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ft Ad Rilltoin) i Ssdsi Weather Tax Rate f Freeze' Max. Min. Preclp. jOO as OS ttlM VrUnd Sfl 47 CM0 M 47 iew York U U Willafmvtt Hv 1 tvfMt. OR EC AST (from U.S. weather bu-.- McNnr fteld. Stltnil: MaMly ekMKiT today and tonifht. Hishcat to rt y hnrttt 44-60. Except for htfh wind til lt atvrnao and rly tihxc mtAr favorable for dueling and osed 1651 POUNDBD yiRP -. J . r ID Prop i rrmr-cEvnrrn ytab Sol to Maintain no fl t a m M j - 1 Wins By Winston H. Taylor . ' Staff Writer, The SUtman Two major rone chaRgcs,.invoIving two blocks at Capitol and Center streets for a $1,500,000 retail development and a block at Myr tle and Locust streets for a warehouse, gained the recommendation ef the city planning and zoning commission Tuesday night They are to appear tonight before the city council, which may schedule public tmriAes on the changes. ...I......, i.. 017 After the first world war the work of the American Red Cross In Marion county languished for a time. The wartime pressures were off, the normal reaction of weariness set in. To effect a re organization Mr. Justice Rrwsman was elected chairman in 1928. He assumed the responsibility as well as the honor that went with the title and threw into the task a full measure of his fine intelli gence, energy and sound Judg ment So conspicuous was his 'success that his reelection from year to year became automatic Last night however. Judge Rossman . relinquished the title and the duty of leading the county chapter of the Red Cross. He bad guided the organization through the trying days of the depression, has watched over its expansion in preparation for the late war and had overseen its manifold activi ties when the Red Cross was mobilized for war. So he felt be bad earned "honorable discharge" fcnd the chapter reluctantly ' ac ceded to his wish. The annual chapter dinner last night was in marked degree a testimonial to him of community regard for his service to and through , the Red Cross. It has been the ' duty of the chairman to recruit leaders for .men- undertakings as the annual t special drive for funds and tEts has been done so well that Marion county always has at tained its full quota. The chair man also presides at meetings of the board and in this the judge has been unusually conscientious. You may count on the fingers of one hand all the board meetings " he has missed in bis 19 years ar chairman. ' i We recall being in a company one evening a few months ago where -; (Continued on Editorial Page) Attorney to Discuss! Community Property Wfll H. Masters, Portland at torney and president of the Ea rifle Abstract Co. will discuss the effects and ramifications , of the new Oregon community property law at a special dinner meeting cf the Salem Board of Realtors tonight at C;30 o'clock in the Mar lon hotel. The evening meeting was scheduled in place of the board's regular Friday noon luncheon. Because of the interest in the new law, the meeting will be open to tbe public Animal Gathers ByWA!(300DRIOj " ..Been following m for day...hef$ a member ol Alcoholics Anonymous? ujo-L 10 PAGES DairaOil'dl Although more than 50 persons attended last night's commission meeting, none showed opposition to the change requested by G. H. Grabenhorst Bros., Salem real tors, which would place a shop ping center along Capitol street Only one voice advanced reasons against the warehouse plan, say ing industrial property now in the area was an eyesore in the com munity. Specific considerations (on the change at Myrtle and Locust which includes an""lready vaca ted section of Myrtle avenue, are to be offered the council. The board went into executive ses sion to discuss the matter. If ap proval is gained, . E. H. Bingen heimer plans to start immediate construction' of a new Salem Seed and Implement Co. building east of the Oregon Electrie railway line. ft T. Justin, jr., Salinas, Calif., who is arranging the proposed shopping center on Capitol street explained that Sears - Roebuck and other "high class" retail firms would lease space. He admitted he could not guarantee what would happen to the area after, the end of a 15-25 year lease but said such developments customarily improve surrounding areas rather than proving detrimental. S. W. Donna, Sears' northwest retail manager, also told of the store's plans. . ' " . ,- ' - ', - ' School Fund ortioiiment To Start July 1 Apportionment . of .the ' state's new $15,000,000 annual basic school support fund wQl begin this July 1, it was announced Tuesday by Rex Putnam, state superintendent of public instruc tion, following Attorney General George Neuner's ruling that the intent of the legislature was to start apportioning the fund this year, not next year as some offi cials have contended.1 " " Belief that apportionment should be delayed until July 1, 1948, had been based on a pro vision of the new law that cer tifications of amounts to be given to -,- each j school district , must be made effective January 1 or six months before the start of the fis