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o o 3 o a a o dODD DDD: OOD O D o OOOO O o c o Then and Now! V Starting next SimUt. THE OK EGO?. STATESMAN will present each week stories linking the eld end new Sales res and Its many Interesting P alitles. They will be writtea exclasiveV ly far The Statesman by Staart Bosh, great-grandson of thU newspaper's foander. Sabjecto ef the first twoi "Man With a Bene aad -Fepeers) SehaeL" , .Weather Ma. M II Mln. Practa). Ilka prtUnd II M San rrancisce M Chiruo . .i M SS 40 .00 .00 wiiuifMt rivr -4 Mt. fORECAST (from U.S. wtathar tpu lau. MeNarjr ttaid. Salami: fair to day and tonight with kim early morn ing cloudiness and fof. SllgMly cooler Umptnlum art pctd today. HI t today Tvar S). lort near tS. Weather 1U b favorable for all ag ricultural acttviu today. poundhd 1651 NINETY -SEVENTH YEAH 10 PAGES Tho Orgon Statesman, Salem. Oro- Wednesday. Sept. 24. 1947 Prico 5c No. m rn Kl Kl UUJ MateBoqrd Voids Mquor Swap After Talk with Federal .Cancellation by Board Means Loss of Anticipated Revenue The Oregon state liquor com mitsion an of today is $899,244 in debt to banks, borrowed to make up the difference between its net revenue and its obligation to the public welcome commis sion, but its Indebtedness has not increased appreciably within the lasi three months. Thai' was the state's picture when theinews arrived Tuesday from Atlantic City, N. J. of the cancellation of a deal with dis tilleries by which the state li quor commission apparently had been aiming at a profit estimated at $1,341,895. ' State Treasurer Leslie Scott told the Statesman Tuesday his department did not know whe ther cancellation of the deal would make any difference in the future expectable revenue for public welfare, nor to what extent. -;. From all available informa tion here, the deal appeared to be this: The state In 1946 bought 8,000 Monday I spent some time stu dying the statement prepared by Paul H4 llaueeiy - city ' treasurer, reveling the city 'a financial situa tion. 1 NeUng the steady diminution-jof outstanding indebtedness and the strong cash position of the various fundi at the close of the fiscal year and the growth in earnings of the water department I couldn't help having a very comfortable feeling. Tuesday morning's paper however report ed the plan of the city manager, J. L. Franxen. for building' sew age disposal plant with intercep tor sewer lines and sewer exten sions, which will require an ad ditional bond issue of some $815, 000, and the "comfortable feeling" was somewhat dissipated. First, 'let's .take a look at the city's debt statement Of bonds serviced from the .tax levy there remained unpaid as of June 30th last $472,500 out of a total issued of $1,239,500. In this fiscal year $72,000 will be retired and in the following fiscal year $55,500 would leave a total of $343,000. The total interest requirement on these bonds for the current fiscal year Is only $8,801.79. Improvement bonds Issued or iginally for street Improvement and then refunded have dwindled to $34,000. These are serviced from assessments on property benefited. The amount outstand lng'should show increase now that paving has been resumed on a liberal scale. Of the total issue of $2,100,000 for the water system $1,883,000 remains outstanding. Against this the water department had sink ing fund investments of over $357,000 as of Dec. 31, 1946. Rev enues of the water system are ex pected to be sufficient to (Continued on Editorial Page) DX. tTKAKD FLIES AGAIN CORVALL1S, Sejrt. 23P- - President A. JL Strand of Oregon State college, who flew as a navy enaign in World war I (one), is tiring for a pilot's license. Me has soloed and gets additional time loft in the morning before going to his office. Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH -Look-Heavier thaaakT id barrels (400,000 gallons) of whisky at $10.12 a gallon. Earl ier this year, with demand drop ping on it, an agreement was made whereby the state would return the whisky to distillers at $10.75 a gallon a profit of 63 cents a gallon or a total of $252,000. The state in return was' to purchase the same amount of other whisky in bottles (400,000 gallons' or 83,333, cases) by which it could make a net profit of $13,20 a case a total profit of $1,089,995. The entire deal, therefore, was predicted on a combined profit of $252,000 plus $1,089,995 for grand total of $1,341995. However, by the cancellation date of next November 30 it la estimated the state will have only 6,000 of its original 8,000 - barrels, and therefore presum ably will have made its profit on the other 2,000 barrels or on one fourth of he deal. Sub tracting that one-fourth from Audience Jeers as Taft Lauds T-IK1 Acft SEATTLE, Sept 23-4PV-Senator Taft (R-Ohio). his left hand bandaged from an Injury suffered in the excitement of a tumultuous labor demonstration upon his arrival, strode through jeering picket lines tonight and amid audience heckling called upon voters to ren der "gratitude" to congressional backers of the Taft-Hartley labor act Coming to this labor stronghold Construction at i- With Favor Plans for new construction at Hillcrest school at a cost estimated at $700,000 or $750,000 received the state board of control's ten tative approval Tuesday. Minor revisions are expected to be completed within six weeks at the direction of the board, which then will consider finally the ex pansion project for the state in dustrial school for girls here. A dormitory housing 54 per sons, a new school building, a food service building and a tunnel are under consideration. , Stokes and Allyn, Potrland architects, es timated cost at $750,000 and the state at $700,000. Of the expenditures proposed at Hillcrest school $110,000 rep resents a legislative appropria tion. Hillcrest school officials re plied that the Institution now has a registration of approximately 70 girls against a normal capa city of 60. , At a meeting of the board of control Friday bida will be con sidered for four projects, at the Woodburn boys' school to cost approximately $400,000. These in clude a school building, work shop, gymnasium and boys' cot tage. LIVE MINES OFF MIAMI . MIAMI Fla., Sept. 23-(AP)-Six live Japanese anti-boat mines were washed up on the shore near Vero Beach, Fla., the Seventh coast guard district reported today. Hillcrest Meets WAA to Take Control of Farm Labor Camp on Thursday; j5 Families Given Eviction Notices After 16 months of operating the Salem farm labor camp near the airport, the U. S. department of agriculture will turn the camp over to the war assets administra tion at midnight Thursday. This week the S3 families of farm workers at the camp were busy moving out, under the di rection of camp manager Jay Schreckendgust They received eviction notices Monday. More than 1,000 workers have been handled by the camp since its opening In May, 1946, by the agricultural department which had leased the site from the" WAA. Although population figures for 1946 are not known, Schreckend gust revealed that since January 1 of this year, 911 persons have been housed at the camp, includ ing 409 who were in the camp at year's beginning. Camp operational equipment, such as bedding and tents will be leased to Salem Agricultural Housing, Inc., by the department of , agriculture, Schreckendgust the 11,341,995 cuts the estimated "losi" (a loss only to the extent that anticipated profit will not be realized) to $1,006,496. It is known that the liquor commission already has repaid to the banks the $7,000,000 which members of the board of control aided it in borrowing for the 1946 purchase. The last $1,500, 000 was paid two weeks ago. The liquor commission's first borrowing in 1947, to meet its public welfare obligations, was on May 12, when it was loaned $425,000. Since then, its indebt edness has ranged from that . amount , to the high point of $1,384,321 on August 12 and cur rently in less than $900,000. The 1947-48 revenues of the liquor commission . constituted one of the knottiest problems of the last legislature the li quor commission insisting the budget should not anticipate more than $14,000,000 net and the governor placing the esti mate nearly $10,000,000 higher. of the Pacific northwest to chal lenge Jabor leaders on what he called a, campaign of "propaganda and vituperation,' Taft refused to be escorted through a side door of the Seattle Eagles auditorium. As he walked smilingly Into the front ' entrance, massed pickets burst Into storm of booing. Expected " Booing ,J Taft characterized his greeting as "vociferous": and called the picket line placards "rather rough." He said he had rather expected It "But. I came here to help the republicans win the next elec tion," he said. As he spoke cries rose from various sections of the audience of "eat less." Taft continued, calmly to