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4 The Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Saturday, Jane 25. 1949 fatesmati No Taror Suxzys Us, Ato Feer Shell Atee" Fr Ftnt SU4mm. MArck U. tUl THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY V CHAWK A SP-RAOUE. Editor and Publisher Entered at Um psUfno at Salem. Oregon. aa( eeee4 elasa aaatier steer act ef impmi March J. If. Published every saornlag. Botne office 115 g. CeeiroereiaJ. galem. Oregon. Telephone l-tlll 2 Enter, the Gas Turbine Locomotive The purchase of 67 more diesel locomotives, at - a cost of $23,000,000 is announced by President A. T. Mercier of the Southern Pacific railway. That is alot of money; and the makers of the engines probably will respond: You're getting , a lot of power. So the railroad is; and power plants that prove more efficient in operation than steam locomotives. The trend to diesels is so pron ounced that scarely an order is received by engine builders for steam jobs except from for eign railroads. ; But in this game of manufacturing prime movers there is no standing still. The new pre sident of the Union Pacific, Mr. Stoddard, on his recent, trip to Oregon, said his company would put into service a new gas turbine loco motive. It is a trial engine, developed by Gen eral Electric and American Locomotive com pany fo?; the UP. It uses the gas urbine type which merchanical engineers have been play ing around with for years; and not just playing around with it either. It is in use for aircraft, and the Swiss have adapted the type for rail road use. j; In the ordinary automobile motor a mix ture of gasoline vapor and air is exploded len der pressure in a cylinder. The explosive force drives a piston which through a connecting tod turns a crankshaft. Through differential gears power is transmitted to the wheels. In a diesel engine the same piston action is employed, though in diesel-electric locomotives the power is. used to generate- electricity and electric mo tor really propel the train. The gas turbine principle it to create hot . pressurized gases through combustion of a fuel. Combustion is speeded by air pressure (like using a bellows on a flickering flame). The hot gases flow against the rotors of a turbine. The rotating turbine produces electric energy for the traction motors. The advantages which are hoped for frpm "the gas turbine are lower weight per horse power and use of low-cost fuels including coal. Diesel -electrics burns a relatively light Oil hich is expensive. The engines produce about .000 hp. per cab and heavy trains require an additional diesel unit to pull them. This new gi turbine for the UP will produce 4,800 hp. per unit. i The big advantage of the diesel over the team locomotive is the much longer period between overhauls. The makers of this new gas turbine hope to extend the overhaul interim to 15,000 Hours of service, which is three times lhj of the diesel. As for fuel various experiments are under w;v for use of powdered coal as well as oil in the gas turbine. The coal people are putting up money to finance experiments in coal use In gas turbine engines. f This summer then will see the start of the race between the gas turbine and the diesel electric for command of the rails. Just as it will take years to replace all the steam locomo tives so it will be a long time before diesels give wayvto the gas turbine. One thing is certain: the railroads are count ing on the higher efficiency of the new type enines to offset much of the damage to fin dances caused by higher wage scales, shorter work weeks and diminished volume of traffic. Tim iii: Bail on Reciprocal Tariff Extension The 80th congress extended the authority!: of the president to enter into reciprocal trade a greements with other countries, but put brakes on tariff cuts. The president objected to the bill but.he signed it. Early in the 81st session he asked for renewal of the authority, with the brakes left out. The bill he wanted got through the house, but has had slow progress in the sen ate. Some action will be taken before June SOth when the present act expires. What has caused the slowdown on the bill is the slowdown in domestic business. With com petition for markets of farm and manufactured products sharper more pressures have come to preserve tariff protection. Even the democrats, who traditionally are free traders, have to rec kon with the condition of American business. The dispute is over the "peril point" clatise. Under the present bill the tariff commission has the power to fix the point below which a ' tariff should not be cut. The state department wants the clause defeted. Foreign trade is giving some headaches. Am erican demand for European products