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PORTLAND, Feb. f-P-Bon-neville
administration officials
said tonight supplemental funds
asked from congress would pro
vide the missing link in an al
ternate Portland-Salem power
line.
Power is carried to Salem and
the upper Willamette valley over
'a single 115,000-volt line now.
Lines also run from Portland to
Forest Grove and from Salem
to McMinnville. A connection
between Forest Grove and Mc
Minnville would make possible
a two-way feed for the entire
area.
In the $2,200,000 supplemental
request, $300,000 is listed for the
Forest Grove-McMinnville - Sa
lem line. Of this, $50,000 would
be cash and $250,000 contract
authorization.
The line from Forest Grove to
McMinnville would be an exten
sion of a 113,000-volt line from
Waitress Shot; Worker
Says Incident Accident
Mrs. Betty Voecks, 21, a Salem waitress, was critically wounded
In a downtown hotel shooting Thursday night
Police investigating the shooting said a .45 calibre bullet pene
trated her. right breast, both lungs and left shoulder.
Bobby Leo Britz. 24, local construction worker, told police offi
cers that Mrs. Voecks was shot accidentally as he was examining his
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Quite a stir is being raised in
the counties south of here over the
sustained yield program of the
department of the interior for
dealing with O St C grant lands.
I reported the hearing held in Eu
gene last month. Now the oppon
ents are following up with public
meetings designed to .stir up pub
lic oDDOsition to the plan. Import
ed to make addresses on the sub-J
Ject is Leif Erickson. prominent
lawyer and former judge in Mon
tana, who orated against the plan
in the Eugene hearing.
The cry raised against the pro
rram is "monopoly" and making
agreements of 100-year duration, j
Principal objectors are operators
of small sawmills "Who own little
or no timber, who want a chance
to buy, or bidj timSer from gov
ernment lands,- either O it C or
federal forest lands. Scores of
these mills are running, particu
larly in Linn. Lane and Douglas
counties: and they are staging
this public a f peal in protest
against the bureau of land man
agement's plan. Later on the cam
paign may spread to the north
end of the Willamette valley when
blocking of these lands becomes
Imminent.
There is naturally a popular re
sentment against "monopoly" but
the alternative may speed such a
result. The private individual or
the small corporation is unable to
carry timberland on a per
(Conclnded on Editorial Pare)
British Change
Ambassadors
LONDON, Friday. Feb. 12 -UP)
Britain has named Sir Oliver
Franks, an economist with broad
knowledge of the Marshall plan,
as her ambassador to the United
States. He has never before held
a diplomatic post.
lie replaces Lord In ver chapel,
who has been ambassador to
Washington since 1948, the for
eign office announced tonight.
Lord InveTchapel, a career dip
lomat, has retired from the for
eign service.
The new appointee to Britain's
top foreign diplomatic post was
adviser to the British delegation
at the Paris Marshall plan con
ference last summer.
RESEARCH LAB BURNS
ITHACA, N. Y., Feb. 12 -JP)
A
l spectacular fire destroyed the
igtv voltage laboratory at Cor-f
h
nell university tonight with loss
estimated by it
that $1,000,000
estimated by its director at more
ELEVEN DIE IN AIR CRASH
ULRICHSTEIN, Germany. Feb.
-OFy-Ten persons survived the
crash here today of a Danish air
liner but 11 others were believed
to have perished in the flames.
Animal Crackers
By WARREN GOODRICH
"Pop won't be home a bisck
Cat crossed his pith."
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Portland. The McMImville-Salem
line is for 68,000 volts. Of
ficials said studies would be un
dertaken to determine if it should
be increased to 115,000-volt ca
pacity. In the budget for the next fis
cal year Bonneville also asked
$393,000 cash and $20,000 con
tract authorization for the For
est Grove - McMinnville - Salem
line.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 12.-UP)-A
plea that $2,200,000 be given
Bonneville power administration
now instead of waiting for the
next fiscal year was before the
house appropriations deficiency
subcommittee today.
Rep. Angell (R-Orc) said a
number of projects should be
started now, including a line
from Forest Grove to Salem, as
an additional circuit to carry
power through the Willamette
valley.
