o o odd oDo'oqno'od-.on o o o o o OOOO OD O CIicsl Level Rising Ealem'a Community. Cheat vat S4 per cent filled ih!g vr.ara? lng. Total paid and pledged m $54,106; still needed i 145.834. The minimum goal ii $100,0001 Story on page 18.) mm TPCDODQCS raNETY-SEVtNTH YEAB It PAGES The Oregon Statesman. Salem. Oregon. Friday. October 10. 1947 Price 6c No. ISS ..... POUNDDD I$5I 9330008 r When my father went to acad emy studied a textbook "Na tural Philosophy." When I went to high school that subject had teen changed to physics. There was a great difference between the text I used and the one my fa ther had studied. But an even greater difference marks the lat ent textbooks n physics; for the eld contentions of physical phe nomena which had seemed so firm and rigid through the lStn cen tury have been rudely broken up by modern experimentation and mathematical studies. And the man who made one of the first nd greatest contributions to the new knowledge of physics was Dr. Max Planck whow death at the clinic of Goettingen university oc curred week ago. The particular discovery for which Planck is famed is his untiiin theorr. later verified by experimentation. Simply stated, it Is that energy is not raaiatea enntinuous flow but intermit tentlv. and in bundles or pocket hk-h he called Quanta. Moreover the size of the quanta vary with the frequency of the radiation In each form of energy. Planck went tin to discover the constant which, multiplied by the frequency, would rive the ouanta for each radiation. What this did was to open up for scientific observation the whole field of small scale phenomena and give new knowledge of light This became the foundation for th rtudr of the atom and thus made possible atomic fission. The cuantum theor together with Einstein's later thehry of re- laUvity upwt the tlghtorthodoxy of classical physics, nmh the re suit that in the last half century the advance In knowledge. (Continued en editorial page) U.S. Personnel Safe on Two TOKYO. Friday, Oct 10 -VP) First word from typhoon-ravaged Iwo Jima said today all . the 1,500 U. ' S. military personnel nd dependents were safe. CoL Raleigh H. Mac kiln, com mander of Iwo's air base, noti fied air force headquarters here no Injuries had been reported. In a brief message he said: "All army and air force personnel on the island are safe li the storm continues on Its present) course. No Injuries have been reported." Presumably this meant there was some concern that the storm, which struck Iwo yesterday with 170-mile-an-hour winds', might double back on the famed Island. 13 Perish in Chicago Fire CHICAGO. Oct 10 -4PV- Thir teen persons were reported ' by fire department officials to have perished and several others were Injured early today in a fire which wept through a four-story brick apartment building on the near northwest side. Firemen said all of the dead were Negroes. Mgr. William J. Gorman, fire department chaplain, said he had counted the bodies of five adults nd four children in the smoulder ing ruins of the 16-apartment building at 934-940 West Ohio street. Earlier four other' bodies were found and taken to the coun ty morgue. Policeman Jailed On Burglar Charge PORTLAND, Oct po liceman accused of turning bur- ur in off-duty hours was in jail ere today., Tom Ellis a traffic patrolman. Aid he fired two shots when he aw a man with a hand in a bro ken window at a gasoline service station. He aimed for the third hot, but recognized the fugitive, be said, as Traffic Patrolman Er Mtt R. Moffatt 22. With two other patrolmen, El lis captured Moffatt. I AM BOAR DMAS ELECTED BEAR MOUNTAIN, N. Y, Oct. iAi- Samuel of Salem, Ore., was elected to the board of di rectors of the national confer ence on state parks tod?y. Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH . "There's just no holding her tht bustles are hack. Divorcee r- i ! I t i Mrs. Jeha X. Danlavy, Breaks resUaraat ewaer. wbe appear ed la Marten eeonty circuit eearf Tharsday seeking her ISth diverce. (Statesman phete.) Mrs. Dunlavy Tells Court of 15 Marriages The contested divorce action of Betty M. Dunlavy of Brooks, who is seeking to divorce her 19th hus band, John R. Dunlavy, has been continued to Wednesday morning, October 19, by Marion County Cir cuit Judge George Ouncan. Brunette Mrs. Lcidigh Claridge Henry Graham Rumlar Williams Sc hells Pyper Trail Ott Krebbs Dunlavy told the court she was 17 years old when she was first married in Vancouver, Wash., lit 1924. According to the list of hus bands she presented to the court Wednesday and which was mark ed aa an exhibitshe married and divorced one man twice end an other three times. Eight of the di vorces were granted in Oregon City, ; ' She obtained her first divorce In 1925 and, according to the ex hibit list, married end divorced husbands number two and three before that year was out She mar ried, divorced and remarried an other mate In 1928. The list also showed that she married, divorced and married again in 1938 and also in 1944. The