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Backers of City j
Commission to
Explain Views
A referendum oetition seeking to
change Salem's government from,
city manager plan to city:
commission form will be explained
at a public meeting tonight at 6
o'clock in Salem labor tempie.
Lloyd F. LeGarie's 10-member
committee, formed after a meet
ing of 40 citizens last wee, ma
prepared a charter amendment pe
tition which would give Salem
electors a vote on whether to re
place the present city manager
ship government with a three-man
city commission. The commission
ers to administer all municipal
affair wrnilH each serve full time
and each receive $3,000 annual
salary. One of them wouia De ine
mayor of Salem.
Ti-intrl netitions are ordered.
LeGarie said Tuesday, and should
be ready for circulation eariy next
week. To get the proposal on the
November ballot, the petitions
require 1,262 valid signatures, to
be submitted to the city recorder
by August 15.
Sleeping Pills Blamed
In Hollywood Death
' LOS ANGELES, Aug. S -"
Lavonne Silvers, 31, estranged
wife of film musical director Lou
Silvers, was found dead .in her
bathtub today. Detective Capt.
Jack Swan reported.
The detective said 24 tablets
were in a coin purse and on the
floor of the bathroom. Capt. Swan
said he believed she had acci
dentally taken an overdose of
sleeping medicine.
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Athletes Crack
Roydl Iceliviih
Texas Uiijnor
LONDON, Aug Si Two
imr(ran athletes found
themselves standing! in front of
King George VI today witnoui
much to say. So the talked about
the weather and geography.
The two were Ann Curtis, swim
ming star from San Francisco, and
Jack Robinson, the basketball
playing pastor from! Baylor Uni
versity. They were ainong 10 mem
r h TT S dtlvmnic team
who were Invited, along with re
presentatives of all Otner compet
ing nations, to a royal reception at
Buckingham palace.)
There was an embarrassing
pause after we were introduced,"
ur; r,-ii Av-nlainkrl afterwards.
puh j
"Apparently we were supposed
to take our leave, but l guess ja
.nH t riirin't erasn it immediately.
The king saved Sthe situation
with "a polite question about
where we were fror," Miss Cur-
When Kins George heard
"raiifni-nia." he asked with a
smile: "That's whefe they have
the biggest and best pf everyining.
isn't it?" ( -i
That was a bit too much for
Robinson. As stifflj? as one can
to a king he said:
"Sir, I'm from Texas."
King George laughed. The ice
was broken and the conversation
continued.
Salem Moose to
Direct Initiation
Salem Moose lodge degree team
will be in charge of initiations for
the newly organized; Oregon City
lodge tonight at 8 o'clock, local of
ficials announced Tuesday night.
The initiations will be held at
the Castle restaurant hall, north
of Oregon City on highway 99E.
The local degree team includes
Orville Cbastain, governor; Matt
Sherfield, junior governor and
Melvin Govig. James Martin, El
mer Hedine-and A. P. Sherfield.
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484 Students Enroll at
OCE Summer Session
t.tomvtOTTTH Auk. 3.-A total
of 484 students had enrolled for
the second summer session at Ore
gon College of Education by Mon
day, final registration day.
This figure is 132 over that of
the 1947 summer session when 352
students were enrolled. The first
session enrollment of 698 students
was the largest since 1931.
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w..i.i... Hth WMtkr members, an asaaciated ed-
eaniaeujtue. conm.nvec. cnx h.-j. "Hrr. . ' w.H Mnndt eharaeterlsed Chamber.
ltar or Time masszioc, ouor vuuw - 7- - , . .
a. a Teul witness and not a -snspeef In the rroaps InresUgatton of communist activities la
the i United States. (AF Wlrephato Co me buhbmil;
Court Review
TsTlTW VOR1C Ausf. S -WV A
court review was ordered today of
claims by five accused alien com
munists that Attorney General
Tom C. Clark abused his discre
tion in refusing the bail pending
deportation hearings.
The court review was ordered
by the UJS. circuit court of ap-
The five men cnargea wiu oe
ing alien communists include Ger
hart Eisler, characterized by a
house committee as the No. 1 com
munist in the U.S.; Irving Potash,
vice president of the CIO Interna
tional Fur and Leather Workers
onion; and John Williamson, labor
secretary of the communist party
of the U.S.
Potash and Williamson were ar
rested recently, along with 10 oth
mr ton communists, on charces of
plotting the violent overthrow of
the U.S. government.
Sheridan Logging Truck
Driver's Foot Amputated
PORTLAND. Ail. 3-Ai-Chrls-
t-r Coblentz. SO. Sheridan lossdna
truck driver, was brought here
today for amputation of his left
foot after a mill accident.
Ytm was rushed here bv Willa-
mina firemen. The hospital said
Coblentz foot was mangled m a
chain-driven machine at the mc
Cormick mill at Sheridan.
