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' V V 4 . ... . j 4 t ' ' ,- - j , - West Salem Vote ;on Merger Slated Soon West Salem probably will vote within the next fix weeks on whether it wishes to merge with Salem, it appeared today. Mayor Walter M us grave of West Salem said any official an nouncement of plans at this time would have to come from the city council, but confirmed these re ports: Petitions will be presented to the council July 6 asking for a special election and carrying the signatures of at least 5 per cent of those who voted at the last general election, as required by law; Persons interested in the mer Salem Bank Figures Show Gain over! '43 PORTLAND, June 13-ofVBank debits of Salem banks registered r 14 per cent gain in May over the same month the yitar previous. the federal reserve bank reported The business index 'showed the the Salem financial institutions was The jump placed the Oregon Off WHS3 Commenting on the "mass un concern" over nationalffairs in dicated by popular polls on the recommendations of the Hoover commission" the Portland (Me.) Kxpress expresses the view that the bulk of the population "has had its eyes on gaudier attractions i i the passing show, its ears at tuned to those sounds which make no demands upon the listener's ability to think." It considers "a Sad commentary on the present state of civic-consciousness" the effort of the committee to drum up support for the Hoover pro Eram by sprinkling gags in the script of radio comedians and the comic strips about the Hoover ; The market value jof all stocks plan. listed on the exchange was chop- Perhaps the Express is expect- ped down more than $1,000,000, Jng too much of the general pub- j noo. lie. The amount of newspaper and ; Individual stocks tost fractions news magazine space given to the to more than 2 points one as commission's recommend ations much as 7? and many sold at has been too amall to excite much ; their post-war !"ws.j nublic curiosity or enthusiasm though it must be admitted that The market headed downward ' In Salem Territory t much of the material does not only a few minutes after the open- j Musgrave said the break was lend itself readily to newspaper I jng bell sounded and stayed on ! thought to have occurred just tyle too lengthy, too heavily I the downgrade up td the close of i about six feet in SalerrJ territory loaded with lads or arguments. trading. ! I near the boundary dividing West lit general I would say however Not since January, 1945. has j Salem property and. that area that such is the reputation of ex-j the general level of stock prices i which annexed itself to Salem re President Hoover and his assist- j descended so low. ! cently. Because the annexation ants that the public is inclined to i Trading f; activity stepped up j election is still in litigation, said accent the commissioner's recom- ! sharplv as prices sagged, an omin- i Musgrave. West Salem crews mendations without much argu-i, ment. It is not the people, it is the congress which is laggard. The public is well acquainted with government red tape, with government waste in spending. It tibesrt't understand why congress doesn't do something about it ail, Ignorant of the fact that big gov ernment (Continued on Editorial page) Oppenlieimcr defends U.S. Atom Security WASHINGTON, June 13-Un-Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer. who help ed develop the A-bbrnb" testified today that the atomic energy com mission has "sweated blood" to safeguard the nation's atomic se crets. "And it has come up with about s good an answer as is obtain ble,' the scientist told a Senate house investigating committee. Joining in the defense of AE Chairman David E. Lilienthal, the AEC's nine-man scientific advis ory committee praised Lilienthal's regime s having produced "a found and forward-looking pro gram." In his testimony today. Dr. Op penheimer said he "certainly" can reassure the American people that no risk Is involved in shipping atom-bombarded Isotopes aboard He laid even if the isotopes reilj into Russian hands, "1 know of no j vay" in which the Soviets could Use them to make weapons. Animal Crackers BWARREN GOODRICH T "h then tettriiurbn in v s r ' " r-i .pi,'' m .'' t' . ilLtk . .1 '4 V'.l Mm ger are asking that: everyone el igible register sometime prior to June 26. (Registrations must be effected 30 days prior to the el ection). j The election can be held any time after-15 days following for mal action of the city council, expected July 6, but not later than 80 days thereafter. Best in dications today were that the vote would be called the latter part of July. ! The vote in West ;Salem at the last general election was 664, thus necessitating 34 or more signers to a petition asking the special merger ballot. today. Rain in the first five months for : 7 per cent over 1848 capital at the top of the list of northwest i cities, trie regional index advanced 1 per cent for May and only a fraction of one per cent U4 the five month period. Bellingham, Wah4 was up 14 per cent for May but down 2 per cent for the five rnbnths. Walla Walla gained 11 per cent, although the five month gaiii was 7 per cent. j Salem bank debits 'totaled $58, 678.000 compared with $51,426,000 in May. 1948. Eugen debits were $48,363,000,! down 4 jper cent for the fnonth and 11 pef cent for the five months. I Stock Market Prices Fall to 4i- ow NEW YdRK, June 13-(P-The stock market plunged to a 4'j year low today. ! Resistance to one fat the worst declines of the year, was tisue- - I par,er thin Head Downward ous sign to those optimists still j ; left in Wall Street who have figur ed that most of the "important" i selling was a reason for the cur I rent decline. Sales of 1.340.000 I shares, one of the largest totals of the year; compare with 800,000 Friday. Breaks Through The market, on average, broke ! through its 1947 low: around mid j'day and kept on going down. At the close of the price level was a ; mere breath above the 1945 low. The Associated Ijjcss average j of 60 stocks dropped! 1.2 points to j 58. Only once before this year. ! . M'lV It' Vl-u tVA m'trlAt . W n.l I nor. tiit. ffioiftii torvcrii a steeper dive. Thj size of the i decline waS matched once, on Feb. j 5. j At 38.0 the average had to lose 'only .2 of a point to equal the 1945 low which was established on Jan- "f y. hff " l"a"ed on January Radioactive Bars Stolen PRINCETON, N. June U-(P) Princeton University: reported to police today the theft of 12 or 115 lead bars, one of which contained dangerously radioactive cobalt. Frederick Osborne! of the uni versity public relations taff said the lead bars were taken from twd laboratory classroom in the Palmer physical laboratory over the alumni reunion week end. The lead and radioactive cobalt were valued at only about $150. Osborne i-aid. and it is believ ed they may; be sold; for salvage material. Osborne warned that the mater al is dangerous to anyone ap proaching within a radius of five feet. ! Phil Sheridan Days Celebration To Open with Parade on SHERIDAN. June 13 (Special) The annual three day Phil Sheri dan daya celebration will get un derway here Friday. , The festivities will open with the children' parade at 1 p.m. An entertainment program featuring local talent will follow in the city park.' Patricia Ryan will be crown ed Junior queen. Her court in cudes Princesses Judy At wood, Sally Brandt, In Mae Kunzler, Myrna Grosser, Bonnie Judd. Bar bara Hughey and Darleen Smith. Mrs. Lulu Chapin of Bevlvue and her court. Mrs. Kate Men- denhall, Sheridan: Mrs. Alice God- sey. Grand Ronde:! Mrs. Belle Smith, Gopher Valley, and Mrs. 89th YEAR 14 Break in Mam Cuts off Kingwood Heights W?atei Crews Work at to Residents of the Kingwood Heights area in West Salem may Salem may ?; M ilem water jincj themselves short ! ter this morning due : in the Salem-West Salem ' maini late Monday night. ; j West Salem city crews were' ; working at a fast clip j early this; morning to locate leak in thej 8-injh main which buckled pave-; men! at the intersection of Wal-' ' lace ' road and Edgewater street. I ! "Water bubbled up out of cracks' in the pavement at about 9 p.m.," ; ; said? West Salem Mayor Walter j i Musgrave. "The line is; the same one Installed two years; ago from Salem to West Salem.? It Swings under the bridge and i crones under Wallace road to con nect j with the main West Salem: line at the intersection at the foot of the bridge. It is