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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (July 1, 1949)
i ttH'Mt Charges JMPoht . 'As ;:? noiy ' ' " CHICAGO, Jane 30 Hf- The . federar government today added the. huge Du Pont industrial em pire to a growing list of large companies; it has charged with monopolizing the nations busi ness. '!,'.- A civil suit filed In federal dis trict, court accused the E. I. pu Pont de Nemours Co., Wilmington, Del., of monopolistic practices and asked that if be divorced from ienrii i moiui anu uir wi lted States Rubber company of New York. Filed by the government's anti trust division, the suit charges the three firms violated the Sherman "act hv making secret rebates and v Hii iriin several fields of man ufacturing among themselves to eliminate competiton. ... 'pauy jind members of the Du Pont familv be ordered to sell their controlling stock holding in Gen- oral Motors and the U. S. Rubber com pan. In addition, the suit erks can eellation of all rxistir contracts bHweonTHi lr.t, General Motors nd V S. Ruhivij relating to sales o( product. Sflnt . tcense. env-.and agreement Mvviifng for the evcnatvjre M jrcw-ncw. In Wilmjivrtiviu rV! - Oiawfcwxt H GrtweTt. i rreMrteit The l.l.S,nAX)AX'cAinoenv rr.jcd the Kivernmettt orosjtHon mi IVMit fc reUlKMJvip th th other firm are uiegai arnr vjcinrrwmai t the interests of tbe rcT'e . ' On the contrary," Ki Orene wait. 'These relations have serv ed the public interest in a con- . spinous way; and in that f.rm be-J 1 lief we will defend our acnen? arva 'ur present position with the ut Nmst vigor. Late Sports SPOKANE. Pune 30-VPV- Knokane . . 033 012 COO! 9 10 5 We'natchee 312 000 21110 11 2 Neelwy, Kimball (3); and Parks; Wtfaver, Greenwla (5) and Pesut A crjayfvVUnt Mat Daily from 1 P JW. wttuui eujott . amy vena. MCK NOtT MMMSf fUCKIB Opens S:45 TM. MOVED OVER NOW SHOWINGI MAIM KILPniPE aad Samea Feoaimore i CBera i 4TIIE PRAIRIE Aan Baxter -Letore Aabert N w! oVeaa :U tM. Mart Meatea "TANCIEf Fraachot Tm "Retara f Vltilaates" Kartaea Karnival At It J With Reg. Shew . mf 1 11 I jl ZJ&J I . I f Tenite aUria j I 1 1 r I Free Shetland fanyl If IB dies Starting Dally 111 II ' 1 11 Burt -Lancaster If Yvonne DeCarle . IL 1 "CRJSS CROSS" If Roy Roger v , III "GRAND CANYON If TRAIL" Csler III I THRILL. CO-HIT! HatalU r T I Aaed Romeo's Charm Shines Through Bars to Holdl Widow CHICAGO, June 30T-5tone walls and Jrpn bars proved no pro tection today against the overpowering charm that Little ' Sigmund Engel flashes upon women at ttt drep of checkbook. ? After a brief Jailhouse meeting with the 75-year-old swindler, Mrs. Pauline Langton. 39; a Nrv York divorcee, stood smiling, head high, chin-up, determined to stand by her "Marc Antony to the very Bill! Requests $6 Billion for Columbia Basin WASHINGTON, June SO-f-A bill to "authorize 6,ooo,ooo,uuu worth ofl; irrigation, flood control and power projects In the Colum bia basiiH was introduced today by Senator Magnuson (D-Wash) It would, adopt the comprenen- sive plan for basin development as reported bysthe army engineers and ' theiji! bureau of reclamation. Each agency would be authorized to s.pend $500,000,000, a year on the work. I'Thes plans," Magnuson said in a statement, 'involve full de- velonment of water resources in eluding :!; irrigation of at least 3.800.000 acres of new lands, pro vision of supplemental water for another ,1.500.000 acres, develop ment of jpver 300,000,000 kilowatts of hydroelectric power, improve-, ment ol navigation and many other related matter. The senator, a Drincinal SDon sor of the administration bill for a Columbia valley authority, said the question of the! proper method of fedeikl management is not n-tl'ed.' -Structures represented by these plan." be said, "will be neces sary irrespective' of the type of administration congress ultimate ly decides can do the best man agement job" Projects that would be specifi cally authorized by