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Oregon Saijd Cotton Bowl Bound if Confluence Vote Fa Aiken lo Witness SMUTilt R-FQ3 IjjOlSI POUNDDD (651 I , ' " : . t Rumor has it that one of the big film companies is angling to buy the American Broadcasting company. This is the old Blue net work of NBC which had to be sold when the federal commumca- portiand, Eugene and Los Angeles tions commission ordered a divorce j strengthened the belief that the between Blue and Red. ABC has j Ducks, voted out of the Rose been doing quite a little work get- j Bowl, may gain solace against ting ready for television. That is j the host Southern Methodist Mus what interests the movie people, tangs January! 1. Companies linked with the report m Fro t Aneeies bv way are Warner Bros, and 20th Cen - tury-Fox. What concerns the movie people is just what will happen to motion picture industry if and when tele vision becomes well established. Will people stay home to get their entertainment by television? Or will they continue to patronize movie theatres? And what concerns the televi sion promoters is where they are going to get their programs. Now radio stations run a patter of dia logue with many platters of music. Attention is - all concentrated on sound because the communication is via audition. With television another dimension comes in; there is the picture as well as the sound. To keep a whole theatre going to fill the hours for television would be exceedingly costly. The only revenue so far in sight is from ad vertisers, since the American pub lic has been educated by radio to getting stuff on the air waves without cost to themselves. There are not enough news events (boxing matches, athletic events, dedications) to occupy the full time of video, so some form of stage plays roust be prepared. In New York television used first acts of several Broadway plays In an experiment; but it can't draw on this source- indefinitely. One suggestion is for television to buy movie films and use them as (Continued on editorial- page) Murray Wins Re-Election as ClO.PjresitJent PORTLAND, Ore,, Nov. Parading, cheering CIO delegates today re-elected . as president a stern Philip Murray who asserted he would never "permit commun istic infiltration into the national CIO." Gone was Murray's former peace-making role as the 600-odd delegates wound up their annual concention by re-electing all of ficers by acclamation. For Mur ray, it is the start of his ninth year. Murray warned what commun ists remain in the CIO to "cease and desist" their communistic propaganda, and then appealed to all CIO unions to take care of any violators. The final day of the week-long convention also saw Murray make friendly gesture toward the tttl and political problems, but this time in conciliatory terms without any of the sarcasm that sometimes accompanied previous invitations. Airlift Meets Winter Goals BERLIN, Nov. 25-(:P-Allied air forces are more than achieving their goal for November in the air lift to blockaded Berlin, despite adverse weather conditions. Figures disclosed today by the Air Corps show that British and American planes are conquering the "worst weather m'onth" of the year for Germany. Fogs and rains are traditional this month. An average thus far of 4,051 tons daily has been attained, in comparison with the 4,000 tons daily called for by Gen. Lucius D. Clay, U. S. Military Governer, when the airlift started in June. Total supplies hauled since June re 580, 973 tons in 92.149 flights Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH "Let" net kid ourselves this looks J tough jury to Vi"' 'v '".At. - tit Stories that: sprang up . along the coast Friday indicated that Oregon's football team has been invited to the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Tex., on New Year's day but no official confirmation was forthcoming from Webfoot officials. s Reports from such points as ; of Associated ! Press came news that Oregon Coach Jfm Aiken had landed ini the southern city on the way to scout Southern Methodist (the hot Cotton Bowl team) in that club's Saturday game with Texas Christian. Aiken was ! cautious in his statements, saying only that he was making the trip "just in case i his footballersi got . an invitation to the Dallas bowl." Says Bid Assured (2) A Portland paper . (The Oregonian) said the bowl bid was assured and quoted Larry Wolfe former OCE coach and now a Colorado business man but still a staunch Oregon rooter as say ing he had made a special trip to Dallas to help the Webfoot cause. Wolfe said the Mustangs definitely had voted to send Ore gon an invitation and that the invitation had ! been forwarded. (3) Dan Garza, .ace flankman for the Ducks, said in an Asso ciated Press interview in Eugene that the Webfoots ; had received a Cotton Bowl Ibid and had voted to accept. Garza, however, later remarked that he had "talked out of turn" and asked that his state ment be withdrawn. 