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Federal Pay of $10,000,000 to 77"-U? 7D 77 .77 (Story in Column 5) Royal Salute for New Prince POUNDDD 88th Year 12 PAGES Tho Orocon Statesman, Salem. Oregon, Tuesday, Norombor 16, 1948 Pries So: No. 211 Oregon 5 WWfiltjPElttB iks J t . f i ; I'" - . - I yi 1651 LONDON, Not. IS With Tower bridge In background, the-cannons - of the honorable artillery company fire a 41-ran salute to herald the birth of Britain's new prince, born to Princess Elizabeth in Buckingham palace. (AP Wirephoto to The Statesman rla radio from London.) (Pictures, story also on Pace I). Elizabeth, New-Born Heir Reported as 'Doing Well' wD ana A few weeks ago a troupe of American rodeo performers were run out of Switzerland. The Swiss claimed that the visiting outfit had reneged on its offer of $500 to any native who could ride one of their bucking bronchos. The rodeo people claimed ho hadn't ridden the right mount. Anyway Switzer land remains safe for the yodeler with a feather in his hat, his 4lrmi Aiut ahsn-ta mnA hie ee-li ee oo" echoing through the mountains. No western cow- j boys with ten-gallon hats, yaUer shirts and chaps are wanted in that country. But the rodeo artists have spread out pretty much all over this country ana nave gainea a beachhead in England. When they go to the Berkshire hills of Mas sachusetts however a protest IIUH. DUX. MCULTC - art U t Uinukr'c magazine, cauea on iui kuuw- contributor, Bernard DeVoto, himself a westerner, to call off the Invaders. DeVoto admits that ro deos "like such other western blagues as tularemia and. Rocky Mountain fever, art spreading 1! J LI. M-T .... across this section"; but he refuses Ao get excited and try to chivvy the cowboys back to the corrals tip Sleepy-eye gulch or in the Rattlesnake hills. Instead he takes a fall out of the "horse persons who are native to New England: "It's not only yippee, Mr. Harp er, ifs also tallyho and view halloa" which in DeVoto's eyes Is worse. To quote. Tor the Berkshire bronc twist era are only on a weekend, or t two weeks vacation, whereas the horse persons spend most of the year with horses. Long ago iney paid the inevitable tax: West, . - - .t- AW V I f JT-1 cally, people who associate very much with nature's stupidest ani mal become incapable of associat ing with anything else, ... A horse person's horse can learn a tew gaits and can learn to Jump over obstacles of moderate size Instead of (Continued on Editorial Page) BUS STRIKE AVERTED SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. IS-JF) A 10 to 14 per cent wage increase averted a strike today of Pacific Greyhound bus drivers and sta tion attendants in seven western states. Some 3400 workers will be asked to ratify the pact in a mail referendum that will take 20 days to complete. Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH "... and for Hies I use spray with 3 DJJ." By Edward X. Campbell LONDON, Nov. 15 -Jpy- Prin cess Elizabeth and . the bonny day-old Prince of Edinburgh were said to be doing well to night Throughout the nation and the far reaches of the commonwealth and empire Britons celebrated the birth of the infant who prob ably will be their next king. There was cannon firing, bell ringing, toasts and cheers, trum pets and bands blared. The prince, second in line to j tne throne : weighed seven pounds, six ounces at birth last night, Physicians said that was almost the perfect -weight for a first-born. Sir John Weir and Sir William Gilliatt. who assisted in the birth, called at Buckingham palace to night to see the princess. Earlier It was declared that both the mo ther and child were in satisfac tory condition. More than ; 4,000 telegrams of congratulations were received at the palace. The court post office said it was a! record for a single day. i President Truman and Gen. Ei senhower were among those send ing messages.! In: Paris, the Duke of Windsor, great uncle of the child, wished the baby "every pos sible happiness." In time the child doubtless will be designated Prince of Wales. Prime Minister Attlee delayed parliamentary; proceedings on the labor government's great steel na tionalization bill to announce that a formal resolution of congratula tions is to be; proposed tomorrow. Attlee's cabinet sent Its own message this; afternoon, offering congratulations to King George, Queen Elizabeth, Princess Eliza beth and Prince Philip. Two questions remained unan swered. What anaesthetic was used for the princess? The royal physicians refused to answer on professional grounds. What will be the prince's name? The answer was a royal family secret. Palace sources said it would be announced by Elizabeth and Philip. Leading gueses were George for the king, Philip for father and just possibly i Albert for Queen Victoria's prince consort. NEW CRUISER TESTED BOSTON, Nov. 15 -UPy The U. S. S. Des Moines, deadliest cruiser afloat. Joined the navy tonight af ter an all-day builder's trial