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i f AmiOTof i Dim Mini ff awr tf n n nn 0" tiSiW- CTLlDDTl ' ; ; . Dewey Advises U.S. A id in Formation of West Europe Union . By the Associated Press j Thomas E. Dewey said last night that world peace and economic security at home are urgent issues that can't be separated and; he offered plans for both. The republican presidential nominee spoke at Albuquerque, ;N. M., in his third major campaign appearance. FaHfcer west. President Truman paused at Reno, Nev, to label some republican congress lead same Last rear the department of ag riculture and the Commodity Cre dit corporation struggled to take care of the potatoes unloaded on the government at support prices. The government lost around $80, no.000 on the deal. This year the department urged growers not to plant so many potatoes, ine re sponse of growers -and- of nature " was in the reverse. Production this year is estimated at 408.3 mil lion bushels against 284 million last year. Again the government is wallowing in potatoes - and in creasing its loss by converting po tatoes into flour. With the cotton crop the biggest In 11 years and with cotton a prime favorite under the govern ment guarantee (92 per cent of parity) it is anticipated tne gov eminent will have to dig up around 900 million dollars to take over the cotton surplus. The wheat market is hovering around parity so the government may have to bur up half a billion dol lars worth of wheat to live up to its guarantees. The agriculture department is Urging a reduction in wheat acre age, but none is in signt. since tne government guarantee is extended another year the wheat grower is tempted to raise as much wheat as he can. On basic crops a gradua ted scale, which goes down as pro duction increases, goes into effect in 1950, but already Senator May bank and other cotton state sen ators are planning to restore high er parjty guarantees lor? farmers. ' Th. argument for the govern ment guaranty enacted during the ! war was to encourage production; but the war is over now for ' (Continued on editorial page) Dock Pickets Leave Oakland SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 22-W) CIO longshore pickets withdrew today from strikebound Oakland ports and the removal of commer cial cargo was expected to get un der way tomorrow. ' The picket removal was the re sult of an agreement between union and port of Oakland officials to clear the wharves and ware houses to make room for army cargo. ; Union officials emphasized load ing or discharge of struck ships is not involved. Terminal workers and checkers at the port will be paid pre-strike wages with any strike-won wages to be retroactive 6 Taken from Stricken Ship MIAMI, Fla Sept 22-P)- Six passengers have been removed from the British freighter Loch xnonar, grounded on Little Cay man island in the Caribbean sea, and will be taken to Kingston, Jamaica, the coast guard report ed tonight. . r They were removed by the SS Caymanin, bound for Kingston, the coast guard said. The crew of 7 remained aboard the Lochmo nar and the tug Curb is standing by for salvage operations. The Lochmonar ran aground in heavy seas Sunday and was on the fringe of the passing tropical hurricane, Animal Crackers Br XCrREN GOODRICH "Oh, no-Rodfow McMut froyeis just my pig pen flame." ers as 1890 moss backs and re commend that they be "fired." The democratic candidates spe cial train carried him toward Oak land, Calif, for one of his princi pal speeches of the presidential contest on public power. Peace N.. : 1 Problem Dewey asserted that "America's number one domestic problem is world peace. To help prevent a third world War. the republican presidential candidate called again for a fed eration of -western European na tions. ; ' And to whip the inflation prob lem, he proposed the cutting down of "every avoidable dollar of pub lie spending and the maintenance of a substantial surplus of govern ment revenfles. Urges Tax Reductions He indicated he sees further tax modifications in the picture when he said: "National income is now at such high levels that, we can tuild up our military strength, reduce our debt and still see to it that taxes are less of a burden on our people and less of a throttle to their en terprise." f He assailed the democrats ' as having for years been "moving heaven and earth" to bring about the present inflation. Dewey declared that the United States had a "magnificent oppor tunity" to aid in