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! f ao o oDBa ooo oqdo od onao o ocjo !-3 O ID D D O O O D OOO o o o c Butch and Indonese f v Order End TUN. Council BAlrAVIA, Java, Tuesday, Aug., &;p)-The republic of Indone sia issued a cease-fire order to its troops last night, paralleling a sim ilar Dutch order Sunday. I The orders, giving the United Nation's security council its great est victory for peace, became effective at midnight. ' Indonesian President Soekarno, in a brief radio speech ordered Hi CODES There has been growing agita tion for releasing Indians from being wards of the government. Demand; for giving the Klamath Indians their property and their lull rights as citizens was made at the last session of congress, along "with charges that the In dian bureau was interested pri marily in maintaining jobs for Its employes. A bill to liquidate the Klamath reservation was in troduced and : a congressional hearing on jt is slated for later in August.. ' The Klamath Indians ' them selves, however, acting through their tribal r council, have -voted against winding up; the, reserva tions, distributing its very con siderable assets among Indians and letting them live thereafter on their own resources. A state ment issued by the business com mittee of the council say that it may be another generation or two before the Klamath will be ready to assume an Independent status. In the meantime they should have government super vision. There is a considerable group of Klamaths. however, led by Mr. and Mrs. Wade Crawford, who strongly advocate severance Of government ;' ties. They : believe this must come sooner or later and had just as well come now, that continued supervision" by the Indian bureau degrades the Indians and, that Indians can never, thrive in a condition tf de pendency. California expects the government to wind up reserva tions and put Indians on their ' own.: , ' The lot of the Indian Is not a happy one. There are many who are free ' . ' . - i (Continued on editorial page) Of Reclamation In Parley Here Wilber W. Straus, commissioner, of the United States bureau of reclamation, will confer with Gov. Ear Snell today in connection with proposed reclamation . de velopment . in Oregon. . i Straus is on a tour of the west ern states to .determine reclama tion needs. A high state official said Straus apparently was mak ing no comment on western re clamation activities but was ask ing the several governors to ad? vie him regarding what they con sider their most important proj ects. . i! Governor Snell conferred here Monday with Charles E. Strick- lin, secretary of the Oregon re-I CJ&matum commission, regarding proposed reclamation projects mottly in central and eastern Oregon. . I- Mcdlin Baby's Father Jailed PORTLAND, Aug. 4 -(A)- Lit tle Miss X, the badly beaten girl found abandoned in a clump of bushes at Weed, Calif., was in the Foster detention home here today. The 2-year-old girl's mother and a male companion were sen tenced to 1 toj20 years in the state prison for beating her. The girL Mary Jane Medlin, was put into 1 custody of her father, Virgil Wil liam Medlin, Portland. Then her father was arrested 'land wis in jail here today on a Jjcharge of carrying a concealed I weapon. Animal Cracltcrs j By WARREN GOODRICH fWhat do you mean there $ gto marneu cveryooay uses ice cubes. Commissioner to Fight; Waits the whole Indonesian population to halt hostilities against the Dutch, j ' Dutch Near Capital The commands to stop fighting found Dutch forces at Salatiga, Java, in a -position which their staff officers declared would have enabled them to capture Jogja karta, the republican capital, within two or three days. Skir mishes were under way at many points throughout the East ! In dies yesterday as the deadline for the truce approached. Earlier Republican Premier Am ir Sjarifoeddin said the cease-fire order was being issued "without any reservations at all." He quickly' added that the republic would demand appointment of an international, commission by the U.N. toi supervise the cease-fire orders. V. 8. Offer Liked LAKE SUCCESS, Aug. 4 -HP) The " Netherlands notified the United ' Nations security council today that its forces had com plied with a council order to cease fighting j in Indonesia and ex pressed confidence that the Unit ed States offer of "good offices" would help bring a settlement of the trouble. . Faris El Khoury of Syria, pre sident of the security council, said We will watch the developments to see what further action is to be taken by the security council." Elliott Claims He Paid Share Of Party Costs WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 - OP) - Elliott Roosevelt testified today that "I paid. my own fair share" of costly entertainment with John W. Meyer, contact man for plane designer Howard Hughes. He gave the senate war inves tigating committee his opinion' that "my conduct did not violate" an air forces directive cautioning officers against "relationships of a compromising character" with war contractors. And he related that he had feared j a fsmear" campaign against his father, the late Presi dent Roosevelt, would grow out of his recall from overseas in 194? to advise on war plane purchases. Elliott recommended a Hughes- designed photo-reconnaissance plane, Hughes got a 122,000,000 contract to build them, the con tract was considered for cancel lation but was left in force. The deal never produced any planes mat got into the war. The late president's second son. ex-brigadier general and former ly in charge of photo reconnais sance work in the European thea tre, made these other points in a full afternoon of questioning be fore the committee, which is look ing intoi the Hughes contract and another $18,000,000 deal for to build a huge flying Hughes boat. He once : borrowed v$I.000Y from Meyer couple of ' days before his marriage to Actress Faye Em erson but he paid it back in five months j with 6 per cent interest for a full year. He never talked to his father about the Hughes deal the elder Roosevelt had "more important" matters on his mind. I He and the other officers In his group repaid Meyer, over the lat ter' protest, after the publicity man had settled their $32 hotel Dili in Los Angeles on the trip that brought the recommendation for Hughes F-ll reconnaissance plane. ) English Anti-Jew Disorders Endure LIVERPOOL. England. Auk. -OPJ-Anti-semitic disorders broke out tonight in a Jewish district of Liverpool. Police arrested 20 per sons, including a number of wom en, during- Liverpool's fourth con secutive night of anti-Jewish demonstrations since two British sergeants were hanged by Zionist underground members last week in Palestine. Yellowstone Waters Claim Eight Lives YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, (Wyo., Aug. 4 -(Pi- Seven fishermen and one child have drowned in waters of this scenic northwestern Wyoming public playground ' within the past 10 days. ! : x Latest victims were Jerry Mon ihan, 4$, Moose, Wyo., guide, and J. W. Gotwalls, 64, Los Angeles, wno drowned in Lewis lake. MOLALLA CHILD KILLED MOLALLA, Aug. 4 -( Thom as Allen Ridings, - 3. son of Mi" and Mrs. Harold Ridings, Molalla, died yesterday after being struck by an automobile. . Bulleli in The Valsetz entry stands as the only undefeated team in the state semi-pro baseball tournament at Portland following its win over Byerly'a by 2 to 1, Monday night, according to Associated Press. Paul Cehrman pitched all the way for Valsetz in the 11 -inning game. NINETY-SEVENTH YEAR Aldermen Endorse Housing WEST SALEM, August &r En dorsement for Jack Watson's pro posed 24-unit apartment house at Third and Rosemont streets was given by the West Salem city council tonight, although a zone petition change must be signed by owners" of -75 per cent of the adjacent property to make pos sible the construction. Councilmen ' voted the city's signature covering city park prop erty which . constitutes approxi mately 30 per cent of the adja cent area. No petitions actually were presented. ' Franchise Adopted At the monthly meeting in city hall, ordinances were finplly adoDted giving 20-year franchises to West Salem bus liie operator Robert Covert and the garbage disDosal firm of Martin Willits and Walter H. Amdt. raising the general utility privilege, tax from 2 to 3 per cent of gross revenue and increasing the junk vard 11 cense fee from $20 to $100. Garbage and bus franchises were presented last month in an ticipation of possible annexation of West-iSalem to Salem, in order o protect the existing operators. The privilege tax raise covering utilities: for which fee Is not spe cified by franchise puts Portland General Electric Co.'s tax on par with the 3 per cent fee provided in Salem . Electric' contract. Junk Yard Discussed The Junk yard fee raise brought from yard operator I. Saffron an appeal to the council for advice whether the city was trying to force a move of his business and from councilmen suggestion that since the city has grown up around the Junk yard, a chance of its location from the present Second street block between Pat terson and McNary avenues would be desirable. Saffrqn indicated the move would take, some time, but he would seek a