has fallen off, to the worry of Britain in particular. Tariff cuts might-help revive imports, but domestic producers protest they do not want to be hurt. Congress; will have to come up with some an swer on the trade treaty bill next week. According to the McMinnville Telephone Register the state highway commission plans to improve the McMinnville-Dayton road, particu larly its access to McMinnville. The improve ment will include a new bridge over the Yam hill river. This, will serve the travel between Salem and McMinnville too, which is in con siderable volume. In fact we strongly recom mend the trip if one wants a short ride through a lovely countryside. The route goes via Wal lace road through Hopewell and along the foot of the hills to the Yamhill prairie. Return may be made via Newberg and St. Paul or via 89W to Rickreall and home. As of June 18, Marion county had brought 53 per; cent of Its quota in the treasury department's Opportunity drive for sale of saving bonds. With neither grunt nor whoop this county ought to glide right over the 100-per cent goal line with little effort. The longer these bonds are held the better they will be. Not only does the interest accrue, but the buying power will increase, too, as We get away from wartime inflation. A left-wing conference at Davenport, Iowa, calls for "removal of big business domination of the (U.S.) foreign policy bent on protecting foreign investments and bent on promoting war hysteria. The .resolution embalms a myth. Big business doesn't 'dictate U.S. foreign pdlicy, and it certainly; isn't promoting war hysteria. Busi ness wants peace and lots of it; and as for for eign investment experience has made business skittish about that. Dr. Althea K. Hottell, dean of women at tha University of Pennsylvania and president of the American Association of University Women, told the AAUW at its convention in Seattle that women should find the common interests that bind the human race together, as the first step toward a united society. There is one such in terest that crops out whenever women get to gether their children (or grandchildren), of whom college women do not have many. Congressman Lodge told young republicans at Salt Lake City that the republican party needs to be impregnated with "young ideas." That has a popular ring. But what's the mat ter with the old ideas of balancing tha budget and "pay as you go"? President Truman has asked congress to re move postmaster appointments clear out of politics. We can understand how he feels. It has been so hard to find a good democrat among the three certified by civil service it rnust be downright embarrassing. What the Alsop column referred to as the auction of diplomatic posts continues. Latest to j bid one In is Mrs. Perle Mesta, wealthy Washington socialite who has been hostess -to the Trumahs and a generous campaign contri butor in the dark days. Commissioner Fred Peterson of Portland has asked the federal government to take over tha job of inspecting all meat sold in tha city, be cause the city's ! inspection isn't rigid enough. A fpat illustration of why and how federal bureaucracy grows. Nine Indian tribes of the northwest are sign ing a treaty of peace, friendship and mutual assistance. ; That is one treaty that will be ob served. Maybe jit will be the same with big nations: their peace treaties will be respected when they are old and impotent. A former airforce intelligence officer told congress that Alaska is wide open to invasion from Asia, that! Russia could take it all in 24 hours. So he Urged congress to appropriata metre money for the Chinese nationalist govern ment, now hanging on to rather feeble life at Cahton. 1 Now ybu tell one. We hav just read a story about energized distribution feeders and now find it was about live wires. Next time we pick up a magazine which deliberately takes things out of English and puts them in: trade-eze, we're going to write a letter to the Editor. Why should trouble break out when blacks and white swam in the pool at St Loufs and Yqungstown? The black doesn't come off in the water to stain the whites. I j ;JSO THIS JS-f .:. $- J. " :-Yr - t-.s ;:. - .a " ' ' :" -' ' 1 MTffTBSMiiiiii mm9iit " 1 a as H OLP SSEDGDB KBMD3 The Why of the Hospital Drive (Editor's Note The Salem Hospital Development Profraai calls for the raising of $1.1M.M lit the Salem area. The campalca is now la progress and will oo bromcht to the geaeral sohlie within a few weeks. If ya haTc questions yon want answerea. writ to tho hospital program headqnarters, J3S N. Hlh t. or phone Z-3U1. If yon have experience difficulty In getting hospital accomodations tell tho program offico of your experience.) (Continued from page 1) expressed his objection