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OO ODQO OCI DDDO O O ED O C5 O ' LjU Cm. 3 . ti.i. m CI3 CD Weather rego JMattsnati Max. Min. Prertti a.. II 42 .M 71 44 JW M SS 0 M 7J M ' 7J Trse Fairs F'urtland .... .. fn franriaro CtiM-aro New York ... Willamette river 3 7 feet. UtDCDDCH Forccart (from V. S. wefhr bttrvM. McNary field, Salem i: Partly cloudy today and tonight Highest famperatur 70 to 75, lowest near V Weather wiil be favorable for al! ' farm artivitm. but winds will Interfere With dtntaif. POUNDED 1651 NINETY -SEVENTH YEAR 12 PAGES The Oregon Statesman, Salem, Or. Thursday., August 21, 1947 Price 5c No. 125 Announcement of the retire inent of Franklin T. Griffith as director and chairman of the board of Portland General Elec tric has brought forth numerous editorial tributes for his contri bution to the development of his company and of his community and hi leadership in civic affairs. A a young attorney in Oregon City he was employed for service by the electric company which had developed the water power at the falls for the lighting of Portland by electricity. He went on to become its general attorney, president and later chairman of the board. Griffith rise to prominence Mtt due to his marked abiUty. A man of imposing physical pre sence, his intellectual force eas ily dominated almost every as sembly. Clear in his thinking and forceful in his presentation he was effective both In company councils and in appearances be fore public audiences and legis lative committees which often were hostile toward utilities he represented. In the bitter period of financial mismanagement of the companies he headed, caused by the man ipulations of mid western and east era stockjobbers, Griffith bore the brunt of local resentment, but his fine reputation for personal 4n tegrity stood him In good stead, lie labored to redeem the situa tion for investors and at the same time to keep the operating com panies in healthy condition for serving (Continued on editorial page) Indonese Fear Renewed Fight, Plan Retreat BATA VTA. Java. Aug. Indortesian leaders prepared to day to abandon their capital In anticipation of renewed full-scale war with the Dutch as the Nether lands governor general bitterly charged the Indonesians with a two-year record of "murder, arson and torture." Member of the Indonesian cabinet met in Jogjakarta with top military leaders, who made no recrct of the fact they believe the Dutch will launch a drive oon to capture the interior capi tal city of the republic. A moun tain fortress in Sumatra was seen as the poiMiible new capital. Dr. Hubertut J. Van Mook, the Dutch governor general of the Netherlands Ea Indie, -announced in a radio broadcast here that Indonesion authority over the rich regions of Sumatra and Madoera occupied by Dutch troops since July 21 would not again be recognized by the Dutch. 4The latest Dutch military com munique said Dutch troops had suffered 214 casualties since the cease fire order went into effect, including SS killed and 158 wound ed and one missing. The Indonesian countered with the claim that Dutch troops at tacked 180 Moslems during pray ers in a central Java village Mon day and killed. about 80. Two Under Kidnap Charge Bound Over PENDLETON. Ore . Aug. 20-(") Two men charged with kidnaping the Freewater police chief waived preliminary hearing today and were held to the September grand Jury. Donald Duane Hyman, 23, and James McGehee, 24. were held in the county jail in lieu of $5,000 bail At the hearing before Judge Ann Crago. Hyman said they didn't "remember much" about Monday's happenings but denied there had been any kidnaping. MARSHALL CIRCULATES QUITANDH1NA, Brazil. Aug. 20 - Prior to hi address at the Inter-American conference to day. Secretary of State Marshall continued his "get acquainted talks' with varoius foreign min ister, including Ricardo Alfero of Panama. Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH Today is your birthday. onny, and you can have anything you want to eat .e?sa?" 'tP ' y Europe's Problems Stressed By Norman Carlgnan QU1NTANDINHA, Brazil, Aug, 2O-L0VSecretary of State Mar shall told; the Inter-American con ference today that the United States had assumed heavy eco nomic burdens to meet the chal lenge of political and moral prob lems in Europe. He said that continent ''now is threatened with starvation and economic chaos" and that "the economic rehabilitation of Europe is vital to the economy of this hemisphere.". In an obvious reply to persis tent demands foe a "Marshall plan" for Latin American coun tries, the American secretary pledged that the U. S. would con tinue to help Latin American countries to seek "a sound basis" for practical economic coopera tion, v Marshall was given thunderous applause. Marshall Included an indirect reference to totalitarian states when he declared "we must reject encroachment upon the funda mental rights of the individual with the same determination that we reject any encroachment upon the fundamental rights of the state. I am confident that we all agree that the state exists for