ig nore the interruptions. Proud of Record "We are proud of our republi can record in congress," be said, to mingled booing and cheering from the floor. It was by all odds the most un ruly audience yet to greet the Ohio senator. Shortly after Taft began his prepared address, and as though by prearrangement, approximate ly 100 members of the audience rose and filed out of the audi torium. Taft's left hand waa swathed in a white bandage. Six stitches were taken after his hand was crushed when the door of his open automobile was ac cidentally slammed on it during the excitement of the - massed picketing which greeted him at the railroad station upon his arrival shortly before 5 p. m. (PST). FUEL SUPPLY ADEQUATE WASHINGTON, Sept 23.-AV The U. S. chamber of commerce said today the nation's supply of fuel -will bar "adequate" for the coming winter contingent upon normal weather and freedom from strikes and transportation tie-ups. said. Negotiations are now Vend ing between Marion county court and war, assets, relative to the county's purchasing the camp site. Following acquisition of the 123 acre site, the county will turn the camp over to the local corpora tion. Marion County Clerk Har lan Judd said Tuesday that ne gotiations were at a standstill pen ding word from WAA. Families remaining in camp af ter the deadline Thursday" night, will not be "forcibly evicted" by, agricultural agents, Schreckend gust said. "They will become the responsibility of whoever acquires the camp," he said. A committee from the camp re sidents conferred with William J. Lin foot, secretary of the housing corporation, relative to keeping the camp open all winter. Llnfoot said Tuesday that the camp would be closed this winter because the housing corporation could not af ford to keep it open. He also pointed out to the committee the lack of school facilities at theJ Officials Investigation of Issue Dropped By U.S. Bureau ATLANTIC CITY, Sept. 23 - WP) ' Oregon liquor control of ficials said today they would can cel their whisky-exchange con tracts with distillers November 30, leaving the state with approxi mately 6000 of the 8000 barrels it planned to barter away. George P. Lilley, chairman of the Oregon liquor commission, said this decision was reached in a conference with Carroll E. Mealey, deputy commissioner of the alcohol tax unit of the federal bureau of internal' revenue. Mealey said an investigation had convinced him "that it won't be necessary to take the Oregon matter before the department of justice to present at case to the grand Jury." He added that further investi gation was under consideration to determine if big purchasers, such as state liquor authorities, were bringing economic pressure to bear on distillers. Mealey said Oregon under the present contracts ; were selling liquor with a present market price v of $6.75 a gallon to dis tillers Jor $10.75 a gallon in re turn for orders for "so many thousands of cases of whisky." Lilley estimated that by the end of November the state would have unloaded 2000 of the 8000 barrels of surplus bourbon. The remainder, Lilley said, will be bottled by the state and sold as straight bourbon. He added, "we are delighted with the cooperation of the alco hol tax unit In this matter." , Lilley also said the liquor was being sold in order to pay $24,000, 000 into a state public welfare fund as required by the legisla ture. The sum was Increased from $12,000,000 last year, he said. WU Census Climbs to 1,167 An' all-time high enrollment of 1,167 students at Willamette uni versity, including a record 120 in law school, was reached Tuesday as classes began.on the local cam US. The total registration compared with 1,047 for the fall semester a year ago, the highest up to that time. The final law figure com pares with 99 students last year and a previous high of 63 in 1927. The low mark was reached In 1945, with two students. Law students are registered from 17 states and Canada and are grouped by classes as 87 fresh men, 47 second year and 14 sen iors, according to Dean Seward P. Reese. Sweet Home -Robbery Suspect in Portland PORTLAND, Sept 23-()-Joe Berry Bishop, 27, one of two men charged with the $58,000 robbery of the Sweet Home bank Aug. 29, arrived here today in custody of police. He was placed In the Multnomah county J sil. The other man arrested, Henry Clay Tollett, 47, is held at Bak ersfield, Calif. camp and the need for farm