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"Our telegram had gone around
by Baker City, Sumpter and Can
yon City; thence had been re
layed by telephone to Burns."
So wrote Dallas Lore Sharp
some 35 years ago jn an article
-from "Bend to Burns" which ap
peared in the Atlantic Monthly
and later in his book "Where
Rolls the Oregon." Communica
tion by telegraph arid telephone
between these two cities has been
similarly circuitous ever since;
but now we note in the papers
that line crews are constructing
telephone1 line to connect Bend
and Burns. Progress has come to
the high desert.
Long since though the highway
was improved over -what it was
when Sharp made the trip by auto
stage, which took all day. The 132
miles of surfaced highway can be
covered in just a few hours. Rid
ing the auto stage in 1912 was a
thrilling experience for the. Har
vard professor and naturalist. Of
the stage he wrote: "The best
bucker of the Pendleton Round-
.-yp is but a rocking - horse in com
parison." Those who have traveled! the
good highway of todfay between
.Bend and Burns, with its long
stretches of straight road and
easy grades and curves, will not
recognize the road which Sharp
describes:
"The trail takes account of ev
ery possible .bunch of sagebrush
nd greasewood to be met with
on the way. It never goes oyer a
bunch if it can go around a bunch;
and as there is nothing but bun
ches all
(Continued on editorial page)
Occupied Zone
Merger Nearer
For 3 Powers
LONDON, Dec. 1 -GQP- Convok
ing a three-power conference to
merge the American, British and
French zones of Germany ap
peared a possibility tonight as the
foreign ministers conference stag
gered from disagreement to dis
agreement amid a flood of Soviet
attacks against the western pow
ers.
Soviet Foreign Minister V. M.
Molotov again devoted most of
today's two hour and 50 minute
session, to portraying Russia as the
only defender of Germany" against
the "imperialistic" western courP
tries who want to turn the beaten
nation into a helpless "colony"
conference sources said.
Minor agreements were reached
on peace treaty procedural matters
without touching on fundamental
issues. One agreement provides the
big four foreign ministers wilt
write the treaty itself, taking into
consideration both the two-thirds
votes and the majority votes of all
the allied nations attending the
peace conference. A similar pro
vision was used in preparing the
treaties for German's satellites.
Failure of the four powers to
agree thus far even on fundament
als appeared to lend added sig
nificance to a statement earlier to
day by French Foreign Minister
Georges Bidault, that if this con
ference fails, France may merge
her zone with the economically
United American and British oc
cupation areas
Gun Collector
Shoots Self
PORTLAND, Ore., ' Dec. l.-UP)-
Donald Beckman, 26-year-old gun
collector, shot himself fatally to
night. Deputy District Attorney
W. G. Harrington said, in remorse
over what he believed the death
of his wife, Audrey, 27.
Harrington said he was told that
the young couple were examining
an old pistol in the bedroom of
their home when the weapon went
off, the bullet piercing Mrs. Beck
jnan's diaphragm.
Beckman ran across the street
to the home of his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence Beckman, tele
phoned for an ambulance and the
police.. Upon returning and see
ing his wife lying in a pool of
blood, he apparently supposed
her dead and shot himself in the
bead with the same weapon.
The younger Mrs. Beckman was
taken to the Portland Sanitarium
where her condition was given as
critical.
Animal Crackers
By WARREN GOODRICH
0Aht an meatesj TvesdijF
IE
NINETY-SEVENTH YEAH 12
Senate Okefas
Reds End
Assembly
Sitdown
By Louis Nevtn
PARIS, Tuesday, Dec 2-(P)-
Paris subways resumed operation
early today after police had
cleared sitdown strikers from six
power plants in the Paris area.
Simultaneously republican
guards ousted communist deputy
Raoul Calas from the national as
sembly after he had occupied the
speakers' rostrum for more than
10 hours in defiance of a vote of
censure decreeing his expulsion.
Fifty other communist deputies,
who had, staged a sitdown in the
chamber in connection with their
campaign to kill the government's
stringent anti-strike bill, filed out
peacefully with Calas.
Homes Darkened
The communist sitdown- in the
assembly chamber began" last
night after a tumultuous session
which Herriot finally was forced
to suspend because of the uproar
raised by the left-wingers.
The suspension postponed ac
tion on - the government's anti
strike bill until tomorrow, when
the assembly will resume debate
on the bill at 3 p.m. (6 a.m. PST).
