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Erase Tax! Dncrease
- A suit seeking a court order !
declaring void two 1947 Oregon !
legislative acts, which increase i
income tax and create a with-j
holding tax, was filed in Marion
county circuit court Wednesday j
by James T. Marr, executive!
secretary of the Oregon State i
federation of Labor.
The acts under fire are:
New income tax law based on
credits or exemptions of $500 for ;
a single individual or one not
living with husband or wife;
000 for head of a family or mar
ried individual living with hus
band or wife, and a credit of
$300, fori each dependent indivi- t
dual, other than husband or;
wife. . ' '
- A measure, withholding one
per cent of an individual's wag
es and bonuses, to apply on in
come tax.
The suit stems from the defeat
of the 3 per cent sales tax issue
Grain Traders Demand
Congressional Hearing
CHICAGO, Nov. 5 -(Ph The nation's three ! largest grain ex
changes, disclaiming responsibility for the recent rise in grain prices,
today asked for a "sweeping" congressional investigation not only of
their activities but also of the government's grain buying program.
The exchanges, already unaer mvesugauun uy mc uujikcu
after a presidential charge that -gambling in the marketf had
eral
The League of Oregon Cities
held its annual meeting in La
Grande last month. Besides elect
ing Mayor Bob Efstrom of Salem
president and choosing its other
officers the league adopted a good
many resolutions. Naturally these
relate largely to city problems,
ut they are of interest to sow
lie .trend of thinking among exe
cutives of municipalities.
The League has had a hard row
to hoe to get recognition, par
ticularly 1 from agrarian-minded
I legislators,; but It is a patient or
ganization.; I By dint of years of
lobbying it; finally succeeded In
getting a "substantial split in re
ceipts from highway revenues.
This year resolutions for. once
re silent on the subject
Ever on the hunt for more reve
nues, the League now is picking
up the scent of surplus income
tax receipts. JtJ belated however
for the schools haft already put
in a line to tap that reservoir.
Legislators worry lest there will
not be enough receipts to take
care of state and school needs
without taking on more .mendi
cants. "
In brief here are the resolu
tions of the Oregon League:
1. To have representation en a
committee to study methods of
distributing income tax surpluses
"which would be of benefit to the
state of Oregon and its political
subdivisions." .
2. Cut off at the pockets through
loss of , anticipated revenues from
licensing of pinball machines as
many cities were, the League pro
poses by constitutional amend
ment or legislation means by
which "these devices may be pro
perly regulated and the menace
of racketeering . . . may be sup
pressed." What this means is .that
"(Continued on editorial page)
Dewey Backs
Aid to Europe
NEW YORK, Nov. 5-UP)-Gov.
Thomas . Dewey, in a speech
enthusiastically applauded by 1,
000 top American business execu
tives, took : a stand tonight in fa
vor of full-scale United States aid
to western: Europe but demanded
"business like administration" of
the program.
After describing the "cold war"
in which he said "we are being at
tacked by all means short of war"
by soviet Russia and after out
lining the ("spiritual and physical
devastation of six years of total
war" in Europe, Dewey declared:
"It Is devastatingly dear that
we have only one choice and that
is wisely to aid those who stand
with us in the world in the hope
that they will rise again as bul
warks of the institutions of hu
man freedom."-
Animal Crachcrs
By WARREN GOODRICH
. "V m getting so can Ukeit or
leave it.?,
m
yuumue
TPCDCDOLg
in the October 7 election. De
feat of the, sales tax automatic
ally "placed into effect the other
two measures.
Declaring that his organization
is made up of over 50,000 mem
bers, most of whom are taxpay
ers, Marr asks for a declaratory
judgment on the, constitution
ality of the two acts passed by
the last legislature.
Marr and the AFL state that
the acts are invalid because their
taking effect is jnade to depend
upon an authority other than
action of the people, and because
the voters were denied the. pow
er of referendum in connection
with the acts. Mi-
Defendants in the' suit are Earl
L. Fisher, Carl Chambers and
Wallace S. Wharton, constituting
the state tax commission. I Re
cently Attorney General George
Neuner ruled- the acts were valid.
