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O O O O O ID CD CD a O O O O O OO O DDO . O.fl O DDO O O DO ODD OOH - 1 mEi rmi WML 9 5 Areas Annexed to Salem v IfUfETYEVENTH YEAR 10 Salem Restaurants to Comply With Truman Save-Food PDan Rail Freight Rates to Jump 10; 'Meatless Days' Off to Slow Start Salem restaurants will begin official compliance with President Truman's save-food program Thursday wheneggs and poultry dishes ill disappear from the menues. Chris Schneider, elected spokesman for the executive committee ot the Salem restaurant association, said Tuesday 'members of the association resolved to heed the presidential request. No "red meat" Off &33U08 Every little while oue reads in the paper of a death attributed to an -overdose of sleeping tablets." Aimee Semple MacPherson was one famous person who went out that way. So the questions easily arise: What are these sleeping tab lets? Are they on general sale?. "Why does thelr4ise end fatally so cften? . The modern sleeping tablet Is a barbiturate there are more than 100 barbituric acid compounds. The drug acts to depress the cen tral nervous system and so is relaxing. Since sleeplessness is eft en due to some nervous ten sion the drug's soothing effect helps induce sleep though it is not strictly a narcotic. If one takes too many of these barbiturate pills he may act as though he were intoxicated or he may incur other effects, such s complicating kidney trouble or kin allergy or he may go to aleep and never wake up. Doc tors disagree : about the ? habit f arming characteristics of this drug, but recognize the dangers from repeated or heavier dos ages. Federal law requires af fixing a label "May be habit forming" to each package of barr biturates. t Because of the observed evil effects of promiscuous use 38 tates have put the sale of bar , biturates under regulation. Ore . gon is one, and has had a good law on the subject" since 1935. This year the state board of rharmacy and the state board of i medical examiners issued Joint 'bulletin to pharmacists and doc tors to emphasize the import-s "'ance "of strict enforcement of the Oregon law. In this state no barbituric add compounds may be sold except on prescription of a physician, and a- prescription may be re filled only once, except that phe xx barbitals may be refilled sub ject (Continued on editorial page) Comintern Revival Displeases Bevin LONDON, Oct 7 - m - The British foreign office declared to day that Europe's communist lea dership had officially revived the Comintern and said the step re presented a clear deterioration of the international situation." . The foreign office confirmed at the same time that the Soviet Union had accepted November 25 as the date jfor the big four for eign ministers to . resume their work on peace treaties for Ger many and Austria. TORNADO IN FLORIDA JACKSONVILLE, Fla Oct 7 Of)- Seven persons were taken to hospitals tonight for injuries received when a freak wind, re sembling a tornado,, struck the suburban North Shores section. None of the injured was believ ed seriously hurt Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH "Ahm tellin' ya, son, h oughts know fobacco ... been in it a my life." PAGES The Oregon pork: or Deei-r-wui De served Tuesdays henceforth and Thurs days will be chicken-less. All restaurants will campaign against "waste of food, he . said. Servings of bread will be cut to one roll or one slice of bread with meals. Two slices will constitute -stack" ) of toast. Scarcely A Ripple First . meatless Tuesday here caused scarcely a ripple in the habits of local meateaters yes terday. Meat markets Indicated an average day In meat sales for all types and grades. Most of the shops reported the majority of cus tomers . seemed unaware of what day it was. i By the Associated Press Americans observed their first "meatless Tuesday" in an effort to save food for Europe and lower prices at home as the cost of ship ping food and all freight Jumped 10 per cent. ' The Interstate Commerce Com mission announced that the na tion's railroads had been granted a general Increase of 10 per cent in freight rates. It Is estimated the rate hike will add around $700,000,000 to the annual freight bill of the country. -The grant was in response to plea of the roads for a boost to overcome recent wage increases and high materials and operating costs. . , Menus Already Planned - Meatless Tuesday got oil to a slow start, in many restaurants as a survey showed they-could not observe the president's request. made in a radio speech Sunday night, because meat supplies were purchased: and menus planned too far ahead. ......... Housewives were reported ob serving the "meatless" request in areas where surveys were under taken, although some of them said they were caught with parishable meat supplies on hand. i Most restaurants, however, said they would be ready for com pliance with President Truman's request next Tuesday, and many also promised compliance with the request for poultryless and eggless Thursday this week. Weather Max. Min. Precip. Salem ss 44 . Portland 63 SI M San rrancUco 63 S7 M Chicago 59 .00 New; York . . 