The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, August 24, 1948, Page 4, Image 4

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VVo Favor Stray ls, IVo Fear Shall iAteef
From First Statesman, March XI, 1151 j :
THE STATESBIAN PUBUSHINC COlPANY
CHARLES A. SFRAGUE, Editor and Publisher
Member ef the Associated Fren
The Associated Press Is entitled exclusively to the sefer repabH
cattes of all the local news printed to this newspaper, as well a aQ
'AP sews dispatches, ; 1
Lookins Under Rocks ; 1
Can you squeeze blood from a turnip? Is .there any honey
in the rock? Could you growmoss that would ! adhere to rolling
stones? How many swallows make a summer? ;
The questions addressed to industrial research engineers
may not be phrased in just those terms, but they ; might as well
be. The scientists engaged in applied research make a business
of disproving old notions, pushing past heretofore Insourmount
able barriers and finding things that no oneiknefr was there.
- They are explorers into the uncharted fields that may lie
under every, stone left unturned. ; 1
And there are probably more unturned stones;! in the west
than in any part of the country. The fields of ndustry and
agriculture here must inspire in the industrial researcher the
same feelings . a New England pasture communicates to the
"farmer. The west's recent unprecedented growth justified no.
demanded. . .establishment of a research center here.
That is why the brochure just released by the Stanford Re
search institute is of particular interest. The Stanford institute
Is a non-profit "corporation, jointly supported by the university
and western industry, located on the Palo Alto campus with
access to all university facilities. After 18 months lof operation,
the west's only independent applied research center has grown
to 125 staff members engaged in research and development ac
tivities in 22 fields of science and industrial economics
The institute was established to foster the application of
science to commerce, trade, industry and agriculture in the el
even western states. It is particularly concerned with indus
trialization of the west and with the discovery and develop
ment of methods for the best use of natural resources. Its broad
objective Is the improvement of the general standard of living.
The Stanford institute undertakes on its own account re
search work intended to be of broad public benefit and it works
on specif ic problems assigned Ijy industry or the government. Its
facilities are available to large and small enterprises alike. It
will consider any sound applied research problem-4-for instance,
finding new uses for forest or petroleum products or better
methods of preserving foodstuffs, and so on.
The report of the Stanford institute's work-in-jprogress por
tends its continued existence as a significant new; force in the
west.
Woman Viins
Vindication in
Royalty' Case
By Joseph and Stewart AIsop
rTHE CASE OF MXS. SMITH: n
WASHINGTON. Aug. 23 Tra
ditional American liberties are
precious to most of us. So is the
security
United
m a i
States. F
id our t
security I
be in-.,'
Second Airplane Tragedy
A second airplane crash in southern Oregon has claimed the
lives of four men active in community and political life in this
state. Two, John Snellstrom of Eugene and I Earle Johnson of
Corvallis, were 'members of the 'last legislature and Snellstrom
had served in two previous sessions. Both were candidates -for
reelection. "The other two, William H. Fluhrer, Mfdford bakery
proprietor, and H. H. Evans of Waldport, were Candidates for
legislative positions, the former for the state senate, the latter
for the house. All were republicans. The midsummer outing for
a group of legislators and candidates at a lake resort. had a
tragic ending. f
The accident is in close parallel to that of last October when
three state' officials lost their lives: Governor Snell, Secretary
of State Farrell, President of the Senate Cornett. Again it points
up the hazards of aviation. Singularly, thdugh the pilot in this
Instance was not only experienced in flying his private plane.
He had flown for the air force in many parts of the world, at
taining the rank of lieutenant coloneL Just what the failure
was when bis plane plunged into the lake may never be known.
News such as this leaves one stunned, with a feeling o:
helplessness. In the space of seconds life Q snuffed out, there is
no chance of rescue and relief. One thinkrf of these men as able.
In the full tide of their careers, recognized by fellow citizens,
honored and respected in the affairs of state. Nowf they are gone
and all we can do is to lay them to rest and pay respectful tri
bute to their memory- I
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Yet if our free-,
doms and
national
are to
trusted to men
like J. Parnell
Thomas, or to I
such men as thek
bumbling politi
cally Illiterate
accusers of Mrs.
S3 teiucpji
United States.