The power plant strikers' refus
al to : work halted Paris subways
yesterday, darkened many Paris
homes, crippled other public utili
ties and closed down theatres and
movie houses.
Revolt Urred
Communist deputies occupied
the chamber after one of them re
fused to accept a vote of censure
for "inciting the 'array revolt"
which would expel him tempor
arily." A creeping industrial and trans
portation paralysis, caused by a
wave of strikes which have left
more than 2,000,000 idle, gripped
the nation.
the streets of Paris went unswept
the streets of Paris wetn unswept
for the third day because of a
walkout of municipal employes.
Parisians ate cold suppers because
of a lack of gas.
Sabotage continued. The Paris
Lyon express train was derailed
near Bourg-en-Bresse the sec
ond such incident in that area in
the last three days.
Italy Strike Ousted
ROME, Tuesday, Dec. 2-P)-A
nation-wide strike of city em
ployes, set to begin later this
morning, was averted early today
when the Italian government
agreed to furnish the municipal
governments with sufficient
money to allow promised wage
increases.
The city employes' national
federation, 'announcing the gov
ernment action, directed its mem
bers to continue work "until fur
ther notice." ;
The decision to call off the
strike eased some pressure on the
national ' government of Premier
Alcide de Gasperi.
Eastern Fire
Fatal to Six
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 1
Six persons died today in i
-p)
fire
that raged through a four-story
building housing a dormitory for
homeless men.
Seventeen other persons were
bumed and critically injured as
the flames, which firemen said
started in an overstuffed chair
in a first floor store, whipped
quickly through the building.
Firemen battled the blaze m
sub - freezing weather, and wa
ter turned to ice.
About 40 persons who were
asleep when the fire was discov
ered at 12:40 a. m. (EST) escaped
unharmed.
The whole interior of the north
Philadelphia headquarters of the
Volunteers of America, Inc., was
wrecked!
Veteran Sought
In Burns Shooting
BURNS, Ore., D 1 - JP - A
sheriffs posse searches the snow
covered Ochoco mounta.Vs north
west of here tonight fct Claude
Harry Melvin, 28, so Jght for
questioning in the gun' (Jtath of
his French war-bride.
Sheriff Eldon Sitz reported the
veteran was blamed for the shoot
ing by his young wife. Marietta
a death bed statement to a physi
cian at the Valley View hospital
here. She died last night of a
.30-30 calibre rifle bullet wound
in the stomach.
ELEANOR LV EUROPE
GENEVA, Switzerland, Dec.1-(JP)r-M.n.
Eleanor Roosevelt arriv
ed at Geneva airport tonight to
take part in the second session of
the United Nations commission on
human rights which opens tomor
row. !:
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Th Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, December 2. 1947
Plague France,: Worry Italy
New Bdnh Opens in Hollywood District
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First day of business at the Willamette Valley bank In the Hollywood district! Monday was deroted
to opening of new accounts and
left to rig-nt, Al Flicker, cashier;
Fairgrounds rd at the Hunt street corner. (Photo by Don Dill, Statesman staff photographer.)
Plane Brakes
Blamed as 8
Die in Crash
SEATTLE, Dec. 1 -(-Hydraulic
brakes that failed to hold were
blamed today by Pilot James E.
Farris, 37, of Seattle for th Alas
ka Airlines transport plane crash
at the Seattle-Tacoma airport yes
terday which resulted in the death
of eight persons. Two others are in
critical condition. -
The pilot said the big DC-4 com
ing in from Anchorage, Alaska,
landed at a speed of approximate
ly 100 miles an hour.
When he tried to- apply the
brakes. Farris said they didn't hold,
he failed in an effort to "ground
loop'' the plane and it "rolled like
It was on a bed of ball-bearings"
until it leaped a 60-foot embank-
ment at the end of the airport
runway.
The transport crashed into an
automobile on the highway be
low, killing a blind woman in the
car. Then the plane caught fire.
In Washington, the civil aero
nautics board ordered Alaska Air
lines to show cause by December
15 why it should not be required
to stop scheduled operations be
tween Anchorage and Seattle. The
Board said its enforcement section
asserted the carrier was providing
scheduled service between points
not on' its established routes and
particularly between Seattle and
Anchorage.
Farris advanced possible rea
son for the brake failure. He said
that water mieht have gotten into
the hydraulic lines and froze while
the transport stood in the rain at
Yak u tat. Alaska for 48 hours as
42 spark plugs were changed.