location. Councilmen also heard first and second readings of an ordi- ance bill to grant a 20-year fran chise to Southern Pacific railroad for a new spur track paralleling the National Battery Co. SDur in fcthat industrial section of the' city. other action Included setting next month's meeting for Tues day, September 2, because the first Monday is Labor day: ac ceptance of the semi-annual city audit presented by Al Lamb, and a police chiefs report that ; the new Chevrolet police car is be ing readied for official service, and an $1,100 bid for the old po lice car (Ford) already has been received. The police committee has been authorized to act in dis posing of the car. Picker Demand Grows; School Platoons Work With early hops and beans and other miscellaneous harvest in full swing now, the current de mand for farm labor is heavy in the Salem area,- the local farm la bor, office reported Monday. The office said it could have used 200 more workers Monday morning in addition to the 350 it sent out with 37 farmers. By Mon day noon the office had received picker orders from IS more grow ers. As the week progresses, estima ted Mrs. Gladys Tumbull, farm labor assistant, about 200 hop and 300 bean picker drive-outs would be needed. Other crops such as pears and cucumbers are entering the harvest picture but their work er need is slight, she said. Picking, of early peaches is drawing to a close this week. Late peaches are expected - by most growers to begin about August 11. Although drive-outs are needed, Mrs. Turnbull said, transportation is provided each morning at the office. She warned that small children must be accompaniedby adults. Hop . picking price is 3 & cents per pound and bean picking 2Va cents plus Y cent bonus. Five platoons of local school children, supervised by adult leaders, are now operating in bean yards, and a sixth platoon will be gin this week. Each platoon ave rages about 40 children. HIROSHIMA NOTES DAY : HIROSHIMA, Japan, Aug. Doves wheeled and fluttered over the ruins of the world's first atom-bombed city today as sur vivors began a three-day second anniversary observance. Mayor Shisso Hamai led a prayer ; that peoples of the world Join in re nunciation of war. ; EX-PERU nEAD DIES ! LIMA, Petu, Aug. 4-VP)-. Dr, Jose Pardo y Barreda, 83, presi dent of Peru from 1904 to 1908 and from 1915 to 1919, died at his home here today after a brief ill ness. . ' - .-j-'- 10 PAGES Bombshell Flight Turns Back Control Woes Halt Odom; to Try Wednesday CHICAGO, Aug. 4-;p)-William (Bill) Odom, Roslyn, N. Y., pilot. who left -Chicago's Orchard air port at 2:31 p. m. Central Daylight Time today on an attempted solo round-the-world flight, returned to Chicago at 11:55, Central Day light Time, tonight. He had turned back shortly after passing over Halifax, Nova Scotia, in the BombshelL" , Odom said he turned back be cause he had difficulty with his ailerons which control the hor izontal motion of the plane. He said he had covered approximate ly one-sixth of the distance of his world hop. The young pilot said he would rest tomorrow and start the flight again Wednesday from Orchard airport a 2 p. m., Central Day light Time. Odom was on the first lee. 3.900 miles to Paris, France, on his proposed 19,600 'mile globe girdling .flight, when he turned back. Trouble with electrical circuits delayed the plane's take-off Sun day. . Last April, Odom flew with Milton Reynolds, Chicago' pen manufacturer, and T. Carrol (Tex) Salee in the Bombshell. completing the circuit in 78 hours 55 minutes. British Arrest Jewish Mayors JERUSALEM, Aug. &-4JPh The mayors of the Jewish cities f Tel Aviv, Samat Can and Natanya were arrested by Bri tish authorities at dawn today, a government spokesman an nounced. In a. series of swift moves climaxing- two weeks of Jewish underground violence In these areas. : Natanya was the scene last week ef the hanging of two British sergeants by Jewish ex tremists la retaliation for the exeentien of three members of Irgun Zyai Lenml, underground Organization. No Redivision In Offing for Salem.. Court Marion county has no intention of adding the area of the former Salem justice of the peace dis trict outside the city to-any other justice district, County Judge Grant Murphy said Monday. ' The statement was made rela tive to a decision handed down Monday by Attorney General George Neuner who ruled that the Salem district may be redistrict ed and added to other justice of the peace districts if the county court deems It advisable, but such action is not mandatory. Neuner also pointed ouj that the Jurisdiction of the new Salem district court extends