78 7 .00 WUlamett river' -i.S feet. FORECAST (from U S. weather bu reau. McNary field. Salem): Mostly rkjudr today and tonight with occa atonal light rains throughout the. morn In becoming showers In the after' noon and evening. High temperature today it, low tonight 60. Weather will be unfavorable for most farm activi ties throughout the day. I ; , Vote Augments City Area i i : I . I MUJNCMk Ja Jl limits tv iaffrS Salem was 415 acres larger! today by virtue of Tuesday's annexation election which saw five new sections accepted Into the city limits. The sixth also was given a favorable vote within Salem Itself but voters In the area affected refused to become' a part of the city. The above map shows the areas added to Salem (territories "A", B-, -C, "D". and T) and the area which refused to Join the city (territory with the ted dot). fOUNDBD 1651 Statesman, Satan, Ore., Wedneio7y. October 8. 1947 Union Leaders Freed from Anti-Red Rule WASHINGTON, Oct 7 - W) - Top AFL and CIO leaders arc not required to sign; non-communist affidavits, the National Labor Relations board ruled today. The 4 to 1 decision overrode the board's general counsel, Robert N. Denham, and broke a big log Jam of labor cases. Bowing to the decision, Denham told reporters: "I expect to fol low it" .Denham had Interpreted the Taft-Hartley act to mean that all unions affiliated with AFL and CIO would be barred from taking labor relations cases before the NLRB unless all leaders of the two federations swore they were not communists. But the NLRB majority declared that such a policy would play in to the hands of "dissension-seek ing communists." I decided that a union can qualify to do bus! ness with the board If its own officers sign the loyalty pledges, regardless of the stand taken by any federation with which the union is affiliated. (The AFL and CIO are federations of many un ions.). SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 7 - (JP) The National Labor Relations board took most of the heat off quarrelling AFL leaders tonight by ruling that they don't have to disavow communism in order to give affiliated unions access to the board. Vice-President John L. Lewis refused to sign an affidavit dis claiming communist connections, touching off a rapidly-growing rift among the top AFL officers who wanted to sign and make their member unions eligible to use protective facilities of the NLRB when necessary. Northwest Gifts For Elizabeth SEATTLE, Oct 7.-OPr-Princess Elizabeth will receive wedding gifts next month from a 'group of northwest women. It's in line with the custom at royal weddings, through which the bride receives either money or gifts which she in turn passes on to the needy people of her country. Col. Edith M. Bates, of the Salva tion Army's western division, ex plained today. The northwest division of the Salvation Army ladies home lea gue will raise $230 for such wed ding gifts, along with their various other projects to help the needy, leaders said. .'mam J cautm aw TT7 i. 1 f Guilty Willamette Freshmen i t z 1 7 V UpperelaasmeB lined the bahk and Tuesday en the Willamette university campus, following the year's first kangaroe court conducted shortcomings. All freshmen freshman shown above as he was Identified, the already-dunked Gunn of Eugene (left) and Richard Bennett of Salem. Upperclass- men on the bank, from left, are Preias, Chuck Patterson. Jim Fltsgerald. Milt Baum. Lowell Yaeger and Kurt Kamat (Statesman grapher.) Kangaroo Court Convicts, Punishes Willamette Frosli Many were called and none found innocent That the report of Willamette university lettermen Tuesday aft er they conducted the year's first kangaroo court for freshmen, most of whom ended in Mill creek (men) or the mud and under the garden hose nearby (for the women). Two young freshmen males who probably envied their classmates in the creek were sentenced Joint ly' with two of the girls who were blindfolded and ordered to sew patches on the men's trousers. A girl whose unavailing defense lay in a university official received a raspberry pie in the face, and many of the girls were marked more heavily then usual about the face with lipstick.- Paddles were wielded freely on the campus. The court during chapel period was presided over by Judges Hank Ercolini, ,Dale Bates and John Slanchik. Prosecutor was Dale Bates. A former Salem newspaperman, now a Willamette freshman, took double penalty --two dips into Mill creek --when a former col league's news camera flash bulb failed to flash on the first try. Portland to Get Auto Phones PORTLAND, Oct. 7-(A)-Port-landers can sit in their automo biles and phone business acquaint ances tomorrow. Thirty three customers begin receiving mobile telephone service at about 20 calls for $22 a month. ' The mobile phone service, which enables' a motorist to be connected with any regular phone local or long-distance as long as he drives within a 25-mile radius .of Portland, was given the final test ing today. Woodburn Ready For 'Dawn to. Dusk' Chest Campaign WOODBURN, Oct 7. The "dawn to. dusk" community chest campaign here will be started Wednesday with a "kick