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3irs n ;g0 D 9 Flax Plant Burns at MT. ANGEL, May 2-(Special) A tracing fir this morninj de stroyed the washing plant and valuable machinery at the Mt. Angel Flax Growers association, one mile north of here, at an es timated loss of $7,000. Fred Schwab, plant manager, aaid the fire was discovered burning in a flax pulling ma chine at 11 a. m. by William Harryfield and Mike Klein achmidt, plant employes. The. cause was still undetermined, late today. Mt. Angel volunteer firemen fought the blaze for more than an hour to prevent it from spreading to nearby plant build sMoon Falling into Sun Broadcast JACKSON, Miss. May 2-C4 -Bob McKee, an announcer for a ackson (WJXNl radio station, reported on his disc jockey program last night that "the moon Is falling into the tun ind the Mississippi river basin Is an earthquake danger aiea." i ' Reaction to tne program it lasted only minutes and w labeled fictitious before it started was both immediate and unex- : DU3 ' A 'I ' I 1 K ' li mo Qua To the average person thcie is nothing so forbidding as pages of . statistics. Even members of the legislature when they see official j reports full of figures start to talk about the waste in public printing j Bo tables of valuation and taxes i prepared by the state tax commis- ; aion are ant to get short shrift from the public. When the tax bill ; arrives the property-owne- says "ouch." and drags his feet to the collector's office to pay his assess ment. But these tables of tax fig ures come alive-if one studies them carefully. ? For instance the total assessed valuation of the state re ; m $899,787,000 in 1940 to $1,401 CU 000 in 1948. That Is ati in reaj.e of f! per cent. A breakdown of tlie?e figures shows nhr interesting facts. Tie Increase in perfcnal property valuation was 197 per cent, of. improvements on land 106 rer cent, of utilities 39 per rent, and was the laggard, the percent age of -increase on lard valuation being small. Break down the personal prop erty classification and you firvd percentage fncreres in its items: machinery 176; merchandise 2S0; boats and vessels 262; faim imple ments 23K; non-household furni- mre ana ctjuiiiirn ovi, iirsn.in i 97. What is happening, as Wallace . Wharton, tax commissioner In charge of the division of assess ment and taxation, points out in recant bulletins Is that people are using more machinery and equip ment - Industry Is expanding and farmers are using power machines In farming. The gain In improve ments is due to more houses for residences for a growing popula tion, more buildings (Continued on Editorial Page) Block Sticks in ChihVsMouth Here's one way a child can keep both Interested and quiet, but. the fiethod Is not advocated generally y pediatricians. Martha Price, age 2, who is visiting at the hofhe, of her aunt and vncle Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Kleinke at 170 N. 23rd St., was playing with her blocks Monday when she decided to try one In her mouth for sue. It fit, too well. and Mrs Kleinke spent a frantic 10 minutes trying to dislodge the block. Salem's firt aid crew was called to the scene but the block was ''extracted before they arrived. Young Martha suffered no ill ef fects from the ordeal, Mrs. Klein ke reported. Animal Crackers V WARREN GOODRICH "Jmst s mimttt ktrm tsktm m good look st whst we're Ughting over?- MS t Building Mt. Angel ings. The Interior of the 75 by 15 foot frame building was com pletely raxed. Machinery destroy ed included the pulling machine, baler, trailer, wagon, three motors. 20 tons of flax tow and the building's blower system. It was the; second serious fire to strike the plant within 10 years. On July 4. 