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DHDy 0011p POUNDBD 1651 MfirDQ( KTNETY-SEVENTH YEAR 12 BP Eyes of political observers all ever the country will turn now to Washington's third congres sional district where a by-election will be held June 7th tTse lect successor to the late Fred Norman. - republican. The reason for the special interest is the chance it affords to test political sentiment at the moment The district has wavered back ana forth between-the parties in re cent elections, so it should serve as a pretty good barometer of po litical opinion. 1947 variety. If democrats make a decisive vic tory, the augury for republicans in 194S will be bad. If republicans bold the seat by a fair margin, republicans will breathe more easily. The district reaches from the Columbia river to Thurston coun ty on Puget Sound. Once it was solidly republican - - Albert John son. Hoquiam publisher, repre sented it for years. It has a hea vy labor vote however" and swung earlr to the new deal. Martin Smith, democrat, held the job a few terms, but his personal finan cial difficulties brought on his de feat Fred Norman, republican, won in 1942. lost to Charles-Savage, democrat in .1944 (Roose velt year); won by a larger ma jority in 1946. Party primaries were held last Saturday. Savage won the dem ocratic nomination over Smith Trov, attorney general, while (Continued on Editorial page) Wallace Labels Probing Solons 'Bigot Group' r HOLLYWOOD. May 19 -(-i Henry A. Wallace, former sec retary of commerce tonight called the Thomas Congressional com mittee investigating un-American activities grcup of bigots' and charged that "no one who . dares praise Willkie's vision of "one world is safe from attack." In an address delivered before mass meeting in Gilmore sta dium, Wallace declared: -I sm not afraid of commun ism, if I fail to cry out that I am ji-caBircuriist It is not because I am friendly to communism, but because at this time of growing intolerance I refuse to join even the outer circle of that band of men who stir the, steaming caul dron of hatred and fear ; . . I. speak- cf only one source of shame to decent Americans who want their country to be admired fcy the 'world. I mean the group of bigots first known the Dies committee, then the Rankin com mittee, nowthe Thomas commit- tee three, names for fascists the . world over to roll on their .tongues with pride.' . - - ' . Wallace again struck at what he calls the "bi-partisan bloc" in the ' government, contending that while . It ""had a place in wartime, (it) has so place in peace." He called for return of a two-party system and added: "One of these parties the democratic party must be .liberaL - ...... . .. Portlander Elected -By Colored Women BILLINGS, Mont, May 19MJP) Mrs. Pollyanna- Reed of .Port land, Ore., was reelected presi dent of the northwest region of the National Association of Col ored Women's Clubs, Inc., at the organization's regional conven tion here today. The association chose Portland as the site of its 1949 convention. GUARD UNIONS RULED WASHINGTON, May 19.-UP)-The supreme court today upheld unionization of industrial plant guards in the same labor organ izations that represent produc tion workers. Animal CracFters By WARREN GOODRICH t "Catch me doing that . . . yesterday somebody put a V worm in my mouth.1' PAGES Bea trice W, Sackett R ites At Coos Bay, Here Today , A native of Salem who was long active in public life, Mrs. Bea trice Walton Sackett died Saturday in a Coos Bay hospital at the age of 48. , - She was the wife of Sheldon F. Sackett publisher of newspapers in Coos Bay, Vancouver, wash., Seattle and Portland, and former ly managing editor and part own er of The Statesman. Mrs. Sackett's death, following a long illness, was ascribed to cancer.-" - - ' She has been a member of the state, board of higher education since 1934. Earlier she had served the state as secretary to three Oregon governors. Funeral services at 9 a. m. to day in Coos Bay will be followed by graveside services for the fa mily and intimate friends at 5 p. m. today at the I.O.OJFV cemetery 4n Salem. The Rev. George II. Swift of the Salem Episcopal church will conduct both services. Memorial services are being planned for next Sunday in Coos Bay. Mrs. Sackett had left a request that services be private, without flowers. ' - Surviving, besides her husband, are two children, Marcia Anne, 12, and John Walton, 9; her mother, Mrs. Mary, E. Walton, 1177 Cen ter street Salem, and two broth er, William 5. waiion, aiem banker, and Brig. Gen. Leo Wal ton, commanding general of the U. S. army air corps at Orlando, Florida. (Additional details, page 2.) Fritz Named Head Of State Reserve j Officers' Group : Lt Col. Chester Fritz, Salem, is president of the Oregon chapter of the Reserve