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2 Tha Stotoen nan. Salem. Oregon, Wdn day. Jannary 7. 1943 Army Suggests River Pro ject Modifications (Story also on page 1) PORTLAND. Jan. -tlfy- A modified master plan for Wil lamette valley flood control, navi gation and hydroelectric develop ment to coat $40.S9S,D00 was re vealed here Tuesday by the corps of army engineers. Navigation phase of the pro ject, including the Willamette Locks reconstruction, include 300 miles of channel work in the main stream and tributaries. There would be 87.4 miles of levees and 43.2 miles of bank pro tection works at 171 locations. The engineers said studies are underway for the Yamhill and Tualatin streams, not listed within the plan announced today. Hydroelectric power facilities would be installed at five of the dams and provision made for in stallation of power facilities at three others. Power capacity po tential was estimated at 387,000 kilowatts. Construction of reservoirs would sost a total $33X84 1.000 on bases of 1947 price level and existing Investment la already completed units and those underway. Cenetrnetiea Started Construction Is underway at Dorena $14,370,000, Meridian $83,942,000. and Detroit $59. $17,000. Completed are Cottage Grove reservoir $2,481,000 and Fern Ridge $4,700,000. Replacing the original Quartz creek project on the McKenxie river would be Gate creek reser ve, r 99.907.000. Blue River reservoir $9,911,000 and Cougar creek reservoir $32,691,000. The original Sweet Home project one the South Santlam will be re placed by Wiley creek reser voir I3.508.SO0. Green Peter reervc4r $37,087,000 snd Cas cade reservoir $17,842,000. Other Keeerreirs The ether five resevoirs are: Lewisville reservoir $8,461,000 en the little Luliamtte river in Polk county; Turn turn reservoir $3,060,000 on the Tumtum branch of the Marys river in Ben ton county; Hilly creek reservoir $8,551 000 on the Calapooia river east of Brownsvifle in Linn countv. Fail creek reservoir $13,877,000 oa the middle fork of county; Hills Creek reservoir the Willamette river In ;Lane $22.077,tK0 on middle farku Wil lamette south of Oakridge. Ibor-Management Meet in Lumber Industry Slated SEATTLE. Jan. 6.-(yVln what employers in the Douglas fir in dustry said was an unprecedented move, AFL Lumber and Sawmill Workers union and management will hold an industry-wide meet ing January 8, in Portland. Representatives from the Puget Sund, Oregon coast and Willam e"e alley areas will get together, following two meetings of the Pu get Sund council of the union. Waiter A. Durham. Portland, set. letary-manager of the lumber men's industrial relation commit tee, said no wage offers were made In answer to the union's 30-cent pay increase demand at the Pugt4 Sound meetings, pending arrange ment for the January 8 meeting. The current hourly minimum is $1 325, Durham said. Fleming to Head Portland Police PORTLAND. Jan. S-) -James Fleming, 52, who has spent near ly all of his adult life as a Port land policeman, wm appointed chief of the department today by af-yor Earl Riley. Fleming, an inspector, suc ceeds L. V. Jenkins, who resign for health reasons. Jenkins will continue as sub-chief of inspec tion. Fleming became a police patrol man in 1919. At the same time. Mayor Riley smd the whole department would be reorganized. Rowland Hints Major9 Name - LOS ANGELES. Jan. -(JP) ft might be the -Pacific major a-agae" In 1948. President Clar tftre (raata) Rowland latlmat ed today. "Nobody has a copyright en the weed aaajer'.- aald Rew laad. whose plea fee a name change was taraed aowa last meeta by the big leagae direct era. "TVs National and A mer le leasees eeleag te a elaast fleeUea they terse major bat the weed by laaerteatlsa saeaas best' and we're the best la this sectlea ef the eeaatry." Bewtaad diecleeed that a pos sible change ef UUe la ea the agenda fee the Jaa. X6 aseet Inge ef the PCX. directors here. Rickey Buys Grid Brooks BROOKLYN. Jan. -CP) Branch Rickey entered he pre feet bail baafaase today whea he aaaeaaeeel the Breeklya ball elab haa ace. sired Dodger franchise la he AH Aaacrtea eoafarsats. The presi dent ef he Breeklya dab said the Dodgers weald operate the -football tease next seasoa If aee easary and weald ge at It ris ers eftix." Mrs. Compton, 80, Succumbs Mrs. Ida Mae Compton, 80, resi dent of the Salem area for the past 37 years, died Tuesday at her home, 433 S. Cottage st, fol lowing a year's illness, Mrs. Compton waa the widow of Joseph E. Compton who died early in 1947. She was a member of the Assembly of God church. Survivors are three daughters, Mrs. Lenna Perdue, Mrs. Cedle Marshall and Mrs. Zstella M. Buna all of Salem; son, Clyde N. Compton of Vancouver, B. C; brother, S. J. KeJley of Port land, four grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral services will be Thurs day at 3:30 pjn. from the Clough Barrick chapel, with burial In Belcrest Memorial park. Speculation Information Given by FBI WASHINGTON, Jan. 6-(P-Sen-ator Know land (R-Calif) who wants to know what the FBI has found out about the grain trading of President Truman's personal physician and if it has checked on others got answers today from a justice department official. The official, John F. Baecher, right-hand man to Assistant At torney General John F. Sonnett, emerged from a closed door ses sion of a senate appropriations subcommittee and told reporters he believed he had covered ques tions which Knowland said he had for sonnet These were: 1. Will the FBI furnish the subcommittee its data oa Brig. Gen. Wallace H. Graham, who has been called to testify Friday in a senatorial inquiry into hia com modity trading activitieis The FBI was reported last week to have called on the White House physi cian's broker for information. Answers I'nreveaJed 2. Has the FBI looked into sim ilar operations of any other per sons? But Baecher didn't reveal his answers. He said he was caution ed against discussing what went on in his conference with the group. He appeared in the ab sence of Sonnett from the city. Lamarre Pleads Guilty to Perjury, Sentence Delayed WASHINGTON. Jan. 6 - (yp) -Bleriot H. Lamarre. 35-year-old gasoline station attendant who once was "president" of the Avia tion Electric Corp. set up by MaJ. Gen. Bennett C Meyers, pleaded guilty In U. S. district court to day to three charges of perjury. Sentence was deferred on the blonde, slender Lamarre at the request of his attorney pending a probation officer's report. The maximum penalty on each count is 10 years' imprisonment. Meyers, former deputy chief of army procurement, is scheduled for arraignment tomorrow on three charges of perjury and three charges of inducing Lamarre to swesr falsely. DiMag Signs, Ted Satisfied NEW YORK. Jan. 8 AJP)- A beaming, buoyant Joe Di Maggio signed a new Yankee contract to day believed to guarantee him approximately $70,000 for the 1948 season and to place him among a handful of the highest paid ball players in the history of the game. BOSTON. Jan. 8 -IPs- Ted Wil liams, the American league's top slugger, today gave General Man ager Joe Cronin of the Boston Red Sox double assurances that he is satisfied with hia 1948 sal ary terms. Williams is reported to have drawn down around $70,000 last season. It can be taken for granted that owner Tom Yawkey was . In the mood to reward Williams with a figure that may make him the highest paid star in baseball his tory. Walker to Quit as Jaycee President Howard Walker, president of the Salem Junior Chamber of Commerce, announced his inten tion to resign his position Monday night at Jaycee dinner meeting. Walker Is planning to move from Salem because of ill health in his family. He will remain In Salem until the end of January. The Junior Chamber of Com merce board of directors will con sider the resignation at special meeting sometime next week. Too Lat to Classify WANTID TO KZNT: Laght track by day er week tor ah art nay hauls. Ptiocie SS4S. T6ft iXLt-L-urm maple beds. 1 doubts. Seaiy boa aprsne m new. 1 amcie -earta snstlre. eotl rose-ngureel hag runner. 14-foot tenet. Sou walnut extension dinette table, aabia. Fa. eta. rrs cross. ICE CHEAI1 Quarto . 