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1-The Statesman. Salem. Oregon,' Thursday. Janaary 20, 1949 Navy Requests Airport Rent Cut to $2,000 The U. S. navy hopes to rent Salem municipal airport facilities for considerably less than the city's offer of $3,600 annually, it devel oped Wednesday after navy offi cials conferred here with Mayor R. L. Elfstrom and City Manager J. L. Franzen. Elfstrom said the navy indicated It could pay only $2,000 annually but would not need all the facili ties in the city's offer. Under the city plan the large hangar and related facilities on the east side of- the airport would be rented to the navy for its air re serve training program recently approved for location in Salem. The navy's counter-offer is due for an airing at the city council meeting Monday night in city hall, according to Mayor Elfstrom. This matter will coincide with an already-called public hearing on the citys master plan for airport development. Aldermen reported at the last council meeting that some opposition has arisen from airport business men. It is expected that John Hughes will be among those appearing to oppose parts of the city plan. Hughes is now operating an air service in the hangar which the city proposes to rent to the navy. The city plan includes grouping of commercial operators and city ad ministration on the west side of the airport. Taft Accused Of Planning to Use Filibuster WASHINGTON. Jan. 19 Senator Pepper (D-Fla.) today angrily accused Senator Taft (It Ohio) of resorting to filibuster tac tics to block repeal of the Taft Hartley law. -He won't get away with it," Pepper declared. The Pepper-Taft row got start ed yesterday at a senate labor committee meeting. Pepper told the committee that on Friday ne will move to send to the senate floor right away, with out hearings, a bill to repeal the Taft-Hartley law and restore the old Wagner Act. Taft, a co-author of the Taftr Hartley measure, retorted that if Pepper carries out his plan, he (Taft) will offer "one by one" a long series of amendments design ed to delay action on the motion. Taft estimated it would take at least a couple of weeks for the committee to complete debate on his amendments. Navy to Station 8 Planes Here A total of eight planes will probably be stationed here when the proposed naval air reserve base is established in Salem in the near future, members of the local naval reserve unit were told t a meeting Wednesday night. The group received a letter Wednesday from the chief of naval operations in Washington, D. C. recommending "a permanent operating type air reserve base" here aijld specifying the type of planes. They include four SNJ train ers, two F6F navy fighters and two SNB twin-engined advance trainers. A permanent staff con sisting of two flight officers and 24 enlisted men also is recom mended to operate the base. SHS Students Get Holiday Friday Salem senjor high school stu dents will not attend school Fri day, as all Marion county schools end the first half semester of the current school year. Studies, however, will continue in all other elerwentary, junior and senior high schools in Salem and over the county, school officials re ported. Although students at the Salem senior high receive a holi day Friday, teachers will attend school as usual on that day. STARTING Sunday High! Vic Disiad And His Orchestra 5 - Ariisis - 5 Direct From Cal-Ore Club lit Finest Sea Food Steak & Chicken Dinners Soil Conservation Area iVote Due at Silverton Armonv Final date of the referendum for voting on the creation of Sil ver Creek soil conservation dist rict has j been set 1 for Saturday, January 22. at the Silverton arm ory. Landowners may vote be tween 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. or an absentee ballot may be mailed in time to be placed in the ballot box bySaturday. j The district, when organized will irtclude part of Silverton Hills. Waldo Hills and Union Hills. The program will irtclude prevention and control of soil erosion; and conservation of soil and soil i resources through proper crop rotation, pasture 'and forage improvement maintenance of soil fertility. Truck Strikes Seliool Bus, Driver Shaken Children in a Satem school bus escaped I injury Wednesday morn ing when the bus was struck a glancing blow by a truck-trailer loaded with power transformers. The accident occurred about 8:15 a.m. on highway 99 E at Fabry road, west of Pringle and caused injuries only to the bus driver. The trailer turned on its side and dumped its load at the edge of theihighway. It had not re sumed its trip late Wednesday af ternoon. The school bus, driven by Mayes Simpson, Silverton, who suffered scratches and a