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' Assurance by telephone from -New York that he would become a
candidate for governor in the republican primaries next year was giv
en Thursday by State Sen. Douglas McKay of Salem, in response to
the inquiry of a group of local citizens interested in his candidacy.
McKay previously had been talked of as a candidate for jthe office
In 1950, but the sudden death of Gov!. Earl Snell, forcing art election
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STATE SEN. DOUGLAS McKAY
: Tosses Bat la Ring
Olr
SMEQB
rotDEDOS
' Winter did a dance on the high
mountains this week and blew his
chill breath down into the valleys.
Snow to the depth of a foot was
reported on the Cascade passes
and motorists were warned of icy
conditions on the roads. Well, it
is getting that time of year.
But how times have changed as
far as preparation for winter goes.
Until recent years parking strips
In cities and towns of western
Oregon were piled high with slab
wood or cordwood. Left to dry
through the summer the wood was
then cut and stowed away in base
ment or woodshed. Visitors from
a distance thought it quite quaint
to see long ricks of wood screen
ing the lawns and houses. To res
idents it was Just part of. the scen
ery. ' ' T .V'''
Now such a sight is rather rare.
Wood is still burned, but much of
it is in the form of sawdust, or
delivery is made in stove lengths.
Seldom is the song of the buzz
saw heard in the land. The trend
has been -to automatic heat with oil
r gas for fuel. The householder
is relieved of chores of stoking
furnace or stove and removing
ashes. Freedom from such labor
he regards as part of the "Ameri
can standard of living."
In this region of mild winter
climater little was ever done in
the way of banking the sides of
the house with fallen leaves or
straw or earth to keep out the cold
blasts of winter; and storm win
dows and doors are unknown. No
-protection , is given shrubs and
rose. bushes as is done in colder
parts.
' Probably few farmers have a
-root cellar. They depend on can
ned or frozen fruits and vegetab
les or else buy them fresh in the
markets, through the "winter.
" We prepare differently for win
ter now than formerly. It is far
less of a threat even in section
where snow and ice abound. The
chief risk now comes from sudden
storms which trap motorists or
hunters or late vacationists. But
snow and ice still command re
spect, for man is still quite help
less if he is exposed to these ele
ments at their worst.
ASSASSIN MISSES MARK
RANGOON, Burma, Nov. 6 -JP)
An assassin barely missed Prime
Minister Thakin Nu today but
killed a British soldier and
wounded a British officer, an of
ficial communique said. j
Weather
Max.
Saltm 54
Portland 52
San Francisco .. 64
Chicago . 56
Min.
43
45
43
42
52
Precip.
.0
JO
M
New York .... 54
Willamette riw 5.5 feet.
FORECAST (from U.S. weather bu
reau. McNary field. Salem): Partly
.cloudy today and tonight with occa
sional light rains. Highest tempera
ture today. 55 degrees; lowest tonight,
40 de-ees.
Animal Crackers
: By WARREN GOODRICH
-"Stop fretting! Think of the
future there's aways this after-
M
I next year, brougnt tne matter to
an earlier decision.
McKay is a native son of the
state, of a pioneer family, who
has been Chevrolet dealer in Sa
lem since 1927. He served in the
first world war and was commis
sioned a cap tarn in the army in
the last war. He was mayor of
Salem 1933-34; was elected state
senator in 1935 and re-elected in
1933, 1942 and 1946. He did not
serve in the 1943 and 1945 ses
sions because of his military duty.
Many Affiliations
Long ajctive in civic affairs in
Salem, McKay has been identi
fied with) many organizations. He
is a past commander of the Am
erican Legion Capital Post No. 9,
past president -of the Kiwanis
club; member of the VFW and
the DAV.j His lodge affiliations
are Masonic, Elk, Eagle. He is a
member of the Presbyterian
church. '
Bom at Portland in 1893 Mc
Kay was educated in the public
and high schools there and was
graduated from Oregon State col
lege in 1917. He is married and
has two daughters.
