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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (April 29, 1947)
1 The Stat menu Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, April 29. 1947 City Recreation Program to Be Meet Subject Possibility of i community -plan far coordinated youth recreation programs will be considered- to night at 7:30 at a public meeting tinder Salem Rotary club spon sorship. All persons interested In recre ation development are urged to attend the session in the chamber of commerce dining hall, accord ing to W. A. Hamilton and Pres ton F. Dough ton, who have head ed Rotary club committees study ing the recreation possibilities Several Salem organizations have been invited to send rep resentatives, but this does not mean the meeting is closed to others, Hamilton and Doughton said Monday. They report that the national recreation swcuuw. raies aa lem sub-standard in recreational STARTS TODAY! THt tOltlMS WIST WITH ITS THISLIS! . PLUS -Exciting Znd Feaiw. jh4 AU I I - c : " '; m v i ara -a ( End. ! Victor Motur "CAPT. CAUTION" Today! . (Toe.) i Co-HU! Brain Aherae "CAPT. FURY" Phone Z4&7 Matin Daily From 1 P. M. STARTS T0II0BD0U! id r r i ) Mm THRILL CO-HIT! MICHAEL SHAYNE SOLVES ANOTHER BAFFLING MYSTERY! Plus! Latest News ..Flashes! Pres. Truman 'Says Prices Must Drop! Texas Royal Fcanay VUits Kroger Wild Animal Parks! facilities. 'Both committees have studied community-wide plana in effect in other cities. Labor Funds Cut In Senate Group WASHINGTON, April 28-(V An appropriation of $1,878,000,000 for the labor department and the federal security agency was ap proved by the senate appropria tions committee today. This is a $3,388,000 cut under the house approved figure. The appropriations are for the 12 months beginning July 1. r Although making some slashes, principally in . federal grants to states to operate employment service offices, the committee also approved some increases over what the house had sanctioned. TLYING BOXCAR' IN PACIFIC HONOLULU. April 28-(Jip)-The army's C-82 "Flying Boxcar," en route from Fairfield, Calif., to Tokyo for a 60-day training and demonstration period, arrived at Hickam Field at 11:30 a.m. today (2 pjn. PST). Opens C:45 P. M. ENDS TODAY! (THE.) Barbara Stanwyck "Strang Lot of Martha I Margaret O'Brien "Three Wis Foola TOMORROW! -1 Bob Hope Joan Canlfleld "Monsieur BeoucauVV Opens :4S P. M. : ENDST TODAY! (TUE.) Dorothy Lam.ar "Rainbow bland" WUUam Boyd "Bar 20 Ridei Again" . TOMORROW! John Wayne Toll In fh Saddle" Albert Dekker "Th French Key" City Digs Out! British -3 Proposed Phone Rate Changes For Salem District Disclosed (Story also on page 1) Proposed Salem telephone rates, most of them showing increases, were disclosed Monday by local telephone Manager E. A. Berg lund after Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co. had requested per mission from the public utilities commission to change rates over the state. Berglund listed Salem's present and proposed rates as follows: - Individual business phone, from present $8.25 to $7.50; two-party business, $5.25 to $8; individual residence, $3.25 to $4; two-party residence, -$2.75 to $3.25; four party residence, $2.50 to $2.75; suburban business, $3.75 down to $3.50; suburban residence, $2.75 to $3;. farmer line business, 75 cents to $1.75; farmer line resi dence, 75 cents to $1.25; business extensions, $1 to 1.25; residence extension, 75 cents to $1. Service connection charges - -if no telephone in place, $3.50 to $6 in business places and $3 to $3 in homes; if telephone not work ing, $1.50 to $2.50 for both busin ess places and homes; charge for Jewish Trust In U. N. Low JERUSALEM, April 28 -P)-Palestine Jews have little hope that the special session of the United Nations will solve the Ho ly Land problem, a Jewish agency spokesman said today. Tension remained high after a week of "reprisal bombings by the Jewish underground, which has given no sign of ' observing a truce during the U. N. delib erations. British authorities, nevertheless, lifted a dusk to dawn curfew on all but one of the Jewish areas of Jerusalem. Mrs. Klosterman Services Today The funeral of Minnetle E. Klosterman, 47, wife of W. E. Klosterman of the Bishop-Modem e studios; will be at 3 o'clock this afternoon, In the W. T. Rig don chapel. The Rev. Walter Frederick will officiate, and in terment will be at Belcrest Me morial park. Mrs. Klosterman died of cancer Saturday evening at her home in Kingwood Heights, West Salem. Active in various charitable or ganizations, she had moved to Sa lem about two years ago from Seattle, Wash. Woman Aid in Trap For Dillingcr Dies BUCHAREST, Romania, April 23-(A"-"The Woman in Red." who lea John Dillinger into en FBI trap that resulted in the killing of America's public enemy No. 1 in Chicago 13 years ago, died last Friday in s quiet town in south western Romania, the Timisoara newspaper Vestul said today. Ana Cumpanas, known in the United States as Mrs. Anna Sage, was 58 years old at the time of her death and a legal autopsy showed that she had succumbed to a liver ailment She was deported by the United States government in 1936. LAB BLAST KILLS t BORGER, Tex., April 28.