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Weather Max. Mitt. i SALEM 1J Portland an Francteco .M Chicago 12 New York " SO M M Willamette river: SS feet. FORECAST (from V. 8. weather bu reau, McNary field. Salem): Mostly cloudy wilh occasional showers today and tonight. Highest temperature to day. 60 degrees: loweat tonight. 4 d- fTeei. Weather untarorable for moat arm work. POUNDDD 1651 NINETY-SEVENTH YEAR 20 PAGES The Oregon Statesman, Salem, Ore.. Friday. October 17. 1947 Price 5c No. 174 OTP I SMEOB In the wake of the sales tax election comment turns toward the composition of the next legis lature which will have the squaw ling infant of Oregon's tax prob lem to nurse. The Oregon Voter whose cover; . admits "We lost," both in poetfy and in prose calls on. the people to elect "men of true worth-" Previewing the sit uation a year and a half hence it concluded -We need in the 1949 legisla ture the best men and women the district of the state can provide. It is high time for us to get busy, each of us in his home district, to get men of character nominated." The labor and "liberal" press on the other hand, which fought the sales tax fs whetting an axe for the members of the last legislature who passed the sales tax bill. The Oregon Teamster for instance ays: - The thing to do cow is to go to the 'polls and vote permanent retirement for the senators and representatives who seem to be - determined to increase living costs for those who can least afford it" As far as "quality" goes the last legislature was distinguished. To much greater degree than usual It was composed of men and wom en of high standing in their com munities and of higher-than-ave-rage ability. Take the senate: if one were to handpick its mem bership from over the state one could hardly expect to obtain a body of men more able and more devoted in their desire to serve the people of Oregon. The house had many! fine and able members but lacked (Continued on Editorial Page) Navy Day in City to Feature Speech, Dance A morning program in the El sinore theatre followed by noon luncheon at the chamber of com merce and a night dance in the armory are to be the three main features of Salem's Navy day cel ebration October 27, according to Dave Hoss, Navy day committee chairman,' Thursday. At the theatre morning cere monies Willamette university will be presented a' plaque for Its part In the V-12 program during the war. Presentation will be made by Capt. Gerald D. Zunnuehlen, USN, Inspector-instructor of the naval reserve in this area: Because of the crowded theatre which is expected to result when university students, visiting dig nitaries, and about 100 members cf Salem's naval reserve unit pack the FJsinore, that part of the pro gram will not be open to the pub lic. Hoes said. Admiral I Thomas L. Gatch, na tive of Salem, but now living in Portland, will deliver the Navy day address at the chamber of commerce luncheon. Special guests at the luncheon will be the' per sonnel of the local navy recruit ing office.! Admiral Gatch will also make afternoon radio appear ances and 'will visit Salem senior high school. The Navy day dance will begin at 9 p. m. in the armory. It is to be open to i the public with no ad mission charged, Hoss said. Gov. Earl Snell; and Adm. Gatch will lead the grand march. Glark to Probe Graiii Gambling WASHINGTON, Oct 16 - W) -President Truman said today At torney General Clark is investi gating gambling on grain ex changes and in fibers, but Secre tary of Agriculture Anderson said no evidence, has been uncovered yet that any laws have been brok en. At one news conference, Mr. Truman blamed high food prices largely on i what he termed gam bling on the grain exchanges. . While the chief executive sug- Jested that reporters go to the ustice department for details about the investigations of what he called gambling, officials there declined to talk. In Kansas City and Minneapolis, top grain men said an 'inquiry would be welcome and that heavy government buying . of grain for export not gambling, is responsi ble for rising grain- prices. Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH "l foci you we should hart sfe Wrecking, Moving Make Way for Trading Site fs WW 1 A . New under way In the 2Vs-block , J t iw;' vVrW r . rkr":' 'ftT ' '. x. t I ai fT) MW n.nMHW J i i II . I -v-:lg.l . MM-.tA. ., I,-. Mni: . lil Capftel-Center streets lnterseetioa are wrecking and moving ef buildings such as pictured above. Most of the 2? houses in the area were seld to private bidders by Grabenhorst Bro local realtors handling the transaction for Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Co. In Bpper photo, the old Domogalla bouse at $$9 N. Capitol st, is being dismantled by (left U right) Martin Svarverud, 2025 N. 19th st,, and E. J. Lnkasanis, 1C35 N. 20th st, who will sell the salvaged lumber. Below Is shown one of the nine er ten houses to be moved intact te new locations.. This is the former Charles Seaeat residence at 1163 Marion st, now blocked up