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tTh StaTT-r Salem, Orsxyon. Friday. April 2$ 1817 Districts Told Of Union High Advantages i- Bf MvnKrilc Gleesea ? Statesman Valley Editor STAYTON, April 2 between 90 and 100 persons from 23 school districts in Marion and Linn counties met here tonight to learn About Jormation of a union high school district, Staytan Chamber of Commerce, through a commit tee headed by Date Crabtree, pre vented the report of Its investi gation, cfiered 21 acres of land for the location of a union high school district and presented au thorities on the subject of school law and- taxes, advantages of larg er units and formation of union lush school districts. . Aim f the committee is to ob tain interest of sufficient districts to make at least a (3,000,000 val uation, located within a nine-mile radius of Stayton. taking in ter ritory west of the hills of Mar Ion, east of the mountains of Me hama and outside of the area served by Salem and Silverton high schools. ' . -T- VnU Be Fourth Uatoa High Marcel Van Drtesche acted as chairman of the meeting: and Crabtree outlined the proposal for the organization of what 'would be Manon count js fourth union high school. v v Mrs. Agnes Booth, county school superintendent, discussed the law governing the organization, while J. M.," Bennett, Linn superinten dent, told of Lebanon organiza tion of a union high school dist net lart year under somewhat similar circumstances. Effect of Edaeatioa TsM Financial advantages of the larger unit of instruction and the effect of education upon the total wealth of a community were dis cussed by Frank Bennett, Salem superintendent. The return of the Smith-Hughes department to the community was stressed in par ticular. ... - . Only a few-of the districts in Tiled to attend the meeting -failed to answer roll call by Edmund Klecker, - third member of-" the chamber of commerce committee. West . Stayton and Turner were not represented because of com munity meetings, Crabtree said. Hiison Sent to State Hospital Search for a 16-year-old Seat tle boy is being conducted today in, southern Oregon, after John William Huson, 27. allegedly left Tacoma, Wash with the boy on Saturday and did not return. A Roseburg court sent Huson to Oregon state hospital, where he was received at 5:13 p. m. Thurs day. ' Huson was committed to the hospital after a sanity hearing In connection with possessing" sto len car. invesugauon was Degun when Huson telegraphed the toy's parents for money to repair Vie car, which broke-down at Roseburg. Instead, the parents -ect to Roseburg, Huson was taken into court where he told of going to Sacramento, where x the youth asked him to return the car to Seattle. ; Roseburg Polios O. A. Kennerly said he doubted the two had time to reach Sacramento and that the state line ear checking station being consulted. MTKGEB APPKOTED PHILADELPHIA. April 24-UP) The mercer of two Portland, Ore- companies Northwestern Elec tric company into Pacific Power 4c Light Co., the surviving firm- was cleared today by the securi .ties and exchange commission. TONIGHT! if vmn a?, t . n't times WITCH lit co-Hm UIUI KUaUUSI I6VI MtOIKHlt lb-1.. ;. ' . I mm Minnesota House Members Picket the Senate o . J7 ill V - TO ST. PAUL, April 24 Members of the senate chambers at SU ran! beeaase the upper house committees auuea two oi tneir iavorea ouis which would have added to the state highway system and reallocated gasoline tax proceeds. The feud was later settled by a liaison committee of the two branches. AP VVlrephoto to. The Statesman.) Global Police Force Poses New Problems NEW YORK, April 24 -JPh- The United States today called for publication and full discussion of the controversial United Nations report on organisation of a global police force. j . The American delegation took its stand in the midst of an! all day session of the. highly secret military staff committee, which must have the report in the hands of the parent security council by next Wednesday. ., As the committee neared completion- of the summary, which has taken more than a year, Rus sia still stood alone on several; ma jor issues. ! Points unresolved Included these: - 1 1. Whether- agreements between the U. N. and members govern ments should specify that each country will make available bases for use by the U. rf. forces. Pus sia opposed this. - ' i 2. Whether forces, after 'util ization by the U. N. army, should return to their home country or so back to the nearest' base main tained by their country. Russia demands that all be shipped back home. j j . 