off breakfast at 7 o'clock at Laurel cafe with an expected 75 workers in attendance: Dr. Chester Ham- blin, pastor of the First Presbyter ian church of Salem," will be the speaker and. M. D. Woouey, pres ident of the; Woodburn Community chest will preside at the break fast program. Lyman Seely is chairman of the Woodburn chest campaign and workers will take the field imme diately after the breakfast with the idea -of completing the work Wednesday night Goal of the workers Is to raise $2400 in the second local community chest drive. E. L. Gray, county chest chairman, plans to attend- the breakfast here, first of the cam paigns outside of Salem to be started. No. 166 freshmen filled the Mill creek by lettermen to punish freshmen Price Sc If f h " t m - i ii ' a. - , B. mm were found guilty. Although the hurtled Into the creek was not youths In the foreground are Jack Don Dourls. Bruce. Barker, Don photo by Don Dill, staff pro to - Wrecking of Trading Center Zone Starts Wrecking operations began Tuesday in the vicinity of Capi tol and Center streets where a 2'i-block residential area will be converted into a retail shop ping center after the 27 present houses on the property are wrecked or moved. First house-wrecking was be gun at 590 N. Capitol st (near Union street) by M. D. Svar verud, ex-marine of 2025 N. 19th st, who was one of the success ful bidders for the doomed houses. He will sell the lumber salvaged. Grabenhorst Bros, realty firm has handled local negotiations for the property and the removal of houses for the Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Co., of Los An geles, which is undertaking de velopment of the area bounded by Center, Capitol, Union and 12th streets, plus a small tract between the Union street spur track and an alley running north from Union street. Another single-house purchas er, J. O. Gritton of Salem route 1, will wreck a two-story house at 1159 Center st., beginning this week, Gritton said Tuesday he will use the lumber on his farm. Both Gritton and Svarverud re ceived city wrecking permits Tuesday. Other house buyers are ex pected to begin wrecking or moving operations soon. The Grabenhorst firm Indicates there are several purchasers for the 27 houses. Budget-Makers to Face Problem in 1949, Say By Les Conr t Staff Writer. The Statesman As defeat of the sales tax bill became imminent- lale . Tuesday night. pre-election -proponents and opponents of the measure, interviewed by The Statesman, all agreed its failure, along with the defeat of the cigaret tax, will put the state in debt before the end of this biennium, but said definitely it would be un necessary to call a special legis lative session. . Lyle Thomas, Dallas, state rep resentative and representative of the Oregon Farmer's Union, who vigorously opposed the measure in the 1947 legislative session and in 'the pre-election campaign, said "We are much gratified to see the tax defeated." "It is the mandate of the peo ple, and should serve notice to proponents of the sales tax that they should not try it again." Asked if a special session would be necessary, Thomas stated: "I don't see why we should have to call a special ses sion. An additional property By Vote, Salem, County Join State in Anti-Tax Votes Marion county and Salem join ed the rest of Oregon in decisively defeating the sales tax and .cig- aret tax programs Tuesday, and baJem became 415 acres larger by virtue of annexing five of six areas which had petitioned to become a part of the city at the special election. The 36 precincts outside of Sa lem gave an even larger per centage against the tax programs than did the city's own 33 pre cincts. None of the county's 89 gave the sales tax a favorable vote, and only 10 Salem pre cincts and 3 outside the city favored the cigaret levy (Turner, Salem Heights and' Union Hill). (County and city tallies ap pear in an adjoining column and a precinct-by-precinct vote on the sales tax is on page 2, as is a state-wide county-by-county sales tax vote. A map showing annexed areas is on this page.) The total vote for 87 out of Marion county's 89 precincts (in cluding Salem) on the sales tax, as recorded by The Statesman, was: yes 3,620, no 12,065; on the cigaret tax: yes 0,548, no 8,823. Increase Acreage The five new city districts in crease the acreage within Salem city limits by 9 per cent, from 4,608 to 5,023 acres. Estimated population gain is 300, although no census of the annexation areas Was made. Only annexation issue to lose out was the largest of the propos ed six a 620-acre area extend ing south of Hoyt street and gen erally between 12th and 25th streets, known as territory "E." Voters of the area itself rejected coming into the city by a 35-61 vote, although Salem city voters were favorable to all proposed annexations by a wide ma rein. The vote in five areas on the proposal to annex themselves to Salem was as follows: YES NO ts IS M 7 S 1 SI S SS 1 Territory "A" Territory -B" Terrltory -C" Territory "U Territory "E" ! No vote was needed in territory "F" in the Laurel Springs district to the southwest, the annexation petition being unanimous in that