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- 4 E-lTaa &ymwmri Rfla'A; Ofcon.' Sxadarterr Seii. Kefauver jVsks Demos to Woitlor CVA PORTLAND, April 30-VSen. Etes Kefauver (D-Tenn) urged OrVgon democrats tonight to work hard for a Columbia a Valley ad ministration. The" nation needs tht Colum bia Valley admlnlstrstion. ha said a Jefferson-Jackson Day din ner here. . "The national resources board reports that facilities for develop ment of additional power .are needed here in the Pacific North west more critically than in. any other : region of America," 'J tha ' senator continued.' . "There are nearly 29 million kilowatts of water power yet to be converted into electric power wasting annually to the sea. A -'CVA "fan develop- and sell this power quicker and at ' less . cost than scan the three federal agen cies now separately handling parts f the poww oroblera . . "A; CVA will mean more Job -opportunities and -relatively less unemployment than if there is no CVA," He-accused the republican party oh attempting to keep the west In colonial status. The Tennessee senator spoke at on of the largest democratic par y dinner groups in the memory cf veteran partv members. It was pUnnec. for 600. but 750 crowded the banquet hall. Rail Route to Shanghai Open -i SHANGHAI. May 1 --.V -Shanghai n peril mounted today, but IniirHtious that it was cut off hy raij jfromjthe rest of China proved erroneous. Railway rfficialf announced that; trains still wejre irunning from Shanghai fb the suppoYtinr city of H'tgihow.' J-21" miles southwest. Thev Mid that night trains hd Ixwi halted, however, and that this led to reports last nifht tht no trains were running pat Ka siing. .62 miles' southwest of Shhla. At the same time the telecom mMiycations administration an nounced that telephone service had leased to Kunshan, about 35 aides west of Shanghai. ;'i H ' Keia&er Vampfire CirU Pas Ranks KEIZER The 'Ta Wa Ka Ni Campfirc group of the Wood gath erer p tnetr rank Wednes day; at tU.Csmptir ttic in Sa- .' Lrrsine Owen. Judith Klempel. J?t Bvfcf . Barbara-Dodson, Sau di Moms and Peggy Kagan turn ei in their Locks to Mrs. Howard Jtjan. group leader, to be taken Our Gitijainferica tkdt M 1-Jyi 'f4 AMteiCAHS U4tr V;2r 1 7Q 6LtOAS PAtxJk MACS n. rr was srove imt "Holly I ": ,T r.i M9(f I U1 jMM.m . . aii Ty, mmt I . . I -4sBUksw JHfe JWLtaJatka :: n n S H n Hi n U V . n n . n ii II U n ii ii n n it n H Jl: Says less, nara It is lust in Mcy and Jun. Ws aVa rcmc3-.tc for tha gal and much eas.ef lor the poy. Yio wili ha have to qo up to her; and hand out a diarccnd ting and say "hr." FilcWa. hara is what we're Qoirig to do. Each diamond iirifl wiil hm sbpped over th patal ci a beautiful aIl siie ivs orchid placed in an appropriate box and had with crchid ribbon. All you. hava to do is hand her the beautiful box and say nothing. I No. ' tha . prtca of the dicsond'is just tha same no higher. Soma finns spend mora for goid plated or sterling inlaid plastic boxes than w spend,, on our system,- tha other boxas era prarty and the othr lawa'.ers. like ourselves, ara vary ccr.sdantious in aa! acting wrappings that will ti hanca tha appaoranca ol thai diamorld ring ttiay aaO. W kit upon tha pon lost yaox of f pariding our box mcnay Jcr orchids and Judging froni tha hundreds of orrfcids wa bought for rings -w.a hundrads of man who qppreclcrtad our efforts to "make as kin" " easy. J a c Its on Jewel ers ' mN.XJbartr8Lf Mast Araaa4 Ike Cereee fredi Sally's i K. of Cl to March In Loyalty Parade , PORflANDAprU 3MiP)-Some 00 Ipilghts of Columbus from western Oregon and southwest Washington will march here to morrow in a loyalty day parada led by Catholic Archbishop. Ed ward D. Howard, -The men will .attend mass at St. Mrrs cathedral and offer pray ers for peaces then march through downtown Portland to a breakfast. Sylvester Smith, Salem, state deputy of the Orejon jurisdiction o fthe knights, said the "demon stration is dedicated to a protest against suppression of individual freedom throughout the world." Car Insurance . . .