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Newspaper Page Texto oo?j?o OX rOOOO tuo- O 4 o O OO - OODO ODr o CO 1M7 (Story In Column 2) j OEZ ML I ' ll ' x' 11 I I I J I I II l M ' Um -. 1 1 pounddd 1651 mr-. CJ NINETY -SEVENTH YEAH 12 PAGES The Oregon Slcfamon, SaW Oregon. Saturday. June 21. 1947 PrwT" . The i Oregonian proposes speed bp construction of the new road Up the Columbia by making .the section Ircm Hood River to .The Dalles a toll road. Money would be borrowed to push con struction, the bonds to be retired out of toll revenues. Because fed eral money has cone into the sec tion between Troutdale and Hood J River it Is not feasible to moke! it a toll road, for then tie federal money would need to be repaid. The newspaper says that at the present rate of construction, it will take' 15 years before this im portant highway is built, leaving i travelers to use the tortuous road now existing or cross to the north side ! and use the Washington highway. Recalling the toll bridges on the Oregon coast highway one wonders if the toll really would : be imposed. These Death Takes Former Rain Aids Morse Leads Belaying Action: Willamette President Area Crtro mouse r otes to wver-mde Veto Bishop Bruce Richard Baxter, former president of Willamette university and prominent throughout the west as a Methodist churchman and educator, died of a. sudden heart attack Friday night in Portland. ! Bishcp Baxter had conducted sessions of the Oregon Methodist conference in Portland during the da v. He noted a nain in his rhnt were wuut , while walking home from the fin- Crop Outlook with the understanding they were b session, collapsed upon reach- to be paid for out or tons, dui , ing home and , died within an hour, the Associated Press report ed from Portland. . . Funeral services will be held at the First Methodist-church in Portland Sunday; tt 2:30 c m. department has continued the loll Burial win be In Forest Lawn to pay for the acquisition. cemetery at Los Angeles. However there are other ways . : . t f of solving the problem than tolls, w;,,., The ! gas tax could be increased UBaxter become Methodist Bi- I before they were put in use the toll charge was annulled and the state cost met out of -highway j revenues. In the case of the As toria: ferry, however, the highway f : L BISHOP BRUCE E. BAXTEK Career Ends A Stop COU1Q De put on raius on sh fof the portland area in Ju ragnway revenues lor oiner pur- . ,g4() He nad remained jn s ; poses, hew bonds cou a De issuea. doge with the local univCT- construction costs were not it si as member of the so high now The Statesman would board trustee, be disposed to favor issuing bonds to speed up road work. The in- 54 . terest charge would be low and Bishop Baxter served at the the savings from improved roads head of 563 Methodist churches in such as the new Columbia river this area at the time of his death, highway would more than repay He was 54 years old. the debt service. Surviving the bishop are his I realize how burdensome the Wjje who was with - him .at the early road debt was, but it paid time of his death and his mother, for itself, and new roads of mod- Mrs. John, Baxter of Hollywood, em design would do the same. Calif. ' - C The reconstruction of the Co- Generally credited with' much O 1 1) 1 lumbia river-highway is probably f the modem . jay expansion I Pftl T Oil TP h mmt ursMit need in the state. j i.:v. . i .h.u. u I UUXVIH JL IUVv - - ' inu lugll smiuuuii nvuum:vi mrtrll IS wan i tVl Inn ff to wait iir:n .4. :..; Tt Tva Xorl the improvement. Oregon was elected by its trustees July T1 I IfifTltinf O needs to shake its legs and get 29 1934 succeed the retired X Q - jri21IlalC back In stride. The subject of Dr. Carl Gregg Doney as Willa- D rugnway iinanong menu iuiu. mette president At that tune Dr. a gi yt discussion. Baxter was alradv known-to