SKyrocxeiea grain prices, uu uicy
would "welcome and request a
hearing "at the earliest possible
date." i ;
Their statement said the special
investigation had been requested
"in order that the American peo
ple may be furnished facts1 from
, which it can draw its own conclu
sions as to whether the" rapid iise
in commodity prices has been oc
casioned by illegal and improper
practices on the part of the ex
changes, on one hand, or by the
government's buying program for
export, plus bungling and lack' of
planning on the other hand."
The request was addressed to
the congressional joint committee
on the economic report by the
presidents of the-grain exchanges
in Chicago, Minneapolis and Kan
sas City. Sen. Taft (R-jOhio),
joint chairman of the committee,
said in Tulsa that he had received
the request and would recommend
"further hearings." j
Marshall Plan
Details Stump
Solon Group
WASHINGTON, Nov 5 - () -Two
closed door sessions of the
special bouse foreign aid commit
tee today faijed to ' produce any
agreement on a program for the
special session of congress j open
ing November 17. " 1 ,
Vice Chairman Herter (R-Mass)
who led . thei 19-member group
on an extensive Investigation
trip abroad during the.! summer,
told newsmen after the second
session that "some progress", has
been made. He added the pope
that the committee would reach
an agreement tomorrow or Fri
day. ' i - I . ' .
But other j members, who de
clined to permit use of their
names, reported the group at
Loggerheads ; on these major
points: j j
1. Who shall receive aid and
under what restrictions should it
be granted.
2. Who thall administer the aid
program. - j " It
They said the committee j has
all but given up hope of working
out any long-range aid program
and is concentrating on writing a
stop-gap plan.
Portland May Play Host
To National CIO Meet
PORTLAND. Nev. 5-GTVStan-
ley Earl, executive secretary ; of
the state CIO, today predicted
that next year's national I CIO
convention would be beld in
Portland.
He said Harry Read, executive
assistant to James Carey, national
CIO secretary, recently looked
over Portland's convention facili
ties and assured him that they
were satisfactory.
Unpleasant Surprise
Awaits Whisky Thief
9 i ' i
LONG BEACH, Calif, Nov. S
WP--Police have been expecting
to see a wild - eyed pedestrian
come to a screeching stop- some
where on a' Long Beach sidewalk.'
Mrs. L. P. Grindtnger reported
a thief took a whisky bottle from
the glove compartment of her au
tomobile, parked in front of her
house.
-The bottle contained brake
fluid. . "
PLANE CRASH REPORTED
SAN RAFAEL, Calif.. Nov. 5
- - The sheriffs office said
tonight an , airplane had crashed
near Muir woods, In southern
Marin county. An army rescue
party from Hamilton field was
disypatched to the scene.' There
was no immediate information as
to the type of the plane or ; the
number of occupants. !
WELL DESERVED REST
WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -W)
Marcel Foubert, the photographer
who successfully snapped pictures
of micro-organisms in the stom
achs of fleas, has retired from the
government after more than 29
years service.
GOV. HALL APPOINTS J. P.
Gov.. J ohn Hall Wednesday ap
pointed F. A. Cornell of Sweet
Home as justice of the peace for
district 8, Linn county. He fcuc
seeds J. F. McGlothern who re
signed, - i
NINETY-SEVENTH YEAB 14
Scoffs
WASHINGTON. Nev. 5 Charles
E. Wilson, president of General
Electric, whe told s senate com
mittee teday that while vice
chairman ef the war predic
tion beard be had . branded as
"silly" Howard Hughes' plan to
build reconnaissance planes.
Solon Asserts
Hughes Owes
$6 Million Tax
WASHINGTON, Nov. $
A demand that an additional tax
assessment of almost $6,000,000 be
slapped on Howard Hughes, mil
lionaire Hollywood plane design
er, was made today by Senator
Williams (R-Del) as the senate
war investigating committee re
sumed its inquiry into Hughes'
$40,000,000 warplane contracts.
Williams, member of the com
mittee, declared that a study of
tax records of Hughes and the
Hughies companies showed a "tax
deficiency of ,$5,919,821."
