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Chemawa Indian School Told to Stand By for Closure May 2'4 raJXB i Last, night the Marion County Public Health association cele brated its ?5th anniversary. It hxs been indeed a quarter century ef effort and of accomplishment. The association succeeded a Marion county Children's bureau, and had as its first officers Mrs. J. A. Car son, ; president. Miss .-Eliza be h Putnam, secretary, George Grif fith, treasurer. Its" first effort as to obtain a regular county nrrse. The county court was opposed to spending public funds for the pur pose, so the association used pro ceeds of sales of Christmas seals to get a county nurse started. School clinics were held .and cam-- paigns against tuberculosis conducted- . The bit boost to county health work came in 1924 when Marion county was selected as one of four counties in the nation for organ ized health work, primarily for 4ilf rwn financed bv the COTO- ME TOonwealth fund of New York This resulted in .establishing a - professional staff of doctors and: nurses who organized and directed health work in the county cover ing a five-year term. The county ' J health unit was set up, participat ed in by the county, Salem ana some other cities, and by school districts. The public health association, an unofficial body, helped in or ganizing this health work and then as the Commonwealth Fund withdrew its support, obtained public appropriations to continue the work of the official health de partment It has continued to work in close conjunction with the health center and has conducted campaigns in the cause of better health, financing its work large ly through the sale of Christmas seals. Since 1837 (Continued on Editorial Page) Caravan to , TourDamsiles In Valley Area A 221-mile Inspection tour of the sites of 18 proposed flood con trol dam , projects for Oregon s Willamette 1 valley will be con ducted May 17-18 by CoT. O. E. Walsh, district army engineer, for Willamette River Basin commis sion members and other state of ficials and valley leaders, - Included in the caravan of 10 or more automobiles will be Salem Chamber of Commerce representa tive. Tentatively scheduled; to represent the chamber are Presi dent Keith Brown. Manager Clay Cochran, Carl Hogg and Loyal Warner. The wee -end tour leaving Sa lem at 8 ajn. Saturday, May 17, will include a dinner given" by Eugene Chamber of Commerce and a stopover in Eugene Saturday night. The trip, extending south to Cottage Grove and east as zar as the Detroit and Paradise dam sites, will cover sites of the follow ing proposed dam projects: Detroit, Big Cliff, Jordan, Waterloo, Green Peter, WUey Creek, Holley, Cot tage Grove, Dorena, Meridian, Fall Creek, Paradise. Foley, Cou gar, Simmcnds and Gate Creek. Comett to Head Emergency Board Marshall E. Cornett, Klamath Falls, president of the Oregon senate, Thursday .i was '.elected ' chairman of the. state emergency board -when it convened at ; the statehouse. Rep. Robert C Gile, Roseburf, . was named secretary; - Others present at the first meet ing since the 1947 legislature closed -were: Sen. Carl Engdahl, Pendleton: Dean H. Walker, In dependence, chairman of the sen ate ways and means committee; and Representatives John Halt Portland, speaker of the house; ....... F. H. Dammasch. Portland, chair man of the bouse ways and means committee, and Jack Greenwood, Wemme. Animal Cracltcrs E, WAKEN GOODRICH wish you'd slop treating me like I was p&son," i . Action to Hinge on Fund Cut Chemawa Indian school will cease operation on May 24 un less last-minute congressional ac tion restores Indian bureau budget cuts in legislation which has al ready passed the house and is how before the senate. This word was received Thurs-i day by Superintendent M. W. Ev-j ans of the Chemawa school from the U.S. Indian commissioner's office in Chicago. i Evans said last night his school, only . non-reservation Indian school in the Pacific northwest, represents an annual government appropriation of approximately $250,000. It has 440 students and a staff of 70, Evans stated. -Exercises Moved Up Because of the imminent clos ure, Chemawa" : commencement exercises have been moved up from May 16 to Monday. 