the man, not the man ior the state and that we abhdr any limitations upon the freedom of expression of men throughout the world. "For only when we have access to the thoughts of men, to the forces of public opinion free of coercion or connivance, only then can we develop a wholesome com mon interest while at the same time respecting separate national traditions." AT&T to Ask 350 Millions illusion NEW YORK, Aug. 20-(flV American Telephone and Tele graph Co., the largest industrial empire in the world, . plans "to borrow more than $350,000,000 for still further expansion. Such a deal would make finan cial history. Only the United States government borrows mon ey on so Vast a scale. The company said it plans to use the money "to meet the con tinuing unprecedented demand for telephone service" and to im prove existing facilities. New instruments have been in stalled for months at a rate of around 23 per minute but more than 2,000,000 persons are still waiting for service. Since June last year the com pany has borrowed $868,087,700, which added to today's proposal would lift total money require ments in less than two years well past the $1,000,000,000 level. Ownership of the telephone company is spread among some 710,000 individuals and institu tions. They will be asked to ap prove the latest financing plan at a special stockholders meeting on Oct. 15. Greek Problem Up to Assembly LAKE SUCCESS, Aug. 20-4JP) The United States today placed the explosive Balkan problem be fore the 35-member United Na tions assembly after repeated so viet vetoes had blocked action in the security council. The new U. S. move came less than 24 hours after the council admitted its Inability to solve the problem which had plagued the U. N. for more than 18 months. Herschel V. Johnson, deputy U. S. delegate, proposed specifically that the assembly act to hilt "threats to the political indepen dence and territorial integrity of Greece." Seven German Doctors to Die NUERNBERG, Germany, Aug. 20-OJ')-An American court today sentenced to the gallows seven German doctors, including the per sonal physicians of Adolf Hitler and Heinrich Himmler, for callous disregard of human life in medical experiments on concentration camp inmates. The tribunal convicted 16 nazi physicians yesterday on war crimes charges. This morning they were led into the court room one at a time to hear their sentences. Five received life and four other lesser prison terms. 11 Tl r or MLxv Canada Raids Firing Farms Of Doukhobors VANCOUVER, B. C. Aug. 20 (CP)- New violence, bringing with, it destruction of homes and community buildings by fire, tonight brought hundreds of Doukhobors from the rich timberlands of the Kootenays to their farms and orchards to guard against a flaming- men ace night raiders. An exodus of Doukhobors from lumber mills started dur ing the day, forcing one mill to close, following a call from their home districts to return at once to protect property. -v Raiding parties, one led by a nude woman, have terrorized the Doukhobor communities, The cause of the recent out break remains a secret of the Doukhobors. They, give no cluse to authorities, seeking to run down incendia lists. Police, however, have made three arrests, one a woman, charging arson in the destruc tion of a farm home. 1,000 Pickers ere In Late Hops One thousand hop pickers are needed beginning today by hop growers in the Salem area, ac cording to Mrs. Gladys Tumbull, farm labor assistant at the Salem farm labor office. Mrs. Tumbull said a survey Wednesday showed that as the early hop harvest ends, and with the late hop harvest expected to begin this week, growers within a 1,0-mile radius of Salem can provide free cabins, wood, lights, water and transportation for ai many pickers as can apply imme diately at the farm labor office. Most of the picking It expected to last a month, Mrs. Turn bull said, 'centering in the Mission Bottom area. Restaurants are in operation on the 'grounds of the larger hop growers. Information centers In the sev en western states have been ad vised of the hop picker shortage in this area. Mrs. Turnbull said, but added that she did not feel that workers gathered from out side the . Salem area would be enough to take care of the imme diate need. Peach pickers are still needed, and an increased demand for blackberry pickers has kept the farm labor office busy trying to provide enough workers for the ten crops which are now under harvest. Men interested in the onion harvest, which Involves heavy lifting and hauling operations, are advised to contact the labor office, since the harvest will begin soon. Transportation to all yards is furnished at the farm labor office daily between 6 and 7 a.m. Search Futile For Airplane SPOKANE, Aug. 2MP)-Plane search today over the St. Maries, Idaho, area failed to reveal any trace of Mr. and Mrs. Paul C. Lund and their two children who disappeared Aug. 3 on a flight from . Roseburg, Ore., to Shelby, Mont Roy Schreck, of the Mamaer Shreck air service, said 10 more planes would participate in the search tomorrow. The Roseburg