la borers in other sections of the Pa cific coast. In addition to Schreckendgust, who came here in January as the third camp manager, a skeleton crew of federal employes remains. They are Mr. and Mrs. John Gor nik, caretaker and clerk, who will leave with Schreckendgust on Oc tober 1. The present staff, all employed by the department's production and marketing administration la bor branch, is all that remains of on original staff of two clerks, two maintenance men, a caretak er and a nurse. The staff was re duced in late July. Of the present 327 residents at the camp who are leaving, many are settling in Salem and nearby towns, Schreckendgust said, while some are undecided and the rest will leave this area. Schreckendgust - said Tuesday that he will retire from federal service and will attend school at Montana State university at Missoula. Log Rafts Off Salem Part of t srflM!-'.i iHl-ir-r-'. X- Log rafts continue to pile up In the Willamette river from Cervallls te Portland this week as Ideal lorttnr conditions permitted lumbermen to make a record cut this summer. Shewn above are seme of the log rafts moored near the Center street bridge. Most of the river togs operating on the drive are manned by Salem men, and they are moving the logs through the Oregon City locks at a rate of 100,000 log feet per hour, or 160,006 log feet per 16-hour working day, according te Wlllard Taylor, Salem tugboat operator. This makes about 5t lockages a day, (Photo by Don D0L Statesman staff photographer.) U.N. Majorities Sweep Over Red Opposition NEW YORK, Sept. 23-()-Hea-vy United Nations majorities steam-rollered Russian opposition today and approved American proposals to deal with the Greek and Korean crises and consider creation of a new veto-free secur ity agency. : Over the persistent objection of Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky, the 55-nation assembly also approved ark American-supported Argentine propos al that it debate and suggest revi sion of the new Italian peace trea ty. This issue brought a split among tne western powers as well as between them and Russia. The six votes of the Slav bloc held solid in the minority throughout on all east-west is sues. Russia and the United States showed upon the same side of the voting on only one issue crea tion of a special 55-nation com mittee on Palestine - - and this the Arab bloc was an adamant minority in opposition. Aa the debate closed and dis cussion of the agenda opened, Secretary General Trygve Lie made an impassioned plea for harmony and compromise among tne battling great powers, tie was applauded unanimously but otherwise got no Immediate ob servable result. Vishinsky ignored the appeal. Imediately afterward he began a point-by-point attack on Amer ican policies. Sailors to Keep Hiring Halls SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 23 -(JP) Harry Lundeberg; head of the AFL Sailors Union of the Pacific, said today the Pacific American shipowners association has granted the SUP renewal of its hiring hall and closed shop priv ileges. Lundeberg's announcement ad ded that the hiring hall and closed shop issues "have been settled, apparently thus averting a threa tened AFL coast shipping tieup September 30, when the SUPs contract expires. He declined to say what for mula had been developed to cov er the hiring hall and closed shop provisions, which shipowners pre viously said might conflict with terms of the Taft-Hartley labor act. Chicago Man to Replace Dr. Stone Dr. Frank Sisler of Chicago has been appointed by the Marion county board of health to replace Dr. Willard J. Stone as Marion county health officer on a temp orary basis beginning November 1, the board announced Tuesday. Having expressed an interest in public health work during a visit to Salem several months ago, Dr. Sissler was contacted by the local board through the state board of health. Dr. Stone left Tuesday for Berkeley, Calif., where he will take advanced cour ses in public health at the Uni versity of California, for the next nine months. Y -v; .m? Winds Reach 70 mph in Florida; Damage Light MIAMI, Fla., Sept 23.