'No Comment' In Eugene Oregon Athletic Director Leo Harris, queried in Eugene about the Portland paper's story and Aiken's trip, said "No comment." He added that he knew Aiken was stopping over at Los Angeles but said he thought the Duck mentor's ultimate destination was Ohio. Not clarifying the matter any was fCC commissioner Vic Schmidt's retort to a question if Oregon had requested a confer ence vote to clear- the way for a bowl tilt. Schmidt's answer: "I have nothing to say;" (Additional details on sports page.) Mayor! Visits Salem Seamen On Naval Ship Mayor R. L. Elfstrom, back from a cruise with the navy, reports he found one Salem seamon, Richard Sogge of 1091 Ruge St., aboard the cruiser Atlantic? which had 15 civil ian guests on its recent trip from Bremerton to Long Beach. Elfstrom and W. L. Phillips rep resented Salem on the good will cruise which also had civilians aboard from Seattle, Portland, Eu gene and Astoria. The mayor found Sogge among the crew of nearly 1,000 men when asked the skipper how many Oregon men he had aboard. (There were several, but rio others from Salem.) Sogge,! a recent graduate of Salem High school, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Sogge. During the cruise the civilian party witnessed part of the mock warfare off San Francisco featur ing many submarines and other craft. At another point, the Atlan ta crew staged a "man overboard" drill after a dummy had been put overboard to test the crew's effi ciency. Elfstrom and Phillips returned late Wednesday by hon-stop flight ; to Portland aboard a naval air i transport. Arguments Heard in Dispute Over Memorial Auditorium Site j youth's nose was missing was not By Thomas Wright day night to conclude plans for made until he arrived at a hospi- Staff Writerj The statesman an active promotional program. , tal after the mishap yesterday.! . , . .. s , j e , . ' The locations committee reaf- His father, Petr- Belle, and Study of sites for Salem s pro- firmed jts preference for utiliza- patrolman Vernon Gertz re- 5T2V,tA t!1? t hi ' Fri Hav' tion of a Prtion oi Bush Pastur! tPed to the scene of the acci ZZ rZL L ,?L!.rU,m ! for tn auditorium. The Ion-, dent to search for the piece of night meeting of un,; range planning commission of flesh. m'" the falem Chamber of Salem, represented by Charles A. i They found it 30 feet from the i Commerce. The Bush pasture site and three blocks from 14th street to 17th street between State and Court streets came in for heavy dis cussion at the meeting. Committee President Rex Kim mell announced the intention of selecting a large promotional group to take; the auditorium idea to the public through exist ing service, social and civic or ganizations. Standing advisory committee chairmen were! elected by unani mous vote following recommen dations of the ; nominating group headed by Joseph Felton. Named to continue in j leadership of the legal committee was Allan Car son; building committee, W. H. Baillie; finance committee, Sephus Starr and location committee. Col. PbilUp W. Allison. Bruce Willisms was named to head the publicity committee, replacing Marian Lowry Fischer, who ask ed to be relieved of the post. Committee heads will meet with Kimmell in his office Tues- 88th Year Snow Falls Near Salem , Portland Top coats and anti-freeze became doubly important in Western Oregon Friday with cold rains and sprinkles of snow falling in Port land and the hills surrounding Salem in the early morning. Weathermen revised their predictions of warmer daytime tempera tures as top readings in Salem ranged only to 45 degrees Heavy snow fell along the Cas cade mountains and icy road con ditions elsewhere warned motor