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I G O ;5n'Pidr"!Dd' OOP OJp ' o:-:;od;-',od t- EDO O OEZ3 11 I . . . I . -: - !- i : ;-- f I 7 : ' - I ' v : . J- i i WNETY-EIGHTH YEAB OiJ- SMTDS mo ODDS f A major holiday is no time for breaking major news stories. The dedication ox the monument to bi- saon Bolivar, South American lib erator in the Missouri city named after him last Monday, suffered because of the greater interest of Americans in their own holiday activities of July 4th. True, the papers reported the event, which was made notable by the presence of President and Mrs. Truman and President and Senora Gallegos of Venezuela, but the news seemed to attract little attention The story should have stimu lated interest in the name and fame of Simon Bolivar, known as the liberator of South America He was the soldier who wrested independence for Venezuela, New Granada (Colombia) and Peru. He was the statesman who wrote constitutions and set up admin istrations for countries, freed jfrom the yoke of Spain. Bolivia, form erly upper Peru, was named, after pirp, in. nia. memory monuments stand! in Caracas, lima and Bo gota; jln Central Park, New York and now . at Bolivar, Missouri. Bora at Caracas in 1783 of noble famllT Bolivar was edu cated :in Madrid as were, many of the sans of the Spaniards who had settled in the Americas. His travels' in France and the United States aroused his interest in the democratic 'movement and on his return to "Venezuela In 1811 he threw in bis lot with the rebels firhtine acainst the Spanish rule. The ire volt failed, but Bolivar crossed into New Granada to lend a hand in a similar uprising. The fortunes (Continued on edi torial, page). Two-State Hunt On for Salem Thief Suspect Police Instituted ' a two-state search .Thursday for a man be lieved implicated inrtthe burglary of the Salem Marshall-Wells store last weekend. i Sa1m detectives said they un covered two boxes of pistol shells taken from the store in a search of the man's vacated hotel room Wednesday , night. The shells and two pistols were taken from the tnre nlnnff with S10 in Cash. State police Thursday said the .suspect is also wanted on a unn county warrant charging him with gun whipping an Aioany notei clerk Tuesday of this week. State police informed city detectives that they are checking with Cali fornia authorities in the belief the man may be wanted in that state oh a bank robbery charge. He has not been seen since fleeing from Albany Tuesday night after the assault. City detectives said they think the suspect may also be responsi ble for four other Salem burglaries last weekend. Death Takes Mrs. Wenger Mrs. Catherine Anne Wenger, 42, well known Pratum resident. died In a Salem hospital Thursday after lonff illness. . I ? She was born in Fortuna, Mo., fe July Z, 1906, and moved to Pratum Ftr Hth Vi narpTit 9R veara B0n On r August 1, 1926, she was married I to Oscar Wenger, who - survives. ' Mrs. Wenger had been in ill health for 20 years. She was a member of the Pratum Mennonite church. Surviving besides her husband are three sons, John Robert, Clay ton Howard and Lawrence Edward Wenger, all of Pratum; her father, John W. Hofstetter of Pratum, and two brothers, Sherman Hofstetter of Pratum and Adam Hofstetter of Salem. Howell-Edwards company is in charge of funeral arrangements. Animal Crackers Bv WARREN GOODRICH OA, no fre been out with htm and he's beed nothing but perfect ouse." V5 16 PAGES Lewis Ordered Rail Stoppage Prompts Demand WASHINGTON, July MVThe strike of 55,000 coal miners In steel company pits was thrown into federal court today. Judge T. Alan Goldsborough set a hearing next Wednesday on a request from the national labor relations board for a stop-strike order.. The striking United Mine Work ers and their president, John L. Lewis, were directed to appear before. the fudge at that time and show ' cause why he should not issue an injunction against the strike. j No Comment UMW headquarters said Lewis had no comment on the develop ments. For the I past three days the miners have stayed away from the so-called captive mines which produce coal used exclusively by the steel Industry. In addition, nearly 25,000 union members have not shown up for work at commer cial coal mines, apparently in sym pathy with their striking fellow union members. ( ' UMW Charged ' David Flndling, associate gen eral counsel for the NLRB, asked Goldsborough to consider issuing the temporary injunction. A few hours earlier, Robert N. Denham, NLRB