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The Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Sunday, December 19, 1948
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No. 240
Mpirgiro Talk
Few modern statesmen have had
the gift of prophecy'as strongly
as has Winston Churchill. In the
first world war he was first lord of
the admiralty, and as the war
clouds lowered in the summer of
1914 he adroitly massed the Brit
ish fleet in home waters. Between
the wars, as he noted German re
vival and rearmament, he became
a veritable Cassandra foretelling
doom unless Britain strengthened
its military arm, particularly its
air force. When his warnings were
tardily and scantily heeded and
the heavy blows fell which crush
ed France and the Low Countries,
Churchill was given the responsi
bilities of government. How he
rallied the British people, stood
alone against Hitler for over a
year, and conducted the negotia
tions which brought support from
the United States is history so
lately written as to be known by
all.
Now, out of power, he is only
a voice, but when he speaks the
world listens, especially when he
discusses international affairs. Ten
days ago in the course of an ad
dress in the commons he read a
letter which he had addressed to
Marshal Stalin, under date of
April 29, 1945. Its contents sound
now as though for a few moments
the veil of the future had been
drawn aside and Churchill given
opportunity to see what would
happen in the postwar years. Rare
ly indeed has a forecast proven so
accurate when events actually
transpired.
" What Churchill foresaw and
what he feared were the growth
of
(Continued on editorial page)
French Give
Berlin Village
To Russians
BERLIN, Sunday, Dec. 13-TjP)-The
British-licensed newspaper
Telegraf said today, the Russians
had requested the French to evac
uate the village of Stolpe, in the
French sector of Berlin, and that
the French had complied.
The report could not be con
firmed officially immediately.
The paper said Gen. Alexander
G. Kotkov, Soviet commandant
for Berlin, had addressed the re
quest to Gen. Jean GanevaL
French commander, last night.
Russian troops were reported
to have reoccupied the village,
which has a nnnulaHnn nf Hoi it
1,000.
The French were said to have
taken horses and cattle with them,
leaving what had been there when
they took over in 1945.
Stolpe was originally part of
the Russian occupation zone but
was incorporated in the French
sector of Berlin by agreement be
tween French and Soviet military
authorities in 1945.
The reported Russian request
was regarded here, if true, as
retaliatory action for demolition
by French engineers Thursday of
Soviet-controlled Berlin radio
towers.
Weatherman Falls
2 Stories While
Bannister-Sliding
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 1M
A weather bureau forecaster fell
two stories down a stairwell today
when he slipped , while sliding
down bannisters at the office.
Police said Arthur J. Rozette,
SO, Vancouver, Wash., had sue
eumbed to the temptation of the
slick, wide bannisters. He suffered
hip, back and possible internal in
juries. Rozette fell from a third floor
level to the first floor.
RIVER LOCKS TO OPEN
WEST LINN. Ore., Dec. 18-UP)
Locks on the Willamette river
here, closed by last week's flood,
will be reopened to river traffic
tomorrow morning.
Animal Crackers
By WARREN GOODRICH
"He used to be church
mouse."
Typhoon
Frees Old
Warship
By Douglas Lovelace
GUAM, Sunday, Dec. 19 (JP)
The ancient battleship Oregon,
pride of the United State in the
Spanish-American war, was back
in its berth today after an un
scheduled cruise without engines
or crew.
Here is the story of the grand
old lady who stirred the nation
with its dash around Cape Horn
the tip of South America in join
ing American naval forces off
Cuba in 1898:
The Oregon was brought here
during World War It to serve a
a breakwater for Apra Harbor,
the main one of Guam.
Lacking Superstructure
The Oregon, shorn of super
structure and her innards picked
clean, was called upon for one
last service to the nation when
peace came.
She was towed to Santa Rosa
reef, 30 miles southwest of Guam,
for use as a practice bombing tar
get. But someone, way up in the
navy chain command, decided this
was too ignominous a fate for such
a gallant old lady. Navy flyers
never were permitted to plaster
her with bombs.
The Oregon remained moored
on the reef, however until Nov.