3. Whether the five major pow ers should make comparable or "equal" contributions to the World force. For instance, the Russians insist that the countries provide piane xor piane, soiaier xor;soi dier and ship for ship. The United States and the others favor a; sys tern whereby one nation might contribute more soldjers and lew er planes. Clierrv Festivaf Association Makes Official Debute I , , . i A Salem cherry fyestival asso ciation, "with community festi val this summer as its objective, was formed Thursday night with about 30 representatives, of local organizations. . , Meeting In Salem Chamber pf Commerce offices to .get under way a revival of Salem cherry festivals, the responsive meni and women enthusiastically indicated their support and decided on a directorate to assign festival plan nine and work. j They elected as directors iWil- liam C. Dyer, jr W. W. Chad wick. Rex KimmelL Mai Rudd, Graham Sharkey, Mrs. Glenn! Mc Cormick, Emery Sanders, Irvin WedeL Sidney Stevens and Mrs. Arthur Weddle. Dyer is tempor ary chairman." , Directors will organize at a meeting at 7:30 p. m. Monday in the local YMCA. Bethlehem Steel, CIO Agree to Wage ' NEW YORK, April 24 -V The Bethlehem Steel Co. and the CIO United Steelworkers 'reached an, agreement , today involving wage boosts of t least IS cents an hour, and Bethlehem Chair man Eugene C. Grace said the pay boosts ended any chance of price cuts In the firm's product A company spokesman s said "agreement on all main points' naa been reached in the negotia tions involving 70,000 workers. COnU TO REPLACE TOTE 1 KANSAS CITY, April 24 P)- LAtnotte t. conu of Hawthorne, CaliL. was elected president of Transworld Airline today by the board of directors, succeeding Jack rrye who resumed recently follow ing differences over management with the principal stockholder. nowara nugnes. . ; - OPENS f:45 P. M. . Comedy! Laughs Robert Yoang "LADY LUCK" Jimmy Wakely yiHFAlK I HOUSE I the Minnesota house of representatives set up a picket line outside 6 Nazis Pay with Lives For- Lidice Slaughter PRAGUE, April 24.-iip)-Gesta- po Chieftain Harold Wiesman and five of his henchmen died oh the gallows today for their -part in the vengeful destruction' of the little bohemian village of Lidice In 1942. At least 178 men - - the entire adult male population --were killed, more than 235 women sent to concentration camps and 104 children scattered. The town of 100 , stone , buildings was torn down and he groundplowed up by the Germans. Reserve Said Political 'Kitty' WASHINGTON, April 24 -W) A charge that the administration has a $24,000,000,000 "kitty" to use against the republicans In the 1948 campaign was made in the house today by Rep: Robert F. Jones (R-Ohio). He made this statement during debate on the $156,538,513 . interior department appropriation bill for the fiscal year beginning July 1. Jones, chairman of the appro priation subcommittee that wrote the bill, said budget bureau fig ures showed the administration has $24,000,000,000 In fundsp rev iously appropriated for various departments and agencies. These funds have been "frozen," he said, but can be thawed out and spent. 62 Peiisb in British Gale LONDON? April 24-tiPV-A vio lent four-day gale subsided some what tonight, leaving the veteran battleship Warspite impaled on the rocks of the' Cornish coast and at least 62 men dead or missing in the wrecks of other ships. The gravest tragedy befell the British tanker Samtampa, whose breakup on the Welsh coast line last night probably cost the lives of 40 of herrew and eight life boat met who tried to aid her. Unrecognizable' from a battering on the rocks the oil-coated bodies of 22 of the Santampa victims were washed up on the beach. AU 48 were believed to have perished. Dr. Lantz Takes Woodburn Post Resignation of Dr. Robert E Lantz from the Willamette uni versity faculty In ' order - to be come superintendent -of schools at Woodburn was announced by the local university Thursday. Lantz has been associate pro- fessobof education here since 1945 and a faculty member ince 1941 He had received his education al University of Nebraska, Texas university and UCLA. The university had no an nouncement of a replacement for Lantz. Every rr.:n f :r hbs:!i boycr.d te PASSI r l I n m WWi-h Mill.,! - i - s c ts i I -lilt I 2nd FEATURE It's the Bomsteads BatUest Bedlam! TLONDITS BIG MOMENT" Penny Slngletea - Arthur Lake 1 " " J t ? r lVr ' . ... j Truman Lauds Price Slashing WASHINGTON, April 24 -UP) President Truman said with pleas ure today that his "moral suasion" campaign against high prices seems to be getting some results and indicated that he plans no other action. Simultaneously the bureau of labor statistics reported a drop of 0.6 per cent in wholesale com modity prices In the week ended last Saturday and a decline of 0.5 per cent In retail food prices from March 15 to April 15, a time when they usually rise. But the food prices were at a record high March 15. Double-Parked Drivers Fined City policemen commended co operation from the public Thurs day in the new drive against dou ble parking. About a dozen per sons have received double park ing tickets, which carry a $1 fine, each day since the drive began