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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (May 10, 1949)
Governor MdKaAr IQFtZP I Referral Signs Legislature's Old AgemsUtanceJBiM me Petitions Quickly do place nam once held vividly in mind fade even from memory. Seven year ago KwtH Afrw-9 .-a in the new as Marshal Rommel with his German available, and children of bene wiuiKi I.,,,, ficianes art charged with aiding panzer, retrieving the failures or tw gUte irt;footing the pilL the Italian fascist armies, was dnv- A few hours" after McKay sign ing across Libya. not being halted ' ed the bill. Joseph Dunne, of Port until he reached El A'amein in land, spokesman for pension ad- . ,i m,U. from Alexan- ZZj yi, jm j dria, with the Suez canal Just beyond. The autumn of 1942 saw Marshal Montgomery cracking ; want principles of the; initiative Rommel's ! ne and' the beginning j law endorsed last November. The of the chase of the Germans and I act. as theft endorsed by elector, the Italians across North Africa ; granted a minimum $50 allotment to the cruncher operation in Tu-, to men aged 65 and women at 60. nisia where combined American ; The present law grants $50 to and British armies forced their qualified applicants reaching 65, final surrender. if sufficient money Is available. Then the war moved on. The Under the new law no recipient battered tanks were strung along j need give a lien on a home or In the Lybian desertto covered pIace of rjdeT)C. or be subject to by shifting sands. The munitions , clajm during hi, or her life cases, the broken trucks, the aDan-, time bu, jft fhe vnt recip doned gear of combat were len De-r jent husbaJjd d if .. . hind to bake in the African sun. The names, Tobruk, Bengasi, Tri poli. Bizerte. dropped out of the news as the war crossed to Sicily and Italy and then in 1944 to the beaches "of Normandy, to France nd Belgium. Out of the news most of the time too have been the former Italian colonies. Libya Eritrea down on the Red sea and Italian Somali land on the ea?t coast of Africa, fronting the Indian ocean. They re all occupied territories, with trie British in custody. Ethiopia alone was disposed of. being re turned to Emperor Halie Selassie from whom Mussolini ha1 stolen it by conquest. But what to do with the other Itahan possessions in Africa is still a question. The allies failed to agree when Russia called for a toehold in Afr'" ntattertte United Nations 'per,- eral assembly. That body is now studying the problem. The possibilities may be listed. 1. Return (Continued on Editorial page) Body of Bridge Superintendent Found in River The body of W. A. King. 47, su perintendent of construction on the Independence bridge drowned at the bridge site April 6, was found near the bank of the Wil lamette river just north of Salem Monday night. King's bod v was sighted by Kenny, 14 Lottis. 13. Warren. 18, and Billy 333 N. River rri.. lust I south of their home. The boys were boating on the river about 5:30 p m. when they saw the boiv j caught in between logs near the east bank of the river. King, with Robert C. Woods and "A. J. Prichard. was stringing ca- i ble across the river at the bridge j Bite when the rowboat capped, j Prichard was rescued. The body j f Woods has not been recovered, j Arthur B. Woods.' Dallas, bro- r ther of Robert, identified King's : body and it was taken to the Wal- j ter S. Smith mortuary in Indepen dence to await funeral arrange- ; menti. Woods told the three Lottis ! boys that they would receive the $250 reward offered for the recov ery of the body last, month. Mrs. Frances Kins, wife of the mm Ha 1 O InHn.nHnr ! W M 1) IBll, ,rw. - . . . . for Modesto. Calif. Officials said he would be notified at her Mo desto address. WU Alumni Elect Potter Irwin Potter was elected presi- diwl of th nrwlv former S-ilem ! chapter of the Willamette Univer- j ing Monday night at Baxter halL Jeryme English was elected vice president and Flora Leonard, sec retary. The group discussed plans for the annual alumni banquet which will be held June 11. Animal Crackers 