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City Veterans' Colony Assured
Action to Relieve Street Mud,
Lack of Sidewalks, Playground
By Robert E. Ganrware
City Editor. The Statesman
Who's to blame for the mud-bound plight of the Salem veterans'
housing colony and what can be done to improve the 175-unit- resi
dential site for some 330 adults and 300 children drew the attention
of the city council Monday night.
Spckesmen for both the council and the city housing authority,
Including Mayor R. L. Elfstrom in both capacities, admitted publicly
a certain carelessness in follow
ing through" but promised the
war veterans steps toward speedy
relief.
Approximately 100 veterans ov
erflowed the city manager's of
fice at city hatl as their spokes
man, Allan Barber, requested the
site improvements including
street paving, sidewalks and chil
dren's play areas which he said
were promised when veterans be
gan moving in the project near
18th and Cross streets 19 months
ago,
Financial aspects aired by City
.nager J. L. IFransen. Housing
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Project Manager Joseph Hopkins
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and Authority Member Steve An
derson included:
Of the $11,000 turned over to
the city by the housing authori
ty, $4,000 remains, the remainder
having been put into street im
provement. Besides this $4,000, the project
now has another $4,000 on hand
and expects a balance near $10,
000 by end of the fiscal year June
30.
But not all surplus can be used
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enough of its $34,000 federal - set
budget for ordinary or emergency
maintenance work on the build
ings. The project may operate as long
as five years and the buildings
and furniture then become city
property.
Barber told the council that
much of the graveling has disap
peared in the mud, that the few
asphalt streets are separated
from houses by water that ' will
not drain off and that presence
of so many children, almost all
of them tinder 7 years old, re
quires paved sidewalks "so they
may use their bikes and trikes,"
The council instructed the may
or, city manager, city engineer
and housing authority to meet
with representatives of the vet
eran - tenants to work out an im
provement prograxu'for submission
to the council January 28.
SINGAPORE SHAKES
SINGAPORE, Tuesday. Jan. 13.
-iJfy-K slight earth tremor shook
Singapore at 10:50 a. m. today
(7:20 p. on. Pacific Standard time,
Monday), the government meteor
ological office reported.
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Officers 'Jug'
Initiates for
Bulb-Snatching
Three raggedly dressed men,
described as "desperate, incurable
bulb snatchers," were thrown in
the "clink" Monday night after
they were "arrested- by city po
lice when they were caught in the
act of "swiping" a streetlight in
downtown Salem.
They were Ralph Schlesinger,
Doc Whitman and Rudy PraiL
who pleaded in vain that they
were Cherrians, in an attempt to
escape the lockup. The men were
arrested after police received an
anonymous "tip" that three ho
boes would attempt to make off
with a city light bulb.
Arriving at the scene, officers
found Prail sliding down a light
standard, bulb in hand. His two
companions stood by admiring his
agility. They were taken to the
hoosegow and locked up for 30
minutes on a charge of "bulb
snatching."
They were "sprung by brother
Cherrians who told police it was
just part of the Salem Cherrians
initiation. Prail explained that he
Is particularly adept at climbing
light standards because he does it
every day while working for Walton-Brown
Electric company
which has the contract to replace
the city's worn out bulbs.
Groups Seek
Death Stay
For Henderson
PORTLAND. Jan. 1J -VP)- A
plea for the life of Wardell H.
Henderson, 25, sentenced to die
in the state's lethal gas chamber
January 23 for the murder of
Walter Poole, Vanport. was sent
today to Governor Hall.
It came from Irving Goodman,
attorney for the National Asso
ciation for the Advancement of
Colored People. He said 100 Port
land attorneys had signed it.
Goodman said Henderson had
repudiated a "confession" that was
made under duress; that there was
only circumstantial evidence of
his guilt; that the Jury foreman
recently urged clemency; that
Henderson's previous record was
good, and that several murders
of an "unusually atrocious char
acter last year did not result in
death penalties.
Henderson was convicted of
killing Poole on Christmas eve,
1943, and stealing his automobile.
Henderson denies the slaying and
maitains he knew only that he
was hired to drive to Colorado
some white soldiers who had the
car.
Stolen Bus Ends
Up in a Ditch
A bus stolen from its parking
place on D street between Front
and Commercial streets late Sun
day night was found in a ditch on
Lancaster road and D street early
Monday morning, city police re
ported.
- The bus "belongs to the Ham
man Stage company. Police said
residents living near the scene
telephoned headquarters to re
port that a car had crashed into
the ditch. The thief, however,
fled before officers arrived. Police
said the driver aDoarentlv (kid
ded into the ditch when he at
tempted to round the corner at
high speed. The bus was only
j slightly damaged, police said.
! Ike Fails to
Halt 'Draft'
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1 WASHINGTON. Jan. l-UP)-
I Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower pass
ed up an opportunity today to
crack down on a New Hampshire
"draft Eisenhower" movement - -and
some political analysts imme
diately interpreted this to mean he
is virtually a candidate for the re
publican presidential nomination.
