O DO 00 O ODC3 ODD OILJtJ' O DOG ri tin r"i ni Lgl MSW BafSfcafceaY sslaiaBSj fcaafiJ Qiest Needs Help The score today of Salem'f Community Chest Campaign! 0000 Minimum goal ..$100,000 Pledged to date $ 60,563 OOQOB POUNDDD 1651 Still needed NINETY-SEVENTH YEAB 10 PAGES Th Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Saturday, October 11, 1947 Price) Sc No. 169 pep afesitatt Pad In the wmmw o 1941. which was time when war teemed Imminent. Mayor LaGuardia, mho died a few day ago, ;wm doubling director of civilian defence. He addressed the gov rmon1 conference which wm meeting at Cambridge, Mas He rprke at Wayside Inn. The day wkt fearfully hot; the ceiling at the old inn wai qutt low so no one wt comfortable enough to let much , out of any speech. LaGuardia. short and . chubby, i peeled oftthis coat, as. did the majority hi the other, and the mayor's- aefrt collar wi like a wet 'dishrag. LaGuardia talked bout civilian defense In event of war, and following his address the conference named a commit tee of governors to confer with the mayor in New York Gover nor (now Senator) O'Connor of Maryland, then chairman; of the conference, named Governor Lehman of New York, Maybank (now senator) of South Carolina and myself on the committee. The committee met at Gover nor Lehman's New York aCity apartment and after lunch "was driven out to the mayor's sum mer capital, a big frame building on Long Island which he had ted during the world's fair. The 'Coventors, who had previously been appointed state directors of CD, wanted assurance from La Guardia that directives would channel through their offices, which was given by the mayor, Both at Wayside Inn and at the later session, LaGuardia (Continued on editorial page) Bitls Reopened On Woodburn School Project Read vertising for bids on i eottare. shoo building and gym easium at the state training achonl for boys near Woodburn was I decided Friday at a special meeting of the state board of control. The action was taken by the board after W. C. Smith, Inc., of Portland, advised that he had rejected a contract for construe tkm of a shop building at the school on a bid of $109,359. The contractor explained that his bid on this structure, which was ap proved recently by the . state emergency board, was included In an over-all bid covering four projects at the school and, was not a separate proposal. Con struction of all three buildings would cost about 1330,000. Contract for ai school building at the school was awarded . to Julius Johnson, Portland, recent ly oh a low bid -of approximate ly 109.25oV Earlier bids on a proponed $131,445 cottage and an 6X8.64S gymnasium were -voted down by the emergency board members. Most of the money other than that required for the school building will come out of the state building fund. Bids are re ceivable up to October 21. U. S. Harvest Near Record WASHINGTON, Oct. 10-D- America's total harvests this year will be within I per cent of the best record ever, the agriculture department predicted today, but it had both good and bad- news about grain prospects. The good news about grain prospects for the yield from this year a short corn crop improved bout 34.000,000 bushels in Sep tember. Also, the quality improv ed. The bad news: Stock of old corn on farms decreased about 41.000,000 bushels, the record breaking wheat crop declined bout 2,000,000 bushels from forecasts of a month ago. AFL GINNING FOR DEN HAM SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 10-CP) A resolution calling upon Presi dent Truman to recall Robert Denham as general counsel of the national labor relations board was Introduced at the AFL con vention today by the Internation al Typographical union, headed by woodruff Randolph. Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH "Wanna hot tip on who's gonn est fit stif race?? f ' Arab Armies Mass at 33 of State's War (Dead, Including Salem, Mid - Valley Men, Returned Home on Ship Bodies Sent Home Under Military Guard Thirty-three of Oregon's war dead, including several from the Willamette valley, were on tna mainland en route home today for final honors and burial in their native soil. They arrived at San Francisco Friday on the transport Honda Knot, and flags on public build ings in Salem and throughout the nation flew at half-staff in tribute. Bodies of valley men aboard In cluded those of: Ensign Glenn Monroe Larkins, Salem. Sgt. Francis Pace Morgan, Sa lem. . Pvt. Charles