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Doll Contest Entrant
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Secretary of State Robert S.
FarreU, Jr., challenged the scope
f authority or the state emer
gency board at its! meeting Thurs
day to consider approval of bids
for publics buildings. Under the
terms of the law creating a state
building fund, approval of the
board of control and the emer
gency board is necessary before
contracts may be let. In the mat
ter of new construction for Fair
yiw home the board of control
approved a program, and the
iftate emergency board turned jit
down slating however that pt
mould approve a j program under
rei tan conditions.) Secretary Far
rell asserted that- the emergency
board had authority under the
law to approve or disapprove, but
not to make rm?femendations or
tell the board how to operate its
institution. 1 j
I think f arrell Is correct rr Ms
contention. But 1 am willing to
go farther and quel twin -whether
the board has any authority un-
Ser the constitution, This Doarn
I) a creatioo of the legislature anr)
tfempotea or legislators, u wa s
jp in 1913 to administer me em-
r fund and SAV When it
ecujd be drawn on to supplement
appropriations. Later the legislat
ure gave it veto powers over cer
tain building appropriations. I
seriouily doubt If the legislature
can project its authority into the
administrative realm in this way.
Section 1, Article I of the state
constitution says: I
The powers of the government
shall be divided into three separf
ate departments - the legislative!
the executive, Including the adj
miniKtrative. and the judicial; and
no person charged with official
duties under one of these depart-j
menu shall exercise any of the
functions of- . j
(Continued on Editorial Page)
Snell Disavows
Senate Hopes;
Cordon Silent
PORTLAND. Aua . g-lAV-Senat
or. Guy Cordon arrived by train;
today from Washington and de
clined to say whether he planned:
to run lor anoiner senate term.
Governor Earl Snell. however,
had a comment on the matter. The
rirrrnn Journal said the governor
told the newspaper that "I am not
a candidate lor me unitea aiaies
senate ... I think it would be a
great loss to the state if Cordon
-were to decline to offer his ser
vices for another term in the sen
He. The Journal had questioned the
governor about persistent rumors
that he would run for Cordon's
. senate seat. "
Cordon expressed this summary
cf the jut concluded congress:
J . Congress did a "good" not
a perfect Job.
1 The Taft - Hartley bill it
workable.
3. His tilt with Rep. Stockman
about Bonneville appropriations
is a "closed incident."
Fees of Comity
Constables,
Justices Set
Salaries for five Marion vounty
justices of the peace and six con
stables is prescribed in a county
court issued Friday, effective as of
August 1.
The judge at Jefferson will
draw $125 Monthly, at Breitenbush
$90. ML Angel $10, Stay ton $125
and Wood burn $180. Salary of the
Silverton-judge is fixed by leg
islative act at $175.
, The constable at Jefferson will
Vbe paid $15 monthly, at Breiten
bush $25. Mt Angel $10. Stayton
$20, Woodburn $50 and Silverton
$75.
Basis used by the court for de
termining the justices' remuner
ation was the average monthly fee
collection by each court during the
, first six months of 1947, plus 20
per cent, according to County
Judge Grant Murphy. For consta
bles, the decision was arbitrary,
since the officers have retained
their collections and, "(submitted no
records, said Murph'y, Henceforth,
both officials must remit all fees
collected to the county.
Animal Crackers
By WARREN GOODRICH
BAffBALL
tod Ay
"Not Junior, they re not real
ly going to kill the umpire."
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J ad r Hart well, age 4. dasighter af Mr. and Mrs. Mlltan Hart well, ggg
Bellevne st., was ene of the contestants In the city playgrounds' an
noil "Doll day" Friday en seven neighborhood playfleldi. Neither
the I duck nor leddr bear which Judy has here won prizes, but an
other one of her dolls took first prise in the best-dressed division
at Bush school playground. The contest attracted over 1.200 entries
on the seven grounds. (Statesan phot by Wes Sullivan.) (Story on
Pgo 4.) -
3,000 Attend
enirig
At Mt. Angel
MT, ANGEL, Aug. 8 A shill
ing sovereign of Flaxaria, Queen
Jeannette Hoffer of Mt. Angel,
opened the ninth annual Oregon
Flax i festival tonight before a
crowd of nearly 3,000 townspeo
ple and visitors. '
In the outdoor ceremonial open
ing Queen Jeannette, appearing in
a white satin gown and carrying
a sheaf of brilliant' red gladioli,
was crowned by King Bing Wil
liam C. Dyer, jr., of Salem's
Cherrians, against a background
of dark blue velvet covering the
entrance to St Mary's auditorium
and making ! the arched portico
atop the stairs a dias for the
queen.
