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g)0 POUNDHI C3& Yaxx IS PAGES i Tbm Ongon Stataaman. Salem. Oragon Thursday, Ilorambar IS. 1943 Pdc 5c No. 113 .. U r -im, .-- it Is- , ' J, .. .. Shipping 'B (fattens Down New Gale Due Vrrt'W r nulled ODD - . jj I $400,000 Business Block Sold in Salem (Picture on page 5) Downtown business properties at North Liberty and Court streets, with a reported sale value approximating $400,000, have been -purchased by the Liberty Investment company of Salem from Steus loff Brothers, Inc., it was announced Wednesday by George H. Grabenhorst of Grabenhorst Brothers, realtors. OTP TOODOJ For the presidency of the sen ate the battle is inside the five yard line and goal to go! In the fast shifting scene, the rivals are Carl Engdahl of Pendleton and William E. Walsh of Coos Bay. Neither one claims the coveted 16 votes, but each feels that victory is just at his finger-tips. The field play in this competi tion has been interesting. In the early fall. Rex Ellis of Pendleton was claiming enough pledges to put him over. Actually, there was a short of combination between Ellis and Angus Gibson of Junction City for a hidden ball play: If eith er one saw he couldn't get it for himself, be was to make a lateral pass to the other. After the elec tion, when Ellis made a count of noses and saw he was short, he found Gibson was flat-footed, so Ellis made a quick toss to his col league and fellow-townsman, Carl EngdahL who was coming up on the far right. Originally the "opposition had gotten together just after the elec tion but failed to settle on Walsh or Engdahl, though the majority of j the group got back of Walsh. Last week it looked as though Walsh was "in". They came a Saturday night caucus 'of the 10 democratic aenators-elect. Sen. Tom Mahoney. who previously had announced his pledge to Gibson, came up as sup porter of EngdahL With Mahoney as bellwether and Monroe Sweet land, democratic national commit teeman, as sheep-dog, seven of the 10 were herded into the Engdahl pen, which gave the (Continued on editorial page) Chiang Sends Fresh Army to Suchow Front NANKING, Ndv. 17-F)-China,s high command, asserting the com munists already have lost 90,00 men, sent fresh armies into the battle of Suchow today. The nightly communique of the defense ministry claimed more than half the communist veterans who mounted the major assault east of Suchow had been killed or wounded. (On the other hand, the com munist radio said nine government divisions were "wiped out, in eluding the 63rd and 107th armies. That could be 90,000 men. Both aides are Inclined to exaggerate casualties. - It appeared Generalissimo Chi ang Kai-Shek's forces in the open ing phase of the fateful battle at least held their own with some of the best troops in the communist armies. They did it with the surprise use of a tank column and all-out support from the air force. War lanes flew shuttle from Nanking, 200 miles to the south, bombing and strafing. Both sides are gathering strength for the second phase. (Additional details on page 3) Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH " . . and worst of all he in sists on hand knitted socksf The transfer of ownership con- stituted one of the largest busi ness-property deals on Salem rec ords. Sale of the entire capital stock of Steusloff Brothers was involved. Principals in the Liberty Invest ment company were not identi fied. . ' !j The transaction:! involved four buildings extending 166 feet north on Liberty street from the north west corner of the Court-Liberty intersection. Included is the two-story corner building .constructed in 1940, with Sally s and Holly Jackson jewelry on the ground floor and offices on the second: the 237 N Liberty street structure), built in 1917 for and still used by Portland General Electric, with apartments on the second floor; the adjoining 20-year-old building housing Yea ter Appliances and Ogden's Salon, also on Liberty street, and the warehouse spreading across the rear of the latter two structures, built in 1926 and now used by R L. Elfstrom company and by the selective service organization for its records. Offices on the second floor of the corner building include the Valley Credit service, Oyster Growers' association, Bishop Hop company and the-i accident pre vention division of the state in dustrial accident commission. Above the Yeater and Ogden businesses are offices of the county community chest, John Langrell, accountant, Dr. Y. T. Lam and the PGE.: Total ground floor space in the buildings is 21,000 square feet. The transaction! was closed through the escrow department of the Salem branch'! of First Na tional Bank of Portland. CIO's Murray Yerballyi Slaps Pro-Red Bloc PORTLAND, Ore;, Nov. 17-P)- CIO president Philip Murray made a scorching attack on the pro-communist