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Dental clinics which begaa ! Marlon county trade schools this week are wide epea affairs. &ner
Jon Vaa Doran sob f E. Vaa Derail. IS 25 S. 12th C found that it wasn't so bad when Dr. David
Hill onlr told him he had cavities which would not bo filled t this Bash school clinic Taesday morn
! Inr AsslsUnc Dr. Hill were Mrs. D. K. Johnson (left) and Mrs. John Ramace. sUndinc: and sittin
' taklnc notes were, nearest camera, countercloekwlce. Mrs. at N. Flory. Mrs. Harold Weathers and
Mrs. J C Emlin. Not shown were Mrs. W. Lewis at door nd Eleanore Swedenborc. Marion county
health nurse Local dentists conduct the examinations; their recommendations for actual treatment
are explained to parents. (Photo by Don Dill. Statesman staff photographer.)
G3uss Finish CEnaiti
Oir tVIlilitary Treaties
By Thomas P. Whitney j 1
MOSCOW, Feb. 18 -Jfy- Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov
aaid tonight Russia now has treaties with all nations on its western
'Moiotov ipoke following the signing today of a Russian-.Hun-
rarian treaty of friendship ana mutual assistance. j
The treaty with Hungary, he said, was the final link in aj
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The election of the "candidate of
the America Labor party in New
York's" 24th congressional district
Is more than a defeat for the Tru
man democrats. It is a defeat for
the labor union politicians, for the
Amalgamated Clothing workers
(Sidney Hillman's old union), for
the CIO News which on the eve
f the election called Henry Wal
lace a "phony liberal The union
leaders, eager to throw off. the
communist crowd which now pret
ty much controls ALP, and as
practical politicians seeing no
prospect of victory for Wallace's
third party, chose to stay with the
regular democratic candidate. He
and .they lojt.
The test is quite a Jolt to the
party regulars, to republicans as
well as democrats since the re
publican candidate polled only 3.6
per cent of the total vote, virtually
a washout However it may not
safely be regarded as a proof of
their overall weakness and of third
party strength.
In the first place the district
ranks net -to Vito Marcantonio's
18th district as the leading strong
hold of the ALP. The district lies
in the Bronx, between East river
and Third avenue and the Bronx
river and 149th st, a heavily pop
ulated district with a considerable
foreign element -The ALP candi
date, Leo Isacson, was far better
known and more popular than his
democratic opponent, Martin
Proper. Isacson, an ex-democrat,
had won elections as New York
assemblyman which gave many
people the habit of voting for him.
His own popularity and the
(Continued on editorial page) '
Steelworkers to Seek
'Substantial' Pay Boost
PITTSBURGH. Feb. 18 -OP)
Leaders of the ClO-United Steel
workers today joined with the
rank and file in a unanimous
vote for "a substantial wage in
crease." The pay boost its amount
undisclosed will be sought in
April at negotiations covering"
about 650,000 workers.
Animal Crackers
By WARREN GOODRICH
"H blew a use;
chain
ox pacts wnjen wouia lurm
a bar
rier to the "imperialist states."
Russia, Molotov said, nqwj has
"pacts of friendship and tmjtual
assistance with all states joo its
western frontier front ; the
Black sea to the Baltic." j ?
-We Soviet people see In this
an important success in thi Real
ization of Prime Minister $tlin's
foreign policy, directed towards
the strengthening of friendship
with all neighboring states and
consolidating a general peace;" he
continued.' .' , j: J
Molotov stressed that ' the ftrea
ties were concluded lJn ."jofifor
mity with the alms and;, prin
ciples of the United Nations or
ganization. J:j
La jos Dinnyes, ' Hungarian pre
mier, replied that for the j first
time In history the Hungarian
people enjoy the opportunity of
cooperating with a great power
the Soviet union which disin
terestedly and without ulterior
motives is helping us to security
and independence." j i .
The treaty is similar t4 i those
signed recently with Romania
and Yugoslavia. Romania yester
day ratified a treaty signed; with
Hungary.