Cherrtan Escort
The queen was escorted to her
throne by Cherrian O. A. Olson
and was followed by her court
including Crown Princess Lola
Traviss, Mt Angel, in blue bro
caded organza, escorted by Cher
rian i Paul Hale; pink marquis'
ette-gowned Princesses Chukke
Brekke of Silverton, Arlene Zu
ber of Woodburn and Monica
Duda of Mt. Angel, escorted, re
spectively, by Cherrians Frank
Doerfler, Don Doerfler and John
Meyers; Shirley Walker, the 1946
queen, escorted by Past King
Bing William Chad wick; Chape
rone .Mrs. R. O. Appleby, ring and
crown bearers Delores Schmidt
and ' Jimmy , Berchtold. Louis
Schwab, festival vice president,
presented the queen's ring.
Entertainment Follows '
Entertainment which followed
included selections by the Guards
men, a Silverton male quartet;
solo by Bernard Smith accom
panied by Felix Schultz; presen
tation of the scepter by Queen
Shirley to Queen Jeannette; song
by Mrs. Frank Moffembeier; .pre
sentation of the keys of the city
by Mayor Jacob Berchtold; a
band number dedicated to the
queen; acceptance speech of
Queen Jeannette; talk by Presi
dent ; Francis Schmidt of the
Business Men's club; song by Am
brose Smith; talk by Jim An
derson, chairman of the Flax
Festival committee, and grand
march to St Mary's gymnasium
where the queen and King Bing
opened the coronation dance.
Reigns at Queen's Ball
After a few dances the court
was accompanied to the queen's
ball in the auditorium by official
festival escorts - Queen Jean
nette by Frank Grosjacques;
Crown Princess Lola, Jim Well
man; Princess Monica, Jack
Schutz; Princess Arlene, Don
Shepherd, and Princess Chukke,
Don i Heggie.
Main events of Saturday's pro
gram are conducted tours start
ing at 10 a.m.; grand parade at
2:30 pjn., followed by speaking
program; sports - program at 4
p.m.; outdoor show-vM 8 p.m.,
followed by presentation of fes
tival : car and other prizes, and
a street dance.
ALBANIANS RAID GREECE
! ATHENS, Aug. B(JP)-The Greek
'army announced today an Alban
ian force had crossed the border
in a raid near Ioannina, the cap
ital of Epirus.
Fete Op
Stevenson to Make Plea on Shooting
Charge Today; Snyder Still 'Critical'
5
j Charged with assault with in
tent to kill, Fremont Russell Ste
venson of 265 N. Commercial st.
will appear for plea in Marion
county district court this morning.
I The charge was made Friday
by Marion County District Attor
ney Miller B. Hayden after he
and Salem city police investigat
ed a Thursday night shooting
which critically wounded John
Snyder, a tenant of the Blain ho
tel at 265 N. Commercial st., of
which Stevenson is proprietor,
i City ; police reports of the in
cident ' state that Stevenson ad
mitted shooting Sifyder at the ho
tel during an argument with ho
tel roomers. Stevenson is held in
the county jail, with bail set at
$3,000.
1 A single bullet was said to have
lodged in Snyder's skull, entering
)L 's
Boxcar Shortage
Closes 23 Mills
EUGENE, Aug. t.-(P)-ln
grip of a growing freight
the
car
shortage, 23 smaller sawmills in
this general area have shut down,
larger ones are feeling the pinch
and a number will be forced to
cease operations within a .month
unless relief arrives.