minority of the CIO today. In a five-hour meeting of the 51 -man CIO executive board, Murray delivered what some members said was perhaps the strongest language ; he has ever used against communist ' activities in the labor movement. Murray himself, holding a news conference, neglected to mention the attack, but others who were present told reporters about it privately. One official quoted Murray as calling communists "filthy" and "vicious" and as Maying that all CIO union leaders ! must make a choice between loyalty to the CIO and loyalty to Russian foreign policy. The CIO's left wing, which has been declining in strength for the last two years, is squarely In the dog-house with Murray just now because the left-wingers departed from CIO policy in two big re spects. They supported Henry Wallace fdr President and i; they- kept up their attacks on the Marshall plan. (Additional details on page 2) DIPHTHERIA CA8ES GROW PORTLAND, Nov. 17-jP-The largest number of diphtheria cas es in a single week in Oregon since last February were reported today. The state board of health said seven persons were stricken with the disease last week. Nine polio cases were recorded --two of them fatal. 540,000 Pounds of Cheese Aging in Mt. Angel Storehouse By LlMe U Madsen Tarm Editor, The Statesman MT. ANGEL, Nov. 17 More than half a million pounds of cheese in a town of less than 2,000 people is the present pic ture at . ML Angel. This week the . storage plant. built a few months ago, was filled to capacity ;which amounts to 540,000 pounds : of cheese. The first cheese was i; placed in the aging plant lasts Mayj Joseph Berchtold, assistant manager of the co-operative plant, said today. Cheese is now leaving the plant at the rate of a carload every two weeks and is being manufactured at the rate of O.OOq pounds a day. On the average, it is permitted to age lor six months before ship ping. Pay Rise. Predicted By Ford PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 11-iJP)- Henry Ford II predicted today the nation's workers will get a fourth round wage increase and prices will go up. "A new pay boost is inevitable," the president of the Ford Motor Co. told a news conference. "I don't think anything can prevent it." But the 31 -year-old automobile executive here to inspect his firm's Chester. Pa., plant, added: "Prices too must go up. There is no place else for them to go." Ford admitted that production has improved "but we haven't got sufficient productivity to reduce prices." "Prices are high today," Ford said, "maybe too high but we can't lower them without lowering wages and material costs. "I wish we had a buyer's mar ket today. We're living in a fool's paradise. Unquestionably, prices will go down in a buyer's market.' Price control? "That won't help. Price control would wreck the nation the auto industry included and ruin the economy. When will cars become plenti ful? "I would guess that it will be a year and a half before that hap pens," Ford replied. "Then again it might be in six months." 4-H Girl from Sidney Wins Chicago Trip Donna Wiederkehr, 4-H club member from the Sidney com munity near Jefferson, has been awarded the northwest regional all -expense trip to the national 4-H club congress in Chicago next month, it was announced Wed nesday by Anthol Riney, county club agent. It is the second such all-ex-pen. trip Miss Wiederkehr has won in the last three years. She won it for girls' club records In 1946 and this year's award is on the basis of leadership and puts her in line for the Moses trophy which has been won six times by Oregon club members since 1927. Miss Wiederkehr. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Wieder kehr, was graduated from Salem high school last June. Among her club projects has been mint growing, for which the Sidney community is known throughout the valley. As has been customary for the last several years Chicago-bound club members and leaders will leave Portland Thanksgiving day. Cherry Growers To Fight Tariff Cut In Trade Treaty Cherry Growers and Industries foundation, an organization of cherry briners, shippers and grow ers on the west coast, is preparing a brief to present at the tariff com mission hearing next month on a proposed reciprocal trade agree ment with Italy. Robert E. Shinn, secretary treasurer of the Willamette Cherry Growers, Inc.. will testify at the hearings in Washington, D.C., be ginning December 7. Shinn said Wednesday. "Any re duction now, in the present tariff, will result in low price competition from Italian cherries and an Inevi table lowering of market values on cherries produced in the United States." The cheese plant is one of the more modern ones in the state. There are only 10 hours from the time the milk leaves the farms of the 2,400 patrons until It Is formed into bricks or