in this area j where the leak occurred, said j Musgrave. Rip l'p Pavement 1 As city crews ripped: up the : pavement by lantern ilight and j dug n search of the leak a weld-1 ing crew stood by to ipatch the main; immediately. After the wa-I ter lak was noticed the; main was shut joff on the Salem side, j li jtne line was welded again this morning Mayor j Musgrave predicted pressure would build up quick enough to bring ;the water supply to normal in all areas. The aier win stay tumea on until the leak is found, Musgrave said. AIfo affected, but not seriously by the break, were water users along Edgewater street: from the bridge to Kingwood avenue. Blue Lake cannery felt the drop in water pressure but the situa tion ithere was not rjtical as the j company's mains also are tied in- i to the Bassett street line. were on the job. The water, as it burst through ! the pavement at the intersection. partfally flooded the Saving Cen ter market located there. But that situation was remedied as soon as ; the nain was turned off. Pro-Italian Party Sweeps Trieste Ballot TRIESTE. Free Territory, Tues day j June 14-flVParties favor ing fthe return of Trieste to Italy swept the Free city's first muni cipal election Sunday. Official returns early today gav4 the pro-Italian candidates 40 of the 60 city council seats. The six pro-Italian parties' re ceived a total of 106.973 votes, to 61,1?6 for parties wanting to keep Triejjste independent or place it under Yugoslavia. The election held yesterday to pick: a 60-man city council was the firsts free balloting here in 27 years. It was not a plebiscite on the International status of Trieste 1 but it assumed that flavor in the j campaign. The council will pick ,a mayor and executive committee, i Tfieste i now occupied by Brit- J ish land American forces. There l was no election in the portion of the free territory occupied by Yu goslavia. Tie Christian democrats led the pro-sltalian parties with 75,229 vote, ihe pro-cominform com murjist party, favoring an inde denlent Trieste, got 39,163 votes. The Italo-Slav popular front, whifh supports Marshal Tito and favors putting Trieste Under Yu goslav rule, won only 4.020 votes. i , J ! A. G. Bissell. . Ballston, will also be presented Friday. ; State Sen. Richard L. Neuberger, Portland, will be speaker for the pioneer mothers' banquet Friday nigh;t. An old-time dance will fol low the banquet. General Phil Sheridan will be portrayed by Frafck Brown of Sheridan. The parade will be held Satur day starting at 10 a.m., and will feature many floats, bands, riding clukjs and 'posses. The annual SheHdan rodeo will be held Satur day and Sunday afternoon when top cowboys from all parts of the nation will perform. Harley Tucker will furnish stock for the rod to. A carnival will be in town for Ihe celebration. W" V sT 1 ftB f lug Leak si t Friday PAGES WraDHgDiDug Marks ! ft aDem Rent Decontrol HleairiiitD Petitions Cite f . Opposition to Freeins Rent Possible removal of rent controls will be considered at a public hearing June 27 at city hall, it was decided by Salem's city council Monday night. Rent decontrol was suggested earlier in June by the Salem Board of Realtors and the Home Property Owners association. City Attorney Christ Kowitz, who had studied their petitions, reported that cur rent federal rent legislation re quires that a public hearing must j demonstrate that no shortage of j rental accommodations exists be- fore a city poverning body can ' recommend decontrol. , Any such recommendation by i a city must be endorsed by the state's governor before action can be taken by the federal housing exbediter. i Two petitions to the council op- prsed rent decontrol, one signed by 232 Salem citizens and the other representing the local meat cutters union. The rent heating will be at 7:30 p.m. Monday, June 27, coinciding with the next regular council ses sion. Action was deferred on a pro posed raise in city bus fares. A hearing also was set for June 27, at 8 p.m.. on proposed city zoning for newly annexed Kingwood area in polk county. In another action the city called attention to new state laws on firecracker sale, passing a reso lution authorizing the city record er to issu permits for sales with