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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 21, 1947)
,t The StrrteamrTsy Salem, Oregon. Buauiorr. fUpt, il, 917 Revision of State Election Laws -'Needed, County Clerk Asserts Bt Conrad Prance 6tM Writer. Th SUtvsman Outside of ; the usual sev eral hundred Marion county voters who will cast ballots in the wronir precincts,. Marion coun ty Clerk Harlan Judd expects the October 7 special election to run off smoothly, f But wKtt about future elections Ir.the county's rapidly increasing citizenry? Welt, that is something eiea?ain, Judd said Saturday. VWitk our outmoded laws gotvrning elections dating back to 185 1; Judd said. "Marion coun ty's expanding population i s hraded for difficult Umes at the polls. Voting scandals and abuses are virtually unknown here be cause of the" relatively thinly populated precincts compared with the other sections of the nation. . Crux of the trouble. Judd said, Is the present system used here of registration cards and poll books. For each election poll books are made up from registration Wards. Names are typed into the books for each precinct, listing the perrons wh are eligible to vote in that precinct. Mast Ke-re sister If a voter moves from one pre cinct to another, he must re register. It he does not, then his name automatically onto the "poll book in his former precinct. And that is where the rub comes, Judd explained, because many people move, fail to re-register and then return to their former precinct to vote wtotch Is illegal. 4 Save money and time by letting us do your watch and clock repairing. TeU Like Oar MaderaU rriees Quick Service eUaalaaia the VTalea Repair Headache "ExceUeat eaalr" Terfeet Berrlee Seniajr Aaleas mu4 yielalty SIsmw 197 Davenport and chair, coffee table, lamp table. Exeelleat eeadlUeau 1 year aU. A g4 bey. ; Phone 4826 t J Monday Evening : ESLM Dial 1333 7:1$ P.M. Fsndajnentals of Test ControT aria at i SALMSEED AND IMPLEMENT CO- INC. Low Cost Deli verier i , with a new. smart USHMAN MOTOR SCOOTER BUT ON EAST TEEMS AT LODER BROS. 483 Center Strait Oa flll IlaitcQ j ' aw jbp- r HEIDER'S , AO Wark Oaarmateed 23 Ossrt aU. Call H Another weak election provi sion, Judd said, -is the one requir ing that names be only typed into the poll books and that anyone "assuming" any one of the names is permitted to vote without fur ther identification required. Many itates, Judd said, have remedied this situation by requiring the registering voter to .sign a card. At election time the voter must duplicate : the signature for the election board before he receives his ballot. 8 unrests gignatarea The signature identification method would not only discourage illegal voting, Judd said, but would provide grounds for prose cution when offenders are caught. Another inconsistency in elec tion laws, Judd pointed out, is the state's policy of requiring registrants to stipulate party al legiance while the civil service has regulations forbidding em ploye participation in political ac tivities. Judd said that in the past several years his office has noted increased sentiment for the "open primary" in which swearing party allegiance is not required. "Now U the time," Judd said, "to tighten our state election laws in preparation for the day when heavy population will demand modern, fool-proof control of elections. U.S. Calls Red Accusations InlLN. libeF NEW YORK, Sept. 2HVThe United States opened it's counter attack tonight against Russian charges of "war-mongering In this country. In a strong answer the U S. said the whole Soviet dec laration was a "liber' and an "ab solute falsification of American motives." The United States also gained strong support from France in the United Nations assembly and sim ultaneously spear-headed a drive to try to ease the "onerous" bur dens of the Italian peace treaty on the Italian people. Warren R. Austin, No. 2 man in the VS. delegation, began the U.S. campaign against the Soviet at tack which was launched Thurs day on the aseembly floor by An drei Y. Vishinsky, No. 2 man In the Soviet foreign ministry. Austin told the American asso ciation for the United Nations at a dinner at the Waldorf Astoria hotel that "we refuse tobellve It was Mr. Vishinsky! intention to reflect on the honor of our coun try. It was the first formal policy reaction from a ranking member of the VS. delegation to the as sembly. Austin said the Vishinsky speech was meant for the people of Sov iet Russia. Student Vets Requested to Check with V A Veterans who intend to enroll in Oregon colleges this fall have been cautioned by the veterans administration to check with their local -VA offices to be sure they have necessary certificates and requirements, Wayne Smith, Sa