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3 O O ODD OOO ODDO OQ ODDO O 6 DO ODD DDD O.OD, OOO ooc Eaton, Freckto rise liquor Board pound no 1651 NINETY-SEVENTH TEAR 24 PAGES The Oregon Statesman, Salem. Oregon, Sunday, November 30, 1947 Price 5c No. 212 it fflCD moiiiru I Comp OTP 6H33JDQB V w - i : rv? " ' I am no artist and confess that my knowledge of art is very lim ited : and my appreciation of art rather primitive. Like President Truman I do not go in for modern istic "ham and egg art. But some times I wish I were an artist and could sketch or paint some of the "" subjects that strike my fancy or ; stir my imagination. Take an empty logging truck, for instance, hightailing it back for the woods, its extension re tracted over its back. What a fine subject for an etching this is. It is a symbol a't once of an indus trial change, and of the- rugged Bess of the tools of the day. ? Another subject: the huge fig tire 6 atop the local brewery, at night, with clouds of steam bil lowing around it You can't catch the effect by photography, but an artist could do something with it. Or look down Court street on a misty night, its parallel rows of lights like strands of pearls hung loosely, and losing themselves in the diffused reds and yellows and greens of the neon lighting of the business district. A good subject for water colors. -Another: Coming in on the Aumsville road as you break over the bill you get a sudden view of the valley with the city spread out below. Planes may be flying in the vicinity of the airfield; the golden figure of the pioneer on ' top of the capitol may be a pencil ' of light reflecting the sunshine. Here is good material for a paint er. Another industrial scene would .be the window of the Mayflower dairy plant at night, with men and i machines working in the full il lumination behind the glass: a J study in mechanics, industry and sanitation. Oh, there are innumerable spotsJ strewn all around to excite the eye and the hand of the artist. Those of us with "club - footed hands" may feel no manual stim ulus, but we can sens the artist ic episode and get some nourish ment for our souls therefrom. And we can lend encouragement to those' who do have the talents to capture the mood and, the detail of a composition and1 preserve it for wide enjoyment. Molotov Wary Of 'Bi-Zonia' LONDON, Nov. 29 -OP)- Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov condemned In advance today any attempt' by the western powers to establish a provisional German government over their occupation areas. He indicated Russia would not allow such a government to speak at the peace table. As the first week of the con ference ended without agreement on any major issttes, Molotov de manded that the establishment of a central German government be required before a peace confer ence is held. He was opposed by the United States, Britain and France. Officials present quoted U. S. Secretary of State George C. Mar shall as saying: "We regard both' the question of a peace conference and establish ment of a German government as important. I hope there will be an adequate German governVmnt before the peace conference gets under way, but neither should depend upon the other." Astoria Homes Not To Be Sneezed At ASTORIA, Nov. 29-(iP)-Astor-ians named one of their housing developments Dogpatch, and liked this homely touch so much that when Bruce Hudson and Ira Wil son began building houses above Youngs bay they cast about for a suitable name. "What we need," said Hudson, "is a name that nobody would sneeze at." And with those words came an ide? "now painted boldly . on the wrsLof his construction shed: - - 'Jzunt Heights development," Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH "Wart till PttrillQ gets wind nH jj . - - 12-1 X) Commissioners Miv twic M wwk ,waava wa sv wa an w a w pointed today by Governor John H. Hall, are, left to right, Jeaeph O. Frerk, Portland stationer: Orral Eaton, Astoria mayor; and Har ry D. Boivin, Klamath Falls attorney. (AT photos to The States man. , Gov. Hall Reveals Appointees; Commission to Start on Monday PORTLAND, Nov. 29-P)-Governor John Hall today named his new state liquor control commission and the three appointees at once began preparations to take over their posts Monday. The appointments: Harry D. Boivin, 41, Klamath Falls attorney and ex-speaker of the house of representatives, to succeed Hugh Kirkpatrick, Lebanon, whose term expires Jan. 1, 1952. Orval Eaton, 39, mayor