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DDS,5D"SiiaftDrD WoticsdL iro (Slorr lnCoK 2 ami '3) Riders Show Precision Drill at Horse Shoic - V'f- .V 99th YEAH 14 PAGES The Oregon Statesman. Salem, Oregon. Monday. May 9. 1349 PRICE 5c No. 4S Traffic Plan Faces Council Test Tonig I ' , OUMDBO I&5I ( i r 5MDD0 RKDQjQQ A subscriber inquires: How much does the United States still owe on the Civil war, and other wars, up-to-date, that v. p have been involved in" Do we still owe on the Revolu tionary war? I'll answer the last question first. No, we do not owe anything on the debt of the Revolutionary war or tne war of 1812. By the time Andrew Jackson wa presi dent (1833-41 revenues includ ing proceeds of sales of public Jands were sufficient to retire all the government debt and leave a treasury surplus. The panic of 1837 reversed conditions and the gov ernment got in debt again. The government doesn't keep its debts allocated to wars, but it is j safe to say the Civil war debt has been paid off. though the country j has never been out or hiw. The peak debt was $2,6.3.000.000 in 1BDO f wars were cncp in iiwjc davs) and the decline continued to a "low of $691,000,000 in 1893. Again "hard times" hit the treas ury and the debt rose. The Span ish war of 1898 was "cheap," the total debt in 1899 being only $1. 437,000,000. In spite of building the Panama canal our debt had been pulled down to $1,225,000,000 in 1816. - Then came the first world war, and the public debt skyrocketed to $25.82.000,000. ral Coolidge and Andy Mellon whittled it down un til the total was only $16,185,000. 000 in 1930. The depression of the 1930s and the spending policies of Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Hopkins pushed the debt up to $42,963,000,000 in 1940. amud re- publican and Liberty league cries that the country was being ruined, The second world war really "shot the works" though; and when it ended the gross debt in 1943 was $269,422,000,000. It has been reduced some since then, and now is around $250,000,000,000. Again congress is spending more money than the treasury is taking In so the debt will rise unless new taxes ara levied. '' The summary is that we still are paying on the debts of the first and second world wars, and will be on the latter for a long, lone time. And the moral is: to avoid debt, avoid war. CHATEAU NEEDS REPAIRS PARIS. May -..P-The famous chateau of Versailles, which was retored with Rockefeller million after World War I. again needs repairs, according to the Pans newspaper "Figaro". Many of the rooms are said to have suffered from damp because they were in sufficiently heated during the oc cupation years and a part of the ceiling moulding has collapsed in the famous Hall of Mirrors, where the Treaty of Versailles was signed. Truman May Stall Disputed Bills Until! '50 Be Jack Bell 'elections. WASHINGTON. May The The jpresent session is expected Truman administration may decide to gie final approval to bills ra te let some of its controversial bills ring oit a pait of the president I wait in congress until next year, it 194 campaign let'ge. Was indicated today. In this class jare measures re Dernocratic leaders m inter iews storing i th rec.jprcal trace p.o sa id the chances now seem shm grtm to its or.tinl form. pro .d f or passage in this session of mea- mc J3O0.CO0 000 annual aid to edu- aures to broaden the base of social security benefits and to put into effect a proposed universal medi-; cat care program There is also extrene doubt that tre new farm subsidy payment tkn bill which has just passed ihe iy to ce y them furiher. 