Norblad AslU Truce in '
Order! to Halt Inflation
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -Wh
Rep. Morblad (R-Ore) urged a
truce today between the president
and congress over blame for the
high cost of living.
The fact remains that congress
is in session. We do have inflation,
and we should bend every effort
to stopping this spiral and argue
later the question of who Is to
blame!-he said In a statement.
PoWer Cut in
North Oregon
PORTLAND, Aug. S-iflVPower
service in much of northern Ore
gon was knocked out for an hour
today, i
Elevators stopped, streetcars
halted 'and 'homes in Portland
served by the Portland General
Electric system were without serv
ice. Also affected was the PGE
system down the Willamette val
ley to Salem: west to St. Helens.
and east to ML Hood. Service was
restored at 10:55 ajn.
Failure of a 57,000-volt line In
the Burlington district near Port
land interrupted service, but ac
tual cause was not determined.
Dewey, Aide
Map Strategy
PAWLING, N. Y Aug. 3.-(;P)-Campaign
plans possibly calling
for an opening swing through the
midwest and perhaps to the Pacif
ic coast shortly after Labor day
were mapped today by Gov. Tho
mas E. Dewey and Herbert Brown
ell, jr
Dewey and Brownell, the re
publican presidential nominee's
campaign manager, held a three
hour strategy session. No official
announcement was made.
Wallace, Taylor to
Speak in Oregon
PORTLAND, Aug. 3. - (JP) - The
progressive party campaign will
be carried into Oregon next fall
by Henry Wallace and Sen. Glen
Taylor.
Nels Peterson, state party chair
man, said Taylor would come to
Oregon in late August or eariy
September and Wallace in Octo-her.
He said Paul Robeson, the bari
tone now campaigning for the
party, would be nere August 1 1
18.
Collins Fired
By San Diego
SAN DIEGO. Calif- Aug. 3 -UPl
Kan TWcrn' Pacific coast league
baseball club today dropped its
pilot of two years Manager Kip
Collins. The skidding Padres, who
lost the services of Homerun King
Jack Graham ten days ago through
an injury, go against San rran
cisco tonight directed temporarily
by Junmie Reese.
Collins removal was announced
by Bill Starr, club president, who
said: "It's for the best interests
of all concerned."
New Road to Coast
To Open Sept. 15
PORTLAND. Aua-. 3 (JPl- The
last link in Portland's most di
rect route to the coast will be
opened Sept. 15, T. H. Banfield,
state highway commission cnair
man, said today.
The route is the Sunset nign
oir. Th last link will connect
Canyon road west of Portland
with the highway norm or tsanas.
The stretch from Banks to near
Seaside was completed several
years ago
Array Convoy
To Visit Salem
"Operation Greaseball". d e
c; tmH Kv th arnxY as a rieorous
test of six types of experimental
lubricants and three types 01 tires,
will pass through Salem septem
hor 23 pnrnutf to AlasXa.
To th 3f) 000-mile launt begun
Monday, four army officers and
24 enlisted men from .Aberdeen
proving grounds, Maryland, are
testing 14 army vehicles in the
intense heat of Mojave desert in
California and the cold of Alaska.
Th aneration. which will take
seven months to complete, will ex
tras vehicles to a temperature
range of 190 degrees. In the Mo
jave they expect high temperature
readings of 125. and in Alaska
lows of 65 degrees below zero.
Schoeppel Wins
Kansas Vote
The Associated Press
Former Governor Andrew T.
Schoeppel's republican nomination
for the senate seat being vacated
Y,-r Veteran Arthur Capper was
conceded early (Wednesday) today
by his opponent in the Kansas
primary.
Tk. mifmm. In Vantai naral-
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lelled the trerid of returns in two
other primaries in Virginia and
Missouri, where organlzauon-sup-nnrtf
nolitical veterans and in
cumbent generally were faring
well.
George McGill. former U. S.
Senator from Wichita, held a
widening lead over . K. Dean. St.
Mary's farm leader, for the demo
cratic senatorial nomination in
Kansas.
LUCILLE BREMER WEDS
HOLLYWOOD. Aue. 3 -IJPi
FrimHi of movie actress Lucille
Bremer .were surprised today to
lm of her marriase on cata
Hna island to Abelardo Louis
Rodricuez. son of the former
president of Mexico.
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Guldahl Leads
fTam5 Tourney
CHICAGO. Aug. S -ify- B1
Ralph GakUhl dropped a $1,W
five foot birdie vntt oa the last
hole for a coarse record 4, eight
Hnder nar. to nms Into tne first
round lead of the S5C,Mt Taaa
O'Shanter golf toarney today.
BASEBALL
Tonight
DOUBLEHEADER
7:00 P. M.
Salen Senators
vs.
Bremerion
Waters Field
Box Seat Reservations
Phono 4647
Ra-Opaninc Friday I
New R.CJL Sound!
Jim-w R.CJL ScraanI
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New Carpets and
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AND FUN FOR ALL THE FAJY111.X1
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Hillary Brook
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