and ready for the movers. (Photos by Don Dill, Statesman staff photographer.) Salem Community Chest! Drive Near 90 of Goal Salem Community chest leaders Thursday forecast and tenta tively proclaimed victory in their campaign for $100,000 with which to support 17 local and state character-building and welfare agencies in the year to come. Division totals in the final $9,122 actually raised, but General basis of this showing, "We will go over the top." Haag and division chairmen, however, stressed the importance of final cleanup of the solicitation and arranged to meet privately Tuesday noon to add up the final totals. The reports Thursday were given during the Salem Lions club luncheon in the Marion hotel. Division In Spotlight The women's division under Mrs. L. V. Benson claimed the spotlight Thursday when it came in with 103 per cent of its quota, for a total collection of $11,359. Three other divisions with quo tas among the largest went over the top with about 101 per cent each Edwin Schreder's mercan tile division with $15,030, Henry Kropp's professional' division with $10,817 and Clair Brown's auto motive and transportation divi sion with $8,049. Other division reports: Educa tion, $3,356 or 89 per cent; indus trial, $11,729 or 88 per cent; rural, $3,761 or 82 per cent; utilities, $1,934 or 81 per cent; contractors, $7,553 or 78 per cent; governmen tal, $7,092 or 73 per cent; general gifts, $7,142 or 71 per cent; West Salem, $1,300 or 59 per cent Women Lauded The women's division leaders who headed some 400 women in a door-to-door solicitation received special recognition for their work at the Thursday meeting. Orchids were presented by Mrs. B. O. Schucking to Mrs. Benson, the- chairman, and her 12 i team captains, Mrs. George Hoffman, Mrs. Kenneth Potts, Mrs. Leon Lassen, Mrs. Richard Meyer, Mrs. George Spaur, Mrs. Frank V. Prime, Mrs. C. W. Paulus, Mrs. Philip Allison, Mrs. A. D. Wood mansie, Mrs. Elmer O. Berg, Mrs. A. A. Schram and Mrs. Glenn Paxson. In the absence of the lat ter two women, the orchids were accepted by Mrs. Edwin Roth and Mrs. R, L. Coie. Campaign leaders voiced their appreciation to Mrs. Schucking for the orchids in addition to ' other generous contributions to the chest. Citation Given Haag Carl Hogg, president of the Sa lem chest, presented Chairman Haag a framed citation for meri torious community service, i , Speaker for the victory occasion ini!h) 1 site ef s future $2,0l,000 retail trading center north and east from the general report session snowed only Chairman A. C Hagg said on the was Ben H. Hazen of . Portland, president of the Benjamin Frank lin Savings and Loan association. He urged his audience to remem ber after the chest campaign that their obligations to society con tinue the remaining 11 months of the year. "We must never become so fond of the profit motive that we forget our responsibilities to society in crease in proportion to our earning power. art or every dollar we earn belongs to the losers in our system of free enterprise, the speaker reminded. MENU A LA TRUMAN ASTORIA, Oct 16-AVAn As toria restaurant played up the food conservation program here. Its menu featured a 60-cent "vegetable plate la Truman. School Board Keeps Eye on Shifting, Growing Population in Salem Area While Planning School Expansion Program By Winston IL Taylor Staff Writer. Th Statesman Including buildings and addi tions already being considered, present senior high school facili ties probably will serve Salem adequately for another 10 years and the junior high schools for five -years, but growing pains al ready have started for the ele mentary schools, according to Superintendent Frank B. Ben nett No new construction to relieve these filled-to-capacity buildings has been done for 20 years, since Leslie junior high was built in 1927, he reminded. An actual school census of the district to begin immediately may lead to plans for a long range building program which school board members figure would in volve a bond issue approximating $2,000,000. The survey is to .be taken by areas served by each grade school in order to show how the births and immigration of the past five years will affect that territory's needs. Results in November""1 Some results are capecttd to be E)dk f.i CIO Hopes to Enlist Million PAC Workers BOSTON, Oct. 15-P)-The CIO set today a goal of 65,000,000 to 70,000,000 registered voters for the 1948 election and called for one million political action workers to carry to the households of Ameri ca a labor campaign they said could be won. The convention Of the 6,000,-000-member congress gave no of ficial indication of what candi dates they favored. In the course of a political action resolution one union leader was cheered when he remarked that Henry Wallace is "the one independent voice in Am erica today." The 600 CIO delegates moved for "unprecedented" organization of the American people to ignore party labels' in voting after hear ing President Philip Murray de clare "The American Federation of