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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 15, 1947)
f i 2 The Startmen. Salem. Oregon, Friday. Ancruat IS, 1947 Report Shows Living C osls Still Increasing By Docla B. Cornell ' WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.-iP)-Kew government report? tonight showed living costs at a record hih, wholesale prices still climb ing and little chance, for any gen eral lom-tring ot fod ind textile piece. . i , But President Truman told a nus conference he hope and be lieve? a Justice department inves tigation of high prices of food, elothir. and shelter will get re mits. He remarked, however, that tt is more likely to point the fin ger at whoever is responsible for high prices than jto brang actual reduction. The bureau of labor statistics give a final, official treading of 1571.1 Ut its consumers' price In dex as r,f June 15. That was a record high, 57.1 per cent above the prewar mark, for the essen tials that families of moderate infant buy in big cities. .The bureau sid." too, that wholesale prices went up 0.6 per cent in the week ended Aug. I , pushing; to a new postwar mark of the Jourth week in a row. Or dinarily; wholesale price boosts re reflected later In Increases at retail. The consumers' price index uses the 1935-39 average as 100. The June IS level was 0.7 above that of May 15, 18 per cent over the reading for a year ago and 59 per tent above August, 1339. A preliminary calculation had put the June 15 index at an even 157. Trie previous peak was 156 3 last March. The wholesale price index takes 1926 as 100. The Aug. 9 figure was 152.2 of the 1928 level, 19.7 pijr cent above a year ago and- If .1 per cent above 1937. The May, 1920, record of 167.2 still stands. Pioneer Oregon Missionary Dies . NEW YORK. Aug. U.-iJPf-Th Rev. Henry W. Voigt. 81, Ger Bun-born builder of six Luther an churches throughout the coun try and pioneer missionary in Oregon and Iowa, dted yesterday. In 1943 he returned to Pendle ton. Ore., to attend the golden ju bilee celebration of the fir.st church he built, in what was then Indian country. J lVeek-Day TiM j Matinees ir.M. NOW PLAYING! MM 1 J rtMn GO0DAK0 A Lf? MocMURRA Siirfrfpnlv jR tmd restore ts.v. aucmncmT iron 4X ! 0UT aUBttON 4 v 1 .fij ' f - f - A t r s , i. ' i' MM DOC AND DOVE. Juna. six-year-old St Bernard owned by Kenneth C. Thomas of laterlsken. N. J has a new pal la Uils dove which was found shortly after it was hatched and rcfosed U leave when offered freedom. VA Requests GI Training Plans of Vets The Veterans administration training office wants to know the plans of those veterans In school or job training under the GI bill who expect to change courses or jobs, Wayne Smith, lo cal VA training supervisor an nounced Thursday. Smith explained that the stu dent's financial aid may be at stake if he does not inform the VA of a change in plans. Any transfer of school, course or job-in-training requires approval in the form of a supplemental certifi cate of eligibility. "When an ex-GI starts his training, the VA assumes he in tends to complete it," Smith said. "If he makes a change, we want to know that he has good reasons and is not flitting about without a thought to his future liveli hood." The training officer here should bo notified without delay, to pre vent any losses in entitlement or subsistence. A veteran who quits his training indefinitely also is advised to report, so any training rights he may have left can be safeguarded for a future resump tion. I Too iMle to Classify FOR SALE: Gravenstein applaa. 1st houM on CUiler road off North Pa cific highway. Phona 1-4303. DAIICE Every Saturday Night SilTcricn Armory Music by Glena Woodry's 15-lSece Orchestra TRIPLE WINNER SEATTLE, Aug. 14-(AV-Jockey Merlin Volzke, top rider of the 1947 Longacres season, rode three winners on today's eight-race Twilight program, including Ex pend in the feature race. Groves Points To 'Delay' in A-Development WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 JP)- Major General Leslie Groves, America's atom chief until the atomic energy commission was es tablished, said today a "serious de- day" in atomic development re sulted from failure to set up do mestic control soon after V-J day. Groves headed the army's Man hattan engineer district which of ficially passes out .of existence to morrow. Its records have been turned over to the civilian com mission. The Manhattan district employed 500,000 people at peak of operations, spent nearly $2,000, 000,000 to develop the A-bomb, and directed research and develop' ment in various parts of the coun try. On the eve of its demise, Groves said in an interview: 1. Two years after the dropping of the first A-bomb "the atomic energy project is still virtually 100 per cent a military 'project'.! 2. The production of radioso topes for medical and biological research represents "only a small fraction of the work. 3. The development of atonic power for industrial purposes "it still 10. 15 or 20 years possibly even decades away, in my opin ion." 4. We should always try to in crease the certainty of its (the bomb) working. Only five bomb! have been dropped so far may be the next ten of the same type would not go off. Maybe we were just lucky that those first five went off.' Lots of things can go wrong. 