establishment of a western Europe federation. Diplomatic Feat "Tht would be the greatest feat in the history of diplomacy and a landmark in the history of free dom," he declared. This talk was regarded by Dew ey's aides as the most important of the campaign. Into republican New England, Senator Barkley of Kentucky, the democratic vice presidential nom inee, carried an appeal to labor to get out a big vote in November. "Not since the labor movement came of age under the adminis tration of Franklin D. Roosevelt have the rights and privileges of labor been so threatened,' Barkley told the Connecticut State Feder ation - of Labor convention j at Bridgeport. " I Gov. Warren of California took his campaign as the GOP vice pre sidential nominee to Barkley a home state. To a railroad station crowd at Henderson, Ky., Warren pictured the democratic party as disrupted and said the republican party is united and in position to provide a vigorous approach: to national problems. Rain Greets Fall Season Autumn officially beginning at 8:22 p-m. Wednesday was ushered in amidst a flurry of showers end some hail as the weatherman gave every indication that the rainy season had arrived. Salem, which bad recorded only .12 inches of rain during Septem ber thus far, received an earnest dampening Wednesday with half an inch falling.? Other points In the valley were reporting even more rain. Grass Mountain look-out station in Ben ton county had .82 inches up to 4:30 pjn. Wednesday. Dallas re ported .37 inches for the same pe riod. Portland and Eugene record ed .68 and .80 inches respectively for the 24 hour period ending at 4 pjn. Silverton Road Area Darkened By Short Circuit j A short-circuit in a 57,000 volt power line left residents along the Silverton road area without elec tricitv Wednesdav niehL i Fred Starrer division manager of Portland General Electric, said early today that exact cause of the failure had not been determined. Contractors had been working on the line along Silverton road and apparently the lines had short-cir cuited cutting off the power for a short time after 10 pjn. I Newbry to Ask Solons to Ease Auto Insurance Requirements Possible easing of state auto in surance requirements was forecast Wednesday by Secretary of State Earl T. Newbry. Newbry said he was studying the state law requiring Oregon drivers to show proof of financial responsibility in case of any mo tor vehicle accident. "I doubt less will recommend some amend ments to the legislature in Janu ary," the state official stated. Newbry said that while the act Is fundamentally sound it is work ing an unnecessary hardship; on many automobile owners. In most states a minimum damage of $50 is set before provisions of the law apply. ! - Probably the most serious de fect in the law, according to New bry, is a provision which, he con tends, defeats the campaign ! j ' I ' Mil'-- jf. NINETY-EIGHTH TEAR lencan in in me TEL AVTV, Israel, Sept. 22-;P Arabs Ambushed a United Na-tioiis-spOnsored Jewish convoy to day and: killed an American tech nician and three Jews. Israeli army authorities announced- The convoy, carrying the white flags! of' the UJN. truce, was at tacked near the Latrun pumping station while en route irom T.ei AViv to! Jerusalem. The American was identified by U.N. headquar ters as John Locke Lewis of Phil adelphia who arrived here a few days) ag as a consuiiani expert on railways:. The- Jewish dead included a woman &nd the commander of the convov. (Cairo was the scene or anoiner mideast i violence. At least rune Dersbns I were killed and 12 wounded when a blast rocked the Jewish Quarter. Rioting flared af ! th pxnlosion.) United nations officials saia tne convoy Was being iea Dy rrencn Coi. Dumancel. a senior U JT. ob server iii the Latrun area. Jewish witnesses who hid in ditch 20; minutes before escaping bafck to Tel Aviv with most oi tne 41 tUim mrrt' WSJ 11 V Uj V1U uiu J 'X he Arabs openea lire wim - fles and a light machinegun as soon as the white jeep carrying the French colonel had passed. The Jewish commander in me nvond car was wounded, wniie the U H j men in the first car wav Hi fi-anticallv to the Arabs to cease fire, persons in the other cars dived into ditches along the rrxsldJ The Arabs approacnea ai pomi hisink ranee and killed the wound- . i eajjewisn convoy - the other three from his car who had taken refuge In the ditch. 15,000 Draft Call Issued ! i ! 