area. The Salem vote to accept the territories into the city was as follows. YES NO Territory "A" Territory "B Territory -tr, Territory "D" SMt ?M 531S 1SS SMI SM 4S3S (77 SIM Sl Territory E Territory "f" 4497 71 Areas "A", "B" and "C", all north of the city limits will ex tend the city's northern boundary between the Willamette river and the Valley Packing Co., property as far as the south property line of the gravel company, and west or River road as far north as Stark street, to take in site of the proposed Salem sewage disposal plant. "D" Are Defined The "D" area, a 25-acre tract south of Hoyt and east of Summer streets which was part of an an nexation area rejecting city in elusion at .a special annexation election last year, centers on the Leonard Judson property. The total Marion county vote was estimated at about 54 per cent oi registration, Ship Poultry to Europe Morse WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 - (fi) -Senator Wayne L. Morse recom mended today that the govern ment ship poultry abroad rather than urge the public to eat less of it Declaring that cold storage houses are bulging with poultry. Morse urged shipping of poultry to Europe. "That" Morse said, "will pro duce more food from hatcheries and farms of America than will be conserved by all the meatless days put together. levy can be put on the ballot next election if we are in debt The additional property tax can be offset by surplus income taxes." "The only solution for Ore gon's financial situation is to pass legislation at the next session which will make income tax funds available for general state expenses, instead of being used only to offset property tax as they are under present law." Sen. Dean Walker, Independ ence, who advocated passage of the tax in the 1947 legislative session, said "the people had to choose between income and sales tax. ... I guess they picked higher income taxes. "This choice still doesn't solve the state's financial problem," Walker asserted. "We will still be short of money for the gen eral fund." "I don't believe it will be nec essary to call a special session," Walker commented. "We will have some deficit this biennium, but it won't be serious enough Lone Zone Special Election Vote-at-a-Glance OREGON (1339 out of 1S5 prcts.) Tea Ne Sales tax 54,455 147.675 Cigaret tax ........82.918 112,351 MARION COUNTY (Outside of Salem) (54 out of 56 prcts.) Yes N 6.840 4,945 Sales tax 1,466 Cigaret tax 3,174 SALEM (S3 out of 33 prcts.) Yea No .225 1,878 Sales tax 2,154 Cigaret tax 3,374 CITY ANNEXATION Salem voted to accept all of the six territories petitioning for an nexation. Four of the six territories vot ing favored coming Into the city (territories "A." "B, "C" and "D."). One territory ("F") peti tioned 100 per cent and did not have to vote. Territory "Z" de clined to be annexed. (131S prectnctK) Arbiter Orders Los Angeles Port Reopened SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 7 - (JP) Waterfront Employers announced tonight they would reopen the port of Los Angeles at midnight as directed by Arthur C. Miller, the Pacific Maritime Industry s new arbiter. 'The Waterfront Employ ers Association of the Pacific coast is requesting its members to return to work at midnight to night in accordance with the a ward of Arthur C. Miller, impar tian chairman, the WEA state ment said. "But in doing so," it continued, "they cannot concede that it is any violation for the employers to. resist strike action of the Long shore union to compel the Indus try to recognize that union as the bargaining agent of walking bos ses and thus deprive the employ' ers of their right under the Labor Management Relations act of 1947." Los Angeles and Long Beach waterfronts have boen closed since October 1 as a result of the CIO International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's union effort to force recognition as bargaining agent for the dock foremen. Shinwell Out as Attlee Revamps British Cabinet LONDON, Oct 7.-(iP)-Prime Minister Attlee tonight demoted his much-criticized fuel minister, Emanuel Shinwell, and dropped five other senior members from the government. The London Star called the large-scale s h a k e-u p a slight "movement to the right but gov ernment informants denied there was any ideological significance in the shift The official announcement from No. 10 Downing street, official res idence of the prime minister, said the five leaving the government were John Wilmot minister of supply; F. J. Bellinger, secretary of state for war; J. B. Hynd, min ister of pensions; Lord Inman, lord privy seal, and Joseph Westwood, secretary of state for Scotland, The shakeup, involving 30 posts within the government and bring ing in several young laborites as junior executives to Infuse "new blood" into the direction of affairs at a time of economic crisis, did not touch Health Minister Aneu rin Bevan, a leader of the labor party's left wing, nor Food Min ister. John Strachey, another left winger. Shinwell, who bore the brunt of criticism for last winter's fuel cris is, was dropped to he position of secretary of state for war, a non cabinet post