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f i fjjfh StattTTin' Solam, Oregon! 'TastsdaT, Janaarr 1L i949 sgalizing of Non Pinballs Sought Council Defers Gambling Salem; tions Manv Ac J i (Story also on page 1) ..-,!. . A bill to legalize non-gambling pinball machines In Salem drop ped quietly into the Salem city council proceedings Monday night, in The midst of a furore over proposed license fee raises and new licen- '-es for certain business operations. - .... . Most ofthe license bills, up for final disposition, were tabled wh council sentiment swerved toward an occupations tax system. but meanwhile Alderman Thom- Armstromt introduced a new bill as substitute lor tne music box licensing proposal which had drawn his stiff est opposition. Armstrong's bill, given only an Initial title, reading Monday, would license coin-operated am usement devices at an annual fee of $100 each for the first 10 ma chines and $10 for each addition al machine in any one establish ment. His bill sets a music box fee of $10 annually instead of $60 as proposed in tabled bill, or $20 If more than one com slot oper ates the same machine, instead of the other bill's proposed addition al fee of $8 for each added coin slot. The Armstrong bill also licen ses vending machines at $25 for the first machine and $1 for each additional vending machine. Only fee bill to see final action. In amended form, is the parking permit bill which was passed with fee raise of from $2 to $5 an miaiiv for each delivery vehicle obtaining such a permit for spe cial parking privileges. City Man ager J. , Tranzen had proposed n (n after expressing the be lief that-manv of the city's 400 permits Last year were abused and tne higner iee mignfr jtuu mm abuse. Discrimination Alleged Discrimination was charged by Siipm business men in a hearing of the fee proposals " T?atnh Nrihl?ren. representing Sa- iom Rpctanrant association, ob- td to flat fees aeainst all res taiirant of $25. reeardless of res taurant size. dIus additional $1 fee for soft drink dispensing. He ui(i restaurants were being sin gled out, among a few other bus inesses, for high feet while other kucinMCM were not: licensed ana food handlers like meat markets nnW a 15 annual fee Tnm wwi lnoai nurKDin alleys 4v r ri w operator, said the ,fee proposal made no : aisuncuoq o e i w and tenDin alleys and mitaH a hardshin on such rec reational places where music box es and lunch counters iwmco would require fee payments) are inirintai nrovided only to ac- init houlins customers. wi 111 " ; Other city council aeveiopmenis last night: ? i iumi lluriiir Kt uosrind w mailed for January 24 on Salem airport i improvement plans after Alderman Anasuvus, im-mar ivuinril airoort. chair man, complained that airport us ers were hot satisfied with the city's approach to its master plan of improvement. f rVffnnlatnts of Still-h IDCiQC Christmas decorations on down town streets resulted in an order kA mrianrit and other decor uiab w-. j. .w . a tions be taken down immediately. Turt mno rhanees adopted per mit erection of new! Shell service t Market I and Capitol ,.. .nd hiiinesa develooment of property on the j west side of (.th r.nmmercial Street at Oak street. . j Butter Prices Cut Rnttorfat nriees IdroDDed two cents Monday in Salem with pre mium listed at 70 cents, number 1 at 68 and number ;2 at 62 cents. Wholesale butter f prices were down to 72 cents a pound and re tail to n cents. f B0 Official O. H. L., ICE HOCKEY j Wed Jan. 12, 8:30 P. M. I .: SALEII HOmiETS EUGEIIE RED T7INGS . Reserve Seat Tickets - $1.00 On Sale at Howard Maple's Sporting Goods SALEM ICE AHEIIA ATTENTION Dancing Enthusiasts Thawing Attempt Almost Too Good An attempt by Mrs. R. Wll kins. 1019 Mill st, to thaw oat the plumbing La her chilly bath room, was more than a complete fallaro Monday evenln. Mrs. Wllkins sUrted a small bonfire to mejt the Ice in cold water pipes in the room and the fir blazed oat of control, said city firemen who extinguished the blase after ltlhad done only minor damage. Despite the fire, however, the pipes remained frosen. Fuel Shortage Closes Dallas School for Day r AT.T.AS Or. Jan. 10-( Speci al )-Sawdust fa el shortage caused dismissal of students at Dallas innior hlrfi school today, but class- OB. - ' es will definitely De resumejn Tuesday morning. J. Marion O' Brien, principal, announced to night. Approximately 385 students in the 5th. to 8th grades were sent home at opening bell when class room temperatures were down to 45 degrees. The emergency arose Friday when regular . sources of sawdust fuel were unable to fill orders. Seasonal closing of mills in the area has created the short- "The students werejtold to re turn to classes Tuesday unless they had learned otherwise from press or radio." O'Brien