city council, 1 of. which Lund is a member, and city residents have raised more than $1,000 to help finance the search. The missing plane was last seen at Kennewick where it refueled. PRINTERS URGE MERGER CLEVELAND, Aug. 2HP)-The AFL International Typographical union today called for "immediate steps" to unite the AFL, the CIO and the railroad brotherhoods into one labor organization and urged defeat of legislators who voted for the Taft-Hartley labor act Required H County to Exhibit Seed, Produce at State Fair Seeds of Marion county' com mercial crops will be the central theme of the county's exhibit at the Oregon state fair in Septem ber. Work on the booth will start next Thursday. A. A. Geer of Salem secretary of the Marion county fair board, said Wednesday that the exhibit booth would be in the same spot it held in previous fairs in the center of the south side of the agricultural building. In addition to Geer, the exhibit a&DSSDSIOU Britain Rations Dollars in U. S. Loan; Truman to Ask More foreign Aid Funds Predicts High Surplus, Admits Budget Sliced By Douglas's. Cornell WASHINGTON;, Aug. 20 - UP) President Truman conceded to the republican-controlled congress to day a trimming -of $1,500,000,000 from his requests for government expenses this fiscal year. But, he added, that is not the whole story. Foreseeable expenses, to be met before next June 30, will bring the year's total up to $37,000,000. 000, he estimated, and this will be only $528,000,000 less than he asked. This word came in an annual budget review in which the presi dent made it clear he will ask for more money for foreign aid when congress comes back to work in January. Opposes Tax Lowering His review also predicted that continued high taxes, plus full em ployment and good incomes throughout the country will give the U. S. treasury its highest sur plus in history this year. He in dicated that he still is opposed to lowering taxes. And he announced he has or dered all government agencies to keep their next budgets below the ones under which they now oper- -1 t i l ; i i n a ic in roiiic instances lie uas r- ta bushed certain definite limita tions." 'The chief executive was unable to say at this time how much the bill will be for further inter national assistance. With the to tals subject to change because of that uncertainty, he predicted that in the current fiscal year ending next June. 30: Income te Rise " ' ' 1. The government will spend an even $37,000,000,000. 2. Uncle Sam's income will be $41,667,000,000. This is $3,937. 000,000 higher than the January calculation. The revision is based on a "continuance of employment, prices, and incomes close to their present levels throughout the fis cal year." Bigger individual in come tax collections account for $1,100,000,000 of the boost. 3. The treasury will show a sur plus of $4,667,000,000 largest ever tallied next June 30. The $258. 000,000.000 national debt may be reduced to $253,000,000,000. In view of unsettled world con ditions and inflationary trends Mr. Truman said it would be "reck less" to fail to have a substantial surplus. 11 Marines' Bodies Found LONG MIRE, Rainier National Park, Aug. 20 -&)- In the face of mountain experts' warnings of high altitude rock slides and crevasses, a navy search party laid plans tonight for a hazardous attempt to recover from Mount Rainier's 10,000-foot level the bodies of 11 marines that were found in the crumpled nose of a marine transport plane two days ago. Twenty-one other marines' bod ies remain to be found on treach erous South Tahoma glacier, where the transport crashed last December 10 on a San Diego Seattle flight. Stock Entries Attain Record Livestock entries for the Ore gon state fair closed late Wednes day with a record number of entrants, Leo Spitzbart, fair man ager, announced. The farm machinery area was being filled Wednesday by com mercial firms erecting their re spective disp ays, expected to comprise the largest in the his tory of the Oregon fair. is being arranged by Eddie Ah rens. Turner, chairman of the county fair board, and Warren Gray, board member from Marion. Geer and Gray have been board members since its beginning in 1931. On display in addition to the seeds will be samples of all types of commercial produce grown in Marion county, Geer said. Wrs. Geer and Mrs. Ahrens will be in charge of the exhibit booth during fair week. Ventilation Tower Doomed m i ' w i . i 7 m - - - - 0: cV u SI V 1 1 Anatntr f owntown Salem landmark soon to be gene Is the ventila tion tewer ef the undergreund- rest room en the northeast corner f State and High streets, as work of widening High street progres ses. Shown at the left with an air hammer Is Leslie Walker, Sa lem route 3, as William Neal. 995 8. tlh St.. points with hlha tu rner while1 the two discuss the work. (Photo by Don Bill, States man slaff "photographer.) Light Frost Appears; Relief Misses Midwest Although Salem's low reading of 42 degrees Wednesday morning wasn't as low as ft me recorded in a general drop of temperature throughout the tate, an early morning frost, first