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Th Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oreaon. Tuesday. Jime 21. 1949
PRICE 5c
No. 94
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IT. LEWIS. Wash.. JuneUo While the rest of Sal ern national guard company B prepares for firing
" on the known distance range. Capt Bifrl Cox. (right) company commander, coni'ers with other com
pany officer at guard summer encampment here, now In its second and final week- The company,
,ri r th. 162nd Infantrv reximenL Is rettinr drill in modern infantry weapons. Left to rint are
2nd Lt Rofer Todd. 2nd LL Louis Osborn. 1st Lt Byron W. Ilaxelton and Cox.
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The latest episode in th?
ktruggle between communist re
gimes and the Roman Catholic
church is the heckling of , Arch
bishop Josef Beran as he began
to preach in St. Vitus cathedral
in Prague, capital of Czechoslovak
ia. So great was the disturbance
the cleric finally desisted in hi
attempt to preach and returned
to his palace residence which now
is under police guard. Archbishop
Beran is resisting efforts of the
'ommunist government to set up
a Catholic organization that will
comply with the demands of the
state.
- . The principals in this struggle
are a monolithic state and a mono
lithic church; so the result is like
that when an irresistible force
meets' an immovable body. The
shock is terrific. In this country
where government is organized on
federal lines "and where no oe
CDQH
church is predominant we do noTTthe money will serv e as a healthy t
miitA tinnersiana me imuavi. bui
in Hungary where Cardinal Min
d.szenty imprisoned the Catholics
number 65 per cent of the pula
tion, and they are ,lfkewise jn-the
majority in Czechslovaki'a. In
these countries the contest , be
tween church and state must rive
their souls: they want to be loyal
to theirchurch and they must be,
outwardly at least, loyal to their
government.
This contest between church
d stateiy not new, but goes
away baciFn history. Sometimes
rulers have, been humbled by the
church; sometimes bishops and
even popes have been humiliated
by kings. The classic example of
the former was the penance of
Emperor Henry IV of Germany at
i Canossa in 1037 at the command
ot Gregory VII. But Henry VIII
of England broko with the pope
"and the Catholic Archbishop of
Canterbury was beheaded in con
sequence of the quarrel. Napoleon
Bonaparte arrested Pope Pius VIII
In 1809 and deported him. though
Napoleon was a professing Catho-
. lie. In later -2"
(Continued on editorial page)
FIRE' DESTROYS THEATRE
MULTNOMAH. June 20-;P)-A !
pre-dawn fire destroyed the Mult- !
nomah Theatre today, at a loss';
estimated aV more than $75,000.
Iso one was in the structure at '
the time. The blaze apparently !
originated near the stage; !
Animal Crackers
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FT. LEWIS. Wash.. June 20Sgt Kenneth Johnson eoacnes W'ayne Berry on the firing line ss
the second battalion of 186th infantry reriment fires the Ml rifle for record. Ail the members of this
outfit are from Salem.; Oregon: I '. .
$2.8 BUlion in
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GI Insurance
Dividends Due
WASHINGTON. June
Cash refunds totalling $2,800,000.
000 will begin about next January
to some 16.000,000 world war II
veterans who took out GI life in
surance policies, it was announced
today.
Oovernmeht officials Dredicted
nui in mc aim iui uujhicm m
shot in the arm
1950. '
These officials noted that the
$2,000,000,000 payoff an terminal
leave bonds in 1947 provided a
sizeable stimulus as,, reflected on
sales charts. Most veterans prompt
ly cashed their bonds.:
Under the new payments,' an
nounced by Veterans Administra
tor Carl R, Gray, jr., each ex
serviceman or his heirs would re
ceive an average of about $175.
Gray said, however, the calcula
tions on th vast operation have
not been completed. The VA chiei
indicated the checks will start go
ing out "sometime in January,
1950." but on Capitol Hill, Rep.
Keating (R-NY) demanded that
congress sei October j 15 as the
deadline. :
.Keating introduced a bill to that
efftf ;
(Additional details on page 2)
TheVe Are
Fine Photos!
And The Oregon Statesman
is interested in bringing them
to light.
The deadline for the second
week's contest in The States
man's surnmer photo competi
tion . is midnight , Wednesday,
June 22. Weekly awards of $7.