330 SAVIITG CEIITEE Petitions for New Bridge In Circulation The Greater Oregon Bridge as sociation recently organized to en courage early construction of a new state highway bridge across the Willamette river at Salem started circulating petitions to that effect Tuesday night. At the group's second meeting, in Salem Chamber of Commerce rooms, representatives from Mar lon, Polk and Yamhill counties gave speedy approval to petitions drafted and printed by a commit tee this week, and began signing and distributing them on the spot. Petitions requesting action to ward immediate construction of a second Willamette river bridge between Salem and West Salem set forth that this action is "vital ly needed for the immediate wel fare," "of primary Importance to all Oregon citizens," "necessary to alleviate traffic hazards of the present bridge" and "essential for future welfare and development of the entire Willamette valley." A Dayton delegation appeared at the meeting in favor of the proposed bridge, with State Rep. Carl Francis pointing: out that Dayton now "feels cooped up" be cause of difficult traffic conditions t Junction on either side of Day ton at West Salem and at High way 99W below Dayton. Also pres ent from Dayton were City Coun cilman Howard Paris and Pat Carey, chamber of commerce secretary-treasurer. Plans were laid for circulating petitions through organizations and places of business in the three counties and later seeking signers from other parts of the state send ing through traffic by way of Sa lem between the coast and eastern Oregon. 'Bathroom Hog' Pays 815 Fine sr DETROIT, Jan. 8 -dV Oud mund Nielsen, 48, peid a $15 fine today because he committed that most serious breech of rooming' house ethics, bogging the bath room. Tenants complained to police af ter waiting endlessly outside the only bathroom on the second floor of their small hotel Monday morn ing. Patrolman Lawrence Whelton said he forced the door and found Nielsen fully clothed and asleep in the bathtub. Recorder's Judge Gerald W. Groat assessed the fine on a drunk enness charge. Bus Lines Denied California Permit SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. -(Jfy-The application of all American Bus Lines, Inc., for permission to establish a bus route from the California-Arizona border to the California-Oregon border via the coast highway was denied by the state public utilities commission today. The application had been pend ing since August, 1945, and had been fought bitterly by the Pacific Greyhound Lines, with which the proposed service would have com peted. ADMtNIST ATOB'S SALE OT KKAX rsortxTT Nolle la hereby given that in pur suance of an Order ef Sate mode an entered of record by the Circuit Court of the State of Ore goo for the County of Marion. Probate Department, on De cember 23d. 1947. In the Matter of the Estate of Albert A. Johnson. Deceased, the undersisned Administrator of sale estate from and after the ZSr day of January, 1S4S. will proceed to sell at private sate the following; described real property thereof, town: The west half of the north east quarter ef the south west quarter of section thirty three, township six south, range two weal of the Willamette meridian., con taining SS acres In Marlon County. Oreajon. Said sate will be mad at the farm reaktenc of F. O. Johnson. Salem. Route 7. Box Ml. Oregon, subject te confirmation by said Court, te the niftiest bidder for cash la hand, pay able ten percent at the urn of the bid and balance upon such confirmation. Bids will be received at the said resi dence of F. O. Johnson. The flrt publication and date a thte notice Is December 14th. 147. and the last publication will be January list, IMS. T. O. Johnson. Administrator C. M. Inman. Attorney for Administrator. D J4-J1-J 7-14-11 Thru 12 Freezing Winters TIlEGUIOTUHiTS this fee eaesf esiss The Quintuplet kav always relied ea afusterole to relieve concha, sore throat and aching muscles of cold. If in nla taafeerty etarta to brine; wonderful. loaa Waring relief! It aetaally kelps area as painful aurfaes congeaUon. IuSStmfUu: Child's Mild Maatarola. Begalar aad Extra Strang for grewa At all :4S sw an.. 'The Troublo VTitbT7onon" Alee -aasuavasm. OodV With Vnaxqr Knight Jaae Assess Danny Msrloa Massive Greek Offensive Set For Spring to Smash Guerrillas By Jena M. Hlghtewer WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.