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! 1 t i i Berlin Orders Defied BERLIN, July 28.-(P-A 61-year-old woman took on her frail shoulders tonight the giant east west struggle for Berlin. In a turbulent city where thous ands jammed in front of banks attempting to exchange old marks for new soviet-sponsored money. Mayor Frau Louise Schroeder de fied a Russian order to dismiss the anti-c ommuniit deputy police chief. Backed by the three western commandants, the fighting social ist mayor told the Russians that Berlin was under four-power rule - - she couldn't obey a one-power command. Frau Schroeder, who recently said "the disunity among the allies is being fought out on the back of the Berliners," v was thrown into the heart of the struggle .two days ago 'when the anti-communist city government which she heads fired Police Chief Paul Markgraf. Mark graf, a Moscow-trained German war hero, was accused of abduct ing Berliners and purging the po lice force of anti-reds. The Russians refused to recog nize the order. Markgraf sat tight in his office in the Russian sector. The battle over the police over shadowed for the moment the lar ger issues of the blockade crisis. The U. S. ambassador to Mos cow, W. Bedell Smith, was clos eted today with U. S. Military Governor Gen. Lucius D. CUy for . talks before Smith returns to Rus sia tomorrow. June Gasoline Sales Record Oregon gasoline sales in June toppled the 44,000.000 gallon mark for the first" time, setting a rec ord which is expected to be pushed higher in both July and August, Secretary of State Earl T. New bry reported Wednesday. The June figure jumped 13 per cent over May and tops last; June by nearly 6,000.000 gallons. Gross taxes were $2,200,134. Officials estimated the fuel used by motor vehicles in June resulted in 520,000,000 miles of travel. For the first six months of the year the gasoline gallonage was fixed at 212,731,135 gallons, an in crease of 8 per cent over the same period a year ago. Kenneth Martin. Once of Salem. Dies in Portland PORTLAND, July 28WiP-Ken-neth. G. Martin, Oregon savings bond director and former head of the Oregon blind trades school,, died at his home today at the age of 54. Eugene-born, Martin was reared in Salem and once, as a Salem high athlete, established a state high school record for the mile run. He had been in business here many years. Martin headed Oregon's war bond campaigns in 1944 and 1945. For A Roof OF Enduring Beanly AND Distinction ASK FOR CZ 'SHINGLES AT YOUR BUILDING SUPPLY DEALER Mroiv Vacation and Galvanized Gas Cans. 1 and 5 gallon. Water Baas. 2 gallon. Coleman Store Sleeping Bags Picnic Ice Box Gallon Thermos Jugs Rope Axes Enameled Cups CANNING National Pressure Canaers Ne. 21, 7 qts. or 18 pts. 23.85 Ne. 7. 7 ts. er t pts. 2t.7S No. 5. S qtsJ er 8 pts. 19JS9 Wearever Fralt Press, 2.45 Foley Feed Mill lit Boiler Backs ... 9Se 1230 Stat Salsa Phone 4140 1 The StaWffmn. Salem. Oregon. ThuradaT, July Chain Slashes Steajs Prices; Trusts Flayed By the Associated Press While congress shelved infla tion for civil rights, high prices made the news Wednesday in pro tests all the way from officialdom in Washington jto housewives in Dallas. Prices went up on a popular brand of cigarets and two import ant metals, but meat prices went down in some spots because of la creased buyers' i resistance. Attorney General Tom Clark announced he was expanding anti-trust offices and setting up new ones throughout the country for a survey "of price-fixing on food, clothing and housing. Producers of zinc and lead, used in manyi important manufactured products, announced that prices yesterday topped and previous fig ures. In East St Louis, zinc went up to 15 cents a pound, a 25 per cent increase. Lead I was 1 1 per cent higher 19 Vi ents a pound in New York. In Chicago the A and P food stores announced they had cut beef steak from $1.19 to 98 cents a pound and made big slashes on other meat cuts. Housewives' price resistence was responsible, offi cials of the chain said. Dallas housewives continued a boycott against high priced meat. Although prices hadn't dropped appreciably, meat processors prac tically quit buying while the ex pensive Cuts piled up on counters. In New York the American To bacco company put a 35 cent in crease per thousand on its whole sale price for Lucky Strike cigar ets a jump of about seven-tenths of a cent a package. Briton Avers All of Europe On Talk List LONDON, July 28 -JP)- A re sponsible British official said today Britain, France and the United States are