headache, had picked up seven children to take to Pringle grade school. It was go ing north on the highway and started to turn west, Ralph Sey mour, Portland, driver of the Con solidated Freightways truck, also northbound, said he did not see the signal from the bus and started to pass. It ws reported .that the truck hit the rear of the pus, skidded on the icy: road as the bus tried to pull out of the truck's way and hit the'school vehicle again along the side, which was extensively damaged. A relief bus finished the route, but the- vehicle was able to move away under its own power. Blizzards Flail Central U.S. By th Associated Press Bluster-happy winter flailed the western part qf the nation with blizzards, floods and a bitter cold wave Wednesday and raked some eastern sections with destructive winds. : One of the worst storms- of the season spread over Montana and the Dakotas. The storm brought blizzard conditions and biting cold. The Kansas City area was bur ied under an eight inch snow blan ket. The coldest weather of the year overspread much of the midwest. Chicago, which has escaped severe cold so far this season, was warn ed to expect an overnight mini mum of zero to fiye below. Winds of hurricane force un roofed buildings, smashed win dows and ripped down power and telephone lines in Flint, Mich., area. ; Reel Cross Seeks Elirier Lee Helms Marlon county chapter, Amer ican Red Cross. Wednesday began trying ; to locate an Elmer Lee Helms 45, a mechanic believed to be in the Salem area. The Red Cross offices had; information of serious illness in Helms' family. Anyone with information as to the man's whereabouts was asked to call the Red Cross at 2-3666. Radio Prograni Aire Legislature Problems Second broadcast in a series con cerning state legislature problems will be aired Saturday. January 22, over radio station KEX begin ning at 7:30 p.m. " Lawson McCall; station news caster, will interview Sen. Richard L. Neuberger of Portland on fair employment legislation. The week ly program will continue through out the session. Free Teen Age Dance Fri. Jan. 21 Glenwootl Woodry's Orchestra ! SALEM ATHLETIC CLUB (Formerly Winona Chalet) Two MUes West of Wst Salem Bridae on the-Dallas-Salem High way 1 The Finest Food in the Willamette Valley JACK SCOTT, CHEF Delicious Pan Fried Chicken Choice Steer Beef Scrvory Italian Food "Smorgasbord Featured On Tuesday and Friday Nights' Lunches Are Now Being Served From 11:30 to 2:30 Public Cordially Invited f AL SCHUSS, Owner Pupils at Richmond Plan for March of Dimes :J liil - In t. TT ft hih ' Ji M Plans for their own campaign to support the March of Dimes are made by the Junior Red Cross council of Richmond school, shown above in session Wednesday. Each class elects its representative to the council which In turn reports to the student conncil. Seated above, beginning at lower left and going clockwise around the table are. Mary Mitchell, 4th grade; Janice Roseler. 5th; Sharlee Scott, 5th and 6th; Barbara Holloway, 3rd; Mary Swegart, supervising teacher; Lester Reese, 6th; Dianne Amundson. 1st and 2nd; Carole Epperly. 2nd; Ted Olsen, 3rd and 4th. and Ann Mohler, 1st. "March of Dimes" for these youngsters and for citizens of Salem and through out the nation is the slogan for the annual fund raising efforts in behalf of the national foundation for infantile paralysis, which are e now in progress. (Statesman photo.) Lt. Governor Bill Debated By Legislators Pros and cons on the need of Oregon for a lieutenant-governor were aired Wednesday night be fore the senate elections and priv ileges committee Sen. Richard L. Neuberger and Sen. Robert Holmes, sponsor and co-sponsor of a bill which would create the office of lieutenant governor, argued for the act which proposes a $4, R00 annual salary for the new official. They said the successor to Ore gon's governor should be elected by the people and not y the 30 members of the senate. Sen. Thomas B. Mahoney also spon sored a bill which would make the Meutenant-governor executive as sistant and budget officer for the governor when not in the legisla tive session. F. H. Young, manager of the Oregon Business and Tax Re search, a private organization, said a lieutenant-governor would be "a fifth-wheel unless given a job to do. He Indicated however, he would support a bill which would team the candidates for governor and lieutenant-governor. Hungry Geese Receive Food PERRYDALE A truck load of 260 sacks of grain and screen ings was dumped into the Bob Mitchell duck lake recently as feed for a flock of from 300 to 400 Canadian geese which had congregated there. The feed was donated by Burlingham & Meeker and Amity Cooperative ware house, aided