-iP)-The second tropical disturbance to cut across the Florida peninsula in less than a week was 30 miles west of Jacksonville at 10:13 p. m. tonight after hitting the mainland with 60 mile an hour winds in the Tampa area on the west roast The storm, which had wallowed about in the Gulf of Mexico off Tampa most of the day, suddenly entered the mainland tonight and was sweeping across the state through the wealthy citrus belt at a forward speed of 20 miles an hour. 1 The erratic tropical disturbance, irritating to storm weary Floli dians, but far from dangerous, left little damage in its wake as it swirled across the state. Its highest winds still around 60 miles an hour with 70 miles an hour in squalls, dah done very little damage. At St Petersburg Beach, which apparently received the brunt of the storm, awnings were shredded, some foliage was down and palm fronds ripped from the tall stately royals, but little more. Rain in torrents seemed to be the principal headache accom panying this storm. Seed beds in the Bradenton area, one of the state's richest truck farming sec tions, were reported either de stroyed or heavily damaged by tne torrents. Meat Drops, Wheat Climbs in Portland PORTLAND, Sept. 23 -UP) Wheat gained on the Portland market today, but the first, break in the climb of meat prices was seen by some in the 3-cent cut for pork loins by Independent wholesalers. The cut was expected to be re flected in lower pork chop prices which had been up to 98 cents a pound in some stores. Packers dropped bids on choice butcher hogs 75 cents to $1, but sellers resisted and few were sold. Wheat went up 3 to 7 cents to $2.47 for hard red and soft white classes. Hard white reach ed a record $2.94. Dallas Garden Club Scores Success with Fall Flower Show By IJlile L. Madsen Garden Editor. Th Statesman DALLAS, Sept. 23 Dallas Garden club scored again today with a first rate flower show, and harmed not one whit by its setting in the attractive chamber of commerce rooms in the Dal las city hall. Mrs. Allie Hennagin, who moved to Dallas from Independ ence five years ago, is given credit for much of the success of the Dallas shows, garden club members said today. Mrs. Hen na gin for the past two years has held classes in arrangements as well aa taught judging at the show. While the horticultural divi sion was good, it was surpassed by the arrangement division with more than half of the 177 entries in the latter division. Non-competitive entries included a rose display by r. Earl William Ben bow centered around a bud of the new, deep red Nocturne rose; a chrysanthemum display by Beckman'si Chrysanthemum Gar dens of Glen Creek road, and a garden corner arranged by Mrs. Lynn Cook of blue petunias, gold marigolds and bird bath. A division appreciated more Record Cut . n, viv i I Three Trusties Esrape:eGang9 Three state prison trustees were being sought today, principally between Salem and Portland, after they disappeared Tuesday after noon from a cornfield at the peni tentiary annex south of Salem. The men, dressed in overalls and Jumpers, are Eugene Ham mond, 25, committed from Marion county Dec 12, 1943,' for five years on larceny, paroled in 1944 and returned in 1945 as a parole violator; Elmer Murr, : 33, com mitted Feb. 6, 1945 for five years from Wasco county for larceny; Roy Thomas, 24, sentenced Aug. 29, 1945, from Multnomah county for five years for larceny. They had been working among high cornstalks under a gun guard, according to Prison Warden George Alexander, and were mis sing at the late afternoon check. Mercury Sets 4-Year Record Hottest late September weather for four years got autumn off to a "good" start Tuesday In Salem. The mercury reached 02 degrees, which was surpassed by 97 on September . 23, 1943 and tied a 92 on September 24 that year. All-time high for September was set in 1944, when it reached 103 on the 5th. Weather forecasts promised a fair, but cooler, Wednesday, with temperatures ranging near 85 de grees. Hottest spot In the state Tuesday was weaiora witn 83 degrees. by the women than the men was the roadside weed group in which dock from dark brown to ereen colorings predominated.. The blue ribbon winner was entered by Mrs. Norman Baker and compos ed of the various shades of dock, moss from Diamond lake and tall crass seeds, r An arrangement of pompon dahlias, iris seeds and foliage, gladioli, ruffled tetranapa and grape tomatoes won for Mrs. Ora Lantz of Rickreall the tri -color sweepstakes ribbons- The Dallas club hasbeen form ed but three years and now has za members headed by Mrs, Claude Hoisington, who assisted m receiving . both during the af temoon and evening. Judges were Mrs. A. Schmidt and Mrs. Lee Powell of