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Streets in Portland
Emerge from Flood
PORTLAND, June 18 -JP)- The
body of their eighth known victim today, as the Columbia riv
dropped another half-foot.
He was Allen R. Hart, 32, an
Vanport dike when that city was destroyed on Memorial Day.
The recovery of his body brought the known death toll of the
" multi - million dollar Pacific
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What would you get to eat if
you were a normal adult in Great
Britain? The following would be
your weekly ration:
Meat: twentv cent's worth of
which three cents must be spent
for cf i red corned meat. The 17c
would buy nine ounces of leg of
mutton or ten ounces of ribs of
beef.
Bacon and ham: two ounces.
Cheese: one and one-half ounce.
Butter: four ounces; margarine;
three ounces; cooking fat: one
ounce.
Sugar: eight ounces.
Preserves: four ounces
Candy: three ounces.
Tea: two ounces.
Milk: three pints.
Potatoes are not rationed. The
egg supply gives the consumer
bout one egg per week.
The bread ration for the nor
mal adult Is four pounds per
week, or three pounds of flour.
Oranges, are no longer rationed.
Also off the ration list are fresh
vegetables and fruits, poultry and
game and fresh fish.
Measured by calories, the daily
average is estimated at 2,675 per
week, compared with about 3.000
In prewar days. The quantity is
adequate, but the monotony is
wearing and the lack of meat try
ing to the meat-loving Britishers.
The consumer does get quite a
break in his cost of living, how
ever, due to liberal government
subsidies which hold prices down
spent only $8 80 a week for food
i ioi7 fw for example, was
28c per pound; bacon 44c; bread
15c for a 3 lb. loaf; milk 17c
(Continued on editorial page)
Willamette U.
Summer Term
Opens Monday
Willamette university's eight
week summer session, under the
direction of Walter E. Erickson for
the second consecutive summer,
will open Monday. Approximately
150 students, including nearly 100
veterans, are expected to enroll,
according to pre-registration fig
ures released by Erickson.
With 14 professors already sign
ed up, another, Carl Hall, was add
ed this week to teach elements in
design and advanced painting and
drawing. Hall, a Salem artist re
cently featured in Life magazine,
will give an exhibition of his work
this week end at the Lincoln coun
ty art center.
Several extra-curricular activ
ities have been scheduled for the
summer session Including a four
day excursion to a mountain resort
July 15-19. Breitenbush lake, last
year's site, is under consideration
gain.
Included in the 15-man faculty
re three visiting members. Dr. O.
F. Hoffman, associate professor of
sociology, Oregon State college;
Dr. E. K. Stewart, assistant pro
fessor of history, University of San
Francisco, and John F. Swan, pro
fessor of law at Sacramento Junior
pollege.
Animal Craclccrs
By WAfcREN GOODRICH
"7 wish fOid ipetk to Junior
about hi c&oic of friends."
luMiaies wn cn h -""jct was sponsored by Senators
The Food Ministry es u- (R-Wash). Ma gnuson (D
average working-class family , Wash)f QoTion (R.0re) and Morse
The Oregon S
Vanport flood waters yielded the
electrician who was working on th
northwest flood to 45. There are
29 others still reported missing
from Vanport.
Several Portland streets and in
dustries emerged above the water
for the first time in two weeks j
today. i
The department of agriculture
arnounced a field survey of the
northwest flood zone indicated
damage at $21,000,000 In the three
Pacific northwest states and said
loss of valuable top soil was ex
tremely heavy.
The river's drop was clearly
visible here for the first time. Sev
eral hundred lumber worker,
whose mills were marooned by
flood, returned to work. Rail ter
minal workers walked instead of
row-boating to their jobs. Rail
tops in the Portland Union depot,
unused by trains for two weeks,
appeared above the surface. Yard
officials said trains might be able
to use the station by next week.
The army engineers yanked out
the plug with which they had
dammed the flow of water over a
10-mile lowland strip containing
the Portland municipal airport and
5,000 homes. The water up to 20
feet deep in that strip began
pouring out again.
The Portland housing authority
reported that possessions from 340
Vanport apartments have been re
covered. The use of trailers was
protested by 300 Vanport refugees
who appeared before the Portland
city council today. They demanded
that the city requisition hotels and
auto courts for temporary housing,
and asked for a city appropriation
to cover rehabilitation expenses.
Disaster Fund
Increase Voted
WASHINGTON, June
The senate tonight passed a bill to
increase from $25,000,000 to $45,
000,000 the Reconstruction Finance
corporation's disaster loan fund.
