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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 6, 1948)
I -I ia ? V j,. m w 1 Tha Statesman, Salem, Oraqoa, Fridcrf August 6. 1948 U.S. Demands ' Even Break on Danube River BELGRADE, . Yugoslavia, Aug. f (JP)- The United States de manded today that the western powers be eiven an even break with communist countries in the trading facilities of the Danube river. This was the price tag put upon American approval of a new Danubian convention by Ambas sador Cavendish Cannon. The chief of the U. S. delegation out lined the American proposal for administration of Europe's most important inland waterway after accusing Russia of seeking mo nopoly control and special privi leges. . V The U. S.. plan obviously is de fi h for the record of the de liberations here. It has little chance of acceptance in view of the top heavy majority of communist-bloc countries at the con ference. Cannon urged the creation of a Danubian commission far broad er in scope than that sought by Russia. It should be made upt he said, of the four big powers and all the Danubian states, including Austria immediately and Germany eventually. Auto Workers Laid Off Due To Shortages DETROIT, Aug. 5-UPV-At least 12.500 Detroit area auto workers will be idle next week because of materials shortages.. Production, meanwhile, prob ably will suffer a drop of more than 10,000 passenger cars. Hudson Motor Car company, which closed its assembly lines last week because of shortages of castings, indicated it had no im mediate plans for recalling the 10 000 workers now idle. Another 9,000 workers will be Idled by a one-week closing, com mencing tomorrow night, of the Packard Motor Car company as sembly lines and the Briggs Man ufacturing company Conner ave nue plant. Briggs makes bodies for Packard. About 3,500 Lincoln Motor Car company employes, idle for sev eral days because of a supplier's trike, have not yet been recalled. Swim Meet Today AtPlkygrourids. ; Swimming competition for young mermen and mermaids is scheduled today at 2 p. m. at Ol inger and Leslie pools. Events for both boys and girls have been set. Three-place awards in each event will be given. Boys and girls free style, breast stroke and diving competition, in the 12 years and under: group is scheduled, with a backstroke event added fox the 14 years and under and IS years and up classifications. Work to Start On Bonneville Line to Albany . Construction is to begin Tues day of the 23-mile second Salem Albany transmission line for Bon neville power administration to furnish additional service to com munities to the west and south. The job, to-be completed in 90 days, was awarded by - L. H. Leo nard! Electric Construction com pany of San v Raf aeL Calii., on a bid of $63,085. The line will be of H" frame type wood poles. The 115,000-volt line, according to--Glenn Hittle, lower Columbia district manager of BPA. will service the Monmouth municipal electric system as soon as substa tion facilities can be secured and installed, It will also reinforce the criti cally overloaded circuit supply ing Central Lincoln people's util ity district, Benton-Lincoln elec tric cooperative, Eugene, Drain, Mountain States Power company, U. S. bureau of mines laboratory at Albany and the Lane, Douglas and Blachly-Lane county electric cooperative associations. Cities to Get War Housing WASHINGTON, Aug; 5 -(&)-Five war housing projects in, or near Portland, Ore., and Vancou ver. Wash., would be turned over without cost of those cities under legislation proposed today by the four Oregon and Washington sen ators.' They presented the proposal as an amendment to the public nous lne bill pending in the senate. The projects to be delivered to Portland would be Guild Lake, 72 acres and 488 housing units; University Homes, 102 acres and 1,005 dwellings. Those for Vancouver are de scribed only by numbers: Wash ington 45176, 135 acres and a com munity house; Washington 45175, 143 acres; Washington 45122, 500 ne-family dwellings. U.N. Rejects Charge of U.S. Domination LAKE SUCCESS, Aug. S.