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DD Dfl O Elliott A dmits Army Reprimand For Accepting Publicity Man Named in Paternity Suit A DeugUs B. Cornell WASHINGTON, Aug. S-(4-L1Uott Roosevelt testified today he might be open to reprimand fori letting Plane Manufacturer Howard Hughes foot a $576 83 hotel bill! for him ai " wedding present" , Roosevelt also told a senate war investigating subcommittee that Jack Frye, former president of Trans World airline, which is con trolled by Hughes, paid $850 in) hotel costs for the marriage. "Ft? 9JOOOO0 - ' Besides the controversy over Che extent of industrial revival in the Ruhr there is also a der bite as to the type of ownership of the. revived industry. France is fearfulof a 1 restored Ruhr and this opposition is slowing down progress fn developing the Mar shall plan. The United States and Britain on the other hand think the Ruhr must be restored for the welfare of Europe as well as f the German people. But the; United States and Britain partj company on-the question of own-i ership of the Industries. The Bri tish are instituting socialism at; home, so they want ownership ves ted in the government The United States adheres to the pri vate enterprise system and op-; pores socialism. The plea "of the V. S. is that the main thing is to! get the ibdustries to operating,! letting the people later decide what to do with them. This conflict of economic Ideas comes out in the trade conference at Geneva too. There the U. S. is f battling for freer trade, for abolishment of quotas and restor ation of private trading. But oth er countries are suspicious of our performance as far as freer" trade is concerned; and they want to continue the system of state trad ing. This means that govern ments do the buying abroad and may regulate the selling. It takes the business out of the hands of private trader. These controls may be exercised through state monopolies or through control of foreign exchange Or through con trol of licenses to import or ex port 1 . . The area where 'free enterprise works is thus restricted- Com munism prevails only In Russia in its modified form of state cap italism. Russian satellite nations hive nationalized large industries but not the small ; '(Continued on editorial page) Ford to Lay Off 51,000 Men ! DETROIT, Aug. 5 -Of)- The Ford Motor Co. avoided a strike of 107,000 workers today but at the same time announced a lay off of 51,000 starting within 24 hours. ., ' Less than six hours after the deadline for the strike that never came off, the company announc ed, however, it would halt until next Tuesday all assembly ope rations at the close of tomorrow's - work because of a parts shortage jcaused by the strike of 7,000 workers in a supplier firm. British Arrest 40 Prominent Jews i JERUSALEM. -Aug. 5-rVThe British. today began the biggest roundup of Jewish leaders since Underground resistance turned the Holy land into a battlefield a , roundup punctuated by. a terror bomb which ripped off the front cf the labor department building and killed three British police men and probably one Arab watchman. I : More than 40 prominent Jews - were seized in the swoop by the .military and Palestine police. - ODOM TO TKY AGAIN CHICAGO, Aug. 5 -PV- Wii liam (Bill) Odom, who started on projected round-the-wold solo IHght yesterday but turned back because of mechanical trouble, clans a test flight tomorrow and may take off again Thursday In an attempt to set a new global speed , record, . Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH . Cad ivot a thrill? O ; ss ' ! CIO O Possible Gift But the son or the wartime pre sident angrily challenged Hughes' publicity maifc John W. Meyer, to say j whether girls listed on Meyer's expense account were "procured" for him. , Roosevelt also said he objects to , "insinuations" about Movie Actress! Fay Emerson, whom he married on Dec. 3, 1944, and has no .knowledge of a gift to her of $132 worth of nylon stockings 'isted on Meyer's expense sheet. Acceptance "Inadvisable" "It might be said," Roosevelt declared, "that it was Inadvisable for me to accept a wedding pres ent from Howard Hughes." - And i he added that "I believe on a strict interpretation of the law f might be reprimanded." During the war Roosevelt com manded photographic reconnais sance j operations in Africa and Europe, 'lie ' recommended the LOS ANGELES. Aug. 5-OP)-Mllllonaire plane builder How ard Hnghes took off for Wash- . inctoa at 2:32 ' p. nvf today to keep s date with the senate war, investigating eommliee, a spokesman announced. Associ ates said Hughes' departure was from j the Culver City field of Hughes -Aircraft company. He flew ' in j a B-Z3 converted bembrr. government order photo recon naissance planes from Hughes' company. None ever was deliv ered during the war. The senate subcommittee is looking into $40,000,000 worth of plane contracts given Hughes and Henry J. Kaiser and is seek ing toj learn whether Roosevelt in fluenced the awards. .