J. Bryant, Leban on. Radioman 2c Allison Conrad, Silverton. Funeral arrangements were in complete Friday. Ensign Larkins was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn M. Larkins of 275 Garden road, Salem, He was killed in action in the crash of a naval plane in the south Pa cific December 4, 1944, when he was 20 years old. Final rites will be in charge of Clough-Barrick. Attended Willamette Sergeant Morgan. ' son of the late Nellie and Frank Morgan, a native of Minnesota who came to Salem in 1B3 and attended Wil lamette, was 26 years old when he was killed in the marine invasion of Tarawa, Nov. 20, 1943. Surviv ors include two brothers and a sister in Salem. Glenn, Fred and Fern Morgan. The funeral will be in charge of Howell-Edwards. Private Bryant, son of Mr. and Mrs. George B. Bryant, was cap tured with the fall of Corrigidor m the Philippines and died while Japanese prisoner in Manchuria. His brother, John L. Bryant, was on the Bataan death march and died in June, 1942. Both were Al bany high school graduates. Pri vate funeral services for the for mer will be at Howe-Huston mor tuary in Lebanon. Killed la Action Conrad was the tori of Mr. and Mrs. Merlin F. Conrad. At 21, be was killed in action on a naval torpedo plane in the south Paci fic June 8, 1943. He was a gradu ate of Silverton high school. At the request of his parents, interment will be in Golden Gate National cemetery at San Bruno, Calif., where protestant religious serv ice will be conducted at the grave. Another to be brought to Salem will be Pvt. Warren H. LaBranch, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred La Branch of Reedsport, who have asked Rlgdon's to arrange serv ices here. The bodies are to be taken to various distribution centers and then escorted to their final rest ing places under military guard. Democrats ( Still Feuding PORTLAND, Oct 10-6P)-The democratic party was still In a state of feud today. Celia Gavin, The Dalles attor ney and state vice-chairman of the party, filed in circuit court a general denial of the charges of Lew Wallace, democratic national committeeman, that the last demo election was illegal because of lack of quorum and refusal to ac cept proxies. rier imng came lurt after a group of democrats petitioned for unity in the party, and asked the dissident factions to a harmony meeting next Thursday. The petition declared that liti gation would cause "hopeless di vision" on the eve of a political campaign. TIIilaIlBtlTgfT, Urged As Substitute for Meat TAMPA. Fla- Oct. 10-6P)-Aa a meat substitute for Tuesday men us, R. E. D. Gay, president of the Hillsborough country restaurant owners association, suggests "Truman-burger." The receipt: Bake great north ern beans, mash them like pota toes, season, spread between i bun with barbecue sauce. FILIPINOS GET CORREGIDOR MANILA, Saturday, Oct 11 (iff)- Corregidor, the famous for tified rock in Manila harbor, will be turned over to the Philippines tomorrow by the United States The Philippines will keep Cor regidor aa a shrine. y . , ' v v , ,. 7) X ft ; 1 ' . - jf - U , : -W v r '-:: " ' ';',,. 1 .4- 5, , Ensign Larkins A rbiter Tells Longshoremen to Work SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 1MAVCIO longshoremen who have tied up some ships in Los Angeles and San Francisco harbors by re fusing to cross dock foremen's picket lines today were directed by an arbiter to return to work tonight, comply Arthur C. Mlllerir new mari time referee for the Pacific coast. ordered an end to the three-month work stoppage with an award to the Waterfront Employers' asso ciation which had charged the In ternational Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's union with vio lation of their contract Miller ruled that picket lines es tablished by the dock foremen, or so-called walking bosses, were "collusive" because the foremen are members of the ILWU. - Harry Bridges, longshore chief tain, told Miller "Wei will comply .t- i At-- 4 A wim your awaro, uespue uie uti that we believe it in error." Parking Meter Shipment Due -The entire shipment of parking meters ordered from the Ma gee- Hale corporation of Tulsa, Okla., will be en route to Salem by next Monday, City Manager J. L Fran- ren was informed Friday. The meters, of - the automatic type, will replace the manually- operated devices obtained several months ago from the Michael Arts Bronze company of Covington, Ky. Contract for the manual type was cancelled and they are