6V WARREN GOODRICH Top, CM i kr (a uauues?" Promised Gov. Douglas McKay signed into law Monday the legislature's old age pension bill and a supporting companion bilL Under the law beneficiaries .will receive S50 a month, if sufficient money is " steps to refer the law to the voters and work for its nulification. , Dunne said the aged residents leave an estate other than an oc cupied home, a claim may be filed against such estate, which may be considered a preferred claim un der the law. i ' McKay warned of any referen dum move by pension groups. Such actiori might jeopardize the federal graft monies and lead to confusion and almost certain liti gation, he warned. (Text of Mc Kay's statement appears on page 12). i; Pilot Drowns As Plane s -mr S-v j -- W " j lfltO iuCll LiOKC ; KLAMATH FALLS. Mar 9 A San Francisco pilot w$s drowned j in OdeM lake in southern Oregon ( today when his amphibious plane ! crashed in taking off. Three fed- eral foresters were reeueH. Klamath County Sheriff Jack Franey said the pilot. P. David Lu- pescue. apparently was at the bot tom of the lake The others were thrown clear when ft split open. They were rescued by persons on shore. The meii saved were Ralph Crawford. ; Bend, Ore . Deschutes national forest supervisor; Newell Corey. Crescent. Ore., forester, and Allen Boeteher. Bend, recreation al director of the Deschutes forest area. None of the three was seri ously hurt;- (At Bend, the forest office said the pilot was touring Oregon lakes with the foresters prior to starting snuttie service for bay area fish- ermen imo urfgon lakes ) Franey said he was advised the plane took off from the west side of the lake, near Summit Lodge, and lost altitude attempting a banking turn. The plane plummet ed into the water about 300 yards from shore. The crash occurred about 4 pin. Reuthen Ford Agree to Talks DETROIT. May 8-4Pi-Walter Reuther's top-level appeal to Henry Ford II today broke the ice in the five-day Ford strike dead lock. Ford said company officials would be fhappy" to meet in an effort to settle the walkout of 65.0OO workers. Only about 5.000 ? additional Ford workers have been idled in directly so fatby the strikes at the two plants. Today, however, the eompanv annourved a Rmtable- for future plant closings. It indicated that virtually ill its vast I industrial empire would be shut down with in a week,;. i i CliaHbtte Brailflt Crowned Queen of 1 Sheridan Festival j SHERIDAN. May t-(Special)- 'Charlotte Brandt was crowned j queen of Sheridan high school's annual May day festival and homecoming Saturday. Shirley Shaw was; maid of honor. Pyincesses were Eileen Smith, Bea Oldham. Rene Liux. Janice Garrabrandt. Sarah Wil liams and Dorothy Berkey. Janet Brower, last year's queen, placed the crown on Miss Brindt's head. Musk was furnished by the hih school girls ch6ru. and third and fourth grade pupils Wound the Maypole. ;J An open house in the afternoon was followed by a base ball game between-Sheridan and i Anvty. t More than 275 pupils and alum ni attended a dsnc in he evening m the nem high school gymnas- j ium. ? I i PRINCE Or MONACO DIFS MONACO. May 9W4VPrmce Louis II of Monaco died todav ;n the little seaside principally fam ous for the gambling cas no at Monte Carlo. His grandson. Prince Rainier, 25, now becomes ruler of Monaco, plush Mediterranean resort area near the JTrencb-Ital- ian frontier. 1 t3th YEAR 12 PAGES The Orocjoo Statesman. Salem. Oregon. Tuesday. May 10. IMS " PRICE 5c " - . . , j NoJ'SO oodikdoD sps fVDSdl W &m Quits Pact Hearing in Huff WASHINGTON. May Sen- Arthur V. Watklns (R-UUb) sit alone at his office 4ek te4ay after eitUog the Nerth AUanUe Paet hear ings with the tatesnent that he wm "sick and tired mt hetng hemil late4' br Chatrmaa Teas Cennallj D-Tex) en the Senate Peeeim BeUthma coounittee. Watklna as reading s transcript ef testJaaeny at earlier pert hearing aeseiens. (AP wtrephoto U the SUtesman.) (Stery en page t.) Truman 7g Aides Urge Plea for New Taxes Cut By Sterling F. Green WASHINGTON, May O-.