'Evans explained that; this is necessary because the annual return of stu dents to their homes, accomplished in small group movements,- usual ly requires two or three weeks. Evans received no definite word of which other schools are to be closed by .the. budget cut, but said -ie understood unofficially that many non-reservation schools in California New Mexico and Okla homa would likewise be closed. May Be , Reassigned The superintendent said that the. 32 regular civil service ap pointees on his staff would be placed on annual leave on May 24, all with an uncertain future. Some might be eventually re assigned to school or similar, civil service openings, others would lose their Jobs, Evans predicted. Employment of 38 war service appointee, who are not under civil service, will be terminated on May 24, , under the orders Evans has received." Several of the- regular civil service staff members would re main on duty May 24 to maintain the plant and look after the live stock , pending disposition . of Chemawa facilities, Evans said. The department , of interior budget, which contains appropria tions for Indian affairs, was re duced nearly 50 per cent by the bouse of representatives recently, and Is at the present time await ing action in the senate, where fight to restore a portion of the house cuts Is expected. President 63 And Optimistic WASHINGTON, May Firm optimism that lasting peace will be attained was expressed by President Truman tod at but he noted that it still is by no means accomplished and declared he will press for passage of universal mil itary training before congress ad iourns in mid-summer. It was the 63rd birthday of the smiling, fit-looking chief execu tive, and the second anniversary of V-E day. He is still optimistic that he will get a peace that will be lasting, and that the United Nations will be able to carry out we provisions ot its charter. On another question, Mr. Tru man revealed that Mvron T. T tor's diplomatic mission to the vaucan would be ended ' when peace ' has been consummated. However; he said that has by no means oeen brought about. Department Store Baron Succumbs LONDON. Mar 8. - (JPl - Harrr Gordon Selfridge, Wisconsin-born merchant prince of Britain, died in his sleep in his modest subur ban flat today after several days' illness from bronchial pneumo nia..," - One-time American errand bev Selfridge Introduced American "go-getter" methods of merchan dising to an ultra-conservative Britain. His r early competitors snubbed him as a "vulgar Amer ican tradesman" but Selfridge s L.W., became one of London big gest department stores. London Workers To Return to Work LOND ON, May S-WVTne strike of employes of the city of London ended tonight 'much to the relief of thousands of Lon doners who began holding their noses at the first warm breeze two days ago. During the 10-day strike gar bage had piled high in the streets, fish heads and scales ac cumulated at Billingsgate fish market, and even the dead bad to wait for gravediggers. Snack Sliack to Open At Silver Creek Park The Snack Shack at :". Silver Creeks falls park will. open Sat urday and will remain open daily from noon to 8 pjn Ralph Nohl gren, of Nohlgrens Inc., Salem restaurant operators, said Thurs day. - -, ; . ' The shop will sell sandwiches, coffee and picnic supplies. The main Silver Creek lodge opening is being delayed pending completion-of kitchen and dormitory fa cilities, but the operators hope to open it soon, NINETY-SEVENTH YEAR State 2,500,000 in Hospital Bids Okehed Three eonstractlen projects at Oregon state hospital, aggregat- ' ing a cost of nearly $2,500,000, were set for the immediate fa tare Thursday by the state emergency board and the beard ef control. 'V 3 'f '. In Joint session the boards ac cepted low bids en a 300-patient treatment hospital, a 340-patient custodial building and a tnnnel nnder Center street to connect Tartans haspital buildings. Con struction Is to begin ' within a few weeks. ' ' , - Beard members Indicated that, the high building costs an bids were ever state 'estimates are Justified by present overcrowd ing and fire ha zar da in hospital buildings. ... Salvage Seekers Find , Camp Adair Easy Mark By Den Dill Staff Writer, The Statesman . (Pictures on Page 6) CAMP ADAIR, May 8.