said. "When I left the building at 5 o'clock the room temperatures were back to 60 degrees. The jan itor is going to remain all night to keep stoking the furnace to try and hold the temperature at 60 degrees. We expect the tempera ture to rise rapidly when students arrive and fill the roams. While the sawdust we were able to find is not the best we think we can et by " . . . F. E. Whitworth, supnntendent of Dallas schools, said he believed it was the first time that weather had influenced normal operation of Junior and senior high schools since a silver thaw early in 1&42 interrupted all classes for several days. British Won't Make Protest . LONDON, Jan. 10 -JP- Britain will continue massing military for ces within easy reach of Israel Hut will make no Drotest to the TTnitad Natrons concerning the shooting down of five RAF planes by the Israelis, British diplomats tnnloht A Jewish informant In Tel Aviv said Israel plans to accuse unwin Hfnr the U.N. of violating the Palestine truce. Israeli authorities also will charge that Britain nas made large-scale arms shipments to the Egyptians, the source said. Knapp Heads Scout Council; Given at Annual Mei Chemawa Budgeted For $93,000 Work WASHINGTON.ifan. 10 - UP) - The government's Indian affairs will cost $59,001,520 for the fiscal vo- Kcfinninf Jul v 1 if congress okehs President Truman's budget DroDosals. Th Iridian bureau's building nmifrim inritides construction a i -------- - c,l.m tne uiemawa uiuui Orevto cos $93,000. Rabelais is credited with prepar ing the first almanac in 1533. for Dancing for Everyone Special for High School Students and Adults. It's -easy and fun to learn new waltz,' fox trots, wo steps, rhumba, schottisches and sambas, the Armstrong way. High School Beginners Class Wed., 8:30 F. M. High School Advanced Class Wed., 7:38 M. Adolto Beginners Class Jhura-, ? J- J? AdnlU Advanced Class Tnurs, 8:30 P. M. Also new classes now being formed In Tap Ballet Panl Araslrong School of Dancing . 19tt Mission Street Chapter Notes Busy December Marion pountr chaDter of Am Hran Reri Cross nanOiea cases and gave loans and grants of $1,024.57 during the month of De cember, it was reported! .Monday ax the monthly meeting in the offices nf rharles HuffginS. James Wiles, first aid commit tee chairman, reported progress of plans to renew first aid classes in thearear. Persons interested in at tending are asked, to call the coun Th maioritv of cases and funds handled by the county chapter were veterans and dependents of servicemen, tne ea cross rrpon led. Three silver beaver awards and seven Eagle badges were presented Sunday at the annual dinner-meeting of the Cascade area Boy Scout council which also saw Gardner Knapp of Salem installed as 1949 Preesilver beavers are the highest awards made to adult scouters w th eouricil for "distinguished service to boyhood." Eagle is the highest scout rank. They climaxed 1 the Sunday afternoon and night sessions of the council in Salem Chamber of Commerce rooms. Silver beavers' went to John Rhodes. Salem, scoutmaster of troop 12 and a state highway de partment employe; John Eskeld son, a Lebanon accountant and neighborhood commissioner, and Clarke A. Lethin, Salem telephone company employe and past deputy council commissioner and now camping activities chairman. These awards were presented by Hollis Smith, Dallas, retiring coun cil president. L. A. White, Albany, advance ment chairman, presented the Eagle badges to Gordon Morris, troop 11, and Mervin Brokke, troop 9, both of Salem; and Jack Loftis, David Loftis, Richard Reit zenstein, George Strozut. jr.tand Rudy WeUbrock, all oi xiayesviiie troop 20. Officers Named Other 1949 council oxiicers .istoH ;tindav in addition to Knapp include Dr. T. W. iani mtmm Alhanv: RavGlatt, Wood- hum and Lawrence Spraker, tnn all vied Presidents: W. L. Phillips, sr Salem, treasurer; Robert Lantz, Woodburn, com missioner: Norman Frees, Salem, deputy commissioner; ioya iw Salem, auditor, and Albert Ep oerly. Albany, long range plan chairman. For completing a scout leaders three-year training program, cmt.Mr' Icpvs were awarded to Scoutmasters Robert Batdorf, Sa lem troop 3; D. L. St. John, uer vais 54; Perry Williams, Woodburn 53, and Charles C. Davis, Silver- ton 61, and to ljetnin. Ecouier s awards went to George Strozut and Lou Amort, both of Salem. Hed Committees President Knapp announced council committee chairmen to in clude Lethin, camping; R. I Elf strom, finance; Forrest Donkin, or ganization and extension; iewara Reese, leadership training, all of Salem, and L. A. White, advance ment, and Otto Adoll, uauas, health and safety. The sr-outers named Gov. Doug las McKay as an honorary Cascade council and national council mem ber. Knapp, Phillips and Glatt were named to