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rDO OODD OOO OODO O Past Predominates at Dallas Parade 7" POU NDID 1651 -J r-r" 1 ' -- " .NINETY.SEVENTH YEAB 10 PAGE3 Thm Orgoo SkxWunaa. Salraa. Orvgoa Saturday, July 2S. 1947 IFooftdQir Aodl Dghi,s Severed . mm CV airssmi J ir ji i HQ r mi JVU a) : t 1 v.a r-. V 1 v'-l U Nc 8 Month Hubby Pleads for Lie Detector Test To Prove Fidelity Yo 2 I -rj - n v na :-k ; m vn?-- 8S3J0QS 'UQj IJJJLK V, Tha lax PDTftmlSSiOn IC' poru a furplu of revenue In it ' Income tax division for the last fal yerof $1.585,333 In addi tion to the "cushion" or reterve fund of $3,000,000. This is the rmaitwler after abrorbinf cost ct state fovernroent i charfeable a property taxe. the batic tate xhool uDoort fund ' of around njDOO.000 and taking up. for. the J.rrt time the county tchool fund .nf ovr 13.OO6.0OO.' Collection on inrom and corporate excise taxes amounted to 130,894,233, or M tier cnt in exces of the amount for the previous year, The fact that collection have Increased and a sizable surplus &mimulatd makes more diffi cult the iob of supporters of sales tax to prove need of. more s'ate revenue. Of course the truth Si that proceeds of income and excise taxes are sacred to reduc tion of DroDertjr taxes and not available for leneral spending. While Oreeonians will be Pleased at these evidences of con tinued prosperity and of state sol vency they should not be limited In their knowledge or we con U-nts of the tax commission re port to the financial figures. At tention should be called to the etmmit ion's report on how it has outgrown its quarters in the state cf f ice building. The commission ers say lack of adequate working floor space has become "ex tremely critical." Until provisions are made in the very near future v-- t r i 4 DETROIT. Mich July Deputy Chief of Detectives John O. Whitman, a married man himself, picked up the tele phone today and heard an ex cited male voice ask: "Can I take a lie detector test? My wife says shell be lieve I'm not running around with other women if I prove it on he detector." Whitman, fearful of an aval anche of similar requests from harassed Detroit husbands, re ferred the unidentified caller to a lie detector expert in Chi cago. "In Chicago?" repeated the voice in relieved tones. "I'll call him right away." Sentence WASHINGTON. July 25 -JT) Andrew J. May, former chairman of the house military committee, and the munitions-making Gars- son brothers were sentenced to from eight months to two years in federal prison on war bribe charges today despite their fer vent pleas that they never hand led a dishonest dime. The Garsaons. Henry and Mur ray, were convicted of giving and May of receiving S53.634.07 in bribes. This money was forked over. the government charged. ia re turn for pressure brought to bear by May op the war department and other agencies to help the Garssons' wartime m u n 1 1 Ions combine. -As a democratic con r res. man from Kentucky for 16 years un til his defeat last year, the 72-year-old May was a power in PORTLAND, July 23 - (JF) - congress on all matters affecting Three calm, nattily-dressed I the military. "I never did a thing In con gress that today vexes my con science," said May in his plea for Insurance Firm to Build Sears Store Changes of Ownership in Area Filed Twenty-five deeds were filed with the Marion county recorder Friday to transfer property In two blocks near Capitol and Center streets, where a business center la to be erected, to Pacific Mutual Life Insurance company of Los Angeles. Further plans for the project, for hich a rone change wat re cently obtained, are not known by Grabenhorst Bros, Salem real- 175 War Acts End; 100 Left 3 Bandits Take $36,000 from Portland Store Palk eeanty opened IU eentesmlal la rapid-fire style Friday with the children's parade shortly after neon. Upper right shews Queen sy bil Barraws of Monmouth and her coart, with part of the parade la the foreground. Youngsters at upper left are Skip (left) and Sandy Janes, who led the parade. Just below the parade leaders arc Stanley Cook, t. and Lynda Cook, son and daughter of the Lynn Cooks of Dallas. Below the queen's court picture are Keith Miles, jr- I, and Myra Miles, 5, sob and daufhter of Mr. and Mrs. Keith Miles of Dallas, and their dog "Snowball." The Buena Vista scouts and leaders pictured Include Gilbert Jimerfield Harry Lawson. Reed Breedon, Ted Culbertson, Ronnie Frulett, Carson Culbertson. Ross Culbertson. David Lawson. Frank Benin. Bill Frulett, Harry Lawsen, jr.. Francis Lawson and