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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (May 7, 1949)
Western Oregon Swelters, bi in Jfrost in Mast Sector 82 Tops In Salem This Year MUMDBO 1651 ; 7 .r T nnrr fia'lrgt I Sri DETROIT. May 1-rClO striken piek A ILIicl wuc et Frd i Rouse plant in one eosUi a li ens line thla moraine Some CS.OOs workers today began the second day of the walkout. Idling production a tbe-Reage and i Lincoln plant. (AP Wirephoto to the Statesman.) Ford Fires 14 Union Men; Pickets March DETROIT, May6-(Pi-The Ford atria oi lis ou.ww production woraers, announce! ioqit uieiiin 14 unionists. Meanwhile. Dearborn request for more police protection at the 'jant gates. j Tho firings stemmed from wildcat walkouts preceding the general Strike yesterday and included four CIO United; Auto Workirrs eorn- i . mitteemen. : OTP S33JJO0 Farm legislation hasn't como to tho fore in this session of con gress, but urly It will before th ear is out. Meantime" ther Is great deal of discussion In agricultural and political circles over what th farm program tight to be "! . , Th present law was a combi nation of housand senat bills thrown together at th lat min ute and passed. In hopes that would clear republicans with John Farmer at - the election It gae a one-ar exteniti fthe SO per cent parity guarantee, and th-n gave cushions down to 60 per cent of paritv depending on the size of the crop surplus. The mulwestem farmers, fright ened oer their bumper coin crop, rejected Dewey and chose Harry Truman Suice -then- tne presi dent has had hi secretary of gncu'tute working on a plan do more for the farmers. The rfult is the Bunnin pian hn h wuiild as-iire farmers the scale cf h mg to ihtch they hae be come accustomed the past 10 years, and a little mote Then th Oregon Wheatgtovs en are offering a two- ay plan with certificates which thev sav wouM prov ide the . euiv a'ent of ta-'f ptotection for drmetic mtiim;' tsonof crops arid let the goen rnent take., the loss on ral i ortecs. Put he-e's atvther plan that might he considered I d ni Kfiow w .a s the a..?hor t;;t ;t i standard f--r gov er-.irer.t rche'. Iav ifig o.t the v -pr.isf r it how the co..t !: v is depxni":.t cn agtu-u!t.. t f e re g a'at:ons ucmtJ WO! H CHjt (oHow tT,iied on he bai f . ; to t-e e:ei:t that "f .rJ a'e iv.i:lrii If Appl;a::vn sKouid te fn;.ue to t.f;tir: .ed on ed!u: ;! page Animal Crackers Br X'EN GOODCtCH ' t Lf CTR I C f EL w "Do you think. Mjms milt Uk W Wotfcer'i Dij giit ! Motor; company, shut down by nlrl city officials turned down Among them was Chairman ' Mike Dinnelfy of th Union's tV"t in the "B' building, cen ter of tW "speed-up" dispute - An estimated 5 000 : pickets DETROIT, May -Mayor ' Orville L. Habbard of Dear- i born tonight Invited the Ford I Motor company and the I AW-CIO U meet with hint May IS to make a "sapreaoe civic errors" to get 5.00 Ford employes back to work. paraded peacefully around the , plant's ten gates as word of the firings spread Ford attributed 11 f i th dis missals, including Donnelly s. to a brief stoppage at the plant last Friday. The; walkout -tvegan as a special International union com i mittee arrived to investigate UAW Icl 600 s charge of speed-up on the assemb4 Valines. - i As a result, the top-level union committee was forced to postpor its investigation to Mondav and Ford ser.t 1,500 workers home Union President Walter Reuther charged thatjFord. seeking a com petitive advantage. has forced worker to 1ep up production to make i-p for: any lost lime caused by mechanical failures : or tem- porary supply lags. Meantime.; at Tlint. (Chevrolet istcmbU- lino workers yoted 5! to 17 to go ri strike over'the same issue. Their action muft be -p-proed by the union s internation i al executive Jboard.however. Monmouth Studies Joint Sewer Plan MONMOUTH May 6-i.A survey as to tne fea.sib:l:ty of Monmou'n joining v :tri Inriepencieftce in a joint .v--vte di-p'-! 