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68th Yarn $500,000 Blizzard Relief Voted Firemen Probe Chuck's Tavern Fire Debris Off & There is one r argument In favor ef legislative reapportionment which the legislators cannot over look, and that is the command of the constitution that after each federal or state census tne assem bly shall act to reapportion the legislature "among me s v r counties according io lam numuo , .J .... 4-. 0Vi Th 5-r - leglaJataravMcM. -but tboy 4o; am have for 40 years. Senator Neuber- ;er has a bill to do this long neg ated job. Its formula for appor tionment would be constant and the secretary of state would do the parcelling if the legislature failed to do it. What will be fatal to the Neu berger bill is that it would increase the Multnomah representation six senators and 13 representatives to ten senators and 20 representa tives, giving it one-third of the . seats in the assembly. Other gain ers in representation would be Klamath, Jackson, Washington and Clackamas. . Since the constitution limits the number of senators to SO and representatives to 60, their fains would be at the expense of lorrow, Sherman, Wheeler, Ba ker. Crook, Josephine, Tillamook and Umatilla. The members from upstate are expected to block Neu bereer's reapportionment plan and crovide no substitute. The late Sen. Marshall Cornett.was never able to get a senator's seat shifted from northeast Oregon (Umatilla nd neighbor counties) to his own populous Klamath county. The argument advanced against reapportionment is that Multno mah county sends an interior class of legislators to the assembly. Ag rarian upstate prides itself on sending more stable (republican) members to the legislature. A large urban community is always sus pect; its masses are regarded (Continued on editorial page) Gambling Charges Dismissed in Portland PORTLAND. Jan. 27 -UP Charges against Ah Sing and Ah Hing of possessing gambling para phernalia were dismissed in mu nicipal court today for lack of a complainant. But seven persons arrested at their establishment were fined $10 each on charges of visiting a gambling place. Animal Crackers ' By WARREN GOODRICH Thtfs th first timm Fvm him without hh vnif tnt." s cs&r 18 PAGES - . i '"""tr-" , "" ir ' " ' " ' "' " "' "' " ' . - r - '? -r' ' " " ' . V V .. , , , '-. T . " - .f .- r ' . ' Z Only a shell remains today of Chuck's tavern located north of the smderpasa en Portland road after an early moraine fire swept through the popular eating place Thursday. Photos above show fire men probing through the wreckage at the main counter helpinr the owner salvage glasses and other items. Left to right they are, Capt A. V. White, Herb Savage, Clyde Bnckholtz and Battalion Chief Ro bert Mills. Exterior photo shows buckled roof and fire trucks. (Statesman photos,) Fire Destroys Local Tavern; To Be Rebuilt Chuck's Tavern,;: Portland road night spot and restaurant, will be rebuilt as soon as debris is cleared, owner Virgil Pade said Thursday following - the early morning blaze which ; destroyed the popular tavern. ' Firemen, called to the fire at 625 Thursday morning, were hampered by ice ? glazed streets. Origin of the blaze was unde termined, but the;! flames, appar ently centering near the kitchen, were discovered by Lee Smith, tne janitor From the kitchen the ;fire swept into the dining room and through the roof. Little was left of the upper structure arid damage was estimated at $20,000 for the build ing and $40,000 for equipment and stores. ? - Present owners f the business. Jack and Kenneth Mailer, plan to continue with the tavern after it has been rebuilt The tavern was; built in 1932. when the area was still outside the city limits. It was first opened by the late L Nl Sturtevant. - It later was known as Smith's Bar becue. The building was sold to Jack Putnam and the business became Chuck's tavern under the ownership of Charles I Johnston. Putnam also ran the business for a tune. n - .v Putnam sold the business to Jack Schimberg and the building to vu-gu fade. In September the Mullers of Portland took over the business end.: . Scott WinsJ by Slim Margin - (Picture on page 10) OMAHA. Jan. 27-UPV-HuEh D. Scott, jr- held on his chairman. ship f a kicking, scratching re publican national - committee to day by a slim margin of four votes. ' After a day of political infight ing seldom equalled by the staid old . GOP, the 43-year-old Penn sylvania congressman won a 54 to 50 vote of confidence. 