-President Truman's economic advis ers have suggested that some existing tax burdens be lightened and that the administration scale down its request for $4,000,000,000 in new levies, responsible officials said tod.iy. The council of economic advisers also was reported to feel that current business trends justify a check rein on federal spending in order to bring the budget closer ; ' to Dalanee. The council delivered iVGS report to the White hou week. It suggested the lowering or removal of some excise taxes, it was learned. Such levies as the tax on tn,m.- portation of goods, in the council's opinion, add to business costs and consumer prices and impede an orderly withdrawal from the post war business boom. The advisers suggested that con sideration be given to accepting a "lesser goal" than the $4,000,000.- ; 000 tax increase. Mr. Truman has formed in 1946. suggested that this money be rais-, -r nominees are Henrv De ed mostly from corporations and. Wold Smyth, who wrote the war perhaps, from the middle and up- t department's much-d i s c u s s e d per individual income brackets. story of th atomic bomb develop The council did not recommend ment. and Gordon Dean, a practic al this time the launching of an jnf attorney and professor of law expanded public-works program, at tne University of Southern and authoritative source disclosed. ; California. The advisers have consistently' ', . , . . urged that federal and local gov-' Smjr,h .J"1" f' Pror cha.r errJments prepare "shelve." of : man of the dep.rtrnent of Phys-cs public work blueprint for use , Prmceton university. He will when needed to bolster employ- the only atomic scientist on ment and public purchasing power. th commission which controls all , .. . , . , t. phases of research and use of this But the present trend or tne . . 1 i K.,,, energy for the government. economy which council chairman Edwin G. Nourse calls a -health) disinflation" does not warrant; s , large-scale works spending now. i M-J A fgh Fl the council feels. Such outlays ULrfltrtf XII WOUiQ mKf li nirarr to intu uir S -M t I W 1 A goal of lower government costs. Baseball Scores Western International At Vtctrm 1. Slm t At VnnKim . Wrnatrh t Only gm acttcdulMj. Ceast Leagae Ne games rhJulj. NaUenal Leaawe At Boston 4. Pittsburgh 1 At Net York 7. Oticaro S At Brooklyn 3. St. Ixui 4 At Pailad!phia-Cincinnati. rata Asneriean Leagn At Detroit . New York 1 Orty ib arnedulrd. Our Senators T7ca 9-2 m wt- -T-w m m m m ft Mows Oodks MKsadl rcfflay 2 Nominated For A-Board WASHINGTON. May 9-0T-President Truman today nomina ted a top atomic scientist and a law professor to the five-man Atomic Energy commissioner the first changes since it was Capitol Leans The pioneer statue atop the state capitol was receiving special at tention from state officials Mon day when it was discovered it was leaning toward the north. The list in the 19-ton statue was 1 noted in an inspection of state buildings to determine damage ! from the recent earthquake. An j earlier check indicated no damage, i but later reports of cracks and I falling plaster were received at i the state department. ! Secretary of State Earl Newbry said he had employed R. A. Case, j Portland engineer, to make a thor- ough inspection of quake damage. Willamina Students j Plan Carnival Friday WILLAMINA, May -(SpecUl) -Willamina grade school students are completing plans for their carnival to be held Friday. Princesses for the event are Carolyn Ellis. Norma BuswelL Donna Breed en. Harlene Baker. ; Joyce Huddleston and Janet Baz- ! ter. 1 fOUNDQI 6-2 Vote Decides Dispute Salem will go on daylight sav ings time at 2:01 a.m. next Mon day, May 16. and remain on that schedule until 1:59 a.m. Septem ber 11- when Portland also will go back to standard time. The decision was reached by a 0 to 2 vote of the Salem city coun cil last night. Aldermen David O' Hara and Tom Armstrong oppos ing the move. Several persons in the audience spoke against the plan, and letters or petitions opposing it were pre sented from Mt. Angel, Monitor, Scio, Woodburn, Keizer, Bethel, Silverton and Roberts. The Uni ver s i t y Merchants' association went on record favoring it. Sponsor of the measure was Al derman Albert Gille, who declar- j ed that farmer-opponents of the J plan comprised but one-fourth of! the working people in Marion county. Some of the letters asking re tention of standard time said that communities between Salem and Portland would be forced to ac cept daylight savings against their will if Salem adopted it. Salem clocks will be moved ahead one hour effective as of 2.