Officers associa tion as a result of an election at the association's state convention in Corvallis Saturday. Ma). Reginald Williams of Sa lem was appointed secretary by Colonel Fritz. A group of dele gates of the Marion county chap ter, led - by President Harlan Judd, attended the convention. Colonel Fritz, a veteran of over five years with the air forces dur ing the war, succeeds Col. Kern CrandalL Portland. He is head of the motor fuel tax division In the secretary of -state's office. - The convention endorsed "uni versal military training, approved a reserve pay plan now .before congress and voted in favor of un J ifying the armed forces. By virtue of an invitation ex tended by the Oregon national guard, Marion county chapter of the reserve officers, may now use the guard's rifle range at Camp Adair, Judd said. - v"'' Record Mages Seen f or State .- portlandI . May '- i9-irVA payroll even higher than the war time boom year of 1944 was pre dicted for Oregon by the state un employment' compensation com mission today.- -VT.- ' Oregon's payroll "for the first quarter of this year was esti mated by the commission at near ly S20O.0OO.0O0 the largest of any similar period since records were hepun in 1936. If the current trend continues, the commission said, 1947 should surpass the $800,000, 000 record payroll 'of 1944. - - Reports " from 1,030 employers in nearly every trade and indus try said they planned to hire more help by fall. Joblessness - has been steadily declining . in Oregon since - mid February." - ' Retail Distributors Elect Vandeneynde 9- - " EUGENE, Ore., May 19-UP-The Oregon Retail Distributors institute today re-elected Peter C Cosovich of Astoria president as 375 businessmen gathered for the 8th annual conference. Gene Vandeneynde was elected fourth vice president He is Sears-Roebuck store manager in Salem. ITALY ASKS TO JOIN LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y May 19 -W)-Italy presented a formal pe tition today for membership in the United Nations. The first ap plication from a major Axis part ner in the recent war was handed to Secretary-General Trygve Is by Alberto Tarchiam, Italiali ambassador to Washington. PTNSON JUKT CHOSEN HOOD RIVER, Ore., May 19-(JPy-A jury of seven men and five women were selected today for the trial of John Omar Pinson in the shooting here of State Police man Delmond E. Rondeau. Weather Max. Mln. Prccip. 74 M .f .?1 46 M ; 47 .00 - S3 - .24 I 73 sa jo Salem Portland San Francisco , Chicago New York Willamette river -U feet. FORECAST (from VS. weather bu reau. McNary field. Salem) : Contin ued clear weather today and tonight with slightly warmer daytime temper attires. Highest today 78. Lowest to night 43. Winds will be too high for dusting late tomorrow afternoon. Oth erwise, there will be no interference witn, either dusting or spraying. Salem, Oregon. Tuesday Morning, May 20. r" J:! . - I 1111"" " ' MRS. BEATRICE WALTON SACKETT. member of the Ore gon state board of higher edn- cation and native of Salem, who died Saturday at Coos Bay. (Oregon Jenraal photo.) . Health Setup For U.S. Asked By President WASHINGTON. May 19-(A)-President Truman appealed to congress today for a start at least on a broad medical aid plan in cluding nationwide health insur ance, but leaders of both parties judged nothing would come of it at this session. Mr. Truman's message, com pieted at urandview. Mo, over the week-end and- senf to the copitol today urged "a national health insurance program," which would provide money to all per sons covered by it for two pur poses: ;-':. r.:-- l.-To pay thel necessary hos pital and doctor bills (and dentist bills, too). 2. To reimburse them, at least in part for earnings lost by "ill ness . or disability not connected with their work." - The message indicated that the president Wants all men, women and children in the country to be assured of. "needed medical at tention." , by v the insurance plan. But he left to. congress the. details as to just who-would pay the pre; TOiums;- . .- , ' The - chief executive - called anew .for . congress to set the fed erai , government . . at . work .-on three. other- matters he recom mended in 1945. These are to pro vide: -. . ; .-lr Adequate public health services, including an expanded maternal and child ' health - program.'"-- : - : "2. Additional medical research and medical ed-ucation. ,. . .. 3. More nosDitais and more doctors in all areas of the coun- try where they are needed.' Gambling Raid 8 Men : " Eight men were arrested ' by f Salem police late Monday night on charges of gambling at the Perfection , Bowling Alleys, 468 erryst. Confiscated were a pair of dice, a dice board and $12. Manaeer Henry Haman, not a player, was charged with permitting gam bling. ; - v Released on $100 bail each were Haman, Harry Gustafson, 1 100 Chemeketa st; Herbert Welch, 12th and Mill streets; Robert Haughn, rout 7, Salem; Robert White, 2860 Brooks ave. Still held early this morning in lieu of bail were Lloyd Davenport, 1785 S. Winter st; Ben Valdez, 241 State st; Frank Bolin, route 9, Salem. CRASH KILLS FIVE WINDSOR, Ont, May 19.