general counsel, had issued a formal complaint charging Lewis and" the striking . workmen with violating the Taft-Hartley law. Judge Goldsborough gave Lewis and the UMW until next Tuesday morning to file their answer to the NLRB's injunction request. Tom Armstrong First Entry in Alderman Race Tom Armstrong, a formers Salem alderman, will run for the sixth ward city council post this Novem ber, he disclosed Thursday. Armstrong, of 1595 Norway st filed bis Intention and took out petitions from the office of City Recorder Alfred Mundt. He is the first announced -candidate for the November; election in which Salem city voters will fill vacancies for ward 6 and, ward 4 aldermen. The city council recently tem porarily appointed Robert De- Armond to the ward 6 post and Daniel J. Fry as ward 4 alder man. Fry; had vacated the ward 6 post and R. O. Lewis the ward 4 office because of changes of residence. . Deadline for filing for the city posts is August 24. Completed pe titions are to be returned between July 26 and then. Weather Max. Min. 4S 54 53 61 PrecUp. .M 0 .00 J00 .00 Salem Portland 7i 75 64 : 83 San Francisco Chicago New York t 88 63 Willamette river -1 J feet. FORECAST (from U. S, weather bu reau. McNary field, Salem) : partly cloudy today and tonight, becoming cloudy Saturday, with intermittent rain showers by evening;. High today 75. low tonight 48. Weather win be mosUy favorable tor farm activities today, but poor on Saturday. SALEM PRECIPITATION (Fran Sept. 1 to July 9) This Year last Year 36.90 Average 37.28 46.83 DetroitJdanha Declared Local The matter of establishing ad-; ditional law enforcement facili ties in the Detr oi t -1 danha area was turned over to Marion Coun ty Sheriff Denver Young by Mar ion county court Thursday. This action was taken follow ing receipt of a letter from Gov. John : Hall informing the court the matter was a local one. The court, had previously requested the state! to supply additional po lice in that area. Gov. Hall wrote the court that he conferred recently with Sher iff Young and F. G.. Maison. state police .' superintendent, on - the court's request. , He added that the state would cooperate with the county law agencies I but could not assume complete: responsibility for the area because he regarded it as a local problem. He also contended that it would establish - a bad precedent and that the state .po lice department is not sufficiently staffed for that purpose. Tli Orcjon Stotosmcm, Salem. Orgoa. Dispute I - " I 1 I llll . Flags for the Demo Convention FT -' - .- PHILADELPHIA, Jaly t Joseph Deyl assumes a "tired Uek as he works an getting ready Philadelphia carrying state seals. They will be ased te decorate eeaventlea hall fer the democratic nations! eenventlea (peaing Jaly 12.) ((P) Wirephota to - 1 Democrats For IDisgruniled Factions PHILADELPHIA, July 8 (JPh The Democratic party leader ship waggled an olive branch toward anti-Truman forces today while southerners skipped a chance for an out-ih-the-open battle over civil rights. Thus the temporary emphasis was on peace and harmony four days before the democratic national convention gets going. McNary Field Back to Normal Salem's McNary field returned to normal Thursday after serving as the air capital of Oregon for more than a month. Civil aeronautics authority rec ords show that the field handled 19,892 .operations during June -about twice the number normally handled by the Portland-Columbia airport during the same month. Airport flights included 2,697 by commercial planes; 16,481 by private pilots; 788 by the army and 66 by the navy. Busiest day m June, was on the sixth when 1,237 operations were handled. June 6 was tecond with 954 flights. Precinct Committeeman Candidacies Declared D. E. Cooper, 1395 N. 5th st filed a declaration of candidacy for republican precinct committee man of Salem precinct 21 in the November 2 election with the Marion county clerk Thursday. Leona King Krenz, Silverton route 3, box 77, filed a declara tion of candidacy for republican committeewoman of Union Hill precinct in the fall election. Law Enforcing ResponsiMity are a sufficient number of law violations in that area to justify a full-time, deputy sheriff, or at least a deputy on duty for three days a week there. Marion County Judge Grant Murphy said that Sheriff Young has been authorized to hire an additional deputy sheriff when ever he deems H necessary, s Sheriff Young said Thursday he had no Immediate plana fcfthiring a deputy for that area yet. He said he would study the situation further to determine how the ser vices of an extra deputy could best be, used.