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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (June 14, 1949)
t Tho Stal man, Solom. Oroqon, Tuooday. Juno ; 14, 1948 Red Cross Chapter Re-Elects Officers; Swim Campaign Set All present officer tor Marlon county chapter, American Red Cross, were reelected at the June meeting of the board, Monday night. Charles H. Hujcgins was chosen chairman to serve a second term. . - a . Atm i - - a . . July 1. W. H. Baillie was chair man Of the nominating committee submitting the report. As of Monday night, 132 persons bad signed up to donate blood for the visitation of, the blood mobile from the Portland regional blood center in Salem today. Unless "drop ins'' come, however, it is believed the 100-pint goal will not be reached this time, the blood committee told the board. The bloodmobile will be in op eration in the First Methodist church between 2 30 and 7 p. m. today. Tlx annual "swim campaign," sponsored by the Red Cross, will conducted in Salem Jul 11-22, both at Olinger and Leslie pools, Vernon Gilmorc.A water safety eh ' rrnan. reported to the board, John Fan-burn, swimming coach at Abwleen, Wash , is to be here to conduct the .two 'weeks cam- pii4n. Fairburn has' been long -tiv in aquatic work, his teams won state championships In Washington for three years. He h. been on Red Cross aquatic school staffs for the past five years nT h has attcrid"d- 19 aquatic School. Binlie.12.Wius Dog Trial? at Canhv Show on the stair or oiiicers wun mm win oe mil ion u. xneyers. ursi vice chairman; Wesley E. Stewart, jr.. second vice chairman; Mrs. Ronald E. Jones, secretary: Linn C. Smith, treasurer. The new term begins .., . .. .11 Lowest among eight contractors -&U nwt,ri by txi Oat1". Ti:rner, k,, Fridajr were p. F. Lord, corral. five sheep in fir minutes portIandf $70,231.04, and H. Den to win first pri?r in :he annual ! herderi Lebanon. $71,962 90. The Cl ickama county Wotf trial held I two bids were sent to the engineer at Canhy Saturday in conjunction i jn(? firm of Cornell. Howeland, with the Clackam: .' lamb how. I naye and Merrifield. Corvallis, Lssir, 4-ycat-old border Col-J for ,tudy preliminary to the : on li owned by Henry Ahrfir, alsolrarj award. Turner, won sprnrd r.lace. taking! Councilman Kenneth Fuller. nine minutes nnl Joe Johnson, JJ.ill-n.'and Marcus VpfUr. Mon itor, placed third nid fourth. Grand' champion fat lamb entry w made by Marcus Vettcr, breeder of Colrmhln sue?p. J. G. Kner, Molalla road, Oregon City, won the reserve champion riWion on hi. Corriedale entry. The rxn of three cros-bred Suf folk -itomnpy limbs entered by Miurice IJuxton, MolaMa, won the ch;mpionshio in that division. Although this, j ear's show was ivt a large s !948'r, the exhibi ti m drew large number of hit;h qu ility animal., acrorriing to Bob Le head of the sheep buying di vision of Swift k Co., who judged the how. EASTERN' NTAR TO 'ELECT PORTLAND, Jur 13-J'.The Oregon Grand Chnplrr, Orrer of th rtitfrn Star, will elect new gr-ind officers ;tt the W.h nniual 1 ITo Eniry Fee, Ho E PUS m Hearly Open (or 6 Weeks I Three classifications t (I) Children andor animals; (2) portrait or character study; (3) pictorial, scenery. Weekly prizes of $70 for winners is each clasBificatloa. Grand prizes of $20 for winners of eacn elaasifieatlott la oter-all competitkm. ; Veckly Deadlines Midnight Wodaasdays Juno 15. Jun 22. Juno 29, July 8. 13 and 20. mm Alt A. VFWtoBack Scout Trips Plans to sponsor summer camp trips for several members of Boy Scout troop 12, sponsored by Vet erans of Foreign Wars, Marion post 661, were laid at a post meet ing Monday night at the VFW hall. The post also agreed to contri bute to the state VFW fund to send the Oregon marble tourna ment champion to Pittsburgh. Pa., to compete in the national finals next month. Seven new post mem berg were obligated. . Arrangements for construction rJ tV,o nnct flnat in th fherrv fe- tival parade by post and auxiliary l members were made. , Sewer Project Bids Opeiled In Lebanon j LEBANON, June l-(Sperial-; The city council today turned over i to engineers two low bids for in I stalling lateral sewer, extensions in wert and south Lebanon. street committee chairman, an nounced that bids will soon be called on paving 50 streets in the west and south areas when the sewer installations are completed. The lateral sewers will provide storm drainage. Nearing completion is the instal lation of the city's main sewer in