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1 The Stat man. Salem, Procon, Saturday, Jun 12. 1948 Testifies WASHINGTON. Jane 11 Eco nomic Cooperation Administra tor Faal G. Hoffman (above), tells the Senate appropriations committee that home cuts In ERF funds would irtnallr "eliminate" plans to pat Europe bark on Its feet. (AP Wlrephoto to the Statesman.) Paul Hoffman, Sec. Marshall Plead for ERP WASHINGTON. June lW-W-The -father" and the -boss" of the European recovery program said txiay that the program faces ruin If spending cuts voted by the house aie allowed to stand. Secretary of State Marshall said the 16-nation recovery effort will be a "calculated risk for failure" unless the seriate succeed in re storing most of the house cuts. And Paul G. Hoffman, adminis trator of the program, said the cuts would practically wipe out "the mot productive and the most far rtMching part" putting European industry back on its feet. Marshall, who first proposed the recovery plan a year ago this month, and Hoffman appeared be fore the senate appropriations committee. Several republican and demo cratic members of the committee said the group will vote to put back most of the money which the house took out of the first-year budget for the "Marshall plan," now known as the Economic Coopera tion Administration (ECA). Draft on fMust' List in House WASHINGTON. June 11 -(JP) House leaders have put the draft bill on the "must" list for action next week. But whether the coun try will have such a law this year depends on 12 men and what thev do in the next few days. The senate yesterday passed the draft bill to call men 19 through 25 into two years service. Its vote came almost three months after President Truman asked for such a law. DAHCE TOMS GLENWOOD Ballroom 4 Mi. N. of Salem on Portland Highway Music bj Glenn VJoodry uid Hl Orchestra 13 PeopVe 15 Featuring Vera Esch Ilary Dirnick Join tht Crowds" J '-V 2 ' V"' ' v ,' , ' . .' "-.- ' Salem Seabee Reserve Unit To Organize Salem Seabee reserves, com manded by Lt. Cradr. Ray Web ber, received official navy author ization to form an organized unit in a meeting at the Salem airport Friday night The order, Webber said, cam from 13th naval district head quarters In Seattle, and permits the local reserve to sign recruits and assign rates under a new rating structure coertained in the same order. Lt. Cmdr. H. A. Jackson, Seabee reserve commander for the 13th naval district, wired Webber Fri day from Port Hueneme, Calif., stating he will be In Salem at next month's meeting to outline the official Seabee training pro gram to be followed when organi zation Is completed. The volunteers have been meet ing on the second Friday of each month without pay under the voluntary (V-fl) program. Next month's meeting the last under the V-6 status will be held a. the airport July 9. After that date the unit will operate on an or ganized basis, receiving reserve pav for weekly training sessions. Webber said. Rates under the new structure introduced Friday night are for surveyors. construction electri tian's mates, construction operat ors, mechanics, builders, field workers and utility men. The unit will have openings for both rated men and seaman recruits, both navy and army veterans in cluded. Three new enlistees at the meet ing were J. A. Mathman. a ship fitter, M. E. Clemens, an electri cian, and K. E. Wechter, a car penter's mate. Idanha-Detroit District Seeks Deputy Sheriff A petition seeking a deputy sheriff for the Idanha - Detroit district was filed with the Marion county court Friday and taken un der advisement. The petition contained 185 sign ers including over 30 representa tives of business, civic, women and veterans organizations. Addison Vickers, justice of the peace of the Breitenbush district, presented the petition to the court. Population of that area, he said, has grown in the past two years from 1,500 to 2,000 and when work on the dam starts it is expected the figure will climb to 6,000 or 7,000. Vickers said the state attorney general has ruled that if a deputy is