to be replaced on street standards by the automatic meters by the last of this month. Three hundred of the automatic type already are here. Another 600 were shipped from Tulsa . by fast freight Thursday, 300 more Friday and a final shipment of 263 Monday will bring the total for Salem to nearly 1,500. Telephone Rate Talks Recess Hearing on the Pacific Tele phone and Telegraph company's request for a rate increase of $2,249,000, was recessed Friday until October 23 when Joseph Kennedy, accountant for the pub lic utilities commission, will ap pear as a witness. The company's Oregon opera tion earnings for the last half of 1946 on in annual ban is and in cluding the May wage increase, would have aggregated 5.96 per cent under the current rates, Ful ton Magill, Tacoma rate expert, testified at Friday's hearing. And, of Course, Eat Beef On Poultrylens Thursday PORTLAND, Oct. 10-UP)-Means to increase the consumption of turkeys will be sought at a meet ing of the Oregon turkey improve ment association's marketing com mittee here Monday. W. T. Guerts, spokesman for the group, said a national campaign would be mapped to sell the idea of turkeys being placed on meat less Tuesday menus. FREIGHT RISE SET MONDAY WASHINGTON, Oct 10 -fjp) The general 10 per cent freight rate increase authorized by the interstate commerce commission last Tuesday will become effec tive next Monday on all rail roads and a few water carriers. Sergeant Morgan Calif orn ia and their chief said they would Man Dies at Wlieel;Four Cars Collide Jay J. David, 60, of 1760 N. 17th st, died of a heart attack Friday afternoon while driving his car on highway 99E a mile north of Salem, and the resultant loss of control caused a four-car accident, Virgil T. Golden. Mar ion county deputy . coroner who investigated the case, reported. The other vehicles involved were autos driven by Robert C. Arnold of Lebanon, and William Lane of Chemawa and a truck driven by L. L. Wimer of Albany, according to state police reports. David s car first sideswiped Arnold's, spinning it completely around and sending the David auto across the pavement and in to the oncoming lane of traffic where the collision with the Wimer truck took place. Lane who was traveling south imme diately behind the Wimer truck crashed into the rear of the Ar nold car. David and Arnold were both traveling north in a heavy cloudburst at the time of the ac cident. Arnold, Lane and Wimer es caped injury, but the truck and Arnolds machine were consid erably damaged, police reported, Funeral arrangements are be ing made by Clough-Barrick company. David, a retired elec trician, is survived, by his wife; a son, Glen David of Danielson, Conn., and a daughter, Mrs. Cur tis Kinimonth of Salt Lake City, Utah. TO MICRO-FILM RECORDS PENDLETON, Oct. 10-P)-Uma tilla county has signed a contract to have all its records since 1861 micro-filmed. Stores Plan to Expand Credit With End of Federal Controls By Marguerite Gleeson Staff Writer, The Statesman When regulation W, government limitation of credit contracts to 12 months, becomes operative November 1, business houses doing a credit business will go back to their own regulations, extending credit from 8 to 24 months depending upon the kind of merchandise. This was indicated in a vocal survey of representative credit managers pre sent at the Salem Credit association luncheon Friday in the Nelson building, While the same credit managers have protested in loud voices lo these many months about govern ment regulations, none is anxious to loosen them to any great extent the survey indicated. They admit ted this Friday as they laughed about being "free again" and heard President Rex Gilson warn them, "Government always takes over when there is trouble, it's up to us to see there is no trouble with credit." A few credit groups will grant 18 to 24 month contracts, depend ing upon individual credit ratings, class of merchandise, amount of the down payment, and in some cases use to which the article ia Palestine Gates Salute Given Funeral Ship at San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 10-UP) The nation brought home its first war dead from the Pacific in sorrow and with pride today. As the funeral ship Hondn Knot bearing the bodies of 3,028 who fell in the Pacific war reached San Francisco, jthe United States paid its highest military salute and thousands -lined the quay in mourning. While the Presidio, Igixth army headquarters, fired the?21-gun sa lute. Secretary of the JJavy John L Sullivan told the pushed au dience gathered on the Marina Green: "Today, in sorrow and yet with pride, America repatriates the , mortal remains of those who fell in the hours and months of the war." Ships Escort The grey army transport, ar riving from Hawaii, was escorted through the Golden Gate by de stroyers and aircraft. As it dropped anchor a few hundred yards from the thousands gath ered on shore to pay tribute, a cutter moved alongside and passed over a large, green wreath from President Truman. A com bined army and navy band played funeral marches and the national anthem.