Sa-1 An I win I Ivtif lem from his appearances as a un- xVll j3 Uj U 111 L iversity lecturer and a guest pas- " M. - lean I IVCUSlon KOMI - - nmurNl tak rart in air TKni He came to Willamette from 1 and ecort service and to enforce the University of Southren Cali- air regulations over the city, Po- iornia wnere ne naa servea over lice Chie Frank A. Minto said la 10-year period as dean of the Friday and announced that Pa ' T',h. prudent,, chapum ana proiessor flying group, "J.'i..wVA-r.Vb n 01 honu eucf. I A special wings Insignia will be rcvurrcu u wU v " A native 01 hock nun, umo, ur. worn bv the "air cods." all of ET" rr Ano? meet Baxter 1under?Tad- worn, 7 except McRae, h SS4M. h.A d Weet k,.f:L05. SWS learned to fly through the G I bill "'JT' .,t.,lMj; " wnio, grauuauiiB of rights provisions. ine acparinicin. Fuuuuu.., m)e joilOWing year attaining McRae was a B-25 nilot durin is sukwcuij uauc Honors in uueunu giauuaw il nni:..mm i,.v. A d.nartment of agriculture LrH h1ny at Boston univer- alrpo." B"ce. ocnarge. Anotner v 4K- o. :.-r --J -o. ,. memoer 01 tne nymg squad, Jos was working with the dairy m- ordained in the ministry of the P J: 5SJ-J?ff 4 ;J: .-kmm ,faii4w Lir.t.i;. .h Aft.r rvinla marine corps TBM dive bomber. He said the department rarely at- as field secretary for the Meth- 11 5iT tempu court action, Bince the but- odist centenary movement and cRae, Suetj, Iwrd Skinner, .. r nn for th. int-rwhurrh world move- KoDert Armpnest, Leonard Smith, opinion. ment, he joined the faculty of The scoring is based on such Mount Union college. Ohio, as factors as flavor and yeastiness professor of English Bible. ( and is done periodically by a Hnraiy uegrees Bisnop Baxter neia nonorary doctorates lrom Boston university. State Reports Sul-Standard Butter Sold F. Schmidt board of six. Grade A butter must have a score of 92, Grade B 90 to 92, and Grade C 88 to 90. Leonard Sutliff, V. and Howard Higby. No provision has yet been made by the city government for a plane, but McRae said that the policemen would have access to By Llllie L. Madsea Farm Editor. Th Statesman With clouds still hoveriof about. statistics issued by the U. S. de partment of agriculture, the wea ther bureau and other farm groups Friday, indicate that the rain has done much more food than harm in an overall picture. Sweet cherries is the one crop reported practically a complete loss in all Willamette valley coun ties. Sour cherries have been un injured by the rains but the set was small in the beginning. Ken tish yields have been lighter than the English M o r e 1 1 o s and the Montmorencies promise to be, al though these, too are far from normal. Picking in the Keenwood orchards above Siiverton, one of the larger sour cherry acreages in the valley, will begin around June 25, F. Glenn McDonald, manager. said Friday. Some loss was suffered by strawberry growers on the valley floor, but growers in the hill sec tions say that the prolonged sea son brought on by the ram, pro bably more than made up for any earlier loss to them. Blackcaps, coming on the market this week. are showing improvement both in Quality and size, and the crop promises to be good. Red rasp berries are also showing some imnrovement as do other cane fruits. Grains and pastures, including meadows, were greatly Improved A few heavy vetch crops were brou eht down by the rains. Small omnnnii of hav nad oeen cut. However, some hay was harvest' mA nrtar to damage, some was chopped green, and much Is stii standing awaiting favorable wea ther conditions. Some has been cut this week for baling. Anhids had started heavy In festations on spring barley, yel lowing considerable foliage. Rains washed these off and barley i showing improvement. Spring oats are heading out in good shape and fall wheat and barley are both well-headed in the valley Pastures improved 75 per cent and livestock is gaining. Hops are making good growth. Flax is in full bloom with the croD "made" by the rains. Har vest of Deas. lettuce, beets and carrots is underway with good crops indicated from all sections Greatest growth made was CVL SEN. EOBEKT A. TAFT Aatber Truman Stand Misrepresents Bill, Says Taf t WASHINGTON. June 20-4V- Senator Taft (R.