O OOOtDDDO oa ODCJO O O DO OOD OOO 0000 od o no Salvage Retrieved After Guardian Building Fire SEEDDOS POUNDDD 1651 NINETY-SEVENTH YEAR Tho Oregon Statesman. Salem, Oregon. Wednesday. November 5. 1947 Price 5c No, 190 ' " f . . .... I .-':. OtP n The. death of John G. Winant removes a singular, rather Lin colnesque figure from the politit cal scene. Whether the contradic- lions of his personal and political career offer any explanation for his final act of self-destruction is doubtful. Yet it is hard to under stand why one so able, with so satisfying a record of attainment and accomplishment should end his own life. A republican, possessed of con siderable personal wealth, he look his place among advocates r of economic reforms and got most 1 of his recognition from the new ; deal administration. A man well born, educated in the pest schools (St Paul's and Princeton), with excellent social connections he failed utterly to conform to the mold of his class. His hair was tousled, his clothes ill-fitting; he was shy and diffident. Yet he had a heart which beat warmly for suffering humanity' and burn ing zeal for improving conditions of living for the people. I Elected three times governor -of Mew Hampshire, he was talked of as a republican candidate; for president in 1938, but instead of making the race he eccepted ap- - pointment under President Roose velt as chairman of the social se- , curity board. In 1937 he went to - Geneva to head the International Labor office, an agency of the League of Nations. On the eve of the war he was appointed am bassador to Great Britain and served, in that capacity through the war period. After the war he accepted the responsibility of organizing UNESCO, the econom , ic and social council of the Unit' ed Nations, holding the chairman ship long enough to effect its or ganization. His short period of re tirement was given to writing his memoirs,. This task done, weary In body and mind, he shot him self. The manner of his going should not obscure the significant facts .! about his career or distort the : picture of a man of deep sin cerity of purpose, who burned himself out in service to his fel-i low-men, driven by sympathy for the weak and oppressed. $53 Million 3-Year Plan j For Roads Set - The $53,500,000 to be spent dur ing the next three years improv ing Oregon's highways, is only part of the contemplated $500, 000,000 which the state highway commission estimates is required to complete and maintain the state highway system. In a progress report released Tuesday the commission said that $43,500,000 representing state and. federal aid money was now avail able. The remaining $10,000,000 is to come from forest highways funds, which have not yet been released by the government The federal aid funds are in three categories: Funds for primary federal-aid ays in both rural and urban covering system of 3,933 and aggregating $19,500,- funds for the secondary sys- f state and county roads in volving 4,410 miles and $12,750,- 000; urban-funds for use in cities of more than 5,000 population on federal aid routes, $4,750,000. ! Of the $37,000,000, approximate - ly $21,250,000 represents federal funds and $15,750,000 state funds. The slate projects, amounting to $6,500,000 involve small projects scattered over the state. Up to the present time, according to the re ' port the commission has contract ed aproximately $26,500,000 of the $43,500,000 available. On a percentage basis, with re lation to the contracting of post war '"highway projects, Oregon is among the first 10 of the 43 states, the commission reported. , In the meantime, the commis sion said, approximately $7,000, 000 is being expended annually; in the maintenance or upkeep of the present highway system. HUGHES PKOBE TO KEOPEN . WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 - UP) -Wartime procurement officials Including President Charles E. Wilson of General Electric will be first witnesses at reopening of the Howard Hughes inquiry here tomorrow, Senator Ferguson (R Mich) announced today. Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH ! , "l dunno, guess if $ her eyes - 1 . yet mc. highy .areas. miles 000; tern iili y : -. , J, - I V ! A T . , 'TL: V w 'rf.i ip. - i AmMmkfM t - - - - t i- . Among freak happenings In the Guardian bonding fire, Hillpot and Lochead insurance agency reported other office equipment and farnitnre a total loss bat reported undamaged by heat and water two typewriters, shown in top photo , being examined by W. P. Hillpot and Secretary Sue Boock. Lower photo shows what Qul senberry's Central pharmacy looked like after Monday's $50$,$00 fire which started la the basement below the drag store. Looking over the rains arc, left to right, Lloyd Bydalek. 