Some of Mrs. Smith's recent
experiences by no means un
common in government service
today have already been too
briefly reported in this space. It
inas Deen re-
counted how
Mrs. Smith, a
navy clerk-ste-
taogr a p h e r in
the Panama Ca
bal Zone, was
'jrcveniea rrom
marrying Petty
Officer Robert
Jones; how she
answered a re-
4narkable mie.
'"twart Alitionaire, and
r-jst:sfc -ahow. in March
of this year, she was charged
with disloyalty to her country.
Against me advice ox the navr
legal officer, Mrs. Smith, a wom
an or considerable spirit, immed
iately demanded a hearing be
fore the loyalty board of the
15th naval district. The trans
cript of this hearing is a dis
tinctly disturbing document. It Is
not that the navy officers and
other officials concerned were
brutal, gestapo-minded men. They
were nothing of the sort. The
evidence suggests that they were
merely stupid.
What is disturbing is that the
hearing was quite obviously en
tirely meaningless. It was held
ostensibly to rive Mrs. Smith the
f.e1Llf?Oii Actors Grave
had no rhTW at all in An ms
Most of the Questioning, con- hullxwuuu, au. a - w -
ducted by Commander Joe E. "The Lady in Black" or ! any
Munster, concerned certain radi- way. a lady in black showed un
a. 1 A a. t . I , . r
t ZrC,rZ?.Jr I t the Tomb of film actor,
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Will It Stop Him?
Places Flowers
Travel editors write glowingly about the trips other people
take, or might take. Sports, editors write glowingly about the
sports other people engage in. But this -year these working
craftsmen of the fourth estate, some of them, are sharing in the
pleasures they report. A few weeks ago a delegation of travel
editors 'from the country's leading newspapers made a tour
which included many cities in Oregon. Over the weekend sports
writers from several eastern papers came into the Deschutes
country by plane to enjoy a few days' fishing at resorts in that
region. One thing sure... both groups will have something to
write about after their Oregon visit. 1
The Newport News scolds the state, statute which makes it
a criminal offense to sell or furnish liquor to Indians or those
of mixed blood who live or associate with Indians! Editor Sweet
land brands this as unjust racial discrimination, ft is discrimin-
aton, based, of course, on the tradition that firewater was bad
medicine for Indians, worse for them than for whites. Of course
it was the whites who wrote the laws. However, Sweetland
should aim higher. The federal law is the same; and most every
term of federal court is cluttered with cases against those ac
cused of selling hootch to the Indians. I - I
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Oregon employment is in full tide. On August 1 only 23,400
persons in the state were listed as. out of workf We grouse a
lot about the high cost of living, but truth ? to tell most people
live pretty well, enjoy a standard of livings the . highest in the
worlds The real time to worry is when the rolls lof unemployed
keep growing and prices fall and fall and fall, with "no bottom."
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The Statesman thinks Governor Hall made a f"tke in fail
ing to include on the new draft board men from; other parts of
the Marion county than the Salem area. All appointees are from
Salem. It is not just a matter of fairness to the mt of the coun
ty but a matter of-success in administering the draft law. Many
cases will arise from out in the country where mistakes may be
made because no board member is familiar with local facts.
W. H. Fluhrer, nominee for the state senate who died in the
plane crash Sunday, was a frequent target for the pointed para
graphs of the late Art Perry of the Medford MaU-Tribune. To
Art he was Heinie, the demon baker, with a screwdriver for
a familiar tooL Now both are gone, which leaves a bis; void in
Medford..-:'.:.. ..-- ' '- .. ': ' . T IT . I : I ;' - '
Alter recommending the imposition of I the iraft President
Truman opened gates to make the army fence look like a sieve.
Husbands, fathers, farmers, students all get exemptions, tUtt last
named only for limited periods. This. is election year and the
commander-in-chief has no eagerness to bite very hard on the
. nation's man-power.' . - - - .V: f u r -.: v 'r
Soviet Consul Lomakin has booked passage m a $1400 suite
on the Swedish-American liner Stockholm. That will probably
be a final taste of capitalist luxury for this man who bungled
the battle with the school teachers. For Americans it will be
-Red sails in the sunset," I
mT! ff22K.f,: Rudolph Valentino, on the 22nd
f "" anniversary of his death.
the question whether having in- 14 wa Qrst i several
dulged years ago in left-wing years that she had appeared. Tor
college shenanigans is really evi- long after the Latin film idol's
dence of disloyalty to the United death m black-clad woman went
I to his vrtva gvtr ar an1 Ha-
Left Wingers at UCLA posited flowers. This finally was
exposea as a press agent stunt
At any rate, it came out at the when someone eot his wires mm.
neanng mat tne radical aciivi- ed and two "ladies in black drop-
uta wiucii nau aruuscu sua-1 pea arouna at inm same tiTP.