husband prior to uuniavy sne married In Decem ber of 1944 and divorced in April, 1943. She and Dunlavy were mar ried in February, 194 0 The plaintiff seeks a decree en titling her to sole ownership of all property In her name. Including the Brooknook restaurant at Brooks and return of a $1,200 dia mona ring, uuruavy in answer seeks half interest in the restau rant which, he alleges, under his management has increased In val ue to 932,000. Cruel and inhuman treatment is charged in the complaint (Interview on page 2) Livestock Exposition to Turn Spotlight on Dog Show Today By Llllle L. Madsea Farm Xditor. The Statesman PORTLAND, Oct 9 With Judging In the open classes at the Pacific International Livestock exposition completed Thursday, attention Friday will be focused on the dog show in which there are 331 entries of 35 breeds. And with the arena clear of Judging classes, matinee horse shows and rodeo 'performances will be resumed Friday, also. Final performances will be Saturday afternoon and night. - Judging of dogs start at 10:30 Friday morning with Alt Mitchell of Philadelphia picking the win ners. Harry M. Powell, dog show superintendent did not believe that dog Judging will be finished until Saturday night Entries in the jshow are from as far away as Ohio, with three Itallian grey hounds entered from there. Alaska Malamutes, seldom seen here, are also entered in the show. Of major importance, too, "Fri day will be the Future Farmers fat stock sale scheduled for 10 a. m. Today's interest centered around the Future Farmers of America livestock entries and Judging.: Of particular interest in the FFA di vision will be the .matching of the champion FFA fat steer, yet to be picked, against Royal Clipper, a University of Idaho Shorthorn, which bested all open classes and 4-H entries. - Also of top interest today was the open class fat livestock sale of 554 animals. While premium prices were paid, there were no records in high prices. The break down showed 33 sheep; 225 hogs and 296 cattle. Top price for all animals was the $1.00 a pound paid for the grand champion fat lamb, a Southdown, shown by the Uni versity of Idaho, and sold to Port land Union Stock yards. Second high price went to the grand champion over all breeds in fat steers, a Shorthorn, also from Idaho, sold to Valantine and Gris of llrpner at 71 cents. Top hog was the grand champion barrow. Site Set For Salem's naval reserve armory, to be constructed at a cost of $160, 000, will be located on state-owned property east of the ball park and south of Sheiton ditch, cmdr. P. C. Holstein, USN, in charge of armory construction in Oregon, an nounced here Thursday afternoon. The approximate -site was dis closed after a survey of two pro posed areas by Cmdr. Holstein and Capt A. D. Ayrault, USN, Seattle, commander of navy reserve units in the 13th naval district Cmdr. Holstein! said he expect ed to call for bids on the units about January 1. and that the buildings should be completed by July 1, 1948. The location is ap proximately due east of the ball park parking lot on the north side of the plant Cmdr. Holstein said the exact spot in the area would not be chosen until he makes a further study of the site and con fers with state and city officials. MafUple Unit Balldlng The armory will consist of three units connected by a headhouse, and a separate building which will be used for a, garage and target range. The head house will be 160 feet long 20 feet; wide and will extend across the fronts of the three wings. The three units will each be 100 by 40 feet The garage firing range will be 71 by 40 feet and have 8,091 of floor apace, while the armory proper will have 47 rooms, and a floor area of 19,000 square feet One of the armory's three wings will house lockers, while the other two units will contain a machine shop, carpenter shop, an electron ics warfare laboratory, classrooms, drill room, boiler room, diesel gen erator room, library, medical ex amination room and other offices. The head-house will be used for offices and officers' quarters. Steel and Asbestos The head-house will be of steel frame construction with asbestos siding. The wings and the garage range building will be of wooden framework with asbestos siding. The armory plans submitted by Cmdr. Holstein Thursday, provid ing $160,000 for the project and the additional garage-range build ing, were $30,000 In excess of previous plans, which allotted $129,000 for the armory and did not include the extra building. Bank Robbery Suspect Convicted of Knifing PORTLAND. Oct 9 (JP- The FBI said today that Sam Scribner, arrested in Bakersfield, Calif., in connection with the Sweet Home bank robbery,' has been convicted of attempting to cut a man's throat in a tavern row in Bakersfield. The FBI said Scribner would still be liable to - prosecution in the bank robbery case. a Duroc from Idaho, knocked down to Singer Brothers for 40 cents. Gath Brothers of Turner, on their first place Shropshire wether, received second