1 For! December wkSHlNOTON. Sept. 22 -(V-1 vftao thriiLnd more men today were ordered drafted into the ar- my They will be in uniform be- fore Christmas. At the same time the army ask- j, j .i. .r. nhvilral Tarn. mrt nrviiuuLuuu i inations begin within two weeks for the; first 10.000 men oraerea induction under the new peace time draft law, Th men in the Initial draft call ar exnected to be In uniiorm in November. Most oi mem wm cuu front the top age Dracxeis. men and 29 years old. The second call, 6,000 larger thin the first, will dip down into lower age groups, it is believed. After, the first of the year the monthly drart cans are expetieu average about 50.000. The size will depend upon voluntary enlist ments. If enlistments are high, the draft calls win De imauer. Today s can was given bcicvuvc service by the defense department AllJmen mpoincaiis win go ixitu tne army. in air iorcw enlTheVVre relying vilun- fiZf n? ylr " " ' . ... Pre-induction examinauons win begin by October 4, and men wno pass; will De in unuorm in novem- ber. !Men in the second caU are ex- A n rv!rt for dutv the first 20; days of December. ? facNauchton Installed Rpp.l Cjnffrt Preiflent neeti; college i resiueni PORTLAND. Sept. 22 -CP)- E. B.; MacNaughton, chairman of the Sla i 1 Jraiest ) i board: of the First National Dans: when Marion county court re and ! president of the Qregoman ceived title Wednesday to the for publasbing company, was formally mer army air base property op installed in a third job today. oosite Salem airport, a clause in e was insiauea as inieriut pics- Ident of Reed college, to serve un- tu; a permanent successor is iouuu. against drunk "drivers. Under the law the secretary oi state revokes the driver's license of a person convicted of drunk rfriUf- An vur But. said Newbry. -the drunk driver is giv- efl a i looDhole in the law. If he can obtain a written recommend- ation' from the convicting magis-11.015 trate he can re-apply at any time I during i the first year of revoca- tionr i The secretary of state said the financial responsiDuiry aepan-1 ment of his office is flooded with work! With the result that many automobile owners involved in mi- nor ( accidents cannot obtain re-1 institement of their licenses with- out long delay. I f If! the minimum damage was I set at ! $50," Newbry said, "the work; of the division could be re- I duced materially. Th. Orocon Corpse U.S. Delegates I 1 rAius, oepv jncmoen oi u 12 PAGES general assembly in Fans. Leit to ngnt: Jonn roster Uiuies, warren R. Austin, bead oi tne U. 8. dele gation, and Secretary of State Georte Marshall. (AP Wirephoto to The Statesman.) Picket Shot Runs Oil Walkout Lines RICHMOND,. Calif., Sept 22 - la I uic in iuiukui aiici a Kiuup the strikebound Union Oil refinery ' The Contra Costa county sheriffs office said, Richard Cunningham of Healdsburg, the truck driver, with a deadly weapon and released arrest any pickets, The picket, Harry Diaz of Tor- mey, was taken to a nospual in Vallejo Sheriff's deputies said the pick ets "accused Cunningham of fail ing to stop at a stop sign" at the refinery gate and, jumping into an automobile, gave chase to make what they called a 'citizens ar-1 rest'." Diaz was shot when the pickets forced the truck to stop and attempted to pull Cunningham from the truck, deputies report' H t Meanwhile, shortages of gasoline at the retail level developed in California's 19 - day - old oil strike. Some service stations in the bar area reported their tanks were empty before nightfall. Butter to Take 3 -Cent Skid PORTLAND. Sept 22 -JP)- Wholesale trade sources reported tonight that butter will skid three cents a pound on tne roraana market tomorrow. It follow a one drop today, reduction will affect all -.j,,. A major distributor said grade AA and A will be 77 cents a pound Ul 1 """' -m f f-f Til II m f ,f1fh O t- UtllUiil UliUlO At Air Base? Uranium a stone's throw from clem ma remote possibility, but the federal government jut isn't taking chances. th- rfeed from the U. S. eovern- rwifid that it retains the to any deposits of ura nium or thorium or "other fission- able material" which might found on the land. be Enrollment High At Willamette U. tyY Willamette university enrollment WTO ZIT a Tear's mark when 11 students were counted after registration Saturday and Monday. Figures from the registrar's of flee tm the local campus show liberal'arts college students. no law students and so music stu- dents. In the freshman class of 332 gfudents, 188 are men and 144 women. HALLE CK SPEECH SLATED PORTLAND, Sept. 22-P)-Con gressman Charles A. Halleck of Indiana, majority leader of the house in the 80th congress, will be the principal speaker at the an- nual convention of Oregon repub- Xican clubs here October 8. POUNDDI 1651 Statesman, Satan, Oregon, Thursday, Sept. 23, 1948 Feaoinidl iira ; at General Assembly Onenins . - uniiea ohiici aciesu" lucna after Truck P) - A CIO picket was shot through . i i 1, ...v,,v, yjjkeu viiaacu m uuva niutu near Rodeo. was arraigned on charges of assault under $2,500 bail. Police did not Tanker Boosts Gas Supply PORTLAND, Sept. 22.