of As toria, to succeed George P. Lilley, Baker, whose term expires Jan. 1, 1950. Joseph O. Freck, 67, Portland stationery store owner, to succeed Dr. E. B. McDaniel, Portland, whose term expires Jan. 1, 1948. Boivin May Be Chairman It was expected that Boivin, who drew the longest term, would be named chairman. Boivin is the only democrat, appointed in com-i pliance with the state law rei quiring that not more than two commissioners of the same party be appointed. The governor thanked the pres ent commissioners for remaining in office for a month after he de manded their resignations, and said, "No element of personal feeling Impelled me to make the changes." Disagreement Noted He explained, The present commission had established a policy, or rather a series of poli cies with which I am in disagree ment Due to the fact that their views on policy do not coincide with mine, I have appointed a new commission." There was no discussion on the policies themselves. The hew commissioners met la ter and conferred with William Hammond, who is expected to stay on the Job as liquor control ad ministrator. Hit-Run Driver Drives off with Victim's Fender A hit-run driver who literally "stole" a fender from a car he side swiped in West Salem Saturday night was being hunted early this morning by state police. Shy one fender and owner of a hadlv wrecked 1947 Buick as a re sult of the collision was William H! Mayfield of Kansas City, mo. Mavfield told West Salem and state police he "lost" his fender honriliffht and all to a driver who attempted to pass his car as he was driving west on jsagewaier street near Kingwood drive. Mavfield said the car cut sud denly in front of his vehicle, rip nine off his front fender, and con tinued on down the road with his fender firmly attached to its rear bumper. . . State police found the missing fender lying beside the highway about a half mile" .from the acci dent scene. Tire marks beside the fender indicated the hit-run driv er stopped and pulled the battered fender from his car. May field's car was towed to a Salem garage. 14 Youths Steal Bus, Truck After Escape from Jail VANCOUVER, B. C, Nov. 29iP) Fourteen youthful inmates of the provincial Oakalla jail in Burna bv. nine miles from Vancouver, H-escaped tonight and within a few hours a municipal bus in.. .New Westminster and two other ve hicles were stolen, apparently in their getaway. The bus, left by its driver with the motor running, was driven only threV blocks and then crash ed intd the city market in Colum bia square. Little damage was done. The bus was abandoned. A three - ton truck was also missing, along with a passenger car, provincial police reported. Search leaders said they be lieved the group had split up into small parties and were either heading for Vancouver hide aways or the United States bor der, approximately 50 miles south. Weather Max. .5S 1 SI Min. 29 as 43 4 Trcip. .91 .00 M .00 .00 SALEM Portland San Franciaco -Chicago New York 11 Willamette river 14 feet. FORECAST (from VS. weather bu reau. McNary field. Salem): Cloudy today and tonight with occasional light rains. High tempemturt today K, low i"J2r: Z JESS".:! 21 Mssingon AirforceC-47 Over Europe FRANKFURT, Germany, Nov. 29 (if)-Russian planes joined Am erican aircraft today in a search for a U.S. airforces C-47 trans port plane with 21 persons aboard which has been missing since last night on a flight from Pisa, Italy, to Frankfurt. - Airforces headquarters at Wies baden said the crewmen and pas sengers aboard the twin-engine transport included 17 enlisted men, three officers and a war depart ment civilian. (U.S. military sources at Geneva1 said "from all indications the missing C-47 is north of Switzer land." Military quarters at Paris recaled that bad down-draft in the Vosges have brought down planes $here, but said no report of the plane's location had been received from that difficult area.) Fog, rain and snow seriously hampered the search. Proof Crime "Sk -a f in tmi r -mi HARLINGEN, Tex Nov. 29-(JFj-A khaki-clad man robbed the First National bank of 32 cents today and was in jail before po lice were notified of the robbery. Police Chief H. H. Croes gave this account: The man entered the bank through a side door at 2 p.m.. aft er banking hours, approached the paying teller s cage and told Mrs N. A. Spilman, teller, to. give him all the money she had Mrs. Spilman told - the man that 32 cents in the cash drawer was all the money she had. "Well, give it