-Ghosts wander through the empty build ings and sprawling grounds of this once busy camp, their sleep dis turbed by the bang of hammers, the rip of crowbars and whine of saws as wreckers tear down the olive drab barracks, chapels, mess halls and miscellaneous buildings. Training ground of men now Iride Scout to Attend Meet in France Larry Walker, 16-year-old In dependence Boy Scout, will travel abroad this summer to attend the sixth world Jamboree of . Boy Scouts, August 9-21, at Moisson, France. ! i '. '" . Young Walker, son of hop grow er Michael Walker, plans to leave early in June and return about Labor day. He will travel with a party of scouts from this , coun try. : Walker, a member of ex plorer post 27 in Independence, served last summer on the staff of Camp Pioneer, Cascade ; area council scout camp. '' -Scout Executive Lyle Leigh ton said Thursday Walker is the first scout of this council planning to make the trip. U 'v Greek, Turk : Loan Advances ' WASHINGTON, May S -() The house batted down, 127 to 37, today an attempt to kill Presi dent Truman's $400,000,000 pro gram to aid Greece and Turkey against communism, and likewise defeated two moves to give the United Nations a greater Voice in it ' ' It hot and heavy fighting late in the day, Rep. Bender (R-Ohio) moved to strike out the "enacting clause" of the bill, which already has passed the- senate. This was a parliamentary "attempt to kill the measure. A voice vote was taken and. Bender's motion, was swamped. ' ; ' v - Water System Title Donated to Salem . Title to a water system for the 11 homes in Larsen addition, on Silverton road, near Duncan ave nue, has been given to the city free of charge, C E. Guenlher, water department manager, stated Thursday. Some new additions to Salem are asking "the city to pay for pri vately owned systems installed by the residents prior to annexation. Guenther said. pendence P-am aDis prTlliree Junior SHiigh Schools to Abooirb S4uden4s from Consolidated Area By Kobcrt E. Gang-ware City Editor, The Statesman AH 7th, 8th and 8th grade pupils of new communities in. re cently expanded school district 24 - would attend, one of three Salem , and West - Salem . junior high schools .next year, . under tentative plans made public on Thursday by Superlnt endent Frank B. Bennett ' . District plans call for enlarge ment of present West Salem jun ior high school facilities in order to accommodate in that school, besides the West Salem 7th and 8th . graders now in attendance there, all 8th grade pupils from Polk county areas recently con solidated with the Salem school district ' Heretofore West Salem 16 PAGES BaoDldlDirags The - ward building ' will re place buildings now la use that are "fire traps, It was stated by Dr. J. C. Evans, hospital sa perintendent. lie also said that the treatment building will add faculties and relieve overcrowd -ing. v; Successful bidders and total cost including the bid and archi tect. Inspector and ether, fees are: For custodial building, S68S.542, Dan J. Malarkey, Jr.; treatment hospital, $1,583,637, I H. Hoffman; tunnel, $180,651, Viesko and Post, Salem. All board of control members were present Including Governor Snell who returned Thursday from an extended trip. V famous in history will in a few months again be quiet pasture and farm lands. Four wrecking companies besides private ; indi viduals are busily ripping-down the installations of the camp and the materials are being speedily trucked away to furnish the needs of ; supply-hungry home builders and contractors. The need is great for the lum ber, windows, doors, plumbing and electrical goods coming out of the dismantled camp, and wrecking crews are hard Pytj to keep up with the demand. Persons building' their own homes or utility buildings are "finding the salvage operations of Camp Adair a boon since win dows and doors can be purchased complete with sills, sashes and hinges. Screens to fit , are also available. Furnaces, most too large for the average home, come with blowers and air pipes. Hard-to-get wash basins are also being eagerly seized by home makers. Toilets . also are available, but i a speeial pressure tank is required for their use. More than 500 men are employ ed by the wrecking contractors, and modem tools such as skill saws, cranes, lifting forks are employed. Even with the large crew and equipment the wreck ing operations will not be comple ted until next fall, according to the contractors. Meters May Mean New Era for Salem Luncheon Clubs Parking meters may mean a new era for Salem luncheon clubs. Apologizing for a glance at his watch a few minutes before 1 D. m. Thursdav. Justice Walter C. Winslow interrupted his ad dress in rtoiei Marion before Sa lem Lions clyb to -remark:. "I know many of you Dut vour nick els in meters nearby at noon, and i don't propose to have you all fined, -He didn't ' PORTLAND PLANS TAXES ' PORTLAND. May t -UPl- Oc cupational taxes on hotels and rooming houses, a transactions tax on securities sales ,and a tax on signs were being considered by the . cit y council today to aug ment municipal income. 