established in that district, a jail can be set up.' Savings on the current expenses of bringing a pri soner to the county jail in Salem and then returning him to Idanha for hearing would probably pay for the deputy, he declared. Request of Sheriff Denver Young for Just such a deputy was rejected by the county budget committee several weeks ago. Dirigible Plans Advance Step WASHINGTON. June 11-C3V Plans for huge commercial dirig ibles capable of flying oceans with hundreds of passengers and tons of freight advanced a step today. A senate-house conference com mittee agreed upon legislation di recting tht maritime commission to make a study for congress on development and operation of the super airships. Senator Brewster (R-Me), one of the conferees, said the proposed aircraft would cost between $10, 000,000 and $20,000,000 each. UNION ACCEPTS RAISE NEW YORK, June ll-4P)-The CIO United Electrical Workers' leadership agreed today to take an 8 per cent wage boost offered by the General Electric Co. for 125,000 union employes. Old Time DANCE Every Saturday llighl tSf Court Street Over Wester Aate Musle By MATTHES OLD TIME ORCHESTRA Admission tOe Tax inc. Dance Tonighl Glenwood New Low Admission $1.00 Inc. Tax TASTY-CRISPY enow iieui Perk. Chicken or Shrimp The Perfect Summertime Dish Always Served Best st '.'99 Cafe" Vi Mile S. City Limits Open Sai. till 2 A3L. Danish Steamer Sinks After COPENHAGEN, Jane 11 Superstructure ef the Danish passenger water after the steamer hit a mine and sank In shallow water In The ship, traveling between Copenhagen ar.d Aalborg. was carrying 4M passengers and a company official said 150 of the passengers and erew members were unaccounted for several hours after the accident (AP Wlrephoto via radio from London to The Statesman) West Salem Council Votes Assessment WEST SALEM, June ll-(Spe-cial)-The city council, meeting in a special session tonight, unani mously approved a $12,695 assess ment for paving Seventh street from Patterson avenue to Wallace road. The $12,695 assessment will be levied on owners of property abut ting Seventh street, and the funds will be used to match $15,000 al ready allocated for the project by the state highway commission. The state appropriation comes from a special fund created by the 1947 legislature to assist small cities with road construction to handle traffic at critical points. The street will be 40 feet wide, of blacktop and about 1,600 feet long. Also included in the project will be installation of curbs and a drainage system to extend the full length of the paving. Mayor Walter Musgrave said the highway commission will call for bids Immediately, and that the work should be started about July 20. Nine days will be required for the paving and 12 days for installa tion of the drains, Musgrave stated. Fire Starts in Sulphur Bin City firemen were called to the Oregon Pulp and Paper company Friday morning when fire broke out in the sulphur bin of the paper division. Firemen said the blaze was start ed by static electricity created by a broken chain rubbing on the conveyor belt The fire was con trolled within few minutes and caused only slight damage. A short in an electric plate at the Blue Line cafe, 280 Chemeketa St., caught fire to a wall in back of the range, and melted a nearby gas meter before being extinguish ed by firemen Friday night Grange Calls For Flood Aid ASTORIA. Ore . June 11 -()-The Oregon State Grange closed its annual convention today with recommendations for a flood re lief program for Oregon farmers. Delegates asked the federal government to make outright grants in aid to farmers; to issue quickly disaster loans; to provide funds for repair of dikes; to start at once constructing multi-purpose dams, particularly such flood control projects as Hell's canyon dam on the Snake river. The state was asked to hold op en milk quotas for flooded - out dairymen, and to study the possi bility of a moratorium on property taxes on flood - damaged farms. PAY RAISE REJECTED PITTSBURGH Jmu 1 The CIO United Electrical, Radio - - i : i iimtmin