Serious Legislators to convene the legislature. . . . no, the chances are very remote. However, the next legislature will face a serious problem when it starts to make up the budget for the next biennium." . Sen. Douglas McKay, Salem, when asked for his comment said: "What is there to say? The people didn't want a sales tax, and that's all. Yes, we'll go in debt before the next session, but not enough to warrant calling a special session. The big problem will come when the next budget rolls around." Ronald Jones, Brooks, presi dent of the Oregon Farmers' Un ion, said: "Sales tax proponents again were unable to convince the people that an emergency existed and again a lot of state money was wasted by calling a special election." In Cushman, Ore., home of Rep. Earl Hill, author of the original draft of the sales tax bill, voters turned thumbs down on both the sales and cigaret tax, the Associated Press reported. Says 'Nor Legal Attack ; On Income Tax Boost Talked i By the Associated PrcM Oregon voters overwhelmingly rejected a sales tax and a cigaret tax in a special election yesterday. Incomplete but conclusive re turns thowed the sales tax snowed under nearly S to 1 and the cig aret tax 4 to S. With 1339 of the state's 183C precincts reported, the vote stood f For the sales tax: 54,445; against! 147.875. v With 1318 precincts reported! for the cigaretta tax: 82,9 Hi against: 112,351. Percentage of the vote opposedl to the sales tax was running al most exactly equal to that of the) 1944 sales tax election --73 per cent Greatest opposition in the) five times the measure has been ci the Oregon ballot was 83 percent in 1936. Effect ef Tax Effect of the sales tax defeat - -barring successful legal attack which already is being talked -is this: A withholding tax of 1 per cent on all wages and salaries above $50 a month will become effective Jan. 1, 1948 (on salaries earned after that date). This Is not an ad ditional tax but by capturing rev enue from transient and occasion al workers, is expected to increase) the state's income by as much as $1,000,000 annually. Income tax exemotions will be lowered Jan.' 1, 194S, effective en 1947 incomes. Exemption of th head of a family will be cut frc-m $1500 to $1000 and of a single tax payer from $750 to $500. The ex emption for dependents - - 9300 will be unchanged. Te Ask Meaner Stanley EarL state CIO4, execu tive secretary, said tonight that Rep. Manley J. Wilson. Wauna, will ask attorney general tomor row night for an opinion on cr-n stitutionality of the income tax ex emption cut Legislators were told at the time the law was passed that its ctn stitutionality was open to chal lenge. Earl said, adding that the CIO will press the legal attack. Accurate Indication The first scattered returns te come in werean accurate indica tion of the trend. Opposition to the sales tax quickly lumped into 24 to 1 lead and held near'tht point. The cigaret tax was a lit tle slower to fall into its pattern, running only slightly behind foe nearly an hour of st a t e-w ids counting, but the tally then moved to 4-3 against and the ratio stayed there. Incomplete returns showed Hcod River. Benton and Morrow coun ties favoring both proposals. AQ other counties' incomplete totals were opposed to both. (Latest county-by-county totals-on page 2). Food Coupons Suggested as Welfare Aid 1 WASHINGTON, Oct T.-UP)-Congress in the future should grant food subsidies or take otter steps to assure low-income famil ies of a good diet, the agriculture department said today in urging a long-range farm program upon congress. The program also called for "modernization" of the farm par ity formula, which is used by the, government in preventing prices) of farm commodities from fall in! below e certain levet " . (Parity is a complicated formu la designed to give the farmer the) same purchasing power he had la some past favorable period.) Looking beyond doubt present world shortages to a return of price-endangering surpluses, the department called for a "floor under food consumption, using food stamps or other means. Food stamps were formerly issued to needy persons enabling them to buy food at cut rates, with the government making up the differ ence. The suggestions were laid before a Joint session of house and senate agriculture committees studying . national farm policy for the fu 'Yes, School Will Resume as Usual Today at Parrish' Parrish Junior high school stu dents end some parents be sieged The Statesman Tuesday afternoon and evening with tele phone calls to inquire if thei school would reopen Wednesday after a Tuesday morning surprise closing for lack of heat. The answer, disappointing or not was a definite "yes" after Su perintendent of Schools Frank B. Bennett assured The Statesman the school would -be open at the regular hour Wednesday morn ing, after connections with the new central heating plant adjacent to Salem high school were com pleted. - Students many of whom caused surprise by their group ap pearance in downtown Salem Tuesday had been told by teach ers to watch the Statesman for i word whether to return to school .! this morning. . : .1