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Taxi Drivers to
RTG3CE0CE
You have an electric j clock on
your mantel or in you? kitchen
or on your bedside table; You de
pend on it for accurate time. But
do tou know Juit how our elec
tric clock measure time? It does-'
nt -measure" time at all, as do
r locks with pendulum or watches
with springs and balance wheels.
Electric clocks are run by motors
which keep in exact step with the
genera tori which drive them. The
hands on your clock move in ex
act tune with the huge electric
generators at Grand Coulee which
operate cn 60-cycles per minute
But what keeps the generators
on exact schedule? You know that
sometimes your lights j suddenly
get dim that is when an un
usual load is put on the system;
and. sometimes they get brighter
than usual r- that is when an un
usual load Is taken off! the sys
tem. Governors at the generators
by regulating the intake! of water
into -the turbines regelate the
mount of power that Is produced.
But these sudden surges or re
leases of power, demand; make the
governors and ihence the gener
ators "wobble" abit on tiheir sche
dule. This makes all the electric
clocks wobble too, so there has to
be a -way of rectifying j these er
ratic power impulses. ;
The way this correction of er
ror is made at Grand! Coulee is
described in a government circu
lar as follows:
"In order , that the generators,
and consequently the electric
clocks in . the area served, will
turn at the right rate, the Grand
Coulee power plant iat provided
with a master clock which it com
' pared with naval observatory
time four times each day by
means , of short-wave j radio '
(Continued on editor til page)
Boxcar Lack
! I
Plagues Mills
PORTLAND, Aug. 0 VP)- The
railroad car shortage has popped
up in the northwest I again, and
the West Coast Lumbermen s as
sociation today expressed fear it
might grow acute enough to close
-some sawmills. (,'.
K. C. Batchelder, the associa
tion's traffic manager.1 said - he
would appeal personally to the
ICC and ODT in Washington for
more cars to handle lumber ship
ments.
A heavy wheat crop,! coal move
ment, and large industrial ship-
menu are siphoning off the box
car supply, Batchelder; said. He
estimated that Oregon lumber
shippers now have only 40 per
cent the normal number of cars
1
Scientists Feed Seasoned
Jfeatballs to Goldfish
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug . $-A)
Meatballs heavily scanned with
paprika are being fed! to goldfish
t the California academy of sci
ences in an effort to prevent them
from lading.
Paprika is a good 1 source of
vitamin A. which is associated
with yellow coloring.
Beer Concession, at
State Fair Rejected
State fair officials announced
"Wednesday that a concession of
ler of $5,000 for thesale of beer
cm the fairgrounds during the
1947 state fair starting Septem
ber 1 had been rejected. Alco
holic beverages' have not been
sold at the state fair line 1915
Animal Craclccrs;
By WARREN GOODRICH
...and there'll be juit we
. Itvo forever and ever.
Chit SM Surfwlu E
PAGES
Th Oregon
Pel it ions,
unction
e
Possible
By Robert E. Gangware
City Editor, The SUIhidiii
Salem's taxi firm operators
Wednesday painted a dark pic
ture of their business future us
they negotiated for private off-
street taxi stand locations and
probed for loopholes or counter
action against the city council or
der abolishing cab stands on city
streets August 23.
Likeliest developments in the
taxi owners' fight to-retain their
street stands appeared Wednes
day as:'
(1) Possible Injunction proceed
ings against the city.
(2) Petition to the council for
reduction in the present 50 per
taxi annual license fee.
(3) Petition to council for high
er schedule of rates to help com
pensate fur lost business.
Pender Problem
Taxi operators said their plight
is how to continue their service
to the public and thereby sustain
their ! businesses, after they are
forced to vacate the five taxi
stands now located on city streets
t the High street entrance to
the Greyhound bus station and
on State street near the busy
High street intersection.
Proprietors of the four Salem
and one West Salem concerns who
hold licenses to operate, in all, 24
taxicabs in Salem have received
within the past few days letters
from City Manager J. L. Franzen
notifying them of the council or
der that taxi stands on the street
are abolished "on and after" Au
gust 23.