16 Mill st, " building elevator operator; Stanley Schofield. 1165 Cross st, Wil lamette Credit Co. employe whose office also was burned oat, and D. I Cummins, 116 Mill st, Guardian building Janitor. (States- photos by Don Dill, staff Burned -Out Firms Seek New Downtown Quarters -' - ' ' '-!'.''"' The burned-out Guardian building remained a busy , place Tues day, as former occupants spent the day after the $500,000 fire sal vaging what they could from the wreckage. With trucks coming and going all day to remove what remained of furniture, equipment and office records from many of the offices, traffic was still upset at the busy State and Liberty streets corner. Insurance adjusters, city fire department officials and inspec tors of the. state fire marshal's of fice started going through the building, but their investigations were barely underway. Fire Chief W. P. Roble said he and state inspectors would begin examining charred rubble in the basement today, with representa tives on hand for all offices from where equipment, ' law libraries and furniture had dropped to the basement on the most-burned east side of the building along the light well where the fire had sprung from the basement about 7 a.m. Monday. ; . No Indication of Cause There was still no indication of the cause of the blaze, Roble said. Salem Chamber of Commerce received numerous offers of space in downtown and outer Salem, ranging from small parts of pres ent offices to whole floors and buildings, and the burned-out professional and service . firms were using the leads in search of suitable space. : The eye-ear-nose-throat clinic began relocating in the Nelson building and the general doctors' clinic in Salem General and Dea coness hospitals. Salem Federal and other ground floor offices were, already operating in the old Firs National bank space. City Attorney Moves City Attorney Chris Kowitz was getting established in city hall and Realtor P. H. Bell had moved to 261 Chemeketa st. The Riggs Op tical Co., still unlocated, was , us ing telephone service at Boring's Optical, phone 6506. The Beauty Box found most of its equipment salvageable, but as yet'unlocated. Fire; Chief Roble voiced high praise of his firemen Tuesday, ex pressing satisfaction that they had confined the huge blaze to the east side of the building. Offices on the west side of the Guardian building suffered most from smoke and water. Added Firemen Needed Roble added .however, that the largo downtown fire demonstrat ed this city's need for additional firemen. He noted that such fires require the use of many hoses, each of which must be manned by a crew, while other firemen have other duties to perform. A fireman crew remained on constant watch over the building, to detect any recurrence' of blaze from hidden smolders in the building, such as occurred Mon day midnight Meanwhile, city firemen made three runs again Tuesday, two of them in downtown Salem where small fires resulted from a short circuit in John .and Mildred's cafe on State street and from welding operations at a garage at High and Ferry streets, both around noon.. Shortly after 9 a.m., firemen extinguished a' chimney fire at 325 S. Winter st photographer.) Teacher Meet To Close Local Schools Friday All Salem and Marion county schools will be closed Friday while their teachers attend the annual Marion county, school teachers institute, an all-day ses sion at Salem high school audi torium, Mrs. Agnes Booth, coun ty school superintendent an nounced Tuesday. .Approximately 600. teachers from public and private schools in 111 districts are expected to attend, said . Mrs. Booth, who s in charge of the program. The teachers will not be divided into discussion groups, Mrs. Booth said, but will attend assembly type sessions in the school audi torium. 