Raymond Robertson. On the horse Is Wayne Bond of Monmouth. Left to right wtlh the oxcart are David Smith. Don Triplets with Geraldine and FJna Triplett, dress ed aa a pioneer couple. (Photos by Don Dill. Statesman staff photographer). Polk County Centennial Grand Parade Set Today By Jtfarguerlte Gleeson 1 Statesman Valley Editor DALLAS. July 25,-Polk county men, '.women "and children" will for added, space it will become be host to visitors from an pans oi vregon ana we wrwww "- "hopelessly impossible" for- the day, when garbed in their grandparents hoop skirts and old fashioned Income tax division to completer pantaloons or at least reasonable facsimiles of the garb of 1847, they its audits of returns before the meet here in the county seat to observe the completion of the first statute of limitations bars 100 year of their existence as a county in the state of Oregon. (Continued on editorial page) l Upward of 8,000 or lo.oou per sons were here today for the ini tial log-rollirig and log-bucking contests and ' saw tne cruiaren s parade, forerunner of the centen- nlal nnH urhirh will start at give the army $5,482,530,000 to 100 Saturday morning. Six run it during the year that began band, wUI in Iine of march July 1. First the house, then the icjudin the Dallas city and high senate, by voice votes approved gcnooi bands, also bands from Sa- the compromise figure for the war len Albany, Newberg and Tigard. bandits, who took time to Joke with a girl elevator operator, robbed a department store of $36,000 today without being! merry today. "I'm not guilty. noticed Or nundreds oi snoppers. I xne aerenoanu' lawyers ap- The trio walked through the pealed immediately, and each of afternoon shopping crowd at Lip-1 the three was let out on a 12.000 man Wolfe c Co. to an empty I bond until toe appeal is settled. elevator and at gun point or-1 The maximum penalty could dered the 24-year-old operator. I have been six years in jail plus Phyllis Smith, to take them to I a xjo.ooo line the ninth floor. At the ninth floor, two itepped out One held a gun on Otto Koeneke, cashier, ordering him to the floor, while the other scooped $2,000 cash from a drawer and picked up the afternoon money bag deposit The total was $26,000 In checks and $10,000 In cash. The third man remained In the elevator, telling the girl operator, Jocularly, "an awful thing, lint it?" Carrying the money, the group commanded Miss Smith to take them to the basement and then "go back to the 9th floor and keep quiet" She saw them sep arate and head toward different basement exit. The men held handkerchiefs to their faces. Police Capt Eugene Ferguson said he thought the robbery was plan ned by the same gang which robbed the Olds & King depart ment store of $117,000 in checks and $304 in cash June 2. Democrats Bar Fraud Inquiry WASHINGTON, July 25 Senator Kem (R-Mo) blocked by democrats in hi attempt to get a senate inquiry of the Kansas City election case, challenged the Tru man administration tonight to raise "this un-American iron cur- fl-.,. "V WolIni tain" and bare the facts. AJU HdlKLr, Kem took to the radio with his accusations. As he had in the senate, he said the democrats filibustered against his proposal to investigate Attorney General Tom Clark's handling of a federal inquiry into alleged vote frauds cratic ' congressional primary in which President Truman took direct interest. Republicans con ceded Kern's proposal will not reach a vote before congress quits tomorrow. MONEY VOTED FOR ARMY WASHINGTON, July 25,-UP)-Congress voted finally today to department Animal Cracltcrs By WAfcREN GOODRICH I if - "Look. Ma No wingt! Cherrians to March Salem Cherrians with Cherry. festival Queen Martha DuRette, several sheriffs' posses including the famed Tillamook posse will be in the parade which will com prise 10 divisions. Between 20 and 30 commercial float are expected to be entered besides many and varied old style automobiles rang ing from the modern to the Loco mobile of 1901, Finals in the log rolling and bucking contests will be held later in Dallas city park. Visitor wiltvhave many things to see as they may wait for the parade to start or later a they choose their entertainment Windows of the store along the main streets feature heirlooms of the owner or those loaned by residents from various parts of the county. .. Old-Time Displays Pictures of persons connected with the history of the county, equipment, utensils and wearing apparel of the 1847 vintage are i shown in almost every business pcue dHplay window. (Addition