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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 6, 1949)
it m jjtateaman. Sdn.- -Oregon.- Sundcry. - Feproary- tfr.-1943 Need for Rent .Control 'Fades' ' WASHINGTON, Feb. 5-WP)-A ' top-rankin- republican said today that price and employment de clines mean rent controls may not be needed much longer. The lawmaker, Rep. Wolcott of Michigan, senior GOP member of the house banking committee, sug gested a six-months "as is" con tinuation of rent ceilings. The president wants the few strength ened and extended two years. Wolcott said short term action Is "the sensible thing. He ques tioned whether any rent controls at all will be needed much longer. Oregon Youth Authority Gets Committee OK A state Youth Authority to ad minister cases of commitment and rehabilitation of everyone under -21 is proposed in a report of a 1947 interim committee, filed Sat urday. This committee consisted of Sens. Orval N. Thompson of Albany and Howard C. Belton of Canby; Reps. J. O. Johnson of Portland and Dou glas Yeater of Salem, and former Rep. O. H. Bengtson of Medford. Senator Belton dissented from the portion recommending the Youth Authority declaring that me aesirea reiorms can oe ai fected within the frame work of the present state agencies. The conclusion: "This commit tee recommends - that the legisla tive assembly approve the theory f a Youth Authority to administer all matters in the state of Oregon having reference ' to the commit ment and rehabilitation ot all juveniles under the age of twenty one. and that the attorney general be directed to prepare a revision of the code in accordance with the recommendation of the American Law Institute insofar as it is pos t sable to make our laws conform with the model act of the American Law institute. I "It is further recommended that commission of not less than three be created by -this legislature and that the commission be given full authority to administer the opera Jii. toons of the Boys' camp with fur ther authority to determine, with the approval of the board of con trol, the future location of the proposed camp; ' "That, in addition to the super vision of the boys camp, the com mission be authorized to investi i gate the feasibility of the estab lishment of a Youth Authority at the next session of the legislature, the authority to have-supervision of all institutions of the state of Oregon dealing with juveniles, in cluding supervision of private or charitable institutions receiving re muneration from the State of Ore gon for the care of juveniles." Humphrey Bogart, Bette Davis Top New Salary List WASHINGTON, Feb. S JPy- Big - eyed Bene Davis made S3Z8 000 to edge : out Film Songstress Deanna Durbin and gain top bil ling for their sex tonight on a treasury list of the nation's lead ing money earners. But filmdom'a scowling Humph rey Bogart finished in front of both. The list, second issued for callendar 1948 and business fiscal years ended in 1947, showed he pocketed $407,381. ; The big bite taken! from these top Bracket earnings by taxes is not Nehown in the report. Miss Durbin was paid $323,477 by Uni versal Pictures But a woman business executive overtook many of the film, love lie. She is Dorothy Shaver, 51 -year-old, Arkansas - born president of Lord and Taylor, New York de partment store. The store paid her $110,000. That, for example, was $13,584 more than the $94,418 credited to Movie Actress Rita Hayworth, now the fiancee of Ali Khan, wealthy Indian prince. : State Police Find Defective Car Equipment More than 50,000 motor vehicles were found to be operating with defective equipment in highway checks made by Oregon state po lice officers during 1948, the state department ; announced Saturday. The report lists 46,054 warning citations and 8,224 arrests result ing from operation of the unsafe vehicles. The vehicles involved represent nearly 10 per cent of registrations for the year. A total of 408 days in jail and $26,019 in fines was assessed; against the operators involved. Operators of vehicles without tail lights and missing headlights accounted for more than half of all citations. Faulty mufflers led as cause for arrest in the equipment category, followed by the no tail light charge. Three warnings within one year for any traffic offenses result in arrest. Inadequate brakes brought 708 warnings and 810 arrests. Truck ers lost heavily on deficient mud flaps, with 4,776 warnings and 1,051 arrests. Other items of equip ment entering the picture includ ed rear view mirror, reflectors, tires, warning devices, windshield wipers and illegal stickers. Police reported many of the operators were unaware of the defect until stopped by the pa trolman, particularly in such cases as no tail lights. The department suggested the practice of check ing lights before starting out as a means of insuring greater safety on the road at night. btofck Frices Sink to Year's Lowest Level NEW YORK. reb. 5-4PHStock prices cracked to the lowest aver age level of the year in a fast two hour session today. It was the second drop in a row. In two days nearly $2,000,000,000 have been cut off the market value of all shares listed on the ex change. Saturday's dive was the steep est since November 9. On that day day the market was swamped with post-election selling orders. Seventy-one stocks plunged to hew lows for 1948-49 and individ ual losses ranged from fractions to more than 3 points. Hardest hit were the stocks of such basic in dustries as steel, oil, rubber, and railroads. Sales amounted to 790,000 shar es, largest for any Saturday since Nov. 6. Only 77 of the 951 issues which changed hands closed high er while 715 declined. The Associated Press average of 60 stocks lost 1.2 point at 63.4, the widest drop since 2 full points were clipped from the average on Nov. 9. The advance is