1 General educational' problems will be discussed at. this institute, she said, leaving the business an gles for a November 20 business session of the Marion county edu cational . association to be held in Salem. Friday's program will include afternoon talks by Dr. Henry Gunn, president of Oregon Col lege of Education . at Monmouth, and Walter Snyder, assistant su perintendent of the state ; depart ment of education, who will dis cuss new educational standards. Will Gives Estate of Late Governor Snell to Widow The will of the late Gov. Earl Wilcox Snell, filed Tuesday in Marion county circuit court, be queaths his entire estate estimated in excess of $10,000 to his widow, Edith M. Snell. The will was drawn July 9 of this year in Sa lem. Admitted to probate on petition of Mrs.. Snell and son. Dr. William E. Snell of Pacific Beach, Calif, the will appoints George H. Flagg, public utilities commissioner, as executor. The appointment was confirmed in a court order signed by Circuit Judge George Duncan. The estate left to Mrs. Snell in cludes personal property in Salem and real prope.rty, including acres of Eastern Oregon wheat land in Gilliam county. The lands are held in joint ownership with David L. Lemon of Arlington. The estate also included cash, insurance, in come and stocks and bonds. - OJO Legality Of Choice i 'Assured' Continued progress in Oregon's current institution building pro gram appears evident with Secre tary of State Earl T. IN'ewbry's declaration Tuesday that there will be no slow-down so far as he is concerned. Newbry, newest member of the state board of con trol, said operation of all divi sions of his department were go ing ahead on a near normal basis, including employes' paychecks scheduled for today. i Gov. John Hall, as a member of the state emergency board which has passed on a number of in stitution building contracts, has been a consistent supporter of the building program. State Treasurer Leslie M. Scott, only continuing member of the previous board of control, also voted for ! virtually all contracts awarded, the record shows." ! To Use Bobber Stamp ' Newby said the 6.000 October paychecks, due today, will prob ably be ready for distribution late this afternoon. A rubber stamp will be used in the absence of a machine facsimile of the new sec retary's signature. I Annual drawing for 1948 auto mobile license numbers up to 100 will be Friday morning as sched uled previously. All applications received up to that time will be included. Checks received by thej state de partment's various division and made payable to the late Robert S. FarrelL Jr., will be accepted even though they do not bear the words "secretary of state," New bry said. They will be accepted for deposit by Salem banks wjth Newbry's guaranteed endorsc- menL Snling on Legality The attorney "general's office averred there were n bars to Newbry's appointment.! Rumors had questioned its legality, based upon a constitutional 4 provision that no legislator can f accept an office whose salary was increased during the term in which he serv ed. The 1947 legislature J in which Newbry was a senator, raised the secretary of state's salary from $4,500 to $7,500- per year. The ruling pointed out that the constitution adds "But this latter provision shall not be construed to apply to any office elective by the peopje." Newbry plans to leave for his home in Ashland tonight and re turn to Salem Sunday Pinball Machine - 1 JiargeS rieSUlt 111 7 I Pleas of Innocent Pleas of .innocent to Charges of possessing, operating and main taining slot machines jwere en tered In Marion county court Tuesday by Zachary Schall, Ger vais, and Ethan B. Reed, Hub bard, i ' Trial of Schall, an employe of the Brooknook restaurant at Brooks, was set for November 25 and that of Reed, owner of the! Playmore Park tavern at Hub- bard, for November 28 Both are to be jury trials before Marion County District Judge Joseph B. Felton, and are. slated to begin at 9:30 ajn. on their I respective days. j Both men were arrested Octo ber 20 by. county officers in con nection with an investigation of pinball machines. Schall was ar rested after he had allegedly ex changed pinball machine tokens for money, while Reed was alleg ed to have accepted tokens in payment for cigarettes. The late governor also requested that his personal property such as guns, fishing rods, gear and other equipment ."be distributed to friends of mine who are particu larly interested in sports end out door recreation." Gov. Snell had directed that the gross Sum of $3,000 per year be allocated to Mrs. Snell. The sum is to be derived from crops, rent, dividends, interest and all other income of the estate. Witnesses to the will (were Alene Phillips and Leolyn Barnctt. The late governor died in a plane crash in Lake county October 25 with two other state -officials. Attorney for the Snell estate is the Portland law firm of Piatt, Henderson. Warner, I Cram and Dickinson. In the event of Flagg's death, James H. Cassell of Port land, editor of the Automotive News, was to have been appointed executor, according to the will. PirogirainnL efts KIewbiry,'s World Famine Picture'Overpainted, Claims Norblad After Global