1 The roll call on the motion to table a resolution which would have declared the chairmanship vacant: included yes, Oregon. Cor- uett. No, Oregon, CaJc t FOUNDD The Oregon Stateaman, Salem, Oragoa. Friday, January Chain Stores Cut Bread Price Again PORTLAND, Jan. 27-(tf)-The price of bread was cut another cent by two Portland chain stores today, making total price cut this week of 2 cents. A large pound-and-a-half loaf is now 19 cents; a pound loaf, 13 cents. Another chain store inaug urated the price reduction earlier. Egg prices declined 2 to 3 cents, reflecting increased supplies from the midwest. Egg Prices Drop Few Cents in Area Egg prices dropped a few cents in Salem market listings Thursday. The wholesale prices fell from 85 to 61 cents for AA extra large eggs by the dozen and fell 2-3 cents in other grades. Steelhammer, Moore Mentioned As Candidates for '51 Speaker Thiis is some long-range plan ning going on at the statehouse. It involves the question as to who will be speaker of the house in 1951. A lot of names are being men tioned, but pre dominantly in the limelight of late have been Rep. John Steelham mer of Salem and tllSiX i ll Mm p. Ralph Moore of Coos Jka itNBumawrBtr. Neither one has been Quoted as being averse to the idea, albeit both are quick to point out that sny such- job must be contingent upon re-election to the legislature and. things being what they are, the "death and taxes" axiom still holds as to what can be con sidered certain. Steelhammer. . 40-year-old na tive of Wood burn, war veteran and Salem attorney, is servinc i his fifth session in the house. He was to be a candidate for speaker two years ago but lost his legis- SI 1651 New Gale Adds to Hazards WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 - VP) -Moving with record speed, , con gress today voted a $500,000 relief fund for the snowbound west and set to work immediately on anoth er measure which may boost the storm chest another $3,000,000. The following actions were; tak en in the capital: 1. President Truman told a new conference he was asking congress for a new $1,000,000 emergency disaster fund. 2. Shortly after the White House announcement the house voted un animously to add $500,000 to the disaster fund and sent the aprop riation measure to the senate. 3. Two hours later the senate approved the $500,000 bill and sent it to the White House. Red Cross Funds 4. The Red Cross announced it was making a preliminary alloca tion of $250,000 for use in the snow-buffeted regions as well as in areas facing flood threats. The senate meanwhile adopted a resolution to authorize $3,000,000 to repay federal agencies for mon ey they have already spent in the haylift" New blizzards swirled into sec tions of the west Thursday com plicating the many-sided battle to save half the nation's sheep and thousands of cattle from perishing. The National Wool Grower's as sociation estimated that half of the nation's sheep population are in critical condition because of storms and shortage of feed. Winter truck ttmiwir bs A new blizzard swept into snow- plagued Nebraska, where the army is working with 57 bulldozers and 29 weasels to cut through old drifts. The storm struck just as the air force arranged to send 24 cargo planes to its Kearney, Neb., base to carry supplies into the area and drop hay to starving livestock. The snow intensified the hazards facing snowbound cattle and farm ers. Poor Visibility Poor visibility slowed operations of the Nevada haylift by the big air force flying boxcars. In Utah, which the National Wool Growers association termed the major "catastrophe area" new storms slowed the delivery of sup plies. Heavy snows of four to eight inches moved in on western Kan sas and portions of Iowa, Wiscon sin, upper Michigan and extreme southeastern Minnesota. General flood warnings were is sued for a 171-mile stretch of the big Ohio river past Cincinnati and new sleet storm; slowed highway traffic to a crawl from Texas to lower Michigan. James Smith, 106, Of Lebanon 111 LEBANON, Jan. 27-PWames W. Smith, who celebrated what re latives say was his 106th birthday last July, was critically ill today at his home in Waterloo. The aged man fell on the floor of his cottage early this month. Apparently recovered, he contact ed a severe cold. Smith lives with a niece and her husband. latiye post. Currently he is vice chairman of the house committee on food and dairying, and a member of the education, fish ing i n d u stries, and forestry and mining commit tees. Moore, 56, is serving In his fourth session. He owns lumber Interests at u Grants Pass, Baiph Mr Bandon and Empire; is a graduate engineer, and has served as coun cilman, school board member and county chamber of commerce chief. In the legislature, he is chairman of the house taxation committee and a member of the highways, labor and industries. and rules and resolutions com mittees. The two potential (candidates for cne of the state's highest of fices have at least one thing in common they are accomplished pianists. 