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.1. . ; . '!: . . . ' ! i i " J . POUNDS D 1651 -1 j NeWs Takes No Holiilay Therefore, neither I does Tho Oregon Statesman. But the busi ness office will be open only from . 1 to 6 p.m. July 4 the same bourn subserved regularly on Sunday. There will be no tejTuptien im publication. M ' -CYCvCn 3333330 Lrtr Dtp 333 Credit responds to very subtle influences. It picks up the slight est breeze in the markets pi "fin ance and responds to its influence. There is however one agency whose actions interfere with the free market in credit. That is the federal reserve board. Its powers are exercised in an effort to con trol the swings in the credit weather vane. Thus at Christmas time of 1941 the federal reserve board "pulled the plug"'Of its support of govern ment bonds on the open market and let them drop to Kvhere the treasury long-term 2 'is were sell ing at par. The purpose was to avoid having to absorb so many of ferings at the above par price;.al go to permit interest rates to rise. The effect was felt through 1948. Prices of government bonds hov ered about the new levels, with minor fluctuations. Interest rates stiffened. Prices of high-grade bonds declined slightly to give a little better yield. Toward the ear-end breezes In the markets veered to another direction and the weather-vane of credit has pointed there stead ily ever since. The change was in the direction of lower interest rates. This came from two sources first the shifting- capital of from , : icks and commodities into bonds. Prices of tax-free municipals stif fened, so their-interest yields went lower. The federals reserve bank changed from a buyer of govern ments to sustain the market a seller. It sold bonds steadily, both to adjust its own position and to temper the effect ot- the market demand for bonds. The other influence on credit was the paying off of bank bor rowings by business. Many of thepe loans were contracted to carry heavy inventories. . Manu facturers and merchants decided to reduce inventories, and as fast as- (Continued on editorial page) Homemade Firecracker Burps Boy in Bend BEND, July 1 -(P)- Third de gree burns were suffered by 12-year-old Richard Carter here to day when he lit a homemade fire cracker. The firecracker, impro vised by putting gunpowder in an antique brass cartridge, flared up ,and burned the boy's face and right ha'hd. bid! sought on oil line SALT LAKE CITY July U(JP) Bids for construction of part of a 560-mile oil products pipe line into the Pacific northwest from Saljt Lake City were called for today. Miller's Float Wins Top Honors Again 1 Miller Mercantile company's float, "The Cherry Family," I shown moving through Salem's downtown district after bing declared grand sweepstakes .winner of the 1949 Cherryland i parade. Riding on the red aifidt white winner are Queen "Royal Ann" Evelyn Francis. 2600 Hnlsey ave.; Princess "Mont morency" Margaret MeNamee, 494 S. Winter st.; Princess "Hoskins" Edna Jones, Salem route 9; Irinces "Ring" Dolores Friesen. 541 Piedmont, add Frincess "Lambert" Barbara Garrett, Salem ... route S. 1 T7 "wJ tP , J 1 fl'?-..l. . V i I bix husky logrert rode the Albany Timber! CarniTtff giant fabricated lor which won first prixe In the eirie divtslon In the Salem Cherryland festival Wade Friday. They are, left to right. Dar White, .Swede Swenson, Dick Kelly, Carl Pierce Glenn Smith and Jim Kern 99th YEAR j ' I 12 PAGES ,.'"-'- . .i Hopper Morde Eats Across State Line RENO, Nev., July I -UP)- A record breaking horde of migra tory grasshoppers catering some 3,000 square miles began eating its way into Oregon and Califor nia this week. The state department of agri culture paid today the band of hoppers! in northern Washoe and Humboldt counties! is 75 miles long and 40 miles deep. . "This is undoubtedly the lar gest and most intensely popula ted single band of the Western Range Lopust in modern times in this country," said Harry E. Gallaway,- field supervisor. The hoppers are heading into the lush grass range of southern Harney. . county in Oregon and into northern Lassen county, California; They have moved about 35 miles over the Oregon Judith 'Coplon -' Sentenced to T l ; Is" l erm in Jail WASHINGTON, July l-fTTV Scorning? a mercy plea, J udith Coplon was sentenced today to serve 40 months to 10 years in prison for j attempting ' to betray her country as a spy for Soviet Russia. :j; ; The 28fyear-old former govern ment girl took the sentence with out a quiver. But in a bitter outburst, im mediately before Judge Albert L. Reeves pronounced sentence, she cried out: "1 understand I could pleadi for mercy. That I will not do. To me, pleading for mercy would be an admisiori of guilt." Miss Coplon,, will not go to prison immediately. Her attor ney, Archibald Palmer of New York, sajtdi he will fight the case of , the supreme court, if neces sary. Laitei today. Palmer filed a formal notice of appeal.