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p ood ocdo oooo ooa o DO O ODD OOO O DDO O CD O O O Q DO Winning Willamette V. Homecoming Sign niSJ?f 1 f " 1 "J -Siyj tea POUNDID 1651 NINETY-SEVENTH YEAR 24 PAGES Tho Orocjon Statesman, Salem. Oregon. Sunday. October 19, 1947 Pries, So No. 171 f rnrK 1 1 r i f. 1 Hi 1 5 I I , .... o . 1 , - - J. f I , i L ,; I I. ' . iP V .. A . t v - - ' -A ;.... Winning Willamette aniversity homecoming sign is the Independent's "Hands Across the Border" dis play shown above being viewed by the judging committee consisting of, left to right, Gorden Murdoch, homecoming chairman; Gns Moore, Klngwood drive. West Salem, class of 1933; John Gardner, 1675 S. Cottate st, class of 141; Mrs. Robert Hamilton, 2860 8. Cottage St., class of 1942; and Mrs. Nor man Hoffman, 341 N. Capitol U Willamette art teacher. (Photo by Don Dill, Statesman staff photo grapher.) (Story at bottom of page L Other pictures no page 2.) OTP 9333300 The report luncheon of com munity chest workers last Thurs day lacked about SI 0,000 of being the real victory luncheon that was planned. Nearly $90,000 was re ported raised toward the coal of 9100,000 for the agencies sup ported by the Salem chest and the Oregon chest. Campaign Manager A. C. Hag called for a resump tion of 'the money-railing effort until the total is provided, and set Tuesday for the next report ing date. SaJem is rich enough and pros perous enough to fill this chest to overflowing. If those who have not yet contributed will send in their contributions today or to morrow, the goal will be reached Tuesday. In this great and good cause persons should not wait to be solicited; they should send or bring their donation! to chest campaign headquarters at Warner Motor Co. " The community chest is what Jts name implies, an undertaking of the whole community for the whole community. It consolidates In one campaign the collection of funds for support of welfare and charity organization dependent on public generosity for existence. The service of these organizations then flows back for the benefit of the whole community. ' , ' The leaders and the workers in the chest campaign are volun teers or are "drafted" for work In this cause. They pour out them selves without stint in organizing and directing and carrying out the solicitation , campaign. Months of (Continued on editorial, page) Hurricane in Atlantic Area MIAMI. Fla Oct 18 - VPs -A bowling hurricane with wind tip to 120 miles an hour near the center plowed slowly northward through the south Atlantic to night, about 750 miles east of Miami. The weather bureau, in a 10:15 p. m. advisory, said the storm showed signs of swinging to the northeast, but its present course Indicated it would remain east of the United States coast line. The storm started in the South Atlan tic four days ago. Anxious south Florid ians, ha rassed by three other hurricanes this season, were cheered by Chief Forecaster Grady Norton's report that the storm offered no threat to the start at this time. STASSEN BACKS PABTiTTON ST. PAUL, Minn, Oct 18 -CD-Harold E. Stassen, republican presidential aspirant, told the na tional Jobish War Veterans con- ilhu unc hjimki uii America must support "without equivoca tion'' the United Nations decision cn Palestine. Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH ' "Joe, N Ilka you to meet sjjc Imcbworm and bis two sons, TArt afntni gad f bro Eighths." " ? 'We".-:. ,-.v Plane Hits at Busy Portland Intersection PORTLAND, Oct. 18-UP)-A pri vate airplane crashed into a park ing lot near a Jammed suburban Portland intersection late today, killing a passenger while the pilot parachuted safely from 250 alti tude into a tree. Pedestrians and automobiles crowded the area but escaped in Jury. The plane did not burn. William Roberts, 21, part own er of the war surplus Vultee BT 13 model, slumped dead a minute after a nearby tavern owner tried to drag him from the wreckage. The pilot. Earl Gallegher, 19, suf fered only a cut over one eye as his parachute tangled in the tree and broke his fall. Both are Port landers. Deputy Sheriff Ron Callbeck quoted Gallegher as saying: "We were stunting at 4,000 feet when something came off our right wing and we went out , of control. I tried to get Bill to Jump, but he seemed to freeze in his seat -1 stayed with him ts long as I could and then went overboard. , " .Roberts' safety belt was still fastened. Jack S. Hanson, the tavern own er, reached the smashed airplane first, He said Roberts was still alive and gasping for breath. "I tried to pull him out, but he suddenly slumped