-0P)-An explosion of undetermined cause rocked the Phillips Petro leum company research develop ment laboratory here at 10:45 a. m. today, taking the lives of two company employes. The dead are Lee A. Reeves, Borger, and Clifford A, Jones, Phillips. STARTS Tononnou! j. m 7 .. an r nmmii. rLt i::u 1 cedent fc3 CO-FEATURE! Thrills! Speed! At a Death Lawrence Tlerney in THE DEVIL THUMBS service using wall set telephone to increase 25 cents per month. The statement accompanying the telephone company's ' request for higher ratea quoted by F. D. Tellwright, Oregon general man ager for R T. & T, u follows: "Although our revenues from our Oregon operations have more than doubled since 1940. our costs have climbed even faster. Costs of buildings, equipment and sup plies of all kinds have Increased tremendously. Our payroll, which represents two-thirds of our op erating expense, .has more than tripled since the pre-war year of 1940, due .to higher wage rates and more employees. "We are faced with the neces sity of making large capital ex penditures -- $25,000,000 in Ore gon in 1947 'alone --to catch up with plant and equipment short ages and to meet the demands of thousands of people who have ap plied for telephones. To raise the required capital it is a matter of utmost importance in the public interest that our credit position be maintained on a sound basis." No Siiittoon Needed For This True Chaw L SAN FRANCISCO. Aril 23-P) r - - i m Rinsing tne mourn wim waier on er every bite of candy or dessert would stop tooth decay in a large number of persons. Dr. Leonard S. Fosdick, Northwestern univer sity chemist told the California Dental association today. "You can do it politely if you have a big napkin," he said. Court Upholds Rent Orders WASHINGTON. April 28aV The supreme court upheld the OPA today in protecting tenants from eviction by reason of last year's price control "holiday." There was no rent control law from June 30, 1946, unUl July 25, when congresi passed the new one. But the supreme court ruled that landlords who went to court during that interval and got evic tion orders against their tenants cannot enforce those orders now. Alaska's Market Outlook Shown, Told to Chamber "Alaska As a Market For Ore gon Goods' was subject of a talk by George H. Henderson Monday at the Salem Chamber of Com merce luncheon. Henderson is assistant manager of the Portland Chamber of Com merce, in charge of foreign trade. A sketch of the history of Alas ka from the time of its settlement by the Russians was included in his talk. He made a trip there last February by plane, accom panied by several Oregon news papermen. Colored motion pictures of vari ous cities visited by the group were shown. The planes which landed with skis on ice were shown at several points. The views seen by the party as it flew north, even above the Arctic cir cle, indicated some of the goods which residents might be persua ded to buy. CHINESE AIM FOE TAIAN PEIPING. Tuesday, April 28 (JPi- The Chinese press said to day that four Chinese government divisions, bolstered by air force units, would attempt to recap ture the key rail city of Taian in Shantung, 60 miles south of Tsinan. The ministry of national defense in Nanking yesterday conceded Taian's loss to the com munists. ENDS TONIGHT! (Tne.) Olivia delfavtlland Lew Ayers "DARK MIRROR" Also "Magnificent Rogue" Whirly Girly Fun... WITH; MICKEY IN HIS MAnnccT IV -MISADVENTURE I IN JA,f 1 . Extra! Crased Pace! parch of Time Nan Leslie A REDE" FASHION MEANS BUSINESS" EstellaxDais Funeral Today Last rites for Mrs. Estella Fred erica Davis, who died Saturday at her 746 N. Capitol st home at the age of 70, have been set for 3 p. m. today at Howell-Edwards funeral home with ritualistic ser vices by Salem Rebekah lodge 1. The Rev. Frank B. Culver of Port land will conduct the service, and burial will be in Belcrest Memor ial perk. Native of Marion county and resident of Salem 46 years, Mrs. Davis was a member of the