Received Complaints
The city council on June 23 or
dered taxis "off the streets" with
in 60 days, after the sponsor of
the action. Alderman R. O. Lew
is, and other, councilmen said they
had received complaints of traffic
congestion, noisy conversation and
an altercation at! downtown taxi
stands. '
Taxi operators have expressed
the fear that the council order
and the city's taxicab ordinance
might be construed to mean that
taxis cannot park anywhere on
city streets even if drivers use
parking meters after the city
marked taxi stands are abolished.
The city manager, however,
stated Wednesday that he sees no
objection to taxis occupying any
parking space found available,
provided city ' parking limits
there are observed.
Scarcity of Parking Space
In support of their opposition
to the city move, taxi men point
te the scarcity of off-street park
ing space in the downtown area
where most non-telephone taxi
fares emanate. The taxi compa
nies are negotiating for space at
the few downtown service sta
tions which they consider about
the only possible locations. The
off-street area used to park Grey
hound buses at the High street
station already is overcrowded.
Operators, particularly those
with only a few cabs, feared that
loss of business under the off
street order would amount to up
to 50 per cent of present business.
The smaller firms rely heavily
on "street business" from passers
by, rather than telephone busi
ness. .' ,
Predict PabUe Pretests fe
Taxi men predict the public
"won't stand for it" when taxis
actually quit the long-familiar
downtown stands August 23 and
that persons entering 5alem at
the bus station will be especially
inconvenienced.
Some drivers are 'looking for
support of their Teamsters un
ion, but a spokesman for the local
to which the Salem drivers be
long said Wednesday the matter
is not under consideration by the
union. :
; Although 66 taxi driver licens
es are now in effect in the city,
that number Includes relief! driv
ers and some who have since left
the driving business. The 24 cab
licenses include 11 held by Salem
Taxi Service, 6 by Capitol Cab,
4 by valley, 2 by DeLuxe and
one by Shorty's. r ,
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U.S. ; Rejects Red
Atom Control Plan
LAKE SUCCESS, Aug. 6
Tne united state rejected today
as "inadequate"! and "wholly in
acceptable" soviet Russia's pro
posal for an international control
commission for atomic energy.
Australia, Canada, Belgium and
China quickly expressed approval
of the United States, views voiced
by Frederick H. Osborn, ;United
States deputy on the atomic com
mission,. : .1 . IU?
Osborn said the Russian plan
added up to "continued ' control
of atomic energy along national
lines plus a, form of limited in'
I"
Statesman, Salem. Ore- Thursday, August 7, 1347
Fight for Street
Attlee Paints Hard
Future for British
Less Food, Gas, Timber Promised
.- !' . v ' j- ' A
LONDON, Aug. oWiTVPrlme Minister Attlee disclosed today fhat
Britain's borrowed dollars were running but at the rate; of $3,240,
000,000 a year and laid down a program of military retrenchment,
spartan hardship, "limited" labor controls and "some sacrifice" of
personal liberty as the price this
The labor prime minister spoke: in sombre tones to a packed
house of commons while outside the houses of parliament and No. 10
Death Toll 59
From Searing
Midwest Heat
By tha Aasociated Press
One hundred degree heat sear
ed sections of the midwest for the
fourth successive day Wednes
day and boosted the toll of heat
deaths to at least 59 but relief
Was on the way.
Cooler air from Canada spread
into the great plains states, north
west Wisconsin, upper Michigan,
west and central Iowa- and Min
nesota. Fatalities from the heat wave,
which originally extended from
the Rocky mountains to the Ap
palachians, included: Chicago 24,
St Louis 11, Iowa, Alabama and
Arkansas three each, Wisconsin
10, Ohio two, and Indiana, Penn
sylvania and Tennessee one each.
Advance, Mo. with a reading
of 100 Wednesday was one of the
hottest places in the midwest.
Chicago recorded 100 degrees for
the third consecutive day.
