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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (June 27, 1947)
o o o on DO o o O QD o o o o PDD o O O O DO OOOODDChPD O V wyfivMKi WET rets onn n L2)LIUilii O Q ' r KZNTTY -SEVENTH YEAR 20 CkerryrEete..Queen$election Tonight .7" Om mt Umm 11 Salem Cherry feaUvftl erlncesses will became queen ef Um festival tonight when efflcUl Juddnr is made la a prorram UrtlBf at t e'cleck In the Salem acnior high school anditoriam. The rlrU. each represeatint a high school la the Salem area, are (left le right) Dorothy Thompson, SUvertoa; Martha DnRettc, Ger- The battle for control of the Columbia river t rajlnf on sev eral fronU. At Walla Walla this eek rival interests collided in Iiearing before the federal inter agency commission. In Washing' ton a congressional committee beard Kinsey M. Robinson, pres ident of Washington Water Power Co. call for a new organization to market Columbia river power. In congress Representative Wal trr Horan of Wenatchee iDtro duced a bill to establish a Colum bia basin interstate commission with authority over planning, de? velopment and operation of Co lumbia river projects. This great artery which served as a highway for Lewis and Clark in 1805 and for the boats of furtrappers, traders and settlers is wooed now by rival groups anxious to em tky it to further their interests At Walla Walla red men and whites argued over how the wa ters of the river are to be em ployed for man's benefit. Com mercial .and sports fishermen and the Indians with fishing rights on the river made a plea for protec tion of the salmon runs and con rtruction of no new dams below .1 Foster creeJt Just below urana Coulee. Representatives of Bon nn-1 r-eville Power administration and ethers interested in development mt the river for power urged a continuing program of building dams to meet the steadily grow ing demand for -electric energy, 7ZrJZ?!? .! ri"","-, early building of dams to insure aaa-saa au lajui uru ii sas ui ua xasisaajai abundant water for movement of hnata r.n th rvi,.nhia nri Snake rivers. Irrigationists want their demand for water eiven rrwi Th Walla Walla harn rot be decisive. The inter-agency commission ' (Continued on Editorial Pae Animal Crachcrs . By WARREN GOODRICH T and now u? will all rise and inj 'Hon; Firm a Foundation, PAGES The Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Friday, t i V l&'.Y (KM .. i or is IFByin dmigeinie, Oklahoma, Kansas, etc A Salem woman . Thursday added her story to the many that come from all over the country about sighting unexplainable sil ver discs high in the sky. Mrs. Dennis Howell, -who lives at the Veterans Housing colony in southeastern Salem, reports she saw a bright. , shiny object tumbling along irv the sky be tween 3 and: 8 P. m. Tuesday. J She said she thought no more from his front lawn a flat disc about the sight until reading of ti like object hurtling through .the the nine silver discs which Boise, Ida, Pilot Kenneth Arnold said he observed over the Cascade range Wednesday; . Mrs. Howell said she saw only one silvery object, traveling very high, traveling steadily at a moderate rate of speed. , By the Associated Press Conjectures multiplied today as widely separated areas re ported apparent confirmation of incredibly fast disc-like objects rushing through the sky but skeptics remained. , Observations Reported Following yesterday's report at Pendleton, Ore- by Kenneth 10 Enter Race For Mt. Angel FestivalQueeii MT. ANGEL, June 26 Ten Pf" I"!?" etnt!?d to" snierrtt ait lha MPnnfll1arA TAanita "Candidates Dance." " in uie mi. Angei auaiionum xor i ii .1.1. i . J $T f.&TT Jeon-fj33. f(TV5Snto Sf" here Aug. 8. 9 and 10. Joe Bercntom was master oi cere monies and introduced nine of the girls. A tenth was unable to attend. Additional candidates will b announceaTa'ter1 . Three ML Angel entrants are ianette Hoffer, entered by P. N smiui urmturc store and wu liam S8", of "?te F"ih', Lo1 TravUs,. by Mt Angel Bak- J err and Wilde Electrical AcdIi ances; ivionica uuua. ruuve j, oox inmif"i,Kea "na ,wn" ,U)re and the Marion County Farmers union. vu wo, Mary uien cam oi iibd r. Commercial st, Salem, was spon sored by Millers Department store. Marion county aspirants to the position of queen include Carline Rentz of Gervais, sponsored by the Gervais business men and Ar