50 await winners in each of
three classifications - - children,
animals, portrait-character stu
dy, pictorial-scenery 1 Twenty
dollar grand prizes also will be
awarded, y
Winners of this week's con
test will be published next Sun
day. I
Rules are simple pictures
must have been taken since last
January 1 J be printed on glossy
paper no smaller than 5x7; be
taken only by amateurs, and be
accompanied by information as
to name and address of the en
trant, identity of the subject
matter, classification chosen,
snd data qn the equipment used
(shutter ipeed, liltri, camera,
lens, etc.) j '
Entries should be: brought or
mailed to the Photo Depart
ment of I . i
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FT. LEWIS. Wash- Jane 20 Through the use of small field switch
boards, suih as shown here, battalion headquarters is able to be In
constant communication with component units during national
guard summer training here. Ret Fred II. Saunders of Silverton.
Is the operator of this switchboard In the second battalion bead
quarters 'of the 162nd infantry regiment
Polk County
Area Passes
School Budget
INDEPENDENCE. June 20
(Special A $53,416 slice Jot the
Monmouth - Independence School
district 13-C budget outside the
6 reH cent limitation wafs aDDrov-
i voterf turn-out. '
The measure was approved 193
j to 73. The district budget for
j 1S49$0. to go into effect July
1, is jnow $259,731.
. Three new district board mem
bers also were elected today. They
are FJdon Riddell. for a three-year
term,' 250 votes; Dr. Donald Sear
ing. Lfour-year term, 230 votes,
and Mrs. Jack Stump, five-year
termj 145 votes. '. , '
Hold-over board members are
Dr. C- A. Fatzke, chairman, and
Bev jWalker, Dr: Lewis Britt is
retiring board chairman. New
members will take office July 1.
It wis estimated that only about
IS per cent of the voters turned
out for the ballotiiW in both In
dependence and Monmouth.
The board is to organize in
about 10 days. It expects to have
first plans for the proposed new
district high school soon. The
school will be built on the Kelly
farm midway between Monmouth
M
1 j
md Independence.
Nationalist Planes
Bomb British Ship,
Shell Oil Depot
SHANGHAI, Tuesday. June 21-
(JP)-A British ship and a Shell Oil j
Company warehouse were hit by
Nationalist planes raiding Shang
hai today.
Earlier reports that the Blue
Funnel Lines' freighter Anchises
had be hit were confirmed by But
terfield and Swire. Shanghai
agents for the company.
The ship, which carried eight or
nine passengers, was moving up
the river from the Yangtze when
attacked. She was near Gough
Island, site of the fired Shell ware
house. A large fire was touched
off by the attack on the ware
house, which was stacked With
drums of oiL
Eutterfield and Swire said it
did not" know whether the attack
on the Anchises was intentional or
accidental. She was the fifth
British ship hit in the Chinese
civil war. ?
(A dispatch from Hong Kong
ouoted representatives of the
Tovnc tr o r 'A rr it-I ro r fnt rrA 01 1 m
firm ."vin th- Rritkh hi n I
suffered four casualties and that
the ship was sinking by the stern.
Its source was not given).
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Summer -to
egin Today
Today is the first day of sum
mer and the new season is ex
pected to bring with it higher
)M,t for torlav
least lor loaay.
f-iw er'an
field predicts a mercury reading
of about 78 degrees- today, up live
points from Monday's cloudy cool
ness, bhoweri
Wednesday.
are lore
t for
Nationalist
Form Blockade
CANTON, June 20 -UP- The
Chinese nationalist ' governme
tonight officially declared a block
ade, of all the coast of communisf-'
held China, effective June 26.
; Foreign envoys were formally
notified. This means that if for
eign ships ignore the blockade
and are damaged or sunk, the
nationalist government bears no
responsibility.
The blockade area was listed
as from the estuary of the Min
river, at the southeast 6ast port
of Foochow, to the estuary of he
Liao river in Manchuria, a dis
.tanct ot more than 1,200 miles.
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Rumors
Cut Labor
Supply
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.nil uicui muu imiueuiaie can
for 1,000 cherry pickers in the Wil
lamette valley was issued Monday
by William H. Baillie, Salem man
ager of the state employment of-
"Farmers have worked an en- !
tire year to prepare tne crop, ne
said, "and the next three or four
days W'ill determine the succes? or
failure or the harvest.