here," Mrs. Spil man said the man demanded. He took the money and left the bank right into the open door of a police car sent to that part of the city for the patrolman to in vestigate complaints that a man was begging on the streets. $40 Billion U.S. Budget Predicted WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 -(P) The administration's next budget will call for the government to spend almost 40 billion dollars during fiscal year 1949, which be gins next July 1, authoritative sources estimated today. Despite sizable, reductions in domestic spending, foreign aid under the proposed Marshall plan will push total spending to around $39,500,000,000, topping the current fiscal year figure by 12,500,000,000, they forecast More Use of City Buses Urged To Ease Local Parking Problems A campaign to educate em ployes and owners of downtown businesses to leave their cars at home and ride buses to work to relieve Salem's parking problem was set in motion ' Saturday by Mayor R. L. FJfstrom and the Sa lem Retail Trade bureau. The drive was announced after preliminary plans were evolved by Elf strom and bureau represen tatives at a meeting Friday morn ing. The matter will be discussed further by the trade bureau in a meeting at the Golden .Pheasant restaurant next Friday noon. ' Elfstrom said the idea to start the campaign grew out of his per sonal observation of the crowded parking ' situation over a long period of time. "Driving automo biles to work downtown is very Forces in Mid 'Waiting' BAGHDAD, Iraq, Nov. 29 -AV Salih Bey el Jabur, premier of Iraq, laid today partition of Par estine would mean "the most hor rible and : greatest massacre ever witnessed,: embracing the whole mid-east"; a Riad el Solfi, premier of Leba non, recalled recent Arab league decisions on Palestine , and said, "we are waiting, prepared to March or to our objectives when the time comes." (Both men were interviewed be-, fore the United Nations assembly in New York approved the divi sion of the Holy Land into Jewish and Arab countries tonight by vote of 33 to 13.) "The Iraqi people and army are wholly prepared to wage unlim ited conflagration," the premier of Iraq-told reporters. "Palestine will not be partitioned before our total annihilation, .Let responsible of ficials realize we mean what we say. "Responsible American figures, who are . . . pressurizing other countries while they themselves are under Zionist influence, will regret their action before any oth ers. TheZionists will certainly re gret they refused and now have lost the Arabs' fair offer to settle the Palestine question." Visitors Flock To Open House At New Bank A " continual stream' of visitors inspected the premises and saw demonstrations of the newest methods Saturday afternoon and evening at the Willamette Valley bank, which will open its doors for business at 10 a.m. Monday. President Carroll Meeks, along with other directors, received hun dreds of well-wishers. Employes were also on hand to show visitors through the various departments and to give demonstrations of Sa lems first automatic teller ma chine installation. The machines, expected to great ly accelerate the handling of depos its and other counter transactions, resemble adding machines but provide automatic deposit records for both bank and customer, de termine a check on errors report ed, are a check on each teller's cash transactions and eliminate pass books. 1 Other modern equipment in cludes a microfilm installation, safe deposit vault and night de pository. The bank's colorful and well lighted interior with pastel green side walls and rose rear wall, top ped by an acoustically-treated ceil ing was enhanced at Saturday's open house by the rows of flow ers flanking the entire banking room. Each woman visitor was pre sented with a gardenia corsage Refreshments were served. Indoneee Prisoners Die in 'Cattle Car' BATAVIA, Java, Nov. 29-(JPh The Netherlands East Indies gov ernment disclosed today that ev ery one of 38 Indonesian prison ers of war loaded into a single box car died Nov. 23 during i 13-hour train trip from Bondow oso in eastern Java, to Soereabaja In addition eight prisoners died in another box car containing 29 men. the announcement added Some of the survivors were quot ed as saying the cars were kept closed all day and they had noth ing to eat or drink. largely unnecessary, tne mayor said, "and it takes a great deal of parking space that rightfully be longs to the shopping public Elfstrom