.45 calibre pistol while "going
through" some of his papers and
former army equipment.
Police lodged an intoxication
charge against Britz and held turn
in the city Jail pending investiga
tion. Mrs. Voecks was too weak
to talk to the police last night.
The couple had just completed a
sandwich lunch at the time of the
shooting, Britz said.
Police said occupants of an ad
jacent room, Mr. and Mrs. K. C.
lkeler. told them they had beard
no disturbance during the' even
ing until they heard the pistol
shot
The incident occurred a few
minutes before p. m. in a room
on the fourth floor of the Marion
hotel. Dr. B. A. Myers was sum
moned from the Marin room of
the hotel where he was dining
with the Salem Knife and Fork
club. The city first aid crew took
th wounded woman to Salem
General hospital.
Mrs. Voecks is an employe of
the Salem hotel coffee shop. Britz
said he had been doing carpentry
work in Salem construction jobs
since he came here from Skid
more, Tex., several months ago.
Vets Colony
Selects Name
Of 'Vetville'
The name of Vetville and a ten
tative constitution for the recent-
ly organized council of residents 1
of the veterans housing colony at
16th and Cross streets, was ad- primaries. He is the third candi- !
opted last night at a meeting of date for the office, the other two ,
the colony's newly-elected offi- being Denver Young, incumbent, j
cers. and Robert Fallon, ex-deputy in '
The name and constitution will , the sheriffs office. j
be subject to ratification by the ; Bacon was born at Bottinau. j
Salem housing authority, muni- N D . was raised on a farm and ,
cipal organization in charge of' graduated from North Dakota
the colony. The colony's new may-j State School of Agriculture and j
or, Elliott Nichols, the secretary j Forestry. He went overseas in
treasurer and 12 councilraen met, 1918 with the army and was dis- ;
in Pauius' cannery. charged in 1919. j
The new constitution establish- j Career Varied
es a method of succession to va- His business career inc ludes ,
cant courts in the colony, with ' nursery manager, sawmill opera
priority given to families with tor. dock superintendent, freight ,
rhMHrrn it Uo nmviHM that all ! asent. payroll auditor and build- ,
evictions from Vetville will be contractor. At the beginning of
passed on by the council. the last world war he was a sen-
It is provided that a legitimate ior inspector with the'army engtn
rnmni,int vr,oKt n,int . eering corp sand a personnel di-
nt w,m rit in tint mrrn-.
tion notice; secondly (if the com
plaint is not corrected) a second
correction notice, and thirdly, a
notice of eviction if no attempt is
made by the tenant to remedy the
complaint.
The council voted to conduct
public meetings on the second and
fourth Mondays of each month.
and a closed meeting on the first
Monday of each month. Meetings;, pofit 9 now ng on the
wu. ue iwiu in r.u.uj
warehouse until banning season
starts, and then in another site. !
Vetville officers safd Thursday j
night.
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Minus Black Cats
PITTSBURGH. Feb. 12 -4JP
The anti-superstition society will j
observe Friday the 13th as usual '
tomorrow, but there will be no
2, id n,,. h
had bad luck with black cats at
previous meetings.
the 13 members and was never
found again. Another time the
society forgot to return a bor
rowed black cat. Last time they
met they couldn't find a black
cat and had to dye one and the
imposture was discovered.
So no black cats they're
bad luck!
Gepgrapby Student
Baffles Postoffice
RONKONKOMA. N. Y, Feb.
12 -JP)- Postal employes, puzzled
by the letters "N. T." in place of
the zone number on mail ad
dressed to a schoolboy here,
yielded to curiosity today and
asked him about it.
The youngster said it was as
simple as could be. He'd been
answering advertisements, and. in
filling out the coupons with his
mailing address he merely ab
breviated "north temperate" in
the zone space.
NINETY-SL VLN JH YZAB
3 Million
At Gandhi
Funeral
ALLAHABAD. India. Feb. 12
CP)-The ashes of Mohandas Gand
hi were dispersed in the holy
-waters of India today in one of
the largest funerals of all times.
