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PrhnncPfl rTt'irltrirT fritf A wide variety of retail siores, boosed in the latest style
rrOpO&eU lrdUing VCniCr of boIldlnri and a Urfe parkinr area, combine to form
this prp0sed shoppinr center at and near Capi tol and Center - streets. The drawl nr. provided by
: K. T. Tnstin, ir-. of Salinas, Calif, whose corporation plans to organize the project, was shown
Tuesday to the Salem planninr and zoning cum mission by Georxe H. Grabentaorst of Grabenborst
Bros, local realtors handlhtf the proposed transactions. The commission tare preliminary approv
' al to a 'zone, change for the two block area included. A Sears' Roebuck store would occnpy the
street are at the left, facing- Capitol between Union and Marion streets. The one- and two-story
bonding? between Center and Marion would include druf, apparel and variety stores, accordinr to
.Information from Tnslin. The.buildinc at nth and Center . streets would be a food market, while
; a service station is proposed at 12th and Mart on. The parkins; space is large enough for 400 autos.
The annual Pulitzer prizes have
been awarded, but the announce
ment creates little stir except
among acquaintances of the win
ners. No award was made for a
play, because none of the current
product seemed to qualify, a Judg
ment which will be confirmed by
most drama critics. "All . King's
Men" by Robert ,: Perm Warren
was given "a "prize as the "best
novel of the American scene."
William Allen ' White's autobiog
raphy was rated as "Most distin
guished. -
Of interest to members of the
Associated Press was the award
to Eddy Gilmore, AP correspond
ent in Moscow of sr prize for "dis
tinguished example of reporter's
work. A news picture distributed
by AP also won a prize the one
of a woman jumping to her death
In the hotel fire in Atlanta. It
was taken by Arnald Hardy, ama
teur photographer. ,
- There is one item In the com
mittee's announcement which de-
serves special mention. That is
the establishment of three travel
ing: scholarships' of $1500 value,
to be: given graduates of. schools
cf journalism. Recipients are to
rpend a year abroad to study so
cial, political and moral conditions
atnd the characteristics of the for
eign press. - - -;, - - '
- This is an admirable idea. The
Kieman fellowships' at Harvard
ghre opportunity for American
journalists to do advanced work
t that institution. The recently
established institute a Columbia
gives a similar opportunity for a
shorter period of time. These
Pulitzer scholarships will now
gjve journalists a chance to do
"graduate work in foreign lands.
Since : '- : . .
(Continued on editorial page)
Woman Seeks City
Palmistry Permi t
ml :
Salem had the offer of new
revenue : Wednesday night when
the city council received a re
quest for a palmistry license from
Sadie Morris in California.
Aldermen tabled the request
pending their study of a possible
new business and occupations tax
in Salem, although palmistry al
ready calls for city licensing here
at a fee of S25 per week.
Animal Craclters
By WARREN GOODRICH -
"I tell you, this Atomic
Energy is bigger than all
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Council Tables Issue
Merg
ers
By Ed Lewis C
Staff Writer. The Statesman'
An ordinance bill to license non-gambling amusement devices
(pinball machines) in Salem was introduced by , five councilmen
at the Wednesday night city council meeting.
Aldermen D. J. Fry, Howard Maple, Claude Jorgenson, R. O.
Lewis and James Nicholson are sponsors of the bilL Most council
men considered, the proposed measure mainly as a way of getting
Fireworks Ban,
6No Smoking' in
- City ordinances prohibiting
smoking in the Salem armory and
drastically restricting use of fire
crackers in the city were passed
Wednesday night by Salem city
council - . ; ;
In their semi-monthly session
in city hall the aldermen suspend
ed rules to pass as an emergency
measure the newly introduced law
limiting sale of firecrackers to
the period June 25 through July
each year and : restricting use
of firecrackers to July 3, 4 . and
5 annually, v - '- .. J
:. Use of fireworks is prohibited
entirely In the downtown area
bordered by Union, Bellevue,
Church streets and the Willamette
river. The new ban follows nu
merous recent: complaints-to city
police of firecracker disturbances.
Commenting on heed for , the
new law, City Attorney Chris J.
Kowitz said the only firecracker
restriction heretofore was inade
quate as it was part of, another
law, and its enforcement might
prove difficult
Violations of the firecracker
law can be penalized with fines
up- to $100 and imprisonment up
to V days, under the new ordin
ance. V- . : -
The' smoking ban in the arm
ory, endorsed by Fire Chief W.
P. Roble, was introduced at the
last council meeting.: . Violations
of the smoking ban, carry maxi
mum fine-and. imprisonment of
$25 and five days.' . .
