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Congress is busy this week pass
ing bills which will provide over
$13 billion for the army, navy and
air force. This is very near the
peak for a peacetime year. The 70
group air force and the huge car
rier authorized by congress will
cost a lot of money. At the same
time the house appropriations com
mittee has voted a cut of 26.7 per
cent in appropriations to carry out
the European recovery plan.
Isn't congress going at things the
wrong way? Sure, we need to have
an effective military establish
ment, but 11 billions ought to give
us a pretty good set-up And i-n't
ERP designed as an investment in
world peace which would reduce
the necessity for vast armaments?
Would we not be wiser to increase
our contributions to Europe's re
covery (which has the effect of
building up a strong ally) rather
than reduce it?
The military has made good use
of the communist scare to drive
through very large appropriations.
Congress which is forever looking
under the bed to find communists
was putty in ine hands of the agi
tators for military and naval ex
pansion. In some respects it even
exceeded the program which Sec
retary Forrestal laid out.
One does not have to be a paci
fist to decry the trend toward the
military state. And one doesn't
have to be a blind optimist for
peace to question whether the ex
pansion that has been voted has
been necessary even in the face of
unsettled world conditions. The
bitter competition between the
navy and the air force has proven
costly. There has been no effective
consolidation of the defense estab
lishment, and that is costly. So the
country will probably pay and pay
and not get the efficient defensive
or striking force which it needs.
The decision of the house ap
propriations committee to reduce
the amount for ERP (by extending
the term of the expenditure from
12 to 15 months) is not final. The
senate which uniformly has shown
more intelligence than the house
may restore the original program
for ERP. That may yield us better
returns than a few extra warships.
Woman Hit by
Automobile at
99E Junction
Mm. Mary Randstaff, 58, Green
City, Mo., was in critical condi
tion in Salem Memorial hospital
early this morning from injuries
suffered when struck by a car at
0 p. m. Friday on highway 89E
near th 12th street Junction, state
police said.
Salem fiMt aid attendants who
took Mm. Randstaff to th hos
pital said she was suffering com
pound fractures of both legs, head
Injuries and possible internal In
juries. Police said she was struck by a
car driven by Daniel Harding Ross,
787 Crofs st., while walking across
the highway a few hundred yards
south of the Junction.
Witnesses said the accident oc
curred shortly after Mrs. Randstaff
returned from the store to the
home of Mrs. Mamie Black, Salem
route 4, where she is visiting.
While her husband and Mrs. Black
awaited in front of the home, Mrs.
Randstaff crossed the road to get
paper from a box.
Police said she apparently be
came confused, hesitated and then
ran Into the car's path. No arrests
were made, officers stated.
B1ROHTTO HORSE KILLED
FORT WAYNE, Ind., June 4
VP)- Hatiushimo, white Arabian
stallion which had been exhibited
as the former steed of Emperor
Hirohito of Japan, was put to
death today because he was suf
fering from cancer.
GRANGE TO HOLD MEETING
PORTLAND, June 4-(P)-The
Oregon state grange will open its
annual state convention at As
toria Monday, despite the flood.
Animal Crackers
By WARREN GOODRICH
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Electricity
Shortage
Stressed
WASHINGTON, June 4 (JP)
Senator Cordon (R-Ore.) urged a
senate public works subcommittee
I today to authorize now the instal
lation of power equipment at the
! Detroit reservoir dam on the North
i Santiam river in Oregon.
! Congress thus far has appropri
: attd $5,427,000 toward construc
tion of the $46,347,000 reservoir.
Estimated cost of power equip
1 ment is $19,030,000.
Cordon wrote the subcommittee
i that it will take two or three years (
i to build the power machinery and
j urged that its purchase and instal- ,
; lation be authorized immediately
' so that it will be ready when the
i dam is completed.
He said there is an acute short-
age of power in the northwest and
the additional production of De- '
troit reservoir is needed as soon
as it can be obtained.
If authorization for the power
j equipment is delayed until the
dam is completed, he said it might 1
1 be several years before it could
, be manufactured and installed. !
Beauty Contest
July 4 to Select
Miss Salem
Salem's entry in annual state
beauty contest at Seaside will be
chosen at Waters park July 4.
when Capital post 9 and Salem
post 336, American Legion, pre
sent a fireworks display, baseball
contest and beauty pageant.
