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Wmt W Brings Extreme Forest Fire Dcutger British to Give Muss Machines for Grain By Arthnr Gavshon LONDON, July S-UF-Britain has agreed to trade Russia mach inery for nearly a million tons of Russian coarse grains and a big quantity of wheat, official British sources said today. . Disclosure of the barter deal with Moscow came a John W. Snyder,; United States secretary of the treasury, .began talks with gbvernrftent leaders here on Britain's dollar crisis and world trade. 1 Britain bdught 750.000 tons of coarse grains rye, barley, oats and corn from Russia last year under a pact concluded in De cember, 1947, and officials em Taft May Vote Against North Atlantic (Treaty WASHINGTON, July 8-(;p)-Senator Tift (R-Ohio) said today he is "absolutely opnosed to providing arms for Europe" and for that reason maysvote against the North Atlantic treaty. But Senator Lodge (R-Mass.) told the senate that "to reject the pact would be a step fraught with the most colossal danger." Ancrv charges that the state department resorted to'suberfuge in CP S33JDTJ3 The political battles of 1950 and 1952 are' taking shape.- The cam paign of 1950 will be the curtain raiser for 1952. It will also be a return engagement for the 1948 battle which never developed. The leading contestants will be Sena tor Robert A. Taft and President Harry S. Truman. Truman isnt running in 1950, but Taft is. and Truman and the democrats will do their utmost to defeat him in Ohio. The major issue is labor legis lation. Truman went all-out for repeal of the Taft-Hartley act, but both houses of congress re jected simple repeal measures; and the senate made over the Thomas (administration) bill pretty much as Taft wanted - it. When the republicans, with a few exceptions, amjcu defeat tne AAicas nmeranicm went on to help adopt the tan amendment to allow use of in junction in Crisis-strikes as well as to authorize plant seizure they drew the lies'for the 1950 battle for votes. They have committed the party nationally to support the Taft position. Conversely this means a union of the Truman democracy with the leadership cf organized labor. This latter coalition would ap pear formidable. Organized labor hates the Taft-Hartley act with a deadly hatred, and vows ven geance on its author. But their emotional reaction will hardly 1 stand up in the light of cold rea son. And the Ohio senator has a strong case to present to his con stituency'. He can. point out that labor leaders gave no assistance whatever in the drafting of the measure designed, to correct cer tain recognized evils of the Wag ner act. He can challenge them to produce a better formula to (Continued on editorial page) SANTlilH ROAD BID PORTLAND, July 8-(y!p)-Award of i $195,995 contract for corn pitting the North Santiam high way te the low bidder, Rogers Construction - Co., Portland, has been recommended by the bureau of public roads. S lm ...... tl ' . 'Portland M 5k -00 Saif Francisco A 50 .OC Chicago. - 90 72 .40 New York M M M Willamette rivtr -21 feet. FORECAST (from U.S. weather bu- . tau. McNarv field. Salem 1: Fair and' continued warm today, tonieht and ' Sunday; highest today near 0. low near f 60. Agriculture outlook favorable todav and Sunda- except for fresh wmdf in I tha afternoon. j SALrM PRF.CIPITATION (Sept. 1 to July 8) Thia Year Last Year Average 44. ! - 48 83 37.14 Animal Crackers By WASREN GOODRICH Ki "Oh boy! Pop $id h's yonnj build us una box." mm phasized the new deal represents no change inj policy. What, is new is that it also involve! wheat which, Britain buys for dollars from the United States and Canada.' In Washington, the U. S. state department said it had been in formed ilhe British were consid ering a wheat purchase from Russia. '? Such a deal would be consistent With the 1947 Anglo Russian agreement and "the one year contract seems to be a per fectly normal supply proposi tion," Press Officer Michael Mc Dermott said. The British officials declined lu nww niuvii ..... ...... . vol ved, except that it was a ViMjf amount 5!sf OlSCUSSing uiei ueaiy aiiu me pxu- posed $1,450,000,000 arms program flew on the senate floor as the four-dayi-old pebate continuted. Senator Donnell (R-Mo.) shout ed that Secretary of State Acheson and state department officials, in testifying before congressional committees, have followed a "de signed policy' of trying tojteep the treaty arid the arms program apart "when in fact one is dependent on the other.'