ists to be prepared with chains for week end travel. Twelve inches of snow fell at Santiam Junction Thursday night and Friday morning, ten inches at Government camp and eight on the Willamette highway. Sanding operations were being continued Friday in several districts of the state with slick highways reported on both east and west 99. The weather bureau predicted more wintery weather for Satur day and Sunday. Silverton City Manager Asked To Stay on Job SILVERTON. Nov. 26-f;p-At a special meeting of the Silverton city council called tonight to con sider the resignation received from Robert E. Borland, city manager, council members ob tained his promise to reconsider and perhaps remain in his present position. He asked for a month's leave of absence, which was granted. This will include his normal two weeks' vacation. Borland gave as his reason for resigning that he had boughtHappy's Richfield serv ice station at Oak and Third streets for a brother-in-law in Pennsylvania who since found it impossible to come west. How ever, Borland indicated that he had someone in mind to manage the station, and if details could be worked out he would consider re maining with the city. He was urged to do that by Major C. H. Bickerson and all council mem bers. Aid Funds to Flow Faster WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 - UP) -President Truman ordered full speed ahead on European recovery. He authorized use of the full $4, 000,000,000 in Marshall Plan grants by next April 2. The action shortens by three months the period for which the money was appropriated. It means that the new congress will be asked for a supplemental appropriation about $1,250,000, 000, by estimate of economic co operation Administrator Paul G. Hoffman to carry ECA through June 30, the end of the fiscal year. The ECA administrator disclos- ed last month he would seek the speed-up and, in fact, has geared his spending to that expectation. McClure, engineer for the group, j opposed the Bush site and re- j commended acceptance of the State - Court street location. McClure said that the latter site approximates the present population center of Salem, is an easily accessible area, and would be located on a through route un der future plans for traffic re routing in the city. Proponents of the Bush loca tion stressed the financial advan tages in that the city already owns the park area and plans for its development will make it a recreational center for the Sa lem area. Allan Carson, reporting for the legal committee, told the group that his interpretation of the Bush grant would permit construction of a civic auditorium on the land. One stipulation of the grant to the city was that it should be used only as a park area. Carson said he thought the building would be consistent with the wishes of the Bush family in deeding the land to the city. 12 PAGES in Heights Resigns K LA MATH FALLS. Nov. 26 Kla math Falls Attorney Harry Boi vin. member of the Oregon liq uor commission since November. 1947, announced today he was restrain from the commission, effective January 11. Boivin Quits Liquor Board. As of Jan. 11 KLAMATH FALLS. Nov. 26-TvP) Oregon Liquor Commissioner Harry Boivin, Klamath Falls dem ocrat, has resigned, effective Jan uary 11. In announcing his resignation to day, Boivin said he wanted to give Governor - elect Douglas McKay ample time to select a successor for the balance of his term; which expires in 1952. Boivin, an attorney, was appoint ed to the liquor commission in No vember, 1947, immediately after Gov. John Hall took office. His statement said: "My private business is requir ing my presence more in Klamath Falls and I feel for the present I have devoted enough time to the' affairs of the state of Oregon and that someone else should take over my place on the liquor control commission." Nose Rejoins Owner's Face PORTLAND, Nov. 26 -(P)-The tip of 16 - year - old Armand Jean LaBelle's nose, sliced off in i ja traffic accident, is sewed back j But it's too early to determine whether the surgery was a suc cess. Discovery that the tip of the wrecked car. rushed back to the hospital where a surgeon stitched I it on. j STORES SALES BELOW M7 i WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 - UP) - Department store sales during the week ended November 20 ran be low a year ago for the third con secutive week, the federal reserve board reported tonight. Weather Max. 45 Mln. 13 Predp. .13 sn .00 .00 trace Salem Portland 39 43 34 3S San Francisco S3 Chicago 47 New York , . 