Although an army spokesmen
declared the chief of staff still
"wants nothing to do with poli
tics, " Eisenhower declined com
ment on the filing in New Hamp
shire of a slate of nominating' con
vention delegates pledged to him.
Boiling Leaking
Radialors
Ned the attention of our
radiator expert
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tflos with which to repair,
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and cooling systems . .
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Trucker Asks $7,000 Damages
In Cave-in of Lumker Bridge
A possible $7,000 damage suit against Marion county as a result
of the Lumker bridge cave-In December 30 looms today following a
receipt by county court Monday of a letter from the attorneys of John
Phil pot, Salem, owner of the log
bridge.
Otto W. Heider, Sheridan attor
ney, said in the letter that his cli
ent expects the court to make a
settlement on the truck and trail
er, valued in excess of $7,000.
Members of the county court
said Monday they would take up
the matter with District Attorney
Miller B. Harden, who was In
Portland on business. County
Commissioner Roy Rice also said
that the county is gathering data
from state engineers regarding the
weight of the truck and trailer
and their load-weight.
Commissioner Rice said that a
new bridge at the site would cost
$10,000.
The letter declared that there
was no negligence on the part of
Arthur Anderson, driver of the
truck, or on the part of owner
Philpot, who, it alleged, had no
knowledge that the bridge was
unsafe. A statement that "gas
pipes" were used for steel rods
in construction of the bridge was
emphatically denied by Ted Kuen
ri, county bridge foreman.
Heider also declared that the
bridge was not posted in any way,
that it should have been able to
hold up three trucks because of
its length, that county officials
were grossly negligent for allow
ing even automobiles to cross the
bridge and that the supports and
timbers of the bridge were In rot
ten condition.
The bridge is located on the
Elkhorn road on the Little North
Fork of the Santiam. A week fol
lowing the crash, a new steel Bai
ley bridge, borrowed from the
state highway department,
spanned the river in place of the
12-year-old structure.
Defense Budget
Figures Climb
(Story also on page 1)
WASHINGTON. Jan. 12 -0P)-An
$11,000,000,000 fund to main
tain armed forces of 1,423,000 men
next fiscal year and to help re
vamp the nation's defenses for the
atomic era was urged by President
Truman today, with a warning
that if Europe goes red the costs
will soar.
The proposed outlay is the big
gest single item in budget recom
mendations Mr. Truman made to
congress for the year beginning:
next July 1. It constitutes 28 per
cent of the total, and is $279,000,
000 above the estimated defense
spending for the present year.
The manpower strength of 1,
423,000 recommended for the
army, navy and air force is about
the same as at present.
Divorce Court
Found Illegal
LITTLE ROCK, Jan. 12 - CP) -Nearly
2,000 divorces granted by
an attractive red-haired woman
Judge here became a legal ques
tion mark today when the Arkan
sas supreme court held that her
court "does not exist" because it
was created unconstitutionally.
The Judge is Mrs. Ruth Hale.
The ruling threw a cloud over
the marital status of several thou
sand persons and their children
some of them now residing in
other states.
The supreme court held that the
special domestic relations court in
Pulaski (Little Rock) county cre
ated by the 1947 legislature was
in fact no court at all, and spe
cifically set aside two divorces
granted during the past year. Chief
Justice Griffin Smith told news
men that all other acts of the
special court would be affected by
the decision.
Valley's Flood
Loss $11 Million
CORVALLIS, Ore., Jan. 12-iJP)-The
Willamette valley flood of the
past week caused $11,800,000 dam
age. Col. O. W. Walsh, district
army engineer, estimated here to
day. Col. Walsh said proposed flood
control works in the valley should
ultimately prevent 100 per cent
of flood damage in the upper val
ley, beyond the mouth of the Long
Tom river, and 83 per cent of
damage to areas below that river.
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U.S. Educator
Held by Soviet
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BERLIN, Jan. 12 -IP)- Soviet
occupation authorities arrested
Dr. Herman B. Wells, president
of Indiana university, just inside
the Russian sector of Berlin and
held him for three hours before
releasing him, U. S. army police
said today.
Wells' arrest yesterday was the
latest in a series of such incidents.
In recent weeks 17 Americans, in
cluding 12 soldiers, have been
picked up and detained, some for
as long as three days.
Wells, on leave of absence from
his Indiana university post, now
is serving as chief of the U. S.
military government's education
branch.
Statehood for
South Alaska
Only Proposed
PORTLAND. Jan. 12 - VP) - A
suggestion that only a portion of
Alaska be granted statehood came
today from the chairman of an
Alaska delegation at the Western
States Council Conference of
Chambers of Commerce meeting
here.
Ralph Loman, Nome, Alaska,
chairman of the territorial dele
gation, asserted the 50,000 white
population of the vast northern
area is too small to bear the ex
pense of adequate state govern
ment.
Power Supply
Lines Added
Under Budget
(Story also on page 1)
PORTLAND, Jan. 12 -VP)- The
Bonneville administration said to
day its proposed budget would
speed construction of transmission
lines but would "not solve the
basic shortage of power supply for
industry' in the Pacific north
west.