in present restrictions of city law. Permits reauire a $5 fee and are not available to minors. The city was authorized to enter an agreement accepting $200 from the Salem housing authority to ward purchase of a new (the third) power mower of the citv. at Cost of $800. in return for which the city is to keep high grass cut. Man, 64, to Meet H orse in 150-Mile Race LEBANON. June 13-fSpeclaI)- Paul Smith, 64, Mill City's "walk- ing man, was matched with a horse he contends he can outwalk in a non-stopl50-mile race at the Lebanon Meadows track. Linn County Coroner Glenn Huston put his horse up against the durable Smith, who placed fifth some years ago in a walking marathon from iN'ew York to Los Angeles. The race was tentatively set for July 17 at the half-mile oval. Smith, a nine-mile-an-hour pacer, says he thinks he'll beat the horse "because a horse can't walk 150 miles without resting and eat ing and I can." "Huston says he has a horse that can outwalk me," Smith observed. "Well. I don't think any horse can, and I hope he puts his nag up against me. I'd like to find out on July 17." Lewis, Mine Owners Talk PHILADELPHIA. June 13-7P- i V f J r. arH .ihn t Ti. mnchv.hrAu;H Vines vnanl tVijk , ! telling coal operators what he i wants in a new contract. rnntrart talk. t th ft-ii...... M Stratford hotel here today were i between Lewis and Harry Moses, president of the H. C. Frick Coke Co.. coal-producing subsidiary of U. S. Steel corp. Moses Issued this brief statement at the conclusion of the meeting: "We have spent these sessions today talking about necesisary pre liminaries for negotiation! of a new contract." I I sire qyeeOKCQl Mm. Mln. Precip. aim U .as Portland It M M San Francisco 79 fi . .00 Chicaro S4 71 .03 New York SI .00 Willamette rtver .1 of a toot. FORECAST from US. father bu reau. McNary field. Salem Clear to day, tonight and Wednesday. Highest temperature today, from S3 to 8? de greea. and S7-M derrees Wednecday. Woweat tontcht near 90. Excellent weather for all farm acUvitle. SALEM mectPITATION (Sept. 1 te Jane H) This Year 40.77 Last Year 45J1 Normal 36.27 POUNDDO 1651 Th Oregon Statesman, Salem, Water Cool f i i 4 ft jrr?4 1 I w ' I C ' I l 1 1 J 4- l'' i ?p?&,4 ' : A - . v " . I V f J Hundreds of Salem's youngsters took their first dips of the summer swimming pools opened at Olinxer and Leslie playgrounds. About or warming ud under a brUht sun when this pi? ture wait snanned Just a Utile chilly, but park officials said It will warm up in a few on pace i). Cherry Crop Orchardists Importations of Italian eherriev to any great extent has not yet become an actuality and may nev er . be a threat to local growers, some cherry men in the Salem area said today. This was stated in re-ponse t'i an Associated Press wire tory Monday night in which Hep. lioran (R-Wash.) was reported as. say-, ing "imports of Italian cherries ' threaten disaster for thousands of; American farmers." in a speech I before the house of representatives in Washington. D. C, Monday. II said that unless the gov ernment re moves "the sword of cheap Italian imports which tiangs over the heads of American cherrv growers," they will permit their fruit to "rot on the trees." Horan said the inter-departmental trade agreements is con- j sidering a proposed tariff cut on brined cherries imported from Italy. He blamed the present cherry market situation on "the manipulations of tariff and import policies of the administration." Indications were Monday in the Salem cherry area that picking was going rapidly ahead and re- ports from the Salem offices of the state employment service were tha the demand for pickers will be "very urgent" for local help later this week. Connie Cross Named to Vie in Beauty Contest i Selection of Connie Cross. 