on Massachusetts;, bay disclosed no flaws. ! " No Date for Hearing . . . Officers Reinstatement Bids To Be Received Wednesday Reinstatement -requests from two discharged Salem policemen will be received by the three-man city civil service commission in a meeting at 1:30 p. m. Wednesday in city hall. Formal hearing on the case, however, probably will await return of Commissioner A. A. Guef froy from California. The police officers seeking to regain their jobs are Detective Hobart Kiggihs and Patrolman Leland D. Weaver who were fired by Police Chief Frank A. Minto on charges of campaigning against city manager government prior to the election. i Backing up Chief Minto and endorsing civil service attention to the matter. Mayor R. L. Elf- strom Monday issued the follow ing statement; , i "The civil iservjee law of the city provides that 'no person holding a classified position shall take part . . . in politi cal campaigns Involving the election of arty city official . . . further than to cast his vote and to express privately his opin- . ions.' r v "Irrespective of my personal Fertilizer Plant Bid Cancelled By Wendell Webb Managing Editor, The Statesman The Salem alumnia - from - clay plant, a $5,000,000 development of World War II, again was the property of the federal govern ment today, but its continued op eration in the production of ferti lizer appeared certain at least for thejiext seven months. v The Statesman learned Monday that J. R. (Jack) Simplot of Boise, Idaho, and J. O. Gallagher of Se attle, owners, had cancelled their $750,000 purchase contract with the government, and had taken a lease on the property until next June SO. New Bids Expected In the interim, it is expected the government will call for new bids. It was believed probable Simplot and Gallagher again would bid on the plant, but Simplot was not available for comment and Gallag her, reached via 'phone in Seattle, said the situation had not clari fied to warrant comment at this time. It was understood the owners already had paid about 7 per cent of the purchase price, prior to cancelling their purchase contract under a clause permitting such ac tion. Apparently reliable reports said the cancellation was moti vi ta ted by a belief the price was too high, and that it was not econom ically feasible to pay 5 per cent interest on the entire amount when only about one-fourth of the plant's facilities were utilized in the pro duction of fertilizer. No Comment on Status There have been reports that part of the plant eventually might be used in the manufacture of ce ment, but no comment was forth coming from any official source on this subject. A. W. Metzger, general manager of the plant and vice president of Columbia Metals' firm name of the plant's operating company, said there was no concrete Information on plans available. He did not comment on the present status. " S applying Demands The original private purchase of the alumnia - from - clay plant (which produced alumnia only for a few weeks Just before the war ended) was by Columbia Metals, of which Gallagher was president. Later, he and Simplot bought the firm from its 22 stockholders and then entered the highest bid to ac quire the Salem plant from the war surplus administration. The plant was idle some months early this year, resuming opera tions after the army had been in duced to divert enough anydrous ammonia to permit fertilizer pro duction. The output of fertilizer now has reached a point enabling the 'plant to supply all demands in the northwest, it has been de clared. Progress Reported In Efforts to Halt Strike SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 15 -JP) Waterfront strike negotiators held their first night session tonight in efforts to speed up settlement of the 75-day old west coast tieup. They again reported progress: A preliminary agreement on a 8 hour instead of a 10-hour long shoreman's day, and at least four hours' pay for any man reporting for work. feeling as to the wisdom of this provision, it nevertheless is the law and as such should be re spected and enforced. There were enough rumors and re ports of alleged violations in connection with the election on Nov. 2 to require prompt ac tion and a public hearing as a matter of fairness both to the police and to the men involved. "The civil service commission is composed of men of known integrity and fairness. Before they reach a decision they will have the benefit of facts devel-. oped by a careful investigation rather than rumors and reports. I believe the people of Salem are assured that the decision made will be equally fair to the Interests of the city and to the officers concerned." Meanwhile, Officer Weaver was back in uniform Monday, as a temporary policeman in West Sa lem. He is serving a vacation re lief shift which he had arranged to work in addition to his Salem police Job some time ago before the current controversy developed. Steps Down ' 1 " - " ' ' ' r " ) '!