Evan gelical church and a 35-year mem ber of Salem Rebekah lodge -1. She was married in 1898 to Mer ritt Davis, now head of the Mer ritt Davis School of Commerce, who survives. Also surviving are a brother, Sherman Heckman, Salem; two sisters, Mrs. Ida Smith of Port land and Mrs. Myrtle Orr of Sa lem, and several nieces and nephews. Fund Increase May Be Barred WASHINGTON, April 28-KP) Terms of the interior department appropriation bill may prevent in creases on funds for four projects which were granted by the house last week, in the opinion of Rec lamation Commissioner Michael Straus. Straus told a hmis nuhlir lanHc subcommittee today that; the money to be used to provide the increases must come from the Co lumbia basin project suspense fund, which is set up apart from the treasury's special reclamation fund. Yet, by terms of the bill, funds for the reclamation projects in question are limited to the money available in the reclamation fund, Straus said. Minnie Graham, Lifelong County Resident, Passes Mrs. Minnie Theodora Graham, who was born Dec. 1, 1882, oh the donation land claim of her grand parents near what is now Hub bard, died Sunday at a local hos pital after an illness of nine months. Late resident of 461 S. High stT, Mrs. Graham was the daughter of Mithra and Julia Ann Jones, and granddaughter of Charles and Margaret Hubbard, pioneer set tlers of this county. She was mar ried in 1882 to John Smith Gra ham, an early educator of Marion county. They moved to Salem in 1892, when Mr. Graham became county school superintendent Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Leena Johnson, and a granddaugh ter. Julia Graham Johnson, Chi cago, 111. The funeral will be at 3 p. m. Wednesday in the W. T. Rlgdon funeral home with Dr. Joseph Adams officiating. Concluding services will be at Hubbard Cem etery. Produce Salesman Picketing Again! PORTLAND, Ore., April 28-(P) Salesmen of th. Pacific Fruit and Produce company resumed ; pic keting of the company plant here today, and a union leader said the AFL grocery clerks and cooks were urged not to handle any -of the firm's products. Eddie J. Hawes, international representative of the grocery clerks, with which the salesmen's local is affiliated, said the 22 striking salesmen ask a guarantee of $3600 a year, two-weeks va cation and $50 a month car ex pense allowance. He said all Other produce firms her. have signed a similar contract. Portland Men's Plane Overdue EUGENE, Ore., April 28 -MP) Two Portland men, Thomas Mill er, a real estate salesman,: and La Verne Hughes, the well known northwest ski ace, were reported overdue tonight in a flight of their light plane here from Med ford. State police said the two men, with Miller piloting, failed to land here after taking off at Med ford at 6:00 p.m. tonight and that the civil aeronautics administra tion reporter a bad weather front moved atrass the area of their flight plan v tonight. Too Late to Classify SLP. RM.. good location on but line. Students or veterans preferred, no drinking. 1683 Center t. SHOP Built motor scooter. 260 Hood St, Apt 1. ; uiflrs bit gggifflfla nurg'ri tesi J Ends Today! Opens 6:43 Shirley Temple TOSS AND TELL Johnny Welssmaller "SWAMP FIRE j TOMORROW! C.-Feature i Joan Davis ; ' "SHE WROTE THE BOOK" mmm- Swiss Fears Wild And Woolly West DALLAS, April 28 A friend living in Basle, Switzerland, has written Dean A. Enstad the, fol lowing reference to the r film "Canyon Passage": "Last week I saw a film from Oregon at 1856. It was a beautiful colored film and a very exciting story. The pioneers had to fight against the Indians. In Portland, a very ugly city, the men were playing cards and losing a lot of gold. After that they killed each other. But finally at the end, everything was OK. How long will you be liv ing in that Oregon?" Enstad met this friend while serving with the army, air corps in Europe through the medium of stamp collecting. Reserve Unit's Equipment Due Advantages of naval electronics warfare unit participation were discussed by Lt. Comdr. J. A. Randell, district electronics offi cer from headquarters in Seattle, at Monday night's meeting of the Salem unit. Announcement that 80 per cent of its $30,000 worth of electronics equipment is in transit to the Sa lem USNR electronics warfare unit was made. The next meeting will be at 8 p. m.. May 7, in building T504, the Salem airport, near the 25th street entrance on the west side of the field, Comdr. E. A. Meola announced. Thirty men attended the meet ing and all but 18 rates are now filled. Rates are now open for l?