-. Demands Statement With Meyer sitting beside him, Roosevelt demanded that the pub licity man take the witness stand to "state for the record whether he ever got any girl for me." Roosevelt were any of these girls that he got and paid money to or gave presents to were any of those girls 'procured for me? Meyer I don't like that word 'procured.' You can give a girl a present at a party and not make a bad girl out of her. Roosevelt You can use any word you want; Bur were they for me? Meyer The colonel well knows the girls were present"-.' Spent Time With Fay - At parties In New York, Meyer went On, Roosevelt spent most of his time with Movie Actress Faye unerson. The two were married later, r . ' , ', Roosevelt said he resented "any implication as to Miss Emerson." "Oh" i Meyer Interposed, "that was the last thing on my, mind, Hoosevelt's second day of testi mony completed, his examination, Ferguson told reporters the sub committee, will question Meyer again tomorrow. NEW YORK. Aug. 5-OPV-John iw. Mfyer, publicist for Howard Hughes, termed ''ridiculous" and fantasUc" today the assertion of night club cigarette girl that he Is the father of her six-month old son. , Meyer- made his. comment in Washington where he is testifying perorejthe senate committee in vestigating Hughes' aircraft con tracts. ; A warrant for Meyer's arrest was signed by Special Sessions Justice Frederick L. Hackenburg on the complaint of the girl, 25- year-old Patricia Miles, who has sold cigarettes at some of New York's; most swank night clubs. Baker County Orders Slot Machine Ouster j BAKER, Ore., Aug. 5-;P-Dis-trict Attorney C. T. Godwin to day .ordered all slot machines out of Baker county. He directed Sheriff Fred V. Spence to tell operators of the machines to remove them at once and to follow up by arresting any Who do not comply. Reclamation Commissioner in r . Salem, Deplores Michael W. Straus, U. S. com missioner of reclamation, spent a few hours in Salem Tuesday call ing on Governor Sncll and con ferring with Lee McAllister, head of the district office of the bu reau here. Straus is discussing with i uovernors of northwest states plans proposed for the de velopment of the Columbia river basin, i particularly with regard to irrigation. l Interviewed here he expressed regret over the reduction in ap propriations .from budget esti mates; for the reclamation service, and stated that for continuing work on the Columbia basin pro ject it may be necessary to ask rfor deficiency appropriation. ! Asked about restrictions put In the appropriation bill against do ing work by force account instead of by contract Straus said: t The provision in the appro priation bill regarding direct work by the bureau is not as severe as In th$ house version of the bill but it Is an evil thing and will result in increased costs, and re sult in curtailing irrigation de velopment It was written into the o o C3 o o o NINETY-SEVENTH YEAR Truce in Violated MALANG. Jsva. Aug. -Fighting still continued the east Java front IS hours after cease-fire orders supposedly brought peaee t Indonesia. . Four separate attacks were made this .morning on Dutch troops in this area. A Dutch convoy taking Cot F. G. Van Der Meulen, brigade command er, to give cease-fire instruc tions to a front line platoon at Batoe, northwest of Malang, was . the target of four hand grenades just outside of Malang. BATAVIA. Java. Aug. 5MJPh The Indonesian army charged to night" that Dutch troops on two fronts had violated cease-fire or ders in the East Indies, and both Dutch and republican leaders in dicated their forces would answer sbot-for-shot any resumption of hostilities by opposing units. Republican army spokesman de clared in a broadcast that .a three pronged Dutch force - operating in a central Java zone approxi mately 60 miles west of Jogjak arta --had continued .attacking for two and a half hours after last midnight the cease-fire deadline. As a result of this action, the spokesman declared, the Dutch seized the town of Gombong, on the trunk rail line linking Batavia with Jogjakarta, the republican capital.. , . y The spokesman's accusation was repeated in a