to put ting the economic and political future of Oregon and the Pacific northwest "in the hands of an autocratic federal corporation." Senator Flegel is quoted as ex pressing tha view that a CVA would "speed up tha develop ment of the northwest." But why the emphasis on speed? Wc are well up in front of the parade now. . Our preference should be for "orderly development", not with haste that wastes our natural re sources (Je've had too much of that as cutover lands and tired soils and abandoned mines prove). Morton Tompkins, state grangemaster, got in the act to boost the CVA bill putting the hex on the Pacific Northwest Development association, accus ing it of being a private power front, admitting however that he had been a paid consultant for Bonneville Power administration. The hospital development pro gram office said Saturday that the William H. Crawford fam ily, 972 Parrish st, Salem, had this experience: Early last February, Mrs. Crawford relapsed into "a dia betic coma at our home. Neither of us dreamed that diabetes was lurking in our household. Our doctor responded to a hurried call. On arrival he summoned an ambulance. A call to both hospitals de veloped the fact that no rooms were available at the time. Our doctor then contacted Superin tendent McDonald at Salem Gen eral asking that a bed be screen ed in on a ground floor hallway and every preparation made for a very serious case. Arrival at the hospital found things in readiness. For many hours thereafter I stood by wait ing while two doctors worked over my wife in efforts to bring her back to the land of the living. Meanwhile nurses and attend ants did everything possible to help. Next day Mrs. Crawford was placed in a six bed ward where she spent 12 days. In spite of many obvious han dicaps, her treatment, to use her own words, "was superb, deserv ing of the greatest praise." Only that fine spirit of co operation between doctors and hospital staff makes it possible for Salem to get by with inade quate facilities, without many Improvements now . long over due. Until emergency strikes, we may take some things for grant ed, but time has run out, tempt ing fate, as far as the Salem hospital situation is concerned. Your Health Written by Dr. Heraaan N. Bandenaen. M.D. So go the hearings. Thus far they have been chiefly a reitera tion of prejudices. Nothing new has been added except Our Walter's stump speech. Better English By D. C Williams 1. What is wrong with this sentence? "Half the apples Is in the basket." 2. What is the correct pronun ciation of "Palestine"? 3. Which one of these words is misspelled? Succeed, acceed, proceed. 4. What does the; word "rau cous" mean? 5. What is a word beginning with ve that means; "that which ANSWERS " l. Use are when half refers to The search for new drugs is endless. Medical chemists are constantly attempting to devise new and more effective remedies for every kind of illness. Re cently, a drug known as dibuto line, which seems to have a pow erful, soothing effect on smooth muscle tissue of the type which makes up the stomach and bowel, has been discovered. There are various disorders in which mus cles of the intestinal tract tighten up excessively and go into spasm, thus causing periodic attacks of pain. One type of muscle spasm occurs in the condition known as spastic colitis, in which attacks of diarrhea alternate with con stipation and there is marked pain. When dibutoline was given to a group of patients suffering a plural noun. 2 Pronounce thel as in valentine. 3. Accede. 4. Hoarse; harsn; rough. (Pro nounce ro-kus, e as in seft). "He could hear the raucous voices of the people." 5. Veracity. GRIN AND BEAR IT By Liclity Death of Sophoulis Blow to Greece AP Foreign Affair Analyst WASHINGTON, June 24-P)-Ttie death of Greece's veteran Premier, ThemistokleT Sophoulis, comes at a partiularly inoppor tune time, with Greek recovery and the campaign against the communist guerrillas beginning to show some signs of success. Sophoulis has been of great help to the American effort in Greece through his mediation of etrtreme views among the many factions in the government Ever since the war the cabinet has ended to fly off in all directions Snder the least pressure, and on f in recent months had any de-free- of real stability been attain ed. The crisis resulting from his eeth may not prove too serious. One of the great causes of trouble heretofore was a conflict over control of the army. That branch haa. now been reorganized and has been -making real progress. It has nearly 150.0C1 men and, with continued American aid, is expected tj do by next fall which many think it would; have accom plished by last fall but for its in ternal conflicts that is, win the