Labor, the Railroad Brotherhoods and the liberal people of the na tion are in complete agreement 1 with us on our political aims." in the board's hands in early No vember. While action is urgent. Bennett told the board Tuesday he could not 'recommend further steps solely on the basis of his recent estimates of school trends made from Marion county vital statistics. These, he said, include some out-of-county residents and do not indicate migration. Be cause of that the board approved the door-to-door census to pro vide a solid foundation for the next steps, although some mem bers saidnhey felt it might show an even greater problem than the earlier estimates. The superintendent admitted that the census might indicate greater concentration in the city than would continue to exist when housing becomes available on the city's fringes. Urgency Shown Urgency of relief for several grade schools is shown, Bennett said, by present enrollment fig ures. For example. Bush school, designed for 12 classrooms, has IS teachers and classes this year. A quonset hut has been added to on .sis (Dwg Mail-Order House Fails to Fit View ASTORIA, Oct 16-(P)-A clerk's error gave Donald Rix wick the wrong house, so he's sending it bark, he said today. Riswirk, a former B-24 gun ner, said he ordered hmif-e No. 3-A-2R, so he could take ad vantage of a magnificent Co lumbia river vista from his liv ing room window. When he got it set up, the front room win dow looked onto the back yard, and he could see the river from his kitchen window. The Port land prefabriratinn firm had sent him No. 3-A-1R. So he is loading the whole thing on five huge trucks and sending it back. Sports Fans Honor Bevens At Breakfast Bill Bevens will be on the re ceiving end of a welcome home this morning at the Marion hotel as 350 persons gather at a Salem Breakfast club session to honor J the 'local man who came within one out of a no-hit game while pitching for the New York Yank ees in the recent world feries. The event will start promptly at 7 a. m. During the festivities Bevens will be presented with a traveling bag' by Harry Collins, president of the Breakfast club. In addition to the big hurler. other sports personalities will be present including Jack Wilson, manager 5f the Salem Senators; Jerry L i 1 1 i e, Willamette's grid skipper; John Lewis, Bearcat bas ketball mentor; and Harold Hauk, Salem high school coach. Also on hand will be state, county and city dignitaries . and folk from the Woodburn, Hubbard and Dallas areas where "Bev" gained early pitching experience. Special guests will be Eugene Silke, Bevens' high school coach at Hubbard, and Pete DeGuire, who guided the American junior legion club. Bill played on at Woodburn. A' Portland delegation is also expected to be present. (Additional details on sports Page.) Hoover's Doctors Advise 'Slow-Down' NEW YORK, Oct. lfl.-OT)-Her-bert Hoover's physicians have suggested that the 73 - year - old former president "curtail his sche dule of social activities" to help speed his recovery from an at tack of shingles. . This was the reason, his secre tary said today, that Hoover can celled a speaking engagement last night at a dinner opening the 75th anniversary fund raising campaign for Wellesley college. LABEL 'RED' CALLED LIBEL ALBANY, N. Y., Oct. 16 -VP) The New York court of appeals ruled unanimously 'today that a false charge branding a person a communist or communist sym pathizer constituted grounds for libel action in the courts. Speaking Frankly Number. 3 of the dramatic in side story of momentous times, written by ex-Secretary of State. James F. Byrnes, is on page 4 of this issue of The Ore' gon Statesman, Subsequent chapters will be published daily for the next two weeks. Don't miss "Speaking Frankly!" care for one group, and a portion of the library serves another. In another case, Middle Grove school enrollment has grown more than one-fourth from its opening day "comfortable" status, due to nearby residential developments. Something must be done, he stressed, to relieve crowded con ditions in several schools by -next fall whether it be new build ings or additions to present ones. Since both urban and rural areas are increasing in . popula tion, the program is deeply in volved with the six areas consoli dated last spring with Salem dis trict. Projects Included Projects already under consid eration include music and voca tional additions at the senior high school, new junior high school in West Salem, grade school in the Capitola area and a grade build ing at Four Corners. Land for the three new structures already has been purchased. Ten years ago the new senior high school boosted capacity for that aga group by B0 per cent Cl'i 17 I River Over Banks at Jefferson Lewis Sulks As AFL Meet Elects Officers SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. ' 1 6-(iP)-Snubbed by John Lewis, the American Federation of Labor to day dropped the craggy-browed chief of the United Mine Workers from its ruling councils for the coming year. Making