54 Willamette river 7J feet. FORECAST (from. U.S. weather bu reau. McNary field. Salem : Partly cloudy today, becoming cloudy by eve ning with light rains tonight and early Sunday. High today near 47. Low to night near 3S. SALEM PSUECIPITATION (Sept. 1 m Nar. 27) This Year 11J Last Year 18.54 Average t.7 r J"' " " '" m hi ni in' nn ii 1 It fcnnl l ii in m Th Oregon Statesman, lalom, Mac Draws Veil Of Secrecy Over Date of Hangings TOKYO. Nov. 26 -.ip- Gen eral MacArthur's public, infor mation office said toefspy it would issue a statemenfpsach morning whether Hideki To jo and his six companions 3iad been hanged, and that noher news releases would -be made. This apparent move to tight en the secrecy of theexecu tions of the seven doomed war criminals was taken y the supreme commander himself. Correspondents have received no reply to requests that they be allowed to attemL the exe cutions or to visit Sugamo pris on beforehand. Date and hour of the hang ings have not been set, accord ing to Lt. Gen. Walton Walker, whose Eeighth army is to carry out the sentences. Stroke Fatal to Henry Domes, Turkey Raiser Henry W. Domes. 1. well- known valley turkey raiser in Polk county, died at a local hos pital Friday a few hours after suffering a stroke while driving his car in Salem. For several years Domes ha been employed by the state de partment of agriculture as a grand stand usher at the Oregon state fair. Domes halted 'his car at the intersection of Liberty and Court streets at 12:30 p.m. a few mo ments before he collapsed at the wheel. He was taken to the hos pital where he died a few hours later. He is survived bv his widow. Jane E. Domes, McCoy; daugh ters, Paulina Holbert and Mar garet Domes, both of Portland: sons, Richard Domes and Billy Domes, McCoy, and Wayne Domes, Salem; sisters. Carrie Guild, Amity, and Rose Rutledjze, McCoy, and seven grandchildren. Services will be announced later by the W. T. Rigdon com pany. Funds iSought For Local Yule Decorations Salem merchants are being call ed upon this week to contribute to the fund for decorating downtown streets for the Christmas season. A letter seeking voluntary con tributions is being mailed, accord ing to Tinkham Gilbert, chairman of the Retail Trade bureau. The bureau has con tract ed with Campbell and Wakefield, local ad vertising agency, to put up the dec orations some of which were pur chased by the merchants last year in the latter part of next week. Garlands. and electric lights will cross streets and lamp posts will be decorated. Chime music will be j played from the top of the Lives- ley building. Fourteen downtown blocks will be decorated. I Tax Provision May Clause Delay In Fire Department Expansion rail fnr 9 ritv firemen' civil , service examination gave rie i Friday to the question of when I the new firemen's hours will take effect. Voters this month amended the city charter to reduce firemen's working hours from 84 to 3 hours per week, without reduc tion of pay. The amendment in cludes authority for a tax levy up to 3 mills to finance the addi tional firemen needed under the plan. The civil service commission through its secretary. City Re corder Alfred Mundt, is calling for applications by December 8 from men between ages 21 and 31 who seek employment as city firemen. Examinations will ' be given December 17' to applicants who qualify and who pass a physical checkup prior to that date. The firemen's civil -service eli gibility list was exhausted by re cent appointments, Mundt said, and a new list is needed regard less of when the change in hours starts. Although the charter amend ment becomes effective Jan. 1, 1949, according to wording of the Oregon, Saturday. November 27. Da Opposition to East Pact Noted; AFL Makes Demands in West NEW Y(bRK, Nov. 26-i;p)-Oppo- sition to ja new tentative wage agreement! to end the paralyzing East coasti waterfront tieup arose here tonight and was reported de veloping ifv three other major At lantic ports. The first organized opposition to the pact ideveloped in Brooklyn where a police-reported 2,000 AFL longshoremen decided at a meeting to reject