-P-Five persons were reported killed tonight when - a twin-engined army C-45 plane crashed and burned in a field near here dur aw? a driving rainstorm. ' ialtreafted Fellow Prisoners WASHINGTON; May 19 -jP) The navy announced today that "maltreatment" of fellow- Ameri cans in a Japanese prison camp where he was senior officer is the basic charge against Lt Comdr. Edward N- Little of Decatur, 111., in a secret court martial going on here for the last two months. The fact that Little is on trial on unspecified r charges before a closed court was all that the navy had said about the case , before. The .meager details were given out after dispatches from Tokyo reported that affidavits which had been taken from prisoners of war had been sent. here at the navy's reauoo : 1S47 Price 5c an s Mother Better' GRAND VIEW. Mo.. May 19-OP) President Truman's 94-year-;bld mother, gravely ill at her home here, was . reported slightly better late tonight as the chief execu tive sought a night's sleep in nearby Kansas City.' He had abandoned all plans for an immediate return to the White House in Washington and govern ment business requiring his at tention was being sent out by special courier plane. Presidential Press Secretary Charles G. Ross, after a talk with Brig. Gen. Wallace H. Graham, the president's personal physician. at 10:30 p. m. (EST), told re porters Mrs. Martha E. Truman was "somewhat better" after see ing Margaret the president's daughter, who flew in earlier In the day. Ross said the elder Mrs. Tru man's temperature at that time was 98.4, virtually normal. Her pulse was regular and her tired heart was acting "fairly regular ly," he added. No atempt was made, however, to underemphasize Mrs. Tru man's extremely grave condition after the president spent another long and anxious day at his mother's bedside. The thin, courageous little woman maintained a cheerful manner. Meanwhile, Margaret Truman Joined her father at her grand mother's modest frame bungalow here. She had become alarmed in Pittsburgh over reports on the elder Mrs. Truman's condition and cancelled concerts there and in Cleveland. Because she expressed a de sire for it Mrs. Truman was served a pork chop at lunch and was able to eat part of it A pro tein mixture was all she ate for dinner. Indian School Closing Said f Scare' Move WASHINGTON, ' May" ;19h( Rep. John Phillips (R.-Calif.) charged . today : that the interior department's Indian office is ."in augurating a scare" campaign by threatening to close Indian schools in various parts of the country because of a cut in Its funds by the house. The house reduced a proposed $11,865,000. appropriation for In dian schools to ?8,000,000. r Phillips told a senate subcom mittee that a notice has been sent to an Indian school in his district that it will be closed May 24 be cause of the house action. He as serted the date was the usual closing time for the ' school and said the interior department was using the incident to bring pres sure on congress. He asked the committee to in crease the amount allowed the bureau by the house. 2 Feared Dedd As Boat Found PORTLAND. May . 19-P-An empty-parked car and an over turned motor boat with its throt tle wide open led police today to believe two Portland men had drowned, in the Willamette river. James W. Belleque, 38, and Albert E. Kadoun. about 60, left to go fishing Sunday morning and that afternoon an upset 14-foot motorboat was found drifting near Sauvies island. A car the men were believed to have used was found near, the river. BOMBSHELL STILL FAST NEW YORK, May 19-vD-Wil-h'am P. Odom, who piloted the Reynolds Bombshell to a new round-the-world mark last month, zoomed the plane here from Min neapolis today in two hours, 55 minutes and 40 seconds, which he claimed as an unofficial record. The converted A-26 bomber av eraged 362 miles an hour. KILLINGS TERRIFY INDIA LAHORE, India, May 19.