This was the situation outlined
Thursday by railroad and lumber
spokesmen as lumber piled high
er and higher in yards.
Hughes Denies
Making Profit
On War Work
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 - (if) -Defiant
Howard Hughes testified
today the government is getting
its money'. worth from his $30,
000,000 aerial cargo boat that
never has flown. ;
And the millionaire manufac
turer and flier of planes, told a
senate war investigating subcom
mittee he ten't making a dime out
of that project or any other, war
time business. f
The subcommittee is investigat
ing wartime ' contracts with
Hughes and industrialist Henry
J. Kaiser for which the govern
ment got no wartime planes.
At the morning meeting Hughes
defiantly refused twice to hunt
up free-spending Johnny Meyer,
his missing publicity man.
He and Ferguson barked and
snapped. Ferguson ground out
subpoenas for Meyer and for
Hughes' personal papers.
Hughes came back to the stand
after lunch to explain at least in
part why it is taking so long and
costing so much to turn out the
world's largest airplane a 200
ton flying boat for which the gov
ernment contracted with Hughes
and Kaiser late in 1942.
The original contract was for
$18,000,000 for three planes.
Hughes said this was changed to
one plane of twice the planned
size, and that doubling the size
more than doubles the cost.
The government gave contract
ors billions of dollars of contracts
during the war that guaranteed
them their costs plus a profit,
Hughes asserted. -
"The only difference between
those contracts and this one," he
continued, "was that other con
tractors were assured of a fee or
profit. Mr. Kaiser and I were do
ing a job for the government
There was no change for me or
Mr. Kaiser to make one cent un
der this contract"
State Sued for 'Neglect'
In Columbia Gorge Slide
PORTLAND, Aug. 8 -(P)- Ore
gon was sued today for $134,120
because of a slide which buried
the Union Pacific railroad tracks
at Multnomah falls last year.
The railroad, in a circuit court
suit, contended that negligence
permitted rock and earth from
the state's rock pit to crumble
down upon the tracks.
his head just above the left eye.
Snyder, who was rushed from Sa
lem to Portland's Good Samari
tan hospital in critical condition
late. Thursday night, was reported
still in critical condition by that
hospital early today. Doctors had
not yet decided whether Snyder
could undergo brain surgery.
Police reports indicated , the
shooting was the culmination of a
series of arguments in the hotel
and allegedly was sparked by pro
tests by roomers when Stevenson
refused a room to an unidentified
man checking Into the hotel.
The wounded Snyder and his
wife, Mrs. Lucille Cook Snyder,
earlier this week were defendants
in a civil case brought by Steven
son for eviction of the couple from
an apartment at the Blain hotel
and decided Friday in favor of
NINETY-SEVENTH YEAR
Qdom
on
Last Half
Of Flight
By the Associated Press
Round-the-world flyer William
P. Odom,. nearing the halfway
mark in ; his attempt to halve
Wiley Pat's 1933 solo record,
landed at Karachi, India, Friday
and departed an hour and 13 min
utes lateri after refueling.
Flight officials in Chicago,
where Odom took off at 12:53
p.m. (EST) Thursday, said they
were Informed by the CAA in
New York that Odom put his
speeding bombshell plane down at
Karachi Friday at 7:10 p.m.
(EST), nearly eight hours after
he left Cairo.
After leaving Cairo, 22 hours
and 40 minutes out of Chicago
and a third of the way around
the world in his flight, Odom rode
toward Karachi on a tail wind.
Stops at Cairo
In a 55 minute stop at Cairo he
took on 500) gallons of gasoline for
his plane and a single glass of
orange juice for himself.
His converted U. S. army bomb
er, the "Bombshell,"" checked out
of Farouk airfield at 6:39 p. m
(11:39 A. M Eastern Standard
Time) just as the sun was setting
across the Nile valley.
He gave the control tower a
crisp "thank you" over his radio
and headed down the 2.200-mile
leg to Karachi. He was 22 hours
and 46 minutes out of Chictign,
his starting: point, when he left.