While about 3,000,000 watched
from the banks, a white-painted
amphibious army craft a lowly
"duck" churned to the middle
of the confluence of the Ganges
and Jumna rivers. Gandhi's son
Ramdas kissed the copper fune
ral urn, touched it with his fore
head, then poured the ashes mix
ed with milk of a sacred cow
into the water.
Similar ceremonies were per
formed at about 50 places
throughout the wide sub-conti-
i nent while about 10,000,000 of all
religious communities rich and
poor, prince and beggars, old and
young watched.
Premier Jawaharlal Nehru, who
assisted in the Allahabad cere
mony, in an oration immediately
after said:
"Here now has ended the jour
ney of the father of the nation.
He no more s among us but his
light will ever live in and among
us and nothing, neither time nor
distance, can quench it. We must
take up where our fathers left it
and work unceasingly for Hindu
Moslem unity, social and politi
cal equalities."
Hundreds of thousands tramp
ed the seven miles of the funeral
route from the railway station to
Triveni Sangam where the two
rivers are joined, the Hindus say,
by the subterranean saraswath.
I. N. Bacon to
Seek County
Sheriff Post
(Picture on page 2)
I. N. Bacon, Salem realtor, an
nounced his candidacy for the of
fice of Marion county sheriff
Thursday, and reported that he
would file his declaration today
with the Marion county clerk.
Bacon. 53. prominent here in
veterans groups, is seeking the
republican nomination in the May
rector for the Cobbs and Mitchell
Lumber company. He is now in
the real estate business with Wal
ter Mutgrave of West Salem.
A resident of Salem since 1924.
he is the father of two sons. His
home is at 1810 N. 19th st.
Ex-Legion Commander
Bacon is a member of the Bap
tist church. Veterans of Foreign
Wars, 40 and 8. and past com
mander of American Legion, Capi-
post's building committee. i
rwbrin that he stands for.:
cean politic, and -no mudsling-
inl - Bacon sUted that, if elected, j
his first move would.be to em-,
ploy a staff of competent deputies i
who could work in harmony both I
inside and out of the office." j
"I intend to enter the office
with complete freedom to conduct
its affair swithout obligation to j
any special group or groups. I ;
have a long reputation for honesty j
nd 1 rnean to sustain that repu-
tation through my campaign and j
"r. whether elected or not. j
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Income Tax Office
'T' Af,. f f C
i.HC lU v.. til v. ;
Paul Lynch, deputy collector of
internal revenue, has announced
that his office, now in the post
office building, would move its
headquarters to the Salem Cham
ber of Commerce, effective Mon
day, February 16, through Mon
day, March 15, so that more ade
quate space would be available
for persons filing federal income
tax returns.
Weather
Max.
4S
. 45
. 57
.. 27
Min. Precip.
21 ,aa
24 .00
34 .00
1 1 trc. snow
Itlroi .
Portland
San Francisco
Chicago
New York
42
32 .00
Willamette river 1 3 feet.
FORECAST from U.S. weather bu
reau. MrNary field. Salem i : ParUy
cloudy today, increasing cloudiness to
nijrht with slightly warmer tempera
tures. Highest tempeiature today, be
tween 40 and SO degrees: lowest to
night, between 2S and 30 degrees.
SALEM PRECIPITATION
(Siace SepC I)
This Year
2S.12
Last Year
24.S7
Average
2482
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Soap, Grain
Join Growing
Price Decline
CHICAGO, Feb. 12 - (P) - Soap
and more grain products joined
the growing list of shopper items
on the price cutting parade today,
but President Truman said infla
tion still is a major danger in
the United States.
The chief executive told his
news conference that he did not
want to go intoa technical dis
cussion of the commodity market
decline but that he considers in
flation "still a major economic
problem."
Congress, he said, should enact
the program he submitted Novem
ber 17 for stand-by wages and
price controls.
Mr. Truman said he believes his
$40 a person tax cut is feasible,
despite the market break.
Major UJS. exchanges were clos
ed today for the Lincoln day holi
day and traders in most foreign
markets will take Friday. Excep
tions were Singapore and Manila.