13, when a typhoon struck.
Then about a week later some
one noticed that the Oregon was
no longer on the reef.
Sighted Old Ship
Early this month, the crew of a
navy privateer weather plane
sighted the battered old Oregon
drifting far southwest of Guam.
No one could do anything about
it then because another typhoon
boomed in. The Oregon was per
mitted to continue her ghost
cruise.
After the typhon passed, the
navy tug Matoca was sent out
from Guam to bring the wander
er home.
The tug caught up with the Ore
gon as it was about half-way to
the Philippines and brought the
gallant lady fback to Guam.
Now the Oregon has been se
cured to the dock so that there
will be no more unattended jaunts
for the old lady.
Kiggins to Start
Work Monday
Hobart Kiggins, one of the two
police officers recently exonerated
of political activities1 charges by
the civil service commission, will
report for his regular shift as a
plainclothesman Monday, it was
declared Saturday by Chief of
Police Frank Minto.
The chief said he had not been
contacted by the other reinstated
officer, Leland Weaver, but that
it was planned that Weaver, too,
would return to his regular day
shift although possibly not on the
motorcycle assignment he held
previously.
"It's all over as far as I am
concerned and we'll bury the
hatchet," Chief Minto said In
commenting on the civil service
commission's action in voiding the
men's discharges.
3 Rail Crew
Workers Killed
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 18 JP)
Three railroad track maintenance
workers were killed and 13 others
injured early tonight in a collision
of two small gasoline crew cars
east of here.
Multnomah county sheriff's
Capt. Gordon Auburn said the two
cars came together oh the Union
Pacific tracks in the Columbia
river gorge just east of Bonneville
dam.
The injured, many of them suf
fering leg and arm fractures,
were brought to Portland hospitals
in ambulances.
Board Asks Milk Control Law
Separated from State Bureau
The Oregon state board of agri
culture, at its semi-annual meet
ing in Salem, recommended that
administration of the Oregon milk
control law be separated from the
administration of the Oregon state
department of agriculture, it was
disclosed Saturday.
Board members stated that the
department of agriculture as ori
ginally constituted was not charg
ed with the functions of milk con
trol law enforcement and the
board has never regarded the fix
ing of milk prices and the policing
of milk distribution as a proper
function of the department. The
state department of agriculture
was created in 1931 and it was not
until 1943, at the suggestion of
the late Governor Shell, that the
legislature saw fit to transfer the
duties of the milk control board to
the department of agriculture, it
was pointed out.
Board members declared that
while the state department of agri
culture was created to give serv
ice to all of Oregon's agriculture,
their studies disclose that since
milk control law administration
has been added to the duties of the
State Police to End Period with
Invader 4
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, Dee. 18
Dr. Rafael A. Calderon Guar
dia, (above) leading Invasion
forces from Nicaragua Into
Costa Rica, reportedly has been
promised help from Nicaraguan
Dictator Anastasio Somoza.
Gnardia Is a former president
of Costa Rica. (Story on page 2.)
Dutch Bomb
Indonese City,
Start Invasion
BATAVIA, Java, Sunday, Dec.
19 -A.JP)- The republic of Indo
nesia said today Dutch airplanes
bombed Jogjakarta, the republi
can capital, today. Jogjakarta Is
in south central Java about 200
miles east of Batavia.
The republican government, in
an official radio statement, said
a Dutch invasion of Indonesian
territory began at dawn.
.An official Netherlands govern
ment communique issued in the
Hague last night said the Dutch
naa Siarxea ptmce bcuuii andinsi
what it called terrorist elements
in Indonesia.
The Indonesian radio announce
ment said Dutch amphibious for
ces had made a landing on the
north - central coast of Java. It
said Dutch planes, including two
engine B-25 medium bombers
were still attacking Jogjakarta
and an airfield more than four
hours after the military action be
gan. SINGAPORE, Sunday, Dec. 19
(JPy- A spokesman for the Neth
erlands consulate general told
newsmen today Dutch paratroop
ers have captured Neguve airfield
at Jogjakarta.