good his defiant threat not to serve again on the execu tive council that he had savagely castigated as '"dehydrated," Lewis and his mine workers were con spicuously absent for the annual election at the concluding session of the two-weeks convention. To Lewis' place on the execu tive council was elected Daniel W. Tracy, 54. president of the Inter national Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. All other officers were reelected without opposition and Cincinnati was chosen for the 67th annual convention next year. Standing ovations were given 74-year-old William Green, re elected for the 24th time as presi dent, and George Meany, the New York plumber, reelected secretary treasurer. Meany and Daniel J. Tobin, pre sident of the Brotherhood of Teamsters, emerged from the tur bulent convention scene as undis puted strong men of the AFL. Today Lewis sulked in his tent with his miners when the election of officers came up. He was nei ther a candidate nor a nominee. Ship Repaired In Rough Seas WARRENTON, Ore., Oct. 16 (P)-The tanker Esso Bethlehem, disabled off the Oregon coast, re sumed its southbound course today, the coast guard reported, after its crew succeeded in repairing the ship's broken steam line. The coast guard cutter Mallow made a 40-mile dash to its aid af ter the vessel sent a distress call at 5:40 a.m. saying it was drifting toward the coast in rough seas. However the crew made the re pairs after anchoring about nine miles off the Tillamook bay area. . Lack of Quorum Stymies Council For Second Time Stymied for the second time this week for lack of a quorum, the Salem city council Thursday night adjourned without action until Monday, October 27, at 7:30 p.m. The meeting time will coincide with the scheduled second Octo ber meeting of the council, so ire effect the regular first meeting has been skipped by the alder men. Only four of the eight council members were present last night, with the official attendance check showing Mayor R. L. Elfstrom in LaGrande where he has been meeting with the League of Ore gon Cities, Alderman Daniel Fry in California and Aldermen Da vid O'Hara and Albert H. Gille both ill. The latter, who has been on hand Monday, became ill at dinnertime Thursday. Alderman R. O. Lewis, who had been absent Monday, was on hand last night. Twenty years ago opening of Les lie junior high eased the element ary situation by returning McKin ley from junior high to grade status. Four years before. Pa rrish was erected as the first building here designed for junior high purposes. That permitted Grant and Washington buildings again to be used as elementary after serv ing as junior high schools since 1915, when the junior high plan was adopted here, according to District Clerk Connell Ward. Bennett reminded that the con struction of Bush grade school in 1937 was only a replacement for Yew Park and Lincoln schools, both abandoned. As part of the long range pro gram, the board is to ponder two other problems. (1) the extent to which modernization of present schools is feasible and (2) whe ther it can at present consider the addition of kindergartens in the system. Auditoriums, Cafeterias Modernization would include covered play areas, auditoriums and eaietarias. More gymnasium o 60-Foot Waves Reported on Coast as Lowlands Flood As 60-foot waves crashed on the Oregon coastline Thurs day, the Salem area remained rain-swept for the third straight day. However the 1.59 inches of rain recorded sine 10:30 pjn. Wednesday to 10:30 p.m. Thursday was Just .S2 Inch less than for the previous 24 hours, the U. S. weather bureau at McNary neia reported last night. Thursday's precipitation r-. brought the total rainfall so Jar this month to 5.77 inches. The average for the entire month of October is only 2.91 inches, the weather bureau reported. The forecast for the next sev eral days was continued rain "but confined in showers of less quantity." The bureau expected a little let-up in the downpour which deluged the state and sent most of its rivers roaring to dan gerous heights. Flood stage of 13 feet on the Santiam river at Jefferson was topped by at least a foot Thurs day night. Residents living along the river, however, reported late last night no dangerously flooded areas. In general last night weather bureau reports Indicated that Willamette river headwaters and tributaries were falling and would continue to do so. Squalls Buffet Shipping While heavy squalls buffeted shipping offshore, towering waves Thursday wrecked Sunset docks in Depoe bay and logs swirling violently in Siletx bay threatened to destroy a new dock there. Giant waves crashed over the rocks at Boiler bay, and in the easily flooded lands near Kernville in Lincoln county some residents were forced to travel to and from their houses by boat The state highway commission Thursday warned all' motorists against use of the North Santiam highway, whicfe is dangerous be cause of a slide at Sardine creek, four miles east of Niagara. State Highway Engineer