-;P)-A tanker discharged its cargo at Portland today, increasing Ore gon's gasoline supply to enough for eight or nine days. "We have supplies for all essen tial services and 75 percent of nor mal public demands," said State Oil Coordinator Robert O. Case, "The trouble seems to be that the public has not restricted itself." The Portland Traction company agreed that Portlanders apparent ly have not limited their motoring An anticipated increase in bus and streetcar travel has not material ized. Electric Eye to Control Streetlights In West Salem WEST SALEM, Sept. 12.- Whether this city's streets are il luminated by the sun or by art! ficial lights from now on depends upon how dark the day. Installa tion of an electric, eye which will control the street light system was completed Wednesday at the city halt The lights, formerly operated by a clock timer, will now be switched on as soon as a Certain degree of darkness is reached, whether it be caused by evening or early cloudiness. The electric eye, Installed by Salem Electric cooperative work men, has been under test for two days end has proved satisfactory, according to Police Chief W. H. Porter. Korean Asserts Soviet Plan Key to Civil War WASHINGTON, Sept. 22.-JPh The personal representative of the president of the new Korean gov ernment said today a Russian of fer to quit Korea is a "clever dodge" to touch off civil war there. Dr. Pyung-Ok Chough, said south Koreans hope U. S. occupa tion forces there "will remain for the time being. The Russian plan is to leave North Korea and have the red - trained North Korean army attempt to overrun the whole country. Weather Max. M 87 Mln. Preclp. U A 52 M 1 M M trace SO jOO Salem Portland San Fraociaco Chicago 63 New York 71 Willamette river -3.8 feel FORECAST (from U.S. weather bu- reau. McNarr field. Salem : Partly cloudy today, tonight and Friday with howers today. Slightly wanner in the afternoon. High today near 65. Low to night near 45. Showers will hinder all farm activities today. SALEM PRECIPITATION (Sept. 1 to Sept. 24) This Year Last Year Average U01 IPaflk (Dopmjfty WeDl . j peninc cssion oi tnitea nauoni U.N. Overrides Russians in Listing Agenda PARIS, Sept. 22 -Jfh- Deputy Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky charged today that cer tain powers are attempting to create a "disunited nations. He did not name these powers, but he launched an offensive against every move by the west ern nations to put controversial issues before the United Nations asembly. TSien by thumping majorities the 14 -nation steering committee voted to put on the assembly work list every item opposed by the Russians. Other top assembly develop ments included: 1. Israel disclosed through a spokesman that it is against ac cepting now all the proposals of the slain Count Folke Bernadotte for a Palestine settlement. 2. Trygve Lie, U. N. secretary general, asked the assembly to consider his plan to set up a spe cial U. N. guard of from 1,000 to 5,000 volunteers for Its peace makers. - The steering committee decided to recommend that the assembly take up these items: 1. Russia's veto of the U. N. membership applications of Aus tria, Finland, Eire, Italy, Portu gal and Trans-Jordan. 2. The report of the Balkans commission, which Russia has boycotted. 3. The report on the Korean commission. 