guerrilla war. ; In the early days after; the Germans were routed the Greek government fell back into' the old pattern of dictatorship, with ruthless political ! retaliations which created disunity. That; had to be cured before there could be any real campaign against the communists, and it was largely cured through American advice. The people M it isrput by Gen. Van Fleet, U. S. military j ad viser, "Are beginning to breathe again and to enjoy jail the free doms.. : . I . " This ha been accompanied by a worsening of the- position of the guerrillas. The conflicts with in the cominforra has split Greece's external enemies. Yug oslav support for the guerrillas has dropped almost to the vanish ing point and may; have ended ; entirely. Albania, a major base j for the rebels, is isolated from the j rest of the communist sphere and ! can give little real help. Hun- gary has other troubles to oc cupy her. There have even been reports ! that Yugoslavia no longer per i mits the communists to base themselves within its borders. For every Moscow-oriented com munit is now considered an ene my of the Tito regime, and Yug oslav border guards have been strengthened for the very pur i pose of preventing their infilt- ration. Gen. Van Fleet said he : had confirmed a lessening of communist activity along the Yugoslav border. o o Political unity in Athens, then. j is particularly important lest ! Greece fail to take advantage of these developments. In the shifts I which are bound to take place as j a result of Sophoulis death, the ; United States will have a vital I interest in seeing moderate government continued. J ' ' saaay ansMtree ears were Literary Guidepost By W. G. Begera GERTRUDE STFJK: FORM AND INTELLIG1B11JTY. by Rosalind S. Miller (Exposition Press; $3.50) About 100 pages of critical and explanatory comment by Mrs. Miller and 50 more pages con taining undergraduate themes written bv Stein at Radcliffe comprise this newest volume in the lengthening Stein biblio graphy. The Radcliffe manuscripts which are in the Yale university library, appear to Mrs. Miller, and to this reviewer, too, to be unusually promising material Dated 1894 and 1895, they are on a considerable variety of "sub jects, such as the quarrel of two brothers, the walk taken bv a brother and sister, the relations of two young people, the wild imagination of a girl and. for shorter pieces, the laboratory, a painting. Meredith, Pater. William Vaughn Moody was the instructor, and his notations on his then unknown student J papers were not unfair, and not unprophetic; he could be proud of them today, or he could kick himself for ever encouraging r.o controversial a writer. "An ex traordinary composition," he wrote in one place; and in another, "considerable emotional intensity . . . somewhat unusual power of abstract thought." It Is strange, however, to see Stein accused of lacking "artfulness of literary method." He labeled "queer" the one sentence of all in which there is a stylistic hint of the future Stein. And, he proves to be the first of innum erable recorded critics to remark: "I wish that you might overcome your disdain for the more neces sary marks of punctuation." . The rest of the book is a pa tient examination of Stein's writ ings and the exposition of sev eral theories: That it was not automatic, that it was a "continuous-present technique"; and that it is obscure in part for the reason that there are many con fidential, personal references. These theories have all been dis cussed before. There are some errors. Stein was not in this country in 1936; she and Alice B. Toklas deliver ed World War I supplies to French, not American, soldiers; she met James Joyce at Jo David son's home, not at Joyce's. $30,400 Added To Hospitals' Campaign Fund Twelve subscriptions for a total of $30,400 were added to the Sa lem Hospital Development fund during the week, it was announced Friday. The week's contribution raised to $138,850. funds reported by the advance gift committee. Doctors have to date 34 subscriptions to talling $45,620. Recent subscriptions included those by Chandler "Brown, Werner Brown and Mrs. Keith Powell, for a private bedroom on the ma ternity floor in memory of Elva Breyman Brown; Donald E. Woodry, supervisor's office in memory of F. M. Woodry: and Mrs. W. C. KeCk, supervisor's of fice in surgery in memory of W. C. Keck. NURSERYMEN END MEET CORVALUS. June 24-P)-More than 150 Oregon nurserymen wound up their annual confer ence at Corvallis late today. They visited the OSC horticulture farm during this morning's session. Public Records Dr. Baron Gives Research Paper OREGON COLLEGE OF EDU CATION, June 24 -(Special) -Dr. Robert B. D. Baron, professor of psychology here," presented a re search