! He said their language on this question? has been "carefully I guarded. Taffs warning that he might oppose the treaty marked the first major roadblock on the smooth highway; to ratification of the North Atlantic defense treaty. Taft, as chairman of the senate GOP policy committee, commands strong influence among his repu blican colleagues, and administra tion leaders foresaw the possibility that others rnight follow his lead. Hiss, Chambers Maintain Silence As Trial Collapses NEW YORK, July 8 -UP)- The cool personality that carried Alger Hiss high in the 'diplomatic )vorld was still with him tonight when a jetierai jury disagreed on a federal jury disagreed on his perjury Iguilt; or innocence.- But it. was; worn thin. ' He managed a thin smile at the end of his 29-hour vigil. But he was unwilling to talk. "Not how.l he insisted. urV',. AC u "imittee some time tP). Whittakpr Chambers, weary j released tod after a day of toil on his farm, i tonight calmly received the news j that the Alger Hiss perjury trial resulted in a hung jury. In shirt sleeves and slacks and ! puffing a pipe, the chief prosecu- tion witnessi; told reporters, "Inled milk prices cut 1 to l'a centsl view of what has happened, no' a quart today in Columbia and I statement seems f necessary. New Judges Find Work Waiting ''"i - "', "?x7 1 4 ,'1 , S j"- J-r4ji kU. i-.t " mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmt 'Conmtulaiions. jndie!" is beiujr passed between new state supreme new Marion County Circuit Judee Rex Kitntnell. ritht. shortly after new off ire by Chief Justice Hall man photo.) t Page Kinimell E. Mi Pae, new state supreme ; ial sen ices would be held for court justice, plunged into his i him soon. official duties Friday "and Rex) Justice Page participated in his Kiramefi, new Marion county eir-j first caso in the supreme court cuit juge, expects to take over j immediately following the ceie the bench in the courthouse here . mony. Monday moaning. ! Justice Lusk. in reading the Bpth mens received their oaths j court's tribute to Justice Kelly, of office Friday in the sUite su-j said -he served the state of Ore- i preme court gchamber. Judge Kim - mell succeeds Justice Page, who ! was appointed to succeed the 1-.te i Percy ;R. Kelly. Justice Kelly died here recently. The double oath Friday was administered, by Chief Justice Hall S.' Lusk. He read a tribute to Justice Kelly and said memor- Mercury Tops 90 In Salem By The Associated Press Humidity was falling and tem peratures were rising rapidly throughout the northwest Friday, bringing extreme forest fire dan ger. The thermometer in Salem reached 91 with approximately the fame reading expected today. I State and federal officials of Lbc'th Oregon and Washington call ed for cooperation 01 lorest users and warned that major outbreaks fare possible. Two blazes were reported, one covering Dossiblv a thousand acres on the Oregon-California border. the other a brush fire in Yakima county, Washington. This one was controlled. The weather bureau forecast humidities as low as 12 per cent in southwestern Oregon, 17 per cent in western Oregon generally, except on trje west slope of the coast range at higher elevations, and 8 per cent in south central Oregon on Saturday. Ninety degree and higher temperatures also were forecast. Siskiyou national forest and State lands were afire, before gusty winds, in the OBrien area south of Grants Pas?. Starting Thursday, the blaze swept over the California border Friday, and had covered