jaunt GDemocrats Return to i Power in Kentucky Mississippi Shies from Race Issue Kentucky democrats put on a steady i comeback drive in yester day's elections to build up a heavy margin of votes for their candi date for governor. ' With nearly half the votes in, democrat Earle C. Clements rolled up more than a four to three edge over republican Eldon S. Dummit. i, Dummit was so far behind that GOP national committeeman Jou ett Ross Todd predicted in Louis ville that the democrats had car ried the state by 40,000. Before the election he had forecast a republi can win by 30,000 to 50,000 votes. And down the line is Mississip pi, a hot three-cornered race de veloped for the senate seat of the late Thedore Bilbo ( champion of "white supremacy, Circuit Judge John C. Stennis, who shied away from the race issue in his cam paign, swung into an early, skimpy lead and held it through - more than half the ballot counting. Last in a field of five democrats trotted U.S. Representative John E. Ran kin, who had boasted he could "out-Bilbo Bilbo." Major Attractions ' The Kentucky gubernatorial contest and the Mississippi senate fight were the major attractions of off-year elections scattered across the country. In three races for vacant con gressional seats, normally repub lican districts in Ohio and Indiana gave early leads to republican candidates. And a Brooklyn dis trict which has been democratic for 2S years elected democrat Ab raharij J. Multer to the house. Scrap Constitution ' The New Jersey electorate voted enthusiastically to scrap their 103-year-old state constitution and substitute a new one. Philadelphia reelected a repub lican mayor. Waterbury, Conn., put in a republican mayor for the first time since 1921. But democrats took their turn at an upset in Indianapolis. They also upset republican administra tions in Evansville, Muncie, Lou isville and Fort Wayne, Ind. Re publicans scored a turnover in Hammond, Ind. , NLRBSnuhs Lewis, Murray WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -V The national labor relations board -1iHa thrcui nut ihrp caw, in- volving unions of John L.; Lewis and Philip Murray in its first move to enforce the non-communist oath requirement of the Taft-Hartley act in bargaining elections. The unions whose pending cases ere dismissed were: Lewis' Unit ed 'Construction Workers, Mur ray's steelworkers and the CtO fumiture workers. Deadline for filing of the af fidavits disavowing communism by union of ficers-one of the pre requisites for use of the board's machinery by a union was. last Friday night. The hour passed without compliance by Lewis, Murray, or the furniture workers. Foreign Filbert Crop Said Small PORTLAND, Nov, 4hP-A. re cord Pacific northwest filbert crop coincides with' a Mediterranean crop somewhat smaller than last year, the federal department of agriculture said today. The foreign crop was estimated at 105,600 tons compared with 158,000 tons last year. The ILS. crop, mostly from Oregon and Washington, was estimated 8,500 tons, slightly larger than last year and double the ten-year average. Snow Falls in Central, Southern Oregon Areas PORTLAND, Nov. 4-(iP)-Snow fell throughout central and south ern i Oregon t last night, and the weather bureau forecast more of the same tomorrow. The snow coated mountains, but melted at lower elevatiorc. The thermometer plummeted at Baker to 18 degrees above zero. Weather Mx. Min. Precip. Kalrm 51 42 J3 Portland 50 42 .is San Francisco 61 82 .02 Chicago .. . 58 49 Jl New York S 49 Jl "Willamette river S.5 feet. FORECAST (from U.S. weather bu reau.1 McNary field. Salem): Mostly cloudy today and tonight with occ tonal light rain showers. Highest to day near S3, lowest oeax ii. Unions to File Anti-Tax Suit in County Today PORTLAND, Nov. 4 -JPh A suit contesting validity of the 1947 legislative acts increasing state in come taxes and creating one per cent 'payroll withholding tax will be filed in Marion county circuit court tomorrow, AFL State Secre tary James T. Marr said tonight The! action stems from the de feat of the 3 per cent sales tax issue in the October 7 election. - A declaratory Judgment Is ask ed by Marr and the State Federa tion of Labor on constitutionality of the two acts, which the legisla ture made effective on condition the sales tax proposal was reject ed by j the voters. Attorney General George Neu ner recently ruled the acts were valid. His opinion was Issued at the request of State Representa tive Manley J. Wilson, editor of the CIO Woodworkers of Amer ica, i Carl H. Francis, Dayton, a state representative who was