He asserted in a statement that
the records showed profits of $15,
528,000 were made after tsxes
during the wartime period, but
that only $1,000,000 was paid to
Hughes, the rest being retained
as undistributed profits by the
Hughes Tool company. The sena
tor added that a statute called for
taxation of wartime corporation
profits not distributed to stock
holders.
Earlier, Charles E. Wilson
branded as "silly" Hughes' war
time program to build photo re
connaissance planes, and an air
force engineer testified that El
liott Roosevelt, who recommended
the planes, was unqualified to pass
judgment on them.
Wilson, president of the Gen
eral Electric- and former vice
chairman of the war production
board, said he was opposed to the
program because of his belief that
the planes could not be produced
in time to help the war effort. He
testified that a stop-work order
he issued in 1943 on Hughes 200
ton flying boat "didn't stick."
New Automatic
Parking Meters
Said Satisfactory
Salem's new automatic parking
meters are giving satisfactory
service, with virtually no mechan
ical failure to date. City Manager
J. L. Franzen reported Wednes
day. He added, however, that many
drivers using the meters here have
called in complaints, only to learn
from maintenance men that they
simply did not push their nickel
or penny hard enough. Franzen
called Attention to the fact that
coins must be pushed horizontally
into the slot at the side of the
meter.
Coins do not "fair Into the slot
but must be pushed in far enough
to set the timing machinery in mo
tion (accompanied by a whirring
sound), Franzen said. '
EGG PRICES DUE FOR DROP
PORTLAND, Nov. S -W)- The
budget worried housewife gets
one slight break tomorrow when
eggs are due to drop another two
cents a dozen on the wholesale
market, below 1946 levels for the
first timg since spring.
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AP Correspondent Guinn Pleads Innocence to
Spy Activities After Being Evicted by Hungary
(Editors note: Jack Guinn, Associat
ed Preia correspondent at Budapest
since January, IMS, was notified by
the Hungarian government on Monday
that be must leave the country or
face charges of "espionage and smug
gling out of criminaJs." The following
dispatch tell of his and his iamily's
arrival in Vienna.)
v By Jack Gown
v VIENNA, Nov. i-VP)-To avoid
arrest on Hungarian charges of
"espionage" and smuggling anti
communists out of the country, I
have been forced to bring my fam
ily out of Budapest into Vienna.
The Hungarian foreign minister,
Erik Molnar, a leading conynunist
on Monday morning gave me until
.Tuesday midnight to leave the
country or face trial. He told
United States Minister Selden
Chapin that Hungarian political
police had "incontrovertible evi
dence" that I had. engaged in spy-.
PAGES
Hospital
Goal Set
A 150-bed $1,500,000 new Salem
General hospital is the goal of a
building fund drive to be launched
within the near future. The hos
pital's board of directors an
nounced plans for the campaign
and ah architect's services Wed
nesday. Subscribers need raise only
two-thirds of the total cost of
construction if plans for the hos
pital are approved by the state
hospital commission and board of
health, William Gahlsdorf. hos
pital business manager said. He
explained that the board of di
rectors intends to apply to the
federal security agency for a third
of the cost , payable when ' con
gress appropriates funds for the
$75,000,000 a year program ap
proved last session. The bill pro
vided that the government could
help build hospitals okayed by
state agencies.
Adjacent Te Present Hospital
Location of the proposed build
ing will be adjacent to the present
hospital on East Center street on
a site already owned by the hos
pital. The present . building will
be kept for auxiliary use, con
nected to the new institution by
a tunnel.
Cost of the campaign planned
to run over half a year will
be met by a group of underwriters
who plan to employ a profession
al drive, director. The main ap
peal Is the urgent need , for im
proved hospital facilities In Salem.
Population growth in this area has
far outstripped .the space and
equipment which was adequate
SO years ago. Overcrowding in
present hospitals has necessitated
use of beds in corridors and other
emergency measures which cut ef
ficiency of operation end slow pa
tient recovery.
Board Of Directors
Members of the Salem General
Hospital board of directors are
M. L. lleyers, president; Mrs.
Madeline Dyer, . vice-president;
Elizabeth Putnam, secretary;
George Riches, treasurer; Mrs. G.
a Bellinger, Justice Harry H.