Airfield officials estimated he
would be in Karachi in seven or
eight hours, with the aid of the
tail winds.
Seems Still Fresh
Odom, still fresh despiteack
of sleep, was confident that he
would be back in Chicago on Sun
day The i former British! ferry
command airman, now living in
Roslyn, N. Y., wants to cut to 90
hours or less the 186-hour, solo
record set by Wiley Post in 1933
from around the world flight.
He said he landed in Cairo in
stead of flying non-stop to Kara
chi because ; he had no informa
tion on - weather at Karachi in
Paris and he disliked flying into
unknown weather - conditions
without additional gasoline.
He said he would stop Karachi
and Tokyo and probably at Cal
cutta and Shanghai.
Wreck Results in
Serious Injury
To Albany Man
State police early today were
checking details of a single-car
accident near Jefferson that last
night put William Henderson, 20,
of Albany route 4 in Salem Dea
coness hospital with serious in
juries. ';
Hospital attendants said Hen
derson was unconscious and the
full extent of his injuries was not
immediately reported.
Early information reported, by
state police indicated the auto
mobile rolled over three times
when it failed to make a turn on
a back road northeast of Jeffer
son. Another! occupant of the car,
Junior Wickersham of Jefferson,
was not seriously injured.
Credit Control
Demise Signed
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 - (yp) -
President Truman today signed
legislation signaling an end to
controls over installment buying
November 1 but rapped congress
for not keeping a rein on credit
and urged all hands to avoid an
easy payments ' inflation orgy.
"Self restraint on the part of
those who use credit as well as
upon the part of those, who ex
tend it," he said in a statement,
will reduce; the danger of an
over-expansion o installment
credit 'which I would inevitably be
followed by ( severe contraction,
thereby contributing to unemploy
ment and to reduced production."
Stevenson at the district court. The
case had been heard Tuesd.-iy. The
decision provided no specific time
limit in which the Snyders were
to vacate the premises.
In the police investigation of the
shooting. Patrolman Leroy Sut
liff, first officer on the scene, re
ported he disarmed Stevenson of a
.38 calibre revolver as the hotel
keeper stood in the corridor near
the wounded Snyder lying on the
floor. Patrolman M. J. Mathers,
who arrived : soon after Sutliff,
quoted Stevenson in his signed re
port as saying, "Sure I shot him
(Snyder); nobody can call me a
and get away with it.
Police reports also quote Phillip
Edgar Braddock, a hotel tenant,
and Michael Glenn, 790 N. Church
st., as raying they saw Stevenson
fire his revolver at Snyder at close
range.
10 PAGES The Oregon Stotaamon, Solum. Ora Saturday.
yolllly wD(D)(dl Sevetrs Feta Export!
To iBirDttaDiTTi as Ainisweir to
Approval of
Powers Voted
By Commons
LONDON, Aug. 8lVThe la
bor government's emergency bill
broadening its already extenr.ive
powers over labor and manage
ment was approved J.. the house
of commons on Its decisive second
reading today despile Winston
Churchill's impasnioned protest
that it was a "blank check for to
talitarian government."
By 251 votes to 148, the labor
majority threw out Churchill's
motion to reject the bill which
the war-time prime minister as
sailed as a "gross invuMon of our
fundamental liberties' and a
"complete Hbrogatlon" of the pow
ers of parliament.
Laborite Opposes
. One labor member, Capt. Ray
mond Blackburn, voted agaimt
the government, charging that
the bill was a "substitute for lead
ership" and "completely contrary
to the faith of the labor party and
everything for which the labor
party has ever stood."
Home Secretary Chuter Ede, as
serting that any order issued un
der the new powers would be
subject to parliamentary review,
said the bill was necessary be
cause "we should have power to
deal drastically and swiftly with
awkward situations that may
arise."
To which Churchill snapped,
"Hitler said that!"
Powers Enumerated
Reinforcing government powers
contained in war-time defense
regulations, which have been ex
tended to 1950, the government
measure implements a program
calling for government direction
of labor into essential channels,
intervention in "inefficient" in
dustries. Longer work hours, a
retrenchment in the armed forces,
a drastic cut in imports for shortage-ridden
Britons, an a deter
mined boost of exports.