to the en tire county. The opinion was made for Marion County District At torney Miller B. Hayden. "The decision was sought to clarify the situation," Judge Mur phy said Monday. "The court Is satisfied that the area under ques tion will come under the distrsst court." $45,000 in Offered City The civil aeronautics adminis tration, through T. P. Wright, ad ministrator, announced Monday the approval of a revised federal aid airport program which would allocate $45,000, to be augmented locally, for new construction or improvement on McNary field, according to The Associated Press. This announcement followed a letter received by Manager Clay Cochran of the Salem Chamber of Commerce from Rep. Walter Nor blad In Washington, D. C, stating that the city of Salem would be offered the opportunity to match federal money xto a total of $80,328, for further improvement of McNary field. The federal con tribution, said Norblad's tele gram, would be $43,000 out of the total, leaving $35,328 as . the city's share. Improvement to the field would include utilities, apron,- taxiways, access roads, plane tie-downs, auto parking areas and approach clearing, the letter said. The im POUNDDD 1651 The- Oregon Statesman. Descendants of Pioneers - aa , isiBBJMBjBBSssTMBaiBSSsWSSsWJBSKKS;; i " - " 1 ' A ' I SILVERTON, Aar. 4 Pictured are a few of the 150 descendants ef SUverton's early settlers? wbe met Sunday' for the Silverton Pioneer association's first annual picnic. In front at the extreme left is Leu Davenport, instigator ef the association, and at his left is Ted Hooart. first president of the group. At the extreme rlsht Is former Clov. Oswald West, speaker of the day. Noted la the bock (round are Frank Bowers. IV III Jones,' Wlllard Stevens. Pearl Blackrrby, Dora Jones,' Mrs. Helen Paget, Mrs. Karl Ilaberly, all members of some of Rilverton's first families. (8 troy oa page 1.) Council Rejects Reds' Plan for Balkan Peace LAKE SUCCESS, Aug. 4 -(P)-The United Nations security coun cil late today rejected without de bate a Russian counter-proposal for peace in the Balkans and then argued over what to do next. The vote on the Soviet resolu tion, calling for withdrawal of foreign troops from Greece and U.N. supervision of economic aid to that country. Was 9 to 2 with Poland, the only Russian sup porter, The council's slate thus was cleareah-et tbe-iecond major pro posal for settling the Balkans trouDies, rcussia naving vetoea a United States plan for a semi permanent Balkans commission last week. Poland immediately offered a "compromise' which merely re commended that Greece, Yugo slavia, Albania and Bulgaria solve their own difficulties. Britain and the United States assailed the Polish plan as in effective and an admission of the failure of the council. Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei A. Gromyko, in asking for adoption of his plan, charged that "certain powerful states" were' attempting to bring about the "political and economic enslave ment pf Greece." Alison Named Commerce Aide WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -A)-President Truman today named John R. Alison of Gainesville,, Fla., who downed six Japanese planes while an army flier, to be assistant ' secretary of commerce for aeronautics. Returning to a work-filled desk after a weekend at "Shangri La." presidential retreat in Maryland, Mr. Truman Signed 20 of the 78 bills left over from the recently adjourned congress and disposed of two others, of minor nature, by pocket veto by simply not signing them. One bill enacted with the pres idential signature raises the re habilitation allowance for disabled veterans. Another adopts the federal mine safety code fpr bituminous and lignite mines in interstate com merce. Airport Aid by C A A provements cojrfd be made, ac cording to the civil aeronautics authority here, through the fed eral airport support act of 1946 In which the city pays 44 per cent of the cost and the federal gov ernment 56 per cent. If the $45,000 sum materializes, it will be the first time Salem has taken benefit of matched allocations for its air port, and will be in addition to the pending installation of an in strument landing system at the airfield. Officials said Monday it was not known whether the city has funds to match the $45,000. At present, a sum of $50,000 ap proved by the voters in an airport improvement bond issue on Oct. 15, 1941, is tied up in govern ment war bonds, but it might be made available for this proposal. The approval of expenditures by the CAA also include aid to airports at Albany. $30,500, and at McMinnville, $14,000. Salem. Or