cal year. Neuner ruled that Putnam can make the certification now. 20 Fliers Parachute From Flaming B-29 ABILENE, Tex., May 20-CP)- Twenty army fliers ;. parachuted safely from a blazing B-29 tonight before it crashed in flames near Merkel, Tex., 18 miles west of here. - The men were quickly located and picked up by searchers from the police and fire departments of Abilene, Sweetwater and Mer kel and civilian volunteers. App Honors Chief Justice Rossman Newcomers, even the new min ister, were always looked over, thought about, in the light of "what can we get them to do for the Red Cross," Chief Justice George Rossman admitted Tues day night as he acknowledged tributes of more than 150 of these workers and staff members who met to give testimony of their deep regard for the Oregon jurist, retiring after 19 years as chair man of the Marion county chapter of the American Red Cross. The testimonial dinner was held in connection with the an--nual ! chapter meeting at which Rabbt Henry I J. Berkowitz of Portland paid tribute to all agen cies "such as5" the Red Cross, which unite men in helping to bear, with human -evils' and closed with the hope that nations may "stop hating each other and hate war." The Rev. Alculn Ilcibcl, active Marion county Red Cross worker while pastor at Mt Angel, paid tribute to the retiring chairman in "behalf of Marion county out Pace of Salem Heat May Gut Berry Harvest Unless the weather moistens a little more, valley strawberry growers face a short three- to four-week harvest season this year, the farm labor office esti mated Tuesday. The picking season last year lasted about five weeks. Because of current early season dryness most yards, except those under irrigation and those in the Silver ton hills ' area, are yielding a stunted crop. Some sources place the estimated yield at 30 per cent less than last year. . First picking in all Salem area patches is under way, with the Silverton hills yards expected to begin Thursday or Friday of this week, Mrs. Gladys Turnbull, farm labor assistant reported on Mon day and Tuesday the office sent out nearly 500 workers in addi tion to drive-outs. The office an ticipates the peak, of the harvest to come between Thursday of this week and Tuesday or Wednesday of next . Need Adult New Because it appears certain that schools will not let out in time for the children to assist in the harvest, major need now is adults willing to drive out to the smaller yards near Salem, Mrs. Turnbull said. Particular help is needed In North Howell strawberry yards and Monitor district . gooseberry patches. , Mrs. Turnbull reported that a recent canvass of schools showed pupils eager again this year to work in crop harvests. Last Sat urday a platoon of 54 picked over two tons of strawberries. In an swer to some requests that schools, especially several rurala ones, let the children out to' pick straw berries, Mrs. Agnes Booth, Marion county school superintendent, in formed the farm labor office that authority for such action lay en tirely with the school districts boards. , Orders for Workers In addition to current crop picking, the farm office also has on hand several orders from mint growers in the Jefferson area for workers. - Young Convict Escapes Grew More than a dozen police offi cers were searching sections of Salem early today for Harry Wil liam Detillion, who escaped about 2 p. m. Tuesday from a state pen itentiary garden work crew. He was reportedly seen during the next few hours in the 600 block Statesman street and at dinger athletic field on North 14th street Later he was also sought in the vicinity of the state hospitaL T; - City and state- police joined penitentiary guards in the hunt for the 21 -year-old Detillion, who had only about 60 days to serve of a ' four-year, sentence for bur glary. He was committed- from Marion county Feb. 14, 1944, and paroled from Dec 17," 1945, to Feb. 8, 1946. Police said Detillion is 6 feet tall, weighs 162 pounds, has brown eyes and brown curly hair. 20 TEARS AGO TODAY PARIS, May 2CHP)-Just 20 years ago on May 21 Charles A. Lindbergh set "The Spirit of St Louis' down at Le Bourget air field on the outskirts of Paris. side of Salem." Mrs". Floyd Utter, nurses' aide chairman, gave a re sume of chapter activities for the year. Only two hold-over board members, Milton L. Meyers, two years; and W. M. Hamilton, one year, were reported . by W. M. Baillie, for the nominating com mittee. New members elected Tuesday are Mrs. R. E. Jones, Elizabeth Putnam, Linn C. Smith, three year terms; Charles H. Hug- gins, L. O. Arens and Guy Hic kock, two years. Mrs. Floyd Utter and Fred G. Starrett, one year. Starrett, chairman of the, 1947 fund campaign, . was presented with special award from the national Red Cross in recognition of the work accomplished in the campaign.. ; ; . W. M. Hamilton, vice chair man, presented a 20-year Red Cross pin to the retiring chair man and read testimonies of ap preciation from state and .national Red Cross officers, newspaper editorials and a , telegram from