1941, a blaze swept through a larger building, causing $15,000 worth of damage. Schwab said operations would continue normally despite loss of washing facilities. The building was fully cohered by insurance, and association directors will de cide whether it will be rebuilt. Scares A rea petted A' Baptist minister beard abou it and dismissed his Sunday eve ning grayer service, telling the 350 worshippers present to go and warn their neighbors. "It looked -like a whit sheet was pulled over the congregation, when I told them they turned s pale, the Re. H A. Milner said later. Several girls living in the YWCA went into near hvsteria. riee&d with (Tails The weather bureau, news paper offices: and radio stations were flooded with calls that time in until after midnight. The pro gram went onrthe air at 8:04 p. m (CST). McKee was suspended from his job at once. Me was dismissed this morning. James Ownfcyfc the station man ager, said the station was ex tremely sorryffor the incident. He ordered the program stopped as soon as he heard it start and had corrective announcements made for the remainder of the night. McKee said the program was his own idea. Anaeeneed FicUUoes McKee said aeannoiinced the progrsm as fictitious, then Inter rupts a record to announce that "the moon is falling into the aun. The entire Mississippi river basin from Winnipeg to New Orleans has been declared a danger area. Earthquakes ire expected."' He said he then faked a switch to Washington and imitated an "Arthur Q Winston," whom he identified as a presidential secre tary. (Mr. Truman has no secretary named "Winston"). Winston, McKee said, reported the president fwas too busy in an emergency cabinet meeting to ap- i pear but repeated the earlier warnine . Unions Back Baldock Plan Salem Trades and Labor council went on record Monday In favor of the Baldock plan for highway and street development In Salem, and have sent letter to Mayor Robert Elfstrom In that Herbert 'Barker, secretary of the : "'""in. inoovncta Monaay nigni mi m tine ume xnc council ! tlht Mvini to. for tht A I copy of the resolution was sent to the city council which will studr i th. proposed Ume change at their May 0 meeting. . j t Jtt-POrND AGATE FOI XD BEND. May 2 -iA)- An agate weighing 320 pounds his been at tracting attention among gem en thus'asts her4. It was found in the Pony Butte area of Jefferson county by P L. Forbes and has been cut into halves for display, i $10,000 Dallas Home Blaze Adds to Woes of Misfortune-Plagued Family DALLAS. May 2 (Special )-A ' quicx-spreaaiEg oitii destroyed the possessions of two families and razed a recently remodeled house here Mondavi Undetermined was the cause of tjhe fire which result ed In loss estimated bv owners at nearly $10,000. The Carol Ruby family occupied the house, located at the cdrner of Ugiow and Clay streets. Belongings of visiting relatives valued at $1, 500 also werejlost In the flames. Only a small portion of furni ture was salvaged from the home but a wallet .containing $500 was found intact ih a bedroom. The house was owned by A. E. Thompson, Dallas route 1. He aaid he spent $3,50 renovating it last fall and valued it at $6,500: He said it appeared to him that the struc ture fas a total loss. For Ruby i was a continuation cf misfortunes which have plagu ed him since he moved here from Rosburg this wmter. The. safe of the Dallas Safeway store where he is manager was robbed shortly af ter he came here, and in January his four-year ikld son was critically injured when-struck by a car. His loss, in Monday's fire wa not mor- cred by insurance, be aaid. 0te (w) 83th TEAR Goveminfleinift UinivenBs InJeM Eose YairdlstiocIIu ESemnio Leadleirs ffffeir Laltow Actual Size Of Increases Undetermined WASHINGTON. May 2-0" The government tonight made public a ! yardstick to determine which land lords can raise their rents, but left unanswered the big question: How widespread and how large will the increase be? Housing Expediter Tifhe X. Woods announced: 1. Any landlord operating a small structure can get a rent in crease if his net operating income la less than 25 per cent of his gross income. He will be given an increase to bring his net operating income up to 30 per cent. 2. Any landlord operating a Large structure can get an increase if his' net operating Income is I than 20 per cent of his gross In come.. He will get an increase to bring his net operating income up to 25 