The dead:
Jonas E. Johnson, 44, of Palmer,
Alaska: Gordon Johnson, John
son's 21 - month - old. son; Fred
Smith of Tacoma, Wash.; Leslie
Howe, 33. Seattle and Sbokane,
-Wash.; Ole Ring, of Edmonds,
,Wash.; Mrs. Virginia Stitsworth.
33, of Tacoma: Mrs. Stella Pearl
Jones, 45, Seattle blind woman;
Reba Monk of Santa .Monica,
Calif., the stewardess. ' .
Wealher
Max. Mln. Predp.
Salem S4 49 M
Portland 55 .06
San Francisco 57 48 trace
Chicago 37 13 trace
New York 39 23 .00
Willamette river 12 feet.
FORECAST (from U.S. weather bu
reau. McNary field. Salem): Partly
cloudy todav and tonight. High today
55. low tonight. 35. '
Year's New Building in Salem
Nears $6,000,000 Aggregate
Valuation of new construction
within Salem city limits this year
neared the $6,000,000 mark, as
11th month totals were tabulated
Monday in the office of City En
gineer J. H. Davis.
With city bu tiding permits is
sued in November for projects val
ued in aggregate at $341,575, the
total so far this year rose to $6,
592,495 in the city's record of lo
cal construction almost double
the 1946 record for an entire year's
building, amounting to $3,451,878.
Only hew building authorized
with more than $2,000 valuation
during November was the Pacific
Telephone and Telegraph company
garage building for which a $53,
500 permit was issued. Thirty sew
POUNDED 1651 .
$597 M
illion
t
t
C;
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renting of safety deposit boxes.
Harry Ewing and Alfred Donaoralla. The bank Is located at 199
Worth of Franchises
Mulled in W. Salem
By Margnerlte GJeeaon
Valley New Editor, The Statesman
WEST SALEM, Dec. 1 Just
much dependence may Oregon Flax
nence of its access to the low cost
building the West Salem plant and
future?
This was the question which
Hall Declares
He's Making
Own Decisions
PORTLAND, Dec. 1 -0P)-Gov.
John H. Hall today told the
chamber of commerce he intends
to make his own' decisions and
accept responsibility for them.
In his first public speech since
taking office, Hall said, "Being
governor is not a one-man job.
It is one which needs advice and
counsel, and I will not hesitate
to call on citizens of this state
for aid.
"Yet, while I will ask and
carefully consider 'this advice, the
decisions I will make will be
mine alone, and I shall accept
full responsibility for them."
The governor confided be had
lost 12 pounds since taking office,
then tantalized the audience with
remarks on his possible political
future.
For one thing he said, "I have
had no political ambition beyond
serving in the legislature, and
have none now."
This led some to the conclusion
he would not run again, but later
he said, "As long as I am gover
nor and I don't know how long
that'll be I'm going to be the
governor."
25 Seek Position
As Board Attorney
Approximately 25 applications
for the position of attorney for the
new state liquor control commis
sion, appointed Saturday by Gov.
John H. Hall, have been received
at the executive department.
Governor Hall emphasized that
the appointment would be made
by Attorney General George Neu
ner under a new law of the 1947
legislature. W i 1 b e r Henderson,
Portland, is the current attorney
for the liquor control commission
but was expected to resign within
the next few days.
houses were authorized, averaging
about $5,000 estimated cost per
house. Of the November total,
$18,910 of the Aaluation was in
alteration and repair projects
Six permits Issued Monday to
start the new month went to P. W.
Harcourt for -a $7,000 house at
1295 N. 25th st to B. A. Hassen
stab, store building at 2085 N.
Commercial st, $1,500; Clarence
Olson, moving a garage from out
side Salem to 2090 Maple ave
$50; Carl Greider, a $350 car port
at 805 Mission st; Louis Neuman,
store alterations at 920 S. Com
mercial st.. $200, and E. J. Lukas
urtis, house alterations at 1633 N.
20th it, $500.
V
Price
Foreign Aid
ii .
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Shown at tellers windows are
how good is city franchise, how
Textile Co. place in the perma
power upon which It banked In
upon which it hopes to build its
;
Clyde Everett, manager of the firm.
posed to Ithe West Salem city
council at its meeting here tonight
Everett referred to the 20-year
franchise recently granted Salem
Electric cooperative, a local dis
tributor for Bonneville power. The
franchise was one of several such
granted West Salem utilities in
anticipation of a vote to merge the
municipalities of Salem and West
Salem. j
Elmer Cook, city attorney, when
asked for an opinion, said that
nothing could touch the franchise
which a city has granted but nei
ther could one predict what the
courts might rule in case the fran
chise was attacked in the courts.