vover and died," Hanson said. Stars to Testify At Red Hearing WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -(Jf)-Jack Warner, nice president of the company that filmed "Mission to Moscow," was billed today at wit ness No. 1 when the house com mittee on unamerican activities starts hearings Monday on com munism in Hollywood. The movie stars come along lat er for what Washington expects to be the biggest show of the fall investigating season. No feminine stars have been tapped to testify. But the witness list has names like Robert Taylor, Gary Cooper, Rob ert Montgomery, Ronald Reagan and others. Right from the start, the com mittee plans to begin "naming names" and developing through questions and answers whether the movie capital is infested with reds. Church to Build On Present Site St. Paul's Episcopal church con gregation has abandoned a plan to build a new church on another site in favor of a proposal to eventually construct a $150,000 structure at the site of the pres ent church at Chemeketa and Church streets. The Rev. George H. Swift, pas tor, said that last week approxi mately 03 per cent of the con gregation voted in favor of the new plan. The church had pur chased a site at Capitol and Cen ter streets more than a year ago, but this property was sold re cently in connection with the pro posed shopping center to go up in that district. - In Your Home Newspaper Today Life in the "core of the British Empire" is described graphic ally in a story by James T. Brand, Oregon Supreme court justice now presiding at war crime trials in Nuernberg, Germany; page 12. Why the Oregon state department of education is having grow ing pains and what needs be done about it is told in a survey by Statesman Staff Writer Marguerite Wright; page 4. International Jockeying for parity . in representation on the United Nations is described in the fifth installment of "Speaking Frankly," by Ex-Secretary of State James F. Byrnes; page 4. The past glories and present peace of little St. Louis, Ore., are recounted in interesting style by Stuart Bush page 12. Artist Carl Hall of Liberty district and his paintings are 'de scribed by word and pictures on page 13. Plus complete coverage of world, national, state, valley and local news; the best-rounded sports and women's sections of the northwest; garden features; radio programs; the most popular com ics; entertainment, and the best cross-section of available merchan dise in the entire area. A COMPLETE newspaper, i i i y J Football Scores Willamette 33, UBC 0. Oregon 6, Washington 0. USC 48, Oregon State 6. Coll. Pug. Sound 14, Whit. 0. California 21, Wash. Slat 6. UCLA 39, Stanford 6. Idaho 20, Portland 14. Mich. 49, Northwstrn 21. Notre Dame 31, Nebraska 0. Army 40, Virginia Tech 0. Texas 21, Arkansas 6. Navy 38, Cornell 19. Greyhound Bus Depot Given Top Priority Plans for construction of Paci fic Greyhound Lines' new $200, 000 bus terminal In Salem were discussed here Saturday by F. W. Ackerman, company president from San Francisco, and local Greyhound officials. Bids on the new terminal, site lor which has already been clear ed on North Church street be tween Center and Marion streets, will be opened between Decem ber 15 and January '1, Ackerman said. Overall size of the building will be 168 by 133 feet. The new depot will provide en larged facilities for convenience of passengers and greater space for boarding and leaving buses, Ackerman declared. There will be space to load and unload six buses at a time. In addition the new terminal will provide a large waiting room, a restaurant and rest rooms. "The importance of Salem in western travel has made this new Greyhound depot a project of top priority," Ackerman said. "It will be one of the finest equipped and most modern depots in the west The Salem depot is part of a Grey hound program to completely modernize the system's terminal facilities throughout the nation." Ackerman also added that his company was replacing a large part of its bus fleet with the lat est large super-coaches, some of wmcn are now serving Salem. Town for Sale in Northern Oregon PRESCOTT, Ore., Oct. 18-6P-The town of Prescott, located on the Columbia river four " miles above Rainier, was placed on sale today. The Prescott Lumber company, which bought the town-33 houses, a store, an office, and a dock last year, said it wanted to aban don the place as the result of a mill fire. But it's not certain that any one can buy the whole town. Some of the residents, who have lived here for 30 years, are planning to buy their own houses and stay. Commission Suspends, Three liquor