-01 a.m. next Monday. i Truman, Byrd Clash Verbally WASHINGTON. May 9 - JP) President Truman and Senator Byrd (D-Va) split In a wide-open row today over a reported remark by the president that there are "too many Byrds in congress." The veteran southerner, who last wee mane a sungmg w in tne senate against the administration s! spending program, told a reporter "If the president means he in tends to purge me from the senat because I will not accept his die tation in matters of legislation then I'll be on hand when the purging starts." j Byrd's one vote on the senate ; armed services committee was enough to bottle up the nomina tion of Mon C. Wallgren as chair man or the national security re sources board. Travis Cross To Serv e as WU Publicist Travis Cross, former Willamete university student and now a sen ior at Stanford university, will be come Willamette university's pub licity director next September, fol lowing his graduation from Stan ford this summer, it was announc- ed by Willamette officials Monday. ne win replace naries narciay, i present director, who will relin-1 SHANGHAI, Tuesday, May 10 quish the post this June to ac-1 6P-Communist armies drove twin cept management of McNary field. I spearheads deeper into south Chi- Cross. the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Cross of 535 N. Church St.. attended Willamette from 1846 through June 1948 and served in the naval air corps during 'the 4 ar. A member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity. Cross has served as as sistant publicity director at Stan ford the past year. He gradnated from Salem high scholl ni 1944. Run -Off of Snow Begins In Upper Columbia Basin PORTLAND, May -OV The long-expected and sometimes feared run-off of upper Colum bia basin snow apparently started in earnest today. No imminent flood threat was foreseen. The -weather bureau reported what it called the first significant rise of the upper Columbia six tenth of a foot at Trinidad, near Grand Coulee. Warm weather in the mountains also sent tne Snake river up nine tenth of a foot at Lewistoo. Both rivers were far below flood stages, though. As far downstream as Umatilla, Ore., the Columbia was 13 feet be 1651 Runaway Horses Block Downtown City Traffic The days of runaway horses are not completely gone for Salem. Richard Phillips, J, Salem routa box 130, auffered minor in juries Monday night when he was thrown from a wagon when a team of horses ran away on south Commercial street. Russians Set Exact Time for Blockade End By Thomas A. Reedy BERLIN, May 9-(P-The Rus sians and western powers an nounced tonight that two-way traffic to Berlin and across the Soviet lonal border will start at a minute past midnight Thurs day morning. The order to lift tht blockade at that time was cast on the Russian radio by Gen. V. I. Chuikov, Berlin broad -tonight Soviet commander in Germany. Chuikov ordered restoration of "transport, trade and communica tions services" effective at 12:01 a. m., Berlin time. May 12 (5:01 p. m. EST Wednesday), the new date agreed upon by the four oc cupation powers May 4 In New York. Earlier, the western powers had said they would permit traffic into the Russian zone to begin moving at that minute. The Soviet order specifically lifted the Russian controls on the Soviet sector line dividing Berlin. Chuikov's order permits 16 freight trains a day to move Into Berlin, restores highway traffic, waives previous Soviet claims to search Allied baggage and de- mand travel permits at certain check-points, and restores mail i service to Berlin. In short, it ,uation back to whert it au i iqio -Perry Named To Commission Kenneth Perry was chosen to . the Salem civil service commis- sion to succeed Lyle Page, re- j signed, at a meeting of the Salem city council last night. Only other nominee was Monroe Cheek. The vote was 5 to 3. Among several other major act ions, the council appointed Wal ter Lamkin to fill in as munic ipal judge during a forthcoming absence of Municipal Judge Wil liam McKinney from May 31 to June 8: and granted permission for the erection of sign boards at 915 and 1391 S. Broadway. China Reds Drive c 1 ,1 ! 