer Klamath marine barracks. The state appropriation is less than half of the budget. The total is $1,540,000 for the biennium. The remaining $920,000 will come principally from fees and tuition charged. ' ' Then there will be a large in vestment in machinery. The plant Itself is well supplied with tools and facilities. In addition, the ad ministration will be able to trans fer from the pool of equipment left over from war production training classes. Then war surplus will provide another reservoir of equipment. These acquisitions will cost the state" little or noth ing. ' It is estimated that the enroll ment will reach 1500 students within five r six years. An exec utive, faculty and administrative staff will be employed. , How will ,this institution be run? The governing body is the -state board of education (not the board of higher education) com posed of the governor, secretary cf state, superintendent of public instruction, and one person each: representing employers, employes, agriculture, and home interests. The actual supervision. will fall on the vocational education division . f the department of education, O. L Paulson, director. The divi sion has had experience in run ' ning the Eugene vocational school and (continued on editorial page) Building Bid At Wbodburn Near Estimate i V :. .- Low bid of $171,744 for con struction of a segregation cottage at the Woodburn state trailing school brought expressions of sur prise and "satisfaction from - the state board, of control Friday. Submitted by W. C Smith, Inc Portland, on the1 project which had. been estimated to cost $170, 000. it was one of the few bids opened recently that was not con siderably in excess of the board's estimate. The board expects to award the contact ollidany within a few days. There were eight other bid ders on the 11 4-foot square one- story dormitory building project. Bids Tvill be opened Mav 2 on both a new treatment hospital for the Oregon state hospital and a - new ward building fir the state hospital's cottage farm. CKASH ON VISTA' I; . - ! Some fender damage occurred when " cars operated fby Harold Alvin Holland,' of 190 Vista ave.. and Vernon Chris Sorensen of 370 Vista avev sideswiped in the 500 block or Vista ave just out side the south Salem city limits, at about 8:50 pjrf" Friday, investi gating state police report. By WAJSINGOODRJCH - mBoy I tare wish I could change into torn old clothes! f - ,- ft . - ..." ., "Sidewalk superintendents" watched Initial installations of Salem parkins meters Friday and some drivers tried them oat, although police enforcement of meter use will not begin until Monday. In - center picture, meter is being placed on a standard by Robert Foote of the Michael-Arts Bronx Co. ' which made 'them, with Police Chief Frank Mint (center) and Traffic Officer Iceland Weaver look- In en. In left picture, i Mrs. E. drive, both shown ' Inserting coins. . (Statesman protos by Don Parking 4 "ws J eters in Operation Salem's first 450 parking- me ters are now ready for nickels and pennies, - after installation Friday on downtown streets. Po lice will not begin checking me ters, however, until Monday morning. City Manager; J. L. Ftanzen 'stated. : i Enforcement of parking meter regulation will begin for the re mainder (763) of the meters as soon as they arrive and are in stalled, Franztn said. The first shipment arrived Thursday and was installed Friday by j Robert Foote, of the Michael-Arts Bronze company, meter manufacturer, and Salem Policeman j Leland .Weaver and Ellsworth 1 "Hap" Hewitt '. ' 1 Surveying for Posts 1 . - Pests for all but 200 1 of the, 1163 meters already have been in serted in Salem sidewalks by the Warren Northwest company, with city engineer's aides surveying; in order to mark . the exact spot where each post must be placed. The manufacturer's representative-Friday predicted that; the re maining 'meters will arrive here by April 24 and that installation will be completed before 1 the deadline, midnight April 23. Each day's delay of complete installa tion after the final date! set by the city council upon reinstate ment of the once -cancelled con tract will cost the meter company a penalty of 25 cents per day per meter. Trying Oat Meters Nearly every meter installed showed the red "violation" sign Friday evening, . signifying - that money had been inserted in the proper slot and that the attolted parking time had expired. Ap parently, people are just curious, as . numerous pedestrians were seen to piace money in uie me ters and turn the handle. . Meters permit parking' at the rate of one. cent for 12 minutes, two tents for 24. minutes,, three cents for 36 minutes, four cents for 48 minutes and a nickel for a full hour. Beginning Monday, payment in meters is required from 9 a jn to 6 p.m. daily - except Sundays and holidays, f - Austiiat Plan in Shreds MOSCOW. April"lMfl-Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov ripped to shreds . tonight . an American proposed compromise oh defining German assets in Austria! and U. S. Secretary of State Marshall charged Molotov with trying to transform Austria into a "puppet" state wider foreign' control. The soviet reject of the j Ameri can compromise on the key issue of defining what assets the Rus sians can take for reparations ap parently doomed all chances of completing an Austrian pact at the present conference of( foreign ministers.. . 