-CP)-The development of plans for a large scale Greek army offensive next spring to try to smash the guerrilla movement was strongly indicated by the state department today. The indication came in a statement explaining American support of an increase in Greek government armed forces and revealing the diversion of $15,000,000 in American aid funds from civilian to mili tary purposes to finance; the In crease. The action will' considerably strengthen Greek national guard forces as well as the national army, the state department said, and thus will "free the Greek na tional army from static defense tasks for mobile operations against the guerrillas." The Athens government had announced last night that with American approval the guard would be boosted by 30,000 men to a total of 50,000, and the army by 12,000 men to a total of 132, 000. Fire Destroys Brooklyn Pier NEW YORK, (Wednesday), Jan. 7.-04VA 1.000-foot-long Brooklyn waterfront pier waa destroyed by fire which broke out early today, spreading to an Argentine state merchant fleet freighter, but the five-alarm blaze was brought un der control an hour later. Flames aboard the 8,498 - ton freighter, the Rio Parana, were extinguished after the vessel had been towed Into mid-stream in the East river. Damage to the ship was not estimated. Fire headquarters said one per son was injured in the fire, which left the pier "in complete ruins." Cause of the blaze waa not deter mined Immediately. Bevena, Lightner Involved in Wreck Cars operated by Bill Be vans, Salem, and Edward Huber, Port land, collided near Gervais on Highway 99E at approximately 4:10 p. m. Tuesday, but despite extensive damage to both ma chines no one waa Injured. Al Lightner of Salem waa riding with Bevena and Mrs. Huber was a pas senger with her husband. FIXE IN PENNSYLVANIA GREENVILLE, Pa, Wednesday. Jan. 7. CT-Flamos which swept a half city block appeared to be subsiding early today after de stroying or badly damaging four business buildings on Mala street and doing: damage unofficially es timated at a quarter of million dollars. Start Today I At Both Mat. Dally 1S.BL Open 8:49 p. an. 4 (At aUgmlar Prlees) One Man Among Men I One Lovi Among Loves! One Adventure Among Adventures! CBtfrVtV-OX 3 Pliers - Co Eczcra l:h Ssttca-Ui I. Cell I by Pre esc by 1 1 I to -is' wini ; hmJ Cancer Expert In Moscow on fMystery9 Case MOSCOW, Jon. 8 -yP)- Dr. Elii Berven, one of Europe's most not ed cancer specialists who was summoned hastily from Stockholm to Moscow last week to treat an unidentified person was put up at the Metropole hotel today and said he expected to see his patient soon. Dr. Berven, 62-year-old radia tion specialist and chief physician of the Stockholm radium hospital, told newsmen "I have absolutely no idea who I have been called here to see." He refused further comment concerning his mission. (After Dr. Berven left Stock holm by plane Saturday, his son described his summons as "fan tastically mysterious." His assist ant in Stockholm said four Rus sian specialists telegraphed Dr. Berven "for an urgent consultation.") Potato Seed Sent to France VANCOUVER, B.C, Jan. 8 -(CP)- Idaho potato growers had better look to their laurels. Charles Bradbury, manager of a seed potato firm here today an nounced he had shipped 50 pounds of seed potatoes to the French government by air express. The price was $2.59 a pound for ship ping. He said that the French gov ernment will use the seed pota toes in experimental planting. ENDS TONIGHT! "DAK DELUSION" "Over the Saata Fe Trail" NEW TOMORROW! FOR S BIO DAYS! The handsome d a n e 1 ng star of "Anchors Awaigh" romances the girl with the body beautiful! It's that tap-happy love-and-laugh show! GENE KELLY la '4x j0 .Umi-TfcaCcfV McDonald CHAtU WINNIN01. rttTUls THAXTn Plus This tad Big Hit! ITS HOPPYS TOP . ADVENTURE! PLUS: - COLOR CARTOON, NEWS Opens 8:45 p. m. NOW! Adult 35a Jehany Wslsssaaller Jehany SaeffleU : "Xash" La Run "Ghost Town Rnqadm Chapter eae ef new thrill Serial! " Jungla Haiders" Cartoon News! 4aaer 2T- and the) I Bread V Jeyee fr Road-Oiling Hearings Start At Courthouse Nearly 300 north Marion coun ty residents opened the county court's scheduled three-day road oiling hearing here Tuesday