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Tna Oregon S talesman. Salem. Oregon. Thursday. May
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Marion Street Bridge Project
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The only way Anna lxui.-e
Rtrong could explain her ouMt
from the USSR was that .ome
man in the pre. bureau got
vexed ofr her persistent effort.
1o obtain a visa for trael oxer
land to China, and had her tab
bed as a "foreign spy." She want
ed to Ret to China to resume her
studv of the Chinese communis
Her observatio on a prev iou.
visit from Julv. 1946 to July. 1947
ere reported iii a book newly
published in this country To
morrow' China". which by the
rwrfp of the reds south across
'the Yangtse might well be re
named -Today China "
Enthusiastic oer what she
found in red China, a. hae been
ether writers like Agnes Smeiley
and Fdg.hr Snow (Red Star oxer
China) Miss Strong'" book is of
alue in revealing the p:og-am
of the rommnni't?. Sve ru,
h.ir nTatforrfi. and I com'
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her surnniatv as foi.ws
1. "China is today a semi-feudal,
semi-colonial country. Mei
people goal today is not the
socialist revolution but to sec .re
national Independence from for
eign imperialism, to smash feud
alism and establish modern in
dustry under forms of capitalism
and democracy. . . . China's capi
talism nd democracy wi! nt
copy the forms of the ret but
take new forms "
2 "The democratic revolution
will not be led by the bourgeoisie
as it was in western lands. Nor
will there be at present a dic
tatorship of the proletariat as in
the USSR. The democratic revo
lution in China will be led by the
working class, with the peasantry
us the main force, and with" the
participation of progressive peo
ple of many classes."
3. I.and to the tiller is the
basic economic program "
4. "Capitalistic enterprise must
be encouraged to break down
feudalism and to develop indus
trial production rapidly. But pn
vate (Continued on editorial page)
Omrel
Willi Jailhrrnk Aid
l;il)l)ri in .air
in
A young man ami a 1
girl wer arrested in S.
nesd.iy night by M ir
Sheriff Denver Yo m
rxilicemcn on dintcs
-x ear-c Id
Ifin Wed
n County
and city
of aiding
frcm a
an Inmate to ev.-.ipe
Biownsville. Tex. l.ti! las
William Hoxx.uri Fj.nk
month.
28. and
Ftella Mae Vi-rKiilh are slated to
appear in Marion county district
court this mort.ini; on fugitive
from justice complaints
They were arretted om a down
town street after Sheriff Young
received a telephone call from
Sheriff Otis Shaw of Brownsville.
Shaw said he hail xv.irrar.ts on
both the m.-in and woman, riclud
ing warrants on seven charges of
forgery against Franks.
STATE PAYROLLS I P
Oregon roverel payrolls for
April. 1949. aggregated $48,254.
896. as against J45.222.10S for
March of this year and $42,611.
161 for April. 1949, the state in
dustrial accident commission re
potted Wednesday.
Animal Crackers
By WAHREN GOODRICH
". . . tod Siturdij wtn hiring
S brbctrr, we'J oe to kje yea
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Crowd so being j friend ..."
PORTLAND. May 18 -P -river
at Se.em was authorized
misMuri tddaj .
The itmm.s.-.on allocated $1,250 Oftf) for the S-iem-West
tridne. of a t ch $50,000 is exjweted to cover acquis. tirri of rig!
of-y r.ee-oed for the JUncn tiiet-t bridge site. The i eminder
!:. actual ;coi-tructiin. - '
Tw o-Year Job
One of Jne largest projects ap
prcveci f.cr tjpe 19.Vt-51 rmh ..v
K.ftim. 4he Silern hririse c :;1
require lio i'vears to build, the
mrrmis'ioh estimated.
The new brxifce at Saiem was
planned as part of an exentua!
larger trajfi development there
The commission author, ?ed Statt
Highway Engineer R. H. Baldock
and Chief iCoiinsel J. R. Deveis to
negotiate "with the Salem citv
council on a $1,080,000 improve
ment. That inoprex ement which
would not;be!iciuded in the 1950
51 buildujg. I but might be done
M.oitlr afterwards would in
volve reconditioning the present
Willamette rjver bridge and con
necting street.
Step-by-Step Plan
Highway commissioners had
announced Tiiesciay that it would
undertake thie compi ehensix e Sa
lem traffic development. known
as the H.tidok plan, step by step.
st.-itir.K x ith the bridge. The
pl.in drawn bv State Hignway Kn-fi'iH-r
R Jl Baidock also include
a opas- 1 thw a and a one-way
st:tt-t p aii. ?