financially by Dr. William Kerr, Dr. L. Revis and Dr. John Manning of McMinn ville. Alex Cellers of Bucannan-Cel-lers of McMinnville was instru mental in having two tons of grain put in the Glen Martin duck lake at McCoy, also. Cities Ask Right to Btiv Of f-Sireet Parking Areas PORTLAND. Jan. 19-P-A bill to permit Portland and other Ore gon cities to acquire property for use of off-thc-street parking. i ahnv or hlnw prminH itt hine ; prepared by the city for actionby the state legislature. Mayor Dorothy McCullough Lee said the bill, with some modifica tions, would be the same as one she submitted to the legislature two years ago. its, MuUtU- ' Grange Visitation Held at West Salem WEST SALEM, Jan. 19 West Salem grange visitation night was held Tuesday at the city hall with granges from Oak Grove, Fort Hill, Rickreall and Brush College participating. The program Included violin and piano numbers by Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Newberry, vocal se lections by Marcella" Tanbrum, pictures of their trip to Yellow stone and Crater lake by Mr. and Mrs. Floyd White and talks by masters of the various granges and Carlton Brown, Pomona mas ter. Instructions in drill work were given by George Mason and Mrs. Lydia Wirff. First Christian Church to Start New Building Plans to begin "immediate" con struction of a new First Christian church was announced Wednesday night by the Rev. Dudley Strain, pastor. The" congregation, at a meeting last night instructed the church board of trustees to negotiate a contract with E. E. Batterman, lo cal contractor, on a fixed-fee basis. It is hoped to have the new church completed within a year. Estimated cost of the structure is set at $350,000, the Rev. Strain said. Of Norman-English design the L-shaped structure is 160 by 138 feet. It will be built at North Cottage and Marion streets. The church is currently located at High and Center streets. A finance committee also was appointed Wednesday the Rev. Mr. Strain revealed. It consists of J. C. Perry, chairman, and Roland Wirt, Carlton Greider, Mrs. Hollis Hun tington and Mrs. Monroe Cheek. Pacific, U.O. Win Speech Contest PORTLAND, Jan. 19-()-Pacific college and University of Oregon entries captured top honors tonight in the after dinner speaking con test of the Intercollegiate Forensic Association of Oregon. Priscella Doble, of Pacific col lege, won the women's division and Kelly Farris. University of Oregon, the men's title. Other winners: Women 2, Dor othy Orr, Oregon; 3, Barbara Le nient, Linfield; men 2. Kenneth Bates, Linfield; 3, Hugh Ellings- worth, Pacific university. Mediator Proposes Palestine Compromise RHODES, Jan. 19-CP)-An au thoritative source said tonight Dr. Ralph Bunche, acting United Na tions mediator, has submitted to Israel and Esypt the first draft of a compcomise on the disputed Negev. The compromise brings together divergent Israeli and Egyptian viewpoints on that strategic desert area of southern Palestine, the in formant said. 1 Tasty. Tangy Ocean Fresh CRAB Cockiail At Your Favorite Tavern Try One Today A : LEHI'IAH'S Seafood 2605 Portland Rd. Ph. 2-6443 1 lT7nC n r 1 llfM Movie Stars Provide Show For Truman (Story also on page 1) WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 -7P) President Truman chuckled at the quips of Hollywood stars at a glittering inaugural eve gala to night with the pollsters and Thomas E. Dewey the top gag themes. Mr. Truman received a stand ing cheer of several minutes from the crowd of more than 5,000 persons who managed to get scarce seats in the national guard armory. The event lasted three and a half hours. The president stayed to the end. Mr. Truman, smiling broadly, held up his right hand in open fingered salute as he stood in the center balcony box overlooking the huge flooodlit stage. Batteries of television cameras carried the spectacle over networks througn the east and as far west as St. Louis. Stars of stage, screen, radio television and smoky night clubs assembled in Washington's arm ory to stage an awesome melange of entertainment that ranged from a symphony orchestra to wise cracks by Abbott and Costello. Sweet music was discoursed by Phil Spitalny's all-girl orchestra, Lionel Hampton, Jane Froman, the national symphony orchestra, Lena Home, the army, navy, air force and marine corps bands, a 11 5-voice barber shop glee club and lots of other people. Gene Kelly introduced more people than even George Jessel. Kelly presented Lum and Abner, Kay Starr, Margaret O'Brien, Dick Haymes and Edgar Bergen. Bergen introduced Mortimer Snerri. The inaugural ball will be held in the same armory tomorrow night, if they can get the joint cleaned up by then. Rotarians