trips (the round forms) of cheese, Mr. Berchtold said. From the time it is placed in the cans until the forms are waxed and ready to go into the storage plant it is handled entirely by mechanical means. California is the Mt. Angel plant's biggest out-of-state buyer, but much cheese is going to Ha waii, Mt Angel itself rates con siderable publicity from her cheese being listed on the menus of some of the southern state's finest hotels as well as specialty shops in Hawaii. (Sea Farm News page 10.) Two Housewives Rescue Boy from Flooded Albany Pit ALBANY. Ore., Nov. 17 -Ai Two housewives rescued a four - year - old youngster who was drowning in a flooded pit today. One of the women. Mrs. Shir ley Hayes, tumbled into the oil tank hole and was helped out by a sister, Mrs. Doris Twitch ell, before they could drag the boy to safety. Mrs. Hayes had noticed Tom my Hansler's cap floating on the water and his hand stick ing above the surface. She dashed from her kitchen, call ing for her sister, and fell in just before Mrs, Twitchell ar rived. Then, with Mrs. Twitchell holding Mrs. Hayes' legs, they formed a chain and pulled the boy from the water. He was revived a few minutes later by the two women. Public Hearing Due in Case of Fired Police Discharge of two Salem police officers for alleged political ac tiv ity will be given a formal pub lie hearing, it was decided Wed nesday by the Salem civil serv ice commission. Date of the hearing will be set after return of Civil Service Chairman A. A. Gueffroy from California, so that the entire commission will hear the case. Policemen involved are Detec tive Hobart Kiggins and Officer Leland Weaver who were dis charged November 12 by Police Chief Frank- A. Minto on grounds they had campaigned on behalf of the proposed city commission government measure which was defeated at the polls. Commissioners William J. En tres and Lyle J. Page, who with Gueffroy comprise the commis sion, met yesterday at city hall. They received letters from Wea ver and Kiggins requesting a hearing before the commission. Both officers were present, alone; with their attorney, Paul Burris. Following the meeting Burris said his clients are satis fied with the arrangement for delaying the hearing until Gueff roy can be present. He added that neither officer had an interest in the hearing other than to win reinstatement to the police force. The civil service commission also authorized entrance exami nations for city firemen, to be set in December in order to pro vide an eligibility list from which a new shift of firemen, about 17. will be hired to put into ef fect the law adopted by voters to reduce firemens work hours to 63 per week. Potato Price Support Cut WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 - (JP) -The government today reduced its price guarantee on next year's po tato crop by one-third. It also recommended a substan tial cut in potato acreage. Both moves are designed to dis courage overproduction and save some of the money which has been paid to farmers for producing more potatoes than the country could eat. The lower support level - - at 60 per cent rather than 80 per cent of parity - - make lower retail pri ces for potatoes possible. Consumers, who also are taxpay ers, are bound to benefit. Not so much of their money will go to support prices. The support at 60 per cent of parity is the lowest level allowed under the long-range farm bill passed by the 80th congress. Under the old farm law, potatoes were supported at 90 per cent of parity. This means that if the market price goes below that figure, the farmer can sell them to the government at the guarantee level. 29 Injured as Trains Collide CHICAGO, Nov. 17 -JP- The "Meadowiark,' fast streamliner of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois railroad, crashed into the rear of a suburban train tonight near Dolton, outside of Chicago, and at least 29 persona were Injured, The fast train was running about an hour late after replacing its diesel engine shortly after leaving Chicago. Most of the injured suffered light bruises, lacerations and cuts. A dispatcher for the Chicago Western Indiana rairroad said the Meadowlark struck the rear of a CWI train consisting of an en gine, two passenger cars and a baggage car. The cars of both trains remained standing, he said. Rescue Tale Told At Astoria SEATTLE, Nov. lJ7-0P)-North Pacific shipping battened down the hatches again tonight as it rode out more rough weather. In the wake pf yesterday's storm which took seven lives and sank three tugs, a heavy new blow was reported by a weather ship 1,000 miles off the coast. Another storm was brewing in the Gulf of Alaska The mainland will be hit some time tomorrow, the weather bu reau said. The 10 survivors of, the Seattle tug Neptune were taken into As tona, ore., today by the