'definitely. plan ofrred by Secretary of Agri- senate ;5ves up gainst opposition; It is just getting ready to debate Congress doesn't like staying culture "Brannan can be pushed to which tnay mtraa alieratKn. the reciprocal trade ?rpemenu sround Washington in August. d- test vote before congress ad- ; By next vearj wme denKx-rats ! bilL It htsn't exn scheduled ac- pite the fact that the capitol build journs, possibly in early August. thlrk the issues (involved in these ; lion on the administration's sub-j inf. is air craiditioned. Of course, To their way of thmktng, there ; rreurs large'yi wl! be forcoitea : sUtutt? for the Taft-Hartley act. i if the lawmakers decided to go might be political advantage inlby the si oters. Itj might not be tooj It soon will have before it. with : home then. President Truman having congress wor king en these jwise, these party members' con-j the approval cf its foreign rela- j could call them back in the tall, measures in the spring and early tet.d. to try to virsp up too early jtions committee, the North AtLan-1 But few think Mr. Truman has any summer of 1950. when voters aie in the form cf approved legisla-ltie Security treaty, upon which present Idea of calling a special betmnyij! to form tftetr oeeisions S tion every one pf Mr. Trumaa's ! the house does not act. session even if part of his program ot tit November congreaaioivu Salera Saddle elub riders are wheeling their horse In en atf the many drills paten during the Western horse shoe at the fair (rounds stadium Saturday night. The show was sponsored br the Willamette Valley Horsemen's association. Other photo is of Mrs. Van Weider just after winning- the Lee Everlv perpetual trophy for pleasure horses while riding- ber horse Laddie. Thw is the second ear she has won the trophy. (Statesman photos.) (Story on Sports page.) 3 Military Governors to Rule on Reich Document - t, , By James Devlin BONN. Germany, May H-tA)-A constituent assembly approved tonight a democratic constitution for a West Ge.man republic op- by both the Soviet Union and German communists. The vote in the Western Germany constituent assembly was 53 to 12 It came at 11.55 p m. German time, only fie minuty before cios-e of the fourth anniversary of the Allied ictorv in Eujpe VE r ; . day. " - Acid Tossed at Police in India BOMBAY. India. May 8-f-P.-Cornniunist rioting in which acid filled light bulbs were hurled at pol ce broke out tonight. Twenty four persons were wounded, three by gunfire. Among the injured were 1 1 police. Alout 600 demonstrators met to demand .better treatment for 165 communists on a hunger strike in the Bombay jail The rioting broke oyt when police asked the demonstrators not to hold a par ade. AGOI Tt TWINS FOR LONDON LONDON, May 8-..-P--Twin agoutis thave been born at the London soo. An agouti is a buck toothed Latin American animal about the siz? of a rabbit. n : LAX AS YOU READ Henry McLemore' Column Starting on Page 4 Today I OrrgoiiCsH&tatfSBiaii raiwn .and launching a long-rane housing program, licwver, strong efforts to ameria iinese mttasurui aie in u makingv in the h?use. the ecuca- 194S iiomuei. J - ! immediately alter the constitu tion Wo adopted ccp.es were ; rushed to the three Western Mili tary governors for their approval. It took eight months of lengthy deliberations by the assembly to . put the charter in the governors' ! hand. The dissenting votes were cast bysjhe aMwmbiy'i only two com munist delegates and a jii'oup of right-wing, nclegates fr-jm the United Slates Zone state of Ba varia. The Bavarian said the new constitution does not grant enough state's r-ch's. The commun sts ar.d Russia, have tong opposed a separate West ' German state, favoring instead an over-all German government. Although the constitution was approved on second reading Fri ; day by a large majontv. the final i reading and approval were post poned until today because German ; leaders wanted May 8 to have some significance in German his- , torr beside the Nazis defeat. The corvtiTution calls for a fed eral republic a'ong democratic iinf- to sevi n 45.000.0M1 mha:u t."ts of the Ani-ricpn, British ar.d French zorrs uil a co ?remen! for all Germany i romped: Adoption of the const, tution Daved the way for ge;'rl elect ions in ihf t'e 'nlrn 70 e for members of parliament. The iarget d. tc for the ne-v go ern- me"t to ttke office is Julv 15. Choice Of a capit.