Truman Ask$
For China Aid
WASHINGTON. Feb. la -(JP)-President
Truman today j 'asked
congress to apply a 570JOOO,000
brake on China's skid toward
economic collapse. I j
He proposed that the $3T0,OOO,
000 last until June 30, 1949,
But Chairman Bridges (R4N.H.)
of the senate appropriation! com
mittee said this is not enough.
This country should alsQ send
Generalissimo Chiang Kaij-Shek
military supplies for hiaj war
against Chinese communists.
Bridges declared.
Mr. Truman said in a il.200
word message that the help he
recommended would give Chiang
a chance to set his nation's ! house
in order. i i
De Valera Loses
Ireland Control
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DUBLIN. Eire, Feb. 1$ -iJPy-Eamon
De Valera's strongly na
tionalist rule of Eire ended today
after 16 years. l
In his place stepped John A.
Costelio, 56-year-old Dublin lawyer-
I?!-
New York-born De Valera's
Fianna Fail (soldiers of destiny)
party lost its parliamentary ma
jority in general elections early
this month. When the deputies of
the 13th Dail (parliament) Imet to
day they voted 75 to 70 j against
his re-election as prime minister.
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Restrictions oti
Use of Roads Lifted
All restrictions halting j heavy
hauling over Marion county grav
eled roads were lifted Wednesday
by Marion county court. i
Marion County Judge! ! Grant
Murphy, however, urged log
truckers and other heavy ;j equip
ment to proceed with caution
over the roads due to thir nft.
ened condition. The load limits
were placed on the roads
earlier
this week. i
MARKET EDITOR DIES
PORTLAND, Feb. lS.-OlVHugh
Arthur Martin, 63, editor) of the
U. S. Department i.cf Agriculture
Market News here; died today of
a heart ailment at hit home. ' "
County Welfare
Commission to
Reduce Budget
Marion county welfare com
mission announced a tentative
1948-49 budget of IU35.000. ap
proximately $96,000 less than the
budget for the current fiscal year
ending June 30.
Marion Bowen, com mis? ion ad
ministrator, said Wednesday that
the decrease was necessitated by
a lack of state funds. Marion
county's tax-raised share of the
contributions, if approved by the
county btfdget committee, will
come to $225,606, as against $239,-
538 in the current budget.
If approved, next year's budget
will include general assistance,
$168,000 (county share $50,
400); old age assistance, $825,000
(county share $123,750): aid
to dependent children, $225,000
(county share $46,600), and
blind assistance, $17,000 (county
share $2,856).
A budget outlined for March at
a Tuesday meeting of the com
mission is approximately the same
as February's budget, with the ex
ception of an $800 increase in the
dependent children aid fund. The
March budget includes $16,000 for
general assistance, $62,750 for old
age -assistance. $16400 for de
pendent children aid, and $1,275
for assistance to the blind.
The fund representing aid to
dependent children is growing
rapidly. Miss Bowen said, because
of the number of fathers desert
ing their families and because of
the increasing number of "broken
homes."
Sharp increases also have been
noticed in the general assistance
payments during the past four
months, by the welfare commis
sion. Figures this month show
that general assistance funds are
going to 270 families representing
770 persons in Marion county.
An increase in March in this
category is looked for by the
commission unless farm or other
spring work becomes available.
Slide Topples
Train into Sea
SEATTLE, Feb. lS-i-A Great
Northern mail train locomotive
toppled into Puget Sound near
Mukilteo early Wednesday after
running into the second disastrous
slide of western Washington's
stormy week.
The engineer and firemen were
injured as they rode over a rock
faced embankment two 'miles
south of the Little Snohomish
county community. Neither was
in serious condition.
The short mail train was from
St. Paul, enroute to Seattle. It did
not carry passengers. A baggage
car was left hanging over a sea
wall and two other unoccupied
cars were derailed.
Yesterday two persons were
killed in a snow slide at Skagit.
Portland Group Backs
Prohibition Candidate
PORTLAND. Feb. 18 -(JPi- A
Portland group took steps today
to get the name of Dr. Claude A.