Wednesday. The number of double-parked cars on downtown streets was said to have diminished consider ably during the past two days. ' Warning tickets written for drivers who park overtime or without paying at metered spaces were reportedrjr near tfie 200 mars: eacn on ivionaay ana on Tuesday, but dropped to less than half that number on Wednesday and Thursday. Police will, in few days replace the warning tickets with violation tickets. which cost $1 each. Willa Cather, Authoress Dies NEW YORK, April 24-P-Wil- la Cather, 70, one of the nations'. ioremost novelists, died today from a cerebral hemorrhage. In 1922 she received the Pulit zer prize for what was named the outstanding novel of the year, -one or Ours." RETURNED TO MULTNOMAH Raymond Hall, alias Raymond Abdlch, was returned to the Mult nomah county sheriffs office Thursday after, his arrest near Salem by state police on a Mult nomah county warrant charging him with possession of stolen pro perty, the Marion county sheriffs office reports. DAIICE Every Saturday Night Silverlon Armory Music by Glenn Woodrys 15-Plece Orchestra ,ISIAII!BSSSJMt v Siaris Tcdayl Ro ' j I lica in q itaiisv iii Rents Killed By Committee WASHINGTON, April 24-(y A propoesd 10 percent general increase was killed on a 14 to 10 vote, today by the house banking committee in a reversal of Its pre vious" stand. The committee approved and sent to the house for action a bill continuing rent controls inj virtu ally their present form at least until December 31. The bill would abolish government controls over materials and construction! under the veterans housing act. I The sonate banking committee already has voted Unanimously against a flat 10 per cent! rise. The bill written by the- house committee 'today behind closed doors provides: 1. Continuance of rent control just about .as is, until December 31,' with the president having au thority by proclamation to keep ceilings in effect until next March 31 If he deems this necessary. 2. A new provision whereby tenants and ladnlords may volun tarily enter lease contracts for up to a 15 percent rent Increase, pro vided, these leases do not; expire December 31, 1948. Without continuing legislation. rent controls would expire June 30. Wallace 'Expert' - On Hogs, Corn, Officers Declare Henry Wallace's name cropped up at the Wednesday night meet ing of the Marion county chap ter of Reserve Officers associa tion at the Golden Pheasant. The chapter adopted m resolu tion authorizing its secretary, MaJ. Reginald Williams, to noti fy the heads of all European gov ernments "suggesting that they have their respective secretaries or ministers of acjrioulturstconsult with Henry Wallaceand obtain his . advice 'about chickens, hogs and corn. We recommend that Wallace is qualified to speak on these subjects." The motion was presented by Dean SeWard P. Reese. . . j STARTS TIW PHONE 3467 MATINEE DAILY FROM 1 P. M. T0H0RR0V7! 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Expose Threat At May Trial WASHINGTON, April 24 A threat of a 1944 campaign fund "expose "involving high democratic party officials came today from the defense at the war fraud trial of Andrew J- May, former house military committee chairman. Sawyer Smith, an attorney for Hazing Trip 71 V f V InstltsU sf Technology at Pasa last nlfttt. awaits removal to as the ox-congressman f ronv Ken tucky, announced that May is rea dy to testify about 1944 campaign contributions that would involve "high party figures, including members of congress. , Smith said May would talk If the government pursues further In the. trial the matter of two $1,000 checks the government claims May received for interced ing with the army in behalf of two soldiers. . m THEY CRAVED A v(AUERlET.1CLAGLEn PLUSI AIR-MAIL ROUND-THE-WORLD FLIGHT SETS NEW RECORD 1 . TEXAS CITY DISASTER! . BABE RUTH RESTS AND FISHES IN FLORIDA! ... ROYAL UVESTOCX SHOW IN AUSTRALIA! TriiiHan'Bafclcs' First '47 Veto WASHINGTON, April 24.-iP-President Truman today stood by his first veto of 1947 despite aa earlier assertion by his press sec retary that it was a "mistake. ; The president yesterday ve toed, on the ground that the lan guage was .too broad, a measure clearing the way for former Sen ator Burton K. Wheeler (O-Mont) to become special counsel to the senate war investigating commit tee. - Senators immediately said . that measures containing the tarn language bad been signed before, and presidential Press Secretary Charles G. Ross said the veto was an error which would be recti fied. But this afternoon Mr. Truman read to his news conference . a memorandum from Attorney General Clark saying that the. resolution in question "was prop erly vetoed." Mr. Truman indi cated agreements V- OPENS :45 T, M. ENDS TODAY! (FRL) Ossa Massea -GENT MISBEHAVES" - . Phil Terry DART DARK"" Tomorrow! Coat. Shews! i . -. . 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