D. L. Marlett, acting Bonne
ville administrator, said the am
ount was the "minimum neces
sary for taking care of the pow
er needs of the present service
area for Bonneville and Grand
Coulee power and puts us in s
much better position to keep up
with the transmission require
ments of the region in future years
when new power supplies are
brought in . .
The $38,475,000 asked in the
budget for the rest of this fiscal
year and the ensuing year would
be allocated, Marlett said, to in
clude the following:
Supplemental funds: Forest
Grove - McMinnvllle - Salem line,
$50,000 cash and $250,000 contract
authorization.
Next fiscal year: Goldendale
Detroit dam, $300,000 and $1,
700,000; Detroit dam - Goshen
(Eugene). $1,975,000 and $1,825,
000; Salem substation additions,
$35,000 and $140,000; Forest
Grove - McMinnville - Salem,
$395,000 and $20,000; Salem-Albany-Lebanon,
$641,000 and $143,
000. Dairy Group
Opens Confab
ASTORIA, Jan. 12-P)-Commit-tee
sessions of the Dairymen's as
sociation today opened the 54th
annual state meeting scheduled
here for the next three days.
Mayor Orval Eaton will address
the state association delegates to
morrow at the formal opening, W.
O. Christensen, North Powder,
president, will preside at the
speaking program.
Livestock disease control will
be the topic of Dr. B. T. Simms,
U. S. department of agriculture
agent, tomorrow morning.
Committee sessions today dis
cussed herd improvement, dairy
products promotion, disease con
trol and resolutions.
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Salem Electric
Trio in Court
This Moraing
Harry Read, manager of Salem
Electric, and two company line
men face charges of installing
wires across a city street in vio
lation of city ordinance in muni
cipal court at 8:30 this morning
following their arrest by city po
lice Monday.
Read and the linemen, Robert
E. Nordyke, 162 W. Lincoln st,
and Robert Ladd, Salem route 4,
were arrested Monday afternoon
for allegedly reconnecting several
electric wires on Donald road,
Carlton way and Portland road.
The wires were cut January 2
after Read's arrest on a similar
charge. Read is now free on $200
bail posted after his previous ar
rest. Both charges were brought
by J. H. Davis, city engineer.
The Salem Electric manager has
already filed notice of appeal in
Marion county circuit court from
a September 6 ruling of the mu
nicipal court which fined Read
$150 for a previous violation. Read
and his assistants were released
after posting $100 bail each.
Salem Electric is now operating
under a limited franchise granted
by the city council which pro
vides the company may serve
customers given connections be
fore Oct. 1. 1947. A bill to give
the company unlimited franchise
was killed by the city council at
the same time the limited fran
chise was granted.
Negro Rights
To Schooling
Now' Upheld
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 -(JP)-The
supreme court held today that
Negroes are entitled not only to
receive in state institutions any
sort of educational training that
whites can get In such schools, but
also to get it as quickly as, any
other group.
Strict application of the order
would give the state of Oklahoma
Just three days to admit a Negro
girl, Ada Lois Sipuel, to the law
school at the all-white University
of Oklahoma, or set up separate
and equal facilities for her.
A new semester in which white
students can enter begins January
15. There is no Oklahoma state law
school for Negroes now. The appli
cant already has been waiting two
years while the case was in litiga
tion.
Speed was the main point in to
day's ruling:. Negroes' rights to
equal facilities, and to have them
in institutions of their own states,
had been affirmed by the high
court in a Missouri case 10 years
ago.
Auto Crash Fatal;
2 from Scio Hurt
EUGENE, Jan. 12.-CP)-One
woman was killed and her hus
band and two other persons in
jured today east of Dexter on
highway 58 when a station wagon
they were riding skidded on an icy
portion of the road and plunged
into a ditch.
State police said Mrs. Winnie
Childs, Portland, was dead. Henry
Childs and Judith and Lynn Tay
lor, of Scio, are in a hospital here.
Jews Form Plans
For New State
JERUSALEM, Jan. 12 - (JP) -Against
a background of virtual
civil war the Jews of the Holy
Land went forward today with
their plans for a provisional gov
ernment for the separate Jewish
state to be established in accord
ance with the decision of the Unit
ed Nations.
There was no surcease from the
crackle of gunfire which has
sounded day and night since the
November 29 decision of the Unit
ed Nations, and new killings to
day boosted, the unofficial death
count to 699 in Palestine for that
period.
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Injured in Crash
OREGON CITY, Ore., Jan. 12.-(JPy-H.
H. Jacobson, a fanner in
the Woodburn, Ore., sres .was in s
hospital here tonight for treatment
of head injuries after an automo
bile he was driving crashed into a
parked car.
State nolice said Jacobseii be
came ill while driving and losf
control of his car.
CRASH KILLS 31
CIUDAD TRUJILLO, Domini
can Republic, Jan. 12-(P)-Thirty-one
persons were killed Sunday
when a commercial transport
plane crashed in Rio Verde while
flying from Barahona to Santiago.
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Six youths Initiated into ' the
Order of DeMolay at the Ma
sonic temple Monday night were
Ronald Brunk, Wayne Hall. Don
Hughes, Marcus Tallent, Richard
Geer and James Stuart. , f
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