-(JP-The United Nations trusteeship council today angrily rejected a soviet charge the council is "an instrument of United States pol ity." In one of the council's stosmiest sessions, the delegates voted to stiike this and ctiier "offensive" statements out of a minority dec laration which Russia wanted to attach to the council's report to the general assembly. Soviet Delegate Semen K. Tsar aDkm declared the council "not only failed in its obligations laid upon it by the general assembly, but also involved itself in the po litical game carried on in connec tion with the Palestine question.' The protests were touched off by U. S. Delegate ; Francis B Sayre, who declared the soviet charees were entirely without foundation. First Aiders Treat Cuts, Bruises Salem first aid men treated Caesar Varroz, Yamhill, Thursday for abrasions on arms, legs and shoulders received when his mo torcycle skidded, throwing him to the road. Robert Friess. Salem route 9, employe at Your Town had the tip of his finger sliced by a paper cutter at which he was working. TMIE mm mm DRIVE OUT TODAY TO The Crab Lehman's That Is 2SC5 Portland Rd. Cfear Fairgrounds) List of Vanport Missing Cut PORTLAND, Aug. 5 -(&)- A typing transposition and an eld erly man who has not perused the newspaper caused the list of Van port flood missing to drop to 10 today. Two names were crossed off the list Police located William Lang let, 67-year-old retired carpenter. in Portland. He said he had not read his name in newspaper miss ing lists. The other name removed was "Edgar Franks." Officials ex plained ; there isn't any Edgar Franks:; An error when missing lists were first compiled caused "Frank W, Edgar" to be carried for two months that way. Frank W. Edgar, who assumed "Edgar Franks" was somebody else, has been safe all the tune in Pasco, Wash. Blasts Rock Jerusalem JERUSALEM, Aug. S -JPY- A series of shell explosions rocked Jerusalem early today following a night of gunfire. A press statement issued by the Israeli ministries of foreign affairs and defense said the Trans-Jordan Arab legion and the Egyptian ar my facing Jewish areas from points in northern, eastern and southern Jerusalem had directed automatic weapon and mortar fire at various forward Jewish post tions. No casualties or damage were reported. An Israeli communique said five Arabs were hit when Jewish troops returned the fire. Mffl? JIU, TJNY 1TI I' UHhlLLJ swzt OCAUST FAvoxtre c r m - CLUB C0I2B0 tJnable to tdentifys)PJioto p It : 0 7 ' V it i i h.v : -. . t .- WASHINGTON. Amg. f Alger Rks (seated) Weks at a Betoftaph t Whlttaker Chambers and tells boss ma-American riimlttee meeting la Washington, that he Is mnabU U Identify the picture. Standing aver him is Robert E. stripling. emmrrte IsrraaUgaiar, who conducted qaestlonlnc. niss denied charges by Chambers that he was a member of the eemmnnhrt ring In the government. (AT Wlrephoto to The statesman.) . Parolee Held As Automobile Loan Falsified James R. Spraker, 1144 Center st. Is being held in the city Jail on $2,500 bail charged with forgery of bank loan notes and contracts. Spraker, a parolee, from the Oregon state penitentiary, was ar rested Thursday afternoon. He had been identified from photo graphs by Carroll Meeks. mana ger of the Willamette Valley state bank, as the person who signed the name . "Mike Flick" to notes and contracts in getting loan from the bank. Meeks reported ot police that Spraker had come to his Holly wood bank seeking a loan on 1948 Plymouth sedan. He was given the loan - - $235.26 - - on the ba sis of the title made out to Mike A. Flick and the written signa ture on the contracts. He return ed later and received an addition al $100 With the same procedure. First payment on the contract was paid on schedule, but when the second became . delinquent. Meeks reported he attempted to contact "Flick." When question ed, the real Mike Flick told Meeks he did not owe anything on his car, but tnat his title naa Deen stolen. Flick and Meeks notified police and a warrant was issued for Snrakers arrest. Spraker was committed to the state penitentiary in 1944 from Coos county for seven years for assault armed with a dangerous weapon. He was paroled in 1948. I Deadline Near for Camp Adair Bids Bids for removal of rails, rail bearings, tie plates, spikes, fish plates and bolts from Camp Adair will be opened at 1 p. nx, August 20, Portland district engineers have announced. CoL O. E. Walsh announced also that bids would be opened for a portion of thecoal-unloading tres tle at the camp site. The property may be inspected any week day by arrangement with the national guard custodian In the cantone- ment area. Guard Offices to Move To Portland October 1 Date for moving the Owmn na tional guard department head quarters from Salem tn Portland is tentatively set at October 1. uiiiciais or trie department said no members of the office staff would remain in Salem. - V V V v sy--. i if - s c , iv Meat Packing Output Sliced PORTLAND, Aug. 5.