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fTho Statesmen, Salem, Orogoa. TueiaT. Mere 3. l94t 'ArtlmrMnnra I Pies; Former .Councilman .' Arthur H. Moore. T5, former city cvmnlman and civil service, com missioner, died at a local hospital S'inday night following an ilkiesa feveral months. Moore opened a bicycle hop in Salem in 1912 and had been in that b-j-uness at :several locations until 11-n-M prevented him from work In. "H:s first shop at 421 C-Kjrt e!.. but in 1923 he built the H'omre apartment at 241 N. High f . and occupied the r ound floor q-nr?r for hss shop. In 1944 h expanded the hop to include hunting. fishing. boating and c-'ii.z equipment. Mre. in addition to servii.g as a! lerman and cn the civil service twar-f. took an active pa t m manr -ci -! affairs. He was a member 0' i'aiiriic and Elks lodges and of he While Shrii.e and Order of ?e Eastern Star. I,!.-4 surviving child ' f Ite State B'mrerr.e Court Judge F. A. ."fKre Bui Emma Moore. he as born nar Is Moire?, lows Ju'v 7, H"3 He cr.me to Sv Helen at tJ ' mj- of 'ff ur w h his parent an-) va mame.i to Eliria Ryan In 1351 Mrs. Moore died several ft--" ago. M i. j re moved to Salem Ln 1 838 and was in charjre of rsrperiter In a? Oicgon state hfp?ta! be fore opening his firt bicycle shop here S'ir iors are daughters. Mrs. H--!en Bradley ?nd Ru'h Moore, r'h of Salem, and several nieces an 1 nephews, Funeral service will be held V'elnewday at 1 30 p-m in the W. T Rijion rhape! unri'r tre u-I'-'-es of Pacific lodge 50, AF and AM Ball Plaxors Show Driver How Bus Runs Three1 visiting Victoria baseball pi vers (if i'!ed tOj sfurA- City Ti rNi line dnt-r hoy o.(l5.ere his U'j ?ririay nigh: and tl e net re-.ul! . ,i iji! t'-.-fi- v ere ited to npiifi' i-i poiice i fU! t of! charges cit' li- i ii riv C( .'! ;( !. Kach posted 1'r-v . iie f i;,e . W V Boemler. "I.! .Vu !. r. U' B.rt!et!. li.nis t in. Tex . tino A ! KvereTt. Tul ct (kl. . ( if n pavsct'.gers on a .! t4 ifc'ed h Jchn Hwsf, 2H.i N 4!h . u.ren mt' hanicai The dr;v-' :ipjed the bus at Ch'ii' h :m H i !lct-:s after air f ii 'r. . k-. v uln't v.'ork firoper Iv j'r 1 u.', U.e p.tss :. iters to wait v -i!e rr taif(.i ff.: another bus. II : e"jriit tu ee the bus driv ing srith -h Chum tteet with " i''. !f.e ti I p.ie. at the . v heej TU v were .!. id at C"ot te arid !!nf strep's afer driv- 1( anp;!W !!e b-fKlc. ' The.v tn!d ',i(-f they J ,..t want ed :.nv .'t e .n r.d show t' - 1tr. i t et the ous all BOXCAR INTFRI T T ... f orar.ges "Aere S'-rieri Ut rr. f t xt ar a tre X'aUey Fi;;i' ' i S C !:, te st . he- t a '. SatiiK hv iMhin ar.d M-nday iiih! fx !-e were n.!!f:ed- A lock ii. i 'I p ii v as broken to gain en : v. FURNITURE AUCTION TONIGHT 7:30 P. M. Glenwcod Ballroom MAY SF.D. T OO P M fileii1 t.a . 1 room. 4 miles N. f Sa'em tin S9E. ' rru N. of Chemawa 4-C"otneYs. C-Misist'.f .g if Ige consigned Sc e ' ! TZur f..:ni:uie. etc., as f.M..iva: Deluxe d.n.tie ten Wrstmg h.nue ritt rarge New 8" i eii ger i Sitiger treadle sewing rfij.tr.. re. Ijrge walnut hei , Mohair day suite. Walr-ut n r. t suite (8-pc) Si-iii om Tb'e radic Wal n it t -dii t-e: Telephone ta -f Cha.r. r Cmette sets. Table A fiiT lwt.it. Kle-tr-;ui stuum 3 metal bed. orr.f'.ete. 2 early Anier-:v-jn ptr tetis Box springs Se si:ri f ipt- r.g rna!tiees. New and. i"vec fwgs & pads. Lamps. V.a.fl & cocktail tables. Drop leaf tesk. Linoleum rugs Se arctaV. 