Miss Salem selected that night
will vie for the title of Miss Ore
gon at Seaside in September. The
state winner will go to Atlantic
City, N. J., to compete in the
Miss America contest
Charles Jens, chairman of the
contest for the posts, said conr
testants must be not less than 18
years of age before September 1,
?nd not more than 28. They must
be single, never have been mar
ried, divorced or have had a mar
riage annulled.
During the judging, contestants
must display talent at singing,
dancing, dramatics, playing a
musical Instrument or give a
three-minute talk telling about
the career they plan to pursue.
The two Legion posts will pay
the winner's expenses to Seaside
and will provide a chaperone. Ap
plicants may be sponsored by any
club, business or institution, Jens
said. Persons who wish to enter
may apply by contacting Jens in
his offices at 321-322 Oregon
building.
Committeemen serving on the
beauty pageant committee under
Jeru are Charles Creighton,
George Donaldson, Coburn Gra
benhorst. Earl Lyons, Gene Ma
leckl. Clinton Standish and Bud
Wood.
Banm Mayor
Of Jefferson
JEFFERSON June 4-(Special)
Councilman Cecil Baum was
elected mayor and three new
councilmen appointed in a spe-
I lal yinnrll ipcinn Vierit lfit niffht
Baum replaces E. S. Gleason
who resigned at last week's meet
ing. The new councilmen are Gil
bert Looney, mayor-elect, and
Oliver Stevenson and Francis
Phelps, both councilmen - elect.
They replace Wes Barnes and
Ivan 6utton, whose terms also
terminated this week.
The temporary officials will
start on the elective terms In the
first meeting In January-
The President
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WASHINGTON. D.C, Jane 4 President Truman waves from the
rear plstftna ef his special train st Washington. D.C. union sta
tion Just before starting westward on sa tAO-mlle trip through
18 states. He planned on rial ting tn Idaho, Washington. Oregon.
Montana and California before heading back homo. (AP Wlrephoto
to the Statesman.) (Story above.)
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NINETY EIGHTH YEAH
Truman
Prods at
Congress
CHICAGO, June 4 U-President
Truman said tonight congress can
throttle communism in America by
providing a greater "abundance"
for the people.
All it has to do, he said, is pass
laws to assure Americans have
homes, schooling, security, good
jobs, fair wages and "a brake on
inflation."
It was the president's first, tail-
' ored-in-advance speech on a
1 stumping tour into the west. It was
j made to a crowd that packed Chi-
cago stadium", where Mr. Truman
i walked off with the democratic
: vice presidential nomination four
! years ago.
! Today, along the route of his
special train from Washington, Mr.
! Truman cultivated support for four
more years in the White House.
All along the way, he jabbed at
congress. He repeated he wants a
draft law and universal military
training. He laid responsibility for
high living costs on congress. He
accused it of serving the "men who
have all the money" instead of the
common people.
Palace Reveals
Royal Couple
Expecting Babe
LONDON, June 4-P)-Bucking-ham
Palace announced tonight that
Princess Elizabeth is expecting a
baby.
It wasn't stated as simply as that,
but in language so close to a birth
announcement as the royal house
hold ever gets:
"Her royal highness, the Prin
cess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edin
burgh, will undertake no public
engagements after the end of
June."
Word in court circles was that
Princess Elizabeth and Prince Phil
ip, who were married Nov. 20,
1947, could expect their ghlld to
arrive in October or early Novem
ber. One reliable source said the roy
al physicians had medical reasons
to believe the princess' child would
be a girl.
The news wasn't any surprise.
Britain and the world at large has
been hearing speculation over
Elizabeth's pregnacy for months.
It was cause for special rejoic
ing, second only to the enthusiasm
stirred by the wedding of Philip
and Elizabeth. The birth will be
the first in direct succession to the
throne since that of Princess Mar
garet 17 years ago last August. It
will be the first grandchild for
King George and Queen Elizabeth
and Dowager Queen Mary's first
great-grandchild.
Heads West
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Officials Use Raft to Inspect Paper Mill
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PORTLAND. Jane 4 Mill officials row a rubber raft throne h the Columbia River Paper Mill at
Vancouver, Wash., to survey flood dsrnate. Many Industrial plants In the Vancouver and Portland
area have been flooded by the Columbia river. (AP Wlrephoto to the Statesman.)