Mayor Walter Musgrave said it
was his understanding that users
were fully protected under the
franchise Bind that if he had any
information to the contrary he
would certainly not favor the
merger of the two towns..
Everett said his company was
concerned for the future of Its
operations here, the permanence
and expansion of which is pre
dicated upon the low cost power
which is available. Members of the
council Joined Mayor Musgrave in
intimating that they too had felt
the franchise was good and the
users were: safe in banking upon
It.
In conversation with councilmen
after the meeting Everett made no
secret of his personal attitude to
ward the matter, and was over
heard to say that, if there seemed
any danger that merger meant an
end to the low cost power, he
personally would oppose it.
Missing Plane
Thought Found
FRANKFURT, Germany, Dec. 2.
-vVThe U, S. air force said today
it believes a C-47 transport plane
missing since Friday with 20 per
sons aboard has been definitely lo
cated in tlve French occupation
zone of Germany.
The airport here reported re
ceiving a message fmm the plane,
said to be west of Kaiserslautern,
presumably in the Saar, near
Saarbruecken.
An air force search plane" re
ported this! morning that it had
radioed fori a light signal and re
ceived it from a position- on the
ground where it thought the miss
ing plane was located.
JO
Gurske Keeps
Board Position
Reappointment of Paul E. Gurs
ke as a member of the state indus
trial accident commission was an
nounced Monday by Gov. John H.
Hall. His new term becomes ef
fective January 6, 1948. Gurske
represents abor on the commis
sion, j
Gurske originally was appoint
ed a member of the commission
in June, 1943, to succeed C M.
Rynerson, wbo resigned. By vir
tue of being a member of the in
dustrial accident commission Gur
ske also serves as a member ' of
the state unemployment compen
sation commission.
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No. 213
Ponders
Reduction
: By Ed Creagh
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -(JPh- A
bill authorizing $597,000,000 in
emergency aid to France, Italy
and Austria was passed, 83 to 6 by
the senate late today but the house
foreign affairs committee voted
soon afterward to hold the amount
down to 590,000,000 and add China
to the list of countries to be helped.
Supporters of President Tru
man's full program of helping
Western Europe through the win
ter as one means of fighting com
munism appeared certain to press
for raising the house figure to the
full $587,000,000 for France, Italy
and Austria alone.
Tramasj Gratified
Immediately after he learned of
the senate action, Mr. Truman
telephoned Senators Vandenberg
(R-Mich) and Barkley (D-Ky) to
"congratulate them and to thank
them for the large part that they
had in bringing about this result,"
presidential press secretary
Charles; G. Rocs reported.
"The president," Ross said, "was
much gratified by the size of the
majority
Members of the house foreign
affairs committee said they hoped
to bring their bill before the house
Wednesday or Thursday.
Ne Funds Voted Yet
The measure was adopted by the
senate without major change. An
amendment by Senator Taylor (D
Ida) which would have turned
U. S. relief funds over to the
United: Nations for distribution
was shouted down by voice vote.
Neither the senate nor the house
committee version carries any
actual cash. An appropriation bill
must be approved later.
The six senators who voted "no"
today were: Langer (R-ND), Mc
Kellar (D-Tenn), Moore (R-Okla),
O'Daniel (D-Tex), Robertson (R-
wyo), and Taylor (D-Idaho).
Test Grounds
Underway for
Atom Weapons
WASHINGTON, Dec. IMJPh
Construction of elaborate atomic
"testing grounds" is underway on
the faraway Pacific atoll of Eni
wetok, the government disclosed
toaay in an announcement so
worded as to raise the possibility
that the U. S. has some new wea
pon in addition to the A-bomb.
A three paragraph announce
ment from the atomic energy com
mission spoke of atomic weapons
in the plural. Government officials
said security reasons prevent an
explanation of whether this means
the existence of an atomic weapon
other than the bomb. One spokes
man saia -you can draw your
own conclusions. - .
The announcement hinted that
the tests will be on a major scale
lor it said Eru wetok was chosen.
among other reasons, because "it
is isolated and there are hundreds
of miles of open sea in the direc
tion in which winds might carry
radioactive particles.