Mr. and Mr. McKay left last
week on an eastern trip, stopping
in Chicago to attend a meeting
of the organization for aid to crip
pled children of which he is state
president, and then going on to
New York. i
Businessmen Give Backing
Backing Senator McKay's can
didacy is a group of local busin
essmen and personal and political
friends who plan a vigorous cam
paign in his behalf.
Another state senator who is se
riously considering becoming a
candidate is Sen. Dean H. Walk-
er.
hopgrower of Independence
Walker , was in Salem Thursday
conferring with political and bus
iness friends and expressed his in
terest in a conference to avoid a
conflict in candidacies from the
mid-valley.
Informed that McKay had al
readv declared himself. Walker
said he "probably" would be a
candidate but would make no an
nouncement immediately.
Butfcbr Price
Up; Eggs Down
A penny - a - pound increase in
butter prices here Thursday sent
the product retailing in local stores
at 85 cents per pound for grade A,
while a two-cents-per-pound drop
in egg prices caused large eggs
to retail here at 76 cents per doz
en and mediums at 68 cents.
Wholesale quotations on eggs
were grade A, 68 to 70 cents per
dozen and mediums, 60 to 62 cents.
Butter wholesaled at 80 cents for
grade A. Butterfat also went up
a cent in price with the premium
product quoted at 84 cents per
pound.
SHORTAGE OF ANTI-FREEZE
PORTLAND, Nov. 6-JP)-A
scarcity of antifreeze was report
ed by automotive equipment sup
pliers today.
Sixth Injury Revealed in Bus-Truck
Accident; Five Out of 'Critical' Stage
n,
W -v.
Death to one and injury to six others resulted from this truck-bus crash on a bridge ne&r Midway on
the old Pacific highway 12 miles south of Salem Tuesday afternoon. The siove-in front of th bos, with
, the truck still locked with It, is shown at the left Right shows the front of the truck. (Statesman pho
tos by Elvon C. Holman.)
Wreck Lodges Silverton Woman's Denture in Throat
Five
1
persons injured in
the
truck - bus collision Wednesday
afternoon on the Pacific highway
12 miles south of Salem, were re
ported improving and out . of the
critical stage Thursday night in
Salem, Albany and Silverton hos
pitals. Mrs. J. P. A. Hansen, 82, Sil
verton, remained in "serious but
not critical" condition at Silverton
hospital with internal throat in
juries. Originally reported, as be
ing without injuries, Mrs. Han
sen was later taken to the hos
pital with her throat bleeding. In
the crash her denture lodged in
the back of her throat and in re
NINETY-SEVENTH YEAH
DM
Chickens Deluge
White House on
Poultryless Day
WASHINGTON, Nov. -(JP)
Crates of clucking chickens be
gan arriving today at the White
house and the Luckman food
committee headquarters as irate
fowl ' producers protested poul
tryless Thursday.
The idea, variously described
by Washington wits as a "Hens
for Harry" or "Leghorns" for
Luckman" movement, apparent
ly originated in New . York state
and was spreading.
The thesis the growers were
trying to get across was that
they couldn't sell the birds,
couldn't afford to keep feeding
them, and therefore the govern
ment ought to figure out the
answer.
By coincidence, j the agricul
ture department issued a report
that poultry is glutting the na
tion's markets.
Salem Adds 3
Precincts; New
Boundaries Set
Three new election precincts
were formed in Salem Thursday
in order to include newly annex
ed areas in city voting precincts
and to relieve overcrowding in
other rapidly growing precincts.
The changes were adopted at a
conference of Marion : County
Judge Grant Murphy, Commis
sioner Roy Rice, County Clerk
Harlan Judd and City Recorde
Al Mundt.
The addition gives Salem 36
precincts. Total number of Mar
ion county precincts was increas
ed from 89 to 92.