0-ar.t w "authoriieo bv Mi-f.mgruth. ctu-K 1 It tSi ) tw fnr: fcy R H CVrej . P.Ttlaiid fnor.wf Fred Ca'fcf Ir.deper dsence stv at;i rej . off-:ed to mv ejjtinte tnc leSrtl .-r2fs i ' u -oiii! p st. ur.--.e-whts-h ?.. -itrvi'.rh u.-.,j.l r-.-s j p;pe 'irl M: In-'iTr V' ir v " .. -erne Pr.miiit. lr.cici n-fei'. e c f. ct-urifi.m -.ri ja nd rh j .-Tn of th. sevii-r Otn-.rrUtti-f. was t p-M::t iazarene Church Leaders in 0 '- jv : ii ; Among top leaders at Uie Orego Paetfle district rsarriUM of U Nasaresv ekareh were tb. victor! In Saleaa First Nasareo rhrrh. Second from right is Dr Wearer T. Heaa. rortUnd. forvaer SaJesa master w bo was re-elected district waoeriatestdesiL Left to right ar D. E. Farmer, rortland. yomag people;! freasarer: this Rev. Fletcher Galloway. ForUassd First chmrch. meaaber of tho eharch board: the Ker. Hrrsus Smith, rortlaod Cesitral ehareh aad re-elected to tho district advisory Hes the Rev- Or v ill H". Jesihista. (Other eharch oews, page - By The Associated Press The weatherman provided prac tically everything in Oregon yes terday frost in eastern Oregon that endangered crops, and heat in western Oregon; that threatened i fire hazards. , Thetherroometer soared into the eighties in a number of Oregon towns yesterday afternoon, and : the weather bureau reported th humidity dangerously low sn sev eral areas. But yesterday morning eastern Oregon suffered a chill. Coldest spot in the stale was Bend w ith minimum of 27. Hottest spot was -Medford. with a maximum of 89. The humidity dropped belove the danger mark at Medford, with 11 ' per cent; Klamath Falls, 19 per cent; The Dalles. 18 per cent. Maximum temperatures yester day: Baker 72; Brookings 80; Eu 'gene 81; Klamath Falls 75: Med ; ford 89: North Bend 87: Ontario 74; Pendleton 75; Portland 82; j Roseburg 87; The Dalles 82. Salem area residents' got a good taste of summer Friday when the mercury her mounted to 82 de grees hottest her since last Sep t em per 12. 'The U.S. Weather Bureau at Mc- Marv fi!tl rjrHia-tH cimilar if not higher readinct for today and the Pst. Franzen said, week nd. Ught dresses and ahirt- Barclay is expected to assume sleeves prevailed in downtown Sa-, hs new duties next month after lem Friday while ice cream par- completing this school years work lors and taverns reported they as publicity director at Willam "were swamped." ette university. He served in that Th warmth was welcomed bv : capacity and completed studies for farmers who have been plagued with early morning froMs recently, Eastern Heat Wave Broken By Th Associated Press Th first heat wave of th spring season appeared ended over most af th eastern half of th nation today. Chicago's top yesterday was 01 after Thursday's 94 and the two previous day of 00 or above. But in 34 minutes late yesterday the mercury dropped 26 degrees into th 60 s. New York switrd In mid summer heat as did most of the astern cities. Th U.S. weather burtsmipwUJ m. high of 03 in New York. Washington's top mark was 90, tho lam as reported in Columbus, Detroit and Memphis. Tenn. Louisville, all steamed up for th Kentucky Derby, hod wea ther to match with a sizzling 94 reading. Buildings Burn At Bonneville BONNEVILLE. May g-ip-Most of this codimunity s buildings were lveld y fire of undetermined origin eany today. Th blaze started in a grocery stor and was swept by a light easUwind to another grocery, a ta vrn, three apartment units and an unused gasoline service station. Two fire trucks from Bonr.e viile dam. just across highway 30. nd one forest service truck had difficulty fighting the flames be cause of a long hose line extension. A RUGGED HUMOR .... BUT KINDLY Don't Miss Henry