3 used smoking cab inets D&ver c. Swing rocker. Many cttr items too numerous to htt. Nc reserve. No junk. Safe money by attending this sate. Glen Uoodry AUCTIONEER We sell mm fesessrisalaa er U1 hmr year farmJtere fr rasJk. - Succumbs i v.! . ' ;ySar-' li :. i U i - i a: ,. Arthur H-. Moore, farmer Salem JdermaJi and civil aervlee com- mKalener. whs died at a leeal hospital Sunday after aa illness ef several months. f nm - A1 irtirn I" 1 tm I 6 1 O 1 SIiltBrI 111 JllPiTI OlctltU 111 Utlll.111 E-stablishment of a new mort- ! gale tirm in Salem by Rex San-; ford, what was in the mortgage bsinesshere until 1940. is under- , way this week. Sanford recently ; retired as northwest manager of the mortgage department for Sin s fLjfe Assurance company oi can-' lada ; S j When he left Salem. Sanford in- j stalled at Portland the first Sun ' Ljre mongage omce in tne in iru Stj'es. ; He will be associated here with E. M. Lafjen, president of Larsen . , j , carrH Home and Loan etimpanv San.erd wtll have, available both FHA and conventional mortgage loans. Priniile School Host to Parenls Achievcmeiit Night Pit INGLE Parents and friends ! of Pi male school, inspected the j work of; pufi's Thurdav when 1 annual Achievement night was I held at the school ! Displ.is -f ceramics, wood rarv- j in?, leatller woik, puppets, text.ie painting inrl weaving were showrt i ; in every C';asriKrn r.acn ciass as j played rfayon and temjWa paint- ed m-irait in connection with social study. j The first and second grade room featured a table depicting a Urm- yard scer.e: the th.rd and furth j graders had maypole dance with I stoiy book dolls, while the fifth, i anci sixth graders presided at the j refreshment table A display of j Cub scout work was also shown. Game Attendance Contest (Captured Bv Perfect (in ess Helen A! Dorffler. 1127 N Chun h ! Salem is the winner of the tter.dairie guessing contest sponsored by the Salem Senators laeball I club boosters organiza tion. Mrs. Dorffler guesed the opening! night attendance right ,n the rfose. 3.157 paid. , She wins a season pass, tax free, aivi foe two person Well Into the thousands ient in figures for the contest. ! Nonrr -of ivtntion to im prove! thf Ul V IN BI OCK 9. f N iOKIS ADDITION". FROM ! Mll I III STREET TO W II. SON STeFT. Notl.-e hereby 1 (iven that th mm- (oil. dra it nfcnarv and e.;eclien! and hrrebv declare it purpose and intention in tn prove alley in Block t. U H ones Addition t the city of iarion count. Oif( n frorn the avuitrV l.n o M:11er $?:e-t ?o te north Ine of Wilaon a'ree'. mi th iif of SiWm. MaruMi county. Oregon, at tne fxrnw of the abutting arid ad laoetit prtperly. by brir.g:n said at!y lt the eUbl!hed grade, and paving iatd aUe itri a inch Portland ron preta reeent pavement li fret wid. m irfordjnf with the plans nd pe-ciflcat'cM-ta tf-.erefor mhlcn wefr idopf ed by tii common council April IS. 14. wh-h are now on fii in the uffe ttt lit rVr recorder ard uhlrh be tfcta. reference thereto are rrart part hereof Tne ccar.mon cunil hereby declare It Bmro and intention to make the at.ve deacnbeS Improvement" .bv and through atreet Improverrer.t de partment; By 04er of the Common Council Aprtl S3 IMS , A I r R ED MUNDT. City Recor der Oate of int pubK-ftti.t nerecf ka Aprtl 2tJ IMf Ap3S JO Mrl-M I ! M I NTir to mrniToas Si'Kf leret ta givn t.iat t.e Cir ' rttjt I'cHjrt cf O.tiori (ur Marion Coun. : ty ha ppoli tl the unicrainel ad ' mtmtratr of tie estate of Tliomii i N(w:.i Aht-ott. deceated. Al! petaon ,' iiavtitg f lainn aant tha e'ae here ' by ate ret;fie! to Vreer.t tra un f I im ptiiajer voucner to the under i autt-.rd at tne Law office of Ch. J 1 at Salens. Oren. ;ti.m i moThs forr. tt'e rtate " firt publ. ; catton of tr.la nttioe Titat ptbi;cat;n hereof In April S:h. iH r ( CubtrtiA Abbott. Aimmu'.ri'ur lim i Komti, A'tomejr f,r Ad : miiuiu r. Bt'HeTi, Oreeen Ap My 3 TS4UI MAII NOTIC NOTICK IS HERCBY GlVXN THAT : r food t reiii. Inc . a Wiicofiiil i corpora sJn." o( X W' Wtamtaa St.. i Oiimo. JH . ha riled It trade mark ! BO PtJbP" r;tn tne Secretary 4 ! State of Ore. Ap IS-N-MyJ 1 O Bes! Feed j O Deasoiiabls Fricex DINNERS LUNCHES SANDWICHES TRY THE Gold Arrow ! Desiaoraxil 15W FalrgCM-ade ReL Oiaeai 11 ! A. M. ie 1 P. M. Of Portland Upon Hinterland? Dependence on the port of Portland upon development of the northwest "hinterland" was stressed by D. J. McGarity, general manag er for th Portland port commission, in a talk Monday noon before Salem Chamber of