llene Zuber. route 2. box 12B, Woodburn, entered by the Birds Eye-Snider company. Ruth David of Silverton, sponsored by Georg es Tavern, is an entrant but was unable to attend the dance and introduction Contestants from outside Mar ion county are Alyce Allison of Portland, sponsored by Jack and Jills Elations; Esther Balland, route 2, Canby, by Rufus Krax berger, sr, and Kay Sieber, by the Molalla Flax association. Weather Max. . SS . es . ss . ss Min. SS M S4 S9 Preelp Salem .it .13 trace M trace Portland , San Francisco Chlcajre . New York 83 SO Willamette river -11 feet. FORECAST (from U.S. weather bu reau. McNary field, Salem): Mostly cloudy today with occasional light rain showers. Highest temperature today 70. Lowes tonight S3. Showers and wind today will be too Uaht to interfere with 1 farm work. POUNDBD 1651 ' :' "1 vtb; Marr Ann Schmidt. Mt Angel; Bernlce Blaachette, St. Tumi: Leraine Poindexter, Salem; Bererly Ann Znmwalt, rerrydale; Donna - Marie Traylor, Independence; Mary Margnerite HeUel, Woodbnrn; Margaret Jean Thompson, Monmeath; Kathaaae Nel son, Dallas, and Ruth Elaine Beard, Falls City. Pises' Sighted 'Arnold of Boise, Idaho, that he had seen nine saucer-shaped shiny objects dipping and skim ming through the sky. between Mount Rainier and Mount Adams in Washington state at an estimated 1200 miles an hour, came these observations today: Byron Savage, Oklahoma City businessman pilot, said that five or six weeks 'ago he observed sky at tremendous speed. He said he told his wife and a few pilot friends, then said no more until he heard of Arnold's re part At Kansas City, W. I. Daven port, a carpenter, said that yes terday he, too, saw nine speed ing objects, moving west high in the sky. They were going fast and he could not make out their shape, he said. A Bremerton, Wash, house wife west across the Cascade mountains from where Arnold saw his objects said that twice in the past 10 days she had seen "'platter - like" light - reflecting objects. I thought surely noth Molotov Flies to Paris for Europe Aid Conference PARIS, June 28.- -Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov, accompanied by three, planeloads of aides, flew into Paris today for tomorrow's opening of Anglo Russian - French discussions of European recovery as suggested by Secretary of State Marshall. The British were reported ready to demand a September 1 dead line for the submission of a draft plan to the. United States. Foreign Secretary Ernest Bev in, bearing a mandate from the British cabinet to present Britain's views, was not due until tomor row. . Threaten Godless People with Bomb. Chaplain Advises PORTLAND. June 2ft-CPV-The American Legion's Oregon depart ment was told today by its chap lain . that "the only way to deal with godless people is to threaten them with the atomic bomb." The Rev. Georges M. Bailey, Pendleton, made the statement after several references to Rus sia. He also told the 1,000 dele gates to the 29th state Legion con vention . that they should work against racial and class hatred in this country. Salem delegates invited the Le gion to hold a future convention in the capital city. U. S. Membership in Refugee Group Assured WASHINGTON, June 26 -W) Legislation sealing United States membership in the international refugee organization and author izing a $73,500,000 contribution toward care of Europe's 900,000 displaced persons was approved by the house and sent back to the senate for minor changes today. June 27. 1947 Price 5c Princesses Await Ruling ; ! 1 at Salem, ing could travel so rait," Mrs Elma Shingler said. Another Bremerton woman. Mrs. Howard K. Wheeler, re ported tonight she had seen three similar objects in the sky a week ago Tuesday. Her hus band called from the house by his wife arrived in time to -see one of the objects, he reported At Eugene, Ore, E. H. Sprin kle said ha nearly got a picture of them a week ago Wednesday when he took his $3.30 camera to a local butte to test it. Enlarge ment prints from his film showed seven dots in apparent formation against a clear sky Against these supporting ob servations, skeptics sought ex planations. Capt. Al Smith, United Airlines pilot on the Seattle run, said he thought Ar nold saw reflections of his in strument panel and Dr. J. Hugh Pruett, University of Oregon meteorologist, said that "per sistent