BillsWouldPut
Annexation on
October Ballot
Six outlying areas seeking an
nexation to the city of Salem are
the subject of legislation to be
introduced at the Salem city
council meeting Monday night in
city hall. Ordinance bills have
been drafted to provide for an
nexation voting on October 7, to
coincide with the special state
election that date.
Petitions from the six areas
have been filed with the city,
some of them for many mouths.
Four of the six areas cover parts
of districts which last summer
voted down annexation in a simi
lar special election areas north
of Locust street between the Wil
lamette river and Cherry avenue
and areas 'south of Hoyt street
extending east and west from
12th street.
A fifth area proposing annexa
tion is north of Silverton road
and east of Abrams avenue. Oth
er area is a large district south
west of present city limits, where
property owners assert their pe
titions are signed 100 per cent.
Crawford Sworn in as
Assistant City Judge
Sworn in Friday morning by
City Recorder Alfred Mundt, At
torney William H. Crawford is.
now officially the assistant muni
cipal Judge, Crawford, chosen by
the city council in its last meet
ing will serve only when Judge
W. W. McKinney is on vacation,
ill. or otherwise unable to hold
court, Crawford is limited by law
to 30 days' service in any fiscal
year.
SHELL EXPLOSION KILLS 1
MANILA, Saturday, Aug. 9-(A)
Ten Filipinos, eight of them school
rhiirtron itwrlatnrs ujcrp killed
yesterday in a village northwest I n nite, couniy prooauon oiiicer,
of here when a U. S. army 155 i came the report that the juvenile
shell exploded while fishermen I court has handled about 400 cases
were extracting powder from it involving delinquent and depend
for blasting purposes. Two others ! cnt children during the past six
were injured. (months. Of this number about 300
WHITE RUSSIAN DIES
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Aug. 9 ;
(JP)- Gen. Anton Denikine, 76,
former chief of staff of the im- j
perial Russian army and com-
mander of the White Russian :
army in its fight against the bol-
sheviks, died late Friday in the
University of Michigan hospital.
Weather
Max.
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76
.... 70
Mm.
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AS
Frecip
tr are
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Salrnt
Portland
San Francisco
SS
65
70
Chicago
85
78
New York
Willamette river -3.1 feet.
TORECAST (from U.S. weather bu-
beau, McNary field. Salem): Partly
cloudy today. Highest temperature to
day SO. lowest tonight 52. Winds will
interfere with dustine. otherwine
weather will be favorable for all ag
ricultural acUvities.
Democratic Committee
Election Ruled Invalid
Wallifee Wins Fight Over Proxy Votes
A meeting of the democratic
state central committee in Port
land May 17, 1947, at which
Byron CJ. Carney was elected
chairman, was not legal because
a quorum was not present. First
Assistant Attorney General Rex
Kimmell notified State Senator
Lew -Wallace, Portland, demo
cratic national committeeman,
in a letter Friday.
The opinion was requested by
Wallace who, at the close of
the May meeting, indicated he
would contest the election of
Carney and other committee of
ficers. PORTLAND, Aug. 8-0"P)- Lew
Wallace, democratic national
Prosecuting Attorney Names
Pretty Wife as Slayer of Ftttlier
HOT SPRINGS, Ark., Aug. 2 --Prosecutor Sidney S. McMath
named his wife today as the slayer of his father, then stepped aside so
that a special prosecutor could present the case against the pretty, 26-year-old
blonde at an extraordinary session of the grand Jury.
No charge will be filed against Mrs. McMath, pending grand jury
action.
McMath, former lieutenant col
onel who had won promotion and
a host of decorations for gallant
ry on southwest Pacific battle
fields, declared his wife thrice shot
Hal P. McMath, 56, at the prose
cutor's country home with his ser
vice .45 calibre automatic while
"hysterical. with fright"
The moving spirit in an ex -servicemen's
successful revolt against
a long-entrenched Hot Springs
political organization at the polls
last year, McMath declared his
father had been "drinking exces
sively." "I know she did not intend to
kill my father, because" she loved
him as we all did." he said.