possibly a thousand acres but was being brought under control. Woodburn reported a rash of grass fires, one of which brought both Hubbard and Woodburn fire trucks to the S. T. Stitkney place. A hay pile fire at the Mrs. Ray Tyscn farm on highway 99-E was blamed on a post-fourth of July skyrocket. Portland recorded its second hot test day of the year Friday at 87 degrees. In southern Oregon the thermometer got up to 97 degrees at one mountain pass, and Med ford reported 95. The weather bu reau forecast dry, east winds to go with the hot weather over the week end, increasing the danger. Russian Sub Fleet Disclosed WASHINGTON, July 8 -AA Secret testimony that Russia has a fleet of 250 to 300 ultra-modern submarines was disclosed by con-1 crashed head-on into the other. we have to get volume travel gress today. j The bull was killed instantly by j on this train to make it pay . i;.s,. a. result, top navy officials j the crash. State police said the the cost of the two trains is $5, tesufied, the U. S. navy has eivmf anim9i?ws owned bv Hush Har-1 nnn nnn Tf h9. a rnnaiiv nfhni. priority to anu-suDmarme warfare" preparedness. ' Admiral Louis E. Denfeld, chief of naval operations, cited Ru- sia s potent underseas striking ' power in guarded testimony be- fore a senate appropriations com- ago. It W pRICE OF MILK REDUCED PORTLAND, July 8 -iPi- The milk control Section of the stute department of aericulture order-1 1 Washington counties. '1 S. Lusk, center, at the tate supreme court Fridak morning. (States Sworn in by Chief Justice Eusk 'gon as a judge for 38 years and for nearly 19 years as a member of the supreme court, i "Thoee years were filled with high judicial accomplishment," Justice Lusk said. "His reputa tion a reputation richly de served was that cf a wise nnd kindly judge; who brought to the : : 1 I : i ; j : -f " i POUNDBD 1651 " I j 89th YEAR 12 PAGES Visitors to Streamliner Find SP Train Spacious, Modern, Complete, Cool . (Picture on page 5) Abdut 8,000 Salem folk got their first view Friday and some their first ride, on the new Southern Pacific" Shasta Daylighter", an all coach passenger, train which goes into service Sunday between Port land and San Francisco. Newest product of the carbuilders, containing many unique fea tures the train opens windows on the scenic country between the : 1 Columbia river ad San Francisco 1 Bull on 99-E Causes 2-Car Wreck; 5 Hurt , ... . oo r 1 A stray bull on hl ay 9 causca a near-on cumi five persons, one critically. i 11:10 p.m. Friday about five miles hotith of Salem. All were taken to Salem Me morial hospital where condition ot all was believed serious an hoar after the accident, OccupJnts of one car were Ar rrand Fry, Dallas, rt. l. and Lor ene Miller. 10G2 Seventh st.. West Salem. The other car contained three boys going to Corvallis; Robert Hiller, CorvalUs, driver; Donald A. Boates, Corvallis. rt. 4; and Omar Dean Davis, Corvallis. Boates' condition was described as "critical." Dr. C. G. Pederson of Albany who was driving a short distance behind one of the cars gave med ical attention until ambulances from; Salem arrived. He said one driver. Fry, had a fractured skull and a broken leg; Mrs. Miller re ceived a broken collarbone. The three men riding in the other car, probably'' all had broken bones, the doctor said. j Witnesses said one of the cars nulled out to avoid the bull and 1 ris, Salem route 4, who tola tnem the bull had been secured with a new chain, r . Tk. Detroit Daill Builder To Build Housing Units GATES. July 8-(Special)-Con-solidated Builders. Inc.. contrac tors in charge of the Detroit dam project.8 have purchased a house and 10 acres of highway front- age here from William Stilt end will build a number of housing units for its employes. court Justice E. M. Page. left, and the two had been sworn into their decision of cases not only k wide knowledge of the law but as well an understanding of people a their problems. Me was diligent and conscientious in the perform ance of his