no at the year's low first established on Jan. 3. which in turn was a low since Nov. 30. New lows for the past year or more were rung up by, among oth ers, N.Y. Central at 11. Southern Pacific 43 H, Northern Pacific 15, Atlantic Coast Lane 40 7, Illinois Central 25, Standard Oil (NJ) 66- Texas Co. 49. Pacific Western Oil 35, and Graham-Paige 2. Legislature Plans Lincoln Day Program A Lincoln memorial program to be presented at a joint session of the state senate and house of rep resentatives, on Friday at 2 p.m.. since the legislature will probably not meet Saturday, was announced yesterday. Rep. Harvey Wells is chairman of the planning commit tee. The address will be given by Paul C. Smith, editor of the San Francisco Chronicle. Also on the program will be a reading, "A Friend from Illinois," by Charles Robinson. Music will include "The Star Spangled Banner" sung by Jose phine Albert Spaulding, selections by the Willamette university a cappella choir, directed by Dean Melvin H. Geist, and the KGW orchestra, directed by Abe Berk-ovitz. The legislative committee in cludes Wells. Senators Marie Wil cox and Jack Bain and Reps. Dean Erwin and A. J. Swett. A Dallas Wreck Victim Tair' DALLAS, Feb. 5 Condition of Mrs. Nora Crider, 1330 S. Com mercial st., Salem was considered fair" tonight by attendants at Dallas hospital where she was taken when struck by a car here 47" : J i a. m suffered a fractured arm and a ; possible hip fracture. f Police said no charges had been "filed against the driver of the ear. Among the smallest of all living things are the one-celled fungi called yeasts. ' CUv Obituaries KOBEKTS Mr. Nancy Roberts, late recidcnt of Turner, at a local hospital February S. Announcement of services later by Clough-Barrlck company. CLTMES Mrs. Tannic C. Clymer. late resident of Salem route 3. at a local hoopital February 5. - Survived ; by husband, Lynn F. Clymer. Salem: sisters. Emma Higgina and Mrs. Ida Tracy, both of Salem; brother. George, Hlgglna. Sa lem. Services will be held Tuesday. February S, at 1:30 p.m. In the Clough Barrick chapel. vracE's ELECTRIC Estimates made on all types of Light and Power Installations CONTRACTING Phone 3-9239 Evenings 3-9341 if 5tN i, to , y . . . .. , .... .' . - . m -7 -c Valentine Show Balls Blade with THE PIKE Ice Cream Roled in Cocoannt Macaroon Other February Special Ice Cream: Heart Center Quart. Bricks Valeatine lee Cream Pies Cherry Ice Cream and always 20 flavors of ice cream j and sherbets. j THE PEE 138 1 So. Liberty Ph. 3-6828 You liked our Christmas Snow Balls these are even more spectacular for Valentine Par ties and all of February. The round ball is made of smooth fine flavored vanilla ice cream and is liberally garnished with sweet rich cocoannt and topped with red mousse decoration and red. candy hearts. It's the des sert you've dreamed of and when served in a darkened room with lighted candles, it's a real sensation. Six Valentine Snow Balls packed in moist proof carton, complete with flf doilies and candles OwC Phone Your Order in Early! Jjfelloic Nylon GALLUP, N. M, Feb. S -JP) Bright yellow nylon will add a new note to Navajo styles this spring. The parachutes that bring food and other supplies to the storm ridden tribe are providing the material. The Indian women are grabbing it up. Students of Indian ways expect the cloth to appear in the Nava jo ' gypsy-like costume as skirts and blouses for the women andl shirts for the men. Relatives of Missing Pilot Live in Salem NEW ORLEANS, Feb. S-(JP)-Army and navy surface craft with grappling hooks late today located the main section of a B-25 bomber which crashed into Lake Pontchar train here with eight airmen aboard. No trace of survivors was found in the explosion-crash yesterday and all aboard were presumed to have been carried to their deaths. Capt. Robert M. Madison, son of Mr. and Mrs. Max Madison, 645 Edina Vane, was listed as pilot of the ill-fated B-25 which crashed into Lake Pontchartrain, Louisana Friday. A brother, B. H. Madison, also lives in the Salem area. Madison will be recalled as the pilot making the heroic rescue of another army flier last July 21 after a forced landing of a B-29 on Lake Meade, Nevada. He re entered the sinking plane when he discovered that one of the crew was missing, and carried him semi conscious to the life raft. He was a former student at Oregon State college. His wife and two children re side at Armitage Field, China Lake, Calif., where Madison has been based for the past two years. Mtre than 150 pounds of am bergris have been taken from a single sperm whale. Support Plan Aids Consumer HOOD RIVER, Ore.. Feb. 5-0P) A potato support price plan that would give the housewife a break was proposed here today by farm ers. The plan would allow large crops to be reflected in lower consumer prices. County agricultural conservation committeemen in the final ses sion of. a three-day state confer ence unanimously endorsed the plan, which came from the Mal heur County Potato and Onion Growers' association. The group members are in a heavy potato producing area. The plan stipulates that all po tatoes eligible for price support wanldf go, esWtne open; market Price support money then would make up the difference between market price and the usual sup port price. Only growers who have complied with acreage allocations woud participate. Four Youths Held r- On Liquor Charge Tour West Salem youths were arrested Saturday night and charged with illegal possession of liquor by city police. The four were caught in a parked car In the disputed Kingwood annexation area surrounding West Salem. Three of the youths were held in lieu of $100 bail each and the fourth was released after posting the necessary bail. Less than one per cent of wills are successfully contested or "broken." 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