-I7P)-Thousands of terrified persons continued today to pour out of Lahore, capital of the Punjab, as frenzied communal rioting claim ed more than 12 lives in the 15th day of the current outbreak. Jap Officer Testifies Charges, the navy said, are based on "allegations concerning his' conduct toward his fellow prisoners." The' three major complaints were listed as: Maltreatment of a person sub ject to his orders. Conduct to the - prejudice of good order and discipline. Conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman. No details appeared in the navy statement but Tokyo dispatches said Capt Isao Fukahara, com mander of the Japanese camp 17-B at Omuta, Fukuoka, on Kyu Truiu No. 46 Pilot' Chutes; Fate Unknotvnf NEW YORK, May Low on fuel and unable to land at Mitchell field, an unidentified army pilot parachuted, to an un known fate tonight after set ting the automatic controls of ihs P-47 fighter-type plane so that the ship would be guided out to sea. Police launches and coast guard boats joined in the search for him. The pilot whose name was withheld by the army, acted on orders from Mitchell field after unsuccessful efforts to land his craft at the end of a flight from Maxwell field. Ala. . Mitchell field officers said the pilot was unable to make a landing because of heavy weather, and that he was' or dered to direct the plane out to sea to avoid a possible crah in residential areas around the field. May Avers No Conspiracy to Defraud U.S. WASHINGTON, May 19.-CrV A denial that he ever "entered into a conspiracy with anybody to defraud my country" came to day from Andrew J. May, former Kentucky congressman, at his war bribe trial. "I never thought of such a thing," May exclaimed. The former house military com mittee chairman is charged with taking $55,000 in wartime bribes from munitions makers Henry and Murray Garsson, leaders of a $78,000,000 arms combine. The Garsson brothers also are on trial, charged with bribe conspiracy. The government charged that part of the alleged bribes includ ed a $5,000 payment from Mur ray Garsson to retire notes May owed a New York bank. May explained that he incur red the debt acting as "an accom modation signeer" of the notes for ' Murray Garsson. He said Murray wanted to buy a Green brier county, W. Va., manganese mining lease May owned. "The only purpose I had in ex ecuting those notes," May said, "was to assist Mr. Garsson and Mr. Freeman to purchase the Greenbrier lease to get some money to salvage the loss the stockholders and I had taken." Salem Greets Sport-Pilots Salem, played host Sunday to more than 200 sportsmen-pilots who flew their planes onto Sa lem airport from several Oregon cities in the early morning. A breakfast party at the Salem Chamber of Commerce gave the visitors opportunity to get better acquainted with Salem and to trade experiences. .Later many of the fliers toured the state capitol. Wesley Stewart headed the Sa lem chamber's reception com mittee and arranged the party. .' Recognized at the breakfast were Wallace Timm, who flew from Seattle, for coming the greatest distance; to E. R. Lage of Hood River, a state representa tive, as only flying legislator present to P. E. Brock way of G re sham, 66, as oldest pilot. Stunt Pilot N. R. Ralston of Hillsboro performed flying tricks above Sa lem airport as the last of 198 planes arrived. Police Declare War on Speed Warning that accidents must be reduced and Salem's streets made safer, Chief of Police Frank A. Minto stated Monday " that "I'm giving orders to arrest everybody who goes 30 miles an hour in Sa lem in a 25-mile zone . . . and they've got to give pedestrians the right-of-way." The chief pointed out that an additional five miles per hour over the speed limit was being al lowed, to compensate for error in motorists' speedometers. A special effort will also be made to nab violators of pedes trians rights-of-way. Chief Min to declared, as many accidents are caused by such violations. shu, told a military court in Feb ruary, 1946, that a Lt. E. N. Little had requested punishment of a fellow prisoner for stealing bread. Allied headquarters in Tokyo identified the court martial de fendant, then a lieutenant, as hav ing been mess officer at that camp. Fukuhara, testifying in his own defense against charges of atroci ties, said Little was in charge of the kitchen and was responsible for preventing pilfering and pun ishing offenders. Affidavits Entered The camp commander named the prisoner punished for stealing mJoouo W. Salem Budgets $65,400 By Marguerite Gleeson Valley Newt Editor WEST SALEM, May 19 De ficit in the amount of $5,000 re sulting from water difficulties of the summer of 1946 and an item of $3,000 to start installation of water meters for the more than 27 per cent of water users now on flat rate, helped to boost the 1947-48 budget adopted here to night. Of the total budget of $65,400 adopted, $34,620 is offset by esti mated receipts, and of the $30,780 to be raised by taxation, $13,435 is within the 6 per cent limita tion. The balance of $17,245 mu4 be submitted to a o;e of the peo ple. Taxpayers meeting date was .et for June 17. The budget board elected Phil Keruer chairman and O. C. Brown secretary. The budget of $53,900 submitted by city council men was raised by the budget board. The increases included $500 automobile expense; $3,000 increase in