tTkm Start mam. Bedim. Oregon, Ttidar. October 10, 1947
Women Voters
Hear Reports
t First report on "Know Your
Town. study project by the Sa
km Lrsgue of Women Voters,
were g jvm st meeting Thursday
mcht at the YWCA. Making re
ports were Mary Jo Causey, on
the rity charter; and Mrs. Mel
vin Ck-reiand, sources of city
revenue. ,
1 AnnouncemeBt waa made of the
"International Trade work shop
en oetinr. to be held in Portland
Wednesday and Thursday, October
15 and 18 by the Oregon League
of Women Voters!
Budtret for the Vxal league waa
dtx-yiMwd at a meeting of the
bxad of director of the Salem
league Thursday noon which was
attended by Bertha Papst, nation
al treasurer.
Mrs. Al Bowes is president of
the Salem League of Women Vo
ter organized last May. Mr.
Blair Stewart, state league presi
dent, accompanied- Miss Papst to
Salem arid discussed plans for at
tendance at the trade conference
to be held next week in Portland.
The Wednesday night Portland
meeting will be open and will be
Fire Destroys
Gorge Hotel
PORTLAND, Oct. 9 - (JP) -Fire
hair destroyed the 18-room
cliff house" near Bridal Veil, on
the Columbia River highway.
I Five occupants esc a pel unhurt
from the structure before the
$35,000 rtructurew as destroyed
last night. It was built in 1867 by
the great great grandfather of the
present owner, George M. Elleson.
The house had been used as a
residential hotel in recent years.
Chelialis Escapee
Caught in Salem
Leonard K. B-rrell. an escapee
from the Chehalia Training school,
Chehaita, Wash., waa errested by
city rx lire late Thursday night as
lie waa sleeping in a stolen car In
the 2S60 block on D street.
, Barrell admitted escaping from
the reformatory last Sunday and
had stolen the car at PeEll, Wash.,
the next day.
Resumption of Trade in
Europe Said Inevitable
' WASHINGTON. Oct. 9 - (JP) -Fall
scsle resumption of trade be
tvcen eastern arid western Europe
iinevi table," Undersecretary of
Slate William Clayton said to
day. He asserted, H would be "very
difficult for Ku&aaa to dam up
this "natural flow of goods no
matter! what restrictions the So
viets might try to impose.
BRITAIN SELLS COLD TO U.S.
LONDON, Oct. 9 -(JP)- An
authoritative government source
indicated today that Britain has
sold another $120,000,000 worth
of gold to the United States, and
an official announcement said
South Africa had agreed to lend
that country $320,000,000 of the
yellow, metal to reiaforceT-the
supply.' ,
SEEK EAST INDIES PEACE
LAKE SUCCESS, Oct. 9 -P-U5.
and Belgian members of the
security council's three-nation na
tion committee of "good offices"
planned today to leave by air next
Tuesday for Australia and the
East Indies to seek means of set
tling the Dutch-Indonesian con
flict peacefully.
TRAINING 8ITE BET
i BROOKLYN. Oct. -( -Brooklyn's
Baseball Dodgers announced
today they will train at Ciudad
Trujillo Dominican republic, next
spring, with their Montreal farm
tram from the International league
training at San Cristobal, a smal
ler city about 20 miles away.
TAG DEADLINE FIXED
PORTLAND, Oct. 9 -4 IP)- Ap
plications for the 100 elk tags to
be issued for the special Dec. 13
16 season near Ukiah must be filed
with the state game commission
here by Nov. 3.
' The coast of Columbia was ont
of the first parts of the American
continent visited by the early
Spanish navigators.
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Over Half of County
Voters Cast Ballots
In special Election
More than half of Marion coun
ty's registered voters turned out
for Tuesday's special election
which saw the defeat of the pro
posed sales and ciga ret taxes, ac
cording to figures released Thurs
day by Marion County Clerk Har
lan Judd.
A total of 15,986 voters ballot
ed, of a registered 28,233 voters,
disclosed the Marion county can
vass board after completing its
canvass of tally sheets Thursday.
Figures on the sales tax issue
went 3,825 against and 12,198 in
favor. The. proposed cigaret tax
waBj, defeated in this county 6,594
to 9,001. By precincts, West Sil
verton showed the greatest total
of votes cast with 355.