Watson. Los Angeles, presidential
candidate of the national pro
hibition party, on the Oregon bal
ls t in November.
Twenty seven residents pub
lished official notices calling for
a convention on March 1 to nom
inate Watson.
Weather
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Min.
IS
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Preotp.
Portland
S3 3 .05
Sn Francisco M .03
Chtcaro , 53 3S .00
New York M 40 J
Willamette river S3 feet.
Forecast (from VS. weather bureau.
SlcNary Jwld, Salem): Hih cloudiness
in the moraine with Increasing cloud i
oeaa in the afternoon with light rains
be ( inning tonight or early Friday
morning. Highest temperature today
30, low tonight 40.
SALEM PKCCrrrTATION
(Froa Sept. 1 to Fee, IS)
This Year -List Tear Average
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Employes
Of State
Ask Raise
Officers of the Oregon State
Employes association appeared
before the board of control Wed
nesday to request an emergency
wage increase ranging from $5
to $25 a month for all state
workers.
Association President L. R.
White and Secretary Forrest
Stewart said ' an immediate in
crease was necessary to cover
rising living costs. White asked
whether Budget Director George
Aiken had uncovered any state
department surpluses after con
ducting a recent survey of de-
pa rtmen t fina nee?.
White asserted that more than
2,000 state workers had left their
jobs in the last half of 1947 be
cause of inadequate wages and
said: "It costs a lot of money to
train new workers." Salaries of
state workers were cut from 10
to 25 per cent during depression
years, he stated, without the
workers registering any serious
complaints.
White and Stewart submitted
figures to the board showing that
5,013 state employes now receive
less than $199 a month. The ave
rage wage in private industry, the
report stated, is now $235 a
month.
Gov. John Hall, board chair
man, said "I am thoroughly con
vinced that state workers are en
titled to more compensation, but
the question is how to obtain the
required funds.
Roy Mills, board of control sec
retary, said Increases of $5 a
month for employes living at in
stitutions and $25 for those liv
ing outside would cost $256,000
for the remainder of the bieh
nium. Budgeteer Aiken said he
would complete a survey to de
termine if any money is avail
able in state departments for pro
posed raises.
The board approved expendi
ture of $9,216 for -construction of
a garage and storage building for
the secretary of state. It would
be located at the rear of the
state heating' plant.
House Burns
At Cliemawa
CHEMAWA, Feb. 18 -(Special)
The residence of Harvey Plum
mer, Salem route 2, located about
mile north of here, was totally
destroyed by fire tonight after
futile efforts of neighbors and
the Brooks fire department to
save it
The fire broke out about 11
pjn. and was well under way
when noticed by neighbors. The
Plummer family was in Salem
attending a daughter's shower
party at the time of the fire's
outbreak, neighbors said. Cause of
the blaze was undetermined.
Cooperative
Construction of 4,000-Locker Frozen
The Salem Producers-Consumers
cooperatives Wednesday signed
an option to purchase by April 1
the uncompleted 4 ,000-locker plant
of the Frozen Food Bank on South
Commercial at Oak street
Directors of the cooperative who - . : m
negotiated the option said they -would
campaign for 4,000 new ; " , "
memberships, at $23 each, to raise f ,.
$100,000 for acquiring the proper- fy "."
ty, finishing the building for lock- W'tk?h "ii'ti"'
er and general food store use w - iVf4$ t
and adding to the site a service " -3 J 1--
station and a 100-car parking lot C
The option was granted by Wil
liam C Gabriel who started the
building project in 1945 and since
has been in court over a mechan
ic's lien suit brought against him
by C- M. Corkum, Portland con
tractor who was building the lock
er plant Gabriel won the case in
circuit court here but it has been
appealed to the state supreme
court
R. Vance MacDowelL who will
direct the membership campaign
for the co-op's board, said $35,000
of the $100,000 goal is needed by
April 1 to take up the option which
is not affected by the still pending
litigation. The co-op plan will be
explained at a public meeting at
8 pjn. Wednesday, March 3, at
Salem Chamber ot Commerce.