also said that he had notified the. Oregon Motor Stages company of the plan and had re quested additional buses to han die additional passengers who would ride buses if the campaign is successful. itooert Davidson, local mana ger for the stage company, said he was making plans to add more buses jthis week to . handle the holiday shopping rush. He also said he expected an announce ment from the main office in Portland late this week regarding a schedule change, but did not know the exact nature of the new plan. East 'Cold War' Waxes Warmer in Italy France as Strife Grows Paper Asks 'WillThereBe Revolution?' ROME, Nov. 29-P)-Francesco Nitti, 79-year-old former premier. gravely warned Italy today that she was in danger of drifting into civil war. The leftist newspaper La Re- publica, which follows a communist-like line, declared however that "there la nobody who wants revolution." Answering its own question in a large headline. "Will there be revolution?" La Republica backed up its opinion by printing sample quotations from leading Italian politicians. Nitti s "manifesto to the na tion" declared "we are witnessing continuous, and always more dangerous, process of division among the parties and among Ital ians." His solemn warning was drowned out, however, by the headlines on an acrimonious de bate in the constituent assembly over yesterday's "umbrella insur rection" at Milan. That was the 'name given by Milanese to the siege laid to the palace of the provincial governor by thousands of leftist partisans, despite cold rain and snow against which their sea of umbrellas gave scant protection. A truce was patched up at dawn by which the government agreed to let the left ist governor, Ettore Troilo, remain temporarily in office. Floods Threaten Sections of Miami As Dike Sabotaged MIAMI, Fla., Nov. fb-OD-Some 3,000 homes in the Hialeah, Opa Lock a and Biscayne Gardens sec tion of greater Miami were threatened by flood waters tonight as county engineers reported tons of water were swirling through a dynamited ' 40-foot gap in the Golden Glades dike. County Commissioner . Hugh Peters tonight called the break a "plain case of dynamiting." Work crews were rushed to the scene in an effort to, stem the flow which Peters described as being "as swift as a mountain stream." "There's not s chance in the world that this dike could nave gone of its own accord," Peters said. County employes found thin strands of copper wire embedded in the soaked sand which they be lieved was used to detonate the explosive. Winter Tightens Grip on Midwest By tha Associated Prcts Wintry weather tightened lis grip on a large area of the mid west Saturday1 as sub-zero tem peratures were forecast for a half dozen states. The mercury slipped below the zero mark early Saturday in the Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois. Forecasters said sub-zero readings would be re corded Sunday morning in east ern Minnesota, eastern Iowa, Wis consin, Michigan, northern Illi nois and north Indiana. Among the lowest readings Sat urday morning were: Grand Forks, N. D., -17; Decerah, Ia -18; Aberdeen, S. D., -11; La Crosse, Wis., -12; Alexandria, Minn., -10, and Rock ford, 111., -3. GI CURFEW IN PARIS PARIS, Nov. 29Wif)-U. S. army officials, apprehensive over the French crisis tonight ordered all American army personnel off Paris'' streets at midnight every night until further notice for their own safety. TO DONATE FOODSTUFF SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 29-T) Officials of the Latter-Day Saints (Mormon) church today an nounced donation of four carloads of foodstuffs for the needy in Germany. HEXL APPRECIATE IT One of your city's leading "little merchants" your Ore gon Statesman carrier boy will be on his usual first -of-the-month rounds soon. It will help him greatly if you have the correct change ready. Just Visiting NEW TOKK. Not. 29 Walda Wlnchell. daaghter ef Column ist Walter WinehelL whe has been missing- for twe days re torned te her hone today, at torneys for the family revealed, UUnc she had been "rfeitlng friend." Set-Up Paves Way for Total Sustained Yield The recent declaration of the secretary of interior authorizing harvest of 648,751,000 board feet of timber a year in 2,500,000 acres of Oregon and California revested grant lands has opened the way for cooperative agreements be tween the federal government and private timber operators, local bureau of land management of ficials said Saturday. Following recommendations