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OOO O O II3 C3 O DO O O OOO' OOOO OC2 O O - ODO .- Weather Ma. 71 M fin. U M 11 Portland Kan franc lac Cnwaea . Willamette rlvar .1 feat, i i FORECAST Urotn U. S weather It-area u, McNary field. Salem): Far? cloudy throughout the morning waHa clearing skies la the afternoon: aaa evening. High temperature . today 70. low tonight near 3a. U(ht xta4 la expected in the lower valley a nixht. Winda tomorrow iftemaaa. POUNDDD 1651 NINETY-SEVENTH YEAB U PAGES Hi Oregon Statesman, Salem. Or Thursday. Sept. 18, 1947 Price 5c No. 149 ! nJQDODDCg I ' BOSTON. Mass. When I got nff the train in Boston I found that summer! was still here temperature 88, 'with high hu jnidity. The paper says the cu mulative, above . normal for the month is 99 degrees and for" the year 509, to the natives are en titled to say this is above normal. Shortly after noon Boston's famed east wind got to working and the temperature dropped 22 degrees to levels more comfor table to an Oregonian. i I had a little business over in Quincy, and my son-in-law and daughter, who; are domiciled here for a year, drove me over. It is one of the substantial: cities which make up Greater Boston, 'and was the home of the famed Adams family. The Fore River shipyard, wnicn i nau iicu u 1941, is thert and has a great record for production of warcraft loir Uncle Sams navy. i While in Quincy I noticed a laign "Hinghara" on a bus and re called that my immigrant an cestor, shortly after coming to this continent in the early. 17th century, had settled In Hingham. As it was only about six miles away we drove down and found It a quaint town at tfe head of a email cove, full of houses and other - buUdiogs which betray greet age. The distinguished fea ture of. the town is the ."Old Ship Church" which stands on little knoll. Erected in 1681, it has the distinction of being the oldest structure In the .United States in cot tinuous use. It gets its name from the fact that it was built, by shipbuilders who . (Continued on editorial page) Butter Price To Drop Cent In Portland PORTLAND, Ore, Sept FL- (VButter prices will drop one cent a pound at the wholesale level here tomorrow, the 'first re treat In the steady climb began last spring. ? i ' Trade sources attributed con sumer resistance and sharp de clines in eastern markets. Wholesale i prices will be 88 cents for gride AA and 82 cents for grade BV The retail prices here have ranged from 90 to 98 cents the past few days. Bogs at L ithe north - Portland livestock market dropped 50 cents to $31 per 100 pounds today. By The: Associated Preat The government cut. sharply Wednesday its grain and flour ex ports to shortage areas abroad, while consumer resistance to soaring living costs spread to more cities -at home. The agriculture department set November export allocations at "K8.E00 long tons - - or 29,914,000 bushels --of wheat, flour in wheat equivalent and grain sorg hums. This is 35 percent i below October allocations and 43 per cent under, j the July-O c t o b e r monthly average. Earlier, Senator Aiken (R-Vt), chairman of a special senate ag riculture subcommittee, forecast food prices would remain at pres ent levels or go higher until next summer. Light Frost Due In Valley Areas Frost is expected to blanket lower sections of the Willamette valley tonight, the weather bu Teau predicted Wednesday, al though the thermometer will only dip to 38 degrees. The frost will be general over the entire state, as a cold wave continues to move southward from Washington, ac cording to the forecast. Creeks to Ask U. S. Prior To Increasing Army ATHENS, Sept. 17 -JP) The size of the Greek army will be Increased from its present strength of 130,000 subject to the approval of, the United JStates, It was announced officially tonight. The number of men to be add ed was not disclosed, but the council recently was reported to have decided on aa -increase to 180.000 or 200,000 to guard Greek borders against guerrilla attacks. Animal Crackers 8y WARREN GOODRICH "Yee could ar least -! SPEAKT f i, r aj i i fva ;'.r"'. .' . - MarshatlPropases Veto Russians Surprised By Move By Francis W.-Carpenter v NEW YORK. " Sept. " 17-WV Secretary of State Marshall, making a slashing attack on Rus sia,? seized the Initiative today in the, United Nations assembly with a bold new plan -to rebuild the deadlocked - U.N.. peace ma chinery. '. To the obvious surprise and confusion of the entire Russian delegation. Marshall proposed a curb on the big power veto and creation of a "little assembly" commission to maintain everlast ing vigilance over world peace. The second Marshall plan for the world hit the assembly with tremendous impact. It was the first crack in the firm stand of the five great pow ers Russia, the United States, China, France . and Britain against repeated outcries of the small and medium nations , for revision of the UJJ, charter. Andrei Y. Vishinsky, - Soviet deputy foreign minister and chief Russian delegate In the ab sence of Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov, was