vision," often noted after .looking at bright objects such as the sun, could have kept such reflections before him after they had passed. City Stores to Close July 5 A general store closing for Sat urday, July 5, was voted by Sa lem xetail business men Thurs day. Although food retailers will de-J termine individually whether they will close, depending upon per ishable stocks on hand then, others in the 'representative re tailers' group agreed to make it a weekend by closing the day be tween Independence day and Sunday, according to Chairman Mai B. Rudd of the retail trade bureau. Gov. Earl Snell recently de clared July 9 a legal holiday. The local retailers' plan was adopted at a meeting in the Salem Cham ber of Commerce offices Thursday morning, attended by managers of nearly all of the city's larger re tail establishments. 100 mph Wind Pummels Kansas WICHITA. Kas.. June 28 -4JP Terrific winds which reached a velocity estimated at 100 miles an hour and hail the size of base balls cut a swath six miles wide and 25 miles long in the Vlola Clearwater - Conways Springs area from Wednesday evening to Thursday morning. Estimates of loss to crops, livestock and pro perty ranged as high as $1,500. 000. Wheat over the entire area was beaten into the ground, Jul ian Zimmerman, owner and pub lisher of the Clearwater News, reported. CHINA MONEY SOAKS 1 SHANGHAI, June 26WP)-Chi-nese currency plummeted to 53,000 to one U. S. dollar on the Shanghai black market today, les than one per cent of what it was worth when Japan surrendered. BRUCE K. BAXTER FUND A Bruce R. Baxter memorial scholarship fund will be estab lished at Willamette university by the Travel Study club of Salem, it was announced Thursday by Pres ident G. 4srbert Smith. No. 79 Admittance to Program by Festival Button Queen of the 1947 Salem Cher ry festival, one of 11 girls chosen by Marion and Polk county .high school student bodien, will be se- ; lected tonight to rule over the July 17-18-19 celebration. The , program, at Salem renior high ' school, Is to begin ht 8 o'rlcxk. Although tonight's affair i the ' first for which the now-available 1 cherry festival Urx-l buttons i gain admittance, the fetiv(l ! board has decided that all school- age boys and girls, including high school youths, will be admitted without buttons. 1 Music during the queen selec- : tion program will be provided by the Salem high school band, combined with high school mu- , sicians in the summer play ground band program, under the direction of Vernon Wiscarson. For members of the roval court. this event brings rler the thrr days when they will he farnl with a "no dates requirement. . They will, however, be given! tickets for boy friend, or friend. I for the queen s ball on the second 1 night, and will be able to danre ( that evening. Require sacnU Listed Judging tonight will be 40 per cent on poise. 40 per cent on ap- I pea ranee and 20 per cent on a ' speech, according to Mis. Arthur i Weddle, quetn selection chair- i man. To place the girls on as , equal a footing as possible, all will wear new chiffon formal dresses provided by the feMival association, some in gold, some In bbje 'and some in pink. Their student body presidents will draw for order of seating on the stage and for order of ap pearance. To each president will go two minutes for the honor of introducing his school's prince. Each girl then has two minutes to speak. The choice is to be made by five anonymous Judges, all resid ing outside the Marion-Polk area, according to officials. Candidates Listed The candidates for the ton fes tival honor are Mary Marguerite Helsel of Woodburn, Bern ice Blanchette of St. Paul, Donna Marie Traylor of Independence. Ruthanne Nelson of Dalian, Mar tha DuRette of Gervais. Margaret Jeanne Thompson of Monmouth. Dorothy Thompson of Silverton, Ruth Elaine Beard of Falls City, Beverly Ann Zumwalt of Perry- dale. Mary Ann Schmidt of Mt ' Angel and Loraine Poindexter of ' Sfalem. When the festival gets under way the queen and princesses I will have a second costume, for street wear, for which they were ' nuea earlier this week. These are of wool material long green and white striped Jackets, white skirts, white beanies and brown and white spectator shoes. Well-Escorted I The royalty are to soend each festival night at their own homes ; or with relatives in Salem. From