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.
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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
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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.
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Robert Yoang
"LADY LUCK"
Jimmy Wakely
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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.
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TLONDITS BIG MOMENT"
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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.
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Silverlon Armory
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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
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BERKELEY, Calif, April 24 Geerga Bontelle, 13. Berkeley, CaUL.
iunior student at the California
dena, Calif, whs suffered serious bead Injuries wheat be fell 299
feet down a cliff stear Pasadena
ambulance. Be and three other youths fell to the eaayea bottom
while apBerelassmen were chasing a freshmaa whs had escaped
them daring aa laterclaas hating expedltloa. (Wlrepheto to the
Statesman.)
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
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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.
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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-
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