-i city was de- f laved untl ler in the week. The chief contestants are Frankfurt and Bonn, The assembly went on record faxoring ratification of the con stituticn bv state leEisLtures of! the three western zones rather thn by popular plebiscite. There are seme practical con siderations also. If congress quits in August, it won't have ttme to consider many of the bills that have been put before it by the admintstratjon. A lop-.iam o? lef?slation is piling ud in the ente. where dcbaie has been lengthy en every major bill which nas been brousnt up. Thus tar the senate has not . passed aey of the routine rrortey ; ouu ior jtovernrrerii urwrnmnu, and an etoncmy f'ght 5 ems Lke- Setund tee treaty will come the Rift Over New Time Forecast A highly controversial session looms for the city council tonight with an agenda of accumulated business due . for spring house cleaning. Some of the broom waving will be aimed at the Baldock highway plan, a daylight saving time pro posal, a civil service commission appointment, a barber shop regu latory bill and a zone change ask ed for a north Salem substation. The council will meet at 7:30 p.m. in city hall. Mayor R. L. Elfstrom. after an absence of three council meet ings, has sounded the call for final disposition of the proposed state highway plan for a Marion street bridge across the Willamette. I one-way streets and a highway oypass. in general, tne mayor rnunists were continuing a two fav ors adoption of the Baldock pronged drive in Kiangsi and Che-P-an. i kian provinces deeRe? to the south- Spokesmen Expected j Whether the aldermen will unite; 1 in recommending the city's answer j j to tne state highway commission j remained in doubt Sunday night. ; but whatever the council mem- bers finally do for the record, will probably be done before a council chamber packed with the various! spokesmen for affected Salem dis tricts." most of them on record for amending the Baldock plan. The city council would have to I agree to intracity traffic routings (especially the one-way street system) before the state can pro- l ceed with changes in Pacific high- ' way traffic handling. Theatre Men Oppose j Daylight saving time, proposed t by Alderman Albert H. Gille and ! endorsed informally by the mayor. . may also be due for considerable , argument. The bill sponsor said Sunday night he had not heard a single adverse comment on his ' proposal to switch to faster time, but other aldermen said opposition has arisen from theatre men and other business operators: Alder man Tom Armstrong noted that , a month remains of school, "and I for one would have a hard time getting my two school-age kids to- bed in broad daylight." Seme other controversies ex pect, d to figure in tonight's coun cil meeiinsr concern: Appointment to civil service commission, deferred from last meeting when neither candidate: Kenneth C Perry nor MonroV Cheek received the required five; votes. Vacancy on the three-man commission arose when Lyle J.;' Page resigned lat month. Regulate Barbershops A bill to reeulate barbershop hours of business, recommende f by ,-ome union shops and pro tested by some barbers as an un warranted city interference in their business. : A public hearing on a requested; rone change to permit Portland' General Electric Co. to erect a; new suosiauon aiong uregoc 1 Electric tracks near 5th street, op posed by some residents of the area and subject of contradictory peti4 tion.. remonstrances . and with drawals of signature from eitheri 1 -.tt)G g&ooeiBfn auiem for,!2.n1 Max. Hin. ... -4 M . 7 53 62 52 tr1" rJJ" trace. GO Oicj?o .68 41 New York IO 52 .00 Wilmt1- rivr S tm. rOHKCAST ilrom US w rather bu raw. MtXirr f:-ld. Salem I: Mclly clouo v niotning. clearing conid rab!v in tne af?-rron. Hiffil tocav io lonte.t 4. Weather will be favor -ble for mit farm work today SALEM rECIFITTIO? (rrm SepC 1 t Miy t) Th; Year Lat Year 4 01 Averae 34 36 ... . . f f Tc' Jan 5 Pr,PV0 roake $1 450.000,000 available for turn - ishmg arms to treaty signers and, irlgnJ,a U?f u Thoe issues, with some others such -as the proposal to increase the number of displaced persona that can be admitted to this roun- try, seem likely to keep tbe senate! busy through July. Any attempt by the administration to bring ud its controversial civil rights bills rouaoiy wouia w nt py a jui- bustee prolonging the tession in- is left untouched. 