1 , i j 1 Kaiser; S till rEy es SVvaii Island Plant PORTLANrfT'OreApril lMP) The Kaiser i Company, reported yesterday to be planning to with draw from its last holding here, may continue in the Portland In dustrial field after all. i-V After Edgar miser announced that the firm would have . to abandon ; Swan, . Island shipyard because of inability to obtain r a lease a war . assets administra tion official scheduled a meeting with Kaiser for Monday j to dis cuss possible negotiations. . 15 FLIERS DIE IS CSASH . KHARTOUM ; April' :4s -OV The RAF reported tonight that IS fliers were found dead today in the wreckage- of a South ' Af rican air force plane at El Shi Geig in the desert 60 miles south west of .here. Twelve of the vic times . were : South African air force pilots. . - i M J L. Fisher of McMinnville and at NINETY-SEVENTH YEAR Texas Disaster Toll Continues Steady Climb TEXAS CITY. TEX- April 18 (JP)-The list of known dead in this week s waterfront disaster climbed past 500 names tonight as the ceaseless hunt for additional victims of explosion and flame went on by the light of burning oil tanks - and powerful search light. . v. -;. The Red Cross issued a known- dead list tonight containing 549 names. However, some authorities insisted : that the list conta ined duplications. A check by the Hou ston Post and the Associated Press. eliminating . seeing duplications. reduced the total to 542. Asbestos-clad workers who en tered the still - burning plastics plant dt , the Monsanto Chemical company today for the first time to remove the dead from the huge explosion and fire-wrecked build ing halted their work when dark ness fell. Previous reports that workers had been found alive in the Monsanto plant were uncoh- Three ; oil iariksv stflf - burned sullenly today and there were a number of. small fires, all laying a smoke pall to deepen the gloom. GOP Leaders Clash on Policy WASHINGTON, April 18 -UP) Two republican leaders. Senators Vandenberg (Mich) and Wherry (Neb)r clashed today over the Greece-Turkey aid program with Wherry saying that he is "not going to be intimidated.' Some ; sharp exchanges took place as Wherry, the republican whip, and Senator Hawkes (R-NJ) contended the plan might mean war. - . , : Vandenberg, president of the senate and chairman of the for eign relations committee, said he believes the program is the "road to peace," but added that this "is no criticism, of Hawkes or Wherry if they hold opposite views. . . . " . UAW Rejects TL5 Cent' Raise DETROIT, April . lM-fPr-Gener-al Motors corporation today asked the CIO United Auto Workers to accept an 11 cent hourly wage increase . plus pay- for six annual holidays, . an offer union leaden) immediately termed unsatisfao tory. -- . The corporation described its overall offer as "the equivalent ofan increase of 15 cents an hour." . -j ." ." : Terms' were identical with those accepted Monday by the ? CIO United Electrical Workers, which has 30,000 members . in "General Motors plants. - In Pittsburgh, President Walter P. Reuther of the UAW-CIO said the offer "is not satisfactory but negotiations will be resumed in Detroit Monday ." Teamsters Strike Looms in Portland ;PORTLAND April 18-(P)-The possibility of a teamsters strike in Portland- increased - today as the AFX. union turned down two. pro posals by the U. S. conciliation service. :" .: ' ' " The' " conciliators - proposed "a wage increase of 10 cents an hour and establishment of a 40-hour week.- The teamsters had asked an increase of $1.50 daily, later scaling it down to $1.10. The un ion previously .voted a strike if negsuauons' laiL right, Floyd MeClellan of Ratcliff Dill, staff photographer.) 