There prices dropped sharply on
the stock exchanges.
At Buenos Aires, the sharp
break in stocks which plunged
prices down yesterday was halted.
Gains and losses were evenly
distributed in industrials on the
Montreal stock exchange and curb
market.
Three major soap companies
Proctor it Gamble, Lever Brothers
and Colgate-Palmolive-Peet an
nounced immediate wholes ale
price cuts of 5 per cent on all
soap products. The A. E. Staley
Manufacturing company of Deca
tur, 111., announced it was cut
ing prices at once on soybean meal
and oil. corn meal and refined corn
oil, industrial starches and bulk
corn syrups.
Rockies Storm
Takes 8 Lives
By the Associated Press
Snowstorms in the. great plains
and Rocky Mountains had claimed
at least eight lives today.
Spectacular rescue efforts saved
two persons from exposure deaths
and several others, reported miss
ing for a time, later were found
safe.
Near Dumas. Texas, Wednesday,
Mrs. Booker Toon and her grand
children, Robert Wayne Reynolds,
2. and Juanita Reynolds, 4. died
of exposure despite a rescuer's ef
forts to pull them to safety on a
tractor-drawn sled.
Near Meade, Kas., the bodies of
Phyllis Moler, 19; her sister. Lou
ise. 16. and Melvin Miller. 20. of
Fowler. Kas., were found beneath
deep snow drifts yesterday.
A country school teacher, Ed
ward Bradley, was found frozen
yesterday and at Clayton. N.M.,
Ben Davis, a well-known rancher
was found dead in a snowbank.
Belgium Mobilizes
Public Utilities as
Strike Break Plan
BRUSSELS, Belgium, Feb. 12
UP)- The Belgian government to
night ordered civil mobilization
of the gas and electricity indus
tries tonight to end a strike.
Every employe and executive
of all public and private produc
ing and distributing companies
must be at work by tomorrow
morning or be sued, the govern
ment declared.
About 18,000 workers out of
23,000 walked out today demand
ing a 7 per cent wage increase.
Composer Says Reds 'Off Beat9
In Attributing Politics to Music
By Arthar Edsen
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.-flP-Suppose
you wanted to compose
a piece of music to the glory of
capitalism. What would you do?
Would your drummer hammer
a cash register instead of a cym
bal? Or instead of a rat-a-tat-tat on
a covered vat, would he do a flick
er on a stock market ticker?
Well, don't let the idea upset
your grade notes. For Bainbridge
Crist, who has composed pieces
played in the best society, says it
can't be done.
"Preposterous," said Crist, in
answer to this reporter's question.
There's no way to put a polit
ical idea across by music." -Russian
Music Critics
The whole thing was started by
the Russians. They came out yes
terday with a tsk, t&k! At some
of their own composers, including
such big leaguers as Dmitri Shos
takovich and Serge Prokofieff.
The central committee of the
communist party said these com
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These M-hals a ad proposed new school sites figure fa the Salem school district expansion pre-gTaaa
far which a $3,50,0eo bond issue will be placed before voters at a special election February 24. West
Salem sites at top shew present school and gymnasium buildings (at left) and the site (right) ef pre
poeed West Salem Junior high school Just northwest of 8th and Patterson streets. In center left
shows school district property on Lansing avenue, looking toward state fairgrounds pavilion, where
a new elementary school may be built to accommodate growing population of the Capitols district.
Grant school, right center, also in north Salem, would be replaced If present population growth con
tinues. It was built In 189. Lower left is Rickey grade school which is already earmarked for replace
ment by a new Four Corners, area elementary school, district-owned site for which Is shown at lower
right, looking east acroaa El ma avenue near Beck street. Several other schools and sites are Included
in the school board's development plan. (Photos by Don Dill, Statesman staff photographer.)
New Device May Solve
Life on Mars Question
CHICAGO. Feb. 12-P)-The age old question of whether there
is any life on Mars may be answered next week.
University of Chicago astronomers expect a newly developed
electronic device that can analyze matter millions of miles out into
space may settle the question at least as to plant life.