5. "It we had known that it (the bomb) would work for a certain ty, we might have decided after the battle of Midway to sit back and wait for the bomb to end the war; 22 Buchenwald Officials to Die; Widow Spared DACHAU, Germany, Aug. 14 (JP jJwenty-two nazi officio Is of i n e uucnenwaio concentration camp were sentenced to hang by an American war crimes court to day, but Frau Use Koch, red haired widow of a former com mandant, who allegedly collect ed the tattooed skins of inmates for lampshades, was among those who received a life sentence. Fran Koch, 41, is expected to give bitth next month to a baby conceived in prison. Four other defendants were sen tenced to life, one to 20 years, two to 15 years and one to 10 years. The trial of the 31 defendants began April 11, two years to the day after the late Gen. George S. Patton's third army stormed into Buchenwald, found bodies stacked like cordwood, and freed 20,00 dying victims. The prosecution charged the defendants with re sponsibility for the deaths of 53,- 000 camp inmates and the tortur ing of thousands of others in the horror camp. All defendants were convicted two days ago of violat ing the laws and usages of war by their systematic cruelties and mass murders. Among those receiving death sentences were Hermann Pister, a former camp commandant, and Max Schobert, former camp lead er. Among those receiving life sen tences were Prince Josias zu Wal deck, confidant of Hitler and first German of royal blood to be tried for war crimes. Another was Edwin Katzen - Elleboge, 0, a former resident of the United States and one of the camp phy sicians, who was first a Buchen wald prisoner but later aided his nazi captors as a trusty. He told the court he had been out of th United States long enough to lose his naturalized citizenship. 119, engineering and construction, 440 to 320, system engineering, 39 to 28, and power. sales, 83 to 42. The division of industrial resour ces and development, which em ployed 54 persons, has been eliminated. QUICKIES Reinforcements Aid in Defense of Paraguay Capital BUENOS AIRES, Aug. 14.-(P)- Neutral diplomatic sources in Buenos Aires reported tonight that Paraguayan government troops defending "Asuncion in Paraguay's five-mpnth-old civil war had been bolstered by rein forcements. Capt. Carlos Olman, Argentine naval attache in Asuncion, report ed to the Argentine' navy minis try that 2,500 loyalist troops had arrived in the Paraguayan capital frorn the nearby Camp Grande military base. He said the position of President Higinio Mogingo's government was "solid." Earlier, Paraguayan refuges ar riving at the Argentine border said the loyalists were putting po lice and medical and quartermas ter troops into the field to raise the Asuncion defense force to be tween 3,000 to 4,000 men. They estimated the insurgents had in creased their strength to 10,000. fMetropolitan Area' Census Likely Here Salem Chamber of Commerce officials are considering the possi bility of an officially designated Salem metropolitan area to indi cate the aggregate population of many mid-valley cities and towns surrounding Salem. i It appeared likely Thursday! that the chamber would request federal census takers in 1950 to j compute a metropolitan area pop- , ulation as well as a Salem ''city . limits" population. i The proposal was recommended j this week by C. A. McClure, en- j Kineef 'for the chamber's lone-! range planning commission, who pointed out that official census 1 reports of the government show several metropolitan area popu lations for cities no larger, them selves, than Salem. He said Great Falls, Mont-, is one example. McClure estimated that the Sa lem metropolitan area would not cover all of Marion county but, on the other hand, probably would extend into Polk county cities of West Salem, Dallas and Independence. "The Statesman Ad said 'cat fish' what did yoo expect? 616 on )onheville Staff Dismissed PORTLAND, Aug. 14-P)-The dismissal of 618 Bonneville power administration employes to meet reduced fundi - - an action which leaves only 851 on tne payroll - was reported today. Adminlstratpr Paul J. Raver said most of the dismissed work ers were in the Portland area. The administrative staff has been cut from 255 employes to 168, opera tion and maintenance from 186 to LOVE "If a packed with love and lavsbter.Ta pkfc of me pictures r soys Jimmy FUttr T "I favgfied and wepf ad loVod every minute of hi" says lovela farsoits M-O-M'S PRIZE PICTURE IN TECHNICOLOR MIL i r I t mwm f h y-vi CLARENCE rwS5Si$ft W?Im production, Wm Vi6 . nun - nit AS- "A final nun . Jr. .i3gtt,: rt, SIDNEY FRAtlKUN DOOES OPEN :! - FEATUXE AT TJ . . EXTKA ADDED ! Technicolor Cartoon KJot "HENPECKED HOBOS" Technicolor Musical Treat CHAMPAGNE FOR TWO" Breaks Leg in Tumble Over 500-Foot Cliff RED LODGE, Mont.. Aug. 14 iP)- George Roudebush, jr., 21, Cleveland, Ohio, fell over a 500 foot cliff and escaped with a broken leg. He slipped in snow on the Red Lodge-Cooe City highway, which traverses 10,992-foot high Bear tooth mountain, and tumbled into Mirror lake canyon yesterday af ternoon. A