at public hearings in Salem 'and Roseberg last July, the interior department established 12 mas ter forestry units In the 18 grant lands counties, including Marion, which contains some of the finest stands of Douglas fir in the world. Cooperative agreements involv ing private operators call for an agreement to harvest timber on a sustained yield .basis. Purpose is to perpetuate a producing stand of merchantable timber, land management officials said. An assistant secretary of the in terior will be in this area in Jan uary to . negotiate cooperative agreements, it was reported. Guardian Building Status Undecided The future status of the fire gutted Guardian building remain ed in doubt Saturday. City offi cials said there had been no re port announced on the structural strength of walls, and it was learned that no decision had been made by owners of the property as to rebuilding. The building, at State and Lib erty streets, burned the morning of November 3. It is owned by the B. L. Steeves estate, for which Roy Harland is attorney. 'Christmas Ship' Directorate To Launch Drive in Northwest SEATTLE, Nov. 29-CflVInspir-ed by the response to the national "Friendship Train," a campaign was announced here today for four Pacific northwest states to send their own "Christmas ship" of re lief supplies to Europe. In announcing formation of the Pacific northwest Christmas ship committee its directors reported agreement of the governors of Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana to participate in the huge relief venture. Alaska also has been asked to join. Co-ordinators Howard , Parrish, former Seattle Star publisher, and Ralph G. Grossman, Seattle busi nessman, announced that a wide spread collection system for food and clothing will be established in the four states. They said a 10,000-ton ship, holding aproximately 220 railroad cars of cargo, has been financed through the American council vol unteer agencies in the east snd the distribution will be adminis tered under Its Jurisdiction. The French Unions, Government In Deadlock PARIS, Sunday. Nov. 10-P)- The French government and labor were deadlocked in a tense atmos phere of political crisis1 today over drastic measure to stop strikers from molesting non-strikers in a walkout of 2,000,000 workers. Both the government and the communist - dominated General Confederation of. Labor (CGT) wanted to return the workmen to their Jobs by tomorrow. But the government insisted that it! would discuss modification of its proposed "law for the de fense of the republic" only after receiving written assurance from the CGT that the strikes would end. CGT leaders said they would give such assurances when they had been advised that the govern ment was ready to withdraw its bill now before the national as sembly. In the assembly, communists resorted to every obstructionist method possible under French parliamentary practice to slow passage of the measure which would provide imprisonment and fines for those molesting non- strikers or inciting; them to leave ineir joos. The assembly was in continuous session most of the night Yesterday the session of the as sembly was suspended once when communists began singing couplet from a French revolu tionary song and other members burst into the Marseillaise. .Pre mier Schuman once was stopped from rushing upon Jacques Duclos, secretary of the communist party. Mother Takes Cliildren to Jail BELLINGHAM. Nov. 29 (JP) In protest against a $20 fine for negligent driving conviction, an irate 37-year-old mother took her four children with her and spent last night in the county jail here. The mother was Mrs. Ida M. Williams of Arlington. The child ren are a girl. 6, and three boys ranging up to 11. She insisted the conviction and fine, even though $8 of it was suspended, were a miscarriage of justice. When she refused to pay, bewildered officers, explaining they had no alternative, escorted her. to the women's cell. The chil dren went with her. After a night of deliberation, Mrs. Williams paid $6 this morn ing, and Sheriff Conrad Axling said he released her with a prom ise of the other Iff by mail. Meat Cutters Strike Averted in Portland PORTLAND, Nov. 29 -OP-Threat of a meat cutters strike here Monday or Tuesday wss averted temporarily today by an agreement between management and union representatives that will go before the members of the AFL butchers union Wednesday for a vote. The terms of the agreement were not made public organization