duties. His passion was for justice and to the cause of justice he gave the best years of his life." Justice Lusk said his associates will remember him as a man of generous impulses and strong and enduring loyalties. "He was our friend as well as our colleague in important work and his death was a loss to this court and to the state," Justice Lusk concluded. The Orgon bay. Officials of the Southern Pacific anticipate its immediate success, based on their experience j with the Daylighter trains between the bay and Los Angeles, which recently hauled their 10,000,000ih passenger. The train was on exhibition here from noon to 4 p.m. A local dele gation headed by Salem Mayor R. L. Elfstrom and by Mayor Wal ter Musgrave of West Salem boaid- "d the train at Albany and rod? on to Salem. Others boarded the train here for the ride into Port land. To Bookt Tour it Travel I Claude E. Peterson Southern Pacific vice presidefit rn change of system passenger traffic, wis on tr.c train for its initial run. In disii'ssing the company ideas w:th re,;ji to the train he emphasised the impetus he felt it would gie to tourist travel: "We are launching a heay a d vertiMng and promotional cimp aign on the theme "See the Whole P;.- lie Coast by Daylight.' We i.re confident this effort will attract! thousands more to this coast and ; bring a large percentage of them 'through the Pacific Northwest. This scenery is the most beautiful i in the world and we are exploit ' ing its attractions by means of this train. Take our windows they ate 30 per cent larger in glass ara and give you a panoramic view of the whole Outdoors, They won't fog up either. Passengers fhr.lloh Wlth in Jthgi in,.r . n the i nr triAtr a r-a arret eanvtm and arounci Mt. Shasta and through Oregon vh Vnliim An TV a i n ing 322,000 persons a year, and we are going to do our best to keep the seats filled. The more people we bring through your part of the country the more people will stop here and locate here." The new train Is a single-class train, with low fares ($12 for the ride between Portland and San Francisco). Seats are chairs with foam rubber cushions and are ad justable to many positions. Doors open on slight pressure and close automatically. Cloth drapes with special pine cone-patterns hang at the windows. Re tiring rooms are spacious. Opens from Outside One of the new features of the train is the baggage compartment at the end of the coach. This may be opened from the outside as well as the inside, which does away with congestion at vestibules when trains are discharging passengers. Cars are especially decorated, with murals showing scenes along uie onasw route. iNauve wooas ; aratelvJ Thev tan not vote on are used in panels. Lighting is j that issue and the matter of merg fluorescent. Salem visitors to the j jng Wlln Salem as a lump quest train were especially grateful for ; jon he said. air conditioning which kept the j a seat on the council would give lienor tooi uespue uie neai oui- side. In addition to nine coaches there ately than that part of Salem in : hflP provide better home for is a tavern car offering continuous Marion county has. Salem's sev en j "millions of families. It awaits service and a triple unit dining councilinen represent about 55,000 President Truman s signature, car-kitchen-coffee shop and an ob- people,! while the population of! House and senate rapidly pa-servation-parlor car. West Salem and the Kingwood i the legislation by voice vote The new Daylighter will make M HffhW district (already part of ; J compromng theur differ the run In 15 hours, the maxi- Salem) is estimated at 3,500 mum speed allowed being 75 mil txjstN ,S'antt,a ,su,dJ by ! FinaI .?aTg! gaVe Pre,dtnt per hour. Southbound the train 1 the tltJi of est Salem would at- Truman the first major victory for leaves Salem at 9 am- north- bound at 9:58 p.m. Arrival time at both terminals N 1115 p m Departure time from the terminals is 7:45 a.m. Beside Vice President Peterson Southern Pacific officials on the