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
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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-
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PRICE 5c
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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;
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