Commerce. He reminded that a postwar port development committtee had urgently recommended improvement of the Willamette river channel as far upriver as Eugene, lor all year navigation. McGarity outlined recent growth of Portland's port, which he said before World War II had only a small portion of the nation's trade despite its strategic location. Dur ing the war, he noted, the port be came one of the first 10 In the nation in cargo handled, as well as a leader in shipbuilding, in spit of lack of facilities. That progress was accomplished, according to the speaker, without expenditure of federal funds for terminals or equipment and des- Dite the lack of cooperation by the s i Soviet, for which Portland handled ! .1 1 J 7 V.lx.I... Since the "economy of Oregon . is depending more and more upon world markets, requiring water . transport," McGarity urged the j establishment of port districts to promote water shipping in the Willamette valley, with the view that -Portland is only a gateway Several musical numbers pre feeding tna program were sung i the sixth grade chorus from Gs ,fleM KhoQl dlrected by M ceding tha program were sung by ar- rs. Caroline Blake and accompanied by Mrs. Mary Bradley. tiuests at the luncheon included members of the Salem Senators baseball club. Education Bill Change Beaten WASHINGTON. May 2 - (JP - . . . . . - - sponsors of a $300,000,000 art ..ration bill .cored federal aid to education bill scored ' a top-heavy 68 to 1 1 victory today, j Led jointly by Senators Taft (R ' Ohio) and Eibert Thomas (D- Utah), they beat down an amend ! ment by Senator Lodge (R-Mass) I which would have raised the am ; ount richer states would receive for each pupil. Lodge proposed that every state 1 receive S10 of. federal aid each year for all children between 5 and 17 years. Taft and "other sponsors of the aid plan contended this "would kill the bill " They said it would defeat its purpose to equalize edu- : rar Ana uninrt inirtaa nmnna tna ! ki'""""" states- West Talks on Blockade End NEW YORK. May 2 -The wSjsern powers took another step , today toward a meeting with Rus i sia on lifting the Berlin blockade 1 and discussing an overall settle , ment of the German problem. L' S. Ambassador-at-Large Phil 1 ip C. Jessup corlrred for more Sir Alexander CaHogan of Britian and Jean Chauvel of France to fix a Joint approach to the Russians , on lifting the blockade. This j might mean that a four-power conference, with Russia's Jakob! A. Malik sitting in. will b held here befoee the week ends. . A T Tl . VVI JjclIHIlICl . in Jrortlanu ' Three Salem Civil Air Patrol of ficers and the;r wives attended tha annual banquet of the Oregon wing at the Benson hotel In Port land Saturday. Col. Robert L. Scott. Jr.. ex commanding offuej- of Th ' Fly ing Tigers'" vas the banquet speak er. A staff clir.ic for squadron commanders and staff officers was held Sunday with special emphasis on reports and radio communica tion. Ne regulations instituted by the air force were explained. Attending from the Salem, unit were lt Lt. Wade H. Dickinson, commander, 1st Lt. Delbert Gos ser. operations officer, and 2nd Lt. Jack Parsons, training officer. NOTICE Or INTENTION TO IM PROVE THE Al LEV IN Bl Of K IS NORTH SLEM ADDITION. FROM BKLMONT STREET TU MARKET STREET. j Notice hereby is ftven that trie com mon coancti ot the citv of Saiam. Ore- i ton. deenis It r.ecesaary and eXDedient and hereby de-lares its purpose and intention to Improve the allev In Black 10. North Salem Addition, to the city of Salem. Marion county. Oregon, from the notth line of Belmont street to tr.e south l:ue of Maiket street. In the city ! Salem. Marion county. Oregon, at the expense cf fie abutting and ad lacent property, bv bringing aid al ley to the eatabliahed grade, and pav ing aaid alley with a i Inch Portland concrete .rerren! pavement IS feet wide. :n accordance ith the plant and ape d ape- ed by tr.e common council