-z;-- if). ll lTl MBS. OTTAWA. Nov. 15 William Lyon Mackenzie King- resigned today as Canada's prime minister af ter heading the government for more than 21 years. He was succeeded by Louis St. Laurent, a French-Canadian lawyer. He had held the office longer than any British commonwealth prime minister and retired at the age of 73 by choice. License, Gas Tax Increase To Get Study The 1949 legislature will be ask ed to boost state gasoline taxes one-cent a gallon and double ve hicle license fees to provide mon ey for Oregon s immediate high way construction needs, it was re vealed Monday. The announcement came from State Rep. Ralph T. Moore, Coos Bay, chairman of the 1947 legis lative Interim committee on roads, highways and streets, following meeting of the group in Salem. Needs for Highway The financial recommendations will be incorporated in a report to the 1949 legislature. The committee estimated imme diate needs of the state highway system at $10,000,000 in addition to current revenues. The current license fee of $5 per vehicle would be raised to $10 annually. Committee members estimated the gas tax boost would raise $4, 800,000 annually. The increased license fee would bring $2,500,000 a year in excess of the amount netted under the $5 fee. Benefits Noted Under the present refund law, counties and cities receive approx imately nine cents of every dollar collected through gasoline taxes. By not refunding any portion of the one-cent tax raise, the com mi t tee said, the state highway de partment would net an additional $400,000 annually. The committee said the proposed new revenues would probably fall short of the additional $10,000,000 needed - for state highway needs. but estimated the amount would increase as the state's population grows. The group is also investigating possibility bf an amendment to the state motor transportation law un der which state highway officials estimate the state is losing $1,500, 000 of truck fees annually. The act was changed in the 1947 legis lature. New Storms Predicted for Valley Areas A new storm was moving in from the Pacific toward the north west early this morning as the Wil lamette valley attempted to shake off the effects of week end buf feting. Torrential rains blown by high winds left 1.25 inches of precip itation In Salem over the week end. The heaviest fall came on Sunday when .77 of an Inch was recorded. A stormy Monday brought another .39 of an inch. The U. S. weather bureau said today's blow would be "severe." Ten inches of new snow was reported Monday at the Santlam Junction on the South Santiam highway as heavy snowfall con tinued in higher mountain eleva tions. The use of chains was ad vised by the state highway com mission. There was eight inches of new snow on the Willamette pass east of Eugene with packed snow on the road near the summit. Light snow was falling Monday. REDS CONFISCATE CARS VIENNA, Australia, Nov. 15. (AVThe Russians are confiscating hundreds of Austrian locomotives and freight cars despite the efforts of Austrian officials to negotiate the soviet claims, authoritative sources said today. Payment Based on Old Pact Awards which, with accrued In terest, may approximate $10,000, 000 have been recommended by 'a United States commissioner ap pointed to determine the amounts owed to four tribes of Oregon In dians who ceded their lands to the United States in 1855. News of the recommendation has been received by E. L. Craw ford, one of the attorneys for the Indians. The U.S. court of claims will review the recommendations of the commissioner, hear objections of the parties and render its de rision. Then congress will have to apDropriate funds and decide how the money shall be disbursed it is snncioaten that many months will elarse before indi vidual Indians share in the dis tribution of the $10,000,000. Baed on Hearings The commissioner. Richard H. Akrs. h1d hearings in Oregon In 1947 and received documentary evidence. He determined the value of the Tndian lands in 1R55 ranged from fiOr to $1.00 per acre, and computed his awards on tht basis. The 1855 valuation was determin ed; to be as follows: Alsea Tillamooks .. $V -M Coquille Indians 7V7,45 Too-too-to-nev Indians 179 .7 Chetco Indians . Interest is to be figured on these sum since 1855 at the rate of four or five p"- cent as mav finallv be decided. The $10,000,000 estimate is based on a mmrmtatfon at five per cent. After the amount is com Duted, deductions are made to cover cost of suoplie furnished th Indians by the government, as follows: THlamooka ....S3ftS.Ml.SS M1.70SJJJ 144.441.34 135.839.38 Coqullles Too-too-to-ny Chetco The claim of the Indians was based on a treaty made with the tribes br U.S. Tndian Agent Joel Palmer in 1855. Under its terms the Indians were to convey their tribal lands to the United States and go on reservations. The gov jernment was to corrmensate them with goods in specific quantities The Indians complied with the terms of the