Allocation of annexed areas
was as follows:
Area F, Laurel Springs addi
tion, added to precinct 33.
Area D plus part of precinct 13
becomes precinct 34, whose boun
daries follow a line north from
Rural on High street to Hoyt
east to Summersouth to the city
limits, east and then northerly to
Alder and Hoyt streets, east to
12th, north to Rural and then west
to High.
Area A, portion west of Broad
way' street added with part of
precinc't 26 to form precinct 35,
whose boundaries are Willamette
river. Pine street, Broadway street
and Stark street.
Areas B and C and eastern ppr
tion of area A, plus part of pre
cinct 14, form precinct 36, whose
boundaries are Broadway, Pine,
Laurel, Spruce and Brooks streets
and the city limits
The state school for the ! deaf
will be the polling place for pre
cinct 36, necessitating a new loca
tion for Claggett precinct. Sites for
precincts 34 and 35 are yet to
be selected.'-
moving it her left tonsil was torn.
Mrs. Maude Mawhinney, Port
land, was resting well at Salem
Deaconess hospital with face la
cerations and fractures of the left
kneecap and right ankle incurred
in the crash. G. W. Jones, Eugene,
Greyhound bus. driver, who sus
tained compound fractures of
both legs, and Mrs. William Car?
penter of Albany and Jacob Ne
mec, Gardiner, both with minor
injuries, were all in "good" con
dition at Albany General hospi
tal Thursday night.
The bus, carrying 11 passen
gers, - collided with an Oregon
Journal truck about 2 p. no. near
The
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Trui
an
Chills Tax
Cut Plans
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 (JPh
The prospect for tax cutting leg
islation during the special ses
sion of congress was dampened
today by President Truman and
House Speaker Joseph W. Martin,
jr.
The president told a news con
ference that his message opening
the extra session November 17 will
contain no references to tax revi
sion. At the same time, Martin told
another group of reporters that he
thinks the special session will be
too busy on foreign aid and price
stabilization problems to consider
taxes.
The republican speaker added.
however, that it is his own "per
sonal inclination that a tax re
duction bill will be made the first
order of business when congress
assembles in regular session next
January. Under the constitution,
all revenue legislation roust orig
inate in the house.
Chairman Knutson (R-Minn.)
of the house ways and means com
mittee has been urging quick ac
tion on a proposed 14,000,000,000
tax cut
Told of Martin's stand, Knut-
son
commented that "much may
happen between now and the
17th. He said he plans to see
Martin tomorrow.'
Russians Told
Capitalists Plan
For New War
LONDON, Nov. 7.4;Pr-Voicing
the highest praise for "the glor
ious armed forces of the U. S.
S. R ," Marshall Nikolai Bulgan
in, soviet minister of the armed
forces, opened a military parade
marking the 30th anniversary of
the Russian revolution today with
the accusation that "the forces of
capitalism are making plans for a
new imperialist war."
"The soviet union, as hitherto,
is conducting a struggle for peace
and security," he declared, just
before massed units of Russian
troops began parading through
red square to the martial music
of massed bands. The Moscow ra
dio broadcasted his address.
GOVERNOR TO MARRY
COLUMBIA, S. C, Nov. t-JP)
Gov. J. Strom Thurmond and Miss
Jean Crouch, a former member
of his office staff, will be mar
ried at noon tomorrow in the
executive mansion. Thurmond
will be ,45 years old December 5,
while Miss Crouch is a few
months over 21.
Midway. Don Billings, 23, of Port
land, driver of the truck was kil
led and his body sent to Portland
Thursday by Clough - Barrick
company of Salem.
Mrs. Velma Lenchner, Portland,
a sixth bus occupant injured, was
treated at the Salem Deaconess
hospital for a fractured nose, but
was released Thursday morning.