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viwn onum i accuser. Today's said her name was Ditra
1 ZX1;- T:"- and that she is head of the
tV .yZT"Z Valentino Memorial guild.
Smith had attended the Univer- . nw Rudyfor many years,
sity of Southern California, ap- lon roTe n became famous,'
parently a far more decorous in- "uutu-
stitution than UCLA. This being Sne arrived at the cemetery
established. Commander Munster I afoot, carrying a huge bouauet of
than asked hopefully, "Did you I chrysanthemums. Valentino died of
ever have occasion did you I acuie appenaicius to New York,
ever drirt over mere (to uulaj I as, ivzb.
when one of these affairs was
GRIN AND BEAR IT
mtm astiT v m m
ITth riiw Vri Xn' nf MVT board, prodded by Porter,
Smith replied, and then nerv-1 mn t,.
ously- volunteered that, she had i of Evidence" to
belonged to the women's debate mediately reinstated Mrs. Smith
"4 " with back pay hnd wholly ex-
Denied Memberships loneralea aer- J
I T... 4k. . . mr 0 lie
has ended haDDilr. Manr others
would have been funny were it have not. One thing seems clear,
not for its serious implications, The stupidity and bumbling in the
was conauciea on sdoui ine same i nandling of many loyalty cases,
level of intelligence. Mrs. Smith and the eager headline-seeking
denied that she had belonged to of men like J. Parnell Thomas
various radical youth organiza- are no answer to the verr real
tions, and, in another pathetic problem of security. Yet tha an-
attempt to estabusn ner respecta-1 swer must be found. It can best
bility, volunteered that she had be found by a . commission of
been 'very active in the Unl-lmen of undoubted intellieence
versity Methodist church.' She I and integrity, men like Dwight
denied ever having used a false I Eisenhower, Learned Hand. Jus-
name, ana aeniea niTmi naainee uwea Boberts. Such a corn-
subversive contacts with a num-1 mission, meeting in secret, -could
ber of people she had never I consider coldly, carefullv and In
heard of. Then Commander Mud- I teUlgently the whole troubling
iter remarked, T dont believe j and immensely idfficult problem
I have any more questions to of the relationship between na
ak and that was that Itional security and the personal
A-few days later, on leave ml liberty and personal dignity of
New Orleans. Mrs. Smith and I people like Mrs. Ann Smith.
"etry umcer Jones were mar-i (capyrisht. 1S4S. Kw York Herald
ried. fully believing that the Tribune ine.)
whole silly mess had at last been
cleared up. Then, on their honey
moon, she was notified by Bear
Admiral E. W. Hanson that she
was suspended without pay, be
cause grounds exist for the be
lief that you are disloyal to the
government " It thus became part
of the official records ox the
United States that Mrs. Smith
was a traitor to her country, or
potential traitor. The imagina
tive reader may be able to
what this might mean to any de
cent American.
Many : government employes.
in like cases, have bitterly or re
signedly accepted their fate. The
spunky Mrs. Smith did not. She
had already written to her con
gress woman, Helen Gahagan
Douglas, describing the circum
stances. Mrs. Douglas- had inves
tigated, received countless angry
assurances of Mrs. Smith's loyal
ty and referred the matter to I
Paul Porter, former OPA admin
istrator and Washington lawyer.
Mrs. Smith cut short her honey
asoon to come to Washington,
and Porter, accepting the case
gratis, appealed direct to the top
navy loyalty board. .
Tolerant Racial Views
It - is not known why Mrs.
Smith was accused . in the first
place. Perhaps her tolerant racial
views made her suspect. Per
haps it was a case of tytfcfn
identity It is alarming that
no less than 41 out of the first
Z43 FBI full field investigations
under the loyalty ' order turned
out to be cases of mistaken iden
tity. Perhaps it was a combina
tion of both. At any rate, the
DISTRICT COURT I Adah O. Fischer. Salem. viola-
Keith M. Pratt. Gates, charged won ox basic rule, fined S10.
with nhtaininff moiwr bv falicl
pretenses, bound over to grand I MAKaiAGK UCDTSK
Jury after waving preliminary I navain
hearing; held in lieu of $1,000 bail. Robert H. Morris. SO. refrieera
Jnhnirr LmmmIus THrwnnmrm I Uon man, 1271 Chemeketa st- and
8000 Portland rdL, no truck mud I Ptricia Ann Gorton, 21, nurse.
flaps, fined S3 and costs. 01 2aiem.