Belt, Rev. George Swift, Judge E.
M. Page, Mayor Robert Elfstrom,
Allan. Carson, . Douglas McKaj,
Ralph SkopiL John Humphreys,
Thomas A. Windishar and W. L.
Phillips. Superintendent of
hospital Is Lillian McDonald.
the
Tito Blocks
Solons9 Visit
LONDON, Nov. 5-0P)-Ai con
gressional committee chairman
said today his group had been told,
by American military officials in
Germany that if it tried to fly into
Yugoslavia without visas to visit
the American embassy the plane
"would probaply be shot down."
John J. Rooney (D-NY) chair
man of a. house appropriations
special sub-committee on state de
partment expenditures, said the
committee had tried in vain to ob
tain visas from Marshal Tito's
government .
The soviet union refused in Sep
tember to permit entry into Rus
sia of a senate appropriations
committee which said it wanted
to visit the U.S. embassy In Mos
cow. There was no explanation of the
Yugoslav refusal.
Where There's Life
There May Not Be Hope
NOG ALES, Ariz No. I
The Nogales Herald today waived
its ban on one-month home de
livery subscriptions in the case of
IS. M. Brown.
Applying for a monthly sub
scription. Brown told the circu
lation manager, "I would be p re
sumption if I took a whole year's
subscription."
Brown is 96 years old.
FARMER CRUSHED
OREGON CITY, Ore, Nov. 5
(JPy- Leonard W. Spain, 41, was
crushed fatally today when a
tractor rolled on him at his tur
key ranch at Carus, five miles
south of here. '
ing on Hungary and that I had
smuggled the communist party's
enemies into Austria.
Officials allowed my wife and
two small daughters, Sally, four
years old, and Susan, one month
old, two days in which to leave.
I arrived in Vienna Just before
midnight My family arrived by
airplane at 10:30 a.m. today.
Molnar did not explain to Min
ister Chapin exactly what I was
supposed to have done. An offi
cial communique issued by Inter
ior Laszlo Rajk, another leading
communist said that several Hun
garians, all of them my friends and
one of them my secretary and fel
low American citizen,, Miss Eliza
beth Pallos, had been arrested for
providing unnamed persons with
"confidential Information," The
official announcement said that
Building
POUNDDD
Tlx Oregon 'Statesman, Salem.
GDOOtiDl) M
Safe Renders
Section of Gutted
Building Unsafe
A heavy safe, balanced pre
cariously on a section of badly
burned floor of the Guardian
building,; Wednesday prevent
ed fire investigators from
searching through a spot in the'
basement where it is believed
Monday's $500,000 blaze orig
inated. Fire Chief W. P. Roble
said late Wednesday night
It was a case of playing
heavy, heavy hangs over thy
head," or not checking the
charred section, and Roble. said
he was forced to prohibit any
one from probing beneath the
huge vault although other sec
tions of the building are being
investigated. The safe was re
moved late Wednesday night
and the Investigation will" con
tinue today.
Meanwhile city firemen are
constantly patrolling the build
ing and burned - out tenants
continue to move salvagable
equipment and records from
the scene.
Red Dubbed
i
Czechoslovak
'Strong-Man'
PRAGUE. Czechoslovakia, Nov.
5.?M2oinmunist Premier Klem
ent Gottwald emerged tonight
from a political crisis as Czecho
slovakia's new strong man with
complete authority from the na
tional cabinet to rebuild the gov
ernment of semi-autonomous Slo
vakia. . ;
The Slovak,! democrats, predom
inantly conservative, are the ma
jority party in Slovakia, and Gott
wald's new authority was consid
ered a major communist victory in
his party's avowed drive to gain
complete control of the whole
country.
A government communique is
sued after an all-day meeting said
the 50-year-old former blacksmith
had been given power by the
eight-party national front coali
tion to deal with the three-day
crisis in Slovak politics.
Gottwald conferred with Pres
ident Eduard Benes, Vie nation's
elder statesman, who had been
waiting word of a solution in the
communist-Slovak democrat fight.