8th graders have attended junior high school in Salem. Bennett said the plan calls for all Middle Grove and Swegle pupils of the three junior high grades' to attend -Parrish junior high in Salem and pupils of those grades ' from Auburn, Rickey, Pringle and Liberty to attend Leslie here. ) Ninth graders who have been coming in to Salem junior high schools from districts beyond the consolidated school r district 24 area will attend school here as before, the superintendent added. i Bennett said an industrial arts shop building will be added to the small shop already on West Salem school grounds and that two ground floor rooms will be POUNDDD 1651 Salem, Oregon, Friday Reds Ask Romania - . For Flour WASHINGTON, May o.-CtfVA Russian demand on famine-strick en Romania for 400 carloads of white flour was disclosed today In a state deparment announce ment which noted that the Unit ed States has been pouring em ergency food supplies into the Balkan country. The flour, which the Roman ians advised 'they were about to deliver, is to help feed the esti mated 250,000 red army occupa tion troops remaining in Roma nia, a former exis satellite. Thus its transfer technically does not violate Romania's pledge not to export any food supplies while receiving aid from the United States. This government plans no formal protest, officials said. . But Michael J. , McDermott, state department press officer, noted that the Russian demand was in "sharp contrast with the efforts we are making to allevi ate the dire situation" in Roma- ma. Solon Pleads Innocent to 'Intent to KilT OKLAHOMA CITY,, May &.-(&) -State Rep. Jimie Scott pleaded innocent to his arraignment to day on a charge ibf assault with intent to kill State Sen. Tom An glin on the floor of the legisla ture. Anglin, 114, a fellow townsman of the 35-year-old freshman rep resentative, suffered a bullet wound in the hip. . Scott said he had. fired after the elder man had "threatened , to kill me if I dldnt-stay out of his way." Anglin said .he1 believed the shooting stemmed from a divorce obtained by Scott's, wife and han dled by Anglin s law firm. An glin's condition was not consid ered serious. Scott stonily avoided his for mer wife, who has resumed use of her maiden name to Irene Tucker, as Justice of the Peace Everett Crismore remanded him to jail in default jof $5,000 bond and set preliminary hearing for May 23. The shooting occurred in the senate chamber Just before that body convened yesterday. China Reds Get U.S. Equipment WASHINGTON, May 8 -UP) The state department said it has been informed that certain mili tary lend-lease equipment being used by the Chinese nationalists has gotten into communist hands. A spokesman said the depart ment has no estimate of the amount that was lost. The official noted that Chinese nationalists have suffered some reverses in recent weeks and lost some equipment of American manufacture. ' United States military lend lease to China both before and after V-J day amounted to about $1,565,000,000. . Weather Max. cz - 63 - SO Min. Preclp. si jn S4 .22 53 .00 Salem Portland San Francisco Chicago 47 - 49 33 trace 37 trace New York Willamette river -.1 feet. FORECAST (from VS. westher bu reau. McNary field. Salem): Mostly cloudy today with few acattered Hftit showers. Highest temperature today 60. Lowest tonight 40. Agricultural out look: Poor dusting weather and only fair spraying conditions today, clear ins Saturday and weather becoming favorable for all -farming beginning Sunday.' added to the main school build ings at West Salem. To otherwise house the increas ed enrollment until a new West Salem school Is built Bennett said the plan calls for home economics classes to meet in the cafeteria and health and physical educa tion classes in the gymnasium. The West Salem school plant in cludes two classroom buildings, gym and shop. Bennett also announced three appointments to the West Salem junior high teaching staff and in dicated that total faculty for the West Salem elementary and jun ior