10 PAGES Police Guard in Peoria Bars Robeson from Hall PEORIA. Ill- Anril 18-PWPaul Robeson. Necro cineet- whn was denied use of a Peoria city hall concert was cancelled, tonight limited his appearance here; to a news conference in the home of a Negro labor leader. While 50 policemen under orders from the mayor stood guard at the city hall, Robeson told newsmen that Peoria "goes on record Rep. Norman Of Washington Dies at Capitol WASHINGTON, April 18 -WV Rep. Fred Norman, 67, (R-Wash) was found dead in his bed ' this morning, a victim of heart disease as he slept. , : .". He had participated yesterday in house debate on labor legisla tion, and retired early at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Curtis with whom he lived. His body was sent back to his home in Raymond, accompanied tonight by a delegation of mem bers of congress. Survivors in clude a daughter, Evelyn Norman, and son, Howard Norman. Norman was serving his second term from the Washington state third district. He was elected in 1942 to the 78th congress, lost out in the 1944 race to Democrat Charles Savage, and then won again last falL 1 Helgoland Hit ast ABOARD 'THE BRITISH DE STROYER BLEASDALE OFF HELGOLAND, April 18 JF)- The British navy blew up today thou sands of tons of ammunition and explosives ; planted throughout Helgoland in the. biggest delib erately set blast since Bikini. - . The island, a North Sea German Gibraltar that was once Adolf Hitler's pride, was enveloped in a mass of flames and disappeared under a thick red mushroom cloud that rose to 10,000 feet. : The British admiralty said 7,500 (short) tons of explosives were used in the blast " ' How successful the British were in destroying the-giant installa tions will not be known until to morrow when a navy party will make' the first reconnaissance. Unions Dispute Bills' Legality WASHINGTON. April 18 PV- The . battle over labor legislation shifted to the senate today, and AFL and CIO leaders gave warn ing that If a new labor law is en acted they will attack it in the courts. ' -.Judging by the past, this means that unions would simply ignore those provisions they believe to be unconstitutional. ? When prosecuted as law-breakers, they woud ask the courts the supreme court if necessary to kill those provisions. ' So far, the house has passed the Hartley bill, : with ' its ' sweeping curbs on strikes and unions. Next Wednesday the senate begins 'de bating its measure. ; t , j DR. JOTCE SUCCUMBS PORTLAND, April, 18 -UP)-r. Thomas M. Joyce, 62, head of the department of surgery at the Uni versity of Oregon medical school, died today at the Multnomah county hospital following a heart attack. . . , ; ' ; ' , PLANE, CREW fcOF , MISSING -LONDON, April 18 -H The Royal Air Force,reported tonight that a . Halifax - aircraft with . a crew "of nine was missing on a meteorological flight front its base in Northern Ireland. By Superbl 4,335 Witness ; 1947 Premiere -y . - - The 1947 Western International league baseball season, dodging a few raindrops, was ushered into town last night as a record opening-night crowd of 4,335 watched the Salem Senators down Vancou ver, 4 to 2, at Waters j park. The Senators, playing a snappy brand of baseball under their new man ager Jack Wilson, yielded a run to Vancouver in the first inning, but scored four themselves in the fourth and fifth innings to salt down the inaugural. I Lefthander Kenny Wyatt, now a native of Polk county hurled the opening victory and allowed five hits. He started off shakily in the first by giving three of the five hits and one of the j Cap runs then, but settled down to pitch brilliant ball. Wyatt fanned eight The second game of the four game series will, be played to night, starting at ' eight o'clock. A Sunday doubleheader, starting at 1:30 p. m. will complete the open ing series. (Additional details and pictures on today's sports page.) OUNDID ! 1651 Salam. Orocjon, SarurdcrV Momincj. assembly room after his scheduled as being taken over by the fascist element, The singer said his experience here had confirmed his "intention to spend at least the next two years in an active fight against intolerance as it manifests itself in politics." The singer said yesterday he received "some threats of vio lence" if he appeared, but de clared he was "not easily fright ened." ! e Robeson's concert here was can celled and the city council Tues day formally disapproved of the appearance of "propagandists for Unamerican ideology, f aiming at Robeson. 1 " The action developed after Robeson was named by the house committee on Unamerican activi ties as one ol a group ox persons "invariably found supporting the communist party." Snell Vetoes Fund Transfer House bill 505, drawn to trans fer amusement device tax re ceipts from Oregon's old age as sistance fund to the general fund, was vetoed Friday byi Gov. Earl Snell. Governor Snell said the money involved, only about $240,000 per year, is needed for old age pen sions. Among several bills! signed by the governor Fnday were mea sures setting a state policy against discrimination in employment be cause of race, religion, sex or union membership; preventing persons from transferring poperty to relatives or others in orHer to receive state pensions, and per muting the state board of health to license and inspect hospitals Churchill Terms Henry Wallace Crypto Communist LONDON, April 18 4 W-Win ston Churchill sharply attacked Henry A. Wallace in a public speech today, , classing; him as i "crypto communist" and declar ing he was trying "to separate Great Britain from