Robert E. Shinn, secretary of
Willamette Cherry Growers as
sociation, said there was no rain
damage and he repeated Bailie's
plea for more pickers. He said
little of the crop has been picked
and with the heavy work just
starting the picker shortage is a-
: cute.
I Many migrant workers are stay
' ing away, Shinn said, because
i of the unfounded rumor that
growers aren't harvesting crops be
"Hj ' i0.?""5
Shinn denied
11115 triiipiiaiicany,
The employment office appeal
ed to everyone in the Salem area
to pitch in and help save the crops.
The olfice opens at 6 a.m., each
day, and trucks are waiting to take
workers to the fields.
The office is tryingJo secure ad
ditional help from southern Oregon
and Portland branches of the state
employment service.
Group to Seek
Answers to
Rail Problems
The multi-sided railroad prob
lem with which Salem city plan
ners have been wrestling for years
will be considerd tonight from
many angles as local and railroad
officials meet in what is expected
to be the first of a series of ses-
cinne a rrt o oa1ii4
The dinner meeting, at 6 o-clockJ
mm oviuwvil. I
frfthe Senator hotel, will consider
the local situation, highlighted by
the problem of tracks hemming in
the business district on all four
sides.
Here for Xhe session from Sou
thern Pacific railroad will be J. W.
CorbeTt of San Francisco, vice
president, and L. P. Hopkins, Port- !
land district superintendent. J. N.
Chambers, chairman of the Salem
long range planning Commission,
is to be in charge.
Others present will include C. A.
Sprague, George Putnam and
W. W. Chadwick of the long range
body; Mayor R. L. Elfstrom and
Manager J. L. Franzen for the
city; Marion County Engineer")
Hedda Swart for the city planning j
and zoning commission; Engineer
R. II . Baldock for the state high
way commission, and Secretary of
State Earl T. Newbry for the state
board of control.
Summer Term
Draws 200 to
WU Campus
Willamette university s campus
quiet for the past week following
graduation exercises, was alive
again Monday with nearly 200
summer session registrantsZUni
versity officials estimated that 175
completed registration Mondayand
that slightly more than 200 would
be signed up for classes by ithe
end of the week. !
Classes for the eight-week term j
ending August 13 begin today. j
Courses given "during the ses- j
sion will be in the fields of chem-'
istry, education. English, history,!
physical education, political sci
ence and psychology irwthe liberal
arts college and piano, voice, clari
net arid organ in the college of
music. The laculty consists of 15
! members, four in the college of
,nH in.i.,H nrhf, a
Benes. visiting professor, who wilt
taH fll, r i rii.ioi
ence. No courses will be offered
during the session by the law j
school. j
The university will offer no:i
housing or board facilities during
the session, according to Dean
Robert D. Gregg. Oufeide activities
during the semester include a
complete social program, concerts,
special lectures, and excursions to
mountains, beaches and historical
points in or near Salem.
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Portland
San Francisco
Chicago
New York
Willamette -1 feet.
FORECAST (from UJ S. weather bu
reau. McNarr field. Salem): fair to
day becoming partly cloudy with few
showers Wednesday. Highest temper
ature todav. near 78: : lowest tonight
near SO. Conditions favorable for most
farm activity 'today.
SALEM rUCIFITATIOX
Sent. 1 to June 211
This Year Last Year : Normal
41.41 44.40 MM
Tra mroaini Orders Welfare
Cabinet PosdSooito Forinniedl
LeRoy Stewart Elected
To Salem School Board
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Eola Area Rejects Coif SolidiUioil Plan
Although .heavily favored in
Salem, proposed annexation of
the Eola school district failed
Monday night by virtue of a
59-18 vote in Eola.
Directors chosen were LeRoy
Salem vote by precincts:
For director-
Hall Harris Stewart
East .
Wf!
South
North
4
4
2
30
1
c
4
II
39
YES
.... 2
23
. 40
123
32
25
40
132
229
NO
a
4
52
Total 40
On consolidation
East
West
South
North
Totals - 21
J. Stewart in Salem, to succeed
Donald Young, who was not a
candidate, -and Everett McNall in
Eola, to continue-for three years
in the position to which he was
recently appointed.
Salem district continued its
almost unanimous record of ap
proving consolidations by a vote
of 216 to 71. However, Eola
rejected the proposal as it had
in March, 1947.