- ",' i : The court, requested the state to assume responsibility in the Detroit dam site area when a group from Detroit and Idanha petitioned the court for a full time deputy sheriff there. f ' Because most of the increased activity there is being caused by the joint state-federal dam pro ject workers, Judge Murphy con tended the state should assume some responsibility in maintain ing law and order. : ... . . .. Friday. July 9. 1943 Pile So Court into Settled Peaceably 1 Democratle donkeys and flag at The Statesman). Seek Peace But fights over a presidential candidate and a civil rights plank in the party platform could ex plode all over again by Saturday. National Democratic Chairman J. Howard McGrath billed pre- convention conferences with James Roosevelt and other dis contented party officials. The idea was to try to smooth away some of their opposition to nominating President Truman for another four years in the White House. They have been eyeing Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower. . McGrath and other Truman backers were going on the as sumption that Eisenhower has said "no" often enough and loud enough so that there is no chance of his being drafted as a nominee. Yet some Democrats who like Eisenhower refused to give up hope. In Washington, for instance. Senator Olin Johnston of South Carolina said: "I expect Jo see General Eisen hower nominated on the first ballot in Philadelphia. If he won't accept i the draft, then we can nominate Senator Barkley (Ken tucky) : or Jimmie Roosevelt." Here at the scene of the forth coming convention. Senator John Sparkman of Alabama also told reporters there is "a lot of talk" about Barkley The man who will deliver the convention's key note address Monday night. Sparkman said, too, there is some mention of House Demo cratic j Leader Sam Rayburn of Texas who . will be permanent chairman of the convention. Double Parking Draws Arrest A lone cab driver was arrested Thursday afternoon as city police Initiated a campaign against taxis double-narking by their stand in front of the Greyhound bos depot on North High street. Arthur Staab. driver for Shorty's Cab company, was the first victim of the crackdown. His cab was im pounded by the police after he was unable to post 15 bail. Folic in dicated the ban would apply to all motorists In downtown Salem, and that $1S would be standard ball for violations, j - Ex-Guard Returns to Pen, as Prisoner , COQUTLLE, July S -GTV Ralph Colvin. who told circuit court he had been a guard in the Oregon state penitentiary, la going right back there but sot as a guard this tirna : . .i . -. . He ' was sentenced to three years i imprisonment on a charge of obtaining money by false pre tenses, : ' "; Sheriff William F. HoweU said that Colvin was also wanted for felony charges In Marion county. No. 102 Again Increases Acce Bv Unions WASHINGTON, July 8 -JPy- The wage dispute which threat ened a nation - wide rail strike and caused government seizure of the railroads, was settled peace ably late today. The settlement was announced by the White House. Representa tive of management and the three railroad brotherhoods which cal led the strike adjusted their dif f erences in a series of conferences there arranged by John R Steel man. presidential assistant. Accept Increase The engineers, firemen and switchmen accepted a wage in crease of 15 cents an hour, re troactive to last November 1, plus several changes in operating rules. some of which will increase the railroadmen's take-home pay Railroad management represen tatives said the settlement was vir tually the same as that recom mended by the president's emer gency board March 27 President Truman called the la bor and management representa tives into his office to congratu late them "It Is great for our country ,w he told them Ends Central "I wanted to see this thing set tled as It should be done, by bar gaining and not in any other way. You did this on your own hook and I feel very good about it. I congratulate all of you on ft1 .The settlement means that the railroads will be turned back to private management as soon necessary papers can be drawn up. Steelman estimated that that could be done in Ma day or two." Nominally, the railroads have been under government control since May 10, with Secretary of tne Army Royall directing their operations The government got an injunction against the threatened strike Salem