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. 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
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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.
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U WARNER NEWS
Today! I
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MIGOROAD
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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.
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Randolph Scott. Dinah Shore
Grpav Rose Lee, Bob Boras
2nd Hit!
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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
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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
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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.
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I "vaw -uiu wuuuv cmuwcM jatcuio.
i a .x
xon . . "caul1-. prerCa ir
i conditioning. nammocJc -suspen-
I doa seatj nd fluorescent lighting
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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
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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.
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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
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DOUBLEHEADER
Baseball pTomgol
Salem Senators
vs;
Yakima
7:00 P. II.
NEW GAME TIME
WATERS; FIELD
Box Seat Reservations
Phone 3-4647 i
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JULY 2-3-4
ST. PAUL, ORE.
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Dancing Nightlyl
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; $7,000 PIIII M0 MIT :
Topowhends
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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.
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County
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