per cent. Small Strocture A small structure contains one to four homes. A large structure contains more than four homes. Gross Income is the total the landlord takes on hit rental properties. Net operating income Is defined as the money left after payments of all operating eapenees, including taxes and allowance for depreciation. Payments for Interest or payments on the principle of mortgages are not Included in op erating expenses. Expediter Woods announced the action under the new rent control law- which congress passed a little more than a month ago. The law, which extended controls for 15 months, said landlords should get a rfair act operating Income?, but left It up to Woods to define even an Income. ; Impossible to Estimate j Woods, making public his tor- mula. said It is impossible to eetl- mate now exactly how it will af i feet rents on the approenmatelr i 14,000.000 dwellings still under fed ; eral controls . . '. ' ., . . . . . After a landlord has determined whether ae is qualified to receive an increase, this is the way he may figure the income to which be ie entitled: 1. "Small" Landlord: Multiply annual operating expenses Includ ing taxes and depredation by v100 and divided by ?0. Th This wUl give ' him a "fair" gross income. Tbe ln orease to which be Is entitled is the difference between that and his actual rentals. t. "Large" La-mdlord: Multiply annual operating expenses Includ ing taxes and depreciation by 100, and divide by 75. The increase to which he U nt1flH U ln th. "Tl, " :.J :7. " Individual a! landlords mav applv k.. k. i; - C for renj form" In area rlt X? Jorh- ?t.t, ?t ! '.V, J1? ot Prfnt "d fL-, di L.01""1!"1 nrludi"f charge for deprecia- tiqn. or normal wear. The depreciation allowance Is limited to 21 per cent of Ae gross income In the case of , "small" struc tures and 16 per cet t in the case of "large" ones. Associates of Wood? said they are prepared to atart granting in creases under the formula to qual ified landlords immediately. :;idr- : T f j l . DALLAS. May l-(IpeciaJ)-awB WUUng tko On which testrcyej the Care4 Raby rail lien here Mseiisy neeei as a nseeaber eg th ieegro ec aae aaamfly ami (ssea w4Sst reaalasal lees eg PAGES The) Oregon Shanghai Street Scene Shows I-vr,, i. ( zflif-S Z?- -- r '-w 7 r jb MrV' a It" ' t . w t ii4&2 t4. 1? - - v r SHANGHAI, May 2 Garrison troops of the Chinese NaUenalist army, who are charged with defending Shanghai, prepare to defend the elty by digging In fan emplacements (soldier at left), while a derma n type belmeted soldier stands gaard. (AT Wirepbete via radio from Shaagkal tm The Stateeman). Elfstrom Backs Time Switch for City Petition Opposes State Hold on Timo ProbabiUty that Salem will fol low Portland's.' lead in adopting daylight savings time was Voiced Monday by Mayor R. L. Elfstrom. The roayor, just back from a seven-weeks vacation trip, indi cated two rruijor items for city council decision next Monday night will be the time switeh proposal j and final' action on the Baldock highway plan for Salem. Eifsurom said he feltcersonaliv .... ... .jt ... , - Willi llir lilUUUi BUUl HiC ter time, but that he wanted a general expression Of citizens' op.nion through the city aldermen who vi 11 act on a pending bill to : eetabii-h " daylight ner e this month. savings time : Tn mayor also said he hoped uic council wouia ici 10 generally : accept the state highway depart ment's recommendations for a new bridge, one-way streets and traf fic bypass east of Salem. He noted that one-way streets seemed popu lar in many of the cities he visited on his trip. " Mr. and Mrs. Elfstrom visited their son,. Robert, jr., in the army in Texas and toured southern states across the country in a 10.- fton,i!- ,,mKM-Tv, -i so flew from Florida to Cuba for a visit. POSTMASTERS NOMINATED WASHINGTON. May I- P - Oregon postmaster nominations sent to the serrate by President Truman include E. Cleone Blais ; dell. Valsetz; Leonard A. Picker. Mount Angel: Fern Miles, Scotts Mills; Harriet A. Fleischhauer, ! Aurora; Leon L. McFarlane, Ore ; gon City; John J. Clark, Saint 1 Benedict. MUNDDI 1651 . Guard General Suspended by Gov. Langlie CAMP MURRAY. Waah., May X-(P)-Brig. Gen. fcnaley M. Llew ellyn, adjutant general of the Washington national guard and an appointee of former Governor Wallgrn. was suspended today ; by Governor Langlie. In aft executive order issued at Olympta.