chairman of the. Oregon anti-sales tax com mittee, and Elliott B. Cummins, McMinnville, are attorneys for the AFL State officer. Local C. of C. Names Board Salem Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday elected 14 directors for the coming year, including all six. incumbents who are eligible to serve another term ort the board. For the first time in local chamber history, two women were elected to ' the directorate Mrs. B. O. Schucking, a florist, and Mrs. Ar thur Weddle, a rural school super Visor for the county school depart ment.; Re-elected incumbents ae Ed ward Majek, Edwin Schreder, Roy Harland, William H. Baillie, Clair Brown and James Walton. New directors, besides the two women, are Gregory Lancaster, Homer Goulet, jr., Leo G. Page, Floyd Bowers, T. M. Medford and A. C. Haag. The new board probably will meet with th present board No vember 12 to elect new officers and organise for the year ahead. The board will include, besides the 14 elected, the mayors of Salem and West Salem, the retail trade bureau chairman, junior chamber of commerce president and the Cherrians' King Bihg. Plan Laid by By Marguerite Gleesea Statesman Valley Editor WEST--SALEM, Nov. 4 Pre liminary surveys for a sewage disposal plant to serve West Sa lem will be undertaken In the near future, members of the city coun cil decided here .tonight and di rected that Merrifield and Asso cite engineers be asked to attend the December 1 meeting to dis cuss 'the proposed survey and its probable cost. West Salem water department was authorized to purchase a new 20 horsepower booster pump and when it is installed to have the old pump repaired so that an ex tra one may be on hand in an emergency. A. L. Copenhaper and Fred; Gibson, water board mem bers were present at the council meeting and Copenhaver outlined need for the pump at this time. Al Lamb, city auditor, present ed his report for the first quarter which showed the sewer fund overdrawn. Transfer of $5,000 from; the postwar development fund ; to the sewer fund was or dered by vote of the council to take! care of the overdraft and other expected sewer expenditures. Cngressman Due in Salem Tomorrow WASHINGTON. Nov. 4-)-The "famine picture has been over painted Rep. Norblad (R-Ore) said today In his return irom a trip around the world.. "The thing that distresses me," he added in an Interview, "is that peoples of the world who are seek ing our aid are not doing much to aid themselves. They ought to do some bootstrap pulling them selves" Norblad returned to Washington todiy from a two-month inspection of military and naval Installations with a house armed services sub committee. The group started west from San Francisco, visited the Philippines, China,. Japan, India, Greece, Turkey, Austria and Ger many and flew home from Frank fort. The Oregon man said he favored the Marshall plan or some form of it, "But we should see to it that we get the maximum bene fit for every dollar we spend." While reporting that he did not see evidence of great hunger, he did find distress and shortages of food. "But it Is not as bad as It has been presented, he said. XX S. Rep. Walter A. Norblad Is due in Salem Thursday after a globe - circling inspection flight with the house armed services sub committee. . The first Oregon district con gressman's local office .received f word Tuesday that Norblad is now In Washington. D.C., preparing to complete last lap of his world tour by navy plane to Oakland, Calif, and Salem Thursday. . Rep. Norblad will address Sa lem Chamber of Commerce Mon day noon, but has no other speak ing engagements as yet. Re will have little time here, his office noted, because he will be prepar ing to return with his family, in time for the special session of con gress opening November 17. Voters Support Vet Bonuses By the Associated Press Partial returns from New 'York and Ohio showed bonuses fof vet erans winning heavy votes of ap proval in yesterday's elections New York is planning a $400. 