McMath's prepared report re
lated that the elder McMath had
abused his wife earlier this week,
then cursed and threatened her
last night while advancing on her
with clenched fist.
"She picked up by .45 auto
matic with the idea of frightening
him away.
"He started after her. Anne
knew he was not himself. She be
came hysterical with fright and
began firing. Anne had never
fired a weapon before in her
life."
Kaiser Willielm
Jewels Lost
BERLIN. Saturday, Aug. 9 -iJP)
-United States army criminal in
vestigation agents disclosed today
that they were searching for
missing jewels belonging to the
late widow of Kaiser Wilhelm II
and believed to be worth more
than $500,000.
The owner of the jewels was
Princess Hermine von Schoen-aich-Carolath,
who died Thursday
at Frankfurt - An - Der-Order in
the Russian zone of Germany.
The army agents said the jew
els had vanished in the U. S. sec
tor of Berlin after being smug
gled from the Russian zone.
Pre-Delinquent, Foster Home
Programs Top Juvenile Needs
By Conrad Prange
Staff Writer, Th Statesman
A pre-delinquent home for boys
and an expanded foster home pro
gram are the two greatest needs
for improvement of Marion coun
ty's juvenile program, probation
office directors said Friday.
From the office of Mrs. Nona
are boys.
Leaders in the county s Juvenile
program noted a "slight" increase
in the rate of delinquency in this
county during the past year. Their
records also indicate an increase
in the number of younger chil-
dren being brought in, and a re-
cent bott in the rate of sex
crimes.
Oi l it ers said that the mere in
crease of population in general
here with an influx of more young
sters contributed only slightly to
the advancing delinquency rate.
Children are still suffering from
war-time neglect, and from the
post-war readjustment difficulties
of their families, one juvenile
court spokesman declared.
Many of the children brought to
the attention of the court now are
being cared for in foster homes at
Augxut 9. 1947 Pricn 5c
committeeman, called today for
new election of the state cen
tral committee after receiving le
gal support of his contention that
the May election was invalid.
Assistant Attorney General
Rex Kimmell, In a letter which
was not a formal opinion, told
Wallace that proxies must be ad
mitted in a committee -election
and that 76 committee members
are necessary for a quorum.
Byron G. Carney was elected
state democratic chairman at a
meeting in which 38 votes were
cast. Proxy votes held by Wal
lace for Carney's opponent were
ruled out
Wallace declared that the for-
mer officers should call another
election.
Letter Seeks
Stayton High
District Defeat
A letter, addressed to the vot
ers within the proposed Stayton
Union high school district and
signed "Board of Directors and
Advisory Board District No. 42C
has been distributed to voters
within the 17 school districts in
cluded in the proposal' asking that
a vote of 'no- be cast in fairness
to areas that might be included
against their will.
The letter contends that 8 of the
11 persons who signed the peti
tion td include the Union Hill dis
trict on the ballot understood that
the destrict would decide on the
merger with Stayton individually,
but that they later found that
once a district had petitioned to
be placed on the ballot it had
to abide, by the majority decision
of al the districts involved. The
letter contends that the 8' sign
ers would not have placed their
names on the petition had they
known they were committing
themselves to a decision based
partially upon votes of residents
outside their own district
Although there is a candidate in
the August 14 voting from the
Union Hill district the letter
states; that the board of directors
and advisory board of district 42C
did not sponsor the candidate
Union Hill students have been
going to Silverton high school in
the past but would be forced to
go to Stayton high school if the
proposal carries. Union Hill only
last spring became a consolidated
district through merger of several
smaller districts, ft Is now the
largest district in the area
expense of individuals. County
funds are not now available to es
tablish a system of available fos
ter homes. , .
"Over 90 per cent of delinquents
come from broken or discordant
homes, although this is not always
a prime factor," an officer stated.
"Delinquent children need,- above
all, some one who takes, a genuine
Interest in them. Foster homes are
the best answer."