The Slovak democrats have been
under bitter communist attack in
Prague and Bratislava, with some
of the party secretaries accused of
making "reactionary" plots against
the government
Mercury Hovers
Near Freezing in
Mid-Valley Area
Temperatures dipped near" the
freezing point in the Salem area
Wednesday night but warmer
weather and continued rain today
will end the short-lived cold snap,
the U.S. weather bureau at Mc
Nary field predicted late Wednes
day night .
The bureau reported a low of
34 degrees was recorded at the air
port weather station just before
midnight Wednesday, contmuous
rain and a low of 43 degrees was
forecast for tonight
Meanwhile the first packed
snow of the season was reported
Wednesday in the Cascade moun
tain passes. The state highway
commission said that several
inches of snow had fallen on Sun
Mountain pass on The Dalles-California
highway, and near Meach
am on the Old Oregon Trail high
way. Chains are required on all
mountain passes.
More snow was expected to fall
Wednesday night with tempera
tures drboning to 20 degrees in the
mountains and in some parts of
eastern Oregon.
in connection ! had been expelled
from Hungary "forever."
Many persons in Hungary have
given me information in the 21
months and seven days. I spent
there. Much of it after being ver
ified from other sources, developed
into news stories which I am sure
did not please the communist
dominated regime. Mr. Chapin
said he did not "understand how a
reporter's news dispatches could
be classed as espionage.''
Some of these news stories con
cerned the flight from Hungary of
some prominent men and some or
dinary little men who said they
were afraid they would be arrest
ed on various charges. Perhaps
my prior knowledge of their plans
to leave the country is what the
Hungarian government meant
when it accused me of smuggling
Hungarians oat of the country.
iray Dii noa btj cfl Bm9
I05I ,
Ore. Thursday, Nor. 6. 1947
aOem; Wlm Med), S KIoaD-ft
U. S. Version of Korean
Issue Gets U. N. Sanction
LAKE SUCCESS, Nov. 3 - (JF)
A United Nations commission to
"facilitate and expedite"; Korean
independence was .approved to
day by the general assembly's po
litical committee in the face of a
new Soviet bloc boycott on American-sponsored
proposals.
The 57-nation committee voted
46 to 0 for the Korean commis
sion which was proposed origin
ally by Secretary of State Mar
shall and opposed vigorously by
Russia. ;
Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and
Bolivia abstained, the Soviet group
did not vote and Yemen was ab
sent The question goes to the as
sembly in plenary session prob
ably late next week for final ap
proval. .
Russia's boycott notice brought
forth immediate speculation that
she would refuse to admit the
Newbry Reappoints
3 State Officials
Secretary of State Earl T. New
bry Wednesday reappointed Har
ry S. Schenk as assistant secre
tary of state. Schenk held the po
sition under the late Robert S.
Farrell. jr.
Newbry also appointed two de
puty secretaries of state, Harold
Phillippe and James B. Young.
Young has been with the depart
ment for 36 years, and Phillippe
has beaded the accounting divi
sion for 24 years.
4-H to Receive
Prizes Tonight
Marion county 4-H club achieve
ment day will be observed at 8
o'clock tonight at the Salem
Chamber of Commerce rooms.
Two special Marion county prizes,
the Denver Young sheep award
and the Elmer Klein Ayrshire
award, will, be announced at the
program.
With Friday a school holiday
for the Marion county institute,
a good attendance of club mem
bers from over the county is an
ticipated by Anthol Riney, county
club leader, who is in charge.
Miss Helen Cowgfll, assistant
$tate club leader who retired July
1, will be honor guest at the pro
gram tonight
State fair . checks, fall show
awards, Spreckle canning awards
and winners of the Oregon State
Bankers prizes, will be presented.
Gerald Mason of Portland will
present Doris Lane of Liberty
with her award in the better
methods contest. Mason is a field
man for Portland General Elec
tric company. ,
Commons Votes to Free
Burma, De8piteWinnie,
LONDON Nov. 5 -)- The
house of commons tonight approv
ed a government bill granting in
dependence to Burma despite a
statement by Winston Churchill
that Burma, like India, would be
plunged into a "blood welter" as
soon as she is free from British
ties.
The vote on the decisive second
reading was 288 to 114.