Judith Evangeline Loring. Salem A2Df?7 OUexU z
route 2. no operator's license, I t" -iT Alunv:
tinm i& miui rtmt. I t musioan, DOU OI
" I 1'AlaHA
james Monroe May. rowers, Rn, Vmm t- 10
dy while Intoxicated, finedland Phyllia Dean Lincoln, 21,
-.j-tw r stuaent, both, or Silverton.
probation and given a 30-day sus-1 nT ts.tw -n m.i,.nt.
pended Jail sentence. Gervais. and Ank RiVkh
liar land Harmoney Selmer. 5a-1 Sparks. 30. x-ray technician. 2191
I em route 3, no operator's license, I Maple ave- Salem.
fined $5 and costs. I Raymond Hershfelt. 28. lumber
Richard Clen Garrett. 1S2S K. I yard employe. 3830 State t and
4th st, failure to heed stop sign, Evelyn Marie Durham, 20. domes
fined $1 and costs, tic, 610 S. 18th st, both of Salem.
Evan Mesenhemer Bankston, 100 J prorate mmT
Ucense, fined $10 and costs. I u.m.
(Continued from " page 1)
sea were covered with dust that
had been blown fran th ifvtit
lands of the Inland Empire.
-The forest: service has a marrf
station at Pamelia lake, the guard
servine also 1 in man tho iv-s..
on Grizzly peak in bad fire weath
er, ine laxe itsell is small in size.
On up the canyon from its head is
Hunt's cove, one of the rare
beauty spots of the mountains.
From the cove and Pamelia lake
the ascent is made up the south
ern SlODe Of ML Jeffentrm which
I rises abruptly on the north.
1 The Grizzly peak trail consists
of three miles of long loops, com
ing onto a fairly steep approach
at the rocky point of the moun
tain, i ne view at the top is amp
ly rewarding. To the northeast
is a nanmmi of (ha tm
slope of MU Jefferson, in all the
. . . . ...
ower directions spreaa out the
forested slopes and points of the
lower Cascades. Along the comb
of the range Cathedral Spires,
North and South Cinder, Three
Fingered Jack with Broken Top
to the-left on the far horizon;
Marion nealr (a the with Thn.
I Pyramids, Coffin ML, on the west;
10 tne norm tne ridges of the
Breltenbush watershed. At one's
feet Pamelia lake cupped In an
emerald bowL
But there is more than th
to compensate for the self-inflict-
ea punisnment or rnwfhjfif;
mountain. There is communion
with nature in its nur nA
mental forms. The forests heal
wounds of the spirit and the maj
estic mountains rive a lift a
earth-bound souls of men. Tha
worries of life are suddenlv
smoothed out The vastness, the
the mountains link mm with ha
eternal verities.
Yet the i nvwmtafns are not
cnaneeless. In fact, the iriinM.
of change ars all immH nrnw
I dader en the west slope of Jef
ferson is itself a remnant, and the
eroded flanks of the mountain
ShOW Where Its lnrrtnr am) nth-
ers have chiseled it away through
onx centuries or time. Jefferson
itself stands an ton nf lin,
more andent. WInrf mnA w
rain are sculptors that never rest
But the time-scale is so different
from that of the Gregorian cal
endar. ' Mountains count time by
mnienhims, not by years. Men
who breathe the air of the moun
tains and drink of their waters get
a new sense of rflmnlrn naw
should come to view the human
scene In broader perspective.
Just as j I got to the top of
balem scouts
To Attend Blcet
Four delegates from the Salem
chapter. Order of the Arrow, Boy
Scout honorary, will attend , a
three-day national conference of
the organization in Bloomington,
Ind, from September 1 to 3. ,.
The announcement came Mon
day from the Cascade Area coun
cil. Boy Scouts of America, spon
sor of the groups. Those to at
tend are Vernon Merrick, Wood
burn, lodxe adviser: Dick Wvatt
president; Wayne Mercer, secre
tary ana rrank VI tarts, treasurer,
all of Saem.
The deleaation will be the first
f mm thfa im in attatt lh.
clave.