When Mars comes within 6,3,000,000 miles of Earth next week
Britain Orders
Price Freeze
LONDON, Feb. 12 -(JTy- The
government backed up its hold-the-line
wage policy today by
freezing prices on practically ev
erything Britons buy.
Sir Stafford Cripps, Britain's
economics minister, told the house
of commons, the government's
board of trade would order prices
of all goods covered by existing
price controls to be held at the
December-January level.
The government's action ob
viously was in response to trade
union opposition against limiting
the laborer's pay envelope to its
present size without a compen
sating check on profits and prices.
posers are toying with ideas
which are "survivals of bourgeois
the modern decadent music of
ideology nurtured by influence of
western Europe and America."
The central committee figured
it was high time the communists
started grinding out communistic
music.
If music can be communist, why
can't it be capitalist, too?
Which brings us back to Crist.
No Instructions
"Ridiculous,' he said. "Music
can be written only by inspiration
--or maybe it's desperation. Cer
tainly no one can tell you how a
fine piece of music should be
done."
Having dusted off the central
committee, Crist was now ready
for Shostakovich and Prokofieff.
"The Soviets would have been
on firmer ground," he said, "if
they had left the political angle
out of it."
"Frankly, I detest soviet mu
sic. It's cross-eyed, and it's knock
kneed, and it isn't music."
Salem, Oregon, Friday. February
- , , "BBSe'
k-ty.
closest for the next two yea
scientists will hook up their device
to McDonald observatory s 62-inch
reflecting telescope at Fort Davis,
Tex., and train the big eye on the
neighboring planet.
Two areas on Mars will hold
their interest green patches that
seem to undergo seasonal changes,
and polar caps. The electronic de
vice, called a spectral recorder, is
expected to determine whether
these green patches are identical
in type to vegetation growing on
Earth and whether the polar caps
are composed of frozen moisture.
If the spectral recorder shows
Martian areas have the same infra-red
ray absorption pattern as
similar earth areas, astronomers
say it will mean plant life, simi
lar to that on Earth, and moisture
are present on Mars.
If there is thriving plant life
there is a possibility that some
form of animal life exists, astron
omers say, although probably of
a much different evolutionary na
ture than on Earth.
Cold Snap Revives
Power Shortage
BEND. Feb. 12 -JP)- Below
zero ! weather left three central
Oregon counties short of elec
tricity again today.
Power was being alternated to
different towns In Deschutes,
Crook and Jefferson counties. Op
erations of lumber mills was cur
tailed. The cold increased demands for
power, and simultaneously, cut
the supply because of iced hog
fuel in power plants and low
stream flow in the frozen De
schutes river.
U. & VESSEL STRIKES MINE
AMSTER D A M. The Nether
lands, Feb. 12 -(JP)- The Amer
ican steamship Gateway struck
a mine in the North sea tonight,
and later was reported proceed
ing under its own power.
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Solons Rule
'Self-Help' as
Aid Bill 'Must'
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -P-European
countries must do ev
erything in their power to help
themselves and each other if they
are to get aid from the U. S., the
senate foreign relations committee
ruled today.
Chairman Vandenberg, (R
Mich.) announced that the com
mittee, which is putting the "Mar
shall plan" into 'the form of a bill
for senate action, unanimously
agreed that:
The 16 countries seeking aid
must carry out their pledge to cre
ate "a joint recovery program
based on self - help and mutual
cooperation."
Each country must sign and
live up to an agreement with
the U. S., setting forth what it will
do to bring about its own recov
ery. The American administrator of
the program will be directed to
shut off assistance to any country
which does not pull its own weight
or which does not use U. S. help
for its intended purpose.
The administrator also can stop
the flow of U, S. aid if, because
of "changed conditions," it is no
longer in this country's interest
to continue it.
This last proviso could be in
voked to stop American supplies
going to a country which fell un
der communist control.
Tension Eases
On India Issue
LAKE SUCCESS, Feb. 12-UP)
The security council accepted with
obvious relief today a surprise
Canadian procedural compromise
in the Kashmir deadlock between
India and Pakistan.