-Ohio) charged tonight that Preident Trunin had "completely mirrpr-.Tilrr!" the character of the Taft-Hartley Message Labels Bill 'Dangerous, Drastic WASHINGTON. Jane 20-(AD-A little band of senator talked far into the night tonight in an effort to kill the Taft Hartley labor bilL which President T rum as vetoed earlier ia the day, while (I.O.r. wntd notice thejr nould rontiape the fcestuon for daja if neoenary to force a show do wm. The bona had over-ridden the veto by a 331 to 83 vote and aeat the bill to the nenate for a revote there. Senator Taylor (D-Idaho). known as -The Slating: Cow. boy," led off the talkathon with a wide and apparently end less variety of topic rancinf from the bit! Itself to the por- wij i mi rariy cr-rr ana an aiUK cwt w ail Strrel. I Taylor, a fomvr nwdthow actor, announced that he wr14 rrwt. i Unue to talk on and on until the arnate mtwrd and then tgala hm ! convene lomotrow." By this delamg strategy. Taylor, supportrd by SrnaUc Prppvt (D-na ). Senator Mtw (R-Ore.) and ether foes c4 the taber-rutbavg bill apparently hnped to clave off at least a qukk vxrle tm ue vrt and perhaps pick up enough acrd-thought avpport to vptaUd to. Prev knjaly. GOP leaders and mm demorrats hd aouM agrwe. ment to Mir at 4 p. m. (E5T) tocrwerow, but Uom Ucxfc4 Ut moe. na-it nry inirtM to aerp in OrtAle fun ii pwHow unui vne rouniry naa nad Urn to rrct to Preadet Tr man s eto menage and his rado iperh tonight. As midn.iht atproane Taylor had been talking for more four hours with litUe or no aign rf weaiiening About 1 30 a. m EDT, Taylor rrmaiked that Senator Uorae Kad assured him he mas ready to lake over the debate wbroTaykc debited ! vo quit. , Olfaa 'Shocking Piece i Of Legislation', Says President , Mone Mhl as Well Take Nap: Taylor I oIT-4 H.mi.ht a. wen o Uk. . nap .f . few hol tfc.IdaW i eTSilaSL? ?tT IZZ remarked. "1 m in m ri,ir. .k.i.. ci ? nwi bythe houe earlier in the day. i Thu wa. the order of events to a SWth.uk ire afu-. .i ?T'Jr " Anjwerinr Mr. Truman'i con- evenint: ' ' f im v t contrsn etv4 tenUon in a radio ddn. a few 1. The president'! veto mnur. wore Uiterin Ovm oey he ever i u.Lu, . . minutes earlier that the labor dt- m rote before, wat read at noon li-CT 1 .s. K,.T L-a rTI L . " .nrtlOT Hk putes meaiure wa a hockinf GOP boo. Mr. Truman blast the bill as -dareroua- and 'dr.w - Z79.!TTt' piece of letlslation.- Taft aald in I "backward- and -burdne.- un wor lLbW" andpol- ZZZlJZ?'? a radio talk delivered from the j 2. Quickly, without debate, the houae voted to MrrndTaad rwl tJTZ . " f Capitol buildin that Mr. Truman the bill derp.te the president by a marrm ct nearly Ho U where 7 . 11 ? . had attempted to et hU iudrment :iol wa. needed. 7 0 o I. wnete ur.e,' Ut mar up over house Democrat. 4 T Mr. Truman railed to the White llouae for lun,h ai t,- I "mrtA "uerrwune aw eat. The Ohio aerva authors of the bill the houe Democrats what they thought dent s judgment tor. one of the ia dozen aenators prevkoualjraior the bill whoae he tKnurtii !r'. . . tagatfuf . averted that prove decisive. Only one. Senator Soarkman (D-Alal imm.) " u Y had thowed I terwards he would change his poaiUon and uchold the ia T Uui 17 au the mu) ti of the prwi- definitely they still mould vote to override, and the mt mad no corn- J . ,! VX ' .t'1 Kw T bv ovmHin K, mitments. e-rew wKa wrmm Oo-trJi.l I Last Ditch Stand Launchel in Senate the weed porting. in crop, farmers are re- Willamette university, College of Pjanes at Eagle Flying service at the Pacific, Whitman college, l"1 airport ChaDman college. Los Angeles Tne flyui" squad will continue CORN AT RECORD HIGH CHICAGO, June 20.