Thousands Eat Lebanon
Strawberry Shortcake
LEBANON, June 4-(Special)-A 2,2-ton strawberry shortcake
was served to thousands of Strawberry festival visitors here Friday,
and the Lebanon Elks club won the sweepstakes award in the parade.
The two-day celebration will close Saturday with a children's
parade at 10 a.m. and a street dance at night.
Queen Marilyn Musgrave of Albany reigned vex a crowd esti
Judge Fails in
Attempt to Defy
Time Change
DALLAS, June 4-(P)-For 13
hours today County Judge Herman
Vanwell adamant held the huge
tower clock of the Polk county
courthouse on standard time.
The city of Dallas and the rest
of the county had switched to day
light saving time.
"The Lord's time is good
enough," Vanwell said.
Commissioner W. E. Knower had
the opposite view. Commissioner
H. H. Brant was absent in Idaho
and the county's governing group
was deadlocked.
President Charles M. Thomas of
the chamber of commerce said
"something should be done to get
better cooperation."
All county officials except the
county court came to work on
daylight time today.
At 1 p.m. (standard time) Van
well gave ud and ordered the
clock changed.
"I'd be willing to hold out If
we could get some fun out of it,"
he laughed, "even if.it did cost me
25 votes."
200 Meet at
Deaf School
The opening sessions of the Ore
gon State Association for the Deaf
meeting were held at the state
school for the deaf in Salem today
with more than 200 delegates at
tending. Visitors from all parts of Ore
gon and others from Washington
and California began registering at
the school at 2 p.m. Stuart Turn
bull, Hood River, association presi
dent, presided over the evening
conference. Marvin Clatterbuck,
deaf school superintendent, was
the featured speaker.
Today's sessions will include a
business meeting and election of
officers in the morning and a ban
quet at the Marlon hotel in the
evening. City Manager J. L. Fran
zen will represent Mayor R. L. Elf
strom at the banquet to officially
welcome the visitors.
Church services Sunday morn
ing and a picnic Sunday afternoon,
both at the school, will doss the
conclave.
All or Nothing at All
Asserts Gov. Dewey
BOSTON, June 4 - (P) - Gov.
Thomas E. Dewey said flatly to
day he was shooting for the re
publican presidential nomination
or nothing.
The New York governor told a
news conference:
I have made It entirely clear
that I would not accept the nom
ination for vice-president If it was
tendered to me."
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The Orecon Statesman, Salem, Orecon. Saturday, June 8,
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mated at 25,000. Opening day
events of the 36th annual festival
included a strawberry exhibit and
a flower show, both at I OOF hall,
open house at Crown-Zellerbach
paper mill, and a platform pro
gram presented by Albany Cham
ber of Commerce. The shortcake
measured 12 by 15 by 64 feet.
Division winers In today's par
ade were:
Commercial Station KWIL, Al
bany, 1st; BrittonY store, 2nd;
Stanley Home Products, 3rd;
Groves hardware, 4th.
Comic and walking Elks club,
lstrCrowfoof Cannibals, 2nd; Ore
gonian carriers, 3rd.
Fraternal Royal Neighbors of
Woodcraft, 1st; Brownsville Cham
ber of Commerce, 2nd; Rainbow
Girls, 3rd; Rebekah lodge, 4th.
Industrial Long-Bell Lumber
Co., 1st; Crown-Zellerbach Paper
Co., 2nd; Pittinger Equipment Co.,
3rd; State Forest Products, 4th.
Tax Test Suit
Appeal Filed
Appeal to the state supreme
court from a recent Marion coun
ty circuit decision involving state
tax surpluses was filed by Charles
A. Sprague, Oregon Statesman
publisher, in Salem Friday.
Circuit Judge George Duncan
recently held that surplus state
income tax revenues and corpor
ate excise taxes were transferable
to the state's general fund for gov
ernmental expenses.
Sprague contended that the sur
plus funds are earmarked as an
offset against property taxes and
cannot be used for any other pur
pose, in a suit against the state tax
commission.
Plaintiffs attorneys said Friday
they hoped to complete the appeal
to the higher court early next
week so that arguments of attei
neys may be heard not later than
June 15.