the bill as the first stage in the develop ment of the basin include the Priest Rapids, John Day and The Dalles reservoir projects on the main river; Hells Canyon dam on the Snake river; Albeni Falls dam on the Pend Oreille river; Libby reservoir on the Kootenai river extension of the Willamette basin project. ' .12 irrigation projects scattered throughout the - basin, and various navigation, local flood control ; and related projects in the watershed. Thesei; Magnuson said, would cost $2,000,000,000. They would add more than 5.000.000kilowatts J of installed hydroelectric capacity ' and provide for irrigation of more than 30Q.000 acres of new land. n ww ant i JoanCrahd NCW WAXNBt MOSLSMASHI rtiiumrmiiu - IftVlUDtllAN ilwicwtf mm ? And! TP i'iu; mm warn vMsl - immu noctmu m aa. nuitn . oi uaurf An Color Carteea, Riot U WARNER NEWS Today! I , New , Does J 2 Socko Again! f Hits! . , I JBm(C (?4 7T'(rY; MIGOROAD w j 2Sl would. . ' !' "No one is ; coins to push my Sam around," she announced. "I'm going to stay here and stand right by him." . Sam is Sigmund. He also is Marc Antony, j Lord Beaverbrook, Carl Laemmle, jr and various others of . prominence, depending upon what arrest notice you re reading. For a half century he's been courting wealthy women then disappearing with their wealth. ' Mrs. Langton's 'reconciliation with her jailed bridegroom spark led with amorous talk from both parties, despite the unromantic set ting of a hard bench beneath a barred window that did look out over a colorful rosebed in the jail yard. . " 1 , Change f Pace The loyely-dovey chat was a departure from their last meeting on Tuesday when Mrs. Langton flew here from New York to get back 50,000 in jewel she said Engel vanished with after their elopment. . . "Regardless of what he has done," Mrs. Langton said after her change of heart, "He is my im pression of a perfect gentleman' and I have associated with some of the best society in New York. "Same is the most wonderful In my life' That's how she felt, too, when she married in Arlington, Va., June 14, five days before he disappear ed with the gems. . In the jail rthey hugged and kis sed, then Sam turned on. all jets: "IJsten. if you want to annul the marriage, I won't hold you to it. I love you. Really . you "are the only woman in my life that i reany love, i "Don't Want to Hart Yea" "But f I won't hold you to our marriage if you don't want to. I don t want to hurt you any more in my life. I have hurt you en- ougn already Mrs. Langton only shook her nead, "No, "When, we continue our married life, I ani going to do everything possible to reform him, and keep him away from associations with other women," she told newsmen. Flamethrower Used Tp Clear Lots In Jefferson JEFFERSOI' Juna 30-fSDecial"i -A flamethrower that one struck terror into ranks of the Japanese is filling a useful peacetime role in tnisivy. i t Fire Chief Gilbert Hoevet an riounced that a five-gallon flame ithrower will be Used to burn grass on vacant ipts. He said the'meth od is faster and safer than old processes and there is not need to wait until, the graiss is dry. 1 ' Nine-Foot In Diameter Tree Felled At Holly SWEET HOME, June 30-fSpec- ial)-The largest Douglas fir tree in this area's record books was cut and. sold this week by the BCM Logging company, Holley. Cut in the Calapooia forest, it was nine feet in diameter at the butt end and yielded 28.000 board feet of lumber. Harvesting the giant were Jim Robnett, Walt Miller and Ralph Paine. NOW SHOWING - OPEN :45 TWO BIG FEATURES! 