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Wsafl odd UMb mdl ? 0 FSgGpft p . Champ dip WJJfil To Enter &33XUjB Politics POUNDDD 1651 Foods) (me Thojt who had fears of crooked deal and a foul outcome at the republican national convention are confounded. For the ticket which emerges from that he..ted. excited and contentious conclave was one of the strongest that could have been elected. It is one at once free of blemi.-h and br.iced with proven popular appeal. Judging by the popularity of IUrold Stassen in the polls and at the convention, a Dewey-Sta.-sen tukct might have been a little To:iR,r, but Stamen had yaid he w.i'-n't interested in fiM)iid place, and the tender miht h,ivc been cmr trued a a op to Injured ambition. Warren was a nominal candidate, but not an act ive one. Kuur year UU" he refused the nomination for vice-pre-ident. It is somewhat surprising that he accepts it this time Governor Warren h;is given Cal ifornia a good administration. So highly was it approved that he won both tepublican and democratic nominations when he ran for re election. His political orientation is liberal. The ticket as a whole and the phitform adopted leave the stanri p.it congressmen of the party with few crumLs to satisfy their hun ger. The men named favor cooper ation in international affairs and a soundly progressive domestic policy. They are not buy waging the campaign of 1936 aRain-t the new dcil. The younger, more liberal-minded leadership is moving into power. The ticket is balanced eo graphically -- east and wrs reconiirU two laige and pivotal States. Tlie midwest, however, may Le somev.-h.it unhappy. Once ,-ikia.n Oiegon ,v , s a pace Setter. The volur.tc r wntc-in vote in the presidenMal primary here favored finerr.or Warren. The delegation early announced its purpose to support him. and will return highly elated over its Hou ble victory. Party m'-mber in Ore gon should turn with a will to t ar ry the state for the Dewey-Warren ticket in the November elec tion. I Overlapping Harvests Add Labor Problem The problem of swinging Into two new harvests while not yet finished with the demanding strawberry crop is facing the farm labor portio,- the state employment service's Salem of fice. Picking of rr emcs and cane berries, alreao. begun in scat tered locations, is expected to be fully underwa., by Ju'v 6. The bumper strawberry har vest, its peak passed i:, tnc va' ley, Is expected to be virtually complete by mid-wee, accoiding to W. H Hadlie of the employ ment office. Some fields will pick Sunday, and direction.- for drive outs will be provided by the of fice this morning. However, no trucks will appear Sunday to pick up pickers at the office. In the Silveiton Hills area, however, the strawberries are ap proaching their peak, and pickers re still urgently needed. People who will camp in the area are specially sought. Salem YMCA, which took eight boys to Camp Silver Creek on Friday to aid the bei ry harvest, plans to take about 25 more Sun day morning. There is still room for another 20 boys, of 12 years and up, in camp, according to Gus Moore, associate general secre tary, who asked that those inter ested call him about physical ex aminations.. About 2,000 pickers will be re quired for the cherry nd cane berry harvests, split evenly be tween the two, Baillie estimated Cherries are expected to yield a light return, though heavier than last year's, while the berry crop Is considered spotty. EXPLOSION IV OKLAHOMA OKLAHOMA CITY, June 25-Cfi-An acetylene gas explosion rocked part of downtown Okla homa City today. Injuring three end doing about $7,500 damage. Animai Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH "It always happens about to co5 an Important deal and I tun out of inkl" YANKEE STADIUM. New York. I June 25 MA)- An aging Joe Louis ' tonight recaptured for one brief moment the dynamite and savage ry that took him to the top of the ' heavyweight division as he knock ,' ed out Challenger Joe Walcott in 2 minutes and six seconds of the 11th round of their title rematch. Immediately after making a suc cessful defense of his laurels for the 25th time Louis announced that he was quitting the ring "for the sake: oT my mother." A few moments latir he told reporters that he would next week enter politics but refused to divulge any details. Kor 10 rounds tonight it w . s