State Permits
City's Use of
Sewer Line
The state board of control Wed
nesday approved, a request by Sa
lem city officials that the new
Broadway bousing project sewer
be permitted to connect with the
state fairgrounds sewer tempor
arily until the city s interceptor
line is completed.
Appearing be for the board
were City Manager J. L. Franzen,
Mayor Robert L. Elistrom, City
Engineer J. H. Davis and Assist
ant Engineer M. W. Ash.
The project, being developed by
F. I. Bressler and company, will
make the required connections to
the sewer itself, but maintenance
of the state sewer line will be tak
en over by the city of Salem from
the point of connection to the Wil
lamette river, according to the
agreement reached Wednesday.
Though the new addition is not a
part of the city as yet, it is expect
ed to be annexed at the fall elec
tion.
Two eight-inch connections wul
be made to the state sewer line,
which now serves the state school
for the deaf - and the state fair
grounds. It was pointed out at the
board fo control meeting that the
only alternative to installing such
temporary connections, would be
to construct septic tanks . at the
project -
Shorter Hospital
Work Week Stalled
Board of control members an
nounced Wednesday afternoon
that action to reduce 'the working
hours of certain employes at the
Oregon state hospital from 44 to
40 hours a. week would be de
layed pending further investiga
tion. ' - - ,' -., -
In order to reduce the working
hours of these employes it would
be necessary - to ask the state
emergency board for an emerg
ency appropriation of $45,000 for
the remainder of the current bi
ennium, officials said.
Vets Colony) Ends First Successful
Year in Salem as Haven to Homeless
By Conrad Prange
Staff Writer. The Statesman
During the initial year of its
operation the , Salem veterans'
housing colony on Cross street
has more than paid for itself fin
ancially and in aiding' veterans
caught in the rip-tide of post-war
housing shortage, Joseph Hopkins,
colony manager, reported Tues
day;. . ' , . ..
Since July 23 of last year when
the project was opened, 259 fam
ilies, representing an estimated
1,000 persons, have rented units
at the colony. Rent collected
amounted to $49,169. Of that fig
ure, $16,990 went to the federal
government and the rest took care
of operation and improvement ex
penses, Hopkins said. t
Considerable improvements have
transformed: the raw, muddy proj
ect of a - year ago into quite a
community. The much-needed ad
ditions include improved streets,
, sidewalks, lawns, bus- service, - a
Price.
country must pay to survive."
Downing street unsmiling crowds.
like those which gathered in the
crisis days before the war, wait
ed to hear what new sacrifices
wpuld be demanded in Britain's
economic plight.
Most of the little man's worst
fears were fulfilled.
Less Hollywood Movies
He said there would be less
food, less gasoline, less timber
for new houses, less goods in the
stores, perhaps fewer Hollywood
movies, longer hours of work.
He announced that U. S. Sec
retary of State George C. Mar
shall has agreed to high level ne
gotiations on "the whole of the
implications" of the fast-disap
pearing American loan of $3,
730,000,000 which Britain had
expected would last until 1950
but which Attlee said will be gone
before the end of this year.
Seek Easinc of Loan Provisions'
kin these negotiations Britain
will seek in particular the easing
of the convertibility provision,
which became effective July 15,
obliging her to pay dollars to any
nation demanding them instead
of British sterling for current
trade. Britain also will ask an
easing' of the non-discrimination
clause which prevents her from
cutting down purchases in the
United States in order to increase
them in non-dollar countries.
A man or woman leaving a job
will be required by law to find
another job in an industry clas
sed as essential to the recovery
program. The powerful trades un
ion congress gave qualified ap
proval to the plan in a statement
issued while Attlee spoke.
i-;--..V."- "
Triiman to
Fly to Brazil
;4
! WASHINGTON. Aug. t-(JP)
President Truman in his role of
good will ambassador will fly to
Rio De Janeiro for closing ses
sions of a defense conference of
all 21 American republics.
I The mighty Battleship Missouri
will be on hand to bring him
home after a three-day visit to
the Brazilian capital.