In a comparatively light turn
out, Salem elected Stewart, of
fice manager of Valley Motor
company, by 229 votes to 40 for
Big 4 End Meet, Clear
Path for Austria Pact
PARIS, June 20OP)-The western powers and Russia tonipht
cleared away obstacles to an Austrian independence treaty and agreed
A - A a. 1 1 -a. a.
lo lo el alo" Delle.r.
These were the results of a
of foreign ministers which ended here in a flurry of excitement as
Russia sought unsuccessfully to make a last-minute change in the big
Bakery Driver
Strike Slated
In Portland
PORTLAND, June 20 -(JP)- A
strike of bakery drivers, which
would leave this city short of
bread is scheduled for Wednesday.
An attempt to reach a settle
ment broke up vainly today, but
Federal Conciliator Lee Kotkin
still held hope that an agreement
might be reached tomorrow.
The union drivers have asked
20 bakeries for a -75 a week sal
ary, instead of the present $70.
The effects of the strike would
be felt over most of the state. The
drivers normally deliver Portland
bakery products as far into east
ern Oregon as Baker. Jinto 'central
Oregon, down the Willamette val
ley as far as the Eugene area, and
to the coastal area.
Woodburn Doctor
Joins School Board
WOODBURN, June 20-(Special)
Dr. Delbert Reed, local physician,
was elected to a five-year term
on the Woodburn school district
board in an election today.
He defeated Earl Dunn, incum
bent, by a vote of 267 to 75.
Dunn is a local real estate dealer.
New Set of Parking Regulations
Drafted for Courthouse Square
Marion county courthouse
square soon will have a new set
of rtarkin regulations.
I New regulations were drafted to
ing of city and county officials
Monday afternoon at the court
house. The new rules, to be ordered by
the courSty commission on the ad
vice of Salem lire Chief W. ir.
Roble, will include:
1) Euminataoa of an parking on
the square between approximate
ly 6:30 p. m. and 7 a. m.
2) Two spaces directly opposite
driveway entrances on both the
north and south sides of the court
house will be permanently vacat
ed to permit access to lire equip
ment i
3) Aj parallel curb parking
will be eliminated on the outer
curbs of the driveways.
Judge Grant Murphy said
court order will be drawn as soon
as District Attorney Ed Stadter
can attend to ui matter.
Fire Chid Robl told Monday's
"1 ' ,u"3s-r
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IX .
LeRoy J. Stewart
C. William Hall and 29 for H.
H. Harris.
Eola. according to Mrs. Floyd
DeLapp, district clerk, approved
its budget of $11.155,, including
a levy of $2,130 above the 6 per
cenj limitation, and also approv
ed the Polk county non-high
school budget with its levy of
$40,656 above the 6 per cent
limit. ,
four - week conference of the council
four's communique.
Russia promised not to i impose
a blockade of Berlin, in return
for efforts to . revive east-west
trade in Germany. This was con
tained in a six-point statement of
principles by the big fotrr to guide
negotiations in Germany.
The west accepted the $150,000,
000 Soviet claim on Austria for
German assets. The Russians toss
ed over Yugoslav Premier Marshal
Tito by dropping their support of
Yugoslav claims on Austria. These
developments cleared the way for
an Austrian treaty wnicn tne
ministers told their deputies to
produce by September 1.
Hanf ord School
Cost Said High
WASHINGTON. June 20-)-Senator
Hickenlooper (R-Iowa)
accused the atomjc energy com
mission today of paying $2,000,
000 more than the original esti
mate for a school built for the
commission at Hanford, Wash.
Hanford is the site of the big
atomic plant.
Hickenloooer cited the school
cost increase as part of his oard
charge of "incredible i mismanage-
r-i j p t l- - iI M hl
man pavd E. Lilienthal and the
commission.
The senator said the cost of the
Carmichael junior high school at
Hanford was originally estimated
at SI. 1 88,000, but the final cost
went over $3,900,000.
meeting that present parking con- j
ditions would seriously hamper
movement of equipment and evac-
uation of the courthouse in cafe of
fire. He said firemen need jeasyj
access to the building because of
heavy equipment, such as five-ton
hoses.