republican commun ique. , .. - -.. There was no confirmation of these actions from the Dutch who previously had questioned wheth er the Indonesians could enforce a cease-fire among republican troops. . State Fair to "A combined night horse show and rodeo for this year's Oregon state fair .along the same as in 1946, was voted Tuesday by the state agricultural board. Earlier. the board heard protests against a rodeo-only proposal made by Christensen . brothers of Eugene, who offered $15,000 for such use of the stadium fair week. Protest lodged Outstanding protest before the board came as a letter from ' Dr. George C Saunders,' Portland, secretary-treasurer of the Oregon Association of Hunt clubs. ' He contended there was wide-spread opposition to an exclusive rodeo, that the combined horse show and rodeo held a year ago had resulted in confusion and . that some fol lowers of the rodeo group were undesirable. ; Saunders told the board, however, that he would ex hibit at the horse show this year even though it was combined with a rodeo. Max Manchester, Portland, pre sident of the Hunt Clubs asos- ciation, said it would be better to hold a straight horse show which would result in more competition. Virtually all of the 25 per sons who appeared before the agricultural board said they had no objection to a combined horse show and rodeo similar to the one last year and several de clared the rodeo probably would increase attendance. Prefer Combination Shy, Huntington, Eugene, de clared that Christensen Brothers had presented the offer of $15,000 for the horse show stadium mere ly to protect their interests and preferred to have the 1947 night performance on the same lines as in 1946. . . - - ... v Budget Cuts bill by the contractors' lobby and was quite unnecessary. The policy of the service has been and will be to let work by contract when ever it is possible and feasible to do so; but sometimes there is work on which specifications can not be written that will permit competitive bidding. Regarding the bill amending the reclamation act of 1939 to clarify the matter of interest pay ment on power projects Straus indicated he was quite well pleas ed with the compromise which the committee agreed to but which did not receive house action be fore adjournment "This will liberalize the pres ent law and will end the unfor tunate controversy which was damaging to reclamation. It will permit a reduction in rates for water and for power and will make eligible a large group of projects previously ruled out be cause of costs." Straus left in the early after' noon to return to Portland and go on to' Olympia. R. J. .Newell, district engineer of Boise, accom ndonesia Combine Rodeo pamed him. o a o 6 10 PAGES The resits FroomiDsedl as U.S. IHleat Toll aft -: ;; ; 2,9 Perish odd FOammes if Texas ESoos Gasoline Truck Set Head-On Crash WAXAHACHIE, Tex.j Aug. 5 (JP)- Nineteen men', including 18 negro construction hands, who rode fromL their homes here to their jobs in Dallas, and the white driver of a - gasoline truck were dead tonight in Texas' worst 1947 highway accident At least Jour of the bodies re mained unidentified tonight at two negro funeral homes here. The 19 lost their lives when the gasoline truck, bound for Waco, and a truck carrying the laborers to work collided four miles north of here early today. Four Survive In a matter of seconds the gaso line truck caught fire and flames enveloped the wreckage of both trucks, trapping all but the four who survived. W. S. Brickell, an Ellis county farmer, heard the crash and ran to the scene. Some of the men, Brickell said, were crawling across1 the road like ants as they tried to escape." Witness Tells ( Actual witness to the collision was U. M. Cato of Dallas, who was driving in his car behind the truck loaded with workers. He said the truck pulled out in the middle of the road to pass a car but found itself in the path of the gasoline truck "Both trucks then zig-zagged wildly an instant before the erash as the driven tried to avoid a collision," he said. He said "it was like two people who -after meeting tried to side step each other several times only to find themselves face to face." The Red Cross brought in em balmers, many of them Dallas men who had aided in the Texas City disaster. Guard Pilots to Air national guard pilots will be afforded an! opportunity to fly modern postwar aircraft some time' next spring, the national guard bureau advised Acting Ad jutant General Raymond F. Olson Tuesday. Olson said ! the army air forces has signed a $2,500,000 contract with the Lockheed Aircraft cor poration to purchase 32 new Lock heed P-80 shooting star jet fight ers to be used to equip air nation al guard units. One or more of these planes will be assigned to Oregon, Olson declared. 