worsen union today rejected a six per cent wage in crease offered its 75,000 members by the Westinghquso Electric Corp. RITES TO LIES MAN BOSTON, June 1 l-(iiP-Rabbi Joshua Loth Liebman, 41, noted religious leader and author of the best-selling philosophical work, "Peace of Mind," who died Wed nesday night, was paid final tribute today at funeral rites at Temple Israel. Old Time Wayne Strachan and Ilia Orchestra Each Saturday Nirht V.F.W. Hall Hood and Church Sta. ft. Horns of Peace tf'l CAIRO, Egypt, Jane 11 Egyptian army bmglers sound the "cease fire" from Cairo's historic citadel following the acceptance of fonr weeks trace In Arab-Jewish fighting. In baekg-roand is the Citadel Mooqne, ballt by Mohamed AM, founder of modern Egypt (AP Wlrephoto via radio from Cairo to The Statesman.) (Story on page 1.) Crop Duster Crashes into Tree . w w DALLAS. Pa, Jmno 11 Walter Gertaeh of Dallas, Pa-, was Injured when his small piano failed to clear a row of trees as ho was "dnsting" crops with an Insecticide at Trexlertown. Pa. Picture was taken at the moment of impact. Note farm worker crouching be neath tree. (AP Wlrephoto to The Statesman.) Salem Senates vs. Ilondny, Jnno 14lh 8:15 P. II. Ualers Field Reserved Seata on Sale at HOWARD MAPLE'S AND THE BALL PARK Bleacher Seats on Sale AH Day Monday at the Ball Park No Phone Reservations. Hitting Mine 1 1 mij.m.&K -CI I vessel KJoebeoFtvea remains above the Kattegat, off AaJborg, Denmark. (Story on page L) Sound in Cairo 'I'Uk "4 . ' v As Is - y Australia Adds Sympathy Note The governor's office here Fri day received a telegram from Prime Minister J. B. Chifley of Australia in which he expressed sincere regret of the recent flood disaster at Van port. "I have learned with profound regret of the disaster which has befallen Van port City, Oregon," the telegram read. "Please convey to the governor and to residents of the stricken area the deepest sympathy of the government and people of Australia." Taft Berates Truman, Asks Congress Quit PHILADELPHIA, June 11 -(JT) Ohio's Senator Robert A. Taft said today President Truman "is black guarding congress at every whis tle stop in the west." He called for an immediate adjournment of the congress. The GOP presidential candidate said there is "little use" in keep ing congress in session while President Truman is delivering "an attack on the principles of representative government itself." In a major address 12 days be fore the republican national con vention opens here. Taft declared "we had better adjourn now and appeal to the people in Novem ber fdr a vote of confidence in the election of a president who will cooperate in our program." "There is little use in our work ing day and night to complete constructive programs when we have a president whose attitude towards congress and its philoso phy is that of President Truman," he said. Landlords May Ask Deposit Landlords operating under ren tal agreements may demand a se curity deposit not to exceed an additional month's rent if they ad hered to the practice prior to Jan. 30, 1942, E. Daryl Mabee, area rent director, advised in Salem Friday. "The policy bf the local office will be to permit the collection of j the last month's rent pursuant to a written lease, but no security I deposit in the form of advanced rent will be permitted under ver bal agreements." Mabee warned. Mabee said the practice is in line with the normal procedure prior to federal control. Hearing Set on UAL Petition Hearing on the application of the United Air Lines for permission to operate as a contract carrier of passengers and 'their baggage be tween Portland, on one hand, and the Portland municipal airport, Troutdale airport and the Salem airport on the other hand, has been set for June 18 in Portland, Pub lic Utilities Commissioner John H. Carkin announced here Friday. Everett Edmiston, Reith, filed application for a permit to op erate as a motor carrier of passen gers and hand baggage between Reith and Pendleton via old U. S. highway route No. 30 and new U. S. highway route No. 30. Hearing will be held at Umatilla on June 24. Poles Say British Keeping Children WARSAW, Poland, June W-UPy-Poland accused British authorities in Germany today of failing to re turn thousands of Polish children kidnaped by nazis during the war. A government spokesman. Brig. Gen. Viktor Grosz, told a news conference the "Polish government will never cease fighting for our children and sooner or later will get them back." Grosz estimated 200,000 children were taken away by the Germans, and said a majority were now in the British zone. Starts TOMORROW!! 