The bus, loaded with 11 passen
gers, was northbound and the
truck was going south when the
accident occurred, according to the
state police. The pavement was
wet and slippery at the time, and
the bus apparently on the wrong
side of the road, according to po
lice reports.
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Oregon Statesman, Salem. Or
nuiis A-B LnroLb
Armed Forces I) nijication Still
Myth in Pacific, Norblad States
Congressman
In Salem After
Global Trip
By Wendell Webb
Managing Editor, The Statesman
Military installations in the Pa
cific "are shot full of duplica
tions in regard to the, armed
forces and the army and navy
"just must get together in many
ways," Rep. Walter Norblad said
Thursday on his return from a
six -weeks world tour as a mem
ber of the house committee on
military services.
Norblad. "exhausted" by a
"junket which was anything but
that," was met - at the Salem air
port by his wife and son, Albin,
his secretary, Mrs. Dorothy
Woodring, and a large group of
civic and chamber of commerce
officials. The former air corps
officer had planned to leave for
Washington today, but delayed
his departure until Monday to ac
cept an invitation to talk at the
chamber meeting.
The congressman's committee
was dispatched on the world tour
to inspect-United States military
establishments and report on
troop morale, base conditions and
other - related factors. He said
morale was excellent, with the
exception of Korea "where things
are badly upset, with incident' af
ter incident causing annoyance at
the UJS.-Russ border."
Reds Hold Korea Indastry
Norblad said the Russians held
the key to all industry in Korea,
their zone controlling even the
sources of power serving the Am
erican zone. He said Koreans did
not want the ILS. to get out, and
commented that if this nation
withdrew "Russia has thousands
of persons in its zone, under the
guise i of a constabulary, which
soon would control the entire
country."
In regard to Russia, Norblad
also said Greece, and Turkey -"are
scared to death" of the Soviets,
and that "as good allies" they are
worthy of the continued help of
the United States. He told, too,
of seeing a huge submarine net
blocking' the Bosphorus between
the Sea of Mamara and the Black
Liquor Board
Agrees to Stay
Temporarily
Governor John H. Hall said
Thursday the three resigned state
liquor control commissioners have
all agreed to remain in their posts
until the governor appoints a new
commission.
The three Hugh R. Kirkpat
rick, Lebanon; George P. Lilley,
Baker; and E. B. McDaniel, Port
land resigned at Hall's request
shortly after he took office. Hall
asked them to remain temporar
ily, and the last man to be con
tacted McDaniel, who is in New
York city agreed today to do so.
The governor, who described
his request for their- resignation
as a matter of policy involving no
personal feeling, said he would
make no statement as to the pol
icy the new liquor commission
should follow. 1
The commission, when he ap
points it, will have a free hand,
he said, adding that he could not
conceive of such a board func
tioning under a governor who dic
tated policies.
COTTON YARD BURNS
LUBBOCK, Tex., Nov. 6-)-A
fire fanned by a 50-mile per hour
wind and dust storm whipped
through a cotton yard at Anton,
Tex., today, with a. loss estimated
by the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
at more than $1,250,000.
i -Watch For
Alsop and Alsop
Next Week in ,
Orr sonClalf 5nan
Joseph and Stewart Alsop
facts behind the news reports
covering the vast field be
tween the extreme of gossip
and opinion to report the curi
ous or significant whys and
wherefores, whens and hows
of events.
Dorft fail to read this striking
ly interesting and sound "Mat
ter of Fact" Column from the
nation's capital.
In
Your Home Newspaper
Friday. November 7. 1S47
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Sep. Walter Norblad. homo from a world tow. grabs p his aoav Albln.
S, (who Immediately spotted the photographer) and gets n warm
welcome from his wife. Elizabeth, as he steps from an airplane at
McNary field shortly after 1 p. m, Thursday, when a score of civic
and chamber of commerce officials were on hand to greet him. (Pho
to by Don Dill. Statesman staff photographer.)
sea, northeast of the Dardenelles.