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GEN. CLARK VISIT DUE
PORTLAND, May 7(JP)-Gen.
Mark Clark, commander of the
6th army will be a guest of hon
or at the annual national , Elks
convention here July 13-17.
Armoiy
Oklahoma Solons 'Shout It Out'
In Senate Chamber, Senator Hit
OKLAHOMA CITY. May 1-(JP)
Two pistol shots rocked the Okla
homa senate chamber this -afternoon
and 64-year-old, Virginia
born State Senator Tom Anglin
fell to the floor with a bullet
wound In his hip.
Minutes later State Represen
tative Jimmie Scott, 35-year-old
marine veteran, was . taken in
custody In the senate washroom
by James C Nance, president
pro tern of the senate; Senator
W. T. Gooldy, and Dee Coley, the
senate sergeant-at-arms.
Scott was disarmed and given
into Jhe custody of the city police
who took him to headquarters
for- questioning.- Eye-witnesses
said Anglin'also was armed. There
was uncertainty whether he had
fired one of the shots heard.
From his bed in University
hospital Anglin denied he had
fired his 25 caliber pistol. The
senate sergeant-at-arms said he
found two empty cartridge cases
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added revenue.
Other council action tabled
Mayor R. L. Elfstrom's resolution
to ascertain legality of a possible
Salem-West Salem merger.
- A sketch of Oregon Motor Stag
es' proposed shelter which would,
according to city officials plans,
be erected on the High street fide
of the county courthouse in the
event" that site becomes the city
bus- terminal was presented - by
OMS officials. The bus company
would pay for any shelter con
structed, under tentative plans.
Provision for rest rooms and sale
of magazines and - miscellaneous
items was included in the plan.
No action was taken.
As originally introduced, the
"pinball ordinance declared an
emergency, which would have
forced an on-the-spot decision by.
the -council. , . ?
What's the Hurry?" j '
Alderman Fry's I question
"What's the hurry?' brought Ma
ple's 'answer "there is none," and
Fry east: the single no' vote for
the emergency clause, thus re
ducing the bill to the status of
any other ordinance bill, which
requires reading at three suc
cessive councy meetings before
it can be passed. t -
A council group which studied
the situation found that approx
imately $30,000 per year could
be : obtained through licensing
about 110 machines. Owners of
the machines would pay $500 an
nually to the city and establish
ments which ' display them for
public use . would . pay $23 per
month per machine.
Asked Legal Opinions '
The mayor's resolution includ
ed provisions to further enlighten
West 'Salem residents on their
future if the Polk - county., city
merged with Salem, and to solicit
legal opinions on effect of the new
state merger law.
Alderman O'Hara moved the
tabling after suggesting that ex
pectancies in case of the two ci
ties merger should also be ex
plained to the city of Salem.
Mayor Elfstrom pointed out that
the ratio of bonded indebtedness
of the two municipalities is "al
most identical. i
(Additional details on page 2)
on the floor and both were 32
caliber, the bore of Scott's gun.
One bullet knicked a marble slab
over a doorway.
The wounded lawmaker indi
cated the shooting stemmed from
attempts of Scott's former wife
at Holdenville to obtain funds
from the state representative
Which had been granted in a re
cent divorce decree. Anglin said
he acted as "a sort of referee.
Hospital physicians said Ang
lin 's condition was not serious.
Before he was taken . from the
capitol to police headquarters to
be booked for investigation, Scott
told reporters:
"He told roe if I didn't stay
out of his way he'd kill me. I
cant pin it down. I don't know
what was between us. : We
both started drawing. I don't see
how I was in his way. He drew
a gun, at least I thought he did."
Both men live in Holdenville,
Okla. Both are democrats.
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NINETY-SEVENTH YEAR j
Bargain
Ban Fails
WASHINGTON, May
Rebuffing republican leaders, the
senate today defeated, 44 to 43,
a proposal to write a limitation on
industry-wide collective bargain
ing into pending labor disputes
legislation.
It was a stinging ' setback for
Senator Taft (Ohio), chairman of
the senate's GOP policy commit
tee and the labor committee. He
along with Senator Wherry (Neb),
the republican whip, had predic
ted passage of the amendment by
a "comfortable margin." -
The amendment would have
outlawed recognition of national
unions for bargaining purposes,
with some exceptions.
Opposed by Taft
Taft opposes this on the ground
it "goes too far." He told re
porters that while he is willing
to curb industry-wide bargaining,
the matter of a ban on industry
wide strikes should be left to a
senate - house study committee,
which would be set up under the
pending labor disputes bill.