Physician Suffers Stroke on Witness Stand ' f - Dr. Gussie A. Niles. Salem physician, remained in "critical" condition early this morning in Salem Memorial hospital where she was taken Wednesday after noon after suffering a stroke in Dallas. Dr. Niles was stricken sudden ly while testifying in" an accident case being tried in Polk county circuit court. Allan Carson, Salem attorney for whom Dr. Niles was testifying, said she suffered' the attack while on the withes stand about 3 p. m. He said she' ap peared in excellent health a few minutes before the attack. Carson - said Dr. Niles became paralyzed on' the left .side after being assisted from the court room, and diagnosed her ailment in a short' note written when un able to speak. She was rushed to Salem by ambulance after a Dal las physician was summoned. pted Amateur Photo Contest . i Statesman Offers Prizes in Competition Are you having extra good luck with your picture-taking this sum ' mer? ' ' ! Many people are, and to stimu lata even greater interest In mora and better photography The Ore gon Statesman today is announc ing a four-weeks contest, with weekly and grand prizes, for the finest pictures of ine season, ini tial prizes total $123. The contest starts today, for all ages. You dont need expensive equip ment. Th contest - 1st solely for amateurs those who take pic tures aa a hobby or for th family album, All pictures must have been taken since last June L There will be weekly and grand prices in five separata classifica tions (1) children and animals; (2) portrait or character study; (3) pictorial, scenery: (4) news; (5) sports. , . - : ,- ' . Winners of first, second and third places will be chosen in each classification each week and these IS pictures - will appear in each Sunday edition of The Oregon Statesman during the, contest. From these IS pictures each week (a total of 60 in the four-weeks contest) will be chosen the five EgyptiansDeny wr a. . f Jewish Claims Of Truce Break Uy Max Beyd CAIRO, July S-0iP)-The Pales tine war was on again tonight. The United Nations mediator gave up hope of stopping it and tried instead to spare Jerusalem's holy Count Folke Bernadott of Swe den, the mediator, announced at his Rhodes headquarters the "war is on again." The nice had only a few hours to run until ' it ex pired at 1 ajn. (EST) tomorrow, He said the Jews agreed to ex tend the truce 30 days; the Arabs replied ?No." The Arabs flashed orders to their soldiers to prepare for ac tion when the truce ended. The secretary - general of the Arab league, Abdel Rahman Azzam Pasha, said the Arab nations are passing through a big test. The Jews said in Tel Aviv thai the Arabs already bad started fighting, using planes, tanks and armored cars. They' said the Egyp tians took the offensive south of Tel Aviv. A U.N. security council session was hurriedly called in a desper ate attempt to stop the-flgfc " g. Egypt angrily denied at the coun cil table that she had broken the truce. The Jewish high command said the Egyptians were hitting at Beer xuvla, Z3 miles south of the Is raeli . capital. xne attack aDDarentiv was aimed at Isdud, where an Egyp tian iorce was trapped tempo rari ly before the truce began. Truman Shifts Ambassadors To New Posts WASHINGTON. July 8 -JP- President Truman ordered shifts today in two high dinlomatlc posts, but he still had some im portant administrative annoint ments to decide upon. He named Stanton Griffis. who has been ambassador to Poland. as tne new ambassador to Egypt. Waldemar J. Gallan of New York, career diplomat, was ap pointed to succeed Griffis at War saw. . Both appointments are subject to senate confirmation when con gress reconvenes. Mr. Truman still must choose a secretary of labor to succeed the late Lewis Schwellenbach. And he wasn't sure whether he had an assistant secretary of agriculture or not. Senator CMahoney (D-Wyo) told reporters he has suggested' John F. Shelley, head of . the San Francisco AFL council, to head the labor department Local Social "Worker In Passenger Train Wreck D ASS EL, Minn.. July 8 - (JPi - Fourteen cars - of the Seattle to Chicago Great Northern railway's Oriental Limited passenger train and a section of its engine -were derailed tonight. First reports said one. person was slightly injured but no one was killed. Miss Dorothy Sanders, social worker at the Hillcrest school for girls, was a passenger. She was escorting a girl from the school to Tennessee. . GATCH JOINS LAW FIRM PORTLAND, July 8 JPh Thomas L. Gatch, Salem-born