-iiP)-Corn futures established a record high on the board of trade today but veto 106 to 71 Observing that congress had studied the labor question foe five months, Taft asserted : The president attempts In 10 days, three or four of them fpent in Canada, to out his iudrment i 5. Then Mr over the majority of ronere. ' major networks. His veto message how that he i Tart went on the Mutual network half an hour later with his knows practically nothing about i answer to the preident't veto message. the bill itself." 1 In the veto mrtsage. more vehement reeo than those Mr. Truman featuraV ll, Ukro wto, -. nad caren O gtw fcU." Ba4 for Wa.irra I Bt the Tan.MartW Uf. ena ithe 4. A group of the bar, foes launched a U.tUh land In the u ZlJ A:l VV ite to prevent any immedute vote lett that chamber, too, override i S TL2li i veto and make the bill law at last. ' Jf' .r . U4 Um 1 Truman Mid his final say of the bury day. over .3 rTr eravt ll aaiS Uarre i$ v : at trj a-. 4 rwrmn. MwinKina arcatUUoak" cwmtiM ajtavaxa. t. he oddVed for the sake of tt t- Declaring that the president 1 delivered against the tax cut. the first OPA extension oad "the Cat i !tf? St b V ipeared not to find "a single ! labor bill of Urt year, he declared: j this tan U aw borate U od provision- in the bill. Taft ' The Taft-Martley meaiure "would cause more strike, not f.- i rwaee-i (Mmarwf that t-o Citv Purchases KocS , . wvuxv.. " - - . '.f " I - I lmrlr " Urn w Nev Equipment of. besides WiUamette. the lUiff to meet any air emergency, McRae the former peak of $ 1.99 V made School of Theology, Denver; the aa. r naay rugni. 1 in July, li. Pacific School of Reugion and the leaders." He charged, as he had1 P1- Ellworth. Norblad and Stockman roted againrt the vrl ; na"lT. aerung t?vat The tnw previously in the senate, that th while Rept Angell voted to susUin it. ; Lr1 cowld tar ocrwrpahod ur.. message had followed A special tractor-loader, built College of Puget Sound for construction uses, is now inj He had traveled extensively, operation by the city engineering j News of his election as Willamette j department on street improve- president reached him in South ment work near the Waters field Africa during a trip that had also baU park. City Manager J. L. included South America. Prev- Franzen stated Friday. iously he had made a trip around The $5,600 piece of equipment the world, a visit to South Sea is- ean be fitted with a small bulldo- lands and a tour as faculty ad- ter crane or with a loading scoop visor with a university baseball which lifts, carries and deposits team in the Orient He spent the riirt r itnn sinr it diivrv summer of 1925 as preacher at Tuesday, it has-performed very Highbury Quadrant church n FranTm airf A iiud era- London, England. nurrhased for about S2.000 is Active in Organisations Franzen Talks of Temporary Bus Terminal at Courthouse veio message had followed the point by point outline of a pre vious opposition statement by Let rressman, uiu general counsel.' By Marguerite Gleesoa Staff Writer, The Statesman The proposed centralized city in bus terminal on High street be tween State and Court streets may be tried on a temporary basis m . . w ; ia. ia a ? - 1 1 a mm : a. also in use br the citv 1 jaisnop oaxier was a nxiignt 1 sianmg eany in wuiy ana 11 iv large, 1,500 gallon street Templar j.lnMMonry and was proves successful then the 1 pro fllisher ordered simultaneoulv identified with Rotary club and posed shelter may be built before wS the i2? is exSTS be t"" the rains start in late August or here in about a month. Its cost is a member of Alpha Tau Omega early September. to be $6,800. Animal Crackers 1' By WARBEN GOODRICH fraternity The widow was Martha Han-old when she married