- JOHN Me CLOY ARRIVES ' FRANKFURT, German, July 1 (iT)-John. J. McCldy jrrived from Paris tonjgh't to take up his hew duties a U. S. military governor for Gerrftany. 1 3VZX. -fam.lxf .,.t . : f -:. . , Y' '4 border and about 15 miles into California. ' Flyinjg only by daylight, the hopper sound like the roar of a distant waterfall or the rumble of a fast freight train, said Gal loway. "A man can't stand in he face of, the onslaught without protect ing his head with his arms. "The' hoppers move two to six miles a day. "The present ra of infesta tion ranges, up to 2,300 liymphs, (baby grasshoppers) per square yard on egg beds o which there are more than' 188,000 acres. There are three to 50 adults per sciuare yard over the entire 3,000 miles."' W. B. Mabee, U. S entomolo gist at Elko, said damage done to the rangelands "is heavy, and permanent." Fair Holiday Weather Due Very favorable weather for the long Fourth-ofr-July week end was forecast early this morning by the Salem weather bureau, i No recurrence of showers which 1 dampened, last summer's mid-summer holiday is anticipa ted. Along the coast in the Jfew-port-Depoe Bay region moderate to fresh northwesterly winds ave raging 15 to 25 miles an hour will continue, however. This may hamper, fishing activities, the weather man said. Low stratus overcasts during the early morn ing hours are: predicted for the coast area, also. -'.". Cherry Damaging Worm Identified THE DALLES, July l-(P)-The worm which damaged cherries in this area was identified today as the mineola moth larva. S. C. Jones, Oregon state college entomologist, said extensive re search on controlling the pest would be done at the experiment station here. Hundreds of tons of cherries were ruined here by the worm, discovered only at harvest time. Th Kiddies Miller's Winner On Friday By Lester F. Conr Staff Writer, The Statesman Salem's 1949 Cherryland festi val reaches Ahe final day today when the younger generation stages the annual kiddies parade starting at 10 a.m. The Salem Cherrians three-day pageant of color and entertain ment hit its full stride Friday when more than 45 floats, march ing groups and mounted clubs moved through city streets in one of the largest parades in history. Old Sol, sometimes among the missing for annual celebration, was out in 'all his glory as thou sands lined the streets to watch the mile-long procession. Grand sweepstakes winner for the third successive year was a red and white "Cherry Family" float sponsored by the Miller Mercantile company. ; In the commercial class, Rob-' erts Brothers' float, "Sweet As a j Song." walked off with top hon 3rs. Three beauties, clad in white swim suits, grated, a musical background consisting of bars and a treble clef with cherries form ing the notes. Sears &. Roebuck's float,, with the theme. "A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody," placed second. J. C. Penney company's "Land of Plen ty," with a bevy of beauties and Festival Events Saturday, July 2 10 a.m. Junior parade. 2 p.m. ' Start of state drill team contest, fairgrounds grandstand. 8 p.m. Drill team contest finals, fireworks, grandstand. 10- p.m. Public dancing, grandstand. a cornucopia overflowing with cherriis, was third. Salem Trades and Labor coun cil was first in the fraternal j classification with a float depict- ing Oregon's mountains and streams. The Fraternal Order of Eagles was second and the VFW's Military Order of Cooties was third. Red-shirted loggers, wielding a eiant ax and ridine on a six-foot ! fabricated log, won the civic class competition for Albany's limber Carnival association, l he Four Corners fire department's miru'ature, old-fashioned fire en-1 line done in flowers won second, Jne5antiam tsean festival asso ciation's eiant can of beans look third in this classification. In the mounted divisions, St. Paul was judged the bst riding group and the Kingwood riders took top honors in the . junior division. Holly Jackson of Salem took the award for . being the best rider and having the most decorative equipment., Mary Ann Turner of Sheridan rode away with this award in the women's division.' The Junior Parade will start from Marion square at 10 a.m., march sputh on Commercial street, to Stafe, then east on tate street to Cottage street where it will disband. (Additional details on page 5.) Max. Min. Prrrlp. 73 " , 44 ee 72 49 .00 ..It 4 ,00, .99 74 ' tr. 79 64 .00 Salem Rort land Sn Francisco Chicago . - New York Willamette river -1.5 feet. FORECAST (frbm U. S. weather bu reau. M-?Nary field, Salem I: Geiielaljv fair today, ionietit and Sundav with high today near 85 and Ipw meht her 47. Agriculture outlook: Weather for the next 48 hours will be favorable for most farm activities ' SALEM -PRECIPITATION (Sept. 1 to Julv 2) This Year Lat Year Normal 4 61 46.40 36 96 w . 1 -. . - - . I "Sweet as a Songf Roberts Brothers company's float bedecked with pretty girls in white swim suits, won the . commercial float class competition. Girls arc, left to right. Germain Eyerly, Salem route 3; Elsie Cannon, 1153 llall st, and Margie Hobble. 