these homes they wjll be brought rat ii mummi oy inernan and his wife to the chape rone. After festivities In the evening, unless the girl's parents are present, a Cherrian couple will take her to her residence. Tonight's program requires a festival button for admission. The buttons, which will be sold at the door for one dollar for adults and 50 rents for children, are the sole means of admission to this and all later festival events. Sfttlemrnt of Oakland Transit Strike Nrar OAKLAND. Calif.. June Probable settlement tomorrow of the key system transit strike which has paralyzed public trans porta tion more than two week for 500.000 dally riders In the East Bay was divloel tonight. It was expected the system would resume service Monday. Henry Mann of the AFL un ions said the company had made an offer which the union would recommend at a meeting tomor row that the membership accept. Our Senators Won Cg 15-9 eMiss Salem9 or fMiss America?9 V - - W.Ts .'V I Mia Yveaae Gardener (right), first lea contest. ssesered Iky Aanertcas) Lrgtesi a la wtia sneat ef the chamber ef camnwrrt. Is shewn stedjlag a paa skirt abeut Seaside, where the statewide r.aala win be held te isnm the Oregen emlaaary U Atlantic U her H Must R. L. Eirstreea aa4 at the left Is Mai Read. prraaeat af the Retail Merchants a flattest ahsw aartaee la tbe 4rtatre. by the way. need eaaae mm Mnabrm. rstbe as a naanaJkha deeked m te pabllrixe the rente. Entries el Man day. (Stery mm ag-e z.) Ambulance First Vehicle To Cross Aurora Bridge Drama was Instilled into the second day ef bridge meting eei the Pudding river at Aurora Thursday when an tnbuUnrt front Ue burg with a patient for a Portland hospital was ruahed across the new span by obliging workers. The new bridge will be reedy for traffic about It a. sn. t--row after being anchored in place rd the Sppruarti filled with blak-' ltJP I Moving of the old and newt bridges w as completed by late aft rrroon, but the new span was still on its rollers and a drop of over a foot between the bridge and the north approach had to be crossed over planks by the ambulance. All went well until the driver hit the pavement and started oft in a burst of speed. His rear bum per hooked a cable and with a jolt the ambulance was stopped, but not In time to prevent tearing the bumper off the 1947 Pontine ambulance. Bridge workers quick ly wired up the bumper tempor arily, and ambulance, driver, nurse and patient were again on their way to Portland, the firt to cross the new span. Smith to Head School Board Sylvester Smith. St Paul. Is the first chairman of the new Marion county rural school dis trict board, following an election here Monday among the five newly-elected directors. Fred Schwab. ML Angel, was voted vice chairman. The five also drew lots to determine their ten ure of office on the board. Re sults show that Smith will hold his directorship for one yeerr. Schwab and Eugene Finley. Iioney Butte, two cars, and Walter H. Bell. Stayton. and Her man Rehfusa. Ketxer. three years Meeting dates as chosen by the board Thursday are to be the fourth Monday of September and November. 1947, and of January, March and June of 1949. The board met in the offices of Mrs, Agnes Booth, county school s perintendenL Eagles, Auxiliaries Stage Drill Team,' Ritual Contests at State The Coos Bar Eagles aaaUiary laaid rield here loday fee aooor In Use drUl leean aod wwsn nod bogie eorao nasi iiittsa Xtnd anneal state convention of the IOC In yeagrsea twee, tf trlrrsaia skaie ry Don SHSX, aUff tegrspher.) The 32nd annual Eagles con vention registered some 1.300 members and visitors Thursday and espects that many additional today, Emory P. Sanders, In charge of registration, reports. Nomination of officers for both the Eagles and auxiliary groups and competitions at the armory and at Willamette university's SweeUand field will hold the spotlight today. Officers will be elected Saturday. The Eagles business session has also scheduled discussions on juv enile deliquency. underprivileged children and workman's compen f1' , ..