21- year-oiu naifm gin, cs ims cuv k 'Presentative in Miss Oregon competition at Seaside was an- nounced Monday by Salem Cham- ber of Commerce She will compete for the Miss Oregon title of the annual Miss America competition throughout most states, in festivities July 21 23 at the coast resort city. Miss Cross, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Olin Cross, 2370 Fairgrounds rd., stands 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighs 120 pounds. She likes swimming, reading and a vege table diet. She is employed at Miller Mercantile Co.'s local store. Her sponsor the Salem cham ber, will be aided by the Salem Cherrlans and the Salem Cherry -land Festival association In pub licizing Salem in Connection with the contest. TIME CHANGE BEATEN EUGENE, June 13-OPr-The city council decided tonight that Eu gene would remain on standard time for the time being. Twice be fore defeated, the daylight sav ing time measure came up for vote on the recommendation of the Eugene chamber of commerce and iost 5 to 2. Oregon, Tuesday. June 14. 1949 Passage off , But 200 Greet Pool Opening Harvest Help Call Due, Scoff at 'Italian Imports Head-0n Wreck Kills 2, Sends 6 to Hospital McMINNVILLE, June 13 - t7P -Two persons were killed tonight in a headon auto collision that sent six others to hospitals here. Killed in one car was Thomas Drabeck. Winner. S.W., who had in his car Frank F. Spieker, also of Winner, and John Whebe, al.-o of S. D. The second victim was Fay niggs vvpne, o. urana r.onoe. wno cherries being received, and here, was a passenger in the second car . too, c herries were being accepted owned by Ray Arnold McNutt, only from members. However, ap Grand Ronde. nlieationx for membershiD could juju.u III uic ,Aiu.L a uiu wile Mcwuti, wno was Deueveci to be , optimistic, uinioot staten, regaro the driver, and Mildred Kilby, t ing the final outcome of the crop. Otis Junction, and two others do- ! Chances were, he believed, that ; lice had not been able to identify immediately All are in the McMinnville hos pital or the General hospital here. Yamhill County Coroner Glenn Masey said the cars came togeth er on a gentle curve on state high way 18 near Rose Lodge, 15 miles west of Willamina. Midnight Tomorrow! That's the Initial deadline in The Oregon Statesman's ; s i x week Summer Photo contest for amateurs. The weekly winners in each of three classifications (children-animals, portrait-character study and pictorial - scenery ) will receive $7.50; winners of grand prizes in each classifica tion $20.00. Prints must be no smaller than 5x7, on glossy paper, in good focus, and have a sheet pasted on the back detailing the name of the contestant, the sub ject matter, and data on the camera, film, etc. Pictures must have been tak en since Jan. 1, 1949, and pro fessional photographers are barred. Winners of the first week's contest will be published next Sunday in PRICE g Set Mne 27 1 i. Monday when the city's two public 200 youngsters were either paddling at dinger pool. The water was days. (Statesman photo). (Story Bt Lillle L. Madsen Farm Editor, Tne Stateerflan A big crop of high quality cher ries which needs considerable help for harvest, was the way Robert Shinn, manager of Willamette Cherry (1 rowers, spoke of the cherry situation Monday afternoon. Cherries are of unusually high quality, he added, and pickers are badly needed. At Willamette Cherry Growers, cherries are being received only from the cooperative merriM if hip which represents approximately 3500 acre. Cherries started coming in Mon day also at United Growei, an other membership processing m.r cern. W. J. Lin foot, manage r, spoke, too. of the fine quality of AL1II J; lfur.vji iirvti.-. ririii.(. u i j eventual returns from the co-ops might be comparatively good Growers dcliv ering to independ ent packers paying cash prices were a little discouraged, they re ported Monday. The situation may improve they believed, and those who had sprayed or dusted their cherries and could do their own picking, were making good wages at the 5'. cents paid for Royal Annes and 4 4 cents for Bings, ! Lamberts and Black Republicans. The majority of growers are pay ing 2'a cents for picking which is exceptionally good. Cherry pickers are expected to make quite good wages this year, growers stated. W. E Dobson, fldman for Kel-ley-Farquhar, reported that his concern had been receiving fine rh.rrif.: Mnnduv althnnoh lump growers did express big disappoint - ment at the low prices being paid I for cherries this year. A n.um- ber of the growers contacted Mon j day, however, said they intended to pick as many a possible as they t had already sprayed or dusted and the -price-paid would at least pay j expenses. f Steel workers to Seek Pa v Raise CHICAGO, June 13 CIO President Phillip Murray said to day his steelworkers iinion will seek higher wages and a better pension system. The wage increase he said, should be 'sufficient to meet the present day needs of the workers." Addressing the annual conven tion of the communications wor kers of America (CIO), Murray added that "We will insist upon the institution of an adequate pen sion and social insurance program. 