- -; ii ' - a l -; Rates to Droo PORTLAND. April 30-VAn Insurance company official' today announced a cut in some automo bile Insurance rates to go into, ef fect in Oregon Monday. ! ' Arthur Eppstein,' president; of the Oregon Automobile Insurance company, said most companies would make the cut on collision. fire and theft policies on private cars and farm trucks. Commercial ! vehicles will-not be affected. There will be no change in lia bility ir sura her rates, he said, ex cept for farm trucks. The reductions result from the "good driving record during 1948," Eppstein added. A Tlllnf of th nw sr-hdule will be made in Salem Monday, he said. Gas Industry Nationalized jBv Laborites LONDON.Aprfl 3 0-0P-Bri tain's , billion dollar gas industry passes Into the hands of the government tomorrow, Socialism's Internstion- May Day holiday. ! It U the seventh major industry rationalized hy the labor party since ft came to power in 1945. ! The others iwere coal, electricity. n'e-iri tranit?-T. ?b! and " re less, airways and the bank of Eng land. Lamplighters will draw their pay henceforth froea the state instead of from a gas ccpnpany. The government will add 130. 000 employes to its payroll. It will take over 1,048 enterprises owned by 771 private companies and 275 municipalities and valued at $1, 080.000,000. ; Gas stockholders will get gov ernment stock of a value equal to their holdings In the companies. to the Salem .office. Mrs. E. T. Owen furnished transportation for the sruuD. Th iruuDi mMt each Tuesday. IS TiMVS A4 MlMtt a.T sXZS fweae OtAB MAOT Ow wrrewvH.-- rriS FCffT assaa' I u n uk 19 Tost yacir wa'ra qo- 9oin9 to iriake it much mora 5 H H s if HMfnUuKT Wal1W4. Roadside it 1 I SAN RAFAEL, Calif.. April StH. F. Carieva aad his l-yesr-ald auaghter Daisy sadly view the reaaaiaa mi their family's werldly gaads after fire destrajred a track eaatalalag slmeat everything the aeaple awaed. The fire eecarred; aear Saa KafaeL Calif, as .Cards va aad his f sally f eight were earaate freas Las Angeles ta Cervallis, Ore. Asserg the charred debris ara what anea was a motereyele. refrtgermter. stave, clothing, toys and ether articles, (Al Wjrepheta ta The SUtesaaaa). Oregon-Bound Family Aided by Calif orhians After Truck Burns - SAN RAFAXL, Calif, April S0-GPV-A family of nine whealost all their worldly goods in a roadside fire Thursday thought Marin county people were "mighty nice" toda. First., a Karase owner towed in the burned wreckage Of their truck free of charge. Then a motel owner accommodated the family of nine in luxury- class quarters for s total of $7. But today's gifts topped every thing. From citizens who preferred to remain anonymous came s to tal of (S300 in cash and a sturdy truck to 'replace the original. B. F. Cordova. 32, grandfather of the family, said "this thing hap pened to us among strangers, but we found out we aren't alone. "Folks around here have been mighty good." Cordova, a plumber's helper, had been out of work for four or five weeks in Los Angelas when tha family decided to move to Ore gon. A sistertn-law, Mrs. Joe Bera of Harlan. Ore, had written that there were Jobs in the lumber mills and that housing was available there.;, Cordova and his son-in-law, Hugh Rhoden. put their last $200 in an old model truck and the com bined family set out. They got as far asiSan Rafael Thursday when a defective battery terminal start ed the tire which destroyed every thing they owned. They will leave San Rafael to morrow in heir gift truck, for Harlan and the Oregon lumber mills. SKATTLK MILK PRICE CUT SIATTLEa pri 1 3 0-oP-Wholesale and retail prices of milk will drop a cent a quart in Seattle and vicinity tomorrow. Standard milk will be 17 and 18 cerfts a quart and premium milk 20 and 21. Fruit and Nut Growers Of HAHOy Air King Fog-Typo Sprayer Holiday, tlay 1. 