1 Will SpearlieaUS na today. One was pointed south west at Nanchang. the other south east toward Fukien province on the j coast. i The Shanghai garrison command admitted the Reds were pushing ahead with both drives which are through Kiangsi and Chekiang provinces. But it still gave no de tails. low flood level of 25 feet At Lew is ton the Snake was 12 feet below flood stage of 22 - feet. The lower Columbia was nearer the danger mark. At Vancouver, Wash, it was 13 J feet Flood level there is 15 feet, The weather bur eau expected a slight fall there for the next day or two, followed by a slow rise. It would have to rise tremendously to bring on a seri ous flood. Last year the Columbia got up to 30 feet at Vancouver. The Willamette river of Oregon, which subsided last week after getting near flood stages, is ex pected to remain steady. BsDd(slk PDaon The wagon tipped over and young Phillips was thrown under the horses. He was taken to Salem Memorial hospital for treatment and released. The upset blocked traffic for several minutes at the Miller and south Commercial street intersec tion. Driver of the team, D. L. Phillips. Salem route 8. said the horses had run for aoout a mil north on south Commercial street before the upset occurred. The boy was a nephew of the driver. 0SC President. Wallace Clash At Teace' Talk PORTLAND, May 9-,P)-Oregon State college President A. L. Strand tangled with Henry Wal lace tonight over dismissal of two faculty members Involved In prog ressive party activities. They exchanged comments on a platform a few minutes after. Wal lace spoke at a peace forum as sembly. It followed references by the former vice president to the faculty dismissals. The progressive party leader had aid the dismissal ef Dr. Rlnh Spitzer and L. R. La Va lice at Ore gon state were discriminatory. Wallace also deplored what he said was the "change" In Dr. Strand. He did not elaborate on this in his speech. Later the college president came to the platform as the audience left. Dr. Strand reprimanded Wal lace for the remarks. He denied the dismissals were unfair. He al so told Wallace "I believed in you strongly for some time, but now I am glad I came to this meeting. If there is any doubt as to. what the progressive party stands for, it has been made plain here." Wallace replied "you do not want peace. Dr. Strand " To this the college president said: "I want peace just as much as you do, but I do not want peace with a ham mer and sickle on it." ' Earlier, Wallace told his audi ence the North Atlantic pict was "insane and foolish." Logger Killed Near Valsetz VALSETZ, May 9-( Special ) John L. Crossman. 48. Falls City, was killed instaetly today when he wa caught wtween a rolling log and snag while working for the E. T. Cone Logging company near here. He was head rigger for the company's operations. ; Witnesses said a log being pulled by a cable broke loose, rolled 50 feet and crushed Crossman against the snag. Crossman.) a. veteran of both World Wans, is survived by his widow, two sons, a step-daughter and a step-son. Henkle-Bollman company, Dallas, is in charge of funeral arrangements. Betty Loetcen to Drop 'JWhen Wed Lots of folks drop their rs, but Betty Lou Loewen, a stenographer who lives In West Salem, is plarw ning to drop an "e" soon. She filed a marriage license applica tion at the Marion county clerk's office Monday to Wed Marvin Lowen, Salem route 8. Both names are pronounced the tame, according to his relatives. Max. 11 22 Mm. 41 4? 