0 Rosalind Russell Q 7W VSIVST TVUCff nr m m MissOM raootfcnOM rv LCcaa ClaireTrtTor j j Sydney Creoatnet J SECOND BIG FEATURE "BELLE OF THI YUKON - In Technicolor Randolph Scott. Dinah Shore Grpav Rose Lee, Bob Boras 2nd Hit! Exciting Adventere! "niCIDEIIT" With ' Warrea Deeglas Jab Fraee i - . , EXTRA! ff t 2nd Hit! i I ft III EielUnr AdTentare! COlOr Call C 33 V "niCIDEIIT" Latest Warner New. ' A Salem Millmen Vote to Accept Wage Offer , Union millmenvin Salem voted by 104-U to accept a wage offer from the Woodworker Employers association Thursday night. The new scale grants wage increases ranging 'from 5 to -12 cents an hour. Earlier Thursday Portland mill- workers voted to accept the same offer. The margin there, was about 2 to 1, according to an Associated Press dispatch. The new top-bracket scale is $L90 an hour, according to F. D: VanSweringen, executive s e c r e- tary of the building trades coun cil here. Second-bracket workers JAPSSl Tln - L TO1W w i "u- A new clause in the agreement established seniority rights as of j Marcn l. saia vanowenngen. Previously there were no seniority rights. The aereemenx anecis worners in four large, shops here which have been closed for 68 days, but the same terms will be offered to smaller shops also, said VanSwer- ineen. The smaller shops have been paying 17 cents more than the old scale since new agree- ments were signed. Vacation pri- viieges were not changed by Fri- day's agreement T f im vmutsH that millmon tn Salem will be called back to work right away. VanS weringen added, Some plants are expected to re- sume operations Tuesday, after the 4th i of July holiday. 1 PScketin of the Keith Brown I lumber yard and building supplies Companies, two of the plants jn- vnlvH tai-twl Jim 21. Liter picket lines were Ufrown arouna the Oregon Pulp and Paper com- ' . pany. Solons Push ... Excise Tax Cut WASrilixtiiTJW, June w-vr)-A CUI OI 9U,uuu,uuu ur uiui e ui excise taxes was approved today by the senate finance committee. In the house a move sprang up to force a vote on a similar pro posal. The surprise senate move to ease the taxpayers' burden was launched by Senator Edwin C. jonnson ii-voio; wnaouwea uic i n 1 i - tM - J i plan as a rider to a house passed bill dealing with industrial aico- hoi permits. The committee agreed 7 to CI Johnson s poposai would cut tna levies back to 1942 levels gen- erally, with reductions ranging up to 75 per cent These taxes are applied on such things as theatre tickets, furs, luggage, cos- meucs, xransporxaiion lares aa communicauons Tees. The cut would not affect liquor and cigaret taxes. 6504,743 In Construction Started In June fitv huflrlin nermita foe the month of June cleared the half- million dollar mark Friday by the : o nnn J 11: permit issued shortly before the engineer's office closed. Total for the month was $504,734. The figure exceeded May's vol- ume of $390,323, but was far short of the record $1,278,734 in per- !W5SKSS shopping center swelled the April total. Last year June brought a whop ping $2,365,340 in building per mits, but the new state office building- accounted for. all but Permits to erect new dwellings in the $4.000-$ 10.000 bracket com- prised the bulk of this June's per- mits. with a SfiO 000 addition to the Court street Christian church a nrinciral item. - The new dwelling nermit iwsned Friday went to Peter L. Cleary for construction at 20(15 Myrtle st Realtor Appointed As Multnomah Auditor ' ; PORTLANli JtTf " land realtor Edwin IL Kerr be came Multnomah -county's tww auditor today. He was elected unanimously by county commis sioners to fill the post left vacant by the recent . traffic death of Herbert GJ Bargur. t ' ; Kerr, a World War II veteran, was endorsed by the republican county central committee. Miss Coplon Calm During Guilty Verdict Story also on page 1) ' -VSHINGTON June 30 -(vfP)- dith Coplon here Thrs- day by a federal jury for her ac Uvities as a Russian spy. When the iurv filed in. Miss Coplon, whose self-possession has featured the 10-week triaL ao- peared extremely nervous for the first time. She whispered some i uung io iexense Aiiprney raimer. and he threw a comforting arm around her shoulder, When she heard the verdict, Miss Coplon slowly sat down, cup- pea ner crun in nana, ana stared at the jury. There was neither puzzled bewilderment ,nor anger in her glance, but rather what seemea to oe caim acceptance, Later, on the courthouse steps. she posed with Palmer for half an nour1 while, newsreel camera- men and stall photographers snap- w" uom every conceivaoie an.f4?