10 A. II. , At the Wast Approach of the Wheatland Ferry at tha Clydt La Fcllellt T7alacl GroTt Spray your nota and fruit with a com pie ta coreraff .-ezardleaa of the size of your trees. This is strictly a ne-snan operation. Liquid sprays are demonstrating .heir superiority, over dust for all control. i Note: All Fruit Growers aad Hopnen Should Be Present Tiero'a A HARDY Sprayer f or Ery eed ' ' Tragedy v: OMS Buses to Switch Time Oregon Motor Stages buses ar riving in Salem from Portland will change to daylight saving time be ginning Monday at 2 a. m. as a result of Oregon's craxy-qullt pat tern of time zones, officials said Saturday. Greyhound and Hamman stage lines reported, however, they will remain on standard time, at least until further notice. Only Oregon Motor buses affect ed by the switch-over ara those southbound from Portland. North bound buses will remain on stand ard time. To make the change bus schedules at Salem will be ad vanced one hour. Petlee Man Returne Home From Arizona PEDES P. M. Ritner retuprned home last week from Phoenix. Aria, where he and his wife spent the winter. Mrs. Ritner will re main in the south for her health. Mildred Maddux, bride-elect of Richard Birchell, Las Cruces. N.M., was honored at a shower Tuesday at the Pedee clubhouse, by Mrs.. Veil Skeels. Mrs"! Alton Upmeyer, Mrs. Elton Zunll and Mrs. Eldon Cates. Kyle Named To Fish Board) Appointment- of XX IC Kyle, sr, Florence, as a member of the state fish commission to succeed Earl H. HilL Cushman, ) Lane county, was announced Saturday by Gov. Douglas McKay. Hill re signed 'from the commission to serve as a member of the legis lature, i I . Kyle will serve Hill's unexpired term ending Sept. t. 18S1J Ha is a native Qregonian and has been engaged in the fishing and mer cantile business on tha coast lor many years until his recent re tirement. ,i Wreck Near 0CE Injures 4 MONMOUTH, April SO - Spe cial) -Four persons were injured, two seriously,' about 7:30 p. m. Saturday, in a two car collision near the Oregon College of Educa tion campus here. In a Corvallis hospital with a broken right leg and possible in ternal injuries was John Ihrig. 30, Corvallis. driver of one of the cars. Marvin Hockett, 21, Dallas, was in the Dallas hospital with, a brok en right shoulder and bruises. Jo seph GUlett, 22. and Darrell Low wen, 21, both of Dallas, were5 re leased after treatment at Bartel hospital in Dallas. j Ihrig was taken to Salem Mem orial hospital but later transferred to 'Corvallis by ambulance. Wit nesses reported that Ihrig was driving north and collided headon with the sedan operated by Lowen. Power Line Drops Police Fliers Into Willamette Sloughr SCAPPOOSS; April SO-OrV'A power line snapped two flying po licemen into the Willamette slough here today, but they were pulled from the water, virtually unhurt. 'Sgt.Gerald Cochran and Patrol man Darrell Petrie. both Portland, were making a routine check in s rented seaplane to prevent fish poaching whan tha plane struck the line a mile east of here. A. Kaufman, Portland, was the j first of several nearby fishermen to reach the spot and help the policemen from the water. Both were shapen up, but the worst in jury appeared to be a cut Over Petrie's eye, not believed serious. The power Una was damaged and service to St. Helens was in terrupted 43 minutes. . 89g 59c v r v.V.v.v.T. .v..V.v...... - XT. .... . . .