Licenses PORTLAND, Oct. lHVThe liquor licenses of three Marion county establishments were under 30-day suspensions today, issued by the state liquor control com mission for selling to a minor. Affected are Canton Cafe, Sa lem; Norman's Place, Woodburn, and Silver Creek- service station, Silverton. r Orffl0uC5latf5Eiau PetrilJo To Bah Recording - CHICAGO, Oct 18 - (ff) -James C. Petrillo announced to day that union musicians would be barred from making any rec ords or radio transcriptions after December 31, but recording in dustry sources said they antici pated the move and had enough unfinished records to last from one to two years. The fiery boss of the AFL Federation of Musicians said his 225,000 members were "destroy ing themselves" by making rec ords and transcriptions and added, "There will never be any more phonograph records or transcripts made by members of the musicians union." The ban, which Petrillo said was voted unanimously by the union's executive board in a closed ses sion, brought a quick reaction from trade sources in the in dustry. Companies Well-Stocked "The big three Columbia, RCA-Victor and Decca tiave been making records so rapidly in recent months, both here and abroad, that they can continue to issue records for at least two years," said one man in New York long associated with the industry Another spokesman pointed out that the major producers have had access to music for Hollywood musical production which will not be released until next year, and that master recordings of the mu sic already have been made for future record sales. Ignores Backlog "I don't care if they have a backlog for five years. Let them use them. We will stop making records and all transcriptions December 31." Transcriptions were described ai those for both home and commercial use. However, Petrillo said the ban also would end "canned" shows being turned out by the networks and this posed a different prob lem. These so called "canned" pro grams are produced expressly for radio broadcast and are not for sale to the public. County Roads In f Good Shape' Except Santiam All 1,268 miles of Marion coun ty roads are in good shape with the exception of the North San tiam highway, which, however, is still "Just passable," Marion Coun ty Commissioner Roy Rice said Saturday. In fact, he said the most exten sive county road repair program since before the war, undertaken this past summer, has brought the roads up to their best condition in several years, he said. Recent rains, he said, have not harmed the roads, and no serious flooding has been reported. With the softening of the road surfaces, the county's 800 miles of graveled roads are now being graded by eight graders. Commissioner Rice advised mo torists to use the South Santiam highway when traveling in that area. Small slides in the section under construction on the North Santiam highway have hamper ed traffic in general, while con struction alone has forced con trolled traffic at some points. High water has put the county's three Willamette river ferries Wheatland, Independence and Buena vista out of commission. The county court said Saturday that predicted lower waters may place the crafts back in service this week. 'Operation Diaper' Fails in Atlantic BOSTON, Oct. 18 - UP) - The coast guard cutter Bibb plowed toward Boston tonight through rough seas in dense fog with the 69 persons rescued by its heroic crew after the forced landing of the trans-atlantic clipper Bermuda Sky Queen last Tuesday 800 miles off Newfoundland. . During the day the attempt of a coast guard flying boat from the Salem base to drop bundles of diapers to the Bibb was unsuc cessful when the plane was unable to contact the ship, except by radio, due to fog. Weather Max. Kin. Prccip. Salem ss ax .41 Portland . 68 St M San Francisco 71 SO .00 Chicago 77 CX trace New York 77 65 trace Willamette river 11.5 feet. FORECAST (from U.S. weather bu reau, McNary field, Salem): Cloudy with scattered howen today and to night. High temperature today SS. low tonight 45. Weather will be moitly fa vorable for farm activities today. Marshall A id BoostEyed U.S. Said Able To Give Europe $20 Billion WASHINGTON. ' Oct. 18 - VP) Administration officials said today this country may have to increase rather than cut the $22,400,000,000 total of European requests under the Marshall plan. At the present stage of study, they emphasized this is only a possibility but one which is caus ing njuch concern to federal finan cial experts trying to reduce the cost before offering the program to an economy-seeking congress. Overestimated Exports These