Lt Gen. John E. Hull, Pacific
commander of the army forces, is
coordinating the work of the army,
nax-y and air force in the program.
These experiments will not be
confined to weapons alone, but
also to peace-time uses of atomic
energy.
Eniwetok atoll is in the Marsh
all islands group, roughly halfway
between Hawaii and the Philip
pines.
House
'Produce More and Spend Less9
Taft Formula to Break Spiral
PHILADELPHIA, Dee. 1 -P)
An anti - inflation program cal
ling on the American people to
produce more and spend less was
proposed tonight by Senator Rob
ert Taft (R-Ohio).
Taft said the administration is
relying on a return to controls
and this "at least raises the ques
tion whether it is in good faith in
its denunciation of high prices."
Taft, who heads the senate re
publican policy committee and is
an announced presidential candi
date, told the St. Andrew's society
in an address that "if we don't
want high prices, we, and our
government will have to spend
less."
. As his solution to the cost of
living problem, Taft laid down
the following proposals:
1. Conduct a campaign to in
crease productivity per man
through improvement of machine
ry, methods and "better Indivi
Pales4uinie7 Fracas
pireads;
Strike odd Today
JERUSALEM, Dec 1 -UPi- One Jew was killed and four ether
Jews and two Polish Christians were wounded today as Arab bands.
seeking reprisal for the United Nations decision to partition Palestine
which they opposed, roved through city streets snd the Holy Land!
countryside, punctuating their protests with gunfire and bomb blasts.
The latest communal clash occurred. tonight in border streets be
tween the all-Jewish city of Tel i
Aviv and all-Arab Jaffa, as Pal
estine authorities prepared for
further outbursts of violence to
morrow when a three-day Arab
general strike is scheduled to be
gin. Four Jews were wounded, one
seriously, by an Arab band in Tel
Aviv-Jaffa. Jewish sources said
the Arab group, containing be
tween 200 and 300 persons, was
repulsed by a Jewish fighting
force.
Arab Strike Teday
The general strike was called
by the Arab higher committee in
protest against partition. Arab in
formants said a huge demonstra
tion would form inside the old city
of Jerusalem at the outset of the
strike tomorrow and they predict
ed "there may be trouble."
The violence today brought to
eight the death toll in Palestine
since the United Nations announ
ced its decision Saturday night.
Demonstrations continued in
Damascus, where four persons
have died in riots. They occurred
also in Alexandria and Cairo,
Egypt, and in Beirut, Lebanon.
Sir Alan Cunningham, the Bri
tish high commissioner, sum
moned Hussein Khalidi, secretary
of the Arab higher committee, to
government house to remind him
the British intended to maintain
law and order until their intend
ed withdrawal "before Aug. 1,
1948."
2 Americans Menaced
American citizens, including
two news correspondents, were
menaced by Arab mobs in Am
man, Trans - Jordan, where gangs
attacked oil company offices and
burned the contents
Phil Potter of the Baltimore
Sun and Charlotte Ebener of the
Women's National News Agency,
were rescued by a British major
from one mob and were taken to
Zeros, north of Amman, in pro
tective custody.
The premiers and foreign min
isters of the 12 Arab states will
meet in Cairo, Egypt, in about 12
days to take steps for fighting the
partitioning, the secretary-general
of the Arab league said last
night.
U.N.Macliinery
Begins Action
For Partition
LAKE SUCCESS, Dec. 1 -MV
Top United Nations officials mov
ed swiftly today to out into effect
the general assembly's decision to
partition Palestine into separate
Jewish and Arab countries.
The Palestine question was tak
en up at a private meeting of Secretary-General
Trygve Lie's chief
assistants, along with other prob
lems tossed to the secretariat by
the assembly. These problems in
cluded sending a special commis
sion to Korea and moving the 1948
session of the assembly to Europe.
These quarters said that meas
ures already were being taken to
choose personnel and arrange
transportation for the special five
nation U.N. Palestine commission.
Non action was taken to bring
the current Palestine disturbances
to the attention of the security
council, although that body wiil
have the Holy Land problem be
fore it officially when it meets
later in the week on JJb Indo
nesian issue.
Parent-Teacher
Formation plated
KEIZER, Dec. 1 Organization
of a unit of the Parent-Teachers
association is planned for a' com
munity meeting Tuesday night at
the Keizer school house. Mrs.