treaties, but the sen ate never ratified the treaties. Congress to Study Indian claims finally were lit! gated, the case reaching the U.S. supreme court, which in a decision handed down about two years ago. substantiated the claims. The sub sequent proceeding were for the purpose of arriving at the amount due the descendants of the tribes. No announcement has been made .by the government as to bow the individual Indians will fare, whether all the money will be dis tributed or "Whether some will be reserved and paid out in stages. Nor has any determination been made as to what degree of rela tionship is necessary to share in the awards. These announcements hvill be made after congress passes the appropriation bill which may set up the conditions for the dis tribution. Weather SALEM Portland San Francisco Chicago .. Nw York Wlllanvttt river Forecast ( from U. S. weather bureau. McNary field. Salem): Cloudy witn rain today and tonight with (lightly warmer afternoon temperatures. High today 56. low tonight 43. SALEM rHElirilAIIU.l (From Sept. 1 t Not. It) TV! i Year Last Year Average 8.76 13.23 13 Max. Min. Preclp SI 41 .St 5S 43 59 4 .01 56 31 .00 , 58 43 J0O -r.4 ft. Blank Checks ami Records . Marion, Polk Taxpayers Jam Offices, Mail Marion county taxpayers Jam med the counters of the tax office in the courthouse here Monday to take advantage of the t per cent discount before the midnight deadline. Over-the-counter collections by closing time amounted to $1,270, 014 of the $3, 990,000 tax roll, and checks in the unopened mail ac count for at least another $1, 500, 000, it was estimated by Chief Tax Deputy Harold Domogalla. The amount collected over the counter' was Just over twice as much as last year's collection, said Domogalla, explaining that the tax roll was out two weeks earlier this year. Receipts issued by last night total 17,845. Domoealla predicted 80 to 85 ner cent of the roll will be col lected by the time all mail post marked before Monday midnight la checked. The penalty provision of two- thirds of one per cent a month will begin today. j ; AmrneirDcairD apirtttiry a 0 Helpers for Street Cleaners tenuis : i Still the leaves come down despite1 cold mornings and a week-end rain storm In Salem. Leaves In street sot ten mean work for the city street cleaning department and. In the Instance pictured above, help In their own way Monday morning from, Sandra Lee Slegallj 4, daarhter ef Mrs. L. R. Barber. 755 Union sl and Dennis Harver. 4. son ef Mr. Edith Harvey. 435 DlvtsUn st. (PhoU by ! Dill, Stateamanstaff phetofrapher.) . Dead Leaves Phi 2 Street Drains but Less Than Before Street drains In various sec tions of Salem were plugged with falling autumn leaves over the week end as a heavy rain deluged the city.i but . City Engineer J. Harold Davis reported the situa tion "the j best in many years." Although a few streets were flooded Sunday, Davis reported most of them were cleared by city street crews early Monday. Davis said his department has received fewer complaints of stopped - up drains this year than in- any of the past five years. ' Davis said only four trucks and crews hafe been needed" this year to handlef the problem, compared with sevejn and eight in previous fall seasons. He explained that this year's drainage problem was eased because niost of the leaves fell be fore the Start of heavy rains. i 12 Missing on Overdue Plane MANILA, Tuesday, Nov. 18-OP) An American B-17 flying from Port MoRseby, New . Guinea, to Clark field with 12 persons aboard was overdue and reported missing somewhere east of Luzon island today by jthe U S. 13th airforce. Names lof the crew members and passengers were not available. The airflorce spokesman said the missing raft had flown from Port Moresby via Wewak. Con tact was Ibst about 8:30 p.m. yes terday (7! a.m. EST). to Beat Deadline DALLAS. Nov. 15 Blank checks wdith more than $200,000 toward Polkrf county's record tax levy of $11,081,281 were opened in today's riail by Sheriff T. ,B. Hooker, j ' Because of late receipts of the tax roll. Sheriff Hooker late last week appealed to taxpayers to send signed blank checks for their taxes in order to take advantage of the discout before the midnight deadline today. , Long lihes of taxpayers were still waiting to pay their taxes several hcurs after the regular 5 o'clock closing time tonight. Seventy-five per cent of the 1947-48 levy had been paid by the dead line last year and Sheriff Hooker admitted this might be equaled this year. Five, workers were on duty in the tax department, all there is room for, Sheriff Hooker said. All mail received until 10 a. m. was opened and checked but later mail receipts have 'not been opened. Hooker said. s Wairmiedl to; QooSG as Red Choonese GanDDteB ii,, ..... - , mm Tfmi.nf i t , WO,; Li. mmt -';l.v-3 7 Democrats Reportedly in Engdahl Camp The outnumbered democrats to day found unexpected power in the state senate. Their votes may well determine that 