New Material Boon to
Absent-Minded Doctors
TOKYO, Thursday, Nov.
-A Japanese chemist 24-year-old
Kazuyosbi Endo, filed for a patent
today on a process, which he said
would end all fear of doctors'
leaving surgical dressings inside
patients on whom they operate.
His process utilizes seaweed for
such materials, and his friends
said that samples left inside ani
mals "disappeared in three
months."
Nevertheless, I have never smug
gled anybody or anything either
in or out of Hungary.
Later in the flurry of official
announcements, Ivan Boldiszar,
undersecretary of state for the for
eign office, stated that the charges
against me did not involve news
dispatches.! He also stated the
Hungarian government was not
angry at the Associated Press as a
news agency and would- take no
action against its incoming news
reports. "
The implication is: that I .re
ceived what the government calls
"confidential information" and
passed it on to somebody else by
some method' other than cable or
telephone, i
I have worked in Hungary as
the representative of the Associ
ated Press. 1 have never been a
spy.
Price 5c
TTrac&MR'lHIwd-Oiii
commission to North Korea and
would not cooperate with it.
Russia has stayed away from
a sub-committee which drafted
a chart for a year-round "little
assembly" asked by the U. S. and
she had refused to take part in a
U. N. Balkans watch commission J
already being set up by decision
of the assembly.
The committee resolution on
Korea called for elections In that
country not later than March 31,
1948, for representatives who will
constitute a national assembly and
establish a national government
It recommended that this govern
ment constitute, its own security
forces, dissolve all military or
semi-military formations, and ar
range with the occupying powers
for the withdrawal of their armed
forces "as early as practicable and
if possible within 80 days." The
commission Will i supervise all
these steps.
Gov. Hall to
Fill Emergency
Board Posts
Gov. John H. Hall, who came to
Salem Wednesday from his home
in Portland said he would have
no meeting of the state board of
control until next week. He added
that he would appoint two mem
bers of the emergency board
within a few days to succeed him
self and the late Senate Presi
dent Marshal. E. Cornett
Hall said he would spend at
least the next two days in Salem,
as he finds it hard to drive back
and forth between Portland and
Salem every day.
Gvemr Uneeefcde
The new governor said he has
not yet decided whether to move
his family to Salem, that he
thought it would take him two or
three weeks to find out what his
new job is all about .
Hall received I Wednesday the
resignations of Oregon's three li
quor control commissioners and
said he had asked them to re
main at their positions until he
appoints a new commission.
The goverqpr said he hopes to
be able to name the new members
in three weeks. I
Te Give Answer Teday
Commissioner Hugh R. Kirk
patrick, Lebanon, the democratic
minority member of the com
mission,, said late today in Port
land that the answer to the gov
ernor's request may, be made
sometime today. .
Mentioned prominently among
possible successors to Kirkpatrick
was Harry Boivin, Klamath Falls
attorney and democrat He is a
close friend of the governor.
Among those mentioned from
Multnomah county . were George
Buckler, Portland contractor, and
State Representative Alex Barrv,
attorney who served as the first
liquor administrator.
Salem Food on
Way to Europe
PORTLAND, Nov. 5 JPh- A
carload of foodstuffs from Salem
and Halsey and a carload of wheat
from Pendleton, plus 71,000
pounds of canned goods, flour and
sugar from Portland, moved out
of Oregon tonight to be connect
ed onto the nation's "friendship
train."
The cars will be attached at Og
den, Utah, to the transcontinental
train of food being sent to Europe
by Americans.
Two carloads of wheat contri
buted by Gilliam county will be
shipped east next week.
Underground Turns
On China Communists
NANKING, Nov. 5.-(-A mem
ber of the communist under
ground, angered at a division of
funds, turned informer and led
government agents to a secret ra
dio station and the -arrest of 50
communists who were charged as
spies.
WELFARE CHECK8 MAILED
PORTLAND, Nov. 5-;p-State
welfare checks went out today to
Oregon's 25,000 on relict. The
checks had been delayed four days
by the vacancy in the secretary of
state's office, ended with appoint
ment of Earl Newbry.
Weather
Mas.