China "Bad Situation"
In generalizing on his tour,
Norblad said Guam and Okinawa,
particularly, should be kept as
military bases; that China was "a
bad situation at best," whether
the United States withdrew or
not; that United States troops
generally are conducting them
selves well in foreign countries;
that the "inefficiency of the Chi
nese" is letting hundreds of trucks
rust on Kwajalein and Guam,
whereas they already have been
given to China as surplus but not
yet shipped; and that Austria is
one European nation which would
Plane in Trouble
Over Pacific Ocean
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 7 -iJPy-Pan
- American Airways Clipper
Flight 807, which left here en
route to Honolulu at 6:30 p. m.
(PST) last night, encountered me
chanical trouble 1.080 miles put
and has turned back, a Pan - Am
erican spokesman reported early
today.
He said that the pilot report
ed one of the plane's four engines
was being idled. The plane, carry
ing 23 passengers and a crew of
four, is heading for San Francis
co and is due there at 1:50 a. m.
Taft Said Lacking in
'Political Sex-Appeal'
NEW YORK, Now 6.-P)-James
A. Farley said ton-ght on a tele
vision program he thought Sen
ator Taft (R-Ohio) would "have
to improve a great deal" to be a
winning presidential candidate
because he hasn't developed what
I call political sex-appeal."
County 4-II Leaders Lauded
At Achievement Day Banquet
By Marguerite Gleeson
Statesman Valley Editor
The biggest bouquets were giv
en to the club leaders although it
was "pay day" for the 4-H club
members Thursday night at the.
annual achievement day program
in the Salem Chamber of Com
merce rooms.
"Names of those people who
give their .time to guiding the
youth of the county and state of
Oregon should be sung out from
the house tops" Gerald Mason,
field man for the Portland Gen
eral Electric and member of the
Oregon state board of parole, said
in a short unscheduled talk.
"What becomes of the young
people depends upon the grown
ups and the state of Oregon is
happy you are doing the things
necessary to make our country
survive." the parole board mem
ber said.
Commenting upon the fact that
Carmalite Weddle, rural school
supervisor and for 20 years a 4-H
club leader, is Marion county's
contestant for the honor of be
ing the leader given a trip to the
Chicago national 4-H club con
gress in December at the expense
Price 5c
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benefit if all occupying troops
withdrew.
Harried Bom
Norblad learned Of the special
congressional 'session while in
Greece and the remainder of his
tour was hurried. He left Berlin
last Saturday night, Frankfurt on
Sunday afternoon, ate dinner at
the Paris airport Sunday night
and was in Springfield, Mass on
Monday. "
Told that there had been some
discussion about his place in the
forthcoming campaign for the
governorship of Oregon, Norblad
said he was not a candidate,
(Additional details page 3)
2 Jap Mines
Exploded on
Oregon Coast
SEATTLE, Nov. 6.-(iVWith a
blast that rocked the headlands
of Willapa bay and was heard 15
miles away, a derelict Jap mine
was blown up on the Grayland
beach last night by LL (jg) Don
Winslow, mines and bomb dispo
sal officer of the 13th naval dis
trict, the navy reported.
The 34-inch mine, a homed.
steel ball containing an estimated
350 pounds of explosive, was the
17th enemy mine blown up along
the Pacific northwest coast since
1945.
It took Winslow three tries to
detonate the mine, first time he
has failed on a first attempt, the
navy said.
A floating mine, believed to be
Japanese, was also destroyed by
gunfire today by the coast guard
cutter Bonham eff the Oregon
coast
of Oregon Bankers association,
Mason said "The Oregon bankers,
power companies, the state fair
and all private individuals can
well afford to aid in every way
these leaders. Send two of them?