terceptor system. Finished last year when the sewer, and street improvement began was paving of 40 city streets. j Other firms bidding for the con tract to install the sewers were: T, W. Riddle. Eugene. $92,276.79; Scott Plumbing company. Lebanon, $80,238 92; Warner and Zeski. Eu gene, $81,685.55; Empire Construc tion company, $86,292.59; Ramsey Construction company. $96,055.00, and Charncski company, $86, 573.30. ; j session opening here tomorrow morning at the Masonic Temple. rcfion 2nd Annual Summer Photo i IS ON! Obligations . . . Anyone Hay Enter Who Takes Ficiues Solely For a Hobby or the Family Alboa. $200 Boys School Inmate Caught A 11-y ear-old inmate of the state jtraining school at Woodburn, who eluded his watchers in Salem Monday afternoon, was back in the Woodburn institution late last night; police reported. Robin S t af f o r d, who was brought to the Center street clink here j f or Jl r e a t m e n t, i escaped through a rest room window at about 4:30 p. m. Woodburn police apprehended him in WoodbuAt at 11:30: p. m. Pofice said the boy told them he took fa car belonging to frank J. Dye, 1135 N. 12th st. from in front of the clinic at Salem. Salem Budget Finale Awaits Public Hearing i (Story also on page 1) Citjy budget makers authorized many a change in the recommend ed budget for 1949-50 t Monday night at city hall, with final fig- ures 10 u vaouiavcu ua at a public hearing within a few weeks. Framework of the $1,658,000 budget was left intact, despite re working of several salary sched ules, j In the engineering depart ment; alone a cat of $4,200 in sal ary items was recommended by a subcommittee headed by Alder man Albert II. Gille. most of this representing proposed pay in creases in the budget as presented by the city manager. The budget committee, how ever, cut the general fund by $5, 580 in engineering salary items, but Worked a comparable amount into a millage fund so that the pay scale could be raised. Other budget change highlights: Recorder's office At j ubcom mitte's recommendation pay of the city recorder was upped from $4,260 to $4,800, with assistant and bookkeeper receiving a $10 month- ly raise. Treasurer's office Budgeters raised treasurer from $3,900 to $4, 200 although subcommittee re commended no change. Parks and plariroands Sub committee move to slice $3400 from (city's share of city-school joint playground program was de feated and the budgeters approved a $13,933 half share for the city this year, as compared with $10,- 586 last year. City manager Salary remains at $9,000 but $500 auto allowance (same as he now receives) was scrapped completely. City attorney Salary of $5,280 same 1 a at present, amounts to increase because new item allows $2,280, for clerical help, most of which has been paid by him per sonally. At subcommittee sugges tion. $300 was cut from budget for his office supplies. Fire stations Proposed King woodji station fund of $5,500 was eliminated. :i i "y I : totcsman Contest Bales of Ihe Cqnlesi: 1. rietsu-ea Mast hay been taken since January 1, 1949. . t. rlctarta nut be am glossy paper, a smaller than 5x7 and n larger tkan 11x14. 3. On the Wek ef each entry most be pasted a sheet girlng yaar nanM and address; the classification yon axa entering; data an tb phato. lBcloding caaaera nsed. film, shatter speed, diaphragm opening, filter, etc and whatever other infermatian Is pertinent lnelodlngf IdentlfleaUon of sabjeet nutter, date, and conditions nnder whkh picture was taken. C No entries aeeeptablo if they hare been entered In other contests. T. Decision of impartial jadgei will bo final; pictures cannot retarned.1 a. Entries aboald bo mailed or brought to tho Photo Department. The Oregon Statesman. 2 IS Sooth Commercial Street, Salem, Ore. t Tbo Oregon Slalesnan's Snnner PHclo Conlesi Tompkins Asks Grange Back CVA Program COOS BAY, June 13-OVMor- ton Tompkins set the State Grange tion wm conducted bv the post drums booming for a Columbia , rituaJ t(.am headed by Glen iiar Valley administration today. bugh. A pr0gram and speaker are 1 Keynoting the annual con v en- .i,tM4 Grange since 1942 told the open- rm urinn Kra vat cva nui 1 -- necessary for progress and order- ly planning. He urge dthe 70 j delegates to become "educators and apostles for CVA." Tompkins called the ! CVA a "home rule agency." and j added that "CVA would mean a little bit of Washington, D. C i would be moved to the northwest j and our development would be : guided by the