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Portland
San Francisco
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Mew Yom w
Willamette river it teet.
Forecast (from U.S. weather bureau.
UrNirv fild. Salem): Mostly cloudy
today and tonight with oceaaional light 1
rain anowers wrougnoui me ay ana
continuous rain throughout the night.
High temperature today 58, low tonight
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No. 191
Truck Driver
Dies in Wreck
Near Midway
A truck driver was dead today
and four bus passengers in hosp- ,
tals. one with serious injuries, HT
lowing a bead-on collision of m
Greyhound bus and an Oregoa
Journal truck on tbe old Pacilic '
highway at Midway, IX mile
south of here early Wednesday af
ternoon. Driver of the truck, Don Bill
ings. 43, of S724 N.E. 39th st,
Portland, . was killed instantly,
state police reported. His body was)
brought to Salem. -
Mrs. Maude Mawhinney, 3555
S.E. 63rd st, Portland, a bus pas
senger, is in Salem Deaconess hos
pital where an attending physi
cian late Wednesday night de
scribed her condition as "fair."
She is suffering from severe face
lacerations, a fractured left. k nee
cap and a fractured right ankle,
the doctor said.
Driver of the bus, G. W. Jones,
Eugene,- is in the Albany General
hospital suffering from compound
fractures of both legs. In the same
hospital were two other bus pas
sengers, Mrs, William Carpenter,
Albany, and Jacob Nemec, Gard
iner. Ore. Hospital attendants raid
none of the three was in serious)
condition. All were taken to the
hospital by the Albany ambulance.
Fractured Neae
Another bus passenger, Mrs.
Velma Lenchner, 1395 Taylors
Ferry, Portland, was treated at
Salem Deaconess hospital for a
fractured nose and released Wed
nesday night but stayed on at the
hospital because she was unable to
find hotel accommodations here.
State police said the accident oc
curred at 1:50 p.m. on the Che
hupura creek bridge about 100
yards north of Midway. The bos
was traveling north and the truck
south at the time of the collision.
The bus was apparently on
wrong side of the road when the
two vehicles met according to the
state police report
Pavement Wet Slippery
-Investigating officers said they
had not determined how the acci
dent occurred, but "reported the
pavement was wet and slippery
from a heavy rain which was
falling at the time.
Eleven persons were riding the
bus at the time of the wreck, but
Billings -was the only occupant og
the truck. Bus passengers who es
caped uninjured were Mrs. J. P.
A. Hansen, 835 Water st. Silver
ton; Mrs. Lyle Gibson, Jonfer.
Ore.; W, J. Ruttehge. 847 W. llti
st, Eugene; a Mrs. Smith, 976 E.
20th st, Eugene; Mrs. Fred R.
Hair nd Shirley Ann Hall, bets
of box 154, Gervais: and Kenneth
W. Martin, Myrtle Point
Tax Cut Still I
s Debate
; WASHINGTON, Nov.
Income tax reduction
. 5 -trS
remained
still in the question mark stage
today as leaders of the rival
groups prepared for the third bat
tle this, year at the special ses
sion of congress.
Even a the 'republicans were
polishing final plans to introduce
legislation for - an immediate
"quickie'' reduction of $4,000 -000,000.
Rep. Doughton (D-N.C.)
brought up the possibility the
move-would evoke a presidential
veto once again.' Doughton man
aged tax legislation far the dem
ocrats during the years they con
trol led congress.
"Unless , the republicans crri
show that 'we can meet our do-v
mestic needs, pay for foreign re-"
lief commitments and pay on the
debt, it is my opinion that' they
cannot override another presi
dential veto of their tax biU,"
uougnton told reporters.
DEMONSTRATION IN PARIS
PARIS, Nov. S -WV Usina;
their rifle butts, steel-helmettd
mobile guardsmen halted a march
on the city hall today by 2.000
civil service trade unionists who
had been called upon by the com
munist newrpaper L'Humanile to
hold a demonstration! for wage
raises for Paris garbage collect
ors. ' QUICKIES
'Are yea going to patch It with
babble gum again or shall I
. look la Tbe Statesman Want.
Ads for a plumber?" "
Bring
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