the United States and to weave her into a vast system of communist intrigue which radiates from Moscow." The former British prime min ister, addressing a conservative rally, defined a "crypto commu nist" as "one who has hot got the courage to explain the destina tion for which he is making." Crypto is derived from a Greek word meaning "hidden." Phone Lines Sabotaged In Texas Disaster Area ST. LOUIS, April 18-(P)-War-ren S. Miller,- general manager of the Southwestern Belli Telephone company here, said today approx imately 250 'long distance telephone- circuits were ; cut with hacksaws last night arid early to day at three places northeast and south of Fort Worth, Tex. "Some of the , lines ' that, were severed were being used at the time to carry emergency messages be tween fire-and-ejtplosipn ravaged Texas City and i other points,"' Miller said. ' j- TO LIFT RESTRICTIONS WASHINGTON, April 18 -P-The army will lift its present one-a-week restrictions on; the mail ing of - parcels to. army personnel overseas May 1. It was "Flay Ball" at Waters. Park last night as the "Salem Senators opened their 111? season with ' a 4 to 2 victory over the Vancouver Capilanos before a record opening-night crowd of 4233. Opes- Ing action in the first game of the campaign Is depleted -above by Senator shortstop and leadoff man Henry Bartolomei who is catcher In the photo Is Vancouver Manager Bill Brenner and the umpire Hnghle Day. later grounded out, third to first. (Statesman photo by Don Dill, staff photographer.) April 19. 1947 U.N. Rejects Red Plea for Voice in Loan LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y., April 18-P)-The security council to- Yiight rejected Russia's demand for United Nations supervision over American aid to Greece. Poland alone supported the So viet union in the first U.N. test vote of President Truman's $400,f- 000,000 u reek-Turkish aid . pro gram, which still awaits approval by congress. Britain was the only veto-em powered nation balloting against the proposal but actually did not invoke the veto since the Soviet measure fell five votes short of the seven necessary for passage. The United States joined four other nations in abstaining de spite the - insistence of Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister. Andrei A. ' Gromyko that the American "take a definite stand." Ford Empire to Stay in Family DETROIT, April 1 8 -P)- Con trol of the vast industrial empire Henry Ford built out of what once were termed "a lot of crazy ideas' will remain ' in the Ford family. Mr. Ford's will, disclosed today, leaves all his voting stock in the Ford Motor Co., in equal shares, to his four grandchildren. The extent of the great wealth Mr. Ford amassed was not dis closed, but Mr. Ford's personal fortune has been estimated as much as $500,000,000. To the Ford foundation, a char itable institution organized short ly before the will was drafted Feb. 3, 1936, Mr. Ford left all his non-voting stock in the Ford company , as welL as all his real estate holdings other than the home, "Fairlane, which along with Mr. Fords personal effects, were left to the widow, Mrs. Clara J. Ford. OPA to Free Rent in Areas WASHINGTON, April 18 -(JF) OPA officials said tonight that rent controls will be abolished late this month in portions of 40 areas scattered throughout the na tion, but emphasized that the move is not the forerunner of any general rent decontrol action. They said the order will affect rental areas in 23 states and is one of the biggest decontrol .steps yet taken by the OPA rental di vision. A total of 648 areas are under control. Officials declined to give out the new list at this time. Local Red Cross, Banks Take . Contributions for Disaster Aid Following numerous individual offers to send aid to the blast and tornado victims in Texas and Ok lahoma, Marion county chapter of American Red Cross was advised Friday that it may accept dona tions, of money only, for such re lief. Justice George Rossman. chap ter chairman, emphasized that no solicitations will be made. All .banks in the county have agreed to accept contributions, as well as the ARC office, 211 McGUchrist building. v . Authorization was received from the Pacific area manager ha a wire which stated that the or ganization, placed in charge of relief work at Texas City by Gov. I shown f online 'off a pitched ball Prico 5c O.irafte ML -.Urge's Feieiral WASHINGTON, April 18 - "inefficiency and incompetence," the AFL today asked the gov ernment to take over-the telegraph lines in advance of a itrix set for May 4. Striking telephone workers, plans to lay their case officially Long Distance Calls in Salem 40 of Normal Long distance telephone calls originating in , Salem are-. going through at nearly 40 per cent of normal -volume despite -the 12-day-old strike of telephone work ers, it was estimated Friday by Elmer Berglund, Salem.' manager