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t The StahHanan ScUm,' Crecon. Thm-aday. Ttllvaarf '14. 1 iifr ; Flood Damage Runs High in East Oregon By th Associated Press Oregon was scraping up the i debrU today from scattered floods that marooned one town, ruined another's water system, ana in inriatori manv roads.' Damage has not been accurately calculated, but was expected to ' reach thousands of dollars in the Pendleton area alone. Hi?h water isolated the town of Helix in Umatilla county, cut-in off all the incoming roads. The neighboring towns of Athena, Heppner, and Milton were deep in silt. A bridge aproach over ' Butter creek on the Lexington . Echo highway washed out. So did - an abutment on U. s. tugnway na . 30, between Boardman ana sian field. . In western Oregon, floods con taminated the entire water sup ply of the town of Westport, ana ArnH ll schools there to close. fe. The Columbia river was rising I at Portland and Vancouver, out i-.r fnrMMtrr F.lmrr Fisher said . he did not expect it to pass flood -stage. The Oregon Coast highway was roonened throughout its length. despite a one-way traffic section v at the Heceta Head slide. A email flood Inundated lot floors of three houses in a Klam ath Falls suburb Tuesday, but the families ail moved back yesterday Little damage occurred. Farmers Union Hears Report Of Committees AURORA, Feb. 23 -UP)- The Oregon State Fanners Union took the first step today toward de manding 100 per cent parity prices. Committee recommendations, to be acted upon by the convention tomorrow, called for an agricul tural policy that would provide - family farmers with a 100 p a cent parity program. "We indorse the principle of price supports,' said the commit will make it effective applicable tee, "and call for legislation which to family farmers of the nation." The committee reports also urged payment of corporate excise and personal income tax revenues directly to the state's general . fund. The convention also heard the following committee proposals: . 1. Expansion of aid for main tenance of "proper educational standards' in Oregon. The report declared that federal aid for ele mentary education is "overdue." 2. Increase of the share of highway revenues which go to lo cal governmental units. 3. Increasing the state's share of contributions for old age pen sions and welfare needs. The re port contended that the state Is In a better position than counties to finance such relief. 4. Opposition to any modifica tion of Oregon's initiative and referendum laws. Lowell Thomas And Son Plan Salem Lecture Lowell Thomas, well-known traveller, lecturer and news com mentator, and his son, Lowell Thomas, jr., will present a motion picture and lecture on world trav els at Salem high school audito rium on March 8. The program is sponsored by the Salem branch, American Associa tion of University Women and Is slated to start at 8:30 p.m. Proceeds are to go into the association's fel lowship and international scholar ship grants. As the Thomases talk they will show a two-hour colored movie of films taken in travels by plane. camel, river craft and other modes of transportation in the far cor ners of the earth. Thomas, who is the author of some 30 books, has been a news commentator since 1930. He also has been a teacher, newspaper man, war cameraman and explor er. He will make his regular daily broadcast from Salem. Tickets for the high school pro gram are now on sale at Wills Music store and also may be pur chased from members of the uni versity women association. PHONE FIRM EARNINGS VP NEW YORK. Feb. 23 -)- The ten billion dollar Bell Telephone system today reported net income of $222,416,000 or $9.86 a share in 1948, compared with $7. a share in 1947. Tasty, Tancy Ocean Fresh CRAB Cccliiail At Yew Faverit Tavern Try, One Today LEmiAirs Seafscd 2M5 Portland TU. 2-443 Actor Tells Club of Life in Theatre World By J cry me Eaalish Bringing an audience into the play is most important, according to Harold J. Kennedy, brilliant young playwright, actor and pro ducer, who spoke before 280 mem bers of the Salem Knife and Fork club at the Marion hotel Wednes day night. An audience is brought into the play by actual participa tion impurity and realism, ac cording to Mr. Kennedy. A play is successful only if the audience is working with the actors. A test of a good actor is not if he sheds rea: tears, but if his audience can, states Mr. Kennedy. In his humorous talk Mr. Ken nedy described the famous: histo rical Orson Welles broadcast "Mar tian Invasion," in which the speak er was a member of the cast. It was not until the broadcast was over that the cast knew what a panic and disaster in New Jersey the play unintentionally caused in Oc tober, 1938. He also described hum orous incidents from "Hellzapop- pin, "Angel Street,- "Connecticut Yankee" and opening night on Broadway of "Goose and the Gan der," which he wrote, directed and acted in with Gloria Swansea and Conrad NageL An actor on opening night, not only has to have a solid set of nerves, but a commercial set, due to the severe audience, which is composed of critics, writers, edi tors and group of society folk. who attend only on opening nights. The worst, according to Mr. Ken nedy, is to play the second night if the opening night review was not favorable. The speaker stated that 88 per cent of the plays only