obviously caught off-base by the tough pronounce ment from Marshall. Vishinsky had a copy of the Marshall text before the speech was delivered and Just before the assembly be gan word got around that Vishin sky had cancelled - his policy statement set for this afternoon. The Russians refrained , from Joining . the burst of spplause which greeted Marshall at the end of his 25-minute talk. ' The assembly called off Its aft ernoon meeting to, give the dele gates of 35 nation time to 'study the American pronouncement which was delivered witjh the full blessing of President Truman. (Additional details on ! page 2) Ric Predicted In MiUt Price PORTLAND, Sept. U7 - () -Milk industry representatives were told today to take 'the lead ership in -any move tpr higher prices and not place the blame for such action on the Oregon milk control board. Dr. D. L. De Loach, professor of agriculture economics at Ore gon State, said the milk board's duty was to fix minimum price policies protecting the producers. He predicted an increase in milk prices and told the affiliated milk committee, composed of producer, consumers and distrib utors, the grain market and labor situation has forced cost of pro ducing dairy goods to an all time high. .:"--' ! La Guardia Said 'Slightly Worse9 NEW YORK, Sept. 17(-The condition of former Mayor Fior ello H. La Guardia, 64, was re ported ."slightly worse" tonight by his physician. Dr. George Boehr, who said "there have been no in dications of improvement." Dr. Boehr said: "Mr. La Guardia has remained in a deep sleep with only occa sional brief lucid moments dur ing which he took little nourish ment. His pulse has grown some what weaker. There have been no indications of improvement and it is not .expected that he will re gain full consciousness." Food Costu By Margaerlte Wrlfht . Staff Writer. The Statesman Breakfast lunch and dinner, the average Salem family is spending around twice as much this month for the same food It bought in pre-war Septembers. ' - f These approximate figures, brought out in a special congres sional Investigation into living costs last week, plus a flood of price comparisons by the press associations, find harried house wives and national leaden scratching anew for explanations and solutions with no solution in sight Although actual comparison is hazardous because of the variety of brands, and the normal spread of prices in various stores, the current tags on 12 common food items in Salem would seem to bear out the statistics recorded na tionally: ' Cheese was 29 cents a pound in 1939, -it's 60 cents today: brown Style, Safety in Vogue at Schools As ; i 'i V I ' ' ? ; r '"N'.-j Bobby soxers at Salem senior nigh school (top photo) have taken the long dress style to their hearts, and almost to their ankles, as shown above "oy Martha Osborn, route 2, left, and Beverly Siewert. rente 7, both Juniors. Registering their ' disapproval in typical male fashion are. left to right, Allan Gilchrist, 2148 8. Cottage st. Junior; Jim Sandefer, 1380 Center st, and Earl Eshleman, 494 3, Win- ' ter sL, both sophomores. Incidentally, new male fashions decree men's trousers to be at ankle length, sack as Eshleman Is displaying. On a more serious side of the changes wrought by the beginning of school, motorists have been warned to exercise Increased caution at school crossings. Shown In the lower picture are first and second graders of Bosk school crossing 12th street at Mission streets Wednesday noon. Acting as traffie monitor at far left is Barbara Allen, 1315 S. 15th st who Is In the sixth grade. (Photos by Don DilL. Statesman staff photographer.) Unions to Cut Food Costs By Quantity Purchases DETROIT, Sept. 17-UP)-Forty Michigan locals of the CIO United Auto Workers joined ' today in a cooperative plan for carlot pur chases of food aftd other com modities for sale to members at cost in what union officials called sn all-out fight against inflatloa President Walter A. Reuther said locals would be asked to authorize loans of r one, dollar a member. - vV ? MAN SUCKED INTO JET PLANE -MUROC, Calif., Sept. 17 -VP) Maurice G. Bricks, 37, an air plane mechanic, was drawn head first into the air intake of a 0-85 jet' plane! at ' the army air field her yesterday and killed. Offi cials at the field said Bricks was standing four feet from the huge plane when he was sucked into the intake during an experimental test. - sugar, cents,, now II cents: co coa, ib., 12 cents, now 25 cents; coffee, lb., 20 cents," now 41 cents; com flakes, large box,, 9 cents, now 15 cents; gelatin,', package, i cents, now 15 cents; mayonnaise, pint, 20 cents, now 40 cents; oleo margerine, lb., H cents,' now . 