Gov. Zarl SnelL , Salem, Oregon. Wednesday Morning May 21, 1947 Telescope Battery Aims at Eclipse ' " - , - 4 - - , ' J r"p ZL-r 1 fx BOCAIUVA, Brasil, May X-TeIescoplc earner aa ef the U. 8. army air forces - - National Geetraphie Society expedition - - prepare to record today's eclipse of the sun. Camera at right took star pho tographs that will serve as a check en the Einstein theery at relativity. (AP. Wlrephote to The Statesman). - Scientists Get Clear View of Solar Eclipse BOCAIUVA. Brazill' May 20-(P) Clear weather gave a party of United States scientists an unob structed view today of nature's most spectacular celestial show the total eclipse of the sun. . While clouds and mist obscurred the phenomenon in many sections of the southern hemisphere, the observers gathered on a wooded plateau here, 400 . miles north of Rio de Janeiro, found conditions perfect The eclipse became total her at 9:34:48 a. nx, turning the bril liant day into an eerie, star-studded twilight Dr. C C Kiess, of the U. S. bureau of standards, said full re sults of the tests would not be known until films were developed and data coordinated but that he believed the observations gener ally were very successful. The path of the total eclipse, which was not visible in the north ern hemisphere, cut a 100-mile swath across the South American continent : First Mother Stages Rally GRAND VIEW, Mo, May 20. (AVPresldent Truman's . gravely ill mother put on another one of her surprising rallies tonight Brig. Gen. Wallace H. Graham, the - president's personal physi cian, reported at 9:30 p. m. (EST) that 94-year-old Mrs. Martha E. Truman "was feeling better than she had in the last three or four days." - ', . The-, surprising announcement came after the president himself had said earlier his mother was "weaker" and sorrowfully added she "didn't have a very good day." OSC to Get Adair Land, Along with Unexploded Shells WASHINGTON, May 20-P)-The war assets administration will give 6,200 acres of Camp Adair land to Oregon State col lege for training and research, Senator Cordon (R.-Ore.) said to day. The land is to be sold, nomi nally, to the Oregon State board of higher education for $150,000, and then the WAA will give the board a 100 per cent discount The board is to acknowledge that it understands much of the land is "substantially" hazardous from "explosive contamination' and is to post the land with no tices of the danger of unexploded artillery shells. TO SURVEY WORLD NEEDS WASHINGTON, May 2WJP)- Secretary of State Marshall dis closed today ' the administration has put off decisions on further foreign aid programs, such as the $400,000,000 Greek-Turkish meas ure, until it completes a global survey of postwar needs. RESURFACING HIGHWAY UNION HILL, May 20 The state highway from Silver Creek Falls toward Salem is being re surfaced this week. State road crews are getting the road ready for re-oiling. , Area's Record-Dry May 2,000 Eligible for Retirement July 1 Under State Law Approximately lOOO' state work ers will become eligible for re tirement on July 1 this year, a tabulation completed Tuesday by Jerry Saylor, executive secretary of the state retirement board, dis closed. Saylor estimated that an addi tional 600 school employes and 400 men and women working for various political subdivisions of the state also will reach retire ment age. The law provides that those of retirement age shall be removed from the state payroll Protests May Force Pinball BUI onto Shelf Probability that the pending city "pinball ordinance" will be indefinitely tabled at tonight's city council meeting was expressed in official city circles Tuesday. The ordinance bill proposing that the city license non-gambling amusement devices was greeted with protests from several Salem religious and other organizations after its introduction by five of the seven city aldermen two weeks ago. v - Besides official letters of protest and petitions against the pending legislation, numerous calls have been received by sponsoring alder men in protest of the bill, The Statesman learned Tuesday. It was considered likely that in the face of the strong opposition the bill will be shelved before its scheduled final reading at the final reading at the council meet ing in the chamber of commerce floral room tonight Curly's Dairy Expansion Due A complete new milk processing plant for Curly's dairy, at the site of the present dairy at 645 Hood st., is in prospect it was disclosed Tuesday when the Portland of fice of the federal housing expe diter received a building applica tion from Proprietor Hans O. Hof stetter. The new dairy building would represent a construction invest ment of nearly $60,000, according to the application. The expediter's office in Port land Tuesday granted permission for the state to build its $650,000 ward building at the state hos pital, according to Associated Press. Fate of Chemawa Orphans Uncertain All but 60 of Chemawa Indian school's 440 students have been returned to their homes or reserv ations, following early closing