2 Criminal .Ward inmates IState (Hlospii!:aD9 CaoglM in Chi lineser 12111 C7 1(7 Miles from Shanghai Area By Tom Lambert SHANGHAI, Monday, May t -(Aj- Sporadic fighting is going on at.Kisting, 17 miles northwest of Shanghai, the nationalist garrison command said today. The garrison's communique did not mention Kashing, which the communist radio . at Peiping an nounced last night had been tak en by the Red. Kashing is 62 miles by rail southwest of Shanghai. Tne communique said the com- west of Shanghai.! 1 (Additional dajaijs on page 2) Dysentery at Fairview Home Uncler ControP The outbreak of dysentery which claimed two lives in the past three weeks at Oregon's Fairview home for the feeble minded was apparently under control Sunday. Dr. Irving B. HilJ, hospital su perintendent, reported the re maining seven patients being treated for the Infection were "definitely improved." Approximately 50 patients at the 1.300-patient institution were ill. A 12-year-old Portland boy died from the infection about three weeks ago, and a 14-month-old girl succumbed Friday night. Dr. Hill emphasized that the outbreak is not unusual for an institution the size of the Fairview home. He pointed out that both patients who djed were already in ill health because of natural infirmities. The state board of health was called in by Dr. Hill after the Portland boy's death. Subsequent tests failed to disclose any dysen tery in the home's water system or food. The story of the outbreak reached the press. Dr. Hill said, through employes at the home who were warred to exercise ex -treme cre to prevent spread of the infection. Shovels Money IT jf TOM dtrCCt PITTSBURGH, May 8-(P-John Dwulit shoveled money, off the street today $300 worth.' Jnhn hac Kin fitting m fv vallon u-hiliv hnitle with wnniM nickels, dimes and quarters for o-. a K..-.1.- the bottle early today and ran to ...... ... . I the street. i "The jug slipped from his finger with a crash and coins flew in all ' directions. The butter - fingered i thif ran John went to work with a shovel, m broom and a dustpan. Police Open Fire iOn Ifnlinn Reds BARI. Italy. May 8 -iJPy- Sev eral persons were wounded to rn e h t at Minervino Murge. near ' Ban in southeastern Italy, mhen j police broke up an unauthorized I communist parade. The parade had been vetoed by ; Bari police for "motives of public 'order." When asked to disperse, the communists stoned the police. , When tbe Ucfk niurri with reinforcements the communists re- med their stoning. The police , ! openf1 fire" A Grcal Bazaar The Statesman's Classified Pages are a real Bazaar, a great marketplace where a variety of goods and services are offered. Shea the Classified Co it regularly. There you'll find bargains in items you need. And when you have some thing to sell advertise it in Tbe Statesman Classified. Low Cost ... Big Returns rbeae t-2411 ask far Classified Ford Refuses to Accept Walkout Mediation Bid DETROIT. May 8-i)-Ford Motor Co. today rejected offers of mediation in the four-day strike of 65.000 workers. John S. Bugas, vice president in charge of industrial relations, said the union contract provides for arbitration in such disputes. Therefore, he said, the union's charge of a speed-up at two plants should be processed by that means. His reply followed offers by two municipal governments. Mayor Orville L. Hubbard of suburban Dearborn, where Ford's Rouee plant js situated, invited both parties to a meet ing Thursday. Shortly afterwards, acting Mayor George Edwards cf De troit offered the services of the city's labor-management -citizens committee. The CIO United Auto Workers said they were willing to accept Hubbard's proposal. Halsey Boy Drowns as Creek Bank Collapses HALSEY. May 8-(Special)-William Harding. 