- which the throng joined in singing. Docks at Oakland After today's brief ceremonies, the Honda Knot proceeded to the Oakland army base a pier pre viously the scene of many notsy arrival of cheering troops. There the removal of flag draped caskets to shore began at 3 p. m. When rain started to fall, canvas was strung over the holds. Nearby still hung a tign first erected for the living and now given a more solemn meaning. It read: "Welcome home. Well done." Circular Ruled Advertisement For Lottery A circular, purportedly circu lated by the Republican Festival Association, Inc., PorSland, in volving a drawing of 20 prizes, was declared a lottery in an opin ion by Attorney General George Neuner bearing date of Septem ber 30 and released here Friday. Office of the association is in the Sherlock building, according to a copy of the circular received by Neuner. Although the drawing was ad vertised for September 20 the let ter asking: for a legal opinion signed by State Sen. Thomas R. Mahoney, Portland, was not re ceived at the attorney general's office until September 26. Neuner refused to say whether circulation of the circular through the mails was a violation of the federal statutes. He said this question was a matter for federal officials to determine. An another opinion Neuner held that an employer engaged in a hazardous occupation is re quired to make contributions on wages paid to apprentices for the time they spend in school. This opinion was sought by the state industrial accident commission. to be put (for instance farm truck vs. logging truck). The survey Friday included fur niture, appliances, automobiles, trucks, diamonds, furs, finance companies and department stores. The new community property law was brought into the picture as a jeweler asked "who Owns the diamond?" and after much banter was advised to "keep it behind glass" until he got the money. The community property law which went into effect last July 5 will be the subject of a panel discussion at the Salem Credit association in the near future, it was announced. Maneuvers Said in Reply To Zionists BEIRUT, Lt-biinon, Oct. 10-(T) Arab sources said tonight the armed forces of the Arab world. which is unofficially estimated to be able to muster 200,000 to 250, 000 regulars, were concentrating on the Palestine frontiers to cordon off "terrorist organizations and Zionist forces." Other official quarters here and in Palestine declared, however, they had been unable to detect any unusual troop movements. While troop maneuvers were re ported in progress to implement a decision of the Arab league of seven nations, the league council went back into session tonight to plan the inext "military precau tionary actions against Zionism." Riad Bey Es Solh, premier of Lebanon, told reporters "our troops have movied to the frontier," and Ahmad Sharabati, defense minister of Syria, said in Damascus that Syrian troops already were quar tered on Palestine's northeastern border as a precaution against pos sible "terrorist movements and Zionist espionage." Syrian sources said important military maneuvers of the Syrian army. were to take place tomorrow along the border Sources in Beirut said they were informed: that Egyptian forces, largest in the Arab league, were preparing to move into the Sinai desert south of Palestine, and that aauui Arabian cavalry was cross ing into "Egyptian territory at the invitation of the Egyptian govern ment to participate in the cordon Seven Saudi Arabian planes were said to have landed at Egyptian airdrome. Conservation District Vote Set in County Landowners In the vicinity of Marion, Turner, Aumsville, and West Stay ton will vote October 22 on the proposed Santiam Soil Con servation district, according to Harry Riches, county agent. Five hundred ballots were mailed Fri day. The purpose