highest price paid for sheep, 40 cents, a pound from Swift company. (Additional Details Page 18) Hospital to n S: 1 :, Navy Armory Patients at the state tuberculosis hospital win get seme choice meat seen by virtue ef the combined ef forts of Bob Banick, 13, of Brooks, whose Hereford steer took first prize In the 4-H division ef the Faeifie International exposition at Portland, and Valley Packing company ef Salem which bought the animal at auction at 39 cents a pound live weight The steer weighs 1090 pounds. It will be slaugh tered by Valley Pack and presented to the hospital next week. The successful bid was entered at Portland by G.. F. Chambers, Valley Pack president In the picture above, taken Thursday at Valley Pack are (left to right) Deug Chambers, buying department: L. R. Douthit business administration at the state tuberculosis hospital; G. F. Chambers; A. R. Tartar, Valley Pack secretary; Frank Croon, Val ley Pack director: Bob Banick, and C. E. Headier, Valley Pack superintendent (rbete by Den Dill, Statesman staff nholorranher.) uaflssiaGHs Cnnntvr.nnrthnns With Future City Construction of a Marion county courthouse designed with an eye to later adding a unit to house Salem city offices was recom mended Thursday by the Salem long range planning commission. Commissioners voted to urge the Marion county court and the courthouse building commission to plan the new building, tentatively set for construction in 1949, in such a manner that the city when financially able in future years could erect a new city hall as an addition or matching building with the new courthouse. City leaders have indicated in the past year when courthouse building plans were furthered that Salem finances will not per AFL Board Seeks to Ease Lewis from Officer's Role SAN FRANCISCO, Oct tMVThe AFL executive council voted today to eliminate the positions of all IS of its vice presidents In or der to circumvent vice president John L. Lewis whose refusal to sign a non-communist affidavit has kept 300,000 workers outside the pro- testion of the federal -law. The workers in this group, mem bers of about 1,500 so-called fed eral locals, have no national of ficers except those of the AFL It self. And the national labor re lations board cannot act in any case in which a union's officers have refused to swear they are not communists. If the recommendation is accep ted the federation would have on ly a president and secretary-treasurer Green and George Me a ny, respectively. Green said the council's report and recommendation would be rubmitted to the 66th annual con vention in a day or two. - Asked whether there had been opposition to the recommendation to strip the vice presidential title from Lewis and the 12 others, Green said: "You will have to find that out for yourself." Herbert E. Barker, executive secretary of the Salem Trades and Labor council, is representing the local council at the American Fed eration of Labor " convention in San Francisco this week. Barker is the first Salem convention dele gate in many years. Louisville Rent Boost Protested WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -JT) President Truman emphasized anew today his dissatisfaction with relaxed rent controls as a 5 per cent boost in the Louis ville, Ky., area drew angry pro tests from labor unions and oth ers, who expressed fears of nation-wide increases. Mr. Truman told his news con ference that his housing expe diter, Frank R. Creedon, was obliged by law to approve the Louisville increase since it was submitted by a lawfully-appointed rent control board. Get Brooks Boy's n to etfy Wing Urged mit a new city hall for several years. The long range group also de cided to recommend to the city council its alreuriy-ublihed ar terial street plan, suggesting that city planning follow the plan and as an immediate step include a new setback ordinance to make certain that new housing and building developments along thoroughfare do not come ciner than 50 feet from the center line of the. street. The planners agreed to urge the council to adopt a plan for the permanent improvement of Bush's pasture as a public park. The commission will submit for coun cil study a plan prepared for the area by landscape architects. County Towns Levies Listed Assessed valuations ' and tax levies for the 1947 fiscal year for five Marion county towns were released Thursday by Marion County Assessor Roscoe "Tad," Sheiton. i - Silverton's assessed valuation Is $1,372,697 with a tax levy of 67.3 mills. Other towns valuations and mJIlagc include Stayton, $527,506 with 53 6 mills; Mt Angel, $503. 