MacDowcll said additional fi
nancing besides membership may
be provided through capital in
vestment certificates of $25 each,
bearing 4 per cent interest with
not more than $50,000 worth to be
issued if considered advisable by
the board.
Co-op membership would en
title the member to rent locker
space in the plant at $10, $12 or
$13 Annually, depending on locker
Due Friday
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Harold E. Staesea. aspirant te the
rewablieaa presidential candi
dacy, wise will arrive la Salem
Friday far a whirlwind tear ef
the state.
Oregon Cities
Prepare for
Stassen Visit
Salem and other mid-valley
communities were preparing Wed
nesday for visits this week by
Harold E. Staisen, presidential
aspirant from Minnesota who will
make appearances in 14 Oregon
Cities in four days.
Stassen will begin his whirl
wind Oregon tour In Salem
where he is to address a public
gathering at 11 a.m. Friday in the
Willamette university gymnasium.
The candidate for republican
nomination, fox president is due
to arrive by chartered plane at
Salem airport at "t am. Friday.
He will, be greeted here by local
and state Stassen backers and by
republican delegations.
Gov. John H. Hall said yester
day he would be at the airport
to greet the former Minnesota
governor. "Stassen is a national
figure, and I feel that the chief
executive of Oregon should ex
tend him a welcome to the state,"
said the governor.
Willamette university officials
announced Wednesday that the
gymnasium capacity of 2,000 per
sons will be on aJ first come-first
served basis except for a small
section to be reserved for law
students and faculty members.
Doors of the gynfwill open at
10 a.m.
Robert Elliott, Portland, past
state president of the Young Re
publicans of Oregon and Stassen's
state campaign manager, will ac
company the Minnesota politician
as he traverses the state.
(Additional details on page 2.)
JONES SEEKS RE-ELECTION
J. N. Jones, Juntura, Wednesday
filed for re-election as state sen
ator from the 22nd district. Grant,
Harney and Malheur counties. He
is a republican.
Signs Option to Purchase, Complete
A,
This partially eempleted building, designed te provide 4.901 frozen food lockers, may be completed
this year by Salens Predaeers-Consamers cooperative which Wednesday slgaed aa optioa to bay the
property from William Gabriel by April 1. A boot three-foarths finished, this brick building faces
Seath Commercial street pictured above, with the property frontage to 27S feet extending soath
to Oak street Open area to right of this picture would be used for parking and a service station,
according to the cooperative 'a plans. (Photo by Don Dilt Statesman staff photographer.)
size, to use other facilities at the
plant and to share in possible sav
ings. Some 200 persons who paid an
nual locker rentals in advance and
have not received refunds from
present owner Gabriel still will
have these rental fees to their
credit if they Join the cooperative,
or still will be able to claim re
funds, under cooperative manage
ment, it waa announced.
Sen. McGrath Pleads for
End to Third Party Drive
By Morgan Kernolds
WASHINGTON, Feb. II -JP- Stung by Bronx cheers and rebel
yells. Democratic National Chairman J. Howard McGrath tonight is
sued a virtual appeal for abandonment of the third party drive head
ed by Henry A. Wallace. !
On the eve of the annual Jefferson-Jackson day dinner here,
meanwhile, a new threat to party harmony arose.
A group of South Carolina dem
ocrats cancelled plans to attend
the fund raising festivities because
of a "no segregation policy. Gov.
and Mrs. Strom Thurmond and
Senator and Mrs. Olin D. John
ston headed the list of scheduled
absentees.
McGrath made his appeal in a
radio address after warning demo
cratic adherents they must in
tensify their efforts to get out
the Truman vote for the fall
showdown. This warning result
ed from the victoy of a Wallace
man In a Bronx, N. Y., congres
sional race. i
-I hope' that Henry WaTtor crashed aircraft.
will repudiate the supporter! of
his cause whose only real hope
is that the can defeat the demo
cratic party's program of prac
tical liberalism in 1948 and turn
the government over to reaction
aries and isolationists,'' the demo
cratic chairman said.