high grades will increase from 12 to 15 teachers. Thomas Mean will continue as West Salem principal. George Morning, May 1947 PtoirD IPs atoo3 Welfare Fund Ban Passes WASHINGTON, May 8-W)-With the republican leadership back in the saddle, the senate wrote a new toughening amend ment into its labor bill today, 48 to 40. The amendment has three pro visions. It would outlaw: Health and welfare funds financed by em ployers and controlled by unions; what Senator Taft (R-Ohio) de scribed as attempts by union rep resentatives to "shake down" or extort money from employers; and the involuntary checkoff, by which unions prevail on compa nies to deduct union dues from all workers' pay envelopes re gardless of the wishes of individ ual workers. Led by Senator Taft (R-Ohio). proponents of the amendment turned the tables on Senators Ives (R-N.Y.) and Morse (R Ore.), who yesterday played a big part in killing a Tart-supported proposal to curb industry-wide collective bargaining. Morse Assails Baa Both Ives and Morse assailed the ban on health and welfare funds administered solely by un ions. Taft defended it, saying that such funds could become "rackets.- ' Fourteen republicans seven of them freshmen senators- Joined 26 democrats in voting against the amendment For it were 33 GOP senators and 15 southern demo crats. Senator Ball (R-Minn.), who sponsored the amendment along with Senators Byrd (D-Va.), Smith (R-NJ.) and George (D Ga.), told the senate that when a union is in complete control of a welfare fund, "the union and its leadership will always come first in its administration and employ ers will come second." Section Escapes Criticism The provision banning the in voluntary checkoff system of col lecting union dues escaped the sharp criticism levelled at the welfare Jund action. So did pro visions prohibiting extortion or union attesopt to "shake down" employers. Under the amendment, employ ers could deduct union dues from wages only if workers gave writ ten consent. U.S., Britain, China 'Beg Off Palestine Inquiry Board LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y., May 8 (P)-The big western powers and China tried to beg off late today from serving on a proposed Unit ed Nations Palestine inquiry com mission. They were in complete disagreement with Soviet Russia on the role the great powers should play in U. N. attempts to solve the problems of the holy land. The U. S., China and Britain declared they did not believe the inquiry committee should include the five great powers because of the varied Interests involved, while Russia stated in unequivocal terms that the committee should be made up of the five great pow ers plus six other nations by geo graphical distribution. Hanauska, Willamette university student and temporary West Sa lem teacher this year, will con duct boys' physical education and science classes. Joy Randall, Salem high school graduate now taking graduate work at Mills college, will teach home economics and girls physi cal education. Raymond Carl, present Leslie music instructor, will continue his work at Leslie and teach music and industrial arts in West Salem. Bennett said the following West Salem teachers have indicated they will continue teaching next year: Vergie Lyman, Bernice Gwynn, Emily VanSanten, Edna Grant Violet Korslund, Alma Stauffer, Hazel Holbroke, Ida Mc- Clendon and Evelyn Schultz. Price Sc (Saras ' To Die Today NEW IBEKIA. Lw May 1 Wil lie Francis, If, he survived a trip to the Louisiana electric ehafr May S. 1S4S. enly to re trace his steps for: another try tonorrew. Negro to Make Second Trip to Electric Chair NEW IBERIA. La, May 8-UP) Willie Francis sat calmly In his cell here tonight showing no alarm over a second trip to the electric chair tomorrow, and una ware that his fate had been de bated even today in the nation's highest court The 18-year-old negro had not been told that two-petitions In his behalf had been filed this morning in the United States su preme court and rejected early this afternoon, less than 24 hours before the scheduled end of bis life tomorrow noon, f Willie's only expressed concern was a repetition of the hope that he'd be able to act "like a man" tomorrow, when. he plays. the fi nal scene in one Of the strangest dramas of American legal histnrv. Tomorrow Willie will be taken to St Martinville, to sit in. the same portable electric chair from which he walked away