863 with 03.6 mills; Woodburn, $925,758 with 83.3 mills, and Jef ferson, $199,903 with 57 mills. VANDENBERG IN HOSPITAL GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Oct. 9 (JPy- V. 8. Senator Vandenberg (R-Mich.), president pro-tern of the senate, was In Butterworth hospital today for what his per sonal physician said was a "com plete physical examination" and a "much needed rest." QUICKIE "Why don't you get a smart doc with a Statesman Want Ad one that can bary .bis ewn bones?" Prize Steer 'ysssMfy'-." i 4- ' U.S. Urges U.N. To Proceed Without Reds LAKE SUCCESS, Oct 9 - Russia and the Soviet bloc fie- fied the Unitrd Nations majority today and n flounced they would boycott a Balkans border watch approved yesterday by a 34 to 6 vote of the general assembly's full 57-member political committee. Andrei Y. Vishinsky, Soviet deputy foreign minister, led the way with a short, violent attack on the United States-sponsored Balkans border committee. He charged once more that the Bal kan watch was established by S "horse trade" and said: "The special committee with the policies put before it Is directly contradictory to the principles of the charter. The Soviet delega tion, speaking for the Soviet gov ernment, rierlre It cannot take part in this committee and can not take part in the election of this committee." Herschel V. Johnson, United States, who has fought for a Bal kans committee since last June, said he heard the declaration by the Russian groups with "great sadness," but that the assembly should go ahead and set up the committee. Belgian Premier Paul Henri. Spaak agreed with him. The Russian position was dis closed when she withdrew her name from the proposed Balkans commission. Air Reserve Unit Formed Salem has been designated the home of the 745th irmy as air reserve squadron, Lt. Col. John Wienert squadron commander, announced Thursday night at a meeting unit. Also formed at the meeting was a Salem chapter of the Air Re serve Association, with 30 mem bers signing up for the organiza tion. Wilmer McDowell was elec ted president of the association; Oscar Specht, vice-president; Paul Harrison, second vice-president; Hub Saalfeld, secretary; and Ro bert Tentzow, treasurer. Wienert explained that at pres ent the 745th would be a class "C" squadron, restricted to officers only, but that enlisted men now in the local unit could attend all meetings and receive credit for re serve time. He also said it was necessary to belong to the Air Re serve association to belong to the 745th. Voters' Pamphlet Sales Tax Write-Up Termed 'Illegal' PORTLAND, Oct MV Sales tax opponents, seeking to attack the income tax increases occa sioned by the sales tax defeat de clared today that the sales tax argument in the voters' pamphlet violated the law. The 1947, legislature directed the committee writing the affirmative argument for a sales tax to "ex plain in a clear and concise man ner the reduction or increase in personal Income taxes which will result if this tax is passed or fails to pass." The argument prepared by State Sen. Eugene E. Marsh, Rep. Earl Hill, and Rep. Frank J. Van Dyke, did not mention the increase or decrease in income taxes. Judge Breaks Up Plot lo Assassinate Mrs. Peron BUENOS AIRES, Oct. 9 -(JP)-Federal Judge Maria Louge or dered 11 men held for trial today on charges with an alleged plot to assassinate the wife of Presi dent Juan D. Peron. The assassination was to have been attempted, the judge said, when Mrs. Peron appeared on the presidential palace balcony with her husband for proclamation of a law giving votes to women. Truman Overlooked 'Whiskyless Wednesday' DU BOIS, Pa., Oct. 9 -A3)- Mrs. Lulu Salada, president of the Clearfield county Women's Chris tian Temperance union, said her organization has dispatched this telegram to President Truman: "Here's one you overlooked to save grain whiskyless Wednes Wednesday." HURRICANE BROODING MIAMI, Fla., Oct 9-VP)-Grdy Norton, chief forecaster for the federal storm warning service, said tonight that a tropical dis turbance developing about 650 miles south south - southwest of Miami "could develop into a fairly dangerous storm and even a full hurricane within the next 24 hours." UN. Cafe Heads Menu with Eggs LAKE SUCCESS. Oct 9 -UF) - The United Nations head quarters cafeteria surprised delegates, employees and guests today by heading its menu with hard boiled eggs au gratin on eggl ens Thursday. A. U. N, spokesman acknow ledged that serving eggs on the first day they were to be avoid ed under the national food con servation program was regret table, but said the explanation was simple. . U. N. cafeteria menus are planned days in advance. Eggs were on the program for today and had to be served or the en tire kitchen organization would have been upset Practical Joke Expert Caught By City Police A 15-year-old Salem boy who city police said has been playing numerous Irritating "practical jokes" on Salem residents for the past two weeks, was arrested by city police Thursday and turned over the juvenile authorities - to face charges of grossly injuring the person of another. The youth, police said, mailed threatening post cards, made num erous night telephone calls, and sent flowers. COD from florist shops to several local citizens. Climaxing his spree, the youth called a wrecker to the home of a resident to pick up his car, police reported. Carl Aschenbrenner, principal