The bill, which amends the RFC
(R-Ore). Cain obtained unani
mous agreement for its passage.
The bill increases the amount
which the RFC may lend for dis
aster relief, including loans to per
sons recently made homeless by
Columbia river floods.
The measure was sent to
house.
the
10 Increase in
Auto Registration
Total motor vehicle registrations
in Oregon reached 537,388 by the
end of May, 10 per cent above the
number registered during the same
period of 1947, according to the
secretary of state's office.
During May an additional 10,627
vehicles, three-fourths of them
passenger cars, were registered.
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Airlines Hold Key to Airport Future; Salem Men
After Conference with CAA Officials in Seattle
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While S committee f SaJea business men are working U Iron eat the fatore of Salem's airfield and Its
increased traffic, city crews are busy im pre Tins present facilities aad preridlnx additional faculties
such as parkins lots Shown above are two of the lots being' prepared on the east side of the airport.
Top photo Is of a lot Just beyond United Air Line Installation, for air passengers and others with air
port business. Bottom photo is of a parking- lot for spectators and visitors being- located In area be
tween the Eyerly fttannfaetnrlng- company grounds at left and the road leading Into the east side
of llxNary field on the right. (Fbotos by Don Dill. Statesman staff photographer.)
POUNDBD 1651
talesman, Salem. Oregon. Thursday, Juno 17. 1948
Selection
Of Fete
ne
jRuIerDue
Queen of the 1948 Salem Cherry
land festival, to reign over the July
15-18 celebration, will be selected
Friday night from among nine
Marion and Polk county high
school girls. i
The program will open at 8
o'clock in Salem high school audi- j
torium, with admission to be only
by festival button, which will also
be the ticket to most later festival
events.
Appearing on the program will
be student body presidents of the
princesses' schools, festival officials
and members of the Salem Cher
rians, the high school playgrounds
band and students of the Arm
strong dancing school.
The princesses seeking the crown
are Pat Rice of Silverton, Virginia
Lewis of Salem, Shirley Klassen of
Independence, Jean Bothum of
Wood burn, Anita Forrest of Stay
ton, Jane Smith of St. Paul, Le
Vonne Mull of Monmouth, Mary
Dornhecker of Dallas and Lois
Eggers of Mt. Angel.
Girls' State to
Inaugurate'
Pat Bellmer
Inauguration of "Governor" Pat
Bellmer of Cascade Locks today
at 10:30 a.m. will be one of the
highlights of the annual Girls'
State, sponsored by the American
Legion auxiliary. The election of
state officials and legislators Wed
nesday closed a spirited campaign
during the week's meeting on Wil
lamette university campus.
The inauguration, in the house of
representatives chambers of the
capitol, will be open to the public.
Adviser will be State Rep. Marie
Wilcox of Grants Pass.
Following events of the week
will include a legislative session
Friday, and demonstration of court
and naturalization procedures Sat
urday. Salem girls elected to the legis
lature are Beverly Krueger, sen
ator, and Ruth Ann Morgan, Joyce
Folson and Allie Lou Ohling, rep
resentatives. Other state officials are Inga
Bergen, Parkrose, secretary of
state; Jerry Dickey, Vale, treasur
er; Jean Kyle, Medford, attorney
general; Wanda Thompson, Vale,
superintendent of public instruc
tion; Janet Carter. Gresham, Janet
Shaw, Coos Bay, and Marjie Rob
inson, Klamath Falls, Judges.
TANKER STILL AGROUND
ASTORIA, Ore., June 16-JP)-The
tanker Sparrows Point is still
aground in a mud bank in the flood
widened lower Columbia south of
Slcamokawa. Crews worked tonight
to lighten part of the gasoline car
go into another tanker before tugs
try to free the vessel at high tide.
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Meet rMiss GOP Convention9
PHILADELPHIA, Jane 16 Virginia Davis, 25-year-old soprano who
will sing the national anthem at the opening session of the Re
publican convention Jane 21, at Philadelphia, models her convention
dress, featuring" names and pictures of the presidential candidates.
She has been tagged "Miss GOP Convention." (AP Wire photo to
The Statesman).
French Assembly Backs
Western Germany Plan
PARIS, Thursday, June 17 -JPy- The national assembly grudging
ly authorized the government early today to go along with the six
power agreement on Germany provided French security is assured.