navy officer who recently re tired from the service with the rank of vice-admiral, joined a Portland law firm today. Gatch affiliated, with Boyd. Ferris & Erwin, and will specialize in ad miralty law. over-all winners st the end of the competition. " . . , . j , 1 The first-place winners in each of the five classifications weekly will receive $7.50, the second-place winners $5 and the. third-place winners $2.30. The grand-prize wianers in the five classifications f4 the entire competition will -receive $10 each. Certificates of commendation will go to all winners. In addition, the five grand-prize winners will be entered in th annual Associated Press North west Photo contest In which $100 in prizes are offered each November.-. J--: i !-, r ''; Pictures received from now un til midnight Wednesday, July 14, will be in the first week's com petition; from July IS to midnight July 21 In the second; from July 22 to midnight July 23 in th third, and from July 29 to midnight Au gust 4 in th flnaL No pictures for either th weekly or grand prize contest will be accepted aft er August 4. Grand-prize winners wIH be published in Th Statesman on Sunday, August is. Written on a separate sheet and pasted to th back ox each entry ReP?bU8 , Republicans FIjd Coin for Demo's Post Democrats were forced to stand and watch Thursday as two re publicans contested for the demo cratic nomination for state repre sentative from Washington county. J. O. Johnson, Portland route 8. was. the winner in the draw ing with his republican opponent on tne May primary ballot, Earl Jnhnv. uenzer ox Buxton. ucicawu miucr in. May on the GOP ticket. tixl with the Buxton man with seven write-ln votes each on the dem - ocrstlc ballot. No democrat filed for the office. . . ' Under state law a drawing Is mandatory in case of tie vote- Neither candidate was present at the drawing. C47 Crashes On Air Ferry Run to Berlin Br Gears e Bria BERLIN, Friday. July 9 -UP1 xne western allies air rerrrinjr service to Russian-blockaded Bar- lin claimed its first American IKS?0? ,v ,?e JArab lives last night when a U. S. lT2VriTdSfn ' V1011'' force C-47 transport Plane crash ed and burned, killing all three persons aboard. Three charred bodies were dug from the wreckage of the plane wmcn hit a low mountain peak in the Taunus range near Frank furt wnue on the way to Berlin Wltn food. The victims were two U. S. air force officers the pilot and co pilot and a- civilian passenger. Their names were withheld pend Inff notification of relative - t First Casualty Up to midnight the Russian land blockade of Berlin's western sec tor had forced the Americans to fly more than 1,400 plana loads of food Into the city. In those flights there was : only one plane casualty an emergency landing yesterday near Hof in which not one was Injured. In another effort to cope with the blockade, the United States, Britain and France yesterday or dered new drastic power cuts. In Berlin. They called on the Ger man population to "measure tip to the role that history, has .given you." Statement Issued Col. Frank L. Howley, United States commandant, said In a statement to the Beriiners that the restriction , will pass on to them inconveniences, economic priva- tion and personal suffering which are direct results oi tne soviet blockade. (In London, responsible diplo matic officials said the western powers decided, after a series of telephone talks between wasning- ton, London and Paris, to delay for at least 24 hours announcing the terms of their notes calling on Russia to restore uniropeaea surface transportation between the western zones and Berlin.) House Awakened By Noisy Burglar A noisy burglar fled from Salem home empty-handed early Thursday morning after awaken- ln the entire household In Ml search for ' valuables,, city police reDorted. William T. Selberg, 1391 Mccoy avc told ponce tnat ne anq nis mother were awakened about 2 J0 m. by a loud noise in the front of the house. Selberg. said, the prowler ran when he arose to in vestigate. He had entered through an unlocked door and retreated by the same route. Nothing was missing, police said. Starts Today Open to Everyone must be: (1) The classification wmcn you seea u enier i, your own name and address; (3) data on the photo including camera used, film, shutter speed, dia phragm opening, filter, etc, and whatever other Information is available or pertinent, including identification of subject matter and conditions .under which pie? ture was taken. ! Entries must be on glossy