-. Langlie ordered the sus pension "because I have no confi dence In Llewellyn's ability," and called on a board of inquiry to in- veetigate "certain Irregularities" j In the conduct of the adjutant general's office. The governor declined to elab orate on the "irregularities" other than to say they did not involve finances. ! w ,i "i Z "pp'n.lea J" iWallgren in February, 194. Re- cently he refused to accede to a request by Langlie that he resign, saying that the governor's action was "politically motivated." This Langlie denied. The adjutant general received the notice of his suspension at his guard headquarters late today. After a short, sharp meeting with the executive board of In quiry. Llewellyn stalked out of his office with the remark "the place la yours. None of the principals In this afternoon's meeting believed that ! Llewellyn would give up his office ' permanently without a long and ! bitter battle utilizing every legal resource at his command. Saff-Oackrrs Take S2S.0OO in Corrallis CORVALLIS, May 2-(PH$afe-crackers mad off with one of the biggest hauls In the city's history over the weekend, taking about SZ3.OO0 from the office of Dr H. H. Faust. Police said th safe held $900 in cash. $1900 In government bonds, and the remainder in cor poration stock and bonds. ' Mow many were negotiable was not de termined at one. Mini Preela. brlKaairzz L 3 s t trace it it M. weather bu SaJemi: rru nt wttk rain ea ftfiinns m1 McNarr Beat. asoudy today and tomans the coast by Wedn ri i y feraeoe end Bm me vauer I valley by evening, uh today . Low toniabt steer SS except tor elavatlona end aorta ef falem aaiafcer wbere low will reeca at. CoartWeee win be generariy lair sec aB Sana ae Uvttiea today except tor r-nil kght vtfaAUM PtutCXTTTATlOM !. t a atay t TTeer leetTeac 41.T7 raai Tuesday. May I. If 49 DO ComropTOinniDse Defense Work Prellmlnary referendum peti tion to set aside operation of house biU 484 of the recent legislature, authorising the governor to es tablish statewide daylight saving time In Oregon, was filed in the state department Monday. , The law under attack provide that daylight saving time could be proclaimed by the governor whenever, in his opinion. Oregon is at a disadvantage in observing standard time because of fast time in bordering states. The preliminary petition was signed by Lee Stidd, Jr . Rt 1. Oswego; Eva Heffcner. 253 N E 50th avenue; Robert Greene, 2722. N. E 22nd avenue; Ida M. Grif fin. J434 N. E. 60th avenue; Opal Eisenhauer. 3453 N. W. Thurman, and Leslie Lange. J434 57th ave nue, all of Portland In event completed petitions containing the signatures of 15 926 qualified voters are filed with the secretary of state by July 13 operation of the law would be suspended until It could be voted on at a subsequent election. The law, unless susjerted to ! referendum, will become operative! July 10 Atlanta Bans Klan Masks ATLANTA, May 2-OPV-The wearing of masks was banned in this capital of the Ku KIux Klan today. By a unanimous, 17-0 vote the city council approved the anti mask ordinance introduced by Councilman Archie Lindsey. The new ordinance makes the wearing of masks in public, except for festive occasions such as Hal loween, an offense punishable by a ffn of $200 and $0 days In Jail. Blue Lake Packers to Get Bill ' For West Salem Sewer Repair WEST SALEM, May 2-(Specl) A potato-clogged sewer drew the Ire of West Salem city council to night and. as a result. Blue Lake Packers will be billed for sewer repair work bow In progress near Patterson and Zdgcwatar streets. Police Chief W. H. Porter, In charge ef th sewer work, re ported at tonight's council meeting that h found whole potato In th clogged sewer and. upon In specting th local Cannery, found Its screen defective