- . . , V "'V-f. "'"if - '- rC "rY"il'XS":-. T have tlwa gaid 1m in nocent . .. , . ner second uiai ls scneauiea 10 Sfart in New York on Julv II cvsi a,wu,uw. -"f fSgv 2Z&1 with a seating c.padty vaT,i,- a ..,k5,kI ii a former United Nations engineer, as co-defendant Gubitchev is now free under $100,000 bail posted by th B,d9 Zk. 7 tsssw-j. T svrtmrltjxvi iw Miit V.V CoDlon would face a oossible max- a vvuiivkw -a a,ic w a va ht naa imum .entente of J5 vr i nH son and $25,000 fine over and above the top penalty of 13 years and $12 000 on her rnnvirtinn in dir. High Catholic Official Quits t-j i ! S f r O r T I H Y M 1 ,111 IT " ' w A m.m.M PORTLAND, June 30-(P)-The very Rev. Thomas J. Tobin, I vicar-generafl of the Catholic archdiocese in Oregon, said today ne nad resigned from a promi- nent Portland club because of its report on divorce. The Catholic prelate said he considered the report a "viola- tion of fundamental human rights. . . . timer never areamea up anything like this. I The City club, an organization of business and professional leaders, adopted a report on "Di vorce ancf children of divorce" after a bitter argument a week ago. The report Included an exten sive list of recommendations. such as family counseling and changes in legal nrocedures. and also general principles for future laws. One of the principles was that the welfare of the commun- xvf takes precedence over the de sires of People nho wish to make marriage contract." Father : Tnhln fhoraxwl kit thev propose to say Vhether snouia marry.- mis is i lunaamemai privilege oi trie ln- .lv,auai no "e state nas no nht t0 f k t way from him.? Truman States I f - Baruch fBadly Misinformed' WASHINGTON, June 30-V "evident Truman said today that Bfrna.rd M-. Baruch was badly f nusiniormea in stating the govern ment had no standby mobilization Plai to use in event of war He told a news COnierenee that he had never rejected such a plan. as contended by the elder states man, because none had been r- ceived from the national security resources Doara. Mr. Truman said his press secre tary, Charles G. Ross. amDlr an swered the Baruch charges yes terday ana ne refused to be drawn out further on them. Ross was the then unidentified White House aid who told News men yesterday that Baruch was badly misinformed. He added that the resources board, now under Acting Chairman John R. Steel- man, a presidential assistant, is keeping mobilization plans con tinously up to date. The secretary said further that since no over-all blueprint has been made public or shown to Baruch does not mean that nothing has been done. Mr. Truman also brushed off with no comment questions seek ing his reaction to an attack on his domestic legislative program by another former associate, for mer secretary of state, James T. Byrnes, f WOODBURN, ORE New Today! Red Canyon it In Technicolor Also "B!g Town Scsndar Hop Market Agreement To 2 SAN FRANCISCO. June 30 -UP) -The department of agriculture announced today that the federal hop marketing agreement and order will become effective July 2. The program will be m effect in California, Oregon, Washington and Idaho. The program was favored by 84 per cent of the growers in a recent referendum. Sixty-three percent of the handlers have sign ed the marketing agreement An 18-member board appointed by the secretary of agriculture will administer the program. It will recommend the per cent of the crop for 1M9 and ensuing years that can be marketed. Hearings On the program were held last winter in Santa Rosa, Calif., Yakima, Wash, and Sa lem, Oregon. Exhibition of Ireamliiier Slated July 8 The -Southern Pacific's new streamliner the Shasta Davlieht. u,in k onen for nubUc insDection at the depot in Salem on Friday, Juiy 8 from noon to 4 pjiu. Ticket Agent C. A. Larson has announced; It will be on display in. Albany ine same morning. Two Shasta Daylight trains, de signed to make the run from Portland to San Francisco in one day, were built for the SP at i . w : oi 44Z passengers, iney are puiiea i. horsepower diesel-efec trie locomotives. :y"" window sash, feather-touch doors. I MA .M J M,K1U .