The meeting stirred discussion
of plans for a fire hazard-less
parking area when the new court
house is built. Chief Roble sug
gested that all parking should be
done at some point away from the
buildings Commissioner Roy Rice
said perhaps grass could be plant
ed right up to the walli of the
building with sr parking lot in
stalled across the lawn from the
courthouse.
The sheriffs office will be
charged with enforcing new park
ing regulations.
At the meeting also were Sheriff
Denver Young, Deputy District
Attorney Gordon Moore, Commis
sioner Ed Roeers and District
Judge Joseph Felton-
Reorganization
Bill Results in
Quick Action
WASHINGTON, June 20-(Th
Presider.t Truman today got iho
power to reorganize the govern
ment and Immediately ordeit-d
seven far-reaching reforms. Thy
become effective in 60 days un
less con stress votes him down.
The Truman changes call f
a tenth cabinet officer the secre
tary of welfare." They reach it-Am-many
departments. He sent tho
plans to congress upon signing tlo
long-disputed reorganization till.
Reaction Favorablo
First reaction in congress was
largely favorable. Member, in
dicated the proposals would pet
friendly consideration. Mr. Tin
man retained a bipartisan fljivrr
in the vast undertaking by m.ting
that thev follow closely the H c
recommendations. Mr. Truman ii
dicated he would havemjy e yim
later. V
The plaifs take effect unlrsa
either house or congress, wilt in
60 days, vetoes them by a n;j i
ity of the full , membership 41
votes in the senate or 218 in 1
houe. They will be consKiciwl
separately.
Howos-.t, if congress quits te-
fore that time, the plans wtu)d
die automatically. Although
leaders indicated congress uinitd
still be in session then, a nx ve
was under dicu?ion to cut m
time limit by congressional in tic.
Chance Listed
Brieily, the President rhcrigei
would:
(a) T'.irn the Federal Secuiity
agenry into a cabinet rank lie
partment of vefare (it hanr!le
health, education and Soiii.1 S
curity matters), fb) Shift the Fub
lic Road. adiriinis'.ration from tht
Federal Work, agency to the Com
merce department, (c) Put Iho
Bureau of Employment Security
(joules pay and -job rtplat f rmnt)
in the Labor department, (ri) he
organize the Postoffice deprtrntnt,
(e) Enlarge the scope of tho
President's executive office, (f)
Streamline the Civil Service m
mission, jmd (?) Give the t h.-ni-man
of tne Maritime comn-mMnn
more authority.
PGEtoMove
Business Office
Plans for moving Salem busi
ness offices of Portland G n ral
Electric company, and to ust tl
space for retail purposes, wire dis
closed Monday. ; The chance k
scheduled for completion by Sep
tember 1.
PGE. now at 237 N. Liberly tt,
will move to I36-142 S. High M ia
quarters now occupied by Jaquith
Music company and 'the Fashion
Lounge, in the Pacific building.
Officials of Liberty Investment
company, which purchased 1he
building now occupied by FGE
last year, said Monday the rite
will be leased to a retail fiim,
whose identity was nt disch wd.
The two firms now in the Paci
fic building are to move by Aug
ust 1, but neither was ready Mon
day toannounce its future lca-
4 i rr
off,ces kave been in 1h-
present location since 1817, whesi
; e building was erectK, ,or th
. c.,,.i,
f-f ,
Large Cattle' Run
Reaches Portland
PORTLAND, June 20 -Wt- Tras
largest run of cattle in three year
reached the Portland livestock
market today and price Flumped
as much as S3 a hundred pounds.
Lower retail meat prices w-pb)
predicted by the end of the week.
The sharpest declines were cm
grass fed cattle Good fed steT
were $1 to $2 lower. The run tif
3350 cattle came when tmm
slaughter-houses alreadywere
overstocked with dressed beef.
WESTE&N INTERNATIONAL
At Vancouver S, Spokane
At Victoria 4, Wenatchce t
Only carries scheduled.
COAST LEAGUE
At San Diego S, Hollywood J
Kq other games scheduled. ;
AMERICAN LEAGl t
M New York 4. St. Louis 1
At Boston d. Detroit 1
A- Philadelphia 4. Cleveland
At Washington 4. Chicago
NAT10N'ALLEAGiT
At Chicago 2. Boston S
At Pittsburgh I. Philadelphia
At St. Louis 7. New York 2
Only games scheduled.