the proposed contract when they vote tomorrow, the of ficial date f or balloting among East coast dock workers. But Joseph P. Ryan, who heads the East qoast Stevedores, termed the opposition "an attempt by the communist party to becloud the is sues." He also declared many of those at the Brooklyn meeting "are not members of the organization. They are men wje allowed to work on the piers durifig the war." Ryan declared the vote to be cast tomorrow jby secret ballot will be by "members of the union in good standing,"! and added that "our strike committee doubts very much whether these men will have a vote tomorrow.!' The Brdoklvn longs h o r e m e n made theif decision at a gathenftgi called to f$rm a rank and file com mittee to jfight acceptance of the new pact. j Several j longshoremen at the Brooklyn meeting told newsmen that a Boston delegate advised the gathering longshoremen in his port and in Philadelphia and Baltimore also were hot agreeable to the new terms. j i Tuitjon-Free Sweats School Opens Monday E. Rempngton Davenport, pro fessional (candymaker, will open his first "School of Sweets" at the Portland pas and Coke company auditorium on Monday afternoon at 1:30. A repeat performance is planned fpr 7:30 p.m. so working people majy attend. Shows are also scheduled for Tuesday afternoon and evening. The four demonstrations are be ing sponsored by the Oregon States manman. jThey are free and open to anyone! interested in the scien tific making of candy as applied to home booking, Mr. Davenport promises Interesting discussions of various types of candy, and of the actions of, the sugar in recipes. Candiesjto be demonstrated Mon day are fondant, cream fudge and peanut brittle. Afterdinner mints and English toffy will be made on Tuesday aifternoon and evening. The shqw is free, but books by Mr. Davenport will be available to those whot wish to purchase them. 8 Shotl Fired Through Davton Motorist's Car ! State police early Saturday were investigating an appart-m attempt oi the life of Wesley Bass, Dayton rgute 1, who told police eight shotf were fired tnrougn me rear of hi automobile eight miles norm oi west aiem on me wai- lace road jlate Friday night. hallot measure ritv of firfals now i consider jt unlikely the1 change j in hours can be effected that 'early The fuds to Day salarie of the estimated 17 additional fire men needjed in order to reduce the workijng hours will not be come available until late next year afterj the voter-directed tax can be added to the general levy for 1949-$0 against ' Salem tax payers. Anticipating this tax money, the city ' might be able to make the change at the start of the riew budget year next July 1. sotne observers think, but not before. They pointed out the present budget allows little or no leeway, esoecially for such a major expenditure. City Manager J. L. Franzen said the pratter will be studied before the administration's pol icy h decided on when to start the new firemen's schedule. City Recorder Mundt estimated that 17 nw firemen would re ceive a total of about $49,000 in salaries for the first y,ear, and this wouli amount to a tax of about 2 mills. The starting sal ary for new firemen is $225 a month; after six months firemen are eligible for $250. 1948 a n TDuDDTTD New Leadei Pfr ST as ft v ad NANKING. Nov. 2 Dr. Rnn Fo, Legislative Yuan president since 1932, was approved as premier by the Chinese lawmaking body today. (AP Wirephoto to the Statesman.) aun iatoens Son Appointed China Premier Bv Harold K. Milks NANKING, Nov. 26 -4K)- As communist armies edged closer to 1 J it:.-.. t I : 1 . ,? V - Nanking's Yangtze river bnrrierjgent on settlement with the other today, Sun Fo became premier of the uneasy Chinese government. Elevation of this son of Sun Yat-Sen, "father" of the Chinese republic, might be the first step towards creation of a war cab inet" to try to cope with the cri tical military situation. Some observers, however, said Sun apparently took the job be cause President Chiang K.ei-sneK could not get anybody else to do T- : - . W - V. - A 1 6u i w-s w.c ...m w. outgoing Premier Wong Wen-Hao was chosen six months ago. Sun Fo has. been president of th ioi.ti,,. v., art .in.. ioti He has close support of the right- ist clique, but is not generally regarded as a "strong man. The hottest war