McLemore' Column STARTING MONDAY IN hot pastor, re-elected to th advisory board. (SUtoamaja photo) 89th. TEAR 12 PAGES ? Barclay Named .Manager of Salem Airport (Picture on Page 6) Appointment of Charles A. Bar clay as city airport manager was announced Friday by City Man ager J. L. Franzen. Barclay suc ceeds Wallace Hug who has re- signed to accept active navy duty ; as officer in charge of the new inavy air training facility here. Franzen made the appointment i after conferring yesterday with the airport advisory committee headed by Lee U. Eyerly. There : were several candidates for the I college graduation at Willamette i since his discharge from the army ' in 1S46. in aaaition, ne taugni several subjects in a ground school training program at Wil lamette for war veterans learning to fly Barclay. 34. attended Salem Dublic schools, studied business administration at University o Oregon and was activ in private flying before the war. He served as a weather observer for the air force and later as radio officer for the 1st infantry division Th new airport manager ha been active in manv Salem civic affairs. Including horse shows. Cherryland festival. YMCA and Saiem Breakfast club. Reds Menace Shanghai Area SHANGHAI. Saturday. May 7 Pi-Communist troops, backed by j artillery, pushed toward Shanghai j I I IIIV BUU J 1 rt C-T I lUOT. . ...v . . . . 1 : 1 wnne me communisis sermeu 10 mean business on this front, about 50 miles from nervous Shanghai, it still was difficult to tell wheth er they were rtarting a drive to capture the city. They also wer attacking due wet nf Shanghai. Far tn the oi 1 1 h. wet other ffim- mi'ni. t Irr., me nt arrncc th lost east-west railway in nationalist Ch:na. They ' were menacing Manchang. sprawling capita! of Kiangsi pro vince. Dispatches to two Shan ghai papers said Nanchang was in a state of seige. I Federal V A Offices to Close WASHINGTON. May 6-.-P1-A hundred employes of the Veterans Administration in Oregon are be ing difTed ar.f( five Orefon con tact offices el'w-ed as an economy more. The office are Treated a Astora. Bend. Coo Bv. Ontario, and The Dal'ej. Reduc'ion o.' staffs in f nnu other offices will cut theKA psvro!! in Oregon to 598. The cuis are part of a nation wide move to reduce VA fxtre$ ro the 55 l!5 9i0 appropriation au thorized by te houe of represen tative Throithfi.t the country, ?.0!o VA empi'.'ves art being di.s--, m;y..ed. - - -- Session Here 1 -ft Smrosislhi 'Ducks Unconcerned as Fire Destroys1 Race Track I I INGLE WOOD, Calif.. May 6 Ducks who Inhabit a small lake in the Hollywood Fark rae track Infield seem little concerned as flames early today gutted the grandstand and clubhouse of the SC. 000.009 track. The thoroughbred plant was scheduled to open its season May 17. (AP Wtrephoto to th Stales- man.) ?! $6 Million Race Track Burns 'j In California INGLEWOOD. Calif . May - P) -Wind-fanned flames swept through Hollywood Park's big rac ing plant today, and officials put th loss at upwards of $6,000,000. Th spring meeting, scheduled to, start May 1?, will be moved to Santa Anita, in nearby Arcadia, and get underway May 24, said Chairman Loyd Wright of th Cal ifornia racing commission. At least 580 horses. Including such stakes stars as Honeymoon. . Will and War Trophv. escaped ! injury as stiff breezes carried the ' , flames away from the stable area ! In Louisville, where he had ! gone for the Kentucky Derby President Thomas W. Simmons o Hollywood Park said a b:gger and j better piar.t will be started when I h returns here. In.-urance, he 1 Said is adequate. Police and fre Inquiry into the cause of the blaze Night Watchman Je Cohen told firemen he first noticed smoke in the motor room of a clubhouse elevator As he reached a passageway on the upper level, the flames alreadv had reached there, he said. With'n 20 m-r-utes. thev were leaping hundreds of feet into the air. I BOG CPQQPglGQ 1 Max. 12 SI 87 SI 9.1 V.