enough to per mit passsgc of four-Inch potatoes into th city sewer. Council tnainbert said th city's agreement with th cannery calls for release of only wast water from th cannery Into th sewer. They to ted to send Blue Lak a bCJ for th repair and labor aosta. Th council alao voted to allow ll-aatnnt parking aa son In troat ef Sa rings Center market, which ha been closed to parking acoapt for a bus atop. Th' parking PRICE he No. 43 Showdown on Taft-Hartley Repeal Today WASHINGTON. May 2 Democratic leaders in the house hammered out a compromise labor bill late today, and planned to of fer it on the floor tomorrow. It would replace the administra tion labor bill which called for outright repeal of tha Taft-Hartley act and revival of the new deal Wagner act with some modifica tions. Disliking this bill, a number of republicans and southern demo crats have got behind a bill of fered by Rep. Wood (D-Ga) to repeal" the Taft-Hartley act but reenact most sioris. of its major provi- aK-aui urn bi thrive xo w u.i sieam out 01 mis drive for the Wood bill, the u - m - promise was drafted. Speaker Hay- Durn cu-iexj said we compro mise would include these points: 1. Injunction provisions, simitar to those now in the Taft-Hartl law, to deal with labor dispwft-s threatening the national secunt or safety. The administration bill omitted these provisions. 2. A guarantee of free speech to employers and unions in labor disputes. 3. A requirement that uniuna make regular financial reports periodically. Oaths Included 4. A requirement that enapleyers and union officials sign oaths of loyalty to the governftient aad swear they are not communists be fore they can avail themselves of national labor board procedures. Tbe Taft-Hartley law contains the non -communist oath provision as to unions and the administration bill omits it altogether. I. Creation of a Joint congres sional committee to study labor management relations. The house will vote on the com promise first. If it passes there will be no vote on the Wood bill or on- th. administration measure, which is known as the Thomas Lisinskt bill. Rayburn emphasised that the compcomise had not been cleared with the Truman admfnisti ation. Ford Moves to Forestall Strike DETROIT. May 2-0P-The CIO United Auto Workers said today that Ford Motor company had tak en steps which would probably forestall a threatened strike. Union officials made this state ment after an investigation of the speed of Ford assembly lines at the big River Rouge plant. " Local 600, which represents 60,- 000 workers at the plant, had sought authorization of the UAW I executive board to call a strike. j The local charged that production I had been speeded up. The union investigating com mittee said it had found that Ford had slowed down the lines Thurs day, thus removing the original basis of the speedup charge. U.N. TO ADJOURN MAY 14 NEW YORK, May 1 -p- Th United Nations assembly decided today to adjourn its spring session May 14. It began April f. Russia wanted adjournnent set for May is dui cm not press for it. area will not Interfere with bus loading. It was planned. Costs of recent curbing of iriew ly payed 7th street between Pat terson avenue and Wallace road will be prorated among propeity owners, largely the industries in that section of town, it was au thorized by the council. Councilmen considered com plaint by Mrs.' Lawrence Imh that the city had violated terms of an easement by failing to keep up a drainage ditch on property of her family and three others along the east aid of Wallace road, out side city limits. The council de cided to ask Salem city engineers to appraise th situation and esti mate improvement costs. Although this property has been annexed to the city of Salem th drainage benefits West Salem and th 11 -year-old casement still binds West Salem, according to City Attorney Steve Anderscr. (Additional details, page 2) ! I Danger 1 i - J'l.. ' i Of FIbo Subside Danger of serious flooding in fhe WUlamette -.'alley eased Monday night as rains slackened folio In one of the heaviest downpours eg the year. I ! . Heavy rain Saturday and Sun day sent the Willamette jrivef up 10 feet, but the river crested short of 12 feet at Eugene and was ex pected to begin flhng slowly. The) Willamette went out of its bjsnda at Harnsburg ani the Santiam at Jef ferson is expected te cre( a .It feet five above flood stage-i-to dav. ' ! .