32 cents; peanut butter, lb., 10 cents, now 29 cents; rolled-oats, lb., 4 cents, now 11 cents; salad oil, pint, 20 cents, "now 45 cents: tea, lb., 45 cents, now 84 cents. Butter and steak at $1 a pound and eggs at $l-a dozen have not yet appeared on local store coun ters. But, if predictions by. Salem dealers prove accurate, it may not be long before peak eastern rates are affixed to price tags here. Surveyed briefly, the . reasons for th; current local tariffs for butter, eggs and meat all lead back to one basic cause: The wheat and corn situation short crops, large exports, and extensive speculating on the grain market - I 1 , , He4 V: "Majfc, i ... Forrestal Takes . Oath of Office as Defense Secretary WASHINGTON Sept. 7(JPh James V. Fprrestal took the oath today as the nation's first secre tary of defense 'Without .awaiting President Truman's return to Washington --and Mr. Truman explained that he had directed Forrestal to do so because of the international situation. The president, enrdute home from South America on the bat tleship Missouri, did not elabor ate ' on this " remark ; but aides quickly explained that he did not have anything particular in mind, just the general international sit uation. By taking the oath, Forrestal assumed, direction of : the army, navy and a separate air force, as provided in a 'law passed at the last session of congress. 1 4 Eying Past Wi The status of wheat and corn on the Chicago exchange is felt by the Marion county farmer buying feed for his : cows, the creamery who pays him 94 cents a pound for premium butterfat, and the shopper who shies at 93 cent butter. -.Speculators who bought butter at .72 cents three months ago and are now selling it at current prices are another factor to reckon "when tracing the rising price tag. What Is true for butter holds for eggs and meat. Higher' priced laying mash means a markup on retail eggs. The farmer who has to pay $5 for 100 pounds of chicken feed should sell seven dozen eggs of all grades to equal costs. At the current rate of 68 cents a dozen-for top grade eggs 'many farmers feel they can not make it Consequently, . local poultrymen already 'are trying to dispose of their chickens faster than a healthy balance can allow. If the farmers' chickens become Limit in 'Rebuilt' U.N. Reds Wait For Stalin Comment , NEW YORK, Sept n-JP)-So-Viet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Y. Vishinsky said today he would soon answer Secretary of State Marshall's slashing at tack on Russia in the United Na tions assembly. . He apparently is waiting for di rect instructions from Generalis simo Stalin. Informed observers believed the Kremlin line would produce charges that the United States was violating the U.N. charter with an attempt to usurp the powers of the veto-bound secur ity council. These sources expected Vishin sky to hurl back at Marshall a sweeping accusation that the Washington government was try ing to create "a second security council" without the veto and thus force Russia to accept ma jority decisions without recourse. The Russians were said to feel that Marshall was putting forth the "baby assembly", plan as a test and should that fail the U. S. then would be prepared to pump full force for strict limits on the Veto. French Foreign Minister Bi dault and British Minister of State McNeil withheld comment vntil they consult their govern ments. A British spokesman said that the speech required thorough study. First Snow of Season Hits Wallowa Mountains i PENDLETON, Sept. 17--A light snow first of the season fell at Meacham and through the Blue and Wallowa mountains to day, and the thermometer dipped to its lowest point since last April. Pendleton recorded a 45 de gree minimum early this morn ing and was told by the weather bureau to expect a 35 to 39 min imum tonight NO CLUES IN ESCAPE EUGENE, Sept. 17 -VP)- Two escaped Lane county prisoners were still free tonight and Sheriff C. A. Swarts reported there were no clues leading to any route tak en by the young men. Frederick Hendricks, 27, and Melburnr E. Jenks, 27, overpowered the night jailer last night as he opened a cell door. fryers the supply of eggs de-' creases, and, failing to meet the demand, forces prices up.- This leaves the consumer no alterna tive but to grit his teeUi and fork over more for his omelet ... or do without. Salem consumers are paying from less than 80 cents for short ribs to over 8()ents for the high er priced cuts of beef and pork. They are eating less meat and buying it with a wary eye on the family budget local butchers re port Last fall people were still meat-hungry after the war's lean diet; they. bought roasts with little concern for prices. Today, women, are shopping for meat by the dollar instead of by the pound. . There is no such thing as "cheap" meat. Not so very long ago butchers were giving away I weet breads to customers who owned pets. Now sweetbreads sre la delicacy as expensive as pork - j an . Pork will' continue In the upper . 