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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Tlx Orecon Statesman, Satan,
rsn
Republican Nominees for No.
v-iA. U v.
vi o n
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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
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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
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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 ;
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