This third trip of the president
to neighboring countries to bind
stronger hemispheric ties will be
made late this month or early
. i
Bean Canning Peak
At Hand; Jobs Still
Below Estimate
i Bean processing is now at its
peak in the .Salem area,, accord
ing to Mrs. Verla Beckett, chair
man of Salem Canners commit
tee, although cannery employment
has not yet reached the high ex
pected. i Peak of the cannery labor sea
son is expected in mid-August,
with 4,000 to 5,000 employes in the
area covered by the labor-recruiting
canners committee, that ef
Salem, Silverton, Stay ton and
Woodburn, according to Mrs.
Beckett.
Processing of pears should be
gin this week, followed next week
by peaches, corn, and completion
of cane berries and apricots the
latter part of August. Prunes will
follow in tSeptember, with late
beet crops being processed by 6ome
canneries, and late fall work on
pumpkins available.
store and improved sewer facili
ties. The city of Salem has promised
to lay out about $6,800 to asphalt
Cross street (running through the
heart of the colony), and to black
top side streets. Chief wish of res
idents now is concrete sidewalks
to replace the raveled walks
Current population of the -172
rental' units hovers around 500
adults and children. Hopkins said
he hasa waiting list of about 200
names with applications coming
in daily. Most of those seeking
housing in the project are local
veterans, Hopkins said, while a
few come from out-of-state. ,
f Turnover averages only about
nine units per month, he said.
i "The housing situation appears
to be as desperate for a larger
portion of local veterans' families,
as it Was a - year! ago," Hopkins
said. "With the easing of rent
controls, many veterans are being
evicted, or cannot; meet, increased
rent' prices." -v
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No. 113
Stands
Blast Hits
Heart of
Portland
PORTLAND, Ore.. Aug. 6
An explosion and fire in an un
derground electric conduit terri
fied dWntown passersby, dis
rupted the business district's pow
er service, and slightly injured
three women today.
The blast, apparently due to a
short circuit under the heart of
the city, sent eleven manhole
covers flying into the air, some
in pieces. Several pedestrians fell
flat. The rest dashed for cover.
Flames spurted from the man
holes. Theatres went black. Store
elevators halted. Two radio sta
tions temporarily went off the air.
Firemen, hampered by thick,
acrid smoke pouring from the
manholes, battled from the street
for more, than an hour before
workmen were able to descend to
the underground, substation. Po
cific Power and Light company,
which reported three circuits
broken,- said workmen might have
to work through the night before
all power could be restored.
Mrs. A. Crossatti and her
daughter, Joyce. 15, who were
standing directly over the site of
the blast, were treated at police
emergency hospital for minor
bums. Joyce's hair was singed.
The only other injured person
was Genevieve Lucas, who cut her
hand as a shop window shattered.
Pacific Power and Light com
pany said the exact cause was still
a matter of speculation. "The best
guess," a spokesman said, "is an
electrical failure in one of the
heavy duty cables."
Independence
Bridge Plans
Due in Month
- The possibility loomed Wednes
day that plans for the $640,000
Marion-Polk county bridge over
the Willamette river at Independ
ence may be completed within
a month.
Marion County Judge Grant
Murphy, while conferring with
state highway engineers on the
I reject, was informed that acqui
sition of right-of-way land by
the county is not complete. Land
on an island over which the
bridge will pass is owned by the
Paulus Brothers company of Sa
lem, with which the county court
has been negotiating.
Land on which ; the traffic
"cloverleaf" control will be built
at the west end; of the bridge be
longs to the Cooper estate which
has its administratrix in Cali
fornia. According- to a map of the
bridge, which the county now
has, the 2,128 foot structure will
be constructed of steel girders
resting on eight concrete piers. It
is to be a "truss type bridge.
Marshall Cancels
Hungary Credit
WASHINGTON. Aug. 6 - (A)
Denouncing the recent Hungar
ian government upset as a com
munist coup, Secretary of State
Marshall today disclosed cancella
tion of a $7,000,000 credit prom
ised Hungary.