paper Friday at the annual meeting of the Western Psycholo gical association at the University of Oregon. His paper dealt with the impli cations for mental health of so cial acceptance, or lack of such, in the elementary grades. Dr. Baron also is head of the testing bureau here. CIRCUIT COURT Emil F. Schermacher vs Allie Schermacher: Defendant files an swer to complaint. DISTRICT COURT C. S. Miller, Salem route 4, box 898, charged with obtaining prop erty by false pretenses, waived preliminary hearing, bound over to grand jury, held in lieu of $1,000 bail. Roy Ivan Pottratz, Canby, reck- less driving, pleaded guilty, fined $50 and costs. PROBATE COURT Marinus Verhagen guardian ship: Order authorizes increa. in ward's allowance from $25 to $50 per month and expenditure of $100 for clothing and other expenses. Eldon Wayne, Helen Joy and Glenn E. Groff guardianship: Or der appoints Helen E. Grotf as guardian. MARRIAGE LICENSE APPLICATIONS Donald Wayne Fawver, 20, ser vice station salesman, and Helen Estelle Vessel Is, 17, both of Ven eta. Ore. George Grinde, 23, warehouse man. 740 University st., and Ar dana Phelps, 21, cashier, 1647 N. Church st., both of Salem. Harry Parsegian, 31, millwork er, Lebanon, and Alberta Dunham, 23. clerk, 885 N. Church st. Sa lem. Donald Frederick Scheelar, 21, clerk. 995 N. 5th st., and Dessa Lee Holmes, 22, nurse, 2155 Lau-I rel avc, both of Salem. Ifear families lost every ihtar tkey tlaetreyed ta this fire . from spastic colitis, complete re lief of pain occurred in one to 10 minutes. The relief lasted in some cases for several weeks, and in others, for from two to three hours. No other treatment was employed while the dibuto line was used. o o o o There also is a disorder known as diverticulitis, in which pouches form on the large in testine. In this disorder also, pain in the abdomen occurs. Patients with diverticulitis, treated with dibutoline, were kept free from pain. The drug, however, had to be administered from three to eight times daily. Dibutoline was also found use ful in the treatment of ulcerative colitis, in which there is inflam mation of the bowel, together with the formation of ulcers. The drug assisted in controlling the abdominal discomfort and les sening of the frequency of bowel movements. o o o o The muscle between the stom ach and bowel is known as the pyloric muscle. Spasm of this muscle may occur when there is an ulcer of the first part of the bowel, called a duodenal ulcer. When a spasm of this type oc curs, pain develops. Complete relief of this type of pain was also produced with the dibuto line. It would appear that this prep aration is effective in relieving pains produced by spasm of the bowel muscle. The drug must be given by injection under the skin. So far, dibutoline has been used in relatively few cases, but when it becomes available for general use, it should prove a great value in a variety of in testinal disorders. QUESTIONS and ANSWERS C E. F.: I am on the verge ol a nervous breakdown. For the past two years my head shakes. What would you suggest? Answer: . Examination should be made by a neurologist to de termine the cause of your trouble. It may be due to the beguming of what is known aa Parkinson's disease or paralysis agitans. Until the cause is found, prop er treatment cannot be suggested. tcoayrlgbt. vm. King Features) . . TRUCK DRIVERS TO VIE PORTLAND, June 24-WVMost of Oregon's larger trucking con cerns will .have entries . in the annual contest here -Sunday to determine - the slate's champion truck driver. The driver who does the best Job of handling a tag rig on a difficult obstacle course thaa a .will represent the -state ia the national contest at Boston. For the Business or Professional Woman! i Here are two watches, attractively feminine yet Hardily built to give faithful service- for women, whose position demands efficiency, prompt decisions and "to the minute accuracy. A wesua'a 17 jewel tola-allee1 watch, built for terrioa eiiker st kosao or for ootdoor sports. For carefree erne and life long durability, this is a gift most noasoa will cherish. Designee1 te give lifetime service, this 17 jewel ladies' watrb font awes protection against water, shock mmi imt. Sweep second band, radiant dial, all steel csm definite tha watch for the bsuiaeos er prefessieaal wosman. t wfxmm a ti u m lit MS l47M f4 tm Ceevenenf Budge Terms iatlfy Arranged Stevens & Son Jewelers Silversmiths Livesley Bldg., 390 State Convenient Budget Terms Easily Arranged Dancing Every Night By Candle Light Sea Feeds Chicken Sisslef CA In the Hatch Room Banquets end Parties re Femiry Pinners Simday ' Beast Chkhen, Homemade Dumplings 5 Miles West of Salem en Coast Highway 2-6220 frvin A Lois York, Owners