lem VA training officer said Sat urday. A check list of requirements has been issued by the VA, Smith said, and if followed will save veterans a great deal of delay. The list follows: If entering training for the first time, be sure to have a properly signed certifi cate of eligibility from the near est VA office; if you have been in training and are returning to the same school and have not attend ed another school during the in tervening period,, apply directly to the school for enrollment; if you have been in training before and plan to enroll at a new school, you must obtain a supplemental certificate of eligibility; if you have been in training before and are returning to the same insti tution, but have decided to change your course of study, apply to your VA office for permission to change your course; be sure to file an estimate of your earnings at the time, of registration so the VA can compute your subsist ence; If you have been notified of an overpayment of aubsistence, see your VA officer and arrange for repayment; if you are a dis able veteran desirous of training under the vocational rehabilita tion act, report to your VA office "before registering; keep the ' VA advised at all times on changes of address and employment; and apply for enrollment early at the school of your choice. Bagdad, once the fabulous city of the Arabian Nights and now capital of modern Iraq, is known as the city of sUks and tiles be cause the art of making those materials has flourished there for 2,000 years. Radio Repairs AU Makes Appliance Repairs Poena . 9221 Phone 340 Court Flood Waters 15 Feet Deep In East Tokyo TOKYO, Sunday, eSpt. 21-MV Flood waters running as deep as 15 feet over 20 square miles of eastern Tokyo threatened today to crush the Shin river dikes and engulf thousands of more homes. A mile square area was men aced. Although the city govern ment reported 10 already dead, II missing and SO injured in three flooded areas, citizens were reluc tant to heed police warnings to get out Police expected the dikes to give way by nightfall, turning that section into a churning lake. Wa ters there cannot escape into the bay because of a 10-foot seawall. In Katsushika ward, hardest hit of three flooded wards, an es timated 140,000 Japanese still liv ing in their homes Were being forced into second floors. Police said 280,050 Japanese already were in Tokyo regugee centers, with the total homeless in the three wards at 323,082. IWA Leaders Split Over T-H Act Affidavit PORTLAND, Ore., Sept 20-P) The CIO International Wood workers of America signed affi davits of non-communism today, but two officers, the union pres ident said, resigned rather than do it The union, important in the Pacific northwest's big lumber industry, voted at .its St Louis convention last month to sign the affidavits which the Taft Hartley labor bill requires of unions wishing to make use of the national , labor relations board. The two who resigned were Karley Larsen, vice president and Ed Laux, secretary-treasurer. President James Fadling said they gave as their, reasons that they "cannot agree to become a party who voluntarily complies with the provisions of the Taft Hartley act as it applies to the labor management board." Fadling himself said that he "resented signing. While I had no hesitation in signing an affi davit that I am not a commun ist I resent the fact that em ployers have the full rights of the law without being forced to sign the same affidavits. I sign ed because it was the wish of our membership. Fadling appointed Joe Huber to fill the vice presidency and Virgil Bum to fill the secretary treasurer post. Huber Burtz, along with William Botkin, an other vice president signed the affidavits. GOP Women to Dissolve Group PORTLAND Sept 2Q-(JPy-Mr,. George T. Gerlingtr, republican national committeewoman, said today that she was dissolving the corporations of the Republican Festival Association and the Council of Oregon Republican Women. Mrs. Gerlinger, an officer in both organizations, took the action to comply with the Taft-Hartley act, which forbids corporations and labor unions to contribute to political causes. Streetcars Crash In Frisco Tunnef SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 20 -(P) A streetcar crash inside the Twin Peaks tunnel converted the dark, three-mile-long tube into a terri fying scene of splintered wreckage and screaming- injured late today. ,Twenty persons were hurt one critically as one streetcar smash ed full force into the rear of an other. The most seriously hurt was the motorman of the moving car, Pat rick Gibson, 60. He was too badly injured to explain why he failed to atop. It took more than two hours to clear the wreckage. FARIIEnS IIISUriAIICE GROUP