McGrath earlier declared "the
democratic party will make a
grave mistake if it does not learn
a lesson from the results of the
special election In the 24th
(Bronx) congressional district of
New York."
Deep Water
Port Planned
At Newport
WASHINGTON. Feb. II
Plana to develop a new deep
water port at Newport, Ore., for
Willamette valley and mid-Oregon
coast lumber export were re
ported here today.
Senator Cordon (R-Ore) and
Rep. Norblad (R-Orc) reported
the maritime commission has
awarded Newport use of 14 sur
plus craft to help complete a
harbor project at Yaquina bay.
Beryl Smith, who represented
the Port of Newport at a hearing
here, said three deep water ship
ping lines are now negotiating
for use of the new facilities by
1949.
Smith said the Southern Paci
fic railroad has agreed to extend
its tracks to Yaquina bay. He
predicted lumber shipping ulti
mately would Jump from 12 mil
lion to 150 million board feet.
The lumber would move to Ya
quina bay from an inland area
stretching from Eugene north to
Corvallis and to the coast, Smith
said.
The surplus vessels, valued at
$130,000. include six LCTs. four
LCIs and four LSMs. They will
be used as working craft. The
army engineers corps has a $495,
000 harbor and channel improve
ment project under way.
The Gabriel locker property
has a 275-foot frontage on South
Commercial street and 165 foot
frontage on Oak street The plant
could be completed within three
months and the co-op plans to
call for bids from local contractors
for the work, when the purchase
is completed. '
Design of the plant by a Port
land architect who has handled
several locker plants In Portland,
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Briffiant, High
Blast Seen in
6-State Area
KANSAS CITY, Feb. ltPj-A
brilliant explosion high in the air
was seen over a six-state area
today causing numerous searches
Civil aeronautics officials and
astronomers expressed the opin
ion the explosive flash came from
a meteor. It was seen in Kansas,
Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado, Ne
braska and New Mexico.
At Norton, Kan., C. L Jacob?,
newspaper editor, said the explo
sion rattled windows in a 15-mile
area in the northwest part of the
state and brought a flood of tele
phone calls from excited residents.
One .wanted to know li we are
stiu at peace.'
The Oklahoma highway patrol
first reported a plane had crashed
near Enid and the CAA control
tower in I Kansas City laid It had
received I numerous reports of
flaming plane crashes. Some ob
servers said there was a large
white cloud for an hour after the
blast.
Ben Hendricks, manager of the
Norton airport, estimated the ob
ject was 20,000 feet high when
it disiaursted. .
Semite Votes to
Clip$2 Billion
From Budget
WASHINGTON, Feb. llAV
The senate voted today to try to
hold federal spending to $37,
200.000.000 during the fiscal year
starting July 1.
This is $2,500,000,000 less than
President Truman recommended
The chief executive has said ef
forts of republicans to trim his
budget will get exactly no place.
Passage of the resolution to
limit spending was by voice vote
with fewer than a score of sena
tors in the chamber. Adoption
sent It to the house.
The proposed $37,200,000,000
ceiling is only a target to shoot at
It binds neither congress nor the
president.
REGIONAL FORESTER DIES
PORTLAND. Feb. Ig-0P-As-
sistant regional U. S. forester, F
V. Horton, 89. died at his home
here today.
Food Plant
meets state sanitary specifications
and calls for the 4.000 lockers di
vided between two levels, Mac
Dowcll said.
Roy R. Hewitt co-op presi
dent heads the board of directors
which also includes Dr. H. F. Win
ieckl, secretary; Marvin Nettleton,
treasurer. Dr. Cecil R. Monk, Wen
dell . Barnett Theodore G. Nel
son, A. M. Church, Dr. John A.
Rademaker and Charles Vj fDsMs.