AprU 25. i 1S4A. which are now on fiie tn tna of fice of the citv .recorder and which by thu reference thereto, are made a part hereof The common council hereby de clares Its purpose and intention to make the abo described Improvement b and through tha atreet Improve ment department. By order of the Common Council . Aprtl It-W ALFRED Ml'NDT. C:ty Recorder Data of first publication hereof la AprU ta. 14 Ap2S-2S-30-My I -J-J-4-J-4-7-S. ENDS TODAT - Oyest 9 AS Seeexid Big Featare -ON OCR MERRT WAT" raalette Geddard. Jaaaes Stew, art. Fred MaeMsrrray. Deretky Pulitzer Prize List Revealed By Columbia By Arthar Everett NEW YORK. May 2-f,P-James Gould Cozzens' novel of a war- time air force general. "Guard of Honor." and Arthur Miller's ..AV. , much-decorated play, "Death of a Salesman," today won Pulitzer prizes. Trustees of Columbia university selected the 45-year-old Cozzer.s as the outstanding novelist of 1948 and gave Miller, 33, the award as top dramatist. The Nebraska State Journal of Lincoln. Neb, rendered the "most disinterested and meritorious ser vice" among the nation's news papers by staging a presidential preference primary, the Pulitzer committee decided. The committee called Malcolm Johnson's series on ' waterfront crime in the New York Sun the year's outstanding example of local reporting by a newspaperman. The only farmer Pulitzer prize winner on this year's list was Ro bert E. Sherwood. He received a new award for his intimate bio graphy. "Roosevelt and Hopkins." His previous prizes were won in the field of drama in 1938, 1939 and 1941. An 80-year-old Newark. N.J., ' cartoonist Dec a me xne o iciest man : t , piit--. Driz in that ! W, t0 m " rulltzer Pr ln x cartoonist became the oldest man fleld He was Lute Pease, who was ' honored for his cartoon "Who. Me?" in the Newark Evening ! News. It showed a broken window j pane labelled "Coal Strike" with ; a lower line saying "U.S. Econo my." A judge was shown point 1 ing a finger at John L. Lewis, j head of the United Mine Workers ; union. Silverton to Vote on Dam Bonds Ma v 24 j SILVERTON. May 2 fSpeciaH The city council tonight caled a special Silverton election for May 24 on a $90,000 bond issue to finance a new concrete dam on tha Abiqua river here. Councilmen stressed that bonds would be retired by revenue from ; the water department and would not increase taxation ln the city, j The council also decided to call for bids and seek an early start i.for construction of an addition on the ..north side of city hall, to house a new fire truck. Both the addition and the fire truck will be financed by a special 5-mill levy recently approved by voters. Oscar Edlund. a director of Sil verton Chanber of Commerce, reported that the chamber will un dertake a public campaign for $800 in order to maintain the police force at present strength for re mainder of the fiscal year. Dur ing the past year the city has added one full-time and one part-time patrolman, but the police budget is just about out of funds. Forgets to Let Go of Bell Rope f PRESTON. Eng. May 2--Ever forget to let go of a bowling ball" The Rev. James E. H. Williams did something of the sort last night. Ringing the bell for evening service he forgot to release the bell rope AVhen the bell swung back he was lifted mote than 20 feet to the ceiling of the bell nnging chamber and then fell to the floor He suffered possible rib frac tures. Raffle Avoids Mayor Lee PORTLAND. May 2 -i- May or, Dorothy McCullough Lee avowed foe of gambling - was kicked out of a raffle today. A letter from the Newport chamber of commerce said a crab festival delegation from Newport recently had sold her a chance on . r.,.Mn. , , The ticket was enclosed. The let ter explained, with no hint of hu mor, that It was being returned so that Mrs. Lee would not be em barrassed in the event she was the winner when the wheel was spun. ' HELD ON RAPE CHARGE Edward Willie Snell. 