10. drowned today in Muddy Creek, miles west of here, when th creek bank col lapsed beneath him. The accident was witnessed by Phillip Villaieuva and Dick Lucas, 10-year-old Halsey boys, who were playing with young Harding. Neither could swim and were unable to pull their companion from Many Dogs Eat Better Than Humans CHICAGO, May 8-P-Whafs this? Dogs eat better than people? Dr. C. E. Poling, a nutritionist, says a lot of dogs do. He puts it this way: "Dogs that eat commercially prepared dog food eat better from ; a naitrilirm f jnrimiht than hll ! rit- Pnimo rot niiv made a scientific test oi both kinds of vittles. One was a typical meal for a man. It included half a firanefruit. a four ounce slice of ham. mashed potatoes, peas, a si ice of bread, butter, lettuce, pear and cream cheese salad, coffee with cream and sugar, and ice cream. It weighed one and a third pounds. The other was a one pound can of dog food. It contained meat by - products such as hearts and kid- neys, cereals, legumes, minerals ' and vitamin supplements. i Do telephone bells pursue you? The serving of "ham and" came : There's an answer for the problem out ahead in four classifications 1 ln a new service formed by a Sa calones. fat. carbohydrates and , iern firn, th- phone Answering Vitamin A. The dog's grub rated higher in seven the essential pro- i teins. calcium, phosphorus, iron. j thi-irnin. riboflavin and niacin. On nutrient. Vitamin C. was twm K W,,m4 i slinn Ki if in thu dog's lunch. Dogs don't need it in their diet. They manufacture it in their bodies. "I tested several other typical menus." he said. The results w ere about the same." REDS MAT PREDICT QUAKES MOSTOW. Mar 8 -At Three; seismic stations which hope to be ! able- to nredict earthuuakes have been set up in the Tadjikistan rn.,v.i Th .station onuinneil with the latest and said to be the most sensitive devices yet write to the mayor or .vaiem ana made, have been established at to the governor urging that stand Stalinbad. Kulyab and Obi-Garm. ' ard time be continued. lilemoriar nospi Improvements at Plans for an open house on Sun day, May 22, at Salem Memorial hospital, to exhibit recent improve ments provided by funds from Sa lem Hospital Development pro gram, were announced Saturday by Mai Rudd, chairman of the hospital board. Tne entire hospital will te open to the public from 3 to 5 p.m. that day. Improvements to be viewed in clude the recently completed ob stetrics and nursery department, major and minor surgery rooms, physiotherapy loom, urology room, doctors' locker room, public and aides wash rooms. A new labora tory in process of being installed "This is a company-union dis pute,' Bugas said. "There is no issue in the current strike which cannot be quickly, promptly and peaceably handled by established procedure. "Therefore, we see no need to turn the matter over to other individuals or groups outside the contract machinery." Elsewhere in the industry, the picture was brighter. Hudson Motor Car Co. an nounced it had instructed 25.000 idled workers to report back Monday. Hudson shut riow n last week due to a shortage of brakes normally supplied by the strikebound Bendix plant at South Bend. Iind. Hudson is now making its own brakes. Bripgs Manufacturing Co. said it was calling back 16.800 woik eis sent home last Friday after a walkout of 750 in the door department. the stream. The boys said Harding had taken off his clothes preparing to swim when the ledge gave way. They said he bobbed to the sur face twice before sinking into the muddy water. Searchers, hamper ed by darkness and silt-filled water, were still grappling Tor the body late tonight. The victim was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Harding, who were at the nearby farm of Cecil Harris attending a family reunion when the tr-agedy occurred. The boys left the gathering to hike along the creek. Luc;ts ar.d Vil laneuva ran to the farm for aid I when they were unable to help companion. Other survives are a brolhe. Bobbv, his grandparents, of Hal sey. several uncles, and an aunt. j Mrs- Alice Wilson of Salem j New Salem Firm To Answer Phones : il,ctl ri . TOr AI)Seill VxIieniS service. The service, operated by J. Gor don Thornton Associates, expects to be equipped in about 10 days to handle off-hours calls for its clients. Subscribers phones will ring also through the service's switchboard, allowing the