R. H. Bal dock suggested that motorists use the South Santiam highway. Crest Moves North Crest stage on the upper Wil lamette was expected early to night and the weather bureau be lieves it will move down stream slowly. It is expected to reach Harrisburg and other mid-Willamette cities tonight At Salem last night the Wil lamette reached 5.5, having risen 4.8 feet during the day. A crest of 11 feet was expected late to night or early Saturday. The river was rising Thursday night at the rate of about six inches per hour. Danger mark here is considered 14 feet and flood stage is 20 feet Red Croaa Ready As winter storms began to rum ble over the Willamette valley again, the general disaster com mittee, Marion county chapter of the American Red Cross, began its annual preparations for res cue work in this area this winter. Thursday, I. A. De France, com mittee chairman, announced that the disaster-relief committees were appointed and ready for flood, fire or other calamities. . Fire at Gas Storage Tank Extinguished PORTLAND, Ore., Oct 16-fJP) Flames, believed started by a stray spark, enveloped 100,000 cubic foot storage tank of the Portland Gas & Coke company today but were extinguished by chemicals before gas in the tank could ignite. Thirty pieces of fire equipment and 300 firemen went to the blaze. Fire Marshal Miles Wood worth estimated damage at about $50,000. space also is due for considera tion, since Bennett said twice as much area as exists is needed "the only thing that keeps gyms from being used 24 hours a day is lack of sufficient supervisors." Kindergartens can be set up in this district only by a vote of the people. Such a program would require space equal to at least one-twelfth of that used by grade schools. None of this space now exists, and the elementary needs themselves are expected to take all available funds for some years Shifting population has also played havoc with the schools in recent years. While most build ings are bulging at the corners. transportation of pupils Is re quired to keep units such as Gar field and Washington at normal size. Classes with not more than 30 pupils, in the buildings serving only the area within walking distance, still appear to hold the favor of board members. How to balance that goal with availabil ity of property and costs of con struction farm one of their princi pal problems. irgfi) ' in t r British Again 4J Give Notice of ;; Holy Land Exit LAKE SUCCESS. Oct 17-(yPV- Britain served her second notice on the United Nations assembly to day that she will give up the Pal estine mandate and withdraw from the riot-torn Holy Land. The date for withdrawal was not set but Britain said it would oc cur -within a limited period." The British at the same time turned down a United States sug gestion that they remain respon sible for the Holy Land through an indefinite transition period pending the final achievement of independence. Colonial Secretary Arthur Creech-Jones told the assembly's extraordinary 57-nation Palestine committee that Britain would con sider an invitation to take part in making effective a U. N. settle ment but warned that "his majes ty's government will not accept the responsibility for enforcement either alone or in the major role." While Creech-Jones spoke, the Arab countries were reported shaping up a challenge to the right of the assembly to act at alt on Palestine. It was said they would seek a ruling from the interna tional court of justice and suspen sion of the debate until a court de cision is made. U.S.V Britain To Dismantle German Plants BERLIN, Oct l-OD-BriUsh and American military government authorities announced plans today to dismantle 682 German indus trial plants in their combined zones, despite German threats of strikes and other expressions of non-cooperation. Five, plants of the gun-making Krupp plant were listed for level ing. Three plants in the Essen area, one for making armaments, another for miscellaneous steel products and the Barbeck pig iron and steel plant were designated for extension. A Krupp plant at Langenhagen in Lower Saxony, devoted to making structural steel and submarine hulls, and a pneu matic equipment plant at Geisen heim in Hesse also were listed for the wreckers axe. At Duesseldorf trade union leaders voiced comments such as appalling" and -crushing." Gen. Robertson told a news con ference that dismantling the fac tories would require at least two years and that special labor bat talions would be organized to do the job if the Germans refuse to cooperate. He Hinted soldiers might be used. Robertson said be tween 30,000 and 35,000 workers would be needed. 'Freedom Train to Visit Salem March' 23 The -Freedom Train" which carries famed documents of Uni ted States history will visit Salem next March 23, according to an Associated Press report Thurs day night The trsin will also be in Portland on March 20-21 and in Eugene March 22. QUICKIES "According te their sales chart the firm downstairs Is getting a few nibbles their Statesman WaatAdT