front mean. the Suhsien - Lingpi line, some 150 miles north of Nanking where both sides were bringing up re-1 inforcements for a major battle expected momentarily. Old Age Aid at Record High PORTLAND, Nov. 26 -UP)-01d age assistance payments in Ore gon last month totaled $1,686, 748. a record high. Welfare Administrator Loa Howard said the payments were made in 31,347 rases. Increased federal contributions accounted for the boost. Miss Howard said December's federal grants have been approv ed. There was some doubt earlier as to whether federal aid would be continued as a result of the passage of a $50 monthly pension measure in the state. Greek Premier Sinking Fast ATHENS, Novr 27-0P)-Doctors early today abandoned hope for Greek Premier Themistokles Sophoulis and said he was sinking fast. Last sacrament of the Greek Orthodox church were adminis tered to the 88-year-old Greek leader. - Sophoulis was stricken with two heart attacks in two days., The first attack came on his birthday, last Wednesday. The second attack came Thursday. SHIP SEARCH ABANDONED NEW YORK, Nov. 28 -OP)- The Coast Guard tonight abandoned its "active" search for the 8,267 - ton British'freighter Hopestar, missing in the stormy North Atlantic with crew of 37. Price Sc No. 221 SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 2-;rW A shadow was cast across th path of peace prospects today in, the long Weit Coast Maritime strike, IT mnfAVAra oin men representatives reached, an agreement last night on terms to end the 86-day-old strike. Tha union membership will start to vote Saturday Jon the agreement. But a snag developed today when Harry Lundeberg, head of the AFL Sailors' Union of the Pacific, said: r ?j "The shipowners haven't settled anything as far as we are con-; cerned. We don't intend to go back i to work until the Pacific American s Steamship association and tho Waterfront Employers association I honor our agreements. j r f Not on Strike t Lundeberg's union has not been on strike onlyj idled by the strike j action of , other unions.-. But he I now has three demands: . 1. He Wants a guarantee that Harry Bridge's CIO longshoremen will not use a hew contract to in fringe sailors' cargo - working rights on coast-wise and Alaska ships 2. Wages. Under his contract, he wage review with the employers iif the CIO Marine Cooks and the Independent Marine Firemen get the raise they arm asking. . Asks Jurisdiction 3. Jurisdiction over the stewards department in the Alaska .trade. Lundeberg declared 600 members of the Cooks union have applied for membership in his Union and want him to contract for Alaska ships. Despite Lundeberg's inter- Jection, peace prospects were gen erally good, j Meetings will be held tomorrow between PASA negotiators and representatives: of the striking CIO Cooks and Stewards, the Inde pendent Firemen, and the CIO Radio Operators. The Marine En- gineers reached an agreement some time ago,! but it was contin- unions. Polio Victim Recent Guest OfVdleyKin A recent nationally-circulated ilephoto of a boy in an Iron lung ........ ,.,.nv,ntn f hnv in in iron lun I ' , . 9-year-old Johnny Turner who rri'""'" fP"1 "r .,"Zl in Amity ana j we siera i orougni .-user-W . rnt polio epidemic In Los Ange- I .... ! Tne picture was OI jonnny d- in nerved the traditional Thanks- ( giving turicey py nis motner, iwrs. George C. Turner, tne lormer An- gela Sundin of Salem who now i' is applying to her son the long ; training she received as a nurse. Johnny was seriously stricken now m reported recovering, ho spent nost of the summer at the Amityi ranch ofj Mrs. Harry Haw kins, an aunt and his mother s sis ter. His uncle is Lyman Sundin of Salem and another aunt, Mrs. Ed win C. Bechtold, the twin sister of his mother, resides in Portland. His grandmother is Mrs. : Julia Sundin of Salem. Severa ;s.ins and other relatives also reside in this area Sulem Workman Killed in Brawl PORTLAND, Nov. 2HVRirh- ard H. Wilson.! 48, Salem work man, died today of a skull frac ture, apparently inflicted In a tav ern brawl last night. Wilson was found lying in front of a tavern, after a street fight with an unidentified man. : - Wilson, a shovel operator for the Salem Sand and Gravel Co., lived part of the time in Portland and part in Salem, usually in ho Jj7 SHOPPN& DAYS CF7. TMAS SZALSI i , " fi