al details and parade winners on pagt 4-1 June Traffic Toll Sets All-Time Higli Traffic accidents claimed 39 lives in Oregon last month to set an all-time high for June fatal ities. Secretary of State Robert S. Farrell announced here Friday. The new toll tops the death score for June of last year by 1 1 or two higher than the previous peak in 1940. Sharply reversing the sudden decrease in May, the June figure brines up the total to 195 at the mid-May mark of 1947, trailing deaths for the same period last year by IKE TO INSPECT ALASKA WASHINGTON, July 25 -P) Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, army chief of staff, pldhs to make an Inspection trip to military, in stallations in Alaska ' soon,1 - the war department said tonight. Weather Salem .. .. Portland ' San Francisco... Chicago Max,-. W ' 1 -68 8S 88 . Win. Wecip, . as SS J02 SS .00 SO .00 7 .00 New 1fork Willamette river -3.4 feet. FORECAST (from U.S. weather bu reau. McNary field. Salem : Partly cloudy today and tonlcht with scattered llKht rain showers. Highett tempera- ture today 76: lowett 53. Weather fa. vorable for all farming with exception of afternoon winds which may prevent ousting. School Fund Distribution Stated Sept. 15 Distribution of $8,000,000 of the $16,000,000 basic school support fund, approved by the voters at the last general election, will be made September IS, the state ed ucation department announced Friday. The remaining half of the fund will be distributed on March 15, 1948. A staff to administer the fund is being organized with Clifford E. Robinson, former Albany school superintendent serving as director. In cases where schools fail to maintain the standard re quired by the educational depart ment they will become ineligible to receive any part of the fund A. Harvey Wright has been se lected as superintendent of trans portation and will direct the work of reimbursing school districts for transportation costs estimated at $1,250,000 annually. Florence Beardesley will serve as director of elementary schools. She is now a mmeber of the state education department staff. tors who handled the property j transactions, but representatives of the new owners are expected to reveal the immediate future of the area won. R. T. Tustin. Calif., represented company in the purchase leasing space In the center to , such firms as Seers-Roebuck com- i pany. Other chain, as well as lo- J cal. businesses are to be included in the building., which will front , Capitol street between Center and j Union streets, with off-street parking in the rear. State eat laaoe A statement issued Friday by Borden Wood. Portland, attorney for the Insurance company, said: "After study of the economic back (round of Salem. Pacific Mutual Life Insurance company is desirous of allying Itself with the future of Salem by Increas ing Its Investments In that city." Sellers of the property, the deed filings showed, are: Between Union and Marion Antone Helt; Johanna Westley. Regina Weaton. F. A. Docnogalla. Edward Domog alia. Joseph Domo- galla; Salem Masonic temple; Gertrude S. Young; estate of Roy Nash: W. J. and Mary Davis; Charles O'Brien and wife: T. G. and Lucile M. Shaw; P. L. Frailer estate; J. W. Bolin: Ovaries S. Seacat; Mathlas and Retina Frt- len; Ralph W. and Mary E. South- wick. Between Marion and Center- Charles O'Brien and wife, two parcels: Frank D. Martin and wife; Pariah of St. Paul's church; Huckesteln estate, by Mrs. Blan dina Kenny and Mrs. Blandine Davis; J. M. Bauer; Olive and Raymond Boehmke; Delbert L. McDonough; Mr. and Mrs. Elmer C. Henaey; Florence E. Irwin; Glenn W. Rolofson and wife; W. S. Walton and other. Rainbow Girls LrBWin Parade at Bean Festival DAY Leader Dies PORTLAND, July 25-VDow V. Walker, 01, past national com mander of the Disabled Ameri can veterans, died today at the The case involves a 1946 demo- veterans administration hospital Lewis Visits Mine Disaster Scene WEST FRANKFORT, 111-. July 25-P)-John L. Lewis, AFL United Mine Workers' president, made an unheralded visit today to this southern Illinois town where 27 coal diggers perished in a mine disaster officially ascribed to a gas explosion- Lewis' brother Howard, is un derground superintendent at the mine. here. He had been hospitalized the past week with a heart ail ment. He was Oregon commander of the DAV and northwest district committeeman before his election as national commander in 1945 By fiertlag J, Geeea WASHL'GTO. July 21 h The war nd emergency rn j tonight tor ITS piece of varum legislatko but aaxher 100 es traordinry powers temeia om Ximj boots. President Truman s&4 ate )ur,t revolution IJJ mnA there, by barred new army and ry recruit fro loar.t, yjkm r, edurtMiaJ aid anJ other CI ui of right tenet u. They towbur, hrw. for those jl.