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o o o ri rr o din o o m o on oooo o oo -'- " , :; -- , . is Allied Air Corridor si to Berlin i. - . SOVIET ZONf fV StK HAN NOV IR. VLI R.r UJ W fi r; II U II II II II . 2L121IVJ.IW W'Sl III 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' I VM 1 1 1 1 1 1 n II 1 1 1 1 XC T J.J.' -utui; -w-r V-S LVJ tl. TWVsi7 Js A ll II ll II 11 XjU II II II II' -II II 1 W.-i-cLw-rFk t-5 WV J b ICZtCHQSlOVAKlA . Ji V5' JsT1Nuefnfcei 9 1 FRANKFURT, July 29 Black lines tre roates f three air orrldrs beinx wed by western allies to sapply Russian-blockaded Berlin. The French licensed newspaper in Berlin said the Russians had torn np 10 miles of railroad (A) used; by western allies be tween western Germany and Berlin. (oF) Wlrephoto to .the States man). " Gem. Clay Flies D-flonrDe For Report on Crisis By Georre Bria f BERLIN, Wednesday, July 21 -P)- Gen. Lucius D. Clay, Ameri can commander in Germany, flew to Washington last night in an army plane. He will report on the growing Berlin crisis. Clay took off from Frankfurt, accompanied by his political ad viser, .Robert Murphy, and will outline current strife with the Russians to the department of the army. TftDOOGa This is about a word: mono lithic. It is an old word, coming from the Greek monos,i-meaning single or one, and lithos, mean ing stone. Monolithic means "of one single piece of stone." A concrete wall or monument is monolithic. The word is coming into a new use, however, part of the po litical lexicon of the day. I no ticed that Dr. Gordon Wright in his late book on "The Reshaping of French Democracy" wMch merits a full review) uses it fre quently with reference to the emerging political parties of postwar Franc. The word i? also used with reference to the to talitarian state. Russia is an example of the latter "of one iingle piece-of stone." Despite its title of Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Russia's government is definitely monolithic, the power highly centralized. In that country also there is but one party, the com munist, which, too,-is monolithic, single, rigid. Now the opposite to monolthic is plural or federal. This country is (or was) molded on the fed eral plan with powers except for definfte grants reserved to the states Rome was a great empire, built on .the power of the Roman empire but its policy was onof rather broad tolerance. The Brit ish empire was always rather loosely held and now has become a commonwealth of self-govern ing nations. Within a country formed on the democratic model there will be more than one party. Here we have two major parties but per iodically ' 3 (Continued on editorial page) WORKER ELECTROCUTED HILLSBORO, Ore., July 20-( A 2300-volt electric shock killed William Jaco, 37, Portland Gen eral Electric Co. lineman, today. Jaco was working on a pole when he touched the line. COMMODITY TRADING UP WASHINGTON, June 20 -(JP) Trading in farm commodity fu tures increased' sharply in. the fiscal year which ended July" 30. Animal Crackers -By WARREN GOODRICH "He's the fastest pUtboj jr'r ever had." S1ATWT MUS He is expected to return to Berlin Sunday. : Before, he left, announcement was made that American air power in Germany would be bol stered by 75 jet-propelled fighter planes. U. S. spokesmen In England said r the 75 "shooting stars" jets, com- prising a full group of fighters, ; would arrive in Scotland Aug! 4 : on the aircraft carrier Sicily, and : A'ould be flown to Germany ! but not to Berlin. ' More Enroute Another; 16 fighters of the same type are enroute to Germany in the first east-bound jet crossing of the Atlantic. In addition 60 giant B-29 superfortresses have arrived at three RAF air fields in Eng land for 'training missions." There was some speculation the jets might be used as escorts for .hfc flying freight wagons now supplying blockaded Berlin with food. If the western powers de cided that step is necessary. rreoare movci f The report of Clay and Murphy, the top American policy makers in Germany, is expected to play a major part in deciding the next American; steD in the battle to break tlfe Russian blockade. Sharp counter-measures have een reported under cons id era lion since Russia refused to yield to stiff protest notes from Britain, France and the United States. Proposals have ranged from ex cluding Russians from allied j routes in other parts of the world to the drastic step of sending an armed supply convoy through Russian barriers. Eggs Scramble Another Cent Up Prices Ladder Salem housewives were paying one cent more a dozen for all grades of eggs Tuesday after sim ilar boost was effected in whole sale prices. Retail prices were generally 73 cents a dozen for large grade AA eggs; 71 cents for mediums and 56 cents for small and cracks. Buying prices were boosted from 60 to 61 cents on large grade AA's; from 58 to 59 cents on me dium