The deputies tacked six conditions on their authorization before
approving it 297 to 289 with 28 abstentions.
Last NaUon to Vote
The vote meant final approval for
the London recommendations,
which will give western zone Ger
mans the right to handle their in
ternal affairs, at least under a
minimum of allied control.
The other five countries the
United States, Great Britain, Bel
gium, the Netherlands and Lux
embourg already have signi
fied their approval of the western
Germany agreement.
The vote came after four days
of bitter debate in the assembly,
during which Premier Robert
Schuman's government was ac
cused of abandoning traditional
French policy on Germany and
failing to defend France's national
interests.
Bldault Under Fire
The debate was a rough session
for Foreign Minister Georges Bl
dault and his resignation was, at
times, predicted freely. The gov
ernment received an unexpected
boost yesterday from a bloody
strike riot in central Claremont
Ferrand, which recalled to many
hesitant deputies the specter of
communist riots last December.
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No. 83
Centennial of
Methodist Church
Mission Observed
PORTLAND. June lS-OPJ-The
Centennial of the Oregon-California
Methodist church mission was
observed tonight as part of the
10th annual session of the church
conference.
The authorization of the West
Coast mission, which followed the
foreign missions begun by Jason
Lee in 1834, was made in May,
1848. It was formally organized the
next year. The program was en
titled "Saddlebags Westward."
Earlier the ministers and lay
delegates approved enlarging the
Inter-board council now to be com
posed of the bishop, three mem
bers of the board of education, the
board of missions and church ex
tension; two from the board of
evangelism, the conference of wo
men's society of Christian service
and the board of lay activities and
one each from six other groups and
the district superintendents.
By Winston H. Taylor
Staff Writer. The Statesman
Ceiling remained almost "zero"
today on airlines and civil aero
nautics authority decisions regard
ing the future of Salem's McNary
field. Plans of each group ap
peared to be highly dependent on
the other's.
Highlights of the situation Wed
nesday included:
"Indications" to Portland of
ficials that Northwest and Western
Air lines, and perhaps United,
would soon rwitch operations from
here to the private Troutdale air
port east of Portland.
Conference in Seattle between
CAA regional officials and seven
Salem officials, which the local
group called "optimistic and con
structive." Belief of various authorities
that airline operations could not
be divided feasibly between Salem
and Troutdale fields, since only
one unit of control tower crew and
equipment is presently available.
Only funds now earmarked for
development here, the Salem
group was told, is the (90,000 in
federal money appropriated and
announced several months ago.
This would require about $77,000
in city matching funds, for apron
and hangar construction and other
projects, of which $33,000 has been
authorized by the city.
It was understood that what
CAA will do in the near future is
dependent la rgely upon the air
lines, which have been asked, to
formulate, plans for operation un
til they can return to Portland air
port, and have been called to a
meeting early next week with
CAA and the air transport command.
Requires President Issue Gall;
Congress Overrides Vetoes;
House Scorns Aid Fund Boost
Russians Quit
Final 4-Power
Berlin Council
BERLIN, Thursday, June 17 -(A3)
The Russians walked out on
a meeting of the last functioning
four-power governing body in
Berlin last night.
As they stalked out of the meet
ing place of the allied kommanda
tura, they shouted angrily that
"there won't be any next meet
ing." Their threat left in doubt the
future of four-power government
in Berlin.
The apparent reason for the
walkout which occurred shortly
before midnight after a 13-hour
session, was the fact that Col.
Frank L. Howley, Thief U. S. dele
gate, made his exit a few minutes
earlier, leaving his deputy in his
place. He pleaded fatigue.
The abrupt Russian action was
similar to a Russian walkout from
the allied council for Germany
March 20. It came as the Soviets
were blockading American. British
and French supply lines into this
isand city in the Russian occupa
tion zone of Germany.
British transport officials said
last night the Soviets since Satur
day have stopped 250 railroad car
loads of supplied, mostly coal,
bound for Berlin from the west
ern zones.
These moves have been inter
preted by western circles as at
tempts to force the Americans,
British and French from jointly
occupied Berlin, which lies 120
miles behind the "iron curtain."
Strike Wave
Grips
France
CLERMONT-FERRAND, France,
June 18-vP)-A new strike wave
gripped parts of France tonight
and showed signs of mushrooming
after pitched battles between po
lice and strikers here injured 600
persons.
An estimated 50,000 persons
were striking here and elsewhere
by nightfall.