Weather
Max. Min. Precip
.. 35 20 .00
. 34 22 .00
55 41 .00
33 24 .22
. 35 29 trace
Salem
Portland
San Francisco
Chicago -
New York
Willamette river 7.S feet.
FORECAST (from U.S. weather bu
reau. McNary field. Salem : Cloudy
with rain this morning. Becoming part
ly cloudy this afternoon with show
ers. Warmer today. High today near j
43. Low tonight near 35
SALEM PRECIPITATION
(Sept. 1 to Dee. 19)
This Year
18.18
Last Year
18.14
Average
14.37
department there has been an im- ;
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being given other fields of agri
culture and even other segments
of the dairy industry not involved
in milk pricing controverties.
Such supervision of the pro
duction and sale of fluid milk
wilU insure the people of the state
healthful milk af reasonable prices
and at the same time protect the
dairy farmer in his efforts to main
tain production under exacting
standards, the board declared. Is
necessarily and properly the duty
of the state.
But they pointed out these duties
are highly technical and special
ized involving the conflicting in
terests of several segments of soc
iety and "unfortunately must be
administered under group pressure
and political stress."
It was declared the considered
opinion of the board that super
vision of the production, distribu
tion and sale of fluid milk can be
more efficiently administered by
a unit organized for this specific
purpose and implemented to carry
out the purposes of the milk con
trol law unencumbered by other
duties of state.
Maison to
Continue
Economy'
The state police department will
turn about $200,000 back to the
general fund at the close of the
current biennium June 30, H. G.
Maison, department superintend
ent, said Saturday.
In a report to Gov. John Hall,
Maison said the money will be left
over from the department budget
of $3,388,891 appropriated by the
1947 legislature- The report covers
a period from July 1, 1946, to June
30, 1948.
Maison said the return of this
money to the general fund is pos
sible despite the addition of more
than 50 men to the operating force,
rising prices of equipment and ma
terials, increased wages and new
services.
Of the total police appropriation
of the 1947 legislature $2,200,860
was earmarked for salaries and
wages, $864,724 for general, oper
ating and maintenance expense and
$273,307 for capital outlays.
"Prudence dictated caution
against over expansion," Maison
averred, "with the result we are
now in a very comfortable financi
al situation. It is our purpose to
continue strict economy where
such economy can be practiced
without impairment of service."
Maison's report showed that dur
ing the two-year period depart
ment operatives patroled 11,241,479
miles with 85,033 arrests. Of the
arrests 72,814 were for violations
of the motor vehicle and motor
transportation codes, 5,040 for of
senses against the game and com
mercial fisheries laws and 7,179 for
crimes defined by the panel code
as general law enforcement.
Taft to Fight to
Keep Top GOP
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j lOle 111 diaiC
WASHINGTON. Dec. 18 -JP)-Senator
Taft (R-Ohio) made it
clear today he will fight' to retain
a top role in forming senate re
publican policy in the new con
gress. At the same time, it become
known that veteran republican
members have bene discussing a
shift in leadership assignments.
Taft talked at a news confer
ence in which he also promised a
fight against outright repeal of the
Taft - Hartley labor law. He de
clined to say whether he will seek
a spot in the republican leader
ship lineup. But he added:
"I did not start any ideas of
stepping down or retiring as chair
man of the policy committee."
Cold Weather
Broken in State
The weatherman turned off the
cold and turned on the rain with
the promise of warmer, above
freezing temperatures for the Sa
lem area over the weekend. He
left open the possibility bf some
snow during early hours Sunday,
but said Salem was definitely due
for a break in the four-day cold
snap which had sent the mercury
to a winter low of 20 degrees
Saturday morning.
Salem wasn't the only cold spot
in the state, however. Portland re
corded its lowest mark of the year
Saturday with 21.7 degrees. Baker
was the state's coldest city with 1 1
below zero, and La Grande shiv-
1 I A ! 1 J W
rea in o oe.ow co.a. .ugene
matched Salem with 20. Other
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iu i uiiiui no wa it- vaj wvit;, a
Dalles 21, Roseburg 31, Tillamook
23. North Bend 28, Pendleton 10,
and Ontario 9.