encompasses Protes tant. Catholic and Jewish organ izations. The ship will make collections at Seattle and Portland. Trans portation has been pledged by railroads, trucking lines and the Teamsters' union in getting the relief suplies to the two ports from the wide Pacific northwest area, the coordinators said. The committee goal is to get the ship loaded within a few days af ter Christmas. The coordinators said the goal of the four states with approx imately 5,000.000 population is just about half of what was col lected by the "Friendship Train on its cross-country trip. The committee spokesman said Governor Wallgren had named Fred Martin, state director of ag riculture, as Washington's official coordinator and that Governor Hall had designated Rev. Gilbert Christian of the Church World Service organization as Oregon's official representative. Approved By 7-Vote Margin i a NEW YORK, Nov. 29-OVThe "Soviet-American" plan to parti tion Palestine was, finally approv ed with a seven-vote margin over the necessary two-thirds majority In the United Nations assembly late today. The sis Arab coun tries then walked out of the as sembly chamber in protest, refus ing to be bound by the U. N. decision. The final vote was S3 to IS. Following the vote, the U. N. assembly adjourned its 1947 ses sion. A two-thirds vote of those dele gates present and voting was re quired. The plan thus cleared the assembly hurdle with a safe mar gin. Ten nations abstained and Siam was absent. j Coranfeaiea Named . 1 Assembly President Oswaldo Aranha of Brazil named Bolivia, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Pana ma and the Philippines to a five nation commission which will supervise the creation of separate Jewish and Arabic countries in the Holy Land by next October 1. The final vote was taken afte the Arabs backed down from their adamant stand against any Jew-' ish political foothold in Palestine, and proposed creation of a fed-v eral government composed ol Jewish and Arab states. The Arabs said their proposal called for two states to be set up lika those of the United States ol America. - i Scarcely Pis rasa if Plan 1 But it was too late. The assenw bly scarcely discussed the An. If move before voting for parti Uoiv After the six Arab countries" Egypt, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Yemen and Syria left thai chamber in silence, Pakistan fol lowed them. Emir Adel Arslan of Syria told the assembly after the vote thai the charter "is dead." "All consequences will fall your heads, not on ours." on Jews Celebrate 1 JERUSALEM, Sunday. Nov. SO (A)- Thousands jamming the streets of the all-Jewish city oji Tel Aviv, went wild last night when announcement was made bj radio that the U. N. had voted for partition of Palestine. ' There were shouts, songs anet some tears. An American visitor said "this is like V-E day at home3 as he watched scores dancing ini the streets waving champagne ooiues. State Tax Office to Add Qerical Help The income tax division of the; state tax commission, with sddM Uonal operating space, will IcW no time in employing more cler ical help so as to prevent thej outlswing of approximately 70.000 income tax accounts early in Jan- uary. Earl Fisher, in charge of income tax collections, announced! here Saturday. Two units of the tax commis sion this week moved from thei former offices In the state officW building into the- state capitol Fisher estimated . that with ad-" ditional clerical help he will be, able to recover at least 13.000,00(1 of income taxes, now delinquent,' within the next two or three years. MANY UNIONS FILK j WASHINGTON, Nov. 29-4V Half of the national unions in the, CIO and two-thirds oN the na tional unions in the AFL have filed non - communist sffidavitav with, the National Labor Relation board, the board announced to day. He's Here .... On page 17 today . . Not a replacement, not a substitute, but a brandvnew ad dition in TOUR HOME NEWS PAPER, starting today, is Rip Klrby, widely-acclaimed detec tive comic strip starring, a gen tleman sleuth, his erstwhile safe-cracking butler and a beautiful feminine clientele. The brief synopsis on page 17 will get you right In the swing of the current plot. The addition of Up Klrby. carefully chosen from a select list of comics, is in line -"with The fttaiesaaaa'a. constant poli cy of offering the best and lat est of outstanding features. Meet RJa Kfrby and his friends (and enemies) on page 17 today. . 4 el CrrfionC3&tite$m&n -