Highway commission projects
costing a total of $23 500.000 were
approved ; Vedne-da . Including a
S2.100 0OQ allocation to extend the
Columbia? Gojge water lexel high
.x;iv from Ijbdson to Bonneville.
Grading. ; bridge and underpass
constructkm would be done the
first esr, and paving in the sec
ond year;
The commission allocated $2,
750 000 for tuning rights-of-way
for the Sullitan s C:!ch through
wax in Port&nd.
Planel Wreck
Seareh Ended
What -appeared to be plane
ii'ci.ff apparently was a patch
of clean; snqw. reported Sheriff
Demer Vourig Wednesday as he
ended a Searefi of the mountainous
area southeast of Detroit for an
an plane xc leifk.
The sheriff and Al Hammond of
the state ae(-nautirs department
flew oxer the area xesteniay.
Young adx ised all airmen to ter
minate the siarch. calling air con
dition in thesaiea of the propoed
dam site so tricky as to mxite
otler diH.stei.
ISwiwd Germany Commissioner
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WASHINGTON. May If rreaideat Traman Uday appnted Jaha J.
MeCtoy abvei U be The Sspnac l'aite4 SUtes Athrity la
(rfrmasj - McClT Is resigviag as pnrieemt mt Use WarM teak to
lake e;a4gament. lie mw at ate deck today after ta aaaeiat-
aaeat;a aaaaaee4. (Ar Wireakoto to The bUtesamam.)
-A .-corid bridge over the Willamette
formally by the stite highway com-
Saiem
McCIoy Picked
For German
Commissioner
WASHINGTON'. May 18 (AP)
fohn J. McClox'. 54 - year - old
lawyer, banker and top-notch ad
ministrator, was named by Presi
dent Truman today to be "the su
preme united states authority in!
Germany." j
Subject to senate confirmation.!
McCIoy will take up his duties as
high commissioner in Germany,
"xMthin the near future," the;
White Houe announced.
To Succeed Clay
Insofar as administration of:
U. . affairs in Oermany is con
cerned, McClov will succeed Gen
Lucius D. Clay, who retired as ;
military governor of the American
zone in Germany Sunday. But Mc- ;
Cloy s appointment marks the be- ,
ginning of a changeox er from mil- j
iUiry to civilian control in the Am-
1 erican, British and French occu-;
pation zones j
Officials here also hope it will j
inaugurate a more peaceful era in
the development of Germany,!
pointing her toward an exercise in j
practical democracy that will en-j
able the ciefeated nation to resume :
its place in world affairs.
To take the German assignment,
McCIoy is resigning as president
of the World bank (at a salary of
$30,000 a year free of taxes), ef
fective not later than July 1.
The executive directors of that
international agency accepted his
resignation today and elected Eu
gene R. Black, a senior vice pres
ident of the Chase National bank
of New York, to succeed him in
trie presidency. Black has been
executive director of the Interna
tional bank since. March, 1947.
Loes Salary
The World bank presidency
pays $30. (KM) a year tax free. Mc
CIoy in hi new post is expected to
get S2S.0O0 a xear. subject to
taxes.
Mr. Truman's appointment of
McCIoy came two days before tne
scheduled departure of Secretary
of Stte Acheron for the "big
four" foreign ministers meeting in
Paris. Those talks opening Mon
dav with Russia. Britain and
France, involve the future of al!
rones of Germanv.
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Russians Slow Motor Traffic
To Berlin; 4-Power Talks Fail
BERITN. May 18 -.-Tr- The Russians put restrictions todav on motor
traffic to Berlin and the Soviet zone. Western German officials said
the move w as prompted by a decline in the x alue of the Sov iet zone
east mark.
j An American official charged
Health I'erils
Follow Flood
At Fort Worth
Rr t' Ai-itp1 Pe
Peril to he:.lth in flood-stricken
Fort Worth, Tex. mounted
Wednesday and the rampaging
Trinity ruer roe to its highest
lexe! in n.il'.is in 41 ye;.rs
Floocis in Texas and tornadoes
in Ok'.rt'ioma-Tfxas a'ea hjxe
killed IS persons and injured
about 163 in tre last thiee days.
Fort Worth health department
officials closed all f o i selling
establishments in the flooded area
pending a check bv sanitation in
spectors. Typhoid inoculation sta
tions xere er up
Fort Worth's !1I stood at nine
drowned ani n estimated 13.000
home. ess I'ropertv damage will
run well o-er $6,000,000" City
M.n.er W. ). Jones said.
