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
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day er week tor ah art nay hauls.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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