emergency fund; and $3,000 added to the water depart ment allowance for installation of meters, lt was estimated it would take $6,000 to finish the job now, and Mayor Walter Mus grave proposed that figure be in cluded in the budget, but com promised on the $3,000 for "a start." Brown of the budget board and Fred Gibson, member of the wa ter board, said they were on flat rates and would welcome installa tion of meters, but councilmen agreed such installations should proceed on a street by street basis. Flat rates vary from $1.20 to $1.60 monthly and Mayor Mus grave told of numerous requests that he investigate instances of water running day and night "which, if nothing else, lowered pressure." Estimated receipts of $39,620 were reduced to $34,620 when Al Lamb, city auditor, advised June 30, year's end, woifld see a deficit of an estimated $5,000, which he said was the result of the pur chase of the Bouffler well and other extra expense Incident to the water shortage of last sum mer. Question of raising salaries was brought up, but members seemed' agreed any raise should be "across the board" since otherwise it would result in apparent discrim ination. No salary raises were in cluded in the budget as adopted. Members of the budget board present were Mayor Walter Mus grave, Councilmen A. F, Goffrier, W. C. Heise, Chester Douglas, Roy Stevens and Earl Burk, and Jack Watson, Verne L. Axelson, R. C. Forester, O. C. Brown, Phil Ker ber and Bob Covert. Donald Kuhn, councilman, was absent. Jap Cabinet Begins Change TOKYO, Tuesday, May 20.-W3) -Conservative Premier Shigeru Yoshida submitted the formal res ignation of his cabinet to Emper or Hirohito this morning, while political leaders sought to clear final barriers to the appointment of Japan's first socialist premier. Yoshida and his ministers will remain in office until the new premier is recommended by the diet, probably within a day or two. Tetsu Katayama, chairman of the social democratic (social ist) party central committee seemed certain to receive the post Allied headquarters, Japanese leaders understood, has no objec tion to the choice of Katayama. Ogaret Import Ran Slirs Berlin 'Mart' BERLIN, May 19-JP)-The Unit ed States army's ban on the pri vate importation of American cig arets into Germany caused a stir tonight in Berlin where, said Gen. Lucius D. Clay, American mili tary governor, these importations have reached a total of 6,000,000 cigarets a month. Many Berliners predicted black market prices of "smokes" im mediately would skyrocket Says Navy bread as Pvt. William H. Knight of Warsaw, N.Y, and said he was put in the guardhouse. An affidavit from another wit ness, Introduced in Fukuhara's trial later, said Knight died of torture in the guardhouse, but did not say whether it was on the occasion when he was jailed over the bread. Alva C Carpenter, chief of the allied headquarters legal section in Tokyo, said affidavits from a number of former prisoners, say ing Little had turned them over to Japanese guards for punish ment, have been forwarded to Washington. Bannister Slides Still Enjoyable For lOG-Year-Old SCRANTON, Pa, May 19-OP) -Just to prove you're only, as old as you feel an as young as you really think yoii-are, Miss Florence E. Dolph shed her 364-day-a-year dignity today to, slide down the bannister at her home on her 100th birthday. Miss Dolph completed . her once-a-year ride decked out in a Tom Breneman orchid which came to her from California with the compliments and best wishes of the radio master of ceremonies. Pickets Return As Talks Stall On W. Electric WASHINGTON, May 19.-f.Jp-Negotiators failed again tonight to end the last big dispute blocking nation-wide peace in the tele phone Industry and the talks were recessed until 9 a. m., E. S. T., to morrow. - Conciliators said three issues remained to be determined be tween the Western Electric com pany and a union representing 20,000 installation workers, the Association of Communication's Equipment Workers. As a result of this dispute, pick-J et lines were reassembled around major telephone exchanges across the nation today, curtailing serv ice again In some areas. In New York workers were re ported passing through the ACEW picket lines and this was the case also in Portland, Ore. No Salem picketing appeared In store Monday night to local mem bers of the Association of Com munications Equipment Workers. The few Salem members, are "standing by" or working else where than the local telephone plant, while the ACEW strike against the Western Electric Co. continued. .In Oregon ACEW was confining picketing to Portland and Eugene. ' The ACEW men here are employed by : Western Electric but do their work in con nection with telephone company operations. Resigns iii 6 J JAMES F. BISHOP : Bishop Leaves; Riney to