In this French tire capital, con
tinuing clashes between 30,000
communist-led strikers and thous
ands of police and soldiers have
sent about 200 persons to hospitals.
Another 400 persons injured in
police-striker battles here since
midnight have been treated in their
homes.
The French press agency said
300 persons have been arrested
here.
School Districts
To Consolidate
MONITOR, June lo-(Special)-Three
reported districts had ap
proved a consolidation of five
school districts near Monitor to
night as results in a special election
were tabulated here.
Those districts approving the
consolidation are Monitor, 19 for
and none against and Grassy Pond,
15 for and none against, both in
Marion county and Monte Cristo,
Clackamas county, 24 for and 18
against. Yet to be reported Thurs
day are tabulations from Oak
Lawn district, Clackamas county
and Harmony district, Marion
county.
'Optimistic'
Wednesday
Western and Northwestern Air
lines are seriously considering a
transfer to Troutdale airport, but
no decisions have yet been
reached, local officials said. It is
known that United's DC-6s can
not use the Troutdale runways.
Only immediate plan of Salem
Chamber of Commerce to further
improvement of McNary field is
to inform Oregon congressmen
as to the conference with CAA
and to the current needs and
plans, according to James J. Wal
ton, chamber president, who head
ed the group in the flight to
Seattle. Others were City Man
ager J. L. Franzen, Alderman A
ht. Oille representing the mayor;
W. M. Bartl et t, state director of
aeronautics; Clay Cochran, cham
ber manager; Robert Sprague of
The Statesman and Robert L.
Jones of the Capital Journal.
They met with R. D. Bedinger,
regional CAA administrator; C. C.
Lange, assistant administrator; C.
W. Larsen, superintendent, air
ways operation; Si Perrv, assistant
superintendent, airponl; E. L.
Yuravich, superintendent, flight
operations.
BIDS ON ASTORIA HARBOR
PORTLAND. June 18 -?VBids
on a harbor for small boats at
Astoria will be called Friday by
the army engineers. The harbor
is expected to cost about $1,000,
000 It was authorized by con
gress. SEWAGE PLANT EJECTED
MILWAUKIE, June 16 HIP)- A
$200,000 bond issus to finance
sewage treatment system was re
jected, 139 to 128, by Milwaukee
voters, returns from a special elec
tion showed today.
House Rules Committee Signs 'Death
Warrant' for Public Housing Measure
WASHINGTON, June l6P-CongTess took action m
three great problems today - - foreign aid, draft and housing
- f but failed to reach a final verdict. j '
i With adjournment pretty definitely eel for Saturday
night, the lawmakers hare only three days to finish their
work for the year. i j. -
Senator Taft (R-Ohio) said he is "optimistic that by Sat-
urday night we will have handled all the bills w
action this year."
The day's work shaped op like this:
: Foreign aid The house re
jected the senate's effort to restore
oyer a billion dollars of a house
slash in the big foreign aid ap
propriation. The issue will have to
be fought out in conference com
mittee. The senate tried to make it
$8,125,710,228. This includes Eur
opean recovery funds. Even the
higher figure is $408,000,000 less
than the administration asked and
which congress originally had au
thorized. Tirlft The house voted ten
XSlclll tamely to trim its
tuo year draft bill to one year,
and to require that President Tru
man say the word if it is to begin
at all but not for 75 days. It
Would permit induction of men
19 through 25 and would grant de
ferment to doctors. The senate has
passed a two-year bill.
eloes
Both houses wip
ed out President
Truman's veto of a $975,914,700
appropriation bill for the federal
security agency and others. Mr.
Truman objected to a rider which
moves the U. S. employment ser
vice from the labor department
to the FSA.
; The senate also voted to over
ride Mr. Truman's veto of a bill
which would excuse railroads
from anti-trust prosecution on
rate making agreements approved
by the interstate commerce com
mission. The house has not yet
taken up the veto, but it passed
the bill previously by on over
whelming majority.
Housing
The house rules
committee kil
led a housing bill with public
housing and slum clearance fea
tures. It was about like the Taft-Ellender-Wagner
long range hous
ing plan passed by the senate. The j
house banking committee will try j
tomorrow to get together another
Dm acceptaoie to me ruies com-
mittce. It may recommend a sub-
sxuuie providing itutui ixiy iui
private enterprise in home build-
ing. renewal of government insur-
ance for new home mortgages up
to 90 per cent of value, and pri
ority for war veterans in obtain
ing government - owned war built
homes.
i pVifTTi A long-range farm
x ai program was taken
Up by the senate but no action
was taken tonight It would erect
a permanent farm price support
structure. The present supports
expire at the end of the year, and
the house has passed a stopgap
extension of 18 months with little
change.