MILD QUAKE IN CALIFORNIA
PASADENA, Calif., Dec. XB-iA3)-A
mild earthquake centered about
9Q miles from Los Angeles was
recorded today on the California
Institute of Technology seismog
raph. But there were no reports of
damage or that the quake was even
felt in inhabited communities.
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Sunday Comics
13 Med as
las!!: Wrecks
Gas Service
Imperilled to
1J50 Homes
ASTORIA, Dec. 18 -UPV- An
explosion partially wrecked the
Northwest Cities Gas company
plant today, blew one man into
Young's bay, and threatened to
curtail the gas supply in 1,150
Astoria homes.
Forrest Salisberry, 38, was res
cued from the water immediate
ly and taken to a hospital with
serious burns. Attendants said he
would recover.
The explosion blew off the roof.
scattered windows and bricks
for hundreds of feet around, de
stroyed three rooms, and re
sounded foor a two-mile radius
Two other men in the plant at
the time Foreman Charles
Macy and Albert Bennett es
caped harm. Macy's 12-year-old
daughter, Adeline, had been sent
home from the plant only a few
minutes before because workers
were having trouble with leak
ing caps.
One generator was expected to
be put back into service tonight,
and officials hoped that by doub
ling the output of that generator
they could keep the gas tanks
level. Enough gas was in storage
to keep householders supplied un
til about 10 o clock tonight.
Results Even
Beat the Ad!
Statesman want-ads bring re
sults that's admitted by those
who use them. And sometimes The
Statesman gets results without
waiting for the ad to appear.
That happened Saturday. A
lady's purse was picked up on the
street and brought to The States
men office to be advertised under
"Lost and Found." It contained
currency and a check in favor of
Mrs Rex Gibson of West Salem.
When called by phone Mrs. Gib
son said she hadn't lost her purse,
that she had had it just five min
utes before. When told about the
check, she said it must be hers
and would look for her purse.
Returning to the phone she re
ported it was gone, that she must
have laid It on the runmngboard
oi a car wnicn naa just caiiea ai
her house. It made the trip across
the bridge and dropped off on a
Salem street.
For quick results ... try The
Statesman.
SAYRE TO TESTIFY
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -VP)-Former
Assistant Secretary of
State Francis B. Sayre, his person
al secretary, and possibly six or
seven other witnesses will be
questioned by the house un-American
committee next week. Rep.
Mundt (R-S. D.), acting commit
tee chairman, announced after an
exchange of radiograms with
Sayre, who is returning from
France
PORTLAND JEWELRY THEFT
PORTLAND, Dec. IS-(JP) -Theft
of 260 unset semi-precious jewels
valued at $3,500 were reported
stolen today by Roy & Molin
jewelry store. Police said a clerk
had shown the stones to a man
and two women a short time be
fore. Special Statesman
Delivery to North
Marion County
Lateness of early morning
northbound trains and failure
to get paper bags on the ripht
trains delayed delivery of The
Statesman two days last week
to towns north of Salem on the
Southern Pacific.
It took the circulation de
partment considerable time and
many 'phone calls to locate the
cause of the trouble. The trains
have been running late because
of the heavy load of Christmas
maU and express.
Until trains are back to nor
mal operation The Statesman
will run a special motorcar de
livery north as far as Aurora.
We regret very much the in
convenience caused our sub
scribers by this Interruption in
regular service.
Ore flonC3talwiaai
as
Lower House of Oregon
Legislature 'Organized
Committees for Oregon's 1849
been arranged and the house "could start work tomorrow, it was
declared Saturday by Rep. Frank
clared to hold sufficient pledges
VanDyke and Sen. William
Walsh of Coos Bay, who appears
certain to be president of the state
senate, were in Salem Saturday
conferring with legislative lead
ers.
VanDyke said he was "very
hopeful" the legislative session
could end within 60 days (the 1947
session lasted 83 days; pay halts
at the end of the statutory SO
days).