Lead 4-H in County James F. Bishop, Marion coun ty club agent, has resigned to be come agricultural field service worker for the Oregon Feed and Farm Supply Co, 2700 Portlajid rd. The resignation was announ ced Monday by Harry Riches, Marion county agricultural ag ent, who said Bishop will be suc ceeded by Anthcl Wayne Riney of Monmouth. Bishop took over the Marion county job July 1, 1944,. after a short period as assistant county agent in Coos county. Marion county 4-H club leaders thought so well of his work as a leader that they sponsored a movement to send him to the national 4-H club congress last December in Chicago. Riney will be graduated from Mthe school of ag- g o n State col- lege in June. He was in Salem ; for the annual 4-H club spring show last month and has been on hand for the , . three Marion county farm tours this month. Ath0i urn, " graouaie oi Oregon College of Education at Monmouth, Riney taught school before he- enlisted in the army air corps. He served in the south Pacific where his picture (above) was taken in the Solomon Islands. Suspicion Declared Result NEW YORK, May l?Mv?V An drei A. Gromyko, deputy Soviet foreign minister, declare! tonight that the apparent United States monopoly of atomic energy pro duction was "an illusion." , Gromyko, Russia's - representa tive on the United Nations secur ity council, warned that th United States might find itself in a "less favorable position" unless atomic weapons are outlawed by prompt United Nations action..- In an address delivered at the anual dinner of the American Russian Institute, Gromyko said: 'Cauaes Rivalry "The tendency to secure this monopoly for one country , inevi tably causes rivalry among na tions uv this field. . . . All of this cannot but cause mutual suspicion among nations and cannot but im pede the ; development and strengthening of friendly relations among them and mutual confi dence among the United Nations. Gromyko said no one could de ny that .prohibition of atomic weapons under present condi tions" would mean greater sacri fices for the United Stales than by any other country, "but it is be yond any doubt that the position of monopoly for one country in this field h of a temporary char acter. . . . It is impossible to ttoD the advance of science. In reality sucn monopoly is an illusion. Rejects Inspection "Wha knows?" he continued. "The time may come when the country at present occupying a more favorable position in this respect than other nations will find itself in the same, or maybe even in a less favorabls position in comparison with, other states in the field of the development and perfection of certain danger out kinds of weapons if such weapons are not prohibited. Stating the Russian case for immediate - United Nations prchi-r bition of the use of atomic wea pons, Gromyko rejected the ; ar gument that a system of inspec tion and control should be estab lished internationally first "The Soviet union cannot agree that its national economy be made dependent on the will even cf majority in the control organ, be ing aware that Such majority may take one-sided decisions.' re Slash In Tax Backed WASHINGTON? May Tl9P- : Secretary of the Treasury Snyder 1 told congress today " period of ; tax reduction is approaching in- i dicating that the administration. " which has opposed tax slashing ' now, will approve a later easing : of the tax. load, possibly in 1948. However, : President Truman's t chief fiscal spokesman gave no hint whether the executive in-" tends to veto - the Republican- backed $4,000,000,000 current in-' come tax cut now pending in con- gresa. . . ...... ; - Neither did he make specific ; recommendations for tax redue- tions in . the future. He indorsed the house ways and means com- mittee decision -to "modernut the federal tax structure, as th tax-framing group opened hear ings" on means of fcstreamlining tax statutes for the first time in 20 years. This legislation, distinct from the current tax bill, will be written text year. Western Air Gets Route to Portland PORTLAND, Ore., May 19-iJPy-Western Airlines will start sched uled airline service between San Francisco and Portland and Seat tle within 60 to 90 days, the Port land Chamber of Commerce was . advised today. . The airline was granted a per manent operation certificate to day by the civil aeronautics board at Washington, I). C Garage and Warehouse Building Given Okeh Construction for two Salem business projects was given ap proval Monday by the' federal housing expediter's Portland of fice. Approved for Herrall-Owens Cot was its application to erect a new $48,000 garage and auto display rooms in the 00 block of North Liberty street. Also ap proved was E. Lv Smith's appli cation to build a $8,000 warehouse at 1420 S. 22nd St. ". i Oar Senators v Lost V 6-2