much the same as Ia:;t Decembers f rsi bout between the champ. r and Wakott Ixjuis continue stalking and Walcott, the pran- -inc. darting fighter, adhering to his stiattg;- of retreat. Sucker for Right Proving oruc again that Louis is a sucker for a right hand punch, Walcott floored the Utleholder for no count midway in the first round. Giving Louis no chance to get at him. and playing a left repeated ly m the champion's face, the chal lenger was given an edge in points by the two judges at the time of the knockout. As the fight pro gressed. however, the Brown Bomber was having mole success v. ith his left. Rumors Floating Despite Louis' announcement that he is through with the ring name, rumors are citculating that there still is a good chance for a September bout between the ciown - holder and Gus Lesne vich. the l.ght heavyweight king. A crowd of 50,000 watched the bout, contributing a sum of $K41, 7.1!) of which Louis claimed about $252,000. The challenger got half of the champ's cut. (Additional i details on sports page ) Louis Treated A la Sinatra NLW YORK. June 25 .7',-Joe Louis' admirers became no excited over their idol's knockout victory over Joe Walcott tonight, they ul most took it out On the world's heavyweight champion. When Louis arrived at the Theresa hotel a little after mid night for some much needed ret. he was almost mobbed by a crowd of 10,000 faithful followers. Louis was accompanied by his manager and three detectives. The fans climbed all over his car, tore off the hood- and all four tires, then ripped off the license plates It took 30 policemen n half hour to get Joe safely up in his suite. Recruiting for Guard Halted WASHINGTON, June 25 - (P) -Recruiting of men for the national guard was ordered stopped imme diately today as military leaders began to coordinate policies under Lho new draft law. Army Secretary Royall tele graphed all state adjutants general today to halt recruiting. He ex plained that there isn't enough money to pay more men, and said congress will not favor extra ap propriations. The budget for the next fiscal year provides for a total guard strength of 341,000 men. The rush of volunteers this week, mostly draft-age men seeking to avoid the draft, pushed the strength near 375,000, Under provisions of the draft law, men who were not In the guard or other organized reserves by last midnight are subject to the draft. Cats Predominate at Playgrounds Pet Day r V '- .... .7 t . y3HL - - r-Sf i' U rS ""lZli Iiii i i i ii in" ii -ujin lun- m ..in if J wr-,.'? vW4F -Uv.-i,'. These children are waiting for the judges at the Bosh school playgrounds during pet day held Friday at ail Salem playgrounds. While eats predominated there were also caterpillars, butterflies and goldfish. Shown are, seated, left to right, Marlene DoIexaL daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bias DolesaL S23U 8. 12th at; Larry NeU. son of Mr. and Mrs. Myroa Carendar, S9S 8. ltth at; Charles ChappeUe, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mason ChappeUe. 1850 Leo at; and Gene We is, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Welie. MS Mill st In back are Mark Waif, left, s - ' Mr. n Mrs. Robert Wulf. 809 S. High St; and Jerry Stein, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Stein, . II Oak st (Photo by Don DHL Statesman staff pho tographer). (Story on page I). NINETY EIGHTH YEAH TOME Contracts Awarded For School Projects Local Board Accepts H. G. Carl's Bid By Winston II. Taylor Staff Writer, Tr Statesman Bids of H. G. C'ail of Salem were accepted Friday night for building additions at Bush, West Salem and Middle Grove schools. His over-all bid of $185,927 27 was lowest among the seven bid viewed by the Salem school board. Carl said that be would be able to start all the projects within probably one week and would exert every effor to have them com- l pleted for use when school opens Russians Halt Food Shipments To Berlin Zone 1 BERLIN. June 25 Ml-The Rus sians took another turn in the .star ' vation screw on western Berlin tod.iy. But Col. Frank Howley, Ameri i an commander in the city, told : Berliners "the stupid and brutal ( threat to starve Berlin is just fool ; ish." The Americans announced they will begin flying vitally need I ed manufactured goods, electrical equipment, drugs and products into Berlin tomorrow. Nothing was said about flying in food. The Russians discontinued their contributions to the city's pool by which the three western sectors have received food from the east. They also halted all coal ship ments to the city from the east. The French-licensed paper Kur ier said rails had been torn up on several stretches of the railway which links Berlin with the west ern zones. All sources of food, except 30-day supply or les already on- hand, were thus cut off from 2. 