A pre-delinquent school on a
county-wide basis is considered
another must by directors of the
delinquency prevention program
in this county. It would be a place
where children hovering on the
brink of delinquency could be giv
en supervised recreation and sal
vaged for society.
Already, such a plant, conduct
ed entirely by private funds, is in
existence on the J. II. Turnidge
farm near Jefferson. This farm
takes care of five boys, while
county authorities estimate that
at least 40 boys now are in need
of such care.
Problems confronting Juvenile
directors in other sections of the
nation are rendered simpler for
Marion county officers, it was in
dicated. This is due chiefly, they
say, to the fact that community
and residents here are more sta
ble and social conditions and for
ces are steady and tend to take
care of their own problems.
No. 115
Hsieiv Tax
Eric Johnston
Tells Decision
Of Executives V:
NEW YORK, Aug. -(-America's
motion picture industry, hit
ting back at a severe tax impose
by Great Britain on U. S. 'films,
today placed a flat ban on ship
ment cf all feature pictures an4
short subjects to Britain.
Eric A. Johnston, president of
the Motion Picture Association of
America (MPA), announced th
decision after a closed three-hour
session attended by 50 film exec
utives. The vote on the ban wag
not announced.
The tax, announced yesterday
by Great Britain to combat that
country's dollar shortage, was at
tacked by Johnston who declared
in a statement that it "in" effect
strangles American film shipment
to England." j
The British described the levy
officially as a 300 per cent ad
valorem payment but Johnston
said it "confiscates 75 per cent
of the earnings on future importa
of the American film industry to
Britain."
"If the British do not want
American pictures, that's on
thing." the M.PA. head comment
ed. "If they do, they shouldn't ex
pect to get a dollar's worth cf
films for a quarter."
In recent years U. S. films havo
earned about $400,000,000 annual
ly in the British market and have
constituted about 80 per cent ol
the films shown in Britain, it was
said here.
Gable, Grable
Shortage May
nrean uriusti
LONDON, Aug. 8 -OV The
wind of the economic crisis ft-
smack down the neck of the Enl
ist little man and his little wife
today with the newi, that mo
more Hollywood movies would bo
crossing the Atlantic.
You can water his beer, up thai
price of his cigarets. cut his candy
ration and still the little man who
dodged the buzabombs will grum
ble, grin, shrug and carry on. But
deprive him of his weekly bath cl
celluloid bloodshed and glamor?
"This is the last straw:" declar
ed the wife of an electrical engi
neer. "Going to the films is tha
only recreation I have and if they,
take away American films . . .
well. I'm patriotic and all that, but
there's nobody like Clark Gatl
in British pictures."
Motion picture theatre manag
ers echoed the harried housewife's
complaint and warned that hun
dreds of cinema palaces are likely
to close because of the shortage f
British pictures. Britain produces
about 45 films a year to take up
20 per cent of the screen playing
time while foreign films princi
pally from. Hollywood provid
the rest,. ,
Korean Student
To Attend WU
1
i
Koh Byung Soo, 24-year-old
graduate of the Harbin YMCA eel
lege in Manchuria, will enroll ia
September at Willamette univer
sity, President G. Herbert Smith
announced Friday.
- Recommended by Dr. Monti
Chang Wook, director of the rf
f ice of foreign affairs of the South! .
Korea interim government, who is
in Salem ' this week. Koh was
granted a scholarship by Willam
ette. Planning to study fir a career id
the diplomatic service and inter
national relations. Koh speaks
English, Chinese and Japanese end
was an Interpreter for U.S. mili
tary forces in Korea. He attended
English business school in Korea.
For his stay in Salem, the local .
YMCA has provided a room for
the student .
Liquor Sales Continue
Steady Decline in State
PORTLAND, Aug. 8-W)-Ore-
gon's elbow-bending grows stead
ily weaker.
The state liquor control com
mission reported liquor sales
down to $3,294,792 . In July, .23
per cent below the corresponding
month last year. Sales have been
falling for -months.
Our Senators
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