3 u r. -1 1-77. , 1-... J tr . . WAVTiTXTlTOTiT) m WWT iiiiii i ilk ii i i i fi i T' fifiariaa i ni i tii i i i ii IWVVI V :l iDiLIQ W 1 JiitLDjU JJJV W, t?AS2Q Fes tare: -SHAOOT- in Color with Brenda Joyce Robert Shayne HtlUT ENDS TONlGHTr Faalette G4dar A MaeDaaaU Carey ia TIAZAXIF Man Charged With Being Short-Changer A short-change artist, identified by city police as the man who has talked several Salem cashiers out of sizeable sums of money recently, faces a larceny -charge in Marion county district court today. Jack L Higgins, a transient, was arrested, by city detectives Friday afternoon after two women cash iers identified him as the man Who defrauded them with a smooth routine. The complaint was signed by Ev elyn Dulham, 610 S. 18th st, cash ier at the Midget market. Miss Dulham told detectives that Hig gins approached her Friday with a small purchase, tendering a $20 bill for payment. After receiving change, Higgihs said he had meant to cash a $1 bill, cashed it and then talked until he got his $20 back. Miss Duiham stated. A clerk at Buslck's store also identified Higgins as the man who pulled a similar routine to defraud her recently, but said he talked so fast she hadn't yet figured out whether she was short $10 or $20. Rose Show to Open Today Salem's own rose show will op en in the armory at 2 o'clock this afternoon and run through Sun day. The show was transferred from the YMCA gymnasium to the arm ory this year in order to accom modate the greatly Urcreased num ber of entries. Ollie Schendel, chairman of the show committee of the Salem Rose society which is sponsoring the ev ent, said.-that a visit to a number of rose gardens in the Salem area had shown the blooms to be at their prime this week. Exhibitors will begin placing their entries at 8:30 this morning and judging of the exhibits will be started at 12:30. All of the rib bons will be in place by 2 o'clock. The public will be admitted from 2 p. m. to 9 p. m. today and from 10 a. m. to 8 p. m. Sunday. ii.nnxv-in.i Ends Today - Cont. 1:45 JohiT Laraino? WAYNE DAY.. SIR CE0R1C HAROWICKE JUDITH ANDERSON JAMES REASON ANTHONY QUINN ALSO V Comedy "MY PAL" Cartooa and News raisin Jjflb fc(Wtl BASa M0NE-OJUJ0E NIKS jjiVlj lad Ace Hit! -ows" jm"- SStel VffliDUSt- W&( BA'JlC -Where Ue Big Kits FUyf lhTV r : r.i . -. : .. i) I Argentine Decree j Aims at Inflation : BUENOS AIRES, June 11-(AV The Argentine government today ordered all employers to pay future, wage increases out of company profit. The decree also prohibits higher wage costs from being pass ed on In the form of higher prices. Federal police and price Inspect ors have been ordered to enforce the new law. - r t Fox Killed in ; Chicken Coop j A female red fox. believed the killer of dozens of chickens and sheep In the Qumabjr area re cently, made her last raid early Friday morning. The raider was killed with a shotgun blast by R. M. Diem, Ss-' lem route 9 farmer, who has lost several chickens during the past week. Diem said the well-fed fox slew 12 of his hens In an early morning raid Friday and was sulking four more chickens a short time later when he cornered her near his house. Diem and neighboring farmers said they believed several of the animals living In a den nearby are responsible for their losses. Complete Owi 8 how Tenlte frees 11:25 pji ft Mat Daily From 1 pjn. Starting Today I HI Derryt t. Zaft , DANA ANDREWS mi USE hint Havoc I Berrjr Kretftr Cssa Best w a c sea i SSI l iLai'M"; , ,,7" Co-Hit! 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