000,000 Germans living in the American, British and French sec tors of the city. Flectric power in the western sectors again was interrupted be cause the Russians have stopped the supply from their plants, and the western sectors can supply only half their own needs. .u I: J . '1, , unvoinifu 10 uiiuk n kmuumi coi lapse of all light and gas service. Camp Clatsop Parade Today ASTORIA, June 25-;p)-Camp Clatsop will be opened to the gen eral public tomorrow for the first time since World War II began. The occasion will be the tradi tional parade of the 41st division at the Oregon national guard's an nual summer encampment here. Oregon's adjutant-general, MaJ. Gen. Thomas E. Rilea, will re view the parade. The national guard headquar ters at the camp were still count ing reports of enlistments today. Recruiting teams, sent out through the state, continued sending in the names of enlistees. . r " PAGES Kl JJD n September The bids compared with the board's original estimate of $200, 000 needed for the additions. The funds will be the firsl expended out of the $1,500,000 bond Issue authorized by the district in April for new schools and additions. The successful bids were, In dividually, for $81,552.38 at Bush, $97,732 52 at West Salem, and $10,436.80 at Middle Grove. About $3,000 may be added to this if alternates specified in the first two project bids are adopted by the board's buildings and grounds committee, which comprises Don ald Young and Mrs. Fay Wright. The addition at Bush will com prise six classrooms forming a wing on the north side, that at West Salem four classrooms and cafeteria between the gymnasium and adjacent building, and that at Middle Grove one classroom on the southwest portion. Other bidders, whose proposals varied from one to all projects, were Vicsko and Post, Erwin E. Batterman, Barham Bros , Carl M. Halvorson. T. J. Patzer and Wil liam M Smith, all of Salem High est combined bid was $218,378 (Additional details on page 2). 2 Airlines to Leave Salem Next Tuesd ay Salem will lose two of its com mercial airline facilities Tuesday, Associated Press reported Friday night, as Western and Northwest Airlines leave McNary field tem porary quarters for the Troutdale airport. This moves up by approximately a week the day on which the air lines planned to resume operations in the Portland area. Only United Airlrnqaj, whose DC-(J planes cannot land at Trout dale, will continue to use McNary field. A third airline, West Coast, which had formerly used the flooded Portland airport, and has been using the one at MeMlnnville will also make the shift Tuesday to Troutdale, it was announced. The airlines began using the Sa lem and McMinnville airports more than three weeks ago because of the Portland flood. Waters now are receding from the Portland airport, but it is expected to take several months to restore the field to operating condition. ' y Tlx Orecon Statesman, Satan, rsn Republican Nominees for No. v-iA. U v. vi o n Ll M PHILADELPHIA, June 25 Left to light at a republican luncheon In San Francisco during Gov. Dewey's 1944 campaign, art Mrs. Thomas E. Dewey and Gov, Dewey of New York and Gov. Earl Counties Rebel At Welfare Aid Requirements PORTLAND. June 25-OP-The state public welfare commission ran into trouble today in collect ing funds for the 1948-49 budget which takes effect July 1. Columbia and Curry counties said their payments would be late. Jackson county said it would pay monthly, not In advance as re quired by law. Malheur county In sisted on paying $4,000 less than the amount set as its share. The refusals threatened to hold up welfare checks. "Positively no checks will go out to the counties until full quarter payments are in, not necessarily in cash," said Chairman Jack Luihn. Counties are required to turn over 414 mills of tax revenues. They may pay by warrant If cash is not available. The most