7 Freed on Lynch Attempt Charge; New Trial Ordered JACKSONj N. C, Aug. 5PV- Seven white men were freed today on charges of a lynching attempt upon a young negro and shortly afterward Governor R. Gregg Cherry condemned failure of the Northampton) county. grand jury to indict them as a "miscarriage of Justice." The grand jury, by failing to in dict also freed the negro. 24-year- old Godwin (Buddy) Bush, who had been charged with an at tempted assault upon a young white married woman. Governor Cherry said he would instruct a superior court judge to convene a court, sit as a commit ting magistrate, give thorough in vestigation to this matter. Parking Meters Said Costly in Portland PORTLAND, Aug. 5.-6?VPub- lic Works Commissioner W. A. Bowes reported today the city's parking meters were costing Port land about $5500 a month more than the $21,090 monthly revenue He explained fixed operating expenses total $26,525 for making collections, repairs, patrolmen and the various engineering agencies supported by the meter iund. PACKARD PRICE RISE DETROIT, Aug. 5 -fPh The Packard Motor Car Co., follow ing in the line of General Motors Corp., announced today an im mediate 5 per cent average price increase of from $92 to $200 on all its current car models. ' ? WAGES AT NEW HIGHS WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -JP)-The bureau of labor statistics es timated tonight that the average earnings of factory workers in June were $1.22 an hour and $48.91 a week both new re cords. DISC-SIGHTER CRASHES , PENDLETON, Ore., Aug. 5.-P) -Kenneth Arnold, Boise businessman-pilot, who started the "fly ing saucers" reports in June, es caped injury yesterday in a take off crash of his light plane here The plane was damaged consider bly. - Ablaze by FIvJ v o a o o POUNDDD 1651 Oregon Statesman. Salem. Oru Salem Students Spruce Up Jason Lee Grave km$& V '4' ... i: Although it Is vacation time, members of Salem High school's Fhilhlstorian club have completed their project of cleaning up the Jason Lee plot In the Lee Mission cemetery located at ZZnd and D streets. Shown above placing flowers' on the Jason Lee grave are Cyril Hull (left) and Josephine CaughelL Watching are (from left) Mary Eyre, club advisor; Pat Fitzsimons, Ruth Iloltzman. club president: Nancy . Snyder and Mrs. Thomas Holman. cemetery trustee. Members of the club devote time to the study of Oregon history and are Interested in restoring historical sites. (Photo by Don Dill. States man staff photographer.) Mt. Angel to Name Flaxaria Queen Tonight : MT. ANGEL, Aug. 8 The queen of Flaxaria will be chosen tonight sometime after "J. p. m, and her name announced from the review? ing stand at the city hall where a talent show will be staged, from 8 to 10 p. m. The winner will rule over the Flax festival August 8, 9 and 10. Final selection of a queen. crown princess and tnree prin cesses will be made from among the nine girls remaining in the contest, Lola Traviss, Jeanette Hofer, Monica Duda, Mt. Angel; Chukke BrSkke, Silverton; Arlene Zuber, Wood burn; Carline RenU, Gervais; Kay Sievers, Molalla; Esther Bolland, Canby, and Alyce Allison, Portland. The decision will be based on the numbers1 of votes sold, to be certified by John T. Bauman. All votes must be turned in by 9 p. m., when the contest will close. .The Flax festival commit tee will have no part in the count ing of the votes. Vocal, instrumental and dance numbers are listed for the enter tainment tonight. Dr. Howard Joins Loan Association Dr.. C. A. Howard, who retired from the presidency of Oregon College of Education at Mon mouth on July 1, has been ap pointed as investment represent ative for the Equitable Savings and Loan association, in Salem and Marion county. Dr. Howard will move to Salem from Monmouth where he has lived during his eight years as president of the college. From 1927 to 1937 he was superintend ent of public instruction in Salem. Siege! Murder Accomplice Found WAURIKA, Okla., Aug. County Attorney John Hannah said today a man who "feared for his life" signed a statement declaring he drove a car for the killer of Gambler Bugsy Sie&ti , in Beverly Hills June 20. Hannah identified the man as Virgil Clark Manning, 28, of Los Angeles. Siegel was shot to death through an open window as he sat reading a newspaper. WOOL SUPPORT TO START WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 - (P) -The agriculture department an nounced today it will resume gov ernment support of grower prices of wool August 15 at levels ex pected to average slightly more than 42 cents a pound, grease basis. CLOVER CROP DAMAGED OREGON CITY, Ore, Aug. 5 (JP) Loss of about 50 per cent of the Clackamas county subterran ean clover crop after the storm of the past weekend was report ed today by County Agent J. J. Inskeep. Vetch yields were also damaged o otzso Wednesday, Aucjust B, 1947 Lebanon to Build Swimming Pool LEBANON, Ore.. Aug. 5 (JP) Voters approved a special prop erty tax levy of 5 mills for five years for a public swimming pool here today and city officials esti mated the revenue would average $10,000 annually for the project fund. A vote of approximately 40 per cent of eligible electors cast bal lots to exceed the 8 per cent con stitutional tax limitation. The bal lot total was yes 324; no 117. The election was endorsed by the city council, which reported $17,000 already in the fund from other sources. Governor Snell Defends Liquor Board's f Swap' A statement defending person nel of the state liquor commission, charged recently with borrowing of large sums of money and with engaging in certain "liquor swap deals" without consulting the state board of control,, was issued Tuesday by Gov. Earl Snell. From Secretary of State Robert S. Farrell, Jr., came assertion that he would demand a full explan ation of "how the obligation is to be paid" before signing any more certificates of indebtedness against liquor funds for public re lief purposes. Snell's statement said, "I ap pointed to the commission men of character and integrity, men of proven business ability and judg ment .... The commission is entitled to credit for its success in reducing inventories at no finan cial loss to the state and still with the assurance that its patrons will have available for selection a complete assortment of standard brands of merchandise." FIRE RAGES IN FORT HICKS FORT WORTH, Tex., Aug. 5.-(A-Five buildings, 300 surplus aircraft parts were destroyed by fire which raced across Hicks air field, north of Fort Worth, this afternoon. Loss was estimated at more than $300,000. t New First National Bank Chief Here on Get-Acquainted Tour Need for a genuine community interest among local branch bank ing officials, so their organization may form pipelines into, rather, than away from, towns, was as serted here Tuesday by Frank N. Belgrano, new president of the First. National Bank of Portland. Belgrano is on a tour of the bank's 41 branches and affiliates to get acquainted with the men and economies of the various trading areas. Seeing the Pacific coast as a unit Belgrano, who has served as trustee of the committee for econ omic development, said the area is the "front door" to the orient and that the two economies are closely linked. He averred "We need to take time to know the millions of people facing us across the ocean who will need our pro duction" when their internal troubles are settled." Highly interested in veterans' Prlc Sc City May Vote In October on Sewage Plant The possibility that Salem may vote in October, on a measure. to vraise funds for a sewage dis posal plant was evinced Tuesday by - Tom Reed, chairman ot the f i ' . junior uiajnur oi commerce sewage disposal committee after a conference with City i ; Manager J. L. Franxen. Reporting- to the 'Jaycees at their weekly luncheon.' Reed said that Franzen is preparing a re port on plans for construction and financing of the disposal project which probably would be released within two ; weeks.- The plan would , be put on the October 7 special ballot if enough time re mained to give the proposal prop er publicity. . . . . -! The Junior Chamber! of Com merce unanimously voted to ac cept responsibility for publicizing Franzen s report . r ; . Reed explained to the Jaycees that $200,000. voted by Salem prior to the .war fori improve ments to ; the . sewage . system, would be sufficient only, for inter ceptor lines leading- to the site of the proposed plant, leaving no money available at present for work on the plant- proper. HIROSHIMA ' REMEMBERS -HIROSHIMA. Wednesday. Aug, 6-CPl-Betls throughout Hiroshima today toiled one-minute remind er that; -just two years ago the world's first war-dropped atomic bomb killed or left missing 92,000 of this city's residents; and de stroyed more than half '-of all of its buildings. .1 ; ' ., Weather: Max. - 7S' . SS .100 Min. ft Preclp. Salens ; Portland San Francisco Chicago ..... New York M .00 .00 X0 u 7S SS