grades and from 43 to 44 cents on pullets. On the wholesale market eggs were raised from 64 to 65 cents on large grade AA's; from 63 to 64 cents on mediums and from 48 to 49 cents on cracks. Judges Given Difficult Job! Some really fine pictures al ready are entered in the second week; Of The Oregon States nan's photo contest and the job of the ; judges is expected to be even more difficult by the deadline tonight. Winners will be published in TOUR HOME NEWSPAPER Sunday. Any amateur may enter (those who take pictures solely as a hobby j or for the family al bum.) I More than $250 in prizes Is being awarded in the four-weeks competition in the (four 'classes animals-children, portrait-character study, pictorial-scenery, and news-sports. (Rules on page 2). Just send your entries (which' must - have been taken since June 1 of this year) to the Pho to Department of " - drwaC$0lattma& ?T)?0" ' NINETY-nGHTH YEAR 10 PAGES Thm Oroa Statesman. Satem. Oryon. Vmdndar. July 21. 1948 ' Prlc 5 - No. 110 Slll' ' P fii I ' .- L. ' - .1 i n n t ts a - : n 7n a r? n nn n n ir V Tl ; ' . Culinary Workers To Strike Unionized Salem r e s t a urant workers voted to strike against some 60 local restaurants, the Salem culinary alliance announ ced Tuesday. The organization of 500 men ! and women will meet at 8 p.m. j Friday in the labor temple to decide when to strike and how to carry it out, said A. B. Peder son, secretary of the alliance. The strike vote Monday fol lowed a wage dispute between union members and Salem res taurateurs. Pederson said a strike was favored by about 80 per cent of the 500 members, with nearly all members voting. The union is requesting a 10 cents per hour increase for wait tresses, cooks, cooks helpers and dishwashers. If granted the boost would 'push waitresses' pay up ! to 62 Vi cents per hour for the ! first 200 hours. 67 Ms cents for the. next 200 hours and 75 cents per hour thereafter. Other work ers wages would be upped on a sliding scale to a higher aver age. Pederson said Tuesday that about one-third of the approxi mately 100 local restaurants and cafes involved had signed the new contracts. These houses, he stated, would not be included in the strike. The strike vote culminated a series of meetings between the restaurant owners and union of ficials at which "no agreement could be reached. It was indi cated Tuesday, however, that ne gotiations have not broken down completely and that a settlement may bo reached before the Friday night meeting. UW Professor Challenges Contempt Test SEATTLE, July 20 A University of Washington profes sor put squarely to the legisla ture's un-American activities committee today a test of its threat to bring contempt action against balking witnesses. He refused, firmly but politely, to identify former fellow mem bers of the communist party. All six members of the commit tee, when polled lated, said they would vote to take him into court on a charge of contempt of the legislature unless he recants. The witness was Dr. Garland Ethel, assistant professor of Eng lish. He said he was. a member of the communist party from 1934 through 1941. He joined the fa culty in 1924, was absent 1930-33 and has been at the university since 1933 except for four years in military service. He said he is not now a party member. His showdown, clash with the committee came in response to specific questions as to whether he sat in communist party meet ings with five other faculty mem bers, who had been named by other witnesses as having been communists or having attended party meetings. Albany Names Superintendent In City Schools ALBANY, July 20-(Special)-A 43-year-old Wyoming educator, I. R Halseth, today was named su perintendent of Albany city schools. Chairman Floyd Mullen of the district 5 school board said the new superintendent would begin his duties August 1. Halseth, grad uate of Eastern State college of South Dakota and of University of Wyoming, has been superinten dent of Green River, Wyo, schools the past five years. He has taken summer studies at yruversit ox Minnesota. . Halseth succeeds R- A. McCor- mack. superintendent here the last nine years, who was not rehired by the board this year, after a protracted board controversy sev eral, months ago. Members Of! the school board did not disclose their reasons for discharging McCor mack. , McCormack said he has no im mediate plans. . ' j Halseth 4s here with his wife. a son, t, and daughter, 4. They have not yet found a place to live. 8TASSEN-DEWEY TO MEET NEW YORK, July 20-P-Har-old E. Stassen, reiterating a pledge to campaign for Gov. .Thomas E. Dewey, flew here today en route to talk with the republican presi dential nominee. Full-Groicti Cougar Roams in Wallace Rbad Neighborhood Resident along Wallace road four miles north of West Salem were reminded that the west is still slightly wild Monday night when a full-grown cougar was