"We want all groups interest
ed in legislation to have their bills
ready the first day, VanDyke
said, "including state boards and
agencies."
The 1949 session starts January
10. (Pictures of all houses are
on page 8 of section X of today's
Statesman).
Russ Agree to
Big 4 Austria
Treaty Talks
LONDON. Dec. 18 -UP)- Russia
agreed today to take part In a
new effort to write a peace treaty
for Austria.
The next move seemed to be up
to the United States, whose repre
sentative was acting as chairman
when the . last four-power meet
ings on the subject ended without
result.
All of the Big Four powers
the United States, Britain, France
and Russia have agreed now
that negotiations should be re
sumed.
The talks over Austria's future
broke down last May after weeks
of wrangling here among deputies
of the Big Four's foreign minis
ters. The big Issue was Yugoslavia's
demand for a big slice of southern
Austria plus millions of dollars of
reparations.
Russia supported Marshal Tito's
claims. The United States, Britain
I, France balked
Russia's recent coolness to Yu
goslavia probably inspired the
Austrian government to plead
anew on December 6 that the Big
Four countries make another try
on peace terms.
Belgium to Build
Huge Congo Base
BRUSSELS, Belgium, Dec. 18-(P-The
defense ministry of Bel
gium, an American ally in the pro
jected north Atlantic defense pact,
announced today that construction
of a huge military base will be
started in the Belgian Congo next
year.
The Belgian Congo at present is
the world's largest producer of Ur
anium ore used in development of
atomic energy.
Both Hall, McKay Preparing
Legislative Recommendations
Recommendations to the
1949 1
legislature are now being P-j "gjy, fn addition to empha
pared by both Governor-elect , slzinjjf finances, was expected to
Douglas McKay and Gov. John i comment at some length on re
Hall, the officials said Saturday, j cent reports of the 1947 legisla-
. . j tive interim committee created to
wnne tne exact naxure oi
message is unknown renaDie i
sources indicated ootn jcis.ay arm .
Hall will stress finances in their ,
messages.
Hall, according to reports, will
suggest elimination of all un
necessary governmental expenses,
but a substantial raise in wages
for state department workers as
recommended by the state civil
service commission.
Governor Hall pointed out re
cently that the $20 a month
emergency salary and wage in
crease for state employes, approv
ed by the state board of control
and state emergency board, ex
pires on December 31 of this year.
The civil service commission
has recommended to the state
budget director a $30 a month
salary and wage increase for state
workers. Including the $20 a
Budget
on ses Collide Inn Midh
Plaint aft Asfteo-Da'
house of representatives all have
VanDyke of Med ford, who is de
to assure himself the speakership,
4 Buildings Burn
In Business Area
Of Forest Grove
FOREST GROVE, Dec. 19.
(Sunday WAVA fire in the bu
siness section of this city early
today destroyed four store build
ings and threatened an entire
block before being grought un
der control
Flames rotted the Kunte Meat
Market, Miller's hardware, and
two groceries -known as Ray Gllt
ner's and Harney's markets. An
hour after the blaze was discov
ered in the meat market flames
were still threatening a iarge
frame structure in the center of
the block, but firemen believe
they were winning their fight at
1 a. m. today.
Damage to the four buildings
destroyed was estimated at 1250,
00.
Dallas-Couple
Hurt in Wreck
Two Dallas residents were In
the Salem General hospital Sun
day morning following an auto
mobile accident just west of the
Bonneville substation on the Dal
las-Salem highway.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry D. Stevens,
sr., Dallas route 2, were injured
when their car apparently went
off the road, sheared a telephone
pole and turned over in a field.
Mrs. Stevens was pinned in the
car. She suffered possible inter
nal Injuries and a severe cut on
the right leg. Stevens suffered
slight injuries when thrown clear
of the car.
State police said the accident
occurred about 11:45 p.m. Sat
urday when the Stevens were re
turning to their home near Dallas.
Detroit Hotel
Operator Fined
Burdette Younge and Margaret
Haich, operator and employe re
spectively of the Detroit hotel,
were fined $150 each in Marion
county district court Saturday on
charges of selling liquor illegally
at the hotel November 26.