27. Mil! City, was in the Marion county jail ; Monday night in lieu of $3,000 bail ; following his arrest ona charge of statutory rape Involving a 13 i year-old girL A Baieball TcnighJ Salen Seailors VS. Taccaa Tigers 8:15 WATER'S FIELD Box Seat ReTTtK)ns Phone . Nationalists Say6Red-Held Warships Sunk (Picture on page 1) , By Dob Caxisea SHANGHAI, Tuesday, May 3 (iTV The Chinese nationalist! claimed today their air force had sunk six warships captured when the communists .took over Nan king. The nationalist claim was car ried by the iovernment's Chinese central news agency. Meanwhile the ) Red radio said a communist army column had reached Kimen. 200 miles south west of Nanking, and linked up with Red guerrillas operating in that area. Central News said Chinese air force planes also have destroyed more than 10.000 Red troops. 600 trucks. 300 animal carts and 500 wooden river craft in bombing and strafing missions for .the past 10 days. It said the main units of the nationalist air force were centered at Shanghai. Playground, Street Complete In West Salem (Story also on page 1) WEST SALEM. May 2-(Special) -Whether 7th street should be ex tended to the west or property, in the extension area be acquired for playground purposes is under con sideration by the city council here. Council members agreed to stu dy the possibilities after Council man L. Y. Sheridan countered Earl Burk's street extension report with a playground proposal. Coun cilman Burk said only one house would have to be moved to clear the way for extending 7th street from Gerth to Rosemont avenue. Later opening of remainder of 7th street between Rosemont and Piedmont, now half open, would give West Salem a second east west through street, he added. Sheridan pointed out that prop erty along Rosemont in that area is well suited to playground use because it is a natural gathering place for children of the heavily residential areas nearby" Mayor Walter Musgrave told the council he is recommending to Salem Postmaster Albert Gragg and to the Oregon congressional delegation a change in postal serv ice to bring West Salem up to the classified substation level, with actual mail handling in a West Sa lem postal building. Part of the Salem postoffice area. West Sa lem now has only a contract sta tion. The council authorized an agree ment with the city of Salem for weekly street cleaning service along Edgewater street at a cost of $7 to $10 for the overtime la bor of Salem city workers invol ved. Annual meeting of the citizens' budget committee with the council was called for May 16 at city hall. City park improvements figur ing in the meeting are a new drinking fountain, already install ed, and fencing for the wading pool, authorized for erection thu spring. K A package beer license was rec ommended to the state liquor com mission for Walter White of King wood market who said he is seek ing such a license to meet compe tition of other markets. Attorneys prepare Suit Against State Medical Society PORTLAND. May 2--Gov-ernment attorneys arrived today to prepare for the anti-trust suit against the Oregon State Medical society. They attended a pre-trial con ference in which District Judge Claude McCoHoch denied a motion by the medical society to allow five subscribers of the Oregon Physicians' Service to 'intervene in the case. The government suit accuses the medical society of stifling health Insurance programs by making the Oregon Physicians' Service a monopoly. . The trial will open June 7. 