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jUiiecuon
Set Nexl
Tuesday
The Salem district chool board
Wednesday stood pat on Its: ache-
dulcd $3,300,000 bond issue1 elec
tion for school plan! expansion,'
and before the day was out a cit-e,
izens committee ef property own-,
ers met to organize opposition to
the bond issue. The election is act
for next Tuesday.. I
"We will Inform the public aa
far as possible on what the til
come would be If this bond Issue)
Is accepted and we will recom
mend its defeat aaid Henry K,
Crawford, head ot pie citiiens (
committee which Tueaday had re- j
commended to the school I board '
a reduction of the proposed bomt 1
issue to $1,500,000 tot the present, j
School board . members, head- :
ed by Chairman noy)Harlnd, in j
a special afternoon session fretter- ;
day reaffirmed their bond isruei
stand and expressed (these j aenti ;
ments: I ;
That the $3,300,000 building
program over a flvef year i period
is necessary to meet present school
needs occasioned by (recent pop
ulation growth in the Salem dis
trict without even considering fu
ture in-mlgrstion. i , f , ( j i
That the district expansion pro
gram is soundly based on' a recent
school census, a survey of needa
by an outside educators') com
mittee and thorough considera
tion by the board Jt!f.
That notice ef the board's plane
was given through the press ami
Invitations to a hearing to-nearly
50 civic organizations before tha
election was set, and, that fat !he
hearing and at subsequent meet
ings to explain the bond !ue
proposal the board jjhea .encoun
tered entirely favorable response.
With only dissenters;' being thrwa
persona advocating sQi evert gic ut
Frederick 1L Paulus,
state treasurer, appeared
the school board members
deputy
before
during
the day Tuesday with the oppo
sition committee tof discuss the
taxation requirements of the bond
issue plan. He Indicated the ad-'
dltion of at least IS mills to school
taxes efor bond retirement over.
10 years would bring total taxra
against Salem property holders to
about $ mills, or 9; per tent, of
their assessed property value. I
Sali Tee Heavy I , I
This tax load "Would be 4x
heavy to carry, Paulus said. Ha
and other committeemen pointed
out that other need ere arising
in Salem, such as a proposed
sewage disposal plat bond Issua'
and financing a civic auditorium.
They Indicated 13 (mills: would
put Salem's tax figure out of line)'
with other Oregon cfitiea. , j
Other committeemen who ex-!
pressed opposition to the $3,500,-1
000 bond issue plan included W7I-.
11am L. Phillips. I Charles Aj
S prague end Crawford. James B.f
Young suggested other financing,
methods should be looked into. I
Theodore Roth Intimated that tha
public was not In accord withi
many school board policies and '
suggested that the oil high school
(now housing school admlnistra1
tlve offices and Other public ag-
enciea. which per rent) was con
sidered by many still usable for.
school purposes, ii I
ObjocUoa to latereei
One of the chief object
Ions of
the taxpayers committee wae .;
based on the amouftt of linferesl
the school district would have to '
pay on $3,500,000 bond issue when '
not all the total building fund!
would be used immediately. t f
Tha school district actually
needs only $1,500.0001 for Its build- .
lng requirements Jn 'jthe next two
years, said Crawford. He added :
yesterday that the committee tin- '
derstood the board probably would '
noet tne enure bohd issue im
mediately. 1 I I j
School board members, how-'
ever, pointed out that they ra
not committed toj ftyat the entia
Issue at one time. They added that
the present trend toward higher
interest rates on bonds also means.
probably, a trend toward lower
construction prices.
Meetings to Con tin uo
Meanwhile, bond I issue expla
nation meetings for the public will
continue as scheduled, with; Super
intendent rrank Di Dennett to
outline the entire 1 program In
talks at Highland school t 8 o'
clock tonight and it Englewood
school at S o'clock Friday.
Of the $3,500,000 estimate. $1..
675,000 is planned for additional
facilities at Bush, McKinley, Eng.
lewood. Highland, Richmond, West
Salem, Middle Grove, ;Sweit!e,
Auburn, Pringle, Parrish and Sa
lem high school!. Another $1,-
100.000 Is earmarked for new
Rickey. Capitols, East Englewood
and West Salem schools, $500,000
for replacement of Grant and Lib
erty schools and the remainder
for sites and equipment
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