The pair were arrested by state
liquor control agents after the in
vestigators bought a bottle at the
hotel. Judge Joseph Felton remit
ted $100 of Miss Hatch's fine.
MAY TO HEAD CANCER DRIVE
PORTLAND, Dec. 18-;P)-Wal
ter W. R. May, publisher of the
Oregon City Enterprise, was
named state chairman of next
year's cancer campaign today.
month increase rise now In ope-
gtudy state highway development.
of wnich he was one of the orig-
inal members, important recom
mendations of the committee, at
ready released. Include an In
crease of one cent a gallon in
the state gasoline rtax and in
crease oof the motor vehicle reg
istration fee from $5 to $10 a year.
A number of proposed new
bills for the 1949 legislature, all
considered controversial, have
been mentioned here during the
past few days.
Included are bills which would
repeal the 1947 legislative act cre
ating the Oregon Vocational school
at Klamath Falls; ask repeal of
the entire milk control setup
which is now a part of the state
agricultural department; re-establish
the state milk control board;
and eliminate the state aeronau
tics board.
Surplus
44 Injured in
J 1-4 !
Wreck West of
Salt Lake City
DELLE, Utah. Dec. k-iJP-The
flaming crash of two Burlington '
Trailways buses on a snow-bordered
higway in desolate western
Utah killed 13 persons today and
injured 44 others. j
Bodies of 12 victims were jaken
from the burning wreckage! An
other died at a hospital several
hours later. i '
Identification of the victims,!
many of the bodies charred be
yond recognition, was difficult.
Burlington officials said the
eastbound bus carried the driver
and 37 passengers. Eighteen and a
driver were aboard the westbound'
bus. Some were hurt only slightly.
The accident occurred 63 milea
west of Salt Lake City.
State Highway Trooper John FV.
Ross of Ogden, assigned to assist
in the investigation, said the burn-'
ed wreckage of the two buses was
so intermingled it was difficult to
determine just what happened.
He and County Attorney A.
Pharis Johnson said they had in
formation from two witnesses that
a third car was involved, but es
caped damage. i j
Both officers said the witnesses,
told them the westbound bus start
ed to pass the car, skidded,', then
collided with the eaatboun bus.
Salem Homes
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Without Water
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As Main Bursts
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About 100 Salem homes :wera
cut off from their water supply'
for more than four hours Satur
day morning when a 14-inch wat
er main ruptured beneath f Mill
street
streets.
between 14th
and HSth
The break In the cast Iron pi pa
sent water pouring into yards of :
several nearby residences ii and
buckled about 50 feet of paving
The street was flooded for about
30 minutes. ! f t
Service was restored about r
noon when city water depart--:
ment crews valved around the
break. The pipe was replaced by
p.m. no estimate was made on
damage to the street.1 g
The break was noticed first by (
Earl Strain, 1435 Mill St., shortly
before 8 a.m. He notified the wa- ?
ter department immediately and
crews were rushed to the scene, i
When the workers arrived the f
gushing water had lifted two sec-i
tions of pavement and flooded
the street. I s .
The crews immediately shut off ;
master valve controlling water
mains in the area.1 The water ,
flowed away within a few min;
utes and workmen began to make
repairs. Bus service I over si Mill -f
street was detoured to nearby,'
street until afternoonJ ,
Marion Forks Reports
48 Inches of Solid Snow '
! 1
MARION FORKS, Dec. 1
Forty - eight inches of snow here
is now solid in the present freez
ing temperatures, with just a ski ft
of snow on top. This is considered
an unusual amount of enow for so i
early in December. j i
RUSS. FINNS SIGN TREATY
LONDON, Dec. 18 -JTY-i The '
Moscow radio said tonight Russia t
nd Finland have signed a : new ;
greement for the "mutual;! ex- 1
change of commodities' during ;
1949. The broadcast, heard in Lon-
don, said the agreement waa Sign-' I
ed yesterday. j '
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