Hear Public Health Talk Basic principles of public health were outlined to Salem Rotary club Wednesday noon in the Mar ion hotel by Dr. John Kohl, direc tor of Washington state health de partment. Dr. Kohl urged that more ex tensive use be made of scientific knowledge in health matters. He gave as an example the estimate that cancer control could be one third more effective if informa tion about control of cancer were applied by the public. LEGION POST TO MEET WEST SALEM Jan. 19 King wood post 81, American Legion, will have its regular meeting at 8 p.m. Thursday in the post hall. Shopping (eft a bom? f815?ft ! lf The Cafeteria of Reaf Estate SMpsd I The Modern Real Estate "Store" jlv JT 'i All lietings ere clearly diaplayed. LW SALEM REALETERIA ' C KILGORE REAL ESTATE 425 S. 12th Ph. 3-1855 WHY DON'T YOU DRIVE OUT TO ERICKSON SUPER MARKET BEYOND THE UNDERPASS, TO SEE OUR ROBOT SALESMAN. HE CANT EVEN TALK, BUT HE DISPLAYS SOME WON DERFUL BARGAINS. Chiang's Party Approves Plan For Cease Fire NANKING, Thursday, Jan. 20 (JPj-The powerful central political council of the kuomintang (gov erning party) today confirmed the Chinese cabinet request for a ceasefire and a negotiated peace in the civil war. The council's action gives the governing party's support to the executive Yuan's proposal for mally made Tuesday but any im plentation still must come from President Chiang Kai-shek. Chiang did not attend the council meeting, at which he was scheduled to preside. Party leaders had asked Chiang to preside at the session which was called for the express purpose of making a decision on the question of peace with the communists. Information coming from the closely guarded session said a majority of the committeemen were supporting Premier Sun Fo and the remainder of the cabinet in asking a "quick end to the war. SHANGHAI, Thursday, Jan. 20 (-General peace terms which may end the war in north China, and turn Peiping over to the reds, have been accepted in principle by both sides but not yet imple mented. Associated Press correspondent Spencer Moosa managed to ob tain terms of the agreement. He got them out of Peiping secretly in a message to the Shanghai bu reau but he warned: "Remember, in China things never quite work out as planned. There might be some modifications." The terms, as relayed by Moosa, provide for turning over both Pei ping and Kweisui to the reds and removal of the government's north China commander, Gen. Fu Tso Yi, from the communists' "war criminal" list. H. John Hansen Appointed Polk County Agent DALLAS, Jan. 19 H. John Hansen, Linn county 4-H club agent, has been named Polk coun ty extension agent, to begin Feb ruary 1. Hansen replaces Walter Leth, who was granted a year's leave of absence January 1 but re mained until his successor was named. Announcement of Hansen's ap pointment was made today Joint ly by the foiK County court and C. W. Smith, as sistant director of Oregon State col 1 e g e extension service, Srnd is subject to the ap- i s v proval 01 tne lof the tate board pointment was made today Joint of higher edu- H. J. Haasea cation. The extension officials stated that Hansen received his appoint ment on his outstanding 4-H club work in Linn county where he has served since March, 1943. Linn county has one of the better 4-H programs in the state, Smith said, and numbers more than 1,200 4-H boys and girls. Hansen has a nine-year 4-H club record himself in Washington coun ty where he grew up on an 80 acre farm. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hansen of Hills boro. Also in recognition of his 4-H leadership Hansen was sent to the 4-H club congress in Chicago Jn 1947 by the Linn County, Leaders association. It will be homecoming for Mrs. Hansen who is the former Ruth Plurnmer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Plurnmer of Dallas. Both Mr. and Mrs. Hansen were graduated from Oregon State col lege in 1941. They have two sons. Tommy, 6, and Jimmy, 3. Leth, who has been Polk county extension agent for the past 12 Va years, will manage his newly ac quired 700-acre farm in the Camp Adair area as well as look after his Monmouth farm. Now Showing Open 6:45 LOIS BUTLER & & a7 J3 IN 6AV, SPARKLING CINECO10RI Second Bir Feature "HAZARD" Paolette Goddard Maedonald Carey 9 1 If! Judge Asserts History Repeats Itself, in Cycles of Mistimesj By Jeryme English t Dynamic Judge Harold C. Kessinger with his genial personality, droll humor and brilliant speech held his Knife and Fork club audience spellbound at the Marion hotel Wednesday night with his i talk en titled "Can Man Save Himself. From His Own Inventions.! Even though we are in the automobile, machine, radar, airplane and atomio