3a5S Garde rd. Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon. Saturday, July 2, 1949 Wake Parade Ue:i KSmmeDl Cammed Cditchm Juiige 25 'Addled to Salemm Ffreinnieini Foihc Houseivife Sets Out For Spain to Learn Bull Fighting NEW YORk, July 1-OP)-A 2 1 -year-old American . housewife set out for Spain today to learn to be a bull fighter. Mrs. Edith Laurie-Entin of New York said she decided to go to Spain to "learn what I could about bull fighting in a month." She left by plane for Paris. "Bullfighting is not the most humane sport," she ad mitted, "but I hope after my month of lessons to return ' hefe and promote a version of J bull fighting similar to those . ; in Portugal where the bulls I. are never killed and which . ; would not offend humane so cieties in this country." U.S. Ends Year With Deficit of Near $2 Billion WASHINGTON, July M)The treasury announced today that the government ended up $1,811,440,- 047.68 in the red for the fiscal year 1949 ending last'night. This was three times greater ! than the deficit forecast in Pre I sident Truman's budget last Jan uary. The figures released by Secre tary of the Treasury John: W. Sny der sh6wed spending jumped to a peacetime record Of $40,057,107, 857.79, including every dollar put out for foreign aid programs. Treasury receipts in the same period dropped to the lowest in fives years $38,245,667,810.11. j The unexpectedly large deficit it even exceeded the $1.500 .000 ,7- 000 estimated by Senator Byrd fD-Va.). economy advocate re- fleeted increased spending and a decline in revenues due to lower taxes and tne nrst aliects of a slower- rate of business activity, Various authoritieSj including j Senator Byr-d, .'have predicted a deficit of "from $3,000,000,000 to $5,000,000,000 for fecal 1950 be ginning today. The president's $873,000,000 based on present taxes Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH 'Actually, I suppose fm neither fish nor fowl." n Capt. Smith ' Promoted to Battalion Chief Salem's fire department person nel jumped from 57 to 82 Friday with the addition of 25 new men. Twenty-one of them were pro vided for under the new law, now operative, which limits the fire men's work week to 63 hours. One is4 a replacement following a re cent resignation, and three others are fdr vacation relief. ' Fjre Chief William Roble said station and apparatus assignments for the recruits would be made July 6 after a five-day training ''Sunday, Fourth of. July and right through." The drastic alteration in per-, sonnel and hours also brought an nouncement of several promo tions. Chief Roble said that Capt. E. L. SmitlM who has been drill master and will continue in that capacity for the intensive -train-!, ing course, would become bat talion chief stationed at head quarters. Promotion Due Capt. A. M. Bloom is to be pro moted from the first aid car to fire captain at headquarters, and E. C. Hart will be acting first aid captain pending another civil k SV1W exammauon scneauiea ior August. Hart heretofore has been first aid driver. Firemen P. F. McCaffery and W. D. Edwards are to be fire cap tains. (There were indications either McCaffery or Edwards, or both would be captains St the West Salem station if and when West Salem becomes a part of Salem). , . A drillmaster to replace Cap tain Smith is to be named later. Chief Roble said there would be changes among some of the personnel at all fire stations so that the new. recruits could be ab sorbed with more experienced men. Some of the newcomers are to be trained as drivers and pump ; operators, One, Left on List Roble said only one eigible was j" left on the list from which to choose new men, and that a civil service examination soon was es sential. The total personnel of 82 includes Chief Roble and three in- j sPftors Under the new work-week plan. firemen will work 24; hours and ! sm" off ever? 8Jh y. An increase in the police de partment also is scheduled this f monm. Chief of Police Clyde Warren said Friday that after July 11, when action on the city budget is finished, he will be enabled to take on 10 new men if that many eligibles are available. Sixteen re cently took a civil service exami nation, but so far none have been certified for routine investigation prior to being accepted on the po lice staff. The increased police personnel is made possible through proceeds of parking meters, under law. The ' parking meters were, paid for last May, and since that time all pro ceeds have accrued to the city at a rate approximating $8,000 a month. ' T . The 25 firemen who joined Chief Roble's staff Friday were listed as follows: R. Norton. E. Noble, D. Ruch, N. Nesbitt, C. Howe, M. Nelson, D. Hendrickson, Warren Pavnter, F. Carruth,.C. Blakely, D. Hage dorn, C. Fpad, D. Bridleman. A. Aetschliman, E. Carlyle. F. Walz, C. Dill, Wayne