Volunteer Work on
Columbia Hiver Dikei
PORTLAND. May 19 (API
Volunteers were buildinr a dike
today near Vancouver. Wash . as
a flood crest of the Colui ibia riv-
T swept pat Umatill
. a.n..
down
- popu
i 2 Ll Ccaili iuw din inr i l j
lated Portland-Vancouv r area
The crest, however, was not
frightemngly high
Most of the northwest's wollen
tributary rivers, which h e al
ready taken a toll of four lives,
were generally falling.
"It looks encouraging." said the
Portland weather bureau.
STAYS OS STANDARD TIME
AUMSVILLE. May 18 (Spe
cial) The Aumsville city council
has voted to stay on standard
time. Trje school, however, is run
ning on daylight saving time.
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FORECAST (from v. . eainr
i bureau. McNary trii. Saimi. Ctm
i drabl hif H ctoudmesa ttxiMr with
wn cieartnc tontffhl and rrkiav.
Hif.rsl temperature today rvrr ae
deree: low tonight Bear dgrs.
Ait iarnt artivitv coed todv.
IAI.KM raECVTTATION
i Sept to May 1S
Thlu YaT Last Yr Averse
sa 17 sa ea
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the action amounted to a new in
direc blockade.
Meanwhile, four-power talks on
easing trne and traffic snarls ap
parently broke down. All this oc
curred only a week after the lift
ing of the Soviet blockade of Ber
lin and the western counter-blockade
of eastern Germany.
The Russians suridenlr halted
all western German trucks at
Helmsterit that did not have a car
go stamp from the So iet economic
commission. They also shut off
Berl;n-Kocnd German freight traf
f c :it the Hof chei knoint and told
driver- that Helm-terit the bor
der station on the main route to
Berlin was the only permissible
crossing point.
This xv as a new" interpretation of
an old four-power agreement fix
ing He'mstecit as the only general
crossing point for allied traffic
German -traffic h.-sd always used
various entry routes despite the
agreement.
Western German officials said
the Soviet moxe was prompted bv
a slow but steady fall of the Soviet
zone east maik after western
freight started to arrive in Berlin,
attracting eastern, as well as west
ern buyers. It took 3 20 east marks
when the blockade lifted to equal
one west mark, which is officaily
valued at 30 tents. It now takes
4.50 east marks.
SETS TRAFFIC RECORD
PORTLAND. May 18 -iPV- This
city completed two months with
out a traffic fatality today an
all-time record.
Safecrackers Take Strong Box
$3,000 From Busicks Market
Salem city police Wednesday
were investigating the night-time
burglary of the Busick Market
Here in which a strong box con
taining an estimated $3,000 was
carted away by safecrackers.
Police said robbers entered the
market, located at Marion and
North Commercial streets early
Wednesday morning through an
upper marquee window. They
Chiseled the combination lock -handle
off the safe and removed
the 500-pound inside strong box.
This marks the third time the
safe at Busick's has been robbed.
In September, 184 the vault was
cracked for $2,152 and in Novem
ber of that same year $1,800 more
was removed by thieves.
The crime was discovered about
I;30 a.m. by a city patrolman on
his beat. An immediate investiga
Patients Escape Unharmed; j
Two Salem Firemen Injured
Flame and smke burst through the roof of the Fairview home hospit
al (above) Wednesday after the building caught fire In late after
noon, eausing nearly $300,000 -worth of damage to structure and
equipment. Photo at left shows Fireman Gilbert Xoffsincer taking
desperate 12-foot leap to dodge flaming cornice which Is seen fall
ing above him. lie suffered non-serious injuries to ankles. (Stales
man photos). (Pictures also on page 2.)
21-35 Age Limits Ruled
For City Police Officers
New age limits of 21 to 35 years were set for Salem policemen
Wednesday by the city civ il service commission, but officers now serv
ing outside these limits will be g"iven opportunity to take tixil seivice
examinations
The exception which affects primarily Juvenile Officer Harvey
Tautfest, 44, aroused heated controversy in the commission. It was
passed when new member Ken
neth C. Perry joined Richard G.
Severin In overriding protests by
Commission Chairman William J.
En tress.
Status of police radio operators
who never have been under civil
service was left in doubt when
Commission Secretary Alfred
Mundt, who also is city recorder,
reported that the new city budget
probably will list radio personnel
in a department separate from the
police force. Further considera
tion is to be given radiomen at the
commission's June meeting.