Ralph Sipprell is chairman of the
organizing committee and patents
and all persons interested are
asked to be present. Mrs. C. A.
Fratzke of Independence, presi
dent of the Polk county PTA, will
be the principal speaker and will
be accompanied to the meeting by
Mrs. Leslie Morris of Salem, presi
dent of the Marion county PTA.
and Mrs. James H. Turnbull of
Salem, state PTA historian.
dual work by the men," condition
ing any wage increase "on a more
complete day's work."
2. Cut government expenses
and, taxes.
3. Limit exports to countries
outside of western Europe to bal
ance the imports from them and
confine aid to foreign nations "to
specific fields which we know can
be effective."
. 4. Restrain the increase in bank
credit.
5. Reduce the percentage of gov
ernment guarantee on housing
loans.
6. Limit consumer credit
7. Carry on a campaign to dis
courage spending and encourage
saving, particularly reducing the
purchase of scarce foods "by those
who can afford to waste lest and
eat less."
s 8. Carry out the congressional
Obligation to support farm prices
fwtth discretion."
Airalbnain)
Corner
Bought by
Bishop's
One of the largest Salem real
estate transactions in recent years
was disclosed Monday with the
filing of papers showing that
Bishop's Clothing and Woolen
Mills Store, Inc.. had purchased
the Bligh building on the north
west corner of Court and High
streets.
Revenue stamps affixed to the
deed showed the consideration to
approximate $175,000.
The property, as-shown by the
recording of the deed with Couo
ty Recorder Herman Lanke was
purchased from Abe Eugene Ro
senberg, trustee for Jane Bishop
Reville, William H. Bishop and
Thomas B. Bishop, children of
Roy Bishop.
Ralph H. Cooley, manager of
Bishop's Clothing and Woolen
Mills store at 145 N. Liberty st
said last night the purchase of
the Bligh building "will not have
J any early effect on the stoie a
present locauon or upon me ten
ants of the purchased property."
The tenants of the Bligh build
ing, a one-story structure with an
81-foot frontage on Court street
and a 11 5-foot frontage on High,
street. Include Lee V. Oh mart,
real estate; Larsen's Beauty stu
dio; Clark's Sandwich shop; Os
car D. Olson, florist; Beck's con
fectionery; Seamster! cleaners;
Edward's shoe repair and W. L
Habernicht, real estate.
Cooley said the transaction
completed a part of the long
range program of the (Bishop)
store laid down by its founder,
the late C. P. Bishop. Mr. Bishop
always had a greet deal of con
fidence in the future of the Ccurt
and High street location, and the
trend of developments of busi
ness in that section of the Salem
business district has borne out Mia '
vision."
Railway Rate
I
Boost Flayed !
At Hearings !
PORTLAND, Dec. I.-0P)-Pro-posals
for higher railroad rates
had the support at an interstate
commerce commission hearing
here today of the Pacific co&t
wise conference of steamship op
erators. C. R. Nickerson, San Francisco,
secretary-manager of the Pacific
coast-wise conference, said the
depressed railroad rates have 1t
ced the coastwise ships out of ser
vice and that only an upward ad
justment of rail rates-can restore
coastwise shipping operations.
Opponents included Gov. Mon C
Wallgren of Washington, who said
today the proposed increases of
28 to 38 per cent would be a fur
ther burden to the Pacific north
west. He said the region already
is at a disadvantage with other
areas in competing for eastern
markets.
Roy A. Ward, general manager
of the Pacific Wool Growers asso
ciation, objected to any increases.
J assorting that freight charges com
out of growers' receipts and can
not be passed along to the con
sumers a with some products.
He added that the center of the
wool industry in OregDn had shift
ed from east of the Cascades to
the Willamette valley.
Borleske Wins Vole
As Walla Walla Mavor
WALLA WALLA, Dec. 17.-V
Graying, 60-year old Raymond
Vincent Borleske, Whitman col
lege graduate manager, athletic
director and coach for 32 years
until his contract was terminated
last June, today was elected mty
cr over Herbert G. West, incum
bent the past six years.
The unofficial vote was Borleske
3415, West 781.
LAMB SELECTED "
A. F. Lamb, 1920 N. Summer
st., was elected chairman of the
north Pacific regional division of
the National Agricultural Cooper
ative's committee at a meeting of
the organization in Seattle Mon
day, The Associated Press report
ed. Lamb is assistant general
manager of Blue Lake Producers
Cooperative In West Salem.
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