Auto - Truck - Savings on Insurance coupled with Prompt, Friendly Claims Service Is the Farmers Plan. 456 Conrl St. Salem, Oregon Phone 5SS1 Women Wanted for Immediate Work in Cherries Applications are taken by John Rak, at Kelley, Farquhar Co. Front & Norway Plant, Ph6486 or by calling Kelley,, Farquhar personnel office ph. 24133 Willamette University Sororities Pledge 77 as Rush Week Ends ; A total of seventy-even coeds were pledged by the four Willa mette university sorority chapters Saturday night at the close of the annual rush week. Pledge breakfasts will be held this morning at the houses at which time the girls will receive their pledge ribbons. Pi Beta- ftxl and Alpha Chi Omega both pledged twenty-one girls each with Delta Gamma pledging twenty and Chi Omega fifteen. Pledges of Pi Beta Phi are Sally Smith, Carol Ashcraft Pauline Morse and Josephine Gunner, Salem; Diane Allen and Nancy Glenn, Berkeley, Calif.; Pauleen Foote, Chester, Calif.; Eileen Forsythe, Burlingame, Ca lif.; Marie Glasse, Alameda, Ca lif.; Martha Bernard, Barbara Goldman, Lu -Dene Hargrave, Di ane Proctor, Carolyn Slocum, Ja net Stark, Nancy Welch, Port land; Barbara Miller, Gresham; Margaret Guice, Seattle; Arden Hebb, Tacoma; Pat Richmond, Kelso; and Maty Jo Wigginton, Evans ton. 111. ; . Alpha Chi Omega pledged Bar bara Bates, Annabelle Kropp, El len .Reynolds, Jane Schmidt Lou ise Ulvin and Barbara Halvor son, Salem; Marcia Dunell, Palo Alto, Calif.; Dorraine Praed, Oak land, Calif.; Kathleen Kinder, Margaret Powell, Portland; Jack ie Chute, Maureen Lyons, Mary Lynne Scott Bend; Ella Lou Ball, Raymond, Wash., Carlotta Hend ricks, Fossil; Connie Hunt Kla math Falls; Betty Lancaster, Gresham; Donna Lanham, Park Rose; Mary Lumijarvt i Astoria; Gloria Nandia, Grants Pass and Patricia Ryan, Vancouver, Wash. Wearing the pledge ribbons of Delta Gamma will be Katie An derson, Alene Axelson, Patricia Curtis, Patricia Long, Peggy Mor itz and Marian Sparks, Salem; Norma Lee Faaborg, Honolulu; Marian Densen, San Mateo, Calif.; Shirley Ambler, Jean Bevens, Carol Dimond, Joan Holbeck, Joan Klind worth, Portland; Pearl Mann. Dorothy Taylor, Milwau kee; Betty Mae Jackman, McMinn ville; Gloria Palo, Long view. Wash.; Beverly Plummer, Coos Bay; Margie. Seavy, Bend; and Jackie Weller, Coulee City, Wash. Chi Omega pledges are Jeanne DuBuy, Jean Gilmer, Margaret Newton, Patricia Zahare, Salem; Betty Cummings, Palo Alto, Calif.; Evelyn Blaxendale, Viona Noyes, Portland; Virginia Allen, Gold Beach; Helen Blevins, Fossil; Donna Roberts, The Dalles; Bar bara Robinson, Gooding, Idaho; Marian Spann, Payette, Idaho; Beth Tedford, Camas. Wash.; Lis beth Trullinger, Warrenton; and Wesley Woodward, Mirwaukie. Rockefeller Heiress Weds PASADENA, CALIF.. Sept 20 -(P)-Heiress Anita Oser, 23. great granddaughter of both the late John D. Rockefellar and Cyrus Hall McCormick, and Linus Carl Pauling, Jr., 22, were married to day in an informal ceremony at the home of the bridegroom's parents. Pauling is the son of Dr. Linus C. Pauling, chairman of the chemical and chemical engineer ing divisions at California Insti tute of Technology. Miss Oser, born in Bern, Swit zerland, is the daughter of the late Mathilde McCormick Oser and Swiss army officer Max Oser. She and her brother Max, in herited an estate of $3,600,000 when their mother died last May. Miss Oser was the first great grandchild of Rockefeller, Sr. Too Late to Claseifv BY OWNER: Immediate possession. I B.K., modern home; elcc. water htr.. wired tor range, , bile bus: I biles, of school. A real buy. On Tuea. call after S. 1268 Shelton, $3790. Ph. 828S, . Announcing SOUTHSIDE VETERINARY HOSPITAL New apen for the practice af veterinary medicine with large and small animals and penltry. Dr. J. F. Chrlstensen and Dr. K. J. Peterson, veterinarians. 2746 South Commercial, Salem. Phene Salem 2-5684. Fire ft -V V SjmJ BILL OSKO DlsC Mgr. r'?'r ''eBBJBBBBJBBSBSBJBBBjBBBBBBBB is .'VVlQ ,n QUEEN Mrs. gablae Laeaa, (above) S4 rears eld. af Brages, Belgfasa. wea the title af "lace caeca" at a recent ex hibition ef hand-made lace. She begaa at the age af 7.. Wallace Files Suit Contesting Demo Election PORTLAND, Sept. 20-(J)-Lew Wallace, democratic national committeeman, and seven other democrats filed suit in circuit court today contesting the elec tion of the democratic state cen tral committee officers. The plaintiffs, charging that the May 17 election meeting lacked a quorum and rejected valid proxies, asked the court to nullify the election, declare the previous officers still in office, and direct a new election. Byron G. Carney, Milwaukee, was elected state chairman in the long-disputed election. Cell a Gavin, The Dalles, was reelected vice chairman; Clifford T. Hew