Dr. Baxter in 1924. They had no children. ." V . Bid on Prison Cell Block Low The state board of. control Fri- "Gosh people are always at piauctT This was the statement of J. L. Franzen, Salem city manager, be fore Salem Credit association Friday noon in the 'association's lunch room. The bus company did not like the proposal at first, Franzen said, but later came forward with the plan whereby it would con struct a shelter. ' The city manager described the shelter as a metal-roofed struc dav received a low bid 29 rr I ture which would flrain toward cent below its estimated cost for the center thus obviating the necessary steel and construction dripping1 on persons waiting. supervision of a DroDosed new 1 would have a back constructed cell block at Oregon- state peni-1 of glass and tile on the side fac tentiarv. I ing the courthouse and the front In a Monday meeting the con-1 open, with three openings in the trol board and the state -emerg-1 rear. ency board will consider seven! The structure would extend bids lor the estimated $354,000 only to certain specified safe dis project, including the $249,758 tance from the Court and State bid of VanDorn Iron works of street ends to give a clear view Columbus, Ohio. High bid was for traffic' on both streets. The $474,500, submitted by King entire plan would be based on an Brothers firm of Portland. Other agreement between the, city and bids, between $281,000 and $319,- I the bus company which could be 615,- were from out of state firms, canceled on 60 or 90 days notice, it is planned that most con- Franzen said. struction work will be done by The county court opposed the prison inmates. The proposed cell project at first but is inclined to block would contain 400 cells, for feel differently now, Franzen single occupancy. . 'said. In answer to questions he I Bonnie Klein Heads Council Committee Seeks To Hall Shipment Of Oil to Russians Bugsie Siegel, jOer Its "roaDcirated propa tnke frosn Juir un-j! (Vv. rr- ' ! n!tr .... . ri mm w !. aa t&i.f Cnmlilor.Killil .ir."1 J w vo.aMaa AJkaaav puj, im WASHINGTON. June 20 - A house armed aervim aubcom- CORVALLIS. June 20 Bonnie i m,,t wlU k 'fcial f the 01 nee 01 iniemauonal trade "mhy further shipments of oil to Rikmi rhould not be stopped." Chairman Shafer (R-Mich) said today. He told a reporter he called the hearing for tomorrow because of the loading of soviet oil tank ers on the west coast Several congressmen ' have protested Hn said he believed the objection was based on an idea that mrh a shelter would be a temporary I n, Aumsville, has been elected "shack" and that the drawings presioeni 01 we girls' execuUve as submitted by the bus company council at the 1947 4-H club sum gave a different angle to the pro- rr Khol t Oregon State col- posal. in execuuve council is The bus company does not have cornPf e or tne presidents chosen a city franchise, Franzen said, ex- t" groups of girls quartered pressing the opinion that it should m eacn r th dormitories and kA Ka.... i w sororitv hnuM ltrr, n k- 1; ... Other members of th. -iri.- thhou about the shipment. ititit 4rt nmwtim. f . council from ' Mar on muni in. I " " 'l"' rZ. .v.. elude: Jovr. K.,,,i ' .. 1 wading of oil, scrap metal and m k- 1. .v.- , 7: Darlene Klein !saim r,(. 1 1 other strategic supplies to poUn vjm r-v..v wi 1 1 mil 1 - ...... . vw . - - . . . . -v.; 1 1 . Hole mi ml r.nrM.ii w 1 rl,r""". r " vrturw - .- .u- 1-..- i- Marearat ;tiimn . t : 1 1 earl liaroor, Shafer said. uuiia iruvri 111ns? 1 no 111 ia 1 1 no 1 iviiiinjuiii. iiiin 1 . ... . " " w. 1 . ' i If BklKi lAIrl LKa tSsasl 9 aw a . awl as Eight city bus schedules would oy ueiores Welch and 1VL. rT.r r. w f . uaine Gueeisbere TKarwnti v.,. S Vli WVVO IIMJW 11 VI rvrU I . w .il lm OS. a-.-. 