age today, we must win peace and have a foreign policy understand able to everyone. . All the armies that have ever marched, navys that have been built, kings who have reigned and parliaments which have ruled have not effected humanity, the speaker contended. Our country is too good not to take a new interest in poli tical life. Judge Kessinger stated that the better men in the public service are mostly second and third rate men in the public life of our coun try. At the last election only one half of the 93 million people voted. Men attending the national con ventions are public office seekers and machine picked, he said. Judge Kessinger began his talk by comparing the horse and buggy days to the modern machine age of today. The economic, religious and political freedom we had, made us the inventive people we are now, the speajter sam. tie named the two dozen or more In ventions from the cotton gin to the airplane. Our machines are better than our morals and our morals are better than our politics, but we haven't been politically mature enough to use these inven tions, he stated. Killed Nationalism Atomic energy has killed! mod ern nationalism, and, according to the judge, history repeats itself because we learn nothing from our first mistakes and continue to make more mistakes. The second world war was repeated from mistakes made in the first and ac cording to American history a panic rises nine years after each war. Judge Kessinger illustrated this repetition beginning with the panic of 1857, and continuing the "boom and bust" trend to the pres ent day. In 1923 the boom was begun by mass production of automobiles with three million people buying their first car. This continuing yearly until 1932 when fifteen million people were out of work in the U. S. and couldn't pay for their cars. Succession of Events There was a recession in 1938 followed rapidly by Hitler march ing Into Poland, lend-lease. Pearl Harbor and World War II. Judge Kessinger predicted that America is walking up the Inflationary hill to 1954. Ivan Stewart, a fellow Rotarian and friend of Judge Kessinger, In troduced the speaker. Dr. Dean K. Brooks played a group of trom bonc umbers with Mrs. Brooks his accompanist. Next dinner meet ing of the club will be February 23. Boys Held for Bicycle Theft Two young boys, apprehended Wednesday by city police on charges of larceny of a bicycle, have been turned over to juvenile authorities, it was reported. According to police reports, one of the lads, 10, said he came to Salem from Wa Id port on Sunday night. Here he met the other boy, 15, and, he said, took a bicycle from in front of the local YMCA Tuesday. They tried to sell the bike, they said, but were unsuc cessful. Police returned the bicycle to its owner. Mat Daily From 1 P. M. NOW SHOWING! UmiC Cai Ibssdl Jcha Led e CO-FEATURE! Opens 6:45 P. M. e New! Twe New Hits! In Glorious Celorl . AlaaCartk-AaMCwraae CO-FEATURE! Now! Opens :4S Ce-IIIt! Bob Mitchnm -WEST OF PECOS" Q siiz.i Viim.TnifH? 7 'Yale' Plane r PUot Identified By Mechanic SEATTLE. Jan. 19-UPiSurnrlse identification of William; Chavera as pilot of the "Yale special" plane which crashed and burned here January 2, taking 14 lives, was made today before a Civil Aero nautics board hearing, j Oliver Aho, aviation mechanic, made the identification. ( j "Chavers was in the pilots seat," he said. "I definitely determined that. I could tell because his build was slighter than that of Kenneth Love or William Fi LeUnd, ;the other crew members, f j Aho said he saw Chavez's body, haHIr hnmw1 mnA .till jM the pilot's seat, removed! from be wreckage five hours after jthsv CrMh ' I . ) Linen Thread Firm to Build Warehouse! A $12,000 storage building will be built in Salem by Lineft Thread Co., eastern "parent" corporation for the Miles Linen mill here. A city building permit was Is sued Wednesday to the company for a one-story concrete building, 60 by 32 feet, to be erected at the rear of the linen mill at 2150 Fair grounds rd. Mill representatives said the new structure would add to tha mtnnam, oanooU. l ii ' 4 MJCIV. An alteration permit was issued to Johnson's Ready-to-Wear store for work on its building at (484 State st., estimated to cost $1:200. 9 X Always The Best la Entertalnmeet! NOW! e It's A Tea Flnfferaall Pletere! n V Yea'U Chew Them AU Off! 2nd Hit! William Gargaa VlrgmU Welles . I ml j TOAMITRi Cartoea-Masle Ends Tonight ! Tha Saxes Charm" "Adventure la;! TOMORROW! It's A Riot From Start Te finish! E!j lilililll mm i i FAY BA1NTER E?KS7jV 6HETAJGKE WINDUSP HENRY81ANKE Up- Roaring Ce-HfU . Also! -i' i i I COLOR CARTOOW NEWS I Superman Serial Fri. Sail Mt s in aBBBBBBBaBBBBBSaB 1 1 rTVl j il