rescue cutter Balsam. The tug sank after it was damaged in a collision man euvering around the freighter. Herald of the Morning, yesterday. One of the Neptune's crew died of a heart attack. The tug Hercules, steaming from Seattle, was to take the freighter in tow tonight from where it anchored five miles off Willapa Harbor, after drifting most of the day yesterday. The six other persons lost in yesterday's storm were three on a tug in British Columbia waters, two on a tug which sank in Puget Sound and a ferryboat passenger, ASTORIA, Ore., Nov. 17-P)- Ten survivors of a sea rescue from sinking tug tonight thanked the skipper of a coast guard cutter and five enlisted men for their lives. Crewmen of the Seattle tug Nep tune, rammed in a roaring North Pacific storm 17 miles off the mouth of the Columbia river yes terday, were brought ashore here tonight. One of their comrades was dead, victim of a heart attack, presum ably induced by the shock of fall ing into the icy waters while being taken off the tug. Tug crewman Lester Campeo said "The boys sure did a swell jcb. If the Balsam (the coast guard cutt-r . hadn't been alongside, we'd be feeding the fish now." It was the second shipwreck experience for Campen. Captain of the Balsam was Lt. Frank C. Schmitz, whose handling of the rescue operation won the praise of the tug crewmen.. Five of the coast guardsmen risked their lives climbing down a cargo net hung over the side of the Balsam in the heavy seas to aid the tug crewmen aboard. Snow Closes McKenzie Pass Snow storms closed the McKen zie highway between Eugene and Bend Wednesday at a point 53 miles east of Eugene and the Mount Hood loop highway might be clos ed today, R. H. Baldock, state highway engineer, announced. Six feet of roadside snow was reported on the McKenzie pass highway and 20 feet of roadside on the Mount Hood loop. Snow continued to fall in many section of eastern and central Oregon with 12 inches reported at Government camp and 16 inches at Santiam junction. Symington Named As Participant in Military Quarrel WASHINGTON, Nov. ll-UPh-Bitter criticism of the navy by Secretar of the Air Force W. Stuart' Symington became public today, and Secretary of Defense Forrestal promised to investigate the "leak." Forrestal has directed the armed services to settle their disputes in secret. What leaked out was correspon dence between Symington and Ferdinand Eberstadt, which con tained the air secretary's charges, was published in a number of (Scripps-Howard) newspapers to day. Eberstadt is chairman of a committee studying national de fense. Symington said statements made by the navy before the Eberstadt committee were a "challenge of the ability of the air force to accom plish its primary mission." The air force has been given re sponsibility for strategic bombing by Secretary of Defense Forrestal but has frequently complained the navy Is trying to cut into this field. Weather Salna Max. - 50 87 - SI Min. ss . 40 42 S Preetp. M JXS jOO M M Portland San Francisco Chicago New York 80 Willamette river I S feet. Forecaat (from VJS. weather bureau. McNarr field. Satem): Generally fair this morning, with era dually tncreaslnc cloudiness throughout the day. Light rains Late tonight. High today near S3. Low tonight near 37. SALEM PRECIPITATION (Sept. 1 to Nt. 1S This Tear Last Year X UJS ' 1.19 I Portions mt twe cities appear In nne Just above lta Intersection with Cascade drive. Moat of the buildings are In West Salem, with downtown Salem In the back ground. Beginning at center right and running horizontally In the picture Is tth street. The West Salem grade school building is at tne etxreme upper right. tin -f i - (' mm if mm This is Wallace road, whose westerly line here forms a common boun dary now for Salem and West Salem, following the Klugwood an nexation to Salem earlier this month. The boundary goes directly n that line to the Willamette river bank. The picture Is taken from the Salem-Dallas railroad line crossing. The inter-county bridge b to the left of the Intersection the bus la crossing. 4Ltt tec a I LJ ISLAND Jl Legality of annexation of the shaded area (above) In Polk county to the city of Salem was challenged Wednesday by a suit filed In Polk county circuit court. Plaintiff John L. Luts resides In the 7 -shaped unincorporated area which lies within the annexed district shown In the top center of the map. r hi 4 A- tas v. 2r -?t ' j'JtsssssMfaSsaii Although tha tth street line farms boundary west off Wallace road, west, ta the last Improved thoroughfare along most or the boundary. The new Junior high school site Is out of sight at the right. It Is la the city af West Salem bat la tha ent West Salem schools. Turkey-Stealing Ring Blamed For Theft of Thousands of Birds A turkey theft ring is believed responsible for stealing thousands of birds