ready to present to Russia theirf conditions for new talks "on a general European set tlement" of east-west quarrels. This report that proposed dis cussions on German problems might be broadened to an all European basis was -not commented upon by state department officials in Washington. iBand to Perform In Park Tonight Prof. Maurice Brennen, con ductor of the Salem municipal band, announced Wednesday the following program for tonight's concert in Willson park at 8 o' clock: : Bamum and Bailey March King Snow White Overture On the Quarter Deck March Alford In a Monastery Garden Ketelbey Gardes du Corps March Hall Selections from Oklahoma Rodgers Pop Goes the Weasel Gaillet Nocturne I Griselle National Spirit March Hummel 2i Pre-FIax Festival Dance Thnrs., July 29lh Johnny Reitz anil His ' Portland Orchestra ST. MARY'S AUDITORIUM IN MT. ANGEL 9 to 12 Hardware Picnic Needs Reynolds Picnic Kite. 14 pc Cooking and Serr- Lag. Paper Plates and Cups. Wood Spoons and Forks. Flashlights 2-3-5 CelL Portable Radio. Automatic Travel Iron Galvanized Pails, 8 to 20 NEEDS Jar Funnels, alamlnaea, 15e Strainers, 5" 35e; f C9e Pyrex Measuring Cups Vi Pi. 25e,f PL SSe, t. 75e 12-qt. Enameled Preserving- Kettle 2.M IS": Wooden Spoons , 20c Street f Coarenicnt Parldsg Rescuers Remove Body of Indiana Mine jHcthn r 17 i -1r i f 1 PRINCETON. In& July 2S Rescue workers rem ore body of Sue of the 11 miners killed ! the ' Princeton. Ind.. mine explosion In the nine's mine. In addition to those killed, four others were tn ; Jured In the blast. (AP Wlrephote fe The Statesman.) ! I- i . ' v i ! I n - n i-imi n- -'ir -- J"- 1' - V A fca.r .:J DEMOBILIZED Royalty, only British Navy horse at DeTonport. England, ceta straw hat to replace his uniform cap as marines stand at attention. After S years In NaTy. Royalty was sold for farm work. An. engine will do his Job of pulling a cricket-ground roller. X ...... u a , . AW.,.: Lv? MArvnMiir nibkvikk. id is oareiootea goes oaes to State Deficit At 6i Million j The state of 'Oregon, as of Ju ly 1, had a general fund defi ciency of $8,565,000, State Budget Director George Aiken reported Wednesday. Approximately $5,000,000 of the total represents appropriations of the 1947 legislature in excess of revenues. I The tabulation will be sent to the state tax commission, for use in making the state tax levy ex pected to be released next month. Ton hare a date . the next time you're In Portland for DANCING DINING FLOOR snows at the Northwest's Finest Night Spot CU 1 v-'- Ok)' "J, -u-J . ; o ,Vi v nature on top oc a rocn in new xora BABY SLAYER CONVICTED GRANTS PASS, July 28 -(JP)-Charles Wesley Miller 23, ac cused of kicking his 11 - month -old stepsbn to death after the in fant fell trom its crib last May 4, was convicted of manslaughter last night. Sentence was post poned until September 7. KERR WINS NOMINATION OKLAHOMA CITY, July 28 JP)- Robert S. Kerr's majority for the democratic nomination as United States Senator from Ok lahoma topped 44,000 today with all but 13 of the state's 3,695 precincts reported. Tonighl! The THREE IIOTES Entertaining. Colored Trio, Club Combo SS5 Portland Dining sad Dancing 25113 AjW'IU ' tV n 0 ft I ! ' am, it: i::l-t l' P A W . .. p. , ... i - .... ; rerugeo rrom Mannattan's cany s centrsl raric I RIGHT NOW1 2 Major Bits turn it t.. ,r t B ( 2nd Aeo Hit! Special Feature "Ihl Elshop's Wile Starring Carr Great. Lorettn Young. David Nlvea Second Feature "I'll MAGNIFICENT i , ROGJR-V ' v. With Lynn Roberts v: Warrea Douglas Gerald Hoar Wggm Group Yf to Annyand Air Recruit Plans Supporting the state recruiting commander's slogan that "no man in Oregon will be drafted," a military manpower committee was organized in Salem Wednesday- night. The group, to aid army and air force recruiting services in publicizing the role of peacetime service, was formed at a meet ing of representatives of local groups st the chamber of com merce. Chosen unanimously as chair man of the new group was Rob ert Boardman, who took over from temporary chairman Mayor Robert Elfstrora. Boardman nam ed Col. Eugene Foster to act as secretary. The group decided that the chief role would be one of edu cation, with cooperation with the army and air force in air force day celebration and preparing ex hibits for the coming state fair. IL C Saalfeld was named chairman of the state fair com mittee, which includes William Baillie, co-chairman, Tom Rilea, Judge Grant Murphy and M. Sgt. Thomas J. Massey. Air Force day: Rex Kimmell, chairman; Judge Murphy, co chairman, and Reginald