000.000 bonus biggest ever vot ed by any state. Ohio's program is a $300,000,000 one. Both states rolled up margins of better than three to one for their plans on the basis of incom plete but substantial returns. - First returns from San Fran cisco also recorded a heavy vote for $87,000,000 in bond issues for city improvements. A $20,000,000 item is for fixing up the munici pal railway. SANTIAM ROAD HAZARDOUS ' Construction activities have made the North Santiam high way, between Niagara and De troit, hazardous, R. H. Baldock. state highway engineer, reported I here Tuesday. Disposal Plant West Salem Although West Salem is well within its budget allowances, de lay in receipt of the first quarter taxes leaves City Treasurer Thel- ma Brown no choice but to regis ter all warrants ordered drawn by the city council tonight. City Aud itor Lamb pointed out to the coun cil members. Purchase of 20 cords of wood. green wood at- $5.75 a cord and dry wood at $9.75 was ordered. Employment of an extra police man for one day a week was di rected to care for off days for re gular workers. Renewal of the class B liquor license of Irvin J. Winkenwerder, 556 Edgewater st., was recom mended by the city council. Replacement of glass broken out by boys throwing stones cost $65, Councilman W. C. Heize of the park board said. Remaining glass was of necessity broken in making replacements, it was ex plained. Parents of the boys were to have them replace the original eight panes broken but as the mat ter was explained, it was voted to pro. rate the cost for the boys and Install wire protectors Inside and outside of the glass for the future . Selection Of Board PORTLAND, Nov, 4-WVThe Oregon liquor control commission resigned today as requested by Gov. John H. HalL Chairman George P. Lilley, Ba ker, said he had sent in the re signation of Commissioners Hugh Kirkpa trick, Lebanon; Or. E. B. McDaniel, Portland, and himself. The commission attorney, Wil bur Henderson, also "assumed" he was out of office and offered to submit a formal resignation if re quested. Asked if he would comply with Hall's request to remain in office until new commissioners are named, Lilley said he and the others could make no answer until Hall communicates directly with them. He said that so far they had seen only newspaper reports of the governor's desire. News that all three Oregon state liquor commissioners had resign ed their posts was greeted by Gov. John Hall Tuesday with .the com ment that he did not expect to an nounce . the appointment of suc cessors until December V 'The new governor said also that he had no appointees in mind at present and that he hoped the present commission would serve until the new commissioners take over. Governor Hall said he had not yet received the resignations from the liquor commissioners who- disclosed in Portland yes terday that they had resigned. ' Election Held At Mt; Angel MT. ANGEL, Nov. 4 Edward F. Schaecher was elected city re corder over incumbent Wi D. Harris by a 123 to 38 vote in to day's municipal election. Ballots cast numbered 179, I Re-elected and unopposed were . Mayor Jacob "Bercht old, 152 votes, and Treasurer Alois Keber, 167 votes. 1 - Two of the three' councilmen elected are new to the Mt Arjgel city council - L. A. LeDoux, who received 111 votes, and Andrew Schmidt, Jr., with S3 votes and the third was named to his sec ond term with the highest vote " total for a councilman, Sylvester C. Schmitt with 137 votes. All were elected for two-year terms. Only incumbent councilman de feated was Leo Schwab, with 33 votes. Other unsuccessful candi dates for council were Walter P. Smith, 35; Henry Zollner, 45, and Ralph Hassing, 45; A third incumbent, Frank Aman, had declined nomination for coun cilman. Three carry-over council men are Joseph L. Wachter, A. G. Traeger and Carl Muchen. Court Refuses to Give. Injunction in Milk Charge Case An injunction . sought by E. L. Peterson, state agricultural di rector, which would have per mitted him to enforce his order compelling dairies to charge one cent per quart additional for milk sold in fibre or paper containers was refused by the state supreme court Tuesday, The court will now proceed to hear Peterson's appeal - from , an order of Circuit Judgo George Duncan, Marion county, who held that Peterson, was without au thority to issue his order. Peterson petitioned the su preme .court to issue an fnjunc tion to prevent enforcement of Duncan's order pending disposal of the supreme court appeal. The suit attacking Peterson's order was filed by the Sunshine Dairies of Portland.: Petitions Protest School District ... 4 The first remonstrances to be filed against the proposed union high school in the Turner-Aums-ville area reached the office of Mrs. Agnes Booth, Marion county superintendent of schools, this week. The remonstrances will be aired at a hearing on the proposal which has been set for November 13 in the Marion county courthouse by the county school district bound ary board. Mrs. Booth said Tuesday she bad no indication as ( to what course the remonstrances have taken. They were filed by the North Santiam and West Stay ton district Delayed (A