4S PreHe. Slaa PorUaad San Franc Im Chinn . New York ti S3 91 trace trace Winnette rtver SJ feet. FORECAST itnm U S. weather bu reau. McNary IwM. SlemT GnralM fair tartar aftr me earlr momoa cloud ineaa. Continued fair Wednesday. High toda nesr Low tonight ea 49. Weather wiB re very .favorable tnr most (arm acUtrtttes for the next 4t hours. ialsm rmecirrTATioM (Seas. 1 te Slay !t Th Year asM taut Year 44ja Average 34.4a One- Grid Plan - i Provided ' ( - . By Wendell Webb Managing Editor. The Statmi A modified version" of the -so-called Baldock traffic plan for Sa lem was adopted-.by a 8 to 2 vf Am of the city counn? last night, v iruj the way for a $7.f510,OO0 devel opment in the nevt few yews, j The vol rlimjvH a Oil. foir.'nta . hearing and a score of talk k re ; ariri co1. Mo,e tnarl 2oo persona i iammvi int th vmni a few drawn bv the daylight time) ! ssi-c but most of them on hand -toe hr verdict on the latiire cf f? em s traffic. . j The vote ua on t icvolutioa mpowenng th- rify to enter into an agreement v. ith the state. There were indications formal rtll"-nan.-e nvsln Se diwn up l(t-r, Sexeral' one-way streets were !p- ' prover'v '!'." The plan a. v looted, called i tl.ce deveiii-.: i..-i!-: (1) In-irr-iate acrjuimtion! of rights of w-.y irr the ultimate jcnV" truction of a h; -o route.tojtha east, and the earlv construction of a temporary circumferential TCute along Lar. caster dnveyind east. . . (2 Reconstruction of the Ccn ter street bridifeand ,or,tr'icilii of a naw br Id ga. north of Cfhtee street at such point as the s.tit highway commission and the tub lie roads administration may se lect. Along Pine SUttCt .' f 3) Construrfiori of a fcy-rasa within the city from Portland rrd to Commercial street along route o? Pine street and exten thereof. the iona ii) Constnirfi-on of a diagonal street linkinz Lirtv . street Commercial t ri eeVtween Ox lord and Superior t Cre south. (5) Est3hlfhr.ut of one strrct a follow For northbound luff ! Litirty street from 0fjt 1 to Diviion Liberty street from Belmont' to Tine; Capital streerfiom Courl t Tile r ad. I For wouthbound' traffic"- Hir grounM road from Ti'.e to N. Sum mer: N. Summer fnm Fairgrounds road to Chemeke'M; Commer il from Pi, a to Belmont; Commetti 1 from Division to Oxford. (Ohm mrrrial between Belmont and Di vision would be two-way). j For eatbound traffic Curl from Commercial to Capitol, t For west bound traffic Ce meketa from Capitol to Commer cial; Division frm Liberty! t Commercial. j Okehs Bridge Traffic : v The council, in the resoluti on, alo agreed to accept the recom mendation of the highway com mission on the direction of trtvtel to and from each of the two Wil lamette river "bridges. ; j It also altered tne Baldock plan by providing that truck trtvel would.be barred on South Liberty fusing 12th street instead) and on N. Summer (using Pine to Com mercial instead). j Two other conditions also were) included m the resolution: Jons) providing that selection of an en trance of the Santiam highway in to Salem should be made "with in a reawnabletime, and the other stipulating that modification o( the entire plan may' be made by rnu tual consent of the highway rum. mission and the city at any time. Alderman David O'Hara, jwh was joined by? AHerman iTcm Armstrong in oppotffg the rjeo lution, said that in an unofficial meeting of the council the resolu tion had been altered so as to Pro vide for the widening of Fair grounds and Portland roads trora one block north of Tile road te Lena avenue. The original resolu tion would have barred perking ia) that area "arhd thereby ruir.ed 40 or 50 businesses.", - I (Additional story page 2) Newbry Hack at Drk Secretary ofState&arl T. New bry who recently underwent major operation, rat a Salem .hos pital returned to his desk in the state department Monday. Newbry will-attend -a me ting of the state board of control Tues day for the First time for three weeks. CASMXOS 1NCEEASE NEW YORK, May 9-cr-Te. average American family inilfisg earned $222 more after taxes than in lt47. Sales Management jng axin reported today. I I Way