-I The river is expected to crest at Salem Wednedar night at ll feet five belaw tUtod level. Ratid rising waters hai reached 12 feet at Salem Monday night. f Umall Slides - Heavy rains were blamed for number of small slides plaguing traffic along the North Santiam highway near Detr oit Monofey. Mo tor travel was hatted t& iIVfrr.it ds several timf because of sliries and ; one 2(JTeet wide closed the icute Monday aftern vn. I ' High water at the Detroit dam -site threatene-i work there Mon day when a-aevfi.m of cribbing 2 feet Jong and .T fet.wide br k loose. Cables wer-still holding tho section ani workmen said they mar be able to get it Ixick in plMew They were unibt to work Mn- day because of hi!"! water. j " Bridge I'nder Water ( ! The North" Santiam riverl ferj by 4B-nour downpur of 4'jl inc iiea. , w up 4 ,2 f. Detroif Mt nrlay I to lain : Ihrniu'linut tl. TKJ Tk . u.irg bridge two milei atA . idanh( Wa ref.rt-d la be umiee i water Mondv. I i Brookings took the brunt of the; week end of rir .recording moi. than four inches in 24 hours. Near ly two inch at Astoria, 1 M at North Rend, 1 5 at Newpit. 1.21 at Salnm. T 27 at Eugene hi 4 .98 at Poi t(jn i. Stream Overflow Many .;mil!! stnwms overfW w ed. flooding lo -lying farms.- i The Willamette crest was ex pected to be up t i 17 feet at Cor valhs and Albany tonight. Flll, level is 20 feet Independence feny operators, WiilUm snd Wiijr4 Lawrence.3eport-1 h. river at 1T, feet there Hon jy night, but far hopyarid near th. river had not heen dani-iu l eriu&ly. , j Portland and Vancouver .Wash were warned of a - crest j of )6.4 feet Thursday. Fll level is li feet at Portland arji 15 fctt at Vancouver; j j , On top of floTt threats, the ther bureau warnd of ! possible, frost in higher elevations and noith of Salem W lne1ay n'in Ing. ; 22 Price ut On 3 Tvj na of Car Insurance Oregon utomj!)i,'- owners will receive an average 22 per centre-' 'duct ion in their automobile i In surance rates for fire, theft and collision, under nnv tariffs filed In the state Insurant department Monday ' i j - Scth Thompson, state Insurant- commission, reported no reduction is provided In public liability and property damas iruMrance Jaut saldf lower rate for this type of Insurance may be coming .as e-o as the companies Investigate their liability experience. j - - Lower rate for life, theft and collision Insurance are effective at once, and are possible, j Thomp son said he was advised, j beca us of th reduced number of acci dents in Oregon. It also was ern paasized that many automobil owners have ceased purchasing collision insurance because of th increase in rates after the war),. . The rate reduction wlll amount to 25 per cent for car owners wh drive ies than 7.500 ndle a year, have no persons in the family .'un der 25 years of age who drive: th family car, ind whi don't uselth car in business. " N ' . The reduction tor salesmen-and other persons w ho u.e thefjr cars in their business, as well as por Ar sons who drive' more thn 7f5f'0 mljes a year, i!l be 15 pr cefJt. OEMS IN WINDOW ITfitTV PORTLAND, May 2-ih-X ko loss of $5,000 In gems and waUhn was reported by a Jewelry rcto here today. A show windw wis smashed, and the thief took. e.ry- ming wnnin reacn. ( REFUSES TO RECANT WASHINGTON'. May 2-4VTh supreme court rerusea to recn- slder its recent ruling that statu are free to ban the slowdown a a labor union tactic Daseball Scores Vestera lateraaiieaail At Tikima is. VM-wvwi. At Wenatcie 17. Tacorna I A Bremerton 7. Stpofean 1 At Jm-Victon run. National Leaga Wo games 1 sched tiled. AmertcaN Leaga No games scbeduied. ' i Coast Leagao At Hollywood J. Seattle t At aoeramente S. Vjam Aet At S Dtee Km Ttmmm4m ' UrVUnS-0-kiB04 not ecAeetU). r-1 V.