4. Argentina's demand for a special conference of nations to study the question of the big pow er veto in the security council. Jr. The report of the year- around little assembly, which Rus sia has boycotted. Qi. State Turkey Growers Told 'Cut' Fowls More Economical By Llllie L. Madsen Farm Editor. The Statesman Ninety-four per cent of Salem turkey consumers buy more tur key when, they can get a part ra ther than have to buy a whole turkey, a survey of a 10-week sell ing experiment in cut up turkey in Salem markets proved, Charles Fischer. Oregon, State college ec onomist, told the more than 200 turkey growers Wednesday at the ninth annual meeting of the Ore gon Turkey Improvement associa tion i at the Salem c nam Der oi Commerce rooms. ' Seven stores out of the nine which started, finished the exper iment in selling. During that time 250 large turkeys were sold in cut up form. Of these, 77 per cent were sold in the downtown mar ket area. The cuts were sold in pieces averaging 2.6 pounds; quar ters averaging 4.0 pounds, ana halves, 8 J pounds, with the pieces the favorite form. Breasts proved the most popular pieces, with thighs second. Every indication points to a good year for every branch of the tur key business for the remainder of 1948 and early 1949, Graydon Mc- Culley, Maple Plains, Minn, pres Price , ; i Weight Hung on p0ay r pints to Murder Case j Remains of at badly decomposed body (discovered Tuesday night i at the bottom of a 32-foot well west of West Salem led police to believe that they have) an old murder to solve. i I I ' The! body was discovered by Crl M. Williams and Clyde Edminster, Salem route 4, when they started to clefen out the well Tuesday eve- lung. Williams notified the Polk county sheriffs office Which Is In vestigia ting. j I A large boulder wrapped with wire and another wire around' a part Of the body indicated it had been weighted down to hold It un der the water.; ! - j Polkt county sheriff, T. B. Hooker. said (Wednesday night that the body would be taken to the Uni versity of Oregon medical school n Portland for examination to de termine sex and cause of deathj n. 1. I - a I 1 M"J nwiiHunicg Thes well where the body was found) is located on what is known as thj "old Frye place? about four miles j west of West Salem. The house; at the site has been aban doned! about five years with the exception of fruit pickers who have camped there. I - Williams, who sold the tract to Edminster a week ago. reported that he had been helping Edmins ter clean out the well and early Tuesday night he and Williams re sumed the job. Williams said he brought bis tractor to the site to lower! Edminster into the well. dmjnster found the body which Thought Body of Animal he thought was some animal that had fallen Into the well. Neither man was aware that they had dis covered human remains until Ed minster had made a second trip down! into the well and brought un more : bones. Their suspicions were iuuscu wnen mey noucea tne snap or a leg bone. Williams then called Dr. J. H. Stewart, a neigh Dor, and the Polk county sheriff. ; Deputy Sheriff Tony Neufeldt and coroner J. Paul Bollman went to tne scene ana confirmed suspl cionsithat it was a human body t House, Well Abandoned 1 Williams said that the house and well had been abandoned since he Dougnt tne place four years ago. lit nad been used temporarily by eight i or ten families picking fruit during that period, he said. : According to unconfirmed ports the body Is believed to be that of an adult sex undetermin edand may have been at the bot tom of the well for five years or more; 5-Year-OId Plane Wreckage Found j In Canadian Wilds WASHINGTON. Sent. 22-fTPi- Air force headquarters .reported tonight that an American trans port plane missing for five years witn ii aboard had been found in the Canadian wilderness near Fort Nelson, B.C. ' Officers, however, heavily dis counted reports from Canada that a large sum in currency and gold bullion was aboard the plana. ) The air force said the wreckage was found by a Canadian trapper. according to Its reports. The Ed monton account said i the finder was ja hunter from the United States. ! The ship was a C-40. an early wartime transport model. ident of the National Turkey Fcid eration, said in his address to the turkey growers. While he did not believe the industry should 'coast", it will be good. Shortage of meat, helps to keep up the pri ces of poultry, and with feed pri ces deiinitely on the : downgrade. the turkey market outlook is quite favorable, ne said. An increase in production of bird is expected in i 1949, how ever, McCully believed, and ex pected to see some I "reasonably priced turkeys' by late fall In 1949i That there will be plenty! of turkey for everyone who wants It this fall at. a "reasonable price when compared to other meats, was jaiso his statement.. He pre dieted that demand for hatching eggs would bold up weu through the main 1949 season,; although he advised hatcherymen to be more cautious about setting eggs with out orders. Prices for hatching eggs 'will be much the same as in 1948! and some may go higher, he said. I I Speakers were introduced by W. T. Geurts, Portland, who was elected president of the associa tion at the business session; (Ad ditional details on page 4). 