active revolt came from Malheur county officials, who decided not to pay the $43, 901 set as the county's share of welfare costs. They said the $39, 879 figure they originally allo cated was sufficient to fill Mal heur county needs. Loa Howard, state public wel fare administrator, said the prob lem would be turned over to the attorney-general. Under the law passed by the last state legislature, the welfare commission lacks au thority to change the payments. Traffic Restored After Bridge Move Traffic on State street near the penitentiary was restored to detour-normal early- Friday after noon, when the bridge over Mill creek was moved to a new ad Joining position. The span will be used as a de tour route until the new bridge is finished about September 30, ac cording to W. A. Reeves, bridge office engineer with the state highway department. Excavations have already been made for part of the piers for the new bridge, which wOl be of con crete slab construction and will be longer and wider than the for mer span. Contractor is Averill Construction Co., of Portland. ABDICATION OFFER SENT BRUSSELS. June 25-;P-Exil ed King Leopold will abdicate if the Belgian people do not want him to return to the throne. The monarch has written a letter to Premier Paul Henri Spaak asking him to hold a referendum on the matter. Weather Max. .. 77 Min. SI S3 S3 M 70 Precip. Sftlem Portland 68 .00 JDO .00 M San Franclaco e Chicago .... New York u 89 iimmette river -i foot. roRfiAST I from US weather bu rau. McNary field. Salm): Partly cloudy today and tonight with high temperature today, 71. low tonlSht 53. Conditions favorable for all agricultur al activities except for moderate winds fcn .afternoon interfering with dusting and spraying. SALEM PKECIPTTATION (from SepC 1 te tf) Average Thia Year Last Year M-37 46.40 Oregon, Saturday, Jan 28. 1843 New Yorker Plans Expansion , Of Vice Presidential Activities Dedication of Pool Today At Woodburn (Picture on page 2) WOODBURN, June 25 Vice Admiral Thomas L. Gatch of Port land, retired, will be the speaker Saturday at the dedication of Woodburn's War Memorial swim ming pool In Settlemeler park at 2 p. m. The pool will be opened to the public for inspection at 10 a. m.. A. G. Cowan, chairman of the city paak board, has announced. The program at which Admiral Gatch will speak will be presented from the band stand in the south part of the park. Woodburn high school band will play and other speak ers will include Mayor Elmer Mattson,. Frank Settlemeier, donor of the park; the Rev. W. S. Van Meter, chaplain of the local Am erican Legion post; Lt. Col. Sig Unander of Portland who repre sents the army. M. D. Wool ley of Woodburn will act as master of ceremonies for the program. Mine Contract Grants Raise WASHINGTON, June 25-;P)-John L. Lewis signed a new con tract with two thirds of the soft coal Industry today, giving the miners a pay boost of $1 a day and setting up a $100,00,000-a-year welfare and pension fund. All of the operators who have contracts with Lewis' United Mine workers signed the new one-year pact except the steel industry. Effective July 1, the contract staves off the threat of a nation wide strike; industry representa tives estimated roughly that it would raise the cost of coal 40 or 50 cents a ton. A clause giving Lewis the same union shop arrangement as last year caused the steel industry, which owns many coal mines, to balk. Harry M. Moses, negotiator for the steel group, told reporters he would not agree to the union shop provision. West Salem to Extend Sewers WEST SALEM, June 25 West Salem city council at a special meeting tonight voted to call for bids on extension of the sewer on Murlock street from Bassett street to a point between Seventh and Ninth street, a distance of approx imately 1200 feet. The extension Is to be made from the post war development fund and is to be speeded at this time because of paving of Seventh street in the immediate future. All members of the council ex- cPt Roy Stevens weje present at Price So t 1 and No. 2 Families in the Land Warren and Bin. Warren of California. Dewey today picked War ren for his running mate la the presidential campaign. (AP Wlra photo to The Statesman). Oregon Delegate Places Name of ':. Californian Before GOP Convention By Douglas B. CerneB f .- CONVENTION HALL, Philadelphia, June . 