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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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