-CI J eatrsal la lae Salens Klss A City fee IW uliml Jstdgtatg. Kett -- , , I $1 Million lor Detroit Dam In House Bill A SI .000 06 appecpriataM tor work on the Detroit ocn prvect in eattem Marton rewaty Is in- eluded la the war devertment civil ruwrtione bU ae appro ed iimm mm!iu u wt. D. C i.SOO.OOO foe three dasa pftect in the Willamette rtver valley. according to a telegram reretved yesterday by Gov. Xmri Sean from Sen. Guy Cordon. Also in the ap pTtations bUl. Cordon wired, is U.000.000 for ronttnued work on the McNary dam oa the CotusnUa river. Other Willamette valley peel- ecu listed are the Meridian dam at Lookout Point, UASa.tXM. and tne Ltorena oarn, ll.7J0.0OQ. Addition to OCE Campus Procured MONMOUTH Purrhase has been completed by the state board of higher educalstai cf a full block of land tying south of the administration building to eatend the campus of Oregon College of Education. This include the former Orva! Butler property and the former Stump-Campbell tarnexrte bound ed by Monmouth avenue. Eart Powetl and Warren streets, It is planned to use part af the land for lore tion of a new library building President Chat lea A. Howard announced. kWfV AW drill team, one asaong IS eolorfei sation legislation for today's snort- Ing. Pre 11 mi nary competition la the ritual tram rontrsta were held by the tnrn In the chamber cf com merce and In the Antonui Leg ion hall by the auxiliary members Thursday. Final compe'jL3 w ill be completed today. Twenty-five drill trams aod drum and bugle corps will tie tn final competition today at Sweet land field. About 75 "Wings" (Eagles aus. iliary members 1 attended a ban quet at the Marian botei Thurs day night. Pledges Labor Act Support House Balks as Senate Changes Re-Votes Wool Rill WASHINCTOX. J-te U Predrr4 Truman tly eid a wtx4 $eic aupport b:; eu'.hte ring new curbs on f jmga ! tmpotu but agreed U ma-m cane without that feature. The senate tmmel. p!rd otte by xre tKe that mri tpenttfaurea and sett It te th house. That tnear.t ar.ewt euld be tsiade te smrrte U w -rtou But tbe house, whir haxl put It iffircet reV.ru ana tr to the ceiglnal UQ. ccm.i refoe ge aleeaj with th orearr.l ae4 tre senate and ad J u rvrte te the rirw leg rtUUon. Ito-oae rerU benn WmAnt C& not d.ariase U r plane immediately, bvt thy a aid the rei4er.t's Stanl. ,Trair Mk4W Mr. TrvmMi held tv.t tta ter- ;tona ft tmpart banm be "a tragic stuatk )at ra-w whevi this country Is aewfcifig tv temalkel sfrremert t"W feef world laie lie r.i tSt Um ecUon "wid be e ar te r IretenKp in rntn'i afTa.rt" m4 j would be ar.ltrpmd abr jJ ax e j step on the Toed t ' tstMattceiHen." WAMUKaTOtt. Jan it - ,T Pretire4 Truman caM w; a Itbur arid erjftg-wr.t tad te er.f4y miUt the Tft-ltty labor act arid gexjcn a4 te r Istrr it ae Uxrly a&l effe.t: as he cm. And wtia eiee half ef Jat l i Lew la J Mnni tt . c ao g I steel sn.:as aead talrweSs te Ue 'off waer, the pwtit 1 that Attaewry rrml CUtk as i WAing rae fW a.twaUjn Mr. Truant ti's rU'ewct r-r-wf that the act wee g.aa4 a a ele "n Meordavnre 1J the r stitutiotMvl ereis mt aur $ ernmewl'" aod OorUred tAat e snuet ail sewtoct tu tsroiiaxwia. A1L Pre irtewt W i!Ua Gr reporiera today tat prto- j - ww brsnd stew law le rrpeaiel lao been reWeled M uaiae and d la. tie." Floods Center I w .- . I 11 I lfKZ illnmrw: avaa JuVOilAUtlIl.O des moixes. 2jt r - J Flood waters c4 twa mi.wr frr?m merged at record ln-e4a today at their Juwctaon esr the Mort t t Uua cspAl city of ITS BOO seat left 1900 honwtew and two f S ! P Along w-rth the eVet estetion eW- where in Iowa and in pan f Nebcaaka. Miwwwirt etvi tUtM.m the grewukg UH of rn4weters flood refugree aoared ie a t44 estimated fey Red Croa area hewcw Cfuarters in S4 . Lou.s at S r bighesS inrt 1917. In Dee Vtxnre several rewtdeatial areea totalC f4 biorks were Inundated bp to a depth -f eight feet be ttwr mtmr waters 4 the Dee IUmi atl Raccorei rrrers. trwxx nxo ostcftco MT. A7CEL A teacraea fr VS. Senaicc Ciry Cordao taiorn-4 Mar or Jacco Iieerbto'-4 trl ttao i federal works agncy pprme4 . j Oregon prrjeru IV P -4.1 ba aanoue ; of IDOa tor adrance pUnetirtg snr f -.!. tee for the city eg Mt- Arret. , Convention eaJSs wUcsi ogq mmilmrm mt 1 TboufW M boualr d-f It . . ... w jt unirm, wry mrm rs peeled. Sanoers a4 'awl pereune he have rwene is rrr.t are asked la call teiefOKsne svuswbec SOT. Reed perl Lag degsUaSi VI srrle at the Salens a.rport at 9 41 asa. today by special p'.ane fiewa by WilUam fiyoer. Chna-Br(&a Inda war veieran, wrJh nperi! raUh of lower Umpqua salmon and crabs for teewrntafioa at e-rport te Gov. Eart tMl and stale Ig'-e frietals preateukg enrr ruci enUon.