people living in the , T V , k, ,-r.. ! Tompkins also had qualified ap I II It 1 II W I 111.11 IIIV V . n. W proval for the government's farm program. He said the Aiken farm bill, to go into effect next year, ! and the Brannan farm program were not "the ultimate answer to the problem." but added that they had "considerable merit Their common fault, he said, i ..... j j. Was Uiai Uiey UO noi proviur Muiivr tu cnu nic ucmuut m-u wuii' "some protection for all food and ! cil of foreign minister sessions with fiber crops. at least some successes. Tompkins endorsed the Aiken i Sources previously proved re bill's flexible price support. The i liabjesaid the Big Four were mak only alternative, he said, is "acre- ling Progress toward an accord on age controls andor marketing the Berlin matter and that Sus m. which to m seems to be was backing down .completely reeimenUtion of the severest I sort." The state Grant master called 1 fnr th defeat of those state legis- ': lators who voted at the last state assembly to amend initiative and referendum procedures. oLuuia.uiup Age Limit to 11 Lowering of minimum ages divisions of the Boy Scout move- ment will open tne training ana adventure to a larger group of boys than before. Gordon G.lmore. Cascade area council executive, said Monday. The national council, whose meetings last week were attended by W. L. Phillips, sr., and Gardner Knapp of the local council, an nounced the one-year drop in age limits, following a three-year study of the expected results. Effective September 1, Cubbing will begin at 8 years. Boy Scout ing at 11 and senior scouting at 14, In the latter program, mem bers will remain in their own scout troops as well as participating in the older Sea Scouts, Explorer Scouts and Air Scouts. HIGHLAND SCHOOL ENTERED A portable vacuum cleaner and attachments was taken from High land school in north Salem over the Weekend, city police reported. Entrance was gained through a lower window. Legion Awards Flag to Scouts A troop flag was awarded by American Legion. Post 136 to the post's Boy Scout troop it: tha post meeting Monday night ' Final plans for the post's initia tion and program for the meeting I nt Tun tt u ar, birf TVi initio. t- , J j th iV sending several boys to the le- . ions annual Beaver Boy biate ,crvallis Mxt nth. 7 P n. . If--- f 14 rrr AOC DlJl T! 1 TO 1133 D D i f-wr -m sr "S I AV47QtH kr QItlll X U Tf Cti U (XI lltll T " A 1 Berlin Accord PARIS. June 13-P)-A partial settlement to bring a truce to east- west strife in Berlin appeared to night to be growing out ot siecret Big Four talks. TVia u'act al hM fnr a aatttlat- ment on an Austrian treaty in ! a ji,.i..j fr?m her Pt"n on Austria Am erican sources were less optimutc j on Austria, however May End Talks Friday These sources said it was hoped to end the Tans meeting by Fri day, and there was talk of another meeting in New York in Septem ber. State Colleces' Building Sites Win Approval PORTLAND. June 13-;p)-Pro posed new site lor a science j building at the Lniversity of Ore- gon and a cyclotron building at Oregon State college won approval , here today. j ; The building committee of the ' state board of higher education said its approvaL would in turn be recommended to the full board tomorrow. The science building, a $1,500, 000 structure, would go up where the university heating plant is now. The heating plant is to be moved. The cyclotron building a $2000 affair that will be constructed with some donated material and labor would be located on the south edge of the Oregon State campus on Oak Creek near the campus court. The cyclotron is to b pre sented for research by the atomic energy commission. The committee also authorized officials to negotiate v.ith archi - tects for a food industries build- ing at Oregon State college, a lib- rary at Oregon college of educa tion and a library and museum buildin gat eastern Oregon college of education. The building program approved added to a total of $6,000,000 for 1949-50 about half of the esti mated needs. This was the pame as approved by the state board of control last week. Writers Lose Appeal Verdict I WASHINGTON. June IS-UP)-The conviction of two movie writ- mo - innfoiwn r 0 onn tvA.a mm , m j upheld today by the U. S. circuit cuuri oi appeals. ! The court ruled that a commlt- tee of congress has the right to de 1 mand that a witness state whether he is a communist. For screen writers Dalton Trum- bo and Howard Lawson, the decl ; sion was