Tuesday. August 5, Middle U.S. Mercury By The AuocUtedvPresa Most of the nation sweltered Monday in a sizzling heat wave and forecasters said that, except for a few localities, no relief was in sight for at least another day. The withering heat scorched a huge midsection of the country. In South Dakota Monday, tem peratures rose to 108 in Pierre and Philip and 101 in Rapid City. A high of 104 was reported in Chattanooga. Tenn., and 102 in cluded St. Cloud and St. Paul. Minn., Memphis, Tenn., and Fort Smith, Ark. In contrast, the two coasts had comfortable, pleasant weather. On the eastern seaboard, Wash ington and New York City had 81. In the west, Seattle, Wash., had a high of 71, San Francisco, 84, Los Angeles, 74, and .San Di ego, 76. Europe Wheat Crops May Be ! Below 1946's WASHINGTON. Aug. 4-(JP) Latest' reports indicate the Euro pean wheat crop, excluding Rus sia's, may be 10 per cent smaller than last year's poor crop, the ag riculture department announced tonight. It said that substantial exports of Grain from Russia and parts of the Danube basin will be pos sible during the coming season for the first time since the war. But whether they will be shipped, the department noted, will de pend in large measure on Soviet policy. The United States may export 430,000,000 bushels of wheat, in cluding four, from its record crop of 1,436,000,000 bushels by harvest time next year, the department forecast. Wheat and flour exports from . last year's crop totalled about 400,000,000 bushels. In view of the bumper wheat crop, however, such an increase in exports would still allow use of more wheat for. livestock feed to maintain a high level of meat, poultry and dairy production. Poorest prospects are! in west ern Europe, where an unusually hard winter wheat. damaged) winter 1 . Arthur Buell Dies, Silverton Hospital SILVERTON, Aug. 4 Arthur Buell, long-time resident of Sil verton, died Monday night at a Silverton hospital following a stroke suffered earlier in the eve ning. Buell is survived by his wife, Mae. LAKEVIEW MILL BURNS LAKEVIEW, Aug. ,4-W-Dam- age was estimated today Detween $100,000 and $125,000 from a fire that destroyed the Fremont Saw mill company mill here. General Manager Caroll McDonald said the company hoped to rebuild within three months. The blaze idled 300 men. Weather Mtx. . 7S . 7 Mln ss 60 Preeip. trace .04 .OS .M M Salem- .... Portland San Franciaco 85 53 Chicago 100 71 New York S3 81 Willamette river -2.8 feet. FORECAST (from U.S. weather bu reau. McNary field. Salem): Cloudy to partly cloudy throughout the morn Ins but clear in tbe early afternoon and evening. SlighUy warmer temper ature. Highest today near S3, lowest near SO. Weather will be favorable for all farming activities throughout the s (Da Pric. Sc Organize Winnie Would rt WOODSTOCK, England, Aug. 4 (JP)- Winston Churchill offered today to support the. labor gov ernment In an appeal to the Unit ed States for a new loan on con dition that Britons "labor long and hard" to help themselves. In a party speech the conserv ative leader charged that Prime Minister Attlee's government . had "frittered away, a great part of the present American loan of $3,750,000,000 on hon-essentials. Churchill also scoffed at what he called the "folly" of proposals for a coalition government to meet Britain's economic crisis, despite his offer of support to the labor cabinet for "any and-all sensi ble proposals, - however ; 'severe. that are truly made in .the na tional Interest" Churchill declared that, since the. nationalization of the coal mines, the miners "are producing less at a far heavier tost than when they were working for the private capitalist owner, with his more intimate and flexible man agement."; "There is no shame in one brave and faithful ally, deeply in lured in the common struggle, asking another to help him re cover and : stand upon his feet," Churchill said. "Had the positions been reversed, we would have done the same for them." Negro Voter Queries Grow JACKSON, Mhuu, Aug. 4 -V Some 6000 Negroes expected to turn out for, Mississippi'! demo cratic primary tomorrow will be asked to swear their dislike of federal anti-lynch laws as a pre requisite to voting. Adding perhaps to the irony of this situation the initial test of a 1947 law designated to discourage Negro voting the prospective Ne gro voters also will be required to swear accord "with the time honored and cherished traditions of the south." The new law decrees that all voters must certify agreement with party principles as set forth by the state democratic executive com mittee. Those principles also em brace