Interior House -
IUICIIUI conferees
senate
on the
1949 interior department appro
priation bill agreed tonight on a
total of approximately $400,000,
000. This compared with $375,-
892.591 as passed by the house and
$422,179,098 as passed by the sen
ate. The compromise still must
be accepted by both bodies.
j Senator Wherry (R-Neb.) and
Rep. Jensen (R-Iowa), chairmen
Of the conference groups, said the
exact amount in the bill would
not be available until clerks to
taled it sometime tomorrow.
i They said the senate language
to require the commissioner of re
clamation, his assistant and re
gional directors be engineers after
next January 31 was kept in the
bilL The restoration is designed
to discharge Michael W. Straus,
commissioner, and Richard L.
Boke, California regional director,
ii they still are in office at that
time.
Flood Control Bill
Compromise Set
WASHINGTON, June 18 -JPh
The senate tonight agreed to a
compromise $129,400,000 authoriz
ation for new flood control and
navigation projects.
The conference report was made
public today. The final figure
agreed upon is $3,000,000 less than
the senate approved last week but
Up $44,000,000 over the house fig
ure.
I The measure went to the houe
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XcNary field. Salem): Partly cloudy
today ana tonignt witn -wioeiy acaucr-
d showers. Hih temperature today.
Mar 73; low tonight. 54. Continued fa
vorable weather throughout morning
and early afternoon for au farm ac-
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ins both dusting and spraying.
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Union Painters
Meet Precedes
AFL Conclave
Semi-annual conference of the
State Painters association, begin
ning at 10 ajn. today! at the Salem
Labor temple, open! a series of
conferences preliminary ; to the
main Oregon State Federation of
Labor convention slated to start
Monday morning; . : j
Approximately 50 1 painter dele
gates will attend the two-dy con
ference, according to! Jackj Cutler,"
business agent for the Salem locaL
General problem! affecting the or
ganization will be ; .discussed, he
said. i i
A semi-annual coniferenqe of the
Oregon State Building arjd Con
struction Trades council (will bo
conducted at the Labor j tempi
Saturday and Sunday, according to
F. D. Van Swefingen, executive
secretary of th Salem building
trades council. : j " j
Approximately 17$ building and
construction trades I delegates aro
expected, he said. Volneyj Martin
of Portland, president of the state
organization, wfil preside Cooks
and clerks and telegraphers unions
will hold conferences Sunday.
Approximately 500 delegates aro
registered for the main AFL con
vention. To continue for about fiv
days, it will be held at trie" Salem
armory. Many of the delegates aro
accompanied by their wives and
families. s
Board Refuses
to
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PORTLAND. iJunt 16-kn-Th
state highway commission! refused
today to halt work on the east Pa
cific highway south e Oregon City
merely to expedite the ahuttle of
mail and air passengers from Sa
lem. : j
Postmaster E5 T.iHedltind had
asked that work ort the highway
be stopped during the emergency.
He said mail detoured around th
project was missing connections In
the east and south. j
W. C. Williams, highway engi
neer, said the 99-ast link must
be finished before f inter.) He rec
ommended that, the' postal . trucks
be routed through Kewbrg, only
two miles longer than thd 99-East
trip via the detour, i j
Cage Filled wih
Coal Miners Falls,
Report Assert
WELCH,, W. Va
June?
a funeral home here said early
today it was told a hoist cage filled
witn coal miners had broken loose
and fallen down a mine lhaft.
The Fanning funeral home said
all available ambulances at Welch
ha been called to the 03ga Coal
company at Carttta six miles west
of here. f )
There was no immediate indica
tion of how many j men 1 were in
the cage or how ; seriously they
were hurt. A cage ordinarily can
carry from 13 to 23 meri -
Stevens hospital attendants said
they had been alerted to stand by.
South Salem Club
To Discuss Signals
A discussion on establishing traf
fic lights audi pedestriin lanes
along South Commercial -street is
slated to come CP at a meeting of
the South Salem Progress? club to
night at 8 o'clock at Friends church
Commercial and Washington sis.
The public is Invited, according to
Secretary J. A. Carlton, who added
the club is seeking' to build ud m
strong nucleus of residential mem
bers as. well as business repre
sentatives. ; ii j
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