28, 1949 Pric yore Funds SougDnt For Schools, SoDoms, Auto Licenses, fets By Wendell Webb Managing Editor. The Statesman It wasn't bargain-basement day at the Oregon legislature Thurs day. The financial talk was all top-flight. And some of it pertained to the legislators themselves. First there was the proposal to nearly double the state's basic school support fund (from $16,000,000 to $30,000,000) for much-needed construction. The bill, which provides state aid at the rate of $95 Instead of $50 per child, was ap proved for introduction by the house education committee, "by request. Then there was the proposal of the Veterans of Foreign Wars for a $55,000,000 soldiers' bonus, pay able for service between Dec. 1, 1941 and Dec. 1, 1946, with an Individual maximum of $940. It was presented to the house mili tary affairs committee by Nor man Howard of Portland, VTW legislative chairman, and if the committee doesn't introduce it some member will. Pay Boost for Solons And for the legislators, Rep. Lloyd Crosby of Milwaukie in troduced a house bill to pay them $600 annually, as compared with the $200 they now receive ($8 per day for 50 days of session every two years). But even that was far from all. Rep. Earl Hill entered in the house his bill to double the $5 motor vehicle registration fee. with the state highway depart ment to get half of the extra money and the counties and cities quarter each. And on the other side of the finance ledger was a bill intro duced in the senate by Sen. Ver non Bull, and Reps. Phil Brady and Gust Anderson to cut in half the S per cent monthly interest rate on small loans and ban sal ary garnishments under the small loan act. Adaption ef .Resolution bo car as uui 'icuwu wci c priied speedy adoption of a joint resolution to include all-state em ployes in the already-approved plan to continue the $20-a-month pay increase to employes who get their salary from appropriations. Another - measure on which leg islation was completed would In crease from $3,000 to $5,000 the exemptions of homesteads from liens and liabilities. Twenty-three new Introductions were received in the house, in chiding those reducing the work week on public works from 48 to 40 hours;-, lowering the naxi mum age limit at Hillcrest Girls' school from 25 to 18; creating the office of registrar in Multnomah county; providing that "legislative positions in Multnomah shall be numbered and candidates shall run for specific positions rather than at large; and asking Presi dent Truman to have delegates to United Nations work for a world police force and reduced armaments. New Bills in Senate Eight new bills were dropped into the senate, which early in the day killed the house-approved measure to let any competent person over 21 serve a summons Among the eight were those to increase the state highway com mission from three to five mem bers and to bar firemen from working more than 72 hours a week. Meanwhile, the joint ways and means committee recommended that the Postwar Reconstruction and Development committee be abolished. The senate doesn't face much of a calendar today, but 10 house bills will be up for final action in the house none of them on the so-called "heavy" side. Both the senate and house wiy resume at 10 am. (Additional detials on pages S and 6.) Vets' Pension, Bonus Bills Introduced WASHINGTON. Jan. .27 -)-Veterans organizations asked con gress today to make 48,000,000 veterans of both world wars eli gible for $60 - a - month pen sions when they reach 60. In a separate request, the Vet erans of Foreign Wars proposed enactment of a World War II bo nus law costing, an estimated $15, 000,000,000 to $20,000,000,000 in adjusted service compensation. The pension proposals were presented by the VTW and the American Legion to the house veterans affairs committee. That committee began hear ings today on a bill by its chair man. Rep. Rankin (D-Miss.), to pay old age ind non - service connected disability pensions to veterans of the last two wars. The minimum pension to a veter an, sick or