of the school year precipitated by orders from the Indian bureau that federal budget cutting apparently will close the local school perman ently. The 60 remaining were among 100 orphans who ordinarily would have remained at Chemawa for the summer, and plans for them are not yet completed, M. W. Evans, school superintendent said Tuesday. ITALY CRISIS UNSOLVED ROME, May 21-P)-Communist Leader Palmiro Toghatti said to day that Premier-Designate Fran cesco Saverio Nitti had been un able to form a new Italian cabinet $2,322,000 Detroit Road Contract Let PORTLAND. May 20 -TV A $2,322,000 contract for re-locating a portion of the North Santiam highway as a preliminary to con struction of the Detroit dam went today to Kuckenberg Construction Company, Portland. The road will be rebuilt above the level of the lake to be formed by the dam. It will be the section of the highway between Detroit and Niagara," and 'Will-serve-a an access route to the dam during construction. W. H. Lynch, public roads ad ministration division engineer, said the corps of engineers and the state would finance the work with the PRA handling the contract Chiang Talks, Students Riot NANKING, May 20.-;p)-Chi ang Aai-snex, Deset with new demands for peace, new student troubles and new military set backs, declared the government is reaay to ena cmna s civil war "if the communists will show their sincerity by deeds." As Chiang addressed the peo ple s political council, a solely ad' visory body holding its final ses sion, 6,000 defiant striking stu dents demonstrated outside. They sought futilely to present to the council their demands for increas eo: rood allowances -- many are partially government suppor ted; 15 percent of the national budget for education, and immediate ces sation of the civil war. Betty Grahle Mother Again HOLLYWOOD, May 20-05VA baby girl was born today to Betty Grable, wife of trumpeter Harry James. The child, named Jessica James, was born by caesarean section, and Dr. George S. Harris reported both the blonde film star and baby were doing well. Jessica weighed six pounds 14 ounces. It was the second daughter for Miss Grable and James. Victoria Elizabeth was born in March, 1944. Elf strom Eyes State Retirement For Firemen as Economy Move To learn the possibilities of re ducing city expenses and of put ting firemen on retirement plan equitable with other city em ployes, Mayor R. L. Elfstrom has ordered a study . to determine if firemen can be placed under the state retirement law, he said Tuesday. Whether the firemen can vol untarily abandon their present retirement plan, approved by the electorate three years ago, or whether it must again be voted on, is the object of City Attorney Chris J. Kowita's study. Benefits to the firemen and ef fects on them and the city, if they should be placed under the state law, are to be learned by Treas urer Paul H. Hauser, who is to confer in Portland with Jerry No. 47 Lowering Humidity Salem's warm and record-dry May, which attained an 84 degree temperature Tuesday, is predicted to continue today. Possible low ered humidity, especially in. the area south of Salem, may force logging operation to close because of fire danger, the weather bureau warned. Tuesday's weather was not un- seasonal and had been topped by 87 degrees on April 27, the weath er station at McNary field report ed. Top temperatures of 80 to 85 degrees gre forecast today. State Temperatures Thermometers hit 92 in Med ford, 80 in Portland, 83 in Eugene and Roseburg, 88 in Pendleton, 79 in Baker, 84 in Bend, 82 in Kla math Falls. On the coast North Bend re ported a high of 66 but Brookings, further south, had a high of-86. But the, dryness for the first 20 days of May is a new record. Only .03 inch of rain has fallen here this month, breaking the .04 inch mark established for the same period in 1920. Normal expecta tion for the period is 1.5 inches. No precipitation is now indicated until light showers near the end of the week. Threatens Crepe The bureau said normal precip itation In April added consider a Die ground moisture and pre vented serious consequences to crops until the past week, but that the continued dryness now threat en some crops. Relative humidity as low as 30 per cent at which point logging operations suspend, are expected between Salem and Roseburg, wltn lower humidity farther south. iMQriaXJ&com-, Truman Lauds Lt. J. W. Creech Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Creech, 130 S. 14th st, have received a mem orial signed by President Truman in recognition of the service ren dered by their son, 1st Lt John W.. Creech, who lost his life in the crash of an army plane in Ethi opia several week ago. Accompanying it was a ribbon and army commendation issued for meritorious service and sign ed by Robert Patterson, secretary of war. The citation reads: "First Lieutenant John W, Creech performed meritorious service from September, 1946, to March, 1947. He served as sole liaison officer for the procure ment transportation and distri bution of technical equipment