-ear ti. gbte for theB. A truck sheef of other La taw det whir the r.sUon has 2.4 through war and rwxmerai became steed ler.frs at . By Ltlll L MsaWi mu w pextads ot o 1 Fane Bn. The lutmm years. (TAVTOV r..i. . " . v.-, m mv urn 1 1 1 I . . SLklntww rlrta mh ........ I nrptaiss at tonight tnrr 51 ether er. tries in nwB mPm of aiu-O-t the grand parade of the Ssntum U Bean Festival wtOch opened ' ?r??T Urm P" etll Tuesday night with the crowrurg If ,r!1 u U, of Queen Joyce McDonald of Me- fT ww are hams, and will Haw STnrri m year night with 3.000 spectators rmr-mm IhA ' - . a . kirus Kti t. , tr7 gredesv. wOl rtoae Saturday ; tkTk. rf dancing. More than JZJS? J- tors watched tor.lshrs I IV?" ' Tb Rebekah float wen first m fraternal en trie, with te Woman' rlub. which had ertered the queen's float, pladrg second, and the Knighta of Coiumbus and Catholic Daughters et America winning third place. t A car. completely covered arltJi i nm yiace in ( j M to rrmlde ar and Officers View Armorv Sites Two sites, offered by the state for the proposed 1 129.937 naval reserve armory here were Inspect ed Thursday by Lt. Cmdr. J. K. Jackson of the public works de partment. 13th naval district. Returning to Seattle, he mill confer with Capt. A. D. Ayrault. 13th naval district director of reserves, who had previously In spected the two sites, one located Just south of the state forestry building and the other north of the Salem Rod and Gun club be hind Waters field. The commander, accompanied by Lt Cmdr. D. N. Morey. com mander of the naval reserve in the Portland area, prepared leae descriptions of the two properties. The armory has been recom mended to Secretary of the Navy James Forres Ul by a navy bur eau. wrute.c tne commercial eahlbits for tne Coode Flower gardens. Frerea Building SuppWs placed second with Its entry cf a 900bord f oc4 log foUowed ty a ams3 com. pleted bowse, bearing te urn -Nature starts It; we finish rt. Doerflera Nurseries cf Sakm placed third In this division. Winners in the comedy section were first, Kinxiton Or: second. John Apple and Ceorre Ket!ing and their donkeys in a down event, and third, Clynn Humph reys in a single clown ever L Arranging ue Friday nlgt.t par ade were Ray K ether. Ken lUr aorr and Harold Pendleton. Bert Karr mill be la charge ef the Saturday events which wUI begin at 1 p. m. mith a horseman ship show, followed by W-biM-k-ing and a children's athletic con-test. Allowed to Ure but B.s rlr n the staUrte bwaea In raae 4 i Jura wer aw enerery. are tn laws alhoriiir.g! The transfer C the rose ruaro. te the avy. T ptertng c snendatory asrAees t muruUuna. The AeaUs penary desertion. Te C McNary, Dorena Dam Funds Included in Rill WASHINGTON. July 26-(Saturday )-(P-A senate-house con ference committee early today agreed on a $507,000,000 appro priation for flood control, hyro electric, navigation and other non-military activities of the war department. Included were: McNary dam. $4,500,000, and Dorena river, $3,750,000. Official Blames Standard Oil, GM, GE for Problem in Germany Single-Track Mind on Double-Track Railroad PORTLAND. Ore, July 25 -oP) -Thomas O. Mi ley, 63. was hurry ing to his work at a restaurant to day, following the Union Pacific railroad tracks. He heard an en Cine behind him, looked and saw it was on the same track. He step ped over a parallel set of tracks - - and was hit. "I was just plain stupid." Miley raid, nursing nothing worse than bruises. I should have noticed there was a switch at the same place I changed tracks." NEW YORK, July 25 - OP) -James S. Martin, recently-resigned chief of the decartelization branch of American military gov ernment in Germany, said today "special ' interest groupsT were trying ""to -push our government into a position of having to oppose communism by sponsoring. In one form ' or another, monopoly of economic control in Germany. Arriving by plane today, Mar tin said he resigned to try "to make clear to the American peo ple, congress and others that there is a possibility of an altern ative to permitting the re-crea-tion of a powerful, monopolist- ically-controlled Germany. ' Asked to name the "special in terest groups,' Martin said the Standard Oil company was the largest. He alo named General Electric company. General Mo tors corp. and the International Telephone and Telegraph corpor ation. Standard Oil declined comment on Martin's statements and the other firms could not be reached immediately for comment. Mtirtin said these and other groups had "queered our nations with Ru5sia and are now will n the way to doing the tame with France." 