well, would be $60 a month, beginning at the age of 60. iaatt 5c No. 274 Fog Expected During 28th Day of Freeze Salem headed into Its 28th con secutive day of sub-freezing weather today, and heavy freezing fog was expected to add a dan gerous glaze to area streets and highways. Most of western Oregon was struggling with frozen slush from snowfall of the past two day. In Eugene, the ice slick Thursday forced most residents to walk to work. Weathermen forecast no quick end to the cold weather Thursday night. A minimum of 17 today and 15 Saturday was forecast for the Salem area. Daytime temperatures today were expected to touch only 37 or less depending on how long the fog clung on. The usual run of winter trou bles continued about the state Thursday. Metzger ran out of wat er when a float inside the reser voir froze, and the inhabitants queued up before the town's only well. Union Pacific trains rolled into Portland from the east 6 to 20 hours late. Motorists were advised to carry chains for travel in most parts at thm Btat mm mow ontinuei to fall In higher elevations. Travel was reported extremely farc.nl- ous in tee Eugene area. Many ous in tne Eugene area. Many highways had packed snow with sanders and plows in operation. 2 Men Held in Raid on Canby Slot Machines OREGON CITY, Jan. 27 -(A)- A "sustained campaign" against slot machines was announced by Dist rict Attorney Leonard Lindas to day. Lindas said state police covered all southern Clackamas county last night, and seized four slot machines in a raid at Canby Raids, he said, would continue. "When I took office January 3," said Lindas, "I notified the sher iff to tell the gamblers to get out of the county or expects raids immediately. About nine gamb ling places were running then, but I understand they have all stopped now." Two men, arrested in the state police raids last night, will ap pear in Justice court at Canby tomorrow. VISHINSKY ON MISSION PRAGUE, Jan. 27-0P)-Rumors circulated today that Andrei Vi shinsky Russian deputy foreign minister, is trouble shooting in Czechoslovakia. The report could not be confirmed. Tyrone Power Weds Actress in Rome; Italian Bobby-Soxers Riot Joyously i ! ; :u. ArXa$.v ''VxV ROME, Jan. 27 Tyreoe Fewer! (left) and Linda Christian take their marriage vews In tha little Church of Saata Fraaeesca Roma. Heme, Italy, this morning. Performing the marriage Is Msgr. William Benmiek (right), ef Washington. D.C. While the sas triage of the eter and actress was taking place, thesfsands ef Soman gathered sitside to scream their approval. (AP Wlrepboto via radio from Leaden te the SUtesaaaa.) One-Way Grid Held 'Essential'; Baldock Explains Proposal By Rebert City Editor, Putting his finger on a spots Thursday night, State Highway Engineer It. II. Baldockr threw open his report of a $7600,000 proposed traffic im f provement here to a RroupjO city officials and civic lead. erg. . ! . . j:t ;j Baldock said timetable for the improvements in hi re port which the state high way; com mission accepted this week will depend on fund allocations made by the commission. Bat Baldock Elaborates on Project Some highlights of State Highway Engineer R. H. Baldock's ex planation of a $7,600,000 Salem highway improvement program to a giuup vi civic iciiucri iasi mgm: S. lITldailie Denn1 mi sion, but bridge construction probably to start first. , l ' One-Way Streets Handle 60 per cent more traffic in j gnu pciiuriu, iu uiuiunsi anu dispersing. South Salem One-way for Commercial and Liberty traf fic preferred as far south as Oxford; widening Commercial south of Mission would cost almost $1,000,000 more. - ! North Salem Norway-Shipping route for" truck, consid ered best but alternates such as a Highland route could be worked out. ; ; - fi West Salem plan lends to! flood protection if army en gineers will cooperate in revetment work. fj Hollywood No narking decreed for Portland road be tween Tile road and Lana avenue, the engineer suggested in view of widespread public interest, tha first-priority probably will fall to a new bridge across the Willamette. Baldock termed the proposed grid of one-way streets "absolutely ; essential to make the over-all plan a success," and declared that if the if bridge (at Marion street) gets first go-ahead signal from the commiss i sion the one-way grid will have to be started even before the bridge ! . " The traffic plan calls for a westbound traffic, with present Center street bridge to serve east bound traffic only: the one-way streets to expedite traffic through