An analysis of the vote showed
16 republicans, including several
"freshmen,' had bolted party lines
and lined up with 28 democrats
against the amendment. For it
were 31 republicans and 12 demo
crats. Amendment Criticised
The vote was preceded by a
heavy drumfire of criticism from
foes of the amendment, , who de
scribed it as a "buzz bomb" which
would smash national, unions. -
Farrell to Ask
State Building
Plans Speeded
Letting contracts for three ma
jor state building projects will be
urged by Secretary of State Rob
ert S. Farrell, jr., when the state
emergency board and the board
of control meet jointly on Thurs
day at the statehouse. 1
Bids on all three projects are
higher than estimates.
. Two ' most important projects,
Farrell said, involve a treatment
building at the Oregon state hos
pital and a patients' dormitory at
the state hospital farm. The bid
for construction of the treatment
building is approximately $1,500,
000 as against the original esti
mate of $1,000,000. Low bid for
the patients' dormitory was $101,
000 in excess of the estimate.
Third project - includes a tunnel
connecting a number of state hos
pital buildings.
Farrell indicated tnat ne migni
recommend construction of two or
three other state buildings for
which bids have not yet been so
licited, one of these being a nur
ses home at the state hospital.
Move Under Way to
Save Bush Pasture
Flowers, Shrubs
A move to preserve the Oriental
flowering trees and other rare and .
valuable trees, shrubbery and
flowers in Bush's pasture has be
gun. , Work for the improvement of
conditions in Bush park is in
charge of Elizabeth Lord, Edith
Schryver and J. H. Moyer, Salem
park superintendent. City Man
ager J. L. Franzen said Wednes
day. Miss Lord stated that the- park
should be enjoyed, not destroyed,
and that it would be the endeavor
of the group to make the seenic
area a place more beneficial to
the public. z -r
Gay Takes Note of
V-E Anniversary
"""FRANKFURT, Germany, May
(JpfGen. Lucius D. Clay, American-military
governor of Ger
many, appealed to the United
States occupation forces, on the
second anniversary of the Nazi
surrender tonight to "forget self
ish ambition and momentary tri
fling comforts,."
- The military governor said eco
nomic unification of the American
and British zones "has stimulated
a revival of Gerdan trade and in
dustry." He said factory wheels were
turning again in the two zones
and the proceeds from exported
oroducts "are to be used to es
tablish credits needed to restore
German economy."
Industry
Pinball M
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Mystery of . the
Missing Flagpole
Holes Case Solved
Who filled the flagpole holes
on downtown city streets?
Apparently e n e r g etic city
street workers, Salem council
men were told Wednesday
night by Alderman Howard
Maple.
When a city engineer's crew
removed one-hour parking
signs in the wake of new park
ing meters recently, workers
following to fill the looles left
by those signs also filled the
flagpole holes.
Rogue River
Slaying Starts
Posse Search
"Or
GRANTS PASS, Ore., May 7
()-State police and sheriffs de
puties fanned out over rugged
mountain trails late today, seek
ing a killer whose threats forced
evacuation of a scattered wild
erness settlement.
State Police Sgt. C. R. Board
man directed the search for the
man who slew Robert Fox. Rogue
river fishing resort operator, and
in a note threatened others.
Patrolmen, recruited from
southwestern Oregon detachments
were to be aided by special depu
ties being sworn in by" Sheriff R.
G. Sabin of Curry county, to aug
ment his regular force.
The search started last night
after Fox's body was found in his
cabin. Patrolman Joe Madams re
ported the find and said a note
threatening others was; In an ad
jacent cabin. He directed the
handful of residents to the secur
ity of the Mule Creek forest guard
station.
Boardman said there was no in
dication where- the killer, had
gone.
London's Dead
Lie Unburied
LONDON, May 7 -UP)- The
dead went unburied and dignified
judges crept from their quarters
at night to throw their' coffee
grounds into the street as a result
of the strike of employes of the
city of London which ' continued
today.
Street cleaners, .bridge operat
ors, grave diggers and many oth
ers employed by the "city" the
mile square section of London
that contains the financial district,
law courts, newspapers! and Bil
lingsgate fish market have
been on strike for several days
because they objected to the pro
motion of a fish market police
man to sergeant.