The new age ruling meets the
recommendation of Police Chief
Clyde Warren, as presented to the
commission in March. The city ad
ministration had asked earlier that
age limits be 21 and 41 years. The
civil service regulations have call
ed for ages between 27 and 40.
which also left outside the service
two 25-year-old officers under
temporary appointment, James A.
Hammack and David J. Bain.
Remodeling
Plans
For Police Station
Beiii: Considered
- Plans to remodel the Si.lerh city
police headquarters at city hall are
being considered. C'ty M. pager
J. L. Franzen said Wednesday.
The project is Mill in the plan
ning stage said Franzen and may
be presented to the city budget
committee if completed in time
Presumably work will get pririer
w.iy after July 1. if approved.
Remodeling will include enclos
ing the pocket area between the
front out.Mde stairway ani the
store building wait on the south
of the station. This will be: con
verted into front office spa e di d
will reach almost to the sidewalk,
Franzen said.
velopment in the Columbia river
Duntlee Boy l)rovn$ ; bam.
I.. . is 1 - The revised program recom-
II SHI milling I OOl mends authorization of 14 water
NEWBERG. Mav 18 .-P Peter , resources projects costing $700.
John Groat, 12. drowned today in 000.000. Krug said it has been
trie private swimming pool at the sent to basin state governors for
Dan Harmon home in nearby Dun- , comment after nhich it will go to
dee. the president.
The boy was believed to. have J The prooject would Irrigate
fallen into the pool while; com- more than 300.000 acres of land
pdnions. who had been swimming. I and provide 1.000,000 kilowatts
were away momentarily. He was of additional hydroelectric gene
a son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter eratmg capacity,
i Groat. Dundee. t
tion was launched by detectives
and the area canvassed. A cloth
apron found on the floor of the
store led to the belief that it was
used to wipe away possible finger
prints. No lead on the robbers
had been uncovered by this morn
ing. Marks on the floor showed how
the heavy strong box had been
dragged to a door on the north
side of the building. It was ap
parently loaded Into a truck or
car parked at the Marion street
side of the building.
Still under investigation by au
thorities in this area are the re
cent theft of the safe from the
Salem Athletic club on the Dal
las high may and the cracking of
another vault at the Salem Seed
and Implement company several
weeks ago.
Oregon Herds
Scheduled for
Jersey Classic
I Announcement was made Wed
nesday that an even dozen head
j from Oregon's best Jersey herds
will be consigned to the Western
Jersey classic at Sacramento,
: Calif., to be held May 31 In con
! nection with the American Jersey
Cattle club convention. This is
j the first time this convention has
i come to the west coast.
Those consigning cattle are Nash
and Sweet, formerly of Salem but
! now of Sixes; Mrs. M. F. Leabo,
j Independence; Rex Ross. Mt An
gei; Jack Kay and John Hobin,
i Coos Bay; Melott Jersey F.um.
HiUsboro; E. E. Goui ley A; Son
I and N. V. Shelby and Son. Albany;
i W. D. Mongold and Son. Katie
' Point: Mrs. W. E. lil'm in and
Daughteis. Cornelius; Ralph K
Cope, jr. L-'ingolis and Mi. and
Mr. Anton Malar. Sandy.
Floyd Bates. S., lem. pi evident
of Ihe Oregon J vev C i"
i iroong thoe fiom the
ette valiev who vil! .'' '
convent. on. (Other faini
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Krug Approve
Revised Plan
WASHINGTON. M.v 18 - Pi
Secietrfiv of the Intetior hll!
said today he ha apiirnvci a
revised reclamation bureau pio
gr:.m for irrigation and rower de
HOT SPRINGS SOLD
DETROIT. May IS Sale of the
IftO-acre Breitenbush Hot Springs
resort by the Healy estate to the
Bruchman interests for more than
$50,000 was announced today. The
buyers have been operating the
resort on lease for several years.
Baseball Scores
WEfTKBN
INTER-NATIONAL.
At Salem 2-1. Stok
Spokane 1-4.
At Virtoria 1. Vancouver
At Tacoma 7. Bremerton
At WcnatctM 4. Yakima 17.
COAST I.EAGll
At Portlane 17. Oakland S.
At Seattle . Hollywood 1
At Lea AnsW-Sacramnto.
At San granriro-Sn Oiego.
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AMEBIC AM I.IACII
At Phtladelpeita . St. Louie
At Waantitftoei t Detroit 1
At New York . Cleveland S.
At Boa ton 7. CTuraeo 4.
KATIONAL LCACIK
At Cincinnati 13. Boston
At FttUOorf H 1. New York J.