on May 3, 1948, when a loose connection caused the current to enter, the ground Instead of his body. - That is the penalty demanded by the state of Louisiana for the killing- of Andrew Thomas, a white druggist of St Martinville. in a. holdup, which netted about four dollars, and a watch. . Wooclburn Pool -Work to Begin WOODBURN, May 8 Mayor Elmer Mattson will turn the first spadeful of soil for the new city swimming" pool in Settlemeier Memorial park at 9 ajn. Friday, Leland J. Plank is the con tractor for the pool on a bid of $25,000. An ordinance is to be drawn for bonds to pay the cost at $2,500 a year over a 10-year period. Completion of the pool Is ex- . S . . . -1 1 peciea uy ine expiration aaie in the contract August 22. Masonic Rites Today At E. M. Croisan Funeral Salem lodge 4, A. F. & A. M. will open , ritualistic services at 1:15 p. m. today at the Clough- Barrick chapel for Edward M. Croisan. A member of the. lodge for 69 years, he had been the old est living , member of the organ ization. Dr. Joseph Adams .will officiate at 1:30 p. .m funeral services and interment will follow at City View cemetery. Dr. Croisan died in a Salem hospital Tuesday. " V.. " ' "F . TOUR FOR- MARGARET NEW YORK, May 8-WV-Mar garet Truman, daughter of the president will begin her first con cert tour as a singer with an ap pearance May 20 in Pittsburgh, her teacher said today 1 ' v V: ? f 4 . : . , , . - .; i , - - ( Y-;- No. 37 n 7 WfisO $4 Wage : HikeOffer On Coast NEW 'YORK, May 8 -CP)- The strike of 20,000 long distance tele phone workers throughout tt.e country officially ends at I ajn. local time tomorrow but resump tion of full service faces delay wherever picket lines are- main tained by 250,000 other teiephen ynion members still on strike. The executive board of th American Union of Telepht re Workers, which represents thai long . distance operators, tonight ratified an agreement reached m Washington early today between negotiators for the union and xrm American Telephone and Tele graph company. But John J. Moran, president of the union, said the AUTW wtt pledged to- honor picket lines m s up by other striking unions af filiated with the National Fede ration of Telephone Workers. May Not Be Pattern Moran said the back-to-Woi te movement "may not result in substantial return as long as div er disputes exist in the industry. However, the long lines stria has been a key part of the nation wide walkout and it wsj believe ed that its ' settlement might t the pattern for a speedy end to other phases of the telephone tieup. Moran said the AUTW bership must rstify the board' action "but that can come at any time later, as the executive bcarci is empowered to call off m strike.- SAN FRANCISCO. May 8 -off A new wage offer by toe Pacific Telephone and Telegraph com pany briefly buoyed hopes for a quick end to the telephone strike in the five .Western states today but union negotiators said -company's "discrimination again striking employes' remained obstacle to peace. Offer SI.M Raise ? The company offered weekly wage increases averaging S4 04. which" the union said constituted a basis for negotiating a settle ment, but today's conference was adjourned until tomorrow with several points still in dispute. , Daniel Johnston, representative of the National Federation of Tele-' phone Workers, said negotiations) would be stalemated until th PT&T backs down on what he called 1ts refusal to reinstate striking employes." ; : Scio Population Increases 25 The town of Scio shows a 25 per cent population gain since lh 1940 federal census. Secretary cf State Robert S. Farrell, Jr dis closed Thursday upon completion of a:: state census in four Oregon communities. Sclo's population to talled 438, as against 551 in 1940L Other recent - census - figures, compiled by the state at the re quest of the communities, show Rockaway with a population ot 952, compared with 6!S la 1940; Myrtle Point 1.C12. compared with 1J296, and Gold Hill up t 638 population from 538. Iris Day Set for Silverton Sunday SILVERTON, May 8 Mose. than 175 varieties of iris will be on display Sunday at the Cooley Gardens in Silverton when thja city's first Iris Day will be ob served. Rated high among the new in troductions are three hybrids & Dr. R. E. Kleinsorge, Silvertosv nationally-known iris hybridizer. These are Rose Splendor. San An tone and General Pattoo-. . ; Our Senaicrs ' Lest 4 4'