County Given:
Reveniie Share
PORTLAND, Aug. 23-V
Aianon county received 840,152 89
Monday when 39,999,058 of reve
nues .collected from timber sales,
rrazinT fees and rrHfvni
leases in federal forests of Oregon,
wasmngion and two northern
California counties were distrib
uted. The monev represents tntal re
ceipts for the fiscal year ending
July 31, and sets an all-time hlm.
Oregon counties received $1,626,
110.fi9; Washington, $795,543, and
Siskiyou and Del Norte counties
of California, 88,109.90.
Grizzly I heard the noise of 1
motor, pfofance In that solitude
IaToklng up toward , Jefferson I
saw an airplane against the cloud
that had enveloped the pinnacle.
In the space of a few minutes the
pilot could fly all round the moun
tain and see Its glaciers and drc
ques and ridges. But I doubt if
he saw what we saw. Really, to
see the mountains you must feel
them. You do that in slowly toll
ing upward to their summits. The
price is weariness, blistered feet,
aching muscles and sometimes
physical risk; but those who love
the mountains do not begrudge
the cost
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vioiauon 01 rea ugnt: aionn rr. a , . ,
Shattuck, 1211 Clay st; Harold a,,JlS? i fES9";. '
G. Russell, Portland: .Arnold P. L.l uth-
Jameson, Everett, Wash.; Nick I
Giesch, Myrtle Creek; Keith E. r,Z- ,7 i"
NorrisT Green River. Wyo.; Allen ,uJhi2ea nnster of in-
Goldsmith. Vancouver. Wash.:! ler! P-. .
Paul & Rodgers, 2040 Market st.; , "La,er
John L. WrighC Portland. Posted pPve ccount ttles
$2.50 ban each. o. . ,
Donald C. Baker. Woodburn. I ,a7r :::.r..
charged on two counts of violation I vxca w rmmA.. t- p r
of basic rule, posted $10 on each Ujon, Barbara L. Holland as
tii-xe. lanDralsers.
Cavl Miller. Portland, viola I
tion of basic rule and driving I CrkCUTT COUKT
without operator's permit, j posted I William T. Culps vs Thelma T.
total $120 on both charges. I Willis, L. Rushton Willis and
Stephen W. Findlay, Victoria, j Joseph Z. Willis: Case dismissed
B. C, violation of basic rule, post-iwitn prejudice and. with costs to
ed $7.50 baiL J neither party on motion of plaln-
Joseoh S. Davis. Woodburn. "r . ... .
violation of basic rule, posted $10 L"? .cul"3r v";,Marion cTa:
jjgU - j Defendant files motions for order
Pearl Smith, 1213 S. 18th st.
charged with assault and battery; nZ" ZTJirW'
pleadedinnocent, ported $250 ten erruleT dded
ana irau sex xor oepiemoer w aiiaml defendants mllmrmA 10
UO p. m. lin which to further rl4
Stanley K. smith vs. Florence
T- T I Irene Smith: Suit for divorce
J-ill'MJ.Ly I charging cruel and inhuman treat-
! I a 1 aVS a. a. . a . . I
mrai as inat aeienoani s xormeri
name of Florence Irene .Davis be
restored.
Phillip E. Braddock vs Dale
Braddock: Suit for divorce charg
ing desertion. Married March 7,1
11933, at Los iaunas. N. M. -
Merene Digerness Adams and
others vs Evans Lumber Co.: Suit
seeks to collect $12,425 in payment
for trees allegedly cut by de
fendant.
BoiirmE -010,000
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WGllam G. Clark
AURORA William G. Clark,
82. Butteville. died Saturday aft
er a brief illness. Clark was born
October It, 1863 in Lawrence
county, FenoL, and came to Oregon
63 years ago. He had made his
home at Butteville for the past
40 years, engaging in farming the
most of that time.
He is survived by two sons. Don
ald, Los Angeles, and Daniel,
Batteville; two daughters, Mae
Klock. Tigard, and Helen Hares.
Butteville; two brothers, Wallace
Jonn dark, rortlaod; two sis.!
liae crieder, Xaos Angeles.
sad AKa Fowler, Tirard; and six
graiWarhuMren.
Funeral sei DU.es will r held
Tuesday at 233 fx sn, at the Mil
ler Funeral Home in Aurora, with
t pay yen aay I concluding services at Butteville
tery. .
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