Pavnter, R. Payne, G. Wiltsey, V. Milligan, C. Patter son, B. livefson, 'M. Mize and J. Arnett. Winner of the fraternal section i manntiina and streams. Enhancing the float left to rbrht are Jean Asher, 5 S. 1'la st.; Marie Miller, ltii Trade st, Jerry Savage, 3269 Garden rL, and Clara PRICE 5c Circuit Judge Rex Kimmell (Story at right) Lumber Fire Damages City HallatOlpego OSWEGO, Ore., July 1 -(A)- A fire- that sent flames and smoke high into the air was brought under control tonight after dc stroking the Oswego lumber yard and "damaging the adjoining city hall. A fire truck -rushing from the nearby city- of Tualatin overturn ed near the blaze, adding to the confusion. No one was hurt, how ever. A car had sideswiped the truck. The blaze began in the lumber yard, a wooden structure located on a side street a half block from the - main highway through Os wego. It spread rapidly through the yard and set flame to the rear of the city hall. Oswego, West Linn and Lake Grove firemen managed to check the flames before they consumed the city hall, however. The destroyed section of the city hall contained the garage and storeroom. A "'riew truck of j tne pybJic works department and The fire also wrecked Barney's iauto accessory store, located next i to the lumber company. Several a: .t , fc, t.r-u ; i kt damage estimate was made im mediately. West Europe Fleets Combine PENZANCE. Eng., June AJ?y Warships of Britain, France and Holland massed in Penzance bay today as the foundation of a. great combined western European fleet. With additions coming from Bel gium, more than 100 ships of the nations are going on blue water maneuvers from the English chan nel to the bay- of Biscay, begin ning' Monday. " While the British, French and Dtiich admirals exchanged com pliments on the flagship, British ratings, French matelots andnDutch seamen were busy getting their signals coordinated the biggest job in three-tongued naval oper ations. ! t was the Salem Trades and Labor r A- . . . ' ' - y i ... t ; X'LjI No. 1C1 Neuner's Aide Appointed to Marion Bench Deputy Attorney . General Re Kimmell was named to the cir cuit -bench of Marion county Fri day by Gov;- Douglas McKay. Kimi, ell will take the place of Judge E. M. Page, who was eleva ted to the state supreme court last week to succeed the 1 late Jurfg Percy R. Kelly. Kimmell, a native of Albion, Ind., said late. Fn tay, he had re ceived no official notification vt his' appointment. b'it that he was "highly gratified it Gov, (Doug las) McKay has s-ees fit to appoint me. I feel a keen snse of respon sibility jn a matter o this kind." Resit nation Due Judge Page reportedly will l finished with his docket and avail able for the supreme, court with in the next wee'e ' Presumably Kimmell would tike, the circuit bench soon thes .ifter. . He first must reign as deputy attorney general under Attorney Gtnetal George Neuner with whom h practiced law in Portland prior to 1938. Kimmell, who is, 53 ears rid, entered the attorney general's f fire as assistant in .1938. He wai advanced to deputy under a ntw law of the 1947 legislature dMg-' natirg the office as the deptat ment of justice. r 1 ' Before corrHng tj Oregon TvinV mell served as district attorney of Valley coynty, Idj. In Portland h practiced law for time and thtn was appointed assistant United States attorney. He .is a veteran lit World War II, prominent in Am erican Legion affair, and fi.yt commander of Capital Post No. 9, Salem. Cites Qualifications "To my mind. Kimrncll's back ground particularly; qualifies him for the 1 office of circuit jurist". Governor McKay deflated in a written statement. .'"While I wag a member of the lgi-dature I l? came familiar vs.t!h Kimmt.H'a work with that !! und belite I can say without i enervation that ' he has the whole heirted supp-rt of very member f .that h iy with whom he has come in tt.n tact." v McKay said he felt he had exer cised his peiogative to the tht interests of all cm-. ernfu Attorney General George Nai. ner said. "I am happy lhat Governor Mc Kay has recognize'!, the able nrl conscientious services that "Mr. Kimmell has rendered to the Mat, of Oregon. No one in the' Miite, perhaps, is more frmlier with hi abilities than I. He has a rich background of excellence, an an alytical mind, pleading personality to meet the public, and I bespeatt for him a successful career." III III WESTERN INTERNATIONAL ' At Salem 0-3, Yakima 2-2 At Vancouver 9-H Tjconta 8-14 Ai Victoria 2-11. Bifc-iertwn -14 At Spokane 19. V.eita'tnee COAST LKAGI'E At Portland 4 Sj 'if.entb 0 . J At Seattle 2. San D S At San Francisco 4 -Los Argtit 9k. At Oakland 12. Hi.ljrwijod fi AMERICAN LEAGl'E At Washington 4. Nw York S . At Philadelphia 1!. J5-in i At Cleveland 3-. 8. ;ljji; l At Detroit 0. Ch:c 4 - 1 NATIONAL LEAGIE At New York 4. B- Kwivn 1 At Chicago 6. PU'ifiKh a At Boston 2. Phi! d4f-iua 1 (12 inn.) At St. Loui 2. Cincinnati 10. council's float depicting Oregon's Jano Brings. Albany. (SUtesmam