observed roaming the neighbor hood. Joseph Singer, owner of Sin ger's Rose Gardens in the neigh borhood, said he was awakened about 11 p.m. by loud cries com ing from his back yard. He rush ed to the scene hurriedly, think ing of his nine-year-old son, Keith, and 17-year-old daughter, Josephine, who were sleeping in a tent in the back yard. Singer said he saw the cougar prowling about 100 yards from the tent. He quickly ran to get his brother, Louis Singer, who is a next door'neighbor, and the Forest Fire Closes North Santiam Road 'DETROIT, July 21 -(Special)- State police reported early this morning that a forest fire of undetermined origin had closed the North Santiam highway west of under control early this morning, S. T. Moore, whose workers are area affected. Moore said that the North San tiam highway will-be closed un til sometime this afternoon due -to the dangerous condition of the highway caused by falling- burn ing snags, rocks and debris which had fallen from the sides of the canyon in the area affected. The fire is located, Moore said, in the vicinity of both the old and new highways and had covered approximately 40 acres by early this morning. He said it Is burning directly on the boundary between the Willamette National forest and the state protected area, two miles below the Detroit dam site and 10 miles west of Idanha. Ap proximately 160 men will work In controlling the fire this morning, Moore said. George Bunke, of Molalla, district warden. Is In charge of the state protected area and Moore will be in charge of the national forest area affected by the fire. Moore and state police urged all drivers to stay away from the af fected area because of the ex tre m e 1 y dangerous conditions. Workers, he said, are considerably hampered in fighting the fire be cause of the difficult terrain and steep sides of the Detroit canyon where th fire Is burning. Weather Max. 79 77 73 Kin. M 89 S3 Prclp. Salem Portland - San Francisco .00 .00 .00 .00 Chicago tl 8 .... 83 68 New York WUlamett river -2.4 ' feet. FORECAST (from VS. weather bu reau. McNary field, saiem: mostly cloudy today and tonight with light rain expectea tomorrow, nign tem perature today near 77; low tonight near S3. Conditions excellent for all tarro activities but afternoon winds win hinder dusting and spraying op erations. SALEM PRECTP1TATIOW rrsa Sept. 1 to Jaly 21) This Year LasfYear Average 37.43 4S.S4 Governor Digs to Start Sears r a Using a gilded shoveL Gov. John H. Hall Is shown above turning the first bit of dirt . to mark start ef construction en Sears, Roebuck, and company's new store at the North Capitol street shopping center project. Watching the Taesday morning ceremony were, left to right, Etta Sutter, employe of Sears, Klnce Its opening In Salem In 1934: Gene-Vandeneynde, Sears' Salem manager; Gov. Hall; Mayer R. I . Elf strom; James Walton, president of the Salem Chamber of Commerce; and George Gra benhorst. realtor who handled transact! , when the two-block property was purchased by Fa eifle Matnal Life Insurance Co. (Photo by Don Dili. Statesman staff photographer.) (8tory en page 8) pair returned with a shotgun. They were able to walk within 50 yards of the big cat before it scampered off into the brush. Singer said the animal meas ured about six feet from tail to head, and was stalking as though in search of food. He f and his brother were unable to give chase, he said, because they lack ed hunting dogs. By odd coincidence, the cougar escaped by running through property owned by Mike Morris, noted Lebanon cougar hunter who recently bagged three cats near Sweet Home. Morris recent ly purchased the land as the site for a new home, but was away Monday night. Singer said his children have decided to sleep indoors until the cougar is caught. Detroit The fire was still not it was reported by District Ranger engaged in contolhng half of the Mileage Rate Upped by State Control Board Increase In the allowance for use of private - owned automo biles for state business, action to obtain plans for a city sewer con nection for Hillcrest School for Girls and a recommendation that the legislature increase; the state restoration fund, were among state board of control business matters transacted here Tuesday. The board increased the allow ance for use of private automo biles in state business from 5 to 6 cents a mile to become effective on September 1. It also recommended that the 1949 legislature increase the state restoration fund from $100,000 to $200,000, which would increase the assessment against state properties from 18 to 28 per cent The state restoration fund Is used by the state as a form of commercial in surance and fire losses under the fund for the past two years aggre gated $.'"'