short circuited answer when the client is unavailable. Bethel Farmer Union Protests Daylight Saving 1 BETHEL, May 8 (Special) Strong protest against daylight j saving time was made at the MayJ i meetins of Bethel farmers union. I The secretary was instructed to ital to Exhibit Open House will also be ready by then, Rudd said the entire hospital had been redecorated in pastel .shades and that ; the lobby and offices have been modernized. The exter ior, painted last year, will receive its final coat of paint before the open house. Oak street adjacent to the hos pital on the north has been paved and the area Just back of the build ing has been landscaped, including pavir.f for ambulance loading area, -; f . -' ' Rudd reminded Saturday that mote modernization and service improving projects are still to be provided in the near future at the institution. Escape PoirfiiaimdL ; 'I Lj Bars Sawed I Pair: Sheets Used as Rope Two criminal wsr f Inniafe wh escaped from Oregon istate hri tal in Salem earlv S-iiytaV bv low ing ward bars with hacksaw ttea wt-ie raptured In Port) anil laer in the cay. f i j The escapees. Msrionj Won, 21, and Floyd ' B iroes, j 19. j t Id Port)nd detective of isawing'win dew bars on t.p thirt flior cf th hospital. They U i t( ttfe remind by using a bed shift rrj a rdpe. Prrtland DeWtve IHarry Gclta s;iid the men c! ltmiSl they jwer' n t:iried the hackswf b jades by hj jtal attendant, bfc't (that tiy iclused to diclv;i? hijK name! Said Shifting RUiw ( Dr. Charles E. ilttes. htrital supei intendent, hO Aeveri jpaid Sun cli.y right that th p tir 'are tnt re ly fcttemuting t sh:ft (the kl.im to art- innocent l rty " !fe sai.t)a pufard suppof?Jly involved i wum t.-ikg his reul-jr week end i-tt wl,en the blacie werel pasr-id to WiitM n and Barnv. j ! Bates also poinh-i oujl that'WM ti had talked -ivith a woman vis itor Saturday afternoon!, lie Said It wold have been poWble for th visitor to slip him the blades, al though an attend-ip.t Was Mamlinf outride the visitin f jom doer t the time. Discredits Story He said the 3f?n trit would.! questioned todjy "although 'I dis credit this story very jnuch.' II pital attendants will return the es capees to the insmuticn todr.y. The pair, described as danger ous by state polrce, ha hitchhiked rules from motorists pil reach Port land. They were arretted irj mid town in the afterruxjri a few t locks frc m a hotel where thjry hid; Suu- cay morning. . 1 . Watson had escaped the 1 ofr ital . once before. He wri recomrtnitttd last July a few diys ipating in a hot iup after j aiti- ; and: trtur cf a motor court owner nearlrort- liind. Barnes wa- convicted cf holdup last Octo'jer Cough Drop Magnate Dies ATLANTIC CITY, ff. J., My i William H. Lu.ieti, P, origin tor of the menthol jrandy ccugH drop died today of a' heart attack at his beachfront hdme. As a youngs'.er. Luden mad ; hand i penny candies with his own in his mother's kitchen and peo pled them to offices and mills am his home town. j Fifty years later. lie wa4 he4. of a manufacturing Iconcern that shipped candy products through out most of the world.; j . I Farm Areas to Af-lc ' Salem Council to Avoid Nevv' Tinie i MT. ANGEL A ! movement la afoot in Mt. Angel; and the sur rounding farm Dnjmunities ttf petition Salem city council! not te go on daylight savir. g timet Petitions are brjg circulate4 and reportedly finding gofd tponse. Outlying district ha requested permi4i-nj to take the retitions to their , friends r4 neighbors for sgnatures Tl) farmers espetSally "Tl 3k tipV-n the proposed. change wit. disfavor. a- Baseball Scores Western InteraaUanal At Wrnatet-Si?t inoC x-f 1ul4) At KrrmmrUsn ' Vtrori '-! At Taroma l-J. 'aK-mjr - At Yakima fll.,Spo.ane Ceaat tmca S At Portland 1-8. tto t-HI At Oakland t-9. Sat Franelnfn -tl At Ran Dt 9-T. f aCarrerto S-t ; At Hon r wood l Argf)s i-a ' Aaaerleaa " .Leagaej At CWtwi4 S-O. Wn-;inlo 1-1 At ChMra H-I. ftidei(.hi a-t , At TetfMt . N y!rit III At St. Louis -J. frtHt 10-4 j : NatUnal I.ece ! At Kew Vor n. C o At Brooklyn f. fy.u T At Boston 3-. T.-!ttth -M ,Jpi At fluiaoalptua Cibcinuiti 4-t I I