run from three days to a week in New York. Ann Gibbens and Dorothy Ped- erson, Salem high school students. played a group of piano duets. The next dinner meeting will be March 18 featuring Robert Low. lecturer. traveler. Bill Provides Sanctuary for Pro-U.S.. Spies WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 - (JP - Aliens who help U. S. spies abroad would be granted a sanctuary in the Umted States under a bill un animously approved by the house armer services committee today. The committee discussed the measure in a secret session. The bill would permit the U. S. Central Intelligence agency to of fer the protection of residence in this country to foreigners who may risk their lives in aiding American agents overseas. Up to 100 such persons wauld be permitted to en ter the United States each year, without regard to immigration laws. Committee members said one aim of the bill is to attract rene gade communists with important information about countries behind the soviet iron curtain. Simultaneously, the committee approved a bill authorizing the construction of a $161,000,000 ra dar warning screen along borders of the country and a measure giv inv the armed services $75,000,000 to establish a 3,000-mile range for testing vastly improved "robot" missiles. VFW to Nominate Officers Tonight Nomination of officers of Vet erans of Foreign Wars, Meadow lark post, will take place at a meeting tonight in the home of Commander Gordon Bressler, 4235 Rivercrest dr. in Manbrin Gar den area. Election of officers will take place at the March 24 meeting. The auxiliary unit of the post also is planning a St. Patrick's Day dance for the night of Friday, March 18, in Mayflower hall, it was re ported. IIEW TODAY - d 0 j m i!bj3R ffigng mm BIG ONE! I -1 U.S. Protests Arrest of 15 Bulgar Pastors By th Associated Press The United States formally pro tested yesterday against commun ist Bulgaria's arrest of 15 Protes tant churchmen as blatant terror ism and declared the spy charges against them were "unfounded -and ludicrous." Bulgaria rejected the protest. - Church organizations also con demned the Bulgarian move even as the Sofia regime built up its case for the trial Friday. A 55-page booklet was issued in Sofia, containing purported depo sitions of the 15, accused Of trea son, espionage and black market money dealings involving Britons and Americans. "Religion happened to be a cloak for their criminal activities, said the booklet, printed in French and English. "The 15 men were caught red-handed. The American note, delivered in Sofia by charge d'affaires Sidney EL Donoghue, said the U. S. gov ernment "reserves its rights un der the treaty of peace with Bul garia and requests that facilities be made available for represen tatives of the United States lega tion to attend .the trial." The "reserves its rights' phrase apparently referred to a treaty article under which Bulgaria guaranteed religious and other freedom to all peoples under her jurisdiction. The answer on the request for permission for American observ ers to attend the trial is stui awaited. Britain has been granted such permission. Hungary barred foreign observers at the trial of Cardinal Mindszenty. House Said Ready to Pass Pension Bill WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 - OF) - House Republican Leader Martin (Mass) predicted Wednesday that the house will pass a veterans' pension bill. Democratic leaders appear ready to let members take a vote on a bill by Rep. Rankin (D-Miss) to give World war I and II veterans $90 a month at age 65. Other activities in congress in cluded: Housing - - A senate banking subcommittee approved a govern ment housing bill. It calls for a $1, 500,000,000 slum clearance pro gram and the building of 810,000 nublic housing units in six years. Senators Bricker (R-Ohio) and Cain (R-Wash) said they would try to amend it tomorrow. Electoral - - Jueven senators representing both major parties threw their support behind a pro- nosed constitutional amendment to change the way the U. S. elects its president. Their plan would divide each state's electoral votes among the various candidates in proportion to the number of pop ular votes each receives. Sen. Morse (Ft -Ore) was among the sponsors. - 2 TOP HITS! Bwt they're yevrs, alt yewf . t . tnm FaramatMit . . . in Mu hitwrimw bit m rtw fcwwtec wIm k4 to smv fee we y . . . te aarrr Msw (MKkft! SUPERMAN Serial Every Friday and Satartay Matinee! -IJrlS.flj&.MAIQ 4 Salem Hockey Team Victors The Salem Hornets hockey team beat the Portland Black Hawks here last night by a score of 13 to 2. This win places the Salem team second in Eugene in the Ore gon Hockey league. The two teams play again here March 9. High scorers last night for Sa lem included Ralph Turner, 3; Doc Guyer, 3, and Ralph Erlandson and William Faminow, two each, and for Portland, Joe Laronicki and Hugh Studer, one each. Salem Goal Guard Lynn Orton made 30 saves and Portland Guard Joe Howe, 47. Dr. Giersbach To Head State Church Council PORTLAND. Feb. 2-JP)-Dr. Walter Giersbach, president of Pa cific university at Forest Grove, today was elected president of the Oregon Council of Churches at the conclusion of a three-day conven tion. Some 750 pastors, laymen and church women representing 16 de nominations approved a series of Christian education, youth and parental service programs for the