1-.. A .:u !.. Unia Nifhola Ihl... ..1 1 V'J "w. aiiu wiui uui luinur cxcrpuaiu i zr r r wmw tumiM !. moV. M i.f ! Uavis, Shedd. turns in the downtown area. Fran- moers or the boy executix e nrV'EELY HILLS. CaUf, (Sat urday) June 21 -01 - Hen rtel. 41. identifted by the of nee e( Cor- oner Ben Drown as lieu Jam. a I tkUX (Bugsie) Siexel, gambler and oncv i listed as a public enemy, was shot j mivu auwo idoui mtamgni iatt a . . .... , ing a newspaper, Pohre William W prnMt "It clnily abuses the t't. hch tmwikana 4 our nlim J tucy. to o.ai vcrther and ith their eirj.;rs f jc f. ataj fate ( " rrwiruraurt White reootW. ' JTTim Jr an our ct4e lavo tm H to te iACOjUtmmi Vtails oa Page 2) 'Warmer' Forecast CreeU Su miner zen said in ciUng advanUges of J"11 include Floyd Fox. Jr. the Drooosed plan. The orooosed """n' eorge warmington. - - " l wim aiiia..,.,iii.. lit .-ll'-eawl Ks.a. aw--i M w.v. .1 1 1 ir . V JITn 1 1 sfTl I fl Kf not interfere with the four lanes "onmouth snd Richard Pickerel. of traffic on High street, and if u"w- pui into eiiecx ine wiaui or tneio. . m t . sidewalk on the east side of the OtanarCl INailiefl a4 Warn aW.Meaal I ' BUWk WIS ISVI sV-C VlSaWllCVIa g mi I f Wl V zen said. The proposed shelter J. O InSOCCtOr 1 OSt would occupy space between the 1 I sidewalk and the curb. Appointment !Moquilt (Control Exjrrt To Hear Salrni Problem I The city -manager was intro duced by Albert Gille. city coun cilman. The meeting was at tended by several business men who do not attend the weekly luncheon regularly, evidently at tracted by the subject to be dis cussed. Franzen said he had dis cussed the plan with representa tives of 11 womens' organizations recently and asked for any others wishing to discuss the matter to' confer with him. Of R. W. SLan- ard, Salem, as supervisor of the federal-state -shipping point in spection district, was announced by the state agricultural depart ment Friday. He succeeds Ben Daxidson. su pervisor in the central Oregon area for the past six years who has accepted a position with the Pacific Supply Cooperative at Redmond. Stanard has been with the shipping point terticc here since 1939. White, head tf the Briefly HUls police department detect e division, said Siege! had been shot six times. The shoU. he said, were fired through a window by an uradm ti fied assailant or aaaailanta. lywood circle and an InUmaie ' Wins cffxu'Jy filend of George Raft, the mow , h lhrf buieaa tv?imn actor. i1 M warmer- c t He was manager of the new U.. ! ,r f.lh U 000 500 Flamlneo gamUing hotel i f in Las Vegas, Nee. i Zlmlm a WTSTT t iti-w sisrs niiir ", d. and mAOr4 far h ei. WIST SA1J3I. June 20-Wert .mirirt4 .a the esa-t Salem Boy ScouU will conduct . ,V .T" rrw A mosquito control expert a waste paper campaign Satur-. t.1 ,e e from Oregon State rollece faculty ,rtaT June 2t. Persons wnH rarer spe,4,y uiati e W'hrT is due hete today to roofer with j u be parked up are aarJ to rm'. rar4lJO" fmj s a'O City Manager Dr. W. J. Stone health officer, on the moMjulto ituaUon in Salem as depicted by Alderman Howard Maple at the June 9 city council meeting. The expert, who had extemJve experience with the army mos quito control program during the war. was invited to come here by Dr. Stone tnd Franren. BOX CAM ATAtumir T1ICATKX FTJK 5TATTOX PORTLANTJ. Ore Jum iun PORTLAND. June 20 -i4l-The Railroad nxArwiwn said lodae office of the housing expediter at 'the northwest's boa car outlaw V ashington has denied the SUr waa more favorable now tKan theatre s application to bu.ld a during Last year's wheat harvest 142,000 theatre at Slay ton. J. L. Fraruen snd j the city hall or W. C Itetse. ry S&r U the next thre- tUrs. ne. Marion county Scout cornmittee chairman, 'aS. Ua Uua gkixci: to n nucizz unix WASHINGTON. June 20- Greece projfnised today to do her', part toward giving full puWcityJ to the 100 rjoo.000 American a.4 program, both In Greece and in the United Sutra. . Our Sen&fcrs in; T7ca X