5c No. 17 PolicefFifemen Salary Issue Tops Disputes By Robert E. Qangware City Edit if, Tri ;cSUtrit.n A Salem cijty budget of Mm f 3. 658.00O vv.inj the approval cf W. city bud! hmrhlttee M i,tuf night the har wjy,; After a cmmittee split fer comparability i f police and t,r department spljne. most mi n budget items lK'visiohed wrangling followed by divided votes. Kit the basic hu I4t as -..recommenced originally by City Manager J L Franzen an i Incked by Mayor R. L. Elfstrom emerged with litti substantia! chjnge. City poiicefun's salaries .r earmarked gettrally,for $20 iais in the budget :. is approved, shil firemen's salaries remain rJcut the same a t present. The uu lion which secured approval of this provision hit further chn-e should be mjile ih the j.!j.ry schedules whtfp final city legisla tion on the biMijet is consult I'ttd. if further stifiy indicates that th salary schedule; is inequiUblt. More Paid tne Pensions The appjieijt inequity of s J?0 salary differential vlas the issu which fplit opn the 14-m.an bod get committetjj The mayor's iuh tention in th.it the ; pay addition for policemiMij establishes panly because the city pays more tow id the firemen's jpensuin plan. This view Was opposed hotly by the special subcommittee on fri aries - - Chairman Albert 11. Gille, Daniel J. Fry and J. W. SirmiO. Both side aired statistics to piov their position) Mayor Elf?rom emphasized th total cost to tjie city of salary f,i,d retirement fudids; Fry and his It I low ub-comriitteitien maintain ed that comparison should be -n 'he basis of Ipersortnel only hi,d that if fireman were under ti state retiremejit plan which covtra the police, the cost to the dy would be over, $5,000 more than at present Labelled 'Subterfuge' The compromise inotion which passed with absent Of all but tr Miheomniittee jtrio Was labclcci ty Gille as: 'Th if.'s just a subterfuge to push the police raise tlirouh " Fry earlier hit asserted that the. move appeirtjd to be a font to get firemen ittto the: state plan in stead of their local retircm nt plan. i Principal difficulty in cornpari sor. is the fjctj '.hat 19 of the fite oin hav e moil? than. 20 years' m r vice and the r)!ice fcjrce liaf; (w- r "old-tinier " Eire Chief W. P. Hoble and Fjre Capt. Ellsworth Smith told tluji bu-igters that mor al! f.n the fni f'rrc? would suffer n ponce received raises and rue- men didn't, j GiJle's subcommittee had uc emmended cuN in the recommen ded 194'-50 budget-! amounting to $11,908 to pejrmit increasing the , fjr(.ffjp JJ r,al4ries ($10,908) r,1 sularies of three key; figures in I ho city recorder' office ($780). The subcommittee's figures on pension payrrtents figured out in actual salaried as a differential on $5 In favor o policemen in com pilable jobs over firemen, instead vf the $20 differential in the may or and manager's recommendation. (Additional details, page 2) German Economy Deadlock HHurnel To Big jr Min inters EERLI.N. Jiune 13 - 0?1 - Ger many's eaitt-viest economic dead lock was handed back to the for eign minister council today after wtikena talks nere;failed to pro- 1 OUfe 8 araiC lor lour-powef ! trli"c and trafisport; pact Economic expert of the four occupying powers broke "up and sent separate (reports of the talks to their diplomatic chiefs in Paris. A Russian source said the ex perts made considerable progress toward agreement, put a western expert told newsmen the reports tb Paris would Jshow about 90 per cent agreement on small matters and 100 per dent disagreement on the big onesr I Western International Leagse At Salem 4. (Vancouver 1 lOrdy gam ached u led) Coast League (No gafnea acbeduled) American League (No gaTne arheduled) National League (No games acbeduled) 4 City Budget