Corvallis. The flower committee was headed by Mrs, Lynn McCullcy and assisted by Mrs. A. V. Oliver, Mrs. John Tiigner. More than 200 visitors were present at the show and during tne evening in charge of the tea hour were Mrs. Ernest Hoising ton, Mrs. Ray McWhirter. Mrs John Meeker and Mrs. John Cerney. (Awards on page 4.) $2 Million Program j By Winston H. Taylor ' I Staff Writ. The Stetcsmaa , A tentative proposal 'for an W3 " derly but flexible five-year pro gram enabling Salem school dist- : rict to meet the needs of a grow ing "tidal wave" of the. younger generation was placed before thai school board Tuesday night ly superintendent Frank B. Ben nett In discussion which favored developing and pursuing sucir plan,' which In Its first phase in cludes nine new school buildings; . tne Doard indicated that a single bond issue for perhaps $2,000,000 might be required. After presenting statistics nu merically and graphically So show the Salem area's rapid pop ulation growth, . through birtha alone, Bennett - declared t h schools must do one of thre things - obtain quonset huts and prepare other ' temporary meas ures to meet the Influx as it de velops, plan from year to year with separate bondings efforts or make a long-range program to meet anticipated and experienc ed needs and finance it with e single issue j N Formal Action 1- The board took ni -formal ae- ; tion but plans to officially de velop such a long term program-. Births in Marion county have Increased ' considerably since tho late '30s and at a greatly accele rated rate since the end of World War II, it was shown. Even dis regarding the large immigration to this section, Bennett said birth statistics projected into future classes' show local school popu lation six years from now halt again as large as now. , Some of the work should bo done before next September, said Bennett Without showing how priorities might be distributed frr expansion ot the system, he littd as probabilities for a five-year plan the following projects: Settler high ecbeei Present building adequate far; probably 10 years, according to lower birUt rate during 30s. Vocational edu cation building should -be enlarg ed to provide more classroom In main building. Construction ! new grandstand. f Janler high schoels New building at West Salem, whero' junior high established this year. New school for Capitola area, with simultaneous remodeling ct Parrish srhooL Elenetary scheols Building to serve Capitola area? Buildings to .relieve congestion at Bush school, now using 13 teachers, and f Englewood. - Construction at Foot V. Corners, where land recently se cured, to replace Rickey school. ' Replacement of W a s h ! n gtrm. Grant and Liberty buildings. All grade schools in south Salem said at full capacity. j Pre-school classes Possibil ity of facilities to be considered in construction plans. School District May Sell Plane Salem school district mayhavo an airplane for sale, it was dis closed Tuesday night. Foreseeing no aviation instruc tion in schools here in the mar future, the school board author ized sale by bids if regulations permit, of a surplus P-31 purch ased laat year and tied down at McNary field, unused. Upon receipt of an appra'sal ct schools in districts which. ccuo' dated with Salem last i-pr-rg, showing buildings valued at -31S.-923.25 and equipment-at $19.0CO. the board authorized its insvfrrre committee to act in the ma.ttn f increasing $130,000 insurance car ried on those properties. , The supplies committee report ed that a contract for supplying the district's entire petroleim needs for this year was aware'' d to Tidewater Associated compar ( as low bidder. This includes g&x oline, heating oils andubricaUng materials. i Barber Tracle,lVot Limited to Citizens, High CourtHolds The state supreme court Tu day held unconstitutional a pro vision of the Oregon law which restricts the- practice of barber ing to cltisens of the United States. Justice 'Percy Kelly, in writing the opinion, held the provision violation of the -14th amendment to the federal constitution which guarantees equal protection of th laws, to all persons within the United States, regardless of whe ther they are citizens. Suit attacking the constitution ality of the law was filed by Sam my Q. Quisor, Portland Filipino,! who was refused a license by the state board of barber examiners because he waa not a citizen of " the United States. Tentative -