-.n. 42 Frecip .a oc . 00 .1 ftalem t Portland San Frarlcisco Cnicajo New V ork S3 S Wli;arrttr rrver 1 1 FORECAST ,i from ) rrau. McS'arv fiekl. I" S. str-,T bu-Ier-, ( Fai- witn conicerabip h in cloadiir? tv)v and near S2. lovit ton.sht ,rx 44 sism pRrciriT tiov ((( i Lo Mat ; TTi U Year 36 4 l-at Yr 43 48 Norrra" 34 20 The COMPLETE Newspaper ! ! Seven dyr a wek the year around that's the new wr.ed u!e for YOUR HOME NEWS PAPER adopted as of May 1, 1949. to give Salem arul its neighbors the C O M P L E T E new spaper service w nici the growth and progress of our valiev warrants THE STATESMAN SUN DAY Edition continues to in clude the 16 - page tabloid comic-feature scton w hich in corporates the choice of the nation's finest comics plus short : stories, puzzles and fea-; tures on. the Willamette valley.: The feature page for Sunday will portray women who are making their hobbies pay divi dends "MAKING PLAY TIME PAY." Th new MONDAY STATES MAN has the full-page "WORLD THIS WEEK" an Ass oris ted Preaa world-around summary of the top new. And starting next MONDAY will be the widely-known HENRY Mo Lf MOKE column. ' one of th most popular now available. For COMPUTE If Newspaper Thm Oregon Statesman, Salem. Oregon, Saturday. May 7, 1949 i Firemen Condemn Portland Hospital; Ordered to Close PORTLAND, May 8h.-P.-A Port land hospital vk as condemned as a fire hazard today and ordered to close within 30 days. Dr. Donald Nickelson, medical director of the two-story Portland General hospital, took issue with the fir hazard charge and an nounced he would appeal the con demnation to th city council. The hospital was ordered closed by Fir Commissioner Kenneth Cooper, who listed 14 danger points such as dead end corridors and lack of self-closing fir doors. Th hospital, consisting of a frame section built In 1909 and a brick section built In 1014, bouses 46 patients. Wading Pool to Open Today at Independence INDEPENDENCE. May 6 ' Opening and dedication of the new wading p,o! at Independence city park is slated for Saturday afternoon. May 7, acroidi-r.g to Tom Sm,th of the chamber of commerce Th chamber voted to f urn. .-h Ice cream to chrdren visiting the park during the af ternoon. j The wading pool and a new sand box have ben built bv the city under direction of Frank Ellis, park .committee chairman. j Much work and materials were donated by the chamber of arious j ind. vidua la. j Mayor Ralph Spenced said other play equipment vkiii be ad 1 ded later. MAETERLINCK DIES NICE, France, May -'P-Count Maurice Maeterlinck. noted Belgian essayist, dramatpt and poet, died in his chateau r.ear Nice ea:iy txlay of a heart attack. Mae terlinck's best known single work is "Th Blue Bird," written in 1909. Moro Grain Elevator Burns ( MORO. Ore. May t This town waa left witheeif gratsi storage space after a S-ta.SM fire destroyed the More Grain Grower elevator and SC. hnshels of wheat Thprsday aftsrnw. Members of the cooperative are drafttes plana for a sr baitd'ng and hop' to com-, plete the pew hnilding la time for harrest. (At photo to the States- adlo A Germans to Handle Lifting Of Blockade BERLIN. May 6 -&)- Th Big Four powers are turning over to German transport workers th physical lifting of th Berlin block ad next Thursday. Informed American sourcos said today. Gen. Lucius p. Clay, the Amer ican commander, told newsmen that western trains will b ready at midnight Wednesday to roTl as soon as th soviet barriers ar eliminated. Th western counter blockade of the sovief zone of Germany is to end at the same time as th Ber-" lin blockade under the agreement 1 of Russia, the United State?. Bri tain and France, announced yes terday, r Complex technical problems ar involved. American informants said the military governments merely have outlined to the Ger mans the policy to be followed. German experts aie to coordinate the east-ve.