A cemetery official said 25 to
30 bodies were waiting to be bur
ied, i
BEST LIE TO WIN Cl'P
ALBANY, May 7 -6Tj- A Paul
Bunyan liar's cup will go to the
person who can tell jthe best
whopper about the woods, offi
cials of the Albany Timber carni
val announced today. The cup will
be awarded at the carnival July
2-4. 1
No Employable
County Welfare
By Winston H. Taylor
Staff Writer, The Statesman
While private welfare 'agencies
here say spring farm work has
not dissiDated relief demands to
the extent expected, the farm la
bor office reported Wednesday it
is placing all able-bodied men
who want agricultural jobs. No
employable persons are now re
ceiving aid from the Marion coun
ty welfare commission.
It appeared that many of the
non-residents, who provide the
bulk of the private agencies' aid
requests, are not physically able
to do the kind of farm work
available. Some have rejected
positions because of the type of
work or the compensation, labor
officials said.
The Catholic Charities and Sal
vation Army, stating that most of
their demands for help occur in
the periods between peak em
ployment needs, said the number
of persons given aid last month
was considerably higher than in
April, 1946, and had scarcely de
creased from the winter months.
Mrs. D. J. McClelland of the
FOUNDED 1651
Salem. Ch-eqon. Thursday Morning,
5 Copter Visits
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Hovering like a giant dragonfly a helicopter Is shewn Wednesday
morning as Pilot John M. Steen, Yakima, Wsh holds the craft
steady at MeXary field while Harold Henderson. Salens Bonneville
agency employe, hands Lee Murray, Vancouver, a copy of- the
Statesman to read. The 'copter is rented by the Central Aircraft
Co. of Yakima to the Bonneville power administration for patrol
ling power lines. M array can spot broken insalators or crow arms,
and then Pilot Steen ran land the helicopter it the spot for rioter
Inspections. (Photo by Don Dill. Statesman staff photographer.)
County Officials
Throw Cold Water
On Young Love
As if to lessen the burden of
heavy springtime marriage license
business, Marion county court
house workers Wednesday damp
ened the ardor of a loving couple
in the courthouse drive.
. Oblivious to onlooking officials
and employes in windows above,
the young couple embraced in an
ancient jallopy, shook off water
thrown playfully from a filled
cup above, then resumed their
embrace
Brazil Outlaws
Communist Party
RIO DE JANEIRO. May 7-rV
The supreme electoral tribunal by
a three to two decision today out
lawed Brazil's communist party
one of the largest in the western
hemisDhere and the government
promptly moved to close up the
party s 45 ciuds in tnis counu-y.
Plainclothes Dolice in motor
cars began the drive against the
clubs or cells after the tribunal's
verdict was communicated to Jus
tice Minister Benedito Costa Neto.
Weather
Max.
Salrra T7
Portland 76
San Francisco -, 63
Chicago : 45
New York . . 61
Min. Prclp.
4 trare
47 .00
55 .03
3S trac
S3 JOi
Willamette river: lero.
FORECAST from VS. weather bu
reau. McNary field. Salem): Partly
cloudy today and tonight; some light
rain expected this evening: mostly
cloudy Fridav with scattered light rain
showers. Little change in temperature
todav, with highest near 79 degrees and
low 'tonight 50. Agricultural outlook:
favorable dusting and spraying weath
er most of todav; Friday showers to be
followed by fair weather through next
Tuesday.
Persons Getting
Aid, Board Says
former office reported 42 relief
cases last month as against six a
year ago. During the past six
months 194 have received assist
ance, compared with 44 in a
similar period a year ago. April's
requests were greater than for
any of the past six months ex
cept December.
The number of persons and
families aided so far this year is
half again as great as those
helped during the first four
months of 1946, according to Capt.
R. B. Lesher of the Salvation
Army.
Marion Bowen, county welfare
administrator, however, reported
general assistance rolls have
"dropped tremendously" recently,
and the program of aid to depend
ent children is expected to r de
crease with the closing of the
school year.
Mrs. Gladys Turnbull, farm la
bor assistant, said large crews are
going out from the farm, labor
camp east of Salem, most of whose
residents are now employed. Mi
grants are. still coming in gradu
ally and are placed on jobs al
most immediately, she declared.
atemt
May 8. 1947
Salem Airport
Governors to
Fight to Capitol
SEATTLE, May 7 -6f)- Eight
western governors and the repre
sentatives of two opiers both
republicans and democrats unit
ed today on a campaign for con
gressional restoration of drastic
cuts in the reclamation and pow
er development program .and de
cided; to carry their fight per
sonally to the national capitol. :
! They decided to appear in force,
if possible for -all of them to get
to Washington, before the senate
sub-committee on appropriations.
They will carry art appeal for
restoration of appropriations
which the economy -determined
house cut by more than 60 per
cent. "- - - t Z : '
The declaration was signed , by
eight governors: Earl .Warren of
California, C. A. Robins of Idaho,
Sam C Ford of Montana - and
Earl Snell of Oregon, all repub
licans; William , Lee Qnous
of Colorado, Herbert B. Maw -of
Utah, all democrats. Charles A.