in tha Silverton Hills area recently, the Marion coun ty's sheriffs department indicated Wednesday after a Silverton man received a suspended jail sentence and bench warrants were issued for two men in connection with turkey theft. James . Harvey, 24, Silverton, was given a three-month sus pended sentence and placed on one year's probation in the cir cuit court of Judge George Dun can. Ha was arrested at his home Tuesday by Deputy Sheriff Wil liam Da VaU on a charge of re ceiving and concealing stolen tur keys. Wednesday, he pleaded guilty In district court, waiving both preliminary examination and grand Jury examination. De Vail said stolen turkeys had been taken to Salem killing houses for. two men who are now being sought bestch warrants charg this photograph from Roseinont ave 7 S; , 4W- , . .. V much af the Salem-West Salem lta street, shown above, looking Salem school district, as are pres ing theft. He said $99 1 worth of stolen birds had been sold in Sa lem, last week. Meanwhile, authorities are working with turkey growers in the Silverton Hills area in the be lief that thieves have made off -with birds numbering in the thousands. De VaU said the thefts are difficult to detect because several hundred birds can be re moved from large flocks, unno ticed by the growers. In the same court, Melvin Be thel, Shaw, was sentenced to 90 days in the county jail and placed on two years' probation after pleading guilty to two larceny charges. Bethel was arrested by Deputy De Vail last Friday on charges of stealing $100 worth of tools from the car Of Don Anderson in Shaw October 10, and with taking six turkeys from the Ivan Elam ranch, Aumsville route It November 7. Duvall said Bethel's turkey thefts were not connected with tha wide scale operations. Addition! i - " To Salem Contested By Thomas Wright Staff Writer. The Statesman j Legality of the recent annexa tion of 368-acre Klngwood water . district to the city of Salem was ! challenged in the courts Wednes day with the filing of an injunc- : tion . suit against the action la 1 Polk county circuit court. & The suit was filed by John I Lutz, resident of the small 5, 7- shaped area between Wallace road and the Willamette river in Polk county, completely surrounded by annexed territory (shown on map at left), on behalf of himself and ! other ' property ; owners similarly J situated. . ,i Lutz, represented by Attorney Paul F. Burris, seeks to restrain Marion and Polk counties; from as sessing taxes on the I contented area, for the city of Salem and to invalidate the annexation and the election. I Complains of Lack of Vote f Lutz complains that . he cwns ! property which was annexed ty Salem biifc because he resides (A the portion not included under tha measure was not authorized ?to vote -on it at the November 2 elec- tion. v'ii Annexation of tha Polk county ; area required ballot approval of a majority of the residents. . and j acceptance by the people of tFr.lem. But under state law, Salem cctiild ; annex the surrounded area by simple declaration of the city ccUn-1 -No Uniform Tax". ( f He further contends that efffs-. sing of taxes cannot be accrmp llshed uniformly because cf tha conflict between Marion .county Jithe constitution of the state 'of Oregon "all taxation shall be uni form on tha same class of subjects within the territorial limits of tha authority levying tha tax.") Me thod of assessing: taxes on the an nexed land has-not been determ ined, except that the territory re mains under the jurisdiction f)f Polk county for taxing purposes. It has been suggested that tha rate for the city of Salem would to added to that established by the Polk county assessor.' 4 Annexation of tha Klngwood area is contested on tha basis that tha state law does not specifically provide for a municipal corpora tion such as the city of Salem to annex an unincorporated area with a river as common boundary, i Open House at Junior Highs Leslie and Parrish Junior high schools will hold open house to night at. 7:30 o'clock with enter tainment and demonstration pro grams planned for visitors at both schools. I Melvin Govlg, Parrish student body president, will welcome parents, and Principal Carl Asch enbrenner will speak at a pro gram to be held In the Parrish gymnasium.; The school band and eighth and I ninth grade mixed ; chorus will entertain after pat ents tour tha 'classrooms. , t At Leslie, . demonstrations cf shop and home making classes are planned for visiting parents and friends at the school's gym. j FBI CHIEF RECOVERS WASHINGTON, Nov. 17-OP)-Director J. Edgar Hoover return ed to active duty at FBI head quarters today, fully recovered from a recent attack of pneumonia. 1 QUICKIES -Ot eenrse say wife Isn't Jianae-- that's tha parrot wa got wiw a Statesman Want Ad that, yea baarr .7. r$W? is m pi f I I i 1 I: r 9.