of the proposed district is to provide an organi zation through which work can be done on- soil and water conserva- t i o n . problems, on individual farms, and also on a community basis. Riches said. A soil conser vation district is a group of farm ers organized to work together and get Jobs done which effect the best use of their land and water. Its business is conducted by five supervisors who are resident land owners. The proposed district would not have the power to make assess ments nor to levy taxes. Land owners participating in a district program would do so on a volun teer basis and would be financially responsible only for work done on their own farms which they them selves request. Riches said the formation of the proposed district would be of great value in helping to develop the farms in the proposed district, and urged landowners to accept their responsibility by casting ballots and reminding their neighbors to do the same. Offices, Banks Close Monday Although all Salem banks and state and county offices will be closed Monday in observance of Columbus day. retail stores and city hall offices will remain open. Schools will keep a normal schedule Monday as will the post office. Columbus day assemblies will be held at Middle Grove and Pringle schools in honor of the day on which Columbus discov ered America, which, this year, falls on Sunday. The capitol building also will be closed Mon day. Slapstick Comedy Prevents Holdup INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 10 -W5) A bit 'of' unscheduled slapstick comedy at a melodramatic mom ent prevented a holdup tonight Frank Miller, restaurant pro prietor, told police three mask ed men entered a rear door of his restaurant and rushed at him with knives. Miller said, he screamed and stepped backward, tripped and sat down suddenly in a tub of lard. The bandits stopped, stared an instant, then turned and fled. Cloudburst Drops 54 inch. Rain on Salem in 6 Hours The Al Inch of cloudburst which fell Friday between 4 and 10 p. m. marked the record six-hour rainfall so far this year, the local U. S. weather bureau reported. It was the heaviest in fact since a re corded 1.01 inches fell Decem ber 14, 1946, between 10 a. m. and 4 p. m. Heaviest six-hour downpour ever recorded in Salem was .the 1.27 inches which fell during December, 1945. The 1.06 inches which dripped between 10:30 p. m. Thursday and 10:30 p. m. Friday was not a record, the bureau reported, but it was .05 inch more than fell during the -entire month of September. Continued showers and cloudiness was the prediction for Saturday and the weekend, the bureau reported. Salem Chest Campaign Over 60 Complete Salem's first week of Commun ity Chest campaigning resulted in 60 per cent completion of the $100,000 goal With $ 60,568 re ported as pledged at the Friday luncheon of the Salem Board of Realtors at the Marion hotel. This leaves $39,432 to be rais ed by the 12 chest divisions dur ing the final days of the cam paign next week. Leading in col lections and pledget is the pro fessional division with 81 per cent . of its goal reported. Guest speakers at the board luncheon were Dr. Charles Durden, pastor of the Calvary Baptist church, who explained how the chest makes needy families- better citi zens by helping them back on their feet end Al Lightner, Statesman sports editor, who gave personal highlights of the recent world series . baseball games, which he attended. Salem Community Chest's next report meeting will be held Mon day noon in conjunction with chamber of commerce luncheon at Salem chamber's dining hall. Speaker will be Dean Victor P. Morris of the business school of University of Oregon. Report meetings will continue daily next week until Thursday when chest workers will meet with the Salem Lions club for their "victory report," at which meeting in the Marion hotel Ben Hazen of Portland, Benjamin Franklin Savings it Loan exe cutive, will be the speaker. Storm Heads For Florida MIAMI, Ha, Oct lO-WVThe tropical - storm moving toward Cuba was about 150 miles south west of Havana tonight heading north-northeast at about 12 miles per hour. In a bulletin issued for press and radio at 11:30 pjn. (EST), the UJS. weather bureau said the storm, with some intensification since afternoon, would cross Cuba tonight to the West of Havana. It said the storm should become less Intense as It crosses the moun tains, but may intensify again over the Florida straits. Highest