companion, William Webber, Cincinnati, climbed down the rocky ledge and applied first aid, while a tourist summoned help from Red Lodge. A road crew helped carry the injured man to the highway. Roudebush and Webber were returning east after a jeep trip through Yellowstone' national park, southwest of here, and they had stopped to look at snow on the mountain pass. Both are stu dents at Denison university, Deni ton, Ohio. Roudebush, receiving treatment in a local hospital, was worried today about any anxiety his acci dent might cause his parents. Canada to Abandon Meat Restrictions OTTAWA, Aug. 1 -Restrictions on the serving of meat on Tuesdays and Fridays in public eating places in Canada will be lifted tomorrow, the prices board said tonight. Although general meat tution ing was continued lat February 29, the meatless days were con tinued as a means of saving meat for shipment overseas. CAMPBELL APPOINTED Appointment of Ed Campbell, Portland, as his deputy commis sioner for the Portland office wa announced today by Claude H. Murphy, state real estate com missioner. Murphy said he was receiving applications for the deputyship in the Salem office. Both deputyships were provided by the 1947 legislature. MINOR ACCIDENT TOLD City police report the collision of cars driven by Johnnie A. Lape, 476 N. Cottage st., and Ed gar H. Leach, 695 Court st., at Broadway and Belmont streets Wednesday night. There were no injuries and only minor damage to cars, police said. Hunt Stromberi HEDY icn i in inn UAMftnniTn DENNIS JOHN O'KEEFE - LODER Grand -Sun. Opens 6:45 ! u:n-hd..cjii-fd..Ti;:xfJ! ; t tarn cm j BRACKEN -DALEY j WELLES JOKES i Also "Inside Job" with Preston Foster - Alan Cnrtis Ann Rutherford Police Scour Indiana for Escaped Cons MICHIGAN CITY, Ind., Aug. 14 -(I)- Search for two escaped prisoners who overpowered their guards centjered in Marshall and Starke counties late today as state troopers found their aban doned and (wrecked escape car. The tw) men overpowered their guards near Michigan City this morning as they were being returned to (the Michigan state re formatory at Ionia, Mich. Police identified the men as Earl Halstead, serving a term for burglary, ajnd Kenneth C. Root, sentenped fpr assault with intent to committee robbery. Indiana state troopers said the two men were armed. The ar In which the pair es caped as found on U. S. highway 30 just wjest of Groverton by State Trooper Darrell Ford. Overpowered 2 The paiij overpowered M. L. Patrick, assistant deputy warden, and Leo Fuller, under-sheriff of Ionia county, Mich., who were returning tjhe men to the Mich igan institution. The guards said Halstead and Root had escaped July 27 and were recaptured last week by city police at Spring field, Mo. t The prisoners overcame the guards on Indiana road 43, four miles south! of Michigan City, and after driving three miles hand cuffed the officers to a small tree. Shackled to Tree Patrick sand Fuller remained shackled toi the tree for more than half an hour until George No wet -7ke, a farner who was herding cows, freedj them with a hacksaw. The guards said the prisoners made no effort to harm them but robbed both of them of $50. nr TVwatfrkiii 'Flyin Travels to Alaska SEATTLE, Aug. 14 -(P)- A self-labeled "flying newsroom of the New York Herald-Tribune ra rived here tonight en route to Alaska. The newspaper plane carried three members of the New York paper's staff Aviation Editoi Ansel E. Talbert and Reporter John H. Durston, who will make an aerial tour of Alaska, and Wal- Eddie Lewis Announces SALEM'S FINEST Food and Dinners Tasty Chinese Delicacies Open S p. am. to 1 a. m. 'QQ' Pa In (1 mile sooth 99 uau f clty UmJU) Closed Mondays tort Hamshar. shipping news ed itor, who said he would remain in Seattle. RIFLE TAKEN FtOM HOME George D. Jackson. Turner route I,, reported to police Thurs day that someone had taken a 30-30 calibre title from his home recently, city police records show. $ Buy How and $ $ Save $ , Priced io Sell Jos! Arrived AGII Oil Healers 3 Sizes 2-4-6 Room Better Horry Eleclric Ranges Delivery Now New and Used nelrigeraion Open Evenings Till It 7 Days a Week Hardman Bros. Vi ML N. Totem Tola V. S. tE Dealer Inspection Invited GAR ELECTS OFFICERS CLEVELAND, -Aug. 14 - &) -Five spry GAR veterans, whose combined ge totals more than 500 years, today concluded the 81st encampment with election of a new slate of officers, headed by. new commander-in-chief Robert W. Rownd of Ripley, N. W. Mat Dally From 1 T. M. NOW! (46c Til! 3 P. M.) . nil w WW i "n. u i Era VETERANS- LEARN TO FLY UNDER G.L BILL OF RIGHTS! It yon are eligible under the G. I. Bill, it won't cost you more than the price of a simple physical ex amination to become a pilot. ! Come on oat to Salem Air Service and Join a swell bunch of men' and women who are not only learning; to fly, but learning: that private flying is good business in town, or on the farm a grand clean sport, too! m And you other folksWe'd appreciate the chance to tell you all about this flying busi ness. It's a safe, fast reliable means of transportation . . one that's really here to stay, and grow. Drop out, let's talk it over. 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