M Willamette river -2.1 feet. FORECAST (from US. weather bu reau. McNary field. Salem) r Cloudy to parujr cloudy tnrougnout the morning but clearing In the afternoon and eve ning. Htphest temperature today near SO. lowest near 35. Favorable weather today for most farm activities but winds will hinder dusting. )n the late afternoon. activities, the executive sees the new availability of cash for term inal leave bonds as a genuine aid to come who really need It but said it is "unfortunate If caution is not used in spending they should make sure they're getting their money s worth." j v - Belgrano recalled experiences of the fight for adjusted service pay to World War I veterans, in his capacity as national command er of the American Legion in 1954-35. . i Slated to visit state officials here today, as a new citizen of the state, having, come from San Francisco, Belgrano will then go on to other . branches before re turning to his headquarters desk in Portland. As a guest here of Guy N. Hick'ok, manager of Salem branch of the First National, he conferred Tuesday with several local businessmen. MM - J No. 112 3.9 E)eadl ' j: Accodeouti Cold Air from Canada Aids Torrid Midwest. By The Associated Press A break began developing Tues day in the year's worst heat wave as the number of heat deaths rose to 1st least 19. However, only scattered , relief was forecast for thirsting corn and vegetable crops in the mid west ; . As thermometers In many mid west areas touched th 100-degree mark for the third consecutive day, a cold air front from Canada brought relief to parts of Minne sota,' the Dakotas and Nebratkju Weather forecasters said ' the cooler air, from IS to 20 degrees below temperatures prevailing during the heat wave, was moving eastward and would extend as tar as Illinois and Indiana by Wed nesday afternoon. . The cooler air brought showers to North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota and scattered showers were forecast for the northern Great "Laker area and in parts cf Indiana, Ohio, eastern Kentucky and eastern Tennessee. f But the main corn belt In heed of a good soaking rain, was not expectea to receive any wide spread relief. The third successive day of 100- degree heat caused three new deaths in St Louis, bringing the lotai aunng tne current, wave to eifht i j Chicago reported four fatal heat prostrations; Arkansas, tnree; In diana, Pennsylvania, Tennessee. owa and Wisconsin, one each, j Among highest temperatures. reported Tuesday: Advance, Mo, 107; Terre Haute, indi J02: To-. peka, Kan, 103; Lincoln, Neb, 102; Burlington, Xa, 100. , Dewey Support With Rebuff ALBANY. N. Y. Aug. 5.-6D-- Gov. Thomas E. Dewey today t broke his silence on developing 194S presidential campaign issues! by speaking: out for the preserva-1 tion of the principles of union' organization and collective bar gaining. '-- ' . . ., .. One of his chief potential rivals ' for . the . republican presidential ; nomination. Senator Robert A.' Taft of Ohio, last week urged re- " publican leaders to discuss major . issues frankly. Dewey, In the p re-Labor day statement said: . . "The administration ox the gov- . ernment of New York state is dedicated to the principle that the principles of union organization ' and collective bargaining must be preserved." - ' 1 The statement drew immediate. comment from . Louis Hollander. president of the New York state CIO council. Hollander Said: "Dewey's statement today sud- denly to declare himself' in love - with organized labor after he was ; silent during the entire discussion of the Taft-Hartley law is the greatest hypocrisy over issued ty , a responsible government official. In his whole career as governor he was revengeful to organized labor. Labor will remember Dewey's rec ord and no love stories for Labor day will help him." 1 ! Margaret Truman Plans Hollywood Bowl Debut HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 5 -UPh Dr. Karl Wecker, general man ager of Hollywood Bowl, said to day, that Miss Margaret Truman, . daughter of the president, will make her concert debut in the bowl late this month. -, He added Miss Truman will ap pear between Aug. 23 and Aug. 31, on a date yet to be deter mined. , ... . - Rain Schedule Decided For State Fair Judging The state agricultural board; meeting here Tuesday, decided that in case of wet weather livet stock judging at the 194 state fair would be conducted in 'the horse show stadium. Each day's racing program during the fair will include two harness and eight running races. OfLabor Meets I Our Senaiars ? .... I OL