the last stop before the supreme court - - and a possible year in jail. They now are free on ; bond. j They were two of ten convicted in district court here last year of contempt for refusing to tell the j house un-American activities com ; mittee whether either was or had been a member of the communist I party. TO ALTER STORE A permit to alter Roberts Bros, store at 177 N. Liberty St., at a cost of $2,000, was issued Monday by the Salem city building inspec tor's office. Other permits went to J. Odland, to erect a $923 gar age at 460 N. 23rd St., and to Harry Collins to construct a house at 2335 Hyde st., at a cost of $4,000. RICHARD NET TO WED G LEND ALE, Calif., Juno 13-C?) Actor Richard Ney. 32, former husband of actress Greer Garson, and Mrs. Paulino Settle McMartin, 37, obtained a marriage license hero today. They plan to marry next month. APPOINTMENT CONFIRMED WASHINGTON, Juno lS-iA-Tho senate has confirmed the ap pointment of Leonard A. Ficker as postmaster at Mount Angel, Ore. Baseball Tonighl Salem Senalors vs. Vancouver ; DOUBIXREADER 7:00 P. M. NEW GAME TIME WATERS FIELD Box Sod RoacYToflons Phono) 3-4647 Standard Oil Case Divides . Supreme Court WASHINGTON'. June 13 -0P)-A bitterly divided supreme court today struck down, 5 to 4, exclusive-sales contracts between Stan dard Oil Company of California an4 i n ft nr, man A ant tf ftalinA a4aSktfc 1 sum iiiwiMU;siii tmwt u icr u-aa. a , Undar the contract. the dealers j,,. in hlIV , th.ip ,it frnrn Standard Oil of California. The majority of the supreme court held that the contracts lessened com petition and violated the anti-trust laws. Justice Douglas assailed the de cision as helping to "remake Amer ica in the image of cartels." It will spur big oil companies to set up service station networks of their own, he said, thus dealing a blow to small business men. In New York, oil sources said the decision apparently would af fect only a few oil companies op erating west of the Rocky monjf tains. They said companies oper ating east of the Rockies do not have such contracts. In San Francisco. Standard of California issued this public state mem. ment "The supreme court ruled to day that our dealer contracts con stitute a violation of section three oft the Clayton act, although it did not sustain the ruling of the lower court that a violation of the Sher man anti-trust law was involved. "The court did not find that Standard in fact restricted or re duced competition, or that these dealer contracts have been in any way Fetrimental to the public. On the contrary, the court states that our contracts may well be of ad vantage to the dealers and the consuming public as well." The supreme court majority, which held that the contracts vio lated the anti-trust laws, consisted of-iU,t'1..eS 'rnkurt"- Black. aiuipiiT aim nuiience. Frankfurter delivered the major ity opunon. , Frankfurter said the only ques tion was whether the effect of the exclusive supply contracts, in the words of the Clayton act, "may be to substantially lessen comoeti- , tlon or tend to crea(4? g mo ' , ; in anv hne of commerce ' j ' ; Hollis Huston Wins Doctorate Granting of the doctor of phi losophy degree to Hollis W Hus ton, son of I. A. Huston of Salem, at Duke university, was learned here Monday. Huston, elected to Phi Beta Kappa, is'to become in structor of Biblical literature at Amherst college, Massachusetts, in September. Huston graduated in 1944 from Willamette university, where he was twic senior class president. twice directed his class in Krh. 1 man Glee, was pastor of Inde- pendenee Methodist church and a member of The Statesman news staff. At Duke he gained a bachelor cf d.vin.tv degree in 1947 and for the past two years has held the Kearns fellowship in religion. He is married and has a 2-year-old son. Ike Raps Too Much Federal Centralization WASHINGTON. June 13-OV Gcn. Dwight D. Euenhower warn ed the nation today against letting the federal government get too He si poke not as a military leader but as president of Columbia Uni versity. He said he opposes leg islation which would make federal money available to help public schools in all states. Such a pan, ho explained in a letter to Rep. Gwinn (R-N.Y.), would stimulate a competition a mong states and localities for greater shares of government money. Eisenhower added he be lieves "the at my of persons" who urge greater centralization of government authority "are really more dangerous to our form of government than