Salem and in the center of the city; a full by-pass route for through Highway 99E traffic. Just west of Lancaster drive, with eventual hookup with a new North Santiam highway section from Mill City here. The Baldock report was review ed at a dinner meeting in Senator hotel of city aldermen and offi cials, the long range planning commission, city zoning commis sion, mayor's committee on traf fic and west saiem councu. sev- ral P?E?1 ?K P" -ot n.din o5 J ?Z leresis ol west, nuiui uu ovum Salem. Most of the discussion centered in the bridge and one-way street plans. To the planning commission and others who had endorsed a four-lane Division street bridge In preference to the Marion : street i J I L klsk. way department, Baldock said his decision was based on exhaustive department studies, checks with hiehwav engineers around the country and the recent Automo tive Safety 'foundation survey in Oregon. "And we are certain there is no error in this selection," Baldock said. The engineer said the plan of two one-way bridges would ac commodate traffic at least until 1970 by minimizing congestion at bridge approaches. Moreover, he pointed out, the plan would cost between $500,000 and $1,000,000 less than a Division street bridge. He said New York, Washington, D. C, and Boston all have j found by actual use that one-way! brid ges handle much more traffic than multi-lane bridges for two-way traffic where congestion at ap proaches prevents maximum use of actual bridge capacity. (Additional details on page 2) - i CATJ FIELD STATE MARSHAL WASHINGTON, Jan. 27i-()- The nomination of Jack R Cau- field as U. S. marshal for Oregon was confirmed today by the Unit-: ed States senate. 1 Ti J 7. ,7 i E. Gangware Th Statesman myriad of touchy Salem t raffia allrw-a firms frnm hlirhiuv nmml. icnu xo Keep ousiness secuons irorn, . - . , ; i with traffic one-way northbound, j j two - lane bridge at Marion street for City Council to Get Off-Strect Parking Plan Mayor R. L. Elfstrom will jree- i ommend a city program for i1t- :j street parking In the downtown area, to be financed by a percent- ;'. age of parking meter revenue, he f disclosed Thursday night, ' The mayor plans to ask the city council to authorize the appoint ment of a five-man commission to work out a plan with the city man ager which might be broad enough to include purchase of downtown properties with old buildings and razing the buildings to make park ing lots with metered spaces. j:T Elfstrom said he himself would favor about 25 per- cent of meter , revenue which would amount to ' an ' estimated $25,000 for the bud get year beginning next July after the city has paid the original cost of meters going into the project. TI don't think we'll ever solve the parking problem, but we can only hope to alleviate it In this way, the mayor commented. He noted that various recommenda tions ol recent years that Salem merchants themselves underwrite an off-street parking program have come to nought. 1 1 Weather Max. . 3S 32 M 37 Min. Prrlp. Z4 M 22 A3 31 DO 2S M 30 trace 8aHm Portland San Francisco Chicago New York 33 Willamette river -14 feet. FORECAST (from U.S. weather bu reau. McNarr field. Salem)! Tom dur ing the momin houra. becoming fair during afternoon ana evening. Higa today near 17. ixw tonight near is, IALEM PRECIPITATION tSepC 1 t Jan. SI) . Thi Year Laat Year 2S.23 Average 213 22.0S ROME, Jan. 27-(vP)-Tyrone Pow er and Linda Christian said their marriage vows today while thou sands of screaming Italian bobby soxers surged riotously across po lice lines outside the church of Santa Frencesca Romans. It was Holly wood-on-the-Tiber'a show of the year.- , ' . So great was the din that the words of the marriage ceremony scarcely could be heard in the fifth row of the church. " ij la the crush outside the church, several women fainted and a man's finger was broken. There were, re ports that Vatican prelates were incensed' at the atmosphere. Twice during the ceremony groups of de termined teen-age girls charged tha church doors, trying to get in. There were' not more than lOjOOO iq the unruly throng. I - .Power, 4 J4-year-old veteran! of scores of movie mob scenes, was calm throughout the pushing and hauling that attended his arrival and departure. j l Power has announced hh) bride is giving up her screen career. She has! said they want to start raising a family right away. . After the ceremony tha couple was' received in a special audience by Pope Plus XII. The pope nave the; bride a rosary and a booklet. H ! t '6