-t traffic and work o-it the necessary railway, barge nd highway schedule. The informant s.iid Four-P.w- er taiKs will not Le necessary un les som unexpected quirk d veiop. rciaitriralffi iioiisk 1 . a r a (lolIap-et, Kills Workrr PORTLAND. May 6 -yP-- A how ro!lared on an electrician jwsterday as he was installing wiring. The victim. Benton A. Doug- lass. 38. Beavertn. died -be for reaching a hospital. H v as. work ing in a prefabricated house when the roof fell in and crushed his chest. TORNADO NEAR Ll'BBOCK LUBBOCK. Tex . May 6-4 A tornado ripped through the north sdge of Sundown. 45 miles west of here, tonight, killing three to five persons. Several were injured. PRICE Sc No. 47 Mm 61 Stations to Beam4Voice' Past Screen By Fdwsrd E. rVimar i WASHINGTON. May 6 -fN The United States and. Britain combined forcea today for a spec tacular counter-blow agiijnst Ri.s sia'A efforts to "Jam" their broad casts to th Soviet Union. Beginning tomorrow, . the sta to department announced. tr. "Voice cf America" and the Brit ish Broadcasting cornpHny togeth er will us up (a 61 radio trars mitters imultane4i to smash through th screen of interferente. The Russian Jamming stattt.l April 24, on th eve of th first news break of th 1'ig-secret r e gotiationa to end th Berlin blockade. Th . star departme r.t has charged th Inteiereneo ta deliberate and intends! !o kep the Russians from hearing ir.y but the Moscow offh'iul versitn of lhe settlement. . f. Official piotests ha I no ffft ; Hpwever, round-the-clock, broad casting ry me, ' vdi m has n.- teeded partially in breakii.i through the screen in th George V Alien, assistant sre , reta.ry f state. snnDunitxi detail : of the new plan. T'l Vutco u ill I carry, among other things, formal ' .t.-itemeiits telling R j iar list . ; ers that their goySrnmwt" is ft 1- lowing WKitime-rla'i mHhods r.d j is, trying to keep thfm from ;fie j ceiving "truthful lnf jimatKm from a free radio." i I Russia has been uiing 'probably 60 transmitters In th Jummn.g operations, Allen said. Until how ; th Voiro has used a maximum of 10 to teach Russia. State's Merit Pay Increases Fund Pinched Fewer state workeis will ir ceiv merit in rj- in sUri 7t during th coming two years! wat indicated Friday Ur Director Roteit R. Johnson t th s(ta civil reivu rommiiiiim. j Ail state department ar piiii h ed for .fufiris under b'idgets if proved by th recent legislation e, with the result thst Imm rrnofey will be available ttr rnorit 'py' raies, Jr.hnron said He estimated that only about half the states emp'y. will : re ceive merit increa.K-4, as mpti ed with i bout 73 per cent whopr ceived ruch increa luring jf, pat bieinium. Johnan stated,, howeveit that all s'a'a worker will nevertheless ben-fit frons new slate pay seal July 1 when, rai.es eraging 3) per .rrwir tri begin. P Merit pay lncras. not manda tory, aie (ranted whm dopart ments have sufficient funds ' on u - - - i . i . ..a i imiiu iu winytujwm ui jvnmiriia ttlintrny j Newport Crab: Festival Opens NEWPORT, May -r,P-Th !arw nual crab festival open! in New pfjrt tonight, with a croJ of state officials in attendance. More, than 72.000 visitors sre expected at the three-dsy festivaL That wili mean every si fh i.tt gets a trab: th cijr hd 12tW,0 era ht to-ditribut. ' & Baseball Scores Ate tern Internatttaal At Uenau-re -Zl, Xt mn I i Al Vak.fTJk 13. 5pokan t At bitrttrUin 1. Vhcvm i i. I At 7nwiii. Vancouv! Coast Lesfia At Portland 1. Seattle At HtIJwoofl t. jam A(ifl At OiSlat 4. San tfnettrj 3i At (ti IMfa S. Sacra -iKit' lo 3- Amerieaa Leagso - ,! At Ctikas-o New Yx t !j At Detrtiit ,4. 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