Marshall told a news conference
one of the main reasons the
United States shut off the credit
for Hungary was because numer
ous government officials in which
it, has confidence have fled into
exile.
The export-import bank decided
to cancel the credit, which was
to have been used to buy Ameri
can cotton, five days ago.
During the past year Hopkins
estimated that about 100 babies
were born to families in the col
ony. 'Many families expecting
babies have sought admittance
into the colony because they were
evicted by landlords allergic to
children," Hopkins said.
Veterans living at the project
include all walks of life and the
project has established a record
for having law-abiding citizens,
Hopkins ayers. City police were
called only once during the year
and that in connection with a
traffic violation.
The colony is operated on a
contract between the Salem hous
ing authority and the federal pub
lic housing authority. The project
will continue until the president
declares the end of the national
housing emergency. It must be
closed within two years from that
announcement, which Hopkins
does not forsee for several years.
Flax Queen
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MT. ANGEL. Aug. 6 Jeanette
Iloffer, Mt. Angel, who Wed
nesday night was proclaimed
qneen-elect of the ML Angel
flax festival to be held Friday.
Saturday and Sunday.
Jeanette Hoffer
To Rule Fete
At Mt' Ansel
MT. ANGEL. Aug. 6-Jeanette
Hoffer. 19, daughter of Mrs.
Teresa Hoffer, Mt. Angel, was
proclaimed queen-elect of Flax
aria here tonight, to rule over the
Flax Festival August 8, 9 and 10.
Lola Traviss, Mt. Angel, was
chosen crown princess and prin
cesses in the royal court, named
after votes were counted by John
T. Bauman, official accountant,
are Monica Duda, Mt. Angel, Ar
lene Zuber, Woodburn and Chuk
ke Brokke, Silverton.
Queen Jeanette wifTTJe crowned
by King Bing Wiljiam C. Dyer.
jr of the Salem Cherrians, Friday
night at ceremonies at the en
trance of St. Mary'ls school.
The queen-elect is a blue-eyed
brunette, a graduate of Mt. Angel
academy and normal school and
has lived in Mt. Angel. since she
was 4 years old. She was born in
Hubbard. Her hobbies include
swimming and dancing and, play
ing the Hawaiian steel guitar. She
was sponsored as queen candidate
by William Bean, owner of the
Hotel Fountain and the P. N.
Smith Furniture company, bpth
of Mt. Angel.
Preceding the announcement
of winners tonight at the review
ing stand on the north side of the
city hall, all the queen candidates,
including Car line Rentz, Gervais,
Kay Sievers, Molalla, Esther Bol
land. Canby and Alyce Allison,
Portland, were introduced by
master of ceremonies, Joe Beich
told. An amateur talent show was
also staged between 6 and 10 p.m.
Plane Dives
Into Chimney A
EVERETT, Mass.", Aug." 7 -(P)
Three persons, two men and a
woman, were killed early today
when their small cub plane crash-'H
ed into a .chimney on the huge
Beacon Oil company farm and
then dived into the wide vent
Their bodies were discovered at
the bottom of the 25-foot stark
burned beyond recognition. Por
tions of the craft were stuck in
the chimney. . Police said com
pany officials reported the plane's
wings were sheered when it hit
the vent and that parts of -it
tumbled down the chimney along
with the victims,
Norblad Urges
Quick High Court
Test of New Laws
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 - (ff) -A
change in supreme court pro
cedure to permit- quick decision
on whether important new laws
are constitutional was proposed
today by Rep. Norblad (R-Ore).
The Oregon representative said
he would introduce a bill author
izing the supreme court, when re
quested by a two-thirds vote of
congress, to rule directly on a
law's contitutionnlity. At present
the supreme court must wait for
such cases to be appealed from
lower courts.
"This process often results in a
delay of a year or two," Norblad
pointed out. "A good example is
the Taft-Hartley labor bill we
may not learn its legality for
many months."