7 - ,-. f Architects Trading Center Site PORTLAND, Sept 17-;p)-The Oregon chapter of the Ameri can Institute of Architects was on record today as opposing construc tion of a shopping center near the state capital group in Salem. The architects voted disapprovaLof the proposal last night Robert Fritsch, chairman of the public relations committee, said the resolution opposed encroachment of the shopping center on the edge of the proposed six - block capitol group. Copies will go to the Salem city council and the state board of control. Fritsch said the architects have been watching for all such com mercial encroachments on civic centers and park areas and re commending changes to prevent deteriorating the value of such projects as the capitol group area. There were no Salem represen tatives at the meeting. Walter Church, Portland, is pre sident, and Frank Rohr, the sec retary. The Salem shopping center which an Oregon architects group in Portland criticized this week is planned as a $2,000,000 business development from Capitol street toward 12th street east between Center and Union streets. The space is to be occupied by a large Sears Roebuck store and other retail stores, as well as a large parking area. The 27 houses now in the area are to be moved or razed in the next two months, ac cording to Grabenhorst Bros., realty firm which handled the re cent acquisition of the property by a California concern under taking the "development of the re tail : center there. AFL Union Files T-H Act Test Case WASHINGTON, Sept 17-)- The AFL Brotherhood of Electri cal Workers disclosed today it had filed with the National Labor Re lations Board a formal "test case" on the non-communist affidavit issue. The case is the first preceeding challenging the ruling of the Board's general council, Robert N. Denham. Denham ruled that all top na tional offices of the AFL and the CIO must sign affidavits saying they are not communist. Unions in both the AFL and CIO have protested the ruling. Turkey Raisers Elect Colton Man at Annual Meeting in Salem By Llllie L. Madaen Farm Editor. Tha Statesman W. T. Geurts of Colton was elected president of the Oregon Turkey Improvement association at its eighth annual meeting held at the Salem Chamber of Com merce rooms Wednesday, and closing with the annual banquet Wednesday night at the Marion hotel, with Dr: A. I Strand, president of Oregon State col leKe, as speaker. N. L. Bennion, Coryallis, was reelected secretary-treasurer with directors to include Loren John son, Scappoose; C. H. Coyle, StJ Paul, and Paul McDowell, Sher wood. Unfair freight rates, turkey market outlook and the mid-1 west's development of its own egg and poult business were the high interest points of the day time meeting. Efficiency In poultry produc tion will determine the future for turkey production in the west, said Marlin H. Simonson, brackets and go higher because it is corn-fed, a Salem meat dealer predicted. Beef will tend to re main more stable, he said, but ex pensive grain feed may mean there will be little fed beef avail able by next spring. Grass-fed beef should stay in price ranges obtainable to the average custom er, he forecast. The local outlook is paralleled by national prospects which have evoked statements from men. like Senators Taft (r Ohio) and Kil gore (d W. Va.). Kilgore, in a gloomy report to congress lust week, said at was no longer possible to depend on the law of supply and demand to keep prices at reasonable levels. He recommended the government restore price controls unless in dustry takes action to anchor the floating costs of living. Commenting upon suggested price controls, a Salem creamery man said such a program would bring about the most extensive Oorjo Flood Waters Raise Toll in Jap Disaster TOKYO, Thursday, Sept 18- The U. S. army reported today that flood waters were pouring into five northern and eastern districts of Tokyo while fresh reports from the typhoon disaster pushed the unofficial casualty toll to 3,370. Already U.S. troops in assault boats were at work rescuing thousands of Japanese from the flooded Kanto plain east of Tokyo, and landslides to the north had added new dead and Injured to the list. Residents of five populous dis tricts were evacuated, and a first cavalry division report said new flood waters of "serious propor tions" were expected to swirl through this sprawling capital. The flooded districts were Kol wa, Kameari and Honden in east ern Tokyo, Komatsugawa in the southeast and Nishiaran in the northeast Kyodo news agency reported new death toll of 1,162, an increase of almost 400 over previous fig ures. It added 2,050 were missing and 158 were Injured. Do They Have Singing Commercials in Poland? WARSAW, Sept. ll-(JPhVf S. Ambassador Stanton Griff is won the battle of the squatters in the embassy today. The ambassador kept his four radios going day and night in his battle to force 10 .women, one man, one dog - and one cat from quarters In the embassy building. The squatters, preparing to de part, complained of headaches. DesMoines, Iowa, of the Norbest Turkey Growers association, adding that the midwest was de veloping Its own poultry and egg production center. Resolutions passed at the meet ing included one asking the state department of agriculture to rescind the regulation requiring that all poultry shipped into Ore gon have a certificate from the state showing freedom from New castle disease. Other resolutions asked the government to raise the margin in grain future's trad ing to 50 per cent of the value in the transaction; opposing