Immigration Issue Said
Bar to Palestine Truce
LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y., June 4
UP) -Count Folke Bernadotte, Unit
ed Nations mediator for Pales
tine, reported tonight that the
question of Jewish immigration
alone was holding up a cease fire
in the Arab-Jewish war.
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House Passes
26.7 Cut in
Foreign Relief
WASHINGTON, June 4 JP)
The house tonight passed a for
eign aid bill slashed 28.7 per cent
under the amount President Tru
man asked.
It calls for $5,980,710,228 for
15 months. The administration
said $6,532,710,228 for 12 months
should bo the minimum.
There was no record vote. The
bill was passed on a chorus of
"yes." A republican - democratic
coalition led by Rep. Dirksen (R
111) failed, likewise by a voice
vote, to get the bill sent back to
committee with instructions to
add about $1,000,000,000. Prev
iously the Dirksen amendment
was defeated, 148 to 113.
Secretary of State Marshall
fought hard against the cut. Sena
tor Vandenberg (R-Mich), who
engineered the enabling act un
der which congress authorized a
much larger recovery program
than the one actually voted to
night, was reported fighting mad.
But ax-swinging Rep. John
Taber (R-NY) had his way.
Backers of the bigger appro
priation pinned their hopes on
the senate. The bill now goes
there, and they plan a determined
fight.
Governor Eases
Trucking Laws
PORTLAND, June 4-(JP)-Gov.
John H. Hall relaxed trucking
laws today to allow Washington
and Idaho animals to be trucked
to Portland meat packing plants.
Trucks, unlicensed in this state,
were bringing in stock which nor
mally would be shipped to Port
land markets by rail. They were
held up by state police because
of the lack of licenses.
The governor ordered them to
proceed. He said an Idaho-Washington-Oregon
agreement will
provide no arrests for lack of
licenses during the next two
weeks.
Mihai, Princess
Meet in Geneva
GENEVA, Switzerland, June 4
(JP)- Former King Mihai of Ro
mania and Princess Anne of Bour
bon Parma met here today for the
first time in three months.
Mihai said their marriage plans
were "still indefinite," though
aides had indicated the-pair may
07 to Greece next week for the
ceremony.
Argentina Expresses
Sympathy Over Flood
Martin Luis Drago, charge d
affairs, Argentine republic, Friday
telegraphed Gov. John H. Hall:
"Pleas accept our deepest sym
pathy and our sincere hope that
the city destroyed by flood will
emerge again under the able
leadership of the authorities of
the state of Oregon."
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30.5 Feet
at Portland
Two Children
PORTLAND, Ore., June 4-P)-The drowned city of Van port
gave up its first bodies tonight while th Columbia river; work
ing up to a new and higher crest, added to the death toll upstream.
Salvage workers recovered two bodies at Vanport, a? city ol
18,700 until the flooding Columbia roared in Memorial 'day to
shatter it under 15 feet of water.
Upstream the Columbia's
threatening the devastated lower I
river areas with a crest at least a
half-foot higher than this week's
flood, costliest in history for the
area. Five bridges were washed out
in Idaho. A truck driver was swept
to his death.
This, plus the Vanport bodies,
increased the toll in floods
throughout the Pacific Northwest
and Canada to 26.
The bodies recovered at Vanport
were identified as Sally Butcher,
11 months, and Michael Butcher,
2, children of Mr. and Mrs. Nor
man Butcher. The parents said the
flood waters had torn the children
from their arms as they tried to
escape Sunday.
Officials feared there would be
more. The Red Cross said an in
complete list shows 13 persons not
located.
The river's new crest is ex
pected to reach the Portland
Vancouver, Wash., area next
Tuesday.
May Not Bo Tops
Elmer Fisher, river forecaster,
said the 30.5 feet at Portland and
30.8 at Vancouver, Wash., may
PORTLAND. June 4 - (JP) -Twenty-five
Vanport refugees
were stricken with food pois
oning here tonight. Four were
believed in serious condition
and were hospitalized.
Dr. Harold M. Erickson, state
health officer, said they appar
ently became 111 from eating
day-old sandwiches distributed
at a church refugee center.
not be the crest He said he lacked
information to go beyond Tues
day in his forecast.
This blow to the hopes of thous
ands of weary dike workers was
part of a vast flood picture spread
from Montana's western etige to
the sea and extending from the
Columbia north to Canada's roar
ing Fraser river.