.,000. The board directed that plans be obtained for a sewer to connect Hillcrest school with Salem city sewer system. Approval' was also givea by the board of a request of the state li quor control commission to re model and enlarge its current quarters in Portland at a cost es timated at from $500,000 to $750, 000. The board's approval was contingent upon the investment not interfering with old age assist ance which is supported by liquor profits. . (Other board business, page 2) Frame-Up Charged By Party NEW YORK, July 20 - (JP Twelve UJS. communist party leaders and members were indict ed today on charges of advocating the overthrow of the United States government. Among them was William Z. Foster, head of the Communist Party of America. Seven, of the group, Including general secretary Eugene V. Den nis, were arrested and arraigned on the charges. ; The others, named along with the first seven In 'secret indict ments returned by a federal grand jury investigating alleged sub versive activities, were being sought. A formal statement by the communist party, released a few' minutes before the seven were ar raigned, denied the charges and characterized them as a "mon strous frame-up." Plead Innocent One of the group was arrested and arraigned in Detroit, Mich., tonight. He was Carl Winters, 41, chairman of the Michigan state council of the communist party and a member of the party's na tional committee. t The others were taken into cus tody in New York City. All those arraigned here entered pleas of innocent, and the same plea was entered for Winters in Detroit. The other four under arrest were: New York councilman Benjamin Davis: John B. Williamson, trade union secretary for the party; Henry Winston, party organiza tional secretary; and Jacob Sta chel, educational secretary. All 12 indicted were identified by federal authorities as members of the communist party's national board. Davis and Winston are negroes. The nve being sought were identified as Irving Potash, manager of the CIO furrier joint council of New York City; John Gates, editor since July, 1947 of the Daily Worker, official organ of the communist party in the United States; Rob ert G. Thompson, chairman of the New York state communist party; Gilbert Green of Chicago, Hin dis tnct chairman for the communist party at Chicago, and Gus Hall of Cleveland, Ohio, 'chairman of the Ohio communist party. The six arrested In New York City were arraigned before Fed eral Judge Vincent LeibelL who set bail at $5,000 for each Shortly before 9 p.m. (EST) the six defendants in New York City were paroled overnight in the custody of counsel after. Carpenters Cut Space For City Hall Elevator Carpenters had cut through two floors in city hall Tuesday and in stalled new studdings in prepara tion for installation of an elevat or on the hall's .north central side. The ..ground floor entrance of the elevator will be in the spot receritjx; vacated by Salerri muni cipal court which has new quar ters In the hall s renovated third floor. Construction i t i J V ' '7 . . . Arrested NEW TORS, Joly 29 William Z. Foster, head ef the eeaa snanlst party ef AmertesC was : among those arrested today la New York. en eharres of advo eating the overthrew of the United States government. . France Seeks Strong Leader For Premier PARIS, July 20-iTV-The names Edouard Herriot and Paul Key naud were most mentioned for premier tonight as the French searched for a strong government Lto speak for them In the four-pow er dealings they expect over Ber lin. , Premier Robert Schunian re signed last night, after the social ists Quit his cabinet and voted against his defense budget. Friends of former Premier Her riot were especially anxious . to have the 76-year-old president of the national assembly ' come back and head the government through what one of them described as .the "trying months ahead." I j Reynaud, last premier before the surrender to the Germans in 1940. was opposed in some quar ters because his name is linked with the disaster of 1940. Schuman himself still was a pos sibility to head a new cabinet. His defeat did not come on a formal vote of no confidence and he might Lhe called back to succeed himself. Georges Bidault, his foreign min ister, hurried back from a meet ing of the Western European un ion foreign ministers In The Hague in an attempt to save the government for the popular repub licans. Kansas Town Isolated By Flooding Streams EMPORIA, Kas July 20 -4Ah- Emporia, caught in the fork to two rivers, was all bu Isolated to night as one of the worst floods In southeast and east central Kan sas surged through rich lowlands. Hlehways to the east, west and south were blocked by the Cot tonwood river. Roads approach ing from the north were covered by the Neosho's nooa waters. 