train were L. P. Hopkins, Port land, superintendent; Jerry Grid ley, assistant manager dining car department: Howard Williams, su perintendent station service; Si Ghormley, assistant general pas senger agent: .Walter Maness, tra veling passenger agent and Em mett Filzpa trick, S. P. news bur eau. ; igns Airport Lease Lease of quarters at McNry field by the Salem Naval Air Fa cility was signed in Washington by the U. S. navy, according to Iep. Walter Norblad. The lease already has been signed by the city of Salem. It was signed June 22 by City Man ager J. L. Franzen. It allows the I naval reserve squadron use of several buildings, a hangar and facilities of the field. As soon as the facility here has been commissioned then naval air reserve personnel may begin flight training. Date of commis sioning hat cot been set NavyS Statesman Salem. Oregon Saturday, July 9. 1949 IKIdss Jury dismissed;. Deadlock ffoir CeErDvietDOirD His Veracity Still in Question I f I 0 NEW YORK. July 8 Alger Hiss, former state department official, and his wife. Priscilla. leave the federal courthouse hero after the jury debating his guilt or innounee In a perjury trial was locked up for the night Today the jury was dismissed after failing to reach agreement AP H'irephoto to the Statesman.) Polk Area Ward Status Backed at Merger Talk By Charles Ireland x Staff Writer. WEST SALEM. July 8 -(Special)- Salem city authorities told open furum gathering here tonight that they favored making a new ward of all city territory in Polk county, should voters from the two cities favor the proposed merger. Such an act would tequiie an amendment to the Salem charter. About 75 attended the hearing which was a prelude to voting on the subject in West Salem July 26. i . If approved there, Salems voters : . . will follow with their decision. ; II IJ-bI I w Salem City Attorney Chris J : flO USlUff Bill Oil Kowitz : pointed out that Salem j f voters would have to vote on the proposal for the new ward sep- the west bank of the Willamette !rttr i-pnrntati.m nronortion - coraing; ro law oe recognizea, oy aiem i,n "-ni m ine . rl i Kowitzisaidj in answer to that I qut!llon- ? i West Salem city employes would be maintained, and the city 810,000 public housing units, hall here would be maintained for These would be available to low public functions as at present, income families by aid ot govern Mayor Robert L. Elfstrom assured ' ment rent subsidies.. It cafTfor a the gathering. ! vast slum clearance program, help Walter Musgrave, West Salem , in farm housing, and research to mayor, presided at the forum. work out cheaper ways to build (Additional details on page 2.) j houses. Independence City Council Eyes Plan for General Business Tax INDEPENDENCE, July 8 (Special) Independence's city council will meet In a special ses sion TUesday at 8 p.m. to consider a proposed business tax. The special session is an out growth of the regular council meeting Wednesday when an or dinance was approved lowering the bowling alley tax from $100 to $50 a year. It was also suggest ed that the tavern tax be dropped from 1500 to $250 and the pin ball machine levy from $200: to $100. 1 The business tax would replace revenue that would be lost should the special taxes be lowered. In Wednesday's session, J 1 1 renters or owners of property con demned by the city were granted extensions up to 90 days to make J I f 5 Th Statesman Way to Truman WASHINGTON. July 8 -fV CongreS approved today the ad ministration's gigantic housing bill ! a nationwide project designed nis uoniwuc program in wis ton- The bill, estimated to cost fr.m 10,000,000,000 upward over a period of decades, provides for required repairs. Five persons who failed to appear will be sent final condemnation notices. H..M. ' Williamson. Southern Pacific assistant division engineer, asked the council to vacate cer tain streets along Ash creek to make way for a nil to replace the present trestle. The council agreed to view the property Friday The councilipostponed