while a like number is expected to ap pear for the south county roads today. Petitions representing 26 coun ty roads and four market roads were aired Tuesday before Mar ion County Judge Grant Murphy in a jam-packed court room. How ever 12 other oiling petitions, which had been filed previously with the court, were on the first day list, but no one appeared in their behalf. All the petitioners sought to have certain roads placed on the county's road oiling program next summer. Judge Murphy ex plained that to date petitions cov ered about 300 miles of road, but stated that only 25 miles could be placed on the summer oiling schedule. Most of the roads represented Monday were said to need oiling because of the numerous amount of "chuck holes" in them and because of the slow rate of traf fic they Imposed on motorists. County court members Indicat ed that the roads which would receive priority were those which served large communities, did not need too much repair work to put them in shape for oiling and were important arteries of travel. Today the court will hear pe tiUoners living south of a Une between Silverton and Salem. VI &v w0h with man a bout-town ary paying off in datos with mad-about-mon Shirley... and Myrna miffed for having started it aill It's Super for Laughtorl STARTS III! I v X4 14 Vi H VI H VI U A , ''s ' ' s- ' , ' H , ? 's -' ' '' B - w njjT viUEr ray, cciu:;s ilit Muum V " V s if M JS ss ss , s ; . r ft s , ; ' ' , A jy'i r' r- eeNd ey tftVtN tilt OrinWSMry W lnii I W WftPOM t Those living within a two mile radius of the Salem city limits will be considered Thursday. Kindergartens Vote Sought The Junior Woman's club pur sued its interest in public kinder gartens for Salem when a club delegation appeared before a Sa lem district school board commit tee Tuesday to recommend that the kindergarten matter be sub mitted for a school district vote in the near future. The board committee including Chairman Roy Harland, Mrs. Da vid Wright and Superintendent Frank Bennett will bring the rec ommendation before the full school board at its meeting next Tuesday night. State law permits school districts to operate kinder gartens if authorized by a vote within the district. Club representatives who met with the school officials in the public school office building yes terday were Mrs. C. T. Reaney and Mrs. Lawrence Fitzgerald. Flood Casualty in Salem Cuts Foot Only known Salem casualty of the high water was Thomas - tu rner, 2030 Hazel ave., teacher and scoutmaster at the state school for the deaf, who suffered a three inch cut on his foot Tuesday eve ning on the water-covered floor of his basement. Ulmer stepped on a piece of broken glass with his bar foot. He was treated by city first aid men and taken to Salem General hospital, where he, was treated and dismissed. m -lib.; w. in: SAl -NV-V f-llX, f.i : LOT DO.Ic SC!!ARrWoDucT.oM TODAY! TTt .Tltll.l.lfJ E3QJUHL5 J Suburbanites i Protest New j Bus Service i Along with general considera tion of Oregon Motor Stages' city buses operating beyond Salem city limits, a public hearing on January 14 will probably! hear comment from residents of sub urban areas formerly served by another firm, state public utili ties commission officials Indicat ed Tuesday. ; The hearing. Is required .under new legislation giving the; PUC jurisdiction over city bus; lines operating outside the city i limits but within three miles thereoL Existing routes will be consider ed as well as new service 'estab lished by OMS since Salerri Sub urban Lines went out of busi ness last Wednesday. r Complaints had already been heard locally from the Liberty district south of Salem regarding a 50 per cent cut In service,' which i officials said is on a trial basis. R. J. Davidson, Salem manager 1 for OMS,' said he had learned 1 that one of the interstate bus lines provides 38 schedules dally on highway 99E past Boone road, where service furnished by Sub urban lines has not been given, by OMS. i . I 1 1'-- ! Lead pipes were known fin Ro man times. i i : Sot Monoy wi&t ' WcrOdna Stock Mineral MILTON A. DIERX5 , Year vYatklas Dealer . RL 7. Bex tS Pbene t -XStl ?! 'i , ! 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