5-(flVrhi rt publican national convention awiftly placed Earl Warren by the side of Thomas E. Dewey today for the free-for-all ! 1848 election campaign. j With th help of a "braim board sitting like gupreros) court justices, Dewey hand-picked Warren for the rice-pretl dential nomination. One by one, other top men had been considered during a long night of conferences, and all bat Warren were crossed off the list. The convention itself sealed the decision without even a roll call vote. Warren was nominated by acclamation. Then the convention went out of business for another four years. Delegates packed and headed for home. The hotel headquarters where one-time presidential hope fuls had rallied their followers had the dead, littered look of the morning after New Year's eve. On July 12 the democrats take over. In the same hotels and in the same convention hall, probably to give President Truman a chance for a full four-year term In the White House. But the GOP is dead sure that this is a republican year, that the Dewey-Warren team can't be beaten. Confidence and cockiness ruled the convention which ad journed early this afternoon. All -Governor Ticket Just as it did four years ago in Chicago, the party picked an all governor ticket. But this year it was a coast-to-coast hook-up Dewey of New York, Warren of California. In 1944, it was Dewey and Gov John W. Bricker of Midwestern, Ohio. But this time it was Warren. who had said many times before and during the convention that he didn't want the vice presidential nomination. When he got it. he said it was like being "hit by a streetcar. Courtesy Call Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio, who couldn't make the grade for the presidential nomination, paid courtesy Call on Dewey this af ternoon and told reporters after ward: I am very well pleased with the vice presidential nomination. It makes a wonderful ticket," Dewey himself told a news con ference that he would like to have Warren take some time off from vice presidential duties to use his "great talents in reorgan izing the government and bringing order out of chaos." Woman In Cabinet The conference covered a big as sortment of subjects. Dewey said among other things: That "definitely, yes," he in tends to have a woman in his cab inet That he thinks he can as a re porter put it "handle Joe Stalin." But he spoke of using "ordinary diplomatic channels" instead of "personal diplomacy. Lamar Tooze of Portland, Ore., nominated Warren. He said the Californian would "meet with the enthusiastic approval of the entire nation." (Additional pictures and stories on pages 2 and 4.) No. fll Pension Plan Petitions Filed, Due on Ballot Completed petitions for an ini tiative measure providing a mini mum $50 a month old .age pension in Oregon were filed in the state elections bureau Friday. The petitions contained 23,561 signatures as against approximate ly 18,900 required by law. The were signed by Joe E. Dunne, C, A. Townsend and J. L.'Artz, all ot Portland. , j Provision is made for appoint ment of an administrator by the governor. Writing the law is left to the legislature as is the obliga tion of raising funds for operation' of the act. i Dunne explained that under the proposed law , approximately $26 of the minimum monthly pension would be paid by the state and $30 by the federal government. 1 Hospitalization, medicine and a "decent" burial also are provided. In event the signatures are found to comply with the law the r; ;:: .,. ... uuuauw uwuun . wiu go on we ballot at the November election. Stassen Expects No Favors from Dewey j PHILADELPHIA, June ZS-ft-Harold E. Stassen will put his shoulder to the wheel of the GOP campaign but , doesn't expect "to participate actively in the! new administration," s j. ' j He told a reporter this todayv after talking to Thomas E. Dew ey, republican presidential nom inee. His remark indicated he does not expect even minor cab- inet post if Dewey Is elected PRICES CP tS PER CENT PORTLAND, Jane SMTood prices went up 2 A per cent in May to reach a record high in Portland on May 15, the federal bureau ot labor statistics said today, -j i TAX LIEN FILED . i 1 BALTIMORE, -June 23-P-The' federal .government today j filed income tax liens amounting to S46S.812.84 against former Major General Bennett E. Meyers, and his wife.; Vf Year : Senders ; spM; s-3