winds reported by Cuban station were about 40 miles per hour but the weather bureau said they probably were 60 to 60 miles an hour near the center. French to Barter For Russian Grain PARIS. Oct 10 -OP)- Nine days before the French munidpa elections, the ministry of foreign affairs announced today it was working on a barter deal that might bring bread-hungry France 1,500,000 tons of Russia's bump er wheat crop. ' The foreign ministry s an nouncement said "the French government has addressed the soviet government to learn if it was possible to receive 1,500,000 tons of Russian wheat from the UJ5.S.R. M. Mikoyan. the U.S.S.R. mln ister of foreign commerce, com municated to M. Pierre Charpen- tier, French charge d'affaires at Moscow, that the soviet govern ment had no objections to open- ing negotiations on this subject. Weather Max. Mlrv. Preclp. 4S IN sa .7 44 .00 liltm . Portland Chlcaso . U S3 New York es 47 .00 Willamette river -S.S feet. FORECAST (from U.S. weather bu reau, McNary field, Salem): Mostly cloudy with showers today and partly cloudy tonight. Highest temperature today near 60 degrees, lowest tonight 45 derree. Weather unfavorable for moat farm work. r.-. wsw-w Blockade Fails to rr rip Irap Irio CARLTON, . Ore., Oct 10-U Three young robbers who worl so quietly and smoothly that tomers were unaware of what happening, robbed the Carltoss State and Savings bank of appro imately $11,500 and made their getaway today. A few minutes after, the doors) were opened this morning, the) trio, all dressed in army clothing and wearing bandada masks. moved in. One guarded the door. another covered employes with a .45 caliber pistol, and the third ordered Miss Minnie Bloom to give him currency in a drawer. ; She complied, and the robber then ordered her to get him th cash in the vault. The employe) were commanded to lie on th floor., : Dashes te Car The spokesman, slender six footer, took the money, pushed im approaching customer out of tb. way, and dashed to a car wai tins near the door. His companions fol lowed, and the car, a slate-colored Buick, roared down the street It circled the block, and left town to the west It was believed to have later raced northward toward Yamhill, then turned east toward Newberg. Dr. Earl Robinson and Silas A. Hayes, the only customers in th bank when the bandits entered said they were talking while they endorsed checks and did not realize there had been a robbery until the men had escaped. Two bank examiners and three teller were also in the banlc Roadblock Setl'p State and county police set lay a roadblock within a few minutes, and the FBI sent agents to tho bank, but six hours later state po lice said the trio apparently bad eluded the blocks. This was the '-third- daylight bank robbery In Oregon in re cent months. On May 8. $25,000 was stolen from the E. G. Young bank at Oakland, and on Aurual 29, $56,000 was taken from tho bank at Sweet Homo. Linen Mill's Renovation Nears Climax A renovation program Involving between $50,000 and $60,000 as nearing completion at the Sales Linen Mill which rraduallr is re fuming full-scale operation on an expended scale. It was disclcaed Friday by Harry Johnson or Sast Francisco, vice nresident of thai John H. Davis company of which we nun is a subsidiary.! A new sprinkling system and modern boiling and bleachinfl equipment for yarn are amoral At . a 7a me new Developments. in null has been operating only partially for several weeks during the ex pansion schedule. With Johnson on Friday's tour here were William Fawcett of tho Frederick Fawcett firm. New York importers a ai exporters of flax and related merchandise, and Thomas A. Strachan of Portland, chief of the Salem Linen MU1. for which J. J. Fiushnons is su pervisor. The viritora were guests at a Friday luncheon and a brief ret together. Friday night of Clajr Cochran, manager of the Saleam Chamber of Commerce, at whictt other guests included Mayor R L Elffetrom, Keith Brown. David Eyre, Linn Smith. William Phil lips and Clyde Everett, manager of the Oregon Flax Textiles of which Fawcett is a major eastern customer. ORVIIXE WRIGHT COLLAFFES DAYTON, Oct. 19 -W)- Or ville Wright. -76-year-old air plane pioneer, was in good ren dition at Miami Valley hospital after he fainted and collapsed today as he ran up the steps of the National Cash Register pany building here. QUICHE "Here's a Statesman Want A4 oat fleer sanding grade as. who! ,- want aaad oa their DeersT t i