Clerk Judd described the voter
turnout as "average for a special
election."
Increase Noted
In Letter-Writing
Salem is writing more letters
and sending more packages 900,
000 more than last year and In
coming mail shows correspond
ing increase.
The September quarter chalked
up 3,867,828 cancellations of first
class mail, and increase of 35 per
cent over the same thr'ee-months
period last year, Postmaster Albert
Gragg reported Thursday. Cash
receipts total 20 per cent more
than last year's quarter.
The growth shown by these fig
ures prompted the recent inspec
tion of existing facilities at the
pos toff ice building made by a pos
tal supervisor, Gragg said.
Vandals Leave
For OSC Tilt
MOSCOW, Idaho, Oct. 9 -UP)
The Idaho Vandals went through
a kicking and pass defense drill
today and then boarded a train
for Corvallis and Saturday's
coast conference football game
with the Oregon State Beavers.
Coach Dixie Howell said his
team appeared in good physical
and mental shape but he added
that the Beavers are a rugged
opponent and that he held out
"little hope for victory."
Portland Ordinance to
Dan Ammonium Nitrate
PORTLAND, Oct. 9 -(fP)- An
ordinance banning ships laden
with explosive ammonium narrate
from Portland harbor was being
drafted by city officials today.
Mindful of recent deadly blasts
at Texas City, Tex., and at Ham
burg, Germany, the officials said
they might lose money for the
city, but the ban would save lives.
Pakistan Asks U.S., Reds
Take Stand on Palestine
LAKE SUCCESS, Oct. 9 - (JP) -Pakistan
struck today at what it
called "reluctanbe" of the big
powers to speak on the Palestine
question. This Expressed openly
for the first time the crowing
demand by small and medium
countries' for the United States
and Russia to show theis hands.
Cadinka Sold
SPOKANE, Oct. 9.-P)-Mllt
Cadinha, former star right hand
ed pitcher for the Spokane Indi
ans of the class B Western Inter
national Baseball league, has been
sold to Fort Worth' of the Texas
league, the Indians' front office
announced today.
SPARTANS AIR SICK
SPOKANE, Oct 9 -(JP)- An air
sick Michigan State college foot
ball team arrived tonight after a
rough flight from Denver and
rainy weather forced them to can
cel an outdoor workout in prepera
tion for their game with Washing
ton State college in Pullman Saturday.
ADDITION TO VETS HOSPITAL
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 9 -JP)-Th
veterans administration said
today that a $3,323,000 addition to
the Portland Veterans' hospital
would be built here.
The noise of beetles produced
by scraping one part of the body
against another, is believed to be
a mating calL
Too Late to Classify
KM. AND BD. for tnployd pen
or student, enquire S4 Mill St.. bcf
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Soil Tested at
Garden Qub
William McKinney, agricultur
al instructor at Salem high school,
gave demonstration on soil test
ing, before members the Salem
Men's Garden club at the YMCA
Thursday night. McKinney was as
sisted by Loren Newkirk, Don
Sianke, Darryl Van Cleve and
Meil Andrews. Colored slides
showing flower arrangement and
fall flowers were shown. Club pre
sident Mark Taylor i announced
that membership in the organiza
tion went over the 200 mark this
year. - j -
Mammoth Dope
Cache Found
VANCOUVER, B. C, Oct 9
(CP) - Experienced ! waterfront
observers tonight said they be
lieved Vancouver might be the
distributing center of an inter
national narcotics ring: with head
quarters in the Far East, as Roy
al Canadian Mounted police an
nounced the seizure of 415 pounds
of contraband opium' valued at
$4,648,000 onthe black market.
The seizure, described as "one
of the largest hauls ever made in
North America," was made aboard
the Dutch freighter Manoeran to
day in a north Vancouver dry
dock. I
Chile Charges Red .
Ring in Argentina
BUENOS AIRES, pet, 9,-(P)-The
Argentine cabinet was re
ported today to be studying Chil
ean charges that a communist net
work, operating under the new
"communist international organiz
ation" and directing campaign
against the United States, had
headquarters in Buenos Aires.
Informed sources said that the
cabinet, which met with President
Juan D. Peron, was believed to
have discussed the expulsion last
night of two Yugoslav diplomats
from Chile and possibly commun
ism as well.