32-2 UNIONS BACK PI IN GRID-9 Rl'BBY VISITS ROME, May 2-?n-Film Star In grid Berman and her husband, Dr. Peter Lindstrom. have met on the desolate, volcano-topped- island of Stromboli. What they said to each other is still a secret. Lindstrom has not conferred yet with Roberto Rossellini, Italian movie director who has been -linked romantically with the film star. Tune in KSLII, 8:45 Tonighi : Special Horse Show Broadcast ! The Willamette Valley Horseman! Aasoeiation Oregon Mounted Posse - Salem Saddle Slub FAIRGROUIIDS STADIULl llay 7-8 P. IX May 8-2 P. II $1CC3 Halched CaU Hoping Conleit " - e e a WHtora H ZrtOt Broacs - ADMISSIONS Boat Sexrt. S IJfl tor Inciudexl. General Adimlaaioa $IM ks tndadecf, -I ChUdrtm 12 and under 50c tax lnclododL Postal Receipts, Set Record Again Salem costal receipts continued their consistent climbing in April ! by easing past the record set a' year ago, according to Postmaster Albert C. Gragg, The gain was i from 161,703 to $62,867, or 1.83 per cent. The April, 1948, mark was set : with the aid of heavy primary election campaign mailing. During this year a few days of legislature and some new local businesses have brightened the picture, said i Gragg. ! Tag Sales Add To High School Music Fund Members of the Salem high school band and orchestra and the band -orchestra parents club step up their drive for funds this week to send the music group to the state contest at Klamath Falls. Encouraged by the success of tag sales at the "jym Jaoree' last Friday and Saturday. 30 student members met Monday night to make tags for sale to the high school student body -today and Wednesday. A public tag day sale will be held Saturday by the group. A Joint work meeting of stu dents and parents groups is sche duled for Thursday at the Salem high cafeteria at 7:30 p. m. Four members of the ban dand orches tra will appear in a panel discus sion over radio station KSLM Fri day at 2:30 p. m. Business houses will 'be approached for contribu tions today and Wednesday. In charge of the tag day pro ject are Bob McConville. Phil Sit ner and Lorin Bartlett. Darlen Engdahl is in charge of posters and Bob Wilson and Malcolm Peeler are planning a benefit noon dance at the high school later. Making arrangements for the radio pro gram was Alice Lehman. Excise Tax Switch Signed House bill 3 of the recent legis lative session, authorizing u.e of corporate excise tax revenues to balance the state budget, was sign ed into law by Govi Douglas Mc- ( Kay Monday. These revenues are now used to reduce property taxes. This was a major revenue meas- , ure of the 1949 legislature. It was estimated that the corporate ; excise tax revenues would aggre gate approximately $58.600,000 during the next biennium, includ ing a $20,600,000 surplus and $38, 000.000 in collections. The governor has until Friday i to dispose of 50 remaining bills approved by the legislature. No bills have yet been vetoed by the governor. i Traffic Heavy , At City Airport Fair skies in early April boost-l ed flights at the Salem airport to j 6.264, a new monthly high for the i year. j Stanley Dilatush. ehief civil j aeronautics authority controller, j said the April traffic eclipsed the I March total of 5,252 by 1,012 i flight. J A breakdown showed that 5,220 s local private plane flights were ! logged. There were also 704 local j' commercial flights and three by local navy planes. Itinerant commercial planes clocked 270 flights, itinerant army j planes 31 and itinerant navy planes 36. jMcNary field rates third in the northwest division for j xrairic volume nandiea tnrougn out the year, Dilatush said. WENATCHEE CHIEFS WIN WENATCHEE. May 2-fp)-The Wenatchee Chiefs downed the Ta coma Tigers here tonight. 17-2. in a game that saw Wenatchee bat ters collect 18 hits. mi Theatre WOODBURN. ORE. TODAY at WED. -UP IN CENTRAL PARK and Western Sponsored by - Stock Hon Errata Wild Cow MSkinrj SIOU Battery Firm Of ficial Denies Need U.S. Anti-Inflation Law j "The United States doesn't need a Truman imtirinfljitibn law, ; H. J. -McKay, vice president of the" National Battery company aait at Salem Monday night. Business Is leveling off afte.r the i wartlrnj i and postwar rush and the law of supply; and demand' is taking can of inflationary dangers, McKay said. ' j McKay, vice president in charge of operations ifor the nation wide company, was in the area to ' ; r I j inspect the firms West Salem plant. He has been n a several weeks tour of the United States ana taniai viMiing cuiii(.