to be reported, here since spring, was noticed by Mrs. Lauren Stettler on her farm near Chenruiwa. Mrs. Stettler said the frost formed only In i low spot on the farm and was not general, but nipped tomatoes, summer squash and cucumbers. It was the first time, in many years that a frost has been reported in this area in August. Bend was the chilliest spot In the slate Wednesday morning with a low of 33 degrees. Port land had 46 degrees with a low er temperature predicted for to day. The Salem wealher bureau said the temperature was expect ed to reach no lower than 45 here this morning. By the AktociaU-d Pref Mid westerners, tired of the query, "Is it hot enough for you?" were told today that promised cold air relief had shifted its di rection and would skip most of the parched fields and fevered brows of the nation's breadbasket area. Ever since Sunday, the sun has worn a nimbus of brass, the corn in the fields has drooped visibly, and tempers have risen along with temperatures. But the mid west erners had been looking forward to Thursday or Friday, when, they were told, a cool air mass would mercifully descend from Canada. Grain prices on the Chicago : board of trade moved upward as ; the weather forecast, unfavorable to crops, was issued. Wednesday afternoon tempera tures included 100 at Lincoln, Nebr., and Pierre S. D., 09 at Sioux City, la.. 9K at Kansas City and Chicago, and 96 at North Platte, Neb. ' In the east, temperatures were not high and cool weather had pushed south of New York. A tropical storm with 50-mile-an-hour winds continued west ward across the lower area of the Gulf of Mexico, and headed to ward the Mexican coast. SEA SEARCH CONTINUES HONOLULU, Aug. 20-()-Vice Adm. John Hall said today he be lieved Ambassador George Atche- son, jr., "went down with his plane" off Hawaii but he ordered the search for bodies continued. Hall, who is directing nir - sea search efforts, said he expected to. call off the hunt within an other 48 hours. XT.: yl; Naval Armor rv Tal TVT nans nearer Final Approval Approval by the chief of na val operations of a $129,937 na val reserve armory for Salem was reported Wednesday in a tele gram from Rep. Walter Norblad by Clay Cochran, Chamber of Commerce manager. The telegram advised Cochran that the project has now gone before the secretary of the navy for final approval, which is ex pected to come in the near fu ture. Construction of the armory must be completed within eight months after final approval is given, according to navy depart ment specifications. Oregon Polio Cases Fewer PORTLAND. Auc. 20-(.Pi -Ore- e0n's 1947 total of infantile ua- ralysis cases is at 28 compared t with 43 for the same period last this country should be preemi year, the stale board of health nent in the field of atomic en reported today. i ergy and, if at all possible, to Five new rase were reported widen its leadership." this week. The f-ame number had j Asked if he believes the' -corn-been reported in the previous mission has thus far succeeded, week. 'he replied with a flat 'yet" Jet Plane at 640.7 mph Sets New World Record MUROC, Calif., Aug. 20 -(A1) , digious 266.59 miles an hour rec- The navy sent the jet-propelled D558 Douglas Skystreak, piloted ' - . I by a veteran combat flyer, flash-j ing four times over a three- , kilometer course at an average of ; tude of approximately 75 feet. 640.7 miles an hour to set a new I The new record was 16.9 miles international air speed record j an hour faster than the recent today. army-established mark. The stub-winged craft was! Cmdr. Caldwell disclosed that piloted by Cmdr. Turner F. Cald- ,he had first flown a jet plane well, 33, of ArJington, Va., who a P-80 only two weeks ago returned the air speed record to i today. He had. logged approxi the navy for the first time since ' mately three hours in the craft in Lt. Al Williams set a then-pro-1 which he broke the record. ( Convertibility Suspended in Modified Terms WASHINGTON, Aug. 20-i) In an extraordinary emergency measure, Britain imposed tight rationing today over the dollars she has left for world trade a step taken with United States ap proval to avert economic chaos. Simultaneously, Sir S i 1 f r i d Eady, chief of a British financial misMon here discussion modifica tion of additional terms of the dwindling $3,750,000,000 loan, dis closed at a hews conference that Britain: 1. May have to cut imports for home consumption even be yond the drastic restrictions which already have been announced. 