for Pacific Telephone and Tele graph Co. . t. Berglund said , executives and supervisors at the. local telephone exchange were handling an ave rage of some 1,300 emergency long distance calls per day, against a normal load of about 3,600. He added that the tempor ary switchboard staff has been able to keep abreast of the . in coming calls from out of the city. Dial service for city calls has been uninterrupted, as no main tenance problems have occurred that supervisors have not been able to handle, Berglund . stated. He said regular rural service, in formation and intercepting (when number is changed or disconnect ed) services are . operating as usual. ;.. Jewish Underground Strikes Back" at British JERUSALEM, April 18 -iJFl-The Jewish underground struck back at. the British today for the execution of Dov Bela Grunner and three other members of Irgun Zvai Leumi with a series of at tacks and bomb blasts that killed one British soldier and resulted in the death of one civilian. The outbreaks were the first in the Holy Land since Cruner and his companions went to the gal lows in Acre prison. AAUW ELECTS . OFFICERS DALLAS, April 18 -PPf Dr. Althea Kratz HotteL Dean of Women at the University of Penn sylvania, was elected president of the American Association of Uni versity Women today at the bi ennial convention and Seattle was chosen for the next , meeting in 1949. Beauford Jester, Is fully prepared to meet needs in the disaster area. Contrary to practice prior to the war, officials .said, funds, from the annual' drive will not need be supplemented by special cam paigns - . '.'" " The office also will-send wires of inquiry regarding relatives in the disaster "areas. Several have already been transmitted from the Salem area. . - The Red Cross has appropriated $250,000 for use in the Texas City area,- and has already sent there 6,000 pints of blood plasma and 1,000 pints of whole blood, as well . as anti-tetanus serum and gas gangerene anti-toxin. y by aeoaver's Bob Snyder.. TO, Weather Max. Mm. prccipt. Smlem . San t ranciaco traro. S3 ,1 .so WUiametW rtver S SmC " FORECAST (from VS. weather bu reau. McNary field. Salem) : Moitlr cloudy today and tonight with ecea sional light shower. High! tempera' ture today 64. Lowest tooigbt 4. - No. 20 Seozooire (iP) - Assailing Western Union fc ::'r'. v.v- . at the same time, completed before President Truman , and congress as their walkout pasrt the 12th day without sign of tlement. " The AFL acted for its cornmer' cial telegraphers union repre&er t ing 50,000 Western Union worn ers throughout the country cit side of New York. It asked th- the government operate the tele 1 graph system as part of the pen:. service or wrmit the A mr -! J Telephone & Telegraph Co. t operate it. The plea was made in a brief filed with the federal commur.i cations commission In connects a with proceedings in which Wet t era Union seeks permission to ie duce local services ia the interest , of economy. The union brief asserted thai ' the proposed reductions wouUt leave local handling of telegram in' some cases in the hands- of m m Vaawm . . dogs, druggists, real estate agent and even, with all solemnity, mar ticians." ' , "A perusal of the record leave one with the definite conviction that the Western Union Telegrspls company wishes to get out of th telegraph business and as quick iy as possible, the brief said. Itt Gets Life Term l HILLSBORO, Ore, April 18-P1 Aioen gackureen, 15, accused of shooting a man to rob him of S12V pleadetr- guilty to aecond-desrc Knurder today and was sentence 4 to me imprisonment in the (tsut penitentiary. - Originally indicted on a fir, degree murder charge. Green ft tered court today to hear District Attorney G. Russell Morgan movs to change the charge to second degree murder. The victim in the shooting was Ralph Porritt, Vancouver -. muiil salesman and father of four, wh was slain as he sat in his parked car on the Tigard-Aurora rtd February 7. v . v . . Opinions Differ on Red Incl-Lease . j WASHINGTON, April 18 -Ce Dean Acheson, acting secretary C state, urged congress today itt permit delivery of $16,638,03 worth of supplies to Russia uade lend-lease contracts and rekindled a senate controversy. . . While Senator Vandenberg (R Mich) declared his support. Sena tors Bridges (R-NH) and Wherry (R-Neb) voiced immediate opp ition. - :-: Both the senate and-house ap propriations committeees hav refused to authorize admin istra- tive expenses to carry out the coo tracts made during the war. f , Wallace Urges Swede , Act as U. S- - Red Buffer STOCKHOLM, Sweden, April 18 -iF)- Former Tee President Henry A. Wallace urged Scandi navians today to act as a "mod erating force" between what h : termed , the imperialism of both Russia and the United States. Wallace told a gathering of 1,000 Swedes they were in a key posi tion to serve the cause of peace; Slave I f -.