14,500 Vehicles A study made by the Oregon, state highway department of traf fic conditions on the Marion-Polk county bridge here shows that ap proximately 14,500 vehicles cross the span daily, R. H. Baldock, state highway engineer, announ ced! Tuesday. Sixty - three per cent of the vehicles, the study: of June 10 shows, crossed the bridge during the hours between 7 a. m. ana II p. nx, during 16 hours when the count was made, and either were destined to or originated rom points south of Center street The other 37 per cent either or iginated from or were aesunea for points north of Center street - West Salem city officials inter ested in a new bridge, however. asserted the actual count that day covered only 13 hours. The factual study of the destin ation charts made shows that the bvious place for a bridge, in or " er to give the shortest possible oovement to the greatest ntfsnber of people would be at the end of State street However, it is equal ly obvious, the report states, that the width of the river and the ex pense of right - of - way make this location prohibitive. The study further, showed that 37.6 per cent of drivers of ve- - ' ' - ; . ' I c' t L t w i "-(' By Jack Batledre WASHINGTON. July 20 President Truman today ordewd all American men 18 through 29 t4 register for the draft between Aug, 30 and Sept, 18. ii ! No one would Drediet when tial) inductions will ; begin1. Iut thisr can not be before Sept. 22, or ltd days after Mr. Truman ign Wthe draft bill making it lw. Eighteen - year - olds, not sub-' jtct ito the 21-month draft may begin enlsting in the armed r ices tomorrow. By volunteering fr one year and then scrying m linger period in the reserves they riay: avoid the draft later. By law only 161,000 of the 18-year-cJts y be accepted. ' n . I Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey. lective service director, empha- :ea mat all men 18 through 25. Unless they already are in the c- : tjve armed services, must register, j Whether or hot a man is Exempt ffom the draft makes; no jdiflcr- extce, he said. j : I General Hershey estimated that this I means approximately 19,500,- 000 men wUl sigf urj aft America 4,000 draft offices izt ; the 20-ofcy period beginning Aug.! 30. j The registration dates ar stag gered, with men 25 -signing, up first, men' 21 next, ' and ko on. 1 Just because registration cate are ordered by age 1 groups ios rtot mean men will be -drafted in that order, selective service head quarters said today. j I This has not been decided jet." they said. '.'(. i Neither has it been decided how ihany men will be called, Thfct, said selective service, Is up to the army, ' and will depend a lot n 4ow many volunteers are sicntd "The army orders men, fend we lust deliver the number, they le luest," the draft office satd. ' f Secretary of ArmyjjRoyfcll t aid - tecently that the first: call will be I relatively small. The drait calls, e said, might, total about 30,100 month. . . , . !. M I PORTLAND, Ore, 'July 20 -7P) hen the -draft begins, the fcrmy xpects to take 840 men a month rom the Oregon district whith nciudes western Idaho, f UA. CoL F. C. Dahlquist, com ndes of the Oregon district, s& id ecruittng stations at Boise, Idaho. d at Portland and Eugene would roc ess 1,680 persons monthly in- uding volunteers. Half pt them e expectea to be rejected. This will be 83 a day at the ee stations, Dahlqu it t said. rtland will handle 50, 1 the re- der to be divided about ually between Boise and Eu gene. ' j I Men drafted from eastern Ore gon will report to Boise. Tboe southern Oregon will go to ugene. i I Oregon will have 30 local e ctive service boards compared th 57 in the wartime draft. lembers for 17 boards halve been ended by Gov. John Hall or appointment by the president. Additional details on page Z). pecial Stamp A o Commeniorate State Centeiinial WASHINGTON." july 1 0 -VP)-. The postoffice department an nounced today that thei special rommemorativ stamp fori the Or- got! centennial celebration will be issued Aug. 14 J The date Is the anniversary of the1 organization of. the Oregon territory. The three-cent stamp Will be releasM firtt at; Oregon ity, where a ur-day ce ebratioa will mark the casion. The design tures an ox-team and covered agoni nanited ry portraits of John iMcLough- in and Jason , pioneer, leaders. HlOW jiirvey Use Span Daily Nicies crossing the bridge were estined for work 30.3 on business! 10.2 on recreation;. 8.4 on shop ping; 4.8 to serve passengers; 2.8 (unknown 2.5 for meals; 1.8 for pnedical purposes; 0.9 orj vehicle kervidng and 0.7 for schooling, j The highway department tn pMHinced that further studies are now to be made in connection witla construction right - of - way costs bn several proposed sites ;and also jto gain some idea of the growth jof a greater Salem. ' I j j Some thought will be given, the department said, to theJtendency ' (of the business district to grow .northward and the possible traffic pattern in- effect about 25 years pence. All studies i made by the highway department; are pursuant to the request made by the Salem pong range planning commission. otra SEiniidns is- i i . I i