action on a .request lor a new franchise by A. M. Adama. operator of the In dependence Garbage Pickup ser vice. Plans !tr a new dump and incinerator were also discussed. The Grabenhorst Realty com pany of Salem offered the council $1,000 for a tract of land across the Willamette river from Indepen dence. A committee was appoint ed to investigate the proposed pur cha- I It " PRICE 5c f No. Ill 4 t , I s Deliberation Lasts 14 Hours; New Trial Due NEW YORK. July 8 &- Th Alger Hiss perjury jury failed t agree tonight and vias lismijl at 8:01 pjn. (EST) f One of the.jurori said the vote was eight to four ibr cpm it lion. It had been that Way or ninny hours, he said. 1 1 In response to the' Judge's query about the possibility t locking the jury up' for the night. Foreman Hubert E. James le jplied. "I think I reflect trie opinion f he jury, your honor! hi ay ing W." I The dismissal of the jiry cm lafter it had the case since 3 20 y m. (EST) Thursday. It had de liberated 14 hours 4nd 10 minutes. The judge announced. "WtU, there will be no 4lternthe but to discharge the jury." Said 2 Ballots Taken i According to jurdr number six, Mrs. Helen G. S.veatt. Here virie two ballots taken in the ti.tirs gf liberations.. She jfcaid Ithe tiiM allot, taken Thu&day I evening, shewed that four were fonvirurd f Hiss' guilt, foitr thjbught ho was innocent ar?d four keie un decided, t I At a ballot todaythe inly i ther one taken, eight Voted ? for t tn , viction and four for '. tquiMaL Mrs. Sweatt said. I I Aked if she khew Iwhv the four thought that Hiss Was iui (lent, Mrs. Sweatt iaid: U&derided in Minds "It is one of th-jse thijigs. They could not make up "thf ir minds with reference to the dWumtnti. They yvere , not sure who tyt-d the documents. They abm n-uld not believe Chamtjters." Hiss, former stale dipni tmcnt official, was accused o 1 ing to a grand jury wfjen fee dnid passing secret L. S. gveriiint-nt papers to ex-corrirnunt Whitf- aker Chambers fort transmit tt.l to prewar Soviet spy rfng. U. S. Attorney John F. X. Mr- Gohey said the case gvould lo tried again. McGohev 4 said tho date depended on J the S condition of the court calendar! and tho number of judges available. Miss Aclieson Chosen to Mead 5 I Salem Gertrude Ache-yn. a 'native of Albany, Oregon, and IJtely with the Rochester, N. Y., YWCA. h.s been selected as new ex&utive di rector of the Salem YW"A by the board of director, replacing Mis. Either Little, v.io .resigned t me months ago. Miss Acheson will take up her duties here on September . 1. She is a graduate of Oiegon State college, in home fconorniis, and attended teachers iollegc at Columbia, receiving her myitis degree there In 13J5 se attend ed YWCA leaderships training courses at Lake Geneva, Wik and one conducted by naticnal YWCA in 1932-. She was religijui education di rector at the Prei'-jyterilin thuith in Sacramento, Calif., ind Butte, Mont., from 1923 t !$27, Sht has been executive director of the YWCA in Minot, N. a, 1927 to 1931 was a teacher in fljaleigh, N. C. In an Episcopal sfchool for negroes in 1932. and executive di rector jot YWCA In Wbonotktt, R. I., from 1932 to3342 She was young adult executive from 1942 to 1948 at Rochester.. S Y., ar.d building director there jfrom 1,848 to the, present time. (Additional details on: page 2) f CRASH WITH X.VY PLANE BALBOA, Canat Zorje, July (PhA U. S. Navy PB-M mariner patrol plane, witH nine peoens aboard, crashed In flfmes into the Caribbean seal while, making a test flight today.! 1 Western International Jtt Snokarw S. an? I. I At WenatcbM B, Ysklms IS At Vancouver 4, Brrrn6n t. At Victoria SI, Tactxoa 14 Coast League! At Portlannd S. San Oiege 1. At Sattl l. Sacramento , At Oakland S, Loa Anjli T. At Hollywood 9, Saif FraAcisce 4. NaUenal Leaxtie At-Plttiburcn . Chco 4 At Brooklyn 4. New! Yorkj S At ClncinnaU 1. St. Loiu . At PhUadelphla 3, I jstoit 4. American Leagne At New York 4. Whmgton . At St. Louis 8. Cleveland 6. At Boston 7. phitadelpnu L. M Ouca 1 Xteuaia . j; ...