-18-year-old non-veterans to en list as strikers for electronics rates. Study of the airport building, so that the most may be made of available facilities, will be made this week by Comdr. Meola, LL (J. g.) Clarence B. Stanley, Ens. Louis Neuman, Paul E. Whit more, CRM (T), and Orval B. Boyle, Y 3C. French United On One Point PARIS, April 28.-)-France,s coalition government faced a sha ky future today on the eve of par liament's return from a month's holiday to tackle an array of dis puted questions on foreign and domestic policy. Divided upon almost every other matter, the big three of Premier Paul Ramadier's cabinet --the communists, socialists, and MRP --appeared united on only one point: Opposition to Gen. Charles De Gaulle and his newly-announced "rally of the French people." They see in De Gaulle's move ment (R. P. F.) a disguised polit ical party which threatens to wean away many of their own members. The national committee of the MRP warned its members against joining. The communists have sponsored "committees of vigilance" to oppose De Gaulle. Schuyler DeSart Dies at Hospital Schuyler T. DeSart of 650 Lo cust st, a lifetime Marion county resident died at a Salem hospital Monday, after a two-weeks ill ness. Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Clough Barrick chapel, with interment at I OOF cemetery. A farmer, DeSart was born in Marion county, Dec. 10, 1874. Surviving are six sisters, Par thena Morris of Florence, Anna Brooks of Everett Wash., Maude Pooler of Pratum, Elizabeth Tur ner of Raymond, Wash., Marie McAllister of Portland and Echo Bowen of Salem, and a brother, Ralph DeSart of Salem. 42 Hurt in Wreck Of SP Passenger ONTARIO, Calif., April 28-UP) Forty-two persons were injured when the Southern Pacific rail road's Argonaut struck a broken rail last night while traveling ap proximately 60 miles an hour on a stretch of level track at Guasti, four miles east of here. The Argonaut New Orleans bound from Los Angeles, ploughed up several hundred yards Of track. Sixteen cars, all. but the locomotive, two baggage cars and the last two Pullmans, were de railed but remained upright SLAVS PASS 5-YEAR PLAN BELGRADE, April 28-;p)-The national assembly unanimously approved today Marshal Tito's $5,000,000,000 five year plan. It was the first five year plan to be adopted outside Russia, and its passage showed the national as sembly to be virtually solid be hind the communist party. HAIL, TORNADO STRIKE COLBY. Kan Apil 28 - UP) - A heavy hail storm and tornado struck here lat. today causing considerable damage to property in ' and near this small western Kansas community. Some injuries to persons have been reported but none are serious. oat ' e&&? SERVHIG SALEU AII0 VIOTIITY Carnival Names Top Gliildreri Supreme king and queen of the Kiddie Karnival, sponsored by the Disabled American Veterans Sa lem chapter Saturday night at the high school, are Bobby Van Dell and Carol Ann Erekstol. Proud parents are Mr. and Mrs. Mose Van Dell, 183 Lana ave., and Mr. and Mrs. John Erekstol, 4025 Earl ave. Junior king and queen were Alan Voves and Linda Anna Oli ver and infant king and queen were Jimmy Moskal and Peggy Hagan. Kenny Graves and. Jerry Ellen: Trott were named Master Salem and Miss Salem as baby beauty contest winners. Ronald Urban and Del ores Watkins attained se cond place in this competition. James Carter and Kathy Boas were awarded third place. MATER SALARY HIGH PHILADELPHIA, April 2&-VP) Louis B. Mayer was paid a half TOUR little Indian boyb going' out to sea . . . a red herring swal lowed ono and then thero wero three..." . physical check-up? Isn't it about tun. to know where jou stand? Better se. your Doctor and bring his prescription to as tor our usual careful compounding; WiDett's Capital Drag Store Cr. State A Liberty Phone Slit ) Go Singing Down the Road After a Spring Check-up! Let Loder liros. give your car a thorough engine check-up nowl Ex pert mechdnlcs will put it back into "tip-top condition faster and bet terl Budget terms, of course! l-Day, 1-Stop Service! million dollars last year as man aging director of production for Loew's Inc. Clark Gable, the company's highest paid film star in 1945, was missing in the top three salaries the company is re quired to report to the securities and exchange commission. Westminster Guild x Presents Virgil Fox in Organ Recital at . Firs! Prcsbyieriaii Church Chemeketa and Winter Wednesday, April 30th 8:15 P. M. Tickets 5 te at Church Office, Commercial Bok Store, or Stevens St 8n f"" How long has it been siac you have had a really mmtlttt nip I j FOB 19 YEM1S