3 Nations United in Der lan Bevin Says West To Stake Peace j On Berlin Stand By The Associated Press The United. States. Britain and France made a new and perhans final effort last night to solve th Berlin crisis through direct nego tiations with Russia: ii I By Joint agreement they $ erjt identical notes to the Kremlin ask ing a definite yes-or-no answer to their proposals for a precise agree ment on control of currency injthe Soviet-blockaded city, a French spokesman said. . i In London. British Foreign Sec retary Ernest Bevin told the hoit of commons the western allies in tend to stake peace on an unyield ing stand in Berlin. ; I Bevin' said the western allies were not ! only in absolute aefee- ment on the policy of maintaining the air lift to supply the western sectors of Berlin "and of defend ing ourselves in Berlin, but In th. policy we shall jointly pursue If it fails.- . k i 'I am not saying by that we 'are committed to war," he added. JW have not reached that stage yet. The British foreign secretary also disclosed his country was lining up solidly with the United States in support of the late Count Folke' Bernadotte's recommendai tions for establishing peace in .theT holy land. . f j The French were expected t follow suit, thus uniting for the first time the three big western powers on a specific .Palestine plan. Russia said she would make her attitude known soon. ' I Addressing a packed and hushed house of commons, Bevil asserted the Russians are people "from whom you canont buy peace" with concessions. , i j "Berlin stands out now as the symbol of resistance a sort o salient," he said. J To save that salient. nedeciar- ed, Britain and the United State will boost tne "air un oi iooa and fuel into the blockaded Ger man capital, with most of the (in creased winter burden falling j on the United States. I French foreign ministry spokes man in Paris said the notes of the three powers were addressed to the "Kremlin" in Moscow insieaa of to Soviet Foreign Minister v. M. Molotov. and thus might com. to the direct attention ol Premier Marshall Josef Stalin. .;. WCTU Serves Notice of Wail Against Liquor PORTLAND. Sept. 224VTh. national president of the Woman a r-hHctian ! TemDerancc union de clared "an eternal war" against the liquor industry tonight. I j Mrs. D. Leigh Colvin, Evanston, 111., told the WCTU 74th annual convention thta "Our goal is tha complete elimination of alcoholic beverages. I' I "We serve notice here and novr on those engaged in the traffic,' she said, "that we shall wage eter nal war upon their business 4 no matter how powerful the booze barons may be financially, po litically, or organizationally.' I Her speech, entitled "Prohibition Is the Answer," came after the; 2, 000 delegates voted to work jfor legisltalont banning liquor . adver tising and prohibiting persons en Eased in the liquor, beer, or win. industry from taking public office. French Elections Slated in October; Funds Unfrozen PARIS, Thursday, SepU French Premier Henri QueUille was reported today to have re ceived a helping hand from (th. United States at a time when the existence of his government, is threatened by political unrest ftnd strikes. I t .'( I . American sources, -who declined to be quoted by name, said they understood U. S. officials have agreed to unfreeze a 70,000,000,000 franc ($230,000,000) fund to help Queullle meet French ? labor's wage increase demands and IttiU maintain a balanced budget. I The national assembly decided last night the elections should be held in October, The vote Was 284 to 271. The communists and Gen. Charles de Gaulle's rightist rally of the French people (RPF) voted for the elections. The so cialists and the Catholic popular republican movement (MRP) t-ot- ed against the decision, i Bolt Cutters Help Free Woman from Grasp of Mixer I Living i was a little mixed: up for Mae Thompson, 763 N. Com mercial st- Wednesday and on. of the modern gadgets of modern kitchens may send Mae back to th. old fashioned stirring spoons. It took' first aid men and fire men from th. city's department with a pair of four - foot bolt cutters to extricate Mae's hand from an I electric mixer. She re ceived onlr slight bruises to her hand. ds - : ;