opposition to federal anti poll tax legislation and to the fair employment practices commission. Chinese Launch' Fight On Reds in Manchuria NANKING, Aug. 4 -f;p- A Mukden dispatch said today that Chinese communists were, poised to launch their sixth major of fensive in Manchuria, but that nationalists, trying to seize the initiative, already had gone into action against the reds in the Itung area east vt Szepingkai. Lost Plane Sought North of Portland PORTLAND. Aug. 4-JP)-Army and Oregon national guard planes searched without result again to day for a light, plane, with two men aboard missing on a Portland-Seattle 'flight' ! The two, G.! C Fancher, Gres ham, and - his passenger, David Giddjngs, Hartford, . Conn., left here Saturday. REBELS IN CAPITAL BUENOS AIRES, Aug. 5 WAV The newspaper Noticias Graficas said tonight insurgent troops had entered the Paraguayan capital of Asuncion and that there was fighting in the streets. 1947, Su ppo For New Loan No. Ill Immunity Demands Settled DETROIT, Aug. 5-(V (Tues day )-Richard T. Leonard, vice president and national Ford di rector of Uv CIO United Auto Workers, announced at 2:22 a. m. (eastern standard time) today that a strike of 107,000 Ford Mo tor Co. production workers would not be called at noon as sched uled. Company and union officials were preparing statements an nouncing settlement of a union immunity demand under the Taft Hartley labor law and providing for negotiation of differences ev er a Ford pension plan. Leonard's announcement came more than eight hours after ne gotiators reported reaching an agreement j to settle both issues. A last minute snarl in wordage of a statement being Jointly pre pared held up the final formal agreement. Leonard had earlier said the Taft-Hartley agreement had only set back strike deadline. "As long cp we1 are still nego tiating, we won't definitely call off the strike," he told reporters. This was a reference to nego tiation of the pension plan. Accidents Hurt FivejAidraen Treat Victims ' City first aid men treated fivs persons within a two-hour period Monday evening as the result of two automobile, accidents and an auto-pedestrian mishap., v v Frances Fox, West Stayton. was taken to Salem Deaconess hospi tal with a fractured left, knee, and Frederick L. Booth, Salem route 6, . was sent to his doctor with a pos sible fracture of the left shoulder after their cars collided at Norway-and 4th streets at 6:25 p.m. Mildred Bognsian - was treated, for cuts on thefieck and face and ' D. F. Wickey for a bruised right leg. after a head-on automobile collision on the Vitas Springs road ' about 7 o'clock involving cars dri ven by Alfred Bogosian and Charles Bjorkman. All persons in volved live on Salem route 3. Both the injured were passengers, with Bogosian. Bessie Wilkins, 180 N. Com mercial st, was taken home after suffering bruises and abrasions when she was struck by an auto mobile driven by Royce Lee Har ris, Salem route 9. Harris was cited by police for failure to give right of way to pedestrian, not having a driver's license and for defective brakes. Korea. Of f icial To Visit Here Dr. Chang Wook Moon, Korean director of the office of foreign affairs in Korea, is to arrive here tonight as guest of Charles Jens, Salem attorney. Although the exact purpose of Dr. Moon's visit is not , known, it is expected he is here on busi ness dealing with education. Jens will return from Portland, with him tonight Jens was deputy director of the Korean office while serving with the U. S. army in 1943. It waa there he met Dr. Moon. Third Plane Crasli Victim Identified-' CRESCENT CITY. Calif., Aug. 4 -P)- A third victim of a light plane's crash into the sea offshore yesterday was Identified today as Clyde Evans of Sutter- Creek. Search continued for the body of the plane's fourth occupant Wal ter Hale of San Jose, the pilot The bodies of Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Evans, thrown clear in the crash, were thefirst recovered. The plane plunged into the sea off Pebble beach in a fog. CROSBY ADOPTS GIRL HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 4 -W) Bing Crosby, who has four sons, has informally "adopted" an 11-year-old Belgian girL Zulma Scheinowitz, whose father was killed by the Germans and whose mother and sister are ill in a Belgian sanitarium. . IKE IN ALASKA FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Aug. 4(JP) Gen. D. D.'Eisenhower, VS. army chief of staff, landed this after noon at nearby Ladd field for a two-day inspection of the army air forces cold weather experi ment station and other military installations in this area. J