At Ciatcaco 9. Brooklvn 14
At at. Leula 3. Fntladelpoca 3
By Conrad Prange
f;if Winer, T;. Salesman
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P..tiK.ke ws est i sr. .tied betwt
$2('C.000 and $300.') M n the I hum
which swept throu.;'i ihe hosi ilal
at Fairv iew home i je? Wednt srijiy
aftini n. All 2 ii'ik?nts in tt.
building escaped unharmed. i
Satem firemen wh! battled tia
nay- lor over tt.iee pours, weia
hand ci rped bv !j,- of sutficieot
vvitttr icssuie at tht site.
Hi.n.es staiti in tfe basement
st i;.M room fiom a undttti
minec source about 3 I p m. Tl -J
aiikly spread in trough tha
tor shaft M i niu t e liJee
m ke came bil!:.-;n out t f
Irvvtr J,,. i wii:i )v(.)( the tvv
st i sliucture, af.'oiciing to Wit
nesses j i
Spread Quickly ' j
Scicn th.e i:p;wr ifc'inn waa
ablae tnd with::i 4';minutes lia
fiiinies hiked thi,iun the whiIk
nt'f The roof vdi ntirely (!
1i vtd Floors insiie jthe biiilriiiif
weie ift intact, firemen said, lot
looms mid equipmetit were alrrt sl
a remf lete loss.
Mit Marian W'e'ty.lsttendanf in
thine at the time, srrelled smka
jut dter 5 o'clock. She repoittd
she went into the basement and
saw somthing burr.lrf In the stt-i-ge
m-m.'Sh then turned in )'
alarm. -
PatienU Evacuated j
Attendants and ward a Idea
Quic kly " hustled pjtients out . -f
the budding. Most of it hose on iha
lof floor slid d.iT an outMda
fiie-escape chute. Otjier bed p
titnt were remov ed; from 1 ws
floor rooms through Svindows.-
(nly one tnfjnt an j a few smull
rhildien were in the hospitul, at
the time of the fire. One teeri-i a
putient knocked urv,j'noiou t v
other patients who tvame entil
ed He slid on.e d rtn the 1 1 nt
rid di fagged the o' ler out 0 a
m;itti-ss. '; : ij
Ixs was estims'i at between
f.2t'('.'Mi hn.l .$ i0 by Irvln
Mill, suj-ei i!itendv ; and by C'e-l.
Wjllij.m Ryan, supe;nor of stuta
int. lotion. I (
New Equipment I,ol
l.iif tnent i!if ': ii a 1I.M0
v . . l . s . . . .
i--v-i..v macnine pi: j c onsiileinti a
! e ther surgical equ : pni.-nt purcitHK
j ed in the lavt two rs, toti.ting"
, atout S7S.000. I j
I The fire occure l ait the ch;,r ve
1 it the 5 o'clock sh rl Mr Ft
j Mvt-rs. in charge of! the clothinjr
i ci mmisry in' the uMpital. left
J al A f)5 und said n-rnke or l is
! way roticeable th-t The fir a
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m.iim syxiem at tre not-pit;il
ftirly new and hu4 been titled
lirrmui Injured . j '
Fire-figfatiiig equipment at tha
tr.e included twes trucks fiim
the .Salem central stj(:on. one ficm
Ihe m uth and one from the .t
Mutton. A pumper at the institu
tion also was pie tie-J into service.
Two firemen were injured,
but not enouly i while fig! V
ing the blae. They are Ted Ct.f p. '
who was overcome by smoke and
Gilbert Noffjunger. who jumped
12 feet from a lalier when a
flaming cornice tum4il down Ha
injured his ankles. Hoth men sera
resting well at Sa'em Memorial I
nospital last night, t i
TaberraUr Patients, j'
The hospital took! care of jfen
eral ill of the Institution inmi-ten.
Thirteen of the ho-lpital patint
were tuberculosis patients. 5 via
were surgical cases, but Dr. ! 11
said all. were removed to otlar
buildings safely and were being
cared for adequately.
The building was a "40-bed
pital type- said Dr HilL Itlwaa
constructed in 1933 The Intl tu.
Ikn includes 13 oter building
on the grounds. f
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NEW YORK. My ISWTha
United Nations atsembly late to
day slapped down a Polish mo
to bring up the cae of Cethart
EiMer. fugitive communist.
The Eisler question was n.i4
ty Polish delegate ; Juliusz Ktt-
Suchy just as-the veary .de leg a tea
were ready to end their stormy
six-weeks spring test ion. j
Ansembly President Herbert vj
Evatt of Australia rii'ed the Pi
proposal was out pt order.
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