- I "vaw -uiu wuuuv cmuwcM jatcuio. i a .x xon . . "caul1-. prerCa ir i conditioning. nammocJc -suspen- I doa seatj nd fluorescent lighting I - L,"" . ".'Z The inaugural southbound run is scheduled Sunday, July 10. fish! relax! Would you like Begin July air ' Tacation away from the traffic noise . . . per haps by a bubbling moun tain stream? You will bar tho time oi your life at gaio creek ranch resori Complei housakeepina cruesl cotta- ges. sat on tho scenic banks shady. Goto Crook I FOR RESERVATIONS: write Gate Creek Ranch, VIda. Oregon, or phone Eugene long distance lor VIda No. Z3. RaHJ- UICBIV I ! .. Vi mile July 2 at RMelody r ,i course dinners, chicken Orchestra to 1. Open July 4 & 5. . . c osed Monday and luesdav tor on- vate parties and banquets. - Phone Lebanon 6801 for Reservations , Jersey Breeders Voice Discontent Over Milk Ruling PORTLAND, June ZQ-VPf-Jer-sey breeders and buttermilk deal ers voiced discontent today over State , Agriculture Director E. L. Peterson's new milk price order for the Portland area. Jersey breeders objected main ly to Peterson's decision to de emphasize butterfat He reduced the payout basis to producers to SL90 per 100 pounds and 90 cents pound butterfat r Spokesmen charged the order would work an injustice on pro ducers with high-test herds. Buttermilk dealers complained about the boost in the price of grade A skim milk-used in the manufacture of buttermilk. One of them,' R. E. Cavett charged Peterson, with pricing the" "poor .man's drink right out of the market July Brings Frost to East Part of State July is apparently coming in with a frost. The weather blireau forecast frosty weather in several eastern Oregon areas for this morning. Baker, La (Grande, Burns, and Bend were all warned that early minimums might hit the freezing mark. . ' They went below freezing yes terday. Burtrs had 27 degrees; La Grande ahd Bend 23. DA1ICE Saturday Nite Aumsville Pavillion Music by NEW WONDER VALLEY BOYS 9;30 to 12:30 play! Inlie! to oi cooL 1 ; Hotel accommodations at laeLodgs with its surrounding lawns and trees . . . located on the McEenzie riT er highway. Just 30 miles from Eu genel ' Hi IdllUI ICdUl I MR. & MRS. KELLY WOODS announce the reopening' of east of Lebanon, 6:30 p. m. Featuring every Saturday niaht 10 i to Receive Road Damage:Fund DALLAS. June' JO-(Special W Polk county will receive $104,060 from the. army for, damages done to county roads in, the Camp Ad air area during World war II. . Polk County Judge C .F. Hayes said today the county court had reached an agreement with the judge advocate general's division of the army on the figure. The county had asked for $150. 000 on grounds that the $104,060 would be insufficient to cover the damages, but accepted the lower figure when the' array's chief of claims division approved the judge advocate's offer. -& Judge Hayes said' all the funds will be set apart to repair roads in the Camp Adair; areat OME TO THE NEW Paradise Islands Picknlcklng e-' Swimming New Modern Dressing Rooms Swlmminc Pool Landsraplng 3 Miles East en Airport Road Cafl 2-0029 fr Picnic , KeservaUans A DOUBLEHEADER Baseball pTomgol Salem Senators vs; Yakima 7:00 P. II. NEW GAME TIME WATERS; FIELD Box Seat Reservations Phone 3-4647 i 14t ANNUAL : ; ST. Paul : 1 r 7: JULY 2-3-4 ST. PAUL, ORE. lhr Spiflgf Dancing Nightlyl v ji - ; $7,000 PIIII M0 MIT : Topowhends li . - Tickets on Sale 3 SleyenslEc Son DANCE NIGHTLY To the Top Hatter Swing Band in the Rodeo, fork Open Air Pavilion at St. PauL FRL SAT. SUN. MON. i I Sptur County ' 'I lif - Lane - i 3 ; ; i . - -i A 'o it and steaks. therea i r Si " '. i i li