Why they should get a train and
take them all. let them know they
are not forgotten, that their work
with the young people is appre
ciated. Helen Cowgill, assistant state
club leader for more than 20 years,
who retired last July, was a guest
of honor at the Marion county
achievement day and occupied a
place on the platform. Mrs. Wil
low Evans, president of the Mar
ion County Leaders association,
presented her with a corsage of
Oregon roses and a silver clip
pin. Miss Cowgill drove from
Corvallis last night at the invi
tation of the Marion club leaders.
Anthol Riney, Marion county
club agent presided at the meet
ing and acted as "paymaster" dis
tributing state fair, fall show and
some other checks after the pro
gram was over. Constance Hamp
ton, assistant county club -.agent
helped Riney and made canning
and clothing awards.
. (Story also on page I)
No. 192
Russians
Joyous
At 'News'
By Eddy Gilmer
. MOSCOW, Nov. 6 -vP)- Foreirh
Minister V. M. Molotov declared
In an address keynoting the 30th.
anniversary of the bolshevik revo
lution tonight that the "secret of
the atomic bomb ceased to exist
a long time ago" and said the
United States and Britain clearly
were making preparation for
aggression.' ,
(Molotov did not go so far mm
to say Russia had an atomic bomb.
(Officials in Washington ex-
M OSCOW, NT. C -TV Lend
cheers tonight greeted Soviet
Fereiga Minister. V. M. Mele
tevs siateanent that the ateta
bomb secret "ceased to exist"
For moment his listeners
packing the great Hotshot thea
tre, were hashed. Then as one
man they sprang to their feet
and cheered, wildly and with
abandon for a prolonged period.
pressed the convictions that the
speech was intended to calm any
fears among Russians about their
ability to produce one.
(A Polish official at the U. N.
assembly commented that the se
cret of the bomb had been knewn
for some time; but not the tech
nique of its assembly.) -
Delivering the. main policy
speech of the soviet holiday to
a gathering of prominent party,
government and military figures
in the Bolshoi theatre. Molotov
looked solemnly across the bat
tery of microphones that carried
his voice to all the Soviet Union
and the world as he made the
pronouncement It was greeted by
cheers and applause.
Reds to "Defend Peaee
The foreign minister emphat-ii-ed
that "all real friends of peace'
and they constitute the major
ity of the people f any country
can rely on the fact that the Soviet
Union will defend to the end the
interests of universal peace."
But he asserted ' the United
States and .Britain were pursuing
a "quite different" policy.
Charges Aggression Near
"It is, however, clear that the
creation of military bases in var
ious parts of the world is not
designed for defend purposes, but
as a preparation for aggression.
It is also deer that if, up to now,
the combined British-American
general staff, created during , the
war, has been maintained, thi is
not being done for peace loving
purposes, but for the possibility
of new aggression, Molotov as
serted, i
His statement on the atomic
bomb said:
"It is interesting that in ex
pansionist circles of the U.S.A.
new,- peculiar sort of illusion is
widespread while having no
faith in their internal strength,
faith is placed in the secret of '
the atomic bomb, although this
secret of the atomic bomb ceased
to exist a long time ago. n ,
Weapon of Aggression '
"Evidently the imperialists nerd
this faith in the atomic bomb
which, as is known, is not a mens
of defense but a weapon of ag
gression. Many are indignant that
the U.S-A. and Great Britain ham
per the United Nations organiza
tion from adopting a final deci
sion on the prohibition of atomic
weapons."
Refusal to prohibit atomic wea
pons, he added, "covers the im
perialists with shame and f t ts
against them all honest peoples,
all peoples."
Capital Not Excited
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -JP)
The capital refused to get very
excited today over Russian For
eign Minister Molotov's assertion
that the secret of the atomic bomb
"has long since ceased to exist."
A number of lawmakers said
they got the general impression
that Molotov's remarks, delivered
in Moscow on the eve of the 30th
anniversary of the red revolu
tion, were tailored for home eon
sumption. QUICKIES '
"On second theosht. there's no
use looking at the house offered
for sale to the Statesman Want
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