officials, who withheld the use of their names, told a re porter that they fear the 16 west ern European nations have over estimated their ability to increase their own exports in the four-year period concerned, and are over optimistic in foreseeing a 12? per cent drop in UJS. prices. Such a drop would better the buying power of their scant supplies of dollars. WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 - (JP) Secretary of the Interior Krug in formed President Truman today that the United States could car ry out a $20,000,000,000 program of aid for western Europe without seriously draining its resources. Enliven World Economy Such a program, said Krug, would pay for iteelf in speeding up imports to this country, and it would help knock the world econ omy off the dead-center upon which 1 he said it has become stalled. But the venture cannot succeed, Krug added, unless Americans co operate In the president's grain saving program, and unless certain export controls are retained to make sure this country's steel doesn't go Into some other na tion's beer cans. (Additional de tails on page 2.) Deer Hunters Said Prospering in City's 'Backyard' DALLAS Stay home and get your buck seems to be the opinion of many hunters this season. M. M. Rose, Jr., got a nice four-point buck three miles out on the Oak dale road in 45 minutes. Chuck Miller, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. O. Miller, got his four point blacktail in the Gooseneck district. It was his first hunt and the first time he had used an auto matic rifle. Lester George, city mail carrier, bagged a three-point buck in the Pedee district which dressed about ISO pounds. Dewey Tate brought in a deer shot in the upper Salt creek district. Red Newspapers Closed in Greece ATHENS, Greece. Oct. lMfl The Greek government struck hard at communism propagandists tonight and closed communist par ty and EAM newspapers by po lice action which may have been agreed to by the American and British embassies. The police occupied the offices of Rizospastis, the communist par ty morning newspaper, a com munist weekly, and the offices of Elletheri Ellada, organ of the communist-directed EAM, a so called national resistance group. Cooperation of Townspeople Asked in Taking School Census Cooperation of ' Salem school district residents in the approach ing school census was requested Saturday in a statement by Sup erintendent Frank B. Bennett, who said complete information was essential to the district's fu ture building plans and to enable Salem to receive all state funds to which it is entitled. The census will include all chil dren who will not have attained their 20th birthday as of October 25, whether or not residing at home and whether or not mar ried. Only those above 4 years of age will be included for pur poses of financial reimbursement, but the statistics on all ages will be employed in determining var ious areas' needs as to present and future school facilities. Taking of such a survey was authorized by the school board last Tuesday upon Bennett's rec ommendation, after preliminary figures showed a rapidly rising birth rate which is expected to be reflected in greatly increased school enrollment, especially in grade schools. The board's plans art for a long-rangt program of Sheriff Says Pimbali Arrests Impractical 'Amusement Only' Devices Operating By Les Cour Staff Writer, The Statesman Marion county Sheriff Denver Young informed The Statesman Saturday that he realized that "amusement only" devices were operating throughout the county and the entire state, but added that past experiences had taught law officers their confiscation and subsequent prosecution resulted only in false arrest suits and court reversals. Young made his statement in connection with reports circulated Saturday which asserted that gam bling machines were operating openly in beer taverns and res taurants in Marion county. "We (the sheriff"! department) are doing everything possible to keep illegal gambling devices out of Marion county, but are awaiting further clarification of some points of operation regarding the panball French Plane Plunges Into Sea; 41 Persons Die PARIS. Oct 1 a-OTVForty-ons persons were believed today to have been killed in the crash of a French plane in the Mediterranean sea. , The company operating the plane said two persons, the pilot and another crew member, had been rescued. The French navy ministry said 11 bodies had been recovered. The plane was carrying 43 passengers and crew. A search by military planes, a submarine and surface craft failed to disclose any signs