---" -TV-. ... . . -. - Msrts 1 Uros. I I 171 n. Liisriy. A J " i A S " 'A J A V- j , v ... i : i A .i. ' ' . a ' . ; HAND STAN P. sea. Tie Fadiria. f ear-aaaatas-aU saa af Mr. and Mrs. Sadie radUla of Las Angeles, has bean eal- andag an his father's hand : Plav Presented J aa ssas-as J -f aa. AMITY The eighth grade of Amity grade school presented an j original play, "Adventure qf Nan j cy and David," during a special program n luunuij. The program also included showing of comicNfilms and I vocal numbers by students. A pie so cial netted $40 for graduation ex penses.' , Youth Has Birthdar At Brush CoUcga BRUSH COLLEGE Delbert Folk, Jr, was honored on .his ninth, birthday last week at a party in his home. Those attending ware Keith and Mrs. Joseph Singer, Jo anne and Mrs. Louis Singer.' Gary and Mrs. Theo Domm. Margaret Mlchen, Mrs. C. L. Woe lk. Bobby and Mrs. Frank Ribett, Mrs Mike Focht. Mrs. Monte Harris, aad the hostess. Mrs. Delbert Folk, j Mrs. Pearl Jeffries and her! three daughters, of California, are vis iting Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Woelk. , f HOPfOU COURT SLATED SILVXRTON I. . Alfred has announced that the Boy Scout board of review for Mt. AngeL Scotts Mills, Silvarton and : Hazel Oreen will be held Tuesdsy night at 7:30 in the Eugene Field! audi torium in preparation to the Court of Honor to be held at Mt. Angel on the following Tuesday night. Price v Bemujls j Assorted Fsbriesl as Lengths Wools, Cottons, Raooa Cesnea Dalh I Terrell 390 VsJae Thick, Rugged,- i Dobby and PUid T m Umit 10 Plastic Yardage Value Ydi 3 Inch Width ' - . i . County Budget Sets Record At $3,010,69i x By Canrad G. Iranga - Stafl Wrtur, The Stat man ' Marion county win operate on a record S3.010.tl budget during tha nest fiscal year, beginning July 1, completed figures on the recent J county budget committee meeting revealed Saturday. ' Tha aix-man committee firad away for three days at budget re quests from the various county de partments all of which had push ed tha budget $250,000 out of line. When the smoke cleared away 'the committee found.it had approved: 1. A tax levy ol $1,020.99$ with, in the 6 per cent limitation and an additional electorate-passed $2U0,- . A'' . - 1. IS-' The Eysi Appear Look ! Emphasize your own "eye appeal by letting us replace your present frames with those that sparkle with personality. You will like wearing personality glasses for you will know you have that all lmpor-tant.-eye appeal" look! ' ; . 1 V n. : r ' . a Dr. Henry E. Morria aad 'I Dr. Kenneth W. MorrU OptorattrUtg at : Ilorrlj 444 Dr. Henry Merrls Ladles Coals 18.00 39.95 Values Spring Styles and Colors All im j , T7iu PinHng Shears Real Value 7.95 Household Site Ravel Free Edge nanssaaassatannnnnnHstaBmnaass . Baby Blankel 1.98 Value 1.25 Fluffy Cotton -Blue and . Pink a SCxSO Siie -4 Second Selec tion , Ilea's T7erk Sax 29c Value A... 90 Full Seamless - Rib Top Grey Full Length , P4r.isiiffl 890 Pink . Satin; Back fanel Hose Supporters ' a e - boundary for construction of a new courthouse. Tha rerular 4evy Is Just $72 less than being a par cant increase over, the current levy of mW75. ; , Z. Several large Increases In ex pendituresalthough the commit tee chopped the excessive estimat- ed expenses to fit Into tha -6 par cent limit.- The county school fund was increased about $10,000 over tha current budget and the: mar ket road fund was boosted to $205, 000 from its present $138,000. i , The general fund levy was re duced from Its current $531,000 to $50.000 yfor the next year, The state also sweetened the pot by adding $100,000to the revenue side ' of the ledger Tnis. is expected to secure from increased gasoline tax and auto license fees.; : ! , Tha budget1 committee also rais ed county employes wages $10 par month, .'adding, an extra deputy sheriff and approved the hiring at several additional office' erryloyes. The currant county budget vls $1 633,000. ; . -, , . ' . ! AA. 'IT. -, Optical Co. v. As SUU I " Dr. Keaaetli W. Merrle - s-sts EE Tom art fac UsafaU i Axttdaa Hara! Garneaf Bags r. H Yrft 1.98 Value ...... JJuVW Plastic 8 Garment j Mothproof I Eiicliea Towels j OCd 39e Value Cmj y Bleached - Red Border . 3x23. 1 ' ' , Snowy White 4 Caaaea Table Uapaias 79 Value U 190 e Large Sites .Cotton O Hymmed k t Ilea's T Shirts . 7$c Value 1..440 - ii i . ' i ' Cotton Knit Hemmed i ? . O'' Small and Medium - A - Salia Boxes l.8 Valae Hosiery and Glove Sise Mothers Day Gift Item " :'"s XLdni Sav2a-s nazal 000 levy outside tha limitation Li 890