the sales tax as a production tax on feed supplies used in production of all poultry produced; thanked Sena tor Wayne Morse for his efforts in behalf of the turkey Industry In obtaining an increase in sup port price for turkeys last Jan uary, and anked that directors ap point a turkey marking commit tee for promotion of Oregon tur keys. (Additional story on page 6) stilly, FutuiiaHIy black market eering the country had ever known. As proof, he cited examples of black market prices offered for butter during the war. Joining Kilgore in supporting restored price controls, CIO's Walter Reuther, president of the United Auto Workers, is also pro moting a national buyers' strike "to smash the profiteers." Senator Ta'ft's answer to the cost of living problem Is: "Eat less and eat less extravagantly." Secretary of Commerce Averell Harriman agrees with Taft that consumers ihemaelves are at fault since they "bid against each oth er for food." Other observers, like Business Week magazine, point at Wash ington and claim that government buying of grain is the basic cause for high prices. . The government's Commodity Credit corporation probably is the biggest buyer of wheat on the Chicago board of trade; It has 2Die;Gale Sweeps Into Gulf MIAMI, Sept 18-aV(Thurs- v dav)-Florida millionaires ana! farmers alike with their holdings were left badly buffeted and shaken today by a vicious week old hurricane that lashed 15t miles across the lower peninsula and into the Gulf of Mexico. . The howlinf storm strurk tha rich east coast resort area be tween Miami and Palm Beach about noon yesterday. It raged through the productive citrus and vegetable growing interior to the west coast with winds ud tn 1?Q miles an hour. It left an aftermath of at least two deaths and millions of dol lars in Dronertv damage: Devaa. tat ion, however, apparently was less than had been feared. : Commnnicatlons Cat Communications generally were shattered by the creat winds and full reports of its effect were lacking. One man was electrocuted at Palm Beach. Another was shot to death by Miami nollce to stoo looting of storm-beaten stores. Six 1 otners were arrested. I Nine persons- were reported missing in two boats off the Gulf coast ' ' 1 After slashing the west coast city of Fort Myers beginning around 8:30 p. m. (EST) with winda up to 100 miles an hrr, the center of the terrifying blow swept into the open waters of the Gulf of Mexico before midnight. Carre L'nlikely (j ' ' Weather forecasters at New Orleans said it was unlikely to curve inland again. It was the mightiest storm to strike Florida,, in a decade. It came from the Caribbean sea. birthplace of deadly winds, and was first detected a week ago. Com)! Hons 'Deplorable' j ? Although no casualties were reported conditions were de scribed as "deplorable" in the Lake Okeechobee vegetable grow Ing area In a report radioed from Miami by Havana and New York. The communication, the first for hours to the outside from the east coast metropolis also said that two luxurious estates and m" large casino at Pompano on the east coast "disappeared into the ocean" t the height of the storm. Court Appoints New Courthouse Building Board In a resolution, declaring that work on a new Marion county J courthouse probably would start "in 1949 or soon thereafter," th county court Wednesday an-v nounced the make-up of a court house building commission to act "in all phases of planning and const ruction." j The commission will consist of 1 Ray J. Glatt of Woodbum, Karl? Steiwer of Jefferson. Charles A. J Sprague of Salem. County Jik' Grant Murphy, County Commis- i sioners Roy J. Rice, and E. L. Po-1 gers, with County Clerk Harlan1 Judd as secretary. ' f The court's resolution, pointing; out that bond Issues autr-crwexl in 1944 and 1948 will have pro vided 81,000,000 for a court hour by Jan. 1, 1949. said the- inter vening time should be used 'in careful planning, and termed Judd -and the three citizen - mcr.be rs of the new committee "well t ug lified" to advise with the court regarding such plans. rROJECT KENT TO RISE PORTLAND, SepU 117 -OV Rents of some 1.500 familie , in I will be Increased an average d $2 in November under a! nation wide order.. j- I purchased 8,242.588 'bushels be tween August 29 and September 5. Not only as the biggest buyer, but because the government ag ency lays down the law tor tno exchange ot grain futures in Chi cago, the Commodity Credit cor poration could force prices down, some commentators claim. Prices could be limited by limiting mar gins and increasing gross mini mums, thereby decreasing credit, they say, - -- Suggestions that the govern ment stop buying wheat "for ex port are Judged unsound by many economists and politicians who say that food provided by the United States : can help starving nations remain independent Reason, explanations and pro tests a rent helping much right now, however, and it would not be at all surprising if Mr. and Mrs. Willamette Valley reverted to the Victory Garden psychology ot wartime and start raising every bit of food the law allows. ,