No one could say what the new
high level might mean. Dikes have
been "critical" for days. Water
was so close to the top at Clatska
nle, Ore., yesterday that a stiff
wind put it over In rivulets. Men
are tired. Upriver it has been a
fight for two weeks and more.
Downstream around Longview,
Wash., today marks a full week of
emergency, day-and-night work
to save the barriers holding back
the river.
British Columbia's Fraser river
cracked a Qjke last night on Barn
ston island? and in a night-time
evacuation by army and navy per
sonnel, 320 residents were moved
to safety.
'AH Dikes Critical'
As the new flood moved down
the river the army engineers said
"We consider all dikes critical, due
to softening." Col. O. E. Walsh,
district engineer, had io statement
on what might happen to the dike
that guards the $43,000,000 Rey
nolds aluminum plant east of
Portland or to the many others
from there down to the sea.
Housing of the Vanport survivors
was planned in three stages: 1
Some were moved today to Swan
Island barracks which in wartime
housed shipyard workers, and
others will go to Portland air base
and similar quarters; 2 trailers
were on their way from through
out the west to aid as stop-gap
housing; 3 Plans were talked for
permanent housing.
In Private Homes
Meanwhile, hundreds still lived
in private homes, churches and
schools fed by the Red Cross,
Salvation Army and friends.
The Salvation Army, which had
distributed tons of clothing, ap
pealed for pots, dishes, chairs and
beds for the refugees to resume
housekeeping.
Railroad service between Van
couver, Wash and Spokane was
resumed today. Bt Sunday, offi
cials hoped to comolete a trestle
enabling Spokane trains to come
In to Portland.
The Seattle-Portland rail line
can not be restored until the
flood subside from Kalama.
Wash. Train from Seattle go to
Kelso, 50 miles north of h. and
send passengers on by bus to
Portland.
The Columbia river '4hwsy
was still closed at three points.
Prim So
Predicted
Tuesday;
Fduhd
tributaries; again were rising fast,
President to
Land Here after
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Vievim
President Truman wfll' land at
McNary field Friday, June 11,
shortly after a special plane take
him on a tour of the flooded Co
lumbia area, but it was unknown
Friday whether he will speak in
Salem. J, .
After arriving in Salem the
president Is scheduled tor drive to
Portland for a brief speech spon
sored by the Red Cross, i
Kenneth Bayne, chairman of the
Marion county democratic central
committee, said his group has not
been advised of the xresidenf i
plans In the capital city.; -
Bayne, one of (Oregon's dele
gates to the national democratic
convention, is scheduled to leave
aiem for the session on. the same
day President Truman arrives.
Rose Festival
Parade Moved
To East Side
PORTLAND. Ore, June 4
Tho city council today supported
In part Mayor Earl Riley's stand
against allowing the full) five-day
Rose Festival program to be held
at this time of flood. I
The council told the festival a
sociation to move its scheduled
floral parade from the downtown,
area to the southeast! district,
where there is little traffic con
gestion. The association also pro
mised to cancel the parade enure
ly should a flood crisis arise.
The council overrode Riley and
City Commissioner W. A. Bowel
in a 3-2 vote to allow the limited
parade and the rest of the June
9-13 festival program.
Meanwhile some- organization.
dropped from the program. Van
couver. Wash, and: two; Portland
organization said they would not
enter float, announcing : that t
floats' cost would be used for flood
relief. J j
Court Insists
Lewis Confer
WASHINGTON, IJunei 4 -VP)
Judge T. Alan Goldiborough drap
ed another injunction; around
John L. Lewis today, and as 4
result, negotiation for a new na
tional soft coal contract will start
up again Monday. .; i
Goldsborough ordered Lewis
and his United Mine Workers to
sit down and dicker with the
Southern Coal Producersi associa
tion. : I
This time Lewis lost no time la
obeying or rather, he announc
ed through his lawyer that the
union would comply. He didn't
say he would be there in person.
Thus a question mark remains.
It is an important Question mark,
for Lewis alone has authority td
speak for the miners, I
A meeting with coal operator
from all regions was quickly ar
ranged for Monday morning.
The talks had flown apart two
weeks ago because Lewis refused
to Include the southern associa
tlon. I - v . .
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