churches in some 30 communities. Delegates were told to shift the emphasis from group to personal counseling in the evangelical work. The council will consider setting up a counseling service to help former convicts rehabilitate themselves. Other, officers include: vice pre sidentsOr. Robert MaaskL, La Grande; Ross J. Griffith. Eugene; Ralph Walker, Portland; Bishop Layne Barton, Bend; J. Boyd Par ker. Portland; Mrs. Ralph Mort, Portland: treasurer' Worth Ca Mr well. Portland: secretary Ralph Klein, Forest Grove. Mrs. Mort was reelected presi dent of the Council of Church Women. Road Slides Plague County Marion county road crews Wed nesday were battling road slides to keep roads in this county open to travel. Two slides on the highway along the little north fork of the Santiam river, above and below Lumker's bridge, narrowed that road o one way traffic. Other slides occurred along the mountainous Abiqua creek road and on the South Riv er road have failed to close either road. EUGENE ARMORY READY EUGENE, Feb. 23-(jFr-The new $175,000 armory here was being furnished today. Units of the mar ine corps, naval reserve, and sea bee reserve, began moving into the armory which ton tains 48 rooms, a seven-stall garage, and a rifle range. MaC Daily from 1 P. M. NOW SHOWING! - gamma v am mmm am 'a niODiii fmm THRILL CO-HIT! -Ok AXDY CLYDE Opens C:45 P. M. New! A Doable Mlrtbamake! (&Xi imx -tcsov . ammmmmmr -wjiv amw - T New! Opens 8:45 P. M. Victor Ms tar CAPT. CAUTION" Brian Ahene CAPT. FURY se-am T - M CASTS) F New then sag Osta C:45 mm 1 1 Selected in Farm Drawing TULELAKE, Calif, Feb. 23-(P) Twenty-seven Oregon veterans, including; several from the Wil lamette valley, were among 86 who won irrigated homesteads on the Klamath reclamation project jn a drawing here today. The lands are located in the Malin and Coppock bay areas of northern California. The first number drawn from the converted pickle jar used in the giant lottery was that of Vac lav Jacob Bursik, Roseburg. Oregon men included in the list of 88 who tentatively received homesteads are: Earl Walter Parsons, 1971 N. Church st., Salem; Raymond R. Bibby, Salem route 7, box 288; Henry Kline, Independence route 2, box 152; Vincent Edward Jor genson. Si 1 vert on route 1. box 373: Henry James Cowling, Sweet Home; Menno Jacob Wagler, Sheridan; Bert D. Mehlhoff, Carl ton route 1; Eldon Todd, Sheridan; Norman Han, Creswell. Carl Fredrick Edborg, Portland; Leon B. Van Northwick. Cottage Grove; Eugene B. Bartlett, Myrtle Point; Elmer Earl Olson, Nyssa; Raymond William Pruitt, Rose burg; Charles Walter Davis, Kla math Falls; Wesley J. St. Peter, Roseburg; Gay lord R. Duval, Grants Pass; William W. Heater, Portland; William Ayres, Klamath Falls; Gale Jack Bradley, Bonan za; Lloyd William George, Ash land; Levant Holden, Tillamook, and Robert Isom, Harrisburg. Sally Declares 'Love' for U.S. WASHINGTON. Feb. 23 -TJP-Radio actress Mildred E. (Axis Sally) Gi liars testified between sobs at her treason trial today that she scorned a German pro posal to betray American secrets "even if it meant my death." Miss Gillars acknowledged that she swore a wartime oath of al legiance to Hitler's Germany, but declared that she always 'loved" the United States. Miss Gillars said she defied the Nazi Gestapo when a Major Den ner, a German secret police offi cial, asked her if she could tell him anything about the Wright airplane works in Dayton, O. Bursting into tears. 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Cochran, who conferred with WAA officials while in Washing ton, D.C., last week, said he is confident the national security clause will be maintained, requir ing that the plant be kept at this location for 20 years. Cochran also said he had offer ed to WAA the assistance of the Salem chamber in finding a suit able purchaser for the plant If the negotiations with present bid ders are unsuccessful. Cochran stressed the importance of the plant to this area because Its pres ent product, fertilizer, is much in demand by western agriculture. MEASLES LEAD LIST PORTLAND. Feb. 23 - P) -Measles continued to lead the list of communicable diseases in Ore gon last week, the state board of health reported today. There were 522 cases in the state. A year ago at this time, there were only 27 1 a FROZEN FOODS LOOK FOft THE BftJCHT YELLOW PACXACf . Quick Results n Last Electricity Curb Dropped Last of the voluntary conser vation measures in effect since severe weather led to a regional electric power shortage was dropped Wednesday when power companies announced the power crisis has passed. Fred G. Starrett, division man ager for Portland General Elec tric Co. here; said normal use of electricity for all purposes could be resumed. In recent weeks PGE has asked only that conser vation be practiced between S and 6 p.m. daily. Starrett said his company is grateful for the widespread public cooperation in power savings dur ing th emergency. He pointed out. Your Chef 1st William Wong whan you dim at 99 Cafe Chinese - America Dishes H snile Se. en 99E STORAGE ' Household Goods . . . Merchandise) O Moving O Crating O Packing O Shipping . O Briquets O Coal O Fuel Oil Capital Cily Transfer Co. VAN LINKS CO. toi mm ll "" I ( fm . I however, there is no Immediate guarantee against possible future electricity shortages. 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