of ad ditional survivors of the crash, which occurred yesterday while the plane was en route from Mar seille to Or so, Algeria. The company, a small airline called Compagnie des Transports Aeriens Intercontinentaux (Inter continental Air Transport Co.), said it had -little hope" of saving any more of the crew of five and 38 passengers. Yesterday it had announced that everyone was safe, but otday the company said it was unable to give an explanation of a telegram received from the air transport control reporting all aboard had been picked up by a Spanish ves sel. Flood Washes 7 Houses Away GALAX, Va., Oct 1MJP)-Seven houses were washed away and 150 families were forced from their homes early today as a flash flood tore down narrow Chestnut creek into this southwest Virginia town causing damage estimated by Mayor Ross C. Penrey st from two to three million dollars. No casualties were reported. Ironically, the flood knocked out the town's pumping system and by early afternoon the 3,000 residents were without drinking water. The rest of the flood struck shortly after midnight only five hours after the water began to rise and swept up costly lumber from the yards of furniture fac tories which line one bank of the creek, accounting for most of the. financial loss. development, to start sometime this school year. Each child at school will be given a census card this week to be taken home to his parents for completion and return to the school. This will also be done in parochial schools, who are coope rating in the census. Junior and senior high school pupils may fill in the cards themselves if they have all the data desired. Children will also be asked to take cards for any additional fami lies living in their homes and to neighbors who have children un der 20 years of age but not in local schools. Solicitors will visit any homes not thus reached on October 27, 28 and 29. Persons who are leav ing the city and will not return before October 29 are asked to obtain a census card at the school office building, 460 N. High st Completeness of the count is essential, Bennett said, because state irreducible school funds and county school funds are distrib uted to the district one census basis. If any omissions occur, he stated, it places an additional tax burden on the district. machines and other devices," Young said. Young also said that various district attorney! and sheriffs in several parts of the state had ex pressed doubts as to whether de vices which are played only for amusement are actually Illegal under existing state laws. - "The Marion county sheriffs department has investigated every report of an illegal device that has come In. If anyone has in formation they want taken up with the proper authorities they should come to the sheriffs department. If they are willing to sign a com plaint we will see that the warrant is issued and served,'' Young as serted. "Marion county is particularly free of illegal devices when com pared to other counties," Young added. (Additional details on page 2.) Reds Boycott Test Vote on Little Assembly LAKE SUCCESS, Oct 18 -VFT-Soviet Russia and her satellites to day boycotted the first test vote on Secretary of State Marshall's proposal to overhaul United Na tions machinery and indirectly served notice they would refuse to sit in a year-around assembly even if approved by a majority of the members. The ballot on referring the Mar shall proposal to a drafting sub committee was 38 to 0 with Rus sia, White Russia, Soviet Ukraine, Poland, Yugoslavia and Czechoslo vakia refusing to vote. Four Arab nations abstained. A moment later the assembly's 57-nation political committee voted membership on the sub-committee to Russia, Czechoslovakia and 13 other nations. The Russians and Czechs immediately announced that they would not participate even in drafting work because the whole plan was "illegal." Asked whether these steps meant that Russia would refuse even to sit in the "little assembly" envisaged -by Marshall, a Soviet spokesman said today's action could be "compared" to the Creek case. There, after being voted down 36 to 6 in efforts to block creation of a watch commission In the Balkans, Russia and Poland were elected to seats on the com mission and promptly announced a boycott WoodbuniBids To Be Opened Bids for construction of three buildings at the state training school for boys near ' Woodburn will be considered by the board of control October 31, Roy Mills, board secretary, announced Sat urday. The projects include a gymna sium, shop building and dormi tory. Cost of the buildings was esti mated at approximately $335,000, Contract for construction of a school building at the institution recently was awarded to Julius Johnson, Portland contractor, on a low bid of approximately $109. 