-iijr in- t stallations. ' Oregon and Texas seem to be j maintaining their economic equi- J hbriumi best of the states. McKay said. There is no immediate pros- pect of a business recession any - where unless the people began to fear that there .will be one, he added. McKay said he expected the West Salem plant to return to fll product ion' about July 1 and feeis that the local outlet will grow as demands in the northwest increase. The plant haj been running at about 50 per cent production in recent months. The firm has no immediate Dlans for added plants in the Northwest area, McKay said. The company feels that the West Salem plant will be able to take care of de mands here for some time. Stock Gains Edge Losses NEW YORK. May 2-.P) Gafns bHd a slight edge over losses to day in a quiet stock market. The movement in either direc ling tion was. mostly In the sma fractions. A number of leadi issues ended unchanged. Rails sagged slightly in the lat ter half of the day. Oils, metals, motors and steels were mixed. Chemicals held to the upside by fractions early but turned irregu lar later. The Associated Press average of 60 stocks advanced 1 of a point to 63.1. The industrial component of the average gained .2 of a point and utilities were up. .1 of a point. Rails, however, lost .1 of a point. Of the 933 individual Issues trad ed. 348 advanced and 323 de clined. Sales were 740,000 shares, as against 810,000 Friday. REPORTS THEFT OF GAS R. E Winchcomb, 436 N. 21st st.. complained to city police Monday night that nine .illons of; gaso line had been siphoned from his car. sometime In the past two days. The car was, parked by his house, at the time, he said. FENDER SKIRTS STOLEN Theft of two fender skirts from a 1937 Plymouth parked on A he Eisner Motor Company lot. 610 N. High st , was reported to city po lice Monday night by A. L. Han son. 'Always the Best Shaw In Town at Veer Warner Theatres! ESP) Wallace Beery Marjorie Mala JESEC and "Parele, Ine." e 1 HEW TODAY! - t MAJOR TREATS! - J MGm't LAVISH. pJZ J LAUQH-flVLtO, rS. I tLH II lOJUeVt V piri p-smitii! rf SONQ HtTSt - XsUI WUi j I wit - JeM Recce FaeJ Laagteai "saw ti'k v Vi wmm mmmmt mmmmmmmm mm I Miv Wheat Futures Jump CHICAGO. May1 2-iVJh-fVVith thV government remaining jinlthe casli ! wheat market, the May futur . jumped around a cerit on tha board of tra3e today. If was ua 2 cents at one time, burt could not hold all of that gain. ( The action of May hi J no tnflu ence- on the new crop; months. They dropped fractionally on re ports of rain in the spring wheat i territory and a hignTj vptimistia ' survey of crop condition in the i southwest by the SarJta! Fe rail ; war Wheat provided practically all .the market's Interest, pther com modities closing with only smalt price changes after a llstlesa. trade. May wheat cloaed Tt higher at $2.18-4.' iNew; croft contract ended S-? lower. Cirn was vt lower to higher, oats were un changed' to higher, rye w as un changed to lower ! soybean were " lower to I higher and. lard was 5 cents lower o 2 cents a hundred pounds higher I Meat Cutters I ! f 1 alk in balem Adequate Inspection of; food an imals and meat products was tha main topic of discussion at the state convention ot the Federation ; of Butchers and Meat: Cuttera, meeting in Salem Sunday. , . j Also up for discus.-ion-at The . , conference was the many,-prob- . lem i arising in the federation front i the inauguration of self service re tail sales of meat. A 40hhour weelc for members was also discussed. - j j Herbert Barker, secretary -of the Salem Labor and Traliei council ; was elected president k the fed j eration for the year ipij Herman Fahbusch, Portland, was; reelected ; secretary. Mat Dally frese I P. M. Nowl Lota CX funl. ' Mac MURRAY Ce-Featur Oeesas C:4S P. . 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