any external threat that can possibly be arrayed aginst us." Ends Today Open 4:4$ GOT SRTO'RCTCltra a wsttsf son s! "tscksn JkfOfft Am A PES Thcatrt WOODBURN. ORB. New Todayl Unknown Island" In Color Ami- Act of Vtolonco E5 Second Big restore 6 Marion County Residents Gain U,S. Citizenship Six Marion county residents were granted United States ciu- zenship Monday in procedure at the county courthouse, following their successful participation in examinations. Arthur . Kellogg, Portland, was the examiner here to aid in the presentation of certificates by Circuit Judge George R. Duncan. The new citizens are Sammy Versula Bay; a. Toute 7, box 210; Adolf Ernst Miller, 590 N. 20th st.; Harry Hanscher, 3850 Midway dr.; Jean Addison. 3297 N. River rd., and Edna Muriel Pickerel, route 6, box 826, all of Salem; Al ma Mary Mullen of St. Paul. They will be guests of Salem VMCA, where they took citizen ship classes, at a dinner program Tuesday, June 28. Greyhound Bus, Truck Hit at Albany ALBANY. June 13-(Special)-A Greyhound bus and a gravel truck ; collided here this afternoon but produced no serious injuries among the 10 bus passengers -or drivers. The accident occurred at the junction of the Pacific highway and Irvine street at about 4 30 p. m , according to state ponce re ' ' B ri v..nl JJrt Rfrt. CL Va" D7,arr-- 645 Marion st.. Salem, was driver of the bus and Sylvester B. Calli son, Albany, was driving the gra vel truck, police said. Mrs. C. Compton, Albany route 3, and Vivian Lange, of Sweet Home, were taken to Albany Gen- . eral hospital but were dismissed Xhe conision occurred, according to reports, as the truck was mak ing a left turn and the bus was passing. 'The front of the bus struck the truck near the driver's seat Both vehicles were going south. 3,000 Salem Youngsters Dip in Pool (Picture on page onel Nearly 3,ut)0 Salem youngsters took advantage of perfect swim ming weather Monday and Jam med to capacity both Leslie and Olinger pools Un their first d.iy of operation. l Robert Mefzger, manager of Leslie pool, said 1,144 bathens crowded into the south Salem pool. He estimated this was "way over" figures for opening day last summer. Complete tabulation was not available last night for Olinger pool users but Hank Juran, man ager, estimated that over 1,500 kiri- splashed and swam the after- I "'n wav- Both pools will be open daily from 10 am. to 9 p.m. except i f unda,y!' Jh 'l W'J' opJau from 1 to 9 p.m. on Sundays Both : " 'l ' ,...L. ... 1 t..J. Water Bureau' Crew to Work in Kingwood Heights A crew of men from the Salem ' water department will start work ! in Kingwood Heights on Thursday, ! making preliminary adjustments i to remove the more bothersome I bottlenecks in water service, it ! wa.s announced Monday. The work will be the first of its kind tinder taken since Kingwood Heights was annexed to Salem. More exten sive work is scheduled later. i LAST DAY! TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME" -THE DARK PAST" New Tomorrow! MIT YORK li itiic3t3m f 1 mmm Dalfy Dnck J fQZ3 Color t-47fiffit Cartoon Tw35fi$$hTB Warner New -:t Senate Ratifies International Wheat Pact WASHINGTON. June 13 The senate tods ratified an .in ternational wheat agreement which sponsors said would pro vide an export market for 168. 000,000 bushels; of American wheat a year for the bext four years. The senate acted by voice voto after several members, Including Senator Vandenberg (R-Mich) had expressed, misgivings about the pact. ! Under the agreement, the fivs exporting nations are to ship 456. 000,000 bushel$ annually to the 36 importers. The maximum pries would be $1.80 a bushel; the mini mum would scle down from $1.50 this year to $U20 in 1932-53. Oregon Pulp To Construct j T Repair Shop Plans for a; West ;Salcm ihop for maintenance of i all Oregon Pulp and Paper company vehicles and equipment in this area vers announced Monday, following court approval iof sale of property from the OttoF. Johnson estate. The 3'i-acrei plot north of Bas ett street and east ; of Murlark avenue, was sold ny the estate to th' inmpanv for $8,500. V. A. Linden. Manager of OPAP'. , ,..;'' lumber division, said construction would probably! start .this summer on a .nbpto cehtralire repair and maintenance of jail tracks and log ging equipment.! Most of this work is nor carried ion in the camps. Tvpt, and ti7e jof th, propped building are not vet known. Tomorrow Highl Ai 9 P. II. 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