-WVThe high price of meat has cut meat packing plants' slaughter by 30 to 40 per cent in Portland, Seattle, and Tacoma, a government report er said today. Even the lower production, said William Waller, is still higher than current meat sales. Well ex reports for the U. S. department of agriculture market news serv ice. Weller doesn't think it's a buy ers' strike, however. "The meat eating public just hasn't the mon ey to buy," he said. Meanwhile a group of Portland women went forward with a plan to eat even less meat. They call ed a mass meeting of, women'j clubs for tomorrow to plan a mass boycott of "overpriced foods." New Show - Tonitol Starts at Dusk Jane Haver Lea MeCailister Walter Brenaan - Ia Techaieoler -"SCUDDA HOO! SCUDDA HAYr Vfr Smoke Bomb Explodes at Univis Plant DAYTOri, 6, Aug. 8 - (Friday) 0P- A smoke bomb was hurled from a speeding car and exploded in the area of the troop guarded Univis Lens. Co. plant today. There were no- casualties.' National guardsmen, caBed by Gov. Thomas J. Herbert four days ago to prevent fresh picket Una skirmishes at the strike -abound plant, ducked for cover as the bomb exploded. There were 10 guards In the vi cinity when the box, containing three paper bags filled with gun powder, was hurled near the plant. CoL George Schiele, guard com mander, said the bomb was a gov ernment missile commonly fired from mortars and intended to cause smoke and create confusion. fresh outbreaks of picket Una Qgnung, was busy in Columbus, trying to promote ; a permanent peaca settlement.j 1 . Oregon's Coos j Bay leads all ports in timber export, j ; DAYTON, O, Aug. MVThe Univis Lens company, operating for the third day behind a shield of national guardsmen today be gan screening applicants to re place striking workers. Gov. Thomas J. Herbert, who ordered out troops to Drevent msmm NOW PLAYING PIDGEOIJ-dEnn fl-u JANET IBGH . WKN2I IANS i , VAMC MAY WWTTf L- 1 2nd FEATURE -J - t n 'Apache Rose Key Regera - Sens ef the; Dale Evans i Pioneers -Was. Gars an WATERFRONT AT MIDNIGHT" CARTOON NEWS ODD OLD HEN Marr RUsabeth Brebstea ef New Or leans balds her 11 -rear -eld hem. Caddies, and aa ecg the Rhede Island Red laid. Mia Brohstoa said the hem. er 1 years live to be, has laid Basra than Mft eggs, Laborites Ask Peace Talks LONDON, Aug. f Forty- ; five labor members of parliament asked the government tonight to initiate new four-power talks for ettlement of the German prob lems. They also urged that.a gen- eral peace settlement be .Worked out. In a letter to Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin they said: " "No sane person wants war, yet , the peoples now stand on oppo site sides of a gulf into which they may be plunged into disaster. C- - til I Social Security Qaims Deadline August 9 August 9 has been set as the last day for filing claims for lump sum death benefits under the so cial security act for deaths outside the United States. Survivors of civilians and ser vicemen who died overseas and who had earned wages in employ ment covered by the act are urged to contact the office in the post office building before the dead line. Nowl I on tha J j . Rio Grande'Z Ce-Featare! iMYDOff R03STy ' New! 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Red Union May Defy MacArthur TOKYO, Friday, Au(. 6 -0P)- Kazuyoshl Dobashi, head of Jap an's big communist - dominated communications workers union, said today he thought tha union would strike "regardless of orders from GHQ" (General MacAr thur). Tomorrow is the deadline for general strike in defiance of a Japanese government ban against walkouts by government workers. The ban was issued at the sugges tion of General MacArthur. The workers have asked a 50 per cent wage increase. UNDERGOES SURGERY Mrs. Stearns Cashing. 1475 Sag inaw st, underwent major surg ery at Physicians and Surgeons hospital, Portland, her husband reported. She is expected to b there for about 3 weeks. Her con dition was reported as favorable Thursday night. tV w w-i-:. rCCdfiDIKXEKS Unions to Meet With Opera NEW YORK, Aug. -UP)- A meeting of all unions concerned with the metropolitan opera was called today for next Monday to discuss cancellation of the 1948- 40 opera season. Lawrence Tibbett, noted met ropolitan baritone and president of the AFL American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA). called the meeting. The guild has more members among tha opera per sonnel than any other union. The metropolitan directors an nounced the cancellation yester day. They said there was a $220, 000 deficit last season and that they could not meet union de mands for wage increases. Tibbett did not say what action ne expected the meeting to take. mmm item" tor tocos BOMS MT 7) rimy Kjurrm H 2nd Bit! "Big Tawa Scandal' March f Time-News Year Blrrest Shaw Bargain! Now! BilSEBiiLL Tonighl 8:15 P. L Waters Field Salea Scsalsrs Tscozm Bax Seat Reserraiien 2nd Aee Celor Hit! i - m ; i: . r- - 1 --. ' ' I-' ') , " ' i - SH1U ! ! .- ' I Featuring : - 1 . , ill ' - - : i. r- i I j i . - P. IL . i 1 i "! i 'i " ' I.I In Two Hours of Spills, Thrills and Crashes . at the . '-j f 101 n n mm llA Allies, North of Salem on the Portland Road i Admission $150 inc. tax Opm S P.M. to 1 A. 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