'Aerial Warfare1 Conducted High on County Courthouse The spoils are sweet, but It's still war to the death for a swarm of bees who have been collecting honey In a courthouse cornice for the past couple of years and their attackers, reportedly a motley lot of bees, yellow jackets and warps. The fifht started when honey, hoarded In the cornice between second and third floors on the east side of the building, began melting in the summer sunshine and run ning In rivulets to the ground. County Recorder Herman Lankc, one of the officials closely follow, ing developments, said the resi dent swarm attempted to save Its store and was attacked by the in vaders, also attempting to get the quick supply of honey. Bodies of the opposing forces litter the led res and sidewalk be low the batUefteld. Commercial Driver lo Win Watche for Safelv Outstanding road performance will net a $100 wrist watch for Oregon's safest and most courte ous commercial driver each month beginning in August. Secretary of State Robert S. Farrell was ad vised Friday. The award will be made by the Oregon Motor Trans port association. Any Oregon commercial driver, whether opera tin for himself oc a , concern, is eligible for the prize. EMPLOYMENT DECTUXINO WASHINGTON. July 23 - A report on labor turnover In manufacturing during May dis closed today a lower rate of hir ing new workers than in any May since 1940. Layoffs were at the highest poict in year. Military Unity Rill Sent to Truman WASHINGTON. July 25 -4V The republican - controlled con gress waded through an ocean of last-minute business today to as sure adjournment tomorrow. President Truman got his bCl to bring the armed forces under a single secretary cf defense. His universal military training plan was approved by the bouse armed services committee, 20 to 0, trd put on the calendar ready foe ac tion when congress returns in January. Qiinler Abandon Search for Marine LONG MIRE. Mt. Rainier Na tional Park, July 25-tVSearch for the bodies of the 23 marines aboard a transport which crashed Into a rocky face c f Mount Rain ier more than seven swonths ace was abandoned late today, 34 hours after discovery of the first definite evidence of the plane's fate. Hazardous mountain conditions caused a searching party to quit after having failed for the second straight day te find any trace of Lb bodies. ... fttWiee Pei:e et t for tetmmsUf 4 genry seera.- Mt. sUtonrrl aeii. li-t add that Tre Wat '.nt'-urlr g Attorney Cenett! CUr U er-n-Unue stud Ve4iJJ4 te the f the rrainsr,g wr nye-era. Begin Named To Legion Post tTillard F. Begin. 2i fisher rd. Wit UumkI mt'Jt the Tttaj in fantry tf. visn daring the war if4 former ty i Kt. Argel. was ap pointed eservtne secretary kr Ca pU4 Peat f. America Let, Friday rJrht at the Lrcon tail. aes2a w4 sscceed M. C (H Saalfald cet August X. whew Nu.W teld will take ever-full-time W ties ae Mario county veteraa sen Ice svmcer. witn offices e. the state IJbrary baiid-ng. His tentative emce hour st the Leg low hail beginning Auffuat 1 will te from 1 te 59 and 2 to P- nv daily, officials announte-d Friday bight. 'SBaMsaBSSBBSSSSSSSasSlSBBBBBSSBSSSSBSSSSBBBBBBW Slow Rise Due In Welfare Aid rORTLAND. Ju!y 2J-(4VOre-gon'a dd age assistance alkt a nee, now pared to aa average f $3t a month, may return te tl normal $45 level by the end eg this year. This was Indicated by the state public welfare etenmUsion today. hen It listed $43 in October. $44 in November, and $45 in Decem ber as tentative est -mates. G4 ace pensioners would a(a.n re ceive clothing, medxa! and per sonal allowances which are tw eliminated. Whether paymer.U can actually come up to the estimates depends upon the number of pm oners at that time. The ctenmissxn hopes to rut the roUs by forcing children able to care for aged par entt to do so. Senate Adds to Bonneville Funds WASHINGTON. Ja!y 25 A svp-cemerrUl fond of nearly two million dollars to construct three Bonner Ui pewrr adauris t ration transmission tines tn Ore- eon was voted by thm senate to day. The measure, which now goee to the house, would aliat t41X9 cash and - UU.DCQ tn ror.trart authorUationa for a Eugene Reedport line: $144.43 rash and $422,600 contract for Detrci Eugene; and f 7$Ow2 csh Vug Reelscort-Coos Bay. Ozr SenoI:rx LcxI M 1A