paper, no smaller than 3x7 and no larg er than 11x14. Art work on en tries Is barred. No pictures are acceptable If they have been en tered in other contests. Entries De- come the teoperty of The States man and tan not be returned. : Judging will be don on the ba sis of - the pictures themselves (judges will not know who sub mits the pictures until after their decisions are made), and tneir verdicts will be final in all cases. There are no entry fees of any kind. i Merely mail your , entries (any number of them) to Th Oregon Statesman, Photo Department, Sa lem. Ore. or leave them at Th Statesman office anytime from to day until midnight Wednesday, August 4. i Th contest Is on! ArabsWarned To Reconsider Fight Decision By Larry Usack 1 LAKE SUCCESS. July 8- UF The United States said today tha security, council should invoke Strong measures-4ncluding force if necessary if the Arabs fail to I extend the Palestine truce. I 14 U. S. Deputy Delegate PhiliD C Jessup appealed to the Arab na- 1 Hons to reconsider their decision I10 resume warfare in the Holy I Land at 1 ajn. (EST) tomorrow I when a four-week armistice ends, I He said if they refused, the United States was ready to carry out it ooiigauons unaer me ujm. . Jessup's statement here was in terpreted as meaning that Wash ington would be ready to join in diplomatic and economic sanctions or even supply troops should the U.N. decide to take such steps., - responsible sources 7 expressed the view that the. United States refrained from pressing for imme diate action in order to renew ef- -forts along with the British to induce the Arabs to 'continue the truce. j . Meeting in. emergency ( session,' ..nciJ J. d?c.idd "did hot have enough official detaiU to act. It issued a hurried call'ftw direct information from Israel; the Arab Council , President Dmitri Z. Manuilsky of the Soviet Ukraine said , he would Summon delegates into another special i session as soon as replies were received. He indicated he expected word by 1-te tomorrowor Saturday j- - Paul Wallace resigned as ire&f. dent of the Salem YMCA Thurs day and C. A. Kelts retired as general secretary, liot i changes were announced at a YMCA board of directors' luncheon Thursday noon. . .! -I . . Wallace ha been president of the association for the past 10 years and a board member for 40 years. His resignation will be come effective October Ir His reason for retiring, he aid. is to give a younger man a chance at the Jot The duties of presi dent have expanded to the point wnere I cannot devote tufficient I time to them.-, J Wallace has etvrabnf orchard In the Eola Hills district In Polk county for the pst COyear. He joined the YMCA board here oma 40 years ago whenjhe group occu pied quarters at Chemeketa and North Commercial ttrtttt. The present building en Court street was built In 1928. If I Still Board MemSer ij ' Still a oard of dirertors mem ber, Wallace said Thun-day that he would continue his interest in the YMCA and his orchards. Kells, who has been general secretary for the Salem YMCA since . 1921, had passed the re tirement age of 60 established by the YM on a nationwide basis. His resignation Is to become ef fective August 31. if i A nstive of New York, Kells I I ..lit. .W. WffS"A oecame wi n i rt"- In 1907. He occupied 1 positions with several business companies as a YMCA official. I At the out break of World War! I, while em ployed as general secretary of th Rome, N. Y, YMCA Kells trans ferred ' his activities : to the .im perial I munitions ttoard of On tario, Canada. He set up YMCA programs among war workers. Assistant Secretary -j I After ' the war he' accepted a position as assistant ' secretary of the Oregon-Idaho Interstate com mittee" and then took over ope ration of the Salem' YJ He plans to remain In Salem, assisting the YMCA and continu ing his Community Chest activi ties. Successors to both Kells and Wallace will be named by, a per- L, committee, Kells said Alfred W. Loucks, local busi ness man, was Installed as a new board of directors member at a board neetlng Thursday. Loucks was recently elected to succeed th late Rollin K. Page, stEYOLUTIONISTS BEATEN - ASUNCION, Paraguay, July t (Jfy The government said to day Its troops naq oeaien on would-be revolutionists who at tacked a small garrison In th north. - H -'i It was the first revolt against th government since former President Higinio Mortnigo overthrown last month. ; CUn .SEIflTOIS xz s Wallace, Kells Resign Topi YMCA Posts t s The governor noted that there : 1 : - .