At the suggestion of Gen. A. G.
L. McNaughton, of Canada, the
council's February president, the
delegates put off further debate
on Kashmir until the Indian dele
gation can fly to New Delhi, con
sult the government, and return
with fresh orders.
N. Gopalaswami Ayyanger, . In
dian special delegate and minister
of state, arranged to go home at
once. He told reporters "All's
well that ends well. The tension
has been greatly relieved."
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Lincoln Day
Speakers Flay
Foreign Policy
By the Associated Press
Republicans lathed ' out at ad
ministration's foreign and dome,
tic policies in Lincoln day speeches
last night, but divided over funds
needed for the European recovery '
program. $ I
Gov. Thomas Z. Dewey of New
York and Senator Robert A. Taft
of Ohio, two of the leading candi
dates for the republican presiden
tial nomination, differed over
Marshall plan appropriations.
They previously had taken oppo
site stands on universal military
training, with Dewer for it and
Taft against. j
Speaking In Boston, Dewey
said President Truman's foreign'
policies "should be thrown over
boardlock, stock and barrel.
As for tho ILfaf-shall hlan h cf
no ona knew how much it would
cost in the end.. But he said ho
would rather provide the full sum
requested "than to limit with an
amount which might fall to do the
Job." t
la-Month Sum Soaght I -
The administration has asked
$8,800,000 for the first IS months.
. Taft, speaking In the home state
of a third GOP aspirant, Harold E.
Stassen. advocated St St. Paul,
Minn., a "hard boiled plan" to gf va.
curop aid lor -only those projects
to clear economic value to the
beneficiaries.
Staasen Berates RbssUrs
Stassen told a Dartv rally !
at
German town, Pa that the Soviet
Politburo is trying to "tear down
the economy of Europe", by cp
poslng the Marshall plan.
Jie raid the United States should
remain strong, help to strengthen
the United Nations .guard against
"buble booms and depressions,"
and bring our world economy
poucy in line with" our foreign
policy j
In addition to the avowed pre
sidential aspirants, scores of leg
islators, governors and other par
ty figures took -to the Dlatform
and radio to criticize the Truman
administration. Several of jthe
speakers urged dissatisfied demo
crats to join the republicans, j
Hans Eisler
Deportation
Order Signed
PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 12 1M
Hans Eisler, Hollywood compos
er, today was ordered deported
by the . immigration and naturali
zation service.
A spokesman fof the agency
said an order had i been signed,
giving Eisler voluntary deporta
tion to any country of his choice
except to contingudus countries.
Eisler, brother of Gerhart Eis
ler, once described as the "No. 1
communist in the United States,",
has been ordered to leave I the
country as soon as possible,! the
spokesman added. Ih Washington
the justice department said it; un
derstood he is leaving Monday,
February 16.
Members of the house un
American activities committee
recommended last September that
Eisler be deported after conduct
ing an investigation; into his! en
try into the United;. States.
The government contended the
composer admitted membership In
the German communist party An
his testimony at the congression
al hearing. j
Fire Destroys ;
Lebanon Hbme
LEBANON, Feb.! 12 -(Special)
Fire this afternoon Completely de
stroyed the home Of an elderly'
couple, the N. E. Campbells,! de
spite the efforts of some 20 I vol
unteer firemen to stop the blaze.
The fire was discovered at! 3 p.
m. when flames were shooting
through the roof and downstairs
windows of the four-room house
at 210 Cleveland st; Cause of the
fire was not determined.
Only a few of the furnishings.
were salvaged from the fire.
Campbell said his house was in
sured. -
Tmuian to -Appear
On Oregon1 Ballot
PORTLAND, Feb. 12 -(TP)- A
campaign to place President (Tru
man's name on the democratic
ballot in Oregon's May presiden
tial preferential primary election
was announced today. I
Monroe -Sweetland, ' Molalla,
Ore., publisher, said- a committee
he heads would . circulate peti
tions. ,
In Oregon, delegates to the re
publican and democratic national
conventions are pledged 1 to j sup
port the candidate who receives
the most votes in the preferen
tial primary.
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