Williams, W. O. Wilson and A. Friesen. Speakers: William Baillie, chairman; Mrs. James Mott, co- chairman; Wayne Doughton, Wil liams, Gordon Keith. CapL Det- lefs and Sam Harbisotv High school: E. A. Carleton, chairman; Colonel Foster, co chairman; Sam Harbison and Sergeant Massey. Publicity: Margaret Magee and Winston Taylor. Pranksters Blamed For Gun Shots in Residential Areas Several mysterious shots fired early Wednesday morning were apparently the work of pranksters, city police reported. The shots, centering In the northern section of the city,-were first heard by Patrolman M. J. Mathers while cruising in the east part of the city. He was not cer tain the first report was a shot but heard the whine of a bullet following the second. He reported that they seemed to be in the 800 or 900 block of North Summer or Winter street. Two shots were heard by Police Radioman Clive Scott at his home, apparently coming from about the 1300 block of North Church street. William Kidd, a city employe, re ported two shots near 13th and Ferry streets, and Capt Stanley Friese reported hearing gunfire in the Shipping and North Winter streets area. NOTICE Or rUBUC BCASING Notice hereby U given to all persons particularly interested, and the general public, that a hearing will be held be fore the common council of the City of Salem. Oregon, at 147 North Ubesty Street (Chamber of Commerce rooms . August th. 1MB. at the hour of 140 p.m . to consider the application of the First Christian Church, a religious body, for a permit to construct and erect a church or edifice for use for religious purposes, upon Lots 4 and S. Block 7. of the Original Plat of the City of Salem. Oregon, which premises are at the intersection of Marion and Cottace Streets in a CUss II Residen tial District. , By order of the Common Council of the City of Salem. Marion County. Oregon. July 2. 1948. ALFRED MUNDT Recorder of the City of Salem. Oregon. JlyS- A or mm (faces KEY -THE EM WALTER Help riTTiri ! HI! : H' e5 -Jt f urW "sr.; I GLADYS COOPER . REGINALD OWEN Added :Treata! ; A Brevity Yeall aUsa Abeai Caler Carteea Hay Terrers e Jr - "MesJcaa Jsy Eld- Ihe Tlmberlds : . WaraerNews Baby Falls TJhree FloorsLives ' jiu smnis l' I . i IJM i upiilims .u" - U' , ' Al 1 III ; f : ; " '' ,f I -17 ""-K:: ' . - "'Nw' w Sv ! " "'V -,' ?' SAN DIEGO. July 2t Nurse Phyllis Natl comforts Anton Dlckerson, one year old. In a San Diego, Calif., hospital where he Is being treat ed after falling three floors from n hotel window to the pavement below. His only apparent injuries were bruised cheek and s black ened eye. (AP Wlrephote to The SUtesman.) I h Ella L. Craig Passes at 82 Mrs. EUa L. Craig, 82, a native of Marion county and life long resident of this area, died Wed nesday morning. j Mrs. Craig, late resident of 1848 State St., was born Dec. 23, 1863 in1 the Wecoma district. jHer fa ther, Charles Calvert, caxne to the United States from England. Her mother, was born in Martdn coun ty, i She was a lifelong mejrnber of the Baptist church. j Surviving are the widower, F. Sumpter Craig, Salem; s daugh ter, Mrs. C. H. White, tos An geles; a son, Charles W. Craig. Seattle; and two sisters, Mrs. Ads V. Skiff, Salem, and Mrs. Ethel Tweedale, Albany. Funeral services will! be an nounced later by W. TL Rigdon company. j New Diphtheria, Polio Cases Told PORTLAND, July 28-P-Four new cases of diphtheria occurred in : Oregon last week, . he state board of health said today. Infantile paralysis spread, toe, with seven new cases arid a total of! 33 so far this year. In 1M7 at this time only 14 cases had oc curred. ; A decrease in most of the other communicable diseases , was re ported. h Open 5 P. M. to 1 L M. J L i ' i "Where the Big Hits PlaylT 3 NEW TODA V! Us Big! Gayl Spectaculc&l MGM's Boisterous. Rollicking Fun and Lore FlUed TECHNICOLOR Musical TrecrtI SLEZAK 5 j QJJUlrOOa 6DIHHEZS Both Legs Broken In Auto Accident Kenneth Beacon, f 23, 1 1970 ' S. Church st., suffered , fractures' of both legs In two-car : sccldent st High and Mission streets early Thursday morning. He was taken to Salem General hospital by Sa lem Taxi ambulance service. Beacon was a passenger in a car traveling south on High street when . it collided at the - intersec tion i with a 'vehicle whose occu pants were not identified by po lice early today, r ji i - n - Too Iu to Classify LOST Bunch of keys on rln(. some place, downtown betw. Oh e me k eta and State st. Reward. 'Ph. 4J56. or turn in at City hall: police dept. 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