Pendleton Dusted as
Malaria Mosquitoes Seen
PENDLETON, Aug. 6 (VP) A
city-hired plane flew over Pend
leton at house-top level ' today,
dusting 1,650 pounds of DDT in
an attempt to eliminate mosqui
toes and other pests. Umatilla
County Sanitarian George Amund-
son said anopheles mosquitoes 3
the species which transmits ma
laria had ; been found in this
area.
'200 to 500 ' Qu estions
Ready for Solon Today
WASHINGTON, Aug. S--Millionaire Howard Hughes
and Senator Brewster (R-Me) put under oath today a charge
and denial that the senator offered to call off a warplane con
tract investigation if Hughes would merge Trans World Airline
with Pan American Airways.
They gave their squarely
Wnse hearing of a senate war
investigating committee.
Hughes accused the committee
of applying "the screws" to him.
Brewster said attempts ' had
been made to "trap him- into
preventing a full investigation of
Hughes' contracts with ithe gov
ernment. .
The senator told of two talks
he had with, Hughes raised the
matter first, and insisted he never
made a proposition to halt the
hearings. j
Hughes controls TWA. Brew
ster, chairman of the investigat
ing committee, has denied any
connection with Pan American.
Under investigation by the sub
committee are $40,000,000 of war
time plane contracts the govern
ment gave. Hughes and industrial
ist Henry J. Kaiser.
Specific Charges Made
Hughes said "I charge specifi
cally" that at a luncheon in the
Brewster suite in the Mayflower
hotel here last February:
"The senator in so many words
told me that the hearings need
not go on if" I agreed to merge
the TWA Airline with Pan Amer
ican and to go along ' with the
bill for a single overseas airline."
After he refused to- go through
with a merger, he said, . he in
terpreted the timing of the sub
sequent dispatch of committee
investigator Francis Flanagan to
the west coast as putting on "the
screws."
Brewster flatly said it wasn't
so .that he ever offered-to halt
the inquiry now in progress
"I can assure you that I never
did." .
Sounds i Like Holly wood -
On Hughes' declaration that he
offered to cancel the hearings in
exchange for the merger, the
senator said he "never did;" that
the proposition "sounds more
like Hollywood than it does
Washington."
Hughes and Brewster alternat
ed on the witness stand in a
marble caucus room crammed to
the window sills with spectators.
And just before the subcommit
tee chairman. Senator Ferguson
(R-Mich), stopped the show for
the day; Hughes said he wants
to fire "200 to 500" questions St
Brewster. , The hearings j resume
tomorrow morning. -
No Cross Examination
Ferguson had announced that
Hughes' and Brewster would have
equal privileges but that neither
would be accorded the right of
cross examination. If they want
to ask questions, he said, it must
be done through committee mem
bers. The dramatic contradictions fol
lowed a sparring match between
Hughes and the subcommittee
chairman. Senator Ferguson R
Mich), over whether the lanky
bachelor from Houston and Hol
lywood -would testify at once and
on what.
They finally agreed to skip
for the time being what Ferguson
called the main issue the in
vestigation of contracts for a 200
ton flying cargo boat and the
F-l 1 reconnaissance plane to
get into the Hughes-Brewster
dispute.
Terms to Forbid
County to Re-sell
Labor Camp Soon
County Judge Grant Murphy
and Guy Hick ok. ctuunnan for a
group of business men, processors
and growers, conferred Wednes
day on advice received by Marion
county court from the Salem farm
labor camp management that the
county must hold the 125-acre
tract at the old Salem army air
base for three years "before dis
posing of it to private interests.
This stipulation has been placed
in the deed. by the government
transferring the property to the
county for the appraisal price of
$11,185. However, a waiver to this
resjrjctfon might be' negotiated af
ter thVland changes hands, Mur
phy was informed.
Salem' Agricultural Housing,
Inc., which Hickok represents,
plans eo continue the camp for the
benefit of the fruit and vegetable
industries in this vicinity by pur
chasing the property through the
county, which has first priority for
its purchase from the government.