'body's next presi dent. It is now a two-man race for the office between Carl Engdahl, Pen dleton, and William E. Walsh, Coos Bay, both republicans. Two others. Rex Ellis of Pendle ton, and Angus Gibson of Junction City, withdrew and threw their votes to Engdahl. Seven of the 10 democratic sen ators reportedly have pledged to Engdahl all but Austin Dunn of Baker who reputedly is commit ted to Walsh and Richard Neu berger and Austin Flegel of Port' land who have not specified. But Walsh has claimed pled ges (16 votes are needed for i majority). There appeared a good chance that the vote of whoever the Mar lon County court names to succeed Governor-elect Douglas McKay in the senate might decide the- Issue. Drinks, Odd Loot Jail Ex-Con After 6 Hours Freedom Too much firewater and a strange assortment of goods landed a parol ed convict back in jail Monday, less than six hours after his release from the state penitentiary. City Detective Wayne Parker ar rested Paul Raymond Scofield, 40, in downtown Salem Monday at 4:15 p.m. on an intoxication charge Searching Scofield, Parker said he found three women's slips stuffed Wn his shirt front, two fountain pens cnppea in nis snoes ana a new razor in his pocket. A police check revealed that Scdfield was released from the. penitentiary at 11 a.m. Monday after serving nine months of a 14 month sentence for grand larceny. He was received at the prison February 5 of this year after being sentenced from Clackamas county. Murray Confident of Taft-Hartley Act Repeal PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 15-(P)- President Philip Murray of the zongress of industrial organization today said he was "confident" the new congress would repeal ine Taft-Hartley act. Arriving here for the national CIO convention, he told reporters tie also expected the democrats to live up to a campaign pledge to increase the country's minimum wage scale to 75 cents. He said the minimum may be set higher. E)5vDSDmis u t j I - - Edict Follows Reported Fall By Harold K. Milks NANKING. Tuesday, Nov. 16 ( The United States embassy today advised Americans to leave the war-torn country as the battle for central China thundered closer te the capital at Nanking. ;; .. The Warning to some 7,000 non-t military personnel cam on the) heels of a communist radio claim that red troops had captured Suh-4 sien, 50 miles south of Suchow Suchow, main defense point for Nanking, 200 miles southeast, has been "completely : isolated." the communist broadcast asserted, i Government spokesmen and of- flcial newspapers announced on the other hand that the commun-l lsts were withdrawing from the northern front of the big Suchow battle. i J Latest information - placed the government command headquar lers or uu anin ana lu iu-Min at Suhsien. The ' Kuomintang (national party) Central Daily News pubf lished an. extra and exploded fire4 crackers to call attention to ita 1 news story that the communists had started a general withdrawal from the main north front above Suchow. The dispatch said no 1 formation was available on the west, south or east fronts. j" Whatever the outcome at Su chow, the American embassy con sidered It serious enough to tell its nationals In effect to get out of China or risk isolation in ter ritory falling to the communists. French Ambassador: Jacques Meyrier, dean of the- diploma tie corps, called an emergency meet ing of all chiefs of missions her to discuss measures for the safe ty of diplomatic personnel. The foreign diplomats, in their first such meeting since the pre-i sent emergency, also studied th possibility that Chiang Kei-SheK now will bforced to set up his capital elsewhere. The U. S. consulates at Tientsin - and Peiping have been urging American , nationals businessH men and missionaries, mostly td leave north China before it is too' late to arrange transportation Communist troops are expected to vmin nnrth Phlm Vinrl Tv 1 t-j - . . The situation has deteriorated! rapidly since the government's re cent defeats in ' Manchuria.. Thar warning from the American em4 bassy was the first addressed t U. S. civilians throughout ChinaJ Two More Gasoli no 1 Companies Join Price Raise List Two more gasoline companies were on the raised-price list in Salem today, and ethyl' gasoline? began to be in good supply again following the recent oil 'workers! strike in California. 5 Rich field's prices went 'up Sat-t urday. and Signal's will! rise to- day; following similar action last! week by Standard and Union firms. All increases, on both; grades of gas, were for two-tenths' of a cent per gallon on gasoline,? four-tenths of a cent per gallon on stove ana aiesei out ana iv. cents per barrel on fuel oil. t While some local distributors; said they had had ethyl gasoline most of the time, even during the; Strike, most said they had Just started receiving shipments acainl or were expecting them JmmedWj ately. ,. I h : v.. 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