Carson joined In the declaration
as the representative .of Gov. Sid
ney Osborn of Arizona, and Al
fred M. Smith joined 1n it as a
representative of Gov?" ail Pitt
man of Nevada. . .
The declaration of a unified
front came after a day in which
Governors Wallgren and Snell
declared they had difficulty in
reconciling a national policy of
sending millions or ultimately
billions to foreign countries
while withholding appropriations
for vital national development in
conformity with the long-standing
national policy of reclamation
development. -
Swelling Rice
Threat to Ship
SAN FRANCISCO, May 7 JP)
A "flashback" fire caused from
$1,000,000 to $2,000,000 damage
to the Swedish freighter Frej and
her cargo of 5,000 tons of rice
early today and left her aground
in 23 feet of water off Richmond
after an all night, fight with the
flames.
Swelling rice, soaked by"1 the
hoses of fire boats, created a new
hazard to the ship today. The
expanding , rice threatened to
burst either the bulkheads or
sides of the vessel. The Frej was
only 100 yards off pier 41 when
the fire broke out yesterday,
U. N. Averts Arab-Jew
Crisis by Compromise
LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y, May 7-(JPy-The
United Nations assembly
on Palestine in an unprecedented
extraordinary session approved by
a 39 to 1 vote late today a face
saving compromise giving the
Arab higher committee equal stat
us with the Jewish agency before
the U.N. Guatemala cast the only
negative vote. Russia and ten oth
er countries abstained.-
br Salem
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No. 38
Pact for
in
Prospect
WASHINGTON. Thursday, May
8--The labor department an
nounced today an agreement to
end the strike of long distance tel
ephone workers with a $4.40 av
erage weekly wage increase.
. The settlement, subject to rati
fication by. the union's executive
board and membership, is expect
ed to lead to agreement in 23
remaining disputes against Bell
system companies. .
Until such settlements are ham
mered out, John A. Moran of the
American Union of Telephone
Workers has announced, the long
distance employes will respect
picket lines of unions affiliated
with the National Federation of
Telephone Workers.
11 Cents Per Hoar
The settlement represents an
average increase of 11" cents an
hour for the long distance union's ;
20,000 members, including vaca
tion improvement and other
-fringe' benefits. .
The. agreement was announced
by Assistant Secretary of Labor
John W Gibson and Conciliation
Director Edgar L. Warren in a
news conference held at 3:25
(EST) after a 7tj-hour eficn
behind closed doors.
The settlement of this impor
tant case, Gibson told reporters,
should lead to early settlement vt
the e n 1 1 r e ' nationwide diC"e
which at its start oo April 7 in
voked 39 unions and idled 340,
000 workers. '
Independent settlements
reached in various cities have re
duced the number actually on
strike, to approximately 200,000,
union spokesman said.
Coast Pact Near
SAN FRANCISCO. May 7hT)
Hope for. an early end to the tele
phone strike in the five western
states increased tonight with re
ports the. Pacific Telephone and
Teleerach c o m d a n v tomorrow
morning would make an offer ae-
ceptaoie to we strikers.
Both sides ot the month-long
dispute expressed optimism. '
' A imltKnuii fnr fh tiV ir-1
National Federation of Telephone
Workers said in Los Angeles -the
NFTW XeK the new P.TAT. offer
would be satisfactory. :r
There-was no indication as to
what the new offer would be.
State Committee
May Choose Union
High School Site
Site of a union high school in
the area . which- .will serve Tur
ner, Stayton and Aumsville may.,
be submitted to a non-partisan
committee to be named by the
state department of : education.
This was indicated following a
meeting: held Tuesday night in
Cloverdale at which, the sugges
tion waS made. ;
Request for such a committee
may be made at a meeting of the
three school boards, Turner,
Aumsville and Stayton. in Aums
ville Saturday night, These dist
ricts each have high schools and
the law provides these boards
must take charge in case of the
organization of a union high
school district.
MacCalPs 'Defense
Promise9 Ahsurd
TOKYO, May 8 - (iP) - General
Mac Arthur today branded as
"absurdity" widely-published re
ports that he had told Emperor
Hirohito the United States would
guarantee the defense, of Japan.
In a special statement, the so
preme commander said the futuce
defense of Japan would depend
upon the provisions ia the peace
treaty.
MacJrrthur added that he had
not seen the published accounts
of the statement attributed to him.
Coast
Our Senators