45 DIE IN INDIA RIOTING
NEW DELHI, Thursday, Aug. 7.
-A3-At least 45 persons .were re
ported killed and hundreds in
jured in Hindu-Moslem fighting
in the Punjab. Sixteen villages
were raided in 4 hours in the
Amritsar district.
STATE BIRTH RATE HIGH
PORTLAND, Aug. 6 MJPr- A
record high of 35.097 bah&s were
born in Oregon during the year
ended June 30, the state- board
of health, said today.
TYPHOON DUE IN TOKYO
TOKYO, Thursday, Aug. 7P)
Nine ships of the British and Am
erican fleets put-' to sea today to
ride out a typhoon which is ex
pected to strike the Tokyo-Yoko-
hama axeauusalternoon.
contradictory testimony at a
Board Accepts
Over-Estimate
Hospital Bid
A $966,489 bid for construction
work to expand the Eastern Ore
gon State hospital at Pendleton -was
approved Wednesday by the?
state board of control. Emergency
board consent to award of the
contract will be necessary as part
of the cost will be borne by the
state building fund.
McCormack Cor.strucion Co. of
Pendleton -e n t e r e d the low tt
three bids, which compares with,
a $700,000 estimated cost for tho
work of building a new reception
and treatment center. Superintend
dent Donald Wair of the Pendle
ton institution said the hospital is
now over capacity.
Commenting on the bid. Stat
Treasurer Leslie Scott asserted
"It is time the state departed from
its previous stingy attitude toward
its mental institutions." after he, ,
Secretary of State Robert S. Far
re 1 and Architect Leslie Howell,
who drew the plans, agreed that
building prices, would continue at
a high level for several years.
Board members said they would
Lmeet with the emergency board
today to discuss the Pendietm
firm's bid and to again consider,
bids for three new buildings at
Fairview home - - recently reject
ed as too high.
County Jobless
Pay Far Above
State Average
U n e m p 1 o y m e n t compensa
tion benefits paid in Marion Coun
ty last month were 78 per cent
higher than in July of 1948. while
over the rest of the state, the
amount paid in July was 34 per
cent below that of a year ago, ac
cording to the state unemployment
compensation commission. Wed
nesday. A slump in cannery employment,
GI students on vacation and an in
flux of workers into this area re
cently, are the main 'causes of the
local jump in benefit payments, a
commission spokesman said.
Totals of $34,419 in civilian ben
efits and $27,161 in veterans' re
adjustment allowance were pail
in July in Marion county, as com
pared with $22,113 civilian com
pensation and $12,252 veterans' al
lowance in June. "
July's payments bring the coun
ty total for the first seven month
of 1947 up to $393353 for civilian
a three per cent drop from tn
same period last year. Over the
state the drop was 65 per cent The?
$327,860 paid out to veterans so far
this year is 27 per cent below the
amount for' the same period in
1946, the commission said.
During the third week of July,
of the 627 claims paid, 403 re pie
sen ted former cannery workers.
During the same period last year,
only 203 claims were paid and. of
these only SI were cannery work
ers, the commission said.
Dallas Man Faces :
Store Theft Charge
INDEPENDENCE, Aug. 6 -V
A man Identified as Miles Roy
RymaJ, route 2, Dallas, was charg
ed today, with the robbery of Jew
elry from the Dee Taylor drug:
store here.
Police, Chief. Ray Howard said
most of the missing watches, rings
and bracelets were recovered from
Rymal's automobile, Tony Neu
feldt. Polk county sheriffs dep
uty, said he arrested Rymal as he
drove on the Salem-Dallas high
way. Howard said Rymal denied any?
knowledge of the theft.
Weather
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San Franciaco SI 54 .ao
Chicago ..101 73 M
Willamette river -J feet.
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reau. MrNary Meld. Sa'.emt: Cloudy to
partly cloudy today and tomnt. Lit
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today near. SO: ioweet SS. favotabW
weather for ail farm acuvtltea through
out the day.
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