from surplus stocks, liquidating military units, for Foreign Liqui dation Commission and the Unit ed States. Under extremely diffi cult procurement conditions and with almost non-existent logisti cal procedures he made possible the distribution of thousands of pounds of urgently required equipment over an estimated 25, 000 miles of air-motor convoy and sea transport routes in Asia Minor." - Ruling on 40-Hour For State Expected Soon Definite decision on a proposal to establish a 40-hour 5-day work week for state employes proba bly will be announced by the state civil service commission la ter this week, officials declared Tuesday. The commission said its decision had been deferred for clarification of certain legal ques tions. Saylor, administrator of the state retirement program. Elfstrom said the proposed 1947-48 city budget sets aside $23,000, plus $6,500 to help erase a deficit in the fund, as the city's share of a retirement fund for 52 firemen covered.- However, he said, Salem's contribution to the state fund for 42 city policemen is only $5,845 - in the proposed budget , -v "''p- Since firemen's' benefits under the present system are probably greater than the state's provides, Elfstrom stated that he does not expect firemen ttr voluntarily ac cept a change, but considers that as a class they are not entitled to privileged benefits. Four city firemen are -now on the retirement list drawing . $75 each per month. Prlc 5c Forecast WASHINGTON, May 20 WP) A strong movement developed oa Capitol Hill tonight to put 10, 000,000 additional persons under the social security program and to prevent the old age insurance tax irom rising beyond its present level of 1 per cent on workers and 1 per cent on employers, ' in anotner tax field, the senate brought up for consideration a fcia to cut individual inranwi (ith h - $4,000,000,000 a year. Actual de- oaie pn wis was delayed untfl tomorrow, however. Rep. Knutson (R-Mmn). chair man of the house ways and means committee, ; said his group prob ably will vote to brin 1 1 nnn r.nfl self-employed persons under the om age ana survivors insurance features of social seairitv- H AA not say now this would be done. " iney are not on payrolls. Faver 2-Year 'Freeze' Also, he said a majority favors two-year freeze . of the aoeial security tax. If carried through, this would prevent an, automatic jump Jan uary 1 to 2 J per cent against employer payrolls and employe wages, ana would save taxpayers over $2,000,000,000 a year. Chairman Millikin (R-Colo) of senate's unanimous . consent to taxe up the income tax legislation. Debate Postponed Actual . debate, however, was put off until tomorrow. At that time, Senator George (D-Ga) has announced, he will . make a motion to postpone action until June lt in order to giv congress a look at all the appro priation bills for next year. Paving on New 99E Strip to . Start June 15 . Plans for paving the new Pa cine highway section south of Salem and contracts for two Sal mon river highway improvements were disclosed Tuesday by state highway department officials. The highway department said the nine-mi)?. Pacific highway improvement to eliminate curves between Jefferson and Albany is ready for start of paving about June 15. It is expected to be open to travel in October. Stevenson Construction Co. of Sailing-Tuesday. wswafed- m contract for grading and paving three-quarters mile of the Fort Hill part of Salmon river high way. Its bid price was $16,341. The state highway commission also awarded a contract to Lind strom Brothers, Portland, for building a 272-foot concrete bridge over the South Yamhi'l river near Valley Junction, Th firm was low amor.? six bidders with a bid of $60,830. ACEW Vote To Accep t Pac t All members of the Association of Communications E q u ip mer.t Workers in Oregon will be back at work at 8 a. m. today with Pa cific Telephone and Telegraph Co., George Kertson of the Sa lem local, said "Tuesday eight upon his return : from a union meeting in Portland.1 A ratifica tion vote n the contract approv ed, by the national bargaining committee will be taken later. Salem members participated in the strike with other National Federation' of Telephone - Work ers, but have not picketed the lo cal exchange since that stoppage ended. Vet Groups, to Sell Poppies Members of three Salem Vet erans of Foreign Wars posts and their women's auxiliaries are pre paring for their 26th annual poppy sale Friday and Saturday in downtown Salem. A corps of some 60 women will handle the street sales of 1 1,000 of the paper flowers which an nually are sold to raue funds in support of the VFW national home for orphaned children of veterans and for hospitalization of disabled veterans. . Headquarters for the sale will be in Kay's dress shop, 4S0 State st Sponsors are Marion, Meadow lark and Beaver Navy posts and their auxiliaries. COLD CUPS C1IEERIES LA GRANDE, Ore, May 20. tTVCold weather in recent weeks will cut the Union county cherry crop from 25 to 50 percent Coun ty Agent R. W. Schaad said today. Our Senators