200. These are the last construc tion contracts to be considered by the board of control until next February, when bids will be sought for the new $2,000,000 state office building here. Officials said expansion of the boys' school plant was badly needed to cope with the increas ing population. Congressmen to Hear Oregon Views on Costs PORTLAND, Oct 18 - (JP) -Oregonians will air their views on the cost of living at a con gressional hearing opening here Monday, with Sen. Arthur V. Watkins (R-Utah) as chairman. The committee, composed of two senators' and three representa tives, will concentrate chiefly oq tbt food proccuinf Industry. Block of Buildings Destroyed ASTORIA, Ore, Oct 19-(Sun-day)-i4-Over half of a square city block of old frame landmark buildings on the waterfront her waa wiped out by fir late last night and early today. The city police headquarters re ported early today that fir equipment from all city depart ments and the Tongue Point naval station worked together to save) adjoining blocks on the piling sec tion f the city. ; " Three firemen were over com by smoke and were hospitalized. The police said the, Richmond hotel building, in which were liv ing a number of lodgers who es caped, an auto wrecking company, a soft drink bottling works and a plating works were destroyed. Still Baralag . , 1 ' The fire - was believed tinder control at 1 a. BL. but was stU burning. A lull in the violent wind storm which fanned Uve flame was credited with saving the near by frama waterfront area. Fire men said the fact that the area has been battered by rain stems for over three days and had been completely saturated With watet aided in fighting the blaze. The block leveled la bounded by Astor street between Seventh and Eighth avenues and the rear ex tends to the- waterfront piling sec tion, hemmed in by railroad sid ings and pier. LI1 In Wht4 Helps Firemen said the flames brcka out in the hotel building and the, first alarm was received at 10:29 p. m. The wind whipped the flames through the old building for the first half hour but a lull in the wind later helped firemen confine the blaze. - , Most of the buildings were land mark structures in the old portioar of the city that was spared in the) . historic fire of 1932 when practi-. cally the entire business section and some residences were wiped out by flame. . Ships Battle New Storm ou i Oregon Coast By the Aaaociated Preaa A new storm, which the weather bureau said appeared headed northeast toward Vancouver Is land, struck the Pacific northwest coast Saturday afternoon, narrat ing two vessels just as they had neared safety. The storm prevented the coast . Salem residents were forced to haag onto their hats 8a tar day afteraooa and ereamg as winds ranting from 11 to St miles aa hoar raced tarsvgh the Willamette valley. , rawer . aad telephoae company officials re ported slight damaga to their tinea. guard cutter Bonham. which last night found disabled LCT after hours of search, from towing tha craft and its six-man crew into harbor. The original , tow cabla snapped today, and the cutter, af ter vain attempts to toss a new line, decided to await a lull in the storm. The LCT was off Til lamook bay. Wind gusts up to 60 miles an hour off Astoria, Ore lashed a coast guard buoy tender, towing a patrol crash boat which had drifted, lost, for three nights in gale-swept seas, with a lone man aboard. A motor lifeboat stood by as the tender and its tow awaited a chance to cross the Columbia river bar. A 36-foot fishing vessel, which had been drifting seven days af ter running into trouble of Eureka. Calif, was taken in tow by coast guardsmen today off Lincoln Beach, Ore. Distress signals flashed by Skipper TCd Haines and his one crewman were sighted by beach residents. The boat the Earl M., of Juneau, Alaska, carried no radio. French Cabinet Seeks Strike End PARIS. Oct 18-OJVThe French Cabinet met in emergency session today to try to end the six-day-old Paris subway and bus strike. in the face of a communist laTsor threat to lead all organized Paris workers off their Jobs Monday. Press attaches at Premier Paut Ramadier'a office said there was , "reason for hope" of a settlement of the municipal transport strike. Eugene Henaf f, communist head of the Paris Federation of Labor Unions, made a thinly - veiled threat of a general Paris strike. recalling that the federation a general committee . would - meet Uoaday.