2. Already has notified the United States of it intention to make another withdrawal from the $850,000,000 remaining of the loan. He declined to disclose the exact amount but said a reporter's speculation it would be in the neighborhood of $130,000,000 to $200,000,000 had "about hit If 3. Will have to rewrite 25 to 30 trade agreements with other countries containing clauses call ing for exchange of pounds into dollars. The rationing of Britain's re maining dollars was put into ef fect by suspending temporarily the dollars-for-pounds free con vertibility program one of the conditions of the big loan designed to increase the flow of trade. Spanish Blast Toll at 150 Known Dead CADIZ, Spain, . Thursday, Aug. 21 - IflV The provincial health board announced today that the known dead in the Cadiz arsenal explosion totaled 150 and that about 30 bodies still had not been recovered from the ruins. . It appeared, however, that com plete figures on the casualties from . Monday night's explosion would not be tallied soon, if ever. Mayor Francisco Sanchez Cos sio estimated the death toll prob ably would reach 200, with 4,000 injured. Many of the seriously injured who died in hospitals in neigh boring cities had not been count ed in the official list of 168. The bodies of many others had been taken away by friends or rela tives. 'The first mass funeral services, attended by top government offi cials, were held at noon today for 113 victims killed in the explo sion Monday night which shook down many structures and set fires causing other large loss of life. U.S. Boosts Atomic Lead BERKELEY, Calif., Aug. 20-09') Five men responsible for . Amer ica's atomic future reported to day that ' United States super, iority in the field of atomic en ergy has increased, "but it will take a lot of hard work to stay there." The five members of the atomic energy commission met newsmen at the conclusion of a three-day series of conferences with Uni versity of California scientists. Chairman David Lilienthal measured his words with care aa he exriained "this oommiminn considers, it to be its duty that old in a Curtiss plane in 1923. i e "gi"11 naVKy craft: flew at 653.4 miles an hour on the fastest of it four flashing; passes at the course, at an alti-! DdlDirs Two From NW Held In Korea SEOUL, Aug. 2HVLt Gen. V John R. Hodge, gravely concerned today because Russia is held inc. three U. S. soldiers in North Ko rea, said today he had made tw strong protests and repeatedly de manded an explanation. But' th Russians have ignored all of hi communication. Intelligence officers said fur thermore that since the three men were seized Aug. 12 the Russian have replied to dally queries from the U. S. liaison officer at soviet headquarters at Pyongyang in this fashion: -N. Information" "No information. General Koro tkov (Russian commander in North Korea) Is handling the can himself." The three soldiers were on an official detail, inspecting tele phone lines connecting U. S. bead quarters at Seo-jl with Pyong yang. They were seized at the vil lage of Yohyon-Ni, just inside th Russian zone. It was the first time the Rus sians have held American soldiers in Korea.' A Russian soldier oc casionally wanders across into tr. U. S. rone, buV the Americans in that case notify soviet headquar ters and the soldier is returned. The three hostages, whom th Russians said they were holding for investigation, were announced as T. 3th Gr. Tommy F. Pugs ley, Ren ton. Wash.; Pfe. John D. Hop fe, Seattle, and Pfc. Ceroid KV Geffen, Port Chester, N. Y. Held for lnvestigarlen First news of the detentions came from Korean police, who notified U. S. headquarters at Kaesong, 40 miles northwest of Seoul, and added that the Rus sians wanted one U. S. officer and one interpreter to come to Yohyon-Ni to pick them up. . Instead of releasing the men, the Russians simply1 told the of ficer they were held for investi gation. (Pugsley wrote his mother, Mrs. Thomas H. Pugsley of Renton. Wash., on August 4 that he was leaving for patrol duty and that his mail would be censored be cause "we're the only ones who" know what's going on.") Roek Blasting Slated Friday Along Santiam The blasting away of a three quarter mile section of a m k mountain on the construction bed of the new North Santiam rivtr highway is expected to take place about 7 o'clock Friday night. Marion County Judge Grant Murphy said Wednesday the hug blast would blow awav the face of the solid rock .bluff; between Sardine creek and Little Sweden, which averages about 75 feet in height. He i-eceived his Informa tion Wednesday from Lynn IL11, chief engineer in charge of con struction on the road. A detour road, consisting of planks laid over railroad tracks at the foot of the rock walJ, is In readiness to route traffic around the blast area. One-way traffic will be the rule ! on the eight-foot wide emergency road. Murphy said. Traffic will ai so have to wait twice daily when a logging train moves over the tracks. Three Markets Sign Contract Three more Salem meat retailers added their names Wednesday to the list of local markets signing wage-boosting union- contracts with Salem meat cutters local 297, and negotiations are to continue today. Signing Wednesday were Walk er, Etzel and Terry Randall markets. Steen Bros., Hoffman and Schreder markets had signed Tuesday. The contract! call for $65 for a 48-hour week, represent ing an increase of $10 per week, according to H. E. Barker, of the meat cutters' union. H. E. Carlson, Portland, repre senting several other meat markets who have not signed contracts, will meet with Barker this after noon. A Wednesday meeting of the two was postponed. Oar Senators Won 4-3 V