Hughes Probe to
Resume Shortly
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 (JP)
Senator Ferguson (R-Mich) dis
closed today that the second act
curtain of the senate investigation
of Howard Hughes' $40,000,000
wartime plane contracts will go up
before the previously scheduled
November 17 date. ,v
Ferguson told newsmen he has
not yet fixed a definite date for
the renewed public hearings, but
said he had decided to advance the
schedule because he wants to at
tend a senate appropriations com
mittee meeting on European aid
problems, November 18.
LIQUOR FUNDS TOTALLED
PORTLAND, Oct. 9 JP)- The
state liquor control commission re
ported today It had turned over
$2,760,000 to the state public wel
fare account since July 1.
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Neuner Ponders
Rule on Legality
Of Tax Increase
State Rep. Manley 3. Wion,
Wauna, editor of the CIO Inter
national Woodworker, has writ
ten Attorney General George
Neuner for a legal opinion as to
the constitutionality of the con
tingent income tax increase, re
sulting from lower income tax
exemptions, following defeat of
the 3 per cent sales tax at Tues
day's special election.
Neuner Thursday declined to
comment on Wilson's letter other
than declaring that it would re
quire sometime to write the opin
ion.
Meanwhile the Portland" Central
Labor Council reported to the
state department here Thursday
it spent $499.15 in opposing the
3 per cent sales tax bill which was
defeated at Tuesday's statewide
special election.
The council's expense state
ment was the first to arrive at,
the state department in connection
with the special election.
Signals Faint from
Minesweepers
PEARL HARBOR, Oct 9 -OSV
Three seamen, adrift aboard four
lashed - together minesweepers,
sent out new radio distress signals
today, but the calls were not
strong enough for searchers to get
a bearing.
The powerless minesweepers
disappeared in that area Septem
ber 24 after the tug Edward M.
Grimm ran out of fuel and had to
cut them loose while it crept to
Palmyra under anjmprovised sail.
Male ants live only a short time
in adult state: the life of the
workers is only a few months. But
the average life of the queen ant
is about a year although some
have been known to live six or
seven.
Navy Rcservcfs
Hears Ayrault
"America's only- hope to avert
another war lies in maintaining a
strong military reserve force
strong enough to discourage any
potential enemy." A. D. Ayrault,
USN, commander of the 13th
naval district naval reserve, told
members of the Salem reserve
unit in a meeting Thursday night.
Ayrault j announced he was
"extremely pleased" with prog
ress made in organization of the
Salem reserve, lie disclosed that
the Jocal unit now boasts a ros
ter of 64 enlisted men and 14 of
ficers, or about 35 per cent of
its full strength complement
which will he 200 enlisted men
and IS officer.
About 85 men were present for
Thursday night's meeting. Unit
commander, Cmdr. Vernon Gil
more, said that numerous appli
cations were processed at the
meeting and should boost mem
bership well over this week's
total.
ARC Instructors'
Course Planned
An instructors' training course
in home service work of the
American Red Cross will be giv
en by Marion county chapter of
the Red Cross for one week
starting October 27.
The work will be done in two
units, one for care of the sick,
the other for mother and child
care and family health.
Graduate nurses are eligible for
the course. The area office of the
Red Cross has funds available
to pay those taking the training
and to pay them on an hourly
basis later when they instruct in
home nursing classes.
More than 800,000 destructive
fires annually destroy an estima
ted $90,000,000 worth of property
and kill an estimated 3,500 people
in the United States.
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'Life Begins
At 40 Says
Mrs. Dunlavy
(Story and picture on page 1)
BROOKS. Ore., Oct. 9 -UP)
Mrs. Bcitv M. Dunlavy, 40, who
is now suing for her 15th di
vorce, expressed hope today that
the "right man" might still come
along.
Flipping pancakes In the res
taurant she owns here, the at
tractive brunette said IS unlucky
trial have not turned her
against marriage.
"I have no prospects for No.
16 and I'm not looking," she told
reporter. "But." she added cheer
fully, "they do nay life begins
at 40."
Mrs. Dunlavy, whose divorce
suit against 32-year-old John S.
Dunlavy on a charge of cruel and
inhuman treatment is now pend
ing in circuit court, also prof
fered these convictions:
"Variety is not the spice of
life. One husband if a girl
could just find the right one
might be better.
"Men are not alike. They're all
different," said Mrs. Dunlavy
emphatically.
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