lett, Portland, secretary, and E. P. Ivory, Klamath Falls, treas urer. The plaintiffs, besides Wallace, included several state central committee members whoe prox ies were rejected at the May 17 election. FIR8T LADY FLIES HOME KANSAS CITY, Sept. 20 -JT)-The presidential plane, the Inde pendence, bearing the chief exe cutive's wife, Mrs. Bess Truman, and daughter Margaret, arrived at Fairfax airport here at 4:58 p. m. (C5T) . ATTENTION CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS: When You Are O Remodeling O Redecorating O Building Now Our Lighting Engineer Stands Ready To Serve You at Home, on the Farm, In the Office, or Store The Most Complete and Up-to-Date Lighting Equipment For Your Selection SALEM LIGHTING & APPLIANCE CO. 236 N. High Plate Glass We measure and Install, commercicd use. Immediate r tPlate Glass, All Sizes, Now Available NOTICE C. K. DYE. formerly with W. P. Fuller Co- 1 now associated with t Don Brown Glass R. L. ELFSTROM CO. 14 Court St. Taft Pledges To Promote Reclamation RENO, Nev., Sept 20-P)-Mak-ing his first major speaking ap pearance in the west without ben efit of pickets. Senator Robert Taft (R-Ohio) tonight pledged the republican congress to a program of reclamation within budgetary limits and suggested a secretary of interior from the west to ad minister it. An audience packing a local movie theater heard Taft state the "republican party is the party of reclamation," but that "the coun try cannot be made over in a sin gle year." Departing from his prepared text. Taft observed that he thought a western reclamation program could be "more sympa thetically carried out if the secre tary of the interior should come from a western state." In introducing Taft, Senator Malone (R-Nev) commented on the absence of pickets and said "I happen to know a lot of union members are here tonight, looking for information." At the conclusion of his pre pared address Taft launched into a bristling exposition of the Taft Hartley labor law. in particular labor's attitude toward signing anti-communist affidavits. , Demonstration Fizzles in Italy ROME, Sept 20 --Reports from throughout Italy tonjght said the communist and socialist inspired "Great Day of Manifesta tion" against economic conditions under Premier Alcide De Gasperi's Christian Democrat government had passed quietly and, in some cities, met with indifference. Most cities' reported that crowds which gathered at afternoon mais meetings were smaller than ex pected. The audiences gathered quietly and listened without much re sponse to speakers from several leftiest parties denounce the government, then furled their red banners and Italian flags, put their placard bearing anti-government slogans under their arms and, Just as quietly, went home. Phone Workers May Sign with CIO PORTLAND, Sept. 20 -OP)- Of ficers of two independent tele phone unions said today they had approved joining the CIO and were submittting the proposal to their 8,000 Oregon and southern Wash ington members. The two unions are the United Telephone Employes of Oregon and the American Communica tions equipment Workers. Cecil M. Bixler. president of the UTEO, and Dan Harris, president of the ACEW local, predicted that their membership would approve CIO affiliation. Phone 9412 r ..MkirCKLV'. a . 1600 Patterns... Yes, we have patterns for all cars from 1935. No waiting, no delay, fast accurate service. Mirrors for mantels, hall and delivery. r Fhone 1221 Pro Gridders Slate tlrucials NEW YORK, Sept. 20 -(P) Cleveland's defending champions and the powerful San Francisco 4ers take perfect records Into tomorrow's All-America football conference schedule when the Browns entertain Baltimore and the 4ers play hosts to the New York Yankees. San Francisco, which ' downed Baltimore, 14-7, last Sunday, may set a new home attendance record for the .Yankees, with Buddy Young and Spec Sanders in the lineup, are one of the highest scoring clubs In the circuit Theft Laid to Salem Juvenile FRESNO. Calif Sept0 -P) V. S. Marshal Joseph D. Tracer said today that a Salem, Ore., -Juvenile is in the Fresno Jail, charg ed with transporting a stolen car from Salem to Porterville, Calif. The youth is. held for action of the Juvenile section of federal court. Held as witnesses in lieu of $1,000 bail are four others from the Salem area, identified by Tra ce as Lorna Blunt, 19. Walter M. Kenfield. It? Lowell W. Mow ry, 19, and Bobby Miller, 21. Army Plans Arctic Tests FORT LEWIS. Sept 20 -VTi Another spectacular cold weath er maneuver, to test men and equipment under rigorous Arctic conditions, will be carried out this winter at Big Delta. Alaska. Units of the 2nd infantry di vision, now stationed here, will . 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