of Parrish Junior high school, where the boy is a pupil, told po lice he received six late night calls during the period. Helen Frederick, 575 D St.. said she re ceived several COD shipments from, local florists and one of the post ' cards which said: "If thou wouldst be saved call . ..." In all cases the telephone number would be that of some Innocent resident Flowers were also sent to the homes of Ralph Maddy, 2140 Berry St.. and Abe Wiebe, 2165 Berry. The wrecker was called to the Maddy home. City police said the youth had admitted all the charges. Fimeral Ship Arrives Today SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 9-P) -The first funeral ship of World war II will sail through the Gold en Gate shortly before noon to morrow, and America's first mem orial service for the 3,028 she car ries will be a mid-day ceremony at Marina Park, on the bay shore. Next - of - kin of the casualties were being notified today of the ship's arrival and of arrangements for sending the bodies to their fi nal rest i rig places. Portland Meat Markets To Close on Tuesdays PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 9 (A) The Independent Meat Dealers as sociation voted tonight to ask for a municipal ordinance prohibiting the sale of meat in Portland on "meatless" Tuesdays. Wheteher such a law is passed or not, the association said it would close all of its meat markets on Tuesdays during the duration of the emergency. only one American can tell It The inside story of the fateful big-power con ferences which largely shaped this restless postwar era might remain unknown for years but for one man. He is former Secretary of State James F. Byrnes. Now in private life, Mr. Byrnes has resolved, as a vital public service, to lead Americans behind the closed doors of Yalta and Potsdam. In a remarkable series of articles, he quotes verbatim crucial words spoken by Stalin, Roosevelt, Molotov and Churchill able to do so because he kept copious notes in the shorthand he learned as a boy. What he reveals is exciting reading, live history a series no American can afford to miss. "SPEARING FBANKLY" Starting Wednesday, Octpber 15 in f. (fionSiOlutfpTautt Thia aerialixation of "Speaking Frankly" will rover aix ef fifteen ehas tera of Ui book to be published Oct. II by Harper at Brae, Most Salem Restaurants . Change Menus By Uw Associated Pr Compliance with the first egg less and poultryless day was fee from 100 per cent Thursday amid protests against some phases g President Truman's campaign te save food for Europe. Prices meanwhile continued to advance in many of the country primary food markets. As with the first meatless Tues day, observance of the president' request that poultry and eggs not be eaten Thursday was spotty throughout the country. A nationwide survey indicated some restaurants were complying but that many were not, and were serving eggs when the customers requested them. Othr reported heavier orders for sausage and be con as substittues. Walkeet la Pretest ' In Wichita Tails, Te4 custom ers walked out of one restaurant in protest and eggs were restored to the menu. In New York City, the same thing happened in a caf eteria. Prices Increase Price upturns were recorded ha New York and Chicago wholesale eggs and butter; Chicago. Kansas? City and Minneapolis wheat fu tures and cash wheat; New York and Minneapolis flour; live hc in some markets; and Chicago egf futures. Poultry and egg dishes were dropped from mart restaurant menus and poultry sales in ret4 markets feU off Thursday as Sa lem observed Its first poultryle-g and eggless Thursday in compli ance with President Truman's re cent food conservation proclama tion. Detroit Road Contract Let PORTLAND, Oct - M1 The Public Roads Administration reported today it had let foua highway contract totaling morel than $2,000,000 in Oregon. i a. . - . . n. Liyncn, envision engineer, said a contract for the final 2 re mile link In the road needed to reach the construction camp townsite at Detroit dam was in-' eluded. It went tt Klukenherf Construction company for $1,031, 874. Construction of a 3-1 -mile sec tion f the new water-level Xo lumbia River Gorge route wae included. The contract went, to Hydraulic Dredging Company, Ltd., of Oakland. Cailif. It a mounted to 1824.735. Season's First Snow Whitens Cascade Range BEND, Oct. 9 -4JP, The season's first snow was whitening the cen tral Oregon Cascade mountain re gion today. The Crater lake highlands had nearly a foot and both north and east entrances wera closed, as waa the rim road. Weather Max. .. M Mm. se Prerip. .41 JI . .00 M Salrm Portland M Ran Francisco S4 as ChM-ago S3 Nw Yock ... S7 U WillamvtW river fr FORECAST (from U S watkr bu reau. McNary fl!d. Salem : Mostly cloudy today and toniflit with occa- . iional light rams throughout th morn ing and conunuous rairj In the after noon and evening. Hifh temperature; today Ml. low tonifht SO. Weather be unfavorable for all farm activities throughout today. by James F. Byrnes I