represent the coun cil on the national council. A new council executive board for 1949 includes Ed Cardwell and White, Calapooya district; F. M. Fourette, Marion; Patrick Mc Laughlin, Silver Falls; E. P. Op pliger, Smith and Adolf, Polk, and Dayle Burres, Ellstrom, iteese Donkin and Lethin, Cherry City (Salem) district. In the veterans awards cere mony David White, baiem, and Williams, earned 10-year pins, and Theodore Roake and Frees. both of Salem, were given 25 -year pins. Dr. R. D. Greez. dean of the college of liberal arts at Willam ette university, spoke on the ideals and aims of scouting in the main address. Annroximatelv220 adult scouters and their wives attended the dinner Sunday. ft ft VtLif--J Ways I I A pair of slas . . . the invigorating J Pi r rfi I I I I mountain sir'. .. the thrill of the mowy ' I I I slopes ... then back to the lodge for f I 1 r ill I I 4" I I- dinner and a glass of light; Olympia. j 11 l'f Jf) V 11 II These are among the good 1 1 ' f 1. V I I II things of life. ' U (jf 11 1 "It th Water f feSS 1 1 OtfarlA IWIMO tOMMl OITAriA. VASBIMOTOM. ..- Rivier Freezes At Lebanon; Schools Shut LEBANON, Jan. 10 -(Special) The South Santiam river froze over completely at LeDanon 10- day, as did the Albany-Lebanon canal here. . Cold weather also drove local thermometers to 3 above zero early this morning and put a hea vy chiU into many a local home, Hsrt nt sawdust for heating. While many Lebanon residents .t.t..l nrnnwrt of MW liW- dust supplies was considered sum for the immediate future. Santiam and Queen Anne grade 07rtVr-1 Si rislVo nnW a dav's supply of sawdust left, so are expected n tv inl after tomorrow. The ntKw trr-Am crhnol and the local high school are heated by oil and in no danger of heating failure. Outside Lebanon other schools mr, hauinff weather -troubles. Al ri.aHv dosed is the Waterloo .rhnnl with frozen water pipes and sawdust shortage the reasons. Detroit Dam One of Top Jobs In Budget for NW Projects todar nrooosed rail for expenditure of more than $226,000,000. cau ior eApciiu.i- . rrA rontrol and river and bar- tStSSSSSSZ SSi 15b. and wm Mo-tMUi . included in tne pian. Larceny Qiarged in Arrest of Local Man Warren Harrison Powelson. 3155 Lynn ave., was held in the Marion county jail Monday night in lieu of $5,000 bail on a charge of lar ceny by emblezzement. Powelson was arrested by De puty Merle R. Wood after a war rant had been issued in Polk coun ty. The big bulk of the wore, as outlined in the president s Duagei for the year beginning next July 1, would be concentrated in the Columbia river basin. But big as the program was, it was quickly criticized by a num ber of northwestern congressmen as being too small inveral par ticulars. , . Specific expenditures in xne president's budget included: Reclamation: Oregon Des chutes, $1,368,000; Klamath, $1, 000.000. w Flood control: Oregon Cottage Grove reservoir, $140,000; Detroit reservoir, $11,300,000; Dorena res ervoir; $2,925,000; Fern Ridge res ervoir $208,000; Lookout Point reservoir, $11,000,000; Milton Freewater reservoir, $710,000; Willamette river, $500,000. Rivers and harbors: Oregon Bonneville locks and dam $1,500, 000; Columbia and lower Willam ette, $161,800; Coos Bay, $1,000, 000; McNary locks and dam $40, 000,000; Yaquina bay and harbor, $35,000. Court Rejects Plea to Stop Commie Trial WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 - P) - The supreme court refused today to halt the impending trial oi iz top communist party officials on harnx of consniring to advocate overthrow of the government. The 12 men are memDers oi in national committee of the com munist party of the United States. They face trial beginning in New York federal court next Monday. Th nckori the hi eh court last Friday to step in and cancel their indictments because tney aeciareu they are to be tried before "a ver iHkia fonvirtion machine." They charged also that Judge Harold R. Medina, assigned to preside, is di- nA1 on4 nro iurlirori affainst them. oacu onu f J - c The supreme court dismisseu. both contentions without comment. .Valley. : Obituaries Flisaheth Kaaer Silverton Elizabeth Kaser died Mondar at her home at 830 Madi son st. She had been a resident of Silverton for the past 55 years. Mrs. Kaser was born in Switz erland, June 10, 1862. She was the widow or sam Kaser oi 2uverxon. Survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Ella Becker, woodburn, and Dro thers and sisters in Switzerland. Funoral cervices will be Wednes day at 2 p. m. in Christian Apos- tone churcn and ounai in uer.v prnvon distriet with the Rev. H. Kuenzi officiating Please omit flowers. The Ekman lunerai par lor is in cnarge. ENDS TONIGHT! "Tap RooU" "Bir Town Scaadar TOMORROW! 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